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M'reoo & co. No. ulann-On“ MM” ' (18an , TED "G, éumvvhi ' Dun)... moon: CID Hers [905. " " all)? vie. rs? "I to yum. ‘hlnd- WHAT W. no 'ttll In- mam. nonr- Dept alum n bill's 'or no "of! Ln“: ll IC- but TO " " General Resumption of Labor Agitation . in Russia. A London cable: The recurrence of the Russian strike seems to be the beginning of a general resumption of the labor agitation. Little can be slid ‘beyond this at present, but the unrest previously noted in despatches continues everywhere, and minor points to sun- day as the pmhoble occasion for united action. This, possibly. will not be ng- grossive, but it will be none the less datum - .. .. “W . A majority of the south Russian newspaper" print outspoken articles on the anniversary of the outbreak of the war with Japan. They recapitulate the Russian disasters. Ind openly or crihe them and the sufferings of the army in Mauchurio to the incompet- ence and corruption of the Govern- ment, the heads of the army. and the eommUsariat. All the articles infer that it is time to abandon the hope- !no atruggle. An anti-war demon- “.h, -m in M i! to- A St. Petersburg cable: Great pre- paraunns are making at Odessa for the reception of Gen. Stoessal and the other "Hitters rcmrnmg front Port Arthur. but the 'taavierDehik,, a semi-official military weekly, contains this week an article declaring that it is more than ever necessary to hold a court-martial. at, provided by the law, in view of statements in the foreign press that surrender was not IteSe"try by the ni, -t.irGiGindittonsset the foitréss Semi-Off: m W The War Between Capital and Labor Acute. ha 'l'ukio cable: Information from the ma River indicates that the Russians .:-.- concentrating at Chitnitse and [kn-"Elisha. west of the Hun River, up? ,.u-i-ntly in anticipation of a. movement ,n the part of the Japanese threaten- in; their lines of supply. Otherwise hw situation is unchanged. A general auth- i< not imminent. Mukdcut is crowded with the Russian 1.»;1'ulml. and the hospital neeommudaw inn " fearfully inadequate. There is! 1.-H much confusion in the Russian] .n.;-. Naturally, desertions are onl at tc, PREPARING FOR STOESSEL an end in well known. hut interposi- t is m umzolcozne now a; over. The omen“: made yesterday by the oniele regarding the Grand Ducal , face and the cancellation of war H‘s are not supported. and they may regarded as being among the ru- a. Headquarters of both armies re- l more outpost actibns, which are aretttly unimportant. L'.i.i' Would Hear Appeais aha Cause. of Peace. . PcIcrsburg Students Re SUNDAY DAY op ACTION. f unease Taken to British Port-Japan is Protesting. an criti icia1 THOSE SUBMARINES tdi l Military Paper Insists on Court-Martial. T cable: The Express says ritish vesel which took Am, marine boats to Antwerp, h ey Have Cut Russian Com- municatipns, L -.. of wovér. not 'tlle smallest he bureaucracy in weak- litude that peace is not of until at least one de.. l gained by the Russian wire of other powers to offices to bring the war ly untamed, it is rat the Hun Valley the crucial struggle iker TEA}? UP TRACK. once was diseovereii, ght them to a British ok on board a general of each army is BO vs to defy assault. of the Russians in renders it improb- attempt to turn the oki, who _eommamis the Japanese army. . the defeat of the Asutairuid, it is cm- H 353"“??? [ii RUSSIA. pate s an in Tokio consider hum-Jay for 0de r, who is in ehargt ill ucumpnny thex Hand. It. is not Britain will inter carrying the boats th ll W "Null p able ' 'ated Ill " mvorp, Hum pn-ummary commence over), anoiers of thaw countries [mum forum of a tourth domestic genera} ile' of Finance Yoshiro, i Mes-u. to tum-t Japanese bankers [ eharg" ists on the mm of Feb. to r thvut riltv of interest and time fo; " trot lon will run. "mars cc ling T0uy I' the C)“ wil ill ll The university at Odessa his been closed. the