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day morning In London the rush of enlistmeni in the Unite or navyy, continues betw fifty English and Irish diers having applied for the United States comur Great Britain has see coup in China, a Bri having got a bâ€"year c4 enormous coal and iro: miles by 40 in extant. Robt. Chapman, who was with the Foot Guards at Queen Victoria‘s marâ€" riage. and who served through the eatire Crimean campaign, died recentâ€" Iy at London. & Fortyâ€"ons lives are t been lost by the fire in liety in Leicestershire. The report that th steamers Umbria and been sold to tbhe United Actingâ€"Mayor Hubbard, of was interviewed by> a depu Uaited Empire Loyalists on They desired to have fiags : the civic buildiog on May ist‘s day. Flags will float public buildings in Ontario, Minister of Education has ders to the teachers to ins pupils in United Empire I av. At s special meeting of the St. Thomas City Council a byâ€"law _ was passed granting the Board of Educaâ€" tion $386.000 to rebuild Central and Balaclava Street Schools. A byâ€"law to gnnit a bonus of $20.000 t o the Lake be & Detroit River Railway will be submitted to a vote of the ratepa yâ€" mro s 2 devee 1 ud s Ceenity a man named Geoghegan $~40 damages for injuries receissd while employed by the Graad Trunk, but as the verdict @80 admitted that Geoghegain could Meredith gave juigment for the comâ€" pany. There was deposited in the Postâ€" Office Savings Bank, of Canada, during March, $236,077, anad withdrawn $247,â€" 179, leaving a balance on hand of §$15,â€" 522912 on the 3ist March, compared with $15.534,615 on the 28th Fabrnuary Lorenzo Stevens, a London bailiff, went to seize an organ at Mrs. Marâ€" gret Piper‘s house. Someone poured iling water on his head. Mrs. Piper was arrested and balled. General Manager Hays held out litâ€" tle hope of the GAT.R. interesting itâ€" self in stockyards in Hamilton. The G.TR. already carries 92 per cent. of all the cattle brought to Hamilton. Mr. L. A. Hamilton, the Land Comâ€" missioner of the Canadian Pacific Railâ€" way at Winnipeg, expects a very busy | season, particularly in regard to the work in Southren British Columbia. | Mr. J. A. Sheedy, of the Illinois | Bridge Works, Chicago, has been apâ€"| rointod master of bridges and build-; ags on the Grand Trunk Railway sysâ€"| tem. in place of William Crawford, of | London, resigned. | At H.milton. & jury sought to give Members of the Canadian posts of the Grand Army of the Republic are being invited to enlist in the United Btates army for active service or forâ€" tification work. ta the hands of a companion. _ _ The first fatel accident in connection with the reconstruction of the Victoria Bridge,. Montreal, occurred, John Briâ€" .ton lalling into the river and drownâ€" ng. Allan Robinson is in the hospital at Kingston with afractured sakull. He was struck by a stons from a sling ta the hands of a ecommanian Three million whitefish fry are beâ€" ing placed in Lake Huron, near Point Edward, on the Canadian side, by the Bandwich fisi hatchery. Mrs. Mary Sloan of Hamilton was given carbolic acid by her daughter in mistake for cough medicine. She is in & precarious condition. One of the C.P.R. surveying parites on the proposed new line from Toronto to North Bay has reached a point withâ€" in eight miles of Barrie. A Hamilton deputation to Montreal complained of discrimination in passâ€" enger rates aguinst Hamilton in fayâ€" or of Toronto. A ihe Ringston Board of Trade fayâ€" ours the plan of harbor improvements for Montreal to be made by the Dominâ€" lon Government. Ihe management of both, the great railway systems at Montreal deny that there is any trowble with tho telegraphers. _ The Kingston Board of Trade fayâ€" Work has been commenced on the first factory to use electric power deâ€" veloped on the Canadian side of Niagâ€" ara Falls. A Coroner is investigating the s'up- posed murder of Geo. Bayard, an elâ€" derly Fremchâ€"Canadian, near Montreal. The Molsons Bank, Monimnl. startâ€" ed their $125,000 stons biock on Hastâ€" ings street, Vancouver, on Taesday. Passenger rates to Alaska from Vanâ€" couver have dropped, the fare to Dyea and Skaguay being now §25. CANADA, Wheat reached the remarkable price of $1.12 at Fort William. Canada‘s trade returns show an exâ€" eess for the current year of $38,715,904. The cornerâ€"stone of the new Canadâ€" lan Pacific Railway buildings at Vanâ€" eouver was laid on ‘Tuesday. Unteresting Items At ut Our Own Countcy Whyees cce * We m y â€" Tmmir temiiay do,»â€" T4E VERY LaTEST FROM ALL THE WORLE OVvER. it NEWS OF 1t W GREAT BRITAIN _applied for enlistment at States consulate on Monâ€" Vreat m. se United sum' ‘.