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Nti rtifILIHM11111 "ntrast irt
to debate that prevails in the Britieh
ice with regard
7,10.4 II0U80 Of Common% and tends te re -
the people of Canada from' a care -1
NO(04 0: Proceeding$ In the Nation. Pei
al Legislattire. the proceedings of Parliament; that
ful and intelligent consideration of
it is desirabte that rules be ailopted
ihniting. Under certain conditons, the
',length of epeeehes, and regulating tbe
gt.nertil conduct of debate in that ree
gard; that especial committee should
be formed, to consider the questions
of Parltementary, debate, length of
speeches, general! vonduct of debate,
and proper methods for securing
gre3.ter promptitude in the deep itch
of business so far as may be consistent
with thei Parliamentary rights of the
minority, mid the general interests
of thei public, and report ita recom-
mendations to. thia Reuse.
ANSWERS TO Wit:8'4On. .
afr, Taylor learned from Dlr. Afu-
k that the Government was not
40r aware that Mr. Ganvreau, M. P., for
TeMitiotuata, was franking the oir.
oulara of a Montreal publication to
all perts of Canada and the United
!iiates. Such eanntunicatione sent
to tbe United. States the Ottawa
post -office officials, under the postal
Union law, bad to fix the postage
atamp of the eountry origin, whicb
is Canada in this ease.
, Mr. Guillet was told by Air. Field-
ing that tbe bill to reueW bank
charters would he introduced in am-
ple time to afford all partiea inter,.
ested full opyortunity for discussion.
Mr. Clarke was informed by Dar.
Fielding that the amount of royalty
collected in 4.he 'Yukon for the last
fiscal year was $589,943, and for the
first half of the present fiscal year
ft292,206. The Canadian Bank of Cora-
merce is the exclusive financial
agent of the Government iu the Yu-
kon as regards the colleetion of ivy:,
,alties. The arrangement wale not for
a stated thne, but could be ternainat-
ed at six months' notice by eitber side.
CamPensation to be paid to tbe bank
et the aiscretion of the Minister of
Finance, but so far the bank had not
received anything for its services.
Parliament svould be asked to vote a
sum ot money to the bane. when tae
suppeementary estimates were under
•
Sir Adolphe Caron was.told that, as i
Col. Steele holds an Imperial commis-
sion and Col. Otter a Canadian one,
Col. Steele will rank as senior mfieer
in South Aeriect, although Colonel
Steele was junior to Colonel Otter
in the Canadian. service. •Tbe
tater admitted that °sheers of the
Imperial army •of comparatiaely .
junior rank, as in the ease m Major
Stone and others, are plaoed over the
heads ot Canadian permanent oorpe
slicers of greater service and seniore
ity. This was done by. authority at the
Queen's regulations. ' It was not the
intention at present to amend the Mi-
litia Act to putt permanent corps o-fi-
cars on a similar Looting to Imperial
army mfieers.• It woold be better tO
wait until the Queen's revelations and
the, Imperial Army Act had •been re-
vised.
•
Mr. Douglas aseertained that the or-
iginal land grant to the Great North-
West Central Railway Company
lapsed with the exoeption of the fifty
miles already earned,
Mr. Oster was told by Dr. Borden
that 16,e68 Snider riles itre issued to
the rural corps; 860,571 rounds of
Snider ammunition ate new on hand,
but no more is being made.
Ur. Oster was in-ormed by Mr. Fish-
er that no spec:Lie provision has yet
been made ior the erection of a suite
able Canadian Government building in
connection with the 1S00 Pan-Ameta.
can Exposition in Bu_falo. The. Gov-
ernment has 'received an invitation,
but no plans or arrangements have
yet been made. •
Mr. Foster was told by Mr. Suther-
land that companies incorporated in
any or all of the provinces of CaOada
can hold or have transferred to them
mining claims in the yukon, provided
they hold a fen miner's certifinte.
Mr. Fielding announced; in answer
to Mr. Robertson, that the Govern-
ment bad considered the advisability
of introducing life insurance annuities
as adopted by the Post -office Depart-
ment of Great Britain, hut it. is hard -
,13, probable that legislation on the
/subject will. be submitted this. ses-
81011.
Mr. Monk learned from Mr. Fielding
, that the tojeal amount wepended to
date by theGovernment in proeuring
+hp _provincial electoral lista from the
different* provinces of Canada haa
been $9,829.46. The total expenditure
Incurred to date by the Government
in printing the said lists has been
$17,274.43.
Mr. Sproule was told by Mr. Mu -
lock that the Government is not aware
of any city or town post -office which
is conducted. without the practical as-
.sistance of a postmaster, although
there were some oases ia which .the•
amount of assistance given by the
postmaster' varied. • t
Mr. Prior was told by Dr. Borden
that the Government has no means
of knowing how many militiamen or
how many ciallians have offered their
services as volunteers to South Afri-
ca, no recbrd having been kept of such
offers.
Mr. Sutherland stated. in answer to
Mr, Davin, that the Government wilt
lay on the table copies of the agree-
ment between the Government, the
Canadian Pacific railway, .and the
town site trustees of the variou9 town
sites along the line of the Canadian
Pacific railway.
Mr. Richa.rdson, enquired whether,
under the terms olf the contract be-
tween the Government and the Cana-
da& Pacific railway, the clause relat-
ing to the exemption of the company's
land grant from taxation applied• to
lands granted in the Provinee of Mani-
toba, or only to land granted in the
North-West Territories?
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, in reply, 'read
• the clause in the eontract, but declined
to express any opinion as to its legal
interpretation
Mr, Fostet was informed by Mr.
Blair that threacontracts existent oil
SOME LANCERS CAPTURED.
04././.•
Advance Guard Cut Off by Boers
in Natal.
A despatch from London March 27
says :-Doer reports from Natal fellow
no developments of importance have
occurred there up to lYfarch 2$. A. !
ilespaleele from the Boer camp at
encoe, a e re , says.
I"No attaok is expeeted to be, made i
on the Boer forces in Natal. Generals
Botha and Meyer have been joined by
their wives.
"Pretorius and a patrol got between
an advance guard of Lancers and its
main body on bleach 22. One Lancer,
who refused tO surrender, was shot. I
aCeeneral Botha denies the reports I
• that the Transvaal women were '
wounded in the Tugela trenches. Gen.
Buller has sent the Boers a list of
their wounded, stating that he barie.d
platy men. Gee. Botha says this is
impoesible, as his rolls do not sbow ,
any mach loss,"
A Ladysmith spacial says :-"Boer
patrols endeavoured to trap a party
ol the Thirteenth Hussars, qn March
25, at Wasehbank. A bat chase en-
sued, Several Boers were wounded."
