Exeter Times, 1900-8-2, Page 3Ac -se •)".""
HERBERT'S CONFESSION.
•
Says He and Gerald Sifton Killed
the Old Man.
'A devote -It from Londen, Dot, arysi
-1.3etrand hifton is behind the bere,
charged with the murder of his aged'
father. and 'Welter Herbert* hie self-
Isonfeasect accomplice, is held fin the
eaten awful earns. Young. Sifton
made no Renitence, and expreseed con
thieve? that everything would• be all,
• riglet.
Herbert 14 a big boy a :zo years.
'who vras employed by Joseph Sitton
as a farm aann.
Dation the last couple of days the
preeenro bas been getting too
strong for Herbert, and early Thurs-
day morning be told( the story ot the
killiag of fliale Constable McLeod.
McLeod was haterviewing Edgar
Mow:lean who livee on the term ad -
tiring the Sitton Toluene when Herbert
walked, into the roam. He handed tits
watch to the constable, with a request
that should anythiug happen to him
ia timepiece be given, to his grand -
while endeavouring to knock dow
some boards with the axe. Te ol
man was still breathing, but did no
regain Qoasolouspess before he died,
feW hove ieter. tierbiert eaamet gla
to tell his ghastly tale, end deelare
his willingness to repeat k in thn wit
oess-box.
THE culrarrs ARRF.STED.
After he had eased bee mind, h
went ta 1J41J4et Gerald Siftonet bons
•wbere he was guarded all night b
two conetabies. Early hlontlay more
jag #1urray drove out and Gerald
Siftoa and the/hired( men were armee-
ed and. brought nit gaol.
Inspector Murray's week of hard
work has dincloeed much enidelice
%latch makee the oase i against the son
very Week. '111iree men have, tattled
t
hat Gerald bad threatened to do
irway with his fatheir rather then 'tie
ow hint tie maray again.
RIVAL WAS APPROAVRED.
Mantle edette, who at. one tem
van eagaged to marry Afary etoFar-
eine, the young wouent to whom the
!der %thou was to hetet been mar-
aed on the day a hie death, was ap-
pi oaehed 4y Gerald, who walked h.ra
ta come oat ta the terra. To hun the
sea said that it would be an easy
matter te !et eomeintierg fallen the
• old man an dpue bine out a the way.
LOOKS DARK FOR GERALD.
Jamea Menden is aald t a have
been offered money by Gerald Sitton
to help ia disposing or the fattier, but
fueeti to have anything to do with
him. To eeveral neiglibeurs Sitton is
alleged to have itteted that he would
put the old man out a tbe way i be-
fore he would allow him to loaVry
again. and Edgar Minden warned Jos.
e.plt Siftoa at what his non had saith
y t
mother. Then he broke down 0,114 told
leis story.
HIRED MAN'S CONFESSION.
Aft -cording to it, Gerald Sifton, had
arrinaged with hira to do away with
the old man. The plan was to call the
elder Siftou up into the loft, awl as
he came through the Soar to braba
him, with an ale. The two were in
the lett whim the aid Man came up the
ladder. At the tut naoment Herbert's
oourage foaled, and be elaime that be
truck the old Mau . a light blow, with
the side of the axei The he allege')
Gonad Sifton, seized his father's arm
and dragged hint, half unconscious, up
to the floor a the left, at the aatne
time (meshing the head witb repeated
blow; of the axe, whittle be enateited
from his trembling accomplice. A
couple of boards bad been knocked
from tat aide a the barn, and through
this hole the body was thrown to the
ground, 2t feet below.
A. YARN FIXED UP.
The btoodatained axe was placed be-
side the 'head and neighbours ealled
In. To them(be story was, told that
aneeph Sifton had fallen from the barn
1.1,"11E1 TEEB TIM")31S
3PARE ROM DIE WIRES
Newsy Items About Ourselves and
Our Neighbors -Something of
Interest From Every Quar,
ter of the Globe,
CAN.h.lhAt
The Oanadian Patriotic Fund. total-
led. $315,86e.
Six new oases ef smallpox are r
ported at Moatreal.
Nelson, IL C., will spend h70,000
municipal improvements.
Ottawa sewers are failing to carry
away the surface water.
