TROOPS RETURNING. SHE MOUNTED RIFLES SAIL FROM SOUTH AFRICA, ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED MEN RE- ' MAIN IN THE COUNTRY. ro AN OFFICIAL MESSAGE RECEIVED AT OTTAWA. Ottawa, July 6.--The five regiments of mounted rifles raised in Canada for ser- wice in South Africa are now on the way home. A few days ago notification was received of the departure of the 2nd Regiment. To-day news came that the 8rd, 4th, 5th and 6th regiments have sailed from Durban. The cablegram con- eying the information ran as fol- "Governor-General, Ottawa, Ont.: Point Natal, July 5.--Cestrian sailed duly 2; due Halifax July 28. Has on board Canadian Mounted Rifle Regi- ments. "Yhird Regiment--Lieut.-Col. V. A. 8. (Williams, Captains C. IT. Van Strauben- zee, W. H. Henderson, S. A. MacKenzie, iW. W. Nasmyth, E. ©. Arnoldi, Lieuts. "HL Reed, C. H. Hill, A. H. Tett, V. B. Patterson, A. E. Shaw, G.S.S W. Odlum, W. .G. Bishop Butcher ; non-commissioned men, 409. "Fourth Regiment--Liecut.-Col. Bou- | langer, Captains E. F. MacKie, W. C. | . d, O. L. Pope and 'I. Dunning, Lieuts. | Fawior, Stewart, Sully, Willams, Dickie | Papineau ; non-commissioned officers | and men, 406. Surgeon-Major Llliott. "Fifth Regiment--Lieut.-Col A. C. Mac)onell, Captains D. G. Strickland, A. | 'W. Strange, I. H. Bagley, Lieuts. J. F. | Crean, L. Hooper, C. Raven, H.-H. Nash, | *J. B. Sargent and (©. B. Worsnop, non-commis- | 0 | Burgeon-Lieut. Thomas ; éioned officers and men, 360. { ' "Sixth Regiment--Lieut.-Cols. 8. J. D. ! Irving and W. D. Gordon, Captains F. FE. Uniacke and F. B. Ross, Lieuts. A. ooper, J. Gartshore, E. O. Bradburn, J. 0. Hobins, G. H. Irvine, W. F. O. Sulli- van, D. F. McKinley and B. Holland ; Non-cominissioned officers and m 424, ghd 10 men, discharged irr lir . (Sign- ed) General commanding, Natal." *here is no oflicer named J. B. Sar- gent in the Fifth Regiment, but there is 'dq. D, Herriott. hé total strength of the regiments | returni is 68 officers and 1,599 men, | exclusive of the discharged irregulars, or | 1,657 of all ranks. A reference to the nominal roll of the respective regiments shows that ssveral officers and many non-commissioned officers have remain- éa behind. Tho names of the officers the number of non-commissioned of- cers and men from each regiment still in South Africa are attached :-- Third Regiment--Capt. D. I. V. Eaton, | R.U.F.A., Major, second in command ; | Capt. J. H. Staples, Lieuts. F. N. Gibbs, OF G. Barker, 'aban Butler, W. R. Kings- | ford, J. E. Armstrong and Jesse Carl | Biggs ; Lieut. L. R. Murray, A.M.S, 3 | Major W. J. Neil (Veterinary Captain), and, 72 nvuu-commissioned officers and | urth Regiment--Major F. A. O'Far- | Tel, second in command; Major J. E. G. | ulton, C.A.; Capt. J. J. F. Winslow, ! ieuts. L. A. Roy, W. A. Cook, , {Boulanger, W. L. Savage, H. Metzler, W. 'A. Simson, A. Dawson, C. F. Poviey and (i. H. Cameron, Veterinary Captain A. D. Harrington, Quartermaster C., Lavie, d 75 non-commissioned oflicers and G. L men. Fifth Regiment--Major E. A. C. Hos- | gier, second in command; Major C. H. F. J. Clark, Capt. T. L oynter Standley, I'. . 8. Purves, J. C. DeBalmhard, A. A. (Vernon, J. H. Irvine, J. Beresferd and ©. Tomlinson, Surgeon Capt. J. M. Jory, Veterinary Captain A. McMillen, and 127 fion-commissioned o:: vers and men. Sixth Regiment--Major J. M. Caines, Capts. G. B. Motherwell, A. S. A. M. 'Adamson and W. A. McCrimmon, Lieuts. | D. D. Young, R. A. Carman, C. C. Beaud- thore, G. A. MacBeth, P. R. Ternon, F. i V. H Surgeon | | | | | eers and men. | It would seem, therefore, that 54 of- | ficers and 340 non-commissioned officers | and men, or 394 of all ranks, are re- maining in South Africa, for the present at all events. STRIKE AT WINNIPEG. cht in by the Can- ~orthern, 6.--About Montreal of Sixty Men Brouv aaif Winnipeg Jus, men arrived from day to take the place dian Northern Railway freight strikers. They are quartered in the roun:sofise of the company, which are endeavoring | to keep them from communication wiih | the strikers. One arrest was made to- night for trespass, and serious tr is threatened to-morrow. wn attempt was made to burn the Northern Pacitic Railway bridge this afternoon. sixty to- Cana- Fires Caused by Lightnirge. Brgughsn, July 5.--The storm of last night and to-day has done a great amount of damage to the crops. An implement shed on the Forsythe farm, near the village, occupied by William Cassia, was struck by livhtning and burned to the ground. 