The Goderich Star, 1899-11-10, Page 3I
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Pressitient liltalrghileese. Of the C. P.
R., Wee banqueted by the VaPeetelfer
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inated tx muntelpal ticket and pub-
lished e Rieherm.
Mips. Martin fell. deed venile ainging
in a choir et a church at .Alberton,
neer 'cintriettetown. •
Ineneetoe Ballard et Hamilton res
porta that out of 7,000 Puhlic schoel
peeile 418 are short-sighted. • '
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„ The will of Mr:Wen. Duffield. Vre-
'Alden( ef tils Lotelon•GasCo., disposes
Of en estate valued at . palate
Mr. Jobe Tentoe, of the firm of Tan-
n:to, Aalame es Tanton, London, wus se-
rieuttly hurt in a renaway ascident.
The retail paint ote milk in Ottawa
was raised Wedneeelley to 7 otents.per
quart. the highest price charged; fence
• 096.
City Engineer Galt, oe Ottawa, has
ordered all tbe work on the cityet
streets to stop, on account of lack of
leg twirls. .
"WY Mies Mary E. Easton of Kingston
iee
bas been aeleeted by, the United Settee
• authoreties to go to Cuba to teach
Wheel.
fe. P. R. traffic recelfeas for the week
ending Ootober 91 exceeded a million
dollahe-the largeet in the company's
historly.
Lloyd Cu., of London. England, will
eateblieh a large paper mill at Niagara
Falls, Ont. About 2,000 men will be
eruploYedt ,
Liquidator's' of the Ville Marie Bank,
Montreal, offer $54.10 reward for the
apprehension of J. J. Herbert, the mitts -
tug teller.
1,,,,it ia believed that the Western hotel'
fire in Montreal was caused by rat4
, igniting matches The injured are
• doing ,weli.
-..e-els e the four months ending Oet.
nevb%
.- e.... 31st, total trade at the port of Ot-
tawa wit 4232,798, as against $178,172
for the sallo.., period. hurt year. .
Three Men aye been arrested at
Revelstoke, 13. on eatspiolon of being
concerned in t murder 'at Witinipeg
of John Gordon, vo eveeksi ago,
The ;Montreal Re ling Mille Co. hae
made overtures to the Town Council
of Sydney:, C. Bei with a view to es-
tablishing extensive voorks there.
john Llayee, alias Alf. Quigleye has
been arrested near Fernie, B.C., charg-
ed with the m,urder of his brother-in-
law, Nelson Hagle, near Edmonton.
Mayor Teetzel, of Hamilton, int a
scheme of munieipal reform, suggests
electieg aldermen for five yeare, pay-
ing them and reducing their number.
M. &tenter, owner of Anticosti, has
won his ejectment emit. against the Vox
Bay engem. He has, however', offered
to pay their, coats and give each an in-
demnity.
The employes of the Carling Brew-
ery at London have presented Sir
John and Lady Carling with a solid
siker service as a memento of their
golden wedding.
.1 A. McMurtry, of Toronto, who is
Cinaidian agent for a telepbone patent,
awl resently waked. for a franchise iu
Throw°, has muds a similar applica-
tion in Montreal.
Th.. mentreal Castoms received dur-
Mg 1 lie past, month the sum oll $803,-
333.15, tieing. alv increase of 81154,510.44,
as compared witlt the corresponding
month id histi year. -
The NI carder Stratton, bound inward,
\111S crueheci. in the ice im thefr,kon
River, at Selwyn and 'sank in short
lime The freight, including a large
inelye is a, total loss.
Ars. Olive Adele Steitiaman, who
as senteneed to be hanged in Cay-
- tee, for the, zilleged poisoning of her
$ Methane was remelted in Niagara Falls
0311., 10 FINI Ilk Creutzbourg, of No. 224
Bird avenue, Buffalo.
The Richelieu & Ontario Navigation
Company i 5 anxious tu increase its
fleet Letween Toronto. and Prescott,
, owing to the great increase of its traf-
fic, end has been negotiating lately
with a number of shipbuilders for the
construction of n fine new stiyamer,
e hut so far, without success.
Mr. Col lingwood Schreiber, Chief
Engineer and Deputy Minister et the
Department of Railways and Canals,
lifter Eta inspection, says the Canadian
Pacific Railway, front Montreal to the
iloese is in splendid order, except for
a little roughneas from the rainfall on
the prairiee. Excellent ,work has been
dome on the Crow's Nest Line.
Charles M. Allme of London, is
taking notion against Policeman Robt.
egeltun for 32,000 damagere On Sat-
urdey night, during the Old [toys'
visit to Londoe last summer, Egelton
is alleged tO have coromitted an; un-
plovok.ed asmault upon, Allan, striking
Men on the head with a club and na-
fhcLing injuries which incapacitated
him for work.
Three men are keevin litteeneriebe
ed and three othere are reportorial*.
bag. 48 tee result of the collapse of
a six sAteree: buildinie at 144. And 141
West i,alte.e..treet412.4iPage,
ieliglaweymen held niet 4.13. Jennings,
manager of the HeoadWay Cable Oo.,
inSt. I.oule, on a street Oar. and.,Teb-.
bed nina, of 48,100, erthiela he had, drawe
trent thef heels tO pay Wagee.
Levi It. Doty. at caintaitat, of Chi-
cago, preeident Of. the Nortnere Fuel
Ceinpany and 14ehign Gee* Fe Coke
Company, has filed a petition inbaelt-
rdntoe, with eistidlettee 'mounting to
$5,000,400.
Fireneati Eugene Deegan and Brake-
man Warren Rohn:thou were killed, and
another train hand, fatalle injured. by
the explosiou of a locomotive on the
feelsigb Valley line near Towanda, Pa.,
yesterday. •
Buffalo is alenneul over the rivalry
promieed the Erte curial by the Se
Lawrence route, uud the danger of
divergence of Dae green forwarding
trade from that city to Port Colborne
and Montreal.
Michael Hatal, the magician, known
an" the bullet eatcher," 'who was acci-
dentally ahot on Saturday night in
New York, while giving an exhibition
of catching a bullet in hus mouth, le
dead of hie injurien.
At Chica,go Sigmund Breach and Emil
Swart, who murdered Martin S. Moir
lap,t June, were eentenced to the Joliet
Penitentially for life. They were rob-
bing the old man, aud pet a potato in
his mouth to gag him. Ati a result he
ohoked .deteth.
Gen. Funaton, of the 20th Ka.neas
Regiment, lute instructed his molicitor
to bring melon against At ehbiehop Ire-
land and the Catholic Monitor, a pa-
per publiathed in San Franoisco. for
libel, in charging 'Cum:1ton with permit -
Ling hite men to loot Philippine
charohes.
