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Boers Now in the 'Field Are Bandits
and Mercenaries.
A despatch from London says;—.
Speaking on Thursday •evening at a
banquet given in his honer, General
Buller .defended the Ilritish arany
against the charges'oe barbarous
treatment oa Boers. cicolartng that all
were false, He mid that in three
oases of alleged seasons upon women
that were brought to his attention,
Lego of the amused were Idottentots
following the . forms, and the third
was a local Kaffir.
"No ermy over behaved better,"
that the foot that the war has oome
to Its oriels induoes severer treat-
ment. But why is it feo ? A.re the
real patriots fighting for their coun-
try? The whole people warm .:we know
as Boers either have already surreal-
dosed, qr are prisoners, or ore doing:
their level best to surrender. The
people left in the field are either inor-
oanaries'or bandits."
Gen. Buller quoted an Orange Riv-
er Colony judge as saying that the
uao!ment when the mets in the field
said Sir Beavers. "There is no doubt ceased to be paid the war wpuld end.
SIX t( BUFFS " KILLED.
Roberts Reports apteee of Outpost
on NoveraUe r 19.
It despatch frown London says ;—A
lung de:mat:chl just reeetved from
Lord Roberts refers to a number of
minor 000urrenoes. The only inoi-
. dent of importance is the earprise of
an outpost of the "Bu.ffls," south-west
of Balmoral, November 10. Six of
tiro "Buffs" were killed and five were
wounded. ,lin officer and thirty men
were made prisoners, :The post has
einee been reoccupied by the British,
who found five seriously wounded
Boers. Lord Roberts says General
Boyer Is moving tram Vrede to Har-.
ri'smith, .and clearing the country of
burghers. So far ho bas killed 22
Beers.
EGG BOXES ALE DEFECTIVE.
Canadian 6hippare vrnrnedto Fasten
Covert, Marc: Seearely.
tel de"opatch from Ottawa says;—In
a re'paa'i reouived by the Department
of Agriculture at Ottawa froze thclr
agent at Bristol, wlto is looking into
the couadbtion in which Canadian) pro-
dnu•ts are leaded in Great Britain, he
nape; "0anstogneuent. of ,eggs land-
ed lel very good tempo; boxes in fine
coardmtlon, and breakage of eggs very
light. If covers could bo fastened
tl:uiter to those an batter boxes it
vi:,tull save a consist amount of
banekage of covers, as several are
opened by the Oustoniti effecters on
7uaz:ling before being allowed to go
So,-swetr&L ,As the covers are now
ua:lel on, they are badly broken in
beige removed for inspeotion, and it
is difficult to replace mane (firmly for
re hr pntewt "
WANT BE (TER ARTILLERY.
Britain Will Spend £12,030,000 in
Improvements.
Adespatelt from London . ys:—Lord
Salisbury has decided that the Govern-
ment most spend £12,003,000, in addi-
L:on. Go the nest of the Transvaal
war. to bring the British 'artillery to
s higher standard than the Garman.
LORD ROBERTS'DEPARIURE.
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81111 tenable to Fay 1, lien Gas fl'III I.enve
4 5414 .l rte,.
A cleepatch from Cape Tefren, nays;-
Thn transport Canada is being fitted
up preparatory to taking Lord Ro-
berts home, The ecmmander-in'-
chief`s departure has been delayed
owing to the i1Ln:„ o :.i.; dauguter,
Lard Roberts on Tuezday telegraph-
ed the Oape Town municipality that
' log eras still unable to name the date
on 'wheel he evoulci partake of their
heapitality. • The Odumeil has tender-
ed areception and banquet to the
field lnarshai 'before he leaves for
England. ,
it.
MAY WITHDRAW FROM CONCERT,
Vatted States Said to rte (:ontcraidatta8
This Soleus :Step.
iAi'despatob from New York, bays :
Atccordiug to the highest off:oial auth-
ority, 'says a herald epeolal from
Washington, events are hurrying the
United States to a point whore, en the
interests of humanity and a satisfao-
k I. -y solution of the Chinese question,
R moat withdraw from the concert of
natieue. Saab, a course would un-
doubtedly be followed by Russia `and
Franco, bat the action of Groat Brit-.
tv.. aim, Germany and Japan' is broble
metrical because of their igreemont.
