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STANDARD LIFE. . !How the Boer Prisoners Are Em- 1 ployedjn St. Helena. I "A despatch from London says ;- It iiu apparently not intended to send `any prisoners to-Great Broad Bot- tom oamp, St. Helena, as the two `medical officers sent out to be sta- I tivoned there" -have been ordered home, and the tents and other material have 1 been brought in. The large wood and ;'iron buzildings erected here remain, iand `will not be removed. 'Dwo hun- ldred more prisonersare on the way `there with a guard of 80 men. ofthe `Gloucester Regiment.` l'__ .._1.1:4.:-.. 4.. `LI... An AAA nu: .... .... } The Cape Oolony Boers, Gen. Kitch. iner. says, seem to ban broken up `into small .p:uft1e,s. Some Jjeturning north, and some hiding In the moan`- tains qt Jamestown, i lnerzogfa comnmndg ins in the neigh. ibourhoogt of Sutlget1a`nd..0ape Colony. '~}Settle ~,0`8'l_||l_1ll|8 I head Linn cl! 4.- I l vcv uuvu-awn o-w\.a.....vu-w In addition to the 40 odd prisoners lemployed by` the Colonial Government `in the construction of,-a.roa.d' round -the cliffs on the sea-face, a number have men employed in the erection of the new crane, There areisome !skilful workers among them-lhe. E nmjarity are Scandinavians-and in a pleted, under the direction of Baron Fagerskjold, 0. part of the work that had been vainly attempted for many weeks previously. There remains yet a` small portion of the foundations un- der water to be laid; when this work is completed the rest will be easy. few weeks they ha we successfully com-V uuu u,uvv ..._yvr n V... ....-....... ..--_c. The party matched for three days,` hsufferi-ng mazny hardships that cost some Lives. One mother who started with her `three children lost two of i them an the way. Act of Loya1';1-`itish Who Left _ Jagersfontein. ' London, Jan. 8.--When the loyal British were towed to evacuate 'lJagersafomtei1n in the Orange Free !Stute Ohristmasi eve, because of the llazwtivity 0513 the Boers, all the `furni- ture, food, and wlahinzg that could not 1 be taken away safelywas burned. In 9 the retiring party Were 3,000 c-ivilia-as and 800 soldiers. One thousand horses - and 2,500 sheep were taken along. ,,__.__I.,_I 2-.. LL`._._.. -1..-...` MACHADODOEP JATTACKED BURNEDT `tiJl"lV LIES. BUILDINE ROADS. war cwt. . . 2.2.) ' Milkers and Calves. t\:\ nn I.uIl|ua , per cwt. . . $4.25 $5.00 choice, do. . . 4.00 4.25 med. to good. . 3.25` 3.75 inferior. . . 3,00 3.25 per_cwt. . . 2.75 3.00 pulls per cwt. . 3.25 4.25 Sheep and Lambs. -- ~---L .1 HR 0 OK I|lIL'C| 3' UlUo HAn(.`1i'n)N Lusuox. Aucx. C0wAN. _ B. Hun:-`o1u) Axumun, G. E.J. Buowu, L..B.b. Bolcesz Hinds Block. No. 6 Dunlop Sheet. ume. Branch Olces-Leuuox 8; Ardnglx. Gmven burst; Lennox. Ardugh, Uowuu & Brown, Crew more and A-llston. ` , per owl} per owt. . per owt. Cattle. THE BARBIE EXAMINER. THURSDAY. _]AN. 17', 1901. -...-v- . . 20.05 0 An V ..u.uu 6.00 can 0.UU 4.25 3.50 2.00 50.00 A 10.00 0.56.: 4.62 1-2 2.75 6.75 6.25 6.25 Alin- hum; Lennox. Arc \ll'\\T v A despatch from Landon, suys:-Gs>.n- eraT Kitchener reports that three agents of_ the Peace Oommittee were captured by f1.ghting_ burghers and taker. to General De Wet s laager, near. Lindley, One of the committeemen, a. Britnlsh subject, was flagged and shot, ` and the otherutwo, who were Boers, were ogged by General De Wet`s M orders. -7-w-uv.-.-- . .`.-... ,-...-.----.-.--...._ jif -._... .. V- .... _...v `.v.-......... ..-_. The newspapers of London arevveryl indignant at Gen. De: Wet s treat- ment of; the peaee agents; as described in Gen. Kitch_ener s despatch. The most moderate condemn it as an atroc- ity which stains Gen. De \Vet s high reputation. They paint out that he believed he ` was justi-' fied in shooting-A the Englishman for tzimperixjag with-his` troops he was! molt justified in torturing. himby flog- , Peace Delegates Sent by Kitchener ee Shot by De Wet.e vuu,llUV vayvuusu no; \. y;av;vu . - -Natural gas has been struck in the pelat beds at Rondeau, near Chatham. 1;. 1r.,__;;__ - ____:'| L-.. .......+.-.t..:.r.n| THE VERY LATEST FROM AII. THE wonm OVER. OANADA. Hull's revenue last year reached $85,639; expenditure $116.9-)7. \1..L..__.n. A- u_-v_, L_,._ ..L_.....!. :.. 41... "'- """""""""""" "" ` ' ' ' - " ' _','*,' I At Molncton a. mail has contammg ' $1.'