“' All Parts of the Globe, Comdeused ang Assorted for Basy Reading. ives are thought to have the fire in Whitwicw colâ€" n ias secured a decisive & _ & British syndicate 60â€"year concession of an and iron deposit, . 250 isdo of applicants for United States army s between forty and lrifh sailors or solâ€" "°°°00 has given orâ€" bers to instruct the Empire Loyalist subâ€" the Cunard line and Etruria, have nited States is denâ€" Ontario, and flags flu;t-ev(‘l'“;x‘; May 18, Loyalâ€" float over the deputatiunro'f' 28th February . of Toronto, Tuesday the 4 Farmer Near Imkville Hangs Mimseif Whiic Despondent. John Gillerlaine, a farmer of Elizaâ€" bethtown. near Brockville, was found on Wednesday evening by his son hanging from the rafters of the hayâ€" mow, cold in death. He had been deâ€" spondent for some time, and commitâ€" ted suicide with a strap. â€" An inquest was held this afternoon, and a verdict rendered in accordance with the facts. Gillerlaine was 57 years old, and leaves a widow and family, n dedition. . y e s y lowey CPnat the wutbhorities expect that | l‘his first move after destroying the | |spanish fleet, as he has been directed | | to flo, will be to take a port and when | Ukis is accomplished, to institute the . proposed blockade of Mamsilia and other | ports of the islands. It is appreciated \by the authorities that Commodare | Dewey will eventually run out of coal, | | but there is a great quantity af this ; fue! at Manilia for the use of the Spanâ€": isir ships and it will probably be capâ€" tured and employed for the American yessels. If not. there is a probability | | that this Government will lighter it from the United States. In any event, i it is appreciated that the Asiatic squadâ€" ron will require additional ammuniâ€"| tion, and orders ‘have hbeen sent to con~ | tract a large quantity for it. â€" This will be placed on a freight boat, and the first duty of the cruiser Charlesâ€" | 8 torn when placed in commission will be to convoy the supply ship to the Philâ€" ippine Islands, t Oiherwise the United States Asinatle Squaâ€" dron May Run Short of Coal, A despatch from Washingtan says : â€"Deptived by the neulrality proclamaâ€" tions issued by Great Britain and China SUICIDED WITH *niri0f1¢ speech of Premier sagnasta in , the Spanish Cartes, A despatch from Madrid, says:â€"In the Cortes on Monday Senor Sagasta, the Premier, replying to question as to whether there was a Minisâ€" terial crisis, in . a highly _ paâ€" tiotic speech that was loudly apâ€" plauded by all parties in the Chamber, deciared that the Government, respondâ€" IMG I0G MAUbLC Dotrintiam â€" inwanone a1.I MANILLA MUST BE CAPTURED Patriotlc Speech ut <Gilinhitiactntralitsasindca s d M 1. i ol 120.A sA ed, has been trying to purchase guns elsewhere in Germany. She has not been able to secure any yet, as the Govâ€" ernment looks askance at all such propositions. T It is stated in Berâ€"lin .that Spain, unâ€" able to wait until her orders for guns :‘5 Ifrupgs cannon factory are executâ€" Subject to further regulations, the governor of Shan 8i Province, China, has granted a concession to an Angloâ€" Italian syndicate to work the coal and Iron deposits in that province. A Berlin paper gives currency to the statement that Spain is negotiating for & loan in England, offering England a tenure of the Philippine Islands until the loan is repaid. 