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attacking Lord Salisbury‘s foreign policy as weak and cowardly. Apâ€" maranccc indicate that the country is rning once more to the Liberal party. Mrs. Ormiston Chant, the social reâ€" grmer, announced during a lecture in ‘arwickshire that the Crown Prinâ€" ceas of Greece, Princess Sophia of Prusâ€" sir, had to.d her that the worst and most cruel fose of Greece was not the Buitan of Turkey, but her own broth= er. Empé#or Wi.liam of Germaay. i The Liberal candidate in East Denâ€" bighshire was returned on Thursday with an increased majority. | London Vanity Fair says that the! screach of the American eagle is becomâ€" ing so exasperating that gritisb gunâ€"‘ rtowdor may have to be used to litenoof k 1 It is expected that the Duke and Duchess of York will be sponsors for the baby Mariborough. Michael Odrie jumped out of a secâ€" ondâ€"storey window on St. Paul street, Montreal. People picked him up, and in answer to queries he saiid he was not hurt. Then 110 reâ€"emtered the buildâ€" ing,. and before the crowd had disâ€" rsed he came down a second time ?:mn a third storey. He was picked wp fearfully nmangled, and died aKortly l}terward.s. Mrs. Langtry announces has retired from the stage The Russian Czarina wid Queen, incognito, about the the present month. Regarding the first trial shipment of Canadian fruit to Engiand in cold storage, a cablegram has been reâ€" coivo(f in â€" Ottawa, stating that the pears. pltuns, and tomatoes arrived in good condition, but the peaches and grapes were too ripe, and did not arâ€" rive in good condition. It is reported that the Canadian Paâ€" cific Railway Company have offered to construct a bridge at Quebec to conâ€" nect their system with the Intercolâ€" onial Railway provided that the Inâ€" tearcconial Railway will give them a lease of their road. Mr. George Hague, general manager of the Merchant‘s Ban" of Canada, has g:: returned to Montreal from the thâ€"West. He says, while the crop is not as heavy as {u‘t L:r. its extra quality and higher pr will make it twice as valuable. Canadian artists are to be invited ta submit pr als to the Government for a atatum 3 the Queen and one of Mr. Alexander Mackenzie. Both are to be erected on Par.iament hill, the amount to be expended on each being $5,000 voted by Parifament last session. A special from Winnipeg states that this year has wltnpsse(ra remarkable tncrease in the volume of traffic on the Canadian Pacific railway and also in the total sales of the land department. Immigration Commissioner _ _Pedley and James A. Smart, Deputy Minister of the Interior, have left on a tour of the western States to visit immiâ€" gration agencies. . The official stenographers of the civâ€" U courts in Montreal have gone out on strike. They refused to take twelve cents a hundred words and demanded twenty cents. The Dominion Minister of Customs is satisfied with the first efiort to colâ€" lect revenue in the Yukon. Fifteen thousand dollars have been remitted by Collector Davis in less than a year. Sir Louis Davies, Minister of Marine and Fisheries, has issued a circular to the lumbermen on the Ottawa river, notifying them that there will be no further postponement of the law forâ€" bidding the dumping of sawdust into the river. The Canadian Pacific Railway Comâ€" pany will build at once into Rossland, and willt furnish the necessary capiâ€" tal to erect a amelter in the vicinity, so that the ores of that camp will be treated cheaper than they can be across the border. Mr. Charles R. Devliin, appointed some time ago by the Dominion Government Emigraiion Agent to Ireâ€" :nd. has sent his resignation to Otâ€" W . Report.s have been received in St. John‘s, Nild., that three schooners have been lost off the Labrador coast, and live men and â€" ons woman _ were drowned. Mr. Leblanc, one of the license comâ€" missioners of Ottawa, drop‘ped dead while at a meeting of the Reform Club in that city on Thursday night. _A cable despatch says exâ€"Chief Jusâ€" tice Hagarty and Chief Justice Tait of Montreal have been gazetted as Knights. Captain Cooke, of the Royal Military College, Kl:fiaton, has, it is understood been granted a commission in the Imâ€" perial East African service. The Selkirk leper, Gudmun Christâ€" lanson, has been conveyed to Tracadie, N.B. No further cases, it is stated, oxâ€" ist in the province. The Monarch mine at Rat Portage has been sold by the Bullion Company for $25,000. Toronto men are the putrâ€" The British Liberals are vigorously All the recent reports from Dawson City shows that provisions are nearâ€" ly exhausted, and that famine is inâ€" evitable. The assessment of S3t. Catharines shows a gain of $275,000 in property and 250 in population over last year. .