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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
3' '
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
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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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Quran Hofritr.,
03811, M8l.‘0h 3. 799. t
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
m . . .
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
P ~ ~` P - .
, 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 _ _
MARCH  
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
if ' '_ . ‘ I
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and_a_  `donlya few passeugers,‘-_»‘  I ' _  _    _  , A 5
saved1""‘f. ; "§a'y' liere(l`%&g§prev*1:§-'P416' F' S°~ I 
ing winds were S. E. and S. W. all
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
' cH.mLo1'rm'rowN.  _
' importers of School Supplies-
jargued before us/by yourself and oihofli
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_Contracts for His T
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sun righting ar mantra-A
Herschelrs Successor-
Trouble In Newfoundland
--Klpling’s Short Stay.
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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._,_,
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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
“P
-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
 _ Yours very
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~Gomez Gets an Qvatloni-
Dreyfus Documents'-Brh
taln’s_ New Seizure-' ’
,Queen Hotel- _I
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ptise to enter here into furtherfcontrof..“, Y.” _ 5
 
for
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the B .Refusal
Proldlntion
Gold
Elecss a
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as-x_-sm
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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
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ares. It looks as if
tariff reductions. ; 1 __  _f