The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

1(16 ional NG 14. If the Dowma. 7 s Afiter an animated debate, an amendâ€" ment appealing to the nation to support the Douma against the Government was rejected. _ Then M. Petrunkevitch submitted a moderate amendment, exâ€" p pressing the hope that the people would remain calm until the Douma :i:msaed its labors. This was carried by a vote of 197 to 100. The Socialists and Laborâ€" ites, disgusted by the failure oi their efforts, left the chamber. The House ~ontinued the discussion. Mr. Stakhovitch moved to ex»anz> an «<pression of the Douma‘s distrust of <he Ministry from the main declaration. M. Petrunkevitch insisted upon its reâ€" tention. He said the Ministry was enâ€" dangering the country, which it was inâ€" capable of governing. _ He added that .l‘.ermun troops â€" were ready +~ ceeupy Russian territory, in coâ€"operation with Austria, and that the country ought to know what ignominy the Government was preparing for the nation. The Inaugural Dinner of the Liberal Colonial Club. London, July 23.â€"Earl Durham â€" preâ€" sided at a dinner toâ€"night imngnnriq the new â€" Liberal Colomial Club just orâ€" ganized to study and discuss colonial ?uelfiom lrothhe hLil)el'al standpoint. n posing "British Dominions Beyond gh.';:u." the Chairman said the Libâ€" erals in the past had fivn the colonies selfâ€"government, and if they wished to ti manl t Defeat of the Extremists, t. Petersburg, July 23.â€"The barâ€" s adjoining the Tauride Palace, in ch the Douma holds its sessions, e filled with picked troops _ toâ€"day. re was a report in cireulation among Constitutional Democratie members _ morning that the Czar contemâ€" ed closing the Douma toâ€"night in + they issued toâ€"day their proposed ifesto to the peasantry on behaif of Artillery Sent to Aid of the Defenceâ€" Estates Sacked Daily in the Province of Veronezh. The Douma Rejects the Appeal to the Nation. PEASANT WAR IN RUSSIA. pOMINIONS BZEYOND SEA. im ry then congregzate reat columm severs sack all the estate: «J. Troops arrived «e the mob with vo ny hundreds of t} el and wounded, by n‘y refused to retr he approach of m other roads made t )ps untenable, and in# the estates d are instructing the em; road in track repairing, in r an impending strike. campnc« by the ro e landed proprictor and his family w o«« the fields before â€"mnan advanced from the va; the horde, however, and rea ‘al peasants and Tulinovsky dectee ordering the burnin tation of all estates. The peas allowed to move their hous: ‘re sent away. Soon enc of _ smoke were seen ; mildings of the estateo,. istators then advanced x estate. where the were driven out of the peasants hoped the ipe destruction owing end‘y relations with the o district, man advanced from th Famous Stud Saved. rsburg, July 23.â€"The sant h lwfiam il{ the l’ron;":; of is «preading over the central Fifteen estates near the city ‘zh have been burned by the obs since Sunday, : of hired laborers a week ago lly <uppressed by the Governâ€" *s. Enormous masses of peasâ€" n congregated and marched in umm several miles in length 1 the estates in the neighborâ€" ops arrived and tried to disâ€" nob with volleys of musketry. rdreds of the peasants were wounded, but the horde stubâ€" used to retreat, roach of masses of peasants oads made the position of the enable, and they retreated, e estates defenceless, The it has sent artillery to the Wl V l« have arrived of the deâ€" f Prince Orloff‘s estate at the famous stud of Orloff kent. _ The men in charge : of the mob‘s cominz. and to drive the horses to the _ the families of the emâ€" °°° °7 AUvororo, and are e passage of all trains. n reinforeed by 6,000 men rnment cartridge factory vorleys into the crowd, drawn swords. An offiâ€" iys that one person has many wounded in rioting tations are packed irdlords and their ind dragoons. & ) the crowd borel a f the main Daildina fired with chemia~! Ismailorsky Regi. Gnuard have new stations on the Petersburg and mt was unable to the roadsides ons _ on _ the just been supâ€" that â€" dragoons the village of Tamboff, while Ng a peaceful ig â€" the land Military enâ€"‘ ‘t!w emp!o.