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used in NWw r cent. more n the same 1 are now prepared MPTLY. tity of Sash, d the differâ€" toolâ€"Didn‘t you HOOS SED MEN bridge in the world is ze, near Sangang, in nds 5 1â€"4 miles over &8 low Sea, and is ’flm“ a so that all orders tside sheeting. yâ€"haired beauty ruUD |ygers up and L'l y did until she played Wretched â€" coquette! A m NGEST BRIDGE Lath always EL TREATMENT. cXKECHNIE, zytsis in the Dominion, L L L . J : the water, and m network. A : iz, rests on the The bridge was of the Emperor EN CO N Y0UTCd actory.. irches sU id always felt as vrong in withholdâ€" is affair as long» n ises that seemed r1e. And to.w cipals it will no 1) !'_’ ~""‘ & ut t knownr t 1. "%% yxly lisgclosed the i and Duroc‘} the facts shortly me on he puipit 0 SUjJforo Lmontâ€"* a*agzes of arr the crown and is ife Mentad in all of fa who dy. oW e +) ifter #2 4Â¥ L Do SIeT 1000 °0, P COUISU, tHe period of the usual "summer duliness," and the best that can be said is that confidence in the future of trade is deâ€" cidedly expressed by those most intiâ€" matelf connected with it and who are, therefore, presumably in a position to speak with authority. The outlook, we are told, is "very promising," and it is believed that better business times are near. The boot and shoe trade conâ€" tinues the most active of the leading inâ€" dustries, end in some directimutz:ws substantia> gains since last week. Prices The Vanderbiltâ€"Wilson 'Odd.m New York has been postponed in t itely. Young Mr. Vanderbilt, who | 18 suffering from a severe attack of inâ€" flammatory rheumatism, is still conâ€" fined to his room. The platform of the Republican parâ€" ty embraces sound money, reciprocity in trade, protection, the enforcement of the Monroe doctrine, a condemnation of the Armenian massacres, and & friendly feeling towards Cuba. | Political excitement and more or less fininancial unrest are interfering with business throughout the United States. Our mivu es from thekxogw York wfi mercial agencies spea no c the general dogression everywnfo across the line. This is, of course, the susutc$ _ uk . _ ies } The trial of Alonzo _ M. Walling, {ointly indicted with Scott Jackson or the murder of Pearl Bryan, ended on Friday with a verdict of guilty, and & sentence of death. Bartholdi‘s statue of Liberty in New York harbor is badl{ out of repair, and one hundred and fifty thousand dolâ€" lars will be required to place it in proper condition. T ind vmeiih is * uty i Wnatntnmasts santvalith .. BB 1 1 100 Bheard, on Thursday. Private Brennan, United States Arâ€" tillery, stationed at Fort Niagara, N.Y., was accidentally ghot and killed while acting as marksman at the rifle range. % 5 Under high license in Michigan the aumber of saloons has increased by 487, while the revenue is about 0‘75.000 larger. Ten persons from Little Fallsl X. Y« were killsd by the explosion ofa boilâ€" er on)tbe pl:gsure_ steamer Hon. Titus Milton B. Wells has Goshen, Ind., for the 1 Jennie Walters at that day. â€" y e ne "rsl (KRoyal) Dragoons, of which he is Colonelâ€"inâ€"Chief, to adorn their colâ€" ours on Waterloo day. This action of Emperor William, following close upon his wearing a British admiral‘s uniform at the reception given to the visiting British naval architects in Berlin, and his very friendly remarks upon that ocâ€" casion shows quite a change of front upon the part of the Kaiser towards Great Britain. UNITED STATES. The Republican convention in St. Louis nominated Mr. McKinley â€" for President of the United Stateg. a vast majority of bankers and merâ€" shants think should be maintained. The invasion by Venezuelan troops of British Guiana is confirmed, but Mrar. Curzon, the Underâ€"Secretary for Forâ€" elign Affairs, does not think that there is any danger of hostilities arigsing out ef the action. In the House of Commons Mr. Chamberlain confirmed the report that Â¥enezuelan troops had entered British Gulana territory, and interfered with a party of British surve{ora who had asked for the support of the colonial euthorities. It is stated in London that if the Canadian Government now sends a forâ€" mal invitation to the Duke of York to visit Canada during the British Assoâ€" ciation meeting and the Canadian Inâ€" ternational Exhibition the invitation will probably be accepted, _ though domestic