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‘. ,L a. r l v é t. r A VERY British Force Mistook Boers for British. A despatch from London, says ;â€" Thc news from South Africa is frag- mentary, and adds little to the know- ledge of the situation. Gen. Kitchâ€" ener has left Naaunvpoort and gone northward. His destination is un- known. An unofficial report from Cape Town says that a squadron of Yeo- manry who were pursuing the Boers who retired from Britstown, were ambuscaded by the burghers, and that several were killed and wounded and the rest captured. The War Office denies any knowledge of the affair. There is a report that a British fiorce mistaking 800 Boers at Rooi- poort, near Burghersdorp, for Brabâ€" ant's Horse, withheld their fire, and shortly found themselves in a very tight corner. Their commander ex- tricated them with the loss of one prisoner and one man wounded. The British lost six horses. It is stated that the Boers lost a number of horses, and had several men killed Ill. _‘q Newsy Items About Ourselves and Our Neighbors-Something of Interest From Every Quar- ter of the] Globe. - CANADA. Six automobiles have reached Daw- son, and will be used on the run to the creeks. [Discoveries of rich quartz mines have been made on Bonanza and else- 'where in the Klondike district. The propOSed addition to the Bank of1 Montreal in Montreal will cost be- tween $800,000 and $1,000,000. A life-size bust of Sir George Burton, former Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal1 has been presented to the Hamilton Law Ass0ciation by Hon. J. M. Gibson. Miss Wilson, matron of the Brook- ville General Hospital, has received a cheque for $1,000 from aresident of the United States who was apatient at the hospital last summer. Manager W'hyte of the Canadian Pacific states that if the present rate of expenditure is maintained, the road, by "the end of 1902, will have a balâ€". lasted trackâ€"and the only oneâ€"across the prairies. l ‘ [and wounded. . It is reasserted that the Dutch col- onists continue to hold themselves aloof from the invaders, and although 1the presence of the latter in the Cape .Colony renders the position serious. confidence is felt in the final result. Mr. anlessis, 11 member of the Afrikander Bond and of the Cape Assembly, has sent a letter to the electors of Cradock expressing sym- pn‘thy for the Boersi, but urging the Dutch colonists to remain calm and quiet. and not to forget that they are British subjects. _ Gen. Clements'susccess against the Boers in the Magalicsburg region is doubtful, the last despzitch reporting that “it was considered advisable not to force the Bocrs from their poei- titans." _ The Daily Mail, which makes a strong appeal to the Government to "face the facts and send Lord Kitch- ener more troops," says;â€"”There is a real risk in being lulled to sleep by carefully censured messages.” -_...______._.._â€"â€" R. H.‘ Ingram, treasurer of the Con- tral Vermont: Railway, will be secre- tary for President Hays, of the South- ern Pacific. Owing to the epidemic of highway robbery in Toledo, Ohio, women as well as men are arming themselves with revolvers. Miss Mary Mahoney, of Chicago, has a new scalp, 4,500 pieces of skin hav- ing been grafted on the top of her head in the Chicago hospital. J. L. Donomgh, a private soldier, at- tacked and wounded a sergeant and Ifour privates with a bayonet while lfrenzied with. liquor at Washington on Tuesday. A race war is in progress at Ce- meiitville, Indiana, and serious trouâ€" ble is expected. The negroes ure arm,- ed, and the whites are keeping within doors to avoid them. An Indian outbreak is threatened in Sitka, Alaska. The Craimps will build acruiser for the Sultan of Turkey. _ The Philadelphia 8:, Reading Rail- wny Company will re-equ'ip its road rwi‘tlh new cars and locomotives at a cost of $42,000,000. Mrs. Lulu C. Jenkins, new of Chiv cago, has just been awarded $4,000 for the lynching of her husband in Ripley County, 1nd., three years ago. John B. Lyinich, awelilaknown Chiâ€" cago man is dangerously ill with a isore throat and tongue, the result of [MARKETS or STHE WUliLD' 1111111 Colon. Prices orCattle, Cheaw. Gram, are in the Leading Marketa. BREADS’ YFFS, ETC. Toronto, Dee. 31.