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The committee on the Queen's memorial has accepted, subject to modifications as to details, Mr. Thomas Brook’s design for a. monu- ment to her late Majesty, and Mr. Aston Webb’s design for the treat- ment of the space in front of Buck- ingham Palace. The engagement of the daughter of Walter Winans of Baltimore, Md., to Sir Merrick Raymond Burrell, and a lieutenant ,in the First Royal Dra- goons, is announced in London. Mr. Louis Sherry of New York will open a. new hotel in London in time for the coronation, the new hotel to have 300 rooms and to ‘rival the Waldorf-Astoria in equipment. Brigadierâ€"General Sir Alfred Gase< lee, has been made a. majorâ€"general and Knight; Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire for his services in China. A handsome bronze Wreath has been sent by the Emperor Menelik to be deposited at the Royal tomb at Frogmore, "to the memory of her Majesty Queen Victoria.” Lord Russell, who is serving a. three months’ sentence for bigamy, is in, being unable to sleep or eat, and has a doctor in constant at-_ tendance. It is reported that King Edward has forgiven the Duke of Orleans, and the French pretender will return to England to live with his Duchess. The directors of the London Metro- politan railway have declined the ofâ€" fer of Charles T. Yerkes to introduce electricity into their system. On account of faults found in it Constant's portrait of Queen Victor- ia. is not to be hung among the roy- al collections. . Thieves have treasures and 12 silverware from Sutherland. Lord Dunraven has been designated to command the new corps of Yeoâ€" manry sharpshooters that is being formed. The House of Commons sanctions the one-rail system between Liver- pool and Manchester. Americans are ilanning the intro- duction of Chicago steel construction buildings into London. "l‘he wheat harvest has begun in Eastern Kent, which is an earlier be- ginning tllan usual. Montreal’s citizens' reception to the Duke includes an address, drive to Lord Strathcona’s residence, LL. D. degree next day, inspection of Victoria bridge'and a. run of the La.- chine rapids. At. London Alfred Austin has been reappointed poet. laureate. Sunbonnets for horses have been generally discarded in London. England’s Wheat crop will be fine in quality and extensive in quan- tity. Wm. Ogilvie, «exâ€"Governor of the Yukon, has been offered a. position at Ottawa, but has not yet indicated whether or not he will accept it. The position open to him is on the as- tronomical staff. Mr. Clark, the London contractor who built the Chilian railway, is dead. Thieves have been operating very successfully in London Township, harness, farm implements and poulâ€" try being the chief articles stolen. A Kingston clergyman failed to smuggle into that city an ice cream freezer bought at Ogdensburg, N. Y., and had to pay full customs charges. Philip Wagner, 8. Dominion Gov- ernment interpreter, has been sen- tenced to five months’ imprisonment. at Edmonton for swindiing Gali- cians. The convocation of McGill univer- sity in Montreal, at which the degree 01 LL. D. will be conferred upon the Duke of Cornwall and York, will be a brilliant affair. The population of Hull, according to the recent census is 14,200, or 3,000 more than in 1891. The Cou'nty of Wright is shown to have 44,500 souls, or 3,300 more than in 1891. Hamilton City Council will be askâ€" ed to vote $10,000 for the Royal reâ€" ception. Judge Richards of Winnipeg will try Ellen Fregg, an Indian woman. of Duck Lake, charged with the mur- der of her husband. The scheme to have a. new theatre in Kingston is being revived. Quebec will have~an assay labora- tory in order to help the mineral tie.