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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1900-6-28, Page 3Jun 28, MO, ft B,+r1w .8SEiJ S POST. SURROUNDED THE CAVALRY. Narrow Escape. of General French's Forces From Capture, A despatoh from Pretoria, says:—On Tuesday leaf there was very hard flghting on both flanks of the Boer position, and their centre was almost Ilmaregnnples Gen, Trench went to the left, and entered a sootion of the country tint was unsuitable for acv- airy manoeuvres. His force was sur- rounded,• and sustained a heavy erase - fire. They made a sp:catdirl fight, however, and the Boers retreated just as the artillery ammunition was ex- hausted. Hamilton's division advanced on the. right, and Gen• Broadwoods' brigade became •involved rather seriously, While advancing between high kopjes against the Doers in their front they wore surprised by a close arose -fire from snipers in a mealie field, and on surrounding kopjes. The number of Boers increased rapidly, and their rifle fire Caused much damage among the artillery horse. The Boers advanced over a rise in the ground for 500 or 600 yards, bat were checked by artillery fire. Then the 12th',annere on the right made a frontal ohurge, while the Household Chvalry went to the right and ("leer- ed the mealle field: It was in this fight that the Bari of Airlie wits killed. After it was over he was found with abullet through his heart, Ool. Egerton Green was woendod In the thigh, and taken prta- onty. He has been heard of Sanaa as cluing well There were very few casualties among the British, con- sidering the short range at w'hieh the fighting took place. No Transvaalers took part in the en- gugement• The entire force that op- posed the British was made up of Hol- landers who have settled in the Trans- vaal, colonial rebels, and foreign mer- censures- During the engagement two of the British guns were 'firing to- wards the front and two others to- wards the rear. BOERS STILL RAIDING. Nine Killed and Eleven Missing in an Aetion at Vredefort. A despatch from London, Wednes- day, says:—.From the casualty list is- sued by the War Office on Tuesday, it Is apparent that there have been engagements in the Orange River Colony that have not heretofore been reported. A reconstruction train was attacked by the Boers at Leouw apruit, forty miles north of Kroon- stad, on Thursday last. This was the day of the Zand river attack, eighty miles distant, The British lost three killed, five wounded, and more than fifty captured. Another list of nine killed and elev- en missing refers to an aotion at Vredefort on June 7, mention of which had not bean previously made. Both indicate that Steyn's men have been busy raiding the British communica- tions. The Boors are gathering in force in front of General Rundle, near Ficks- .burg. %lis forces stretch ,forty miles. As some parts of the line are weakly held, the British fear that the Boers may break through. Outpost: skir- mishes are of daily occurrence. The Boers there are commanded by De Villiers and Hermann. WARNS MISSIONARIES. Lord Salisbury Says Caution Should Mark Their Aottons. A despatch from London says:— Lord Salisbury was the principle speaker at the bicentenary meeting on Tuesday afternoon of the Society for the Propagation ot the Gospel, which took place in this city. The Premier apologized for his presence,because be said, missionaries were not poptt- tar at the Foreign Office. Referring to China, heremarked that though the persons slaughtered had been Christians it must not be imagined that they had been murder- e%t simply because the Chinese dislik- ed their religion. It was became) the idea prevailed there anti elsewhere i that %missionary work was merely an instrument by whioh secular Govern -I melt achieved its object. While that was unjust, and though the mission- aries could not renounce their work, the utmost caution ought to mark their actions as over -zealousness led to martyrdom, and paused the deaths of soldiers and sailors sent to avenge the outrages. CONSTANT . I Foreign Garrison at Tien.Tsin Kept Busy, Says Our Admiral A deepakoh from London nays The Admiralty has received the fol- lowing despatch from Rear -Admiral Bruce;— "Taku, via Chetou, Thursday.