_0() of lnteroolonialnhaques has` been stolen. an nnn ` IHE NEWS i R NIBISHHH uvvu nvunvuo Canada will have about 20,000" square feet of smoe at the Glasgow Exhibition. v I an-u-vgunungg I All the oorpoVration_l'aborers at King-i Ston struck because work was -given!` to a non-union man harmed Moon. The option held by a bug Chicago syndicate upon the Hamilton stovei foundries has been extended threel m.onths.' _ . nu- -- -__..- --.v-u (OUMY OLEBl(,\'1ll be at his Ofce in the Court House. U. rric, every Sa.tu1'day V Residence and 'I .().. Coukatown. lnirestlng Items About Our Own Country, Great Britain, the United States, and Ah Parts of the Globe, V ' Condensed and Assorted for Easy _ Reading. ; - V uavuuuuu I `It cost $14,986 to administer thei Ottawa.-Hull` fire relief fund of; $952,182. _In all 14,799 persons werei clothed. 1 v . n u nu-v. .. ......,.............. ..,-.. -..- _-_-....-_.` Parliament at its approaching ses-I` s.i7cin will'be asked to incorporate 8.? company which is desirous of bridging` the St. Mary's River near Sa.ult"SI;e.5 Marie. ' i i .. - .. . ..... .-.u I . The Hamilton Locarcouncu of Wo- men will appeal to- the City Council? to `pass a by-law penalizing thosef who expectorate upon the eidevv-ulk.{ I 'I)....I!.........-.L ..4- :J.- ..nr`.u-\n..Im:-xnp nan _ Sergeptnt-Major Jorn McMuz-phy, T, aged 89 years. who fought the Boers in 1841-2. and later served in the Cri-. m'ean_war, isdead, in New Westmin-; ster, as the reaultoxf a. fall; 1111... 'n:....____ 'r):......'T ...~.1-nus Ir\rv|r\nnIv; lug Uuwluvnso Twoi Chatham cit_1zens lefuse huto sen_d1 their children to one of the city schools, which they claim unsani- Vtary. The sclwol authoritxes will not let them attend any other. The trou- hle may get into the com t_. (\.....6......- m,....I:.. n Mnrlunuinn mar- 1. rug: auu `us.-.n.v. . b GREAT BRITAIN. b There has been a heavy snowfall in some parts of Great Britain. 1- .....u 1- .......| f'nn|'l hn]f-h1-nfhc-I` of ihe B01118 pulls nu uxou,-. uuuu... Lord Lionel Cecil, half-brother offthe Marquxs of Salisbury, is dead. n_.,--1. n..:A....'... ll ...,:un rnnimnnfn hp mulqum va. ucum-..uu_,, . _ u . . ... Great Britain will `raise regiments of infantry in -India to relieve British garrisons at Mauritius, Singapore, and perhaps Hong Kong and Ceylon. mug. n..m.-A AF `Dnnr-' Law Gnnrrlinnn puxuupa nun; nun, ....... ...,,.v.... The Board of Poor Law Guardians of Weobly has declined, on pzitriotio grounds, to accept a gift of pictures] and; books from Mr. Wm. T. Stead for the. workhouse. V . A 1:. ..| .n.-L-..J-1. nyill 4-Innin fhn noun nf L (Lute Of LMB. R1l1.l'Vl8 Q Blllllll UTIIIIII.) OFFICE um RESIDENCE :-Co1-net -9wen amt Collier Barents. Barrie LLIQ W Us nuvuwvu _ . Earl `Roberts will decide` the case of Major-General Colville. whose'res1gna- E I:-igon of u.com.mander-in-chief for 1n- -v.....:., -,_ .__.._. Lubauc-`.|L uu. lnavuvnaa pug - The Bfitlh Government has appoint- ed Va commlssron especially instructed to inqutre into the presence of arsenic in `beer and other drmks and foods, M and to report how the presence of the person. can be prevented. . UNITED STATES. T . .New York has 200.000 cases of $" r`PP. .A nnnv-A av. '13. H. Davies & _Co., owners of the. big iroun works of Honolulu and.Liver- - ponol, have bought tha Iron works of; -A.rnist-tong &.Morrison in Vancouver,` B. 'C., for $150,000. ,1 11' 1, , 1-,..- 'Iu'_1uI'.._.._L.. unus Samuel Lewxs, the notorious money lender andusurer at Dondon, Eng., who has been called the "greatest and meanest of modern Shyloclgg," is dead. -. C'\,.!L'._I_ rv_._._.._.........b Inn- Q.-.-`A3-.4, DOV`) II-F-I Irl-Iv In-B-In vb - ----- . The Pigeon R-iver"Lumbet Company: _or- Gra.-nvde Rapids. Wisconsin, have purchased the Fort William lhuihberi mills. which for many` years were! operated by Graham, Horne & Com-E Pan . . . . 1 1 Mr. 111 -r n1....I. no m.-.wm+n (dun: rm." I'.""`J' Mr. W. J. Clark of Toronto gives no- tice that an application will be made: to Parliament for an act to incorpor-} ate the Canadian National Bank. tori the purpose of doing 9. general bank- ing business. rn...._- nhnakn-n n.'I~.-unnn rnfnuo fn llI\` Lu!-J bx: uunu .u\ `I .. - Captain` Nordin, 8. Nofvvegian mar-1 iner, and J`. E. A. Dubuc, of Quebec, have submitted a proposition to the Government for the establishment of __ 1.... ..... .4...` ..-.n.. \l\lII?lI-Iu|.IJ.'I--A-Iv av- -._.. -..-..._._.