GENERAL.
Herring aTe reported very plentiful
Newfouadland.
A hurricene huts caused great dam-
age between titivate, and Santiago.
Bom.bey .are running half time
owing .to the failure of the cotton
mops. -it
Germany may pay for the increase in
neva! expenditure by increased grain
dutlee.
Smallpox hats broken out at Cum:
.Town, brought there apparently by
Tranavaal refugees.
P ri nee Frederick August us, of
Saxony fell from hie horse while hunt-
ing. His skull WWI fractured.
Two. leading Cialian politicians, one
a member (A. the Government, have
ilJught a duel, and both were killed.
Germany tl, max peataget stampat
toil a buatireprenenting 'Germania In
place ot the present Imperial eagle.
The leading newspapers of Germany
express the opinion that the nation's
interest in SanTon will be ceded to
firitain.
Thef,British will protect, the Chinese
eetermer, i Yang Yu Wei, who is
theughe eo be on board the steamer
Empress. ot India, front Vanconver for
Hong Kong.
Mum Godard, who gave Dreyfus'
wile shelter at. Rennes, has been made
the victim et an outrageous attack by
El man wlso claimed to be the secretary
et the itothschilds sent to buy her
house.
Rahah,,' the notorioue native chief of
'the Central Soudan, has tuessacred the
imemberii, of a French. expedition. Ad-
ministrator Bretonnet, Lieut. Braun,
Sargt. Login, and twenty-seven Sene-
gelese were killed..
ia reported that Captain Mohun,
It. is reported that -Captain Mohan.
bar, now commandLug the Belgian
Tanganyika -Congo telegraph e xpedi-
tton, hue had a fierce battle with
'can.n.bala at Tanguti.
Alfred Bee, the South African mil-
lionaire, is in Berlin, pushing the non-
st ruction ot the telegraph line through
Germa n East Africa, and• also for t he
purpose of providing a telegraph and
railway connection with the Ottawa
copper mines in German Southwest Aft-
rica, owned by a German -English syn-
dicate.
Owing to the' increased demand for
iron, The Hamilton Blast Furnace Co.,
hes decided 10 rebuild end enlarge its
furnac-es, tind about $50,000 will be
spent on the work. When the fur -
names were constructed they were of
150 tons daily, capacity, but the de-
mand WW1 stnall tbat they were
bricked. in so AS to reduce their cap-
acity to 1000 tone a day,
BRITAIN.
(Viscount nexmouth is dead: in Lon-
don.
The Kaiser Is to errive at Windsor
Cantle Nov. 29.
Four men were kilted and twenty
persone injured by a boiler explortion
itt Sheffield, ling., on Wednesday. ,
Baron Hylton. Headworch Hylton
Jolyffe, formerly of the Coldstream
Guards, died Tuesday. Het was born
June 23, 1821i, and he watt created a
Baron in 1866.
illee-ofang.,titcee.404 Exchange des-
patch front Lahore, the British author-
ities in Northern India are greatly dis-
quieted by the situation among the nn -
eves, The fanatical Mullah, Provind,
ia preaohing rebellion to his co-reli-
gioniste and it haa beeP deemed ne-
(weary to eepedite the deapatch of
t roops.
SMUGGLERS TRAPPED.
DISASTE
10
Two Thou,sand Troops Were Killea
or Captured.
Surrounded in the Hills, and After Losing Heavily
Two Reginients and a Battery of Artillery Sur-
rendered to the Enemy -Gen, White Acquits
Them of All Blame and Admits the Sole Re.,
sponsibility Should Rest on Him.
A despatch from Londere. earie-The
following is the text ot a despatch
Crom Gen. White at Ladyemith to the
War Oftioe:
I have to report a disaster to the
colunue sent by me to take a position
on a hill, to guard the left. flank Of
the troops. In these operations op
Monday the Royal Irish Fusiliers, No.
to Mountain Battery, and the Glouces-
tershire Regiment were surrounded in
:he hills, and, after losing heavily, had
to capitulate. The casualtiett have not
yet been ascertained.
A man of the Fusillere employed ast
a hospital orderly, mime in under a
flag of truce, with a letter from the
survivors of the column, who asked
for assisttuace to bury the dead. 1
fear there is no doubt of the truth of
the report.
I formed a plan, in the carrying out
of which the disaster occurred, and I
am alone responsible for the plan.
There is no bleme whatever to the
troops, as the position was untenable.
FEELING IN LONDON.
While minor reverses were not
wholly unexpected, no Englishman
ever dreamed that anything like the
staggering blow General Joubert de-
livered to General While's forces on
Monday threatened the British arms
in South Africa, und apparently the
full extent a the disaster is not yet
aoktsowledged. Enquiry at the War
Office seems to indicate that the mili-
tary despatches contain other parti-
cuiara which it .is deemed inexpedient
to punleb immediately, but the seri-
ous nature of which is not disguised.
A FEARFUL LOSS.
The story, as already knowe, how-
ever, is sufficiently bad. The lona in
effective meu mush be appalling ta a
General who is practically surrounded.
Two of the finest British regiments
and a mule battery deducted trom the
Ladysmith garrison weakens It about
a fifth of its total etreegth and alters
the whele situation very materially in
raver of tile Boers, who. once again,
have shcevn themselves stern fighters
and military strategists of superior
ardor. The disaster cost the British
from 1,500 to 2,000 men and six seven-
pitund screw guns, and, as the Boer
artillery is already tercinger than int-
ag'aied, the capture of these guns will
b.,. a -
GREAT HELP TO THE BOERS.
Apart from the immediate loas in
effectives, which will seriously cripple
Gen. White's operations, the British
defeat must have a most depressing
effect on the balance of the Ladysmith
forces, while it may be expected. to
have much weight with the natives,
who are wavering as to which side to
support, and it will imtnensely raise
the morals of the Boer forces and
bring crowds of recruits to tbeir stan-
dard.
tams llllll Officers 'lake a Valuable Caviare
et At. Pierre.
A deepatch from Halifax, N.S., says:
-Inspector Jones, of the Canadian Cus-
Wine preventive ttervice. has made an-
other discovery of Cuetoms iafraction,
a discovery which affects the Freciali
Tevenuea of St. Pierre almost as much
ate it. doee those of Canada. One mem-
ber of a St. Pierre firm hoe bee
found to have been In the habit of
buying large quantltie.s of rum ie
Boston, and in Halifax, oetensibly to
be shipped in bond to St. Pierre, but
mutah of it never went there, find-
ing its way rather to out-of-the-way
Nova Seetia or other porta, where it
wan amuggied in. M. Ferry, the late
Cueteme Director at St. Pierre, who
recently wars driven from there by a
mob, and Inepector Jones put their
heada together, with the result that
they found how things were going.
