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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1900-05-03, Page 7PEOPLE 110IVIELESS. ONTARIO ,TISLATUER ITA,BKETS OF THE WORLD gpit mom wilis OHM a week ego the child coMPlained What the L0011401'0 Or the PrOVillea prices of Grain Cattle Cheese Ste. "" GENRUAr4. • • are Doing at Toronto. In the Leading Narltete. Vast Portions of Ottawa and Hull A VOLUNTEERS' MONUMENT. Toronto, May 1. -We had a light aun Destroyed by Fire. We. Ont., Friday, April 27.-Fif- bousand people are homeleSe here toneight, 3,000 dwelliugs have trope aPt emoke, 420,000,000 worth ot. raaPertIt hue been destroyed. Ottawa and Hull to -night axe suffering from the effects ot the worst oalamitY their eorperate hiatory. A fire began Shortly befere noon Thursday, and. raged fiercely until the o'olook this Morning, when it was got under corn ttol. At pansent the damage cannot be eatiented wtth any great accurae3e, bet it will undoubtedly amount to aim oral minima dollars. Conservative es- timates make tl. in the ueighbourhood ot 420,000,000. Many large manu- facturing establithineente and lumber almost beyond computetion have been destroyed. A distreesing feature of the situation ie the position of a large par - toe of the labouring people, whose dWellinge and sources' oe employment . nave eisappeared together - OTTAWA FIREMEN OUT OFF. The fire sta,rted in the ehimney of a labouring man's cottage in Hull. A vin'Y bigh wind was blowing et the time, but nobody had the elightest idea of the real extent of the denier. An hour later the main street of Hull was tilt in flames. The fieemen of Ottawa hastened to the assistance of the neighbouring city, with the result 4 that they were presently cut off and unable to return, when the fire leaped suddenly across the river, deetroying In its course the planking of the bridge which forraed the only com- unication. This rendered the city of Ottawa to a eertain extent helpless. Little could be done but watch the flames lead their wee steadily all afternoon through the western part of the city. For a little While it looked as if nothing would be left of the capital of the Dominion. but, fortunately, the wind kept 'the fire away from most of the business distriets and from the most proton- ' tious residental streets. Those burned out are chiefly the working •popula- tion, which fact serves to render the distress all the greater. The vase lumber piles and mills of J. RI Booth, the lumber king of Can- ada and president of the Canada At- lantic railway, are gone completely. So,. also, are millions upon millions ot lumber belonging to the Hull Export Co., and the Export Lumber 0o., both c are heavy losers, es are 'Om- ens° the BronsonseWestern Co., which.• had still mill lumber on hand. The Gilmoue and lingleson lumber pile,s tine mill are gone, together with the thurches, schools, public buildirgs, and stores without number. Edd's puip• mills were am,ong the first to succumb to the flame% Since early in the afternoon the city has been almost: eat eff from tbe out- side world throuigh the destruction of the Canadian Pacific, railway station the ruin of the track, the, ties -being set, on fire and the rails spread by the beat of burning lumber piles. Most of the telegraph' wires are also down. Every effort is being made to re- lieve the distress of the homeless and ruined thouaands who are wandermg in the streets. The Dominion Govern- ment authorities, have taken energetic hold of the. problem, and the drill - abed and the ,publie buildings have been theown open as temporary shel- - ters. .Tirms has not yet permitted the n ation of any further relief IN 10 THE FIRE blaze) is said to have originated the house a A,. Kirouac, on Chan- dlers street. IL burning thimney said to have been the eause. This house was in the tbiek of a lot of • ,wooden buildings, and in a very them while more. than thirty houses on Philemen, Bridge, Chandler% and Al- bert streets were in flames. The Hull fire brigade summoned assistance, and soon the E. B. Eddy firemen, the Union brigade of the Cbandiere, and a part of the Ottawa fire department were doing what they, could to keep down tee nitwits. Tha wind proved too a rong and fierce, ,however, and, de- spite tbei many stream,s of water play- ing on the ,blaze, the fire spread rap- idly. Even at considereble distances away from the original fire area many houses were set ablaze by burning, embers. It was thought at first that Main street, the business portion of the town, might be saved, but the fire dame down there, destroging all the stores, the Bank of Ottawa bilding, the English church, the cour house, gaol, post -office, residence and offices of Mr. Champagne, M. P., and every - thin 1 The original area of the fire extend - ea over four blocks from the south eicie of Philemon street to Wright etreet and between Chaudiere and Bridge streets. A fact that rendered the fire more destructive was that motet ot the buildings which were burned at first were of wood. People *he lived 'two or three streets away, An becaming aware of the flying eine dere, started to pour water en their abuses in the hope of saving the build-, tines Many more people commenced to move their hottaehold effects. In spite of all these precautions, however, the flames would . get at the houses, 0-a-und in a few minutes they were a DISTRESSING SCENES. ,The entire day in Eull seemed to be We With teems of the most distressing tiatUre. Many ohildren who had boon playing around their homes in their bare feet were compelled to seek safety without shoes or stockings. Sabres of women carried babies in their arms and stood at it distance wa telling ever.ything which ethey porn ateseed go up in flames. tywas 1.30 when the fire was diecov- et on e ttawa side of the river. I broke. out In the lumber distriet Joining the C.P.A. station and W- ight a vast area comprising 'the west - rclay section of Victoria Ward and Ward is destroyed. platotically the whole of Dalhousie ACItOSS THE RIVER INTO OTTAWA. When the blaze crossed the river, ' the ittnaber piles between the McKay Mille and the river caught first, and in leds than five minutes were a rag- „ jog Malts. It was only the work of '' '-' -a” few eerionds when the small build-: . hags between the piles mid the mills were burned, and the great ele- vators of the M.cKay mills were totm in the cauldron of fire. The briagde made a pluaky fight to stop the fire at this juncture, and save the PeWer-houge and the Booth property, but it ;wets in vain. The iMmenee deluge Of, water