__,,, an ice-breaker and salvage steamer un `the St. Lawrence; also for a win- tet steamship service between` Eu- rope and Quebec. aumnw` DRITAIN, FLUPIGED AND THEN SHOT. -EWSPAPER COMMENTS. HYSICIAN AND SURGEON. ETC. A Lulu Resident Physicizm and Surgeon of the 'l`oronto General Hupitill. with special mtention to uiscuscs of Wumen and Nose und 'l'lll'0nI work; and also Surgeon: to Emergency Hospital. '1`orouto V V r.L!L... n....;..a.... 1.. 41. . \l..n4...n... nI..}.I- van` Six pe0pX:3 Wyere-w 1_amd_ many embers 1 in a panic caused 5 of fire in a Cth-icngo - day. | 'I`h.:Lv' uv-x ru nrnnnl` gi-n'g first. Other papers, one of which has .the caption, "Murder and the pi]- lory as an answer to British attempts . art cunci-Ration, declare. that General De Wet has placed hi`m.wlfA outside the putle of hu'm.a.n.ity. n\L 1:-,,__,, ._ 1'\_..A. `I'l\`.!.. quxte useless. * * The Preuboria correspondent of the Dailzy Mail announces the return to 'Pr'etona bf -(Mr. Pretor|'us,.a former pIresi:dv3'nt oi` Luu l?u.L- South A1'ri:;:.tn Re:pu.~blic,= from zyfutile endeavour to Jpersuud-3 the Boer leaders to surren- der. quuu kn-us. vr. aA\A.A4u\a-cans. - The .Mor.uing Posvt says;.-'l`his nmrks the point where the guerillu phase ends and the bandit phase be- gims. ' 1" A|-- -----~---'..-.--...-1 . op. sunny . All the papersilppeal strongly to the Government to purry foiwvard reirmforcementmfsince it is evident that the Boer leaders have now be-' c=o'm-e despem-te :rn.'d cqnciliution is quite useless. 'I`h.o I- l'mf.nI`L'1 c-.nrr:-.snnn.(1e`nt |.v-0 nu unyu any V. g uuuuuu ~- Two boys kicked Annie Dowd aged` nine years, to death at Middletown,` N , -V. ' There are two cases of smallpdx near_ Watertown, N. Y. VIN]... ..L......A. ...._ ..-...6-....-. -6` `D.\...!:-.._ -. ---- --. ---- "'- --~--" -' --*4 -*---2 Ne\\'?York have been indigfed _fo_r _kiI1- sug (1 patient. 5 ` , I ` A...J.._ Vlnl.-u. L--...__ J D-.__..._.. ` ...5 ._. r.-nu...-u `Anion Zahm. brewer, of N. Y., burst an artery by and died immediately. l`1__..__.._ A1]-.. LL` R... _E. .---u-~v-...,. av: .. ' The street car system of Reading, Pa., is txed up by strikers. I 711...- l-...-._ I_I..l__J A....f.. `IN ...-."l n ......I`E l.ENNOX..ARDAGH, GDWAN an BROWN. ' ARRISTERS, Solicitors 101' -ol+taluln.'.; 1-.11 hate 0! wil.s, guurdlunshln and ndmini:~lr; non. und Gem.-ml -5olicuurs,Notur1es . Uon\`c_\ unr-urn. Hui. .. .........v_......._,. .... -.-`. _ I Groyer Allen. the boy giant, eight_- years old and weighing 251 pounds,' is dead at Andezrso`-n, Ind. ` ..-u ... ------------ ~-. ---- ` _At Chelsea, Ma.-ss., flve men-are un~_ der arrest for stealing a safe oontain_-' ing $4,000, in broad daylight. , 5 .___ __ _....1. -._..- -1- ...a Y-,---, .._ ...--..._ _.._,--..-. A team ran away _w1th loaf! of `school chilflren at Bar-aboo, Wis. One.` _ was killed and several seriously injux`-' . and ! _Rou`bea't I..awre:nce,_ :1 young denti.:st,"` Ishotf and kilised -himself, while lying [on acouch beside his sick wife at: iDenver. Col. 3 I` .... A. - .-. II` -- u. l-nJ\aanv\aA- 5.... " The Cgrnegig Company will fight: the National Tube trust by buillding. xa s12,o00,ooo`p1unt at coneaut Har-. ' bout; Lake Erie. | | -5 1',-4,_1_. YII __.......I` .~..., ......v ... .-. , A citizen of Lincoln, I1.-1., named: izemore, is. accnsedvof trying to ta.x've_his three children to death toi et $50,000 left to them. .- ` % t\1..___._._ .'I'.1_._-.. .. ._.._._!..L .1. As. 1 ~" g l 'J_`l1e_y'\vgrc prepzlmug for the burial}; _of Miss Lmxse Sch:1ef_er, a teacher`, in]: New` Yo`1'k,'when it was discovered ishe was in utmn-Ce. She will soon |1`e.Lur-n to her school. ' 2...... ..,.....,...... .--. .- ......... . . ` . I Olareuwe Egnor, a convlct at Au-_ `bum, N.Y., murdered A. W. Benedict.` 3. ` guard. on Wednesday, because/the! `guard threatened to report him for- misconduct. ' I I I I 1 I . . . . ~. George R/e,ed_, a-n eccentric. bachelor mu:-luse. has just d`ed "in his_ little home on his large farm, near Brazil, jInd. He hadn tout his hair or beard ?for` thirty years. His state is worth" 5370.000. T ' (\ l\`l1I\vlI\ A 1 D-r-eyfus win pubxzsha diary of his! life at De,\_7il9`s Island. Last year Biemaxx sent _87.537'2mi- 'grants to the United States. `, eigium will adopt the M:1rconi sys- }tem of yviteless telegraphy. A !V..`............ .....-.-. L.1...._-._ _.EI'A ._.: I IN UIILU V V 0icc- Upstairs In the McCarthy Block. nex to ML'URI'lh_Y & Co's Uiu-es. two doors east 01' Dougnll Bros. -Furmguw Store. 2!) . :~-- `T ..""."