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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1899-12-14, Page 6THE BRUSSELS POST. DEO, 14, 1699 WITHIN CANNON SHOT. Stirring News May Be Expected From South Africa. Gen. Methuen .Agllin in Command—He Has Re- ceived Valuable Reinforcements—Gen. Buller Has Gone to the Front—Fewer Boers at Ladysmith—In Force on the Tugela River. IA despatch from London, Friday, of their visit, or the contents of their esya:—The announcements that Gen. mamma if they brought one. One of the men looked like a well-to-do fer- nier, and the other like a professional clerk. They were detained outside the camp, They expressed surprise that titer British patrol was so far out. news of the apparently impending Ono of the Boer camps above Colenso battles at Tugela river, in Natal, and moved on Wednesday, The Boers, were gseen moving their impedimenta in Slpytfontein in Northern Cape Colony. wagons. Little is allowed to be known( oh the Captain Birdwood, or the Eleventh preparations or strength of Lite two Bombay Lancers, has been appointed brigade -major by Lord Dundonald. British forces, but it is assumed that There is ane ease of horse sickness Gen, Methuen has reoelved valuable re- here. Every effort will be made to inforcements from Cape Town since prevent the spread of the disease. the Modder river flght,possiblyinclud- MODDER RIPER DEAD 89. ing the howitzer battery, which ar- rived at Cape Town on Dec. 4. 1t is Twelve of the British wounded in the not known whether Gen. Methuen has fight at Madder river have died, advanced, the latest advioes from him mak- being dated Dec. 6, in 'which he says ing the total casualties to date ,for that he had again assumed'ocmmand battle:— of hie division. The troops in Natal Dead-. . . . . . : 89 were reported on Dec, 1, to be within 'Wounded. . . . . . . 882 canon shot of the enemy. These Missing. • 7 troops were probably only British out- posts, inasmuoh as telegrams from Frere indicate that the main camp is still there. The constant rumours of the withdrawal of part on the Boer farces In Northern Natal seem to have some basis, but the stories of dissen- sions among the enemy, though pub- lished on Gen. White's authority, are not officially claimed to be true, and they are therefore quite unsubstanti- ated, It is more likely that) whatever part of the invading forces has been withdrawn has been allotted a new position. Perhaps the suggestion that these forces have been seat west to assist in opposing Gen. Methuen is not far out. Meanwhile the reports from Lady- smith are couched in gloomier lan- guage, and everythiag indicates that the enemy is striving to the utmost to make the British position untenable before General Buller can reach the town. The Standard's -correspondent at Ladysmith, in a despatch dated Decem- ber 2, supports the other statements concerning the anxiety with which the movement of the relieving force is awaited, and adds that on November 29, General White cuusi.lered the advis- ability of making a sortie, but the idea was abandoned, the Boers, as is now usual being informed beforehand of the British intentions. The Times' Modder river correspon- dent, in a despatch, dated December 4, confirms the reports that Commandant Delarey's son was killed in action. The despatch adds that a battery of horse CANADIANS FOR THE FRONT. artillery and the Twelfth Lancers were arriving. Colonel Kekensich, the Brit- tsh commander at Kimberley, has in- formed General Methuen by search- light that the town has forty days' provisions, 30 days' forage, and plenty of water. Buller had gone to Frere and that Gen. Methuen had assumed active com- mand of his division intensify the eatgerneas with which the public await AN ARTIST CAPTURED. A despatch from Pretoria says:—A newspaper correspondent named Lynch, who entered the Boer lines on Monday, with the alleged purpose of exchanging newspapers, has been made a prisoner, and will be brought to Pretoria. A SEVENTH DIVISION. The London Daily News says it is intended, as soon as the sixth army division is embarked, to prepare to mobilize the seventh, to case it should be needed. A CAVALRY BRIGADE. The Government has decided to des- patch to South .Africa, at the earliest possible moment, a cavalry brigade of about 4,000 men. A TOTAL OF 105,770. A despatch from London says :— Mr. J: Powell Williams, Financial Secre- tary of the War Office, in the course of a speech at Queensbury, said that fleet, who, he says, "for some occult when all the troupe arrived in South rnas.n has leen invar'ar reluctant to Africa, the total, including the colon- af•ord 1 cillties for the defence o' Na- tal and naval contingents would be tal,eituer with guns or men from his 105,770. ships. He ordered the officers and men of the Tartar, who bad lauded with a few guns, back to their ship, and it was only won the strong request of the Governor, Sir H. Hutchinson, and others, that he was induced to re- scind the order. He is blamed for not permitting Captain Scott, of the Ter- rible, to quickly prepare and land a naval 12 -pounder and other guns upon land carriages and convey them, with a naval brigade, up country far the defence of L.