'Lue implements were also burned. Loss about $500 ; no insurance. farm of James Ugil- vie, half a mile west of Ashburn, was also struck by lightning and totally destroy: | 2 o cattie were burned, Loés over amount of insurande,- abo $1,000. A freak of the lightning is be seen on barn of R. 8. Phillips, just south of here. Duriny the forenoon htning struck end the barn, knocking in an. tearing up the roof, but did not set fire to "it. The Indiana Released. Montreal, Island, Labrador coast, where she kad been for a week, by the tug Lord Strathcona late on Sat- utday night, and, accompanied by the Strathcona, is now on the way to Que- bac to go into drydock. ------ SEVERAL LIVES LOST, MOTHER AND CHILD BURNED TO DEATH NEAR NORTH BAY. th Twin B d at Durliam --A Seven-year-old Boy Drowned --Brakeman HKilled--A Farm Lab- orer Cuts His Throat Because He Was Robbed. North Bay, July 5.--Mrs. A. Cocker- line and her little four-year-old daugh- ter were burned to death late last night at their home about twelve miles out in the country, and her little five-year-old boy was so badly burned that there is little hope of his recovery. Mr. Cock- erline was absent from home, and when Mrs. Cockerline and the children retir- ed for the night a lamp was left burn- ing on the table, and it is supposed the lamp exploded. Cut His Throat With a Razor. Princeton, July 6.--At the farm of McKenzie, about one mile east of this village, Alex. Grant, a laborer, nine- teen years of age, in a temporary fit of insanity made an attempt to commit suicide last night by cutting his throat with a razor. It is deubtful if he will recover. He has been despondent over the loss of a small sum of money, which was stolen out of his pocket a few days ago. G. T. F. Fireman Wyatt of London was overcome by the heat while firing on engine 936 here to-day, and had to be taken home on the express train. Two Brothers Drowned. Durham, July 6.--Two twin brothers named Gregson, from Lindsay, while in bathing in the Saugeen River near the driving park at what is commonly known as Moffat's hole, were drowned to-day. How it happened is unknown. Their clothes were found on the bank at 4 o'clock. A large party immediately commenced dragging the river, but as vet the bodies have not been found. One of them was in the employ of the Na- tional Portland Cement Company, while the other worked on the section of the G. T. R._ It is supposed that as one of them could not swim he had got into this treacherous hole and the other in trying to save him was dragged down with him. Seven-year-old Boy Drowned. Ottawa, July 6.--Anthony Farrell, aged seven years, was drowned to-day at Deschene, a village six miles from Ottawa. He was in a boat fishing, and being missed by his mother it was de- cided to drag the mill race, with the result that the bedy was found in the bottom, life being extinet. vr. Graham, | coroner, Was summoned from Hull, but | decided that an inquest was unneces- sary. Brakeman Curly Killed. Winnipeg, July 6--Brakeman Andrew | Curly, aged 22 and unmarried, was kill- | ed on the C.P.R. last night, through being struck by an engine. He was try- ing to jump on, but slipped and was hit | by the engine, which was stopped ten feet from him. Pia THE WATCHMAN MISSING. Fire in the C.P.R. Car Shops at Perth ' --Heavy Losses. Perth, July 5.--The blacksmith shop, machine shop, oil house, main offices, four box cars, together with a large amount of valuable machinery in the C. P. R. car shops in Perth were totally | destroyed by fire between 4 and 5| o'clock this morning. It was with much difficulty that the adjoining wood mill | in which the cars are built was saved. As a result of the fire 300 men are | thrown out of work. Nightwatchman ! Roland Burr is missing. He was seen | entering the blacksmith shop after the , fire was raging, but has not since been | found. The burnt buildings will be re- uilt immediately. CUBA BANKRUPT. HOPELESS CONDITION OF THE NEW | > "REPUBLIC. ADMINISTRATION BY ~ AMERIOARS CLEARED OUT FUNDS. THE DEPRECATION IN SUGAR AND" TOBA cco. New York, July 7--The Herald pub- lishes the following letter from a cor- respondent in Havana, signing himself ness and accuracy in what a serious con- dition this republic now is. There is no doubt that this condition is growin } worse every day, both politically an economically. The affai~s of the Cuban Government are aching a crisis much more rapidly than 3 known or ap- preciated in the United + ates, and much more rapidly than anybody could have anticipated when, the new Government ' toanth was inaugurated, now little more than a month ago, . I do not believe that the responsibill- | ty for the present condition is attribut- able to the Cuban Government. When General Wood