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Ory. NATâ€" A YÂ¥ | SEG u norâ€" under 8 and eworh nLOrâ€" rema t at repared E OF atu ways EN Sash, ifferâ€" the orders ED P( x and Sceotland on able auspices. The Right Rev. Wl# iam Walsham How, D_.DB..‘Prgteotgnt ishop of Wakeâ€" field, is dead. He was seventyâ€"four years of age. Sir Isaac Holden is dead. He was born in 1807 and has represented Knarâ€" esborough and Yorkshire in Parliaâ€" The rumor is revived that George L. Watson is designing a new yacht to The Cobden Club has caused a specâ€" ial gold medal to be struck for presenâ€" tation to Sir Wilfrid Laurier. A despatch to the New York MWorld from Juneau, Alaska, anticipates serâ€" ious trouble in the Yukon district. There are a rough lot of adventurers proceeding to that country from the United States, who are determined not to pay the Canadian Customs duty. They threaten to ignore the Cusâ€" toms officers, peaceably if possible but forcibly if necessary. The body of Mrs. Orr, of North Dumâ€" fries, near Galt, who mysteriously disâ€" appeared from her home during her husband‘s absence last Monday, was found on Sunday morning in a shalâ€" low grave in a cor® patch close to the house. She bad evidently been murâ€" dered, and two arrests have been Made. In official circles in Ottawa the beâ€" liel is expressed that the provision of the Dingley Act imposing a discriminâ€" tory duty against goods entering the United States in Canadian cars cannot override the bonding privilege conferâ€" red by the treaty of Washington. The Dominion Government bas comâ€" pleted forty miles more of the teleâ€" graph line on the north shore of the St. Lawrence. It is intended to exâ€" tend the line fortyâ€"four miles more this summer to Natashquan, where an office will be opened this fall. Frank Smith, the colored man who slashed David Merriman, also colored, at Weaner‘s Hotel while the races were on at the Hamilton Jockey Club track, was sentenced by Magistrate Jelfs to Kingstion Penitentiary for three years. lhe meeling of the British Medical Association will take place in Montreal at the end of the month. The attendâ€" ance of eminent pbhysicians and surâ€" geons, with their families, will be much larger than at first anticipated. Mr. Collingwood Schreiber, chief enâ€" gineer of the Department of Railways and Canals, bas returned from an inâ€" speciion of the Soulanges canal. Work is procrossin7 rapidly, and he exâ€" pecls the canal will be completed next year. The Canadian Pacific Railway Comâ€" pany bas declared a dividend of 2 per cent. on the preference, and 1 1â€"2 per cent. on the common stock _ for the bhalf year ended June #th last, payable October lst. Joseph Stonefish, the Indian who is awaiting trial in Woodstock jail on the charge of stealing a horse, made an unsuccessful attempt to escape by atâ€" tacking Turnkey Forbes with a heavy ironâ€"bound bucket. on the Crow‘s Nest Pass railway. He says all the men required can bet obâ€" tained in Canada. Mr. Jobn Scott is dead at Boissevain, Man., as a result of an altercation with a blimnd hand named Tomkins, The Corâ€" oner‘s jury returned a verdict that deâ€" ceased came to his death from a kick. Mr. Shaughnessy, viceâ€"president of the Canadian Pacific railway, denies that American lwborers are employed Mails for the Yukon couniry are not yet detinil‘elieurunged for. The best address for the present is Fort Cudahy, via Viectoria, B.C., from which point they will be forwarded by the Mountâ€" esd Police. The Customs Department have issued new regulations T)overning the importâ€" ation of bicycles by tourists, as it was lonund that {mvellers' samples were beâ€" ing brought in under the old law, THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. and thorough tests will be made. The byâ€"law to auihorize the issue of $110,000 debentures fpr street improveâ€" ments was defeated in a ular vote at Hamilton by nearly l.%’majorit!