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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1902-3-13, Page 7are too fag 00 thin already, r your habit, is lore. Of lc,, is 1'0o tar, consult n, Persistently hat Cause, tsl,e Of Cool Liver ' causes of get. they all come ) heads: Loot- -digestion. k, if you can; oil can Or not, pulsion of Cod glance yoursc!f 1'0u can't live by it, t vu ;mit, houevt'rf on of Cod Lil'er diest cure for ass it comes of 'ork--you car,'' strong, Without ate. at Ot or �J ell J` ltv,�• o. J' all drugglate. 11ANene. SMTATR OR RI'' l n it la. Rend den, r wet ear Irian her n sebenge and le, •- 0. (',nada. MTS. TRADE meek', The Patent l'omoans, Pyo,;,., CTRIC CONN meatier sail .11 reale Me.lwevests and slop b ier toltet a... u. mfsrtlarr,� er•eaoetb•nl .6•r, loot. ler. Rent rat' from pat. afuerteal 'o tt14T. TH1, 1ft� i t, u,.ek Apply to -1. nt. BOERS STRIKE A BLOW; GEN. METIIUEN A PRISONER. British Lose 313 Men Guns. Peed Number 4t; Wounded, M7 - An Took Place un March 7 Between Took A11 iSritlsh Baggage. and who were aasiouo loaoerslag busi- ness matters chafe! at the unavoid- able delay. The ketrurla reports having righted Ute Mullen mall eterawer tier•!' us, trout Naples, February :.:6th, for New Yurk, hist Wednesday, Starch 5th. Thu Hardegua snoop by, but eluding rhe twuld be of no assistance, she proceeded un her court*. N 1. cleat' App....tun Erre Out. The Etruria war laying to comu.un- toat. with the North Ueriae.0 Lloyd situatuer Krouprlus Wilhelm by wire - fourterm telegraphy. But ter most -wire broke la 'overall places, end she war 1 unable to repair it uuttl the weather I had improved, when it was too late. After the acchdent the plumage of the liner was entirely uneventful, and there occurred nothing of lutenist be- yond the dally rump of the verge', wb4;it ranged from 60 to 100 knots. The Etruria will wait here fur the arrival of the Royal mail steamer Elbe, which left Southampton for Herta yeeterriuy. The Elbe will carry the fr trurta'e passengers to Euglaud, The Etruria will then be towed home by the fogy, which are now. on their way out from Liverpool for tole pow- wow. The pueeengere on the Etruria are looking Longingly toward the 'More, and waiting for to -morrow, when they to Ill Le able to land and be- owwe acquainted with Llorta and the 'eland of Fayal. 011ker anJ Sou lien flleeing-Fight tt'Inburlp end Lehteubur`--Boers hemline March 10. 4.93 p. m. --(len." tt, tlrucn nod four guns have been Tturvl by lien. 1elotrey. Methuen Wuueded. :len. Methuen was wounded In the ,uirh. Three British officers anti y men were k•iled. Five Britian pf- le,•ere and 7'3 men were wounded. tine British officer and .0U. men :ire missing. The fight In which (len. llethnen . war captured took place before .lawn on March 7th, between Win - burg and Lichtenberg, Orange lit-, ter colony. TJte Brttirh fence num- 1,.•red 1,:-'00 mea. The Boers captur- e.: all the Brltleh baggage. General tlethuen le retained as a prlw,ner. Lord Kltrhener's Oreaprtel.. !'relorla, March 8. -Saturday. 1 greatly regret to bare to rend you lard news of Methuen. Ile was mov- ing with Moe hundred mounted leen, • under Major Petrie, and throe hundred infantry, tour guns and a pout pow, (roma Wyeber•g to Lichtenberg, and ear to meet greeted, with 1,300 mounted men, at Ituvireinee Fontein to -day. Yesterday uoruing early he nue attacked by 1)elarey'r force be- ' I a w•n Twebusch and 1'*1wletknlll. The Boers charged on three riles. 'Five hundred and fifty men have ",one in at 1Warlbogs and Kraatpau. 'fairy were pursued by the lk,ers four tooter from the scene of the action. - They report that Methuen end Puree, with the game begetter, rte., were captured by Ike lkn•rr. Methnrn, -_.r►heu lase seen, war prisoner. Move no details of the casunl- l_ tiee and sugeeet delaying publien- r tion 1111 I can send definite ucwo. 1 think this sodden revival of activ- ity on the pert of I'elnery is to draw off the troops pressing De Wet." In n rtcuod despatch, dated Run - 'l. y March 9. Lord Kitchener warm "`Parts h... come 1lV-1Lt1K esus the remainder of the men. lie r • is.,rt. that the column war moving two parties. One, with the ox. e.