—No Tien - communication ;from commander-in- chief in seven days, and from Tien- Tsinunication Vora commander-in-1 Tsin in five days. The allies hold the Taku forts and Tong -Ku, securely and they will advance to the relief of Tian-Tsiii when in sufficient strength. Troops are expected from Hoag Kong to-mcr.row, and 300 trout Brei -Hai - Wei the following day. 11 is believed that fighting is constantly proceeding I around Tien -Twin. Our garrison there 1 should be about three thousand men. " The following proclamation was agreed to this morning, to be issued• forthwith :- . '' The admirals and senior naval officers of the allied powers in China desire to make known to all Viceroys' and authorities along the coasts and rivers and in t:neness and provinces t of Chlnu that they intend to use •arm- ed force only against the Linkers and people that oppose them on their march le Pekin for the resoce of their' fell rev-oolunitrymen," :Cho date that the above despatch Wu trent off from Take is not g(ven, ORDERED TO JOIN BOXERS. Responsibility of Chinese Govern- ment for the Trouble Proven. A despatch from Berlin says:—"The responsibility of the Chinese Govern- ment for recent events,' said a high acfficial of the Foreign Office on Wed- nesday, "is nom clearly proved. 'It has been ascertained that 10000 Chinese troops who deserted to the Boxers did so under the direct orders of !the Chinese Government. The promotion to the highest positions of notorious- ly anti -European officials also points in the same direction. This is the war of China against all foreigners, in- cluding Germans, and the point no(w is to go ahead vigorously, quickly, and %resolutely, no matter what the final outcome may be," The Berliner Tageblatt says:—"A private despatch from St. Petersburg asserts that'Russia has landed 9,100 men, who will not place themsellves under the oommend of Admiral Sey- mour, but will act independently.' 18 KILLED, 69 WOUNDED. Heavy Russian Losses in the Take. Bombardment A despatch from St. ,Petersburg says. Vice -Admiral Alexejeff, from Port Arthur, reporting the capture of the Taku forts, says the bombarding fleet was commanded by the Russian, Captain Dobrowolski, as senior officer present. The Russian losses were two lieutenants killed, one severely, and one slightly wounded, and 16 men kill- ed and 67 wounded. The gunboat Gil- juk was seriously damaged by a shell below the water line, and must be docked for repairs. The gunboat Ko- rejez was made to leak in six places, and had her cabin destroyed. Tho gunboat Bolo was undamaged: Bo- sidee the above, Admiral Alexejeff trays the French warship Lion, the British Algerine, and the German gunboat 7ltris participated in the en- gagement. ALMOST GOT KITCHENER, Boers Come Near Capturing the Chief of Staff. According to a Cape 'Town des- palob, General Kitohner himself had a narrow eaoape from capture in the engagement at Leaner apruit on June 14. Ile was sleeping in the repair train when the latter was attacked and many of the engineers captured. - General Kitchener's sleeping oar was at Kopjes ;bitten, when the Boers, un- der Gen, De Wel, suddenly opened rifle fire at 3a.m. Kitchener managed to roaoh his horse and galloped to Rhenoeter, two miles distant, The Boers numbered 900 men, with three gun,. They burned the culvert, which had just been rebuilt, and de- railed the train. The Boers alleged to be hemmed in by. Gen. Rundle began shelling Fioke- burg June lib It is said they appre- hend ;hut a force is marching from the north upon them, hence they will.en- deavour to break through southward, GOVERNOR WAS WOUNDED. Eight Officers Kilted in a Sortie From Kumassi, A despatoh from Aoora, says: -Sir Frederick Hodgson, Governor of the Gold Coast Colony, according to re- ports from Kumassi, was wounded in the shoulder during a recent sortie from the fort. It is also rumored that eight officers were killed. Provisions at Kumassi are scarce, and there aro many wounded. The in- vestment is oomplete. No one is able to leave. Great privations are en- dured by the native population. Day by day the position is becoming more precarious, and there