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,
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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.
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Imperial India and the e. ritith Colonial
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London on the 4wentyoeightb day of :lune
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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.
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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'.