10° report that exâ€"President Crispo of Venezuela has been killed in batâ€" tle with the insurgents is confirmed. Prime Minister ;VFeline, of France, in & preâ€"election speech at Remiremont yesterday, eulogized the foreign policy of Fran”. The President of the Haytian Reâ€" public, and that of Santo Domingo, have agreed to submit to the Pope their hOundnry dispute. A decree published at Viemna, on Wednesday, forbids the importation of American fresh fruits,. The action is the result of the San Jose scale scare. _ Operations of the Angloâ€"Egyptian forces against the Dervishes have been suspended until July. Exâ€"Prime Minister Crispi who reâ€" cently resigned from the Italian Chamâ€" ber of Deputies has been reâ€"elected. Am attempt has been made to assasâ€" sinate the Nawab of Dir,, near Chitâ€" ral, India. All vessels arriving at St. John‘s, Nfld., report rough experiences in the ice fields. . Hayti will not help Spain in procurâ€" ing supplies. Spain has no coal in Hayâ€" ti. CARLISTS PLEDGE SUPPORT Thos. Mead Bram, the murderer of Captain Nash of the barkentine Herâ€" bert Fuller, was again proved guilty at Boston. The verdict carried with it the words, "Without capital punishâ€" ment," under a law enacted since the first trial. of absence on full pay to all city emâ€" ployees who enter the volunteer army. The New York Board of Aldermen unanimously adopted a resolution on Tuesday requesting the heads of the various city denartments to grant leave wbo'a.yn the 7e_a'£;Eo"w-ifl--;(;t }J'E'Ee' debts. thing to her lawyer, Horatio C. King, a freight boat, and the cruiser Charlesâ€" n commission will be ‘ply ship to the Phiilâ€" GENERAL. $100, 000 ®ent to Spain For War Purpos s by Francis Joseph. The Vienna correspondent of the London Morning Post says:â€""Emperâ€" or Francis Josephh privately contributâ€" ed £20,000 to the national naval subâ€" scription in Spain, and has further shown his sympathy by recruiting | a gumber of Austroâ€"Hungarian officers to join the Spanish flag. The Archâ€" duke Eugene has gone to Madrid to stay with the Queen Regent during this critical period. Austria maintans the strictest neutrality, but I am inâ€" formed from the best source that in the event of a kevolution in Madrid the Austrian forces will be at the disâ€" posal of the Queen Regent. The Emâ€" peror is determined that her Majesty shall have the banafit \af his #.11... RpiGilaty wteliientts ns ractathy y dPh a ds 85 1A 2s 8Â¥ the Suez canal, and English channet so as to make prizes of any of these yachts that may attempt to pass th use sele _ There is a great deal of ta}fiabont keeping a sharp lookout for yachts baâ€" longing to American nillionaires, which as the Imparcial ingenuously says would be worth capturing, as those in the Mediterranean alone at the present time. represent the value of many millions. Specially signalled out are the Valiant, Margarita, Sultana, Nabhma, and Arcturus. Swift vessels beâ€" longing to the Spanish navy are to cruise about the straits of Gibraltar, fhn fl||n1 LLCs EoS z. P A through 3, | Letters of Marque to be Issuedi and Two 6 Thousand Spanish Yessels Will Go Inâ€" )â€" to the Privateering Trade. .| A despatch from Madrid, says:â€"Letâ€" r|ters of marque are to be issued by k ’ the Spanish Government. This step has \', been contemplated ever since the posâ€" ;jsibility of war became apparent. The ,| decree officially announcing the Govâ€" 1 ernment‘s decision appears in Saturâ€" ~| day morning‘s Gaceta, which says that :‘ in accordance with its undoubted right the service of auxiliary cruisers is about to be added to the naval torces! of the country. This auxiliary service | is composed of ressels drawn from the | merchant marine. The decision is hailâ€" | ed with satisifaction by the population . |in the Spanish ports and coast towus.,’ It is estimated, though it is difficultl to say upon what grouna, that in & | | vyery brief period between one thousâ€",‘ I!aml five hunired and two thousand | corsairs can be equipped | ready forf | scouring the seas in search of contraâ€" | | band of war destined for the L’nited) | States. [ | Much indignation is expressed hars | ENY WE NOREE mc Arsivatns B p: Mss3 SA cA over the capture of the Buena Ventura, which is said to be contrary to the usages of war, hostilities not bhaving been openly proclaimed before the vesâ€" sel was taken. ’ ‘"There has been some silly newsâ€" paper talk this week about Lord Salisâ€" ’bu.ry's illness having been diplomatic in character. This is absolutely unâ€" true. His