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eANADA.
•Owee Sound'e ponulatiele is 8,854,an
literease a 453 fever last year.
Ottawa launders_ will after July 10,
deenand 20 centan beer. . •
eff•ngeton's smelter preject will be
•submitted to a vote of the electors,
Montreal has • three cases of sraail-
pox.- The first came from 'Winnipeg,
• Tbe strike at the Sydn.ey, C.R., Mines
le. over and the :drivers have retie-Tee4.
to work.
• By 11 recent militia Order infantry
hattelione will heneefoetle be celled, re-
gimente,
The Neirthweet bad q,0.30 metnigrant
arrivals in April, an increase at 761:
tieer April last year. -
The et eatusleip Tizeisiten brieging •
10e Royal hiegineere to et relegelefei the
Begat:malt garrisan..
Brantford bite praised -hy-lews to
raise .e25,000 for fleed prevention and
ele,I300 for beg/nal improvements.
eleneoniies o$cratuerreld have seat
to the Speaker of tee 'Manitoba .Legise
!attire $215 for the Patriotic e'und.
W. T. R. Preston. *gated at Montreal
lira one theueand Icelanders Lvill to
tee e M Canada daring the coming
summer. .
An Ottawa despatch says the 43rd
battalion will shortly be famished
with khaki inert/rine ae an eeperee
went.
Ontario ;lad New Yore will take
eo:nt aetion to prevent the " dena-
inning," of fish in the St. Lawrence
river.
Tee. advantage of the new •Soulanges
Canal lies liven already (+hewn lay the
number of I:mem veheels uteeig, it end
the tine: eaveil liy them.
Couttareeeler leerehilier, of heNewt 1,1-
wesa eefoenteti ranee. ie I' UUiL
revert, s:Lye (Time le On the ifiereeee
efel through the were:levies.
s :,;if :ail Men:4 acilarettu Cora-
• piny el litentiltten line Lai% 4,te,tigi an
oreer ter 00 nnerge ne.eiereta
fee t lime...tell r; ,,p newdvlee
in elette
lia.ly ef it 11.intaiii:i low a
Cep. witgib. 10 the knee wit h
1l1'8 vtshelai carried -in her
Iteral min a'VIM' 14“'AT
lonytti 4,1Wel 1 lie .
v. -c4., ve,over1 onv wii,clt swot
ever a entre.
Leon -Col Whiten 0.0.C., Quelien,
gee,: in Halifax to take over the velu-
m -tie! he j/l'4V1SitS11,11 bat
lit 41tt1 teeee from Lieut. -Col. V ela
eeturns If* his ditties al head -
q art r t e rs ad A, site a nt Adjutant -Gen-
eral.
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The 4 niLersey it Carakiridge
make King Oscar of Fweden, an Lee
E' gb t y -s ee en London laundries
formed a trust and ..idvanced prices
60 les.ir cent.
Lord Woiseley was thrown trona his
horse on Saturday end bad his left
arm severely injured.
The ead of the famous Old Bailey,
London, is near. The judges have
approved of plans fur a new build -
lug.
British Board of Trade returns for
Aprit show increases of over VOA/U.-
0W in imports, and $15,900,000 in ex -
Ports.
The British Government will appoint
a oommittee of scientists to enquire
into possible improvements in explo-
sives.
Sir Walter Besant, the author, ap-
proves the proposed workingmen's
convention of the English speaking
Ileople, ill England next February.
Gen. Sir Charles Warren has been
gazeeted Milimey Governor of Cape
Colony north of the Orange River,
with the exception of Kimberley.
The British Government seeks to
collect inheritance tax. on §40,000,000
left by Baron Hirsch to assise in emi-
gration a Russian Jews to .learieriea.
131ouet (Max. O'Rell), now in Lon-
don, resting after his American leo-
turing tour, says the feeling in tbe
United States is "absolutely" with
the Boers.
The biggest pontoon bridge in the
world is being constructed on i he Tyne
for the Spanish Government. R will
be in six sections and is capable of
bearing up 12,000 tons.
