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1. up in flames nt Grand Bend. In was started by an unknown mom a lighted ci‘u' into n of when tstubblo. fl?! Wm. Nolan shot. A. 31. Palmer dead at. Amling, Miss, for swearing in the presence of a girl whom both loved. Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of the uâ€"President ol the Confederacy, who is ill at. Portland, Me, is greatly improved. Hr. Redford, an ice man 01 East. New York, is ill in a. hospital, and In. Radford. his wife, is delivering the ice just. as usual. At Denver, 001., Esther Oliver, tour you: old, bit. into a stick 01 Ma thinking it. was candy. .1}. child's head was blown nearly A nailing moulder at. York. Pa., for flouting up Court’s _inju_nc_t.ion ;‘ginst pic'keting, was fined 8250 and costs and 80 days’ imprison- Drought is causing great. damage to the crop! in Kansas. in the Red River vdley. ad in the Northwest. Kimono 0! Colin: may be lost. to It is rumored that the K108: who was inclined to u conciliatory 901303 with regard to the BoerS. is bitterly innenSQd at attacks on the ANDY. and suggests that the sternest mea- sures be pursued to subdue South Africa. One of the highest 0! high prices paid iur Jewels and works 0! art in London recently Was £20,000 paid by u. jeweler for a necklace of 42 ‘taduatcd pearls, with a clasp set with emeralds, brilliauits, and rose diamonds, belonging to a “French hdy 0! rank." The machinists’ strike at. NeWport News, Va., is declared on. A Baltimore brewery has been sold at auction for $3,500,000. For equipping a hospital corps for service in South Africa. J. J. Van Alon an American, is to receive a demmumn at. the hand 0' K138 Ed‘ ward VII. The reason United States Consul Stowe of Cape Colony is returning home is the inadequacy 0! his salary. Last month 8,665 Irish emigrants left their country, and a Parliament- ary enquiry as to the cause of the constantly increasing emigration is luggevted. Losses 0! more than $1,000,000 no estimated as the result 0! the Scottish oil companies’ utteunp‘. to fight the Standard Oil cumpctition in parufl'm wax. It is unlikely that a. bill will be in- troduced this session to alter the King's title, although an agreement has been arrived at by the Govern- ment. A French-Canadian named Code- !toid Maleue has been appointed chic! mechanic 0! the Canadian Pa- cific RaiIWay. He is only 29 years 0! age. and when he arrived in Mont.- teal fourteen years ago was quite uneducated. His salary will be 88,- 000 a year. 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. The City of Winnipeg WEB refused leave tu appeal by the Privy CounciF from a judgment of the Supreme Court, exempting C.P.Rt pram-ray trom school taxes. At Winnipeg the fiftieth anniver- sary 0! the pastorate of the late Dr. Black in the Kildonan church will be celebrated on September 28 with great ceremony by city Presbyter- Inns. Manager Russell, 0! the Intercolon- in], thinks the new terry boat for transporting trui” across the straits o! Canso is the finest in Am- erica. It can carry 21 cars or a dozen passenger couches. King Edward will visit. Homburg 'July 30th. The latest. contract. for 30 locomo- tives for the Burmuh railways has been secured by British builders. London is short. of ice. Carnegie still has $56,000,000 to give away. The foundations of St. Paul’s ca- thedral, at. London. are considered unsafe. The Hamilton Assessment. Depart.- mcnt is thinking of increasing the 1huniltnn Street Railway Company’s asso-ssnlcut. following the example of Torunto. The striking Fraser River fisher- men claim to have 47 Japanese ma- rooned on an island in the bty to prevent them irom working. 