The Clinton News-Record, 1900-02-22, Page 7•
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A BRIWANT VICTORY "11111 PARNIK WILL SAVE LADysmmii.:marntIRELIEF OF KIMBERLEY.,
< *11.1.30"
Gen. French's Mounted Force Cap-
ture Five Boer Loners With
Their Supplies.
ditiniatch from London, Thursday; A deepateh from London, Wednes-
attelt-Gentatial X•eorel Roberts' advance day, says: -Although the War Offiee
trona )(fodder river Ina begun with ' at midnight announced that no turtle
eentilderable etteceee, Tee British er newe had been receiven there trona
Ilene invaded the Oraege Vree State South Africa for publieation, the een-
ia an attempt to flank the lett of ear allowed several despatches tO
of Commandant Cronje's force at come tlarlaugh reporting severe fight-
Matron:tont:lie, Time have , gained bag in the Coamberg neighbourhood,
00eseeSion of four drifts, by which the weicli endee in the breath withdraw-
ing their advanced POsitian, wheal had
Itiet and Xodder riVers wereerossed,
and have eaptured fine lioer leasers belt won bykarciuous work derlag the
pas mat wee s.
with their supplies, though there Moo The chief a these positions, Coles-
Offielal indication cif the amount of icon, is higner than any or the our -
booty. ; rounding hills, 13ncr the British gnus
• It is difficult to follow see move- there nave been doecrined as dominet-
lag the ineer posittons. Now the Baena
Ment clearly here, °whin to the im- •have ateanted a fortyapounder
perfect condition a the maps, but it Basterdni nee whence by excellent
seems that General French's rapid shooting, sometimes at ine011 yards,
operation not only mit off the 13oenn they seem te have, somewhat (*ally
coMMunication with jaceliadal, but somPelled the Britieb to retire freM
barred their direot route to Blom- one post after another. •
fentein, while at the same time expos- One correspondent reports tnet the
fighting lasted almost incessantly for
ing tha enemy to a tank attack on
the road to Botha% . Slide at any 1 two days, aud deolares that the losses
rates, is the view of the situation tak-1 of the Beers, who outnumbered the
On here. j British five to one, were verY great.
It is assu,me,d that Gen. lYfethuem 1 Their Creusot gun west of Bangers-
fitHi holds a position south of Magers- I fontein was sraashed by a British how-
prob. itzer,but the result was not affected
fontena, and it is regarded as
by this, arid the Imperial fences have
able that Gen. Bletedonald'a expedi-
fallen baok to Realsbarg,, chafing at
their disappointment. •
tion to Koodoosbetrg had for its maba
°Wein the drawing of the Boers' atten-
The reports concur in declaring that
tient westward from the contemplated the Boers in the vicinity have been
move 'of Gen, Freaush.
The presence of Gen. Roberts with SreatlY reinforced lately from seVeral
the Kimberley relief eolumn bad not PeInte,„ esPeoially Megersfontein, and
known, satd that they are directed by 9ol.
been ineviously definitely
reutl, the French officer
though It was guessed that he went
cape who is alleged to have planned rnuob
to Madder river after leaving
Mown, but the presence of the sixth
division under Gen. Kelly-Kenby was
a complete surprise here, as it was
last reported at Thebes, between
Ootestberg and Stormberg. It adds
about 10,000 men to Gen. Roberts' army
wthich is now, incauding the seventh
division, estimated to numbeT some-
thing like 50,000 troops.
The newspapers in their comments
bake a hopeful view of the situation.
In some oases they adopt an exultant
tone, but more sober opinion is con-
tent to a,wait the outcome of the oper-
ations, having learned to avoid dis-
counting successes in advance.
There Ls disposition in some quar-
ters to doubt that so skilful a com-
mander as Cronje has been caught
napping, and it is suggested as not
improbable that he has abandoned Ms
position at Magerefontein and the
&lege of Kimtierley to concentrate his
forces elsewhere. The recent great
increase tn tbe strength of the Boers ilaa e lay, an severe
in the Colesberg district favor's this the correspondents, expecting a lull in
view, which, however, cannot as yet the operations, have gone to Durban.
be other than conjectural. to recuperate..
of the I3oer earapaign.
It is impossible, in tne absence of
moms definite informationeto indicate
the significance of the ,13,ritish with-
dnaiwal, but it may proee that the con-
ce,ntration that Gen. Lord Roberts
seems to nave made at Modder river
has been accompanied by a weakening
of the forces at Colesberg, and that
the Boers are teking adVelitage of this
to resume the offensive, compelling
the British to concentrate at Rens-
berg.
Silence is maintained , concerning
Gen. Roberts' doings, but the foreign
military attaches have left Cape Town
to Join him, end there are other indi-
cations that a Movement by. him will
not be long delayed. The reported seiz-
ure Zoutpans drift, on the Orange
river is assunaed to be connected with
Gen. 'Roberts' movement.
It seems that tbe army in Natal is
at present inactive. Gen. Buller is ap-
. . .
spitmom 1(11111E8 ..E3WonesstwCaosunnitorascrntomnig Vettilnlagt.g, P3a,face_
, Devonshire preserve and chant- the old
chine" because one evening he made
a. bet that he could go dn sknging. till
da br k •th
'Newsy Items About Ourselves and piece and won the, bet. g 7
English technioal journala, which
Our Neighbors—Something of were very sore over. the award to an
' American firm of the Atbara bridge
contract, are now bragging over the
perfermance of a Wednesbnry aora-
, pany, in getting the material for the
new Tugela brid e re d
Interest From Every Quar- -
ter of the Globe, .
CANADA.
The troopahip Milwaukee has arrived
at Halifax.
Several cases of smallpox are report-
ed at Toronto Junction.
illanitoba's oldest pioneer, Elton
Vennette, of St. Norbert, is dead, aged
100 years.
The Game and Fish Protectors' Con-
vention opened at Montreal!.
Tne Lake of the Wood& Milling Co.
has subscribed el,000 to the Patriotic
Fund.
The Canadian Packers' AsisociatiOn
have decided to maintain prices on a
firm basis this year.
The Might Directory publishers esti-
mate tbe population of the City of TO-
ronto at 250,20n.
The Canadian GeneranElectrie Cam -
Patty has sebscribecl $1,000 to the Na-
tional Patriotic Fund.
Hon. Wm. Tait, former member of
the Northwest Counell, is dead at
Headingly, aged 78 years.
ment, vvithin a month of receiving the
centract . The bridge is 105 feet long
and required 750 tans of material.
UNITED STATES)
A_Therelie telle of a trust tn hides at
Inany. N. Y. -
Junge Taft, of Cincienati, has been
appointed • by President McKinley
chairmen of the Philippine Commis -
Major Graham, at New York from
Ha.vana, says Cubans want the Am-
ericans out of Cuba, arid that while
there• is a "placid .aurface," an insur-
rection is imminent.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison; the inventor
a Akron. Ohio, but 'is
pow improving.
