Exeter Times, 1900-4-5, Page 6TEE EXETER TIMES
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Newy Items About Ourselves au.d
Our Neighbors--Somethiug of
Interest From Ivry Quer-
ter of the -Globe.
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CANAAN .
Loud= will ioereose the wages Of
ite firemen.
Mrs. Margaret - MoVarlane is de.ad
at Stonewall, aged .,102 e•ears,
A. Clamber ot Mieen is eeett
formedi Winnioeg for CenerBuUo al
Canada. .
fe tohave an Electrmand
Automobile Corer:ear with, aceeitel
Qf .30.0R00.0.
Hog cbolera.exiate among the herds
at Treheree, Nan, Ooe farmer has teet
evee visa,
%leo Vioauce Committee of tbe Here -
Won City Come it bee etruele
of the Meld! the Gran
Trunk.
According to a. report field with
the State Department at Albany, tbe
reel property of the Salvation A.rmy
tbe Uoited Staees is valued at
The National Steel Company a
C.Iiicago and New Jeresy, with a canie
tel et 350,000,000, at its annual meet-
ing at. Orange, sbowed a surplus
Division
11111% PEAK
°tee of Preeeedinge in the NatiOne
al Legislature.
l'ISWE3RS. TO QUESTIONS.
M. Taylor learned from Mr. Mu -
leek that the Government wan not.
A bill was passed. ey tee aous at aware teat Air. Gauvreau, M, ler
Vaabington appropriatiug $:0403) to ' •
secure diens ter a suitable raeaeortai Tereiscouata, waa tranknig the cire
leiyeses S. Grant. to be erected in oulare of a Montreal publication to
I parte or Canada and the Duited.
William Dean Howell, has told the5ates. * On sucle communications seat
odeireada Penalto League of Mate- the united states 'ow Ottawa
hussetts, that be believes capital . -
uaiebraent, a hzat atrocity end a post -office officials, under the postal
ecies homicide.
union law, hail to fix; the postage
Mies Elsie Te -son, heiress of "Oldsta]pe el the country a origiu, which
Tyson," the eecentrie Australia mil- Zlada in this case.
lionaire„ wile died leaviag ,UQU,Q0 Mr. Guiliet was told by Mr. Field -
co tier It Ieit San Francisco for :evoke ng
laud. to re
that the b
She was onO4 a servant. ill new batik
ihartere would be introduced in asi-
tk ae to afford all parties inter-
esied fiell opportuoity for discussien.
Mr. Clarke was informed by Mr.
Fie/ding that dee =mot a royalty
liecosti in the 'Yukon for the Met
" -cal year was Selite.94e, aud for the
Lief ot the eresent fiscal year
re1;36. The teanaeien realeU CRM-
e.e..* the vet:bailee tineueial
ot he Goverument in the
nasregerds the collectiou of roe*-
. e. The ierrangeueent Was Jac4 for
e (lied Uilate eouid be terminate
at biX menthe' notiee by either side
leen:talon to be paid to the bank
eeeteltY. aad Taereday
the health de-
r4te,oi taxatiole. nartneent alines eteeiteel the depert-
The Bonk a Mont:mane share Pi " raeMZ, and etaitetetei every atudent te
va.cce=zion.
the Brele war laan. 4a,f•tieale1).
leferetanta° Beak goe Leee,eeft.
QV* ateedeed end eioi,y-four caties
•
Tr
neeeetee wee(' reptiteekt to tile 4, e gt,w c
Leieeter regiment. reeentle „e4„„uts,,U,1114,'S, era? will be
gtreeeeeed ati Halifax, Neill not go 'to ut"et'"`' °Usaeie* meteed 21,088'00.
Africa. 'haat to ar,o We. ead aler 4,725 eleedree from am Plague
EZYPt. oceurrel in Bengai at week, Call
Pert Aothur frozeu ctl`ttO 'Itd Patna-
tioniale to Titander Cape, with lea three rile fametue Turbielt geeerel, °amen
Wet Gait* feuvigatien teat not ' Pneha. * tot deed, as ieported. Ile
open hefori; Mar 1. 106 13Vengleir.but still livee.
GENERAL.
Adelaide, Swat an6EtaNta. has h
Health Offiver et Hamilton leet week- "'44 PlUgne•
etre- Agate &trace is suing Clark de _The Jugaliese 0101,11
jteid, prioters flaroistour, for 5;400 AitO Hee e will wed Fr:etc-we a be elerreticee at the Minister of
daraeges „or :he Qg Ler eou'e band dentflieer Prinre Unactet on, bieence, toe, so far the hank bad not
iu prisA.tees penee. 31ey nriteire L anyi:bing, for its eervices.