Tho pessimistio view of the situation
whieh exists in official circles followed
the trend of information by the State
Department as to the attitude of Ger-
Many and Great Britain in oonncetios
with the punishment of the Boxer
BOER . COMMANDER DEAD.
Expired From a Wound Inflicted
by a Sh011.
A. despeieh from Blemen4onteinsays:
—The Boor general GraVOtt deed at
Reosenelcal, in the Transvaal, from
inflammation supervening upon It
iwauted infilateti by a shell. Ho was
forty-two years of age, General Sprayt
Orae been appointed bis sueeeeeor,
TERRIFIC CYCLONE.
Northern and • western sections or
Colombia Swept Amoy.
A despatch from Columbia, Tenn.,
says;—"A. terrific cyclone, moving
en a westerly and north-westerly
direction, struck this phase at • 0.30
o'clock on Tuesday night, and left
havoc in its path. The Northern and
Western sections of the city, populat-
ed by nega'oes, was aimoat entirely
swept away. Fifteen persons are
known to have been, killed, and, it le
flooredthat tbis number will be
largely increased by later reports.
1 "The dead are; Messes Florone
and Evelyn Farrell. Oapbain A. F.
Aydetette, wife and one son; another
eros and daughter =lasing; Miss Kate
(Forsythe, Jamie Cherry, and six
neptoe8, names unknown.
"The cyclone lasted tar wbout five
minutes and its path, oibomt 1,000 feet
wide is clearly marked by devasta-
tion.
"Many hearses, including a large
number of 'negro (*Rhine, wore blown
down,and many others unroofed and
(otherwise damaged. The fencing
surrelmdimg the united States
Arsenal was blown away, butt the
building remained intact.
"A. freight train esu the Nashville,
Florence & Sheffield Railroad' was
lifted trona the track, bat as far as
reported aro one was injured."
HOLOCAUST IN NOVA SCOTIA.
sea lave mads (turned on Mom. F. 14
nordra's Fares 04 eaaaala .
A deepdtoll from Halifax, N. S.,
says,—Fire on Wednesday night de-
stroyed the immense burn on the
kerne. of IL W. Kinsman and. Co., at
Conning. - The ownem of this farm
are F. W. Borden, Minieter of Mili-
tia, and R. W. Kinsman, It is large-
ly a ,',took farm, mate (up of numbers
of properties acgaired from time to
time, and includes large dyke land
bellimrps. tea the time the fire broke
out nearly all the live stock was in
the barn. It included 00 Lead of cat-
tle, 15 horses, and 100 sheep. Not a
henf was saved. Some 150 tons of
hay store.] in the building served as
fuel for the flames.
The poor brutes, unable to ex ri-
oate themselves from tbo Nemec,
were roasted alive. The loss will
amount to about $10,000, and the in-
surance is $9,000. In addition to the
live (,tock anl'hay, 0,000 bushels of po-
batoes, togetbcr with wagons, farm-
ing implements, and. harvesting ma-
chinery were consomoa, Five hon-
rived bariels of potatoes were ready
for dhipment and were to have been
forwarded is a few days to the West
lndies,
CUT RIS THROAT.
A ('hat s:tan liar A8,tirer a Determined At
tempt a( 1ntelrle.
A despotoh Ham Ohetbam, Out.,
says ;—Alt an early Ihnnrr on 1'hure,lay
morning Jasper Winters out his
throat from ear to ear at hie owns
home, The wound exposed the jugu-
lar vein an,' the windpipe, but the
penknife used being, blunt missed
piercing either. Winters came here
about two years ago from Seaforth,
and was employed in the woolen miles.
