Exeter Times, 1900-5-10, Page 7SEVEN
TEM EXVT211,Ifit 13 8
DAYS 18P11111(8 FROM WIRESStatees."43-Pre.Sideet. ef the Vniteed 11111j/I
rattier retire toprivate life than b
.Governor Booteevelt" said, he would orki nu plumERE
coin
Arduous Operations of the Forces
North of Kimberley.
A despatch, from Loodon. Frtdar, , There are remount in 131itemtontein
eas;—Opera.tions invelvingl the Brie, that they; ere evaeuatteg that dis-
• triot enttrely. and coeeentrating
in tee days' herd worh. seven their whole ehhhath in the gerth.
being °coupled in, fighting. hare Nothing etethentio is known ef the
;Deflated in what Gen. Roberts de -1 Boer losses in the rootlet operatione.
Berne:is as "considerable imecese." Gem. , A eepert from erienberley eta tes that
there are coneiderable Boer move-
Reberts' torces here cleared. the eouth-
mente at Feneteen Streams ad other
easterit eorieer a the Free State .ttt points across the Vaal river. Little
• conenaratively triftiog• coet Jives, .1, is knowo regarding them, but it is
and a general advance northward. heilL"ed• that the 13eava ara P•1°v/ng
nortlg-west, If this ie so, it le pro.
eeems to be immtuent. baby virithi the vlew et opposime
There m little to indicate where the Heater's Advance in the dtrecticet of
Boora will, make their Dext ;deed. It hlafaisiOg.
hi reported that they are preparee eel There is go news of any movement
endre a etabbOrn epposon on anon- in Nntal" The BritiSh llave ngt
'.vauced, The Deere fag enintrted to he
kreeched hill southteest et KTPOneltade quitting the passes in the Biggersherg
wino* towe they, will probably aben- r range on account of the cold, and
Atm an Ewa ea tbeir storee are north campIng at the feet of the range, tbeir
f the Vet river. Another unknown prbacipal leaner heing litatihnits
teeter oh the eituation, is them, inonntain, Pilee Meath nt Viands-
atrength in the Ladybrend district. laagte, •
RO
Mon d Canadians ightin fOr
Seven Days Out of Ton,
Tile War Offiee bee received the a]-
vng :rem. hoed tieberte:
"General Hamilton met with eon.
Adorable ettece58 Tueetley, and
Ogee the enetny out of the strong.
pooitton they bad tekeet up at Rout-
leek4 with comparativelr email loss to
ue. The Jlottre dieeermied itt iteveral
direetionn, mainly to the eaet and
north, leaving six prieenexe in e'er
band; including eenamandent and
aixteen other weunded men.
*Gimeral Hamilton ts now in vamp
et Jheoberuat. A* the men evaded Test
after fighting seven out et the last
ken days I ordered them to halt to
to -day.
"Gen. Breadwootra brigade
airy arrived upon the scene in Vitae to
afford valuable aettistenee by three
ening thts euenty's reer.
" During the afternoon Gonerel la
llemiltota was joined by General Brue
listailtoieht brigade of infantry.
"The enemy Windt bating twelve
killed aud forty wuunded yaiteeday.
Among the former was Lieut. Gun-
ther, a Geen1411 ofticer belonging to
the 55th. Regiment, and amongst the
latter was Maximoff, the RUseian cam-
el:tailor ot the Vereign Legion. Twee-
ty-ono out a fifty-two of the enelny'e
onenaltica occurred among the au:in-
born of that legion. Two Frenehmen
were among tbe killed.
"General Hamilton rpeaks bigls
tenon of the goad services performed
by the Eightb Hussars, under Celonel
Clowas, and made etp into a xegiment
of Lancers, whieh came into penerti.1
Etroadwoud's brigade and assisted in
making the lioere vacate their posi-
tion.
"The Mal etrolce to the enemy's
rout wag given by the Cordons and
two compantee of 1.he Shropshire Light
Infantry, who cheered loudly when
they got within two hundred yards
of the poeition. Kitobener's Horse is
also spoken of in terms of praise."
POSITION OF 111E FORCES.
Fifty Thousand Troops Operating
Clear of the Railway.
despatcb from London, Friday
says:—Gen. Broadwood's cavalry
brigade bas reached Isabelfontein, 28
miles north of Thaba Nara. Gen. Ian
Hamilton is bivouacking at haeobs-
rust, 15 miles north of Thaba Nehu.
