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orders ash, erâ€" a he w are a ayso 16 D 3 TE EM t NSE [HE VERY LATEST FRON ALL THE WORLD OVER . interesting Iterns About Our Own Country. Great Britain, the United 3?.!“. anc Brantford is taking steps to provent future floods there. Hamilton is enjoying a rather unâ€" seasonable cut rate on COA1. The Galician smallpox patient in quarantine at Winnipeg,. is dead. The price of flour was reduced 40 cents a barrel at Winnipeg yesterday. Hannah Lute, aged 17 rested at Hamilton, Ont of infanticide. The Ontario Agricultural Collegs at Gueliph, bas had ovetr 15,000 visitors since June 1st. Private Thomas Robertson, R.C.IL., St. John‘s, â€" Qae.. has become insane through the use of cigarettes. The (;ust;)m collections at Lake Benâ€" nett since the opening of the season have amounted to $125,000. An addition costing a quarter of a million will be made to the C. P. R. Windsor station, Montreal. Achille Dorion, a Frenchâ€"Canadian lawyer of Montreal, has been appointâ€". ed a judge of the Cirouit Court. Albert Webber, a Hamilton street car conductor, fell from a car and is sufâ€" fering from concussion of the brain. Miss Millie Dawson, daughter of Postmaster Dawson of London, Was very seriously injured by a trolley All Hyacinthe Asselin, aged 60, a car reâ€" palrer, was killed in the G. T. R. shops, B:antford, by the unexpected shunting of some cars. Andrew Harrison, of Montreal, an I employse of the Canada Refining Comâ€"| piny, was instantly killed by contact | with a live wire. ¢ ‘l The body of Miss Mary DPAS disappeared from Lachine las ber, has been found in the rence River at Quebec. A young son of Mr. Isaac A Binbrook was run over b‘ym wood waggon, one atin torn and broken. The Montreal Harbour Commissionâ€" ers bhave accepted the plans of the Minister of Public Works for the imâ€" provement of the harbor. Many of the bills stolen from the Dominion bank at Napanee have turnâ€" ed up in Montreal, and the detectives there are hot after those who are passing them. 1 wus qoi h ces iR w ssorted for Easy Reading. SERema e CCC The confusion of American and Canâ€" ; adian _ railway signals at Niagau! Falls, Ont., resulted in a collision and | the death of Engineer George Jack, of the Erie railway. Mr. F. X. Grandmaitre, who sued the Hull Electric Company for $1,500 damages for the death of his son, was awarded judgment at Hull on Friday for $275 and costs. Cadet Sergt.â€"Major Denison of Torâ€" onto, youngest son of Col. Denison, won bhonors in all subjects, fourteen in number, at the Kingston Military Colâ€" lege. â€" This is a new record for the institution. A small tornado visited Wolseley, N. w °_ O MUandav night. and demolished The confusion of American and ~4"" « I dian _ railway signals at Niagarl‘. _One hundred and fifty soldiers ol CBC ‘alls, Ont., resulted in a collision and | 65th New York Regiment went to Cabâ€" he death of Engineer George Jack, of | in John Bridge Hotel, a resort seven be Erie railway. ‘rmle_s fl‘Olfn ‘l’:uhlngton. am} took posâ€" P session of the hotel. Costly mirrors Mr. F. X. Gr:;‘ndgnmtre, who “.,:)%‘were smashed, pictures were stripped he Hull Electric Company for $1, llmm th f a e walls, and beer bottles and. iamages for the death of his 800»| plasge A . . s ® T | s were thrown in every direction. was awarded judgment at Hull 99 | Word Ick "riday for $275 and costs l rd was sent ho bhe ce i uky regiâ€" 4 ed company from a New Jersey reg!â€" Cadet Sergt.â€"Major Denison of Torâ€" ment was marched on the doubleâ€"quick »mto, youngest son of Col. Denison, | to arrest the rowdies. When tho guard won bhonors in all subjects, fourteen in was sighted the New Yorkers took to number, at the Kingston Military Colâ€"| the woods. Later in the day the mob lege. _ This is a new record for the surrounded a trolley car and smashâ€" institution. ed it with stones, injuring several A small tornado visited Wolseley, N. | passengers. W . T. Monday night, and demolished y the skating and curling rink, overâ€" s GENERAL. turned three freight cars on the track, “Eonrteen Russian sailors, capsized off blew down the walls of a brick store| Noumea, N. S. W., were devoured by in course of erection, a fine large staâ€" lSh-'lea. bia. and a number of