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THUR:DAY, OCT. 26, 1899.
• WEA{ BOSS (GOVERNMENT.
Da%okMen will have to oto hie oven
fighting, and as wtll'flod opposed to
hlsatthe best equipped force that
Britain bas ever seat Into the Geld.
1t may tab weeks, It may take
months to maks the regiment of the
Transvaal Doers etre for mere/. bat the
htatorlaae will narrate that the Trans-
vaal and the Orange Free Mate were
annexed to' the British Ratline when
Salisbury was Praeger and Chamber -
TW Ontario Cabinet has been ructrem lain was Secretary of State for the
strtaglsd on the following barb : Colossi**.
Neater and Prot Meal Treasurer -
HOW li 6. W.
Rut a EDITORIAL NOTES.
Attwke•y;'llemOsrai-Hui(. J. Y. Gltr.
TOR TRRATRE OF Tilt WAR.
In 1#96 the popalatlau of the Trees -
veal Looe given as 249.879. of which
only 160.000 were whites* TM popu-
lation at Ib. Orange nab Mate was
77.716 whites and 129.787 blacks.
Leos than half of the white .opale-
tlon of either otnthtry are MOM,
:mg -1 The death of Lord Tsrrer means
Minister of Ed cathowt-Flue. Richard the Ices of one of the ablest detead-
Harcourt.
Minister of egriouJture-Host. John era
01 the Freeyears d Trade policy. He was
Dryden.
(umm►~dotter of Crewe LHn.IsrH4 1
E. J. Davis. Sir Louie Davies is courting
Provincial Secretary -Ilion. J. IL home after arrwnglas for a
Str nlet temporary Alaskan boundary, which
Waiter of Public Works -Hat. F. i L not anywhere near what he
R. eekri Latchford. portfolio- 1i . •- deems to be the true boundary. Then
Mlnlsters wlarro nd Wm. Harty.
Merin. J. T. Oarraw and I are more exciting subjects to occupy.
It will be obeerved that B. John the attention of Britlah oftlolals just
Dryden. Minister of Agriculture. lathe
only member of the Government who
retains his old portfolio. In saturnine
the respme1biI1tjes of the Premiership,
Han. 0. W. Ross could not In juatice na
himself retain the oontrol of such a
laborious department as that of Edu-
cation. solos takes the Treasurership.
exchanging with Hon. Mr. Harcourt,
who was at one time a school Ir-
epector and who has a thorough under-
standing of the school system. Hon.
J. 11. ()Ibsen Iscome. Attorney -General.
At one time It used to be a matter
of complaint that there were too
many lawyers in the Ontario Hover..
sent. but the retirement of Sir Oliver
Mowat and Hon. Mr. Hardy. followtag
the deaths of Hon. Messrs. Pardee and
Fraser, Inas changed all that. Mr.
Stratton takes the Provincial Secret
taryshlp. and Mr. Davis follows the
same line Of promotion tl•4tjIr. Hardy
std Mr. Gibson successively took.
earning their spurs In the Secretary's
Department. and then going to the
Crown Lunda Mr. Latchford. one of
new mets. becomes Minister of Public
W011111. bad Berra liaesuer uui Herm
will • remain , In the Government as
Ministers without portfolio. it is Ii -
timated that there will be many
cltnnges In the distribution of the sue.
departments, the general aim t:eing
to relieve the now Pernaer of too much
routine work. That is goo.l polities.
now.
Aasusnityt that with lanfinss for
three years the white population of
the two countries will aggregate 300,-
000
100:000 and that half the people are Boers,
we have perhaps 40.000 full-grown
men from which the enemy may draw.
Tu this masa int added a considerable
force of mtives who will be drawn
to the Boer stauilltrd. If the enemy
caul muster 50,00 men they will
pretty well mamma their resource..
Rua 'of the conceit that they are
Gordra chosen people. an'1 oasis .l by thztr
magnification of vlctory at Majuba
QIQ, the Boers are tweeting un meet-
ing great odds with wooers. An easy
victory or two, even over R very stall
Lorca would cause great elation uud
would make them still mon confident.
A crushing defeat would land to dor
abuse their minds. As It is, for a time
they will probably enjoy an advan
tage-
The Dominion Government reports a
tlet•rease of the public debt amounting
to $1,247,593 in September. If we
could keep that up for five or ten
years, It would be poslble to make
Canada a very attractive place to
live in. one of Its chief recommsda-
tlans being the lightness of taxation.
• ARIBA V IRUNIQUK CAVO.
In peace there's nothing so becomes
a man
As modest sttlhheem and humility'.
But when the blast of war blows in
your ear%
Thea imitate the action of the tiger.
Staten the chews ; summon up the
blood;
Degrees fair nature with hard-hev-
Ored ra
On ! On! yetlae{, t English.
Whose blood has come from fathers
of war proof -
Fathers wh4 like so many Alexanders.
Have in these parts from morn till
even fought.
And sheathed their sword.. for lack of
argument#
The ultimatum delivered by this
Tran.vaal Oorernment yesterday
makes war inevitable- We had hoped
that President Kruger would modify
his attitude, and concede enough, a so
TAR THE TALI
OF OLD LONDON.
British People Proud of
Their Noble Army.
Then is what railway men call a
ear -famine thre ughout the ooaneri-;
In the Northwest. that is always ex-
pected at this time of the year, for
all the can that can be got are needed
to more the grain to market. But
then is a scarcity of can 1n Ontario
as well. for vast quantities of goods
are being distributed to honk points
and tient to the Northwest.
