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The constant despatch to South Afâ€" rica of reinforcing drafts and the daily fight at points wide apart show the war is not over. Moreover, while the statement that Lord Roberts has demanded 20,000 zn-h troops is incorrect, it is a fact bat he has asked for 8,000 men to replace the battalions whose ‘wastâ€" Age incapacitates them from duty at the front. These reliefs will be desâ€" patched, but they will seriously atâ€" tennuate the garrisons of the United Kingdom, as Lord Roberts insists the troops shall bo picked men and have seasoned officers. London, Nov. 290.â€"Cecil RhodJes has evolved a plan of federation _ for Bouth Africa. The details of the whemp cannot be given for the reaâ€" won that the great Imperialist does not think the moment or‘urtime for rxbflshing them. Mr. Rhodes belioves hat federation alone can satisfacâ€" torily solve the South African probâ€" lem. Recently he said to an officer of etanding who has just returned son that the gi not think the m rlbflshing them. hat â€" federation torily solve the Pnaog m etanding w from Rhodesiaâ€" Boer League Formed. Chicago, Nov. 20.â€"The American Transvaal League, a national organâ€" Ization designed to urge on the American people the claims of the Bouth African Boers to their sy mâ€" pathy and their practical charity, was organized last Baturday. Bome _ filty focal orfiz\nizatlcfna having thesd objects in view â€" have existed for several months chiefly among the Hollandâ€" Americans. There are 20 of them in the vicinity of Grand Rapids, Mich., six in the vicâ€" Irity of Pella, Ta., and 15 in Chicago. The national organization organizâ€" ed last Saturday in its headquarâ€" ters, room 506 Teutonic building, No. 172 Washington stroet, by the adopâ€" tion of a constitution and the elecâ€" tion of officers and directors. Pracâ€" tically stated, it is the object of the league to organize all the proâ€"Boer public sentiment in this country inâ€" to some effective shape, both for ch::ity_gml‘ for political action. The objwts, as stated in the conâ€" stitution, are theseâ€"To promote and procure peace for the republics of South Africa ; to spread information In the United States as to the causes and conduct of the war, and thereâ€" by to create a C.rong nentlmq;t against its continuance, and to raise funds for the foregoing purposes, and to aid the widows, orphans, and cripâ€" pled soldiers of these republics. Several lines of work will be pushâ€" ed at once by the directors. The first of these is the putting of 20 lecturâ€" erg and organizers into the field, who Are to travel, lecture and organize branches, Roberts Needs Drafts. London, Nov. 20.â€"While the reports of the condition of Cape Colony are regarded as somewhat unnecessarily alarmist, there is little disposition to take a too roseate view ol the genâ€" eral situation. Gen. Roberts also reports a skirâ€" mish on Nov. 27th, at Bultfontein. Three hundred Boers were dislodged and pursued, losing several men. Bruce Hamilton has cleared the counâ€" iry between the Wilge and Yaal Rivers, capturing 11 Boers and a very large number of cattle and sheep. "Our losses were 15 killed and 42 wounded. The latter included Major Aneon, of the Highlanders; Captain Digby, of the Gloucestershires, and Lieut. Collis, of the Irish Rifles (@lightly.) The enemy are said to havre been 2,500 strorg. A column of 1,400 men was despatched _ from Edenburg to relieve Dewetsdorp, but did not succeed in reaching there in time to effect the relief. Gen. Chas. Knox joined this force on Nov. 26th, and entered Dewetsdorp, which was found to have been evacuated, 75 wick and wounded being left in the town. Knox pursued the enemy, and Pilcher reports from Smithfield that Knox fought a successful engageâ€" ment yesterday, near Yaalibank, with Steyn and DeWet, who retired weet and southwest, Knox‘s messenâ€" effect of the blow to British prestizgo will be none th> less serious. Gen. Roberts‘ full despatch followsâ€" "It is reported from Dewetsdorp that the garrison, consisting of two 5::0! the 6th Field Battery and hments of the Gloucestershire Re giment, th> Highland Light Infantry and Irish Rifles, a total of about 400 men, surrendered at 5.20 p.m., Nov. The New Zealanders Display Great Courageâ€"Boers Attack a Convoy â€"Roberts at Ladysmithâ€"Knox in Touch With DeWetâ€"Queen Wept When She Spoke to Canadians. London, Nov. 290.