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miles sale. It is naofed that Mr. Edvsfard Miall, Commissioner of Inland Revenue-, will Ijetirg; ' ` "r._ Cornelius `Nvilleg Depufy Col- lector of Inland Revenue, died at` ,0t- tawa. 4; . `I ' L - Th Ezovingiai Leg./is_1'a.tur& wil ineet `about the- middle?` of February, but .the exact, datehaa not yet been de- cided on. . _ : a, ?E'l1_e Hgme 6f the steamer wrcked in St. Mary s Bay, Newf31'mdland,4 is stiil' 9. my`st.ryf. `- A diver. will go out to the wreck _to~day. ' V ~~ . ' 1 I 11" 111 2 The man who murdered Miss Fergu- son, o;VTor_onto, attacked several Oth- er persons. He is supposed to be a maniac. ' ' A l;rge part bf the business quarter \of`Dav\{son City was burned on Wed- nesday night, January 10. The loss exceeds $,50J,000. 0` 'u- 1 -'Fourteen_ peop1e-women, children and or1'pvples-wer_e taken out in an al- most uuconscnous state from a hrs In .Lang & Co. s departmental store, Ot- tawa. An drdwer inouncil has: bfem adopt- 3ed by the Macdotnald Government in` 1Ma.ui.:,o?)a,disp-;n.ing`with the s".-.'rvi.;es of J. A. Macdonell, Chief Provincial Engineer. case of smallpox has been discovN-I cred at the Windsor Hotel, Moncton, N.B:,' the patient being an Intercolonial Railroad brakeman, who brought the disease from Campbllton. A an Al, Captain Philip H. Gibson. of the Montreal Fire Department fell". down headfirst in the shaft of a spiral stair- case at No. 2 fire station, and died in the ambulance on the way to the Notre Dame Hospital. |_L_,,,,, Al, (`I _L --.--_- __-v~r--.._ The -contract between the Great Northern Railway -Company and Messrs. A. F. Chapman &. Co. of Buf- `9.10 for the construction of a $200,100 grain `elevator "at Queb_eo has been lsingnedn - uvv r I-1 in 1. .Walter L. Fellowes. the stock- broker, `who carried on the bucket- shop transactions for the clerks of the Bank Ville Marie, has been arrest-. ed on a charge `of receiving stolen money knowing it to have been stolen. concerned.- 'The `Winnipeg Free Press was In- formedfa few days ago by aman call-_ ing at = the office that the reports of contemplated attacks by Fenians from American territory `were sober truth so far as Winnipeg and Manitoba are "":Ei1I{1-3}{1sh Columbia ProvincialVGov- ernment have declared their intention of so amending their alien exclusion lam: as to hereafter permit Americans to `hold claims purchased from Cana- dian locators. Such a concession quite satisfies the Americans in Atlin. S. D. Vallieres, one of the candidates for Alderman in Montreal, makes a serious charge against his opponent, Aid. Prenoveau, of. offering him $500 to leave the field, accompanying the of. fer with) the assurance that he would endeavor to have Mr.-Vallieres elect..: -ed two" years hence for the same seat 9 by acciamation. (VT)'I"BANV i3`L')T"l`A I`? . The New Brunsv;;ick Goveroment has been: reconstructed. -Premier. Em- merson, while. retaining that position, becomes Attorney-General, while Hon.` Mr. :White, late Attorney-Genegral, succeeds Mr. Eminevrson as Chief Com- missionervot Public. Works. H. A. Mc-l Keown, M.P.P., St. John, enters the Government with-out portfolio. ' rritish census reports of family namgs give for England and Wales 253,606 Smiths and 242,109 Jones. _ 4-.. _-._L 1-_1_-_-_ nsvvn.-ug---'_, , GREAT .BRITAIN.- V L London has 10,000 profe.ss1'o_nal musi- cians. _ bake or Argyll is seriously ill {at Inverary, Scotland. ' ' More than forty per centhof the peo- p19` of Great Britain; could not write their names when Queen Victoria as- cended- the throne." Now only seven per cent.'ot thepopulation are in that condition. . * - I stand ow.---..-v-u Forty million rounds of small-arms ammunition. 11,000 rounds of shrapnel, Lyddite, and common shell, 851 boxes of fuses, and forty boxes, of\p1'stol am- munition were recently dispatched `to the seat of war. This .is one of the largest consignments,` of ammunition ever sent, from Great Britain. _U NI TED STATES. Hon. Hugh John Macdonald has ac- cepted the Li.'utena`.nt`-Colonelcy of the Winnipeg Light `Infantry, anew regi- ment now being organized. ` - ,, -I"n___--L_..J _ ` Edward J. Fishar of .Bra.ntf-ord, _a delegate attending the Masons Con- vention at `Rochester, committedlsub `side by jumping into Genesee Falls. -- -_. _1.'r1_..;:u..