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‘real facts, which, as usual, lis between ) the two extremes. Last year, accordâ€" tne + ing to the Department of Agricalture, ‘The money value of the corn crop was $51,000,000, or about 36c per bushel, hese pressmably being farm values. hould we realize a 1,700 million crop \ Ub would only have to sell at an average ‘m little over 44c at farms to bring ono of the most flourishing manufacâ€" | turing institutions in Waterloo County‘ is the factory of the Elmira Felt Co., Limited, at Elmira. In age it is comparatively an infantâ€" but in business a concern of large @imensions. The company was orâ€" ganized a little over a year ago by © number of prominent Elmira éitizens and from the very beginning ts history has been a record of rapid growth and development. Ourrepresâ€" entative had occasion to visit the thrivâ€" Ang ‘hub‘ of Woolwich Township a few days ago when he had the pleasure of being conducted through this modern factory by the genial and obliging mapager, Mr A. J. Kimmel. Coming into the station on the Galt Berlin and Elmira Railway, one sees on the right band a building measuring 120 feet long by 53 feet wide and three sbories high, built of solid brick and presenting a most attractive appearâ€" ance. ‘The ground floor is occupied by the engine, mixing, and felt manufacâ€" #uring machines. These latter machines mre porderous affairs and are of the very latest and most approved designs. ‘The price of one of these machines would stagger a shoe retailer, as each â€"of them alone involves a big investment As to the crop situation the injury from drouth appears to have been ';:'prhcipally confined to corn; although Blight damage to Spring wheat is teâ€" ported in some sections. The most: iBerious harm has fallen in the States of Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and Tow», where the loss, according to conservaâ€" tive® estimates, will be not less than 800 million bushels In the whole ountry the entire damage might ifinre between 350 and 400 millions, in ‘which case we should have a total ‘erop of about 1,700 millions. It reâ€" mains to be seen how much of the :fililage will be repaired by subsequent Amprovement in the weather. Certainâ€" Jy injury thus farincutred seems to aye been, : to a considerable extent, ited in both the grain and stock n The extremists of both sides ve had their say, and it seoms as if ith markets had settled down to the _ Discussiog the crop situation in the United States, Henry Clews, in his Weekly Financial Review says: . 16 same amount in value as last year. means that an ~advance of about er bushel over last â€"year would â€"compengate for this year‘s lossos ts and cents. At New York Micago corn hae been selling at 156 above last year‘s figures; so : d these differences continue top as. a whole would produce a value than last year. Assuming the school lands in Maniâ€" i to comprise one cightcenth of the im mrea of the Province, being Beetions in every thirty aix sections, ‘ represent approximately an area 8 combined area of the land reserved ol in the provincial distâ€" ORN INJURED!BY DROUGHT Assiniboia, Alberta, Siekatche EDITORIAL NOTES Athabaska would be approx 9,200,000 werea. ' ELMIRA FELT A Growing : Concern. of capital; but the Elmira Felt Co deâ€" termined to have the best, no~ matter what they cost. The second flat is the shoe manufacturing department. Here the elink and buzz of the machine was heard and one got immediately a corâ€" rect idea of what this firm are making aud turning out at a pretty lively pace. The Elmira Felt Co hive a specialty, and it is high grade felt boots and shoes for men, women and children, and the product which was visible in the facâ€" tory is certainly a credit to Canadian industry. ‘The women‘s goods can be classed as tony and attractive in style, and particularly well finished, whilst the quality of all the lines has an apâ€" pearance of superiority. _ The third flat is the finishing and shipping room. Some pretty big orders were piled up on this floor, with the names of some of Canada‘s leading shoe jobbers on the boxes, which is ample proof that the Elmira Felt Co‘s goods have been appreciated at s}ght. * They make a specialty of a finer line of a felts than has been made in Canaâ€" da in the past, the better grades havâ€" ing been imported from (¢ermany and the States.