smaller stables| _ A Chinese torpedo destroyer wA and outâ€"buildings. gdnven ashore at Port Arthur and 18( mnuare semmrem Abresvewrvecack The medal of the Royal Canadian | Humane Association has been grant-‘ ed to Conductor McMurray, of the Toâ€"| ronto Street Railway Company, who saved the life of a motorman named‘ Cruise on March 16 last by cutting a talephone _ wire which bad crossed the trolley line. Three Klondike explora on parties were sent from Ottawa . on Monday by the Public Works Department. Two parties will start from Edmonton to explore routes through to the head waters of the Pelley River. The third party will enter from the coast by the Stikine river. CÂ¥ s i e 4 k of coofih 4i cmnc h it It has been decided not to extend the electric railway system of Quebec to Montmorency this year, but everyâ€" thing will be got in readiness during the winter to change the motive powâ€" er from steam o electricity next {:“ar of the entire railway from Queâ€" : to Cape Tourment, below La Bonne Ste. Aune. At the meeling 09° * Council it was decide« bonds of $200,000 for â€" thern Railway, on con company establish its Quebec, that the line and that a passenger through from Parry > or vice versa,. Mr. J. C. Hoy, diyimion en@inrt" """ the Dominion Government, has returnâ€" ed to Victoria from Glenora, where he has been with Chief Engineer Coste, of the Public Works Department, examâ€" ining the allâ€"Canadian route to the Â¥ukon. Mr. Roy reports the Stickeen to be a fine body of water. _ The TE AOR ET OS Mimscss ue on uk to uC C6 RERET EnmmP °C trouble this season has been, he says,| that several steamers not powerful‘ enough bhave attempted to ascend the river. | Mr. A. P. Lowse, of the Geologicall Survey, bas lefit for two years‘ work in Labrador._ It has been said that gold exists in Labrador in paying quanâ€" fjities and an abundance of iron and of coal in different localities. The journey into the upper country is tediâ€" ous and long, and once well in there it is not possible to get out the same season. â€" Mr. Lowe therefore goes preâ€" pared to remain over all next wirter ®*~ _ummer. â€" The geological formaâ€" is not possible to get out the same season. â€" Mr. Lowe therefore goes preâ€" pared to remain over all next wirter and summer. The geological formaâ€" tions will be noted. and the survey means the production of a map such as is not at present in existence. GREAT BRITAIN. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain â€" empbatiâ€" cally denies the rumors of his contemâ€" lated retirement from the British stblnet. & oo t targ o OE L ie s S es oi CA uLC S A Scotch member of Parliament is authority for the statement â€"that the Governorâ€"Generalship of Ca=~ ‘a is a position much too expensive is«‘ & CANADA. of Miss Mary Bastable, who meeting of the Quebec City _ was decided to guarantee $200,000 for the Great Norâ€" lway, on condition that the establish its workshops in hat the line. be completed a nassancer train be run run“:).v;;-‘i)g‘ a loaded one arm being badly Parry Sound to Quebes 17, has been arâ€" nt.. on a charg* Isaac Johnson of division engineer for last Novemâ€" he St. Lawâ€" of a inadian | mex grant-‘ A the Toâ€"| has iy, who twe named ‘ A cutting | mes crossed | and \ tril narties T Seotch nobleman of emall means to acâ€" eqtus ity of: Professor Riva, of the University 1 Brussels, says the London Chromcfiex- has been appointed arbitrator “.’d 5 the amount of indemmnity to be PA r’e Russia to Great Britain for the selzl‘.l of Canadian vessels in Russian sea D8 grounds. o reps t WA P NOMSS MTL P EqOPTgCCCCC & * All the coal miners in the Jellico disâ€" trict of Kentucky will soon be transâ€" ferred to an English syndicate. A â€" fiveâ€"yearâ€"old daughter of Mrs Skinner, of Kalamazoo, Mich., . w28 drowned in a fountain at Clifton Springs. " Col. R. E. A. Crofton, retired, died at Washington yesterday, aged 63 yearsâ€" He took a prominent part in the supâ€" pression of the riots at Chicago during Debbs‘ strike. Lieut. J. Fugitti, of the JAPRZNU®® navy bas arrived at Seattle from: Yokoâ€" hama. He will watch the construction of the war vessels now being built for Japan at Philadelphia and San Franâ€" cisoo. Portland, Maine, has been selected as a coaling station for all United States war vessels in eastorD waters. i P | _ Alexis Churko{f, a Russian, wNO WHS, _ under sentence of death at Philade!