Gen. Tucker's division is moving east-
ward from Sarree The divis-
ions of Generals feeneh and Rundle
are in and near Thaba Nebo.. Titus
see Lord Roberts has 50,000 men operating
clear of the railway along a front of
forty miles. He is advancing slowly,
with loree sucoesses, but nothivg
decisive. Yet, at all points of concen-
tration, the Boers appear in force suf-
ficient to compel tbe British to pro-
ceed with caution. Their wide front
In a rugged eountry makes turning
movements off -hand difficult.
Observers at headquarters in Bloem-
fontein seetn to think that the Boers
are preparing to evacuate Brandfort
and Ladybrand. The Boers still hold..
Ing Nan district are estimat-
ed at 40,000. They bave among their
guns a 40 -pounder.
One correspondent, wiring froth
Bloemfontein Wednesday at 11.55 p.m.,
said the Britisbehoged to cut off tbe
whole tome:tends).
HARASSING TACTICS.
Boers Interfering With British Con-
voys From Bloemfontein.
A despatch from London, Thursday,
says :—'the immediate objective of
enemy nearly . .ured coneey Tues-
day, tint they were driven Off Altera
brisk f' ht
Pe'eparatiterie for an OAVPACIO
I ecu-
Uuue at Kimberley.. Sir AlfredMilner
has written, to the !I.eyor thimber-
lay aesurte lal tb- t the11
• hlefeking hie not ceehed to (weepy his
ettentlen, and tiett of the military ay.
•thorities, and that nothing will be left
:undone to raise the siege at the earth,
, est postale moment.
The Britieb garrisone along the rail,
way eel Warrenton have bean
etrengthened and 4upplies are going
forwent. A mounted terve' bait gone
to Harkly :West coneequence of the
Boers. having occupied Wind:torten. A
".theemand Mere threaten the cora-
Mutate:Woo between lleetiof and time
berley.
Matelae chief of the Taungs, bas in-
formed the Britisb that the Boera ere
preearing to reteint their advalace at
Phehrielia..20i miles uorth of Warrens,
ton.
CANADIANS AND GORDON&
Together They Stormed a Rill Reid
by Boers.
A despatch from Thaba Helm, Wises -
day, says,:—General Hatailten'a
divis-
lon was engaged yesterday and to -day
in foreing a passage northwerd. At
Houtnek the Boer front held a line of
hills commanding the sides of the
rick rhe Lanadians and Liordous at-
tacked the hill to the loft, and the
Shropshires and Marshall's Home, sup-
ported by a battery, also made au at -
at t enemy4 who eventually
fled, leaving many wounded, and the
paasage was tileared,
The Boers on the mount:tin are now
shelling the oatlying range necessi-
teting removal to a eater plate.
Tito Boers have three guns on tate
hill to the eastward ?f this place, out-
side the range of the Britiall artillery.
'The Hoer ehelliug is not doing any
damage. The enemy retain their peal-
, Lions, and the British are got attempt -
bag to dislodge them.
Genteel Hamilton, by reacbing Bout -
f nek atter a Lull day's fighting, se-
cured the Thalia Nchuelhoennoutein
, road.
Gen. Boyes• brigade was prepared on
Sunday to attack the long ridge run-
ning from Thalia Nchu. mountain west-
ward, but owing to some delay dusk
fell, and the troops wore withdrawu
without any aseault having been
made on the hill. The top of the 1411
is strongly held, but its capture is im-
portant. There was a general reeon-
n.aissance during the morning, and a
strong reconnaissance to the eastward
around the horeeshoe of the hills. Gen-
eral Ian Hamilton's division to the
north is operating jointly with the
'Cordons and, cavalry to the south.
General Dickson, commanding the
cavalry brigade, encountered 3,000
burghers marching in Iwo. ,nolumna,
with game and after some shell fire
the British were obliged. to retire be-
hind their plokets.
Aft LEAVING MAFEKING.
Large Part Of the Investing, Fovea
Reported Withdrawn.
A despatch from London, Thurs-
day says :.--A correspondent at Lor-
enzo Marques, cables Tuesday that a
large part of the investing force at
ILIfeking had been tvillihrawn.
General Buller continuee quiet. The
Boers astert that they are delaying
an attank upon him in the hope that
all the horses of the Britise will die
of horse siekness.
A.ecording to a Oorrespondent of the
Daily Telegraph with :feud Roberts
President. Kruger is again a.sking eeace
terms.
Lord Roberts ett to establish a line of I ,`•
Britisli posts from one frontier of the
Free State"to the other at right anglee AVENGE MAGERSFONTEIN.
with the reelwy, thus preventing
Boer raids southward. It is essential
therefore that the Boers should be ex-
pelled trona the rugged Thaba Nein'
distriet and he forced to retire to
Ladybrand.