+gone. left Tweboach at 3 a.m. The • tiler, with the mule wngonsh'tartnl I Iwur litter. Just before dawn the hoer," attacked. Before reinforce- 1,it me mold reach thein the n:.r guard broke. In the meantime u large number of Boers galloped up on Loth flank... There at flret wero checked Uy the (hulk parties, but the punto and ILimpede of lite tuulee hptl begun. and all the mule wagons, with u terrlWu mitture of utounte. iii' , rushed part the to. wagon's. Ml efforts to check them were uuavall- lag. Major Parts collected forty men and occupied a position a mile In front of the ox wagons, which were then halted. After a gallant but useless defence, the enemy rushed Into the ox wagons, turd Mcthuue was wounded In the thigh. Purtr, being eurruurated, surrendered at 10 a.m. Methuue 1r still In the Boer Then follows the number of the casnnittes, no already cabled. The killed include Litotes. 0. R. Yenping and T. P. W. Netrtanb of the 80711 Artillery, who were ball killed while eerctag their guile with came -Shut. Oen Mlethuen was the British com- mander who lend the army to the re- lief of the besieged town of Kimber- ley, in Nov., 1899. In this expedi- tion ile successfully engaged the Boers; at Belmont, Gras Pan, Molder River and Magerefonteln. The Brt- tirh worn ruccessfut is the flret three battiest', but suffered a revere defeat rt Maerwtonteftt. The Lkor com- mander at (Grad Pan war Oen. 1)e- larey, els, has now taken Gen. Me- thuen. It was atter the SMagere(on- teln doteat that Gen. Lord Roberta was sent to South Africa, where he took personal command of the Bri- tish minutes on Kimberley, and as- ■ hrted by Oen. French, relieved that place, Feb. 181h, 1900. Men Released. A. Lord Kitchener announced thtt Major Parte heel surrendered -and '.1•o telegraphed that he had reached Kralptn with the remainder of the men, It omit! mea that the Boers subaequen:ly released the Major and hitt companions. flew) In the Hawse. Loudon. March 10. -Lord Kitchen- er'd despatcher announcing the dte- aeter to General Methuea'r forces e real to troth the House of ' ( use by Lord Roberts, the Commaaker- la-Chief, and Mr. ltrolrick, the War 'eeeretary, reepctit ely. They both paki tributes to General Methuen, the former expressing 'tie apprecia- tion of M.+thuen'e succors through- out tho war, declaring; Lieu Lir tack W forcing the Boer p,sitnm at Mtg- ersfosteln Wail en almost Itnposv'lilc • Opt. 'Row rACTOtl'_ eland. tile (to et m r)s Ca E, thins nyrep nbould Mimeo Teething. 1. • th.rum•. curer wen' telly fur Diarrhoea. ONCE al'TTRIt d tube ala egg'. pe"'a: not. enema MA dr,,,/ he.t Pham, f. o. b yes,' roe hhave *apt hiss ti sa A. /tooth, 41 Xlrh • NAM- -0Ne or THa Lagoa. Pehissila, .. llauitrton on two rail otu.h le to from hold in one iar,el >•� .,'ria l[ emit par mrd hamate Addeo., u. Iwo era 4. • Wisps. 4144 1044 taeo. fat. Anselm., San MMus la ('alifurula , hroeterie I.be, Firs, Marro rind Aerll. Pro from other point. In ria/ sleepers sad )lea daily (rem ('Meer° t tome. a ail ,.r write n. Dm, hei1. (h -'mat Toronto, Ont. - IT1 w H"7 -1n00 teen/.,7".,r' tee . workshop and every Pod. ator, with to ,.re. hound In ,4oth . end i1 Y,4,1 think into noup, send ft hack foul •e rn'•.1 ; chi: 1. a ten..1 re_ Walton, ltrtrr. 1 oror.to, Ont. :NTION'- WANTED... 14 14 em, Ort 10 aermu or 4heetnut ; 11.4 hitch. 'h .nares. or both geld a, kne) makeupp gond good klieg tool hock le metre In tour min- t right .vary way; will A* seam: tamely ern'.. rice. P. F Alwyn, stn IfOLSEYEEPeRst Til Ithe core hatseefeandh erware lthnut the aid of ps.,ett otek.rper', deltahr A herr". "Armee ; . t jt' w tA e -s e y .cry ro.. 1' ,r et'- - name to the Mengel' ., MaaateeterereTake a--EGos TED Dater .cod t.rcamary 1 to outrightor all 'ones.,•" invent, J, RICE, w1 shat. Toronto. Ont. is Wanted in In Canada to Nell Ind gilrte. man NO re. (toed commis - CO., TonneeTO. nOOP6. JOINTS, SEAMS. LRAK6. SEATS FOR CORONATION SELLING AT13 TO £5. Single Windows Have Been let For £42. Ilrltala May Favor West India Sugar ---Duty ;lay he Abolished and