Of 391 pupils who wrote for Eligh
ehool entrance at London 270 passed.
The Oananian Patriotie Fiend etatee
ment shows total reeeipts, e315,867.85.
GREAT BRITAIN.
9Tose91 Chamberlain, Great Britain's
dolenial Secretary, refused the post
of War Minteter.
Next year's Ohrietian Endeavour
Conveationwitt be held in Shetfielcii
Manchester in 1002.
Thirty invalided Ganadiana are new
• on furlough, staying at the Soldiers'
Rest, near Bualeingham Palaee.
Lady Stra,tlecona has left Louden
for Otrisixid. Lord Stratieemte will
spend his August holidays at Glencoe.
Benjamhe 13, Cant. Eaglet:aro chaise
pion rine grower, is dead at 78. He
had taken over 2,080 prizes and won
h3 the National Rose nociety's trophy
utile tiniteo.
The British Government, ha a with,
tbepeoposat to amend the ermy
bill by ntaking volunteers liable for
servire abreact.
Edouard de Reszke has been decor..
ated with, the Victoeioni Order by the
Queen tor singing before her in
434'h
"Faust." Suzanne Adam received
diamoud bracelet.
the The new werships being built for
Itaet 'the Itritiab navy wilt be ef the Eii M.
S. Fortnideble elaae--45,01h1 tone die-
" plecement" with 15 00 indieeted hem -
with
newer and 400 feet in length.
1ton Rev..7. R. Beene, an insatiable aero-
naut experimenteliat in holden,
A. aim of Dr. Swell, ot Rat Port
died while having a dislocated sh
der set.
This year's drive a logs an
Gatineau will reach a militate
year 750,00Q.
The G.. T. R. propes to rebel
tracks IA Dlontreal, doing away
all level crossings.
Charted Lappin, in jail at Betel
;shaved himself with a pine of tiro
glair! wben reused a.rezeir.
The balt-breed vonamission has 0
pleted it work at Maple Creek, N
Te hearing ever 200 complaints,
TN' Went teem h Dairteratmet As.
atom may organize a milk trash
cording to a Hamilton despatch.
The Government :us asking, Baud
tor a reduotion a the water r
charged for the Hamilton adylune,
A. large eutacriptive to the 11
Ottawa relief fund bas beau received
4rom Port Elizabeth. Sooth Afriee.
The July oro p report of the Mani-
toba Government trays the improve -
Ment is not as great as was expected.
Ed. Redland Was killed. and Gus An-
derson severely injured by an explo-
alon at •the Sultana. mine, Rut Part -
age.
Mr. Theme Kelly, a Winnipeg, is
be loweat tenderer for the St. An-
rewee Lipids work, and wiliget
entreat.
Lord Mime has taken a priv
aeidence at Vietorie fur his faro
and household while he makes
trip to Dawson.
A. portrait of Speaker Bain, train
by .7 0, Forbes, hie been placed
the martinet) hail a the Parliatee
buildings, Ottawa.
Another section a the Trent Val-
ey Canal, is to be placed under non -
mot immedietely, being that portion
etween Kirkfield and Lake Simeote
The various ironnaoulders' shops in
ttawa have signed an agreement for
10 per gent„ increase, and this will
nd moulders' troubles for at least One
ear.
The total number of &eines sent in
the Fire Relief doramittea at Ot-
wa is 3,250. The committee is taking
eps to prepare a complete statement
the losses.
Judge Megan at Montreal from
wson, says the 'helicon is the richest
ld country in the world. The trip
om Montreal to Dawson can be done
seven days.
Line. -Col. Sherwood of the Derain -
n Police has sworn in a number. of
en es guards for the canal ate Corn-
ell, in view of the recent dynamite
s• attempt at Thorold.
Montreal customs' officers seized a
nsigninent of several thousand but -
n badges intended for distribution
ken plainung a nAlina journey in a hal
loon, with the object of Sandimg mern
OM, eragett to such isolated pittees as Pehin.
