ROSSLAND EVENING RECORD,.MARCH :26;, 1900.

TO LABOR SITUATION.
5

tee
Trail Creek -.
Liberal-Conservative
Association.

$~~~ NOTICE—~~-&

There will be a Meeting of Luiberal-
Conservatives, on Monday 2nd
April, at 8 p. m:, in Dominion Hall,

. for the purpose of electing delegates to meet
other delegates from Trail and the towns of
“the Boundary country, to nominate a candi-
date for the Rossland Riding of West aaa

The membership Roll of.above association will ‘remain open in
the office of Messrs. J. B. Johnson & Co., ull date: fof meeting,
and only those whose names appear on Roll will be entitled to
vote at said meeting . . . + - siege tt

All Liberal-Conservatives are recaeted to call
; -and sign the roll at an early date.
W. WYLLIE, JOHNSTON, Sec.

Maan Mectlug of All Unions Called for
This Evening.

The labor situation at the mines
will be the subject of a mass meet-+
ing at the Miners’ Union hall to-
night, at which Hon. Smith Curtis
and Ralph Smith, M.P.P., — will
speak. It has been called by the
executive committee of the Trades
and Labor Council and will include
all members of organized labor.
Only those who can show union
cards will be admitted.

R. C. Clute, the Dominion labor
commissioner, will arrive tonight,
but will probably be too late to take
part in the meeting.

New information Against Allan.
The hearing of the charge against
Percy M. Allan was adjourned this
ing until Wednesd ¢

a new information having ‘been
made against ‘him by L, Craig, act-
ing manager of the Merchants Bank
ot Halifax. ‘This information al-
leges that on March goth he, *‘un-
lawfully and with intent to“defraud”
made a false entry in the cash book
of $750 as the amount of deferred
notes and $1116.40 as the amount
of silver in his hands as clerk . tor
the bank.

ROBRETS RESTORING PEACE

(Continued from First page).

was made, and ordered thecharge be-
cause he thought too much time had
been occupied in firing on the Boer
position; that ‘the. brigadier, after
expressing regret that the charge
had taken place, which he said was
not intended, expressed sympathy
at the loss of so many Canadians,
but congratulated them on their
fine fighting qualities.

eS
DE LEGATES TO SEEK MEDIATION

A Boer Predicts Long Siege of Pretoria
and Guerrilia War.

THE BIG" STORE. & Bes

BRING HIM TO THIS STORE,

Natty, Jaunty Suits ia won-
derful array,

that will 1 please him in Style and Fit as it will you
seeeesin Price......

‘By Associated Press.

New York, March 26.—A rela-
tive of President Kruger, a Boer
now in London, whose name is not
mentioned, has given an interview
to the Herald) correspondent in
which he says that delegates from
President Kruger are now hastening
to.Berlin and Brussels and from
there’ will come, to the United
States. They will, bring a proposi-
tion from: President...Kruger to
President McKinley.

‘They reduce insurance; give your
home or business place a brighter
appe:

fhany ways:

its expensive and
D re) ’t Bu if n Oi i I: coect Vette an daaaeaie
will fil
n rhlcatted

+» Cheaper to

Use Electric Lights

Steam Fixtnres carried in stock.

ney in

Estimates furnished for Wiring and Lighting,

Electric Power supplied for Mining and: Manufacturing purposes.

Itis much cheaper than steam. Motors for sale or rent.

€27-In case of trouble with lights, telephone No. €7, between Ba. m., ‘and 6 p.m.

Rossland ‘Water and Light Go.

The London Boer said that there

was not the least danger of his
courtrymen destroying the mines.
Referring... to’. Montague .. White's
on this subject in Wash-

ducements for a short :time. by

suspension of te initiation fee.
All the......5. :

Rossland Magazines. is ;
Athletic..

Club...
<2

and Periodicals

Excellent accommodations for
permanent and temporary board
and chambers; $36 to $40 per
month. For particulars apply to
CHARLES E, BENN,
Charles Webster, Steward.

Offers special membership in-"

Secretary.

Katie D. Green G. M.
and D. Co., Ltd.

NON-PERSONAL LIABI LITY. *.