illness was so real as to compel immediate rest, but never once ‘has he allowed himself to consider his retirement either from the Prime Minâ€" ’isterdhip or the Foreign Secretaryâ€" ship. He retains both positions. | ONTA Ej CARXCCCCU) _ SVUulCG 3 â€" UETUGUDHL, vuUb| patn to Prolong the War Tili Europe Is 1 | mainly a naval t.ri/u,mpih.ShBy pecugmg Involved, these _ concessions in ansi, or 4 1 Salisbury and Sir Claude MacDomald,| A 4¢8PAtch from Madrid says :â€"The , |the British Minister at Pekin, have|General tone of the evening papers _ | shown dlt).he r?ainh{w of ;ihle'[t:quc{h‘,tfthe‘ bears out the opinion last cabled; that ‘j‘open door,‘ for they did it in e face | ; ; a | of the most active opposition of lhx.s-‘sl.]f v:“l“fvm bels lon,g. s As, flonor sian diplomacy at Pekin, aided by | 1 v.e a, leader of the dissident Conserâ€" France. _ With a bountiful supply of | vatives, has said, Spain has already ‘ ttfe Igslt d:ua.l on the ap:)lt,. Gc&at Briâ€"| lost the material advantages resultâ€" | tain holds a trump card im the comâ€"| ; + mercial game in the North Pacific. NDE from the possession of Ouba, but ITALY IN IT. will fight to the last on the question "It is not a little significant that in | °f Maintaining the flag, preferring to. the pursuit of this policy of the ‘open | fight America openly, rather than Amâ€" door‘ Lord Sawlisbury _ solicited, and | erica secretly fomenting Insurretâ€" obtained the active diplomatic supâ€"| tion. The result of defeai, Senor Silâ€" port of the Italian Government, while | vela says, will only mean a loss of what it is notewartiby that Charles Rudini, ' has already gone, since Europe would son of the Italian Premier, is himself Dot allow an army of occupation in a member of the syndicate, and is now | Spain, pending the payment of war inâ€" in Sbhansi. In connection therewith demnity . Lord Salisbury, who is expeoted back| The Conservative leader adds:â€""It |again at the Fareign Office from the daily becomes clearer that America has South of France in â€"restored health, | bilundered into a war that will be disâ€" himself initiated the diplomatic negoâ€" | astrously expensive to ber, whatever | tiations which resulted in this concesâ€" ' the outcome. The fault lies with the sion. Their success doubpless proved | Jingo papers in urging American statesâ€" the best possible tonic after the in-,‘men beyond the botunds of reasonable : fluenza, from which he now has almost | demands of good government â€" for ] completely recovered. DCm ivs : i nrmial 1e Te angen ols o Cbn L of the most actlive opposition of Rusâ€" sian diplomacy at Pekin, aided by France. _ With a bountiful supply of the best coal on the spot, Great Briâ€" tain hholds a trump card im the comâ€" mercial game in the North Pacific. hameits 1e ye 5C MEbsal E_vo” the benefit )of his fullest a sixtyâ€"year concession of the enorâ€" mous coal and iron fields 250 miles by 40, in the Shansi province. The value of the concession may be gaugâ€" ed by the fact that Baron vyon Richâ€" thofen estimated that the anthracite alone from it would meet the coal conâ€" sumption of the world for over 2,000 years while the British railway now under construction through this reâ€" gion gives a new artery of free comâ€" merce in Ohina, and vastly inoreases | Britain‘s hold on North China,. A BRITISH TRIUMPH. "By securing Weiâ€"Haiâ€"Wei British diplomacy scored a triumph, _ but mainly a naval triumph. By securing these _ concessions in Shansi, Lord Salisbury and Sir Claude MacDonmald, AUSTRIAS EMPEROR. | A Triumph in Diptomacy â€" A Valuable ; Tract in the Shanst Province Conecded ( in a Syndicate of Englishmen. The London conrespondent of the New York Evening Post turns from the allâ€" absorbing topicâ€"the Spanishâ€"American warâ€"long enough to wire the followâ€" ing to kis paper regarding what is goâ€" ing on in the far East:â€""The British policy of the open door, in pursuit of | which the British Government recentâ€" ’ly sought, and still desires, the coâ€"operâ€" Ia.t.iou of the United States, has this |:week made a decisive coup in North i(.