-... -...... VLEAU IIJ I -c..r-_ -__-_. A ' Mrs. John`0"Gohn_or `Hamilton was bequeathed 010,000 `in cash and twenty- five acres at land in Wilmington, Dela- ware, by Miss-Julip. Nelson, an aunt; -. `I1 `l'I-_LI. gnasunu J-.n4-swan: 1.1: U\l'I `Mr : 5313;: 150:5), iiiere is no truth: in thegstateumtant%.that a syndi- icate of NewiYo1"k\ odpitalists is mega- tizxtimg tor! the purchase got the..Parry Sound and Canada Atlantic` Railways _the outcome. of an all! tend.` Val:-0ong_relsam4;~n Dglvid J: Colson shot -and killed Ethel- b'ert Scott, Luther Deimarealiand Chas. Julialn.` !Th_e killin occurred` in the lobby got the Calpitb Hotel, am was 11- John J. Alfbright, announcoae to the Board of Direotorg of thd Buffalo Fine Arts `Academy his intention to'_preaent to that cit an art gallary. Tad. cost not "loss" than V .000. indto begin. its con- struction` 1 7 Rhasim- .a.;;,;;...p..u.,(; ~..m.% CANADA. *Now`%Ha'\%r%e an Easy* "Entrance--White -Very. Active J ,: secheck iW arrn--B'oers ~Vacate_ a1 tdthBurn! %ccs1enso. ` ` ru%eaomo LADYSJM~|. ~.AAi":*deS:;Je;toh* from. London. thym-t Benllet? `.Bur1ei_gh. "the Daily Tele-T g`ruph s` correspondent at Spearman S camp. . in a. despatch dated 1.1.0 this morning. says that Lord Dundonaldfs Success gives the British control of an easy entrance into Lb.dysmit'h, and interrupts `the enemy s icommunica- tions with: the Free State. The Brit- ish guns continue to bombard the Boer lines, and the enemy are replying. feebly. General Warren is advancing-' steadily, A despatch from f London, says :--A. despatch from Bennet Burleigb to the Daily 'l?_alegrap-h, dated Thursday, de-.` gcribas the difficulties of th<- fnarch 'oWing`to the unwieldly baggage col- umn, including all, the tents andvsheep, over` -bad roads in wet weather. The *corresponde'nt then goes on to say :- vQA...,... -in hill: 1-` o .1 ---..v--~ ---y- evv-v vac uw -... 'f`Some 10,000 Boers arrived in the vi- cinity oi PoLgieler s drift on Thursday I and Friday of last week, and began the . erection of extensive and iormidablef lines at trenches for their ,positions,! which apparently could only be turned from the west. by assailing the high ridges of the Sproen kc;-is, . "A 1....f?"z-__-. ....,u: an. Luo oproen K0133. J"A baoonist to-day "reported that no guns were visible in the enem)5 works, but that there was a large B0_e`I` campgin the direction o Braktomem, a brown ridge four miles from P0t8i9- ter s drift. ' . A__ L_ 1 u[1nn__ _...._:_-J !- `---r-- V-""` " 'BOERS' EVACUATE COLENSO. despatc from London, says:- '1,`he Standard's correspiondent at Spearmaxrs camp, in a despatch dated - Ja.n.- 18, sends a report; that the Boers P'Ih081'tet Colenso set fire to all th houses. m the village. ' . l`ha .Q.+...-.A.. ..tA. ....;.-. um]..- Dnnrul DUI w \|`. Boers arrived in large numbers to. ll day'1rom colenso and LadynJJ-th- T11`f3f , have uer.a.1;.ly run branohes 0: the rax1- *3 way trom Moddenspruu around Mount Bfulwana, Nearly. all the Boers hvave gone to attempt to check General W ar- ren's advance, but he made no 61811 W '.._-...__ ._ __..- - The Standard V :ays:-"The Boers opposite Colenso, on finding that Gen. : buuer had outmanoeuvred Lhem. \I'O5B` | ed to the south of the! Tugelayon, Mon- day and set fire to all the hpulses 1n the village. " T A _l 0-hn .4-uhiupsn I-ca... (VI.:.u-ninwq nA._ ...., ......,.,. As tne`fot"ce from ~Chi`erve1ey\ ad- vanced the Boers retired 'bfore them: to the trenches on a hill in line with; Colenso, ' -av-v..n-ave Our infantry advanced to the at- tack Ln skirmishing order, followed by. supports and reserves, our cavalry scouting on the right close up! to the river. The Boevr`forces at Colenso `must have been considerably weak- ened by the despatch, of. large( rein- forcements westward to meet tGen. Buller s advance, and they now hur- riedly evacuated the river trenches and the kopjes opposite-the village and `scattered before our shrapnel. By evening none of the enemy was left within rifle shot of Colenso. {The left within rifle shot of Colenso. The British force then retired to Chieve- ley." I J 1S6 handkerchiefs at the expense of the` Government. I I 9] 1--.-.. Au; 'a1,xI.1.|.|.aI. uusua WVQ`1`VV\g ___. _. _,. The Japanese Government has of- fared to establish a military academy at Pekin to educate Chinese under J a- = panese officers, China. may accept. _.!L._' g....L....... :-. Tfalv nnnr 10-] In uvn. -av-~---aa- * Horses shipped to South Africa for the `war are allowed a space of 2ft. 8m, ny 8ft. on board the `transport. Mules are packed in pens of four, each animaf being allowed 2ft. ._6in. ' ._,..._.A. L... ..l \Iv V vs -an-.