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18.-`euch Encounter: the ~En'omy."` ondon, March 5. - The Morning; st. has the following despatch from i fontein, dated March 3: To `Gen. French made a. reconnais-. be to-day and encountered V the my in force. They were occupy- , 4...t.1- .LI........A `yrs:-\:i\ Q1...-.. ..... -V.---c,_- ` 1 Left Behind Vast Quantities of _Am-! ' munition and Two buns. i The following deaputch from Ge'n-l er_ul Bullerhas been received at the! VVar Office:- T BOER DEFEAT L(;oM1>LEIE.} liuuilu to Clear Goods London, March 6.-The rush to clear goods from bond continued. __yesterday, the_ London custom house alone taking in `480,000--slxte__cn times the ainount of an Aordinary `da.ys's clearances. Saturday 281,- 000 was paid in (lu'ty.V &L the day progressed the ofcials were wholly Lunahle tg ,_cope with the business, nnnnn an-I01 ... -.-.I...` 2, ' ---,'~-v-V `av. l`,'l"" "--r-- ---v -I--1---w-'-vs V ` requisition police "to {-turn back the crowds of mex`cha.nts. [Similar scenes were witnessed at `Liverpool, Glasgow and other large ` towns. _ V nu-vv \/A vqnv n\I\r\1-rIII.Iu- A total of $243,000,000 had to be F raised, of which 8,000,000 was now Ein the Treasury, and 5,335,000,000 i-would be raised by bond or stock, bpayable in a term not exceeding ten years. V I AIL-.. G:_ `I'.T.......... I1.-......-.l...1I `l').........._ VVIJIIX LIL Iv LJLULL `'9 Ivan vllbcwavwn lie asked the taxpayers to sub- crite to the cost of the War by an increase of the income tax to one shilling in the pound, which would produce `an additional 6,500,000; he "also proposed that the stamp duties on stock exchange contract notes he f extended to the sales on the pro- * duce exchange; t't1'at beer duties` would be increased to a. shilling a. barrel of 36 gallons, and that there would be and increase in the duty on spirits of sixpence per gallon, tobacco fourpence per pound. foreign cigars sixpence per pound, and tea. ytwopence per pound. He anticipated lthat the above changes would in- 3crease the. revenue $212,317,000, and ihe proposed to save 4,640,000 by ;suspending the sinking fund in re-3 ilation to certain terminable annui- `ties. He proposed to borrow the` Trest of the necessary funds. A 1.1..` A! (`IO ) I\l\f\ f\I\l\ l_-.I A- I-- b was passed. J xvsau -.-. After Sir Henry Campbell-Banner- ma.n,'Mr. Timothy Healy; Irish Na.- tionulist, Sir William Vernon Har- court, I.ibera.1, Mr. John Redmond, the Nationalist leader, had spoken, the vote was taken and the budget .-- A cu...-,u u h The Chancellorof the Exchequer. af- ter laying `the gures before the House, pointed out that the country had to face a total estimated expen- diture, in consequence of the war, no less than six times as much as had` been estimated in October last. He` explained the various reasons which 5 ` led to the early introductionzof the i budget, including a dssire to aord both our` adve1'saries and foreign I critics proof of our earnestness in the J 1 `Work in which we are engaged. ll- __|,_.I 41.- ...-....i......... 4.` ant. `st : nfieisp nick`.-Bench; xplalnod nu- sehojzne and the Budget Passed the 5 ": House of Commons. London} Mggch 6. -`-- The Housexot Commons was crowded yesterday, and 0' all the public. galleries were `thronged, in anticipation of the bud- get statement. The return of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, introducing the budget-, shows that an expenditure of 154,082,000 has to be provided for in the budget of 1900-1901. The same `statement shows that the exchequer account of 1899-1900 would have giv- `en a. surplus of upwards of 5,000- `000, but that the supplementary war `estimates of 23,000,-O00 make the expenditure exceed the _revenue by $317,770,000. e rvv1-_ n1.-_,-.__-n-.. -1 AL- 1w_.-1.A_-,-__ -3 supruts REAEH Lknvsurm. ondon, March 5. -- The Wan I '01; intimated Sunday midnight that; re was no prospect of news unti_l.j munng denite shall have` been '1 0,. `This is-quite in keeping with complete silence which Lord Ro- ts has hitherto Observed while his ns were in progress of accomplish- nt; and until he isnin actual grip h the Boers it `is probable that. public will hear ljttle or nothing- his doings. - -,'__, J4 WOMEN DEAD IN TRENCHES. cosr of THE WAR; -Jtuvul \cua~.y aunvvn It In; . ngro, with whom she `Q19p'gd"-Q. ~M4n_n_eo.polts a, _wo9k,. 0,]; " I`;ro,lx_}lI1 in hundoom.e ' 01, ".8110 wan. educated.