Property situated on North Fork Salmon
River, Erie District, B. C: ‘

FOR DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES, ONLY.
Fifty thousand shares of the Company's Treasury Stock i is now
offered to the public at ~*-

7 1-2 Cents per Share,

and can be had on application to _
22 Columbia Aveuue, GEORGE H. GREEN,
Rossland, B. C. - Sec-Treasurer.

CUNLIFFE & ABLETT,

ENGINEERS AND MACHINISTS.

All classes of Repairs and Construction Work Undertaken.

Ore Cars, ‘Wheels and Axles, Buckets, Fans, Shatting, Hangers and Pullers, pipe work

a wpecialty.  Northéy Pamps kept th stock. Agents for Win. Hamiilto

Co.'s Mills, Concentrators, Etc.
Third Avenue, Rossland. avitheed

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CONNECTIONS:

bees me "Sunday. ROSSLAND.

E TRAINS
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PACIFIC Ky.

“ne c. P..R. Patriotic Fund.
.The employes of the C.,P. R.
have organized a committee to raise
a voluntary subscription to the Can-
adian Patriotic fund, of which M.
E. Wilkinson of Vancouver is ‘hon-
orary secretary. For this purpose
printed blanks are being distributed
aleng the whole line, on which the
employes can, if they wish, give an
order on the paymaster to deduct
one-half of one day’s pay for the
fund. “This makes the subscription
prorata-and ensures its being vol-
untary. -
Banker HIM Mill Soon to Start.
George Monk, one of’ the owners
of the Bunker Hilt mine.in thé
Pend d’Oreille country, who ar-
rived in town Saturday, says that
the 10-stamp mill on which his com-
pany has been at work all winter,
wil be in operation in about three
weeks, and that the stoping of ore:
will then begin. ;
_Kouvise Brenany Coming. :
H. M. Hanaford is in the city
representing the Louise Brehany
ballad and opera concert company,
isin the city. The company will
appear shortly.

MIN OR MENTION.

j.A. Morrison left for Sherbrooke,
Que., this morning.
Richard Clemas and R. E. Boas
left for New York this morning.
William Ross went to Seattle by
the Red Mountain road this ‘morn-.
ing.

Daniel H. Beecher
Forks is in the city.

came to town on Sunday.”
Among the Trail citizens doing

Frank Brown,

KOOTENAY COUNTRY,

Hat, (daily), for St.. Paul; Sunda:
Pass MW Wcduestiays for ‘orgnto; Fridays “or
on.

€2r-Same Cars pass Herelstoke one day carer

LEA ARRIVE,
Sunday aad as

George Houghton and N. Binns. |

BUSINESS LOCALS.

druff cure.
No more hair
from any human being.
the scalp as white as snow.
to any address. Price, $1.50, $:
and 50 cents.

falling ou

:|'from a military point of view, un-

,| territory, a sort of desert, which ‘is

of Grand

J. Finucane of Greenwood

business in Rossland today were
Allan Campbell,

Prof. De Leon’s Electric Dan;
No more bald heads.

It leaves
Sent

Lent keepers and fish eaters may

ington, he said: ae “They- were to-
tally unauthorized:. He had abso-
lutely-no right to say anything | of
the kind, and what he has said has
given a false, harmful impression<”
‘The Boer was asked as to the
present status of the: war, and re-
plied: | ‘‘We recognize now that the
British forces have come in such
overwhelming numbers that the war
for us has reached a very critical
period. ‘That is why we have hur-
ried our delegates over here.”

Asked what Presigent .Kruger
meant by his famous remark.con-
cerning ‘‘the blow that would stag-
gec humanity,” he answered:
“The president meant.that the
loss of life would be stupendous.

INTERNATIONAL

MUSIC HALL.

WEEK OF MARCH 26, 1900.

Zinn and Cassidy's Second Act Musical Satire,

“Satan's Sorrows”

A budget of idiotic ideas, founded on the Corelli Novelette.

New Vitascope Plctrues——Hathinka In Novelties,

to make "My "Lasses Cand: ”
Francls Hewitt, “St sassiess2sans varckyiia Sing"

Pretty Music, Shecwise Maids, Funny Situations, etc.
22223: 3 ¢ Satan in street attire on a Rossland visit,

Admission the same. Gott gavé the queen.

