HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1900-1-25, Page 2CROSS Pr TUGELA PIVER
Boer Positions North Shelled By Howitzers—
Enemy Taken, By Surprise—Hills Command-
ing the :Drifts Seized By Mounted, Foras,
TEBE X;1J:T.B.1{, • TIN( B S
despatch 4rom Spearmen's Farm, 'The order proceeded to advise the
Natal, says i -Lord Dundonald, natal rateee 'when to aharge, ancl on what ewe -
the Mounted Brigade, paehed, sudddit
en- 1(t)41,1: tonereeewe the surrender a auy
forivard and seized the Springfield
bridge. Then, hurrying forward, he
Neheok a very strong position. at Zwart-
Wiener commanding Potgieter's drift,
*jading 'the .Boa totally unprepared
It, warned the troops against a tree-
cheroue use by the 13oers of the white
tiaTte order created enthusiaera, in the
*walla
The March from Frere to itIount
for the Brettab advance. Alice wee veTY tryingelmt the health
„A
nuof the troops is excellent. „ mber of the enem,y were bath -
mg in the river tirhea liord
aid' s force appearect
, Gen. Lyttleton's brigade was sent to
A leadespatch from Natal, says :-Gan. Id the positien.
Lyttletotee brigade, with a howitzer
The whole British force, with the ex- ba,ttery, croesea the Tugela, river at
oeption of a force togarrison at 00.ense Potgieter's drift on Tuesday, Jan. 10.
advanced without delay, The water re above the waists of esu ice) tiring ceratormed for Some
Gen. 11.talyard'a commaad le now at e and mein The Doers ftred two shots iamo, owl, the attaa was an ufteefaile
Springfield. then recaaled their forces to the ere, etet the ueeee evil -cloned to thee
treeches. the passage being uninter. eeetter et the smell aoyps at the base
t0 the 500A10 8140 017 the river, axid SiX summits were occepiett by 0.31 p.m. *The hill comp:nines a traok of come.
the river and tinetsglet the beet over Yesterdan, Wedhesdan, the Eher ituere.
The despatch adds that everyone is
neat/dent.
HEAVY BOMBARDMENT.
from Pieternieritzburg, dated Tues-
day.; --
"Very beavy artillery firing wits
heard yeeterday in the diMetion, of
Springfield."
BOERS ROUTED.
A despatch Leone Itensherg. Cape
Coloun, Say $ ;--The Boers title Melee-
ing attempted to rush a ttiB held by
a eompann a the 'Yorkshires and the
New geelanders, hut were reOulseel
et the point of the bayonet. The
Doers had 21 meet killed, and about 50
wounded.
The assault was a daring pieQe a
work. The interne' crept up the hill in
face of the fire ef the Yorkshires, who
were behind a walk
The Bo ere used every bit ew.A. possible
cover wid.h their characteristic skill.
Tney ieearly reached the wall, but
when. they itsoleed forward the yorke
shires,. who aere only one company of
the battalion, and a handful of the
New Zeaiatieers. leaped, Qleer the wall
and cuerged the Boers with tb.eir
bayenete. .
The South African Light Eforee de- ruPted. ef the hill.
aired tto briag the pont, or ferry beat. The. Britieh advanced ha skirmishing Calf. ..oraltlocks was in commend ot
order, aed, the small krajojes oe the the New Zealandere. '
Men tef tliat command iheretere aware Duri4g' the uig,ht it rained heavily. try eaet Xne Main, keSiden Of the
tre .ohes a ere vtgoroutly shell?
After a a four days, the Brte reeheleed ageeeseteei tue
under Lieut. Carlyle.
treat of Meant Aace LI.we the Bri
tisit advance was resumed, thin. Lyt- aed plain. 11 av,y miste envel
tletou^s brigade crossing Potgieter's the h"le, hig• the naval nulls
owiezer lea,tery mettle goo x prare
drifc zite 4V4ni4g '514/1 iltgding the thoroughly searchi g the trenthee
kopjes On the British. right. 0 1 Ors Boer rigli, a breach
tier:. Warren's divieion made a left zuacie ia Sandbag er0t3:teent
fiesta atteck oxi the enemy. where it is etseetesea Boer guha
4.heee placed.
ck'sVata from, Lentiun enYe that The eat.non ide was heavy aud.
Geo. Lyttleton, after eressing the ti mous, marl the Boers were °User
Tugela, seized with little otpenition a leati :g the trenches in sin pir
In eumny turned and fled, felling
id•it over ewe another in their hurry to get
Wes away. Toe British :netted fire on
toped , them at cease range, comieeting their
.iewo, lite Boers were compelled to aband-
. qn their killed and wounded.
weal 'fie Bitise treake were leory steady
anti cool, thottaa many of tuera had c
had. . never Dern action before.
tieneral Erentdia s co.vairy and horse
wore.. artadtery have recounottred as far SA
ved tile eositiose. oa the herder ext
inn the O ' tate.
v. $ CANADIANS AT IT.
