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of the 44th Battellon to telard niM
DYNAMITERSIrieetralie wee/ sub attempt, aft the
OntarioanIt Jewel police would be in-
anequate to cope with each a gang of
• thuge. Capt. Vanderoluys called out
hie mon a'nel a detachment a 26 leen
AT in tali uniform end accoutre/nate,
wELL ND aukl.e.r hie owe eoanaand, were pet
ou glutted at tile Ail. EA013 Mall was
•, served with tet reunite of
• dtiry 4tr ?Uri ailantagrraedittln8'141) 4"11111
down the Deur aidee of the building
with fixed bayonet*. Special* polioe
Putieo are guarding the three beidnee
and aue etteetpt .et' teCU wLL1 bAt
promptly fruetrated. Speoiai Paltele
heive, Wee Pleeedme the canal, and
the Greed .Truk have aposes of Men
guarding thole textual under the canal
mar Merritton. • The prieoners will
have a hearing before Police Maglee
trate linen to -morrow morning at, 10
eoleek, when tbey undoubtedly will
b,e, oommitted for trial. The greatest
exeitement fe prevailing on halt
sate of the frontier. Illundreds opea-
p.le helve gathered oe, the atreete le
teen to-aight.
. MEN'S BOOMS SEARCEE,1).
Nevem Falls, N. Y., April 21. -
(Speciale-Sergt. Maloney went to
the North End, and the proprietor of
tint Dolphin admitted to him that he
Mei had ite boarders for a. week three
men of eaten% he knew little or noth-
ing. Maloney went to the room aeon
-
plea by tee mon, end there foetid
rubber bag filled with fuses, such es
are used in dynamiting operations.
That was the only thitig to be tound
that would seem to connect* the 000I1
pants of the room with any possible
lockee and Maloney returned to head-.
use otreillitigh explosives. Tile room waif'.
Tho proprietor of the Dolphiejaid,
that the men came to his houstr7r.
week ago and engaged a teem They
said little tie anyone and told abso.
lutoly ziothiug about themselve ,s ithere
they came from or why they were in
the Falls. They were well dressed. They
Vent a.1 .1 of their nights, so far as
known, In the hotel, but Made fre-
quent trips abroad by day, several -
times crossing the _river.
Desperate 'Attenipt to - Blow Up a
" Welland .Canal Lock.
THREE MEN UNDER ARREST
Members of a Gang of American
Dynamiters.
'ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP LOCK 24 AT TIIOROLD
,;..
eniaolem and e-rce-Boeristu Among the Alotives Suggested, hut Gpposition
to the. Connors Syndicate and. a Consequent -Desire to Cripple the
Welland 'Canal the More Generally Accepted Theory—Stori'of the
Arreat of the Men..—lases PotszetelAt Their Rooms at Niagara Fails, -
N.VT-Soldiers Guard the Anil a gara Palls, Ont, in Which the
Men are Confined—Alleged Propoig From ItItiFt6 to Rescne Them.
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•
• 'Earl Balltuase eVaehington;.D. 0.
,•rphii• 1Walsi2, Washington, D. C,
•
Sohn Nolte, Phelieleilania, Pa.,' Aged
60. • • ' ' • ,
St, Ca.thartnee, April 22.-A most
taring but; fortunatety, tiauceellafut
etteuipt was madti abene 7 otlook letet
. evening to 'Mow up the look gate
of teat 414e, new canai, at Thorold,
with aettemita tend thus delay the.
ofentste of smelgation, which le set
for Wednesday .next, 26th. On the at.
Atria of 'the Nieettra,• St. Catharinee
Teronto' Railway train at Thorold,
atbout 0.gb p.m., two 'rnikin, were seen
to Alight, each carrytng a small va-
Th.ey walkeelea shor.t distance up
the railway track, e.nd time made for
the :canal 'bank, which they. toaowed
until they =rimed at lock 24. They
were eeett to go .belettal, a store-
house at the lock, evidently to ar-
range the Ames. They waked armed
le for a',10w minutes, when• one of • the
4 Zilen•proCeod,ed to the lower settee and
the other to the aineer gates. Noth-
. lug was ithougbt of their maim at
• the. time. :the men at the lower gatee,
• quickly tied elle valise to, a rope, and
•getting fire ett • the fusee lowered le
* down about eightor tea feet, against%
'the wide of he lock gate. • Eta .tbetw
walked quickly away, passing his com-
panion on tite way to the road,and
e.alling -to' hem "to hurry up anddrop
Vrhich•lii3 cempaulon. did. At this
time the first explosiou occurred,
• atraushing the ironwork of the gate to
Plecee, anel blowing a hole • in the'
etteedWeekteld two Or three ---mlautee
• eftereathe second ettarge of dynaMito.
exploded, doing similar damage to the
upper gate. Fortunately, both • gates,
• although badly sprung, only .settled
firmlyom the bottom of the lock and
bold that places,. thus 'preventing the
• targe body • of the water, newly' half
a mile In, length, trom .Jocks 24 and
25 from bursttttg through. Efad this
occurred great damage would have
beau done not only to the canal, but
aleo„ the surrounding country, w.hIch
'.would have been flooded: By the
• etinie the second .explosion occurred
• .the. two Men • Were running rapidly
•.dcywn the road towards Niagara Fells.
The windows in all the neighborhood
' Were broken. The explosions were
' distinetitt • felt :both in S. Catharines
• .and Pert Dalhousie, five and eight
• miles instant. •• • •
The damage to the look gates, .will
not be ea great no at first feared,
and will be fully repaired in a few
days, and will not delay the opening
• of the canal on Wednesday next. Bad
the pleat' of the men been euceesstui
. , great damage would have been (10/10
• not only to tho canal, but to the sur-
rounding property, together with
Probable loos of life. The 'Rolland di.