had no more effect than if fired frOm a equirt-gun. The Wind Was blowhig a gale of 60 miles an hoilr, fanning the flames into :ma fary that the Massie° Stractures were soon redueed to a heap of mine. While the brigade were fighting 1 these, the embers vvere tarried over fa the CkP.It. station, and in an ire. [ .. credibly short time more Mart thirty r elleuseas Were beetling. The station and /rim Lashed* fell ail easy viotim, and on flAlligeddr element until the 1100. Viol die tet tei Pooley'a bridge Waii a veritable detail of flame. The oid rInane lenses, for whieh the district Walt noted, only setved to add fury to the Were, and hundred4 of the pooreet 1 of eittitletne peer fled with only the telint clothing on timir Imola. The hotigehela effectet, upon which not one Iri it Imcdreat had it mit of insitrateee, Wee all lost, and erying Weineil and noodling ehildren( Wete Struggling on • 61. . attr. Joynt asked; ate it the inten tion of the Government to place a stun ' in the supplementary estimates to the purpose of erecting a 1:nonunion , every side. The men worked es with in front of the Legislative building sulrlerhuman ataaagth, a" many ulttv- In memory Of the Cenadian volunteer ed their ferniture three or four times, only at last to see it go up in =aim* who have fallen, or may fall, on th The moat entbetie sight was the aged field of battle in Seath Africa in th women and helpless babes, who were defence of the Empire 1" without friends or 'shelter, and knew The premier aaid it would be pre not where to turn for help. mature to piece a sum in the esti EFFECT OF THE CALAMITY:- mates this yea; but after the war Ottawa, April 27.-A belt ef over north to oeuth tend and whexi the volunteera had return lewLeinistes' t"n1 -- ed, the matter might be favorably quagter to, half a mile wide considered. is swap,. Imre of everetbing exeePt walla and ohinaneys, and during the ALIEN LA.BOR BILL DEFEATED. night the fire simply 1,Mra itseli out la thie belt, waith fortunately wail Mr. Wardell'e bill providing', tha separated by a large eaoaet .area, •alien labor from countries having an from the most popular ot the western olien labor law in force ageinst Can suburb, Rietenbnig, towards which ada should not be emrployed on publie the times were driving. works aided by the Province was This area of Ottawa comprises pro. ,.,___ 1,04 woo peopie, who are homeless. ceirown out by the epecial eoramittee en addition oete-baet of enee, is gone appointed to consider it, and probably 6000 more are homeless EXPLORING NEW ONTARIO. . there. These are eonservative fig.. urea. In reply to Mr. afathesort, the Prom, - The great majority are poor people. ler explained the vote ot moo for Ai very. bad aeature is that the manu- ex.pleratiott of that portion of Ontario tacturing and industrial parts of Hull lying north of the Canadian Pacifies and the chief inelustriel part of Otte- RairaY' sene out ten or elevea expl Ile said it was betended to oring par- wa, the Ohandiere dished, are de- stroyed and thousands of men de- ties, beginning at the Quebeo been - Arrived at wages tor the present. dary in the east and extending as The Lumber Mills, evince were all Manitoba far west as Bat Portage and the about to open, and, which employed boundary. Each party about 4000 main are destroyed, I h would bave certain territory to caw- tilia exception, of J. IL Booth's big w t er, It was intended to begin opera - mill, which wag fire -proof, but the t'ons early in June and work until i abone the in•iddle of October. Each neighborhood is so blasted that even . . . party would be in thug% if peset- a tame. Tne loes to Mr. Booth, on Y P llg r ble, of a Provincial land surveyor, his other buildings, lumber yares, offi- and would inolude among its num- the, house and other property is esti- bers a geologist and a man skilled in mated at half a million dollar% agriculture. They would make care. ful investigation of all the agricul- ,Eddn's loss in Bull will be larger, tural, mineral and forest wealth, and the paper ruins, match factory, ill- of the location of all heights of land, , . . s re use, rivers, lakes, etc. It was Intended - only 05 carlOads of live stook, in- ✓ 7eOludshillegepla4:1 lbaoragts,52240 c"altvteles; aanbrat t few milkers. is The market was again dull and lan- s intexestine and showing no IMProve- • Meat. Much id the cattle Was held e over tor Friday's market. There wee little done in. buteher cat- - tle. The better stun sol•d fairly well - at from 8 84 to 4o, and occaaionally 4 4 1-8e per pound. Other grades had a - weakening tendency. Willie stockers are quotably un- cleansed prices are weaker. t thBoumlalsro, fothadoeroso, Tanotenuoiylk,ere are (eaglet tieing in such unusually lighe sup- - sheeP and lambs were firm at the prices wbiela have lately ruled here, There le not much. enquiry yet for spring lambs, wbieb sell at from 82.50 to 85.00 emit. Hogs are firm at the prices of last Tuesday. 200ht ioolognossirb:apr..rel railer hhoggi nog, a 5e all,i2nog pef rromu:.60 t o the top price is 6 1-4e ; light Following isoittlitetio.range Pt quota" BS )212:tile:errs, epheori tier d'o. .484.6235 411 4417251-a Butcher, med. to good. , 325 8 50 Butcher, inferior„ ". 2 50 e00 Stocker% Per cwt. . . 275 62 1-2 Sheep and Lambs. Sheen, Per cwt. . 300 4 25 Yearlings, 'per cwt. ,, 450 6 50 33SPuroiknso vlaener besw, tcath. 22 5050 85 0050 Milkers ancl Calves. Cows, each. . . . 2500 45 00 Calves, each. . 200 10 00 Hogs. &eke hogs, per cwt. . 600 625 Light hogs, per cwt., . 500 550 Heavy hogs, per cwt. . 500 5 50 Sows Stags'e . .230000 232255 Toronto, May 1. -Wheat -There is a moderate demand and the market is about steady. Red and white are quoted at. 65 1-2e west. Goose wheat is quoted. al 69 1-2e west and 701-2e on a low freight to 'New York. Spring wheet ee steady at 66c, east. Mane; toba wneat is steak at 80o for No. 1 . hard grinding in traesit Sarnia, 68 1-2o afloat t W'll d 79 Lac North Bay. Flour -Is steady. Oars of Ontario patents are quoted at 42.80 to 42.85 in barrels west, but the large mills are getting. 20c to 25c more. Manitoba flour Is steady at 54 to 84,10 for patents and 83,70 for strong bakers.' Millfeed-The market is steady. Cars of shorts are quoted at gni to 816.50 and bran at 814 west. .