111.11.11,1..I.:1101811Eit
flB.VBRY. LAT.liST ROM
ALL MB WQ41) OVER,..:
interesting .1t.entoe Abeue• Our Own
Country, Great Britain, the 1.1ralted
Stateee end All Parts of lize Globe,
. ,Condensed and Assorted for Easy
Roiling.
CANADA,
Winuipeg wants another infantry
regiment.
The Queen's Hotel at Pilot Mound,
3.1ans, Waa damet,ged by fire title morn-
ing.
Another Brockville maa Ilan been
fined el0 and costs for using cancel-
led enistag e stamps.
13rithela Co-unehla's offer of a OM -
Patty of Incanted scouts for Sonde
Africa, laaa been aceepted„
The medals for tho veterans of
1$66-70 are now beiog nrepared for
distributlea at Ottawa,
Seam:lime, which has just beenstarep-
eal out of Kaatouraska, has apnearedia
the parielt of St. Germain. Q.
Fisheepearban wild be aLawed in
Hamilton Bay this winter. but each
hat will he taxed $1 as a license fee.
The Rank of Montreal has etiechased
u has by no means yet been
It out.
the eld Government P,rinting Berea
� t Ottawa, and will extend the ban
A. P, Low and, E. /".. Facibault.i o
Oita Gemogical Survey. Ottawa, wi
have cherge. of Canada's mineral en
titbit at Parts.
The Ifamilton patriotic fated int
reached c.folette,gire animig tho lates
entriLatieae being .3.1 from the ire
2douldere' Union-
liev. Thomas Geoghegan, who was ea
tustated by the Blouse of Bishops a
Ottawa, Occupted PU;Pit 01 St.
Peters Church, liamilton, west.
Ron. David 1.11.e, Minieter of Just ice,
saes tho sentence of Williams the
murderer of Mr. Varcoe. to bang on
Geed Friday, is perfectly legal.
The Ottawa Improvements Commis
on will epond$44,eddl of the Govern
etat's great on a new iron brielg
cross the Rideau River at Ottawa,
Major Alex. Bertram of Dundee is t
ucceed. La. -Col. Gwyn in the coat
and tho 77th Batt, Col. Gwyn has
otepleted his period er service -
Tim Central Fair Co.. at Hamilton
aesed a resolution expreseing the
ope that the city would again bald
maual agricultural exhibitions.
Baxter, lierbert, Leraleux and Wel
er and Ernest Feliowes, defendants
tht. Bauque Ville Alarie eases, have
11 beep committed for trial at Mont-
eal.
Toronto, Londou, and Hamilton cap-
alists have organized a company
;th §:10,0tO, capital to erect a Cern
larch factory at either Xiagston r
rescott.
Chureh, Chicago, wag elected eriedjat,
or bishep ot the Epiectipal diocese of
Chicago at a special convention called
by Bialioet MoLeren. Rev. Mr. Aader-
nen is ox year* old, and was born in
Canada.
A test occerred near Frankfort of
a etewly-invented smokeless and noise -
lees powder. Tbe inventor claimed his
powder poeseesed ten times the explo-
sive earl propelling force of oediemry
smokeless powder. , The Met Waki not
eatiefaciory.
At Waski3Ogter4 Geo. A. W. Oreele,
Chief Signal Officer of the 'United
States Arney, and. the well-knewn Arcs
ti ehOlorer. refased admission to his
armee to drunken maa, and was
thro,wa down, a flight of ateps4 Be 14
in a serious oondition,
The Sprtneetield, Missourk divielonef
the Anclent Order a Hihernians,
wisiob had been solicited by the: nation-
al president to cootribute to the fund
for the relief of the Doers, decided by
an almost ottani/notes vote not to com-
ply with the request.
GENERAL,
The plague has so increased at Ho-
uolulie that they have beaux), to burn
the infeetea hoases.
A deepatch front tho Riviera aa,
nouces the death of Mantle Garibalide,
a son of the late General Garibaldi.
Spotted Tait, the well,known Sioux'
cbief, died. of heart disease at Penis
the other day. He was 80 years old.
The SaPnreSSIOta of the elle
japan has, hem eticceseful,
lute in low ridges a utile front Potaie- The lull factag the Beare prienione
ter's drifc. Gee. -Wairen has forced apeSsa24,3 debp.s.i.en tram eloticen: itiver says,,
a$e j4t,4 returned here teeth Be
ignore e nerve 44 ne:441.y tliottnied`
tovn, wo.en MAde ono of illree rune ,
shelled x eet.
liewitzers were corried aeross the the Tageia. seven raiLos to the lift.
during the Aiglit.
