HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth Sun, 1901-06-07, Page 2•rtn. rinii• , • t6rilrin4 the, teat shot in his' maga
asine. 1Vliert he 'came oat ene onwttra'
cleliberatelY'e area,' Striking him in
" The Beers, stripped bothmen, of-
ieverYthing except their trousers, and
the Taaelaalans finally , gat back to
(AMP/ Warburtan died.,
Causes an Outcry Arnoncr the
London Dailies,
BOTHA AND THE COMET.
Boer General Tells Some Tall Stories
-Banington Drives the Boers Be-
fore Ilim - Two Australians'
Plucky ,Fight -Roberts aad Yeo -
London, May 31 .-The South Aria:can
casualty liste, which filled, three col-
nmna of the Times, email forcibly to
tam Britieh mina that the Boer war is
still in full and fiety action. The
heavy. loeses. or killed and vvoanded
are chiefly the reeult of engagements
which Lord Kitchener has not previ-
• ously reported. Thie fact has un-
etteeed a flood of indignation and
oritiolem: of which the anti -war
party enjoy& no monopoly.
The St. Jeered Gazette and the
•/Daily Mail join in protesting in
;strong language against "this
alarni-
ng policy of coneealment," The e vea-
Ing papers teem with communications
of citizenw of all classes, complaining
In /similar strain. In several journal-
istic quartere the big casealty-table
• he even made tea basis lor edemand
‘e- for further heavy reinforcements,
a..„ The cammity list gives the first
suers of a severe fight, In whMh Aus-
\ tralian troops appear to have suf-
fered aernewhat heavily.
Tile men engaged were the eth and
dtII Weet Auetrallan arcuated Infan-
try, andathey fought the enemy at
Grobelaaireeat The 5th Battalion
• had Lieut. Forrest and Sergt. Ejaras
killed, and live men wounded and one
ssing. The 6th Battalion had four
men killed aaa five wounded. Lieut. files were not to be closer than six
Format was a gon, of Sir john For- paces when advencing to the at -
Premier of West Aus- tack. That was very soon catered
,a member of the Fed- to ten, and then to twenty.
---
/ Commandant Swam:peel's Death.
The Yeomanry Brill.
Lendond May 31e-allie commander-
' igalillef paid a visit to Badminton,
,where the Royal Gloucestershire Res -
Oars are ;swamped, end witnessed a
eiliaM /right and a march past.
• Lord Roberts, In addressing the
dlepelled the misapprehension
that there was a desire on the part
,01 the atethoritilee to turn the old
Toeimanryrof England into mounted
infantry. They gil knew) the value of
the Year:wary, an,c1 at any rate he
, could &peek of /what the Yeomanry'
had done in South Africa. They came
at , a , time when -mounted troops
were,most erge,ntly required, and
they had, aone their duty in quite a
,epienaid manner. There was the
greatest difference between cavalry-
men who ima occaelonally to fight
on, root and infantrymen who had
earnatineee to be put on ponies or
norses in order to enable them to
move queekly ribentthe country. The
, .
one ,would always remeen cavalry,
and the other would always remain
infantry.
Under present conditions, when
they bad got rifled that could reach
2,000, yaras and kill men at that die-
tance, It would be folly- for cavalry
to expose thems,elves on horseback
and be knocked over and meke them-
aelyes useless as combatants. They
wanted there to understand that
Yeomanry might often be called upon
ae Infantry to take 0 position, as
they luta dean that day ; and that
/was the on/yeti:Inge in the Yeomanry
drill that was proposed -that when
,neoe,sisary they should ba ready to at-
tack on foot. They must be able to
shoot as 'well ne the enemy.
He noticed that they had all got
rifles instead or carbines, and .11
was very glad, indeed, to ale it. 13e -
fore he left South Africa, ell the
cavalry -the Lancers, the Dragoon
alla.ads, and Hussars -came to him
and begged that their carbines
might be taken away, /trul that they
might be given the rifle. They said
it avers no use for them to endeavor
to collinear with the Boers unleee
their weapons would carry as far
as theirs. He was able to give them
rifles, and he had learned slime that
they ha,d clone admirable work.
His Lordship aremeeded to advise
the men to spread themselves out
more. Wbon he went to South Af-
rica he laid down the rule that the
reSte the Mt
termite, aril no
•oral Cabinet.
-4/ea •
Botha's Message to the Burghers
• Carolina, May message from
Gen. Bertha to the burghers was
• toad in the church here the Smithey
'before the laritieh occupied the
town. The Engligh, he sake wore
Cfrachlock, Cape Colony, May 131. -
It has now been ascertained that
Commandant Malan *i casualties in
the fight at Maraisbing were four
killed and eight wounded. A man
echo was brought in to -day by, Col.
'shown excellent Jucigm,ent through-
out tho campialgar ( ,
•• 'Yeomanry 'Surrender.
e Cape, Town, June 2. -Thirty-two
• Wociehouse's 'Yeomanry had an en-
gagenicent with 700 Boers near Dor=
eirecnti After; one of the British bad
been lciiled and fere wounded., the
detachment cairrendered. They were
subsequently released.
