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Durham Review (1897), 6 Oct 1898, p. 2

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tE Bs In . NT Interesting Items About Our Own Country, Great Britain, the United States, and CANADA. The wheat crop of Manitoba is now estimated to be 32,000,000 bushels. Dr. Ryan is a candidate for the Mayâ€" oralty of Kingston for 1899. The estate of Sir J. Adoiphe Chapâ€" leau has been probated at $225,009. Hamilton‘s assessment returns are expected to show an increase of 1,000 in population. Wolves are destroying sheep in large numbérs in the Plevyoa district, Adâ€" dington County. The Department of Fisheries will stock with black bass a . number of lakes along the Parry Sound Railway. The town of West Selkirk, Man., proâ€" r;s; to consclidate its indebtedness y a new issue of debentures. An English syndicate have leased Mr. James Mispicel‘s mine at Actinolite, Ont., and will operate it for arsenic. Mr. C. Knox of Calgary has been apâ€" pointed stock inspector of the Northâ€" west Government, wit. beadquarters at Winnipeg. Joseph McShane, a youth, may lose his eyesight as a result of placing a fog signal on the track at Hamilton to let @ train run over it. Convict Murphy, an i1 Insane department of rnitentiary, attacked _: njured Guard Hennessy There is said to ve a movement on foot to invite the Marquis of Dufferin to come to Canada to unveil the Macâ€" kenzie monument at Ottawa on the completion thereof. A rich find of molibdonite has bgen made on the Grand Calumet mining property, near Fort Coulogne, Que. Molibdonite is used in hardening steel and also in shotting silk. The Toronto vity Council has decidâ€" ed to petition the Ontario Government to appoint a royal commission to inâ€" vestigate the charges of Mr. E. A. Macdonald as to the manner in which the Toronto Street Railway Company obtained its charter. It is reported at Halifax that the Dominion Steamship Line has secured the subsidy for carrying tne English mails between Canada and England for the season of 1898â€"99. Mr. A. A. Clarke, of London, Eng., who secured a charter from the Fedâ€" eral Parliament for a tramway along Miles Canyon, has floated a scheme, and is now in Ottawa on the way to the Pacific coast. The line is now in operation and is doing A good business. GREAT BRITAIN. Eir George Grey, former Lieutenantâ€" Governor of South Australia, is dead at London. McDougall‘s flour mill and other warehouses on Millwallâ€"dock, London, have been destroyed by fire. Loss, £75.000. The unexpected return of Dr. Jameâ€" son to England from the Cape gives rise to a rumour that he has quarrelled with Cecil Rhodes. Mr. George N. Curzon, the new Viceâ€" roy of India, has been elevated to the Peerage as Baron Curzon of Kedlesâ€" ton. » The British steamer Milwaukee, from the Tyne for New Orleans, stranded at Portes Roil, Seotland, is likely to be a total wreck. A telegram has been rece‘ved by the British Foreign Office stating that Capt. Cooke has been shot dead in East Africa. _ He was a graduate of the Royal Military College, Kingston. A gas explosion took place on Friâ€" day in a mine at Brownsville, Pa. Fifâ€" tyâ€"four men were entombed, of whom 27 found their way out by an opening on the river. Eight dead bodies have been recovered, and it is thought the other miners will be suffocated. UNITED STATES. Sir Julian Paunceforte, British Amâ€" bassador at Washington, has had his term extended to April next. Forty thousand United States solâ€" diers are to be sent to Cuba to do garrison duty, in addition to those now at Santiago under General Lawton. Governor Pingree, of Michigan, has been reâ€"nominated by acclamation by the Republican State convention. Andrew Cassoque was strangled to death by three burglars in New York on Tuesday morning after hbhe had been robbed of $500, all his savings. A number of workmen were injured, some perbaps fatally, by an attempt of nonâ€"union men to enter the Amâ€" erican Wire Company‘s works at Cleâ€" veland, O., on Monday morning. A cable message from Dr. Kranz, of the European Union of Astronomers, to Messrs. Chandler and Ritchie, of Boston, announces the discovery of a