Exeter Times, 1900-2-1, Page 7;-
"I' H
E,4,..ETER TIMES
BRITISII CAPTURE-RION KO?
Eten. Warren Surprises the Enemy and Captures
Their Position—BoersDesperate Attempt to
Retake It—lVtany Killed and Wounded—Gen.
Woodgate Among the Blain—White Flag
Raised.
HOLD SPION
• despatola from Spearman' -Camp
says: -"Gen. Wren's troops last
night occupied Steen. Itant,
eurpvieing
the smallw
garrison, who tied.
• tas len held by us all day.
though we were neavily attacked, es,
pecially ny a very annoying, sell flee.
fear our casualties are consider-
alele,, and hare to inform you with
regret that Gen. Woodgate was dan-
gerously wouoded.
"Gen. Warren is oe the °Onkel xhat
be has rendered the enente'e postitien
untenable,
"nriin men are splendid."
LONG CASUALTY LIST.
• dept en freta Leaden, eayste-No.
thifse MU yet be added to tbe briee
vs Of General Wren's succelie1
yenta bee brouglat, iettenee relief to
etreat Britain. A fele speek of the
ee•ibility that, the Brinielti may he nne
n aide retaia tvbat they have No hard-
ly woo in view of the "very annoyinn
il fire Men apnea 114 nrat Bn
etteu
Jere' deepatele aud that tbe hill limy
etave to be reteelteo, aseunting diet
the eosition le permanently bold, toad
dim the Suers aro (Arleen frem the re.
Maintler of the plateaa aoiontated by
fepiou loge there is xto Wu. reepec.,
lug grat ut ale tiset: itiTelved
cotertee tWehO Or fiLtVert MileN
1r.tanz the tell end the
Beer liens tiateide Ittoaemitba Tnere
l...044400410:, otio.mtvow.q n.eaq tiee
110.414 the tsuere tu reintor. e-
mcee -a, and tie Or tritt
tener they hav
e
prepared a etnotel t deft -Pee. TWO
%eel ate e pre t telt i i4114' lerecaet tue
oVeratittee. The a ratan eoutinue to bet
tee pabne to plep.treI ti a emit; cite.
ualty bet, they it+ taebiag the funnel
.g .i/l. once to Gt nera. Buller
Ne tun •t ot nee loines la the
fteentiag pretienta to the attain: on
Noma lee) bee yet been reeetved,
thtugh ea: h day bring, additiens.
eleeerat Ilarton's terve, which in
no•diett thieveley, bad. a few killed and
stouotied on January e3; wheel ma -
tenet an engagement which hitherto
ha, nut ben' reperitel, wan Prob-
ably oely a refermat eance.
GEN WOODUATE DEAD.
4144 de petal bite been received trona
Spearman etintit, that Gen. Wand -
gee bte. eutnuntitati w the weunde he
re 'email In elle atLt upOu Spbal
p.
• deetiateh /rem Secarman's Catup,
Ea; -1t es buten^ continues. The in-
tuit a." 1 re is se men:rause at tbe cre t
o. the Ida, ntar the metre. The Boers
are hol iieg the (^erre p inding emit in
th valltn. It virtu:illy is an artillery
Loatt ardment. 'the Bo ^ne are temente*
an
cote lally and mo.ing their gun,
whee thee are lozateil, by the British,
but sold, m firing more tban •three
Shots tr. in one place-.
• errp of etrelchextbearers, rinsed
by Major S uart Wortley, believed we 1
(luring .he f:ght beg aft, r volunteer lig
to bring in the wounded under beavy
fire.
Al 2 o'clock the Boers raised a wiele
flag on the suminte of a high hill, but
bo h Melee rentinued firing.
The catnalties yesterday included
Capt. Rant, of tbei Queen' Own, kill-
ed, and Capt. Warden. and Meat&
Smith and Du'bisson severely wound-
ed.
Capt. Ryall, a the Yorkshires, WAIS
Innee, and Lieut. Barlow .severely
wounded.
BUNDONALD'S GOOD WORK.
el, despatch frora Spearman's Camp
says :-Details of Lord Dundonald's
engagement west of Acton Holmes
on Jan. 17, show that the American
Colt gun did great work for the Bri-
tish., tbe
British and Boars made ac rush for a
vv
kopje, hich, unknown to either, had
b.ctea previously occupied by a de-
tachment of the Natal Carbineers.
The British, of course, won the posi-
time, and then turned their Colt gun
on the enemy, who could not stand
against its fire. •
Twenty-three prisoners were taken.
They fraternized with the British, and
showed no signs of animosity.
The British troops displayed great
- consideration for the wounded Boers,
and everything possible was done 1.6
alleviate their pain. •
The, honors •of the engagement at
Actoe Holmes were with the Imperial
Light Horse, Natal Carbineers and
sixty men of the Mounted Rifles.
