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gseer.ete.g name At 4,4 Our Owa Ceeat,-r,
Oreet 'heels. ,>w United Motu. ..d
AM Porta r the Oab.. C..Mta.d sad
A.rerWd ter Iney Roams.
(ANA1J \
Guelph's rate of taxation is 24 mills.
The Etikint, River is open for navi-
gation.
Berlin's tax rate has bean struck at
175-4 mills.
The Nortbwest eNclione will tie held
*ext O tober:d
Over 5h00 immigrants arrived at
Winoilei twat month. - -
A submarine cable is to be laid be-
tween'"Vanroaver and 1)ysa.
Western miner, are asking for an in-
creased
o-creased duty on lead imports.
The Homiltun Gas Company has iD-
sesr.d.
its demount to 30 ler cent.
Hamilton raises.; have given seven-
ty pita of land for Mie as potato
The London City Council fixed lbs
rata of taxation for 1590 at 211-2 mills
es the dollar. •
A. T. Arydgs.. s Hamilton 1Clondtk-
•r,,w•ho left arroit • year ago, has pt -
turned. poorer by MVO.
Corporal McNair of the "Northwest
Mounted Police jubilee contingent com-
mitted suicide u Wardeer.
Five Spaniards. cigar -makers, bave
arrived I Hamilton, Out., from New
York, and will live there.
It te rumored at Kingston that Mr.
George H. R.rtraa, M.P., will Irur-
--rhess the toeomettve work++ tbeve.
Tbe entire town of Nortbpot't. Brit-
ish Columbia. was wiped out by fire,
but the Le Rol smelter was uninjured.
Andrew P. Scott, former cashier ot
the insolvent Farmers' Savings & Leen
Company, has returned to Toronto.
Hamilton temperance people are or-
naa*aiUg-eMl"1 .-as.eapti.o that
plebiaoite will he taken in September.
Tire navigation =aeon has opened at
Montreal with a rash. -3' -qesei
ei grain were the tergest-tt-eteeord.
last oath fie r P.B,_111nid_48,145
sores of land for $140.TM. ee fear
e times as mock ea wee sold in April.
- 1809.
Hon. Sidney Fiabilr, Minister of Ag-
rleulture, will visit Great Britain this
year sad may anent the Parte Exlosi-
• tion.
Mrs. Shortie bas arrived at Montreal
from Ireland. Sloe will visit her son
at the St Vin^ent de Paul Penitenti-
ary.
Mrs. May of Ashburnham got her
Prot caught between • plank and a rail
et Petetboro' and was killed by sC.P.R.
express.
The celebrated Ian Roi mine has pass -
ad into the hands of • British •yndi-
rate. Three million dollars was the
co*side"tlen.
The influx of Americans to Toronto
to recaps the inconvenience na'ssioned
hy the Span isb-American •ar. prom is-
to
tto be large.
The members of the Canadian Marine
Witron/tloe have given up all hopes
•-of having toe canals opened for Sunday
this season.
Moir. D'Alton McCarthy, Q. C., M.P.,
was Thrown from his dogcart Sunday
night and received injuries' ehicheauss
grave ■pprehension.
Mee Patrick Canowan. nn trial at.
V oodstook, N. B.. on a charge of
aarderieg her sister, Minnie Tucker.
has bean found not guilty.
A rumor is ourre:eatStratford that
all Grand Trunk employees over 50
year. of age engaged in the shops are
to he discharged.
cam roads are boycotting the floe branch
of the C.P.tll
Jobe Y. MoKaae, the former Coney
IsLid politl.al leader, was released
from Sing Sing oo Saturday.
large quantities of Minneapolis
flour are b.iag scut to Montreal for
export. Street et the war.
Waterspouts and tornadoes' have re-
butted in loss of life ani great destruc-
tion of property is Arkaasaa.
The Ogdensburg end Lake Cham-
plai■ railroad has Bess mold under
mortgage foreclosure, for 12,500,000.
At Jericho. is Cedar County. Mo..
• torpedo killed thirteen portions out-
rigbt and fatally injured five or xis
mors -
Maim Bros. and Wolf Bros., Cincln-
naU, shoe factories, each seven stories.
were burned on Friday morning. Lets.
A great Catholic demonstration is ic-
ing held is New York in celebration
of tbe silver jubilee of Ar'gbbishop
Corrigan
Fire at Chicago on Wednesday de-
stroyed Ar'tdour's telt work*. at a loss
of $250,000. The fire caua.d • panto
xneoeg the employes None were killed.
One hundred and thirty-five Passes.
giving permission for COrreelxondeots
of newspapers to accompany the army,
have been iastred at Washington
Mildred Brewster. on trial at Mon-
tpelier, Vt., for the murder of Anna
Wheeler. of whom she wits jealous. has
been acquitted on the ground of in-
sanity.
Edward Gruen. who is'r'ia1Iy Baron
1'nterrechter bas confessed to the ire- complete a fashion. At tbe end of sev-
migration authorities at New Yak io en hours, there was abeolutely nothing
having stolen 07,000 florins from his
Sin WHILE FIOHTIAQ.
SPANISH SAILORS NAILED THEIR
COLORS TO THE MAST.
Mary of the Saone Saute -waw ea ass
erten Was killed and testy Ma la -
lured ria $!•ulna Lowey were Serf
toner.
A deapatail (rum Hong Kong says: -
Among naval men, military men, and
civilians, Eurapoeans and natives, here
to -day there a one subject of discus-
sion, the annibilatiug victory of the
American fleet under Commodore Dew-
ey over the Spanish fleet commanded
by Admiral Montijo, in Manila bay on
Sunday last. (hying to the fact that
the caide between tbis tort and the
Philippine. was sot in working order,
having here cut, it ie said, some dis-
tance from the orient of the islands,
thews has been delay in obtaining a
detailed account of [be 'battle. and facie
m the caro were only available when
the 1'nited States gunboat Hugh Mc-
Culloch arrived .here yesterday, and
tbeo the tremendous pressure of busi-
yra suddenly thrown upon the eahle
Company necessarily made the accounts
of the engagement .owewhat brief.