“Th;.e Olive )Iino.“noar Mine r(zgntrto. n sold by Winnipeg parties to an English syndicate for 3850.11»1 Lieut. G. P. Thorpe, of the Rifle Briâ€" gade, England, has been appointed an aldeâ€"deâ€"camp to Lord Aberdeen. George Lawrence, of Guelph, . comâ€" mitted suicide by shooting himself with a â€" revolver Major General Gascoigne has returnâ€" ed to Ottaws from a prolonged stay in The Mkn for a new postage stamp has been approved by the Postmasterâ€" Interesting items About Our Cwn Country, CANADA. The assessment returns of the city of Hamiiton, show an increase of $1,â€" England. ThE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. . Eigin Tufford was sentenced to penâ€" itentiary for two years at Hamilton for bigamy. K NS IN A NNSHL All Parts of the Globe, Condensed and Assorted tor Easy Reading. GREAT BRITAIXN wisit the middle of that â€"she |__Sixteen persons were killed _ by the explosion of a boiler in a facâ€" factory at Batfalu, in Hungary, _ on | Monday. |_ Church dignitaries in Rome are afraid the Pope will not rally from the exâ€" treme feebleness and _ exhaustion he now betrayg. Several earthquakes have taken place in Borneo, and a new island has been | thrown up. It is rumored in Johannesburg that the British South American Company has demanded three million pounds indemnity from the Government of the Transvaal for inciting the naâ€" tives of Matabaleland to revolt against the company, and for supplying them with arms. It is reported that a powerful Spanâ€" ish squadron will immediately proceed to Cuba on the pretext of attending the installation of the new floating dock at Havana, but really as an ansâ€" wer to the despatch of the United States flotilla to Florida waters. Crimina! _ proceedings have _ been commenced against the Frankfort Zeiâ€" tung. on the charge of lese majeste, for criticizing the erratic course of Emperor William. The European cities of _ Dublin, Barcelona, and Madrid are to be equipped with trolley systems, and all the electrical and steam _ apparatus will be supplied by United States firms. tember, as compared with the Septemâ€" | ber of last year.p?mm $19,050 to 333-7°9~ | _The coroner‘s jury which investigated the death of the striking miners at Hazleton, Pa., has returned a verdict comdemning the sheriff, declaring that :pemkilling was "wanton and unjusctâ€" iable." All arrangements for the cession of Kassala to Great Britain have been completed, and everything is ready for the occupation of that town by British troops. + Mark Twain is suffering from gout in Vienna, and is confined to his bed: He is in good spirits and proposes to remain for a year to write on Vienâ€" nese subjects. The lcelandic Parliament having vetâ€" ed a sum for that purpose, a _ teleâ€" graphic cable will be laid next sumâ€" mer from Scotland to Icetand. The betrothal is announced between Princess Feodora of Saxeâ€"Meiningen and Prince Henry of Reuss. The French are encroaching on the British sphere of influence in West Aflrira, and trouble is expected to reâ€" sult. Senor Sagasta, the Spanish Liberal leader, has been entrusted by the Queen Regent with the task of forming a new Cabinet. According to the monthly statement issued at Washington on I')riday. of the Government receipts and expenditures during September, 1897, the receipts have been $21,033,008, and the expendiâ€" turse $25,368,815; an excess of expendiâ€" tures over receipts of $3,435,717. For the three months of the fiscal year the g;:esa of expenditures has been $29.015,â€" According to commercial reports {rom the New York agencies of Messrs. Dun and Bradstreet there is a steady adâ€" vance all around in the volums of trade. There is an increasing demand for manâ€" ufactured goods, prices are steadily risâ€" ing, and labour troubles are not so disâ€" turbing a factor as has been the