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«¢ A receiving order in bam®kruptcy has been made against the Roberts Billiard Company. Ibe liabilities are vput at £©10,000. The partners are Beberts and The British Government has decided to spend $12,009,000 in buying sites and erecting buildings for the great pub is departments, including a new War Office. * England bas sent the *o: stroyer Rocket to Halifax to North American squadrop. It is said in London that the Earl of Elgin is desirons of resigning the viceroyship of India. £ Dominion Analyst McFarlane has isâ€" sved a bulletin giving the result of his official examination of condensed milk and fertilizers The bulletin will give many cases in which condensed milk offered for sa‘e was found to be preâ€" pared from skim mi‘k instead of whole milk, with an addition of sugar to give it body and appearance. It is likely the department will take action against the parties offering this adultâ€" erated milk for sale GREAT BRITAIX. Mr. James Payne, the English rove!â€" Ist, is Aying. The severe storms and cold weather continue in Great Britain. Great Britain is not. it is reported, plotting for the absorption of Hawaii. t The next session of the Supreme | Court will tbe hbeld on the _ third ’ of May rmext. In connection with apâ€" | peals to hbe heard during the term. | notices have tbeen posted to the effect | that the last day for filing cases is | April 12 the last day for filing printed | factums 16th April, and the last day | for inscribing appeals for bearing is" April 18§, ; Mr. E. &A. Macdonald is bringing gult against the directors of the Torâ€" onto Street Railway Company. chargâ€" ing them with having obtained their franchise by bribery and fraud. and asking on behaif of the "ity $9000,000 damages. An orderâ€"inâ€"Council has been passed. frovlu'ing that those persons who o ain leases for dredging for minerals in the rivers in Manitoba and the Northâ€" Mest must ta"e out free miners‘ certiâ€" ficates the same as on the Y ukon. who left the seutumn. Montre=! has asked the Government l to establish an infantry school there. | The Allan Line has given a contract / for another steamship designed by . the St. Lawrence route. ) A deputation of the Railway Trackâ€" | men‘s Association waited on Superinâ€" | tendegt Williams of the Canadian Pacâ€" Iflc, at Toronto on Wednesday to ask ; for an increase in wages. ‘ Police inspector Talbott, of Bradford, | Eng.. has arrived at Halifax to take ; charge of Hall, the emlezzler of that city, who was srrested two weeks agol @so his arrival ({rom England. i Prosecutions â€"arain=t smugglers are in active progress in Nova Scotia. A | United States Consul Gerneral has been ; dismissed by President McKinley in | connection there .ith I Rise, the coal not hemg u;jur;d in the process. Bir Roderick W. Cameron, of West Alberta Was sent to the Ontario Deâ€" partment of Agricuiture, asking for 2500 young cattle, preferring Ontario stock. City Engineer Barrow of Hamilton bas demonstrated that coal can be used with success for the filtration of sewâ€" The eight Italian laborers from Butâ€" falo who were arrested for working on SunJay in Toronto, were fined in the Police Court on Tuesday. A reduction of ten cents per thousâ€" and feet has been made in the pr'ive of gas at Hamilton, the nominal price being $2, with a 30 per cent. discount. The Toronto Board of Trade Council bas appointed a special committee to consider and report on the question of an expert duty on nickel matte. While hunting near Hamilton James Findlay picked up a portion of a tooth of a mastodon weighing about five pounds, The Yukon military expedition will be brigaded at Ottawa about the midâ€" dle of April and sent forward from there after inspection. Dogle, alias Sullivan, tried on a@ charge of murder at Nelson, BC.. has been found guilty and sentenced to be hanged. The berd of Buffalo at Silver Heights will be shipped to Banff National Park ahout the end of Apnl. The centralization of Wabash railâ€" way freight crews in St. Thomas will Iincrease the