.vielcin of tb.e Grand Trunk BailwaY
runs in a deep cut alongside of the
eitnal, only the banks :separating
theare with the station immediatelY -
beiow.:Thle. with a number of houses,,
would no • doubt- breve been a wept
away, Dad the country for miles
around been flooded, as the level
above it is about a mile long with alto
' teen feet of water in it.. '
' Titn'ORTECT. "
' The dietrlet round. about Is great•
itt excited at the daring attempt,
nott, all Utiles of smote are flying
around es to the objept of destroy.
••lug the canal, some placing it to op.
• position to • the Connors syndicate,:
%others to thee grain sliovellerse trou-
ble fl Buffelo, and, again, to Boer
sympathizers from across the river.
The majority of people, however,
elaim it in in 'connection with the
grain shatellers' trouble and a det
, sire to prevent the grain that would
°Wale's() go to •Buffalo front com-
Ing through the Canal and down the
.. St. Ltoorenra route. Mi •Is Mero eon-
jecture, but may be brought out at
tho trial of the Men. • .
-..PARTICIILAUS OF TIlle•AILUEST.
Niag. era Ont April (G N.
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WV' tor -1)013patail.)—The Ontario po-
llee Waite notified a.b 715 by telegraph
of the mowing up of lock 24 on the
OM canal at Thorold title evening.
DeteetiVe Maine with his aidea Vane-
alattety called on 'tube and covered the
weolleefrontier to apprehend the mon
from the Meagre deter/pH/in Olen of
theta do they were seen tlying from
the seette of their work. An the neVire
Weed on
out to orotionn in the rein to assist the
COunte mai/Wanes began to are
We from the toWns11ip3 and vicinity of
the eXplotion on borgebeek ann in riga
Mayor Wilson and COratable Clark, Of
rrliorold, arrived al -eat 0 'Meek and
repOrted they had peeled tvvo men on
the Thorold road In Stamford, who
compared faterabIY With the &fleet's-
' then, Beton** Maine, With Oftleer
Welsh end ectiletable Clark, of Thor-
old,started out tottratc13 StainfordeInd
When teething the weeb end. of Bridge
etre* Wheee the firet tOneeesion
'al it, they Have the two uteri comint
down the read about 0.80 O'elOok. Con-
cealing therrisaVes Mita the men rettele
ed them the offietra pettneed upen
them in the dark, Arreeting than
betlit and found riteh matt bad a
ed revolver in ids outside pneket
ttly for netiOn. They both tallied
with the deeeriirtion given by Thernid.
filo Mod bad' been around town for
the past Week and had been *under
poiloe threttellance for the past tsvo
or' three days el supposed crooks.
They gave their Mines at the) police
ei*tion as 3eInti Walsb. Washington,
C., aged 28, Smooth WIN small.
sited, and John Nolin, Philadelldda,
Pa., 50 years, dark brown moustache,
tall, stout man, weighing 215 pound.
Beth men wore dark stiff "mtg.:Walsh
Itad $85 in els pockets and Nolin $11.
Tho. pollee, being aware that these
two men bad been seen lit the com-
pany ofa short -sat, smooth -faced
man with ,whora•they had crossed and
recrossed tie •steel arch bridge two
or three times a day during the past
three or four days and whom they .
appeared , to . meet at the
same Oren point, Bet WI At
once and hauled in the third man,
Who, however, positively refused to
give his !tame' or to identify hive/elf
when he arrived at the police sta-
tion. The third man arrived at the
Rod' Hotel • on the evening of April
the 12th, bad supper, engeged room
No. 4 and after supper paid bis bill
and left the hotel arid did not return
Anti" the evening • of April 16th,
velien he arrived for supper and has
occupied the room ever since, going
out tveo or three times every , day,
principally to the American aide of
tlae. river. He drank pretty freely -
and made himself generally a genial
fellow, spending bis money freely. He
apparently had considerable Mesh
about him. Be registered at the Des-
na on both occasions as Kati Den-
man, Washington, D. C. • Detective
Mains feels confident he has the eight
man, and that they aro part of an
organized gang. Dulltnen 110 consid-
erra the leader. Fie was well dressed
in a dark stet with. a while soft felt
hat. The other two men are dressed .
In dark sults, not so carefully taken
rate of. The :awe will . be. detained, .
Walsh and NOM charged with blow- '
ing up the lock at the canal With ,
dynamite. They w111 tia-ve a hearing'
Monday, • . •
After thee n,rreet Of the three euen
this evening by the Ontariopolka
the Aniericaw pollee at Niagara Falls,
EXTRA POLICE 'SWORN. IN.
Niegarn, Fails, N. Ye April 22.-
14 Is pretty well established' that
Fontanel= or Boer. sympathizers, as
at first rumored, bad nothing what-
ever to do with the bad attempt to
destroy tb.e looka of the Welland
Canal at Thorold last night ' The
theory advaaced•rethat it was a bold
and preconeert,ed plan on the part of -
the •Buffalo s000pers, as a revenge for ,
tbe•establishIng of grain elevators at
Port Colborne and • Montreal by the
Connell' syndleate. It is a .ivsulti of
the great :strike et •the Buffalo ecoopt
ers lest year, wizen , Conners
fought them to a JIMA. Tho Buffalo. -
police advance this solution of the situ.
ation. It was rumored this afternoon
that a. large Party of the - Buffalo
sociopers bad left Buffalo for Niagara
Falls, presumably to liberate the three .
men • under • arrest charged with the-
crime...Greet excitement prevailed in
the.. Town of Niagara Fano, Ont., and
the volunteers beimeging• to the 44th -
Battalion . were instructed.- to ba in
-
readiness to•ritsist .any attempt to.re-
lease • the pritoaers. Chief Young, of •
the.Ontario frontier.'paice, sWorr; In 50
deputy Pollee, who are guarding the
leit against would-be rescuers; be oleo
has ,a number of pickets at the Cana-
dian end of the bridges to prevent any
mob .entering Canada. The 'telephone
exchange, wlilch eu tomarny closes at
6 pe in, on Sundays, la giving anall-
night service to -night,- Up to rad -
night there had been Me signs of vio-
lence, but the gutted was strengthened
at •11 p. me andare prepared to give
anYtleeperedenfi .4.Weren. reeePtiollo.
