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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1902-2-6, Page 6NEWS ITEMS. Telegraphic Briefs From All Over the Globe. CANADA. , Galt Collegiate Institute will hold jubilee demonstration this summer. The Guelph Board of Health has Ordered the vaccinatioa af school ehildreu. Walter Gordon, the alleged White- water murderer, arrived in Winnipeg and 33.a.s been identified, The appointnieet of Hon. J. 1.3. Snowball as Lieut. -Governor of New Brunswick is gazetted. Mr. Jarnee Coe,hrane Wee elected Mayor of Montreal by about 1,000 raajority over Mr. •:a. WilsonaSinith. A bailiff can, without a license, sell liquor he has seized, according to a judgment of Judge Snider, of SIarailton. The work of surveying for the dou- ble tracking of the C.P.Reanain line from Ignace to Fort William has been comMenced. Hemilton has one policeman for 1,- 082 of its population, Toronto one for 698. The ambitious city wants 60 more bluecoats. The contract for the new $6,000,- 000 Longueull bridge across the St. Lawrende, near Montreal, has been awarded to the New York •Construc- tion Company. I ii111111EQE1 pERT11 wtog,taxr.ltvot' luutiot ba6C14"6;e111434 t" 11°111' ONTARIO LEGIISLATURI, eopatine hospital at Ann Arbor. A bridge twenty-three inlies lang is 'to be built, for the Southern Pant- ile across the lakee at Salt Lake, Utah, thus saving. forty-five miles' distance. At, Wheeler, S, D., Annie , Seidler shot anel Wouuded Clyde rattisoa the court.• house, When a, fAistrge against him, made by her, could not be proven. . The level of Lake ).•,,S•le at Buffalo.. has • beea falling for the last our Years, exceeding to the figures. pre- sented by Major 'Thomas W. Symons of the U. S. Engioeer Corps. . John. Riter, an Indian herb d.octer, has been placed under arrest at Spar- ta, 'Tenn., charged with a murder committed twenty-one year. ago at Seattle, Wash. The Indiana, Ohio, and Pennayl- walla operators say they will never agree .to the =Mere' demand of a ruo-o!-mine basis. It would virtual- ly inean an advance of 15 per cent. A bill was reported in Congress grautin,g a pension of $25 per month to the last surviving soldier of the war a 1812, Hiram Cook, of Oneida County, New York, aged 102 years. While a, crowd of Italians were celebrating a feast day in Elizabeth street, New York, someone exploded a bomb, severely injuring two per- sons and throwing the others into a, Peale. Lyinan 3, Gage, Secretary of the U.S. Treasury; in a speech at Balti- more on :Friday night, said •that the Government, after paying $500,- '000,000 for the Spanish war, had a cash ,balance on. hand of $464000,- 000 greater than When the war was inaugurated, The Dominion Government. will put a suzn in the estimates to assist Marconi in erecting his wireless tele- graph station near Glace Bay, at Cape Breton. According to an order issued at Ottawa on Thorsday, an officer on appointraent to the permanent mili- tia corps will in future be expected to learn the French language. At. the request a Archbishop Bond • of Montreal, who is 3:low 85 years old and in feeble health, a. coadjutor bishop -will probably be appointed to assist in the duties as head of the diocese. The Canadian Northern Railway has reached a decision to build all rolling stock possible in Winnipeg. As a result of this work will soon be started with the purpose of doub- ling the .capacity of the car con- struction shops of the company. Because exorbitant values have been placed upon a bit of property , the Canadian Pacific Railway Com- pany desires to purchase in Montreal for the erection of new car shops, President Shaughnessy says that the city may lose the entire' works. Recorder Champagne, at Hull, fined Emma, Proulx, aged 17, and Ozias Proulx, her brother, aged 15, for drunkenness. Both children were found "paralyzed" near the City Hall square. be person who gave the liquor to the children evill be prosecuted. The Militia Department has receiv- ed a ,copy cif etteeeeeev'Iraperiar dress. • regulatieffs. The color of the uni- form is to be drab, with a suitable quality of cloth for different climatee. Great -coats will be of a drab water- proof material, while the jackets will be of a drab serge. Trousers ebablar to ca.yalry breeches will be provided for both mounted and in- fantry corps. The head-dress will be a heavy felt hat, and hobnailed boots will be abolished. GREAT BRITAIN. There is an unusual demand for houses in London. London is to have the greatest elec- trical plant in the