The French authoritiee have exacted
24,000 franca from the firm for dutle.s
they believed lost on the transaction
and the man who had carried on the
frauds has absconded. It was found
that he had been using a Customs
stamp obtained in some nurreptitious
way in order to sueceesfully carry out
his plane. For this he wee sentenced
to one month's imprisonment. He is
now to be arraigned on charge of
forgery.
UNITED STATES.
Tenders have been opened at Wash-
ington for six cruisers. ,
Bishop Neely. of the Proteetant Epis-
copal diocese of Maine, is dead at Port-
land, Me.
Admiral Dewey is to marry Mrs.
Hazen. wealthy society, widow of
Washington.
Dwight Townsend, for years associ-
ated with John W. Mnekey, the mil-
lionaire, is dead at New York,
At couple of American? warships have
made successeul orptaiments with
wireless telegraphy in theNorth River.
The aerninary at HaektettetOWEI,
owned by the lifetbrallat..Epieloopai
church, ham been destroyed by fire.
Leas $300,000. , :
The great broom-eorh trust nf
Chinago hies been itinorporated as the
Union firoote StetilialY theettparte,
headquarters at 'Olittivtim
Geterge Birebern. &doted, „paiter for
iterAtfill Ettore-se coraputy, ifew Yerie,
euuteased te the theft of $6,600
from the etteareinjt!le ante*.
$110,000,000,000 IN GOLD.
II•illes1 Aisles 111181 Ifirerter Hakes Same
CoMparbsonts.
A despatch from Washington ens's:-
Of the $10,000,G00,000 of gold produced
In the world since the discovery of
America, more than one -halt bas been
produced since 1860, and more than
one-fourth alma 1 5. To put it in
other words, one -halt of the gold pro-
duct of the teat four hundred years
has been produced within forty years,
and one-fourth within fifteen years.
and Major Adye. Deputy Aaeistant
AdeetariteGetteral, was deepatched at
11 p.m., on the 29th, to march by night
up BelPs Sprat, and aeixe Nicholsou's
Nek, or some 'position near Nioholsoner
Nek, titue turning the enemy's right
flank.
"The main advance was successfully
carried out. the objective ot the attack
being found evacuated. and an artil-
leryj duel between our field batteries
and the enemy's; guns of the poaition
and Maxims la understood to have
caused 'heavy Loss to the enemy.
"The reconnaissance [forced the
eneeoy to fully disclose his position.
and, after a strong counter attaok on
our right, the iniantry brigade tend
oavalry had. been, repulsed, the troops
were slowly withdrawn to camp,
pickets being left on observation.
"Late In the engagement the naval
contingent, under Captain Lambton, of
H.M.S. Powerful, came into notion and
silenced, with their extremely accur-
ate fire, the enemy's guns of posi-
tion.
W HITE'S MANE U LNESS..
Further news must be awaited be-
fore it is attempted tu atachi the
blame where it belongs. General White
manfully accepte all the disoredit at-
taching to the disaster, which, appar-
ently, was at least partially due to the
etampeding df the mules with the
guns.
From the liet it will be seen that
forty-two officers were made prisoners
besides a newspaper correapondent,
Mr. J. Hyde.
" AWFUL BRITISH piSASTER."
"Awful British disaster," yelled
newsboys on Monday and till London
stayed ea course and read the extras
containing the official acknowledg-
ment of the British reverse. The a.n-
nouneement appeared at the hour
when !shoppers crowded Regent and
Oxford streets end Piccadilly. Women
stopped their earriages in the streets
and hailed the boys. Out of fashion-
able stores women ran for vipers.
ty (Acted stockstill in the crowded
streets scanning the pages of the ex-
tras. Having read of the reverse,
such aa does not exist in the memory
of living British subjects, the men Het
their teeth and walked on with hard-
ened troubled faces. while some women
eried.
RUSH FOR THE WAR OFFICE.
Then there was a rush to the War
Office, wbich by noon, was surrounded
with private carriages and hanscnns,
while many of the humbler class of
people came on foot, all waiting for
the possible posting among the bats of
dead of the names they. held dear. By
noon gloom and bitter sorrow pre-
vailed bbroughout the British metro-
polis.
At the Government office no effort
was mado to conceal the feeling of
Mammy prevailing. One official said to
a representative of the Asnociated
Press: " It is inexplicable, and I am
sorry to say that its moral effe.ct IFI
Inestimable. We have lost heavily in
many ware and have had negiments
almost. wiped out, but to have regi-
ments captured. and by the Boere-it
le terrible."
F1XCUSES FOR GEN. WHITE.
The manlinees of General. White's
avowal that it Waki hie fault ham
awakenee the deepent sympathy.
An official of the War Office anid to
a repreeentative of the Aesociated
Preen:
"It le more time likely due to the
mute of our younger officers to tile-
tinguish themselves, obtain mention In
the deepatehes and earb the Victoria
Crone than to the fault of that splen-
did Indian veteran, General White, in
Mite of hie pitiful avowal."
CAUSE OF THE DISASTER.
A later despatch from Gen. White
says :-"I took out from Lailyamite
br'gade a mounted troops, two brig-
ade, diviations of the Itnynl Artillery.
the Natal Field Battery, and two brig-
ades of infantry to reconnoitre in
toren the enemsee mein position to the
north, and. if the opportunity should
offer, to capture the hill behind Farqu-
liken farm, r tholfrovismA
day been eld in m rength by the
enemy. In connection with this ad -
'fence COIUMTI. COM41Aitillg of the
Tenth lifountain Artillery, four half
fkenteretiette of the, Gloucestern, rind six
companies ot the Royal Iriab Fusiliers,
tho whole under Lient.-Col. Carlton
These beta regarding the gold pro-
cluetiOn oi the world ere presented by
soma compecatIone of the Treasury
Bureau of Statietice, with reference to
the temporary suspension of gold min-
ing in South Africa and its possible ef-
fect upon the gold glumly of the world.
