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It is reported at Plymouth; that the British .Admiralty is about to mobi~ llze a reserve fleet! in home ports, due to the intention ofi' Russia» to seize a port in the Persian Gulf, UNITED STATES. Sir Henry Irvin‘g, the actor. is at New York. Thursday, Nov. 30, has been: pro- claimed Thanksgiving Day in the Unit- ed States. An important order in Council has been passed providing that bona fide catalogues and price lists of goods in any country beyond the limits of Can- ada. not exceeding three to any one address, be admitted through the -mail or by other conveyance free of cusâ€" toms duty; provided. however, that such catalogues and price lists shall not be held to include almanacs or advertising periodicals or printed mat- ter designed to advertise the sale of goods by any person in Canada. Ex-Pre‘iident Harrison, of the United States, had an audience with the, Prince of Wales in London afterwards visit- lng the Home of Commons. The British Government has accepted the offer of United States women in England to equip the steamer Maine as a. South African hospital ship. Outlying municipalities are making great; efforts to attract manufactures from Montreal. The leather firm of H. J. Fisk & 00., have made a proposal to the Council of Lachine to build a factory there for a bonus of $25,000 and exemption from taxes for several years. The people 013 Longueuil are carrying on negotiations with the Slate!I Shoe 00., and the Lang Biscuit 00., has been induced to move to St. Henri. GREAT BRITAIN. Florence Marryat, Mrs. Frénces Lean, the well-known author, died in London Friday. , J. Mapdonald, registrar of Lands and Works Department, at Kamloops, kill~ ed himself by shooting in the head was in the room. He told thq little one to tell his wife that he was going to shoot himself, and before she got into the room he had accomplished his intention. There were some irrefular- ities in connection with this new office, and deoeased’e movements were being closely waitohed. The young Duke of Manchester an- nounces that he is going to South Africa as war correspondent. The December Bund, a social organâ€" Szation of Germans at Ottawa, has tak. an steps to organize a company to be attached either to the 43rd Rifles or the Messrs. H. Caracallen, M.P.P., ‘0. J. Myles and P.E.W. Boyd, of Hamllton, roposo to erect a blast furnace at ort Colborne if the town give' thama tree site of twenty acres and a cash bonus of $25,000. x Commercial Agent Bennett of An- tigua, British West Indies, reports to the Department of Trade and Com- merce that there is a good market for tatoas and butter. Potatoes are sell- mg there at $4 per barrel, cooking butâ€" ter at 2200nts. and good table butter at 32 cents per 1b. [Vancouver City Council is investi- gating the charge that members ofits lice force have beeni bribed to perâ€" it gambling in parts of .the :city. John N. Fulton, wanted in Montreal [or alleged embezzlement of $50,000 Lrom the estate of. the. \latel Thomas J. Doristine, is under arrest at Boston.‘ Dominion Policeman Ghamberlain has reached Rat Portage with two In- dians from the unorganized territory, who will be‘tried for mturder a;t Rat Portage Assizes. Ex-Vice-Preaident Lichtenheim, of the suspended Ville Marie Bank, Mon- treal, has been committed for trial on a charge of having made a false and deceptive statement to the Gov- emment of the bank’s affairs. Mr. A. C. Tredham, bandmaster 013 the Dufiferin Rifles at Brantford, will lead the band that accompanies the Canadian contingent to the Transvaal. Burglars attacked the night watch- man at Bixel’a brewery, Brantford, tied him up and robbed him of $10 and than blew up the safe. They got no money in the safe, failing'to open the cash department. Arrangements for the construction of fifty miles of the Edmonton dis- trict railway will be completed next month. Woodstock will take a vote of rate- payers on January 1 on the question of municipal control of franchises. Woodstock ratepayers have voted against the by-law to abolish the wand system of electing alder-men. The Kingston Locomotive Wor‘ks have received an order for ten more compound engines