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GREAT BRITAIN, There is reported to be little change in &r. Gladstone‘s condition. horseless carriage through the King strset tollâ€"gate a few days ago withâ€" out bis paying toll. The Carpenter Toll Road company, which owns all the roads leading out of Hamilton on the east that are fit for bicfcling upon, is talking of imposing toll on bicyclists and making a test ease in the courts. Â¥r. John Moodle, iun., may be prosecuted for riding bis get $7.00,000 J. Ira Flatt, exâ€"M.P.P., was one of the recently announced heirs He was to The Bank of British North Amerizca at Philadelphia, bas given notice to the general public and the numerous soâ€"called heirs of one Jacob Baker, of revoluntionary fame, that it has no knowledge of his wonderful possess.ons. The first writ against the City of London as the result of the City Hall accident on the night of January 3 was filed by William Bruce of South London to recover damages for the death of his son, Oswald Bruce, who was standing in the arcade when the floor collapsed and was killed by a falling beam. strike is siid to P_l:th;Vi)lg:g;st ‘yet made in northwestern Ontario. Word has been received stating that a vein ten feet wide and bearing thouâ€" sinds of dollars to the ton bas been struck in No. 2, Neepawa mine, Maniâ€" tou at the one bundred foot level. The Lord Aberdeen has given presents to H. W. Mix, 0. E. Traversy and George E. Dorion of the Ottawa postâ€"office, in recognition of the manner in which they bave handled his Excellency‘s roails. An arrangement has it is underâ€" stood, been come to between Premiet Greenway and Mr. William Mackenzie under which the new line between Winnipeg and Lake Superior will be built. the Governiment of Britisb Columâ€" bia is said to be negotiating for the building of a waggon road from Glenâ€" ora, on the Stikine River, across to Tealin Lake, to be followed this year by a railway. Messrs. Spragge and Foulds, two Ausâ€" tralian gentlemen at present travelâ€" ling through Canada, are paying parâ€" ticular attention to the manner in which dairying is carried on. The body of a man was found on the Canadian Pacific track near Penn‘s Btation. B. C., on Sunday morning. In the pockets were found several tickets bearing the name of Lee Blotte. Mr. Frank L. Wanzer‘s bouse at Hamilton was struck by lightning durâ€" ing Sunday night‘s storm. ‘The metal pipes in the bouse were melted, and the lightning set fire to the escaping gas. The military authorities have decidâ€" ed to allow Belleville to have the miliâ€" tary camp for district numbers 3 and 4 this year. Belleville has offered a sgite, lighting and water free. Two million bushels of grain were consizned to the Montreal Transporâ€" tation Co. on Wednesday from western ror?s. This will keep the fleet busy or some time. The dynamite factory at lronsides exploded on Saturday and the shock broke a number of windows in Ottaâ€" wa, six miles distant, besides shaking the Parliament buildings. Voessel and marine interests are beâ€" coming much alarmed over the conâ€" tinued lowering of the waters of Lake Euperior, which are 30 inches from last year‘s level. Wheat seeding is well advanced in southern Manitoba, and many farmers will be through this week. The land w in splendid condition for seeding. Frederick Dawson, aged 23, and Herâ€" bert Lepage, age@ 7, died from the burns received in an explosion in a west end factory at Toronto. Exports to Canada from Britain darâ€" | A conspiracy ing March insteased six per cent., and | the palace at P for the first three months of the year ‘B!ung Chang an increased 12 per cent. The â€" Mamchuas : Four hundred and ninetyâ€"seven enâ€" China to Russia tries were paased at the Toronto cus| The Chinese toms house on Wednesday. The duty | tions of distrust collected was $28.000. | ter between HRmns Toronto is anxvious for a Christian Endeavor convention, and will make a bid for it at the Nashville, Tenn..meetâ€" Iing this year. Mr. Justice Street granted an order for winding up the Georgian Bay Ship Canal & Power Aqueduct Company Satnurday. William Dawson, an invalid, left his chair and walked for the first time in four years at Guelph on Monday. Faitbh cure. The new Canadian Pacific