- ' Barley -Is steady No 2 is quitted at , • 43c east and 42c, west.. Buckwheat -I te d t 51 t r2 east and 500 to 510 we4. Rye -Is steady at 52c west and 54c east. Corn-ls steady 'at 40e for Canada yellow west, American is quoted at 47 1-213 for new No. 3 yellow Toronto. Oats -The demahd is fair end the market is steady. White are quoted at 28c, east; mixed are quoted et 26 1-2c and white at 27c bid and 27 1-20 asked. • Oatmeal -Is steady at gull for ears of bags an& 03130.for barrels here. Peas --Are steady 'at 62e east and 610 bid west, Dressed hogs in waggon lots on the street here to -day were quoted at 87,40 to 87.65 per owt. Pork-She:Aden mess, 41340 to 414. Smoked and Ery Salted. Meats -Long clear bacon, car lots, loose 8 1-4e, do cased 8 3-2c; ton and case lots, 8 3-4c; breakfasb bacon, 110 to 12e; backs, lac to 12 1-2e; shoulders, 9o: hams, 3.1c to 12c; rolls; 9c to 9 1-20; green meats out of pickle, are quoted •at le lese than smoked. • Lard -Tierces 8 5.8c, tubs. 8 3-4c and pails 9e. Buffalo, May 1. -Spring • wheat- ' Steady; No. 1 Northern, spot, 75 3-4% No. 2 Northern, spot, 733.4c; No. 1 hard, 731-4e; No. 1 Northern, 71 1-4e; No. 2 Northern,• 69 1-4e; No. 8 spring. 67 3-4c. Winter wheat-eNo. 2 red, 73; mixed, 72 1-2e; No. 1 white 72e asked. Corn -No, 2 yellow, 45 1-4e; No. 3 yellow, 44 1-2c; No. 4Yellow, 43 1-2% No. 2 corn, 44 1-4c; No.. a corn, 43 3-40. Oats -Firm; No. 2 white. 29 1-1 to e9 1-2e; No. 3 white; 28 1-2 to 28 3-4e; No. 4 white, 28e; ,No, 2 mixed, 26 1 20; No. 3 mixed, 26. Rye-rancy, spot, 62 1-2 to' 63c; asked. Flour-Quiett and steady. Chicago., May; 1.-Flaameed dosed:- Ilorth-West and Sontle-West, cash, 51.73 bid; May, 4132; September, e1,22, October, el.15. • Detroit, May 1. -Wheat -Closed. No. 1, white, cash, 71 1-20; N.O. 2 red, cash 71 1-2c; May, 71 1-2e: Jule, 72 1-2c. yards, tranawates and, residence being that the rep;orts Would &I all compiled gone. together and presented to the Reuse McKay's Milling. Co., is gone, loss next session. 4850,000; The ream power houses of , ELECTION, LAW. the Ottawa Electric linalway nila Ot- tawa Eleetrie lagblit 0o. are gone, but The Houser again went into eon:trait- auxiliary plants, which were saved, tee on the electith bill, when the At - are giving enough power to - maintaiii. torney-General consented to an amend - a• partial service of both! railway and ment providing that re-couats might ligittisineirea' e number of foundries, . • be had, where the majority did not . tna_ exceed 200. .. , . chine shoes,. faeteries, and other in- The bill was reverted. , austries are utterly. deetroyed as well rNSPECTION Oat BOILERS. as the Canadian Pacific station, freight The special. committee 'appointed to sheds and, yards. el:Insider Mr. Carnation's bill. previa - THEIR ESTIMATE. teg for the examtntition of stattonary The morning papers estimate - the engineers and the inspeetion of boilers (total less in Ottawa and, Hull at al5,- mit yesterdan and dectded to take no 000,00e. Thet is probably 'over the action, although Reproving to some ex- gnark, are outeide of tee - great mills tent of, the erinciple of the bill, .They and the main titreet and putalio build- recommended, nowevere that steps be . ings of -Hutl the greater part of the taken next year to have' a stria ine eistricts burned were of the •poorer speetien oa boilers in factortee, cities. The ineurance, :which is impose . LIQUOR, LicENsE ACTS. , sible• to esttmate as yet, will be Qom, ' several bills to amend the neatacie • Y •g or i. a .reaeott, an pal drainage •end .ligeor license ,itets• ear the reason that the lumbermen, were withdrawn. Among! them 'was owing tto the high 'rates, dtd not ear- mr. German's bill permitting the sale ry heevy insurance. . : •ot letuor to guests at an hotel dining Relief tends ate being started iit the prohibited. ismer% • . the eity, and large numbers .of eub- • , e -• acriptions aee aetng made,. and er- THE BONE -SING,. POWEtte. eangements to shelter and feed, • the- In' coannietee eit, the niunieipal- ante distressed, &emu 'dead or Missing are enament act, toniaining the entende reported et, ear. • . , ments . to, the manieipal aet made .VICTIM5 Ole THE FIRE. . ...during the session,. lifr. Whitney oh- eeeted to limiting tbe amount of bonus In addition; to Mrs, Bessie Cook, whine a Municipality might grant to le Cremated be a home on Wellingiton per cent. of its anntial revenue, He street, and the unknewn man found .said the effect of this would be to Pro- st the, C. P. R. depot, reported/ last vent a small municipality fame grant - evening, another unknoWn man Was ing a bonus, end seggested that the /Mind. dead :on Broad street. a • • limit be fixed at 20 per centt - The lisb of the (taut so far' as known Mr. Hoyle, North Ontario, suggested is ae follows:- Mrs:Bessie Cook, Well- thatethe Ogle be made appliceble to ington 'street,: mounted in hoese; un- 'Municipalities which 'were noW s b-. . le known •Man found. on Biond street, mitting bonus by-laws to the people, remains charred beyond .recognition; and also that ali bonus byehiws passed unknown man .founte in C. P. It: sta- ,since the 1st 6f February be brought then yard; lower extrentities badly -ander its operation. . burned; John) Matthews 15 Diviaion The Attorney -General pointed out street, reporte& dead; Yohn Tomei% that sueh a clause would need to be Somereet street,' said :to be missing; eardully framed. He advised Mr. -Drost, Water etreet 'yvittehma,n for Hoyle .to preaare one and submit it E. .8: Eddy Co., reported dead; Fire- whee the bill mime up for third read - matt Dann and Engineer Peter Harail- ing. • ton, of Hanle reported massing. It is puBLIC SCHOOLS AOT. said teveral bodiei have been seen in Hon Mr. Harthurt's bill to amend Hull! • - ._,_ • the public. sehoole .apt was referred . . HELP THE HOMELE4S. :back and ameaded by reducing the ago Fifteen thousand People' have been limit of teachers applying for super-' rendered botnelese ba FtidaY's conflage annuation from 35 years' service. di ratien in Ottawa and Hull. V, was teachers to 90 years. • the work ot but. a few hours. The SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES: fire commenced in Hull, swept through . the streets cif that city, ,licked un the The supplementary egtimates of the. limber pilea and the nulls which imp- Outario Legislataire were laid on the arate Hull froan Ottawa, and then table by the Premier. They amount di'cnPe tvith irresistible force through in all to $186,000.97. as follows :-- a populous district of the eapitat The, Civil Governanent. 4'6,150.00 fire-fighters were powerless. Nothing . Legislation. . . . . . . 400.00 could stopehe progress of the flames. Administration of Justice. . 3,750.00 No time was given to the people to Education. . k , . .. 7,555.00 save any of their belongings. For them Public Institutions, meinten- old and young, sick or well, it was luck aims . . . . . . . 