Waited dinette. called sea arnba" g The. India budget oboss a surplus Peat- t • Id b • le d • t
lasiete, then ettot lieneelf 44,3d .11 4 Of tedfint9eld of leld,000,03 end agt ' "11 e to .oLe
eatmenee eantien" or. Pinads Areher estimated surplus for 19:10-i9el of near- eleul ted motley to the bank when the
4 ly $1,009,000. tineitiaey estimates were uoder
eireet, Moutreel. emnieteraiitee. Governmeut and the* ra 1 aY No attaole is expected eo be made
r w 44
a .subseltes for a period of sere export agente bid V 55, Special brande,
eveoiateueat eanew Healith leventeefour &fleet:ants were del:mix:led ...entedbe caron was told that, tee th IS N t 1 'G
Mr, Richardson, enquired wbether,
under the terms tie the contract be-
tween the Government and the Cana,
dian Paelfic, railway, the clause relat-
ing to the exemption of the corapaora
land grant from taxation applied to
lands granted he the Province of Mani-
toba, or may t land granted in the
North-West Territories
Sig 'Wilfrid Laurier, in Tardy, read
the cause in the contract, but declined
to express auy opinion as to its legal
interpretation
Mr. Foster was informed by AT;
Blair that three contracts, existent on
July lst, 18e6, on the St. Lawrence
canal system, were either suspended
or caueelled and replaced' by new con-
tracts. All a these three were on
the Soulanges canaland were not for
any specifiea =merit a work, but for
dredging at eo much per cubic yard,
Mr- Monk was informed that 'the
Grand Trunk railway has net made
ay claim upon the Government by
reeson oe the improvement of the tar-
minal faeltitied afforded the Interco --
Ionia! railway at Itforetreal, or for any
other causee arising from the contraet
between the Government a Canada
and the Grand Trunk railway in coo -
election with. the extension of the; in-
tercolonial, to Montreal.
Sir Louis Davies told Mr. Prior that
the attention of the Government has
been veiled, to t.1.4 nninerOna Wrecka
that IWO OCCarrod upon the coast of
British Columbia durum the last three
years. Ile added ihat is not the lite
linden of the Government to Imre a
°rough survey of the coast mado by
trivelant hydroo,raphicai cosh:mere,
least not in the inleaediate Present'
because the layttrograolfin work on
that crreet has hitherto been done
Mostly by the lenetertai authoritiee, al-
though the teneadian Government has
done eoraetbing towards finding •and
Marklug the areeiiion of roeks on liate
chars. To previa(' a proper vessel
the service woeld cost etelistatO. and
aiutain it would cost $0,000 a
Deseheoes asked a tong question
ing the. deficits a the late Do -
BRITAIN'S CASIJALTI
Total Beaches 16,6Ze-Forees Ter-
ribly Weakened by Diseaee,
d despatch from London sayse-The
weekly ca,sualty list shews that the
British tosses will be very Imams. Afer,
Wyndhanes original estimate that the
war evould, carried through at a
enSt net More than three thoesand
Urea m bound to be very moth exceed-
ed. Dia to Sataieday, the Britialt
forcea had:10st 2,130 men killed, while
0,e07, were. wounded, and 015 inmeing
or peisoners„ making a teto.f of 15.-
453, To these must be. added 1,200
deaths from ("Meese, or a grand, total
of 10.652.
These figures, however, do not make
evident. the a/Anal weakening of the
Brinell, army, due to illoess, hard-
ehipe, and long marches.
The eix thousand men that remained
of the gareison at Ladyamitle are re-
covering veepefowly from the effects
Qf the elege. itMay be weeks, leefore
they are able to participate in any
Military movement.
Letters are now Arriving front 13aden
smith width show the desperate, con-
dition to.whieh„the gaerisen had come
when libel city was xelieved. Only cam
thoutand men Were pieyeically fit to
liar any. datormined rtAlatalAan.
Sale LOURS CAPTURBD.
Advange G114.14 ofr by Boers
Nma,
A despatoli from London, liTaralt 27
seyst-Poor reporte from Natal ehow
io develerenenta of importance have
(recurred. there up to Dierelt 23. 36,.
deepatch, teem taio goer camp at
Glencoe, dated March 29, says;
ERKETS OF THE WORLD
erne -
Prices of Grain, Cattle, Cheese, Ste.,
in the Leading Markets,
Tortinto, April 3. --The rece4pts to-
day were forts carloads. Prices are
lenehanged, but steady, a.nd tb,ere Is
be.tter tone to dee marke3t,
Viers was a fair clearance to -day.
