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c1u?arg`e 1* with stealing between` 538.060 and $10,000 from the bank. _ .I,- _ .i.wAn-1'V1ou`noemeht has Vbelen made to employee at the Chicago Union Trac- tion Company, on the North Side lines, that beginni_ng.August 1. an average increase of 10 or 15 per cent. in their wages will be made. The to- .tal_ increase will amount to 3100.000 a T GENERAL.` - ' Th-are is snaw eight: feat jdep In New VSout.h` Wales. V New Britain oanni-bats recently ate a number. at white bushmen. . Berlin street car tanployas get 83 8-5 cents for ninelhouirs wgrk. Rain/Ila; fdlvieiavin several famine- stnoken districts in India. A ~---w 'C-r -- -- wk .-vv~_.__- A `high built i.nj.spit'.o;g been `-the of a violentqoufbgeak of diphtheria. i;nElizabath, N.J., cams- ismg the dath of two people and the `sickness of two otlmra. An excessive cmmpness has been caused by "tho INTO THE NIAGARA RIVER. For four . 4QUICK`L_Y DIAG-NOSED. % Dog-to.r-Good morning, Mr. Lover} VWl`_)a`t can`I do_ for you 8? LOVB1'.---I-1 called. Bii`, to-to ask for `the hand qt_-of your daughtr. . %H11.mph! Appetitg . good? Not`v.Iery. _ I . __-__- -g. uogv wuuuwlu LVL uuzan i`_':Svmith-Dorrien had r a successful engagement `with the "enemy yesterday `afternoon near Krugeredorp,_ inflict- ing `heavy . loss. ' Il'\,_II . .- . . A- -- ` coat. She Has Apyointecl Yuma Lu Prime ' Minister. A_des-patch from Shanghai says ze- News from official sources was re- Vceiv-ed at 10 o'clock on Monday night to the effectethat the Empress had resumed the reins of. government and appointed Yung Lu Prime Minister, It is said that she event a despatch to Nan-king. by courier alt the rate of {mo miles per da,y,'-thanking the Vice- groyws, of the Yahgtsekiang provinces for .their`.loyalty., and recommending thath they protect foreigners at any `Owing to the Great Activity of the Boer-s. - A despatdh from Lo-ndon, Fritdayn sa ys:-It is concurrently reported! from Greylingstad that` Gen. Cleryi f'01l.ll1d it necessary to retxre to that' place from `Vlakfo-ntei=n owmg to the great acti-vrty Osf the Boers In des- treaymg the_raiIway and telegrapehsl `belt-weeln Greyling-stead and Stander- to.n. The newspapers here express Vce.nsid e-rzble d1'sappoin!_;men't over the cum affairs have `taken. _ I EMPRESS DOWIGER m CHARGE. CLERY FORCED T0 RETIRE. Sir Henry Blakewnoes Not Fear 1! Rebellion in South China. A despastch from Hong Kong says :- Sir Henry A. Blake, Governor of Hong Z 3 Kong, for the first time after a three ` months absence on Tuesday address- ed the Exuecu-tive Codncil. His Excel- lency expressed the belief that the lnnti`-foreign rebellion would not ex- ten.d in any appreciable degree to the ; 1 so_uhern provinces of China. He ex- ; presses" the deepest condolence with; the widow of the unfortunate German I Minister, Baron Von Ketteler. 