The Sentinel, 1884-03-14, Page 6t'
h.- Troops :Score a Great
in ,th e - Soadaii.
HD �1[B�l rDEFE4TED OA -ALL
Hove -'-the : Rebel`. _ Leader Keeps=-
Courage of His- Followers._
AT, March 1 -•-The forces. nn
:rah= marched aaiile beyond Fort E
day; the revels =constantly skirmis
d•advance guard.:''During the : Motu:
my a large force Ofrebels,• who were
among the- shrubs or V sandy knolls, o
Mavy- fire - on the British troops, a
bivouacked on .the field, and were the
• t
the
oxen.
ryes -
with
slid,
sealed
ned a`
r. had
'.�ngh ly
drenched by. the;tropical. ram. Gen. - aham�
mediately ordered his to form e ff'blong'
square, which had hardly been done -ti---443n the
rebels advanced under a heavy fire, wh did
• little damage ; but bef5ore reaching wig
shot range of the . British line they
-about andretired.- Gen.; Graham im
ordered an advance on -the rebel. posit
.knolls.. The rebels --then gave battle, an
with tremendous' bravery -but- were b -
• all sides, the firing.: of the: British `troov
fearfully on the enewy. The reb
• bornly . • contested ' every inch of
and a frightful ..slaughter in - them
ensued; : the- battle ibeing very s'
•.pistol
Wheeled
t barely:
lin the
ought
n on.
telling
stub -
round
ranks
ar to
the battle of Ulundi, and the British vi v cbry as
complete as• that _affair. The battle L edall
day. the rebels finally retreating in order,
leaving 1,000 men kili:ed and . wounde o_n the
fieid. The British lost only ten killed a,.`,.1 forty.
wounded. The foices. under Gen..aham
bivouacked during the• night at Teb. 0-.4e has
t ed by
aker
end a
?ch on
,,hting.
re -aken..a.large •amouut of baggage cap
the rebels -from tae expedition -undei
Pasha; together with lour. :Krupp gun .
large number of small arms. n
It is Gen. Graham's intention. to' WIC
Tokarto-clay, when it.Graham*
the
will be renewed, as the fortifications in • gat city
will enable the rebels to offer a determined
re istance.- -The enemy 'showed- great
during the fight yesterday, and when
troops moved upon their position they
to 'run; but fought to "their death, un •
compelled to give way*, the superioa
die' �cipliue of the British troops.
s" - (Press •Tlespatch.).
RINHITAT March 1..-i The rebels wet
in force with two- guns. at the older,
in Iles .from' Fort. Baker. The firing op
• both sides and lasted ai•:long time. - Th
were repulsed after 1,000 were killed. T
ish lose is ten killed and: forty wounde.
Gordon Highlanders formed the' advan
Zvi), guns and one- Gardiner in
• ' corner and .two Gardiners and one. G
' . she •teff. corner. The ;Eighty-ninth - R
formed the right side of the square._ T
Witch. Regiment were in the: -rear. _
Streength• of the British was -less than 4,
Hussars acted as scouts. The re- ``�.
swarms, occupied .highiground in front yid on
la�nks. They.retired slowly as- the Eng l hep -
.`preached. -After an advance of three mels the
earthworks of the rebels- came in-sight.r Guns
were .mounted and s andarda flying. The : tish
stepped:forth as if "on holiday,. parade, . tag!
pipes playing and Hi hlanders lustily-,
c .ring.
Whey: advanced till they,were within 0fds :of
the rebel's position,.where an old suga'k mill
was standing,- surrounded . by a ber
of ute, and where also. stood . a fon With
hWO� guns. The rebels- - opened - battle, ,with
shell from a Krupp gun, captured fro the
the
Egi -
.. . the ntians. The shell passed wide over the are, two shots- burst close to the ' a tisk,
wounding several. :The rebels mainta ed a
rattling fusilade with small . arms. On . the
Gordon Highlanders was the Arstlto fah adly,
wounded. 'The English advanced steadiir-with=
out answering the fire : till they passed. th ` . orth
Ueda of the rebel works. Here a= piece c�. ell
wounded Baker- in theface and 20 men w r 3 bit.