â€" velopmmnt of the province. The vessels which, are conveying Canadian hay from St. John’s, N. B., to South Africa. are using all Cape Breton coal for the trip. THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. Ottawa. "lumbcrmen have planned a )rip for the Duke and party down the Ottawa. rapids on a. crib of square timber. ' The commissioner appointed to en- interesting items About Our Own Country, Great Britain, the United States, and All Parts of the Globe, Condensed and Assorted for Easy Reading. GREAT BRITAIN. have stolen historical and large quantities of CANADA. NH f‘UISHEU the Duchess of Russian newspapers are discussing British activity in Abyssinia, and demand that Russia and France take steps to oppose the construc- tion of British railway lines through the country before it, is too late for such action to have any elTect. As a result of operations to subdue the tribes south of the Atlas Mountâ€" ains, in Morocco, it is reported that the French have 90,000 troops on the borders of the Moors' land, and have defeated them in a great batâ€" tle. A scheme is on foot to carry a. line of railway beyond the, Victoria Falls, South Africa, and 300 miles to the north, where rich copper mines are said to await development. The fastest time across Russia is 42 dayst and the price of a ticket $257.50, but when the railway is complete the time from Vladivostock will be reduced to 19 days and the fare to $88.42. ' ‘ A picture, Saint Sebastian, by Ti- tian, which had been stolen from Itâ€" aly by one of Napoleon’s generals, has been sold to the Count de Cas- tellane for £8,000. More than 2,000 prisoners from all parts of Russia, confined in Moscow Central Prison, WilI be redistributed among the old and new prisons of European Russia. The River’ Danube, flooded by tor- rential rains, has overflowed its banks, and 300 houses are under Water at Budapest. Albanian insurgents and Turkish regulars have had several encounters on the Turkish frontier, with ‘many kined and wounded on both sides. It is stated that the Empress of China has degraded the heir apparent which makes his succession impos- sible. Paris newspapers are’ enthusiastic over the successful feat of the sub- marine torpedo boat Morse. ' Capital is urgently required to de- velop the promising gold mines at present idle in Erythrea, Italy. Kaiser William is now ,letting his whiskers grow, in a. desire to resemâ€" ble his late father. Efforts are being made to reduce the strained relations between Gerâ€" many and Russia. Ada. Lancaster, of Poytsmouth, 0., threw the body of her ‘baby to"the hogs and its arms and legs were eatâ€" en off, according to the young wo- man’s Confession. Operations have begun on the ship canal betWeen St. Petersburg and the White Sea. Rev. W. B. Leach, formerly of Can- ada, preaching at a camp meeting near Chicago, said he expected to find a. lot, of women in heaven, but very few men. George Young, a barber of Ilion, N. Y., was shot, and killed by Henry Brown. They quarreled over a small debt. Brown was arrested. A New York coroner is charged in New York with accepting bribes to return a. verdict of natural death in cases of suicide. A'strike of egg candlers employed by a. large firm in New York has been ordered. They demand a re- duction of the hours of labor from 17 to 10 a. day. The Russian army is to be in- creased by 380,000 men. A band of thieves is successfully operating on Parisâ€"Geneva trains. Dr. E. M. Arnholt of Pittsburg, exâ€"member of the Legislature, shot himself through the heart because of illness. The New York Dock Company with $20,000,000 capital, takes the place of the Brobklyn Wharf and Warehouse Company. v C. J. Dillon and Wm. Morgan, young farmers of Three Mile, W. Va.., seriously Wounded each other with shot guns in a duel about a, girl. I., a. tube in thé boiler blew out and six men were scalded and burned. While the teller’s back was turned a. smooth individual in 3, Dayton, 0., bank lifted a. package