Commodore Dewey'• orders were to cop -
tun as destroy tie Spanish fleet. and
never were instructions executed in so,
aunt. left of the Spanish few but a fere-
'rbe Cramp Shipbuilding Company of lice.
Philadelphia have received as order The American commander bad moat
from the Russian Governnont for the skilfully arranged every detail of the
construction of two important vessels, action. nal apparently eve* the most
one a IutttleebipGrnmm. solaged the tit:, a poiforo-
tented cruiser.
insignifirfeetcana featurestweitayre carried out
on.;
b0 ot�a+teaekw►--sahl-
•treet, New York, on Tuesday murder- , Toed time -table order. At the end of
ed two of his children. mortally wound.' the action Commodore Dewey anchored
ed • third. end thea inflicted fatal i Ira fleet in the try before Manila, and
wounds on himself. The murdered'
twoa message to Governor-General
children were Grp and'one- year old.,
The other one is seven yeses old. Augueti, announcing the inauguration
Lswie Warner, president of the Conn- I of the blockade, and adding that if a
.4eottwpal Biog. -Net idere wca. fated- tigsieet bis , abigs� �9
ass., is wanted for the erntxr.tem�ld destroy every battery &boat Ms-
ot ten to fifty thousand dollar*. Tb. oils
of.a.warrant was the
meeting of the beak exsmies, lad.
the directors of the inetitutioa.
Tse Fi "t National ' Batik - of Ca
age, N.Y., has domed ita door's The pre-
sident of the Mink. Mr. E. H. Myers,
baa atsoosden..As iaveeigaty
acrountn revealed the fart that he hes
been .defrauding the Conk for eight
yea". The amount of the defalcation
ie estimated 't $110,000.
H. M. R. warship Pelican. el -bleb ar-
rived et Halifax on Saturday. iv to he
fitted out for the Newfoundland fish-
ery protection service.
Clearances i■ the Winnipeg clearing
bowie during April aggregated 141.240.-
000. compared with $4.181.000 for the
correeponding month of 1(107.
The Jury in the 8tergamsvt,ynnrder
trial 1irat -reported a •d1a•greementj
afterwards- returned • verdict of not'
guilty." The prisoner was then let at
liberty.
The W sbrab Railway people intend
putting a gond service on the South
ern (:rand Trunk line between fletreit
and Buffalo. Then w ill be four t.rain%
daily =eh way.
Convict McGuire. of Cobovrg serv-
ing & life sentence in Kingston peni-
tentiary for attempted murder, has
completed • large oil painting Of
Christ's a.eeosio*.
Preparations are being made for the
enlargement of the Prosinclat Parlia-
mentary library at Toronto. to edmlt
the hooka which have been purchased
from Sir Oliver MON at.
t'yrne Seymour. who has served
three lertne in penitentiary for born
stealing earl lament. has )sea arrested
at Kieg topwith a stolen horror. and
carriage in lei poe.eerIOO.
On Friday the steamer W. H. Lynn
Iirouttbb 232.000',imbeds of morn to Ow-
er Sound harbor. Thin 1. tbougbt to be
the 'argent cargo of cora ever floated
in fresh water.
Aa exteeeive *emeritide occurred on
the line of the C. P. R., near Glacier
Rouge sal broke through MO feet of
sormaheda. Luckily ths.veaing trials
bad passed. There will he seristor-
ruption of traffic.
Yr. C. Ross, president of the Ottawa
;Heard of Trade has accepted as levita-
tion to the meriting of the Hrit bib Asso-
ciation In September next on the ores -
sloes of the Cabot memorial celebration
at Bristol, Sag.
The Aars.se F)rclety has awarded
the pste'bmeet of the society to Joh*
Meyers. the rolonred porter, who
braved esraping .team sed live cola
to remove Engineer Hutchinson and
Phoma. Clerk trove the G.T.R. wreck
at Barll*gtme.
UN p'I'RD-4TA'i'FOI
The price of beer hex been adaahned
at Chicago to $ a barrel.
Jobs Tern. father-in-law t+f Mfiieheel
°sebtt, the frith agitator is load tit
elk Joesple, Mich.
Tha„gleia 'LAMPS that the AlLwsi•
-«'
scasanair
A fire patio orctirred is the ('ali-
fornia theatre. San Fnnci•co, at which
Madame Melba vias performing. on
Saturday night. The fire was in the
beat building but the people. disre-
garding the statement of the manage- i
ment. started, a rush for the street.
Fortunately nn one oast wverely
jured. Madame Melte fainted on the
stags.
The cool recWtai aged- car► torpor-
scion work for the city of New York I
have decided in self-defence Ul Nue-
pend operations owing to (be derision
of the comptroller that the city bag
largely exceeded ite debt limit, and
that no fund* will tis available for the
completion of much work under con-;
tract. Forty thouxand men are thus
thrown out of Bork.
GRNERAL.
'Bread riots continue at Menge.
Italy.
' Prince Koung, President of the
Chinsse Foreign Office, is dead *t
Pekin.
The position occupied be. theSputiah-
the support which their ships received
from the land Lotteries and the big
y bad ash(ase,-gase._tham
esorseus advantage. Therefore, when
It is considered that the Spaniards lost
over 600 men in killed and wounded.
fleet sad is the Spanish batteries,' the
Ameakaa fleet retired for breskfa.t,
sad. iacldentallr a couaeilof-wer was
hold on board the Olympia.