+dysm'th. It is notorious tbatonly at the last moment, on Oc- tober 30, while a decisive action was pending, did Captain Lumbton arrive with long-range 12 -pounders and two 5.7 -inch guns at Ladysmith. A week, a dtty, a ,few hours, might, and there is no doubt in my mind would, have sav- ed the situation that day, and delayed the investment ti Ladysmith, if not effectually poi an encs to the attempt on the part of the Boers." graph's oorrespondeot sends the fol- lowing "Major Girounrd, of Quebec, Canada, formerly director of Egyptian rail, ways, who was in charge of the Jaye ing of the Soutlonese railway, and is now director of railways to Butler's army, has arrived here. "Progress is being made with the temporary bridge. Our troops (unwell. All living in tents. The cavalry witty guns, proceeded again on a reconnOiEi- sn.nce toward Colenso, The Baer field guns and 1Crupps were fired when they were six miles from the town, Their shells burst better, but. were practical- ly harmless. "The Boers from Weenen have all crossed the Tugela river, Colenso and Weenen are now clear of the enemy, We are in telegraphic communication with Es Omura' "The Boars are still at Grobler's Hloof hill, and are expected to make a determined stand against the ad- vance by Gen. Olery's force. Heavy fir- ing was heard on Tuesday in thediree.. tion of Ladysmith. This points to' the feet that no effort is, being spared to level the town beflore the arrival of the relief column." CASUALTIES AT LADYSMITH. The London Daily Mali's correspon- dent sends the following from Pieter- maritzburg:— ''The news from Ladysmith is be- ginning to come in more freely,, Tho latest despatches state that from the beginning of the investment up to Saturday, November 25th, there were 89 killed and wounded, including both military and civilians. The Boers shell the town from all sides. :Their favourite time for opening is midnight. The day following thea last encounter Gen. Joubert begged medicines from the ;3ritish. We lost one killed in the attack of the 14th, the Boers again losing heavily. On the 20th the bom- bardment, which had been more or less severe, damaged some buildings. • "A 'locomotive was hit by a pro- jeetile on the 24th and ran off the line. There was no damage done, A Boer shell in the evening, killed three men of the Liverpools and wounded nine more, some dangerously. "Go the 25th one of our naval guns breached the epaulement of the Boer big gun on Buhvana hill, which thus he; been thrice silenced," CENSURES THE ADMIRAL. Bennett Burleigh, of the London Daily Telegraph, in a long letter, deist Es•ceurt, Novtrmber 10th, grum- bles about General White's inaction and the management of the campaign in many other respects. He particu- larly emptasizes a complaint regard- ing the conduct of Admiral Har- ris, commanding the South African BOERS SWARM ON THE HILLS. The Landon Daily Telegraph has re- oeived a series of despatches from Frere camp, bringing the nervus up to Wednesday, bu, a., sopa e.idences of the work of the censor A significant paragraph in one, dated Monday, would seem to indicate that up to that time General Buller's advance for the ratter of Ladyemith had not begun. The British camp here is increasing in dimension daily.' We expect to see General Buller in the course of a day or two. Reports, of Wednesday's date, brought by native messengers from Ladysmith, state that nightly eteetric searchlight messages are read by Gen- eral White's force. They also de:•lare that there is dissension in the Boer camps, and that numbers of the enemy are wishing to abandon the siege. The Boers' supplies are said, to be running short, A native runner, with Government despatches from Ladysmith arrived at Estcourt on Wednesday. He reported that all was well, The Boers have mounted another 150 - pounder on Beater's farm, bat the gun does no more harm than the others. Fewer Boars than formerly are now stationed south of Ladysmith, presum- ably not more, than sir thousand. The enemy are now intent on defending the passage of the Tugela at Colenso. A recent arrival from the Tugela river says that the Boers are in force along the Drakensberg range at all points from Mont aux Sources to Van Reensn's pass, and that they are also