Dr. Ashmead, a New Yerk, states
that there are eeveaul oases oe leprosy
in that citY.
A. Normandin, of WatertowneN.Y.,
died •at Montreal from carbolic acid
poisoning. ,
The Hay-Pauncefote treaty amend -
The Canadian Society oe Civil Engi-
the. Clayton-Bulwer treaty, re •
neers opened their fourteenth annual 'ing
the Nicaraguan Canal, wis
meeting at Montreal, and 1Sft on a trip salaigrndedinget the State Departraent at
to Benton in this evening. 'Washington.
Mr. Charles Burpee, who represented
Samuel Reeves of New York, who'
Sunbury from 1867 to 1887 ba the Do-
mini n P rii m nt h been a ointed was visiting Toronto dropped in
3 PP • • a
o a ae as
to the Senate. n e tington street and died
bandsome new station is to be :shortly after. .
built this spring at Sault Ste. Marie Governor Taylor of Kentucky offers
by the Duluth, South Shore &Atlantic to submit the merits of hia claim to
Railway. , the gubernatorial chair of Kentucky
in to any three fair-minded men in the
A movement has been started
Montreal to give Lord Strathcona a world, to be selected by the United
public dinner on his arrival, and to States Supreme Court.
present him with the freedom oe the Anto:ne Roserts and Auguste Ildon.
city. aell, who are wanted in Scranton, Pa.,
The 0. P. R. employees all over the on a charge of shooting two policemen
system will subsoribe half a day's pay and attempting to blow up, a coal
to the Patriotic Fend, aggregating mine, have been arrested in Montreal
&beet 420,000.
GENERA.L.
The market building at Three
General Correa, eormerly Spanish
Wirers, Quebec, valued at 020,000; Was
Minister of War, is dead.
destreged by fire, with the °entente
ot the butchers' arid nucleators' stalls. Prince Albrecht sof Prussia, the
' Regent of Brunswick, has boughb a
Victocia's proposal to rate 101,000
lot of land in tha "Markobrunnen '
mounted men fot South Africa is being
warmly endorsed in ell parts of Iirts Rhine wine district at the rate of
$16,000 an Acre.
tiah Columbia. •
The case of Jaereph Larose against Dr. Leyte epent yesterdae.at Wei-
mar, where. he tendered his congratto
the Crown for go,00s is being heard
by Mf. Justice Burbidge in the Ex- letione to the Grand Duke won the
chequer Court at Montreal.- A bullet sixtieth ennwereary of his Joining
Y.
Dr. Leyds has amounced that the
Transvaal Government is not en-
gaging volunteers for the war, and
avill 'reuse to transport twig to South
Africa,
Tampico, Mexico, had a million dela
tar fire fast night. The loss iti par -
Wily covered by inaurance in Eng-
lish companies. •
It is geheraUg believed et Pekin
that the Dowager 'Empreas will net
ationapt the formal deposition, of the
Emperor at the present.
A relic of mediaeval times has been
swept away by a decree of President
Loubet abolishing the use of lettere
in the French navy.
•
Riecotti Garibaldi, one of the sons
of the famous Itanian patriot, has oti
fered tb command a corps of Milian
voltinteers in South Africa or the
British side.
Italy proposes that Italian than be
retognized as an international latitita
age en the same roofing as P.lnglash,
French and Geeman, Dr. Baccelli,' the
a/heater of Edecatiote has directed de-
legates to internatiopal congreeseti to
demand that papera "obeli bo' reed In
Italian. and that Italian delegates
shall employ their own language
the discuesione, instead of ueing one
of the three languages now usually
a d raitted,
from the St. Luc renges found Joseph
at his potato patoh.
Francis Durant, Keneeth McKenzie,
and J. IL Walker, representatives of
tbs Ettgliah saudicate which will
build•the Georgian Bay' canal, are at
Ottawa. Work will be commenced
near the Cbaudiere about July ist.,
Mr. George Simpson, assistant civil
engineer of the Northern Pacific has
resigned his nosition to aocept the po-
sition en Chief Enema ,of the Pro-
vince of Menitoba,
,
GREAT BRITAIN.
Mr. Gerald Balfour, Chief Secretary
for Irelend, is dangerously
A. LiverPool physieion has discover.
ed the bacillus' ot pink -eye in hones,
Miss Bleanor Gobbet, the daughter
of William Cobbett, has just' died in
Englend at the age of 04 years'. '
Queen Victoria has eppointed the
Prince of Walete son-in-law, the Duke
of Fife, KAI, to be Lord-Lieutenantof
the counfrof London in plate of the
late Deke Weettalnater.
• A.t 'the annual Meeting oe the As-
tiochited Oh:ambers* of Agriculture in
England the outbreak of the foot toad
mouth altease Nerfolk and Suffolk
Was ennoene,ed.
Twenty thedsand pounds, the bal.
ogee of Xlel,000 e Wien from. Parr's Bank
London, liyear ago, was returned yes-
terday.
The Printe a Wales has sent the
Polieetion 'of benilioo walking sticks,
Width lie Matte durieg the Indien toga'
for th,e nee of itiveheed and %founded
eohlifirs tbe Cape.
Lahettehere, for leortb-
ampten, attempted to address &meet-
ing In the Town Hall at NottbamPton
aliltillet the war, but the, meeting Wag
oken tiP, the chairs entashee, and
li?iir,Labottehere wee compelled to make
a hurried eite$P0.
Mr. Nfisimme, of Vancouver, bait hi-
tt:educed. a bill in the Rouge of Comm
motel to amend the frit:acid:to alit. He
4101411er that Re effect le to entire-
ly prohibit Chintee or Japariette from
ft
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THE CHEEK OF THE BRITISHER,
One of the rules of a certain smart
hotel In Paris in that while one may
ride up. in the lite one must not ride
down, 14,biturelly it was an English*
Man who insisted on breaking it. fle
etarted down, and the porter stopped
the lift, it is forbidden he bald. •
By Whom,
The proprietor forbide It was, the
The Erigliebnian drew blineelf up
and tilde -Tell your proprietor that 1
e"relilIng the ncnnilll°11 trallebleef forbid him. to forbid tile anything and
eten When eitturalised. - rode on down. And now *yea the
Deeollehirefe chid ',flinging flaw' timid maiden Indies on the :sixth floor
Ames Varaleflil, ,11. hedger by °coupe. pley with Mat lift OA tbotigh it war.
Hoe, ill thlitl, 'Llato "singing mete' a a tame tett
What is Going on in Our Legislative
Halls Down at Ottawa
Mr. lfeCarthy introduced a bill to
amend the Criminal Code of 1892. He
exPlained that the objeet was to put
in iafringenient of copyrigbt upon the
same footing as the infriegement of a
tradeemark, and to maim both equallY
subject to the criminal law.