for: the 0. P. R. The Manitoba elections will not be held for several months. Brantford assessment rolls are bad- ly mixed up. A special committee of Council will straighten the-m out. Interesting Items About Our Own Country, Great Britain, the United States. and All Parts of the Globe, Condensed and Assorted for Easy Reading. The harbour at Hamilton is to be Improved. Hamilton will again vote on a by- law to spend $159,000 on pavements. The Kingston Locomotive Works will ladd $50,000 to their plant and build- ngs. Indian revenue returns show the total excise receipts for September to have been $880,609.85. [HE NEWS THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. Treaty payments to Indians are in progress in the Battleford district. CANADA. N A NIHSHHL What is called photographing inno- lief is done by a, Frenchman. The model is plaped so that concentrated light falls ‘ii‘pon him from opposite sides, bringing the salient points into greater prominence. Two successive films are taken, agd a print obtainâ€" ed from these aftérv‘zthey have been exactly superposed; -' ‘ Though he is financially embar- rassed, the Sultan has ordered the cqnatruction of two new warships Land 9. new Im‘periak yachit‘, along {with the renovation o€ ten armourâ€"clads and two yachts. ' American Women In London orgvmlze w Rnlse Funds. _A despatch from London says :â€"-Lady Randolph Churchill presided on Wed- nesday at a meeting of American wo- men in London, onganized to raise funds to equip a. hospital ship for South African waters. An appeal for funds was issued in which it is stated that it is proposed to des- p'atch immediately a suitable hospital ship fully equipped with medical stores and provisions to accommodate 200 pa- tients for three months, with a staff of four doctors, five nurses, and forty non-commissioned officers and order- lies. To carry this into effect the sum of £30,000 will be mquired, which will have to be raised within a fortnight. A gigantic system of official fraud and corruption has been unearthed at Sebastopol. Fortyâ€"three Government Officials have been arree+ed and will be tried by court-martial. Among the ac- cused are many high naval officials, inâ€" cluding the former senior port officer, Commander Retiteky, aeVeral well- known constructors, nearly eVery chief engineer of the ships in Russia‘s Black Sea. fleet, the commissary officers and others. It is reported that several of the accused have committed suicide rather than standt rial, for if found guilty they will be banished to Siberia. Thelvisit paid by Sir Edmund J. Manson, the Britishi Ambassador. and Gen. Horaoe Porter, the United States Ambafieador to President Lowbet was fon the purpose of extending to the latter the thanks of Queen Victoria and President McKinley for the 1108- pitality! extended. by the French Gov-4 ernment to the Venezuela Court of Arbitratiun. The British steamer Zurich, from Kowda: for London. has foundered off the west coast of Norway‘ The capâ€" tain was saved. but the crew is re- ported to have been lost The French Cabinet has approved a bill granting trades unions the same staitua as an individual citizen; and enacting privilege-)8 and penalties to secure the free working of such bodies. The New York Sun has' commenced itslggial battle against organized 1a< hour. The paper admits its circulaâ€" tion; bias dropped from 40,000 to 60.000 diain amid about $300,000 1m ad‘vertisr Lug receipts since ‘the beginning of the strike ansd boycott. GENERAL. Emperor William will exhibit curios of Frederick the Great at the Paris Exposition. Vandals have defaced newly erected monuments at Berlin. The noses and hands of seven of the Emperor’s ancesâ€" tors have been demolished. Herr Hopfie, a. millionaire, has been sentenced at Dnesden to five years’ imprisonment for misappropriating funds of a charitable organization, of which he was tmasurer. The names of Generals Giolannelli and Have have been dropped from the Fremch; CUruncil of War, it is said, on account of the Dreyfus case. 