" DENTAL BY SHOVELLERF.4. •
Buffalo,. N. Y., April 22. --The .most
aareful 'enquiry to -night .has failed to
discover anythtteg • to indicate a
moireinent. of Buffalo grain.shovellers
to relemie the •Weiland- Canal dYna•
miters now in jail 'just' "tercet: the
N. re late this evening loeatiel tette oane,elan border,. •
seeds eV Nolen .anil 'Walsh on 4110 Am - The grairesbovelleas leen along tha.
erlean dile to be at., eat DolpliIn
- water front to -night seemed surprieed
liouse, Suspension Midge, N. Ye and .at te story when it wee tojd to.
on searebieg their. room found ex- them h3, newspaper . reporter's. So,
reeding Imam colicealed
bthere. et
een further learned that Cana -
has . far as could be observed' there was -
Wan Inepecotightxt-i
t - n°th°e0ie°9tt tmle;
oustoms. BauP- ti0000tporolernont‘
Mice
and A/eerie-an Cuetoms Inspector
Lewle bad n 'shelig 'thrli
.President Meelabou, of the
men for thbeee ' Giallo
branded. the sten,
timuggiers, and both ell leers came .to as rldeleuram.
' past itovvnthe ee et
week • ftS opluin
the conclusion thae they we're 0 - WORK OF DOER • itYMPATIliZERS;
gang of crooks. • . • 'Ottawa, April 28 -There is abun-
A GA.NG 0F DYNAMITEBS, . dant evidence in the posseselon of tbe
Niagara, Fells, Apzi 22.-(G. Natert Government pointing to the existence
press despatch)-Witiorat allbubt the, of a. movement In the United States
Ontario pollee here have made a yen' ; to iniliet injury upon Canada on ac -
important arrest in the three men count of her participation in the
charged with blowing up the gates Afrieen. 'wee.. A great 'military
of lock' 24 of ehe wetland Canal. authority some months ago gave your
Thorold last evertittg. Chief Young and correspondent alliint that there would
;Detective Mains have been worklug be troableatille spring, and personally
assiduously all day totday, and, with he obieettel to vo many 12 -pounder
the Amer -kith police and Buffaie de- ! guns being sent oitt of the country to
teetives, bave probably unearthed a the Cape. The attempt at injury has
gang of • dynamitere operating from been Made, but hardly at the 'mot
the Dolphin Inoue() at Suspension where it was idokod for. ("rest. vige
Bridge. 11. Ye the Basil Hotel' here lance has been exhibited at different
and Buffalo': N. Y. The leaner points by the authorities, both pollee
le m1E/coed to be the man regleteeed and militar;y, bat With ne boundavy
as Denman at the Basil. The three • line of 4,000 miles to wateh it was uot
niert, no doubt ton tho purpoas of talc...easy' to foresee wbore the enemy
Ing observations for their . dastardly would strike.
work, drove out to Chippewa, along . I'vvo months ago there wao trouble
the Welland' River, to the canal at at Eseolmalt, Bt C. Suspicious charao-
Port Robinson, on Wednesday last and tore wete Been around •tha fort11104-
again on• Fritlity to Therold, and jet tions, and the Royal Artillery guards
Pentane may have had a hand in It.
IIINCAUTIONS kitTAWA.
Hero in Ottawa tho pence authori•
tie* have also been oa the alert. A
speetal night guard has for Lee
menthe boon detached to wateh tile
big vault of the Finance Depart.
Meat, where millions of treasures aro
kept, Within the past week or two
hupernuraorary Dominion pollee in
plain elothei have nightly patrolled
the Parliament grounde.
Niagara Valle, April 148. -The pre -
once of the red mate doing guard
duty at the jail contaiaing tee tbreo
dynanilters, Prevented an attempt at
moue by an American mob last night
There was a gaup; of :sixty hard -Wale
ing thugs left Buffalo during the at.
ternomt on the trolley line for the
Palle, and they were eloseelY shad-
owed by the Atherieitil special Po-
lice at Marilee. Fella N. V. Several
onetsserlete of the gang were shadow-
ed to aide of the river, where
they were known to take obeerva.
tione of tbe jail, and seeing the red -
uniformed men of the Queen patrol,
ling on all Wee with riflea,on .their
ehoulders, and fixed bayonets, the
thugs' Considered it unsafe, to at.
tempt a twang and returned to But -
free In groups of foutedeandefives.
Tito millitary guard was kept on the
jail until 8 oteloele this morning. when
it waft withal-awn,and a strong cor
don of *wine duty pollee were be
steeled,
As the time ch•ew near 'tor the men •
to 114,0 a hearing at 10 otaiock, the .
couet-room ,was Packed esetfl htnnj
drede who could not gain, admission
crowded around the market egitare.
No such a oroted has been seen around
the Town. Hail since the famous Birch -
all bearing in February, 1800.
inAortintigg vrtheree Virited,813"3StaPtreeeseentovterlinist
meet secret service men and °us.
toms and police department officers.
Detective Murray, of Toronto, with
Crown Attorney Cowper,. of Welland,
arrived tads mottling, and probibitecl
any one 'visiting the theeet prisoners.
It was the Deputy Attorney-elm:torero -
imperative instructions, aednot
even the prisoners' 'elicitors tvere
allowed to visit the -prisoners, mut%
Jess to converse with them, and was
SO prohibited until the Deputy A.ttore,
neyteleneral would instruct them. •
A. P. Crew. na$ letem retained by
Karl Denman and F. C. SterfurneY
foe Walsh and Nolan. Both theee.bar.
rioters, who made several attempts
eointereaglet,(•their • °Banta were
stopped indoing so by the authori-
ties. It was. 11,80 when the three
mell IIee mwaegriestrbatteougAlitlexl.titici,ogcaouurts.atrion.
