HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1900-10-11, Page 6SSIANS LOSE HEAVILY
Officers Killed and 18 Wounded in
a Fierce Battle With Chinese.
A doepaten from St. Petersburo
PAM -Jinn Ruseette gena1 staff ha
ceived dejteh dealwale the
op:m.344n13 nrtJ o OM Nianehevang,
wleich Gaye thet Genera' Flencleer'
a 0,0e9 men, wien artillery,
engaged tbe Chinese en a vast plain
coyeeed witit high gra.s.s. The Rus -
stens Wet two °inners killel eald
woutele,e.
.Voording to the same adviees Col.
Arteneooffwhile reconnoitrino with
too egoatiroes of ea valry, (tame into
aeavittwhj feurteen tustjeliseip-
lined Chinese. These General Fleis-
cher is exreoted to engage.
len'PEDITION TO PAO-TING-Flee
Tim movement a Lilian troops
will begin he ten daye. Tb e British
anti the Germans contin.ue seeding
troops to Pekin.
Taere are renewed preparations for
are expedition in force against Pao-
Ting-Fte The troops will probably
leave fet a fortnight, a.na columns
from Pekin well co-operote with the
expedition. Resistance is expeoted,
tne Boxere are there en narge mune
bere.
EBRO
AT STAKE.IFIGIITING
RULE ?UNI -INT METED ODT
BY A MOB AT ALABAMA,
Ila.aaucl of the Itntlianat TfIrtitu Flee
the lane.
nsoaten from Wetumplea, eays:
Tewueend, aliaa Floed1
en lamed at the eqekeiji tbe
town oe 1i-eke:tie, lei miles trona
once. ilut erime with, o inch he
cha
rj mpt-
aule unite elre, Lonna> Herring-
ton, ...hose huaband set fire to the
breeds whin reduced Townseud's be.iy
to ,Ishes.
Rowe of the alit -repent aenanit
ontent sapalle. Ael the aturea in
annenc oone olosel, an
tieet terAtee ainat dowel. Tbe proven '
azietniett for Vag:Alt; Q Lara:rted:
elaae areeal klaieee, -once newer:nig tile
tenon Neer ehe aceee the %rime, end
eent to ehe pertitentiery fn
.49.
lrecein eneepeereti.
4c. en ebase ?tinted. Tlie
neon reeneeti fiertny at. 4 tree on the
e, en rite town. Tiel eroud.
see uj. niseuvertei the negro en,-
tipt ..-, 4,h nada Lie ea.e bruusht deo n
at 4A.Et• age teken to tee oceue of his
eL :nee 'Mere he wee confronted by bis
voe en, en') ineitively identified bitn.
A rei wed of etsveral hundred people
in the vinage. The negro
nee teeu takitu to the edge of tbe
ere' errroungled by the nein The
it 1r,o,iums for Iitatit were quiekly
ulnae iimaiiner of death mete die-
aste.a. by the :nob. To decide the
online a vote WAS taken, and the
be. Ali:len shireed amajority of the
ozone to fevour death on the etake,
11USBAND FlItEll PILE.
list eon:. oas prepared, and the
mope was buand to it with chains.
Into: knuts were piled about WM, and
tbe flames were fired by the hinhand
of the nogro's victim. As they leaped
to the wretcla's Desh hs wati cone up-
on God for mercy and help could be
&nod for miles, The erowt1 looked
to. dteet to his ories, and in an hour
tie• negro wee reduced w ashes.
Tend, before being bound, con-
feesed elae crime, and said he was al -
se Implicated, with Alexander Floyd,
Nein was hung a couplei of weeks, ago
fur an attempted assault on Miss
Kate i'earsoca. He said he and Floyd
hied planned tither crim.es of a like
ehareeter.
te I
REDUCING COST OF LIVING.
Immense Cut in Prices in South
Africa.
despatch from Pretoria; says;--
T.he stew prices for supplies deeided
on by the military authorities bas
Wen published. All merchants are
prthebited from charging anything
en excess of these standard rates. The
pieces fixed on show on enormous re -
dual= from those in vogue before
the war. Caffee must be sold for
eightpenee per pound, while formerly
it cost a shilling Jame are schedul-
ed at save -apemen Before the war the
/nice was a shelling. It is estiraated
that the reduetions all round will
average about 25 per cent.