reasons may possibly prevent the Duchess crossing the Atlantic. Emperor William sent a wreath to the first (Royal) Dragoons, of which he is Colonciâ€"inâ€"Chiel® tm anrem Fhoaieg mapt Regarding biâ€"metallism Sir Michael Hicksâ€"Beach said in his speech on Wednesday that Eritish credit was based on the gold standard, and which 8 minutes 42 4â€"5 seconds, establishing a new record. The Panâ€"Presbyterian Council, with 60 ministers of that denomination from the United States, and a number from Canada and other colonies, is in sesâ€" sion at Glasgow. At Catford, England, Shaz the bicyâ€" ole rider, covered 30 miles and 30 yards in one hour., He rode two miles in The Kitchen Committee of the House ef Commons has substituted female for male waiters in the service of terrace refreshments. Representatives of the Montreal firse brigade RBrave arrived at Liverâ€" 1 on their way to the London mmen's tournament. The Japanese Government has orderâ€" ed four firstâ€"class and two secondâ€"class eruisers from shipâ€"builders on the Clyde and Tyne. 8ir Mackenzie Bowell and Sandford Fleming have left London for a holiday in Ireland. The Earl of Clonmell is dead. Lord Rosebery‘s tendency to insomnia BHas almost entirely disappeared. It is reported from Quebec, that the pew field guns recently purchased by Col. Laks in England, has arrived there. Over 32445 threeâ€"pound n.mrleo of w« grain have been sent from the Cenâ€" tra‘ Experimental Farm to the farmers of Canads between January 3rd and May 15. Mr. James Ritchie of Rcaersvill_o. N. B., was struck by a piece a whiffle tree in the hands of a man named Preâ€" vost, who took his brother‘s part in a uarrel, resulting in Mr. Ritchie‘s Llh about 24 hours later. GREAT BRITAIN. Thirty fishing craft were deotmm n a hurricane that swept over brador coast. Bir Leonard Tilley is confined to his bome with bioodâ€"poisoning in one of his feet. His case is very serious. The Canada Southern Railway Co.has declared a semiâ€"annual dividend of 1 1â€"4 per cent. Fv"ng Items About Our Own Country Oreat Britain, the United States, and All Parts of the Globe, Condensed and Assorted tor Easy Reamling. CANADA. Bishop Burn of Qu‘Appelle is aead. Lightning has damaged the Western Fair buildings. A new summer hotel is projected Bamflton Beach. P st E VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER, B. Wells has been jailed at NFAS N A NISHHL the murder . urder of Miss place on Monâ€" She _ (sentimentally)â€"What there h(innfirol a s po‘otry He (sadly)â€"Yes ; a great deal of pretty poetry has gone there, affected,of which number about 3,000 die yearly. A good part of these victims pears, are in open revolt, and everyâ€" where men and women are reduced {o skeletons and are to be seen carrying their last rags to be sold for taxes. In Lombardy and other northern disâ€" tricts where the people live on insuffiâ€" cient Indian corn, the writer also says, that horrible disease fell&gra is increasâ€" ing, and more than 100,000 persons are e to his room in the afternoon to see why he stayed so long, they caught him in the act of administering a dose of paris green to himself. A paper containing some more of the poison was lying on a table. A rush was made for Dr. Lackner‘s office, across the street, the other men dragging Herman with them. The doctor ran to a back room for his stomach pumg, and while the others were not lookâ€" ing the wouidâ€"be suicide made a bolt for the street, Up Queen street he ran, followed shortly by the doctor and the others in a bugg.. He, howâ€" ever, mnnaged to elude his pursuers, a small delay being occasioned in hitching the horse, and ran for nearly a mile out towards the town limits. Finalily, the doctor and the others came upon him sitting under a tree groaning terribly. When he saw them be jumped up again and ‘dashed off ‘in the direction of Bridgeport, but he was weakened by the drug, and fell before going far. When the doctor tried to use the stomach pump Herâ€" man fought and kicked like a _ madâ€" man. At last they got his mouth open by prying it with a broom handle, and the pump was aiglied. The man was then driven to the hospital, Evâ€" erything gossiblo was done to save his life, but he died at an early hour in the morning in grest agony. _ The suicide was a single man, and it â€" is believed the reason he took Ef»olsun was because of a love