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METHUEN‘ TO FLANK BOEBB. '« A deqntoh' from London saysâ€"The loug inactivity of General Harman’s divxsion at Modder river has at length new broken, a movement apparently E aiming to {Ia-pk the Boers having «to- â€"â€"-wâ€" o'- The Boer position ’vhich General Bullet attacked consists of a line of kopjes strongly entrenched extend- _ mg from Spion kop three miles to the eastward extremity, curving sharp- ly southward opposite Zwart's hop, and overhanging S._-hiet'e drift,~where 3' third pontoon was constructed. BOERS AGA ZN REPULSED. . _Koodooeberg Drift, via Modder Ri- Lur, Feb. 6, 1.30 aimâ€"Delayed: by \Cen- 1 ‘ .â€"A strong force of mounted Boers ttempted to rush British position at .Koodoosberg at noon yesterday, but .‘Tthey failed completely, not even sue- ;geeeding in learning how the position "The work accomplished so far . was magnificently done. ' “The shell and Maxim fire poured :Eby the Boers has been extremely '_‘-eevere, but our losses, compara- .t|vely speaking, have been small." They tailed, however, to move the British, and had themselves to retire before the fire of the British infan- try parties and the Mm tuna, which were screened». -. '- m Boer force increased until it numbered about I” Most of the enemy leaving their horses in the dongs shirmishod persistently tor- ware. “The Durhaxfi; Light Infantryâ€"£03k a low pnsoners in the course of Lhexr charge. A my at a. c-rititai point, the Eleventh ngade fell back to the rn er - ‘ In the course of; the operation both Infantry; and artillery had been sub- jected to a severe shell fire. - - “AL 4 p.m., Tuesday the enemy en- deavoured to recapture the position at Vaalkrantz. ,They were,:however, beaten: back with loss. - Wfiila ghs'aivarsion was being made the remainder of the imamry were told. of; for attack. Those who had bivouacked Sunday night under Mount ALoe moved along ithe. foot 01' the :Jwartz kop in the di- ‘tion of our right. . V, The first of the kopjes was carri- at the point of the bayonet with utmost gallantry. ' ' [most s.multa.neousiy the first lttalion of the Itirle Brigade cleared The infamry advanced steadily to- wards lb; Boer entrenched position at ,Brakfomein, and kept the enemy bngily employed. . ' ' , 5111131135“!le DUKH'S. . . . . a.""” an Jboom Mm- . :Uitlanders. . . . . . . 5.000 Our UdallflLt.ed.ath-0ugk.l e.st1mated', Natal Dutvh 5000 . t 250. are tnflmg. oonatdcz‘mg the ‘ Cape Colonv Dutch. abtmt. . 3,000 \ t importanoe 01" we movement. Just ooncmdea. Total. . . . "64,000 BULLER’S LATEST ADVANCE. [RELIEF OF LADYSMITH CERTAIN. A despatcn from London says :â€"The A despatch from Spearmzm’s camp movement began catty Monday by Pm. says}:â€" gieter’a drift. The Eleventh Bri-f Built-r holds his position. Relief is gade, forming pun oi Gen. Warren’s {cena'tm tum-Lion, made a faint to attack the? -h‘ignt1.n~g continues on the north komedmmediaaly in front. The as- ibank of the Tug'ela between the mu}. Was dclivared at the outagt un- ‘forces of Builer and the Boers. The do: other of the naval guns on Mount BngLLsh. have command of the road to Alice, and. subsequently under that of Lady/smith by way of Oildevrbroek, and the fie“ battertas. fare. homing the nositinn ahnva pm- They galloped toward the Britmh asition, but the British opened a warp rifle fxre, assisted by turo Maxim. Clue buers wmxcd d. usaaypcdnng cannvn Lrom um U561) Uuurm kwuL raugc, on we rngL 01' we ca'pLurcd hm; uut we Briziou shuns expwucu Ls magaune; uud Cm: gun Was yuL out. 01 acuou unui and in Lac day. hanm-rwmean rusued up. chcexing; the M43 ware repumcd and the 1511- tisn advanced along we ridge. '_ Our auruuer advance is an. the mo- ment. yreventcd, as the Boers emimue ‘ us HOLD: tueiir positions on bplun Kup Mussetry fire WAS inLer‘miLtent. un- til cm: auen'noon, when the Boers made a newsman. awn w. Hugo Luv m4. Meanwmm a. uburous attack was mauc on we extum; 116m" wncrc Luv engmcvrs umuiduumy CUDSLI‘UCLed :1 W510“: â€" cover-a! pieces of cannon hiddcn among we LICGS on Z» an. 5 Roy bum- barueu mvuy. flue Luau: infauuy advanced, and the: 90cm were euurc.y SUL'yrl86d. -“The faint attack at Poiglcter's rift havmg served its,purposev of pre- mting the _c_onceuntration of the ed 5.1L mica Ln Luo Lam/Amub, uuu u 1cm; auaux was made m ll'uuL 01. out ”31:10“. lurec battadons aquDCcd toward the bruinuuwsu, wuu 514 baucrus A'. uoc‘ucx we pours Ugchcu wuu anidery are, and Sew. swam; sued: among um 1511.qu unauu'j, “no It:- tu'w an nuuf Lager. re second japje. After maving acrosg flong ridge {hey bivouacked on the BRJTLb‘H LOSE ABOUT 250. A ueayawa nun bpcm'mn’s Camp sayszâ€"ucucral Lunar cammcnccd Luv. uuvuuco 1.0:: u“; 15‘;ch «A Land- mus“: mouuay. 