Premier Row' offer of oontlnnoue
pay and reinstatement In office to
any of the Ontario civil servaate who
may go out with the Canadian Tranr-
veal contingent is a very liberal one
But It is probable that no special
induce -Menem will be requlree na ee•ure
the complement of picked melt of
at the kat moment. to make the pre`
esrfratwn of peace possib * But he Is
a stubborn old man. the idol oil a stub-
born. eonrageons and somewhat fan -
*Veal people. who w;11 sacrifice their
lives rather than yleld one jot of what
they deter to he their just rthta The
policy of MY. ('hamberla,ln and his
colleagues b the British Government
will have to be estimated by the his-
torians. years after the event When
Britain has drawn the sword. the
time for argument about the rlgitk.-
eewshem of her cause L pant,
Her duty is to win•, The duty
of her people is to furnish men
and money and war material. and
to support the Government to
the bitter end of the struggle. 11
the sole parties to the oonfllct are
the British en one side and the Dutch
m the other, the former are so vasty
s perkor in every element of strength
that the end of the war can he fore-
seen from the beginning. The Repub-
lics of the Transvaal and the Orange
Free State will be wiped off the map,
and an unbroken BriWh territory wlli
extend from the Cape of Guod Hope to
the northern Verdi of khoddeala.
But will the fighting be nonflnead to
the Brltlsh and the Boers? Colonel
Denison. of Toronto. eye .'the terms
of the ultimatum which the Boer Gov-
ernment has sent to Great Britain are
so fierce and so insolent that It intuit uelayel.
be regarded as the. outcome of
arrangements between Kruger and Tarte had better pack Lis grip. He
&see he'd at the assaults of the reptile
press ; he accepted as a huge joke his
cremation In effigy by a few half-
witted and drunken rowdies; Le didn't
even feel annoyed when tyro or three
light-headed preachers dettouuced Alas ;
but this is something far different.
" Kite' of the Mall and Empire, ceases
dbcensing frills and lama and court-
a1Jpe .ter hubby and family long
enough to int a made-to-order hie
or two. She says:
Mr. Tarte Is the Jonah that will be
cast off the 8htp of the Ministry if
that Moine is to weather the political
trZm • • Does Mr. Tarte ask
leagnes to cam him overboard 7
Not mcclt. It is to be feared that he
Is destitute of the inward voice that
poweslons to South Africa, are not spoke to Jnnslt Moreover, he hal tl•e
particularly powerful. and they are noncelt to suppose that he can help
friendly to Brtatn., it is even Mated the storm_drlren mariners --for they
that they are willing to sell Delagow aheret.s#oea.offder
t rlven,d wllcretwis-linreoet
a°, to 8rlta1n for $40,000.000. and to direction of their craft.
Bot out with
sand 5.000 troop, to South Afrlea to him Into the say and let him find hie
Cadet Britain. The ~ern mast r1 own whale -it he can fled one that
Soutar Africa belong* to Germany, would stomach hire. • • • it may
.wet womanish to may en, bunt there
• powerful nation, but not one that ie one lack that Mr. Ter* has, that
would bs expected to taloa up Arms puts Lim oat of noart es a et*t,eman,
lie behest a the Dntrh Aad molest and that 15 bks laek el dlgnity. Now
THE VICTORY OF GLENCOE.
.Few persons have arty idea of the
enormous distances to be traversed
by troops going from Britain to the
Transreal, to say nothlag of the char-
,cter of the country to be penetrated.
The possesslun of Delegoa Bay would
give Britain an easy route from the
east costa at Lorenzo Marques to
Johannesburg, 396 mllea. VL the Cape
the distance 4 1,'.90 mi es.
But Britain has an easier way of
reaching the Boer country. From
Durban, Natal, rune a Yoe of rail-
way, on whlcb the first Boer attack
is likely to be made, 11 It be. not al-
ready been made. The distances from
the coast by thla route are as fo lows:
Ladysmith, a point menaced, 183 elms;
Newcastleprobably already Invest-
ed by the enemy, 268 mesa; Laing's
Nek, 300 lilies ; Johannesburg, 483
utraa ; ?retina, the Boer csp/tat, 511
mi es; Harriamlth. In the Orange Free
State, 249 mllea.
From ('ape Town to Klmber.sy, the
grant diamond mine district, and one
of the nearest towns to the Orange
Free State border on the railway from
Cape Town to Bu:uwayo, is 647 mils;
to Mafekfng It Le 870 mt:es, and to
Jobennesburg, via Mafeking, 1,014
ml:ea From Cape Town to Bloemfon-
tein, capita! of the Free State, the
distance is 760 miles.
When Mr. .1. boreal etareM recalls
that Hon. Alexander Mackenzie and
Sir Richard Cartwright preceded him
as special objects of hatred nod abuse
of the gutter' section of the Tory
press, and retleets on how lowerlem
their malice was to mirth the fahr
fame of thute two eminent eons of
Canada. he will not feel like taking
their columnist very seriously. Their
glanders are compliments to his use
-
Nines to his country.
Inoculating Troops Lpaiaat Ontario
Fever ettacks,
H08T8 OF T0LUNTIB88 OPFBB.
One Caardlaa tigers to Support 100
Me■ During the Campaign
Preachers Itch to go and %hoot
Boers--4irlef Over tlymoaa.
Loudon, Oct. 21. -War talk reigns
supreme everywhere In Ragland.
Lcondon 15 Meaning with people note.
ab:e social!y, but what Dares Lou-
don for society when troops are pi: -
lug Foto transports, and when every-
body, from Her Majesty den, you,"
" Good-bye,"
"Good luck to you."
The newsboys are fairly revelling
In their "'Orrfb:et slaughters," and the
ordinary pacific stock brokers task kIl-
cssaaat.y of strategic and military
tactics.