-sv--- The outbreakvof typhoid fever on` the Montezuma may cause some de-J lay 1n her sailing. ` ,3 1.- C`...-A`I. Afrino fnr p-utations. V I CUULM :35; -vuu It General Buller has succeeded in crossing the Tugela, he has retrieved his reputation from the reverse euf.. fered some time ago. And General French's reputation has gone down with that" ofall the other British commanders in South Africa. It is indeed the graveyard ofomilitary re. A Fire-Fighter Meeu Death In 5 Burning * llonse. A degspatoh from Athens, Ont. says: `--'I.`his evemng a fatal "fire occurred here. 'A.- 1arge`db1ible' dwelling, erect- edn` about 20 years ago by; Dr. T. F. Chamberlain, inspector of prisoxi and 'a.sylun`16_ for Ontario, was discovered tube` on "fire, and Vdesipite the strenu- Ioizs ftorta` ot, the firq brigade and cm- rgais `it-wits totilly `co-nsutmedj 1 -11-.. nr:u`~:....... ur.-:n.h +` rumsll ,tInn.n nf Z9115 IL` '35 LUDGIIJ L\Il4l|-llLI\J\Lu Rev. William Wright, rural .dea.-n of 1 SouthALeeds. who occupied part: of the r building, lost many of} his household` -;_etfect__s. Dr. Chamberlain was in" the jv_il_lage at the time auperintenaing ,s6rnerr_epatrs to the 'v_aoant wins. and it was m this p.a,r't-'th'at the;firo' started. - 1-n1.:l- `LI.-. knnlp anal Innii nnrnnnv Was 1113 LLII-D POLE uuu|- I:LI\l_ 5-Aw hlvsrn. ovum. were 'tea rin g' down a'$_vooden annex While. the book an ladder company E `the building t'lijey`were working on suddenly. collapsed, and` one ot the iiwonkmen, n_a;;ned~ _.Herbert: Hall, who `;"W.%'l"\'Tn:"la.`w-3'V P hPPi8, out the `Mr to T0 C3301; WARREN`; FATAL mus: AT ATHENS. ' ,_ WHITE IS ACTIVE mo; ` T A d8_spatch* from London, says:-7 Th&.Da1ly Mail publishes the follow - ;i118 despatch, dated Thursday. from } Spe8..rman's` camp :- .``TI' is: 1-nrn.......z u...:. LI..- 1-)......... Imus -1-v-as-`Man 5` uump :- -"If? 18 rumored that the Boers have evacuated Colenso, in order to rein- f"9 gthir troops here. Heavy gum fire was heard from Ladysmith this morning. , ' ' , "General Bu1lerr s order instructs the men" to heed the white flags. of the Boers only when they lay dowtl their arms. It also instructs them to beware of false bugle calls. A ' HEARD BULLER S GUNS. . At despatch from Ladysmith, Via _Sp_earman s_Camp, says :--Everything 13 quiet. The position is unchanged. and `there is very little bombarding. The Welcome sound of the guns of the relief columns was heard yesterday from Colenso `and Springfield. Thn `\nn4- :1- :...;........,. 1...; aimuon in nu ->o\llJII \JIIlC\l.ID\l >0-LII} LJHL ll.l5l-lU5-' ' The heat is intense, but there is I1 increase of sickness. THE BOER ACCOUNT. % A despatch from London, Saturday, .Jan. 20, says :--The Boer accounts Of lthe passage of the Tugela river are |givev in the following two rleports gifrom C6mmandant,Vil_joen s cam? 0 {the Upper Tugela, via Lorenzo M311`- `ques, Jan. 18- = " ' I'1.... 10 r)-_n__)_ ..--___l ......... .qunn .\1|lvV0, IIGLIO LO? - " Jan 16.-Builer s second move was areconnaissance in force, with an armored train and a. large body, sup- ported by cannon, towards Colenso last night. A heavy bombardment ensued, and` thereupon the British re- turned, having wounded one of our men. No` reply was made. ` `"l`}\3u nnnnn Ilrna n l.xI..4- 9.. Anna-n av- This move was afeint to cover ex- tensive movements up the river, Kat- firs on this side of the Tugela have I-umn uu usply was mauu. [their 'kraals, has the fight will com- mence shortly. ~ [The second despatch runs thus :- Jan. 17.-The night was unbroken been warned by the British to leave- save for slight rifle encounters be-' tween outposts, which led to nothing. At daybreak the enemy was located as before. He had not brought a sin- gle` gun across the river, bl1L from the ,ridges of Swartz kopa battery and a zh_alf of seige guns opened on our posi- tion at 5 am. un1L- 1, 1 1 ..,. I--LI.- Io-vu only 1.: ungg, { "The bombardment was probably lthe most frightful ever witnessed on llland.` Frequently five heavy naval guns fired simultaneouslyi at one Lschange, entrenchment. BOERS LOST HEAVILY. ` A despatch from London says :-.