starâ€"like condensation in the centre of nebulae of Andromeda _ by Seraphin of Pulkowa. If this indicates change in the condition of the we‘!l known obâ€" ject, the discovery will be of oimportâ€" ance. P VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. The Queen Regent of Spain hbas promised to send a delegate to the Czar‘s peace convention. About 2,000 of the United States solâ€" diers in Porto Rico are officially reâ€" ported to be sick. The Governor of Buda Pest bhas reâ€" solved to expel all Anarchists, who are not citizens of Hungary. Late despatches from Pekin say the Emperor of China is in danger of his life from astrong conspiracy. Assorted for Easy Reading. The French wheat crop is estimated at 123,000,000 hectoletres, the largest since 1874, when the yield was 136,â€" 000,003 hectoletres. Twelve hundred women and childâ€" ren and one thousand sick soldiers nuod"lrom Havana tor Spain on Wedâ€" GENERAL. inmate of the the Kingston and seriously The commissiariat and supply deâ€" partments of both the army and navy of the Argentine Republic are being actively reâ€"organized. Th° Government of Corea has been compelled to dismiss the Europeans engaged as an Imperial guard in conâ€" sequence of a protest from Russia. A â€" destructive â€" hurricane . swep! over southern Spain, doing great damâ€" age in the Provinces of Seville and Granada. Many persons were killed. The Berlin National Zeiting says ob th» highest authority that the personâ€" al estate of Prince Bismarck does not renresent as much as 2,500,000 marks, represent as n about $500,000. The Berlin police authorities have prohibited the holding of five projectâ€" ed Socialist meetings in Hamburg, called for the purpose of discussing Emperor William‘s recent speech reâ€" parding the imprisoning of the proâ€" vokers of strikes. Typhoons on the Japanese coast, aC~ cording to the latest advices, â€" have done great damage. Many ports and towns have been totally devastated, and in the Tamsul district, where the great ruin is evident, over one hunâ€" red lives are said to have been lost. The diplomatic representatives of Russia, France, Belgium, Spain and Holland, at Pekin, hbhave called upon Li Hung Chang to condole with him upon his dimissal from the Chinese Foreign Office. Much comment bas been excited by the action of these Ministers. It is stated that the Rotbschilds will loan Spain £4,000,000 or £5,000,000 on the security of Almada quick silâ€" ver mines, when the treaty of peace shall have been signed. The Japanese Government has reâ€" plied to the circular of Count Muraâ€" vieff, the Russian Foreign Minister, suggesting international disarmament. Tlhe reply supports the Czar‘s proposâ€" als. The American soldiers in Honolulu are causing the good people of that onceâ€"peaceful community much worry. Acts of vandalism are becoming freâ€" quent, and General King . has issued orders for a court of enquiry to invesâ€" tigate alleged lawless acts committed by soldiers, and to assess the amount of:â€" damage caused. It is stated in St. Petersburg that Luchoni the assassin of the Empress of Austria, belongs to an Anarchist gang which went to North America two years and a halt ago, leaving a few of their comrades in Europe. The gang issued orders from America, where the present plot was hatched. _ The memâ€" bers have now â€" returned to Europe, but the chiefs remain in New York. Pau«l Away at Copenhagen After a Long Iiness, A despatch from Copenhagen says: â€"Queen Louise of Penmark died on Thursday morning. The Qusen had been dangerouslylill for several months, but an effort had been made to keep the condition of the royal sufferer from the ‘ public. Her daughter, the Princess of Wales, was summoned to Denmark in haste a few weeks ago. The end of the Queen of Denmark was peaceful. At her bedside were the King of Denmark, the Dowager Empress of Russia, the King and Queen of Greece, the Princess of Wales, the Duke and Duch»«ss of Cumberland, the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Denmark, and all the other members of the royal family. sOMETHING OF HER LIFE. Queen Louise of Denmark was born on Eeptember 7, 1817. She was a daughâ€" ter