5' gamers nlsiii cascxen. The Boer War Has Cost Britain 48,188 Omcers and Men. _ A despwtoh from London says ;-The Wu` Office has issued another casual- ty list from South Africa, ehowing! that during the week ending Saturday I there were` killed, wownded or oaptur- I ed fifteen officers" and 180 men; ac-' ciddntal deaths two man; died of dis- ease four officers and 194 men; in- ~valided home, 72 officers and 1,306 men. The total casualties as a result ,of the war Late: 48,188 officers and, TOTAL CASUALTIES TO DATE ' "Simultaneously an attack was {nude _on our outposts near Denie- dourp. northward of the town. in which the 7th Dragoon Guafrds were engaged. The regiment, which was ` handled with considerable skill by Lieut.-Col. Lowe._ kept the enemy in` o=h`eok until he.ret,i.red on his supports. We would probably have suffered slight loss had not one troop mistaken some Boers in the bushes for ours; lI(N__ 9;: Despatehed ovefiahd From Russia Within '1 en Days. _ A despatch from London, Friday, says:-VA despatch to the Standard from Odessa says thatmore than 40,- _000 troops have been despatched dur- ivxig the past 10 days from Moscow overland totKhabarovsk. It is added that it is intendednto raise the army in the Amur Government, Central Asia. to 200,000 men. . ia[tniEQyL:51}manu- `and Pageths forces entered Bethle. `hem on _Saturdsy. The... former. 011 nearing the town. sent in 9. flag of truce demanding its surrender, which was refused by Dewet, when Paget, making .awide turning movement, succeeded in getting hold of the enemy's most important position cov. ering the town. This was carried before dark by the`Muneter Fusiliers and Yorkshire Light Infantry. The follow- ing morning the attack was continued and by noon the town wag in our pos- session and the enemy in full retreat, "Our casualties were 4 officers and 32 men of_ the Munsters wounded; 1 missing; Captains Macpherson and Weakes and Lieut. Conway severely, and Lieut. Boyd-Rochefert, Scottish Rifles, `slightly wounded; 7 men of the York hires wounded; 1 killed; 2 wound`. odvof the Imperial Yeomanry. (`Ila ..-L ' ..- ___:-.. -veg g. vvgnnnnnnl. J 9 Pagetf reports that but for the accurate practice at the Thirty-eighth Royal Artillery and the Fourth City Imperial Batteries the casualties would have been many more. "I3;-..l....m `l')___.-lI . , Lam ash; in. _/aen`t 7t;1Ze`.fol`l;r`i;1g despatoh to (:_he War Office; Lasted Two Days and at NO J the Town Was British, 40.900 RUSSIAN TROOPS. - ---- --~vv wvvu Haul! I-IIUIUO "Baden;-Poiwoll reached Rustenberg A deopath' from London. aays:-l _,A daapatch frogm 5. It, is confirmed. ii` ,}t;~'ugtwothy sources. _.1__|.;;p`9ps are adva. , .' ,,LI_ A throughout the day `ad the not, bought a. heavy con-I urging tlro upon the small garrison. `Ni.tral s not is about 18 miles from here. near whore the road orosaaa the Orooodile river. It was held by us in order to mamtain 'road and telegraph- ic communiation -with Rustenburg. The j ghting lasted more or less '0 Icf...._._.ns_L : . ' l, . from 80,000 Russian Troops - " on Pekinv CmDa.n . ' 5;:ng._:3.d.\ _ To 1-! A m d wazan The Canfcfifh fl;1 Mnntn Oeived On" '1` Q1. (0 the en Immrial autlifsdfny, 11 `.8 m Dgired to tr 0;-1l'.~_`.s that H0113 Kong an`p31`t from 0,3 the 1att;s'1;u~ge..=. :1 bod) ondto the C0Il..\".:l.5r net ble in Chin -8*`-lit of [I13 pre a N0 li.-;it is p th - O Rumba, the U. P. H. m; eelin . !1f1dent Llm Ill` . ` ` Pt B8 ht `30 send V1 ; it c Britis 'u the 1E;7`hwa'y[ - - -uuulvl. d A despltoh from Vzmcou';ar_ says;-'--lAv large n~=;m1')e1`olspec;g1 stables. were sworn' ixL'\on mdm and deepatohed no Szevston, th, tra of one salmon flushing Indus; the Fraser nver, to cope mu contemplated trouble between. V8H%8 and; Canadian fl.She[mgn_ Japs represent 2L'l)IJIUl. 