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ash, fer- rrderg and 'aya IE flf NEWS If W W THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. mm. It... Mun! Our Own Con-tn. Great Mull. the U.“ Staten. and AllelolaoMC-douudand Anon“ "r 881 It.“ CANADA. Mr. John Hench-lo of Hamilton ls dead. Berlin decided by Vote to pun-chm tho local wsterworka. Rom. F. McGlashun. aged thirty-five cmnlnitled suicide at Montreal. Philip (fampau found a pot contain- lug 81.100 on his farm near Tecumseh. Jam: Dillon of Montreal believes he u heir to the Barman) at Momma!!- Henrietta Reeves, aged 81, was burnt to death at Montreal. Thu Montreal Herald is chug“! wij-h criminal libel by Ohio! od Police Hughes. John Jenkins. 3 nix-year-old bor, Mtbs run over and killed in Toronto on NI almond-y. Two thou-sud (in hundred fo.rdt.?t wood wore dutrond by n prune hr. It Elm River, Man. The (mum Mining Co. In." ti Nana's oatmeal mills M. Wi and will double their capacity. At Brockville Cyrus Seymour, horse thief and bigmiu. was given eight years in the penitentisry. A )ouna nun named Oakley, M3990.- e-t to belong to 'loronto, was “nous” tujured on the C. P. R. a Scum. Mary Ann Blackwell, 9 years old. but the sight of her right eye u Lon- d 'tt through contact with a tire craviusr. Water meters are to be placed in Hamilton saloons. livery stables and other puma where mach water in that. the Kingston Board of Trade has "r- quwwd the Government to close the walls on Sunday only from "an. to 9 p.111. Ai Montreal Francis Donnelly climb- “ 1n electric light pole to look In the r.~rl. He touched a live wire and was otenrocuCed. At Ottawa Edgar Eagleeon. nineteen [Gal‘s old. was drowned in the Y.M.C.A. plunge bath, and a lad named Hosea w tA drowned in the river. St London the little child of Mr. 'l a): Copeland. who accidentally drunk I quantity of catholic acid on Samar- ds,, died from the elbow. 11m actor Tttomaa W. Keene was so at at Hamllton that ha had to cancel h 4 mg.ngemcnu and fl to New Tore, umm an uperation or sppendiciul " All", ’rlé'inju'm thereby. l upuin Ferguson. A. D. c. to Lord s~_.muur, who succeed: Lieutenant- wmrsl MonttromerrMoort in 'Ply tg, um. 73f tiUfiGGiii' tdroes. In British N,,rr '1 America. has arrived at Mont- the Government grant to the out! ot Ut'amu in lieu of texation on ow. ezuiuem property " the city in to be in. mined it in announced. to 860,000. “Weldon. it has been about 025.000 Pt" ennuiu. While "tuit. of the Indians from the K.sueune leech/e. in Cowichan, were in Victoria, B.C., to participate in the Queen‘s Birthday celebration, their settlement was entirely destroyed by fire anl an old woman of the tribe burned to death. (n "Ig to the [snare of arrangement; w Ul’mut Messrs. Mackenzio&.\1anu has nu ified the British Columbia Gov- at nluunl that they caunqt_ unity “out "'"r'"""". u..- -. w- . _ (you runway mtnnt with the Pro- "ace. iue it .luhu momma! men. who some mdutlu ago had on" Harry Roberts, of st George. Bermuda. an! to True en im us a suspected leper. haw. t _rwived word of his "rival home. the Tmrudie authorities finding that the man "V not afflicted with leprosy. During ftolerts' detention u Tracadio he “as not an inmate of the Laer- tttto, the JuilirUCJtticer more hav- in; suspicious that but Wt! not I genuine can»). GREAT BRITAIN. lbw Queen has granted 3 royal char- ter m the Victorian Order of Nurse- for Canada. riser Irish Local Government bill [deal the commute-e may. in the waw of Commons on 'ruowiay. the report that Great Britain had sent, 1 note to Spain, asking an explan- atum of the concontmlion ot troops in we ueignoorhood of Gibraltar ia of- " inily denied. H m performed. mime ot the ttiactt [tool in the Ni- 'sdt district are attocted with curl- . ' st, the leaves curling up and tin- .y dropping ott., It , feared the crop One hum-m1 children won hurt by the col lame of a grand and u Donut. At :uhanul‘y, Nd., Carbeld King. I mgr... aged about 18. was taken from gt " banged to a tree. Ind shot. to rue Lniwd Stuns Sum-ma Court has decidrd convictions under the alco- mvgerme law. of Pennsylvania and New Hampshiro to be iaivalid. than hold mg the lava tuwonatittstional. places. Rev. Dame! L. R. Libbey, of "agar.. Im a who has been couined to the St. lawrence State Hospital, " Ogden.