BOERS PLUNDER THE •DEAD.
• A despatch from London says :-The
Mauser's bullet, is no doubt
a very humane one and inflicted some
wonderful wounds. Some of the bullets,
he says, took extraordinary courses. A
man was shot in the head; the bullet
came out of his side, and he is doing
well, An officer was, shot in the left
breast, the bullet came out low down
the back, and he was walking about
on Sunday last, and said he felt noth-
ing wrong with hina.
The Boers treated our wounded
well, and, in fate, did not take them
prisoners, t,',e they said they could not
be botheree with them. They took two
wounded colonels, as they like colonels,
and woeld prefer one with a title, but
they rifled their pockets and went for
bread in the haversacks with greed.
don't think. they can be getting nacu.oh
bread now. They also stripped our
dead' of all clothing, nor they have no
Pinnico behind them, and officers'
breeches were highly treasured.'
FBENCH COTJLD TAKE COLESBURG.
• A despatch from London says :-Gen.
French, with the utmost deliberation
and the greatest caution, is drawing
his lines more closely around the Boer
position. Every day be tightens the
net, greet ly te the alarm and uneasi-
ness of the enemy.
The Boers have made Several attacks
on our out.pests.
Tne taotice of these engagementie
are a eepetitien °ethos°, employed at
Mated:ie. Intl, but everyweere tbey.bave
been pluck,ly repulsed, Tiee Poets bave
. been out-generalledin tbis .region. Ine
tievideals frequently desert to oar•
lines.
Tee latest arrivals say that the
nose strength is POW 7,QCO, Three
wee .ago :bey were reinforced by lo
:CO0 Arten from Ledyetentb And 600 freee
Afagersfoatein. The centre of their
toution appearto be at Celesberg
juectien. Their lines. of rOMPlinnie
cantor. are etrongly protected to NOr-
Ivans _neat while they still contmand tbe read to Coleslaerg aud .the wag. -
en brigade, t
Gen. Prenchnt sitin, ▪ as viewed
fromin . Coleei twis a great settel-cirele.
The Beer keenee aro lower than
and ere cerumended by our wane
- -Our elaella bine aletarent-
ly itileneed the Bittir artillery for geed
. end. all.
leen. I -a -reach could undoubtealy take
„C'oleebeeg,. which is Mg MIMS away,.
• at amy time he; plea -ed, bat be bas..ret,
trained hitherto from tbe
town bectittee of tbe Pon-gombutants,
including at
Wcee and children.
.ST1LL SHELL, LAInnaSnlITII.
A deaoatell •frem Siteartnan's Camp.
gays:eel:Imre was a neavet nenabere-
, meat ot Lateyeetula this paortento
The -Beets did Sella% lively sniping
and . ehelling this morning, hut the
caeualties were not heavy.
BUL.LER'S BSTIMATED STRENGTH.
The forces untlet Gen. leullerni
Mend, lucludien Gen. Wbittnia forcele
• at Ledeatintb, Muni= needy 40,00a
The nellew.ng is the list of gene
Gerterals in the. Field -
ds
worknig conjoiutly in the move -
Meat fs.srtne race of leadysnalth:-
Natal Field Fora; Ladeeutith.
, Fourth Ditition-General Sir George
' Wbite tenentanding.
Latlyeatith's Relief Force,
General Si* Redvers Buller Qom-
Mantline.
Second Division-Lientetleneral Sir
C. P. Clery.
.Seeond lirigade-Major-Generel 11, a.
Hiklyard.
Fourth Brigade -Major-General N. G.
Lyttleton,
Third 1)ivision-5th Brigade --Major.
general A.. F. Hart. . •
Brigadee-Major-General G.
Barton.
Firth Division-nIajor-Cleneret Sir
Charles Warren. ,
Eleventh Brigade - Major-General
\Voodgate.
teag the eight battalion of tbe
ion he has now six brigatles
numbering 24 battalions. Admitting
that each battalion stands only coo
ng, het defie itte re' ef .2.400 under
the total, war etrength of 24100 is all
bet made up with the l'a rgo d rate for
the battalions ot Um Ladysmith gar-
rison.
In this manner Gen. Buller's force
may be eunimeriztel an
. . 24,0e0
CaVairv •
8 ITO
Artillery. . . 2,200
Inenneers , . • ^100
Add Whiten Force. . 0,009
.1 11
Grand Total . . 38,800
BOERS SHOOT ENGLISHME'N.
A detpatch from London, eays:-
Three Englishmen who bad received
passes authorizing them, to remain in
the Cetenge, Free State, were coau-
mandeered an Dec. 25. They refused
to fight their countrymen, and were
shot in the maeket place.
METHUEN'S VIGOROUS ATTACH.
