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%4 While the members of the Stratford Congregational Church were passing a sympathetic war resolution the pastor of knox Churech in the same city was denouncing such acts as being contrary to ths neutrality laws. The Manitoba & Nortbâ€"western Railâ€" way Company are seeking to be relievâ€" ed oftheir liability to the Manitoba Government, and purpose to hand over sulficient of their land grant to cover the amount due the province. The st. John N. B., City Council has granted the Canadian Pacific railway wil the land required for the enlargeâ€" ment of the grain elevator to one milâ€" lion bushels capacity, with conveyors to five steamship herths. sufficient of their land grant to cover l A Hong Kong cable says the steamer the amount due the province. Esmeralda, chartered by the banking Hamiton bas purchised a Pitts roil.| companies, has gone to Manilia to er for $3.300. said to be no better than : bring away the specie there, as trouble one sold to Galt for $2,730. The t,-ms_i is apprebended. @ction threatons to preveat the passâ€"| The French society for the assistance Ing of the permanent roadways byâ€"law | of wounded soldiers has donated $10,â€" for the expenditure of $150,000. [ 000 and has opened a subscription for The Grand Trunk authorities have| the purpo e of ailing the American and decided that all advertisements of paâ€" ' Spanish Red Cross Societies. C. W. Graves, Canadian agent of the Wis. Central Railway, has been ap pointed traveling freight and passengâ€" er agent of the Great Northern Railâ€" way, with beadquarters at Toronto. a position formeriy held by H. McMickâ€" en, now of the London. England, ofâ€" flce of the Great Nortbern. GREAT BRITAIN. The mail steamer Ireland. said to The Fire Underwriters‘® Association bave presented Hamilton with an ultiâ€" matum calling on the city to improve the water service or pay increased inâ€" surance rates after J‘:ne . The MacLeod Gazette says: An Inâ€" dian nomed Carrier died suddenly at the Builbead of heart disease this week. Kome $20,000 in bonds and mortgages wre reported to have been found on his person. The Grand Trunk authorities have decided that all advertisements of paâ€" tent medicines and other notices must be cicared out of the railway stations and only railway announcements and time tables must adorn the walls. In view of the war between Spain and the United States, and the possiâ€" bility of interruption to shipping at United States ports, the Quebec Board of Trade have issued a circular to the shipping world explaining the advan: tages of Quebec harbor. About forty United States families have arrived in Toronto during the last few days in consequence of the outbreak of war. Most of them are from the EasteiA States, and severâ€" al are from Boston,. They expect to reside in Toronto or other parts of Ontario during the war. Charles N. Daly, United States Conâ€" sul at Guelph, has served The Guelph Herald with notice of a libel action. The alleged libel was contained in a dramatic criticism. The Kingston City Council has deâ€" elined to conmsider the request of the Domimon Cotton Mills Co. asking for a bonus of $50,000. The amount was conâ€" sidered too large. Mr. Bicknell, a Napanee cattle buyâ€" er. injured at the Lansdowne wreck on the (@. T. R., has recovered a judgâ€" ment for $5,000 damages against the company. The steamship _ Andrew Carnegie, Chicago, brought 250,000 bushels of corn to Owen Sound. This is said to be the largest cargo of corn ever floated on fresh water. Councillior Martin: of Woodstock, plaims to have been bribed for his vote in the purchase of a steam roller. He has given the money to the Mavor. It is reported at Montreal that the 6. T. R. has commenced the construcâ€" tion at their Point St. Charles works of 25 new locomotives. A number of Italians in Toronto bave appealed to the Italian Consul for inâ€" formation as to what route they should take in order to join the Spanish Army. The report that Mr. Harris, general traitic manager of the Government system of railways, has resigned, is deâ€" med at Ottawa. Gunners Boucher and Paget deserted from " A" Battery, Kingston, and went to the States to take service in the American army. James Lawson, collector of customs at Fort Erie, has been appointed speâ€" clal officer to enforse the alien labour law there. Several London young ladies were badly injured in a runaway, the bus in wh;lrh they were riding colliding with a pole. The Council of the