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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1900-02-08, Page 1VIE UST WRY Or ADVERTISING I3 IN A Lf9R NEWSPAPER. SUCH A PAPER 18 The standard. VOL X1II FIGHTING 8IS AI TO HELIEVB bAYSI1!ll., But Reports Are Contradictory as to Butler's Movements. LADYSIM(TN BEARS THE CANNONS' BOK Urn. French Clears His Right Flank at Colesberg. Wyemith Eagerly Waiting for Buller -Young Englishman Shot Because ilo Would Not Fight Against 111. Own Countrymen --Butler's Flying CAMS North of Ladysentth--A Boer Commandant to be Released --- Boors Shoot Natal Wounded -Churchill's Pretoria Jailer bhot-- Kfugor Planned to Interview European Powers. LaMar. Feb. 6, 4 a. m -Beyond Gen. Load Roberta despatch from Cape Town regarding the situation at Waking, the War Office has Issued no information concerning the pi galea of attain In South Africa. In. tared is entirely concentrated In Oen. Bailer's movement. of whish the „...:. n send practically no Saws of knpor'taance. except the Cen- tral News deghatch from Durban, seating that the British are again aortae the Tugela River and maroh• jeer to the relief 01 Ladysmith. It adds: "It re expected hewn that- he will teach Ladeimith tomorrow (Mon. day) night." This dovpetail though as aseertione anu WHIMS reserve Kosher littlemade definiteycredit. Other 4eupntehee not only do no: cor arboreta it, but indicate that up to ilundae night Oen, Buller had not moved frons $oearmau's Camp. Bennet Burlctgh. tho Dally Tele gr:ocrreepatdent at Spearreana (lamp, tat a despatch dated ttaturday, Feb, $, 9 p. m., says: "General Barkin has been cannon sans the Memo lines from Chteve hu t. °awing the Bows, retreat.who appeared quiet"Treday Ls &Mt Ore gun. didnoaoanno mdiug. "?hs Boers are rradoyang their im- munity from attack. They can be NMI streagtllen.ng their defensive weeks. I have not 'eon many of the enemy along the ridges hn front of Aerie drift for ae otrtnighn de TTbker same correspot "patch dated Sunday, Feb. 4th, 8 p. M., Maya: "There has been no cannonading fere. The men are enthusiastic over the prospect of a speedy advance:" Other correepoudeuts, In deepatettee dated eagerly waiting epfor of advance. Therefore, *Lulea, their message. have bean held by the censor and forward- ed deed the day of, cabl eg, the Cart- eret eneral New" correspondent must be ma. deA herogram from Ladysmith Sun• * Wo were greatly cheered by hear- s p ear•ywt,B ollee:I guns hard at 1.6 noloreztehrUltf e do not know the result, but e 7 is passing near Ladysmith iigaia are also moving another gun Weirdo keen top. We are quit. reedy U they contemplate another at. task. Ali'. well." It may be worthy of notice that no Ober messages rater. to Usu. Buller'. gots firing ou Saturday. Thin Daily Chronicle'a correspondent at Ladysmith hellographed Sunday: "A report bas reached us that ono brigade has crowd the 'Taffeta Hirer t" "he foregoing U all the news throw• ,nay light on the position In Natal. . abeam ot any details on the ements or arrangements ,of Gen. err* dlvtsbn, in conjunotlon with Ow .Ileacs of the War Office, In taitee to mean that important °per• attune -are at least Imminent, hut the , Oentrul flews despatch l considered ptrAat nsfkely. Tlib 8g$uted explanation Is that ihn correspondent mistook Lord Dun doosld'i reconnaissance of the wet- , erlgna*t delft for an advance In force. Attention is also beginning to be 'Woefully drawn to the fact that the Melbo for plentiful grass on the veldt 1. epprotching Ms close. As the Boers do not powers dry fodder transport, it Is Mimed that three fatal mobility will area be crippled. An Unused Ford. Leaden, Feb. 4.