air line between Montreal and Ottawa will be opened for through passenger traffic in June. ‘Tom Nulty, the Rawdon murderer, condemned to hang on May 20, was detected in an attempt to escape from jail. The British Columbia redistribution | ; few York Co | bil! increases the number of memberslgi‘{‘:: :.;;:,cizi?,;k ifif;'ht (:: fip’cnx‘:ilml;?:l?! of the Legislature from 33 to 37. | makes the electric street railway trolâ€" The Hamilton City Counncil is considâ€" ; ley patents public property. ering the advisability of establishing Owners of boats at Marine City, St. a municipal electric lighting plant. t(‘lair and Port Huron ‘ha.ve been notiâ€" | William â€"Godden, of Dufferin and | fied by the United States Government | Tom streets, Hamilton, has had his wife | that they will be subject to & fim[ arrested for the alleged theft of #2. | of $1,000 if they engage any Canadians: The Porne bhas annointed Hev. Alex.!on any of their boats. | The Pope has appointed Rev. Alex Christic, rector of St. Stephen‘s church Minneapolis, as Bishop of Vancouver Capt. Bloomfield Douglas bas been appointed naval assistant to the Deâ€" partment of Marine and Fisheries. The Athenian, one of the new Canaâ€" dian Pacific eteamers for the Klondike trade, has arrived at Vancouver. CANADA. : _ The dredging of Kingston‘s barbor i4 to be commenced shortly. Mr. J. E. Narraway of Montreal, bas won the chess championship of Canada. Ihtcresting Items About Our Own Country, Gireat Britain, the United S‘ates, and Al. Ports of the Globe, Condensed and seorted lor Easy Reading. Deposits in Government _ savings banks for March totalled $236,000, and the withdrawals $247,000. [HE VERY LATEST FRON ALL THE WORLDL OVER 2N N t MISH Prayers for Nis Father. J A despatch from London, says:; â€" During the services of the Hawardep church on Sunday morning the rector, the Rev, Stevhen Gladstone, & son of the old statesmaAn, réquested the prayâ€" ers of the congregation for Mr. Gladâ€" stone. The rector was much affected as he made the request in behalf of his father, and his bearers also showâ€" ed emotion. The request is taken to mean that the end is very near. The Rev. Stepben Gladstone Requests General Kitchener Has Suâ€"pended Operaâ€" tions Entit Juily. A despatch from Cairo, says:â€"Generâ€" al Sir Herbert Kitchener, the comâ€" manderâ€"inâ€"chief of the Angloâ€"Egypâ€" tisn forces, has ordered all the newsâ€" paper correspondents back from the front, and operations against the derâ€" vishes have been suspended until July. A gentlemain prominently connected with Wm. McKenzie says:â€"*"The Dauâ€" pbhin railway is going to Hudson‘s Bay, of that you may be assured. The line will be built in sections year by year, and the country colonized as construction proceeds, so that it will be selfâ€"supporting by means of local trafftic from the very outset." Sixtyâ€"five miles of the line to Sasâ€" katchewan is also to be built this year and the balance next. Both are treatâ€" ed primarily as colonization roads,but the ultimate eand in view is aline to Lake Superior in one case and to Hudâ€" son‘s Bay in the other. 4 per cent. interest, and the Governâ€" ment to have a first mortgage on the lines aided as security for the payâ€" ment of the interest, In connection with the last mentioned line, the Govâ€" ernment is to receive 256,000 acres of land in lieu of bonds bonded over to the old Hudson‘s Bay Railway Comâ€" pany in 1886, for which no security was obtained. Eighty miles of the Winâ€" nipeg and Southâ€"Eastern are to be built this year, and the balance to Rainy River next year. This Will Be the Uiitmate Objective Point of the Dauphin Railroad, A despatch from Winnipeg, says:â€" â€"Resolutions were introduced in the Legislature on Tuesday to aid the Winnipeg and Southâ€"Eastern railway from Winnipeg to a point on the Rainy River to the extent of $8,000 a mile, and also to similarly aid the extension of the Lake Manitoba Railway and Canal Company‘s line from Sifton to Saskatchewan river, tha bonds to bear wWILL BUILD TO HUDSON‘S BAY The latest news from Hawaii is that 300 persons were rendered homeless by Honolulu floods, which have destroyâ€" ed bridges at Punaluu. Kahana and other places. In the valleys the planâ€" tations suffered beavily. _ The Chinese give numerous indicaâ€" tions of distrust of Russia. An encounâ€" ter between Russians and Chinese took place at Kin Chou,. and has resulted in a fresh Russian demand. The Swiss Government has prohibited the transporiation of American fresh | fruits. This action was taken owing | to the alleged presence of the San Jose| scale in the fruit imported recently.