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City Clerk Hemdersoa, of Ottawa, has received a cheque for $5,000 from the Proviacial Treasurer of Ontario,. for the Casselman fire relief fund. The Ontario Government also sent a cheque tfor $5,000 last antumn A despatch from Quebec says that it is rumored that a cable has just been received there that the Messrs. Peterâ€" son have succeeded in their negotiaâ€" tionus, assuring the saccess of the fast Atlantic steamships. The Cunstoms Departmeat has decided to send two officers to Skagway and Dyea to furnish information to Canâ€" adians going through to the Yukon by that route, amd to assist in the carryâ€" Ing onut of tha customs regulations The Domaica financial statement for the month of January shows the total _ revenue â€" for the month as §$3.512,000, an increase over the same month last year of half a million dolâ€" lars, while the expenditure for the month bhas decreased by a quarter of a million. [t is stated that the Dominion Steamâ€"| abip Co.will rum a weekly instead of | i fortnirhtly passenger _ service heâ€" | tween Montreal and Liverpool, and‘ will place a sow stsamer th> Dominâ€" lon on the service. | A landalide occurread five miles beâ€" low the Towa of Queâ€"nells, B. C., and buriad three mineors named \Wm. Atlen, Foe Rich, and Alexander McLean. The slide is 1000 feet wide, 300 feet lonag and 25 (oet high. Mr. H. J. Beamer has asked the Hull City Council for a bonus of $70,000 for the interprovincial bridge and the Torâ€" onto Rubber Co. aska $40,000 as a bonus for establishimg its rubber factory in Japan s going to invade the Kionâ€" , dike. Tt is stated that wn army of 5,000 | ableâ€"bodied laborers is being got toâ€" gether for the gold fields and in a| wonth it will make a descent on Dawâ€" | son City. | A wellâ€"made oneâ€"dollar _ American certificate was discovered in Montrsal. There is reason to believe that a clever mg o6 comnterfaiters is working in diat rict Evangelist Moody, who is addressing large meetings in Montreal has reâ€" seivad a letter enclosing $395 from a man who had defrandefi the Customs f that amowunt. The Lang Tanning Company will aborlly begin the erection of a tannery in Borkin, which will be the largest in Canada. Thres hundred bhands will ba amployed. By the treaty with Abyssinia Great Britain secures another open door and the mostâ€"favoredâ€"nation treatment in respect to imports and local taxation. The Montreal Colton Company inâ€" :nda to extend its plant by the erecâ€" lom of a spinning mill for the manuâ€" facture of goods which arse now imâ€" ported. Hon. C. H. Mackintosh will _ leave shortly for England, and during his absence will arrange for the devalop ment of properties purchasad by the British American Corporation. Lieut. March, who but the base o‘ his skull fractured by falling from his sleigh whils tandem driving at Kingâ€" aton, died from his injuries. The Chairman of the Finance Comâ€" mittee of Montreal proposes to start a buge civic lottery for the purpose of paying the city‘s debt. News has come to Edmonton that Inâ€" apector Mcoody‘s police party crossed the Peace River Pass of the Rockies on Decem‘}er 22. A syndicate is being formed in Queâ€" bee to purchass Lord Mountâ€"Stephen‘s property opposite the Governor‘s garâ€" dens, to build a large block there. Reports received at Victoria from Dawson state that five men have heen frozen to death near Skaguay, and three near Dyea. There is a probability of the Montâ€" real Park and Island Railway being consolidated with the Montreal Street Railway Company. The Toronto City Council has apâ€" pointed Mr. Chas. H. Rust as City Enâ€" g:o" in succession to Mr. E. H. ating. € The fancy and staple dry goods firm of Boisseau Freres, Montreal, has susâ€" nded payment. The liabilities are fino,ooo. American secret service detectives are still at Montreal, hunti for counterfeiters, with the aid :f the local force. The C. P. R. Telegraph Company will string a large copper wire between Montreal