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The Exeter Advocate, 1898-9-9, Page 3�4 Salisbury, Great Britain has not yet IaI J, DILI YFOS TALKS theBjiv r^PAUnab as the Czar's peace noteg the British Ambassador at St. Petersbur has already communicated in cordial terms the hearty sympathy with whioh the rescript was read by the acting Min- ister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. A. J. Bal- four, the First Lora of the Treasury and Government leader in the House of Com, mons. When tho Marquis of Salisbury re" plies to the note, the Westmiuster Gazette continues, he will hail with satisfaction and delight the Czar's initiative, assuring him of the determination of her Majesty's. advisers to co.oprate heartily in promot- ing bis great aim, The Prisoner at Devil's Island May Have Another Chance. FRANCE IN EXCITEMENT'S GRIP, ,$ta Anglo -German Treaty --Tire Terms of the Memo. of Agreement—Relates to Asia Minor and Delagoa Day— Lord, Salisbury Will Reply to Czar's' Peace Dote Suggestions. Paris, Sept. 3i—Madame Dreyfus bas made the following statement: "The truth about my husband cannot be sup- pressed much longer. He never fails to proclaim his innocence. His letters to me are sadder than a wail over the deal, and their heartrending pathos entad ele•. anate only from a guiltless soul. His all - absorbing thought is to blot out the stain of treason with which his persecutors try to tarnish our xhaine. The martyr of the Isle do Diable lives but for the rehabilita- tion et his family. Our children must not be burclenel with a dishonored name, partienlarly as my husband is innocent. Col. Henry's horrible end is part pay, anent of the penalty incurred by reason of the cruel wrong done to my husband. ;His disgraceful death is the natural out- ecme of his attempts to dishonor a good ,officer. Cul. Henry's associates may also pay the penalty." Short Cut may Ye Taken. Paris, Sept. 3.---Whf10 apinloa is for revision of the Dreyfus trial there is anxiety over the exuosures it might en- tail. Dreyfus may be pardoned or settle other sbort ant to justice taken that scandals may be eseapad. Not Since Sedan's Tall. Paris, Sept, 3.—Colonel Henry's con- fession of having forged the famous deco- ;neat upon the authenticity of whioh General De Boisdelre, °blot of staff at the French army, in bis impassioned. ap' peal to the Gary In the Zola trial, staked his own reputation and the honor of the army, and Col, Houry's suicide in the fortress of Mout. Valerian have caused an emotion tbroughouc France whioh bas not been witnessed since the fall at Sedan. Following these, which added fuel to the fiatuo, was the arrest of Col. Du Chain. Revision Decided On, London, Sept. 3.—A special despatoh to the Evening Standard from Paris, published yesterday afternoon, says the French Cabinet bas decided upon a re - ninon of the Dreyfus case. The Officers Will Divulge. Paris, Sept. 3.—It was announced yes- terday afternoon by the Petrie that sev- eral officers of the general staff and do - aided to resign shortly anti divulge all they know of ;he entire Uresfus affair. One officer declares that war will Movie, ably follow as a result of the revelations which will be made regarding the machinations of another Government. Refers to Delagoa Say. Loudon. Sept. 3. ---It is reported, on the Steele Exchange that the Anglo -German alliance, or understanding, relates to the British purchase of Delagoa Bay; witn Germany assenting. As a result, nettle and Portuguese securities Are booming. Tereus of the Treaty. London, Sept. 8, -Tbe Daily Mali says this et:ruing; '"We tensa:. theyfour and the German Ambassador, Cowie Von Hatzfeldt. signed on Wednesday a. document preiheihinary to a treaty, widoit will give Germany a free hand in Asia Minor, and :allow kngland to lease Dela- goa Bay from Portugal, at a cost be- tween n1,000.000 and 45,000,000. Ger- many will, as a farther connection, sup- port Great Britain's claim for the Abell - tion of the mixed tribunal in Egypt. Mr, Sheinberg neve eleDouell, the Pre- mier".: private secretary, has left London for the Continent to submit to Lord Salisbury a care of the treaty." A reeling That War Is Coming. Paris, Sept. 3.—The most pessimistic feelings exist. It is the common belief that Great Britain and Russia aro on the eve of war, and that the consequences ot the Drayfus scandal will involve France in war with Germany. Tho Government is doing its best to etch tho rising tide. .Eigh officers confess that the discus- sions that will follow revision will prob. ably entail war, but they say that would be preferable to having the army remain under a cloud, with the possibilities of agitation leading to civil strife. Premature Report. Paris, Sept. 8.