Turn Indian Sugar Toward Britain --Cunard people Are Not Worrying About the Etruria -Russia Threatened With Revolutionary Out- breaks at Several Points. London, March 8. -Thea clty is al- ready Hooded with illuditrleted tttera- tnr0, pointing out the ndeantageoua view p,lnte from which the Coronet- thin parade may be wltnereied. Many mingle windows opening on balconies, at Nnrt. •• lnte ne Ludgate 11111, have •Trendy re- • _ for L1. each. Single meats in the Strand have been sold I,,r L3 to L6. Single windows. with exceptional approaches ol. the Sur- rey side, have brough73. }$penny elaborate rAans for view- rtlg the nnvnl parade are already in full swing. The demand for high- , lams Steamers Is said to exceed the ^'1PPly. Theme tour. wilt Include a Leer day cruLee about the channel. From 10 to 18 guineas are now asked ter a 'Ingle berth. to )'refer Nest India M,i*or. London, March e. -it la learned -GT' the Arsoclated Prams that the Brltleh v.'evernment Intends, in the near fu - lire, to remove the half penny per pound duty which la now impo.ed on Wert Indian sugar. Thin will M- emel the Wewt Imllne ►he relief they have demanded until the Brus.el.' convention comes In force. Between now and September. 1 **Periling to the terrors of the con- �Iat fl Ureat Britain can take any *tape skis deems advisable to eefe- t+ lntuetr . The abolition of rd the v the duty on Rest In.IYtn eager is tantnmont to giving It preferen- tial treatment over all other sugars. though tole of course, Cwosea the mo- ment the Brussels agreement be - Comes oprrativr. According to the re- prcrnntntfves of ton Irxading sugar hooses burr, the tmmnlinte effect will bo to bring the West Indian sugar, which 1. now going to Ameri- can market., to Brllinh perta. A dele- gation of,lending West Indian'', whom the Colonial Office coneultel this week on thte matter, declared that nnlees something of the kind was done, the West lnikos world be ruin- ed before the new arrangement com- menced work. %latching for the l'truria. New York, March 8.-A rpresen- tatan of Vernon Ii. Brown & Co., local agente of the Cunard line, said to -clay that no anxiety noes felt bt- .4aus° the Etruria had not been heard from store aTlo WOW- opvkrn -by Ottawa 400 milss west of Fayal en Febrwiry :'8th. The Etruria, which hall IoM both propellor and rudder, wan then to tow of the Clyde liner William Cliff, and wee being towed at the rate of from r,0 to 60 miles a day. The local Cnnartt line offlelale think the ship may not be reported 908. before Tuesday or Wednesday. ETRURlA SAFE AT AlORES. Towed Into Fayal at Six o'Clock Last Evening. PASSENGERS AND CREW WELL. f'nynl, Az.wea, March 9. -The 1onrird lino et(atmer Etruria, which eon disabled on the passage from \rw Yost for Liverpool, nrrlval here at 6 cielock thew afternoon. Tb(+ steamer anchored at 6 o'clock Ih 'evening. All on boned are well. She had a eoatparatively uneventful peta- eage except for the breakdown. wb.ch ntonrred "tering the dinner hoer of Fob. 26 1%pun Pxnntinntlon It waw fo1u.1 (hat the ahlp's propeller hod broken off outside the tetwoind that the end - der hall bees canted away b.r the prnpelter. The 1:tt erlt then went up r.rrkela, wh:ok wens 0014.3 by the Belt - tab steamer William Clift. The latter born down nal was alonged° in 66 unmans after the e,OMent. Noe .1001 by until daylllght, when. utter ser- ernl attempt. she autateelej In pass- ing n haw.e'r aboard the Etruria. The tank steamer Ottawa arrival on the eeeno at this time. The William Cliff then attempted to tow the 1:truria, while the Ottawa attempted etc steer her. The haweer, however, oneppete Tke (lttetw'a 'stool by for two days, and then left for }'eynl, bearing the wrcottd nfftner of the Rtrnrin to report the Monster mei obtain nea;lwtnnoe. , Slimed. Jury Radler. 