After an eschelon of_athousandyards a ht was
ordered and the men directed to lie dog t It
Was oon; the. day clear andi the -wind -di -'Feed ,sed
the emoke of the _ fire; disclosing the
movements : -. '
THE . VICTORIOUS GENERAL.
- Major-General George Graham,' wh
manned. the British forces in yf sterday's
entered the RoyalaEngineers in 1850, and
his present rank. in 1881:, He served
Crimea, and at the assault of - the : Re
• gained the Victoria Cross. -for his co
.leading a ladder party. ;He was twice w
during the war. In 186u he wetit•to Chi
Served in many. engagements; - beim
, sent at the assault of 'Tangku= and the
forts;; - he was also present at the sur:
of Pekin. He was wounded in . this �vvar;
jingal,. ball. ° In the sin -inner of 1882
appointed to the command of .the Seco
gale in the English` -expedition to -Eg,
other .brigade commanders being :the, L
Connaught, Sir_Archibald Alison and Sir 1
Wood: He was actively engaged in the it
inarymovements ofthe campaign against.
Pasha, and took a prominent part in the
of - Te1=el-Kebir.. He is thus familiar wit
. urage
ritish
-fused
4anaI1y.
iitary
hound
three
ed on
ebels
.Brit -
The
with
right
lug in
ent
lack.
hole
The
s. in
l " i :UAtiOit
le oll0wit g Bll '
Ste
aArst�e't . -,
'o amend' - and consolidate, as amended,
the aeyetaiAAots relating to adulteration -o f
foiad and ;digs.—Mr. Coetigan..
• To amendthe Aots respecting gas and gas
meters tEr. Ooetfgan , . •- •
Sir Charles-Tupper,',iu g eti r. Kirk,
•said the elevator atH.alif axwag°oonstructed
in the spring 'of 1883'; .-first "cargo passed
through: it the 17th May, 1883, and- throe
oaargoes have _;:been shipped, • . rough t
since.
Sir Charles" -Tapper, in reply. to .Mr,
O'Brien, said the Government intended 9 to
-take. prompt, : measures to •secure the oon-
strnction -of .'a line •.horn• Gravenhurat tic
-Callender. •: -• -
Mr. Chapleau; in reply to Mr Blake, said'
'he.00uld not at present give. the date when.
:Sir Charles Tupper; left., Ottawas to act a"s'
HighCommissioner,'nor the date . when he
returned from..England to act as Minister
of Raiilways. y
Mr. Dawson,- in _.moving for a ''return
showing what -vessels navigating the water
of -Lakes 'Superior and:- Huron. -were
peoted= during the past season -.of naviga
tion; -.under the.authority of Government,
and the list -of vessels lost inthe --season of:
1883,.called. attention to. the serious loss of
life and.property on the lakes lass t summer.
Lest session he had given facts relating- to
the loss; of no=less than.:twelve steamers,`
causing: the death of 300: persons.
Mr. McNeill strongly supported the reso-
lution. • •
Mr. Sproule. said as_the trade on_the lakes
increased looses seemed to increase also.
.He. thought_•.the Minister of=_ Marine and
the Government :should -be called - upon: to
provide more. stringent • legislation on this
subject. , • • .
Mr. O'Br_ iensaid:the construction of many
vessels: on .Georgian_ Bay wag such' - as to
-make aooidents.likely to••oocur. . `
The debate- wag continued by Mr. Mo --
Callum, Mr. Stairs and-. Mr.. Guillet, who:
spoke against Government inspeotion.in the
direction indicated.
'Mr. Paint said the inspection might be
effected- -by . a .port.. warden. He ' thought
that if an: inspection wereordered it should
'apply to British, Columbia, unless the ves-
sell. were manned by Chinese, in which case.
there was not 80. much cause for anxiety.