—Tho report put in cir- enlation by a news agency that a revi- sion of the Dreyfus case had been deoided upon, appears to be premature. It is now pointed out that a revision must be sanctioned by a Cabinet Council under the Presidency of M. Faure. ANOTHER ALLIANCE, A TRANSPORT HORROR. Horrible State of Affairs cu Board the "s.ileihetly—xasane Froth Suffering, Pte, \Magner Hangs Itlruse t Montauk Point, 14.1., Sept. 3. ---After a brief respite from the horrors of pest, stricken transports, most of the reasut arrivals having been in fairly good midi. tion, Camp \vikoff was horrified yesterday by the arrival front Santiago ot the Atte. gbeny, with a ghastly record of 14 dead at sen and 145 siek, out of a total of 4. oMlieers and Hien of the Ninth Massachu- setts, who embarked in herr. The tall truth of the horrible state ot affairs on board the Allegheny cannot yet be told, for the troops aro stili detained on board, and they will not bo landed until today, but it is known that her condition is probably worse than that ot any other ot the transports that baba yet come up from Cuba. John R. Wagner. a private of Com - any If, Seventeenth Infantry, committed suicide early last night by hanging him - self to the ridge pole of his tent. Ho was delirious from fever, Wagner was brought here eight days ago ou a transport from Santiago. CUBA'S BIG LOTTERY, A SPANISH INSTITUTION WHICH UNCLE SAM WILL ABOLISH. Colossal Swindle Conducted tinder Royal Patronage and Supported by Ragged. fluttery Cubans, Who Sadly Need a Lit- tle Wholesome American Lawmaking, When the United States tropes get into Havana and Preeitient el••leiree appoints a military governor to elven things up and straighten out the tangled affairs of the long besieged city, "0110 of the first Spanish institutions to he wiped out will probably be the Royal lottery of Cuba. If it isn't, it aught to be. The Cubans have enough ills without having this insidious evil perpetuated. Should the government of the island bo handed over to the Cubans themselves it is entirely likely that the Royal lottery would be permitted to continuo its career unmolested. For this reason it would he well for them to experience *he results six luonths' existence under good, whole- some American laws. Uncle .'.am bas had about all the experience with lotteries that he wants. He knows they aro institution' which do not benefit the people. But the Cubans aro not so Wise, fes, although the lottery, like every other profitable concern, has been run by ripaniards, they continue to patronize and support it. Tbe Royal lottery of Cuba is conducted on much the sante principles as the na- tional lotteries of Italy and Gerrnany. Probably there is no actual tricltery, It is uneccessary. The poor Cubans are so willing to be swindled by this particular form of gambling that they continuo to buy lottery tickets although they know that the odds are beavy against them. ,All, through the war the Royal lottery bas continued to hold its drzwinge midis, barbed and at last accounts was still at it, The tickets are sold everywhere and by every ragamuffin whacan get a lottery broker to trust hint with a ticket to sell on eummisston. While you sit in a cafe you aro'oaered 20 tickets by 20 different peddlers in as many minutes. The tickets used to cost $10 each in Spanish silver Dain. Since tho war they have sold for $10 in paper. The numbers are Molded, into tenths. You can buy oue-tenth, several tenths or the whole number. Hence when the big premium is $50,000 and you bold a one-tenth ticket you wtn $5,000—per- baps. On the day of the drawing the doors are thrown open promptly et 7 a. to.. and the crowd rushes in. Any ono is admitted, so the audience is not select. The perform- ance begins with the arrival of the gray haired president and all the gray hawed vice presidents. The intendente general de ha!i'ntle sits in a big chair inthe center of the platform and. locate honest. Ile ala is gray haired. Men with hoary ECIIO2S OF TUE WAR. The Moos at Camp Wikoft are almost without water owing to an accident to the pumping machinery, and the suffer, ing of the sick men has been augmented aiinost beyond the point of endurance. A semiofficial