world. "General Mite," the museum dwarf died and was buried 0,,t Cardiff. In London money is being raised to give working girls cheap dinners and rest rooms. The Prince of Wales is understood to have been much gratified by his reception in Germany. Mr. Brodrick announces that the war expenses have been reduced to about £4,500,000 per month. Many agencies are arising in the United itingdora which offer to se- cure situations on Canadian farms, Lor which a, premium is demanded. In certain quarters English societe is beginning to protest against the heavy burden they have lately been forced to pay in giving expenalve wedding presents. As a precaution against smallpox infection all steamers from Boston and Nev York will be subject to medical inspection before they are al- lowed to land their passengers in England, An arrangement is being made among trans-Atlantic steamship lines to raise the saloon and second cabin rates to a paying basis, and lines outside the Atlantic are join- ing the movement. Among the reforms in the British House of Commons procedure will be the reduction of the number of divi- sions and the empowering of the. chair to count standime members, in- stead of passing them out to the 'lobby. There are to be two sittings dally, one at 2 P. m. and the other p. rat • UNITED STATICS. • Montana is threateted with a horse famine. The Poles. in Chicago, 200,000, • protest against Russian cruelty in Poland ' The Lake Carriers' Assodation at Cleveland, invite all Canadian ship - omen to join the organization. Masked highwaymen held up a rail- way train near Charleston, 6.0„ and carried ofl the express safe in, a two - Mose Va,gen. • At Huntington, W. \Ida George Slakes killed his Wife With aft axe, chOpping•her head and face to an un- recognizable ena,ss. Rev. W. P. Riziese of Portelnotzth, Va., hes been awarded $250 against a railway for the loss of a satchel containing 202 eermone. After 84 years ox blinelnees 1Be Perry, Of Portland, Itieb 'Wee glean ••••••••••••••• cavEn,AL. The Italian Government will not allow a strike on. any railway. It is thought that Carnegie will contribute $4,000,000 to establish libraries in Mexico. The editor of the Rossiya, o Res - Sian paper, has been deported for re- flections on royalty. Horse cars hove tlisappeared from the streets of Vienna, and now the trolley 'bowls along. The proposition to have the state boy the railways finds favor in the French Chamber of Deputies. WHAT OUR MEMBERS .4.2$ DO- ING AT TORONTO. RAILWAY BILLS '.1..).r.ssrf.'-'"- Tho ItaildvaY Committee of tile Legislature took up the bill of the. Morrieberg Eleetric Railway Com - Pony, which propeses to conemet Aforrisburg end Winchester in'Duneae County and construet branch lines. The company also asked the right to conseruct and operate telegraph lines, electric power, and. lighting plants along the line, and to acquire ex. ereet hotels, sanitaritnris and .eteam- ere in connection with the railway, • The main provisions of the bill were adopted, but the latter clauses were changed. Mr. Barber Made a protest, against permitting telephone companies to spring up all over the couotry. Mr. Conmee, Dr. McKay, and Mr. Pardee thought the. public should have the convenience of tie- ing the companies' lines. The clause relating to telephones was amended so as to •prevent the company frOre selling its service to private parties, or charging for the use of its phones. The clause relating to steamers was struck out, mod that relating to hotels amended by Mak- ing them subject to the regulations of the Public, Health Act, The PembrokeSouthern Railway Company asked power to extend its lin.e from. Pembroke to Golden Lake • through Westmeath and Ross Town- ships to the Ottawa River, and to amalgamate or cuter into running ar- rangements with the Toronto, Lind - ay and Pembroke Railway Com- pany, Pontiac. and Pacific. Junction Railway Company. or •any other rail- way company. Tile bill was amend- ed so that the company mast make specillc mention' of the lines they de- sire to sunalganutte with. AFTER GOVERNMENT AID. Mr, Munro, M.P.P„ and Mr. Lough- rin, M.P.P., introduced a deputation front Perobrohe and Westmeath, ask- ing for aid for a. 15 -mile extension of the Pembroke and Southern Rail- way from Pembroke to the Ottaive River. They wanted 63,000 a mile. The Premier promised consideration. Messrs. Hugh Blain, Hon. S. C. Wood, W. G. McWilliams, and John Flett waited on the Government to ask an extension of the tiine for com- mencing and completing the proposed ship railway from Georgian Bay to Toronto. • ' The 'Premier and Hon. Mr. Latch- ford were waited upon by Reeve Faw- cett, of Wolfe Island, and R. J. Wolfe of Toronto, asking that the municipality of Wolfe Island be cll.