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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1899-11-30, Page 3Nov. 80, 1809, THE BRUSSELS POST. G EAT BA TILE F Gen. Methen's Forces Engage a Strong Boer Column Near Belmont, The Enemy Were Completely Routed—The Position Was Captured on Three Ridges—liandreds Killed and Melly Taken Prisoners—British Loss 58 Killed, 15o Wounded, and 18 Missing. The London Times publishes the fol- lowing despatches from its special cor- respondenle:—The Orange river has fallen irgain, and the jodder river is alines': dry, The Boer e have destroy- ed the data west of the railway bridge, and the piers of the latter have also been destroyed. General Buller orders all officers to dress like their meta as far as possible, and have all badges of rank removed, The occupation of Aliwai North was evidently a prcroneerled movement ite- tween the enemy and their sympa- thizers in the town. Tile failure to pro- claim martial law in ell the disturb- ed districts is responsible for the pre- sent situation, and is likely to result a further spectating of the movement. 13o3rs at Sterkstroom and. else- where are openly conducting target practice, ant tbit military autherities ere powerless lo interfere. General Methuen wilt communicate with :Kimberley by means of search- lights, so the Boers will be attacked from within and without simultane- nutty. The exact site of tbe Boer force General Methuen is to meet is un- known, the estimates ranging from 5,4010 to 15,000.in airy event the, battle is sure to be a serious one. The Times announces that it Is au- thorized to deny the statement recent- ly made by a French newspaper that Prince Louis Napoleon, who is a col- onel in the Russian army, desired to join the Boers, and asked Emperor Nicholas for permission, As a mat- ter of fact, he never had any swab idea. BOERS AGAIN DEFEATED. A. despatch from Durban, says:—Sev- en hundred Boers from Weenen took up a strong position on the highlands thirteen miles south of Estem:it on Sunday, occupying Turner's farm, north-east of the Mooi river. Major Thorneycrott, with a detachment of mounted infantry and the Estcourt carbineere, engaged the Boers, of wbom three were killed, including, their com- manclent. The Boers withdrew, taking two hundred head of cattle captured at Turner's farm. The main Boer force south of Estaourt, is reported to have retired, The Boors have raided about 12,000 bead of cattle in this district: Capt. Cayzer, signalling officer, who proceeded toward Weenen to open up communication with Ladysmith, was nearly captured but made goodies es- cape, Suuday night an electric search- light arrived, with which it Is hoped to communicate with Ladysmith. SOME POINTS ABOUT MARKS. Tho London Daily Mail's Cape Town correspondent says the spy Masks, whose life is so highly valued by the Boers, forerly kept a restaurant In Boers, formerly kept a restaurant in Cape Town, and was a witness at the trial of O'Donnell, who Ma Carey, the informer in the Phoenix park murders. It also says that among the Boer wounded just arrived is included the athlete Blignaut, who competed in the running championship in England( last, year. NATIVE ARM AGAINST BOERS, A despatch from Cape 'Town, says; —The natives of Herschel, west of Ali- wal North, went to see the British magistrate at Lady Grey, and asked him how they should act after Her- sehel had been evacuated by British troops. The magistrate Loki them if they were attacked they could pro - toot themsleves., Thereupon the na- tive's got out their uxes, knives, guns, and assegais. NAAUWPOORT REOCCUPIED, The British have reoccupied Naauw- poort, taking possession of the place on Saturday. It is announced from Nenuwpoort that the Boers are repairing the bridges previeualy destroyed by them, This, according to the Cape Times, is because the Boer inettsion of Cape Col- ony was against orders. The authorities assert that no de- fence of Bloemfontein is intended. 41,4 TO STOP BOER, LOOTING. Gen•erel Buller has issued a pro- clamation announcing that compen- sation will be demanded for pro- perty destroyed by the Boers. • CHURCHILL DESPONDENT. A. despatch from Esteourt, Natal, says:—Information has remelted here to the !affect that Winston Churchill, who was taken prisoner by the 13oer5 Elt the time they captured the armour- ed train near this place, is at Pre - !feria. The report that he was wounded is said to have been erroneous, but he is despondent over his capture. VICTORIA CROSS FOR HAMILTON, A despatch from London says i—The Manchester Guardian states Colonel Ian Hamilton has been recommended for the Victoria Cross for his bravery in the fighting at lillandslaegto3 .