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Barley--Quiet. Car lots at No, 2,; middle trelghrta, sold at 380; and No.1 1 was quoted at 40c. ' A_ I pun, .",......._. J l.._14. I- 7.; vv -.'J.'z.uV, WDSM C0rn-1asy, ` No. 2 Amerxcan, yer; "low, quoted at 400, crack`, Tbrouto; and f = mtxed at :53 1-20; Canadian corn dull at 39c, track, Toronto. `Dang, I r....L . ._-A r-V ' - ** V`-`Vs unaun, .:.u1'uuLo. 3 Peazs--Um.-hanged. Car lots, 570,; north and Wel and at 58- 1-, J BHIIGV--I3l]iAt ("gr ll\Ix_3b r.Fea._. n --., --:9-I, `I01 \I"'rI 0 0' 00 1'2 f Toronto, Jan. 16.-Whe'at-Continuea dull and easy. Red and white Ontario gia, quoted at 64 to 65c according to Qnearneas to the mill; goose wheat at? ;69c, middle treighta; '68c `north and ;weat, and spring. east, 64 1-2 to 65; ;Manitobas, No. 1 hard, track, Owen; isound, or Goderich. 720. - ` I I | |;1|,__-_ f\__x1 b _ .-......unu auu uzuvea `Cows, each. - .A . . .' 2500 ; Galvu, each. ; . . 200 f < Hogs.` !Choice hogs, per cwt. . 425 `Light hogs, per cwt . 400 : Heavy hogs, par cwt. 375 fI'L._--L~ " - 2- Followmg is they range of quota-w tions. which are largely nominal :- E V .` Cabtle. 'Shippere. per cwt. . $ 400 $475 `Butcher. choice do. . 375 425 `Butcher. med., to good. 300 .3 50 ?Butcher, inferior. . 250 275 istockers, per cwt. 225 325 : Sheep and Lambs. Q1. . A n _ -- T 353$}; stead} at the recent ad-f ance. For choice hogs the top 'p{ric'e` is 41.24:; light hogs sell at 4 1-80; j _and,tat hogs are bringing 37-8c, per 3 `lb . 1 `; bulls, stocksra. nnd zniic c-owsivv Good calves are wanted.` Sheep and lambs are unchanged |quotably. but inclined to 136 a shade \ `more e_a.sy. V . 4 I 'rv--, - - - - -~uvy :3. :Sheep, per cwt. fLz=.mbs, per cwt. Bucks, per cwt. ---v -- --v-v--nn~--:v nnvaan Q19`!-II-ID; I- 'th.e business `condition of feeders, I...II_ ,1 vevu-31;. tuvulvuu. uu [.1113 BUDJGOIZ. _. The importance 0! this move at Gen. 8uller' is at once apparent an` exam- ining the) mop. Should the passage of the Tugele at that point he success- fully etteoted, and the Boers be driven tron their entrenched position, the British will obtain hold ot thq road between: Acton Homes and Dewdrop, __ end he on the shortestlroedt to Lady- `Inith. The Boers holding the posi- tions commanding Potgieter's ~.dritt are laid to be u-nder Gen. Ben Viljoen, no at the meet energetic of Gen. Jou- , r't'e subordinates, and comprise the Johannesburg contingent, a large num- ber of which are foreigners. nnmsn LOSSES AT LADYSMITH. R e p e 0 D e `e , Otticers Wounded. . . . 27 .. _R&nk and File Killed. `on: . 15 Bend and File Wounded \. . 242 Apart from General Bullet : move; the only new; of interest mceived rom the front 18' the` War (Office re- `port of the `casualties at Ladysmith . on Saturday. Jon. 6, when the Boer ttteck wee repulsed. `These total 417, 18. officers and 185 men killed, yand 27 - ottxcers end 242 wounded. fl`lug-.. :- .. --._a.-:_ ___.._ -1 ._-'Ie-A AL ~Ai .Toronto, Jan. T16. -We had argued trade here to-day, and- prices were steady at the quotations of last Tues. day. . } Export cattle sold at from 4 1-4 to 50 per 1b., and for selections 6 1-80, Good 'to chcice butcher cattle iai wanted zit. from 33-4. to 4 1-4c, per 1b.; medium and inferior cattle unchang. |-. J _, n_._ I s was: paid, ' ;Priees of Grain, Cattle, Cheese. &c. }. in the Leading. Marts. Jtanms or THE `wo1u.n.1 ' here` is no.ofxdng from Tuesday in I. I_.__2'__ _ , ,, 411 JAPANESE PERISHED. 13 CHILDREN` FROZEN. . an.d `Calves. _. -_- .- wvuuu 111.1115- iseutning that it ie the northward` arm that General Buller holds. `the maps suggest the integenoe that .a lite for a brid e on}: he found that will be. sheltered tom the enemy's artillery. One evident difficult at the eitne. tion. however. is that i the etteokere cross there they must._ when they 4 12 1-2 887 1-2 !gi4l`_`,'r!`Iaali,InlI3`ary Htrin.l' on Mond llntlnh Torpedo-Bios yentnyor 'l'Iu-blue lhtlleo. Agdaspstoh from London says:-Tb.zAgi:`N ' `totnedo `boat-destroyer, Viper, fit"Z; :r- ~~r,,o`. .`&.'_N::` ParaQn s `turbine engine, had: wt; `ID '3 mnnnm' -Us-`AA A` n I CTIIIZC mil. from London` says:-Tji V: `boat-destroyer. Viper. W; H ';We.ll, Pa;'a91_; turbine 118 .3 d not Inaqn.r9'B!%m1nary %.trIn1}on M00 4;=hi,: `.tt1n9<.1.,iAu%maun .69-W1 0` " tn`.