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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1902-05-08, Page 7IIOLLANI)'S QUEEN LOW; 6REAT A\XIETY FELT. Sympathy of the World Goes Out to the Sufferer. • Attelent riungarian Town ;:ire -Swept and too !louses Ilestroyed•. -• .Railway Disaster is Germany in Which Several are Killed ----Bin Row at a German People's S'al'ty fleeting, in Vienna --Police Had to al lie raft. Tim Vague; :May 5.-A message from Castle Loa, gent at 7 o'clock title moaning, says Queen Wiliieltuina be still alive. None at the doctors attending her Majesty left the patient last night, owl weather the Queen mother nor the i'J'Jttlen) Consort went to bed. (itreat Anxiety Felt. '' The more reassuring tone of this morning's official 1 ulletin did little to . allay the appr,het,eione ot 'the publlo regarding the oonuilion of the Queen. ' Tho streets are dotted with despond- ent =carps of people, anxiously die - ()wising the exceedingly scant Wore nation permlt•ted to leak out. The offices of the official newspapers wero besieged with inquirers and sur- rounded by people awaiting bulletins. Telegrams of inquiry arrived from all warts of Circ world. All the foreign eliplomatiets either personally called :for nam or sent their secretaries to :make inquiries about her 11Tajeety's ihie'alth. Tho Hague, May Cs.--il, 'bulletin post- ed at Castle Loo tit 2 p. m. to -day announced that the condition of Queen Wilhelmina was satiefttctory up to .dere present., , The Unfavo'rtjblo 'Turn. The Hague, May .5.-I,t trltmspdros 'that the first clisgniating symptoms in the Queen's condition manifested themselves during Saturday even - tug. h.n urgent eumm'one was des- patched for an accoucheur, who re- mained at Her Ma eety's bedside all st5,g;ht long, and summoned Dr. Roes- angs and Profeesor Kontiver, the agyneeologistt of 'Utrecht University, nvho arrived at Castle Leo yester- .day afternoon. The symptoms of • xeml ;:Inst nts beacame more and more Pronounced, and the condition of the Queon was considered extremely grave. The Queen other and the Prince Consort did not dare leave the bedside. Towards nightfall the patient became wares and suffered intense pain. The most eritical time was reached between 10.30 and 11. 'p.m., ams there was no relaxation to the extreme a sigense ot all pre- sent to the sick room until the doc- tors at about midnight wore able to announce that the accouehment was over, Ancient rows' biro Swept. Buda Pestle iluegary, May 5. -Two hundred ]rouses at Barifelt, the fam- ous health resort, have been destroy- ed by fire. Several persons were in- jured. Bartfelt has a population of about 50500, and is a very ancient town, with a handsome city ball, which was built its the fifteenth cen- tury. 1i;atlway Wreck in Germany Lapel°, Saxony, May 5.--Shortiy after the express train left here tide morning for Berlin, an axle of the tender broke, the train was derailed, and Herr Friedel, a member of the Reichstag, and two other persons were killed, and six people were in- jured. • 1'olltierd, Vienna, May 5. -The congress of the German Peop'le's Party held Isere yesterday evening was broken np by the followers of Herr Schonerer; Pan - German, who, immediately after Herr Wolff, The Pan -German leader, com- menced the opening address, bom- barded the platform with lumps of sugar and paper balls. A free fight ensued between the different fac- tions, and the police with difficulty cleared the hall. JGROUS IIIJSDANII SHOOTS Four Times Wounded Victim Uses a Pistol. SHATTERS ASSAILANT'S WRIST. Chticagcs, May 5. -Warmed la a dream that he was about to have ;serious trouble, Robert Bremner, 6.9 years old, pocketed hdis revolver when he left hits home, at 262 Halsted ;street yesterday, and then visited the office of Lewis H: Mitchell, his esefe's attorney, at 172 La Salle Street. A duel followed, In whloh the sawyer; who is 60 years old, was probably .fatally wounded, and in w'hioh the busband suffered a shat- tered wrist. Bremner. who is a plum- ber, was looked up and Mlrtchell was taken to a. hospital. • Jealousy is said to have prompted 9ihe quarrel which ended in the shoot- ing. Bremner is said to bet of ajeal- ous diep'osition. He had separated fromuu Sts wife, and laid hie domestic troubles to Mitchell, who lied art - ted as her counselor Its several cases, Mrs. Bremner elves with her daugh- ters