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 Government. will probably ml- vertise {or tenders for a 23-knot At- lantic service. The smallpox outbreak cost Lon- don 81,800. They had expected it Would reach $5,000. Mr. P. Laval Was run over tad killed by a. street. Cur at Hamilton on Saturday, Mayor MorrLs, of Ottawa. propos- es a combination of municipalities to secure cheaper coal. I The Duke of York will open the new (LT R. building at. Montreal. Montreal Board at Trade may soon erect u new building. Dunning Ito-a About o. 0'- Cm‘l’y. (wont m, tho Ugh“ sum. not HIP-actuation, Condensed no Annual '0: Buy U NITED STATES (2 HEAT BRITAIN, thousand mes 01 when}. CANADA: A dcspatch from Niagara Falls, Out, sayszâ€"Gordon Fawcett, the six-year-old son of Mr. Thomas Fawcett, of this town, late Gold Commissioner 0! the Yukon, and at present connected with Tyrell Ford, civil engineers, Hamilton, was attacked on 31.0.11. square about 10 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 had it not been for the lad’s cries. heard by some men, who went to his assistance and clubbed the brutes on. they certainly would have soon killed the lad, who they had down. tearing at his head and shoulders with their teeth. The boy Little Gordon Fawcott, of Niagara Falls, May Lose Hls Life. 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. Jules Devoyod, the famous bari- tone, in accordance with a dream, in which he had a premonition shadow- ing his death, tell dead on the stage at Moscow while bowing to applause. Death was due to rupture of a blood- vessel near the heart. Turkish garrispns at Kilfikh and Vodena, not having been paid for a long time, succeeded in efiecting en- trance to the Government treasuries in the places where they were sta- tioned, and divided among themselâ€" ves the money in the treasury build- ings. was taken home and a physician ca!lcd, who fears-the boy will not recover. The vicious brutes were immediately shot. by the police.. A despatch from London says :â€" Lord Kitchener, commanding the Btitish forces in South Africa, reâ€" ports to 1110 Wu one. as follows:â€" “Captain Charles Bdtha, son of Philip Botha, and Field Comets In fights on the Island of Quelpart, Corea, between the Roman Catholic missionaries and their pupils and the populace o! the island. 315 persons were killed. mm and Oliver have been killed in the Orange River Colony." A Son of Both: and Two Field Cor- Trade in Paris is reported stag- aunt. and failures are frequent At Copenhagen the presence of the United States training ship Hart- ford has attracted much attention. The officers are letcd by the authori- ties and populace. ’ Fifteen cases of the plague have been imported into Marseilles from Hung Kong. A self-steering baloon has been in- vented by a French aeronaut. The automatic telephone system has been adopted by the German postal authorities for Berlin. During the six months ending J une 30 German emigration returns reach- ed 65,742, as compared with 55,821 for a corresponding period of last year. The Italian railway engineers and firemen threaten a. strike. Violent hail storms have ruined the crops in the Province of Sale.- manaca, Spain. Dnlmy, the new Russian harbor near Port, Arthur, is said to be the finest in the Orient. The last census shows that 28.: 411,698 people in the United States live in cities and towns 0! over 4,000 population. This is 37.3 per cent. of the entire population, a gain of almost 5 per cent. since the census 0! 1890. 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. It is said at Chicago that 20,000 members of the Endowment Rank 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 ratesâ€"a. rise 0! 53 per cent on an average: China has granted a concession at Sam Mun Bay, with the right to build railways, to a. group of Ital~ inns. The Czar’s aflectionate treatment of the crippled soldiers returned from China has produced a. great wave 0! popular emotion. As a starter Henry E. Weaver has handed $1,500 to the Mayor of Chl- eago to-establish baths for the poor 0! 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 report of the United States Treasury Department shows that the total value of precious stones im- ported into the country last year was 821,919,053, a. sign of prosper- ity, and much above the total of any other year. Director-General Buchanan. of the Pan-American 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. Plans are now under way {or the organization 0! a large brick con- solidation to take over various brick companies in New England and New York, including the New England Brick Company. better than last yeerf 0:“ ehow'ed 3 decrease; barley an increase, and rye in above the even-ego. while corn is reduced. BOER LEADERS KILLED. __"â€" â€"'vâ€"'â€" “V'â€" Jumped train is nuway mu; goifig’ 30 mile. u: hour and “pod. fedtegQury to Elmira Refomatory. DOGS CHEW A BOY. crop reports for this year t. [that amass Aaligh‘uy nets Slain. G ENERAL. Detroit, July 23. -â€"C}osed :â€"Wheat â€"No. 1 white, cash, 71c; No. 2 red, cash, 693c; July 69“. St. Louis, July 23. â€"Whea.tâ€"Cash, 643m July, 64“; September, 6643c. Minneapolis, July 23. â€"Flourâ€"â€" First patents, 83.75 to 83.85; aeo- ond do, 83. 