.W. Prof. David Edward. Hughes, the Ole
loot- tor ot the printing telegraph ancl
ot tbe reierophone, hs left hot for-
tune at 82,000,000 tO tour buepitala.
tbe Middlesex, London, Kinga Cotte
lege and Clearing Ores&
atee The public discovered for the first
time that Lord tteliebury wits an ex-
ull- pert gardener when the Royal !fore
tioultural Society awarded blue gall.
medal in the rnit iteetion for *
o browA Turkey figs.
The Hospitals Comanailion, telhhitat-
ed by lite British Government to i
veatigate the charges, ao to the treat-
ment of sick and wounded soidters
South Arica, has commenced work
by extant:tuna a number ot patiente
ntly arritved in liegland.
In the Home of Cotumons of Tues-
ao-
'telt
and the Ingle( before the wedding day d
got Sifton and Mies McFarlane to mote, c
at his bouse. The old man left for
his how at daybreak and mud that . r
he was :safe then, and would have the
wedding tuke Nam: in the warning in-
stead of waiting until the afternoon.
N.ARKETS 011 THE MILD
OOP."
Prices o • Cattle, Cheese. Grain. hoa,
In the Leading Markets.
'Toronto, July 3L -Only f▪ ifty oar-.
load,s ot live atook were received at the
western cattle yards this morning, in -
°tutting 1,000 abetter and lambs, 500 hogs,
SOO cattle, 50 calves, and a couple of
dozen milkers.
Tbe euarket was a quiet one, prices
were weak, and sheep oonsiderably
weaker. Hogs were unchanged.
Several lottde a cattle were beld
over.
T -here wids scarcely any export cattle
pelting., and prices, while quotably un -
hanged, were practically nominal. -
,The trade in butcher cattta was of
jitUe acoount, as both buyeri and sell-
-ors are waiting for the market to -mor-
row, Friday.
Bulls, stockers, feeders, and miloh
acme 'quiet and unchanged.
: Sheep were from 25 to 50c lower, and
lanlbe were easy.
For prime hogs, scaling from 160 to
WO lbs., the to mice is 6 1-4c; thick
at bogs, 5 3-8c; and light hogs, 5 1-4c
per lb.
Following is the rttuge of quota-
tions:-
. •
Cattle.
Shippens, per cwt. . $4.30 $5.00
Butcher, choice do. . 4.25 4.62 1-2
Butcher, need. to good 3.25 3.75
Butcher, inferior. ... 3.00 3.25.
•Stookera, per cwt. . 3.00 3.50
Sheep and Lambe.
Sheep, per cwt. ... ... 3.25
Spring lambs, each . 2.50
Bucks, per •owt. ... ... 2.50
. Milkers' and Calves.
Caws, each. 25.00
Calves, each. 2.00
Hogs.
3.75
4.00
2.75
40.00
10.00
Choioe hogs per cwt 6.00 • 6.25
I Light hogs, per cwt. 5.00 5.25
Heavy hogs, per cwt. 5.12 1-2 5.37 1-2
Bowe 3.25 3.50
Seaga 2.00 2.50
Toronto, Jain 31.-Wireat -Quota-
tions are as, follows:-tOnterio„ red and
trhite, tied, outside, 706; a:nd new,
6c8; Spring, outside, 700,; Manitoba,
No, 1 hard, 91e; same, Toronto
and west, 88c; same upeer lake ports
85c.
inilfeen-Scance and steady, Bran,
012 to *312.50; and! shOrts, 1314 to $14.50,
-Corn-Steady. No. 1 Amerthan, yet -
low, 47c, '5ia track here ; and mixed -le
Pin e -Quiet. Car lots are quoted
nominally at 6, north end west,
and 610 east.
Ow • day. tin G. T. Goschen. Fit* Lord of
the Admiralty. declared that it as
ate due to the delay of contractors that
ily
the Admiralty had not produeed, more
his
ehips and defended. the 13eileville bott-
om whielt bad boon adopted by the
tett
Stites, Oerroa ay Jap end France
in I
1 A good joke le related in one of
At
the Lonclan morning peelers oxt the
Prince ot Wates and Mr. Choate, At
the Maelhoreugh Club the other day
the Prince, it is said, eftualvely shook
bandit with a man he took for the
American Am.bassador and tutor dna,
oorered the fellow was an inunacu-
is.tely groomed waiter.