The same despatch says ;-"A print-
ed document has been found, giving
p ver
2,500, but this can scarcely be credit-
ed."
MAGISTRATE CAPTURED.
Boers Threaten to Try a British
Official for Murder.. •
despatch' from Leaden, March 29,
sayfe-Replying to a,cpeestiea put by
Mr. Eligene Wenn, Liberal mem,ber
for Clacikraannan and Kinross, who
asked whether her Majesty's govern-
M3ent possessed information as to
the whereabouta of the British Megi-
'strata, Mr. Gastin, of South Afriaft,
wise was captured by insurgent Dutell
colonists, and threatened with trial
imuider, and On what Oa:Minis the
'trial was, to be held; the Secretary of
State for the Colonies, Mr. Sosepb
Chamberlain, said the Bi•itisie High
Corainissionere Sir Alfred Milner, had
reported thati Mr. Gastin was ient to
Bloemfontein March 19/Mie Cliemaer-
; la in added that Sit Alfred Milner had
been asked to eaquire into the particu-
lees of tbe case, and to inake the neces-
sary representations • through the
United States Consul at Pretoria, Mr.
Adelbert Hay.
GEN.. JOUBERT DEAD.
Biers° 4' idee Siteramb. 10
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Per isallls at, Pretoria.
A despatch from Pretoria,. March
28. , alit Lorenzo Marques, says :-Piet
Joubert, Vice -President of the Trans-
vaal, and, coenmandent-general of the
•Repubhes military oices, died sho t-
ly befote midnight last night, aged
68 years and 60 days.
He succumbed to an attack of acute
inflammation, after a short illness, at-
tending church even last Sunday.
The whole country is thrown into
the deepest felooni by his death. His
loss is believed to be irretrievable,
partimilarly if any settlement should
be arrived at with the British.
The remains will be taken to -mor-
row to the Wakkerstroom district
where ,they will be interred in the
faraily cemetery on a farm he owned
there.
Words are incapable of describing
the nation's grief over the loss of the
commandant -general at a time that
is so critical in the history of the Re-:
public. 1
The afternoon papers to -day pub-
lish long biographies of Gert. Joubert,
Generally, they are in a kindly tone.
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BLEW UP THE BRIDGE.
••••••
Boers Able to Check Roberts' Ad-
vance Force Just in Time.
The Bloemrontein correspondent of
L d M Po t, t 1 re h-
, tali Tuesday, says: -"The first Cold.
streams and the 3rd Grenadiers are al-
ready at Glen. The Gordons and the
cavalry lerigade moved Sunday. The
fourteenth brigade followed to -day,"
The three -span bridge at Glen was
dynamited thtee hours before the
Guards reached it, The necessary re.
pairing will delay a further advance
for a time. Gen. Gataere'ei forces are
now arriving."
July lot, 1896, on the S't. Lawrence
canal' system, were either sospended A 'NEW DESTROYER
oir cancelled and replaced by new con-
tracts. All of these three were on
the Soulanges canal, and were aot for
any specified amount of work, but for
dredging et so much per cubic. yard.
Mr. Monk was in'ormed that the
Grand Trunk railway has nat made
any claim upon the Government by
reason of the improvement of the ter-
minal facilities afforded the Interco.
lonial railway at Montreal, or for any
other causes arising etom the contract
between the Government of Canada
and the Grand Trunk railway in con..
nection with the extension of the In-
tercolonial to Montreal.
Sir Louis Davies told Prior that
the attention al the Government has
been called to the numerous wrecks
that have occurred upon the coast of
British Columbia during the last three
years. He added that it ie not the in-
tention of the Goverliment to have a
thorough aurvey of the coast made by
con:me:tent hydrographical engineers,
at least not in the immediate present,
becawie the hydrographic work on
that coast has hitherto been dofie
mostly by the Imperial authorities, al-
though the Canadian Government haa
done something towards finding and
marking the position of rocks on the
charts. To provide a proper vessel
for the service would cost $10,010, and
to maintain it would cost $30,000 a
• year.
Mr. De.sehened asked * long question
.regarding the deficits of the late Do-
minion GoVerninent and their railway
and other imbeciles for a period of sev-
eral years. The question was allowed
to stand at the requeet of the Govern -
went.
Mr. Morin asked what number of
immigrants was brought from Europe
to Canada. at the expenes of the Gov-
ernment in the yearet 1897-08-99. •
Mr. Sutheriend replied that the Gov-
ernment had not, wited upon it poliey
of asaisted ininalgration, and that there
was tio expenae for this purpose except
What had arisen in a general way for
the admitlistretien of the dppartment.
AGAINST LONG1 SPEECHES.
Mr. Charlton moved that -the
tic° of delivering speeches of etteat
length in the Canadian House of Com-
forts hoe introduced a diecurave
ettle of spealtibg that 15 destructive
of•Pertinent debate upon public guts -
It Waite of vslwable timc, no.
Nitro-Glyeerine Call be Fired From
. Smooth Bore Guns.
A despatch from London mays:4-4It
Is claimed that experiments at the
Armstrong Whitworth range at SU -
loth, Cumberland.. have demonstrated
that nitro-glyeerme can be fired with
safety from smocith bore guns. Sev-
eral shells eharged with 9e per cent.
of nitro-glyearine were fired 1,60D
yards. Experts regard the expert-
ments as important.
ring, DOUICv, AND GALICIANS.
eransuia encely to oet tot or Them Thfs
, A despatch from London. says: -A
very amall amount ot British emigra-
tion be expected this season, but Con -
finale' emigration will probably
be of considerable extent.
A large party. of Icelanders, 1,000 or
so in number is destined to go out
this spring,: bound tor Winnipeg.
Finns also will go to Canada in large
numbers.
Among the small parties to go to
the North-West are a couple of hun.
dred or so Doukhobora, now .making
preparations to start for Canada. The
MOVeillellt of (Widens is likely to be
large.
I ANOTHER CANADIAN DEAD.
!First Fatality in the Ranks of the
Second Contingent.
despateh front Cape Twon, Marcie
29, says: -The first death ban oeourr-
ed in the ranks of the Ctrinadian
Mounted Rifles, Yeaterday rooper
Ramsay of the first troop Winnipeg
died at the hospital here froni Wham-
mation. Ile was weil known and liked
ited hie death is greatly regretted.
We are Mill in doubt as to our nit'.
mate destination, but hope to leave
for the front shortly; The general
health of the contingent le excellent,
and the spirit of the men all that
tould be &mind. •
What the Legislators of the PrOVinCe
are Dam at TorOute.
THE BONUS 31EASITHE.
Mr. Pardee moved the second read.
ing of his bill to return to deal with
the bonu,s question. He said It prae.
tieally placed the bonus law on the
same basis as it stood upon in 1888. It
gave munielpalitlea the right to do
what they pleased with their own
money under certain safeguards,
wbieli would prevent their going too
far in the direction of buraening them-
selves with taxation.