population of that city Hall & Co., bankers or Holland, Man bave assigned. The Saw Bill mine, near Port Artbur, has closed down. One dollar Dominion notes, raised to Lives, are in circulation at Winnipeg. Rome London ladies intend urging the Aldermen to adopt the curfew byâ€" A number of aldermen, it is said, favor municipal control of the street rall way . Intowsting Items About Our Own Count CGreat Britain, the United States, => All Parts of the Giobe, Condensec a; Assorted for Easy Reading. t EKS 1 t NSE [E VERY LATEST FRO! ALL THE WORLD OVER. CANADA. the #orpedo deâ€" join the ng | _ Cuban insurgents on Saturday night r. dynamited the iron railroad bridge g. neir Madruga Province of Matanzas, ir |partly destroying the structure. id | _ A suspicious case, believed to be sickâ€" 00 ness caused by the plague, .lms been digâ€" | covered at Jeddah, Arabia. The pilâ€" ne | Erimage to Mecca has been commenced. rd | The Czar has authorized an increase pâ€" | of over $2,000,000 yearly for six years, n : in addition to the present specia! grant ct | of over $60,000,000, for naval purposes. 19 / _A heavy southerly gale cleared the d | Newfoundland coast of ice on Sunday. Y | This will allow the sealing steamers to !3 | prosecute that industry with some proâ€" | spect of success. "â€"|_ The firing of a dynamite cartridge "; in the Hasard coal mines near Liege day. In reply to a statement that the United States might retaliate the Preâ€" mier said that the United States would make a bad mistake in resorting to reâ€" prisals, since the United States was the first to protect herselft with bigh duties. Sheâ€"Yes, that‘s what you men vally do under the circumstances Eht Heâ€"The sight of an old schoolmate isâ€"erâ€"â€"wal!, it migbt be called both meat and drink. The bill to incorporate the Customs duties on pigs and pork products was adopited by the French Senate on Tuesâ€" The Newfoundland Government has introduced a persion _ bill retiring Chief Justice Sir Frederick Carter. of the Supreme Court of the colony, now i.':,.\l,’..i\s 80th year, with a salary of caused an explosion of coal gas. Twenâ€" ty miners were killed. The Japanese parliamentary election returns sho v that the two parties will hive about equal strength and that some fifty neutrals will nrohably hold some fifty neutrals the balance of power Plague regulations have been orderâ€" ed at Cairo against arrivals from Jidâ€" dih, where thres deaths from the plaâ€" gue bhave occurred. It is rerorted that the French exâ€" pecition sent against Bossiris in Madaâ€" gascar has met with a serious reverse, losing six officers and 1099 men. Amloyna. a town on the island of Ambona, one of the Malacas, was comâ€" pletely destroyed by an earthquake, Fixty persons were killed. Radical Italian deputies demand that exâ€"Premier Crispi be tried on the charge of complicity in the Bank of Naples sceandals. Meet and drink. On Monday 20 cadavers were dis covered nmrya creek in the outskirts of Guamabacoa, a suburb of Havana. Russia has vithdrawn its demand of the Sultan of Turkey for tha’83,500,- 00 arrears of the Russoâ€"Turkish war indemnity. The Panama Railway Company has offered its men an increase of wages and ended the strike. A report that Japan has requested Russia to evacuate Port Arthur finds credence in the Japanese press. having recorded bogus inquests on which he collected about $2.200. Floods are doing great damage in Inâ€" diâ€"na. Ohio and Pennsylvania, Dayton, Ohio. is in great danger and the northâ€" ren portion of the town is completely under water, Pittsburg, Pa., is a great su‘ferer, and fears are entertained that the flonl will be as great as in 1884. Bridges are being carried away at miny points in these States. GENERAL. Admiral Zopoff, aideâ€"deâ€"camp of the Czar. is dead. Austria has decided to withdraw ber troops and warships from Crete. There were 1,259 deaths from the plague at Bombay during the past . week. . 