affair. He had freâ€" quently threatened to take his life, once because the cook at a hotel where he was boarding refused to go to a dance with bhim. He belonged to No. 6 Company, 29the Battalion. An Impending Revolutionâ€"High Taxes and a Starving People. A letter from an Englishman who has been long a resident in Italy is published in a London paper, and gives a serious picture of the situation of afâ€" A CHEAPER WAY. I see Roberts has bought a steamer Yes, the doctor ordered it. For a sea voyage! No; for a tonic. Joseph Herman Takes Paris Greenâ€"Ke is Dragged to a Doctor‘s. But Escapesâ€" Chased and Captured, But too Late to Bave HMis Life,. A despatch from Berlin, Ont., says :â€" A curious case of suicide, peculiar on account of the determination which characterized the act, took place here on Saturday. The victim of his own rash act is a young German named Joseph Herman, a bricklayer‘s and masâ€" on‘s labourer. He was very erratic in his habits, and was thought not to be entirely responsible. He boarded at Seibert‘s boardingâ€"house on Queen street, and when some of the other boarders, including his brother, went A quaint chameleon flower has been found in the Isthmus of Tehuantepeqa, and will shortly be brought to Europe. The blossoms ° change colour thrice daily, becoming white in the morning, red at noon, and blue in the evening. The late M. Cernushi has bequeathâ€" ed to the city of Paris his house in the Ruse Velasquez, and its splendid collection of Japanese antiquities, one of the finest in existence. In thmripâ€" cipal salon is a statue of Bud in solid bronze, four yards and a half in length, and said to be the largest ever brought _to Eurqpo., Cernuschi, who was nothing unless ori‘gvi.n.;l-.“-:lw':o;; fi})t ten silver and gold lamgs, burning ore this image night and day. set type like a professional compositor. When he eatasthod the CaLhoYi(:Re- cord in West Australia he was obhfed to set his own type, and to teach the art to other priests, besides editing the _ _A terrible famine is desolating the prosperous portions of Tonquin, and the distress is so dire that Chinese parents uromsellinc their children for a few cents. After a review of the German troops at Potsdam, Liâ€"Hungâ€"ChanJ, the Chinâ€" ese Ambassador, exclaimed to Emg:râ€" or William that with ten such battalâ€" lons he would have annihilated the Japanese at one stroke. The report that a party headed by the Marquis de Morpe:. consisting of thirtyâ€"six men, bound for the Soudan, in order to enlist the Arab chief against the British has been massacred to a man is confirmed. Archbishop O‘Reilly, of Adelaide, can sot tyDs like a nenfasuomal enmnmunatkoe PREPARED TO ACQUIESCE. Rio Janeiro advices state that seriâ€" ous defalcations have been disclosed in the custom houses at Buenos Ayres and at Santos. hree Dunied It is reported that three hun Turkish troops were killed in a recent encounter with the Cretan insurgents at Comoneri. J are lower for iro staples are quiet & DETERMINED SUICIDE. A DARK OUTLOOK. iron and steel, and most seemed to be acting on tha_Eegtha of my brainâ€"I can give no clearer descripâ€" tion. There was a heavy, steady, but mighty loud beating of my heart, each ‘beat of which appeared to churn up my brain. + ** Breathe away quietly ; and begin to count slowly ug to a hundred." ‘"* One, two, three, four, five, six, sevâ€" en," I murmured, and then, somehow, a confusion of thought came upon me. Where had I got to ? It didn‘t in the least matter, Iinew. but still it worâ€" rletd tmd‘:e l£ul: yet while evten in the act o iding to go on counting again, to begin at l':]lgs‘ beginning, I found that I was being suffocated, gut still it was pleasant suffocation. I was uncertain as to whether I should struggle or not. That also didn‘t seem to be of much at the same time. A sweet, burning, halfâ€"pleasant, halfâ€"sickly.odour was emâ€" itted as I breathed. " We will proceed with the chloroâ€" fo!