â€"The most startling proo{ that the war in South Africa is still full of vigor is contained in Gen. Roberts‘® despatches announcing that 400 Britich troops and two guns have surrendered to the Boers at Dewetsâ€" dorp, southwest of Bloemfontein. It is poor consolation that the British have since reoccupie! the town after the Boers had withdrawn. ‘This striking success cannot fail to encourage in the Cape Colony a revolt, which is now a most imminent danger. The truth is, according to the most reliâ€" able information, that the situation in Cape Colony is now more dangerous than at any time since the outbreak of the war. It is not likely that the Boers will attempt to hold the prisonâ€" ers taken at Dewetsdorp, as this is no longer their policy, tbut the moral ger failed to get through without detaily as yet." PACET DEFEATS VILJOEN. His First Object Will be to Run the Boer Down. "We must supply the. RITGHENER AFTER GEN. DEWET Rhodes Plan of Pacification. stated in the conâ€" seâ€"To promote and r the republics of spread information 2M Tomorrow they will be reviewed by \the Oueen at Windsor, and on Monday by the Prince of Wales at Albany barâ€" racks, t . There will be excursions to Portsâ€" mouth and Brighton, a luncheon at Kensington Palace on the invitation of FPrincess Lonise, visits to all the town shows and plases of interest. There The crowds outside the station, who hrd been awaiting for several hours, choered enthusiastically. The cheers were renewed as Col. Otter alighted, with Col. Buchan and Capts. Fiset, Macdonell, Burstall, Lewless, Mason, and Almond, and Liouts. Bwift, Caldâ€" well, Lafferty, Temple, Carponter and 280 men, who received tha most cordial greetings and congratulations upon the remarkably fine condition they were in. The accommodation at the barracks is most comfortable. The officers are quartered in Kensington Palase Hotel, which has a painful interest for Canadians, inasmuch as Sir John Thompson stayed there the night beâ€" éor:h hie tragic death at Windsor ‘aastle. Gen. Trotter, commanding th> home army, hoaded the group of stafl offiâ€" cers and othors present, including Lord Onslow, <~representing â€" th»> Colonial! Office, and Lord and Lady Strathcsonna, (Col. Lake and Col. MacKinnon, of the City Imperials, and Chaplain Lloyd, of th> Queen‘s Own Rifles. Col. Otter and the Canadians were interviewed at Kensington barracks, They expressed great pleasure at their general reception, which was all the more remarkable because the Guards arrived at the same hour at a different station, which tendei to divert ‘public attention.. The Duke of ‘Connaught‘s message of welcome is especially â€" appreciated, also General Trotter‘s crodial recogâ€" nition of ‘the value of Canadian serâ€" vices from the military standpoint. â€" Amongst th> hoaps of telegrams was one reading, "Loving welcome greetâ€" Ings to every Canadian on board, from Canadian mothors and daughters. Well done, Canada." Col. Otter and th» other officers ars profuse in their expressions of gratifiâ€" cation at th~ warm welcom> extonmded by the peop‘le of the mothar country,. The heartiest welcome awaited the Canadians this afternoon on reaching Addison Road station, from S>u‘h ampton. As the train entered the station th« band of the Ssots Guards played the National Anth»m. t The men were drawn up on the platform, and were inspected by the staff officers and Lord Strathcona. At the barracks they were formally received by the Duke of Abercorn, Lord Grey and others on behall of the Reception Committee. The Canâ€" adians leave for Liverpool on Decemâ€" ber 10th. The Canadians spent a quiet evenâ€" ing toâ€"night, having declined all inviâ€" tatione. Along the crowded streets, and headed by the bands of the Scots Guards and the Coldstream Guards, the Canadians marched to Kensingâ€" ton barracks, meeting with the warmest reception en route. A happy idea, and one which pleased th» men greatly, was the presentation of maple leaves, forwarded throuch Capt. Vaux by Canadian ladios, to be worn as souvenirs. Referring to the charges of barâ€" barism