` ;1s:fgam=`A:t9:ba.L.;gnL '; " }S\!99qquently,- .. V A Two Killod znul Suva: Wounded. Sudbury. March 5. -- News was re- ceived Saturday evening by courier from Wahnapitao Lake that Alex. lla- Intyre. who has resided. in this place for-xa number of years, was one of the contractors,doing_ some excavat- -inm ork.- neat-sthc Crystal gold mine; the..-. siymmite. -whisk` `wins tort .tl,xa.'I;-\ put-p.os., vexplodd pre-.' thh_tym'-elm` killing WW9 mm outright` and winning` .`TseLVen. others, Mr. V 1(0- -rIntyre.'.ha.d bo..n.Z. ,e yes',.a1 I`d qnfe blown to ammo, and one leg brohonj His recovery is doubtful. Two I core from `town `were immeiat ' [sent out. ' ' " Miss "Lillian Mutt,s, amghtag-pg retired millionaire lumber pug, Sullwator, Minn., was nunai-1;-ig Sqturday to Albert 8. -' rabbi! A um-In nvhnnn uh; `In oy Tnursuay. rune 22nd Instant. ` . The re [mental staff will be formed at Ottawa y I.ieut..(7ol. B. H. Vidal, who will temporarily `assume command 0: tin Battalion. (V4:-_-nu-.- AOA........ _.nn _.., .- _. , A- lllllvl-HIIUII. Company orncero will see that men to act as their servants an lncmded among thou cum`/'46 it their company` uuua Inf CIEGWBUIY. The men will either be accommodated In drill halls or other buildings and a col- truct entered into for their rations, at a rate not toeexceed 20 cents` per meal. Date 0! Concentration, Companies B, C and D will he concen- trated alt Ottawa not later than Tllursday the 15th instant, and A company by `mura- day the 22nd instant. E and il` Companies will be concentrated at Quebec (`ivy not later than Friday the 16th instant. (3 end II at Halifax by Saturday. the 17th lnatnnt. The comnnnlea will ha olnthad ....n -......._ 51 Ill. Luuuux Dy antltrly. the 171.!) companies will be clothed and equip- ped at points otconcentratlon. Cnmnnnlon R on It` nrlll r... ..................... pcu at pouus orcoucentrauon. Companies B to P` will be concentrated by ordgrolrom headquarters at Halifax by Thursday. the 22nd Instant. 'l'ho noolmontnl nrn -In 9... a.........-.. -5 . .`....,. ........-_-.53-. V-.9 -wvv--J vfo vv-as-vi ; ;_-nr-:5 into action and made de- m'u.:=ci ctforts to retake them. The tish ]o:ss\:s are 6 killed, 18 wound- .the date` or enlistment. umuu us uu.-11' rC.~,'pc('r.l\`` 4:UI'D6. Oificers, non`-cnlnmismoneci officers and. men serving in the 4,-orp.~: will be paid the rates of pay and allowance`-.4 provided for` In the active militia, which they win draw, in the caseof office-.1-s, from the date upon which they report for duty, and in the case of non-commissioned officers and men, from Places of Orxanizatlun. Cnmpanies will be organized at thp follow- `mg points : . A .._.IHtvh+ hnl 0-....- 1r:ni_- -u - - -- u-`3- -'1J{lil;'lt:t;ha1f from Miiiiatv-y Disulict No. 11, It Victoria, B.C.; left hair from MI"- tury District No, 10, It Winnipeg, B.--MIiitary.Dist1-ict No. 1, at mniion. C-MiIitary District No. 2, at Toronto. D--Right half `from Military District No; 3 and 4, at Kingston; iefthaif from the Ottawa Brigade. E--Military District No: 5, at Montrmi. F---_R-ight bait from Military District No. 6, at St. Johns, Que.: left half from Mill- tary District No, 7, at Quebec. (}-Three Se(`f.l0nn ft-nun |1nu....._ u._-,-A , ., . an- --v-u an-uuuy UIBIFICI NO. V(:-Th1-ee mt.-tions from Military District Mr. 8, at St. John. N.B.; one section from Miiiitary District No. 12 at Chario-ttetown. H--;\fiiitnr_v District No. 9. at Halifax. Companies will be formed 01 tour nec- tious of 30 men much. The men are to be eniisted for a. period of three years` District onici-rs commanding win pro- vide the accommodation required for the medical examination, and for the neces sary clerical work in their oriices, drill hails or elsewhere. 'I`ha man will ..ln..... 1... --~ - ' ` `Gave;-n`mo'ntJBas Decided to I'll! the `Vii!!! ` ant Places Through heath or Wound- ed in the [First Contingent--`VIII I-I370 ` In Ten Daye-l!:lzht Companies Are to Be Formed for the Halifax Garrison ' --Force to Be on Duty March 22. `u Ottawa, March 6. -- The Govern- meut has decided to fill the vacancies in the first Canadian Contingent, which number something over 12 per cent. of the force. The official an- nouncement will be made without de- lay, that the parties who are to go` forward may be ready forthe trans- port Monterey, which is tosail with the Strathcona Contingent on the 15th. It is probable that the new draft will include t_wo or three 0?