-A despatch to the antral Nero, dated Durban, Febru- ary 4th, 5 p. m., says •'Oseer$llSaand Sailer marching sethe River, on not known, but it in known that on y night be considered the probe ,..ay of erasing at a spot above rlelaherd's drift, and then going to Attu Homes, from which place Lady- Oath adyOath Iles almost due east. The coon. Sri $tWOO U fairly open re 11 harped that Mr. Walton, of ban Aiylng on kop waso afew dap ago to Spear- Oeo. Beller that two drifts or forts been unwed further It Is probable that geed one of theles." Orders to Buller • #We. 4 -TMs Morning Lead. *or . or)tio, who lea been ,fid Mt "lmtde" information of t yarkaritty expressed the t dos lee has begun a Sb, i%ewbrd LAd7I"eitb. The M `We OMI. Holier probably yMIA . may', latesil after rasoonv awl skier #lad sow no. In any case, Atdelel ween definite tor an ad- tM Iatut this morning. Vire of kb last move we to ray 1t was by the tramp. On the has not in - 1 Meads the pro go lob be has takes, W the o{ t iotd @an. Cd last Noeo• day towards lionger's poort, close by Bethany, on the Upper' Tugela, though some of the cavalry and horse artillery may well go that was so as to operate Duos more ou and perhaps beyond the Acton Hones road, Thle seems likely enough, as the passage of the Tuge- la le quite practicable and there is no sign or an enemy in the neigh. borhood." Bobs Says No Change. London, Feb. 4. -The War Office line received the following from Lord Rob erts, dated Cape Town, Feb. 4th: " !Snicking well ou January 17th Trenches extended towards enemy'. big gun battery, catering It to be vii cared. Enemy now pushing back on northern, southern and western stdee. alt out of rifle fire." ' Otherwlao no change 1n situation." Set Fire to Veldt. $pearman'n Camp, I'eb. 3, 9.85 p. m -•I he Boos fired from the Mlle on sew erat squadrons of Ilethuno'o mounter, Infantry, who were reconnoitring. They continued to Net fire to the grass on the lett of Mount Aline h order to de,troy the effect of the twtot of the Brithit troops and to enable the Mere to Nee the advanoe. 31ore Duns for Buller. Durban, Feb. 3.-A number of gun: have been sent from here to General Bu11er'e forces In northern Natal. Buller Holds the Road. London, Feb. 5. -The Pietermaritz- burg correspondent of the Daily Mail, telegraphing yesterday, Saye: "General littera Gas undoubtedly so cured the road to Ladysmith, and should teach his ob ecihve this week. "It is believed that the object of the Boers in occupying Ngutu, Zulu- land, is to secure the road from Dun- dee to Vryheld in case of retreat. "1 learn from a reliable source that General Joubert was seriously injured by a shell in the ti bt at Wil- low grange, and teat he will never be eble to command again on horseback My informant says that he has, to Mat retired from the field. "The Boers admit that the attack on Lsdyamibh was a serosas blunder and would not bays occurred U Gen Joubert bed been to command. Gen. Lucas Meyer played the coward at Talana, and atultared himself to a Red Coss waganrskammlag sickneu. Be has been unable to face the Deere "ince, and they threaten to shoot him " The Boers say Great Britain mode a mietake in not sending Gen. Si Evelyn Wood. I understand that they still have a thousand bags el flour in reserve et Deem Bay." An Advance at All Potato. London, Feb. 4, -Generale Robert and Kitchener are clearly at work upon a general plan of campaign, an, when operations are opened there wit: Ise activity all along the line. Ther; e no definite information from asp quarter, but there are hints that General Tucker Is carrying some bat talions and batteries toward Madder River, that General French had bee, in consultation with General* Kltch?,n er and Kelly -Kenny, that Stormberg ie nearly surrounded, and that a con 'Adorable force is massed at Belmont for a sudden movement toward the Or angr River bridges behind Colesberg If there ens of activity do n01 prove anything else the inference i closes' that a single mind now di- rects the campaign from Cape Town and that when there la news there well be a goon) dual of It from the ear out quartere. General Buller." army without doubt will not remain Idle hut w!Il 000perate to a general moves ment, which will keep the Dutoh forcer occupied east, west and .oath. To Hand Over Preemies. Cape Town, Feb. 4.