For prime hogs, ecaliog from, late()
200 lbs, the top price is 6o; light and
fat bogs are bringing 13,0 to 5 149' Ver'
Following is the range of quota -
Cattle.
Shippers, per cwt. ,.. .4 4.25
13uteher, choice, do. .1' .3.75
Batelle; medium to good. 3.35
Butcher, inferior. , 2.75
Stockers, per cwt. • 2.75
Sheep and Lambs.
Sheep*, per owt, . 3.00
Lambs, per owe. 4.25
Backe, Per cwt., 2.50
Milken owl valves.
Cows, each. 25.00
Calves, each. eee .. 2.00
Hogs, ,
Choice hogs, per met, nee, 5.75
Light begs, per cwt. 5.25
Heavy begs, per owt. • 5,25
$5.00
445
5.50
3.09
3.53
5.50.
215
45e00
10.00
6.00
5.00
5.50
0‘13. • . • 0„95
Stags. . k. 2:00 245
Toronto, April 3,-"til;eat- Western
tuarkete were about t1;10 aarnO to -clay.
Local prices of Ontarios were rather
Afaeitobes unchanged. Quota-
ne are as follewie-Oatario, red and
vitae, 650, asked weet; 651-20; asked,
east; goose wleeet, 70e, low freights, to
New York, sPrinn. east, ON Mataitoba,
No. I hard, 30c, North Bay; and 81 to
81 1.20, g.i.t.
Flour -Quiet, owing to dullness of
export demand, following the rise in
mean freights. Oettside millers offer
straight rollers, in buyers' bags,
middle freiglits, at $2.60 per bbl., and
Heaedi row the Vroveriee of Mataitoteeie , duenag, a gait by 1ate capetzaug c, t dwelt. raw, au eowdriat cuutulis.. years. The qucs•ion was allowed enn , In INCIch., :fr 40.034 account, sell from
OA ger orcos zn a a . enera e
Q41444rve a, u" xvi,,4414,1t.0 44 Neep,,w3 cd ewe ill ettica they were erws. end cot, (,),e,te vauadiaa ono, to Ftand at the request of the Goserne a.mxteeeYer einve been joilled nY V 85 to $8, according to brand.
Millitted-Idery scarce. Bran le quote
is Chairmen, eme-:ee,4ing 11r. Vetter. Log tee Danotee tom biedeeee. to Pees. c, --tette reale ad sewer agicer ot deter wives.
Mr. Morin asked what aumber
311,detef 13,,s an a atreg sot between ed. at $16 to $16.50 and shorte at 17
etet et Itlentepreee
Lead leatiferia
g;trues g
d or Lek Flatlet tt40 A:eerie:1u deliver. at trio was jUmor toalebtiQiuunel CtO"ttlrli "Mut rluts W16 u bt ir°111 V14-114'4 an advanrcie guadr 431‘e Wt(10.4St107'rtanQl &et tatrbil luni-41°" tlir"g.h
roleere ,ed 1,UP q1,1•4rtora e eutit L
t en "t1 t th tense of the
aaiefee dee Mease
or.:301.• pails neat: het. ittio aerrite. The Mao- I It' °fa °
Qt eeee 42pk, Len ba 4rie t„0,.1 t'llty Gni Own roleitioi her of Ler 4e/Ne.S. uz,',- :',.'• OdUlia.C.,11 ULU otfecers of the etTe at ''!„ lb e r` IP'57"gt-e9
Cettetei on fee •kt.az• of Ii40 eQn. LaTd lier inAlti;ico 1241tio teen promtuuved imperial army 04 voropirativrly 1, eel'. ,nneneriend refilled aril the Gov-
, etwere. jw.,,.. rand, az, in th, ease 0; major , eminent bad not acted upon a pititcy
Aea, a', Senna etfran,
ia the ered.Qe ia Pante in- members of the haul.' te; Cautolian petalanent corps w3s no elreuse for ik5s PnrPoseexeePt
what bed amen in a genera way for
. out.. Fig Ivo iff alai t„;e 013„ptilyes 44 the a fears of grt•31.er service' and tiQviior. !
end eeree eeteieleeteente Italie been (#ueetet regulations. It o as tun the
, vaeti :rated. in .eut bin at present to emend the :ell- *
c as ou e strutter natio* to let erica
tune.
b et tANO -;graIDP4X .01117:04.8 tO II%) en 1146 in- rq.,I;C:' “1:9. otiVrN,, are placed or the .g I lhth
Der..., Ben Mu -et', tee el.:gen-44e du Louvre ity. rhis was doat". by authortty o. the 1 tb° "ulinlekration of the department.