*rtn:#'ovex a men ' 9:. l . I l J ` . `-mi 5". `--.3 I The authorities had been suspicif. `a .and'a careful watch had been ker` `This led to the prompt discovery of 95 fire, which was extinguished befol 5 much damage was done. Stringt/f precautions have been taken reg:u`di9 .1` the other three transports, which WI lleave Sydney Wednesday. ` 6 `Inc-cmliau-y starts a Fire II: Inc 0 lmukel-s-\1'us Dlscuvercd in Tim?- A despatch from London says? despartoh` to the Daily Mail fruul S5 ney, ~N.S.W.. says that the trunspl` Maori King, taking the second 1% tingentxto Queensland troops to Sou Africa, was discovered to be on fi1'ci night before she sailed from Bxisha`-I Thevfire was in a perforated tar drug that had been placed in the coal D11` `; kt. ' `. lI'\I_- ,,,LI `:0. 1 C u Va .L`\)VV Lubo Col, Cunyngham entered the army 1873, and was created lxeuxennm-c 0:191 in 1897. He served: in the Afgh War 111 1878-80, including Lord Rnber advance to Candahar and the wet tions around Cabul. when he revel` the Victoria Cross for distinguiit Conduct` in the attack on Sharp` 3P-ass. He also took part. in the Be jwar of 1881. I uvuvu IV 111 _uau=Ic VV IUOSW can EU] H Lord Ava. was born` in 1863, mm xv 4 the eldest son of the Marquis of D: term; and Ava, the former Govern: General o Canada. `Viceroy ot`~lnrL and British Ambasscdor to Pans! ceased was unmarrled. Lord Tc-reL Temple is the second son and n hen` to the due. He was born in HE` and m 1893 married Miss Flora Um of New York. l`(._.__ __ _.`l_ _ . gouuugu. .|.:u.ul. Ul. WLIBL YOU (110 . man in the flush of his manhood: _e1eepvlng quietly in his home. You '+tered his house and killed him for 'th_v lucre, which you would not ritempt to earn honestly. In your: you will have time to prepare ' ; the end that certainly awaits you, ;in the case of your victim he was 5. ';'down without warning. His Lords -gstated that the recommendation .mercy would be brought `tr, the an ;tion of the proper authorities, E {that he could hold out no hope ; iclemency. I 'Cl.nny-u.- 1XT:l'l:......... I9 -7 ' 1 v - - This meagre information is not sup-' `plemented: from any source, official or. unofficial; Even: the position General Buller has occupied is a matter of ape-` culation, for no maps available here. looate I?otg'ieter .s dri1t.`.'l`here are two` drifts, ouch six miles from SI'in81i01d.t one north and the other north-east. ` The road from Springfield to Dewdrop crosses` the former, and it is assumed that it is that which General Buller holds. Ct seems -strange that the Boers i did not destroy the pont -when they lately evacuated Springfield. Its pos- session may mean much to the British. "Pant " -in this connection does not imply `a bridge, but a large terry boat -worked with steam cables, the familiar method of crossing the wider and more rapid rivers in South Africa. I` ....-_.__! In: izhe same i>e.'t1`.le Lieut.-Col. \\`. ham Henry Dick-Cu-nyngham, V commander of the Second Batmhon the Gordon Highlanders since If was also wbunded, and has since s: cumbed to his wounds. He was; mensely popular everywhere, and; death willeausse widespread som T.nv-A. Ana ttvnu In.~......- :. 1000 ..-.4 .. S4-culnbs to Wounds Received in the I T the of badynnnl. g Adespatch from London. Jan, 12.sa; --The: VVar Oftiqe announces; that: Earl of Ava has: died from Wounds caived in the} erce battle at La: smith. on Saturday. Henry Williams, said his 1,4 ship, "the sentence of this coun that you be taken from the pi where you stand to the pl whence you came, and that on Fric {the 18th day of April, you be hang by `the neck, until you are dead,1 may God have mercy on your son i'1`he prisoner listened to the sent; ' without flinching, and walked from: court room with a firm tread. j THE` EEJRY DID RIGHT `in convicting you. The story you: could not be believed. Wheth:-.r you old or young in crime] cannot say may be that you have boen invei; into this case. but; the ovidonco as the revolver and your own adm xions sealed your fate. I do not w fto say anything that will hurt y feelings. Think of what you die man in fha finch. nf I-n -n....L..._J ` , v_. V --..-._._..J _,u`u _am not guilty, your Lordship. 1 ;no intention of committing any c_, whatever. I was walking along `street. looking for a place to 3.; bed, when Mackintosh induced m ~ go into the store. I did everythin my power to prevent Mackintosh gt ` committing. the crime. "So far as the question of your .or inn-ocence is concerned," :~;uq .iv fLordship, "in as far as this com. `concerned, it is closed forever.