- lowed to devote any money duo it under the Good Roads Act to the improvement of the ferry service be- tween the island and Kingston, the nearest market. Speaker Evanturel has received a petition signed by many hundreds of people in Prescott and Russell counties, -urging the Government to assist in flood preventative measures. WOMAN'S RESIDENCE. Hon. Mr. Harcourt will introduce a bill relating to the Toronto 'Univer- sity, permitting the erection of a woman's residence on the property of the university. Mr. Harcourt states that a, start will be made during the coming summer, and that as a pre- liminary step accommodation for 20 young ladies will be provided. PUI3LIC scnooLs ACT. The French Chamber of Deputies has approved of the Socialist bill approving of eight hours, a day for ruiners. The Chinese Court is considering the appointment of six foreign ex- perts in the work of re -organizing the Government. The most superb and wonderful pearl the world has ever seen is re- ported to have been discovered at Broome, Australia. The Emperor of China, it is said, has ordered Admiral Yeh to organize a naval college at Che -Foo, and to engage Rear -Admiral Lord Chas. Beresford as naval instructor. .1,3eephew _of the late Shah of Per- sia, a Iesof „ not yet 14 years old holds' the higateteaemy rank of any- body of his age '111 tb.e hvoeld,being a general. $2,000,000 FIRE Waterb-ary, Conn.., the Scene of a Great Conflagration, A Waterbury, Conn., despatch says: -The most disastrous fire in the his- tory of Waterbury .broke out in the heart of the city shortly before 6:30 on Saturday evening. A large sec- tion of the business part of the city has been wiped out. The high wind prevailing caused the flames to spread with great rapidity. The fire originated in the upholstery depart- ment on the third floor of the store of Reid and Hughes Dry Goods Com- pany, on Bank Street. Insurance men estimate that the property dam- age will be found to be fully $2,- 000,000. The fire was not discovered until it had gained tremendous headway. At 6:15 when the employes left there was no smoke or smell of smoke on the main floor. Fifteen minutes lat- er flames were seen to burst with great force from -the windows of the third floor, and almost simultaneous- ly from the basement. Before any- body could ring in an alarm the whole interior of the 'building was a moss of flames. When the fire de- partment reached the scene flames were issuing from every window of the building, and it was evident that the entire business seetion of the city was imperiled. The wind was at first shifting, but it settled toward the east and carried destruction with it; W/PED OUT WROLE BLOCKS. The. fire burned rapidly through to South Main Street, and then jumped across that street. At the same time the fire travelled to. Grand Street, end an entire block was in ruins before midnight. After 9 o'clock the militia was cal- led out to preserve order. • There was serious talk of blowing up build- ings to prevent the spread of the flames. The ,flre was thought to be. partly under control at 10:.80 o'clock, but shortly after midnight the flames at- tacked buildings' .on the south side ot Doak Street, and again raged fur- iously.• DOES NOT TRUST BOERS. Britain Will Not Negotiate With • Kruger and Leyds. . despateh to the London Morhing • Post from Brussels says there is ex- cellent authority for the staterAmt that the British Minister at the Hague had an inteaview with Boren Vim Lyndon, the Ditteh Minis- • tee a Foreign. Affairs, at which the former said tleat Great Sleitain Would never be diapesed to negotiate With Mr. Kruger, Dr. Loris, and the oth- er Boo' representatives in I•Curope, as ,ha Coinlidered th.eni UtieVorthy of cane fiderreee MUNICIPAL COUNCILS. • 1.1r, Hoylo (Nerth Ontario) Moved ttfyeosiecon4omsi second of ohnith ebT ci pal Comiall ot a City, town, or in- eorPorated village any member of a sehool board, for which rates are levie'd, Mr, Hoyle held that it Weuld be fox the benefit of both the muni- cipal and odueational systems that the membership of the Sehool lloards and Councils should be kept apart, The Attorney-Geoerai was inclined to take the SELTTIO view. The view went to the municipal coinmittee- • 'TOWNS.RIP CCU/MILS, A second reading was given Mr, •Dalre bill providing that Township