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9n ME NEWS CANADA) A E ': The Northwest Territorial elections will take place on Nov. 4. .‘J ‘0 Winter has set in all through the Alaskan gold fields. There is three feet of snow in Chilkoot Pass. The American Society of Municipal Improvements, meeting in “’ashington. decided to meet next year 1 Mrs. Rowan, widow of the late John Rowan, hotelkeeper at Hamilton. has been left a fortune by relatives in In- n Toronto. diana. ‘III-D-“u The exports from Toronto. for the first quarter of the present fiscal year totalled 81,959,487, nearly double that of a year ago. A . “‘ A‘A Montgomery. It is reported at Hamiltqp theft Maj. 1': [a lcws LW 15v -Wâ€" J. S. Hendrie will be gazetted lieuten- ant-colonel, and will assume command of the Welland Field Battery. Major A. M. Smith will likely suc- ceed Lt.-Col. Lindsay as commander of the Seventh Fusiliers, of London. The battalion is being re-organized. Chief Justice Sir Henry Strong, ar- bitrator in the case of McOord, an Am- erican citizen, against the Government of Peru, has awarded McCord $40,000. The Humane Society has granted a medal to Miss Ida Smith, the Merrit- ton school teacher, who diaplayed great heroism during the recent cyclone. An Order in Council has been passed Chevalier Drolet, of Montreal, passed through Winnipeg on Sunday evening, on his way to Edmonton, to test anew dredging apparatus, designed to ex- tract gold from the sand bars and gravâ€" el beds of the rivers. The steamship Turret Age, of the Black Diamond Steamship line, at Montreal, reports having collided with and sunk the American steam barge Lloyd 8. Porter, near Ct. Croix. above Quebec, on Sunday. No lives were in the reformatory for stealing agold watch. The evidence against him was weak. and he would have been acquit- ted had he not gone into the box in his own defence. Rev. John Hunt, an aged Methodist minister, and one of the best known citizens in Toronto, was run down by a. bicyclist on Tuesday night while crossing Jarvis St. Mr. Hunt received ,9) _-_ Vlvw-ua v“- vâ€"â€" _v a bad scalp wound and will be laid up for some time. The bicyclist rode away. The Postmaster-General has decided to permit all steamship companies to carry mails to Britain, providing that they become liable for the safe deliv- ery in England. that no compensation be asked, and that the mail matter be addressed by such steamer. Capt. Dykes of the steamer Ganges in explaining the loss of his vessel be- fore the commissioner at Halifax_statâ€" QVDV Uâ€"v vv ed that the wreck was pillaged by schooners from Newfoundland and everything of value carried off. The ochooners had their names covered up, and he was threatened with shooting when he attempted to learn the name of one of them. The immigration branch of the In- terior Department have a problem on their hands. which it is not easy to. solve. Two thousand Don Boborski‘ immigrants will arrive here in the' very worst time of the year, and with- out sufficient means. They will have to be housed and fed during the win- ter weather. or they will find a Cana- dian winter quite as hard to combat as Russian persecution. GREAT BRITAIN. Dr. Henry Guilford. of Bridgeport, Conn.. wanted on a charge of murder- ing Emma Gill. will be extradited from England. after a delay of fifteen «’8. v Major-General \Vesley Merritt. re- cently in command of the United States troops at Manila. and Miss Laura Wil- liams. of Chicago. were married in the Savoy Hotel at London on Tuesday.- The British steamer Norseman. from Montreal. arrived at Liverpool and re- ported that 350 sheep were lost on the pause. owing to the heavy weather encountered. Fire destroyed one of the piers and adjoining warehouses in Brooklyn. N. Y. on Tuesday. at a loss of half a million dollars. It is reported at Seattle. Wash., from Sunrise City. Alaska. that nine men, all Americans. were drowned recently at Cook Inlet. The United States Supreme Court he decided that the Joint Traffic As- sociation is an' illegal combination. The John Stevenson Oar Building! Commny of New York. has gone into. n receiver's hands. The liabilities are; pheed at $700,000. The assets will' equel the amount of the liabilities. A bill incorporating the Butlandd audio Railway was introduced in the Vermont Ware on Tuesday. UNITED STATES. Own Country. I states. and V The Indian chief who is accused of being the main instigator of the re- cent trouble at Leech Lake/ Minn" is reported to have crossed over on the Manitoba side of the line to evade United States authorities. GENERAL. The Spanish evacuation of Rico is completed. Porto ate. and Portici. The American authorities at Manila have released some of the Spanish sail- ors captured during the war. [1 -A.‘ its“. Sir Wm. :Howley Good.- enough, in supreme command of the British tr00ps in South' Africa, 1s dead at Cape Town. The editor of the Nacional has been imprisoned at Madrid in consequence of charges made by that paper against Senor Rebot, the Civil Governor of Jadiz. The Spanish Peace Commissioners have accepted the negative View of the L Aâ€"â€"â€"A fill a The Spanish Peace Commissioners have accepted the negative View of the United States Commissioners towards the proposed assumption by the United States of the Cuban debt. The Const tinople correspondent of the Times ys that a body of Kurds have fired upon and seriously wounded the well-known German archaeologist, Prof. Belck, while conducting his ex- plorations in the Sipandagh district. A New Electrical lbevice for Slglmlllng at one another though separated by miles of stormy weather. A new signaling device, which is ex- pected to revolutionize night signaling, has been devised, which is so simple that any child may work it, and so plain that he who runs