` zhave been well defended. Your c; i eel has conducted your case with at lity and moderation. It is alwa, `sad thing to pass sentence on an, and in your case it is really sad, though it cannot be said that yo; [not merit it, THE PRISONER waa apparently the most coll; man in the room when his Lon. iasked him if he had anylhing t(' I why the judgment of the court sh Inot be passed upon him. In M" funhesftating voice, Williams said [am ....+ .....;u.. __--.. 1'- ,- -- November 8l|-nlerey wu lfor`. ihe. Blunder" of Varcoc In T. mended by the Jury. A despetch from Toront After being put one hour the U . the Varcoe murder trial on Thu.-W returned a verdict _of guilty, with commendation to mercy. \V`henf. `jury filed in the hands of (hate; ponnted to 10 mmntes _to 6, Tm?` court-room was; crowded to. 3 ' tnon, but one could tellby the like stillness that ensued when 11, . made its appearance that all pr," were cognizant thatahuman me.` trembling m the balance. .. '1 TO BURN N. S. W TRANSPORT; wILLIAMs.1ijnUNn HE WAS SENTENEE TO 32 mg on APRIL ma NEXT ; in uvugllu -'3`.'war. Offi roiiom-Jug, Tier, dated Spr on iron London says:-The 06 received t'hisj_inoi-ning the delpatch from General Bul- ingfield, Jan.` 11, at 9.20 in the evening :--_ ' ' "1 Owllnied thesouth Tugela river at Potgieter s drift this morning, and seized the pout. The riv- eir is in flood. The enemy is strongly entrenched about 4 1-2 Qiles to the north?` R `' 1`0POrted here that` General` Bul- ler'subm.itted his plan of campaign to Lord` Roberts immediately after the` 1f`tt1` landed, and that Roberts sane-* is sup- unofficial. General bf ope-' here Potgieters drift.`T-hei;e are two: ll.rift.n Annie -2-. ...2I__. A_.,,, bank of the V '.'At midday three hundred B001`! imade,.a determined -effort~to`900||W '- hill overlooking Stingersfontein. "The British cavalry and -artillery were ordered to the right and left. and the `movement-was frustrated; s e "A company -. of the Yorkshire [Re- giment occupied aihiii `facing the one the `Boers attempted to seize: , The. squadron. of cavalry under Col. Neeld, reoonnoitred towards` Coles- berg and discovered a laager contain. ing 800 mules six miles eouth"of the village. The Boers were sur mod and rushed away in all directions in a most disorderly manner. The! W010 heard shouting in English and D_ut_ch. "The British fired on them. killing number of horses`, and then retired." GETTING READY TO SKIP. E A despatch from London, says :--"Sir` Charles Warren marched with 11,000 men eastward from Frere by, way 09 Weenen; His scouts found no sign of the enemy at`Grob1er s kloof. while Cotleiso was ascertained to be de. se e . - IIIIVL A__ 85 KNOTS AN HOUR. EARL OF AVA DEAD. ' JAIEUARY ` 18, \Vil Vic:1r, g _ Y<=s," Sidering J,na\n wh have rea _a.gain." _' BIL n - pd over .| LAII "the me n the mou `Y7- , VLIKI LLIKPL` `V8 arv Gibson licking: : an mun ' W8 funk I111?` I I unnrnnl, II The s trnmpin entire 1) aisle, an Od thv diverted ation, w men in however ed to t est. It and (re comings the sor l'UrR. Bullet Now in a Poitidn to Crdss tdh%Tugla % River-Four Hundred and Twenty Killed and Wounded in th\Lgdysmith Battle; The V after t` might their M havv lik thought. Rusden unusual tion wu '. "Tell 7: .lez1ve~ y 1).... J. Ah. Mr. :1 and 100 ment, 1; \rA.n\.r \ "Po; `a smile But ev `ed the 1nornin ' place. -:1 -... -o_.<\ as'1;arn+= Den ri n 3: one H121 Be -3 morning "Y9~',' Th on zhe turn. day nig until 11 Was ar px`e::ch, giving: 80$!!!) nuw ;i; trait-ct 0 As he noted .1 prised t the-ix" H "'I`nlk said, th index-cl. nddod 3101 m now '6 __ 'Of 0 \lI. ( Mr. a "`T'..'.: ` Was pr his ha .0 strnn his offn face bn III] him. ..v "W'e9 had rev no? hw ly. "I sh Rusden .304? It __to keep one (-15 d-en \V/fl` the stile -u;.4. "Is it Rh`. n time W: 111" I theAc:1: up in t ' MN`. I_ `*1 deapatoh tram London says:-The `fit. midday three hundred Boers Hal` na..n..I.....'| L'n_p_.___-___-2___ LIL- fhnn n tlnl-n1wn8n.uI All.-.-L in nnnn-noun `W51; lng off tel` rm "But to wh tremvly "I wi ihpmeh ` uNo u `...A T .,V. till On hi jte, wh 'A vuu "Of" w\n-v\4 J For It] J mi __-_.....-.. -ova-ofaupilll yuan cull .DOIl'I O0- paaionalty up such Aprojeqtilqa.` . ~ ._ ,BOERf PRISONERS,` _ ' A '_desn'a.toh trdmgodderh River. 39.13; . Forty-o`n_'q':" . ionou. `be! r { war _.th9 < -Snn.n_yei:_ =.9.99!.w,`.3 ..0.! _o_r:i.a1 ;.DI`lth.