Coundle shall consist of the reeve, and eirst, second, third, and fourth councillora, each cg whom shall be elected separately. It was refeerefl to a Municipal Committee. M.A:NY TREES DESTROYED. The return asked by Mr. Jessoli ivitb reference to San Joao scale in- spection has beer. brought "down. It ehows that the total number of trees condemned to be destroyed in the County of Lbecoln • by Goleernment inspectors was 20,965. Of this num- ber 17/788 were destroyed, leaving 8,177 conclemoecl but not destroyed. DAIRY STUDENTS. In reply to Mr. Carnegie, the Min- • ister of Agriculture Stated that from 1805.to date the number of students cet the Western dairy School had been 227; at the Guelph Dairy. School, 531; at the Eastern Dairy School, 615. The latter number in- cluded students who had taken two or more coui•ses, _ 4._ • BIDDLE I3ROTHERs ESCAPE. Both Were Under Sentence - of • Death at Pittsburg. A Pittsburg, Pa., despatch says': -Edward and John Biddle, under sentence of death. for murder, over- poweeed the guards at an early hour Thursday morning and escaped. With saws, provided by some outside friend who also furnished them with revolvers, they cut the bars and were ready at any moment to make an opening large enough to pass through. •The two men 'occupied ad- joining cells and planned the • affair cleeerly. Shortly before four o'clock one of the Biddies called to James Mc - Geary, who had charge of the out- side gates; and asked for some cramp medicine in a hurry, saying his brother was dangerously sick. • McGeory hastened to .the cell with the medicine when John Biddle sprang throtigh the opening in the cell and seizing the guard around the waist, hurled him over the railing to the stone floor beneath, a dis- tance. oreixteen feet. Edward Biddle joined his brother inainediately .and both, with drawn revolvers, hurried to. the first floor, where they met Guard Reynolds and shot him. . THREE MEN ON DUTY., There were but three men 'on duty and the third evae on one (.1 the -up- per ranges. He wasordereddown at the point of the revolvers, and the three guards were put in the A1231 - goon. The keys . were taken from Keeper McGeary and the two desperate pris- oners had a clear field. The only persons who • witnessed the escape• were prisoners who could not inter- fere or give an alarm. . - The prisoners went to the ward- robe where the guards keep their clothing, and each put on. a new suit. They then unlocked the Outside gates and passed out into the street. - The escape was not discovered until the daylight guards came on duty at six o'clock. They were, informed by prisoners where the night guards bad been put and tbey were doon re- leased from the dungeon and sent to the hospital. aa, THE ROMANCE Olr IT. The escape of the Dicidles was sequently explained in a statement issued by Warden Peter K. Soffel. The warden asserts that his wife is responsible for the ftnnishing of the revolveree and saws to .hhe :Biddies, which enabled them to escape. In her infatuation, for Edward Bid - We, it is alleged that shel has left her husband and her four children, and it is supposed, is to meet the escaped oonvitts at a place agreed upon. • The story of the matter is brief. Mrs. Soffel was the only person ad- mitted to the jail since last Sunday. Wednesday afternoon she • visited. them during the warden's absence. Thursday eveoing -she retired at 0 o'clock. She told her husband that she was going to visit a Sister. • at McDonald, and that she would retire early so that she could get an early start. Warden SolTel was about the jail until after midnight. He r•etered to his own room, which is separate from Mrs. Soffel's shortly. before one o'clock.. When lie awoke ' this morning he asked for Mrs. Soffel, and was informed that she Was ab- sent. Later, when the details of the, escape became knoven, he telephoned to McDonald, and was informed that Mrs. Solid was not there. . Warden Soffel immediately Made a frank tonfession pi his suspicions. The two guards injured will pro- bably recover, ' ••• , LA.TESt. . A reward of $5,000 has beet offer- ed for the recapture of the Biddle, mutelerers. No trace has been found of Mrs. Soffel. • .An investigation disclosed the fat that she had taken all of her 'best elothee with her. it has d)Call known for' several weeks that Mrs. Soffel wits taking an intereat in the Biddies ancllt is said that she. freqUently furnished them with daintiea • outside their -.usual prison fare, • • It is reported that the Diddlee took a train at the Fourth avenue.staton eir the Panhandle Railroad, which is within a blank of the jail, and left for the West.