> However, judging from the success which bas attended their efforts to supply a high grade article Ottawa Valley Lumbermen‘s Novel Entertainment FOR ROYVAL VISITORS A\ Trip I~â€"â€"n the Rapids and Slides FOR DUKE OF CORNWALL‘S PARTY osquo features . of such would be full Of interest of th®e Gilswa Riverâ€"Will Be Made in Four Cribs Manned Byâ€" Crew of 15 or 20 Voyageurs FEach, and Garbed in Â¥e Olden Yakon Tolegraph Line Style. Ang wire NY, L much of the trade which has been going to foreign countries in the past will hereafter remain in Canada. It is gratifying to the company to find that their staff of 35 to 40 employesâ€" will be kept busy till the end of the season with orders already in. They are ‘at present making arrangements to instal an independent electric lighting plant and as soon as it is completed they purpose putting in a night staff . of hands. + ‘The Directors of the company are Messrs A. H. Erb, President; I. Hilâ€" borv, Secretary; A. J. Kimmel, Manâ€" ager and J. P. Luckhargt and M Weichel!, all shrewd businéss mren # ho would be a splendid guarantee of the financial interests of any concern. Manager Kimmel and those asscciatâ€" ed with him are to bo congra:vlated upon the remarkable success which has attended the undertaking. Among the employees of thisfnstituâ€" tion are many former Berlinites, who are all prospering in their new positions. Among them are: A. J. Kimmel, Manâ€" ager, Alfred Vill, A. Moses, Jno Holtz, Chas Decker, Conrad Heit, Aug. Krogâ€" map, Artbur Smith, Armond Kimmel, K. Schreiber and C. Schreiber. could have â€" originated: The latest information in his possession is that the telegraph from Dawson will mot be completed until the end of the present month. ‘That portion of the line now under construction â€" passes through very difficult country, and therefore it may be evem later than the end of August before the wire is brought into communication with the rest of the Dominion. Rebel Success Reported and Minimisod by the ‘Authoriticsâ€"Besignation of Port of Spain, Trinidad, Aug. 2â€" The Venezuelan _ Minister of War, Senor Pulido, has resigned, after & violent scene in the Cabinet during which he refused to accept the orders of President Castro to recognize the revolutionists in Colombia as belligâ€" erents, and to deliver a passport to Senor Rico, the Colombian Minister. The situation is critical. The Govâ€" ernment troops have becn defeated im their first encounters with the rebels, and other uprisings are taking place in the interior of the ceuntry. Kingston, Jamaica, Aug. 2.â€"The British steamer Texan has arrived here from Colon and brings confirmaâ€" Washington, _ Awg. 2.â€"The Veneâ€" zuclan Charge d‘AfMairs has received oniirmation of the report that 5,â€" 000 revolutionists wore defeated in San Cristobal on July 29. The Editor of the Irish Canadian Suceumbs to Heart Failure. Toronto, _ Aug. 2. â€"Mr. Patfick Boyle, the awellâ€"known editor of The Irishâ€"Canadian, dicd yesterday mornâ€" ing at his home, 67 Isabella street. At 6 o‘clock he arose and called His danghter Hattie, _ who told him it was too. early yet to get up. â€" He wont down stairs for a moment a&nd then â€" returned . to â€" his bed. . His daughter got up at £.20 o‘clock, and went to call him. She got no reply, and, eftering the room, found _ him dead. Two doctors were immediateâ€" ly summoned, and said that death had resulted from heart failure. Mr. Boyle, who was a prominent member of the Irish . Land League, was born in Newport, County Mavo, Ireland, in 1832, asd came to this country in 1844. â€"He was one of the tounders . of the Catholis League, which exarted a great influence upon Ontario politice twenty years . ngo. About 1&3 he est a btished mrln- Canadian, which for many was recognized as the mouthpiece of the _ in Canada. _About five E 3 ceased publicaâ€" C © E26 ° * xm COLOMBIAN REVOLUTION Veneznelan War Minister. PATRICK HOYLE DEAD as the mouthpiece of the in â€" Canada,. About five the papor ceased publica~ ”‘ .r:vlvm again a. yoar Land move hgm dm« â€"â€"â€"â€" | Boers Murder a Wounded Yeoman and Now a Settied Part of the Officâ€" lal Boer Program. x ‘‘They afterwards shot a wouaded Yeoman. The remainder. were â€" 16â€" leased. KRITZINGER TO GEN. FRENCH lindof, Aug. 2.â€"â€"A :-p.m petich from Lord xtm::r. dated fromm Pretoria yesterday, says: & & *French reports that he has roceivâ€" ed a letler from Kritzinger, the »soer commander, . anmounting Bis intenâ€" tion to shoot all natives in Br.itish employ,. whether. arimmed or unarmed. Many cases_ of cold blooded murder of natives in Cape Colony have _ rcâ€" cenily ‘occurred." Amother despatch from Lord Kitth ener from Pretoria, dated yesterday says: &J}fly 28 am officer‘s patrol of ~Â¥eomanry and native scouts followed two carts and a few Bours 15 miles from the railway at Doorn River, ‘Orange ltiver Colony, where they were cut off by 200 Boers, and after defending themselves in a small building . they surrendered when their ammunition was exhausted. ~‘‘Three Yeomen were wounded. ‘‘After the surrender the _ Boers made the native seouts throw ‘their hands up and shot them in «old blood. ‘"‘The Boers gave as a reason shooting the â€" Yeoman â€" that thought he was a Cape ‘boy.