council deeinring it is impos- sible to continue under the present con- ditions. It is convinced that the student troubles will not cease until the students we anvil-II that fundamental reionm Violence Threatened by St. Petersburg Students. A St. Petersburg cable: Nearly 150 university students have sent I letter to the rector refusing to resume their studies in accordnnee with the order of Governor-General Trepoff. They declare that they ere determined to resist, with arms, if wary, attempts of the police or soldiers to enter tlte_tirtivereitr. . Grand Duke Nicholawitch to Go to Man- churia. A Berlin cable: The Lokal Anziegor says it learns that Grand Duke Nich- olnivitch will in a few days he sent to yInttehuria, either to relieve Gen. Konra- patkin or be Viceroy, and that Gen. Rouropatkin will have to report to him. Prince uPpold. of Ringsia, il.it eddef, will go with him. Emgeror Nicholas, it is understood, telegra¥I ed an invitation to Prince Leopold. T e latter intended to go to Manehuria as an observer in September last, but the Siberian Rail- road was then regarded as unsafe. . The Fit. Petersburg correspondent of the Chronicle credits M. de Witte, presi- dent of the Council. with saying in con- veycation that he was confident that peace must be had at any cost. The cor- respondent gives the details of the terms of peace. to which, according to his con- fidant. Russia will agree. A London cable: The St. Petersburg vu,riv,potoltsui of the Telegraph 5113's that llc has interviewed a member of the Clow iumnent on the probability of Russia ac- cepting the good offices of Great Britain and (:ernmny to bring about a cessation of hostilities, and received the. vague rc- ply that the matter rested with the Em- }erm. The official added that he was not aware that his Majesty's dutermina. lion to continue the campaign had chang- ed. on the contrary, he recently reas- serlml his resolve to carry it on without ctt.atxutioti. If Great Britain and Ger- many appealed to his Majesty the result "would depend upon a personal and r-r.vi'hclrrgical factor which could not be determined in advanee." When asked if it were true that Gen. Knuropatlcin was relinquishing his com- mand. the official declined to either con- firm or deny the report. He said, how. ever. that the General's health had suf- fered considerably during the campaign, and his nervous tension was 1rorttsequent-, ly extreme. l military me: tena nit-Honor civil coumg'e B.tamcs Larar2tvcff, Alexieff and Rose: for the War and Its Disasters. St. Petersburg cable: M. Souverin, editor of the Novo Vromya. in a possi- mistie review of the first your of the war in today’s issue of his paper. tst. tributed the responsibility 'for the Hus. ,,icn tlrcrstttrir firstly to Foreign Minis. ter Lomudorff, former Viceroy Alexiefi, and Baron Boson. Info Russian Minister to Japan. whom 'tte aeeused of drawing lluHiu into a terrible war by complete i;znm-:nm- of the true strtc of affairs in the far nut. M. Souwrin declares the rvul min-o for tho fall of Port Ar- thur hrfun- the complete exhaustion ai), ici means ot' resistunee. was the death or Major General Kondrattmko, "who ti. It‘dl hum of the tlefvuee of the for. frv,;s and who filled both the civil and) -__'__" _.-, -.-........- F...... takes place, which would convert the country into tt slushy bog and render the movement of guns, ammunition and stores impossible until the roads harden. The Emperor and Empress of Japan have given' 100,000 yen (49,000) to the army and navy departments to purchase wines and tivlicacies for the celebration of the national holiday which will take plans on Saturday next, Feb. 11th. Vice-President 'i'akahasi, of the Bank hf Japan, will leave for America and England. via Vancouver, on Feb. 17 to hold preliminary conferences with fin- anoiors of tlurse countries regarding forms of n tourth domestic, loan. Min- i-tvr of Finance Yoshiro, is arranging in LL‘t't Japvnow hankvrs and capital- Between Oyama’s and Kouropatkin’s Men Before Thaw Set: In. A Tokio cable despatch says: The im- pression prevails here that the impoml mg battle between the armies of Field Marshal Hymn». and Gen. Kouropatkin will 020m before any material thaw At a meeting of strikers at Lodz this evening the offer of the employers was rejected. el REFUSE IO RESWE STUDIES. A dApateh from St. Petersburg says a. majority of the workmen in the Gov. f.',","'"?!"