STRATHCONA'S CASUALTIES
--
Troopers Burnett and Whitely
Slightly Wounded.
• A despatch from Ottawa, says; -The
Militia Department to -clay received a
somewhat belated. enessage giving
fuller particulars of the casualties to
Stratheanaae Horse at Machaciodorp
on August 28t1;--622, Trooper D. Bur-
nett, was nightly wounded in the
forebead, and 266, F. C. Whitely, in
the chest and ann.
BRITISH OCCUPY FOUR VILLAGES,
OF TIM INSURGENTS.
A••••••••••
nem.
Prices o fCattle,, Cheese& Grain, ‘ke
In the Leading Marketo.
alvz sT.R.RET irtatwP.T.
Toronto, Oct. 9. -On the street to-
day 700 bus li wititte wheat sold /at 09e;
409 blest. reee wheatia 69oe 11000 bush
•goose wheat at 09o; a load of spring
wheat. at 70o; 51500 bush barley,
at 43 to 18 1-20,, 400 bosh oats at 28
bo 2901 and cum eoad of rye at 54o.
Twenty-five loadof bay sold at ere'
to $13 a ton, and od4 loads of straw
at eu.1 to e12. demesne hoo,s were
steady at $8. to -$8.25,
Wheat, wit., straight.6 00 6 0 69
Waeat, red, . . 00 059
Wheat, spring.. . . 00 070
Wheat, noose, . 000 01)9
Ozts 028 029
Barley. . . 0_4,3 0045841-2,
ItYe. • .....,t1U0
Peas. . . 01)0 054
lIay, per ton. . 12 00 14 00
uawper ton- . . 1101) 12 00
• Dressea hogs.. . • 801) 8 e5
Butter in lb, rolls, . 020 024
Begs, new ii1.. 018 0 19
(Wakens, per pair„ 05) 060
Turkeys, per . 0 11 0 13
Duclts. par nein 0.50 080
Potatoes, p.,,r lettge 030 095
,-'eppies, pr bbl. . . 0 40 1 00
Beef, hiniquorters. , 701) 900
Beef, forequartere. . 409 .550
Beef, earense. . 550 775
. 00 81)0
Lamb. spring, per lb: 008 009
Veal, caroase. . 800 950
DitheiSED HOGS AND PRONTInIONS.
Dreseed togs coninitte eearce and
very Civet. Tbey ore bringing $3 to
ne.e5. Tb. provi,sion tratle Ls gon:1
and last year's pack Es being grade,
trete. Mame:lett Three Ilea !ante't
end van:tiers Teo nun ell -1.ty log Column ;
tient v.) Vara:att.
A. despatca from London says: -.A
correepondent of the Iltornrng Poet
from Kuneaeei reports tbat beevy
figheing took place lest Sunday be-
tween Col. Wi:levalie• cotunte anal the
Ashantie at etbueAeu." .e,fter heavy
firing,"
as the despatch, "the Bri-.
tish column made ;en effectual attempt
to cberge the ensbeent positiorts, but
was obliged to retire and resume the;
rifle duel white awaiting reinforenj
roeuts. Eventuallo, after hard work, -
eon Wnlicoeiptured the poeitions.
end oceupied the village of lean.stee
Subeequently the British carried three
other vilia,oes ae the point a the
lononot and burned them. Seventy
ahants were killed.
" The Braisli losses wore Major
feline and Cwt. Luard severely
tided, three men killed, and iniath-
ere wounded.
" A flyiug column of 890 men with
two gun* was sent in pureuit o ale
erterae."'
MRS: KRUGER DYING
Wife of the ex -President in a Seriou
• Condition.
A deepatela from London; says --,A
Pretoria de,spatcei to, the Daily Tele-
graph says Mrs. Kruger, the Wife of
the President of the Transvaal, is eo
111 that th,e autherities have issued an
order forbidding tee drivers of vehi-
cles to peas the h&r pt at a
walking gait.
SAVED HIS CATTLE.
I.•••••••
asmus' Armistice Was Merely a
- eve' vougo.