0
lateen tba; tiee
Howen mete a
e'o Hour, at L
was due ;43 ralaii7,0,:F 411,33
CL,P,P41 the otight ot the
onentiteitte ou foot to e
gette. twitter ef Viene. vibe eetaie
plate euiegeatieg, fro= litani.tot eel a cow:eel:on it) a ctempeny rath ornly _ 1.t would be better to
_
tory, etc, tee nee 'neer dezertet, ie. the !, S14000,1102 cape ei. toastituted for the
m tut unto. etto tent en regula.tious and
Nueth-otet Territotiea. ;, purpose of eepleentig an Menet(' tee -
line be-;tv‘11,:ddlinitteriel Army Act bad been re -
A beet of Lora tetra:het-ma is -to lie,' Press servlee on the railway
plated in Heave) of CoMmorte tit twee'n iru`r•18 ana •AnItverre ' Mi. leouglas ascertained. 4.11 4.t the are
orle lies be„uti eie • v n
- land grant to the txreat North -
0, ta wa, en reausnenato el oils of ins
"1 " to the tt eon- fr°1°. brIeugh•'1:3u- central itailWay eenil,Gny the fOlIONVIng despatch from. its core
tiogerie Canediane or h( Teheran. At leitoet, v. laela is on tlie miles already earned.
A.frice, h Itueseitx border. connectiun will olti- elr Osler was told by ler Burdeu Murell 2441-
Alit4etine. a Putt? wo"14. w“a nt el% be, oith the Caucasian "It should be clearly untierslooa
fot Melly reel led in IA tnntleg. leis) ova s .siera ,,ad from itamadon tiler iteeett Snider ri,:les are isetzed to
animunttioe are now on hand, of JOloemfontein is absolutely n'eces-
having raise! Si , :ales to Sit
- " extended to Bandar -When. on the
Mr. Oster NVUS informed by Mr. Fish-
etamps curreney. eatee i ten. shmild be borne in mind that we are
Tim Detgdin 6.01.erratten haa Bign. 14414 Net to pite. Immanent corps (eft- REASONS FOR THE DELAY
•••••••••
Why Roberts lias Postponed His
Advitnee So Long'.
destra.toh iroin London says: -The
cond. edition of the Tittles contains
f Teice in ry- De°. 11"i" 1443 " Jaynei wtth the eseeption ot tint ftay respoudent at Bloemfontein, dated
the rural coeps; e60,571 rounds of 1
0.1rez-!ett SeiNuo,ap.dus. VOItIgett a 11 h t he Persian road event uelly will he -
but no more as being made. sary as a. military precaution. It
traneeerting the agues trout revenue Persian gulf. 'rim work will be cern-
.fl, that no specitic provision has yet
Wen made for the erection osit
f a u- about to enter on a new phase of the
Prineipel Grant, or Quentin Univer.1
sit,y. wants a new arts building and A able Canadian Croverriment building in operations, with tile main communi-
secend budding, containing reatli eon R CANADIAN DEAD.
ronuection with the ROO Pan-Aaneri- cations through a recently °cone:led
roten, libr try, MtlaCUlti, antt coni Lica-
Md..* can Exposition in Buffalo. '1',he Gov-
hostile nd that the recent
hllWith reepect to urnra44
my in the Lanks or the ernment has received an invitation, successes necessitated a great expen-
country, a
don a. ig• n- _
funde for the cauluatuteaueitt of these , ", Faitbut no plena or arrangements have diture borse power. kIere and in
buildinge he will m tke an appeal to "
Second Contingent -
yet: been made. Ne.tal we aha.11 move on the come
the Kingeten Cuuntal. A despatch from Cape Twon, March ,ette Foster was told by Mr. Slither- mencement of the South African win -
The ( ataraqui Iron Smelting Com- ee, eays:-rhe firm death bas octane • land that companies incorporated in ter, and must be prepared to face the
: ean hold or have transferred to them of the first frosts upon sueh
any or all of the province,s of Canada emote
puny lees olfereti to put up a emelting ea in the ranks of the Canadian :
wore: phint worth =5,000 in King. .,;,, , . ,„. animals as may be affected with
sten, tvitu a tenacity ef itom MO 3o at uu n; ea 3,
et Iles. 'Yesterday Troolier - ; • , • „ -
; lulling ditune in the Yukon, provided horse eickness, It would be suicidal
COO tons t4 iruu ore daily and employ- Itamety. of elm filet troop, Winnipeg. 1 they hold a free miner's certificateto pith troops forward till they are
Ing item 100 to 200 heads. They will died a* tile heepital here iroua infiam-1 Mr. Fielding announced, in answer equipped to meet the exposure of
pay tuna $1130,010 to e130n00 yearlY mation. Ile oae 1,..e..i known and liked , to Mr. Robertson, that the Govern- winter. Horses, clothing, and food
in ealaries. In return they ask from and Ins ueath id gleatly regretted. i meta had considered the advisability we must have."