••••e• BRITISH cAgt, SHELLED, The London Morning Post.'s corres- pondent et Mooi river station, says:— “A Boer force) estimated at trent 6,060 to 4,000 men, with a number of gems, have °templed a -strong position at Miieheson's cutting, two miles north uf Highlands. "The Boers started shelling the Mimi river village at 1.30 this after- noon. They were posted in two strong positione. "Their howitzers opened suddenly at a range ut four miles, Their shooting was accurate. Most of the shells dropped into our cemp, but the Boers ouuld not get within. rifle range, "We opened Lire upon: a party of 200 Borre, who were advancing under cov- er of their guns, and they immediate- ly retired. A. thunderstorm then in- terrupted the firing. We bad three men wounded." •••••••1.. BOERS HEMMED IN. A despatch from Cape Town, says: —Geueral French, with 3,000 troops from Hanover road, and General Gat - acre, with a force from Naauwpoorl, aro hemming in 1110 Boers at Coles - berg. This will put an end to the com- mandeering of loyal British subjects by the Boors in the northern part of the Cape Colony. • SORTIE h'ILOM KIMBERLEY. A despatch from De Aar, says:—A despatch rider who has arrived here reports that all was well al Kimber- ley when be left, that town. A sortie was made on Nov. 16, and the British carried the advance works of the Boers. Nineteen of the enemy were killed. Au Orange river despatch stales that the British loss in the sortie was one killed and eight wounded. OlE CONTRIBUTES $50,000. A despatch from London, says :—An Australian, who wishes his name with- held, has given £10,000 to the War fund. A. Britisher, who prefers to re- main anonymous, has undertaken to defray the cost of distributing all gifts to troops in Southi Africa. ROUTED BY ONE WOMAN. A. despatch from Cape Town says:— An English Barbara ii`rietchie has ap- peased in the person of the postmis- tress of the (own of Lady Grey, near the Free State border. When the Boers entered a few days ago she drove them off the premises and dared them Lo touch colonial properly. The I3oershoisted a Free State flag, and she Lore it down and raised the English flag. As fast as they hoisted proclamations annexing the district she tore them down and posted Mil- ner's proclamation against treason. The Boers finally left totem The triumphant; woman denounced them vigorously as they marched away, she remaining in possession of the post - office and Government property. The name of this brave woman has not been reported. A despatch from London, Thursday, says :—The Boers are now within for- ty miles of Pietermaritzburg, one re- port, indeed, placing them as far south as Nottingham road, a station 35 miles from the capital of Natal. They have seized the railway between Est - that and Mooi river, thus interposing between Hildyard's garrison of about 2,000 men at the former place and Bar- ton's command, numbering about the same, at the latter place. The enemy has shelled the troops at 1/100( river, but has apparently inflicted little damage. The Boers have wrecked the railroad at several points, and have secured valuable supplies by looting the farms throughout one of the most prosper - 0115 parts of Natal. Their strength is unknown. According to English re- ports it is variously estimated at from 0,000 to 7,000 men. Whether any of General Joubert's oommand is includ- ed in the number is not known, but it is generally believed that the Free State commandos are being concen- trated. The Rust of their mounting guns seems to dispose of the idea. that they aro merely rattling and wrecking. It le reasonable to assume that: it is an advance in force for the purpose of °honking Geu. Clery before his cioncen- tration is complete, and that on the operations impending in the Moot River district the immediate future of the war depends. The latest despetehes show that the Been now control the railroad be- tween the Mooi river and Esteourt. ANOTHER GREAT VICTORY. A despatch from London says:.