Tim bill was sent to the Municipal
Commit tees.
TO REGUDATE WAGGON TIRES.
Mr. Fox moved the second reading
of bis bill to re ulate the width of
waggon tires. The naover said the bill ,
would not interfere with the manufac-
ture at waggon tires, as it woula not
mime Into Meat until 1001. It pro-
vided that County Councils could en.
force the use of wide tires, and Town-
ship Councils could give a rebate to
those usuag wide twee,
lion. lire Dryden said it was a seri-
ous matter. The year 1001 was not
fai off, and the different tires would
not work well together, It they could
get all the tires alike it evauld be all
right.
TO EXEMPT 13AHNARE0 HOMES.
Mr. Foy moved -the' second reading
a( his bill to eaempt from taxation the
property of a philanthropic institu-
tion devoted to the care, training,
and education of ohildren. He explain-
ed tbat it would apply to institutions
operating under the Aet to regulate
the inemigratiou into Ontario oe cer-
tain classes 'of children. The Attorney-,
General' eoneurred in the measure, and
said he would in aceimnittee add an
arnendraent to exerapt tbe property of
obildren's aid societies.
DEPARTMENTAL STORE BILL.
Mr. German, acting for the Retail
Merchants' Association, introduced the
expected antadepartmeneal store mea-
sure. The Act provided for a tax on •
the gross proceeds of sales by de-
pattmentat stores, in addition to a
tax on personalty.
DESTRUCTION OF INSECTS.
The House went into eoramitteeaon
Mr. Dryden's bill for the prevention
and destruction of noxious insects.
Mr. Matheson asked who was to de-
termine whether insects were nexious
or not.
Mr, Dryden said authority would be
given to the Lieutenant -Governor -in -
Council and the Council of every muni-
cipality. • •
Mr. Foy Criticised class 5, which
nrovides that where the occupant Or
owner of a lot refusee to carry out the
law, the work shall be done, and the
' pp y,
entered on the collector's roll. Mr.
Foy said the no:Hector might be an un-
reasonable man, and in many cases in-
justice might be done the owner.
This clause and clans 7, • 'cl`
punishment far non -obedience, were
allowed to stand, and the committee
reported progress. ,
IMMGRA.TIoN TO ONTARIO,'
The report on the immigration to
Ontario for 1809 has been issued. The
total number of staera t: a se
'who settled in Ontario reached 4,015,
as against 3,358 in the previous year.
These figures take no account of the
figures from the United States or cab-
in and show an intrease of twenty
per cent. In view of the teeline
immigration in the decade' ending in
1898, satisfaction that tbe tide had
turned is expressed by Mr. Spence,
oecretary of the Immigration Depart-
ment. The demand for skilled farm
labour was far in excess of the sup-
ply and the wages advanced in con-
segoence of tin advance in wages in
the British Isles. Many men found em-
ployment in railway work in the new
or north-western sections of Ontario.
There was an increase of 118 ia Ju-
venile emigrants. Mr. Spence is not
hopeful of a large increase in immi-
gre.tion this season in view of increas-
ed cost of ocean passage, resulting
from the diversion of steamere to
South Africa, and the anpreceaentea
industrial activity in the United King -
dam. The cost per ca.pita of immigra-
awl to the province in 1899 was $1.64,
as against $2.11 in 1898. .
FRANCHISE FOR THE SOLDIERS.
The Attorney -General moved the
second reading of his bill for preserv-
ing to Canadian soldiers now serving
in South Africa their rights. of fran-
chise. Although it was quite probable
that many of the soldiers would be-•
come citizens of South Africa, and
that others would become permanent
officers in her Majesty's service,
The Attoraey-General leo inoved•the
second reading of bill to authorize
municipal grants for the benefit of
Canadians on military service in Solith
Africa. He commented on the gener-
osity of the municipalities, and eulo-
gized the efforts put forth on beh'alf
of the Patriotic and Bed Cross funds,
He pointed, out tient Dr. Ryerson wile
now in South Africa in the arena of
war, doing. useful work for the Red
Cross Society.. The bill, be said,
would saow that there was a dtsposse
Hon on, the part of the Legislature to
eneourage further liberality on the
part of munielprlities.
The seciand reading was adopted.
COLLINGWOOD'S ENTERPRISE,
The town of Collingwood asked au-
thority to griint a bonus of 2115,000 to
Charles D. Cramp, the Philadelphia
shipbuilder, and .others, to aid in es-
tablishing a blast furnace and steel
smelting undustry and to furnish, site
worth eit1,000, the eompany to hive 5
fixed assessment of 000,000 for 30
years. Theacommittee reported the
bill subject, to the condition that the
by-law shall contain nothing con-
trary to the bonus measure introduc-
ed by Mr. Pardee, Web is now be-
fore the. House.
PROPOSED LABOUR BUREAU',
Mr. Preston, South Brant, asked: -
Has the Government in contemplation
the establishment of a department of
bureau, of labour, which would be en-
trusted with the collection end pubis -
cation of statistics or other inforraa.
tom affecting the industrial classes,
and with the enforcement of labour
legtsla tion.
The Premier replied that the matter
had been under consideration for some
time, and was now receiving eonsider-
able attention.
TO LICENSE BOILER MEN.
Mr. Carscallen spoke in support of
his bill providing for the Inspection
of stationary boilers and enginee, and
the licensing of peraons in charge of
them. Mr, Carscallen said there
were 8,000 atationary boilers in thr
province. The objeet of the bill was
to proteet life and property.
runcliASP, OE' LIGHTING PLANTS.
Mr. Graham's bill to amend what
la known ail the Conmee Act was given
a second reading. It sYrovidea for a
single ,arbitrator, the reduetion and
limitation of the eost of arbitration,
and for an award within 80 days of
the appointment of the arbitrator, un-
less the time is extended by mutual
consent, or good reason Is given why
an extension should be made..tt alao
exempts munieipatities deeirettel Of
establishing gas, electeie, or .viiter
works systems front the neeessit of
acquirtng planta whit% have not eon
hi operation within the peat year.
ONTAKI0 ELECTIONS ACT.
Mr. Whitney moved the seeond read-
lng bill to amend the Onterio
Elections Aet. He reviewed the
changes he propoiled in the existing
Ant. Many' safeguards to make the
entire Oiling Open and above board
are included! The penelty !lot' breachi
es or any or ttil provonon ne
with no other option at six months
imprisonment in addition to a fine or
eakat and he provides for it like pun-
ishment for anyone who aids, abets,
or counsels suelt an offence. The
bill also provides for the trial of of-
fendere by the aleetion judge inuneda
ately after the election trial.