• THEY ARE CAPTURI1D. Two bills to amend the Public Schools Act were introduced. The Minister of Education Introduced one which mikes two proposals: first, to enable the school boards of rural municipalities ,to expend money for the conveye.n.ce of children to school in urban municipalities; second, to enable several adjaaeat school sec- tions to 'unite for the purpose of es- tablishing grade schoole. Mr. Fells (East Durham) intro- duced an act to amend the Public Schools Act, which extends the pow- er of rural sthool boards to borrow money under a sealed note. They are at present restricted in borrow- ing to sums needed for teachers" sal- aries, and the bill extends the privi- lege to expenditures for other school purpOSee. MUNICIPAL ACT. Mr. Smith (Peel) introcinced an Act to emend the Municipal Act, which deals with the vexed question of farm lands in towns and villages. It provides that the municipality may eater into an agreement with the ,owners of such lands for a spe- cial. rate of taxation instead of hav- ing the farm lands separated by a county by-law. ONTARIO ELE0fION ACT. Mr. Lee (East Kent) intrAuced his bill to amend the Ontario Election Act by providing that railway em- ployes, whose work takes them from home, may be allowed to poll their votes 48 hours before' election day. It was given first reading, • • Nrriw BILLS INTRODUCED. Mr. Garrow got a -first reading for his -bill limiting the nuraber of ex- pert witnessee who may be called in an action to three on ettch• side, ex- cept by leave from the presiding judge, ,• Mr. Auld (South Essex) introduced a, bill to amend the Drainage .Act, so that instead of extending drab:age works to an outlet where the disee tharge,of ivater would do any injury to lands and roads and where the cost .of extension. would be heavy, the outlet need not, be swatch •but compeosation could be given those whose lands were floocierle • Mr. Riehardson introdueed a bill to amend the section Providing tor the taking of farm lands out of towns and villages. His amendment is.that the. section ehali not apply to tovnis incorporated sinee ,1880, instead of 1866. '• ISSUING DEBENTURES. A second reading was given Mr. Oaescalleo's bill to extend to 80 years the period for which debenturee may be issued by all raunlcipalities for the purchase of electric light plants for lighting and power pur- riesee. The 80 -year period la at pre- sent. only permitted to ratInicipali- tiee under 5,000 population. The Peter Said, were captured Feiday afteenoon near Prospect, about nine Miles west of here, after a bleaY• eonfliet, 13y Detective Charles Mc- Govern, Johu Roach, arid Albert H. Swinehart, Ed. 13iddle is lying in the Butler Comity Jail, in a 004 condition, Jade Biddle, his brother, is in the adjoiniug cell, riddled with buckshot. His eondition is not Con- sidered serioue. Mrs, SOffel shot bee - sell in the battle. She Placed a re- sidered serious. Mrs. Soffel shoe her- volver to het left Dreest and drove the ball clea to the back, bat her condition is not critical. She is now in the Butler ()putty. General Hospi- tal, • rr110 detectives are uninjured. There were about 30 shots exchanged in the fray. The capture was earn- pleted about one and a half miles from Prospect. • • THE BIDDLES CANADIANS. • The 13iddles were born in St, Thom- as, Ont., about thirty years ago. Their father, George Biddle, remov- ed subsequently to Ainherstburg, where he kept a seloonelocally known as "Hell" • for some years, .and it was in this atmosphere the boys were brought up, The father died; and the bays were taken in charge by Ben McQuade, their uncle. Ile rised to beat the boys solely fee the Plea- sure he derived from it, but finally, one day, he blew out his brains. Af- ter the boys left Arnherstburg they drifted around the country, :finally landleg in Pittsburg. •• DEATH OF THE BIDDLES. A Saturday despatch from Butler, Pa, says: -.-At the close of a day of intense excitement and, many" con- flicting stories concerning the chances ler life of the wounded Biddle broth - era and Mrs. Kate •Soflel, the unex- pected haa happened.