(the bench, associated with himbe
kg led the. way, Gray,
iollOwi him IThiof g
n ngcame
Karl Denman, the supposed leader of
the gang, wearing his white fedora,
covering a. hard -looking Mug of
face, which seemed to twitch with
nervousness when he gazed upon the
multitude of fee& as he entered.
Following him cable Walsh and
Nolan, wbo dropped their haunt on
entering the 'room. Following the trio
came Detective Mains and Officer.
Welch, -who inakis the arrests.
Pollee Magistrate Logan read the
following 'cliarge tothe three men:
• "The information of W. B. Maine,
of the town of Niagara Falls, lat the
Cooney of Welland, taken up officially
before me, the tenclersigned, Alexander
Logan, Etsquire, Pollee Magistrate in
and . for ,the town of Niagara rano,
• en the weed eau:ay of Welland, this
28rti, day of April, A. D„ 1900, who -
7tiaitp,ieN.ilt ili,uelteralantfuojrnterdlsiraddielilves
'John Nolin ,of Plietadelphiaeaantlgillt
Walsh, of .Waslungton, dud, on the
21st day of Aipril,1900, at the town' of
Thorold, int -thee County- of Weiland; -
unlawfully end *wilfully causo by an
.exploaive substance, an extelesion of
a rut tere likely to eudaeger life or
to °tenet) serious injury to property
by exploeing dynamite in a• certain
lock an the Welland canal, known as .
'lock No. . 24, and teat the said
.tohn Nolin, • John Walsh, at the
time atid place aforeeald, unlawfellY
and wilfully, by the Me of an ex -
Plosive subatance, palled dynamite,
eaueed an explosion at 'look No, 24,
on the Welland Canal, with the 111 -
tont thereby to Injure life, or to eause
injury to property, and that the said
Karl Dulimait, J'ohn. Walsh and John
- None, 'oa the day and at the place
aforesaid, unlawfully and wilfully,
without legal justification. or excuse,.
anti without cauee or right, did DY
_ use of explosives, damage it look of
the canal known as -the Wellaud
Canal, Mei that the Raid Karl Dull -
man, oa divers times before tile said
offencerr were committed by the said
Walsh and Main, ditl• unlawfully and
lViiItilIy mpve, proeuro and eh!, coun-
sel, hire and command the said John
Walsh and ./ohn, Volln. the said in-
tonate to do'and commit, contrary to
the power of the etatute 111 sueli eases
made and provided, taken. end "sworn
before me the„eaay and year, and at
tho P ape iibOVO nientloned. gn I,
exander Logan, P. M., W. In.. Mains.
The, Magistrate said: "Gentlemen,
you hate heard the charges made, and
it Is the wish of the. Crown to enlarge
tile ease for one week. The remand is
grantedavithout hearing. There Is no
pleading."
'Karl DulImanesaid: "Air an Amer-
ican citizen, I demand that the evi-
dence against me be produced."
Solicitor lieButhey,' on behalf of
Walsh and Nolin, peoteeted against
being ranee(' the privilege of consult-
ing. with his clients, and also demand-
ed- ansinimeniate hearing tor his el1e.
ente, which watt refused.
Mr. Crow also mule a similar de-
mand, depleting the action on the
part of the Crown as an outrage, and
wishel the evidence agaitart hie client
Karl Dullmann, to be,produced, which
was refuted by the Crown.
County Crown Attorney Cowper re-
ferred botlt solicitors to the Attorney -
General for privilegra to 'consult with
their clients.
Pollee Magistrate, Logan rentatiderl
all three prisoner's for eight .days.
Thee will be token 40 tho eottnty jail
at !Welland- on the W'abzush trait at
43.25 tilifit ilfternoon for safety,
it, II MON 8 13 Vit i A La
HEAVY ROM
AT WEPENER.
Co 4. Dalgptty Holds Out Against
Fierce Attack.
dangerously 111 in South Africa,
which MAI 40su404 hy the Weir Offlos
to -da), ilichulea the following rano-
Maus14. Agaseis. T. Worth
Finch, A. Matheeon, and XJ.
erin.
• To Try the Rebels.
tondoe, AprIl lill.-Tbet Law Jammed
says a apecial yourt will be coroetitut*,
ed for the trial of rebel"( in tIouth
Africa, of which the Lord Chief ans•
Ma, Baron Bushell. of KilloWen, will
be a member
•
fidanyelde Rebels fienteaced.
London, April I.4. -The Tine* ham
the following imolai to -day:
Cape Titerte April 28,1-Th1rty-six
the rebels .captured by Col. Pilcher
at Sunnystele were eonvicted today.
The ringleaders were sentenced to
five years" imprisonment, end the
°there to three years, except Unmet
antler ago who reeelved sentenceet
RUNDLE'S AND BRABANT'S MEN eaoti,s1/6a.ndBuirwte01:,e groont-thasr.gTular caletu• i
• they coule not get a fair trial at
• Cane Town and then asked' a post-
pouement, In •order to obtain • the evi•
dem* of witnesses now with there -
H. ii,i)publiiribrifeorr,Ceewithria.na.
gilYrealite aptpiterro.
ance of indignation. The prieonere
'were sullen, andrefesed to- plead or
cross-examine.