87 n# l2 ies Po Nsntc ~A tw Aite P Aotainti | have been landed at Wrangel for Glenâ€" | ora and Teslin Lake, consigned ,to Yankee traders who will establish | themselves at these points. ' 1 The Philadelphia water works scanâ€" | dal was aired in court Wednesday. One | alderman confessed to taking a bribe, another was accused of the same ofâ€" fence and two others with offering the bribes. The whole affair grows out of ths ordinance offered in counsil to lease the City Water Works to the Schuy!â€" } kill Valley Water Company. Edward B. Coombs, a former coroner of Brooklyn, N. Y., was, on Monday, sentenced to one year and seven months imprisonment in the penitenâ€" tiiry, and also to pay a fine of $1000, for malfeasance in office during his term as coroner. There were 49 speciâ€" fic charges in the indictment of bis test to Washington against the acquitâ€" tal of Sberiffngfurtin. and the deputy sheriffs of Wilkesbarre, Pa., who were charged with shooting a number of striking miners, including Austroâ€" Hungarians, at Lattimer on September 10 last. Puget Sound merchants bhave stolen a march on Canadians in connecâ€" tion with the Yukon trade. Eight comâ€" plete stocks for general supply stores A Southern Pacific passenger train was held up Tuesday night at Cross staâ€" tion, California, by two masked men, who blew the express car up with dyâ€" namite. They secured one mail pouch. The Austrian Cnvarnment will nrnâ€" Julias M. Price, artist. of the Nlusâ€" trated London News, and Lionel Harâ€" ris, of the London Financial News, are at New York en route to the Klondike. William Oltostead, a farmer of Cass csounty. Michigan, bas left & will beâ€" queathing all his estate, valued at $15,000 to the Barnum and Bailey cirâ€" The Pacific Mill, at Tacoma, Wash., the largest shingle mill in the world, operated by Metcalfe & Ware, has been completely destroyed by fire. The United States Cavinet is said to have determined that the present state of affairs in Cuba must end. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, the wellâ€"known novelist, has instituted suit for divorce from ber bustand, Dr. Swan M. Burnett. The reports from all over Indiana concerning the demage done by the floods will send the aggregate loss up into hundreds of thousands. Two men who robbed a triain Goshen, Cal., secured not less $70,000. » Hogine. The former the Englisk chamâ€" pion billiard player. UNITED STATBS, The California orchards have been badly nipped by frost. THE USUAL THING neutra near than ’ Finds Selace in Mnsic, Which Soothes the ' Pain â€" He Knows tie End Is Nearâ€"Beath | of Petz. ks _A despatch from London says:â€"The Westminster Gazette referring to the healith of Mr. Gladstone, says:â€"" It is no news, we fear, to say that Mr. Gladstone‘s illness must necessarily be fatal in a comparatively short time. He asked the doctors to tell him the truth, and he was thankful when inâ€". formed that he had no chance of reâ€"| covery. His state of mind is one of complete happiness. His life goes on quietly and evenly. Music is his chief eolace. It soothes the pain. The death of a black Pomeranian, Petz, which for nine years had been a constant companion of Mr. Gladstone, has been an additional pang to the whole family. When Mr. Gladstone went to Cannes Petz was left with! the Drews, but he pined, wou‘!d not eat, and was returned to Hawarden the day Mr. Gladstone re®urned ; ard be died on Friday." A sealens Jnp Uses Dynamite by Way oi Rerenge. Late Yokohama papers bring details ol a crime perpetrated by a worthless ’ husband at Toyama. Kihei Asanchi seyâ€" eral years ago was a respectable farâ€" mer, but he took to drink, wasted ail lris property and his wife seoured a diâ€" vorce and the custody of her children, Then she married a merchant, by whom } _last November she had a child. â€" The spectacie of her happiness seemed tol infuriate Kibei. He went to his former| wife‘s parents, and tried vainiy to have them intercede for her return to him. Then he appealed to the woman, but she refused. Filled with rage, he deâ€" | termined on revenge. He made a bomb | of dynamito that he had secured while | engaged on engineerinz work, and then called on his former wife. He sent his