Wocde ack 15 to have a new Prat -
office building. to Dost about $31,001.1
It should have had '.t long age. but
being "Gee r' It was pasted over
and more 1Wfgaltlmat places given
public buildings to " keep them salla`"
The business of Woodstock's Post -
office last year was: Groes resewue
$16.154: money orders hued $41,173;
money orders paid $66.x. But In
spite of the fact that the Tories need
Poet -office bulldlnp as political sops
in wall places we shalt probably have
the Tory organs declaring that the
Wo-detock Poet -oleos I. a bribe to the
renost�.auetieyt
A rad col cline.ge U going on in Jam -
a na. one that Is likely to g.r far to-
ward allaying discontent and tmprov-
rhg egt•'culturet The sugar crop is de-
cllndrrg, but the business of exporting
bananas In Increasing The novelty of
setting out orange and grape frult
trees in regular groves and building
ttiem,from the beat trees hoe been re-
sorted 'to with enorwraging remelts.
C'ho'ice tar'eties of pineapples Irom
Fior:4a linve been introduced and
given gad satufactlot,. The Agricul-
tural Society a the colony predicts
that the depression has reached Its
lowest point and that the condeticn
es 1 kelt' to Improve very much,
The lerand Trunk Rahway is doing
pretty well thele days. The net traffic
receipts for the halt year ended June
80th were 2684.978. rand the ampere
over net revenue charges was Lim. -
404.
186:
404, enabling the Directors to pay a
4 per cent. dividend on the giutranteel
stock, and 1 per cent. on the first
preference stock. The gain over th.
corresponding half year of 18914 was
229.752. Speaking of the new Vic -
torte Bridge. Sir Charles Rivers Wil-
lem eompllmentod Mr. Joseph Hobson+
the Company's chief engineer. and
stated that th. ruling high price of
Iron would necessitate the postprxie-
ment of Improvements that could be
father, has reslui d lite bachelor
nooks of living.
NOTES.
T, j;1M , f't1�Os of Wales has wwaMd,
oussldetakjp Oi]111metN of late be elate
two kh date, quite uoutrary
The C� High cummtwkrfwr,
Lord ettatthataa and Mount Royal.
Its a to for the Lord RsoDor-
stile of University of Aberdeen.
vacated by the Marquis of Heatley.
(hu1didaoy M bks ewe is tantamount
to au election.
The appotatinent of Mkt~ Munro ter,
the pastorate of the Brotherton
Cburoh L believed to be the first
Inatome in England of such a pro -
Tis Loudon authorities have deet i-
ai upon the novel municipal step of
devoting 210,1X10 b the eretaloa of
a building to shelter families whose
Women are to promise of dlehtl•• tea
after outbreak, of Infection' , ti„..are.
THE GLE'NCOE FIGHT.
The news of yesterday's Lighting In
Natal mads a tremendous sensation,
and t)e pluck and dash of the King's
Royal Rifles and the Dublin Fusiliers
greatly atlsnlatee the universal en-
thusiasm. Tlh. total British force at
Camp Ceencoe, according to the re-
ports lmmedi•tely preceding the an-
nouncee.at of the engagement, 1n-
elude the Eighteenth Huasers, the
Natal, Mounted Volunteers. the First
Battalion of the Le.lceatershlre Re-
giment, the First King's Royal
ifles, the second Dublin Fusiliers,
the Devonshire Regiment. the Dor-
setehire Regiment, several companies
of mounted infantry, and three field
batteries, altogether about four
thouend row opposed the Bosr force,
which numbered twine Vieteellit ab.T.
and posalbly isaching a higher figure.
This very great diepartty between the
combatsnts give an additional ele-
ment of faaclnatlon to the history of
the day.
1NOCLVATI3'Iti THE TiewiPS.
But the distance to be covered be-
fore the po'nt of dlsemberkatioxn 1s
reached is great. and the effect of such
a long voyage is somewhat demor-
alizing on a body of- landsmen. The
trip from New York to Liverpool is
only 8,540 mile.+ and Is made easily
In eight days. The trip from New
York to Cape Town. via London, is
11,245 ml!se and occupies 30 ,lay..
Such a ma voyage. followed by an-
other 1,000 miles or so by rail and
foot would be trying on new re-rults.
and would (come) caution In the for
wart movement until the men were
In good condition.
MEXICANS ANO COWBOYS.
•
Bloody Fight at a Baseball
Excursion.
Market Reports
--'OP-
The Week.
i the *shit/. se the retell trade alar
that. frill tti,� a (tett.► else i, vs
and are Maas. arOat Is afoot.
current ptices. Lseoanta with five
'centre trade are Yee, eitlatuet„rf
now and remlttant'es are pruuhtst
An active Wetness ut the gest
clubs oa►Mape to Characterise tr*,.
there. The deAraad-ler ample pedal
LEADING WHEAT MARKET* ging- MMig aperetbos met
Following are tiro closing prlwme at grfmt'd. d lahbr
being oaployd 0.d • lgmd
important wives% central to -day
Clash. 10 6 7.8
Chue�tr •' .. "' $ -- 0761-2
New Yoek............
dllllwrukee.. ... ... ... 069 1.2 -
tit. Louie ••• 068 l3-8 039 6.8
070 07174
Detroit, pad... ... 0701.4, 0 72 1-4
Detroit. whlta.. - 069
Duluth. No. 1 n'nu 0 6T 0 T1 1.8
Duluth, No. 1 hard 068 8-4066 8•d0
M hneapulis... ... ... 067
I
It Lawmen,* Me k.t.
Tu3uat04 cot. 21.-Bsoel7pte ofbushelsterm
produce were very large,
of roan. twenty-five loada of bay,
two loads of straw, several Iota
of dreamed tragi with the usual Sat-
urday's shpp.y of fruit, vegetables.
butter, .g end pou.try.