J. despatch from Modder Bever says:
-A vigorons reconnaissance that was
made last night engaged the enemy's
cannon on the kopjes and highlands. ,
The British Light Infantry advanced
ti
half battery of howitzers, which^
swiftly took a position on the left
i facing the kopjes.
Tho guns were unlimbered and in
action within a couple of minutes of
the time they halted. •
There was strong and ineessant
shelling between the howitzers and,
two Boer guns in kloofs in tbe hills.
I The British long-range guns sup-
ported the howitzers. The firing last-
ed from 5.55 to 7:30 Pun.
The Boers were facin.g a strong sun-
: set, and this seeraed to hinder their
marksminship. Though they shelled
both the infaiatry and artillery they
nobody.bit
The enemy's loss, If any, is unknown.
The infantry were within seeing dis-
tance �f the Boers' trenches. They were
wide and deep, and banked with sand
They were strongly occupied.
smar y in extended order to protect a
•A: TERRIBLE ORDEAL.
A despatch trona London says :-The
assemblage in Pall Mall outside the
War Office, and those privileged to
wait in the lobbies, reluenantly dis-
persed at midnight, after • the final,
word that nothing more would be an-
nounced. The morning papers went to
press with conjectures and: ferecasts
of all sorts, strivingeto guess out sonae-•
thing from Spion kop.
'Topography maps show that Spion
kepi is the highest part of a rocky
plateau. Eastward for eight miles are
the Boers' positions along the Tugela.
North-westward from Spion kop the
plateau runs gradually up to a great
spur' of the Drakensberg. (
Gen. Buller's infantry, to reach the
summit of Spion kop, must cross a n'a-
tural three-quarters of a mile
wide, and climb 500 feet up a steep
slope.
Nobody her seems to know, not
even the War Office, what Lord Rob-
erts has done with his large reinforce-
ments. Six thousand troops awaited
his arrival at Cape Town, and since
then 6,000 others have reached there.
Military critics are all hoping that a
good share, of these 12,000 have gone to
hetet Gen. Buller, and they argue that
a few days' wait may make him strong
enough to everconee the deadlock.
BOER EOSITIQN LeA.PTUttEle,
.A despatce from Spearman's CAMP
says :-The field artillery and a few
howitzers this morning ehellen the
Boer left from a koptie on the rigntt ilia
infantry neePing PP a eontieuous rifie
etre from good cover;
The Boers abandoned the sueemit of
the koteje whiee they had betel hold-,
teg. and the Briitsli thee occupied le.
T:Pe enemy then took shelter behied
a stone well on tbe stele, of the epee
and held the position fer timers.
They retreated in the etternoon. the
British, dropping shrapnel wad lyddite
shells en ellem as they crossed a. ra-
vine.
The British then occupied the Posie
tion tbe, enetalY bad Jenne
The easualties were few.
nit IS SLOW 0, ORK.
A eiespatee front Loutelea, eayn-
"nit ebtouey eir Chareet tteetten
foree caneenaded toe fusilladed the
Boer position west of.,npion hop, near
the Aetna Ileines read. ledatte bate
tory co-operated with the, other bat-
teries and. MaXmati. Certainly tbe fire
was effectivee causiag the enemy sei-
QW
ItleiSeS. Ilie Boers, however, clung,
deeperately to their works, trout wbLb
tbey are oely tieing very klowly drIven.
'T -day the ettemy fired their goes
oftener, usieg Wee the captured Inn
penettere with ebrapnel, Ou,r caeuale
ties teeday exere lees eve°, ellen those
yeiiterday.
neinhting began about, six in the
aterutug, and toot:need until dusk,
but.there has been notbing We a gen-
eral engagement.
"The naval Wg guns aensted from
Petgieteien drift in Muffling the Boer
poet tiptoe"
CANADIANS IN ACTION.
A deepatcb Irene Victoria, B.C., saysi
-Word reached bore last nigbt that
nerivate 3. W. Jones, of the firbt Brit-
ish Columbia contingent of the Can-
adian name, had been killed, itt action
at Dover's farm.
Jones is a graduate of West Point,
although of &olden birth, and one of
the beet -known mining inert of Van,"
couver, "Black •Totiee" neing his come
men tide.
ROBBED OF $81000,00
A ST, GEOROE PRIVATE BANKER,
LAInntlASON, THE VICTIM.
*armor Aerountain Avreeted by beetecter
aturrey Peyote. Made During Pour
Yeare TaLtited Me to Many Thew aside
of Dollars,
A despatcb from St. George says:-
A.rthur B. Laing, a resident of St.
George, in Brant county, was arrested
by Met Inspector John W. Murray
ou a Marge of having stolen sums to
the mourn of betweeu $8,000 mut
10,000 from bis former employer, a.