â€" . phia, for killing George D. Haas, last _ | winter, committed suicide by hang!ng \ himself in his cell in the county pTiâ€" | son, Haas, at the time of his death, was ® ‘ assistant superintendent of the White â€"| Dental Manufacturing Company, and 8| was murdered by Churkoff because the 8 latter had an imaginative grievance \against him. . Twentyâ€"eight men have been SWOTL in for duty along the American Sault Ste. Marie canal. This is to prevent Spanish spies from tampering With Government property. A Norfolk and Western pPDSSCTS®* _ | train was wrecked on Sunday _ WO | miles west of Shawville, Va. Three men | were killed and several injured. The | dead are, the engineer, Al. Horner, Bristol, Va.; the fireman, Edward Satâ€" ler, Bristol, Va.; and the mail clerk, A. 8. Francis, Merion, Va. Twentyâ€"five British bottoms have been offered to the United States War Department by their owners and agents for transport purposes. _ All of these, ‘thowever. are not yet in the United States ports, but their arrival has been ;anticipated, with a view to their exâ€" amination as soon as they reach port. \ The finishing department of the King |\Powder Company, located at King‘s ‘lMills, near Cincinnati, was destroyed Sunday night, evidently having been Ufivar BV twas moen. Ome of them Was \ The finishing department of the AIUS \Powder Company, located At King‘s | Mills, near Cincinnati, was destroyed Sunday night, evidently having been \fired by two men. One of them was |badly burned, and was captured. People \going to the fire met a stranger 80â€" ‘ing toward South Lebanon. The PMSâ€" \ oner is apparently a foreigner. . ‘The monetary loss is small. ‘ Fourteen Russian sailors, capsized off | Nonmea, N. S. W., were devoured by | sharks. \ _A Chinese torpedo destroyer wAS | driven ashore at Port Arthur and 180 \ men were drowned. 5 ‘ A permanent treaty of arbitration has been successfuily arranged beâ€" | tween Italy and Argentina. _ . May 25. & Warqpuguey s (Voml qbme destroyed. The British steamer Para, from Dunâ€" kirk for Tilt Cove loaded with copper for Swansea, entered an ice floe off the mouth of Notre Dame Bay, Newâ€" | foundland, on Saturday, and was crushâ€" | ed, sinking within two bours. . The \ crew arrived at Tilt Cove all right. | _ During a military review Tuesday at | Deutsch Eylan, near Osterode, East | Prussia, a soldier in the ranks, whose | identity is not yet established, fired at kGaneml Von Rabe, wounding him in \ the leg, and killing his horse. A searchâ€" |ing investigation is proceeding. | The situation in the mining regâ€" | jions of Catalonia, .‘(?g:in, is most seriâ€" l ous. There are 17. pePpl‘e out of ous, Inere employment expected to of rioting | thorities ar vent this. He, during the honeymoon â€"â€"You don‘t know how lonely my bachelor life wasâ€"bhow unbearable the evenings were, when I would have to sit alone in my dreary den and sew on buttons. Shoâ€"Your evenings won‘t be dreary now, love. I can sit by you and thread your needle. brador _xviswe";:ue&_&i, but the auâ€" are doing everything to preâ€" ht, ‘u;ld“;iz;re' factories are to close sho.rtl.y. A rLenewal AN EYE OPENER. the Japanese soldiers of the who was Interesting Bits of News About the War Between the United States and Spain. A bulletin issued by Admiral Sampâ€" son to the fleet says it appears a conâ€" siderable part of the damage done to the American troops on Friday was from ALECEE. A despatch via Kingston says :â€""It is reported that after the fighting about Daiquiri last week a band . of Cubans, who participated, boasted of having found a wounded Spaniardâ€"a mere ladâ€"lying in the brush, and that they prodded him with machetes in an effort to make him tell of the situation in Santiago. â€" Fither the Spaniard did not understand or else he knew noâ€" thing of Santiago. He gave the Cubans no satisfaction, and they set upon him . with great ferocity, cutting off his head. â€" The American . commander is said to be investigating." A despatch from Camp Savanilla says the water supply of Santiago pas been cut off, and nothing but cistern | water is now available to the Spaniards | there. Lieut. Blue, of the Suwanee, nas made another trip ashore, almost to the enemy‘s batteries, and has obtained valuable information for the use of the fleet. 