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"*Ah> were kuown to make a farmâ€" Ihouse at Zuuronicin, three mi.es to ths souih of Vereeniging, their renâ€" «dessou, Listy Boers were ia the bou», and they are said to have su.iered severe.y, as they exposed th:ms lses to a heavy fire. It is osâ€" thuated that they lost twelve men Capa Town cablo: At a large meei.Bg 0. C¢.loresa people here toâ€" day resoluations were adopled exâ€" pressng codfilence in Lora Miinor, Governur 0. the Transvaai anmi Orâ€" ange hiser Cownmy. ‘The resolutions alw app:al to Lord Mluser as the #gtaun 4h fi_nd of the cuiored p.oâ€" pl& .or susceor and redress aga nst the attempts that are being made in certain quarlters to enact laws ibnbwical to their w.l.are. Englund, Memberss of «©Free State Governâ€" ment" Reach Pretoria, Pretoria calls: The â€" captured MBmwuâ€"«s of tusc . pee otate uove.nâ€" ment nave Arriv®s at i relurla. "General F. W. Kitchener, after a long chase of Ben Vilj>sen‘s comâ€" mando, carght up with it. A sharp fight ensued. We captured a pomâ€" pom and 22 wagons and took â€" 32 prisoners. The British had five wounded." A despatch from Aimsterdam says: Exâ€"Pres.ient Kruger bas received Mr. Van Schilk, PresiJent of the Holâ€" lanJder Club, of Chmcago, who, it is understood, invised bim to visit the United States. Capta.n Mâ€"Dâ€"ugall c mmanding a poa at Hout_hkop, eight m.Jles to the Rocthwost of this place, took fifly Canamans witq a â€" sevenâ€"pouncer moustain gun, to dilo.‘ge soms boers Ottaws report: Hon. Joseph Chambciliin _ cables that 1,8. 6, Tio per N Lon, is dangerously i4 Of euteris fever. His mext of kin 4&s Thomas Hil, Verdon, Manitoba. Mr, Chamberlain sonds another mesâ€" sage slai.ng that 2,108, Trovper George M.chard serpell, south Afriâ€" car Constavulary, uled of acute tuâ€" berculsi;, fLalowing pneumounla, at Petrusburg, on Juiy zi. His next of kin was Albert Serp.li, of Exeter, Kritzinger Will Shoot Natives Armed or Not. Details rec.ived here of what at firse seemd ao orudinary _ skirmish betweâ€"o a Briviâ€"h columa and a Bocr commanw near â€" Nqu.a, Ju.y zoth, slbows vhat a haru alâ€"day fight ocâ€" curred, in whisn the prisish . narâ€" rowly escapeu tm lboss ol a gun of tho 67.b rield pba.t ry. Four hunâ€" dred bocrs r.pavedly rush d vhe Brivish position, kilLing gsi_j>r E. war.s uand Gunoer Carpen. r. The gua was i mbsâ€"red up ana tak n at a ga.lop for whree ml.s uncer heavy fire Five Boi.ish woere ki.led. Cp» Townr catls: A depatch fro.mn Verceuizinz, on the bounadary beirween the Tranâ€"vaal and the Orâ€" ange hiver Collny, says: The Block House System a Great Succsessâ€"The War Costs $6,000,â€" 000 a Wetekâ€"No Grant for Buller â€"Kruger‘s Visit to the Statesâ€" The beords Pass Roberts®‘ Grant. ! Londop cablo: The War Office Bas received the following despatch from Lord Kitchener : L. 2,0,0. .e town was practl ally sur. oundâ€" ed b, tue Brivich uurinsg tho hbigut, but it was dilerwaras ullCovereu tnai an umre,uâ€"nitod road bad been it ungour‘«d. Tue other Government _ officials, finding their escape cat off, surrenâ€" éered and it is stated that there was actually no shot fired during the eccupation of the town and the capâ€" ture of the officials. Alt Steyn‘s correspondence anâ€" Btate documents aml £1 099 in cash were secured, and coneyed to the mearest point on the rallway line, ©@ttawa report: The Department Agricul‘ur:> nas ju.t place1i on beâ€" gfl of the Imperial authorities anâ€" #Wther large order for hay for shipâ€" BOERS MURDER A YEOMAN. "Lue AuFMa vaiue of the uovernâ€" me. 4t Cr.moury Caplured ut Kel.z is Wue ur.ti h troops marched into Reits at uaybr.as «nd cap.ured all &ne mimbers of bteyns uoverameni, ARj maby promineit _ supporteis. They were a.l caught asleep, ind gney Inc.uded ilewe Steyn, brothr of t%ne _ exâ€"breslident, Genoral Anuuii s Cr nje, G.nopil w esse!s, comman.