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& RR assell, Ontario, Thurgda "... campaign presents no The mishap of the Guards' officers is Ld v, March 29] THRE RUSSELL LEADER 3 - HARDPESSD TN DAS B60 As Yet There Is No Word of the Relief of Mafeking. Some of the Natives Are Dying of Star- vation - Boer Shelling Hus Been Heavy -- Four Officers of the Guards Were Fired on by Johannesburg Mounted Police Nine Miles From Modder River --More British Bravery. London, March 26.--(4.15 a.m.) -- Except for the "unfortunate occur- rence," as Lord Roberts calls it, which resulted ir the killing of Lieut. IL.ygon, and the wounding and capture of Lieut.-Col. Crabbe, Lieut.-Col. Cod- rington and Captain Trotter, the new feature. a testimony to their bravery. They | met a party of five Boers, whom they tried to capture. The Boers took re- 0 on a kopje, where three of their | mnradss weromniXlen, and within five minutes every magma ~ T tish party was hit. : Mafeking's R Apparently little progress is being made toward the relief of Mafeking. A private telegram from a lieutenant at Kimberley, dated Wednesday, | March 21, announces that he was on | the point of starting for Mafeking, | presumably with the relief column. General Sir IForestier-Walker and Prince Alexander of Teck have left Cape Town for Bloemfontein. It is reported from Ladysmith that Van Reenan's Pass bristles with guns. Transvaanl kntered. A despatch to The Daily Telegraph from Kimberley, dated Sunday, March | 25, says: "Prisoners brought in here report that a force of British cavalry has entered the Transvaal and pene- trated to a point 18 miles north of Christiana. The British forces at Fourteen Streams are being strength- ened. A movement northward is ex- pected soon. MAFEKING WELL MARCH 1a. During the Few Days Previous the En- emy's Cordon Had Been Much Relaxed. London, March 26.--The War Ofiice has received the following despatch from Lord Roberts: ""A telegram from Nicholson, at Buluwayo, states that Baden-Powell reports 'All well Lo March 138 Duar- ing past few days enemy's cordon much relaxed.' " | The Nicholson referred to in Lord | Roberts' despatch is Major John Ni- cholson, commandant-general of the British South African Police, station- ed in Rhodesia. Mafeking is Still Closed. London, March 26.--The Daily Mail publishes the . following from Mafe- king, dated Wednesday, March 14% "We are still being heavily shelled. There have been several casualties. Skirmishing continues in the trenches. The native food question is becoming difficult. The Boers have broken the arrangement to respect the Sabbath by not firing, and have seized the op- | portunity to extend their trenches." Natives Dying of starvation, Lady Sarah Wilson, in a despatch from Mafeking, dated Wednesday, March 14, says: "We have received mews of the re- lief of Ladysmith, but it serves to increase our disappointment, as there is no prospect of our relief. The town remains closely invested. The! Boers are reported to be very num- erous and strongly entrenched be- tween us and Col. Plumer's force. Some of the natives are dying of starvation owing to their prejudice against horseflesh."' BRAVE BUT CARELXSS, Bosrs Killed Ls, the Hon. E. Lygen amd Wonnded Three Others. London, March 26. -- The War Of- fice has posted the following despatch from Tord Roberts: "Bloemfontein, March 24.----Yester- daa oi icut.-Col. Crabbe, Capt. Trotter ' "frequently cngage the Boers i vaalers have been eld in! | Johannesburg, but will lat Pretoria. Norval's Pont, Saturday Marcn 24.-- Gen. Clements entered Philoppolis at roon to-day. He assembled the bur- ghers, addressed them, and read Lord Rcberts' proclamation in Dutch and Engii-h. The future of the Free State, he declared, would have to be decided by Iler Majesty's advicers, but the burghers might be cert in that the late Government at DBloem- fontein would never be restored. He advised that all the inhabitants ac- | cept the inevitable, and obey all the orders of the miasitary and other av- thorities duly anpointed, intimating that the Landrost and 'sherifis had been reappointed under the Queen. The burghers began taking the oath of allegiance and surrendered their arms. FRENCH'S FORCE IS RESTING. At Thabamchu und Distributing Lord Roberts' Proclamation. Bloemfontein, Friday, March 23.