| The report of the British South Africa Company shows that the comâ€" pany has a balance of $2.500,000. _ It is said that Cecil Rhodes is endeavourâ€" ing to regain the management of the company. A conspiracy has been discavered in the palace at Pekin to assassinate Li Humg Chang and other high officials. The â€" Mamchuas accuse them of selling Merlizen, a village on Lake ‘Thun, Switzer!land, has been almost totally destroyed by fire. President Faure visited Queen Vicâ€" toria at Cimiez on Thiarsday. The first steps to form a big iron combine were taken at Cleveland, O., on Tuesday, All the manufactuvrers of foundry iron between Allegheny and the Rocky Mountains were rv'.'resent- ed. A general headquarters will be established at New York. GENERAL. The wile of Oscar Wilde died recentâ€" ly at the Riviera. $1,500 Rhea, the famous actress was fined | $250 at Rochester, N. Y., on l'\londuy; for contempt of court, in failing to| appear in Albert R. Haven‘s suit for| arrears of royalties on the play "Joseâ€"| E{)i'ne," He was given judgment for| Wilson Krider, farmer at Niles,Mich., was brutally assaulted by burglars there on Saturday, He may live. United States customs officers at Skagway still refuse to carry out the agreement regarding refund of duty on Canadian outfits. The New York Court of Appeal has given a decision which, it is claimed, makes the electric street railway trolâ€" Sir Christopher Furness, who unsucâ€" cesslully contested York against Lord Charles Beresford, bas withdrawn the election petition against the return of the latter to the Imperial Parliament. UNITED STATES. Edward Bellamy, the author of "Looking Backward," is reported to be dying at Denver. The general average condition of Amâ€" erican winter wheat and rye is better than last year. General Sir William Seymour, who succeeds General Montgomery Moore, as the officer commanding at Halifax, will leave for Canada the last of May. The Henley regatta committee have declined the entry of E. H. Ten Eyck, the American who won the diamond sculls last year. Mr. Gladstome is holding bis own, acâ€" cording to the latest bulletin, and his suffering is decreasing. BERVISHES GIVEN A REST. THE END NEAR. MR VCV ECE T British Southl Captain Lee of Kingston. Ordered to Watch . S Army Mancweavres A despatch from Kingston says: â€" Captain Lee, of the Royal Military College, has received instructions from the British Government to leave for Washington Saturday, and proceed to Cuba with the United States troope. The English military authoritiee are desirous of being informed of the manâ€" oeuvring of the American military men, and bhave selected Captain Lee to look after the information. Having purchased the Yorktown, Venezuela, and Yumuri, the departâ€" ment gave consideration to the hatâ€" teries each of these vessels will reâ€" ceive. Captain O‘Neil has recommendâ€" ed that the Venezuela and Yorktown each receive a hbattery of four 5â€"inch guns. The Yumuri will be given a batâ€" tery of three 5inch guns and four 32 pounders. Chief Naval Constructor Hichborp bhas notified the mnaval conmstructor at Cramps‘ shipyard to make preparaâ€" tions for converting the four vessels of the Americanl ine. the work to be completed within thirty days. It is proposed to equip the liners with forâ€" midable batteries. Besides the vessels mentioned which will be attached to Commodore Schley‘s fleet, it is generally =~understood in naval circles that the St. Louis and St. Paul will be assigned to his squadâ€" roni as soon as they are comverted into auxiliary cruisers. + From present indications the Paris and New York will be assigned to the North Atlantic squadron. TO START FOR PORTO RICO. No action bhas yet been taken on the proposition of transferring the New York and Massachusetts. in order that Commodore Schley‘s fleet may hbe composed entirely of speedy ships. This transfer, it