- Lurg. committed suicide on and”. hanging himself in his room with g in“. (has. H. Cramp. of Philadelphia. do- nies absolutuy that thumbing truth in the reported commandos of the Emmy runway and Vision. Sons & Nasim. of Bumw-on-l‘urncu. Ens- pnny with Mn. Sherman for s tour ot tho We“. They expect to trad I. far north as Sink; Mutt, and him shout the Inst of Auarut through Call- oiriiii 1iiiciTaaiLr, at sat... will leave waataiayratthu we? it“! Tho caudihtim In manna-d on the Cramp Shipbuilding Oompuy of Psladelphu nod 'ree. Boos &s.ur- in)- Ci?!“ row on Fun“ had John Show. ungilm {scam-l: UN ITE D STATES. have bought at Winnipeg ' into ne grant shipbuilding concern. This alliance, lf perinatal. will make one ot the moat. worm! corporations of its kind on either continent. GENERAL. Thirty bodies have been recovered from the ZoUorn mine disaster In Prus- There are 40,000 tons of coal at Cathy. and will) tons more are expected this Week. One firm has contracted for 150,- 000 tons tor Cadiz. The national subscription to increase the otrongth of Spanish naval force: has now ruched twelre million peak as. 02.400300. Gustavo Bock. the millionaire Havana eigurraalrer. who has been trying to get through the blocked. into Havana tnf who is alleged to be acolonoi otSpamsh volunteers. will not be permitted to so. According to a despatch from Gibral- tar the Austrian cruiser Kaiser Fran- cis Joesph t. has arrived there. and on Friday will sail for Cuban wing“. with the armored cruiser Kalsermo Maria Theresa. The United States Government is f.on- sidel'ably embarrassed in tha sonde of reinforcements to Admiral Dewey. owing to the lack of transport: on the Pacific. and may have to impress VOI‘ sels for that service. Indolent Hell-Icy "an - llrn' “(on Vacuum-x " and The, Mit l Io armed. l A mpntch from Washington. sayuzui ‘Not until an army at 100.000 men is }thoroughly organized, drilled. and: equipped will the main invasion ot‘ .(‘uha take place. This is President. Mow .Kinley‘o decision after careful consul.. foration of all the conditions and tho Liiifi)iiit.i,i, which the army would on- !counter in attacking Spain’s strong- thold at Havana. When this army will into“ in aqurtstion which has nor yet l, been decided, but the report of General :Miles, " hen he returns from his pre- '_sent tour of inspection, may throw imuch light on the subject. It is fully Palized by the Administration thut the ': making of an effective army of 190.000 iuwn cannot be accomplished 111.3 {month}, even it . considerable portion ‘01‘ the men have had some training in "he National Guard. - CUBAN INVASION AGAIN DELAYED. Efforts are being made by the nu- thormos to provide an adequate sup- ply of food for the residents of Bar- una and the soldiers. provisions having become scarce since importations trom the United States ceased. of The progress of evonta made it msees-' Barr however, to send expeditions to Mound, Santiago de Cum. and Porto Rico in advance of the main expedition against Havana. Aa a consequence.‘ [no regulars left for the main expedi- tion against Havana will form av“? small part of the invading armyi Vo - nut-wars must be relied upon aluinst Pn- tirely. It is highly probable that the expedition will not embark for Cuhra until wear the end of the rainy season. General Miles, upon his return from his totir of inspection, will have u more olrtr idea of the condition of in" vol- unu-ers and what can be expected of them than he could obtain in Washing- ton from official reporta. It is his purpose at the conclusion of his tour to join the army in the field in per- son, and devote himself to its organi- ration and equipment, while General Merritt, Genenl Shatter and General Brooke are conducting this operations »Lt Manila, Santiago do Cuba, and Porto Rico. The one". Giovanni-M In. he“ an Ex- pert to lino-luv the Help. The Ontario Government has de- trpatchssd Mr. Arthur B. Gracie. of Ganunoque. who has had teu years of exi-erience in placer mining in Cali- fornia. to Vermillion river for the purpose of reporting on the alleged placer deposits in that region. Mr. Gracie will spend two or three weeks in the region " ith a view to “ermine ing just. what. the deposits amount Lo. He will be accompanied by a forest ranger, who will examine the timber in the vicinity. From all um can be learned by the ‘Crown Land» officials it would appear l then there are plncer ypri/tyef,./itt,l From all that can be learned by thei Crown Land: oiticialait would appear: that there are placer deposits of real value in the region. 