—The War Office has issued the following despatch from Gen, Lord Methuen, which was received through Gen. Sir Frederick Ebrestier Walker at Cepa Town:— Belmont, Nov. 23,—"I attacked the enemy at daybreak this morning in a strong: position on three ridges, which were oilrri))d in sueuession, the last at- tack being prepared by sharpno13 The infantry behaved splendidly, and re- ceived support trona the naval bri- gade and artillery. Tho enemy fought with courage and skill, Had I attacked later 0 should have had fax' heavier tomes. Our victory was aft - plate. I have 40 prisoners, I am burying ft good neither oP Boers, but the greater part of the killed and wounded wore taken away by their cornrades. I have a large number of horsed and cows, I destroyed a large aliment Of amMt.lnitiom "The British loss Was 8 officers and 55 Mee killed, 22 officers and 128 men wounded, and 18 Men missing .” '`iiritt'•-(;em Fethermtonietugh was euverply -sounded in the shoulder, and Crabb' ' of the Grenadier (literati, is reportedwounded. "Our other carmulticie are: ell permitter (A utirds, T We'd Batt 11101) Killed, Lieut. Fryer ; wounded, Lieut. Blundell, dangerowely. Seeend Bat- talion—Wounded, Lieut. LestM, Lieut, Vaughan, Lieut, thrcion-leiliow, 133111 11us8e11; retiorted wounded, Lieut. Lyon and Ilea. Cameron, Rank and filo, killed, 20, wounded 313, miss- ing 133 ' Cultist ream 0 uards—First Batt a - lion, wounded, Lieut. Grant, Second Battalion, wounded, Lieut. t lie Ilon. 0. Willoughby, and Lieut. Benue, the latter severely. Rank and file, killed, 8; wounded, 23; missing, 5. " Seats Guards—Phen i3littalion, wounded, Maier Hon, North Dalrym- Ple-Hamillon, severely ; liulke- ley and Lieut. Alexander. Ronk end file, killed, 9; wounded, 34, " Northumberland Fusiliers— First Battalion, killed, Capt. Nagar and Lieut. Brine; wounded, Major Rash - wood, and Lieut. Posting, dangerously; Capt. Halite and Lieut. leishbourne, se- varoly. Balk and file, killed, 12; wounded. 32. Northamptonshire Regiment— Sec- ond Iltil rilion, wounded, Capt.. Vree- land and Lieut. Barton, severely, " South Yorkshire HegignC4It—.See- ond Battalion, rank and file, wound- ed, 3," BOERS' POSITION STRQNG, A despatch from London, says:—Be- fore anxiety as to the situation in Na- tal had been relieved there comes news of a great battle at Belmont. This has happened sooner than we expect- ed, Only the official 130001101 15 yet to hand, but so far as can be gathered the fighting appears to have been al- most a repetition ot the battle of Elandslartgte. A deepalch of the pre- vious day estimated that the Boers in that vicinity numbered 2,000, and that they had five guns, and judging from the absence of any statement lo the contrary in the official despatch it is believed that the British were slightly superior in numbers to the enemy. The Boers had chosen a position with their customary skill and were strong- ly entsenehed. The British were oblig- ed to carry three ridges in succession. Apparently the Guards bore the brunt in carrying the last ridge by a bayonet charge after its defenders had been shaken with shrapnel. While Gen. Methuen can be con- gratulated upon a brilliant victory, it is again with a cost of a heavy loss of officers and men. FROM MAFEKING. A. despatch from Mafeking, says The investment of the town is very Mese. The garrison is constant- ly harassed by the besiegers' fireThe water supply was railing, and dysen- tery was occurring as long ago as No-, venaber 8,. The Boers direct the fire of their big guns at the hospital and women's laager at the monastery. Ono shell struck an inmate of the women's laager on Nov. 4. The enemy unsuccessfully tried to blow up the town with dynamite. The explosive went off prematurely, kill- ing many Boers. A. reconnaissance by Major Godling on Nov. 7 led to a hot and prolonged fusillade. One Englishman was wounded, but the British lost heavily in horses and cat- tle. Again on November 8 the enemy shelled the hospital, killing a patient, Col. Baden-Powell sent a message for the fifth time, demanding immunity for the Red Cross, and threatening re- prisals. General Cronje deferred his answer. Gen. Cronje answered Col. Baden- Powell's remonstrance against firing on the Red Cross, saying he fired on the convent because it was occupied by Lbo British, He made no reply regarding his firing on the hospital and the women's Mager, His explan- ation was a lie. There is no military occupation of the convent, as he was told before hostilities. On Nov. 10 heavy shelling was again resumed, the fire being mainly direct- ed at the women's laager and hos- pital. The town M provisioned for several months. There is nothing to rear if the water tests. On Nov. 1.2 seven Cape police arrived with despatches from the north a fort- night old. They had been pursued by the Boars for ten days. On Nov. 13 enemy again shelled the hospital. On November 0 the enemy advanced their lines 300 yards. Col. Baden- 1?owell eolifled the town to prepare for a further fortnight's siege, but there is little ground for believing that it will be relieved in a fortnight. At least 1(1000(11must elapse before it is rein fo- Since the siege began a month ago thirty livehave been lost. Tho enemy are getting out of band. They refuse to obey Gen, Cronje's orders for a night attack. Every attack' has been repulsed with heavier loss to the enemy than to the British.' The Boers have received additional guns and am- neunition and the, boinbaedment.is In- creasing in vigo_r, THE. FIVE BATTLES. The following table shows the Brit- ish dead, wounded and. missing in meth of the five battles slime the war opened:— Glencoe. , . . Elandelaagte. . Riettoritelin. . . . . Farquhar's Farm, , Behmont. .... . Wounded. Glieueoel. .! 