-- Advices from Thabanchu, between Bloemfontein and Ladybrarg on the Orange Free State border, dated March 21, say Gen. French's force is oberts" proclamation. of the former I'resident of the Orange Free State, Sir Jchn Henry Brand, ' continues his duties as Landrost. Le appears quite willing to co-o;crate | with the new regime. The [ecople generally outwardly express satisfac- tion with the advent of the British. Baers Are Tenacious, Barkly West, Saturday, March 24%. --Gri- uatown was re-occupied Thurs- day by 400 Boers. A column left Kimberley yesterday (Fiiday) to drive them out. It is reported that all the loyalists there, including two men, have b.cen imprisoned. Gen, Weodoale rena, London, March 26.--Advices receiv- ed here announce the death in the Mood Hospital on Friday of General Sir Edward Woodgate, who was wounded in the engagement at Spion Kop on Jan, 24, The late Geberal Woodgate was born Nov. 1, 1845, at Belbroughton, Worcestershire. TRANSVAALERS IN RESERVE. With Retirement of ree Staters They Come to the Front. Ladysmith, March 24.--The scouts beyond Meran, under the Biggarsberg, but no important fighting has taken place. The Free Staters continue to enter our lines, surrendering under the pro- clamation by Lord Roberts. They declare that the Transvaalers are de- termined to fight to the bitter end. The majority of those who have hitherto taken part in the fighting have been Free Staters. The Trans- reserve. The Boers are preparing for another campaign, and will occupy a stropg- ly-fortified position in the Transvaal, necessitating heavy fighting before they can be driven out. The Boers arc not expected to make a stand at concentrate British Losses to Date. London, March 268. -- The total British losses, exclusive of the inval- ids sent home, are 16,418 in killed, wounded and missing. Kruger Aunulx Concessions. Brussels, March 26. -- It is an- nounced that President Kruger of the Transvaal republic has annulled the Belgian railway concessions in that country. Much Belgian capital is in- vested in these concessions and grave commercial complications are likely | to follow. 2,000 More troops Sail. Southampton, March 26.--Over 2, 000 froops sailed from here on Satur day for South Africa. Boars Kuow They're Beaten. Durban, March 24.--It is learned from an authentic sourcé that the Boer leaders are aware that they are beaten, but think they can hold out for four or six months, within which time they firmly believe foreign inter- vention will force Great Britain to grant favorable terms, including in- dependence, They expect Germany or the United States to interfergaetsa 5 » rs Ane | mission of Messrs gab an 3 yp ermann, Kis. esting there _and distribu rd | Lord Reay May Get It. Field Marshal Lord Roberts will have the first offer of the Governor- Generalship, and will refuse. Lhe post will not be offered Sir Alfred Milner, as has been suggested. He will, in fact, be recalled. Politicians expect that the new Viceroy will be Lord Reay, a peer of ability and ad- blood in his veins and the Dutch language. A Conference to Be Held. The Cabinet having settled the :broad lines of policy, the details will be arranged at a conference which will te held in London, and which will include Lord Loch, the former High Commissioner to South Africa; Sir Alfred Milner, Premier Schreiner of Cape Colony, the Premier of Natal and several ex-Cabinet Ministers from South Africa. Will Wait for Roberts. of speaking Nothing has yet been settled with regard to the military positicn after the war, beyond the general decision to offer all possiblg inducements to - suitable soldiers, as the Imperial Yeomen, to set "a South Africa, { The quest] ny aemun.i) TUSL SU over until GenciP.ord Roberts # is comfortably quarteted