."" `"`"=``'``- ' -A German paper blames mil,'jtzu'ism for the iecnciexwo of commerce and' t.-rad-e. _ v 1 ..-.\.-...r...... The health of the doix':i,gbu;-Em1Jres Frederick, the Queen s eldest d-augh-b lter, is: again causing anxiety. [ `Linn!-m-+ `D:............x- .-...... LI__L n ,, .---, ....,. D--~-... vu.-`snub IIll(\I(`lJn Herbert Bismarck says that Ger- mnz1'ny s'trade policy. will be one of protection against the United Stats. .`..,.I...... -~ 7" -' TIT A.-I__...._.I___- L,_;_'__,__ BLUEJACKETS ON`. GUARD.` `j. Mounted Infamry occupy Pieka.-_ nee;-x* s Kloof. A despatch from Cape T0\v;1, says; -Jrhc mounted infantry from Cape Town occupied Piokaunc,-er's kloof V wri-tho-ut opposition before the -Boeri invaders could reach that place. The. icyclist corps has arrived at Clan Wil- lixam. No Boers were seen in either ' of these districts. L * g-Av\.\r\4I.|v,L uauuuan. out: uuucu baubbca. Wireless telegraphy between Hono-f lulu and various islands of the Ha.- wa-iian group is in practical hpsra- tion. - _- .-.......v \.....-upavvmu The docks are guarded by bluejack-. ets and "marines. Oonvalescent sol- direraarc taking their places in guard- ing the Boer prisoners on shipboard.` l'\._ 1.1.. 1-u-.____;_1_____ __.x ;x_ I I ..... -.... ..-..- ,............. `II-I .....,.....t.. ... On the - Picquetberg road, the; Boers occupying Celvinia and Suth- erland consist of two columns, one advancing in the direction of Clan William, and the other towards Wor- oester, or in this direction. All pas- I was in front of Worcester havebeen? occupied by "seasoned troops, which are gathering at strategic points. The `tranquil Dutch openly disap-T prove of the raid, manyweven sending ' homes to the British campi. ,_ ____, I The French Melditerranean squd- roln is to be equipped with wireless telegraphy. 7l"L._ L__lLL _n LL, 1 , 'w~ Queen Wilhelmina will positively bel imurried next month. , l PHYSICIAN, SURGEON duo * _ (Lute of Du. mu-vie 6: smith Orlllla.) and Three nurses at I Bellevue Asylum, 1-... l7'__.I_ 1... ..- 1..--.. .'__1:-.-'_,n A--4 Lyn 1.-2, vstirere-cru'shed to death` seriously injurud._ by :1 false alarm? theatre on Satur-i GEN ERAL. Syracuse,` coughing 1 F. 1 E I: `mo British Defer.1-d~a. rest Against : _ 1.000 Boers. I ` .A- despatch from Pretxoria, says:-A? commando, a thousand. strong, at-W _,tacked Kuulfontein ,at seven o`c1ock - Io-nl Saturday morning. The garrison, numbering -115 men, mostly C-hesbnre Mounted Infantry, m:-Idea plucky and sc1ent.ic d-efenco. Livut. Wil-` 5lvi'u.m Freeman was in command. The 5British sustained at six hours` bom- bardment from two guns and :1 Mar- itini and :1 Maxim rapid-fire gun, and repulsed a determined onslaught by rthe Boer riflemr.-n without` sustaining ta casualty. The Boers lost heavily. - They crept In the long grass to within I 5 E t d 0 :fox'ty yards of the British `lrenches, `but were dnven buck by the accurate and heavy rifle litre of the deenders,= -`Numbers of the Boers were seen to! :fall. and theygvere carried to :1 farm 511-oust`. later. i Alter th:-':iLt:lCk was repulsed Gen. Knox, with the Second Cz:vulry,ar- grit-ed` in tim;- to head the Boersioff `from the :souLh~e.u.s1;, in which direc- 'ti0-n thuy were reu'eu-Ling, and he ' drove them L0 the north-east towards i'l`_ygrpuurL, where they may fall in?) `the hands of -.1 British mounted uin- ;'Iknaot'1`y force. I I n__,1, .- , , n , Ann 1: ,,., _. A deapntoh tron Pretoria, aaye:-In the recent fight between Gen. Bathing- ton s command and a Boer force near Zaudontein,- the Imperial Light Horse Suffered severely. Having learned nothing by previous experiences, they advanced in close formation up a hill that had preyiously been scouted by the Hussars, who reported that they found no sign of the burghers. The Boers, however, were lying in the grass. They allowed the Euasaru to pass without molestation, (reserving their fire until the `Imperial Light 'Horse were within 50 yards of them. Xvhnn I-ha `D-Hh.|. C4..-) LI.-- I__J ITHEYMETHEAVY LOSSES ... . . _ ~ - . vnu rvnuulu av yanua UL Luclll. When the British found they had ridden into another ambush, they dis- mnumted and kept up a hot fire, Seeing that his men were losing Force of 200 BritishAmbushed by 700 Boers. III`! UV` Lf- JILUVJJRIDJILI Dentist. Barrio, Visits Cookatown, every Wednesday. nlnn ._.Dn-u 1-lh-ml: Want nf Hm Pact (NH:-n ffone Thousand Hen selected for .' j the Purpose. . 