AS the result of the desultory light-
ing Monday and 'Vueeday the Hoere
were pushed back a few miles, but no-
thing deoisive appears to have been
t tat n‘'4,
' The toers eontinue to follow their
heineeing tactics. One well -horsed
commando, operating in the neigh-
bourhood of SanntOe' post, interferes
with elle British oonvoys going froin
BloonafonLein to Thaba Naha. The
, With Fixed Payonets Fifty Charge
1 250 Boers.
1 A despatch from the London Daily
,' News from Thaba Nohu gives an Wel-
1 dent that oecurred during the vent_
,
ing on May 1.
1 -
1 . Captain Towee and fifty Gordon
1Highlandere were SlarrOIXOCted by 200
Boers, who detnended their eurrender.
For a reply Tows ordered his Men to
fix bayonets and 'Charge, and the Oor-
i dons, with a wild theer,'rustied at the
enemy and zwept them away with
: great elaughter. thus avenging the re-
giment's leteees at l‘ragerseontein.
ICeptain Towse _wee blinded by the
fire of tbe Boers.
Newsy Items About Ourselves snd
Our Neighbors—Something of
Interest From Every (bar-
ter of the Globe.
CANADA..
Loudots ra e 14 yeax' is
Hamilton radial railway may be ex-
tended to Oakville.
Two Pert hrtner boys have been sr -
rested with nearly a dozen charges of
arson against them.
The Dominion Company's elevator at
Virden was deatroyed by fire, with 15,-
000 best:tele of wheat,
,t Woodstock is considering an offer
to buy the local Bleetrio Light Com-
pany's pleat for h16„500.
An Buglish Specialty Manutactoring
Cempane, witb a capital of 5,000,000,
may locate London, Ont.
The Canadian branch oe the ;Pratt
ee Letchworth Malleable Iron Work.
of Buffalo, watt opened at Beaotferd-
Mt-Mitten's wheat elevator at Potter -
eon, Mau.. horst. Over 2..000 bgabele
gte wheat, are ofereed over the railway
tracke.
Mr. Michael Henneesy, ftgerean in
Verew's lumber mill at Lindsey, wee
caught in the machinery and had hie
arra torn out.
me five youths who threw stance
at the Jewish Synagogue at Ottawa
bare been given the extreroe penalty
450 and costa or six months in
Kingsville and Leamington Peolde
will petition the Dominion Govern -
Ment to stop else export of uatural
gas frera theerx County, as the supply
is fast benoming exhausted.
The trouble between the Highsehuol
trutiteee and the London City Couucid
has led to a laweeit. The city will
not grant 417,000 for repeien. The
court will pass epee. the legality of
the tefueel.
The suppleuteutarr rectuits tor
Sttatiwtnat's Horse, e Web were en-
listed et 'Winnipeg, are all 'superior
horsemen and excellent elude, and
most et them have bad previous
Wry training.
11 When Um. Thous" of Ottawa, was
told of tbe death of her Stal* nr.
Thalami, in South Africa, ehe remarked
proudly through be r tears, "Well, I
have me sons, and surely can spare
one for the Queen."
Hamilton will advertise for offers
for ehy debentures about to be is-
sued: For good. roade, $1110,000; for
the third main and the filtering. ex-
teneion, e..400,000; and for the Board
of kW Met t ion. POO
" • f h h• to the
purpose at local representation stems
thee DAWSOn City lute a mutation
. et 5,400, an lucre:tee of 1,000 Sinee last
"September. British subjeets number
*1,700, and &merit:an t1,309.
i Montreal City Council dismiemed .1,,
0. A. La Forest, euperintendent, of Wo -
tor %%inks, tor mem; city materiel and,
labor tor private purposes, und Wit-
' Haut illeGabbon, park ranger, against
° e hum there was considerable raciel
feeling.
...7iZe Brume irk and Nova heolla are
attempting to secure the Smocitioa
wlaith the Halifax award in 1767 con-
demned tbe United States Govern-
ment to pay Camilla as u set-off to
illegal fishing by Amerivane in Cana-
dian waters.
1 G R BAT MI vim
IT is officially announced that tbe
Duke of 'York will elan Berlin. on
May 0.
Sir Francis Marinditt, senior inspea-
tor of railways in connection with the
L don Bo d of Trade • de d
The Art:lib's/top of Canterbury
, setya that the Church a England's
I danger is of excess and want of tol-
' eration
, The Duke of Argyle was reputed to
I be the greatest landowner in Bngland,
f had 13 titles, wrote 100 books, and
shrived hiraself
I' Samuel. at Co., an English firm, have
outbid American and other foreign
firms and seetred the Formosa cam -
1 phor monopoly for ten years.