youngest child on an errand, evidentâ€" !y moved by love to spare its life, and then lighted the lomb, and flung it at his wife. She held her baby in her arms. The head of the child was crushâ€" ed. and it was killed instantly. The mother‘s hands were almost torn off at the wrists, and her legs were terâ€" ribly mutilated, but the vital organs escared injury, and the Coctors think she will recover. The murderer escapâ€" ed, but was captured. |_ ‘"The weakest went to the wall durâ€" ing the night, which was terribly tryâ€" ing upon buman beings on an ice floe, the cold chillsd one througbh and through. I believe the storm continuâ€" ed Tuesday. becauso we bhad it here, amd the steamer could not reach the \men efther. During this evening ind night others perished, hunger being added to the cold. On Wednesday !whun the steamer was able to start ‘to pick up the remmant of the men, [few of these were able to help themâ€" | selves, Another night would have | caused the death of propably all on the \ lost the most men. Only the master ‘of the watch would have a compass. The crew were unable to find him any more than the ship with snowdrifts | blinding their sight during the night, |and feared to move about, because a ‘false step might send them through | fissures in the ice into the ocean, probâ€" | ably (?rowning them. The men, fearâ€" |\ing to move, lay beneath the shelter ‘of ice hammocks, where many were | overcome by intense cold and perished. \Others were smothered to death beâ€" ‘neath snowdrifts, being unable _ to ‘maintain sufficient vital energy to struggle for life, * THE OWNER‘S STATEMENT. ‘| Walter Baine Grieve, owner of the ‘\Greenland, gives out the following ! statement concerning the disaster:â€" ‘|‘‘My opinion is that the Greenland ‘| met with the misfortune on Monday. On Sunday night a heavy gale raged |ail along the Atlantic seaboard of the |island, and reached the northern latiâ€" 'tuaie, where the Greenland was cruisâ€" ing Monday forenoon. â€" Being froven | solidly in the floc, she sent bher crew | out on the ice, perhaps 10 or 20 miles, "in search of seals. The crews are usually divided into three watches or ’ companies. â€" Hor whole crew being 210, | she would have sixty men in each ‘watch, thirty remaining aboard, the officers, engineers, stewards, and deck \bands. Each watch carries a bag of ’bread and a kettle for boiling tea.. | When the storm arose, the men, scatâ€" i | tered over the flos in parties of two or | three, {Jrobably tried to make for the ship. My belief is that the first watch | which started worked farthest away | from the ship, and is the watch which All of the frostâ€"bitten men now aboard the steamer are suffering terâ€" ribly, having been without proper medical attendance. From the circumâ€" stances of the disaster, it is feared that other steamers have suffered in a similar manner. 48 MEN PERISHED. The members of the crew who were on the ice could not regain the vessel, and were exposed to the terrible weaâ€" ther througbhout the night and all of the next day. Fortyâ€"eight men perâ€" ished, and between fifty and sixty were so badly frostâ€"bitten that the amputaâ€" tion of one or more of their limbs will have to be undergone by all of them. On Friday the Greeniand succeeded in recovering the bodies of 25 of the vicâ€" tims, but the remaining 23 were buried beneath the snow drifts. The Dead Number Foriyâ€"Eight â€" Sixty Others so Badly Frostâ€"Bliten That Amputation WIIll be Necessary. A despatch from St. John‘s, Nfld., says:â€"The steamer Greenland, reâ€" turning from the seal fishery, put inâ€" to Bay de Verde on Eaturday night and reported a terrible disaster. On Wednesday last, when among the ice floes, while her crew was travelling about the floes in search of seals, a great storm arose accompanied by a blinding snow, which drifted rapidly, and a severe frost DEATE ON TH® T0E FLOES TERRIBLE DISASTER IN A SNOWâ€" STORM OFF NEWFOUNDLANY. GLADSTONE is HAPPY. SsURVIVORS SUFFERING. THREW A BOMNB. TORONTO PAIDA L 11 9 haoud? _A terrible accident occurred at North Glencose