. Lawrason, of the same place. The
ant is a remarkable one, and has in-
volved a great deal of bard and eredit-
tble work on. Mr. Murray's part dur-
ing tbe past couple of mouths.
O. P. Litevrason is a private baulter
in St. George, and does a very huge
bueiness mini the proseeroue eter ,a-
ity in its neighborhood. Fe .out
seven years he bad Arthur et. Laing
iu hie employ as accountant, °ashler,
and general clerk. Laing is a married
men, with two children, and was in re-
ceipt of a salary of $35 a month,
About a year ago Lawrason became
susierious that everything was not
tele. in his oefice, though he could not
find tangiole proof that his suspicions
were correct. He spoke to Laing, wbo,
it. is stated, made some admissions to
him, with the result that he vacated
his position in the office.
Laing was arrested by Mr. niurray
at. St. George, wh.ere be has been car-
rying on business recently as a deal-
er in agricultural implements, and
was taken before W. G. Powell, Police
Magistrate at Paris. He was re -
mended at his own request to Wed-
nesday, Jan. Mt, and taken mean-
time to Brantford gaol. He broke
down very pitifully when arraigned
before the Magistrate, •
In. Me La.wrason's ledger nearly
fifty pages have been burned out.
Laing claims that 'this was done by a
lamp falling on the open book, but the
statement is evidently untrue, as the
loaves could not possibly have burned
in such a way.,
8P1111(3 FROM III WIRE.
Newsy Items About Ourselves and
Our Neighbors -Something of
Interest From Every Quar-
ter of the 016
eANADA.,
Sberlff McKim of Wellington Is
dead.
The Methodist century fund now
totals $590,0L0.
The nenneerof foileree dining 1899
was less neap in any year since
1892.
Afr. Cornelius Neville, Deputy Col -
Lector ef Inland Revenue, died at Pte
wee
It is rumored that Mr. Edward aliall,
2 ITNITBD $TATF.S.
All the street ear lines in Troy, N.Y.,
are tied up by a strike.
T:ela,d.
first 0G0 -loot steamer built on,
the great lakes was launched at
Cleveland.
James Pyle, the great Pearline mak-
er, is dead. iFfe wasia •citizen of New
York, though born irt. Nova Scotia.
lion. iugh John Macdonald has ea -
0%4%1 the Li' utenant-Coloneloy of the
W
meinnrItueogw,Lbeigihntginofargliatnxiyxe, da. new Ann
Edward j. Fisher of Brantford, a
delegate atteudiug the Masons- Con-,
• vermeil at itochester, conantittedent-
tide by dumping luta Genetee Falls,
Mrs. Jahn O'Connor of Harcziltoo was
• bequeathed e10,000 in eatni and twenty-
five acres of land, in Wilmington, Bele-
ware, by Miss Julia Nelson-, an aunt.
Mr. John* R. Booth, says there is iao
truth in the etatereent that a eyndi-
C?Ae of New rode capitalists is •nego-
bating fox* the purchaeetof te EarrY
Sound and. canada AtIande Bailways
Commisstouer of Inland Revenue, witl
At, Frankfort, Ky,, ex-Congreteman
retire.
David 3. eoisoa hot and kiUed Ethel-
TJ*e Tnnnntn enilInnwend Rallwan bert neott, Luther Detnaree.and elms,
Company is applying for ineorpora- The killing 0;s4arro4 in kno
don. lobby of the Capitol Hote1,. and was
a ageney for the sale or omining the eutcome. of a.ntetil feud.
la -us will be oitened be the 'elute= jou j. on000nes, to tito
Gol,vtleernpmreouvti:eitaSi reb0.17;ture wiu meot Board of Directere tbe Beffale Fine,
Arts Academy his ietention to preeeet
about the middle of n'enrliern, lint to tbat city an art gallery to VOA not
Lbs exact date has not yet teen de- Ie than ;,1,50,t4/./, and to begin its con.
eided en. satruetion itumeetately.
By a fire in Peck & Co.'s block Win- we tee mule et u farolly row At an
niten. the Collean-iitted Stencil:tern Italian tenement bou.e in _Knit
COMPeity Met '$0,01.11) by damage to jejeeleeele street, New York, ,ergonee
stook. 3 Collettie aged 37; (newer Celletti, his
Tbe Imola of the steateex wrentel in brother, aged 191 and David Salvatore,
St. Mare's Bay, NeWantedlatid, 15 stin a mann, aged 40, wore sbot and etined.
mystery. A diver will go out to the 5.Vincenzo epinelle and bie son Frank
are under arreet, charged with the
Murder, awl the polieta aro after
<Ahem
wreck toolay.
Tim Man WIAO Intlleleted Ifergin.
foll, of Toronto, attacked several met-
er eersone. Re is Unposed to be a
maniac,.