â€"aut Duavii, CommunJia.t braio, mr. araâ€" @er, & cr fTary to ex Presiien. steyn, BOERS MURDER NATHNVE SGOUTS. als. i.uc.0 de \ili rs, secrotary to tne Lx cutive, Ar. Br.bucr, hoead of tue bree State ‘reasury, and %woent yâ€"live others. 2C 9p When the alarin was raised all the Boors rusned {row the houses in their mizgot â€" attire, sh uiling, "Eng.ische kowmen :." They ths» dashed macly #bout, shouting tor th ir ho.ses, Bteyimn himsel was greatiy exciced. | H> rughed out of a house barefootled, | m noged t> s.cure the .irs. ho.s> ob | #fainabpte, and rode o.1 barcuacked al a,; the un.re.uented road rele. red pacs ci_ tant. The sclii‘rt puiled she &ri gor but the chirge missed {fi.e, ani steyn, who was probaby unâ€" aware of pis er.tical â€" situation, e€c i poed. â€" y$ s oA L S 1 . c %o. H+ hbad an excecd.ogly narrow esoupe of losng his life, however. A soldier sigit d his ri.le at the exâ€" Prosilent at less thin a hundred CAPIrURED 1 1nho TREASUKRY. Canadian Hay for Africa. Attacked by Canadians. Died in Souin Africa. Cape Colored People, ing D. uiwas, u«cee Of vae GQveruur ol Bermuda, has written a letter, uow in the possesslon of Mr. Rovert B. Roogsevelt, deauiing with the conâ€" dition of the Boer priconers in the istands. _ The io.lowing from M ss Ekiwas letter, dated July 20th, is furâ€" nished by Mr. Roosevelt to the T.mes : "As no doubt you know, there is now a larg» Boer prison encampâ€" ment in Bermuda. Tae Boers themâ€" selves are ab.o.utely penu:l:ss, and quite without occupation and an asâ€" sociation has been form>d hore with a view to helping thom to mike and sell things, and also to find them some sort of recreation. "I am honorary Ԥccretary of this cept the King‘s messago recommendâ€" association, and at present {in|] there i0€g that a grant o‘ £100.000 be made is plenty to do. Down here we have | to Earl Roberts. The Premier euloâ€" arrang>»d that the work exchange Isl gized the great career of the comâ€" to sell toys etc., mude by the Boors, manderâ€"inâ€"chi~f, his good influence but we shall nevee find the sals for | over the army, and his (ino strategic 3 0°0 mon‘s work in this liitle l ijand, | ablities, which were displayed at a so I am most anxious to find some | Critical time in South Africa. market in the Statos. 1‘ you know | Earl Spencer, Liberal erconded the of any one who would undertake ta MOt‘ion, which was carried unaniâ€" buy a lot and resell them in America | MOUSY. I could arrang» for a box of sample | Kruger‘s U. 8. Visit toys, marked and priced, to be sent| London, Aug. 2.â€"According to the to him. I am also trying to got | Brussels correspondent of the Mornâ€" some hammocks with carved crossâ€". ing Post, Mr. kKruger‘s departure for bars made which, I should think, | the United States is fixed for the might sell we‘l." | end of August. Civil Surgeon F. C. Macdonald, who, with his brother, Willam, enliâ€"ted with C Battery, Royat â€" Canadian bi d Artilkery, for service in Sâ€"uth Afl.icza, came over with the Canaâ€" tiin Scouts and reached Quebec on Monday. Yesterday he caded on bs oll acquaintances at the Genâ€" eral Hospital, Toronto, where his brother, who bad returned in Janâ€" uary last, is now house surgeon, and was given a hcarty welcome. Dr, â€" Macdonald cuaracterices as Incorrect the report that "Gat" Howard _ met his death _ through treachery, and says it was generâ€" ally belisved | the â€" gallant â€" soluier di»d in a fair fight. Li ut, Caullighan participited in all the engagemenis in â€" which the Mounted _ lhles and Scouts _ took part, and several times had narrow is:apes irom death, having had a Lole shot through his bat, and also having fhad tw> horses shot under him. When _ word _ reached the Scouts that thiir commander, Maâ€" London, Aug. 8.