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r-auu-r...-.. sts{mps._ We have secured. a quantity A of magnicent Four large Pictures in ach part; Siie of Picfures llxl4}. Part one` contains. '.c,a.bl`egram recexved by I-113 Ex. The` -Governor-Gerieml has received 7 --I,.?.ondon, Dec. 23.---"Regret, `you Hugh Gordon Me. was dangerously ill Dec, N'o_'report,s_~ as to nature - of V.` T I~Iis father is R. McNaugh- ` . _13.iV_3_I`; N.orthu11_3berla`.nd ` '; ;, gsgnly Depaftment at Cpe "-if n,`-`Enabled Lord Minto as fol- `. 1}i.e;"18j=.I*Iill,'0nt., that his 1_.Herbcrt Elliott. South `V L hg3;1,a,bti1Lary, died of, en- ` ,"`1ig.i .`* B;lO9mfo.ntein,` - Dec. }Kthb`\ ffollowing fr-gm Mr. Chamber-, lea`.se _.. inform James H.- g'E';EX`1`~ gXMAS tnan regmar prlces. Nothing better or more acceptable as Xmas. presents for Fat . Mother, Sister, Brother, Sweetheart or Friend. IHE BARRIE WIEKERWURKMTG. cu. _AAnnA QQ*QQQQQQQQQQ nnnng I A ELIZABETH STREET, BARRIE. WICKERWORK. Which we offer .unti1 Xmas. at a discount of 20 per cent. less than regular prices. more Father, Sister, - \ CHAIRS. TABLES %T ` SOFAS W LOUNGES M OTTOMANS CURATES MUSIC AND MAGAZINE STAN DS, - A A ETC., ETC., ETC., A hrkn mas A Buyers `Io vuv -..-w..-`, . , _-- caped . A forc of Boefs, during ihe `night of `Dec. 19, attacked the British post at Eland Spruit, but the burghers were driven off, leaving eight men killed; including Commandant. Krieze. Field Cornet Mahon, who` was "wounded, and three other -wounded men were also left on the t"1e1d._ The Bi'itish casualties wee scvgn men ~n._':n,..: ....A nv .-Jnnva and nighteen u If you are looking for somewhere to spend your Xmas money you can spend" it advantage for `useful articles at Bambly Hardivare Store. Wo have a` large stock of .Table Outlet-yi, Carving Sets, Silvier Plated. Knives, Forks and Spoons, Rocket 'CutleI5y, Soissors, Nickle vPlsto"1,`1:ays,_Tea-Pots and Tea Ken; 19%;Sk5t9=oand 361194 f ..i*_.; ` ' `W ` V `s ' tie j3~5 IJ- B-Hmnl-Y V the price of Wicker Furniture of every dscription until Xmas. We have a. splendid stock of new Wickerwork conwbting of twice- 20 PER CENT. `DISCOUNT on-" The B I S S E. LL MAKES A MOST ACCEPTABLE PRESENT TO THE w1EE,,3* men wuuuucu . V _ V 7 Lord Kit: also reports` that during Gen. Dewet s attack on 1,116 British forge, commanded by Gen-} erals lla1`tnell fund Campbell, a.t` Langberg, Dec. 18, the Boers charged bravely and `fought ' desperately for several hours. - Dewet was driven o ~ with the loss of twenty men; There were twelve casualties on the " `side ` 4 AL, lR__1L.I..I_ (limited) All Juana: uuauauw- `killed and six men wounded. 1 '~rr2L-_|_ _` `Ill UIIV III 5 Vhllnav Boel'~`llI6l| Kcipje. On Dec. 20th M. Botha. with eight `hundred Boers, surprised Col. Da- 'Oifli.1ge River Colony. A The Boers {g body and the guns; but Da- 't3`ra.llfed his men and drove the .-Viirom the. kopje. The British 1.~_ ieswere heavy. I Damant was ' usly wounded, two oicers .wenty men were killed, -and ee ocers and. `seventeen men 9 Boers left six dead` on the and dispersed.~- The British -,---.I .a_|.- .......~.u no.)-1 nonfnvn!` n ma,nt s ad-Venice guard at Tafel Kop, d a. kopjes commanding ' the, I7 Lvvuavu wggs `the British. Llu_: Ul'UD|.I Ul usau .uul..J.,. gained the summit first a. heavy. re on the sin- f,Dama.nt s horse, which all thesmall amount of cover avail- able immediately {below the Boers, 'and fought until all but four of -them were: killed or wounded. By that: time reinforcements s of Da- mant s' Horse came up and charged .a.nd`cap_tured the kopje. l ` l Boers Have the Measles. V Hamilton, Bermuda, Dec. 24.