'FRISCO MAIL NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 9485, 24 July 1902, Page 3

'FRISCO MAIL NEWS.

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Mr Seddon has jollied the Society of St. George, and has. been elected a vicepresident of the society. Lord Kitchener's advice to his troops is "Keep your horses and rifles ready and your bodies fit" in view of future needs of the Empire. The German Emperor spoke at Aix-la-Chapelle of religion being the only sure foundation alike of the individual life and the empire. Scotland Yard authorities have detailed a special staff of detectives to watch the hundreds of foreign criminals who have come to London to prey on the Coronation crowds. Mr and Mrs Seddon at Southampton met unexpectedly a swarthy soldier from Bombay who had been in New Zealand and who is pow in London with the Indian troops for the Coronation. New York is going to build the "finest docks in the world." Damage estimated at £140,000 was done to property in Plymouth by a tire —the most disastrous in the West of England for over a century—which originated in Messrs Spooner's drapery warehouse. Plymouth has no system of fire alarm. After visiting England General De Wet will go to Germany and Austria-Hungary while Geenral Botha, will travel through Belgium, Holland, and France, to collect money for the poor Boer families. Mr Reitz and General Lucas. Meyer will tour for the same purpose in America An English lady, very beautiful and of distinguished bearing, has been found shot through the heart in a Paris hotel. Though fashioned in Paris, most of the materials for the Queen's Coronation robes have been supplied by English firms. Maidenhead has secured £5000 from Mr Carnegie, in accordance with his offer to build a free public library if the town will maintain it. Bradford is to have a municipal publichouse, the town council having decided to take over the management of a local tavern, on August 1. "I always quote the American Army as bein^ to my views the best in the world," writes Lord Wolseley to a naval and military journal in the United States. Great industrial distress still prevails in Germany, where the number of the unemployed has again increased, especially in Berlin, Dresden, and Munich. Mr Edison has sent a party into the Canadian "Nickel Belt" to make experiments with his electrical dipping needle, which lie declares accurately indicates the presence of ore beneath the surface. Progress is being made with the scheme for holding a British and Colonial Exhibition at Capetown for a period of four months — November 1903 to February 1904. The main object is to bring the machinery and industrial products generally of Great Britain and the Empire before the South African public. The Coronation would certainly have not been complete without Mr Seddon. Many times within the last two years the breezy sayings of the New Zealand Premier have come to the home Britain from the farthest Britain of the . South witli bracing effect, and he is to-day one of the most familiar and most popular figures of thi.^ Empire.—Daily Express. The small-pox epidemic has been less virulent in London during the past fortnight, only 456 fresh cases having occurred, as compared with 638 the preceding fortnight. Mme. Rejane's salary for her approaching six weeks' tour in South America is £15,200. The sight'of nearly 11,000 boys, healthy and perfectly disciplined, drawn from towns aJI over the kingdom, marching in splendid order past the Prince of Wales, inspired one with great hope for the coming generation. The Boys' Brigade and the Church Lads' Brigade mustered no fewer than 8000, each brigade consisting of eight battalions. Poplar has received a gift of £15,000 from Mr Andrew Carnegie for the establishment of free libraries. One thousand barrels of Burton's beer, weighing 250 tons, and worth £3000, were despatched to London for the King's Coronation dinners to the poor. Speaking at the New Zealand dinner, Mr Seddon said he was a Lancashire lad. and would rather see the natives of New Zealand in cotton prints coming from Lancashire than from America. There was no fear of our offending foreign nations if we made reciprocal arrangements with the colonies. INDIA'S GLOOMY OUTLOOK. " The agricultural outlook in India is extremely gloomy. The monsoon conditions point to a general deficiency in rain, though a general famine is not feared. Acute drought is anticipated in the unfortunate province of Gujarat and in the Western Punjab. A RUSH FOR LIFE. A trestle bridge on the South Carolina railroad, near Shelby, 250 ft long and 75ft wide, colapsed on June 20, just as a passenger train was crossing. The engine driver, feeling the bridge giving way, opened the throttle valve and dashed on at full speed, .fh the hope of getting the train over before the final collapse. His prompt action saved the greater part of the train. All the train reached the other side safely except one passenger tar and four goods wagons, which were wrecked. One passenger was killed and four seriously injured. Two of the injured are not expected to live.—Central News. REVIEWING BY MOTOR CAR. The Duke of Cbnnaught has just purchased a new motor car ,and intends putting it to a novel use during the Coronation week: He has been entrusted with .the inspecti( ii cf certain of the troops scattered over a large .area, and so the car is to be pressed into service as the most rapid means of locomotion. WIRELESS GAME OF CHESS. The first game of chess by wireless telegraphy has been played. The operator on board the Campania on Tuesday picked up the Philadelphia eighty miles astern,, and suggested the match. Arrangements were, made, and notices were posted advising the passengers of the match. ■ At 2 p.m. Mm boards were laid on the promenade deck, and play commenced, the passengers crowding around. An adjournment was made for dinner at 6.45. Afterwards (lie Lucania came on the .scene and prevented the resumption o[ the game.. The Campania claims the game, and the Philadelphia says it was a draw. LATEST IN SUBMARINES. In a carefully guarded shed in Messrs Vickers, Sons, and Maxim's yard at Bar-row-in-Furness there is now, says the Westminster Gazette, an. entirely novel kind of vud'-r water driving torpedo boat, which is expected to prove the. finest submarine fighting vessel in the world. The latest submarine, which is reported to be the joint invention of Messrs Vickers and the Admiralty, has greater dimensions, more power both on the surface and when submerged, and better seakeeping qualities than the five Holland bouts which have recently been built at Barrow. It is understood the new boat may bo nevipited on the surface, as an ordinary torepdo boat, and sunk completely when ranged by the enemy's guns. An instrument to enable the commander to see wlifii under water has been invented by Sir Howard Grubb, find by its means the craft can be. directed and torpedoes launched with unerring aceuracv. BRITAIN'S BONFIRES. The general feeling of relief as a, result of the favorable reports of the. King's condition i-ented itself on the eve of June. 30, by the touching off of the 3000 boiifires throughout the United Kingdom, which were originally prepared to celebrate coronation night. The signal to light the fires was. given at five minutes past 9 o'clock. A rocket was sent up from the top of the .gigantic wheel in Earl's Court and burst in a cloud of stars, 1000 ft overhead. In response to this signal bonfires rose from every elevation- of any consequence from The Lizard to the, Orkneys. The celebrations were unfortunately somewhat dampened by the downfall of rain. KAISER'S YACHT MAKES POOR SHOW. Emperor WiHium steered his American built schooner yacht across the fininsh ;liue at Kiel at 1.30 a.m. on June. 30. two hours behind the IJuna, the Empress's yacht, which, in the lightest of airs between flat calms, passed from the tail to the head of the fleet. The Last Day came in sedond. "Ben" Parker, skipper of the Meteor, says : "They uugtit to pull the masts out of the Meteor and put in a motor." "MY FRIEND, MR SEDDON." At the Civil Service dinner, last Friday night- the Prince of Wales said: "I hoped to have joined with you in welcoming my friend, Mi- Seddon!"- Yes; "My friend, Mr Seddon," is good! "A year ago," added the Prliice, "I was his guest at Rotorua, in New Zealand, where I saw the wonderful gathering of 4000 Maoris." AMERICA'S UNFINISHED TASK. Mr Root, United States Secretary for War' has issued a report showing that the expenditure up to date in the war in the Philippines is £34,065,317. The cost of the South African war is £222,----974,000, or more than six times the amount of the. Philippine expenditure. PATHETIC SCENES. When the surrendering burghers first arrived in the camp, a Reuter special message from Pretoria says the women and children rushed frantically about looking for their relatives, and pitiable scenes occurred when in many cases they received the news that husbands or sons, fathers or brothers whom they expected to meet, had fallen in the war. When General De Wet arrived in the camp he was surrounded by several men, women and children struggling and clamouring to see and shake hands with the distinguished Boer loader.

