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| The Montreal Star says that Canada
does not want reciprocity with the Un-
tied States.
| The Manlstee, Michigan. iron works
have been burned. Loss. 100000. The
plant employed 800 men.
Grand Llama Ach Of Thibet and his
suite are visiting Japan, and large
Buddhist celebrations are being held.
Large sales of prunes at 3 cents per
pound and upwards are reported by
| the Cured Fruit Association OF Cali
fornia.
out southern Italy on July 31sf. The
and Portici.
The British Antarctic exploration
ship Discovery sailed for the Antnrc-
tic regions from Cowes, Isle Of Wight,
August 9th.
The directors of the Pan-American
Exposition have decided thnt the mid
| tight next Sunday.
Negotiations are in progress for the
Cunard line to build n record breaker
to beat the Deutschland and the Kali
ser Wilhelm der Crosse.
1t Is believed that the King and
Queen will visit Ireland next April.
and probably open the International
Exhibition which N proposed In Cork.
Emperor William has ordered that
all the German soldiers who were In
pekin during the siege are to be pro
NOTED to the rank OF non-commissioned
officers.
An improved winter service is sched-
uled from White Horse to Dawson as
soon as the Ice Is solid. New and i'm
proved models OF sleigh coaches will
be used.
Queen WIlhelmIna has ordered the
secretary OF marine of Holland to send
| a detail to the United States to exam
Inc and report on the submarine boat
Holland.
Negotiations for the consolidation of
the leading photographic dry plate fac
tories OF the United States and Eu-
rope with a capital of S3O,OOO,OOO, Is
pending.
The Turkish minister Of marine has
decided not to order any more wa
ships or materials from Germany, be-
cause Of the attacks made upon the
Sultan In the German newspapers.
One-qunrter part Of the digging on
the New York rapid transit tunnel was
completed August LIST. The sub-con-
tractors probably will be through with
their work by the early spring Of 1903.
The New York Life Insurance Com
pany IL said to have paid nO.OOO
marks on policies taken out by bank
ers who committed suicide as a result
Of the recent Leipzeiger bank failure
In Germany.
Attendance at the Pan American eX-
position during the first three months
ending mt midnight on July 31st, wns
2.774,8Os. With the exception Of one
week the admissions hnve shown n
steady increase.
The dome Of st. Paul's cathedral,
London, hns settled 20 MS to cause sew
eral large cracks The architect lays
the blame to sewers and underground
railways-particulnrly TO the vibra-
tions caused by the latter.
The Council OF the University of
Birmingham, England. has appointed
William Jones Ashley, professor OF
economics at Harvard University. 30
the first or organizing chnir OF the fu-
ture faculty Of commerce.
Four months is the minimum time In
which the new government In Cuba
can be established under the law. The
electoral bill provides guarantees for
all citizens, nativeborn and naturalized
alike, no discrimination being made.
Ships of the North Atlantic squadron
have established another worlds record
In the matter OF coaling ships. Fol-
lowing are the figures: Kearsarge, 2l0
,>( In, Ian In an ms
222 tons, and the Massachusetts DAB
tons.
Adulterated milk and cream are to
be contiscated In future at the receiving
depots OF NIL railroads In Chicago. The
discovery Of fOrmaline at the receiving
depots will result In the seizure OF the
cans and the dumping OF Its contents
into the nearest gutter.
lord Cromer, British diplomatic
agent In Egypt, denling with irrigation
projects along the upper Nile, supports
suggestion that II railway should be
built from khartoum to the Red sen,
rather than irrigation works.
CoastwIse steamships running Off
New York. including the Ward. Clyde.
Mallory, Old Dominion, Mclaughlin,
and Southern Pacific, have been noti-
fled Of the adoption of an advanced
wage schedule by the Wage Farmers
Beneficial Association.
The latest notable recipient OF dec
Grafton ut the hands OF Emperor Will
lam is n high dignitary OF Mohamme-
dnnism. The Order of the Crown of
the first class has been conferred on
the Aga Khan OF Bombay. the spiritual
head of the Indian Mohammedan Koju
sect.
The eighty-flfth annual report OF the
American Bible Society shows that
there IL n slight increase In receipts.
The total issues Of the year at home
and abroad amount to 1,554, ,12S. OF
these 5SO,513 We're distributed In the
United States and 973,615 In foreign
lands.
General Frederick n. Grant stopped
in Vienna on his way from Russia.
where he visited his daughter. In his
opinion humane principles now gov
erning the conduct OF the military op-
erations In the Philippines greatly in
crease the difficulties OF suppressing
guerrilla warfare. He Is now going to
Manila.
For the purpose Of submlttirs Z to An
drew Carnegie proposed form of
the establishment OF siXty-five libra
ries In greater New York. for which
Mr.. Carnegie donated $5.2OO.OOO, DIR.
John y RillInvs fha Nhro rjup ~ tI,