- The Canadian Pacific railway are making active preparations to handle the vast grain crops, which they expect Eo“recexve from 03; Northâ€" West this Ail. Over 500 coal miners emfitloyed, by the Alberta Coal Co., at . ethbridge, N.W.T., are on strike for an increase of 10 per cent. in wages. Interesting Items About Our Qvn Country Ross McKenzie, the once great laâ€" crosse player, has been appointed asâ€" sistant to Contractor Haney on the Crow‘s Nest Pass Railway. _ _ _ The Ontario Government is said The Manitoba Government has arâ€" ranged withl an English Publishing Company for the publication of new school text books. A number of prominent Toronto busiâ€" ness men speak in most hopeful terms of the commercial outlook _ for _ the country this season. * iV per cent. in wages. * The Canadian Pacific railway is re ported to be making arrangements for the erection of a station in the centâ€" ral part of the city of Ottawa. Good _ samples of lignite coal have been discovered at Rainy River. _A boring apparatus has been â€" ordered TK NEWS iN A NGHIL be considering a regulation which will &reV'eqt the employment of foreign bor in Ontario Yumber camps. Arrangements _ are under way for starting a new bicycle factory in Lonâ€" Another case of smailpox is reported in Montreal, a child on Mortau street being the victim. The schooner Opal of Yarmouth has been seized by the customs authorities at Moncton for illegally selling liquor. It is reported at Halifax that the Briiish battleship Renown is to be &iven a speed test from Engiand to Halifax. t CANADA. Chatham talks of building a civic abattoir. St. Thomas is arranging for an elecâ€" tric street railway system. The first sample of the new crop of Manitoba wheat has been recew:cf at Montreal. There is an increase in the inland revenue collections of $1,340,000 for the last year. All Parts of the Globe, Conden Assorted for Easy Reading. GREAT BRITAIN. :ghbagan in Enfland Thursday under favorâ€" The Highlands report , the United States, The reports of the commercial agenâ€" cies of Messtrs. Dun and Bradstreet state that the outlook is brighter, and that there is a ncticeable increase in trade. The crop prospects are reportâ€" ed good from nearly every city, and an increasing prosperity is indicated bE the rise in stocks, the growth of ban clearings and railway earnings. The heavy speculation in many products, but particularlg in wheat, has made the week one of surpassing interest. A feeling of buoyancy has appeared amâ€" ong buyers and sellers slz t{w chief points, and interior merchants are buyâ€" Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria is a guest of the Sultan of Constantinople. ed States are subsjct to the discriminâ€" atory duty of 10 per cent. The question whether goods transported through Canada tothe United States under Consular seal are subject to the duty has not yet been determined. The Attorneyâ€"General of the Unitâ€" ed States has decided that goods the production of a foreign country which are regularly imported ipto Canada and afterwards exported to the Unitâ€" go into some quiet retreat. He has no recollection of the recent inâ€" terviews which created such a sensaâ€" tion in the diplomatic world. The injunction against toe striking miners was issued from the Pennsy}â€" vania courts. ‘The men are determinâ€" ed togo on with their programme just the same, expressing the belief that they have men enough to fill up all the jails if arrests are decided @pon. It is admitted by the friends tof Secâ€" retary Sherman that he is suffering from a complete mental collapse, and they are endeavouring to induce him Bishop Fink, of the Roman Catholic Diocese and Leavenworth and Kansas City, has had a circular letter <read in all the parishes of his diocese, forâ€" bidding the faithful attending the Irishâ€"American picnic at Kansas City. Exâ€"Grand Secretaryâ€"Treasurer W. A. Sheahan, of the Brotherhood of Railâ€" road Trainmen, was arrested at Peâ€" oria, IIl., on Thursday, at the instance of the Grand Trustees, charged with the embezzlement of $1,8140. According to_the records of the United States Treasury Department British vessels are carrying _ more than fiftyâ€"five per cent .of the United Stntes merthandise both of imports and exports. On Friday Miss Edna Mitohell a nurse, of Toronto, committed suicide in the Cincinnati hospital, to which she was attached, because she was deserted by her lover. Records at Washington show that British vessels are carrying more than 55 per cent. of United States merchanâ€" dise, both of imports and exports. Frederick Mueller, of Newark, was given 90 days there on Thursday for being drumk. Twentyâ€"five glasses in Uten minutes is said to have been hts record for a wager. James F. Frawley, who is under arâ€" rest at Chicago on a charge of shootâ€" ing John Cromey, formerly of Toronâ€" to ,is an exâ€"London hotelkeeper. ’ 2 eR EOO 000 000C CZCC_ |replace the Prince of ‘Wales‘ cutter The first tin plate manufactured in America to be sent to Euro{)e was shipped from Elwood, Ind., to Italy on Thursday. Clifford R. England, cashier of the Warrenâ€"Sc.h;\rftmgsphalt Paving Comâ€" pany, Detroit, is missing. 