-Correepondener has been exchanged between Lord Roberts and the commandant general of the Beer force* at Pretoria regard. Ing the release of Commandant Pre. tortes, who* leg has been amputated. Lord Roberts says he does hot w'eh to detain soallaat a eoldler, and asks wheee he shall send him. The reply to this communication states . that Coinmandant Pretorius' vete i eshes to thank Lord Roberta for his kindness and asks him to send him to General Methuen, 'eating that General (tone) will then arrange for his conveyance home. Kruger and the Power". Lonnden, Feb. 6. -The Daily Tele. olannv to have authority for eta that the Deere atter the tali o Lady/math, Intend to send Prsddent Kruger to Europe to ale peal to the powers, thlnkiug that the pathos of the veteran etatesman'e appearance would not tail to have the ,?etrrl effect. f adyan!tb not having fallen, the Boats are now awaiting a smaller definite .none. Kruger at the Front. London, Feb. 4.-A heliograph mese ease neat from Ladysmith oa Bator - day reported all well. It was also *ld that Prseideet Kra. gar, of the Transvaal, and President Pitmen, of the Orange Frac' State. ver ofthe Wpm In the Seighberhood the belearsered Nowa for the tattb fb. 13LYTHe ONTARIO, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 8, 1J00. purpose of making peace between the trope of the Transvaal and Free State. It was said that Where were grave dbeenalone between the Transvaal and Free State tomos in regard to We paaeecuton of the war. The neeult of the visit of the two Presirtenta is not known. The Czar to Intervene? Lrndtm, Feb. 4. --It is rumored In diplomatic quarters that the Czar will intervene in the South Af. rican war In about a fortnight. Msarum 1s Silent. New York, Feb. 4. -Chea. E. Macrum, the former United States Consul at Pretoria, arrived here today la the American line steamship St. Paul. With him were lila wife and little daughter Natalie. Mr. Macrum has maintained silence as to his reason for wishing to leave his station, and though repeatedly ,eked to make public his reasons for so doing he has refused. Hie silence Is etill unbroken, though Mr. Macron gays that to -morrow atter his arrival In Washington, and visit to the State Department, he will Issue a statement over hie signature, telling why by left his pat at such a critical time. Mounted Dien Bushed the Kop. Ramberg, Feb. 8. -The New Zea- landers, Remington's Guides, and a squadron of Lite Guards mads a sweep of several miles along the Mlle ad- jacent to the British right Clank. One kop,e occupied by Boers was rushed, the Boers, clearing out atter a .light resistance. One New Zealapder was wounded, Small parties in the distance retreated whenever Brttsh horse appeared. y Martyr toPatriotism, London, Feb. 4. - The Standard, among its death notices yesterday, prints the following : MiLACHLAN.--On Christmas day, shot In market equate. Harrsmlth, Orange Free State. South Africa, for retains to fight against his own countrymen. John McLachlan, Jun., aged 80, eldest sat of John McLachlan, of Wandsworth, and grandam' of the late John Mo - Lachlan, of Lambeth. The Spectator, oommeoting on the above, says that if the statement contained In the notice ls true, the whole English•epeaking world 'Mould ring with denunciations of a crime 0o despicable, Especially," 16 adds, 'should Americans speak out 0:1 such a matter, for they showel the true way In their treatment of tech- nical rebels, and set an example to mankind." Kimberley Dotug fleetness. Kimberley, Feb. 8. -The enemy's daily ahelllng 1e extremely desultory, nem have been no further cutlet - ties. The shop/ are open and cabs and tranr.cars are running. Milwaukee at Halifax. Halifax, N. S., Feb. 4. -in the face of a heavy northeast snowstorm, the ibnadlaa transport Milwaukee, from New Orleans, steamed into the harbor it 0 o'clock to -night. Sie anchored at tuarnntine, where she will remain till morning. The Milwaukee's trip was a tutck one, as the transport was not expected till to -morrow. Churchill's Jailer Killed. Spearma.'n Camp, Feb. 3, 8.55 p.m. -During the storming of Speen Kop Lieut. Martin, of the King'/ Own Reg- iment, with Signal:er Goodyear, of the West Yorkshire Regiment, and termite and Turner, of the Lancashire Regiment, established a heliograph .tation on the stunmit ot the hill, where they were exposed to the heav- est atoll fire of the enemy. Their work was moat important a0 their s45naBing connected both sides of the hill. The heliograph was knock- ed over three times by shells. Lieut. Martin was called away early in the Jay to attend to other duties but the men remained throughout the day, pertaining their work In the most roto manner. Among the Boers killed last week was Opperman, who was formerly jailer at fromthat poet Iter Winston Churchhill, the newspaper correspon- dent, made his escape trom the jail there. Shot Wounded Colonials. Durban, Feb. 4, -The Weekly Re- view has been suppressed on account of Its adverse criticisms of General Buller's tactics. Some of the mea who were wounded In the tattle of Splon kop arrived here yesterday, and other" are en route, It Ie asserted that the Boers refused to give quarter to the colonial soldiers deliberately shooting the wounded as Uttlandere, and therefore reeponelbie for the war. Zululand Pollen Token by Boers. Head Limiter, Ladysmith, Feb. i.'. - With the exception of desultory shots from 'Long Tom" everything Is quiet Boers with artillery from the Vry- held district attacked the Ngutu magistracy, Zululand, Jan. ole;, and captured the magistrate and 11 wtdte and 54 colored police, their Ilona, 340 Men, and much ammunition. The prisoners were rant to Pretoria. Britlell North Ladysmith. Darbvn, Jan. 31.-A flying column which was despatebed banes early In December hes reached North Zulu- land. The, ostensible object of this movement was to check Bar (tattle renders. Jt is believed now, however, that column redly Lntende to harraes the Bar lines of communication above Ladyamttb. Deaths et Ladysmith. London, Feb. 4. -The War Office an- nounces that there were 13 deaths from disease at Ladysmith on Wed- nesday and Thursday. Shelling ineffective. Modder River, Feb. 4.-A strong cav- alry and artillery reconnala.auce was made yeet.rduy of the Boer posttlum to the westward of Hodder River sta- tion. The balioontat maw a eonslderabin number of Boers trekking toward Jaeobldal. rt The Bette!' ehell-fire directed at the Boers was ineffective owing to the prevalence of a dustatorm. Derided by the Rall.. Berlin, Feb. 4. -Commandant Al- brecht. of the Boar nrmv, ham written to a friend at Magdeburg criticising Black's book, with which he disagrew regarding the deadly effect of modern artillery. Ile says: "Day before yes- terday we battered Buller and scarce- ly tired a single shall, What the Brit - lab use are not worthy the name of cannons. Out of 100 "bells tired by the British tot ten explode. Throe create more uproar than damage." Command- ant Albrecht admits that the Boer artillery has failed by a long way to achieve tate results generally eepected. He says they fired one hundred ,belle at the battle of Colonso, and it le doubtful tf one hundred men were in- jured by them. The riflemen in ten minutes amounted for more men titan did the artillery In ten hours. Defense Ten to One. Cape Town, Feb. 8. -One principle that competent military observers deduce from our assaults on the Boers' positions is that wlth"modern rifles using smokeless powder the defence is 10 to 1 as compared with the at- tack, while formerly the rule was 8 to 1. The results at Maleking and Kimberley are evidence of this prin. elple, equally with the SAHA ex- perlenee at Magerefonteln. A wonderful change la taking place 1n the army. The British sweptwing the new condition' of warfare. Our acouta, Mounted Infante',ltemington's Guard', Little'* Corps of Australians and New Zealanders are quite able now to cope with the Boers. Our infan- try when moving into action now ice stlnetively Beek cover. The depreesl0n causal In England by the British reverses has not reaohed the camps, where the men are truly anxious to meet the enemy. Stege of Kimberley. London. Feb. 6. -The Times has tete following spread today : Kimberley, Feb. 8. -There wee de- sultory eheltttee by the Boer guns Yes- terday. Our !hues replied. Mrs. Ma- guire, who was driving a pair of white