the 'city, a free site, exemption from We are eat; lit deem US to our ulti-d of introducing life insurance annuities The correspondent adds that the
taxation and a bonus of e4,000 year- mo...e detain:Woe, but hope to leave ' as adopted by the Post -office Depart- Boer forees have been re -equipped, and
ly for fif:een yeare, which wouid be fur the fiont short ly, The general . ment of Great Britain, but it is hard- he says he is fully convinced that 15, -
about equal to $3000 eaeh bonus nowheanh of tie comer/gent is excellent, .1y probable that legislation on the 000 foreign troops have been landed
' ' T elLei ad'e epirit of the men all that ' subject will be submitted this ses- to aid the republics.
GREA.1. 11ULUN.
euuld be desired.
Briaeh Minister to the Court of Cop-
enhagen, is aeael in his sixty-third I
peer.
I. is reported tbat the Duke of 'York
meditates paying complimentary visits
after the war to all the great colonies.
Queen n'emoria contemplates pub-
lishing another series ce. her diaries,
tbe pruats to go to the Mansion House
war Lund.
Adeolral Sir Henry Fairfax, British
Commander -in -Chief at Portsmouth,
Sir Bdraund Douglas areitch Pane,
is dead in Naples.
The coast t uents of Dr. Gavin -
Brown Clarke, Liberal meraber for
Caithness, held a meeting in London,
Thursday, and passed a resolution de.
mending his resignation. Dr. Clarke's
pro -Boer sympathies have given of-
fence,
In the House of Commons Thursday
afternoon the Irish members endea-
vored to sentare a lengthy discussion
of the financial relations between Ire
land and Greet Britain by encroach-
ing on the time set for dealing with
the London Water Bill. Considerable
excitement followed, and affairs were
In confusion when Mr. Balfour inter-
vened and allowed the Irish members
what they desired.
UNITED STATES.
Daughters of .New York Million-
aires are sewing for Cuban orphans.
Jahn D. Rockefeller will give Wel-
lesley College, leLassaelausetts, 3100,-
000.
Bishop Potter of New Yea, elairas
the Filipinos are incapable of gov-
erning themselves. •
Archbishop Keane is endeavoring
to raise 31,000,000 for the Catholic
University at Washington,
The United States will have to send
500 tons of provisions every week to
Puerto Rico to keep the people.
The United States Paeifie cable will
likely be /laid only to Honolulu first,
and afterwards extended to japaxt.
From the first of September tot the
end of Oetober last, 112,000 lambs
were ithipped from. Catiada and the
United States Value $270,000.
The United State,s Government has
promised, the mttyor of Portsmouth,
Eng., to "-genii a squadron to Euro-
pean waterS at no distant date."
W, II. !Maurer, of Clhioego, organiz-
er, (A the railroad stock yarde at Chi -
Dago, }las kale appointed yardmaster
BRITAIN MUST RULE.
Mr. Herbert Gladstone's Remarks
at a Liberal Meeting.
.A despatch from London, March 29,
says: -Speaking to -day at a breakfast
•
oE the Liberal agents, at Nottingham,
Mr. Herbert Gladstone, son of the late
statesman, declared that nearly all the
Liberals had agreed in regard to the
settlement of the South African ques-
tion that it was the duty of the Gov-
.ernment to make a recurrence of the
war impossible, and to show the world
that British power in S.outth Africa
Was predominant, and that the Brit-
ish flag must wave over the whole of
Africa.
DESTROYING COAL MINES.
Boers in Natal Blow Die the Dundee
Colliery.