0,268.00 if they escaped with their lives. Fif- Agriculture. . . . . . . . 6,300.00 teen thousand of them are ' to-daY Government buildings, re - without shelter. They are our own pairs, . . . . . . . 2.301.31 people. All Canadiana with true Cana- Pablie buildings. . . . . 14,306.39 dian hearts beating in their breasts Public. works. . . . . . 13,750.00 ought to come liberally to their assist- Colonization roads, . . . 21,050.00 mace. Let individaals, municipalities, Miscellaneous. . . . . 28,230.27 in fact, all possible agencies, come at Total. . . . -- , , :. .010(460.97 once to the relief of the homeless. a In addition there 'is an item of 480, - PRISONERS BADLY TREATED , The British Camp at Waterval Un- fit for Habitation. A deepatch from Durban says:- Mitehell, the engineer of the Pre- toria water works, who was expelled by the Transvaal Government, has ar- rive ere. reports: that the Bri- tish prisoners' camp et "Waterval is unfit for hthitation. The accora- 000 to defray the expenses of legisla- tion, publics institution% maintenance, and salaries of the offieers of tbe Gov- ernment and Civil Service for the month of January, 1901. It is tinder - stood that this is rendered necessary by the refusal of the Lieutenant -Gov- ernor to sanction an overdraft for the purpose before the Legislature met, THIRD REIADINGS. The following bMs were read a third time and passed: - Respecting the Central Canada Loan & Savings Co. -Mr. Pardee. To amend the • act respecting land =dation consists•of wall and leen.to surveyors -Mr. Davis. roof, with wooden uprights. The ma- To amend the ath to preserve the jority, of prisoners are compelled to forests from destruction -Mr. Davis. sleep in the open. /4o resident doe- To amend the Algonquin National tor at camp has been proVided, though Park act -Mr. Davis. there are 150 cases cit fever. Water To ameud the net respecting the ia black and muddy. Pretoria syna- Law Society of 'Upper Canada - Mr, pathizers with prisoners have wen Gibson. 43,000 for providing them with cora- To amend the ad to eetablish forest forts. reserves -Mr. Davis. For preserving to Canadian officers, non-eoramissioned °Mors and neon, WILL RETREAT TO MOUNTAINS now serving bar Majesty in South Africa, their *tilts of franchise inOn- tarie-Mr. Gibson. The Lydenburg District NOw Being mel'oplentagonnd the San Jose eelle • Provisioned. To linprove the high schools acb-Mr. The London Times' Lorenzo Marques Harcourt. correspondent says that credible wit- To improve the public. gehoola act - Mr. Hareotart, mesas vouch for the statement that Respecting the payment of wolf the Boer Coveramerit eollecting bounty -Mr. Ross. enormous quantities of provisions in Respeeting the industrial schools -- colour tor the reports that the burgh - the Lydenburg district. This lends toTt_o eanidbatolt Afr. Gibson. trutitees investment ere contemplate making a, final stand To confirm an agreement between in that mountainous region, the Commissioners for the Queen Vie - Meanwhile the distriets round Joh- toria Niag.ara Falba Park and the annesburg and Pretoria are being Fort RrieJ Ferry Railway Company, and extensively entrenthed. relating to the said company - Mr. Ilegine's foundry in Johannesburg is Ross. producing 1001 shell's weekly. Reepetting the Raucation Depart- Ertorraous quantitiee of silk have nient-Mr. Harcourt, been commandeered le, Johannesburg Respoting 'Upper Canada College - to make balloons. Mr. Gibson. 7,0qo AT MAFEKING, ONLY A SMALL LAMER TOWn Can Sold OUt Until the Middle of May A despatch front London, Thursday, Sayst-Purther reports from distress- ed Retaking deelare that though there Are water, food, and ammunition there enough to Mat until the middle of May, they are only so on a restricted Seale, the food not beteg more than enough to barely iatustain life. Two Pinta nt soup tied two quarts of oat bran are everybody's daily tatione, hut if the siege lasts much longer it will be diffieult to find mere than one ration. A eentexe, will& has just been tak- en, show*. that the ponuletion num- bers '1,250. The Beere SMfaollrt.FOree at grand-. London, Saturday, April tit --The Daily Telegraph, in a gonad edition, prints' a despatch front Bennet Bur. date4 Bloemfontein, April 201 whiet says °The troops are nOW At Thalia Naha. They find plenty of provisions and forage. "There is sniping daily at Karnes eliding., but easualtbss are rare. The lioere have only a email laager near Brandfort. Looh's„Iloree to-dey tap. fated hurulhds of lc -tittle. The Engin- tern are progreseing in their work of building a permanent bridge Atr011a 'the )(odder river at Olen." MAY HAVE ESCAPED NORTH. • Belief in England That the Boers Rave Got Away. London, Saturday, a.pril 28. -General Roberts maintains, his palicy of re- stricting himself, and the correspond:. ents with him to brief announeements of what has actually been done. Bee yowl the %cotton that the Boers hold the eastern outlet of Thalia Nthu, there ze intlitation of where the buegbers are loriated. The impression here is that they nave effected their escape northward. " The newel of the continual arrival of troops, at Kimberley is taken to mean that prepaeations are being made tot advance to the relief of Ma- feking from the south. The feeling of despondency, regardirig Mafeking is again' rising here. It is now recctg- nized how long it must take General Carrinoton to reaebt that place none the north. There is no indication that the Boers in Natal aro sleekening their gripo in the Biggardberg district where iti is estimated they nimber from, 4,000 to 8,000, with ample artil- lery. • \ 15,000 FULL KITS WEEktY Tommy's Clothing Being Rushed to South Africa,. London, April 27.--Tbe artny elotir- ing factory at is sending to South Africa 15,000 full kite weekly. Up to ltitatroh 200,000 pairs of drawers had been Bent, and now 20,050 ,pairs are going out weekly in addition to Vast quantities oil nooks and wool,. len jerseys. The °tame are increas- ing, and. it is expected that the fatal tory will work at the prese0 rate un- til the end of the war. - SICK WITH FEVER. Volia** Great Mortality Among. Brithh Prisoners At Pretoria. leaden, April 27.