Ile 'ham been in 111 -health, and grew
despondent, His follow employes
notiesd his peaauliar actions at work
on Wednesday, and he wastaken
home. A guard was kepton him, bat
he eluded thole,
The would-be suicide was removed
to the hospital, an l tbie pJhase:lane
think ho has a good chance to recover:
11,11•s. Winters had her hands badly
out in an effort to take the knife
from her husband,
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MARKETS OF THE W0111I1)
Frioes e' Cattle, Cheeeer Brain, &0
ill the Leading Metreeet3,
BREADriTUFFS, ETC.
Toronto, Nov, 27. --Wheat. —Priees in
Western markets were a shade' bet -
bar, and local prices wore steady, Bug -
nese, however, le very dull. Quotations
are as follows: -lied winter, 630; end
whitey 63e, middle freighter; goose•
wheat, 60 1-2o, middle freights No.
1 spring Wheat, east, 6$c; Manitoba,
Ne, 1 bard, old, .13.1,t,. 030; and No.
2; et 29e; NO. 1 hard, afloat. Fort
1Villigtrni
820.
Millfeed--dratrce, 'Ten lots, at the
mill door, mil ae follows:—Bran, 312
to 312.60, and shorts 314 to 314.50,
west.
Gore—Steady. No,1 American yellow
47o, on track here; and .mixed, 460.
Canadian corn here, 44e,
Peas—Higher; on export elem,•tnd
values have lifted about 1-2o per
busb. New Deas, ear lots, middle
freights, 601; and east, Ole.
Barley—',Pone fires, No, 2, middle
freights, 30o; and east, 40e No. 8 extra,.
middle freights, 80o; ,and east, 30o.
Rye—Basy, New rye, 40e, west ; and
47c, east.
Buckwheat -Quiet, Car lots, west,
ars quelled at 470, and east at 480.
Oats—Firm. Choice new white eats.
middle freights, are selling at 25 1-2c;
andeast at 26o. Light white oats and
mixed oaks, north and west, 23e.
Flohir—Dull and easy. Holders ask
32.75 for 90 per oent. patents, in buy-
ers' bags, middle freights; and ex-
porters bid 33.05. Special brands
sell locally from 10 to 20e above these
figures.
PRODUCE.
Eggs—Prices and condltionsabout as
reported heretofore. Prices are as fol-
lows :—Boiling stook, 210 ; fresh gath-
ered 117 to 18o; pickled, 150 limed,
16o.
Poultry -Prices of chickens, tur-
keys, and ducks were fairly steady,
but geese are still selling at tow fig-
ures, awing to the accumulation of
the pasttwodays. Quotationsare as
follows:—Chickens, per pair, 25 to 85c;
ducks, per pair, 40 to 600; turkeys,
per lb, 7 to 8e; geese, per lb., 5 to
5'1-20.
Potatoes—Firm. Car lots on track
here, sold to -day at 31o. Sales, out of
store, are made at 85e.
Field produce, stn.—Turnips, out of
store, 3io per bag; onions, 60o per
beg; carrots, 40e per bag; apples per
bbl., 50 to 31; sweet potatoes, per bbl.,
02.50.
Dried fruits—Dried apples sell at
8 to 31-2 ; and evaporated at 41-2
to 5o.
Beans—Ordinary white beans, bring
31.20 to 31.23; chola° hand-picked
beans are quoted at 31,40 to $1.45.
Honey! -Dealers quote from 9 to
9 1-2c per 1b. for 5, 10,_ or 600-1b, tins,
acoardtng- to the size of the order.
Cotmh'honey sells at $2.25'to 32.75 per
dozen sections.
Baled bay—Steady. Choke t]mo-
tlhy, on track here, 39.50 to 30.75;
thvo-ton lots, delivered, sole at 310,25
to 810.50.
Bal ,
Baled .trate—Car lots ofg and
strew are4not-
q ed at 0a to 36.50, on
track; and ton lots, delivered, at 36
to 30.50.
Baps—Continue dull. New Drop is
quote 1 here at 14 to 15c, and year-
lings at 9 bo 100.
D AIRY MARKERS.