‘ ‘‘Evidence on oath has been of the murders.* London, Aug. 2.â€"In the House of Commons yesterday, Lord Stanley, the Financial Secretary of the War Office, replying to a question, said the cost of the war in South Africa from April 1 jo July 31 was £35,â€" 750,000, partly chargcable against the_deficit of last year. The actual cost in July was £1,250,000 weekly. The statement was greeted with ironical Irish cheers. The _ Chancelior of the Exchequer, Sir Michael Hicksâ€"Beach said if the war continued at the same cost for the next throeâ€"ntonths it would neâ€" cessitate spending the whole of the reserve he had provided for financing the third quarter, but he had reaâ€" son to hope that this would not be necessary. Shoot Down Unarmed Natives in Lorenzo Marquez, July 31.â€"A Loer commando, with two guns, has _ enâ€" tered the Portuguese territory, . enâ€" camping at Guanetz. Five hundred Portuguese troops are already at Guanetz, and artillery left hore ior that place this morning. Three hunâ€" dred troops, in addition, are in readiness . to . proceed, unless the Boers surrender. Search for Arms Among Mule«. London, Aug. 2.â€"*‘"On the arrival here July 24 of the stcamer NMonteâ€" zuma, with mules and horses f pm New Orleans,‘"‘ says a despatch from Cape Town to The Daily Express, ‘‘she was minutely searched for arms and ammunition she was susjected of‘ carrying.‘". Peterbore Boy Says ‘here Are °o Many Boers Left to Fight. Peterboro, Aug. 2.â€"1i:s. F. W. Miller has received a letter fouim her son, Tom, who is serving in South Africa with the Scots Gua.ds. It is dated at®Carolina, Transvaal, June 23, and, among other things, Tom "I don‘t think it will is so long before we are home now, as there is mothing to do out he.c mow only marching and" burning houses. . The Boers will never give in, so I think the police will have to do the rest. Besides, there are not many left to fight, so we should be home soon." Kingston, Aug. 2â€"Dr. A. E. Ross, who left here 18 months ago for Soutth Africa, with theâ€"Canadian Mounted Rifles, arrived home at 1 o‘clock yesterday afternoon, _ and was â€" met â€" at the depot by several thousand .. people. An address of welcome was read by Ald. J. M. Shaw, _ and Dr. Ross was escorted through the streets by a pPocession, headed by the 14th and 47th Regiâ€" ment bands. At the Tete de Pont Barracks, addresses Wwere delivered by Licut.â€"Col. Hudon and others. When the Mounted â€"Rifles returned home, Dr. Ross remained as surgeon with the Australian Mounted Rides. Kingston, Aug. 2.â€"It has been arâ€" ranged with the Ontario Government that the Duke and Duchess of York will spend the afternoon. of Octo‘cr 15 here, . laying two eorner stoncs, unv.il.ng _ a tablet, presenting meâ€" dals. lunching with Principal Grant and having a searchlight tour among Thousand Islands, The Lords All Agreé London, Aug. 2.â€"The House . of Lords yesterday unanimously voted the grant of £100,000 for Lord Robâ€" erts, recommended by King Edward as a token of the nation‘s appreciaâ€" tion of the Fiold Marshal‘s. sorvices in Gouth Atrica. A 18 years of age, of Reading, Eng. was drowned at Devil‘s Creek, fif teen miles from West Selkirk, whil letting out aâ€"reof in a sail. War Secretary Boreft London, Aug. 2. â€"Lady Hilda Brodâ€" rick, wife of the Secrotary of te for War Brodrick, died yh“) morning after a brief illness, Womar. and two Men Lynched. Carrolton, La., Aug. 2.â€"â€" Three persons, a woman and two mon, were lynched here yesterday, A mob took the prisoners from the jail and hargâ€" ¢d them. These, three persons .. were ramanded . to jall by the coroner‘s g:y that investigated the murder of . and Mre.. ‘Tallaferto, who were brutuily killed mt their homé on the night of July 80. 0. . . % old Bloodâ€"Cost _ef the â€" War for Four Months One. HMusmidred . and | Wighty Miliion .~ .. Dolare ** 44 M Drowned at Devil‘s Creek. Winnipeg, Aug. 2.â€"William Page, 3 years of age, of Reading, Eng., as drowned at Devil‘a Creek, fifâ€" Nearly Nine Million a Week On Portugnese Territory Another Can ;cian WILL BE OVER S00N4 Their Work Cut Out Keturns taken for they THE STEEL STRIKERS, Waiting for An Answer From Morgan to Their Uitimatum. A FLAT REFUSAL BY TELEGRAPH. Pittsburg, Aug. 2.