55 to 33.653611“. clears, 3265 to 31:75 second clean, 32.05 Branâ€"In bulk, 812 to 313 50. Toledo, July 23.â€"Wheat-â€"Cash and July, 68gc; September, 69“; December, 712c. Cornâ€"Cash ‘and July, 490; September, 501C. Oatsâ€" Cash and July, 31c; September, 31%c. Ryeâ€"50c. Cloverseedâ€" â€"Ca.sh, prime, $6.50; October, 85.- 774}. Oilâ€"North Lima, 80c; South Lima and Indiana, 750. Buffalo, July 23.â€"W_heatâ€"-Quiet; No. 2 red, 72c; do., new; offered at 71c; No. 3 mixed, 71c. Flourâ€" Quiet but steady. Cornâ€"Fairly steady ; trade light ; No. 2 yellow, 53“; No. 3 yellow, 523C; No. 2 Corn, 525c; No. 3 do., 52“. Oats â€"Quiet: No. 2 white, 36k; No. 8 do., 361c; No. 2 mixed, 35ic; No. 3 do., 84“.. Barleyâ€"48 to Me for store lots. Ryeâ€"Dull; No. 1 offer- Montreal, July 23.â€"'l‘he local markets are unchanged, and the sit- uation shows no im.uediate sign of altering. Grainâ€"--No. 1 Ontario spring wheat, afloat, May, 73c; peas, 77c, afloat; No. 1 oats, 3510; No. 2 do., 34“: to 35c; buckwheat, 58c; rye, 55c; and No. 2 barley, 500. Flourâ€"Manitoba patents. $4.â€" 20; strong bakers, $3.90 to $4; straight rollers, $3.30 to $3.45: in bags, $1.60 to $1.65; Ontario pat- ents, $3.75 to $4. Feedâ€" Mani- toba. bran at $13.50 to $14 ; shorts, 816; Ontario bran, in bulk, $15 to $16; shorts, in bulk, $15.50 to $16; middlings, in bulk $17 to $17.50. Rolled Oats-l\lillers’ prices to job- bers, $3.70 to $3.80 per bbl.; and $1.77} in bags. I‘rovisionsâ€"lâ€"Ieavy Canadian short-cut mess pork, $19.- 50 to $20; selected heavy short-cut mess pork, boneless, $20.50 to 821 ; family. short-cut back pork, $19.50 to $20; heavy shortâ€"cut clear pork, $19 to $19.51}; pure Canadian lard, in 375-lb. tici es, 11-3c parchment- linod, 50-lb. box , 112C; parchment lined pails, 20 lbs.. 120; tin pails, 112C; tins, 3, 5, and 10-lb., 12 to 1210, compound refined lard, in 575- lb. tierces, 71c; parchment-lined wood-pails, 20-lbs., 8c; tin pails, 20 lbs., 72c; hams, 12% to 140 ; and bacon, 14 to 15c per lb. Fresh- killed hogs, $9.50 to $10 per 100 lbs. Butterâ€"Choice creamcry, 19} to 20c; seconds, 18 to 18gc; dairy, 16 to 1631c. Iggsâ€"Good-sized lots of No. 1, 11¢, subject to inspection; No. 2, 8} to 95¢. Cheeseâ€"Ontario, 9.1; to 92c; Quebec, 9 to\9:c. Maple, productsuNew syrup at 65c per lb.§ in wood ; 70 to 75¢ per tin; sugaru 9 to 10c per lb. Potatoesâ€"Job- bers’ prices, 45 to 50c. ed at. 55c. Cimal heightsâ€"Steady; wheat 35c, corn 2ic, oats 2n, rye Cheeseâ€"Market quiét and prices unchanged. June make is jabbing at 9’: to 100.. DRESSED HOGS AND PROVI- SIGNS. Dressed hogs are unchanged here at. 89.25 to $9.75. Hog products firm, as followszâ€"Dacon, long clear, ton and case lots, 11 to llic. Pork -â€"Mess, $19.50; do. short. cut, 321. Butterâ€"Pound lots are scarce and firmer, with sales of choice qualities toâ€"day 17 to 180. Large rolls, 14 to 15éc. Dairy tubs, 1.") to 16c for the best, and 13 to Me for medium. Creamery prints, 20 to 210, and so- lids, 19 to 19.50. . Eggsâ€"The market is steady, with fine fresh stock scuing at 11; to 120 Smoked meatsâ€"Hams, 13:}- to 146; breakfast, bacon, 14 to 15c; rolls, 11;- to 12c; bucks, III-fie; and shoul- ders, 11c. per dozen in case lots: A lot.â€" of culls are on‘cring, and selling at 6 to 7c. Lardâ€"Pails, 14-} to 113.6; tubs. 1110; tierccs, 110., Oatmealâ€"Market quiet at unchang- ed prices. Car lots at $3.65 in bags and $3.75 in wood; small lots, ‘20c extra, Flourâ€"Trade is quiet, with sales of 90 per cent. patents at $2.50, middle heights in buyers’ sacks. Straight rollers in barrels for Low- er Provinces, $3 to $3.05, and Mani- toba patents, $4, and strong bakers' $3.70. Oatsâ€"The ma}ket 'contimms steady with good demand. Sales of No. 2 white at 32c, north and west, and at 32§c middle freight. No. 1 quot- ed at 33c east. Ryeâ€"The market is quiet, and nominal at. 470 west. Barleyâ€"There is noihing doing, an}! pricgg are purely nominal. Buckwheatâ€" Market, dull, with pr_i_ces pyrely nominal. Peas-LTrailc