80 per egg -. the fishermen. owing to they iheavy immxgratllo-n, and any all to fish for 20 cents per [uh ~..- 1 the white and Indzzm mug; want 25 cents. By energetic arga I ed action and mu'ra or less mu - U01], the Canadian l1sl:e.men hn r._ vented Japanese boats going as V lar,n'bu~c on We'1ue:sda_v lh..- canuers -lnorunoad that 75 per cent. of. - willbenout that ~nzght. Il`LheJ - nese attempt to start Wt. ser trouble 18 ' ion red, consequently .- I at constables have bccu burned scene (tom New We.s.nlins:er lltll city, and a flea: ol pol1c:y; boats has been oigunlzed. . lhc [news suite um they will aim |{ vhe oannenea ill thu men lllalila icents per fish, as lhcsy canny. >' pale \xAll h the Aumncm cunn-31.: ilhnt price. It ls generally cone. goutside the tll1crn1un`s Unoat 520 cents is 21 bur price it lixhm gerably abundant. ! ter inflicting gx`e-.1: um upuil 3 fenders. The :~x1~C;;1g`-xueni 'i~1=` ' hours and was fuugh; with SW3 imina/tion On` both sick-.s. 1'11: '4 - were eventually uhlu in utilize fec-tive guns of the fort abut? cityL_wall3, near the '.l`aot;1i'-935 the allied troops suffering 53"! from lack of heavy guns a1I1d3` L The Japanese comm.Lnde.r sen` 3" gem.t` appeal Lo hu.1':'_v I`eiI1f9mr ja.s`t.l1e"allies were in iu1u1ix1enH1'* of general defea.L. 2iDetails of tha PIGCEDLIIPB of ! . - Arsenal by the Chineiev g A dsepatc-11 ffulll London. Tb i day . says :--'l`he o.\'p='<'SS Db5'}f3 dispatch f rom Ticn- lfsin. dated f`-I _ last, Via Chefoo, ::L_','i::g: Gen. 31* ;_defe a.-ted the aHiv:_{ lrups and Th`? jpied the Chi`nca- -r%:..~;ern Lxrsenn .n .n in Special Police to Patrol the F; Riv_er*_ in Briush ._:o1umb,& K .-Ir...-....t-IL 4- .. 5.1.55; tau-uu.-utua iltSb'Z1H(L(1_ "Hl111teI"'S czvafr -zj TRANSPORT .233 c. M `V "A iliszt Bf. vtlnzvc-:;.-s"u;-l:i`'3:.l.1`z;.:`nvt;`t yet bean received. but I fear they were heavy. ` "The pasitiou as:a;irl.ed byC was gallantly czlpturw by `hle Yeomanry, who camuwda/6? the Seventyrsevamh, rm Qty.` berg. The us; of c:..uamMf` been issued, but. Clements at. 4! are femr considering 416 H the positions Ilssailed "Fh1nfn~r-`h n......r..._ . Cifeng` C `* `M5 by Major Hanburyi-Ir "T118 district wfe.3L w-hat unsettled 0 mg to the force which atlaokgd Rug being still in the ne sures-are being Lakg TIM.-.LL-_ ' acey_ db um 15 . tea lghbhood` 11' L0 Ulcer 9' ,- _vou6 La _ "Further information re 83rd` capture of Bethlehem has new reoezved from Clements 3 -He were u-ugh any wide turning meats attacked one ' HQLA __-2A` FROM Tm; dur1 ng't~.he evening Q Wt PP0sit1on. 3.9 fa the-1`. and public Wm rsausfactotry, thanks 1 and grasp of the ;by Ha,nbury_T` IIIIYI n JAPANESE RIUTS FEM THE ALLIE3 D:3F.':ATED| rvvgv v .?t'he nqrth. ta .0 P91: 0,053 adv `8 on -~~w---' --V ""J'_ _ . "AImmodia.tely an receiving-infor- nwtlon early in we morning of the `many : strength I deapatched rein-` tovrcemen-ts from here under Col. God- trey. Before they reached_ the #9011. however. the garrison was overpow- ered.` " ' 'W.-11 Send.