\‘eesi oon enormous named Dro indered fo they reach trains readi arising on the horses vards. fter with famâ€" 41 But Morey Used in Emigrating Unemâ€" ployed is Better Spent. London, July 23.â€"In a speech in the Commons, announcing the appropriaâ€" tion of. £200,000 in aid of the unemâ€" ployed, John Burns approved the £6,000 spent last year in emigrating 250 perâ€" sons. _ They were workers and were permanently benefited, he gaid, whereâ€" as the efforts to provide work demanded ten times the money and twenty times the cost. and only left applicants . the worse off. oe" Miss Govenlock Wins Her 51i Against Hackmen, | St. Catharines despatch; In the case Em‘ Miss Govenlock, a visitor here from Feaforti:, who laid a complaint before the Magistrate aga.nst Sanderson, Newman & Hough, liverymen, under the byâ€"law of the Police Commission, charging them with neglecting to send a cab sne had ordered to take her to the train yesterâ€" day morning, the defendants yesterday afternoon explained that their cabs being all busy, they had handed her order over to another cabman, who had failed to keep the engagement. They acknowledged being culpaple, but agreed to pay all Miss Govenloe«‘s exir2 expenses caused by her having to wait over, and the gosts of the case, so she recalled© the {informatfors The new _ regulations provide that cuts of fresh beef from abroad shall be examined to see if the glands bear‘ tubereulosis symptoms, If they do the meat will not be admitted. Inasâ€"! much as American refrigerated â€" meat has the glands removed prior to shipâ€" ment, the regulations will practically exclude _ American â€" meat from Gerâ€" many. The Government will also stop the shipment of American canned ments' to the troops in South Africa, although it is under contract for a regular supply l until October. Berlin, July 23.â€"The â€" Governmena which was not impressed by President Roosevelt‘s recent assurances to the British Grocers‘ Federation regarding American meats, has _ Alecided, beginâ€" ning Sept, 15, to enforce new and more stringent inspection laws in _ the case of American packed products, which will practically anmihilate what remains of a once enormous trade. The Government Adopts Stringent Reguâ€" lations for Packed Products. bros, circus obtained a rebate on license fee of nearly 50 per cent., and which was believed to have been siolen from the Mayor‘s desk, was found toâ€"day. Various aldermen‘s signatures are apâ€" pended, but several of them positively repudiate it, clziming that their names were forged. Mayor Sharpe just as positively declares that each signature is genuine, and the situation is developâ€" ingy into a most interesting one. _ The city got $300 for the cireus license fee, and will have to expend over $1,000 in repairing the damage done to the streets by the heavy wagons of the show. Peclare Names Ars Forged â€" Mayor Sharpe Says Signatures Are Genuine â€"An, Interesting Situation at Winâ€" nipeg. Winnipeg, July 23.â€"The mysterious round robin through which Rinclin« Pr OS WINNIPEG ALDERMEN REPUDIATE THEIR SIGNATURES. "Resolved, that the Typothetae of Amâ€" erica in session assembled have nothing on which to confer with representatives of the _ International _ Typographical Vnion and that Mr. Lynch ard Mr. Hays be «o informed." The following officers were clected by acclamation: _ President, George H. Ellis, RBostor; Viceâ€"President, William (ireen, New York; Treasurer, Thomas E. Donnelley, Chicago; John Stovel, Winaniâ€" peg,. was elected a member of the Excenâ€" tive Committee cemana a continuance of the ore struggle." After this letter had been read to convention of the Typothetae the fol ing resolution was unanimously ad ed : 1.ynen, Prestuent, â€" ard ~J. W. Hays, Viceâ€"President, representing the Exeeuâ€" tive Council of the International Typoâ€" graphical