'A colossal bronze statue of ChrLst biessing mankind, which was bemg hoisted into a niche in the new cathedâ€" ral at Berlin, fell 100 feet. No one was LnJured. The. Central Government of Switzer- land has prohibited the importation at German cattle because of the preâ€" valence of foot and mouth disease in the grazing districts of Germany. Twelve cases of bubonic plague are now: under treatment in the iSDlation hospltal at Santos, Brazil. Chief Conductor Clarke, of the Or- dev ot‘ Hallway Conductors and B. H. Morrlssey of the Brotherhood of Rail- way Trainmem, are at Montpelier, to interview General Manager Fitzbugh wlmtive to labor troubles of the Can- tral Vermont Ry. Another American battalion of marines has been ordered to Cavite, the naval station near Manila. Russian has agreed. to arbitrate with the United States the claims resulting from the seizure of sealers in the Behring Sea, pending for the past eight years. The; Court of Appeals at Albany, N. Y» has affirmed Lhe convictlon of Howard. C. Benham, sentenced to be electrocuted for the murder at hxs wife at Batavia, N.Y. H. B. Christie and W. O. Criek. brokers’ clerks, charged. with stealing £10,700 in Buenos Ayres bonds and fleeing to British Columbia, pleaded guilm in London, and were sentenced to three and four years’ imprisonment respectively. The capital stock of the New York Central and. Hudson River Railway bias: been increased. to $115,000,000. Chicago detectives claim to be on the trail of the robbers who held up: the East mail near Maple Park, [1]., on Ocotbem 13th. J. Piea‘pont Morgan, has, it is said, bought a controlling interest in the old New York publishing house of Harpem & Brother. Over 310,000 immigrants have .ar- rived at United States ports during the: yean ending June 80, 1899, an in- crease‘ over t‘ha previews year of 82,- 416. -' The announcement is made that there is to be a combination of the large sheet brass and copper concerns. EQUIP A HOSPITAL SHIP. BELIEF PHOTOGRAPHY. Now it only remains to count the gains and the cost. One hour ’more of daylight would have givem- us the whole force as prisoners, but in the thick darkness which now came on the unscathed and slightly wounded ran for it. A squadron each of Dragoon Guards and Lancers rode at them, and struck them, cutting and thrusting, and probably killed sixty in all, 7 The- enemy’s guns, their abundant stores, hundreds of saddles and horses, a quantity of personal baggage, many There was pandemonium, lasting about aquarter of an hour, above all of which loud British cheers rang, Our three regiments raced for the Boers and their guns. Our victory was secure, but étill a spattering fire went on til] half-past six o'clock. ‘ At ten minutes to six the Devonshire Regiment, who had crept in upon a face position, each man getting to cover behind numerous anthills, whose domes were from two to three feet high, rose and ran forward to the as- sault. Our guns ceased their showers of shell, but the Boers resumed firing in the growing darkness, 0 The Devonshires, favored by their position, got in first in a body, and took them, but the others who were above came down over the rocks, A driving rain, accompanied by dark- ness. now set in, but the battle con- tinued to rage until six o’clock in the evening by which time the Boers were scuttling off in numbers, many of them rising and throwing down their arms, While others, bolting, were hunted and battered by our shrapnel and Leeâ€"Met- ford bullets. The weather still remained clear un- til after four o’clock. Nothing could have been finer than the advance of our troops. In fact, it might have been a glorious Aldershot field day, so stately and deliberate were our movements. While the Manchesters and Gordons bore forward along the crests of the hills their officers everywhere were marked forr death, but the Tommies made it their fight also. Gen. French began the action about half-past six o’clock in the morning by sending ashell from a 7-pounder into the station shed, while the mounted volunteers began firing at the Boers, who were running to take up their positions. The enemy had only just finished their colonial matu- tinal coffee when they were surprised. CAVALRY ROUND UP THE FOE. With a. wide sweep the Imperial Light Horse drove the Boers from. the hills, while the dismounted trooyers of the Lancers clipped