quiet, with sales at 6930 p0 7_O_<_: middle freight. vâ€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"v â€"- vac-UV. Cara-:Fi‘hâ€"ére is very lntle offering. and prices nominal at. 44 to 450 west. (or Canadian. Millfeedâ€"The market is steady, with oflerings small. Bran sold at. $12 middle freight, and shorts firm at $14.50 middle freight. VVVW v, *- No. 2 goose at 62c on Midland, and at 65c lake port. Manitoba wheat is steady; No. 1 hard sold at 780 early in day, and at 790 in after- noon, grinding in transit: No. 2 hard quoted at 77c, and No. 8 hard at 720. For Toronto and west 2c lower. UNITED S'I‘ATES’ MARKETS. Toronto, July 23.â€"Whea.tâ€"The loâ€" cal market. was firmer to-day, with some enquiry for export. No. 2 white and red winter will bring 62§c middle trelght, and sales were made of a. few cars at 63c. No. 1 spring sold at. 68 to 68§c east, and "_ n A “BEETS OF THE WORLD Prices of awe, Cheese; Gala. 83 In the Mn: Ian-hots. BUSINII SS A'l‘ MONTREAL. DAIRY MARKETS. Om“ W111 Hold 0-. at sum. During A despatch from Ottawa says:â€" Mr. E. B. Elderkin, superintendent of the Canadian Live Stock exhibit at the Pan-American, was in the city on Thursday en route to the North- west. He goes there to arrange for an exhibit of range cattle, sheep and horses at Buflalo during September. A contingent of Haunted Police and cowboys will accompany the exhibit “flag-admin thesa- Month Ago. A dcspatch from Moscow says:â€" Reports from twenty-seven provinces show that the crop prospects are far less 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. n:- Lou Promising Than They Were a Seven Buildings Wrecked and Many . People Killed. A despatch from Dtockholm says: â€"Therc was a terrible explosion on Wednesday at the great gunpowder manufactory at Gyttorpr Seven buildings were - completely wrecked. Several were killed,and many others injured. “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-livored scoundrel crossing the line of eternity before 1 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 has 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 houses and stores with Dorman. She would pull her hair up like un- der a soft hat, tie a black handcr- chiei around her ears, turn up her coat collar, and then would pass for a man anywhere." Miss Séebers was taken home by her mother. Miss‘spodyne will go to an Episcopal Church home in Con- Inecticut. of both blanched when the death sentence was pronounced by Judge Shafl‘er. Edward Biddle made a sen- sational statement. He said:â€" 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. 'lihc Biddle brothers, both being under thirty years of age, denied killing Kahney. Each said he did not have a fair trial. and the faces Two Canadian Harderers Sentenced to be Hanged. A despntch from Pittsburg , Pa" says: â€"F1(iwmd and John Biddle, of the gang of mocks that killed Grocer Thus. I). Kuhney and Detective P. Hogs! Choice Hogs, per cwt. Light hogs, per cwt.. Heavy hogs, per cwt.. Stags, per cwt ......... 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- Cows, each ............... 20.00 Calves, Gaul ............ 2.00 good......... ..... 3.25 Butcher, inferior ....... 2.75 Sheep and Lambs. Choice ewes, per cwt.‘ 3.40 Yearlings, grainâ€"fed. Bucks, pei' cw't ............ Cullcd sheep, each ..... . Eambs, spring, each.. do. light: .............. 4.25 Butcher, choice, do ..... 4.00 Butchgr, ordinary to Following is the range. of quota- tionszâ€" . Cattle. tan-ippcxfs, per cwt ...... $ 4.75 Spring lambs are worth $2.50 to $4 each. Hogs continue unchanged and steady. We best price for “singers" is 7c per 11)., thick {at and light. hogs are wqrth 62c per 11). Hogs Lo hatch the top price must be of prime quality, and scale not belgv! 16_O nqr a_bove 200 pounds. Export ewes continue strong, at from $3.40 to $3.60 per cwt. A few good veal calves will sell. Bucks sell at 2; to 23c per lb. Butcher sheep are worth from $2.50 to $3 each. There iseno quotable change in the price of butcher cattle. Good stufl was a ready sale. The local trade consisted mainly of small lots of cattle, as butchers are afraid of overstocking this weather. .A few loads of cattle were left over. Too many milch «we came in to- day, ol ordinary quality; they are not wanted. The market was a fair one; for choice shipping and butcher cattle the demand was good; prices are un- changed and steady, Good to choice export cattle sold up to 55¢ per 11).; mixed cattle are a good sale at from 45c to 43c. per Toronto. July 28.