aro no•proepeets of relief. NEWS SUMMARY, CANADA, Parliament may be prorogued with Ln three weeks. The Kingston Locomotive Work will be sold by auatlon on July'le, Hamilton police will reoeive 14 In stead of 10 days holidays in future. Over 5,600 children are attondin the Public schools in Hamilton. I:tamiltoie is making an effort te or ganize a regiment of Highlanders. Great quantitiee .af iron ore are be ing taken from the Wilbur mines nea Kingston. Just 137 new post offices hair been opened in Canada during Maroc April and May. The T., H, & B. Railway Ca. intend to have ten passenger coaches bull for the excursion business: Kingston firms are shipping an av erage of 100 tons ot hay daily t Boston and Providence, ft. I. Prof. Robertson, at Ottawa fro Paris, says that Canada's exhibit i one of the 'beat at the exposition, Avila Bourraesa has bean foun guilty at Montreal of the murder 0 his wife. He will be hanged Augus 24th. Avila Bourrassa was found guilt at Montreal of the murder of h wife last April, and was sentenced t be hanged on August 24. Proceedings may be taken to dis qualify two Montreal aldermen fo receiving "side" money from th transfer of market stalls. Convict Goldsmith, who attempts to murder the assistant matron a Kingston penitentiary, has two year extra added to his sentence, • The Synod of Toronto adopted a mo tion asking the Government to ap point 'a Sunday as thanksgiving day with the Monday following as a publi holiday. Braoebridge is asking the Govern mint at Ottawa for aid in the con struction of a railway from Brace bridge to Baysville, a village on the Lake of Bays, The Hudson Bay Company has de Glared a dividend and bonus equal to 91-2 per Dent. of the oapital stook. In addition the company sets aside $50,- 000 for the employes' benefit fund. The'two ferry steamers running 'be- tween Ottawa and Hull have been stopped by Government officers, on the ground that the engineers in charge of them are not properly quali- fied. James Farley. a life convict, who served twelve years in the Kingston Penitentiary, was pardoned on Satur- day. He was a circus attendant, and when the show was at Teterboro' he got into an altercation with an Indian and killed him. A man named John Fuleze, who was working on the melds of the tower of St. Jean Baptiste Church at Mont- real, lost his footing when near the top, and was dashed to pieces on the, floor below. He was au employee of the Hamilton Bridge Works. At Ottawa Alexander McMillan, a Sparks street jeweler, was fined $1 and costs for keeping his place of business open after 7 o'clock in the evening, in violation of the early clos- ing, by-law. An appeal will be mode with a view to quashing the by-law. GREAT BRITAIN. • George Meredith, the author, is In poor health - London newsboys• have been pro- hibited from yelling the latest news. David Dwight Wells, author and playwright, is dead at Norwich, Eng. In three weeks London has had 100 suicides and 10D other :tweeted oases, Earle's Shipbuilding Company, of Hull, one of the largest in England, failed. Creditors of the bankrupt Earl of Yarmouth will get about 50 oents on he dollar. The thief bleaching firma in Eng - and have combined with acapital of $45,000,000. London has started an anti -noise rusade against 0,000 organ -grinders nd street pianos. Over 7,000 dock' labourers at London re on strike. The employers have iolated the arrangements regarding vertime. Queen Victoria has given orders hat St. George's chapel, Windsor astle, and the Albert Memorial Impel are to be lighted by electricity._ A oollislon between an express train nd a train filled with Windsor ramo- oers 000urred at Slough, England. Three passenger's were killed and bout twenty injured. • Christopher Batten, amember of the London County Council, and a Radical andidate for Parliament, is wanted, barged with obtaining $5,000 worth f jewellery by Pallia pretences. On Monday Cambridge University onferred the degree of LL.D., on Mr, oseph H. Choate, the United States Ambassador to England, and Prof. ohn Williams White, of Hayward,, The British War Office has cabled he Jamaica -xi Government, announo ng that it is prepared to accept a ornposito volunteer