'lhe Vermillion, river is a lengthy and winding stream. l, and is tributary to the Spanish river, i which it enters a. few miles north of its mouth. lt uinda away to the out; and passes close to Lake \Vahnupitae. Its sources are unknown. The placer deposits so tar. reported are along the banks of the Vermillion, close to Lake Wahnupitae. in the Townships of Ban- mer. Cepreol. Norman, and Wiener, and it is unsurveyed territories north ot the letter two townships. The dis- rict is about 25 miles straight north of :5ndbury, and prospector: trom the latter place have been rushing in this spring. Letters received by the de- partment etute that about 200 minern in all had gone from Sndbury, and a tess who had returned gave most promising accounts of the finds. It is said that many single panning: yield trom thirty to forty colours of gold. l These roporta indicate that the sand: I are valuable and would pay to work. With e View to prevent any claim- gmhbing. the Ontario Government has decided to restrict the grouting ot ap- plications u to1towtr.--No individual cu obtain more than one claim of w ....... within any one township or in all had gone in tess who had gel promising accounts said that many tsig trom thirty to for These favor“ indie GiiGiGin more than one claim. or 10 acres within any one township or u. ithin any six square miles of tho on- organized territory. {Sndicatos of individytsus cannot obta n more than two forty-acre claims under the same condition.. .._.___,..____.. SAMUEL PLDISOLL. DYING. A déspcu-h from London tsasr.--4%m- uol Plimsoll. known A. "Tho thiior'n Friend," originator of the famous ugnavroaadarlu" to mm the over- lmding of ships; is paid to be dying " Bolts-Loni up {no at and time presi- dent of the Animal Amalgamated s,tiiai'tt,t'MMtt't Union of Great “1.1! h . and is the author at "Our Suntan.” and "Cattle Ships." Bo was born " Bristol in 1824. and “out. into Pnrlimnt for the express purpuo of mi“ the a.'.lors. GOLD AT vERMiLLiON. RIVER. STEPS TAKEN TOWARD ALLIANCE. - In let-cunn- the Noam Doctrine, and the U. s. " Help Mer " the China The Washington correspondent ot the London Daily Telegraph, telegraphing Sunday. 'sara:--" have just learned from . high authority in the Stat» Department. that meat important pre- liminary steps toward an Anglo-Am- erican alliance have already been tair- an. Bow tsr tbese negotiations, if thoy can yet be called that. ban pro- cedeod. it bs not easy to ascertain; -for naturally strict. secrecy is maintain- ed; bat my intormatioa is that the perllminary suggestions have been made, and that the subject of such an allianue ls practically before the two Governments in some shape. "The recent visit: paid by Sir Julian Panncot'oco to the State Department have not, it seems, had reference alto- letter to the consideration of nego- tiations. The: " New Apparently the Polk; Sunni " Punch-g. I l A despatch from Valenvie Spain,',; aartr.---Thts death or victory policy hith- 1 lerto advocated inthe conduct of the? l war no longer finds support here. The 1 |wetohwor4 to-day is "Wait, let uni tweet-y out the enemy sad Europe byl :,prolouging the struggle." Say these 1 gmticinns, "What we have lost is " greedy lost. and every day that passes 'without seeing an effective occupa- ltion of Cuba by the American army brings us nearer a reaction in Amer- can opinion against the jingoism that provoked the war, and increases the ‘ impatience of commercial Europe at its continuance." The war subscriptions are visibly flagging. The principal oontrlhutions have latterly been drawn from pntriotio hull tights and theatrical performances. " hich a large section of the community condemns as unworthy. and even a disgraceful means of stimulating patriotism inlthe t times of national peril. The ecclesias- ' noel authorities have just issued an I urgent and touching appeal to the . clergy on behalf of the war fund. "in l