note issued from Berlin says; "A state of peace having been re- established between the United States and Spain, orders have been given that the Gorman naval force at Manila bo re- duced to one or two ships. A U.S. transport, with sick soldiers from Santiago, bad a fire in the atter hold coal, but it reached Montauk and discharged the sink troops before the 800 cases of cartridges wore reached. Robson has a swelled heed and says he will raise the Cristobal Colon, despite the orders of the Navy Department to the contrary. Shatter, in an interview, boasts that the success of the Santiago campaign was so complete and unequivocal that it atones for the bungling whioh treated the troops so oruelly. at Looks as Though Britain Had Signed One, Offensive and Defensive, With Germany. London Sept. 3..—A report was current here yesterday that a treaty of alliance between Great Britain end Germany on the lines of the speech of Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, was actually completes the day before. This is probably au amplifica- tion of the gossip relative to the daily visits of Count von Hatzfeidt-Wildenburg, the German Ambassador here, to the British Foreign Office during the past fortnight, whioh have been attributed to a desire upon the part of Germany and Great Britain to formulate a common ,policy in regard to Russia and China. It is said that as quid pro quo tor Ger- many's support in Egypt, Great Britain will recognize Germany's claims to utilize Syria as an outlet for her surplus popu- lation. The Pail Mall Gazette yesterday after - ,noon says it has received from a source in whioh it has esery confidence, informa- tion showing that the Anglo -German agreement was signed this week by Mr. Balfour and the German Ambassador in behalf of the respective powers. Continu- ing, the Pall Mall Gazette says that while the agreement is restrioted. it embraces an offensive and defensive alliance in cer- tain eventualities. The Pall Mall Gazette adds: "This new and momentous depar- ture in our foreign policy Domes as a natnral development of the European •situation." The Pall Mall Gazette then quotes the •speech whioh Mr. Joseph Chamberlain Made at Birminghain on May 13 last. bidding for a German alliance , and con- tinues: on-tinues: "Latterly it has been evident from the tone of the semi-official German ?press, that the two Governments have been drawing closer., and finally there were prolonged conferences between Count Hatzfeidt and Mr. Balfour. The depar- ture of Count-Hatzfeidt proves that the object of the consultatiuns has been achieved. Besides, Mr. Chamberlain has gone to America, Lord Salisbury is pro. longing his absence, and Mr. Balfour 'leaves for his holidays on Saturday. Evi- dently the Ministers do not expect to have to deal with crucial questions of :foreign polioy." LIPTON'S CHALLENGE. The British Yachtsman Want the Races Sailed Off Newport. New York, Sept. 8.—Sir Thomas Lip- ton's challenge for the America's Ono next year. in obar e of a special com- mittee, arrived here yesterday. There aro but two important points to be settled before the race is assured; one is the length of the competing yachts, and the other the course. The Royal Ulster Club favors a 70 -footer, and pre- fers to have the course at Newport, in. stead of the old course at Sandy_Hook. The Czar's. Peace Note. The Westminster Gazette yesterday .afternoon announces that although, W- '1ng to the . absence of the Marquis of THE WRITS ISSUED. Bye -Election to Confirm the Samna Cabinet in the West. Victoria, B..0 Sept. 8.—Writs have been issued, returnable before October 15th, for the bye -election to confirm Pre- mier Semlin and his Cabinet in their seats. The Color Line Drawn, Toronto, Sept. 3 —The Supreme Court of the I.O.F. was in session again yester. day. After Dr. Oronhyatekha had thank- ed the members for their munificent kindness in. presenting bim with four months' leave of absonoe and $6,000, the regular business of the council proceeded. An executive report, whioh recommended that in future persons of Chinese, Japan- ese or negro blood be denied admission to the order, was adopted, Judge Wedder- burn of Nova Scotia and some other dele- gates protesting. The Supreme Court closed its session yesterday. Two Sensational Arrests. Hamilton, Sept. 3.