was first made Military Governor, he received a surplus of sub- stantially from General Brooke. y 20, on the evacuation, so far from leaving a surplus, he left a deficit of approximately $500,000. During the last six months of the Am- | erican occupation the expenditures were at the rate of $18,000,000 per annum, whereas the income is estimated in the budget at $15,000,000. We spent all there was in the treasury, and more, and got out. The Government of Cuba has no money to pay the ordinary neces- sary general current expenses of admin- istration. It is faced with bankruptcy. Nor is there any system, financial or economical, now in force sufficient to raise funds to meet such expenses in full. No such system has heretofore been provided for them, and it is too late now to make such provision. The budgets for the coming fiscal year show an estima' | income of less than $15,000,000, and un estimated expendi- ture to pay the necessary running ex- penses of the Government, provinces and municipalities, of over $25,000,000. This deficit cannot be covered by a loan, because the Government finds itself with- out credit at the moment of begin- ning. A few days ago the President called together at the palace the representa- tives of the principal local banking es- tablishments, and urged on them the necessity of advancing the Government about $* 000,000, which sum is urgently needed in anticipation of the revenue. None of the financial interests represent- at the gathering would take any share in the proposed operation, and the project had to be abandoned. The only result of the conference was the demonstration of the Government's to- tal lack of credit. Cuba has practically but one form of taxation--namely, the custom houses. No other general system of taxation has been provided. Direct taxation. based on tne value of property, is unknown. Over 90 per cent. of the income of the Cuban Government is derived from the custom houses, These customs duties, as , above stated, are insufficient to pay the necessary cu. ent expenses of the new Government as now constituted. the more so now that Cuba is left without a market, and our Congress has so far failed or refused to grant her any market or any reductions in duties to the United States. > The inability of the people to pay th taxes necessary for the support of tha Government is due to the depression in the prices of sugar and tobaceo, the two great products of the island, both of which are now selling below the cost of production. Within a week a larga quantity of suger was sold in Cardenas at one and one th cents a pound, the lowest price e.-r known in Cuba. 'The cost of production was certainly not lesa than two cents. TRACEY STILL AT LARGE. The Oregon Convict Changes YJ is Ab Seattle, Wash., July 6.--Harry Tracey, the Oregon convict, has escaped from the vicinity of Seattle and crossed the Sound to Fort \ dison, where he bound and gagged four people, cooked and ate a } meal, shaved, changed his head-dress and impressed a man to row a boat. He de- parted in the direction of the woods in Canal County. At noon to-day Sheriff Cudihee, who was watching Tracey at Bothell, char- tered the tug Sea Lion and started in pursuit. Tracey had fifteen hours' start. | Tracey had fifteen hours start. NORTHWEST FLOODS, Six Houses at Cardston Carried Away--Bridges Dangerous, Winnipeg, July 6.--A telephone mes- | sage from Cardston, N.W.T., states that | six frame houses, mostly new, have been carried away by the flood. One large-sized house passed Lethbridge to- day in midstream, but it is not known from what locality. The bridge over the St. Mary's River has sagged fully six feet, and crossing is now dangerous. Five hundred Indians are camped in the vi- cinity of Kipp's Coulee, fearing inunda- tion of the reservation. They predicted weeks a second flood greater than that of May. The river here=ell fully four feet last ht, and the mountains comparatively free from snow, appear the melting of ie augmented the al- ready soon rivers. ; Early Saturday morning Tracey ap- | peared at Meadow Point on the water- front, three miles north of Seattle, his original point of landing. There he compelled a Japanese fisherboy to row him to Madison Point,twelve 'miles across and down the Sound from Seattle. They landed near the home of a rancher nam- ed Johnson, and Tracey watched the house for an hour to maka sure of the number of men there. Finding but two, he entered and :.inounced that he in- tended to kill every one on the ranch and take charge of the place for a few ays. He added :--'*But after a pretty little girl I will kill