of Landgrave Wilhelm, of Hesseâ€" Cassel, and was married on May 26th, 18i2, to Christian, fourth son of the late Duke Wilhelm of Schleswigâ€"Holsteinâ€" Sonderburgâ€"Glucksburg. Christian was appointed to the succession of the Crown of Denmark by the treaty of London of May 8, 1852, and by the Danâ€" isb law of succession of July 31, i1853. He succeeded to the throne as Chrisâ€" tian 11. on the death of King Frederick ViI., on November 15, 1863. _ For the last thirty years of her life the Queen exercised such influence on the politics of Europe that she was sometimes called the motherâ€"inâ€"law of the Continent. Another title which was sometimes given her was the "Royal matchâ€"maker." Tha children of King Christian and Queen Louise are Prince Frederick, the heirâ€"apparent, born June 8, 1843, who married Princess Louisa, daughter of King Carl VI. of Sweden and Norway; Princess Alexandra, born December 1, 1814, who was married March 10, 1863, to the Prince of Wales; Prince Wilâ€" helm, born December 24, 1845, elected King of the Hellenes, under the title of George I., by the Greek National Asâ€" sembly in 1863, and who married Olga Constantinowna, â€" Grand Duchess of Russia, in 1967; Princess Marie Dagâ€" mar (Empress Maria _ Feodorovna), born November 26, 1847; sha was marâ€" tied November 9, 1866 to Alexander III., the late Emperor of Russia; Prinâ€" cess Thyra, born Sept. 29,.1853, who was married (December 21, 1878, to Prince Ernest August, Duke of Cumâ€" berland, and Prince Waldemar, born October 27th, 1853, who married in 1885 the Princess Marie d‘Orleans, eldest daughter of the Duc de Chartres. Waterways Should be Developed Under Military Protection. A despatch from Singapore says :â€" Rearâ€"Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, who is en route to China as the repreâ€" sentative of the British Associated Chambers of Commerce, has arrived bhere. In a speech made by him on Monday before the CBHamber of Comâ€" merce and the Straits Settlement Asâ€" tion, â€" h> urged that _ commercial treaties between Great Britain, Gerâ€" many, the Un‘ted States and Japan, would insure peace. _ F h TORONTO He declared that the waterways of China should be developed under the protection of military police, and then railroads would follow. In conclusion, Lord Charles urged Great Britain to take a firmer and more definite attiâ€" tude in regard to China. BERESFORD ON THE EAST. QUEEN LOUISE IS DEAD. Zxcept Quebec and Perk aps British Colum biaâ€"Great â€" Change of Sentiment in éntario. The returns of the vote cast in the plebiscite taken on Thursday â€" last throughout Canada are still incomâ€" plete, but it would appear that every province in the Dominion has pronountâ€" C rueg i suir ue y nani EC To U colecce sB ed in favor of prohibition with the exâ€" ception of Quebec, and, perbaps, Briâ€" tish Columbia. In Quebec the sentiâ€" ment was overwbelmingly adverse to the principle, the large majority of 30,â€" ALL 000 being recorded ajgainst it. British Columbia also seems to bave spoken against prohibition. Ontario Nova Scotia . . New Brunswick . . Prince Edward . . Manitoba . & % British Columbia Total Majority for Piohibition in Do« minion 17,929â€"many Returns still inâ€" complete. The Maritime Provinces are true to their record in voting for the abolition of the liquor traffic. They have alâ€" ways favored restrictive legislation, and it was a foregone conclusion that they would give majorities for prohibiâ€" tion. Ontario has also declared against the importation, manufacture, and salé of intoxicating liquor. The sentiment was strongest in the rural districts, in the large centres of population â€"the feeling was mot favourable to prohibiâ€" tion, every city in Ontario giving a majority against it excepting Brantâ€" ford. Manitoba followed in the same course as Ontario and the Lower Proâ€" vinces, and endorsed the proposition. The vote in Toronto shows a _ reâ€" markable change in sentiment. _ In January, 1894, when the provincial plebiscite was taken Toronto gave a majority of 2,500 in support of prohibiâ€" tion. On Thursday the vole was enâ€" tirely reversed, and the : people proâ€" nounced