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i flux iii“ 8 ' it iiii ‘ ii . THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. F Interesting Items Abom Our Own Country, Great Britain, the United Safes. and All Parts of the Globe. Condensed and Assorted for Easy Reading. CANADA. The Russell fire fund now amounts to $22,650. The G. T. R. will erect a new station at Merriton Junction. 'The Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph has 150 students. The Ontario Legislature has called to meet on Novemler 30. The new C. P. R. grain elevator at Owen Sound has been completed. The Bank of Hamilton has purchasâ€" ed property for an office in Winnipeg. An expedition will start from Mont- real for the Klondyke in afew weeks. “A new issue of postage stamps will be placed on sale about December I. An insolvency law will likely bein- troduced at the next session of Parâ€" liament. John Callahan, an asylum patient at London. choked himself fatally while eating his dinner. John Pollard. merchant of Windsor. N'.S., who lost heavily in the recent fire has become insane. M-r. Ogilvie reports fresh discoveries of gold in the Klondike in creeks tri- butary to the Indian River. It is estimated that Prince Edward County will have 180,000 barrels of ap- ples for export this year. It is expected that the Ottawa and New York railway will be open‘ for traffic on the first of December. The Ancient and Honourable Artil- lery Company .of Boston have alanâ€" doned their trip to Halifax. Deputy Minister of Justice Newcomb reports that peace has bcen restored at St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary. Guelph has spent $8,000 in sidewalks and $100,000 in buildings, principally private houses during the past year. Sir Wilfrid Laurier will accompany Sir Louis Davies when the latter goes to attend the seal conference in Wash- ington next month. 'A deputation from Montreal on Wedâ€" nesday urged upon the Government the desirability of having Canada reâ€" presented at the Paris Exposition. Sir Louis Davies. Minister of Marine and Fisheries has purchased the resi- dence of Sir John Carling in Ottawa for eleven thousand dollars. Ferdinand Carriere, the crank from Rimouski 'who expressed a desire to kill Sir Wilfrid Laurier, has been de- clared insane and sent to an asylum. Bert Leedham, aged 16, son of the. foreman of the Withrow mines. South Uniacke, NS. was caught in the mach» inery on Friday and killed instantly. The six-year-old son of a rancher named Rudd at \Vest Let.hbridge.Ma.n. while playing with a gun. shot and killed ihlS threeâ€"year-old sister. The date of the meeting of the Domâ€" i-nion Parliament has not yet been fixâ€" ed. but it is expected that the openlâ€" mg Will take place about the middle of Jainuary. » > It, is now considered likely that the Allan and Dominion steammip lines will except the Government mail sub- sidy and give a fortnightly service from St. John. A Federal Minister discussing forest fires. expressed his firm conviction that the starting of a fire in a forest should be made a criminal offence. punishable by 'heavy penalties. .. H._Haycock. a mining engineer, has obtained _a patent for an apparatus by which mining may be carried on in; frozen ground at comparatively small expense. John McIntyre, one of the Winds- or. N'. 8., men. arrested on a charge of starting the fire ‘which resulted in the been diestnuction‘. of that town, has been committed for trial.‘ An envelope marked "Conscience Boodle," and "containing $1,050 in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and American bills, has been received at the Finance Department at: Ottawa. An- a‘greement has teen cnteredinto between‘_ the HamburgaAmerican Steamship Company and the Grand Trunk railway for a regular monthly service between Hamburg and Port- land. Me. ' I Hon. H. Bi. Emmerson' is' Premier‘nf New Brunswick, a reconstruction of the Local Government having been ef- fected. On account of iiiâ€"health. Hon. JEmes Mitchell resigned the Premier-- 8 1p. ‘ . lit is stated that the Dominion Govâ€" erniment proposes next session to in- troduce legislation to increase the re- tiring allowance of Supreme Court judges from two-thirds to four-fifths of their sa‘ary. 1' Several animals owned near Ottawa were recently found to be suffering from tuberculosis and on the authori~ ty of the Minister ongriculture itis stated that the disease also exists at the Experimental Farm. The Retail Merchants’ Association of Ottawa has decided to ask the Legis- lature to radically