‘(lin. Mr. Richardson," the great man said. ,_At these words, a young doctor,standâ€" ing at my head, bent over me, holding a towel in his hands. He managed to raise my lower jaw, and also to place the chioroformâ€"saturated towel over _ "Feel a bit sbaky, eh?" asked the surgeon. " A tablespoonful of brandy, please, sister. Now, that‘s better." ed with eager studentsâ€"for, unfortunâ€" ately for me, my case was a very speâ€" cial one, and re%uired a very " heroic" operation. On the floor stood a narâ€" row table of polished mahogany, fitted, as far as I could see, with all sorts of springs, screws and a%pliances for raisâ€" ing or depressing the headâ€"piece or feetâ€" piece, or raising or lowering the top of the table as a whole. It was coverâ€" ed with blankets, protected by a spotâ€" lessly white mackintosh sheet. The room was op[preasivoly hot, and the silâ€" ence which followed ‘ upon my arrival was only broken by the gentle hissing of the carbolic spray. An odour of punâ€" gent but not unpleasant drugs, someâ€" what suggestive of a chemist‘s shop, permeated the theatre. Gently, but quick!ly, I wus lifted on to the table. jrsts: Sbqurtnbetr B sisty tw Aafiucrticctenrctn P insd 4 Abmiass® Bd Just at that moment more cheers reâ€" minded me of the reception a popular matador receives on enter ing the arena before a bullâ€"fight. A moment later the frostedâ€"glass swing doors were thrown ur‘n, and I was trundled into & large, light, and very lofty room, somewhat in the shape of a horseshoe. Around the circular side of the place were tier above tier of benches throngâ€" a&nd a hearty clapping of hands and stamping of feet caused me to look inâ€" terrogatively at my conductor. .‘"Only them students giving Mr. Mâ€" hlsr usual cheer," he said, cheerfully. Mn o nemttt PR EATY CAHOLMLUCE| UR Horrors." As I was run along between the long row of beds, such patients as were able raised themselves on their elâ€" bows to get a glimpse of me, some wishâ€" ing me “goog luck," and others exâ€" pressing their pity for me in none too comforting phraseology. The journey seemed, and really was, & long one. After traversing two wards and a long corridor, I was placedâ€"carâ€" mage and allâ€"in a lift, and was run down to the groundâ€"floor, where my journey through corridors and wards was regsated. Just before reaching the fateful place, A LOUD CHEER and a hearty clapping of hands and stamping of feet caused me to look inâ€" te‘x:rlqgg.tnygly at my conductor. C But sleep came in the early morning, and it was nearly nine before I awoke to find two nurses and tha ward porâ€" ter standing by my bed, the latter being in charge of a fow basketâ€"litter on wheeis, which was ussd to convey patâ€" lents to and from the opening theatre. Pale and trembling, I was assisted inâ€" to this means of transport, and a secâ€" ond later the rubberâ€"tired wheels were rumbling along the rather uneven floor of the ward (the hospital was an old one) en route for the "Chamberâ€" of wWOUNDED LIMBS, E er from other strange apparatuses,hearâ€" ing every now and then a groan, or the delirious jargon of some of the worst patients, feeling all the while fairly well in bodily health and yet knowing that within the next few hours an operation must be performed to oneself which " may prove fatal" (to quote the surgeon‘s words), and which at the best will be followed by weeks of confinement to bed, and much sufférâ€" ing, and I fancy few readers will be surâ€" prised that even a sieeping draught proâ€" duced little else but confusion of thought and excited _ halfâ€"waking dreams. pressing on in & dimlyâ€"lighted hospigtal ward, with the firelight casting fantastio shadows up the wailsâ€"shadows from " cages" placed to keep the bed clothes from But in spite of his cheering words and a mercifully given sleeping draught.my night was not " good." Imagine yourâ€" ,elt lying with nineteen other sufferers, " Mr. Mâ€"_._" (mentioning the name of & great surgeon) " has decided to perâ€" form the operation toâ€"morrow morning at nine." He then instructed the sisâ€" ter of the ward to keep we without breakfast next morning (chloroform,I‘m told, always being more safely adminisâ€" tered on an empty stomach), and with a fow cheery words bade me " goodâ€" night." made the operation necessary were, I was well enough to walk to the infirmâ€" ary at Lâ€"â€" three days before the day of my great ordeal. How little I susâ€" poeted anything serious as I sat with others on a bench awaiting my turn to enter the consultingâ€"room of the outâ€" patient department! Ten minutes later I was a terrified, crushed, trembling, dazed man, for I had received my senâ€" tence, which was that "a very grave operation must be performed within a week if my life were to be saved." The . succeeding