3 SA ETT Replying to Sir Edward UO0U0]° "J . _"° First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Geo. J. Goschen, said the Government bad not received a report that marines and bluejackets from either the ships of Great Britain or those of other Euroâ€" pean powers had been landed at Manâ€" ila, with the sanction of Rearâ€"Admiral Dewey, to protect the residents of their several nationalities. A Madrid cable says it has been deâ€" cided to call out 26,000 more men, the last classes of the reserves, for serâ€" vice in the Spanish army. _ The First Regiment, New York volâ€" \unteers, composed of the 10th battalâ€" ion, of Albany, and e‘lghta sepa‘rate i0 _3 LuAava from IUEL, OR ERCNCICOEOT EC if companies, have received orders from Washington to proceed to San Franâ€" cisco and thence to the Philippines, Replying to a question in the House of Commons, Mr. Balfour said every C nasaution waould be taken to preserve Replying to a quesUI0nN °* * of Commons, Mr. Balfour sa precaution would be taken to neutrality by the Egyptian ment in Egyptian ports, 88 British GovernmenLLat Briti ment in E§YPUIU EY* °" 2irck navt British Government at British ports.| A Cairo â€" despatch says Admiral Camara‘s squadron is still at Port Said. No answer bas yet been given as to coaling. The DEgyptian Government is awaiting the settlement of the quesâ€" tion of international law involved. Spanish officials at Madrid say that Camara‘s squadron has with it all the coal it requires. Twentyâ€"six thousand troops are to be distributed among the principal ports of Spain to resist any American attack. A United â€" States Troops Will Find â€" Great t Difliculty in Forcing a War Through | _ the Trocha, E A despatch from Washington, 8298 | p â€""There is one feature of the | o Santiago defences . which does not | 1 yet seem to have been considered," said an army official to me on Monday, | "and that is twelve lines of barbed | 1 wire entanglement which surrounds | | the city.‘" This officer has explored | \the whole of Cuba, and speaks from : personal experiences. "To attempt to | \elear these barriers with guns," he | ,continued. "results only in throwing them down in a way to harass the men going overi them, This ewill be found a formidable obstacle when the attack may be made. The Cuban Junta furâ€" | nished their troops with nippers with | which to force their way through the trocha. With these the wires were cut, | and the problem | was comparatively ‘| simple. The Americans army â€" toâ€"day :\ needs nippers more than guns." I asâ€" 1| certained that no nippers have been furnished to the army, and under preâ€" ; | sent conditions, my informant says, it s | will be difficult for the United States â€"| army to make its way over this outer , | defence. ‘The recent statement that in s | Santiago province there are forty 1.| thousand Spanish troops WAs set at . | rest by this officer, who says he knows e | there are not more than 16,000 Spanâ€" n | ish regulars in the province. Possibly .o | some volunteers may have been addâ€" n | ed, but it is thought they are for the o | most part ineffective. machine guns, manned by seaâ€" A British Expedition Teaches Misslonary Murderers a Lesson. A despatch from Liverpool says:â€"A mail steamer from Sierra Leone which arived here on Wednesday reports that the British expedition which was desâ€" patched . to the Sherboro district of Sierra Leone, west coast of Africa, owâ€" | ing to the massacre of American misâ€" sionaries by natives, who destroyed the mission bouses, as a result of an uprisâ€" ing against the imposition of the but. tax, fought its way to Rotifunk. The British force found the cremated bodâ€" ies of the murdered missionaries, which, however, bore no traces of muâ€" tilation, as had previously been reportâ€" ed. The expedition severely punished the rebellious natives, but the search for Mrs. Cain, who fled to the bush at the time of the massacre, proved fruitâ€" WAR BRIEFS. In 15 years Russia has sent 624,000 persons to Siberia, fully 100,000 relaâ€" tives of prisoners having accompanied the exiles of their own free will. SsANTIAGO‘S