- cers, and the men, as far as poesib s. will be taken .from the same dis- tricts as their colleagues who have been killed or disabled. A number of oers have already been made to the } Department of Militia in anticipation ` of a move of this kind, and there Will { be no difficulty in getting the little i campany of one hundred or one hun- * dred and twenty-ve together A_m 3- * very few days. The Royal Grenadiersp Toronto, are expected to be largely ` relied `upon. `w`f I1 `l17J`t"`8'l'f`l UH'9(l` In the ac-tivle msilltlzy but who lmve previously belonged to " and have performed unnual training once, are eliglble_ provided they llrst em-ul in a corpl of the active mllltln within the llmlts laid down.. and are carried on the sm.-ugch of such corps. OH`-inn:-c 'nnn_nnunnuI:~u:n-....: ...n:........ __.a IUULI UUIIJB. 0t`IT'lcers.' non-commissioned officer and men. \\'lxlle's9n'1ng in the battalion. will be considered `and returned as on' com- mand of their rC.~5pc OEICPTS, n(Ifi-0nll1nnic-Qinnu n`Lun.... an-A Ottawa, March 6.--A militia order issued last. night provides for the formation of a provisional battalion of infantry from the active militia (the permanent corps, cavalry and field artillery, and the active militia of the city of Halifax, which is al- ready allotted to the (lcfenceo1Ha.l- ifax in the Luiperi-.il defence scheme. excepted), is authorized to replace tmporarily the 1st; Battalion. Prince of Wales Leinster Regiment (Royal Ca.n a.-diuns), at Halifax. n..- ling`!-:sv\nv|('1|t\L'\I'|A\l I-urn vntrlnra nun nmcta Order Sent out \Vhich Give}: can- adian Boy: Anothor Chance to serve ' the Queen, \4i1.11auLu.u.3}, an Atuxxncvna One lieutenant-colonel, two majors ono adjutunt_ (right captains, eight lieutenants, eight second lieutenants, one qu:u-terlnasterg total offxcers, 29. ' (Inn n-Anlynnnful our-annnI'-rnn`In!I' hill! ria EUUH. 0[Ii(_`t!l'H. AU. One regimental sergeant-major, one regi- mental qutu-Itermnster-sergeant, re amt! sergeants. eight color-sergeants, thirty-two sergeants: total sex-gmunts of regunental stuff and sergeants, 47. Ifrn-fa n(|l'1'\(Il'-,IIL\ 1R rh-11-rntngv-n and hncrlnl-Q rant `Dimer P1-otction of Mountod l`ur;:_lu-.1`: --K1-ugux-'n Address. ~ ' Will UV l1l.'lIl'[I|.CU. The recruits must at time of application be enrolled in a corp.< ot` the active nmitna within the limits already explained, and Pave per1`orme(1 at least `one annual train- n ` . 47. V Forty Qorpomls, 16 drummers and bnglers, 872 privates; total rank and me, 929. Total all ranks_ 100-L: o1'I_`icers horses, 3. ' The Qualications. The qualications tor enrohnent are : Age. between 18 and 45 years; chest measure- ment, miuiumm of 34 inches; height, Lumi- mum 5 feet 5 inches; unmarried men only will be accepted. ` Tho nun:-I1.iI-u rnncf -at 1-inn: nf nnnhnnnn Chanda for Men Who Failed to Get on First Contingentm VACANCIES ARE 10 BE Hllf FOR HALIFAX GARRISON. IA r.ux.uu.m rmim uounxzrs. ped on Captured ?o|ItloI;I_- SI! Brli:-` sh Killed and Eighteen Wanndod_- nullotln From Lord Bob'ert9-PouIti9p; at Osfoutein II II:nchuu`od-'-Prelfdojtb liruzer In still In Fighting Mom!-silo Issues Au AJdrou-,Wur, News In Geno-ruli- zumnanr A'l"!`ACKIl\'G BOEBS. btlltiqu I ndon, March 5. -- A despa.tch;L0 Times f1'm_n .0sfontein._- dhtd . ch 2, says: "We anticiputg 09;; _uon `at Abmhamm Kragnl. `.40 :5 east of Pam-deberg. :.whc'*0*GL0l|,-= bert. is reported co11,.e'ct1,ng.:;u,1,9_r..: the whole of Ladyamith,f10 5`'0|o'. the northeastern` Free 'Sta.tol0'!`lI.`~ resident. Stoyn `arrived at 110` morning 01 Feb. 27, and hltl,-I1-I the - bu:-ghore, ' exhbrtmi ._ pm: Hajuba. and-1 In oumo_u r;;:pu~.:;.t ac. Abrahann Krnllo. ' ' camp at Abraham's .KrM.l= 03] a General and His Coldnwr Pushing Back the Boers. norzlzs AB`ANi)0N nnnshlcno. Cronje llxpro.-uaol Ilia Thanks IO! urinals Kind Treatment. cmdon, March 5. -,-- The Wax` O1- hus 1'ecui\'cd the followillg dee- zuh from Lord iioberts, dated 09- ;, March 4: General I unandum Wolmarans, on-,beha1!'of 0 mam.-.r prisoners, who have"a1l left 2`-'10('idC:l" River. o.sked_ the tish omcers to thank me for the mduration and kindness A with (`h fhnlv `IIIUOA \\.._-- A..-_L--` nje, on belmlf of his party a'nd` Alairo V-pt (:olol,'."" lesbexg, "Capo . _ ch 4.--A rocohn`piB'lA,lWC ,,V. r-s of A1IstraliuII_ d the W_a,gfon__ `I1. ge Iiiver intac t-her aide wqro `"a 1.;f;;'hap;5' 1553;. "'3a ` nre exchanged, a Boor gun ._repjly- bmmsuunnvnnvuuct nu-r--The engage;nc;nt is` proceed-I with great vigor, and the Boers 1rn4\I`lIc\]`\1. sen} lwinav I-\n4\un -4-Ln `MAnd:'1 8, A: A Hoavv 2:n:agomon.c. Orders to Loeyo ottowo on Monday much 13 Major llelelior An-Ives. Ottawa. March 5. - Strethconafo Horse are under orders to leave 01:- tawa on Monday, {March 12, at 8 e.. m. They will stop over for a. short time in Montreal` on the way to Hal-T lfax. On Thursday and . Saturday `next there will be street parades and on Sunday. 