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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1900-08-17, Page 5le.reasmen, ully Ignorant the easY time Only those ne mill know mint Worlas iff c dut1ee. eAt d to me, 41 ) during My' lad given as: rate busineSSi lie husiniessi" I1 laid, up - simply, ewer - land for pt - at. applicas aharge 111 the lags, at mem- up with the ail. A good se help, but Wla or three 1 great deal ,or attend to 12' to about d committee ee other half lie week. It easiest meni- t from a sea - meeting., find 'ate speeches :liver. It IS 'ow member otrnd n th them in tbe en they wan ather deposi- ant to their 3atehel. >get met Ste• ircumstanees the novelist aat came to train at Del- enly rfl811 on rup against g into space: 'S boy. HI !oat battere the betel fo Leeds. Tia d started 1 toware th 'eached, Mr ter for a fe ted friends baggage, h ken' it lb t te with ee reatlire Mr. Leetiat at' some one", eft the phis. opport unite • str- ess. lestial king. e of w m'ij I('14 in a Clii a. This sir. k to a eror Yore 13 flt till' (1.h. Poll vd r . • teh and the evil country 10 ng. • :his shrew 13 issued bidding:pa (ahlie leh lel' iny mend) - the Chlin !," said liet• day of Chin( strength (a Brit I in Chin we heli arnine dways t yd's lign d 113 v- 1 60 hi inclies of the -hose o COS, 1' a of 1 men es and height. 5.6 ow ,9 ounc ted oiil le town o sent lo you "It 1 tight hen, re ne eel it body t eari ;," sai w have 'plot; • osint it if Pel \\*1 aks sn .11 BOER PLOT DISCOVERED To Coldture Lord Roberts and Shoot All Officers. TEN CONSPIRATORS IN JAIL Boers Retreating Ahead of Buller - De Wet Ilas Again Escaped - Hoare Had 300 Men With Him - 'A Complaint Front Invalided Canadians. Pretoria Cable. -A. pilot to seize Oen. Roberts asal to shoot as many as. possible of the British ofeieers here has been diecovered, anti ten men charged with compacity have teen. arrested. Other euepeets are being closely watched, and it is expected ahat they will shortly be takea Into quetody. The myetenl of granting passes to burghers who .take the oath of neu- trality is proving- en -ate, and there is urgent need of a stricter Karlin who have come into the city repore that the Boere are treating the natives brutally whenever they re- occupy a place that has bean passed by the British troops. Their usual method ell punishment is flogging. Eery night shote are heard round the town. The liring is done by the sentries, wh) frequently discover Boer emiseariei trying to enter or leave the tewa. The supplies here for the army are almadane, with the exception of for- age. Few of the local farmers bring anything to market. It is expected that trains will 1)0 available shortly, stud the merchants will then replenish their stores. The military tiuthorities are selling rations of flour to civilians, at threepence per pound The indigent reeitients are still beink fed by the authorities. Lord- has• charge of the food. supplies for civilian.% Confirmed by Other Correspondents. London, Cable. -The Pretoria core reepondent, of the Danes News sends a eensational statement concerning the opportune discovery of a. /hot to shoot all the Brnish officers la the capital and to seize tierieral Rob- erti. Tett of the readers were ar- rested mid are now in jail. This pert is regarded as part of the conspiracy of which the recent Johan- nesburg rising was the first indication. Severai p.ersoae who are Implicated as epies are being deported. 'The correapondent adds that Gen- eral Buller has further advaneed to Wadspratt. The Boers are moving ahead of him. t De Wet Again Escapes. London Cable. -General De Wet, the Boer commander, who. according Ix) the correspondents was certain to be captured by the British, who had 'thrown an unbreakable cordon .around blau, Thee succeeded hi ,011.1.Shill.g the Vaal River, and, according to one report, a large Pert ot his force have made good their escape, and reached Buffers hoa.k. Probably his defence of the hills against General Methuen covered the retreat of this part of his command. -- Shot by the Boers. Cape 'Town Oable.