—Two sensational arrests were made here last night on in- formation laid by Deteotive Patrick Hefferman of the Pinkerton Detective Agenoy. The prisoners are A. L. Stares A. the late firm of Stares & Co., furni- ture dealers. and W. B. Cook, who was a clerk in the employ of the same firm. The charge preferred is that they stole on Aug. 7 certain documents, leases and titles of goods, the property of George S. Burkholder, the original assignee. The prisoners will be arraign ed to -day. On the Charge of Bigamy. Woodstock, Sept. 3.—When the hearing tithe oharge of bigamy against R. L. Middleton Domes up on Tuesday next Lintas Munro of Toronto, and Sarah Smith, both of whom it is claimed no married, will be present to testify, tied the Crown expects that Middleton will be committed for trial before Judge Boyd at thea,Aesizes which open on the 20th: inst. Hr. Corby's Yacht Damaged. Belleville, Ont., Sept, 3.—Mr. Corby's otoam yacht Skylark was badly damaged by lightning 'yesterday. She will be re- paired at once. A HERO'S MOTHER. Mrt. Help Its *True Gentlewoman of the South. This is the picture of a woman who is the mother of a hero. She is a good wom- an, as you know the moment you see ber face. Her name is Mrs. Sallie C. Hobson, and her son is the gallant lieutenant whose name is today a household word all over this big country. The picture. is drawn from a recent photograph which was reproduced in halt tone by the New York .e', unday Times. Lieutenant Hobson bas a father, too, but fathers of heroes are never so interest- ing as mothers. His name, however, is Judge J. el. Hobson. The Hobson home Is in Greensboro, Hale county, Ala. He is a lawyer and has been probate judge. He was an officer in the Confederate army, but it is almost unitecessarytogdd that be is glad to have a son who is so loyal to the stars and stripes. Airs. Hobson comes of an old Ncrth Carolina family. Her father was Chief Justice Pearson of the Old North State. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. • LESSON XI, THIRD QUARTER, 1NTSR- NATIONAL SERIES, SEPT. 11. Text of the Lesson, Amos vi, 1-$ (Tem- perance Lessen)^–laietnory Terse*, 3-6. Golden Text, Iso, xxvili, 1—Commentary by the Rev. D. M. Stearns. 1. "Como and let Its return unto the Lord, for Ho hath torn and He will heal its; He bath smitten and no will bind us up," Tbe topic of this lesson is "Sinful Indulgence," and it is assigned as the quarterly temperance lesson. It is possible that the committee menet the first eight vorsesof chapterv1i, for there is areference hi, verso 5 to bottles of wine. But we shall In our meditation upon tbese verses con- sider the book as a whole and thus gather what we tan of tbe mind of the Lord. Hosea in Israel was contemporary with Raine is Jadah, ,3sa wilt appear aeian- paring Iso. 1, 1. with Hos. 1, 1. The great xns. SALLIE G. t'lonSON. Her grandfather, Colonel John Williams, fought with Andrew .Tackson against the British at New Orleans in 1815, and her great-grandfather, lilajor.'iosep]iWilliatns, fought in tbe Revolutionary war. r o you see the ancestors of Lieutenant Hobson had a hand in about all the iightlug this nation bas ever done. Airs. Hobson is a (Miet, soft spoken Woman. Slue bas about ber that subtle something which commands respect and admiration. You do not need to hear bee talk to know that silo is a wouaan of edu- cation and refinement. You are sure of it before she speaks, and you are also confi- dent that for generations her people have been like her. Tbeso aro qualities which in the southern states arounderstood when you say that any one is of "good family." This ono phrase means more than a recital of high positious, wealth or great estates. In character Mrs. Hobson is deeply re- ligious. Consequently the home training whioh Lieutenant Hobson recelved was ot the same nature. 10 is told of hint that when he left home to enter the Naval acad- emy his mother gave him aprayer book and a Bible and told hint to read than. This he did daily, and because be was not wheeled and did not hesiteto to kneel by his bed at night ani say his prayers his foliates dubbed him "Parson." But Hob- son paid no heed and followed the injunc- tion of his mother. It is said that he car- ries his. little Bible and prayer book to this day. DIRECTORS' MEETING, ROYAL LOTTERY OF cul3A. heads are always chosen for these jobs. Thoy bring an air of respectability to the show and inspire the populace with confi- dence, They sit in a semicircle, with a very fine portrait of the boy king of Spain behind them and a very large assortment of customers in front of thole. On the left is a box containing 