‘hina. A group of English capitalists "umons whom may be named Baron Rothschild, Earl Mayo and Mr. Causâ€" ton, ‘the last of whom is associated with Cecil Rhodes in the South African Chartered Company, calling _ themâ€" selves a Pekin syndicate have securâ€" ed, after a long diplomatic tussle beâ€" tween England, Russia and France, BRITAIN HAS SECURED GREAT COAL FIELDS IN CHINA. HOLDS THE TRUMP CARD. SPAIN‘S INTENTIONS. TORONTO expressed here Sn En $ C CA ies 4. 22.+s,..2h 1 111 week one or two cents a loaf. The bakâ€" ers state that for some tims the price of flour bas not been compatible with the price of wheat, nor the price of wheat on a par with the price of n w Montreal Bakers Aunounce an Increase Commencing This Week. The price of flour having gone up 35 cents per barrel, the Montreal bak. ers :vill raise the price of bread this _and making Matanzas the base of ’America.n operations in Cuba. It is also _ supposed that _ Rearâ€"Admiral Eampson desired to judge of the qualâ€" ity of the Spanish gunners, and to give his men something to do to relieve the weariness. The mystery regarding the movements of the Spanish menâ€"ofâ€"war is still unexplained. The secretaries at the Spanish Embassy, interviewed on the subject, ridicule the statement that the squadron at Cape Verde is delayed by lack of coal ; first, because for a long time the Spanish vessels have been particularly well fitted out, not. only with coal but with food and all kinds of warlike material; and, seâ€" cond, because St. Vincent could supâ€" ply any required quantity of coal. Spanish Embassy Denies That Ships are Foreed to Stay at Cape Yerie, A despatch from London says :â€"the bombardment of the Matanzas fortifiâ€" cations is regarded here as a preliminâ€" ary to the landing of American troops , Mr. Geo. W. Smalley, cabling to the London Times from Washington, gives ! his impressions of a further conversaâ€" tion with President McKinley on the subject of the relations between Engâ€" land and the United States. He adds practically nothing to his summary of the impressions received at the preâ€" vious interview ; but Mr. Smalley says : â€""The idea tha«t in some way there may some day be coâ€"operation on A great scale between England and the United States is not striunge to him, President McKinley. It is too soon to say anything definite on that subject, but here, as in England, some such conâ€" ception of the future dawns upon the American mind ; and the President‘s mind is American, preâ€"eminently Amâ€" erican.*" % UP GOES THE PRICE OF BREAD |_ The generael opinion among Spaniards is that America has coveted Cuba from the first. A better balanced opinion, held by a few, is that she wished to seâ€" cure a peaceful an dprosperous Cuba, owing to mutual commercial interests, but that, this obtained, the American Government could not withstand the "Jingo wave" which has swept the counâ€" try. It is argued that the war must be disastrous to the true interests of the United States. Spain intends to proâ€" long it "until Ewropean interests are involved and the powars are compelled to intervene in selfâ€"defence,. or until the expected genaral conflagration of Ewrope against AngloSaxzon dominaâ€" tion is brought about." Spain‘s determination _ to set the world ablaze rather than to withdraw from the conflict dishonored, is very marked. |TZM900!y expensive to her, whatever _’the outcome. The fault lies with the | Jingo papers in urging American statesâ€" ,‘men beyond the botuunds of reasonuble demands of good government â€" for iCuba America is justified on that point, but not beyond it." ANGLOâ€"AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP The Conservative leader adds:â€""It daily becomes clearer that America has blundered into a war that will be disâ€" astrously expensive to hbher, whatever ‘ After & reference to the "execrable conduct" of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, the note reproduces the text of the resoâ€" lutions of Congress, underlining the last words, "as intended to deceive the Cubans." lt is then predicted that the Island of Cuba will not be declared pacified until "it is ready for annexation.