Pretoria has strong fortifi
around it, built on the most modern
principles. « To take these forts will
be well-nigh impossible.”
*sDo you. regard the’ prospects of
along siege of Johannesburg and
Pretoria as likely?”
“Johannesburg,” he replied, ‘‘is,

}tenable. ..We would not think it ad-
‘visable-to sustain as long a siege of

the papers here, and yet let me - tell
you, and bear it in mind, the Boers
will never give up. They will, when
pressed, go north into. their own

full of brushwood which. furnishes
endless shelter. We know, that in-
tricate country well. We have been
in the habit of going there every
year for sporting purposes. ~In the
meantime, we have made: all. ar-
rangements to blow up every. bridge
along the railroad.”
Ma For Saue—A mideral paint claim.
Address R. 5S. Pool, Pioneerville,
Idaho.’ tf
‘The International -

tonight will offer another strong bill

burlesque being a parody on ‘The
Greek Slave,” the big English suc-
ess: Hewitt and. Wansor, Kitty

Lots iu the Original Townsite

ROSS_THOMPSON.....10

-I have the following blocks i in, the mkt’ companies for :ale:
Zureka Ci ig Star,
Silverine, R.E. Lee, Bodie, sii North Star and ZilaM

d,B.¢

Reddin. Jack Co, Agents,

Pretoria as has been suggested. in'||

of burlesque and ‘vaudeville, the ,

——THE—-

ROSSLAND DRUG
COMPANY.

NEXT TO OLD CITY HALL, COLUMBIA AVENUE.

New and Complete Stock of Drugs,
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Prescriptions Carefully Gompounded.
- Robert E. Strong, Manager.

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you. 6, NO 36.

ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1900

PRICE 5 CENTS

Alarm Clocks!

We have just received three cases of 8U.
RISE and MUST-GET-UP Alarm Clocks. ql

They are the Best made, and we guarantee every one,

J. W. SPRING,

Next to Postoffice. The Leading Watchmaker and Jeweler

IN GONFERENGE

Mine Managers and Miners Meet with
Mediators.

TO SETTLE THE QUESTION

(In Everybody’s Mouth!.

:3 We::”
Recommend
Ey our Antiseptic Tooth Powder, It
the mouth “All the standard Atzere
can, English and anne h
parations in stoc!

Goodeve Bros., Druggists & Stationers

writ PAYS to “deat with Goodeve Bros.

Goodeve’s Tooth

Bras shee lish and
ly the nglish a
ese) Brughes, 80 that zou can rely
French eeaiine, flexible brittle that
elt ot break or come out

Otte Qnd Ralph Smith Bring
Together the Parties to the Labor Question
—The Union Meeting Opposes individual
Contracts. :

A conference is taking place at
the offices of the B. A. C. this after-
noon, in which the question of con-
tract .work at the mines is being:|-

sented by Bernard MacDonald, the

and: Hon.T. Mayne
Daly, its solicitor; the- “War Eagle
and Centre Star -by E. B. Kirby,

$3.50=

Men’siin Box Calf and Wil-

low Calf Laced Shoes. Good-
year Welt.

C. 0. LALONDE, | The Reliable Foot-Fitter.

——...

ger, and.A..C, Galt,
solicitor; the miners’ union by James
Devine, secretary, and Chris Foley.
R. C. Clute, the Dominion labor

P.P., are preseht us mediators, Mr.-
Clute having arrived from Nelson
on the noon train.

The conference was ed for
2o'clock, but was adjourned” till
3:30.

Latest in

Footwear

E (ra have just received a nobby line of BOOTS and SHOES

£ from somé of the leading firms in the U. S., and in

fe = Canada, They include all the Newest Shapes in Black and .

fz Tans, ranging in price from $3.50 up, and lined with ‘‘chrome” ‘
all through. This new kind of lining is strictly waterproof, -

M. J.. O’HEARN,

The Busy Store at the Busy Corner. ~. . «THE CLOTHIER.

the. necha

The ing of union labor at
Miners’. uoion hall filled the room
to the doors, James Devine stated
the facts of the situation from his
point of view andChris Foley follow-
ed,saying that‘the contract system,
without certain limitations, would
not benefit the men.. Two members
of the carpenters’ union and one of

The B.A. C. is repre-|-

commissioner, and Ralph Smith, M. |'

SITUATION

+, By Amoctated Press.
Maseru, d, Mond

TAKEN AND
LOST AGAIN
Boers Prove Too Strong

for Col. Pilcher’s
Detachment.