events resembled a terrible nightmare. I remember givâ€" ing the address of my friends to an ofâ€". ’ficia.l, being conducted to a ward, makâ€" iIng an apology for a meal, and then beâ€" ing ordered to bed. Two days later the houseâ€"surgeon, when making his visit to the ward, came to my bedside and Recollections of One Who Experienced â€"Went Through An Operation Which Has Oniy Been Performed Twice Beâ€" fore in Europe and Did Not Know It. Never mind what my complaint was| This I may say, that, terrible though the operation and the disease which MERCIFUL (CHLOROFORKL. HOW IT FEELS TO UNDERGO A BIG SURGICAL OPERATION. MOUTH AND NOSTRILS SBome London dentists‘ are now tryâ€" ing the novel experiment of extracting teeth by electricity. To the battery are attached three wires. Two of them have handles at the end, while the third is attached to the forceps. The t tient grasps the handles, the electr ity is turned on suddenly, and _ the dentist simultaneously applies his forâ€" ceps to the tooth. â€" The instant the tooth is touched it, as well as the surâ€" rounding parts, becomes insensible to paicrs A ,E:'k and it is out. ed over to their " outside agent" with the pipe-hfit. That‘s what I mean about the crimâ€" inals‘ nod and wink, concluded the obâ€" liging officer. And I daresay many a time when you have noticed an individâ€" ual innocently enou%h give a cough, button or unbutton his coat, or drop a walkingâ€"stick or umbrella, you‘ve unâ€" consciously witnessed a little happening that has mllty as much meaning as a whole page of shorthand. On the third day, taking a companion with him, the detective was able to eifect a neat double capture wheu the individual ‘" shadowed" again xm(f:r- tuned the very man of whom two i\;s before he had borrowed a light. The brace of coiners had, it seems, taken it in turns to go into the streets armed with a mgtcfi-box for spurious soverâ€" eigns, which laiter was adroitly passâ€" The following day, in another place, he again asked a pedestrian for a light, and again planted a spurious coin. Were these seeming strangers really in league with the man, and in this way supplying him with the counterfeits? They were. ASK FOR A MATCH,â€" It was supg(l’ied. the pipe l?fifi. and the matchâ€"box returned. Shortly afâ€" ter the suspected man changed a piece of bad money. _ _ _ By night the iavorite method of sigâ€" nalling is by the lighting up of pipe, cxgar, or cigarette. I knew a | case where an évilâ€"doer used to get his inâ€" structions from beadâ€"quarters while standing in a doorway lightin a weed. The directions were whis re(? to him through the letterâ€"box by Eiz chief withâ€" 1nAthe house. i of intter. young man, suspected of uttering bad money, was kept under observaâ€" tion for some days, instead of being at once arrested, in the hope that his conâ€" federates would thus be discovered. His lodfings had been secretly searched, and it was quite clear that in the actual making of the mone&lhe had no hand. The question was: here did he get his supplies from? k Following him one afternoon, the deâ€" tective saw him stop a passetwby, and NTE s t Cl att se in hetabaisit / Achsinte a hand shook a duster from it, and disappeared. Two evenings later the whole " plant " was seized in that very room. The criminals‘ telegraphic code harq been intercepted. (eamiest . onb â€"Alltadcatere‘s.. t taraniiitiher t victant AistcarAhenin: uis Bihido racca I was thinking the matter over, the fact"~occurred to me that, in the course of his daily preambulations, the susâ€" pected man, sooner or later, invariably passed down ONE PARTICULAR STREET. Next day, when as usual he came to this familiar strip of highway, I watchâ€" ed him more closely than ever. Neurm% the bottom of the street, he took ou bis handkerchief and blew his nose. Next day entering the street from the other end, at precisely the same hour and spot he repeated the evolution. Over his handkerchief I saw his eyes fixed upon a top floor window across the road. AtLthg.lt moment the window opened,. To me was intrusted the task of ‘‘shadowing ‘" this man. Every day he took a long, rambling walk about the town, but, follow him as I would, nothâ€" ing transpired. Then, one night, when Baid the officer in answer: To illusâ€" trate to you what I mean, I‘ll tell you of an instance where a seemingly unâ€" important action