, 1898-12-14

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standing Wholesale mNrders Of .wOmeIB chill.
dren and uuarmed Msgatos they OFT
man@uvred General Joubert and recap
tuled the towns taken from them and ate
now pressing the Beers who are mWinous
and deserving.
The "TImrs", in IN. editorial, favours a
proposal made by the Chicago ''1ribuHe".
the New York 'IlelaId' and other pnpers
that England aud The Unite States jointly
build the Nlcala5u. Canal. i.
The same paper, in nj editorial comment
ing on q report from Washington that tue
United States will sell the Philippines to
japan upon tn" latter offe, ing two bundled
million dollars for hem exp esses the
opinion that upon the contrary England amp
The United States will act together in. the
East.
A despatch from the Washington CORE
spondent OF u New York paper states that
neither j pan nor the United Stntes haSe my
such policy.
kilograms from Pekiu state That 1.-THE new
Russian Minister lreselr ed his Credentials
to the Emp~ror refusing to recognize the
Empress "oWuger who Was absent from the
ceremony.
Paris news reports that II. Delcasse all
Sin Edmund Monsoon have exchanged AMIGA
bic explanations. Nj. Delcasse assumes no
responsibility for the French schools scheme
at KhGIloum aud FashodN, and Sir Edmund
Monsoon regrets speaking rs though his state
ments were official.
Orher Paris news states that The American
Commissioner with the treaty will sail for
the United States on the seventeenth instan'.
Sp 'ia's last word is u protest that she yields
0 lly 10 force aud STEERS less f ON her losses
than from the fresh charge in President Mnc
Kinloy's message that Spain wns responsible
for the "Maiue" explosion, which q%arAtion
she intends to submit 10 All International tri-
bunal
The Madrid Impartial" says that national
suicide Is preferable to submitting rp such ca
lumny AID That those who are capable 1T m
sinnatjng it were capable Of doing i to pre-
cipitate a desired WA. .
Washington news reports that Mr.. Nor
'gan's motion that the Senate should tnke up
OF Omce HE Nicaragua CAonl hill was passed,
Senator Petti grew motion 10 adjourn il
be&g Heeaiivcd by II vote # ~ to 1875.
SGnator CaRroy of Louisiana introduced 8
resolntion'dcclnrinG that in the opinion Of
the Souate the President should initiate ne
gotia!ionq with Engla,d ind SECURE the
assent Of that nation to a modification OF
the Clayton Bulwer treaty, iy which the
United@Statcs would have exclusive control
and jurisdiction over the Canal.
= ~: L SAclhbhiS u - "'OH JAWS 'hR' Ho
River Neva suddenly rose 9 feet inundating
the lower quarter Of the city.
SPECIAL.
London, Dec. l2th.-The subscriptions to
The Mansion House Relief fund up to Satul-
Gay night amounted 10 &44, 900
Barbados, 12th.-Medway' not yet signal
led.
Barbados, l2th.-"Medway'' passengers.
Messrs. White, Pender, CORN, and Anderson.
Barbados, December 18th. Midway from
Southampton arrived at 5 p. NJ. Detained by
very severe " heather 3 dnys after leaving. ,
New York, DecIl: l3th.-& telegram fem
f.. Liverpool announces the ~reprfeve of Lieute-
naut Work [vIde yesterdays bulletin)
The dtath is nnuownced of MIR. William
Black the well known novelist.
London news ra'orts that a telegram has
been sent to .Lo,d Kitchener Of Khartoum
nnnoancin the completion of the Gordon
Memorial College Fund.
Pa,is nevis states elnt the Peace Treaty
was signed .unceremoniQusly on Saturday
evening; no subjects we're added, bit by sub
division the articles have been increased to
seventeen, but they are not to be published
until ratifca'ions are exchanged some
weeks hence and perhaps months since fhs
opposition IN the United States is greater
than in Spain.
Madrid opinion accepts the treaty as an