De. Montagne enquired whether it
was the intention of the Government
to introduce legislation this session
atoneere. gulate friendly seelety insur-
Nr. Fielding add it was not the in-
tention a the Govetruntelit to Proceed
with that measure.
Mr. Flint gives notice of the fol-
lowing resolution :-"'Phat thie House
Is nOW of opinion thet it Is desirable
and exixelient titat Parliament snotlld,
without delay, emet suoli measures as
will secure the prohibition of:the li-
quor traffic for beverage purposes In
at least those provinces ,apd Terri-
toxies winoll have voted in favor a
such prohibition,"
Rai4 introduced a bill to rege.
•
Oen. Buller Has Not Abandontd Hope of Reaching
the Beleagured.Town.
A. despatch from London, Friday
says :-.The abeettee of further new
a; the Opening.
Most Milli:int opeeing that the leigis.
A theePateh from Toronto stieeleeThe The Sieaie Raised, and the Enemy Surround-
,. 0
mg the Town Dispersed.
ie. despetele front London says:- from Nuanwpoort, 4414 Thurtelity.,
The following despatchea tram Lora saym nothing' of the return, of the Wilt-
, ated Members and returned to Arun-
elet This, if correet, supports the be -
from Gen. Lord Roberts is interpreted
here aa an 10410040e Met importan
operatione are in propose.
Tluecce is practlealY no nowe of eon
sequence from the Natal stde.
An Engliab. coarespondent tat Chic
vele)", a„ despatch dated Fan, 18
boys :-" We ere still hopeful of re
kieving Ladysmith." Nothing has been
received from the letter plates direct
A Boer report dated Feb. 13 says that
everything, is quiet there
A statement is ascribed to a citizee
tif Pretoria w.ho arrived at Lorenzo
Marquee Wednesday from the Boer
• naMP at Ladyemith to the effect that
tios bombardment is desultory. There
11 shortage, of ,big gun ammunition
aerated bfzitaith aswupaptleng from SehanneinsUrg
An unpreoise Boer report states that
a large British army moved towards
Coleivao Met Moeday, and camped near
lloselikop. Tins seems to refer to
Gen. Buller's Withdrawal, from Spring.
A despatch from Pretoria, dated
Web. 12; reports that the burgher,a have
token all the British positions around
Colesberg, and the Daily Chronicle's
eerreineondent at Cape Town, dating
despatob Feb. 14, pays there are
bet here that Gen. Cleraent.s• Gen.
Frenoliei once:ewer, wae.inotruete4 to
t .eatbdraw wben pressed by the enemy,
sot as to nek Of lose of hie reduced
s force, Gen. Roberts relying on hitt own
advance to compel the Boers to return
to rweteet their own territuvy.
DADMING ItLIP RIVER.
f, The Leadou Daily Ma has the fel-
' lowing despatch frem Lerenze
ques, dated Wedneeday
. "A prominent Pretoria eitizenjast
tram 1.adYenitth inforrati nte that the
floera are rapidly damming Klip river.
TWO thousand Haffirs are employed in
the work, and they have depoeitec110,-
000 sandbags alreedY. Then ere only
able to work at night:Alma, as 'they
would be under Brill% fire. This Win
ree, however, believes the %aeration
tvill be futile."
o GREAT SLAUGHTER OF BOERS.
late freight rates on railways. He ex -
Planted that Ms object was to nave
a con:mission appointed to fix passen-
gen end freight rates, and to deoide
cases of differences between railway
conmanies and their ctistomers.
way of illustration, he referred to the
Standard 911 Company, which is said
to get an unfair anyantage over its
competitors by aeouring rebates on
twrgiglahet t°ohasrtgopes.allTthsueobieffPert otlfeelts'
. Mr. Charlton introduced w bill to
amend the Criminal Code. Tbe
nen is to raise the age of consent: to
eighteen years, •*"
3fr, Sifton introduced a bill to
amend the Dominion Lands Aot, The
measure ' relates to the homestead
lame of the North-West.
Mr. Davin introduced a bill to amend
the Mounted Police Act. This is a
measure dealing witty promotion from
the ranks of the force.
Mr, Marootte was informed by Mr.
Fielding that the amount paid out of
the superanuation fund last year was
1325,560.21, and for the previous year
434,185.41, ahowing a decrease of $14,-
625.20.
Sir 'Ebben Tupper was informed, by
Mr. Sifton. that in the case of Yukpn
naming. olaime, parties who had been
depnved of their claims through er-
rors of the clerks, or threugla other
mistakes, were being given opporiun-
ity to take up other claims as eons-
' peneatzon.
Mr. Casey will move that Parliament
ehould meet on a fixed day annually,
or on n day between certain fixed limits
is December or January, •
Caonel Prior will enquirewhether
'an order -in -Council was passed dis-
rinse/rig General Hutton or calling up-
on him to resign.
• Mr. McInnes will introduce aabill to
prevent Chinese or Japanese from be-
ine employed in mine&
'Sir Charles Tupper encluired wheth-
er the order -in -Council for the suspen-
sion of the coasting laws had been re -
Sir Wilfrid Laurier replied that the
sue/pension applied only to the past
season of navigation, •
. p i •
legalize the union label.
Mr. Davin introduced .4; bill ,to
amend the Land Titles Act and to gel
rid of an anomaly exieting In the
Nerth-West regarding the proving of
wills mede in England.
. Mr. Puttee will ask whether the Gov-
ernment in awarding the contracts.for
the worn at Se .A.edrew's rapids Red
river, will provide for the protection of
union labour. t
.Mr. Petit will a,sk if in ie thei inten-
tion of the Government; to introduce
any legislation this session for the in-
spection of apples or protection a., the
prargewtorda.de, and,if so, what scheme is
Mr., Gilmore introduced au -Ace to
amend the Cempanies Clanses Act:He
explained thab his bill bed references
to mercantile and menufacturing com-
panies Incorporated by srateal Act, and
subject teethe provieions 'of that Act.
It had no reference to manufactunng
and meeciantile companies incorporated
be letters. patent. -The object wag to
enable' companies of the kind indicated
to change the place in which, their
headquarters were located without ap,
plying to Parliament for a special Act
foe that perpose.
May or Middleboro, Ald. K. Webster,
R. B. Millen, W. J.: Hatton, and .7, M.
Kilbourna, Owen, Sound, waited oe the
Government, asking for harbour
provements, and that Owen Sound's
•
interests be protected in the, proposed
seheme for improving lhe transporta-
tion facilities on the upper lakes.
Judge E. A. Rieba,rda,,of Winnipeg,
has keen appointed chairrnan of the
Blevater Commission 'in the.place of
Sudge Balkier, of St. Clathenineenwho
died recently etWinnipeg.
A neputatim from the eity of Dues
falo, oonsisting of Dr. H. Y. Grant,
'son of Sir jaanes Grant, of Ottatwa, S.