stretched across from the Drnkens- berg range to Coteneo at all strategi- cal points, and further east, Apparently not many of the Free Staters have left for the western bor- der, their intention being to resist de- terminedly the passage of the Tugela. MESSAGE FROM WHITE. A despatch from Cape Town, says:— The Canadian contingeat, which arriv- ed here on Thursday, and the remain- der of the Australians. marched through the city before taking trains for the front. Their appearance ex- cited tremendous enthusiasm. Gov- ernor Sir Alfred Milner received them at the station. The prowd, upon see- ing the Governor, cheered him tumul- tuously. The reception accorded the troops was only equalled by that given to General 5:r Redvers Buller upon his. arrival here from England, The streets were decorated, and dense, enthusiastic crowds lined the principal thoroughfares. All the offi- cers were individually presented to the Governor, who was heartily cheer- ed by the Canadian soldiers. They also sang the National Anthem. A party of 39 Canadians remained at Cale Town, as the men had not passed the medical inspection. The Canadian contingent will act la consort with the Black Watch and Seafarth High- landers. THE WHITE, FLAG TRICK. The military authorities have pub- der Cul. Scott -Turner at dawn in the kids. Suddenly theyware missed, Halted a letter from a well-known direction of a ridge near Carier'e y farm, where the Boars ware strongly The guardn in charge of the men at resident of the Transvaal to the cam- entrenched. Finding the Boer pickets once guessed what had happened, and mender at the Cape. asleep, Major Scott -Turner proceeded hastened to the bank near where they In this letter the statement is made along the ridge under cover and rush- were last seen, followed by the prison- that,prior to the sendingt of the nit I ad the Boer redoubts at 5.25 a.m., in era. FIGHTING AT KIMBERLEY. A despatch from London says:—The sortie from Kimberley on November 25 appears to have been much more serious than had been supposed. De - Leila are now arriving of a reconnais- sance -in force by mounted troops un - fifteen as the aunt her of allied, .There is every reason to believe that the eue u.y's loss inthe fiirbt at Lit dysmiLb. Nov. 9, wee over 1300 killed and wound- ed. Iuiso'rmation from 0 trustworthy' Boer source shows that llildyard's tight, Nov, 23, the enemy lost. thirty killed ano 109 wounded, it is impossi- ble Lc say how far these numbers are correct, but it is evident the enemy does not admit a teeth of the losses suffered. Intercepted despatcher; to Joubert, from a cotumnleder, sbow that even tltepffiotaldesalt Lebescontain de- cidedly inaccurate information in this respect." SCARED OUT OF HIS WITS. Referring to the acceptance of the resignation of the United States Cora sal at Pretoria, the Washington cor- respondent of the Nout lark Tribune says:—"The only plausible explana- tion of lifnciume's actions is that be is frightened out of his wits. His conduct is in sharp contrast to that rt,p of the British Consuls who resented the United States in Spain Jest year, and particularly to that of the heroin Ramsden, whose instrumentality in sc- ouring the aurrander of Santiago was incalculable, and whose death was due to his devotion to duty." REFUSES INFORMATION. The correspondent of the London Daily MIR at Cape Town, Buys that the Transvaal Government obstinately refuses to furnish the American Con- sul at Pretoria with informuttion con- cerning the British prisoners. The authorities say that Gen. Bul- ler must apply to Cotnmandant Jou- bert for such information, and refuse to recognize the right of the 'United States to intervene DOING EFFECTIVE SHOOTING. A despatch from Ladysmith says:— The hottest bombardment of the siege took place last Thursday. The Boers got a new big gun in position on Lom- bard's kap, completely commanding the town, and shelled our campy that day and next, ;planting shells with great accuracy in the camp of the Gordor Highlanders and Manchester regiments, where there were many narrow escapes. Saturday the enemy resumed the bombardment, doing some very effective shooting. Several of our guns have been shattered by the big Boer gun. • WOUNDED ARRIVE HOME. A despatch from London says :—The first batch of wounded soldiers from South Africa, numbering 139 men, ar- rived in the Thames on Tuesday on board the British transport Sumatra, which left Table bay about November 15th. TWO BOYS Sec nave Ray white They were Sliding Oh it -4 fenvlet lteeocere,l (1u, Rodtec. A despatch from Toronto says:— The treacherous ice of the Don claim- ed its first victims on Thursday nf- ternoon, when Douglas Duncan, aged 10, and Walter Smith, a few menthe older, were