UNITED STATES,
Chicago stockyards' newsboys have
put a ban on oigarettea.
A cloudburst has wiped out the
town of Coleman, Texae.
A shipment of 830 horses has been
made from New Orleans to South Af-
rica.
Sheriffs and clerks of police in Illi-
nois have decided to form an assoeia_
time to °beck crime.
Chicago division, railway mail sere
thee, increased nearly 53,000,000 pieces
in mail matter handled last year.
A man in White Plains Hospital
who has lost his identity is believed
to have been struck by lightning.
A daring thief robbed Miss Rieke -
rich of 41,339, at a ;Jersey City bank
and frightened Mtn. Fuhring to death.
Efferts are being made in New
York to free Mrs. Nack, serving 15
years for the murder of Wm. Gulden
suppe.
The swearing-in of the newly -ap-
pointed Gomerner-General of Federat
ed Australia, and the inauguration of
he Commonwealth will take place at
Sydney.
Mies Eugenia Horton is seriously ill
t Port Ewen, N.Y., due td overexer-
ion from riding a bicycle. She has
Wet the power of speech and the use
of her arms.
James Hill, the Meat Northern
Railway magnate, is reported, to have
the finest yacht on the lakes. Her
canvas capacity is over 14,000 feet,
and her crew numbers 53 men.
Eliza Wise, in coirrt at Analcit,
Minn., charged James Hardy and
Elmer Miller with the murder of her
parents and admitted her own and
aister's knowledge of the plot.
Attorney General Davies will be
asked for an order directing the re-
moval of MayoriMoGuire, of Syracuse,
on the ground thee, the mayor was in-
texested in the sale, of supplies to the
city, which Es contrary to Law.'
-When 13a r barn Minter, aged 82,
deed at Brooklyn last Sunday morn-
ing, hen. husband, John 1VInater, aged
87, was BO) stricken with griee that he
hoeacui:meta "Delay the funeral and.
bury me too." • He died wethen twelve
Barley -New No. 2, 3en outside; old. t
No. 2, 40o.
Rye -New rye, 49e outside, and old
ra to 520. .z
0
0 it s -Con tin tee easy. White oats,
north and west, 26 1-2e; and emit, 27 ea
1-2c.
Eloter-Quiel and steady. Holdere
aele e3 for 90 per men patent, in
to
buyer' bags, middle freights, and ex- th
porters bid 62.85, h.perfal brands sell
at
locally from 10 to 20c above these a
figures. e
Milwaukee, July 31. -Wheat -No, 1 Da
Northern, 76 to 76 1-2o; No. 2, 743-4o. go
Ryte-No. 1, 56e. Barley -No. g, 47 re
to 48c; sample, 40 to 46. in
Duluth, July 31.-Whitat-.No.lhard
cob, 79 5-8c; August, 79 3-4o; Septem-
ber, 79c; December, 79 1-8c; No. 1 m
Nortberni 77 5-8c; August, 77 3 -le.
Chicago, July 3L -Wheat aagged for et.
a time to -day, but retiovered on talk
of cash sales. September closing 1 co
1-8c over yesterday. Caen closed a to
shade and oats 3-80 lower. Provisions
ait Lite close were 2 1-2 to 17 1-2e de-
pressed. Estimated to -morrow: -
Wheat, 205 ca.ro; corn, 390 oars; oats,
145 cars; belga, 23,000 head.
Buffalo, Only 31.-hPring wheat -No.
1 hard, spot, carloads, 855-80; No. 1
hard, round lots, 841-80; No. 1 North-
ern, spot, 3 1-80. Winter what.. -
Wo. 2 red, 800 bid; No; 3 red, 78r anked.
Conn -Dull; No. 2 yellowy, 43 1-20; No.
3 yeIloW, 431-4o; Na., 4 do., 441-2c; No.
2 corn, 43c; Not. 3 corn, e2h-40. Onto
Firm; No. 2 white, 28 3-8e; No. 3 do.,
281-40; No, 4 do., 27 1-2c; No. 2 mixed,
261-2o; No. 3 mixed, 96c. •Rye -Mt --
thing doing. Flottr-Duli and ease-.