SPANISH RIVER AGREEMENT.
Ilon. Mr', Davis moved that the
House ratify the agreement between
the Conamissioner of Crown Lands and
the SPallisle River Pulp and Paper
Company, dated leept, 21. 1890.
Mr. Davis explained that under the
firet and second itaiaements in 1894
the Spanish Pulp awl Paper Company
contracted to employ 400 bands, and
spend $00,000 in the ereotion of large
mills in Sante ate. Marie. The ooraPiellY
plant, end leet
actually spent nearly 0,000,000 on the
year employed an aver-
age of 700 hands. In addition vast in-
terests, such as railroads, and rearm -
features, were growing up around
Sault Ste. Marie, wbieh would add im-
mensely to the wealth and peospertty
of both old and New Ontario. The
enterpeises under way would Involve
an expenditure of from S12,900,000 to
C8,000,000. The Seurgeon Falls Com-
pany, wilich agreed to employ 240 men
in the puIpw-ood industry, had employ-
ed over 800 within tbe Past seven
months, and in other respeets also
had mare than fulfilled its obligations.
WAX ON' CORPORATIONS.
The Act at present in fors*, imposing
• •
taxes on corporations, requires the
conepanies to gend in seven sworn
statements to the Provinclal Treasurer
on or lee ore 1st April of each year, ' As
the Government intends .to ask the
Legislature to make some changes in
the law relating to the period oi send-
ing in return!, the Provineial Treas-
war has nott led enquiring companies
that' no action will be taken for the
P
for failure to make retutns until ,
a ter the Legislature bas passed upon
thei matter. As soon as a new date
has been decided upon, ecirmae upon
whieh returns will be made, will be
sent to the companies. It is understood
that the larst of June is a more con- 1
venient time than the first of April, '
and the Legislature will probably be
asked to select the former date.
ELECTRIC STREET RAILW.A.Y.S,
Mr. Hill's bill requiring street rail-
way cars operivans on palate high-
• •
Y e equipped wit life-saving
tenders, and •proending for a uniform
rate of two cents a Mae •upon all
swab, railways, was sent to the Rail-
way Committee after the Attorney -
General had eommented upon the im-
portance of its provlsions.
FARM IMPROVEMENTS,
Dr. Melaay's bill providing that far-
raers mien buildhedges and improve
their lawne, barns and stables, with-
out: being liable for an increa.se of as-
sessment, was afferedawith the ex -
street he would go in for single
tax measure, but designed to cause
farmere to improve their premises.
The Attorney -General said the ,
House was not prepared to consent to '
the principle of the bill. In the a,13 -
abstract he wogid go in for single
tax; but they could got adopt it un-
der their present assessment law, and
there was no use talking about it a
The bill was withdrawn •
RAINS ARE GENERAL.
TOM.
Many CAMPS in SOUtit Ura -
1 ed into Swamps.
A despatch from London, Mareli 27,
says :-Advices to -day from Cape
Town sa "Rai a en ral
, throughout South atirlea, and riv..
era which have been dry for years are
being ilooded. Many camps are trans.,
formed into swamps. This will still
more militate against au immediate
British advance.
"Sickneas among tiae Boer prisoners
on the transports is increeeing. Three /
deaths occurred March 26. The bodies
were buried by the British with the
Transvaal flag on their coffins, the I
leading Dateh of Simonstown attend-
ing the funeral. Typhoid alone claims i
one hundred vietims among the prison- I
ers, and the imptilation of Simonstown
pi e
"lit. meeting 01 the Bond Was held I
at earl, Maroh 26, and. was attended
by several members of the Cape As-
sembly. It passed resolutions regret. I
bug that the Cape Government Was
not consulted beeore ties war, and de.
claring that any settlement which did I
not respect the independence of the
Republics would be detrinaental to the
I highest interests of the Beitish Em-
lpire. Mr. Elargrove, the °him imeaher*
prophesied another war within six
years unless independence was grante
ed, end Assemblyman Marais charac-
terized the war itS a continuation of
the, Jameson raid,"
TURKEYS La IN THOUSANDS
Discovery of a Di;ease in Canada
Known as Erttero-He atitis
A despatch from Ottawa says: -Mr.
A. G. Gilbert, manager of the poultry
I • •, un o is
experimental work for the past year
before the Committee of Agriculture
on Thursday morning. fie gave, I
• among other' matters of 'import, the
I
'results of thelsuccessful inaring and
fattening of flibroug•hbred poultry by
1 eevere.1 farmers in different parts of I
l the ctuntry, ana the satisfactory dis- /
posal ed the Slane The birds so sue '
cessfully raised and sold at ten cents
ror p,,und were Plymou-h Rocks and
, Wyandottes, They were fed by hand,
, and averaged 51-.3 pounds each when
' sold. Air. Gilbert also gave figures
to show the successful experimental
work at the farm during the year in
the fattening by natural methods of
thoroughbred cockerels on hard and
fiately-ground grains. The birds fed
on ground grains made the greatest
development at the least cost.
A most important statement was
lee discovery, alaring the year, of a
• disease technically known as entero-
hepatitis, new to Canada, and whiob
• has been the cause of great mortality
to tbousands of turkeys throughout
the country., .
. 9'
11111 FROM THE WIRE8 ICTORY
Nom Donn About Ouraolveo And
Our Neighboru-Somothiug or
Interest From Every Qua -
ter of tho Globe.
•
Tucker and French Driv,e Boers
From Kopjes Near Brandfort.
London, Mardi 80. -The War offiee • "The operation was suecesafully
. has lemma ebe following from Lora carried out by the Seventh, Gen. Tue.
London will increase the wages of Roberts to the Secretary of War :-.. ker's, Division, assisted by the Mat
its firemen. "Bloemfontein, March 30, 2.25 p.m.- and Third CavalrY larigaelee, under
Gen. French, and Le Gallais regiment
Mrs. Margaret McFarlane is deadi
en our banned 1 II , on
late ro t d their hos- " The enemy retreated to Brandfort,
°wino to the activity of the enemy of mounted infantry.
at. Stonewall, aged 102 years,
A Chamber and our troops now hold the kopjes.
Camada. of hlinaa has 130011 surrendered under the terms of ray toen
farmed at Winnipeg for Central 1 tile action. towards the burghers who ,.
Going, Seottish Borderers.
Our casualties were :-Killed--Cap.
Ilamiltoe is to have an Electric and predamation, I found it new:Legere' to Wounded -Captains Sallar, Luard,
A.utomobile ComPamer with &capital drive them from some kopjes they had Peeblee, Curgenven, and Edwards ;
occupied near the Karhee aiding sta. Lieutenanta Coulson and Freud) and
of $0,000.000.
tion, a few miles south of Brandfort. about 100 rank and Ale."