A large part of the blueness quarter
of Dawson City was burned on
Wed-
nesday night, January 10. Tbe losstannennmenn
exceens eSlle,000. The outbeeakof typhoid fever on
An order in Council bas been adept, the Meatezume may cause eorae de -
by tne Macdonald Goverument in lay 34 her "ding'
di sp -n-log with toe 8Tvi es A dynast:lite faCtOry in Italy near
J. A. Xactionell, Chief Provincial Turin exPloded, shattering fi.e
trigs. Ten bodieS OSO 005 Lound in
the rattle
Fourteen people -women, children
end eripples-were taken oat in an al- 431ackleg 11" broken out eleweg the
oao“ eneeeseetate state from a, tiro ha cattle in the tilenvale district -A vet -
Lang & Co.'s deeartinental store, Ot- erinary surgeon •vaccinated the ani-
tawa•
male in the affected district.
•
.44 ease of smallpox has beer, Tbe Japanese Government has of -
erect at the WIndsor Hotel, Mouton ferei to establish a nelitary amount
Nein tee patient being an entereteeleaj at Pekin tO educate. Clime:et under Ja.
itiastelarsoefroadbmecraleatibe
a:tit^t, iho.
onbrought the slam officers, China. may accept,
d
Alpb. Girouard, it Itotelkeeper, of
The Conners syndicate has awarded Ste^ eleuegenle, was bendtiug an in -
the contract for the construction oe candeseent etectrie light when he sc-
an big grain elevator at Montreal to eeiveid it shock and dropped dead.
Barrett & Record of Chicago. The Berens slipped to South Africa for
building wIll cost about e1,0e0,009. the war arO allowed it ientee of 21t.
captain Veitip 11. olesoe, of the 8tn, ny tift. on beard the Iran port.
Montreal Fire Depertment fell (loon elutes aro peeked in peno of four, each
broadiest in the abet of it spiralstair. animal being allowed nft.
case at Na. 2 lire station, and died in
Tenders have been invited bora
the ambulance ou tile way to the Notre monthly
steamship service. including
Danae Hospital.
The contract between the Great atbned°I4einrYttisntogn°,1Jrattinajaire'abeetawilei4iingliatalltilearx..
Northern Railway Company and =An and Turk's
Messrs, A. F. Chapman & Co. of But- Mr. Frank Pedley, teueet baton:lent of
tato for the construction of a $.400 00
Immigration, estimates that nearly
terain elevator at Qunue been ebec 14,000 settlers from tbe United States
signed.
Iwo become residents tie Canada due.
Walter L. Fellowes, the stock-
broker, who earned on tbe bucket- bag the pnst season.
shop transactions for the clerks of
the Bank Ville Marie, has been arrest-
ed. on a (barge of receiving stolen
monee knowing it to Wive been stolen.
The Winnipeg Free rrO$S was In-
formed it MY days ago by amen
egil-
ing at the offiee that ilia reports of
contenaplated attacks by Fenians from
American territory were sober truth
so far as Winnipeg and Manitoba are
concerned.
The British Columbia Provincial Gov- mites east of Port Union sbortly be..
ernment have deelared their intention
of so amending their alien exclusion fore nine o'cloek last night. At. an
lawas to hereafter permit Americans early hour this morning the bodies of
to hold claims purchased from Cana- the victims had not been reeovered
than locators. Such a concession quite
satisfies the Americans in Atlin.
The New Brunswiek Government
has been reconstructed. Premier Era-
merson, while retaining thatepositton,
becomes Attorney -General, while Hon.
Mr. White, late Attorney -General,
succeeds Mr. Emmerson as Chief Com-
missioner of Public Works. H. A. Mc-
Keown, Per.P.P., St. John, entitles the
Government without portfolio.
S. D. Vailieres, one of the candidates
for Alderman in Montreal, makes e
serious charge against his op•ponexit,
Ald. Prenoveau, of offering him e500 to
leave the field, accompanying the of-
fer withi the assurance that he would
GENERAL
Russian soldiers are supplied with
bautikerchiefe at the expeuee of Out
ser.
FATAL WRECK ON Q. T. R.
41•11••••••
Two Freight, Traltet Collide Between
Whitby end Port 1114100 -To 0 31 n
tit led,
A despatch from Port Union says:
-A head-on collision evbich cost the
lives of Wm. Hatton and Henry Meek
occurred on the G.T.R. line about, two
TO POISON 1118 WIFE, endeavor to have Mr. "Vallieres
AN OTTAWA MAN ARRESTED ON -
THE CHARGE.
Drugged the Tea over -Night -Discovered
by a Lady Boarder neroce It was Ser-
ved-Plentle Not Guilty.