horses from Keanllworth along the new avenue wan twlee fired at with shell. It Is sluppceed that the of the items tends to confirm the belief that movements of import• ants nre traneplring. It is true that the correspondents at Gen. Buller's headquarters convoy the impression that 1110 main force le still south of tiro Tugela, but 1t le easily eoncety- able that the despatches are so cen- sored aa to convey a tales impres- sion. elATACRE% 11E1'ItRISE. The Times' Correspondent Describes How it Occurred. London, Jan. 20. -Extended ac- counts of the Britt h reverses at Stormberg, Dtngerefontoin and Celenao are coming In by mall from war car - respondents. The correspondent of the Titues describes General Gntacre'sre- verse at this point, In part ea fol- lows: ol-lows: " The Infantry had been at work, ore In the train, in open trucks, or marching eine 4 a. 0t. on Saturday. The actual march oaeupod 'seven Itoure, and could, therefore, little be wondered at that the men were wholly incapable of making a supreme effort, when at last they were sur- prised by receiving tire at short range, while marching In fours in fanohed re• curity. On receiving the enemy's fire the companies at hand ro=bed at once against the kopjet from which it pro- ceeded, and advancing from boulder to boulder swiftly commenced to as- cend. ARTILLERY FAILED. Indeed, 1t is a fact that a con- siderable number actually reached within a few yards of a lower line of "chanros," which could not, how- ever, be reached without ladders, But at Ole juncture our own artillery, falling In the yet uncertain light to observe the ascent of the infantry, opened fire upon the enemy, and ere - erre shells failing short dealt de , etruetion among the assailants of the WITH ISTHURN'S FORCE ; STORMING A KOPJS, In all the etrrlea of the victor lee won by Lord elethuen, we read of British Infantry charging the enemy's position and taking it at the point of the bayonet. As our men near the enemy, the Boer fire grows fiercer, but nothing can stop Brltielt Infantry when well handled. This ie the kind of fighting that the Boers t:o not understand. but the frontal attacks cat us dear, and success ultimately won only atter the Pearn have from their entrenchments, shot down a large number of aur met. -London Orapblc. shells carne from' a Cordite gun at Webel's, as there was no smoke. Col. Kekewlob Is in excellent health and wo literally day and night in the intet of Kimberley. Cecil Rhoesta Is perfectly well. Ile has rendered In• valuable sevtoe to the town during the stoma but feels keenly hie long abs Renee from other work. eepeclaliy In Rhodesia. London, Feb. 5, 4.48 p. m. -A special despatch from Durban, Natal, dated today, snys: "There is no definite news from Geo. Butter, but it is re- ported that there was heavy fighting yoeterday. No Movement Yeti London, Feb. 5. -Tile correspondent of the Associated Press learns offi- cially that abeolutely no confirmation has been received by the War Office of the report that tion. Buller has re- crossed the Tugela River and la march- ing on Ladysmith. On the contrary, according to the Information of the War Wills at the present moment, there Is every indication that things are quiet at the front, and that no immediate movement 1a expected. Regarding the despatcher from Ladysmith slaying that Buller's guns have been heard there, 1t le surmised that some practice may )nave been go. lag on with the new batteries which have just reached the front. Don't Trust War Mire. London, Feb. 5. -The War Office ltetement that it has received no oontirmstlon of the report that Oen. Buller has recrossed the Tugela River has Coital to shake public be- lief thnt operations of tromendnns importa.uce are proceeding at the Tugela. It 1s thought that either the denial was prompted by a de - etre to keep the military muvemente an secret as possible until something 1s nceompllehed, or that Oen. Buller Is keeping the home officials in the dark for elmilar reasons. It le ob• vlously extremely difficult to ex- tract the truth from we conflicting etatemente shrouding Oen. Butler's