case recently. ‘The commercial failures in the United States for the week just ended amounted to 194, as compared with 299 for the corresponding _ week last year. Tha Queen Regent of Spain and the Court have arrived at Madrid from San Sebastian. The new Italian cruisar Garibaldi has been launched at Sestri a Poriente, near Genoa. it is reported that Turkey is negotiâ€" ating with Germany for a special deâ€" fensive alliance. The German Government is taking steps to introduce a bill to increase the beer tax threefold. , Austria offers to give her services in arranging the trouble between Spain and the United States. . BR Wernet, priest of St. Pfifgmel;:gfe l{ C. church at Pittsburg, Pa., was assaulted at the altar on Sunâ€" day by a Frenchman named Gresserson, who thought the priest was ceramoniâ€" ously irregular. f The Uinited States war corvette Yanâ€" tic h.'AsLbeen ordered to the great lakes, and is to be armed, after her.an_'n-va| on! the lakes, with a modern rapid f'u-"?t!mr:; tery, which may cause e(unplu(:}mat between the United States and Gre Britain. 5.. 4d s d pass The finding of a burned railroa f in t!‘:e deb:fs of the Newwastle, £fl%.; wreck tells the stomy of the ho{de of death of Elmer Black and his br Pittsburg. The collection 011: dv:ties"?nu 5;’:021?; Iugga at New York po: 'l)'::xgglf; tariff law increased last Sepâ€" United States Navy Department reâ€" commends the immediate construction of five new dryâ€"docks at a cost of five milion dollars. at Portland, Me. He was ninetyâ€"three years of age. missing head of Pearl Bryan. Up to four o‘clock on Friday sixteon suicides and sudden deaths had been chronicled in New York city as baving happened sincs sarly in the morning. Gem. Neal Dow, the great temperance orator and the author of the Maine l_‘fm,‘_"‘ law, died on Saturday afternoon William Pearson while digging in the sand near Covington, Ky., umearthed a skull, which is tgwght to be the longâ€" missing head of Pearl Bryan. The price of beer in San Francisco has 80!11)9 up fully oneâ€"third vnt.hlnd tltag last feow weeks and is expecte climb higher. The Creek Indians have signed % treaty agreeing to accept lands in sevâ€" eraity and to change their form of govâ€" ernment. _ The death is announced of George H. Lewis, of Buffalo, the extensive and wellâ€"known coalâ€"dealer. St. Clair Sampson, aged 18, accidentâ€" ally shot and killed his mother _ at their home in Newark, NJ., on Wedâ€" Bishop Potter ,of New York diocese, is suffering with a severe attack of la UNITED STATES. . _ Maj. Lewis Ginter, the cigarette kin is dying at his home, neaar Richmon The British torpedoâ€"boat destr%erl Lyax uua Thrasher gtl";tmdod on Wedâ€" nesday 1 & on Dodmanr‘s Point. _ The gluuller broke in two, and it is expected the Lynx will do the same. Five stokers were killed and two injured by the bursting of a steam ial Board appointed by the GENERAL A despatch from Simla says :â€" The Ameer of Afghanistan has ordered the arrest of any Afridi Jirgahs appearing at Cabul. The troops under General Jeftre{s had some severe fighting at the Vilâ€" lages of Agrah and Gat. The insurâ€" ggnt tribesmen occupied positions beâ€" ind rocks and a hot engagement at closs quarters was fought before the two villages were destroyed. Lieutenâ€" ant Colonel O‘Bryen and Lieutenant Browneâ€"Clayton were killed. Lieut. Peacock was severely wounded; three British soldiers were killed _ and fifteen were wounded ; seven native :?l!dieu were killed and 23 woundâ€" In consequence of their failure to accept the terms of the British commanders, the punishment of the MoBmands was _ resumed on Wednesday. ‘Twelve of their vill-n(gu were daxrond and their fortified were das‘trogod and their fortified towers were blown up without epposiâ€" The Afridis Sarprisc the British Comâ€" manders â€" F ght in the Villages. A despatch from Pesbhawur says:â€" The Afridis attacked a patrol of British lancers, near Fort Bara, on Friday morning. It was an unpleasant surâ€" prise to the British commanders _ to find that the enemy had _ ventured so close . to Peshawur. Fort Bara is only a few . miles distant from here. Stagnation in the allied trades is now be{lnning to affect 200,000 men. The union desires a conference with the employers and is even disposed to proâ€" mise not to