-_,tM 1'5 * mafzarcj Attica. ' ' '1 "W" Atter the` public ihnounosnient that 'no_ such bullet would boiued in tin: war, its `employment, the Daily ~.Ohton- icle thinkaf,;would be a. serious braaoh o:taith,-espeoiq.'lly'aI th _ Rriiigh oom- .mgndarI, oomplpinog that-th`6.Bopru dog '"Z'uve.l say that the Boers in the Tugela river were greatly weakened `on January 6 by the withdrawal of the bulk of their forces to Ladyemith. IEXPANSIVE BULLETS, A deepatoh from London eaya:-- Lee-`M-ettord cartridges are running short in `the British magazines, and according `tor eemi-official report, the , War Otticepurpoeee to tail beak tem- porarily upon 100,000.00!) Mark IV. ex- * Finding bu-llete," moat. ot whi.oh'are_ already in storage in South Africa. The War Ottioe. however. haa `issued a 1 etriot order ?to' the regiment: theft the ammunition: of VMerk*IV.'. given `out in England. Inuetbe need in practice .` at; ho;ne,__none taken` `O:- Booth . , Africa. I `4.;_- LI. _ ' __ I Il~ , i was VIII and Th'orneycroft se Horse thor- oughly eearched both anker of the Boer position on that date. They found a considerable number of. the z enemy enoamped five miles east at Cal- eneo. . e ` -..__ - vyuqnuusuul numoar 0 E Enemy enbamped : * 17-10` GREATLY WEAKENED, The correapo role and of Thbrney d at Frere, data of January the both tlankat Boar nnnii-am. m. n...+ ndent of the London telographing u'n- 8, says that pat- Natal Carbineers croft Horse` that; o )....I.-' vunlg UQUL Ina ' "Luxuries are eoarce in edysmith, but the hospitals are well supplied ; with milk, and the horses are in good condition. ' ` vulll uslsl I } 3ondition. uuuuua; D, says 3`? "Private advice: from Lady: dated January 2, say that ratio bread and meat are plentiful, an garrison had not then touched 1 bully beef and biscuit supplies. "LuXuBiB urn lnnlung In A despatch to the London Dcily _MBll from Pietermaritzburg, dated January 8, aays:- : "Privn+n ..I..:.....' A..-- ' ` Meanwuhile smell bodies ma elude the vigilance of the troops an effect: a `unction withthe enemy. ' he Onsland contains the British re- port `of the vLadysmith assault, and slso the Boer version of the fight. It says it isimpossible to arrive at the truth. The paper complains of the seizure of stock, the supposed property- of rebels, and asks where are the civil courts, which should be the first to edjudfe forfeiture before seizure is lawfu . . uu;uuTc object is not known here. . ANOTHER DESPERATE ATTEMPT. `A despatoh from London says :-A desputoh to the Times from Lorenzo Marques says :-`V A leading Transvaal- er says the Boers will make another desperate attempt. to reduce Lady-A A despatoh from `Cape Town says: -Tho Dutch afe very excited. but a strong military force, the. absence of - organization, a lack of ammunition, and the difficulty of communication prevent` active disloyalty. Broadly sfeakinc, there is no test of organized r sings. Meanwuhile small may i vigilance of tha frnnnn -- ------A ; two nights has been tiring rookets. The I norms ARE Aonvn. e A deepnteh from Ladysmith Jays:-, '1`-he beenogore have been quiet for two - days, but oanbe seen in active move- ment on the distant hills. We have perceived two small bodiel galloping with two mqchine guns. The Boer heavy Fueoe on Bulwnna hill has not been 1 red for two days. - More Boer dead have been found at the base of'Caes'ar`I camp. All in well there: - - f ` Sjliiul All the cnlonials and irregulars have been placed under Gen. Warren : command. - "Among the Free Stature killed in the attack on Ladysmith on Jan. 6, was` Commandant DeVilliers, who bu ' `for llln urn"_Ip-..u.... I..:__.:n:___-~ A 'Evu.3 Lpmmanaant uevilgiers. who but` 1 01' -his well-known trnendlinesa to _E!l81a_nd would have been commander- m-chinf nf H... 13...... m-;- 1 .... _ .. ....5.a_uu would nave oeen commanc in-chief of the Free State forces." ZWUVIJO ``There were rumors thet the Boers are preparing to` leave Natal, discour- aged by their failure to reduce Lady- emith. - IIAII AI - 160.000 MEN IN THE FIELD. VA L`l._...1__L :- N0 LAOK or mop. 365 Ladyamlth, 2,say ruona of and the at the hhlnnif nnn-n"-- GREAT BA_'1`TLE.[ ;A despatctr from Hamburg, aa.y:._. It is reported `that a shcilfpinlgt firm has undertaken the ilnlne ate delivery of 300.000 metres of barbed wire on an In` order iron} the Ora ' aFree State".- Eha Govornmont_ has ; rooted that car uVlonvIn'3 Gorman reg` for mu A! `on 3&1`; Igeggootortlf _o ._o_loaoly,' gx.- uninod to that /tiqy oontalrno `59!d0ae0!