Boers in Force at Biggarsburg---
Kaffirs Digging Trenches
at Johannesburg.

IN NATAL

made on the Boer forces in Natal.

March 26.—A small British torce
commanded by Col. Pilchér entered
| Eadybrand today, after driving in
the Boer o1 A

G is Botha and Meyer have
been joined by their wives. General
Botha denies the reports that Trans-
Vaal women were ded in the

TREATYAGREED TO

Chins HasAcquiesced in Conditions De-
manded by the Powers,

ALL NATIONS TO BE EQUAL

Spheres of Influence Not to Affect Treaty
Ports—Chinese Tariff to Be Paid—Harbor
Dues’ and Railroad Rates to Be qual
to ALL

By Associated Press,
Washington, March 27.—Secre-
tary Hay submitted today to Con-
gress the correspondence had with

the gov of other
respecting the maintenance of an
“open ‘door’ in China. The cor-
respondence began on September
6 last, and March zo marked the

| successful completion of the under-

taking. The nations addressed
on this subject by the United States,
'were Great Britain, France, Ger-
many, Russia, Italy and Japan.
The specific propositions in which
the acquiescence of the other pow-
ers was desired, and eventually

btained. 1

body of Boers then attacked the
| Britisli; who retired after capturing
the landrost. The British had
three men wounded and the Boers
had’ eight? men wounded slightly.
It is understood that the Boers‘ure
trying” to ‘check the British, while
their convoy of wagons pushes on
to Senckal?

Frepa:

| Teed

gto Abandon Natal -
th, arch. a7 Iti is re-

unign 1
the ‘individual contract system and|
urged that a contract price should
be arranged with the union.

Ralph Smith, M.P.P., announced
that he had arranged for 9 confer-
ence this afterndon. He advised”
every reasonable. concession that
could lead to'a:settlement, but con-
sidered it out “of the question to get
the eight -hour law's Set aside. As to

fF EWERT BROS

CAD.
JEWELERS &
ENGRAVERS.

| <>
FINE WATCH REPAIRING.

CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY
TIME-PIECE INSPECTORS.

| all. contracts.

the system, he ‘advocated
not that every individual miver
should go to the boss and make a
private contract to take out. rock,

but that proper prices for ng

in their entrenched positions at the
Biggarsburg, and itis added that
their transport trains are’ packed at
Newcastle in readiness to facilitate
their retreat, in case- necessity
should require such a step. ~

A Beconnalssance Made.
London, March 27.—Reconnais-
sances of slight importance continu-
to be the only feature of the war in
South Africa. Lord Roberts wires
to the war office as follows:
“Bloemfontein, March 26.—Cap-

rock should,sp far as was practica-
ble, be considered by the union and
d to the: which.
‘prices were to serve asa basis for
This, Mr. - Smith
contended, would make the recog-
‘nition of the union a necessity. He
could not see how the. management
could object. Coal miners had such
arrangements the world over. He
urged mutual concession. and the

ny of al Prop
tions until an agreement was
reached. :

The lowing .

was

Houston, ‘Katinka and the vi p
appear in the olio, also Cassidy and
Pearl, who make their last ap-
pearance this week, as they go to

they have made should show their
t | appreciation by attending. :

O4+9~23< DEI 30

The Arlington.

Cape Nome,'and the many friends‘

THE LEADING HOTEL AT TRAIL

ean Headquarters for.-Commer-

ial Men. Splendid Sample Rooms. .
loexckunien 7 ABLE. ToHN Haverty, Proprietor.

——HOUDE'S

c-8

ed

'P, BURNS & CO.

WHOLESALE MARKETS
Nelson, S Gr d,

Grand Forks, and Vancouver.

Rossland,

RETAIL MARKETS
Trail, Nelson, Ymir, Kaslo, Sandon,
G Denver, Silverton, -Cascade City, Grand Forks,
reenwood, Phoenix, Midway, Camp McKinney, Revelstoke
Ferguson, and Vancouver.

Rossland, New

passed i 3

“Resolved, That all classes of
labor should stand by each other in
the present condition of affairs un-
der any circumstances.”

A résolution of thanks to Mr.
Smith was also adopted.

