u.I.I5.uL uuuut. Su Wilfrid Laurier-'1`h&t is a P0511`? as to which I suppose we will have to communicate-with the Imperial au- thorities. ' - . II'IL_ I__"li 1,, ,, 9 1 _,__. 2-... .._-n-.;- Mr. McNeilI enquired whether steps would be taken to keep up the strength at the. canadtan oontingentaln South Africa. by filling whatever vacanctoa might `occur. Q... u'r:I..:.1 1-...-..:.._ vnL..4- :_ . n..:'.n+ S;-m`l:V`i.l`;1:<;.;-I:.Ao.;:-1---i:e r(iI'1f9i`? W Home on Friday thiattho Immnagam thaorities haw; acooptqd th_e 08%: :9 offer to garrxson 3811131 "1 `f I release tor service in South Ainca the regimentt now: stationed there- ,k`s- (Sh-a u-Ina 'I'h-n-vusnr nmaliffl In "qr `vi wiry`. Among the Toronto people in (11, 1iX-I ll) mm. - - `Qua wad. VQIZIC .|`. Duck, 23 street, shocked. I. S. Cowan, 41 Wilton crescent Ila-A C.` P. R. l:9C'1DENT. Than ulhorc. 'WIlI llenvy It-he _ - wuucllllfllu Cape Town. (oi -_ Sir Anrea [Mi1ne2-' has issued the following pro- "Whereaa 't1ie;enemy"s _ forces -have invaded the d.l`st.'1-icts of `Priests. Ken- 1 hardt, Britstown gmd Barkly West, .= and whereas many Bz_-jtish. subjects` hoho ta an up arms, and whereas it .13` necessary to repel invasion and rebellion, -% now. therefore, martial II"?! in in dish-mu-_`~ uiia-cm luv -.-I capo, distrlctl," % uapq '1DWn, March 6. -- -A strong town of British, including the Kim- berley -Light Horse,, is marching northward It-om Kimberley. It is ex- pected that the crossing of the Van! `River will be." disputed at "Four: -Streuni. when. +1.. . ....n.....-- ._u T `numerous clear springs. The halth a.nd._ spirits: of theiroops are .: ex` cellent. The British cavalry and mounted infantry have been recon- ` Anoitering the enemy's positioned There nag `be;en little ghtimz ." when the Enemy Are. "A body of the enemy has taken up a position on one of the latter, a. at-topped hill to the north of the river. ve miles beyond Gen. French. h who. to-day took out horse artillery and shelled. /Another force, 4.000 strongyholth i an. iaolnted group of kopjes south at V the Modder, and in front - of the J British mounted lnt'antry._ Their posl- l tion is surrounded on- all sides by level plains. over which the Boers must make their way in order to reach the river. As a. consequence _ -..w Van vuv. The country `a.rou.nd `consists of wide, grassy plains. broken only by ridges and isolated kopjes," The London standard : Oon-oeponlontl Explain: Position at Osfoutoln. London, March 6.--A despatch to the Standard from Osfontein, dated Sunday, March 4, says: Lord Rob- erts army now occupies a. most ad- vantageous position. The sixth divi- sion. under Gen. KellyKenny. is posted on the right, and `holds ' all the kopjes for a. distance of ve miles south of the Modder. The seventh division, under Gen. Tucker, is in the centre. immediately south of the river. and General Colville, with the ninth division, is on the `north bank. The cavalry brigade. un- ider Gen. French. is posted on the] Inf!-hf!-nnf ant` LI... ..........1.-_1 2 - ...... -uu. a.-nuuvu. Ll_pU8[W on `RC left front. and the .mounted infantry, under Col. Ridley-Martyr, on the right V front. ICVIVL- A -- I ` The reduction in the postage rate on bank pass-"books, ' which was announced in the supplement for July last, has been extended to the pun- books used by building, loan. and in- vestment societies. Such pass-hooks will therefore in future pass by post at the. rate otmone cent per two ounces. ` v ` V-------- v--u --on -- London. Maroh 6.--The mobiliza- tion of a. powerful eet. began yester- day evening at Tor Bay. Fifteen battleships arrived. Sterkstrom,'Ma.rch 6. -- Stormberg was found to have been evacuated by the Boers last night. Gen`. Bullor s casualties, London, March 6.-Gen. Buller 9. casualties -from Feb. 14 to 27 were: Killed 72, wounded 708`, missing 24. Humor as Crocodile Poole. London, March 6.