-_At the weatem cattle yard: this morning we receiv- ed 66 culoads of live stock, com- prising 1.000 cattle. 770 sheep and lambs, 800 hogs, 65 calves and a few mjlch cows. cthIIOOO 00.... 0.0.0.0000... EXKIBIT OF RANGE STOCK. FACTORY BLOWN UP. RUSSIAN CROP PROSPECTS SENSATIONAL SCENE. her cwt ............ 2.50 Milkers and Calves. ad 0 45.00 10.00 99 QQRO C! LI :5. 4.50 5 5 0 2. 6 6 54.4. 3.60 0a New York Townships Dovastatod by a Flying Boring Bug. A despatch from New York says: â€"An insect, new to the farmers of {Westchester County, and, it is ithought, a new pest, has made its appearance. It has become locally known as the flying boring bug, and is doing much damage to trait and trees. The new insect is described as being as large as a bumble bee. having a long, hard sting. with which it stabs the younger trees and . ,iruit. The flying bug was first seen in Orange County. and later devas- tatd two We. County town- ship. Th. bu '- it is said, da- win-aim , n. A despatch from Stockholm says: sayszâ€"An exhibition of courage sel- dom equalled has just -bcen made known. Joseph Parry. one of the _oldest engineers of the New York Central Railroad, while making his run on the old road from Auburn to this city, fractured his right hip- bone while alighting from 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 against each other, and it seems wonderful that the engineer was allJu in undergo the great pain and retain consciousness. Engineer With a. Broken mp Bone Remains at His Posn. The Lord Chancellor announced that all claims must, be presented by October 31, and the court. then adjourned. The Duke of Bucclcuchâ€"To ride by his Majesty's carriage. Lord Grey de Ruthynâ€"To carry the golden spurs. The Earl of Shrewsburyâ€"To pro- vide the glove for the King's right hand and support the hand whilst. holding the sceptre. Sir Wyndham _ Anstmthersâ€"Grand Carver for Scotland. The Marquis of Winchesterâ€"To car- ry the Cap of Maintenance. The Dean of Westminster to inâ€" struct the King and Queen in the rights and ceremonies and to have the cloth, etc.. for lees. Col. Brownâ€"To bear the cannopy over the King and Queen. The Earl of Errollâ€"To have the silver baton tipped with gold. The Duke of Newcastleâ€"To provide a glove to support. the King’s arm. The Bishop of Durhamâ€"To support. the King and Queen. The Duke of Somerset-To carry the orb. The Duke of Norfolkâ€"To act, as chief butler of England. Some Quaint Demands Presented to the Privy Council. A despatch from London says :â€" 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 :â€" 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 least 20,000 additional 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 be 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 '--V G. T. R. and the C. P. R., are as- sisting by giving special rates to men desiring to come out and help us in the harvest field. The {are is 810 with a return fare of $18 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.” wvâ€"Ouwilw I” WI 1y as. August 5. _éonservative estimat- 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 barley all in excellent con- dition. The grain crop of Manitoba is by long odds the largest that has ever been taken out of the country. ' fikAI-‘l' “A‘- ‘* ‘ hum Vary Prom Forty to Eighty lmlon Bushels. crop in Manitoba, "which will, we believe, be the greatest the province has ever produced. We have “No million acres of wheat, growing as thickly as it can possibly stand. At the present time it is well headed out, and everything indicates that the harvest will commence as early 99. Allfl'lio4 1-: n-____ . . A NEW INSECT PEST. CORONATION RIGHTS. A PAINFUL RIDE. 000â€": seventh of the whole pépuli- tin. of Great. Britain. The London police control an area of 15 miles radius {rom Charing Cross. with f po‘pgluiop 9! 