in Pretoria, and has had time to think over the situation and draw, up a report. The widest differences of opinion on this men. The estimates of a military strength which will be rejuisite to hold the Transvaal range from a per- manent garriscn of 50,000 down to a police force of 5,000. -- ONION 111 Tey LIL: Notes 0" Proceedings in the Nation- al legislature. THE HIGH JOINT COMMISSJON. Sir Charles Tupper enquired when the House was to be furnished with copies of the protocols and other in- formation concerning the commission appointed to arrange outstanding mat- ters between Canada and the United 'States. As the work of that commis- sion had, now, apparently, coné to an end, hej thought it was time that the House aml, the country should be told exactly what they had done. Sir Wilfrid, Laurier could not agree with the.idea that the commission had finished iis sittings, or that the nego- trations had coms to an end, although he was; not prepared tosay when they would be resumed. In the mewntims, he was not in a position to say when the protocols amd other information would be laid before the House, but the Government now had the matter under consideration, and he would give an answer in afew days. GARRISONING OF ESQUIMALT. Mr. Prior called attention to the fact that men who had been recruited in British Columbia for Company "A" of the Provincial Battalion, which is to garrison Halifax, had been sent to do garrison duty at Esquimalt. He wanted to know whether it was the intention to garrison Esquimalt per- manently with Canadian troops, Also he had been informed on good authori- ty that {he Leinster Regiment, now in {alifax, had received marching ord- ers for Africa, and that they were going to leave behind them all the men under 20 years of age and all those unfit for active service. He sug- gested that the men thus left bedind would be a good nucleus for the re- patriation of the regiment. Dr. Borden said he had no informa- tion regarding Mr. Pridr's first ques- { tion, but was not inclined to think it | was well founded. He promised to i give information on this point to-mor- irow. As to the repatriation of the | Leinster Regiment, the War Office | was now seriously considering the | question, and had strong hopes of be- {ing able to carry it out im the near future. Appia iB 2 A 'ABLE, ministrative experience, with almost | the uni jue advantage of having Dutch | point exist even among well informed: 1 leither from the separate provinces or from the Dominion as a whole. No re- cord was kept of those who were re- jected for various reasons, or those who voluntesred after the lists were filled. The number of men furnished from Ontario was £00, not including the 40 who enlisted as reinforcements for the first contingent, nor those who went with the Strathcona Horse. THE BUBONIC PLAGUE. Mr. Fisher, replying to Col. Prior, ;82id that no cases of bubonic plague {had be:n reported at British Columbian | ports, but that a case had been re- poried at Port Townsend and another lately in the Chinese quarter of San Francisco. As a result, orders have been given to treat ships coming from (these ports in the same manner as {those coming from the Orient. PLAINS OF ABRAHAM. Mr. Taylor was informed by the Pre- mier that there had been in.ormal ne- |gotiations respecting the purchase of the Plains of Abraham by the Govern- jmer.t. It had been {ully decided toac- (quire the property if it could be pro- cured at a reasonable figure. | GRANTS TO SOLDIERS. ; | Mr. Sutherland introduced a bill to | make further provision respecis | grants of land to members of the" ie 1a l0cGe Off acilve service in the North-West. STANDARD BARREL. Sir Henri Joly, in answer to Mr. Mills, said that the Government had now under consideration the question of defining the dimensions of a stan- dard harrel. BUDGET SPEECH. speech on Friday afternoon. He spoke for two hours and a half. Mr. Fielding estimated the revenue for the year at over $50,000,000, the ex- penditure at $43,175,000, and the sur- plus at $7,525,000. The