and a eon, a•t •221 Peoria street. According to the statement made by IBremmer, lie had not lived with his twife for some time. She first met liiiitoheli, according to Brenner, five years ago, when he was retained as icer legal adviser in the disposition of some real estate. From that time on, according to Bremter, his trou- bles in'oreasod. Alitahol! its married and livor with 71is wife at 1,855 Fulton street. According to tete account, which conflicts With Bremner's story, for several neeiuutes after 11he shooting the lawyer and the pluntlber' strug- gled, !Mitchell, although four times wounded, managed to turn a re- volver on his assailant and l:lte fifth iehot, intended for ltis body, pene- trated the left wrist of Bremner. It was at this point that J. A. itu'th. a real estate dealer, who has an office in i711e tiane.suite with Mit- obeli, ran from; his room and jump- ed upon Bremner, just as Mitchell Staggered and fell to the floor. Af- ter a desperate struggle Mr. Ruth managed to throw Bremner upon the floor, and there he sat .upon him un- t il Officer Courtney nppeared and took charge of the prisoner. KIDNAPPED CIIINESE ll1llE. New York Celestials• Much Excited Over it, preaching marriage was spread through Chinatown, Ling Foy was approached by a committee of the Highbiuders and asked to contribute $1,000 for a general merry making among his people. The merchant flatly refused. Tao next night the girl was carried away in a carriage, and the woman in whose care she was also disappeared. 1 - AUSTRALIAN -DEFENCE. General Button Regards Compulsory Service as Unnecessary. Sydney, May 4. -General Hutton's recommendations to tho government as commander-in-chief of the Com- monwealth forces, conetitute an im- portan't modification of the minis- try's original drastic scheme. Gen. Hutton regards compulsory service as unnecessary, and recom- mends afore¢ of 44,218 officers and men of all arms, consisting of a garrison foreo of 15,470, and a field force of 28,7+48, the latter to be available, if accessary for service abroad, witir 96 guns. GLOOMY OUTLOOK iN INDIA Plague uud Famine Worse Than Ever, 14:specially in Punjuub. London, May 4. -There are gloomy prophecies as to the outlook in India. Both the plague and .the famine ap- pear to be worse than ever, and the unfortunate country is threatened with even greater horrors than dur- ing the recent famine and disease. The plague has now spread over upper India in an alarming manner, and is peculiarly virulent in the Pun- jaub. Efforts in the earlier stages to stamp it out by measures involving coercion were entirely ineffectual, besides rousing popular discontent. which threatened to become so seri- ous that the supreme Government Was forced to interfere with the local authorities. GIRL A CULTURED BEAUTY, Now York, May 5. --Wee Lung Fong, na beautiful Chineee girl, who was brought to New 3'ork three weeks age) to become; tho wife of Ling Foy, a. wealthy Ninth street tea mer- chant, has boon kidnapped by High - binders, and Intense excitement pee - Valls in Chinatown. The wedding oorenony was to have bone perform- ed? at thea Saes house in Mott street, at midnight ton -night, and extensive preparationtl had been made for the event. The merchant has not yet been told oil the (Reappeara•nce of leis fiancee, and the Wows will be kept from him until the last moment in the hope that the girl tray, be Centel. /AUK Foy is tttld to be one of the wealthiest Chinamen in America. Near hong Kong, lte had seen a beau - Wel girl, whmu he determined to pur- Omer) for a wife. An agent was sent to -China where the girl wap purchas- ed from her father for 8800. She reached New' 'York three Weeks ago lnti the entre of an emissary, and was platted in thaw Wants of a resident of Mott street, who Wats instruetet;l to alhtw No porton bo San her. 8hortiy after the naive of the ap- THE COBONWTiON O110EP. An Interesting Official Docu- ment Issued, Their DIa eeltioel Will pass towards the throne and make ,thole ilunlhlo adoration, kneeling at the fald- Stools, and tilen sit in eliairi be. low 'tiro 'thrones.. The document continues to de- scribe the curlicue ceremony of ro- cognItiou and the other cerem:Miele. Those abovo mentioned occur De - fere the coronation proper. PRISONERS GONE Captured. (inert', Disarmed hien anti • plod. Cideago, May 5.