Paris Exposition Opens April 14,
By Associated Press,

Paris, March 27.—At a cabinet

council today, M. Loubet presiding,

tain SI Stanley, of the 16th
Lancers, was slightly wounded in
an affair of outposts north of Mod-
der river March 25.”

This bare statement is all that
comes from the commander-in-
chief. ae
An Affair of Ontposts.

Bh f .

A di: from

_ ‘)March 25, at W:
>, chase ensued.

ported that the Boers ‘are _ massing |"

Tugela h G 1 Buller has
sent the Boers a list of their wound-
ed, stating that he buried 60, men.
General Botha says this is impossi-
ble, as his rolls do not show any
such loss.”

A Ladysmith special says:

‘Boer patrols endeavored to trap
a’ party of the 13th Hussars on
hbank. A hot

were as

1. That each, within its ‘sphere
of influence” or leased territory in
China, should pledge itself not in
any way to interfere with any treaty
port or vested right within the
“sphere” or territory under lease.

2. That inall ports within the
“spheres of influence” except free
ports, all merchandise landed or

, Several Boers were,
won jed:”?

The same dispatch says:

“A printed document has been
found, giving the Boer losses: at
Spion’Kop at 2500, but this can
scarcely be credited.”

ut. Heavy Hams Flood Rivers,
‘“Advices from Cape Town say?.

“Rains are tl

hipped, irrespective of nationality,
shall pay the Chinese treaty, ‘tariff
for the time being ‘and the duties
shall -be paid to the Chinese govern-
ment,

3 That, regarding imports in
the ‘‘spheres of influence,” the gov-
ernment controlling that sphere will
levy no greater harbor duties on
vessels of any nationality, and that
on railtoads built, controlled or

South Africa and rivers which | have
been dry for years aye being flood-
ed. Many camps are ‘med

1 within these ‘spheres,”
the citizens of other nationalities
shall pay no higher charges for

into swamps. This will still. more
militate against an immediate Brit-
ish advance.

‘Typhoid Among Boer Prisoners. _

“Sickness among the Boer Prison-

Pp handise than
are paid by the citizens of the pow-
ers controlling such “spheres.”

The powers making the demand
were Great Britain, Russia, Ger-
many, France, Italy, Japan and the
United States.

tation o|

ers on the transports. is ig.
Four deaths occurred. March 16.
The bodies were buried by the Brit-
ish with the Transvaal flag on the
coffins,the leading Dutgh of Simons-

“dated Monday March 26° and pub-
lished in the second edition of the

town ding the funeral. Typhoid
fever alone claims one hundred vic-
tims among the. prisoners and the

Times, amplifies Lord Roberts’ dis-
patch as follows:

“A cavalry reconnaissance was
made y d Brandfort.
The 16th Lancers, by skirmishing,
drew the Boers from their’ position
inth the open, when the gth ‘Lancers
attempted to outflank the enemy,
while they were engaged from the
front by a dismounted section of the
16th Lancers. The casualties were
reported to be few.”

Preter Farming to Fighting.
A dispatch.from Maseru, Basuto-
land, dated March 26, says:
“‘The Basutoland government is
busy collecting natives to be em-

it was decided to

ployed at Bi in in repairing

population of Si fear an
epidemic.

Dutch Copperheads Meet.

*,A meeting of the bund was held
at Perl March 26, and was attended
by several members of the Cape as-
sembly. It passed resolutions re-
gretting that the Cape govern ment
was not consulted before the war,
and declaring thgt any settlement
which did not respect the indepen-
dence of the republics would be det-
rimental to the highest interests of
the British empire. Mr. Hargrove,

POWERS A

‘KoBe Tried for Conspiracy to MIM
Governor Goebel,

By Associated Press,
Frankfort, Ky., March 27.—
Judge Moore today ordered Secre-~
tary of State Powers held for the
grand jury without bail. The
judge said that, in his opinion,
Powers had not firedthe shot, but
had been connected with the con-
spiricy to kill Governor Goebel.

WARLIKE ACK BY RUSSIA

She Sends Fleets to Chemulpo to Ex-
tort Concessionsof Land.

By Associated Press.
Yokohama, March 27.--A Rus-
sian squadron has arrived at Chem-
ulpo. Itis believed this presages

ad dfora sf of land

the chief speaker, prophesied anoth-
er war within six years unless inde-
pendence was granted, and Assem-

blyman Maris characterized the

at Masango, and it is arousing un-
easy comments in Japan.