against British officers, Col. Otter evasively declared that the British officers were lenient in the extreme. He is looking eagerly forâ€" ward to being home in Canada soon. I found Col. Otter almost buried in letters and congrataulatory â€"teleâ€" grams. Col. Otter said the behavior of the Canadians had been excellent during the twelve months‘ campaignâ€" ing, especially considering the fact that 90 per cent. of them had never before been under fire. The bhardest fighting was at Paar deberg. "Bobs" has given final jude ment as to the behavior of the Cana dians in action there. As the Hawarden Castle neared the quay side, the crowd cheered vociferâ€" ously. The cheers were redoubled when the Canadians were recognized, with an efficer waving the regimentâ€" al colors. Volleys of questions were shouted ashore. The contingent looked remarkably fit and well, their general physique being the subject of general comâ€" ment, though seen side by side with some of the flower of the British army. MHeartily Greeted at Southamption and London. London, Nov. 20.â€"In most wretchâ€" ed and depressing weather, Col. Otâ€" ter, with three companies of Canada‘ s first contingent, landed at Southâ€" ampton this morning. This scheme of Mir. Rhodes is reâ€" garded by some as fantastic and altoâ€" gether impracticable. Other persons, however, point out that Mr. Rhodes has worked with the burghers a good deal, and thus may understand their feelings. on advantageous terms to English gentlemen farmers, who would furâ€" nish a leaven of British ideas in the coantry. The officer who gave the foregoing information had several conversations with Cecil Rhodes during his stay in South Africa. He â€" says that Mr. Rhodes has also formulated a scheme for the solution of the future condiâ€" tion of affairs in the Transvaal. There are 9,000 farms in the counâ€" try lately presided over by Mr. Kruger, and the average value of each is $10,000 ; the stock is worth another $10,000. Mr. Rhodes proâ€" poses that 2,000 of these 9,000 farms should be bought and stocked _ by the authorities. This would involve the expenditure of $40,000,000. The farms purchased would be _ those that the war had left without an actual owner, or with a proprietor incapable of carrying on the estate. These farms would then be granted country with a new ideal before they will forget the past. The Transâ€" vaal, the Orange River Colony, Nat: al, Cape Colony and Rhodesia all emâ€" braced within a singie administraâ€" tive eystem, their inhabitants would begin to forego bitter memories in contemplation of a giovious future lying before their unmted countries. Cape Colony, the Orange River Colâ€" ony, and the Transvaal are full of redition, but there is no sedition in either Rhodesia or Natal. We would introduce some thoroughgoing Engâ€" lish citizens into the ‘Transvaal. Then there would be a sufficlient number of loyalists in the federaâ€" tlgt_n to leaven the whole lump." THE CANADIANS WELCOMED Pietermaritzburg, Natal, Dec. 1. Lord Roberts and his daughter arâ€" rmved at Dundee, Natal, yesterday. The commanderâ€"inâ€"chief visited Talâ€" ana hill battlefield and the grave of Gen, William Penn Symons, who was wounded at the battle of Glencoe shortly after the outbreak of the war. and whose body was interred London, â€" Dec. 2.â€"Lord _ Kitch»mner reports to th»> War Officeâ€" "Sottle has defeanted Hertzog and occupled Luckholf, Paget engaged Viâ€" joen and Erasmus on Nov. "8th and 20th, and drove the enemy back to Rietfontein. Lieut.â€"Col. Llioyd was dan= gerously wounded. Five other officers were wounded. We also had five men killed and fifty wounded. Lyttleton is cooperating with Paget." Some of the fighting burghers have actually visited their Tarins, set, the natives to ploughing, and then gone away. The Boers are now: degeneratâ€" ing into freebooters, {4 The Boors, who were repulsed with haavy loss, withdrew in a northeastâ€" erly direction. Gen Paget, hiving ocâ€" cupled th:ir position, sent mounted infantry in pursulit. Tho New Zealanders displaved great gallantry, losing five out of th»> six wounded officers. Durban, Natal, Dec. 2.