in smartly upon their left. Meanwhile, under a hot fire. ruled out in long lines, our 'inâ€" fantry marched along the low and hany ground toward Elandslaagte. About half-past four o’clock the Manchester Regiment and the Gordon Highlanders swung round at " left shoulders” to gain the hills, but the Devonshim Regiment held on. The Dragoon Guards forged ahead to the dons climbed the hill, and then swmg- extreme left, threatening the railway station, clearing that flank, and men- acing the line of Boer retreat. ‘ Gen. French aided by ins able chief of staff, Col; Douglas Haig, handled his men beautifully, timing and keeping thg whole operations well in hand. Ou‘r 15-pounders galloped up into a position whence they could shell the left;l of the Boer position, thus greatly asggsting ‘the infantny. Methodically and steadily the enemy wenev forced to give ground. Bit by bit the Manchester Regiment and the Gorâ€" dons climbed the hill, and then swing- ing at right shoulder, began driving the Boers. As the artillery and infantry drew closer the Boer guns were directed against them. I had even the honour of drawing much of their fire with my tou‘nin-hand Cape cart. Gen. Sir George Stewart White came up by a special train and witnessed the operations for about an hour, until our success was assured, when he returned to Ladysmith. The Boer main force was posted upâ€" on an extremely rough and roeky range of hills, running at right angles to the railway, over a mile further north. This chain of hills, which is several hundred feet high above the swelling plain, has a conical hill ris- ing from a. wide dip in the range. This left two narrow necks on either side of the base of this conical hill, where the Boers had their camp waggons and tents. Half way up the necks their guns were in position, two of them in the last neck, which afforded the best range, The British Soldiers Were Handled Wllh Great Skillâ€"Every Regiment. Engaged Did Nohlyâ€"A (Ton-respondent's Accoun of the Battle. The following is Bennett Bua‘leigh’s despartch from Ladysmith to the! Lon- don Daily Telegraph describing the great battle on Saturday at Eland- slaagte:-â€" VIVID DESCRIPTION OF THE BAT- TLE 0F ELANDSLAAGTE. A reconnoissance‘ having failed to draw the Boers out from their de- fences at Elandslaagte, on Saturday, at daybreak, Gen. French advanced against them with a small force. The troops were conveyed in an armoured train to Elandslaagte, and reached a position seven hundred yards from the station. THE GLORY AND HURRUR. FRUIT OF THE VICTORY. IN DARKNESS AND RAIN. Mm. Hegel two weeks ago 'was ar- rested on suspicion of having murdered her husband. She then confessed, and went with the authorities to a swamp thirteen miles from Lacome, and pointed out where her husband’s body was buried. The body was soon discovered, and she recognized it as that of her husband, Nelson Nagel. Mrs. Hach in describing the murder, said that her brother placed the lines around Hegel’s neck. She then held them, while her brother took a ham- mer and broke Hegel‘s skull. They then buried the body in the swamp. 0n the body being found an inquest was held, and a verdict of murder re- turned against Mrs. Hegel and Alva Quigley. Mrs. H‘agel was then com- mitted to Edmonton gaol. When Qui-gley left Lacome, he made his way to British Columbia, and three months ago came to Kamloops, where he se~ cured work with the provincial road gang. The authorities discovered his whereabmts through intercepting a letter to his sister, and yesterday Serâ€" geant Ashton. of the North-“Vest Mounted Police, came here and drove out to where the road gang were working. and arrested Quigley. He was placed in gaol here. and toâ€"night .berg't.