presence of the great peril through . which our country is passing," says "l this document. "every sacrifice will be . small and insignificant. _'l‘he enthusi- “According to my authority, the fea- I tum of the proposed alliance now being considered are: twain- “Great Britain is to recognize the Monroe doctrine. to attempt no in- crease of her territorial possessions in the Western hemisphere, and to en- dome the American construction ot that dootrine. The United States is to build the Nicaraguu canal; Great Britain is to have the use of it in time of war. The Lnited States is to have all the territory taken from Spain in the present mu. and Great Britain is to protect the United States in the mansion of it should it be threaten- ed. The Uiited States is to stand by England in her policy in China and the East; and all the British ports in the blast to be opened to ttus United Waets underthe moat tuvored nation ohm." ssm of your (locks must be kindled, not only by word, but by example. You must make clear to them that the aid required is tor their own sons. husband; brothers, and fellow-court- Hyman. who are fighting a common enemy, and call for help to gain a vic- tory. On the issue of the struggle depends _in a. ir.msatPe"H11Pl1f hon- “VF“... -- _ TCP-"" _ our, the integrity of our territory, and the well-being of our native land. and even of the religion itself which we he Kuhn at Mm nttt “lurk tumor-nu Inldenh. A despatch from Svalllc, says:-The steamer Rio Jun Mano has arrived here with meagre news of an anti-European riot at Sha Shi. China, in which the British Consulate, Customs house, and the stores of iardine, Mattheson and Company and Butterfield and Swim were destroyed by tire. The British Counsel was severely beaten, and the European residents were forced to take refuge in the tea and silk hulk: lying in the river. No one was killed. Ska. Shi is a large city on the Yang- tse-Kiung river. about 100 miles from its mouth. It “as one of the ports that was opened to foreigners after the China-Japan war. The feeling against foreigners lis‘gtill‘xiry Pitta? “a..." -v---,_v-_ _ - The riot occurred May 9th. and the news of it reached Kobe. May 10th, just before the Rio Jun Mano left. - n rs. L __-I,-...., km] in“... m-_ J Two British gunbouts had been or- dered to Ska Shi from Hung Kow. 100 miles down the river, and Consul Bar- ven, at Shanghai, had sent a gunlnat trom that point. The Rio Jun also brings news that the plague at Hong Kong is making frightful headway among the natives. large numbers of them dying daily. Several Europeans have died from the scourge. Among them were two Sisters of Many. luau tbettt by Mer Mtuestr to the Widow on gammy. A despatch from London. tsarir--On Saturday last the Queen sent the toi- towing message to Mrs. Gladstone c- "My thoughts are much with you to-day, when your dear husband u laid to mat. Today’s ceremony will be most trying and pink! for you, bat it. will be, at the same time, grati- fying to you to see the rum: and re- grot ovimy.1 by tr1ye1ectE. ch: IKE QUEEN TO MRS. GLADSTONE an" “a.-- -. -"_e_' - _ memory of on whose character and intellectual abilities marked him as one of the moat dirtingaished antea- mon of my reign. I Ihnll ever gnu- tully remember his duration and 10.1 ;n all that comet-nod my personal vol- (in), (Signed) VICTORIA. BI." "WEARY OUT THE ENEMY." MORE RIOTS IN CHINA. spu- lodges. from” Again“ “I’m“ For the .. s. Fleas». A Mum from Wtssttlrttrton, tMVB'.-. A 4tq'.qlaTca irom n “mug“... u. _., The Spanish Government has made a "rr.--Tho Canadian negotiation! re- I protest to the British authorities : cently concluded here led to the sign- t against the shipping of Canadian coal I log of e protocol whirl: formally agreed l . . I from British North Americas to San l to the exact subjects to be submitted to l . . l l e v . Francisco for relief ot the ships of Ad- l, an international couuuistim. ll bile 1 i miral Dewey's fleet at Manilla. and altio| the protocol. makes no preliminary against the shipping of coal from Nova t agreement on the several questions. ' Scotia. to Atlantic ports for use b 'yett it is the general understanding - ' yl ' United States narshipe operating in , among officials that the Behring Susi the Weet lndiee. In view of the ruling 1 question will he adjusted and finally I Pr the British Government that coal I eott‘ledi by the complete termination i inns contraband of " ar, this protest by l of pelagic sealing. This has been I Spain might have caused considerable l source of controversy tor many years, (embarrassment, as the Canadian coal i the United States seeking to put an is considered by navel authorities to an tab I',??,',,",', fainting. and Canada, be a 'superior article for the use of our _ ro.ug t ' . {130.119 j!.C,e..yye.t.'