N. Adam, and John 13. Webber, pas
in totwn to interview the Minister of
Agriculture and urge the erection of
a) special Canadian building at the
Pan-Atmerican• Vxpoaition in Buffalo.
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EXPECTS NO WALKOVER.
But Lord Roberts this 3ot Ilse
Doubt of titecesil.
A despatch from LoriXon, Tuesday*
sayr:-There is nothing new from
South Afriea, and it is iraprdbable that
anything will transpire just yet.
General Lord Reberts has sanction-
ed ceitain new press regulations,
which, according to the Standard's
Modeler river correspondent, will al-
low miled communioations to pass
unehecked. ,Telegrains only will be
conaored. The correspondent adds,
significantly:-"Dairing the next few
deys, however, very little newa Will
be permitted to go through."
There Is nothing from the Natal side
exCept General Buller's explanation of
his withdravval front Vaalkrantz.
'Skirmishing is repOrted from Rens-
berg, with small losses on• either Aden ;
fat there has been no forward' I
meut.
I,oRD ROBERTS' ADDRESS.
,
A despatch from Mocider River :Jays:
--General Lord Itober.s visited the
camp of the Highlanders on Saturday
morning, and Made a brief speech to
each battalion. tie recalled their
association with hire in India, and, de -
dared that they had belpen to enake
him what he is, lie 'added that lie
had never Made a campaign Without
Highlanders, and would not be with-
out them. He wee glad that Gen-
eral Macdonald reported well of them.
He referred tot en arduous march the
Seaforth, Highlanders had made with
him and added that the brigaee would
have a shorter wipe% now, Though it
would not be a walig.over, be did not
have the 'olightteit doubt of its due-
eeeit. ,
The brieade ga.ve three cheers for
the nommander-in-chief and another
three for Lady Roberts.
In responee to Abe cheering for the
latter Lord Roberta *aid that Lady
Robeits was perhaps doing better
work for thein at name in helping the
welfare of their Wives and ehildren.
- Lord Itoberte ham promifted the prow
cerreeporidents here that they will be
allowed complete freedom of teflon In
"TndhienWhirrefirtiliktO are loyal to the
!Dritith have left Ilarkly West, Cape
Colony, owing to the destruetion of
their properte by colonial Dutch reel.
dents. The 110ere. hed made no at.
tame On thento 1
a e r eve evaou-
FOUR PEOPLE KILLED
Terrible ecepient en the• e, B. Near
Throe Rivers.
says. -
terrible anainent, by which four pee -
pas were killed took piece Thursday
eftemoon on the Canadian Pacifies
line between Quebeci and Montreal.
The C.P.R. express which left Quebec.
at 1.80 in the afternoon, while passing
Mount Carmel crossing, a mile andel
hatlf from Three Rivers, about 8.30
o'clock, struck two sleighs, in each of
which were two people.
The train was going at the usual
rate of speed, and the engiueer blew
the 'whistle aed rang the bell at the
orossing, as required by the regula-
tione. There Wee a heavy wind and
snowstorm raging at the time, and
the drivers of the teeme evidently did
not laetur the +train, and nrove right
into it.
The two horses were instantly kill-
ed, the sleighs smashed to pieces, and
the occupants theown under the
wheels of the train. The express was
stopped, and Ralph Bellemore, the
driver of the first sleigh, was taken
ont dead. His wife, who was in the
sleigh with him, and Nap. Lafrancois,
the driver of the second sleigh, were
taken out in a dying condition, and
died a shoat time afterwards at the
railway station. Mrs. Laframois, the
fourth occupant,. died when being
taken to the hosretal at Three Rivers.
The four people belonged to Mount
Carmen:and were on their way home
at the time the accident occurred.
TEN MILLION DOLLARS.
Boers Value Cecil,. BINA& Life sat This
Amount.
The War Office has posted a de-
spatch from Colonel Kekewich, dated
Sunday, to the afoot that Kiraberley
was bombarded throughout February
(kb. During the morning of Febru-
ary 9th a small infantry engagement.
'eating two hours, occurred at Alex-
andersfontein. The situation otner-
wise is unchanged.
The friends of 31r. Cecil Rhodes are
beceming alarnaed•at his possible fate.
and have sent an emissary to see Dr.
fieyds, the -diplomatic agent of the
Boere in Europe, in regard to the prob-
able course the Boers would pursue in
the event of his oapture. Dr. Leyds
said the Boers did not intend to kill
Mr. Rhodes, but they would certainly
bold him as a hostage until the in-
demnity for the Jameson raid should
be paid. In view of the developments
since then -aid the Boers have also de-
cided to double the amount of the in-
demeity demanded, so that Mr.
Rbodes' friends would have to hand
over 610,000,000 before he would be re-
leased. •
It is also learned that Dr. Jameson
Ls still at Ladysmitb.
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GENERAL BULtEli EXPLAINS.
Despatch From War eMee Respecting lie.
firemen( From Va.1krailatz,
A despatoh from) London says: -The
War Office has received the following
despatch from Field Marshal Lord
Roberts, dated from the Modder riv-
er, un y, e ruary ,-
" leave received a telegram frond
Buller as follows, dated Friday, Feb-
ruary 9th ,
"It was neceasaty after seizing
Vtaalkrantz to entrench it -as the pivot
of further operation& But I found, af-
tee trying two days, that, owing to
the nature of the ground, this was im-
practieable. It was also exposed to
the fire of heave guns in positions
from which our, artillery was domin-
ated. It is essential to troops advanc-
ing Ladysmith by Harding or Mon-
gers drift to hold Vaalkrantz securely,
and aceordingly wa, are not pressing
the advance by those ralies,, as 'I ind
we eennot make it secure:1
„.
OVER THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY.
The 11.oss Mistaineil by the British hi the
Vainikraulz Eatomement. *
The War Office hoe' issued, a list of
casualties among the non-commistnon-
ed officers and private,s at Vatilkrantz.
They include:-: ,
Killed . . • . . 24
Wounded . 822
Missing. . .5
limoiri••••1
Total. . . . 851
Of this number the let Durham Light
Infantry, which captured the hill, had
12 killed and 77 wounded.
The deepateh from Gem,. 'Buller giving
the casualtiee at Vaalkrentz etas sent
from Chieveley camp, ThIS wo‘Od
teem to indieate that Oen. Builer has
remeved his headqoartere feeniSpeing.
fetid farther south* to Chieveley camp.
4 la not knowo Whether any large
body of trove replant: at Springfield.
.
LOAN REFUSED THE BOERS.
O r, Ley& itecesstul Segatisithig
w11,13 horn:any and gussta.
A despatch from Berlin says:. -The
report that Dr. W. I Lode, the Trani: -
vest's Minister at Brueseis, had for his
objeet la conting to Berlin the raising
el a leen to carry on the war, reeehoed
confirmation. in a responeible quarter
here oo Monday. The loan detired
wite a. big one, and, although Dr. Leyde
held long conierencee with the diree.
tern of two of the leading hankie he
was unsuceeesful.
