, 1894-05-09

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England report a severe spell of cold weather
in Scotland and Yorkshire accompanied bv
heavy falls of snow.
Alvices from Dublin state that a serious
fire occurred there yesterday destroying the
well known stores of Messrs. Arn0tt & Co..
and also damaging the adjacent building oc-
cupied by the Freeman's Journal. 1t is esti-
mated that the loss exceeds two hundred
thousand pounds sterling.
In political circles it is thought that if the
deputy speaker he appointed speaker vice
Mr.. Peel the latter's retirement will
probably be averted.
The Sun reports that it is the intention
Of Sir William Harcourt to shortly retire, but
Sir Williams son says that the report is un-
authorized.
The "Daily News" in an editorial on the
report, expresses the belief that Sir William
Harcourt will complete bis Budget before
taking such a step.
Polti and Farara, the Anarchists, have been
sentenced 10 ten and twenty years penal
servitude respectively.
In the House Of Common yesterday Sir
Wilfred Lawson moved that a statement Of
reasons should accompany the bestowal of the
Queens honors. The motion on being put
to the vote was lost.
Mr.. Samuel Smith NJ. P. for Flintshire
moved that it was desirable to establish
bimetallism by an international agreement,
after some discussion on the subject the
House counted out.
During the debate on the Registration
Bill an amendment was introduced in
serting the redistribution clauses, on the
amendment being put to the vote it was re-
jected by a vote of 292 to 278.
A despatch from Lsurches, near Valen-
%ciennes, reports an explosion of a bomb near
the residence of N. Deverne, an engineer, at
tached to the Douchy Mining Company one
woman was killed and another is reported to
be dying. Considerable minor damage to build
ings &c. in the neighbourhood was sustain
ed.
A telegram from Liege, Belgium, states
that Doctor Renson, q neph ew of the Judge
who has recently been very severe towards
dynamiters, while returning home accom-
panied by his wife and a friend found on ar
rival a smoking bomb in the hall. on his at
tempting to extinguish it the bomb exploded
severely wounding himself aud four others.
AS a result of the outrage thirteen Anarchists
have been arrested.
Barbados It'll --Passenger for ST. Thomas
per r. Il. S. "Medway'-Mr. Herman.
New York, May 7th-The race for the
Great Jubilee Stakes, run at Kempton Park
on Saturday, resulted as follows Arlington.
lst Prisoner, End Ell Diablo, 3rd.
London news states that the man Menuir,
the author of the bomb throwing at the Cafe
Very. Paris, and who was arrested at Liver
pool street station in his endeavour to escape
to Antwerp as reported in Bulletin Of 5th
April, was OF Saturday brought up at the Bow
Street Police Office where a plea offered by
his solicitors, that his offence was a political
one, was oyerruled by the magistrate who
ordered his surrender so France for trial.
The action of the Bow Street Magistrate
causes the Anarchists much alarm, and the
leaders, finding that an asylum in England is
unsafe, arc consequently fleeing to Belgium.
At the usual s hour per day labonr meeting
held yesterday the chief feature was attacks
upon the Anarchists.
Paris advices state that Gle Martin re-
ports that the moneys refunded by NJ. NJ.
Herr, Eifel and Reina6h will form the
nucleus of a fund for the completion of the
Panama Canal.
The death is announced of General
Theophile Ferron. His death is the result
of injuries re ceived from a FESTIVE horse dur
ing the recent review at Lyons,
The newspaper lie Jour- publishes a
communication denying that France intends
to concede naval facilities in the Mediterrane.
an to Russia; no reason is known fot such q
statement beyond Frances dislike 70 the