-The Lorenzo Marques correspondent of the Cape Argus telegraphs that the Englishman Cooper, wino was convicted at Mach- adodorp of blowing up the Aiagda- lene bridge on the Delagoa Railway, and condemned to death by mart - martini, was duly shot. He refused to disetoee his accomplices unless the Boum would agree to spare his life, a condition which was refused. Swazis Restless. Lorenzo Marquez Cable says. -The Swazi Queen, Who has been sending repeated messages asking permission of the British for an army of 14,000 warriors to attack Barberton, Knew- mulden Mad Koomattpoort, has been 'officially warned to abstain from any interference - Hoare Had 300 hien. • ; London Ctible.-The War Office has rereived this despateh today from Iced Roberts, dated Pretoria, Aug. eith : "The gaerieon. of Elands River, wail"' 1 fear hes leen captured, coo eistee ahout 800 Buehmen and Rhodesians. 1 bed hoped that Car- ringtoe had been in time to with- drnw the garrison, 1111 it sseme that Delaney, lelraing of Ian Hemilton's appreeeh to ltustenberg, Interned westward, and surround° 1 the gar. *ot before Carringtoa surlved." Botha Led the Donee. Lorenzo 'Marquez Cleble.-The con - The night before leaving Middelburg Gen. Botha geve a ball at the 'Trans- vaal Hotel, at which he and a !num- ber of the burgher leaders enjoyed themselves only too well. The night of the Boers' arrival at Middelburg, daring a tempest, a German officer, with a seore of his men, asked for (shelter, anti that quarters might be roesigned to him. The Beers replied : "The open street is good enough for you and yonn foreigners. Were sick to death ot 0114-4 foreigners," whereupon the • replied : "And were sick to death to you." He nett several of his • -Vey have wine.° surrendered. They , estay that the Boers are -quarrelling :ateong. themselves. • teriewing Like a Snowleall. •Bitelin Cable -The Foreign Office, trahand seandal Is Vowing like a stroWball. Many officials are irnpli- eatl'c1, and further arrests are pond- eing. Meanwhile the Portugnese au. .1f4horities are malting a big show of. ...endeavoring to prevent the further passage ot eontraband. . The Deere are living largely on • intealies, - and are experiencing a Oteareity of flour, which commodity the British Consul has bought up • eXtensinoly. No loterfor•eneta From Berlin. sandoll Coble. —IL'iie n mileteleday ferrlif t the )resenre of 110(er e voys and of Dr. Leyds in Berlin, said the delegates were here in an unof (hal capacity only, and It was not incelY that anY pOwer Would Medea- cor to secure favorable peace terns for. the Boers in the final settlement. --- Captain Weiby Dies of Wounds. 'Leaden, Ango12.-Sir Reetve.e But ler reports the death from wounds of Captain Welby, of the 18111 .Hussars, well known .for his explorations iti China and Thibet. Last year he ex- plored parts of Abe'ssiela• Kick , From Invalided Canadians. London, Aug. 10.-Vitinous com- plaints are published in the morning papers from the Canadians Invalid- ed to Englhnd from South Africa re- garding the lack of arrangemeets for their' (voinfore and the delay in sending them home. The Morning Leader says : "The Canadians iuvalided, wilto sailed frcne Liverpool for Montreal yesterday by the Allan Luer Parisian, expressed their disappeintment at the neglect of the military authorities in Liv- erpool. They said that having exper- ienced the life of the British soldier under British officers, they had re- solved to stey at home and to mind their own business in the future. Moreover, they promised to lay the facts before the Canadian Ministers on board the Parisian." -- - The Torpnto Evening Telegrion had the following special cable yesterday London Cable. The Times to -day pu bashes a letter written' by a Cana- dian volunteer, 7,2:38, V. Odium, of the 2201 Oxford Itinee Ontario, Canada, vomplaining bi.terly for himself and his comrades about the delay ia send- ing convalescent Caundinses home. He elaime that they lutve wained long and patiently, but can't got ems author - Mee to net. Me: .0clinin says that they (masted for netive serviee, not for an idle, useless life in ISdeelandie This is perfevtly true. Lord S•tretle- eosinhas done till he possibly t•ould for the Canadian, and only 41)y leis strong, per onal, pesiseent hgeat the War Office has, lie bent able to get any Can - adieus; shipped. The great mistake. 