1m; Dyna; gun: opu- hank.) are Louuug “1.0 the Boers. An o..Ler wan WOuUuGQ u, an..1.u'. _, inc 5061‘; want: a. ouuuen saga, sup- pone»; Uj the»: arumugy anu 14...“;qu gun... 'L'ney (hove u; Lhc Dile~n mung 1.118. the wume u; boner“ 1.; L- muons unguue l'uaueu, cummg, w the aupgou 0:. their comruucs, \.i.b lined mguneis, and drum we enemy back. 1m 1m! taken yeateruay by the :Bnuau .8 8th; geld. AM» w m. use Foamy wnu rummueu nu um m. 1 we.e (lumen on. by Lu: Umnam 1.451“. in- mnwj, wuiuu Leuawu was. BULLER .A degpacn mum Dreax'mws Lamp, gaysâ€"3w drum“ Manna. bumh-u‘ ltvuuu «1:11:00.»anqu wuue a. sea; Silvana: wt: was ngm. hag memo D) use bmmm 1...,n. “bunny, WW 50!ch no mag, gnu wen uwwcxcd. um uaxuea were um. um”. _ “11m: .miaq.) navm 4.4-.nch guns ' Inc: a fiver ammunimn “2:03-14 at. 11.5.40 yam», cumulus a gum; b..y.Uu' Capture a. Strong Position After Some Hard Fight ingâ€"Boers Gét a Surpriseâ€"McDonald Re pulses Boer Attack. :ral Hector Haodonald. with m A deemtch 1mm St. ‘Johd-a, ma” onyxâ€"Another tornado \swept the coast .last Monday night. Lark her- bonr was devastated and 20 houses were blown 'down, including the Cus- toms station and the residence of the Customs officers. All - the families took refuge in their cellars. A French lobster factory, one of the largest on the coast, with all its contents, boat, and fishing. gear, wee demolished. be- ing biown to pie‘ces‘. I‘hx'ee schoonere were driven ashore (at! diamond. I '_- - -_ --â€"- J nun-“w V auucll, d “1138‘, has been set at liberty b order of the Minister of Justice. Vendell was sen- tenced three years ago to ten years' imprisonment for a serious crime. but recent facts brought to the attention of the Department of Justice allow that he was not guilty“. of the crime, and-his release was ordered. ' ronnano m unwrooxnmn. Prisoner Released After Serving "no at Ten Years. A despatch-from Montreal, says:â€" A prisoner at the St. Vincent de Paul penitentiary narned Vandell, a Greek, Lari Harbou- Iberusued and :0 Iowa Blow: Down. ‘ CONTRIBUTED $250,000. A despatch from Calcutta, says:â€" The Indian Government has contri- buted £50,000 to the Imperial war funds. The laager'surrendered after an ex- change of rifle volleys, and all the inmates are prisoners. ‘ on the Lzmrentian, ‘vâ€"vh'ioi; {56%; that the. Western horses have stood the journey well. DEMOLISHED C0 URT-H OUSE. A despatch from Pietermaritz- burg, sayszâ€"It is asserted. that the Nondweni district in Zulukznd is now entirely in pousession of the Boers, who are in strong force. A thousand of them attacked the magistrate's quarters and the laager at ”0nd- went, and demolished the court-house with artillery. i fighting continues on the north ' Shank of the Tugela between the 'forces. 0." Buller and the Boers. The English. have cmumaml of the road to‘ Ladysxni. h by way of Underbroek. and " ga-re hol-ling the position above Poth; 'gi-e.e:r’s‘ drift, which they took in the; fight Monday night. The Boers are ' fighting stubbornly, and the losses on ' bo.h Sines am becoming very heavy. It is believed the Boers are preparing to {all back to broler’s klooi, where .he believe their p0...ition is impugn-able; Gen. Lynleton is not only holding his 3 own, but has managed to drive the. enemy back. Colonel Wynne izs hav-; ling grew sunoess in his operations. f i CANADIANS ALL \VELL. l l A despntcb from Montreal says :â€" ?- Allan steamship people here received: word that the transport Pomeranian,§ which sailed from. Halifax for Cape; Town on Saturday, January 27. with! the second detachment of the aiecondl Canadian contingent for South Africa, passed Cape Verde this morning. All 1 on board were reported well. Seven l horses were dear]. Fourteen horses died ; Orqnme Free State soldiers. Immigrant Boers. . . Uitlanders. . . . . Natal Dutch. Cape (‘olom Duich, about. .00. The numerical strength of the army which is opposing England is as fol- lows: South African Republic soldiers 28.000 a man whose relations with the Boer Govecrnment prevent the use of his name. sends this first accurate state- ment of the real strength and hopes of the Boer army, says a Paris des- patch to the \Vorld. His statement may be relied upon as exact. BOER STRENGTH 64,600. A desputch from, New York says :â€" An eminent Sou‘th_Africa_n__au_thoIity, The Minister of Malitia this after- noon received Col. Otter’s cable an- nouncing the death 0 J. E. Farley of St. Thomas, at Belmont. The message was received by Gen. Hutton last night. wiJ not be able to announce the'coxn- piete list. of officers for a day or two It is not yet settled whether the contingent will sail from St. John or Haiifax. SECOND IN COMZMAND. A despatch