8o is $10,000 of the company‘s money. The 18â€"yearâ€"old son of Gus Tiner, at Levinia, '%exu.s, on Thursday shot and killed his druimken father in defence of his mother. Frank 6tuttgen, proprietor Q( a saloon on Ocean avenue, Jersey City, shot and killed a burglar in his saâ€" loon on Wednesday. The _Un.iver;a.l Peace Union of Philâ€" adelphia has offered its services . A8 arbitrator in the coal strike. Am insane man rushed through the main streets of Buifalo on Thursday night in his night shirt, shouting murâ€" der and police. & i i third Two negro children killed a | with hbhot g1’1-t:ons at Grapevine, Texas, on Wednesday. LX soghs The dispute in the engineering trades is extending in area, and . & week hence 70,000 men will be _ inâ€" volved. The Sheffield employers bhave joined issue with the Employâ€" ers‘ Association, and the contest has become â€" one~ of endurance.. _ FEach side is trying to starve out the other. Glasgow is disappointed because Uhe Duk:uot York instead of the lt’rmc\: of Wales will formally open the me Cessnock dock. It is the largest in Scotland and bhas taken twelve ye“{'s to construct. It will be opened early next month. i i il at Omaha, Five women are in jail at 4 Neb., for breaking up a Methodist meeting. M The London Spectator has a _ YeTY temperate article on the impertinent method of United StatesPoliticna_ns. and warns them that English feeling is aroused, and unless they mend their manners, a conflict may ensue, with the most disastrous results. While the telegraphers attached to the London postaf system are not eatâ€" isfied with the reply of the Postmasâ€" terâ€"General to their letter of complaint, they do not feel justified in EtrikiDE: The London Anarchists, by SPeC!A! permission to the Commissioner of PO lice, will hold a meeting in Tra{@g2! square next Sunday to denounce the revival of the employment of torture !D Spanish prisons. started for Tfi;“m::pmm"“&t" â€"raising money to eslahlishpheds in perpetuity in the chief London hospitals, has been closed. _ The subscriptions amounted to twentyâ€"one thousand dollars. The reply of the Duke of Norfolk, the Imperial ‘Postmasterâ€"General, to .th8 telegraph clerks who laid their ETi@Yâ€" ances before him has failed to give S2t~ isfaction, and there is serious trouble myp_endmg in the department. The British steamer Justin. from Philadelphia for Sligo, is stranded OB Wheaton Rock, outside of Sligo bay, 8¢â€" cording to reports from London. se mmE TT ulvl'l CF{IE;;"â€"â€" thâ€"o- a New York paper saying t Prince of Walel: cutter Britannia was tor sale. fifty m;y per cent. e large number of British troops have been ordered to get ready to emâ€" bark for the East. Their destination is flxpporod to be Egypt. 3 The London Daily Chronicle ridicules the advertisement which appeared in he exports to the United States from Great Britain since the pssAge of the Dingley tariff have decreased certain lines more freely than since American jubilee fund, which was UNITED STATES GENERAL. Six batteries of 12â€"pounder breechâ€" loading field guns are now ready for issue. Six guns complete will shortly be sent to "A" Field battery _ at Kingston, and a similar number enâ€" trusted to "B" battery here. The ;’emamin? fo%rm batteries ‘yl‘%l be kept in store resen e s an ample supgy of fmmm&a‘tjm ;% imnd for these gums, which is carefully piled in the citadel armouries, while the cartridges and limbers, 150 in all, are temporarily glwed in the Drill hall awaiting shipment. ‘There are also a number of Maximâ€"Nordenfeldt guns, which are located automatically, and are said to fire 600 shots a minâ€" LEEâ€"ENFIELD RIFLE. Forty thousand of these have arrived, ready to arm the whole militia force, together with a quantity of .303 amâ€" munition, ordered from England beâ€" fore the authorities of the Quebec cartridge factory had altered its maâ€" chinery to enable it to make such ‘amâ€" munition