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W UUR BUYS ESGAPEU DEATH!

1l.W. Stanley’s Letter to Mrs. Stanley-l. A. lllcLaren’s to

Mr. Paton-Daily Account ofthe Trip on the Labrador From Halifax to Oban-Rude Awakening When the Ship Struck-Thrilling Scenes at Launching the Boats-On

' Sksrryvore--Saved Gold and Order Books. _ '

Fnoll W. W. STAXLEY 'ro Mus. s'r.aNLitY.

In ease you did not get the letter I

wrote the night before we were wreck- ed, as I intended it should have been posted when I get to Moville, and we did not get there, and I don’t know whether the ship‘s papers were saved or not, I will give you the same log over again. ' Feb..21_st. Left Halifax at 3 a. m.,

on S.S. Labrador. with the following crew and passengers: 113 of a crew and oicers, 21 saloon passengers,'(o_nly 1 - -one lady),'19 'second class' and 24 third class, making a total of 177, besides children. As far as I can fiudont we were full to the hatches. It was a fine clear morning when we went on deck at 8 o’clock. Run up to noon 107

miles. Bright moonlight night.

22nd. Fen. Fine clear morning. No

sea on. Run 208 miles. Bright moon- light.

23rd. F ine clear morning. Com-

menced to rain about 10 o’clock. Con-

tinued until 1. Run 315.

24th. Dull, heavy. showery, and

blowing strong. A littlesea. Run 315. Eine clear night.

25th. Bright elear morning. We are,

now ever the top of the hill and going down the other side. Run 301. Saw two steamers. Fine moonlight night.

26th Sunday. No service today.

Dull, warm mornin At noon clear

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ed. Run 304. Afternoon fine and bright.

'Lastevening’s mail from the main-_

broaght many letters to Charlotte-

but few messages received

of deeper interest than those

from ° our bovs” who had

eeked on the SS. Labrador. the kindness of Mrs. Stanley

able to give below Mr. W. W.

detailed account of the voyage shipwreck. Mr. Paton has also handed us the first brief note he from Mr. McLaren. Both are

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llr. BATON,--We were ship- I off Skerryvore Light-liouse.\

mistake. ` wrote to you before going. to bsd" the 28th and mailed same on board

but I guess it went to the

North of Scotland, at 6 30 a m U00. money and order book. Lost

It you think I walt any cable.

Remember me to all hands. See my

Good

struck Hclienzie Rock. off Tiree

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and children. ,

bye-I am not too clear.I have since Tuesday. Will write on

from London. F

bless you all till we meet again.‘

Yours truly,

J. A. McLaRlN. I'

27th. Fine morning;warm. dull and

heavy toward evening. Run 308.

28th. Warm, but very dull and

heavy fog. Expect to see Ireland, or rather Tory Island. Run 309. About 7 o’clock went on deck. Very thick, blowing~resh and continued so' 'up to

9.30, the last time I was on deck that night.

March lst. At 6.25 our ship gave

three bum s and then =‘ s ed Woke

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, me, but thought it was some ~_of_ the

boys playing tricks, as we had been to every kind of mischief. -Heard -run- ning on deck as usual, always making fun of me l Had everything ready to jump into, pants and vest under pillow. socks turned inside out, drawers on bottom of bed ready to jump into. It

now, might cost you than a. pair of good Rub- z

'Wet feet means a cold. We sell rubbers, “the dry

kind.” Get a. 'pair and

doctor’s bill 1 _ _

MAGAZNE3 Wont-ins 40, 0, 55. con l _ _

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Mens, co, 75, so, ssc. ‘

Boys’, 50. 60c.