Union, stating that they were ready for a conference with a view to adjusting the differences that now exâ€" ist. "Failing in obtaining this conferâ€" ence," the letter read, "the temper of the meimbers of the Typographical Union will demand a continuance of the oresent Was Met ty fiesclution Was Nothing oz Wrkich Had to Conferâ€"Officers Fuffaio despatch: The T thetae of Ameriea tn.dav f Communication F NC SURREXDER, DECLADZ TYPOTEHEETAE. EC STTTE u('lll-l“ Hon. W. P, Reeves, Aus responding said the stand the Britisgl Empire _ was ignorance between the om and the colonies. Hon. N. A. Peleourt pt eral Colonial Club, _ Oth Sir Sandford Fieming : Campbell, Winnipeg. "7emtcain the unity of the empire all must work together. apart from political party considerations in the cause of the British dominions beyvond the seas maintain the GERMANY BARS U. S. MEAT. £200,000. FOR THE: POOR. CIRCUS LICENSE FFE. WAR OF THE TYPOS. GOT HER EXPENSES July 23.â€"The mysterious _ through which Ringling obtained a rebate on license 1O CC _ CoF Valâ€"~ 110\ SCAS, «_ Reeves, Australian agent id the standing danger o mpire was the mutua ween the mother country 1 yom President Lynch roposed the L.ibâ€" iers present were and Hon. Colin Unjted Typo ME CAIRL L livkk That The:e Employers Elected, P 9 W t! OiiD Young Man Secures $500 at the Home Bark at Toronto. Toronto, July 23.â€"Raising a cheque for $5, a young man calling bhimself W. C. Bayne ,Oobtained $500 from the Home Bank of Canada at the head office, 8 King street west, yesterday morning. The fraud, when discovered and reportâ€" ed some hours afterward in making up the accounts for the day of the Home Bank, recalled the sensational checkâ€" raising game of Wirton at the Bank of _ It is believed that robbers \\‘a}'lnid' the train in the mountains and killed everyone connected therewith, _ The ibodies were buried, the wagons burned or wrecked, and the horses and doot carâ€" ! ried away. The authorities have not yet | secured any evidence as to the murderâ€" | ers, nor have they found anything which may lead to the identification of the dead people. Search is continuing, and it is beâ€" lieved that other bodies will be found. Three weeks ago an emigrant train of . three. wagons, containing men, woâ€" men â€" and â€" children, _ passed â€" through Rawlins, eastbound. Enquiries at towns further east brings the informatian that these wagons did not pass through theme places., The discovery was reported, and the following day officers visited the scene. Some distance away, in another canyon, were the remainsg of two wagons, partly wrecked. Buried under a lot of stones were found the dead bodies of a man and a woman. Both had been shot. Terrible Deed of a Band of Robbersâ€" Four Bodies so Far Foundâ€"Broken and Bulletâ€"Pierced Wagons in Carâ€" yonsâ€"Believe Whole Party Was Despatched. * Rawlins, TIa., July 23.â€"A horrible discovery has been made in the mounâ€" ‘tuins east of this place, and from the evidence found, an emigrant train of three wagons has been attacked by . rclbers, everyone in the wagons killed, ‘ and the property looted, The exact number killed is yet unkzown, but four bodies have already been found. Pro«pectors some days ago found the body of a man with a buliet hole in his head. The body was hidden under brush and found by accident,. In a canyon near by was found a wrecked wagon, the body +pattered with blood and containing sevâ€" eral builet holes. A further search disâ€" closed another dead body, that of a bov. HCRRIBLE BISCOVERY IN THE MOUNTAINS IN IOWA, Mr. Winter has been at 1 in the War Department ] conferences with Brig.