01 the War Office ig in granting any fur- loughs to C1nnatliane. But really the red -tape around the War Office is moet irritating. It was only by the efforts of Canadian. offi- ciele that passage was Rewired for Cnnaellans at Shorneliffe and Wool- wieh. The offivinle at the War Office Ray they are waiting for instruetions from • Ottawa. The Canrollan offientle here think, o al..he general opinion in London coindilee, that Dr. Rerden, the Cana - dein Minister of Militia, should per- emptorily insist thnt invalided Cana- di:me len sent home ntI once. Lontion Cable.-Paelaiment ad- Sournett to day after7 the towrope:a- then bill had been paseel by both Housee. The Queen's speech, after stating that the relations with the powers of Europe arid America eutitittuel friendly and a referee:se to the tie- tablishment of the commonweilth of Australia, refers to t he war in South Africa, "which has placed in the etrongest light the heroism and high mideary quelities of tile troops brought together under my banner from this country, from Canada, Ans. tralin and my South African pee:el- isions." The speesei then I81V$ "Believing the continueindepend- deuce of reeublies to be a constant .danger to the peace of South Africa, I authorized the annexation of the Free State as a first :step to the union of the races under an institu- tion whielt may in time be developed eo as to etscure rights and privileges hi South Africa." Referring tte China the Speeeh from Ili:' Throne says: "The British and other legations at Pekin have been nitexpeetelly attnekna by an he:ur- gent mob, and Lt is feared mo ny of their ituntitee have been murdered. Hew far til? (111111' SP 1111thorities are accomplices la this atrovious crime and whether tins British Minieter ane hie family aro among the victims are matters, stIll in doubt. The utmost efforts will be made by myself and my allies to visit with worthy pun- iehment the authors of this unexam- pled crime". After a reference to the Ashantee rising the speech devotes a few words to the dietress caused by 'the famine and plague in India, and thanks the Commons for their lib- entlity wherewith they respottded. to the unusual financial demealth due to the war, and adds that the satisfac- tory progress of the campaign gives fair ground for hoping that eta ex - missive requirements of military ex- penditure win soon be abated. The speeeh closes with the metal refer- ences to the session's legislation. The •eliceing hours of the seeeion 111 the Hone!, of Comfuons were enaven- ed by the sharp reolles of the See- ritary of State for the Colonies, Alr, Josepli Chamberlain, tO his political An imovation In the Queen's:epee:el whieh caused some comment was the mentioning of America. epeeifically. 'rite speeches from the throne wmally allede to the powers generally or to the European powers. Leaden Chblese-The allotment of 5,000,000 pounds of the l0,000- 001) of the war loan to the heated States is reeeived in the higher fite emits' world as a good thing for London, ht the prement condition of the London hanks, The Bank of England advised Sir Michael to ac- eept the Amerie,an offer, -which wee made early last week through J. et Morgan & Co., and the Barings pointed out that this sum was an easy anti natural way to bang in gold and save exports to the nat. el States in ()Weber. Otherwiee the bank rote might have to be raised to 5. or 6 ner cent., and .extraor- dinary measures would have to be taken to inerease the gold reserve, The critics of the Chancellor of the Exchequer -brokers tout small in- vestors -point out that tile loan ails: worth 3 9-10 per vent.; that it wee iso excellent a thing that every pound should kave been kept here that even it the American offer wns accepted it ishould have been done differently, rind thee to task for toile: =lotions to ten millions, when five millions was already allotted evos rather tricky. Generally,however, there is a feeling of satusinetion in nettneial circles over the Onsiee Money prospente Robert W. Sinclair, :need 51 years, a fruit commiseion merehant, and 111,8 wife, Annie, aged 82 years, were Ixetee found dead last night, with a bullet hole tit each of their Itenele, in the garden to trent of their