Toronto Board of Trade has passed a resolution favorâ€" ing an export duty on nickelâ€"copper ores and matte. The falling off of the Klondike rush bas caused a material reduction in the sost of packing over the passes. Galt councillors have asked the Govâ€" ernment to investigate the manner in which licenses are issued there. The Dominion line steamship Ecotsâ€" man is the first ocean vessel to reach Montreal this season. Montreal contemplates purchasing a farm near the city as a home for pauâ€" pers and beggars. The lailway Committee gave assent to the Liil chartering the Toronto & Hudson Bay Railway. The H., G. & B. Railway sharebolders at Hamilton have decided to issue deâ€" beutures for $20,000. Frenchâ€"Can.dian« in Massachusetts are returning to Quebec. A rich gold find is reported from the vicinity of Rat Portage. Montreal refineries advanced the price of sugar by oneâ€"sixteenth cent per pound. Galt â€" contemplates purchasing its waterworks plant. Montreal has reduced the tax on bicycles from $2 to $§1. CANADA. The Manitoba Legislature bas proâ€" rogiued in NB O 1 W THE VEKY LaTEST FROM ALL THE WORLE OVER. micresting Items About Our Own Country, Great Britain, \ie United States, and Ail Parts of the Globe, Condensed end Assorted for Easy Reading. It is announced that the Argentine Republic will publish a decree of neuâ€" trmlizl during the war between Spain and the United States, but it appears The Persian Consulâ€"General at Antâ€" werp. a big diamond merahant, states that the business in his line, with the United States has been entirely susâ€" pepded. A great number of cutters have thus been thrown out of work. The sealing steamer Ranger arrived on Wednesday, at St. John‘s, Nfld., with 6,000 seals. Her crew bhad to be kept at the pumps for three days to keep the ship afioat in the storm. The season‘s total catch will be about 300,â€" 000 seals. s The â€" American line steamer New York, which has been chartered by the Unitad States Government arrived at New York Sunday morning. As soon as she was moored all hands were paid off. The crew immediately _ resigned for a period of twelve months at the cutrrent mercantile marine rates _ of wages. Out of the arew of 420 on the 8t. Louis only seven refused to sign. All the Bessemer pig iron producâ€" ers of the Central West huve agreed to bank their furnaces for thirty days out of the three months of May, Jun», and Suly. A $25,000 assurance has been given by every interest, about 18 in all. Ihe latest advices from Porto Rico are that the excitement there is inâ€" creasing, and the prices of food are adâ€" vancing, Steps are being taken to preâ€" vent the flight of refugees. There is talk of a revolution at Mayagues. Out of 34 storms which reached the French shores in 1896, all but 3 were foretold by the central meteorological office. The Vienna Fremdenblatt says the torpedo manufactory at Fiume decliinâ€" ed to supply Spain because it had a pressing order from Japan. Spain according to a despatch from Rome to & London news agency, bhas bought the Itwlian Navigation Comâ€" pany‘s steamers, Siric, Orione, and Reâ€" gina Margherita for conversion, into auxiliary cruisers. Many Greeks are presenting themâ€" selves at the United States Consulate at Atbhens, seeking enlistment in the United States forces. The cruiser Charlestown is in bad shape at sun Francisco. Her condensâ€" ing tubes were injured by the recent earthquake, and it will be necessary to secure new ones from the east beâ€" fore she will be ready for service. Ecuador is raising a fund toaid Spain in the present war. Baron Ito the Japanese Minister of Commerce. bas tendered his resignaâ€" tion. which bas been sccepted. Count Kaneko will succeed him. Philadelphia â€"was gayly decorated with flags on Saturday, and it was noticeable thet in a number of instâ€" ances the British flag found a place in the display while here and there was the flag of Cuba. Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn. of United States War Department, has isâ€" sued a statement that only a limited number of newspaper representatives will be allowed to accompany the army. The city â€" almhouse, located three miles west of Oswego, N.Y., and conâ€" taining 33 male and 19 female inmates, was gutted by fire on Tuesday. . The loss is estimated at $25,000;, insured for omne baif, No one was injured. The vessels St. Lovis and St. Pau) and Harvard, lately New York, have been fitted with armour protection over all their exposed machinery, and bhave already received good batteries. The application of Rev. _ Morgan Wood of Qll?oromo, formerly of Detroit, for chaplaincy in the State troops, i8 on file with Adjutantâ€"General Irsa, of Michigan. Orders have been issued closing Portâ€" land harbor from 8 p.m. to 4 pm. Paâ€" trol boats will also be on duty outside during the day to guide vessels safeâ€" ly into the harbor. (Governor Hastings, of Pennsylvania, will issue a Colonel‘s commission to John Wansamaker, who has offered to equip a regiment at his own expense. Chicago Knights of Pythias have orâ€" ganized one thousand strong to go to the front. Sixteen hundred policemen also voluntesered in that city. The House of Representatives hbas | proposed a bill permitting the purchase of supplies for the army in the open : market instead of by contract. Moslem Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Deâ€" troit bas abandonmed its proposed visit to Rameses Temple of Toronto, owing to the war. A United States Government official has made arrangements to purchase 5,000 horses in Canada for war purposes if needed. The Standard National Bank at 2§:d and Madison avenue, New York, 8 closed its doors. i1 454 Two murderers, Fred Rookwell a Patrick Banya were bhanged at Ridgeâ€" way, Pa., on Tuesday. Forty thousand men have already volunteered in Massachusetts. The suspension of the firm of Sherâ€" wood, Thompson & Company, cotton brokers, of Tiverpool, is announced. This firm operated throughout the Southern States under the firm name of John Sherwood & Company. UNITED STATES. Fifty thousand Californians bave alâ€" ready voluntesered for service. have been purchased by the United States, has been forbidden to sail from Kingstown, Ireland. Germany threatens to retaliate beâ€" cause of Great Britain‘s denouncement, at Canada‘s request, of the Angloâ€" German treaty. The London Times says:â€"‘"Our symâ€" pathies, on the main question, are with the United States, as they are beld to be in the right. But, on the matâ€" ter of form, we are not so clear Of unanimous.‘" Mr. Josepbh Charaberlain announced that the Alaskan boundary dispute would be referred to arbitration. Hse added that in the meantime a modus vivendi may be agreed upon. GENERAL The Schooker Crown Lost off Stâ€" John‘s Newfoundland. A despatch from St. John‘s, Nfld., says: The schooner Crown, Captain Linehan, was lost off here on Wednesâ€" day, and her entire company, 11 men, all married, perished. The dflutar has created intense sorrow here. The cause of the disaster is not known.; The .rsling steamer Terra Nova has arrived here with 20,000 seals. sir Thomas H. Sanderson Said to be Sue cessor to Sirt Jullan Panncefote. A despatch from London says:â€"It is reported that the British Ambassador at Washington is to be succeeded by; a ?_igh official of the British Foreign Ofâ€" ice. Sir Julian Pauncefote‘s successor is said to be Sir Thomas H. Sanderson, K.C.B., K.CM.G., the premanent Unâ€" derâ€"Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, one of the most experienced diplomatic officers in the British serâ€" vice. Spanish Spftes Accused of RBeing Responsi bie for the Ontrage. A despatch from Washington says: â€"Spanish spies are understood to be responsible for the recent explosions of powder mills in California. Official reports made to the War Department, present the strongest kind of circumâ€" stantial evidence to this effect, and as a result the authorities of all branches of the Government, who have been keenly alive to Spanish treachery for some time past, have redoubled their vigilance. Recent explosions of powder mills in various parts of the country are generally understood: to be the work of some person comnected with the Spanish Government. The first of these explosions occurred in the Caliâ€" fornia powder mills situated near the town of Santa Cruz, Cal. Near this place is an immense monastery that is entirely occupied by Spanish Jesâ€" uits. in iooking into the cause of the sudden destruction of the mills, the War Department was able to get the strongest cirecumstantial evidence that the explosion was the work of two of the inmates of this establishment. The closest watch is now being maintained upon the monks, and it is not improbâ€" able that some steps will be taken to send them all out of the country. " The battleship Pelayo, and the cruiser Alfonso XIHI. have izft their anchorâ€" age in the bay and gone to the dockâ€" yard. The cruisers Patriota and Rapiâ€" do are preparing with all speed, and all are expected to sail together. Caâ€" diz is overwbelmed by the news of the Philippine disaster, the lost crews numâ€" bering many Cadiz men." A despatch to the Daily Chromicle from Cadiz, dated ‘Tuesday, says:â€" Queen Regent Only Waiting for a Suitable Moment to Quit Spain. London, May 6.