against the principle by a maâ€" jority of 3,700, the aggregate vote beâ€" ing larger than on the previous .occaâ€" sion. In other cities throughout the province a similar reversal of opinion Llook place. Thursday was the first time a vote om prohibition was taken in the Proâ€" vinces of â€" Quebec and New Brunswick. The former province spoke with no uncertain sound, the city of Montreal contributing an â€" adverse: majority of over 12,000. It is noteworthy that in every province where a plebiscite had previously been taken the majority for prohibition was reduced. The vote in Ontario was very close, evidencing that since 1894 there has been a most reâ€" markable change in popular feeling. The smallness of Thursday‘s . vote for prohibitien in Ontario is attributed by some to the fact that women did not vote, while at the plebiscite in 1894, which was held. at the same time as the municipal elections, they were allowed to poll their ballots. The abâ€" sence of women from the polls does not however, furnish a satisfactory explanâ€" ation of the reduced prohibition maâ€" jority, as the total number of the votes polled by women in 1894 was but a very small proportion of the whole. ONTARIO. Addington,. .! .>. AIgoms., :. | . ‘}% _ + Brant, South. . . i Brockville. .â€"~ Bothwell. s i % Bruce, North.=â€">. ;. Bruce, East. . * Bruce, West. . . _. Cardwell. ‘; > *. >;~:4. Carleton. _ . fars i. Juc‘ Cornwall and Stormont Dundas. _. 7.*‘% + Durham, East,. . . . Durham, West. . . . Essex, North. . % Essex, South. . . i. Figin, East. . . <. Figin, West. «. Frontenac. . e cce Grey, East. . . & Grey, North. . * Glengarry. . . e Grenville. . * e Grey, South. . . . . Halton. .. o. . *« Hastings, East.® . . Hastings, North. . . Hastings, West. . . . Huron, East. =. : + . Haldimandâ€"Monck ... ... HmiltOn .. =... ... ++ ue lHuron, South.... .. AL..:‘ HUTONR, WESL...â€" use scrrwe FAVOURS PROKIBITION, THE PROVINCES HAVE CLARED IN ITS FAVOUR. "" 14,220 (Majority. Fos Against. & 124 y AOD 40,872 Agt. DEâ€" Toronto. _ _= = * Victoria, North. . «~ * Victoria, South. . . «+ + Waterloo, North. . «+ Waterloo, South.. .« _« Wellington, Centré. . « Welland. | . _ . ~ * Wellington, North. . »~â€"« Wellington, South. . « Wentworth, North.. . .. Wentworth, South. . â€" York, â€" Bast.. . ..._; «> + York, North. . . â€" York, West.. .. _ __.« Brantford _‘ . t ht Toronto. se * e «+ OttaWwA.. e Om 04 Chatham. . _ .. ® Kingston.. . . 0« St. Thomas. . . « London.: . .e _ m Guelph x : "xs>% Hamilton . . s ey: Belleville. . ~ .. . Stratford. .. =. >« St. Catharines.. .. . ener Leit Him There. A despatch from Cairo says:â€"Genâ€" eral Kitchener, commanding the Angloâ€" Egyptian expedition, has returned to Omdurman, having established posts at Fashoda ard on the Sebat river. The troops did no fighting except with a& dervish steamer on the way south, which was captured. MARCHAND DECLINED TO LEAVE. Marchand Declined to Retire, and Windsor. The London Daily Telegraph‘s Cairo correspondent, telegraphing on Monâ€" daoy says:â€""General Kitchener found the French at Fashoda. He notified Major Marchand that he had express instructions that the territory was British, and that the French must reâ€" tire, and offered them _ passage to Cairo. Major Marchand absolutely deâ€" clined to retire unless ordered to do so by his Government. No fighting occurred. Major Marchand was given clearly to understand that the Britâ€" isb insisted upon their claims, and the rest has been left to ba settled by diplomacy between the respective Govâ€" ernments. HOISTED THE UNION JACK. "General Kitchener sent a long offiâ€" cial despatch to London, hoisted the Union Jack and Egyptian ensign, ad left as a garrison the lith and 18th Soudanese Battalions and tae Cameron Highlanders to protect the _ British flag.' Colonel Jackson commands the garrigzon." . * DERVISH REMNANT DEFEATED. A despatch from Suakim, says:â€"The only organize@d remnant of the dervish army was deteated and its last strongâ€" hold, Gedaref, captured on September 22nd, after three hours‘ hard fighting, when an Egyptian force, the fiassa]a garrison, with a cam==i corps, numberâ€" ing 1,800, under command of