1n the meenwh:lq the crow of the 1:Uur,n had mndn every efffort t0 reg it Jury ruttier. The fleet aitch rudder sena carrl(vl away lamerllately an at- tempt waw mate to use it. After further effort, hating for two ds yr, n eeeon'1 Jbry raider was suCCess- fully ndju'ae1, end U st111 to priwltiOn The pnawingers of the Etruria were "attacks( they were In no danger, and they prefer+ the onto/act of the cep - Lain and crew of the vowel. Atter the areident the p s'ngers enema! themeeivea with the 'tenni 'leen .poets, ani concerte were l.eld in the fleet and seated cabins. Only those re`,`04,"rw, r� r SCARE AT THE UNiYEHSiTY. An Order to Vaccinate the Students Issued. OTHER SMALLPDX CENTRES. There will be risme sore exam at the Untverstty of Toronto tblr weak and for some time alter owing to an eeforct,d vucclnatou of all the *tudente In attendance. Ou FrMuy night a'sweat lour care, which after- wards proved to be smallpox, was lile.00vereal in the permit' of "Erule" S,mpron, a fourth year Nehmen wan, who was r• moved to the rawness hospital. l'reekleu t Louden handed out the fallowing statement on Smelly night,; As a snsplclous rare, possibly small- pox, has occurred in the person of a rctenceto 1e it of the Unlverslty of Turontrd the provincial and local health and oniverrtty authorities hare carefully eooedered what steps had best be tektite In connection with the matter. attar have. decided to require that nil students nttending the unlverr4y be forthwith vacetio ated, and that laboratories In which LRITZINGER TO BE EXILEB. Life Sentence Passed on the Captured Boer Rebel. REPEALS DEATH SENTENCE. Piet. en 111s Ileltelt by the Peace and Arbitration eleaclety-iltockbeuse "'apt ured --'Phe Use u1 Ox- W sauna -Hoer N'eddlug Interrupted Groom "loos to the }stint. Berlin. March 7. -In extra edlttone of the eveulug newepaperr here hi publtrhed it report that Commandant Erttetoger twbo WAS captured by Baro, }'reoch la December. lust) was, after being tried by court-martial. cooalemued to death ; but that hie reuteuaw well commuted to banish- wl"ant for ole. Ar' result o1 a eieetleeg of the 1'eeae Arbitrate a Society, a re- quest, s •bed at behalf of We society y three tow mhers u( arIwm cut 1". A. CbaanUyg, 'lhuular Shaw, bud H. J. Wilmot, was scut to King kdwnrd, praying that clemency b, rhuwu to Oen. Kritsinger. t Hones ''sed shot I,uun. llr'Sbrou, ()resign Colony, Starch 7. -1 party of Goer* tubbed u Lluck- houre oa the Frankfort leve, and were euecess(ul la effecting ite eupt ire Ar wort people knew, the Muck - homier are louphnled to allow the M- u tates to dlr:ltargu theirrifler with a wiotneum of risk to themeeltee, 'tau aperture being .o mama that tbu chanuo of a rlfbe bullet hitteug the marksman' it cwrrespoudingly 4Wall. lartead of usutg slue., howesee, the Boers ured shotguns firing N 8 shut, which, aoattertng, invade. found the open space ant did condi arable damage to the little garr4 sea. No Oa ; No Oa-t%'ague. Tafelkop, Orange River Colony, Margb 7. -The English papers lately arrived appear to gloat over the abolition of the ox-wagua with the lag with Deeember exceeded the ow- pendltgr. by $180,000, the harg.wt Item of expenditure heing for wluea 'hon, $60,000, and the largest it,•m of revenue, the Customs. $:105.000. pilaw peace W uverlapplug the area of war ba further rhuwu by the feet that Canada, Auetralln, and New Zealand are supplying, at ('haw- Gerlalu's request, 100 tent re to proceed to the loaner Boer uloolwt et once, white tart ttaturday the prtnclpal of the New Brunswick Nor- mal College left Southamptou on a three years' engagement as prin- cipal of the Normal College at Prt•- toria. Yet the war perteNtis almost as vlg- orouily ne ever, though, of course, In urea gradually loosening under the blockhouse tortoni. 1)0 W el'n Drlt err. 1)rsert. tlellbron, ()rouge Colony, Mar. 9. - The natives employed as cattle drl- verr by De Wet are desertlug whole - /tale to escape the terrible experience of being compelled to drive their beetle of cattle agalnat the nun 01 btoekhuure fencer In order to clear It, and rho enable the Boers to break through. '1 he ''ape Rebel.. Joluannesburg, March 9. -To what exleitt the two extinct ltepubHe have been indebted to the Cape Cul oily fur actual as4Jrtence has loth• ere been uuujeutural. Tine nutuber ut Cape Colunletr who at Various + timer have Julucd 111e enemy has been van" burly estimated. Thu exact figures compiled to,the end el -November lust 'show an appalling total of over 11,- 000 men. Some districts have given Invisibly to tee rncwy. Wudeliuse, fur lu- etuuce, the rent of Sir. J. X. Wert. WW1, Woe time peace euvuy to ..ng• Mild, produced 1,0.7 reticle, or a bittlu wore than huff the number of regtrtered voter. fur that dietriet. Al the head of the list comes AllWal North, neat of Mr. Sauer, ulmu some time peace envoy to Englund, were than tier entire voting etrength rue lying to the Krugerhau banner. 