stammer hoitie at Green Tree Station, near Ithiladel- phia. 11111rder and suicide are Suspect. Ott KING UM T'S CA EER A Man of Kindly and Brave Traits and Much Beloved. King Humbert's • career was an eventful one. Born at Turin oil March 140, 1844, he was 56 years old. By his own .wish he was styled Humbert I., though really Hombeit in the roll of reigning primes of the house. His father was King Vic- tor Emmanuel, who died In 1878. His father set about his political and ziallitary education • when he was quite a child. Humbert attended his parent during the war for Italian independence, thoegh he was then too youog to take any active part in it, Proved a Brave Soldier. When he was 22 years of age the war between Prussia and Austria broke out, and then came one of the most exciting events in his history, for lie had the narrowest poseible eseape . from being slain in battle. Humbert, new was then Prime of Piedmont, wag at the outset de- spatehedt to Paris for the purpose of sounding the French Government as to the WieW it took of the alli- ance between Italy and Prussia. Hos- tilities hawing been commenced, he and his brother, Amadeue, Duke of Aosta, took the field at once, the Prime being appointed lieutenant - general and plaeod In command of 0 division of Gen. Cialdinie army. From the start he showel himself to be a bold and intrepid officer, fearless in atteek, and with notch preseme of mind m the hour of dan- ger. Many feats of bravery were Placed to his aceonnt, and Anuideue; too, distinguished himself, so that the King, their father, had just cause to be proud of his warlike sons. His greatest heroism was dis- played in the disastrous battle of Custovra, on aune. 24111i, 1866. infinem•ed by His Wife. On. April 22nd, 18438, the Prince mar- ried the Princess Margherita of Savoy, daughter of the late Duke of Genoa, who from the time or their nition had an influence 1111011 111111 for good 'which cannot (4:te1ly be estimated, Mal the extent of 'which, indeed, few without the royal envie could realize. ihe Princess, who was Itis firet cous- in, was renowned through all Italy for her great goolneee, and the sweet- neee of Iter disposition, and was gen- erally known 118 " the angel of Italy." In every respeet W08 0 1110811 at- compashati young lady. elle was an artist of skill and font of the beauties of nature. Few recreations, gave her more pleasure then mountaineering; ln whieh she dispiayed inneh courage and enduranee. WaS in all ways ten Weal con- sort for the future King, and appre- (lilting better than himself the great gravity ol the responsibilities would one day fall upon 111111, she set about with the utmoet WOMallly tact and w1e.1001 •to Sit him thoroughly Pee the Itigh °nice. A fot was born to them in November, 1869, ond their 11 s-nr wedeing, marking twenty-ntee years of great Itttppittess mei mutual assistance, was celebrated in Rome a little mot.° than eeven years ago. The festivities were of it very Imposing charateer and were honored by -the presenee ef the German. Emperor and Empress, and by many other foreign potentates or their reprneatatives. King When Thirty -Three. Oti januery 9, 1878, when lie was :33 yards: yet, his father (Red, ;1 11(1 the crown beenme las. It was not a favor - eine moment for eueh 11. phange, for the Aliuistry was anything leic point - lar, the Itepublionn party was restless and malty sections of tho eummunity looked 'neon the new King with 41 -doubtful eye. But King Humbert grappled the situation with rare and proved to all that a Prince who had not seemed fitted for mon- archial duties might yet make a wlee and gooil King. The death of the Pope eoon after his ameenort helped him eonehtlerablY and so del hie language, demeanor end beneficent acts. Hai addrese to hie Houses of Parliament were couehed In excellent terms, and theugh it is the custom ior pronouneements to les Unmet. by the Ministers, it was declared that he wrote the 1005t ex- pressive seutimeee with his own hand. "The religious oleervance of free laetitutOtto'• lee said, "is the best eafegu eel against, all dangers. This is the initit of net• house; this will be my 8trtngw%.11s.'011 this oeetteion that the King took the oath. The Parliament- ary