-),',," factory at Vassill umuuon of an astoniéhing number of leafies, headed: "Stop the Wnr." Thousands of these. which were sedi- tiously worded. were scattered on the Chief thoroughfares early in the morning. evor. were ttttal tribution of an with the" rééllit: hastft.e closed. in I) TM at " dem CC MMANDER OR VICEROY. VFW ?'C?Pr'ri'?hrrTrteetrmr-trr-w "LWJQWW'QMM- fe'sbtt,'d.fS,u/.l, to hold a ting gt a or! to b a meet- it1 Tld' opt police 'tttPitt, 6!... .....‘..u u . . . _ FINDING SCAPEGOATS. BATTLE EXPECTED L‘il with courage while Lieu- (-rnl b'toessel only manifested - . I *."r""" suit that the university was ' The authorities. how. unable to prevent the dis. ti' lieu-U55 the which this “We Jaflas tru? Canadian eanners' goods when absolutely necessary," said the buyer for one of the largest dealers. [HIS Ullllil' AUX UIIC Ul ENC lulbuav “Ira-IV."- "I have known them to sell as few as five cases. besides directly supplying large retail buyers. We are now doing SIX CHILDREN BORN TO DEATH stratum arm-ddube' sheer suicide or mnr- l San Jose, Cal., Feb. 13.--The following tyrdom. (comes from Director w. w. Campbell, .---_------- oi Lick observatory: The faint comet NOT A LIFE LOST. discovered Dec. 28 by Prof. Borelli, of ----- Marseilles, has been observed here by Second Boat From the Damara Sate1riPyof. Aitken on eight different nights Landed inner» that date. Dr. Aitken has just . emnpnted the orbit of this. He found Halifax. Feb, 13.»Not a life was lostgthat it is trulvelling in an eliptic patg in the wreck of the Furness Liner Da- (€313: 'I,",1,'Jl,.tuitt't,1 't1d,eTu,e,t'i,i'er'"l' martt. which struck tt roek off "will?" our solar system. Its point nearest the) Light. on the east coast of Nova Scotia, approach of the sun is between the owl and “out to the bottom early on Tues- bits of Saturn and Mars, and its great . . . . h " est distance from the sun is Just outside (in): morning in a terrific urncane the orbit of Jupiter. The comet is of which drove the staunch craft to her the tenth magnitude and is, therefore, doom. All on board have reached land I visible throuzh telescopes of moderate in safety. but only after passmg through size e . perils and hardships that might well " . ___~._____ "aunt tits? Moutest heart. At 3 o'eloek THEY ADMIT OUR RIGHTS. this afternoon came tidings that the missing lifeboat in charge of Capt-am United Staten Make no Claim on Hecate J. D. Horst. with fourteen souls aboard, . Strait was safe at Pleasant Point. They had . . landed at 5 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon Washincrton Feb 13 Respecting the but the whole of that isolated country ' '.'"" . . , . . . was in the grip of a fierce blizzard, and declaration in the Canadian Parliament no one would venture to carry the new; yesterday that the Dominion fyr"t to the telephone office at Musquodoboit ment was about to protect the rights of Harbor. twelve miles away. in finhnrmnn in Hamlin. Strait, it in What a Dealer Says of Methods of Cana- dian Firms. London, Feb. 13.---Itt 'P1Paf1t1enee. of the. letter from the Cnindinn mnners, appearing in the Toronto Globe. and the tvpresi'ntatioms made by one of the can- ners' London representatives for further investigation, the Cangdiap Aeo.eia.t.e.d Press :isited' some of the largest legiti. mate wholesalers, who corroborated the sttLttmetlipreriottsly gablefl: -__H . Live Coal Rolls from Fire Place, Setting the Cabin on fire. Savannah, Gn., Feb. 9.