Buitt:er—Demand is running heavier
in creamery zpoltnds and boxes, ow-
ing to the light supply of aboice dairy
now coming forward. Prices are
steady to firm. Commission houses
sail to biro trade as follows;—ipairy,
tubs and paths, choke, 18 to 19c; reed -
lain, 10 to 10 1-2e; pore, 13 to 15e; dairy
prints, choice, 19 to 20a; oreamery,
boxes, 21 to 23e; tuna pounds, 23 to
24e.
Cheese—leull Dream, July and
August make, sella at 11 to 111-20.
Duluth, Nov. 27.—Wheat—Cash, No.
1 hard, 77e; No, 1 Northern, 75 to 75
1-80; No. 2 Northern, 70 1-20; No. 3
spring, 045-8e. Corn -383-80. Oats -
231 -4 to 23e.
Minneapolis, Nov.. 27. — Wheat —
Cash, 75 1-4o; December, 731 -do; May,
763-8 to 761-:0 ; on traok,;No. 1 hard,
771-4:c; No, 1 Northern, 751.4e; No.
2 Northern, 731•-4a. Flour and bran
1—ithiehanged,
Toledo, Nov. 27.—Wheat—Cash, 750;
December, 751,-40; arty, 801-8e. Corn
—atoll, 381-2o ; Deoeanber, 37 5.80,
Oats—Coale 221-4o; December, 231-4c.
Byes—filo. Clover seed—Cash, 1890,
prime, 36.15; December, 36,70; Marob,
3 J.7Q. Oil—.Uno11an:ged.
Buffalo, Nov. 27.—Wheat — No. 1'
sect, 797-80, Winter wheat -No.
ATTACKED A POST. 2
But De Wet Was, Driven Off by the
British.
A despatch from Maseru, Bastille-
land, says;—Nat.ivr,,s report that form-
er President Stayn and General De
Wet, with a thousand mon, travers-
ed the British linos' between Alexan-
tlria arid Wara'ingham's share, and at-
tacked a British post. But the Boers
subsequently retired, and took ' the
road to Dowet'edorp, in the Orange
River Colony,
and, 77e; mitred, 700; No. 1 white, 750.
Ooa•n-firm•; No, 2 yellow'420; No. 3
yellow, 411-2o; No. 4 yellow, 401-2o;
No. 2 coma; 41.1-2e; No. s corn, 40 8-4 to
41e; No. 4 earn, 40o. Oats—Strong;
No. 2 wbite, 26c; No. 2 mixed, OSe; No.
No. 2 white, 28o; No. 3 wbite 27o; No.
4 wOldte, 26o; No. 2 mixed, 25o;
No. 3 mixed, 241-2e. Barley — Ex
tea, 04 to 65c; choice to extra, 61 to
6,2e0 £air to good, 57 10 806; lowegredes,
551-2 to 501-2o. Rate -No. 1, in store,
55o. Flour—Quiet, steady.
Detroit, Nov. 117.—Olesed; •— Wheat,
No. 1 wbite, bask, 778-80; No. g red,
cash, 17 S -So; 0)eoeo bot, 77 S-9oi May
00 7,-80,
Toronto, Nay..37.--Tbe eattie here
ba -day was of unusually poor quality,
good 0uiltle was asked ,toy, and ns
daru'bt would Ji vo sold had says beet.
here, but retest ea the dealers, seem-
ed quite indiefereolt as to maklna
purellas0s, acid 03 a aonsequenoe the
yards were net cleared. Prime are
ateneenally uncilianged, but weaker.
Shipping balls, stockers, send feed-
ers were all in! Iain supply, but the
enquiry was light, and prices ruled
easy,
A few good to choice mita' cows
and some choice veal oelves are want-
ed,
b're was a 1igh: demane far eh e,
to -day, and prLeen are weak at from
32.50 t,o 33,25 per cwt.
Lambs are worth from 33,25 to 33.75
per cwt.
, Considerable small stuff wag left
aver,
Bogs advanced again to -day, and as
receipts lately have been small, the
teudenay is still upward.
liege are now quoted at 33.50'for
the beef grades; Si fur fat and light
hags.
Hogs to teeth the top price must
be elf prime quality, and scale not be-
low 160 nor above 200 lbs.
liollowimig is the range of quota-
teens;—
Cattle.