5| _A despabch from Cape Town. says; ' -The Chamber of Mines has finally ' arranged swilth the military authori- ` the formation of a guard for the pro- te1cti'on- of the mines. Athousand men ` wixllishortly leave the coast towns for Johalnnes-burg for this purpose. 5 Fiteuenvmuen will be [detailed to each mime. Sunday three` traction engines Ebrought in loads of Boer women and `children [nun the Rustpnburg dis- 'I.t.rict. `-7- -. - W __T, I -... -.. ....-.4--I. ___..-., ..... -. E Early Sunday morning 400 Boers aL- gtauked Zuurfopt.ein, but they were _driven off, and joined those attack- iiug K;1u1n',;;n:;'in. Colf_Rm-ha-fru'd ar- i rived '41:`. l{:uI;':mLein "1111 an armour- 'e.d train fro1.n'Pretnriu. in time to see the Boers in full retreat. 4.1 nun. Later details of the Belfast fight .show that 701) Bo-era rushed the posi- itiun defended by sixty of the Royal Irish Regiment. The latter fought withitheir bayonets until only twen- -ty of the men were left alive. Even- tua`a.1f; lhe Boors were driven from their positions by the British main garrison, the Gordon `Highlanders, `and tubers. .....v ---..v.... -.._s._,. To the west of Pretoria Gen. Gor- don a force had a ght wfth the Boer a south` of the Magallesburg. TheI Boers left twenty dead on the 'field| I and had a number of others wounded. '1 THQ An+u:I. A: n....... ..n..:.... 1.-.... ..-a.i n | jun- Boers Were Defeiued with Heavy` .- " Losses. I I Adespatch from Pretoria, aa.ys:--, b Under cover of a thick fog the Boers! _attacked the British gaxriaons at Pan, 'WonderonLein, Belfast, Vvildfontein, yand Dalmanmha between midnight and dawn Tuesday. AL l"I,_IE..-L LL__ _._._ ..__..J L- nu...-.1` u-av..- . .. ....-u...v\.- The Boers lost heavily. - They left? from twenty to twenty-five dead on` on the fxeld. Anumber of wounded were qarned away, I rnt... I'I._!L`_I_ . . _ . _-|.2-_ 3.. 1.1.--." ::__|.;..l uuu ua. H u ;.uacuu-_y a At Belfast they managed to rush ithe British position, but. were ultim- ateIy driven put by the Gordon High- '1anders and me Royal Irish Regi- -ment. - .u . 4,, 1 4I___', ,L 'llJuAl|an '-At the other pomts named their at-I tacks were repulsed. : rnL_ n_.A.__ I__n. |_,..__:1_. rnI__._ I..i. .....v v......- ..u .-J3 . . T K h The Britxsh casualties in these fight! were about sixty. 2 m- LL- _..__;. -c 1-u__;.__.-_ -n-.. n-_ VIIIII uuuuawuwu, uvury vvuuucuuay. Uice -Roas Block. East of the Post 011100. Barrie. '.f"' Invention Is pro nuly p Auonn In-lot] aent. free. Idea: 1: one Pnwenu taken t "`2;'.'."f-`f!';`2".2`1 con dentIall..'%I!l;'n't'I"oo o Iecurln ` 0. receive nun Arne. in ALLA I..uuAunuuvn Pawn!-I k on Menu. 0 AAAL _ auu Llll 11 l.|lll.l.IUBI' 01 OIDGTH WOIlll(XC(l. The details of `these affairs have notl yet been recetvd. i `Mounted Troops Have sailed From 4 Gibraltar. 1 A dspatoh from Gibraltar, saya:-- Five [hundred mounted British infantry left here for the Cape on Thursday. They arrived from Malta on board the troowhip Ralexeu, and were reahipped by, the Eawardon Gutlq. LEFT FOR THE CAPE. I0 GUARD `THE MINES PLUCKY DEFENCE. BY TEE BAYONET. heavily. the colonel ordered them to retire. Subsequently they again ad- vanced in extended order, and drove the Boers from their positions, and captured a good part of their con- voy. The colonel rode at the front of his men`, and stimulated them by his extreme The leading` squaidron sustained several casual- ties. - . _ . 7- an usu Seven hundred Boers at Lindley ambushed two hundred of tbv` men who formed Lord Roberts body guard when here, and killed Lieut. Lang. There were numerous other casualties. u . - . g . iGen. Brabmt Anxious to Keep tho ` % Boers Away. T `A d-espatch from Cape Town says: '-G-en. Brabant, addressing a meeting" of Peninsula Mayoirs, ham to discuss the question of recruitiinzg,-said that the military authorities were very :anxious to keep the war away from Cape Town, if possible, and` that the only hope of doing this was in send- ing eight hundred or a thousand men to the front from .,Ca.pe Town. No pre- caution must be omitted against the, enemy coming further down. He add- eid! that so far as he coozld judge the Boe.rs had met wiltlh no response to their appeal for coibnial volunteers. He. hopeld to be able to send a suffi- ciently strong force to the front, to ` make it absolutelly impossible for the I = invaders to get nearer to Cape Town ` than they now are. - i r__,_-_A..