â€"The Vienna corresâ€" pondent of the Daily Telegraph says: â€"‘" Apartments have been reserved at a hotel here for the Queen Regent of Spain in case sh earrived before apartâ€" ments have been prepared for hber in ber brother‘s palace. Telegrams from the Austrian Ambassador at Madrid, Count Dubsky, indicate that the Queen Regent is only waiting for a suitable moment to quit Spain, without detriâ€" ment to the interests of her son." | As to the point where Spain will strike, the authorities are totally unâ€" able to say, New York is considered in a very good condition to resist atâ€" tack, but this is not the oase with the New England cities and with ports along the Bouthern coast. Captain Ww. P. Duvall, military aide to Secretary Alger, has been inspecting the defences of Boston and other New England cities for several days. It was to preâ€" vent Spanish privateers from ravaging the northâ€"east coast that the cruisers Columbia and Minneapolis were sent to petrol duty there, and the mobilizaâ€" tion of the northern Fatrol squadron at Provincetown is with the view of having a naval force handy to resist an attack on any of the northâ€"eastern ports. Instructions to the commandâ€" ing officers of the auxiliary cruisers Yankee, Prairie, and Yosemite require them to join the flagship San Francisâ€" co at Provincetown without delay. Their crews will have gun practice on the way, and will be given as much training as possible. Besides Commoâ€" dore Howell‘s squadron, the ports will be defended by great guns, and Generâ€" al Merritt will improve the fortificaâ€" tions as much as possible. Spanish _ Fleet Expected to _ Aftack United States City, A despatch from Washington says: â€"There is excellent authority for the statement that the Administration beâ€" lieves the Spanish menâ€"ofâ€"war now on their way to western waters will apâ€" pear at some port on the coast, and atteript to do as much damage as posâ€" sibie, and when this work has been completed, to sail with all speed to Porto Rico, and if necessary to fight their way into San Juan. The Imparcial of _ Madrid says:â€" "All the world now knows that Ameriâ€" ca tried to bluff Spain by war threats which she is unable to fulfil. America, on being called, shows a wretchedly weak hbhand. Its real strength is exâ€" actly knownâ€"five ironclads, two belted cruisers, three unbelted, the fastest and most powerful cruisers, and tweive other cruisers. All the rest are theâ€" atrical supers." certain that the Government wil reâ€" serve absolute liberty of action in reâ€" gard to coal. BLOWING UP POWDER MILLS. THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR. BOSTON MAY BE BOMBARDED. ELEVEN MEN DROWNED. ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO THE SPANISH FLEET READY TO LEAVE To this the soldiers replied Bi"?i‘}'i:‘; a volley. One rioter was kille RIOTERS FIRED ON BY TROOPS. A despatch from Rome says:â€"Durâ€" ing & bread riot at Piacenza on Monâ€" day the mob threatened to attack the refecture and Town hall, and stoned the troops sent to protect the puildiags. Rearâ€"Admiral Kirkland has received telegraphic communications from the War Peparitment to provide the necesâ€" sary provisions for 2000 men for four months. The army authorities in California bave been given full power to obtrgin the necessary transports for the troops. â€"I am informed that the bids for these transports have already been presented by several steamship comppnies on the Pacific coast. From a high official source here 1 have information that the situation in Madrid is exceedingly serious. _ Not only is the city in a state of siege but there has been rioting and firing in the streets. I have no means of veriâ€" fying the news. The Carlists are exâ€" ceedingly active, and are sending out circulars to excite the Spanish people to revolution. I have just seen a cirâ€" cular received by a Spaniard here. It holds Don Carlos up as being the only true patriot in _ Spain, and freely attacks the Government for treachery. It says that the moment for revolution bas come. More Men to Be Sent From San Francisco to Manita. A despatch from Washington says:â€" Active prepirations are being made in the Adjutantâ€"General‘s Department to arrange for