HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1902-3-27, Page 7BOER LEADERS TO
MEET KJTCIIENER.
Schalkburger, Reitz and Others
Arrived in Pretoria.
Now on their Way to Kroonstadt to See Kitchener Peace Talk In the Air
What the London Papers Say Will Botha, DeWet and Detarty
Abide by Decision a --Canadian Horses for South Africa Dr. Leyda
Preparing a Counter Demonstretiul► for Coronation Day.
Brussels, March 2L-.Wccurdlug to weetbes*, (tampered by heavy rain,
It statement made by the Transvaal frightful thulderetorms and 'swollen
Legation here, Lord Kltchwier liar
received the reply of Mr. Stun and
Er. liohulkburger to the communi-
cation of 'toter recently evehauged
twtween Oreut 1trltaln and Holland.
The Boer lender! In the field refuse
to enter into negotiation". which are
not bused upon complete Boer Inde-
pendence.
It was stated !n the House of Com-
tuups 'shortly after the publication
of the Dutch note and the British
ri•ply thereto, decllntng to allow the
Hoer delegated In Europe to consult
the Boer louder. lu the field, with a
rivers, frequently lying out In this
sort of thing(, never with more than
our blanket uplcoe, and frequently
twee at. al:. And then the first thine
that greets us le a letter to the
Tower. saying everything out bere it
elm:knee. and waut of moblltty. It
doer not hurt uw, (tenure we are
aware that the huge bulk of the
1:ngliett primes know it Is not true,
and we oat therefore afford to laugh
I have never seen hard work more
eagerly done or great discomfort*
mere cheerfully torque
Our chief ludivdual capture has
been (;enernl Eremites -quite n nice
old fellow. Ile sees what utter fools
they have been. H he can only nr•
range matters with Lord Kitchener
he want■ to fight ou our wed.' now.
view to bringing the war to au end, and ro It 1s with thoall; directly
that the correspondence had leen they are caughthem t and see how well
they are treated by us (foe the wen
sunt to South Africa for preeenta- fraternise with Brother Boer and
tau to the flghttdr'Boer generale. make lam as comfortable se they
--- inn), the fleet thing they teem to
epe'slre le that all the rest should
be caught and the war etele•d. Eras•
mar thanked us' moat profusely, and
It le my firm belief that the great
est of all the vertour klntle of "rot"
which arc talked at home to the
Ilea of rnce hatred In the future.
Hoer I'rlsourr' Fleet.
Loudon, Murch 2L -In the prlruu
canape of Bermuda a large number
of pri.unere of war hare taken the
.,nth of allegiance.
The administration of the oath to
enteral prisoners now confined ou
Ilawkimi Island recently gave rime
At, a serious+ incident, weer neuter's
(•„rr.•eponleut, writing on 'February
1. .t week before, uu learning that
,., verul of their fellow-prtconern of
n,,,re moderate views had taken the
.,,telt, a party of the lrreconcUabier
.attacked the former, and attempted
t', drown them in the Great Sound.
The attempt was Irnrtrated by the
military guard, stud the perpetrators
are now undergoing a period of die-
, wane in the military prince at 8t.
,;eorge'r.
The Irony of Vale.
Cention, March 21. -The "convoy"
trek during which Lord Methuen was
captured was practically, If not ac-
tually, the tart which Ido Lordship
intended to make. After over two
jeers' hard work of trovelling up
awe down the country, lits Lordship
was intending to take up permanent
li'udquarters, and from there direct,
finder Lord Kitchener's supreme com-
mand, the operation's of the columns
,n bis district. Besides, he was of the
suint that the convoys which be was
vt'cumpanying were becoming too
„,Nall to justify the employmeut of
;,,, Officer of his rank. -
!Camila? of deer 1'.hmtrrr.
Lenten), ynrch 21. -The followtug
figures reproerut the number of Boar
',Owners, tneii'Jt Ig dare le the con-
„Oiration camps, wits' have volun-
tarily surrendered. The totals are
from th elateet rututtr:
Helena 5,1100
Berinude ... 4,552
India 5,077
t •ey to n 4,535
Booth Africa loot in camps) 7,769
in various Iocalitier .. .. v... 79
Captured since Feb. 26, ap-
proximately
Alleles, only, In the c vaso
tratton camps ... ... ....... 15,990
47,017
Over and above these figures there
are about 6,000 mon in their own
homes and on their own farms 911
parole, thus raising the grand total
of Boers sod Boer s) input lilsers In our
hands to 52,617.
The Hoer prisoners' at Umlalla, ln-
.d10, have refused to sign 11i4 parole,
which is the condition of their going
to Simla for the hal weatker. Coue••-
.iu••ntly they will remain iu the plain'',
"Able', are already uncomfortably not.
Tim Boer officer, Smoreuberg, who
• •w•nped from 8t. Helena in a box
:end was recaptured on a steamer,
ties been tried by a court of II-
-miry and released. it was decided
teat he did not break Mr parole, as
lie got into the - box Inside the camp
:end was sett away by others.
'teenier Moore steed of Fever.
Ottawa, Marclt 21. -The Casualty
Inpartme.t to -day nollfled the Gov-
rrnor-general of G. • dee►th frum,fyr-
e. tery of Timmer R. C. Moore, of
the Canadian Mounted Rifles. Moore
)uulyd from Moosomin, Asia.
!to Word 01'14111c..
Ottawa, Mardi All. -Up to midnight
to -night the Minister of 14111tia had
not received any reply to lad query
nlont the alleges outbreak ea Minn II -
pox' amonget the Canadian Mounted
eines in South Africa.