salient pro- posals of the budget are an increase of the preferential duty on British goods to 331-3 per cent., an offer of free trade with Trinidad, and the p'acing of beet sugar machinery, of a kind not manufactured in Canada, on the free list. Mr. Fielding announced that the Government has succeeded in having Canadian securities placed on the list in which English trustees may invest trust funds. mrs f------n PRETORIA IS CONFIDENT. The City Is Lively and Full of Mili- tary Aetivity. A despatch from Pretoria, says:--A correspondent has just seen Capt. Leon, the agent of the gun works at La Creusot, France, who was report- ed to have been killed in an engage- ment with the British some time ago. Capt. Leon was quite badly wounded, but he is now improving rapidly. He will sail for Europp next week. | The people here have not been cast down by the British successes. They are confident of maintaining a sturdy resistance for many months. The Rand Post says it has been ad- vised that there will be a general de- struction of the mines before the Brit- ish are allowed to occupy the gold fields. ; The Standard and Diggers' News of Johannesburg, strongly opposes such a. measure. It declares that the de- struction of the mines would be an act of vandalism which would alienate the sympathy of friendly powers. This view is strongly endorsed. Johannesburg continues calm, and no breaches of order are reported from that town. Pretoria is lively and full of military activity. President Kruger returned yester- day from Kroonstad. He states that he never found the burghers more re- solved. Ha is assured that the fight in the Free State will be desperate. I am informed that the Transvaal Government has taken no resolution to destroy the mine property as a last resort. a Ba A HUGE FIELD FORCE.: Strength of Lord Roberts' Army for Operations of Offence. A despatch from London, Saturday, March 24, says:--A telegram an- Mr. Fielding delivered the budget | MARKETS OF THE WORLD Prices of Grain, Cattle, Cheese, &c., in the Leading Markets. Toronto, March 27.--Run was falr consisting of 600 cattle, 800 hogs and 15) sheep and lambs--quite sufficien¥ for the demand. Export Cattle--Trade slow; offer ings not large. A few loads sold at 84.50 to $4.80 for heavy cattle and $4.25 to $4.40 for light stock. Bu.chers' (Cattle--Demand was not strong. Loads of choice heifers and steers sold at $1 to $4.25 per cwt., good cattle at $3.5) to $3.90 per cwt., me= dium: to mixed lots at $3 to $3.50 per cwt., and common cows to $2.50 to $3 per cwt. Export Bulls--Offerings light and demand weak, Quotations were $3.50 to $3.75 per cwt. for light stock and $3.75 to $4 for heavy grades. Feeders--Few offered to a slow de- mand at unchanged prices. fo --- This market holds steady 3 ny "Was and demand at $3 with fair offerir™ es LAGhiEY to $3.65 per cwt. for stec SEE. from 500 to 900 lbs. Feeding Pulls--Steady at $2.75 to $3.25 per cwt. Sheep--Trade was dull and some stock left over. Offerings were gei- eraily inferior. Export ewes sold at $3.25+to $3 75 per cwt., bucks at $3 to | $3.25 per cwt., and butchers' sheep at $3 to $4 a head. Lambs--Rather weak demand at $4.50 to $5.5) per cwt.,, and $3.50 to | $5.73 per cwt. for picked ewes and | wethers. | Toronto, Mar. 27.--Wheat--Western | markets closed weak to-day. In the le | cal market Manitobas were off lc, bul Ontarios remained about steady. Quo | tations are as follows:--Ontario, ret | and white, 65 to 65 1-2¢, according te nearness to the mill, Western Ontaris ! points ; and 63 to 66c east ; goose wheal | 70c, low freights, to New York; spring | east, 66 to 661-2c; Manitoba No. 1 hard, 79¢, North Bay, and 80c, g.i.t. Flour--Quiet. Outside milleis offer straight rollers, in buyers' bags, mid: dle freight, at $2.60 per bbl.; and ex port agents bid $2.55. Special brands in wood, for local account, sell fron $2.85 to $3, according to brand. Millfeed--Bran is quoted at $14.50 t¢ $15.50, and shorts at $15 to $16, af the mill door through Western On tario. | Corn--Continues