â€"Lord Kitchener tetegraphs the> War Officse from Preâ€" tori1 that 7200 Boers attacked a deâ€" tiched patrol of Ye~manry, numberâ€" Ing twenty, and s# â€"me native scouts, near Doorn Niver, Orange Niver (olâ€" ony. The patrol had followed two carts and a few Bocrs fifteen wles when th:y were suddenly cut off by a burgher foree. Th Yâ€"omanâ€"y t ok refuge in a small bailding and fought until their ammuniin was exâ€" hausted, and three of th ir mex had becn wounted. They were compe 1=d eventally to surrender. The Poirs then ordcred the native scouts to hold th ir hands up, wh reupon they were sn t derd. Th:y als> shot dend in cold blaod Yeoman | in h saying ho wast a "Cape Boy." Evid nc> on oath has been t :.ken of the murderg. a& servant, thi_king undoub.cd.y that he would fimt but a few Boers, le{ft his detachment, and went over toâ€" wards the wagons. A little later, hearing shooting in the viciniy of the wagons, my detachment imnmediateâ€" ly hurried forward, and found that the major had been shot dead. ‘The urdirly had also ben sh &. ‘"i h: co orâ€" sergeant when asked what had ti. k n pace safd that the major had been callxl upon to surrender by a crowd of Loers, anl had ait rwards been shot wloh his own revolver. "Ihe Boers had escapxd b {ore the litfst deâ€" tacument reached th» wagons." Montreal rep:rt: Sergt. Howe, of the HRoward icâ€"utls, who «cr.ivea hire towuuy on his way home to the Nortuwest, gave the foilowing ucâ€" count oi the death of "Gat.‘ Howâ€" and ; "We were skirm.ghins ia d_tachâ€" meuts through i retorta, and â€" were approacains lictretiei, when we noâ€" ticat a couple of Boer wagons at Bome distunce [rom us. Major Howâ€" ard, In company with an orderly and In anmcther despitch under Loâ€"day‘s dats, Lord Kitca mnor says what ten. lrâ€"nch, who is utt_mptinz to Crive the Buers out of Cape Lolony, has reâ€" câ€"ved a lotter {rom tke | o>r comâ€" nander, Kritziinger, in w!ich the latâ€" ter announe s his tit n ioa of .hootâ€" ing all natives, whe h r armed o# unâ€" armed, who are foun i ia the empl yâ€" me.t c the Bri idb Tho despatch adds that thore have been many cases recentiv o. the coldâ€"b ooded murder oi n.tives in the Comns i mlinv Cape Town cable. Details in reâ€" gard to the wrecking of a train by the Boera at Ganna Bridge, near Beaulort West, Cape Colony, a few days ago, have just beem reccived. It trunspires that there were 10) Britâ€" lan troops aboard the train, while the koers unier Commandant Sche.pel8 numbered 100. The Boers looted the luggage of the passenxers, but reâ€" treuated upon the appearance of an armored train, which fired on them with a Maxiim gun. Nine dead RBoer® were found on the field the followilug morning. A despatch from Pretoria says the blockâ€"house systâ€"m, whi h was reâ€" contly adopted by the ur.tish is eviâ€" de tily a suo css. The blo:k ho sos now ext na for a long distanes. "I ho e nitruction has been riapid. only a fort@izrht Ruiving boon oe upied â€" 41 buiding enough of th m ti cover a Etroteh? of country ~8)} miles long, T hiss st m hos regsu te! in int« rruptâ€" ing e rumuni ation between <4 er n‘ bxties of Borrs and enables the 1 ritâ€" ish to obtain accurate knowl vIige of the movements of the burghers. Atâ€" ment to South Africn during the month of Beptember, Over 10,0L0J ous will be sent from St. Joun, N. B,, duriog August, and the September shipment wili amount to between 11,040 and 12,00J tons. When thi quantity has been despatched it wil. bring tue total sent to South Africa lmu(:an:da :p l:: 68 0JJ tons. Al: the bay has to specially pressed by the Bloomingdale process before it is placed on shipboard. { The Boers .. siermuda. Now York report: Miss Katharâ€" Gat Howard‘s Death. iv o. the coldâ€"b (‘;uded tives ia the Cap» Colony. ®ine 4 2000 * is % on eB n c n Sedn hn on i n \ c linind in c NR 3 Ne +7 Cinaot s Lloneter on en h em i un s lpac ty d aa stt U s d in all h the _ tuok