-The War Office has made p * from Field Marshal Lord Roberts, dat- led to-day, recording the scouting movements in Cape Colony, including the ambushing of the Australians, when two of the latter were killed and 14 were reported missing. He adds :- `-"A Boer deserter states that the enemy suffered severely in attacking French's advanced post, January 15. "Seventy Boers are still unaccounted for. I `A number of Canadians, including two `experienced scouts, have arrived here, and have offered `their services for scouting purposes. They have paid their own expenses, and say there are hundreds of others anxious to follow them. V I - 'studdin.g'; was buried in the ruins. He was promplty extricated, but life was extmct. ' [INGS ULl.l-lJUl- Loss on buvildi-neg 8700. Rural Dean Wright's loss in books alone was 850:), besides about $700 In household --_...L--..-nu -`rs II\t~nIuIni\rIt\ yaw, vvu-my-a --V...-.~ Y.-- furniture: no msurance Baggage Ansler Martel, `of Vmlsor Station, Dloutrenl. Suicides. A despatch: from Montreal says:- Therewas a; tragic oecurrenoe at the !Windsor street station of the Cana. _dian Pacific Railway Company about ;10'o _c1ock to-night.` Napoleon Martel, `the C. P. R... baggage master,` went down into the basomentof. the station and. pulling a revolver, shot himseli through the brain, I111... unfnu-i-nnnfn mnn rhn had 3 tIlI`OIlgl.I luu uxuua, The unfortunate man, who had a- good position and some means, had been in poor health, and it was noticed that he had become very morose. The deceased `wan about 50 years of age, and had been in. the employ of the 0. P. R. for many years. . [In llong succumbs Io An Attack of lean lnseaso. A despatch from Toronto, says:- Un Hong, a Chinese tea dealer, liv- ing at 64 1-2 Queen street east, died very suddenly of. heart `failure on Wednesday. Deceased "had been suf- fering from the disease for some time and was under the care of Dr. J. M. Johnston. The doctor called for his patient with a cab,to take him to the Western hospital on Wednesday aft- er-n'oon. During the drive Un Hong had a turn for the worse. and before the hospital was reached he was _-,,,;' ___-_ - ni_._:_n.:-.. ,'......: l~Jmnm_ Carey Mmle nun Attempt to Em] ller Life, But I~`n|led. J VA despatch from Toronto, says:--" Emma Carey 9; woman living at '7 Claremont street, tried to` commit SI1lOid8 last evening by. drinking car- boho acid. Her deed was quickly dis- covered. hogvpver. and Dr. A-. D. :Wat: , son, 10 Euclid avenue, had her stomach? feznptled before fifteen minute-:31 had as_ae'd.0Sh_e had apparently not-:;\f.;al owed much of thepoison, for ,a~n~_hou`r'~ 1-gm-sq afterwards she wasf able:-t'e-?beA _.'takena ~to {police hehd'ma'rte+its3;_ ._ I" :.-.= ..'/.~.'.`....-..n.......'.| ehntuhnrt-iziifwpii UH-ll. ' ` Deceased was a Christian, and a ` member of the_ -Metropolitan. church. But. my [alkali LU LLUU IJUIIUII, IL` 18 supposed_ that -1191` act .result of ".spree."" ' A. 4 'uwns tbs the blues,`?it_olvlf0\vi`-ug\;. a Asnor lv-IIMSELFWIN THE I-lEA_D._ CAN ADIANS OFFER. IIB SHE TRIEIS suxcmn. DIED TN his CAB. {Ell s'r -The operations comtmbhced-vat_ ; General Warren attacked the_ , who occupied a strong sposxtlon is right. ` A A British artillery d_elive'red_ _a_ y shell fire, but Hfe_ Boarwdid not `until two o'clock. H ' 1,) LL.` espatch `from Spehrm`a'!_If8 - `V irlg n the British concentrated -the f their big guns on -tehe,enemy"s._ ery, while the infantryeaidvenced` - eringr a heavy rifle` fire. e~ V l e Boers courageously and tent- ly held their positionni, but` they finally forced back, and th'e'B1'-11,-"`.` warmed over the ridge. -` 7 ~ e Boers retired in good` order agndi` up a second position, which was` med to a heavy bombardment" 'lyddiLe shells. . ll , ` is forced a second retreat, the-' y being closely pressed` by Gen-. Warren's men. ~ ;; ueral Clery s and General _War-i ' commands than biv-ouaoked on, v rouud- gained, after heavily bom-. mg for some time the.enemy's_ 1 p0.5'll,l0l1. -~ A` . el foregoing was Genera1Wa.rren- rClery'.~s work` towards the. north- o despatch from London says :- j):\l(`l1e6 from Mafekiug state that ; January 6, the Boers were drop-5 r shells from theirfive-pounder' the market square. The town three months food. The Boers , '0 making an ump-lace'ment for a. gun 700 yards back of theirfpnres-; position. They were so occupied ing to silence the British -guns on 10 that their firewas diverted 1 the town. ' * eavy rains have made the trenches front of the town scarcely habi- ho health cf the townls fe.irly_ the view to relieving the pressure General Warren, attacked the` yls xront, west of Potgieter's` . Hv pushed forward his infantry, red by the howitzers and naval 5, both on the north bank of the 1' and Mount Alice. - . - 'Lnfan'.ry s further advance forc- he Boerrs to open fire with their lcnfvldt serven-po-under, which was. ced by lyddite shellsinv 8. quarter 11 hour. 0 -` .ul1aneously General Lyttletom GUNS London deepatch from` Stork,- om, exp-latns Col. Brabant's small ate of the number `of Boers, 1.