Col. Parsons, routed 8000 dervishes, of whom 500 were killed. Three Egyptian officers were woundâ€" ed and 37 Egyptian soldiers killed and 59 wounded. The dervish forces at Gedaref was undei Abmed Fedil, a cousin of the Kkalifa. It formed no part of the army that was defeated at Omdurm in, and had always been a separate comâ€" mand Gedaref lhies about 100 miles to the south of Kassala, between the River Atbara and the River Rahaud, a tribuâ€" tary of the Biue Nile. _ Ahmed Fedil succeeded to the comâ€" mand of the Gedaref army after the defeat of the Dervishes under Ahmed Wad Ali, who was killed at Agordat by the Italians in November, 1983. HEROES OF OMDURMAN. A despatch from London, says:â€"It is reported that the War Office has granted to the Twentyâ€"first Lancers a short furlough in recognition of its bravery at Omdurman. Otherwise the regiment would have gone direct from Egypt to India forâ€"a two years‘ stay. According to report it has.now been arranged that the regiment shall first come to London, and march with full equipment from ‘the docks to the Knightsbridge barracks, receiving an ovation throughout the march. A comâ€" mittee composed of all branches of the military service is making arrangeâ€" ments to present the regiment with a gold shield commemorative of the faâ€" mous charge at Omdurman. China and Japan Visited by Terrible Storms. A despatch from Vancouver, B.C., says:â€"Advices from the Orient by the steamer Empress of Endia, state that China and Japan have been visited by thunderstorms and disastrous floods i+ which many bundreds of people have lost their lives. The region north of the An Shang mountains has been inâ€" undated for hundreds of miles by the Yellow river. Several hundred thouâ€" sand persons have been plunged into the deepest distress, and many â€" into absolute penury, which local authoriâ€" ties are unable to alleviate. Surprise Fora Man Who Twisted a Lion‘s Tail. A despatch from St. Louis, Mo., says: â€"Wm. Roelker, a German ironâ€"worker, twisted a lion‘s tail on Tuesday at East St. Louis, and will lose his left arm. Hummel‘s circus was to give an exhibition. The animal waggons were lined up, preparatory to the parade. Among the animals were a pair of African lions. The male was lying at the front of the cage with one Oof his paws and his tail hanging outside the bars. (Roelker began stroking the paw with his left hand. . The lion watched Roelker‘s procedure. Then the ironâ€" worker grabbed the tail with his right hand, giving it ulha(r‘g twist. _ There was a roar, and one of the lion‘s paws caught Roelker by the left shoulder and stripped off the flesh of the @rm down to the hand. two fingers _ of which were torn off. * SIRDAR BACK FROM FASHODA. WILL LOSE HIS ARM. HUNDREDS KILLED. â€" s +0 + * a «+ « +# * * LJ ** w** «* «» o+ + «+ # «* * «» w e a seeee *« ** » & 0+ « * « ® + 0+ ® «+ «* & s« «+ «+ ® «* eg.. a» «+ + s% s se ae +s North. . ~â€" South. _ «â€" North.. . .. South. . ~ CITIE3 2* .ls 90B kc k c en# m (B _ ".. (w For Against 440 3,716 115 19 93 159 105 3,176 {.701 200 540 150 417 THE KHALIFA‘$ TREASURE FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS FOUND IN THE DESERI. tGen. Kitchener to Retireâ€"Regarda®s _ "**~* Work as Completed and Will Return to England. The Cairo correspondent of the Lonâ€" don Daily Telegraph says :â€""It is statâ€" ed on good authority thal General Kitâ€" chener intends to retire from the Egyptian service. He regards his work as completed, and will return to England with the middle of October. It is rumoured that his eyesight is afâ€" "Upon arriving at PABNUNE LMW "~* . dar shook hands with Major Marâ€" chand, and they dined together the same evening. Major Marchand lackâ€" ed supplies. A story is current that he has left Fashoda. He received help from a local chief who is now Our adâ€" herent. THE KHALIFA‘S TREASURE. "It is stated that the Khalifa‘s treasure £10,000,000 in value, which was hbhidden in the desert, has been found, and forwarded here. Lord Edâ€" ward Cecil will take Fashoda â€" desâ€" patches to London. 