from Ottawa says :â€" Sup-efimend'enc Belcher, of the North- W'esc Mounted Police, will be second to Coi. Steele in command of Strath- coua’s Horse. The Minister says he A strong force of the enemy is ac- tively concentrating to op10 e Gem-r1 Macdonald, whore arrival in the ne gh- bourhood has prevented the two com- mandoes from joining. A cavalry patrol afterwards found the Boers in possession of the ridge. to the north-east, which they evacuat- ed az‘ter afew shots on the approach of the main body of cavalry. The infantry was not engaged. Koppie dam commands the road from Kimberley to Hope Town anu Douglas. The Boer laagers are at Kameelhoek and Griquazown, with n striking distance. The Lancers ascenoed Koodoos berg képje, and found aBoer patro climbing up the other side. bhota were exchanged, but the Boers, who were taken by aurprise, fled. The hut few miles of the’ march was over the most.- trying ground, an the troops sulfered Lossmerably from. tthleat. and the lack of water. The force bivouackéd échvoodool- berg drift, and had their firgt' bru..h w1_t_h the enemy at dawn. arid the NInL'h Lincers; arxfnfirécvifiz'u' Kgodomberg Highgnd-‘BrigaQe, and 63nd Battery, CONVICTED. BUT INN 00138 T. 28 000 13 m0 3:555 3,000 f “avâ€"u. wvva “AVAIL, ‘ und'as. and Glongarry, urging the ppomâ€"‘unent of a permanent court of arbitration composed of a committee oh the Supreme Court or other body to settle labour disputes. Mr. Cassy introduced his regular an- nual measure to facilitate drainage on and acrma the lands of railway pom- panics. He can the usual explanation and W the usual hope that the Government would. take up the sub- joct. approxxmate estimate of tho popula- txonmt the North-West fl‘errxtorxes at the. present time. . Mr. Bennott 'waa informed by Mr. Sxfion that the Department but Indian Mr. Casey brings forward. his bill of Last session to facilitate drainage on rznilway lands. Mr. Cor-by and Col. Domville. gwe monce for papers in connection with the Hughes-Hutton controversy. Petitions were presented from the Counties of! Kent, Welland, ‘Stormont, Pandas. and .Glengarry, nrgmg tho Mnln‘hn-A-‘L â€"£ ‘ - Mr. Davig xviâ€"11180;; fé'x:.z'1'I-1W;;(ten- sion of the military system in the Nort hp'Wes t . Sir C. H. Trapper will move for a number of papers connected with the administration of affairs in the Yu- i Mr. Ingram introduced a bill to samend the Franchise Act of 1898. He ,"wu-nts provision made that the Can- ;adfians now in South Africa shall he i.entitled to vote if they return before lthe elections, and shall not be barred i by any present; legag requirements as to residence, etc. He also wants a { clause inserted in the law for the pro- ;within a Dominion electoral district, [where such persons are disfranchised ! owing to the fact that said two muni- cipalities are not within the same elec- toral district for provincial purposes. Mr. Ingram also takes occasion toexâ€" press the opinion that the present sys- tem. of provincial registration in cities and towns was expensive and ineffect- ; ual. He hoped the Government would ‘ abolish it and return to the old method of voters’ lists [or Dominion purposes. Mr. W. F. Maclean thought that the system of registration should be ex-i tended to all municipalities. : Mr. Clark Wallace suggested that the method of having voters‘ lists should be supplemented by a system of registration for those who had been1 left off. - I Mr. Flint gave notice of a bill to; amend the Canadian Temperance Act Dr. Reid gave notice of a bill‘to re- gulate freight rates on railways. 'Il_ g The dehae on the address was re- .sumed by Mr. MoOaJlum, who asked Lwhaa. the Government hm.- to :how for jibe-hr share in improving the prosper- iilyi of the country beyond a. model of ma bottle-necked eh- p. Canada ought ito» be ashamed to see her soldier‘s fed gby Great, Britain. He advocated not gonly the payment of the coating-ems, :bu the drilling of more men. Hun. L. Power took up the sneen'h Thursday was the first private mem- bers’ day of the session. It was uLed largely for the introduction of bills, which are of varying degrees of importance. Mr. Edmund Farrier. the newly-el- ec:ed member for Lothbiniere, de ,crib- ed himself as an Independent. Liberal. When he took his shut he was ap~ plauded by both sides. - V _ ‘8' "nu-V ‘JyL‘VU from the throne clan ;e my cl lue‘e. He reviewed the Tnansvzml debate of last session, and defended the Government from the charge 03 unnecessary delay. PRIVATE MEMBERS DAY. Hon. Charles Buxpee seconded the address. He thought the fact that the figures for the last six months show- 84 uvo-iume of trade of $313,0W,0JU, showed that congratulations on the gurowh of Canadian trade