A thug Who robbed a saloon in
London, Eng., and assaulted the own-
er, has just been sentenced to six
months' imprisonment at hard labour',
and to receive twenty-five lashes.
Ernest Terah Hooley, the noted
speculator and company promoter, the
millionaire who became a bankrupt
In 1898, is at the head. of a $5,000,000
conapany which will work the Czar's
gold fields in Siberia.
John Buskin was born in Hunter
eneenei____ street, Brunswick square, London, on
Feb. 8th, 1819. His father, an entire-
ly honest man," was a Scotehman;
eartner in a prosperous firm of wine
mexchants in the oily.
sir Nathaniel Lindley, Master of the
Rolle since Ootober, 1897, has resigned.
Sir 'Robe rt -Webs ter, At t orney-General,
succeeds him, and Sir Robert B. Find-.
lay, Solicitor -General, succeeds Sir
Richard as Attorney -General.
Asillestrating his question to eer,
Horace Plunkett regarding the cul-
tivation Of the fragrant weied it Ire-
land, Mr. W. Redmond exhibited in
the lobby during the evening a solid
block of tUbaCCO, 1W0 inches square,
groe-n n County Meath.
The dispate in the British potteries
trade now involves 20,000 men, many
of whom belong ea no union, and are
therefore dependent upon charity.
The manufactuters insist upon clos-
ing down their works ra tiler than
give in to cl era ends fox increased
wages.
UNITED STATES.
Chicitgo schools contain 287 blind
aupils,
Fire losses in. the United States last
year were $153,597,830,
Seattle, Wash., has eubseribed 835,-
000 topay off its debt on its-Y.341,0.A.
The Seamen's Veiend Soeiety has
Placed, 1,068 libraries ote American
naval vessels,
The final eeport of George M. Bull -
man's qv:eater will ehow en estete
of 815,900,000.
South Carolina WII1 start half a
million new spindles he hex cotton
mine this per.
Chicago now clainee a population of
2,000,000, an inereezei of 1,000,000 in
ten years. a
Wirelese telegraphy has been sue-
eesefully tested between vessels at
Milwaukee.
The Great Northern Railway will
sell its employes 10,000 snares of
stook at par.
Mrs. Sarah. Gaff, a oloured woman,
died at Rushville, lodiana. She was
110 years of age.
Swedish landlords in Chicago pro -
Peso raising rents in order to drive auk
italleri tenents.
Denver expended over $2.000,000 on
new buildings for business awl public
purposes in 1899.
The auterican arnay neede 100 men
a week TO replace diseharged soldieea
the Philippine.%
Ameriean publielters have milted
Congress to iuveatigate the L'ulted
Statee paper trust.
A syndicate headed by Rimer!. A.
Alger, eiliceigan, purchased 200,000
o.eree of timber in Alabama.
Chicago policemen were forced to
draw revolvere to wet, a riot whine
followed the ineeklug of an enrol,
The United Staten Navy Depart
merit bete a &mil tiaat is said. to Iwo -
Orate the heaviest armour plate,
John Garrabrandt, Need 19, bes
eenfeesed that he Ileti Henry Maas, ;
aAd 10, itt Jersey City, to get hie
week's wages of $3.
•Chicego'e obief of police believes
pickpeckets in the city have formed
it Levet ited eeeiguott intanherm to at -
teed celebrations.
Ih'Prottietens ellerelige lil New
Yut if. anti 1;4-4,4o s
e.,,a,owthi !cur icalt7a1,L:ki:. 14*
O m Ontirig'e4i;ii;
T
Rev. Dr. .1k4bia Ita oell, of the iiheet
ihrteee...; etre ceretreli, e411.4,
La.e..-entie, tee
iia tiitt. euetel funteneeue n't p4
eed falieur meennee on Son -
d
It i'aeseried thet leiveliere in the
wade is so noteh eatoly consunze4 as
114 1111" tflvd61,411,. ••• Oat
I:a 4 eeir fiteiree sraiw that the out -
poi of be-ir :sweets. :mount it+
toe
Aznerieau ship' beat in 18JJ
nunt-
1*i't'tl ten, wee 1.1..zi 4 i.t a e ease WTI.,
Halt a 201,04 1010. , very
erase to ItOCI, when one more
was built, aed the toonatee %Tilt only
42 I tine less,
1 Prink Lentil, a tower opigator in
th , of lin le Li
Railway Company, stationed at the
ent ranee of the t unmet al Philadelphia,
is held respensible for it =Rimy col,
Ileum that wreektel several ears, WI -
ed five or six men and caused a fire
that the firemen eould not cope with.