"Shippers, per ewt, . 04 00
Butebar, choice do, . . 4 00
Butcher, med., to good. . 325
thatcher, interior. , 2'25
Stockers, per cwt. . 2 25
Export bulls, per cwt. 3 25
Sheep and Lambs.
Sheep, per cwt. . . 2 50
Lambs, per cwt. . . , 325
Buoks, per owe . . 2 50
Melkers and Calves.
$4 50
4 50
2 75
2 75
3 00
4 00
3 25
3 75
2 75
O' -we, earth. . 20 00 40 00
Calves, each, . . . 2 00 8 00
Hogs.
Chaise hogs, per cwt. . 5 25
Light h ,gs, per cwt. 4 75
Heavy hogs, per owt. 475
Stows 3 50
Stores. . . . . 2 25
'Prices nominal.
POINTERS. PR'WT BACON.
550
5 00
5 00
3 75
2 50
Ontario Agricultural ?sept. Wants F n'm
ors to Change lh'eeding 5eme hinds of
Iloaw.
'0 :lengthy circular, giving pointers
on the bacon trade to the farmers of
the province, bas been Issued by the
Ontario Derartment of Agriculture.
Mr. F. W. Hodson, Dominion Live
Stock Commissioner, after summing
up the whale bacon situation et pre-
sent says :-" The Canadian market ,
demands a long, lean singer, there-
fore it is in the interest of Canadian
fermiers to sunply the best pigs for
that purpose. First class goods mean
a growing market at home and abroad;
anything else means a stationary or
receding market. At the present
time 25 per cent. of the pigs marketed
in Canada are what is known as 'softs,'
2,5 par Dent. are Hate, and at least 1
10 per cent, unsizables. Or in other'
words 60 per amt. of Canadine pigs
grade as No. 2 or lower, which is 40
per went. more than might be expect-
ed 'if breeding were easefully done. 1
)'Canadian farmers lose at least 20
cents
per hundred on all pigs sold be-
muse of this condition ; packers fix
ing their buying prices according to'
their average receipts from sales. The
man who insists on breeding the I
wrong type not only loses 20 cants '
per hundred, but he pauses his neigh -1
better to do so as well; not only this,
but he injures the hos=e and foreign
trade. Wherefore, it is to the inter-
est of every citizen that the right
sort of pigs bb bred on every Cana-
dian farm, and that they be proper-
ly fed. Pigs of the wrung type eau
not be made good by any kind of feed-
ing, yet bad feeding will spoil a good
Pig."
LI HUNG DUNG'S WHINE.
"0 and Ching ]till he Severely Punished
l( pnsuccesarni.
A despatch from London says :—Dr.
Morrison, wiring to The Times from
Pekin, Sunday, says:—"1n aolnmuni-
meting the pu'nishhrient edict, dated
Siaaifu, Nov 13, to the foreign envoys,
Li Hung Chang submits it as the final
punishment the mart is able to in- 0
flint, and repeat's the stereotyped plea i
of all Chinese plenipotentiaries, name-
ly, that the Emperor threatens him- e
self and Peiuoe Ching with severe 0
punishment if they fail to induce the
eepresentativos of the powers to ao-
oept the compromise. The mildness of
the sentences excites ridioul0 and
strengthens the Ministers in their de-
termination to demand the death pen-
alty. The punishments are illusory,
Prince Than is merely banished from
his own home, and others undergo
merely nominal lowering of rank,
Perpetual Imprisonment means aaife
of honored retirement.
"Lange numbers of southern Chi-
nese now residing in Pekin. feari:bg
further retribution during the win-
ter, are preparing to lettere for the
math."
RSFILLFS
The Boer Ex=President Is Accorded
a Warm Welcome.
A deapaGab tram Marseillee, says;—
Ex -President Kruger, at the Trans-
vaal, landed here at 1145 'Tbereday
morning from the steamer Golder-
hied.