-'.4ytvo prisoners at Fort Sheridan escaped yesterday and have not been recaptured, In a quiet spot In the reservation they sprang aeon their guara, disarmed him, tied las hands, gagged him, and at the point of his own gun marched him several ;Hiles up the lake shore, whore they rcleassed him and fled. The prisoners 'were A. F. Butterfield, under sentence of two years for de- sertion, and Robert Baden, sera ing three years for the ammo offence. INSTANTL1 KILLED. Toronto, May 5. -Arthur Sweat - man, son of Bishop Sweatman, of this city, was instantly kilted at the entrance to High Park, near elimi- oo, b3' the fast train, from the west, duo here at 12.25, to -day. Mr. Sweatman, who was about 30 years old, had just vome !tome from California, where he had been 1 remelting. Ho was seen to walk out from tho park entrance and de- liberately to throw himself in front of the quickly moving train. 11 is said that a noto was found pinned , to Sweatman's clothing, avowing his attention to commit suicide. 1 Bishop S,weatntan is out of tho city at present, holding a contirination service in lerineville. STEYN SE'JT FOR NIS FiUUILY1 Botha's Nephew and Twelve Others Captured, LORD RO SLYN'S CLAIM. Unevilllitg to Refund .at2+5 Advanced to IIm at Pretoria --Rebels Sen- tenced -Deaths in Concentration Camps -Canadians 111. Loudon, May 2, --,In the Haase of Lords to -day the Earl of Roselyn, wlto served with Thorneyoroft's Horse in South Africa, and anted as war oorresp'ondent for a newspaper, questioned the Government on the Subject of the rnoney distributed to British prisoners of war in Pretoria early in 1900 by the late Adelbert S. Hay, when he was United States Canetti at Pretoria, The Earl said he had a personal Interest in the matter, since, if the money was intended as a gift, ho woes ontltled to a share of it, as a prisoner of war. The 'Under Secretary of War, Lord Raglan, replied that no particular tion to payment of a fine of £100. T110so eontenoes haze been reduced to five and ono year respectively. At the Treason Court eight rebele were convicted of treason in that they had taken up arnne and acted as afflolale under the Republicans. Sen. tenons were passed ort them var.Ying from six months' imprisonment end $150 fine to 1$ n>.aonths'itnlaleettment and £500 fine, ---;--- 1 Alanic Dottie Vttptured. London, May 2.--Ileepatohes front South Africa report the capture of Connnandaut 1tXanie Botha and twelve other Boers on April 3rd near Frank- fort. He is a nephew of Commandant.. Gen. Botha, and was Gen. De Wet's ablest lieutenant. Gen. Kitchener re- ported on Feb, 28th that Made Botha had been killed, showing that there Is a mistake somewhere. One deapatclt states that an en- gagement occurred on April 28th at Rockfort, in whiotr a field cornet was klltod another wounded, and one 13oer captured. St.eyn Sends for lits Fancily. It is stated that ex -President Steyn, of the Orange Free State, re- called his wife from Europe after the peace conference at Klerksdorp. She and her children started for Smith Africa a 'week ago. Pellet of O'OIelep, Cape Town, May 2. -Reports which have reached here via Port ittolioth, Western Cape Colony, dated April 19th, are to the effect that the Brit- ish columns are now in close touch with British garrisons at Q'Okiep Cabout, ninety tulles inland from Port AIoliotlr, and that relief of the British force there is practically completed. The pl'ucky little garrison at O'Okiep has been closely invested by the Boers for weeks past, and has put up a defence which may be com- pared to that of Mafeking. The do - COUCHED IN QUAINT PHRASES. 1,,,anclon, May 0. -An interesting of. ficial document lite been issued de- scribing the: actual coronation ceremony it, ,Weetutinster Abbey, entitled, "Tho form and order of service arid ceremonies at the cor- onation of thole- Majesties Edward VII, and Queen Alexandra, in the Abbey Church of Se. Peter, West- minster, June 26." The document, which is very long, 1s divided into numerous sections, 'thus': Section 1 -Preparation, Section 2 -Entrance into the church. Section 8 -The recognition. Section 4 -The !ninny, communion and sermon. Section 7 -The oath, Section 8 -Tho anointing. Section 9--Presentirng the spurs and sword, and girding with the sword. Section 1O-InveHtimg with the air- miila and Imperial mantle, and de- livery of the rob. Section 11 -Investiture per annu- lum et baculum. Section 