day. The family prepared breakfast for Tracey, and put i against the. declared the convict. ; tm the 'middie of the room and all ' 'Tracey 's , and Mrs. Vi mI to give him a bundle of clothing and six days' supply of food. At 8 o'clock he bound and gged the Johnson family, made fired man, Anderson, carry the bu..dles 'to Johnson's rowboat, put Anderson in the boat at the oars and started down the Sound. DINNR T0 LONDON POOR, 4 ROYAL MESSAGE READ AT EACH FEAST. wits ---- a Prince and Princess of Wales Tra- versed the Metropolis in Semi- A i Shared in the | atate-- Charitable Work. London, July About -- one- of the population of ; metropolitan London enjoyed the King's hospitality, and at least eighty thous- and attendants waited upon them at eight hundred feasts in the twenty-nine boroughs. The statistics of this unex- ampled bounty to the London poor might be extended to the mileage of the tables, the tonnage of the provisions consumed, and many other details, but the spirit of loyalty and affection of the masses for their Sovereign could not be summed up in cold figures, nor could the perfection of the organization with which the general scheme of the enter- tainment had been worked out be dis- closed in this way. Every onlooker at these dinners was impressed with the heartiness with which the King's health was drunk and his special message re- ceived, and with which the national an- them was sung. The King, in conse- quence of his illness, commands without doubt the sympathy of the masses to an exceptional degree. . The largest company of diners at any one place was at Fulham, where the Bishop of London said grace and the Prince and Princess of Wales were spec- tators. The greatest number under a single roof was 10,500 at the factory of the London General Omnibus Com- pany, where Princess Christian was warmly received. Thirteen members of the royal family were indefatigable in visiting as many dining places as pos- sible. | The same general order was followed | be paid on her products imported into at the eight hundred dinners. There were two courses, one with a choice of four or five kinds of meat and vege- tables and plum pudding for a sweet, and ale, beer, cider and ginger ale were served, and every guest had a quarter of a pound of chocolate and a souvenir coronation mug. Thousands of well- to-do women waited upon them, and eighteen hundred musicians, singers, re- citers and other artists entertained them. To every man was presented a package of cigarettes and another of tobacco, but there was little smoking. There were prolonged entertainments at more than half the dinners, Arthur Roberts leading the way at the great hall of the Courts and the grounds of Lottfon 'Hospital, and nearly all the con- cert singers and music hall artists of London offering their professional ser- vices. Most. of the professional -per- formers had the good taste to appear handsomely dressed, as though-they were entertaining West End drawing-rooms instead 'of the poorest people of Lon- on. One of the most interesting scenes was the dinner for the blind at Bury Street Mission Hall under the special patron- age of the King and some of the most fashionable people of Belgravia. A arge company of blind was collected from many districts, and after the din- ner there was a merry hour, in which the sufferers forgot the pathos of their ot. Mrs. Perey Donovan sang for them, Mrs. Martha Gielow of New York gave a series of Alabama planta- tion entertainments, and there were ; comic recitations by the Rev. Herbert Marston, a blind preacher, and H. L. ' Meares, a clergyman, who was nearly seeing , no onet f you will mind me. I will be here all blind. | The entertainments provided for the King's six hundred thousand guests were enjoyed even more heartily than the ex- cellent Ainners, and masses and classes were brought into sympathetic touch at the close of the interrupted coronation festivities. With th: King's coronation dinners to the poor, the festivities interrupted be- fore there had barely been a beginning now end. The colonial Premiers and Ministers were entertained by the Sav- age Club, Lady Laingattock had a re- ception for the Princess Frederica of Hanover, the Duchess of Teck conducted a quict charity function, and there were a pother of minor entertainments on Saturday. This week there will be fresh series of bancuets and luncheons for the ¢olonial visitors, who are rapidly exhausting themeelves in the abounding resources of English hospitality, and there will be a notable, even a brilliant, series of charitable functions opening with the Imperial coronation bazaar, to which an international character has been imparted by the German Emperor's gift of $1,500 worth of beautiful china and other evidences of foreign interest. varanasi The Imperial Conference. London, July 7.