movements, but most of the com• mentation agree that the aggregate position. A partial retirement in- stantly ensued, and having been brought to a standstill the attack gradually melted away, until, 000• vineed that the case was hopeless, the general ordered the "retire" to bo sounded. ORDER NOT OBEYED. Had the ander been promptly obeyed the troops might not improbably bare been w/thdrawn wtthotvt very settee• lose, and a fresb attempt might eve, yet bare been sucoesefu,Jy pressen,. a But of was not to be. Many men n e. e loth. to retire. beaus$ they were 11e- ioes Fo while few n o r eo chtoerry eaon hawted thatnota they' e.ur ply preferred to stay where they trete at aid hasarda than to undertake the ordstl of a rapid retirement otrr the open ground at the toot "f t1La' htdls. Eventually, a 11 on parade, the re- tirement wan executed by thane who responded to the order, the soldier" moving bock st a steady pare, with- le least burry or rontusand bolting coneteatly to lire." am The Alarmist Again. St. Petersburg, 1',,b. 5. -Tie cam - to favor of taking advantage of t11b present compltcntions in South Africa to secure lueahln porta on the Indian Ocean and Masliterraneau Is be- ing pushed with vigor. The newspapers openly advocate profiting by Great Britain's difficulties to realise the schemes spam which depoOde the ulti- mate preeperlty of Russia, and whtoh Great Britain has always frustrated. AT WORK 1N FRANCE. TOO. Purls, Feb. 5.-Ae a result of ins quinol made in the proper quarters, It 1v Irn0ne,1 tImt tike stories of the Echo de Parte that the British Ambas- sador to France, her Edmund J. Mou- 5011, and the British Ambaauador to Italy, Sir Phlllp Currie, eoeferred here recently 00 Italian affair., or that Sir Edmund has gone to Rome to sup- port sir I'hille in r*prMmtntfons to Italy regarding the landing of Itallnn trnona In Africa, are quite unfounded. What is tris ie that Sir Edmund Menem has gone to the Italian le- ttere, not bereave he is unwell or re. gull's' a reit, but because he finds hie pnositiionn very unpteaaant et the meafeeling tagainssttGt t Britain the in Pres and aectety, wheels, pertoroe, ls retleotod to conte extent to the anti• tele of the French Government. A d4,lomatlo official said: "The French Government is undoubtedly friendly to Great Britain, but It Is unable to nutke a diq,lay of Its real sentiments Juet now because a demonstration of (riendllnese to Great Britain would be an act of sulotde. D' vlew of title situation, Sir Edmund thought his temporary allsenoe from Pari, would have a salutary effect." BRITAIN MORE CIIRI:RIr(L. No Doubt as to the ultimate Outcome of the War. New York de -match: It Is to be siren in the mass of cable matter printed here thio morning that there 10 a decidedly more cheerful feeling In Lose don. The contirmttbm of the report that Gen. Buller had announced titttt Ito would rel.eve Ladyeudth, together with the unconfirmed report that he had actually begun a new forward movement, had a good effect on the pttu¢hllo mind.Figurai Just published Hire also' bad a reaeuurtng effect, after causing nitwit aetontelunent. The Government announces that It wasps• certalned before the war began that the Boers would put 50,000 men In- to the field. The British 1n a few day, WILL HAVE 1118,000 men In Faith Africa. Oen. Joubert, according to late advice", hag 10,000 men surrounding Ladysmith and confronting Gen. Buller. In the re cent turning movement Oen. Buller lo. t 1,985 men, but the place's are (Ilo,l. Tho Boer* have no means of replacing the lost men with fresh sol• diem. hooking itt the matter In this light it Is as tnevltable that Jou tort will be beaten ne It was that Grant would take Richmond. WHAT Ui Bel N11 PONT' Few itepeta'hd m', ❑lilt (1 ,"rr:! 011 oanoo through Irom the Nrnt of terra - Hone about .`turnrberr and eole.berg ,v1 r1,•n.ral Roh,rrte Is clearly any'. 