!t: ;on- l l hi . _ . . Heating ageing t in tggrmintgtgun o .f.'t " ipe. It is only a. short distance from ; induetriy very profitable to many cut- l 'it'ms British North America coal fieldgtffmi o It Canadian P.suii.tic agent. 1 to San Francisco and the Nova Soothe ur " t e recent negotiations. ow- lcoul t'ieldts are also accessible to Atlan- 'Mretr, " developed .tha1 this induatrr itic ports. It is understood, however, wt" ap,.'te,t,i,p,.'thy, qtxtitltrt, and ...lfle no (that Spain's protest. has not proved of longer peritellt to any conuderablo lent avail. The subject was referred to} ',yyete, of 2/"v"et,et _lt Jr‘s stated "tsts Canadian authorities. who, upon?!” those we. 'J?"'""?. Ln e matter investigation, learned that the coal ', that only two (anadian vessels were 'shipinents both from British 'sL7l'_te.ettyd au,'.'.,',',";"',),:." tt,tl,,itnoi'c,felti iPyricf,.iyyl tron Norm Scotia were in _ Canadian Healer: Tia, gone to the géhsnsxrgilnndsry course ot commercml [ Behring Se? by the hundreds, and it !, 't he; wJere made bs ivate arues) N'." impossible for Canada to Btop thet in Can to . be an . 9 th lInduziltry wi.t.hout. paying these sealers‘ UnitedWState [Karin “is”? J' L; a. very considerable euin. running into 1 s. .0 er . W an :the millions. for the extermination of _ loaquently passed into the hands of the; their indubt Now however under United States Governor for use by the? ry. 3 . ' . . '. . . the changed conditions. it is said that 'Amerwnn nav . held to be t del lo! the , wtM5 r . J,'ll u d I Canada has only a few settlers to deal it,' adi province .9: the Britta b"; (with. and that she is. therefore, in a 1'lll Muy authorities. It ”VP” "ll e i position to meet the contentions ofthe l _ ' any direct salee to the " “3;! tr United States without seriously injur- £3}:an 1ioul'a1 Wt; t"uah"/11f,' 'e, lug a. large established induslry. While b',',',",':',,,",",'? the ave V31" c't'J1i2'1',in'l no agreement towards giving up pela- taiated by the B',fi'llf,i1tle//dl'U,' and l gm tt,tl,ientf 1atg,ei1.ei',i, d.ur"ur ”I: re'- U . . . . ,i‘etn meeting, e isoueaton was a ong bl, colonial posse%uon% including Can-1 lines indicating that the routing uotn- Wm. , . l,mission without difficulty. and with ' it the QUE" "treel, ot esis'slrt buti'lrlue regard for the. interests ol both ut-structed tenor Castillo to ask the 1 Governments. could put nu end to the is”? t? hile'"11','t"' to: 56;“. t.h',t.i, Behring Sea controversy by agreeing I i '/1,',".2'ti"taltu'l1t, eifljei A: tin Qttilti i to l will??? ','1'i1,1'.,s')"'h",l ofl "Half“ A . l ' '1 Ca'"'.' "seeing. ts un emu ,aso. that {trepurtinent or at any of the lows“! the protocol ain‘t-ifimlly recites that ' , Embassiesi |tbere shall be three rtitreatate!ives It the Queen Regent of Spain instructed Senor Castillo to aak pawns to intervene for peace. movcmeut has not yet taken form in Washington. either at tho E Department or at any ot tlva fo, Eatrrsssia. East llml Atrattotr at St. Ila-fl “no“ Completely Destroyed. A despatch trout Montreal "YL"-- The East. end abattoir at St. Henri was almost completrly destroyed by tire on Wednesday morning, and the loss is es- timated at 8100.000. The tire started about ioar o'clock in the rendering house, where the flames made rapid headway. By the time. the fire brigade arrived the whole building Wild 8 mass of flames. and their attention had to be directed towards keeping the other buildings safe, and as much of the ma- terial in the burning buildings as could be. removed m, put in a p no» of safety. The cattle that were in the other build- ings war. hastily recmowd and placed where the fire could nor affect them. Owing to the greasy material in the‘ rendering