on the part of a coinâ€" er‘s confederate led to the capture of the whole gang. The men were known to be at work somewhere in a certain city, and an individual who, living in respectable lodgings, posed as of indeâ€" pendent means, was suspected of being in league with them. This fact being recorded by an indiâ€" vidual who is himself ore of the invaluâ€" able public servants referred to, furthâ€" er information on the subject was reâ€" quested. In what way was the nod or wink of a criminal so productive of inâ€" formation ? How Detectives Sometimes Capture Noted Criminals. ®o a Plind horse, of course, a nod is as good as a wink. But to the intelâ€" ligent detective, either of these trivial gestures, even when directed apparentâ€" ly at no one in particular, will frequentâ€" ly speak volumes. C I_:i'i'd.“i;:fi .I have never f.or%lotten the operation of which I felt nothing. ed; you‘ve a good constitution, and if you do as you are told you‘ll walk out of this place in less than three months a new man|" C ‘* Why didn‘t they do the operation after all?" I asked. The doctor smilâ€" ed " My dear fellow," he said, "I ought not to say it, perhaps, but if only you knew what you have gone through durâ€" ing the past two hours, you‘d know why I smile at your question. Why, man, you have gone through an operâ€" ation which has only been performed twice before in Europe! Oh, yes, ther( did do the operation after all. Now as no questions; Jlie still, don‘t talk, but try to sleep. Your life has been savâ€" the bed, and that I felt comfortably sleepy, but a trifle sickly, Surely nothâ€" ing could have happened since I fell inâ€" to the chioroform sleep? _ ag THIS WORLD‘S ARTILLERY being discharged at once seemed to anâ€" nihilate me and everything else, almost before I could realize any change from the gloriousness of my previous sensaâ€" tions. _Then came nothingness. Coming to earth again, I found myâ€" self in my bed in the ward. The house surgeon was feeling my pulse. I just noticed that there were screens around ELECTRIC TOOTH PULLING. ta y. j 4) [ * ~CuL°C0 JOP HOLRIIG M to be left there to lie and laze for milâ€" lions of years| But then suddenly the gardens became dark as night ; a rushing, roarmg wind, swept over them ; a crash, as of all _ And now I was hearing musicâ€"the divinest of music. The bass notes Were supplied by the throbbl.:g, heavy sound in my brain, but around meâ€"just as though thousands of tiny fairies were playing the sweetest airs on thousands of most delicately tuned harps, and the sweetest of little tinkling gold and silâ€" rer bellsâ€"the treble portion of the me!lâ€" ody was being enchantingly played. I thfiught I was in a sunny arden, gorâ€" geous with the fairest Rowers, and scented with their perfumes. I was free from all disease, was deliriousl{ happy, and contented ; the Elysian fields were around me; I wanted for nothing but doie <I0 ARCHIVES TOROoNTO SECRET SIGNALS. killed because that there horse balked in the middle of the track jestyto enâ€" joy seein‘ the bulljine comin‘. An hour and a half after admission to the hospital Miss Porrier died. She remained conscious up to within half an hour of her death. When hber hat was ‘banded to her, Miss Porrier put out her hand for it, and actually attempted to straighten out the battered shape, while the surâ€" geon bandaged her limb and dressed her other numerous injuries. Miss Porrier displayed most wonderâ€" ful luck during the Lrg'ing ordeal of ‘gettmf her from beneath the car. The {.;artia ly severed limb and her strong icycle clothing were so entangled in the iron work and caught under the front wheel that it was necessary to lift the car before she could be extriâ€" cated. Noting the anxiety of the men who were trying to release her, Miss Porrier said, in a voice which was reâ€" markably _ strong:â€"*"Now be brave, men. If y ou are to save me you must g;ét me out of this soon, but be cool, brave." As Miss Porrier was laid upon the sidewalk, a surgeon, who was present, decided to remove at once the E‘.tt leg. The stroke of the knife was not m& without Miss Porrier‘s knowledge. "You have taken my leg off, doctor," she reâ€" marked, when the operation was over. ‘"Well, I want that leg togo in the amâ€" bulance with me," she added, and then, suddenly placing both hands to her head and mlssm%u?el: hat, she exclaimâ€" ed:â€"‘"Why, my