IWinston. Ohurehill, the war eorres-
; tiondent, may- be offered, the Manches-
ter Conservative nomination for Par-
liament, to auceeed the Marquis of
Lorne.
le is said in London that Lieut. -
ca. Ross, grandson Of Major-General
Ross, who defeeted the Americans at
Bladensburg in 1814, will command
the Irish Guards, the nOW regiment
vrhich is fortninge by order of the
Queen. •
Sir John Bridge, the ferrite,' pollee
magistrate. of London, is dead. He was
bore in 1824, WaS educated at Trinity
College, Oxford; Was called to the bar
in 1850; was appointed a pollee mag-
istrate at the BOW street :Police
°mart in 1872, and was .oltief police
magistrate for Loudon in 1889. in 1890
he reoeived the honor of knighthood.
UNITED STATE
i • See
. Small/tax has appeared in Burling-
ton, 'owe gaol.
A typewriter for shorthand has been
hivented by nn American.
1 ete in eptosy pa ten in e
s he tlevue go ep N eve York.
The National Steel Company's plant
at Coatutiabus,,Olaio, has shut down.
1 Atli ()mobile 'omnibuses with a "no
fleet, no fare,", rule will be run in Chi-
! 040.
' /Gen. Wheeler and. the widow of
Geo. W.. Childe are reported: to be en
United States Weather Biareaues re-
ports indieate large yield of erain and
fruit everywhere.
A bill for eight -tour day labor on
all Government work has passed com-
mittee at Weithinigtoe.
Tbe tailed States Agricultural De -
pertinent, in a ciroular, urges the int-
portanee of good roads.
T_Teited States (mai production for
1899, is estimated at 250,53.9,65n tons,
an increase of 17.5 per cent.
The Wien 01 morphine in the 'Unit-
ed Skates has been reduced 10 cents
an ounce because of competition.
'Muted States Naval Hoard el Con-
:terqwgtit(iit Iltibsalt.sena,erot etlheilhalles laf°rrgeistbrei:
the navy.
An Ohio man ftmnd bis intended
tkride, wile= he secured through a
matrononiel Paper, to be hie ardsalog
dauglater.
The steamship Trite ealle from
New Tea* on May fith with 200,000
bushes a grain for Inditta famine
enfferere.
Romain Z.Lieffel, a bartender: coM-
wetted SALIcIde 41 Patereon, N. by
cutting nig tiaeoat eith a broleen
larao chimney.
The °elm Company, incorporated at
Trenton, N. with' a capital of Pe
000,000, wild build railroads and trare-;
ways on, the ieland.
PernaisSiOn WS granted by the New
York State Railtoad Conanisslopehs
for the construction of an eleetrie
coal railroad along the line ot the -
ebanhotted Deleware and Hodson Cas
nal.
IA a jeeltnis mania Harry idattliewa
a corporal of Co. C., 15tb, Infantry.
stationed az Plattaburg, N.Y.. bare
reeks, fired 12.5 rifle abets through the
LabeirieW Hotel Sunday night, wound --
ed hie nweetbeart, Mies &tette Heine
titter Moritreel. in the ann, and tette
c 0 •
1 GBNERAL.
Receinte of Prussian railways are
inereaeing.
r In the month of 1lareb378 Filipino
: were killed by the Anaerieenie
A, hhtrkiett torpedo boat blew tip itt
Beyrout harbour euneing a loss of 23
7 Berlin financiers have subevrilied
400,000 marks to the Indian Famine
Fund.
t The French Academy of 'Medicine at
Paris has a cure .for seuelekness—eom-
pressed oxygen.
'•
Over 5.319,003 persons fu India are
, In want, and, the dematols for reltef
are said, to be inereashng.
Plague -infected rate bey. been
found at the nharves of Bmsbane.
,Poseltiand and Melbourne.
The destruction oj. Penney.. Mexico,
by fire rendered 11,000 persons home-
. iees and caneed 52.500,003 damage to
property.
Li Burg Clissug has legalized blg
lotterite at Canton by licensing the
Lit Rung, will use the revenue in eu
pressing piracy
Nearly every town in France has
ranroed a street. after (alone Ville-
' hots Mareuil, who was killed wbile
fighting with "the Boers.
The callapee of a temporary foot
bridge at the Parts Exposit ton on sun.
day citueed tbe deatb of six pereons
and tieriously injured about 40 others.
The at ructure bad len previously con.
deemed as unsafe.
ti
A DEADLY VOLLEY.
Garrison at Atafeking Waited. for
the Boers' Attaek.