'Hese figures Blow the exact number whu:h were kuowu to have joined the eucmy up to Novewteer, :'Olh, 1901: Name of Province. Western (including Cape Town)... ., 48 Northwestern (this figure is rluoo believed to hate been lacrea.ed to o50)... ... ..: 180 Midianite .... Southeastern... ... ... .,. ... theastcr0... ... ... ... ... 1,274 80 1,819 ael01 Paletic taur1 ....... ... 11 Orlyuntrue! West ... ... ... ... ... 2,401 814 597 906 Kenhardt....» s. 11"ehuctatlaand... • BIG STRIKE IN BOSTON; 10,000 MEN INVOLVED. Brave Engineer Gets Gold Medals for Life Saving. Rescued Four Wunien 1 mom Death by Fire Three Newspaper Men Woo nod by a stoat Copsleing Iwo Indian Territory 'len Fight in ■ Saloon and Both Are Kt1IiJ -A Schuul-macer Who Makes a Record in Flogging Pupils. Boston, M,talm., March 10. -The etrlke of mho freight handleris of this city, Which, according to votes passed by limo labor un'tee yesterday threat- ens to 4ivolce 10,000 men, was be- gun early to -day. Tho tears drh•err' 1311100 embr:t.cing ubouL 0,000 'nen ltd otf. Other unions followed and the utilisers claim teat by to -night fully 10.000 will bo out. The ■trlkegrows out of the Brine Tranrportatlon CcrtnPady'r trouble with Its team- sters, which began several weeks ago. but was precipitated by the refusal oo Baturday of members of too Freight Haallerr' Unions to take earn of merchaadlme cartel by von - imam teamsters employed be the Brine Company. A targe force of po• Ike te on duty to prevent disturb. 4(800.3. The Team '1/serene Union embraces nearly all the drivers hand - Log freight in the city. TJie New York, New Halon and Harttbrd Ratt- raul ant the 11oetoa and Albany Breech of (1w New York Central Road aro moot directly* involve," to- day, the Freight- ' Hanttlera' Union, 8,5_1' which began the fight Sat- urday by calling out' about (i00 note. beteg made up mainly, of men from these two roads. • Atbltralion Offered. In view of the threatening aspect of the strike, the State Board of Ar- bitration- early to-dsy placed Ite.0 In touch with all concerned In the trouble The member'. of the Board did not Ponertl their opinion that the situation watt grave ani• that ' the prompted of a porkies contort wax unmistnknble. Tho efteot of the atrlke war ap- parent early In the day, wheu the absence of teaming began to be noticeable. As the forenoon passed, however, there was no lege of dem- onatratlon by the etrikrrs. It wets learned thin forenoon that the newspapers are exempt from the _-01_-. the ttutnuttera And their paper will Ise - nal, the mime at' talc anal public suppliesloetito ho I- tioas. Bravery Itreognlzed: Kokomo, Ind., March 10. -The City Council had voted a gold mmedal to }sunk Wyatt, a Pan -Handle Rail- road englueer, for bravery. The local lodger ut the Order of Odd Fellows and Red Mon gleno voted medals and ouch to bion, although Wyatt 1s not a member of either otder. Wyatt lett bpd engine at three nat- ural gee e\plorlond last week Undcar- rteil four women out of burning belitt- le"rustling through a mars of flames to rescue them. The women were: Mev. Ida Achay, Mr.. E Phil- lips, Mrs. Mary Barrington and lira. Mary Nporgeun. late two former died of their lnlurhw, but the other.. may recover. Wyatt was Itimself badly burned In pulling one of the women from under a fallen chim- ney. Phree ,Neo 'metier Men Drewneb. Everett, Waldo.,., Murch 10. -Frank Church and 11. O. Jacob'', advertising men of the Daily Jtecord, were drowned by the enp tang of airmail Croat In a squall. John Costello, a boy, war rerecuotl. As the boats overturned all managed to cling to the gunwale, young Church cheering