‘" Furthermore, the note . gives the details of the rupture of the negotiations between Spain and the United States, concluding with the following declaration:â€""The Spanish people await the attack with tranquil serenity, decided to sell their lives dear, and to defend energetically their right to remain in America, confident that in this work they will have the assistance of the Cubans, who are Spaniards like themselves." . Smalicy Snys Coâ€"Operation on a Creat sScale Will Some Day Come in the reason is so evident on one part and the outrages so undisguised on tha other. Spain has on hber side right, correct procedure, and prudence ; while the United States has on her side only disloyalty and the impulse of unbridled ambition .‘ Continuing, the circular note says :â€" "History presents few instances whereâ€" Spaitn‘s Note to the Powers REcgarding the War With the States. A despatch from Madrid, says:â€"The Spanish Government on Monday sent a circular to the powers supplementing its circular of April 18th, and expresâ€" sing regret at the "hard necessity of being compelled to appeal to force in order to repe!l the scandalous aggresâ€" sion of the Tnited States, and defend the national dignity and historical inâ€" tegrity of the fatherland." A NO LACK OF COAL. WILL SELL THEIR LIVES DEAR. SET THE WORLD ABLAZE. Li 0 _ CCC °J ow a«15ence of interest in the question of the hour. The poor people are sick of the Cuban war, and do not care a rap for Cuba. There is no evidence of the public exâ€" citement which animated German on the eve of war with France. !‘Yrom comversation with Senor Castelar I gathered that the Republicans will soon come to the front and reâ€"elect him President. Continuing, Mr. Bigelow _ said :â€" ‘*While crossing the peninsula I was in constant intercourse with every class of Spaniard, including soldiers bound for Cubas. Throughout my three weeks‘ trip I was daily struck by the absence of interest in tlhe question of the hour. Tlhun c rukree ceuniuecdis old ie e N00 RMe T New York on board the North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm â€" der Grosse from this port on Wednesday was Mr. Poultney Bigeciow, who goes to enlist in the cavairy. â€" Mr. Bigelow says the soâ€"called patriotic demonstraâ€" tions reported daily from Spain reâ€" present no public opinion worth menâ€" tioning. He adds that they are limitâ€". ed to a few large cities, Madrid, Barâ€" celona and Cadiz, and are little more than a popular explosion of the minâ€" ority, the constituted Government ofâ€" ficials and others being afraid of havâ€" ing their loyalty questioned. A despatch from Southampton say s: â€"Among the passengers who sailed for The Masses in Spain Rick of the Whote Business, _ Attention is now leing centered on the course of Austria. _ Her delay in declaring neutrality causes no maâ€" terial incomvenience, as Austria has no ports at which Spanish ships can take refuge, but is discloses that Ausâ€" tria‘s strong tendencies are with Spain, owing to the dynastic relations beâ€" tween the thrones of Austria and Spain. ult., yet Great Britain declared neuâ€" trality with unusual promptness. The effect of Great Britain‘s speedy action was to force the United States fleet, to leave Hong Kong, while the effect of Portugal‘s delay has hbeen to permit the Spanish fleet to remain at the Cape Verde islands. Thus, speedy action in the first case was harmful to Amâ€" erican interests, while delayed action in the second case was equally harmful to Americaninterests. _A despatch from Washington says : â€"The apprehension as to Portugal‘s attitude was considerably removed on Thursday by the call of Viscount de Santoâ€"Thryse, who gave strong assurâ€" ances to the State Department that Portugal would remain strictly neuâ€" tral. _ Although Portugal explains ber delay on the ground that the declaraâ€" tion of war was not made until the 24th ‘ Is Her Representative Gives Assurances to the Washington Government. |be used as transports for the conveyâ€" ance of the first military expedition to Cuba. The names of the boats are the Olivette and the Florida, of the Plant line, now in the Gulf ; the Southâ€" ern Pacific Company‘s steamer, Arâ€" anzas, the New York and Texas Comâ€" pany‘s vessel Comal, now at New York, and the Malamo, now en route to the Gulf, and three fine