Wbest-Bed firmer, •t 72c ; white
steady at 70c to 708c, while goose
was easier at 730 to Thee.
Barley firmer : 0.000 buabela sold
at 46c to 48 1-20.
Oats easier ; 1,600 bushels sold at
ls 1-2c to 311 1-2e.
Hay firmer ; •1. $11 to $13.50 par
ton.
tttraw firm; at 68 to $8 per tun.
Drooped bogs firmer ; at $5.50 to
$6 per cwt.
Potatoes plentiful ; at 46c to 56c
Per beg -
Alike clover seed firmer ; at $670
to $7.110 for choke to fancy ; while
good No. 2 ao:d at $5.60 to $6.25 per
buabsl- Butter plentiful ; et 180 to
lac per Ib., with • few -lots of very
choles dairy to &pedal customers sold
at 25e.
Eggs firmer ; at 20e to 25c per
dews. firths sad Produce.
Tweak, Oct. 21. -Flour- Ontario
patents. In bags. 18.65 t.,. 43.75.
straight rollers. 68.85 to $8.40 ,gHw.
arisn paten*. $1 , Manitoba bakers'.
38.70. all on track at Toronto.
Wheat-On%arlo red and white.
66 1.. to 67c. north and west ; goo•••
70 to 71c. north and wast ; No. 1 Mar:,.
Inaba hard, 79 1-2c.. Toronto. and No.
1 northern at 76 le2e-
at 26t.
'0 t. --White oats auot d
weft
Barley --(looted at 42 1." to 48e. for
Na 2 west : feed barley. 85 to 86c.
Rye --Quoted at 54c. north and west.
Bras'.•C41de,adhot eNhe-wm,ltA $15
shorts at 316 in car tots. 1. o. h..
BtrkwYaat-Firm; 48c north and
60c. sada r.
Corn -Canadian. 36e. west. and
American 40e. on track here.
Farts Produce Wholesale.
Toronto. Oct. 21. -Hay. bale'( car
Iota, per tin, $8.25 to *8 75 . straw,
baled car lots, per tan, $4 to $4.50;
potatoes, ear iota per . 40e . but-
ter, choice tubs. 17 to 18c putter.
medium, tee, 13 to 14e ; butter.
dairy. Ib. rolls, 18 to 19c; butter.
creamery. Ib rolls, 22 to '28c ; but-
ter. ereemery.'boxes, 20 tis 220 ;eggs
clooh'e. new laid. 17 4s lRc . honey,
per Ib.. 9 to 10c ; turkeys. per Ib.. 10
to 12e , geese, per lb, d to 7e : ducks.
per pair. 60 to 700 , chickens. per pair.
40 to 60c.
TORONTO LIVE STOCK.
Setorfay. Oct. 21. -Export tattle.
choice. $4.65 to $4.80; export cat-
tle. light. $4.12 1.2 to $4.40; hatch -
yrs' cattle. picked tots. $4.121•'2 to
.85
too $8.40. butcher.85 ; butchers' s', good. mixed,
$8.6$
g W
$8.80; butchers'. common. $2.7', to
$8; butchers', inferior, $2.60 to
112.80 ; much cows. each $28 to $51;
bulls. beery. export. good quality,
$4.121 to $4.40: bulls. medium.
export. $8.40 to $3.65; bads goal
butchers' and exporters. mixed. $4 to
$4.12 1.2 ; stocker+. $2 to $3 ; feed-
ers heavy. $8.40 to $8.80 ; feeders,
light. $8.25 to $8.110; calves, .acb.
58 to 510; sheep. per cwt.. $3.25 to
#3.40 : s bucks. per cwt. $2.50 10
$2.75; lambs. backs. per cwt.. $8.50
to $8.75; hogs. 160 to 200 lbs. each,
31.87 1.2 ; hogs. light fats. tK : hogs.
heavy tats, $4 ; bog.. corn fed. $4 to
y11•� hogs. sows. $8 ; hogs
INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE.
Bisbee. Arizona. Oct. 28.�i. • base.
hall excursion (ruin Blame was about
to leave Nano, Mexico. yesterday a
fight started between Mexkmaa guards
and United States cowboys, and ns a
result four guards were klned and Otte
seriously wounded. An American
nanteveltyan'•was instantly killed. and
a Bisbee miner was shot through the
leg
The fight resulted from a taw un
the Mexican side of We line between
Americans and Mexicans. The guards
nttentpted to arrest the emerlcans.
who retreated towards the line. Just
before they reached the Ilse the guards
opened fire, which was promptly rc.
turned., A lively battle occurred, last.
1dI fifteen ml:etes. Over fifty elite*
were exchanged. Cowboys from this
side rushed to the aid of their Maude
and opened fire acre= the line.
Dau Burgess. a bystander. vra. seen
In the leg. and Ryan. a freighter. was
riddled with bulb* Montgomery, who
was with Ryan. la missing. One cow.
boy, Joe Rhode.. was arrested and
Jailed on the Mexican side of the line
The excitement is intense. and a
yea 221201thehrailtheassalam. . .1
COMMONS STORM QUELLED. •
('alms Angry Debaters by a Timely
Ref to the Battlefield.