of bills from the cage with a. pair of tongs and escaped. - In a trial *‘rip of the torpedo boat destroyer Stringham at Newport, R. Ralph Holmes of Evanston earned his passage to Europe on a cattle ship in order to study art. quire into the use of arsenic in beer has reported that the excess of ar- senic in brewing is unavoidable ’with the use of certain ingredients. and recommends that a. standard test, be established, defining the proportion of arsenic to be used. Sun’s rays concentrated by plate glass windows, started an $80,000 fire at Sioux City. Floyd Peckham, nineteen years old, has been indicted at Erie, Pa., for the murder of his father. Michael Kelly, While insane, shot four men at, Leavenworth, Kan. One is dead and two others may die. Fred. B. Newton, nineteen years old, committed suicide at El Paso, 111., by hanging himself. New York has a. case of bubonic plague from Calcutta. Sympathizers with the steel strik- ers have started an endless chain to aid the strike fund. ‘ Two ranchmen killed 300 rattle- snakes near Interior, S. D. The damage to crops in Iowa by the heat is estimated at $20,000,â€" 000. Mattoon, 111., has had 18 incend‘ iary fires within a month. Loss, $2,400,000. UNITED STATES . GENERAL. Butcher cattle was dull a few choice lots sold at 4} to 4&0, and five or ten cents over was a, few times paid, but for ordinary cattle prices were from 15 to 25c lower than on Tuesday, Sales were slow, Export cattle were of! from 10 to 15c per th., and 51-0 per 11) was the best representative price toâ€"day; from 4% to 50 was a common quota.- tion for good stuff, and light ship- pers sold at from 4% to (He per 1b. Several loads were left; over. The runs have been large lately, and the supply to-day exceeded busi- ness requirements, and as a result trade was dull, and prices, except for a few lots of extra, choice, were Weaker. Toledo, July 30.â€"â€"â€"Wheatâ€"Cash, July and August, 722C; September, 73ic; December, 75%0. Cornâ€"Cash and July, 55c; September, 56c. Oats â€"Cash, 3743c; July and September, 363cc. Cloverseedâ€"Active; higher; October, $6.15. Oilâ€"Unchanged. " “Livia: STOCK MARKETS. Toronto, July 30.â€"â€"At the Western catt,e market toâ€"day 100 earloads of live stock were received, including 1,785 cattle, 845 sheep and lambs, 300 hogs, 100 calves; and 18 milch cows. Minneapolis; July. 30.â€"-â€"Flourâ€" Higher; first patents, $4.10 to $4.20; second, $3.90 to $4; first. clears, $3 to $3.10; second, do. $2.35. Branâ€"- In bulk, $13 to $13.50. LIVE éTOOK MARKETS. Minneapolis, July SCIâ€"Wheat closâ€" edâ€"Cash, 71c; September, 69; to 706; December, 71‘} to 71in; on track; No. 1 hard, 73c; No. 1 Nor- thern, 71c; No. 2 Northern, 69%. Milwaukee, July 30.â€"Wheat closed â€"-I-Iigher; No. 1 Northern, 72 to 73c; No. 2 Northern, 70 to 70'}; Sep- tember, 72in Ryeâ€"Firm; No. 1, 56 to 56%c. Barleyâ€"Steady; No. 2, 56¢; sample, 35 to 540. Cornâ€"Sep- tember, 56%0. St. Louis, July â€"-Cash. 690; July‘ 703C. Duluth, July 30,â€"Wheat closedâ€" No. 1 hard, cash, 74%c; No. 1 Nor- thern, cash, 72%c; July 72gc; Sep- tember, 71%0; August, 72%c; October 72c; December, 72%0; No. 2 Northern Buffalo, July 30.â€"Flourâ€"-Strong;. good demand. Spring wheatâ€"Fair Winter wheatâ€"No. 1. northern. old, 80éc; do, new, 7511:; No. 2 Winter red, 750; No. 1 white, 75c. Cornâ€"â€" Strong; No, 2 yellow, 61gc; No. 3 do, Glfic; No. 2 corn, 60c; No. 3 do, 60gc. Oatsâ€"Firm; No. 2 white, 43c; No. 3 do, 42R; No. 2 mixed, 42c; No. 3 do, 41-h). Barleyâ€"Nothing doing. Ryeâ€"Stronger; No. ‘1, 58c asked. Detroit, July 30.â€"Wheat closed?â€" No. 1 white, cash, 73c; No. 2 red, ca§h, and Julx, 73c; September. 