-4 deepatth to the Daily News from Pretoria, dated Mon- day, says :that 471 Ilritlith prisoners &We died in six Weekrie Two, hundred of them are siek 'with fever and dyeentery at Waterval. The deapateh adds thatkEretainue de Itlerk has been sentenced to two years, imprisoement at hard labour for gut& ing the Britieh Petrusburg and Bloerefontei n. nArtonn. Mrs.11rooka.adolia, do you think Mr. 3oblotz ia going tei marry our daugh- ter I Mr. Brooka-Yet, if he doesn't look eiserP- Nem Item About Ourselvea and Our Neighbors—Something of Interest From Every Quar- ter of the Globe. OA,IkTADA., T.U.C.A. will area a 560,000 building. Brantford will spend More money on flood prevention works. alaniteba Jews Junta aubsoribed 4050 for the Canadian Patriotic, Fund. Ontario and Quebec batteries will likely be brigaded this year in mega Deserente, . ilfeohanieal Superiutendent Alkinson of the 0, P. It. has been appointed superintendent of rolling stook. ,A„ company being organized at Ham- ilton for the manufacture et beithe will reduce the price by 52 A thousand. Xere iiettlere with effects valued at 815,000, arrived at Port A.rthur frona Illinois. They will occupy the State River valley. Fourteen horses of the Shedden Com - pane at Kingston have typhoid path - mom% contracted from a Montreal team shipped there. Laurie do Son, of Hamilton, have been awarded a Government contraet to salarlY 250,000 Pounds et meat to the Indian Deeartment. Biandon City Council has itself elected W. F. Wilson an alderman to fill a vacancy, a call for nontinations in the ward meeting with no response. The London bricklayers' new agree- ment with 'the employing builders Is for 37 1-2 cents an hour and eight hours a da the increa.se to commence 3r, on June lat. Capt. Agar Adamson, of the Gov- ernor -General's Foot Guards, will be the officer in charge of the 50 re - emits for the Strathcona Horse. In- spector Strickland cannot go. There is a great demand for skilled and unskilled labor in tbe Cape Bre- ton mines, and Italians have been int - ported from New York. Tee Dominion Steel et Von Co, of Sydney is doing big work. Emerson, Man., farmers will ask the Dominion Government to open the Russian Indian reservation, containing about 18,000 acres of good farming land, only partly cultivated by the Indians. Another, animal suffering from lumpy jaw was seized in Montreal on Thursday by the inspectors, Dr. La- laerge, the Health Officer, says he will Pu e ipmen o is - eased tattle from the West at any csoisht-e G uelph License Connuissionera are having some difficulty in deciding which licenses they will out off in obe- dience to the City Council and pending a decision have granted all the hotels three months' extension from the first of May. • GREAT BRITAIN. • Anne Beal% a, popelar Epglish novelist, is dead. , Only four per cent. of British wounded in Africa have died. Lords of Admiralty will Inspect cadets' training schoot Dartinouth, It is understood that Emperor 'Wil- liam will visit England about August 2nd. General White, if not required in South Africa, will beeome Governor of Gibraltar toward the end of May. Rumour says Sir Edward Grey is to succeed Sir Henry Campbell -Ban- nerman as leader of the English Lib- eraba. Primrose Day, the anniversary of the death of Lord Beaconsfield, was observed throughout England with customary zeal. • The Earl of Lontles.borou.gh, Itenry FOre.ster Denison, dea.d. He wes born In 1834, aed was vice -ad- miral of the Yorkshire coast. The widow of Robert Louis Steven- son has taken a decisive stand against the proposal to dig up her husband's bones and carry them from Samoa to Scotland for reburial. The great chalk headland at Dover, known asSbakespeare Cliff, is to be levelled in order to give the tiew rapid-fire batteries of that barber's defences a better range. A. new order has been Issued in Great Britain under which Areeeetine tuittle must be slaughtered within 36 hours of landing and North Ameri- cans within -five days- For the _Leine- ent the order will aeply only to ocipt- The Birraintthara kost is respoesible for the statement that Turkey has placed several important commissions with the Krupps, to be completed be- fore the end of the year, which in- cluae better machine guns than are at present used by any European pow- er, and 100,005 Mousers, UNITED STATES. Automobiles are to be used on ranches in Texas. Near Vork police tommissioners not issue boxing licenses. The number of Japanese students in America is placed at 3,000, Eight persons were killed by tbe tornado which swept over Kansas. Copper be large quantities bas been discovered in Tanana district, Alaska. New York rapid transit tunnel sub- contracts for 520,000,000 of the work have been awarded. The =negate of the United States famine fund are searching for a vessel to carry earn to India. The National Sabbath Alliance is workbag hard to abolish the Sunday delivery of im cream in Nevt York. Nevi York carpenters are ore strike demanding an 8 -hour day for five days a week, and 40 cents an hour. trhe damage to fruit trees near Canon City, Colo., 'from the late heavy storm and frosts is estimated at 5500,- 000. A 5,000 -ton steamer has been secured at Washington to take food subscribed by American tharitable institutions to stricken India, A collie dog has died at Nevis York from grief over the death of its owner, Mrs. Bertha Wise. Two more of her dolhosaerhetodaygion g.Tribute says' an Ante +Olean officer, Major Arines. haa sent nearly 23,000 Americans to South At - plea to aid the Boers. A. bill is before Congresis re:attiring ttusts to punish periodically Nem% statements of their capital earnings, 'expenses, profite and. dividends. Rev. W. S. Rutledge, .sald to have been the firat to suggest the forma, HMI of the Grand. Army oe the Repub- lie, is dead tit jacksouville, M. V. McInnes, Canadian Govern- ment agent has just shipped onerhun- dred and eight settlers and ten cars of stook and effeets from Michigan. The Board of Education at Ala - Mode, Cal., has adopted. a rule forbid* ding the employment as teachers be the Publie gamin °fenny portions af- flicted with tuberoulesis. A prospective colony of American bottlers for the Buffalo Lake, Alberta district, numbering' 2,500 or 8,000, have appointed four Toledo men as dele- gates to go filmed' and vselect their land. President Patton: of Prineeton, ltas made publte a atatement lit which he algiolds the Westminster Confession and claims ft to be good enough for the Presbyterian, Church without a m dmen t. The charge that Amerman army °Moore at the Engineer &Athol at Willet's Point, N.Y., and other bisti. tutions, interfere with Catholic priests in the performance of their religious duties, is being investigated. Littlo Kettle Enepper, of New, York, whose sleep/ of mores than a week hae puzzled phyeleittni, died Thursday without awakening. A little more Persia le in danger et a famine. Honolulu is now free of the plague. Plague dote have ceased at Ca,wa- pore, India The Turkiab Government, will build a railway Irmo Damaseue to Mecca. 