ships of the Bosâ€" ton Merchants‘ and Miners‘ Line in Baltimore, the Allegheny, the Berkâ€" | shire and the Decatur Miller. The price | paid for these vessels is from $10,â€" 000 to $15,000 for the 30 dayy for which they are engaged. They will be takâ€" en charge of by the quartermasters at the earliest possible moment. General Shafer, in command of the United States troops now concentrated at New Orleans, has been in consultaâ€" tion with the officials as to the exeâ€" cution of plans for the campaign, but the orders given to him cannot be made public. Big Vessels Engaged by the United States For Thirty Days. ’ A despatch from Washington says : A rather striking sign of the imminâ€" ence of the invasion of Cuba was the chartering on Thursday by the War Department of the eight largest steamâ€" 1 ers, of an average capacity of about’ 2,000 tons and above, to carry from 500 to 1,200 passengers each. These are to’ ~| ping to 20 cemts per ton. It is said | | this increase is about 800 per cent., the ~| present rate being about 8 cents per ton, and that nearly the entire burden, |of the 800 per cent. increase falls on ‘| the transâ€"Atlantio shipping of Great _| Britain, Germany, France, and one or | two other commercial nations. A leadâ€" ing diplomatic official stated on Thursâ€" |day that, roughly speaking, the Atâ€" lantic trade, is carried on by about. 100 American steamships, and about 4,000 British, French, German, and othâ€" er foreign steamships, so that the hea.vy tonnage tax would be practicallly inâ€" significant as against American steamâ€" ships, while it would be very enorâ€" ous against foreign shipping. A transâ€" Atlantic liner of 10,000 tons, he said, would pay, at 20 cents per ton, $2,000 every time it entered an American port. Thus far, however, no official action has been taken on the subject by foreign nations, and it does not scem likely that such action is possible, as the heavy tonnage tax is considered a ‘ war expedient which foreign shipping must bear so long as they use Amerâ€"| ican ports. There are intimations, howâ€" || ever, that it may have the effect of f diverting shipping away from Amerâ€" q ican ports to Halifax, Montreal, and other Canadian ports. In other resâ€" |! pects the War Tariff bill attracts litâ€" | t tle attention abroad. 7 NO CARE FOR CUBA. It Will Drive Shipping to the Ports of Canadaâ€"An Increase of 800 per Cent. Foreign Governments, through their representatives in Washington, are beâ€" ginning to show much concern over that feature of the War Tariff bill, now before Congress, which increases the tonnage tax on transâ€"Atlantic shipâ€" CHARTERED AS TRANSPORTS PORTUGAL NEUTRAL. THE TONNAGE TAX. Canadians Attempt to Rauilse a Raitalton in Chicage. ’ A despatch from Chicago, sa vs A committese composed of G. A. Bayvn»s late major of Montreal Garrison Arâ€" tillery; D. N. Campbell, Jate of ths Canadian Mijlitia; and W. L. 1. Holmes late of the Queen‘s Own Rifles, Toron to, bhave called a meeting of Canadians who are in sympathy with the U nii»i States in the present war, and are willing to volunteer their services and to form a Canadian regiment, to 1=â€" semble .:‘tho s.t::;nu house fm( the pu” Cm ZAUION The object is to raise ?bz:tg:l?:n comâ€" posed of mu'&o(hwgfim tb;ro are upwa cago, beâ€" sides large numbers in St h:f. Minâ€" neapolis, and other cities. TO FIGHT FOR THEUNITED sTATES A bll providing for insuring â€" the lives of soldiers and sailors by the Gov ernment will be introduced in ths United States Congress early this week, It is the intention of its promoters io push it energetically. This â€" measurs provides a& gdepartment of insurance, and a policy is to is issued . to eaci soldier when he enlists, This policy will provide that a certain amount, not yet determined upon, shall bs paid to the beneliciaries named in <the policy. It will also provide amounts to be paid in cases where injury has been received, according to the n=â€" ture of the injury,. No premiums ars to ie paid on these policies, which 1r« to be issued in lieu of any possihble claim the insured may have in ths future for pensions. 