here. Since the making of these alterations and the importation of the necessary cordite several milâ€" lion cartridges have been turned out of the Government factory, and are now stored at the citadel. The mere enumeration of the warlike stories now arriving here from England is calculated to prove very surprisâ€" ing. The writer has succeeded in obâ€" taining admittance to the several arâ€" mouries, stores, and magazines in the citadel and in the Artillery park, and was amazed by the quantity of valuâ€" able modern ordnance and ammuniâ€" tion that fill the place of the fuseless and olsolete smoothâ€"bore guns and muzzleâ€"loading rifles which have ocâ€" cupied these stores since 1870. For the old Snider rifle, which was better than a gas pipe, but useless as a gun, a trustworthy modern weapon has been substituted in the new Whether or not it is due to the reâ€" vival of jingoism in Britain, to her increased affection for the "Lady of the Snows," to the entbusiasm inâ€" spired by the jubilee, or to fear of what may result from Canada‘s reâ€" markable stand in the matters of the seals and of the Klondyke gold fields, certain it is that the Dominion is sigâ€" nalizing the year of the diamond jubiâ€" lee by enormous importations of muniâ€" tions of war that are creating any amount of quiet conjecture and comâ€" ment here. Prince Henry of Orleans has arrived at Marseilles on his return from Abyâ€" ssinia, and he will accept the challenge of Gen. Albertone, the Italian officer, who was offended at the Prince‘s critiâ€" cism of the conduct of the Italian solâ€" diers in Abyssinia. Quebece‘s Cltade!l _ Stored With Modern Weapons â€" Millions of Cartridges Being Turned Out â€" Numters of Quickâ€"Firing Guns and New Rifles, The New York Sun has the following despatch from Quebec:â€" CANADA ARMING HERSELTF, WAR MATERIALS IMPORTED ENORMOUS QUANTITIES. The threat of the assassin of Premier Canovas that it mvoulil be President Faure‘s turn next is causing the French police great anxiety. zThe President is under the constant protection of a large body of detectives La Patrie of Paris, declares that all the plans of assassins have been arâ€" ranged in London, and suggests that the powers should combine &o watch phe'country‘ that protects these crimâ€" inals. British warships are vigorously enâ€" forcing the fishery regulations on the French shore of (Newfoundland, and closing lobster factories rrected in violation of treaty rights. _ 1t is believed that the German Govâ€" eroment will again propose to Great Britain and the United States the comâ€" plete disarmament of the Samoan is!â€" andersa It is reported that a decisive battle has been fought between the Spanish and insurgent troops in Cuba, . and after bevere fighting the Spaniards were defeated. s lt is reported in Calcutta that the Sultan of Turkey is sending a special envoy to Imdia to stir up dissatisfacâ€" tion with British rule among the Moâ€" hammedan inbhabitants. The shipload of corn contributed by several tgousand persons in the United States has arrived safely in Calcoutta. The gift was very acceptable for the btarving natives. Japanese Pea merchants of Yokoâ€" hama propose to bold an entertainâ€" ment in the celebration of the rejection of the tea duty by the Uinited States The treachery of the Ameer of Afâ€" ghanistan is undoubted. His hand is seen in the recent tribal uprisinfs on the Aighan frontier of British India. The meeting of Em&)eror William and the Czar has resulted in an alliance between Germamny and Russia to thwart Great Britain on all important _ ocâ€" most important strategic position, and t: early advance willege made on Berâ€" r A circular issued by the S{)ecie Bank of Yokohama announces that from the first of October it will pay gold for Bank of Japan notes A Buenos Ayres despatch says the wool crop is officially reported as ::; p?rior im quantity and quality to t of 1896. Exâ€"King Milam of Servia, is so seriâ€" ously ill that some .nnetg. is experiâ€" enced by his friends as to his eventual recovery. Official returns just published show that the imports into grance for the %past seven months were 20,017,000 ramcs below those of 1896. The late S}(Jnn-h Premier has beâ€" queathed to the National Library thirâ€" ty thousand volumes, many of which are very rare. The Kaiser has conferred the Order of the Black Eagle upon Count Muraâ€" vieff, the Russian Foreign Minister. ‘The capture of Abu Hamed %lacos in ie hands of Sir Herbert Kitchener a 's;'!:?