73‘}. Dressed hogs unchanged here at $9.25 to $9.75. Hog products in active demand, and prices firm. We quotezâ€"Bacon, long clear, ton, and case lots, 11 to llgc. Porkâ€"Mess, $19.50; do, short cut, $21. ' Lardâ€"Pails, _11%c; tubs, 11c;' tier- ces, 10%c. Butterâ€"The market unchanged, with good grades wanted. We quote selected dairy tubs 161} to 17c; choice oneâ€"pound rolls, 17 to 18c; seconds, tubs and rolls, 15 to 17c; creamery prints firm, 20 to 21c; solids, 18§c to 191}c. Cheeseâ€"Markets remains steady with good demand for finest goods for export. We quote finest, 01d 9%c; new, choice, 9} to 9&0; twins, 9% to 100. _ Smoked meatsâ€"Hams", 13% to 14¢; breakfast bacon, 14 to 15c; rolls, 12c; bucks, 14~}c, and shoulders, 11c. Eggsâ€"The market is quiet, with prices unchanged. 1 We quote strictly fresh gathered, nearby, 12 to 12ic; seconds and culls, 6 to Sc. DRESSED HOGS &- PROVISIONS Oatmealâ€"Market is unchanged. Car lots at $3.75 in bags, and $3.85 in wood. Broken lots, Toronto, 25c per bbl extra, Flourâ€"Demand is fair, with a few sales. Ninety per cent. patents were bought at $2.57 middle freights, in buyers’ sacks. Straight rollers, in bes, for Lower Provinces, $3.10 to $3.20. Manitoba. patents $4; and strong bakers' $3.70. Oa‘tsâ€"The market is firm, with of- ferings restricted. No. 2 white is quoted at 34: to 34“ north and west and at 35:} to 36c middle freight. Exporters are quoting 34 to 34§c middle freight. Cornâ€"There is no Canadian offer- ing, and prices are purely nominal at about 48c west for No.2 yellow. U. 8. yellow quoted at 500 to 606, laid down here, lake and rail. Ryeâ€"The mafket is quiet and pric- es_\ste_a.dy at 41c middle freight. Buckwheatâ€"Market dull, with pric~ cs purely nominal. Peasâ€"Trude quiet with a sale at Barley-Jl‘here is a. quiet trade. No. 70§c middle freight. Barleyâ€"There is a, quiet trade. No. 2 is worth 4245c middle freights, and No. 3 extra. 41h: middle freight. MillfeedfThe market; rules quiet. Bran quoted at $12 to $12.50 mid- dle freights, and shorts at $1475 to $15 middle freights. I Toronto, July 30.â€"â€"Wheatâ€"The de- mand for Wheat today was g00d’ with prices higher. Sales of No. 2 white and red Winter was made at 66% to 670 middle freights, and the quotation north and west is 66c. No. 1 spring sold on the Midland at 68c, and No. 2 goose at 650 on the Midland. Manitoba Wheat. steady, with sales of No. 1 hard at 82c and of No. 2 at 800. For Toronto and west 2c lower. MARKETS OF THE WORLD Prices of Cattle, Cheasa, Gmia. 863 in the Leading Marketa. DAIRY MARKETS . July 30.-â€":Wheat closéd July, 69km September, Fire Had a Beneficial Efl'ect on Her General Prosperity. A (lespatch from Ottawa says:â€" The City of Hull is in a. much better position now than it was before the great fire fifteen months ago. The assessment rolls, which were all re- ceived at the City Hall on Friday morning, place the taxable property in the Transportine City at $3,165,- 000. A year ago, before the build- ing operations following the fire were advanced, the estimate was $1,700,â€" 000. Before that date the taxable property was valued at $2,500,000, so that the city is $665 ahead as a result of the fire. The diflerence .is accounted for by the better class of buildings erected. The nonâ€"taxable property, church, schools, etc., are valued at about $1,000,000. The population of the city, according to the assessment rolls is Dunn is'the fifteenâ€"year-old Bugler of the First Royal Dublin Fusiliers, who was Wounded three times at the battle of Colenso While sounding his orders. He was one of the first to cross the Tugela after sounding the order to advance. When he returned to England to recuperate Queen Vicâ€" toria presented him with a silver- mounted bugle. He was afterwards sent back to South Africa. at his own request. He spent some time in Net- my Hospital, where he was visited by several members of the Royal familyr Boy Who led Advance Across Tugela Has an Accident at Cape Town. A despatch from Cape Town says : â€"While practising at the Greenpoint camp on