Hog cholera exists among the herds
at Treheene, Man. One farmer has Wet
CANADA.
Mon City Council has struck a 20 -mill
rate of taxation.
Men:Wants' Bank got ile005 .
tbe British war loan is e2,000.0a0
80 •
The tantalise Conamittee of the Ham -
One hundred and aiaty-four cases of
Tile Bask of Montreal's eller° of
•
estinaated surplus for 111C0.1931 of near -
Sada, daughter cif Prince Kugo, on?
UofTaY1110891:1919this.i, buoiltgetoth,000017008 asnadrplauns
1Y 41,00,000. '
bite Harunomiya will wed Princess
The Japanese Crown Prince Yoshi-
.
Health Officer of Hamilton last week.
measles were reported to the Medical,
uTrwineenty-afoguariepeabsya.nts;b7re drowned
capsizing
I The Leideter regiment, recently I
. Id
I of a boat in which they were cross-
gareesoned at Halifax, will not go to lug the Danube from Katona to Pays.
Africa, but to the West ladies and
Masked robbers visited the quarters
Egypt,
of Loie Fuller, the American dancer,
tintless to Thunder Cape, wieh in three
open be.ore May 1.
ieet thick Navigation will not likely
,Taie bay, at Port .Arthur is .frozen
eavere,
in Paris, beat her intO 'Insensibility,
and then robbed her of her jewels.
Her injuriee have been pronounced
.
'Mrs. Annie James is suing Clark & Smallpox appeara ' to be on the in -
Reid, printers, co, Hamilton, for §2,000 crease In Paris. The members of the
damages eor the loss of her son's band
In a printing press.
lance, then :shot himself dead in a
Wilfred Ilaartin called up an ambu-
• • Bon Ma-che, the Magasins du Louvre
vetecinated.
and other establishments. have been
Figaro staff and the emaloyes of the
cabmenai shelter on Prince Arthur The Belgian Government has sign -
street Montreal ed a concesston to. a company with.
.
The appointment ef a new Health $6,000,000 capital, constituted for the
announced. Dr. McFadden. of Neepawa press service on the railway line be -
Board for the Provinoe of Manitoba is purpose of exploiting an electric ex -
son of Winnipeg.
is Chairman,. succeeding Dr. Pattei-, tween Brussels and Antwerp.
. I Work has begun on the railway line
gratefue terms the message of condole inz to Djuda, ana on its braneh line to
Lord buiferin has acknowledged in •
. from Hamadan, Persia, through Tab- •
ence eent bun by the Ottawa CitY Teheran. At Djulfa, whieh is On the
Council on she, loss of his son, Lora , Russian border, connectien will ulti-
•Ava, ne South Africa. • I inately be baca with tbe Caucasian
It was shown that the death of two railway eystem, and from Hamadan
old mena Bowen and Robbit, in • the., the Persian road eventually will be -
Aged People's Home at London, Ont., extended to Bandar Abbas, on the
was due to whiskey that Bowen pur- Persian gulf. The work will be corn-
• •
chased on the night of the fatality. , pleted m 1903. . .
A movement( is on foot to 'settle a. 0 . . .
great number of Fiona, who content...
BRITISH FORCE, 11,000. .
plate emigrating from Bunten tern -
North -west Territoriee.
tory, ea the fteet Deer distriet, ut the Roberts' Advance Post 21 ' Milel •
North of 131oemfontein.
A bust of Lord, Strathcona is to be
placed itt the House of Commone at London, Saturday, March 31. -The
Ottawaa in - commemoration of his head of tlie. army of Lord Robeits is
contribution to the Empire of a con- . ow about 21 milea north of Bloemfone
tiagent of Canadiaus •for service •in 6
. ' tein. It occepies e cluster cla Mlle,'
Africa. .
Alice Cline, a young Woman, who I won from. the Boers after a still figbt,
which the Britisb lost seven mficers
formerly resiled in Winnipeg, has been : in
arrested at Alinneaaolis, charged with !and one hundrea men. ' .
having relied v. ..noted .to $10 by,1 •
transferring the figures from revehtie ,,e oers a een using these
Th B h a b
stamps to currency. , kopjes as a base for marauding bands
sity; wants a new arts building' and : adjacent to Bloemfontein, driving off
second building, contairang readilig-
Principal Grant of Queen's Univera I that have been beating up the country
I cattle and forcing non -r ' t t r
ems an ree
.
room, library, museum and convects- • .
Staters into the ranks again. The
. ,
tion bell. With. respect to. securing
tunds tor the oomtnendenaent of' these enemy must. have* been in eciasiderable
buildings he will make an appeal La I force, •as Lord Roberts sent - 8,000 in-
tim Kingston Council. i fantry and 3,006 Cavalry againit them:
. The Cataraqut Iron Smelt:ink Cora -I
Lora Roberts' 'progress to Pretoria
pany has offered to put up a sgnelting , .
stan, with a capacity.
works plant worth $225,040 in Kinga will probably coneist pi a series of such
anitions will be attacked. by.a portion,
of from 100 era forward . movemente, in wiligh Boer
200 ona of iron bref daily and emialoye
Ins from 100 to 209 hands. they will. a
• ,
l wbeel tran Y t the g'r p y .71‘in
te
pay from $100,000 to $150,000 year y. SPOr , main army to -
ins up as the 'railway ia repaired.
in salaries, In return they /tale front'
in the minor spheres ot operations of '
the city, a faee site, exemption from Lord Roberte is stripping the forces
taxation and a bonus of a4,000 •year -
their waggons amel trenimort animels
ly for fifteen. yeare, which woOld be
• GREAT BRITAIN.
about eaual to 835,000.0a0 honus now, in order to hasten the advance. This
I recalled Lord Methuen fforn Barkly
:Is understoed to be theaeason why he
British Minister to the Court of cop- West to Kimberley, Lord Roberts had
enbagen,- is dead in hie sixty-third • to have Methuen's transpoot.'
• .1 The nation villy a hot chase was not
IMPORTANT IVIEASORES;
Me, Carnelian' ineroduced an ket ta
amend the Municipal Amt, which en-
Ables cities over 15000 to 'elect alder-
taea by general vote. or to divide the:
'city into tWo electoral divisionse gives
police cemmissioners ower to rohia-
it' the keepers of seeoxid-hand shape
from purehasing goads from perions
under 18. Glees oity foiming part of
a country for judicial Purposes tae
ri ht to aud't suoh c unts It leo
provides that in elites -in which tbe
manhood suffrage realstralloo applies
the same hoard which fixes polling,
places for municipal elections, shall
fix polling places for elections to the
Legestative Assembly. And it few:tires
the capacity of fruit baskets and
boxes to be written thereen
REASONS FOR THE DELAY.