It le alao learned that the probable
reati011 why Dr. rods' projected visit
to St. Petersburg was abendonad
Wlee wee financial. He bad asked M.
de Witto Itusetati Minister of Finance,
to greet the same los.n whieh he en*
defivered to place In Berlin, but the
Rennet deolined to- do rio,
Durhau despatch says that two
hundred Basutes ane Zulu's reached
there February 18th from the Boer
lines. 'rimy said they bad been own-.
mandeered from the ra s f
work and the buildingLneof &relic:hue:
'They witnessed the attacle on Caesar's
camp alld Waggon WU, near Lady-
! raltb, on January iith, and also the
ghting Spion kap. They confirm
the story of great slaughter in the
Boer trenches caused by the British
shells. These. Sestina and Zunis offer-
ed their servIces to the British, but
, they were not aecepted.
!attn. has enjoyed for male years back
wee that ei Wedneaday. The chamber
was thronoed iu every corner with
hundreds of golly -clad *omen. They
were crowded together like flowers on
a Mee stalk on the floora of the House,
and the gallerie,s On all sides were
banked up high with them. It is doubt-
ful if a quorum of members wee able
to get into tbe legiolative chamber.
Perhaps the ieterest aroueed by the
many political events a tile Past few
menthe, and the desire to moo boW the
new Premier would comport hiroeelf,
dlreW. eo many People to the open-
ing "
It. was exactly 8.17 olelook when tale
Lieut. -Governor reached the °lum-
ber, his arrival having been heralded
to the waiting assembly by the band
pf the Grenadiers outside. _The audi-
ence aroeii and remained standing
while his Excellency; attired in hie
Windsor uniform, walked slowly to
the Speakee's throne. He supported
himself by a cane, but mounted the
steps unassiated. His reading a the
apeeoh was alanest inaudible.
, SPEECH FROM. THE THRONE.
The full text was as follows: -
Mr, Speaker and Gentlemen of the
Legislative Assembly: -
I take great pleasure in again meet..
N.ARKETS OF .THE' WORLD lug you ats repreeentatives a the pro*
vino° in Parliament assembled.
Since the last meetin af tne Leg-
islatilre, Great Britain has been under
the necesaity a resisting by force of
arms the encroachment (Atha South
WOMB African Republic upon hex territorial
rights end the liberties of British sub-
jects in the Transvaal. The iesues In-
volved, effecting ea they did the in -
Prices 0" Grain, Cattle, Che,333.
in the Leading Marts.
Toronto, Feb. 90. -About forty oar -
loads a live stock came to hand this
morning. Exoept for the best cattle
the market was not a setisfactory one,
and the Proportion of poor stuff
continues unduly large,
We had a fair trade in export cattle
and prime were maintained at from
4,1-4. to lie per pound, with an eighth
Or a quarter more for choice aelee-
tions.
All the beet butcher •cattle sold at
about the prices a het Tuesday, that
is, from) 8 8-4 to to per pound, tied oc-
oasionally a little mons for pioked lots;
but for secondary to inferior cattle
the demand was slow, and prices, while
scarcely. quotably changed, showed a
•
weakening tendency. Severe] loads
were leCt over.
The inaneet for stockers was plow,
and prices weaker.
Feeders' and bulls were. about un-
chauged.
A dozen milk cows came in and sold
at the usual raege. A few choice cows
w,ill s•ell.
Good yea calves are being asked
for, and. will sell up to ten or twelve
dollars.
Sheep and lambs were a slow sale to-
day, and as a result miens were eas-
ier, er,hile quotably unchanged. Be-
tween three and tour hundred were
here, and they did not al se .
One thousand *hogs were received
here this morning. For prime hogs,
scaling from 160 to 200 lbs. the top
peice is 5o.; light and fat 'hogs are
bringing'4 1-2c per lb. s
Following is the range of quota-
'tions:-.,
Cattle.
Shippers, per cwt. . ,.$ 4 25 $500
Butcher, choice do 875 4 25
Bu. -ober, med. to good. . . 825 8 5J
Biitcher, inferior. . . • . 2 75 3C0
Stockers, per owt. . . 800 3 50
iSheep and Lambs. .
Sheep, per cwt. , , . 800 , 3 50
Lambs, per owt. . . . 500 5 50
Buoks, per cwt. . . . . 225 2 50
Milkers and Calves.
i Cows, each. . . . . 25 00 50 00
Calves, eaeh. . . . . 200 10 00
. Hogs.
Choice hogs, per own . 4 50 .5 00
Light hogs, per cwt. . . 4 GO 4 50
Heavy hogs, ner mt. . . 400 4 50
Sews. . . . . . . . 300 3 00
Stags. . , . . . . . 200 200
or nto e - 81 8
AV 0 t d
markets were firmer to -day, and local
prices lead a better tone, especially
thoee tat Dfanitoba. Quotatione are
as follows: -Ontario ,reel , and -white,
65 •to 66 1.2o, according to beanness
to the mill, Western •Ontario points ;
and 67 to 07 1.2•3, eatat ; gooSe reheat,
71 1 ei Ls to N k Ti
east, 67c ; Mainitoba No. 1 hard, sold
at 79 1.-4e, North Barn; and atonal 4-4o,
g.i.t.
Flour -Steady to firm. Outside mill -
era otter straight roller, in buyers'
begs, middle ire.gnast at $2.70 per Inani;
and export agents bia 42.60. Special
brends; weed, for lora( accoent, sell
around eel
Millfeed:-Soarce. Bran, is quoted at
$15.5tito Sp; and shorts at $17 to vs,
at the mill door through Western On-
t lo •
Corn-Sten:leo NO. 2, American, yel-
low, emoted at 410, track, Toronto, and
•
F b 20 heat- u
0, ow fr gflr ew yor ; sp ng,
mixed ot 40 140 Canadian corn 1)9
la2c, track, Toronto. Offerings of Can-
EtelittS132Firrellgililatd wanted. Car lots, 61
,
62 1-20, east.
Barley -Tone strong and demand
good. Car lots of No. 2, middle
freights, 42c; and east, ati„,430. No. 1
is quoted at 44o, mitsine.
Rye -Firm. Car lots, peo, west4 and
510 east.
White oats,
nodartr-anrillilavesatla,c127a4tItIdle freights,
27 1-Ect and east', 28c. Thew prices
would be paid freigy, and rather for
rotitturitdkvvlolites.at
--Qqiet. Offerings light.
Car lots, outside, emoted at 49 to '500.
Chicago, Feb. 120)-Flaxseed-Olosed:
-Inorth-Weet •and South-West, earth,
3'140; May. $1.60; September, $1.16;
OittOber,
Buffalo, Fele, 20. -"Spring wheat -
Fair demand; No. lbayd, 776-8c; No.