Cape Town 'Is .excited over the
11(1910eflieloYtellietseY ctestoiceiasWelet; iwuaewiltainh
marked contrast with Vie loyalty. of
Australians; atul Caned ans. tato bad -
gone thousands of milee to fight tne
battles ot the Empire. There evil'
Fighting Their. VVay Steadily
No Word of Roberts' Advance Yet—Busy Clearing tils Lines—Ten Thou
-
send Attacked Buller In Natal---Canadlans at Springfield -4 -Boers
NOw Said to tiave 8o,000 Men in the Field --Report That General
DeWet Has Been Killed—Warren to be Governor of Pree State—
More Canadians Dangerously 111--5ome Boer Jokes.
.. • ...._
London, April 28.-Firellting le Pri,' gaged, and they behaved splendidly.
ending south and east of Wepenet, rrheY loeated the Boers on the heights
%ear() Derett,gprp 9.11,d. seized the met
while the benzleardment of the Brit-
on -tat renewea vigor. Gala. Bundle's • in the morning until: In. the afte,r-
Ish garde:on at thee place coatinuee teti)oelatetelittleetrehrielly %%eV oa,etioV
its way Wien, !hen they were reinforced by in -
column le graduallY Pressing
ettet against a stubborn real:stance by feeetrY led 'three batteriee of arta-
ree atm Jaritish infantry hold the
the Boom, witc, -had strong posetIons. hill to -night (Friday), t
last eVenitig ott :the Niagara Centree. Ivor°. censequon.tly dotbled. This, duty
train at 6 p. m. for Therein, vitt!'" two became so fatiguing to the email
eanves telescope valise% which e,onet Wetlyof regulars there that aseistance
tainen --111* dynamite eartridgeseand _nod to be gleen them, and this,fte-
fuse; attached. The police have 0001140 for the eremite/fin 'the Beetlit
Ima0e:8 who nazi identify thetwo teen malt fortifications to -da y of 160
Walsh and Nolin ne the Men who low- men who were originally enlisted for
•ered the two venom 'in Iodic 24 and the Halifax garrison reghnea,
lighted the feelee. The following le or Cardin Investigation len& to the
.detalleel and corrected description of • belief Vett the IleadUlthrtere. of thie
the prisoners aggressive Boer movement were in
No. 1 -Sohn Walsh, 27 yenta of age. Chicago, and It is said that confldell-
5 feet 0 inehee, smooth, medium florid elei Information, . showing the exist-
fitee, weight 170 ponzeis, brown hair, onto of a conspiracy was some time
Ive,arEl dark brown suit of clothes, seek 'ago' commenleated to the United
;coat, laundried white Ohirt, turnaloWn- States GovernMent.
'collar* black alik four-in-hand tie, Should this to the e1l9e, the Thor -
brown stiff hat he dailies to be. a bar- old outrage may 4001181.0 an Import-
,' tender from Witahington, D. C, ant international charaeter, ail the
No. 2 -John Nolin, 5 feat 2 inehee, United intatet Goverethent wetted, 'un -
140 pounds, 85 yettra of age brown dor the comity of nation.% be hat' re -
halt, eately mouetaehe seeond finger et sponsiblo for permitting ,eortain per.
the right hand beats t;videnee of being ties 'within Its tdrritory to work out
crushed at the hp,, wears cheap suit the detain: of a plot againet it friend -
Of blue serge, 'sack coat, black stiff hat; ly State,
sedre he Is it machinist from rhiladel. BON. A. G. • BLAIR NOT/F/ED,
phie, Ottawa, 'April 22.1-etion. A. G. Biter
No, e-slietuees to give any aecount thee morning received ham enema,
of himself, bat regiettered at the Bosli
ttotel 40 Kari Denman, Washington, tend tit ThOm eon of the Weiland
es, stout build, P.15 Canal, adviee of the attempt to
D. O.; 5 feet 0 inch
blow up lock No. 24. Mr. Thompeon
pounds, eiticiotli, hill face, brown hair,
reported that he would We've divers
Otte grey, Wearit a. letel-eolored some
cheek suit, sack Coat, white fedora hat., at work eXamining the bottom ot
white Mere ale turn -down Collar anti the lock, ited later infOraned Mr.
Meek tte. ' titer that the damage is trifling, It
•The general finpreesloa le that the 14 not believed by the ottiolale of
Pritentese arc.not Boer eympathliere, the Department of BallWays and
..„,,, Canala that it will be floc:tee/try to
hut etily three of a ru of ,onami.c.,.., petteene the enceinte of the canoe
:°P6rathig. Pr43bilb 44 111"114g8 (11 Willa was set ler the 250 Irak "'A
eapitaliete er labor to Orioles the ettele
land catialovith a view to diverting detailed repert of the deluge . is
now on its way from SUperintendent
Mentreal to Buffalo, Several of the het telegram et .te,del. etr. Them,
ite traffic of the uPPer 'lake° from. Thompson to the department. In
gang are still at large, met another son doce not say anything let to the
attempt will ProbehlY he 11100e ("0 motive') of the perpetratote of the
and Mgt...0th% AttliWieneekt strong mit. Aumaka ii.,;vgairmartal
furthor injure the eareil. Chief Young deed.
guard of doputleo on, t JIB last night
end toteay ;where the peieenere were zoitircItituoi,malrlolt9t21.1.-;ColinietfarIltspuccrittntie.
locket,' ,
TAIIK 1311:".XIM JAIL. Met eommiseloried by the A.t.
inai Investigation Department. was
hiornutitioit retetVed, this after. threeptieneree perm,atoomt. to pro.
notet that 1;r0behly an atteingt would eeed to the 'frontier and termite into
'ha stage -he' a erowtt et 200 tnea from the matter. and tv111 leave for Wag.
Bittfaao to forcibly liberaeo Coo prime- are PAM this Moening, NfurrtlY
er SOM° HMO to -night, Mary Staler has no definite theory of. Ids own
wit two other Masataitatts, made a in regard te the attempt to blow up
dans ad for a dotaehnienk of No. leo. the cm), but think,. probably the
2ffirlikohe
itolt, Mr. Fielding Will ito to
Windsor to the,ruiterat
Ottawa,. /I•pril 28.-(Steelal).-The
temains of the late Dee Haley will be
forwarded • to 'Windoor, Nova Scotia,
thet afternoons by the C. P. 11. The
fietealled MeMber leaves three daugh-
ters, the eideob of whom Is •Mre.. E.