were in or- der. He then gave a :ketch of the or- igin of the trouble in the Transvaal, showing that the war was forced on Great Britain. It was gratifying to note that trade with England th in- creaied. It was expected that the deficiency in postal revenue. conse- quent on the decrease in the rate, “'U‘uhl speedily right itself. IN THE SENATE. In the Senate Hon. P. B. Casgrain in French, moired the address in reply to the speech from the throne. In glowing terms he dwelt on the loy- alty of his French-Canaeian fore-Laâ€" thers to British supremacy. H» briefly referred to the dee ls of La Salaberry at Chateauguay, and con- c.u-ied this portion of his spesch by declaring that the Queen could rely on the devoted loyalty of all the peo- ple of Canada. Turning to the speech from the throne, he devoted some min- utes to Canada’s present prosperity. He alluJed to the Government’s pol- icy in deepening the canals, which was to give greater faci.ity for the transportation of produce trom the in- land sections to the st-a. Turning to the sending of Canadian troops to South Africa, he in ly endorsed the ac- 1 tion of the Governmtnt. He defended their action in sending contingets, which, if not strictly in accordane with the letter of the constitu- tion, was in harmony, with the public sentiment. Allu:;ing to Lord Strath- cona’s Horse, he said the sending of this contingent by his Lordship w ouxd ‘ shed renown and credit on Lanildt.1n e oquent terms he mail tribute to the ac ion of Major Oscar Pe letitr, who» had not hesatated to place his heart as a shield between the b.1118 oi the enemy and the flag ()1 Enrrlanul What is Going on in Our legis}ative Hans sown at Ottawa In olden times, bcfore the fights beâ€" gan in the arena, there was the pro- ~:ession, with blaring trumgets an. flying banners, Toâ€"aay the spectacle is shown forth in all its splendor. i‘he gladiators are at work with energy, The galleries of the House of Commons are crowded, and on be h sides 01‘ the Hons: a fairly large re- presentation 01‘ mcmbers. The men Showed right and" the po' ice had to tire on‘ them, .wounding two of the main severely: The 35.000 Which they got at the bank was found divided. unmet them. The meal have been locked up: at Danville. The men arrested gave their names as Edward McCarthy, Frank Allen. John Wiiliama, Andrew Mort'mer. 338. Moore, and John Brookes. Tho men made a desperate resistance. and 'Wil- flame and Brookea were shot and- seri- ously injured. They are now lodged in the Sherbrooke no]. used. _by the burglars and learned from Fisle) the cxrcumsta'nces of the affair. o _ Word was moaned to-m'ght’ that the 611 burglars had‘been émp‘tnred this afternoon at gWindsor Mills, about; 12 mum from Danville. Mr; Henry Ritchde. manager of the bamk, said that on closing the aflice yeswrda; everything was locked up safely. .Mr. Ritchie lives about. a quarten of a. mile from the bank, and didf n0t hear of the robbery until about 5 o'clock this morning. On ar- riving at the bankrhe found the tools auaur. ‘ , Having been blindfolded Fisley could not say What direction the bur- glars had taken after the robbery, but others gave the information that: 511: men were seen going in the direction of Richmond. Details of the affair were immediately wired to Montreal and to Other points. THE GANG CAPTURED REDâ€"HAND~ The money taken was for the great- or part. in bills of the People’s Bank uf Halifax. them being 01. these some 3.3.300. Six hundred dollnurs were in gold, and the balance in Dominion notes and other bills. 0n trying the vault door they found that their job was a big one. Three doors had to be forced open be- fore getting into the vault. Nitro- glycerine was used by the burglars. When all preparations were complet- ed the men applied the fuse, and re- tired outside to await the explosion, Preoaution was taken to bring young Fisley along with them. . .BLEW OPEN THE DOORS. The explosion opened: the first door. As no one in the neighborhood seem- ed. to have been greatly disturbed by the noise, the men :re-entered the bank and started the work of open- ing the second door. Theou-rgiars had ample time to get through their work, take the money, and decamp mature anybody was notified. {As the men approached the bank they met a young man named Ern- est Fisley returning home. Fearing that he might suspect something wrong, and raise an alarm, the msn grabbed him, gagged and blindfolded him, and forced him to enter the bank with them; . There they tied: committed early Friday morning at Danville, Quebec. 1 A gang of six men between 2.30 and 3.30 o’clock blew Open the vault doors .in the branch office of the People’s Bank of Halifax, and got away with $5,050. The bank is situated in the central portion of the town. Polk-e Capture the Six Burglars and linen!