narrow had a | also under the 4 Maâ€" tuken by the Black Watch with the otuer regiments form.og the Highâ€" land Br.gade from iirst to last, and suvs: A Description fteceived From a Member of the Biack Wauch,. The following letter from Ladyâ€" brauud, Craug: Kiâ€"er Colony, was sent w a reslueuw of Torouts, oy a memâ€" ber of the regiment now servilag in tue Blacsk Waiuch, giving a correct statement oi the Magerâ€"Sontein reâ€" verse. ‘The letter gescrioes the part The brigade left its bivouac three Muss lrom Je scene ol action at 12 midniguat, in mass of quarter coiumn, six paces between companies and cight paces between battalions. The Black Watch wore the leading battalâ€" lon, then the Seaforths, the Argyle aud Sutherlands, the H galand Light Iifantry. ‘Tuey were to deploy in attack foâ€"mation near the position uuuer cover of darkness arl were to attack the position aiter it had been shelled the following day, Un{ortunate‘ly, owinrg to the int nse darkness and rain whe march io« an hour longer than was expected, and I think the brigade musi have noi kept the inâ€" temnael direction, When only about ilwenty n nutes‘ darkness remained the br.gaae halted. + a Vichy, France, cable: _ Admired Cervera was interviewed toâ€"day by a correspondlent for th> Chronicle concern ng ACmiral Schly anl the battle of Sant ago. The Spanish sea fighter probably will be asked to give testimony before the Schley Board of Inqniry. He spoke in the highest terms of Schlly‘s mavery ani honor. He said : "The nava. ba.tle of Santlago was short and dec.sive, so short that there was no t m : for any exchange of compliments; so decisive that I can harcly believe that cowardice was thinkable The fizht was over They were then, though they did not know it, about four hundrfed yards from the enemy‘s trenches, A and B Companies were ordered to move forward aml exiend, but when they had ouly gone about a hunsired yards a very heavy f‘re wags opened from the front. This was about 3.03 cept the King‘s messago recommendâ€" ing that a grant o‘ £100.000 be made to Earl Roberts. The Premier euloâ€" gized the great career of the comâ€" manderâ€"inâ€"chi~f, his good influence over the army, and his fino strategic abllities, which were displayed at a critical time in South Africa. Earl Spencer, Liberal #cconded the motion, which was carried unaniâ€" mous.y. BATTLE OF MAGERSFONTEIN. The quarter column was ordered to ; The measure givin; to I ord Robirts Me down and this first fusillade did | a grant of £109,00) was passed by nothing like the damago people genâ€" | the House of Commmons by a vote of erally imagine. I .4o not euppose 281 to 73. . No Grant to Gen. Buller. Lonmdon, Auz. 8.â€"In the House of Commons this afternoon Right Hon. A. J. Balfour, the Government leadâ€" er, in reply toaquestion by John D‘:lion, Irish Nationalist, said the Govâ€" ernment did not propose to ask for a grant of money to General Sir Redâ€" vers Bullsr on account of his serâ€" vicos in South Africa. i Lomion, Auz. 3.â€"In the House of Lords this afternoon the Marquis of Salisbury moved that the House acâ€" Lonjon, Auzg. 3.â€"In the House of Commons toâ€"day Lord Stanley, the Financial Secretary of the War Ofâ€" fice, replying to a question, said the cost of the war in South Africa from April 1 to July 31 was £35,750,000, partly chargeable against the deficit of last year. The actual cost in July was £1,250,000 weekly. The statement was groeted with ironical Irish cheers. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir M‘charel Hicksâ€"Boach, said if the war continued at the same cost for the next three months, it would neâ€" cessitate spanding the whole of the reserve he had provided for financing the third quarter, biut ho had reaâ€" sgon to hope that this would not be necessary. tacks on the railways are futile where the biock hougses have been completed, and at the present time nearly 2,C0) miles of ra‘lway are proâ€" tected. Captured cattle can now be brought along the line, and the Boers are bz:ing rapidly deprived of their stocks. Breaks in the rallway by the Boers are now greatly reâ€" duced. Col. Kitchener has had an enâ€" gagement with and defeated Comâ€" mandant Viljoen b:tween Roossencâ€" kal and the railway. He captured 25 Boers, 35 wagons, and a pomâ€"pom. The Eighteenth and N neteenth Husâ€" sars acted gallantly in the fight, JUDGE ADVOCATE GEN.â€"CAPT. 8. LEMLY, Salisbury on litoberts. Still Very Kxpensive. OFFICERS WHO WILL CONâ€"IUDER THE saAMPSONâ€"SCHLEY CONTROVERSY. ARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO This will give you a rough idea of the part the battalion took in the action. P. S.â€"In referome to the stateâ€" in about three hours ani three quarâ€" ters. Admiral Schley triated mej on terms of abso.ute equality. His flagship, the Browk.yn»n, was wiost in the blocka inz line, and was thoreâ€" fore the most exposel. She was enâ€" gaged in a runninzg fizht with the Viscaya and the Coloa. _ _ Eulagy Pronounced by Balfour in the Commons. London cable: In the House of Commons toâ€"day, propos:ng a resoâ€" lution graniing Field Marshal Earl Roberts £.00 000 for his services in South Af.ica «in accordance with the recommendation of King Eaward, announced in the House of Lords by th: P.emier, Lord Sa«liAury, _ Monâ€" day last), A. J. Bakour, the Governâ€" ment â€" leader, in the course of a cuozy of the li 1i marshal, whom he compared with such men as Colâ€" lingwosd _ and N l.on, Marlborâ€" bovough _ and, We.lington, _ suldl there was no doubt that but {for Lord Roborts‘ daring _ and strategy, and the rapility _ with which his plans woere carried out, Kimberlâ€"y and Ma.ek.ng woulid have fallen, 114,00) British would have been starvedl into â€" suvimission at Ladysmith, and there would _ have been a gcuoral rising ol di l>yal.sts in South Af.ica, Great Britain might have rccovered thereirom, but at what a coâ€"t ? The country _ was saved â€" from this by the genius of the man he now invited the House to reward by a unanimous vote, irâ€" respeclive of political di ferences. P. S.â€"In referome to the stateâ€" ment that the word ‘retire‘ was Fiven by the Bo»rs, som» of a comâ€" pany did reach the front tronch unâ€" cer an officer, wi» stat»s he heard The Liboral lsader, Sir Henry Campbeilâ€"Bann »rmain, concurred in the motion. a gon got within range of the Colon they opened fire, and the latter was compelled to run achor>. The Chrisâ€" tobal Colon also &truck hor co‘lors to the Brook‘yn and the Orogon. range, but werse subjet to artTery fire for about an hour, after which they were rotirel anoth»r two miles to bivouac. The battalor wont i t > action a little over 90) «strong, in rank and (Je, of which 315 were kilxt and forty taken p i oners. "The Brook.yn, nolCing the wostâ€" ward blockading posicion, was w thin range of our siÂ¥vs an| batteri‘s all the t‘me, though our ships lacked cerâ€" the ‘word ‘retir~‘ siven from the kopje in front of him. â€"The statemeat ca.led forth proâ€" tests from the Irish members. Tho centre hold their position opâ€" posite the enemy‘s trenches at ranges varying from 30) to 500 yards t.ll 2 p. m., wiun the colon 1 of the Seaforth Highlanders, who was in commani of th> brigade, diâ€" rected a gem»ral retiremeant. The briâ€" galo was then retired out of rifle PRAISED LORD ROBERTS. a very severe nature, at close range, till about 4 p. m., wheon the Boâ€"r atâ€" tack ceased and our men were w.ith drawn to camp. men succeeded in getting past ‘the trencheos and partly up the kopj», but one lot were compelied to reire by the tire of thos>o men who had not advanced, and the otherse by the firo of our . own guns, which opâ€"ned oa the kopj: at cay.ight. ‘The »soors made a counâ€" ter