-A despatch to The Times from Bulawayo, dated Feb. 27, says: Col. Plumer yester- day occupied the position at Croco- dile Pools, which the Boers evacuated on Feb. 25. It is not known whe- ther the enemy have taken another position or been ordered to retreat, owing to events in the south. sequently been declared. . ._. Mr. Chamberlain's request for 2,500 additional Australian] bushmen is un- derstood to be explained by the fact that the War Oioe requires this force for the pursuit of irreconcilable Boers, who, according to the Intelli- gence Department, have been quietly collecting great quantities of am- munition and stores in the mountain: fastnesses of the Zoutpansberg dis- trict. in the north of the Transvaal, where they are preparing to carry on guerilla warfare. Iau uavyycu . Boer raiders are uncommonly active in the northwestern section of the Cape. Colony, where they are stirring up the Dutch. Martial law has con- sequently been declared. . .. `ll - n1.......L.....I...-...'.-. .mn.u.ao can 0 znn In uuya. Fresh intelligence as to wha.t'Lord Roberts is "doing has ceased again. This silence is taken to mean that something. has happened or is about to happen. `IDA ... .-`lain..- 4\::uAII9|t!`1\!\III~\l\II`T! nnlityn en,`Boller'_e casualties were Over 800 Hen Killed entweunded In lneoeu-, lnl attempt to Believe the Long- Beleagnered Olty - Brltleh Foreee Advancing _-on Kimberly and Bhodeela. `London, March 6. --- (4 e..m.)-Ma- taking is to be relieved as econ as the British force already on the way from Kimberley can raise the siege. This force is described vaguely as strong." The Kimberley Light Horse is mentioned as a component. In view of the fact that the Kimberley Light Horse is under the control of the De Beers Company, Lord Roberts visit to Kimberley probably had to do with an arrangement with Mr. Cecil Rhodes to use this company for LADYSMlTH S V LATEST Th'BeI|ef of Mafaking Has Been " Determined Upon. - ROBERTS NEXT WORK BRITISH AND BOEB IOIITION. 0.3183 CI-I'.I:::iit-.-SE`-OR` mini: GENERAL. _. The only way. to get past the Man- sion House was by mounting thev basses, `which soon began to resemble chariots in a. triumphant pageant. . Stock brokers, bankers. clerks` and - workingman olamberod on top, and, as tha 'bussas lumbered past the historic E+lul\r' nun III-stn:-1- g`-1" ,, _-.. . v vvvcl 1 ecu!!- ng positions. nag been ghting." xgucusu Marching No:-5. Jiohilixacnm ulf than I-`wet. Stornborg Evacuated. l...vuu only J.'Ulll"` railway ' bfidga BILL. 1 `back./VC\1V4.r5l')_'~cJ' "$13"; *1{S.'-hi Ion! '33- .143 to [15 pct barrel? Canadian rd in 7 1.2a to K *1 at 6 '7}-IU you VUIIO . IiI_lC- '-Bn~ttor--Owing to scarcity cg: my plies. omumory gold as high as - ,'_ omdgn. `&ndif2Io was otforod for fresh '"' Ml-thor dairy. ` ' 1 A Egg!`--`l`hb!'o in a good I193 -"Y steady prions. We quote--NeV.' % aha sa 180 to son. nontml limaed 14 W`;-coma 1V;:St:rnl1`i:nod 130 to 14c and held r 41 0 900: , -P m is a good dag and prices arerm. Canadian [.f01;.toA out mess%por,k,;a15 to $15.50; 811 '- r ` bi! . 14.50` to Ullfheavy ; ck . mm`: mm 5. an: _.- 1....-ml: per `bag. f 1 Fee.d-A-'A1`he market is active b1}I_ . We quote:-.-`Manito`ba bran In L 31% ahorta'817. moui11e'$18 xo 8`- 4:' . fa `p bran'in bulk 316.50 and s?* 118 per"t6n.` ~ '.-D..LL'._ ,lx....1_`... 1.- ____,.:on of` .\'.oIher the Posimastrr I-`-one:-al llau Clmnaell In Lmlysmllll. ~ ` `A despgtch from Ottawa says:--The Post-Office Department has issued the following notioosto the public :- V V`: '\lUl-l. U650}! , fan) I Meal--BusInoss wasslow ui C3-lper barrel and at 81.6: 1-2 uurzay 010, 110. '5 `WC. uuy, n Flo_ur.--The foreign ("10m:1l1g dnstmc Manitdba flour has improved nnu-`_ On t {fair sales have taken placv. Tarrlval is also a fair local demand. \V_tIj`to_Vivi -Winter patents, $3.50 xo_ ? gwmg straight rollers, $3.26 to 83.3.3: mfeaitere .155 to 01.60; Manitoba patontsvffgw` m` to 04; strong bakers $3.50 1033s`tdrnin "QC uvna' n`nu' ' `- "GA; uu ucw L U. o yeuuw .|,u1uuw. -uuunug ` 0ata-Are steady. \VhILe on ."I am Midland are quoted at 28c; mix~ .vnd Li quoted west at 261-2c am: whl -'0. smile 261-20 to $0. ~ "Thu Oaunea1--is quiet at $3.20 f0f')os1uen of bags andtI3.30 for barrels her!-vh_en r Peas--Are steady at 63c east amines no west. ` the- Montreal, Maroh 6.