the troops which are to be sent to Commodore Dewey in holding the Philijpines. It has been definitely decided thit a large body of men: will be sent from Frisco to Manila. Alarming Reports at Gibraltar of Assassâ€" ination of Members of the Cortes. A despatch from Gibraitar, says:â€" Most alarming rumours are prevalent here regarding the situation in Madâ€" rid. It is reported that Campos Moret has been assassinated, and that Premâ€" ier Sagasta has sought refuge in the British Embassy from the fury of the mob. Belteves the U. 8. Cause Just and That the Americans NWWHl} Win. A prominent Englishman who beâ€" lives in the justice of America‘s cause and who is also of the opinion that the United States will certainly have a walkover, is Lord Wolseley, the comâ€" manderâ€"inâ€"chief of the British forces. During a dinner party conversation the other day. _ Lord Wolseley drew a parâ€" allel between Cuba and Crete, saying: â€"â€"‘"While England interfered in Crete on moral grounds, the United States bas both moral and material justifiâ€" cation for intervention in Cuba. _ I believe the quality of the American army and navy is so much superior to Spain‘s that the Americans will have no difficulty in defeating Spain‘s ships and land forces, which are their equa‘)s ar superiors on paper only." Rearâ€"Admiral Camara has been apâ€" pointed commanderâ€"inâ€"chief of the reâ€" serve fleot at Cadiz, The fisherwomen who broke out against the Octorio dues at Gijon, re ceived the most determined assistance from the tobacco girls. Together they sacked several bakeries and burned all the octrio offices, with all the papâ€" ers belonging to the foreign ships loadâ€" ing in the harbour. The civil guard was hotly stoned at the prison. and the mob marecbed off with the iron bars of the gaol, When the troops appeared, they were bhotly stoned, replying with fire and wounding many. The mob then attacked the Government buildâ€" ings and smashed the windows. The troops again fired, this time from the balconies, and wounded many; but the womenr kept on throwing stones. offices. Buildings Sct an Fire and Officials Stoned â€"A Mob Shkot Down, A despatch from Madrid, says:â€"The situation in the provinces is unchanged, and everywhere the dissatisfaction is growing, especially over the prices of bread. In the town of Aguilas, the Province of Murcia. a mob, mostly composed of womem. burned the storeâ€"houses and "All the elements of a long civil war in Spain are unfortunately becoming visible. The Government and the Libâ€" eral party are popularly hated as beâ€" ing responsible for the war. The Reâ€" publicans possess no durable chances of success. The Conservatives and Carlists are the great parties of the future, and some of the Conservative groops are gravitating toward Carlism. The economio question, however, will come to the front first, for hunger canâ€" not wait." Another Reverse Like That at Cavilc Wonld End Jt. The Madrid correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph says:â€"*"Those who are best informed as to the Govâ€" ernment‘s view, allege that if the Spanâ€" ish arms suffer another reverse like that at Cavite, the Government would informally request the great powers to lend their services to arrange the best possible terms of peace. Many Liberals consider that Spain, having maintained her bonor and justified her chivalry, can afford to yield to superior force ; but it is doubtful! whether public opinâ€" on would approve this line of action. I am assured that the Government would be content to cede Cuba to the United States, but would not pay inâ€" demanity, because unable. _ Wellâ€"inâ€" formed politicians here regard the war as pracucallg terminated, and that toâ€" ;zzu'd the end of May it will become hisâ€" ; » Phagpithin REVOLUTION IN MADRID. WAR PRACTICALLY OVER. WOLSELEY‘S OPINION. TROOPS FOR DEWEY. RIOTS IN SPAIN. A Satire Written by Br, John Arbuthnot _ Dr. John Arbut hnot, one of the many. royal physicians to whom the Scotch city of Aberdeen has given birth, was the author of John Bull‘s being Alâ€" most forgotten now by all but the eruâ€" dite, who remember him as the intiâ€" | snate of Pope and Swift. Arbufhnot ‘ christened the British nation in bulk ‘ as Jonn Bull in the political strife inâ€" cidentai to the dismissal of the whig Ministry of 17i0, when the able and avaricious Marlborough saw the beâ€" ginning of the decline of his brilliant fortunes. Trampâ€"Hem! Goodâ€"mornin‘ mjum, Nice dog you bhave, mum.; wi‘u d‘ye call him !f