-â€"-Whentâ€"The local market was very slow again toâ€"day. Quotations are as follows:â€"Red win- ter, 68 l-2c, and white, 63 1-20, middle freights; spring wheat, east, 600; Mani- toba, No. 1 hard, old,g.1.t.. 92 1-20; N0. 2 at 870; No. 1 hard, North Bay, 910. Millfeedâ€"Scarce; ton lots, at the mill door, sell as followstâ€"Bran, $12 to $12.50; and shorts at $14 to 3514-501 west. Cornâ€"Easy; No. 1 American, yellow, 45c, on track here, and mixed at 44 1-2c. Peasâ€"Steady; No. 2 sold, middle freights, at 61 1â€"20; and east at 62c. Barleyâ€"Very dull at present; No. 2 east, 41c; and middle freights, 40c; No. |3 extra, 39 l-Zc, east; and 38 1-2c, mid- dle freignts. Ryeâ€"â€"Easy. New rye, 46c, west; and 47c, east. Buckwheatâ€"About steady. Car lots. west, are quoted at 49c; and east at 50c. Oatsâ€"1n fair demand; No. 1 white, east, 27c; No.2 white, north and west, 26c. Flourâ€"Dull, Holders ask $2.85 for 90 per cent. patents, in buyers‘ bags, mid- dle freights, and ex'iorters bid $2.55. Specml brands sell locally from 10 to 200 above these figures. PRODUCE. Toronto, Dec. 31.â€"Eggsâ€"Trade fair, mostly in cold stored. Prices are as lfollows:â€"-New laid, 26 to 280; cold stored, 18c; limed, 15 to 160. Poultryâ€"Receipts to-day were large, conmsting of stock held by country storekeepers over Christmas, Quality was not up to the mark, and demand was slow, Turkeys sold’at‘? 1-2 1:08 ’1-2c; geese, at 6to 7c; chickens, at 20 to 35c; and ducks, at 40 to 700. Potatoesâ€"Firm. Car lots, on track here, 32c. Sales, out of store, are made at 40 to 450. Field produce, etc.â€"Turnips, out of store, 30c per bag; onions, 60c per bag; carrots, 400 per bag; apples, per bbl., 40:: to.$1; sweet potatoes, per bbl, $2.50. Dried fruitsâ€"Dried apples sell at 31-2 to 40; and evaporated at 5 to 51â€"24:. Beansâ€"Ordinary white beans bring $1.20 to $1.25; choice hand-picked beans are quote‘d at 81.40 to $1.45. Honeyâ€"Firm. Dealers quote from 91â€"2 to 10c per lb for 5, 10, 0r60-lb tins, according to the size of the order. Comb honey sells at $2.40 to $2.75 per dozen sections. Baled hayâ€"Firm. Choice timothy, on track, $10.25. Two-ton lots, de- livered, $11. Strawâ€"Scarce. Car lots of straw, The shareholders of the Nickelâ€"Cop-lmepmdu‘hgenm in tobacco, be having on track, here, $7. per Company of Hamilton have receiv- over 60 0183 rs ! smoked 'a day for DRESSED HOGS AND PROVISIONS. ed a message from the Sudbnry nickel i Boer Commandant Abandons THE llllllllil RELMSEDI His Maxims and Carts. A despntc'h from London snys:â€"The Evening Standard says it understands that the squadron of Yeomiini‘y which was entrapped and captured by the Britstown, was relieved after the men had been relieved of their horses and other equipment. Ten of the Yeo- manry, the paper adds, were wounded. Lord Kitchener cables the War Ofâ€" ficezâ€" "The Boers eastern column in Cape Colony has been apparently headed by our troops about Reitport sprnit,uiid driven in the direction of Venterstadt. The Boers‘ western column is reported to have gone north in two portions, one towards Prieska and the other sellers, through billed. Oatsâ€"Quiet; N0. 2 white, 29 1-4c; No. 3 whilte, 28 1-40; No. 2 mixed, 25 3â€"4c; No. 3 do., 25 3-4c; through billed, on track. Bur- leyâ€"Offeriings light, extra, 64 to 650; choice to: extra, 621 to 63c; low grades, 53 to 560. Ryeâ€"Nominal; No. 1, 50c; No. 2, 55c, on track here. Detroit, Dec. 31.