DEFENCES. PUNISHED THE NATIVES. OR LEDEOEE able says it has been deâ€" out 26,000 more men, the of the reserves, for serâ€" SENT TO SIBERIA. Gazette Governâ€" by the from Interesting ter Stephen Jeffrey was ki Silver King mine, near Nels by falling down & shaft. At Teslin Lake wages are and board yourself. _ Grub pound, and flour $100 a sack. | td mdns Asarchndietisndontedis Axintrtiat Six new Wagner sleeping cars and three new dining cars have arrived in Montreal for uses on the Intercolonial Railway. y 7 mt Indians on the coast umbia have been m catching sea otter. very valuable. EOWTEW PP CERi Cns Orillia will vote on a proposition to spend $75,000 on an electric plant at Rugged Rapids, to supply the town with light and power. Caterpillars have wrought terrible destruction to fruit trees in the eastâ€" TT LE "# Mutavin Wiany. Lrees are Caterpillars have wrought tC‘"‘""" destruction to fruit trees in the east-‘ ern part of Ontario, Many trees are stripped entirely of their foliage. James Dunn disappeared from Peterâ€" boro‘ on Good Friday and is still missâ€" ing. He was an Irish journeyman shoeâ€" maker, of good education and pbysique. Charles Cooney, & 12â€"yearâ€"old Lonâ€" don boy, contracted concussion of the brain by falling over the Oxford street bridge to the gravel riverbed, 25 feet below. \ Reports as to the feasibility of the Clannraâ€"Teslin trail are contradictory Reports as to the I€CASIVINL] """ / Glenoraâ€"Teslin trail are contradictory One man says it is impossible and the next says the trail is good, and plenty of bunch grass for cattle. More mining is being carried on in the Kootenay district this season than at any previous time in its history, though the noisy part of the popula~ tion are looking for victims further \north. It is said there are about fifteen smallpox patients and suspects in Vancouver, B.C., eight of whom are in the Isolation Hospital. _ The disease was brought in by an Australian steamer. PURELY CANADIAN NEWS. Hastings county had 00,220 PCUE!] within its borders in 1896, compared with 55,777 in 1895, a decrease of 552. Belleville, Deseronto and Trenton all showed increases, but the county genâ€" erally decreased. Peterboro‘ is suffering from an epiâ€" demic of bad boys, and the police have purchased a rawhide, which the auâ€" thorities will see that parents adminâ€" ister to any youthful offenders who are foolish enough to get caught. I 1 L. amra EUNDIISM CACCEI DCE D London authorities cannot be sure | ; whether or not Geo. F. Gibson is guilty | of bigamy. His first wife was brought |â€" from Detroit to testify against him, | but she was not certain whether her first bhusband was dead when she marâ€" | ried Gibson. Picton people have a tax rate of $6.29 per bead, in Deseronto $4.73 in Belleâ€" ville $8.04. Brantford and Kingston are the only cities in Ontario in which the rate per head is as low â€" as inBelleâ€" ville, the average being §g12.51. General Montgomery Moore bas inâ€" timated his intention of presenting to the Province of Nova Scotia a Louisâ€" burg cannon ball mounted on a maArâ€". ble stand and a picture of the death of his relative, General Montgomery, of the United States army who was killed at Quebec. The secretary of the Grocery Clerks‘ Association bhas written to the Guelph Mercury criticizing the citizens who {oriticised the clerks on their recent excursion. He guarantees that the | clerks belong to the best families, are | strictly sober, and could give _ the | Guelph people pointers on how to treat ; | visitors. A New Colonfal Industry to bt Developed ‘ The London Daily Mail saysi The | oyster lover will no longer hbave to 1 spell the months to see whether there is an "r‘"* in them before he dare venâ€" ture on his favorite indulgence. We are to have a supply of oysters all the year round. The developmentl \o[ the British Empire is a colonial oysâ€" ter industry. . New Zealand is sending 5000 dozen frozen . oysters, of native production, as an experiment. Mr. \George Tabor, of Lower Thames St., is hourly expecting their arrival. ! C by 24c & It is three years since a New £600°0°°"" merchant, on a summer visit to Lonâ€" don, sought unsuccessfully for an 0ySâ€" ter, "What, no oysters ?