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The New Yield Gun Now itt Ilse in Soulh
• Arr !Ca.
The new field gun, which fires a
shea:pn.e,1 shell, ands which in its per-
fected state is now being used. foe' the
first time by the British an South Af-
rica, is perhaps the most, deadly weap-
on of modern warfare.. Each gun can
fire twelve aimed shots a minute, ahd
each shot carries 260 bullets, weighing,
TIMES
PITULATE TO
British Troops Surrounded in the Hills and Sur-
render to the Enemy.
Awful Disaster in Natal—Royal Irish Fusiliers and
the Gloucestershire Regiment, Together With a
Mountain Battery, Captured After a Desperate
Fight.
na despatchLeona Leaden, says—The did Indian veteran, General White, in
spite of his pitiful avowal."
CAUSES On THE, DISASTER.
leter despatch from Gen, 'White
says :—"I took out from La.dysraith a
briga.de. of mounted troops, two big -
ads; divisions of the Royal Artilleraa
the Natal Field Battery, and two brig-
acle:s ot infantry to reconnoitre ui
following is the text of a despatch
from. Gen. White at Ladysmith to the
.!War Office;
I have to report a disaster to the
column sent by me to take a position
on a hill, to guard the left flank of
be troops. In these operations on
day the Royal Irish Fusiliers, No. tercet the enemy's main position to the
Mon
nerth, and, it the opportunity should
1-04 Mountain Battery, and tbe Glouces-
tershire Regireent, Wer0 surrounded in
nthe bills, and, after losing heavily, had
to capitulate. The casualties have not
yet been ascertained.
A man of the; Fusiliers employed a.
a hospital orderly, name La under a
flag of truce, with a letter from tbe lahn6e, wholoite. unAd4re,Litptu.-Ciyol. AsCsaisrtlatonit
survivors of the column, who asked Adjutant -General. was despatehed at
for assistance to bury the dead. I 11 p.m., on the 29th, to raarch by night
fear there is no doubt of the truth of tan BelisSpruit and seize, Nicholson's
, Nek,.Or some position near Nicholson's
the report. 1Nek. thus turnittg the enemy's right
, I formed a plan, in the carrying out flank,
of which' the disasten occurred, and 1 1
;
"The main advance was suocessfully
am alone responsible for the ple"'„.1 calmth
ed out, e objective ot the attack
" being tonna evacuated' and an art11-
(Lhere is no blame whatever to the I Jere, duel between, ourfield 'batteries
troops, as the position was untenable. !stud the enemy's guns of the position
offer, to capture the hill behind Faiqu-
her'a farm, which had on the previous
clay been held in .strength by the
enemy, In connection with this ad-
vance a column, consisting ot the
Tenth Monntaiu Artillery, four half
-.meanies, ot thel.Gioueesters, and six
tempo:Ms ot the Royal ,Irish Fusiliers,
• Lieut. Herald. Belc1e,Royat Artile
tern, severely,
Major Fleury E. lanclaisnan-Riadelh
King's Royal Rifles, SeVerelar,
Lieut. I. Q. j'ohnston, King's Royal
Rifles, severety.
;Captain G. B.- IT, Rice, Rejtal Irish
Fusiliers, severely. ,
Oaptatu W. B. i1vev, ROYal triehs
Severely,
Captain S Wilcox, Glau,oeetershire,
'severely,.
Canteen B. Fyfe, Gloucestershire,
FEELING' IN LONDON.land Maxims is understood to hese
1 caused 'heavy loss to the enemy.
: 'While Miner reverses were not I "The reconnaissance !Joined the
acted, no EnglishmanleniemY to fully diselose his position,
,wholly unexp and, after e strong counter attack on
ever dreamed that anything like the , our right, the infantry :brigade and
staggering blow General Joubert de -1 cavalry had beam repulsed, the troops
livered to General White's forces on i were slowly withdrawn to camp,
1 p
Monday threatened the British armsickets being left on observation.
i "Leta in, the engagement the naval
in South Africa, and apparently the t contingent, uncles Captain Lambton, of
full extent of the disaster is not yet ' 11.1V.I.S. Powerful, came into action and.
acknowledged. Enquiry at the War silenced, with their extreinely !accur-
e
Office. seems to: indicate that the mili- 1
atfire, the enemy's guns a posn
, time t
tary despatches contain other parti- !
STAMPEDE OF BATTERY MULES.