change the present auctioreering laws and all the muniâ€" cipalties throughout Ontario will be asked to join. in this appeal. As there has been no response in the call to Canadian sculptors for designs for the statues of the Queen and the late Horn. Alexander Mackenzie, which are to be placed on; Parlia- ment Hill. the offer iiny huvcl to bc thrown open to British and foreign artisls. . . . r ] GREAT ISRI’I‘AIN. Archbishop Machray. who has been ill in England. continues to improve. and expects to return to Canada after Cihristmas. The death is announced in London of Francis 'l’iurner Palgrave, the poet He was seventy-five and essayist. years of age. The Imperial Wa report that the Bri _ _ tends to place two British reg in British Columbia. The later shipmenis of (‘a to England arrived in gem with the exception of the gr V showed a tendency to drop from their stems. ’l‘ihc. coroner’s jury i ward Langtry, husbam has returned a verdict in L Heath " due to an effusion of blogd up- on the brain. causeid by a fall- A conference between reiflfe'emn1 of the employers and delegale-‘i from the striking engineers in Britain has been practically arranged. the latter having agreed to withdraw their 09- Mand for eight hours per day, which has been the great stumbling block 1“ the way of arriving at a settlement of the strike. U N ITED STATES. ~r Office denies the tish Goverment in- imenis nndiun fruit 1 condition. apes, which n the case of Edâ€" i of the actress ondon of ives lum at Pennring, lll., have. it is asy led to death‘ by at- asserted, been mau tendants. Canon Gore. who has been seriously ill in Buffalo, has sufficiently recover- ed to enable him to leave New Sork on his way home to London. The American Fublic Health Assooia- tion, in session in. khiladelphia, passed approving of indivrdual celebration of the com- a resolution cups. in the munion. The grand jury at Wilkesbarre. Va... on Thursday returned true bills for murder against Sheriff Martini ‘ and his deputies for firing on and killing striking miners at Latimer, Pa. ’Henry George, the single tax advo- cate, and one of the candidates for the Maynraliy of Greater New York died suddenly. at his hotel on Friday mornv ing after addressing several meetings. He was fiftyâ€"eight years of age. Governor Atkinson of Georgiafin his message, condemns mob law, and suggests. among other remedies, that the prisoners be armed and allowed to use their weapons in their own de- fence. Two carloads of Canadian hidesthat had been smuggled into the United States from Canada hove been seized in Boston. This is the first. seizure of hides since the Dingley tariff law went into effect. Mr. Chauncey M. Depew, the presidents of the New York Central Railway, is decidedly of opinion that the wreck at Garriâ€" son was caused by dynamite plac- ed upon the track with criminal intent. An alleged discovery of conspir- acy to murder Sheriff Martin has been mmle :it \Vilkesbarre by Mar- tin’s son. Martin was in charge of the deputies who shot down a number of the miners a. short time ago. i 1 According to commercial summaries, furnished by the mercantile agencies of Dun and Bradstreet, the condition of trade shows generally little if any ap- prrecuable change [since the last re- turns. In different quarters the unâ€" usually mild weather has acted as a de- terrent to the ordinary progress of trade, and the demand for certain lines of seasonable goods has been checked. There is no decided increase in any direction. The demand for iron andl steel continues good, as it is expected the cost of manufacture will increase shortly. There is a fair demand for woolen goods at steady prices, but cot-« ton goods are weak and stock large. The commercial failures in the United States for the week just] ended are 218: compared with 205 for the correspondâ€" ing week a year ago. GENERAL. _ Count Tolstoi, the Russian author, is reported to be dying. It is currently reported that Prince Hohenlohe, the German Chancellor, has resigned. General Jaimat is likely to succeed Gen. Saussier as commanderâ€"inâ€"chief of the French army. The King of Siam has ordered amem- ber of his staff to be executed for a geach ofetiq-uette,comunitted at Lis- n' . Sixteen thousand rifles from Hong Kong and Shanghai have been receivâ€" ed by Philippine rebels in the west coast of Luzon. The report that General Castillo, the Cuban leader, has been killed in an en- gagement with the Spanish troops is confirmed. Over 12,000 people at Gifu, Japan, who were rendered homeless by the