12-Crownitng. Section 13 --Presenting the 7:Holy Bible. Section 14 -Tho benediction and To Dount. Scetion 15 -The enthronization. The document throughout ire couch. tect in quaint Biblical language,. It commences with a description of hole' on the morning of Coronation Day caro is to be taken that the ampulla, ie filled with oil, and With a spoon laid ready upon the altar. The nrclibtuhops and bishops, being alren(ly vested with their copes, will forst a procreation outside; the west door and await notate of the nppronelt of their Mnjesti,ee before moving iatto the church. Their lfnj• ns1iee will be received with the an- them, "Peace be Within Thy Walls." lac Simile of the Royal Invitation to the Coronation Ceremony at Westminster. q ea n4' ins �cc. oe .p/O atxaoe ,..nr� X.1•,stn., n r, e.0 sac cu a��e m.� .. 's e7a c -Fera tv w t�f eralC-/ vv � .r,, F• , ., era r w, 4T\d 3 C' 3 i 2 1 J the 'loyal family of Great "'Britain and 1rel'nd9 Imperial India and the e. ritith Colonial ossessions o3eyond the %ens Greetetb thee and conn atideth thy presence at the ,abbey of ►4 s est inrter in the ancient City of London on the 4wentyoeightb day of :lune Anno Domini nineteen hundred and two, ?bno *Rego' one tbonsand and two on, the occasion of the solemn ceremony he Coronation of the son and beim of the reigning house and prince of ,tbe blood royal .filbert ,Edward George Mlantagenet St. eger ° Henry Guelph lanes `iittinger Gower alettin fitteltaurice 1Etnigbt of • the Ootden fleece, ihnigbt of the (Barter, might of the lint' and possessor of cum rolls and unions other most noble and exalted titles l38 Edward the event by the (3rnce of God9 of the Zinited °Ilaingdom o Great "Britain and lireland, efender of the t1 aith and Emperor of India. a. Maes pro amicitia nostril. c c, 9 9 n� `G'•B -"`P 7aC C'' GC Y'� aC1U"'•y�` o i -o '61^ 'J 1?• 0. 'H'.7 `'.+�i7;,� 7► �7oGv' ELEVATOR WALL FELL BURYIN6TWO FIREMEN. Brooklyn Political Leader Falls a Victim to the Mafia. Panic at a Fire in Neve York Leads to a Crush in Midi Two persons are Killed and Many Others injured --Mayor of Chicago's Chinatown Buried With Great Pomp -Death of an 1Mcccntric Veteran ---t ob Terroaizes a Wisconsin Town. CORONATION OF 1FOSll. Youthful Monarch to Wear 50 Uniforms at it. GRANDEES TO BE PRESENT London, May 4. -Tho Spaniards seem to be somewhat discontented over the oompatativeiy sinal! uum- ber of foreign Princes who will at- tend the ceremony .of the coronation and taking of the oath by Alfonso XIII. They seem to think that there ought to be a. few crowned heads to emphasize tine dignity of Spain atul recall her ancient glories. The list, however, is a pretty long one; England, the Duke of Connaught, with the Duke of Wellington, who as a Duke Ciudad Rodrigo, is a grandee of Spain; Germany, Prince Albert of Prussia said Prime Joachim Albert of Prust,fa ; Auetrlu, Archduke Eugene; Denmark, Prince Christian Charles; Greece, Prlttee Nicholas; Italy, the Duke of Genoa ; Monaeo, the Crown Pr Bice ; Portugal, .the infante Dom. Al- fonao, and the Duke Vladimir; Sweden, the Crown Prinoo Eugene; Slant, the Crown Prince. All other countries wi 1 be represented by special embassies. The ;young %ting Alfonso will wear fifty i'ifferestt unitermo during the fes- tititiee attendant on !lie accession t0 the throne, anti orders have been dis- tributeti among all the leading tailors of Madrid. Severatl of tine uutformu to b.1 nem by the young sovereign are wonderfully picturesqur, beau- tiful and Closely copied from the Mediaeval peeved/4 which have heat kept In the Escurial. Buffalo, N. Y., May 5. -At 8.30 this morning the front wall of the bun - Ing un - Ing Wells Elevator fell, burying two firemen, Lieut. John floolele and i'ipetnan John Kennel. The latter's injuries are said to be fatal. Iioel- ele was able to walk to the hospital. Victim of Mafia? New fork, May 5, -Frank Diconzu,, a political leader among the natural- ized citizens in the Williamsburg sec- tion of Brooklyn, Rios been sl'tot and instantly killed by two unknown men. The police believe he wae a victim of the Mafia. The shooting occurred in Driggs avenue. Two shots were heard and two men were seen running from the body of the fallen Italian, Tito motive for the murder try as mysterious as the identity of the assassins. Dicouza, who was 4U years old, and lived with hie wife and three children alto 540 