1t is believed by promoters of the bill that the insu: ance plan will prove much more <a(is factory to the soldiers, and sailors, an d to the Government, than the pension plan, and that it will greatly increase the number of willing volunteers in case the Government shouid need the services of a large body of troops. P momiliiin t scctanrtiatnt i tnsls Ah se s 1 _of view of naval and military expedi+ ency. it has been understood th«i the port to be selected would be Babia Honda, or one of the other harbouwrs to the eastward of Havana and without the trocha. The news of the reduction of the batteries of Mantanzas by Adâ€" miral Sampson‘s fleet may, however materially affect the plans of the War Department. _ The possibility of Maâ€" tanzas being made the base for ths first land operations was considerabl # discussed here at present. A despatch from Washinyton, sa ya â€"Brigadierâ€"General William R. Shatâ€" er, arrived in Washington on Thursday night, and spent next day in consulâ€" tation with the officials of the War and Navy Depurtments with regard to the erpedition which he is Lo lead to Cubs as soon us possibie. 1t has beon determined to land this week ua body of 195,000 reguilars at a port to be deâ€" clded upon as available from a point welF c aclpuccca‘ k â€" 5 ' The Invasion of Cuba SOLDIERS TO LAND THIS WEEK. m | The wark of dredging the basin is siill S in progress. The Board of Burveau 1: Chiefs met toâ€"day to begin the conâ€" pâ€" |sideration of the plans for three now râ€" | battiemhips authorized by the Nuval f Appropriation bill, and progressed so z far that circulars will be sent out toâ€" . | morrow inviting bids from the sbigâ€" â€"| builders. ‘The vesseis will be in Lhe main very similar to the battieshjip lllinois, now building _ at Newport News. They will be of about 12 500 displacement, 75 feet beam, 23 1â€"2 feeat depth, 16 knots speed, will bo covered » |with heavy armour, and armed wiith 13 and 6â€"inch guns, in addition to nuâ€" merous secondary batteries. ; MATANZAS BATTERIES PooR. General Fitzhugh Lee srrived here |late on Thwrsday after a ten days‘ visit to his family in Virginia. The general shared the keen public interest in the shelling of Matanzas. He bad visited that city frequently, and was familiar with the lay of the land and the «eâ€" fences. He said the baticries were |antiquated, and were not likely to offer any formidable resistance. _ General |Lee will call at the State Department ’w-morrow morning. _ Being still an official, he asked to be excused brom discussing the war situation, and w as 'very reticent concerning his prospeoâ€" tive appoiniment as majorâ€"general The French Embassy has received a cable despatch from the Foreign Office at Paris announcing thai a decree of neutrality between the United biules and Spain has been issued, eand that a detailed copy will be forwarded bay BiH lo be Introduced an the Uniied Atates Cougress This Week, DOCK FOR BIG sHiIPS. ’ The Port Royal dryâ€"do«k according to official information will now hbe ag~ cessible to Amarican warships, even the biggest of the fleet, should they meet with accident duwring the camâ€" paign. ‘The report from the construsâ€" tor in charge shows that the entrance to the dock is now @redged and clear, gress will come to the relie{, as the d.opartment is still in need of uuh“unl vessels. The news of the safn a» rival at Liverpool of the big American sail» ing ship Shenandoah was gladly receiy. ed at the department, ‘haustion of the $50,000,000 wur fung It is confidently expected tihai Conâ€" 'nm New Baitieshipsâ€"General Lee sap the Batteries at Matanzas Were Auy. ‘ quated and Not Yory Formidabic, A despatoh from Washing:on, says; â€"The Navy Depattment has completoly ceased its purpchase of ships for conver, sion into war vessels, owing to tnh» ex» FIFTY MILLONS SPENT IN LIEN OF PENSION CONGRESS MUST APPROPRIATE MORE MONEY FOR WARSHIPS Decided Upon. plans of the War ssibility of Maâ€" the base for the was considerablg ut Once Has Booa Dee; in del qpuart c wopoll wht .‘ strOT s ber tos tny se theis divini the en edly, and ther overa The clear £rays Ing straight into bamed of the du tng 0n otier, Onse Cl that « "An an what dr« ous of th plusd . _Fes,. 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