594,000700007awdulabbroosfainGisrheeece4 , pi? tcoouswt years, wa7stsaatlieonOst, POligh newepaPers has been forbidden at all Pruesian rail - The bubonie vlague ia reported to nave made its appearance at several ports on the Red Sea. The failure of the Jamaiman banana mop bait caused widespread and acute suffering in the island. An oetbreak of the bubonic Plague is reported in. Persia, near the Turk- tsh frontier; 195 deaths have occurred bi three weeks, The antieBritish, portion of the Cairo Prese continaea the agitation saginianrsiteathienetnotrtabnecesoeufdCalenr.ietian pais - Gen. Gomez, nowi at San Domingo, says Cuba. fought against) the do. umnidneiornthoeftbSepaellnaf tohnelyutnoitfeiristhaetresself The Boer peace envoys have arrived at The Hague, and Queen Wilhelmina Ines received them graciously. The European courts, under the leader- ship of Germany, stands aloof. The Trinidad Legislature has for- mally ratified the second reeiprocity treaty with ,the United States, The merchants are hostile to it, preferring reciprocal trade relations with. Canada. The Canadiate Government will spend 550,000 ow literature both in Frenth and, Englisla, to be 'distribueed at the Paris Exposition. In an ad- vance cope. of the catalogue it Is stat- 17351.1.1ge ?InLahcici ffn„(111711 ejvP Wes ereitiv°aIllueild at $15,000, whilas this year's exhibit will be worth. over 5200,000. SCALE S. • The San Jose Scale and Its Relatives. Useful Publication by Prof. W. Loehhead-Various Remedies Re- commended, • „,..._.—.. Fermere and fruit ,producers will derive much benefit from a publica- tion en "The San joss Scale and Other Seale Ineects," recently issued by the Ontario Department of Agri- culture, written by Prof. Wm. Loon - head, of 'the Guelph A.grioultuyal Col- lege, env of the :beat authorities On biology. His work embodies the re- sults of the latest investigations macle into the, habits tee the Beale tweets and the best means of exterminating or holding Mean in cheek, and corn - lenses many practical recommendae none which -will be found cif value in dealing .with taeee pests. A de- tailed desceiption; of the formida.ble Seri jese scale,, an& the ostreaderm, patnam, elterra and several ether scales are given, tegether with cuts allowing them in different stages of .developmerit, so the!. frutt-growers may be able eorrectly to identify them, It is tonsidered possible that these destra,ctive, parasites are spread over a wider area than is generally knewn, and taose who May...observe traees of, their presenee upon fruit trout are invited to notify the depart- ment, as; the 0o -operation' of the pub- lic. in this respect will render it easier eo eembat the evil successfully. IT4 SPREAD SUCCESSe'ULLY 'CHECKED. • The San Jose scale•has been keown in exist. in Kent and the Niagara Dis- triet sinee 1816, and though less serieus visitations have occurred; nunter- ousother• neighbourhoods, ithas been eucceeefully kept, in cheek by the promptness and vigilance shown in prevezning its widespread disseminae bon by, tneans of infested nursery stock. /4 was found to exist in seven °Uteri° nurseries ana action was at once taken by the ilepartment to trace and destroe the Stock hable to infestation sent out from these es- tablishtaentse whithe with strict en- forceanent of fumigation, prevented tlie otherwise imminent danger from this source. The destruction of trees was consequently nothing like so great as in the fruit -growing districts of the United States, which has tended to confirear the popular misconception that the scale does not remit tbe death 'of infested trees. Prof. Loch - head combats thee view, and adduces numerous instances to show that it is without foundation, ,LIFE HISTORY OF SAN JOSE SCALE The larvae of the San aose Scale in- sects are born alive. Thie eggs hateh within the body, of the mother, from Which the young, lemon -colored larvae escape soon after, to seerela for suit- able places on the branches and twigs upon. which to settle. The larvae are very Minna at first, visible under a magnitying glass as yellowlah, specks, probably about 1406 inch in aength. Each larva has two feelers, a long thread-like beak through which the juices of the plant are sucked up, and six stout legs, by means of whith it can Move about quite rapidly, Obser- vations were made this season on the speed with width it travels. When tbe young larva has found a out -Lehi° plami to Bottle, it inserte its thread- like beak through the bark into the juicy tissues beimath. A waxy secre. tion from the outer parts of the body soon forms a eovering, and in- stead of seeing the lemon -yellow bode we new see dm grayish or grayish -yel- low seat° covering. Even at this young stage the cetitral nipple is gen- erally quite prominent, thougb some- times it appears to be wanting alto- gether. As the insect becomes More mature, the scale becomes darker. About the twelfth day after the birth of the larva, the Best moulting takee place, and with the casting of its akin, the fee:tale loses its eyes, feelees, and lege, while the male loses only its feel. erg and lege. Tha feniale becomes arca- tar and flat, and/ le slightly smaller than the male. A.bout a week after the brat Minna. the male moults a seeona tine% at which time the larva, or Iwo - pupa, Jute dark purple eyes, and the feelers and legs have.rs-tippeared. The female moults for the second time about taro days later, that is, about eight dayg after the first mottlt. /4 has now beimixte even more circular than it was before, and the last AAP gIbMt Is very much, like tbat of the adult &Male. The yam* larvae May be neticed at any time between June 15th and Dee. 1st, appearing like minute yellowith lice, crawling over the trees. The danger of infeetation of neW areas is Mainly durbag the period of tetivity of the young settle*, whieh are readily carried from one looality to another. In tame of slight infestation the San dose smiles is usually scattered evenly O'er the bark, but where the in - iodation la more eerioua it is frequent* ly the mum that the surface of the bark is entirely covered preetenting a gray *thy look. Ft/MKATION .&ND Sritamo. whoa the meat effective reraedy Is the total deetruction of intented trees by burning, yet where the area is lerge and the proems would involve a mime bet of valueble trees, remedial pro- cesees are preferable.. Pour methods of treatment *ft in vogue in the Unit- ed Steteil. Teta fumigation by hydro. 