3011andslaagte. . RietIontein. . . . Facquear's Farm. . Belmont. . , . . ia Missing. , Glencoe. pleteontecin, Iliarquhar's Farm, . . Belmont. . CASTJALTILS TO DATE The total 13ritisle casualties so far ail at phosenti IteeWn enniunt to 2,088, The killed number 320, the wounded 999, end Om mussing 1,269, 48 61 12 60 38 219 210 101 288 160 208 871 18 EWS SUMMARY The World's Events of Interest Chronicled in Short Order Recent Interesting Happenings—The Latest News of Our Own Country — Doings in the Mother Land—What is Going on in the United States — Notes From the World �v4. CANADA. There are labour candidates in Lon- don for every municipal position ex- cept the in3a.yoralty. A, new opera Rouse will be opened at Kingston next September. The British Columbia Healers have had a good year, taking 35,316 as against 28,552 in 1898. London's new $100,000 hospital was formally opened on Thursday. The Quebec Government will intro- duce a new liquor license law next session, The QuEbee Legislature meets Janu- ary 311.11. The Hamilton Court of Revision ea $150,000 of the assessment It is said in Winnipeg that 00m1 - nations for the local elections will be held Deo. 7, Brantford hes a serious epidemic of typbold. Aid. Wilson and Mathers are both definitely in the field as mayoralty candidates in Winnipeg. Hamilton City Council has refused to adopt the curlew bell by-law. Dominic& Bros'. store at Fleming Anse., was entered by burglars, and $560 Laken from the cash drawer. The Nathmal Park at Banff is to be stocked with muuntain sheep, goals, moose, antelope, deer, and other aM- mats. Lord Minto will be asked to attend the Guelph Stock Show on Dec. 7. Constable Harrison of the Northwest Mounted Police at MacLeod was found dead with a bullet through his brain the day after his wedding. The Dominion Steamship. Co. has re- ceived notification that the British Government has chartered their big steamship Canada to transport troops to South Africa. Hon. R. R. Dobell has forwarded to the Montreal Board of Trade a model of a turret steamship, suet) as he ad- vocates Lor the fast Atlantic service. The Soldiers' Wives' League in Montreal have already ten families to whom assistance is being rendered out of the soldiers' fund. The amount sub- scribed by the citizens of Montreal has reathed $8,000. Mrs Hagle and Alfred Quigley, her brother, have been committed for trial at Red Deer, N. W. T., on the charge of murdering Nelson Eagle at Ponoka. The threatened strike of coal miners at Lethbridge has been postponed, the men having decided to abandon their claim for the present for shorter hours. The Hamilton Trades and Labor Council decided to support by the members' patronage those merchants who clime their stores early on Satur- day nights. The wife of Harry J. O'Neil, the Chi- cago Board of Trade plunger, was ar- rested in Montreal on a charge or hav- ing $50,000 worth of diamonds belong-) ing to her husband's creditors. At the meeting of district officers commanding at Ottawa, Geu. Hutton asked the colonels present to pro- vide themselves with the new flat -toe - ped German forage cap in place '• of the style worn at present. Peter Peterson, engineer at the Canadian Packing Co.'s taetory, Lon- don, Ont., met his death while oiling some shafting. He was caught in the belting and both legs taken off, his arms broken and his head and body badly crushed. The Kingston Locomotive Works bas been offered a bowie of $75,000 and. a free site to move to a town outside of Ontario. The Hamilton Police Magistrate's re- cent conviction :of a hotelkeeper for selling ginger ale to a minor has been annulled by Judge Snider. Commissioner Ogilvie has reported to the Department 01 the Interior that the amount of royalty collected in the Yukon up to November ist was $730,- 800. There cess a remarkable instance of longevity at Montreal Thursday, Jean Baptiste Prevost, aged 106 years, and his