- John Biddle, who, until late this - afternoen, was. consiciered the more likely of the brothers to escape present death, suc- cumbed first at 7:55 p. in. • His bro- ther, Ed. Biddle, survived until 11. Mrs. Soffel, who developed symptoms of pne-uraonia this afternoon, after having come- safely through the oper- ation this Inorning for the extra.ction of the bullet, has a chance. for life and will probably recover. The death of Jack Biddle was caused by the bullet w,ouncis in his abdomen .and bladder and by internal hemor- rhage. A Dutier, Pa„ ilespatele 80%.17We'""7116 Biddiebreithere, who escaned from the AlleghanY Coanty jail in Pitts- Attorhey-General agreed that the burg, TlifirCfleY 'morning. and Mr.s. present mw was rather anoinaloue, KateDlettleh feeffee, Wife Oi 'Warde 100 MINERS KILLED •••••••••• • Terrible, Disaster at the Hondo Mines in Mexico.. A San Aatonie, Tex., despatch says: -A hundred end six miners kil- led is the result ,of a dust explosion atathe Hondo naines in Mexico news of which was received here on Sunday night. . * • Atethe time the el -Plosion occurred there were 3.06 'miners at work in the mine, all of whom were emtombed by the shaft being choked up by falling earth and stone, loosened by the ex- plosion. Not .one escaped. The Hondo mines are located 331 Coahuila,. at • the . terminus of a branch of the Mexican International Road, • about 100 miles south of Eagle rase, and are the most impor- tant in that state. NEW CONSUMPTION CURE. Discoveries of Dr. Robin and Dr. Binet. THE MARKETS Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc • in Trade Centres. Toronto, rob. 4..--Wheat-Idarket was iirMOr to -day, with Mere en- quiry. Vifty-eight lb„ white and red, quoted at '7a to 15c, n3iddie freight. No. 1 spring at 72e east, and No, 1 goose at 67ie low freights. No. 1 Manitoba, hard, uom- Mar 78ic to 80e g.i.t. Sarnia ; No. 1 Northern sold at 88e North 13ay, and 840 Sarnia ; No. 2 North- ern quoted at 81c Sarnia. Oats -The market is quiet, with de- mand a little better. • No. 2 white are quoted • at 40 to 410, raiddle freight. Peas -The market is quiet, with prices unchanged. No. 2 quoted at 80e west, •and at 81c middle freight. Corn -The market is goiet, but the feeling is better. Canadian • yellow quoted at 56c west, and mixed at 55ic evest, Barley -Market quiet and steady ; No. 1 quoted at 56e. and No. 2 at 58c; No. 3 extra at 51e, and No. 8 at 500. middle freights. Rye -The market is (plea and prices are noininal at 55 to 55-ic, middle freight, • • Buckwheat -Demand Whited and prices nominal at 54c middle freight. Flour -The market is quiet. Nine- ty per cent., in buyers' bags, nominal at $1.85 to $2.90, middle freights, Locally and for Lower Province trade choice straight rollers, in wood, arC $8.20 to $3,25. Manitoba tour steady, with Hungarian 64.10 to .$4.30, and 'strong bakers' at $8-80, Toeionto freight. • Oatmeal -Market unchanged. Car lots, on track, $5.25 in bags, and $5.40 in wood. Broken lots, 25c per lb extra. • Millfeed-Bran isainchanged at $18 outside. Shorts, $20 outside. Mani- toba bran, pi), and shorts $22, To- ronto freights, including sacke. • PRODUCE. A Paris despatch says: -The dis- coveries of Dr. Robin and' Dr. Binet respecting tuberculosis have led to a change in treatinent Instead of at- tacking only the bacillus they strive to fortify the system. They find that persons predisposed to•plithisis con- sume an enormous quantity cif oxy- gen and generate carbon in proper - tion. Thus the system •burns itself out. The new treatment consists in restricting the -consumption of oxy- gen. • • • MARCHED TO DEATH. Whole Detachment of Japa.nese • Infantry Wiped•Out. A Yokohama. despatch says :-A detachment of 210 infantrymen left A.womori on Jan. 23 to practise marching o.ver the snow. None of them has Once been seen except a corporal, who • was fourid last Mon- day by a reIiet party. The corporal says that the detachment 'lost their way, and were overcome by the in- tense cold. They were without fuel, and burned their haversacks and rifle stocks, but by the evening of Jan. 25 all but 71 of them had perished. The survivors separated into small parties and sought for refuge. It is feared that all of them have been lost.' The story has stirred the city, and foreigners are subscribing for the relief of the families of the unfor- tunate sol;c1iers. NQRTIfi')VESI LAND SALES. O P--R...Retuans Sho'w a Large Inceease, A Winnipeg,' despatch 'says t -The land sates for January were publish- ed by the C.P.It: Land Department yesterday, The aurnber of acies eold totalled 10,9,846.99, toy $847,761- 01. The sales for January, 3.901, amounted to 27,028.80 anres, for $86,752,54. This sleeves an inarease• in the sales of e71,928,19 acres. The amount realized also exceeds that of January, 1001, by .6261,000.87, The sales 91 the Canada North -Went