1 use c ioi ons â€" gP 2E CSARRET : Oe Cul d dtiee "The British Government has offerâ€" ed £12 sterling to each reserve Of timeâ€"expired man who is willing to reâ€" engage with the expedition." BIRDAR‘S REPORT INTERESTING. A despatch from London says :â€"Ine newspapers of the country are clamâ€" orously demanding that the Government take the public into confidence in reâ€" gard to the Fashoda aftair, having been informed that General Kitchener‘s reâ€" port has reached the Foreign Office, and that it shows interesting developâ€" ments. They appear to be deeply disâ€" appointed that diplomatists are to have the settlement of the question. _ 2190 â€"14.2.4 4000060 w0 tcatoct s hn ectaintnind The Foreign Office has issued a forâ€" mal refusal to make public any furâ€" ther details of the affair, some of which, however, are leaking out. The Sirdar, according to these, after Major Marchand refused to furl the French flag, formally announced that he had come to raise the Egyptian flag, but before doing so, desired to know whether Major Marchand wished to enter a protest. The Frenchman re plied in the negative, and the Sirdar then planted the Egyptian flag llone-; not the Egyptian and British, as at first reportedâ€"500 metres from the French flagstaff. _ farr T. +d Negotiatins relative to the mailter were begun at Paris on Wednesday, the British Ambassador, Right Hon. Sir Edmund J. Monson, calling upon M. Delcasse, the French Foreign Minister. TERRIBLE DISASTER ON THE INâ€" TERCOLONIAL RAILWAY. FIVE KILLED IN A WREOL, A Special and a Coal Train Collide on the PFicton Branch This Morningâ€"Names of the Deadâ€"A Namber Injured. A despatch from Stellarton, N. S., says:â€"A collision occurred ntar there on the Pirtou branch of the Intercolâ€" onial railway on Wednesday morning, five men being killed. The disaster was caused by a misâ€" understanding of orders, which has not yet been explained. A special from Tatamagouche under Conductor A. R. McLeod, met a coal train in charge of Conductor W. Gordon, at a point between â€" WestSille and â€" Stellarton, known as Adam‘s cut. The killed include one passenger who was on the special, and the engincers and firemen on each train. They are: Jas. Sproul, engineer; Michael O‘Brien engineer; W. G. Henderson, fireman;J. R. McKenzie, fireman, and a passenâ€" ger named Cameron, from Scotch Hill. were seriously injured and a number slightly injured. One of the twobadâ€" ly hurt is John McMillan, of Pictou. The special was an excursion train of seven cars, crowded with people bound for Halifax to the Provincial Fair. The other train was going to Westville with about sixty miners, who were on their way to work the Acadia Colliery, The collision occurred at a sharp curve, and the two trains, which were running at high speed, came toâ€" gether without warning. The four men on the locomotives were killed outâ€" right, and their badly mangled bodies were found in the debris. Martin Mcâ€" Donald, of Lyons Brook, a passenger, who was on the car next to theenâ€" gine of the special, was also killed. The front half of this car was comâ€" pletely demolished. One of the miners had his jaw broken. Wrecking trains and doctors are at the scene. that there were not more killed, as the accident occurred in one of the most dangerous places on the Pictou branch. The men in the cabs had probably no time to jump to save their lives, and if they did, they were instantly buried in the wreckage, which piled high by the sides of the fatal blind curve. Their bodies were found among the debris of the wreck, mangled and lacerated alâ€" most beyond recognition. The news of the terrible accident was soon comâ€" municated to Stellarton, and thence spread quickly to the other towns and surrounding country. 