..: Mr. Davies thought 'the -provisions of the
Act -quite stringent -enough, toe much so,. in
many respeots. - He spoke strongly, against
the arbitrary power given to inspectors,
and thought the inspector should in every
case beaceoinpanied by a representative. ot`
the ship if: the owner SO -desired The Act"
was also; defective in that it did not -provide
for the.:'inspeotion .of vessels trading be=
tween Canadian and Amerioan ports.
Mr. McLain. -.said the •Government of
Canada had always carefully looked after.
theinterests of sailors., The coasts - were
probably as well:. lighted as - any in the-
-world. The Governnment, having been
inform_ ed that shoals and rocks ' not laid..
down on the charts existed in Georgian
Bay and Lake Huron, had: begun a system.
.of surveys on. those- waters, the results of
which would be marked: on- new charts
• from time to time. `A measure to prevent
coin_. averloediug had been contemplated, but it
ttle,` was found that there - were many difficuh
to ties in the way. • One of these ' was that a
yt a vessel sometimes called at three -or: four-
•
,,8 .. porta in a day, and . would be differently
�ded trimmed, when leaving. each... He -did not
and think the power.now;given to the Inspector
Pts= .
u was arbitrary., inasmuch ,. as -:-there was an
eider . appeal to: the Minister. ....
nth a "
�� The �motion•was:parried.
Bri • Mr. , Cameron 9(HuronJ, in moving -for
the correspondence, between the Government
to of and: any :of the Loaal Governments_ of the
mn: Provinces respecting the Liquor License
rabi Aot of 1883,_said it:�-was well • understood
tittle =there. was a good deal of •dissatisfaction . in
am- Quebec and New Brunswick against the
law which had been expressed by the Leg-
1 .islature, In :°aeric, too the •Legislature
peigeing in Egypt
#B•
TEM REBEL' FORCES.
was
Though there were but 4,000 British r ars
in the force -that encountered the rebels ` ter- had by vote instructed the Government to
day,they were the pink of:the army, emb Ing maintain the rightsof the Province, men
igh- sof both sides •of .poktios.-heing.in favor = of
r d the Government of_ the Province having
"ted power on this subject.
the The motion was - parried. -
• n Mr. Trow presented the petition:_of. the
'bee. Wardenof Perth. praying for -the .regulation.
im. of freight charges -01x railways. ways. _ -
ere Sir John Macdonald presented a Bill to
ve 8. amend the._Independence of Parliament Act.
im of 1878 He. explained .that, the'first section
ow was to provide : that ° in ease a:member' of
any Parliament accepted ofacie ender the Crown,
to which sal or -f eas at�aohe e
porta ns of such regiments -as the 42nd =�.
handers and - the kighty ninth. The to
force was -under Osman Digna. - and n i
between 15,000 and; 2v,��00.( Osman Digna de's
Baker Pasha -a week or two, ago.. Then a
. . telegraph wires • connecting Massowa ;
.Kassala were -cut, and the ":emissaries of
- . Digna succeeded i inducing all jointhe
on that line - rise and .
Consequentlyall the garrisons -
were cut from Massowah. A spy, who a
at. Suakirn, described Osman' Digna's
more,like fiends than: men. They-shawe`�iz
the band of. a dead man and -wanted to tl
whether it was the Shand of a i,uropea �
_ Turk, stating that the dead gentleniau had
guineas in his pocket : - They told him they ,red . esalary e" Wee d, he_
nothing: for the- Egyptian `Government The. should not be disqualified as a member of
Mandi, the True Prophet, had written t_
his s ccesses.over Hicks;- ,nd others, tellfn�
to: ri�se.and loin him. This they wou
for they feared no tuns.. If they
the Mandi promisso. - them par
3f they refused to join. he,
of - Parliament if hills commission. or letter of
nem a ointment 3t was Stated that the
do, : pp person
pied named should hold; the office without salary,
iso ; fee or emolument of any kind. = The second,
come"sod kill them all, and tiey.would t ': i go olause:made aprovision respecting-theseat
straight to he.). The Mandi would come tl
. - Egypt, kill all the Egyptians; Turks and:
' bass.would overturnthe world and .