Chioago, July 3L-F1atcaeed--01osed;
-North-West and South-West, cash,
$1.50; August, $1.40, $1.44 1-2 aiikedi
September, $1.38 bid; Ooteber, etet 1_2
There were 9;928 cases of choler -
in the famine districts xi India during
the week ending Juev 7. of which 6,-
474 welts fatal,
Trouble between Britieh subjects
and Venezuelans is on the increase at
diuda.d, Bolivar, aecording to a King,s-
ton, Jamaica, despatch.
The sister of Edmund Rostaml, the
rench dramatist, was robbed of Jett el-
ey worth $21,000. Burglars broke in_
to 1.n3r II ry resideuce.
466. '
JAYS 'ARE ,,AC rive.
Employed in Spreading New ,Ideas
Among the Chinese.
despatch, from Tion-Tsin, ted
Virlday, says the foreign.conimanders
bee.n unable to agree an.the
pomtment of a Governor, and have in -
St i t.)p,rao-headed Government
Je;pateoz.i+., and
Russians.. Considerable friction is
likelK to result from this lack of
unity in the, control of affairs.
Jt is also said that the Japanese are
aotively •einployed in spreading their
ideas, among the natives. They are
distributing 3a,panose flags anaotig tlao
residents of the talvii, and are telling
ithera to have nO fear, that there will
be no ulteriorresults while Japan is
protecting then).
from New York. The buttons bore
the words, "Independence of Canada,"
some being in French and some in
English.
General Manager Hays says the
prospeots for business on the Grand
Trunk next winter are very favorable
and he tbinks that the people of Port-
land will see the busiest times, as far
as the Grand Trunk is concerned, that
they have ever known.
Three of the special Leachere. en-
gaged in England by Prof. Robert-
son under the Manclonald-Lthyd
s.ehool fund, to take charge of the
work of establishing manual train-
ing. in connection with the Public
schools in. Canada, have arrived at
Ot ta wa.
Caaharines ratepayers have
voted in 'favor of •granting the Wel-
land Vale Manufact uring Corapany
$4,000 a year for 1.5 years, and of fix-
ing the assessment of the Kinleith Pa-
per Co., at $21,000, but have voted
against the by-law to provide $25,04
for a new collegiate institute.
The Galt Town Council have decid-
ed to appeal' to the Attorney -General
to interfere with the proposed removal
of the works of the Robertson -Tay-
lor Company 'front that town to
Guelph, because Guelph has offered a
balms of a piece of land valued at
*1,500, which is to be said to the com-
pany 10Ir $250, this being an illegal
act.
,
The Shah of Persia is visiting the
Czar al, $t. Petersburg.
The last livIng descendant of Sir
Francis Drake has been diicovered in
New Zea:land; Mrs. John Angelo nee
Drake, the wife of a settler.
Bayonets had -to be drawn , 'on New-
,
founciland strikers in order to unload
the cargo of the schooner fleeter Mc-
Gregor at Belle Isle, Nfld.
GENE1-4-AT-------------'ADVANCE BEGUN
Boers Still Withdrawing, Wrecking
Bridges as They Go.
A tleanateb. trout Loadon. Thuraday,
• eerie -The next few doh's, abould pro,
duce intereating developments in
Soieth Attica, Lora Itoliterta bss
again advanced, but the burghers are
reported to be already moving to the
nortle-eaat, with the intention of car-
rying out tleeir long -announced plan
of retiring to the Lydenburn moun-
ts. Gen. Baherts Was reitently
credited with nayinge " eaonot fol-
low Mine WO the centre of Afriee.
they chtioee to Ant thenteetves tip in
the leydenburg nrollat4111; 1 eenttat
Pre'ent them."
The Beene are now repeating the
tich they have followed over since
Bloemfontein felt that tee withdraw-
- enfely. wreckiog beldam al they
erne always diataneing their par-
a.
• e e Wet
TI I U
•.••••!.1.
, boned when he broke through the Br
Lis who were hemroinn„ him. in, toga
,southward and coacentrate at Storm.
• hem. At present, however, he tis re -
:treating northward. He wee last re.
portedto be within a few miles of the
• Vaal 7riVer. He was being followed,
hat had not been overtaken by a Brie
Gab fame.