12 men, all gray haired. This is the jury hired by the Royal lottery to settle disputes as to numbers or premiums. Each juryman has a sinecure. There never has been a dis- pute. The thousand in front have too much reverence for gray hair to rise up and dispute anything. At the front of the stage, where the footlights would be if the place were a theater, sit two little boys, orphans from the orphan asylum. They have been brought in to draw the numbers. Little boys are as respectable and their youth inspires just as much confidence as gray hairs. The populace cannot possibly sus- pect little boys any more than gray hairs of cheating. And of course the Royal lot- tery itself has nothing whatever to do with the drawing. There are the numbers in a brass cage, and there are the cherub boys. A cherub draws a number out of the brass cage, and that settles the busi- ness. You win or you lose, and the Royal lottery is so sorry if you lose that it at once issues another lot of tickets so you can win next time. The drawing begins. To show the pop- ulace how fairly and squarely a gambling business can be oonducted the huge brass globes containing the numbers are turned round and round. by two of the gray haired vioe presidents. This shuffles the numbers so that no favoritism can possibly be shown to any particular number. The numbers are printed on beads about the size of a marble. The brass globe turns round. .4. bead falls out. One of the cherubs screeches the number. On the other side of the stage another brass globe turns round. A bead falls out. The at- tending cherub shrieks the amount of the premium that is to be paid to the holder of the number which his fellow cherub has just announced. On one of the side walls is a huge black- board. Each number as it is drawn is chalked on this board. The ohalking is done by a pupil from one of the Spanish schools. It looks well to have the numbers thus pubiicLy ohalked up. It shows the populace how openly the whole affair is conducted, and how thoroughly disinter- ested isinterested the Royal lottery really is. Thus the drawing goes on till the big prize, $50,000, is drawn. That is the signal for a move- ment among the thousand—that is, they rise as one man, and filter out of the building. There are 500 premiums of $100 each still to be drawn. But the thousand want the big premium or nothing. What is a paltry $100 to the negrees and beggars and reoonoentrados after they had looked for- ward for ten daysto winning $50,000t Of course somebody wine. The few prizes distributed, however, are by no means proportionate to the big soros real- ized by the sale of tickets. Yet a ragged Cuban will starve himself and h's family to buy a chanoe. FitAnaL1N PRICn. A PORTO RICAN LEADER. General Lluveras, Chief of the Aane:a- ttonists, and Isis Work. General Antonio 'Mattel Lluveras is the chief of the Porto Rican annexationists and is the man who was recently appoint- ed as the head of the commission sent by the war department to join General Miles. General Lluveras is a distinguished look- ing gentleman and promises to play an important part in the future destiny of his native island. He was educated at the famous military college of St. Cyr, France, and is an able engineer officer. General Lluveras came to this country as a representative of the Porto Rican an- nexationist party, and he has succeeded so well that the Porto Rican junta, at the head of whioh is Dr. Henna, has been dis- placed in the confidences of the Washing- ton authorities. Dr. Henna and his asso- ciates represent the faction of Porto Rican politicians who oppose annexation and hope to see Porto Rico made independent. They also hope to establish a republic on the island and no doubt would be willing to take care of the important offices of the same. General Lluveras, on the contrary, bas exhibited no political ambitions. He says he wants to see the Spaniards driven out first, and then he will be quite content if Porto Rico is annexed to the United States. That he has a much larger follow- ing than Dr. Henna and his associates re- cent events would seem to indicate. Long before the enthusiastic reception of the American troops by the citizens of Ponce General Lluveras assured the war department officials that there were thou- sands of Porto Ricans who would only be too glad of an opportunity to show their sin of butb Judah and Israel was that of turning away from the Legal, es is simply stated in Jain it, 13, and