___A -_.l ....... -.:..... -nnnnvnnnfn uuu uuu-nynuun Gen. Botha s commando. reported to be 1,500 strong, is east of the Springs. vv-v _` _ A hmdnomoly Illultrsvai ` ` eulmon or, any : four men IUUI! IT .1.*1s:.';'* ....... WW ..-.. ._..-. Important and Sweeping movement: are about to be taken by Gen. Meth- Iu-en, whose headquarters is at Vry- burg, 102 miles south of Mafeking. His operations will extend :1 long distance east and west of Vryburg. Recruiting Going on inEngland for South Africa. A despzrbah from London says;- The Guwefnment denies that it has abandoned its intention to recruit for a strain-g South African D Jli{'e force It {Announces Lhat recruiting will con- lirnue until the requisite number uaf men are obtained. Some of the news? papers say that the war Office in- tends in addition to raise and _send to South A-frinca strong 1'einfo1'*cing drafts of Yeom;umry, probably several nhousarn-d men. - ' Proclamation to Be Issued by Gen. Kitchener. V A despatch from London, Tuesday, says :-The correspondents at Pre- toria say that in view of the Boers continued treacherous use of khaki, . Gene-rnl'Kitchener is about to issue severe regulations. One. correspond- ent says these will take the form of i a proclamation warning the Boers that if they are captured wearing. British uniforms or badges they will be shot. They May Volunteer for Service in South Africa. A (lespa {ch from London. aays:-IL xs (learned Umtlthe War Office asked the {Firt1;~~R.oya1 Irish Rifles (milntia) to {volunteer for servxce at the front in `South Africa, The colonel of the regi- ment` replied that he believed the men {would gladlydo so.` lFetes in Honour .61 Lord Roberts ' to Be Postponed. ` I A despatch from London, says:- `Earl Roberts has-sent a. letter to the {Lord Mayor of London asking that the municip:11- and other fetvs proposed t_,. . . . . m 1113 honour be postponed m view of the present unhappy cnrcum. stances in South Africa) , AFFAIRS IN SOUTH AFRICA. .l-low Three Br-ltlgoldiers Captured a. Party of Boers. Maseru, Deo.8.-De Wet recently captured three of our men, and, hav- ing disarmed them, told them to fol- low on. They did so until they came to a spruit, where they hid. Shortly afterwards a party of Boers came along. One of the English soldiers stood up and shouted "Hands up! calling to his comrades to cover the Boers while he disarmed them. The Boers, thinking themselves outnum- bered eurrendered their arms. and were taken to the British camp as prisoner` TO PROTECT CAPE TOWN. sikorui 1>0I1cE* FORCE. 0lc'.-Over Henderson's Hardware Store. Entrance, Owen Street. 34-ly THEY WILL BE snor. FIFTH F ROYAL IRISH. HANISS UP! WE_STERN INSURANCE co! -OF TORONTO. -- ! INVESTED IN CANAD_A.. ACUUMULATED FUNDS . VO'.l`AL ASSURANCE... NCOME. OVER. . . .. . . . Anmussa MOCARTBY. BOYS dc MURGHISON. '1`eloph- ua rn1.n\:1A.LV, aunuu OF!-`If`-ES AND Nualn l{I<:sl1`hN(.'1-2: Black liuulog Sh, Bunie. 2. Jam-.9 xu uunu ox an IKIIIGB, 1m orted| not from the mines; also Lat and Ihinglea, White and qrey Lune, Plaster-er` Hair Se'ver'Pipas Ema Brick. Fire Clay.- Plutor of Paris ements, eto.. ullotbeat ualhy. and son` at very reasonable rates, .nucE: 23 Elizabeth St., nearly opposite Wellington Hotel. 6-27 JFFNRES '45 EURO! Wellington Hotel. -n--- -. -_-Y--v - ---- ARRISTERS. sOl.I()I'1`0RS'. NOTARIES. UUNVEXARCERS, &C URives- B:-llk of '1`. mum lsulluxngs. Barrle. Brunch omoe. Coldwulcr. Money to Loan. llnwn n Rncc LI. R J. (3. HROKOVSIU Iv a. unison: a. so-1 B ARRISTER. .-OLICITOR. NOTARY, CON `* V'h.\'A.\`(.'l-IR. Etc. Money 10 loan on most 1'..vorable terms on fan ; and town 1:1-:2; e!'l\'. S|.'\10.| rates and Pu-illtics for collecting IU- uums. ' . . Iplec-(;'I.lv71'A7f35,-;v't!i5Ei:TI-arij'lntho ARRISTERS. SOLl`_'I'l`0RS &C.. ` DUNLU1 S'l`REE 1`, BARKL- .........'.. A 'u..n......u I A Rnv. Incorporated _1B5:I.. ` `OHNSON & SARJEANT, DEAL ERS iu UOAL of all kinds, im orted met from the mines: nlao I.n.h nndl I-IEWSON & CRESWIOKE. MSIIIIANGE _00MPANY. R. W. A. ROSS, L.R.0.S. Ediu. F. C. 1 .. Lomhm. dn!$.__!53E5_~ IV. VV. 5. IVUD F. C. .. London. Y\Il'lTl'VlII A DB. `II. 1:. BRBRHTON. DENTIST. 5|.`\l!1l rules and 1"u-tunes for I Oh-e--Botlm'e2l s Block. Barrie. DR. W. D. MQOLAREN Tlnnilnf Rn ru-In 3033 ac nngxrovsxr. DIQ'l`I4`DQ \`(\l .T1`Y'l`I`|Rf\", "F M. MONTGOMERY, DR. R. S. BROAD. Bnnk of Toronto Building, r Owen Street.` 1-.