The compilation presents the facts col-
lated by Dr. Adolph Soetbeer and the
director of the 'Oinked Staten mint,
whist show the gold product of the
world by decades and years since the
discovery of Amerieri, and when sum-
marised glows thrtt the grand total of
gold production from 1493 to and in -
eluding the eatimste for 1809 amounts
to $0,8.it,050,003. An exeroination of the
'fignteti annual koduntioe othows
that of ths $9,83.061 gold Ptodtteed
sines 1493, lit5,$41,6155, , or 0a0rieiderab-
lY 00re then ene-bitlf, has been pee -
diked aim% 1080, anti $2,510,200,400; of
MAX* than one-fourth. elate IOW
edds
)40034.rlittir
•1140.0.*** fro.. Lailyetiettlay
de 04 Tueitlts,t, give further tietaillsie*
lierdielf the leletWal* the heleiserds
Meet. The Wert!, haeitAg retKettlaiod,
OOP ola position* reteininted hitt
000. Their firing iteeltretet ber
allimest hareilleie. ISOM* Ot MIA troORIA
were *Rightly loitered by splinter*,
0, Xgerterta end hie Inere
trout the ,Powerful did rielendid Welk
*ad quickie isileneed the Boer guns,
The Beele aeltnOwlediled havingioSet"
feted heevy loesee in me* and Thee
in the Previtua 'battle. •
Gemmel Jen 13l. KOCIRs. who Wart
salved in reennutpd Trentvael
forces, tad who wax wounded in the
battle of Rituadalaagte, died the+ hos-
Pital at Ladysmith on Xondoey eight.
NKTleeTSIVV VIIKPABATIONS.
A despatch front London, Fridey.
saetc--Ati was quiet at Bulawstytt, in
Rhodesia, aocerdieg to despatcher' re.
valved this morning. up to October 07.
There has been &IMO akir0114040•11 on
the border. ,
Apparently extensive Preparation.;
are in progresa at De Aar, Cape Vol.
00Y. :Or the concentration a Lieut. -
Gen. Buller)* ansty Mammoths of
mules arer corralled In that neighbour-
hood. and transport material is being
hurried up front the south.
According to another despatch. the
naval brigade at Ladyemith has
Mounted four more gurus trom Dux,
ban. I
The report comes from Rome Gat
Portugal will pernlit the landing ot
British troops at Lorene° Marques.
This coincides with the view strongly
prevalent In aome quarters hare that
the Britimh invaelon of the Transvael
will naade from that point.
BRITISH LOSSES TO DATE
The total toes to Britit4h arms since
the war aetually commenced with the
bernbarding of the armoured train
near Elandslaagte. twenty-one days
ago, is 216 killed and 721 wounded.
This does not ittolude the captured.
which will swell the total by fuly 1,-
000.
TOTAL BRITISH KILLED -216.
Colonels. 4
Majors. . , . . . . 4
Captains. 3
Lieutenants. . . . . 14
Rank and file. • • . . . ..191
TOTAL BRITISH WOUNDED -721.
Colonels. 8
Majors. 7
Captains. 22
le-outer/tants . 31
Rank and file 658
STAMPEDE OF BATTERY MULES.
"The eirciumstances which attended
the movements of Lieut. -Col. Carlton's
°cilium aro nob yet fully known, but
from reports received. the column ap-
peare to have carried out tbe night
maroh unmolested until within two
miles of Ninholson's Nek. At tbis point
two boulders rolled from the hill, and a
tow rifleshots stampeded the infantry
ammunition mulea. The stampede
spread to the battery mules, whioh
broke loose from their leaders, and got
away with prantically the whole of the
gun equipment and the greater portion
of the regimental smolt auirnunition,
The reserve was similarly lost.
"The infantry battalions, however,
fixed bayonets, and, accompanied by
the personnel of the artillery, seized n
hill on the left of the roads, two miles
frown the Nek,i with but little. opporte
lion. There they remained unmolested
till dawn, the time being occupied en
organizing the defence of the hill and
constructing stone sangars. and walls
as cover from fire.
"At dawn a skirmishing attack on
our position was commenced by the
enemy but made no way; until 9.30a.
ne, when strong reinforcements en-
abled them to rush to the attack with
groat energy. Their fire became very
searching, and two companies of the
Gloucesters, in an advanced position,
were ordered to fall back, The enemy
then preseed to short ravage, the losses
on our side becoming vfflry numerous.
AMMUNITION GONE, BRITISH CAP-
TURED.
"At 3 p.m. our ammunition was
practically exhausted, the position was
captured, and the survivors of the
column fell into the enemy's hands.
-The enemy treated our wounded
with humanity, Gen. Joubert at once
desputehing a letter to me, offering a
Bate conduct to doctors and ambul-
ances to remove the wounded. A me,
dical officer and parties to render first
aid to the wou.nded were despatched to
the scene of action from Ladysmith
that night, and the wmbulance at dawn
next !morning.
'"The want. of success of the column
was due tothe nesfortune of the mules
el (impeding and t he consequent lettere
the guns and small -arm ammunition
and the reserve.
"The official list of casualtiee and
prisoners will be reported shortly. The
latter are anderstood t o have been
sere by rail to Pretoria.
"The seourity of Ladyamith is in no
way affectea."
Genoral White's account ehows that
the diameter im not ao eerious a one as
reported at Bret. Neither the Glouces-
tore nor the Fusiliere were present in
full strength, ae previously imagined.
The four half companies of the for-
mer regiment would nominally only
total 250 men, tee six companies of Fu-
siliere 750 men, and the artillerymen
12.5. men, or an aggregate of 1,125 men.
--
860 KILLED AND WOUNDED.
General Sir Stewart White has cabl-
ed the War Office, that in (he engage-
ment on Farquhar's farm, near Lady-
emith, on October 30, when Lieut -Col.
Cerleton's column was compelled to
surrender, six officers Were killed
and nine wounded. A mong t he
non-commissioned officers rind men
the casualties were 54 in killed
and 231 in ivounded. Gen While prom-
ises a liet of the missing later. I
THE DEAD OFFICERS.
Lieut. J. T. McDougall, Royal Ar-
tillery,
Major W T. Meyers, King'n Royal
Rifles
Lieut William Chapntaii, Natal
Motinted Rifles.
Major Edwa rd Gray, Medina 1
Corps.
Lieut. H. S. Macedon; King's Royal
Rifles.
Lieut. T. le Forster, Ring's Royal
Rifles.
WOUNDED OFFICERS.
Major John Dawkinn, Royal Artil-
ler/y, slightly.
Lieut. Harold Belcher, Royal Artil-
leiry, severely.
Major Henry E. flunhanan-Rlddell,
King's Royal Rifles, severely.
Lieut. H. C. Johnston, King's Royal
Riflee, severely.
Captain G. B H. Rice. Royal frigh
Fueiliers, severely.
Oeptain W. 43. Silver, Royal Irish,
aeverely.
Cstatain
severely,
Captain
eeverel y.
Ceptain F. S. Stayner, Gloucester-
shire, severely.
Late Thursday the War Offtre re-
ceived a despatela from the Governor
of Natal, Sir Walter Francis Hely-
Hute.hi neon, nnouneing that com-
munication wet Laciyamith has been
ieterrupted since half past two o'clock
Thuraday afternoon.