hat is gone; will some one please get it?" : J M A Young Woman‘s Horrible Death in New Yorkâ€"She Showed Great Rrayery. A despatch from New York, says:â€" Miss Edna Porrier, of No. 453 West Twentyâ€"First street, Chelsea square, met a shocking déath on Saturday afâ€" ternoon, almost in front of Archhishop Corrigan‘s palatial residence on Madiâ€" son avenue, while riding her bicycle. She was trampled under the hoofs of four horses, drawing a heavily laden feed car of the Madison avenue street car line, and rzun over by the wheels of the cart, which severed one of her legs almost completely from her body. to insist that the Porte shall execute reforms in Crete. Notwithstanding the fact that a desâ€" patch was sent denying the report that the Margquis de Mores has been killed by Soussis tribesmen, it is the general opinion that he has met his death at the hands of the fanatical tribesmen in the interior. A servant who accomâ€" panied the Marquis has arrived and deâ€" clares that his master and a large numâ€" ber of his part&were murdered by naâ€" tives near Gadames, in the desert of Sabara. The Athens correspondent of _ The Daily News telegruphs that _ Great Britain, France and Russia have agreed Buyer (confidentially)â€"Say, u sure this horse \\yrt)m‘t a’eaxt: ’a’;tu: comotive ? Stable Boyâ€"Scare?f Not much! Why, The Foreign Office officials deny the truth of the report that a conflict has taken place between Venezuelans and British at Point Barima, in the disputâ€" ed territory of Guiana. . _ The Daily News claims to bhave auâ€" thority to state in connection with the latest reports regarding the trouble over the _ Venezuelaâ€"British _ Guiana boundary dispute that the Venezuelan trqt?s were near the junction of Acarâ€" abist Creek with the Cuyuni _ River. They observeda number of British ofâ€" ficials engaged in surveying a route towards Barima. Believing that the British were encroaching on Venezuelâ€" an territory the officer in command of the troops asked the surveyors to turn back. The officials, acting in consonâ€" ance with their instruction, declined to do so, and proceeded with their survey. They referred the matter to the Britâ€" ish consular agent. The protest was peaceful, and there was no collision. © * ie Meau o B aartataiiin svtr® ccar > en Nt\ sicitomnd to him by the representative of Veneâ€" zuela in Washington in regard to the Venezuelan boundary dispute. _ The representative of Venezuela in Washâ€" ington had been so informed, but so far, Mr. Curzon said, he had not made any proposals _ Negotiations between Great Britianâ€"and the United States, Mr. Curzon continued, were in progress for an agreement upon a treaty of arbitration. _ With reference to the frontier question, he said, as far as the Government was concerned the failure to settle the difficulty with Venezuela had not offered any obstacle in the way of the conclusion of general arâ€" rangements respecting _ arkilation which the Government hoped to see completeti. In the House of Commons Mr. Geo. N. Curzon, Under Foreign Secretary, stated that Sir Julian Pauncefote, British Ambassador at Washingtun, had been authorized to receive and reâ€" port any proposals that might be made The international fire brigade tourâ€" nament was successfully opened at the Royal Agricuitural Hall, London, on Friday afternoon. Chiefs Hosmer of Massachusetts and Eton of Hartford, Conn., were present on behalf of the Inâ€" ternational Fire Engineers‘ Associaâ€" tion of the United States, and repreâ€" sentatives of the Montreai, New York, Illinois, Michigan and Florida associaâ€" tions were aiso in attendance. Messrs. Atchison _ and Litchiield represented respectively the Hamilton and the New York Fire Underwriters Chief Simmonds of London delivered an adâ€" dress of welcome to the visitors, to which Mr. Litch{ield replied. Captain Beasley introduced Messrs. Benoit and Stevenson of Canada to Captain Simâ€" monds, and the Canadian team drove around the arena and were heartily cheered. Mr. Benoit, in conversation with a representative of the United Press, expressed himsel{ as greatly pleased with the reception accorded the visiting delegations. _ He also said he considered t%e British department‘s steamers and manual work excelient, but did not think their ladder work compared favorably with that of the Canadians. + The Chronicle