Itnt.ha's Pool' Ion .
1 ryheid, Karol* 21. -General
Hamilton has aseertalnid that
Pottle with 800 men le in (sager
.,n hie own farm, 26 miles northeast ad'le that 8ohaltburger and the
e7 title place. other delrgatee have been stationed
at Rhrnwterktn►, north of Balmoral,
tf,.ntCredlr Ii.egl,t to Co. for it Werk. They have been great -
Toronto, Mardi 22. -Eight lady ly harried 'br Col. Perk and other
I''aehern are being thowen by the Britsh eummnnrlers, Once Sihalk-
Mluletlr of Edncetlon, of whom five burger had n narrow errape from be-
iinve. been already definitely selected, ing rnp/te er,. ¶1,m Wer position .be-
an go to South Africa, An equal num- Ing Inrrenstngly hopeless, deepetoh
1*cal le being ohr.en at Ottawa. There
will be three held In reserve here and
,t Ottawa In assn anyone chosen
Amok! be enable to go. Hon. Mr. Har-
court saki yesterday that all the suc-
eresfnl applicsnte bore, whose names
(menet yet be meds publlo, were eg-
pq'IPnclrt teachers heeling good posh
ttnrte, were proficient In mutate, and
had prGineed medtral rertiflrntw ns
to pSrong physique. "I have rreelvpd
npplicatt)ne literally from hundreds
of ladles willing to go." he meet, "and fact that the centre, passel the
!nett! have towered In fourteen days news of thin movement in accepted
201) r•liglI4n onwfl latedo, all reedy rind not conflrmntlnn orf tills opinion.
nanrnaa, had they been required!' Thr Nothing le tietnnlly known here of
dMngr• ; R nppl'eante, he thought, was Menton. Pehnikburger. Rents. Meyer
certetnly ev4lenes of energy. ambl- and Keith. 1t I. possible they have
tient, .n1 desire for new teepee,. only weight. permission to tracer"
the British 'inept In order to consult
A Leiter F, -on, 11,e Frnnt. with Mr. titeyn and the Boer Gen-
1,ondon, March 21.-A Lieutenant- erste Drwet nn•l Delnrey. but, whnt-
('oionel 0f Yeomanry peeving with ever their object, the new* lino leen
General Bruen Hamiltfrrl, in a letter welcomed In London no pointing to
fn n member of the House of Com- the posslblllty of pence.
150" en •s : Hiner Deo. 't we have 110• Soma correspondence which ens
emmntwl for bet wean Son and 1.000 selsed n alert time ego whrn Mr.
I'•" rm Of court.° 1t has entellyd toe- (Slay n narrowly escaped capture
and Mr BrlialkIurg-
A 1', rnch Prisoner SI111 tired.
Parts. March 21.-Tbe F'ur.lgu Mlu-
Irter M. Deloarre, lit the Chamber
of Deputies' to -day, replying to ques-
tions regarding Frenchmen cap-
tured by the British while fighting
for the Boers, 'saki:
"Soma of the prlxuaerr were ar-
rested
s'
rested at Jolianuerhurg under the
pretext that they were rag,.ged lu
certain Intrlguee. We ',outdaar u psis•
onto of war call only be taken on the
Raid of battle. But tercet Britain
doer not accept this view. There 1.
only one French prisoner on thin
category, however. who has not
been releseaed, and strong efforts are
being made to secure her liberation.
"Regarding the concentration
camps, the Brltlsh Government in -
forma u■ that all faculties have been
given for forwarddug provlslonr and
utle•r - oil -els requested by the
French committee "
Th, Mlutster's statement was ap
pleaded.
Pretoria. March 2:3. --Mears. Schalk-
bruger, who is acting as President
of the Transvaal, In the absence of
Mr. Kruger, In Europe, Secretary cf
$tits Reitz. and. Cummaadaats-Lnoas-
Meyer and Krogh, arrived here yes -
t -tdity morning from Balmoral. Only
a few perr►ns knew of the arrival
of these important members of the
Boer Oovernment. The railway ela-
tion wee kept elenr until they had
left' It. They were driven to the
chief's bonne and had an interview
with Gen. Kitchener. In the nfter-
nomt they left on it ere -teal train f•:
the Orange River Colony.
Brace
Louis
beteg built un the outhoae of the
movement of Mr. lechalkburger aud
his companions, chiefly t,eeaurn tt
Ir fetred that Dettrey, lu the flumes
of him r,sleut ruccees, will refuse to
bre u party to any negotlallouc.
The War Office has informed a
rspreeentutive of the Arsuulated
Praise that it has received no offi-
cial lufurtoattuu either to coulirw
or coutrudlct the news.
Few of the paper,. here ,uuiweut
en the ',owe. There take it for grant•
tri that Mr. Schalkburgnr and his
templik ur aro un u wlrrion of
peace. They agate engage lu n die
cession of possible pave terwr, ex•
prrerhug the hope that the overtures
wUl have a successful outcome. Tho
presence of Lueur Meyer id regarded
as r ulflcaut, an hu Ir an intimate
friend of Louis Botha. Commandant
Keough U olio of the Secretaries of
tbe. r Goveriuuent. He was for-
merly the adwtdstrator of Swazi•
loud, anti lar not been prominent
during the war.
The DetLy Chronicle, commenting on
the absence of Botha from the dep u•
tatiou, suggeste he to standing aside
owhtg to the (allure of hie overtures'
of a year ago, anti oonekders that,
although the conditions Lord Kitch-
ener then offered to Botha have
been annulled. it is highly probable
that peace may ettll be arranged on
similar honer, but that the Hoerr
cannot expect more lenient terms.