%::*at~0 - " f - ;.:>;_ f: ."Atter_ two days` enquiry I do not ; hesitate to assert that the Schneider` Company is not only working night and day in the manufacture of guns and ammunition for the Boers, but that it has already packed ready for Vshipmant to the Transvaal six heavy guns oi! targe calibre. ._'l`he workmen told me that ere long H) -additional ' ns would__he desputohed to the 8 U. > . .4 I .__.A_._-_.____.'.L.__A. ._,, 591.35 C: It I-l'lr\II- Iul-IIIVI BI It; is reported hat -many of the col- onial Dutch who joined -the Boers are now; desorting and returning to their farms. 5 ` ,.____..... __-_ _-.Z# _ -A A, aavwa. n as v uunnvcu Ill (1. LILI5 U166 VV'1lC_l.'Uo `A remarkable incident is reported in connection with the charge of the Devons up Waggon hill in thefighting around Ladysmith on Jan. 6, Lieut. Masterson was ordered to cross the gre-swept zone and deliver a message. ewes hit by three bullets, but strug. gledon, and delivered his message, which wasvery important. The lien- tenant is doing well, although there are eleven wounds in his body. COLONIAL DUTCH DESERTING. ` A despatch from Cape Town says that a third levy on the colonial burg- here has been made by the Orange Free State Boers. All male residents be- tween the `ages of 14. and 60 years have been commandeered to assistthe Boer forces at Stormberg.~ A T`, 3- IIQ'IhouilI"1|A `HAL ulna.-an -8 LL- `-1 ;_ ..v... pa.vwy..;-4-may ;l_esf.3e7teh fiom }:3_-atcourt says :- Everytinng is quiet in this vicinity. There. is.an impression here that the Boers are_concentra'ting elsewhere. `A `DAI'II|bn"|`A :nn3Jnn4- 3.. -.........L-.'I 1.. uaau asusglawln K09: The British patrols have discovered parties of Boers in the direction of Ennersdale, between Frere and Est- court. 3 uuvv yuauvu uluuu LLIGLI ' The traction engi es have beeh doing "excellent work in hauling heavy `wag- _gons out of holes and swamps in Natal. This they accomplished with ` the greatest ease. A D..2L..'k -\-J--.`- I.._. J! _ _ . . _ _ __,.I q----nq u_-w uguauai. uuu uuu. "Many Boers are believed to be trekking northward. The magistrate at Nqutu. Zululand, telegraphs that scouts report having seen many" Boerr `families with- waggons proceeding north via Zululand, while a European who formerly resided at Dundee, de- clares that, after the repulse at Lady- smith, 9. number of Boer waggons loaded with dead and `wounded passed through the mining township-, and that the Boers burned some of the public buildings as they departed. Five days have passed since then." . " '7l"I.- 4|.-..-L:-_ ____3___ |_-_- L- V - I uualy van. 5;, says.-" _ ' "The gallantry of the Ladysmith garrison last Saturday appears to-have depressed. it-not actually demorahzed, the Boom generally. It. 18 said that they lost at least two, if not three, killed. 0,8 against our one. "Klan- 13-....- -_- |_-Is,_,,1 A I `V U|lvl-Ill DI-IU Burl. _ L!1d0n. Tuesday. Jan. 16.-'1`hecor-I !`68P0_ndont `of . the Daily. Telegraph at Pletermarltzburg, telegraphing Thurs- day, Jan. 11, eays:-- -"'I"|\n gallant--. A` LI... "r-.1___.__-L1. on-IV OJ} I Lu. The Pretoria. commando lost six men killed and. six wounded in attempting to storm the fort. Ty.-....I.... rn.---:I_ 1`-.. A III` _._--- --_ `.ao-Q-ra.n.Ia-14.551-Lo A despatoh from Boer Headquarters, outside Ladysanith, says:--The` Boers occupying the southern edge of Bes- ter's kop, north-west of Ladysmith, rivers driven; omt by the British Satur- ay. - , ~ Command-ant Nel, on the west of the town, and the Pretoria comm`ando,'on the nnn-H1 ham. +aI,.... .41.- 1......--.. ..-... wwu, uuu Luu tremor:-a commanuogon the_north. have taken. -the kopjes cam-. mending Caesar's camp, from which 3 they maintain a continuous sniping ot ithe British. "VI... `I5 _ _ 4 _ _! - ' ""2',2oo moors SAIL. T A despatch from Southampton, Eng, says:-The Cunard line steamer Um- bria. which has been chartered as e tranepogt -by the British Government, ` sailed from Southampton on Thursday, with 2,200 soldiers for _South Africa. `Total. .. .w `. . 3.57 1:53: The Boers have lost in saddition` 596 prisoners, of whom 188 are at: Cape Town and 40 were captured by._ the Canadians. . ouu. runway. carnage. / Like an the: other oers. excdt 111 _Staats artillery. they are without uni- forms,` About 'a- dozen of them were blue white-spotted soarts `around their Wid_e-brimmed hate. Most of them were `men at least 40 years old; but'th.1' were a half a dozen youths, They 19_kd like typical veldt peaaant':e--loose-,1oxnt- ed. unkempt, and round-shouldered. 