President Meleinley will invite
Great Ilrhein to jein 111 an interne -
theme. temple -teem, four from each
Government, to eonsider the diversion
of waters along the boundary of the
United States and Canada, euused by
improvements at the Welland, Sault
Ste. Marie and Chicago drainage
eauals.
GENERAL.
Dreyfus is regaining his heatIli.
The plague has broken out at Ilong
Kong.
King Otto, of Bavaria, is said to be
dying,
Mount Ve.suvius is still in a state
of eruption.
Bubonic plague is spreading in
Red Sea. ports.
Siberian exile is tri be abolished by
order of the Czar.
The Khedive of Egypt hopes to visit
America next year.
The Sultan has ordered the im-
mediate renovatieg of eight iron -
clads.
Cecil Rhodes is again at Cape Town.
There -was no d.ernonstgation, over his
arrival.
The Bubonic plague is generally
showing a material decline through-
out India.
Police at 'Vienna used swords to stop
a fight between German and Catholic
etudents.
The Sha.b of Persia is to visit. Eu-
rope, accompanied by his "favouirite'
wife,. who wile disgiuise herself in male
attire.
The Sultan of Turkey has sixty offi-
cers in Germany, studying military
organization.
4/scene-ding to the report of Baton
Curzon, Vieero3r of India, the famine
conditions halfe improved in some
districts and are worse in others.
'reports into Cape Colony during the
first three months of this year de-
tereased over 33,335,000 and the ex -ports
1nearly $30,000,000 as compared with
the oorresponding period last year.
Angeopeobia bag gol such ahold of
Antwerp that a little English, girl at
the Ursulines Convent. was punished
by the nuns for sbovving a oopy of
the "Absent -winded Beggar" to her
English scboolfellows,
,
MORE FIGHTING.
Thirty Boers Killed and Wounded.
in Cape Colony.
A despatch froart tepiegt on, Cape
Colon, reports that district Is being
still unsettled, Small bodiea of re-
bels are roaming about the country.
One party looted a store Gootdrink
in the neighboterhooci of Lepington, on
Tuesday. There hes been a siermish
tt Koegas, •wiaiiciy it is staled teat
thirty of Given's Horse brought 3e0
Boers to bay, aud killed 15 and woudd-
ed 15 of them
T TIE EXTEER TIMES
MARKETS OF THE WORLD
Prices of Grain, Cattle, cheese, Am,
in, the Leading MarXets.
Toronto, May 2e. -For an off day
our receipts -were heavy this interning,
'el& a total of 7:3 earleade of live stook
mimein to the western cattle yards,
efemendeifte 1,100 hogs, 1,000 cattle-, 300
lambs, yearlings, and sheep, 30ealves,
Awl a dozen milkers.
Shilieetig cettle was leetehanged and
Steady; ehoiee stuff rang -ed fxcuo
'4..to U„85 sod 'With §0gs a-.
to figure for Selections.
Good beteher cattle was steady, but
inferior grades were incliued to weak -
nese on aceoent ot the large supply,
Several loads were lett over.
Small, *tuff while net quotably
ehenged, had a decidedly weaker to:I-
da/toy.
Hoge are steady and unchanged.
For Prime hogs, sealing from lee
to e00 lbs., tbe top prise is 61 -Set
heavy hogs, 56-8e; and light hogs' 5
3-3e per lb.
Felioneug is the range of vete.
0.
Shippere, per cwt. . 34,25 $5.06
Butten choice, de, • • 3.75 445
Butcher, need. to good.. 3.25 3.02 1-2
Butcher, itifeeior. . 2.50 8.00
Lockers, per ewt. , 3.00 3.75
Sheep end Lambs.