‘ w onl TORONTO IN darkness and fairness of complexion. But though unlike bodily, the broâ€" thers so resembled one another menâ€" tally, that they passed from the Lotâ€" tom to the top of one of the great public schools side by side. bear a family resemblance to one anâ€" other, £ wi!o hbhad the extremes of PREMIUM ON TWINS. In Turkey in 1890 the Sultan instiâ€" tuted a premium on twins. This conâ€" sists o fa monthly pension of 80 piasâ€" ters of gold, seven shillings, which is paid to twin boys until they reach the age of 21, while the twin girls receive the same amount until their marriage. A very real aifection generally exâ€" ists between twins, and often shows itself in the earliest days of infancy. Though twins are usually alike in form _ and feature, this is not alâ€" ways the case, Twin broaers P ve been known who scarcely hb ia:to The tone of the Irish Nationalist newspapers is respoct{ul. They point out that Ireland yhas nc quarrel with the Duke and Duchess of York, but, they add, the courtesy extended to them must not beinterpreted as meanâ€" ing that the Jrish are content with present conditions. Almost immediately after the Duke and Duchess had _ crossed College green, a heavy rain fell, thus marring the remainder of the procession. The Duke and Duchess were received _ at the castle by Earl Cadogan, the Lord Lieutenant of iIreland, and by Counâ€" tess Cadogan, as a Royal salute was fired by a battery of artillery stationâ€" ed in Procnix park, after which the Earl and Countess, with the staff of the Lord Lieutenant, joined the proâ€" cession, and escorted the Royal visitâ€" ors to the viceregal lodge, where the guard of honor was furnished by the Royal Irish Constabulary. _ _ _ Many of the trappings and fittings used in London during the jubilee fesâ€" tivities were utilized toâ€"day in the lavâ€" ish decoration of the route followed by the Royal procession. _ _ CÂ¥ ‘The Duke of York wore a naval uniform, and bowed continuousiy to the plaudits of the vast throng asâ€" sembled, while the Duchess was kept busy acknowledging the warm greetâ€" ings with which the royal visitors were received. Tie Royal party took the train for Dublin, amid a renewal of entbusiasm. Handkerchieis and bats were waved and flung in the air, and the cheerâ€" ing was redoubled as Whe train drew out of the depot. Tne ovation was repeated upon the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of York in Dublin: All tie windows and housetops along the route were black with people, and the buildings were profusely decorated. There was an imposing military procession, and on all sides were seen Union Jacks, entwined with the green flag of Old lreland. The City in Gala Attireâ€" The Populace Wild With Excitement â€" The Royal Coup‘le the Guests of Earl Cadogan. A despatch from Dublin says: _ The Duke and Duchess of York arrived in Kingstown from Holyhead at 9 o‘clock on Wednesday morning. The weather was glorious, and all the ships in the harbour were brilliantly decorated for the occasion. ‘The guardship Melampus fired a Royal salute as the (Royal yacht Victoria and Albert entered the barbour. At noon the commissioners of Kingstown «ownship boarded the yacht and, presented their Royal Highâ€" nesses with am address, expressing the hbope that their visit would lead to the establishment of a Royal residence in lreland. The Duke of York replied that he and the Duchess looked forâ€" ward to becoming better acquainted with the people and the beautiful scenery of Ireland. On disembarking, the Duke and Duchess of York were accorded an enthusiastic reception, beâ€" ing loudiy and continuously cheerâ€" ed by the vast crowd assombled. ‘The dbeering, which was mingled with the boomiing of camnon, was followed by the bands playing the National Anthem, during which the whole throng uncovâ€" ered. Almost each succeeding steamship brings out new stores, and Col. Forâ€" rest, the superintendent, keeps a foreâ€" man, and more than a dozen storeâ€" men, occupied now at the citadel in receiving and issuing new!F-arrived and modern war material. These are f course quite independent of the emâ€" loyes of the Government cartridge actory, who are working on full time, and