- I Montreal say iiic Railway C J exxquiries h;-.s notified *8 that it is? ndqy ` found .. Handie Advaucili The two guns and the greater por- tion of th'e Scots Greys were captured. owing to their horses being shot, and Qlso about 90 of the Limcolnshires, 51111; say {`Pp:r:nA lug ` ni ? EUROPEAN GUNNERSW Wilda. `.'1'b'el: viii wot a `It was I tartar}. V some , V- ` wvv-- --urn-Q -JIJIIO SIQJIZCI Z |`-' ~ 7 ", Pretevrin." July 12.--The enemy 1.18.7-. lug tailedln an attempt-to get rbnnd V our right and in our rear. made at do-rt taermiznedetteolz on `our right flank yesterday. I regret to say they auc- V needed in captutring Nitral's nek, gar-` donned by a. squadron of the Scots" Greys. two guns at the Boyd Horse Artillery. and five companies of the Eainoolnshlre Regiment. The enemy. in iupari_or' number. attacked at dawn. Ind. Idzlng theehills which command-' '43 LL- _,I_ I _ my, wl V gal) : to I :3 want A dapactoh from Landau says :-Tho 'Wn.r Ottioe has reooiied the following .10!-pa.toh_ from Gen. Robe:-tu:- . ourV Sh} w: BOERSCAPTUREABRITISHI are '.'er fail 7* W1 1 on~ Entire Squadron orscokt (ireys and - %-90 Linpolnshires~With 2 Guns, Captured. FOUGHT TO 3115 DEATH. ?`h`e11'- Positions 1 Ilsattery Arrives at Cape Town en Ab ` . Route to China. _ ' l A despatch from Cape Town, says: 2A howitzer battery has arrived here from the front and is in readiness to [embark for Chinbl. '.Five_ hundred of ,Orpe`ns Horse, who -havel`been _aei`ving. throughout, the South Atrioan cam. paign`, have volunteered for service in China.` If their offer ia.ao_ceptd itia 'be1leved"that many more _men will volunteer. ` . " = ' Defeats Erasmus` Commando with - IConslderab1e' Loss. . -A deapatofhiiroan Premorxa. says- eomrau Eu-ttoun and Maamnjhad our days .lihgtx'n s~o.u,th-east ot Pfetorla, .:.x'es'1;lI-tihg ' I'm the dqteat at Erasmug` r;mie?jpns;a`er&1;Lg -- --- -~-v`1- -ye-onqug V W"Before the raiy aeason is well ad- lvanoed Japan hopes to have.B3.0l0, itroqps i:n'Chin`a." . . V _ 9 An Army, With Moderntqulpments. Being Sent to China. - The Chinese correspondent of The London Express telegraph: on '1`I3"es'- day: _ T V ` "The Japanese force is equipped with 86 heavy mortars and -120 field guns and has pontoon and balloonsections. It is expeotecfeither Marshall Nodzu or Marshal Oyama will. take command. The plan. of campaign conteniiates operations. extending two or three 1 years. [ "A further force of 13,000 men will _ be landed at Taku a week hence and `an additional 10,000 soon afterwards. 1... an 1 [63.000. JAPANESE w:TRooPs%. " Evaguated All: Pyrdmid no:"1-:1`1-uc>'T re7:(->-1"'i.at`,Wwere atlmulrtanoously a.ttaoked.V'Thq British loss was insignificant. V ' Rt 15 `toured ' that the losses of the British were tn-umorous. About thirty of the British aoldiors struggled back to camp to-day. Aocarding to all so- couurta a great tome is being ' as- sembled to prevent tt':.1-ther progress of the Boats. Gommamlant Gxrobler, who com- manded the Federals at N.itral a nck, had four gum , l The Seventh Dragoon Guards at 1\_,..