The Wnr Offiee issued the following
dement cih :-
Chief of Staff,
Becrintary :
Ladysmith, Nov 2.-Lietit. Egertcm,
H.M.e4 Powerful, dangeronely wound-
ed this morning by a shell, left knee
and right foot. Life not in dnger at
prenent.
It was inferred from I his despatch
thst the artillery duel between the
Boers and Britleh centinues, as (lent
Egerton wets a gunnery lieutenant
with the big moat gime.
Ante her list of ansualtletvet Dundee
WiltS issued by the War Office The raday
teeming It gives eighty-two non-
commiesioned efficient end men of the
Dublin Entailers meeting. Indict -at -
lag that the Roars captaree se many
Ecesillers as they Hussars
1.0.10,••••
2t0ERS MOUNT MORE GUNS.
The London Daily Mail published the
following deevutch from its war cor-
respondent, G. W. Steevene. at Lady-
smith. dated Wednesday morning:-
" Matters to -day are quiet. The
Boons aee apparently mounting more
heavy gums to the north and north-
east, which are likely to give us
trouble.
" A Boer contingent 1,500 strong,
end clearly visible from the clamp, le
streaming away to ine south. The In-
habitante Laslyeauith continue to
leave that town."
The CLOCOUntti that continue to arrive
regarding the fighting on Monday only
oonfirm iteseriousneee and the narrow
escape Genertil White had. It now
appeare tus If it were only the arrival
of the naval contingent trom the Pow-
erful which prevented &worse dieaster.
that when it was seen that
retirement was imperative two Natal
cavalrymen voIunneered to convey a
desputch across the Boer lines to Ma-
jor Adye, ordering him to retire, but
the risk waa considered too great, and
flatg algnalling was employed instead,
The di,stenee was too great and rough
for cevalry to go to his aesistance.
Accordinig to despatches filed on
Tuesday, diffensIve worms were being
constructed on Ilan hills around Lady-
amith, and it was expesteri there that
the big naval guns would on, mounted
the following dee.
S Wilcox, Glmiceetershire,
Fyfe, Gloucestershlre,
Peundera toms excellent ;taw potation,
aud replaced their dleabled gums with
MAW ones in the old poettione. They
also pieced a usw battery on s hill
foot tulle* soutlirwest ot,the town. i
"Oen. lYitite and Ida !duff were astir
before deybreak and important move,.
11.1004 were SOWN& At 0.10 the
bloejeckets opened' on the ridge, where
the &ere had a forty -pounder. and a
furious caneonade ensued. After tour
houra the forty.pounder was silenced.
Plie,anwhille the other batteries were
buoy. the British having the better
ot the fightieg.
Pelee. French. ,with the Lancers,
ilusaars, Natal Carbineers, and Border
Rifles, started at dawie and got with-
in mtriking distance oil the Boer camp
on Beater's hill before the enemy
noticed them. A field( battery alao
managed to take up a position com-
manding the enemy'a camp without
moleatation. The camp waa a large
one, aurrounded by waggons and other
obstruotiona. Beater's hill was well
fortified, and there were good guns
the"Areliout nine o'clock the British
opened tire. The Boers replied vide.
edly, but their guile were not ao well
served and their fire was ineffective.
"The British fire was very good, for
within a short time ft 42vound shell
burst right in the midst of the camp,
inflicting neavy lose and demoralizing
the defenders.
"Then the cavalry suddenly charged
anti awept over the laager, driving
everything Irresistibly before them.
The Boers fled precipitately, leaving
many dead and wounded on the
ground. The shell -fire had intnished
the'inTbteer'ernibtirlYe. camp equipment fell in-
ta the hands of the Britieb, The
acheme waa well devised and brilliant-
ty executed. hie hoped that it will
eoneiderubty Minimize the efficiency
of the Free State Boers to the went -
ward.
ATTACK IN FORCE W EDNESDAY
The Boers were threatening to at-
tack the town in force on Wednesdny
and Thursday, and the women, chil-
dren, and other non-combatants were
being sent by train to the south. Lady-
smith is provieloned for two menthe.
It believed that the Delagoit bay
route, if not already restored weedily
will be, thus giving quicker communi-
eation with the Cape,
BOERS FELL IN HEAPS
A trustworthy correepondent of the
Central News at Ladysmith, in des-
patch dated Tueeday, 5 15 p.m., gives
an account of Montlay'n fight. fie
saps: -
"Although it wee a bed day for us,
it was poeitively terrible for the ene-
my. Our artillery fire wan appalling.
The Boers lost hundreds in killed and
wounded. They fell in hamlet where
our shells burst.
"Commandant -General Joubert Bent
a formal written protest to General
White against the use of lyddite. as
inhuman. The Britinh long-range gun.'
are vastly superior to the Boer bat-
teries.
"The captured column exceerla 800
men. We are sanguine nod confident
that we can hold our own."
LaciyarnIth. to War
WAITING FOR GUNS
The general ballet' in Landon Is that
the Biers are now waiting for more
guns keen Pretoria before attacking
Ladyt,mitb. The fact that Sir Redvern
Buller appears to have ordered a re-
liretnent from Stormberg, and per-
haps frum other plants, relieven to
SUMO extent the publie mind, which
would ha ve been r titer a 'armed.
Confidenee is felt in any meanurem
that' Gen. Buller may deem detdrable.
The knowledge that. the pigetsn posl
in working has eine conze as a relief
to the great anxiety previously 'felt.
The third -clams cruiser Pelorus has
beer, mitered from Ghraltar to Dur-
ban, and the third-class °ruttier Feat: -
testi from Port Said to the mime point.
DeSpe t c hes trim Cape Town and
other ()entree in Cape Colony indicate
that the Cape Dutch are beciontrig
very restless in aonsequienee ot the
Continued Boer sueceeses.
Considerali'e surprise Is expressed at
thti constant bringing up of new genii
by the Boers ai Ladysin;th
WOMEN LEFT LADYSMITH.
A despatch from Cape TOWA says;
-The Oar Argus has received the
following roan Lanyenaith
"On the s.uggest ion of Gen. White
the wornem and children were sent
south on Thursday evening. A largo
number of Men: left at the Paine time.
Sense of these behaved badly toward
the women. Entire confidence is still
reveled here Gen. White and hie
ail, 1-1 18 x peo bud that another
pitched battle will (limpet the linger-
ing hope of thei Doere that, they will
lie able toPtiake Ladysmith."
A.not let r dente t qh •fronk La dy
sa ys he Boers ha VO proclaimed 1 be,
Ulmer Tugela nitylition of Natal a nnex-
ed to the Orange Free State."
The news of the loses at Ladysmith
(teemed an unmistakable depression,
eiVeCia 1 I y when coupled with the fact
t lei t he Boo availed t be eol on y al-
most mituulltineously.