- 1 Stolrmberg. It says that a. med: lieutenant, who remained with the nded after the disaster to the Bri- , has returned to the campy. 9 estimates the Boers at 5,000, -but ` have esttablishedu a new campj n - miles beyond Sterkstroom. re a strong detachment was left. cy had received additional guns: ch were served by German` gun-, ~ -. ' ` /I LIUD V` C l C Dklolll I J u BJULLIU UL were only 14 years old. Ting; rs have the railway from Pretoria' tormberg i-n working order. ' IAb`EKlNG`S CHEERING NE_WS . he latest news received in Mater 5; was reports of the battle of dder river. " hiskey is running short. V - he betting is 12 to 7 -that the siege 1 be raised by Jan. 31. , 11 Sunday, Jan. 7, there was an ex-- rant programme of sports, in which e of the garrison took part. despatch from Galbeljo-nes, says Col. Plumiar made a reconnaiss-t - Saturday morning, and discov- Boers a few miles south of Croco- -pools station. ' Beira despatch, dated Jan. 16. that Col. Plumer advanced at )1; towards Crocodile pools, but the ded Metswas span checked his pro- The bridge three miles south- }uberones was discovered on Jan. to be badly damaged. It has rnv\n:v~n4-I nr\II' +kA.mn:Iutvnvv :5 n! 1161111 1JUlLll'llvl.'y, ll Ll {V|lIL'UI.vv- l [8, was expected to ~ar`n've In. 11' `t. time from the west. 7' 3 d men and boys were servin as,` wn guard at Burghersdorp, Vv ere` lies were scanty. `Some of the: uuuu \v`l\ nnluv Ivnl. win 1 D eral Delarary, `with reinforce-`i rm `nun nvruunfur` t\ `o i`l`;'II `I ! Q ..u uu uuu.|y ucuuaguu. ._u. uu-u repaired, and the-railway is now rolled by an armoured train. - THE} DUBLINS REPLY. _ desputch from London, saya:- oc Lo the battle of Colenso the h Brigade serving with the.Boe.1=sl t :x letter to the Dublin troops say- ` they were glad `that they were to e an opportunity to wipe them . the face of the earth. 1.. . 1\..Lu,-,, .1117. _...:II . _ _ 1 `vcr War Corfcmomlent Succtlmgn In Fever Inluclysnnlm. f E: - S. despatch from Ladysmith; "'s'ays:: Ir. George Warrimgton St ee_vefi18. 1 `respondent of ,the London ' Daily: '11, died yesterday of ernterio _tev a_r.{}'= 1 was buried at mgunight. hr- n. . u Am iE6;3bLi1"ri:vEn. L u duspatch from Modd-er River, says: be British successfully blewiup and" including the .d two buildings, se forxwarly occuapad by Command- Muller, outside their rung. `lines, , this i After % mu .capuird for;T11te{:e;_ Assault the.i E11emy s: : Eront-irnree_HunarecL;13ritis1: Wounded in Sj.1turday_ sTBattl - All Well atL La(1y$mit-h%.; aM.~.;N `:4 UNNERS sUPPLY! ,. se;;;;; 1;, 11;"';;;m.. a..1 Dtions of Kitchener : camp a_.ign3in [1 Pt. and by his vivid artiulea th Africa, is familiar to. fall- }` e"I5`- `hie in LadysmIth,;;4_t;`h1d Mr. Staewens was one ofgth f_eV`-,3 espondents who deioided to778_ Ladysmith Twhen '-,j;ha.t" W hemme_d in by.`theNBo_bra._;_ ,7-.-H second corragspohqginf` = Vt`t,)['; ` ,, M H... `M'......:.._7:`n:.'.'a., LL" L119 Luuc UL LLIU CGL buy 31* Dublins answered, "We, will` 1; through your brigade as the devil xed througlx Athlone. V ; \ \r:\ v\ rx-w-\ "\?"?I'I"\ I ...r. ya uuuyaxuxbu. L519 , I-P1 of the Mornm3`;I?9t..}V3 IE OF G. W. STEEVENS DEAD. '- Boer` nipers sed 'tl 1ese -hvovnses at night, firizfg from them at ,_th0 1_1;ostTdist ant British pikeis ,up- the this `morning the enemy red a `dozen shells from two guns, one.'of _Whi0_h was behind the crest at a 'ko0.ie. Then` fire did no damage. 1 _ . 7 A DANISH PRESENT. A deepatch ixjom London says o. com. mittee of Danish farmers has sent to the Princess `of Wales 12,000 Tboxes ot choicebutter for the British eioldiers in South"-Attica-. 4` She has accepted the gift; in the namp of the sick and_ wounded, and has returned a `complimentary message. 4 which_ con-A lcludes with` the phrase, Especially as {it is a present from `my `native coun- try, Denmark. ~ Between daylight ~ and niine` `o'clock `. j river. TI_L-_ A _desp-aich -from London says :-A des-patch to the Central" News. dated Spearmazrs Camp, ;Sunday night, sayjsi `that the Boers still held "the summit ` [of the ridge. at S-paion kop. ' \ Tnmz] 'nu1n:]nnn](l nnvnu\.