-right:.Other- parts ef�his force.would cressi
Hedja ' and Macre, would kil. ih_, Sufi
-'Turkey and take India—in fact, all the •
Daily -Osman- Digna has assembled the
readsletters received frothe. Mahal, ex
the hearersm, to frenzy. They
;ugh of -,his hon. friend beside him (Sir Charles
rte- -Tupper): _ .. -
the . The motion as put : by the - Speaker was',
of " Sir John Maodona'ld moves for < leant to
rid.. introduce a Bill to amend the Independence
HeAb
of Parliament t of 1878." •
ce, • Mr• Blake moved -tot amend -the motion;
yell and clamor to attack -without delay t he by adding the words, "and to impair effi-
spy's life: was only saved Vy.a friendly rebs O rho oienoy of said Act."
protec ed him, having received favors in •S l - ••
the ' Sir Bohn Macdonald—Yon cannot. do
_ that.. •
.• Mr.. Blake -Ob, yes, 1 can. A Govern.
by merit has been turned out on inch a motion
nd. before now.
• rd- The Speaker pat the motion, and said he
1-n- .thought;the nays had it.
ind Mr. Blake -Yeas and nays:. £
the The House :a000rdingly. divided, and the
not amendment. was. lost by 55 . eas to 101 nays,
j
MO yy
"this hands - He wasunable to:meee fro
tent,. -but finally escaped on foot. •
OSMAN'S GENERLIONIP.• " -
Zobehr Pasha's nephew was capture'!
OsmaDigna and imprisoned for two day
then, after an interview with Osman he
• leased and toldhe might go where he
During this interview -Osman declared h
tention• of- fighting ` the Turks to the las
then. efter kiliing.them :all, to settle wit
Shaiab and Novel=. tribe, "who had as y-
joined him. -On the -same. dare letter
from Sheik Fahrr, the, second in comma.• ,, to . a strict party vote, except tlfat Mr. Mitohelli
Osman, who is the leader of the move lent though in his place, did not vote.: •
•
round : ukar. In thisletter was an invitat i. to The main motion woe carried.: onthe
Zobehr Pasha's -nephew to come up an isit : - .-
_him; a d the invitation was per fore& ace . ed same. do ision reversed. - . • __
Osman; --also sent .off the gun he had cap -i red` - Sir John Macdonald moved the Gov-
t ribe to Toga,, with orders to keep up a co ut
fire and not allow -the..garrison to ales- Ln
from the : Sandshoe with 500 of -the H °. ab ernment "business have precedence on.
• all his orders and : movements Osman T 4; na,
shows great skill; andwill; no doubt,.. resist t the
-last.. Should he eventually succeed he is c �t sin
careful -supplies of stores at his camp' and
tote ruler over all thebe districts. He kee np
es
out the dhurra gratis, the people themsolve ro-
viding their own meat and milk. This, ,
conies all from Tokar. Osman Digna get lis -
money Lby -levying the : usual taxes and t
One-eig tthh of all the produce of the land.
Thursdays.
In the hull of a vessel torn up by dL.
working at Wilmington, Delo_ were f
several barrels of flax seed, the grain
retaining perfect germs.. Traditionte
a yeast!' lost at that 'spot .150 years ago,
the seed is believed to be a part o
•
-
of
ei
John .Purt. and Frank •Fuller, of Riley
township, St. Clair Cennty;., Men not over
35 Years of age,- becanie enamored of 'each
other'Swivee, and the -fotir being
became nititeese. .of Burt% household,' and
Mrs. Burt of Faller's. ,Sneh is the stOryof
the Port aunt; Times.
