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A heavy shock of earthquake was felt at Murray Bay on Friday, said to be the most severe since 1870. The stove manufacturers of Hamilton have refused to grant the increased paydtâ€" manded by the Moulders’ Union, and a strike is probable. Senator Abbott has promised that the Government durmg the summer would an- quire into the feasibility of the Prince Ed» ward Island submarine tunnel. An action for $15,500, the amount of his defalcation, has been entered by the Bank «of Hocheluga. against Parent, the absconding cashier. Mr. Mercier, Premier of Quebec, has been taken suddenly ill in New York, having had to undergo a painful operation for in throat affection. The strike at the Valleyfield cotton mills has been settled, the operatives resuming work at the old rate of wages. The contract for the construction of the North-“fest Central railway has been sign- ed, and one hundred miles of the road are expected to be completed by the fall. Owing to the troublesome feeling among the ha1f~breeds, a volunteer corps has been organized at Swift Current, N. W. T., and the Mounted Police have been instructed by the Minister of Militia to furnish the corps with arms and ammunition. A farm laborer named Kirkpatrick was killed near Rideau Station, about a mile and a half from Kingston, the other afternoon. Robert Soules, a lad of ten years, is under arrest in Toronto, charged with manslaugh- ter. It is alleged that he beat :1 playmate with a brick, producing injuries from which he died a few days afterwards. Mr. VanHorne, in an interview at Vic- toria, B. 0., said that the C. 1’. R. Cum- pany’s Asiatic service was purely experi- mental at present, and would be discon- tinued unless sullicient traffic was forth- coming. Certain of the Indians of the Gi‘aitd River reservation are opposed to the exu- cise of the franchise by the rod men, and have petitioned Parliament to repeal the Franchise Act as far as it relates to In- dians. Mrs. Beverley Robinson, wife of ex-Lieu- tenantiiovernor Robinson, was the other day presented with a. purse by several prom- inent citizens of Toronto to enable her to erect a. cottage at Governor’s Island, Lake Joseph, Muskoka. Mr. ()yr Duqu et, of Quebec, who is presi- dent of the Combustible Gas Company, says they struck a veritable gas well near the Louiseville station, at a depth of 2'20 feet, and that the flow and pressure surpasses even their most sanguine expectations. The half»l)reed murderers of Hector Mc- Leish are believed to be concealed in llxe Crooked Lake reserve. A party of fifty- three Mounted Police and about fifty civ- ilians are vigorously searching for the mur- derers, whose chances of escape are believed to be almost h-Ilmless. Mr. 1*}. Kamper is in Ottawa. negotiating with the Government for the purchase of the Intercolonial railway and the establishment of immense iron works at l’ictou, N. S. The Ontario Medical Association has con» cluded its annual meeting at Toronto. Dr. Rosebrugh, of Hamilton, was elected presi- dent, and Toronto was again chosen for the next annual meeting. The steamer (lastleford, which was wreck~ ed 011‘ the Scilly Islands, had 300 head of cattle shipped from \Vaterluo, Ont., on May One hundred head were saved. HOME. Over 20,000 pilgrims have already visit- :ed the shrine at La Bonne Stu. Anne this year. The Victoria. Industrial school at Mimico is now open for the reception of neglected and destiute children. The city u puucil of St. Thomas have prc~ sented in pin-,1 itriun to Parliament asking for a rep ~71] of the Scott Act, urging that the Act hm been a. failure, that it has not diminish- ed drinking, that there has been no improve- ment in public morals, that property has been deteriorated and that the progress and prosperity of the city have been retarded. George H. Starr, one of the best known merchants of Halifax, N. N., lately died at the age of 75. On Sunday, about 4 o’clock in the morn. ing, a thunderbolt struck a. house at the Chatones, Tex, killing two people and stun- ning many others. A despatch received at Nogaies, Arizona, states that seventeen Apache Indians have left their reservation and taken to the war path. No reason is given. Several villages in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, were recently flooded by a water-spout, an immense amount of property being destroyed. No lives were lost. At a meeting held in Detroit recently a. resolution was adopted demanding the en- forcement of the United States law proâ€" hibiting the importation of foreign labour, the object being to prevent Canadians living in Windsor from being employed in Detroit. It is reported that the Dominion Govern- ment is preparing to take retaliatory mea- sures against Detroiters who work in VVindâ€" sor in the event of the enforcement of the law. All ERIC/AN. It is stated that the amount of work done on the Panama Canal during the past year is astonishingly small. Two earthquake shocks were felt at Columbia, S. 0., on Saturday, and Northern @alifornia and Nevada were shaken by an earthquake early that morning. The shock was accompanied by a low rumbling 110186. The Cunard Steamship Company have been fined one thousand dollars dy the Col: lector of Customs at Boston for allowing an insane woman to land from one of their vessels. Craig Tollwer, the most notorious desper‘ ado now living in Kentucky, has had him- self elected to a. judgeship in Rowan County, the people being all afraid to vote against him. Seven men were instantly killed and six badly injured the other afternoon by a pre- mature explosion of dynamite at the Cam- bria Iron company’s stone quarries at