and Vancouver. Hamilton temperance people are peâ€" titloning the City Council to reduce the number of liquor licenses. An electric railway between Cttawa and Metcalfe is proposed. The disâ€" tance is 20 miles. Imports from Canada during Januâ€" ary increased $147,582, compared with January, 18897. The Hamilton Horticultural Society bas been incorporated. It is reported that the G.T.R. will build a mammoth hotel at Quebec. Considerable improvements are to be affected at the Royal Military College. Mr. G. M. Rose, the weliâ€"known Toâ€" ronto publisher, died Thursday, aged 69 years. Mr. R. K. Hope bhas received his comâ€" mission as Registrar of Wentworth County. The Manitoba Legislature will meet on March 10. The session will proi ably be short. The life insurance companies doing business in Montreal are accepting risks on Klondikers. K KB 0 t WB Interesting Items About Our Own Country, Mrâ€" Farness, th» al comtadate im â€" THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. CANADA. The New Brunswick Legislature is All Parts of the Gilobe, Condensed and Assorted for Easy Reading GREAT BRITAIN the receut Parliaâ€" ful Gre A despatch from London says:â€"The publication of the treaty with Abyssinia will prove sensational. The rumors of big British concessions are groundless. Eri â€" n Secures Another Open Door and the Most Favoured Nation Treatment. A CLOSE SHAVE. Fortunately the engine came to a dead stop... Had it gone a feow feet fursher it would have dashed over the bank and into the river, magy {eet below. If the rock had fallan a moâ€" ment later it would have struck the train, and its living freight would have bean swept into the river. The train was in charge of Conductor James Walker; the engineer was B. C. Stanâ€" leaves here at 9.145 o‘clock, had a mirâ€" aculous escape on Monday morning. About two and oneâ€"half miles up the mountain a huge pile of rock became loosened from the clifl{ and came crashâ€" ing down upon the track in front of the train. _ Befors the angineer could stop the traim it had dashed upon the pile of rocks anad the enpgine was deâ€" railed. A decree has been issued introducâ€" ing political economy and practical science into the Chinese competitive examinations. Horr Dietring. Chinmese Customs erament service per coin. This is the first occasion of payment in dollars, but the precedent is likely to be followed, and will introâ€" duce an extensive use of coined money. Miraculons Escape of a Train Near Niagara Falts. A despatch from Niagara Falls says: â€"Passengers on the New York Central train, of the Lewistoa branch, which Britsin and Gormanr Get What They Want in China, A despatoh from Pekim, says: China has consented to the British demand for a railway from Burma to Yunnan, and she also agrees to indemnify the kidnapped Frenchman, M. Lvaudet. Germany has secured a concession for a railway from Kiaoâ€"Chau to Ichau as the price of the murdered sentry, and is now casting whout for sAmething else to demand. Next momth the Chimese Board of Reâ€" venue will pay half in sycee and hbalf in dollars, owing to the scarcity of copâ€" Despatches. received from â€" Manilia, capital of the Philippine Islancs, anâ€" nounce that 200 buildings, some of them of importunce, have been lestroyâ€" ed by fire. Excellent rains in Northern and Cenâ€" tral India hays ensured successful spring crops. The Spanish Government has decided to send the Spanish crusier Almiraute (;quendo to Havana and thence to New { ork. Mrs. William W. Place, wife of an insurance adjuster at New York, is charged there with the murder of her motherâ€"inâ€"law. The fatherâ€"inâ€"law may die from the injuries she caused to The result of the Transvaal elections was the return of President Kruger by a big majority. A telegram from San Jose, Guatemâ€" ala, announces the assassination of President Barrios. British troops have occupied Beregouâ€" ron and Bashere, in the Borgw couniry of West Africa. A boat containing five men went over the falls at Oregon City, Ore.. on Thurslay, George Freeman, sr., his sons George and James, and L, J. Shannon, were drowned. Harry Freeman held to the boat and reached shore. bhim. Her subsequent itt;x'np{ to comâ€" mit suicide failed. Four thousand overbead wires in Chiâ€" cago belonging to the telegraph teleâ€" phone and cther companies in the downâ€"town districts will be cut down by the city unless steps be taken to place them underground refore Mar. 1. 