The Dally Chronicle remark*" that
a settlement would be possible if the
Boors were treated lite civilized com-
batants, "but men do not surren-
render unconditionally lust after
taking one of the enemy's (lemon's
nnd`kor of his gutta.'•
Ku 1'• -ole 10 Odict.
London, 1J 1 c'� li 23,-A despatch to
the Central tiers, sent from Pre-
toria tide .ateruo0u, says that Mr.
Schalkburger, the Acting-1'ree.dent u(
the Transvaal, with State Seere-
tary hefts and Cowntzu lantr Lucas
Meyer and- Krogh, arrived at Pre-
toria to -day on a ept•t•Ill train from
Balmoral, to which place they came
under a ting of truer. After a short
stay In Pretoria, they left for the
Orange Biter Colony.
The Central News says that the
foregoing news caused exclt2ment
In the clubs and other plasm where
the pubtte gnthern. Mr. Sehalk-
burger, and las t•omp:whe w, 'icemen
Ing to the Central News, have gone
south With the object of meeting
Gen. Kitchener, who 1. In the field
south of the Vaal Rifer operating
against General De Wet and Geme-
nt Delarsy. 11'. good news, and
the prospects of preen are brighter
thio, for many a day.
Ilur.,•r for South Africa.
Turouto, Murch 21v -Nine thousand
one hundred and eleven borers have
true elt:ppeal from Cu edu to South
Afr.ca for the tae of the British army
by Lal. Dent since he wee rent out
„u (hie mission lu 19OL Last month
761 were dapped, and Col. Dent told
u r,•porter last night that he expect-
ed to seep 80O more early In April.
Het orders aro still, as at the first,
to ship all the suitable horses 110 COO
Rot.
Pro- lister Display for Coronallou.
London, Mandl 24,.--A de ep/i tch to
the Standen' from Br:teased ruyr that
Dr. Leydae the diplomatic agent of the
Boer., le about to organize an Inter-
national demooetratton by American
rent continental .ympath►seere on the
day King Edward to eeownoL All
pro-Uuer Nuc •'tler will to asked to
'ljepbny the flags of the Transvaal
and Orange Free State, and to tele -
asap!' to Mr. Kruger.
The despatch adds that -it is doubt-
lessly true that the Transvaal Lega-
tion have for several months been re-
ceiving regular reports from ))ouch
.tfr ea, probably by way o(, Lorenzo
ehtrqufw Ono of the last despatches
from Acting President Schalkburger
stater thin the Boer losses from Oct.
1, 1900; to (let. 1, 1901, were 40:1 men
kited and 700 woundeeL No mei'ton
is made of prisoners.
Had liven Greatly !tarried.
London, Metall 24. -According to
the t'retorla correspondent of the
Standard, the Boer delegates ar-
rival at Pretoria at 2.10 p.m., and
left at moot (lye o'clock. As some,
of the deftp►tchee do not mention
their lutvtng Interviewirl General
Kitchener, there in n certnln amount
of doubt whether they actually did
so. One editorial suggests that plod
ably General Kitchener waft not In
Pretoria, or the Any of the dele-
getr' would not have been w short.
The rorrrspondont says that the
Boer delegates, after interviewing
General Kitchener, left for Kroon-
eandt, from which place they will go
out under it ante conduct. All of the
delegate' are looking well, showing
blear evidence of the healthltllee of
Ilfe on the veldt. The correspondent
MORE CENSUS RETURNS.
Figures Showing
Population
by Nationalities.
HOW WE ARE CLASSIFIED;
Ottawa
despatch:
Canada, by origins and nationalities;
Is presented In a r.ew bulletin grouped
by provinces anti territories. Among
whites the racial of tribal origin 11
traced through the father, and among
Indians through tele mother. A per -
nen rebore father Is English aai
whose nether is Svatch, Irish or
French, le therefore classed as Eng-
Ileli In origin ; but a person of mixed
white and red blood, commonly
known as a "breed," is classed a■
Indian, with a suo-descrlptloa of hie
white origin to denote the breed.
Nationality applies by right of es-
tablfehed neige to tae citizens of
Canada, and in this bulletin the term
"Canton" le used as descriptive of
every person allose home Is in the
country, and who lets acquired right"
of citizenship In 1t. A person who was
torn In the. United Santee or France
or Uermany, or other foreign coun-
try, but whose home Is In Canada, and
who hen naturalised citizen, be classed
as a Canadian ; s, also Is every per-
son born In the United Kingdom, or
any of its colonies, whose reeblence lu
Canada, is not merely temporary.
Aliens living to the country are clas-
,Ifie l by nationalities, aocord)ng to
the country of their birth, or the
country to which they profess to owe
atlegianee.
Papulae leu by Origins.
The population by orlglar for On-
tnrlo and the definitions, are as
follows:
Ontario.
To t a l e ............2,182,947
Arable' ... ... 83
Armenian ... ... 17
Austrian ... .,, 1,040
Belgian ... ..... 181
Bohemian ... ... 188
British -
English 701,083
Irish ,,. ... ...
(Manx .........
Scotch ...
Welsh
Bulgarian ... ... nil
Chines ... ... 782
Dutch . ... .,. 8,291
Egyptian ,., ,., ,,8
Flnnle .. 1,225
Flestislt ............ 82
French ... 158,698
Oallc.lan ... ... 83
German 203,961
Grecian ...... +. -8
Hawaiian ... ... ,til
Hnngnrlan 64
Iodine .. 19.694
Indlan (F:ngllela
1)reaU ...... 527
ladlan (Freoslt
the
census
of
624,847
179
... 899,584
riders were tient to Delmore Friday
night to Inform the BrIll.h Otero of
the roming of the delegates.