The Dutch of the colony are showing
themselves loyal to the Matted) Gov-
ernment, and HO (al' ail has been as-
nerteined, few of them have joined the
Belo'hrtiti. Boer prieortern have arrived at
Simenst Own, near Ca Vls TOW II, V. here
they are well treated.
A despatch from Colesburg, dated
Nov. 1, announoes that six police who
were stationed at ' Colesburg bridge,
were surrounded nnd captured. Thin
Is probably the origin of the story I hat
the Boers had occupied Colesburg.
BOERS IN ZULULAND.
A despatch from Durban. Saturday
nap( :-A. letter from Eshowe, Eulu
land, reporta that there are from 2,-
009( to 3,000 130fil'a, With neveral guns,
to the northward of Zululand, and thnt
they are ready to march.
The A.merican-AfrIcan line eleamer
Maria. which cleared from East Lon-
don, for Delagoa Bay, has been detain-
ed here pending enquires am to her
cargo.
The shipping agents deeire an ex-
plicit definition of contraband of %tie -
to order to prevent the prenent in -
con v ein Lenoir.
CONCENTRATED AT BETHULIE.
A despatch from Lorenzo Marques
says: ,Five belies of [Merit, totalling
4,090 men, with field guns, are non -
tient rated at Bet hu.ie bridge, Cape
Oolony. They have collected much
food.
BOERS' caEuzoT GUNS.
The Paris eorreapondent of the Lon-
don Daily Mail, says :-
"I learn that the Transvaal and Free
State Governments, 'before the war,
placed large orders with t he gun -
makers at Le Creuzot, hut. that not all
t he weaporie could. be delivered owing
to the suddeenese with which hostili-
ties began. The guns the Hoorn are
actually using are Creuzots-75 milli-
metre quiek-flrern, and 155 millimetre
siege anti garriaon guns, all mounted
on light crarringes, end adapted in
every possible way for utte over muddy
roads. They had two months' firing
practies under rompetent Creuzot
agents. If they could have bad anoth-
er mcrnth's pried iee, no European ar-
Wise: conld have withstood them "
-Aar- - Ada:
TORONTO 14 TB.
Weielde, NOV, 7. --At the Western rat-
tle Yard* to -day we lied a light rua,
and little btudessit doing, and pntc-
Orally no shallop lu prime,
As the tont* hae been act bad latels
there Wee laitreely any export cattle
came in tosday; operas on the boats
ia hard to get, waft -eights are at> high
that *hipper* will not buy; in addi-
tion to We price* ItA tbilo Old Country
keep very low.
Any good to choice butcher cattle
sold fairly well at steady prices, near-
ly ail the stuff here Wad tOIXIAti,
remained unchanged front Tettedse.
Stockers coutimie dull; &adore and
export bulls are unchanged.
Good milk nowt' are waoted.
There Is ale° a good demand for
choice veal calve*.
'Sheep and lambs being in very small
aupply. were all sold, but prices did
not alter from Tueatley's tigures.
Quotations tor hogs to -day were 4
1-4o per ib. tor °Whet hose Kailas
from 100 to ZOO lbs., unit $5.75 to 0.67
1-2 pet 10a lbs. for light and tat hog*.
The receipts to -day were forty load*,
Including 1,000 hogs, 600 cattle, 450
*beep and lambs, and a tow calVolt
Foilowing is the range of current
quot at ions :-
Cattle.
Shippers, per owt. . .$400
Buteher, choice, dos .. 3 60
'Welber. med. to good. 325
Butcher, inferior. . , 300
Stockers, per owt. . . 225
Sheep and Lambe.
Ewes. per owt . . . 25
Latmbs, per owt . . . 3 50
Bucks. per owe . 2 00
Milkers and Celves.
*ASKO SOBIBIRS.
waist '
The Velma* Tkersegkly it **ogled. die
1441**es Net awrisecd Were thee ries+ -
frs
A despatch from St. Thome*. Oats,
saytr-Ou Wedsesdae eveniug three
masked burglar's entered tha tastidensArs
of Mrs. Thomas llumphree. Wko re-
sides on ths Talbot road about a mile
and a halt west a Middlenaltraf.
They held revolvers at the heads of the
Inmate. of the bowie and ordered them
to mate eta cutesy. They secured
very little pluader.
About 0 o'clock Mrs. Humphrey, John
Sharon. who lives at the place; Aire,
Humphrey's two daughters. Mr*.
Payne. of Payne's Mills. and Mrs. Kel-
ly, of Lambeth, were sitting around the
stove when they were suddenly ideated
by three men walking Into the bowie.
They were masked. and two ot the
number bad revolvers. The ringleader
told them to keep quiet and they would
not be harmed. He requested that the
curtain§ be drawn, and ordered bin
tiompanious to close the shutters and
tben guard the doors. Ile welted Mille
Humphrey for a light. and was told
that there was ft lighted lamp up-
stairs, Ile then. /darted upstaine and
Informed Mr. Sharon and the others
thait If they tweed be would " pepper
them." After the burglar had beau up-
stairs *short time he came down and
$ 4 50 told Mtge Hurapkrey to accompany taint
4 26 upstairs and show him where the
3 60 je.rallery and money were kept. Miss
3 25 Ilumpheey did so, but as they did not
3 25 come *cress utuob plunder the burglar
remarked that he had never been in a
hottee where there were such good
3 50 things and such little money. Atter
400 ransacking the whole place the bur-
l: 50 giant seoured two gold watches, a gold
chain, 412 in money belonging to Mr.
Sharon, sortie Sunday school collection.
40 cents- wheals was in Mrs. Kelly's
purse, and 40 cents in another purse.
Atter tho men had boort in the house
an hour they asked tor something to
eat They were told to go into the eel -
W ester -'n lar and help themselves. They did so,
and consumed a nunaber of pies, bread,
""i the etc washing it down with milk
Cows, traoh, . . 2600 46 00
OttaholvIls.heo:teh per *ow:. 240000 7 0°
Hoge.
Light hogs, per ow t. 3 75
Heavy bogie per cwt. 3 75
Teronto, Nov. 7. -Wheat -
market& were all lower to -day
local market!, for Ontarios was dull
and easy. Red and white, Onturio,
trold to millers at. 65 to 68 1-2° accord-
ing to nearnesa to the mill. There
wee no export enquiry. Goose wheat
ituchanged, 70e is asked, middle
freights, 69e la bid. Manitobas quiet
and le lower at 790 bid tor No. 1 nerd,
14.1.1., and 78e, Toronto and west.
Milwaukee, Nov. 7, -Wheat - One
cent lower; No. 2 Northern, 68 1-2 to
69e; No. 2 Northern, 65 to 07e. Ityc-ite
lower; No. 1 55o. Harley -Dull; No. 2 46
470; sample, 89 LS 47o,
Duluth, Nov. 7, -Wheat --No. I hard,
68 3 -So; No. 1 Northern. cash, 66 3-8o;
December, 66 8-8c; May, 70 7-8c; No. 2
Northern, 03 3-8c; No. 3 eyeing, 59 7-8e.
Minneapolle, Nov. 7.-Whont - In
store - No. 1 Northern, November,
65 1-2o; December, 65n; May, 69 1-8 to
69 1-4o; on truck, No. 1 hard, 67 3-4e;
No. I Northern, 65 1-ec , No. 2 North-
ern. 03 1-2e. Flour and bran - Un-
"'Faoligaled°0, Nov. 7.-Whent - No. 2 cush,
89 1-2o, December. 70 7-8e. Corn No. 2
mixed. 34e. Oats -No. 2 mixed. 23e. Rye
-Neglected. Cloverneed-Prinse, (melt,
old, $6.75; November, December and
March, 35.17 1-2 bid. 011-Unehatigied.
Bur fa 0, Nov. 7. --Spring wheat -
Quite but Meath/ No. I Northern, new,
woe 73 3=4c ;• No. 2 Northern, 7ec
Winter w heat -1 r regul r ; No. 2 red
7.3a, Not. I white, 71 I -2c. ,
wealk Ne. 2 yellow, 38 3-4,-; NO. 3 yel-
low, 38 1-2; new 30c; No acorn, 3Att No.2
corn, 37 6-4c. Dain-t-heutly No. 2
white, 29 I -2o ; 3 white, 2ii 3-4c
Nit.*4 white, 28 I -4e, No. 2 mixed, 26
; gs. 3 mixed. 26c. Itye-No. I,
traelc, ; No. 2 do., ff.k. Canal
:riietghtmtitte-,SteNat(1,3vt„
West 31.28 1-2, South -Went 31.21i.
November, 31.27; December, 31.27 3.-4.
May, $1.29; Duluth to arrive, 31.24;
caeh, $1.24; November, 31.23 1-2 De-
cembrr, $1.22: May, $1.25 1-2 b it
1)01 roll, Nov. 7. -Wheat -Cloned --No
I, white, rash, 09c ; No. 2 red, titian,
69 3-4c i; Decemb tr, 70 7-80 ; May, 75 3-4
SP.
FOR USE IN WAR.
425
3 87 1-3
KIMBERLEY SAFE.
The 1<imberley correspondent of the
London Daily Mail, a (Ititipll 1 VII filed
November 1, fortvarded wuy of
Orenge river, says :-
"The Borten are still in force in t
vicinity. On Saturday evening our
patrol Wa.li tired on in the neighbor-
hood of t he Woseelton nal ue, the enetny
expending a quantity of PIIIIMU Witten,
ineffecivally, however, owing to the
long range.
" A Erre State burgher, with a page
horn the 011e my 111114 11 r01.14,K 2(41 oxen
into the town. The enemy M reported
to have three itiege guns in peeition
Oliphtatetfontein, four miles front
W espy 1ton."
Sir Redverst Buller him eired the
War ()Mee from Cape Town, under
Mite (11 Sunday, that Col. Kekewieh,
in e0171IllaTlft at Kimberley, reports,
UnAier 0(4 . AI, ha t all 1 he
wounded were, doing well.
HOSPITAL SHIP MAINE.
deepatch from London Hayti : -The
A me Henn women w ho a re mut typing
the hospital ehip Maine are putting
forth riastieular efforte, The fitting
out ef the veretel it, t ranting wide at-
tention in ,Fngland. and t he efforte of
the American wmnen ant given the
heert lest recognition In accordant,
the 'Adair of -the Prince of 'Weber
Mrs Brown Potter brut Pfi NOV
tiA tliar. date for the Cafe Chantant
benefit for the 111a.ine 'Through the
efforts of Sir Arthur Sullivan Chad-
idgeat hotel line been nelacted for t
ententainment, and the Primo. of
Walee, the Princeete Ch Het inn, and te h-
eir royalt inn Wilt attend. The perforce --
ant -Pe will I.egin at 3 p.m , when all
the leauling United Sta t es antorte anti
set refuses In London will appear. Tic-
kete will tre guinen each, anti re-
freahmente will be nerved in the in-
terim, whirh, it I« expeeted, will Ia. en
additional enure', id' ineeme
ANOTHER BIG PAPER MILL
MORE AUSTitAIJAN TI1001
despatch from, Sydney, N S. W„
Rapt :-Tremendmis t h emir' am was
displeyed on Friday on the tescaeion
of the ernharkal ion. of the second, de-
ineheaent furniehed by. the colony of
Sew Smelt Willem for eervice in South
Africa. The Colonial Government is
seriously ierIng doubling the eon-
tingent The Premier, Mr Lyne, has
commanicated tn the other Auntralten
Premier% sreggsee ion ht. I t he col
antes 14A,Miti deapatch to South Africa
another body of t mops. to be railed
the. Atiflirnlian contingent Ile nayn
thn 1 if nevainntlry Idlete men could he
sent. IS A
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MORE HOT BATTLEs
A demist h (rem London. y The
following of fighting It Lady'
smit h have been reeeived. •
"Thnratin y 2 40 p -- On Ittai unlit y
some of t he Wit sh gene were, folio, Iv
placed in ti better ponitinn. the naval
brigade getting three of t Power
furs quick-firea on n high ti tee elope
n he western aide rif the t .en The
liners alan ttragged rine of their forty
The 118r I Mee Mewl% 44 Kona E1101.4“1
to
A despatch from London. says -
There wan an extraordinary military
parade at Altlernhot on Monday, when
fifteen traction engines find forty
trucks Were inspected preview' to their
departure far South Africa.
A stretch of Randy rocky road wax
selected for the tests, and gave an ex-
cellent chance to observe the point.
ot the enginem. A steep ditch end
banks two and three feet high were
Rarely traverned Though at timen the
wheele Rank axle deep, other eng.nes
milled out the helpletini
The Duke of Connaught and Princes
1,,,i1O4 and Victor Napoleon attended
the trialm, and were inunh pleased
with the result,
Twenty-feur of these enginen will be
denpatehed to South Attlee.
EAGLE:CARRIES OFF A BABY.
1.neremil lbe World le be teemed la lbe
Otiaa,a Iller.