floods recently are now being sup- ported by the Government. ‘ The Catholic mission at H‘ue. Cochin China, reports that a disastrous tyâ€" phoon swept over that part of the coun- try on October 22. ~ Two officials of the Nigata Bank, Jaâ€" pan, together with abroker in the Ni- gata Grain Exchange. have been arâ€" rested for embezzlement. Over 50 persons were killed and 80 injured in the stampede at Khnielefh Russia, on Sunday from a church. A cry of fire caused the panic. A fossil skeleton of an unknown ani- mal, larger than a rhinoceros, is reâ€" ported at Athens to have been found inacoal mine at Kymi, Island of Eubâ€" cea. News from Lommak. Japan, says that Mr. Landerhout, the Dutch Controller of the village of Sisolla, has been mur- dered by insurgents. There was hot fighting. The results of the general election of members of the Newfoundland Asâ€" sembly indicate that the WhiteWuy Government will have a much smaller majority in the new Assembly. Capt Sverdrup is making prepara- tions to go on a North Polar expedi- tion. The Norwegian Government will allow him to use the From, and will give him twenty thousand kroner to refit the vessel. It is reported in (‘hristiunia that a whaling boat returning from the Arc- tic saw Prof. Andrew's balloon float- ing in the water near Fpiizlrrgen. Brakmo, the Arctic explorer, [‘l'viugâ€" es to proceed to Prince Charles pro- one of President. McKinley has issued his proclamation naming November 25th as a (lay of national thanksgivmg. Five inmates of the county insane montory to investigate the truth of the story. An investigation in Athen the sensational fact that. the c fitted in the torpedoes during the koâ€"Greek war were unprm‘ided iercussinn caps. and would have been 5 reveals :iri ridges 'i‘urâ€" wit 1) absolutely useless. Prince George. who was commander of the torpedo flotilla is being roundly attacked. ____â€"â€"â€"-.â€"’â€"â€"â€"â€" TELESCOPE HATCHES FOR SHIPS. An lnvcntlon of an Old Sen Captain l-‘rom Which Elluch Is Expected. Capt. G. A. Chaddock, F.R.G.S.. «a. Liverpool navigator. of thirty ycars‘ experience in both steam and sailing craft, has invented an appliance which ought to be. of immense value to ship- owners and their crews all the world over in saving both life and property. The present wooden hatches, laid on from above are easily forced up by the inrush of water consequent upon a hole being knocked in the bottom of a vessel, the results being that she rapidly tips and sinks. The telescopic iron hatches, which constitute Capt. (‘haddock's invention, are so arrang- ed that the pressure of water from below would, in such a contingency, bind them more tightly in their places. precluding the possibility of the water rising above the first deck which forms a platform or horizontal bulkhead. preventing the ship from sinking and water from reaching the cargo from above. The improvements give more effective ventilation to prevent. cargo heat ing and sweating and are also capaâ€" ble of being hermetically sealed, so as to neutralize fire, and. generally speak- ing, water-tight compartments are doubled, the consequent seaworthi- ness of a vessel being vastly increased. Besides these essential advantages there are many others. as, for instance, more speedy manipulation and no risk of injury by careless handling; bad smells from cargo do not reach the passengers; the vessel would be a sal- vage appliance. in of stranding, and last, but not least the hatches are particularly suitable _ deepâ€"water ballast tanks. The. practi- cal effect of Capt. Chaddock's improvâ€" ed hatches will be to multiply the waâ€" ter-tight divisions of a ship in prepor- tion as the number of decks are. to bulkheads. Thus a. ship with eight bulkheads and three decks would at ‘ waterâ€"tight compartments with wooden hatches, but with the improved batches and waterâ€"tight decks the same ship would have twenty-five compartments, an increase of sixteen extra compart‘ ments. Capt. Chaddock's improve- ments have been submitted to the lead- ing shipowners, underwriters. marine engineers, and other practical men, both in Europe and the United States, and they have spoken of them in the highest terms. _â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"-â€"â€"- A LONG WALK In Canada‘s linknnwu lurid-Its Material Riches Alexander McKay has returned to New Denver from athree months' trip in the direction of the Klondike says the New Denver Ledger. His mission north was to examine some galena ledges. He went in a came with an Indian guide