â€"Géen whole idea was to cut designs. land ean learn anything from we are always glad to do it should you not learn from a tailor, as well as from a paint architect **" model the uniforms of the American solâ€" diers, sailed for home yesterday on the Ocearmic. He has been liberally criticised, vut said he left with feelings unruifled. "When I came here I expected antagâ€" onism," he said, "but I am happy to say 1 have not met with any. 1 think thore was an idea that I was to take a conâ€" tract for making uniforms, but my whole idea was to cut desiens. If Enz« George B. Winter, the English tailor of 39 Conduit street, London, who was summoned here ‘by Secretary Tait to reâ€" English Tailor Returns Homeâ€"Soldiers Dressed Like Messenger Boys. New York, July 23.â€"The World this imorning says: U.S.SOLDIERS WILL BE BETTER DRESSED London, July 23.â€"A despatch to a news agency fro mSt. Petersburg says that the report of the commission apâ€" pointed to inquire into the cireumstances attending the surrender of Port Arthur, PASSED A RAISED CHEQUE. GEN. STOESSEL SENTENCED TO DFATH. WIPED OUT TRAIN. work ten days holding many 1. HMumphreys, lo it. Why n a Kxropean painter or an ds Great Public Funeral of Late Walter Barwick, K. C. Toronto despatch:. The tragic death of Mr. Walter Barwick, K. C., in the Salisâ€" bury wreck brought a touching demonâ€" stration of respect and sympathy at the public funeral yesterday. The massive interior of St. James‘ Cathedral was crowded with leading public men and prominent citizens for the last sorrowful leaveâ€"taking. â€" Bishop _ Sweatman conâ€" ducted the service, which consisted only of selections from the burial ritual ard of music, by Dr. Ham, the choir and the congregation. He was accompanied to the chancel by Canon Sweeny, Canon Cayley and Rev. D. T. Owen. This state of affairs arouses in youth a morbid curiosity, which is destrnezive of that modesty which is the chief proâ€" tector of the gvonor of the young, the Recretary remarks in his letter to the commissioners. more careful in the selections played, while the bathing suits matter will be looked after by the police, as the iaw says the single piece garment is illegal, The Park Commissioners thought the word "immoral" was wrongly used with regard to the music; some of it might be annoying, they said, but that was the worst that could be said of it. The Moral Reform Asosciation is aJso worried because the bathers, male and feâ€" male, are compelled to tread their way through the crowds_ that throng _ the beach between the houses and the sea. Coney island, English Bay, is immoral, |_ It was shown in evidence that West and that one piece bathing suits are too | had provoked Groves by calling _ him suggestive, are the latest complaints of | names, and had also attacked him. The the Moral Reform Association. The obâ€" |latter, who had a jackknife in his hand, jections have just come before the I retailated, plunging the weapon eight Board of Park Commissioners, who have |times into West‘s body. ordered the providers of music to bel He was convicted and sentenced to 18 more careful in the selections played,| months in the Central Prison by Judge }vhilu the bathing suits matter will be | Blake. BATHING SUIT GIVES OFFENCE AT VANCOUVER. A private service at the house, 151 St. The young man is thought to be a stranger from across the line, and as he had some hours start it is believed he got safely away before the swindle was discovered. ine cheqile presented yesterday at the Home Bank was made out for $ and cleverly altered after being marked by the ledgerkeeper to read five hundred dollars. _ It was presented to the payâ€" ing teller and accepted, payment being made. Commeree and the Imperial Bank, whon $2,000 was secured. The cheque presented yesterday at the Home Bank was made out for $5 anrd qs 0 0 m Te yoskerday he spent several hours with Gen,. Humphreys in the army building in Whitehall street, "With the exeeption of a few changes, all my designs have been accepted," said Mr. Winter. "For one thing, the United States cavairy may look forward to peg top breecnes. All the uniforms will have a better apâ€" pearance," said the London tailor. "They will be smarter and more comfortaois. The trdusers of the cavairy will be cut a little larger and fuller aroundt the thighs. The gemeral lines of the unriâ€" forms, colors, designs and trimmings will be very much the same as at present. Such changes as are made are in fines around and over. ‘hey avill make the men look more eoldierly in appearance. There will be no change in the campaign hat. 1 think both officers and men will be pleased. There is no reason why a great country like this should dress her soldiers like a lot of messenger boys," Quartermasterâ€"General recommends that â€" Lieut.