on Thursday afternoon. _ Mr. Jacob Bloom runs a saw mill in the staâ€" tion yards of the Canadian Pacific railâ€" way at North Glencoe. He was engagâ€" ed in sawing a log when on of the planks caugbt in a pulley, and springâ€" ing back,. threw Mr. ‘Bloom on the cirâ€" cular saw. He was hurled a distance of thirty feet. He was terribly mangiâ€" ed. and bis death was instantancous. He leaves a family of Sour daughters and two sons, all of whom are grown dacab Bloom, a Saw Mill Owner, Mceets an Awful BDâ€"ath ar Glencee. Mrs Stewart Parncll Burned to Death a Ber Home. A despatch from Dublin says:>â€"Mrs. Delia T. Stewart Parnell, mother of the late Charles Stewart Parnell, leader of the Irish Home Rule party, was fatally injured at the Parnel! bomestead, Avâ€" ondale. County Wickilow,Saturday. She was sitting by the fire when her clothâ€" ing was caugbt by the flames, and in an instant ber garments were ablaze. Assistance was near at hand, but beâ€" fore the flames could be extinguished the venerable lady was so badly burnâ€" ed that she died Sunday evening. ‘ gun the hbhusband, his wife and two of their children, who were playing at a table. Cailliard then entered the house and cut the throat of a little girl who was in the next room. Finally he blew out the brains of a paralytic, bedâ€"ridden woman, 71 years of age. The murderer was arrested and confessed to committing the deed and a number of other crimes. A Rebber‘s Terribic COrime at Bernay. France â€" Gid Woman and Young Chilâ€" dren Ruthlessly Siaughtered. A terrible tragedy is reported from Bernay, in the Department of the Eure, France. _A robber, named Cailâ€" liard, murdered a family of six perâ€" sons there on Sunday evening. From a window of the house inbhabited by the family he shot and killed with a The destruction of their supplies at Shendy will compel them to give batâ€" tle, for which the Angloâ€"Egyptian exâ€" pedition has been eagerly waiting. News of a crushing defeat of the derâ€" vishes is expected here hourly, BRILLIANT MANORUVRE. The capture of Shendy was a brilâ€" liant manoeuvre,. as the main body of the dervishes who advanced against the Angloâ€"Egyptian forces from Shenâ€" dy, is now cut off from its hbase. and its reserve depot is destroyed. _ The dervishes who advanced against the Angloâ€"Egyptiin army are entrenched at El Hilgi, on the Atbhara river. They are suffering severely from lack of food, and are subsisting on palm nuts. Shendy was taken by surprise. The gunboats, with a battalion of Egypâ€" tians on board, ascended the Nile from the mouth of the Atbhara river. and arrived at Shendy by dawn on Saturâ€" day. The gunboats shelled the forts, and then the battalion was landed and attacked the town. The attack was made by a flank movement, and the dervish garrison was completely routâ€" ed, the Egyptians pursuing them for 20 miles. Main Body Out Of From Its BRasr and Ita Reserve Pepet Bestroyed. A despatch from Cairo, says:â€"It is officially announced that the gunboats and Angloâ€"Fgyptian troops attacked Shendy on Saturday, destroyed â€" the forts, captured quantities of grain, cattle and ammunition, and liberatâ€" ed over 600 slaves, mostly Jaalins. The dervishes lost 160 men. There were no casualties on the Angloâ€"Egyptian side. The doors were finally burst open, and the women, many of them scarceâ€" ly able to walk, were conveyed across the way and cared for by friends. A!l were iuckily got out without in jury except W. F. Howe, who was badly jammed by fa‘ling timbers. Mrs. J. N. Davis, an old lady of 75 years.and Mrs. Herman Kaiser, the latter an inâ€" va‘id, had to be carried from their wrecked homes. The property loss is enormous. Thousands of windows were broken, crockery smashed, plastâ€" er fell from walls ; the 19â€"storey Claus Spreckles building swayed like a tree in a storm. In drug stores, bricâ€"aâ€"brac houses, and all mercantile houses the loss was heavy. At the United States navy yard the loss is placed at $25,000. A great tidal wave swamped many vesse‘ls. The earthquake was confined to Northern