Lt wken, Oct. 22. -One of the moat
impressive scene. ever .•acted .stn
Use Hoose of (Dmmals was wit near
rvi there Friday night. The Irleb
members", with Dillon anis Devitt In
Ute forefront, were offering realist -
RHOS at every step to the Govern-
ment's war policy. Their ops( avow-
als of sympathy with the Boers and
their reiterated charge that the war
was deliberately provoked, had arous-
ed the 1teroset resentment and hos-
tllty among the Mtnl.terIallstL, and
tate prooeedhhgs thneM'necl na ter-
mtate in some violent outbreak of
both sides were getting raphlly
beyond ocotrol when Oo1. Kenyon
Slaney, a Tory member with a re-
cord
cord of oam.plcoons bravery .'n fro
fleid of battle, rose and in a few
brief, stmp:a words, spoken with
profound emotion, prayed for a tree
to contention for that night out of
respect to tate dead and dying Eng
Heyman, Irishmen and Sootehmen ly-
ing on the battlefield, as well as
their gallant foes
The effect was kstantaneoua. The
clamor was sallied, and Mr. Dillon,
acknowledging the manly spirit of
Col.. Slaney'. ■peeoh, which reoog-
nlaod the valor of England's foes, ap-
pealed to the Irish members to fall
in with the suggestion.
Therm Mr. Balfour acknowledged
the generous attitude of the Irish -
melt, cued road a touching telegram
annomnclmg that General Symons, to
whose gallantry the British success
was doe, was mortally womded. The
wiolr( money for the war was then
voted, and without farther Mona
Met the Home adjourned.
Noe swift transformation from are
gry tumult and apparently Irreeon-
e
enable bitterness to solemn calm
and mutual forbearance was Indere
crtbnbty affecting and dramatic.
One of the mart curious features
of the mobilisation Iona been the ln.
oculathig of the troops against en-
teric fever. Thi. was not made com-
pubory, but the company command-
ers were hertrocted to arge the moll
to allow themselves lb -te laocelat'
evt, and mit of them eve under-
gone the orteat. AIt ougb many dif-
fer greeny as to the nttttty of the
'virus, the percentage of enteric
fever in the British ranks will be
eagerly watched by foreign military
experts. libould it turn out to be
remarkably email, It Is more than
likely that all the European troops
will be udooulated before going to
countries. untested by the enteric
germs.
The Boer tactics will probably be
to keep the British forces busy at
Mom) strongholds while .coating par.
tie) try to wreck the railways and
cut off the advanced force. from their
balite of supplies. Only in some such
tac'tic'. is then a chance that the end
will he long delayed. A single pitched
batt!. would "take the starch
out of them." Perfeet knowledge of
the country will be of great service
to the Boers In warfare of the bush-
whacking kind.
Johannesburg lbs &Imoet in the cen-
tre of the tract included In the ho.tile
eountriev. and is situated 5,883 feet
above the sen level. Its large foreign
population is frownerd'epon by a grim
fort which overtooks the city and
whose guns are ready to wreck It at
the fleet sign of revolutionary move-
ment.
mine superior power. There can bs
no doubt that Oom 1*ani Is backed by
a powerful at:On. and the indications
are that England is destined to beoame
Involved In a serious struggle. The
oampalgn may be extended to all
parts of the empire. and It le quite
pomtble that our contribution to the
Imperial forces must be ' mitlplled
many time before the erul of the
struggle is seen. South .&frim may be
ally the starting point of a campaign
which will involve the fate of every
interest wheel Rrit-on& hole dear."
What powerful mello,1 would back
Kruger? The Portuguese. whore ter-
ritory II.m to the ens( of the Britids
yon may say what Yalta: e, het the
aka arlilsh. Runde and Frame ars man wino hu rant reeadlgolty ens
emosaiass regarded as hsradutary en- never mMke'Sikh ha* *y ma really
mats of Great Britain, but saltiest et melon. pnt+I1Ittclan. You mold not
those emoted. Is is a geoid enough Carlon Yr. Tari. 111!0 dlgn417 an7
flam.ol.t tion to rink • war scow thea lame teaks owls. f.nrA
Basi Sallatsary tutu rldlceloaarheess.
Medal* seek • powsrtel amtadrnhist, There. Tarte. old boy, what do you
.mating for 'serses an sunk a .l(ght U,lrtk of ynaHalf
new 7 Ton lark
ambarrasaarat u is Medved In the Afeaty. that kltten1.8 sae at tate Male
Beath airless emegtieatt.s. s says. .lid .the Innes. bemese Isn't the
lies *, not halms that Oalemal Den- dlspnity hereof t b takes a 101 d
bums Dew rNeAtly lMsrpleMele President gtwsity to „mirk off w i, pe rtlean
iteggeee "lassileanw ' Tie doughty rawly, , veressefslly,
The railway from Durban rune
through a country that affords many
excellent points for reelatlnce. and the
Boers by seizing Leing's Nek and other
passes put themselves In a position
that will fore, the British to accept
battle at a disadvantage before an
effective blow own be struck. Could
Brltnln utilise the Delagna Bay mote,
entrance to the Boer capital would 6e
much easier. But It is not probable
tluht arrangements to do so can he
made at this sage.
PREACHERS WANT TO SHOOT.
Col. Bir Charles Edward Howard
Vincent baa officially repeated his
proposal to raise a thousand marks-
men for service in South Africa at
his non expense. He has been Inun-
dated with requests from there auxi-
nor to serve. Many of the applicants
are of gond social position, insinding
several clergymeee Tbey hail from
point. as far apart as Bombay, Hal
ilex and flan Frenciaeo A Canadian
offered Cd. Vincent to bear the en-
tire expense of one hundred men
throughout the campaign.
SORRY FOR SIMONS.
The news of the wounding of Gen.
Symons in yesterday's ongegement
WWI read with much regret in Lon -
,lam. Probably no other officer In
the British army has seem more fight -
than Sar William Pen ripsaws,ripsaws,thPenn
e oumimander d the fourth division,
ander Gen. .",lir Geo. Stewart Whyte.