publishes a despatch from Buluwayo saying that the Cape mounted infantry has been ordered to proceed to Mashoraland and that more Imperial troops have been ordered to proceed from Mafeking to operate against the Matabeles. Reception of the Firemen in Londonâ€" Mr. Curzon‘s Statement in the Mouse on the VÂ¥enczuclan Dificalty, A despatch received at Cape Town from Buluwayo states that the Mataâ€" beles between Umtali and Fort Salisâ€" bury hbhave revolted and killed four whites, ANOTHER SERIOUS OUTBREAK IN SOUTH AFRICA. SOME LATE CABLE NEWS. THE FATAL BICYCLE. A BRAVE HORSE INDICATIONS. Callerâ€"Is Mr. Swigham at madam ? ilige t 2o h)hdnmâ€"l have a suspicion that he Callerâ€"A _ suspicion ! Don‘t â€" you know ? Madamâ€"Not definitely, but if you will go to the cafe on the corner you can find out ; that seems to be the only place where ‘he is really at home. The conferences between the Kaiser and Li Hung Chang have resulted in the acquisition by Ge ng siption in China and Li Hung Chan(se have rest the acquisition by Germany of The Frightfal Disaster in Japanâ€"Tem Thousand Lives Lost, It is now estimated that 10,000 peoâ€" ple were drowned by the tidal wave on the island of Yesso, the northern part of Japan, which was accompanied by a succession of frightful earthquakes, lasting about twentfy hours. in addiâ€" tion to the town of Kumaishi, which was ‘totally destroyed, many other coast towns have been washed away enâ€" tirely or in part. the prison there report that the prison keepers are guilty of many revolting crimes. Many political %risoneu were found in dungeons with thcir bands withered, they having been hung up by the hands for weeks at a time. The tongues of others had been cut out and twenty were without ears and noses. One woman had been held before a hot stove and slowly roasted for withholdâ€" ing information. The king was so enâ€" raged when he heard the ;-e%)rt that it was with difficulty that his Ministers prevented him from going to Posareâ€" vac and peysonally punishing the priâ€" son officers. The King Astonished and Them. A Belgrade despatch says that the Royal Commission which went to Posâ€" arevac to investigate the crueities in nrte fans. mgâ€" .0 C9AJ INdAnLaImmed, Reports from Mexico show that Gerâ€" man and French exporters are ousting American sellers from that country« A desFatch from Winnipeg says: The first official crop bulletin of this agu‘ has been issued by the Provincial Govâ€" ernment. . Summarized it shows the screage to be as follows: Wheat, 1,081,â€" 960 acres ; oats, 442,4i5; barley, 127,885 ; {lax, 20,825 ; rye, 8180 ; peas, 1,103 ; corn, 760 ; potatoes, 112,260 ; roots, 6,715; makâ€" ing the total area under all crops 1,â€" 696,583 acresâ€"a decrease of 191,218 acres compared with last year. This is due to the very late opening of the seaâ€" son.. Not in 15 years has there been total was 47,717,000 bushels. _ Wheat on passage to Europe 30,720,000 busheols, the same as last week, as against 45, 200,000 bushels a year ago. Both raw and refined grades of sug. ar have advanced a fraction to the Unitâ€" ed States mainly owing to better news from abroad. Stocks of beet in _ the United Kingdom are placed at 124,000 tons. Holders of raws show no anxi« hivliiinins / rdcist lt mss < Sss 3 cattle are being made at Toronto at 85â€"8 to 87â€"8¢. per 1b. The wheat markets of Ontario wre very dull, with prices the lowest of the seasonâ€" The stock of wheat at Toronte is 98,252 bushels as against 26,707 bushâ€" els a year ago. The visible supply of wheat in the United States and Canada is 49,4806,000 bushels, a decrease of only â€" 661,000 bushels. for the Wuaek: 4 mank niun £Lu SERVIAN PRISON BARBARITIES. Lhe export trade in cattle is qtih; this season with prices lower than preâ€" pmrge ocms TR _ * The stocks of wheat at Port Arthur and Fort William are 1,592,873 bushels as compared with 260,597 bushels a year agos There is a little more activ= ity in American stocks, with a general improvement in sentiment owing io the gold platform of the St Louis conâ€" vention. Bales of large amounts of American bonds are report@i the past few days the buyers being Europeans. The new 4 per cents are quoted higher at 118 1â€"4, Some mm_ or_ »lntoggu to the Busy THE FIELD OF COMMERCK. vada A TIRED SKELETON. years) Sales of choice THE FAR EAST. _of only 661,000 â€" A year ago the #»~