1 Northern, carloads, 77 8-8o; .roi?nd
tots, 705-80. Wtnter wheat, --No. toles,
Corn -Quiet; No. 2 yalOw, 88 1-4e; No. 4
yellow, 811.2e; No. 2 corn, 878-41 No.
acorn, 871-2c. Oats -Easier; No. 2
white, pc; No. whits, eft 14e; No. 4
white, 28e; No. 2 mixed,. 20 1-2c; No, 3
mtxed, 206. Ryo-Norainal. Flour -
term: fair -demand.
MinneapOlis, Feb. 20.-ClOse;--Wheat
-4111 store, No. 1 Northern, February,
Mc; May, 06 Win Ally, 67 1-2 td 5-8o;
on track, No. 1 hard, 071.2e; No: 1
Nertheen, 660 No. I Northenn, 44c.
PETt.c41414 VEUN'S UOUZ-
The Queen Of tile Belgtans was
brought tip in her lather's castle at
Pesth meld stutToundings and Was
toms Which remind one of the feudal
ages. At night her father himself de.
scended the grean stall:case to look tbe
tauter gate and the door of the prin.
eipal hall. This bail was divided into
two parts, one end being raised a lit -
tie above 'the other. At the elevated
one the daughters of the house sot
at their, needlework, or painting or
rauele, while their attendente eat at
the lower end of the hall. ,
' ° WISE -BOY,
Mettler; want Robby, to take some
ittedieine now. Will he tske it like a
good boyt"
liobby, Aged fienil.48, mother. is it
nice,"
Mother...Yee, very. nine"
nehbyeeDoes oo lilte ft, ritothert
Mother, making believe to sip. it -
'Yea, very Innate
Robby.0.Then oti Wink it,mother,
fetead of tae. Bobby not lablfilh ittle
'bOY.
tegrity of the Empire, +appealed very
strongly to the loyalty of th:e Canadian
people. As the representatives a the
province, I congretule.te you on the
enthusiasm, manifested throughout
the whole Peovinee in the enrolment
a flee sons for Imperial service at
the seat a war. No more striking
Proof could have been given of the
loyalty and devotion oa Canadians to
their Sovereign and to the Empire to
which we belong, end I am oonfident
that any proposal of my Government
for contributing towards the support
a the wives and families of our sol-
diers now serving at • the front, will
Deceive favourable and generous con-
sideration.
THE TIMBER QUESTION.
am pleased to be able to inform
you that the lumbering industry of
the province is in a flourishing con-
dition. The legislation oe 1898 re-
quiring all pine logs cut under license
to be manufactured in Canada took
effect first in the season, of 1898-9.
Tkes practical operation of thie legis-
lation has proven wise and tiraely.
While the quantity of pine timber cut
last season showed little, if any, dim-
inution es et:smeared with previous
years; the saw milling business of the
province, an the other hand, has re-
ceived a powerful stimulus. 'Many
existing milli have been enlarged, idle
ones nave mourned. work, and a num-
ber a new mills have been built and
equipped to meet the demand for•
sawn lumber, and as a result substan-
tial benefits have been reaped
from the action of the Legislature.
in pursuance a the policy of en-
couraging tbe development of indus-
tries for which the circumstances of
the peovince are specially adapted, an
ceder -in -Council has been paased 'that
pulpwood cut on Crown lands should
be manufactuked in. Canada. A meas-
.ure °confirming this order-in-Councia
will ne laid before you. •
The dealrability 'of preserving the
forests in distrtcts not adapted for
agriculture, so assto constitute a per-
manent source at timber supply, has
been fully recognized in connection
with the ad•ministration. oe the Crown
domain, accordingly districts capable
of beinn reforeated ere being Ent
apart as forest reserves. ,
MINING AND AGRICULTURE:
The healthy condition of the mining
industry is sbewn by the growth of
revenue from sales and rents of min -
in• g lands, the increase of investments
in mining enterprises, and a larger
Output from mines and mining works.
It is the qbject aud policy o4 me Gov-
ernment to utilize all the natural
resources onour country so as to af-
ford the laigeet acope for the profit-
able empleament of capital and labour
and thus furnish the markets of the
world with finished articles instead a
raw matenalra.
I am pleasi3d to be able toistate that
the agricultural condition' of the pro -
Vince is mai more favourable than it
has been for many years. The great
improvement in the quality oe all
dairy produce has ineneased the popu*
larity of mir butter mid cheese in the
British market and has consequently
stimelated this brancli of industry.
Our fruit interests are also increasing
in importance ann value, as the ex-
ports of our orchards Jor tbe last
year make manifest. The attendance
at the Agricultural College bas reach-
ed the highest limit yet etteined since
the establisannent of the 'college; it
will be necessary to provide additional
accommodation if the attendance con-
tinues to increase as it has ˚ the
last few goitre. •
It is to be noted with regret that
the increasing numbers of insane tax
the acconaModation of our asylums be-
yond their capacity. Notwithstanding
the liberal provision already made and
the large expenditure incurre4 in
carrying on these aervices, it becomes
imperative that inoreased accommo-
dation be provided 'for many urgent
eases now requiring attention.
BILLS TO BE INTRODUCED. '
lifeaeurea will be submitted for the
improvement of public highways, the
drainage of swamp huids, the isecoure
agement of cold storage stations an ru-
ral diatriets, and the edlonization of
these portions of Northern Ontario
best adapted for agricultural pur-
posee. Your attention will be invit-
ed to bills ,respeoting the revenue, el:
cleating, eduoation, and mining, and al-
ao to a national* fear a comprehensive
exploration of the district lying be-
esveen the main line of the Canadian
Pacific railway tied Hudisoe bay, in
order that* more accurate information
May bd obtained aS to its timber, its
mineral resources and its suitability
for farming purpo.ses.
'Your attention la invited to the
present. relative jerisdlotion of the
ocotteta tbe province, and nf their re.
soothe judges, and to the suggeStiOne
of experience for furth+er promoting
the efficieint rotn,ppt and inciepensiVe
administration of justice throughout
the province.
During the recess I appointed a
Itoyel Commission to report upon the
financial position of the province. The
report will be laid before you esrly in
the tfeati011. A commission watt alio
appointed to enquire into irregulari-
ties reported by the judges et the bye.
election hel& in the west riding ef =-
gin en the 12th of Sanitary, 1890. The
commissioners bave mitered upon the
duties essigned. to them.
The• publie ateeents and the reporte
of the Mitered deroirtmenta of the
provincial fiervice will be eubmitted
you in due eourse.
The. eatimitee for the eurrent year,
prepared with as great tegard to soon.
otny as is consistent With effielent tor.
vibe, wilL at an early date, be plaited
before you.
GOVERNMENT 11,(EASIIIMS.