from \Vrangel to Teleâ€" graph Creek thence to Lees Lake, and down the Bees River 2.00 miles and up the Laird River, 26 miles, where he found plenty of galena. ledges from two to ten feet wide, carrying about 200 ounces of silver to the ton. The formation is similar to that of the Slocan and McKay thinks it will be profitable mining when the railroad taps the region. Upon the return trip he had towalk 326 miles, owing to rain having swoollen the streams. It tool: 52 days of hard walking before Wrang- el was reached on the return trip. Game was plentiful and many agrouse and porcupine did Sandy stow away behind his belt. On the Laird River every bar prospected showed $3 to $0 a day in gold. He met two Colorado outfits, one guided by Gillespie, of Victoria. going up the Francis Lake to winter. In the spring they intend- ed to push on to Klondike. via Kelly River. McKay rays that this is the best route to Dawson City and that he would not be afraid to make the entire trip with only a gun, some salt and plenty of blankets. A CAREFUL BUYER. Customerâ€"Keep any fly traps? Grocerâ€"Best in town. Only” success- ful fly trap on the market. Use ‘em in my store all the time. Let me show you one. You see. the flies enter here, pass through this aperture. and are unable to return. Cleans a room of flies in no time. \Vrap you up one? You find them good, practical, effi- cient traps do you? Absolutely. Use them yourself. I believe you said. All the time. Make one to you real low as the season‘s nearly over. You don‘t have hardly any flies around your store when you use this trap, do you? You bet I don’t. bestâ€" All right then. Give me two pounds of dried currants. This trap is the DAWN‘ING OF AN AGITATOR. His Mammaâ€"Don’t you know, Johnâ€" ny. that disobedience to your parents brings its own punishment. Have you forgotten that the commandment says Honor thy father and thy mo- ther,fh:1t the days may be lcngin the the land? Johnnyâ€"Huh! The days are too long already. We want ‘em shorter! A MODIFIED AG RE EM EN'l'. Magistrateâ€"if idischarge you this time will you go clean out of the city. bluva Miteâ€"Well, I'll go out of the city. E 1 minus GOLD FIELDS. THE BEST IN THE WORLD AND EASY OF ACCESS. .1 Some Facts and Flgurcs Al‘oui ilie Grcul Mineral “‘ezilili of Iiils Garden or (Tau. adii â€" The. [Basis of l'rospcrlly. A Canadian correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette, London, England, thus speaks of the mineral resources of Canâ€" ada, especially its good fieldszâ€"Can- adu's opportunity as a mineral country has come. She hziswaited long, and now. after many years. attention has Sud- denly and emphatically been called to her weail'h by the golden stories from. Uhe Klondike. If English investors rise to the occasion, it is not improbable that, in the near fulture. a "Beavel‘f Meadow," may outrivai the Kaffir Circus on the London Exchange. For the moment, the attention of the Britâ€" ih'h public has been centred upon the fabulous wealth ofAlaskan fields; but. if that longâ€"suffering public is wise it will fight very sihy of companies brought out in London. to operate in that Arctic land. The beautifully vague temps of the prospectus of a company, "formed for the purpose of acquiring at the earliest possible date valuable mining claims" in the region of Esqui- ma'ulx and Polar bears, should deceive nobody. ‘ THERE ARE OTHERS. Expectations are, as a general rule. not marketable, and the highIY'COl' cured, fantastic phrases, which on this occasion from the promoter's' stock-in- trade, ought not to induce any one to D‘art with his. money. even though the promoter be a colonial baronet or an ellâ€"premier, or a chief justice for that matter. Gulf. of the dozem of "Klondike" and "Yulkon" companies that have Sprung suddenly into existence, the” is Oinlly one that possesses a, claim. 01' anything ewe of value, in the new fields. Gold mining on an iceberg is not an atiractive proposition at any timei but when Englishmen read the tales of hardship and disaster of the, 3,000 men- now in the \Vhite Pass, they will wise- Iy Pause before putting up their pounds, and weigh the advantages and disadvantages of this district with those of other Canadian gold fields. For there are other Canadian gold fields. The Klondike will serve its purâ€" pose if it mereLy acts asan advertise- ment for Canada's mineral wealth. and ifits riches meref‘y draw attention to the vast and splendid gold fields of Kootenay and of North-western On- tario. It is toward these two districts