By this time the Spanish ships were
in • desperate condition. The [lath
ship, Relax Christina. was riddled with
shot and shell; one of leer steam Pleas
bed beret, and she was believed to bs
on tire. Tie+ Castilla was certainly on
firs and soon afterwards their oosdl-
tion became worse sad worse. until
they were eventually burned to the wa-
ter's edge.
BRAVE EPANIARDB.
The Dos Antselo de Ulloa mads a
most magnificent show of desperate
bravery. When bar cosunothder found
she was ao torn by the American shells
that be ooeld not keep her afloat. be
nulled her colon to the roast. and she
wk. with MI hands fighting to the
last. Her hall was eosspiately riddled.
and her upper deck had bees swept
clean by Lbs awful tin of the Amer-
ico& guns. but the Spaniards. though
their reseal was sinking beneath tbem.
oontinued working the fusion bar low-
er deck uaUl she .auk beneath the wa-
ters. Daring the eugagems*t &Spanish
torpedo boat crept along the More
and round the offing inan attempt to
attack the American etoreabipe; but
she was promptly discovered; Gass
driven mime. and was ecteally shot
to pieces..
THE FINISHING TOUCHES.
'floe Mindanao bad in the meanwhile
been run exhort" to save her from sink-
ing. and the Spawn xmsll craft bad
sought shelter from the steel storm be-
hind. the breakwater. Tie battle,
which was started about 5.5J am., and
adjourned at 110 a.m., was resumed
about noon, when Commodore Dewey
started in to put the limekiln tombs*
upon his wont. '!'here was sot meal
fight left is the Spaniards by that
time. and at 2 p.m., the Petrel and the
Concord bad abet the Cavite batteries
into silence, leaving them beeps 01
ruins and Dogleg the white flag. TM
Spaeth.. guabeets were s►sa- south/ad.
the arsenal was on fire, and the ex-
plosion of a Spanish magazine mused
further mortality among the defenders
of Spain on shore. On the water the
burning, sunken or destroyed
vessels could be men, wing esl7 the
cruiser Baltimore had suffered hi nay
way from the fire of the epein7. -' A
sb.&.ua'lest••ier0et tat' hier'•eggigillndlesemme
ammuait►on neer one of Mr gash sad
slightly injured halt a donne ie ler
crew. Several pihetizi-i j
c►Jaly class to C
little or w damage was done on board
the flagship. _
150 SPANIARDS KILLED.
On the other hand.ibont 1150 mea are
said to have been killed on loasd the
t`panish flagship, which was totally de-
stroyed. Admiral Montijo, the Spanish
cuaitnander, tranderred bs flag to the
that at their ships, amounting to four- lila d. Cuba. when his ship caught
teen, e d
fire. but the letter waa also destroyed
r«
cetroyeot, and that their
is due course of time,
naval araen-il at Cavite Was also at. 'flee Heina Christina lost her captain,
stroyed with its defence', it will be- a lieutenant, her chaplain and a mid -
conk eppwrent that the victory of the Venom by one •bot, which *truck her
American commodore le abet one of the bridgute' 00 Abwousoutdaid 100 meona boawart rd killed and
most oospieee asd wesd.sful achieve- Ulla. Indeed, sass eat :este. place the
menta in the history of naval warfare. number of Spanish wounded during the
'flint WWI killed, not a ship was darn-
si"•t,1 ,mace un board the American engagement at over • thousand men.
1he Olympia was struck five times
about her upper works, and a whsle -
boat of the Haleigb was amaibed.
Although tis Krupp guns on the
enplaned", of Manilla were tired ' OF BATTLE. con-
tinuouslyduring the engagement. Com-
ORDERmodon Dewey did not reply to them.
The order of tattle taken up by the and the battery afterwards hoisted a
Spaaierds was with all the small craft white flag is taken of surrender.
Weide the stoma and the timber break- TERMS OF CAPITULATION.
wagers of Cavite harbour. The larger The term' of the capitulation were
ships of Stain eruieed off Cavite and still unsettled when the McCulloch left
Manila. The American fleet entered Manila.. and it wax said Commodore
Minutia bey on Saturday eight with the Dewey feared rioting upon the part of
the insurgents if be attempted • bom-
greatest of ewer. The Spaniards bed lierdmeat of the remaining fortifier
pot eetaldahed a patrol an 1 then wills" of of Manilla,
leo searchlights at the entrance of the •The forts et the antrums of tbm bay
bay. In fact tbe American ships woulli Rere dismantled on Wednesday, atter
probably have passed inside the bay tbey bad capitasted.
without nay challenge bad it not been It ix said the America, commodore
that 'some sparks (Mw up from the ordered the cable to he cut because the
Mrenllorh tinsel, wberenpnn & few
shuts were exchenged with the batter- Spaniards refused to permit Dim Louse
Mr. and Mr* rah •ad the Mimes
Archer. Hatfield and Sehesok Ameri-
can enisainneries. were murdered in
Sierra Leone.
Fourteen eereped prisoners from New
Manamacca. New Guinea, are reported I
to bave attacked a neighboring oil- :
lags killing and eating 111 rms.
The Transvaal Government want." a
Iron. and it is said that neither Ger-
many nor England will negotiate ant.0
more nonce/alone have been granted.
READY TO LEAVE.
Moen Regent Oily Walnut tee a Msfable
dismal to Qom .Siete.
London, May 8. -The Vienna corres-
pondent of the lenity Telegraph says:
-" Apartments have been rsasrvsd at
a hotel here for Oil Queen Regent of
Spain in case eh earrived before apart-
ments have been prepared for her in
her brother's palace. Telegrams from
the Austrian Ambassador at Madrid,
Count Dahsky, indtoatei that the tureen
Regent is only waiting for a suitable
moonset to quit Spats, without detri-
ment to the intermits of her son."