11 hal the 1'rNm sy•
London, Merril 24. -The hews that
the wandering Boer "(iovernmenl"
had eeterrd the British Harm Is re-
garded an having but one meaning.
namely, 'that another attempt In
being made to negotlnte pence, The
_,506
Indian (Irish breed) 175
" (Scotch bored) 720
" (other brood) 1,011
Itniten ." ............ 20
Japanese ............
Trwlsh 2,122
leithennlatellu chat Anil
Miltese ... ... ... ... 27
Negro ......... 8,987
Perrino .......... 3
Polish .. .. .. 3.200
Polleh, Atititrlan, nil
I'nlleh, ((moan net
Pertngne.o , 47
Retmmnnlan 118
1.877
4enhrlhirtvlan 26.E
D anlwh ... ... ... • 047 -
feels' mile .,.... 1. 1
Norwegian
.Swedish ... 1.932
Slnvh' --- -..... 156
9,egr1•in ...........„ 8
girnlns 9
Spa n l s It ...........'
Syrtis.......,...0
Tarkkeh •.• ••••••
1n"Mons work and terrine nitbt proved that he
m ,reline, generally three a week, one of were nnxlnns 10 ennAnde penes.. tln,penifiel ...... ,.
seek four, greet dlstattcse in bad No eslravagaat hope", however, nreeVarious"ori$lne.,..,.
207
1,761
46
Of)
4
JAMES QUIRL'S
TRAI3IC ENO.
The Inquest Opened in Brant-
ford Yesterday.
WHAT WITNESSES SAID.
11.•s 111s Death l'aw.rcd ht tltsrdrr us'
Accident Y--111. V 1.11 In the Barn
- - 111. Partner's Opinion - 1 articu-
late of the 14.td l►ceurreuee-A•
Autopsy lu be Made.'
Urantford, March 24.-14 it a mur-
der or an accident that caused the
death of James Quirk, one of the
proprletorr, of the Commercial Hotel
of thlr city 7 Found about mldulght
on Sunday eight lying on the floor
In a room to his burn, him bead
frightfully smashed, and Just In hid
Met gasp, Quirk died before the
eye* of his friends' without belug able
to utter a word. Ouly for a couple of
seconds a quivering of the eyelids
told those about hlw that he was
Just parting away. It le the impres-
sion here, and that Imprerriun Is
bucked up by the etrcuinetuua'e rur-
rounling this sad tragedy', that Quirk
war foully murdered, aid if lie hast
becu It is at tide preeeul wowe'tt
u most myrtertous case. No ,v eupon
war foetid near the scene, imbed)
wow noticed near the man who is
Ice dead. He had besa, hardly ten
wluutee before the time the body
was fount, chattlug with frit -Lida
Only an open gatowuy leading -front
the yard et the hotel to u mala
street, a gate that it usually closed,
gate evidence that romelhxly might,
after cewwlttleg a murder, have
departed by that way. However, the
rerun of the autopsy, which will be
wade to -morrow wonting by Dr.
Burry R. Frank, will settle doubts
us' to the cause of death, although
there deems to bo little doubt but
that a murder has taken place.
The metes of the tragedy it in the
must open and possibly one of the
best Ilghted Iocslltitr it' Brantford.
The Commercial hotel attitude am
i►allluucio street, feeing the Market
Square, which 1s surrounded by elec-
tric lights, and Bunchy uigh.t, more-
over, wan a brilliantly moonlit even-
ing, while people were moving about
'the street not fifteen minutes before
the discovery of the body.
Murder ur Aceidrut :'
Totals.
5,871,031
145
84
10,211
2,578
870
Murder or accident :' That war
the question when the friends of
Jim Quirk picked up his body. His
partner in businere, Mr. Toole, raid
to your correepoudent, that he
thought It was a case of murder.
"Jim always' curried with him."
Mr. Toole remarked. "a large amount
of tuouey. He war a sport stud
wuuld flash a roll el
had three days' bar receipts, ,quite
11_00, in his pocket. I found 5/:1 on
hits when 1 felt him pockets. 1
can't understate! why he ever went
out there unless lie was decoyed out
of the house." Mr. Toole offered an
explanation as to the blood on the
Weller. "You know' Jim had game
cocks. I told him to keep away
from that sort of thing, but he was
interested in It, anyway. He would
xouletinner take the binlx up 'to
the loft after a- Lght, when they
would be bleeding, and again, their
combs would be cut, and that would
make them bleed. It would be an
easy matter for anyone to get Into
the hotel yard. It ie a large square,
two aides occupied by the hotel and
two by the low brick bared of the
house. The lane leading In 1■ cov-
ered over, • and the gates
closed and stewed by Iron bars, w
that an tyltrnnwe could not be ef-
fected there. However, entrance
could be made by the hotel Itself
or over the low roofs of the barna.
After the tragedy of Sunday night
the gate' were discovered to be
open, but the 'metier sitates that
hr rlusa1 and beamed them ad us-
ual.
Representatives of some life nal ac-
cident Iuuranre companies lu which
Quirk was (neared ern In Brantford
watching the drvelupmentl In the
case, Mr. Quirk earned eonsl')erable
luenranee, 112,500 In the Ocoee' Acci-
dent, 33,000 in the London Guar-
antee, 113,000 In the Hume Circle.,
n. it $4,000 Inn the Exrolslor, besides
amounts In other companies.