__- ' `I stive. It is mndetrst-ood upon good` author- ity that the Boers have employed arm- ed n.a.tivea_.. Two of the natives leaps ed from cover when 9. small party tram the.Li-neolnehire Regiment. step- pe ! up and demanded their surrender. A soldier stepped forward and shot bath of the natives dead. One officer who succeeded in-making his eacape had an encounter with an armed na- 'A% vrcrozzy FOR mmon. __ _ _._.__._-- .-u-- - wgvx.-no . The latest zefrrival from the scene _ata.'taea that at the time o;h'Ls escape the men were talmlng a. good position under cover emd with fixed bayonets were awaiting the approach of the IBRAVELY SAVED '1`-HE GU-N.` A_` sergeant, aided by` seven volun- teers, saved the gun. There was a bontinuous` fire? all along the line, the Lincolnshire Regiment. `men wfgorquely replying. _ V GALLANT BRITISH CHARGE. I AbouJt three o'clock in the after- noon the Boems appeared to the left of, the poseitian occupied by the Bri- tish. `An officer and fifteen men at`- teampted too'c4ha'rge them. amd four- Iteuen men were killed or wounded as the pres-ult. Three companies were prac'tieally_ s}u.rrou:nd;ed,' but they kept. up at steady titre, utnwaveringly, until , towards nightfall when their ~ammu- `A niition gave out. . , WAITING WITH FIXED BAYONETS _" Eff. ' From. this pom a not: me was kept up during tha etntfno da'y. 'Dw-o guns under the ecoouit 01, the Scots G1-oys,I placed in advance at the mam body. were captured utter astqut resist- 7a4 noe-. Nearly every man was killed on` `wounded. A Maxim ..gun was brogxghrt into action: ea.rly_ m the day; The tire w9aa too hot and the maxi were forced to retire. the` pass Magalwburg. an the . ne1g`h|bovu.rhooid of Da`s_po6r'tt tort. Thiey arrived In tye atbern- oIo'n; at the pass, where three oompasniee with two gu'ne took up a p'asit1on, and `camped for thevtnlght. leaving two; oochpanxee on` a` plain sou1:h'_ '01 the pass. The cast`- ern hill was rugged; rocky, and, inno- ceesible. but further east".appa.r'ent- 1! approachable from: the main-~r1dge. At daybreak Wednesday the Boers appeared on the eastern! kopje and 0ae'ned_ uheavy `re. Oantuslon en- Sllad. 'l.`he~ colonel ordered the men to take ups. position on a kopje west` J LL,- _, , ' ` BOERS HAVE SKIPPED OUT, FROM soum AFRICA, BRITISH LOSSES HEAVY. 'Ct_1'arles Awoustervelt. secretary. and troun;'erf9( Di!'mb_ Savings.` agent. `of Nwukg;jJ.. is under arroIt' oj m&m.',17 A girl went from Austria to Mon- fa}na to wed a. miner. but chose the gnoomrsmaan at. the altar. _ . Two Chicago womecn,` armed with axe and h-altchetv, fought store detec- tives whoziccused them of shoplifting. "The United States Government crpp tjepor-t indicates a wheat yield of 48e.ooo.ooo bugshels. thg smaneat since 1896.` . T ' - - ~ -- fW_o.1_-kmtsun` a telescope inA'Ro-e cheater. N.Y.., aa_w_.a: thiet. `steal a in butter 1. 3," Adialtant I >a;,1d_ ` .-.._'____I' 1.0. -,.,, -4 Ten countries in Kansas will- this year yield 37.080,000- bushels bf what. .Th-eT Chuioago policemaan whb robbed a. man in a p.-rk'has been" suspended. -r.V_-__-_ _,L' I There are ;many_ cases of smallpox and _ty'phodd among the miners at Nogne. Oilty. - A . . A A -"'1`l;;`v,Ji:`f'e':bf';:;1:i?;1'rkish Min'ister at Washington, has given birth to 2; will beA'jp_ro_.yijd[ed -f-i`;e ._e_scavp:;1:e`-' fore` mu. V * % ` The i` Nicidzng of Lady Randolph Churchill and` George Cornwallis West is definitely fixed for July 28. _ _, _ ,____ -_..._ -_-_ - wuuounvanw 4 _ "Around Snekual. .A deapattoh % from Senekal. Orgngo. River Colony. Monday. says :--An,ex- tended reconnaissance to-day resulted in the discovery that the Boom had _emmtod all their poemona around 7BU!1'et`a'1., Numbers `of thoxqappoir to have gone jtowa.;rc_1.s_B`i`o|nbur' and tho- F1'?'