6,000,- AAA On the King's 50th birthday he was presented with a splendid gold cigar-box, weighing 100 ounces, by the theatrical managers of London. Sydney is chuckling over the story of the wife of an Austialian politi- cian who, being much interested in such institutions, was invited with her husband and a party to visit one of the big London hospitals. They were also asked by their friendâ€"a lgentlcman great in shipping circlesâ€"- 'to meet the Princess Christian. On arrival at the hospital the wife of 1 the politician saw a lady of dignified proportions, whom she understood to be the matron. She spoke very graciously to her of the line place she managed. The supposed matron asked it the Australian lady would bring her husband and introduce him as she would be delighted to meet an Australian Minister of the Crown. Very graciously the request was ac- ceded to, Sir Dash Blank being pro-l seated to “the matron of this fine hospital." On leaving the institu- tion the politician's wife remarked to the shipping owner. "ct is a Won- dcr we have not met the Princess Christian; I see a carriage at the gate with the servants in Royal livcries." "You've not only seen Her Royal Highnosd. but you've talked to her {or halt an hour and present- ed your husband to her.” add a). shipping man. with an emu-ed Imilo. i The King’s interest in sport is gen- ’erally understood, but it is not known to the world at large that His Majesty is an expert in many of the national forms of recreation. In the “Private Life of the King" it is stated that King Edward is "inoro dinately fond of dancing," and that for many years his friends declared that he danced the Highland 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 quietâ€"one might almost say too lazyâ€"a sport to appeal to His 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 destinies oi the English Jews all the world over, was sixty-two recently. He is the best preacher that the Jewish com- munity possesses, and he has preach- ed more than 2,000 sermons in Lonâ€" don and the country. Dr. Adler went to England trom Hanover as a land of 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 Ltndon has a heavier responsibility than he. Dr. Adler is the final Court of Appeal in all cases all’ecting the interests of the Jews in England, and his post- bag brings him in touch with the scattered Ilebrew race in every cor-1 ner of the earth. 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-room. “I should think a man who had been at sea as long as you have would not allow a cabinet-mak- er to give you square-cornered tables on shipâ€"board." After the Kaiser left the table corners were quickly rounded off. Two years later the Kaiser again caine aboard the vessel and when he saw the tables he said: "I see you have rounded off the cor- ners. That. is good." He had not forgotten even a thing as small as this Among the lucky youngsters who will inherit great wealth in the three- year-old Marquis of Blandtord. Some day this little fellow Will be twice a prince, a. duke, it marquis. twice an curl, and twice a baron. He will rule over 23,000 acres of land, be lord of Blenheim Palace, and inherit Mine. Amy Sherwin, like most sing- ers who have toured the world, has had some amusing experiences. Her last experience in Adelaide was a funny one. Her hotel was opposite the Houses of Parliament, and the night she arrived the Gambling Bill was to be passed, and a crowd of about 7,000 people outside, who were there to welcome the sweet singer, kept demanding a song. At last she gave “Home Sweet Home" from the balcony. So many of the members came over to listen that, when it was time to vote, there were not suflicient present to pass the much-desired and hitherto strongly- supported measure. __ â€"â€"v-â€"â€"-v.” -ul‘lfll‘). all“ IIIIIUII lo a good share of the Vanderbilt. mil- lions. The best. swordsman among Euro- pean rulers is the Kaiser. who seeks to keep up his skill by fencing for an hour every day. the machine work. She returned to the house a few minutes later. leav- ing the little fellow sitting in the grain. The driver of the reaper did not observe the boy, and he was caught by the machine. One of his legs and all of his fingers on one hand were cut oil, and he was so badly lacerated that the efforts of two physicians failed to save hisl life. He died in the evening. mucus» BY 'A REAPER. PERSONAL POINTEBS A despatch from St. Catharine. snys:-â€"At a special meeting of (no Thorold Town council held Wedneo- day night. Mia Mina Dougun \Hll appointed town treasurer in tho stead of her brother, who recently resigned the position. By their ac- tion last night the council establish. odupmcedentinthomttnroitho appointment, a mu Dougnn is tho first indy to be honored with the po- nition in Ontario. it not. in Cnnndn. 