-, ,iit...,,T1.1.1,0 LAW leltOCLAtallfal
naval aims and heNvt,tzerS effee-, •
A, u . ; from Cal.h46,
'heeled the Leer Itueldhha froze ' -The mum. of the tieetutation ft
Wait near Swart:eat:in. the Cave irregulars raecieg ti
0 i id {Z,Ili e .er et et e Be ihey, Bee b
Oen. Wurtn ern'i'''ea Ina ri,,v," -,n): S,her.lieueleer, Frost, and Varr,dr,
es further weet. near n'aggc1- lease Cape Porliameat hat been f
Arita ii, ties Left of a hot at0.4 heavY thee prorugueki to 3eae ti a
IiIirO4trifare"fleti%.Tzetrar ctszlizielle,Quefillaterl. ebtil'eedr%ratiariAlallwreidn :Icialteirgrrieilka.'lla
letignee 4 t wo miles further. teNnIrt10 , ji,t ez,,ca dbtri....ts.
ti,pree..kop.
A. apatelt to the Times from Spear- il ajf dt,Odal'ul1,4t,itt e.ubrtuedu"oixiAllonaren
man's Liras, filed at the ounte hear ae of new... freak Lady:math and /daub
the D iitY Teit'gralWe de1111ateh• b4Y3 ley. It aineers 11.1 the aseistaure
that eleaderal Warren is now eroesing . eeitale; are /calling um lauvira,
the river withoht ohhosiiieam thengn , daring that it le based lather on bu
ini:es from the river.
the Deere are holdieg a posktion, five -, than ratriotism. it also p
'J. Mies a letter reforriotg ler the rit
A desnateb to the Exchange Tehl'" . oate4 of the murder, tit woauded d
graph Compaey sayd that the dafit- viehee by British trotdpsln the Sella
mates in crossing the swollen river and .a,,its it similar imeas wia 41 je
were great, 1 he wagons being isere. Ali .1 he k onaueres are
oite covered,. caleulated to increase the wettest ef t
THE OPPOSING antes, !colonial Ilders,
The forces on either side may 'he BOERS
,
STRONGLY 1.NTRENt. III
xougely otaten a& tolt(ws, though from 1 a. iteettatehe iron niteartnau s fe
,,
the iiature re: thing e the figurea for ' eacri et, the Boer pesition as tete
the Deere can he little more than a i ed by a reconnaissance. The en,
gueated.--
. General Buller. Nitre btrongsy untreached on a r en
2.2,ivo infaniry. of. low kopjes ceese to thq r.ver a
SAW cavalry. extending fa Ladysmith. Thais t•
2,000 artilleryraen. on main line of defence was at t
70 gun.s. edge of a long plattau, enhich" w
General Joubart. fer.itied and flanked by a lofty' h
cagled .auennena. The position w
1,500 artillerymen. further strengthened by the 8inuo
60 guns, course of the Tugetta. river, whiell "
If thine figures are correct, the t er flowing beneath the precipito
Bri,i-la have an advantage m numbers I Slept) of the laoaroyaraa motinta
a 7,50o, or more than one-third. But: winds about until it forms ti sort
tha mobility of the enemy quite coun- peninsula, over which the Ladysmi
tenets this advantage, and puts the road !Junes to the plateau
two sides upon an equal footing.
BOERS SHELLED WOMEN S
LAAGER,
A Despatch from. London says --A .. .r.ng was resumed this raornin
news agency despatch from Mafeking All's well."
nemeses the Boers, who are besieg- A despatch from London sayst
ing that town, of shelling the women's The artillery reinforcements 'for Sout
laagar with seeming delileration. Africa, which it was announced
Six and nine -pounder shells fell into week ago would be sent, wile begi
the laager, killing a little girl and in- saieing on Jan. 21.
juring VIVO other children. Seventy-two guns, 3,710 ram, an
HOWITZERS CREATING HAVOC. 2,210 horses will sail between jazmar
21 and January 27, which ie is belie
A. despatch from London says:- ed will be a record performance.
The ofilials of the War Mice here
are satisieed that the tide has turned PRAISE FOR THE CANADIANS.
and that news of a more hopeful A, deseatch from London says :-Th
charaoter, from a British point of Standard's special correspondent a
view, will hereafter be the rule in- Modder River says today:-"Otez 1
stead of the exception. That the depechez vous " "Say,there, nag er
British advance in a north-easterly over," and similar eommands and ex -
direction will be fiercely resisted is hortations in England and 'Canadian
fully anticipated. The Boer force is French greeted Iny ears at Orange
probably superior to the British, and River station while a train was being.