oontlugent from make., Trinidad and Datnara for ervicas in Ashanti. R. A. Ramsden has been appointed loo-,gritish Consul at Etevana. He lit a sen of the late 13ritlab Consul at Santiago, who remained at his poet and sacrificed bis life during the Spenlehaiaaterieen war. Mae Lngitah labour delegation to The London County Colima le 000- eidering a new by-law putting under the ban the electric advertising algne so oommon in Trafalgar Square, the Piooadtlly, the Cirous, and other parts 01 London, The big advertisers are argenizing to prevent the' proposed law beooming effective. SI YMOUR AT PEKIN. Reached the Capital Sunday After Frequent Fighting. A despatch from London says :—A news agency despatch from Shang. hal says " After an arduous maroh and fre- quent fighting with the Chinese, Vice - Admiral •Seymoar, arrived at Pekin Sunday afternoon, On five occasions the Chinese attacked the columnin great force. There were many mounted men among the Chinose, but most of the natives were badly armed. At times they fought with admirable courage and bravery. The losses of the Chinese during the maroh are es- timated at five hundred killed, ;The losses of the foreigners were trif- ling. " The exact state of affairs Inside Pekin it is impossible to describe, in view of the many oonflioting reports, nothing having been received from the Legations or foreigners there. "Surprise is expressed at the fact that a large torts of Indian troops has not been ordered here," Another Shanghai despatoh of the same date says "The Pekin nova wired Wednesday emanated from the administrator of the Ghinese tele- graphs. Merchant steamers are not to proceed to Tian-Tsin,and vessels on their way there have returned to Che - foo. Correspondence with Tien-Tsin, is difficult. The Chinese Merchants' Company has oeased sending vessels northward. It is learned authentical- ly that an understanding exists be- tween Great Britain and the Viceroys of Nanking -and Wu -Chang, which ac- counts for the quietness in the Tang- tse-Kiang valley. It is reported that Siu is exeoutiag large bodies of sus- pects daily. The British armoured cruiser Undaunted arrived at Woo - Sung yesterday, and cleared for ac- tion while passing the communication between Tien-Tsin and Pekin is im- possible. The foreign officials are to- tally ignorant of the state of affairs in the north." HUTTON CAPTURES GUNS. Lord Methuen Bouts a Column Under DeWet. A despatch from London, says:— The Was Office has received the fol- lowing despatch from Lord Roberts:— "Pretoria, Wednesday.—Hunter's ad- vance column occupied Krugersdorp without opposition. "Methuen, who was escorting alarge convoy to Heilbron, Tuesday routed a force under Christian De Wet, who en- deavoured to prevent him from enter- ing the little town. Methuen had only three casualties. "Baden, -Powell left this oity on Wednesday on his return to Ruston - burg. The country Is quieting down in that direction. "This satisfactory state of affairs will be mates telly assisted by the cap- ture between here and Rustenburg, on Tuesday, of two guns, by Huttons mounted infantry, from a body of the enemy under Commandant Duplessis. "Railway and telegraph communica- tion with Cape Town is now complete- ly restored. ',All is quiet here and at Johannes- burg. The shops are open, and the market se daily becoming moraorowd- ed and businesslike." SIX PEOPLE DROWNED. Terrible Disaster on a Qaebce. Lake— Squall Besot the Boat. A despatch from Cedar Hall, Que., says :—A dreadful oatastrophe occur- red here an Wednesday afternoon, re- sulting in the drowning of_ a fish- ing party of six persons.. The dead are:— Jamas Icing, the well-known lum- bar merohant of Quebec, and ex-M.P,- P. for la'Iegantio ; Mrs, Nolin, wife of Mr. R. Nolin, manager of Messrs. King Brothers' saw mill here ; J, Nolin, son of R. Nolin ; Joseph St. Pierre; Al- fred Deeehamplain, Joseph Fournier. The party were fishing in Lake Metnpedia, about 4 o'olook, when a sudden gale sprang up and upset their sailboat, throwing all into the water. The lake is very deep, and has many eddies. The accident was witnessed from the shore, but there being no boats available, no assistance could be ren- dered. It was fully an hour later when a boat was produced and search made for the bodies, but up to a late hour the only one recovered wee that of Mr, King. Mrs. Nolin leaves a husband and child, three years old. St. Pierre, Dosohamplaiu, and Fourn- ier were all about 20 years of age and unnra toted. 