¢" he exclaimâ€" ed, after the fashion of the lady who married the butcher. "We must send you some from New Zealand." â€" ‘The idea hbas at last become a fact. In a day or two London will be invited to try a new specimen of colonial proâ€" duce. They are for cooking purposes, soups, sauces, stews, patties, and the like. It is not expected that anybody will eat frozen oysters on the halfâ€"shell. At present the summer oysters comée ‘principally from Portugal and France, and are laid on English beds. The oysâ€" ters from New Zealand will be kept in refrigerators, They are said to be fine, PR Ns Em ns C O Rectrels *L a‘Ivigt. j t E0 ob mhrcigeneiitntednt Snd hatiet‘ 7 and white, and plump. . As & Ltrial, some were frozen and cooked in New Zealand. The report was favorable. The first cargo will be put on Lonâ€" don market, at 88. a hundred. â€" It is intended to send wnsi%::meuts once a month, until the months arrive epelt with an "r."* _ The oysters are frozen t ‘blocks of eight and fifteen dozen. Do you remember, said Miss Ancient Oldgirl to Colonel Crabtree, how when you were in young man you proposed to me and I re?ectod you t It is pne of the happiest recollections of my life, said the Colonel, with an air of gallantry. And Miss Oldgirl is still wondering. ; FROZEN OYSTERS. About tgomery Moore has inâ€" tention of presenting to of Nova Seotia a Louisâ€" ball mounted on a marâ€" | a picture of the death e, General Montgomery, making _ fortunes The skins aAre AMBIGUOUS. of British Colâ€" $6 a day is $1 a New Zealand ONTARIO ARCHIVEsS TORONTO ATTITUDE OF GREAT BRITAIN. of 1304 94 00042 0 4 io tss alivads t inmar dn i + said he bhad reason to believe that the | o action really strengthened the position | of of the United States,. At the time the | a C United States was anxious to have | ths Portugal refuse to harbour the Spanish | uP fleet then lying at the Azores, andxlm‘l that Great Britain by asserting the‘lB_-fl principle of neutrality, furnished a preâ€" | ni cedant that could be used to bring | 8b Portugal to her duty as a neutral | 6t« power. The whole affair might per-‘lh‘ haps have been a blind, and on that | 84 supposition | is perfectly reconcilable wi with the facts already stated. . iflg a i hese Cl!‘ct;msl.u-ul‘cb od a fls 1 1344 datads t dentatts us ts esc ons a most friendly relation between CC AT . J th the Foreign Offices and diplomatic\ p SrYUATION X AT HAYANA. rencies of Great Britain and the he reports which have reached the niteds States, and not only show a | President as to the exact state of afâ€" ssibility of an early carrying out of fairs in Havana are conflicting ; in ie idea of an Angloâ€"Saxon alliance | 801® cases the town was ‘dm'l'a\e.d to it even seem indications of decided | be on the verge of «larvabon} 11 eps in that direction. others, food supplies were said to ba in werenk 5 still abundant. _ As a matter of fact, BENEFITED THE STATES. the truth probably lies between these Speaking of the apparent unfriendliâ€" extremes, and while supplies of a cerâ€" ° ess towards the United States at the | tain character are very scaree in Maâ€" eginning of the war by the early asâ€"| Yana, there is no lack of others. It ertion of the dutics o{ynoutrality, he | is known, for instance, that, while aid he had reason to believe that the \ flour may be scarce, large quantities ction really strengthened the position | of beef bave reached Havana. Only f the United States, At the time the | & day or two ago word reached here Inited States was anxious to have | that 500 head of cattle were rounded Portugal refuse to harbour the Spanish | up at a point on the Mexican coast, leet then lying at the Azores, and‘lnoar Yucatan, waiting transport to hat Great Britain by asserting the‘lB_atalmno. WThere has been no runâ€" rinciple of neutrality, furnished a preâ€" | ning of the blockade by these cattleâ€" cedant that could be used to bringhhlm. notwithstanding the Spanish Portugal to her duty as a neutral | stories to the contrary ; all of the ships ower. The whole affair might per-\that have entered Cuban por(s with baps have been a blind, and on that ,'“.PP!