THEoSPANIS11 FLEET.
A despatch to the Daily (Chronicle
from Cadiz, dated Tuesday, nays
" The battleship Pelayo. and the cruiser
Atfoeso X11I. have left their anchor-
age in the hay and ,cons to the dock-
yard. The (+ruiners Patriots and Rapi-
do ane prepsriag with all speed, and
all are expected to sail together. Cs-
dis is o lsrvrbelteed by the news of the
Phililrplt.l disaster, the lost crown snap
tering many Cadiz men."
aged to any extent. and only six men
were injured •ligblly os hoard the
Baltimore.
true on Corregidor island, but the fleet it pending the complete surrender of
' did not aloes down, and soon took. up a the city.
According to r its current oars
positing near Cavite, awaiting dawn in
order to rommeaoe hostilities.
OPENED AT DAWN.
TROOPS FOR DEWEY.
Marc 1isi t. R. Peet free lea Freedom
t. Mains.
A despatch from Washington sa7ai-p,
Aetive preparations ane,iiet•g mate le
tbe Adjutant -thenars$'. Departures! to
arrange for the tree{+. widish are to be
seat to Cotnasod4ne Diverey+ is ioldlsg
the l'billppiaear It has been definitely
decided t.h•% • terse body of same will
be stint from l'I*i5Oo to,Mselle.
Rena-Adroiral Kirkland ham received
telsgr'epktn oorimunlesUoea from the
War Deportment to provide UYe Mom-
s•ry pprrovlaiotu for 2.000 men for four
..oathsThe army anthoritles is
Ciallto rnia ban boos gine full powear
to ebb& the necessarytresatpor'ta tree
ths Omega 1 am Inormed that Lbs
bile Ihr theee transiiortu hays
al
ena•la
eeles M the%eine
the Americas admiral will insist b7
force if necessary upon the Sportier&
accepting at least a tempuras'prates-
Tbs 'arty hour of the morning re- torate of the Celled State& tdesire
veeled the opposing ships to each otb- being. it is alleged, to seed disturb-
er, and the Spanish flagship opened ing the preemet AdminMtratioA. as it
fire. Her action wee followed by eome s pointed out that the issattrp.ats of
of the larger warships. then1ths Cavite the Philipps• Islands sea qIl
fors opened up, and the smaller Span- to participate in their Geweremest.
ish vessels brought their guns into However, it is believed �re that It the
play. The American squadron whisk i4paniarde d• not meett10 views cd
bad been fed into the bay and through Washington In the lrt
matter the A -
the channel by the flagslip Olympia. lean admiral will take prompt stall to
did not replyth
. though the shote of the administer the islands for e United
Rennie vie began to strike the water State, so mon u he receives the neon.-
around them. but nonce(' onward. sary troop• and
sappliss from San
MINES EXPLODKD. `Franclseo.
I When nearing Raker lay • molders ; It is said that the Spanish ships did
upheaval of water a short dietanns not get ender steam until after ted
ahead of the Olympia showed that the ' &taro wed'r'I .. le h wtid stao tba!
ahead
• Mb bad exploded • mine. or s tb. 8p•nab eoen ander informed the
torpedo. This was followed by a see- Deiovsrsor-Geteeral that it was advisable
sad and similar explosion Thtiy , to surrender In t�he
roselint roam e to of bumas-
were both uneurces'sful. The ,rMrte•s .s fully but that he and his men were
fleet was then drawing seater end wUliag enough to fight and die. Eves
nearer to the Spaniards. whose an- when the 8prniak flagship we halt
eery was very poor, the shots trona woo or►y her commander. though
the Cavite batteries' sad from the woatnded, nfu.ed '10 lest. the held •
Mpaainh •sg�ips taloa .gonhly badly tell 6$ Alp was burning and sinking,
aimed. either falling abort or going her eters shattered by a common shell
wide of tial elilft. and let steam -pips burst.
µ-boo the Acnes can fleet entered the The Petrel chased • sunbost op the
boy, coating t►ro b the andFrisouthern River Peaals. and the lipsnsh notate
ObamiMel, beton= Oaas)lo Frits arae lel a boat to negotllaaate ootid Lions
'slat• Lha'tall Gas• their order:-- of sarreeder. -R1ts American captain
'_I flag ahtp the Baltiraors. replied :-"Unsnndlt1onal surrender or
UM Reietgh rd. rialtos, i *t"1, fight." To this the Spanish captain an -
sad Idetyd)oebt with the two stud "meted:. -"Ws are willing to fight.
ships the Malaita* and Wins briar P1.... •'low mu to send for amount-
Andleg tip 'the roar. In tont rider tlnn, because nor stare to exhausted."
they mirept before the city end feria
the enemy in column line. Though the • t DRWRRX„,hU1t 'r1i4R caws, -
g suiterd* bad otsmed fin st-shrthetrr -tom mitgew to the eluting sa-
/adg yard*. the Alheif ass reserved tbbrli to centime temporarily under
s
their fluuntil within fear •thoassad tisthe American flag, pending Lbs tennis -
yards of the sanely, when the rel Mien of the war. the Spaniards delay.
battle be a. The Rhea Ch len ed their tMcision. and kept wiring to
Castilla. rL) Aatesis de tiles, iota ds Medrid. The Aaasrieane ps,essted the
Cuba fits M Loom. and the Mindanao privilege of vain` t.be (ihs, wad when
were in line of battle natette of Cavits this wan rwtos•d twit= the „Lbw.
at that time with the four gunboats T1N gwrow(.bda. Into Kong, •r -
sad the torpedo hosts Waldo the har- ' Pied right in the mtddb a t li lat-
hour. I11e. During the
A IN AIL OF SHOT. I breakfast an *znsrieae eerrnies? gwss de.