Housekeeperâ€"He‘ll go to you withâ€" out ralling, quick as lfiou t,hh chain, Admiral Sumpson to Attempt to Setze the Conling Station, A despatch to the London Daily Mail from Key West, sent by way of Tampa in order to escape censorship, asserts of positive knowledge that Rearâ€"Adâ€" miral Sampson‘s fleet will steam at full speed to â€" Porto Rico, either to destroy or to occupy the coaling station as & naval base before the Spanish squadâ€" ron arrives, and then put to sea and try to engage the Cape Verde fleet. "John was quick and understood his business very well; but no man alive was more careless in looking into his accounts or more cheated by partâ€" ners." "For the better understanding the following history, the reader ought to know that Bull, in the main, was ar honest, plain dealing {fellow, choleric, boid and of very inconsistent tempâ€" er. He dreaded not old Lewis, either at backsword, single falchion or cudgâ€" el play; but then he was very apt to quarrel with his best friends, especially if they pretended to govern him:; if you finttered him you might lead him like a child. John‘s temper depended very mach upon the air; his spirits rose and fell with the weather glass, "Tne History of John Bull" was a satire on the political events precedâ€" ing the treaty of Utrecht in 1718, written by Arbuthnot. In 17}#% he was created physician extraordinary to the Queen in recognition of his services in saving the life of Anne‘s busband, Prince George of Denmarck. He had beâ€" come the Queen‘s confidential medical attendant, a position of no mean imâ€" portance at a time when so much deâ€" pended on the succession to the crown, and he was closely in touch with court life. HOW JOHN BULL GOT HIS NAME The Destructor returned to Algeciras Saturday evening, but was out again at five o‘clock this morning, keeping up the same sharp patrol work as hereâ€" tofore. This is prohably on account of the expected visit here of a merchâ€" antman bound to the United States, While the report published Saturday is probably without foundation, that the German fleet is going to Manilla with orders to prevent the blockade of Manilla it has aroused naval sentiâ€" ment still more, and there is not a navâ€" al officer here who would not like a good lick at them. They see again in Germany‘s present aititude the hatred of England. They consider that the greaten link toâ€"day of America and reat Britain is the Kaiser‘s bitter batâ€" red of both nations. But more often than any other bhave I heard the opinion that this is only the beginning of great international complications which England bhas foreâ€" seen for some time past, and for which bher navy is so thoroughiy prepared Then England‘s lot nust necessarily be with the United States and when the time comes she will be found tuned up to the concert pitch,. The word of Lord Wolseley, talking of the militia being called out in case of need for foreign service, is much talked of as an indication, INCENSED AGAINST GERMANY. The steamship San Ignacio de Loyola has arrived here from Cadiz. having aboard crews which took the Hamburgâ€" American line steamers Coiumbia and Normannia, purchased by Spain. They were transferred to the ship Bayer, bound for Bremen. The Channei squadron in all its glory â€"six firstâ€"class battleships and eight cruisersâ€" glided into anchorage hbere Eaturday afternoon. It was a splenâ€" did sight. The ships arrived in double line, and the crowds witnessed the mathematical precision ofb their moveâ€" ments. 7Wh.;never may be their ideas on the technical procedure ofi the United States, on general principles they side with Ametica as & sister nation. The epinion of one of the most uble_iu that war could bave been avoided and the same results obtained bhad America given more time, and that this matter is going to be more troublesome than the United States imagined, the Spanâ€" iards baving the lixed intention of drawing it out, knowing that every day is enormously damaging the Unitâ€" ed States. SPAIN VICTORIOUS AT FIRST. Anotber officer, of almost equal imâ€" portance said, but not to me, that he thought the Spanish would be victoriâ€" ous in the {irst one or two encounters. When asked the reason, he said :â€" "Because they are excellent sailors, and understand the bandling of their ships per.ectly." some British Naval Oficers of Migh Ran i Express This Opinion. &A correspondent at Gibraltar, teleâ€" graphs the following: During the last few days I bave had many oppOrâ€" :unities of obtaining