~ Ashton will leave with him for the scene of the crime. Your corres- pondent saw Quigley at the gaol here this morning, Quigiey is a man of 27 years of age, clean shaven, dark hair, and promment 'nose. He takes his arrest quite coolly. Quigley’s father and mother and brother are also to be arrested as accessories to the mur- der. Letters have been secured which show that they knew of the murder of Hegel. in fact helped to plan it. The Murderer Arrested at Kan-loops. British Columbia, After I. stern Clmse. A despatch from Kamloops, B. 0., sayszâ€"John Hayes was arrested here on Saturday evening on the charge of having committed one of the most diabolical murders in‘ the annals of crime. Haye's is only an assumed name, the prisoner’s right name being Alva Quigley. He also is known by the alias ofl John Hayes Boxton. The crime for which Hayes or Quigley has been arrested sounds more like fiction than actual facts. Early in 1898 a family named Quigley, consisting of father, mother, two daughters, and two sons, removed from Missouri, United States. to Lacome, a small place on the Calgary and Edmonton railway. in the Province of Alberta. One of the daughters was married to a man named Nelson Hagel, who ac- companied her to Alberta. Both the Quigley family and the Bagels took up ranches, and forawhile all went well, However, one day in June, 1898, Mr. and Mrs. Hagel and Alva Qnigley were seen to drive out of Lacom-e in a double rig, and about five hours later Mrs. Hagel and her brother returned without Hagel. They then gave; it out that Hagel had gone to the Peace river, via the Edmonton trail, and six weeks later Mrs. Hagel showed her neighbor-s letters purporting to come from her husband in Peace river. This aroused the suspicions of the authori- ties, as Hagel could not possibly reach Peace river in less than two months. Another suspicious circum- stance was the fact that Mrs. Hegel and her brother, Alva Quingley, lived together as man and wife. Matters then became sohot that Alva Quigley suddenly left Lacqme. Mrs. Hegel’s father then induced a wealthy old man named Stewart to go and live with Mrs. Hegel. The two, however, quar- relled, but not before Stewart had learned from Mrs. Hagel that her hus- band had been murdered. She had Stewart arrested on the charge of as- sarult, and then Stewart peached on her. HUSBAND DECOYED T0 HXS FATE BY HIS OWN WIFE. - SLAIN BY HER BRUTHER. of their war flags, and much ammuni- tion fell into our hands. All of our wounde and prisoners hiave been brought to Ladysmith, Where there are ample hospital ac- camnnodlations for them. Electric lights have been fitted up, also Roent- gen ray apparatug. The Boer force is reported to be this side! of; Bester’s, and the Free Staters to be ten miles out, the enemy: con- centrating there toward Conical hill. All daylong the streets have re- sound/ed with cheering as our troops return. Bands of prisoner also con- tinue to arrive. I ostiuwte their strength at just un- der two thousand. Ours was about the same, but the Boars' position was an' almost impregnable one. The enemy’s killed and wounded number- ed some three hundrod. All has been done for the whole of the wounded that is possible, and the Boers ex- pressed gratitude for their treatment. About! forty of them were allowed" to go into their own hospital, a.~ mile and a half to the north, for treatment. Our force returned to Ladysmith, Where they received a great welcome. The anamy have destroyed the iron bridge: at Waschbank, so that train sgrvice to Dundee cannot be resumâ€" e . The Gordon Highlanders say that the Elandslaagte action was a very seVere ong, Diargai a‘ fool to it. Our prisoners number fully three hundred. I saw eight dead Gordon Highlanders lying in one heap. Boers declare the kilts make the- men con- spicuous, but that the khaki is diffi- cult‘ to locate. The enemy ask where our redcoats are. Raports which have been obtained from Boer sources say that out of one commando only 250 men artI left, the hospitals are full, and their losses are perhaps a thousand. DARGAI A FOOL TO IT. THE BODY FOUND. Miss Sum‘initâ€"My, dear, I am tor- tired to go shopping with you, this afternoon. Miss Palisadeâ€"What are you going to do ?. Miss Summitâ€"I thought I’d play golf. V What’s the matter wit-'4 Emma late.