--Riehard Door, colored, and his family, consisting of a vile and six children, lived, in n log hut on the reservation of the Okeetee Club in South Carolina, neu- Ridgeland, Sunday night Door end his wife left their six children at home and went u tshort distance to visit some of theii nuetghtroru. During their absence the etsia'dmnmasttouleqnietrvirqrsbig 'Cossaok patrols are constantly in I'e- quisition. yet tho Government's grip i.; now so firm that a hostile demon- stration would be sheer suieide or man'- tyrdom. Trial of, Strength at Lodz Between Labor and Capital. A London cable says: The correspoxr dent of the Times at Warsaw says that thr, .eituation at Lodz is developing into " trial of strength between capital and labor. Capital is in a wobbly attitude. Swayed by the British managed enter- prism the mill owners agreed to send an ultimatum to the strikers, threaten- ing to close ther works indefinitely. The tiovetmorGorutal interposed. and half, of th. terrorized owners immediately; proceeded to eoswiliate the strikers by} paying them strike wages. This will,' tend lo prolong the deadlock. Tin-r0 ttre! some vxhibitions of iiiiivriiriiii/ we The Prince will go to his country scat at Kharkoff for the present. a very cordial nature. After a reli- gious service. the officiating priost gave his blessing to the Prince, saying that all thinking Russians felt that he was the only man who was able to set frce the springs of life which already, for a long time had rushed under- ground. Priest Says Be is Only Man to Set Free Springs of Life. A St. Petersburg cable says: Prince Sviatnpolk-Mirsky bade farewell in the staff of the Ministry of the In- terior to-day. The proceedings Were of yum“ "".'" "vats, ""'""W" LIIU "JUNE." is not legally due. Heintzel's mills re- fused to pay. and the workmen threat- ened to wreck the milhi. A manuiae. turer of the name of Steigert also re- fused to pay. He was seized and a re- volver was held to his head until he promised to pay fo-morrow. There was a riot to-day at Pabijaniee. The soldiers dispersed the rioters with a volley, which killed one and wounded others. Coates' thrivad mills and other fac- tories at Lodz have advanced the strikers .three days' wages, alth?ugh_the [galley in the present system of government will be undertaken. CAIxNED GOODS IN BRITAIN. PROLONGING DEADLOCK. MIRSKEY’S FAREWELL. '--...-- - -_ KING OSCAR " SWEDEN AND NORWAY, Who bu handed over the reins of government to his . " L'a0Ea' LIrjMfft W 'tl,,,!?;,)")','. 'h'a1W,tt 's'r"f] TIli %c‘? 'p,,',,;,!,)?,,,?. W tiii ', ir,strfg,','k' @036 The matter was brought up in Parlia- ment on Monday by Mr. Moan (Comox- Atlin), who asked if the Government had any information whether American com- panies engaged in the halibut industry Washington. Feb, 13. Respecting the declaration in the Canadian Parliament yesterday that the Dominion Govern. ment was about to protect the rights of its fishermen in Hecate Strait, it is learned here that it is four years since any complaint was made to the State Department against the assertion by the Canadians of exclusive fishing rights in those waters, and there is no disposi- tion now to question such right. The investigation then made satisfied the authorities here that a line drawn through Dixon entrance marked the limit within which American fishermen might venture. and to the Canadians was reserved by treaty the fisheries in Hecate Strait between Queen Charlotte Island and the mainland. The funeral of the six Handful took place yesterday. fire in the fireplace. It is presumed that a. live coal rolled from the fireplace on- to the floor, setting the house on fire, burning to death five of the children. The sixth, 1 girl. " years of age, ee- ceped through the door, which we: the only exittotheeattin,buthertmms were of such a. serious chnncter that she too, died the {alloying At - _ GOES ROUND THE WORLD ONCE IN SEVEN YEARS AND FOUR