1:74kule °Iii:iutrodn,Tesignpgetvtgeulii,, anti moan hale- ikerooeue solution. Cif these thei Pro - AI LegiSiature. Ices* of tent fumigation le ceneidere the moat effective, resulting le th a Kates or proceedings In the Nation. ewe death of Sayer cent. of the eeale end the destruetion of other injurieu inamte. But there are berinue %Oen time on, the score of espenee,and dif Acuity as well se the danger of poition idg front careless or inexperienced, us of the deadly gam. The treatmeet by spraying with Whale -oil soap solution hes been in re quisition for some time and lias bee found effective in awaiting the aprea of the saute, though not in totally ex tirpating It. The propertion recom mended ie two poands of soap dissolv ed in one gallon ot not water, whit, can be applied during winter and ear ty spring without fear of injury t the fruit trees, with the exception o the peach, whose fruit buds are liabl to be destroyed unless the aPplleatio le made when the lends are beginnin to open, The eolution Is used while ho by means of a spray pump. In Ohl the peach leaf curl has practically dis appeared front orchards treated wit wnale oil soap solution. As a sura mar treatnaent peach orchardists a considerably weaker solution, on quarter olf a pound of the soap t ions gallon of water onee a week o oftener, to kill the young scales. Fe this purpose thorougb spraying is ne- cessary, about 1 1-2 gallons of sea, solation being requirea for an ordin ant peach tee% Orude petroleum is highly spoken ut by some American authorities for win ter treetment, but will not do in tb summer season, as it injures th leaves. A mixture of kerosene with water In the proportion of four part water to the of kerosene has been used in New York State tor thre years with good 9uecess, and does leo destroy.or injure the foliage. Experiments with whale -oil soap crude petroleute, and 20 per cent. kero- sene Itave been tried recently in sever al infested orcherda at Niagara, St Catharines, Winona. Burlington, Chat ham, Blenheim, Guilds, Kingsville, St Thomas and Port Burwell. The results of these experiment's will not be known till July. • ; MINN ME JAP,A.NF,SE 111151IGRA.TIOIY. Sir Wilfrid Laurier read a state- ment from tbe Deputy Minister Of Trade and Cotninerce with reference d to 4panese immigration. It showed ttuhaist ctouhentnruimy hb.aecir beeof nieveatitoryinegxagto. • g• erated, and et these who did come, - a great many were in transit to oth- er countries. No emigrant is allewe • ed to leave japan except under Gov- ° n ernment supervision, and after obtain - g lag a guarantee of character. It is, t therefore, quite certain that tee jape a coming to Canada are not paupers, he- • oause that class could pot obtain the ; acebrletiftitteeetote otof °obi:ix:re:ler. required to ene TRADE WITH WEST INDIES. 0 r Sir Louis Davies informed Mr, Keine ✓ bach that whatever trade arrange- 'raents Trinidad ,or other Brinell West • _ India Islands may make with the 'Unit- ed States, the Imperial teuthoritiee will net permit these islands- to es, G• taabulioadho, any discrimination against RAINY RIVER RAILWAY. • Mr., Foster was told .by Mr. Blair o that several contracts. bays been ea- t tared into with the Rainy River Rail- way Company foe portions of the line subsidized last session, but none of the money has yet been paid, THE PORTO RIOAN TARIFF. In reply. to Mr. Kaulbach, Sir Wit- . frid Laurier said that the legisla- ' tion at Washington appeared to be intended to establisn a discrimina- tion between the duty on fish and oth- er products of Canada, exported to Porto Rico from, 'Canada,. as compared with articles of a similar character eaoported to that island from the Un- ited States. In reply to the further question, whether the Governanent has made any overtures to the United States in reference to the matter, Sir Wilfriel stated that it was a domestic, affair concerning the United States, as to which the Government did not nithandsoid.er any representation could be STEAMSHIP SUBSIDY. Hon. Sydney Fislaer has taade ar- rangements to continue the present system of subehlies to p, P. R. lines. He gives notice of it resolution to provide for the granting of a subsidy for steemship service between Bri- tish Columbia and China and Japan, the amount not to exceed 415,000 per annum for a monthly service, or R25,- 000 per annum for a fortnightly ger,- 'dee. Cold -storage apparatus will be installed be the vessels selected, and every effort mule to pee& our trade with Caine and Japan in fresh meats, eggs butter, fruits, etc. , AMMUNITION FOR TBE Dr. Borden replied, to the statement made by Mr, McCleary, that when a comptuty of militia were called out at Therold recently. there was no ame munition, that in face the battalion had no ammunition. •If there was no am.munition the coramanding officer of the battalion was alone to blame. By a , general order, issued in 1898, each commanding officer was required to keep in reserve at regimentak head - :quarters fifty rounds per cerbine, or rifle/ of their establishment for use in -service ha aid of the civil, power, on for caacstiev:e service. Headquarters was not in any way responsible in this Mr. McCleary said thee he had also said in the House that there was no ammunition in Hamilton, London or Toronto, reading an artiele in The St. Catharines Star in support of his s t tre,mBeonrt .d en ` replied that anyone who raade suchaa statement did not know what he was talking about. As a miet... ter of fact, the officer commanding this particular battalion ha& this day sent forward a reqUisition for the are- munitith which he should have hadin store constantly. Re explained 'that there Is an ample supply of ammuni- tion at Toronto and Loedon, and a sup- ply at Hamilton. Owing to the fact ' that the ammunition for the 12-p.ound guns was cordite and high explostve it was kept at Kingston and Quebec, where there was good magazine ac- commodation. The batteries were allowed to take ammunition home flexing GeitaramApTsvii0thN thGeFmT. missING. Mr. Borden, Halifax, asked that et-, forts be made to obtain information ot the. raen of the Canadian contig- ents who, were reported missing some time sauce and of whom nothing had since been heard. He made special re- terence to Private Morris of the first neeenwtsi.rigent, reported( missing four weeks since and whose parents were 11). great: datreas for want of further Dr, Borden saidi there were fifteen men reported raissitg some time since, and Colonel Otter, who was asked for a report afterwards reported they had subsequently rejoins& the regiment, having been, detained at Cape Town owing to some improprieties. How- ever, let would make further ingenue in reference to Private Morris, and would be glad to give any information he could obtain, Mr. Borden explained that the young man in euestion fell out exhausted on the march from Belmont. , A GENERALADVANCE. ..