may read. This device makes it possible for a person stationed onaship or in a lighthouse to throw great letters of light adisâ€" tance of several miles, and to write onatypewriter. The inventor is John \Villiam Haywood, of St. John’st. F. a wall or rock, or any plain surface which may be at hand. If there be no suitable surface on which to cast the letters a screen may be used made of cotton or duck or some such suitable tmaterial. Mr. Haywood has also in- Ivented a special diamond-shaped screen lwhich can readily be set up and held ltight during the exhibition. Best of gall, the letters may be displayed on ‘the clouds, if the night is dark. I The lantern makes it possible to throw a series of letters in dazzling light so that they may be seen readily for a distance of several miles. The i keyboard attachment enables the opera- tor to project these letters so quickly that a long signal may be spelled out almost as quickly as it could be writ- ten on a typewriter. \ The scheme may be used either in the merchant marine or on warships or from light- houses. It admits of a cipher being Qused for secret messages, and is adapt- gable to any language. The new machine is an adaptation of the magic lantern principle. The lan- tern is a powerful one, and is supplied with a battery of stenciled plates, con- taining the letters of the alphabet. These plates are connected with aser- ies of levers with a keyboard, much the same as in a typewriter. The keys are marked with the letters and pivoted in such a way that when one presses down on one of the keys the corresponding side is drawn up in front of the lens, and the letter is thus thrown out vastly enlarged. The contrivance is small and com- pact and may be readily carried about. The exhibition screen of this signal- ing lantern may be a house, a funnel, The device has already been tried with gratifying success on the U. S., warship San Francisco, and it is ex- pected soon to be placed on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. .And imagine the picturesque effect when from tall masts at sea and taller towers on the land the flashlights weave messages upon the sky. PROPOSING TO A QUEEN. 1 The art of making a proposal of‘ marriage to a Queen is one in which it is no disgrace for any of us to plead ignorance and inexperience. A resi- dent of Malta has thus addressed one of the dusky Queens of the South Pacific Islands. “Her Gracious Queen: “I hope you will most willingly ex- cuse me for having the impudence to write to you in this manner. and the reason for my- doing so is. when I v â€"vâ€" - was reading the paper yesterday I read about the steamship ‘Bonanza’ being drifted on your island. and the women under you began to select husbands from the crew. and that you. my Queen. wanted for a husband a man that yould love youand make â€""“ you happy. I have been thinking the matter over. and I have come to the conclusion that it you will have me for a. husband. write back and let me know; also that you should send me the money for my passage out. so as I can come to you. end I will repay you the money when I get to you. If my Queen. I will suit you. write back and let me know as soon as possible; also send me a paper note for twenty- three or twenty-five pounds. and I will come at once.” ~ It the Maltese gentleman wonders why he received no reply to the busi- neeelike proposal. it may interest him to know that it never reached Her Majesty. Hie letter was opened by the head chief. who handed it to the principal white trader. who posted it to his. Sides! firm. who in it: turn sent it ti: thé WRITING ON THE CLOUDS. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. ity of Vesuvius has at Torre Annungi- The London {Daily Mail say!!!" remarks concerning our police force diary magistrate at the Court, on Saturday have led to aDaily est details of our blue-coated protect- 01‘s. \ I I_. Lh:nfl “Complaints are treat made from all quarters said Mr. Dickinson. “tha protection is inadequate. L said Mr. Dickinson, “that the police protection is inadequate. That may be so. but the reason is that the police rate is now very high. and it is not deemed advisable to increase it. But it is a grand thing for London to boast that about 15,000 policemen can con- trol 5,000,000 inhabitants." Perhaps few of London's ratepayers actually know what our police force really consists of. A visit to New Scotland yard obtained the latest available data concerning our army in blue. “We patrol an area of 688. square miles,” said one ficers. “We take in every place. town A 4' __3“_ Ubv- v .. Perhaps few of London's ratepayers actually know what our police force really consists of. A visit to New Scotland yard obtained the available data concerning our blue. “We patrol an area of 688.31 square miles.” said one of the chief of- ficers. “We take in every place. town or village. within a radius of 15 miles from Charing Cross. EXCEPT THE CITY. we have supervision over the Thames police, and we actually have our men stationed in all of Her Majesty’s dockyards throughout the country. -12-- army in We have only got three actual police districts for executive purposes, and these are each in charge of a head constable. But then there are 21 land divisions. each under a super- intendent, and each broken up into sub-divisions, under the control of an inspector. That is entirely apart from the Thames police, who form a division in themselves, but who are controlled __.