California, and lasted beâ€" tween 830 and 40 seconds, according to the seismograph in the University of Ca ifornia. HER CLOTHING CAUGHT FIRE at the first disturbance. The occuâ€" pants, most of them awakened from sleep, were caught as in a trap. Doors, warped out of shape, would not open, and windows were jammed. While the wildest excitement prevailed within, neighbors, attracted by the crash and the screams of women and chiidren, were doing their best to liberate lhel uqurtqna.te prisoners. MURDERED A WHOLE FAMILY. ed. Five families narrowly escaped beâ€" ing buried in the wreckage by the colâ€" lapse of the tenement 445 Clemenâ€" tina street, which followed the rockâ€" ing tremor. Propped up on the frailest of supports, with practically no foundaâ€" tion, the flimsy struâ€"ture sank three feet below the sidewalk in shifting sand, and now stands ready to tumble Enormous Loss to Propceriy in San Franâ€" elsco â€" Buildings Rained. A despatch from San Francisco, says: â€"This city and a portion of the State were shaken at 11.45 on Thursday night by the most severe earthquake exâ€" perienced here since 1868, when several persons were killed. This time, howâ€" ever, ffo fatalities have been reportâ€" THROWN ON A SAW. ROUT OF THE DERVISHES. EARTHGQUAKE‘S DAMAGE. READY TO BELIERVE. Do you be‘ieve that rats have nine iives? ahe asiced. 1 do, and I believe them catmble of leating tnem all. sâ€"i4 he. For dunlicity lbere is notbing to comrare wiwh . It was not niggardliness on the part of his parents that drove him to it ; they were in very reduced circumâ€" stances, and the boy willingly walked twentyâ€"four miles to save the penny. TO SBSAVE a PEXNNYy. While driving in New South Wales, two ladies overtook a little urchin plodding along, barefooted, as if his life depended upon his speed. They offered bim a ride, and during the journey it transpired that be was walkâ€" ing from a small station known as Lawson to Valley, a town twelve miles or so distant, to procure a loaf of bread, which was a penny cheaper there. Mr. Murkleâ€"Dash it, who eould belp swearing under such cireumstanâ€" ces. I‘ve half a mind to go out and get drunk. Mr3. Murkleâ€"There now the anmâ€" mal in you is gaining full control again. Ob, why did I ever place my fair sweet young life in the keeping of " brute ! Mr. Murkleâ€"Indeed! Weil, can you te!!l me how many nice things I have said to you and the children during the past bour, how o‘ten I have laughâ€" ed. how many words of encouragement I have used, how many twinkles have come into my eyes, and how many minâ€" utes I have sat absolutely still ? Mrs. Murkleâ€"I baven‘t counted them. Mr. Murkleâ€"That‘s what I thought. Buppose you try looking out for a fe}â€" low‘s good qualities a little while. Perâ€" haps if you do that you‘ll not have so much time to keep tab on his faults. Mrs. Murkle (beginning to weep)â€" Josiah, you are not satisfied with me. You wish you were married to some other woman ! Mrs. Murkleâ€"Josiah, do you know: that you bave sworn three times withâ€" ; in an bour, that six frowns bhave croâ€"sâ€" _ ed your brow, that you bhave cpokon[ crossly to the children four times, | and that you have hitched around in | your chair so much that I wouldn‘t | be surprised if the carpet were all | worn out under you f | Russian OfMiclais CGalilty of Hribery and Corruption Take Their Lives, A despatch from Sebastopol, says ;â€" As a result of the dissovery of serious and wholesale bribery and corruption, ome bundred dockyard officials and ofiicers of the Russian Black sea fleet bave been arrested. Admiral Kojpy :off, commander of the fleet, has been disâ€" missed. Five officers have committed suicide since their arrest. One of the Best Showings That Has Reen Made for some Time. A despatch from Winnipeg says:â€" Land sales as reported by the Canâ€" adian Pacific Railway Land Departâ€" ment, for the month of March amount to about $100,000. The number of acres disposed of totals 33,600 aures. On Wednesday 4,000 acres were sold. This is one of the best showings for some time. It is rumoured in London