Birmingham, Pa. Some of the injured will die. The Chicago Farmer’s Review says 2 Con» tinned rain throughout many portions of THE WEEK'S NEWS. Much discontent has been caused at Havana. by a telegram from Spain annouuc~ ing the formation of a new division of Cuba which will have the effect of auppresain the provinces of Natanzas and l'inar d5 Rio. There is greuit excitement in both these provinces. Meetings and demonstra- tions have been held, and telegrams sent to Spain protesting against the reform. Several case: of smallpox were recently discovered at Chicago in a house where an Italian was found suffering with the fliseuse last week. After the removal of the Italian f om the pest house: it was thoroughly fumi- gated and all the occupants were vaccinated, but too late to arrest the spread of the dis- ease. In consequence several children were prostratrd yesterday. Doubtless many others have been infected. The naval court-maatial held in New York on the recent collision between the VVhize Star line steamship; Britannia and Celtic have delivered their findings. The captains of both vessels are ordered to be severe y censured for failing f0 observe the regulations, and the second officer of the Celtic is also declared blameworthy. The Manchester Ship (Jamal Company pro- pose to raise £4,000,000 byissuing preference shares. The “infernal machines” received by Inspector Byrnes, Capt. \Villiams and the British Consul at New York on Friday were fuel cartridges manufactured at Troy, N. Y. The cartridges are filled with mineral cot- ton, are perfectly harmless and when satur- ated with kerosene oil are ignited and used for kindling fires. They were sent as a joke. The Vatican authorities have received $800,000 with which to celebrate the Pope’s Jubilee. Cambridge University has conferred an honorary degree upon Sir Donald Smith, of Montreal. The Berlin correspondent of the London Standard has reason to believe that a meet» ing of the three Emperors is likely to occur soon. l‘he Powers do not regard favourably Rus» sia’s proposal to elect a. tempo ‘ary Prince of Bulgaria. A fire damp minng accident occurred in Westphalia lately by which over 50 men lost their lives. The town of Vernome, in Turkestan, was almost entirely destroyed by earthquake, and 120 were killed. The Berlin I’osl, reviewing the political situation, concludes that Europe will enjoy a quiet summer. Operations on the Baltic canal will .0t be begun on a. grand scale until autumn, u ‘1‘- ncccssary preparations are not yet oomph The Mahdi has decided to refrain from making any attacks on the frontier, as such hostilities would prolong the English occupa- tion of Egypt. Gen. Boqdanovich has been removed from the Russian service because of his efl‘orts while in Paris recently to promote a. Franco- Russian alliance. the West have wrought a general improve‘ ment in the crop conditions, especially in the spring crop and in meadows and pass- tures. The harvest has already commenced in Southern winter wheat sections, and this crop is nearly past all danger. A famine is imminent in the (Jity of Me- shed and throughout the whole province of K horassan. Notes to the amount of $25,000 have been abstracted from a letter in the mails between Prague and Vienna. Sir Evelyn Baring, British Consulâ€"General at Cairo, has been summoned to London in connection with the Egyptian convention. Russia has forbidden that Chinese shall acquire land on the Pacific Coast. They will only be allo vcl to lease estates outside of towns. It is reported the Indian Government will meet the fiussian advances and intrigues on the Afghan trontier by an advance to Can- dahur. Gen. Ferron, the French new minister of war, has ofTered Gen. Boulanger the com- mand of an army corps. Hen. Beulanger, however, has asked for a month’s rest. The will of Mrs. Henry Wood, the Eng- lish authoress, has been proved. She be- queaths £36,000 in equal shares to her chilâ€" dren. Her son is appointed her literary executor. The cage in one of the coal pits at Mother- wcll, Lanarkshire, Scotland, fell 360 feet with six persons. Three were killed out- right, and the other three were badly in- jured. Returns issued by the British Board of Trade show that the imports during May decreased £1,000,000 as compared with the corresponding month last year, and that the exports increased £200,00J. A final estimate of the victims of the burn ing of the Opera. Comique at Paris places the number at 130, inclut' ng the remains of 40 persons which were found in the ruins, but which were so badIy burned as to be un- recognizable. News has been received from Herat that the Ameer of Afghanistan is in a. critical position. He has withdrawn the garrisons of Herat and Balkh for the urpose of rein- forcing ‘the troops defeateii) in the recent encounter with the (ihilzais. Among the baggage lost in the recent disaster to the steamer “La, Champagne" on the French coast was a. trunk which evi- dently belonged to a German stafi‘ officer. It was recovered and found to contain ac- curate and complete sketches of a number of French, forts. It is believed the officer was drowned. Those who have Tried it Say The best proof of the great power of l’olson’s Nerviline over every kind of pain is obtainâ€" ed by the use of a 10 cent bottle. Nerviline requires no puffiing; every bottle tells its own story. It cannot fail, for it is a comâ€" bination of the most powerful pain-subduing remedies known to medical science. Nervi- line is equally useful in external or internal pains. Try the great remedy. Ten cent bottle at any drug store. Large bottles only 25 cents. 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