A. despatch from Pretoria, March 26,
says :-A. despatch received from Boer
headquarters, in Natal announces that
the destruction continues of coal
mines likely to be useful to the Bri-
tish
The Dundee colliery has been blown
up, -the ma elainery has been destroyed,
and the mime has been rendered 110e -
less for three months.
BLEW UP THE BRIDGE.
Boers Able to Cheek Roberts' Ad-
vance Force Just in Time.
The Bloemfontein correspondent of
the London Morning Post, telegraph-
ing Tuesday, saysa-"The first ()old._
streams and the 3rot Grenadiers are al-
ready at Glen. The Gordon e and the
cavalry brigade moved Sunday. The
foe rteenth beegade felloWed
The three -span bridge at Glen, was
dynankited three hours before the
Guards reached it, The necessara re-
pairing will delay a further advance
for a time. Gen. Gataere's forces are
now arriving.e
sum.
Mr. Monk learned from Mr. Fielding
that the total amount expended to
date by the Government in procuring
the provincial electoral lists from the
different provinces of Canada has
been 39,829.46. The total expenditure
incurred to date by the Government
in printing the said lists has been
017,274.43.
Mr. SProule was told by Kr. Mu -
look that the Government is not aware
of any city or town post -office which
is conducted without the practical as-
sistance of a postmaster, although
there were some oases in whieh the
amount of assistanee given by the
postraaster varied.
Mr. Prior was told by Dr. Borden
that the Government has no means
of knowing bow many militiamen or
how many civilians have offered their
services as volunteers to South Afri-
ca, no record having been kept of such
offera.
Mr. Sutherland stated, in answer to
Mr, Davin, that the Government will
lay on the table, copies of the agree-
ment between the Government, the
Canadian Pacific railway, and the
.Lown site trustees of the various town
sites along the line of the Canadian
Pacific railway.
AGAINST LONG SPEECHES.
aIr. Charlton moved that the pxac-
tics of delivering speeches of great
length in the Canadian House of -Com-
mons has introdu,ced a discursrve
style of speaking that fa destruntrve
of peril/lent debate upon public clues -
tions, is a waste of vahmiale time, un-
reasonably increases the length of
sesstons of Parliament, iS in marked
contrast to the practice. with regard
to debete, that prevails in the Britisb
House of Commons, a-nd tends tb re-
el the people of Cauada tone a care -
1 and Intelligent consideration of
the proceedings of Parliament; that
it is desirable that rules be adopted
limiting, under certain conditons, the
length of speeehes, and regulating the
general, conduce of debate in that re-
gard; that( especial oommittee should
be formed/ to consider ahe questions
ot Parliamentary, debate, length of
speeches, generalj condlict of debate,
and proper methods Lor sectinng
greater promptitude M the deepatele
of businessnso far as easy be consistent
with the Parliamentary rights of tho
ralhority; and the general, interests
of the public, and eeport its re,cora-
mendatione tot this House.
main body on March 22. 0114 Lineeer,
who refused to surrender. was atat.
"General Botha denies the reports
that the Transvaa.1 women were
wounded in the %agate trenches. teen.
Buller has twee the l'oera a. list of
their wounded, stating that he buried t
suety men. Gen. Botha says t is
impossible, as bis rolls do not show
any suieb loss."
Ladysmith epecial says: -"Boor 1
patrols endeavoured to trap a party
o the Thirteenth Hussars, on ,learch
25, at Wagebbank. A hot cbaso en-
sued. Several Boers wore wounded."
The saute despatch says; -"A peiut-
ad docament bee been found, givthrk
the Boor losses at Spion kop at. over
axe, but this can scarcely bo credit-
ed.
FINDING OF THE GUNS.
Lord Roberts' Last Report to the
War °Mee,
A despatall frOM London, March 29,
says: -The War °Mee has received the
u following despatch from Lord Roberts,
dated Bloemfontein, March 213th: -
i "General Clements occupied Faure.
smith to-do.y without Imposition. One
:nine po e
und r and one Martini -Maxim
were discovered in a. prospecting shaft
'of a mina, where a large quantity ot
ammunition was buried.
"Arms are being surrendered gradu-
alIy,and the inhabitants are settling
down.3 "Col. Pilcher visited Ladybrand on
March 26th. On leaving the town he
was attacked by a party of the enemy,
and one of his force was wounded, and
'"During the skirmish north of the five are missing.
illodder rive; on March 25th, five men
were wounded. Three are reported to
be missing. Capt. Sloane -Stanley, of
the Sixteenth Lancers, and five men of
that regiment were taken prisoners."