1`her_oarried blankets given to them by the British troupe at Belmont. and watched the preparations for. eend1{18 them to Cape Town with atoli-1 indif- ference. _ `_____ . .. - ` ` III ; 1 7i351w%i?:{1"i`q:5`i;ti`I`{i}~S`.il:i11TED.1 .11-o_x_n `Cupo`Tow'n. ` "`a.:-'- .:'3'*Pt9h*~:to.-?:th8,;Q3P $1.1. Tf- * >' L .. ,:r- ~ . ._ . `of 1 T eeetien"ot A the uke of VCor::nwa1l s -Infntry Regiment. ' The prisoners were allottedvto. onmtoftable seats in the _railwuy cart -iage. Lit`! fhn AG-kn: `Dani-`u nvnunf flan av: ouuu. - 411101.18 the epriaonersere the second .and third leaders of the commando. The doou e - Dolltical V-l3-`I'l'?lEQSWEPT- ZONE cnossrzn. FIGHTING AT LADYSMITH. A _I_, "me. man wnus: o'nma:n , a-......|.-'|.n 'n..-.`.. ~11-__`..:.__,, , "guns" 1903 THE; Bons. Killed. Wounded. . 42 91 . 36 ' _ 112 V 11 146 I25 98 an M "*?'.rI1'E Nontmmri ADVANOEL {is .116 98 81 vnnnuuau wuu 6'3`! vvuuuuvu. " I Thereisa certain sense of relief that they were not greater, irresponsible _ estimates having placed them at dou- V ble that number. His father's emin- ence makee the death of the Earl 01 Ave the most conspicuous amongthe .l.oues.. He` accompanied the Natal force in. an unattached capacity. ap- parently from love ot adventure, for some time ago he resigned his com- `mission :3 a lieutenant in the Sev- ' enteeth Lancers. A He served in 3- Bethune : Horse and in Warren's : Bechuanaland expsdi ion. Rn fnv nu` runuf noun-v an ..`...u _____ _'. -rm sums n 1-{ear amino:- Drownoal ` In llukolu. . ]; dupatou mm Bnyiv'illo.. Ont., uygz--Whnllo `skating on the Lake at 81176 three` ohildron ogrhomu Brown ran intq up gape-nine; 1.99` thg `ice noar Bl'sok n , ;:i:1ver_9` allxwclrpvvhad. `Th6 3Ai4*'~*!X?_:3r+. M$'8!'i%;~ 21.x Jr: `19~%i13,=:s23v:n;%:Jain.~% .w(`):1e.;;Tl.1e.j1hyeieiaha said that from? what he `had learned there must be 35 large number at pina.aoa.ttered_through Saeel'a intestines, and declared, it was heard! of. the` -most remarkable oeee he --had ever 4 a-Inna roan. uvvv LI.v;,I.s ncya, I flllg WICHI .a stone in the setting, and threei chains-one brass and _two .nickel.{ When Sasel recovered from the anaes-;. thetio he asked what had been fished; out. He says he quit the m-useum busi-.= ness December 16 last, and that up to { that time he never had any trouble.. This time, however, the articles get; ten lei unm _a'ball and the chums hel them. . _ i ' 1\___ A._.Q LL- _|__`,0 0 Opclmlon on It Museum VF:-esk SI:-"In-Ises " A `Physicians. _ - New; York, Jan. 15.--John Sasel, the` man who is notorious for being ablej] to swallow pins, nails. tacks, brass? chains, and other-hardware, has just} undergone successfully `an operation at! St. John's hospital, Brooklyn,_and the following articles were removed from his stomach: ` Two horseshoe nails, two>two-and-a- half _.inch nails, -128 common pins. six \ hair pins, two latqh keys, a ring with `a atom: in i-ha uni-Han and n-----! ....uu-. uuci pusuu. v ' [ When his father called at Police; headquarters to see him last night, he} was not allowed to do so. Mr. Ross` says that no reliance can be placed` on anything his son might say. i , -----&-:. -vavglnua uuu IUW. ` He wears a peaked cloth cap of dark: material, a long overcoat,'and`a grey 3 suit of clothes. ve is in the habit of carrying two sticks about with him, one of them be- ing a heavy oak bludgeon. It is un-, derrstood that these are in the posses-3 aion of the Crown. It is further al~` leged that the prisoner's footprints are ; the same as those found in the snow; on the night of the murder by Pre- cinct Dgteotive Forrest. , HALF-WITTED FOR YEARS. The prisoner has been half-witted; _for_ some years, _and at one time was= worked in the C. P. R. shops at the: Junction. He could not be trusted with any particular work on account of his weak` brain, but did chores about the place. .Whnn I-3.. _J.L-_ _-1u c - -- -- .. Wuu :. I.u1`116(]. Dacx west: _; At this pomtaquestion seemed to, ' frighten the prisoner, who evidently; teared that he might be connected with E the Ferguson murder for he sullenly. answered:-- ' ` "I ll tell you nothing. ' To all anthers. queries bearing on; the , murder case! he refused, to answer. He .: was not asked directly if he had 3 struck the woman, and-so had .no 013-` ` portunity of denying it; but he claim-; ed to have been at the Salvation K1-my barracks on Clinton street at 6.45 -on the night in question. This is prob- ably` untrue, as the barracks do not. open till an hour after this time. ' ANSWERS THE DESCRIPTION. His description answers almost per- . fectly to that of the murderer. He_ is a miserable-looking creature-ho1- low-chested, stooped, and with a fur-; tive expression on his haggard coun.. tenance.