Mars whiela it is deemed inexpedient 1
"The circumstances which attended
to punish imroediateey, but the seri-1
I the movem.ents of Lieut. -Col. Ciarli on's
'Ous nature of which, is not disguise& 'column are not yet fully known, but
1
A FEARFUL LOSS. ;from reports received the column ap-
1 pears to have carried out the night
The story, as already known, how- march unmolested until within two
ever, is sufficiently bad. The less in miles of Nicholsons Nek. At this point
effective man must be appalling tet a two bouldese rolled from the hill, and a
General who is practically surrounded. few rifleshets stampeded the infantry
ammunition mules. Th e stampede
Two of the finest British regiments .
spread, to the ;battery mules, which
and a mine battery deducted freua the '
Ladysmith garrison weakens it about broke loose from their leaders, and got
a fifth of its total stren,gth and alters 1. away with practically the whole. of the
the whole situation very materially in - gun eq.uipment andthe greater portion
: of the regimental small anamunition,
laver of the Boers, who, once again
The reserve was similarly lost.
have shown, themselves stern fighters'
1 "The infantry battalions, however,
and military strategists ot superior ; fixed bayoaetS, and, accompanied. by
order. The disaster cost the British
ee ' the pessonnel of the artillery, seized. a
venni screw guns, and, as the Boer
from 1,500 to. 2,000 Meal and six seven- hill on :the left of the roads, two miles
'
: from the Neka with but little oppose.
artillery is already- stron,ger than im- 1 den. There they remained. unmolested
agined, tcapture a these guns will :
Tlif NEWS IN A N111811fil
THE VERY LATEST PROM
ALL THE WORLD OVER.
Interesting Items About Our Own
Country, Great Britain, the United
eeverel States, and All Parts of the Globe
Captain .F. S. Stayner, Gloucester-, s
1
snire, severely. Condensed and Assorted for Easy
Late Thurecley the War Office re- Reading,
eeived a desprieds from the Governor CANADA..
, The harbour at Ha:milton is to be
of Natal Sir Walter Franeie Hely-
Hutohintson, announcing that coin- improved. ,
munieatioa with Ladysmith has been
Manitobelection% ill eot be
interrupted since half past two o'clook held for several raoaths.
Thursday afternoon
The a w
,
:—
The War Office issued the following Treaty Parnell" to Indians are 111
despateh Pr°g
ress in the Battleford district.
Chief of Staff, Leclyemeth, to War. B.amiltort will again vote on a by -
Secretary : law to spend $15D,000 on pavemerits.
Lad,ysinith, Nov. 2.—Lieut. Egerton, The Kingston Locomotive Works will
H.M.S. Powerful, dangerously avomid- add 350,000 to their plant and hand-
ed 'nal& morning by a shell, left knee ings. „
and right foot, Life n-ot ill danger at Indian, revenue returns show the
present• •. total excise receipts for September to
11 was inferred from this desPetch haVe been $880,600.8e.
that the artilleTy duel between the .
Boers and British continues as Lieut. Woodstock raeepayers have voted
Egerton was a gunnery 'lieutenant against the he -law to abolish the wand
system of electing aldermen
with the big naval gums. ' '
Brantford assessnient rolls are bad -
Another list of casualties at Dundee
wasissued by the War Office Thursday la rained tile A sPeeial committee of
commissio,ned officers and men of the The Kingston Locomotive Works
gives eighty-two non- Council Will straighten them out,
moralize; It
Dublin Fusiliers missing, indicat- have received an order for ten more
ing that the Boers captured, as Inane compound engines for the C. P. R.
Fusiliers as they did Hussars. Woodstock will take a vote of rate -
The War Office received a telegram payers on January 1 on the question
despatched from Ladysmith at 9,25 of menicip,a,1 control of franchises.
Thureday m,orning, saying that Gen- Arrangements for the construction
eraa White was well and holding his of fifty
comnext
, miles of the Edmonton dis-
nosittion. trict railway will be pleted
BOMBARDMENT RENEWEmonth.D.
tedawn. the, time being occupied, in
be a
GREA.T HELP TO 'ISM BOERS. organizing the defence of the hill and
constructing stone sangare and walls
Apart from the immediate loss in as cover fres:a fire.
etffectives, which will seriously cripple "At dawn a skieenishing attack on
Gen. White's operations,. the British our position was consanenced by the
defeat must have a most depressing enemy, but made no -way' until 9.30a.
effect on the balance of the Ladysmith m., when strong reinforcements en-
forces, while ie ralay, be expected. to anted the to rush to the attack with
have rauch weight with the natives, great energy. Their fire became very
who are wavering as to which side to searehing, and two companies of the
support, and it will immensely raise Gioucesters, in an advanced position,
• Vanciouver City Council is investi-
.