MAGISTRATE CAPTURED.
Boers Threaten to Try a British
Official for Murder.
At despatch? from London, ',March 29,
says: -'Replying to agmestion put by
Mr. Eugene, Wason, Liberal mem,ber
for Claelemannan ane Kinross, who
asked whether her Majesty's Govern-
ment possessed infor•snation as to
the whereebouto of the ;British magi-
strate, Mr.. Gastin, of South Africa,
who was captured by insurgentieutch
colonists, and threatened with trial
for murder, and on What grounds the
trial was) to be held, the Secretary of
State for the Colonies, Mr. Joseph
Chamberlain, said :the British...High
Commissioner, Sir, Alfred Milner, had
reported thatAlr. Gasein was sent to
Bloemfontein March 191 Mr. Oharalber-
lain added that Sir Alfred Milner had
bean asked, to enquire into the pardon -
ides of the case, and to make the neces-
sary representations through the
United State.% Consul at Pretoria, Mr.
Adelbert Hay.
STEYN„ IN THE FIELD.
Cheers Solna ern Commandoes Join-
ing the Boer Army at Kroonstad.
1.9: despatch. from Preoria, March 28,
via Lorenzo Marques, says :-Presid-
ent Steyn went down from Kroonstad
to Winburg to welcome the southern
oommandoes on their way to join the
inain force at Kroonstad. Scouting in
the direction of Brandfort, between
Kroonstad . and Bloemfontein, con-
tinues. There was a skirmish there
Monday, and six.British soldiers have
been captured sinee then.
General Cronje has written his fam-
ily from the British evaeship Doris, at
Simons Town, greatfully acknowledg-
ing tile excellent treatment he and his
men have reeeived at the hands of
their captors.
The Government' of the. Netherland
has formally. declined to /Mike any in-
terventian, between the belligerents in
the South) A f dean war
Corn - Strong. No, 2 Amerlean,
yellow, tooted at 45, track, Toronto,
and mixed, at 44 1-20; Canadian corn
scarceand firm. .
Peas-Virm. Car late, Me mirth and
west; and Ole east.
liarlety-Tone firm. Car lots, No, 2,
=Odle freight, 421-20; and east, at
43a; No. 1 is quoted at 431-2 to 44o,
outside.
Bye -Quiet. Car lots, 52e, west,
and 08e, east.
Oats -Firm; on native buying for
local account. White oats. north and
west, 28 to 28 1-2e; middle freights,
281-2 to 29o; and east. 291-20.
Buckwheat -Quiet. Ofteriugs light.
Car lots outside are quoted at 51 to
52o.
Bliffeeo. Aeril S. -Spring wheat -No.
hard, spot, 82c; No. 1 Northern, 79
1-8e; No. 2 Northern, 751-8c. Winter
wbeat-No. 2 red, 73 1-2c; mixed, 73o;
No. 1 White, 721-2o. Corn -Strong;
No. 2 yellow, 42 3-4c; No. 8 yellow, 42
1-2e; No. 4 yellow, 42e; No. 2 corn,
431 -le; No. 8 corn, 418-4o. Gets -
Dull ; No. '2, white, 29 gel to 3)o; No, 8
whit e, 2,9 to 29 1-1o; No. 4 white, 28 3 -le;
No. 2 mixed, 26 1-2o; No. 3 mixed. 26o,
Bye -No. 2 nominally 69 to 61o.
Chicago, A.prit 3,-.1elaxseed ceased:
- North-West and South-West,
cash, ;intl.:May, al.65; September, 01.16
1-2; Gaoler, 81.14.
Detroit, Aprif 3. -Wheat closed: -.14. 1
white, cash, 71 1-40; Noe 2 red, 72 I-401
May, cash, 731-2; july, '715-8.
Minneapolis, April 8.-Whent -In
store. No. 3 Northern, March. 65c•
61 3 6.; J'uly, 66 1-4e; September, 65 1-1o;
on track, No. I hard, 66c; No, 1 North-
ern.631-4e; Fleur
65o; No, 2 Northern,
-First patents, $3.60; second do, 33.501
first clears, ,i2.75; second do, 32.10.
Duluth, A -pill 3. -Wheat -No. 1 herd,
cash, 67 3-4c; May, 68 3-4c; No. 1 North-
ern, oash, 661-4c; May, 683-40; No. 2
Northern, cash, 661-40; May, 67 1-10;
J1u4y. 68 1-40; No. 2 Northern, 63 3-4c;
No. 3 spring, 69 1-2e. 0ats-23 1-2c to
24o. Corn -66 1-4c.