- ly. Every time I see her, almost, sh! is,_ o_r jus}: has beep, bathed in Leafs 'I dofi‘t know, unless the. doctor to rewmmwdod salt baths. The special consisted of engine 206, one of the biggest passenger engines on the road, a baggage car, foua‘ tour¢ ist sleepers equipped with bedding and other conveniences, a dining car and a first-class aloe-per tor the officers. The dining car was placed between the sleeper and the tourist career) that the men womldl not have to go through the officers’ quarters for their meals. The Canadian Pacific Railway has pmvided very generous accommoda- tion for the men. The ordinary tourist oar contains sixty berths and will afford sleeping accommodation for 120 people if they double up. When 150 men are distributed through four of these cars, every man will have a berth to himself and about half a. berth to spare. The soldiers .will have a good sleep before changing cars for Quebec, As the train glided under the bridge the air became white with waving handkerchiefs, and tremen- dous cheers followed the soldiers until the train vanished around the curve. en in smart sharpq military style by the marshal, Col. Grasett. , As HI! Queen’s Own Band led out, the Brflat throng on Queen's Avenue gave cheer after cheer, which was repeated again and again, as the contingent passed through the crowded streets. . The form of the parade was Queen’s Own Rifles. Royal Grenadiers. 48th Highlanders. Members of Contingent. City Council , , Army and Navy Veterans, Veterans of '66. University Students . High School Cadets. '~ Public School Drill Corps. The route of march; was up Univers- sity street to Elm street, to Yong. street, to Gerrard street, to Jarvil street, to King street, to Simooe street. to Station. ' AT THE STATION. Never has the Union Station district seen such an eager. such an enormoul crowd as waited to see the soldiers of! this afternoon. The volunteers march- ed» down Simcoe street and along Ste- tion street to the down stairs intrance. The block bounded by Simcoe. York and: Station streets was in the charge of the police. so that this territory was not extensively invaded by the public. The Grand Union Hotel and this Daly House were excellent vanta- age pvoimt, and every window in the Slmcoe street front of these hostelries was filled with» tacos. The steps at the Grand Union and the Daly House furnished vantage points for several hundred spectators. John street bridge. which commanded a rather distant View of the north shed plat- 10:mâ€"-where the troop train was wait- ingâ€"was throngedx with sightseers. many of them armed.with binoculars. THE SCENE AT PARTING. The crowd took an active interest in the. tender parting scene, and many a beam! on. the bridge throbbed respon- siver to the kisses showered- on the soldiers by mothers, sisters and sweet- hearts. The fervent hand clasp of the flathers and brothers, brought tears to many an eye. In spite of the unusual restrictions the station authorities hladi a crowded platform. The public were admitted both by the upper and lower entrances, and the special per- mits were proportionately as a needle in a haystack. ‘ THE COAIPANY'S TRAIN. The Toronto troops, comprising on. hundred and fifty men, five office." and five sergeants entrained on tn. Canadian Pacific special provided for them at 4o'clock. it was 'several minutes later when-the train pulled ouL THE PARADE. After the presentations in the‘ Ar- mourles. the marching orders were 517- Inspiring Scenes I! the Amenities, Lion. the Route of Parade and at the Union Slnllonâ€" Citizen: Turn Out In Van Tin-olng to Say Farewell to the Volunteers for Service in South Africa. A despatch from Toronto eays:â€"-Bo- fore one o'clock on Wednesday every available inch of space in the neigh- borhood of the Armouries was Occupied by citizens, thrilling with the loyalty that is sending one thousand of Can- ada’s sons to uphold the honor of the Mother Country in the Transvaal. U1! University street, along Elm, Yonge and Gerrard, down J arvle, along King, and south on Simooe to Front street, the route of the procession, one might easily have walked on the heads of the People. Every window commend- ing a. View of the soldiers and their escort, was jammed. From top to bot- tom of the Itosein House, the Canada Life building, Nordheimer’e, Rice Lew- is and Sons, and the rows of window- were white with faces looking wit“ mingled expressions on the red-coat! below. ‘_ UNBOUNDED ENTHUSIASM OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY. TORONTO BOYS ARE OFF THEE BRINE CURE.