PREMIER AND KING. The relations between King Edward and the Premier, Lord Salisbury, do iHft'r seem to improve, says a London despatch to the American papers. = According to general belief in the House of Commons, the King wants Lord Salisbury to dissolve Parliament after the Coronation and "go to the country," otherwise have i general election, and the Premier has refused point blank. He apparently sees no reason why the Government should not reap the fruits of the recent victory for the next few years. The King, on the other hand, and he is supposed in this to be much influenced by Lord Rosebery, believes in the ancient custom that the death of the Sovereign involves a dissolution of Parliament. King Edward is the first Sovereign whose succession has not been followed by a mechanical dissolution. The King is understood to take the standpoint that this is not his Parliament, it having been elected before his accession, and apart from any political prejudices, he wished to feel that the House of Commons has been elected by the people under his rule, according to all precedent. So strongly lias this report gained ground that the party organisations ;ire already taking steps to select candidates for the various seats. NEW INVENTION BY MARCONI. In the course of a lecture b.efore the Royal Institution of Great Britain, William Marconi announced that he had invented a highly sensitive magnetic detecter of electric waves, by which it was possible to read about thirty words per minute in wireless telegraphy. CHOLERA AT MANILA. Ninety American soldiers have died of cholera since the disease first broke out. Owing to the increase of cholera, the health authorities here and in the provinces are enforcing stringent regulations. The total number of cases and deaths are. as follows: Manila, 1530 cases and 1236 deaths; provinces, 7369 cases and 5440 deaths. KLONDYKE CLEAN-UP. The clean-up in the Klondyke creeks is proceeding with a rush as recent rains have given the miners full heads of water in the sluices. Every man is taking advantage of the high water, with the result that gold is literally pouring into the banks. The Canadian Bank of Commerce alone has shiped to the outside world so far this season over 1,000,000 dollars' worth of gold. The best estimate of the clean-up places the figure at 27,000,000d015. to 28,000,000d015. - GLUT OF SCOTCH WHISKY. ; It is stated that there is on foot a' project to amalgamate three Scottish whisky distilleries. Mr John Dewar has informed a representative of the Westminster Gazette that: he does not anticipate any increase in price so far as the consumer is concerned. There was sufficient whisky in Scotland, he added, to supply the world for the next five years, even if there was not another drop made during that period.