Special despatches from Ladysuat
b. gating the charge that membeis of s
dated Tuesday, give further details re-
garding the renewal of the bomberd- police forte have been bribed to per -
reoccupied mit gambling in parts of the city.
mere. The Boers, ha,vinig
their old positions remounted big John N. Fulton, wanted in Montreal
guns. Their firing was accurate, but for alleged embezzlement of $50,000
almost harnaless. Some of the troops from the estate of the ;late Thomas j.
were, slightly injured by splinters. Coristine, is under arrest at Boston.
Lieut. F. G. Egerton, and his men Mr. A. C. Tres'ham, banclnaaster of
from the Powerful did splendid work the Dufferin Rifles at Brantford, will
and quickly silenced the Boer guns. lead the band that accompanies the
The Boers acknowledged having sat- Canadian contingent to the Transvaal.
fered heavy losses in men and horses The Deceraber Bused, a social organ -
in the previous battle. eiznatsitoenvsoftoGeorringaanniszeataOtetoarawpaa, nhyastotatke-
General Jan H. M. Kock, who was' en
either to the 43rd Rifles or the
second in command in the Transvaal
forces, and who was wounded in the I G. G. F. G.
battle of Elandslaa,gte, died in the hos-,
reg l! has ormeiancihoend RFftlirc eomr taang 1vChamberlainthltwo In_
pital at Ladysmith on Monday i h
EXTENSIVE PREPARATIONS diens from. the unorganized territory,
A despatch from London, Friday, 1 who will be tried for mpeder at Rat
says:—All was quiet at Bulawayo, in Portage Assizes.
Rhodesia, according to despatches re-, Burglars attacked the night watch-
ceived this morning, up to October 2'7. man at Bixers brewery, Brantford,
There has been some skirmishing on , tied him upend robbed him of $10 and
the border. then blew up the safe. They got no
Apparently extensive .preparations raoney in the safe, failing to open the
are in progress at De Aar, Cape Col -1 cash department.
ony, for the concentration of Lieute! Messrs. T1. Carscallen, M.P.P., tC. 3.
Gen. Buller's army. Thousands of . Myles and P.E.W. Boyd,, of Hamilton,
mules are: corralled in that neighbour- propose to erect a blast furnace at
hood, and transport material is being ' Port Colborne if the town givenhem. a
: !free site of twenty acres and. a cash
hurried up from the south.
According to another despatch, the ' bonus of $25,000.
naval brigade at Ladysmith has Bx-Vice-President Lichtenheim, of
mounted four more guns from Mir- the -v-.11 m
suspendede arise Bank, Mon-
j. Pierpont Morgan, has, it is said,
hi:eight a tontrolling interest in the
old, New Yorle publiehing heuse of
Harper & Brother,
Ovev $10,000 iranagrants inive Lar-
rivea at United, States ports durnag
the' year 'ending Jutie. 30, 1899, an ins
erease over the previou:s year ot $2,-
116,
Russiat has agreed to arbitrate with
the -United States the claims resulting
from tne seizure of sealers in the
Sebring Sea, pendieg tor the pat
eigist years,
The Ceurt of Appeals at Albany, N,
Y., has effirmed the convietioe of
Howard C. Beni:tam, sentenced to be
electrocuted for the murder of his wife
at Batavia, N.Y.
H. B, relerietie and W. 0. Criek,
brokers' elerke, charged with stealing
a10,7,o3 in Buenos Ayres bonds and
fleeing to British Columbia, pleaded
guilty( in Landau, and were sentenced
to three and four years' imprisonment
respectively.
Chief Connector Clarke, of the Or -
dee of Railway Cond.uotors and 1'. H.
Morrissey of the Brotherhood ot Rail-
way Trainmen, are at Montpelier, to
interview General Manager Fitzbegla
reletive to labeltroubles of the Cen-
tral Vermont Ry.
The, New York Sun 'haa commenced
its' egal battle against organized, la-
bour. The paper admits its circula-
tion has dropped from. 40,000 to 60,000
daily and albont $300,000 ins ad-Verne-
ing reoeipts since the beginning of
the strike an,d boycott.
GENERAL.
Emperor William will exhibit curios
BofxDForoeitdieoruitir the Great at the Paris
Twelve cases of bubonic plague are
no under treatment in the isolation
hospital at Santos, Brazil.
VandaLs have defaced newly erected
monuments at Perlin. The noses and
hands of seven of the Emperors ances-
tors have been denaolished.
the morals of the Boer forces and
bring crowds of recruits to their stan-
dard.
WHITES MANTFULNESS.