Chamber was draped In black itt memory of the late King, eut the throe" which wee guertied by the King's Cuiraisiders, was CO1.'er1),1 Wita scarlet etoth. The Queens of Itttly aud Portugal, the Prince Imperinl of Germany and ninny- other noLabiliiies were present, and it shows the tub - lie interest ist the veremonial when it is etated thet there were 27,000 applications for the 1,700 seats whiell the Chamber afforded. Pledge to lemulate lIlIs Father. A separate preelamation was le- aned no the people, In which 'Lite King said : shall fellow the great ex- empla, my father .11118 sett elf devotion to his country, of love of progress and confidence in our froe institutions, whieli are the pride of my house. My sole a 'Om svill be to deserve 'the love of my country. lathanit, your first king is dead, his suecesser prove tient institutions do liot die. Let 08.111115(2 in this hone of grief, Let us cOnfirm that concord which has always be.en tee bulwark ot 011e of his first /lets wa5 ta•grant an tennesty pardoning all political off enders n nit rime w a ys frome seriptions, 'commuting ell sentonees,01 death end diminishing other peuish- meets by six menthe- He eoon tehowed a love of econome' and a dislike for oXtrivva gillk'P Ele untlertook to sete tie out of -hts own pelvate 111,1111.118 his father's liabilities, amounting to 36,- 000,000 lire ($7,200,000), his petit for doing so being the sale of 'Castel Por - Klima a vast huntengeestate, which had been presentee by the nation to the late King. Moreover, he ordered the sale of n thansailti of his father's horses, end consnleenbly reduced the household eXpeaeliture. There wee no mistaking the spirit of such nets- as these, and they drew the Kibg cloee to the people. Attempt on His re. Anin other etrcu,staav nce l ich hap- - • - pened In November of the year in wheeh he was crowned served still more toward that en,d. He and les. queen were pa ysng a visit to Ntiples, and together with their son, whose title was the Prince of Naples, and Signor Caireli, the Prime Minister, were driving In an open eerriage thee:nil the streets, -evhich Were en fete, when a man maned Giovanni Passanante, a 11111011111 from Salerno, made an attempt wain King Hum- bert's life, and came very near ac- complishing his murderous project. A number of trade asseociatiotis were deawn up along the route, some of the mea holding their distinctive banners in their hands. Paseanante wee one of these, and tes the King passed lee lowered his banner and made a tiniest at him with it. It turned out thet he had fixed a dagger at the head of the pole, which had prey:musty Leen. set:retied by the folds of •the banner. The King received a slight 1701111c1 on the arm, but he in- stantly drew his sword and etruek the assitsein 00 the head. The latter, however, was not die - "abed, and Wahl prepering,• to make an- other attack upsets the King when the QueeIl called out frantically to Signer Clairol/ to save her husuami. The loyal Minister needed not this bid- ding, nut sprang to Hoe ground and ('aught heti of Passanante receiving at tin 881110 time a severe wound on the thigh, width was intended for the King. The reptant of the Royal Cuirassiers then seourel Passtmente and rode away 1.7(111 him 011 1148 horse, Fi was condenmed to death, but the King vommuttd his eentem•e to penal servitude ler life. He bed been a eteok, and Wahl t17elltY-111.111) Seal% or age. Hgnor Cane& wits confined to his bed for sense days afterward. The King viereed him, and with moet pro- fuse expressions of his gratitude, con- ferred ueon. him the gold medal for military valor. The whole affair awakenea the greatest toncern mul sympathy in tho minde of the Italian people generally, and when •the King returned to Reim there was 11. won- derful seem: The (senators, deputies und magietrates met him tut the sta- toe on Ins arrival, and there were great festivities. Another Attack on Him. Thin was not the only measion upoo which his life was attempted, for in April of 1897, when he WaS driving out to the Capattelle race- course 0 workman struck at 111111 with a dagger. The King, however, essaped without any injury, and the 0)1111 11-116 arrested, and, like Passau - ante, condemned to spend the rest or Ids days in prison. An Weide/it worthy of nete in the King's history is that when, 111 1884, the cholera fiend was work - :Leg terrible 1111700 in Naples, the King, against the earnest advice. of Itis Ministers, proeeeded there and mattered ell the assistanee la his power. His heroic conduct 171(8 11)111'!! admired. On the whole, Italy has; prospered under Kong Humbert. it was after hie reign commence:1 that the triple 111 1111111'11 Wahl estnlitiebeel to which Italy 1 elongs. 