The Northern Guardian. — 1897-10-19 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19 1897.  CURRENT TOPICS.  We .are asked to remind our readers that the preeenistion from the residents of the Harticoaole to Mr-John Bland, .T.P., on the occasion of his retirement from the position of superintendent for the North-Eastern Railway Company. takea place to-morrow afternoon at the Royal Hotel, at three o'clock. The presentation, which will be made biy the Borough )(ember, Aid. Sir Thomas Richardson, will take the form of silver plate, a handsome travelling bag, and a cheque. It is hoped that there will be a large attendance r,t subscribers.  Further information at to the loss of the Spanish casting steamer Triton shows that the first boat lowered waft capsized, and all the occupants acre drowned. The gunboat Maria filhrisrtina awl the tug Louise saved fortreight persons, and have again proceeded to the scene of the wreck, in the hope of pickine: np more. The total lona of life i• now put at one hundred and fifty. The captain of the vessel., is it stated, committed suicide just before she sank.  The ofamosai section of the frontier tribesmen have otThred to submit on certain conditions, these iimlnding the banding over of the Khyber Pass to the tribesmen nnd the evacuation of the Samana country by the British. The police post at Marai is reported to have been attacked, and reinforcements have been sent. General Yeatman Biggs' division has had a sharp encounter with the enemy. above Chagra Kotal. The tribesmen finally retired. Several casualties are reported in the British force.  The moat suggestive feature yesterday. in connection with the engineers' strike was the adoption by a meeting of strikers at Mancsester of a resolution urging upon their leaders the advisability of taking a ballot of all the men who are affected asking their opinion whether or not they should effect a compromise. At the same meeting a suggestion was made that Mr A. J. ' Balfour be asked to set as arbitrator. The London Boilermakers' Committee last night issued- a manifesto rectiting the so-called agreement which had concluded by Mr Knight. A New York correspondent telegraph-s that as a direct consequence of the strike, English orders are becoming far more plentiful in the American market.  An Athens newspaper stated last night that the German Government had instructed its Representatives on the International Commission .)f Control to take care that the claims advanced nv creek Bondholders did not exceed the propr,a! made by M. Delyannis last year. Some excitement VMS caused in Cenea yesterday by an affraybetween Italian Carabineers and Mnsaulmang.  The renewed effort that is being made to di-cover the missing passengers of the Aden is 511pplemented by salvage operations at the wreck itself. which are likely to be productive of much interest. A well-equipped expedition left Aden last month with this object in view, and with the aid of divers who have been sent out from England for the purpose, a thorough overhauling of the hull of the ship will be made as far as cumstances permit. The expedition will encamp en the island near the wreck, and the work atlost will mainly be conducted from native craft. which will he moored in the vicinity. Special in.stractions have been given to preserve any relies ot the unfortunate passengers that it may he pO5able to obtain. Inquiries are also to be made of any natives that may be seen for tidings of the missing boat.  It is not often that a French admiral confirms a British opinion about the French fleet. Admiral Dupont's article accounting for the frequent machinery accidents in French warships agrees with the opinion of distinguished officers. Th, gallant admiral declares that the whole blame is due to the craze for making everything as possible, and lie adds that, in the majority (it the large vessels, the engines are either too light or too powerful. The opinion of British °fon' who have had the opportunity of geeing the French ships at work is that in a naval engagement many of the French ships would g.O pieces owing to their defects. The firing of their own guns would, for instance, shake some of them to. pieces. as light  The West Riding Quarter Sessions were ed at Wakefield yesterday, when there were !.• prisoners for trial, and 12 appeals down f,r hear: ing. The dog muzzling order was the subjort some discusaion, complaint being made of thP anomalies arising out of the limited and Ilvegn!3r area of its application. It was pointed out •hat the wetter was in the hands of the 1303rd Agriculture, and a resolution and ainendnier.• were therefore withdrawn. A sugge.tion made for the formation of a cyclist corps in connection with the West Riding Constabulary. but a resolution on the subject was withdrawn upon an assurance being given that the Standine Committee would consider the matter. The Durham Quarter Sessions were also opened yesterday_ and there were no fewer than 56 came. Serera! I Hartlepool gentlemot were on the rand jul,