M. Bill, wife of 'the dudge of Probate
of the Dietricit of Sherburn, N. S. The
neettml daughter is ttiss Pearl IleleY.
The youngest Miss May 18 et pre -
Pent In Whoa lit Perla Mrs Bill and
'Miss Pearl littler wore with 'their
'father throughout his limb illness to
the eacl end. A warm personal friend
of Dr. Italeyti, Ittort. Ur. Fieleing, was
fi conetant Attendant* at ida bed -
Nide, ben g umennittent ut etten.
thine es .elally entire; the prat week
when t to end seemed to eerY near.
Ile %yin Accompany the body to WW1 -
Goa
Dr. Ilitley Waft it, Liberia in
politica, but among his moeb intim:de
trieittle wore members letting on tbe
opposite eide of the Berate for he wee
a kindly and broadeniteled gentle -
Bina. ,
The militia authoritieS Wore -ativiS-
1 ed t•oelay that an officer and uleteen
of the 44t1t Battalion were ordered
to tweet the Military authoritien lit
the Niagara, ilistriet on /toccata of
the dynamite eeplegoil at the Wel-
land Canal,
r
isGoeub.swatposmn
et, Birabnaont, acIvtinelas ngitp, His
Before the Fighting.. '
advance guard is In teeth with the .* Morlegs Poort, (),' re Se April 19, 8
Beers about .fitteon miles south ••of p.m. -The •eIghtli army division, cone-
tirepetier, after taking a week tomended by' Oen. Sir Henry Randle, is
cover tete tarty miles from • eteuxe now east of Iteddersienrgt The pomp
owas _ ed by the otofrreentatil,nvisi000dniinsgbeathuetiftezollway tsituated.
to bas ;nee prevail For five deers past •the rain %ell- In
A deepateh from • Maserie . Basuto-- making the roads almost impassable
Ilene dese,ribes theelasatoreas order,. . tor:the cavalry, and netillery._ The
ly. The natives ender arms to pre- fantry also had great difficulty - In
vent an invasion of the country by getting through the quagmires .into
the Boers, aro commended by three whieb • part of the country was con-
% tish commissioners vented. To -day, however, the weather
he Stand:Imre correspondent at conditions have much improved, and
Bloemfontein, in a despatch .dated the drowned Ian& axe' gettlitgaiti of
last Friday, saysit is still•utioegtale. •the water. • c
how •nauch longer • General Roberts There was a Beer commando in this.
will remise at Bloemfontein. • He neighborhocidwhen the' British ferret-
drawe attention to. the impossibility el.They at once divided into 'two'
of eet advance lty• the mata body of- partfee, but they are still in the vicin-
tee tinny until ite flanks ikre-elehroll; ,ityit is hoped that tbe British will
He adde that there Is .still pr.easing be ablate get in tottele with them to -
need for horses. •morrow:. A few shaft were exchanged
The rumor that General -Warren is to -day with straggling Boers, bat .
about to become Goveenor of the there were no•castialties. . .* .
Orange Free State is interesting-. in The, mull -Airy. /censer ham shortened
view of tile newa cone,erning the pre- the timit At the number f ,wordseach
sent Manner of managing the come • correspandent may send from here. It
try, which .was arranged by General wilt therefore ,he neceseary to: semi
wPreastYoutansaido. Oreawingunitotarthetofactextaher
ftfl'Ptel*legsrarphim6t:riesa'btioY nnls .66 ee'shaergr. thttere°t.heier
oath of submission unlese tile BrltlOIl not such a • ptess of • business, the
tur'nished pro 041(11 eo •those • title wire here being crowded with service
Ing it, •a Free. State Mounted. Police meseageete
hes been formed, and the el:metry el- e •
----- • •
. (eat Behind:Their Langer. •
vided Into sections, ,eaelt of which.
will be aduentetered by a commis -
slower.
President .Steen has issued a pro-
ceemtion urging 41*burghersto main-
tain their struggle against the Brit -
6h the report of the Boer Peace
COmmIssioriers arrittT from Europe.
fte says that this wilt be only a, short
time and then foreign ihtervention
will be certain. Tite British curves.
pendent': interpret this proclamation
as a sign that the Free State Beers
are elackening In theft enthusiasm for
war, and need spurring on, but they
admIt that there le no other sign of
this, as they figbt -with as great vigor
as everefihey even say that the Boers
who attacked General Methuen's con-
voy fought with a Arta that Welter -
to had not been seen on the -Western
border,- ••
Ttlea Daily Telegraph Pleats a de-
spatch dated. Boseiof, eOrange Free -
State, Sunday • evening, 'which statee
that n,'Iloar •eomtnando in. that im-
tratilatea•neighborhood, and that it is
looting everything that eta be car-
ried at. • -
The 'despatch adds that tile weather
is perfect, and that the British
troops and horses arein. tine condi,
tion. A copy of a proclamation recent-
ly issuedby President Steya lute been
i
reeelved a B8hof, Iadeclaree that the
Free State Breve wit° fail to take up
arms will have their property confiss
cated, and they themselves will • be
allot vehen they are eapturetl. vrho
proclainitation • has created conster-
nation among tbe burgnera.
. eteserae •
Rundle Betty iiinga,-"ed.
Walkerstrooni, near De Wetralorie
Saturday, Apra 21.-Eigbtiug was con-
tinued to -day, mainly with Abe artil.
lery. The Yeomanry and mounted in-
fantry peeled forward on tno right
mink, ain't •were eibteetee te shelling
and a heavy rifle fire.
Thae Royal /vit- Vines eepturel
Freb State flag.