' ;
• Goes Back to Duty.
Londond June 2. -The We,r Office
annonnces that Lieut. Biackmore,
formerly of Stra,thcona's Horse, has
been discharged to duty in South
; 1 1
Peace Talk.
London, June 3, 6 a. me -War news
this morning points to the probabil-
ity or the renewal of the Boer ef-
fort to secure terms or peace. Gen.
Smuts, with Gen. Botha's secretary,
is at Standerton, 71air visit seems
to have greatly disconcerted Krug-
er and his entourage, who are busy
in explaining that there is no truth
in the suggested request for Dutch
mediation, and that the burghers
were never le better spirits or more
reeolved to fight no the end. The
jingo newspapers here are also sonic, -
what disconcerted at the news, and
the London Daily Mail says the
country will ratify no such demands
as were made by Gen. Botha, on a
Previous occasion.
---
Boers Again Get Away.
London, .Tnne 2. -The sum of the
latest South afriean operations is
that the Boers have again avoided
British etrateg'y.
Lord Kitchener had planned to
force teen) to winter in the Northern
Transvaal and fight there, or at
least to hold them until after the
South African winter, when the
busli valat es 111001: unhealthy for
whites, when it was calculated that
they would then mane south and sur-
render." Certain groups in the Piet-
ersburg district are already enter-
ing thealhatisle lines and laying flown
their arena, but the great majority
of the( Baiting Beets evaded the posi-
tion, split into sections of . rade .30
to 50, and eseaped to tire Smith
through the meshes of the BritriSh
drag -net, reassembling In the Mid-
lands district of Cape Colony, where,
instead of the North Transvaal, Lord
Kitchener may have to direct his
winter campaign.
General Delarey is unlikely to seek
to operate there, ea the Beer leaders
have consistently choseu areas they
know best. But catch a eevere at-
tack as that delivered by General
Delarey at Vladfontein last Wodnes-
doe', beside reviving the panic tem-
per of the: scattered British columns,
evhiclo are moving without local know-
ledge of the country, will prevent
Lord Kitchener from transferring
enough men to eject the Boers from
Cape Colony. This impasse may
continue for months.
The Boere are crippled through lack
of eupplies, and the British are han-
embroilecl in war wall Russia ;plague Henniker's column eta,tes that he dica,ppecr by having to devote fire -
was destroying., the soldiers( and was standing near Commandant oixtlie of their army to guard their
the nest were- 'beln,g hurried home. Swanepoel when that officer was stores and their linea of eommunica.-
The Boers bad' completely destroy- eat , he bullet passing through tion. Vile eituation has provoked tie
d the ruelway le Dra, e River nl- '
, I. .41s eoin,70o;---whilv wearo- civilian population of South
yand he 'ell are P igec
(44\5•
111-0-1, earsr, yir Beltisee
ade ; , en, e. the ewaa- edam ,
Pall Mall Gazette; heesent a 10:1, -
Now York, JUDO -aGeneral Kitch- ,to hie paper, saying that the,
British commander -hi -chief 1 3 now
enenes account of th battle of Viak-
known as "Kitchener of chaos."
fontein serves to ligh up public in-
terest oncie more in t Boer writ., Concurrently, the newspepees con-
trolled by Cecil Rhodea have started
says the Tribitneas Lona°, 00(0813011d -
it joint agitation that he is the
ont. • A. British officer who on fur-
, from strong ma.n,the country wants. This
lough in Lendan after fight
naltetion be being conducted during
Colenso Lyclenborg has be pre -
Lord Milner's abecence and against las
interests. To add to bis troubles, the
(litlanclere now in Cape Town and
',Durban have sent two accredited re-
elateeeeirtatives to England to seek to
maece tee. Government a,gaJnat Lord
allenakee iternhistratien of the Trans -
vane TheT declarenil las civilian of-
ficials, exdape two, are personally ob-
jectionable oNne ground that they
are 'nomineeve re( the capitalists. end
that they are introdueing regula-
Hone that will manatee Rand, except
for the great companies
The attuatton, is ea extremely diffi-
cult one for Lord Milner, who le now
the guest of Col( nial Secretary Chem-
betlein at Hie ,bury, Birmingham.
The Governmeat will undoubtedly
support hlm, despite the in.dustrious
work of lir. Loyde, the European
agent or the Transvaal, in dissemin-
ating- flie text of the interviews( be-
tween 'Lord Kitchener and Com-
mander -in -Chief Botha, showing that
the Pereennl antipathy to Lord Kit-
chener, 18000 of the greatest bars to
the settlement of the wax.
on Duty.
London, eJune la -Though no offi-
cial information is forthcoming, in-
quiries result hi showing that the
statement printed in the Daily
Chronicle about a week ago in re-
gard to the number of soldiers serv-
ing sentences in Portland Prison
for ',various offences was somewhat
exaggerated. There are about 10
of these prisoners, whose chief of-
fence was sleeping on sentry duty
in South Africa.