Briggs avenue, was a power in, a political way. His aid was sought by dilferent leaders on ac- count of his influence with his fellow- eountrymen. Blob ler orized a Town. Racine, }Vis„ May 5,-A mob of 50 Italians, crazy from liquor, has ruled the' town of Corliss, seven miles west of here, terrorizing the people, and driving all citizens from the streets. Two women were wounded slightly by revolver !millets and two men were cut by knives in the brands of the invaders. Help was asked from this city, and Sheriff Baumann, with a posse of deputies, drove to Corliss, where order was restored after a suggestions in regard to the dis•' fenders of O'Okiep suffered compara- were sub - Mr. rs but, few ensu, tt eat to 'Lively e tributian of the money were s Mr. Hay. The money was merely an jeot to constant "sniping," and had advance, as it was presumed the prl- occasional sharp brushes with the soners would be in, want of money. Boers. It was left to Mr. Ilay t0 dispose On the night of April 15th forty of the funds as it seemed best to Boers resited an outpost on a kopje him. Certain clvilianas, "including the hold by twenty of the British gar. noble Earl, wile raised the question," rison. The Boers were repulsed, and had been recipients of the funds, the British had four men wounded. Lord Roselyn having intimated Heliographic communication has that Ito considered the money to be a now been established between gift, the War Secretary, Lord Lane- O'Okiep and Ielipfontein, 50 miles downs, with $ono warmth, remarked distant. It has int that way been that the money was Intended as an learned that the women and ehild- advanee to officers, and that the ren at O'Oktep have 'taken refuge amounts peed to civilians were paid in the fortified school -house. on the understanding that they ---- would be refunded. Other recdpients, more entitled to public, gonorosity, had repaid the money tvitilout eom- plaant. Lord Reeslyn hied been ap- plied to for repayment by the Gov- ernment, "witielt did not know its man." The noble Lord replied that it was scandalous to ask for repay- ment, and reused to recoup the Gov- ernrelet. The Warr Seorettry was surprieed that Lord Rossiya. should wash to have the fat proclaimed. Lord Roselyn, in relay, ()!.dined that his position was entirely right, but if the War Office wanted the £25 ad- vanced to him it could have R. bait Sentencing Petals. Alleval North, May IL -Tia court- martial here has passed sentence on 12 rebels who were naught with arms in their possession near Ilarkly Fast. In the case of six who were Condemn- ed to death by shooting, the sen- tences were commtttod to penal ser- vitude for life. The sentence of 15 years' itttprisonmeet passed on two of the prte.eners bans been Commuted, to imitria-.otlment until the Oessa:tie(1 of hostilities, while two others, nen- termed to lei And 420 yearn' itnprlson- Meet reepectIvely, have had their ssentrnoes confirmed. ()I the retuaniu- ing two, one had been sentenced to 20aears' imprisonment and the other Natal and imperial 1tefener. London, tiny 2.-A despatch from Pietermaritzburg reports that; the Legislative Assembly at Natal has adopted a, motion affirming the prinetplo that the colonies should contribute towards the cost of the navy, and suggesting the discussion of the question at the eonferenre of colonial Premiers to bo held in London in June. --- Transvaal I#urytng Orounti. London, May 2.-A Pretoria dee- patch reports that proclamations have. been issued nutk,hg provision for the expropriation of land for the purpose of burial grounds for members of the Imperial and col - ostial forces of the late Republicsof the Orange Free ee St e and the Transvaal who died from wounds or otherwise during tate campaign, short but exciting encounter in the streets. Two of the Italians are under ar- rest, and the others have fled to es. nape the wrath of those they at- tacked. Fatal Wire Panic. New York, &fay 5. -Fire Was ens- covered to -day in a three-story building at 804 Pearl street, this city, occupied by the Eureka Bedding Company. Alany employees of the company were in the building, and there was a frantic rush for the stake and fire -escapes. A matt and a woman were killed and one woman was fatally burned. Many other per- sons were injured. Mayor of Chinatown Buried. Chicago, 111., May 5. -With almost pomp and magnificence, Sam Moy, the late Mayor of Chinatown, has been borne through the streets of Chicago, ad his body Laid to rest in Rose Hill Cemetery. One hundred thousand Chi cagoans did honor to Sam's memory, either through friendship or curiosity, and probably no citizen of Chicago ever went to his grave with such a conglomeration of color settings, weird music, discordant noises and fantiastic funeral rites. Deputations from New York, San Francisco, Portland, Ore., Boston and other Chinese headquarters in the United States vied with one another In doing honor to the dead ohef. With tits Boots on. New York, May 5.