house the flames were very hard Co check, and a. general alarm was will in. The reinforcements played on the ot her buildings, but could not con- fine the tiaraiss to the rendering house, uni slaughter-house sNo. l soon ignited, and was completely destroyed. Besides the loss of the No buildings that were burned, several other buildings were marched. and Lhe loss will total up to about 8100000. The total loss on the building and contents will be about 1530.000. The rendering house. beef slaughtering houss. punt wooden addi- tiun< are loudly destroyed. The bal- lame of the buildings are pretty badly iwrecdosd. The insuranve amounted to l West um.- Imnrumo. mu urproatrktmtg 1 a wanna-II. l, A despatch from London says :---'l he l Arsglo-b'retwts situation. judging from events on the surface, has not improv- red. The report that a settlement of ', the West African difficulty had been reached does not find credence and the outcome b, as doubtful. and is regarded ' with as much apprehetvsiott, as ever. , The incident of the latter part of the l week in not expected to result in more :erious complications than now exist. The Frenchmen “pr. were driven. out “1,600. by natises near Nikki have hoisted their flag uithout the walls. while the British colors wave within. An open rupture. however, between the two countrieu is not regarded as probable during the progress of the Bitwano- American war. Terrible Fmprrtrnre or Two [Wuhan-um AdeMt tn at "orr. A despatch from St. John's. Ntld.. muss-Two se-nman trout the. Glouces. ter fishing avhooner Atlanta were res- cued on Tuesday, and landed here, " ter having passed eight days and isights ujtpput food (huge; in a do?" on the fishing banks. The men will probably recover, although they were reduced almost to the condition of skeletons. Incoming vessels report numbers of icebergs along the North Atlantic shipping track, which are very dangerous to navigation. Count do Rascon, the Spanish Am- husador in London, who has been in: terviewed on the subject. admitted that war means ruin for Spain: Ind he "id....-") sentiment is growing in ("our of cooking an honorable peace, whielt America, considering her tut- prepmdnoa tor u wt of invuion. would probably Also welcome in pre- ference to n protracted truth, In- volving navy tsaorifiti. of men and money. This being not I hope o bills of uderggmdins my be found loading to peak .Irh " the Opinion chic Anhuuor " GREAT FIRE AT MONTREAL. EIGHT DAYS WITHOUT FOOD. COAL FRO! CANADA. ANtH.0-FRENCH SITUATION. WAR KEANS SPAIN'S RUIN. “all“ Shir-mu Wa-hllglun Atetherqttet Til-Ix Behring Fleece. no. MIA-alum Will be Stopped. .shlngton. tMVB'.- A despatch from Washington D. C., ant bu made a "rs:--Thes Canadian negotiations re- .tish nuthbrities ' cently concluded here led to the sign- ot Canadian coal 1 lag of e protocol “hirh formally agreed tmerics to San ; to the exact subjects to be submitted to I the ships of Ad- i An. international commission. While Manilln. and also! the protocol. makes no preliminary l pt ' from Nova 1 agreement on the several questions. l "ts for use by ', you it is the general understanding! in; operating 'ey',',',',':',".,', officials that the Behring Sea ‘ new of the ruling question “in he adjusted and finally 1 nment that coulieotrled; by the complete termination tr, this protest by i of pelagic sealing. This has been a used considerable l source of controversy tor many years. he Canadian coal l the United States seeking to put an "sl authorities to end to pelagic muting. and Canada, 1 through the Imperial Government. can- tor the use of our . . . . . . l testtng against thus termination of an tort distance from _ industry very profitable to many citi- marina coal Iieiel,zt,n,.','. o the Canadian Pacific coast. l the Nova Scotie ' During the recent negotiations. how- 'ii,iiiiuii to Allan- ever. it developed that this industry lerstood however was practically extinct. and was no has not‘proved of! longer profitable to any considerable ct was referred to; number of Canadians. It “as stated "ities who iii,iii:1r, those well versed i.n the matter ed. 'ii',,, the coal , that only two Canadian vewls were I Britisilt 's',11iit,etr,.11 at present in sealing opera- W Scot‘iu were in ' trons P Behring Sea. Heretofore the I,; . 