A nespateh from. Pretoria, eons ;-
One lowered and nteiy prisoners leave
a.rriend here from lierelefabriaaera
and a number of Gains are on the
way here fromethe eat. Thee enemy
ors as have no horses, and who
belong in eau...hien districts to
-u.rrenier. 'I he armistios of five
days which Commander Erammus re-
quested Gen. Paget to grant on Sep-
tember on the plea that he wish-
ed to confirm, the roort of the col-
lapee of the Boers' main army prior to
sterrendering, will result in nothing
exoept be having provided him with
an opportunelyfor driving his cattle
rtarth to Pietersburg plateau. It is
eetimated that there, are 50,000 cattle
along Olifanns river and 1,000 more at
Bussveld. Lord Reberts will review
the Ciey of Lan aon Imarerial volun-
teers to -morrow prior to leaving for
ally cleanee up.
Quotations for provisions are
fellow:it-Dry salted shouldere.
long (neer bacon, oer lots, 10e; ton
lots, 10 to 10 1-8e: case lots, 10 1-4 to
10 1,20; stall eat park, 319.50 to e20;
heavy mees, na.51) to 312.
Smoked meats -Hares, teeny, tle;
atedium, 13e; light, 13 lole; breakfaet
bacon. 12 1-2 to 13 1-2e; Picnic benne
10e; roll baeon, llo; smoked backs, 13c.
AU meats out of piekle lc less than
prices quoted for smoked elevate.
Lard -Tierces, 9 34 to 10e; tune
10 to 10 1-1c, pans 10 1-1 to 101-2e.
DetIRY MARKETS.
Butter/I- Easier. Creamery been.
dropped another le to -day, selling al.
low as 19e. Commission houses melt
to the trade as followe;-Dairy, tubs
and pans, choice, 17 to 18o; and second
quality, at 14 to 15e; dairy prints,
alnico, 19 to 20o; creamery, boxes, 19
to 21e; and pounds, 22 to 23c.
Obeese-Full creamery, July and
August makes, sells at 11 1-2 to 12e.
THE CHEESE MARKETS,
Brookville, Ont ,Oct, 9. -At the
Meese Board to -day 3,009 boxes were
• boarded, of wallah 2,077 were coloured;
balance White; 10 1-2o was freely bid
by the buyers for their cheese of
white and coloured, but the salesmen
reiused this price. The factory men
seem to be looking for 10 34e. Mho
board adjoarned without any busi-
ness being done.
PRODUCE.
Eggs -Scarce and firm. Consider-
ably more could be sold than are
coming in. Single cases sold to the
trade as followsnarresh, 18c; held,
trade as follows; -Fresh 18e; hold
16c; and. culls, 9 to 10e.
Poultry -No dressed poultry is com-
ing to hand as yet. Live birds, in
crates, sell at 500 per pair.
Potatoes. Market steady Car 'ots
on track, sold at 28 to Vie per bag.
Sales out of store, were made at 35
to 40c,
Field produce, etc. -Turnips, out of
store 30e per bag; onions, le per lb;
apples, per bbl, 500 to 31.
Dried fruits -Apples plentiful and
easy. Breed sell at 3 to 3 1-2c, and
evaporated at 4 1-2 1.0 5e.
BOERS DERAIL A TRAIN
A Number of the Coldstream Guards
Killed and Injured.
A despatch from London, says
: -
Loral Roberts reports to the War Of-
flee: -
"A convoy of ne waggons, escorted
by sixty mounted men, was attacked
by, 110 Boers on October 1, near De
Sager's drift, while on the way to
Vryhein. Twelve of the men eocaped.
The fate of the others is not known.
"The Boers derailed a train near
Pan yesterday evening. Five Cold-
stream Guards were killed and nine-
teen were injured.
"Coramandant Dierksen, who has
been opposing Paget, has surrendered.
after a personal visit to Kaman-
poort to assure ,himself that Kruger
had gone into Portuguese territory."
MAY DETAIN KRUGER.
---
Irish-America/Is Want Their Pay
From the President.
A despatch. from. London says :-The
correspondent of the Daily Telegraph
at Lorenzo Marques says the Irish -
Americans threaten ,,,to detain Presi-
dent knIgex unless they receive their
deterred pay before 'a certain date.
leonine is eXpP.Ctea.
BOERS CAPTURE CONVOY.
And the Home -Going of Natal Volun-
teers is Postponed.