â€"\Vheat Closed; No. 1 white, cash, 770; No. 2, cash and December, 77o; May, 70 3-80. St. Lonis, Dec. 31.â€"-Wheatâ€"Closedâ€" Cash, 711:; December, 70 l-Zc; January 71c; May, 72 1â€"2c. â€"â€"â€"¢.._. DISAFFECIED DISTRICTS. Lord Kitchener Pouring in Thou sands of Troops. A despatch from London, Wednes- day, says ;â€"Lord Kitchener is in the, heart of the disaffected districts, and 1 has the advantage of being personally acquainted with local conditions. Last March he supervised the sup- pression of the rising which occur-1 red then. He is bringing down thous- ands of troops from the north. The Standard’s Cape Town corres- pondent says the loyalists demand that martial law shall be proclaimed throughout Cape Colony, but adds;â€" "Such a step is now impossible owing to the Lack of sufficient troops to cn-‘ force it.” Civil railway traffic has been sus- pended largely in all parts of the col- ony, and movements of both Boers and British are almost unknown in Cape Town. It appears that one Boer col- umn attacked Steyns‘ourg, but was re- pulsed, and fled from entrenching in the mountains. “ Another Boer commando captured a party of police at Venterstad. Mount- ed colonial troops surprised 300 BOLTS, 15‘ miles from Burghersdorp Decem- ber 23, and after a brisk interchange of volleys, retired with a. loss of two men. The Cape Town correspondent of the Boers, whom they were following from 1 through Sirydenbnrg. They are being | followed up." It would appear from Lord Kitchen- cir‘s despatchos that :ill the Boer com- ‘mnndoes are being driven toward the 10range river border. A despiitch from Burghersdorp ,stiites that Colonel Grunfell continues V‘ in touch with Krniizinger‘s commando of 700 men, who are carrying off the British prisoners. Krnitzinger has abandoned his l\[.1xims and carts. An inttempt of the 0111 Lancers to turn iKrnilzinger‘s flunk at Plnisterheuvel. ,rcsnlted in eight casualties among thl Lancers, including Lord Frederick ‘ Blackwood, son of the Marquis of Duf- ferin, who was wounded. COLVlLLE REMOVED. The British War Office Begins Re- form of the Army. A clexpciteh from London says;â€" Thc War Office his begun the prom- ji'sed reform of the army in a sensa- 1 itionul manner. It has demanded the resignation of Major-General Sir Henry Colville, commanding an in< fantry brigade at Gibraltar, and re- cently commanding the 9th division of the South Africanl field force. Gen. .Colville refuses to resign, and he '14 now on his way to England. The mews is all the more startling \as the question of Gen. Colville's responsi- ‘blility for the Yeomanry disaster at :Lindley, last May, was fully investi‘ gated by the authorities when Gen. Colville returned from South Africa last summer. After the enquiry, Gen. Colville was reinstated in his comm-and at Gibraltar in September last. ' The attitude of the War Office in- idiwcaites that the new regime in Pall Mall will reverse the decision of. Lord Lansdowne and Lord \Volselcy in re- :gard to some of the recent command- 'ers in South Africa. Gen. Colville, like Gen. Methuen, has always been a [great social parsonage in London, and a prominent club man. He has had a most distinguished military career, has been repeatedly mentioned in de- spntehles, and is familiarly known as "Odgers." He is also awell-known author, and on the occasion of his marriage created astir by going on his, honeymoon in a balloon. MUST NOW SURRENDER. The Boer Raiders Defeated With Great Loss. A despatch from Naauwpoort says: mine district that one of their minesâ€"i the \Vorthingtonâ€"has turned out to: be a, bonanzi, and that the ore being. taken from it is worth {$2,000 per car load in nickel alone, laid down in Hamilton. The Department of Finance is about to issue a. new fourâ€"dollar note. iWinnipeg‘s exhibition dates fixed for July 29 and