The alironiele stated that three.
officers and about 100 men had been
sent back from South Africa for
punishment. The majority were said
to be ordinary offenders, bet the
officers were said to be guilty of
treasonably aiding the Boers and
one of them was so influential that
he succeeded In having the names of
all three euppressed.
According to the Daily Mail, one
of the soldiers accused of /sleeping
on duty, a young volunteer, was
sentenced to eight years' penal /serv-
itude for this offence. This, how-
ever, is probably ao exaggeration.
„, aaree
cl thou ht 1t1iqfkiug
.eaue W
eord Kitchener, bia thanked Goil
, he had rejected his terms. In
1831 a blood -red comet appeared,
weaning war; the comet now seen
was white, and signified peace,
which would shortly be given them,
and with it independence.
Botha made a similar announce-
ment at Earned°. This is confirmed
from raglans quarters.
• --
•
Col. Maxwell
/Alleval North, May 31. --Col. Max-
well, Of the Royal Engieeers, who
has distinguished himself as a lead-
er of the Colonial division under Gen.
Brabant, and has latterly been
courreancling one of the many flying
columns, is dead as the result of a
fall from, his horse.
General Bablngton's Column.
London., May 81. -Despatches from
Klerksdorp say General Babington's
columns in returning to that post,
bad an exciting time. The advance
oonsisted of 25 New Zealanders,
who, as soonas they sighted some
150 Beers, charged the enemy,
whereupon the latter fled. On UM
left of the New Zealanders Was it
party of Bushmen, a,nd on the right
the Imperial Light Horse. Mc chase
.went 0.11 for miles, the pom-porn join -
lag L11 accelerating the en em y's
flight. Twenty-Tive Boers were driv-
en, into the arms of Col. Dixon's col-
umn, and were captured. The Whole
of the convoy was secured by Gen-
eral Babington. The burghers in the
district traversed by the column
seemed completely disheartened, and
expressed diseatisfaction with the
commandant, whose colossal fabrica-
tions they are apparently beginning
ao see through. Food 7711$ very scarce
in the houses visited, only mealies
and 'meat being seen. The stock was
taken by the column, and the wo-
men and children, brought to the re-
fugee Immo, which hies received 600
secessions ia a week.
--
DoWet's elevernents.
London, May 31.-3. despatch from
Cape Town says that DeWet's re-
oent Journey in oompany with art
escort of 40 mon was a wonderful
perfortuance. Leaving Vrede he
passed north to Ermeio, and thence
warless the line, near Nyistroorn.
Winding southwest between Zeernst
and Lichtenborg ire halted for a few
days near Maribogo, and thence pro -
Deeded southwards to Boshof and
Philippolis, where he is said to have
had an interview with Hertzog.
---
A. Brave Fight.
Cape Town, May, 31. -Details have
reached here of the splendid gallam
'try of two men of the Tasmanian
contingent, who were attacked by
22 Boers at Gannahoek, near Cractock.
The men were ant off from the
main body whale under a heavy
crose-fire, and the Boers 'located the
fugitives, who took ' refuge behind
erreeestumpe ,n,ine Inches in diame-
In the ensuing duel the Trieman-
lans made splendid practice, horses
apt men falling. The Boers attacked
them thrice furiously. Teo Tasman-
ians shot. their own 1100e00 rather
than let them be captured, and
Dowered behind the carectsties.
One of thera, m,., -,,,,.,,..Warburton/
dieting that the crosing S:iirm\afines
of the campaign would take p kpe
On the line of Durban-Johanne(sinitbe•
Railway in the vicinity of Ileidelbmg
and Standerton. Both of theze af-
fairs were within the theatre of war
cleaned by thee officer months ago
as the last Boer ditch.
The natural explanation of the
fighting is that one mine after , an-
other is opeang in the Rand, and
the refua
gee% re returnIn.g to Jh
oan-
nesburg' in small groups and the
Boers have been making desperate
efforte to frighten them and to pre-
vent reenmptisen of industry in the
Gold belt. Vaakfontein w118 probably
designed to be a loud warning to
blue refugees that the war has not
enaeil ana that aohanneaburg WaS
still an unsafe pinee 03 residence.
No Informetion.
London, June 1. -The reticence of
the Government regaeding the bat-
tle of Vicaontein and other mili-
tary events of some Important:a
18411111 have recently occurred at
widely separated points in South
Africa, has led to considerable anx-
iety. This is in no way allayed by
the 111180100 of the Wax Wine to-
day to the question regarding the
accuracy or otherwise of the recent
Boer. report teat the British 880(0severely defeated near Pretoria on
May 2ncl, losing 46 killed, 80 wound-
ed and 600 prieoners ancl six gime.
The rePIY which the War Office.
vouchsafes: "We have no official in-
formation," bas aroused some mis-
givings.
