delegates to a conference to be held in Washington in October.

At the conference it is intended to discuss the whole subject anew and
make fresh arrangements.

The difficulty has been that the Treaty of Paris is still in operation,
and Great Britain is not willing to open the matter until the treaty has
expired.

The Canadian sealers are much averse to the plan of branding the seals.
We told you about this a few weeks ago.

Professor Starr Jordan, who is passing through Victoria on his way to
the Seal Islands, there to recommence the work of branding, has met with
a very cold reception from the sealers.

Professor Jordan has taken with him an electric outfit for branding,
which will do the work more quickly and effectually than the old method.

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We have to record more labor troubles.

The coal miners in the United States have gone on strike, in obedience
to the order of the United Mine Workers of America.

The cause of this strike is that wages have been so reduced that the
miners can no longer earn enough to support themselves.

The men declare that the strike has been forced upon them by the poor