Certainly none has seen more in la-
dda, and the campaigns 1n Burmah
and Zululand revealed his splen slid
qualities in the most brilliant fash-
ion. Gen. Symons was one of the
few who eaca4rld on that memorable
January morning at lsantlola, when
nearly the whole of his regiment the
gallant 4th, writhed. Thus there
le a tragic completeness 1n his vic-
tory near the scene of that massa.
CR. The ogerattona thus far seem
to show that the Orange Free State
BoeA have a etrc000gg disinclination to
fight at clow quarters. This Was
rather anticipated. The Transvaal
Boer le a rough farmer, accustomed
to live In the open air and to bivouac.
The Free State burgher lives to a
oOMfortable brick hour- and is much
Moen Metaled. •
it would also appear, as was pre-
dicted, that only tote younger burgh-
er of the Free State have reargannik,d
to the call to areas.
Storks of serious dlsaffectbn and
threatened revolution In Cape Colony
elould be taken with mnch salt There
are. of ooarso. many Dutch settlers
there, and It would be strprldng U
there were not Boer sympathisers
anteing them. But the Cape people
share enjoyed the blessings d Bfktr)ih.,
rule. and having done so well not tie
likely to crave for Boer domination.
We shale be nrprlaed If Caps Colony
does not do its share slang Its border
to make Rrftnln'a work easier.
The great dtffloult1s to be faced
may he thus summarised : Distances of
transport: maintenance of commani-
catlon with hate of supplies ; nature
of the enentry to be traversed ; elu-
siveness
o-siveness a the enemy. Fest Britain
knows Net what she le nndertakipg.
and owe In the week she will ata
are that hereafter entranee to the
Transvaal age Frei State shall be
ea easy as It k fa spy other part of
the world abate Mr ala` floats -and
that the goverbmm►t shall be as free.
A telegram air Mann received at
State Department from 11 8. Ocoenl
nudger. at Panama, Meting that an
las trreetilM W broken oat there.
are that martini Few has boot de
eared. 9'be laserwate have taken
river sttameru and have *We With
and ham Meats railroad inter. The
Ooveramsst b armhkotleg 088 tlighatch-
tag rater .teasers oath WNW.
m( foa
or t IL PorkAbe DOtt10aWM
rart
tte
Omagh Ith
nottethe beak e
ng. lf # 1110 *Ward Offlored '
120100.a
770E TO TRAITORS.
One of the problems left entirely to
Gen. tar Redeem Buller. In supreme
command. Le the panlshmeot of non-
combatants who tab part In the hos-
tilltler. The tart of distinguishing
their Maths is eery difttenit, as
comparatvely few Hoer wear a
uniform. it is said that the treat-
ment he will administer to the Oer•
man and Irish volunteert under the
Transvaal w111 not he more mere(
fat then were Von Mottke's dealings
with the Frans-Tlreurs.
A BLATHERAKITE PRESS.
The hitter antl-Brtttah feeling that
extagrl In France 1. volved In Its
extreme manifestation, by the
Heho dist Paris. which @eye : "lye shall
join to the wbbpeeed prayer that out
there beyond the wast and beyond
immense Africa. Oen. Joubert. a goal
std rocnd-shouldered General, whom
ancestors were Frenobmsn. will give
use our revenge. our heroic revenge for
Faahoda."
CGPID'9 VIQTJMf3.
Rolston of and mar-
riage mtlttply. t is noir said that
theCearewitch has fallen In Ione with
Prtncra Meagars$ of C eletteKht.
weth whom Ins law been assriesing
a gavot Mai in Sootlaad. The an -
no prem ant of the betrothal of the
Austrian Archduchess Stephanie to
Count Eisner Lan ay. former necte.
eery of the A lhrbaaay 11
Rowe, mom to be erwreet It is
maks that her sad experiences as the
ay. a the 'imperial Crown Prune
Rudolph, whore tragic deatb with
Barren= Marie V•tasera, w ea ,she If
the great resort scandals of Europe.
made her thrwongbly therested with
the formtltt.is a wart 1 Simperer
F-ranele Joseph and King Lsopoldef
Beiglatn have bola girth than *41
prosal en the wart OmskL nyay threw nip hie Wears
shortly altar Zama* oily en -
motto theaMI6 he has
sins igen p'mpsrtltg a tarot. for 1115
royal ?
{'natty aM motile* the forth.
7s08 g MvnHe of Prlaee llerle'rt pi..
march, who, .Mea the death of his
d -I
motley la circulated. as a result
tall haemes to better time for sweat
!Nara
In Manitoba bualnes§ euntluuss fu
expand. The dsmaual from the deers
(entrees is lnosasisg owing to the
gtetpr wants of the people through
hying augmented by new settler.
The lumber liminess Io active nod
mUlmea are taxed to their utmost t„
keep up with the demand. Travellers
for clothing east dry goods housemen,
usrting with Isnx1ottuoed success.
Larger orders are being placed tits
seaaom. sad advances are peid chain
fully. Trade In hardware 0111 meta
leather and baoti and shoes L, uctlh
tutu higher pale* are I;aneral y t eiu1
obtained. Remlttams from country
points are falx.
Business at Hamby,' is inure ar-
tiv•r than for sums yens lit fly
5(450n. The wholesale sales are large
and there appears to be a diaresek e
on tlhr part of retailers to have mem,
stuck,• of web .aa orte1 gue1. one"
the Iuoreesed Mlemand. The activity is
the grocery trade 4 u.ndlminl•i' ,L tee
..lemon* to the Northwest belie
large The canned gouda situation enw
linus strong, the pack of many fee
torten having fallen hebw respire.
month Then is continued activity
among manufacturers and labia k
well employed.
The more liberal deliveries of grab
have caused greater activity In wtota
ease and retail bluntest at Loathe
tide week.