1-17th,` a. chur_ch parade of the force. Major Belcher, who will be second _l'n command, arrived `here on_ Saturday. The Majors command-' 1ng'thc three squadrons will be Messrs. Snider, Jarvis and Lloyd. ...'1`he coinpleta 1-istot odcers will be handed out as soon as Lord Strut}:- eona. cables this approval of the list ' sent home e._ 1_ew_weeks ego, ` ` Important Prisoners `Will Be ' gap - _qn a. Warship, . _ . . A ~deIpatchtrom` Cape-Town oaya.:- The Boerjzuisoners captured lg Lord Roberts `include Commandant L 'olvor- anu. .a%. gqember of .t-he_ Transvaal Eu-. c.utit.s_, .O.o\Ip.l1 `W0 .!|.9|!? `I 0! the ~va1k9ruad;%%ansi%'two son: at: HeI:r*Fi!- `hfl ..1 8:` M9311". 0` L" ":I'L-V -`stat-at %,;:ir_Gq g`_xo_.ra1_ T % Ana*T;e6vKnn.mdt-t*:%Jwvesap: ar?v``!` % .. an gt__? tt " II. V. Ionlon of tort Bx-Io 09!-I-lad Away room Illa llama. Fort Erie. Ont... March 5. I-- Fri- day nght the quiet village of `Fort. } Erie was thrown into a state of ex- i citement. by `tho bold kidnapping of 4 one of its citizens. Mr. H. V.AMeulen, 1 a. Boer aympathizer. Between 10 and 1 11 o'clock Mr. Meulan was called out of the house. and was at once seized and driven away in a. cutter. . A large Union Jack was placed-..on the house. ._l;(r-Meu!en lino nothoan .l Q-V _t.urnod 8aturday.,nightV1Aa.,'tc . nor has ,"'un3r= `miaws `fox 'hin,n_~ been roo'a'iy o_d.` =-~=Thaj" ag." itill IobLt}a4 oy619`-h.a'l"1ou,I'9.`f;_.';a.- A wwi1-irnnootnl1 E035. 1 A Sydney, N.S.W., March 5. - _The Premier, Mr. W.` J. Lyne, communi- cated Colonial Secretary Chamber- lain's reqzues-t for additional troops` to the Australian colonies. 'Ho has Ministers, in which they offer -hea.rti- ly to co-operate with the Imperial Goyernment. ' ` `I'__ 1,, A-____-_,nA.I,,_ An, `A received replies from all of the Prime 1>e1m'::>n1ein, ()1'a.nge Free State, duf), M-a.rch 2. --- (Via Lorenzo 1,n'_:;;, Marci) 3.)--The Federals 0 :`(9s0l_\'ed to abandon t_he_terri_- ' u:'r)u.nd ]{cnsb(.=.rg, and the re- t. has been e!Tectcd under the pro- ion of mounted burghers. It IS ciu.1l;. announced that on Feb. 27.` (,7x`ur1ja.-, with fl`0111 2,000 to 3,- mtru, sur1endcred, owing` to th c'i!,\ 91' food and ammunition. \I \l V GI LICJJVDI VI It is Mr. Lyne s proposition that the colonies shall defray all the ex- - enses of arming, equipping and Efransportlng the extra. troopn. ' Oonmnnd of st:-ntl(u;o:no | Born About Completed. Ottawa, March 5.--The following additional appointments of ofcers to Strathconals Horse have been made: Montague Henry White-Fraser. _Van- couver, .la.te` Northwest Mounted Po- lice Inspector; Frank Harper, North- iwest Mounted Police; Lieut.. Guy lliirkpatrick, "late R. M. 0.; stan- 3Sergt. Ketcher, Nor'thwest_Mounted Police, late officer in Royal`Inniskil- lings and Seaforth Highlanders ;. Lieut. George E. Laidlaw, `late'Roya1 .Military College and Midland Battal-' ion; Lieut. I. W.. _Snider,_Por-tage la_ Prairie Drag"-oons. Mr. _Laid1aw`is a . son of the late Geo. Laidlaw. the well-known railway man. .PromIeI-A Havolont Favorable Replica to the Colonial Secretary ; Request. ....--.; -nu vu nu. ;.u55u.1`uUel'g. A .complete system of heliograph communication _is established between Weenon and Eshowe. Attempted to Escape. Cape, Town,` Sunday, March 4.-,--I-It is reported that the Boe1'p'risoners, .while `on the. way from Paardeberg, unsuccessfully," attempted `to escape from the train. Eleven hundred of C-ronje s men have been placed tem- porarily on boatd the British steam- ers Mongolian and Manila in Tablet Bay. ` ` . = Berlin, March 4. '- The semi.-oicial Berliner Post, in a. strong article to-: day. again begs the Anglophobe press. to discontinue the practice of abusing British statesmen and generals, and British enterprises generally, declar- ing that, "this does more harm than some suppose. ' - ' .0! Grlqualand, re-enforced by V 600 ide.: Pi1_ce'al cbmm moved` seve'n7miles north: of Colesberg. :' ;The -. Bong am-1fng*t.heir occunati on' denied ; themselves rather than use the Brit lahwounded suer. . ' _ 1 Grlquulnnd Rebels. A. `T Cape Town. `March 4. `-- The rebels ` Dutch farmers from the Prieska. Dis- trict, occupied _Kenhardt, 5100 ; miles west at Prieska. after a sharp con-_ met with the `Ka.irs,' and are no w_ marching southeastwargi `-on. ,Va.n Wyk's Vial, whero there" are grain` stpres. - ; . wen`; ur- Dr. Leyds denies that he hae_.receiv- ~ed any news to the eect that the siege of Mafeking has been raised by the Boers, or that Bloemfontein has been occupied'by the British. Gen.. Roberts is at Osfontcin preparingfto continue his advance eastward. To lutorcont Boers. 