the desaatehes show the burghers oc- boarded by the Gordons who were go-
cupy strong positions. beg to the front. . The Canadians had
While General Warren's force was arrived' the. day before from De Aar,
crossing' the Tugela river the Boers and in one day had laid and completed
occulied a thickly -wooded plantation a mile and a quarter of railwa.y and
a mile north of the river, and sent built a new platform. Railway -
several volleys into the advance guard. making under a South:African sun in
Th.e British replied. and the artillery December ie no ;play, and the sight of
opened on a neighbouring kopje. As( , sons of the north handling
the British pushed across the aiver sleepers and rails with the ginatest
•the Boers found their -position unworn- despa tell and enthusiasm, working as
fortable and retired to the hills, Im- white men seldom, work in South Af-
xnediately after the pontoon bridge rica, was an objeet lesson for the
was completed the, whole British force thoroughness of spirit and patriotism
crossed., • anintating all ranks and sections of
The British transport extended see.- the British force now fighting the
eral miles, and included probably five Boers,
thousand Vehicles. All suspicious .
country as far as afount Alice had - PREVIOUS, TO THE BATTLE.
been thorou.ahty reconnoitred, and no
sign of the enemy Lad been found. A. despatoh from London, Jan. 17,
Lord Duadonald's force advanced says ;-"There is no news 'from the
rapidly, meeting with, no opposition. front, but heavy firing was heard/ to -
The Boers had been at Potgieter's
drift the day before the British arriv- day in the direction of Frere. lti is
ed. They had had a large camp on the peobable that General Buller is en -
opposite hills, but this camp was gaging the enemy. •
quickly struck. A buggy with an es-
cort, presumably the Boer comrnand- "A rumor is current here that a
anii,s. equipage, was seen leaving. the portion of the British force is nenr
hills.Ladysmith"
General Buller took quarters at a A despatch to the Daily Mail from
farm -house belonging to 'Warn/due
Pretorius, who had disappeared. Pietermarit zburg, ;dated Tuesday,
A, loud explosion was heard on Jam says:
12, and it was subsequently- learned "Therte was very heavy firing in the
that the enemy had destroyed a bridge north yesterda,y, 1 beaieve 0.1,, Boers
that was in course of construction
even miles above Potrieter's (drift. are contesting' General Buller's pass -
DULLER TO HIS, MEN. age of the Tugela. Howitzers were
Gen. Buller i'sued spirited instruc-
• • • evidently busy, as the firing is de -
Lions to his foree beginning- scribed as the heaviest yet heard in.
" We are going to relieve our com- Natal,"
rodeo at Ladysmith. There will be no .
tit'enitig back." ( The Times publishes the following
lvs, UPI; to..414 Imo of °Arco e01)^.:
Zriu, jUntline raids auto tee Javoi4sdal, ails- at
• er.et vi tue Orakoge Vete State. N'ar-
tati4 atatudiee wilt bave bundled full a
d.ul et these tianeatiorse, nut 1 shad
anal confine melielf to etettitintate and cies- a
craitiert. .411
, '
*. If the Iiimedi ate results of the re- c
• t connasseaseies been/ inetteTre-ae 081lV
d Beene and destruena Out three
eten houees, the reselemees et Luube, cora- F
ace . mandeut u4 the d.etriet, and his mar- h
ean rad wee -the moral result, is believed a
the to tie very effeetuve. hue rich and
a,. Leautiful country whicli we invaded t
ete vitas not new to our troupe. The won- 1
ea. darfuily active Canadians and Austral- a
no. ians have already travereeti every foot r
• • a it claw and again, causing all arra-
an. ed Boers to auanalou tlieurr. Positions.
ut
Nt w our inceneion has sent Me rest w
uy ot the Onhadtitnt4 to follow the armed a
he men, at the cost of the abandonment, p
of an extensive region.
1 "On Bubingtores march alone we
D. saw six or ede, ea empty houses, repre.„ g
,
senting a 1048 10 th0 republic equal to
.
II the same number of enormous farms
,e, ; winch ts'e peeutiar to that country, ° e`
ned , ai plate whirls we visited, kuown
as ltamdam hen for months sent a of
ud comma.ido Of 7'0 to Dozwrs from tho
ea- •
The Czar has forwarded to the re-
becOMMiefilen fur earthquake eta-
- foyers in the Government ot Tiflis 50e,
eoubles, 34,000.
The French ateamer Neastrle, from
e New York for hi:mei-Iles, with a cargo
t of wheat, arrived off itamelona with
n her cargo on fire.