interfere with the manageâ€" ment of the workshops if they will conâ€" sider the question of hours. The emâ€" ployers say they do not wish a conferâ€" ence, but asettlement is likely, as the men are anxious to return to work. Contracts are daily being diverted abroad. The President of the Board of Trade has been consulted by the leaders of both sides, and there is now a fair prosâ€" pect of a speedy conference of employâ€" ers and federated trades, and a comâ€" promise on the basis of fiftyâ€"one workâ€" ing hours weekly,. licked up. _ Just southâ€"west of this city there is a large hay marsh and the fire wa‘s driven over this in a terâ€" rible manner, consuming everything in its course. Nearly every farmer lost his hay, and many also lost their grain and implements. _ There were large bands of hborses and caitle pasturing on the marsh, and toâ€"day the charred carcases of the anima‘ls dot the ground every few paces. _ Jack ral bits and prairie chickens were also anmihilated. _ People in the city were anmnxious for some hours, as it was feared the fire would come into the suburbs among the trees, where the most valuable residences are located. A timely chamge of wind averted this in’xmnding danger. ppeals were made to all the churches pn behalf of those rendered ((lpstit,ute on Sunday by the prairie ires. Fast Approaching a Closeâ€"Fands Running A despatch from London says:â€"The engineering dispute is believed to hbe really nearing its end. The union has paid out more than a year‘s subscripâ€" tions in strike pay. It also realized on a considerable amount of invested funds and some of the employers are bankâ€" rupt. Several firms in London which have tried the eightâ€"hour day have reverted to nine hours, finding that the eightâ€" hour day did not result even in eightâ€" ninths of the work done in the nineâ€" hour day. _ _ At Oakland, on the NP.R., Portags branch, several hundred cords of wood and thousands of tons of _ hay wers In the Lake Francis district, northâ€" west of the city, there was also exâ€" tensive destruction of crops and hay. A young farmer named Markham was terribly burned while trying to save his properl,l. He was {»rou.ght, into the hospital for treatment. _ botham‘s, Links‘ and _ Buchanan‘s stables, a cold storage warohouse, Farmer Waldron‘s farm buildinia and crops were totally destroyed, the litâ€" tle town being practically wiped out of existenre. , At Stoney mountain fire ran up to the Canadian Pacific railway platâ€" form, where by desperate efforts of the people its progress was stayed. the people its progress was stayed. Much hay and grain were consumed in this district. Carcases of cattle, horses, and sheep are lying all over the district, and a number of families of foreigners are bomeless, and utterly destitute. At Bagot, seventy miles west, the Canaâ€" dian Pacific railway station and seven cars, the Dominion Grain Company‘s elevator, with twenty thousand bushâ€" e‘s of wheat, Lawrie‘s store, Higginâ€" A most lamentable story comes from Beausejour, forty miles east of this city, where two women and five chilâ€" dren named Moreski were burned to death. Fire came upon their house, which was in the woods, from different directions, simultaneously, and shut off all means of escape. Only a few charred remains were found in the morning. ~Timl'o were many narrow. escapes. Terrible Scemes of Death and Devastation in Manitebaâ€"Charred Carcases of Live Stockâ€"Many â€" Farmers Momeclessâ€"Thonâ€" sands of Bushels of Wheat Destroyedâ€" Winnipeg at One Time Threatened. A despatch from Winnipeg says: â€" The prairie fires which raged all over the country on Saturday, being fanned and driven by a gaie of wind, died out during the night, and _ Sunday morning‘s sun dawned upon a terâ€" rible soene of death and devastation. Farmers‘ houses, implements, crops, and live stock were everywhere in the track of the holocaust conâ€" sumed, and many farmers lost their all. Very Lowâ€"Men are Anxious to Return to Work. TWO WOMEN AND FIVE CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH. AWFUL PRAIRIE FIRES, THE ENGINEERING STRIKE LANCERS ATTACKED. UNRECOGNIZABLE CINDERS. A short piece away lay the body of her sister, which was not badly disâ€" (figured. Her hair and clothing had | been burned off, but otherwise she