1 _ , -x -. --- That Be Bad mm. `flue: siege of-Mnafok Jug ,nd_ linen Rained. ' New York, March 4. - Mr, Isaiac N. Ford, cabling The Tribune from ` London at 6 o'clock this morning on the South African war situation, says: `I\.. `I .,,-Ir J ' Du`:-ban, Friday, March % 2.--Yester- day a. number of horses were sent in- to Zululand, and intercepting the Boers "north of Biggarsberg. A nn|nn`ln3l-n \7"Arv\ I\: L-1.I-..-A-I- IOiI IT`PA`I'I_lZII KIDNA PPID. "."1 "UITV II Kl\1\C\?IIII y "7. e materially improved grazing. to benet, of the horses and trans > Wirun In Rlnfoklug Cit. , azxu, Baautoland, Friday. March ~ The telegraph lines between Mae- ng` and` Mun: were cut Wednesday t. a whole section being remov- It is believed this was the york t.ive's, prompted, by the Baez's; 1 animals." ` _ ` Salli`... m`..-_._. _-_ ,- AI__ ,L_,__ I; n/_.__I I 1HEoER PRiSo"NEns[{ A~U8'l`RALlA OFFERS MORE. msrns umzuas, ranvsron! nerunar Poss speak: o'uc_. STBA1` O0N. S HORSE. ommmas Arrolnrisn. .101: of. * t-l.0'*;-;'8'%0r1.:-rh A ., nn6n4:ug.9:,~mtod .vI'rIiIs.=l.I `bias och vemtntenthv real 91;. tha:Govrh2- xnent during the last year by the fruit gzfowera at the Niagara distnot in particular. The `growers havp round the destruction of the. trees cg:-out toss to menu. in vi9.w.o11th9 0912910! which uistn in, many wall-inmrmad quarters the ohomlojal treatment wm check. It not bvo*nttiu.lly._..kill. um sale.` is hlaflboonv doomdd advisable to uaaert this provision in,.thQ=ac_t.---'l`hd ; u-ndpr. `_Govr;ugg'nt= guggtvaqxgng . --!!rd:;!n_;~!J9Wv:0l~'th9 , "y. of-` the L99ah.t%~!nx0!L!z~Pr9vl9i%$*!l Q ``_\r'- 2 the Public schools in 1898 was $4,043.-' 283,\an increase of $129,728. fnhe. Sep- are.-te schools. in 1898 numbered 345, an increase of '5. The average attend-i sncetwas .25,671,- an increase of 675 Kindergartens numered 116. There was an increase of 390 pupils. The et- tendance at the.130 Highf schools was 28.301. a decrease of 1,089. The expen- diture was $729,000. _ Q PROTECTION 01:` FRUIT; The. report or the superintendent of spraying (or 1899 has been issued Mr. Orr records sgrowing interest in the work, and in the instruction classo i es 4,618 attended in 1399. against 3,533; in 1898, and a marked improvement in 7 the I-ru_.it:`ot the sprayed orchards` is! reported from those who adopted thei instruction given. The report of the? inspector of fumigation has been is-: sued, Prot. Loeheed sugcests the im-` provement at the ` fumigation` houses ; of most nurseries`, the use of pure: chemicals, and strict Government sup-- ervision of indifferent nurserymen. 'T'8AN' JOSE SCALE AC1`-.' _, ' A-n:emevndni_e'nt to the San Jose scalei set. which will he or greet importance , to the fruit growers ot the Provincen has been .prepae_'ed.. and will shortlmbe pmtroduced by the lnkgter of Agricul- ' tn-'r.e..= sander provisions `ct theect st the cn._11- .:motl,;od` _9t_rig.idinc `W ' i."+th`.5,t`.` . -. 5 1. mgr , h.t`che'nI9f 4. - .-ail.-a= 65.3 ` 1:. `-'uI{'t`l'i' '?3i.In "Vua}L}3lni_ .:;w' i`1 b6':i 't.ge.-:aireb ntovldixikf A BATCH or REPORTS. Mr. J. B. Laiug, provincial municipal. auditor, has isused his annual report. He suggests that as a result of the creation of hisdlepartment, there has been a. large decrease in defalcations. Three years ago these amounted to $100,000. In 1898 they fell to $12,000, nxnd last year were only $4,000. He comments unfavourably on the prac- tice of allowing aged and incompetent men to fill the post of municipal treasurer, and. recommends a more general teaching of bookkeeping in the schools. --,-~-- ----~-' '-av"-I -'-* V-`V. VV--F gmaua11y- retiring before . the, U31] shell re from three positions. heavy tire is being exchanged, en: the British are engaging the era on the rig-,`ht ank. So far the rs h-axe no big guns inaction. The annual report of the Education Department has beenissued. The num- ber of Public schools at the end of 1898_was 5,587. a decrease oi 18. '.lihe average attendance was 247,780. ade-' crease of 768._ Yet the expenditure on the Public sciiools in 1898 ;4,o43,- -shrinking wi h pain, w lruv y-use U1. \u.uuJu. This condition of affairs in.the camp of the Boers was something frightful. They had run `entirely out of food, ex- oept their cattle, and these were eaten as rapidly as they were k`lled by Brit- ish shells. Their ammunition had given out. and most of their artillery was badJy wrecked by the British fire. Most of their wagons were burned.