`nfu11r ` bun Lxugu. an uyuuu guy. A. Lord Dundonald completely holds the approach to the Tiutwa. `Beznid'- ldenurt, and Olivier V Hoek passes through the Drakensbergen. STILL PUSHIN . THE ENEMY. A d-espatoh from London sa.ys__:--Gen. *Warren continues pushing the enemy, `though , necessarily be is making very_ slow. progress, the Boers being numer- ous and strongly entrenched on the kopjes they hold. Thaw kn:-cs nnvvnvtol nnnr` nun: Vllnfltu l'I3OI`y-x4 _ I _ i {At 10 o'clock this morning the Dub`- ilin Regiment carried a very strong! `. position at the point of tha bayonet. . fl`4lu; nnrrouvnnndnhf nfv f-hp. -*lW:| 1 and! nuyysu Lucsy uutu. | They have several good gu.ns-mount- `ed, but the. greatest effect is produc- `ed bytheivr Maxims and rifles. (L... :mnmI~mu- nu nynv-`r:v\r9 AIVAIV 11091`- `/'\l VJ DJ-ICLI. JVLGAILIID `aruu I-I-&l~VJ9J' - ` Outr infantry is. working over, par-I 5 allel ridges with Lord Dundonaldfs cav- ialry lying` well out on the left flank lawaiting develop-ments. ' T 11.... 1rr..........s.. ...:+:11......-.-...m.mmA Hm: ckly th and uuu `Jul. LLIU UUUl1l.LJU ll Huh: I The naval guns here- have been: quiet. - ` I A Dunn nun:nnw\a1I iln Han hQ+d i ll-W `dnl. B1115 Ll`U V cuu_p'1uuu DB: Gen; Warren's ar'ti1lery'reopeuedfire this morning, The Boers did_ not reply, and our fire'became less hot. A _ , -_,, 1 ______ LA--- `I.-...... Lanny`: Iyuueu. . A Bor prisoner here has boasted.` that.it would take us three months tq * reach. Ladysmithf . ' - Arr TH -E BAYONE'1"S- PIONT. A despatch from Spearman`-s" Camp] says :-'l`here was . another stubborn! fight from dawn to dark, the British slowly gaining ground. There has been constant musketry" firing to the north-west._ ` -,L _.-!_..J _ `phase-:1-:1\uu `kn I1(l1'Ll1"WUB_l.. _ ! The British gained a; position the Boers . were holding on therocky ground beyond. . . "`kn kn!-+|n uylninh Kn nrnaronin `A grounu uuyuuu. T 9 The battle which is progressing is` [most -difficult to describe. There ia_ ifightingv in front and `on both flan-ks. ,cgvering' a` very wide range of terri- IA1 `1n .JnlnnIr'hiu mnrnintr Their!-IIh'.` ' a(1V8.IlC6. The British "casualties in yesterdays: fighting were 279. Capt. Hensley of the Dublin Regiment, was shot. in the, forehead and killed. CANADIAN` OFFICER ._KILLED. A despatch from Halifax, N.S., says: -4Capt. C. A.; Hensley,`-of the Dublin Fusiliers, reported by Gen. `-Buller as having succumbed to wounds receiv- edyin the battle on Saturday north of the Tugela -river, is a _son of Albert Hensley, of this city, He was born in Charlottetown,` P.E.I., in 1865. His grandfather, on his father s. side,_was the late Commander Chas. Hensley, R. ' N., who, after his retirement from the navy, resided for some years in Prince Edward. Island. On his imothear s side E his grandfather ,was the late Steph-_ . en,W. Deblois, of I-1_alifax, the_ senior partner in the" firm of Deblois and , Merkel, West India merchants. KILLED THE CHIEF GUNNEB... ` A despoatchl from Londonsays: "The ' enemy have shelled us very little since our artillery attack on Jan. 8,_when, ` according to the nativereports, we j killed the Boers chief gunner and five others. and injured their `guns. f The Boers held several big`confer-. ences last week. The Free State lead- er, Erasmus, is reported. to have since. i left, taking his men with him, There i are fewer Boers jvisible now than at -'any'p~revious time since the; siege be- gan. One estimate makes their forces posluuu ill. but: puuu. mu. Luv uu. ! Tho correspondent o'the."*Ma{'1 and` : Empire _visited ~ the` field hospital on .the battlefield on Coventry s' farm. .The buildings were full of wounded, about 200 men. None of them is seri- uously wounded; i An A5}.-an nnnsn I'-`I'nm1'H'nn, nifnnh- B,Vvvv VIPRETORIA` PERTURBED. ` A despatch from Lorenzo Marquez hgays:--News from the Remblics is ex- 'ceedingly meagre. but it is reported `that Pretoria is `much -perturbed. This : is confirmed from different sources, 1 and.to-day it iseven hinted thatythe D Boers are about to` sue for peace. `This - is improbable until they have played I their trump-heard in the shape'_oo11n' - zipped! for intervention`. - . 