- w I-1.Ai'1-on D. I l4(|lll|U. Pl-lYS( HAN, SURGEON, &c. as AN!) Nmur Ju<:sn;~r.N(:1-2: Browns 'lII,` IIW1"` Il|Slll llll(:,c Agent-. Fire and Life. '31:-t. Qii. SQITI-I." v-1`{.#'i9'. gwilkg . .-.- -nu CCQI vu Ia`:-V cu up----a vv -my---. A.1uuSTlJ:S,so1iiurs tor the SUFTLH Court of Judicature Iur Om:-rio, 11- mm Not:-.rieg,C.mveyu1ucrs,etc. Money =- Lggn. Ouxces : Ross Block, Barrie. L) E. H)\\auN' A.J..u.()1u~:swxoxn. I|B\Ull- MONEY TO LOAN. I'll I ! ITIANE. ETC. AGENT. BARRIE. w. Aiiii. . lIIS(1lIl4l.ANlS0lI8 I.nGAi.; 0I?`Iv`Il'.IAIu P. 0.` Box 214. BARRIE J. C. Bnoxovsm . . . . ......$ 12,500,000 41,115,000 14.305.()!.0 5.450.000 STRATVHY & ESTEN ABIKINJ 1913.`, :-(,l I izoru :1 nu,-m Uourr. x R Junie:-, Notaxius i`lIMi|', Conveyance: omcesz Ovor Bank of '1.`-:1-unto. Bu-rie. Money in mm of $2 Uu and upwurls, 7 1: ant: G. B. Eafrnx iTWO HUNDRED MILLION] lcninajls willing to Pay This Large I ~ , Indemnity. A desputch frem Pekin says:-There is considerable talk about the amount: of the indemnity to` be demanded by the allies, and about China's ability to pay it, While it i.3__`impossible at this time to state accurately the am- ount of damages directly traceable to the Boxer uprising, $600,000,000 is gen erally mentioned as the basis. The national indemnities are what will swell "the bill. The-se bills are rm 0 the movementlof troops. Germany's is ` the biggest of all. It can be stated that her bill will be from 15,000,000 to 16,000,000. England, according to 1 man who ought to know, will come next with a` claim of about 12,000,- D00. France has not spent 5,000,000 and Italy only appropriated 30.000,000 francs. - _ lhe R1V1ling.Prl;-0; in lsreaclstuffs - ` _ and Live stock. BREADSTUFFS. ETC. Toronto, Jnln. 15.-Wheat - West- ern murkets were quiet and easy to- day, and locally the market was prac- tically, at a standstill. Quotations are as follows:-Red winter, 65 1-20; and white, 65 1-20, middle freighta; spring wheat, 68c; Manitoba No. 1 hard," old, g.i.t., `me; No. 2' at 920'. No. 1 hard, North Bay, 960. ` `Ml':IIr,....: Q ..... .._.: -..._.. 4...... m....l Russia's action in withdrawing from the concert of the powers and reaching an agreement with China. to sign a zreaty at St. Petersburg indicates that" that Govemnment need hardly be included in the 1na..tte`r of indemnities. -----1 V-vs Mu -"-IV* '1 W V4") "V"' | C-orn--Tone` -`easy. No. 1 Americnn,{ yellow, 45c; No. 3 yellow, 48c;>No. 2 yellow, 440, Dunn EL.....I.. 11'- n ..-1_1 _._:.:.1I_ --...=.._....., ---. u- ...-V, any Barley-Quv1et. No. 2 ( middld - frelghts, 40c; 39 1-2c, ' east; and 38 fneights. II)..- 1-u-- L, up (jmcea: Uvor Bank 0! '.l`nru1u0. 1::-rue. Money cl upwurls, Loan at 5 1 er cem. _ H. U rvrnn-uv. harzx Rye - Steady. New 1 and 480, east. ' ` ...I_._.I___L |'VA 1 :- .--vo Oata- 1`he uqtive demand contiues,! Sales are made readily. No. 1 white,} east, 280; No. 2 white, north and west, 27c. ' ! .suuu-4 AIIQJ vvvvu 1 MillEeed-Scaroe and very fnn. Ton lots, at the mill door, sell as -follb\vs_:- Bran, `$13; and shorts, at 315, west. `1I\`\C\ 'l"....... ` ........ 11.. 1 A............... I Jv.l`:`:z1'.;a -Stc:ady. No. 2sold.' middle! freights, at. 61 1-20; and east at.62c.i 11.` ..I.__ (\ L - .-um aunt, was ha lBuckwheat-Steady, Car lots, are quoted at 49 1-20; and east l-2.0. an I FIoIux-Stea.dy. Dealers ask "3370 i for straight rollers. in buyers bags, * middle r(:i.g'hts. and export; agents` bid $2.60. ' | .11._nA.--1- -u qr vs: Buffalo, Jan. 15.-Flo1_1r_-'-Dull but! firm, Wh-eat;--Spring, spot` prices} unchanged; (No. lihard, old, small: lots; 888-8c; No. 1 Northern. nciv,i 841-80; do.,` old, c.i.f., 8. . 3-80; win-i ter. increased offerings; bids lower;. No. 2 red, 78c; mixed, 770; Nb. 1 white. I 76c asked, on track. Corn'-IWcak;l `No . '2 yellow 420; No. 3 do., 413-4c;l No. Qvcorn, 411-20; No. 3 do.', 411-4c. t-hrno-ugh billed. _ Oats--Quiet and! easier; No. 2 white. B01-4c; Nb. 3 do., 300; No. 2 mixed. 280; No. 3 do., 27 1-40, through billed. BarIey--Stljong; ! fancy is quoted up to 67:: for Western; I nqthing offered below 62c. Rye-No. 2* can track, 50-1-20; No. 1,580 asked in store. -v 4:0 l\I.,_I_ 1I7L-_L uuaxu auu uauywug, ua.u, .u.u-.4, u , Duluth, Jan. 15.-Wuhent-No. 1 hard. 761-20; to arr-We, 771-2c; May, 801-20; No.1 Northern, cash, 741-2c; to arriwne, 751-20; May, 781-2c;_.LJu1y, 791-20; No. 2 Northern, 641-2 to 70 1-2c;. No. 3 spring. 661-4 to 631-4c. (.'orn-86 1-40. Oats-2610 26 3-40. ,,_.vs_ T... 1:: Tknn+ _ a. I>\lvA-)|sv|-nu-I an-.. ...