Sheep, per cwt.... ... 1 00 4 eit)
Yeerlings, km? ewt, 0 Ihe 0 25
Spring Janette emit.. 7 50 4 50
litauke, per own.. 3 e5 3 75
Miikers and Oatvea.
'Crave, each... ....... 00 45 00
Calves, eaeh,, 200 10 00
Choice hogs, per cwt0 00 0 le 1-7
Light huge, per en t.,5 00 5 37 1-3
Ileavy hoge, per (inn a ou 5 tie 1-2
5..ws 3 00 3 12 1-2
St age e IA 7 12 14
Teronto %ley -Ne Loral
e , .4
pewee werr zvaat besiness von -
t( .4 dell elannutee eased off leee
-
Detroit, May May 22. - Wheat closed: -
No, 1 white, cash, 73e; No, 2 red, cash,
72 e -4e; July, 71 7-80.
UNION JACK 'HOISTED.
reeei,
Gen, Hunter Raises, the British Flag
at Christiana,.
A tleepateh /rem .Lowlon„ Thursday,
says:-Despetehes from the Fourteen
Streams dietriet indicate that Gener-
al Hunter aavaneed along the north
hank of the Vaal river as far as Chris -
liana. A reconnaiesance showed that
the Boers had evaeuated this place,
and were retreating. General Huetier
thereupon marebed in the head of
his dieision without opposition, and
for the first time since the autbreale
of the war hoisted the .British flag in
the Trausvaal. As the Laien Jack
was given to the breeze the troops
ebeered for the Queen, and a band
nlayed the Na.tional Anthem. It la re-
norted teat General Hunter subse-
quently advanced in the direction of
Klerlesdom 100 miles street -west ot
Joleanneeburg, but this is not con-
firmed.
•
CHALLENGE CONIPA,RISON.
either Tribme to Canada's Troop
at the Front,
A despatch teem London eays
Wheia the last guile left e,utal,Afelea.
the Dritieli army and the ;Army. of core
panderits were engaged in tbe
hardeet task cif all waning' for the
-ward to advance. It. 11. Pears, enief
oorreeporident tit front of the
leofetlon Daily Ntws, laitage out More
clearly than has been (lune before lee
Marvenetra arta Varaid i'entliorattOtt Ot
„, .
the British forces. Ile aeio takee oe-*
earfaol to Per the teaneflen tontine
gent one of tee li:gbeea iff the matey
corupliruents tbey zereiven. lie
inla . . _
wriea
' en onada elee ()EC our Its n.
halt ni, he:ego, ,44 iWr were he
repee seii • ea I VCS,
it 4 tat' Iuta
try that Willa 41ilm
itatl flout ...pry
,
meat*. For inareliraio, lir etilineleice,
Queeeetetai are ae
niel era! %mho, 04 1-2 Le Ole, nerth
ecie we.. ; U 1.2 ti thir edit ; gairie
w1te41. 7.e.) eest, and 71e wet; rigiring
role ; Manitoba No. 1 hard, 77e..
Terouto and Levet ; and 7ec, g.i.t., lake
and mil.
Pliour.-Quiet. Sit:eight roller, in
bin et,. 1st it id le freiglue, 6240
per led. bid, and $2.0e aelted. Speelal
breed. in wood. $100 to $3,
eleilfeee-1 ell. Brea. $13.5.? to nal
finked, and seorte, e14.50 to an asked
WV:41.
' in eye:apathy with
Chteage, No. 2 Americanyellow at. 44
letee. en track here; and mini I at 44e.
nally at 571-1e, hovel and west, and,
fallen off. Car jots are quoted twilit -
51; leh:
• Barley-No.2, 42o west, and 48e east;
and No. 1, 43a west, and 44c east.
ItYo-QU.tet- Car lots, west, 51e; and
52e, east.
&le, east.
Oats -Easy. White oats, .north and
west, 261-2a; and east, 271-2a.,
Buckwheat -Quoted al 50e west,
and 51a east.