3 Ously wuuuueu. I | An of-Jcer named Ham1iton,attach- ;ed to General Clery s `staff, Capt. `Vaughan, and Capt. Muriel are among {the slightly wounded. nan \X7nrrnI1 `co nnv|P;rlnI1f and rn pets. Luz: auguuly uuuuuuu. ' Gen. Warren is confident and care-l itul. He prefers taking five `days to: V accomplish his object than to risk de-` `F feat by attempting tomake a too fast adnsiznce. { `r\,,!J.!,L .;:...--n1L:-n :_ v1nul:nmJ;vv n! ' killed by a shell.I' Steeven's death is a great loss . to jou'r.nal_iB,mV-. \ His book, "With Kitchener td K`hartou'm," Ihisfhad arlarge circulation. . 3- .. ...--._. qInun an-Jun:-AAnunnn fhn I Military ballooningls. of course In.` `its infancy, andi th D1888 W9J`.i,3L_5 practically the first opportpnity we `hav had of testing its. etoacy;AEtmh % `balloon is tlirgnished with. uea.rlyf"`M'.`~-Do; doien` `cameras "19 order _t9 obtajip pan; "ora{m'1o "ViW`_8_ 70f,`th6 `cvountryg "which . _...- _l'- roninh" "ratings. n:f'hnf17nrHiIi'u'.. HEB. uuu it uugn L`I.|.I.auI9I.|vu- V It is a singular coincidence that the nws of Osman Digna s` capture should _ arrive on the same dayas the'an-' `.~nou'noement `of the death ofTMr. Stevp . e-ns whose description of the~'taculty'o %theaKhalita s genral for'sk/ipping at, lth.0;1Il`0_p6l` u,Ioment_ all garb ;tamill"ar; UL uussu ape_ of } 51131?-_.. um 1" Mb. HOLDS THE PASS ES. VICWB UL, Luv \l\JIl.lnIbIJ' vvunug ` _,gret_1t_ L`8f9._)_1.1e ~ to -the , inyddipgwl V Jan-.`v3;?-Sui!151'iA0:3 "VVQ%.'1`e,1'9"; ther iheev'x_for'an off day, afs 310311! sixty c'a-rloads of lfve stock eame here `including 1,5oo= hogs. andmo sheep and la_m.bs; The market for cattle was.in` 'poor1_shape and prices are .wea1f`- ' Scareely any enqmry for shlppfns cattle; receipts were" small. and, P3 almost. nominal; 1 T ` " _i_ - --...nIr- 1-he the ous- N or uh` THEJ%wuItLn.:% mes or Grain.` (.`-_._o.1:`tl.B.'.`.` Cl1'6sa.` = 1_IIt11_.e_Leadi_n gMart.s.; --i--,w __v---..-.--- .'.'Butch'er cattle'Tv'as also weak; the local butchers do not seem'*to want. much, and the little` they do want is required to.-be ofgocd tqualit) -. and much -of the cattle here "to-day_ was far from coming under that_ desxgna- tiou. For good cattle the prices of last Tuesday, may be called fairlysus-' tained,` but for medium and inferior cattle, the tendency is downwa-rd.8I1d the enquiry, light. ` ' ' - . _ l _ .-There has been no. change. since the early part of the week in quotations for stockers, feeders, export bulls, _or milk cows. - . "Small stuff" was about unchang- ed, or if anything a. shade `more firm on account _ of light supplies. Q`-A-Arm e-All nI- Grnrn g fn On aC0unT._0l; ugun. buyyuvu. Sheep sell at from 3_to 31-20 per pound; Lambs self _at from 33-4 to 41-20 +4-- __A___.'l JJCIILIT W951 ti D. V? V - per. pound. ' , ~ . `Bucks `are. worth `from 21-4 to 2 8-40 _ _.,.._._.`l V-IJXLIZQ (`L V p'er_ pound... A ` Four 11 per_ pounq... A 5 . Aifew .good milkers are wanted; they will sell up to $50 each for the right kind. ~ _ Good veal calves are also wanted._ . Hogs are `steady. ' For prime hogs, scaling from 160' to 200`Ibs.,`,'the top .price is 45-80; light and fat hogs are bringing 41-80 per lb, ~ . Ilfnrbnf oi-nou fnr dffl IIOQS. and bringing 41-60 per m, Market steady for dressed hogs, the receipts keep pretty liberal. Pro. visions. move well, and: are firmer. Select weights, dressed hogs, car lots, on track, delivered, qell at $5.15, and at 84.90 to 85for heavy; bacon, oar lots, 63--1c; ton lots, 70; case lots, 7 1-40; ` backs. 81s2o; short out pork, $16; heavy ` lmess, $13.50 to $14. ( T ; Q.......l...A mnn+u_'_TJams: h'gnvv_ 10 `|_2cg mess, qu.o.ou LU apu. _ ( , Smoked meats-_-'-Hams, heavy, 10 1.2c; medium, 110; light, 11 1-2c; breakfast |bacon. 11 to -12c;-picnic hams, 8c; roll =bacon, 81-2c; smoked ba'cks,'11c. IA1l _meats out of picl;1e.1o less than prices 5 `quoted for smoked. meats. _ - ` :`l'.n-A__ I`in1-an-.1` R-1-L41`: fnhs. 76! mils. for smoked 'Lard-Tierce_s,M 63-4c; tubs; 7c; pails,1 .7_1-40; compgund, 51-2 to 53-40. ' nlnnmn - r-nnniderablvn l`p.unu\ _ , -'l_1-0; 00lIIp'Ol1Ll(1, i)l."6 Lu uu--so. . Corn - Hus shown gconsiderablel strength, and advanced 1-2c over yes- lterday. The better `cables, light coun- Itry offerings, wet -weather. and good oash demand were the -incentives for buying. Some leading 1ocal__bulls in- creased their lines, while others rea- lized vp-rofitsgcountry movement con-` tinues very small. _. T I\..4-n "Whig vn.ar1rnf' `ha: rnlnd fil'IT| I [We market. \Jl'1LI luaznuu pbtuugusu `Provisions-V-0penedA strong and high- er on less hogs than expected, and af-` terwards ruled weak and lower on sell- ing of about20,000 barrels May pork by commission `houses for. long account. Market was a shade higher` from low- est figures at the close. Packers buying on the decline. - Estimated hogs to- morrow; 87,000, f`L:nnp-on Tnrlv lnorruw; onuuu, Chicago, Jan; 23.