Barge N"ui.• torp,
The bartetrlur of the Kirby house,
mentioned by the loot wane'*, eieu.
itolliM todtllied to his vont to the
Cunuwerowl lfoueu uu Sunday night.
Hie evdenon overuberatexd that of
Ryon. The two tad chatted together
lir war
minter
his Dell
Uyau'e iucohuront rewurllt about
somebody being dead. lie had tried to
prevent 1(yuu from culling Mrs teuirk.
because ho oou,idertd Ryan tou ex-
cited. 1iu111r rau meaning and saw
Mw. Quirk leanlug against the wall
lu the reception room 1(e caught her
in hie arms, laid her on the flour,
cent for toe water anti battled her
hem and head. Afterward. be with
others carried her into a iyedroom
unl labl her on the bed By ehle time
the guteetr In the hotel wore 6p, after
wh'oh 1(0111. returned home to the
Kirby House. • •
Thr only other witness heard was
David Thomas, an engineer of :the
Street Railway Company, who spent
about two hour. lit the company of
Mr. Quirk on Sunday evening. Ile
met Mr. Quirk at 9.30, took a stroll
with him, had a oo eple of drinks and
some oyster., aa1 finally left hien at
the C't unerohtl Hotel nt about 11.25
that night.
The Inquest was then ad$osrneil tie
Thnlwdoy nilrht next at 8 o'clock.
fur a few miuutee, and it
there when tho bell boy g;t
of alarm. holier followed 1t;
bare, but did nut gu u1 0
COI-. EVANS WRITES HOME,
r _
Oise Cale of esentieux Amens list
1 retina uu (torr d•
Ottawa, March 24. -Mayor Cook
of Ottawa, to -day received a letter
from Col. Evans, commanding the
third teinadlnn contingent to South
Africa. The letter wad dated ('alai
Town, Feb. 14, and confirmed the
rumor that suuallpox ex1*t0.1 In the
oonlhgeut when they reached that
port. Alter expressing his warmest
appreciation of the good wishes
sett to the corp.' art the departure
from Halifax, Cul. Evans goes on
to aty:
"We have had the usual ups and
downs since we railed. The first
week was rough end cold, very hard
on the Honoree Later we heti a
✓ etell epidemic of measles, 20
e ases In all. but none very serious.
Last, but not least. a ou or email -
pox woe die/covered. .iii Its was dis-
covered the blankets of the squad-
ron to which the Infected man be-
longed were all thrown overboard
and the troop der km thoroughly
washed and disinfected.
Just twelve days hail elapsed when
Col. Evens wrote. without further
development of fresh cases, lie
eloped that there would be no fur-
ther difficulty. The case dlacovere'1
was no light that the man did not
require n nitrate. Ile was Isolated In
one of tee cabin's. Col. Evan■ did
not give the 'eine or milder/re of the
patient.
FARMER SEVERELY CLUBBED
Unknown Assailant Fled Into
the Bush.
VICTIM WAS DRIVING HOME.
Toronto, March 21,-.W tho result
1,263.575
989,858
286
798,986
13,094
17,29
33,839
11
2,502
:184
1,619,352
5,892
809,741
291
30
1.549
:13,319
4,557
17,012
989
6,30(1
4,716
10,862
4,734
9,123
24
87
17,427
116
6,238
11
27
467
846
28,586
1.929
8,945
9.292
6,841
10,597
768
24
9
902
3.1163
1 041
40
The Inquest.
The Inquest was opened to-nlgtbt
In a little room 1 a the Court House,
Dr. C. 1. 1•'lsrette, the coroner, em-
panelling the following jury : 11'. R.
Harley (foreman), C. A. Montgomery,
Philip Senn, frank Wilson, Wm. Hun-
ter, Wm. Snider, 8. R. 8tewnrt. S.
1'. l neater, 0. 1. Montgesiim7, II. A.
Poles, R. fierce, .1. M. Dycknnnu,
Thom. Caths.
The Crown was represented by Mr.
W. T. Hender*oa, of the firm of
WW'ilkee k Henderson, Mr. Wilkes being
the Crown Attorney. The story of
the discovery of the body was telt
by Robt. Ryan, n cook of the Com-
mercial Hotel. Ityan testified that
he haul been amending the day In the
country with a couple of frlerel., but
returned to the hotel about 11,30
and sot on n setter in the office.
There he maw Mr. Quik pas, tllronglii.
Then Mr. Toole went away to go le
bel. A few minute.' later (leo. Rollie,
n
bartender n( tli• Kielty Weide,
cams In and went to the room where
',park w'liw ,ulpo'al to be and rapped
Receiving no 0nsver Roll's returned
10 the natter. .1 net abate Atris--t4nw
the bell 1.)y, named Kenny, ,came
to the head of the stair' and pried
(nit that 'ane Olin wax dying In the
1„irn or getting kicked by a horse,
for he could hoar the groans. ityan
'darted for the barn and found the
electric light in a room to the left
lighted. 1114. born , door was open
and three other rooms leading into
the room where. he enteral 7 here
he foetid Mr. Quirk lying on the
floor at the foot of the bidder
heeding to the loft, his head agninet
the well. He was on tin heck, wl:h
his arms thrown) out. "Jim, Jim,"
Ryan Balled out, lint the dying man.
for Ito was ellll breathing, gave no
answer, &nett Ryan emitted Intik to
the hotel to give the thou. "1
nipped at Mr. Goole's door and wild
thnt JInt was dying, that be had
fallen down the Indder, for 1
thought nt first lin heti. 7 then ran
to Mrs. Quirk's room and saw her
coming out. 1 mid : 'i glue's Jim'm
dying,' Elbe fnlntetl." After that Mr.
14 -nn remembers very little more.
for he waw too exelteel except that
he new Mr. loole tenue nlong the
a W w r, '
on saturuuy utgbt, Maury Barker, u
former, who low near Thertletown,15
1),ug ut 1115 h.ltne 111 a very pricer
1,1115 couhlton. 1
Darker wee In town on Veteran)
ulkl etartol fur home shortly before
rex o'clock, driving a teem hltchel to
a farm wagon. Ile had just paired
Wtrtuu Whet, according to his
star), a man rau uut from the been
bootee the read, climbej Into the
wugun, anti Jtgialt 111W a blow un the
heat with a dJubt 110 fell from hie
meat to the road,(wort stunned, but
Atli holding this eine. A buggy com-
ing around a is In the road shortly
atter the blow was struck, h.c arsefl-
uat took to the burnt Mel gut away.
Barker recovered pu11 olently to
chino Into the wagon and .tart off
again, but after he had gone about a
nide he bourne deliriums, and his
honer* wandered on until they came
to the beet farm luno, where they
' trued lu. This hippene.l to be the
,woe of he brother John, who had
'Lina token Iglu tbo house and u dtc-
tur rent for.
Hu+ c in,Ution Is melt that the doc-
tor.i Aero unable to *my whether he
w.l. recover or not The injured man
wen unable to see the features of his
uesailant In the dunk, cold his do
ecriptlun u' him Is very meagre.
1t 1w supposed that robbery was
contemplated, but that the lucky ap-
pearance c:, nnother rig prevented
the h ghwayman from carrying out
hie design it.
TRAINS CRASH TOGETHER
KILLING FOUR MEN.
Death of Scout Who Would Have
Saved Custer.
(bored to Desch by a Buffalo -Boy K11'ed by Amateur (ymnaturn Appal/0us
--Aller I hlrleen .Months' trailing of ■ Post Office Rubber ■ 1'u..t
Utlke Inspector (trine. Back 111, Man -- -Chased &,sou Miles of
Country.
Yuungetowu, Ohio, March 24. -Ii
a Beed -on collision between (r.•iglit
trains at 7.10 o'clock Mir wurulug
on the Pittsburg, Youlgctow n d
Ashtabula divlrlun of We l'utteburg,
Fort Wayne & Chicago road, four
wen were killed and three Injured.
The dead -are: Norman graham,
fireman, New Castle, 1'a.; Jautes
floater, fireman, Ashtabula, Ohio;
brakeman, name not ' yet
known, anti Charter Blackburn, tar -
got tender ou the Erle road.
The trams crashed together In a
heavy log, completely wrecklug
oath euglner and piling the cars up
SO that traffic will be auspended
for lours. T)ne enure of the wreck
is out yet determined, the engineer*
uu loth trains claiming they hod
orders to. go ahead.
F rntour Scout's 'Tragic Rud.
Butte, Mont., March 24• -New. has
been received here of the death of
.(1:•Iard Rock, au oke -time anti widely
111Vwn scout and trontlersmau, at
As ranch near Henry's Lake on Sat
.inlay. (tock was gored to death by a
uf(tlo which he had raised. Rock
war one of alto snouts with the 111 -
fated Curter expexlition, and Ir said
.o be the man who gave canter he
:termatlun of the preeeuce of the In.
:bene under Sitting Bull In the val-
ley where the crafty ehteftaln had
encamped.' Reck attttsed the General
to wait for the eontilig of Reno be-
fore attacking. A year ur so ago
Buck was sent by the Government
into 1'elluw,tuue Park to count the
Buffalo remaining there.
Ills Fete! Ilnveullveaess.
Milwaukee, Wir., March 24. -John
Brown, le years ukl, living with his
parents in this city, 1s a victim of
bedroom eymuastlrs. Young Brow u
lied rne.l i 1 sine of the journal. of
tete athletic ,uttnlmtag.r to be gaiu-
et1 through the tau of a pole huug
In the closet, and tried the inborn*.
When he ltd not appear at the us-
ual time his parental investigated and
found (pat dead In the closet. He war
hanging by the neck to the rupee
whets had become twisted ro that
110 was unabi° to free himself, and
choked to death.
1 mirth 1.111s Vise.
Melilla, Ka urns, March 24, -Atter
trailing 111e wen from the Mlarll.'eppi
to the Pacific coast, covering mere
than 5,SOJ tailor, In the pursuit tint
devoting but entire time to It fur
thirteen mouths, Inspector D. W.
Peters, of the Kansas City divlrlun
of poet-ufftoe Inspectors, captured
lhor•ge Irons, alleged W be the leader
of a gang e( western post -office rob-
ber'', and brought hen back to Kan-
ter, where 'roue tour wanted ou (lot
specific charge of robbing the post -
office at Senn, ou I-'cA). ISth, 1901.
A Federal grand jury at Wichita
has Indicted Irons with Albert Gibbs,
Ray Taggart ani Albert Taggart on
chargees of post -office robbery. The
three last-named men have all eou-
feesrd that they were members of
a gang which committed nanny povt-
efltoo robb••rte. 1n western Kneels
under the leadership of Irons.
IsTP rer'hrr r'.e".er�er.GP ereei4 4.'E•
A GREAT BOER ROUND -UP. t
V. Bennett Burleigh Describes Kitchener' Great
9" Drive In Orange River Colony. .