Lend Conapany ler tile past month have also doubled 'those for the cora reepontling month last year. This Y7e1d5r atalres,coamtP$alrx3rod8i0sfoaladimosft sales of 28,060 acres, at $16,520, in Jame- ary, •1001,, NEW ,SUBMARINE BOAT. Thirty Feet Longer and Have Se- • iteral New Features. A Darrow 'despatch eays:a-Vickers, Sons and MaxiM have contracted with the Goverottent for the con- e:ruction of a, new type of subletaeine beat. It Will be 80 feet lohger than the other bones WAR by the firm, aid will have SeVeral flovel features. Potatoes -The demand foe potatoes is limited, and prices easy. ,Cars aro. quoted • at 60 to 63c per bag, on trade here, and •the jobbing price, 75c, Dried Apples-lVfarket is • dull. Choice aye worth 6c per lb. Evapor- ated -sell at 9 to 10c. Hops -Business quiet; with prices steady at 13c. vearfings, 80.. Roney -The market is steady at 9i to 10. for strained. Coinbs, $1.50 to $2.25 per dozen. . Beans -The market quiet, with fair offerings. Prime mediums, $1.35 to $1.40 ; hand-picked; $1.55 to $1.60. ' (*.iranberries Marieet unchanged, with stocks small. Cape Cod at $9.50 -to $10 per bbl. • Ray, baled -The market is 'steady, with good deinand. Timothy quoted at $9.75 to $10 ,on track foe No. and $8 to $8.50 for No. 2. Straw -The market is quiet • and firm. Car -lots on track win bring $5.'75 to $6. Poultry -Market unchanged. Tur- keys; 9i• to 10e per lb; frozen, scalded, and half -fatted stock sold from 8 to 90. Geese, dry -picked, 8 to Sic. Ducks, 60 to 90e. Chickens young, 50 to 75c; old, 85 to 50c. • ox,rimla mAniarr. • Termite, 4,a -The run Was light at the Cattle Market to-daye Baeinese on the whole Was fair to brisk for anything of choke (male .While there was enough of the medium qualities on hand, there was not enough of the better quality to ellpply the demand. Some choice ex- Port'eattle to -day fetched $5,37 1-21. and more of the same kind would have found a ready market. Choice butcher cattle were also selling pteked lots at $$.4q. There was a fair •recielcet for heavy feeders,. het not many offering. Stockers •are, fairly steady. Heavy bulle for ex- port are selliag $a ,t $4.25,• Good veal calereS aro wanted, abel heavy export lambs and sheep are in good • demand. • Hogs aro Weala, droppihg an eighth again to -day, with prospects lower. The run was 45 loads, with 794 bead . cattier 336 sheep and lambs, 845 hogs, a 15 calves. • Export • Gatti e, • light 1 • care-- ...$a.25 •V1,50 Bulls, export, heavy, cwt . 8.65 eapert, light cwt: 8.00 Feeders, heavy,- 4,00 Feeders, light... 2.50 Stockers, 400 to 800 lbs 2.40 Butchers' cattle, choice -8.76 Butchers' cattle,. good8.60 Butchers', comraon 2.75 Butchers' picked... ... 4,00 • do oll-colors and Mit- , • ere- 2.00 Butchers' bells...• 2.50 Light stock belle, cwt.. 2.00 Mitch cows 30,00 .55.00 Sheep, export ,•ewes, •• • cwt ,.. • 8.00 8.50 do books, . .„ • 2.00 2.50 Sheep, butchers', each2.00 3.00 Lambs, cwt... ... . ..„ 8.50 4.00 Hogs, best do light.... 5.75 do fat... 5.75 THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter -The market is quiet, With choice grades flrm. Inferior butter is hard to sell. We quote.: Selected dairy tubs, 17 to Inc; choice large rolls, 16 to 17e; finest 1 -lb rolls, 18 to 19c; inferior qualities, 11 to 12ic; creamery prints, 21 to 22c; 'solids, 20 to 21c.• . Eggs -The market is quiet. Strict- ly fresh, 27 to 28c, held fresh, 21 to 22c; cold storage, 20c; limed 18 to 20c. • Cheese -Market is • steady. We quote :-Finest Septembers, 10i to 11c; seconds, 91 to 10c„ • HOGS AND PROVISIONS. • Dressed hogs unchanged, with car lots quoted at, $7.75. Hog pro- ducts steady. We' quote :-Bacon, long dears, sells at 10e- to 18ic, in ton and case lots, Mess pork, $21; do, short cut, $21.50 to $22. Smoked meats -Hams, 18c; break- fast bacon, 1Ic; rolls, 110; backs, 110, and shoulders, lOic. Lard -The market is unchanged. We quote :-Tierces, 11c; tubs, 211c; 3.3.ic. • , UNITED STATES MARKETS., 445 3.25 4,25 2.75 8.8'41 4.00 8.'75 0.00 4-4P 2.50 8.00 2.50 Buffalo, Feb. 4. -Flour -Steady ; fair demand. Wheat -Nothing do- ing. Corn -Stronger; No. .2 yellow, 64ic; No. 3 do., 681c; No 2 corn, 63e; No. 3 do, 621c. 'Oats -Strong ; No. 2 white, 48a,c; Noa do, 471c ; No. 2 mixed, 460; No. 8e4o, e6c, Barley -Nothing doing. Rye --No. 651 c. • Toledo, 0., Feb, 4, -Wheat, Strong; higher ; cash, 87ic; May, 87e,a; July Corn -Strong; higben; Jan., 5010; May, 63ed• July, 651e. Oats -- Higher; Jan., 47icr May,' 45c; July, 40c, Clover seed, Jan., $5.80 ; 'March, $5.821 to $5.85; No, 2 alsike Milwaukee, Feb. 4.