A deepatch from Ottawa, says: - It
IR Mated OW at the opening of next
RAO Alan the erection of the largent
wiper mill in the world will bet begun
The mill will he located I t het Ottawa
valley. it In underntood, on the Gatin-
eau, and it will have a rapacity of be
tween 500 and 600 tone per day The
machinery. mom of which ban been
ordered, end n great pert already com-
pleted. in of Atnerienn make. and int In
every reepeet of the mont scientific
and modern manufneture The pro-
duce of the mill will include lerinkt and
newapaper. fine paper. manila paper,
and blenched nulphite paper for ruling
When running at full time, the mill
will employ from 1,1100 to 2,000 work-
men. and the noel of its entahlIshment
will be between $5,000,000 and $6,000,-,
oon I t in 'meet ett by the promotera
of 1 he Reborn., that the tvill be In
opera I ion by nest ant umn. Teri t leh
napital IR behind the enterprine
Negotiationa are on foot for acquir-
ing 11.1100 miles of apruee limita on the
Upper Gatineau with a view le elm -
plying the prnpneed mill with rsw ma-
terial
•
One of the burglars ordered Miss
Humphrey to remove the tinge from
her fingers. She eamfdled with the re-
quest, but after look ng at them he
said they were no good, and gave them
back to her again.
RICHES OF THE YUKON.
Some Experience* sr Itteelr. et the
Iletinie41 roller.
COlonei Steele, recently returned
from the Yukau, speaks in the highest
'ere:wet the conditions! and. proapeets
of: that attractive distriet.
Among the features to be espeolully
noted are -the Introduction of ma-
ehinery, the reimpletion of the tele-
graph line to Dawson City, and the
general Improvement of the latter
city.
On the boat front Skitguay to Seattle
there were one millioe dollars In gold
while ono young main was in poasessinq
of one hundred and fifty pounds of
gold dust, Albeit is worth twit
d red doll1ars a pound,
Da NV 900 ell y , Col. Steele sayn, had
been rebuilt after the tire, and the new
I.uiltlingts were of a more substantial
eltarneter than those which had been
destroyed. Moreover, the place had
been druined upon the initiative of the
city council, and the city was to -day ati
dry as a modern city. Then, too, sever-
al large atores had Mien put up, uotably
by the Alaska Exoloration Company,
the North American Trull/M/0f t at toll
1.•••••1
WeNp1.11 14. Asa on the 4I'ml,e Places.
n Mbeel.
A desestioh front Paris, an y i4 -The
le hamlet ot Houee, niturited
vvild spot twenty miles (rem N a t
an altitude of 800 yards, has been
thrown Into connternation because a
leiby bee been can tee off by an eagle
The vireo** of I ho baby had planed it
in a needle under the /Metter of a shed
before going to work in the fieltie The
eagle had been ottherved hovering over
the village for WIMP days, anti last
week tarried oft n nmall pig from be
name farmyard A eliepherd RR t he
Writ nedip down rind rig° again with
tem eMItt. in it .1 1V, hilt he wastoo
far eff to interfere The roekm near
flow., where it wen supposed the eagle
had lin eyrie have been t horougbly
pea retool. but no trace of the beady hat.
iiieen found
DISEASE -STRICKEN SHIPS.
Coanpeny, and the Alaska Commercial
Omni/any, which were as good ILEI many
to be aeon In any city. The only thing
tacking in the way of food
were vegeteblea. whieb (mold only be
obtained in canned form, Patices had
lowered very much lately, a better
C lcaa of people were coming to the city,
and, geneially, it might be said that
t lie Dawson y of t ieday wart vete ly
better thuti it was a few days ago
There were a fire depertmere, tour
newapapers, and most of the featuren
and institutions whinh go to make up
utodern oily. 'file people were or-
derly. Twelve of the Mounted Police
ilia pollee duty, while t officers act -
tat as magistrates.
Col. Steele hact (Marge of the 110818
(rti t he amount, during t he rush of
thirt y thousand peoMe into the noun-
ry After hat he took charge of the
police in the Yukon district, and last
y.st emu bliaired all it s posts by caus-
ing quarter.. to be built thirty miles
apart from Daweon to the comet, a din --
intuit, of six hundred miles. The pollee
ain the mail service bat year -a pure-
ly volu-ntary undertaking. More than
mime 1110 mall had been run out to
rake Benner five hundred 'and 1*A-
tyl miles from Dawson, in eight derail,
reerviee gave great malefaction.
With regard to the output of gold,
Ool. Steele remarked that in some of
the oreeka, what was aupposed to be
bed -rock, turned out not to be such,
tind nialiaret eddied were at one time
sold toe five hundred dollars are now
bringing ten thousend dollars. El
Doted° and Bonanza had been the
greetere producers in the history of
mining ; Over three hundred t LK/OEM.(1d
dollars having been taken out on some
of the statute during the winter. Per -
'severing men kept on nt doubtful
claims until they found the pay streak,
when their reward was eunple.
ON A DESOLATE ISLAND.
One Itesebr. net. tiler AI 41..,
1.1 settee Vever.
A despatch from Vancouver, retire ''s
Two ships with a ghasitly record of
de:11bn since they net sail for Victoria
port, arrived on Monday The barque
Oariolinus, from Panama to Victoria,
to lend salmon, reached quarantine
Maly -eight days out. Fifteen men
died abeard of yellow fever Ten dap,
nut of Pnnarost, len men were sudden-
ly seized and died The ship put back
and sterted with. a fresh crew, and
five more died. in ri few data ai Rea
See is now being thoroughly furni-
geted
'nut Riatieh ship Erten Valley text on
the voyage from England, Iwo mates.
tier piewarti, and seven of her crow.
The naptaln•o wife and the captain
now en hoard, ere Amid to he dying
Thirty ream'. 1 natIllets 08
Labender 4 eml.
A deepatch from st John's. Nfld.,
nap; --The nteanuer Labrador, which
han just arrived here from a trip along
the Labrador coast. reports that a fish-
ing crew of thirty people are on a de -
notate inland off the northern seetiqn
of the coast. where they have beep vir-
tually abandoned for some time owing
t he foot that the Instructions for a
vensel to bring them down miscarried.
A (penal steamer be sent
promptly to their aesistance or they
will perk!) from cold and hunger dur-
ing the ooming winter
FOUNDERED WITH TEN MEN.
teteeesier VlIblett Vrent le Qe4/41/MM Wreck
ts iiteates.
A despat h from St John's, Nfld.,
mays A (moat mg schooner hailing
from the Newfoundland shore, near
Rolle Init., which went to the wreck
of the British ateamer ecoternan,
siratte Belle Isle, hash not es
tnrnOti, anti has beet] meeting since
about September 28 it is believed
t lett abe foundered with a orew 041 ten
te011, Raven of whom wore mantled
wen families They belonged to the
nett lement of Oriquette, whit% thee
erect 'catty depopulated Of adelt male*.
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