Nothing has been heard of Gen. Bute
ler for several days- Hie whereaboate
ks makaewn to the nubile.
Accordiug to a. report from Maaera,
ihnettoiend. a celeeiderable number or
'' Poem are Atilt in ate eaistern part ot
tho Orenge River Cottony. They are
• well equipped, have plenty of supptie.s,
and are ewe iltinhhtg eurreadering.
Heavy rifle firing Was heard near
Fiekeburg Tuteiday• but nre +Jolene
have been 'received of fighting there.
Dozen ()uses IlataCt-Streei$
Fine With Dead,
wkotelz from TieueTein, vie.
eye ;hair:" native city Kee
an eprielliog spiettaile of rule
salatian. The suburbe were eena
p ely destroyed by fire. mostly eatis-
ed by elle eheelet of the. alliee. On the
sate racing the Adttlement, it ie he.
nevelt Grit net a doena boutee eve ine
...ten Intl ell wereet little dentetted by
th tremendous fire or the allies ar.
y. which, however, wee appareate
at heavy enougla to pro tuna Iamb
Vet. A curieue spectirele toreeent-i
number ot mud heserie ica-
y wider the waii Where Orel
1, hitter was rn4st deotaged, hardly outt4
4of them allowing signs of heviug been4
I bit.
tbe city the damage weir tereL
" ng3 notrt"" tilt wall! that only em cases not arisi f
mere breech of the martial law regu-
lations had been tried by court -mar -
blunted the evetnita in this come.
only one appetered to him to be a min -
carriage a juntice. The military au-
thoriti
rifle.Th biWb
were wetly gutted ur firetettpi teeny
were liter:My blown to pe'e' by the
stitelle of the elites. Among the mottle
drring rttioe “re many oha ereit o =roses
which the pigs. end dot's ire letting.
Metalline are buey reaming the
Whim, in censequence he gent
uumber at dead many base nnt ye
been baried. The atreeta through
I t$tered WI Orem
in Sant Africa,
Rata front Cape Town says !-
Ex -Treasurer Bierrimsa, in submit.,
ting a motion in ;bellow* of Asiem-
b Tuesday, said that ttie Lane bed
eoeae when private liberty bseitid bej
ed, and. the tew at the lend. Pre-'
Attorneyalhenerat Roiretlitue
Mated thet lee had colvfoited ,
with niegieeratne. Iwo favoured the
repeal of nartiai tette four faviand a!
qualified repeel, end 10 were oppottei
ed to any eapeel. The :liberty of the
nubbin, b added, n
the safet,v of the State. The time wa
not ripe for the reinstitution of the
civil law.
Ex-Attorney-Ueneral Solomon, in
BOERS DRIVEN OFF.
1 Frenoh and Hutton ExecOed
1 Ing Movement,
deepatote from London exert
Lord, Roberti" reports to tbe War Of-
fice, wader date of Pelmeral, Weelnee-
day, asf011ows;
We marched here yeaterday with-
ot see,ing oaertif,
'The Boers engaged Freneh aad
tton aix ratlen aouth of Bala:tonal.
hile Alderson's Mouneed Infantry.
ineluding Canine -ma, attacked the
Belem' .righti, French made .4 tureing
Movement ernund their lett. Seeing
their retreat threetened, the Boer,*
broke 941d fled. French and Hutton
foilowed, and propmed to erinte
hanete airer to -day, at Neenwpoort,
Par oaelualtieet Were one weunded."
Lard. Beleerts also report*, to the
\hes Office to -day that Gm Archibald
Bunter's connnand !mat; heavi$7
ez-
gsged in the Wits 49110 ot Bethlehem,
The Boom cempelled the British to re-
am from some of their paeitions with
Meow, fifee nettradziea. At lent at..
OQUitt.S, eePi. lilliAter had worked
around behind the Federala. while
Gen. licotor Macdonald and Elen.iiritcs
liomilten
were hrent.
PBAR 14,
-40 Believe That Bailway Guard
2oa lbw, Been HASSaOrod. •
A deapitett from Vetersburg,
r.-Generat Getelatrolf that
bambertied end destrayed Latocht,
Tha garrisen fled. It is now believed
that the Ituesian reilway guard at enti
, Charbin and. Telin. With! It r.15 :7;aid
!: co be ;surrounded by thenninds of
Chinotte. has bees ALIbilatted.