A. despitteb from Mafeking, deserib-
!int; the Boers' t tuck of April 11,
says:—
• "The bombardment of the Creusots
was the hoeteet of the siege. Many
shells entered the hoepital and wo-
men's laager. Under rover of the artil-
lery a large force, oornmanded by
Cronje, the younger, including the
GOTIC0111 corps, advanced close to Fort
Abrams,
"The garrison lay low until the
Boer forees tvere at. olose range, when
they fired a volley, killing five and
wounding many, andthe attack was
repuleed. The bombardment then
ceased. The Boers, under u Red Cross
flag, were permitted later to recover
their dead."
EXT REVIEW IN PRETORIA.
MENNEN%
Lord Roberts' Remarks When Re-
viewing a Corps.
despatch from J3loemfontein, Tues-
day, says:—Tbis morning General
Pole-Carew's division, composed of the
Guards end General Stevenson's bri-
gade with several batt.eries of artil-
lery, all in winter clothing, left Bloem-
fontein.
Lord Reberts, with Lady Roberts
and their daughter, reviewed the di-
vision in the market place.
Later Lord R,oberts, while reviewing
Roberts' Horse, congratulated the men
upon their bravery,..spoke of the gal-
lantry or the Colonial troope, and ex-
pressed the hope that he raigha soon
revieW them in Pretoria.
THE NEW WAR MINISTER,
welecley te Make Wee seem tor the AVer1v.
ger of "chtuene" Gordon.
It is not generally Uneven that the
terra of .office I,ord Wolseley as
Commander -in -Chief of the British
army comes to a close this fail. While
there may be valid reasons- fax retain-
ing Wolseley ..office, in ease he
should. consent to accept ecintintied
responsibility, there is une reason. why
heanight not be inceined to do so. .Ite-
cording to the present arrangements
Lord Kitchener of Khartouna is to
became permanent, Minister of War,
and this would' render Wolseley suitor-
divate to Kitchener, a emaciation that
would be very repugnant to the
former, as be would be ernamelled to
re,ceive orders front the man' who
avenged Chinese Gordon. 'To thoee
who beve access behind t e scenes of
the great war drema now occupying
tho staie of notion, 'Kitchener is
reeognizea as the master spirit in the
South African campagin, and the
story to the effect, that when Colonel
Kekewich heliegrapbed from Kimber-
ley that, he had trouble with Cecia,
Bhodete end Kitehener signaled lArk,
"put him in 8 Coll," is fully believed
And regarded as highly eharrie.teristie
of laitchener's iron band.
/ 41
Notes of Proceedings In the Nation.
al Legislature.
*100,0(10 FOR FI/3.0 SUFFH.WHIt8.
Sir WilIrld .Lourier announced that,
in view of the terrible calamity which
had Tendered 2fie0 families homeless,
the. Government had decided to ask
Parliament to grant an appropriation
of 100,000 fax the reltef of the isilf-^
ferere.
Sir Charles Tnpr aida
great pleasure in supporting this vote
of ;1030,00 to meet an eneergortaY of an
ntiparalleled character. Occurring at
the seat of government in Canada the
eufferers by tbe fire had more than
ordinary elaime on the country, and
he was eatiefied that the Goren:meat
had correctly interpreted the opiulens
a members On bent sides.
Mr. Fielding explained that the ce-
tireates, besides centaining a vote of
h100,C00 for the relief of the sufferers,
also provided for the restoration of
tite Dominion eublIc works which were
injured. The additional Mies asked
for were ;`40,000 to rebuild the Hull
posteffiee, and §21,61/0 to restore the
Denaiolon bridges at .the Chaudiere,
The Premier explained that the Gc.v.,
eminent, After earefully considering
the matter, deemed it advisable to pay
the relief vote into the bands of the
Ntecutive Committee. Hoer, bear.
EXPHNS146 OF TdIZ CONTINGIENTS.
In rely to Ur. .Foster, Ur. Fielding
said that tbe cost ef enrottnent,in-
eluding pay up to the time a maven-
ration, of Canadian treepa for Saab
refrica, included in the ttern under
capital expenditure in The Caneda
Gasette. April 1, I040, Was V34,540;
trampertation, 5058,571; equipment,.
incinding Itersee, 04,057; pay, Mehl& '
Ing 4(Iva-twee gp to the time of Arrival
In South Afetee. 412,434. maklug a
total el4.898,172.80, Italie of whattit Was
included us tile consolidated Lund no.
count.