3". is thoroughly. conversant with "‘1’"? “14 the town accounts. It. Donna outer. upon her new «mac. at. 09.00. and ‘I receiving con- gratulations .- tho an: Indy mul- ctpul treasurer 0! Ontario, “on“ I'm Occult In W“. A dcspntch from Vancouver, 13. C ., snysrâ€"The Steamer Empress at In- dia brings news of a steady increase in the appalling number of deaths by plague in Hong Kong, and the fact that the percentage of Euro- peans who have succumbed to the disease is much higher than on any occasion of former epidemics. Latest advices recorded the mortality in Hong Kong from plague at 45 deaths every 24 hours, and the num- ber of new cases at 50 a day. The number of deaths since the outbreak has been about 1,600, in spite of the close watch kept on steamers by the authorities. who are unable to pre- vent the spread of the disease In quarantine at Nagasaki. it being dis- covered that plague had broken out among Chinese passengers. Tet-flue Spread of tho Bum Pm. u luau" I.“ Do.- Iorlou M. h Moll-gland. A despatch from London sayszâ€"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 the 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 great suflerer 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, Sir William's speech, which was throughout undoubtedly pessimistic, drew angry interruptions from Joseph Chamberlain, the Colonial Secretary. The latter. in the course of his reply to Sir William. took a sanguine view of the situation in South Africa. He said nobody doubted the War Would soon be over, and when the Boers recognized that they had been thoroughly beaten and had returned to peaceful occupation. interest on the Transvaal debt and sinking {und would be easily payable as owing to the absence of pasturm farmers are forced u) sell their cat- tle. Ban Inc-dim" Will Not nu a In. of tho War. A despatch from London saystâ€"ln the course of it debate on the Fl- nance Bill in the House of Commons on Wednesday afternoon Sir William Vernon Harcourt. (Liberal) tron- chantly criticised the Government'- iinancinl policy. and said those per- sons believing the statement that the general expenditure would fall after the termination of the war were living in n fool’s paradise. mmummw until-no. A despatch from Toronto says:â€" The Provincial Medical Health om- 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:â€"-(‘anadion Northern Railway camp, Thunder Bay district, one case; Michipicotcn, one. case. Bur- ford township, Brant county, 20 cases; Townsend township, three cas- es; Bruntiord city, six cases; Walker- ville, one case; Burlington one. Brampton one, Toronto six, York tOWnship two, Princeton, Oxford county, one; Simcoe county six. Wal- pole, Iluldimand county, three. 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, an first. reported. but in a corridor qui‘to 0. long way from his Majesty" apartments. men lave been nubjectod to tortui-o in the hope of extracting conlcssious from them. er of the harem. whom they wished to get rid of. At the instigation o! the conspirators. a negress placed materials (or a conflagration in a corridor of the palace and lighted them under conditions compromising the lady treasurer. so that she would be suspected of the act and dismis- sed. The desired result was obtain- ed. The lady treasurer was not on- ly dismissed but she was imprisoned in the palace. Her relatives are influential. and have been endeavoring to obtain her release. There have been numerous arrests in consequence of the attempt at incendiarism, and some of the wo- LADY IUNlCIPAL TREASURER. we xumg Palace. the real cause at the recent. are there has only now transpired. The incident was the re- sult. of an intrigue by the ladies at the harem again“. the lady treasur- er Of the harem. whom Lhnv wished came. a. nun-'- mu. 0000'.- Man-y. A despntch tram Constantinoph sumâ€"Owing to the mystery and se- crecy quhrgugiing all occurrences in HARCOURT IS PESSIIISTIC. FIFTY DEATHS A DAY. SIALLPOX IN ONTARIO. LADIES OF THE “All. CROPS BURNING UP.