“ II"- 5.00() Taken Ironl "w l’o-mle's Bank. \Vh‘vh They lfnl Divide-d Among“ Thom. 'A despatch from Montreal says :â€" Chiet’ Detective Can‘enter was notifie-i of :1 daring bank burglary that was ANOTHER RANK ROBBERY. DARING SAFE-CRACK'NG OPERA- TION AT DANVILLE, QUE- Mr D.v's wil‘ m0"e ’n‘ the ap; o n - men? 0’ a rail ay commi s'on. Mr B i ‘01 “i l 'n r» 11 ea 'ill ‘0 further amend the ”Winding-um A t ‘0 fur her 'm“n‘ *he (“‘im'n ?; ('o'e, an'l to am: nd U o Dom nion Ela t 0113 Act Mr. Chrrl‘on g‘ves‘. notice 05 h's' i1 formant the Crimlnxl ('ozie: Dr. Doug- lav, rcspcc iag grain e 9v" nors n :t e North-“’est; anzl Mr. McInnes, toye- .v tie: the imm gratis!) of Chinese and J mane e. Mr. Si ton “it submit an amend- ment to the Dom'nion Land Ac_.. Sir Wll men wo :wer the in CH) (1 o semen um I the 1110- i x s anywhing GOV ERNMEN 1‘ BILLS. Mr. Muiock i.) :0 Ease charge of the realiztri uLun bill. Sir Loui‘ Dashes has LiLs to amend th_ue_ i1’lots‘_As.-.t and safety of ships. (.LAYl‘uN-LSULW LR 'lRJu‘ATY. Sir Lb...rle.s 'lup-rer damn ‘11 .ed at- Lewuo“ w my '..\.'. -mLcans mat Canada had Cbn en'ed to the a. rug - mm «A: (we LAaJ lon-du w..r duty. ye -... ked for aala emen. tram u.e Gav- exnmen . 4-; seud grain iuuwtcuncss of other par ie, a; t. e Lio.ernmem had am 1-. Leguri y in the farms bend ay LIL: deb- or l‘uu m-.- ion pa sod. Mr' Dlziiiu m-o, ed fpr coxra ponden' a col; 1.3 Lu .‘OCd gmiu .Ld.~ mine». .18 aJ'rv'nfilJ' urge“ Luau bpndomcx Le [8168» ed .mm um: mud; on aLCOLlLt Juana am; gamma, cod; not. be Jaw-2.1.; on. by the frovaal. (IUVCrn' 4.13.“: dud U. (1d L01. LL13 0r\i.ndry $1111." ,ALfl‘J 0: Inc 'u'ouu'nmmi. bu. amt at -uu fugue L u.’ we in a! hug, zuaLuru 4nd wan 1.1m 41.4.01: 04 x11: Lama- .0'.» Umerzmgn. u 1.46“ bo meu Iur local .mpx'owuwbk. .ufairs has mot yet made up its mind J4 LL13 1.3qu 01;. u; p. Uh.bigin5 ~hc 8.5.- .0_'l who“ UL -uhluc'a UL other hmbg‘ at. , - ludmn -uvlvm m Ulnar.” a (m, ‘U wen b 4.th uuuug the tom- .5; us... 9.; 0L naugauon. I‘m: new“- 4mm was no: no!» to say \wnat Quan- .4)’ 0. Limbo: ur.u\.luga .uL UpU U“- ..ad 16-“ in.) w Lumrio was, gunng -uc Li . 419014 0; Langaxon, 311.0; Le,“ .u the U -Lt‘d s:.ateo. Mfa LL... ...y W3 30'? b: Mtg Fielii' ing that we kayizll' gum or i,,o,'o..7,- v a, «)4 s”... .. .. 3w U Q'D thy u. . £9,570.16 a. gun by we Donn...on m -‘a..a..u, .01...” .u .m: 1:30.11; g. 0., Juana aw“ Lgmâ€"xbvu, cod; no; be c 2.? .C :53. Am pas. (L C» a than 22.5 boa .prV1 c} (FEE; 1“,» HGIRHIGIV LE 5. . pccr (C "Us“ C .633 EH.‘ (pittv. A Wd 1' d Lauz‘ier nail the. Go err.- woul 1 11.1.9. no 0' jecion 10 u1.- the quegton, 8m we Lid noz. do nd: as .n be L«n ed Stats “2 vex cer ain n1 sofekigue tc,and the :anc Lam of the lmbtr a] au- 1 s w..s o..ta ned he.ou dnot do A special cable despatch {ram Ber- lin gives Dr. Leyda' views or! the Boer terms of pace, including the restore»- tion of the territory previously takw {minim ’.l.‘ranavaal.~ - N0 PRO-BOER FOR VVINNIPEG. A despatch from Winnipeg, “m- Bottenâ€"egged, publicly reviled, and «based around several. blocks by an. m- dignant mdb. was the; fate! which over- took Monsieur Louis Gabriel. of St. Charles, who attempted to deliver a proBoer lecture here last "cams. The rebels of Tayabas province were conveying some 300 Spanish prisoners to Libmaman. and on arriving there the prisoners, exhausted and starved, revolted and dispersed their guards with stones and clubs. They also cap- tured a few rifles and barricaded themselves at Lihmanan. where they are awaiting the arrival of American troops. Filipinos Capture Another Large ll. 8. Supply Train. 3A despatch‘ from Manila says :-â€"The insurgents Monday captured a supply train of nine buiâ€"l carts between Orani and Dinalupijan, killing a corporal and five privates of company. "G,” 2nd In- fantry. The escort consisted of a Sergeant and eleven mounted men. The insurgents weakened the supports of a; creek amd the first cart went into the stream. While the escort was bunched trying to haul the cart out of the water, the insurgents fired a volley from the bushes, killing the six Americans. and also two native driv-l anla‘ry -â€" Market easy and values lower. Chickens job at 30 to 503., pz>r mir; geese, 7 1-2 to 81-2c; ducks,‘ 40 to 650. per pair; and turkeys. 10 U0 110. Baled hayâ€"Feature!e.~.s. No. 1 Timo- thy will bring; $8.75 to $9, delivered here; No. 28 to $8 23. Dealers here resell at about $9 to $9.25 for choice. Baled strawâ€"Dull. Car lots are quoted at $4 50 to 8.5, on track. H:p“â€"Deixlers here (juoie choice Cun- ada, ’99’3, at .10 to 180. ’Hlmeyâ€"Dealers quoie viroTfi' Qtiévibc, per H). for 5. 