God's constant cry to them was that thee sbouid turn to Barn again. See Jer. iii, 1, 7, 12, 14, 22; he 1, ete. This Hosea urges them to do in the first verso of our lesson, identifying }himself with them in their sins. as did ail the prophets, typifying our Lord Jesus, who took our sins neon Hina that Ile might save us. See Iain, ix, 5, e, alai II Cor. v, 21; I Pet. 11, 24, e. "After two days will lie revive as, in tbo third day Ho will raise ne up, and we than Hire in His sight." All prophecy is full of a glorious future for Israel wben their sins shall be blotted out, and they shall be a righteous nation before God in the midst of the earth (lea. tat, 21; Jer, eexf, 3344). In Bzolt. =evil, 22, 13, and Dan. xii, 1, 2, this restoration at Ieraol is assuelated with emitirrectioni It is pest- bio that in this verse there is a.louking back to Iesao being given back to Abra- ham on the third day, a looking forward to the resurrection of Christ on the third day and to the restoration ot Israel two days or 2,000 years after their scattering. Note also the references to the third day iia the life and in the teaching of our Lord and take as a constant prayer"That I inay know Ulm and the power of Iles res - =rotten" (I'1111, Ili, 10). 8. "Then shall we know if we follow an to know the Lord; His going forth is pre. pared as the morning." It is written In John vii, 17, "11 tine man wilt do Bis will, be than know." There roust be a forgetting and a pressing on if we would know Him (Pian, iii, 13). Israel grew weary of Vim and of His teachings and geldings, and they loft off to take heed to the Lord, forgot His law, jollied theme selves to idols and dealt treacherously Intel nst the Lord (chapters iv, 6, 10; v, 4, 7). All intemperance in meat or drluk or in the pleasures or occupations of life is due to a lack of the knowledge of God. His coating in glory, which is doubtless in- cluded in His "going forth as the morn- ing" is the purifying hope of John Hi, 3. 4. "0 Ephraim, what shall I do unto tbee? 0 Judah, what shall I do unto thea? For your goodness is as a morning cloud and as the early dew it goat') away." Ephraim stands for Israel, the ton tribes. God tried every way to win them, but their piety was transient as a morning °loud dispersed by the rising sun (ells, t). They cried unto the Lord, even howled upon their beds, but it was not with their heart, and when they assembled them- selves, apparently to worship God, it was reallyforcorn and wine or, in other words, to eat and drink for their own pleasure (chapter cit, 14), Thoy did not know that the Lord gave them their corn and wine and silver and gold which they used upon Baal. 5, "Therefore bare I hewed them by tbe prophets; I bac° slain them by tho words of my month, and Thy judgments are as the light that goetli forth." They consid- ered not that all their doings were before God's Paco (vii, 2), and that He saw their divided heart (x, 2). Through the proph- ets by His word, whioh is like a fire and a hammer that breaketh the rook in pieces (Ter. xxiii, 29), He had sought to break their pride and tbeir rebellion, but their doings would not suffer them to turn unto tbeir God (chapter v, 4, margin). Many know what they ought to do and know of God's love to tbem and claims upon them, but they stop their ears and harden their hearts and prefer their pleasures of sin for a season. They will not believe that as they sow so shall they reap, and they that sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind (chapter viii,7). 6. "For I desired mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offering." Sacrifice was instituted wben God in mercy gave to man redemption garments (Gen. iii, 21), thus foreshadow- ing the sacrifice on Calvary wherein was manifest the great love of God to sinners. God desires not sacrifice, for the blood of bulls and goats cannot take away sin (Ps. xl, 6; 11, 16; Heb. ix, 12). He does not ask gifts nor religious favors from those who fancy themselves righteous, but He desires to give redemption freely, by the sacrifice of Himself, to all wbo will receive Him. When we learn to know God and His love and His way, we never think to offer Him anything to win His favor or in any way propitiate Him, but accepting His propitiation, Jesus Christ oar Lord, we yield ourselves to Him, a living and will sacrifice, bought by His blood. 