â€"Gen. Boyce has returned to Harrismith, Orange River Colony, from Vrede and Stanâ€" derton. The convoy was attacked goâ€" ing and coming, the Boers firing on the Gen. Paget, towards evening of the second day, closed in upon the Boers‘ position with the intention of attackâ€" ing next day at dawr. The Boers, howâ€" ever, with reinforcements, including three guns, made a desperate attack and sovere fighting ensued. _ _ men from small kopjes. The British had six men killed and several woundâ€" Ricoemfontein, Dec. 2.â€"Further _ deâ€" tails have been received regarding the fight near Riectfontein, between the British under Gen. Paget and the Boers under Commandants Viljoen and Erasmus Nov. 28th and 29th. New York, Nov. 30.â€"The Boer symâ€" pathizers at The Hague are generâ€" ally disappointed and _ dissatisfied that Mr. Kruger has changed his plans, says a Horald despatch from Antwerp. _ Some persons think that the Dutch Government itself has been instrumental in keeping him . away from Holland until the enthusiasm shall calm. The Boor headquarters in The Hogue announce that the immeâ€" diate plans of Mr. Kruger are unâ€" known. y Has Dutch Government Taken Hint A Garrison Relleved. VÂ¥ryburg, Cape Colony, Nov. 30.â€" The garrison of Schweizerâ€"Reuske has been relieved by a column of troops sent from here, the belligerent Boers resisted, but were driven off. Milner‘s Hint. Cape Towi, Nov. 30.â€"In the course of his address to the refugees‘ comâ€" mittee on Tuesday, Sir Alfred Milner admitted that there had been a genâ€" eral miscalculation as to the time when peace would be restored. Guerâ€" illa operations intended to inflict the maximum of injuries upon the vietors were cansing delay, and he finally pointed out that those fit and willing to render military service could hasten their own return and that of the other refugees by joining the volâ€" unteers in the field. Mr. Kruger remained indoors, enâ€" gaged in consultations with his adâ€" visors and receiving callers, until shortly after 1 o‘clock this afterâ€" noon, when, accompanied _ by Dr. Leyds and the usual military escort, he called on M. Fallies, President of the Senate. The interview lasted teun minutes. Mr. Kruger will leave Paris tomorrow by special train for Colâ€" ogne. t No attempt is made to conceal the extreme irritation felt at the adopâ€" tion of a vote of sympathy with Mr. Kruger by the French Chamber of Deputies. The morning papers are unâ€" animous in declaring that no Interâ€" vention of any kind will be allowâ€" ed to change British policy. More Krugerism. Paris, Nov. 30.â€"The Senate toâ€"day unanimously adopted a resolution of sympathy with Mr. Kruger, in the same terms as the resolution yesâ€" terday of the Chamber of Deputies. Tho ubiquitous Da Wet seems again to have gotten away ; and, so far, there is no news that the captured British have been liberated. ‘Taking Into consideration th> enigmatical miliâ€" tary situation north of _ the Orange River, th> smouldering rebellion in Cape Colony, th»> rumors that France has promised Kruger to press arbitraâ€" tion on England, if h* is able to obâ€" tain the support of Germany, and that Lord Kitchner after all is not to be given th* chief command in South Africa, the British Government wiil meet the new Parliament noxt week at an â€" exceedingly inopportune moâ€" meont. f London, Nov. 30.â€"The disaster at Dewetsdorp has sent a thrill of alarm through Great Britain. _ ‘The censorâ€" thi‘p continues so strict that there is no hope of arriving at a clear conâ€" clusion of the actual position of the affairs in South Africa. For instance, independent â€" accounts of the subseâ€" quent proceedings and the recapturâ€" Ing of Dewetsdorp are an example. Not omitting to announce the capture of two Boer wagons and a quantity of loot, but thare is not the slightest mention of the surrender of 400 Britâ€" ish troops and two guns, which were not even disabled, inasmuch as the Boors were able to us> them against the British relief® forces. ed," it says, "to crown the signal honors won by the Dominion in the war, it would be the Spartan speech of Private Molloy, which swept the audience at Liverpool yesterday with passionate enthusiasm. â€" This â€" heroic soldier, who was a student at a uniâ€" versity in Canada when he volunâ€" teered for the front, is now totally blind, owing to a bullet