The Portland daily press., 1895-04-24
DOMINION PARL RLlAMENT.
Bill to Reduce the Governor Generals Sal
ary-MaIiitoba School Question.

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Ottawa, Ont, April 23.-Among the
bills introduced in the House Of Com
mons yesterday was one for th, reduc-
tion of the. Governor-G Generals salary,
aud another for the preventing of aliens
getting government contracts. The de-
bate on the address was resumed by
Mr.. Mills (Opposition), who opposed
taking in Of Newfoundland until the
French shore difficulty was disposed of.
Sir James Grant, (Government), fav-
ored theSunion of Newfoundland, ,and al
SO supported separate schools for Manito-
ba In the Senate Sir Mckenzie Bowel
said he was against separate schools,
but was desirous of carrying out all COM
pacts that had heenentered into the con-
federation, and that was one of them.
A Chain of Evidence.
London, April a3.-Rev. John Bathan
Bell, the primative Methodist clergy
Heath Rowiey, Statfordshire. This ad-
dress resembles strikingly the one given
by Miss Halls betrayer in her letter
which dated: primrose Villa Station
road, Black Heath. via Dudley,n Bell
has been in the ministry 20 years and is
regarded as a good pastor. He was in
Michigan at the time when according to
the Detroit police, Emily Halls betrayer
arranged for her reception at the lying-in
hospital. His voice failed last summer
owing to an affection of the throat and
he applied to the trustees for three
months vacation, which was granted.
Lnte in Septem her he started for Ame-
RIGA. He told his friends that he was
going to st. Clair, Mich, to pass a few
weeks with his brother-in-law. He re-
mafned in America until about the mid
die of February when he returned appar-
emily much improved in health. He ia
married and has six children.
Sailed Under Scaled Orders.
New York, April 90. The Herald's
special ca BILE from Manaaus, Nicaragua,
says:. "Corinto sdvioes state that the
English feet entered that port yester-
day. 1t consisted Of the Royal Archer,
the White Swan and the SatelIine. The
fact that they left Panama under sealed
orders esused much speculation here
about their destiny. The government
has taken no steps nor arrived at any
plan of action in case of blockade or
bonn bardment.
Americans who have interests here
say that it is time that the United States
stepped into the ports open to American
vessels"
British Vessels at Corinto.
Mangura, Nicaragua, April s.-The
three British ewarships at sCorinto to en-
forcs the British ultimatum.
President Zelsya has cabled Lord Kim
berly, British secretary of state for for
eign affairs, asking him to defer hostile
demonstrations until the proposition
of compromise by Nicaragua through
the Salvadorean minister in London. .can
be considered.
Much surprise is expressed that there
i s no American warshIp at Corinto.
To Settle the French shore Question,
Ottawa, April 29.-It is stated that the
terms upon which negotiations will
take place between Great Britain and
France for the settlement Of the French
shore question in Newfoundland is that
the executive rights for the fishery pur-
poses be given France on the western
coast Of Newfoundland for 40 to so miles.
At the present time France has by
treaty fishing rights on the shore line
of 425 miles: from Cape Raw TO Cane
st. John. II some such arrangements as
that is oonsummated, it will mean a
withdrawal of Frances jurisdiction from
375 miles of the coast. The total ponu-
Iation, all British, of the French shore
portion of Newfoundland two wears aoo.
was II, 973.
Modification in the Treaty.
London, April 23.-A despatch to tbe
Central News from Shanghai saws the
Pekin advices state that some .modifca-
lions in the China-Japan treaty of peace
are agreed upon. OF the five commercial
ports to be opened, 1t has ben decided
to substitute Nankin for pekin, and
Woo Chow OH the east Canton river,
for Huohow Wei Hal Wei is to be
garrsoned by the Japanese at China's
expense for term. ofa years. Nankin,
although included in the existing treaty
ports, has never been proclaimed open.
insurgents Attacked.
Guantanamo, Cuba, April I9.-Col.
Bosch reports that April 10th he, with
his command, met band Of insurgents
on on the highway between Palenque end md
Gsuaypal. He Immediately attacked
them, killing 10, and woundlng many
more and canturipe a considerable guam