Wednesday for the reception to the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, Bugler Dunn met With an accident. His liors‘e bolted and stumbled and fell. Dunn had one of his legs broken and the horse suffer- ed a similar injury. The animal was shot. Referring to Lord. Milner’s speech at"th'e Guildhall, he said that its effect must be to give an object les- son in good government in South Africa. He addedzâ€"Lord Milner, to Whom the Empire owes an everlast- ing debt of gratitude, exactly hit the nail on the head. Once give the Boers to understand that they will be governed justly and Wisely, the rest -will be easy. Depend upon it, in the end we will win over the Boers to our side." Gen. Baden-Powell has not yet gone to London. He will go to the country {or a while for rest. Gen. Baden-Powell spoke with rtr spect and admiration of the Boer as an individual. He said:â€"â€"-“They have been most terribly misled. I do not think that the time is remote when the Boer and Briton will settle peaceâ€" ably side by side, and cordially work together for the good of South Afâ€" rica.” In an interview Gen. Badenâ€"Powell said he did not care to prophecy the end of the War. It was easy in such a. country for small roving bands to elude defeat or capture. Neverthe- less, he was inclined to think that unless there~is an earlier dramatic ending, the Boer resistance will have been completely crushed in three or four months from now. Enthusiastic Crowds Greet His Ar- rival at Southampton. A despatch from Southampton sayszâ€"Gen. Baden-Powell, the hero of Mafeking, and now chief of the Transvaal Police, landed here at 4:30 on Friday afternoon. He was receiv- ed with the greatest enthusiasm. to good Butcher, inferior .. Sheep and Choice owes, cwt... Culled sheep, each .. Lambs, each . . . . . . .. Bucks, per cwt. .. Choice Hogs, cwt.... Light hogs, cwt. Heavy hogs, cwt.... Stags, per cwt. A few choice milch cows Will sell up to around $50 each. 130., lightâ€" ......... ' Butcher, choice do Butcher, r ordinary Silippers, per cwt.$ Milkers and Calve Cows, each . ...... 2O 00 Calves, each ......... 2 00 Export ewes are worth fromv$3.80 to $3.60 per cwt. ~ . Bucksr sell at “‘01:: 2% to Bc'p'er Tb. Culls at. from $2 to $3 each. Lambs are Worth from $2.50 to $4. Calves are unchanged, and choice calves are wanted. Export ewes and 18.11â€"le Were Weak- er to-day. There was n6 quotable change in the hog market toâ€"day. The run was light. Hogs to fetch the top price must be of prime quality and scale not below 160 nor above 200 pounds. Following is the tations :â€" and a good quantity of the stufi was left over. Prices weakened con- siderably towards the close of the market. There is still only a light enquiry for feeders and stockers; feeders are wcirth from 3 tol3£c per I1“). The best price for “singers” is 71-0 per 1b. ; thick fat and light hogs are worth 6&0. per lb. BUGLER DUNN INJURED. HULL IS FLOURISHIN G. GEN. BADBN-POWELL. Cattle 3 25 2 75 Lambs. 3 30 2 00. 2 50 2 50 Calves. range of quo- 45 00 10 00 25 '75 75 one Thousand Square Miles of Pine Burned Over. A despatch from Ottawa says:â€"â€"A ,thousand square miles of pine forest are said to have been burned over’in the recent fires in the Temiscamingue and Kippewa districts, although the reports are conflicting. The money loss is placed at from $500,000 to $750,000, and While this loss will be felt at once, the future loss will also be great. The young pine whic were destroyed would have be h commercially valuable in a few years, but it will be many years be- fore the new growth can replace them. Much of the old pine trees damaged by the fire can be cut in a. short time and made ready for the market. The principal losers are the Shepard and Morse Company, J. R. Booth, Alex. Lumsden, the Hull Lumber Company, Gillies Bros.,‘ and McLachlan Bros. of