•A despatch from Durban says: -In
oonsequenee of the Boers capturing, a
ootavoy of Natal Volunteers between
Dejagers drift and Blood river, burn-
ing envereet waggons and capturing the
eeeert, the intencleV„horae-going of the
Natal volunteers h1i.2 been indefinite-
ly postponed. This hes caused a pain-
ful impressioe throughout the colony.
Beans -Quiet. New beans bring 31.20
to 161.25. Choice hand-picked beans are
quoted at 31.55 to 31.60 for oldnotek.
Honey -Dealers quote from 9 to 10e
per lb. for 5,10, or 60-1b. tins. Comb
honey sells at 32.25 to 32.50 per dozen
seetions.
Baled hay --About steady. Arrivals on
track mindere:ie. No, 1 timothy, car
lots, on track here, 39.25 to 310; two-
toni lots, delivered, sell at §10.50. ,
Baled- strasv-Oar lots of good oat
straw; are quoted at 45 to 35.50 on
tratk; and ton lots, delivered, at 36 to
36 50 •
Hops -Offerings liberal, a.n4 priaellt
easy. New 1900 crop, is now quoted
• ab 11 to 13o, and yearlinge, at. 8 to One
Wan STOCK.
Toronto, Oct, 9. -Only 35 earloatle of
live stook were received this looming
at the westera Gattle yards, inoludietir
700 hogs, 270 cattle, awl abeut 800eheep
ann laiens.
There was no marnet; only A few oft
deals of no quotable consequence hap-
online-.
Where was no eVOrt. trade,
For the little good quality lonelier
cattle here we had a demand at un,
changee penes, but the buile qf the
stuff was unsold.
Stockers, feeders, and export bulls
are unchanged. For stockers we bad
fair enquiry,
been are unchanned and steady,
with alight demand.
lots of choice lambe sold unt to 4cper
lots of eleoice lambs sold on to 4oper
emend,
Hogs are nuohanged and eteady.
Prime Itoga are selling at 81-2e per
Ib.
Sows are wortb, 3 1-2c per lb., and
stage nc per lb.
For fat and light boo tie outside
price ;was 514 per lb.
Hogs to fetch the top prift must b
at prime quality. end scale not below
160 nor above eoa lbs. , 1
Buffalo, Oct. 9.. -.-'ring wheat -No,
, spot, carloads, 89 1-4e; No. 1 Nortli-
n, omen 80 3.4e, 'Winter wbeat-No.
red, 784t; No. 1 velete, 76e 4. mixed,
Ten Corn -Firm; No. ll yellow, 40 3-4e;
No. 3 yellow, 46 1-2c 1e'en 2 oorn, 40c.
No. 3 corn, 43 3-1e. Oats -Strong; No.
2 white. 26 3-4 to e7e; No. 4 white, 25
- c ; Nix 2 naleell, 24 14 to. 21 1-2e;
. 3 mixed, 23 3-1 to 24c. Berle.y-Obio
traek, 57'; Weetero 511 to (ne aien-
d, Itere-No. 2. nominally 5e 1-2 to
57e. Ploar-enteady.
Detroit, Oeinhz,r 9. -Wheat eloevit--
No. 1 white, teeth, 77 1-4e; No. 2 red,
cash, '79 1-1e; Oetober, 79 1-2o; De-
cember, 82e.
Toledo, Oct. 9. -Wheat -Spot, 80e;
November, 81e: December, 82 1-1e.
Corn -No. 2 easle 42e; October; 40 3-4o;
December. 35 nale. Oats -No. 2, easb,
and October, 23 1 -le; Deretraber 24 1-4c.
Rye -No. 2 °fifth, We. Clover seed-
Ootober, 37.35; December, 37.12 1-2
No. 2, 36.30. Oil-Unobanged.
atinneapolie, Oct. 9.-Wheat-Ooto-
ber, 790; December, 79 to 79 1 -So; May,
1-2e; to arrive, 82 1 -So; No. 1 Neale -
n, 80 1-2; No. 2 Northeru, 77 1-2 to
79 1-8e. F1our-5e higher; first pat-
ent, 34.35 to 34.45; necond patents,
34.15 to 84.25; fleet cleara 33.15 to
33,25; second (entre, 32.15 to 32.25.