that. the eyes of Canadians are turned; and it is on them that the hopes for Canada’s future asagd‘d mining counâ€" try are based. They are fields which are accessible, permanent, and of proved value, and which the English public would do well to give attention to as the country for legitimate and splenâ€" didly paying investment. THE KOOTEN‘AY DISTRICT. Of these two districts the Kootenay is fairly weill known, as it is situated in British Columbia, where many Engâ€" lisih companies are interested. The gold fieldsof Ontafio, i‘hemost central of all Canada’s provinces, are, on the other hand. a. new discovery. They extend along the north shore of Lake Superior to the boundary of Manitoba. almost 600 miles, and (have a ‘ width of 130 miles thus forming a vast paralleloâ€" gram of, roughly, 7,000 square miles. Like the Klondike, it. is a country which, by the work (if providence and of man. lies just wii'h-in British terriâ€" tory. For some years past wonderful. speci- mens UfgoCd haveleen found in van- ouis parts of the great tract of counâ€" try, and Indians and sciitlers have brought in tales of its richness; but,unâ€" till the summer of 1896, no active Operaâ€" tions were begun. Prosriectors swarmed itnto the district in the Spring of that year, and many companies were formed 00 work. and as result there are now twelve mills installed and 145 stumps in operation. ’i his of course, small. but it is the commencement ofzi boom which isbound to reach London. In 1896 these mills treated 10,000 tons of ore, which showed an average of neur.‘y $15 per tonâ€"nearby alliof this ore being from the surface, and therefore of a comparatively poor quality. BEST IN THE WORLD. It is doubtful. whether any other gold region in the worl surpasses northâ€" western Ontario for the prosecution of the goldâ€"mining industry. In the first face, the ore is free milling to the rreates't. extent. and therefore can be easily and cheaply worked, with a quick return for asunalil cutlery of capital. The gold is found scattered through~ out the quartz by itself. or in combinâ€" ation with sulphur only, the removal oif which is not neaifiy so difficult a phrase as the separation of goLId, silâ€" ver, copper, and lead when all are found in a conglomerate mass. In fact the ore is free milling to such an extent. that 80 or 90 per cent. of the gold may be secured under the stamps, and. (prise/quantify no great smelting plant is required. to treat the metal. The second advantage is the abundâ€" ance of water supply, for power and other purposes;- the whole area of the good. fiends being anet work. of rivers, streams and. lakes. In consequence of this fac/t the need for raLlhvay and roads is not nearly so imperative asit “pull otherwise be, and even the most remote part of the region is not more than forty miles from railway or steamâ€" boat. In the last place there. is an un- limited supply of timber, suitable for every purpose of the miner, above and below ground, for supports, buildings, and fuel. In -wes'teni Australia wood for fuel costs $10 per cord, whereas ' Ontario it can be Laid down at the in mime for less thun $2 ier cord. La- 1 hour also is cheap. and. as a result of all these conditions. ore can be treat- ed. at an average of 84 a ton. A ten \tamp midi. costing 310,000, will eat;- i.y p'u't through twentyâ€"five tons of ore a day. which. at the valiuie of say $10 61‘ fan. would mean a revenue of 80,~ 00 a mo 1h, white the cost of operâ€" ating won Id be less than. 33,000. NOT AN EXPEBLMENT ONLY. The district is past the experiment“ at stage; it has been prove/(L In “1° Lake of the “'oods section isa mini.” kniOWn asSMltana Island. which istypl‘ “an of many more to come. Last ye“ 8- (‘hbrinution plant was added to. 3’ len Stamp mill, and since then the mine has been working night and. (13)“ Th." flhaft of the vein now being worked 13 flown 330 feet. with 1,000 feet of drift- mg; and the. vein has grown richer and larger as greater de ihs are reached. 'It varies from 35 set to 50 feet in Width.