â€"Another day. of suspense, _ and the end is not . Pet. The third allâ€"day â€" session of the Amaigamated Association Executive Board has passed withou! eny action being taken on the New _ ork. conâ€" ference peace proposals, and another session will be held toâ€"day. According to Commercial Gazette of New After _ the board had heard from President Shaffer concerning his trip to New York last week, it was deâ€" cided to request a change in the proâ€" positions of Mr. Morgan, and sent a message to _ Mr. Morgan in New Â¥ork on Tuesday night, announcing their decision in the matiter. Upon the answer will depend whether the strike will be prolonged ipde(jl_:itcly\ The messagensent to Mr. Morgan is an ultlmat.l:h, The members of the executive officâ€" ially state that there is harmony in tneir ranks. All day the executive sat and waitâ€" ed for a reply from Mr. Morgan to their message. His silence is regardâ€" ed as significant and ominous. CC HB SIBMIDURIL AMC OMRIMCUSE \ve also canâ€"y a & A FLAT REFUSAL good assortment of UBl(lll HI'S Mr. Morgan Deciines to Reopen the | American Soft Front Shirts, the e S nc Latest Patterns, Pittsburg, Aug. 2.â€"The Commerâ€" cial Gazetter toâ€"day will say: . _ a o ¢ o o The Amalgamated Executive Board last evening received by telegraph a Hlat refusal from J. Pierpont Morgan to reopen the wage conference where it was broken off at the Hotel Linâ€" coln nearly three woeks ago. The powers of ‘theâ€"steel combine insist in this communication that the . caly basis of settlement will be on the terms which the financial backer . of the combine, President C. M. Schwab and Chairman Elbert H. Cary jlaid down at the meeting withâ€"the Amalâ€" goamated Executive in New York last Saturday. * A member of the Executive Board of the association last night _ said: These terms are denominated by those who have the best interests of the organization of steel workers at heart as the most unfair, the most unjust ever proposed to afy _ pody of workingmen by a set of employers or a corporation. The terms are such that the Executive Board of © the Amalgamated Association cannot ac cept, and hassalready gone on _ reâ€" cord to tha‘t effect, ______ nsl This morning the answer of Mr. Morgan is expected by mail. ‘There is scarcely _ a _ fragment of a hope that the . Amalgamated Association will back down from its wéllâ€"known policy. The leaders of the workers will, in reply, outline their plans to the steel corporation for a continuâ€" ation of _ the great struggle. They will include . the stopping of every wheel possible in the works of the combine and the extension .of _ the strike in all possible directions . by the _ Amalgamated Association. To day may devélop mucit but if â€"the combine _ cannot be made to waver through the influences that will be brough _ to bear, the conflict will probably be fought to the bitter end. York Mr. Morguan Refused to Keopen From _ the association‘s headquarâ€" ters news _ came that the situation had not changed during the day and that the Exocutive would meet again this morning. ~ End of Brase Moulder‘s Strike. Toronto, Aug, 2.â€"As a result ‘ of the conferencée held last night . beâ€" tween representatives of the striking brass moulders® and â€" the affected firms, there will, in all probability, be an amicable set{lement arrived at toâ€"day.. It was decided that â€" the men should rélurn to work at the same scale of wages which they were receiving before the‘strike, and the employers will grant the men _ the shorter hours they requested. This agréement will have to be ratified by the union, which will likely be done toâ€"day. A Tramp Consamed. St. Marys, Aug. 2.â€"PFire broke out in the Garnett House stables about 9 o‘clock yesterday morning. In a few minutes after the alarm _ was given, there were five streaims _ of water playing on the building. . ‘The stables were completely gutted, but the: surrounding buildings were savad. After the fire was subdued, the _ reâ€" mains of a man, charred ‘beyond reâ€" cognition, were found in the flllfl’ thus confirming the theory of the o igin of the fire being the work _ cf some tramp, who had found sheiter in the hay loft. There is no clue to Kis idengity. . + The body was later identified _ as Ceorg glor * .E#emier Ross at Manchestor, London,~ Aug. 2.â€"Hon. G. W. Ross, Promicr of Ontario, addressed m‘ i t o‘&w .:Mw 6 > mt » o. <o ushail of 186 ticime on Cak peal on behait of the ¢ d Canâ€" Wage Conferenceâ€"This By Teleâ€" graph, but Letter Will Follow * by Mailâ€"litter Fight milos that makes your * horses glad. ydy was later identified . as EPnglor; son of Christian Rnâ€" the Township of Loi.l-' a s from the town of Mitchell. Ahead the works of the cxtension .of the ble directions _ by d Association. Tot mucr but if ~the be made to waver nees that will be . the conflict will SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL . â€" â€" ~ â€". .. .. $250, DEPOSIT WITH DOMINION GOVT x+ > %% 7 All Policies Guaranteed by the LONDON & LANCASTER FIRE INS. €O. â€" * Assets of $15,003,000. 4 x + We Are Sole Agents J. RITZER, Waterioo EZ Watch our Bargain Box in front of the store. my native Life C y datast wlguy pane Pelantcer Ad vfllumsl’ '“l'go‘w: ""m:.“a'.-? send you ou to nnn.'loc. each. m‘dd-nfl us the PPE mos. 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