Bran -In bulk, 312 to 812,25.
1 Duluth, Oet. 9. -Wheat closed :-Na.
1 hard, melon? 9-8c; to arrive, al
' October, 82 5-8o; December, 83; May.
1 85 5-8e; No. 1 Northern. caelo 80 5-8e;
Deeember, 81c; May, 83 3-8o; No. 2,
to arrive, 89 3-4o; October, 80 5-80;
1 Northern, 75 5-80. Corn-ile. Oats -23
3-4 to 23 1-2o.
Milwaukee, Oct. 9. -Wheat -Higher;
No. 1 Northeon, 81 1-4 to 82 1-2o; No.
2 a*, 79 to 80 1-2o. Rye -Steady; No.
1, 55 to 55 1-2e. Barley -No. 2, 58 to
59c; sample, 45 to 52o.
PAY1110 OFF LIERGEHAMES,
Boer 0111eials Ship 500 to Various
Destinations.
A. despateh from London, says -A
desoatele to the Daily Telegraph from
„Lorenzo Marques says five hundred
mercenaries who have been fighting
; with the Beers sailed. for Europe to-
• aa.y. They received their passage
luioney and part of their war pay from
the Boer officials. They were also as-
. suxed that they would get the 'rest of
their money when they arrived at their
destinations. I Most of the Irish-Aam-
ericans, who have been making threats
:against President Kruger and the Boer
officials because they have not receiv-
ed; the tn,oney promised therefor their
services, .were appeased ixt this way.
BULLER TO RETURN.
BOER CHIEFS GONE NORTH.
Botha, Reitz, and Viljeon With 1,500 Men Now
in the Zoutspanberg
District,
deSpatell trona Pretorio. says ;-•-•
Definite intormetion bas :been re-
eetvea nere to the Wirt tho.twhea
e
Beeloi:y,. Viljoen, the second in CCM -
MAD& IA teraporaribi the head of the
Preeldent Kruger .onessea thborder
veto Pornaguene territory: the leaders sons
Se
arencorlerta.titeletwel,:zaaseidhn
arghetxh3r:
be left behind; him, held a raeeting at litaidea'e commando. AR .the Boer lead-
Hectorepruit, and re.seaved to take ers recognize Wet the struggle is use -
all the beet mounted and go north less, but they are obstinately deter -
natal the Egliter guns. / The intention mined not to abandon it until they
is to work' around Pietersbinee, and are compelled to. The poorly mounted
continue the. final atruggle in the burghers bave been left behiad to
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Newsy Items About Onreelvea and
Our lieighbore-Oomethiug of
Intereat Front Every Quar-
ter of the Globe,
-CANADA.
I is 37.59 a UM in Ottawa,
Peter Beenett is deea at bis home
near Welland, Ile \vas one of Monele
comity's oldeet chimes.
The funeral g the late Premier
'Marchand took place at Qtvelne on
Saturday.
Galt welcoraed Campbell Perry, the
first of the towan five laeroee to re-
turn front the front.
Belleville welcome Ile. John C.
McNair, an.d Stratford gave tiergt.
T. t3mith a reception.
It Ls said, at Montreal that Judge
Langelier may resign his seat on the
bench ane become Premier of Quebec.
Duncan Mereillop, a well known
$t. Thomas district farmer, dropped
dead ou his farm. near St. Thomas.
Hon. S. N. Parent is the new Prime
Minister of Quebec. There will to very
few eho.nrees itt the preeent Alinietry.
David Robertson, hostler, Was barn.
ed to deatb, in a fire whioli destroy-
ed the alausion Howie stables at Wel-
land.
aim hotly of Wm. Moore, aged 70,
was found in the lake near Dune
karch, His hands were tied. Sup-
posed suicide.,
The contraet for the new bridge
over the Ottawa River at Des :foe -
onus hes been awarded to 'Keating &
Wilson, of Ottawa.
The chibleen of the Vice -Regal
hou.sebold have returned to Ottawa.
Their Excelleneles, still at Brandon,
return Oct. nth.
Ligatning destroyed Mrs. Richard -
eon's barn near $t. eau's, and one
on the Park farm, Arciherstburg.
Both held season's' °roe.