was ‘scarcely marked. Their fate is addiâ€" tionally sad owing to the fact that they womuld have Wren perfectly safe had they remained in their house. Their tragic death throws _ an additional gloom over the already sorrowful hearts of the residents. The fire is supâ€" posed to have been commenced by farâ€" \ mers who were clearing their ground ‘near French Village, which lies about \six miles back of South Indian. It Irew*hed South Indian at the northern end about 3 o‘clock in the afternoon, the home of Xavier Moise being the {irst to catch. It spread toJ. Dube‘s residence, and from there to the house of _P. Decgroscelliers. then to the others. Sudden Col‘apie of a Bigz Summer Hotel in Michiganâ€"Two Men Killied and Tenm Badly Injured. A despatch from Charlevoix, Mich., says:â€"The big hotel at Lindsay Park, which was to have been the largest summer hotel at the Northern Michiâ€" gan resofts, collapsed on Wednesday and is a total wreck. It was all enâ€" closed and roofed, but the lower storâ€" ies, it is asserted, were not properly braced, and the fierce gale striking on the 440 feet of sidewall caused the most exposed end to waver, and, gathering mosnentum as it fell, the huge mass sank with a crash which was heard for a mile. Forty workmen were buried in the mass of broken timber and splinâ€" tered boards. In a short time the inâ€" jured were taken out. Pierce Kendâ€" all of Charlevoix and Guy Hamilton of Grand Rapids were killed. Ten othâ€" ers were badly injured. Mr. Pillbury, the druggist, absent mindediyâ€"Yes, but I can recommend something equailly as gâ€"â€" erâ€"that is, yes, I be.ieve so. Miss Brownâ€"Mailet, during the croâ€" quet game,â€"Your wife is out, is she It fixed itself to the pole of the elecâ€" troâ€"magnet and the young laundress was cured. The resultâ€"the drawing of a needle through the fleshâ€"is very reâ€" markable. In 20 hours after the first trial this needle was extracted from the inside of the hand after lying thera more than two months.‘" "The first trial lasted two hours, with short intervals at rest, without appreciable result. _ Before the third trial the girl said that she felt a prickâ€" ing in the palm of the hand near the place where the magnet had been apâ€" plied and where the needle ought to appear. At the ninth sitting, finally, the needle appeared beneath the skin, and came out whole, broken end first, without pain and without loss of blood. Wow a Broken Needie Was Extracted From a Woman‘s Hand. The following remarkable account of the extraction of a needle from the body by means of a magnet. "A young laundress thrust a brokâ€" en needle into her right hand while washing clothes. The needle having disappeared in the flesh, the surgeon who was consulted several days after the accident refused to perform an opâ€" eration, fearing lest he should be obâ€" liged to make a large number of inâ€" cisions among the ligaments of articâ€" ulation. Two months afterward the girl lost the use of her right hand, and the least movement of the fingers caused ber exquisite pain, Drs. Gorinâ€" ewski and Cerestin then determined to extract the needle with the aid of a magnet, drawing it into a fleshy reâ€" gion where an incision could be made without danger. To cause this moveâ€" ment they chose a very feeble electroâ€" magnet. But a difficulty arose; the needle having entered point first it would have to be drawn out backward, the broken part in advance. _ in her efforts to save her home. When the men‘ saw her home out of danger they left, after advising her to keep a good watch about the place to prevent any sparks from igniting it, and also to stay in the building, as there was ihttle or no danger. On Wednesday morning at an early hour several of the villn‘gers thought of her lonely posâ€" ition and went to see how she fared. The place was intact, but what was their surprise to find that there were no inmaites. The only trace of them found was a nursing bottle, which was recognized as belonging to the widow., About 10 o‘clock amother puarching party was formed. After going down the bramch line to Rockland, a short distance, on a handâ€"car, the party sepâ€" arated, one party going along the track a‘nd the other going through the bush. The four bodies of the unfortunates were found in the bush about one