hie' companions, Moon Jacobs re- leased his bold, Church following within a few seconds. The bodies were not recovered' Two DurN'st1 Kilted. Ardmore, I. T. March 10. -In a aa• loon timer plush Springs, J. G. Green and James McGee quµ rrelled, and In the fight that folkifted both `men were killed. Schoolmaster Makes a Record. Menchmetor, Conn , March 11. -Pro• fewior le A. Lillie. mudoale principal of the Eighth District School. Iart week made a ;more for clhasllse- ments. The list wan 49 punishments Irl 3T minutes, including ruler beatomstnand general drubbings. The pu• pled voted to run after a minstrel parade, and when the bell rang for school to begin only a few were pre. sent. Prof. Lillie bided his time till the Inst straggling one returned Then there war an lntereeting executive 1 be drNverell as w- !Polon to the basement anti. the I great record wee mute Prof. Lillie jdries tpreesiveiy Irl tote choir of the `ConeerMetlonal Church and Is a great !!!!! router fpr the Hartford ('lub. He }cM.tleoa mita with a rubber hose. CANADIANS' BIG FIND. SH!ED-BOER MkfiAZINL MAJOR 1. W. 1. WALLER, Charged With Inhuman Torture of Filipino Prisoners. HON. DAVID WARk, Oldest Canadain Senator, Who Was 98 on Feb.I9th the rodent he question worked be properly fumigated , awl to expedite this end vaccinators will nttead at the'oolvermtty and all affiliated in- etltutlons for such purpose at hours .0 be hereafter appolntef. t'Sbgnedl P.- E8rrrcEbar MIs *heard, a lf. Jame a .uncleao�'t11am Odrtitt. AfmiPn hail been ennlptatntng for a week, nod on }'rtdayy bight. bad lilts dinner In the university dining hall. He had been mingling with the stu- dents up to Ute time of ole removal, nt 8 o'clock to the isolation bospltal. On 8rttnr'tlay afternoon. Simpson was removal from the Isolation Ifoepbtal to the Soles tbttage Hoe- pitnl, w''cre smallpox cases alone are treated. The case, which had been under observation since Fri- day night, was diagnosed as small- pox by the attending physician. - Birtgosnn roomed on feabella street end took hie meals at the University. The ambulance took him from Isa- bella street, , The house nn Isabella street Inns not yet been gaatnntlned'. &intnllpnx on Heard. St, John, N. 11., March Q. -The Lake Mield a arrived thls Morning from the Igoe • F' -her titnl.len voynge. the rettett -1.'h. 2Y for 8t: John and coaled at Barry. Two eases of m reillevie were ,aboard. Smallpox of Aurora. Tlere ere said to be ,ix cent' of smallpox In Aurora. A clergyman le one of the 'lathes. • TO RAISE LAKE ERiE. Untied Siete* Want to Build a Dom at It rad of Nla:ere. Washington, 11. C., March 9. -The Committee 00 Rivers and Harbors Po- teh"tl It. bill Saturday afternoon, and it wIli bo reported to the House on Monday,-Arnoag the general price Wong of the, bill 1s one which restated to the teion g .4 n dam morons the Niagara !fiver nt the outlet of Lake Erle. The bill provl.tcr for too formation of as international commission to bo com- pose.) of three members from the United State* nal three from the government of (trent Britain, to reprrhent the. Dominion of C'alwda. 1R 00 event of Great Britain aa0- ce'pttot the Invltatlon, the Prete- (leat 1t' authorized to Appoint one United (States engineer. one civil eu- glneer, newt one Inwver am commie- eamrrt from ton United States. The proposltioa Is to rake the waster tw.t or throe feet nbnve the Mw -water level of the lake That will glop the InmreneM depth to ell the porta of Lek"' Fete es far nest, it is believed, as the Detroit Riser. cotumne. This "allot - lOu ie. how- ever, baited oo a (Mob idea of the intuit tan). The ox -wagon uee nut ac- company the motile cunt,but Is parktd at a point from w • night marehee eau hest be made. 11 the costume had els to envoy with .0 days' supplier It count_ emaln out for a month without ret sting to perm:went depots. for it, we traneport can carry nearly ten d. r' food. The abolition uI the ox tr port. however, prevents this, and th column must return to the blockhouse lino oftener. It ti,, however, only fair to the military authorttice to elate that the abolition of the ox -wagon with