1ible when out of season. Edward Bellamy, author of "Looking Backward," and Eugene V. Debs, late head of the American Railway Union, and leader of the Social Democracy, have united to launch a new politiâ€" cal party. A court at Topeka, Kas., bas decidâ€" ed that a bicycle was exempt from exâ€" ecution under a judgment, being a * tool" essential to a man‘s profession or occupation. The New York Municipal Council and Board of Aldermen have passed a resoâ€" lution condemning the expenditure of $9,000,000 on State canals, and calling for an investigation. Katie Gassett, who was arrested in Toronto, charged with stealing & silk dress, etc., has been convicted at Roâ€" chester, N.Y., and sent to a reformaâ€" The Treasury Department at Washâ€" ington have given a ruling on the imâ€" portation of furs as wearing apparel, Hereafter muffs, boas, etc., will be aatâ€" iable when out of season. mentary election in York, has petition ed for a reâ€"count of the votes. UNITED STATES. Eighteen dead bodies and 38 missing is now the record of the Pittsburg fire. The population of Greater New York is 3,438,8099, according to an official eaâ€" Edward Hodgman, the absconding treasurer of the Chicago Building Trades Council, bas been arrested in a remote part of the Northâ€"West and will be taken back to Chicago. During the last fiscal year the Unitâ€" ed States exported domestic merchanâ€" dise to the value of over $1,032,000,000. The Luetgert jury at Chicago has brought in a verdict of guilty fixing the penalty at life imprisonment. The Spanish Minister at Washingâ€" ton is likely to be recalled for having in alettersavagely attacked President McKinley. TREATY WITH ABYSSINIA. HUGE PILE OF ROCK @#FLL EACH GET A RAILWAY. GENERAL. the Commissioner of bas entered the Govâ€" n Shingâ€"Tung pro nation sSURVIVORS aT KEY WEST. The steamer Olivette, with 62 survivâ€" ors of the Maine on board, arrived at Key West, Fla., at 10.10 on Woednesday nicht, seven and a half hours from Haâ€" vane. Of the number, twenty are woundedâ€"ten Beriously and one fatâ€" ally. Captain Merrill, with Company "A," Firat Artillery, took possession of Some of t‘he wreckage of the Maine fell on board the City of Washington, and knocked two holas in her deck, The chaplain of the Mainae, Rev. Mr. J. P. Chadwick, went on board the Alfonso XIIlL. in order to minister to the wounded. A Spanish naval officer said that Captain Sigsbee was the last man to abandon the sinking ship, and he remained alongside the wreck as long as it was possible to do anything in the way of rescue. THE CAPTAIN INTERVIEWED. Captain, Sigsbee, interviewed this evening by the correspondent of the Associated Press with reference to the cause of the explosion said:â€""I canâ€" not yet determine the cause, but comâ€" petent investigators will decide whethâ€" er the explosion was produced from an interior or exterior cause. I cannot say anmything until after such an inâ€" vestigation has been made. I will not, and cannot, conscientiously anticipate the decision, nor do I wish to make any unjust estimate of the reason for the disaster." CAUSE OF THE DISASTER. It is reported that the disaster was due to the explasion of the boiler of the dynamo machins on board the Maine. ‘The first explosion is said to have been caused by over six hundred pourds of gun cotton, and the subseâ€" quent explosion is alleged to have been caused by shells and cartridges. THE WORK OF RESCUE. All the navy, the fire brigade, and the navy physicians were immediately orâ€" dered on duty. Stretchers for the use of the wounded were sent to the scene by the fire brigade, tnse hbeadquarâ€" ters of the Red Cross Society was callâ€" ed upon to send four stretchers, and _meon were sent to patrol the scene of the disaster, amnd pick up the dead and wounded. The Spanish cruiser Alfonso XIII., which was anchored oclose to the Maine, lowered her boats and saved 37 ‘of the crew of the American warship. _ WORSE DISASTER PREVENTED. _ _ Lieut.