avtack against our right flank, wh.ch was later in the uay reinâ€" forced by the Guards. The right flank was compelie1 to draw bacc som â€" what and then face more to the right, and the figh.iag tuere was of out further orders, fo.ltowteltli :hlgellxl:' and a rough deployment to the 2 with the right flank s#omewhat thrown forward, effected. In the meantime A and B companies pushed on till they wero only about 200 yards from the enemy‘s trenches, a position they held tili six p.m., losing over 50 per cent. of their number in killed and wounded. The remainder of the companies during their depoymeont in the darkâ€" ness got hopeiessiy mixed together, and also mixed with the Seaforth High.anders, who had moved up to their right frouts, and it was imâ€" possibse io give orders for a general advance, in two places bodies of It had, however, the effect of upâ€" setting.â€".our preâ€"arranged plans and making it almost impossible to give orders. . General Wauchope, who was with the two leading companies, sent back an order (the last he gave), that they should be reinforced. Accordâ€" Ing.y C and D companies moved out to the right, and the remainder of the batta.jon instinctively, withâ€" twenty men in the battalion were hit by it. x a o P oc ue sca y a an;il the CoOIOa. "When th> Bro k yn and the Ore ADMIRAL GEO. DEWEY. s i3 > Colins ran up two huncred feet, and I was thon dircceted to stop. II® «id so, and whhe one of the men remained to | guard him the others jumped off, nnd, hurling dyna«mite at th: door »f the car which they judged to be th= exâ€" | press e r buret op>n the door. H stâ€" | ily chmbing ia t> get at the safe, they were astonished to find that tl.lf)' h:lq broken into a mail ear. ' The train was ruuniog at a hizh rate of spsed as it passed Calumet H ights, and immediately after pa8ssâ€" ing out of sight of tho sltation, lâ€"nâ€" | gineer J. W, Collins saw directly in | front "Y{ his engine a large fire on which some rui.s had been placed. He REARâ€"ADMIRAL A. E. K. BENHAM. Climbing once more into his cab, Collins backed his _ engine down, coupled on to the third car, which the fireman was made to une uple at the rear end, and still with the muzle of the revolver at his hea 1, Collins was qrdf'red-to‘rnn down the track, as before. He drew away from the balane» of the trair aboit th» same distance as on the first occasion, amwl the robbers still leaving h m under the charge of one of thâ€"ir number, made for the car. When they reached they car they found to their great wrath that they had attacked anâ€" other maill car, and that it contained no money. . It is estimated that $30 009 was stored in the express car, aml It is bolieved the robbers knew of the larga amount of money and valuables aboard. They threatened the eaginer with death for not tâ€"l ing thom that the cars which he had uncoupled were not express cars, ind ordered him to return at once and uncouple the next car behind the baggage car. Thirtyâ€"four insucents have breen captured by the First U S. Cava‘ry in the Batangas Province, Philipâ€" pines. The Emperor‘s edict, providing for the reorgarization of _the Chinese Foreign Offic», satisfiecs the Ministers of the powers. slowed down, and as he did so, three men wearing masks jumped into the cab and covers»d Co.ling and his tipreâ€" man, James Whipple, with revolvors. After mounting into the cab of the engine, the robbers, covering the enâ€" glueer and fireman with th is revolâ€" vers, made them step down and go back the I ngth of two cars. They opâ€" dered the men to uncouple the first two carg, whih was done. Th y then hastled the two trainmen hack tain things necessary for full cffecâ€" t.veness. _ A«miral Schi y _ showed ablity and taoughtfumess. It is a case of demonstrated valor aga.nst possible bravery. I «Jon‘t know Adâ€" m.ral Sampson, ani [ have no comâ€" ment to make