Montreal, May 22.• -Grain -There is
same demand for oats, but otherivise
the market, is very quiet. We quote
prices afloat as follows: -Ontario
spring wheat. 71e to 711-2c; peas, 68e
to 681-2e; rye 6e1e2e to 620; buckwheat,
57 1-2e; No. 1 narley, 5ac; No. 2, 48 1-2e;
oats, 311-20 to. 313-4c.
Fleux-Demand for small lots hes
improved and prices are steady. We
quiotea-Winter patent; 3345; straight
rollers, 3.201 to. 33.45; in bags, 31.55 to
$1.60; Manitoba patents, $3.75 to 34;
strong bakers', 34.50 to 34.75.
Feed -There is a good demand and
prices are firm. We quote:-Mani-
toha bran in bags 4317.50 to 318, shorts
319.50 to) 320, manilla 320 to $25: On-
tario bran in bulk 319 and ehorts $20
per ton.
Meal-Priees SISONV no change. Small
lots are selling at 33.10 per barrel and
at 31.611 per bag.
Cheese -The market is quiet at 10
1-24) for, western white and 103-8 for
western colored, and 101-4c fax east-
ern white.
Butter -There is a good demand
and creamery is firm at 17 lete to 17
1-2c.
Eggs -Tee market is moderately ac-
tive and firm at 11 1-2c and le 1-20 for
choice.
Provisions -There is good demand
Lor lard and smoked meats. We
qu.ote:-Beavy Canadian _short cut
mess. 318 to 318.50; short cut back, 317
o 317 50, asiecteri heivy shortt mess•
pork, boneless, special quality, 319 to
319.50, ancl heavy mess pork, long cut,
$17 to $17.50; pure Canadian lard, 9 1-2e
to 10 1-2c 'per lb, and compound refined
at 7e to 8c per lb; lianas 120 to e4o
and biteoe 11 1-2d to 13c pier lb.
Buffalo, May 22. -Spring wheateNo.
1 hard, spot, round lots, 72 7-8c; No. 1
Northern, spot, carloads, 71 3-8e, Corn
-Light enquiry; No. 2 yellow, 43c; No.
3 yellow, 42 1-ec; No. 2 corn, 42c ; No.
3 corn, 41 1-2c asked. Oats -- Quiet
and easy; No. 2 white, 28 1e2c; No. a 27
3-4c; No. 4 white, 27 1-4e; No. 2 mixed,
26 1-20; No. 3 mixed, 26c asked. Rye -
No. 1 nominally e0 1-2c; No. 2 60e on
track or store. PIour--"Quiet, steady.
Chicago, May 2e. -Flaxseed closed ;
Nortli,West and South-West, cash, and
May, $1.80; September, 31.27 .1-e bid;
October, 31 22 bid; 31.22 1.2 asked.
•
or fighting it Van 4•124..114,.. .31trip 3r -s-
5011 wnla any batt ilion 4,f 1,Aird Rob.
YTS' arany, and th u :e :--ayilskr, a great
deal."
HOT FIGHT AT NAFEKING.
British Garrison Captured Kruger's
Grandson and Ninety Men.
A. despatch from Lorenzo Marquez,
dated Thursday, says that Command-
ant Eton, grandson of President
Kruger, with a patrol, entered elate -
king. Col. Baden-Powell opened fire
on the burghers, killing 17 of them,
and taking Etat and 90 of las men
prisoners.
A despatch from Pretoria, Tuesday,
says i -An official bulletin ant:jounces
that the Federal troops stormed and
occupied the torts around Mafeking
on Saturday =ruing. The same
night the Federals were surrounded,
losing, so far as known, 7 killed, 17
wounded, and a number taken prison-
ers. The British casualties are said
to have been 50 killed and wounded.
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KRUGER GETTING READY.
The Iicar Capital Will Be Removed
to the MoUntaIns.
A fiespatch to the London Times
from Lorenzo Marqu,es says there
see,ms to be no longer any' doubt that
it is the intention of the Transvaal
to transfer the seat of Government
to Lydenburg, and to endeavour to
make a final stand there. The Volks-
read is reported. to have endorsed
the proposal.