7. "But they, like Adam (margin), have transgressed the covenant; there have they dealt treacherously against me." On God's part all is perfect—perfeot love and grace and faithful nessfor the undeserving.. The break and the failure are always upon man's part. Yet God changes not; He abideth faithful and is ever the same (Mal. iii, 6). Although they were guilty of all manner of sin as recorded in the next chapter and elsewhere, yet His cry to them was, "0 Israel, return onto the Lord thy God; I will heal their backslid- ing; I will love them freely" (chapter xiv, 1, 4). 8. "Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood." Gilead was noted for its splints (Gen. xxxvii, 25; Jer. viii, 22), but now.it was anything but a pleasant odor to God. Even the priests were full of iniquity, as stated in the next verse, and yet they songbt to cover up their iniquity by their sacrifices as if God could not read their heart. God will receive a sinner, however great his sins, if only the sinner will confess bis sins and turn from them to God. "Only', acknowledge thine iniquity; turn, 0 back- sliding children," are His entreaties to. His erring people (Jer. ill, 13, 14). With cords of aman and bands of love (Hos. xi, 4), even His great love in the manthat is 13is fellow (Zech. xiii, 7) did God seek to draw this people to Himself. If only we can be broken down to see our own help- lessness and no'"'t'tingnoss and in our weak - moss take bold of His strength, all will be Mee THE RAILWAY RATE WAR, interstate. Commission Decides. Against Canada's /toad in the Matter of West- er, Passenger Differential. New York, Sept. 3. --The decision ar- rived at by the: interstate Commerce Commission in eonatction with the raze war was bantle 1 out yesterday. and is against the Canadian I'acinc Railway. One of the prineipai questions before the commission was in the matter of differentials on western business. It bas been decided by the eommiseion tbat the Canadian Pacific Railway is not entitled to differentials, :the Canadian Pacific. Railway authorities have made a deter nrined tight for there differentials through their general passenger agent, D. AWN ieoi, ever since the beginning of the rate war against .all the western roads, and were confident that in the end they would be allowed by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Local Canadian Pacifto Railway official- know nothing of the finding of the conimieeion yet, and there- 5nw„ir, tenalei net setterd'h auntie! e the outcome. Whey effect this deet' ion. if it turns out to be correet, will tease npon the rate war. cannot be told unaw. Mr. Me\feel ler at present in New York. and the eentin- uation or stoppage of alae srrar to uew in the hands of the Canadian Pae lie. Ther lnterstare Conaamerce Commission is la no sense a judicial Gamly, and. while it can suggest a reale<Iv for the present tremble, it can in no way outarca any suggestion it may awake. Gentlemen of tbq Press. Toronto; Sept 41.—A saaeetin t of the exeeutive of the Canadiatt I're>'s Assoria- tion was held at the Queen's hotel yes- terdey afternoon The menahers present were the president, R. Holmes of the Clinton Kra; Meters. D. McGillicuddy, Goderiele; J. Tarte, La Presse, Atentreal; A. J. McDonald, Alenetalhiee A. Tree land, Parry Sound; Mr. Aiatthows and J. A, Cooper, secretary of the city. The applications et several persons who de- sired to bewome members were accepted. It was decided to hold the hest anneal. meeting in Toronto. at a trine to be fixed by the president, probably in February. .A committee was appointed to Malta arrangements for ata excursion next year and to report at the next meeting. The programme for the nsxt annual meeting was also outlined and it was also decided to hold a banquet is connection With the gathering. WHEAT DOWN AGAIN, At Chicago the teare al iltu ri.et Closed 1c, Leas Than the Day ltetore —alto Pricer.. Fra.I. v E tniug, .Sept. 2, All deliveries of uia.at deter n,'d abut is per busiiei un the tine.i;;a" Bead d octane. The tlaaef canoe of tint heaviness was the tonne Nortltwe-t ree.'106 and the report teat railer a, ,t .:re cr weling all available care to fife \Vest tai eel•s!. tuti,;n of a very large uauvenuent et grate t., the Ewe. On the Liverpo aC U' art. Wheat fatterreg• opened strung, but a Y,ved tioehange 11 t0 1,,d per cental above the pre.iuus liuul hlg- toes. Qionnte L ANTONIO MATTEI LLIIVERAS. loyalty to the United States. These con. statute the larger part of the revolution- ists. They have been unable to make an open deanonstration because of their in- ability to secure arms, but they had formed a big organization which worked in seoret and which had branches all over the is- land. It has been by years of previous work on the pan of General Lluveras and his oomrades that the Porto Ricans have been educated up to the point where they could look upon an invasion by the American forces as the best of good fortune for them. Leading; Wheat Markets. Following are the eloain;r pr.ees to -day at impurtaut centres: east. Sept Dec.May. Chicago ..3,... 