upon km. Th»> Ameriâ€" can ships went straight to work, p.obably w.th ut much comman ing. "A miral Schlsy accompliâ€"hed fully | the work allovted to him and there fore it does not sâ€"em to me that | there is any reason for adverse criti > cismâ€"at least, from the Amsrican , sliie. Physical and moral c~nurage are l two different qualitics. There is no need of wring a microscop» to (1 cover both in the action of Amiral Schley." , Lt» the cab, and, siill keeping the enzineer covered with revolsers, «liâ€" rectod him to pu‘l up some distance from the rest of tha train. EABEWRy PMERRVTHE TECCC the Grand Central Depot, Chicago, at 9 o‘clock toâ€"night, was held up by five masked men at 8 o‘clock between Edgemore and Grand Calâ€" umet Heights, Ind., 31 miles out from Chicago. One of tho mail cars wluch contained no | muncey, was dynamited and wrecked. The atâ€" tumpt at robbery was made after the two maii cars had been dJetachâ€" ed from the train and rud quarâ€" ter of a mile anead. The failure of the robbers to make & rich hou was due to the fact that the exâ€" press Car, which â€" contained the lrain‘s treasure was in an unusual pace, It was the third car in the train. After wrecking the mall car and obtaining no booty, lhe robâ€" bers disappsared in the darkness without aitempting to reclify their mistake. ‘Whe oaly loot they carried away with them as a result of the advenlture was the gould watch of the: engineer. en i $ ol o o ies ahp the robbers to mako & was due to the fact tha press Car, which _ conti ltrain‘s treasure was in a pace, It was the third C train. After wrecking the and obtaining no bootly, bers disappsared in the EEH EO Nee AEPEE Ni ie N t away with them as a result of the advenilure was the gould watch of the: engineer. The train was the New York and Washingtiton vestibule limited. Most of the lrainmen were snut at und had parrow escapes from the bu.â€" lets, No person was injured cither by the dyuanute or firea cimms. Noi nel y eP endtcudls A Darirg Holdâ€"Up on the B. and 0. Reilway. _ . ROBBERS GOT LITTLE LOOT east, which was due the Grand Central D« at 9 o‘clock toâ€"night, by five masked men between kEdgemore an umet Heights, Ind., a from Chicago. One of | wluch contained no dynamited and wreck t«mpt at robbery wA the two maii cars had ed from the train dA Chicago report : & Ohio passeliger [RAIN ROBBERS FOLED. *sns train from the ue to arrive in Baltimore Intcta,, | P Gdeposited on the tomb of the Ilnlster-! great statesmin. | _Two hours a ter being rolease | from e bren | the County Jal at Greenwool!, Ia., Cava‘ry an expert sn ak thief broke i1t> the & Philipâ€" r.i!o- Again an ! st)l» his photogzraph rom the rogues‘ gallery. dn The Britisch firstâ€"class batliâ€"ship Co.y is r p rte! a round som wh ro between Hong Kong an| shirchal. Empcror â€" William yesterday (ithe third anniversasy of Princeo Bi8â€" marck‘s doath) caused a wreath to tablets, which s<he was in the hat of taking to alleviate the pain, h: helped along. She was sent to t G»rman Hospital a week ago yeste day, and there young Ronan four her. She was unable to eat the fru he sent her, but she enjoyed the ow ers he carried to the hospital J4ail and his was the last namse she uttors before she died. The Montreal a thoâ€"i*i*s have been aked to ‘[~d )4 parents and tell them of hor death. week, but could 1 had weakene~] her tablets. which «h of taking to alle helped along. S G»rman Hospital Actor Morgan‘s Liver to be Taken Out and Washeo. Ncw York report: A former aco tor, now a stoc«k brokor in Luosior wili enter the New York Posiâ€"G. ad uate Ho. ptal to morrow mormnys i have an opâ€"pratios wiuch s aitract» ing wordâ€"wide attention amodk medical men, performad. 