The Premier gives notice of bilis re.
spectitig itoprOveMent of high-
watea, the dr ege of swamp lends,
Roberta reopecting the relief of Him. /AP:. le*ay Tweirrou 4h . 1,..,,,,..' ' iblo ice-
obetriliceey;I:ave beau pfublislied by the War lowing 4441:paten fronA NaeatwPoort,
dated February 10,. told 40147104 13%
"altiechedal, Feb, 10.-Frenele with a t."4"31841:422""
evening, Thursday."
ed iefautry, reached Himberlee lest enemy greatly outnumbered our
"Vexy *were figbting oteurrini_eaa
both our flanks war liketiaberg• 4;1700
troops, being abeut 4,000 in number.
force of axtillery, eavalry, and mount-
,wa,s received this morning :-. ate deteeminetion, eliarged home, onlY
nee, .fonowaog from, Goo. rr000., ;,renattatanektueedirtnitilIV. oarnocad wteirtheiviroopae Rey:
'to occupy their ground4
en'e'm'Iyhatrvoenioothempsouleteti/erdisn sipreaoeat g .2r,hte.. to expeneeca aim a i2earty Mi *Aim and
berley, from Alevandersiontein to
011Phontofentifin, and am now going rA, patrol of the Innioikilling nrtk"
rine lire from our men that the death
roll Of tee aesailente must have been
coneiderable. •
wasi surrolunded by aoelebotbrAtt
.
ger and, store depot ,supplies and sue, cowraMpanyalat galla4t17
"nave captured the enemy's Ian- *15"741,
Alirough w thoyt wing a man.
of New South Wales, Mounted
out 40 wee
Wien of anantimitIon.
14'.. °11:::naileldnesea'Ir7e; caltbee'burtf:10aedi InfantrY wee unfortunately aneiiiiiate,
oa°v1.4..eloorm,00bnetaixiinotgwtinthe i
lo so nt eoi f tchoen y ma gehn a' az ab a y. wo no: t o
ratiretresafeQet.84:12guln"
' boctbwot"
deavouring to escape, . awletil).7.44C8
onslaught. Oet ot five colonial offi.
"I have good reason to believe the through the heart at the outset of thn
- abandoned and that the Boers are ep-
Magerefenttein trent:nes neve been enSagentento The enemy chose tAlla
time cd the moonni setting for their ,
f1
' ' tees oply one returned to nam
' '(Ierle"1 erenCji 14 sciAling the b c'tr rotrItrtiligillndasfreeenflgtiert=te.
C:giattorwyanrod:thz,locfmmIKfiormab:inl.e,y: (One of haado 0 tixe enemy. !
kellYrKenny's rorigadeo of Infantryns ICI"
isi pursuit of a large Boer convoy, molt- (lately removed, one Maxim being cle-
guns XroM golos kap have been
A despatch trout Jaeobsdal Feb stroyed to prevent its railing into the
i •
17, 745 p. na., saya:-"Much grtitifiej. 13RITIST1 '-l'''A'ICI; 3ACPBSDAL'
- on arrival here to find admirable boa, A-clespaten from Outaide jaconsdal
rapiatani tua•rarabnleamneeenteconarpasde ulryndtehre Gperrs., Orange Free State, Thursday, 'says 1-
jacobscial is now An possession .oe the
Kaettner and Hildebrand, who, with inritish. 'Yesterday a small, cavalry
their staffs, have shown the greatest petrol entered the' place and/ found it
kuadnese to our wounded, atti they Lull of wounded, including several
have to the Boer wounded. Some ox British; from Rensberg. Tins place was
our wounded have been here since De- occupied by a small iorce, which fell
°ember. Some were brought in yeater- back before the patrol.
day," . . ' After a series of anaall skirmishes '
galp:einf°t11114ewelnegrlideresP4detapchatcsifiersontie.
eral Roberne posted to -night, fills the viroxia Ann oirove out the last of ; the
Gen- a battery of artillery shelled the en -
A despatch from Modder River sans: B°8Wrhst.an the Boers evacuated J'accobse
.--"The sixth ,xlivision left Waterfall dal, they,' were obliged to .pass over a
drift and marched, here, going on the ridge, where they afforded a spleediel
atime .eirenuag to Rondevai drift, to mark for the British guns, winch
hriovledr,tha:d cleraossingve Ge,noefraltpheienbiotoclidrez ehin:weenreemdys.brapnel upon tlio retreat -
'to act.
eShortly after arriving here tbe
apa found it fulls of :women and eh 1- jarobe srdoaal di sbentowceonpallIncddTehor ridviesrtaaneol
Mounted InfaAtry visited Jacobsdeitl,
doing well. ,, % : is Onlg nine miles. The road is-aninla.
."On the way back the Mounted: In_ able for sendieg reinforcements and ......,,,
eupplies. •
dren, with ‘four oe our wounded men,
fantry were attacked, and nine Men The BBrTill341;4.tish GInitellt lOigRenBee°EdRepSa.rtmeet
were wounded. Col. Henry and Major estimates the number of Boers liable
Hatehell and ten men ,were miesing. to service in.the Transvaal at 31,314;
Both officete were -sebsequently faund in the, Orange Free Stet& 22.,314; dis,
at aacobsdal, slightly woended: ! loyal Cape Dutch, 4,000, and foreigners
" The cavalry division is moving in eialieted, 4,000, makin.g a' total of 61,-
e northerly line, and has apparently 8i3, from. which 1,898 men are deducted
+already reduced the pressure on Inime fon the police.
,
betrley, as Eekeveioh signals the elle- This Boers, it is said, have eighteen
my hes abandoned A,lexanderefonteln old guns of ell kinds, 19 captured from
and that he has occupied it. the British, and 73 neve guile, aunt'
" French has advanced es fay as tied as follones:-Creusot 15-0, gune,18:
Abonsdara, :with slight loss, and is 8.7 -inch, 21; 7.5-inoh, 82; and 4.7 -inch
pushing on the posts, his Tear being bovvitzers, 4, Against 'these, the Brit..
heild by Mounted Infantry," lab: sent out mountain gunse 12; hone
The War Office points ont that :the artillery, 54; field artillery, 281; live -
word " here " in the above despiaboh inch howitzers, 33; naval guns, Most -
Means some point on. the Modder tries .ly 4.7-inoh, 3a ; heavy siege teain guns,
,er In the Orange, Free &tete, umd 'not 30. , - 1. .
Modder river : stlation, • ' ' The British' forces Prior to •the war
........ • oonaisted of 9,604 men, 7,600 unmounted
A.USTRA.LIANS ANNIHILATED.
• A correspondent of tee London ultimatum, Cot. 9, they had increased
anti- 2,000 Mounted. On the dete of the •
Mail at .Naawwpoort, telegraphing edth .12,600 uninounted and 8,400 mount -
Wednesday, and describing the eeaou- , a total of 16,000. On January 7,
' " Time bompanies of the Wiltshire mounted, On Febrnary 28, they : will
there were 13,000 unmounted. and 19,100
tam of Rensberg, says: -
Regiment, in .withourwing tromItioof (sonnet of 37,800 mounted men and 142,-
..