30 hl?s $0 Olaseu Weis New lurk11 Mee 0 00',, 0 074 St. Louis .. frill►?-;, 0 ince 0 t3}y •. afiiwuukee :.. u 05 u61 . Toledo .... .. 0 00 0 h,.y U�l'a:i, Detroit 0 00 0 05 0 6 fl 0 Bahl "Norther e '0 021e 0 Mee 0 rats 0 09 Duiurb,. No. 1 hard. 0 6412 • Miuueapulls.. ) 53�,s 0 ,.:a, 0 et a Tt rwutu, No, 1 hard mew:— 0 nine ... .... Toronto, red.. 0 t1S .... .... Toronto Live Stock. The run of live stock at the castle yards to -day was large -77 teirluads, all told, composed of LW cattle, 2u1s0 hogs, 1500 sheep and l unbs and 105 calves. The fat cattle, both eapurters and but- chers', were of fair average quality. Trade was fair, anti the best I.eattle of both classes sold at goo,' price•s.� Exporters sold from 30 to 34.50 bulls, light export, at $3 to 38,25; bulls, medium exhort, 33.35 to 33.50; bulla, heavy export. 33.05 to 34 per cwt. Loads of good butchers and exporters, mixed, soli at $3.uu to 34.10. Choice picked lots of butehers' cattle sold at 34.10 to 34.20; loads of goods at $3.50 to 34; medium, $3.50 to 33.70;tcommon, $33:2,%t, to 33.30; inferior, $2.37;%, o 33.10 per cwt. There were 15 milk cows, which sold from 325 to -350 each, and ene of extra good quality brought 353. 1'eedeas of good quality, weighing 1100 lbs. each, sold at 33.75 to 33.80, There was a heavy run of Buffalo stock- ers, which sold. at 33.23 to $3.0 per cwt. Sheep—Export ewes sold at $3.25 to 33.50 and a few picked lots went at 33.60 per cwt. Bucks sold at 32.50 to $2.75 per cwt. Spring Iambs plentiful and prices easier at 34 to 34.15 per cwt., the bulk being bought at about 34 per cwt. Flogs—There was a heavy run—over 200e. Prices unchanged; best selections sold at $4.75; thick and light fats, 34.25 to $4.40. Should the heavy deliveries continue, the probability is that prices will go still lower. Chicago Live Stock. Chicago, Sept. 2.—Hogs—Estimated re- ceipts for to -day, 17,000; left over, 3963; market active, 5c to 10c higher; light, 33.60 to 33.97$_; mixed. $3.55 to 34; heavy, $3.50 to $4; rough, $3.50 to 33.05. Cattle—lteeeipts, 4000; market slow and weak; beeves, 34 to $4.50: cows and heifers, $2 to $4.80; Texas steers, 33.25 to $4.05; Westerns, $3.65 to $4.60; stockers and feed- ers, 33.10 to $4.50. Cheese Markets. Perth, Ont., Sept. 2.—Business was very fair at the cheese market here to -day. There were about 1300 boxes of white cheese offered, of which 450 were sold to Warrington and the remainder between Hodgson Bros. and Alexander. It was all August make. The ruling price was 7%c. Shelburne, Ont., Sept. 2.—At the cheese market here to -day 13 factories offered 1677 boxes. Pour factories sold 634 boxes at 7tec; balance unsold, salesmen holding for Sc. Buyers present: Messrs. Brill and Cope, for D. Gunn Bros. This factory meets again iu four weeks, Sept. 30. Cheese all August pOttawa, Sept.t2.-At the Cheese Bogard meeting to -day the prices were from 7%c to 7 13-16c for colored and 814c for uncol- ored. Everything hoarded was sold. There were 2105 boxes boarded and sales were brisk. South Finch, Ont., Sept. 2.—At the regu- lar meeting of South Fineh Cheese Board, buyers present : J, 13.. Weir, Pruner, Bird sell, Allison. Number of cheese boarded„ 1324 boxes -624 .white, balance colored. White sold for 77/0; colored sold for Sc. All sold on board and all August cheese. Tiemptvi0le, Ont., Sept. 9.—Over 800 bases August offered; Sc was paid. British Markets. Liverpool, Sept. 2.-12.80.—No. 1 North,, spring, 6s 9ged; red winter, Ss 6c1; No, 1. Gal., 6s 3d to 6s 4d; cern, es 1 lel; peas, 5s Meet; poen Sus; lard, 26s Fel; to low; lea 6d; bacon, heavy. Le., 30s; light, 29s 6d; short cut, 20s 6d; cheese, white, 37s 6d; colored, 38s 6d. Liverpool -Close -Spot wheat steady,with red .winter at 50 6d; No. 1 Cal. at Gs 3d and. No. 1 Northern e 9• es. 0;2fudtu-es quiet at 5s Grad or Sept. and. 5 or Dec. Maize steady at 3s lied for spat; fu- tures, 3s ls%d for Sept., 3s 2eced for Oct. and 85 3su;d for Tree. ricer, 21s.