â€"Commander R. Wainwright, of the ]laine, was half undressed at 9.30 o‘clock, p.m., and was walking in his cabin, next to that of Captain Sigsâ€" bee, when the explosion occurred and put out the electric lights. Lieut. Wainwright then lit a match and went to Captain Sigsbee‘s ca‘in. ‘The capâ€" tain, it appears, had been thrown from bis bed, but was uninjured. They both went on deck, and ordered men to flood 2,500 pounds of gun cotton which were on board. The order was carried out. The men never returned, but Havana was saved from astill more terrible explosion. The large number of deaths reported among the crew is said to be due to the fact that many of them were asleep below at the time of the exploâ€" sion. Most of the officers saved were dining on board the Ward line steamer City of Washington. SPANISH CRUISER IN PERIL. The Spanish oruiser, Alfonso XIIL was for some time after the explosion in great peril, and her mooring tackles were slacked away, and she was anâ€" chored at a greater distance from the burning warship. She then lowered bher boats and took part in the work of reâ€" secue. The first of the American sailors to reach the Machina wharft were swimâ€" ming. Three sailors who escaped fell senseless just as they reached a place of safety. One of the Maine‘s officers, who is being cared for at the sanitary headquarters, is seriously wounded. He is very young, and is believed to hava been the officer on gnuard at the time of the disaster. VESSEL‘S APPEARANCE NOW. The Maine at the time of the oxâ€" plosion, was at anchor about 500 yardsa ijrom the arsena) and some 200 yards from the floating dock. Her steel up per deck forward has been completely lifted and turned over on her starâ€" board side. None of the big guns in the turrets are visible. Bhe is slightly listesd to port, and all forward of her massive cranes for unloading ship‘s boats have campletely _ disappeared. The big funne‘ls lie flat upon the twistâ€" ed and gnarled iron braces and pieces of steeil deck. From the funnels aft the ship seems to be intact. She has sottled uwntil the water has covered the top of her superstructure, anmd the stern searcluight and one rapidâ€"firing Bhe was blown up at 9.40 o‘clock on Tuesday night by an expiosion well forâ€" ward under the men‘s quartors. â€" Her magazine is further back between the coal bunkers. Bome of the watch and a few of the officers and crew who were on shore escaped. â€" The explosion which shook the city from one end to the other created the wildest exciteâ€" ment. All the electric lights were put out by the shock. Fire engines rushed from onme direction to another, and no one knew for certain from which dirâ€" ection the eâ€"plosion came. Some startâ€" ed the report that it was the arsenal, others said it was a shell, and it was not until 11 o‘clock that the real cause was known. A despatch from Havana says:â€"The shattered and torn hulk of the United States battleship Maine lies at the botâ€" tom of Havaima harbour, a tomb for at least 253 of her creow. The Dead Namber About 260 â€" Sailors Drowned Like Rais â€" The Explosion Took Place Forward Under the Men‘s Quarters â€" Surmising as to Cause of Catastrophe. BATTLESHIP BLOWJ UP. U. S. WARSHIP MAINE EXPLODES IN HAVANA HARBOR. FLYING PIECES over the water just below TORONTO The Latter Country Said to Gave Applited to the Eritish for a Loan. It is understood that Spaiin recently applied to Great Britain for assistance in raising a loan, to which the Marâ€" quis of Salishury referred at the openâ€" ‘ng of the House of Lordis on Tuesday last, when he said that China was not the only Government