A despatch from Ottaiwa says :-Ed-
warn St. George, 58 years of age, was
arrested at his home this morning on
the charge that on the 14th inst., he
attempted to poison his -wife, Adeline
St. George. The matrimonial relations
os the paistoner have not been of the
happirest, and he has, it is said, made
thtreats on his wife's life. '
He is alleged to hove procured a
poison known as cocUlus indicus, which
is si the kern of a snaall kernel, brown
coaoux. .11e took this 'honae, and, it
is claimed dropped it into the teapot
on the stove,.
DISCOVERED BY A BOARDER.
In the ,moaming, a boarder named
Min. R. David happened to notice a
seam on the tea, and mentioned the'
matter to Mr. St. 'George and her
daughter. The family took the teapot
and contents to Dr. Paquette, of Haile
An enalesis revealed a dangerous
Poison. The early morning discovery
prevented the family from drinking
any, of the stuff.
PLEADED NOT GUILTY.
• At the Polies Court St. George pleade
ed not guilty. Prisoner was remanded
until Saturday. St. George was plain-
ly nervous and uneasy. 13
The infermation against St. George
errts, sworn out by the rn,an's nephew,
Rosario David, and the mother and
eighteen -year-old daughter of the,
, prisoner this morning endeavoured to
' have the charge withdrawn.
ea two years hence for the same seat
by acclamation.
GREAT BRITAIN.
London ban 10,000 professional,musi-
cietns.
•ColeSteele will commend the Stratle
cone Horse.
B. D. Blackmore, the famous novel-
ist, is dead.
The Duke of Argyll is seriously. ill
at In,verary, Scotland.
The death of . the Duke of, Tech is.
reported at Burry. .
British census.reports of family
names .give for England and Wales
253,601i Smiths and 212,100 Jones.
More than forty percent, of the peo-
plo of Great Britain; eould' not, write
their names when Queen Victoria as-
cended the throne. Now only seven
per cent. ot the population are in that
condition:
Lord Roberts has authorized' the
formatiten of a complete eivisien of
colonial troops under Gen, Brabant.
As a further mark of favor, Lord( -Ro-
berts, ft 'is ' said, intend8 to seaect hie
own body guard from the colonials., •
Forty million rounds of small -arms
ammunition, 11,00, rounds of shrapnel,
Lyddite, and pommon abell, 2851 boxes
of fuses, and 1 orty boxes, oftpistel am-
naunitton were recently dispatched 'to
the seat of war. This is one of the
largest consignments of ammunition
ever sent from Great Britain.
though two wrecking trains, from To..
mato and Belleville, had been working
at the spot for hours.
A ligbe freight engine. in charge of
Driver Wm. Hutton and Fireman E.
Meek, left Wbitby, bound for Port
Union. The driver's instructions were
to water and then retu.rn to take a
string of cars out H
or Whitty. uttota.
started out, and thinking, of course;
that the line would. be ke,pt clear; put
on steam and went flying *along the
line at a high rate of speed. Wben
rounding a curve a short distance east
of his destination the glare 01a neade
light on an approaching train shone
suddenly before him, and before the
unfortunate driver could do more than
shut off stea,m the engines had come
together with terrific force.
Both enginels were hurled' from the
track, and several- oe the freight -cars
were also wrecked. Meek and Hutton
were almost instantly killed, and a
fireman on the. eastbound train receiv-
ed ine:
jurtit The engineer escaped un -
The two-eogines are fit only for the
nunkashop, though mot of the cars re-
mained on dee twaele.
• -.The ineightt was from, Tank, io
,charge of Connector Peltier, of Tee
rant°,
Hattoti was a married man, and liv-
id4, York, with his family, Meek, who
was unratirried, alsO need in York.
They are both evidently new do the
,place, as nal:her' name is given in, last
year's 'direetory, '' •
• . According -to the version of the ae-
eiderit gathered rpm loca.1 railway
bate:leis last night, the collision oc-
aurred between Scarboro' and Port
Union, and was between t light
engines going from York 110 BelIe
elate, and a double -headed freight
train corning west. ft was also ,re-
ported at, the Union station that
four • men had .been killed,, but this
could not be confirmed, and the first
report given both as to the accident
and 1 the „extent • of the, casualties is'
Military ballooning is, of course in evidently correct. ,
ts infancy, and the preaent war is The , accident blacked traffic on the'
racticaily the first ,opportuni IT we line for several hours last night, and
have had of testing its efficacy. Each the, regular night express for Mont -
balloon is 1 urniehed With nearly a rea t was unable to leave until 1,-40
dozen cameras in order to obtain pan. o'elock this moaning. The eXpess
ofamic -Views of the country, which 13:01.n; Montreal du.e here at 9.15 lase
are of , great :value . to the invading night,•was laid up at 'Frenchman's
army.