Misses’. 350. _ Childrens 300. I

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was clear day light. Got into pants. boots and shoes and ran out on deck.

the way over with the exception of 'a few hours.) ' ~

I was quite cool, get into coat and

pants and laced my boots, put on ulsitr coat, rushed on deck and, of course, had to give a hand to clear away the boats. Forgot my gold; could not find it. Got outbooks, samples and everything except gold. Went on deck again and then remembered where Ihad put it.Un- strapped and unlocked portmanteau again and found it; Also took hand satchel. p

By this time they had cleared No I. I

boat on lee side. As L E.says,I have to act “boss” alwavs and of course got the boys to work helping the sailors to get away No. 2 and 3 boats, also small boats on that side of the ship. Those four boats layoff from the ship on lee side by long painters and a crew of four.Went after the four boats got clear on the_ windward side. Every one cleared without any mishap worthtalk- ing about. _

They filled No- 1 with all the women

and children, also husbands of women in No. 1. It was very slow A work lowering about 28 men, women' and children with four of a crew and fourth emcer-33 in a boat. This was the largest number pht in any one boat.

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Pants, March ‘4 -(Special)--The ourt of Cassation has decided to ask

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sing Prohibition.

'Full Text of This Important” Communication--A Care-

fully Prepared Statements which will Not Satisfy? Prohlbltlonlsts It May

Do for _Politicians and, Certain Others..

The following letter has been received by Mr. F. S. Spence, secretary of they Dominion Aliancc, Torontoz- it

Or'rAwA_ March 4, 1899.'

Dear Mr. Spence, -When the delega-

tion of the Dominion Alliance waited up- on the government last fall to ask as a consequence rf the plebiscite, they in- troduction of prohioitory legislation, they based -their demand upon the fact that on the total of the vote cast there was a majority in favor of the prineiple of prohibition. The exact figures of the votes recorded were not at that time, accurately known , but the oflicial figures which we have now, show that on the question put to' the electors. 278,487 voted yea, and 264.571 voted nay. After the official figureshdid been made public", it was contended by some of they

of diference between the majority: and minority was so slight, that 4- it praetic-lt ally constituted a' tie, 'and' there ,was therefore no occasion for the govern- _ ment to pronounce either one way or the other. The government does not share that view. We are of the opin-i ion that the fairest way of approaching the question is by the consideration of the total vote cast in favor of prohibi-1 tion, leaving f.;-ide nilogether the votc recorded against it.

In that view of the question, the re-

cord shows that the ilectoratc rf Can- ada, to which the qucstiouwas submit- ted, comprised 1,233,849 voterS.and of that number less than twenty-three per-' cent, or a tritie over one-fifth. aiiirmed their conviction in the principle of pro- hibition.. _ _ _ , , _ ,

If we remember thafthe object pf the

plebiscite was to give an opportunityto those who have at heart the cause of prohi’oition"who believed that the peoplo were with them and that if the question were voted upon by itself, without any other issue which might detract from its consideration, a _ majority of tho electorate would respond and thusshow the Canadian peopie prepared and ready for its adoption, it must g be admitted that the expectation was not justified by the event On the other hand it was

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Trouble In Newfoundland

--Klpling’s Short Stay.

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C . . 1 the Minister of War to communicate the , Dreyfus documents to it. n ‘ MANILA, March 14.-(Special) Some fighting is still going ouf-~.__iir»%he Philip- f pines. ’ ‘f L’-1 371'

The Americans killed' and wounded

in Monday’s capture of Pasig was 35,

mostly slightly wounded ` "’”' ‘

Bititi.iN, March 14 -(Specfai)-2'-‘The

papers announce that Cecil Rhodes has concluded a contract for the telegraph line through German East Africa and theta railroad line will be arranged or Havana March 14 -(Special)--The

people are giving a great popular -re- ception to Gomez, which the police

were powerless to prevent

Regnlars warp called out to assist the oltee a._,_,

~ ¢ ~( P6 Shan ghai correspondent of the M sayait is reported that Great Britain# has seized the Mia-tao Islands opposite' Port Arthur. ` r

The islands are tour or five in number.,

and are scattered across the Mia-tae Straits which furnish the entrance to the Gulf of Pe-cbi-li. _ ' They effectively guard the entrance from sea to Pekin, the capital of China, and at the same time affords. _vantage point from which to watch Russian f operations at Port Arthur. ' 'j The Times says that Baron Russell

wiilsucceed the late Lord Heroholl on the Joint High Commission. _

NEW Your, March 14.-Kipling will cut his visit to Ame_rica_shorr_. A F He will goto Brattleboro, Vermont, for a few weeks and thence to Capey Breton. _

Sr. JoHN’s Nlli., March 14.- Tho, political crisis continues, Premier Sir? James Winter is negotiating with Bob- ert Bond for coalition with the regular opposition. '

Messrs. Marine and Morris have

eighteen men assured, and the Premier expects to secure a dissolution and to t win a general election.