flghling colutmir t. duo to the mar - city of oxoo. �• , A aces Wedding. AmOterdnnn, March 7. -The follow- hiig Interesting contribution to the hbtory of the wet appears In the lace1 pnpera. It is the nlory of a Boer marriage 1n war time. "Re were on commando outside Lidley,' *eye the narrator, "when a young Boer came to me with a re- quelrt for pine. I asked him what he re utrod them for, but gladly gave him my available rwtpply of n.ellcal safety pins when he toltt me (hat he wile to be married in the morninit�t� tun" that h'.o Orkin had no thread handy for her costume. "You should have seen that wel- ding t The young couple were 'vetting for Joy' among the rains of n home- stead. The bride wore to white gown pieced together with safety pins. The gloom wtta appareled to an-neelent suit of broadcloth (p?Obabty looted trent a entailer man, and that a loyal Britblltee) ; his tri„nears and sleeves were quite three Inches too sport, hut a pnlr or dancing pumps and a red tin made up for ell atiorteominga "The nuptial eanquet Onndletea of a fried pig deemed with 'mettle' pap,' etel Kaffir Leer waw the wine. tiering the moll our people were fighting, fiercely two meets off, but a veldt har- monium drowned the more dlatnnt mow 'Staklenly the merry nw0embly was interrupted by a me+n.enger from 11e - Wet, who mime with the Summon, 'ton 1 every available man was to go out no .reinforcement.' The groom obeyed with alacrity, and went out. nw 'a reinloroementa' "Next morning, hol*ever, when he come to reclaim his bride, he found. much to Kw chnp(rin, tont the BrItboli had culled et the farm overnight anal rammed her for 'eoacentrntlon,' " London. Mnrrh 9.-Tn-day's Bloem- fontcln rahlegrems show that dn- spite the warblk• dl*tnr nrrs, the Orange River Colony hair enceeeelrvl In e.. far re-ostaMlehing !feelf that the revenue for the sex months end - Beller ,1 tg have joined shoe compliatien of i:eturn... -. 400 Orand total of 7ebels... 11,8)8 it W worthy of remnrk that. the electoral Metrlots repre*ente.d by Bund members to ked rh H on an aver age three rebels for' every one who neural from cottetltuetielea reprelient- el by Progrereives, \ N. Melt Proal the Queeen. Copenhagen, 'Mare% 9. -At a ra eet- ng of the United BreweriesC'ompany Wee etnnounced that tauten-.eleven- had .elexan- 11 4 graolut sly acotpted_a gift of 1, )0 bottler of Crown melt extract, ma ufnotnred by the King's Brew- ery-, Copenhagen. for dlstrlbutlun am those invalided 1n the war. A card ... ring the Inscription, "A gift fr „ 1ler Majorty, with best wimples f n epeedy recovery,' ac - compete • ench bottle. "P. Kru4te fres. /'ape Colony." London, Mn 8.-.t. cOrtespondent writes the Sta . rd stating that it friend of h41 fou 1 In the ruing of n factory nadir Fret ria a small statu- ette of Mr. Krug' On the base of lhtr_slatuelLtwho_ was of terra- cotta ware, wore the ords,TiilluT88 "P. K rug,r, Prentder. 01 t'ape Vet- ony." The factor), lei apparently been largely, if not cull Iy, devoted to the mauufastnre our t • statu- e'ttee, nohlm ton correagrond , 1, and It is very eitnttb:tnt lint it 1 been blown up by the iolerw before tar t.d= cup:atiou of Pretoria. a. • Grea ' Quantities of Stores and munition Taken. A Maxim (Bun, heliograph Telegraph, Etc., In the Cache -Natal Resolves en Compulsory Milker Servke--K110de1 Rumors Rather Conflicting Chinese Rebels Ilialway In Kwang-SI--Looting end BurnOng Villages, T.ocdon, March 8. -Lord Kitolteiae la n despatch front Pretoria, dated tottnY. report's the discovery of a Boor magazine In 0 cave northeast- ward of Rietz {Orange River Colony), r containing 510,000 rounds of rifle nrumunittou, hundreds of uholld and fumes, 1:00 pounds of powder, a.Haxtm gun, helios, field telegraphs anti quantities of stored. Thirty-flve Boers have been captured in the same neighborhood 11We March 4. The magnttue was diet:overel by Canadian /scouts, commanded by Col- onet Rose. a 14hodra (11; Ithodr. Kill. Lond0tt. Match 8,-Wbilo private telegrahte from Cape Town tu-day report that Cecil Rhoden is la a critical condition, the officials here of the "British Chartered South Af- rica Company say Mr. 1(hooioe Is con- ocltng hie buolttesr correeponelenoe usual. In two' caWo despatched etved from Mr. Rhodes this morn - lag hie Illness was not mentioned. )he Keeng-al Itebrtn. • hong, March 8. -The inwaug- 81 rebe have reached Kai-Uhou, it town 80 miles from Kwaog-Ction- •Yuan. T1 ■urprlseJ the local mate- dartna, over were" the garrison and released the'prisooers, who joined the rebellion. It is reported that the member* of too Trial Secrettety have loinoe1 Itr mhgo rebelsvlllalges. and aro k tog and burn - military MussetrviceServe the` tate. Pietermaritzburg, Naim!