Cons:derable fear is expressed iu the
- German, peese that American automo-
biles will invade Germany, ami a duty is is demanded.
Three thousand time -expired 6;:a
sit eoleliers from the Cuban war ha
ffehed their services to Great BOO
11, South Melee.
MARKETS OF NE WORLD.
PpIeeS of Oralo, Cattle, Cheese. ?ze.
Di the Leading Marta
Toronto, an. 23.-Sepplies were
the heavy for an off day, as nearly
SiXt.y earlOads of live Steek. cam* here
ineleeling 1,500 hogs, and 000 sheepand
lambs. The market for cattle was in
Poor shape and prices are weak
Seareely any enquiry ter shipping
lotaluxttolost receiptsweresinall, and prices
Dutcher cattle Was also weak; the
local hatchers de not seem. to want
much, and, the little they do want is
required to be tif good quality, and
mach of the cattle here to -day was
far frane coming under that designee
ion. For good eattle the prices of
st Tuesday' mai be called fairly SUS,
tabled, but for medium and inferior
cattle, the teadeuey is downivard.and
the eng,uinY
There has been no change siace the
early part of the week in quotations
for stockers, feeders, export bulls, or
milk caws.
"Small stuff " was about tukchange
ed, or if anything a shade more firna
account of light, supplies.
Sheep sell, at from 3 to a 1.2o per
nd,
ambs sell at front 33-4 to 41e2o
pee pound,
pedt3.41..ekousuatir, worth from 21-4 to 22 --le
A tew goo:1 milkers are wanted;
they will &ell XO V.4 earth for the
right land.,
time/ veal CalVe% are alfie wanted.
Hoge are swede'. For ',rime hogs,
staling from We to 2,.0 Ws the to
price ;la 45 -de; light and fat-Iliogs are
a- ringattg 4 1 -t -c per lb., ,
ye 1 Detroit, Jan. 23. -Wheat closed
Q. white, OW), 071-2c; No. ;1 red.
cash, 071-.4o: May, 71e: July, "elli-gc.
he Toledo, Jou. elao-Wheai - No.
ta cash. 6. ,4-10,, Aday emu -
:0 No. 2 -014404, Oatiti•-•SO. ;.ittai%ed,
at 24e. .4.ye-No sale. Clover seed
t Walser; prime. web. El eo;
is Jammu. uew„ $4.73; mateil,
e- oii-Uachaugeli,
,ITarket steady for dressed' hogs. and
e
the receihae keep malty tiberal. Pro -
r 1110 -ie wed, mad are firmer-
r..,Seleet weights, dress .el hogs, car lots,
oil track, deilwereal, sell at and
e- at §4.110 to ,e3for heavy; been% car
4 lots, 6 34e; ten lots, 7e; casts lots, 7 1-4e;
h backs, 81-2e; short eau pork, heavy
Mess. $18.1O4 to fel.
Aceordiug to re oda from India, 1.
le o itdren star -lug Oren
- is becoming common- Over teldelei
- people are worklute on Governme
5 relief works.
Ciermaurs financial condition
a sound, according to the budget pr.
- seated In the Lower fIeu,se th
Diet on Wednesday. Debts of cave
*,.(il,f(lo WO have been diecharged da
ing the past ten years,
MaI advices from New Britain r.
ort the massnere of the captain an
crow of fifteen men belonging
the British sehooner Nulturaana o
New &oath \Vides, while trading am
wig the Admiralty Islands. Ord
three boys malted, and the native
after murdering the sailors inaugu
rated a least ashore and .ate thel
victims.
Authority has been granted for Sur -
coo G. S. Ryerson to re-
eive a free passage to Cape Town as
epreeentattve of the Red Cross So-
ety, onah he transport. Laurentian.
The George B. Tuckett and. Son Co.
Hamilton hies sent about two tons
nd a half ot touacco free to the Can -
:an contingent, the Donainion Ex-
ress Co. carrying it to Halifax for
°thing.
The Parry Sound General H 1
d the Sault Ste, Marie General
g ur oo , who fought us at Bel- ad
be mon: and Graspan, or itnelin. Then V
as the Northatriptons invited them in a
ma: actioa, They will ne.ter again
es
18,000 mounted, infantry.
o. centrate Berndt= to enjey their an
nspital have been placed on the list
us homes or work their tams thl the end
of the war. 01
.'T SENDIZelfe IROOPS, Pr
of ' Wa.r Office has wire I to coutermand ,
01, the depute are from Egypt of Its unab
an
us
A. despateh from Loadon Says: -Tb an
institutions entitled to aid from the
ovincial appropriations for hospitals
d oharitiee.