turning out an immense quantity of ammunition. ROYAL VISIT TO IRELAND, DUKE AND DUCHESS OF YORK‘S RECEPTION IN DUBLIN. MARVELLOUS EXECUTION. The Hotcbkiss is a fixture, suitable for inland forts or lake shores, but moves on a pivot, and is fired with great rapâ€" idxt({l. The ammunition, consisting of cordite, neatly put up in brass coil, somewhat thicker than a man‘s wrist, with the Gâ€"pound shell and detonator attached, might be supposed, when fired off, to cause an enormous reâ€" bound to the gun after so powerful & dischargo; but, as a matter of fact, it is fired from the shoulder of a man, who remains in the same position durâ€" ing the quickâ€"firing, except that by a slight touch he moves the gun upon its pivot in the desired direction. 6. under cover u a species ol tripod formed of the l::ni and two arms, the carriage being moved off to a disâ€" tance for safer keeping. The recoil "l;l:ilv gauses tt,h: barrel, duri't‘::gl the ra i s telescope within a large bu'rei filled with water, so that the firing be continuous without the bamelnI:‘{ea.thng. and withâ€" out changing the position of the tripod or disturbing the nonâ€"commissioned officer, who sits comfortably upon the saddle fixed to tha trail, merely turnâ€" ing to the ::ght or left to follow the movements the enemy. This gun consumes the .303 cordite cartridges made in the Government factory here. The quiclkfiring Hotchkiss 6â€"poundâ€" er 3.35 guns are among the newest, and the gun and the ammunition are very :ttx(‘lactive in appearance, and are said o do eOr 0.00 igns are among the newest, and those that take the eye most. Both ute. Theseguns are very modern, and it is claimed that they are quite effecâ€" tive in the field. They can be {lgcod under cover upon a species of tripod If the substance of the common poâ€" tato be treated with certain acids it becomes almost as bard as stone, and can be used for many purposes for which horn, ivory and bone are emâ€" ployed. This quality of the potato in the city, says that Canada‘s foreign flour trade is constantly increasing. Canada is now shipping either wheat or flour in China, Denmark, South Afâ€" rica, the West India Islands and Ausâ€" tralia. Asked concerning the prospects for wheat this year, Mr. Hastings would not go further than to say that farmâ€" ers could expect good prices. es iThey say theas is considerapble blighted wheat this year, more by a great deal than is ganerally thought, and it is only those persons who have driven through the country who are eligible to speak on such a question as the estimated yield. Mr. F. W, Thompson, Manager of the Ogilvie Milling (‘omfiny here, inâ€" formed a reporter that had cabled to his agents in Australia to raise the g{rice of their flour there $5 per ton. r. Thompson said that there was a little old wheat coming yet, but not much. New wheat would probably be on the market in about two weeks‘ time. It will be practically im ible to tell what Mania)ba wheat will grade for some ten days yet. _ _ _ â€" Mr. W. A. Bfist.i.x'nf: of Montreal, Viceâ€"President of 1 Lake of the Woods Miiling Company, who is now imenta with great dash, and the onâ€" ‘emy fled. It is believed that General iBlood will order a further advance on | Wednesday. There is no longer any \ doubt that the Afridis are deeply inâ€" volved in the rebeliion, which as yet is in mo wise suppressed. Such is the condition of things now that theslightâ€" l est check of the British arms would | be_vhe s:lg.gal‘for a general revolt. Dealers Estimate the Wheat Â¥ield at 24,â€" 000,000 Bushels, A despatch from Winnipeg says:â€" Hon. C. J. Mickle has returned _ to the city from a short visit to fiis thome at Birtle He states that harvesting is general along the M. & N. W. and in the neighborhood of Birtle 75 (er cent. of the wheat has been icut . Outâ€" ting wheat on the high lands fwas comâ€" menced on August 5th. He does not think that the crop in that neighborâ€" hood is so bernvy asiast year, and is of the opinion that the crop throughâ€" out the Proviace will be lighiter. He says there is a good demand for harâ€" vest hands and wages will be good. Leading grain dealers of this city agree that the total wheat yield for Manitoba and the Northwest Terriâ€" tories will not be over 24,000,000 bushâ€" threatening Jamrud, but the place is considered proof against aitack by