London, June 2. -Suspicions are
again excited by the lack or details
respecting the battle fought at Vlak-
fontein.. It is not probable 'that the
War Offlee is deliberately suppress-
ing despatches from General Kitch-
enere and that a seriene reverse bars
as
General Kitchener ints
told the story or the battle briefly,
and is not disposed to magnify the
importance of a.nything connected
with the campaign, lent cannot with-
hold the list of casualties. The ab-
sence of Mr. Brodrick may explain
the reticence of the officials in Pall
Mall, the stronghold of red tape, and
the details or the battle may not be
accessible to the few straggling
correspondent FS remaining in •the
field. There is 00 anxiety among
military men, since the Boers are
known. to have been firmly repulsed,
but there lire strong suspicions the t
the British were aga in off their
guard, and that the 11101181' 10Seee
were caused by their being attacked
unexpectedly. Delarey's °emu -muck
has been allowed free range of a
large aletrict for 0 long period,
while General Kitchener hies ,consicl-
ered it more important to clear
other portions of the Transvaal.
Genera.1 Smith-Dorrien, Who has,
been welcomed home at Bet:khan-1p-
•stead, reports that the war
ine,y be ended ley September, the bulk
of, the army will be needed in, South
Afirlea for twelve months. This is a
gloomy forecast, and 11-. comes from
One of the most experienced gen-
'
largely personal. ., • •, , ,
4ttalna'1)1e; iva° a"3-c4se THEMIICHINISTS'1115PIJIE.'
The , elevation of. Lora Milner to., '
the peerage created n nuinber Of new- , .1 ' •
rnaa Who wee created a peer On 'a •
Terms .own y.t e m-,
Friday, nod, gazettecl the' folloWing • . r •
i.ord 1$1 Iner,s Luck.
• records in, thatrilne. Ile is the first T Laid D 6 h E
Tuegday--record tame: Ile 1.13 the nest ployers to the Men,
inan who has ever taken, his 'title
from hie lodging's. He is the first
WHAT WILL THE ANSWER BE?
vatat.esoutn who, lia-ving been re-
ceived '00 hie arrival by almost every
member of tile .Administration, was
received alamet immediately • after-
ward by the Sovereign, and the first
guset within memory Invited to dine
and sleep at Vaindeor Castle who
was commanded to stay another
night
Overstayed, His Leave.
• Cape Town, alaye e30.-Paymaistet
Henry, of the crolser Barraeouta,
who Wibe Placed under arrest for
overstaying his leave at 'Port Elisa-
beth, jumped overboard and drowned
capt. Boyd; A ccepte Commission.
Ottawa, May '00. --Capt. Boyd, of
Toronto, has 'aceepte.c1 it commission
in the, South African Constabulary.
When he arrivee in Toronto he will
be pavan lila majority.
•
' Stratheonsis Arrive in Ottawa.
Ottawa, May 30.--7.'isree troopers
and two troop sergeants of Strath.
cona's Horee,. Including Trooper a.
Felton Bilmotur, son ar Jobe Gilmour,
Ottawa, and 'Sergt. Bingham, of
Nelson, 13. C., an old Ottawa boy, ar-
rived in Ottawa to -day. Gergt. Rich-
ardson, V. C. Wae expected our the
name train( but did not come.
II:IA[111E3S IIICIBE,
Terrific Rain and' Thunder
Slug, in Paris, -
THE PEOPLE WENT CRAZY,
Paris report: The intensely hot
and sultiy weather which has pre -
veiled In Paris, during the last forty-
eight houre has been responsible for a
large number of case.0 of suicide and
matinees.
'Yesterday morMorg opened with
double "few -fleas*" in, the Canal St.
Maurice/near Charenten. A. young sol-
dier belonging ti tlic 102nd Regiment,
eta -tamed at Chartres, WaS found
drowned, together with a young
woman aged tweety. Their, legs and
arias( had been tied together.
Albert Duae,nonoy, aged tweety-one,
a butcher's assistant, residing in the
ne Lacepetle, ewallowed it laage,dose
or laudenum. Ile was oo,nveyed to the
Pitte Hospital.
Before evening three more enicides
were r.e,gistereee Cases of madness
were equally, numerous, five, pavans
being Oonveyed to asevlums. • Sixty
eases •of matinees have been treated
eince the beginning of the week.
Rarely I as Paris seen such a ter-
rific tat rm as burst yester-
eia, Tam weather had been
Why Dilater Conte Home?
If Lora Milnerr does not come name
for his health, why did he come?
The plain, obvious/ reason is that he
found himself in a false position. lie
heel left the Ca,pe Colony, which jinn
nmy another Governor, and where
Ile' had uo longer any jurisdiction.
He had gone to Pretoria, Bloem-
fontein and Johannesburg, and had
aasuinecl the civil administratiole of
the annexed provinces, but no civil
aclnanistration was possible inas-
mulch as even the military control
did not extend beyond the line of
rail way. ;
It is said His Excellency did, not
get on with Lord Kitchener, but,
however tha,t may be, tliere wars
nothing for tam to do. He wee not
IT8',111±0dW
T1earnith or his greeting' in
London which has been so differ-
W ae shot through the head, and hie erals In the field, who has eot ently estiraatecliby different observe-
companien Brownell, surrendered af- •rnade a. single mistake, inc l has ers that tile truth about a le hard,
tne
O • 11'ncler vas Visible. It
broke with treinew oils/ violence at
half -past 2 o'clock. Great drops of
ram, minglea with hail, fell by bucket-
fuls, concerting the streets into min-
iature torrentel, while thunder rolled
nal lightning flashed unceasingly.