The itertititan agent ett Hanlow *ete-
asfolilowe tee
"Foreigners are In a conStant titate,
441 panto utraug to the hostility
who ace &fleeted by the
and
rreVini t bciir
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sogibte4t4ie
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1313 foreign Consul berbat ian
upot)rt Itcss-lonrs, stated 1.1-4,01,4 low, bean tiet
tihth "elthitene and dints.
es, upou appneat Lain, illinnly
t reubmitted the reeurd sin this evis,
t• and upon his *deice the severe *exit-
e at had been tunneled was r
dueed from five years to six rattnths., do eon8ider how thd4avtifieial Leedl
Hardship e were undoubtedly caused, are made. When. plateS Were
dise�r-
by inertial law, and he 'sympathized ered and the expert dentist WEta 4b1111
•
out the oity arnetrewn with all kinds
of artiolea. Dozens of Chinese are
digging in the ruins for money and
*nor valuablea.
Moet of the houses which are intact
r little derauged dieplay the flags of
one or the other of the allied forces,
tbe Japanese and the French flags
predominnting. There berm been
many attempts to imitate the flags,
whoh, under other circumstances,
would be laughable.
MOVING TO LYDENBURG.
Boers Retiring to the Mountains
Before the British Advance.
A despatch from Bronkhorst Spruit,
Tuesday, says: -The Boers having got
wind of the British advance, evacuated
all their positions, and are reported to
be moving to the north-east, towards
Lydenburg, whither President Kruger
is going. A.' portion of the Boers re..
main north of Bushveldt, whence they
attempt to interrupt communications
on this line.
The bridges Imre, and smaller t
- bridges to the west, have been des- 1.
troyed.
l'he British force comprises two bri- t
- gades under General French, and a brL
gade and a half under General Hamil-
ton. It is not likely that the advance
upon Middleburg will be contested.
ehe Boers remaining upon th
d iikt
FALSE TEET
Nee..
mute or the elentedit o
Made. neery
What bectane,s of the hundred nI
housande artificial teeth medeand
'sold annually 1 Before attempting to
ansWer the question it natty be as well
with those who were subjoined
them, but never before had martial
law been so carefully administered nor
had there ever been such a desire to
do strict juatice, tempered with leni-
ency.
ABSOLUTE ANARCHY.
••••••••••••••
Boxers and Chinese Artny righting
Each Other in Pekin.
A. despatch from Chefoo. says:-
General Li, commandbag the Peitang
forts, near Taint. reports to the Brit-
ish orbiter commanding at Tongku
that a runner *who left Pekin the
°then day reports that Pekin was In
a state of absolute anarChy, that
the regular troops were lighting the
Boxers, and that the latter were get-
ting tem better of the struggle
th t th i
a e ax m ammuniteon of the
Legation guards was exhausted, and
hey were using their rifles sparing -
y; that the guarda recently rushed
he walls and silenced the Chinese
guns; that a irw Chinese princes
vere desirous of protecting the for-
igners, but were in a namarrty.
General Li is anxious to avoid
fighting the allies.
TUAN ON THE BOXERS.
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CANADIANS WERE BEATEN.
Clothes Torn From Their Backs and
Women Dreadfully Treated.
A special despatch, from Shanghai,
says that the Canadian missionaries
arriving in that city on TuesclaY ex-
perienced dreadful hardships en route
from Bonen. The hostile natives tore
the clothes off the missioularies and
bent them as well- The ladigs of the
paity were .objecterl to great indigni-
e r
farms state that most of the burghers
are anxious to bring matters to' &fin-
ish, but that the fcrreigners are persin. 1
tent.
FRANCE HELPS RUSSIA.
Dispute Over Control of the Taku
and Pekin Railway.
A despatch from, Tien-Tsin, Satur-
day, says: -The Russians announce
their intention to keep control of the
entire railway line between Taka and
Pekin until the conclusion of hostili-
ties, when they propose, they Say, to
restore it to the Ch,inese-
Admira,l Seymour strongly disap..
proves allowing them to repair the
line beyond Tied-Tsba. He considers
that the.British should insure the un_
dertaking and aoncluct the repairs.