` He has every appearance of ; the idiot-rapid and `uncertain blink- ing of the eyelashes, twitching. of the ` neck` muscles, and the unmistakable inward jerking at one hand. He has very large oars, a, large nose, flatten- _ ed as. though from a blow, and a 9 shock of unkempt dai-k'ha`ir. 'He is f- about 5 feet 9 inches tall, and weighs ' probably 130 pounds. His eyes` are large and dark, his lips prominent, though. thin, his hands unusually long 5 ` and slender. and his feet large. His head is small. and the forehead very c sloping and low. II... ......._.. _ _--L. J 7 -.~-----' w - g V gguyvgvgj A (1511. El) 1661.6 1 old, and know. what I am saymg. On the night of Friday, January 5th_. I had" .' agreed to `meet. a girl over the Don, "i I don't know. why she asked me to go.` over there. I took an eastbound oari.` as far as the General hospital, and got; off. I stood in the gateway for some;' time, and then walked eastward. I don't` know how far-I went, but after I while I turned. back west. 1*` `kin -nu-\u~.d. - .._----L-'--- - A - - ~A-I. L` ` 1 - 1 ms CONFESSION. His question, as dnavs'rn forth by: means of question and `answer is sub-; - -`-----v-`p- was-\n `Quay; 11 5;; gm; .;g.p.p-u stantially a.s'foI1ows:-I am 23 years! .-.`l.2I .....`I 1-..- _ 1- ' Adespatch` from London.- `says:--A despatch to the Times from Lorenzo liarques. dated January 9, saysthat ._the tone of the Transvaal papers indi. -:;.cVstea that `Pretoria is `alarmed by the ,:g:o iVtion_ on, the vest_ern_ and southern '3 !t._1e,r;s~o the Free State. i `mt 4 A 9 acre} siteore: an-- u_.__.____._ Week 5.000 men were`. 3 __a;tal -:.to` help re eist"Ge;1er_s'l__; . ,....x. ,- ~--~'- v- v--vvv.--3 V"'`"`' '`' 1 acid in `the {ace of Miss Jennie Mot-_t fatt,64 Sully street, On this ground} he was locked. up. The murder of Miss `- . I Ferguson will be also laid. to his door I in all probability; the prisoner having`? made admissions which make this al- 5 most certain. q 1 UUUC James Ross Confesel one Crime; lleld wante on suspicion for Anotlu-.1---ms Immi- A imedint sonnewluan nerangea. _ I L A deapetch from Toronto says:-_ The, James Ross, son` of G.T.R.'Consta.ble'th_e t Ross, 327,Cliinton street was arrested last evening about seven o clook by Good last evening about 7 o o1oc.k by P1`9- Shea oinot Detective Forest, ._of No. sdivs-`qnotat =i0n- He was taken to `police head-:moreI `qu.arters,'and at first no ohargewalg Hog: laid against him, but later on, he wasgvance. formally accused of throwing 0al'b01i'price`i nnid 31;: &I... J... l -n-o -.- 1' n "'E>:111.x1andeering1 is proceeding busily at Pretoria, where the town: guard is exchanging Mausers for Mar- ' tinis, as the former are badly needed- at the front.- It is said-that there are ' txeayly 350(1) British prisoners in Pro. 1 arm. . T . 4 . . ' ~ , 1 continue to tight in the name 61 the Lord. % F - 4\.I& us `The `Volksstsm, the Transvaal oftti -_ ma] orgap, suggests, that, the moments the Brltlsh cross thmborder, the gold industry should be irretrivably do-I strayed. * - . nAmn-_-_J_, 9 cl 0 ~- SWALLOWED :23 Pms. sKA'r1ri&j?Ar4u.1rY. ACID .-THROWER ARRESTED. ~--v-__v---v-ugxna. Q nail! town near euhuus, Bohemia, reports that thirteen school children on ,thelr way home on Wednesday after- hoon from school were overtaken by g - le`v'o_te _nnowa'to I d - 5 ` Tho; .innnrnhi`nuf'niln+ls' E I pvvv:c_uu.uWII.LU.l'll.I E110 IFOZGD C0 dath. ' The eearehingepaxty, which had been o O\'lt"_8l1 night, discovered the ehildren! ingje ditch" near. the hi hwayv deeply "buried `utfdjerxthe an.ow.- toy had crept; ete1L1`rfi3?e`,ugqkq...-._ ` J foz.`i9r."ahd their a!fI1_I9"1unx_;- qnghiim, of `the Gordon Highlanders, ycuuuauurauu vapour run. So far as past services and prospec- tive usefulness were concerned, the most serious `loss among the officers was the death of Lieut.-Col. Dick-Cun-i who onlya fortnight ago resumed ac- tive duty after being wounded while" {leading the charge of the Gordons at Elandslaagte. His career was full at ~military activity, including ashore in .