The rain gauges: at the Tour Gt.
Jacquee :repotted a fall of six milli-
metree. .Daring the first doevrifall
halletones frOm one to one and a half
centimetres; in circumference were
picked up around the Belles.
Many accidents were reported in
and around Paris, due to the water,
nail, aryl equal's of wind.
The capital presented an extraor-
dinary appearance during the two
hours welch followed the outbreak of
the storm. Traffic on the boulevards
and all the central thoroughfares was
completely paralyzed, the unfortu-
nate .horses being blinded by the
downpour rind so scared by the hall -
stones that they refused to move,
while the more mettlesome steeds be-
came, in many cases, unmanageable.
Flooded cellars were the order of the
day, and the fire brigade spent a
busy time pumping; them out.
Tee Comedic( Francaise was one of
the worst sufferers hi this respect,
the water in the basement being al-
most level with; the pavement of the
Hotel Colbert, The Rile Zacharle,
the Rue Legra,nge, and the , Rue
Mouffetard were completely inundat-
ed, and the fire brigade rescued a
nuinber of persons from watery
graves. Several honses in the Rue
Saint Andre des Arts were also
swampedand the Lycee Fenelon ap-
peared to he in danger of being coulee -
mined by.the water.
Several sewers beiret under the
enormous pressure of the downpour.
The printing room of the Bulletin
Municipal, at the Hotel de Villri, was
flooded by the bursting of a, neigh-
boring sewer- at about half -past 3
o'clock. A. similar ' accident occur-
red under the monumental building
occupied by Saint Freres, In theallne
du Louvre, causin.g Considerable dam-
age to the building.
In many houses the water could be
plainly seen In the cellars playing
havoc with Nvinp casks and bottles.
Several eases are recorded of animals
left in the basements beln,g drowned.
Telegraphic and telephonic commu-
nications with the suburban districts
are disorganized.
_ _ •
. Vow York, Jane 2. -It is war to the
knife, and tire knife to the. hilt, be-
tween the inembete of the National
Metal tratactee aeseciation and the
reachiniets they employ -60,000 of
the 150,000 men wife are engaged in
tide industry in the 'country. Since
the strike of tire workmen, began,
two weeks ago, the employers have
been considering what course to pur-
sue. They have, easy reached a. deca
sloe, and they. licia e announcerl it as
o OWS.
Ve,nnuet harp full diseretion to de-
eignate the men we consiler compet-
ent to perform the work..
We, will not, admit/ of any interfer-
ence with the management of our
bitelneee.
We will not arbitrate. arny, question
with men on strike,
No discrimination will be made
against any man beet:Luse or his mem-
bership ill any organization.
The number of apprentices, helpers
eat handy Dien to be iiano oyed wi I be
determined solely by us. ,
We ehall lea Knee to mirk our peo-
ple at tvitgeel matually satisfactorY.
It' is the privilege/ of the employee
to leave our employ whenever he eee
fit, rind, it is( the privilege of the ere --
Worm to discharge any workman
Avlieri he Sees fit.
Hours cane wages, being governed
by local north tious, shall be arranged
by the local aspociation lit eace ells-
trist.
Snoula a ny ,member reales to( com-
ply with this recemmendatien he
eliall be denied the support Of this as-
feeeiat ion.
'The above prinelples being absolute-
ly eseeential to the successful conduct i
ef oar business, they are not subjcet
to arbitration.
It wee estimated that 40,000 men
quit work on May 20, when the inter-
national assoeicition began its fight
for a ninehour work da,y, with 'the
same wages ae had been paid for 10
hours' work. The reports given out
by the etrikers were to the effect
that many of the employers had ac-
ceded to *their demands, and this
cheered the non-union num, many of
whom had stopped work when the
order came to their fellows.
After afew days, the employers
asked for it conference, and this:iv:Ls
held in the Astor House. To 1110 men
a proposition was made that they
Khould, return to work, after whiell
other differences should be submitted
,ro arbitration. The men reamed to ,
agree to this and they were es far
apart ;Is 08e1' from their employers.
On Tuesday last the Administrative
Council of the National aletal
Trades Association met in Oblca,go,
and the result of that deliberation
has just been intecie palate by Henry
T. Devens, the :secret:lay.
It wae n most radical action, es-
peciatly whco it is considered that
the machinists have evinced . their
i ,
goat estam
blishents In elle', io, nv.ery5 ii
• It declares that the Cimiplo±ylors will
rot consider any. agreement with the
men binding hereafter, and teat they
will not recognize the unloo, but will
deny the right of its officials to
repress the employes in 0.111' matter
uneler dispute.
To all conversant with the dispute,
this means a, battle which, will not
end until one ciale or the other has
aoknowledged defeat. There can be
no compromise, if the employere re-
fuse to accede. What the workers
will do will not be known until, to-
morrow, when, in Toronto, the an-
nual convention of the International
Association of Machinists is held.