(hb.:n`dcr flu um dirootioh. ct; Bethle- ;Th oominahdua ' oxpxfou ii gbbnicn thuytlit 3-e;tl'r[_uinonu.T at ' % :s~nd~, '1-Therev is` ail `famine in half a `dozen towns in South Carolina. __ .-_.v ---vII\th nan-no Irvuo -Niumfa `in Mz;rion' County, Ar- kansas, ate _toadstooIsand died. " Chicago saloon liene-es number 5,- 700. an ,increa.se of "303. Eleven bsi1inVd}i1ar's"-avre invested ii-n railways in -:the United States. ` 'I"he1:`e. is ~g_1:e'.1' `cl-i9;`r&a `uamosng the ` Gaps Nome -miners. __. ._-_ '-_J -u- -The Queen has approved the selec- tionnt the Earl of Hop-etoun as ov- ernor-General of -the Australian Com- monwealth. -' -v-' v-v--.--q -woo-..-u T;Ilr-(i;l`S tor laying {he `Pacific cable are Vadv-ertixsed `for in `the Lg-ndom' '.l`Imers. . ` ' " '"' The` Qu-ervx had a brilliuit garden party a.t Bticctkingham palace on Wedngsday. T` ` `Biron Sudsiy vhhs been declared a barnkrupt by the Loads`: ccurts. % GREAT BRITAIN. The Elcho Shield at Bhsley was won by the Irish team. _ | Said to Be `Directing the Guns of the Chinese. A despmteh from London says':-The cou're;s.ponden=t of the Express states that Europeans are directing the Chi- nese military` operations. The corres- pondent asserts that Captain Bailey, ole EMS. Amrora,..distinctly saw a man in European garb directing the Chinese avtille-ry operations outside of Tien-Tsin. Foreign refugees from Tien , I_`si_in openly accuse 2 Etiropean offi -T cial whose name the E,xp.ress'=.corres- ; -ponden-t suppresses, and Col. von Han- mken. whio was formerly emplayed to. drill the Chinese troops, of being par- ties to a. plot to procure the escape of Genezjal Chang `and themselves from Tien-Tsin before the bombardment, i_ leaving the other ioreignu-s7tq their 31136: _ ' i V "Btu-teineints are in circulation in Shanghai accusing the Russians of in-v_ .di.scr.iminate sin ughter of riandly-'Chi- - `nose non-o~ombutani.s, without.-regard: . _to age vorisex. A. A A ..; Fulleor reports received by the Crown Lands Departmant show that the re- cent forest fires in the Rainy Rier district, although widespread, did lit- tle {Injury to tfmubar of the Crown, af- feoti-ngt mostly limits "held by lumber- ' It that negdtiations are in prog1'ess with an English syndicate witha capital of `$3,000,000, who desire to start a. large iron works in Kings-" ton, V ' The soldier's blood stained Bible and [his diary havecome to the mother of -Private Floyd 01 London, killed at the- 'Zan-cl River. I ' Nortbwvst crops this season will be abpvut the average yield, in Edmonton district the wheat crop being e.stim.a.t- ed at 40 bwshe-ls an acre -and Leduc district at 50 bushels. Vernon St;>w:1:1:',-"':11 -employee at Hem. Thomas Gree`nway s farm in Manitoba, was killed by lightning ` while hauling straw. The ypung. man` 1 wins from Athens. Ont. I Forty settler; nd three oarloads of eftsaots havejjuat been` shipped from Michigan to Canaada. A bgycotlt i; `to `be pint `upon Fraser River salmon if non-union men are employed in thevoapnerias. fr ve boys, eight yeafs old, `confessed to burning a number of.