'ME S. S. LESSON. INTERNATIONAL LESSON, JULY 1. "Jesse Walking on the Soni" Hatt. 14. *8.113, Golden Taxi; Matt. 140 33. PRACTICAL NOTES. , Verne 22. Straightway. The need for Immediate uotion is given by John— the people wished to make Jesus king. Constrained, Kindly, yet with author_ ity. A ehlp, "Tho boat," probabiy that whioh they habitually used. Unto the other aide. Mark says "to Beth- Saida ;" John says "toward Caper- naum." They were not to go straight ltoroas the lake, but were to, skirt the ahore, so that when Jesus followed he mighl be taken aboard. On their way to Cepernaum they must pace Beth - Beide Julian, where probably they ex- pected to meat Jesus, He sent the multitudes away. Five words which describe an act that doubtless required Lae. and power to an extraordinary degree. An one studies this verse and notes the disciples' hesitation, indicated by the word " constrained," one wonders whether Jesus was now experiencing the trial he afterward spoke of—" A. man's foes shall be those of his own household." In the disperaioa of the multitudes there was at once world- ly and spiritual wisdom. "Divide your enemies, then scatter them." When Christians by the help of God keep their temptations far apart from each ether they are 00 the way to victory, at is good often to "send the mul- titudes away "—the multitudes of bus- iness cares, of social joys, of worldly interests—and to " go apart to pray." Times of solitude are needed by every soul. There are deep experiences which no man can share. Prize the privilege of being alone with God. 23. He went up into a mountain,'the mountain." Probably, as Dr. ll'hedon suggests, that at the extreme south- east margin of Bethsaida, whioh shuts down upon the lake. He Went apart td pray, and thus, on the airy height overlooking the tossing sea, far from ceremonies and temples made by man, he wont into his closet and shut the dbor, and prayed to hie Father, who saes in secret. When the evening was coin, and the dark- ness and the silence deepened, he was there alone, apparently for hours— from sunset until early morning. It would ba idle to trouble ourselves with questions concerning the scope of our Lord's prayers. We only know that always in the great crises of his life he fell back upon heaven, and "refreshed his strength by draughts from the celestial springs." With joy we meditate the grace of our High Priests, who, touched with the feeling of our infirmities, was tempted in all points as we are. There is nothing so necessary to life and health as prayer. 241. The ship was now in the midst of the sen. Near to the middle of the lake. Jdhn 6, 19 tells us that it was twenty-five • or thirty furlongs, three miles or so, from the shore. The wind %vas contrary. The beat had been stricken by a sudden squall, such as Gennesaret is peculiarly lia- ble to, and bad been driven out of its course far from the land. To keep it from swamping, and trying at the same time to abey their Master's directions, the disciples seem to have steered their boat around and pushed against the wind toward the north- east; ,but in spite of their endeavors they were driven to the southwest. "Having wind and tide against us is no sign that we are on the wrong track." Even when we do what the Lord tells to do, often the winds are contrary. 