â€"Gen. Stoessel, the former commander of the fortress, be sentenced to death, and that Lieut.â€"Gen. Fock, who commanded the first East Siâ€" berian division, at Port Arthur, be conâ€" THIS IS DREADFUL BURIED AT TORONTO Before sailing J 8 Mary of Her Cattle Have Failed the 1 Tuberculine Test, l London, July 23.â€"The Dundee Adverâ€" tiser quotes the _ statement of R. T. lHouston, Secretary of the Armagh Agriâ€" ‘cultural Technical Instruction Commitâ€" tee, to the effect that for eight years he ha» subjected over 200 Irish cattle tol pass the test. The Advertiser says those who live in glass houses should _ rot | throw stones. The Irish should be the last to cast imputations on the purity of Canadian fiattle, y?t, with the Canâ€" adian and other supplies sto , upon Ireland we would bn\'z to depzf(;dfor l())‘l,lr: stores. C. P. R. Blamed for the Accident on "Calamity Curve." Galt despatch: The C. P. R. was toâ€" day held responsible by the coroner‘s jury for the recent fatality at the spot known as ¢Calamity Curve." _ The jury found that the train was not fully equipped with roper brakes, nor proâ€" perly managed, and that it was injudiâ€" cious to have two trains working toâ€" gether on this known dangerous piece of road. The straightening of the road was reâ€" commended, and it was decided to ask the Railway Commission to investigate its condition. Charge Against Galt Man Reduced to Felonious Wounding. Galt, Ont., despatch: The charge of attempt to murder was toâ€"day reduced to one of felonious wounding, at the inâ€" stance of the Crown Attorney, in the case of John Joseph Groves, who stabâ€" bed William West, hostler, at the new Royal Hotel, on the 10th inst., in the course! of an altercation. | Toronto, July 23.â€"A peculiar incident of the lion and the lamb lying down toâ€" gether is being demonstrated at Michie & Company‘s, on King street, only â€" the participants of the freakish actions are a& mother cat and a baby rat, both naâ€" tural born enemics. The latter was givâ€" en to the cat, who was nursing five kitâ€" tens, to make a juicy meal, but instead of devouring it with supreme relish, the cat has placed the rat alongside _ the kittens and is now suckling it, On three or four different occasions the mother has moved her young, takâ€" ing special care to move the rat along with her babies. OLD CAT ADOPTsS RAT Rodent Made Member of Hann.. His co ‘ried the case to the Court of the Supreme Court at Ottawa, a. ally the Privy Council, each of which dismissed the appeal. Cell}, [,_""â€"NC" dismissed the appeal. While the lawyer has wandered about from court to court the prisoner Harsha has lain in Toronto jail. He will now be sent back to Chicago. Before the extradition proceedings could be concluded, his counsel, Mr. Macâ€" kenzie, secured his release on an order of habeas corpus. The detectives immediâ€" ately rearrested him, and after the hearâ€" ing of the eâ€"se his extradition was orâ€" dered, RESPONSIBLE FOR FATALITY. Toronto, July 23.