“"S have done so at places not supposition | is perfeotly reconcilable | within the blockade, such as Batabano with the facts already stated. . and Manzanilia. _ The vessels for the aumermmenmmmmiiilllmammnnncmmmmmas additional blockade service will be sup; plied almost entirely from the patro CONFERENCE IS CHECKED. fleet which, under Commodore Howell, ues has been guarding the North Atlantie United States Senate Cut Out the mso,000 | coast from Maine to South Carolina. Item for a Commission. This service has boenlthundon;:d beâ€" Pmalyi ._,__| cause the only available Spanish warâ€" A. despatch frf)m W .auh\nglon s2y8:‘~â€" ships are with Admiral Camara, thouâ€" It is a great disappointment to many / gands of miles away from the nearest people here to learn that the Senate | point on the Atlantic coast. The vesâ€" Appropriation Committee in â€" reportâ€" | ‘“l*da"g u'lreu(:),\; Do (!"';r “:-v"“'“‘h' i Â¥ int ; ward, aving en reinforce y seve ‘lng tbe general deflcle.ncy biltâ€" cut ‘.'ut |eral of the new torpedo boats, which the item of $50,000 which had been N= | are particularly â€" adapted, because of cluded in the bill as passed by the | their light draught, for 'mo“kul?'e duty House to defray the expenses of a comâ€" in the shallow waters lying behind the mission to adjust existing differences | * of Pines and Cuba. between this country and Great Briâ€" en m mmmmmliteee mm tain in regard to Canada. For some DESPATCH FROM DEWEY. :‘ime the Administration hascdesired to ave an adjustment with Canada on | , questions relating to the Alaska boun . | ®*rogeess ol Insurgent Leader Aguinaide dary, interchange _ of traffic, regulaâ€" Mas Been Wonderful tions of fisheries, mutual use of canals,| A despatch from Washington, D. G. etc.. and the present was deemed the| says:â€"The Navy Department on Wedâ€" most advantageous time to complete the _ _ biic the followi wibl negotiations. Correspondence _ beâ€", nesday made pu 'rl c the following cable | tween the Governments has resulted in | gram from Admiral Dewey, brought by .*'Ehe fgointme,nt_of theh(,‘a{:agl'umt “:;d' the McCulloch to Hong Kong, and nglish commissioners, high in stindâ€" | ing, being headed by Laurier, the Pre-i though unnlatefl, supposo;i 1.0 have beer \ mier, in person, and the State Departâ€"| sent from Cavite June 23:â€" s ment has prepared and collated a vuti "No change in the situation â€" sinc ;| amount of matter. and corresponden(® | my telegram of June 17. Five German t to be used in the gonf{erences, which | three British one French, and on were to begin as'soo:_)'as(‘ongress ap~| Japanese menâ€"ofâ€"war in port. _ Th ~| propriated the réquisite amount to deâ€"| insurgents constantly closing in 0 5 | fray the expenses. _ (cit.y. Aguinaldo, the insurgen! leade1 W ". . 0 l <lames aTFrH¢ ian* hiz ubaft mriived> May 1 Item for a Commission. A despatch from Washington says:â€" tn a ~maat Aisannnintment to many 260 OREC â€" enE This was supposed to be really & matter of form, but .for some una¢â€" countable reason;, the Senate commitâ€" tee has objected to it, and unless the item is restored there will be no apâ€" pointing power or funds, and the comâ€" mission will have to be postponed until at the next session ‘the‘ matter can be brought up again. es P reRens o io oo ons lA n De DPOURIL TR UBOCC It is a great pity, as several of the | questions are of pressing ‘Inrportance, and should be settled at onee, notably the Alaska boundary and rights of miners in the borcer territories and in transit. â€" The present friendly relaâ€" tions and the cordial feelings existing between the two countries would tend to produce good results, and probably the negotiations could be conducted more advantageously now than ever before, and therefore it is hoped that the House will insist on sustaining the Administration in this important matter, in which the entire country is interested. ‘AGRICULTURE AT OxXFORD. By the small majority of two votos the Senate of Oxford University bas, for &hq-grmnt,firejegted a proposal wl institute a school of agricultural science, for which Sir Walter Gilbey offered te give $10,000 down, and a thousand dollars a year for ten years beside. The future manrger of the sloep{”:ld institution will some day look k with perfect amazemcnt on this action, taken so near the ond of the nineteenth centur{. and wonder if it can be possible that t eir predecessors so late as 1898, really thought the dead ‘“"“;f and the higher