wound reâ€" ceived~â€"through the temples at Bronkâ€" hurst Spruit. He expresses no regret for the past, but, with the knowledge that he has done his duty he is deâ€" termined to go bravely onward with a calm heart and serene mind." and Brompton Oratory next Sunday, t and the following Sunday at St. , nj Paul‘s Cathedral. | of The Gallant Molloy. ] The Telegraph pays a glowing triâ€" | bute to the gallantry of the (:mm-l dian troops. "If anything were needâ€"| te Boers Attack a Convoy. Roberts at Ladysmith. Kitchener‘s Report. B hy est spots in British annals." _ The present methods of British warfare, he said, were such as encouraged the worst elements on both sides, and were bound to prove fatal to the ulâ€" timate peace of the country. He deâ€" clared that neither he nor Mr. J. W. Sauer, former Commissioner of Pubâ€" lic Works, would attend the Worcesâ€" ter Congress, lest it should be said that the Congress was engineered by politicians, and he appealed to all Afrikanders to speak boldly when upâ€" holding their rights, and yet _ to "avoid wild language or actions which might lead to the abrogation of the last vestige of freedom." « Mr. Sauer, whose speech was rathâ€" er more militant, demanded the reâ€" moval of Sir Alfred Mllnz-. whom he described as "violently @ntiâ€"Dutch." He declared ‘that if Great Britaim deprived the two Republics of their lndefendence. she would lose the afâ€" fection of all South Africans. Referâ€" ring to the Worsester Congress, he urged the delegates to show firmâ€" Colony, in the course of an impasâ€" slonate speech, denounced the war in South Africa as ‘"‘one of the blackâ€" Denounced the War. Cape Town, Dec. 2.â€"Replying at Stelienbosch, Cape Colony, to an adâ€" dress presented to him by the leadâ€" ers of the Afrikander Bund, Mr. J. X. Merriman, former Treasurer of Cape secret storage places _ i0f prov.s.008 and ammunition, to which they return from time to time. I( this be true, operations will gradually be narrowed down to a few d‘stricts whore stores have been bur‘ed. Kitchener‘s | work will be simplified by the division of the Dutch territory into districts, where columns of mounted men can follow up th» gusrillia bands and wear out their powers of resistance. Fresh relays of hogwes, if h> can get them, will bring whis murderous sport of for hunting to a close. "Knox ceegaged De Wet‘s _ rear guard on Nov. 27th for two hours. ‘The enemy retreated, We had one killed and six wounded. According to the latest reports Knox is in touch with De Wet at Dafelberg, twelve miles north of Bethulie. The War Office announces that the Boers took 451 prisoners at Dewets Kingston, Ont., Dec. 2.â€"Gunner T. H. Bramah, late of "A" Battery, now in South Africa with "D" Field Batâ€" tery, hag joined Gen. Badenâ€"Powell‘s constabulary, and will â€" remain in south Africa for a few years at least. dorp. London, Dec. 2.â€"A despatch from Bloemfontein says that extra guards have been posted, as an attack by the Boers, who are moving Irom the eagt and north, is expected. A large number of "neutrals" have been deâ€" ported. _ Lord Kitchener cables the War Of fice from Bloem{fontcein, under date o Nov. 30th, as followsâ€" C Lomkfi. D first bulletin It is dated opens with a guard action and Settle‘s leaves Knox twelve miles confirms the Boers May Come to U. 8. New York, Dec,. 2.â€"Third Assistant Secretary of State Thos. W. Cridier has sent to this city a copy of a despatch from United States Cousul Hollis, at Loren:o â€" Marquez, South Africa, which sways that 600 mon, 150 women and children contemplate emigrating to the United States, and ask if the offer is still open. The officers of western â€" railways have offered to transport over their lines, free of charge, the Boer imâ€" migrants â€" and their families and household goods. General Buller is already honored with hero worship. There is an eviâ€" dent determination in official _ and military circles to jJustify everybody who has been fighting on the Britâ€" ish side in South Africa. The graveâ€" yard of _ military reputations has been closed and padlocked. Lord _ Wolseley _ leaves headquarâ€" ters with an elaborate tribute from every journal on his military career, and received last night the honor of a â€" farewell