•
Why Roberts Has. Postponed His
Advance So Long. -
A despatch froxa London says: -The
second edition of the. Times contains
the following despatcb from its cola
mreaspore:d27:_t at Bloemfootein, dated
"It should be clearly understood
that the present halt in the vicinity.
af Bloemfontein is absolutely 'acces-
sary es a military precaution. It
'should be, borne in mind that we are
about to enter on a new phase of .tbe
operations, with the main communi-
cations through a recently occupied
hostile country, and that the recent
successes necessitated a great expen-
diture of horse power. Here and in
Natal we shall move on tbe com-
mencement of the South AfrIcan win-
ter, and must be paspared to face the
effects of the first frosts upon suet
anirdals as may be affected with
horse sickness. It would be suicidal
to push troops forward till they are
eouapped to meet the exposure of
winter. Horses, clothing, and food
we must have."
The correspondent adds that the
Boer forces have been re -equipped, and
he says he be fully convinced that 15,-
000 foreign troops lhave been landed
to aid the republics,
BRITAIN'S CASUALTIES.
.
total Reaches 16,652 -Forces Ter-
riblf Weakened by Disease. -
A despatch: from London says: -The
weekly casualty list shows that, the
British losses will be Very.heavy. Mr.
Wyndliara's original estimate that the
war would be carried through at a
cost ot uot more than three thousand
lives m bound to be very much exceed-
ed, Up to Saturday, the British
forces hatt lost 2,1ao men killed, while
9,807 were wounded, and 3,515 inuisuig
or prisoners, making a totai of 15,e
453. To these must be added 1,200
deaths from disease, ler a grand total
of 10,652.
These figures, however, do not make
evident the actual weakening of the
British army due to illness, hard-
ships, and long marches.
The six thousand men that remained
of the garthion at Ladyemitb are re-
covering vereesiowly from the Weide
of the siege. /1 may be weeks before
they are able to participate in any
military movement.
Letters are now arriving from Lady-
smith which show the desperate eon-
dition to which the garrison hid come
whet the; city was relieved. Only one
thousand men ware physi ally tit to
offer ana determined resist nee.
BRITAIN MUST RULE.
Mr. Herbert Gladstone's Remarks
at a Liberal Meeting.
A deepatch from London, March 29,
says: -.Speaking to -day at a breakinst
of the Liberal agents, at Nottingham,
Mr. Herbert Gladstone, son of the late
statesman, declared that nearly all the
Liberals had agreed in regard to the
settlement of the Sottth Afrieart ques.
tion that it was the duty of the Gov,.•
ernment to make a reeurrence of the
war impossible, and to show the world
that British power in Shalth A,1400,
Was predominant, and that the Brit-
ish flag intitit'wave over the whole of
Attica.
Forma is to 'have granolithic side.
Walks.
FINDING OF THE GUNS.
Lord Roberts' Last Report to the
' War °Mee.
A aespatela from London, March 29,
saYs:-The War 0 fin haft received the
following desaatch from Lord Robeals,
dated Blown ontein, March 28th --a
•
aGeneral Clements occupied Faure-
sinith to --day without opposetion. One
niae-pounder and one Martini -Maxim
were discoverea in a prospecting shalt
et a mine, where a large quantity of
atiemunitioh was buried.
••••Arnes are being surrendered grade -
ally, and the inhabitants are seetliniz
down. • -
"Col. Pitcher' aisited Ladybrand
March 26th. On leaving the town he
was attacked by a party of the enemy,
and one ca his force•was wounded, nnd
live are missing. •
" ur ng the skirmtsh north of the
Modder river, on March 25th, five men
svere wounded. Three are reported to
be missing. Capt. Sloane -Stanley, of
-the Sixteenth Lancers, and tive men'of
that regiraeiet were taken prisoners."'
•
AUSliALIAN -1 s pass.
1
Trooper Morris Rescued an Officer:
While Under Fire.
London, March 30. -.Trooper Morris,
belonging to the Australian eonting-
ent on service In Siguth Africa,. aas
been *recommended for the • Viotoria
CrOSS far rescuing an officer while un-:
der fire;
Morris is the first Australian to rea
teive this coveted decoration, which
carries with it an annual pension of 1
£10 from the British Government. :
He willealsoaseeive 452 aonually for
life; this sum having been offered by
Agistralian insurance company to
the first Australian winning the Vic-
toria Cross,
BOER AMMUNITION.
latee Pew Hanger Carlrldgef I Left and
MOE (Ted 01 Aninisailthalt ie Munoet
E3(110111SIC41.
A despatch from London, Thursday
says :-The Times correspondent at
Lorenzo Marques reiterates the re-
port that there are numerous deser-
Lions among the burghers. Ile says
that hundreds of the younger men,
including some officers, are continu-
ally arrested for desettion. '
Ile also asserts that the Boers' total
stock of Mauser ammunition, clutatia-
ing to four million rounds, was issued
to the Free Staters. The Boers are
now using Lee-Metford cartridges, of
which they have only half a million,
and Martini cartridges, of which they
had originally four milliobs, Their
angunittitron ialmoasth ex -
macre smokelejleoulr osf
Experiments in reloading Mauser
cartridges proved a failure.
DESTROYING COAL MINES.
Boers in Natal glow Up the Dundee
Colliery.
A. despatch from Pretoria, March 26,
says :-A. despatch received from Boer
headquarters, in Natal announcea that
the destruction continues of eon'
mines likely to be useful to the Bri-
tiah
The Dundee corneae+ has been blown
up, the machinery has been destroyed.
and the mine has been rendered use-
leselor three months.
BOERS SHELL WARRENTON
40.41.1.
ively BOMbardment of the British
Camp Yesterday Morning.
A despatch atom Warrenton, says :-
Tae Boers opened fire with artillery
and rifles oh the Britioh camp to -day,
The first obeli burst warns the Fuel.
Herd %sere at breakfaet, A hail of but.
lets poured into the village. Many
cattle were killed, A hotel which is
used as a hospital, and over whieh
the Red Casale flag was fling, was
fired upon. The attacking* Boer foree
was large, but notwithstanding the
enemy's heavy expenditure, of big gun
and rifle ammunition, enly one Britisb
soldier was wounded.
WORTH :C500.000.
Realizable Free State Government
Seourities Pound.
A despatch from Bloemfontein, Wed..
rnesday, March 28, says t ---The military
[authorities have discovered In a Free
State Government °hest realisable
isteurities worth 4500,000.
MARKETS OF THE WORLD
Prices of Grain, Cattle, thecae, Its .
in the Leading Markets.
, Toronto, April. 3. -The receipts to-
day were forty carloads. Prices are
unchanged, but steady, and there is
a better tone to the Market.
There was a fair clearance to -day.