-'-The .Bo'er prisoners of war landed on` :'I`_Iawkin s Island ave been isolated, '--several of them a suering from g a. mild form of measles. " 2 Aiumma to sand 1,000 Men. ff,L'ondon, Dec. 2=1.--A* desjw-.1l<."11 to. The. `Times from Sydney. N-.S.'W., ays the Federal Government has de- _ cfided to send a `contingent. of 1,000 to South Africa. 4 .._n-x'.... I ,. 1` otn." .~ . APD0lut;d,' (`3a_:ptai,n 1*3"'. C""P' Ottawa, D_.; 2`,__:Dr_. Johnson of. has ben Chart tt t. .E.1... 7 . _o `e 0 xx,. VP `slid HOs_ M in iIh_`8,LI`.`1 Pit Corps? vH1ch:,fis4.`b`e.18 "i9 for Wise ?s'biiu:-+ A_~f1'i$a;` ..W1.`h the Ca 18. Moimted Ries ` ' ,rec;?IiiIL,.`V: v :1, IV M.Dgall, ;ssi';;is3.:u_g,:;:%Vpz?% cretary of the Pr'e1i~ ` George` Bowie. forxn} . the,-T%0ttawa Field *Lj.nacJ xmiunte oyuae ,R.m, A w3'st6~tq. .89'!'.Ve. inf. 1' W T;.9h`tinaeint: as lxih at Ott`t1';W]ffsi`3,'1'` Arnqld "I T ivvate-.}:8' i . uuu uluypsx nuu. ; atu ..... - ..-..-- ued the engmy and captured :3. er of isoners, including` Com- - permission to remove ~ - yeseven man. A _n Brhislt (i1n'b._ They admitted having` Cnnudxuu 1`a.su:ultios. Buul-DICE WU:-U auv u. .....-- oicers and eighteen gm 4; Tafel Kop the Ed as British Tyemnen, en- splendid race with` the` the attelnpt to be rst the crest, of the kopje. J ;I-_ ....-.,.-..J u-n6 tween the . I wish you "as " haDPY' -u'..........: -n-All ` lnnvn Two `B1-others` Arrested. Sa.rnia., Dec. 24.--Provincia.l Detec- tives have arrested the Kersey broth- ers on the charge of l1a_,ving been con- cerned i" the robbery at Edy's Mills in the ownship of Dawn. The pris- oners` were brought here yesterday afternoon-and lodged in. jail. It `will be recalled tha.t_the published ac- counts of the robbery were to the ef- fect that entrance to the `store Walter and Isaac Kersey at Edy's Mills had been" forced during the `night or early morning of Dec. 17, 4-`I-an nnln hlnmn nnh nnld 31301`- of` 1. W151! you :5 lfwyyg nan`- Marconi, `will leave. hex} ads. this evening. ouma; Dec.4;l--'rhe ilimster "of I Finance received `yesterday _a cable from St . J ohn s, Newfoundland,s~t.at- ing tha.t~*- Marconi was `coming to Ca.na.'daL on`_ Tuesday. Marconi did "'not'sa.y'whe'ther he was coming to Ottawdioor "not. Mr. Fielding ' _ of- fered Marconi,all facilities for carry- ing on his work in Canada, `and that is. no doubt, `why he is com- ing here. T ' -T . , London, Dec. 24.--The Associated `Press hears that thjecondition of Queen Alexandra is more serious than has been given out, and. that it causes some anxiety. Doctors are in constant .at.tendance on Her Ma- jesty. A bulletin issued at noon` yesterday says the V Queen is progressing a favor- `ably, but that the extensive ar- rangements made for Christmas fes-. tivities at Sandringham, including largeshooting parties, have all been upset, and that Their Majesties will spend Christmas - at Marlborough House. ~- --.-..~.....;.nA lnl-an {'1 {Jan (`av T Christmas Festivities in the Royal Bonn} Han-ed Thereby. ' house. . It was announced later in [the day .that the Queen was suffering from a chill, but that her condition is not considered to be dangerous. It is ex- pected that Her Majesty will be able to leave her room in a. few days. Yllg'IlB U!