which might want money, According to clwb gossip, the Spanâ€" ish Legations in Londgn and ohev?gere aresufllerincfranmddwo!thai.r remittances, and the diplomates have been forced to defray the expenses of their owp establishments. the miners at what it cost them. The C.P.R. fully realize that in order to make profitable the mining of the lower grades abounding in the Kootâ€" enay district, it would be necessary to give the miners very much cheaper means of getting out the ore, and that will be done as soon as possible. ests in the Rossland mining dit;trict to the company has been completed. The agreement has been signed,but it will take a couple of months to make the transfer of the property. _ Tha comâ€" pany will therefore very soon be in a position to carry out its pledges to the mining people of the district. Mr. Shaughnessy states that the C. P.R. is not going into the business to make any money out of the smelting, but would provide the facilities for Ew cvs oc L alraloug 2 sOll Arrangeme:sis With the Canadian Pacive W.we Been Completed. A despatch from Montreal SAY 8 :â€"â€" The arrangement between the CcP.R. and Mr. Heinze for the transfer of the latter‘s railway and smelting interâ€" Carey is seriously, if not fatally, wounded. He had been in prison since June, 1894, His companion, O‘Connor, aged 27, was put in prison in July, 1896, for five years, for robbery and assault. Both were robust fellows and would bave fought hard for liberty had not Gibson used his gun so effectively, The felons carried an axe and a club, and as Gibson came close upon them they turned and put themselves in defensive attitude. Gibson, in selfâ€" defence, pulled his rifle and blazed away, a bullet piercing Carey in the abdomen, and in an instant fellowâ€" guards arrived, and both of the libertyâ€" seekers were secured, and transferrâ€" ed to the prison. At Un‘on street crossing, while tae anow was swirling around the movâ€" ing company, Carey, and a fellowâ€"conâ€" viect, W. ‘Connor, from Hamilton, made a dash for liberty. They hurried along Union street, followed by several guards, the balance of the staff hasâ€" tening with the gang to the prison and giving the aJarm. The fleeing men were run down by Officer Gibson on the property of the Sisters of St. Maryâ€" ofâ€"theâ€"Lake. | It was about 4.30 o‘clock on Tuesday afternoon when 82 convicts were lined up under five guards, and marched from the quarry to the prison. ESCAPED IN THE SNOW. Two Prisoners Try to Escape From Kingâ€" ston Penitentinry. A despatch from Kingston, Ont., says:â€"William Carey, Elgin county, serving ten years in penitentiary for arson, lies in the prison hospital with a grievous wound in the abdomen. He was shot by Officer Gibson, who ran him down while trying to escape. Carey is about 27 years of age. As to how the explosion may have cccurred, a ‘host of opinions are exâ€" pressed both in naval and civilian circles. Some navy officers helieve aponthinpous comhbustion ignited the coal in one of the Maine‘s bunkers, and that the burning fuel heated the metal partition between the bunker and a magazine causing an explosion of the ammunition. While the cause of the explosion that destroyed the Maine is as yet unâ€" determined, naval experts are inclined to the belief that itsorigin was within and not from without. The idea that the Spanish Government or Spanish officers hed anything to do with it is gcouted in most quarters as prejosterâ€" ous. President McKinley and the memâ€" bers of his Cnbinet are confident the aalamity on the Maine was caused by some unavoidablae accident. This, too, is the prevailing opinion among the Federal officials and the experts of the Navy Department in Washington. Fuller details of the destruction of the United States battleship Maine in the harbour of Havana add to the horror of what the generally accepted o_;:iinitzn seems to consider an awful acâ€" cident. It was asad scense at the dock as stretchers were carried to the waiting ambulances by artillerymen, and the sufferers tenderly placed on seats for conveyance to the Marine Hospital. The brave fellows bore their suffering adâ€" mirably, and some limped through the line of eager faces with their arms in slings, heals bound and bloodâ€"stained bandages on legs or trunks. » The crowd had been yelling as only excited Cubamns and negroes can yell, but a great hush fell upon the assemâ€" blage at the sight of the wounded. Exâ€" cited men and women became hysteriâ€" cal, and many a Latin prayer was heard from lips that had been shoutâ€" ing a moment before. 