The American ships then pealt i filched to meet her. as It was believed
lsokwsrts and forwards sir times obs might be a Spaniard. When It was
soross the trout of the flpoopree 1 fennel that the new arrival wen s Mi-
micries is upon the latter a perfect Dahl vowel she was warned to keep
hail a shot sad shelf. Every Amer- away. The gemsralda tb•vsfor• moo -
ken vibe seemed to tell. while almost ed up ted tw7 Her 15 miles. There aro
*very Apaelab shot mimed the mirk. �'atltl two er three Apem nh gtmloate
After having thtis soettsred death sad ' shout the Philippines' but no resist;
dasnr•Uratios among file //popish, a*o• front them is probable, One no -
TROOPS
-
ogee ei,,,e ►tee a- -
coot°, captured an American barque
loaded with coal,
DItiiOPATiOIB BOAT RETURNS.
The United States gunboat Hugh
McCullsola which strived here os
Friday with despatches from Admiral
Dewey. lett bare at three o'clock this
afternoon. Greenwich time. on bar re-
turn to Manila. atter, it is understood.
receiving many urgent detgmitebes
from Washington., on., But, it is halter-
ed Lha McCulloch will first go to Yin
bay to await the final inetruotioss for
Admiral Dewey as to tow be is to deal
with the Pbiilppine Islands.
DO�I08 PARTJAI ITd
Note of Proceedings In the Cana-
dian Howe of Commons
MANITOBASCHOOL QUESTION.
In reply to Senator Landry in the
Senate. Mr. Soots mid that neither the
Government nor any member of the
Administration had had say negotia-
tions with the Holy Bee oa the question
of the settletaeat tyt- Wil,, lieaitoba
school question or any other subject.
There had been absolutely no communi-
cations or negotiations of • public
character.
PABSPD WITHOUT OPPOSITION.
Two private bills were read •third
time and pawed. One was to incor-
porate the 'Toronto and- Hudson Bay
Railway Company, and the other to
authorise the Canada Eastern Railway
Company to convey its railway to the
Alexander Gibson Relv►►y and Mahe -
factoring Co.
CANADA'S -DEFENCES.
Canada doss not-prophe to tell the
world what it is doing in conjunction
with Lbs Imperial Government to make
its defences *Maio*. Same time ago
Mr. Cmgraln called for the official cor-
respondence on the subject. Dr. Bord-
en brought down a letter from Major-
General Gasoolgne on the .object as
'tbllmleisY "The whole of the
and oorresliosdenoe are of a confiden-
tial or assert nature, and while I real-
tas Bt I.iKti1M that as matW
pespileveimportemeatereeneibie *amid
be •a• abIt a rhe
ity_a general 'alio
ciples of�dete s, still I feel that it
would be unwise to mike any portio*
of the edritiespondence • psrliamen-
ese- paper, .>rtph as would be acces-
sible to the ynblto. Indeed. in more
than one . case the Imperial Govern-
ment has deflattely requested that
speotal cars •boald he taken that the
contents of papersehould not be gen-
erally known.' In this statement the
Minster of Militia concurred. and
therefore did not bring down any pr
pers.
RAILWAY BILL PASSED.
TDs Kiagstco slid Pembroke rail-
way bill and the Mostrs.l Wand taU-
way bill were nod a third time sad
poised in the House. '
FREE MI iiilitS' LICENSES.
Mr. &ften stat.d Le the Homes that
he bad directed that free mine"' 1io-
eases should to sped by all the Can-
adian Customs oaken and noising re -
modern in the Ybkoe district. That
step had b... tags is oom.gems•
of Lbs report that eeri�ooa3s�dlttiaalt
was aurid by prove he
had bees usable to obtala I�eeaws at
Victoria or Veaceevr.
PUNIOHABLE DY HARD LABOR.
A hill providtag for the noS-pay-'
meat *f the fine is artats Diner under
the criminal rode .ball lee punishable
byhard labour was iatredaoed in the
▪ ouse by Mr. I1$i. The dna* lies'
isbmsat exists clam
mom claof
[rasa where Lha Milts bas. sot boss
pall.
N B W W KATliRR. STATION.
Tbe estimates for the Toronto Met-
eorological
eveorological Obeervntory maw province
for ea Worm* of 1109 in Lbs salary
of Mr. Napier Denison sod .1 Seo sash
in the salaries of Measra Kingsford sod
Blake. Sir Lars Davies aaeoaeoed
that the supplementary estimates win
commix an appropriation for the erso-
ttna of • swv atatios about nisei mile.
from Toreebe • sorti-es.terly direc-
tiot. Therms* has wilt egersis a11
theappa rdas at present is Liable
h. diatnrlamies from the electric cur-
rent
usrent seed la cosnsatios with the street
railway, and is the result of a siegges-
ttos from members oe ted Britsh At
societies.
Fltsl3wdr PROTRCTiVE SERVICE.
The Goesrbese*t is cossidaring the
advisability da making the fishery pro-
tective service more effective, so that
it may bre capable of affording protec-
tion to harbours and shipping. The first
Mop Mikes this year bra Mos to p1a.e
a couple of Getting guns on each ves-
sel.
etsel. Sir Louis Davies stated in the
Homs that he hoped soon to place an-
other vaned on the Pacific Boast, which
w111 be &tile to carry $ reasonable num-
ber of gags. He proposes this session 10
1 bring down en estimate to improve the
present servios. One of Die plena is
to hove a naval reserve, with se aanu-
al training. Atter this Das teen et
tebliabed provision will he made that
no man will be employed on the Gov-
ernment cruiser. unless be ham passed
that training and received a certificate.