` Uuljly guuuzuug U1 Lluv. ...., the safe blown open and $1,300 stol- en. Of the stolen money $1,150 had been left by John Mc I`aggarb for safe keeping with the Kcrseys, end $150 belonged to the two brothers. Tunnel Became a Furnace. Liverpool, Dec. 24.---An exfilosion in a. fuse box set re to a train on the Electric Overhead Railway -at Dingle Station yesterday. Several of the railway employes were terrib- ly burned, and two were killed. It appeared that the burning train en- tered a. -"tunnel stored with Bticksof -creosoted . railroad sleepers. These were also set on re, andthe tunnel became a. blazing fur'n-ace. ` ._ __1:_._ -1 4.1.- ...;..4:,., uuuu.u.1c a, uu.u.u-5 nun.-... Later the_ bodies. of the station foreman. and the signal boy were ex- tricated. Seven deaths have been reported so far, including the driver -and the guard of the train. ::---: : ;5~. ; 3 _ Child Badly Iiurned. . . `st. Thomas, Dec. 24:--The .1itt1 daughter of W. E. Caughell, Antrimv street, .Was terribly burned Sunday night by the explosion of a" lamp. The child's clothing took fire , her hair was burned o, and her face, back, chest and arm. very severely burned. Dr. Lawrence attended "the child and says that though badly burned she will recover. The little girl isjsix years of age arid was car- rying a. lamp, and, stubbing her toe on a; mat, fell, causing `the explosion` of the lamp. ` Allentown, Pa., Dec. V24.--A Phila.-` delphia and .Leh.i.gh Valley Traction Company car, which left Allentown at 6.30 lqat evening for Coppers- burg, carrying -2O passengers, jump- ed the track on a sharp` curve at the. foot of Lehigh Mountain, due to wet rails and snow. The.carv toppled over the embankment, and it is re- ported that six persons were killed" and that all the others are injured. Among the dead is Rev. Tobias Kes-l I ` ` -1-.. -1 T- . H . . lav IILLJUIJE VIII} \4\ID\4\J 5) sler of Lanark. London, Dec. 24.---The World an- nounces _the probability of a. visit from Emperor` William to London Jan. 20, where he will remain ., the guest of. King Edward `until J an. 24.` The ~pu'rpose of his visit is to attend the memorial service for the late Queen Victoria at.Frogmore. A Mexieo City! Dec. `2'4.r-At the Pan- vAmerica.n [Congress yesterday the Committee on Suppression "of An- archy presented its. report, g It re- commends that the American repub- _ lics sign _a. general treaty 91;. extra- . dition. A . 1 IIIIIDIIIV us-us-p -u-4-u, .----.. 1 LLon`_,don. Dec... 24.-EdwardO`xjs1qw Ford. R.A.,, the sculptor, is` dead. 1- [A&S?`" 1*" 1895, V 1 He was ,bor"n in 1852,, He [w_.as-m`gdeV .)" ` . ."A_or`it.!feal, De;c.V 24;-9--f}fnerg`l` Ma .113,-I-_ ;3{er-_ ,_Ha.y 0! 3;he.\G rand T;-g1 nk;.1jrW-5 ex: ;ii:s;;;NeW ;Yo.rk% irestgydayg ; M3 ` 8; V >* % cted % ' r e;`~.-to-ds."" :3: .5- THE QUEEN'S Inuusss. Six Kllledin Railway Wreck. . '-Ono spatch from Johannesburg. ; 3Sa;turda.y,' Dec. 21, ends .re-..-` fwp 9;rt.s`ot sharp ghting in - the Orange .- ver Coipny. Two hundredrnounta X ii`gua.ntry. in the neighborhood :0; ' . loginderyn, were divided `into parties . .,v Uf;;.aJld'W `e searching farms when they _ ~rwe}'e ittaeked ' by [three hundred Boers and _forty armed natives, un- ; 1 der "Commandant T Britz; The Boers charged Zdeterminedly, in overwhelm- V . ing numbers. The British casualties g' were severe; but no details have ' I -. been received. nu..........