0110 to 1..11.1Wt at.entices from the work NI progress. General Kelley.Kenny's lri,lou is actively employed lu coop- erating with General oat/lore and General French. The Dutch pert -one both at Stvnmbetg and Colesberg have been relntor'oad, and the Boer 'rtrate- eletes are striving to repeat their tee - tier rat Mnl;eesfontein, Coleneo and 8pbn Kop by erat4rcy a new inmates by which the Bnitlah invitees' of the Free State may b3 blocked, EASIER ON HULLER. The military experts are Inclined to ike easier with Buller since Ise and bis array are eo urudaunteJ and the handl criticism h shifting W the Min. Mall : ", runlstrv. la tu,toobousThe llaily to all withsaleany knowlWllea- erysv, of poltticx, the tlovernment trentblhtgly awaiting lice hews o1.f tome little victory to ward oft tem• lorarlly punt criticism, the situation la too humiliating for world. 'Some weeks ago many of the beet friend* of the Government were urge ,lig 1t. reconstruction. It 11 almost too into now for that poLey. i'eople now aro locking for 'mine strong then to lead them, Roaebery'* name has tern on every tongue during the last few drays, but to turn to him before Mr. t'bamberialu has been tried ap- pears to ue to be unwise and unfair from many points of view." War Notes. some nowepapen propasa an em• boo, o on coal, a Cordal firm having contracted for 400,000 tom to be sent abroad. A letter appears to -day IMAM a Hanoverian officer, forneerly of the 22nd German Infantry, but now among tfle military adviser' of ti Boers, whit% Saye that nearly 10,0 trained European roldfers, Inelu,li quite 400 officeta, are among 1 Boers. Reterting to the aallitar,' • uatlon at Lady/meth. the oHh* er "Owing to the strength of ,•.' Po salon, on a clrrole of bolghts ' 8e don, we cannot le brushed ,i•, Ie, ex oopt by a relef oolmnn, oaf ,,,ub0riug ua two to ane" cotton Owing to the dleoovert' , 't kahkt le hlsuttiolen$tion for troops Bleeping on th, „utla Atrloatn plains. Wee Oovernm', w Nt+trtlrIgto re-olothe the tw'oe' tt'a` field with woolen khaki, ani ..0 already or• doted -95,00o sult4 r:lnagow alone. 1080CATEQ THE THEIR Trans-ISihlnian Canal Will Now be Built, V, Ilk. BE FREE TO THE WORLD, 1 ,;,.,hington, Feb, 4. -All interna- , alai uletacles to the complete and ,,emeite control by this country' of any ship canal which may be cut a -io o the Central American isthmus hate been finally removed by the cote ctusien of a ounventlon with Great Britain explicitly abrogating the sea/tiled Clayton-Bulwer treaty. This agreement, signed by Feeretary- Hay on to part of the United tater and by Lord Pounretorte on the part of Grant Britain, will be sent to the eronate within the next few days. Beeldes distinctly annulling the Clayton-Bulwer compact for Iolat tom trol of any canal which might bo cut soros the isthmus and vatting In the United State, an exclusive, unchal- lenged right to build and manage such a waterway, the couvention Met approved commits both signatory powers' to a declaration guaranteeing the canal's neutrality, and pledges the United States to refrain from !or tllyishg 11, approacbee and entiences, or otherwlse restricting open 8,'`4r11 to it on the part of the world', rum- merce. The other great urtr,lnio mt. UMW are to be neke4 to juin in this general guarantee of the canal's freedom and neutrntitY, and the pro- jectee cut aerois Palma' ur Nicar- agua to to lx, put nn mach the rune baste in internatienai polities as is the Sties cut between the lied Sea and the Mediterranean The waralilpe of nil twtrun1 rue L, ue permitted to peas thratgh the new canal in time of peace and war, an 1 nu military advautagee are to overlie to any power through tie gateways. Inall other rCaatroi rf the canal's respects, how. ever. the isthmian short cut le to be rat completely under American con. trot :an the Sues Canal le now under Brtttsit. The Canadian General Electric Com Pettit heal eobsrrlbed $1,1100 to the Nattfoaal Patriotic Fund. i Si1ar. TRU:ARAM NZWIPAPBn IN HURON 000NTy, NO26. COVERROR COEBEl 15 DEADI the Bullet of the Assassin Did Its Work. END CAME SATURDAY EVENING, Frankfort, Ky., Feb. A. -Mr. Oar bel diad exactly at 0.44 o'clock. Ar- thur Goebel, of Cincinnati, and Mrs. Braunaker, of Ohio, a married els- ter, both of whom have been eon- stant attendants at the