sister-in-law, Esther Pilon, aged 88 years, arrived front St. Ann's, where they had spent the summer, descend- ed unaided from the train and entered a carriage by themeolves to the aston- ishmeat of the seeetators. E. Lloyd, who was arrested in Loudon, Eng., for eanbezzlemeni of $1,800 from S. Carsley & Co., Montreal, has beou given three years in the penitentiary. There is a larger atteadance at Queen's University thnu ever before, and the question of providing increas- ed accom.modatiou will have to be dealt with at an early dale. During the past season the follow- ing traffic Was done through the Sante Ste. Marie canal: Vessels, 0,944; vessel tonnage, 2,576,859; freight ton- eage, 23566,546; passengers, 140161, The Minister of justice has received communication from the members of the family or Robt. Mackie, the Nap- anee bank robber, asking for elem- tinny in Mackie's case. Justice Fergu- son, it Neill bo remembered, sent Mac- kie to penitentiary for 14 years, while Pare and Holden got only Lour and three years at the second trial. Mae- kiMe ease will be kept in mind, but as he has on•ly servee, len months of 1118 alma no immediate action will be tafiCitleti. eltwo Cat Lake Indian!, tried at Winnipeg on a charge of murdering their chief, at his own request, to rid himself of an evil spirit, have each boon sentenced to four months' im- berths on ocean terftishoenradeVa-od for steamships for the Paris Exbibilion next Bummer is already so enormous that the Aliens have received enough applications tor the four large steam- ships, Tunisian, Baverian, Californian and Parisiah. The accommodation, however, has not been sold, to pre- vent stimulation. Messrs, Allan stale that the probahle minimum tate for ton-eattle berrying Allan Lino steam. :ithilidic prnooxl. year will be bti $ etwee60 GREAT BRITAIN, The Imperial (enurement will send to South Africa several 1 1%inch-reeking Therm are gig:Lotto ploughs, attached to steam sappers of mealy horse -Ismer. The Britirsh eteamer Coquet, from Quebec fur Sunderland, is NOB 1018- 1113. .4. now halfpenny paper Is to be started in London by Mr. Arthur Poursou. .51r. Thompson, the agent of a Brit- ish firm, and five other men, were murdered near Lawrie West Arrive, George C. temper, released after serving; 31 Len years' sentence for the murder of his wife at Douglas, isle opf,(5)0fo,ttono,o.hae inherited a fortune of Aelmiral Colorule suggests the adop- tion of an arrangement such as will provide in war for the release of some partite.' of the imperial regular force frotn garrison duty by reliefs furnish- ed by the colonies. Sir Richard Webster, the British Attorney -General has been made a baronel in recognitiou of his work nn the Venezuelan ArbieratMn Commis- eion. Sir Robert T. Reed, of coun- sel for Great Britain, has been made a Knight Grand Cross—et. !he Order of St. Michael and St. George. The. provision etude, at a meeting in Liverpool, recently subscribed £2,000 to the Transvaal war fund. The pre- sident cabled the result to business friends in Chicago, who have now re- plied that: '0,000, has been subscribed. there, and that more is to follow.i UNITED STATE8. jack McGuire, mayor of Syracuse, may be the next Democratie candidate for Governor of New York. Delegates to the National Hardware Assoelation's convention at Pittsburg represent a capital of *175,000,900. At a special meeting of the New York Central directors the lease of the Boston and Albany Ry. was ratified. James Monroe, bigamist, and swind- ler, arrested at Chicago, has been tak- en to Rochester. Ho is said to have married and deserted 26 women. A judgment. of $110 was entered against young Cornelius Vanderbilt for neglecting his duty in refusing to 'serve as a jeror. The sum represented .$100 penalty and $10 costs. Judge Simeon le. Baldwin, of the Connecticut Supreme Court, has been elected president of the International Law Association to succeed Sir Rich- ard Webster, Attorney -General of England. • The money amounting to $11,400,000 obtained by Mrs. Jane Stanford for her 285,000 shares of Southern Pacific telook, will at once be made available for the use of the Stanford Univer- sity. The Britedh steamer, 3. W. Taylor, from Santos, Brazil, is detained at New York under suspicion of having bu- bonic plague among the crew. One man died al eNL. Mrs Hemtet's Bamberger, a St. Louis midwife, g es been held by the Grand Jury on five indictments of murder and mansiaughter. Her alleg- ed victims were women and infants. The American lion & Steel Manu- facturing Co., at Lebanon, Pa., has suspended operations in all