-...-.n-nwunnl>u not-nrrnd Dec. 18. A a V v vuauu . Why no In comhg. M;u|t.oba Lglsigturqi Kunisor to Visit King. To Suppress "A_na.1-olny. Wlf;x4|i3ctAp;`i 1'9-,x`Ja,+. % -.`]bcii'don,-i `Dec, .24V.A-V-it-'I"h'e-, British Government is watching '_`with con- i siderable anxiety the progress of the dispute between the Chilian and` Argentine republics. A "representa- ,tive of the Associated Press was in- formed yesterday that neither side has yet. approached the British Foreign Qmce; If both Chili and Argentina request Great Britain to arbitrate the matters.` in dispute between them Lord Lansdowne, the Foreign Secre-A tary, will promptly` acquiesce. rn|.- ..4...4...........4. I................ A` 11.. `U885 J , I! 555 gr. van-Ia `(fa uuuayiugygyv. The statement, `however, of. - Dr. . Alcorta, the Argentine `Minister 6! Foreign Aairs, that` Argentina. has referred the matter to the arbitra- tion` of the British Government un- der the agreement of" 1898, appears to be inaccurate, for the Foreign Qice` says the present-contention is quite `beyond , the powers of that. commission. As the Foreign Oice. understands the case," it is not one ofboundary between the-itwd coun- tries, but whether Chi1i'has- H the right to build neutral roads in the `disputed territory. This..commission of` which Lord Mac.Naughton is W president, has been sitting in Lon- don ,for nearly two _years, and is now almost ready to go out _ and personally inspect_ the `disputed boundaries. For various reasons, however, the departure of this com- mission has been delayed, , and is likely to be.delayed for some time to come. The appeal of Dr.` `Al- corta has not yet officially been communicated to the British Foreign Oice. When this appeal does reach Downing street, it will meet with the foregoing answer. Although Lord Lansdowne, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs`, holds that the Mac- Naughten commission to be power- less,- he will intimatethc willingness of Great Britain to arbitrate the diiculty between the two countries it Chili agrees to that proposition. 1 Up to alate hour last night neither country concerned. had requested Great Britain to take this ` action. 1-;_.,-M3--. 2.. `l\_...-...:.....- -4-mnndr in I-`moi i`:%.1:a`gj .,j_1rqr6'g`gn-` _03I;'_c_g-,',-'1`.luT - "Dlopgt_o' l'ott__y-`.Iho,|ighL. tj.hq; Cbnuiqnohogu his! Bo'o'1-loin. It It Be Not sottlcdanlok-L ly-%A'.Ro1iorto d A1-l`)ltrsuon~ P:-otoqoll -To Expliin at __0noe. Uful. .Dl'll.aI1;.lll>l;U uaaxc uuu u. uuuu .. Opinion in Downing street is that while the cause of the dispute is petty, `serious consequences may en-T sue unless prompt action is taken; ueportod Protocol, Valparaiso, Dec. 24.--It is report-V ed here `that the governments of Ar- gentina and Chili have signed a pro- tocol by'which they agree `to sub- mit the `questions pending between them to the arbitration of Great lannvnan vv Britain. Buenos Ayres, Dec. 24.-'1`he Cham- ber of Deputies voted yesterday at`- ternoon to accept the proposal to prohibit the exportation of horses and mules. The .Chamber will to- day discuss an interptyttion asking that Senor Alcorta "explain the pres- ent status of the Chilian matter. Vancouver, Dec, 24.