1'O AMEND THE COMPANIES' ACT.
In moving' a mooed reeding of •
hill to amend the Companies' Act, Mr.
Mills sophissd that tender the hire -
sant law parties applying for lettere
patent are required to pay tato a bask,
Jo. trustees, 10 per met. of the
aubacrihed stook, which is kept until
the company assumes is responsibi-
lities. 1a some cases when the depos-
it
epotit is made. liabilities are incurred be-
fore the letters patent krr issued. and
the Mtt not retained' by the true-,
teen, the id11 proposes that the de-
posit .6101 be paid to the ReasiverGes-
eral. and held by him until the tam•
puny is /ally formed. The hill was
orad • =cored time.
GOVERNMENT OF THE YiTKON.
it Is said that' the (Ioverame*t has
decided to echoer. to the Hous. a hill
crvrUaagg • Terfitoriel Government in
Lbs Tutor s1IDfi&r to that now exist -
M4 in the North-West Territories, with
a I lentenr*t-Gmeraor and Advisory
Hoar& awl a oMapNte outfit of elf -
me for the administrant* eiustice
rs
and ajatena*Q)1 of law red whet.
lois. STERNAWAII is FREE.
AP,MlR _S oto TRIAL THE JURY
REI+YSZD TO CONVICT.
Tie Freed wemetp New-ierpreaalvs
seer 1s the (Isom Moss -lava the ed
and /M Weems Gave s 111th .r *s•
mot
A despatch from Cayuga, says: -TM
gift of prophecy evidently lien with
the wives of the Stoneman household.
Nbortly before the marriage of George
H. Sternamaa to the widow. 011vn, Ma
mother said that it he married her he
would be dead Ln six months. Her pro-
pbeoy was fulfilled to the letter. Leat
November. the yousger Mrs. Steras-
man, after being sentenced to death.
after • verdict of murder against bar,
stood up in the dock and mid, "1'11 got
a naw trial asd Its acquitted." Her
prophecy has shoo been fulfilled to the
latter. Six months ago a jury of Heidi -
mend freemen pronounced her guilty
of murdering her two husbands; on
Saturday night woollier jury of Heidi -
mend farmere pronounced her not
guilty. She is free atter twenty
moat= of imprisonment. to go where
she wills and do what aha pleaaea. The
speetaele of s woman • second time
within the *bedew of the relieves. wbieb
has draws half tie population of the
county to tis nourt-Douse for the past
tour days is ended. and everyone is
satisfied. The favorable verdict is un-
doubtedly • popular one -if anything
more popular than the unfavorable one
et; lest November.
SCENIC IN THE COURT.
The jury nisi into iteroes ah 0.*
having lutesed to saves boon d
a1i•e.:hes from counsel and judges. TIW
court -room had been packed alt day.
Far aloft men and ixoy■ wbu had climb-
ed up outside sat with their teat
dangling through the windows. looking
down on toe thruug empress below. jIInl the gal-
lery r$ }echo odhiF dines; 'On toe floor of 1
• maes of =inanity that drove the
counsel from their mate, the reports"
thin their table, mei ibineem.d the
Meas bis beach s>l{B'$br"�ry to its
*Ismail the priswer, who .at
with her hand covering her tars. 'rat
use eye gleaming between her Hewers.
the people surged. She seemed to be
on Ore m abs sat there, listening to
the words of the speakers. 'A fever
burned hands and facia to a flame erim-
sus. ono whoa she followed the jury
out ahs beat with weakener esti seem-
ed hardly able to walk.
Is the bot ooart-rens. with tis
evening saisligbt .mining throngs the
murky •tmoup srer the throes waited.
At length. at lift atter two boars' ab
IAO/m1 the jorymat.nibpri-
siter was nesogit • trembling with
elpsetasry. The foreman was interro-
g ated as to whither he had arrived at
• verdict. "Ws seeaot come to as
egrs ist," he said, His Lordship was
peremptory. Yon must go back to
your nes." sold bs. "1 oansee It
you go so soon." Aed so the hungry
jurors were locked up agafrs. Oa the
prisoner the effect of the prolongation'
a the agony she visa suffering was ea -
tease. Again the crowd parted to let
bar pass oat of the court -room, this
ties he a .tate of &booms eotiapss.
As the .wing wore on the throng
Worsened. Formers and their families
from twenty miles away drove tato
town is the evening to see the desens-
aest of the drama.
THS VERDICT.
AL 9.30 p.m. the jury filed into court
.pin. The judges was sent lir, and or-
dered the =eatables to brio[ in the
primmer. A pathway bad to be made
through Urs see of wailing barn•aity,
Yet there was delay. Physical fear
hod paralysed the limbs of the pri-
sossr, and for some moments she could
sot walk. Finally she was brought
shambling ia. and sank down with
bowed head.
The delay had served to increase the
intensity of the situation. The nerves
of everyone were .tretehed to the
.training point. The roll-osll of the
jurors seemed as if it would Last for -
ram., ginitily tame the formal. "Gen-
tlemen of the jury, heel you arrived
et a verdicts' and the &newer, " Yea,
not guilty." The men burst into clears
and the women gave vent to a great
nigh of relief. The prisoner tried to
rise, but soak down again cod sobbed.
A awmeot later she stood up again
and uttered ea unintelligible word ot
thanks.
His Lordship addressed her bristly:
-Olive Adel. 13ternaman, a jury of
your countrymen hosing found you sot.
guilty tri tis crime with which you
were charged, the law Das so further
claim on you. and yon are free to go
where you will."