is believed, will not be orâ€" dered umtil after the filying squadron starts for Porto Rico, where the heavy battery of the Massachusetts will be required for reducing the fortification of San Juan. When this work is acâ€" complished the flying squadron will be sent to the other side of the Atlantic to meet the Spanish vessels, with a view to their destruction. Following. out its decision to use Inâ€" dian names for the smaller auwxiliary vesses!l bought by the Government. the Navy Department today gave the name of Modoc to the tug Enterprise, purchased for yard purposes at League island. Pa. ! It is expected that the Hull bill will | be taken up in the House on Monday / or Tuesday. It is the intention of the | War Department to have presented on | the same day a bill authorizing the ‘[ President to call for 60,000 volunteer ’l.roops. to be composed of members of | the National Guard from the several !'States. A bill of this kind is being | drafted in the department. It is posâ€" | sible that as soon as the call for volâ€" | unteers is issued the State troops will | be ordered to go into camp at the place | where their encampments are annualâ€" |ly held. From these camps the volunâ€" lteers could be selected, to be trans ported to the Department of the Guolf, and thence to the Island of Cuba, or to such other places as required. i BUYING SUPPLIES, In anticipation of a call for 60,000 volunteer troops, the War Department has made arrangements for the purâ€" _chase of large quantities of all kinds _of supplies, equipment, and stores for distribution, and contracts will be awarded, immediately after it becomes evident that war is inevitable,amou.m-l ing to $1,000,000, for the Quartermastâ€" erâ€"General‘s deyartment alone. _ Conâ€" tracts wiil be awarded on Monday undâ€" er bids opened yesterday at the Quarâ€" termasters‘ depots in Philadelphia, New York and Chicago, under which thousands of dollars will be expendâ€" ed and immense quantities of camp equipment secured. The contracts in | all cases will call for immediate delivâ€"| eries at the points in the South to be designated by the War Department. Besides these, the authorities wili purchase 130,000 yards of tentage,with which the small tents will be manuâ€" factured; 8,000 overcoats of the army pattern, but lighter make, and 10,â€" 000 campaign hats, these to be of the soft felt variety, such as the men wear | on ithe western plains. Four thousand| canvas hats, $,000 pairs of light underâ€"|| wear, 5,000 blouses of light make, and | large quantities of other supplies, are| also in the list of articles to be bought.| _ It was agreed to organize the reguâ€" lar army on a war footing according to the provisions of the Huli bill, proâ€" viding for a total force of about 58,â€" 000 men. The twoâ€"battalion organizaâ€" tion of each regiment, as it exists in time of peacse, is to be increased to the threeâ€"battalion organization of fou: companies each, having a total memâ€" bersbip of 1,200. The infantry companâ€" ies will have 126 men each, the cavalry troops 100, the light batteries of arâ€" tillery 173, and the heavy batteries of artillery 200 each. The increase in the roster of the heavy artillery batterâ€" ies is regarded as especially necessary in order to man the high power armâ€" ourâ€"piercing guns, as well as the mortâ€" ars and other pieces in â€"connection with the new sea coast fortifications. PLANS PERFECTED TO RAISE A FORCE OF 118,000 MEN. Bill to Be Introduced Into the House to Raise 60,000 Voluntcers. A despatch from Washington, says: â€"The army administration on faturâ€" day practically completed l&)e most comprebensive plans for raising an army of 118,000 men for the immediâ€" ate occupation of the Island of Cuba, and to defend the coasts of the Unitâ€" ed States,. A series of conferences, the first of which was hbheld between President McKinley and Secretary Algâ€" er, was continued during the day. THEY WILL INVADE CUBA. BRITAIN WOULD LEAR N. TORONTO nome of their business, do Spanish families, who are escapâ€" ing from the rebellion which is spreadâ€" ing rapidly in the Philippines. They report that Manilla is pani¢â€"stricken. Spanish Families are all Leaving the Philippine Islands. A special despatch from Singapore, says: That the steamship Leo XIII., from Manilla, has arrived there crowdâ€" ed with Spanish officials and wellâ€"toâ€" steamers Vary Only Thn: Much in a Â¥oyagze of 15,000 MWiles. The new Canadian Pacific steamer Tartar, which sailed from Soutbamp ton for Victoria some time ago, ovcuâ€" pied just 51 days, one hour, and ten minutes in its voyage of 14,800 miles. A peculiar thing in connection with this is that the Athenian, which sailâ€" ed one week later, occupied 51 days, five hours, and fiftyâ€"six minutes. Thus, after traveling nearly fifteen thousâ€" and miles, the two steamers varied only four hours in the time in which it was calculated they would complete their long trip. part of the buildings of the New Engâ€" land Fish Company, o( Bosion, and several CP.R. cars dilled with valuâ€" able freight. Furtbher, the fire burned up two hundred tons of hay, waggons, and contractors‘ outfit for the Yukon railway, MeKenzie and Mann. conâ€" tractors. Tin and other cannery supâ€" plies were also burned. The damage amounts to thousands of dollars. Blimson‘s Wharf and â€" O@tber Buildings Bestray ced A despatch from Vancouver. B. C., says:â€"About 1 o‘clock on Thursday morning the water front was visited by the most disastrous fire that bhas ovcurâ€" red in this city since the great fire that destroyed Vancouver in 1886. Stimson‘s wharf was destroyed, also ATTRACTIVE SUBJECTS. There is a terrible fascination " But in any case," the Chancellor of the Exchequer explained, " our reâ€" sources and the soundness of our finâ€" ancial policy will enable us to bear successfully any strain, however great, that might be put upon the endurance or patriotism of our couniry." ever remote it might seem from anyâ€" thing connected with our own immeâ€" diate interest. If war comes we must all pray that it will be brief. (Cheers.) ‘‘I bave earefully considered the matter, but I can see no reason to conâ€" sider that we need anticipate anything which will injuriously affect materialâ€" $ly our revenu eo rour expenditure. Aanouncement My Sir Micback Hicks Beach in the Mouse of Commans. In the course of his budget stateâ€" ment in the House of Commons on Thursday, Sir Michael Hicksâ€"Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said:â€" "Such an event, so important towards us, as a probable war between memâ€" bers of the great family of" civilized nations must cause anxiety to us, bow> Amnother announcement is that of an extension of the Dauphin railway to the Saskatchewan river under a guarâ€" antee of eight thousand dollars per mile. Premier Greenway‘s Schems for the Lake of the Woods Ko te. A despatch from Winnipeg, says:â€" A forecast of Premier Greenway‘s railâ€" | way scheme bhas been given out for publica tion. The proposition is to guarantee bonds to the extent of eight thousand dollars per mile eastward for eighty miles, to Whitemouthb lake. This is a common point, from which the road may be diverted southward around the end of the Lake of the Woods to Rainy ’river. or across the Narrows to the Lake of the Woods. The latter route would keep the line within Canadian territory. and was recommended _ by Dawson many years ago, but subseâ€" quently pronounced by Canadian Paciâ€" fic railway engineers as impracticable, Certain specifications are agreed to by the contracting company on certain products, which will form a considerâ€" able proportion of the traffic; lumber, wood. stone, etc. Work is to be comâ€" menced immediately and next year tbe construction of a link to connect with the west end of Rainy river will forml a subject of consideration. THE RAILWAY TO RAINY RIVER. ate motive power to English strikes, but it is difficult to see how â€" any demon of unrest could have selected a more ruinously unlucky time for such a demonstration than the presâ€" ent moment, when the crippled trade of this country still feels the paralysâ€" ing effect of the disastrous enginâ€" eering strike. It may be the men‘s opâ€" portunity, but it is at England‘s cruel loss. AMH the soâ€"styled associated pits, whose innua)l output together amounts to some 27,000,000 tons, have stopped work, and this at a moment when the Admiralty supplies of coal are running short, and orders are pouring in. The men ask as a minimum wage