--Mrs. Grace Powell, "a. young German woman, living on Seventh avenue, ~Mount Pleasant, a suburb of Vancouvenhas beenmissing for three days, and is supposed` to have been murdered`. On Thursday the woman was at home with her father and was called to the door by a stranger, an un- uderized man, who wanted to sell her some poultry. She agreed to~buy and the man said he had the _fowls at his place, a. short distance away. She threw onher shawl, took her purse, containing $45; and Went out, . saying that she would be back `in a few minutes. Since thenshe has` av vv ano.------- not been -seen. IKIIIEII Lave w. v--_ __V Chartreus, Dec. 24.-After a. week's trial, which has attracted the atten- tion of the whole of France, Briere, Lhefarmer of" this vicinity who on .April 21 murdered four of his daugh- `ters, aged respectively, 14:, 11, 5 and 4, and his son, 7 years of age,sta.b- hing {and beating them to` death while they were in bed, was fgund gui1ty.~yesterday and was condemned .. 1... 2-:......n:+g+..d 'hv H19 guillotine. '3 Ul'a'IyB-WI`l.. ucn Zthca '.cab1eg1am 1 jqelleney from C ;[I"_~;C Aoigivlvie, ; unaffected regret here. . London, 0nt., Dec. 24:.-A cable- gram received in this city Sunday- from Ireland qqntained news of. the death on the` previous day _of Rev, Dr. Flannery, a .well-known- and greatly beloved member of the R0- man Catholic clergy of this diocese. 1 The` news of his death was heard j g'l.ll.lLy.-`yuan:-:1ua`y auu Wu.-z m...-..-..-- _ to be decapitated by the gui1lot,i;1e. Briere persisted in "declaring himself _ innocent.` ._ Watertown, N. Y., Dec. 24.- The frozen bodybf George Leach-, an em- ploye of the Newton Falls Paper Company, .was` foundiin .t_he woods '_ne_rf_r` Oswegoatchieq sterday mom- 1- .;.. ..|. I..m;..-..n` lndf` in 1-`hn_ wnndg neg!` Uswegotuunw yuaual. uug Luvs ing. Leach became lost in the woods .Sunday.nig'ht while on his way home `was found. and fell from exhaustion, wherfe he jli 5 `24;-'-Mis ~Kilb'qurnes has }=%,r1eaaed,-:r0m` ::aiJ an $4;-.. ' `mOl!.t!`O:#.1,~ ."D80. `bylaw A was. introduced` int_q-1;he Co1}i1il yesteg-day. making vaccinatiexx co'1_npulsary.? 01 poiuee it} yvill; .~1uw_e. ti) be`.mtie_d lby -ad! V-A_i`gantir_i"Sd Reque f.'= `A ' vWoman s Absence My:-carious. .:: ~boen recewea. "mu" . A. 3. ..'1`h_e casualties, s V `- Vgregate about 1 A .,but, h . `oi which-have no have occurred in the Transvaal. X. jg ' r~s'~.,,... - The engagementstoccurred Dec. 18, 1 19 and 20, -at points widely apart. I 0 far as known, eg- 50, [equally divided; ea.vy British losses, the_tota_ls t__ yet. been reported, ~ In the eastern part of the Trans- Colony, Col. _Mackenzie , at- twoked `Commandant Smit s force of Boers at Lake Banagher, Dec. 20, and killed six and captured sixteen of the enemy. Commandant Smit es- kmed Five .5: His cnnarou. Rev. Dr. Flannery end; doinjgulmry faocgnatibn. To Explain; T9- Dny. -:4},d9o_VIxaa1. Frozen to Death. colored Photographs of Celebrities of the British Army. COMPLETEVIN E|GHTEEN_PART_S.- Part one now ,readv. Cut out Coupon and [write address plainly. _ _ .A.dvance Office o ,3A_gg13_o if Sir Beavers Bauer 4 . Field Marshall Weleeley Sir Frederick Forrester-Walker Major General Baden-Powell. V.Al,%V__._...__.'9K{S 8* Cl ,ManyV of the Generals whos por- traits 'will appear, will be pfominent "in public affairs for twenty years to `come, making the series vgluabl for reference. The regular seliing .prio'e of each number 18 twenty-ve cents, but to one paidup subscriber we will mail "post-paid on receipt of ten cents in oh: man