â€"Word was received yesterday that the Privy Council of Engâ€" land has dismissed the appeal in the case of Fred Harsha, who is wanted in Chiâ€" cago on the charge of forgery. Harsha was an officer of the Police Benevolent Society in Chicago. Last year when they gave their benefit concert, he obtained 600 tickets, which he endorsed to sell as genuine. When action was taken against him on the charge of forgery, he lfxl‘ed to Toronto, where the police arrested im. Hardâ€"Fought Action Dismissed by Privy Council. Installation Conducted by Past Grand Master A. A. Stevensen, of Montreal â€"â€"Next Session of Grand Lodge Will Be Held in Ottawa. Toronto despatch: The fiftyâ€"first anâ€" mual communication of the Masonic Grand Lodge wound up yesterday afterâ€" noon with the installation of the officers by that veteran Past Grand Masetr, M. W. Bro, A. A. Stevenson, of Mortreal, and the passing of the usual votes of thanks. The election of officers result=4 as follows: Grand Senior Warden, V. W. Bro. Harry A. Taylor, Toronto; Geand Junior Warden, W. Bro. Alex. K. Wanâ€" lese, Sarnia; CGrand Chaplain, W. Bro. Right Rev. Dr, Williams, London, Bishop of Huron: Grard Registrar, W. Bro. W. D. Tye, Goderich. Board of General Parâ€" posesâ€"R. W, Bros, F. J. Skinner, Gananâ€" oque; D. F. MacWatt, Sarnia; A. Sham, Kingston; S. A. Luke, Ottawa; A. J. Young, Nipissing. ‘The contest for the Grand Senior Wardenship was between V, W. Bro. Harry A. Taylor and W. Bro. T. G, Maleolm, both of Toronto. Mr, Taylor won by a big majority. The Grand Lodge will meet in Ottawa next year. 1 George street, conducted by Bishop‘ |Sweatman, preceded the conveyance of | the remains to the cathedral. The pallâ€" { bearers were Hon. A. B. Aylesworth, Mr. H. J. Wright, Sis Aemilius Irving, K. C,, Messrs Melfort Boulton, J. O. Buchâ€" anan, C. H. Stanley Clarke, Dr. Temple land Nichol Kingsmill, K. C. The chief mourners included Hugh Barwick, son of deceased; Leonard Barwick, a cousin: 1. E. Gsborne, sonâ€"inâ€"law; Featherstor Avleworth, ard Jobhn Galt. IRELAND IN GLASS HOUSE kgtt . HARRY A. TAYLOR, CF TOROXNâ€" TO, IS SENIOR WARDEX. MASONS‘ OFFICERS. STABBER SENTENCED HARSHA LOSES APPEAL, e Member of Happy Family of Five Kittens. a freight found the mangled remains of a man, over whom their train had passed, lying beside the track. Chief / Goodman and Coroner McelLean _ were | notified and took the body in charge. ‘ He was identified as Robert Barbour, who had been round town for a few days, and had been employed on the new C. P. R. line at Coldwater for a short time. He appeared to be about 40 years of age. His residence is unâ€" i known. As a number of people assert that they beard vigorous cries of "Murder" shortly before the tragedy, Coroner McLean has ordered an inquest for toâ€"morrow morning. had recently lost a fine position Member of One of St. John‘s First Families Shoots Himself. |, 6t. John, N. B., July 23.â€" Horace Peters, of West St. John, toâ€"night comâ€" mitted suicide by blowing his brains out with a revolver. had recently jost a line position in a large Boston wholesale house, and worâ€" ried over the matter until he became Jeaves a young family. Both belonged to the first families in the city, hss â€"_Orillia, Ont., despatch: ~â€" About midâ€" night last night cries of "Murder" awakened the residents near the railâ€" way station. Shortly after the crew of Mangled Remains of Discovery That in Making Application for Insurance Policy on His Life in 18go He Named as Beneficiary "My ' Intended Wife, Elizabeth Bennett Beit." New York, July 23.â€"Speculation as to whether Alfred Beit, the South African financie~. who died in London Monday, left a widow was aroused toâ€"day by tho discovery that in making an application â€" to an American insurance company for a ] policy on his life in 1890 Me. Beit named | as the beneficiary of his policy "My inâ€" : tended wife, Elizabeth Beanett Beit," | Whether this stated intention of marâ€" rlage was ever carried out was not statâ€" ¢d in the statistics furnished to the inâ€" Iumnce company, which showed that at he time he submitted to a physical exâ€" gmination Mr. Beit was unsnarried, . Aiâ€" , though sixteen years have elapsed since j the policiee wore taken out in favor of Flizabeth Bennett. and during that time [Beit has been constantly brought to pubâ€" lit notice, yet he has always been reâ€" garded as a bachelor, London, July 18.