MONTHS. Louder; herwvekthati, Liiiii% men manage civilization bad , an that un- less conditions are ob" ed h con rv will see a revolution that wil dwarf the Fronch Revolutizm. He NH“ no reason why 10,000,000 American,; should M in terrible poverty. The rmmm is ln- de. clares. that the capitalists got more than their fare share, and mismanngo the Government. New York and London. The Sociali are strong in Oakland, but there is, chance of their overcoming the (w mom Itepubliean majority whivl city has given for ymm~ at the _'p'j'silfa. - London is a pronouneed Socialist. and he never refuses an invitation to discuss the principles of his party. He has made careful study of authorities. and Ito has nmrlo a practical study of the eondition, of the working people and the poor of New York and London. The Fs'oeialict., The Western Novelist Nominated for Office by the Socialists of Oakland. San Francisco, Feb, 13.--Jaek London, author of The Sea Wolf and The Call of the Wild, has been nominated for Mayor of Oakland by a Socialist convention. This ii the reward for much missionary work done by the novelist on the lecture platfonm. _ It is curious to note that the firm most positive in its denunciation of the methods of Canadian canners was the one of whom the representative of the Canadian canners referred the Cana. dian Associated Press for a denial of the previous, report. A buyer of another large firm stated that he had heard nothing whatever of the matter, and could neither contradict nor verify what was said. However, if there were any truth in it, it .would mean the ruination of the Canadian industry. all that is possible to push the sale of opposition goods." B0pELLI't; COMET. JACK LONDON FOR MAYOR. .on. The Socialivm ld, but there ist, in, . ' rooming the /'h,'it - jority whivl the Inuit UlOVD’d%-‘i. th tat mone wl mun _ ad , an that un- " ml h uyuttcc - It is announced this evening that the past "Wutee" Em" y'" 't"'P' T." " . '.. King Oscar is suffering frpm no spe- played almost entirely in thr!iverp?ol eifie disorder, but he is not robust trade. She carries a crew oi tw"nty- enough to continue in charge of State seven. affairs, in view of the recurring trou- -----_------ bles between Sweden and Norwsv in SENT BOMB-TO PRISON. connection with the consulsr question. ----q. 2,xeiineTireutst:,.g,r,i,r, tMtl',1t'ii. ad- A London Prisoner Asked for Life, Wu ressmg e ' or in a ristisnis.i . . . said he regretted thetgthe negotiations" Siren Five Years. between sweden and Norway on 'iiiiiil London, 'ett. I3.---The Daily Graphie question had failed. The situation. he publishes ttte following: At the Somer- added, was very serious. i set Amines at Taunton on Saturday, be. The present conditions could not he,' fore Mr. Justice Lawrence, Edward new, continued, without endsngering the rels- a farm laborer, forty-two years of "re. tions between the two countries. Nor- hTiiegli,',y' to hsving obtained mom-y way must, therefore, make grovision for and f by false pretences gt High- tnking up the national and 'mtertmtionat bridge and liurnham. The Judge, reser- position to which tthe is entitled us a ring to the depositions tskt-n before (in: sovmign state. If this could not be Magistrates, remarked to the prisoner: achieved within the terms of the exist. "i see you express a desire to here " ing treaty of union, new forms for eo. years’ penal servitude." operation of the nations must be erm- The irrisoner-r-Yetr, or life. sidered. The Judge-There is s very serious Eist The Government 'rt" WM to re- of offences against you, beginning in sign if the Morthing thought such s MBS, end Four sentences include two course would help toysrds s settlement. terms of three years' penal servitude. Crown Prince of Sweden Has Been Ap- pointed Regent. Stockholm, Felt, 13.