--The lips the colonial~. Premiers while the i in of reed into oratory. eee : fion of an interview in New York, which he repudiates from beginning to end, tells me that he cannot discu among either the colonial Premiers or the British Imperialists that any re- sults of great importance will be ac complished, either THE KING OUT OF DANGER, DOCTORS AT LAST MAKE THE HAP« PY ANNOUNCEMENT. His Majesty is Cheerful and Feels Strongery--The Evening Bulletins Will Not be Issued Hereafter-- Pleased With the Success of the Dihner to the Poor. 4 {Associated Press Despatches.) Kondon, July 6.--The following bul- letin regarding' King Edward's condi« tion was posted at Buckingham Palace at 10 o'clock yesterday morning :-- "His Majesty had another excellent night. He is cheerful and feels much stronger. We are glad to be able to state that we consider the King now out of danger. The evening bulletins will, therefore, be discontinued. (Sign« ed) Treves, Liking, Barlow." he following bulletin was posted at 9 o'clock this morning :-- "The King's progress continues to be in every way satisfactory. (Signed), Treves, Laking, Barlow." After the morning bulletin was issued to-day Queen Alexandra and_ Princess Victoria visited Marlborough House, where they attended divine service with the Prince and Princess of Wales. The Queen stayed within Buckingham Palace for the rest of the day. The» Government has issued ordera that the Indian and colonial troops now in London shall postpone their depart- ure indefinitely. These orders are due to the strongly expressed desire of the Indian contingent especially to see- the King before they return home; and they, also indicate an intention to retain the troops here until the coronation. THE MARKET REPORTS. Holidays in the United States--Livd Stock, Cheese and Grain Trade. Saturday Evening, July 5. pan Toronto St. Lawrence Market. Grain receipts on the street market to. day were : eat--Was steady, spring selling at 7St4c per bushel. Oats--Were firmer, 100 bushels selling at 504gc per bushel. Hay--Was steady, 1 load selling at $12 per ton. . Straw--Was steady, 1 load selling at $8 per ton. Beef--Is easler, choice at $7 to $9.50 per ewt., Lams--Are 4c 12kKe. carcasses selling a drop of 50c, a lb. cheaper, at c to Cheese Markets, Belleville, July 5.--At the meeting of, the cheese board beld here to-day there were offered 3,485 white and 445 colored. a were sales:--Watkin, 860; 40; Mugrath, 350, at 9 5-16¢; Hodg- son, 125; Alexander, 300; Sauve,00; Sprague, 250, at Dyce; Uige was offered for the bal« ice. Cowansville, P.Q., July 5.--At the week. ly meeting of the eastern tasnships dairy- Hodgson HKros. secured 143 boxes 1c, 530 boxes at 194 and 240 s at luc; AL W. Gr 4 boxes nt 19sec; A. 4 yer & Co. ¢ at 19\%c; Jos. Dalrymple, 92 boxes at 19%c; Willer & Riley, 140 boxes at 19%c. Unsold, $s Xes. S. Williamson secured 56 ( 9 $-16¢ t Pye; D. A. McPherson & Co. 450 boxes at P\4c; FP, Duckett, 46 at 9 3-16c¢ J Myer; A. W. Grant 75 boxes at 68 at 9%c; Lovell 9%ec; A. A. Ayer ec; Willer & Riley 111 t -16c Unsold, 216 boxes. The meeting adjourned to Saturday afternoon, uly 12 Ogdensburg, July 5.--At the Board of Trade to-day only 7383 cheese were register- ed, several salesmep ; highest bid, 9c: ro sales; about 1, were sold on the curb at Qiic; a few lots bringing 9 3-16c. Canton, N.Y., July 5.--There were offer. ed to-day 2,375 boxes of twin cheese, 1,355 tubs of butter. The cheese sold for 8%c and the butter for 2lc. Morrisburg, July 5.--Five hundred boxes f cheese were boarded here to-day; best 6e. vn, N.Y., July 5.--Oa the cheese board to-day 10,851 boxes of cLeese sold at Dee fo Oye for large and 9%c te Pe for mal London, Ont,, July 6.--The offerings at he London day were . Oc, 100 at 9Kc, 115 at Oc, 50 at Oe and 200 at Ske. Cornwall, Inly 5.--To-day 2,400 cheese were sold on the Cornwall Cheese rd; 1,200 white sok* =) Sc and 1,200 colored at 5-16e. Buyc og were McGregor, McRae, Motherspoon and Welsh. East Buffalo Cattle Market. East Buffalo, July 5--Cattie--None on ale; veals steady; tops, $6.45 $7; fair to good, $6 to $6.50; common to Nght, $5 to $5.75. Llogs--Receipts, 4,000 head; slow. 5c eay here ; r to oO ; fai common, $3.25 to Montreal Grain and Produce. Montreal, July 6.--Grain--There fs an ims. provement in the market all round. No, 2 white Manitoba oats sold at rst ex Cable r areola. were , ws. r to $2.25 to ewes,