â€"The Times says: At the time the insurance policies on‘ Alfred Beit‘s life, which name Elizaveth RBennett as beneficiary, were written. Mr, ! Beit confidently expected to be married to that lady, He had known her many > years, was very fond of ber, and enterâ€" i ‘ tained great respect for her. Why he _ did not marry her he did not disclose to _ any of his friends. So far as I know his relations with her had been above ; reproach, and her social position and her _ accomplishments will in no respect be , open to criticism, She is still living. ; Through x change of management, he DBOUBTLESS HE HAD INTENL TAKE A BRIDE. Replying to the toast of "Our Gnests" Mr. Wim. McCormick, of Glasgow, Seotâ€" land, referred to his experience in New York on a Sunday, where the obseryâ€" ance of the day was so lax that the conâ€" trast in Toronto was as day is to aight. Mr, A. E. Kemp, M. P., responding to the Parliamentary toast, remdirked that the respect for law in this country was so great that the Sabbath was stricsly observed even before the Lord‘s Day set comes into effect To keep up with the times and meet the changes that have taken place since 1866 a committee was appointed ;) reâ€" vise the constitution, The commitice was instructfed to get recommendations from the Supreme Grand Lodges of Enzâ€" land, lrelnnd;t Scitland, British America, the United States, Australasia and Bntâ€" ish Nouth Africa, A fine portrait of the late E. F. Clarke, M. P., so long identified with the active propaganda of Orangeism in Canâ€" aca, was unveiled by Dr. Sproule at the banquet in the evening. Dr. Sproule said his duty was a sober one, but he perâ€" formed it with loving pleasure. _ Mr. Clarke had done much to bring Orangeâ€" ism to the high position in which it stood in Canada toâ€"day, He hoped the portrait would be an inspiration to the members to go on in the work. These are the new officors: Immed ate Past President, Robert Burns, Tor onto; President, Dr. T. 8. Fproule, M, P., Markdale; First Viceâ€"President, W, J. Calvin, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Second Viceâ€" President, Col. R. H. Wallace, C. i. Belfast; Imperial Grand Chaplain, Rev. G, M. Black, Newry, Ireland; _ Deputy Chaplain, Rev. Wm. Waish, Bramptou; Imperial Grand Secretary, Win, Lee, Torâ€" onto; Imperial Grand Treasurer, Fred, Dane; Imperial Grand Auditors, Baillie Wim. McCormick, Glasgow; and J. A. MeDonald, _ Massachusotts; * Amperial Grand Lecturer, Thomas Gilday, Montâ€" real, and P. Heine. Monetoza, N. B.; imâ€" perial Gran1 Director of Ceremonies, T. (, Noble, Manitoba; Assistant Imperiat Grand Secretary, Jas. Davidson, Bublin, At the closing session a message of fraternal greetings to the Masonic Grant Lodge meeting in Massey Haill was sent. with Hall. M. P., of Markdals, Supreme G:and Mas ter of the Grand Orange Lodge of Brit Fred Dane, Treasurer, aad Vm. Lee, Secretaryâ€"Liverpcol Next Place of Sessionâ€"Orangemen‘s Eazguet. ELECTIONS AT CLOSING SESSION 0z IMPERIAL ORANGE CCUNCIL. CRIES OF "MURDER" HEARD SPROULE IS PRESIDENT. LOSES PLACKE, SUICIDES. Toronto despatch HAD BEIT A WIFP emains of Man Found on Track at Orillia. i oi o oe on oo 0 on oo kok the times and meet | C ve taken place since [A as appointed ;) reâ€" M . The commitice et recommendations [ °1 rand Lodges of Eng. | sotts; _ Amperial as Gilday, Montâ€" netoa, N. B.; imâ€" of Ceremonies, ‘F, ssistant Imperial ‘, Win, Lee, Torâ€" Treasurer, Fred, Auditors, Baillie w; and J. A. wrod _ with mal Grand at its closâ€" oule TO OCCASIONED BY HIS MAJESTY‘s DECISION. London Times Declares That Answer Has Not Been Due to Lack of Inâ€" terest or Appreciation of the Great London, July 23.â€"Commenting on the genuine regret occasioned by the Kin‘s decision, the Time says that the fact that the answer has been in the negative is in no sense due to lack of interest on the part of the Sovereign in the welfare of the great Dominion, which has made such marvellous strides since the days when he visited it awPrince of Wales, nor from any want of Appreciaâ€" tion of the rfit of affectionate loyaity in which Mttu was conceived. ? indeed, h‘. of ind ve, & practical Lm One may 1-:‘:. express the hope that the obstacles which have proved too serious on this occasion may yet at some future date be surmounted. The Natal Government had no inforâ€" mation about wounded natives being killed by the native levies, The toloâ€" gram confirmed the official version of Bambaata‘s head being cut off for idenâ€" tification, owing to the decompositrion of the rest of the body and of its being subsequently buried with the latter. 