An antique bronze co munion-cup, five
Mildred years old, oovered with hammered
gold, wars recently exhibited in a Hagers-
IMO
At._ seienereittlgartititt-oi:eki
Mithdi WaveringReign:int Terror at
El 'Obeid—Spirited Discussion bk rat-
The tattering BOIS :were teed a th' , A. jest (Monday) night's Londop cable -
time : - -R•especting the- debt of the. 001M , saya: : Atnbassadors .of all the Powers
Lenibton . Southern RailWay _CompaV't government neon Gets. Giabana'avictory.
and to incOrporate the: Midland Jtinctie_ 1,- In the Heuseof Lords tc•-day Earl Oren-
". -The following . Bills were readaosecoe4 twithdrawatif the British - troops front tho
time : TO amend the charterof ineorpork !Soudan were •absoltitely . unttne. (Lood
tiOn of -the Ontario Methodist Camp Grou.VA .1,thisers.)
Company ; •.: .to incorporate. the: Totontti:.-1' In the Hem of •CommOnii thict after-
Teeemeet Building' Association ; ,to - mete' .,.poon questions Were Cut to the Goveenment
porating the - Port' Stanley,' -Strathioylit`i. Great ..exoitement arose; Mr. • ' Lawson •
Port Franks RailWity Cempany ; to itit--:1'; Atadical) ,mOVed that the House adjourn in -
Strathroy tO purchase certaist lands thetetet iliolently attacked the GoVernittent,- chug- -
fet a public" cemetery. ; te enable theRomee.“fing it • with cowatdice, blood geiltiness,
utohery and 'jingoism. Lord Hartingteni.
eatd it was not the proper lime to iedicate r
lote'poliey of the Government in Egypt..
he immediate object was tteseinire the •
• . Mr. Lees enked whetherit was t hitinte*eti will prOvide 'for the safety of -Suakini. .
tion of the -Government. "to.take into ooitt.1 Att. Gladstone teplied to the sttictures of
sideration the dais:120.0 the VOlunteerst(tti $ir Wilfrid Lawson, tied justified the.polley
18370. with.* vie*. to aeknowledgig -stiett:( Obi& the GOvetninent had been •pursuingt.
Olaililli tot theirvaluable services.' • ' - ' t • [6.e Besotted it - was. neceteary tO held
• Mt. Mowat said it was not -the intentiektOnakim for the preetint. in order to keep
of the Govetnment at pteitent to 'take' :titet gown the 'Slave tiade. .Sir Staffed(' North.;
intention: of the Goyernment -te introdu flumes in the SOndan. The "Hargett of :
legisletion. to. , compel . winters of publte artington, • Secretary' of State for Waro
buildings, euch tas • hotels, halls; .schoot-o4 _aid the Brttish would retire ftom Snaltitie
.boatding lotuses end ether buildingsin utOe tie eoon- ei it was corapatible with the Safety .
iby the„publid„ to keep fire .eseapes attache4,10f that town. The motiOn far adjournment '
.. Mrt, Vraser. expleined that the.- niattke: '.•!! CAIRO, March 4.7--A ' previously ...hostile -
Wee engaging:the atteption of the Goe-ert4A (*id . has Offered to ,accompany. Col.
meet, though it wits :notprobable that ewe i,
scheme *timid be . termtilated this geoid - '-,.