- Thle laager was strewn with corpses of` the dead, lying in "the broad light, unburied and festering. The wounded` were in an awful pligigt. The hospital corps were ' insufiir-ient to attend to l'hl8l11'. and theylny about the laagerin heaps, some crying piteously, ently endured their a gen y. The British troops. i a v I immediately on -and their wives. "lnie sets were lying or Sitting 011 l the ground, their faces haggard and WV`-an. They said there was not a drop of spirits in the lazager. Ev-ery counten- anee showed joy at the end of: a. dread- g '_ul siege. Some of them laughed. and} statid they hmped they would 60011 get: whiskvey. Nearly all the Free Statersl spoke English, but there _was not a word about ghting for liberty, the] only expressimis being thos Of J03 ? ever the present deliverance.- 3 One man. shaking his fist in thei dir.ec`ion Oil: General, Cronje, exclaim-` ed, `That man deserves to be shot. Not ` a woman or child in camp had been: others n,-t, except one girl, who showed an hile mvany ail- ._1n_1ured finger-tip. There were-heart-; rending greetings between several men ; Several youths of ; taking possession of that laager, were from 16 to 18 years were in camp. ordered by Lord Roberts to devote all i their attention to succourlng the 1 lost their former truculency. "The Transvaalers appearedto have What the Legislators of the Prov1nce are Doing at Toronto. .thetic on the part of_ Lord Roberts, The 8I`eetings'between therival gen- q_un1'wrIs OI Lora rconerts. ' - ' erals were kindly, extremely sympa-3 who has n a-ma+ ..am:....+:.... 9.... ma in prospectof continued fighting. He wished to avoid useless shedding--of blood, and to save his women and children. He requested that they be given safe conduct. V 1 -veuugu a.l_l3!2\.I.- 7 ' ` The Boer commander at once left This 5 I.-aager, escorted by half a dozen offi-.5 cers, and entered the British lines. He ; was met by Lord Kitchener, who im- mediately brought him 740 the head,- quarters of Lord Roberts ' I ml... .........:.._._-u._;___--- .-,1` ,.`4, I ,,A,_ ,vuvI--U vu Luv pail. UL .uu1'u. IUUUUILB, { who_ has .a. great admiration for his, 08-Ptlve, and brave and dignified on the part of Cronje. ` 'l'Imn ~...A:+:..... ..c ..=re..:..- :.. n... -....._ despatchr from Paardeberg says :-+- Gen. Cronje,'commander -of the Orange Free State arrnyfhasj surr`endered un- conditiona'll5 to `the British forces under Lord? Roberts, and is now a prisoner in this camp, I . `Cronje sentan officer through the British -linesivat dawn on Tuesday morning with a flag of truce. The officer said he had a message from the British general commanding. a He was taken to Lord Kitchener. to whom he said` Cronje was willing to sur- render, having found his position un- tenable, and only defeat and capture In ru nnnn ....L .1 --_A3~- -._ ...--- vac-s-navy: (Lord Kitchener granted the request as far as the women and children were concerned, but requested the surrend- or Al ;:`.I +1-nnnn n....I .......... rn- 4..|..:.. v\rLavOll.l?|.l, uul. zuquuuneu EH6 Sl.lI'I'6Il(.l" 81` ad troops and arms. To this Cronge agreed. mhll "llnnn nru-vi-nuns`)-.. _L Q..._ I-lL Li-` Advance Satix-sfantnry. 'e1 1 in g---G en. Brabant's advance "day was most satisfactory. Af- mzu-ching and bivouacking -over ht, the force reached the strong rumrlled positions, which they oc~ ind and now hold, the Boers be- ] rmnain to-night in the captured i!i:.m:~, aIth()_ugh the Boers brought I \ {mt-A at-{inn and `xx.-.A.. A. ._on the opposite hill. The British Terribl Condition orfe Boer camp After the Surrender. ONTARIO LEGISLATURE. SCHOOL REPORT IS on). THE VNOBEHERN ADVANCE. v9G:;:x;5n-Bill _to amend the I Municipal Act. ' _ I. CHANGE IN LICENSE LAW._ V _ :3 .Mr. Lucas,-Centric Grey, mu intro-. Ndmce an Vimpcrtaant amendment to _the . Act. Tho ph rgs1e1t.L_a.Wtreqt|1t1r9: -`i . any porsonw ' sures o a as lg: }iqu~o'r license.` or this v-al_idit_y of any qact of the Incense Conn-mzsalonera. - ' must do so through, the County Crown Attorme,y. and Mr. Lwcmstanxpndment gproiri-ide3it"hcat {in} personvmagfb-iigxtlro _;anc act on on s own rcaponsx 1 y. T if he Has good grounds and puts up ';..,*::.,' ,5:'..:" :*.::~.