Gaoler Murphy then led the freed
woman through the crowd. laughing
with happiness now and with tea"
running down -her cheeks. in the gaol-
es's boar Rev Mr. Foote her mother,
esters, and relatives were waiting to
iso her. The freed woman was kissed
and laughed end cried over and eon-
/ratnlated.
the Manila engagement until
re to bad been received.
Der' molt. Mhelher for the
ise A d, speMit entre:sally
MI the beet Is hies political career,
repeatedly interrupted by oath
Ghee lfti1g� Iaaiated that tg, th
briefly by a young
mosarub. and afterwards
widow and child, aunt net,
hdamed for the policy 'of tilt
Goversa.atn." The Iraponaibiuty
heed. be d llarsd. ss blies hordes
all sad each should beer hie share
stead of tryipg to shift the Limy
$ neighbor. Re defended auto
ea "granted to Cuba, generously
Um friendly advla of tie powers,
order to deprive the Aasrioses M
Mutest to f meat diepontent and ran
bellios." Autonomy be maintained.
had achieved ocaetltaUes and ie.
proved the eeoaoanle situation. b
pointed its a proof of its success aims
all otbsrs to ted "loy.l friendship
sad assistance of the Cubans in the
present war against the Unity
States."
WHY SPAIN Wirt UNPItsPAttlib,
With regard to the question ul ob.
preparedness, Sem': Muret cuuaidly
contes.ed that be bad sot believed as.
bit the very tart that war would one,
as he oonalder d the Americans we
"iesetwbM of attaching Sof• ultimo
the slightest mess." brat "when rano
vinoed teat the United States wig
beat on .ampollins Spain" then, wu)t
the entire Cabinet. he 'seriously
pared to repel as tea just attack, pur-
chaeteg Mei tlliil.B oat warships,
procerieg war asaterial, irrespective of
coot," resolvinegg to "teaks a strong
stand, converting a peach/ming ince
• merlin Cabinet." Ili /' 54lo terms
Ss*or Horst cleared t of the
cbarggesea of a pree, whisk flus, be •raih
trytsg to load all the il.0 et the sa-
ttata"-1MM him, He asert0t that be
yieSsil nose
slveya heacting in
moon what -he
thwllgttt beet for his country's welfare,
la sescluelos. he appealed to the pa-
ert Lbs nation asd-tbr-Cbam-
her to "..stat sed advise the °overn-
awat in Its defence of the tights sad
hewer of Spain." a teat wile& was
"the work of all with tie • °onstttve
atter responsibility of the IfIslatry to
this Cortes amid the nuke."
Senor Mont resumed his seat amid
t ogee+ deputies *road-
rdo�3'''Yab�it 'kl imbue ]mill *WS -
oongrettgletiass,
8wpor Comet4ss 1tor of the holm -
chit) withdraw fir proposal teethe i!
yeaehaeat- f14 A4 1. l -Rerisejw- the
Misistss..od Wsr. and .Admiral-Beran-
ger, insister of Merles, In the Cabinet
of the late Amor Canvas.
811O.17LD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE.
Admiral Berensjo, is reply to • ques-
tion expressed tba opiates that it
'ought to hese been po.sibe to bave
repented the Americans at Manila "
Senor Moret challenged a dlreet rota
of confidence. declaring that the Gov-
e rnment would resign if it were not
carried.
WHY 8PAIIi WAS NOT READI
SNE DiD NOT BELIEVE WAR WAS
POSSIBLE.
The aeeers of Newer M.res--Iiia• 4t...
•4seed That the halted Mates Waal
thee etre severs*. rt tNedIste/y
reepsrad te novo nem.
A deapateb frees Madrid says: -In the
Senate oo Friday, Senor Pnlgeervsr re-
fused say explanations as to the war
intentions of the Government. in no
ply to • question whether crenates
had bees takes in view a the budse.
trial oriels arising from the dlmeen-
tioa of the stook of coal, S..nr Pnlitear-
ear said Lha Governnest was lquir-
leg is to the question sad if moos
vary would prevent the sxportattnn n!
ttnal.
in the Ceagrems. Senor Capdepoh.
Mintater of the Interior. anted the
depot/ea t.e suspend jtadgaest as to
HELP FOR IESURGENTS.
STZAMRR OUSSiR SAILED FROM
TAMPA FOR CUBA.
ifs OaU.d •sate* to start a Ytprvtss fam-
palge-5r6rr ale Wan• Is Oat Arms
br IMMO Mee writ ease Landed .1e
('.is.
A lespeteh from Tampa, Fl.., say.:-
Thentesmer Guano. use of the Mallory
Use bests. chartered by the Govern-
ment for use as • transport, sailed for
Cuba on Tuesday morning. laded with
arms. dtamusitias. and supplies. fur-
nished by the United States Govern-
ment, for the use of the Cuban lesur-
gesta." A =mosey of 100 lfalted
States troops. the first regiment of
lntsatry, will eoe0spany the exptdi-
tau and aid in guarthog the landing
of the valuable cargo, and will. it ase-
cessary, penetrate isle the interior far
enough to plea the hippies its the
infantry, will seeemehe the expedi-
tim will be is $8.014. of Captita W .
H.
Dont. Genesof Viler aids. wbs bas
just returned from Cuba. The Gamete
Ian m board between six and saves
thoaaaad Springfield riles.. sheet
20&000 rounds of ammunition, aadelllr-
.ral hundred boxes of psweisioM..:ise-
sisting principally of oasasd thssts.asd
bard tact. The utmost secrecy. is
maintained regarding the point of
landing, but in view of Capt. Dont'■
loading near Havana. whet., Lee eos-
municat.d with the insurgent leader
General Delgada it is believed that
the expeditious will be beaded for s
peint act hr tr ave. The Ons-
ide had aaneted her forward deck
a one-pamidsr tepid -tire Iran It is
understood, bewstor. that ahs will be
met at iiNK'ptrit% not tar from Rey
West b7 • gMe-hunt from the' bkoh`
&ling giadiMliC and escorted to the
designated .aasding place.