..nextBotiii,,Trour - hithertO -hostile „sheikhs have sub -
Omitted' to Gen, Gordon. ..Tbree 'soldiers of
to further. &Mend chapter 95; of the 0044
solidated.Stetutes of Canada, -:. ' . - tli fhe old -gerrilson. of El Obeid hate arrived
:of.the House for -return. shot/lug ; '1st. Th...01
ext -e- Ord4t liere ahd report great. Misery at -E1 Obeid ;
Outt El ,Mahdi ...fears the trihesnien and .
impose of all prisoners •--in - the cent -to .itpleabiteets,. and thet a Tejo' et teeter :
prison:who, . during vie..yesir 1883, _we-st ii tpsts. B.4 telabdi has !timed up 'ell the'
ttenished for infraetion, alba -prison rulee, tinfles; saying theybelong to' the Egyptian -
giving the aate aid oliire of auch punisVt f' "ernmenti and.'" will . deliver - them' t° .
meat; 24a,.. 4 copy i)f.the - liurgeweil otre:,i-. Ote representatives. - El .Malidi teemed:
n. Gordon's lettet naming him Sultan Of
the Central Prison' ; Brile . The nearness of
*net were punished during th-s•tear I883ati4°ordnlortsanwigtehr.eweghtoacihersoloid.lig4to.' allIstdtegarvae
prisOners who-- wets sent front. -the CeitteiffOte441304Ore: ' .--• - . . '
_renew the ;attack ution the rebels_ Osman
pigma.will be offered • a conference. The
I-5-,000 rebels : who fled from Tokar
- The. Pritate ,Bills Coniteittee-.met yeste ., hen the*. British . entered on .Saturdaf
day. :Mr. j.• M. dilute", 'pi '..Elamilton, pie'
eidipg. . Theie was harely a quorum. t Th . 're Soudanese, being • fanatics sent Iront
.first ttill- considered Wits 'Oat introdace elordefan and Darivet, • If Osman Pignut
tion Pf . the- General :-. Annual Conference 4.!;:j.1 the tribes under the sheikhs Wilteopress -
the Fiee Methodist Church -Of - Ontario its i I desire to come to terms. ' • • ''
,Clanadie. ;The Bill Wes reported- with sonit . • .
'amendments: - The Bill introdutesd'hy.Mt
tranefertheeeourities • of the Anglo -Cane emarkable Conduct Cot .a :Nesily Mar,
Billta- autherize . Mk. -- Delos, R. Dole t ., 14:Prescott despatch says : T.. lc Divide'
: ;',Mr.-.- Gibson . &Milton) :_preeented • tit ' ' anted Hattie Welsh at Oedema:berg; lirtY.
4
practice es, e polio Or,' weeerepOrted. • '. • i..,i'eon, of Moptreal, married ' it -ypung. -. • ady
tenth teport of:the Standing Committee okj t . Septentbert Immediatele - aftee . 'the
Private Bills. - • ' . . . - - . '. . - - 'imedding the bride wept -home tobee perents
' -.The f011ottieg *pie teed a first tittle : • tjOnd kept her_ . marriage- a -meek; .ciandes-
--.. Mr: Widdifield.7-Bill :- respeOting gut ' 'poly cprtesponding with: het lord -and
' aster, Who went back to 'Montreal, She
opt up .O. correspondence .- _with him in
hich she solicited money to. buy wearieg
pparel, and expressed much 'affectiou -for
ts DEAR GEORGE,-. reeeived your letter and was
satry to hear you: had not been well, e- worse
calamity then that befell me; well, I can't go
't school any more tile. term,:my eyes aro
beginning totroubleme,andI will nOtfor alarm
gave to wear glaeses, So I can't go to seboaentii
, pod 'an account of .yourself 'as I can since yolk
t went dOwn. f. am iiving • quite SA retired -life,
ent away. _ Ali the girlis think ..it -.awful fanny
recause 1 await go with the - boys when
' ant to, nOr I don't intend ter" either. I'm
, ot going to have it said of me when I go away,
,,Well, . she ran around with the . fellows here .
lalintil the last minute." • Oh, sa.y.:1 owe auntie 85.,
leents that I borrowed from her quite a while ago
4pit Mother doesn't know it, and I want. to pay
tar before I go, and will you give it to me.