Winn loading sheep on a vessel at
Kingston, Arthur Page was butted
a rain on the bead. lEle lxae oncuse
sion of tale brain and, may die.
The Grand Silty at Belleville has
Pinioned "No bill" on the charge of
manslaughter, preferred against Con-
ductor Wm. Kerr and lengineerjames
Maybee.
Arrangements are being made at
Halifax to give the officers and mem-
bers of the Royal Canadians return-
ing from South Africa on the Idaho
a rousing welcome.
Slice Pearson of Winnipeg, aged 19,
who was married to a middle-aged man
named Charles Mills last Thursday af-
ternoon, took carbolic acid and died
in two hours.
Lieut. -Col. Sam Hughes, Chaplain
Lane and Lieut. Wilkie, -with a. bot of
other soldiers invalided from South Af-
ricee arrived at Quebec yesterday on
the steamer Cambroman.
The Canadian contingent, ander Col.
Pelletier, sailed on Saturday from Cape
Town on board th'e transport Idaho.
The people of Cape Town accorded
them a splendid farewell.
The schooner Gold Hunter has been
Kitchener Will Remain in Command seized at Amherst, harbour by Halifax
in South Africa • Customs officers. • She is charged with
Redvers Buller," says the Daily Mairs
A. despatch from London says :-"Sir bringing from St. Pierre spirits in
pronibited packages.
Al the Alantitti matches of the 77th
Regiment, Miss Lizzie Bibby tied for
first place in the regineenta,1 match
and carried off first prize in the com-
manding officers' matcle,
Mr. J. W. &tackle architect of the
new St. Lawrence 'Market, Toronto,
has issued a weit against Ald. Shep-
pard foe 310,000 damages for stating
that Siddall had betelied the worlo
from the beginning.
Hon. Alexander 1V1. Ross, Clerk of
of the County Court of York, form-
erly Peovtineial. Treasurer of Ontario,
died at •Grace Hospital on Saturday
afternoon of malarial fever after an
illness of some months. '
The charges against Chairman Ald.
Hurd of the House of Refuge Cominit-
tee at Flamilf.on of receiving benefit
from the contract to supply fruit and
vegetables to the home, have been
"thrown out." ale bad •given some
of both to the home free.
The Business Men's League of Mont-
real has already secured three con-
ventions for their clay next year -the
National Who!esale Druggists of Ain -
correspondent • at Pietermaritz-
burg, "will return to England, Iltear,
wine Lord Roberts and Lord Kitch-
ener will remain in the chief command
in South Africa."
29 ENGAGEMENTS --29 DAYS.
Hart's Good Work Brought to a Successful Con=
clusion-Buller's Captures Near Lydenburg.
A despatch from London aa,ys:-The
War Office has received the 1 ollowing
despatch from. Lord Roberta;
" Bullex returned to Lydenlaurg yes-
terda,y, after a sucoessful naarch from
Spitzkop. • He reached Pilgrims.' East
Sept. 27, the enemy retiring, The Boers
• brought to guns into action on Oet.
1, but afterward disappeared, taking
the guns with them. During the march.
600 head of (Attie, 6,000 sheep, and 159
waggon loads of aupplies were cap -
hired. One hundred and nine burghere
surrendered, aud 181,000 roundel of
anaall arin ananaunition was cleetroy.
ed.
" Hart has returned to Krugersdorp
'having engaged tlae, enerny on twen-
ty-nine occasions in as many daya.
Hie casualties were three killed and
24 wounded. Many Boers were killed
and 95 raade prisoners. He captured
2,720 head ef cattle and 3,281 sheep."
"The Dublin Fusiliers made a night
assault with the bayonet on a Boer
'eager between Preteria and Johannes-
burg and captured nine men, mostly
important ;Boers, who have troubled
the district.
• "A party of Boers haVe peneteated ,
the Canadian Manufacturers'
the eoutharn part of Orange River Cel- ``
enY entering De Wetedora and Wee- Association, ' and • tile Proprietary
ener. Detachane,nts are after them" IVIedieine Asaociaticm of Canada.
TO ARRIVE OCTOBER 25.
Transport Offleer at cape Town Noti-
• fies ifautax oirleigas.