dying man's Weide. were alone with him when the end canes. They had previous- ly requested Dr. Hume to leave them alone with their unconscious bro. they. The doctor withdrew shortly, and, while kneeiing by the bedside of their brother, he gave a gasp and was gone, Stricken with sor- row and anguish, the brother and Oster did not move from their pool. Mona They remained in the room with the door closed upon every. body until 7.20 o'clock, when the brother, Justice Goebel, who had been hurrying from Arizona, arrived. His entered the•room.and the door was SENATOR WILLIAM COSBISL. closed for a few minutes. Boon after Dr. Hume was summoned, and to him Arthur ()rebel announced that Mr. Goebel had died at 6 44 o'clock. At 7,87 notices of Mr. Ooelel's death were pasted through 'the hotel core Mors. MB. BRECKIL&M SWORN IN. Exactly Oars hour after the death of Mr. Goebel, J, C. W. Inn ckham was "worn In as Ogvernor ,f the State, the oath being ad,a:roetered by S. J. Shackelford, Clete of the Court of e. first offiri,l action of Mr. was ❑ , appointment of a tut►'ddjetant a deval, and h4 last act before a..,1,mq the oath wan an order r' ' ung adjutant -General ons .testatant Ad)utantelen. Dixon t'OC(.trr1 N MUCH SHOCKED. Cos hair f), 8. -The news of ware, , atiidu yp produced intense feel - • in el, city, "bared by all par- dle0. ,1;,, fire bells were tolled and Aliered in groups and talked of e, trent in low tones. Nothing is Lire about the arrangements for :nnelat, because all of the dead 'r rations are in Frankfort. It thought by rome here that he may u bur ,11 in Frankfort, In order to Lave a movement at the State Capitol. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS. Frankfort, Ky., Feb, 8. -Gov. Tay: for and Ad)t, Gen. Collier late this ev' ening flatly refused to recognise a writ of habeas corpus issued Jadns Moore for tine release of Alone/Wilk. er, a stenographer, whq was arpeet- ,xi and put into confinement yestelduy after pinning notice of a writ of In. Junction on the door dello,. 'ray Is chambers in the Exeetttve Bull Judge Moore said after SherUf Suter had reported les inability to armlike writ of habeas corpus, that unless Oov ernor Taylor recedes from the poll - tion the Sheriff would be instructed to enforce the order of to court, and wouli be Shen sufficl:at armed force to encore this result. THE DAWSON CITY VIRE, Rank of Commerce and Other Build - fags Deetroyed. Victoria, Jan. 4. -The steamer Tess arrived at 0 o'clock to.night, bringing the teat details of the Dawson fire. Nine hotels and saloons are included in the burned diatriat, the Bank of Commerce end numerous business hobos. The lou aggregates halt s m1411oa, To -night's arrivals came Irom Daw- son, January 3rd, and report the trail open and railways clear and in opera• that. On the (Oth of Jnnunry n armee occurred oa the White Horse Pan Railway, s Mlle and a half emit e e• way by which John Phillips Wall k and several others, ell Indans, In- jured. A reward of 51,000 has been offered for the recovery of the body of Mill - tug Messenger Ci,yson, dear or alive. DARt%tl HOLD-UP. Clerk, in n Store Confronted With Pistols By Masked Men. Montreal. Feb. 4.-A most daring robbery wa committed In one et the baileet ,tharoughtaree of Dian► reel on Saturday night. Five inaelt ed mon entered a grocery store kept by Strong A Strang, on the corner of Laganchetiere and Cathe- dral streets, about 11 o'clock. The store was brilliantly int Me and many people wore palming at the time. The Messrs. Strong and sea• eras clerks were busy at the time. and were suddenly tontronted with loaded revolvers in the hands of several of the men. While they were held up, somg of the men went through the cash .dr:, w, rc 141 t• •,k about $:300. They then locked the store, and escaped with their booty. May Elect Puttee. Winnipeg, Man., Feb. 6. -,Judge Walker has allowed 848 of the re- lected ballots to be counted In the Winnipeg bye -election. There are still 50 ballots to be decided on. It Tooke as U Puttee will be elected. rinse work has begun at .tile new Normal School In London. Ont.