that Japan has asked the United States to join Great Britain in supporting Japan‘s reâ€" {fusal to withdraw from Weiâ€"Haiâ€"Wei alter the payment of the Chinese war Indemnity, in view of the possibility of Russia seizing that port. N. Curzon, said Count Muravieff, the ;vai(ing officials throughout Washing» ts ns hss s on. Russiin Minister of Foreign Aff.m_rs, AN EXTERIOR EXP ION: on March 16, authorized the British * o LOS Ambassador at St. Petersburg, Sir N % resulle. briefly stated, are that * » ‘":| the loss of the Maine was due to an R. O‘Conor, to inform her Majesty‘s explosion from the outside, the court Government that in the event of China | being unable to fix the responsibility consenting to lease Port Arthur and ‘ for the explosion. The court does not Taâ€"Lienâ€"Wan to Russia, both ports express an opinion as to the character would be open to foreign trade on the Of the explosion, but the testimony goes sime basis as the other Chinese ports. i to show that it was a powerful subâ€" It is rumoured in London that Japan | Marine mine, the exact character of has asked the United States to join| Which is not determined by the testiâ€" Great Britain in supporting Japan‘s reâ€"| Mony, though the helief was expressed {usil to withdraw from Weiâ€"Haiâ€"Wei/ that it was a floating submarine mine. after the payment of the Chinese war | There were two explosions, the court indemnity, in view of the possibility | finds; the first was from the outside, of Russia seizing that port. and that set off one of the smaller e ml magazines. Hussla‘s Intimation to Britain Regardin® Port Arthur, In the British House of Commons on Thursday, the Parliamentary Secreâ€" tary of the Foreign Office, Mr. Geo. PORTS TO BE OPEN TO TRADE A Clear Understanding Believed to Existâ€" Renator â€" Hoar‘s Expected Ufteraner â€" Was the Report Excised ? A despatch from Ottawa says:â€"Priâ€" vate despatches from Washington intiâ€" mate that it is believed in wellâ€"informâ€" ed circles that a clearer understandâ€" ing exists between the United States and England than is generally imaginâ€" ed. The presence of the American fleet at Hong Kong and of a British fleet in West Indian waters is not considered an accidental coincidence, but an @VÂ¥iâ€" dence of concerted design. The trouble with Spain is being made the cover for military preparations against difâ€" ficulties that may arise in the far east, Guns and munitions of war are being rushed forward to Pacific coast cities. It is understood that Senator Hoar will in a day or two make a speech indicatâ€". ing that the United States and Great p“‘flin bave asympathetic understandâ€" Ing in regard to the Spanish and Chinâ€" ‘ ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES WHCLESALE SUICIDE, C. P. R. LAND SALES. KEEPING " TAB.® MBR vhplatststndat®v t mvatciclis ./. L2 en progressive euchre parties, Belleâ€"Did you en joy them? C araâ€"Very mucy | I‘ve Lecome Se interested tha‘ ] asn thiwing 0‘ ~earp ing to p ay euchre. - | THE FLYING SQUADRON. |_ _ The orders issued by the Navy Deâ€" partment during the day covered every branch of naval armament. The " flyâ€" ing squadron" was definitely â€" estabâ€" lished, with Commodore W. 3. Schley in command. He will hoist his comâ€" moJore‘s flag on the flagship Brooklyn next Monday. The squadron is to conâ€" | sist of five ships. Those of the squadâ€" | ron will be the crack armoured cruiser | Brooklyn, the battleships Massachuâ€" setts and Texas, and the cruisers Colâ€" umbia and Minneapolis. Other ships which are now or hereafter at Hampâ€" ton roads, will not be of the flying squadron, but wil} belong to the North ' Atlantic station, under Captain Fampâ€" son, The flying squadron is to be a small, compact fleet of the best ships inâ€" the navy for quick service at any po‘nt along the Atlantic. At the same time the North Atlantio station under Captain Sampson is to be further augmented. The cruiser Cincinnati, which left Port Antonio three days ago under sealed orders, is to report at Key West and become a part ho:f (“s‘;fi. &l:ouon'l fleet. _ The gunboat, ilmington, also en route. from Port Aantonia, will likewise reâ€" port to Captain Sampson at Key West, as wel! as the gunboat Vicksburg, now at Hampton roads. lwns based, that occupied the attention | of the Cabinet throughoui its extendâ€" _jed sessions of the morninz and alterâ€" |noon. All other and lesser subjects â€"| gave way to this foremost questipn | There was no change in the plan of | mmaking the report public and transmitâ€" | ting it to Congress early next week, |Accompanied by a brief message from _| the President. INTERCEPT THE FLOTILLA. While interest was thus centred at the White House, the Navy and War Departments were burrying {forward |their work of preparations. The adâ€" |vance of the Spanish torpedo flotilla continued to preceive the closest attenâ€" | tion of naval officers, and, while so | far as could be ascertained no definite ] line of action was determined upon the need of intercepting this fleet was urgâ€" 'ed by the highest naval authori ties, |From the standpoint of the Spanis<b 'Government this movement was not & menace, hbaving been decided upon many weeks ago. On the contrary, the Spanish Government holds that the extensive armament of the Dry Torâ€" tugas is a more direct hostile act azainst Spain than any movement of the flotilla, Instead of stoppingz the ’floti?la, the present attitude of Spain ; tends toward reâ€"enforcin> it with other | Spanish vessels, not as a menace, but [frqm what the Spanish Government |existing condition of affairs. feels is a requirement ca‘led for by the | SPANISH DEPENCEBS. _ Hardly less suggestive than the ap _prcoach of the torpedo flotilla was the information received by the highest _military authorities 1flu the Spanâ€" ish Government had burried to comâ€" pletion extensive fortilications on the Island of Porto Rico, lying just off Cuba, and the only Spanish possession in ‘this hemilanhaws. _ )33 _ _ "C, [PDUSoCAST 1t was this result,expressed in detail, and with the precision of a court deep ly conscious of its responsili iti'. toâ€" getbher with the evidence on which it AN EXTERIOR EXPLOSION: These results, briefly stated, are that the loss of the Maine was due to an explosion from the outside, the court being unable to fix the responsibility for the explosion. The court does not AFAâ€" spain Reluses to Accept the Finding â€" Testimony G€oes to Show That the Cause Was a submarine Mino â€" Court Unable to Fix ihe Responsliility for the Ex ploston, â€" Exact Character of Which Ca rnot be Determined. A despatch from Washington says : Friday was one of the most eventful days the national capital bas seen since the close of the civil war. It was a 487 of profoundly important action, of the deepest anxiety, coupled with nayAl and military activity, one step follow» ing anotber in rapid succession. Reâ€" presentative men of the Administraâ€" tion, public men in all branches of ofâ€" ficlal and Congressional life, no less thin the public in general, shared in the tension to which the situation bas been wrought. There was no effort among the highest officials, nor indeed was it possible, owing to what was clearly apparent in the developments of the day, to minimize the situation _ FINDINGS OF THE COURT. Viewed in detail, the findings of the Court of Enquiry was the most vital feature. Commander Marix, Judge Advocate of the Court of Enquiry, deâ€" livered the report to Secretary Long early in the morning, and shortly after it was carried to the White House and placed in the hands of the President. At 10.30 the Cabinet assembled, half an hour earlier than usual, and began the consideration of the momentous document. _ Even the rigid rules of secrecy which prevalled at Cabinet meetings were doubly strict in this case, and no intimation of the results reached by the court were known until 2 o‘clock, when an Associated Press bulletin gave the information to the country as well as to the eagerly ;\'flltlng officials throughout Washing» on. BATTLESHIP MAINE WAS BLOWN UP FROM THE EXTERIOR. 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