111 eppeartmee King Humbert was very striking. His great, tharp eyes awl ponderous moustache made him look hest what lie was -one of Italy's bra vest 80118 1(1111 most distinguielted soldiers. Causes of Popularity. As a king of netion, Humbert of Italy was outdone only by the Kai- ser, anti as a meek for the assassin he 17,11.5 US 1)01,111ar MS a Sultan or a Shah. Why there sheuld have been attempts on his life was a puzzle, exeept thatthere are certain among the Italians who had a bitter dislike for the big-hearted ruler. He was hard working, brave, a trifle con- ceited, fond of the rims of his peo- ple, and ever ready to walk into danger, when policy or private feet - ::0 dieta,ted. walkedefearless- ly lte the cholera strickn houses:at Naples, and altered the history Naples by his rapid and radical improVements In Itsanitary condi- o He was probably the only European monarch at the end 01 his reign who had been wounded in :lethal modern warfare, the ouctution being tit the battle of Cu itazza. He was 11 vegetarian, einailt hends with everyixely, down to tite hune blest peneant whom. he met In his walks, awl enjoyed It gamte ol billiard:I now and then. He wee 0 good sports- man and had a weeknese for fine bones, hut, lit other wept 11 14 later tastes were frugal. The room in, which he worked WaS barren of all adornment, ex(enat mili- tary bo)ks, pigeon holes and the mere nevessetries of a elerk's office. It was said that the King and Queen of Italy eornetimee had a, little diecue (don over the (met of a thee, Int in other reepecte 'the private a tui home life of Italy's 101(1-1 was a model tif .simplieity and good eenee. When the attempt was made upon his life two yeave ago by 00 enar. chist, while he was driving to the Ruseian Embassy, the King ordered lis i :-t.tttttletut to hasten to the ('111' there mike forme 1 11 3010353' for the delay. Nothing wee :eel 0371.01 the cause of the tanwtilious King lading Seo keep his opponent, Little thlogs Hee title nettle the King oh.fisiitloonlyp•lele!loved by the greet. mese of Indians Gave it the Name 31. Perreult gives an ingenious ex- planation of the origin of the word "Canada'," Giovanni 'Gabe -to who is Os° known es Cabot, landed In that conntry in 1497, being the first Ent. - vette to 11 neve there. After hint canie eome Spanish vessels and in 1506 Denys, :41 Freadtmen, and Ver- rezZani, 0 Venetian, took po.sseseion of the cotmtry in the name of Frenee. At that time, eays 31 Perranit, the Freamh often heard the natives use the Sponish "Ace oada," which sig- nify, "nothing here." The na tiees had pickee up these words from the Son la illeds who had seirt•hed for gold ami eilver, and who beennse they had foaled not hing, ha d speedi 1 y depa r tee, The French None to the conelusion that the words so Often used by the natives were theonginal name of the cottetry. Another explenation is that Canadameans. et er a 1101711,-Rev0e Sennetiftene. • • Exa tion .esuits: PART I. JUNIOR LEAVING and COMMERCIAL PART IL RESULTS. The Education Department Fri- day issued :the results of part • 10 junior leaving or Pablic School leav- ing examinations, of the commercial diploma, part IL, exaMinations, aud of the conamercial specialists' exam- inations, head lu July last. in the part I, junior leaving lists that fol - 1017, the symbol P (5) indicates that the candidates referred 1.0 have Passed 10 all else five subjects of the examination, while the symbol 1.? 