'Undet Colonial Secretary Churchil) Imâ€" parts to House the Official Reply to the Government‘s Inquiries, London, July 23.â€"Under Colonia] Seeâ€" retary Churchill imparted to the Mouse of Commons this afternoon the official reply to the Government‘s inquiries in the alloged atrocities perpetrated on the wounded Zn‘us in Natal during the operâ€" ations against the rebel chief Bambaata, According to a telegram from the Govâ€" ernor of Natal, 3000 natives were killâ€" ed throughout tme operations and 2000 woere made â€" prisonors, including the wounded. _ _ The murder occurred over a trivial matter. Some of the Chinese workers wanted the cook of their camp to join ‘a secret . society of which they were ’mambern. The cook happened to beâ€" long to another tong and refused, He ,wns subjected to a number of petty anâ€" noyances for a time, the idea being that ‘he might be induced under pressure to | leave one society and join the other. , But the cook remained true to his tong, , and his life was made #o great a burden :'lh.n! he eventually got into a quarrel THREE THOUSAND KILLED; TwO THOUSAND PRISONERS. TORONTO An Affair in Which Secret Society Inâ€" fluences _ Workedâ€"Labor â€" Protest Against Employment of Chinese, Vancouver, July 23.â€"The murder of a Chinese worker at the Consolidated Cariboo Mining Company‘s camp at Bulâ€" lion by a Celestial of another tong or sociaty has led white miners in the northâ€" ern gold camp to write to the press deâ€" ploring the employment of a large numâ€" ber of Orientals by the mining company in which the Guggenheims have just bought a controlling interest. About 200 Chinese are working on a road for the company,. MNINING CAMP COOK TURNS oN ®Is PERSECUTOR. Cologne, will be brou;.;htl to â€" Beriin, and doubtless will be placed in the Art Museum. The last time the sarcophagus vyas opened was in 1861, for the purpose of measuring the bones of Charlemagne, when it was discovered he had been a man of extraordinary stature, The casâ€" ket did not contain the bead, which is enclosed in the head of a bust of Charâ€" lemagne in the AixJaâ€"«Chapelle Cathâ€" edral. detail than was given in yesterday‘s desâ€" patches the two covermgs in which the body of the great Emperor had been wrapped, _ Both are of woven silk, one Byzantine work of the 10th century. The other is Nicilian work, and was probâ€" ably woven at Palermo in the twelttn century, _ The former consists of a serâ€" ies of richly ornamental, concentric cirâ€" cles, in the centre of which is a superbly caparisoned elephant, and it contains, woven into it in late Grecian charactors, the name of the artist, _ No date is givâ€" en. _ The second piece presents lifeâ€"Aike beautiful reproductions of birds and amâ€" mals resembling hares, All the members of the commission appointed to attend the opening of the surcophagus were struck by the manâ€" ner in which the colors are retained. Their vividness is doubtless due to the fact that the bones and coverings wore enclosed in a â€" hermeticallyâ€"sealed | onsâ€" ket. _ The coverings, by permission of Cologne, will be brought to â€" Beriin. REGRET IS GENUINE. Paris, July 28.â€"Prof, Lessing, tor of the Art Museum here, in . terview on his return from Aix‘; pelie, whither he went to attend opening of the sarcophages of C magne, vesterday, describes in ©: Time Has Not Dimmed Colorsâ€"YVividâ€" ness Due to Fact That Casket Was Hermetically Sealedâ€"Will Bs Placed in Art Museum, MAGNIFICENT FABRICS TAKEN FROM EMPEROR‘S SA>~"PEACUS. CHARLEMAGNE‘S ROBES NATAL OPERATIONS. A CHINESE MURDFR. w# n tPc