A deepatoh from, Halifax, says;-.
telegram be the d,00k-yard from the
transport officer at Cape Town Rona
fies the officials here to make pre-
paration for tbe disertabarleatino et
1 th.e Canadian Regiment on October
25. A. geumia.1 movement is on foot to
have a memorable demonstration on
the ocoaelon of the sonliers' arrival
bore. One proposal is to ereot a num-
ber tif triumphal erchea in the prince-,
pal streets. Mayor Hamilton Jean
• called a special meeting ot the City
Cennoll for Monday evening to decide
wbat the muneeipality ellen do, and
to appoint committees to earry out
details,
Satistaetory reports were read at the
annual Meeting of the Ottawa «New
York Railway-, U W. Gays, of Ote
tame, G. ne and G., J. Peabody, 13;
lend, B. Moffat, A. M. White, A;
Nicholas, S. Trask and lie S. Snow,
all of New York, were elected direot-
ern
Harry Jamieson was leillea by a fall
at Perrin's ceetectIonery and biscuit
worke at i,ondon, Ont.
Jeseple Vance, the son of a protein -
eat farmer of Ow Townelaip oe
ford, eommitted suieltle by beingieg,
Brakeman G, W, West of Sateen died '
at the Stratford Hospital from injuries
reveived in an acoideut at Now liAL11.,
The Minister of Agriculture haa
completed arrangements for the None
gation et truit trees at the ports of
etttry where, wider the Sau Jose scale
amendment aet. nursery ,stoek may
OW be imported lute Canada,
Civil service entranee examinatious
will be held at Charlottetown, nt.
John, Halifax, Quelne. MoUtreel,
Kinston, Toronto, Ilemiltun,
Louduu, Winnipeg, Vietorie and Vim -
(louver, commencing on Tuenlay, the
day et November next.
D McGinn, Secretary of the
MIR WORK IS DOM
British Army Headquarters in U. S.
to be Closed.
despatch trora chkago, aaese-A,
special to the necorn from NeW Or-
leans eaye:-.•
"The Britian army headquarters ha
this city are to be eloaed soon. Since
the English offioers were sent here in
August, to purobase supplies, 15,e
00t1 homes and 12,000 raulea have been
shippedto Cape 'Deo as wellas largo
quantities of forage anti other eup-
plies, the pay vueretore beieg about
310,00p,00g. in Englisb. gold." .
ICS INSULATION FOR
et -lunette 014 the wet mane Tole-
veuience, but • of vital impartatten
areett Linen
It is =Atter not Simply ot eon,.
that observatorlea situated on the
tops ot high mountains should be able
to keep up constant telegraphic coon.
municationi with. stations at a lower
level.
Stamen often rage for days and
weeke blab altitudes, witle each via -
treat Quid Storage Company. and 1 rbeenanass fish tleolrbeLtrvearlai attteeTell:tat;ht
Alex alteCulloch of the dairy firm ot
PSS'tS'' are
sviraPt dawn by havldb4
CroU & McCulloch, who had large don.
Win"'
and buried under =assets et
legs with the company, have loom ao. while the wires themselves fre-
rested at the instance of the Mere
e
quently give way under tae severity
chants' Bank of Halifax, obarged with of thstrain,
snow,
conspiring to defraud the bank out ot nealizing these difficulties, th
3220,000 on bogus warehouse receiptsauthorities of Mont Blom wisely 1
At CentruaTilTeB:juisclii4?\Evtit Bros., whether the ice which perennially c
thought therm:11M of Winne
bank was robbed a 310,000. ers the slopes at the mountain rano
A. bulldog bit utf a boy's nose while
the lad was feeding the brute at ee to replo.ce both telegraph poets and
not possess suffielent insaleting powe
Lebanon, Pa. porcelain insulators.
Joseph Howard is to be hanged at 1 To ascertain this, some interesting
Frankfort, Kentucky, on December 7 experiments, were made by 11. Les -
for the murder of Governor Goebel, plan, at th.e requeet of Dr. Janssen,
Stnks, stones and rotten eggs were t the need of the observatory. A doubl
hurled at Oovernor Roosevelt and his tline was laid between tne Grand
party by Bryan supporters on Victor. Mulets at the summit and the peculiar
Col. raaos 01 rooks known as the Petite
Officers at New York are watching Mullins, near the base. Ordinary gal.
every ineoraiug ship tor Luigi Buret- vanized iron, an eighth of an inch in
tonic, the aecomplice of 13resei, the diameter, was used. It was stretchee
assassin of King Humbert. bare on tbe ice, the two conduotorn
BRITAIN. (L-
each of 5500 feet in length, lying about Ire
Aid. Frank Green has been elected 10 feet apart. ,
Lord Mayor of London.