banquet from his colâ€" leagues of the War Office and staff at the Junior Constitutional Club. He deserves every tribute of respect, yet there is a grim irony in the reâ€" tirement of a onceâ€"lauded reformer at the close of a year when, military experta themselves being witnessos, the inefficiency of _ the entire sysâ€" tem of training and tactics of the British army has beea demonstrated. materially from Lord Roberts‘ recent tacties, except in a single pointâ€" reduced strength of the columns and exclusive employment â€" of mounted men. The infantry battalions will be mainiy used in guarding towns and lines of communication. Full justice will be done Lord Roberts on his return to England. New York, Dec. 2.â€"Mr. W. Ford telegraphs to the New York Tribune â€"General De Wet‘s fresh _ exploits excite admiration here, since Engâ€" lishmen love pluck, even in an enâ€" emy and have a true sense of fair play. They welcome Lord Kitchener‘s succession to the chief command, beâ€" cause they consider Lord Roberts too magnanimous a genoral to deal with guerilla bands, and are convinced of the necessity of some change in tacâ€" ties. Lord Kitchener is understood to favor the organization of a conâ€" siderable number of mobile columns of mounted men, ranging from 500 to 1,000 stitrong, for running down De Wet and other Boer generais. This plan of operations doos not differ Is Now With Badenâ€"Powell. isiastically received, and the n ipality presented him an addre welcome, To Attack Bloeimfontein Closed and tchener Aiter DeWet. P. Dec. 2.â€"Gen Kitchoner‘s etin is businessâ€"like and terse,. ted from Bloâ€"mfontein, and mandoos. will be 200 This is indicated by Pagot‘s sovere figh n â€" ani Erasmus and it Lyttleton is coâ€"ope: ho â€" British fIyving colu s of the Boor leaders it forces in the field w een cut ofs {rom every | rces in the field wh cut of: {rom every ba explaiacs1 by vetor: theory thit there a places â€" for provisio western _ railways raneport over their irge, the Boer imâ€" their families and Padlocked . nee and staff titutional Club. bute of respect, rony in the reâ€" auded reformer when, military eing witnesseos, the entire sysâ€" ut mollie men . and the trail e adopted d by his fighting Wet anc it strok and the t molts * THE MAPANEE BMNK ROBBERY The numbers of the bills found on the individuals arrested at Detroit leave no doubt that they are a part of the stock of unsigned bills stolen from the Napanee branclt of the Dominion Bank, in August, 1897. The Dominion Bank authoritiese had no official intiâ€" mation of the discovery at Detroit, but the number of the bill examined by the Detroit police, 46,191â€"series A.. with the date of Jan. 2nd, 1888, left no doubt that the crooks were handling some of the stolen â€" series. What interests the bank people here is that the counterâ€"signature, "S8. G. Sills," iz purely imaginative, obviously _ founded on the name of the high constable of the county of Lennox, E. H. Sills, of Napanee _ Mr. Sills was the first to suspect Pare and Holden of the robâ€" bery, and his conspicuous part in unâ€" enrthing the culprits made his name familiar to all. According to the conâ€" fession of both Pare and Holden none of the unsigned bills were included in the money they alleged they handed to W. H. }Ponton, neither were there any such bills in the money owned by them near Napanee. When Pare was nrrested at Manchester, N. H., and mnn.(ll:n:l(l’. b%x.nle-!on nearly half Wl?e‘. n were recovered. m Holden was arrested at Boston he The Ontario Provincial Police were notified, and came from Windsor to interview the prisoners. They were persuaded to cross over to Windsor to stand trial, and they were brought before Police Magistrate Bartlett this afternoon and pleaded not guilty to the charge of passing forged money. Bartlets remanded them. ‘The men before their arrest did a rushing business in Windsor,. Nearly all the hotels were caught, and several merchants were victimized. never been in Detroit before, and though his mother‘s sister â€" resided here he did not know her address. The men _ had money in every nocket. Simpson had $326,. including 8210 in Dominion Bank $10 bills, while Matheis had $100â€"$%90 in $10 bills. The police sent some of the best