EQUIPPED WITH
Pullman Palace Cars, Elegant Din-

ate the Paris exposition on Sature |
day, April 14. “-

and laying railroads. The natives

"Momiag ain for for and from Robson, Ne
report that the Free Staters on the

Sandon and Slocat
points, connects for all points in

regale ‘themselves on the lovely William Donald, Mgr., Rossland Branch. war as a continuation of the Jame- | FIERCE BATTLE WITH BOXERS,

ing Cars, Modern Day Coaches,
Tourist Sleeping Cars.

Through tiekets to all points in the United wearer
fo nate to all parts of the world.
Btganehip o china and Japan via Tacoma
TekG Northern Pacific Sreamahip Co.
rains depart from Spokane a2 follows:
‘Westbound, at 9:65 p.m., daily.
No: } Waatbound, at 7:20 amiss daily. °

—_—_
information’ time, cards, map
Ee {fad flokets AnD, tga agents of the

EB. We Rutt; Agt: R.-M--Rys”
~~ Resstand, BO. bicnAbe

L, General Agent, Spokane,
se D OHARLTON,
Asst. et Pass Agt., Portland, Ore.

BOUNDARY COl COUNTRY.
Hours, ROSSLAND TO
NE

local agent, 01

Ww. E Anderson, T. P. A., Nel:

THE BOUNDARY

ELSON.... ...-

For rates and fall information, address the

A.B. Mackenzie. City Ticket Aat.
a.

E, J..Coyle, A. G. RA, Taetouvers B. c

mountain trout received every
Thursday at O. M. Fox & Co’s.
Take notice, we also have a full line
of smoked and salt fish. tf

For the best, cleanest and cheap-"
est coal, call or phone Martin Bros.
Rubbers,

overshoes, boots and

children.
American goods, at Lalonde’s.

Look—Cleaning,

Washington
Cleaning. ..works.

fine footwear for men, women dnd
The best Canadian and

pressing and
dyeing done on short notice at the
Street Dyeing and

) is the number of the

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PHONE,

Let us figure on your
Job Printing

Straight Cut
Cigarettes.

. MANUFACTURED BY

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Are Better than the Best.

WHOLESALE AT

Mrs, Currie, prop.

Telephone: 128. |
: tf

€ Crow & Morris, Rosslat® ?
eo~2> : —: 8

QUICK WORK [Max
« Red Star Storage & Transfer a.

E ves a ening Btoraxe and Transfer business,

1 ae a wl ail trains.

2 SELL GOOD, ‘pry, SEASONED WOO:

OGtee: 1 We Hartline, Mar.

Washingt 8t., opposite Bank of Montreal.

MINOR MENTION.

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Stingley
will leave tomorrow for Greenwood
where they will make their home.
Mrs. Stingley’s sister, Miss Weis,
will return to Montana.

Closing out—Stock of salt pork
and corned beef at 8 cents per Ib.
in large or small‘lots. Dudgeon &
Cowan, Second avenue, opposite

borders of B: dhave refused
to go to Kroonstadt and are staying
on their farms, It is now the
ploughing season and they are in-
clined to keep their land
rather than give it up and submit.”
Boer reports from Natal show no
developments of importance have
occurred there up to March 23.
Moers Deny Heavy Losses,
Adispatch from the Boer camp

son raid.”

Address to General White

General White was _ presented
with an address by the mayor and
municipal court of Cape Town to-
day, assuring him of their sympathy
in his enforced home-going and de-
claring that the records of the siege
of Ladysmith were among the
brightest annals of the nation. It
is announced that Lord Roberts is

at Glencoe, dated March 23, says:

Cc. P.R. p wer depot. 3-27-6t

“No attack is expected to be

Chinese Troops Fail to Overcome Per=
secutors of Missionaries.
By Associated Press.
Pekin, March 27.—The ‘Boxer’
movement in the north is assuming
alarming proportions. News has
been received here that an indeci-
sive, but fierce, fight has taken
place between the Boxers and the
imperial troops at Yen Chiu, prov-
ince of Chi Li. Each force num-
bered about 1500 men and there

(Continued on Fourth page.)

were heavy casualties on bothsides,