-- whom has been a sailor.” “ The dost nf this army is pretty heavy, and runs into a little over a year for wages alone. But then im- agine, if you canâ€"and nobody can ever accurately do soâ€"the value of the pro- perty alone we protect. I suppose it would be close upon £500.000,000, if you take the rateable value only. No doubt London ought to be proud of her police force when she considers how infinitesimal are the number of felon- ies compared with the huge standing and the constantly circulating popula- tion of this great city. which harbors people from all nations under the sun." Compared with the metropolitan police. the city force is a small one. The area under its charge is of enor- mous value. though it only comprises 671 statute acres. Calling at the Old‘ Jewry Office. I learned that there are: two superintendents, one being in the detective department; chief inspectors. 3; district inspectors. 15; station in- spectors. 22; detective inspectors, 12; sergeants. 72; detective-sergeants, 7; and constables. 795. There are also 57 constables on private service duty. Though the cityâ€"with all its immense wealthâ€"is thus protected by such a small force. assisted at night by mili- tary guards at the Bank of England. no one can deny that it is a model of perfection. God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb Hâ€"Sterne Victory belongs to the most persever- ing.â€"â€"Napoleon. Light is the task where many share the toil.â€"-Homer. ; Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases.â€"Jeremy Collier. He that wants money, means and content, is withOut three good friends. â€"Shakespeare. That man may safely venture on way, who issoguided that he can stray.â€"-Walter Scott. curred in Ceylon in a match between teams of soldiers of the R. A. and R. E. A gunner was fielding in the “country." The ball was bit high in the air in his direction. He ran back. wards to catch it, but miejudging it. did not get his hands underneath. The ball hit him plump on the top of hi. pith hehnet. a regulation one. and instead of bouncing off again, it ‘ A LHLLION AND A QUARTER LONDON’S POLICE- GRAINS OF GOLD. on hm cannot Old and Now World Bv onto of Interest Chron. Iclod Brhflygâ€"lntu'utlag MPGIIIII‘O oI There are 13,Uuu (lusuuw ”new," -- postage stamps. An orange tree w it is 150 years old. Chinese coinage in [the shape of a knife has been traced back as far as 2240 RC. ill bear fruit until --V â€"'v No person in Norway may.s.pend more than threepence at one VlBlt to a. public house. population of the globe about 90,000 die every day. Maxim; haé an area of 750,000 square miles, or nearly one-fourth that of the telegraphy. In India'the average duration of life of othe native is twenty-four, as agamst forty-four in Britain. :George Gissing, the novelist. has glven 11p London as a place of resi- dence and will live in Worcestershire. .It is estimated that since the begin- nmg of the historical era 13,000,000 per- sons have perished in earthquakes. At the Stronzzi Palace in Rome. there is a book made of marble, the leaves being of marvellous thickness. Russian families, when moving to new homes, kindle the fire on the hearth with coals brought from the old residence. inventor’s phiz. The handwriting of R. D. Blackmore, the novelist, is so fine as often to no- cessitate the use of a magnifying glass by his printers. - Berliri courts have decided that a summer overcoat is a luxury. and not a necessity, and can therefore be seized by the sheriff. The invcome of the principal charitap ble institution having their headquar- ters in London amounts to over seven 1111111011 pounds per annum. Thereâ€"is a hospital for trees on the banks of the'Seine in Paris. Trees which grow weak along the boulevards are taken there to recover. The population of Palestine is in- reasing rapidly. Ten years ago there ere only 15,000 residents in Jaffa; to- day there are nearly 60,000. structed that it is a high-powered telescope enabling the bird to see ob- jects at an almost incredible dis- tanoe. Railway stations in Sweden where you can procure hot luncheons are known by a peculiar sign bearing the suggestive emblem of a crossed knife and fork. The chestnut is a great staple in- dustry in Spain, where it is largely used by the peasants for food as well as for commercial purpose. Great quantities are exported. J. M. Barrie, the novelist. whose mock renunciation of tobacco made his “My Lady NiCOtine" so popular. has had to give up smoking in reality be- cause of delicate health. Count Shigenebu Okuma, the new premier of Japan, began life as a poor boy, and is now a proof that the “self-made” man can be manufactured even in the despotic east. The Sandwich Islanders are so fond of the sea that they actually teach their children to swim long before they are able to walk, The tiniest mites play games in water well out of their depth. In India, every town of any size has its own ice factory, some of them capable of turning out from 500 to 1,000 tons of ice a day. And the same thing holds good in Egypt and the Southern States of America. Mount Hercules, in the Island 'of Papua, is said to be the highest moun- tain in the world, its altitude being 32,786 feet. Mount Everest. India. was until recently put down as the most lofty, but it is only 29,002 feet high. ‘ Mr. T. Sidney Cooper, the Royal Academician, is still painting at the age of 95 years. He began to exhibit in 1833, and though 64 years of age when made a full R. A., has continued an active member for thirty-one “A gentleman whose wife and daughter have run away from home for a holiday, leaving him in charge of a baby, who, although fairly well, appears to be cutting a tooth, earnest- ly desires that they will return home at once,” and advertised the fact in the London Standard. A mule belonging to a potter in Kapurthala, Hindustan. has given buth to a 108.1. This rare event has caused great excitement in the place and the pundits are consulting the stars and the chasm. to find out what it pretends. 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