25. In the fourth watch of the night. Between% three and six in the morning. Jesus want unto them, He bad seen them through distance, darkness, and storm, as he always seas and sympathizes with his followers. In Mark we read that "he would have passed them," whioh is not strange, for often the best ser- vice our Lord oan render us is lov- ingly to try our faith. The declaration of a supernatural sot is here distinctly and emphatically made. Take out of Christianity the supernatural element and it losers all its value to the soul. Its moral and prudential maxims may still minister to the comfort and elevation of secu- lar life; but if the soul is to survive death, it needs to lean on the Ever- lasting Arms,. The miracles teach many lessons, but this is the greatest lesson of all. 26. They were troubled, saying, 1t is a spirit. An apparition or ghost, and hence, in popular belief, a warning of death. Mark adds, "'rhey consider- ed not the miracle of the loaves, for their heart was hardened," They cried otit for fear. Merely because they did not know their Saviour. Babes sometimes shrink from love and oomfront more than they shrink from danger. Christians sometimes shrink from blessing rather than from evil. Man knows wealth when he see it, or ease, or health; but who, ban tell whether these things are In any given rase really desirable or not:? 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Deadman. to be desired; and we.00uld never fear him if we only understood, 27, Jesus did not leave has disciples long in suspense, but straightway said, Be of -good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. It was the same voice whioh a few: months before Ihis had stilled a similar tempest on the same lake. There is no exhortation so frequent- ly repeated in Holy Scripture as "Fear not: • 20. Lord, if it be thou, batt me come unto thee on the water, For "if it be'• read "since it is." Peter does not here doubt the identity at Jesus; nevertheless throughout his early ex- periences one feels tllat his strop faith is not so much in God or' in Jesus as in himself. True, he says, Bid me, not presuming to go without pentniaston; but observe, it is Bid me, not Bid. us. Let me be the foremost one—in mournful uncson Willi; "Though all men forsake thee, yet will not I:" 29. When Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. This it was impossible to do without supernatural assistance, The lesson for us is that spiritually, at least, we can do, all things, Christ helping us. if Peter had been going to anyone else than to Jesus, ha must have immediately sunk. 80. When he saw the wind boisterous„ he was afraid. When Is looked, to Josue ho walked; when he looked at the wind be sank.. He cried, saying, Lord, save me. He had acted foolishly a•t every step, but now he to profoundly wisp. Call upon God in the day of trouble.an It is comforting to reomber that when we 'have got enough faith to walk the path that leads to Christ we may still have enough faith left to call to Christ for help. "If," writes Dr. Henry Clay Trumbull, "we could sea the great wallet in the universe as it is in the sight of Him( who aittetli( to the heavens, we should have little fear o the issue, when, as one lute suggested of this incident, on thel one side is the Lord of glory, and an the other side—wind (" 31. Immediately Jesus atretohed forth hie band. If Jesus's followers) and representatives immediately; 'stretched forth their hands to the needy thst 'cry to them, the mitten, - Mune woleid 100301 math hairiest, Caught him. Took hold ot him, and with the Lord'e grasps Peter's doubt went to the winds. 0 thou of little faith, wherefore didat g thou doubt ? What faith Peter had was real, but there was not enough/ et it, Reasons for his faith oould be given, but what reason wet, there fon •his doubt? I 'It was not Peter laying hold of Christ," says Dr, Hanna, "but It was Christ laying hold of Peter that bore Peter up." It is fortunate for tea Chet Jesus didd not say, " Wherefore didst thou dome 0" buts ' Wherefore didst thou doubt 0' 38. They that were in the chip. Oth- ern than las disciples. Worshiped. Re- ve'reenred. Of a truth thou art the Son of God. A truth, which, once taken into the soul would inevitably germinate and multiply into the nob. lest theology; ethics,. and spirituality. SIEYMOUR AT PRKIN. Semi-Offleial Despatch From Tokio Confirms This Report. A despatch from Berlin says: -- A semi-official despatch from Tokio, anted Thursday,' says the Japanese Consul at Sbanghni confirms the re- ports that Admiral Seymour has ar- rived at Pekin, and thatthe menbers of the dipionsutio -corps are safe. According to an official Japanese report from She Fa, the foreign set- tlement at 'lien -Tail) was reduced to ashes on Monday.