Further news must be awaited. be-
fore it is attempted to ataoht the
blame where it belongs. General White
manfully accepts all. the discredit at-
taching to the, disaster, which, appar-
ently, was at least partially due to the
stampeding of the mules with the
guns.
From the ligt a will be seen that
forty-two officers were mude prisoners
besides a newspaper correspondent,
Mr. J. Hyde.
" AWFUL, BRITISH DISASTER,"
"Awful Britieli disaster," yelled
newsboys on Monday and all London
stayed its cosurse and -read the extras
containing the official acknowledg- was due to the misfortune of the mules
;went of the British reverse. The an- stampeding and the 'consequent loss of
nosancement appeared at the hour the guns and sma.11-arm ammunition
evhen shoppers crowded Regent and and the reserve.
Oxford streets and Piccadilly. Women 1 "The (Oficial list of casualt.es and
stopped their carriages in the streets prisoners will be reported shortly. The
and hailed the boys. Out of fashion- latter are understood to have been
able stores women ran for papers, sent by rail to Pretoria.
They stood stockstill in the crowded
streets seanning th,e pages oe the ex-
tras. Having read ot the reverse,
such as does not exist: in the memory
al living British subjects, :the eaen set
their teeth and walked ont with hard -
end troubled faxes, while some women
RUSH FOR THE WAK OFFICE.
were ordered to fall back. The enemy
then pressed to short range, the losses
en our side becoming very, nu,mercnist
AMMUNITION GONE, BRITISH CAP-
TURED.
"At 3 p.m. our ammunition was
practically exhaueted, the position was
captured, and the survivors of the
(solemn fell into the enemy's hands.
"The enemy treated our wounded
wite humanity:, Gen. Joubent at once
despatching a letter to me, offering a
safe conduct to doctors and ambul-
ances to remove, the wounded. A me-
dic,a1 officer and parties to render first
aid to the wounded were despatched to
the scene of action from Ladysinith
that night, and the ambulance at dawn
next morning.
"The want of :emcees of the column
" The security: of Ladysmith is in no
way affected."
General White's account shows that
the dienetet. Is not so serious a one as
reported et first. Neither the Glouees-
tens nor the Eusiliers were present in
full strength, as previously imagined.
The four half companiee of the for-
mer regiment would nominally only
Then there w.as a rusla to the War total! 250 men the SiX companie,s of Fu -
Office, wench by noon, was surrounded
with private carriages and hansams,
While many of the humbler class of
people came on foot, ell waiting for
the possible posting amoug the liste of
dead of the names they beld dear, By
neon gloom' and bitter sorrow pre -
veiled throughout the British metro-
'
sat the Government office no effort
Was made to: conceal the feeling of
dasmay prevailleg. One official said to
• itt reprover:states:1 a the Aosociated
Preset "It is inexplicable, and I am
m• erry to sevr that its moral effeet is
inestimable. We have lost heavily in
saaany wens and have had. regiments
almoet 'vviped out, but to have regi-
• mente caeltuned, and bey the Boers—it
le• terrible."
EIKCITSES FOR GEN. WHIM
ban. treal, has been committed for trial
The report comes from Rome that 1 on a charge of having made a false
of and deceptive statement to the Gov -
Portugal will permit the landing,
British troops at Lorenzo Marques. ernment of the bank's affairs.
Thie coincides with the view strongly
Commercial Agent Bennett of An -
prevalent in some quarters here that .
ugua, British 'West Indies, reports to
the British invasion of, the Transvaal
The manliness of Genetai, Wbite's
avoeval that it was his fault has
aWekoned the deepest sympathy.
An official of. be War Offiee maid to
repreesentative of tbe Aosociated
at is Mott than likely! due' to the
tingeish themselves, Obtain Mentimi in WC11-.1NTAD ornICE118.
the deepetobeis end :cern the Victoria Major j01110. Dawkiee, 1:1,0Yai Artii-
• CrONS than IX) 1110 11.4k1; of tbal eplesia lery, slightly,
siliere 750 men, and the artillerynsen
125 men, or an aggregate of 1,125 men.
300 KILLED AND WOUNDED.
General Sir SLesvaat White. bas cabl-
ed the War Office, that in the engage-
ment on Farquther's farm, near Lady-
smith, on October 30, when Lieut. -Col.
Carletores coluartn was compelled to
surrenaer, six officere were killed,
and nine wounded. tiniOng the
non-coramissionet1 officers and. men
the oasualties were 51 in killed
and 231 be woutcled. Gee White prom-
ises a nett of the missing niter. i
VIZ DEAD OFFICERS.
the Department of Trade and Com -
will be made from that point. melee that there is a good Market for
1 BRITISH LOSSES TO DATE potatoes a Potatoes are
ndbutter. Potat sell -
The total lose to British arms since ing there at §1 per barrel, cooking but -
the. war actually. commenced with the ter at =cents. and good table butter
bemabarding .of the armoured train at 32 cents per 111. . mused are many high naval officials,
near Elandslaagte, twenty-one days! J. Macdonald, registrar of Lands and eluding the former senior port officer,
' Commander Retitsky, several well -
•Lieut 3, T. ildeDougell, Royal Ar.
tillery,
Major W. T. Meyers, lainsee Royal
FIAIIKET3 01' TII12 WORLD.
The names of Generals Giolannelli
and Herve have been dropped from the
Preach Council of War, it is said, on
account ot the Dreyfus case.
A colossal. bronze statue of Christ
blessing mankind, which was being
hoisted iuto a niche in the new cathed-
ral at Berlin, fell 100 feet. No.one was
injured.
Herr Hopffe, a millionaire, has been
seetenced at Dresden to five years'
imprisonment for misappropriating
funds of a cha.rita.ble organization, of
which he was treasurer.
The• British steamer Zurich, from
Kosade for London, has foundered off
the west coast of Norway. The cap-
tain was saved, but the crew is re-
ported to have been lost.
ww=asia •
Priees Gain, Cattle, CheeSe, 3;0
m the Lewling itantS.
to -day y7.--wAet: had leVrigtheTle'llaUt:
ead little, business doing, and prac-
tically no ohange ip prices.
As the triede hap been so bad lately
there wee scarcely any export celtie
came in to -day; space on the isoats
is herd to get, and freigiate are se high
than shippeep will not buy ; (Addi-
tion to this prices in the Old Country'
keep very low.
Any good to choice butcher cattle
sold faaely well at steady prices, near-
ly all the stuff here was mixed. Prices
remained' uncbanged from Tuesday.
Stockers coatinue. dull; feeders and
expor:t bulls are unchanged.
Good milk cowg are wanted.
ohToiliceereveiasi eelaeloveaa. good demand
Sheep and lambs being in very small
supply, were all sold, but prices did
not alter frora Tuesday's figures,
Quotations for hogs to -day were 4
1-4o per lb. for choice hogs scaling
frora 160 to 200 lbs., and 33.15 to $3.87
1-2 per 100 lbs. for light and fat hogs.
The receipts to -day were forty loads,
including 1,000 hogs, 600 cattle, 450
sheep and lambs, and a few calves.
ctuFootallgainst.Lie the range of ellsrent
Shippers, per owCta.tt.le.. 401) 0 450
Butcher, choice, do.. .. 3 60 425
Butcher, med. to good. . 325 350
Butcher, inferior. . . . 300 325
Stockers, per cwt, . . 225 325
• Sheep and Lacnbs.
Ewes, per ewt. . • 25
Lambs, per cwt. . . 50
Bucks' per
iclwkert.s. end C.:812v0ets). 50
Cows, each, . . 25 00 45 00
0,1 Ives, each. . . 200 700
Hugs
The Central Gevernment of Switzer-
land has Prohibited the importation
of German cattle because of the pre-
valence of foot and mouth disease in
tb,e grazing districts of Germany.
The French Cebinet has approved a
bill granting trades unions the same
stoniest as an individual citizen, and
enacting privileges and penalties to
secure, the free working of such bodies.
The visit paid by Sir Edmund j.
Monson, the Britishi Ambassador, and
Gen. Hor,a,ce. Porter, the United States
Ambansador to President Loubet was
for the -purpose of extending to the
latter the thanke of Queen Victoria
and President McKinley for the hos-
pitality extended by the French Gave
ernm,ent to the Venezuela Court of
Arbitration.
Lot
A gigantic system of official fraud
and corruption has been unearthed at
Sebagtopol. Forty-three Government
officials have been arrested and will be
tried by court-mertial. A.mong the sc-
. .
3 50
400
ago, is 216 killed and '721 wounded. Works Department, at Kamloops, kill -
000. one to tell his wife that he was gobag
to shoot himself, and before she got
TOTAL BRITISH KILLED -210.
into the room he had accomplished hie
• intention. There were some irrefular-
4
3 Odes ha connection witla this new office,
a,nd deceased's movements were being
Tbes does not include the captured, ed hineself by shooting in the head
which will swell the total by fuly 1,- was in the room, He told the little
Colonels.
Majora. ,
Captains.