-Lord Roberts Afghanistan campei n in" 1879, when he won the `Victor a Cross. The Gardens also lose another -ggperienoed officer in Major Miller ,alinut.: V t - V I FEVER PLAYiNG HAVOC.' .'Pieterinaritz'burg. `Jan. -11.-.-General 'Whites reports . 18. deaths . from disease`? et,Ladysmi`th between: .J5.nuary (and January -9. t < V ` ~ '_ Rate an `IS_.V1\LA!.B`MAIaI)";,- _ A._I--_,_ HA 1 f; overtaken When Rein:-nth; From "school A T ' by g snow storm. _ .,lA dpapctch tram Berlin `says:-A daopatoh . .trom Mueniohsohlag. u g`: 4-.L__-- 1"! I I gsays:--`Advice_s by the steamship Em- press of Japan tell of a fierce storm "sweeping the Japanese`coast on De- rcember 24th, by which 85 junks werei Fierce Stolfm Sum; 35 JImI:s-.4' Tlclal Wave Followeal. A deapaitch from Victoria, :3. c. l f I 5 5 3 ` lost while being towed from Osaka to5 Kobe. and 171 persons, perished. A. `tide! wave aeeompanied the storm, fby_ which 411-lives i n all were lost. V1.11 UV I`UUo ; {V Duluth, Jan. 16.--\Vheat -- No, 1 ihard, cash, 64 1-80; No. 1 NorLhern~ cash, 64 58c; May, 67 1-80; July (`.8053 N0. 2 Northern- 62 1-Rn - Na: 9 ...:_:'_. _' I casu, 0`! 0-60; May, 6'! 1-80; July, 680;` No. Northern, 62 1-8c; N01 3 spring, 53 5-80.. ,ua1I:, uuuc or conaraot. grade. ' Buffalo, Jan. 16.-Spring wheat - i1)u1l out strong; No. 1 hard, spot, 74 7-80; No. 1 l\'orthern, -spot; 731-80. Winter wheat-Quiet , held above buy.el_'s' views; No. 2 red, 781-:.'c; No. 1 white, 70c. Corn--Active, higher; No. 2 yellow, 37 1-ac; No, 3 yellow, 37c; No. 4 yellow, 361-2c; No. 3 corn, 36 I3-4c; No. 3 corn, 361-4 to 36_1-2c. Oats `-Dull, easy; No. 2 white, 291-2 to 30c; INO. 3 whi'Le,,2-8 3-4. to 290; 1V0. 4 white, 281-4 to 2181-20; No. 2 mixed, 26 3-4 "to 27c; No. 3 mixed, 261-4 _to 261-2c. Rye -No offerings. Flour-QuieL, easy. Minneapolis, Jan. _l6.-Cloae-Wheat in store, No. 1 Northern, January, 63 1-40; May, 65 to 651-8c; July, 66 3-8 to 66 1-20; on track, No. 1 hard, 65 '7-8c; ' 4 No. 1 Northern, 63 7-80; No. 2 North- { ern, 607-8c. T\.-l--LL Y--- ` " .......u nuu uw urmness or provisions, I May closing 1-8 to 1-20 over yester- day. .Corn closed 1-4c up, and oats unchanged. Final figures in pro- ,visions were 10 L0 1:51-Zc up. New 3York reported 10 loads taken for ex- ?-port. Seaboard clearances in wheat gand flour were equal to 360,0'J0 bush. iPrimary receipts were 494,000 bush., against 648,00b bush. last year. Min- neapolis and l)u.=u1,h reported 411 cars, compared with 340 last week, and 412 a year ago. Local receipzs were 24 =cars; none of conaram grade. ' Buffalo. Jan m_,q....:...... --.-. LVIH but. ......-.. uuuu wwxu cast. I ' .- Oat-.,`--Continue tum. Demand tur- ly good. Whxte oats, 251-zc, north gmnd.-' west; `A60, middle freights; and 261-2c, east. Du ..l--_-L _ W A "-` - -v---I \4_u'-luau ab `RUG. Rye--uen3and light. Car iozs. ~19 1..-go west and 003v-kc east. {]o.- f\nns._--_ R. 7` - - I ----- -`I-Q. lava ' g E1c3Kr;bu11. Exporters bid $2.55 per! gbbl. for round lots of straight roller,` gin buyers `bags, nuddle freights; and.` lhoiders, ask 82.65; single cars for 10-; ical use are quoLed at $2.90, injwood, , MiilIeed--Scarce and firm. Bran is` "quoted at $.12 to 812.50, and shorts at . 1:14 to 11.4.50, west. ` f (`nu--n l.`...._ Kt. 4` ` . emerge on are plain which` the river- bend encloeee, come on a plateau: in front of the enemy's position, and once under fire they must attach. . ` LN ARMY VETERANS OPINION. Gen. Bullet has made the first move in the next operation for-the relief of Ladyemith in the direction expected. I In his deepatch from Spri field. which lies between the Little ugeia and the upper stream of the Tugela, he reports the occupation of the south bank of. the latter at Potgxieters drift and the seizure of the crossing. It `-was evident from the frequent the defeat at (`-olenso that there was an ulterior intention to make amove. pment by the Boer right flank. The - Boersat least expected. it. as they dis. appeared from Springfield about two weeks a o, accordln to the reports of the ritieh scout ng partial, and took up a poaition on the north side of `the Tugeia commanding Potgleterm drift," and have etrongly fortified and entrenched it, mountinc on it some of the one captured. at Colenno last hont , Gen. Bulier, in his deapatch referred to. confirms the reports pe. viously. received on this `subject. The imnortnmnn ntf fhln rnnvn. :10 (Ian reconnaisaances in this direction since I