4. W. horgan, kuown botter to all his stag.mates of years ago n# Jack, is to have his |ver removed and scraped, bathed in aniisâ€"pl 0 eoutious and rpaced, in the hops of restoring him to health and & vâ€" ing lum many more years to .ive. Fiftyâ€"cighth the attention young clork Ii few doors fro spoke to her, : at least part helped her to : means and wa told him «he s Mr. Morgan has been suffering with cirrhosis of the liver several years. He got so bad aboult three yoears ago that h> had to retirs from Denman Thompsou‘s _ *Old E"‘P‘""‘“}l?" Company _ and engagse Quite a number of physicians and surgeons wili bepresent ai the operâ€" arion, bocause so miny intereâ€"iing features wil be conuected with it that it has been discussed mich by :pcch.llltl and in the medicai socie= 12D, cighth street Mrs. Daut. week. but co in less irksom> and tatiguing busiâ€" ness to gain a livelihood. Recenuy the disease has muie such inroads that the‘ opsration is necess iry to save his life, Husband and Wife Keconciied After Pwenty Years, Vienna cable:; Last weck there was discharged from the prison «af Wallachischâ€"Meseritsch _ a _ peasant woman, Marie Dâ€"â€", after serving 20 out of a sentence of 25 year« for attempted murder. C Al the beginnizng of the dull seasor the girl lost her jplace. Sae was un able to secure employm»nt, but bor her trouble uncomplaiaingly as he little money dribbl»d away. On the fourth of July, whle walsing throug? Fiftyâ€"cighth stroet, she attracte the attention of Joseph Ronan. a The woman was sentenced to 25 years, and her accompice to im« grisonmont for life, dying alter« wards in prison, i The husband, weak and ermpped tlu-ough his injurics, was not able to tak» care of his property, gr dâ€" ually lost everything, and beo«â€"me d.p»ndent on his relations. Her husband met her as she carme out of jail, and a reconciliavon was at once effected. The money was handad over to hn and husrind and wife woent awoâ€"y togethor, de tormined to buy back tae old {farm and begin life over again. In 1881 Mario Dâ€"â€" was the wif; of a prosperous fa.me»r, bat in a weak moment she fell in love with a young farm servant, and the two conspired to murder the husband liand take possession of the {arw. When the woman left prison she took with hor nearly £250, the reâ€" ut of 20 yoars prison wook. After a desperate strugg‘le the hbusband escaped, although sevorey wound 2d. _ The girl comes ol a vyory mligious family in Montreal. Hor fathkor is sald to bo an officer in the Canadilan customs service. It is boedoved thai the trouble that endead in her death had its Incepiion in her love for a Montreal man, who, on account oi his agnostic principles, was obnoxâ€" lous to her fami.y. Eventually the conditions in her home becams unâ€" bearable, and she came to this chy stoppiag on the way to viit a «â€"tor, Margaret, who is a nun in a Loston convent. She secured a pod. on in a hairdressing shop on HXch avonue, and took a room wih a family name Denner. 1t No. 235 East Fiftyâ€"cighthb sltreet. A Montreal Girl Diss of Starâ€" yation in New York. TAAGEDY OF A BIG CIY, when she coud lind no employm at In New York, she sod der clochingy, plece by picoe, and when a.l was gone she let death claim her. New York derpatch: With two mes claiming her love and offering to as sist her, with wealthy parents is Canada, from whom sheo kopt her plight, Elizabeth MacCormack, a reâ€" fined, handsome girl of Montreal, starved to death ir this city, dying yesterday afternoon in the Germae Hospital. At first it was though\ to be a case of sulcide by polson, but while poison was a â€" contribuling cause, starvation carrled the pir} away. _ 5 ar 2 A 3 From letters found among the cof.â€" fects of the dead girl from a brethor Daniel, in Montreal, and {frowm Johp McDonald, of Cardigan, of | Prineo Edward Island, it appears that «she cou‘ld bhave had anyithlog she wished from them. Instead of calling for aii A STRANGE OPERATION. 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