3 Every possible arrangement for the comfort of all who were disembarked had been made, and al! who could talk praised highly the kindness of the Spanish officials, who opened their hearts and wardrobes to the survivors. the dock before the vessel‘s arrival and kept back the excited crowd, which inâ€" cluded half the population of Key West. According to latest despatches from Havania, of the Maine‘s arew of 354 there were 101 men saved. Of the 253 lost two were officers. FIRED IN SELFâ€"DEFENCE GUARD SHOOTS PRISONER. HEINZE BRBOAD TRANsprr, BRITAIN AND SPAIN. MAY BE FATAL. LATER. ried t A Thousand Peasants in Revolt at Kistarâ€" kany, Hungary. A despatch from Vienna, says:â€" The agrarian Socialist movement in Hungary is becoming most serious. At Kistarkany, in the Kaschau district, a thousand peasants are in open revolt. They have murdered the local magisâ€" trate, and are holding the village against the troops sent to restore order. At Agrad, in the same district, in a desperate fight between the gendarâ€" mes and the peasants four were killed and twenty wounded. The Flachket struck on Anaga Point duriog a thick fog. Heavy weather prevailed at the time, and the steamer soon broke in two. The small steamer Susu brought the 14 survivors to Santa Cruz, and after landing them returned to the scene of the disaster to endeaâ€" vour to renader further assistance. A Transat!iantic Meamer Goes to Pleces Off Canary Island. A despatch from Teneriffe, Canary Island, says:â€"The Campagnie Generala Transatlantique line steamer Flachet, bound from Marseilles for Colon, was totally wreched on Anaga Point, this island, at oma o‘cloak on Wednesday morning. Her captain, second officer, and eleven of her crew and one pasâ€" senger were saved. _ Thirtyâ€"eight of the crew and jortyâ€"nine passengers were lost. At the Girl‘s‘ Industrial Sohool of Kansas, situated at Beloit, they have what is called a spanking chair, â€" Bad girls are strapped in the chair, an atâ€" tendant presses a button, and the chair does the rest. The Kansas authorities will be asked in a few days to explain this system, and if it is satisfactory to the local mauthorities a spanking chair will be purchased for the Colorado inâ€" stitution. Kansus Mas Invented a Methed Which Colorado May Adopt. A despatch from Chicago, HI., says: â€"Warden C. P. Hoyt, of Denver, has designed a spanking chair for use in the Industrial Schools for Girls. _ It cansists of a seatiess chair on which the girls are placed. It is hich enoughb from the ground to allow four paddles to be operated by electric wires. Straps hold the viotim‘s wrist to the arm of the chair. Wellâ€"Known British Statesman Joins the Groat Majority, A despatch from London says:â€"The Right Hon. Sir James Stansfeld, who held the offices of Lord of the Admirâ€" alty, Underâ€"Secretary for India, Lord of the Treasury, President of the Poor: Law Board, and President of the Local Government Board, is dead. He was borin at Halifax in 1820, reproesented Halifax in Parliament from 1859 to 1895, and retired from Parliament at the last Election. Sir James was chiefly knnwn' throuwthout the country for his opposiâ€"! tion to the Contagious Diseases Acts and bhis support of woman‘s suffrage. He supported Mr. Gladstone‘s Home Rule policy, and in 1886, on the resigâ€"| nation of Mr. Chamberlain, succeeded | him as President of the Local Governâ€"‘ ment Board, reâ€"entering the Cabinet! for the first time for twelve