-Wheat-The small decline in the Liverpool market, as compared with the break here yester. day, gave this market a firm start at 3~8 to 1-2c,over yesterday. Commission houses were good buyers the first hour. and the pressure of liquidation was out of the way`. North-Western ;receipts lighter. 231 cars, against 396 }1ast"week, and 417 last year, and primary receipts; 314,000 bushels, There was abetter class of outside buying: {in the market to-day. - ,'I`\.`J.....&- Tan 09. __`V`4nn sllncntl I I tlnues vary auluu. - 0ats-']?his market has ruled firm, within a_ narrow range. There is no change in. the position of the specula- ltive market. Cash market stronger. -'l1_.-_:-!-.....' I\n...-`A.-I :4-u-nvhnv and }\;t!}\.. im me market Lo-uuy. 4 Detroit, Jan; 23.-WHeat _ closgd; No. 1, white, cash, 671-20; No. 2 red, cash, 671-2c; .May, 710`; July, 70 5-8c. In.-I-.I.-. `Ian 99.__\Hhnnf _. `Mn 9 URBII, Ul .l lU,,.U.I.aJ, I V, UB1 , Ivu-uuo Toledo, Jan. 23.-:Wheat No. 2, cash. 673-40; May 703-40. -00:11- No. 2 mixed, 3-2c. 0ats-No. 2mixed. 24c.- Rye-NoV sa}e.. Clover seed - Dull, higher; prime, cash, old, 3490; January, new, $5.75; March, 85.80 bid. 0il-.Unchanged. 1hI':..........-udh. Tun OR _\K7hnnl:._..Tnnn.. mu. uu-.uuuuau5uu. . ' Minneapolis, Jan. 28.-Wheat--Janu- ary, 620; May. 63 1-8 to 63 1-4:); July, 64 1-4, _to 64 5-80; on track, No. 1 hard, 640; No. 1 Northern, 62 1-20; No. 2 64 1-2, to 64 5-80; on track, No.. 1 hard, Northern, 60.` :`uur-Isbnn 10!! 1.` U1` I. IJUIIII, UV!)- Milwaukee, Jan. 23.-'-Wheat-Steady; No. 1 Northern, 64 to_65c; No. 2 (10,. .621-2 to 681-2c;, .Rye-Quiet; No. 1, `551-20. Bar1ey-Steady; Nb. 2, 45 to 460; sample. 35 to "421-2c. Duluth, Jan. 23.-T-Wheat-No. 1 hard cash, 64 8-80; No. 1 Northern, cash, 62 7-8c;-May, 65 3-8c; July, 661-2; No. 2 Northern, 6038c; No. 3 spring, 56 7-80. 11-_l!l..1- '`I'.-.-. 00 ,,;n.u:nrv il7hOh+ _ L`U.l'LLlUlL|, UVITUU 3 Liuc U ekrssus, vu I vvo Buffalo, "Jan. 23.--"Spring wheat - -Unsettled; No. harrd, 72 7-8c; No. 1 Northern; 71 1-8 to 71 3-80; No._2 Nor- thorn, 691-8c. Winter wheat- Dull; No. 2 red, 70c bid; No. 1 white, 69 1-20. Corn-Activ_e and strong; No. 2 yel- low, 37-1-2c ;No. 3 yellow, 37 1-4o;'_No. 4, yellow, 868-,4c; No. 2 -corn, 3'7c;( No.- 3~com, 86 3-40; No. 4 corn, 86 1-20. Oats-,-S'trongV; No. 2 white, 29 3-4 to 80c;' No. 3 w_hite, 29c; No. `4 white, 8 1-2c`; No.- 2 mixed," 27o;.No;' 8 mixed, 261-2o.*ARye--Sales of No. 1, in store, at_58K1-2o. .Flour-Ste.dy, better on-` quiryg ` F IST, E, ONT. A Large Portion or the Jlnslncss Section Swnpt_Away. ' A desvpatch from Victoria, vsays:-A large part of the business portion. ot Dawson City was burned last Wed. nesday night. The losses exceed halt a million dollars, according to a_ brief despatch received at Skaguay late on Wednesday night last. The steamer Farallon brought thenews to Skagnay before thedetailswere received. Much isuttering must havetollowed the. fire,` 1 as the temperature at Dawson; was `40 degrees ~below zero; with the wind blowing to make matters worse. f.l`h`e city had been entirely without its `re..- i gnlar water~supply_ for two weeks. The `city mains, ,haying hurrie_d'1y_be_en put . intwo years'"ago,_ were worn_ogt in `places. ~ In consequence the`71>nmpingO. - lent was shut._do'wn abnnt -Christ.`m'as.~ ` . leaving the '-oity_;lepen~denL%I3P01|.;.its old-, *'m9thht hanali;ns:.. waiter: g-Q?n..~:At`h>e` , 1 i;Y~nk.0.7 +.\: ;%1?5-`.B...W99D9binhr;1- and : $0 *1TIIht99=1;ff1?8A.99:urresil:ini*Bs?9n.'- t a11.si:hn'ri:. t : in by ~ 2: Wed * DISASTROUS BAWSON mas. U.` " {spxsrmm mm NQWRI. Items ,.Ab9,ut {0urelv and ` Our eighborsf-;Somet1i_i;ng off . F Interest iF_rom' Every Quar- " terdfthe G1ohe."_ I'1`sheritt ; n.ic1i;';?- \'vr/'e11'iz:.gtox ` is dead. ` _ . V- Tv'._l;1'1zo Methodist` .ontury fund~ now; totals $590,000. ` _ . an A 0` u u n1\l\l\ ~. ` _zG1 7z;.gency for the sale of mining lands will be opened by the .71ntario' Government at Sudbury. V 1111, 1:5,. , PI` L. , _ I W"I."l;e-3 nI'1"t1'1'i;ejs;"of failurexs `during 1399 was less ` than in any _ year since: 1882. L ` ' - -. __ __ ___ _ . _. _ 1 Ms.