THE SMALLPDX iralnEmo.
hft. Fisher, in reply to Col. Prier,
aaid there was a large amount of
emallpox in Republic Camp, south of
British Columbia, and that pbysiciene
were examining all persons coming
int° Britieb Columnist. Ile was aware
that 4 good deal of a mild type of
(smallpox, known us perambulatory
exists in the Cnited States
While the quurauttue officeut did not
con.sider it dangerous they were tak,-
Ing preettutioue, As to the particular
case vacationed by Col. Prior in Winn!.
peg, be explained that the patient, a
moo, palmed through quarantine at
Victoria and remained in Vaneouver
three days, came ease to Winnipeg,
but became flO ill that he was taken
to the General Hospital. Tbere the
phytarians did not recognise the
dishase as stnellpox until after
the man's death. So little did
they appieriate the cites% that he wee'
put in the General Hospital, and per-
sons iftnnt lee atone ward were dis-
charged and allowed to be scattered
through Manitobat toed Ontario. Ife
pointed cart that, his department has
jurisdiction only on the boundary Inc
and seaports, the publichealth inland
belgg wider the care of the Looal
Governineaus,
MONEY FOR REBOILMNO.,
The supply bill containing the re-
lief appropriation' for the Ottawa end
Bull sufferers was introdueell and put
through. all its etages.
Mr, Foster, in committee on the mea -
:sure, sato a lea 11.10 make.itad4 made
an excellent suggestion to him, which
he thought, was calculatea to bring
about an ameliosation in the rendi-
tion of affairs in tbe burned district
end t& prevent tbe ereetien. of build -
hags which would invite ccnflagration.
The suggestion was that a trust be
formed which •shoutel have placed at
its disposal say 5200,009 on the general
relief moneys. That trust could barrow
a,million dollark at say 4 per cent. The
Idea would be to loan; money to those
who had been property -owners to en-
able itic.m to remind, the loan to cov-
er, say, two thirds of the octet of the
building. No interest to be charged
for the first five years, but after five
years the same rate of interest to be
taken as, wee paid on the million dol-
lars loan. Alter the five years, the
principal to be paid in ten annual
instalments. In this way it would be
possible to assist deserving persons
la rebuild substantial homes and work
a revalutiou in the devastated dis-
trict. The Government could not do-
nate the Parliamentary Grant in any
bet ter way.
hal(eteeleerivemectieleon• era iodr ftibvee GenoLeer:ttujoenn,t,
ell hosing some merit, but after con-
sidering the matter thoroughly they
hied decided to band the money over
to the OOralnittee to do as they
thought best. He believed 1 bet these
discussions in Paeliametat would be
beneficial, but no hasty judgment,
should be foetned. '
The bill thee peseed.
MEAT FOR TROOPS,
Mr. Powell was informed by De. Bor-
den that there is no contract for sup-
plying m t t tile .
Oa o e anad
tan garreson
at flalifax. It is supplied by the same
firm as supplied it for the Imperial
troops, and at the prioes Axed by the
Imperial contract.
DEPAR'al\LENT CONTRACTS,
Mr. Clarke was informed that, safer
as concerned the Post -Office Depart-
ment, 110 contracts had been entered
Into saute June 30th, 1899.. At Lo the
Departmeal, the ()entracte with
the Sanford Manufacturing Company
and Mark Workman had been eontinu-
ed. Since the dote mentioned the fox -
*tee firm had been paid 5115,000 and
the latter 526,000. Both contracts
tainted a clause prohibiting swenaing,
FEED FOR HORSES,
Mr. Clarke was alto informed by Dr.
Barden the( there were pureleased for
the, use of the horses of he Ceti:eaten
contingents on the way to South Alia,
ea 411 tons of hey, 11,813 bushels of
oats, and 115 tone of bran.
THE CANkeleS.
Mr Bergeroe aeked whether tbe
soulaThigee Beanluernole canals
would be both t open darting el* pee-
seot seaseze el teartgartion.
Mr. Olen' replied thut it was expects
ed that both would be open., the inee
being then tne smeller vessels stmeld
Use the. Beaetharnoie eenal end the
larger teite Soulangtie.
NARKETS OITHE WORLD
Prices of Gratn, cattle& Obeese, 8se.,
in the Leading Markets,
Toronto, may 8...,Tra.dis here te-day
was steady and unchanged, and this
about summarizes the coeditton of
the market all retied Forty-six car -
toads of live stook caane in, but only
rIe best cattle sold,
Xhee was a btter feeing and
better demand for export eattle to.
day, though prices be the United!
3Kbag4om do not advance. The hest 1.
tnab bere te.dey sold WS to 44.84 and
*4,90 per cwt.
Good butcber cattle wan firm, at
trone a a-4 to 1.40, but poenstuff wee
not waeted at the priceasked. (tiente 1
buyers claimed that buteher cattle
Was higher, but it Was bard to
rover anything more titan a tendency
that way.
Stockers continue weak and in light
demand at the prices of last Tuesday.
,Export and tight bnile, leaders, and
mitle VOWS are net quotably okeuged.