--King Orear ll. of Sweden and Norway has made Crown Prince Gustavus regent until further notico. The season given for this step is the Kmg's illness. It lull been expected for some time that the Crown Prince would be made regent, or even that the King would abdieate in his favor. King Oscar IL is 76 years old. The Crown Prince was born on June 15, 1858. and married in 1881 the Princess Victoria of Baden. He has three sons. Alleged to Have Caused Boy'l Death by Blow From Crotch. Montreal, Feb. 13.-A well-known crip- ple here, Gaspard Petit, who frequent- ed the streets with two Inge dogs that drew him thongs: M323; held by the police 11 . inns tion into the death or: null boy in the cut end. It is slieged the cripple “ruck the boy with one of his crutches thout four months um and that the boy's death ttg l direct Ttt Gas. pord in r uen y molested yo. who tease 'du"Sl1'l ond kin-ell, My to his flrt't2lTi, Pd t"ded with having a temper, explnined that in on otgrrmtremiiedtt" crutch with total remit. in the heart of the city. One whole street has hen bought for the site ot a $100,000 de- pot, and east of this lite the compnny has bought a site of hundreds of urea for big car shops. Over 81,500,000 (official figures) will be spent in shops to make engines and cvs. Battle Creek --- '“'“"“'" rumors J/taict-,fetr. ";iii,jlii,i,),'iii,i,i1 change in Grand Trux. fndieate . "M's in this section, which will Bsgsrnuqtttle Creek the third city in Michigan. It is stated that the system will soon open a southern route to Indianspolis and Cincinnati, and perhaps beyond, tor which Battle Creek will be head- quarters. The Grand Trunk is spending thousands of dollars acquiring valuable sites a . ‘ ft: .nvnnnr‘ '13:: ibiw 0. If. ttLotus-tsi/Ci A long and determined struggle fol- lowed, but the defendant',, affections Were. transferred to her present hus. band. and they were married last April. The letters which passed Min-eon the plaintiff and defendant will he produced at the trial, and they are all said to be highly spiced, and full of vndearivg epithets and assurances of fidelity. .The plaintiff, who lived alone on a farm, has married since the issue of the writ, but nevertheless, claims he has been greatly deceived. The examina- tion of the defendant for discovery will be held at Simcoe to-morrow. gum CRT was FOR _ Ottawa, Feb. 13.--A unique and in- teresting case will be tried at the spring nssizes " M. Thomas. James A. Learn. a farmer of Yarmouth township, is suing Mrs. Edward Did- dle. of Port Rowan, for breach of promise of marriage. The plaintiff nl- leges that the engagement arose from an advertisement: of hit for a wife. which was answered by the defendant, and so ardent were the affections which resulted that in about two months the happy pair Were engaged. Later on the defendant's present husband Ip- peared on the scene. picking apples. and was so enamored that he deter- mined to win her for his wife. Blgin Farmer New Seeks Damage- for Injured Affection; The'" . V aidd'WaNHtie rei2fi1%taiPdt,t to" an mm had reached the department, and every effort had been made to Prnt-t Can:- dian inshore fisheries on the Pacific. especidly aim the commissioning of the fisheries protection cruiser Kestrel. A claim of territorial jurisdiction in How cute Strait had formed the subject of some diplomatic correspondence. and at present is in an unsettled state. CHARGE AGAINST A CRIPPLE. under, our TORONTO DID NOT GAIN HER BAND. KING OSCAR QUITS. .ion. .5 H 'tfg,tli.il,i)j, 'THEIt ROUTE. m1 FMS?!“ ry, who all Dil- 'tr hil ither. 15453» The Damnrn was built in (SI-mow for the South American line in 1885. and was acquired by the Fume“ line two years later. She is a vessel of l.779 tons gross and H45 net. For the past eighteen years she has hem em- ployed almost entirely in the Liverpool trade. She carries a crew of twenty- seven. ter. pruoner--The more I get the bet.