A deepateh to the Telegraph, date
Spearmen's farm, Jan. 18, ttas:-'
howitzer battery borallarded the 130
lines occasionally during tlte flgh
"
of ofireere Vih0 were previously order,.
d ed to South Africa.
er
A The Daily Chroniele, comraenting
upon this, and upon other news relat-
t.
sags:—
g,
,• "There are some curious reports in pr
eireu3atiore-apparerre1y with some ay.- ua,
- thority 'behind them -which point to of
the etoppage of the despatch of fur- th
a I her reinforcements when the troops
n now mobilized shalt he embarked.
The new cavalry brigade is not to
d leave Eugland at present"
y Seventeen more /swine battalions
ea will be, mobilized in dhe coaxes of a
fortnight. Ail the regulars are now
out of the country except, fourteen
infantry battalions and eleven cavalry
e battalions. The War Office hadeplac-
ed an order for 4000,000 cartridges
a in oases.
The Yeomanry Committee announces
that it has accepted 3,000 out af the 10,-
0W:winch it wiehes to raisei
has 20,00u applicants tor be examined.
The Daily Chronicle asserts' that the
committee was.g,oaded into thin' state-
ment by the reports that there was
no hope of getting. the full nuiraber.
, FOR KRUGER'S ESCAPE.
A, despatch. from London, says: -In
conneotion with the arrival, of Presi-
dent Kruger's son-in-law, Eloff, at
Lorenzo Margee,s, aboard, as is alleg-
ea, a German warship, a teleg,ram from
Durban says that his purpose is to ar-
range for President Kruger's escape to
German) Daraaraland in the event of
Pretoria being captured, An old friend
ot 'Kruger's,. a man named alerriksen,
.
is settled. there, and it is believed that
the Germans will heln the Presidett
to escape as they did the Sultan of
Manziban,
Leander Kimball, found guilty ot
ving dynamite in Ids possession for
unlawful purpose and shown to be
an associate of burglars, was sen-
tenced by Chief Justice 'Meredith to
seven years in the Penitentiary.
The Imperial Government has a.p-
oved of the appointment of gradu-
te.s from the Royal Military College
Canada to the unattached list for
a Iadian.Steff Corps to be continued
SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD.
llaggage Master Marie!, of Windsor
Station, Montreal, Sitlelties.
A depatch from .Mantreal says: -
There was a tragic occurrence at the
Windsor street station of the Cana-
dian Pacific. Railway Company about
10 o'clock to -night. Napoleon Martel,
the C. 13. R., baggag,e,master, went
doWn into the, basement of the station,
and, pulling a revolver, shot himself
through the brain,
The unfortunate man, who had a
good position and some means, had
beau in poor health, and it was noliced
that lie had beconie very morose.,The
deceased SVCL9 El b011t 'r) years of age,
and had been in the 'employ of 'the IC,
P. R. for many years.
, Smoked meats-hiams, heavy, 10 1.2e;
melanin, lle; light, 11 1-2e; breakfast
4 bacon, 11 to 12e; Weide bailie, 8e1 rea,
batten, /3 1.2e; sineked backs, lio. ted
r meats out of plekle le lees than prices
(meted for smoked meats,.
Lard-Tiercee. 3 -le; tubs, 7e; paile,
11 -le; compelled. 51-2 to 5-4o.
Chicago, Jan. O. -Wheat -The nuall
deoiltie in the Liverpool market, a
compared with the break here yestere
rimy, gave tele market a firm start at
3 -ti to 1-2c, over yesterday. Commiselots
houses were good buyers the first
d hour, itad the pressure or liquidation
DISASTROUS DAWSON FIRE,
A Large portion e' the menaces 8eetten
swept Away.
A despateh, from Vietoria, says: -A
la
Dawson City was burned laat Wed
nesday night. t•The, losses exceed hal
me part of the business portion o
Wits Oat of the way. North-Western
receipts lighter, ;i31 ears, against 3f0
4 1
a million dollars, according to a brie
desaatch received at Skaguay late on
ettnesday night last. The steamer
Fara don brought the news to Sittigaay
before the details were received. Muth
suffering must have followed the fire,
as the temperetare at Dawson was 40
degrees below zero, with the wind
blowing to make .mattere worse. The
city bad been entirely Without Rs re..
getter water supply for two weeks. The
city mains, having hurriedly berm put
in two, years ago, were worn, out in
places, Irx consequence the pumping
plea was shut down about Christmas,
leaving the city dependent upon its old
method of hauling water from the
t Yukon River Between December 1 and
. .
eg eea eres oc.urred in Dawson,
being caused by overheated flues.
dnesday night's fire was stated to
ander control when the steamer
under existing conditions after june.1"311
1,900.