Geed =Liken and elpaie,e veal valves
are wanted.
kiheev anti yearlings were in shoet
supply, and sold out early at steady
tun:imaged lames.
4. taw spring lambs are wanted at
from54 te 511 ea.c.u.
About 1,110 hogs were received by
M. iterris, 'reeds in good. and inicea
Meetly.
n'or pilwe hoge, ecaliug free°, 16)
thee the top priee is 0 1 -do; light
luigs are bringIng 5 1e2o per
Vollowieg Llte Tatage of quota-
tions '4
C.attle,
Stepper, per cw,,. 3.25
Lutcuer, choice, do 3.00
Butcher, med. to good. 3.25
Butcher, inferior. . 2,50
eiolkers, per cwt. 2.75,
beep and Lambs.
Sheep, per cwt. 3.130 4.50
learl.ngs, per twt, ., 4.50 6.50
Spring lames, each. 2.50 5.50
Bucks, per cwt. . e.,50 8.00
Milkers and Caites.
Cows, each— , 25.0 45,00
Cairo, eaeb, . — :LOU 10,00
Hogs. ,
Choice huge, per cwt. . 0,00 6,25
Light hogs, per twt. • 5.1i0 5.50
Unicy loess, per rest, 5.00 4.50
Sows. . . . , . 4.110 3:25
Toronto, May 8.—.Wheat Bueinese
ccaatinues quiet. Ontario wheats still
keep above an export basis, and ex-
porters are therefore, doing nothing in
them, exeept In odd ears oi goose
,wheat. The tatter is getting scarce.
Quotations are as follows:—Ontarle
red and white, 65 to 65 1-2c, noath and
west; 60 to 96 1.-2e, ease; goose wheat,
7204 east, and 71o, nest; spring, east,
66 1-2c; Manitoba aio. I hard, '77 1-2c,
Toronto and wait, and We.. ini.t.slake
and rail.
Flour — Dull. Straight roller,In
buyers' bags, middle freights, 52.50 per
bbl bid, and 52.60 asked, special brands
in wood. 42.90 to 43.00.
Milifeed Demand fulling off a
grass fodder for live stock approaches.
Bran, 414 to 51.4.50; and shorts, §to to
516.50, weat.
Corn—Quiet. No. 2 American, yel-
loe, at 16 1-2e, An track here; and
mixed at 46e.
Peas—Quiet. Car lots, north and
west, 61c; and east at 62e.
Barley—Dull. No. 2,42e, west, and 43e
east; and No. 1 dull, and quoted at 43o
west, and 44o east.
Rye—Unchanged, at 52e, west, and
53e east.
Oats—Quiet. White oats, north and
west, Vie and east, 28e.
Buckwbeat—Quoted at 50e, west;
and 51c east.
Buffalo, May —Spieng wheat—Un-
enanged; No.. 1 hard, spot, 71 5-8e; No.
1, Northern, 72 1-8e, .No. 2 Northern,
spot, 703-80. Winter wheat—No. of-
ferings. Corn—Strong; No. 2 yellow,
443-4e; Noe 3 yellow, 441-2; No. 2 cottn,
44c. Na. 3 corm. 43 1-2c, through bill-
ed. Oats—Weak; demand light; No.2
white, 291-4; No. 3 white, 28 h -e;
No. 2 mixed, ge 1-2e; No. 3 mixed, 26e,
through billed. Rye—Nominallye 62o,
in store, fax choice, Theur—Quiete
Chicago, May 8.—Wheat—In11uencedi
by cornand easier cables, closed easy;
july, 3-8 cent lower. Corn—The mar-
ket was inactive and weak; utider the
influence of lower cables for July twee
le under yesterday. Oats -1-8 to 1-ic
down; andprovisions were steady,
from 2 1-2e higher in lard, to 71-2 down
in pork.
. Minneapolis, May 8.--Wheat—In
store—No, 1 Northern, May, 61 3-4o;
Jtuly, 65 3-4c; September, 65 3-8e. On
track, No, 1 hard, 96 1-4e; No. 1 North-
ern 69 3-4ot No. a Northern, 6e 1-4c.
33etroit, May 8.--Wheat—No. 1 white
&tale, 731-2c; No. 2 red, cash, 73 1-2c;
May, 73 1-2e; July, 73 1-8c.
Duluth, May 8.—Wheat—No. 1 hard,
mesh, 68 3-4c; May, 68 3 -to; July, 69
5-8c; September, 68 1-4c; Non North-
ern, caeh, 67; May, 67; jiutly, 67 7-8;
September, 67 34; No. 2 Northern
65c; No. 3 spring, 62o.- Oats -22
1-2- to 23e. Corn -371e.