experts in Detroit to examine it. The first was A. E. Clark. paying teller, Peninsular Savings Bank. who surâ€" prised them by telling them _ the money was porfectly good. George Anderson, of the MeLelJan and Ander: son Savings Bank. who came in later, gave the same verdiect. The signaâ€" ture of the President was lithographâ€" ed,. while that of the cashier, S. G. Sills, was written. Spillane arrived at the conclusion that the money was stolen, and was confirmed a few minutes later by the Peninsular Sayâ€" ings Bank sending him notification of the numbers of the bills stolen in Napanee. They were numbered conâ€" secutively from 46 001 to 47.009 inâ€" clusive. Series A2, January, 1888. The bills had not been countersignâ€" ed, consequently the bank was not legally responsible, but for its own protection had offered a reward of $2,000 for the recovery of the bills and a proportionate amount for any part. _ he had been both a fakir and a gambler of the "tin horn" variety. He had als> been _ a bartender, and he claimed to â€" have been successful enough at these vocations to lay by $5,000. Matheis seemed to be something of a simpleton, and all that he coald tell was that he met Simpcon, who took him along, and when they arrived in Windsor gave him ten $10 bills to blow _ himself. Be changed o1> in Windsor. He solâ€" emnly asserted that never hbefore !Two Men Arrested in Detroit With Bills Counterâ€"Signature Was Purely Imâ€" aginary, and Based on the Name of High Constable Sillsâ€"Men Now in Windsor and Remanded â€"Yarn Told by One of the Men. A Detroit despatch saysâ€"The Deâ€" troit _ police have recovered over $100 of the $10,000 unsigned bills stolen from the Napanee branch of the Dominion Bank of Canada, about three years ago, and arrested two men in whose possession it was found. They gave their names as James Simpson, cigarmaker, Montâ€" real, and Louis Matheis, street car conductor, Rochester, N. Y. Both agreed to go back to Canada:withâ€" out extradition proceedings. They arrived in Windsor Monday, went Into several stores, bought some triâ€" fling thing in each, and changed a $10 bill. Then they came to Deâ€" troit, buying drinks and changing bills. They were noticed by W. H. Brainard, who suspected that it was counterfeit money. He succeeded in conveying word to Detectives Niles and Gill, who put thom under arrest. When they were taken _ to polics headquarters Simpson told Captain Spillane that he was a bartender, and having saved $500 had taken a trip west to see the coantry. At Rochester he met with Matheis, who was out of work, and had agreed to accompainy him. They #topped at Winrdsor to get the money changed to save discount, and were trying to get the rest chanrged into Ameriâ€" carn money in Detroit. Matheis corâ€" roborated the story. _ Spillane was suspicious about Simpson. _ He put him through a searching examinaâ€" tion, and at last caught him. Simpâ€" son referred to having been "shaken up" by the London police. Spillane caught on to the expression, which is one used by gamblers and fakirs, and Simpson finally admitted that UNSICNED BY THE BANK. n both a fakir and the "tin horn" varic s>» been a bartem to blow _ hin _ Windsor. He at never â€" bhbe aid hands on n Canaida on« s when the e was work Niagara F: > have a d adian side ; | t before, â€" sister _ reai her address evy in ev E, an r gave himself He sol befort i him °e be emâ€" rking Falls drink on "The Uselesgness of the Useful," "The Soulfuiness of the Sou!," and ‘"The Worthlessness of Worth,." Whes he returned to Europe his guccess was even greater than before, . and be married a boautifuol woman, wheo bore him two gons. H/»> had reached the zenith of his fame in 1894. Five of his plays were being gwoeted in Lonâ€" don theatres at one time, and his poems and books were read everyâ€" where. Then came the startling . disâ€" closures, which resulted in his being sent to prison. The Ontario Government has apâ€" pointed Mr. John Motzs to the pasiâ€" tion of Sheriff of Waterlo» County. Oscar was educated at Trinity Colâ€" lege, Dublin, and at Oxford. BHe ob tained the Greek medal in 1874, and the Newdigate prite for a poem in 1878. In 1879 he went to Loudon, and soon afterwards originated the goâ€"called "Aesthetic Craze," which was burlesqued by W. 8. Gilbert in "Patience," Wilde _ visited _ the United States later on and lectured Dublin, Nov. 30.