The despatch adds that there is
general talk in Pretoria that Presi-
dent Kruger is eantemplialbag an im-
unedie.te departure from the capital.
A number of officials are already pre-
paring or flight. It is stated that
State Secretary Reitz has chosen
South Atxteriea as his future home.
QUEER A PPLA.USE,
The Basetos applaud a popular or-
ator in the assemblies by hissing
hem -
HER CRYING SPELLS.
"Your wife's face, Jack, looks to me
like it rnina.ture.
Wm, yes ; I've seen it, too, when
et looked like a minature-eyelone.
A POOR APPEARANCE..
Clarice will never rise as an act-
reSS.
Why?
She doesn't know how to get her-
self up.
TALKING BUSINESS.
Who is that man who is eternally
talking to you about the brevity of
humen, life? Is it the minister?
Minister! That's an insurance
agent.
AN EMBRYO ORGANIST.
So you are letting your boy take
"cear aserseanls?rnitig to be an eye and
ear epeeialist.
HALF A MILLION 3 HOKE
THE WELLAND VALE COMPANY'S
W0eKS DESTROYED.
estrutelve etre ai $t. Catkarbtea-licavy
Ukisitt Allouey aud :teeny Iteen Throwll
Oat of Work.
A despatch teem St, Catharines., Gut.
says; -The meet disastrous -wattage-a-
tura that bas oeourred in the histerY
of this city, svas that whice destroy-
ed on. Wedneedny the• large faetore
ildings occupied by the Canada
epee and Metor Company; and tee
whole oft the Welland Vale Manatee,
taring C'ortmany'e shops with the ex-
ceptimi of the two guweeduse buitd-
nip at tee northe eed *A the yards.
fereueate Obange pf wind 'saved
tees° bundinge, elle fire having eat-
en its way throug,4; the vreole prenet-
zee ,tet tee tee point where a spark
would have ignited tbe root
41 WAS THY, FIE1t1.T-51 F fitr,
that the city eas ever known, and the
brigage were driven, from point to '
eine by the iutousity Qt tile flames.
Seveeal !Mee of /ewe were itleairoyed
ftwe they 'ottlel 1s talze.a out, but
I ere was .110 ehirleing trout the erille-
otte task, that was hefure theca.
IL was about 3 ceelock in Use niorxt-
ing the fire originated In tee
btnLer room of the bieycle Sittep,
roop attaelled to tee tatilu
There were a gew teeenialeere at %Lurk,
and weeu tee liemee were diseeveiect
an alarm was tient in fro= box38,
'hide Le sittetted just aetoete the %mai
the end, of the iluat.
Ttierti was it quick xespeuse, and
a eletle tbe et:6th ena fe: the huge
tweyale leilleaug was
A )LASS Ole leineeiES.
%Lind wee teewitig dawn eerie(
and fanueal Lee Leo t4J
1.114T reateley teat tee
le ennui Vele seeps Lvere du41.1.1-4,
lerene the Wee -elle eile.pe tree Game
!vetoed Mt 11 tee leae tu tee oifice
;net the es.'e hieeeere uadelaitee, e.41-
4-441ali:4;i LW y11..114144 depe rt-
niellt, tile graeral 01 uha ftatm, toe
lie:glee 41, iitltt4, 1 lit'
ruolo. Aral ib Vallitt121.0•"' .,401011.
111111.di114'1 were Ot feam end oi out)
s (41.4 6 '
'elle Le o laege W41011 4,11,i01. V.1liett
were filled with gotide ready for
meat, (rivalled by the wind eutheinly
anging.
Ibis, will tliroLv 590 men Lett of ern-
ployineut aaid cell,. ri eret of hair a
million dollars.
AMOUNT OP leSieRANCE.
The iusureuee un the property of
the Welland Vale elanufaeturrag Co.,
and of the Canada Cycleand Motor
Co., at St. Catharinee, totalled $253,-
000. Ineurance men interested esti-
mete the loss to tile Welland Vale pro-
perly at 83 per cent. and on the Can-
uda Cycle and Motor property es
tutal, or 95 per cent. on all.