Arnprior. A despatch from anton, China, saystwA band of over forty armed robbers for three successive nights has been looting shops opposite Shateen. The Chinese authorities have made no attempt to interfere. The Chinese themselves are alarmed, and predict serious trouble. It. is understood the foreign consuls have been Warned to prepare for an up- rising. A magistrate of Shuntah reports that robbers are increating in his district. Seventy-five robber: have been beheaded at Skertchai; during the last two months. Bands of Armed Robbers Abroad In Night Raids. fQueen of the Adriatic Slowly Sinkc [ ing Into the Mud. A despatch from Rome sayszâ€"There is some danger of Venice disappear- ing beneath the waves of the Adri- 1atic. It has been proved that for ‘several centuries past the waters of the Adriatic have been encroaching ‘on the land. The stone staircase be- hind the Palace of the Doges, which formerly served as a disembarking place for gondola, passengers, is now completely under Water. A number of little islands in the lagoon have also completely disappearedf Venice is slowly but surely sinking into the mud. Quarantine Officers Instructed to Exercise Vigilance. A despatch from Ottawa says:â€" The officials at the Williams Head quarantine station, near Victoria, B. 0., have been instructed to exercise the greatest 'possible vigilance in connection with the arrival of steam- ers from Hong Kong. The but onic plague is epidemic at that port. Up to the 4th of June‘the total number of cases was 1,154, and 1,088 deaths are reported this year: 15 cases are European, with 5 deaths. and 23 were nomChinese, with 16 deaths. During the epidemic of 1894: tho number of deaths reported up to June 1st was 744. ,The area of the present infection is widespread, which increases the‘ danger of transmission. In .other cities of China the plague has been especially severe. The deaths in the city of Sheck Lung alone are estimated at 2,000. Dr, I-Ieiser, the representative Of the U. S. Marine Hospital Service at Que- bec, is detaining on an average eight immigrants a week destined for Unit/.- ed States-points. - It is owing to this that the whole structure is manifesting a disposition to slip down toward the river, whila the safety of the cathedral is gravely endangered by the immense fissures in the ground due to subsidence. ’This announcement, coming so soon after the fall of a huge mess of stone in‘ Westminster Abbey, due to the de- struction by rust of the iron clamps“ by which the stones were fastenedin‘ their place hundreds of years ago, has given rise to very serious alarm among the English people, with re- gard to the safety af their'two most famous cathedrals. ' The soil upon which the cathedral was built was never very good, and the architect, Sir Christopher Wren, took his precautions accordingly. Had the subsoil been left-undisturbed these precautions might have sufficed. But not only has the water at the bottom of the sandy stratum be- neath the cathedral been tapped, but. the hillside on which the cathedral is built is now traversed by deep drains. and by several underground railroads. The enormous Wall of the south transept, which is eight to ten feet thick, 130 feet Wide, and 150 feet high, is showing a number of ,very alarming breaks, due, it is believed, to the subsidence of the soil, While the vast front, with itsrwlieawy Itowe'rs and bells, is also showing unmistak- able signs of subsidence. England’s Great Cathedral Has Been Undermined. ‘ A despatch from London says:-â€"- The scare which New York has had in connection with the Brooklyn bridge has had its counterpart here in St. Paul’s cathedral, and the pub- He has been startled by the expert. announcement, that the vast, edifice is in danger of collapse. ST. PAUL’S MAY COLLAPSE FEAR BUBONIC PLAGUE.‘ VENICE DISAPPEARING. SOUTHERN CHINA. HEAVY LOSS.