4.02 1-2
3.00
3.50
•
TIER GRDA.T, SACRIFICE'.
How absurd it is, she mused, to •de-
scribe. WOMOn as bargain hunters.
;lust look at my ease. I am deliber-
ately exclaanging the name Momtnaor.
rency for the name Jones. What kind
of a bargain is that?
IREFACTORY.
Mrs. Peterkin---Without exception
you are the most obitinate, perverse
man I ever saw.
Peterkin—What have I done nove'd
Mrs, Peterkin—Why, I have had that
new cough mixture in the house a
month, and you haven't once caught,
eoldl
Dyspepsta, 4rIct 1lettr
cortmcm diseases, tillt hard
cure with ordinary remedies.
yield readily to Ma.riley's
Celery -Nerve Coropound.
W.11.1euckingham,een Kinn*.
Past, amitten, eat, says; -'j
W14 troubled Wit4 DOMS1111 aai
11,0104tielll tor Ark lona thus, mpg
'could get no relief wall I land
maniere Celtry+Nerva Compound,
which cored nae. and comsat
*peak 140 111ZMY OrtiSr
A WATER CURTAIN
The poblie library building itt Cle1.
sego is protected nailed the inva-
sion
Of fire from the entaide by meal*
of a Eo -called "water curtain," At the
tOp or file building ia a /system of
tubes through wniele water, supplied
drOna a tank, can be caused to fleet
over the outside walla. RecentIr 441
efficiency of the we.ter curtails woo
tested, by the occurrence of a fire ftt
a large spice adjoining the Mk
TAT,/ building. nes Water being tUTIR
on, the enter wells were imreediet
oovered with e lqn4 sheet *Web, esi
tbe temperatare was low, InKlandoli VOA
entually illeet at lee,
Children Ory for
CASTOR IA
Actors, Singers/
Speakers
"1 yen
fere
end
nein
end or" ell--
Searthlyroomenuma It somyttrothor
At /homes rovell. Aolor. Neer YoricCO****
SOK by C. Luta, Exeter.
Datilis‘K
The Lading Specialists ef
20 Year IR NM,
2501000 COrld.
WECURESTRICTIM
Tkeoulands of young ited rOkidio.
niffnantraubwiffitt Ns dimwit—to
vaionselously. Tee/ mots beet atom
his simeaticte, small. twirgang StOIA
alukep cutting paiesat ftee.dight dts..
*barge, diffloolty In eintneenotes, w
mime, anissfour all tbe
fit le debit! tbey bare
Ns
Dontlet suitors aperients
sou. enter, stratebing, et
FitT :11,47Fiiiit.1
osseremovesthestrlapAirepornum
t dals never return. Rep no
In$. ne detention frorn bustawiIt
oinked. The sexealorgenssre
=the
1Igot manhood returns. a nerves are Invilors
WECURE GLEET
Thousands of young and mi441e-ege4,
teen are hating their genial vigor iself
mtality_continselly sapped. by theas-
ease. They are frequently uneopeolouti
lress. Unnatural Dleamar
p
of thie
Ciente attune sytoott, Gesk
leg anhood, Nervousness. Poor
ow; Intability,wt times Haparting
patios, Sunken gym with dark el
Weak Back, General Depmelon,
ef Ambition, Vitumeelsn_ d'hol:att
Parts. etc. GLEE and STK U
maybe the muse. on't @mica I
diatom as they have no *nodose*
three special diseases—don% al
necks to experiment on you, fsl
Mui
udists wheharn
veadealife
es elfertandWomm. Our
0 TREA.TMENT will pp
tively core you. One thousand deniee!
for a ease wew000pt for treatment ties
eannotoure. WernismoderatefOrsteUre.
CURES GUARANTEED
;eta•eRlN7 IId/ErfEIuOR
age0
vR4pfiis
iife 30fN l5OIUt
ae I/ALDtA
AMLR;a. If unable to ea
wale ftiet;
ASTIR AIM foT.Er li()31 g
lOURtfe...
KENNEDY& KERGAN
Cor. Michigeo Ave.. led Slieby St.
KE
irinAsievisr
Waier Fess TO CAVE Sottrwirn
011~11,W114
ALWAYS REEF OR RANO
nig tiler
TRIMS IS NO HMO OF FAIR OE
ACME, INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL,
THAT PAIII-KILLIIR WILL HOT RE-
LIEVE.
LOQK OUT FOR IMITATIONS AND 51init-
IffffutEe. THE 0.1ENOINE BOTTLE
BEARS THE. NAME.,
PERRY DAVIS EON.
THE
31:111E
OF