` buildingzs in Regina. . V I IIII, v-;--vgjrv we view vufauwssoan . Major Drummond, military secre- ltary to the Govennor-General. has beeurrecalled to rejoin his regiment. I...` -._- _ and gtevenue returns at London me last fiscal year. show a_ stratifying incregzae. ._--:v -vw nVIJ.XrII $58 day, and nextrwat-ed` themselves at night. ` - _ , SURPRISED BY HEAVY, FIRE.` = It appears that time companies were ordrged Tuesday to proceed and hold Every scah-r.;~o`l in Chicago _:n.1__ ____::1;.: ___!LL 30;, - Tin: contribution by Grand_ Trunk omployos to the Patriotic Fund totals !$6,029. - - . in - -1 I'V VBUo V - > . . V ` The bo1lermakers' strike in Montreal has vbocpmo gener.al_,A and all the shops are closed. ` 7 W "r'9- *"V V Thar; is a rate VV`-0.1` 'between.the rival stpamslxip companies at the {Thouscin-d Islands. ` -...`'--r-`,, w_- --. flfhere is a. large increase of. customs duties at Montreal. ' ` % auT"wE{1' J-;;e' L'.;u;:.;g;z; cost $16,300 for the Provincial Winter Fair. 7v'Ir\rv u.v- vprv . -V - ------- - ..__ __ Canada will have no exhilgits at the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition next Eyear. ' -n . g. .. - 1n u an, AI- The (ittawg Fire Relief Fund is 3760.606. znwo nair.-banks will be opened at Sydney, 0. 3; ~ A % '- ------ .1 ___..g_..._. Hamilton : prospects of organizing a Highland regiment are good. _._..I\... (-)Efioial crop repo,rt.s all parts of Canada are not very favorable. -, L- _-_L .Deta.lls _`o'f thejngagemont I at ' Nit:-a1 s Nek. ; London. J uly 18.4--Devtaila` are new _at"ha,nd regarding the disaster to the Lmcovlnahhe Regiment on Wednes- day. V . Two compa.nies (if the Lnne9ln- alm-es and alquadrom of the Gncya vyere at the met at the pass. when the attack began; They fought all extrwat-ed .4.'_LsL -.35:-vv..- nsaalvln-\Il-v u--v avvs-u There is a great demand among On- tario farmers for _ lo.boi'ers. Isms mom THE ms! News: Items Aijxit Oursehfes and 3 Our N eighbors-Somthing of f Interest From Every Qqar-` ter of thoG1obo. % UNITED STATES. OANADA. `Will be Roberts Headquarters After _ - the War, _ A despatch from Cape ".|_`own, says; ---It is understood that `at the close of "the war `Blo em_f0ntein% will be . the headquarters .01 the oOmmander-vin- chief,` the seat of the; esopth African- c0rurt_e;`Of`.v.Di)qal. _a__.q_c I,'; ._eyenAtuAa__lly. the J _._ .~ v-yvw---w- -urvvv-AwIII~ IUIVIA Q-I. _ posing Ceremonies. A despatch from London says ;--Gen- eral Sir George Stewart White, the hero of the siege of La-dysmith and the soldier who was not afraid to own mp to it when he blundered, has just been installed in his new position as Gover. nor of Gibraltar. The general arrived at the famoasritish fortress on Tues- day, and was given a hearty reception by the 801di0l`8- 5H6 made several ad. dresses, which were we1Lx:eceived,_and will assume the duties of his post at once. Gen: White is now in his sixty- sixth year, and has worn the Queen ; uniform inoe he wag` a lad. He has a breasttul of decorations, including * the rare Victorian cram, end. 1, a knight in three~qt Great Britain's famous orders of honour. . For tour. 11... Vision: ,- _- -_----- v- -ovuvuu--V 4'01-' I-0111' yeara-Gen, White was commander in chief of the British tomes in India, to which post he aucoeoded Lord Roberto in 1893; . ' _---u `:B;1iier reports that the Boers who were destroying the railway near Po_.arde Kraal were driven off `yester- day after a short action. New Governor I.nsta.lled_W1th I'm-! ,__ ___- Iv-.