In Its broadest sense it is bold de-
fiance of ever principle for which
*the International Assoiciation of Ma-
chinigts, as the workers' organiza-
tion ie named, has stood. It abrupt-
ly abrogates every agreement which
was in. force between the employers
and the workmen, it aefines a line, of
actioa the submitting of which will
mean that the workmen's associa-
tion is a nonentity. .
Without a waste of words, its
results will be -that a bitter war will
be waged; that employer and work-
man cannot meet on the same plaue
hereafter ; that one or tbe other'
must, be victorious and survive, while
the defeated must perish.
Meet This -Morning.
Toronto, June 3.-3.1 10 o'clock
this morning tee annual Cenventio,n
of the International Association of
Machinists will open In St. Andrew's
Hall, and continue for 10 daye. It
is expected that from 350 to 400
delegates will be in attendance from
all parte of the 'United States, Can-
ada and Mexico, and the business
transacted will have an important
bearing on the machiniats' etrike.
President O'Connell will call the con-
vention to order at 10 o'clock.
Saturday's and Sunday's strike
0.51885 were of an enoouragina na-
ture, said President O'Connell.
WILHELIVIINA AT BERLIN.
Qtteen of Holland Sees Emperor'
Review Troops.
Berlin, May 31. -Queen
end herhusband, the Prince of the
Netherlands, witnessed the Emperor's
review ctf the Berlin garrison this
morning. The Queen afterwards
drove to the royal castle with the
Empress, the 'Coverer riding 881 ±110
head of the First Guards Regiments
with the, Prince of the Netherlands
on his right hand. On returning, the
procession was met on tinter Den Lin-
den by the chief burgomaster, the
clay officials and a band of twenty-
four white -robed maidens. The burgo-
master presented an address to Queen
WIlhelmina and handed her a, boucm.et
of flower's of the Netherlands colors,
red, white and blue. Tee Qineen "-
plata with a few wards of thanks.
Premier Parent hes returned to
Quebec 'from New Yorlc, completely
curea 011)10 throat trouble. ,
91,
,7,7„1.711
Regerebn, 115 ;years old, .Who, charg,_
ed tIoe minister 'with raps...Brown
was ,stqused on 5100 ball, e.nd flea.
The neat lienrd of him Ile WaS 111
Sen.ttle, Wash., where le was ern-
Ple'ved 30 11 restaurant. ' A Move to
extradite 13101 caused hun to leave
the town, and he was next heart.
from at I-Ionoiniu, I -Te had ehiPpeel
res a waiter 00 011 arine; transport
boond for the lehilipPleas, and' Was
put off the ship et Honolulu_ under
charges of larceirY, from the officers*
staterooms. Ile was nnt prosecntea,
rand kora cater obtained employment
in 'Honolulu as a scluiel teacher.
Next he wars heard of in Muoila„
where he was emploYed ea a 'bar-
tender. 'Then lie disappeared, and
DO further definite pews was heard
from him, although there have been
rumorathat lie was a prisoner in the
hands of 'tha 1111,1pinos. Now comes a
story told by 'Albert Sonnichsen,
lama Thrown, toi curry favor with the
natives, became a traitor.
Snyrnam, the Wily Boer, Spins
Them Yarns,
PHYSICIANSNOT
gPPIIEHEISI1E
Mrs. McKin13y s Condition
Gives Ground for Hope.
SOME HCH -PRICED STEAKS
New York Butchers Boom Vegetar-,
lanaint by Raising Prices -Sugar
Ones Up Too --Wreck on, the Bail
, Glosses Two Deatits 011(1 Injures
Washington, Jane 3. -Mrs. McKie- '
ley's pharsiciana weae la oonsaltation
about an 'hour thie morning, after ,
whicli Secretary Cortleyou gave out '
the following statement :
"Doctors Rixy, Sternberg and
Johnston were joined by Dr. Osier,
TO DRAW NICKELS FROM THEM. ol Lattimore, 3n consultation at 10
Snyrnan, tee Boer. refugee and brag-,
gart, is begging funde in Burial°.
'1'13,e8e are tuts from she yarns iie
oPi/na in trying lee sponge on the
A.nglophobea:
He was in servioe with the Boers
a year and took eart 1.0 17 batttee,
uncluding Sanneee Poet and Storna
berg. Finally the English put a piece
on Irte head and expressed snail a de -
eke, to get hold of him that Presi-
dent Steyn advised him to leave the
country and de what be could for
the Boer cause in the United State,,.
tom., and report that Airs. McKin-
ley's condition is as favorable cus
'expeeted. There is no immediete ap-
prehenetion, and a slow improvement
m looked for.,"
Priced Steele.