Buenos wan anew as active is
some lines at Toronto. during the
first half of October than It has beau
so, far this month. The higher pries
for many lines of stap's goods have
stimulated the demand. There para
been advances of 5 4. 7 1-2 per emt
this week In bleached and enameled
ottona and other Upas of cottorised@
n number of line* a woven '.,ttr„,
goods have been advanced. Most Hass
-4 wholesale goads are actl.e end
value* an generally firm and
tnttlntslned. Remittances are rtl•
factory The local mousy market ism
easier and rates are unehmepil.
DELIRIUM TREMENS PATIENT.
Adolph Burkart Threatened Dr.
Ryerson's Life.
Toronto, Oct.23.-Adolph 0. Burkert.
No. 567 Ontario street. while suffering
from delirium tremens last evening,
mane it murderous assault {In Dr.
Ryerson. Fortunately the doctor ea
caped, and Burkart was arrested pater
on in front of Carlton Street Method.
St Church.
Burkart who has bean an alcoholic
patient of Dr. James R.M., got out of
bell about 5 o'clock yesterday after-
noon, and, atter dressing himself.
walked over to the doctor's residence.
Dr. Roes' horse and rig were stand -
ling at the door, and Burkart sprang
In and drove off at high speed. He
called at a couple of places on Carl-
ton street. and finally drew ftp in front
of Dr. Reyrsrn's residence. He rang
the bels and was admitted.
When Dr. Riverton entered the room
where Burkart wee Attlee, the latter
.prang up and told hum that he in-
tended 'to kill him. This naturally
anaww)tat alarmed the phy.tcian,,.wbo
retreated tuatara Burkart rushed
after him, threatening his life. and
making every effort to .arse Dr.
Ryer- n. Finally the medical man got
hold of a stick and gave the delirium
tremens expert a thump on the head.
width lead him aft. He then notified
the melee, hitt when they tnrned up
Burkart hnd reeoverei and gone away
!n. He was fnflowed, however. and
Ills arrest was effected as already
sated.
The ppee1eahers rnndltlota n alarmed
the pc►li a that they took hint to St
Michael's kiospltal later In the night.
WART WAS STRANGLED.
Jury Returns a Verdict in the Cam of
the Rosedale Infant.
Toronto, Oct. 21. -The inquest on
Ow body of the Infant who was found
In the Rosedale ravine on Clot. 8th was
ht to • oboe last night at No.
1 P lose
s Station, after threw witness
had he Mart. Oonseer Toner's Jury
deckled that the baby had been
strangled by *WO
unknown. and It eel
nem of the pollee to
party.
Mre. 1.
o the illefn=1741elpSCra041421616
la a
ser 7� R who Was daft s1
.haat ma ware old. was seen ae115
than glade 'Where the musty was WWI
a few Were later.
Or persona
he the bust
the guilty
01 Senors 1181,
time .he had been
Ti moa kM perm. IMo kis
Wed nn one
a
it from %W.--
Franklin.
8. -Franklin.
'uneaten le toe eahalattnn of char.
W4ri--W, it Taylor.
HK FAVORS RK('IPRO('ITY.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier to thieves
la whi omilsa.
,'-Si N Lfr41 Ismer v 141.1 tl,e es,.
oag., Board of Nada yeeterda)1 kr. 5.
S. Lyons. Predate% of the heard 2
Trade. Merediaaf Bir %liend to the
enthus:a ten bogmesa., roe tumults
Premier. he lolarnclua hewn th
out the world ligiimIOaof the br•11.aa
manner in what& he bad diu II
fife dutet of h?a high office, and
elturta to promote res /meal to
reIatuna between the two gnat Lag
L'ah.ppauJa g p•op1e'
cheer after cbeer went up aa• 6
W !if red a4.sntied to the trout of t
gallery oscrlookhlg the pit+ and 1
some tee be wee kept burs bow.
h:a acktowledgmenta When
was restored the l'renaer mud.
this ripe city of Chicago I lube
many aar$lr'ee . and ane of them
the medal weleoes witch has
been .ferried to r toy the are.
of this Eschateges That w
was altogether auszpadsst maid
that account. Deriails, all the
ap,peaiatcd, if my senores In my eat -
041 country to extend the trade reta-
t'otis flint /1011'yr' 'm between (re-
ach and the UntMd States to wIeb
reference has bees taade by Tour 1'rsi-
dent. were 10 be rewarded w th w-
ow, It would be Lbs erown'ng seem.
of nhy l!fd llentlemet. I erred not tell
you that to Manner there es no ..e4-
ment ; 11 es everyone fur hlrseelil(I d.
not find fault w1Rh this sentimeet: I
apprvcis*S le; but there 1s sotn.thi
even betters dad it is tnat Makes
ought to be mutgdly protltab d. I sr-
l!eto that if ore IthilS to establish be-
tween; (*nada 111114 118. Dated State
aitch a cureesefegieglidesta as we eagle
to hate. It width bothrelY :tw
aid
inti *Jay protlNMaof ouTr•tt 1
feel 46 Ila Board
would IiM p Worm Wm upon you
tem* YOurare en noel
absorbed by Neem, pest
we
thing.. than deo have ser
t
given aletloa wfat i am loth
to tell you. Never( mime, It Y a
pontes fact that we are good ss•
towers of yours b4t. eDominion of
(broach. Of coarse, atl.et, ales
with her lar{. pops
more of your ts than akin
aelt*sk MarkW
I.1 verpsx 4, Oct, 21.--t 12.30. )- W lets
northern spring 6s 2d; No. 1 flee. 6s
3 1-24 ; red winter. 5e 11 1-24 ; corn.