10. or 60-.b. tins; and: in comb around $2, to $2.25 per dozen secttons. Dried applesâ€"Dealers pzxy 51-2 to- 5 1-40, for dried stock, delivered hrre, and in small lots resell at' 6to 61â€"1c; evaporated, 8 1-2 to 9c, in amalb lots. Beans -- Strong market. Choice hand-plcked bean-s are worth 61.60 to‘ £31.70, delivered here, and resell at 95:1.75 to $1.80. ~-â€"â€" ‘C-hvv . PuAane-..â€"Tue.re 15 no chaxfie 1n the. market. Car lots are sold on track here at 3:5 10. 40c per bag, and at farm- ers’ waggons at abuuL 4-5 to 59: per bag. 0111 of store, choice stock, brmg about 509. per bag. Toledo, Feb. .3â€"Wheuat.â€"No. 2 cash, 72 1-2c; May, 33 l-flc. Cornâ€"No. :3 mixed, 3". 1-4c. Oatsâ€"Dull; No. 2 mixed, 24c. Ryeâ€"No. 1 cash, 580. (.‘loverseedâ€"Dull; prime, Gash, 01d, $433; February new. $5.65; March, $5.70; N 0. 2 seed; $4.52 1-2 to $4.80. Oil â€"-Unch-a.ng~¢d. Uu.uln. r‘cb. l3.â€"Whuatâ€"No. 1 hard cash, 67 5-80; No. lNomhern, ca; h, 66. 1-8c; May, 63 1-8(:; July, 691-80; .No. 2 Northern, 63 5-822; No. 3 spring, '6‘.) 1-80. Oatsâ€"24 to 25 1-20. Cornâ€" 30c. PRO]. U- 3 E. Eggs â€" Market wiLl.ouL change. Values rather easy if anylhingn Job- blng lots oi~ncw laid sell am 2%; held fresh at 16 to 38:; No. ‘2 at. 13 to 150; and limed at. 150. Tencase lots will seill at. a fraction below these figures. ..IA‘-. Minneapolis, Feb. l3.â€"-â€"-\Vheatâ€"Feb., OBI-in; May. 65 3-4 to (‘5 7-50; Juiy «7 In 67 1-8c; No. 1 hard, 67 1-80; No.‘ 1 N-or.he-rn, 65 5-8m No. 2. (10., 64 5â€"80. Milw-a ukée, Feb. 3,â€"VVhefltâ€"Higher; No. 1 1‘0!” hem, (38 to We; N0. 2 Norah- orn, 6.3 1-2 to 66 1-26. Ryeâ€"Higher; No. 1, :37 to 58 c. Barleyâ€"Firm; No. 2. 460; sample, 33 to 46c. -vv- v“ em, 75 5-8. to 75 7-80. Winter 'wneatâ€" No. offerings. Cornâ€"Firm; No. 2yel- law, b? lb}. to 31 1-2 0; No. 3 yellow, 31 lséc; No. 4 yel‘lqw, 36 3-4c; No. 2 mixed, 36 340; No. 3 mix-ed, 36 1-20. OMS-Steady; No. 2 white, 2914c; No. 3 White, 281â€"20; No. 4 white, 280; No. 2 min: , 26 1â€"4-c; No. 3 mixed, 25 1-20. Ryeâ€"No offerings. Flour â€" Shandy. 6 Detroit, Feb. 13,â€"Wheatâ€"Closed :â€" No. l'white, cash. 733-40; No. 2 (red, cash 73 3-40; May 73 3-10: Jmly, 73c. ‘\l’°14.~ 1 ‘ "'“ :6 1-40;de(11~3 heights, 2.6 3-40; and east, 27 1-40. ' Buckwmamâ€"Quiet. Olferings light. Cur lutb’, outsids, quuLed at 4.: to 50¢. Buflulo, Eco. l3.â€"Syring (“meatâ€" Fiu‘mq No. 1 hard, 76 35; No. 1 North- toz‘nâ€"Swudy. No. 2, American, yel- low, quowu a; 4-0, track, Cloronto; and muse“, an ~1J p.10; L'anauian corn, ”9 4-10; track. Toronto. i’cuSâ€"x‘UJLiDUJ Linn and in demand. Cur 10.8, 00, norm anJ west, and 6‘0 east. ‘ tsnrieyâ€"b‘il‘m. Car lots of No. 2, mid- de Ifquuté, 900; alul east at 410. “yoâ€"nirzn. Lur lots, 5w: west, and 5L3 LLSl. 1 Ohmâ€"A Lhade firmer and in good demand. W'nite oats, north and west. L19 1 mm; goose Wheat, 70 to 701-20, out- .»ioe; and spring, east, 651-: L0 (Sic; Manhoba No. 1 hard, 790, .North Bay, an; at 791-20, g.i.t. ‘ qurâ€"SLezgay to firm. Outside mulers 01fer straight roux, in buy- ers bugs, middxel‘migbs, at 8_.GJ wr ub .; and e..por1. agents bid 3mm?) Spec- in; brands, in wood, {or local account, seJ mom“ 8}. lvii..l;ee-â€".:-carce. Bran is quoted at $4,434 L0 and; and shorts at $17 to $18, a. ‘ho and door through Western On- Toronto, Feb. 13.-\Vheatâ€" West- ern markcis Ware active and gener- aily firm to-Uay. Locally Ontario swing and Bxanitobas are rathez adifllcf. Ontario red and white, 65 to 06 ;-_O, accoruing to nearness to the Lu 1‘10. Prices 0" Grain. Cattle. Cheese. 8 in the Leading Marts. MARKETS OF THE WORLD. AMBUSHED AND KILLED. A cable deantch from London as- aerts that well lntormed Englishmen believe Jam will soon strike n blow at Russia. A region fully ten miles square on both sides of the Detroit River was shaken by an explosion of 500 pounds of dynamite at the stone works of the Sibley Quarry Company on the Ameri- can side. One man was killed. GENERAL. Mrs. Mary Gray Maxie will present documents to prove her claim to the millions left by General Moxie, an“. icon statesman. The United States Circuit Court of Appeals has confirmed the verdict of 82,000 recovered by Col. A. E. King in his suit against the Pullman Car Company for being wrongfully eject- ed from a sleeping car at Baltimore. Fire destroyed the electric plant and laboratories of the Bellaire steel works owned by the National Steel Co., at Bellaire, Ohio. Loss $100,000. Over 2,000 men are out of employment. Dr. Parkhurst favored the legal open- ing of saloons on Sunday, while Har- lem‘ministers are moving to close them altogether. The Rev. Dr. Porter as- sailed the Raines law as responsible for much vice in Brooklyn. ’Brighnm Roberts, of Utah. the