` New York, Jane buteliere
of tele city have announced an in-
crease in the price of meats. The
increase will go into effect MOO
morning. Tile wnoleseders have in.
creased the price of carcasses to
3-4 ancl 9 001118 0. pound, an la -
crease of about one cent OVer rut -
Commandant Bnyman's property has mg prices. Retell prices will he ad..
been confiscated, and with the ex- vaalticat e 01 lea(1113.-s
1 0,, cl from 16'
c.eption of one sop he finally got hold
of and whom he ilea plaeed Lel echool and :18 to 18 rind 20 cents a pound ;
sNleveivf eYooack,f ahme idly° ot know where 115 a'c'nid.te2rri lleoennstes ;frio,omein2d0 s.;tten,111,:.;;;Irotmo 21:26
"Let tt be understood that the cti311.li2and
ly
o 18 celn_tais po:ol-2t
d, and 2die./oltsna
ts
Boers will continue the fight until .0
they are killed, imprisoned or extin. 1±.oents 11 pouncl. Vetel prices re-
giushed as a rate, but that will never main the same, but lamb is scarce
Eben.g1Thshills pNeVci.11;rio sl abepesoertitlele,awro ,t1.1.1.100 and Jughsery.L.ga, up A.mop.
already queetuming the expense and New yowl; ea 3 e
grades of ref' ned
campaign. As to the ' right an
00 5111' 10 iipeeeint0 This is • still. rive
wrong of the quest:ion, we do not D0f0ts eraier the prices of tire am -
hold the English pedble blamable. It '-erlearn Sti'cgar Refining Company-. ,
is a political war, inspired by Oham, ,,,, ., ,
berlain, Milner and Rhodes, and the wheeu'n'V'w.' °.;,;,1.7:ril,hrv'ell. 8. -Two
people aro bound to so understand
persons are repoeted to have been
It 'Already the war hats cost more
killed and a number injured to -day
money then arty struggle the Em -
01 a wreck on the Pittsburg, Ohio
pire ever engaged in, and the end Le
Valley & Cincinnati , Railroad near ,
not yet in eight after two years
Powhattar,.
of fighting. Eventually the English
people will demand that this outrage ---
upon the Boer and the outrage ,ilalotillildeoans,:eugsn,e 130.:00741110eneWdar byOffticiiee ,
suhploanl ctohn°3et alixitPotLY.teeni; c0ewar,agaanidn. we is making no effort to allay the pub -
scantiness of nOWS from South Af-
"When We war began the situation
riea. Nothing lias yet come through
ware a hopeless one, an impossible sit -
to Illuminate the. ielaktontein affair,
nation, to the Boars,. All told eve had
a passible 60,000 fighting men, tak., the only despatch ort the subject
since the fast official announcement.
log le -We boy front 14 years old
hitye adwa , nerisl rbuckle Broca
the absolute resultlessnees of thecl
being it three line message from
ta the aged burgher of 70. On all
si!lps we were surrounded by Eng-
104:4'7,11,4;i3i-E14/Vittiliavall!ld
ernes ap/
IIOVVN1111ASllhIi
His Career of Hypocrisy and
Crime in St. Paul,
SAID TO HAVE BEEN KILLED.
St. Paul,' Jane 1. -After proving a
taaltor to his comrades in arms in
the Philippines in a sehinit endeavor
to mitigate the rigors of own
prison' life, the Rev. Leonidas
Brown, 'of St. Paul, is thought to
have fallen a victim to the bolos of
the insurgents. • .
Brown was a Canadian, having
been born In Montreal. He was a
student at Hemline College, gradu-
ated 'from there, and was ordained a
minister in the Methodist Mauch.
Hs was placed in charge of the Me-
thodist Church et North St. Paul
four Veers ago. He was an immedi-
ate social star in that village, but
soon became engaged to a mmtty
young woman, daughter of one of the
pillars of his church. But rurnore of
strange co'nduct soon began to oir-
Debate, turnore which culminated in
the Minister s arrest, August 3, 1897,
on a complaint made by Harslet
coininunicatlon from the coast. Meat -
time we were carr;ying on a siege
of Ladrysnuth and Kimberley and
Mafeldng. We were etternatiag to
defend a border line stretching clear
across the 'southern Lem of the re-
public, and another long lime on the
northeast. And finally a lot of the
fighting men were tied nip at home
maintaining a commissariat and the
,government's affairs at Pretoria
tenet johanneebreag. Yon can Imagine
leoW, many men, this left in the fiela
'To -day the shoe is on the other
foot. England's victomes nod her
strength is her weakness. It is Eng-
land vete =Mt DOW maintain a. de-
fence, of Pretoria and aolianneebing.
It le England wilro most feed the
thlousands who have been gathered
into thiege cities from the miles of
sorrounding territory to prevent
them from gaving comfort to the en-
emy.
• Seventy thousand Boca women and
children are held prisoners, and no
matter how cruel they may be dis-
posed to be they cannot let them
'starve. Then there are the 250 000
SOldlere to be fob. In order to feed
the 600,000 odd people who are tbus
dopendages of England, Kitchener to-
day le obliged -to keep six long lines
of communication open from the coast
to Pretoria. Every time he sends out
an expedition it must be a large one.
It must use scouts, marry an endless
amount of supplies and camp equip-
age, and maintain a cumbersome
mobility. What is the result? Para-
doxically speaking, when he comes up
with the Boer, the Boer is gone. Or
while this ponderous expedition is on
the move, small commandoes are snip-
ing off men and cutting out supply
wagons and sometimes whole detach-,
meets of men.