ewer tbis before saturday, for i am ,, going
fl .ow, how -is -that for high ? Don't forget to send
, .But as lime rolled on the girl conceived
.en ungovernable repugnenoe for _him, sent
s im lettere which mode hie heir steed On
do with. him. • To Bet himself. right with,
e puhlio he hes resorted te the doubtful
int4..- been t liying in the village - of Esee„ kaS Created quite 0 sensation,. - - •
Centre, Ont., fertile last thirty yeari, die . -
AO- week. Itwas -rumored that .- the .ol
-ethient and never associeted- with any .• •-"
-beetle' Wis. feend until the elsewhere eito.
he drawers _of -a bpreaut they fOupd
tubber Of purses -.filled with bills: Billt
wercv;found.,in.. her .. trtink ,pineed to the
ewes the- apertmeet when Mi. •Powrie, one
1 the patty, felt •sOme hard ltimPs - hi the
ed, and, ripPiug the tick- -open. With' &
Iddisfereepe tO the "memorial pf the Irish
embers of ell shades Of politics the Got,
fine:tent will' introduce ,tii the *Hones of
Diottese of Toronto to sell certain land -
respecting the yorkville Loop Line Rat -
Silver Creek Tramway Company.
El Mahdi has forbidden the sheikhs pn
he White.Nile and Blue Nile to advance
Khartoum er to provoke hostilitiea.
A BRIDE FOR A DAY;
Mr. Mowat.=Bill to procure for 'wive
and children the benefit of life insurance.
! Mr. Mowat. o-Billto amend the Gamer
Mr. Mowat.—Bill respectipg oo-operativ
askociations, joint stook companies, beirev
lent societies and other corporations.' •
• ' DOWN ON THE MORMONS.
Denounced ns Cranks arta ,Gulteitzii
Panacea Proposed.
Miller 'before the.Hoese Committee to-clag
ehatiaterized the MormOnseas " Cranks an f.
Guitettes." He opposed repressive Measure -
as only tending to incite • them to furthee.
•iawlessi acts, instead of :subduing • thenu
Polygemy, he thoUght, was on the deoteaset
and he 'prescribed education as •a. panaoe•
for altthe ills from' which the people.
iti opiition ware extremely ignorant
•
persons, led by cranks and those who ha
their own Gude te Serve, and all- that Wet
-**30essarY to'bring them baok to the. path
ef MOrelity Watt tO -show them their tru
-t
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Two Children SulloCated.to"'Death.
A lest. -(Monday) night's Montreal
watch *wet. -Great - constereetion
revails Thtee Rivers over
e sad death - of .two ohildree,
jedeesday last Mrs. Charles Caron, living
_ft the second and third flats, locked the
ne but a stiortlime when the • cry of fire
Iteg the stairway. The brigade arrived, and
e children were spied tapping at the.
indows, bet . Were suffocated -before
weed. Mr. Caron, the father, narrowle
f,caped while attempting to ,tesoue the
der child, and. the parents are repprted
4ngerously ill: The fire is' simposed to:
all wae extracted there waans much 9,43 one
cpuld lift. The money was•taken to thee -
village and e queer variety of coins was
displayed. There were old, Mexican and
Spanish coins not circulated in Canada for
ter forty years. When all the money It The French authorities ate aiding the
as counted it was found that oho was Meet& detectives in their efforts to die.
orth about $15,000. Most, of this II:Totten° tkiver the dynamite conspirators. The
Ilgo to John MoWean, a cousin of the 'old 'i1Pnians have become 'alarmed, and are pre-
fioring to temove their?. headquarters from
Montenegro is making preparatiOns for a,
mpaign in Albania. Six thousand men
ve been concentrated on the frontier.
elm Nicholas of Montenegro designs to.