`: e no a ` r 1 proce : against the License Com-misqionera ._ consulting. a Government`-offh on-v vs-uunuuu VUIKJII .DIl!I}K.'.l'10 Ulla)` `plinyis a lyinntor letters` pmuc` in. ,"...`*`.nA `S '~ `'[`'; "9?! 91-30'?';.? 7" _ . _ v_-..'_-- -_--av. _ ixios Irzsiij-r's"; ,} .. . ` The Minister otHAgriou;ltu1_`o "has In hcud_ o.m`eaauro_t>o6nu,hlo the Govern- muntd pun regulations at .-any ;_t~1_m`e` tor the deatrnoton-_o-qoxiops in_sects; 7INDIGEI/'fS`_I:8;G'AOLS.` 9 ` `lair; Monteith. S .h 11` '.sen..te.i.. .8-une.tn`.t.i. askin ..far v,I.es,u.I1.a- vttn`%cvmpemxr%`&afo.q" '6iaT:;i&.e:u;;eht;::--t= gdfggnta. ..t;"1i~ hl&i1'se8;~ of ':ii'o5!ii7Qo!.~.. In this _cobn.e0tlon...M-r.= Mbnlaibh aka [for An-" fomnatnon us` to t.ho~'n1uxn.her. of crum- nala and indigents in the county gaolaf It In the too common practioe xn_ some _ . ties to confine the. latter _class 1`n hingtgsad .61 Ahqiaugp` '_ot `1`gI3 gj6.= ` 'O.Ju1 uo-can 93'--no-'..-...` ' - ' "On my first visit to.Gen. Cronje s camp, I was admitted inside. ev.en_.be- fore the British guard, At every ten ` paces I came upon the swollen car- ~ *casses of horses ,br mules, tainting the ;;_air. It , seems impossible that the *;thousands could have endured such a ' i,fri.ghtful stench. " 'l"k4 up-:v1n-u lsnvuivu unvnuon MAnnVynn!nh_ nd the Enemy In 5 Strongofoslilon Near. Dordrecht. ordrecht, Cape Colony, Sunday, rch 3. -- (,9 a. m.) -- Gen. Bra.- L's colonial division, after a. ht's march, is now attacking the rs in :1 strong position at La Bus- gne's Nek, on the road from D0111- ht to Jamestown. - \I\J'Ill-`DJ `I1 J`-'|lur|I\4 `-55- Ir`-llvu 1-IDA- Coincident with this, announcement! is a bill which Hon. E. J. Davis, the Commissioner of`Crown Lands. will abortly introduce 1'or.the abolition of mining royalties altogether, and `the substitution of a mineral tax instead. DAIRY GRANT WANTED. _ A deputation waited on the Govern- ment, and aslned. for a $5000 grant to- .w-ard; 8. Dairy building on this Indu-s- tvi-al Exhibition grounds. They were promised. a favorable consideration. Iilx-nrnnwtan .u. cute .r`.~.A- A _.-A.. Naunio}-a\Viven of the rilowing bill3:- ' . ' Mr. Smith--Bill to amend the Munri- cipval and Arbil`ration.Act, and bill to amend the County Councils Act. Mn 11,.-+__D:Il +.-._.............J n... mr.-..:_: IVRVIQ PwMr. Marti-e-`-Bill toAamend this Muni. lcipal Act. . `Ila \xr.....1..n 1121] _...._....L!._.. 4.1., , . an \-Alf} .u.I.uu1u1lJuL AOL- . Mr. Pyne-Of a motion for a return stating the number. of hours female employee in factories may work each day; the minimum amount of wages per day, what sanitary conveniences ~are supplied, and what system of Government inspection the `factories ;are now under. V ` -I.-_ '5____ 8!`. .__u.i o A: q- lulu uUV\' uuuux. _ Mr. Pyne-Bill entitled the Mortga- gora Relief Act. . ` Mr. Brown-Bill to amend the Muni- cipal Drainage Act. ' m r'\:`-mam 1):!` I. _---.--J L`-- `vi;-3:1 usuxuugu Aut- Mr. Whitney-Bil) to amend the Eleotion Act. ' . `ll - 'tV____4_ Cull . - uuxuuu. Luv \.'uuu vuuuuua $UL. Mr. Burt-Rill amend this Mun-ici- lpwl Act. A Rf: M."+:.L`+D:'| 4-.` ....-......I AL`. 11'...) I nun. ._,_l__ Mr. Wardell-Bill respecting the _em- ployment of aliens in this province. F`nt-1-_.I2iIlu fn nvnnmll $5.1. t).-L ynqguucub vn. ru.I.uua In uua pl'UV1.l1UC- `Mr. Farr--Bills to amend the Pub- lic School Act, the Assessment Act, and the Municipal Act. MI` -DI1I`|n_.(\f n tu\1\I:.\u}\ lA- .. ..-L--..._ _ |.ucLu. - '".lhoP. lying sitting on! was 3 anoe the end i andi -snatid soon get: .wh:i,=.'kvey. all Staten `spoke was a` ;word liberty, the] innlur Avnrn;-znnu kn:hlI fhnun nf inn: Krugosr lnuluua nu, Addrosm , reszidcnt. lirugcr has issued a sAtiI`-- nm1l'e.~`s to the burghers in Nat-, "who are falling back on Bi.ggard- 3. The I 1`esic|ent will return to` 1 uriu .'\"unda,V'. Premier Ross announced, in connec-! tion with his references to the nickel po.icy of the Government, thatmea- sures would probabiy be taken where- by a uniform tax would be placed on the raw output of nickel. mines in. the r|U\1` I-`rxnvu :U\ 1..--plan-n `rs w\`unn BLIP LIEU` Vuybruv VG IJGDJKDU ILIILITIQ ID` I-`I? province, and then, in order to place "the owners of lands held in fee simpI 6' on the same basis as those acquiring Crown lands, encouragement for home refining will take the form of 9. bounty or rebate of this tax. ['1 ..2.nn.l.....l- .JL Llnin .\;.~.....-`-4-'~.n..-.& Ll l`5l..