The weather was beentlful and the
Baer leader received a magnificent
demonstration. The whole route from
the landing place tar his hotel was
crowded with people, He appeared to
be Ln good health, and repeatedly took
odf his higb hat in acknowledging the
acclamations of the people.
Replying to the addreesas of wet-
come of the presiden!t.y of the; Paris
and Marseilles committees, Mr. Kru-
ger spoke in Dutch and In a low voice.
But he aoaampalaled his words with
energetic mevomenas • of his hut,
which he held in hie right hand, Af-
ter thanking the committees for the
warmth of the reeepttoa accorded hint
and expressing gratitude for the
sympathy he had reeaivsd fruit. the
Freneh Gavernmont, he spoke of the
war as being terrible and barbarous-
ly dondueted by the British. lie said;
"I have fought with savages but the
pl+eseut war is eves worse. We will
never surrender. We are determin-
ed to fight to the last extremity, and
if the republics of the 'Transvaal and
Orange Free State lose their inde-
iieed..ice, 11 will be because they bave
Lost every men, woman and child."
8PRK3 FROM TIE .
The New York Board of Health has
\ decided to provide free soientifia
treatment for. those who suffer from
hydrophobia
Tb,' Washington Census Bureau says
Hawaii's population is 150,001, an in-
crease of 50,000 in four years.
Cashier Frank Brown of the Ger-
man National Bank of Newport, Ky.,
has disappeared with all the funds
over 3200,000.
The American fur seal berd, it is
Newsy Items About Ourselves and
Our Neighbors—Something of
Interest Froin EveryQlar-
ter of the Globe,
CANADA,
Manitoba's wheat Drop this year is
25.000,000 bushels.
London talks of building -a sanitar
tum for consumptives.
The Hessian fly is reported to be
damaging the wheat in Wentworth
County.
The Bank of Montreal, in its semi
annual statement, shows the l.u•ges
net earnings in its history.
The Government has ordered from
different Canadian firms 1,400 new
oars for the Intercolonial Railway.
Cossitt Bros. will re -build their
agricultural implements works, de-
stroyed by fire at Brockville in July.
Efforts are being renewed to secur
the release of James Baxter, now
serving a term for Ville Marie bank
frauds. He has dropsy.
The last spike has been put in by
the builders of the new Minnesota and
Manitoba. Railway, one of the Mac-
kenzie and Mann lines•
Geo. A. Pearson, awaiting execution
at Hamilton on Dec. 7. for the murder
of Annie Griffin, is said to bave con-
fessed the deed to Ray. W. F. Wilson.
Windsor wants one of the carmen
captured at Psardeburg to place in
the town ball drill shed as a mem-
orial to the Windsor boys who fall at
that battle.
The liquidator of the Commercial
Bank of Manitoba has issued another
dividend to shareholders at the rate
of 35 per share, making 321 per share
paid to date.
" There is 'absolutely no foundation
for the rumour," is the way Lord
Strathoona denied the report that ho
was about to resign the High Com-
missionership.
Vancouver now has about 3,000 Jap-
anese and Chinese residents. In 03
Japanese lodging housessas 1,200 00 o
cu-
p0a5ntCshinweesree oudngidnnhdou1,s5e0Chinese
reported, m38410005 to decrease in
numbers through the continuance of
prhages sealing,
Secretary Long's estimates for the
cost et the navy during the next fiscal
year aggregate 387,172,030:76, a larger
sunt than ever before.
The U. S. Government has awarded
t contracts for 1,500,00 pounds of smoke-
less, powder, of which £00,000 are for
the use of sea coast guns.
lin,
States Alaskan Indians are
lin,dire straits. Hundreds of men and
women are dying of consumption. The
j sickness. has become epidemic.
` Both Lake Erie and Lake Ontario
had increased yields in 1899, accord -
Dr. Geo. 1C. Crossthwaite, former
resident .physician at the General
Hospital. at Hamilton, committed
suicide at Chicago, according to a
despatch tram that city.
Bishop Mills, oo-adjutor of Ontario
has been initiated a full member of
the Mohawk tribe of Indians, near
Brookville. They have given his Lord-
ship the . name of "` shoe-rlh-bo-wa-
neh," the man with Targe words.