-Gr:1in {make larket is quiet but prices Me-51$` But On spot oats were quoted at 3-more- 311-40, peas at 71c, buckxxhcatjways b 1-2:: ex-store. For May _d01{whoa*e' aoat Ontario spring wheat 1-`Wu-'waa'a` _` 731-2o to 740. rye 520, oats 33c, me: to barley 510. No.2 49c. day , n .l..._:.__ ' Din..- "Wk- ;'u'..vv\n :'in4-..`._A uuu `IOU 1 3l.(. m1'ty:-33 steady a'cw1`c' east and hink it. (West. _d'1:n th; Corn-In steady at 351-2!` for tea still 1 ad: yellow wast, American is 01* "Yes- at 431-20 for old No. 3 yellow anus haul for now No. 8 yellow Toronto. .hould.- 1 DA 3}-nnziuv `K !-.32. n "Y mI;ilfoed-Is nominal at $16 w'h`.`," for short: and $15 for bran west apt-0,3 Barley-ls steady; No. is qvnge, 5 It 420 east and at 41c west. rilhin. Buckwheat-The market 1 QW0 utter 490 east 1nd 480 west. Ast Rye--Is at 51c andhink . _d'm th I'\__.. 1 - A1- , I . II: 4 ,\ I._n.... -121! sit Sarnia, 68c afloaf Ma} F0r' `h;";o liam and 78c bid North Bay. M W ; Flour-'1`he market is 1mchar.;..Yu Cars of straight roller in 3 artehau. M- quoted by buyers at $285 tolm. ..\ I nranf and N01`Ch.B1_y. Stags- . . . . . `:00 `I3 Toronto, March 6.-\\ h:-:n 4: demand is slow and the max`.- dull and easv at 64 1-2c V0 21%`? red and white west Spring xx); ' easier at 65c to 66c asked east. L?` wheat nateady at 680 :0 sag latter on a low freight for ex; Manitoba wheat is easier at 80c : _ asked for No. 1 hard grinding in re afloat 0 II -.n-|--L "\1V` qruvnnw, _.u.nJ . guqgg Miikers and C&lVc.>. y y Cows, each. . . . . 251,0 LL10 thei Calves, each. . . . 21.00 IL.-cry p Hogs. Jinan. Choice hogs, per cwt. . 500 feaaed. Light hogs, per cwt. . 4:3 4'-.ntl~y f C ..---. L--- .u... -_L. 4.: A'.,n...... I `tuna U `'9. Uinvl-5 Heavy hogs, per cwt. Q moron Hgs: ELIUCP CLIU 1.461 Sheep, per cwc. Lambs, per cwt. . Bucks, per cwt. . ll:!l..-...- ......I n... _..__.-. ..--w `rt - All t-h;ught. of business was for. gottexg; Nothuzg could be done on tho Stock Exchange. except to sing -`God Shippers, per cwt. . Butcher, choice, do. . . Butcher, medium to good Butcher, infrior, . `Stockers, per cwt. ' . and T nvv\} For prime hogs, scaling frr,-m 21!) lbs., the` top price is .'>3-`.3; I and fat hogs are bringing .':%:.< lb. 4 .. ' l IN 1 I }-Following is the rang of Q tions:- 1 l About one thousand l`.:.:rs xx ceivod; prices are steady and uh-__ _ 2 Toronto, March 6.-Ther: ms: ydue proportion ofpool 1\;m.,.~. . the receipts to-day. - `MARKETS UMHE wnE;.i` Prices of Grain. Cattle, Cheesa `19 h m *9 L93difl8` Mam. tw I 5 W88 u-so-. |"" . The Boer trekking, m 1-.,n5a`_: of Gen. French's n10vcme:1;L,, \v`;-I `porary stopped. ,re with Maxims and 12150 fl-0113 `ring from a. kopje in the cemya aq ~ IAv_``\aw- -` - The `I On 8trjCt l`8,[j0n8e not are procured with bx`--,.`xd mea1"1ave1 rejected husks for the h [' brot ure h `I 1 adm Oslontein, Saturday, March ,tte; 9 Gen. French yesterday ex-emnq';|il'er6. ticed -a. body of Boers trekking .. cared ward and sent a. squadron 1ag,'_'6 110$ to keep in touch with them:` ~'t{ morning the troopers were I-,,15'1V"-ed by about 160 Boers, who a,,. .,_"'" around a hill, but \V'l`m retire-1' c cipitately when the Br: i,s}1 Vgld he them. The Boers then npened 8 funmgst To stop the liner T|'Qkk' the position With u lm;g-rux;g.. ;h`e_co rl'Il.- `l`D-.-._ 1._-I_I,:,.,.. ........ ......... .. ..... KIJ W The food qoestion dimcult. A soup kitchen go,-nizocl, and horses, sLr3_ heads and feet of oxen PIIL- L_1-._ 1_ -._ _4.,- . ` .- The.x`>i`.4.>;>e:a.i;mfb`e<;;;1`e oontinnous, yet the crowd never tired of cheering every time the name of White, Butler ' and Roberts was mentioned, and off came hate and up went the little flags. Grave old financiers vlevedeee vigor-V ousy and yelled as frantically as the urchins who had clambered the Man- aion House steps, their joy that Eng- land : honor had been saved. THE NATION RELIEVED. '1`h:"strain that for 118 days had kept the nation in anxiety was removed. The Lord Mayor showed himself at a window, out at which hung a huge city imperial volunteer flag. and the `crowd attained for a louder yell. Staid magnates grabbed aring posters from newshoys and brandlshed "Lady- emi.h R.lieved to the roaringthrong. ' nusmrss sum` our. `-"""" V """"" V-7V`1CU, K) - I "' weather they are imlrassalle 1? ad her rinks must be run by everybl) to pt; is be: tugs! has b;=g`;v,, sLra.y dog`; dark.