KILLED UNDER WHIIE FLAG
Roberts' Report of the Latest Act
of Boer Treachery.
The War Office pasts the following
despatch from Lord Roberts, under
data of Krooneta.d:
"Two officers and six men. of Prince
Alfred's Guards, while out foraging
on Monday a few miles from Kroon-
stad, visited a farm flying a white
flag, the owner of which surrendered
:himself with arms and ammunition.
They then approached another farm,
also flying a white flag. When with..
in forty yards of the enclosure they
were fired npen by fifteen or sixteen
Boers, concealed behind the farm wall,
Two of the men were killed, Lieut. F.
B. Walton was wounded, and Lieut. W.
B. Evert -tin and two non-commissioned
officers were taken prisoners.
"The owner of the farm states that
the Boers threatened to shoot him
when he protested against their mak-
ing an improper use of the white fla
•
FRENCH LOCATES BOERS.
They Will Make a Stand 30 Miles
North of Kroonstad.
A despatch from London, :Friday,
says :-It is not known whether Gen.
Roberts has agaln started on his
no,rilievard march from Kroonstad.
Correspondents at that peace, in des-
patches dated Tuesday, report that
Gen. French has located the"Boers in
strong force let lehieraoster spruit
about 30 miles n,ortle. Gens.,Delareir s,
Botha's, and Olivier's commandoes,
with several guns, are holding an en-
trenched position there. The impres-
sion is that; they will fight at this
elaoe, and that this Will be the last
stand the Boers will mince south of the
Vaal river.
79 FATAL CASES.
Spread or the Rubel* ie Pi'llglke lIL
Ato,tru
A despetch., from Sydney, N. S. w.,
says: -Two himared -and 1 hirty-five
eases of the bubonic 'plague leave .thus
far been officially reported. Of tees
Tro have proved fetal. A secoud death
from the plagne hes oecurred at Rock-
hampton, Queensland,
DOMINIOM 11111.11ki[11,,
Notes Of PraoiceLeetiginisratulnrot.he Nation-
IION'AX MINT IN CANADA.
Colonel Prior naked if teere had been
alay recent eonenueleation with tbe
imeerial Government respecting the
establishing of a branch of the Royal
Mint in Canada. There lease, 'strong
feeliog, an -ever the eountry, espeoiedie
in British Columbia, that there should
be a mint he the, Dennuion. A large
quantity of bullion was goleg to San
Francisco, and with a. neirtt here the
gold would be retained in Canada, so
that supplies which were now plan
ebboausgehatuer
intl: United States would be
Mr. Fielding said there had been p
nee liegotiations between the depart-
f Finiume and the Ileum Gov -1
same teruff, the
emu:I:tent, but not recently. It was by
no awaits clear that the establielement 1
of a Roya; Mint iu Cenitde under tit
told efoulitiene ae ine
easee of eletietralia would serve tbfe pur-
pueee of the Leanenion. It most be l
borne in mind that the Auetraliae ands'.
Jetiglesh sovereignwas the same, but
the fact or cur five -dollar piece being
difeereut created an impertant diffi-
culty. *I'lle matter weis eegignig the
eiteettion of the Government, but he
was uot in a eiositien to make way tie-
uite etatenealit.
ell:MBE/RS APPOI.NTELe
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, in reply to Mr.
E.F. (lute, gave tee names cif nine-
teen DIVInt:(1E7n Cf Parli.4441eOT IOW re
eiglied i liter eel le in the teinneuns and!
mere aleidree.a to poeiticeni het -ween ;
- eier 1, 1e,3, and hoveritlake 1,
, ;cal '-.1 towlio ii,4114e r Ineleeere ef
Iatr oil'. m LW i, :41:1111 V' 4'1.:*.141it..4t, 1
I o eise appela 'el to positiciale„
4
L'EPER, parliccrs.