GREAT BRITAIN.
The South African war bas cost
3.150,000,000
Glasgow is now free from the bu-
bonic
ubonic plague.
Lord Wolseley will soon visit Can-
ada, South Africa and Egypt.
In April the Prince and Princess of
Wales will visit Irainad.
Bon. A. J. Balfour says he would
rather beascratch golf player than
an M.P.
The Iiuglisb Parliament will meet
December 8rd, but will adjourn before
Ohristmes,
Lord Lansdowne thanks the War
ffice officials for their fine work dare
ng the war.
Because Gen. Baden-Powell never
moked, some boys in London have
rganized a nonesmoking league.
Press reports state that the Duke
and Duchess of York will return to.
England Srom Australia via Canada.
Lady Sarah Wilson, who distin-
guiseed herself during the Mafoking
siege, dined with the Queen recently.
T.ady Grosvenor, mother of the Duke
of Westminster, le now endeavouring
to arrange a marriage between She -
lab West and her rhea.
UNITED STATES.
Seven dives were lost in afire which
destroyed the atteGosical Hotel at ()s-
wap), Pa.
It is reported at New York that the
proposed British lean, not less than
350,000,000, will be floated in the
United States.
No change will likely be made in
President MclCinloy's Cabinet until
after the leemidential inauguration„
IsSerob 4.
At a fashionable boardbtg-school in
St. Petersburg 250 ghee wore poisoned
by. faulty .metallic cooking utensils
Two died, but the °there recovered.
Deg to the report of the United States
Conimissioaer of Fish and Fisheries.
The General Missionary Committee
of the Methodist Episcopal Church of
the United States, has appropriated
31,200,000 for the foreign and home
missions.
President McKinley, in bis reply to
the congratulations of President
Lo'abet, of b'rance, saki ;—"I trust I
may fortunat_lyc' ntinue to give earn-
est expression of the sincere regard
of the American people for the French
nation."
GENERAL.
Hundreds ars dying of the plague
in Afghanistan.
American bankers will loan 315,000,-
000 to Copenhagen.
The bubonic plague is raging on
the Island of Mauritius.
Two fresh cases of bubonic plague
are reported in Alexandria.
Denmark will extensively improve
its state railways next year.
Cannibalism is practised on the Sav-
age Islands of the South Seas.
Noxiyear a
n English
cspaaltl
n
Will b
be orgnnire:l to subiuo Kordofan,
Egypt.
A reorudesoeuce of royalism is im-
minent hs Pao nee, says the Paris
Figaro.
By an explosion in a mine at Wiosa,
Prussia, 13 persons were killed and
19 injured.
Several European ]nsnrnaoe compa-
nion have nefusel risks on the life of
Ring Alexander of Servia since the
assassination of King Humbert.
ONLY A MATTER OF DAYS.
Nen. Dollen Masi Yield Shortly Going to
an erne, et. sr—moral.
A demurral from Cape Town, says;
—trite Argue says it has 1'i'utson9 to
h'etwve that Coaumaaaclunt-Cenelal
Bet'ha's command can be kept well
in hand in the noa'th-eastern por-
tion of the Transvaal, until it is ob-
liged to yield for lack of tuapplies.
The special court for the trial of
the treason oases will begin its ses-
sion at Ool'esborg on December 5th,
Mr. A. C. S:lmotion, a member of the
Cape Parliament, ]rill mot as prose-
cuting attorney.
BOER TREACHERY.
Large eieWard Offered for the Ar-
rest of an Assassin.
A despatch from Johannesburg says:
—A reamed of £1,0400 has been offer-
ed for the epprebeneion of a man nam-
ed Bell, who is believed !'.o have been
directly implicated in the shooting of
two nem of Compton's horse at lClip-
fontein, .and to be associated with
parties of the enemy to the north-
west of hero.
Papa—Hew is it, Alice, that you nev-
er get a prize at sabooll
illlsanma—And ('hut your friend Lou -
Ise Sharp gats so many?