` lheads O:-(en are [wed um, IT `S on Bt.I'i(ff_ I-QM..- m`. _..r a -son writes The Daily Man womb: and chuam. 4,, D Shot at by the B0" ` `London, March 6,...Lad lldnz. unfgr dtfl of 1-eb_ 18 0 owe: eseing of '. less uviife, but bullets 211?: em ``;:::' tiful. Women and children 0? no gi liberately aimed at. In.,.,,. thia'bem, 3, Col. ,Ba.den-Powell is havin 85,- own_ work of trenches dug an `if med wg town for pedestrians. There `Q beautx miles of these trenchea_ },utar.`Iy in ca urnathnr thnv at-A im.~..,,...-.. "1 ad Store: are pouring iprmrress of relief is 310 60` cars a. day can cm tool; bridge." HARD LINES ` H01 I1". Ian In .... Sheep and Lamb. \'s on )l have Cattle. ` slow CPOSS ` nirnnrnonz WAVED sues. This storm of jmbilation centred `around. the Mansion House, and by noon thousands 01: persons blocked as many approaches -to that grim build. ing. It vwqasa dense. black mass. com- posed. chiefly of business man. the ma; jority of than oatrying little Union Jacks. Never botore `wsas_thas rs such a sale of flag-s_as to-day. '1\hrough this ohpeering throng there was only one avenue open to traffic, and this was utilized by this basses going from east to west. All trattio in other directions was stalled for hours. IVTCV-Q.-u-; an _..- n_ .8425 `.75 Sin the ' .' -1 V'- ad. 8 an-, her d)` unit 1 _._...-u 3"!) ha 113 gfalignbttf ; `ember , 1.`, What_ ,1-, quesuo `I: sh 5.1,`: II ' one Vol Keith t `yorders &I..-I- " `Lav uuooua usuumteu PEEK [I10 n`.8[0l'lO_ building they stoqd up, waving flags. hats and handkerohiets, and calling tor cheers. for Ballet and Roberts. A migh- ty shout answered them from the `crowds through which they weropa.sa- mg. - . -- _-_...____.. ___, vas t - and 1 _ Nesli be car ~-vners 9!) { '?7I| unlvlli " now. _ l, hr" 3-feakivng `Q .44 Str hat wi `armed? 9 Che ` Ava '4 o khted LL-` ,na\.v\A that `is lad! uudent uther aceful, L}... It `---v-- vvcvv-n Univ anlqvvp-`I G9 17 lilti- ao} the on the cu.rfetw1 tower of the castle were rung in honor at the 4:34-_ L received the, following d98D8th from Gen, Bullet: ~ -Gen. Dnndonald, with the `Natal car-i hineere and a composite regiment en- `A smith became generally known London . nessed have no parallel in the memor- ` hilation at the relief ofKimberley and T i London,` nu-om 1.-,-'1`he whirl Office. " I-!ttleton s Heedqnartere, March 1- I tered Ladyemith last night. The coun- try betweenme end Ledysmith is re- ported clear at the enemy. lam mov- ing on to Nelthorpe." ' ` IDNDON MAD wrrn JOY. A despatch from London `says:-F When the news at the relief of Lady- llterally went mad with joy. and.- throughout England the scenes wit- iea of this generation. The pent-up ju- the defeat of Cronje could no longer be controlled, and with to-day's crown- ing triumph the national trait of self-' restraint was thrown to the winds. CQNGRIAT-ULATIONS WIRED. .'.l.`hve Lord Mayor of London xmmedi- i etely telegraphled. his congratulations to Gems. White and Buller, and when the Queen received the news `at Wind. _.... LI..- 1._I1__ :- AN ENDLESS PROCESSIQN. A -....._______. BULLER I3`: omcs. ` 1-0 y."""..ft t;a;;`rovor' " A....."":.:' {ice at kttar tog; In-nnhnb .4I-Il_-_ .. vvu an nuuer, and the name of Up- per Thorne Centre. near Coulogne. has. been changed to Ledysmith, taking at-1 ' tent on the day of the relief oWhite`e: headquarters in South Africa. . Am`. | other Ladysznith may he. opened in . , Western Ontario, and a third in Bri-1% , tish C'olumbia.- . ' T , 5 Lord Strethoona has cabled the Min- 3 later of Militia asking that he may ; be furnished with the photos of the 3 V officers and men constituting the two 1 , Danadien oontingente, Eyriende off -the men are requested to send the . ,photo'e .to_\`the dupnrtment here poet-,1 _ _ ,,_._..._ -v- guru. an: 7` {station uotsagui On?;e:Ia?::a (gum in in `honour the` - Famous. GIa_:f1er.I*s_ Reply. , " ln.hr.,_d9ipath 1:6 ,LoIrd Robertl. I tollowing _,the *llIIO.B`lIOHn0l|t of tho` \ . I >m..y-s- -507031-run 4 my i`;.`.B0Bs -5 5a.suulGIyIUl.l DI] non. , .. `"4 Bb,rt8 replwxl _a.p tollowa:-.1 All under my oommundaro` deep-` .13 Aratahll fugjut-3 most,` Iranian` `II|`nn'nann*`;. (`In-u..a..n-...___ -u ..w,-aguauu on correspondence. ' 1' The Kingdom at Corea antenna the `Universal Postal Union on the lat` January, ` 19(1). f A g The Post-Office Department has an-' thorixed the opening of 9. post-ottioo in North o.Viotorio. `county, to be known as Bullet. and the at Up.- '1`-horns Centm hour 1'-,...z......... 1.-- V-I uauuuu Lnereol. The `name of the three-cents, six- oent, and fteen-cont stamps from the department has ceased. Stamps at these` denominations in the hands of the public will, `however, continue `to be reoocniutl on correspondence. Tha ti nlinn 4--I`--`J "" Dundonald name just in time. We were in desperate straits for water to drinkm and tavern ofvurious kinds were making and havoc among the monitors at the brave garrison. returned` to ofticee for publication. There is no reduced rate on such mat- ter; the rate is the ordinary. printed matter one of one cent per tour ounces or fraction thereof. l :1--gs - - I J cent`-VI-I uuav sv"IllUIlL UL" tU`IIlUfI'UW- `L110 Boers have not made any demonstra- tion trom Bulwayana this morning. and it is doubtful if they are aware of` the entrance of Dundoneldinto Lady- smith. They unquestionably have re-l tired in great numbers Iron: the coun- try surrounding Ladyunith, for. 110-` cording to Dnndonalgrs reports. the, hills that had been occupied by` the enemy to the southwest were bare of Boers yesterday. . wuflor, according to the relieving` force, in rapidly moving north along; the railroad from Pieter s Station, and! expects to occupy Nelthorpe, four! miles south of here. by to-night. It is expected Bullet : main column will reach here to-night or to-morrow. The` Rnnrn hnvn -nn+ -nna- ...... .:-......_..z.__ "VIC yxavuu unuer ma commanu. T. They had. littleditficulty in making their way through the ravines and around t -hills to the eoruthweet ot the city, :1 last evening crossed the plain _!ollowi g the railroad track and entered the city. HAILED WITH JOY. Their arrivalewas hailed with Iran- tic joy by the besieged. At first it was thought they were . the advance of Buller's main force, but this was not Qxt\ Dundonald. with his troop of horse, Was sent on a scouting expedition to Wglton on Tuesday: night, and recon- noitered all that `night. Wednesday m1'mn8 he reported that "he could rfiach Ladyamith. and the Natal Car- bineers with the Fusiliers and Lan- 33h11'08..w1th several other companies, W9"! Placed under his command. Tlndu Inns` I:L4.I_' .ILR2___I.L__ s__ _.. ,u_2-_ vu.uvAJ.|JJ.`Jl..i 5:) nuuun - nxnan uuu nu. Groblers Kloof was abandoned, and as Gen-. Lyttleton pushed forward -hm 111011. the road seemed to be entirely clear. . 'l\_~_#'| u- .._ _. . -- uncle Ill vacant C 1111. Runners yesterday rnorning brought infotmatton that Buller expected` to relieve the garrison within 24 hours, and consequently the rejoicing was ' great. Gen. White made preparations to sally outsnd aid the advance of t&_BI`ltlISh. if it became necessary. _ part story, called "Misunderstand- Dun.douald're1-arts that when the` Lencashires charged on .Pieter's Hill Tuesday, they overtook the Boers y- 1.-nsg from the trenches, and bayonetted them. Sixteen of the tleemg men were killed, and 23 wounded. The Boers, utter the capture or Pieter s Hull; on Tuesday, by Gen. Be.rton,- with: the Dublin Fusiliers a.nd"two battalions ct thesixth brigade, seemed to fade away. There was no general retu- Lng movement observable, but they eunply dxsappeered as the British ed- GROBLERJSS. KLOOE ABANDONED. I1:-nkl........ 1'7'|-_ __,-_ -1.A_-:n_#_.I -_..1 VA daspwtoh tromLa.dysmith sayin- A portion of the forces of Gen. Bullet. headed by Lord Dundonald s forces. the full force of the Natal Carbineers, and seven . companies of infantry`. along , with them `some Dublin Fusiliers and. Ianqashines, have reached this city, and raised thaeesiegwe. They came via the road across the Klip River and. east of Caesar-`a H-ill. - `I3..__`_.. _.__A.-__:-_, ,,,___-._,_ L, Save the Queen,-" sad. to ohoer. Boa- neas closed at 1 o'clock. - No `one wanted to trade on such a day as this. The stores put up their shutters and gave their employees (holiday. Great `enigma tloatedeln, the sunlight from hundreds of buildings" and little Un- :-._ 1--|_. IEL ____ ,.__,,u__ -2L_. _--.. :3; 3;IC. Ia} Li-5'?u2."n.I?y ;i}' w'a;- dows. _ . ' LADYSMITHIN DIRE smmws. FURTHER PARTICULARS. BA6NTYEn THE 30333`. QUEEN ' ..... umnu-ur was antenna that the Gayernmnnt has now under conaidera. tion a plan for formulating a pension qy!t@*!OI'. Oi4Ko_OlI'_llll|. an at the pptnnnunt.oorpl..uud.-at tn nml.dktrk.-1:. star. who .tAIs'oVnoivj},.e_n_f_6I?vih..*`IicAt.. v..::` 2 ' cosr or mnmcxa I ! Mr. Foster was informed that the .3 total costs of the military barracks ; in the Yukon `had been . . THE FIRST CONTINGENT. ' In answer to Mr. Prior, the Minister `1 ovllilitia stated tha_t the number who ', went train the qtfferent provinces H with the .fms_t conhngent was as fol`- glowa:-Ontar1o._ 18 ozcers, 377 men; !Quebec. 16 qxcera. 840 men; Mani- toba. one othcer. 53 men; Prince Ecl- 1 ward Island. _ one eogtficer, no men; Nova fa, 1_:.hree ofhcers, 131 meg; :New Br nswzck. three officers 106 ` men; British Columbia. two officers, Bl men. Dr. Borden was unable` to fgive the number of nan-commissioned officers from each_ pa-ounce bgoaugg they -were not appointed` at the of `-enrolment. ' ` ' " _ : -El1__1s~w&b" lntor!ned'by_"1)r. Bor- `dcn that.-'=iI1 accordance without-hority u.!r'endyjj._!_'0_,0iVO1s~` four 1,_bia,rer com-_. ~ . `Ind four `oldj hnipitnl` corps ` safe _||.W -il_I`_'l.I0l:II`Iection with the -nu_htia_',`end.paovuionTwill be ` Jnnde. tororcnnuinc` others in the near . _ 1'BO0PS_`IN-THE YUKON. ` lilr.-hero-tor lntor1ned'by"n'r'. 3`."3` I.f..13"M1.1.t\I.1`9Tto date 3' :Id"%a1&tenuac:e ". .. -. n um-Ia smug I-U June E, 1900. ' A further qzgount of 0160,1110 is put ` `down as suftxcxent to pay the bin un- ` til December _ 8131: 1900. .Th, two 1 :11!-1;$1!:5; nxgake up the grand tot .51 I vvnu nuu uuluvc lul. UIILIIL. The cost at clothing is :--F` t . `*-3118151111`. 33.7443 and second conngigiz, 186.077; rifles. revolvers. ammunition, tbntl. etc-. 354.394 first contingent, and $4l},B77.60 second contingent. Sundry `articles of equipment are put down at $50,020-._'l`his makes 31, .8533! requir- ed to fit out the two forces and keep them going to June 3), 1900. 1A fnrnnn mmnn-.+ -9 naannnn 2.. I lIu.l.UIll..|l.. {u o1.8s9.asa.ao. ...;.--.._. uuwu nun yvual. `6,031. The allowances to officers for outt are 45 officers first contingent. at 3125, total 85.625; 60 officers, 2nd. contin- gent. at 3150, total 89.000;`four nurses 2nd contingent. `at 330, total I120 :- making in all $l4,745oallovwed to ofii. cars and nurses for outfit.` n $155" A. :u`a6Ix:__ 2-- II` vsuon uv ylvvuuv LU: ILILLULIUBUOLI u.ULlI. The pay list wall be 59.64724 for the first contingent. $85,835.10 for_ tin Oan. ndian Mounted Rifles. and $59,602.87 for the Royal Canadian Artillery. these two together` forming the second con- ` ti . ` '1' horses purchased cost $163,350,` `Transports by sea came to $557,221, and Itra-nsportatimn to ports of e.mbarka- tion 894.250. Separation allowances `to wines of non-commissioned officers and men will total 312.0%. 'l`.hA nlltlnvn nag: 4-A .-uIf2..__.. I-.. --_Ll!.L V T 008']: OF CONTINGENTS. who Minister of Militia laid on the table of the House a detailed state- ment at the cost at the two contin- _ents to South Africa. The total inmount estimated a._s required is 31,. 1860.653. but the Government is taking :4 vote for the round two millions in order to provide for unforeseen items. 1 ' rm... an-9 I.:..; ...:'II I... nan euro: 2-.. 1.1.- G6 IIIJI Iii}? KGI-WV EVKL ISIGVJJIJSI ' The Premier said_ Mr. Fishergwaal away on account of illness. but he would call his at_ten.tion to the matter. ha. Premler rephed thab such) are- queat had been made by, eertan-n as- eociatmns of miners. and that :a spe- c1.a.1'comm1es1on* had been appomted to tnrvestlgate the whole matter. Thns commission had not yet reported. PROTECTION FROM PLAGUE. Col. Prior called attention to further deaths. from bubonic plague in Hono- lulu. He trusted that the Government would see that the quarantine ofhcers took every precaution in British Col- um'bia.,- with regard to vessels coming from the affected islands. . mm- 11--..-.-__ -,_:.| in-_ -n.-_u.-__ __._a Mr. Mclnnes asked whether the Government had been requested to en- force! the Alien Labourr Act in the Slocan district of British Columbia, and`; it so. what they had (done about Lt.. V ' pm ' ref in;;.1;;..;.~,;;{` of wiioualtea Policq now In the Yukdn district was Mr. Foster was told by Mr, Sitton that the present estimated population , at Dawson City is 4,445. The Govern- ment had-no official advice that the population was `decreasing rapidly, and knew nothing about it!` beyond v_vha.t~ had been printed in the news- , Mr. Richardson introduced a bill to _'determine the question when the twenty years exemption from taxation of the: Canadian Pacific railway _lantls Shall _. expire. The Government the other day` said. this question would have to be settled by. the courts. ML Richardson desires that Parliament should deal with the matter, and to fix, 1901 as the year when 0. P.= .'R.lands must pay municipal and other taxes. POPULATION or DAWSON. What & the Repr;s;ntntives T of the People Arenolng at ottaiva. Mr. Sifton announced that it was the `intention of the Government, as the gvtesuit of the investigations of the ele- ;vator commission to deal with this subject by, legislation. A late the trade in grain in the North-. West. - It embodieethe provisions of the measure of last session, and, in addition, provides for the appointment of .a general inspector, whose dntv it Vill be to inspect all scales? and Weights, and that all elevators built hereafter must be provided with ma- \ ohinery to enable grain to be weighed Davin introduced a bill `to regu- } and cleaned. 9. v, %ll0M|N!0N PARLMHH. R_EG_-ULA'1`ING((}(BAIN TRADE. f%`Ladysmith Relieved and Britain Goes wildover ` the News. L LABOUR TROUBLES. c. 2. R. `TAX. ran Nomxijann Amman. v- ` a-gnaw vuu1I_lAL1-BX IUPOTT ' `'an``' N `could be aqppljgd-hero at a. prot. '0! % 31.25 _ ` _V thousand. At proaunt the -Z pride 1: 52.35 . j s `A man; g.Q_:ttlon~ % fbfpublic Cl- '1Mit1rv-L%A% ? > `A: special troin_Cgpe Town iys a te1eg_ra;zn}hu;bean rceivpd ._th_9re from )[a1oh'ng,..! qulouncing that. /gzhe Boers made '3 a ov'u:6"o.ndT prptractad-e'aaaa"uIt' on February 17th. but were driven off `uaulf observed ..8u`ndaya"-:waI -bro:-5 `am on :xh.e _18tls' ~ byi` ulethui eraaant-` `tank, but after `dotsrma..'..aa.~.e ;:....... no tmoa w!nehv1s'~ vain vu- It` Efthoukght that the'a.acciden1_: oc- curred through" the mils spreading. r-....u-. unv Jill! ` . ` The most aariously injured is prob- ably Mrs. Bland, who was persuaded by her son.` Private Bland, to take a.` Pullman` at the last moment. 81s was badly` shocked and had three ribs" broken. '- " ~ ggn`: IIVII on Dr. I-Iotgen of I;1erkip was on board and fixed up the wounded and three n th mI"I\X It--l- ---A ,.,- uuunuvvnn 'l`h.o_se from outside town: who were jarred were: Mrs. (Canon) Bland, 218 McNa.b street, Hamilton-.. three. ribs broken and nerves" shocked. , Miss Busby. `51_9 llaitland gtmot, London. only T _. O '1`. L. Edmonston, I"Robort street, Hamilton, head badly cut, back and, side injured. E T! I'An,-,_.A *'- ' -....vu-5 unlc LUIUIIDU people In mix-up were: w. B. Bird. 488 Euclid avenue, hand cut. with glass. - - D. H. Macphex-son, Molsons Bank, hands crushed and cut}. Munro Grier, cheek bruised and eye` badly h1B.CkP_lIAd. ' ` uonsu DIJ \.a|-III. C. Kloefei`, Guelph, hip and injured. T --uuuasp \II.lCl. \,| badly blackened 0 F f`|..-I_ no 1: ..v...u-, Aa\4vI\ ullu uuun punuuuy sore. T. H. MacPhex-son, Hamilton, foot and had injured. F. T. T'elfer, Collingwood; hand llightly cut. IV "I I4--.: fI.- I ` ` ' ` L ., ...... nun ;.a.lA1uun3llbZ v l William McC1eary, 'I11orold, bruised % generally, nothing serious. Leighton McCarthy, Toronto, leg and thigh bruised and cut. Joseph Featherston, Streetsvillo. head, neck and back painfully sore .T_ H Mnnphapnnn D ...`..n;_.. A - - ..v- v van: IKE IALI. Iallclr A volunteer relief party, headed by Mr. Burnett, South Ontario, second- ed by the train crew set to work and broke windows and cut holes In the jcars to get at the occupants.` 1 Those Taken : Ont. Among those taken out bruised, numbed, halt-clad, and half-dazed were the following members of- the Dominion Parliament: \H:l,l:.-.... 'n.r-rn--_,, -- - - .-. M. ~~----~-~ . , ,' The department has endeavoured on I more -than one previous oocaeion to} impress upon pcetmestere the neces- - eiyiot carefully examining. the nth. ' dresses of letters" they receive-.'~.end .. [Nl.l`$i61H&!'ly' of those . eddre8led,..to pug -ties whom they do not:kIi0!r...In the ' latter case there isnlways e lposeihil-T ityr`tha't` the letter has -been imie-2 sen1_;:`tifrough a. misreading of the ad.- dress` or otherwise. A postmaster.` receiving a letter addressed `toe , '- .nese, firm, hotel, bank. or other public . ij'!Si}it|lli0nv;`WhiclI does not exist in his- J.i_0<=31il. may ..he neeeoneblm. bolftain U16` latter is tor hie delivery,;ev"en; n the nalne at his ' . ._, j; ..elwe:aI vineonllm Izrxw-.;:f. .:........-u~iu ...... -u.,ouun aa. auu Lue Dra.l1(lOll, JlJ1llp- ed clear of! the track, and coupled, ; turned half a dozen somersaults down` 1 the cliff to the gully 30 feet below. ` There` they lay on their backs. A 1rn1n-.4`-.. _..I.--2 -,_n _- A`l"l`ElP'l` fro nusn hanxtne. Toronto, March 5. - On Saturday morning at 7.45 eight cars of `the C. P. R; Ottawa express left the track. near Burketon. Two Pullman cars, ; the Nestoria. and the Brandon, jump- ` 0183.1` 0" than frank o-u-`I I-A---1--' ` Dyoublvu u_1n|.1l.uI.a. ' . ' One suggestion under consideration is t to transfer the scattered remains of I t'hia'R.`O. R. I.-to Hlalfax, so that it _oan be used as a School of Instruction, while at the same time acting as a garrison corps. T ` 1 7+ :- ....:.: 4-I... 1'..:_..a.-.. -n-_:_.-_ 1.-.. `GI. Ll\Jl..l VUL It is said ti: Leinster Rgiment has not yet been notified that it has to lleave Halifax. 5*`-`"5 I-WW4` GLLLGL Luuo. The telegraphic acceptance of the Government's offer to garrison Hali- ax was only received frome til!!!` 1111` perial authorities on Friday. DI`.- Borden had a consultation with the edjutant-general this afternoon, when a` scheme for organizing a comP03it regiment was considered. The details will be announced in a day or two.` and in the meantime it is said the D. 0. (335 will be asked to state how many will possibly` be available in their re- spective districts. - 0-- ..__._....u._-___ ___z__ _,_._gg__.-;_:-_. :_ Two Ilooplng ca;-o Du-allod Near Burke- ton-lovers! II. P.'s on Bonn! and . ' Burt-"Narrow Escape. Call resgunonu now: snauuuou mu. ...v Sir Oharlea Tupper 611880304 that 5 viemn ot the fact just announced It would be well to bring back the mem- bers of the permanent force who am now. in the Yukon, -and whohavp neV6l' but any particular-work to_do- in that territory. . -_ - V . Sir Wilfrid Daurier replied that half off the per-ma.-nent force which Wa5_ 01`- iginully sent to the Yukon has smco been. readied. but hamsade no state- ment as to wzlhn. the other half Would mturn. 'II _ `ll -`T-."II . . _ _ _..'..-.'l ---`I.-J-I-nut cl-Ann nun I-Luau: -The bill to provide money for. 937108 the expenses of the Canadian: contin- genta to South Afrioa.. wa.s introduced and read ahrst time. nu... L-I-.____1_:- _-_-__L_._'-- -051... -`Several complaints, some of which. it is `feared,-a1'e well founded. have reached the department respecting the removal -of stamps from letters `in course of post. Such a practice i_s_ most reprehensible, and `should any "act of this nature be?proi'ed'aga.inst an-. 9_fii'er of the pastel service, `the. department would deal with the mat-_ ter; very seriously. _ 3