-`- In his mat pocket was a scrap of paper, qn which was vwrittsem: `Dear John, Iparm going down the rxren (,h;'e_ afternoon; salve may save me."- `At (lye Ibrottom_of the. paper apivece was torn off! asif it had been the sxg-nautu-re.. This is the first knlovwn smicid-9-"off the: G.1'.R. stwl arch. GEN. WHITE AT GIBRALTAR. ! . sumac Fro the Grand Trunk ngulwny Stet-l Arch Bridge. A deapatch from Niagara Falls, Ont., _ `says;--Joohn Dellmiagve, son of ex-as- r sessor of Niagara Falls, N.Y., com- ` mitteld suicide at 6.50 on- Monday evening by jumping aft -the `wh1rI- % pool side of the ca-triage floor of the G. '1`. R., s-teed nrch bridge. Deceased was about 35 years of ogre, unmarried; and had led a raving life. He came to- Niagara Falls, N.Y., Mon- day attternonn, and apparently had been drinking hard amd were without _ mnmety. He called upon has younger ` `brother, George, 9. clerk in \Lynoh's shoe s-tone, shortly utter 6 o c.'oek, an-d arsked h1'mlf.'.n' .10 cents, as he was broke. The young `bx-other deozimed, ea-ymg he would! only go and drunk it. Deceased said it mo-ma `be that last 10 -be rtou-nd. as is the case when smcndes oernts he wnwlduevext have to g-we mm, as he intended to jump off the bridge. The you-'ng Ia-d lamghexdv all may (and the. other vw-amt awaoy. He succeeded in `borrowing a dime, -and withqit got; tuhrough Kle gate on to the bridge. When in the mivdxdfrz he threw h`1's'hat ` and coat off. and before aman close ` belhlnd him wuld reach" him had jump- ed the railing, arnd swinging his body o-u~t'w.ards let go. He dropped with ` foot first. but made; "two complete tm-ns,__ thern struck the rushlng vm- fer in a heap, with a sickening thud, which was plaiimly. ham-d{ by qth-e{,zme-n 2"." the end or the bridge. H-us body never rose, and no doubt will never leap from this point. 7 "'1`be\8trike of.d-ock`l _a1borers and car m-em at Rotterdam `has assqmed `a se- nd-ua aspect. Strikers hame red upon t.he"soId1'ers, wounding tan` `d! them. V BLoEM1=oNrEfN7:Ho sBN.:% that: Sir George Goldie will be _ Governor at Cape Colony when the" war is over. ` ' I ._. - 'I?'h. E!;1o;a;aust;mr Tm-to is` at Bombay with 320,000 -um relief sup- plesr for famine sufferers. ' '7l'lI}...\....L...'|_- -3 _1_-1_-n,.L___..- -._.1 --.. -- v-- ------v-- -u-- -v`vv- ----v An aotms aubmenne volcano has been dzsoovvered off the New Hebrides. Last week there were 68 new eases of the plague in. Hong Kong and 66 dea=t-ha. - Immense au'btesrra.nea,n` streams. ort_ pure water have been discovered In He.vwa-ii. ' I ' Ac` ' :7.}.zI.'.' 2Ei"oae'aTna ;7"lMdea.t'hs from cholera are reported. I,,._- IL-.- ':Ha1i'i:';epd1'~t-sfi1:oz'r'1 Heidelberg that the surrendering of` arms `and ammu- nition continues in that district."