The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-09-17
Foreign Nows.

The colony OF fugitive Indiana township
trustees in Canada is daily receiving acces-
sions,
The dominion government has disallowed
the ordinance passed by the Northwest
council last year, exempting property to a
certain amount from seizure.
John K Cross, NJ P. for Bolton, has
started for the United States to inquire into
industrial questions in connection with the
present depression in Great Britain.
Mr.. Gladstone and Lord Rosebery write
letters declaring that the question ofScotch
church disesta blishment ought not to be
brought into the parliamentary campaign:
Tho legatees uuder the will OF the late Sir
Moses Montefore number nearly 200, rang
ing from Earl Shaftesbury to a cowherd,
and they receive sums varying from $500
to $25:
Baron Won Schoezcr is going to Rome,
bearing an autograph letter from the EN-
peror William to the pope, looking to the
settlement OF the religious disputes that
have been pending between Germany and
the Vatican.
Mr. Ucaley, member OF the house OF COM
mons for county Monaghan, speaking at
Glcngariff, said Mr.. Gladstone was prepar
ing a manifesto in which he will give his
views as to how much home rule it will be
Sale ~ give IfCldnQ.
London Gable: The central news agency
has circulated IL paragraph to the effect
that VICE President Hendricks has declared
and that the news is causing great indig4a:
tion in political circles in England.
The promoters OF the Manchester (Eng)
ship canal are selling all the shares they
put up at 500 each. They expect the canal
TO get onefourth the tonnage now entering
liverpool, and to yield aAannzaa revenue
The British war office will issue ,nedals
for the Canadian soldiers engaged IN sup=
hesitancy on the point OF the propriety OF
bestowing medals where the strife was a
civil war,
The Manitoba Free Press charges Sir
Adolph Caron with appointing men on the
commission to Investigate frauds in the
war transportation SERVICE, WHO will cover
up frauds, and intimates that the checkior
$2S, 1000 given Mayor Bell for supplies, ETC,
was pure Doodle.
The Mansion house fund for the relief OF
the cholera sufferers in Spain has opened,
and the offerings already amount to $15,-
600, The opinion now prevails that the
worst Of the epidepie is past and thenew
papers complain because the fund is only
months OF misery have been unrelieyed.
The British association devoted day to
a discussion Of free or fair trade. The
speakers were unAnimou in declaring that
aEy return to protection was AS simpossible
as it you'd be disastrous. Prof. Leone Levi
said that, if intelligent countries like France,
Germany and the United States prefer sac
rificing their national interests for tho ben.
eft OF social classes, that was no reason
why Great Britain should do the same.
London Cable All the kilograms frsm
Spain have been mutilated, corrected Or
stopped lately. There have been thirty
nine press prosecutions in five days. A
written account reaches here giving extra
ordinary details ef the strength OF public
opinion at Madrid and the efforts made by
the officials to suppress anti-Gernaaq de-
monstrations and prevent soldiers mixing
with the people, concluding that matters
aie ecriious.
Ottawa, Ont. Special: Justice Richard
son, who sentenced Riei 10 death, has re-
ceived q number OF letters threatening his
life if Riel is hanged. The impression, hog:
ever, strengthens daily that the rebel lead
er will not be hanged. Several prominent
French Canadian journals are endeavoring
to stir up race prejudice between that ma
tionality and the English speaking pqpula-
ton. One journal calls upon the French
Canadians to ignore the English, to pur-
chase nothing at their stores, and only
speak the English Language when it will
bring British silver into their pockets.