||.L\.ll DLCLl\7LIn 1.. "The river banks were honeycomb- ed with trenches, such as never had `been seen before in `war. These were :really undergrougd dwellings. Un-. yless ashell were to dropestraight down `into the opening, it would not reach tithe interior. Flat trajectory projec- -itiles would be bound to fail to touohj them.` nan L 1-; . , I ,I , ,_ ..:LL2____ -_ In a despatch from Paardebeyg, dat- ed Tuesday, 9. .staff correspondent ,says;- un.. ..-.. e:_..; .;.-._u. L- 1-4.... n..,..'..:..o.. wounded and burying the dead, as well as caring tor the women and: children, who, pa.n1c-`stncken and in expectation of some awful punishment, could hard- ly be Induced to accept kindness or aid from their conquerors. The -British commissariat was taxed to the utmost to QIVB immediate relief to the suffer- ers. but everything possible is being done to_, alleviate the condition of the captives. VIN..- r1_..-.1:-__ -,_-J_-,, ,,,. _..J` L1,- \IIA.II.lV in The Canadian contingent and the `Gordon Hxghlanders tooka prominent part in the operation immediately pre- ceding the surrender. They ru;hed [the trenches` of the enemy, after whxch a, white flag appeared, and then began the negotnatio-as which resulted in the unconditional surrender of the Boers. Oanadsduqeouiviml stage;-to: h-nu-Id n-uu.I-ml-u`n.~On`.- -I..A-d._.a..'i '..; 54.1` 2`.;.:. SCENE IN CRONJE S CAMP. Tbhonrlid -f.E ... .. \4l\'Il uuu. nuluuclsa W10. vh they haveheen treated. `Gen. 1:4-nts reports that his advanced ops hold Achtertung and that rail- crmxmnmicatiou would boopened Jmnm-t's Siding to-day; The my are still in force all`. N0!`V8.l'8' t Bridge. Gen. Gatacre .te1g_ra.1J.hs I the number of Boers at storm-% 3` is daily dimin1shing'." \lal'nkl_I-g. um] an PIE. 15.` ' ! n,; ur- MINING ROYALTIES. 13 Want ugdu. lpczndtng nll lnspmu G V `A A tfpnforogs. I ;, A- `despa.toh' from -Genqral-~Bul1er wnareoev1ved-ntths W_ar Office Fri- .;,.,,;noruing,' announciqg "that 73 or nuppliqa were enthr- ;;ii1ismit1;,= _- the *f.i.rst': ~11` 71.,vn'gs' `!_.:. Considerable ammunition for rifles fell into the `hands of the British, as- well as a damaged Maxim gun. Boere of -.16 years were among the wounded. The prisoners `had not heard of the surrender ot_Generai Cronje,- and dis- credited it. i'1`he_)majority seemed to be glad to be captured. They admit heavy losses recently. ` The women re- mained witb t'he Boers in the trenehes until three" hours` -before: `the; British charged. Two women werelound, one.dea_d,-and the other fatally wonnd- - _ed.` Sgaehas `nee -She said her `husband, '~."l`i_: .:1e-1I.1t'.._lei'1'!Ie:-`,'t;-tilt i tranh. as 'ehe"`:wg.e' such 3;. good ii5*ivi)II'.an>%wa;58"b!Ify*19 y6af's- 1) ;:``,~, gr . `v .-.=.*-vv old, _` idea '6f:tli int_eI_1 siit_;3r"ot theshell- fire `can lie gathered from'the` fact `that of the 95 guns in action the 19th Bat- tery alone tired.794 rounds`. `tiring ev- ery ten seconds. The British casual: =tie.s`1 wer'-about_ 2o0_mon._; ` . Fought Will: the Men In Pletel-'5 Inn A despatch from Oolenso Camp, Wednesday, says :--The Boers lost heavily during` yesterday's fighting. The lyddite wrought fearful havoc in the trenches. Many of the wounded were yellow from the `effects of the fumes Over. a hundred prisoners were taken`; many of them were Hol- landers, and a-tew were genuine Boers. ` t1,,...1 `I u,. - ._- Iv I-55v-uq; -L vu.-11-1..l..|.|u nu bl. u-U: up LuaLu, ` "Their last Lrai-n left Mo-dder spruit .sta`uon a.t one o clock yesterday. They then; blew up the bridge. ` rvhnxr nnnlrn vlnnian gnu.-nun... ng. ,l....,. vauulu Iaavvv U11 bl-ID LIL!-U59; They packed their wavggioms sxx days V ago,.mov1ng' them north of La-dysmith, ! so we did not have a.ch-`ance of mter- 3 oep-tm-g them, but theyhave left vast! qumnwtitnes of ammunition and all sorts of herbs and grass ins their. camp, and indlvidual neceasszmries. urn1____ 1_,.__ __A_._, ,1 -II AL , ! 4 1 "LadysJmi.th, March 2. 6.31) p.m.-; The defeat of the Boers 1s unore com- plete chan I `gated to a`nt'Lcipate,, The! whole dlstrlct is completely clear -ofi I ? ` themga-nod. except ant the_ top`; of Van Reenen s pass, where there are several wag`go:ns,, 1 can find no trace of: then}. "("`\nII 'o|uC' 4--.`... |..L 'lIl'-_`l.I _ _ _ _ _ . . .1. -unuuuv an aunt llpwvauclll 16. I They have removed all then` guns but. two." - ` J I 1- B-`den-Powell reports that all W611 [at Mafekinz on` Feb. 15, that the enemy's activity was :1 met everywhem by gqual. ao- t:\' on the part; 01 the 'dQ{;'ndrs. . '11)" position is uncha,nged`."a.t 09- em, except. that frequent. showers 9 n|`hI`\'n\v I xxxxxxx rung` A-an a-I-an J4.