the views of sevâ€" »ral naval officers upon the present crisis, and in the c days naval officers of high position are often placed in sitâ€" uations where immediate decisions of vital importance have to be taken, so ‘Inally they become better judges than trained diplomats. Their opinions may be summarized as follows:â€" EUROPEAN WAR MAY RESULT. OFF TO PORTO RICO. A; WISE DOG. Bo this is the house you thougbt would suit us, is it ; said Mrs,. Perâ€" kasie to her bhusband, who had hbeen looking for a new dwelling and who had brought hber to see one which be had selected. Yes, this is the one. Well, then, jt‘s too small. It‘s a g'a deal too tmll.. I tell you Mr. rkesie, z .l_ ':o_n‘g _be cribbaged, whe Thoar in the United Ktates Have Proved the Least Serious, The largest fire of the year I8H7 was what bhas come to be known as the A|â€" dersgate street fire in London, the damage from which variously estimatâ€" ed at first, has been put officially at $10,000,000. _ Ten million dollar fire» are very rare nowadays in countries equipped, however imperfectly, with apparatus for the extinguishment of fires, and in the Ugpited States confiaâ€" graiions of such dimensions are prac* tically unkrown. in former times, however, such fires were not so rare, and what is known as "the great New York fire" of 1835, involved a pecunâ€" iary loss of $30,000,000, which repreâ€" sents, of course, a much larger amount being probably greater at that time, relatively, than would such a fire toâ€" and moreover, the system of insurâ€" ance being such that by the failure of a large number of companies the insured were practically left without any compensation for the losses which they sustained. The number of buildâ€" ings burned in the great New York fire, which started in what was thep known as Merchant street, in the Wail street district, was 700, and it was not the firemen who put a stop to it, but the United States sailors who came over from the navy yard and blew up a number of buildings. No wreckage could have drifted ashore since then, because the wind has been off the land, and no steamers are due from Halifax or Sydney beâ€" fore toâ€"morrow night which would be likely to sight either of the combetâ€" ents if the firing was a battle. ing rockets, but the discharges were too beavy and too rapid for that. ‘Then it was agreed that probably there was a naval battle in progress. A LARGE STEAMER. "About 4 o‘clock Saturday afternoon a number of Trepassey people saw a large steamer in the offing. They beâ€" lieve it was a warship,. She was twoâ€" masted, with two funnels, and high in the middle. Bhe was about eight miles off shore, going slow, and bound west. The reason for supposing her a warsbhip was her slrange appearance, as compared with the ordinary passing tramp steamers, and also hber bulky look amidships." CONFIRMED BY ANOTHER, In Saturday night‘s cannonading from 50 to 60 shots were fired. The teleâ€" graph operator at Cape Race, which is 15 miles east of Trepassey, confirms the report of the Trepassey operator as to the firing of guns between 10 and 11 Saturday night. He asserts that the firing was heard by both himself and his brother. The weather was not foggy at the time, but only bhazy, and there was comsequent!ly no need ol @ steamer firing because of any danger on that score. â€" This operator said the firing lasted about 10 minutes, and that the shots were too heavy for rockâ€" ’w-- There a Naval Battle ?â€"The Firing O@ceurred on Saturday Night and sun ‘ day Morningâ€"A Stroange Vessel Sighted. A despatch from Bt. John‘s, N{ld., says:â€"The telegraph operator at Treâ€" passey reports mysterious cannonading off that port Saturday night, as folâ€" lows:â€""About 10 o‘clock Saturday night beavy firing could be distinctly beard in the bay south of Trepassey, lasting about 15 minutes. The shots came very quickly after each other, seme being very loud and bheavy, sufâ€" ficient to cause the houses here to tren.â€" ble. Others again, were short, sharp, as if from lighter pleces. Further can nonading was bheard before daybreak on Sumday. This lasted about 20 minutes. Crowds of people, aroused by the first fussilade flocked to the water‘s edge The first impression was that some steamer in distress in the bay was firâ€" gAY THEY HEARD FRING, MNYSTERIOUS CANNONADING HEARD IN NEWFOUNDLAND. EKE ogJrertEp NOTABLE FIRES. confined in such a lit sini.ing contenl tutor sooths an »ing his hand in . the while. 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