ex- pelled bigamous Congressman, now seeks from the Government 82,000 sal- ary and mileage. Governors of many States say that the people favor a constitutional am- endment providing for the election of United States Senators by direct popu- lar vote. Thomas W. Bodger was knocked from a surface car at 125th street and Seventh avenue in New York by a stranger, who followed him from a bank, and tried to rob him in broad daylight .The Mayor of Troy, N. Y., issued a proclamation calling on a street car ompany hampered by a strike either to run its cars or forfeit its franchise. President McKinley contemplates is- suing a proclamation granting amnes- ty to all Filipinos who lay down their arms and declaring all others out- laws. John B. McDonald has not yet. qual- ified as the builder of the rapid transit road in New York. I Isaac Jacobs, a tailor recovered $1,164 damages against the Third Av- enue StreeL Car Company. New York, for false imprisonment, having been arrested for refusing to pay a second fare after receiving a transler that had been improperly punched. Two deaths were caused by the: cold William F. Rittenberg, a Michigan [weather in Chimgo the other day. lumberman, robbed of $600. by the green goods game. searches in vain for those who vicumlzed mm. It is reported at Berlin that the chief object of Dr. Leyds in visiting Paris, Berlin and St. Petersburg is to induce France, Germiny and Russia to inter- vene if Great Britain should attempt seize Deiagou Bay. The war office gives the list of the nouncing the names of 215 missing men BriLish“ casuilries at Spion kop by an- of various regiments, including 137 members of the Lancashire Fusiliers. Rear Admiral Lord Charles Beres- ford has gone to Mmha to jtake com- mand of the second division of the British edLIiierranezin fleet. l A monster meeting of Hindus and Mohammedans in the Town Hall at Calcutoa passed a resolution express- ing unswervmg loyalty and attach- ment to the throne. and deciding to offer prayers for the victory of the British in all places of worship. The meeting also subscribed 63.000 rupees to the Mansmn House Fund. Tne annual decoration of Lhe bLatue of King Charfies I. in Trafalgar Square on the anniversary of his execuuon m 1694 took place Friday. A specxal cable despatcht from Lon- don says that the pinch of war is felt everywhere. The boxes of chocolate sent to know by the Queen have been dxstributed L0 the wounded soldiers at Wynberg. The Chemainus Northwestern Railway bill, looking to the extensmn of the Esquimalt 8.: Nanaimo Road to the north end of Vancouver Island. has passed the Railway'Committee of the British Legislature. BRITISH. The overdue steamship Ethiopia, from Glasgow, has arrived. at New York. r our cases of smallpox have been. re- ported to the Provinciai Board of Health of Quebec from St. Bruno, Kamoura-ska County, and two from (.‘arleLon, in Bonaventure County. Not one has proved fatal. The direcLora of the Richelieu 0n- tario Navigation Company have ap- pointed Mr. Thos. Henry of Montreal General Traffic Manager of the sys- tem The Elder-Dempster steamship Mon- tex-ey has been chartered to transyort Sirathcona‘s Horse to South Africa, and win] sail from Halifax at the end of February. Mrs. Young, aged 90, was burned to death, and her daughter, Mrs. Stew- art. probably fatally burned in the destzuction of the home of John Stewart, at Cypress River, near Win- nines. Elton Vermette, Manitoba’s oldest pioneer is dead at St. Norbert, aged ‘09 years. The National Trust Company has contributed 31,003 to the National Pa- triotic Fund. The Ontario Legislature will meet on February 14. ”Victoria, 8.0., has offered to equip 50 mounted men for South Africa. Rossiand has raised $3,500 for the Patriotic Fund. The Toronto Poiice _ Commissioners have enforced the Chief’s recommen- dation for an increase of the force. N ewsy Items About Ourselves and Our Neighborsâ€"Something of Interest From Every Quar- ter of the Globe. SPARKS {ROM [HE WIRES UNITED STATES. CAN ADA. ry, vanilla, heliotrope, and carnation. Burnt almonds are purely of French origin. owing their inception to the gluttony of a certain French mer- chant. One day Marshal Duplessis-Pre- lin, an old gourmet, sent for Lamps, who had already invented many a toothsome dainty and was a men of resources. He searched. he reflected. he combined, until finally he catnip ed a delicious hon-hon, which he hap- tized gloriously with the name ‘ot his master, Praline. the French of burnt almonds. This is the history of the invention of hon-bone, for all other. are merely combinations or "thereby- ments of these threeâ€"the warm, the instills and the hunt M. a sign of rejoicing. The custom is Still observed by many of the nobility 0! Europe. The pastime is of tar later origin, having been invented and in- troduced into France by an Italian con- tectioner, the Florentine John Pestil- la, a protege of the Medicis. When Maria de Medici married Henry IV. of France, Pastilla accompanied his sov- ereign to the French Court, where his hon-bone. had a tremendous vogup- -~ Everybody wanted the Florentine?