'title the frontier question this spring by
*Mg the territory whioh Montenegro
4dy, who,came frorc Scotland- about .a year
=There is a kind of bird tn South
America called the pavo. These. birds -Bit
in large floakein trees and wait until they
all shot one by one. If South Arnett:Ian
sportsmen are like some of ours the pevo
must live to a peat age. Q
=wows rowAss
rganining ite Crush Dnulandp the 31 hurts -
A Berlin despatch tele : The Gertait_
Ministerial organs associste the alliance of,
Rtussia, Germany end Austria with the COM.;
ing league of Oantiuental Powers Nail*
the mar'itime and commercial preponderli
ince of England. A notable article appeark
in Ifreuz Zeitung whioh predicts the formai,
tion of a league, includieg Franco, to breat
it say*, by -the annexation of Egypt, hat
oompleted the finks of a gigantic (*aim exi,-
around tho body of Europe, Mon
the commerce. el the world, and ma tg th(
2editetranean Sea end the Indian coat
English lakes.
• T.he Berlin Post urges France to join the
alliance, promising her more substantiot
benefits than those arising from her agree.,
mant with England. Dr. Busch, Under
Foreign Secretary in any article in Grenz4
India is' a matter of indifference td Ger,
Many. .England, he outs, " is no longer
our ally, but regards US with evident mis,
Society in Manitoba.
IC miist be a pretty difficult) person WhOl
WW1 be pleased with the entertainment
offered at a Manitoba sociable. - nteeting
evenings ego at au up-townbook-store, and
a very enjoyable evening was' s,pent. .Thei,
meeting opened with prayers and - singing,
after which the guests partook df coffee and
cake. Dancing followed; and then the
party settled down to a quiet genie of'
euchre and whist. After the -night was far
spent and the dawn was at hand Mr.
Richardson -proposed that they ehould all
unite in singing a hymn---" Son of My Soul,
Thou Saviour Dear:" This was done and.
,the gussets departed, well pleased with the
was considered, which is the only sure way I
of having a reel geed, tithe of it. . • '
'To Save 1111/0 Fatheet\
A Dover, N.H.; despatch says : , Premier
Boudoir was last week convioted: of 'Killing
Frederick Grant at Great -Falls, despite the
evidence of the prisonet's wife, daughter
and daughter-in-lavt that the assault was
,committed by .Boudoir'e son, who _fled to
Canada. The son Dodd) Boudoir, .arriVed
ere last night, and said, " am Desir6
otidoirovho killed ,Ed. Grant at Great
ails, for which the jury ,convioted my
father. Rather than have him !Miler probe
ably life imprisonment have come back to
suffer the penalty of my crime." After his
arrest he said he threw the kettie that
killed Grant, believing a mob, was attack-
ing the house. Premier Boudoir% lawyer
will ask a pardon for his client from the
Governor. .
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The -Quebec Legielature will meet on
March 26th.
The members of the London W. a T. U.
intend startieg an Industrial School. .
The 'London City Council voted $200 to
continue the soup kitolien in'operation.
Over 700 applicetions for licenses haver
been made in Montreal, only 300kiif which -
A suspected. counterfeiter .with large
aMount of hove silver on his person wae
arrested at Montreal,yesterday.
Mr. John Creighton warden of the King-
ston Penitentiaryt.wh'o wags stricken with
paralysis, is recovering.
Council last night decided to let Louden
By a Toil Of 7 to 4 the London City
East have the city water at one rateand
third for ten years.
direction of having Canada represented at
the Forestry exhibition to - be neld in the
city of Edinburgh, Sootland,in August neXt.
The members of the Ottawa City Council
last night passed a vote of censure _ on the
Mayor for attending a ball given by himself
wearing his chain of office. :
The ship Garden Island,ewned by Calvin
& Sou, Kingston, and which has been
trading:between the Old Country and the
West Indies has been sold for WPC). She
was built at' Gerden
royal geranium -which weamires nine feet
in height, and the branches extend over ea
HAS BEEN PROVED
Daes•a lame back ot dino.vderSd urine indi-
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and weaknesses, Eidn'ey-Wort is Unsurpassed,
as it wilt act promptly z(z;..d
brick dust or repydepcsi=, ?..nd Anil- dragging
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