2'i,'r'rGSye,.d.,'Y waters have gone to the 9" o W“ Behring Sea by the hundreds. and it . . . . l was impossible for Canada to stop the Is pri'?.'"', Iyer' 1 industry without paying these. sealers PELAGIC SEALING TO BE ENDED [yam each Governun-nl. in the Cana- dian-Atmsrit'kn commission. Adl-Irnl Telh Why Me nomburdod In. Juan do Porto In"). A despatch from Washington says _ The following bulletin was posted at the Navy UnparunmuL on Friday:--- The following}; a copy of a report made by Rear-Admiral Sampson Con- earning the action of San Juan do Porto Rico H-- "Upon approaching San Juan it was seen that none; of the Spanish vessels “ere in the harbour. I was. therefore. considerably in doubt whether they had reached San Juan and again de- parted for some unknown destination. or whether they had not arrived. As their capture “as the object of the expedition and a: if “as essential that they should not [use to the westward. I determined to attack the batteries defending the port, in order to develop their position and strength, and then. without waiting to reduce the city or named it to regular bombardment- which would require due notice-turn to the westward. "l commenced the attack as soon as it “an good daylight. This lasted about three hours. then the signal was made to dL-rontiuue the firing, and the squadron trool ty the northeast until “Wm..." ___-"" - _ out of tight of Juan. when the course was laid to the westward, with the view of communicating with the de- partment at Port Plate. and learn it the department had obtained inforrua- tion as to the movements of the Spen- Lah orssela. At Cape Haytieu l receiv- ed word trom the department that the tipaniUt vesseie had been sighted off Curacao on the 14th inut. As stated in my telegram. no serious injury was done to an) of the ship: and unlyone man “as killed and seven wuunllod slightly." " Adelina: " (In White ill-Molnar!» a Number " Native Irwin-u War Murdered. A despatch from London tusys:--The Amerivm missionaries, Mr. and Mrs. Burtner, Mr. and Mrs. Minshall, Mr. Ward and Miss Mullen, members of the United Hrotherttood of Christ, who survived the recent massacres in the Sherhoro district of Sierra. Leone, west coast of Alrica, arrived at Liverpool on Friday from Freetown, Sierra Le- one. They give thrilling accounus ot their eacape at the time the mission house at Shanghe was destroyed in the timings that grew out of the dissat- isfaction of the natives with the hut tax The Governor of Sierra. Leone, COL? Frederick Carduw, advised than to re-' turn to America, believing. they say,' that it would he impos'éible to do any further effective work for a year or two. Mr. Burtner says that in addition to the white missionaries, a number of native missionaries, some educated in the United States, were massacred. in- cluding Mr. A. R. Wilberforce and his entire family; a brother-in-law of Mr. Wilberforce. Mr. Cole; and Prot. Cle- mente. who was trom the United States. all of whom were stationed at Denville. and the entire Hughes fam- ily, who were national at Avery. 1n the opinion of Mr. Burtner seven! him, dude tell victim: to the wrath of the natives. The age party return to the yUn'med suu- the Etrnrie. I suppoio ‘Suoi and Slim am both truthful mt Anomaly Mt. Neither of them in capable of linking a misstatement of (not. Why! _ .. "h".' Git' baud them calling other tiam. SAM PSO N'S EXPLANATION. HUNDREDS FELL VICTIMS. TORONTO PRIDE OF IT. THIRTYoFOUR WERE DROWNED. Mr I... (any. I‘m- -8r. In. - hm A dearatch from South. Waati, "yir.---The schooner Jane Gray, whirl united from Seattle for Kotr.oke sound on the tthh of May, with 61 person- on bond. foundemd Sundny. Mar se. about 90 miles off Capo Flowery. while lying to in B modern“ (do under Iowan”. Ten minuten after ch alarm was given tghto lay " ‘ho bot- tom of the mean with M of her gna- hunger; The remainder auceeedod in bombuking in a launch and reached this city on Wednesday afternoon. Among the prospevtoru “la a port, of 16, headed by Major lngraham. who were outfitted by Prince Luigi. of It. laly. for a. two yetra' prospacling trip l in Mush. Of this party the only sub |viVOru are Major lugraham trnd “In. others. Captain Crockett gives tho follow in: account of the woscer-"Wo worn lying to, to mend our roman“. A moderate gale wan blowing. 