that which the owners, by no process of economy, can pledge themseives to pay, and practically threaten to exâ€" tinguish the fires of the ships at a critical moment when England may need them the most." The Great Welsh Colliecry Strike Will Be Disasterous at the Present FTime. Referring to the big colliery strike in Wales, ‘the London correspondent of the New York Times says:â€""Had it not been obscured by the war fever in both the East and West the Weish colliery strike would have hbeen the topic of the day, and rightly so. It is never casy to estimate the immediâ€" MANILLA PANIG STRICKEN. BJIG BLAZE AT VANCOUVER. FOUR HOURS DIFFERENCE. BRITAIN FULLY PREPARED. GREAT LOSS TO BRITAIN. concealed in a tree searchers until the other day, when several thousand doliars were found There was a long hunt for the money known to be possessed by William Hoey, a wealtbhy farmer, who died many years in which duwring each revoluticn three flashes, each lasting oneâ€"tem h <of a secâ€" ond, are emitted. Petnmgjeum is used for t e lamps. ‘The new Formosa lightâ€" house gives a light equal to 154 000 candles, the flash being visible seventy miles in clear, thirtyâ€"ywo in fair ani fourteem in hazy weather. At no disâ€" tant day elecuricity will propably supâ€" plant petroleum. {‘be lighthouse towâ€" ers are built of bamboo, which, though fragile in appearance, possesses _ a strength and elasticity which fit it adâ€" mirably, for the contest with the wildâ€" est tempests which rage along the Heâ€"I never discuss matters upon which !_a_m‘ not fully informed. besides cigarettes f JAPANESE LIGHTHOUSES. The cangerous rocks and shoals of the Japamese coast remder rany lightâ€" houses a necessity, and the government is losing no time in urecting them at the points where they are most needed. The system adopted is the feuxâ€"eclairs. prominence," The paper gives exâ€" tracts from the Canadian and Newâ€" found‘apd press fevourable to. the United States: The Shanghai corâ€" respondent says:â€"‘*‘The feeling here is strongly proâ€"American .The b‘han_g‘l.l:i Mercury declares that America is actâ€" ing in the interests of peace, civilisa tion, and good government. The North Ching Daily News and the Daily Press are also {avorable to the American cause,"" The Singapore correspondent saysâ€"‘"The Free Press declares that the interposition of the United States is practically the penalty inflicted by clvilization for failure. ‘The Philipâ€" pige Islands will probably share in the liberation. _ Their people are little known, but they are highly intelligent. They are quite capable of guiding their own destinies. The flag of an Ameriâ€" can admiral would be hailed in the Philippines as the symbol of newlyâ€" won liberty." The reporter of the Daily Mail in Sydney, NS.W., says:â€" "The Spanishâ€"American dispute is not fervemtly discussed here, but the press and pablic sympatbhy are with the American _ side. One bundred New South Wales man have visited the Americam Consul and offered to enlist in the service of the United States." The press of Kingston. Jamaica strongâ€" ly upholds the rightecusness of Amâ€" erica‘s cause and quotations in proof of ‘this are given. In Maita public feelâ€" ngi is on the side of the United States. The Bomhbay correspondent says that the Indian press is unanimous in recogâ€" ing is on the side of the United States, to intervene in Cuba, and wishes the Americams success. in Rangoon the press and public warmly support the | Upnited States. . ‘ Optubons Collected From Â¥arious Parts of the British Empire,. The London Daily Mail, under the caption "AngloFaxons Solid," on Wiedâ€" nesday morning prints opinions collectâ€" ed by its correspondents in many parts of the British Empire respectâ€" ing the action of the United States, In the introduction to the opinions the paper says:â€"‘"The solidarity of Angloâ€" Saxon sentiment is, perhaps, the most noticeable feature that the Spanish Americgan dispute has brought into prominence," The paper gives exâ€" tracts from the Canadian and Newâ€" found‘apd press fevourable to. the United States: The Shanghai cor-‘ respondent says:â€"‘*‘The feeling here is In the House a motion to adopt the report of the committee was made, and the previous question moved. A