its local puddling and rolling mills, because the supply is exhausted, resulting from the oar famine. Rev. Frederick C. Mooney, pastor of the First Methodist Chureh of Rah- way, N.J., and M. Alice Whitney of Hacketstown, whose adopted son he is, were raarried Wednesday. The preach - or is 34 and the bride 52. Mooney had lived with the 1Vhitneys for many years prior to Mr. Whitney's death, At Phoenix, Ariz., Pearl Hart, the alleged -woman bandit, who was charged with holding uts a stage near Floreeee, was acquitted, Miss Hart addressed the jury in her own defence and pleaded passionately for freedom that she might return to Lindsay, Ont., to her tast-failing mother. Im- mediately alter her acquittal the wo- man was re -arrested, charged with in- terfering with mails, and will be triad again. GENERAL( The Amar of Afghanistan is ill, A cyclone has destroyed thousands ot native dwellings in Negalpsatam, India. More fighting has taken place be- tween Armenians and Kurds. Two now cases of bubonic plague and three deaths from the disease were reported at Oporto on Thursday, The opening meeting of. the French Chamber 01 Deputies was character- ized by several stormy scenes. Daniel ,Dupuys, a noted Paris en- graver, was shot and killed by his in- sane wife, who then committed sui- cide, The Berlin police forcibly dissolved an Anarchist ,ecting called to com- memorate the Chicago executions of 18Erig. l'i!teen lives were lost by the recent foundering of the Belgian steamer Belgique Antwerp, Mt the is- land of Alderney. Dr. Camarft resettle, director of the Bacteriological Institute, died at Lis- bon of the plague. He contracted the disease While attending patients. Yo-ehou-Fu, al the entrance of Touting Lake, was formally opened to foreign trade on Monday. This is the first port opened in the anti -foreign province at Hunan. Although the Belgian Government has passed a decree permitting Cana- dian cattle to be itnported, it is also provided that theybitty, be slaughter- ed three days after thetr arrival. A violent storm inundated the low- lying quarters of Athens. Numbers of imam collasped, the railroad was part- ly washed away, many persons were drowned, and an enormous moan of 4. expedit Ma in the damage vrintil idmonne. iiiv° Cameroons, Weal Atriet, ree ntly elms - Used a tribe of. rebellious cannibals who had besieged several trading, sin - UMW at and near MIK The Germane chased the -halves into the bush, Ida- ing 200, The Khaira is advancing along the White Nile, and has reathed Mahal Island, 160 miles south: or Ithariourre Gee. Kitehener's presont intention of opening the Soudan campaign on Deo. 1, may miter serious delay unless the Kheliftt in the meantime is de- feated in a dot:Wive fight and driven westward, ED TORS GLE WHEN, PT Leu and Women in all Walks of Life Tell of the Remarka))11 Cum Wrought by South American Neryi.ne Tonle. SIX ONES WILL CONVINCE TEE MOST MAMMA EDITOR COLWELL, OF Newspaper edieors are almost as soeptical as the average physician on the subject of new remedies for sick people. Nothing short of a series of moat remarkable and well authenti- cated cures will incline either an editor or a doctor to seriously consider the merits honestly claimed for a medicine. hundreds of testimonials of won- derful recoveries wrought with the Great South American Nervine Tonio were received from men and women all over the country before physicians began to prescribe this great remedy in ohronio cases of dyspepsia, in- digestion, nervous prostration, sick headache, and as e. tonic for build- ing up systems sapped of vitality through protracted spells of sick - nese. During his experienoe of nearly a quarter of a century as a newspaper publisher in Paris, Ont., Editor Col- well, of The Paris Revievr, has pub- lished hundreds of columns of paid medicine advertisements, and, no doubt, printed many a gracefully - worded puff for his patrons as a matter of business, but in only a single instance, and that one warrant- ed by his own personal experiences, has he given a testimonial over his own signature. No other remedy ever offered the public has proved snail a marvellous revelation to the moat soeptical as the South American Nervine Tonic. It has never failed it its purpose, aryl it hrs 'red when Sold by G. A. Deadman. PARIS, ONT., REVIEW. doctors and other medicines wart tried in vain. " I was prostrated with a partials. iarly severe attack of 'La Grippe,'" says Mr. Colwell, "and could find ne relief from the intense pains and dise, tress of the malady. I suffered da and night. The doctors did not Lel me, and