3nd tin new were running high. I had gone to lied, and Wm: gonad asleep when Ll. watchmnn awakened me “ilh the un- mnulmment tlust tsomething wail wrung. I nos- " cum and found the vessel leaking. A hurried investi‘p lion shoned t but Ibo would soon mini. End I at 0mm aotitiod Lbs [imaged of the situation. Moat otuttetn war. when underneath the dock. A wen. of confusion then look plum. um it in limrwsiblo to give my detailed 10- eount of the events tut followed, Th. darkness added to the conl‘uniun. Th. fin-st lifolxm launched was amnnmd. The lsunvh Keurtoma, belonging to tite lngrahum party was tsacceardally low- ered. At thi" time the Jane Gray wu- ‘nlmost under water. A honvy be. ttstruck herthrowiuq her on her beau“. i'l‘hepe “as an time to launch other , that“. i "Ihr, water waa over her huh-he. land everyone below wu certainly 'druwned. At, the launvb driflad awn; {from the alum-5L tuhirenergetd schooner ; We saw eight or len men standing on “the lee nil clinging to the ringing. {Soon they dLsmymared from Sight.“ A despstch front Gibraltar any! that. it may be positively stated that were bu been nu movement from Cadiz of the Sranixh reserve aqutdron. A third all for volunteers is certain to be issued within me new! two weeks. “ya u Washingtnn despatch The President has Mann)». ("invini'M that the military forces for iuvuiuu will have to he much enlarged Ho estimates it “ill requiru I210!!! men for Cuba. 00,000 for the Philipintten, and 30.000 for Porto Rico. Maiden. sunny for home defence. A Bong Kong i'lhle myn:~ "Ad- miral Dewey is furtifyinu (bi-immut- island, in Manila bay, mining thr vina- nei at the enlruncv to th" tin-bum, and otherxsine preparing to “we”. my Spanish fleet." The unknrmn swarm-r. mupposed to be I Spanish auxiliary cruiser, aighb ed by the Wilmington and "amroft, about fifteen miles Mt Key West, ur- ly on Thursday evening, “as uni mp- tured. The Bani-raft gave up we Gill-w. in.“ tatsdMh"' ran-um I." mum 3 “in up In: Urn-m. i A despatch from Madrid lawn-"lb. , (audilbm of (It. bank of Spain i, mu li.. ‘ored as more serious than any reverse l of the war If it cannot besip tho Gov- . eminent the war mum-w he mm inund. T hora was a long proceaitou u Iho bank during Wedueuiar All cttgst5r* " people. was ro-prosenied, and many wo- liliei were in line waiting their turn Its: Chang. notes into silver, leaving l the notes would be shortly unwind to . dinoount. If the run continues. that. is danger of the bank's more at I silver becoming estbatgstod. which would ioompol 'hes Govern-130nm to retain in n l forced Truancy. issuing notea of mull denomi anion. It is My“. however, I that. the tttttill which. leaving tho bank a. In" _ ‘nt Hier.. . A Hung Kong “Me Hays. the mile. seized a. qusmtite of alarm sug-p‘iml by . Chinese merchant to the Amurxran auxiliary uruiser Zanru, which Au, rived on Thursday from Manna. "the. ttturea “ere being cunveyed bo the ship on lighters. The Zafiru is will " Knouloon hay. where she vealed and provuu'ontd. . _ Hvar-.\dn1irul Urwer [nu informed the. au‘hnrities at Manila that he “I” hold than responsible for the life of the captain of tite Spanish “mum (fallout, eaptured by the ('nilnd S1 men fleet. The Spaniards have been thretrr- oning to shoot him for surrendering unhough mnfruuled by the “hole Am- erican fleet. 'the London Daily chrmsicfe, refer- ring to the linited'Ststu. can: "HU have no doubt \\ hatevc-r of her “would. No people of tougher grit ever taught. tor unit pur.as in the uorld, but. it vull greatly shorten and simplify tho-tr task. whaling the work of civiiizmiu. if they no nurtured that British di- ploma-y and ths. British army are act- ing as their reserve tarot." . The finauwul outlook of Spain is rather dark. The Government him on- trusted the Bank of Spun ssith the negotiation for t low of one billio- [was " four per at.. which sun is to he raised u linked. The bank will mum:- to nun the 1mm a lion! In! thread. otiT'EE'rleiiém no 01 per tiraiawhrrhn no 91 per ”no. maur. 1talatmb--Ttt Krenriettt no any Bqtrru.t-1 no th. aciit"ata at dummies are 91 I)" éPAIN's FINANCES BAD. AN EXPERTS OPINION. WAR BRIEFS. and” chip l d- O. '1]