~ 'Ilhe witth of bullion 15 $3.000 weeky. and there isover $15 000,000 worth of ore act‘undy in Sight Another typical: property is the “ML kado Mine," owned in England by parâ€" ties who purchased on surface indica- tions. A mtll test of 140 tons on this Property gave almost $19,000 in old, and Sixteen days' work. ending rcpt: 1981.. gave a gobd brick Worth 3510,0004 urther to the east of the properties 'Lhere has been discovered by an Indian and one James Hammond, a tremend- Uub reef three mites long, and 500 feet Wide at its Widest part. \Vheini tested, this .Va‘St- bOdyof ore showed $17 pen on m free godd. beside concentrates: THE MICHIPICOTEN DISTRICT. Further eastward still. in the great parallelogram, is the Miohipcoteni which, if fond hopes are realized, will prove a second Klondike. News of rich glacer and quartz discoveries was rough‘t down from the district last week. _ and a. rush of Americans and Canadians has taken place. A! hundred years ago the Hudson Bay Com ny’s reports mentioned the fact the gold- e|XISted in Ube sands of the streams there, but the country was then so difficuil; of access that no effort was made to getat the deposits. Now, how- ever,_ the midway takes the prospector Within a few miles Of Lake \Va-VVa. where the richest discoveries have been made. and as ill; is a finely wooded. country. possessing a moderate citi- mate, there are no hardships such as are met With in the Yukon. Tests of the quartz samples have run very high. andshouid the report of placers prove true. the boom of Michipuicoten will. drown that of Kinndilke. THERE IS MORE TO FOLLO\V. Numerous and rimh‘ as Lhediscoveries aCTPady made undoubtedly are, the dis- trict issovast in extent, and has been so recenty ‘opened uip, ihat,‘ it has only been partially prosperzted. So far the exptora‘tion has been confined to the watercourses, and the great ortioni of the country inland so tospea , has not even i‘een ruin over by prospectors.- More than this there is no reason for- Sui‘llmiug that the gold discovery will. lm confined to even the great district indicated; for the country rock. which is Hurclnian and inureintian, extends over a far wider section of territory. It may be asserted with truth that. gold diScovery in the district has only Just u; but it may be alsoassertâ€" ed. Wit‘ Even more truth, that the “my work of promotion is well adâ€" vanced. Honest promotion is 8. 11865031 and necessary work; butt. in a 035.3 "lke this. where there ismiuch that IS genuine and good, the dishonest DIOâ€" m‘oter gets in his work. It therefora behooves intending English investors to ie cautious. Let them have perSODall knowledge oit‘ properties offered, 011M: the_.ea.s’t. let them have a reliable engineer's report before investing one ShlJlng. Canada‘s great Opportunity must not be spoiiled by the bogus schemes of fakirs. who are sure_t0 reach for the pockets of the BritISh pulblic. ACCUSED 0F NINETEEN MURDERS. Record "in "on Terrible Iii the liis'ory of Modern Crimes. There is no longer any doubt that Vacher. the French Jack the Ripger, has the bloodiest records in the modâ€" ern history of violent crimes. He is now accused of nineteen murders and. two assaults on women. He confessed to eleven murders and admits that there were more. but declines to give details. His confessions have been fully substantiated in most cases. The latest charge against him is the murder of a. girl 19 years old named Therese Ply. She was walking on the road near Finarville at 5 o'clock on the evening of April 5 last. The man caught her by the throat and threw her down. The next day she was found dead-her body bearing thirteen knife Vm‘lier's thrusts. while two fingers were cut from the hands. Investigation led to no results beyond the fact that a. tramp, who is supposed to have been Vacher, had been seen on the road by peasants before and after the crime. The wayfarer was described by the countrymen as having spoken in a fantastic manner like the murderer now under examination who has re- peatedly declared that he was raised up by Divine Providence as a scourge to humanity. Another person who was first ac- cused instead of Vacher. has now been cleared of the terrible suspicion. He is a peasant, named Bannier. and he was under arrest for three weeks on a charge of the murder of one of the. shepherd lads whose throats were cut. by Vacher. ____.__+â€"â€" THE QUEEN'S NElV YACHT. Queen Victoria evidently expects to live for many years to come, for she is manifesting a very keen interest in the construction of her new yacht, which is to take the place of the old Victoria and Albert. Indeed, so eager is she to have the new yacht in readiness for her: use next year that she demanded that its construction should be carried. on without any interruption day or night by relays of artificers. LIVE WITH THE DEAD. Thousands of Egyptians live in old tombs, eating, sleeping, wooing. loving, laughing. dancing, singing, doing all their deeds of daily life and household work among the mummies and sarcoâ€" phugi.