years. | miitted free of duty into the Yukon district or Stickeen, are subject to the following regulations for the transporâ€" tation there from ports in British Colâ€" umbia:â€"A munifest or invoice desâ€" cribing gooJs and values to be preâ€" sented to the Customs officer at the Canadian frontier port in the Yukon district or Stickeen. The certificate of a Canadian Customs officer is required to be endorsed on the manifest or inâ€" voice to the effect that the goods deâ€" scribed therein have been " shipped duty free from a port in British Colâ€" umbia." Customs officers shall not grant the certificate aboveâ€"mentioned when the shipment from a port in British Columbia is not made by a vessel entitled to engage in the Canaâ€" dian coasting trade. A despatch from Ottawa says :1â€"New Customs regulations issued on Friday for the Yukon country shut American vessels out of the Klondike transportaâ€" tion business. The regulations enact that goods purchased in Canada, duty paid, or the produce of Canada, may be admitted into the Yukon district or Stickeen free of duty, when the transportation of such goods by water from any port in British Columbia diâ€" rect or via a foreign port is wholly in vessels entitled to participate in the coasting trade of the Dominion of Canada ; provided, however, that the goods are identified to the satisfaction of the Customs officer at the port of entry in the Yukon or Stickeen, and that the regulations and conditions prescribed for the transportation gt goods from ports in British Columbia are duly observed. Except as above proâ€" vided, all goods arriving in the Yuâ€" kon district or Stickeen from or through Alaska, or via the Yukon or Stickeen rivers, will be treated as to liability to duty as ordinary importaâ€" tions. Goods imported into the Klonâ€" dike region, Yukon district, or Stickeen are subject to the same duties and exâ€" «mptions as if imported into any other part of Canade. â€"<~~~ > n HAPPINESS AT LAST. Belleâ€"â€"And so they were happily marâ€" _ Goods 'purchase(l in Canada, duty paid, or the produce of Canada, adâ€" SOCIALIST MOVEMENT SERINDUs Canadian Goods Admitted to the Yuken D‘strict Free When Carriecd in Can* SPANKING BY ELECIRICITY. adian NEW CUSTOMS REGULATIONS. EIGHTYâ€"SEVEN DROWNED. DURING A THICK FOG â€"Yes; each of them magried some <ay ol t i ns ie w i en im age aiaks m en ue sidl, .4) 1t on STANSFELD DEAD. ly describes REdna anmd Tom S»a two souls with but a sing!s t _Jack Rluntâ€"Yes, and Ednsa | GOLD IN CIRCULATION. The ?Tinistry of France recently in« stituted an enquiry to learn the amâ€" ount »° gold in cireulation. It has been ascertained ~th=t there is 8$8(%) 000000 worth bear.s 3 _ time French stamp in circulation. it is ascertsinâ€" ed that this is a record amouwnt. and that the Umited states has seven hunâ€" dred and twenty millions. Germany six hundred and eighty millions, and Greav New Wifeâ€"Have you tried my vi# quit, deart es New Husbandiâ€"Yes, They‘re guiity, wWHERE THE THOUGHT WaAs. Margaretâ€"Mr. Pentameter poetisal* ly describes REdna and Tom Shallow as Britain and Russia six hundred millions The last man to leave the Veendam was Captain Etenger. He had to be called several times before he swung | himsel{ over the side, after setting fire to various parts of the cabin. RBy this time the stern of the Veencam hbad , settled perceptibly, and her bow was illmoat entirely clear of the water., | Though the sea was running very high | the rescuers were in litlle danger of being swamped, except when close to Russian Admiraity Paid (or $0,000 Tons of Coal Never Relivered. A despatch to the London Daily News from Odessa says that a secret poline enquiry undertaken at the instigation of the Ministry of Marine has revealâ€" ed a huge and sensational scaunda! in connection with the coaling of the Black sea fleet, The Russan Admiralty paid for 60,0000 tons of coal which was never delivered. The contractor, who is a Jew, together with several naval ofâ€" ficers at Sebastopol, one of them