1We
Miss A.. Drummond of Kingston has be
left Sk
been appointed Lady Superintendent
for the Perley Rome for Incurables,
Ottawa. She takes the place of Miss
Hurcomih who is going in charge of
the nursing corpe for the second con-
tingent.
An agreement has been arrived at
between the Grand Trunk Ry. and the
Canadian Pacific Ry. for 'the abolition
of the differential rate on sugar. The
effect of this arrangement will be to
greatly aid the Canadian refiners in
competing with those of the United
States.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Lady Alice Montagu, sister on the
Duke of Manchester, is dead at Daves-
Feltz, Switzerland.
Influenzix is spreading throughout
England. The royal household at ,Oe -
borne, Isle, of Wight, has not escaped.
The new United States cruiser Al-
bany, built at New.castle; Eng., has
passed, a successful speed and general
efficiency test. ,
Lord Mountstephen has postponed
his visit to Canada,. -owing to 'the ill-
ness of Lady Mauntstepli.en, The con-
dition ,or Lord Stratlacona, is, improv-
ing, La,dy Strathcona is still
A Dublin correspondent says Major
John McBride, the organizer ot the
Transvaal Irish Brigade, wilt be a
candidate for the seat in. the House
of Commons fox South Mayo, vacated
by Mr, Devitt, andprobably will inet
be, opposed.
T.PNITED STATES.
Buffalo business men want the Erie
Canal improved, to compete -with the
enlarged Canadian canals.
Alfred E. Burr,.editor of the Hart-
ford Times, and the oldest editor in
the -United States, is dead at liartfOrd.
The. British Consul, at New Orleans
has expressed, in an interview, strong
condemnation of the pro-13oer speeches
of Senator Mason and others.,
The _Public school at Milan, Mich.,
was burned, with a eleten library.
Threallundred pupils lost their outer
elothing and. two girls were terribly
burned. The building was worth
Rev. Charles H. Anderson of Grace
SWALLOWED 128 PINS,
operation on a museum Freak Surprises
rhYsicians.
Newt York, Jan. 15. -John Sestet, the
man who is notorious for being able
to swallow pins, nails, taoks,, brass
.
claains, and other hardware, has just
undergone successfully an operation at
St. John's hospital, Brooklyn, and the
following articles were removed from
his stomach:
Two horseshoe nails, two two -and -a. -
half inch nails, 128 common pins, six
hair pins, two latch keys, a ring with
a stone in the setting, and three
chains -one brass and two nickel.
When Sasel rec.overed from the anaes-
thetic he asked what had been fished
out, Be says he quit the museum busi-
ness December 16 last, and that up,to
that time he neVer had any trouble.
This tinue, however, the articles got
tangled up in ft ball and the cbains
held them. ,
Chae Of the physicians said that from
what he had learned there must be a
large number of pins scattered through
Sasel's intestines, and declared it- was
the most remarkable case he 'had ever
heard of. '
SHE TRIED SUICIDE.
Emma l'arey ilt'ade an Attempt to Ilnd
itei. tire, }mut railed.
A despatch from .Tioro'nto, says:--
E,nama Carey a woman living all 7
Claremont street,. tried to commit
suicide last evening bydrinking car-
bolic acid. Her deed was iquickly dis-
covered, however, and Dr. -A. D. Wat-
son, 10 Ifuclid avenue, had her stomach
eniptied before fifteen- minutes had
passed, She had apparently not swal-
lowed much of the poison,- for an hour
io:sc.:uia.,eloi,e.a,,fotierwithaerd,s,bsluhee.s.,1,Tafsolalbowle:ntgo be
,pe
taken to polce headquarters.
It is it,upposed that, her act was the
and 41.7 last ;rear, and
primary receipts, 314M,, Enamels. There
-was a batter class of ()Weide buying
n the marlset to -day.
Corn - Has shown cousiderable
strength, and advauced 1-2e over yes-
terday. The better cables, light tioun-
try offerings, wet weather, and good
eash demand werethe ineentives for
irt
buyg. Some leading local bulls in -
I oreased their liens, while others ren..
lized profits. Country movement con-
tinues very einalL
Oats -This market has ruled firm,
within a narrow youge. There is no
change in the position of the specula,
-Live market. Cash market stronger.
Provisions -Opened strong and high -
en on less hogs than expected, and af-
terwards ruled weak and lower on sell-
ing of. about 20,000 barrels May pork by
comrtussion houses for long account.
Market was a shade higher from low-
est figures at the Weise. Packers buying
on the decline. , Estimated. hogs to-
raorrow, 37,600,
Minneapolis, Jan. 23. -Wheat -Janu-
ary, 02e; May, 63 1-8 to 63 14o; July,
64 1-4, to 64 5-8c; on track, No. 1 frivol,
64e; No- 1 Northern, -62 1-2e; No. 2
64 1-2i to 64. 5-8e; en track, No, lbard,
Northern, 60c.