mile from South Indiain Station, and withâ€" in a short distance of their home. The mother had the remains of her two children clasped tightly in her arms, burned into almost South Indian and Cheneyâ€"have been swept. â€" Four persons were burned to death. At South Indian there are only two or three houses standing of what was once a prosperous village. The saddest part of the day‘s work was the finding of the burned bodies of Mrs. Frank Leveille, her two _ chilâ€" dren, aged eight months and _ eleven years, respectively, and also that of her sister, Miss Stiles, aged 30, who lived with her. Mrs. Leveille was a widow, her husband ; having died quite recently. Her dwelling was on the north side of the track, just oppoâ€" site the Canada Atlantic station, and in a locality where the fire was last in reaching. Several of the men of the village, whose own homes were in The Inhabitants Driven in Terror Before the Flamesâ€"Five Lives Lost, The burned area on the line of the Canada Atlantic Railway from forest fires covers a distance of about 25 miles. Three â€" villages â€" Casselman, CASSELMAN,. SOUTH INDIAN AND CHENEY DESTROYED. VILLAGES FIREâ€"SWEPI, HELPED THE POOR WIDOW TUMBLED IN A HEAP. TORONTO MAGNET IN SURGERY. FORCE OF HABIT. % uy Negligence is the rust of the soul, that corrodes through all her best reâ€" solves.â€"Folthaimn. The new German Navai bill will de mand an expenditure of 410,000,000 marks, to be spread over seven years. It is expected the bill will be rejected. and that a crigis will be the result. , "Your real object is 10 make me fight | the British Gqvernment. If I were to | do such a foo‘ish thing I am sure you wouwll assume the position of simple gpectators»> [ am hnot such a fool as to annoy and offend others for your Ont break at Maildstonc Assuming Alarminz Propertions. A despatch from London says:â€"The prevalence of typhoid fever at Maidâ€" stone, Kent, is increasing, and trade is absocutely at a standstill. _ There are now 1,172 cases of the disease, and there have been 46 deaths, six of which occurred last night. The surface imâ€" puritiee of the water supply, due to the drainage from a hopâ€"picking enâ€" campment, have not abated. In adâ€" dition to the many doctors and nurses who have arrived from other places to care for the sick, a large number of vounteer nurses have been advertised for. _ Some ot[ tclie residents have beâ€" come panicâ€"stricken at the alarmin state o’ affairs and the continual tolfâ€" ing _ of the church bells denoting the burial of the dead, and many are leavâ€" ing their homes. 1 The Young Man a Prime Favorite, and Mopes of Mis Innosence Generally Enâ€" tertained, A despatch from Napanee, says:â€"On the 30th. of August the Napanee branch of the Dominion Bank was entered and robked of $32,000,. â€"The clever manâ€" ner in which the combination of the & vault was changed and all traces of the robbery covered up was remarked at the time. For the past month Deâ€" tectives Dougherty and Wilkes of the Pinkerton Detective Agency, Governâ€" ment Detective Greer and Inspector Bogart of Toronto have been working on the case, and on Tuedsay evening about 8 o‘clock William Ponton, tellâ€" er in the Dominion Bank was arrested and brought befors Police Magistrate Daiy, who remanided him to jail until Friday. Whe arrest caused greoat surâ€" prise in town, as Mr. Ponton is a prime favorite, and strong hops is expressed that he will be able to establish his innocence. Mr. Ponton is a native of Belleville and is well connected. The nature of the evidence that will be adâ€" duced against him is yet unknown. The young man declares himse}f innocent of any complicity in â€" the robâ€" bery. It has been known for the past few weeks that Mr. Ponton was under suspicion. On Friday evening last Mr. Durand .the cashier in the bank, was transferred to Toronto, and on Saturday, Mr. Green, the junior, was also transferred. A story which comes from a reliable source had been floating around town forthe past week to the effect that a warning reached hboth the Manager of the Dominion and the Manâ€" ager of the Merchants‘ Banks here, through a Belleville _ lawyer, some months previous tothe burglary, that an attempt would * made to rob one of the banks. He claimed that he had become poâ€"sessed of the information personally. As a result of this informâ€" ation an extra night watchman was put on at the Merchants‘ Bank, but the authorities of the Dominion Bank, a!