For, prime bogs, sealing from 169 to
goo lbs, the top price is tie; light and
fat hogs are bringing up to 5 1-2c per
lb.
Following is the range of quota-
tions: -
year.
meditates paying etanplimentary visas 8L.000rod
It Is reported that the Duke of 'a eat made atter Commandant Oliver is that
hrkiorbeserstsinditdheno liveirshatoKwimeahrerolue:
after the war to all the great colonies. the cavalry transport. Gen, French lost
. and the pursuit of Gen, Cronje. Lord
rtel
lishing another series ce. her diaries,
Queen Victoria contemplates pub,
Roberts lost 3,000 cattle at Watervaal's
the prolts. to go to the Mansion Hausa
;lost 4,000 other animals since the for -
Admiral Sir Henry Fairfax, British
war fund.
i ward movement on Feb. 13.
Conimander-in-Cbief at Portsmonth, I The advance. beyond Bloerafontei 's
. Sir Edmund Douglas Vella Rene,
!through a bare country, and the sup..
n 1
is dead in Naples . , ply of las force an increasing dif-
The constituents of Dr. Gavin „„,„ .,
Brown Clarke, Liberal member fort -a" .''• •
Caithness, held a meeting in London, ' 1
KITCHENER'S RETURN.
Thtiriaay, and passed a resolution de.
fence.
mending his resignation. Dr. ,Clarke's ,
pro -Boer sympathies haste given of -
He Considers the rebellion.ls Crush-
_
In tbe House of Commons Thursday
.
ed in Ptieska District.
afternoon the Irish members 'endea-
vored to s:eoure a lengthy discussion London, Saturday, March 3L -The
of the finanoial relations between 'Ere. actual situation, west of Kimberley
land and Great Britain by encroach-
ing ou the time set ,tor dealing with ,... . _ ,
orning Yost Si correspondent at
is still not clearly explained. The
the Loodon Water Bal. Considerable al.
excitement followed, and affairs were
in confusien when Mr. Balfour inter-
vened and allowed the Irish members
What they desired.
tINIVAD STATES.
Daughters of New York Million-
aires are sewing for Cuban orphans,
John II Rocktifeller, will give Wel- coramand. He left! 700 at Prieska. It
lesley College, Massachttsetts,
. 2 300 are It is t a t d ' h th
4100,4. 'is not apparent where the rentanizng
Bishop Potter of New York, claims they are accompanytng Otn,Khchener,
the Filipinos are tncapable of gov- who ereaumatlity went north to Blom-
erning themselves. fontem. • •
1
driit, and it is estimatted that he has
Bioemfontein says that General Kitch-
ener and his staff crossed the tempor-
ary bridge at Norval's pont Wednes-
day night. He. considers that the re-
bellion cruehed, though the fire may
smoulder for some time. General
Kitchener had 3,000 men under his
A.rehbishop Keane ie endeavoring
to raise 31,000,000 for the Catholic
Univeraity at Washington.
The United States will have to send
500 tons of Provisions 'every week to
Puerto Rico to keep the: people.
The United States Pacalc cable will
likely be had only to Henotalti (test,
arid afterwards extended to jepan.
From the first of September to the
end of Otitober last, 112,000 lambs
were shipped from Canada and the
United States. Value $270,000.
The United States Government has
promised the mayor ot Portsmouth,
Eng., to "send a squadron to Euro-
peen waters at no distant date."
W. 11. Meurer, of Chicago, organiz-
er of, the railroad stock yards at Chle
cago, has been appointed! yardmaster
of the) Middle Division of the Grand
Trunk. . ; t' 1 ft 1M 0111
According to a. report field with
the State Department at Albany, the
real property of the Salvation Army
oin002t.h8e35.United States is valued at
The National Steel Company of
Chicago and New jersey, with a capi-
tal of 350,000,000, at its annual meet -
Mg at Orange, N,J., Showed a iihrpille
31 33,700,4000.
A bill wee pealed' ley the House at
Washington appropriating 310,009 to
secure plains, for a suitable memorial
to Ulysses S. Grant, to be ereeted
Waiehington,
William Dean Howell has told the
Anti -Death Penalty League of Massa.
chussette, that he believes capital
punishment a legal atrocity and a
species of homicide,
Miss Elsie Tyson, heiress of "Old
Tyson," the eaentrie Australia mil.
lionaire, who died leaving 313,000,000
to her has left San Erandseo for Scot-
land. She Was once a servant.
A ease of, smallpox has developed in
this law department at Columbia, Ifni-
versitY, and Thursday the health de-
partment offeial. visited the depart..
wait, and. subjected every student 'to
vateination.
GEN'EltAL,
Adelaide, South Auetralia; has had
five deaths from plague.
Auetralia's wheat crop will be 15,.
000,000 bushes, instead of 21,000,000,
OM' 4,126 deaths from the plague
occurred In Bengal laat week, cal.
cutta and Patna.
The fathoms Turkish general, Osman
Paehs, nOt deed, Alla reported. Ite
has bean sick, but still lives.
SOLDIERS IN RAIL WRECK
11111••••••
Many of the Gordon HighlanderS
,Injured.
A despatch from Vittoria Road, Caps
Colony, March, 27. says: -A. Seriotuf
railway accident ,occurred this morn,-
ing outside of Victoria West station.
Mt engine, two trucks, and four car-
riages, crowded with detachments of
Gordon Highlanders and Northum-
berland, were. overturned and throwh
down a steep embankment, There
was no . loss of life, but nine
men Were slightly injared. The rest
had tniraculous escapes.
The accident was caused by floods,
A dam holding back a eupply of cattle
water burst and washedeout part of
the embankment! below the rails.
DAVITT AND KIRUCIER.
The Irishman Ha,s An Interview
• With the Beer Fresident.
A despatch from Pretoria, March 27,
via Lorenzo Marques, March 28, 2 p.m.
eays:-Michael Devitt, the Irish Na-
tionalist, arrived here teat night. He
had att interview with President
Kruger to -day.
LOSS CAUSED BY DIIOUGHT.
lemmon Ialieet ihe Enact en crow' en
India. .
A despatch from Calcutta,. says:*
During his remarks in addressing the
Council on. the budget on. Wednesday.
the Viceroy, Lord Curzon, mid the
loss to the wheat crop caused by the
drought during the present year was
front 48,000,000 to X10,000,0eo, Be ad-
ded that the leoss to the cotton Crop
ded that the loss to the cotton crop
usually covering, 18,000,000 wares, was
non-existent outside the Bengal and
the tiOrtheWeet provinces. The loss
to oultiaatore in Bombey alone in
food nrons, was Z15,000,030, and in cot-
ton Ai 000 000
The Viceroy .sarld it was Impossible
' for'any Government to anticipate the
conseauences of a. visitation of nature
en ao gigantic and ruitiouer a stale,
Cattle.