any force without artillery. Before venâ€" turing to attack Jamrud, the Afridis it is expected will try their strength on the smaller forts in the Khyber The defection of the Afridis is reâ€" garded as being especially serious, as they have been loyal during many Inâ€" dian outbreaks, and guarded the Khyâ€" ber pass for the British during the Afghan war. They are one of the most powerful cribes on the frontier. _ About one hundred insurgent tribesâ€" men were killied in the attack made by Genera! Blood, the British commander, upon the entrenched positions in the hills of the Swat valley. It is believed 10,00({ Afridis are to carry away the body of Lieut. Greaves. The despatch adds:â€""The whole border still seems to be in a state of fanutical unrest." News has been received at Simia conâ€" firming the report that the Afridis of the Bazar valley and the Orakzais have risen. â€" The lutter are reported to e descending in force on the Kurramthull road, on which is situated the Sadr STRONGLY ENTRENCHED, and maintained a steady fire, but the British column carried the entrenchâ€" The Situation is Serious â€" Many British Posts Threatened â€" &A Singlc Reverse Would be Followed by a General Uprisâ€" ingâ€"The Afridis Join the Rebels. A despatch to the London Times from Simila says that at least 3,000 tribesmen were engaged in Tuesday‘s battle. The batteries prevented them risking a fight at close quarters, but almost 1,000 held on for some time. ‘Then as the inâ€" tantry attack developed they, fled, and when the other 2,000 saw their line of retreat threatened, they moved rapâ€" dly away. post. This post is hel‘d by a native officer and 30 Sikhs A detachment of cavairy bas left Kurram with inâ€" structions to ascertain the moveâ€" ments of the Orakzais. f The reinforcements sent to Kohat have reached the place. If the Afridis rise gemerally, the British forces will be compelled to temporarily abandon Gepneral Blood directed the centre of the attack, Col. Meiklejohn occupying the heights to the right of the enemy‘s position. The Swatis were The force of British and Indian troops under the command of General Blood is now in camp at Kotal. _ The British cavalry yesterday pursued the enemy as far as Barikot, fifieen miles beyond Chakdara. THE WHOLE AFGHAN FRONTIER IN FANATICAL UNREST. Lieut. Greaves, of the Lancashire Fusiliers, and Lieut, MacLean, adjuâ€" tamt of Guides, were killed, and Capt. Palmer was seriously wounled. Lieut. MacLean met his death while trying Lundi and Kotal. POTATO BUTTONS NORTHWEST CROPS REVOLT, first learned to swim dog fasbhion. All he â€"needs however, is practice to enâ€" able him to swim at will, according to his physical strength. In these mgfestlom the masculine is assumed to include the feminine. Two Malt Hours of Betermined Efort Will } Accomplish That Result. _ The fact that so many lose their lives because they hbave never learned to swim, will, I trust, be regarded sulfiâ€" cient apology for pointing out . the further fact that anybody may learn to swim in two half hours speat in determined effort to that end, says a correspondent. To begin with, let it be understood that the act of ‘" treadâ€" ing water," consists in simply remainâ€" ing in one place in the water in an upright position by motion ol the arms and legs moved as a dog, horse »r ox moves his legs in swimming, omilting his effort to move forward. _ This having been understood, let the tyro wade out from the shore in gradually dee{)ening water until be finds hbimâ€" self in water, say up to his chin ; then turn round face the shore, and proâ€" ceed to tread water, continuing . his efforts until hbe finds himself standâ€" ing upright, his feet not touching botâ€" tom. Hal{ an bour‘s persistent effort will enable hbhim to master this his first lesson. When be nas done . so much, be bas virtually captured the whole business. When hbe again goes into the water let him go out to the same depth, turn round, face . the shore as before, and strike out in front, with his hands and arms, at the same time kicking backward. He will find, almost before be is laware of it that he is off bottom and slowâ€" ly â€" swimming towa(fd the shore. In fact, he has learned to swim. His flights will be short at first. He can easily learn. the common strokes and methods of swimming after he â€" has first learned to swim dog fasbhion. All ‘The author of the explosion which took place in the offices of the Gran, i Vizier is a native of Kaisarieh _ His hand was injured by the explosion. The police are actively searching the Armenâ€" ian quarter for accomplices of the bombâ€" throwers, and the streets are thoroughâ€" ly patrolled by troops and police. 