.24 Pre.reeTeels hits:tuned tie elr.1
leielner 4ii.i there wet,. le 3.at i•4141 81
Trazetthe 4.a.ifat alto. Of thee(' 11 are ;
feeon Nee 11rutiereie1t. t trete (erinee
Edeetet, 3 hurt' Maui( ,,be eit,i IL tom
NVIVut tiitai. Me. inehee asihd eigee
he lied been inftenent Oen there were I
h ;fere ui .1.);t‘'.5' ill isil
Ciflumeie, bai he had never Weis re-:
coveted lu remove them to Tearadui, I
aad Lk:seri:men hid re -
fu nil to weenie. the toet (leer
111.4, lit elle nee in 11: it Leh. C ennui a t,
Lt.:tun:4* :wet liaLitinta Were iezatiy
Charge isp,nt the prevince.
CAN IDIAN Extuaa AT PARIS.
In reply to Mr. Foster, Mr, leieher
said that the Canadian exhibit at
Pares ie, with the eeception of the
German, the lutist advanced towards
' completion, With respect to the
cold -storage exbibit, Professor Rob-
ertson bad succeeded in baying the
desired change.' made at smell cost,
arid the exhibit will ba nearly if riot
quite eoneluded in ten days.
THE CANADIAN CXYNTINGENTS,
Dr. Borden., replying, to Mr. E. F.
Clarke, said that it wes inmessible to
give the cost of orovisioning the sec-
ond Caadiann cautiligeut separately.
The Government has paid 3140,573.60
to the Elder -Dempster Line on se -
count, whicli intendes the charge of
leventy shillings per eon per month
and the ewe. of fitting, coaling and.
provisioning the boats. The amounts
bo,ve out yet beet, reeeived in detail
and adjusted. There was no separate
amount charged for officers as dis-
tinct from the men, a lump sum be-
ing eharged for an the contingent.
Certiain names from whom supplies
aneght be parchesed were suggested
to the steamship eauhpanies, but they
were not restricted to this list, or to
tuny list.
bE'GAL RATE OF INTEREST.
Mr. Fielding introduced a bill to
amend Um Expropriation Act, and al-
so a bill to annelid the Am, Respecting,
Interest. He explained that note
measures were intended to provide
that the legal rale of interest should
be 5 per cent. instead of 6 pet' cent.,
as at' present. This rale, of course,
only applies in the abeenee of any
agreement, between t he parties Um-
eerned.
AFFAIRS AT PRET RIA
Boer Newspaper Stroggly Advocates
Destelection of the Mines.
despatch from Pretoria says :-
The recent Boer -reverses are eausbag
a splendid display of patriotic ardour.
Amazon corps are being formed, both
here and in johannesburg, with the
object of releasing ;ill available men
for active service. The spirit of the
burghers is running high, and they
are determined to make a desperate
resistance to the British. There is
feverish ttetivity hi. all the Govern-
ment and nalitary departments.
The. V olksstern strenuously advo-
cates the destruction of the Witwae-
ersrand gold mines as a necessary
military me,asure.
1VLichae1 Devitt, the. Irish National-
ist, whe came here ostensibly as the
eorrespondent of a newspaper, has
started on "hie Tel'urn to Europe.
Dyspepsia and 1xdigsuon.,
common diseases, but hard to
• .
cure with ordinary rernediesh
yield readily to Manley's
Celery -Nerve Compound.
W. H. esucierightineee6 King st,
gest. tlansilton, Ont.,
was troubled with pyspepsia aloe
;activation for a long Vase> sag
could get no relief until I tried
Alsnley'sCalerYiNertraCnalPon ado
which cured me. and 1 cannot
speak too highly In its pralse.”
SOUND AND DISTANCE.
The roar of a lion can be heard fur-
ther than the sowed of any otter line
ing creature, Next names the cry of
the hyena, and then the hoot of an
owl. After teese the panteer and the
jackal. The doukey can be hand 50
tinee.s further than the horse. and the
cut ten 'ranee as far as the dog.
Strange ae it may seem, the cry of
a hare can be beard farther tbazi that
of either the dog Or cat.
RECOGNIZED 14IS OITORTTJNIT'Z.
Ada, peoftively-,-I hope you'll inviti
roe to the wedding when you, get Saar
ried.
Jack, boldly -I'll invite yott before
ask any One else, and if you don't itet
cept there wou t he any wedding,
Children Ory for
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