8v 81-445 ; pee.. 5s 9d; pork. pronma
western mems 52s 6d; lard. prise
western. 27. 6d; Asssrlk*an retinae
20. 6d; tallow, Atertrallsn. 27s 6d ;
Amer8MH4 good to flee, 2.5s 6d; bacon.
long clear. light. 82s 6d. heavy. 81.
6d; short clear. heavy. 8L ; ehyme%
colored. 56e; wbi ,e, 54. 6d; w sweet.,
dull; corn. quiet.
Llrerpbol-Close-•Apot wheat dull;
red winter. 5e 11 1-24 ; mrtho a
spring. 6. 2d; futures steady. Deco
5e 11 1-4d, Meech fls 5.84 May de 7 -ed;
.pot Dora 8s 8d, futures quiet. Nov.
84 7 11-84 Dec. 34 7 5-841 Jan. 8m
6 8-44 Feb. 8. 6d, Murch 8s 5 3-4d,
Ray 8.51-2d; floor, 20e.
Loudon -Close -Wheat. off comet,
Myers and .elder apart ; on passage.
easy, Sd loweerbeam shipments of
wheat to the United Kingdom are nil ;
to the continent 2.000 qrs. Maim. spot
'qutaNnti lie. Oaf Fax. Beat 19e
q
Aaus•rftgha mi;;t 18
s 8d. lour, qct
eta tJfl.. Minn.. 25. 64
ve
Weekly Review of Termite Trade
Toronto report: Trade in w8oiis
sale elrcies 0wmtrase. very .aM.faa
tory end valoa, M warty all staple
ddenreerarels 'trona.� Hides owingand skimisire
to scarcity
and an active demand. There is a
good :sinned for general armories
and provialme, with values well dale -
tetrad. More inquiry from the Melt-
ed States for Canada fleece wool is
reported, with buyer. and .ellen
apart, and the wool le held whit
greater ocafkdsmoe. The sorting trade
in dry goals continues active, pot-
with.tandttt the mild. nnesaoO able
weather. The grain markets are dull.
es the enarctty of wean freight is
Interfering with exports and val-
ue!) an lower. (bontry remttt•nnes
are setisaimplory. The local money
market erate p Mead, eo firm.
On e os laChicago to that the
elose to4*y Dabember wheat was
quoted at 70 8-4e bid ; wig inn Deeem-
ber wkeat, 701-2e b14 Dane 711 -lo
asked; pate on May what 74 1.80
bid, Dale 74 6-80 ; pets s* Ikeember
Coen 808-60, sails ID 8-ee ; pals on
May corm 21 6 -lie to 118.4o, calla
818-4o.
Grain apgsaenw at (bbago to
day : (kora. 200,000 heaths. pF*Mgkt
raw oo earn, 81 -le.
Tisa rseeiple of wheat at Liver-
pool dertag the prat three days ware
811,000 kaiak Including 251.000
MINAS of Amsriean wheat. Receipts
of Dorn, 187,100 aaMle of feed.
TM0111thigo *day estimated oreritesif both:
yeatelniay, 81,11114 tad
Wroe
Help* for toilidenolla 8'7,000. Cattle
ail, 4.500, kh�st eta2,500 Tax -
ane
*111 and we.ewnf l MrtM .maitre
amino
Mon balli►beletlre~trade kings are
sat*
. War
trade
Whisk
f. a itrrrtd�
ThereIL
NMI the meant
ba▪ h
we
(bna.ltana. Neverthelems. as 1 law
saki, we are good ems5smers e4yaws.
Bat toads between me M much im-
by oart
tallft. (man we not,d by your I want i
arto ksoe,
oorne to .ch an agreement that
trade relations between 115 may be
greatly Improved ? This, lit alt
events, b what 1 desire to ane car
reed out. Whether we shell acme
pleb it rssnlns to be seen. 01 cee
thin( r am quite sere. that 1f the
Waimea Wren of CbIoago would giro
their help, the task would be Micse
paratvely may one. OeotMmmee, se
a t'anndlan, I may be permitted 10
make a ocauf.slcn to you. 1 wild
like my ooaatrry to imitate rhir,a5o
r understand it the e general M
lief in alts city the* Chicago in to
excel .very other city to the Union
and to become even larger than
New York. Well, you will not rind
fault, I am ears, U 1n Canada we
bold a somewhat similar Principle
We want to *Wei f])doogvs In Can.
ado. Perham that may M too nisch
to expect, bat 15 tie's a merchant
In taw olty who would blame us for
doentertalnlig Heat ambition 7
not sa we w111 In our of
forts, but as all s it Is a good
thing to keep in m1 -d• Goethe*
or the Board Of Tile, let me flan
the bottom Of M7 boort thank rat
for the medial wMaOme Pa
Mee ,x4erded to sad m7 taMsh
on this oewebia." folk and preen%'
ed cheers.)
TWO DROWNRD.
gad Radiag to a OoUday Rxeura lid
Int River de Loop. QaeMe-
River do Loup, Qe... OM. 20-7
terday wan trig net yamtie3 MM.
P '
0. R. White. name*of g
Bank, of Halifax ' D.see
Rev. 0. T. Harding; J. 0. m' 4
afocceof ntamt the WegeW
Raffles ; Edwin and %WaiteB ri
NOM d J. A. Jana flour mere`
MOW In *0511 yeah* to go toistando
foal
The party attempted to resell MIN
in • email canoe. wen tow lam
1101
with Os nee oeoppaata
that tees inulin was
saved Edwin Aortas a
and after great ettorti'
save the 0~1, 1181 his l
out The two bodies
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Lehr 111da
Rev. Dr. Wardens Toronto- *ib
morning relieved alearsf� from
the lflai.t.r of 1111151* 5 anawew to
Um offer of the March WOW • OM
lin, tree el ere.. With the Too
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