The I3oers are wen entrenched end
hole their ground tenattiously.
The British . ettaualties have ben
terabant Fighting Too.
Maseru, 'Basutoland, April 22. -Gen,
lbetbant's advanced guard 'reached
Bushman's Kop last evening. The
Boers hold a strong position there,
with two Souls. The engagement open-
ed at suarieer, with heavy rifle fire.
At 8.80 it. m. cannonading began, and
continued for several hours.
Gen, Brabant' s ' forces aro oil the
plain, and have fairly open country
all the way tol Wepener.'Elands Laagte, April 22.-1 coin -
Four Boer gang were hard et 'work mantle of 10,000 Boers came through
all Saturday on CoI. Delgety's pool- Wessele nek Friday morning., They
time The Britis1i guns replied atilt- crossed Sunday's bridge ane advane-
tervals. Col. Dalgety heliographs: eil to the crest of a ridge, but fell
back when they new the mounted
infantry, who opened fire,
Later, the Boers shelled Mande
Langte calory. The ;Mello fell close
to the mine, but clic1 no damage. The
work at the mine was stopped, but
It Watt resumed next day.
The British gun( opened fire. The
naval brigade on tie right tent
few eltelle In the direction of the
Mee guns, which Were posted on a
long ridge, 4,000 yartie to tbe right
of the bridge. They were &Moult
to locate, lett the Boers 'Were even
retreating over the hill toward 'Wes.
eels nee. deverni of the eheIle eattght
theme:me meet heve done Home dam-
age, •
Litter in the day tile Beene show-
Makkerstroom,' 0. F. S., April 21,
.10 Am. -There le no thange in the posi-
tion . here to -day. Desultory firing. it,
being kept up - by the artiliery. Gen
e311 BrAbason.,has made .sitccessful
'reconnaissance, sustaining few eas-
u'arties. He caused. some exciternen.t
among the Boers by getting in" the
rear of :their latiger,
•
• A Ileelsive Battle.
Louden, April 23.- Lt is. quite pro-
bable' that ;by . this, time General Sir
iHenry Rundle ,hae fought deciaive
battle withette Beers He entrenched
Itimeelf Saturday to await the arrival
of Gen. .Carapbal with. the lgth brie.
gade, .Thitt ewe:inlander arrived.. Sat-
urday• eveneng, and news may, there-
fore, be eapeoted a any monient.
• It is stall impassible ta escertela the
poeiteen of taffaire cle Bleetatorttein or
•to learn when the long -expected' 44 --
'vanes northward, will begin. The des-
patches conflict regaeding the state
of the. preparation's. Preserft Indica.
'Hone, however, pant to still further
delay. ••
The 'Boers are said to half eneircle
Bloentioneein 'to elle eastward in a
crescent formation. There have been
several outpost affitirs ta thee vide.-
ity. •
•
The eleventh division, under' General
l'ole-Carew, •and •.tho Fourth Cavalry
Brigade are operating towertl Sannes
post. . ; • .
leceerat DeWitt Reported Slain.
London, April 28.-A despatch to
the ,Dally News from Livonia liter -
(Mee nays. It le reported. there that
Gen. De Wet, the Boer commander,
has been killed. The despatch adde
that the meinbere a the Irish Ant -
balance Corps with the Braeseltave
deckled to fight against the British.
Similar dedeldn has been reached by
all the ambulance .corps from Contin-
ental Europe.
. 80,000 Roars In the Field.
,the14.n. 41Toinmes; '4,,13.1.frileete.)-1)11Vdrilf_tee.rilq to.
say that intermation reepon."
able sources le to. the effeet that
the Deere, who at one time. had 105e
000 ma in the* field, including the
colonial vebele still muster 80,000.
Pifty thousand armed burghers.. are
In the Ortutge rree State, 10,000 in
the 131ggereberg district, and 1.11,•
060 at Fourteen Streams and Kleeka
eerie
-.-_-.: •
10,000 Boers at Elands 1beagte. •
".3.11 well. lerzere fired 80CI .slielle
yesterdey without doing, much clam.
age."
The Boer') are divided Into three di-
vhians, two •being in positions -to repel
the relief eolutnn, the distant roar of
vvhostt artillery is audible.
The 13asutos are posted on the herder
.tor defensive purpowee. They at:petite
having In orderly fashion, but aro
'dewing the most lotions° lotereee in
the outcome of the developments in
the next 24 hours.
A Alatertt, Barettoland, (1(111)134011nays: "The BrItlelt eastatitlee at
Wepener up to April 10 Were WWII.
ecI and 110 wetnated, President Steele
of the (Vestige Free State, WM
.81ted ordere to the burghers '10 hold
tight tite• grain district/I armttui ed activity In the trenches on the
ener,•Ladybrame and Fleksburg.
• " The investment of Weperzer coll. ' lildtPe:(4,4 li.
titnita fo
front of retoi
lltatittenti.ataostree..
meet to force the gareteat to 'amen- wee only
tinues. The Boers are doing thole tit -
4,,800 yards' (1113111334 trout
iinquish their Werke. Title bosition
der before the Arril,A1 of relief. Viring niand3 Litngte.
WWI heard In the direction of De
..144.2.00,
, Wetoderp today, And Retitle Or 'the itefenee of Old London. -
Deere besieging Wepener etarted for London. April ‘I" -The War Mee
the former pine% Illtri deeided to etrougthen the" de.