1 Ltentenants. . 14 closely wetched. •
Rank and file. . • . . ,.191
Outlying municipalities are making
TOTAL BRITISH WOUNDED -724. great efforts to attract maftufactures
Colonels. . . . . 8 from Montreal. The leather firm of H.
7 j Fisk & Co., heve made a proposal
to the Council of Lachine to build a
. 3▪ 1', factory there for a bonus of $25,000 and
. 659 exemption from taxes for several years.
The people of Longueuil are carrying
on negotiations with the Slater Shoe
Co., and the Lang Biscuit Co., has been
induced to move to St. Henri.
An important order in Council bas
been pa.ssed providing that bona fide
catalogues and price lists of goods in
any country beyond the limits of Can -
Majors.
Captains.
Lieutenants .
Rank and file. . .
KILLED WIFE AND DAUGHTER.
A Terrible Tragedy iin the County of
• Renfrew.
'nun 'ernetraBa mai qoyedsap v
ada, not exceeding three to any one
sans double tragedy was perpe-laddress, be admitted through the mail
trated early Wednesday morning or lor by other conveyance free of cue -
late Tuesday night about eight mile,s1toms duty; provided, however, that
such catalogues and price lists shall
not be held to include almanacs or
advertising periodicals or printed mat-
ter designed to advertise the Eale of
goods by any person in Canada.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Florence Marryat, Mrs. Frances
Lean, the well-known author, died in
London Friday.
Tlae yeung Duke of Blanchester an -
Lieut, William Chapman, Natal
Motented Rifles.
Major .Edvastrit Gran', Mtoheal
Corps.
LLeut. 11.; S, Marsden, King`e //eye)
Lieut. T. L. If1orster, King's Rental
'Attlee,
teae,e of Our yotinger offieere to dies
from Eganville, in the, township of 'Wil-
berforce.
' Mrs. William Yaster and her 17 -
year -old daughter were horribly mu-
tilated about their heads by some
heave instrument while in bee. The
husband and father, William Yaster,
aged about 50 yeatts, who for some
time ha e given evidences of insanity,
accueed of doing the, terrible deed, nouecea that he is going ---South
He' had previously threatened to take Africa as war correspondent".
their lives. Three children younger
Ex-Preeident Harrison of the United
thao the de -ad daughter were in the
States, had an audience with the Primus
nouee and it was they who :gave the
alarm to the neighloors.
I, • '
GHASTLY REMAINS FOUND.
. -
rrospettor Perishes Ilront Expoatire Back
of Bat Portage.
despatch front (Rat Portage, says:
1 g ir• mT a fo
—To e rap 1 .5g:flea-um c ,eo , o
ter,sund, -while out hunting on
Ltulu Lake, near Ostersund, 'same
aeross the decomposed body of a men
lyteg a,bessi: fifteen feet from the'ehore.
The clotting avere :nearly all rotted off
of Wales in London afterwards visit-
ing the House of Commons,
The British Government has accepted
the offer of 'United States women in
IIngisind to equip the steamer Maine as
a. South Afrioart 'tor:mita) ship,
It is reported at Plyramath thee the
British tAdvairalty.is about to mobie
lize a reserve fleet in home 'ports, due
to the intention et' Russia to seize a
'port in the Persian Gulf.
' UNITED STATES,
Sir Henry Irving, the meter, is at
New York.
Thursday, Nov, 80, has been pro-
• the body, bet piece of a rtracainew claimed Thariksgivieg Day iti the Unit-
eseat and pants were foiled, and the oo StIltea:
,;
man had on very fine light shoee, as it Another At:wriest:a battalion of
be Were not egitteped fret rougb bush Mes,rines has beee ordered 1:0 Cavite,
work, sub cia prospetsting ot ttapping, the naval sta,tioe near Manila.
Mr, 13elyest tbinke the mae may Mese The capital stook of the Nese York
had eyeeehees on, but that they 000,310 Centred and Hutted/1 River Railway
off weile he eves nernersecl in the wat- has: been ittere.o.sed to 0115,000,000.
er 4noU1et iuui of Clothes of e lerewn The ttlitiOulleentetit is mute that
eolor Were found, about o hundred there le te be a ooralsination of the
yards along the; shore, but not( a, nee- large sibeet, btess end topper oolicerns.
tige of pa,por or pipe, tobacee, Or Chictego dettseLiven eiaira to betel the
knife were :found. The mime of the of the robbers Who held up, tiie
than ot how he mune by- hist death re- feet Wel 'neat Maple Park, IlL, oft
Dyspepsia And indigestion,
common, diseases, but bard to
cure °with or•dinary retedies,
yield readily to Manley's
Celery -Nerve Compound.
Choice hogs, per cwt. 400 25
Light hogs, per cwt. '75 3 87 1-2,
Heavy hogs, per cwt. 375 3 87 1-2
Toronto, Nov. 7.---Wheat—Western
markets were all lower to -day, and the
local markets for Ontarios was null
and easy. Red and white, Ontario;
sold 1:o millers at 65 to 66 1-2e accord-
ing to netaene,ss to the mill. There
was no export enquiry. Goose wheat
unchanged, 70e is asked, middle
freights, 690 is bid. Manitobas quiet
and le lower at 790 bid for No. nerd,
g.i.t., and 78c, Toronto and west.
Milwaukee, Nov. 7.—Wheat — One
cent lower; No. 2 Northern, 68 1-2 to
69c; No. 2 Northern, 65- to 67e. Rye—lc,
lower; No. 1 55c. Barley --Dull; No. 2 46
47e; sam.ple, 39 td 47e.
'Duluth, "Nov. 7,--Wheat—No. 1 hard,
68 Mc; No. 1 Northern, cash, 66 3-8e;
Deceraber, 66 3-8c; May, '10 7 -So; No. 2
Northern, 63 3-8c; No. 8 spring, 59 7-80.
Minneepolis Nov. 7. --Wheat — In
store —. No. 1 Northern, November,
65 1-20; Deeerober, 65e; May, 69 1-8 to
69 1-4c; on track, No. 1 hard, 67 $-4c;
No. 1 Northern, 65 1-2cc, No. 2 North-
ern, 63 1-2c. Flour and bran — Un-
el:lenge& _
Toledo, Nov., 7.--Wpeat No, 2 cash,
69 1-2c; December, 70 7-80. Corn --: No. 2
mixed, 340„ Oats—No. 2 mixed, 28c. Rye
—Neglected. tloverseed—Prime, oasis,
olcl, 36.75• November, December and
March. ve.47 1-2 bid. Oil -Unchanged.
But fa lo, Nov. 7.—Spring wheat
Quiet. but steady; No, 1 Northern, new,
spot,. 73 aele; No: 2 Northern, do., 700.
Winter wheat --Irregular e No. 2 red
73e,. No. 1 white, 71 1-2c. bern—Dull;
weak; No. 2 yellow, '38 3-4e; No. 3 yel-
low, 88 1-2; new 36c; No. 2 corn, 38e No. 2
corn, 37-' 3-40. Oats—Steady ;. No. 2
white, 29 1-2c; .No. 3 white, 28 3-1c;
No. 1 white: 28 laic ; No. 2 mixed, 26
c3 -4c; No. 3 mixe,d, 26c. !Rye—No. 1,
lOn traek, 64c; No. 2 do., 63e Canal,
freights—Steady. !Flour-- Steady.
Chicago. Nov. 7.—Plaxseed—North-
West, e1.28 1-2; South-West, $1.28;
November, 31.27; December, $1.213-1;
1VIa,y, 41.29; Duluth to arrive, 31.24;
cash, 31.21; November, 01.23 1-21 De -
ember, 31.22; May, 31.25 1-2- bid.
Detr.oit, Nov. 7.—Wheat--Closed--No.
1, white, cash, 69c e No. 2 red, cash,
69 3-4n e December, ID 7-80; May, ,75 3-4.
---o—
known constructors, nearly every chief
engineer of the ships in Russia's Black
Sea fleet, the commissary officers and
othere. It is reported that several of
the aecused have committed suicide
rather than itandt rial, 'for if found
guilty they will be banished to Siberia.
•
UNITED STATES DEATH LIST.
Lives Lost During the Twelve Months of
War Total 6,619 Men.
A despaech from Washington says:
—A reeapitulation of the, casualties in
action,s and deaths in the regular vol-
unteer armies between May, 1898, and
jutte 301111, 1899, conteined in the an-
nual report of the adjutant -general of
the army, ehowts a grand total of 10,-
076 men,. The casualty list alone ag-
gregates, 3,454, of whom 38 officers and
458' enlieted men were killed, and 197
officers, and 2,764 enlisted men wound-
ed.
The death list, numbering 0,619, was
made up of 224 °Mewls, and 6,395 en-
listed men. 01 this total but 38 offi-
cer,s and 458 enlisted men were killed,
the reanaiader 'of the deaths resulting
from various causes, ineluding the f01-
1.0Ming :
Wounds --10 officere aerid 192 enlisted
--Diseage---165 officers end 5,341 enliet-
ed men.
Aecident—Six efficere aed 209 men,
mDenrowningg—Three officers and $8
Suiciden-Twe officere and, 52 men.