4 Conferred. A despatch from London, says:â€"At a meéting of the Common Council of London at the Guildhall it was resolyvâ€" ed to confer the freedom of the city upon Majorâ€"General Sir Herbert Kitâ€" chener, and also to present him with & sword of honour. People flocked to the scene in thouâ€" sands, eager to render assistance. Docâ€" tors were speedily moned, and they are working vigorofi;r to alleviate the sugfering of the wounded passengers and trainmen. Freedom of the City of London TO HONOUR KITCHENEER. arriving at Fashoda the Sirâ€" k hbands with Major Marâ€" nd they dined together the ning. Major Marchand lackâ€" es. A story is current that ha Fashoda. â€" He received help cal chief who is now Oour adâ€" IT WAS MIRACULOUS TWO PASSENGERS. BH1~ OMDURMAN WILL PROBABLY BE LEVELLED TO THE GROUND. ts CHIEF WIFE CAPTORE) Trade Follows the Flagâ€"Scores of Traders and Thousunds of Tous of Merchandise Reach Khartonm. A despatch from Omdurman, says:â€" The Camel corps which accompanied the expedition to fetch the Khalifa‘s camels captured Abdullah‘s principal wife, the mother of his eldest son, & fine old lady, bhis partner and adviser from the days of obscurity before the Mahdi till now. It is to be hoped that the remnmants of the Baggara now in Omdurman wil be deported in the interests of the more inoffensive inbabitants. To permit these reprobates, accustomed for years to exercise their gross and versatile wickedness, to remain hbhere would be equivalent to pulling down the walls of Broadmoor. In any case, both polâ€" icy and bealth cry aloud for the utter demolition of Omdurman, doomed by its limestone subsoil to perpetual arid infertility, and for the transfer of the town to Khartoum. Bo confident was the Khalifa of vicâ€" tory that a few days before the fight he ordered a quantity of red bricks to be brought across from Khartoum to build himself a new palace. ASTONISHING RECOVERIES. Bome of the most astonishing recovâ€" eries from wounds which would kill any European within an hour have taken place among the dervishes. On the battlefield, three days after the fight, was a grayâ€"headed dervish with a shattered leg, who when first reâ€" lieved drank six quarts of water and ate biscuits beartily, and is now doing A strange sight was seen in the Souâ€" danese camp the day after the victory. Some thousands or the dervish prisonâ€" ers were sitting in rows on the ground waiting their turn to be examined by the doctor as to their fitness to serve in the Egyptian army. About 40 per cent. were found sound, and immediate= ly enlisted. * * 8SIRDAR‘S LETTER TO KHALIFA. It is deeply interesting to know that in the cause of bumanity the Sirdar sent a letter to the Khalifa three days before the bombardment, advising him to withdraw all the women and chilâ€" dren from Omdurman to a place of safety. Apparently . the Khalifa was so confident of success that he treated the message with scorn. No sympathy must be felt for these fiends incarnate. â€" Dervish wanderers about the battiefieia nave already disâ€" interred and mutuated our dead. It the Sirdar errs at ail it is on the side of leniency, + TRADE FOLLOWS THE FLAG. Although so {far from the usual run of civilization, Khartoum already preâ€" sents a somewhat different appearance to that which greeted the victors on their entry into the city.© Three wellâ€" known English, two German, two Belâ€" gian, and one Fremcua irader are alâ€" ready well near to the front ,with a total of over 300 tons of merchandise. The English houses are represented by two wellâ€"known European and one Ausâ€" tralian travellers, who have instrucâ€" tions to wire for anything they may reâ€" quire from their Alexandria or Caire houses. One gentleman oas strict inâ€" structions to keep a sharp lookout for every point {avourable to an advertiser, so that, ere Tommy Atkins returns, he will be able to gaze on all the wellâ€" known placards, and if he steys long enough, not only will he be able to buy British goods, but he will at the same time be in the position of being served by his fellowâ€"countrymen. A despaich to the Cologne Gazette from St. Petersburg says it is regardâ€" ed as possible, in the iight of recent information, that not only the French expedition under Marchand, but a force of Abyssinian troops, is at Fashoda. It is expected that King Menelek will refuse to relinquish his old claim, to thes Nile border of his empire, and acâ€" cordingly may plant his flag and as semble a considerable force opposite Fashoda. Great Britain‘s Formidable Squadron Puts A despatch from Weiâ€"Haiâ€"Wei, says: The battleship Centurion, flagship of Viceâ€"Admiral Sir Edward E. Seymour the communder of the British fleet is Chinese