drowned in the river. The little !boys were sliding about a hun- dred yards below the Winchester St., bridge, when the thin ice yielded to their oombin.d weight, and they were plunged into the cold water. The ac- cident occurred at twenty minutes to three. The youngsters were pupils at the Park school and were present as usual an Thursday morning. The shining surface of the Don river, cov- ered with the first ice of the year, proved too strong an attraction in the afternoon, and they played truant. So, instead of going to school, they went down to the river, and clambered over ;the piles on the west side down on to the frozen mud which borders the stream at this point. The ice was an inch thick, and looked firm and tough, so the boys were soon out, slidan.g around and enjoying them- selves. A. number of convicts work- ing in the neighborhood noticed the matm to Great Britain the Boer the face of at hail of bullets. The Boers About half way across the river, or tb t thirt feet from either side NEWS SUMMARY, CANADA. Parte is to have a new school. Woodstock Board of Trade favors incorporation as a city. The baggage of the wrecked Scots- man has reaohed Montreal. A Canadlun Club has leen formed at Stratford. Hamilton barbers are agitating for the license system. The. new Victoria Jubilee bridge at Montreal bee bean opened for trutft°. The receipts of the first month of the telegraph line to Dawson reach- ed $13,000• Tine Montreal Harbour Board has resolved upon better grain elevator facilities. Manitoba grain will be exhibited at the Paris Exposition in a bin made of glass. Dr, William I. A. Case, the oldest physician in Hamilton, died at the age of 92. John McGrory was killed by an elec- tric shock at Montreal while; working at a building. The London street railway employee say they have no intention of palling off the strike. The Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph shipped 10 cars of dressed poultry to Liverpool. A strong feeling bas been aroused among the citizens against closing the London Military school, F. D. Clarkson of Seaforth, and Miss Jean Montgomery of Edmonton were drowned at Regina while skating. James Kent, superintendent of the C. P. R. Telegraph, Montreal, bas suc- ceeded Mr. Hosmer as Manager of Telegraphs. It is said to be the intention of the (mining of Customs to uniform ex- amining officers on trains and at frontier points. For the first five months of the current year the customerevenue has increased 31,481,772, compared with the corresponding period last year. Manual training will be introduced in the Brockville schools about Feb- ruary 1st, and a young Sootchman will be in charge. The Montreal navigation for 1899 shows a decrease in the number of ships, there being 801, as compared with 868 entered in 1898. The Hamilton City Council has adopted rieumnfendatians that a third water retain be laid and that the filtering basins be extended. Althougb nothing definite has been done in regard to calling a session of Parliament, the date spoken of in official circles is February 8, A reward of $1,000 is offered by La Banque Nationale for the arrest of the robbers who blew up their vault and safe at MonLmagny, Que. Mrs. Mary Cavanagh, aged 75 years, was murdered iu her house at London, Ont. Her son John Is under arrest on the charge. It is stated that Dr. Patrick of Dun- dee, Scotland, will be offered the Frio- cipalship of Manitoba College, Winni- peg, in succession to the late Princip- al King. Twelve Grand Trunk cars, laden with grain, .left the track et Victoria Junction, near Lindsay, and were smashed to pieces, and the grain strewn over the ground. A Montreal man has requested the Dominion Government statistician to furnish him with information as to the best method of breeding frogs for the frog-leg market. Conductor Cabana, one of the oldest and best known conductors on the C. P. 1%., was run over and killed at the Windsor station, Montreal, by an empty cox which was being shunted. Mr. Alex. Fraser, the millionaire lumberman of Ottawa, has sold, it is said, all his limits up the Coulonge to Messrs. Gillies Bros. of Braeside. The transfer involves nearly 200 square miles of the best pine Janda in the country. Ottawa electors will vote for the establishment of a public library and to reduce the number of aldermen in smell ward from three to two, extend- ing the term to two years, half of those elected to retire at the end of the year. It is being suggested at Ottawa to exchange the present Government grounds around Rideau Hall for a por- tion of Rockliffe Park, and erect there a new home for the Governor- General. the present Government House to be turned into an art museum., It is reported that Dr. Ireland, whose