mathematics were the important features of a libâ€" ments has resulted in of the Canadian and oners, high in standâ€" byv Laurier, the Preâ€" m (CLOSE ALL CUBAN PORTS UNITED STATES TO BLOCKADE ANâ€" OTHER FIVE HUNDRED MILES. Will Not Be Such a pitficult Taskâ€"Havang L oc Claesdtam MA U KHC ooune Nee EREmE e CCC C Not in Such a State of Destitadon As Some Reports Mave Made It. A despatch from Washington, D. C. says:â€"By proclamation issued on Wedâ€" nesday the President gave notise of the intention of the Government to assume the task of blockading about 500 miles of Cuban coast line in addition to t.bo sections already blockaded. This inâ€" creases the exient of the hlockade fully fourâ€"fo‘d. it having been confined hereâ€" tofore to a stretch of a little more than 100 miles on the north and the sing!e port of Cienfuegos on the south coast of the island, The demands wpon the navyy in the way of ships to patrol the coast, however, will not be nearly 89 heavy in proportion to the territory to be covered as in the case of the initial blockade for the reason that the now \blockaded coast line lies entirely withâ€" ‘\in the great bight on the South Cuban ‘|coast, in which the water is generally ‘ \very shallow and the ports are few inâ€" 1| to which a vesse!l of any draught could f\enter. ‘The most important of thes® â€"|\ ports are Manzanilia, Trinidad, @04 â€"\Tunas. West of Trinidad is Cienfus, h |gos, which is already blockaded efâ€" Slfective]y. From that point west ward ; | for nearly 140 miles there is no point . |to be blockaded until Batabano is y | reached. This port is distant onl{ g about 40 miles from Havana by ral e |and is believed to bave been the prin« q cipal source of food supplies for the it ibpamsh capital. _ For 150 miles west y | of this, clear over to Cape Frances, g | the western edge of the blockaded terâ€" ritory, there are no ports for deep ves sels of any considerable draught, and even if there were, the country in the of |interior, Pinar del Rio, is in the hands nâ€" |\of the insurgents and supplies could ds |not be sent Through to Havana. Tha e | purpose of extending â€" the blockadse w | westward to Cape Frances was to comâ€" ntaln'mnd the channe! between the west a |side of the Isle of Pines and Cape Frances. and thus render much easior ns | the task of blockading vessels. "rogress of Insurgzent Leader Aguinaide Hns Been Wonderful. A despatch from Washington, D. G. says:â€"The Navy Department on Wedâ€" nesday made public the following cableâ€" gram from Admiral Dewey, brought by the McCulloch to Hong Kong,. and, though undated, supposed to have heen sent from Cavite June 28 :â€" "No change in the situation since my telegram of June 17. Five German, thrée British one French, and one Japanese menâ€"ofâ€"war in port. _ The insurgents constantly closing in on _city. Aguinaldo, the insurgen! leader, with 13 of his staff, arrived May 19, by my permission, OB the Nanshan. He established himself at Cavite, outside ofst he arsenal, under the protection of our guns, and organized his army. The progress of Aguinaldo has been wonderful. He has invariably comâ€" ducted the war humanely. My relaâ€" tions with him are cordial, but my conferences have genevally been of ® personal nature." ". e ccneetiigmmm n cmmmcnn The Fouarth Expedition Will&tart In About Two Weeks. A despatch from Washington, D. C« eays :â€"The understanding of the War Depnrlment is that the total number of regulars and voluntiers which will be despatched (to Mania in command of Major General Merrtt will approxâ€" imate 21000 men. Of (hese, 10,00) alâ€" ready have left San Erncisco in three separate expeditions. Vith the troops now at San Francisco ad those on their way to that city, the tmainder of the cifim corps }vn(.l be mde ip. ‘ & Ke lourih expeditin to the Philâ€" | ippines is schoduled to tart somewhere between the 6ib and h of July, and | arrangements for it ar being made | at Washington and atSan Francisco. | The fifth and probably he last of the | series of expeditions th officials now ; | hope Lo see launched p ites way by 1 the first of August. w i P After a woman reach the age of 30 it is impossible to conlnce her that the good all die youngâ€"| I 21,000 TROOPS TO MANILA. J tb $ P Ao¢ 3# CE mfi %4 B y 2