Parâ€" linmentary squabble delayed the vote. The ayes and noes were demanded in the House on the previons question. Jt carried by 171 to 121. The first roll call in the House ai 2.30 am., on the adoption of the reâ€" port showed 293 ayves and 5 nays. The Senite has adopted the report of the Conference Committee, at 145 a. ra., by a vote of 42 to 35, and adjournâ€" ed fifteen minutes later. Third, that ibe President of the United States be, and be hereby is, diâ€" rected and empowered to use the enâ€" tire lana and navel forces of the United States, and to call into the acâ€" tual service of the United States the militia of the several States, to such extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect. Fourth, that the United States hereâ€" by disclaims any disposition or intenâ€" tion to exercise sovereignty, jurisdicâ€" tion, or control over the said island, except for the pacification thereof, and usseris its determination when that is accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its peoâ€" ple. Second, that it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the Govâ€" ernment of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relingu‘sh its Govâ€" ernment in the Island of Cuba, and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cubap waters. Resoived, by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Unitâ€" ed States in Congress assembled :â€" First, that the people of the Island of Cuba are and of right ought to be free and independent. A despatch from Washington says:â€" At 1.10 a. m., on Tuesday, an agreement was reached by the Conference Comâ€" inittee of the House and Senate. The resolution as agreed on is as follows:â€" Recoguires Cuban ludependence, But Not the Insurgest Republicâ€"Ohe Unaiied Rtates BDoes Net Wish (o Annex the Island. U.s. CONGRESS HAS VOTED DEMANDS THAT SPAIN _ SHALL LEAVE THE ISLAND QOF CUBA. ANGLOâ€"SAXONS SOLID. CRUEL, you ever talk about . YÂ¥. It. gmped the ij MUt PC ctuiccatdiiser dubAincdls <1..â€" d den and to swarm with population, to develop almost every art of pease: to be comverted into an ‘industrial micâ€" rocosm, in the macrocosm of the world at large. Culba is waiting the hoar when the capitalist, assured of peace and uninterrupted growt. may safely enter and reap the harvest which naâ€" ture has prepared for man in the imisâ€" ruled, throttled and neglected Pear} 2f the ‘Antilles, . THE MULBERRY TREE grows to perfection in the islans. Silkâ€" worms, according to Dr. Auber, are more prolific and productiv» in Cula tham in any other country on the face of the :lobe. Here is a land prepared to yield np utilities that will add imâ€" measurably to the ‘happiness of the world; waiting to blossome into A Gaure Sn o dnc i o P PUMESE WHITE SAXD, capable of being converted into fine earthenware, Even the illustrions Humboldt was anmazed at the richn>ss and variety of the mineral wealith of Cuna. Mow mudh of this wealth has been utilized may be gathered from the faci tmat at the emi of 1891 the total number of mining titles issued in ~anâ€" tiago district was 206, Of these 138 were iron, 88 manganese and 53 copper , As a pastoral country Cuba was more productive a century ago than she ir now, bui her pastures are broad, and rich and the possibilities are unlimiled, Cuba, with ber grand natural pastures, was just beginning to raise fin> Durâ€" ‘ham and Devonshire stock when ithe tenâ€"year war desolated the country and put a stop to the industry. The miiâ€" lhoms of acres of free land in Cuba ane ready for tha agriculturist, the eat~ tle, sheep and hbog raiser, the cothun and frait grower, the miner and Uhe reducing plani, and even for twae so ble grower and manufacturer. Cuba is rich in marble, awaiting the capital of the speculator. â€" Great deâ€" posits of this rock are found »nd in the Isle of Pin=â€"s there is marvle of a quality, as fine as the best of that maâ€" terial used by the sculptar. Beautifully colored imarble amd jasper are comumn. On tme coasts are immense deposits of rock salt, and tinere are also unlimized quantities of the of, the istand are great, yet the miaeyâ€" al industsies are in their infan~y. alâ€" mow!l all the metals are found in Cusia. There are gold, silver, meroury, copper, lead ami aill