- The Judge-It is a little difficult tar know whnt to do mu: I ma like you. The prisoner--" like prison better than I do “when: else. The Jatre---You III: for twenty yea-f pend oeuitude. The peu_onerr-ror, life; give it to no tor life; then 1phail have a. bone. The Judge-None of us in this world get all we " for, um! I unnot gratify you, but you will get I quarter of what. you at for. The pei-r-Alive it to no for life. The Judtre-Doit atamt chattering there. 1trrt/ttrherorehreattrrasam. hat you will In. tire years' you! act- the shore up to this evening. that in charge of the first offieer. When they got away from the ledge it was only for a moment or so that the Damon remained m sight. and the people in the boat did not know her fete. the snow and murky darkness concealing her completely as they pulled off. (in they pulled, but the tempestuous sea and the breakers made a landing precarious. and it was not till this afternoon that the shore mm rearhed, and this " I point miles away from the unrest tele- graph office. For eight or ten hours they had been exposed to the. cold. which Wttr not much above were. and 'eros.'; 1rnieett men were bully exhum- I?; \:\it they were hospitably looked Cl 'wt by the people in the farm houses. 1i,l,l"t, in their half-perished condition . “‘y found themselves.’ The boat in I huge of Capt. Gorst, with its eighteen 1etiplt'. had not reached land when the man who brought the news of the wreck had left the landing plum for the Mllsquodolmit harbor telegraph station. At midnight no new: had been re- ceived of the missing boat. The one containing Capt. Gorst and those with ithree pasengers were in this, boat, two men and a woman. The wind is blowing fiercely on shore. to-night. and it is freezing hard, so that there is little hope that they are living. Those in the boat which landed in the afternoon were badly frozen, and so exhausted that they had to be hauled out of the boat. There is no doubt but that the steamer has foundered. as she was flli. settling when the boats loft her. Thin tragedy, there seems no room for doubt- ing. means the loss of a staunch steam- ship and eighteen lives. Wrecking steamers are leaving llnli- fax for the Mutuptodoboit ledges in the hope. of being able to render assistance either to the people in the captain'- boat or in the hope of salvaging the steamer. They have no knowledge of the Damam’s condition. beyond the hue fart that when the ehief officer’s boat left the wreck the steamer was still visible, and there is very little hope for her. The prisoner m moved tron tho dock “chiming loudly, “link. it teat air, give If. ten." The mow was so thick that it was not possihlc to two more than the ship‘s length, and the captain hardly knew where he was, oxen-pt that ho was on a lee shore with a terrible easterly wind raging a fearful sea. With grcut difficulty the two boats were launched and started in the direetion of the land, several miles distant. Only one of there boats' had reached Halifax, N.S.. Feb. 11-11: a blinding snow storm at 3 o'eiock thin morning, and far out of her course, the Fume“ Line. steamer Damon. from Liver- pool for Halifax, via St. John's, mu, struck a ledge at Pleasant Point, oft hiusquodoboit harbor, fifty miles east of Halifax, and she was soon abandoned by the captain and crew, who with three. passengers who were aboard. left in two boats. One of these, con- taining eighteen peope, war in charge of Capt. J. D. Gorst, and has been given up for lost. The first officer took charge of the second boat, and with him were seven persons, one of them a passenger. When the steamer struck the ledge the first thought of Capt. Gored was to reverse the engines. This he did, but it was found that the. water was making very fast in the hold. and it seemed certain that if the steamer went into deep water it would be only a matter of a few minutes when she would sink. The enginm were stopped, and after a hasty eon- sultation abandonment was decided upon. Capt. Gorst, With One Mat, Remained by Ship. Fourteen Missing From the Ship. on the Rocks Twenty Males East of Halifax. 1)jiul [031.