I tried a number of modl. eines, but without relief. About this time I was advised to try the South American Nervine Tonic. Its effects were instantaneous. The first dose t took relieved me. I improved rapidly and grew stronger every day. tour Nervine Tonic cured me in a single week." The South American Norville Tonic rebuilds the life forces by itai direct action on the nerves and the nerve centres, and it is thin notable feature which distinguishes it from ,every other remedy in existence. The most eminent medical authorities now concedethat fully two-thirds of all the physical ailments of humanity arise from exhaustion of the nerve forces. The South American 'Corvine Tonio eating direot upon the nerve centres and nerve tisanes instantaneously supplies them with the true nourish. meat required, and that is why It. invigorating effeots upon the whole system are always felt immediately. - For all nervous diseases, for genera debility arising from enfeebled 'Ital. ity, and for stomach troubleof every variety no other remedy tan possibly take its Mier BATTLE WITH DERVISHES. ItAtIth farce come Upon an Itnetuno. meta—About 40) Were Killed. despatch from Cairo says :—Gen - oral Wingate, with an Egyptian force moved from Fakikoai on. Wednesday to attack the forth of Ahmed Fedil, re- ported to be at Nerissa„ 23 miles from the River Nile, on the road to Genial. The Sirdar, General Kitchener, has telegraphed to Lord Creme', the Bri- tish Minister, as follows :— "Wingate Lound Nefissa evacuated, pushed through to Abriaadil, four utiles further, and found Feat's forces eucamped. They wore forthwith en- gaged by the mounted troops under Mahon, with four Maxims and two guns, and the Sehntlieh under Gor- lenge. The dervishes charged with all their old Much, to within 814 yards of the guns. Wingate with the in- fantry arrived in time to support Mahon and cleared the whole camp. The dervishes bolted through the bush, pursued by the mounted troops, 'Wingate estimates Fedit's force at 2,- 500 men, of whom 400 were, killed. "Wtingate captured many prisoners, grain, rifles, and spears. The Egyp- Lien casualties were three wounded." u. S. moops SICK AND HUNGRY. Grant nardeldno or lattrton's Campaign In the 1 despatch from Manila, snys:—Offt- tors and soldiers arriving at Cabana- ( nail from General Lawton's force de- scribe the campaign as one of great hardships. Many men dropping out sick were left at various towns without adequate supplies and at- tendance, some of them making their way back across the terrible roads, A number of horses were dying, and many of the soldiees, tied even some efficient, were marching ahead half tatted, their Motive having been torn to picem in getting through the Jun - fee. Some of them were re1ueS4 al - meet to breech clouts, and hatilreds were barefooted, their shoes being worn out, and all were living on any sort of provisiona- I3read was scarce. and caribou meat and bananas were the staples. Gen. Lawton foresaw that the came reign would involve such hardships, but he considered it the quickest and cheapest way of ending the war. The whereabouts of Gens. Lawton and Young is becoming as mysterious as Aguinaldo's. The belief is begin- ning to grow at Manila that Gen. Lawton has struck the trail off the in- ' Burgett! Government, and is pursuing the Ministers into the Binquet moun- tains. I1 has been his ambition to dap. tura the Filipino leaders, and he and Gen, Young believe that a cavalry brigade living in the country could 'run them down to any part 'of the is. land, One vague report brought by Span. ish prisoners is that A.guineildo and others were nearly surrounded by Am- ericans soon after the insurgent chief , left Tarlac, but he escaped through the 'lines in peasant's clothes. SMITH HANGED HIMSELF. Was 11,Ctill by litta MR when Site Returned Route 01.0111 Worn. A despatch from Toronto, says:—, jamas Smith, 117 Wallington etree6 West, whose wife is a night waitress in a down -town restaurant, was discover. od by her when she retureed home at 4 o'clock on Wednesday morning deed and hanging tram a rope fastened to a hook in the middle of the ceiling. Ho was in a kneeling position with hie knees almost resting on the floor, and had evidently been dead for setae hours before. The politic, were notified, and inform- ed Coroner Greig, Who issued a war. rani for at haquest. AS it was a clear ease of suicide the warrant was af- terwards tvilherawri. Smith was thirty-two years of t!age igforiailWtnufI rmlir%titrgbe.;e islcAX ! ed to have become desentidcni hocause of his Illness and committed suieide.