â€" though communicated â€" with, did not think it of sufficient importance to warrant them in taking any extra preâ€" cautions. OUTCOME OF THE DOMINION BANK ROBBERY AT NAPANEE. _ ignominy upon myself and my people." The A{n“p: has aiso issued tmou_gh- ou‘t Afghanistan a jJong proclamation, dated iuguut 13th, and entitled "A clear declaration and warning to all Afghans." This is much to the same effect as the reply to the petition of the Afridis,. _ It clears England of any disoyal intention toward Afghanistan, justifies the aliance as a "protection against foreign invasion," and taunts the tribesmen swvith reb«wling at the instigation of a fakir of unknown parâ€" entage, after accepting British subâ€" sidies, and with pretending to raise a Jehad while all Mohammedans, and most of the Khans, are taking sides with the Engitsh. Finally, washing his hands of their affairs, the Ameer addresses the tribesmen as follows:â€" BANK TBLLER ARRESTED. sake." The mullabs of Tirah, on hearing of the advance contemplated, began their preparations to oppose it, but it is now also reported that they are prepared to offer tenms on behalf of the Afridis, the Mohmunds, and the Malakand tribesmen. The Ameer of Afghanistan has pubâ€" lished at Cabul his reply to the petiâ€" tion of the Afridis who solicited his asâ€" sistance against the British . He reâ€" minds them that they have never beâ€" fore complained of RBritish conduct, but, on the contrary, acquiesced full in the Afghan alliance with Englan{ He quotes from the Koran on the saâ€" cred duty of fulfilling _ agreements, which, he says, the British have kept faithfully, and, im conclusion, he deâ€" clines to assist them out of trouble which they have brought upcn themâ€" selves, adding, "to do so would bring ignominy upon myself and my people." A despatch from London says,â€"The news from the Indian frontier is faâ€" vorable. Sir Williaam Lockhart‘sforces will commence the advance on Tirah, the summer beadquarters of the Afâ€" ridis, and the Orazais, from Peshawur, on Friday next, moving in three co‘â€" unmns. Sir Willian Lockhart and Maâ€" jorâ€"General Lord Methuen have alâ€" ready arrived at Kohat. SIR WILLIAM LOCKHART IS NOW IN CONTROL. 3RBTTER NEWS FROM DNDL, 1dvancing in Three Columns From Peshaâ€" wurâ€"Proâ€"British Proclamation by the sn Atmiane . da TYPHOID IN KENT. 1t then began to go through a conâ€" tinuous process of decline, falling felow 7 million in 1850, below 6 million in 1856, and below 5 million in 1884, ths lowest point being reached jas: year. The emigration which took place in 1896 comprised 3,842 from the provimce of Leâ€" inster, 15,485 from Munster, 7.481 from Ulster, and, 12,284 from Connsaught. Of the total emigrants from Ireland last year 6.98 per cent. were under fiftean years of age, R3.7 per cent. between 1ifâ€" teen and thirtyâ€"five years old, 9. 4 per cent. were thirtyâ€"five and upward. and in ten instances the ages were n 1. speâ€" ("ifie:i. The R!‘(:fl?u!mlk, therefore, were Destruction of the Girls‘ Coltage of the South Pakata Industrial School. A despatch from Pankinton, â€"8. D., says:â€"The girls‘ cotlage at the State Industrial School, burned ai midnight on â€" Wednesday. _ Tillie Hooper, in charge of the sewing depariment ; Nelâ€" lie Johnston, aged 18, of Grafton, N. D.; &wm "o(d Sioux Falls; Beasie Kerby, eged 14. of Hot Springs, in the prime of life As the loss by emigration amounted to 38,995, there was an apparent 4eâ€" crease of 7.054 in the population durâ€" ing the year. But against the decrease there is a setâ€"off in immigration, of which no official record has been oibâ€" tained. _ The estimated population in the middle of the year was 4.580,374. The rate of emigration last year per 1999 of the estimated population was ®.4. the average rate for the previous ten years being 12.7. In 1894 the rate was as low as 7.8, whereas in 1897 it reache; 17.1,. The population of Ireland, in cluding the military. naval and merâ€" chant service, amounted in 1822 4. 