London, March. 12 -Full details of horsed on Ittmington's Immediate
Lund Kitt:heacr't great drive In Or- front. Ho took that day elght)•-nhre
ange River Colony hate reached Lon- prisoners, not counting dead or
duct by mall. Bennett Burleigh, in a wounded, together with 200 hurtle.'
weird picture of the night battle, and 1,800 cattle. Byng found twelte
after describing the preparations'and unwounded Boers It the morning and
surroundings of the Boers continues: raptured others Inter It the day. It
"It was about 8.45 p. in. that the was so, bait In a terser degree, with
real battle of the night commenced. Gen. EYDott'. force. Shortly after 5
"Tho Boers within the girdle re- um., Saturday, 8th, th,, final advance
spiced that was their last chance began. There was a Ilttle ftriug a
to break through. 80 when night's few rounds by tho scouts Just before
curtain mus fairly pegged down. and the columns moveel forward. There-
ouly inky shndowr hung in the west, after the Boers made no rerlstaice,
by ,.;t tutu►own nota the battle levee Our mea had been but hastened to turn their hor.Ps
Wddeu to ..pare no ammunition, out loos,, met hide In rocky denies and
Boers keep the oers In front. The -10 the renmrsh
t-, and Inanities of Rhenor-
etlemuy, using the ground to every ter and the venoms 'weenie
advantage, crept up to where they
had sesu the columns mettle down.
Then began a terrible furllade from
their Mamm rs to try and find or force
p
en o,adng. Closer and closer they
.rept, the wldiere' Lee -Mulford" in-
cessantly pumping back lead until
the weapons were nearly too hot to
hull. The blackneer of 'tight weir
perkltd as with
82,629 hotel rnrrldor, going In the t ir••e
18 thin of Ws bedroom.
TEACHERS EOR THE BOERS
Ottawa, March 2.4-0tpeclal.)-Th'•
fo6uwing teachers have been 'selected
in Eastern Ontario to go to South
Afr.ca to 100(11' the hoer children ih
eonceutrntnou camps: Mire Ikavinn
1 o.tger, Norm.il School, Ottawa ; 11 de
eeergtn A. (ertnt, Normal school, Ot-
t•eva u ; Mies Lottlo 1.1 111eenkney, (du-
per 'street, Ottawa ; Mise Libble Rod-
ger. Mk'_dlrvllle, Lanark ; Miss F'brr-,
etre 11. Randal, Ottawa ; Miss Julia
Urquhart, Bank street, Ottawa ; Mire
Sarah 1'. Urentale, Perth ; Mien :knelt.
Moulton, Onnancquc ; Mise Ruby el.
Rothwell, Ottawa.
The following been been selectee
front Prince 1•iiward Inland: Miss
( Iara F Arbuckle, Summeratde ; Miss
Maud i,. Bremner anti Mow 0rnee
Dutcher, (harlottotown.
CRIED •• AU REVOIR."
Myriads or F Irelllee.
dancing In dark underbrush. Bit by
bit the old tactics were employed by
the enemy. Daring spines, jump-
ing from the epruils, galloped their
hisses up to, and where possible
through the Ines, for It Is hard to
hit anything in the dark, even with
it snip of paper or phosphorus on
the (arcright of your rifle. Cattle
were 'again requlsitloned to overrun
llic de.fendct•, of our line. By nine
o'clock the battle was raging from
ten nttlet north of Hellbron for fully
thirty tulles away down the Hell-
brnn-Krormrtad (toad. Boers were
being killed, wounded, or made pris-
oners by the wire fence, the Hell-
bmn outpo.ts, nod In the columns'
Ines. The contest swelled, and bine-
,ms,' pont-mmmr, and cannon
jetted in the flare amt din.
A Megollicont Spot role.
"TL became not merely a battle,
but a pyrotechnic display ou the
grnndeet scale, Infinitely bigger un•I
noisier than anything ever cern at
the Crystal Palace or the Military
'tournament. The armor -clad trains
teethed their electric searchlights,
and bellowed with the hest. using ri-
fles, Maxims, trop qulek-firing 12
pounder''. So close were the mobs
of cattle and hereon pushed up to
the columns that more than half a
store of times the gunuerm lineal
calm to .t1111(11L1e them, turning
them back. With rplPndld perwisl-
eul'e the Boers trityl ngnln rued again
to break through, but relatively few
'ucceeded-Irty, forty on Rawlin-
son's right, n score elmewhere, anti
it cozen. mnyhap, to the north, be-
tween HPilbr it and Oottenberg.
Anne there wero who got hung tip,
horse and rider, and were killed
Inn the Herbed -Wire Fence..
Perin. March 22.-1.he recent np-
peer1reoa al ... the .Princess (1ilwlty
:1 T51 leer huletiand, the Gyps) Ingo
here tune caused once more net old -
linty recnnlnl to seise Its licit.' and
make miil%h o1 Beier.
A most rrnlwarrnising ellliation was
ol,srrvod the other night itt one of
the more prominent eaten -to be
preclie, the Carafe Amerienlne-when
the Prince Chlmay entered with a
relative of Ills. alley took Bente at
n table near the entrance, amt al -
mold Immedlntely the Princes' and
her gypsy enteral and occupied an
ndjolning table.
For some time neither notion] the
other until' the frincrss voice wile
raised In excited protest on 1lontr•
point which had been Inaudible tc
the rent of the patron..
I'rintce ( !limey turned about Im-
medlntely, and dlsiovering ht.
neighbor*, flushed it deep crim•ron
and hurried from the piece, not. how-
ever. before hie ex-wife hail cello
to him In mocking accents:
"An remote. mon eherle."