ARMS FOR 1b80g,
The Whitney, the sister
Geese, whits salved ---
8iiterdsy with tele of -tie
Fifth infantry, rote me *aedn7: It
is intimated that she will -felon the
G os'iie to Cuba as coon er the arms. era -
munition and supplies inan ie toadied.
Bedsae s week has passed it le haulm- '
ed that the insurgent leaders will base
been fnrsished with alsL enough der
at least 16.000 now sett 1ritb a base 01
supplies aotabliobmd ed the $haat, a
vigorous earepaign sgehent, the Stain -
lab bons well be ieM $tee '
Large ammneta of pnwdgr
jeoliles for the bloabadL*d.
*ran new arriving ho". fits Platte
Islas. there as. 18 ears loos4sd with
dynamite, torr, eked other
musttions, which soon bit set in
Rey Weft. sold OM'agite,yy stare cars ars
an Lbs wharf treats. An extra beam
guard has been placed armed the earn
ree0dred* of carpenters are at work
ter isr Neilesgg up the big tasarporta
Arid 'it k laelishrd now that p11 of the
Neste bore will be in re•dineim itis' load
leg by Wedsoadlay night
Tie sgginger corps on Mo*dsy wore
drilled to 'iso the big ew n na yds•
tootle which aro ei pert of their
melt. tis the repacione hoes of
thee ars stored enough of drone
tome to forms Ian w serel
•1Arljesl. in mirth 'fisyr+w
vied, with the *zooid
of the
dplrORIAL NOTiS
..e7
it theittric'1 iA tin ta5t•
!t+ 01 tb syw,dras st Cad1a b
▪ vowed W;ore the ghrli
irgl to returs' 10 I
�lrgpp never
$ pea.. o& they star■
Providingtry this ptsdge la
let eta sea what the Bp
chinos'. are to iev r ret
thete
hive
is"").
nodus' i 0* Juba Au*trb
tyrlss V's illegitlmofats wed
the Turkish fleet is the
inagto. This w . use of the
battles of history, and 8tais
vest man. one of the rooter''
great men that country cru
~ ad of its admlalst1
wig, at the he
P8ppp 11. The Sp•atah bad not
theirri ible.warrior-Dna talp
4'.4t . woe
� they bad he
and Vesalian fleet and
rply outnumbered the Turks.
r. the viora' notable.
of thectory credit for IC helot
8pan
$. is" srd'. victory ha& bees gall
since that day. Three cam
a quarter bave elapse sin
of Lepanto. but -Spain ser
r important fight 011 the
mrd. educe t,sys$to bpeir
ocean. at one time sad •s
England, France, Rolla'
t psrts of Italy. some
com►+►nations of the 1
and almost every other
ry in Europe. small sad gree
of the little **MOS ot
loath Amsttee, but she h
battle which boa bad the
t toward b.ttarlag her a
&trio or which boo altered
t . •Ilghtsd dsgt'se the gene:
coat of bistory. Seventeen yea
'tato, is tae reign of t hi
'a "1avisciblo"
w ` r fleet, in ntu
Yd gigL, whkh had et
-- ■ sheep to is
_ ted
fore.: Otte* .ft•r 111
tar weed won by Engle
did Spain try to win
although sometimes, it was
b osly Y 1a.igaiticaat t
alw•aye tailed. 8be to
ly asd igaomioualy,
d w1TI$�, when she wed
by • powerful snout force tram
when England was not oa
ed the United States but ha
Same arrayed agai*at her.
Os
for more than three contort
=shod In lea ■s'al were hat
bio contempt. le Lbs batty
falgar in 4wM tree
l
important naval battles n
tut participated, Nelms nu
work of the 8psash tient,
crime re istaesa offered
is the battle *hag by Sps1'
Wide. In the wars episet
tattoos of the soothers hal
Morino oostaiest Is thi
Spall a fights Oaths ocean
feebler than were those on
Peruvians and Oldham
Spanish fleets he the we
M. The pottrooa Psrejs. to
Admiral who committed
1164 oa &ceoaat of kis dknf.M
bath Americans. had as
ted coward aid blunderer F
destroyed the defenseless
this raising • storm of Gan
Opals In Range for bb
K property of Rbrsp.ans b
but Nunn quickly fled Gal
free before Callao atter
were fired at his inns
whisk chanced to In 111 t
tboa is a pewldlllty. of oa
possibility, thin Spelt nay
late and estaportest ti
en the water 1* the prase
h order to do oven this a
to show a courage end es
ahs has never dhplaysd
the worht jo ted part tires
THUMBRCRZWI
..lee
A etag•e aaperl.s . MON
ee letterth
t1 illiam Verntslrs, the I
who for fourteen racer ee
as Confidential secrete
eon -chief. it.. bees tool
Rye -hoose Piot. a oo.Wls
dent. Charier II. acid
month os the throne. 'M
the ercrnciatltag torture i
las or thnmbeot'sws, wht
nanny, without aceta
rating others.
Atter Comprise thessege
riser of Wm..
Rh tie la.fragi.at by
a tortured. epees flat)
mean of /00
he
etadttre Mie lenib 1�
n it •seetesikes of so
twists is this mss)
estates to Out there
rawly and a idertal•
'it is us r' I
• yet it be
thatl
tftlne with re t
may really foo
thaat you felt."
Cents*, turned the
king cried sat .std
id that noise mole*
ve rnnfessed to asytl
Ise.
Outclae.ed —Tbs )Ie
we a rival, t f 11
t 1 have
tu+Lte,
rete iMI►s 0es491
►�alt
settee **If