Aug. 2. There are now 10% men employed in tlhe Kingston locomotive works. Trooper Mulloy, the blind hero of Winchester, has been paid 21 gratuity of $1,000 from the Patriotic Fund. ‘All the schools and churches have been closed in Botsford district, New Brunswick, to prevent the spread of smallpox. Mir. N. E. Frawes, F.G..S., a South are African expert, confirms Mr. Blue‘s‘ flheory that diamonds may be found in Northern Ontario. Employes of Griffin‘s pork packing establishment at “’iiinipeg killed 7.30 pigs in 8 hours and 15 minutes, are- oord for Western Canada. GREAT BRITAIN. Twenty-two- fishermen have drowned from Shetland bouts. B‘ussian railways are large quantities of Cardiff coal. been The Cheque Bank of London, Eng- Slate, India. land, is geing 1111.0 voluntary liquida- lion. Lord Edward Cecil is credited with the intention of writing a book on the siege of Mafcking. .Inrd William George Armstrong, inventor of the Armsiiong gun and a writer upon electrical and scientific topics, is dead. years. Toronto, Dec. 31.â€"Dressed hogs on Joseph and Jacob Davidson, two the street to-day were unchanged at brothers, killed Henry 100x and $7.40 to $7.75. Car lots, on track “mes telegraph that scarcely any â€"-Gen. Delisle has severely defeated Cape colonists have joined the invad- ‘ Hertmg’s Commando elghteen miles purchasing piu-gue in 18025, 23,000 deaths from the wounded Joseph Plan/ti, abystander, in a shooting affray at Carbondale, lTIL, and after arunning fight with japosse were both wounded and capâ€" tured. Judge Baker of Indianapolis, in commenting upon the increase of ‘lynlclhiingg before ajury, said that in view of this state of affairs the old legal preempt Might be reconstructâ€" _ed to read; “Better t'hat 99 innocent lbe found guilty than one guilty man I escape.” ’ GENERAL. The Czar is entirely well. Edmund Barton will be the first, ‘Premier of Australia. 5 The steamer Mariposa, from Sydney for San Francisco, has 200,000 sove- lrL’LgllS on board. ! Governor McCailum 0f Newfound- ilund is forming avolunteer force of lrifles to numiber 600 men. The Albanian peasant rising in Tur- k; is spreading and the Sultan has diruc-ied that no quarter shall be i given. Since the appearance of the bubonic disease have occurred in. the Mysore, The Government of New Zoalund will send drafts to fill var-uncles in 0.1: cwningont in South Africa, and 11:11 additional fierce of mounted men. This wipe-ooâ€"Cuiro telegraph line is 'lllJ'\V in: operation [0 a point 50 miles inuth off Katihnga, which is 1,300 miles from the Coupe, auid 100 miles beyound 01118 southern: line of Lake Tangan-’ The Canadian exhibits at Paris have yika_ By me terms of the contract of been Shiiqu1 W- Glasgow, .where will ocoup)‘ 25000 h‘nunre feet fit the May Exhibition. UNITED STATUS Gran»: Rapids, Mich, offer .g Kruger the fre-dom. of the city. l .1 "I they _ '1899 uhe line must be finished within of Space five years of Uhfl‘t date. .â€"_.__.._ “‘OODE N MATCHES. Sw den 81nd N.rway expor. 20,0o0 inns 0f wooden mauo‘hes ayear. 1 here, were quoted firm at $7.10 bid for mixed lots. Provisions continue in good demand at firm prices. Quotations for provisions are as follows ;â€"Dry salted shoulders, 8c; long clear bacon, loose, in car lots, 100; and in case lots, 101-4 to 101-2c; short cut pork, $19.50 to $20; heavy mess, $17.50 to $18. Smoked meatsâ€"Hams, heavy, 12c, medium, 121-2 to 131â€"20; light, 131â€"2c; breakfast bacon, 13 to 131-2c; picnic hams, 10c; roll bacon, 11c; smokâ€" ed backs, 13c. All meats out of pickle 1c less than prices quoted for smoked meats. Lardâ€"Tierces, 100; tubs, 10 to 10 1-4c; pails, 101-4 to 101-2c. Chicago, Dec, 31.â€"December closed 10 lower. January a shade higher, and May unchanged. Oats closed unchanged. Provisions at the close were 2 1-2 to, 7 1-20 lower. Minneapolis, Dec. 31.