1113 impfiee that the can.didates re- ferred to have passed in grammar, arithmetia and nistorse Cettifieates and etittements of marks will be for- warded to peincipals and inspectors -in no lettes to candiciates-avitidfl tea days. The results of the other July extenteations will probably be isened towards the end of next week. Part I. junior leaving or Public School letivieg examinazion: llamilton-P. (5)-A. IV', F. Balfour, A. Beare, IS. Brown, a 13. Brown, U. L. Camero•n., R. 11. Campbell, R. (1. Condon, L. B. 1)ean, G. M. ifflion, Al. Al- Etustmait, E. S. Finleyson, N. F. Flock, L. C. Henderson, E. IS. Howell, A. (4. Jackson (honors), S. Al. 11. Kite, .41. E. Laisiman, E. 13. Lester, D. McBride, 13. AI, McLeod, A. S. Mile.s, W. J. Mitchell, E. P. Aloore, A. B. O'Connor, ..1. Pa1toll- e0'1, P. II. Pennington, It. A. Quarry, M. Seaman, (I. einetue, ennene C. Smith, E. le. Tate, E. A.. Weed, G. A.. Wilson. 11. (13)--3j. A_ -irmitueee, E. .0. Balfour, (.1. S. T. Barker, E. 11. Bur- row, J. C. Callaghan, J. W. Corman, M. C.. Edwards, AL L. Emerson, L. A. Fleck, I. 13. Islo:•k, E. M. Freeman, G. Freeman, L. E. (Holler, D. Harvey, H. 'fenders, W. H. Hass, (ales coniposi- tion) E. U. Hind, AL A. Hind, W. S. Hutton, S. J. Johnston, J. le KapPele, E. M. Keays, ti. 13. Leiter, A. L. Long, SI. E. Long, I. SI. Limb., Is. M. McEvoy, fe. 11. McQueen, M. Marehall , 31. May - 11 It. Miller, I. C. Morgan., C. I. aelson, M. T. O'Brien, B. M. 01Sallivan, (!. Pease, E. M. Ramsay, S. A. Smith, S. R. Smith, AL. I. Steen:, .N. L. Turner, le. \Walker, .1. 1). 'Williamson, A. Young, 31. B. 0111,13S1101. Ancaseer - I'. (5)-Col1ins, Farmer, Hagan, isbaver, V, A. Smith, Bewtha- teenier. le (e)-Calion, Field, Finch, 1V. (1 illan, Hossaek, Kern, Lovett, Seanton, (1. B. (Smith, Slia n non. Bea new ille- P. 5)-T rot p. I'. (:3) -Cruikshank, apple, hobins, Tweetle, Tallman, 111.11 Horn, MeK. Walker, J. (S. Welker. Perlin -le (5)-Bingemate (1Iemmer, .0. (1. sinith. P. (n.4-3.cheeen, Born - hold, Htimilton, Jettuneret, Klumpf, Luekhardt, Mal -Kay, Opperteltauser, Sherriffe, Brantford -le (5)-111'11oke, Benedict, Brown, feather , Johneton, So:lotus, M. (1. Kelly, E. le .1Selly,. IsSitehen Lundy, SleIntyre, Mersecar, :Morrison, Senn, le el. smith, A. M. smith, Weir, Laird, Painter, Terhune. P. (8)-Bonlittnellurt, Cole, Costin, Crawford Day, :Elliott, ttraham, Is. ('. 110111..114 oe 13.etillen, Itensierson, G. R. jones, MeCtuisland, ell:Key, Meadows, lietealfe, eltin.nick, Patten, Rand, Robertson, Treleaven, Walsh, Wilson, (4. Ross. 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GodfneSS M. Keogh, Lowry, Stenle;y. K ingeiton-Coggen. Linsisay-Power, Rankin. London - Adair, Bailie, Butler Coombs, Dann, Mclivenna, Nevett, Page, Began, Warner. Ningara Falls - Anderson, Brown Carter, Darden, Lovell, Alcheive, Nice ole. Owen Sound -B. McCallum, le Mellitlizrulniford-C. Monteith: Thorold-flearin. Toronto (Ilerbord street Coll. Oast, -Douglas, Meter. ' 1Vintlsor-lsoe•ter. Commerctil Sp riallets' Examinatio -Mies L. Al. Johnstone, Miss L. Saci ateh. METHUEN B GAGES DE VtE Clasing Battle of the War M be Near at Hand. KITCHENER JOINS IN THE CHASE London Cable. -The following- re port, dated Pretoria, Aug. Sth, ha >mereceived from Lord :Roberts " Kiteheiler WaS informed yesterday by an escaped British prisoner that De 'Wet's wagonhael croseed the Vaal. Afterwards I heard the sound of gees which I think meat have been Meth- tusn'e, 11141 directed him. to take up a position between Potchefstroom and Liudique, where Ile could intercept the enemy who messed the "river at De Wet'S drift. Kitchener is crossing the Vaal with ca,valry and Mounted In- fantry. " Hunter reports that he wade 4,140 pineoners in the Bethlehein-Har' resnaith district, a majority of whom nee how en route for Cape Town. 'Three gime:and 4,000 horses were cap - toroth noel ten wagonloads of ammu- nition and 195,900 minds of ammuni- tion Were destroyed. • • " The garrleon of Elands River, which t fear has been cantered, eon :Rested of About: 800 buthmen on Rinsitealans, 1 had hoped that 0:112 ringlon had been in • time to with draW the garrison; but It .eeeme the. Deleary, learning of Ian Hamilton' appronett, hurried westward and ver. rounded the garripon before Conrin ton arrived. " Methuen telegraphs that he - gaged n part of De. Wethe force el day near Benterskroon. 110 &eve: enemy off...a. kinvesion of 19110, 'wh thv held obetinotely, 01 ' eteutil were eeven ntele Wiled •or tititlett elettling tour offie:re,":