being the senior admiral, has been arrest»ed Gloves are very old ; the ancient Perâ€" sians wore them. Yes, but I fancy that fellows got the mitten long before that. _ The second boat to be lowered from the St. Louis was commanded by the senior second officer. No soonor had lthiu boat settled into the sea than an | immense swell smashed it against the ’ahip‘s side and crushed it. Another boat was quickly lowered and into jthil Officer Beckwith and his crew | were soon transferred. In the meanâ€" time two of the Veendam‘s lifeboats had been lowered,. manned by the first and second officers. The second hboat \ foundered before any passengers had | been taken aboard. The crew, howâ€" ' ever, was quickly rescued. FIRED THE WRECK. bere for two days, to get the unions of this city to enter into a great moveâ€" ment for an elightâ€"bour work day. Ac cording to the present plans of labour leaders, a demand for the «‘ghtâ€"hour day will be made on May 1 next that will involve fully a million men. a time, and, according to the leadors, great strikes are expected hbefore tha battle likely to follow is decide 1. WIII be Involved in the Eight HourDay Azitation on May Ist Nexi A despatch from New York, says â€" Samuel Gompers, president of the Amâ€" erican Federation of Labour, has heen The American Federation of Labour will make thie damand for one trade at the ship‘s side. The passengers were drenched to the skin. When the work of rescue was over, the 8t. Louis had drifted until she was a mile and a quarter from all that remained above water of the Veendam. THE WORK OF RESCUE. The St. Louis arrived in dock on Satâ€" urday and cher officers were loudly cheered. Thomas B. Segrave, the first officer of the St. Louis who conducted the rescue, in an intervi_ow said :â€"*‘"The first to be taken from the Veendam was a sixâ€"months‘â€"old baby. Following this about twenty more children, rengâ€" ing in age from the swaddling clothes period to ten and twelve years, were lowered to our boat, and we took them to the St. Louis. The Ceendam waslabâ€" ouring in & hea:ty sea, and the work of rescue was difficult. The passengers were lowered from the ship‘s sides by means of life slings,. The excitement on board the Veendam was intense, but Catpain Stenger and his crew manâ€" aged to keep the passengers n some kind of discipline. After all the chilâ€" dren had been taken from the Veendam the women were transferred to the lifeboats. Next came the men, and, last of all, the ship‘s crew. Many of the women were so overcome that they had to be picked up and dropped overâ€" board into the arms of the lifehboat crew." She Mad a Hole Knocked Inio Boer by Sub merged Wreckage and Rapidly Begaa to Sink. A despatch from ‘New York says:â€" On the evening of February 6th the Hollandâ€"American steamer Vmsndam, Capt. Stenger, from Rotterdam for New York struck submerged wreckage which tore a hole in the ship‘s bottom, and broke her propeller shaft. Despits hard work at the pumps she becan to sink rapidly. At 1.30 a.m. the steamâ€" er St. Louis was hailed, and the work of transferring the passengers and crew was done in three hours, a very high sea running at the time. . The wreck was then set fire to and abanâ€" doned. The Veendam was formerly the White Star steamer Baltic, 2767 nst THE VEENDANM WREOKE), THE STEAMER ST. LOUIS THE MEAN3 OoF SAVING 212 LIVES. GREAT NAVAL SCANDAL. SENTENCE SUSPENDED FULLY A MILLION MEN 4 A fibrous preparaUl #n the same manner "mineral wool," by pa through the molten st to use for cleaning, p tead of sandpaper. wHIAT HE V Bheâ€"And do you 1 se}f alone® _ It would seem tha our visionary arcl overtaxed| to further erant coins with t ents of the New Te money plays a part ble at nmnothing. The say that in the hurry Egypt the Virgin gold pieces in a field, afterward found by daring to disclose his he be suspected of d money be taken fro by him for many y age, being afflicted by ease, he Lesought the who healed him. 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