waters, sailed suddenly Friâ€" day under sealed orders accompan.ed from Cheâ€"Foo by the battleship Victorâ€" ious, the firstâ€"class cruuser Narcisâ€" sus, the secondâ€"class cruiser Hermione, the torpedoâ€"boat 'destroyer Fame, (by torpedoâ€"boat destroyer Hart, and the despatchâ€"boat Alacrity. & It is supposed the destination of the fleet is Taâ€"Ku, at the entrance of the river leading to Tien8sin; the Port 0( Pekin, for the purpose of making a naâ€" val demonstration there. MAY LAND FORCES. A despatch from Shanghai, says:â€"It is reported that Kangâ€"Juwei, the Canâ€" tonese reformer, who is accused by the Dowager Empress of being implicsed in designs on the Emperor‘s life, and who tly fled from Pekin, arrived at Wmu. near bhere, Saturday, and too refuge on board a British gunbost. ABYSSINIANS WITH MARCHAND The British Consul has entered a proâ€" test against the action of the Chinâ€" ese officials in stopping the steamer Eldorado and searching her for Kang. It is reported that Admiral Seymoui, the British naval commander, conton® plates landing a party of sailors and marines at Taâ€"Ku. The Taotai goyâ€" ernor, has asked the assistance of the British Consul in capturing Kang, whom he described as a degraded criminal. If he is arrested be will no doubt be executed. THREATENS PEKIN. Aside from a fine galler; co‘n‘s hy the one can look down feet below on one sid opposite side can be England‘s richest ar populated countries. a fete garden, orillia at night, a daily ba novelties in the wa rounds, two great tow BASEBALL Is NOT Neither is bowling, : other attractions. A monkeys and brilliant Zoological Garden. A ter delights its thow mas, a big theater, a works nave given 1( awakening, and so p of the couples that â€" has emphatically sta not be responsible f« occurs in the maze, from dark retreats | shouts of laughter as ing out from among «parks, while many | goes home after a with a hole hum::j are the pleasure Those who want des can have them f splendid lakesâ€"there large onesâ€"afford } bicyole track has its is estimated that on over 25,000 enth races. Cricketers, grounds, while ‘ One spends but building; it. is some, except when are on. It is mor (the weather pe the throngs of E glnssuro. Here is as taken possessi oughfare. ‘With on mouth harp, they and sing and dan As they tire they d seek some shady their lunch and qua they settle down when tho signal is grounds, Numberl works have given f 10o, require some : show is not pleasi found that is ple fastidious can be music sounds tam listen to the other music stands are though ali hsnd;‘ 1y, at mo stand be heard. 'l'hisc:a way the Palace an laid out. There at off the grass," bu any where and sleef rest at will. No gently and no one a leaf or a flower appeals are posted tors to be sparing nature, The Palac neres,. It is of glas light almost as if | lit up by gas the s There were used |j 500 tons of glass, 9 tons of bolts and 1 woodwork. The ce feet long, or a quar center transept is wll this great buil srous seats for the ous restaurants | w higher than in the « To have ple’:sur not necessary to : all the real goo sixpence or so exi tan character of of the city stores erous stalls that kets. Then the ‘ ish, and a new fi« The feres ang pi the band reminds country fairs in | one gets a good | end contemplates VASTNESS All doubts of ish, and the enjoy himself «5 an immense doubtedly the i great in{fluence ; tronage is falling surprising wher several similar i sprung up, copy the parent conc year‘s report sh tendance of ab alarming, yet s management to | talent the worli A feeling of possession of the to the great hal tamer hbolding 1 Fifty thousan sized cit’, yet â€" found at the pal thfi 44 years of ace has entertai it is still in the al idea, "to cle well as to delig *8" is maintain vary as the ti years more and been given to va fetes, fireworks, certs, &c,, than of. In fact the bave nearly di sent the palace that often leave day‘s outing say If the visitor spend an enjoy to the Orysta) ; day is the best SOMETHING 4 PALAC Aimost Every Â¥a Civen Were â€"4 Famous Worl 1 A T A1llU.s@D0 of pictu best livi oF the

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