, 1898-11-19

announces that captain Nenna, lieutenant
Antmorency aud private Byrne Of til" Dist
Lancers have been awarded the Victoria
Gross fOr conspicuous bravery at the battle
of O~mdurman.
General Grenfell and Lord Kitchener have
lad the honor of being created to the order
of the Bath Kni. hts Grand Cross (G.C.B)
and Slatin PaSla a knight Commander of
81. .Mishael and St. George NC. N.G.) and
many others have received decorations.
AtaUnionist conference held Al Manchester
the Secretary of STATE for the Colonies stated
that if better relations with france are to be
established France SHOULD stop hindAring
British policy gratuitously, forexampIeipN New
fOundland whore the French demands were
constantly large although French interests
were cons autl> declining. The FAShoda in
oident lie said Was a blessing in disguise if it
served to convince foreign statesmen that
England will not yield anything 10 pressure.
IN conclusion he hopel that IN Anglo
American entente will enable uS 10 guarAm-
tee peace and civilization to the Whole world.
Dispatches from Pekin uno nee that the
Empress Downger has refused Prince III
Hung Chang's appeal to be excused from pro-
cpediug to the Shanting province regarding
the prevention of tile Hoangho floods.
MADAME Adelina Patti announces her be-
tT0lndI ~ DdIOu OCuCioIlO ", " CNlESj Chi'y-
FIVE years OF age.
1t is announced that the principal steam
shin companies of the world have adopted ,
outward and 2 inward tracks across the
Atlantic being different in The winter and in
the summer months.
Paris news reports that the Court Of Cas-
Sation has requested the Minister Of the
Colonies to telegraph Captain Dreyfus to pre-
pale for a revision Of his case.
TeIcQrnms from Nassau state that the
Maria Teresa" is almost a total and hopeless
wreck.
A despatch from a Washington correspon-
dent of u New York paper reports that the
Auglo-American negotiations for reciprocity
with tile West Indies are at ~ standstilI and
without at present any signs Of revival.
Other London news states that the Royal
Geographical Society offers five thousand
pounds to head a subscription for the outfit
of an Antarctic expedition.
The DAILY Chronicle says that a ~des2atch
from the Congo Free State reports that The
Belgians have captured Bohr, a Dervish
post on the White Nile.
A special despatch from Havana to The
New York Herald states that Spain has
negotiated a loan in England and that
General BIanco has been empowered to
uIHN 'I OHt'H AONi h"Ii8'O' hOuN0AO
pounds.
Another Paris despatch reports that's the
Peace Commission have decided to meet
to-day expecting to receive SPANS replies
on al points.
The transport "Obdam7 from Porto Rico
and S. Jago has arrived ia New York with
seventy-three convalesccnt soldiers, one death
occurred on the passage.
London, Nov. 18th. Sugar in stock on the
18th inst. was II, 900 tons. Last year $4,000
tons.
New York, Nov. 18th.-London news
reports that Mr. Chamberlain on Wednesday
evening addressed the Conservative Club.
He stated that no Chinese door was yet shut
but the anxiety continues and that better
than any Russian agreement was the identi-
ty of interests between England the United
States, Germany and Japan. England he
said needed no alliance for her. own securi-
ty nor did she require anyone to pull
chestnuts out of the fire for her. She wonld
give an equivalent for anything received
and no such exchange would be more well
come than between herself and her children.
He knew a hundred reasons for friendship
but none to the contrary and the magma
ton he said was kindled by the idea of the
capacity for good in the union Of one bur
dred and twenty millions If Anglo-Saxons