the forms of asphali=mw; aniimony, magnesia, copperas, gypsom, red, lead, ochre, salt, arsenic, taic and many others. Copper is abundani in all the metamorphic rocks of Cua. iv is true that coal is yet undiscosered, but under a free capital would flow into the island and there is n> doait anat true coal would soom be foundt to replace the bitumen that is now used and which is found in springs â€" «nd mines in greal quantities. variety. Of her area only 10 per ceni. is under cultivation, 7 per cem.. is not reâ€"jlaimed, noad 4 per cent, is under forâ€" ests. Great tracts of the island are praciically unexplored. She had iz 1894 a population of a little more vha» 1,500,000. Of these nearly oneâ€"third have been siarved to death during the present war. Cuba could suppo.l w plenty a population of 10,000,000. d>â€"r forests ase stocked with the finest wood in the worldâ€"wood, several se cies sf which are as hard as iznon twonâ€" ing .or edge of the ax and remaining imperishable under water, There are found woods invaluable for the dye inâ€" dusiry. ehony, cedar, fustic lanceâ€"wood, mabngany, rosewood, jocuma, acana and many others. ‘There are fifty varietâ€" ies of palm. Her fruilts are valualse ardl little cultivated. The climate is admirably suited for the olive; and the orange, ithe lemon, the pineapple and the hbananacare indigenous. THE COMMERCE OF CUBA, evem under the blighting rule of the Spamiard. has been great,. In 1893, be fore %he curse of war fell on whe island, Cutma exported 718,204 vons of sugar and produced 815,894 toms, lts exvonts of molusses to the United States alone in that year were 7654 hogsheads. _ Of ruum the exports were 9,8J8 pipes. in 1893 tne Cuvan exports of leaf thaceo were ©27,865 bailes, _ Of manufactured sigars 147,855,000 were exported and <4% cigareites 89,081,493 packages. . These are, only the main expomtls, ‘They show what may be done with the exhaustiess soil and climate of the island when its people were in a condition of wvirtual slavery at a time when «whattel slavyâ€" ery hed been â€" abolished only seven years. Ouba‘s chief industries were growing in spite of the deain upon her before ithe present wur begam, for in 1894 her total production of sugar was 1,004,214 tons, an invrease of 288,420 tous over the preceding year. "hus prepared a table showing the vaâ€" riety amd quantities of the staples that cam \e raised on a tract of thirtyâ€"three acres in Cuba, A farm of that size in cme year produces thousands of pounds of â€" sugar, coffee, . tobacco, cacao, (chocuolate}), cotitm, indigo, corn, Frice, sage, bananas and yucoa, With its mild climate, its exuberant vegetation and the eagerness of the earth to reâ€" spond to the slighlest efforts in the way of cultures Cuba offers an ideal home for the wman in love with the agricaultural life. ‘ sources aud Popuiationâ€"Mincrals and Mctals Found in Pleutyâ€"A Land Flowâ€" Ing With Milk and HMeney. Now that Cuba is hoping for her free» dom it may be interesting to inquire into the resources of twhe country and ask what may be ber prospects for prosperity, when she is no longer reâ€" strained and ovartaxed by the greedy government of Epain. . The area of Cuba is about 42,000 square miles. Ite greatest length is 700 miles and its hbreadth ranges from 20 to 185 miles. Perbhaps thare is mo space of earth the equal in size to Cuba that can begin to compare with her in the production of ‘bose things that are useful to man. Antonig Morales, a noted authority THE RESOURCES OF CUBA. INFORMATION ABOUT THE PEARL OF THE ANTILLES. What Can Be Done on a Thirtyâ€"Three Acre IH»© MINERAL RESORUCES® U UA IHi ire imf{inite, one may say, in NATURAL RESOURCEsS 4* our‘ "Is Mr. Dare anything like wt father was t" "Noâ€"no a thousand times o " How is be different ?" he con b“ Mother !" cries little R« reaking into her reverie * My child." kind ? it is mol interes in the ma woman‘s natural cucriosity v been too much repressed This is what she tails hersel is hardly deceived by whot s It is easier to deceive others rive one‘s self. Besides she im oftener of iate, and the « bas grown upon her that he always been what he is now . =« in his life it has hbeen his | and not to ubey. 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