I bay., '
MARKETS OF TIIE WORLD,
Prices a Oraill% Cattle, Cheese, •Ike
In the Leading Ila,rts.
Toronto, Jan. 29.-Weteat- ()vesicle
markets made no farther gai to -day,
nut the uudertoneeontinued, good, Lee
cal trade was dull and prices were one
cliategett Onteric, red„nnd. wedte. Ono.
asked, and 6te bidgat Western Points,
Gooee wbeat, 08 1-2e, Middle nreignts:
07 1,2e, north and west; and Spring
east, 63 to 65 1-ee; Manitoba No. 1
hard, 76 1-2e, gene and 75 1-2e, To-
eouto and weal.
Flour-neu.et. Outside mille•re peter
straight meter, in buyers' bags, mid -
die freights, at *2.05 per bbi,, and ex-
port agents bid $2.55. Single cars, in
wood, for local use, offer OA $2,90, and
V.80 IS bid. SPeola brands sell arouod
§3^,
Alillfeee-Continues very POaree. Dif-
ficult topick up car lots. Bran in
ed, at *13.5a to *14; and shorts at *15
to *18 t tise mUL door through West-
ern Ontario, •
Corn -quiet. No. 2 American yellow
etuoted at 44e, track, Toronto; and
mixed et 09 1,-2e; Canadian corn dull
itt Od 1-2e trate; Toronto.
Peas-leiree. Otte ots Sbe, north and.
weet; tind et etee east.-
-
Barley -Steady. Cox lots of No. 2,
itaiddle treights, sold. at Oti 1-2 to Vet
han-teteauy, Car lots etic weet,
el lc t
Oats -Tone firm and demand fairly
good. nnlinte oats. 25 Met north and
west; 26 Leto, middle trelgnts and
26 8-4 to 27o east.
Backwheeteneulet. Car lots, east%
4l:c. and west, 48c.
Oatme.1-Itolled • oats In bags
track, Ter011.Q, §3.25 per bbl.; and in
woot„ 4347t per bbl,
Butter - itecetpts are absorbed
promptly as they ,xrrive at full prices;
buyers are, bewei.er. only i. king en -
for launliliate r utrernrns, as
thy auzieip;.es. Dealers
here bell to the trade as fellows: -
Dairy. tabs, medium. 15 to lie; outlet-
ly miner. Id to en; large rolls, 18 Act
Le; small claim! lb .prints, .14 to t:Oc;
creamery, tubs and tentee, n -t- to ene;
notion 1,4 to tee.
Citectie-etarket is very firm, and
some enquiry. Stooks seem to be
ligut, bales are matte Imre at. LI to
la Wee
l'tas-Strictly new laid and limed
stmt.' are. in fair demand. Cold store
e4 and No. 2 soon !lard to move, as
• there is too much 01 tais grade on the
market. JooLung lots of new laid
heti at 21 TGO 2.e; held frost), at lii to
18e; ,N'o. 9 at le to leo^ and limed at
10o.tteri-catte loot will sell at it Iran -
tion be.ow these figures.
Potatoes-Iteeelets fair and market
wi, heat change. ear tots are sold on
track here at e8 to •Itie per bag, and at
/unmet's' wagoas a twinnt ne to 50c
per bag. Ouoe store (shake stock
being alone per beg.
Chic:tebe, jun. tax:teed-Closed:
-Noiebotnestern and nouth-Western,
cattle eleilet May, $1.40 ; Septelmt,ar,
4.1.0:); Du.uth, to arrive, 1...1.4; May,
/$1.48; &Mil:saber,
De, reit, Jae. tee -Wheat -Mewl: -
No. 1 white, cash, 69 1-4o; No. 2 red,
male 69J -4e; etay, 72e; July, 71 1-2e.
• Buffalo, Jen. en--leteeng wheat,: -
S anng; No. I hard, 37 8e; No, I
Nottehern, te 1 8e; No. I. .Noethorn, 70
1-8 to 70 7-8e. Wintter wheat -Nomin-
al; No. 9 red, 71 1-2e; mixed, 70 1-2 to
7.1e; Nice 1 whee, 70 1-2n, Cern -
; Streng; No. 9 yellow, 37 1-2c; No. 8
yellow, 87 1 -lo 1 No. 4 sellow, 36 8-4e;
No. 2 earn, 36 $-4e; No. 3 corn, 30 1-2e;
°ate -Dull ; easy; No. 2 white, 29e;
No. 3 white, 28 1-2c; No. 4 white, :.8e;
No. 2 mixed, 26 1.2c; No. 3 mixed, 26e;
By -Quiet; ego. 2, in store, .59c.,
Ficur--Steady; unchanged.
Dahtth, Jan. 29. - Wheat -No. 1
hard, cash, 65 7-81,1 No. I Northern,
613-8u; May, *363-8; July, 675-8c; No.