-• es Lord Roberts Expected Soon To §tart for Pretoria. A despatch from London, Saturday, &ern 28, says: 'The Bloemfontein care reepondent of the Morning Post, Wins- ton Churchill, telegraphing Thursday says: "Moat satisfactory progress has been made in the aceamulation of stores during the past week. The pros- peats of a general advance are more favourable.' The Bloemfontein correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, under Thurs- day's date, says:- • • " The Boers wake retreated from De Wetsdorp kept well ahead of General French's cavalry. Unless the wiener should make a stand at Kreonstad Lord Roberts will rapidly cross the Vaal xiver." THE FARMER'S COLLEGE, etiolate agrielanarai Callege-Iteport for 1S09 -Large lueresse th Number m Students -They Coate Fr411111 Near and rar-New Needed -A. yawl wetted The increasing ueefulness and popu- larity of the Provincial Agricultural College and Experimental Farm is evi- denced be; some of the details embodied in the annual report of that institu- tion for 1899, which has been received from the Department of Agriculture. The interest now taken in all branches of practical as distinguished from merely theoretical education is no doubt largely responsible for the considerable inerease in attendance which is recorded. The people are be- ginning to realize that courses of study and methods of training should have reference to the future vocation of the pulpit and fit him for his life- work. The ngricultural College as weil as other institutions devoted to practical education , feeling the sthnulus of the movement in this dir- ection. INCREASED NUMBER OF STUDENTS The number of students on the list in 1899 was larger than at any time in its history thetotal being 366, of whom 237 took the regular course and 129 received instruction in dairying only. Of the regular course students 197 belouged to Ontario, 22 came from other Provinces of the bominton and 18 from other countries principally England and the United States. This ia a pleasing indication that the insti- tution is well thonglet of abroad as capable of impating a thorough scientific course of instruction. Sixty of the Ontario students were nomin- ated by County Councils, •One hun- dred and three etudenes entered the regular coarse since the term began in September last. While this active progress is highly satisfactory. one obvious result has been to overcrowd the present limited facilities of the College which are entirely inadequate to the present demand. MORE ROOM NEEDED. There is an urgent need of more dormitory accommodation as well as of larger and " more convenient laboratories for in addition to the in- crease in the size of claesee the work of the professors is steadily extending, It embraces not merely the, expert - Monts systematically pursued at the farm, the remits of which afe giVen to at bend patinballiyesbesut a variety of) researohes cairied on at, tlut request otprivate individuals. who apply for information on all manner cif subjects connected with agriculture. The re- ports suggests the ereotion, of a new building costing about 495,000 which will give additional space and meet the continually increasing require- ments of the college. President Mills Makes a strong and, well -argued plea for more liberal seaport of an institu- tion that hag done so much, to advance the standard of agriculture and Weld- cate scientific methods of cultivation, pointing out how much! our neighbors same cause and the gene ous appro- of the United States are dtngt for the priations outdo by the Stet s of Mich- igan, Wiseonsin, Minnesota, eto., for their agriculteral colleges. The out. lay fot maintenarice and Salaries in oath case is largely in excess of ours. The total net cash expenditure for the year is given at 07,433, the outlay on the "farm proper" was $7,439 and the cash revehue therefrom 54,843 in ad- dition to the value of produee cone Burned. .f„ PATRIOTIC BABY GIRL. A South African provincial paper hes the following: "A baby girl, bora lately in a sub- urb of Cape Town, hats a distinct mark, strawberry colo.r, on the right should- cr. The mark is the facsimile of the British coat-of.arins. So distinct are the several ontlinea, dm., that the very itaturee of the animals are visible, the tail, and especially the horn, of the unicorn standing out prominently, but not quite tie emumicuout as the etown. The father of this Wee Initel is natur- ally very proud of his offspring, and t on account of thie singular diatinetion. Somebody ought to bave la baby boy With a facsimile of the 'Union heir on the left shoulder to match the girl. Snell loyal parente should re- ceive the Queen's bounty." DISTORTED DY taxon. Whet is the honeymoon, pa t ths honeymoon is the only period in it teetntS lift daring which he toneiders it faun.? ,to eesue hones and find that. his deer little wife hasn't dianet ready en time. WEPENER IS RELIEVED. The Boers Are Fleeing Along the Ladybrand Road. London, April 25. -The War Office has issued the following from Lord Roberts, dated Bloemfontein, April 25, 8.25 "The enemy 'mitred from in front Wepener last night, and this merning fled northeeastwards along the Ladybrand road. "Their number was between 4,000 and 5,000." BOERS STILL IN THE SOUTH. Several Perces of the Eneiny Rave NOt Yet Retired. Aliwal North, April 27. -It is report- ed that there are 000 Doers at Hos- man's kap, in the Smithfield district, 100 a,t Smithfield, 400 with two guns and a Maxim at Ory kap, and 220 with two guns at Eleeter driet, Caledon river. BURNED AS PUNISHMENT. Farm.liOuse Frein Which Canadians Were Piped Upon. A despatch! from Illoenifontein sayst -.Richter's farm,. near Leeuw kop, front whieb, while flyibg a white Deg, the Canadiaue were fired upon, has been burned as a punishment, Richter is a prisoner. LEFT POR THE FRONT , SO•Called U. S. Ambulance Corps Pighting With the Boors. The tonaon Daily Lorenzo Marquee roggespondent, telegraphing under date of Wednesday, wigs that the Irish -American btigade, eonsiat- ing 'chiefly of the Tambora of the so- called ambelence corps, left Pretoria Saturday under Col. Blake. after being addreseed by President Kruger. Vita re/tended to the address with en