â€"\Vheat Cash 72 l»2c; May, 73 3-4c; July, 750. On track, No. 1 hard, 74 1â€"4c; No. 1 Norihern, 72 lwle; No. 2 Northern, 68 3-4 to 69 1-4c. Flourâ€"First pat- e-IllS, $1; second patents, $3.90; first clears. $2.80 to $2.90; second clears, $1.90 to $2. Bran higher; in bulk, $11.75 to $12. Duluth. Dec. 31,â€"thatâ€"Cush, hard, 72 7-8c; No. 1 Northern, 70 7-8c; N0. 2 Northern, 61 1â€"2 to 66 1-20; No. 3 spring, 52 1-2 to 59 1-20; to arrive, No. 1 hard, 73 1-2c; No. lNorthern, 71 1-2c; December, 70 7-8c; May, 75c. Cornâ€"33 1-20. Outsâ€"~24 3-4 to 24 1-2c. Buffalo, Dec. 31.â€"Flour â€"- Dull. Wheatâ€"Spring, LTO- 1 hard, carloads, old, 83 3~4c; No. 1 Northern, old, carlmds, 80 3-40; winter, no offerings of spot; No. 2 red closing steady; No. 2 red, 77c; mixed, 760; No. 1 white, 75c bid, on track. Cornâ€"Easier; No. 2 yellow, 410. No. 3 do, 40 3-4e; No. 2 com. 40 1â€"4 to 40 1-20; No. 3 do.,40c, corn! ers. ___¢._.__ FALSEHOODS FROM PULPIT. How the Burghers are Deceived by Their Advisers. A. despatch from Pretoria, says:â€" Snnday four troopers who were severe- ly wounded in the course of Gen. French‘s march to Machadodorp, and have since been prisoners in the hands of the Boers, were sent from Ermelo to Grobelaar’s farm, three miles dis- tant, where they .were met and brought into camp on an ambulance. The men state that they were well treated. Dr. Everard, who accom- panied them, reports that food is very source at Ermelo, All the flour, sugar, and coffee is finished, and the sup- resicents are kept utterly in the dark as to what takes place outside Ermelo. The Dutch minister. last Sunday in- formed them from the pulpit that Queen Victoria was dead, {\Vet had crossed into Cape Colony and iwas carrying everything before him, and that Mr. Kruger was returning vention, Gen. Louis Botha with his staff paid them a Visit a few days' ago, and seemed inclined to advocate‘ peace. -â€"_..__-â€" HORRIBLE BRUTALITY. .._. Greek (hurl-h Set on Fire and Worship [K‘IS linrncd In Death. A despatch from New York, says; â€"A telegram from Saloniea says a body of Bashiâ€"Bazouks surrounded a. Greek church in Albahi and after smashing the windows set fire to the edifice. When the worshippers tried to escape they were driven back into the flames, and twenty were burned to death. Many of the Christians were wounded by steam and knives. plies consmt of. meat and mealies. The| that De I from Europe, having arranged inler-, , 'River and Vaal River Colonies west of De Aar, and has driven them 'towards Prieska. He captured a 'numbcir of waggons, and released the [Cape police who were captured at Philips'town. i Gen. Gwenfell has turned back Kril- zinger’s commando toward Venter- stad. Both sections of the raiders are in a. desperate plight, and it is probable that they will never be able to return to the Orange River Colonies. They have received little accession in strength from colonial Dutch. The invasion will probably be a complete failure. It is held here that the rapid movement of British forces, which has brought about Lliis result, reflects the greatest credit on the army. : â€"â€"â€"oâ€" 1' our 012 FIGHTING ZONE. 1 -2 [All British officers Must Remove Their Families- ! A despatch from Cape Town, says:â€" Gen. Kitchener is informing the of- ficers who brought their families and and established homes in the Orange that thug. are still in : o'ivl- silrvjcu and that their families must not be stationed within the fighting zone. HELD UP A TRAIN. .â€" Reinforeements Arrived and Boers Were Driven Off. 1A despatch from London, says :â€"Loro Kitchener telegraphs that the Boers held up a train three miles west of Pan station, below Kimberley, on Wednesday. RchfO‘rCf‘ments arrived and the Boers were driven off. They lost one killed and seven wounded. Our lo“ was on. killed and four wounded. the