Alice, iumoeeetly--Louiaa Sharp hats
such clever parents.
ileeitnoss-I don't knew What he call-
1 it but 1 t k h' t th t did
Sir. Sharif (after a night out with the
boys)—Now, the question Is, Are those
wigglers real or imaginary? --Chicago
News.
Not lithe Emit.
Bagge—Going,to get your accident
policy renewed?
Little—No. I supposecl that an awe.
dent went with every policy, but in-
stead of that 1 haven't so much as
scratchedmy finger the
hole Year ee
Boston Transcript.
Making Up Hie Mind.
First Restaurant Cockroach—vttir lm
gloomy? What are you thinking about/
Second R. 0.-1 have made up my
Mind to die, butt can't decide whethee
to depart this life as nisuce pie or stele
ed blackberries
Her Feelings.
Husband Cooking at his wife's check
book)—You should number every ebeck
you send out.
Wife --But I don't want to, dear. I
ate ashamed to let the bank know how
masy 1 use.—Life.
An ®any Claim.
"I anderetand that the Cbineee claim
to have used borseless carriages ages
ago," said Lir. Pitt to Mr. Peen.
"What sort of things were they?"
"Sedan chairs." — Pittsburg Chroni-
cle -Telegraph.
A Matter of Choice,
"Yes, I know you can walk better
than I can," the Chinese woman said
to the wife of the Ameviean mission-
ary, "but I est breathe freely, and
you can't"
Language an it's Spokes.
"There comes Polly Perkins. Let't
make it hot for her."
"How, Dolly?'
"Why, let's be real cool to her."—In.
dlanapolls Journal.
New York Theater Prices,
It used to be said that the theater
prices in New York were lower than
In the large foreign cities because the
highest price here was 61.50. while in
London 31 more is demanded for the
utast desirable plaeee. Since that time
New Yorkers have seen theater prices
gradeally Increased to 32 1n almost
every theater, while 1n London the in,
elination bas been for several years to
lessen the expenses of theater goers,
It was always no more expensive there
In reality than in New York, because
the number of places held at 32.50 wag
small in comparison with the orches,
tea seats of a New York theater. Now, re
the local theaters are regularly mord
expensive than those In Loudon, and
1
the circumstances nttendb g the stile oil
e
tickets make the pleasure still more
costly. Very few seats that are de,
sh•able ere ever to be bud at the box
offices, and, while the public 1s every-
where warned ngniust the speculators,
tickets are to be bad only at the botelq:
and at the saute prices asked by the
street speculators. So the average
New Yorker who looks for the best
seat in a city theatee 'oust pay 3250
fag it,
A Careful raaree,
"How did that young man come out
of the poker game he got luta at Crim-
sun Gulch?"
"Ob." anrnvered Three Finger Sam,
"he come out all right. You see, he
played very conservative. He didn't
take any risks whatever. Ile just said,
'Tbat's good!' and kept his hands ole
the money."
Vneonneiona Comparinen,
"Ah," he protested, "my love far you
Is the greatest thing in the world, It
1s larger thau the world, It is wiser
than the sea. Let rue pour It tete your
eats."
"Sir!" ejaculated the fair maid. "Do
you mean to Insinuate anything about
the size or ehnpe of my ears?"—Balti-
more American.
Lose In Bested, 'Tis Said.
"Candidly, Jane," said an October
bridegroom to his bride 10 a malt of
self abasement, "I can't pereelee what
you saw In me to matte you willing to
marry me."
"Nevar mind, dear." replied the bride;
"that's what all my relatives say"
Pittsburg Ohrona*Telegr•apfl,
•
A Gams/ Mortal.
CaIn rte in. Lntton rhe ca'n iegtook lar still,
On de sherls level on lett,
Rot de nigger happy sti111
Gahm all de way
Ter de happy, happy slay;
Trouble eke hiss('* es, ken he Melt set title tel
,rayl
karchent take de ale mule
Ter tattle up his 4111;
Only got de lee' let',
Rut nigger happy'.11111
Swine all de way
Tee de happy, happy day;
Trouble take l,jese'l oilt kart he ain't got three tot
Rayl