2 Northern, 617-8; No. 3 spring, a 3-8i).
Milwaukee, nen. 29.-Wheat-i1?irm;
N. 1 Northern, On No. 9 Northern,
c. Rye-leirm; No. 1, 55 1-2 to tee
Barley --Steady; No. 2, 46c; sample,
26 to 44c.
Minneapolis, Jan. 29. -Wheat -Jan,
631-4c; May, 64 1-4e; Jultre 641-2i to 64
5-8e; No. 1 hard, 65 1-2bn' No: 1 North-
ern, 61c; No. 2 Northerna 62c.
Toledo, Jan. 29. -Wheat -No. 2 eteh,
69 3-4c; May' 713-4c. Corn -No: 2 max-
ed, 32c, Oats -No. 2 mixed, 23 1-2e. Rye
No *ales. Cloverseed-Prime, tenni,
• old, P4.90; January, new, $5.77 1-2 bid;
March, U.75. :Oil- U:changed.
Minneanolie, Jan, 20.-ar1'eur -Good
sale; tirst patents, '3.45 to 3 55? other
grades on that basis. Bran-nIn hang-
ed. '
FATAL FIRE AT ATHENS.:
A FirtelTigister :Herb; Death in Burning
• Masc.
A despatch from Athens, Ont. says:
--This evening a fatal. fire occurred
here. A large double dwelling, erect-
ed, about 20 yeare ago by, Dr. T. E.
Charaberlein, inepeetor of prisons and
asylums for Ontario, was discevered.
to be. o -a „etre, ,and despite the strenu-
elle efforts of the fiee brigade and erne
zees it was totallytetinsumed.
Rev. William Wright, rural dean of
South Leeds, who occupied part; of the
building, lost many of his. houselaold
effects. Dr. Chamberlain was in the
village at the time superintending
some repairs to 'the VaCaut wing, and it
was in this part thatthe fire' started.
While the hook and ladder company
were tearing dow-n a wooden annex
the building they were workihg on
suddenly eollapsed, and one • ot the
workmen, named Herbert Hall, who
a.
wan eng,ged in chopping out the
studding,' vas buried in the ruins.
was 'promplty extricated, but life was
eittnet. '
' Los on building S700. Rural Dean
Wright's losS in Books alone was
Al500, besides about S700 in household
furniture; no insurance. •
' Major-General Sir Frederick Carr-
ingtbn, the well-known South Africa
officer, until now commander of the
Belfast dietriet, ha e been- ordered to
•South 'Africa.
Dyspepsia arid IndigeSti011,
common diseases, but hard to
• .
cure with ordinary remedies,
yield readily to Manley'
Celery -Nerve Compound.
W. IL Suchlugharn,seie King St,
Eatt, Maroliton, Ont., sayst-"1
was troubled with Dyspeesla Bad
tindigestion tor a long time, and
ant d get no rend untit 1 tried
Meeleyneeleryeeterve eettgenied,
which curet me, and 1cannot
speak tea highly in its praise."
HE ADDED TWO CIPHERS,
uontreal relate Ma Charged With nal*
In= a ffil$ heque o $1,5n0.
A despatch from Montreal, says;--,
B. Scott, a young clerk employed, 13y
Oswald Bro.bers, st.0 kbrekers, was ar-
rested to -night on a eharge of forgery(
4. couple of months ago, it is alleged,
he raae- 0.1 it cbeque for 05 to *1,501.
Atzt
rteburaeninngra
eintylYoshteev,a1nt to New Yorkt
It General Duller bus ancreeded in
rossing the Tugela, Iz Ms etr'iave4
his reputation from the re roe ;tut:
fered some CilOO ago. And General
French's reputation bus gone down
with that of all the other Britisb
commanders in South Africa. it is
Indeed the graveyard of military re.
putations.
esetteemetnettememenneannmeangsnen
Tele doted etalecle Does betted Ots meet te•
etriatit luatt cod, seed when. the seedeof
sre sown steals away the barmy bdoom. mad makes
Olo pleseeres z drc.dgery,
...4.tiNNTI'S CAMARA/TAT, POWDIBB
witl curs the incipleat veld and the =it stab*
barn end areal° sttarrh easel. It puts law*
dm beauty plait mod sheds sunshine in lia
"My wife and I were both troubled with dinner.
g Catarrh, but we have enjoyed freedom hoes
it distresses since the fret application of Dr. Aig-
1341‘.3 Catarrhal Powdar-t* it;. instantaneously -
gives grateful rebate to minutes, and we believe
&grail UP PUP too deeply ocated to elate It la •
zuni.N-Rcv. D. BorkboF, Buffalo, N.Y.-Ss
dela. bY C. it:Neter.
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