Shippers, per cwt. .,..0 4.25 $5.00
Butcher, °hole , d 8 75 4 25
Butcher, medium to good. 3.25 3.50
Buteher, inferior. . , 2.75 8.00
Stockers, per cwt. . . 2.75 3.50
Sheep and Lambs.
Sheep, per cwt. , , . 3.00 3.50
T,ambs, per cwt. . . 4.25 5.50
Bucks, per cwt. . . .. 2.50 2.75
Milkers and Calves.
Cows, tact). . . 25.00 45.00
Calves, each. . . . , . 2.60 10.00
Choice hogs, per cwt., 5.75 6.00
Light hogs, per cwt. . 5.25 5.50
Heavy hogs, per cwt. . . 5.25 5.59
Sows, . . . . 3.00 0.25
Stags. . k. -, 2.00 2.25
Toronto, April 8. --Wheat- Western
markets were about the same to -day,
Local prices Ontarios were rather
easier. Manitobas unchanged. Quota.
tions are as followaa-Ontarto, red and
white, 65e, asked west; 65 1-20; asked
east; goose wheat, 70e, low freights, to
New York, spring. east, (ele; Manitoba,
No. 1' hard, 80c, North Bay; and 81 to
81 1-2e, g.i.t.
Floura-Quiet, owing to dullness of
export demand, following the rise ill
ocean freights. Outside millers offer
atraight rollers, in buyers' bags,
middle freights, at $2.60 per bbl., and
export agents bid $2.55. Special brands,
in wood, for local account, sell from
$2 85 to $3, according to brand.
Millfeed-Very searce. Bran is quot-
ed at $16 to $16.50; and shorts at $17
to $17.50 at' the mill -door through
n n ario.
, Corn - Strong. No, 2 American,
yellow. quoted at 45, track, Toronto, .
saenadresmiaxnead,flartm4.4 1-2e: Canadian corn
Peas -F' , 1 t e
, I.
west; and 61c east. •
13arley-Tone firm. Car lots No. 2 +
04m3u01:18:dildNee0frietigsh0t,004t2014-2cat; and east, at •
, Rye -Quiet. Car lots 43 51:
• Oats -Firm; on native buying for
owe4s4ct.
and 53c east
, local account. White, oats, north and
west, 28 to 28 1-2e; middle freights.
2$ 1-2 to 29c; end east. 29 1-2e.
Buckwheat -Quiet, Offerings light.
Car lots outside are quoted at 51 to
52a. a •
! Buffalo, April 3. -Spring wheat -No.
1, hard, spot, 82e; No. 1 Northern, 79
1-8o; No. 2 Northern. 75 1-8e, Winter
wheat -No. 2 red, 73 1-2c; mixed, 73e:
No. 1 wlate, 72-1-2e.. Corn -Strong;
No. 2 yellow, 42 3-.4c; No. 3 yellow', 42
1-2e; No. 4 yellow, 42e; No. 2 corn,
42 1-4° , No. 3 corn, 41 3-4e. Oats -
Dull ; NO. 2 white, 29 3-4 to MI No. 3
White, 29 to 29 1-4e; No. 4 white,,28 SAO;
No. 2 mixed, 26 1-2c; No. 3 mixed. 26a
Rye -No. 2 nominally 63 to 6413.
' Chicago, April. 3.-Flargeed closed;
North-We,st and Soul h -West,
cash. end. May, al.65; September, §1.16
1-2; October, $1,14. • .
Detroit, April 3 -Wheat closed: -No. 1
white, eash, 71 1-4a: Noe 2 red, 72 1-4o;
May, cash, 7g1-2: Jailer, 71 5-8. •
Minneapolis. April 3,--Wheat•-In
store, No. 1 Northern Mareh 65e. y,
64 3 4c: July, 66 1-4e; September, 65 1-4e;
on track, No. 1 hard, 66e; No. 1 North-
ern: 65c; No, 2 Northern, 63 1-4e; Flour
-,Virat patents, F3 60; Becond do, $3.50;•
Drat clears, P2.75; second do, 02,10_
Duluth Apia! 3 -When t -No. I lord.
cash, 67 3-4e: May, 68 3-4e; No. 1North-
ern, cash, 66 1-4c: May, 68 3-1,3; No. g
Northern, cash, 66 1-4c; May. 67 1-4e;
July. 68 1-4ca No. 2 Northern. 63 8-4e;
No. 3 spring. 69 1-2e. Oats -23 1-2c to
24c. Corn -66 1-4c.
LEFT 600 DEAD.
Great Slaughter of Arab. Troops in
Morocco by the French.
Paris, March 30. -An official acedunt
has been issued of the victory of the
French troops over the Arab army at
Dinar, which astierabled with the ob-
ject nt attacking the French expedi-
tion which 'recently occupied the
Oasis of Insalah, south-west of
The•Prench learned of the scheme
and deoided toetorm the enemy's post:
March 19, by a colutna led by Lieut. -
Col. Eu.
The town was first bombarded and
then stormed, the 'Arab warriors make
ing their last atand in the mosques.
They left 600 •men 'killed and 100
wounded. In addition 450 prisoners
were taken.
The French losses were 0 native sot.
diets killed, 38 wounded, and two of -
floors wounded.
STEYN IN THE FIELD.
•••••••
Cheers Soutlern Commandoes Join-
ing the Boer Army at Kroonstad.
A despatch from Preoria, March 28,
via Lorenzo Marques, says 2-Presid-•
wit Steyn went down from Kroonstad
to Virinburg to welcome the southern
eoramandoes on their way to join the
main force at Kroonstad. Scouting in
the direction of Brandfort, between
Kroonstact and Bloentontein, con-
tinues. There was a skirmish there
Monday; and six British soldiers have
been captured since then.
General Cronje has written Ms fain-
tly from the British warship Doris, at
Simons Town, greatfully acknowledg.
ing the excellent treatment he and his
men have received at the hands of
their eciptors,
TWO MEN BLOWN TO ATOMS,
Terrific llti.l.osloa In °Marla, roseate
aemoutpas ariclore.
Nelson, Bra arn•relt 30. --Harry Ger-
van, of -Ottawa, and William, Fay, of
Tweed, Ont., were instantly killed and
.almost b town so atoms in an explosion
in the peeking -house of, the Ontario
Powder Company's faetory, at three
o'clock yesterday afternoon, The pack-
ing -house was completely demolished.
The workiabad only been Opened up
two days, ago, but three htindreil
pounds of dynamite were stored in the
paekingthonee. The remains of Fay,
and a great portion of those Of Gere
van, Were gathered up •in baeltet.
'Vallee of exploaion unknown,