6,892,708. From that period the numâ€" ber continued to increase until 1845 when it amounted to 8.295,061. l Lord George Hamilton, Secretary of State for india said that the most |serious famine of the century in India | was diupFear'mg. but still a _ million and a half of persons are rmreceiving reâ€" lief. _ The total of the sul soriptions \ from Great Britain, the United States, the British colomies and India, he conâ€" _cluded, amounted to nearly £1,300,000, and the total cost of the famine was lmore than £10,000,000. Emigration Decreasing â€" Report of the Registrarâ€"GCencral. The report of the registrar general, of Ireland, for the year 1896 has been issued as a blue book. It states that the marriage rate for that part of the united kingdom, aithough not high, in 1896 was considerably in excess of the decennial average, and was the highâ€" est for any year since 1871. The hirth rate was somewhat above the average, and was the highest for any year sincs 1884, while on the other hand the death rate was much below the average, beâ€" ing onli' 166 per 1,000 and _was the lowest for any year since 1®871. _ The excess of births over deaths was 31.941. The Lord Mayor, in rep ying to the address of thanks of the Secretary of State for India, referred gratefully to the efforts of Mrs. Hauser. nf(_‘hi('qfio‘, as baving leen the initiator of t plan for sending large quantities of clothing to the sufferers in India from the famine and plague, adding that tha olothing so collected was distriâ€" buted with remarkable suocess. The morning papers comment upon the continued dec.ine in British exâ€" ?oru. Tha Board of Trade returns or September show a seven and a half per cent. decline, as compared with the corresponding month of |a<t year. lt is admitted that this is mainâ€" ly due to the Dingley tariff, The Times saysâ€""Whatever its ultimate effect, it is olear that the immediate result of protection in America is to closse the American maurkets â€" very largely to Briiish exports We may as wel make up our miunds to this faot and seek an opening for our â€" f;oode alsaw haepe." At the final meeting of the comâ€" mittee of the India famine fund of the Mansion House, the Lord Mayor. Sir George Faude. Phillips, announced that the total subscriptions amounted to £549300, adiding that out of every pound 189s. 1112d4. had been remitted to India demonstrating that the exâ€" pense of administering the fund had been most minute. A despatch to the Daily Mail from Cape Town, says that Dr. Jameson, the hero of the Transvaai raid, will seelk a seat in the Cape AssemlMly at the next general elsction. The chief plank in his platfonm will be, "Federation for South Africa." Queen‘s long conversation with the Canadian Premier, Sir Wi‘frid Laurâ€" ier, when that statesman was in Fngâ€" land, would fuake most interesting reading." to organize a syndicate here for the purchase of the Union Pacific railroad, but not one of them thus far has secur« ed important financial backing. Vanity Fair says:â€"*"The Queen was very much grieved at the attitude of the United States eighteen months ago, and it is an >pen secret that her Majesty, who has made a close study of the American people, holds aimost pessimistic views in regard to the staâ€" billty and fuiture of the Republic. The "To the Consmulâ€"General of the United States, London,â€"The road has not been sofid to the Gchiff syndicate. It will be solid to the bighest bidder on Noâ€" vember 1. ‘(McKenna." It is learned that there have been severas attempts The Republic Lacks the EKlement or Ataâ€" bilttyâ€"Closing the Indian Relicf Fund â€"Decline in Rritish Exports. A despatch from London says:â€"A deâ€" spatch from . Washington quotes At« torneyâ€"General McKenna as saying that he has received mo inquiries through the United States Counselâ€"Gen. or oth= ers in London in regard to the pwrchase of the Union Pacific road. The following message has been received in repy to an inquiry of the Consulâ€"General, cal led to Attorneyâ€"General McKenna:â€" sOME LATE CABLE NEWS: SIX GIRLS BURNED TO DEATH THE QUEEN‘S OPINION OF UNITED STATES. POPULATION OF IRELAND. ‘.l" t“ the technicalities â€" only felt it. During study I have often loj one musician who v nt everything excep me. Byt that afternoo; white keys of my be But what to do to hin« know. Just then he pl xn the keyboard, and rds rose I felt a t ment. 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