1t is understood the Imperial Cttoâ€" ntan Bank has offered to provide a million pounds, Turkish, on an in stalâ€" ment of the Greek indemnity to Turâ€" key, with a view to preventing the inâ€" tervention of German capitalists. ANYBODY MAY LEARN TO sWIM _ A despatch from _ constantinope siys: ‘Three arrests have been madle as a result of the bhomb explosions here on Wednesiay, All the prisoners Armenians. tC The greater part of Nilesia has been revisited by severe storms, and severâ€" al persons have been killed by lighining. Typhus fever is rampani at Rogau, in consequence ofi the water used for drinking there having become infected hly the refuse accumulated by the floods. 5 , A despatch from Paris says:â€"Baror Mackau, one of the chief promovers o the charity bazaar of the Rue Jeas Goujon, which was destroyed by firs on May 4 last, with a lo«s of more thar 100 lives, and Bailac and Bagrachow, two employes of the cinematographe establishmenit in the bazaar, the seoâ€" tion where the fire broke out, were placed on trial here on Thursday, charged with bhomicide through thear imprudence upor that occasion. . The Baron was not on y one ol the chief promoters of the fa.r, but he presented the inf.ammable properiies representâ€" ing old Paris for the usa of the fair, and allso gave the use of the ground wpon which it was erected. The Baurâ€" oness Mackau was a viectim of the conâ€" Lagration. _ The judge who examined Barom Mackau toâ€"day praised his honâ€" orable character, but reproached h m for want of precaucion. â€" The tria) will last three days. _ There are 33 witâ€" nesses lto be examine 1. nesses lo be examine i. The accident to the French cruiser Bruix, which had hbeen deegated _ as ome of the vessels io escort gM. Faure to Cronstadt, but was ohuge} to turn back through the failure of her maâ€" chinery, caured a . stormy Cahinet Councih toâ€"day. _ Admiral _ Besnard, Minister of Marine, wished to resizgn; but he was persuaded to withho‘d his resignation uniii the return of Preiâ€" dent lFaure from Si. Petersburg. it s probable that the fiasso will result in a fierce campaign for overhauling the French navy. The courtâ€"martial at Portsmouth of two seamen of the British baitieship Royal Sovereign, developed the fact that the complaints made were greatâ€" ly exaggerated. The prisomers â€" tried pleaded guilty of gross insubordination and of striking their oflicers. One of them was sentenced to a year‘s penal servitude, and the other was condemanâ€" ed to receive twentyâ€"four lashes, and to undergo three months‘ penal serviâ€" tude. Both of the seamen were dismissâ€" ed from the service. A despatch from London says:â€" In Anarchist circles here it is stated that a number of exiled Spanish Anarchists who recently arrived in England, have started for America. Sir Robert Giifea, assistant secreâ€" tary of the Board of Trade since 1882. hbas announced his intention of retirâ€" inygy â€" in October next. Sir Robert Gilfen bas for many years been one of the principal authorities in England _ on finance, prices, and general trade, as well as a leading statistical expert. in 1860 be was appointed to a i)cmtion on lbe staif of the Stirling Journal. Iwo years later he left Stirling for London to join the staff of thâ€"*Globe. For a short time after 1856 he asâ€" sisted Mr. John Morley in the conâ€" duct of the Fortnightly Review, and from 186§ to 1876 was assistant editor and principal coniriutor to une Eceonâ€" omist, under Mr. Bagebot, being also from 1873 to 1876 the writer of _ the trade and finance articles in the Daily News. In 1876 he was appointed chief of the statistical departmeat of _ the Board of Trade, the office being mergâ€" ed in 1882 in that of _ assistant secâ€" reilary of the commercial depart ment. CONSTANTINOPLE. sw Great Excitement in the Cityâ€"Departure of Anarchists From England for the United Mateésâ€"Court Martial of the Royal Ssovercign Mutincers â€"The Floods in Stiesfa, ARIEN[A! BOMBâ€"THROWING IN LATE CABLE DESPATCEES