800 amounted
camp lost theta way, and, aee raissing.
Their Whereabouts, however, is pretty- • NAVY RE.SERVE, CALL.
well known, and they will probably den•Patch from London, says: -A
be relieved to -night. The Boer losses telegram from r oFtsmonta say& the
anotuad Conesburg.on Monday are re- Adnaraitg enquiries at the navalpOrts
poeted extremely heavy:" have resulted in the assurancei that
The Times has the nolloviing' des- torty-zeven additional battleships,
patch from. Arundea, dated Wednes. crumers, end torpedo-boat destroyere
day:- . • .1 could forthwith hoiat the pennant. ..
" Ten° coanpainets of the Wiltshires The Admiralty on Friday ordered
(het were on outpost duty, failed to the ships in the fleet ieserve,at Ports -
join the force before the retirement mouth to be fully cre,wed and ready for
foam Rensberg, and. their absenoe not sea. This is rtgardell in sonie qnarters
• being noticed -on the parade, they as preliminary to putting the 'whole
were eventually out off." • reServe in readiness for coannatismon-
A &spent:lino the London Daily Mail, ing.
:told storage staUons in rural distiicts; up with orders at home.. By pushing
ci a enn Ao respecting, the rev- the a• export trade to Great Britain
enlace of the Province of Ontario, and nova the Canediane can gain a per -
for the iraProveinellt of the Suecessicin ronanotonit ten tho2flida. vSu.
Duties Act. •
The Antoniey-General, a bills re- soureies of information.
' and amend the Ontario Game Protean
stipeonctAinget.COunty Courts, anal to revise . •
The ComInisSioner of Crostin• Lands,
of a ineaeure terprevent forest fires.
NOTICES OF DICTION. ,
Notices of motion were given bY
Mr. Barr, of a bill to amend elle As-
sessatent Act; for a return of cora
respondence re prevention of tu.bercee
tests; for a return of corerspondence
re fishing leases on the) lakes, of On-
tario; of no enquiry re binder tvvine
contracts.
By Mr. Hoyle, of a bill re local
courts.
By Mr. joyag, enquiry re license in-
spectors of Greasaille. By Mr. McLaugh-
lin. re binder twine oontrects. 13y Mr.
Marter, for areture of license inspec-
tors, and Mee paid them, throughout
the province.
ALIEN LABOUR BILL.
Mr. Wardell, North Wentworth,
will reintroduce hie Alien Labour bill
this session. Mr.' Wardell is firmly ,of
the •opinion that in sd far au thel Pro.;
Omelet Legrslature has jarisdiotion, it
should prevent the displacement of
Canadian by American and other for-
.
eign labour.
ANtI-130NUS LEGISLATION.
Mr. Andrew rattullo, North Oxford,
will resume his anti -bonus and anti -
exemption campaign. The bill he will
introduce this session will be
even more decided than the original
one.
W'ANTS CONMEE RIM AmENDF4p,
• The town of Clinton will ask an
amendment to the Conine° bill, passea
last session, whiola obliges municipal-
ities to purc•hatie existing electric light
plante before entering' the same busi-
noes. The requeat Of the Clinton ToWn
Council lei plat, where the price of the,
plant cannot be agreed upon by the ar-
bitrators, the cost of the arbitration
ahall not exceed 00, and that neither
the municipalite nor the Company
shall be empowered to cal more than
five witnesses each, .
, LONDON WANTS A CHANGE.
The city of London will present a
bill asking permiseion to make some
radical changes in Lim methods . of
electing the Counell, the Sehool Board,
and: Other taunielixti bodies in that
city. The, bill embodies& ward abolitioft,
reduction of the number of aldermen
from eighteen to twelve, to be elected
by general vote; abolition of High
school trustees, saves one, who is ape
pointed by the Serarate School Board;
election, of water comlnissioners, for
two-year teems, and the election Of
tee) electoral to the Beard Of Police
COMMilitsieriersi
OPENINGS FOR CANADIAN TRADE.
Mr. Thema Sonthavorth, director oi
colonization, hike •reeeived more trade
inquiries through Harrison Wateon,
the euenber of the Canadian itection
of the Lave:aid Inetitute. A South.
ampton firm svielhee to be pineese in
communication with several Canadian
inekers a pedestal water olteset
Gittegow firm wants a ofmeignatent
of Window blind rollers, whieb, it ,ciate.
not obtain from, the mud Bouvet, of
supply In the United StatteS. There ill
• splendid °peen in Great Hritein
for CaUfirifith wo matrefatturere
Imettly every line. This le the tiro) to
take tilvantage of It, the Arnett.
bah &mike.* are betely Ole to keep
GIRL BURNED TO, DEATH.
Saved Three thildren From the Flames,
Beturnes1 for a Forth.
A despatcb from Sydney, N.S., says:
-41. young girl named Steele lost her
lite „weals heroically engaged in sav-
ing children from a burning house on
Saturday. The house was occupied
by two families named Farrell and Mc-
Intyre, the latter living in the upper
fl t '
Wnen the fire was discovered Mrs.
McIntyre. went outside while the girl
teraamed and dropped' three young
children, one after another, out og a.
wuadow to their mother below. Her
position was one oe extreme danger,
as the whole of the upper part of the
house was In flames.
BOTH WERE BURNED.
Instead oi saving her own life, as
she might have done be escaping
through the window, ale rushed to
another room with the object of rescu-
ing Mr& Ferreira boy, who slept in
the same flat. The heroie girl was
met at the dooe by a bunat of flames,
which must have at once overcome
her, and both she and tbe boy W8r0
burned th death.
The girl was a niece of Mrs. Man -
tyre. The charred remains of the
victims have been recevered from the
ruins. Nothing but an mon was
saved in this shape a lurniture.
VICTOR:2' MEANS LIFE.
Army doetors took out for good
, nem -even mare eagerly tban the gens
eral in command of the forces, for
they know that it makes the differ-
ence between. life and death to many
of their patients. Nothing hinders
the reeovery of the wounded so much
depreitaion of spirits and anxiety.
Anti when they hear that things are
going badly at the front, many of
thein who are on the turning point
grow worse and die,
On the other han,d, the news of a
great victory will pull a man 011t of -
the jawa of death.
Tine fact Was very noticeable, when
both British ahd French wounded were
congregated at Antwerp during the
Waterloo eallipaigil. WW1 ileWfl Of
Napoleon's complete defeat reached the,
hospital the French began to die at
trt,:oupts,tWiee .the rete of the British
SPELL 00 WEATHER.
Six, began the tramp, as be etepped'
n froet of a pedestrian, rvo seen
better days, and.--.."
Weli, interrupted the other, you
needn't blame me for it. len not the
weather Malt
HE KEPT MS WORA
The doetor said he'd put tne on roy
feet again in two weeks.
Well, didn't do Itt
Ile did, indeed. I had to• eell 'ray
bicycle to pey Ms hill,