- Capt. Hiram Pugh, who has just died at Bridge- town, N. J., had not slept in a bed since lie returned from the Civil War. When• he was taken 111 some weeks ago his doctor's ordered ltim to bed, but he resisted all efforts to make him obey the order, and died "with his boots on." each. On the first day he found the four Boers smoking under the hedge. They had hired two Kaffirs at half a crownthem. a day to do the work for Col. Gordon Appointed. Montreal, May 2. -Lieut -Col. W. D. Gordon, D. 0. C., of Na. 5 Military District, was notified to -day of his appointment as second in command of the sixth regiment of the fourtb contingent. Col. Gordon has already served in South Africa. He left in February, 1400, with the second contingent, and was for a year and a half a major on the transportation staff. He was stricken with fever, and was invalided Thome, arriving here in Feb- ruary, just two years after he had left. n . Canadians Dangerously 111. Ottawa, May 2. -Lord Minto is in receipt of the following cable from the casualty department: "Danger- ously gill, April 27th, Johannesburg, 2nd f,. a 1t. R., Michael Murphy, wounds; Albert Pearson, enteric fever. Mur- phy was wounded at Kleinhardt's River, March 81st, and his father, Conner Murphy, lives at Peterbor- ough. Pearson's father lives at Mait- land, Ont. Deaths in Camp. London, May 2.-A White ,Paper is- sued the other day' gives the provis- ional statisties of mortality in the concentration camps up to 29th March. The total number (of deaths during March was only 402, as com- pared with 628 during 'February. The death -rate per 1,000 per an- num has fallen to 45, as against 72 in February. This is an almost in- credible improvement on the figure 388, which was reached Sin October. It is noteworthy that the total number of children in the camps only Rightly exceeds that of the women (48,836 as against 42.9511.). Before the war families of seven, eight, or nine children were common. The camps have left earth mother with a fraction over one child. The total population in the Natal ramps (20,721) does not {greatly ex- ceed that of last ;Monett (19,175). The inference is that the promised exo- dus to the coast to relieve the con- gestion inland. tins not • continued. Similarly, the population of the Cape camps has increased only Iby 79. London, May 4. -There is authority for saying • t the main factor which hasth.t determined the Boer lead - oro to decide for peace, for there is no doubt that they made that decis- ion, was the concession concerning the Cape rebels. These men were liable to death! or hnprisonmeut, confiscation of their property, and deprivation of their constitutional rights. The extreme punishment that cant be meted out to there now, according to the pro- mise formally made by Lord Milner, ira confiscation and disfranchisement, which, after all, is not a very seri- one ;natter, inasmuch as nine -tenths ferment, who remained at home in order to save their property, while the boys, with full parental approval, went into the commando. In addition to this concession, in- formal promises have been given that the banishment proclamation leaned by Lord Kitchener will not be rigid- ly enforced, and that general am- nesty will not be unduly delayed. There has never been any diffi- culty in regard to rebuilding the farmsteads that have been destroy- ed and restocking; the farms. The general confidence that is telt here in the lame is shown by the fact that the bishops are considering a form of special thanksgiving service for the restoration of peace. Dr, Lords is at Utrecht interele'ty- ing Mr. Kruger. Another 'c 51it»'' Dodge. lllortnfontein, !May 2. --Thi' proposal to utilize the Boer re fugeae as lnb tr +'rs line been fee -ornate entertained. but dlffic'ulty ir: nitiieipalr,I in get