# March 8. - le Tho Natal Legislature hal adopted a resolution In favor of oompuleory , + POPULATI BY SEXES. Prelates 1a to.} Mere $ante. 1 hal Ontario. The Cellitua Arty bi'ifletln No. 6, to whisk WWI* 'Athol 'Atlun of Canada is claimed aimording to sexes moil ounjugnl condition, hoe latter term being need to asp tbo.rcl,Mt)on of the population to t Institution 01 marrlago. ilio "F11%Frt of divorced persons Is published for Boer*' "Stow.. - Fr4.k. Landon, March 9 -Tho story of l •e recent raid by the Bores upon th concentration enmp nt )'Irterehurg was dents., by Mr. Brodrick in the Haase of ('ommnne In nnower to a question by Mr. Lloyd (ieorge. Ant 150 men left the romp to Join the enemy, for. aroor,lIng to Mr. Bron• Iteyrrs managed to get 150 men Into the camp. apparently nos refit zero, and they Induced 160 surrender eel iNurjtiers to go out Roil Joln the enemy. - Shat For Killing I'ri.oner. T.nnrb,n, unreel 9. -cabling from Ionanneeberg. the mrreepon'tent of the 11ehy Mall cites the fleet report• t'1 e'sett where itritish troopers tinve been shot for mlecoreklet. Thn eorreiq,nnMnt soya two Irre milers. who were ronvlcted by n oourt•martlel M ahonting n none at - ter lin had snrrrnarretd, wrrw eh,t test week nt Pretoria. The Metropolitan Street hnllwny Company, of Now Ynrk, haw e.ttb- Itehe•d n pension eytem far .neer- annuatel employees, .JlrltAima lin teraminatie0 et sched':)es show; that Tteral *191(n• ton was oonsidrlrorl by vomit "num• orators to Imply tee amine conditlun s divorce. Acoureingly 'tneaauree had t e het taken to prucnre to ret.lun of • very retorted case. The 'ocean of , 'tied ma1o+s Is explained by the fact tint in certain lumbering and mtnlr • .Ustricts ntarrttel men have .been c• ntegl whose faniltiem, nt the time of •numeration, wero living In 1110 Hilt .e Otates, Newfonn'llnnd and other nrmn lee. The flgttr for the Dominion and the i'ror Ince • Ontario 1'1110 Canada. Ontario. _ ,7:.1.413 1.090,041 ,460,471 1,009,487 619,518 1,01(6,108 2.768 1,014,88i Ma Ins, 1901 melee 1891 ... Verne beo, 1901 . Frannie -0 189t -.2, Single Males, ... 1901 .... .....1,74 682 single malas, „„. 11[91 - • Single remelts"' ..•`• 1901 ... .. ...... 1,063,4:t'9 Single females .... Me l 1,4b1.ti ;1 Married males ... 1901 ... ... 9131,915 677,795 098.649 6t.,1N14 31,747 ,777 Married moles ... 1891 , 790,1$6 668,060 ILarrled telltales , 1901 Married fsma)q , 906,031 688,668 1891 791,902. $82,7pe TCial(iweil ealeg' - --- 11101 - , , ..e MAW- :-69,35 - -- Wklowed mottos .. 189102,777 27,7711 W klowed- females 1001 . 150,7011-r WHO - Wbknwed females 1897 1^.9,010;"k _. 'tureen males.. reed- Teale -s, 39 . a" -' 111 322' .-". 1111 Other l'rovinees, British (` elemhle bei. 114,081 mates and 64,576 fermles. Manitoba, 118,- 832 males end 116,815 female. North -wart Territories 87,473 males and 71,497 Conning. in British Col- tunbi4 there are 80 (Premed persons, In Mani/uba lti, Its New Brunswick 80, he Nova Scotia, 91, In Prince Ed- ward Island 14, in Qtrebec 5.8, in Northwest Terrltorlea 19, Yukon 36. RUSSIAN GENERAL DISMISSED Iwmdon, Mnreh 10.-1 deepetch to the IMtly Chronicle from Berlin says that the ltussIan General, Orlb.kl, who wee rewpnn.lhle for the men - /snores at IYagnvestchensk, has been dtsmlgeetl from the ariny. Aecorling to reports of the P.bngo- Ttl.tchensk massacre abont 6 00i) Ch111e00 Were drdve0 bj lits Russians Into the Amor Meet. Resslan troop', on the bank. Nabbed or shot any who Attempted to land, anti ton elver bank was strewn with mrpspe, for miles.