Dissection in the colony is very keen

and troublesome times are expected.

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that as the plebiscite campaign if was carried out by the friends of prohibition without any expenditure of money, and without the usual excitement of politi- cal( agitation, the vote recorded in favor

opponents of prohibition that the margin .of it was comparatively a large one.

D This statement I did not then controvert,

nor do I controvert it here and now. I would simply remark that the honesty of the vote did not suffer from the ab- sence of ‘those causes of excitement, and that even if the totality of the vote might have been somewhat increased I by such cause, its moral force would not have been made any stronger. IN venture to submit for your . consider- ation, and the consideration of the members of the Dominion Alliance who believe in prohibition as the mos efiicient means-of suppressing the evils

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-t. ,enty-three par cent of the electorate. ,Neither would it serve any good pur-

versy on the many incideutai_po1n§8t discussed neforc us. My ob]¢¢%__lB simply to convey to you the concluswil that in our judgment. the expresswll public opinion recorded at thepipolls In favor of prohibition did not represent -such a proportion of the electorate as would justify the' `iI1§1’<{d°¢*1°U W fl” _ government of a prolnbitory measure. F' I have the honor to jbe. dear Mr. Spence, _ i

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~Gomez Gets an Qvatloni-

Dreyfus Documents'-Brh taln’s_ New Seizure-' ’

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ptise to enter here into furtherfcontrof..“, Y.” _ 5

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Gold Elecss a

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Monrnisn, Hon. J. I. Tarteidetends

policy on pmilisiaoii V He declares their

was to submit the question tors, and charges -that the me 'mattress in the pass - as-an

\ 'J. ISRAEL

its nnait¢‘agesfsir‘cbanu

make a clear and positive

his position’ on tbe_qusstio_ri.

. Yaairoirrn, March 14 n

A _hundred and five live sheep Castilian were lauded to-day-

The weatlicris _good audptzfthe

poets are that a ‘ considerable

of stuff will be saved.

" " A tug remains by the steamer, is expected that the captain

her some time to-day.

There is no omoiet statement, ,ysti

yo -the cause of the disaster, but lt

believed that the compass was, fault. _

Tonotrro, March

Hon. John T. WOGI1. H. P._Io1"

ville, formerly Minister of Revenue, was found dead in -_bed is

He was born in 1852, called

bar in 1876. first elected to the

.mens in 1882.

Wnriurzc, March 1

'I‘heLiberal Association here has ‘

ed aresolution condemning Sifton’s utterances at Perth that the?

tarid isa dead issue, reafllrming tariff plank inthe Liberal platform end" supporting Hon. Mr. Fielding’s_ bud get _ T declaration that manufacturers should K

get their houses in order for further

Mosrcroir. 14-The civic e eca ‘

tions yesterday ‘were run ou_ party lines _

andthe Liberals carried every seat but one. '

H. H. Ayer is the irst Liberal mayor. -a

ever elected by the popular vote.

Q §mempe,_ance_ that no good purpose The result gives the Libei-,als' 008!!-'01

;_ ld be served .by forcing upon thegofthe of the voters list next, _'J plea measure which is _shown U] Duminim - Minn, ' l 3 vote to have the s _ port of less than VICIG March 14- S will --'

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News has been received ofa remark- bi 'cn strike or om on 'omits

Creek.

Orrawa, March 14 --There is

sensation in civic circles, the ‘having suspended City Ellgillnl fig; having usurped the authority 0! Council by calling for the

a or assistant Engineer WHQ GSR lui ¢¢_v¢»lli!l¢\i1iPP5"°f ares. It looks as if

tariff reductions. ; 1 __ _f