-..u Quotations for provisions are asi follows; Dry salted shoulders, 80; loyng clear bacon, loose. `Ln Toa'.r lots, 10o;5 and in case lorts, 10 1-4 to 10 1-2c;l short cut pork, $19.50 to $20; heavy] 11118558, $17.50 to 818. A f ,,',u_,; _..`-..L.. n'........ 5...`.-an 100.` mm LEADING` MAE.Kl]TS.| JJ ULJLVLUL -nLL\a:u:u., u:|L\uA' Jxnnnv A. Mc(.`Amm'. W. A. Boy.- D. U. Muxxcaxsox. Mone to loan from 45 to 5 per cent. on in; proved urm property. Iilvvsvc Detroit, Jan. 15.-Closed;-Wheat-| No. 1 white. cash. 811-20; No. 2 red, cash and January, 810; May, 830. ~I\.-|__L.1_ 1'- _ 1!: 'lIT.I..nnJ- ,KTn 1 uucnp, wsuuv us: 74.... 1 Smoked mewts-Hams, heavy, 12c;* medium, 121-2 to 18 1-20; light, 13 1-2c;'l.ight', 13 1-20; breakfast bacon, 13 to 131-2c; picnic hams. 100; roll beam. 110; smoked backs, 120." All meats -oht ox picrklev lo less than! prices quoted for smoked meats. ` I1a:rd-l-Tierces. 10c; tube. 10 to 101 1-4c; pails, 10 1.4 to 10 1-20. - . l In_.._._J.... Y...` i:._AI-u-nu} - l nu!-. \aUl H11) L"KVn vus::-uu `av -u u --u Miixn-neapolis. Jan. 15.-W_heat. - Dash. 75 3-40; May . 770; July, 77 3-4 to 77 7-80; on track. No. 1 hard, 77 8-4c;'_| No. 1 Northern, 75 3440;` No. 2 North- 1 am, 713-4 to 72 8-40. Flour and ` bran"--4'Unchanged. A I DRESSED HOGS IND PROVI- E SIGNS. Toromto. Jan. 16.-Dressed hogsvon` the street to-day were firxuerg at $8 to $8.25. Oar. lots, on track `here, were very strong. Holders asked? $7.75 for mixed lots, and $7.60 was bid. one `of the local houses refuses to buy`at $7.75.. umd reports itself as be-Lag out of the manrket at'present, Provisions are firm. I i 1- "9 s___ ___ __[ J.-`xv, you-mu, Av Q'o- -u. Toronto; Jan. >15.-.A'b(;ll.1-F 40 car-I `,lqads of live stock Vcame in, and some or at was mm, ghough the demnndui all round was light, butchers not] eo.st,41:c; and ; No. 2extru,g 1-2c, middle: 1 ' rye, 47c, ` \V05ts west,` I .4 En l EXCGBLI U,UUU,UUUo Taking all claims into consideration |and allowing 1,000,000 more to cover . every other public expenditure and to `build a palace` to replace every Lega- tiom building that was hit by abullet during the siege, 9. very liberal estim- ate of the damages that could be equi- tably assessed-wbuld be from 50,000,- 000 to 60,000.000. - ---1-_ n... hunk infnu-vnn main :`If she makes any demand at all the _ amount wm oortainly by aamall one. The claimof the United States is also ;c_0mpasratively`small, and will hardly I exceed $5,000,000. ' m_n_s,_ ,, _.II .|,_:_... :..+.-.. nnnah`nrnf`n`l1 A1m1s'r1:n, S1)LIL`1 l`t.)1(.PROCTOR. i ;N()'l`Al{Y, cu.\`V1YAI\'CE1, E'l`(.".- 1 Special attention in 'he Dmwlug nua_I robn1lu of VVIHS. .obunnim.: Leucrs of Admunislruu-n ` and Guurdxnuship. and culluctiou of accounts, :.(- Money to Loan. - . Oices: Russ Blm-_k, Dunlop street, Barrie. UUU I-0 :nuu,uvu,vuu. Persons who are best informed as to 3 China's finances, including Sir Robert Hart, the Impeal Director of Mari- time Customs. say she will be able to raise this sum on her own credit with- out any toxjeign control of her re- venues. . ' 7 cm 1 - n:1\n1\r\l\I\n'.... -4 nu.-ffnhln at`- venues. Taking 40,003,000'as an equitable ad- justment of .the Indemnitis, the bill would requlre 21 reduction of the money c;1.ptu'red by the allies at Tien-Tsin and Pekin. The am ount'ot this loot is es- tima tea as high as l0,000,000. wuntigg to_ buy more than possivble i'nUv1ew of soft weather. Both ship- ping and butcher cattle is-unchangu ed. Small stuff is steady, with an upward `tetndexwy. rr_,,, 5. a_;._|._' 4.1.... L...:. .....`..... `unad- up vv-uv L u uuuupuv`, . Hogs E0 fetch the top price must be of primgquality, and 808.103 not be- low 160 nor abov'200 libs. ' ,1 ,-._J... uuuunva Shippers, 8 Butcher. Butcher, Butcher, Stockers Export bulls 01.-.... .......I `I ... Cows, each, : Calves, each. Au '7 .I.vu nu: uuuvvv -v\- .-r... Follpwing is _the range of quota- tions:--- I Sheep, per cwt. } Lambs, per cwt. |Bucks, per Il'!ll__.__ !Choioe hogs, aLight hogs, 1 . Heavy hogs, I Store hogs. 2 Sows. . ' . `Stags. . . But the -Bars Were Driven Off I ' with Loss. * I -A despatph from Ilondoen, `says:-' iUnder date of Thursday. Lord Kitch-I ener cables the War Office that*t`he~ Boers attacked Maohadodorp Wed- Aneaday mght, but were dnven oft be- fore dawn. . One British officer was killed. ~ on. _, n_n-__. 1-1__..".'. n....' 17!L1.L HI uuuj LU .Lo\.m.u. l)()NALl) I3o_s$, LL.B.