.Meanwhile the French are endeav-
ouritag to obtain control of the, river
tugs. it is believedthey intend to
share the profits with Russia. '
COST NEAR $200,000,000.
normous Expense of tile War tit
South Africa. •
A, despatch from LOndon' says: ---
The supplementary estimates,neces-
sitated by the prolongotTori of the
war tn. South Africa, amount to
,
500,000, making a'totat of ;C84,00,000.
,
voted for this purpose, and bringing,
the' total estimates' ,up to E,E76,809,153'.6
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I
• Chinese Troops Said to be Attacking
Them For Their Deceit.
A. despatch from Pian -Tin, Friday,
,
says: -Chinese coming in frora the
country report that the Chinese sol-
diers are killing the Boxers wherever
the latter are seen, giving as a reason
' that the Boaere deceived there into
embarking on a hopeless struggle. An
:intelligent Chinaman said he regarded
:this as a sign of wiaespreading dis-
sension.. It was only a matter of a
;short time, he declared, before the
!same state would exist in Pekin. Then
he thought Jung Lu, commander -in. -
:chief of the Chinese forces, and Prince
'Ching would be able to regain suffiei-
'ent influence to make peace, especially.
if the -foreigners in the capital were
safe. This appears to represent the
I
i general native opinion here aa far as
It is passible to asoertain it,
COLONIALS FOR CHINA.
,
Now Spittle Wales Legislature lia
:Resolved to etead. a Contingent. .
.a, despatch from' Londari,
,
The-Leofqlture of New South. Wale
.has resolved to clespateh a iniEtar
ponting-ent to joth thImpe,rfa
t repos China.
e.
nahitteddilitie
to supply a whole mouthful of new
neth the teeth were ...then carve
ed out of ivory. But corattant grind -
15g would wear away the ivory, and.
these elephant teeth were not satiate
rectory.
To -day all ;mite:lel teeth are made
t porcelain, and will outhet a Meth-
uselah. The porcelain niaterial, which
cont,tins various mineral proportions,
is worked up like a sort of dough or
plaster, forced into molds and fused
by intense heat in a furnace. Each
oath is covered with enamel, and has
ne or more metal pins in the back
to hold it to the plate.
In large lots these teeth can be
made very clatiaply, but there is one
item of expense that cannot he over-
come, and that is the coat of the metal
holding pin. The only metal which
will atand the intense heat of the por-
celain furnace is platinum, and that
costs at the rate of a eent a pin sim-
ply for the raw ro.aterial.
But as there are people who are not
satisfied with ready-made clothing, so
there are people whet are not satisfied
with ready-taade teeth. False teeth
may look just as well or better than
real ones, but public speakers, 'hinge
ens and other prominent people want
their own teeth reproduced in all
their peculiarities a form and color,
and fillings, if they have them.
In teeth that axe made to order
nothing is impossible from the short
white teeth tef normal youth, to the
long, discolored ones of extreme age.
And now for the answer to tha
question. "What becomes of false
teeth?" Sometimes they are lost,
sometimes stolen and sometimes left
as a fatally legacy. Generally, how-
ever, they are buried with the owner,
and lie forever hidden in the ground.
GENERAL.
The ',widen Express Lorenzo-Mar-
qnez correspondent sends the sad
news that Kruger has bad his hair
cut and his whisk-erS shaved off.
A. Kingston, Jamajea, despatch says
that after investigation nearly half
the militia who volunteered for ser-
vice in Ashanti were rejeoted.
Sevian terrific earthquake .shocks
took place on Sunday last at Clara
-
cos, Venezuela, doing great damage
to the buildings.
The strike at Rotterdam noW
involves 1.2,000 men.
ZWe'lley Schafferson, an Amerioan
subject, was arrested in Paris an:Mon-
day for picking pockets. The man
was wearing a card across 1.11,s breast
011 which was written, in English arid
French ‘, Pity a poor blinrl raari' and
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was accompanied by a little gal who ,
was foond.,:o. have seventeee purseS.
in her p UtS ssion,, couta;ming't-cycl 1124
15 gold and ,ilver„
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