-Wheat-4Tigher, close, No. 1 Northern, 77e; No. 2 Northern, 74 to 75i0; May, 79c, Rye -Deli; No. 1, 61c. Barley - steadier; No, 2, 62-e 19 68e; sample, 55 t� d2tc. Corn-lVfay, 62ec. Duluth, Minn., Feb. 4. -Wheat - Closed, cash, No, 1 hard, 77-gc; No; 2 'Northern, 721c; No, 1. Northern 74ge; May, '77e0; July, 77-ec; Mani- toba., No. 1 Nathan, cosh, 720; May, 714a 0atsa-421e. Corn- 61e, MinneaPolia reb, I. -Wheat closed 75c; May, '75ic; July, 76ac; on track, No. 1 hard, '77c; No, 3 Northern, '751e; No. 2 do, '74ae. eaotaaelefeen :first patents, 33.15 to $8.85; second patents, .$3.65 to $8.75; first dears, $2.75 to 32,85 ; second (Settee, 32.50. 13rart-lo bulk, $6to 616.50. Detroit, Feb. 4. -What elosed-No,, 3. waite, caeh, 00ece No. 2 red, •eah and January, 88113; /Shy, 87.10; July, 88/e. • St. Louie, Feb, 4. ---Wheat debut- "Cfisbi 852e; Men 880; Julr, 78F148tates after the Cavil War. CHASING DE WET: • Twenty-three British Columns Are After, Him. The Ladysmith correspondent of the London Daily News reports that twenty-three British columns .are hunting for General De Wet, and Says the assertion that his capture or the annihilation ,of his force is only a question of time is more jus- tified than ever before. 'Everything indicates a powerful effort to -crush the Boers everywhere in March and April. The :Boers in the Deld, how- ever, are surprisingly numerous, and" . well equipped. It is suspected that • they have been reinforced by rebele. from the Cape Colony. "The Daily Mail's Cape Town core respondent announces that great pre- parations are being made for- a gen- eral movement against the Boers and rebels in the lar northwest.. The latter are also preparing for resist' mace. They • are storing large Tame titles of grain and other supplies in 13uslunardand, where military operee tions will be most diflicult. Me cor- respondent predicts that the ti•oubles will continue in Bushraanland for perhaps years. REIGN OF TERROR. Armed Men Pay Visit to Tenants at ROSeOlmnOxi. Despatches. -received in London from Dublin coutain alarming re- ports of the reign of .terror prevail- ing in Roscommon County, Tenants who are . suspected of paying • rent are -vieited at night by armed men, notices are posted threatening death to traitors, and ' miclifight meeting* are a nightly occorrence,. the people) being assembled by beacon fires. - John O'Donnell, ineraber of. Par- liament for South Mayo, isreported to have addressed a midnight meet - Mg at Fairmouat, at which he chal- lenged tire 'Chief Secretary foe Ire, land, Mr. Wyndham, to come into the open at the head of 5,000oi; • 10,000 anen, either soldiers or police. If he (Mr. Wynclha•me. would give the men of Connaught a nionth to pre- pare, Mr. 0'1/armed said he would ' nothesitate to declarer that they . would meet ' them, even • at great nu. • =erica' odds, and • settle the land • question for good. • • HOSPITAL QUARANTINED. Smallpox Spreads to Notre Dams', iii Montreal; • A Montreal despatch says: -Small- pox of a mild type is apparently spreadiag very fast in Montreal, and many new cases have been reported - A peculiar incident in connection with the epidende is ti31 quarantia- ing of the Notre Dame Hospital, ow - in to one of the servants bebig at- tacked with the disease. The instie tution is one of the largest hospitals in Montreal, and the quarientiou means that until February 12th; :the 200 men, women and children:who are within the"walls of the hospital will have to remain there, and that the only communication they will have with the outside world will be through the telephone. OUGHT TO SURRENDER. American Divine's Opinion on the 310er Resistance. . A. London depth says: -Cabling from Cape Town, the correspondent of the Daily Chrooicle qu6tes from ax address delivered by Dr. Joseph C., klertzell, missionary ‚bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Mid", ea, of Cincinuati, last Sunday, Dr. Hartzell eaid:-"The Bocre have Ulla, takOnly attempted to build up a re- public based upon preTerence instead of principle. The Boers have made it bravo resistanee, and now ought to be brave enough to acknowledge de- feat, and no man worthY el the nano of Illtiglishmati or American would eot receive their eurrencler in a pre - Por spirit," Dr. litirtZeli Sittd he believed there reogid prise in Africa a. settlement of Anglo-Saxon civilization which would complete the arab. of Imperial Feder- ation, and create a 'United people io South A Mee like that In the Unite .-.±.1,44•444a1A. rcf: