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Ht" Melvin 01 “31881119118 01‘ “510‘ Dr. 'Wilsorn, of Buffalo, N.Y.. says phones, or both. that this “mysterious disease” is 10- t . . , comotor ataxia, and is just as preva- LIL’AREFFES' lent in North America as in' the Phil- Mr. Flint presented apetition from; ippineS- It is a deeeperation of the the Dominion Women's Christian Tern-l nerve 0°11” 0f the 391931 9°”, Wtflch ranoe. Union I" i f . , , gaffecite the nerve controlling mot-ion. pe ‘ , ’ p ay ng or an Ac“ ‘0 There are many examples of the ter- l’mfl‘iblt the mantlfacture. importation rible results of this disease to be seen and sale. of cigarettes. on the streets of Toronto and oth- ‘ . . i i . - ,, ‘ er Canadian cities. The characteristic Supplementary estimates for the disease is inability to walk proper- current fiscal year were brought' 1y or to control the hands and arms. , , _ The feet are raised high up and put down. 1118 total amount to be voted E dawn heel and sole together in a sort is $3,589,889, of which $1,335,562 is of flapping motion. The vietim is in chargeable to capital, $2,021,160 to danger Of falling when 80138 up 01' . . down stairs or around corners. He income, and $160,000 to the war in i walks with his eyes on his feet, ex- South Africa. ‘periehcing shooting pains in the legs The detailed items are :-8125,000 for g and “39° °£ pressure 31’0““ the waist. the annual drill camps; $160,000 to de- l ulfihfirdlifigeflgggidzz? nil: £33531; tray expenses of the Halifax Regiâ€" ; It taken In time it is found to yield cent; 3W0» for the 1. C. R., Chargr- ; to the restomtive influence of Dr. able to inoomfi. “Id 3355.131 to capital; ' ghmmheFm’tezhngtvs «fillets; Mr. Flint presented apetition from the Dominion Women's Christian Tem- perance Union, praying for an Act. to prohiblt the manufacture, importation and sale. of cigarettes. SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES. Supplementary estimates for the current fiscal year were brought down. The total amount to be voted in 83,589.889, of which $1,335,562 is chargeable to capital, 82,021,160 to income, and $160,000 to the war in South Africa. TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE. Mr. MacZLaren presented a petition from the- Corporation of the City of Stralford praying; that the Postmas- ter-General be authorized to aoqmre all telegraph and telephone lmes 1n the Dominion of Canada and to Oper- ate the same in connection with the postal system, or else to construct. a new system of telegraphs or tele~ phones, or both. THE BihVKING SYSTEM. Mr. Fielding introduced his bill to amend the Banking Act. The main purpose of this amendment is to carry forward bank charters for another ten years, but several important changes and additions are also proposed to the Banking Act. In case the shareholders ofa bank ask for certain informa- tion from the directors the Act, as amended, would require the informa- tion to be furnished at the first annual meeting. Banks which have suSpend- ed payment will be prevented from issuing notes after susPension. Banks may lend money upon stand. ing timber and upon the products of the quarry. Security may be taken by banks for liability incurred by 1e.- ters of credit. In the case of a bank 1 I that proceedings may be taken by the ' Crown to appropriate the land ifthe' bank does not dispose of it after the expiration of the statutory limit of seven years, or twelve years if an ex- tension is granted. The object of this amendment is to force a bank to sell land which it acquires and holds as an asset and is not necessary! for pur- poses of business. A return of un- paid drafts shall be made by. the bank every five years in the same way as returns of unpaid balances are made Better provision is to be made for the handling of a bank’s affairs after it has suspended payment. For this purpose the Bankers’ Association is! to be incorporated, and immediately: on the suspension of a bank this asâ€"i sociation shall appoint a curator, who i shall be manager of the bank, direct i all its affairs and assume all powers I conferred upon him. The curator shall remain in charge until a liqui- dator is appointed, or the bank un~ tier suspension resumes business. The point yet to be decided, and upon ,1 which some discussion took place yes- i : terday, was what responsibility the Bankers’ Association should assume ,for the acts of the curator. It is also proposed to grant the Bankers’ Association authority which will up- erate as a means ‘0 secure accurate returns being made to the Govern- ment by banking institutions, but i; this proviso is not in workable form as yet. Provision is made to enablea ‘t solvent bank to sell out to anotheri institution, without loss of time tip-f on a vote of two-thirds in value of: its shareholders. 1: INSPECTION OF APPLES. l V A long discussion took place overl the bill to regulate the packing of ap-I - i: pies and pears for export. 'I'there was' i“ 1’5 a general feeling that the trade re-i“ quired to be controlled in suchl a wciv 3‘ as to prevent the reputation of Cana-i: dian fruits from being injured in the, English market, but some difference? of Opinion was developed as to wheâ€" ‘ ther Mr. Fisher had hit upon the best method otf bringing about this desued end. 1 e Respecting the Buffalo'Railway Co. â€"Mr. Gibson. MANITOBA GRAIN TRADE. The House went into committee on the Government bill respecting the grain trade in the inspection district of Manitoba. It isameaSure founded on the report of the grain commission, which sat in Manitoba.and the North- West last summer. The object is to afford relief to the farmers of that sec- tion, who complained that they were not provided with sufficient facilities; for shipping grain, and that they were overcharged by the elevator compan- ies, which were allowed to have a monOpoiy. To incorporate the Accident and Guarantee Company of Canada â€" Mr Penn). TH IRD READINGS. The following private bills were read u third time and passed :â€" Act to incorporate the Canadian Bankers’ Associationâ€"Mr. Britten. fiMle. Cap-L. J. P. Finlay, oi the‘9th United Stat-w Infantry, has returned from Manila, suffering with what he says is “a terrible malady which is pre- valent among the officers and men. It deveIOps into neuritis or nerve para- lysis, and many of its victims are crippleidfor lite.” “On Sunday Kalbe engaged the Brit- ish between Heilbron and Lindley, The Federals had to retire before an over. whelming force, losing one kiiled and seven wounded." “According to Free State advices the British yesterday were at Greyiing’s drift, on the Vaal river, 25 miles from \Volmaranstad, with a. large force. “The advance guard at Heilbron re. tired on the main body at the north- ern border. British Forces Marching East Along the Vaal River. A despatch from Pretoria, Wednes- day, sayszâ€"An official bulletin issued here says :â€" A Strange Ffialady Among Soldiers! {house of his employer, Mrs. Chenoâ€" .‘weth. He was killed by a bullet en- ;; bering the head between the jaw bones severing the internal artery and lodging in the spine. Death was in- stantaneous. Nobody was in the house at the time. It could not have been suicide, as there are no marks of burning. Mahâ€"Lin’e body was lying under an open window on the ground floor. The murder was probably com- mitted by a Chinese highbinder. ”motel-Ions Murder of a (fihlnaman a Rowland, B. C. A despatch from Rossland, B. C., onyxâ€"A mysterious occurrence hap- pened on ’Wednesday. Mob-Lin, a cook, was found dead at 6 p.m.,,: in the His Family and $700,000 Accompany Him. A. Cape Town despwtch to the Ex- change Telegraph Co’y., dated Thurs- day, says that 36 boxes of bar gold, valued at £141,C00, have been sent from Pretoria to Lorenzo Marques. State Secretary Reitz, of the Transvaal, his wife and family were on the same train. REITZ LEAVES PRETORIA. The absence of any wreckage be- tween Kroonstad and this place is ex- plained by the fact that Boers were anxious to hold the Orange Free State burghers in line. It is said that the Latter are angry over the destruction of the bridges in their territory. A drough-t and a cold \{riha '51; pm. vailing, and there have been many ao- oidental fires on the veldt. Irish Contingent Are Now Operating I: Altogether. A despatch .from Rhenoster River, says :â€"The Boers have evacuated their strong position at this point. Before they left they completely wrecked the bridge across the river, and two long culverts. It is said that the Irish contingent are now operating the Boer dynamite train altogether The commissions to the Canadian . Bank of Commerce for transacting the : Government’s banking business in the Yukon are as follows:â€"Four per cent. for handling gold dust, 2 per cent. commission on drafits issued tree to miners, 1 1-2 per cent. on revenue col- Iections, 1 1-2 per cent on cash pay- ments, 2 per cent. on mounted police drafts, 2per cent. on Militia Depart- ment drafts. Lately these commissions have been somewhat reduced. 0N BOER RIGHT PLANK. rl A vote of 89,000 is asked for the'pro- secution in the Ville Marie Bank case, $364,474 additional for adminis- Lration of the Yukon, $34, 715 addi- tional required for Customs, 825, 000 to Lhe fishery service. $1,355,449 St. Lawrence canal system. 830,000 for binder twine requisites at Kingston penitentiary; $75,000 immi- gration; $30,000 additional for Paris Exhibition; $12,000 additional for quarantine. BOER DYNAMITE TRAIN. to be Loonmotor Ataxia, a Nervous Disease. Which is Also Prevaient In This countryâ€"Peculiar Symptoms. HIGHBINDER TRAGEDY. These symptoms of exhausted nerve force are the beginning of is. wasting process which must end in locomotor ataxia, paralysis, nervous prostration, or epilepsy unless the system is re- stored. For the benefit of all read- ers of this article we cannot do better than to recommend the persistent use of Dr. Chaseis Nerve Food, which in a few months will completely rebuild the exhausted nervous system and cure the most serious diseases of the nerves. This treatment is recommended above all others because it is a mod- ern scientific preparation compounded tram a favourite prescription of Dr. A. W. Chase, who has tested it in thousands of cases of locomotor atax- ia, paralysis and nervous prostration with which he comes in contact in his immense practice. It is considered by medical men to be the greatest re- storative which nature provides for pale, weak, nervous men, women and children. The time to act is when nen ousnesa first makes itself apparent. When you find yourself tapping with the fingers, when the nerves of the body twitch after retiring at night. when you lie awake. too nervous to sleep, when you have nervous headache and nervous dyspepsia. the spinal cord and revitalizes the nerves. the same 50 Mile River 26 miles to Lake Laberge, which is 30 miles long. At the foot of this late you enter 30 Mile River, following it to Hootal- inquia, a distance of 33 miles. At this point the Hootalinqula enters the 30 Mile River, forming the Lewis} River; following the Lewis River toi Fort Selkirk, a distance of 150 miles, i where the Pelly River enters the} Lewis, forming the Yukon, which: river you follow to Dawson, a dis- tance of 165 miles, making a total distance from Skagway to Dawson of g 615 miles. The winter route fromi Bennett has been very much shorten-,’ ed. and the very best of trails were i cut and built ‘last summer by the; Dominion Government, and for thisf excellent piece of work too much' praise cannot be offered, as the many thousands who have passed over these 1 winter trails since the close of navi-§ gation last fall can attest. it is over : these cut-offs and winter trails that! the mail has been carried. enablingf the delivery of the same from Daw-z son to Bennett, a distance of 443. miles, in 5 days by dog train. i PLACER, HILL-SIDE AND BENCH CLAIMS. Within a radius of 50 miles . of; Dawson City are located the great; I I [no doubt to the abundance of excel- lent grazing. Arriving at Skagway, which lies at the foot of the White iPass, you take the White Pass Rail- !way, which is now running from ‘Skagway up over the White Pass, ‘and on to Bennett, B C., a distance of 45 miles. Arriving at Bennett, during navigation, you take steamer, passing through Lake Bennett, 28 miles, thence through the neck, a short, deep channel. At Caribou, connecting Lake Bennett with Tagish Lake, 28 miles long, at the foot of this lake is 'l‘agish, the N. \V. M. Police headquarters for the Tagish Division. At Tagish you enter Marsh Lake, 20 miles long, to where it en- ters the head of that part of the Lewis, known as the 50 Mile River. Your steamer follows this river to White Horse Rapids, a distance of 29 miles; at this point you transfer to§ a tramway 4 miles long to the foot? of the White Horse Rapid, where you ! again embark on steamer .ollowingé ling this country, that I shall, in {compliance with many outside friends 3 and enquirers, endeavour to state a _‘ few facts and furnish information of g a reliable and understandable nature. ?As a very large percentage of out- 7 siders are unfamiliar with the cor- 'rect geography of and proper route to get into this country I shall first §endeavour to enlighten them on this Every important point. The cheapest, ,more direct and least inconvenient ‘way is to take the.C. P. R. to Van- couver; at Vancouver take steamer for Skagway, which. lies 800 miles fnorthwest of Vancouver. The route from Vancouver to Skagway is through the inside channel, i. e., the main land of B. 0. lies to the east, and on the west are ranges of islands forming a natural break-water and protecting you from the open Pacific. Some of these islands are very large, the Prince of Wales Island being 100 miles long and in some places 50 miles wide, with a mountain range running through its centre, the, maximum height being not over 1,200 3 feet. 'i‘his island is in Alaska, and is without doubt the Nimrod and angl-,I er’s paradise, as its many beautiful. streams are teeming with fish, and her mountain sides alive with thef fattest deer on the continent, owing Experlenees of An 011! Tune:- on the Journey â€"'l'he Most Direct Route to Takeâ€"Dlfl’erent )Hnlnx Claims in the Yukonâ€"Cost of Ltvlng In the Country â€"-(.‘hanecs for Agriculture. So much yellow journalism and ab- solute rot has been written regard- HOW TO REACH THE LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN. THE TRIP Tl] DAWSON CITY f From the close of navigation last .fall, and up to within a few days tago, beef sold for $1.00 to $1.25 per 31b. (it is now quoted at 50 cents per l l glb. by the side); potatoes, from 50 [to 75 cents per 1b.; flour, $8.00 for ;a 50 lb. sack; eggs, 81.50 per doz.; 'apples, 50 cents each; hay, at pres- !ent, $600 per ton, and advancing; :wood, miserable spruce, bull pine and :white wood, $20.00 per cord at the ~mines, and 816.00 to $20.00 in the gcity, $5.00 per cord to cut it. Rents :are something awful. The Govern- ;ment was paying for the P. 0. build- fing, which contains the Post Office, the Commissioner’s office and the zComptroller’s office on the ground gfloor, and up-stairs, living rooms for §a number of the officials, $1,700 per (month, and this for a very common Elog building, veneered in front only :with native lumber; this rent has 'been reduced to $1,200 per month. {For a small log cigar store on the 'main street, size 10 by 30, the pro- prietor told me himself that he pays for ground rent alone $100 'per month. ‘Although the Yukon River river flows right under, our eyes“ water costs delivered at your house' 25 cents per pail. The poorest of na- tive lumber is at present $200 per M., L coal oil 81.25 per gallon, moose and. caribou, 40 to 50 cents per 1b.. fish,f fresh, frozen and very inferior. 50 cents per lb. I might go on in ex- tenso, but as all necessaries are quot.- ed on about above lines I leave the matter with you. I paid on my ar- rival for room at hotel (a bargain) $4.00 per day. meals $3.00 per day. hair cut $1.00, bath $2.00, shave 50 cents; laundry, white shirt 75 cents, cuffs 30 cents, collar 20 cents, etc. A drink of any kind of liquor, includ- ing ale or beer, 50 cents, cigar 50 cents, pint bottle of wine $15.00. quart $25.00. 'llhese are present prices, and the old timers will tell you that the country is goxng to the dogs with these low prices. CHANCES FOR WEALTH. Still, in the race of all these high prices, I know of no better mining camp for sober, industrious and cap- able men, either laboure‘rs or may chanics, but they must be both sober; and industrious. We are already: overstocked 'with the bleary-eyed, bums, foreign tramps element. This; Yukon territory has a great future before her. I am not basing my opin- ion upon what has already been dis-v covered but on what will be discov- ered. From White Horse in the west to Fort Selkirk in the north lies a rich copper belt, and already very exten- sive strikes of high grade ore have been made up the Pelly River, west of Selkirk, and at White Horse. These discoveries will be followed by many others during the coming sum- mer. which will give a permanency to this territory undoubted in its sol- idity. With this permanencv almost guaranteed to the territory, I want . â€" ------- v- vvvvvvv a , here. a man on the spot discovers and : locates what he considers a sufficient- ly rich placer claim to work, he must have a prospector‘s license before he can stake; this costs $10.00. After staking he must pay $15.00 to re; cord; to _work the claim he must build a lob cabin, $75.00; lay in six months’ provisions, $508.00; purchase necessary tool sto work with. $200.00; and if he requires assistance, $5.00 per day and board for any kind of labor. He gets no returns until the spring wash up. If during the inter- val he requires ready cash, and his claim is a rich one, he can probably, by mortgaging his dump, borrow what money he may require for ten‘ per cent. per month (a common rate of interest here). By these figures (and I am conservative in every case) you can readily see this is not a poor man’s camp. it will be necessary that you may form an intelligent idea for me to describe the mode of mining up here. The placer claims, which lie on either side of the creek and river beds, are frozen the year round from the sur- face right down to bed-rock, conse- quently in order to work such claims you must first thaw the ground (this is done during the winter), so as to have your gold bearing or pay dirt all in a dump and ready to pass through the sluice-boxes the moment the rivers and streams thaw out and water commences to run. The hill- side and bench claims are worked in a similar way, with the exception, in many cases, you are obliged to pump the water from the streams below, and, when less expensive, the pay dirt is trammed down to the water, which, of course, adds an additional expense. Strange and inconsistent as it may seem to old and experienced miners, the hill-side and bench claims, 'in some cases 1200 feet above the I river bottom, are really placer ground ,and contain placer gold, and in many I instances are proving richer and more |profitable than the real placer claims. In working any of the above describ- ed claims ashaft at some convenient point on your claims is sunk to bed rock either by using a steam thawer or thawing by the use of wood. On arriving at bed rock in some in- tstances, 20 feet in some. 30 in some, ’50 feet and so on as the case may. ibe, you turned out all the pay dirt :in your claim from bed rock up any ground containing 5 cents of gold dust to the pan (160 pans to the square yard), will pay $8.00 to the yard. necessary tools to work with, $200.00; has been taken to the pan, but such a rich strike in the pay streak is called a pocket and unfortunately soon peters out. Owing to improved machinery in the shape of steam thawers being operated this winter by many claim owners, there are larger and more numerous dumps awaiting water for the clean up than ever be- fore; therefore, the output this spring will be the largest in the history of this camp. NOT A POOR MAN‘S CAMP. The inaccessibility, short open sea- sons, and high rate of freight makes living and everything else in this country extremely high. In fact, this, without a doubt, is the most ex- pensive mining camp to-day in the world. This statement 1 shall later on corroborate with actual prices. Leaving aside the cost of reaching 1...; - bulk of gold producing placer. hill- side and bench claims. Mining in this country is so entirely different to anything the world has ever known COST OF LIVING. “mfg had sufficiggt prisoners.’ The capture of Eloif and. his follow- ers cost Baden-Powell three men k111- One of the British Patrols Attacked by the Enemy. A despatch from London says :â€"Gen. Rundle‘s forces are encamped at Trommel, recuperating. A patrol, four miles from Trommel, was attack-4 ad by the Boers. One man was wound- ed, and several horses killed, The af- fair was unimportant, except in show- ing that thé‘ Boers are still in the neighbourhood and on the lookout for any chance of sniping. the state and allowed to escape, as RUN DLE AT TROMMEL. "The Rev. Adrien Hotmeyer tells me he was informed by a high Boer offi- cial that when President Kruger no- tified the Read of the Government’s arrangements to blow up the mines and to destroy Johannesburg. Gen. Louis Botha hurried to Pretoria and had a stormy interview with Presiâ€"‘ dent Kruger, to whom he said if the plan were not cancelled. he would himself defend Johannes-burg, adding that the Boers were not baxbarians. At this according to Mr. Hofmeyer, the plan was abandoned. ” Indignantly Procested Against Kru- ger‘s Proposal to Destroy Them. The Durban correspondent of the London Times, telegraphing Tuesday, says:â€" BOTHA SAVED THE MINES. From Vancouver to Skagway, the grand mountain coast range in the east, while you have in the west one continuity of magnificent islands. The trip up over the White Pass, via the White Pass Raiiway is prob- ably one of the greatest pieces of engineering skill and difficult rail- road construction in the world. The passage over is the most exciting and awe-inspiring possible to imagine; the experience Will never be forgot- ten during the balance of your na- tural existence. from White Horse via steamer passing down White Horse River through Lake Laberge, thence down the Lewis River into the Yu- kon, and on to Dawson. with all the windings of the tortuously crooked rivers, passing alongside thousands of beautiful islands, with mountain ranges on either side, in many places towering up over thousands of feet, and with daylight, 20 hours each day. to enjoy all this magnificent na- tural grandeur. As to the climate, there can be no doubt which the carefully kept re- cords of years past prove, this clim- ate is preferable and much superior to that of Ontario or Quebec. For instance, commencing on the 13th of March, the weather has been as mild and balmy as early May outside. No overcoats, windows thrown open dur- ing the day, no snow on the streets and water streaming down the moun- tain sides from the melting snow. AS A TOURIST RESORT. Now that the White Horse Rail- way have their road graded and will be running by June from Skagway to White Horse. I know of no more en- joyable trip for those who can at- ford the time. -vwâ€"vâ€"J 5' a mining ahd mineral country and will. I am confident, prove in this re- spgct _one‘of the richest on earth. There are many square miles of very good grazing ground. and with the long and warm days grain may possibly be successfully and profit- ably grown. A. private experimental farm has been in operation within two miles of Selkirk during 1899, and the owner informed me person- ally that he was Well pleased with his efforts. Potatoes, turnips and other roots and vegetables did fairly well, and he looks for better re- sults this year. There is a local de- mand for everything possible to raise, and at prices such as were never dreamed of in the east. Many small garden plots in Dawson have proven most satisfactory in the pro- duction of garden stuff. The so- called timber is a poor quality and of little commercial vaiue tor lumber. Fish are not plentiful enough in the lakes and,streams to warrant veryi extensive operations. The country is; As a rule men with big capital do not care to face the privations of this far-northern country, and in the ,great majority of instances where loapitalists and companies have en- ,trusted the investments or manage- gment of. their capital to agents or lrepresentatives, those selected for ésuch purposes have in many cases ,proved either incompetent, dishonest, iextravagant, intemperate or some- :thing worse. The temptations and fsurroundings here are so many and 350 great that few have been able to withstand them, falling first into .‘the meshes of the dance hall sirens, fthen the gaming tables and lastly 'the mining camp sharks. The re- sult naturally being every dollar is iretriveably lost, the camp or coun- try is blamed for these losses by misrepresentations made by such agents or representatives as above described, and a good camp is black- eyed instead of the dishonest'agent or representative being gaoled. ' Any first-class business man who is strictly temperate, with capital, can double his money here many times each year, taking practically no risks. ing the benefits. At present Cana- dians do not represent 5 per cent. of the population, and I regret to say a large percentage of the majority of the foreign population are undesir- able, have no interest in the country further than what they can take out of it, and that by any means. The moment they make a stake they leave the country, taking along with them every dollar they can lay their hands on, spending it in a foreign land. THE INVESTMENT OF CAPITAL AND ABUSES OF SAME. AGRICULTURE, FISH, TIMBER. OLD TIMER. ; PLAGUE AT\ DURBAN. Kruger-‘5 Proclamation Calling Upon 398;}; Burghers to Defend Johannesburgl ' that’: A despatch from Cape Town, says;â€" President Kruger, it is announced here, has issued a proclamation saying AM he will defend Johannesburg and hlmfl' calling upon all the Boers to fight to giyan the bitter end. 5 km. The local authorities are strictly forcing precaution. . Fatal Case of Disease Reported 1n Natal. A despatch from Durban,» 3: extraordinary issue of {He announces the existence of case of the bubonic plague in The victim is an East Indian. Damage Occasioned By the Boers in Natal. A despatch from Newcastle, says :â€" W'hen the retiring Boers passed through Newcastle they were thor- r'oughly demoralized. Their wagons came racing over the veldt fifteen abreast, in an excited hurry to get safely away. In order to lighten vehicles their drivers emptied their contents on the veldt. The Boers have looted the Hatling spruit station, and smashed the water tanks. At the Dannhauser and lngagane stations ' the tanks have been treated in like manner. The Ingagane railway bridge abutments, the \Vaschbank grinder bridge. and all the culverts? l I I i . i s from \Vaschbank to Glencoe betWeen Glencoe and Dannhauser have been ' damaged, but can easily be repaired. Gen. Dartnell’s volunteers occupied Mount Prospect Monday. Lord Dunâ€" donald’s cavalry is at Firmstones, near Ingogo. Hie infantry rests at Sohoenshoogte. Their names are all of fatal memory in the first Boer war. The? face Laing’s ne'k, uwhere the Boers through the range glasses of the British are ocmsionally VlSlble. In the march across the Bigga rsberg all the farms, except one, were found vacant. A temporary bridge has been Doubtful if Boers- Will Remain in Laing’s Nek. A despateh from London, Friday sayszâ€"In Natal Gen. Buller'a forces have crossed into the Transvaal near Ingogo, but’ are still held at bay" at Laing’s nek, where the Boers are en- trenching themselves. With the ex- ception of this pass, Natal is clear of Boers. They have a big gun posted, but it is doubtful if they will be able Further details of the fighting at Ma-feking say that Commandant Sarel Eloff’s followers deserted ham. whereupon Eloff fired on. them him- self, and then surrendered with 89 £01- lowers. The dispatch also says that one party of Boers was driven out of “To-day one of our rm to surrender, and replied Boers at: once shot him head!’ Some of the Prisoners Taken by Col. Baden-Powell. A despatch' to the London Daily Mail. dated Mafeking Sunday, says:â€" “'Amoa1g the prisoners captured with Commandant Sarel Eloff are Count (10 Bremont, a Frenchman, and Count Von Weise, a German. It is found that the Boers were guided by two deserters named Hay and Bolton. At the enemy’s request we have handed over their dead. One of Col. Bethune's Squadrons Suffers 66 Casualties in a Natal Trap. A despatch from London, says :-â€"Tl_le War Office has received the following despatch from General Buller:-â€" I have receivedthe following tram Bethune :â€" May 21, while marching in the diâ€" am» rection of Newcastle, one of my squad- rons of Bethune’s mounted infantry {was ambushed by Boers six miles west iof. Vryheid, and very few escaped. Lieuts. Lausum and Capell are among the missing. Captain the Earl De La Warr is slightly wounded in the leg. Nqutu, which was reported to have been evacuated by the,enemy, pre- paratory to the return of the magis- trates and the civil establishment to the district. He was to rejoin me at Newcastle afterwards." LOOTED AS THEY FLED. CAPTURED Two COUNTS. TO THE BITTER END. CROSSED NEAR INGOGO. CAUGHT IN AMBUSH. nd replied ‘Never.’ The shot hizm through the our men was asked a VS o_‘:§ _8 )Am 19 Gazette bf a final 11 Durban. ' HIS LAST HOPE GONE. Alas! sighed the oysrer. as he {on hlmself benig- conveyed fro ' ' . plat.- ‘on the end of the table knife; - ,is an end to all m .. ‘a'Ad : ‘ Y 130988 of get“ Unto good society. - The Friendâ€"Pretty pasturage I The Farmerâ€"“Val, that's the way to git this week. The new fancy waists made of strips .017 ribbon fastened together with a is Itice work of stitching and made ufi over a lining of contrasted silk, seem to have taken, a hold of feminine ,i'ancy which promises them a fun. ilease of life. Lattice work is one of {the dominant notes in dress this yea- :in everything. Even the ginghaa frocks have sleeves of black velet rib. bou latticed over the gingham, :md occasionally down the side. of the same fascinating adornment. An east end girl whose original ideas give her a decided advantage over h friends has made herself a charmi little bolero of wide black velvet rib. bon latticed and lined with rose color- ed silk. In each of the sides space left by the velvet heavy black silk three is fashioned into a mri n! ”.43. _ o ..__â€"v_ w--- 3811“. is fashioned into a sort of lipids, web. This little affair cost precise- 1y 3:}, but will bring its wearer glance. of envy all summer long. House of Commons I’mses the am on In Second Readlng. - A despatch from London says â€"'fil‘ : House of Commons on Wednesday cussed the bill removing the poitkal disabilities of women in regard to holding office in London borough. Qhe bill makes women eligible to election as :iidermen and councillors. The bill passed its second reading by a tot-c o! 248 to 129 amid loud cheers. Chicago! May 29.â€"Flaxseed closed:â€" North-West and South-West, and Hay, 81.80 bid; September, 8127 bid; Octoâ€" ber, $1.22 bid. Detroit, May 29â€"W'heat closedgâ€"fiu. 1 white, cash, 740; No. 2 red. fish, 74; May, 74c; July, 72 5-80. Buffalo, May 29.â€"Spri'ng whit-R0. 1, Northern, 72¢. W'in'ter what-fie. 2 rod, 750; No. 1 white and mixed, 94c asked. Cornâ€"No. ‘2 yellow, 4284:; Re. 3 yellow, 421-442; No. 2 com, a: on track. Oatsâ€"No. 2 white, 2814c; Ru. 3 white, 271â€"20; No. 2 mixed, ”144;, on track. Toledo, May filmâ€"Wheat“, 3â€"40; May, 74 3-4c; July, 73c. 6.: July: 383-40. Oatsâ€"July‘ 23c. Duluth, May 29.â€"WheaLâ€"No. 1M cash, 69 1-4c; May, 69 1-40; July; (3 1-0.; September, 68 7-8c; No. lNorthern, cash. 67 3-80 ; May, 67 3â€"80 ; Jul), 6‘? 3-40; No. 3spring wheat, 62 8-8.. Oatsâ€"22 1-2 to 23c, Cornâ€"35 5-8c; Minneapolis, May 29.â€"Wheat dead; â€"In store, No. lNorthern, May. 65 1-40; July, 65 1-4 to 65 3-8c; Septembor, 65 3â€"8 to 65 1-20; on track, No. 1 hard, 67 3-8c; No. 1 Northern, 65 7-80; No. I Northern, 64 7-80. Flourâ€"First put- ents, $3.55; second patents, $3.3; first Clears, $2.55; second oieara, $2.10. Bran -â€"In Bulk. $11 to $11.75. East Buffalo, May 29.â€"Catth - About steady; the meat trade is a little dull; partly due to the labour disturbance. Calvesâ€"In light supply, good demand, and a quarter strong. er than yesterday; choice to extra” to $6.25; good to choice, 85.75 to .0. Sheep and lambsâ€"Fair demand at a further decline of. 25c, or 75c decline from Monday’s prides; lambs, ohoié" to extra, $5.75 to 86; good to choice. $5.50 to $5.75; sheep mixed, $4.50 to $4.85; wethers, 84.99 to 85.25; wt sheep quoted at about $5.45. Hogs- Unchanged; heavy $5.40; mixed, $5.85 to $5.45; yorkers, $5.25 to $5.30; pip. $4.95 to $5; roughs, $4.70 to 3m; stage, $3.75 to 84; close was M. Milwaukee, May 29PWheai â€" 35.1 Northern, 67 1-2c. Ryeâ€"No. 146 140. Barleyâ€"No. 2, 42 to 43c; sample. I to Oatmealâ€"Quoted at $3.20 by the bag and 83.30 by the barrel, on track at Toronto, in car clots. Peasâ€"Quoted at 58c north and Wilt for immediate shipment. Buckwheatâ€"Firm; 480 north and 50c west. Cornâ€"Canadian, 44c; American, (I 1-2c on track here. Oatsâ€"White oats quoted at 23¢ went and 280 east. Branâ€"City mills sell bran at $15.50 and shorts at $16.50 in car lots. 1.01;. Toronto. Barleyâ€"Quoted at 43c for No. 1 west, and feed barley 360 to 379. Rye-Quoted at 500 north and west and 51c east. Wheatâ€"Ontario red and white. 50 north and west; goose, 700 north and west; No. 1 Man. hard, 77 1-20, Toron- to, and No. 1 Northern at 70c. Toronto, May 29.â€"Fiour â€" Ontario patents, in bags, $3.45 to “.65; straight rollers, $3.25 to 83.45; Hun- garian patents, $3.80; Manitoba bak- ers’, $3.55. all on track at Toronto. WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN LONDOI. THE TORONTO MARKETS; RIBBON \VAIS'I‘S. N PARADE. Pretty sterile land for Mandy thinks sterilized milk. “.1 new Spring nat 1w. afternooa