There is nothing left for the Boer
to, do now but fight Ills family Is
scattered or imprisoned; his buildings
have been destroyed ani his property
confiscated. He has no one to feed
but himself, and his equipment is 150
rounds of ammunition, his Mouser
and the clotheson his back. In one
capture of the Englis0 train the
Boers got enough ammunition and
supplies to maintain the wax for t3vo
emirs. The Boers can maintain this
kind of fighting for years. But Eng-
land cannot stand the draM on the
treasury and that in itself will settle
the war." •
" How many men do yon figure the
Boers have in the Tiald to -day ?" the
commandant was asked. '
"About 17,050. With Hartzog and
Kretzinger in Cape Colony are about
3,500. De Wet has a force of 5,000
or 6,000 men, and Botba about 7,000.:'
REV. G. W. KERBY APPOINTED
Montreal. Conference Endorses Him
as Travelling Evangelist.
Pembroke, Ont., May 30. -After the
opening exerciSeS at the ministerial
nession of the Montreal 'Conference
/this morning the question of appoint-
ing Rev. G. W. Korbe, B.A., as travel-
ling evangelist, was brought up upon
motion by Rev, Dr. 'Williams. After
several of the leading men in the
Conaerexice luta expressed their ap-
proval, Rev. Mir. Kerby Wall call-
ed, to the platform aaid made abider
address. By a standing vote the
Con reroute': ordered his appointment.
He will bate aseociate.a with him the
R,ev. 431. R. Turk, of Toronto,
Lord Kitchener issued this morning
giving the names of three additional
eetirmeraaeueta-e. -
Detaile just receice'd Ortifeld1141*-1,'
of Zeerust, Transvaal, lelay 22ner, by
General Methst
uen, ow the town
was besieged practleally for s veral
months, and tient its tood supple; was
short.
A. despatch from Pretoria an-
nounces that the constabulary leave
captured Abram Malan, son-in-law of
the late General Jonleart. Malan was
an energetic progreseive politician
an
before the war, d ranee it began
lie had been very active against the
British, and had filled several impor-
tant commando, including that of
Pletersburg, until the British oc-
cupied, the place.
Von Wuldersee Leaves,
Pekin, Jane 3. -The departure of
Field Marshal Count Von Waldersee
from Pekin .te-day was marked by
a great military display by the al-
lied troops, the booming of artillery;
and the playing of bands. The entire
diplomatic body escorted the field
marshca to the depot.
Von Rauch, the aide de camp and
nephew of Count Von Waideesee, will
remain here to escort Prince Chun,
the Emperor's brother, to
e1811500 he will formally cipelegize 11
behalf of China, for the murder or
Benoit Von Ketteler.
An Unfortuna10
• Tien Tsin, June U. -There was a
serious liffraY Yesterday between In-
ternational troops. Soma Braise Iae-
sillere who were acting as police
hc3re and preventing a...relic:It soldiers
from house breakieg, were attacked
with bayonets and bricks. The Fusil-
ices responded by firing into the air.
This brought a number of Germans
to the aid of the Frenchinen. They
timbered together 200 men. Five
Fusiliers fired again, this time kill-
ing a Vrenchinan and wounding
three others. In subsequent fight-
ing four Fosillers, five Germaes and
one Japanese were wounded.
The arrival of a German officer
41nd a strong gourd ended the fray.
CHAFFE7,D THE ROYAL DUKE.
Australian Students Sang "John
Brown's Body."
Sydney, N. S. 'W., June' 2. -While
the degree of LL. D. was being con-
ferred on the Doke of Cromwell and
York by the university yesterday
the studento who fLlied the hall had
an uproarious,. time. They delivered
mook SerniOne, Sang toPiaal songs
and mirmIcAted royal presentations be-
fore the ceremony began. During the
conferring or the degree not a word
could be heard, aIS the etullents sang
' john Brownie Bo ty," "IlOs 0, Jolly
Good Fellow," and other/ popular
songe. The young men were Very on-
ruly. The Duchess elf Cornwall and
YOrk, Countess Htnetoun, wife of the
Governor of the AUstralian Common-
wealth, and Lady Mary Lygon vere
present.
1bXQ0Se are very plentiful thie year
in, the forests of western Ontario.
A, C. P. R. train, rani over and kilt-
ed two about SO miles east of Rat
Portage.
Buggins (during the family tiff)
-I was a fool when I married
alre. Buggins-Well, you've done ,
your best to mistrial that r repute-,
tine ever since. '
0
- h
11
18 0511
• in
ln
fe
el
ly
ru
Wo
a
'eta
mid
'bur
to
a
of
fenc
ing
few
One
see 1
11'
lan
elie
Let
30
tre
face
li
fulls
com
. ter
antl,
love
den!
He
Ace,
grey
ibr.
"U
I ani
oelf
; Hie
faint
, "TI
on ye
lall
woxi
Incase
going
said
ten t
"leo
ed "
defect
mind
will
you t
he ad
mysel
broug
Ile