“-J pastillee, and. strange to say, they were perfection from the very begin- ning. He made them with all kinds of flavors, --chocolate, coffee, rose, vio- let, mint. wine, strawberry, raspber- The most popular and the meet an- cient of bon-bons are sugar plums, pastilles and burnt almonds, but how many persons know their history 2 Su- gar plums date back from Roman times, for the Romans were (he first ; to think of covering almonds with lay- ers of sugar. The inventor was acer- tain Julius Dragatus, a noted confecâ€" tioner, who belonged to the illustrious patrician family of Fabius. He made this great discovery, which has wrought so much damage to our teeth for 20 centuries, in the year 177 B. C. These hon-bone, called dragati, alter their inventor, dragees in French, re- mined the exclusive privilege of the family of Fabius. But at birth or man- riage of one of that family a great distribution of dragati took place, as Stewart was the self-confessed mnr- derer of James Ross, an old colored farmer at Sandwich East. Robbery, was the motive. 1Murderer Lev! Stewart Pays Ibo Death Penalty. A'despatch from Windsor says:â€" Levi Stewart, colored, was hanged in the courtyard of Sandwich gaol. The execu.iun was perfectly satismcmry in every particular. The condemned man Walked to the scaf old with a firm step, and in a clear voice he said, “-Good bye, gentlemen, I hope to meet you all in Heaven. ” Then placing him- self on the trapâ€"door, he asked Rad- clif e1 whe: her he was stending right. A few seconds La_ er the drop tell. I 1835, and was educated by private tui: ti-on. He was called In the Ontario bar in 1860, and practised his profession in the town of Brockville. He was ap- pomted County Crown Attorney for Leeds and Grenville in 1863; clerk of the peace for the same counties Novemâ€" ber, 1876; created a Q.C., by the On- tario Government in 1876; became a bencher of the Law Society in 1877; was appointed county judge of Lin- coln the same year, and servéd subs- quently as judge of assize on several occasions. He was a commissioner with others in 1895 to enquire into the efficiency of the staff of the Uni- versity in Toronto. In religion he was an Anglican and was often a delegate to the Church synods. He married in October, 1862, a daughter of the late James Cumming, of Glengarry. Judge E J. Senkler, County Court judge of Lincoln, was a son of the Rev. E. J. Senkler, who came to Cana- da in 1843, and was some time rector of the High School, Quebec. The late judge was born at Dock- inst, Norfolk, England, January L911}, 1 00" St. Catharines, who was here as chair. man of the Elevator Commission ap- pointed by Dominion Government, and now in session dai y in this ciiy, died at the Winnipeg General hospital. after five days’ illness, of Bright’s disease. A despatch from Winnipeg says:- His Honor Judge Edmund Senkler of m-lglu's Disease A Santiago do Chile despatob say. that tidal waves, higher than have been known for a long time, have swept along the coast, doing consid- erable damage. Thirteen persons were killed and forty injured by a dynamite explos- iotn near Turin recently. Th French government expresses it- self pleased with the settlement at the Santo Domingo trouble, which, it is claimed, was a complete Victory for France. Premier Waldeck-Rousseau has sus- pended the allowances of the Archâ€" bishop of Aix, of the Bishosp of Vex- saillee. Valance. Viviers. Tulle. and Montpelier, and the Vicar of Avig- non, for sympathy with the suppress- ed Assumptionists. Italy and Turkey will not go to war over Sylvia Gemeli after all. She was handed over to her father at Constan- tinople yesterday by the Turkish offlc oer who had placed her in his harem- Complete official figures for Gen many show that exports to the Unitd ed States last year were 890,900,461. or an increase. of $8548.84? over 1898. An alleged secret decree of. the Em- press Dowager of China to the gover- nors of the provinces exorta to strong measures against foreigners, even to war. Spanish gendames have unearthed a Carlist area»: b a house in Flaw ncia, capital at the prolvince of that name, and seized 100,000 cartridges and a large quantity of arms. HANGED AT SANDWICH THE EARLI EST CAN DY JUDGE SENKLER DEAD. Disease Cnrrlcs lllm 0E After Flvc Days’ Severe Illness.