ting them n0eUstomed to regular toll, aft a recent typical instaner will chow, a''our utarving; Dutchmen naked for eliarity from a :philnnthropte re- sldeut, who offered thMn n, job n t to three years' itnprisotiment, in addle garelening, jirot'alsing to Xray 50 a day • Attack on Lord Roberts. London, May 4. --•There are sigue of a, renewal of expreeeiolts of dis- content at the War Office et meth- otle and the new regulation/1 for volunteers which lutve already been discussed its theme deem tehes. They have' callei01 rotttttlerable delantis. faction, espeeiat•lly n.s they render- ed it innpeesibio for many volunteers to remain in the service. It trail urgzral that Ill() vohuttrrt'. ent body, and must be thoroughly trained in field tactics in open order, and not merely in drill hails and on parade grounds. Lord Stan. ley, when asked in Parliament whe- ther the War Office was takbng steps to secure open spaces for the London volunteers, who are a large and fine body of men, re. plied that the cost of securing such places in the immediate vicinity was prohibitive. It is generally demanded that the volunteers shall have the use of Richmond Park, which is kept up at public expense, and its admirably adapted for these purposes, The members of the Cabinet, however, are making the excuse in Parlia- ment of the fear of "inluri,ng wild birds, especially herons." Other people, who are less eharibable, sug- gest that the Government is sacra ficing the volunteers to the phea- sant preservers. • The press is protesting vigorously against the example of refusing the means which iit professes to advo- cate of securing efficiency. The Saturday Review, Sul a savage ar- ticle under the head, "The Roberts Ring," declares that things in the army are worse than ever, and in- fluence is now -more than ever the only sure road' to success. Thee Re- view accuses Lord Roberts point blank of countenancing if not ac- tively patronizing, abuses. It says: "He may sometimes merely acqui- esce, but some of the worst cases of jobs in South Africa were cer- tainly due to .his personal initiative. and the impression thus created Is confirmed by many officers who served under him when he held the Indian command. Ina a word his character is conspiculously lacking to fairness." 1n (:atop at Halifax. Halifax, N. S., May 4.- There are 1,750 troops at the military camp in this city, and the first regiment, commanded by Col. Wil- liams, is ready for embarkation. Tho troopship Cestrian will not sail for South Africa, however, before Thursday. Two thousand tons of coal are to be taken aboard. Col. Williams held an inspection of the Third Regiment on Saturday af- ternoon, and expressed himself as well pleased. He remarked on tate good conduct of the whole camp, say- ing that since the men began to assemble there had only been two arrests. Besides the Third Regiment, two squadrons of the Fourth Regiment, under Col. Boulanger, will sail by the Cestrian. The officers selected their horses on Saturday. It is probable that there will be a mounted street parade on Tuesday, INVADE ENEMY'S COUNTRY. I3rltish Tobacco Company to liauu- faeture in the United States. London, May 4. --Among the gra s- sengors on the steamer Stxonta are Messrs. Clarke, Player and Gunn, who aro prominens in the British tobarco trade. ]lir. Cunt; represents the \Fills Tobacco Co. The thee.' g, Hilo bion tui 1 make a long clsit to the United States In behalf of the Imperial To- bacco Co. It Is understood that they will commence to arrange manufac- turing tobacco in the United States in opposition to the American To- bacco Co. TWO LIVES LOST Owing t0 the Nervousness of a Wo- man of the Party. Pembroke, Ont„ May 5. -+- John Fitepittrick, his wife and two sis- ters, 'Minnie and Fannie, were crossing the Ottawa River In aL rowboat, front Allumette Island to Westmeath yesterday and were near Paquette Rapids and about ten feet from tate Westmeath /there when Mre. Fitzpatrick became friglttened and jumped cru; of tine boat. Iter Intsbttlld followed to raave her, and the two reaeltal shore tan fely. In 'the meantime the bos;t with they twn glide drifted out tato the ropialo one upset and berth oreupantn word tlrowlled• The botltert !avis not yet been recovered, The girls were (In tight rrp of 'fhcmtas rltzpatriek and aged about ,"amu and 17 eearta must be Made a thoroughly erne resl)activel'.