Milwaukee, Tan. 23. -Wheat -Steady;
No. 1 Northern, 64 to 65e No. 2 do,
621-2 to 63 1-2o; Rye -Quiet; No. 1,
55 1-2e. Baerley-Steady ; No, 2, 46 to
46c; sample, 35 to 42 1-2c.
tallith, Jan. 23. -Wheat -No. 1 hard
cash, 61 3-&; No. 1 Northern, cash, 62
7-80; Man, 65 8-8e; July, 661-2; iNo. 2
Northern, 60 3--8o; No. 3 spring, 56 7-80.
Buffalo, Jan. 23. -Spring Wheat -
Uneettled ; No, hard, 72 7'8e; No. 1
Northern, 711-8 to 71 3-8c • No. 2 Nor-
thern, 69 1-8e. Winter wheat- Dull;
No. 2 red, 76c bid; No. 1 white, 69 1-2c.
Corn -Active and strong; No. 2. yel-
low, 371-2a; No. 3 yellow, 37 1-4c ;: No.
4 yellow, 36 3-40; No. 2 corn, 37c No.
3 corn, 66 3-4c; No. 4 corn, 36 1-2c.
Oals-Str6ing; No. 2 -white, 29 3-4 to
30c; No. 3 white, 29e; No.. 4 wbite, f.8
1-20; No. 2 naitxed, 270; No: 3 mixed,
26 1-2c. Rye -Sales of No. 1, in store,
at 58 1-2c. Flour -Steady, better en-
quiry-.
DIED IN THE CAB.
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A despatch from Toronto, says :--
[In Hong, a Chinese tea dealer) liv-
ing at 64 1-2 Queen street east, died
very suddenly of heart failure on
Wednesday. Deceased hail been suf-
fering from the diseose for some time
and was under the care of iDr. J. NT.
Johnston. The doctor called for his
patient with,a cab, to take him to the
•Western hogPital on Wednesday aft-
ernoon. During the drivs TJn. Hong
had a ;turn for the %verse,/ and before
the litlentt.,a1 -was (reached he was Deceased was a Christian, and a
member of the Metropolitan church,
Dyspepsia, and 1,11Crlg,C*tiOn,
common diseases., b.a hard to
cprewi
0. th ordinary retcrn'edies
vjelc-redy*:::n'e"
Celery:N:reC7::d
wiuc gb3est:
indigestion for a Nag tline, mad
could pat, no relief until 1 rric4
Asplaen:Yto'aoCtiallgahr:Niaarvilea:n4dpsoc.7.
which cured me, And coeuut
TBE CANNIBAL AND N1S CAPTIVE.
The cannibaPe Captive nOW had
course to to argument.
"In a het canting." he urged, stria-
ly vegetable diet is eonclucive t long-
evity.
Whose longevity/ demanded thecae-
nibal, with it loud. insulting latieh.
In the native state =WO melee of
haMor is often stronger tb44,14asease
ef
preprietY.
OA NONTELI,ER.
errs. Brown -Our language Is ND or
misnomers. For hiStadace,, 1 met 0,„
iX.:44Mairst°11-17: ii4:1-LoClv:e'allsairahu174:14hVittt. ebgileg3114;:eensr41
tidieitiottS as the man they call 4, tel.
ler
inin brkek ane blethertteit )14ny ahne);
much money rr. jones Ilnd on dee
posit, and lie junt 'elegised at me.
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Dr. Agnew s Ointment
35 CENTS.
Mr. dame% Gaston. mercheet.Willatoberre,
Pa, writes :,--For nine years I have bent
disagated With totter on haudn mei face.
Bet at last X hfrre found euro Dr.
Agnew'. Ointment. My shin Is now
smooth And eat rod free from every blew
lib. The mit *Nine:tun gave relict—a%
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The teeing Speolalleis of Amerloa
20 YEARS IN DETROIT.
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wise.
WE CURE EMISSIONS
Nothing .ettp, he nipre demoralizing to
young orauteureasealUOA thettpiecrea.
mei of these "nightly leseee' "lis
reduce relakeeke aerroams" a foe flit
et dialtaatiLadambualotyaln nanneleum
Thoy unflt*man for businets., married
end social haPPInen. 'MG3414t*
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whethar °OMSK by evil habito in youta
nate ni I:weakliest or sexual execisca, eur
Now Method Treatment wilt positively
onto PIM
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and haggard; nervous, irrita-ble and ex -
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and despondent; blotches and pimples,
autism art% wrinkled face. amoebae
form and downcast countenance reveai
the lilielit of year existence.
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No matter law serious your case May
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