For thin she whoa freely criticize(
by the guest* nmsembled, and the
Proprietor within n moment or tee
nppronchal and requested her to
lenva the place.
Cnl Pruett, of the Queen'. Own,
will protialaly be offered the cemmnn
of the coronation contingent.
heal Ilia 11111 1 he (fenny.
'Tho task war uuw to beat them
out, hud how to search the ground --
no easy task for tired men nand Jaded
horses. There were phloem we passed
that wero moist inadequately ex-
plored and beaten. Boers were pulled
out from under oho rocks' and out
or ant be.•tr-holes, 0.10 mien had got
Into a hollow tree .hod was given
away by lily lanky knees and lather -
patched trousers. Another actually
ventured to Ile down In the water of
a sluggish pool, hiding 111s body be-
neath the surface and breathing
through it reel He was accidentally
(Ili:covered and hauled out of the
bulrushes, a man -grown, bearded
Moser Boer. And w de with many
vltrLents ere 5 p,m.and the hunt
vas finished, and 30,) Boers for cer-
tain were b,gged, together with over
5.000 cattl, nnJ 1,800 horses. Tie
majority of the prisoners were dirty,
rugged, their hair and beard.'
matted. Without endue harshness
they would be classed as men of the
lowest order of intelligence, with
feces carrying you buck to the types
of Saxon thralls and Russian serts.
Most of their troniers were patebed
tvIth skins, but a foto lind contrived
to make nether garments out of
soldiers' blankets."
(low 1)eV.rl F.•e.,ped.
Others' sought safety autl escape
by climbing treys. Up and down
lewapld the (hrssItIIle of battle, with-
out Intermission, from 9 p. ro. until
2 n. m. About 10 p. m. 120 Boers
charged the HIM six miles north of
ttrtttorrm, ' tmtR hy - the f:rehtwter..
(ilnd to see them come, the wild te-
ielnnen roam to meet them, with
yell, cheering and n► volley, anti
4he/► 411101104 at them w1111 -Ole bay-
onet. Brer Boer broke and fled 111-
nonllnently. A few whose horse
enrrinl then too fur, were .hot
:and bayoneted, rind half a doyen
made prl.oners. But that Irish yell
-1 heard it tulle. away, and it came
Ilke a fresh breeze .weeping down
the line as premnge of victory. And
Inter on, in a crucial te •nt, when
300 had got up to Ilhningtun's lines,
their lender, Irish Mike, rained it
wilder yell, as he called aeon his
(nen to hurl them back. 7 hey re -
'monde(' most gallantly, took up the
cheer, which nheolutely roller)
along the entire Zinn. from Gotten -
berg, ifrlibron, almost to /Croon -
'tad, or at tiny rote to clout. Kop.
fhb tattle of the night was won,
nithough between 8 nal 4 a. In.
there was a sputtering of Oilmen
Was as nothing.
'With daylight the wounded Borra
and prisoners atom collected. A badly -
hit Boer, ytmluea le n trey, inn. found
dripping with blond hy Rawllneon,
who dlmcovered six others dead nn
hie front, several wpundel, not took
Mr. Burbe igh thus descrlbes how Ili,
Wet broke through the blockhouse
Innes during the drive:
"Ile Wet, who had hastened month
with 400 bnrghrrm, or thereabouts.
having found a weak place at Worn-
kop, near Kroonetad, approached the
line of blockhouses, driving cattle
and horses. Amongst the madly har-
ried animals, lying flat on horseback,
rode De Wet and his followers. The
wire erns brushed aside when the mob
struck It, and gaily through and
away rode tile Doers, sustaining
but a loge of three killed for the
blockhouse fire was neither bitter
nor deadly. It however, added n few
cattle to the blockhouse leader'. The
enemy tried to pans through between
Itawllnwn and Byng. Commandant
Van Copier, wllo succeeded to Van
8teenkamp's' commando during the
night driving a blg herd 0n cattle
near Ifellbron, attacked the columns
named. Tae rash was preceded by
much sniping anti the dashing for-
ward In the darknrwmi of groups of
burghers trying to find an outlet.
With the yell'. of Boers and crooks
of stock whips and ajamboka, the cat-
tle were Iirlvell tip to our lines. Then,
In a roar of excitement. amidst
shouts of
".Stora,, Uwrghere, amen, 1„
lbw enemy broke through. At least
the leading sections some 250 or
more, elcnped, losing six killed and
half it scorn wounded In the reel".
With them went MoritseMears, Van
eiteenkamp, and others. The 250 who
followed lost direction, ran up
minket some of our horde and cattle
linen, were .topped, and had to gal-
lop back. There were minor attempts
made elsewhere. A few Boers
.cramblol otrt upon their stomachs,
lenving their horsed behind, and go-
ing afoot, and there were other.' who
dIucovereil breaks In tlm wire fence.
or made them, through which they
stole, mattering In many dlreetlona.
Next morning the column's found ly
Ing along their front many dead awl
wounded hor.e. and cattle, and a
number of deed end wounded doers.
Our 101141P. mer. IneignIfIeant- four
killed, and under n cozen wounded
(tiring the advance that day T3yng
picked up mix nntvonnded Boer prtsoo-
erm, who were biding In the long
gots*, clinging close as win 111 bird*.
Rawlln.on's column found forty un -
thirteen prlsOnere. A little later he wounded Itnerw doing thstr Met to
bagged folly more hiding In the hide In hole* and . Ilk's rat)-
grass. There were sixty -flue dead bete."