firm. No. 2 Ameri can yellow, quoted at 43c, track, To | ronto; and mixed at 42¢; Canadiar (corn, 42¢, track, Toronto. | Peas--Demand quiet and prices |easier. Car lots, 60 1-2 to 6le, north land west; and 61 1-2 to 62c¢, eas. | Barley -- Tone easy. Prices rather easier. Car lots, No. 2, middle freights, {42 1-2c; and east at 43c; No. 1 is quot- led at 43 1-2 to 44c, outside. | Rye -- Quiet. Car lots, blo, west, {and 52¢, east. Dats -- Prices steady on small offer- {ings. White oats, north and west, 21 {1-20, middle freights 28c, and east 28 1 1-2¢c. | Buckwheat -- Quiet. O ferings light. !Car lots, outside, quoted at 49 to 50e. I Buifalo, March 27.--Spring wheat-- INo. 1 hard, round lots, 77 1-4c; No. 1 Northern, carloads, 76 3--4c; No. 2 | Northern, carloads, 73 8-40. Win- {ter wheat--No. 2red, 74 1-2¢, asked; | No. 1 white and mixed, 73 1-2¢, asked. Corn--Quiet; No. 2 yellow, 41 3-4¢; No. 8 yellow, 411-2¢; No. 4 yellow, dlc; No. 2 corn, 411-2¢; No. 3 corn, 4le, Qats--Firm; No. 2 white, 293-4 to 30c; No. 3 white, 29 to 29 1-4c; No. 4 white, 28 3-4¢; No. 2 mixed, 26 1-2¢; No. 8 mix- ed, 26c. Rye--No. 2 nominally 62 to 2 1-2¢. Flour--Steady. Chicago, March 27.--Flaxseed--Clos- ed:--North-West and South-West, cash, $1.65; May, $1.65; September, $1.16 bid' October, $1.13. Minneapolis, March 27. --Close:-- Wheat--In store, No. 1 Nor hern, March, 641-80; May, 635-8¢c; July, €4 7-8¢c; on track, No. 1 hard, 65 1-8¢c; No. 1 Northern, 641-8¢c; No. 2 Northern, 62 5-8c. Duluth, March 27.--~Wheat--No. hard cash, 66 1-4c; May, 671-4¢c; No. 1 Northern cash, 64 3-4c; May, 653-4c; July 665-8¢; No. 2 Northern, 621-4c; No. 3 spring, 59c. Oats--231-2 to 24e, Corn--34 3-4c. AE and Liet a copy of the | youncing that the eighth army divis- CORES OF YOUNG BOERS. Liar: colony of] ! . E. Lygon of the | cher Nessd™ ' fii Casoy p nd Lieut.-Col. a 8 to Europe is to has- ! Hopsard of Li \ + this so lar as Germany is cOn-| ; LA. 1 lion is expected to land at Port Eliza Grenadier ; | Victoria, dated Feb y 9th, in which, : aa oa Codrington 2 / merned. 'Tha Boer plans include a ye a atatemel edited to Mr. beth and Kast London is interpreted to | ynder British Officers They Are the Victoria mean that this division will join Gen- le Taper eral Roberts, Doing Police Duty. | "pringiontein. A despatch from London says :--The Guards, rode eight or nine miles) be- stand at Kroonstadt, the Vaal River { McLean, a wembe; yond their camp on the Modder Xiv- | and othex jpoints, culminating at the | Cabinet, to the affd qthout an escort except one | dgience of | Pretoria, which has been |i.) jythoricies had no Side SE ah qd ~ 3 TES : er with ee Bp : Y 2 A : in j ial an ra iin hein 1 Extension] Lt is estimated that General Roberts | second edition of the Times of Wed- trooper. They were fired upon by | preparing for a sicge. | tralia granting the y AH i ; 2 | : p-__ ot Boers, and Lieut. Liygon was > | cable Company landi ghts and, will J hen buve pinstically ton army | nesday publishes a despatch from killed, and Lieut.-Col. Crabbe, Lieut. | London, March 26.--A special des- | facilities for doing VL fons foe ey ng Be oe open ions, ox: Ploemionteln, dated, Monday, Merch Codrington and Capt. Trotter we patch from Bloemfontein, dated proposed salle to Cage ares should munications. In addition, he has (o-1 19, which says:--" The blowing up of : i iy 3 al . inline he iitio wat Imperial Roy sol E ok 3. on, 8 21 oh Sy : seriously wounded, Fae ine March 24, says: Rudyard Kipling has on a rates eral French's cavalry, thus outnum- bridges by the Boers is am evident was wounded. One © e arrived here. hav 2 ne 5 5 ha ' rg 3 NE ikerchief |e lowered should ndver be increas- bering the Boers three to one. sign that the Transvaalers intend te officers held up a white handkerchief, | Tp" Boog are reported retiring once lowered | } abandon the defence of the Fred 3 C their assist- > Yai nm ed. Wo wl Sorts State." hd the Boers came to tne rognstadt, after having blown a Yr ant E this statement! . pools S 3 oe d aid all they possibly