11,11M-4 of the Titania( at littelttety,
toighting on lei•Idtty,
There Arno a, smert engagement
llfakkenctroent,. O. F. la, -titre_t
n:- feeteieivill contmenee rvithout delfts
the Isle of Grain.
the eonetritction of a, new fort on
torday between Ma lirithat troop,' nail
the poem 'rho British inVerisa .5600* Canadian soldiers Dangerously ill.
sn"1"1" 6314 C°1" f-Uvrell'a m6""t44(1 In" London tpril 111.-A• Net of soldiers
fantr Ware the pritteipal troops Oa- , .
be a strong feeling of Dutch re.
sentment, especially as these rebel
are punished when .thousando Of col-
onial sympathizers with' the Boer
cause have be.en under arms and not
one has been Celled to account. There -
will also be a settee of relief among
ley:diets over this. batted .effort to
render treason odious. air Alfred
Milner bas 'probably adopted the
safest course fn conciliating' the
Dutch -Ministry during the last Six
mantle'. But now that 200,000
men are enrolled under the British!
flag, tbe distinetion between loy-
alty and disloyalty le ono that may
properly be " emphasized. The couduet •
of those Free Staters vele joined tire
Boer rattlers after accepting Lord •
Roberto' generous terms, and. . pre-
tending. to ,give up their army. ' has
•tended to discredit leniency. ita ate •
other form of- weaknees.
Mrs, Blow, were at S.outeam n last
• •
. •
• izosnital Ship .Maine.'
A small party of Amerleatz ladies, in -
eluding Mts. Adair, Mrs. Ronaldo and
night to meet the hospital oh p
which .was due with 160 sick , and
wounded '301(1100' in the wards. Me .
Itta.ine has rendered met effective •
aerviee, and Lady Randolph Churchill
mettle' all the 'tribute( witieli • . ghee.'
has received. - • ; t
•
• Canadian Sick and Woueded.
The Evening ,Telegrefe had the foie
-lewing • epeeist ye•sterday
.Londont Aeell 20.-Steroe members, of
the Royal • Canadian Reel:meta win!
were invalided to Netley Itaspital have
retureed to•Atriew, azed will nejodn the
regiment at Bleanfounteelii. •
The Cenaillans confined in 'Wool- •
wieh, who veeee reported, trs about to
return to Canada, are nee going. The
authorities. are awaiting instructions
from Ottawa. -S'otme wbehave, been. ale •
lowell seven tleyte f u•rlougli complaitt.
that the fund& supplied are lasuffiele
eat even td-r-earomicaI expenses. The
men say ithat the treatment in the
hospital was sple,adici. • '
, .
:, War B4110011E4 for Boers.
St: Petersburg, Aprii 23. -The,
po-
pers announce • the deletiettilefetollie --
South Aerioa or a bade of nordnalite
to argatize a military balloon service
foe the Tranavaal. They took, the ma
cesettry balloon; and, accessories witb .
them, ,
. • Punctured by Shells. • - e
• 'Beer camp, iThaba • •Nchu, °mango •
rringeeconttaitnen'eaSaniddae4ainAdPnilligh2t2.-atr
mereburg drift. The English treriehes
have been so•felt of rain that the
men have , been obliged every new
.ead • then to clamber to the banks,
only 'to he shot down. The Boers wallet
sal 'drenched on Saturdiy that/ they •
were unaltlii Ito. deep, sa they started
a debate on; the subjece. a the good •
to beederived foam virtue and cour-
age. The diseuesiort Lasted miost of t•he
night, eheles et intervals interrupt-
ing the epeakets.
tRobertson's Iowee mell is reported
to have . been captured April 21eile
and it is said thee.: the Cape lofted
Mlles have 'lost during the s 120
out a 500 men. The Brirtiah pr' oilers
elefy the •burghere, to capture Colonel.
Dalgety'a ramp, aolea hi the British
are not manierced.
ettrprising number of relatives •
are fighting on eppe•site sides; •at Wep.
elver.
•Wity Roberts is field Mick.
London, April 23. -The Standard •
publisize,s a long despatch from Bloeme:
fontein, dated Friday, explaining tho
numeroue difficulties 4which, delay the
advance an Pretoria. The correspond-
ent says': -
'The criOrinotts transport difficulties
are enhanced by tie- rainy weather
and by the neceesity of providing for
the neede of the teeny for weeks, per-
haps months, in ease of interre.p.
ton of the long- ,of estatnextioar
tions, together with the unsettled
state of the country' in our rear. arid 0
ithettntietelfa- tnettes OT theetniemye -
le obvious that, Until our flanke are
clearea . and no longer menaced, no
forward movement Is potable, 'without
Incurring the graVost risks.
"The most pressing need Is a fur*
Oar supply of horses. General Mogi.
ten has availed himeelf ot the eer-
scour the Free' State In all directions, I
vicee of the Aratralian Bushmen to
buying horses froin farinera who -
have surrendered and driving ani -
nails found upon unoccupied bang.
Fiera, raiding Is dangerous, Work,
but the Bushmen are Moro than fle
match for the Deere."
----e
May Illow 'Up the Mines.
The littgue, April 23. -In an Inter.
view to -day in regard to the report
that the Transvaal Government i0.
trade toblow up the mined johan-
nesburg, Weseele, one ot tee 130er
•peace delegates, yield: "It he inif100.
ONO to say to what eespera.te Meta+
sures We may be chive% Arrangep-
*newts have been made by which for-
eign sharehoidere will not Huffer
•wheiattv..T, loss on itecount of the gold
taken from the mines tor era In the
Mr. -Weeaele Added: " The Boom, if
defeated, aro not likely to trek from
the Transvaal. They love their
home', end woad remain, but they
woad never be pieced tinder the Brit-.
•
ng t won lave to
ititt soltilere permanently In every
house to tin that. The war , dots not
mat the individual Beer a Plinny.4the
Gevernment pitys all the costa The
Individual is snaking money irons war
eteltritete. The mono* has hitherto
all remained le the emintry, but,
hereafter opportunity will bo given to
German tradera. The Beet; would
never deal with a British trader. They
would rather pay other) more for the
gilt)ilit they wanted."
fru
Geri. fer Charlee Warren has Wen
appointed Adrninistretor lbeehuans-
land. Ite yraterday for Cap*
•
sti