â€"A despatch â€" to the Evening Mail, from Paris, sa ye Oscar Wilde is dead. The despatch adds that he expired in an obscure house in the Latin quarter, from meningitis, and received into the Catholie Church on his deathbed. Oscar Wilde, â€" who is about 6 years of age, was borxa. in Lublin, an was the son of Wm. Mills Wilde, an eccentric surgeonâ€"dentist, who had been termeC the "Crazy Doctor," Dr. Wilde was knighted for curing a deâ€" fect in the eyesight of a member of one of the Viceroy‘s families. Lady Wilde, Oscar Wilde‘s mother, wrote Ottawa, Nov. 21â€"A sad case of suiâ€" clde occurred here yesterday afterâ€" noon, when Arthur Weir, night editor & the Citizen, killed himsel{ at his home by a revolver shot through the hboad. veath was instantaneous. A sad feature of the affair was the lact of the suicide calling his wife to the bedroom and then shooting bimself in her presence. Earlier in the aiternoon Mr. Weir had been noticed llourishing a revolver in the vicinity « St. Andrew‘s Church. That the acâ€" tion was premeditated was evident by the fact that on Friday evening he cleared out his desk in the Citizen o.fice. The night before he had writâ€" ten a poem entitled "Farewell," and had it put into type. The late Mr. Weir was 36 years ol age, anl a son of Mr. Wim. Weir, lormer President of the Bank Ville Marie, who is now in the Montreai jail for complicity in the bank frauds. since his father‘s downfall and the collapse of the bank, Mr. Weir has had frequent fits of despondency, and it is thought that brosding over the disgrace to the family led hm to take his life. He was a young man of rare ability, a gold medalist of MceGili, and one of the brightest of the younger poets of Canada. He had published several books of poems, ‘> cluding Fleur de Lys, the Snow![lake, and other poems, and has just about completed a history of transportation in Canaga, showing the growth and development of the lake, river, ocean and steamship routes from â€" the earliest times. RECEIVED IN CATHCLIC CHURCKH. one of the Viceroy‘s families. Lad; Wilde, Oscar Wilde‘s mother, wrot poetry over the signature of "Sper anta." Celebrated Aesthete and Conâ€" vict Dies in Obscure House. BROOLED OVER FATHER‘S FALL. Meanwhile Dr. Campbel! had gove through the train in search of his comâ€" panion, and haunted, as if by a preâ€" fcntiment, asked ia each car if the brakesman had seen Dr. Hopkins, and finally was told by one that he had seen a man jump from the train. Dr. Campbell saw a tragedy at once, and asked the train to be stopped, only to find his young friend lying dead between the tracke. Deceased was 34 years of age, and only a short time married. He had a lucrative pracâ€" tice, and was a social favorite. He was a member of various fraternal organizations, and very popular. sad Suicide of Arthur Weir, Journalist and Poet. EDITOR SHOOTS HIMSELE car,. He was struck by the outgoing Brockville train, which was passing, and instantly killed. Montreal, Dec. 2.â€"Dr. F. A. Hop kins, a leading young Montreal phyâ€" giclian, was killed on Saturday evenâ€" ing by the Grand Trunk Brockville express at Montreal West. The acâ€" cident occurred by a strange mis take on the part of the doctor, He had been with Dr. Campbell to Monâ€" treal West in the afternoon, and both boarded the jlocal train for Montreal about 5 o‘ciock, each getting on at difâ€" ferent parts of the train, Dr.Campâ€" bel!l on the end car, and Dr. Hopkins two or three cars up. Dr. Hopkins, it is thougnt, wished to join Dr. Campâ€" bell, and thinking the train was not moving rapidly, jumped off the steps, hoping to regain the train at the rear Jumped Off and Fell Under Wheels of an Engine. FRIEND HAD A SENTIMEN‘ DOGTOR KILLED BY TRAN. he obtained at thoe time of the rolâ€" bery were not tra.ced. Hollea‘s exâ€" planation was that other crooks liad robbed him of the proseeds of his crime while he woas«s druak,. No one beâ€" lieved this, 1t being assumed that Holâ€" den had ssquestere! most ol his share to prevest its seizure by the Dominâ€" ion Bink in case of arrest. 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