Murders and homieides-52 enlisted
In- the regular army the total case
uelties lik aotioes aria death e amount-
ed to 4,155, and. in the volunteer estab-
lishment to 5,921. In the casualty list
the regulare ba a 127 officers and 1,860
enlisted men killed and wounded, and
the Voltuateere 106 °Moms end 1,066
enlisted meal Wiled and woneded.
DROWNED IN A PAIL,
W.11, !Buckingham:1,39G King St.
Bast, Hamilton, Ont., Says $
was troubled with DY,Spepala and
Indigestien for a long time, mid
• coujd get no relief until t tried
' ManleynCelery-Nerve Compound,.
which cured me, and I cannot
• speak too highly in Its praise."
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WHY SITE SINGS.
I ,like to leser a servant girl sing at
her work. 11 shows a good disposi-
Not elways. 1 think our girl sings
beea,use: she has a grudge against us.
THE OLD, OLD STORY
Smith—Brown bee just finished ek
flying nem:Mine that he has been at
work on for the last ten years. .!
jonee—Indeed! And is it a awn
°see?
Smith—Yes, with OD0 except:ton ; i
refuses to get off the earth.
Though he is financially erabara
reseed, the Sultan has ordered the
coaetruction of two new warships and
a new Imperial yacht, along with the
renovation at ten arinour-clads and
two yachts.
cissasOeesoeuslasianuallesausleillain,
PROSTRATED klittitISTED
, •
att:s. netertord Moses Fier Child at
lie:tett ville.
A, despatch from Woodetock says':
NO SLIEEP—NO 111113T.
LI. do not appreelat,
the Words of Ioba. Gt.
t3axe, who Bang, "Glid
blimp the 7an. Nit()
Arst 12111110 sleepl"
But apprec atiedi 11
not wanting es thoa
who Wive sunereet a
1ffis. Waite, of Mae
....G., Township Oat., who
became im ill with
horvotto troubles that to quote hey bro-
ther, Mr, Donald Mell'ae, 4 welaksiowe re-
sident of that illustrlet seatiop of North
Ontario: "My sister ha not slept a night
for ever three months. he ootild not have
stood this Much longer, and It was only
when death seemed imrainent thiit Soutlt
American Nerviest rein\ the good pby.
sielan. After tilde the rst dose 0 thie
Nervine she slept II alg t. And gained
In flesh until perfectly , well, and bee now
tio sign of. nervousness.' This Is a wonder-
ful medicine in the severest eases of nor.
vonsness, and the greatest fleeh-bullger to
he found anywhere in the world. -411.
Sold by C. Lutz, Ex,eter.
-1A, fatal accideet oceurred t 13eache
Title on Wed:de:env, by' which the 18-
rise:Mlle-old son of Mr. aod Mrs. Craw -
fora lost it e life. Mrs. Orewfota bad
len the ehilcepleying abed the 'Mime
Wittle she went in do Some work °eta
Ade. She returned shosnie aftet arid
netted ber elilld hood foremosa, in a
lat,Yo bucket of water. The, child svaa
mains 5 tnyatary-, ototbax lath, rt.fimlea, bur it was dead.
forty-two to the pound. The slarepeel,
shell oonsiste of a teiece of steel tubing,
filled with small balls, At the_ head
of the shell is a time fnse, which( can
be adjueted to suit the eange ati which
the gun is to be fired. This fuse ig-
nites the :small charge of povvtier whielt
ties in front ef the bellets. The firing
of the gun ignites the fuse, which
'burns for the iitue for tvhich le has
been set. It, then fires the powder,
whieb bursts 'the shell and sends the
260 bullets flying among the enemy,
at is said that these bullets seatter
like shot from a totylingpieee: and cov-
et' a space of twenty-four square yards
wine a rale_ of load, The guns have a
killing range of 3,5000 yards.
------es--
KILLED IN THE SHANTIES.
Ottawa aims Causiii Between Tii o 3,854
• and Ills Back Broken.
A aespatch from Rat Portage, soya:
---A. Frenchman 'named Fred Duplesee,
employed" by Graham add Horn, and
wotItisag ozie of their lumber carnpii,
hear Bari:vials, Rainy River, Was deck.-
je,4g1 itir°gge6'1oagndorewatsh et. n hied:waste yt( of
hPalna nhge
biosk gave Way. DupleSee tried to
jump out Of the way, but Wee e,aught
between twe lege riled , got his bade
brokee, death! being instantaneOnS,
The decease& dame here reeently freers
Ceitinestu Point, Ottewa.
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