BOERS SHELL WARRENTON
•
Lively Bombardment of the British
Camp Yesterday Morning..
A despatch from Warrenton, says: -
The Boers opened fire with artillery
and rifles on the British camp to -day.
The first 812611 burst while the Fusi-
liers were at breakfast. A hail of bul-
lets poured into, the village. Many
cattle were killed. A. hotel which is
used as a hospital, and over which
the Red Ctross lag was fling, was
fired upon. The attacking Boer force
was large, but notwithstanding the
enemy's heavy expenditure, of big gun
and rifle ammunition, only one British
soldier was wounded.
GER. JODBEET DEAD.
Boors' Co lll ll nutlet -In -Chief Succumbs to
" Peritonitis at reeterta,
A despatch from Pretoria, March
28, , wia Lorenzo Afarques, says: -Piet
Joubert, Vice-Preeident of the Trans-
vaal, and commandant -general of the
Repu'blien :military forces, (lied short-
ly before midnight last night, aged
68 years and 60 days.
He succumbed to an attack of acute
inflammation, after a short illness, at-
tending church even last Sunday.
The whale country is thrown into
the deepest gloom by his death. His
lass is believed to be ir.retrievable,
particularly if any settlement should
be arrived 3.it with the British.
Tbe remains will be taken ta-mor-
row to the Wakkeestroom district
where they will be interred in the
family cemetery on a farm he owned
there.
Weeds are incapable of describing
the nation's grief over the loss of the
commandant -general at a time ihat
is so critical in the -history of the Re -
The afternoon papers to day pub
lab long biographies of Gen. .Toubert,
Generally, they are in a kindly tone.
Dyspepsia and indigcstion,
common diseases, but hard to
cure with ordinary remedies,
yield readily to Mariley'.5
Celery -Nerve Compound.
W.H.Bucitteehem,aee K;tig St,
Rest, tiaalliton. Out, saYS:-"1
was troueled with Dyspepsia and
Indigestion for a long -Date, and
'could get no relief until I tried
!ilanteraCelery-NerveComeourol,
which cured me, and I cannot
speak trap highly in Its praise."
FINNS, DOUKS, AND GALICIAN&
Canada LIMely to Geta Lot or Them This
Year.
A despatch tram London, says -
very small amount of Bridal emigrate
tion is tee:emoted this season, hat Gone
tinential emigration will probably.,
be of considerable extent,
large party of icolandera, 1,00Q or
so in nurctWe is destined to go out
tide spring,: bound for Winnipege
nails also, will go to Canada in large
mimbern.
0,114Q13a the smell parties to go to
the Nortle-Wet ere a couple of Irene
tired or BO Dbaktlataarth now malting.
preparations to start for Cenada. Thd
inoveneent Gatos= is nicety to iv
large.
A NEW DESTROYER.
Children Cry for
ASTORIA;
Nitro-Glyeerine Can be Fired From
Smooth Bore Guns.
A, despatch froxa London says :-It
is claimed that experiments at the
Armstrong Whitwerth range at Sit -
loth, Cumberland, have demonstrated
that nitro-glycerine can be fired with
safety from smooth bore guns. Sev-
eral shells charged with 92 par cent.
cif nitro-glyeerine were fired 1,500
yards. Experts regard the experi-
ments as important.
BOER AMMUNITION.
Have Few Mauser Cartridges Left and
Their Crensot Ammunition Is Almost
Exhausted.
A despatch Tamen London, Thuesday,
says :-The Times correspondent at
Lorenzo Marques reiterates the re-
port that there are numaedous deser-
tions among the burghers. He says
that hundreds of the younger men,
including some officers, are continu-
ally arrested for desertion.
He also asserts that the Boers' total
stook of lefauser ammunition, amdunt-
ing to foot million rounds, was issued
to the Free Staters. 'The Boers are
now using Lee-Metford cartridges, of
which they have only half a million;
and. Mar 1ini cartridges, of Which they
bad originally -four millions . Their
Creusot ammunition is almost ex-
hausted; They are using a home-
made smokeless powd.er of had qua li I y,
Experiments in reloading Mauer
cartridges proved a failure.
WORTH £500,000.
Realizable Free State Government
Securities Found,
4 despatch from Bloemfontein, Wed..
nssday, March 28, says :-The military
authorities ,have discovered in a Free
State Governmentchest realizable
se,curities worth 500,000.
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