could, irom Kring 2 > . Mr. Mulock said that ete with ih " All is quiet in the south and west. ance an fait tne; ols The Boers | UP & bridge. | was not at ail in har¥oony with the attending to theif Wounts, iy | Capadian Government's 1 om ----------------T views of the, CRUS ED BY KITCHEN A corps of young Boers from the farms then conveyed the wounded to the TO BE ON CANADIAN LINES. of is pert | USH ER. 1 authorities. surrounding Bloemfontein, under awn J 5 3, her y were 3 3 nearest ierni house, where they o far as this the Gove p ant know, | : , ; > Imperial officer, has been detailed fos . id den lS Cpe : British Forces Qperatin wt ae : 6 ; taken care of.' ls Proposed Plans for British Seuth Afrien, and he felt pretty sur its informa-| Two it Ss Upe ng Near police work, and to prevent the furthe:z shot by Jehnnnesburg Holice Including the Twe Republics--First imperial Gov-! Prieska !Jnite. pillage of abandoned farms by the Bloemfontein, Saturday, March 24. Governor-General ) a {any variation in the ts sent to! . ; | firs." its consent to, A gegpateh from Prieska, March 22, | Kat he ; esterday killed ---- The Boers who yesterday Vee anal 4 ) [.ygon of the Grenadier Guards, and | London, March 26. It is Inder | agreement for the cons wi unded Col. Crabb, Licut.-Col. | stood that the committee of the rit | Pacific cable to be ow | who Xo and Capt Trotter of the | ish Cabinet which has been delibera~ | the colonies und Great X Codrington Guards, who had ridden | ting on the political future of South | ORFORD COPPER C Seviadigatadnte 'beyond their camp | Africa in general, and on' he Boer | Sir Wiltrid Laurigr™ eg ti a ier River 'without escort, | Republic in particular has already ap. | etiiion of the Te on ae re J q | rived at an agreement on the several Fv y y . ooper, were members of | rive a ther Yn oredr) Outario, praying er Mounted Police. | points of principle, including the C1 oa | oe Orford Cooper he ux t ; Raval . 1 ee Aiter dressing the wounded, they sent tion of a new Vice-Royalty. The | newal, of letters pate : | i travelling by way of inipling at istoemfontein, Ee a i tion was correct, the ernment had not given @ wn [ep] © B © = ) wn @® 2 or ® B a = © =] ou - Lh = = 1] i es supa ind ly by ener joined forces at Dordenberg nek | Tuesday. Kitchener's cavalry enter- TO SEE THE WAR THROUGH. OMPANY. ied Prieska, on the 19th without op- ! Reise ihe position. The Boers evacuated the | What Kruger Told a Deputation of that the bill pA Sow Sholigy Tere thin atvel Two Burghers, ~ rm ») e City eri: olunteers ¢ : ; Jompany Jo = who were taken prisoners in the ig A despatoh to tos Toulon Daily ; 4 i ide for Gover- | ero pated clarred to the | Water >ngagement, had been released, | News from Pretoria, Says , lat a de- them to thé British camp in an am- settlement w in prov ids Ra th | Jaw. Tha petition We Private Bills and are well. | putation of burghers waited on Presi- ! bulance. Bor-Gensral of he Shoe of Vo Select Committee CRW 5 = Tr oo | The enemy is reported to be dispers- | gent Kruger to enquire regarding the Africa on Canadian lines, Wi a ONTARIO'S CONTINGH INT NUMBERS |iy,¢, and the tebellion seems to be! gituation. They received a reassur- . TH 1 ~N . : House A Se | 940. jerushed. A few Boers are reported to | ing reply. The President said the Town ani egislative Ass oi { 8 the various Provinces, including the | Mr. Cargill L Transvaal and the Orange Free State i Borden that Hus hop p i »f political probation. |the total number 0 2 on after a pericd of po Jog | BT worvice in & ath Africa, cr set ------ FH % S. = ay IAs ry >: i : CLEMENTS AT PHILIPPOLI was infolrmed by Dr. 322 at Kenhardt. Neither Lord Kitch- | Government intended to see the war 2% sible to tell {ener nor General Seitle encountered | through determinedly, and tihat a who volun. |any opposition enroute, and foud the | council of war by the nation's lead- farms deserted. | ers would be held shortly. Rend Roberts! Proclamation and Burgh ers Began Yurning in Arms. of Phisppolis, Friday, March 23, via