leaders openly discussed the use of the hoisted a white Plug, and fired at Lhe } ou y mysterious disappearance on the white flag when cornered for the our.' British under its protection before aur-: there was a large hole, and chunks of wharves at Montreal about a year ago pose of deceiving the British. rendering Owing, possibly, to the ice were floating about in the, muddy led to the supposition that he was drowned, has been found in the; West- ern States, practising medicine under the name or Dr. Gray' GREAT BRITAIN. HOTTEST FIRE ON RECORD. According to tba latest accounts of er above 300 yards ahead, especially doctor. Henry OBrien, a plucky con - the battle of Madder river, the Boer as Baer reinforcements were seen ap- viol, walked out on the board, Wben fire was the hottest on record, and will preaching, and the enemy was keep- he got to the hole he could see noth- ing up a heavy firs from the shelter ing of the missing lads,and so he revolutiunize existing theories. 11 wits of the thick basil. unhesitatingly lowered himself into effective up to 1,&0 yards, but the During the sortie an armoured train the ioy water, which was about five casuaities among the prone troops were reconnoitred north and south, while feet deep. After groping about for/ a a considerable force of British, with few minutes, O'Brien got hold oe.Dun- can, whom he lifted, up and carried to shore. Drs. Sltuttlewou•tb and Lai' were there to render every assistance in thou' power, and as' the boy was still waitm, and had been under water for only about ten minutes, it was hoped that lie might be resuscitated. His clothes were Stepped off, and the medi- aat men worked harts for some time; but their labours were fruitless. Ton inmates after the first body bad been recovered O'Brien brought Welter Smith to the surface. I•le was quite dead. exhaustion of their ammunition, the water. No Lime was lost in getting British were unable to follow up the a plank and laying it out on ',the ice, attack and to seize a large Boer laag- and wbile one ran to telephone for a trill ng. It was found Lmpussible to bring the British ammunition reserves to the firing line. Many Boers wear- ing Red Cross badges were actually employed in serving out ammuni- tion. A deepatcb from the London Daily THOUGHT IT IMPREGNABLE, News from Frere camp, says:—"It is A despatch from Modder River, via reported that a messenger has brought Orange River, says: Refugees who a despatch from General White, at have returned here captain that when Ladysmith, acknowledging the re - inapt of searchlight messages, and re- porting that there are dissensions and a shortness 01 supplies in the Boer camp. "General Buller is completing all his arrangements before making a further advance. "Heavy firing at Ladysmith was After the retreat of the, FreeStitte heard Tuesday afternoon. It is report- i Boers, under Commandant Duplessis, ed that the Boers have mounted a I trope Belmont and their junction with pneumatic gun on Umbulwana hill. the Modder river force, Commandant Cronje expressed himself as being con- fident in the defences. Hs declared that if the Boers could not resist the English Tor three weeks he would return home. Commandant Cronje teethed, Kimber- ley he maintained that Modder river could be rade a Boer stronghold. The Garman officers with him °unmarred in this opinion. The Transvaal com- mander thereupon forced the Ka1firs to work in constructing trenehes and strengthening the other defences. RINDERPEST BREAKS OUT. A..despateh from Frere Camp, says: —A patrol of Thorneycroft's Horse, under command of Capt. Mann, on Wednesday met two Boers with a White flag some distance from here. Nothing can be learned of the object MAJOR GIROUARD AT FRERE. From Frere, under date of Wednes- day noon, the London Daily Tele - field guns and Maxims, advanced to- ward Spyttontein, holding the Boers in check in that direction. Ten guns were engaged simultan- eously, and viewed from the conning tower, an artillery duel seemed pro- ceeding in every direction except to- wards Kenilworth, the fusillade being terrible at. 8 o'clock. Having no force sufficient to hold the position he had stormed, Major Scott -Turner began gradually retiring his men. He hada horse shot under him, and a bullet through the fleshy part of his shoul- der. Several men had terrible wounds. The British captured 28 of ttel enemy, There appears to be some doubt as to whether this was the reaonnais- same in which, according to the an- nouncement of the War Office, Major Scott -Turner was killed, or whe- ther that office met his fate in a sub- sequent sortie. BULLER ON BOER LOSSES, The War Office, has received the following from General lfullert "Pietermaritzburg, Tuesday—It, is