For the purpose of testing the luau..
It is officially announced that Lord lation of the line, the two wires were
Roberts has been appointed Cone. left disconnected at the lower station,
tl circuit wheitkuappdeernothateeyasffinivereeteprlaacnedd
mander-in-Chiet of the British arfmile. whiile at
Fifty-nire Ministerialjsts,
Libarsds and two Nationalists have a battery of eighteen large Leclanche
been returned to the British House of
cells. On pressing down the key, the
Commces by acclamationneedle of the ammeter del not move
News has been received that Solo- at all, but remained steadily at its
man City, at the mouth of Solomon zero.
River, was devastated by the recent The' ends of the wires at the lower
storm on the coaat of Alaska. station were then pinned together, and
At Lake Charles, La., yesterday, when the battery was reduced to three
Paul Sloan, a deputy sheriff, was celhs, the needle flew, at once over the
limit of the scale and remained there,
shot aad killed while saving the life
pointing to 50 milliamperes. These
of a negro from a mob's vengeanoe.
two measurements clearly indicated ,
that the insulation of the line was exo
cellent.
• The 11m:1:tense tunnel, under the Cas-
cade range, on the Great Northern
Railway bas been completed. Over
1,000 men have been at work on it
three years. It will coat 65,000,000.
The scheme for the sale of tbe Camp
ffra gold mine, in Colerado, to an
English syndicate, has failed, and the
37,000,000 deposit, the first • instal-
ment of the purchase money, has been
returned.
The steamships Queen and Charles
Nelson, from Cape Nome, are at Port
Townsend with 598 passengers and
3200,000 in gold. Fears are enter-
tained for the safety of the steamer
Robert Dollar, winch soiled from Port
Townsend for the Cape on A.ugu,st 25.
Mr. John Penn, Conservative, had
the distinction of being the first mem-
ber returned for tbe new British
Parliament, havbag been re-elected for
Lewisham, Which he has represented
since A.ug., 1.91, without opposition.
Mr. W. F. D. Smith was also return-
ed for the Strand district of London.
GENERAL.
Superstitious peasants tortured an
alleged witch to death at Lepeshy,
near Moscow.
Belgian women socialists are play-
ing the leading roles in the Socialist
Congress at Paris.
• There is a, movement in Santo
Domingo to overthrow the Govern-
ment of President Jiminez.
Mgr. Ireland, at Paris, from Rome,
says the Pope is in better health
and stronger than two years ago.
Prof. Edward Albert, noted surgeon
and lecturer in the 'University of
Vie/lure is dead.. He was etrongly op,
peead to women doctors.
Hints Par Travelers.
First Traveler -How do you manage to
make such nice acquaintances in strange
cities?
Second Traveler -In New York I fol-
low tbe crowd, and it takes me in all the
respectable places. in Chicago I keeg
out of the crewd.
A. Choice of 'Method.
Heratius was holding tbe bridge.
"Why so quiet?" inquired a friend.
"I am thinking," be responded.
"Ot what?"
• "Thinkiag whether I can attain to'
fame by keeping the bridge or die'
it."-Philadelpitia Record,
Popular Prieeq.,
Summer lioarder-,Your charges aro
exeraboditiaonid.
•
L - Jos, so• .
"But you advertised popular prices."
"Yes; they seem to be ,popular, Tbe
house is full right along." --New York.
Weekly,
The Rind She Wanted.
Gentleman -My wife has lost her wit'
terproof, and she wished Inc to stop in
here and order another sent up at once,
as lt looks like rain.
Dealer -Yes, sir. What sort, sir?
Gentleman -Um ----I've forgotten the
same, but it's one of those that make a
woman look better dressed in wet weatb.4
er titaa eke is in dry weather.
The native mutiny in the CDilg,r0
Free State has ended.
Aretric, has received a higher total
of awards at the ,Pari,,s ic)11
than any olhror coUnt.ry save Franee.
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