very difficult to m'akeg any statement in regard to the enemy's loss. Rot instance, at Belmont 81 of their dead Were accounted fat. The o'semy gave The Austrian Government has asked the R'eicherath for an extra credit of 6,000,000 florins, 2,000,000 of which is destined for the army and 4,000,000 for the navy. The request for this large sum for the navy excites comment. The Russian GoVernmelit is prepar- ing the construction o6 a now railway going from the south of European Russia to Turkestan. Through this railroad it is intended to connect the eommereial cantors of Russia with Central Asia by the shortest route, The project is far less costlyr than the great Siberian railway itself, whereas the natural resources o0 Turkestan territory are scarcely inferior to those of Siberia. The Queen will visit Emperor Wil.. Liam at Berlin, in April. Mr. J. Sampson, an absconding cre- ditor from the city of Chicago, has been arrested near Limerick. The Heiser has given 4300 for the benefit of the children of the soldiers of the tet Royal Dragoons, now cam- paiging in South Afriaa, of which re- giment his Majesty is Honorary Col- onel. Kendal O'Brein, chairman of one of the Tipperary district councils, bas been removed from his position of Justine of the peace for seconding the Council's resolution congratulating the Boers upon their victory at Glencoe, and Lorcl J3mly has been dismissed from a similar justiceship in Limerjulq for limiting the laborers in his dis- trict to create a disturbance. The London Financial New9 says that statements of an astonishing diameter will be made in the course of a few days in reference to the cane of Jabez Spencer Balfour, formerly a member of Parliament, who a few years ago Was senieneed to a long term of imprisonment for fraud and forgery in connection with the failure of the Liberator Permanent Building and Investment Society. The Govern- mane will probably be asked to review the whole position. UNITED STATES, The late Vice -President Hobart left $2,500,, Vioc0010residsnt Hobart of the Unit- ed, States was insured for $65,000. euLL 01? d1. 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Howell, u noted Welsh divine, and editor of the official or- gan of the Welsh church, is dead at Columbus, Ohio. Charles D. Hughes, a get -rich -quick banker, is under arrest at New York, Had an office in Wall street. There are 600 complaints against him. Alonzo J. Whiteman, a former State Senator in the Minnesota Legislature, will serve a sentence of two years in the House of Correction in Chicago for forgery. Dr. William R• Brooks, director of Smith Observatory, has just been. awarded by the Paris Academy of Sci- ence "The Grand Llande" prize for his astronomioal d'iseoveriee, The stamp store of David D. Ba- Beau, in New York, was raided by internal revenue officials, and about 5,000 revenue stamps worth from $1 to $30 each ware seized. Badeau h ad &leered in the neighborhood of $30,000 on the sale of washed internal revenue stamps. .Committeee of' the Beaton City Council. waited on the Mayor and made a big protest against the proposal to creat a monument to British soldiers on Boston Coalition, The aldermen used forcible language, and it is pro- bable the Mayor will withdraw bis consent, All the cotton manufacturers of Fall River, Mass,, represented by the Fall River Assoafation, decided that they would grant, an advance of l0 per cent., instead of 5 per cent. in wages, beginning on Monday, Dec, 11. In all about 28,000 hands will benefit by the raise. At a conferonse of Republicans at Washington it was decided thattho eligibility of Rtpreeenttttive-abet Rob- erts of Utah, who is accused of pine - tieing polygamy, to occupy a seat in the House should be investigated, and pending the investigation, he sboull{ not be permitted to take the oath of office. GENERAL. Italy has n surplus of 15,000,000 lire. An anti-Christian uprising is feared in Chi-Nau-Fu, China. Arrests of suspected members of the Young Turkey Society continue on an unprecedented scale. It is reiterated in Berlin that the Anglo -German agreement bas secret clauses referring to South Africa which will eventually allot Tiger Bay to Germany. A letter from Madagascar states that the plague has virtually disap- peared at Tamateve. A fewi paella occurred at intervals of a week or a fortnight, but only one European was attacked. TINNED FOOD POISONING. Wand Revenue Department, 1551(8 hn- rer111ettiin 81,1n1 D,,cloM. !A despatch from Ottawa says:—Tits attention of the Department of In - 'land Revenue has been called to the frequency with which illness attribut- ed to the use of tinned foods is noticed in the newspaper press. 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