“ROSSLAND EV#NING RECORD, MARCH 3, 19%0. Don’t Burn They reduce insurance; give your a ori Bs iIness place a brighter appear: you y neney in its expenalve and di meaning of the trouble ant caus, te att ss. You w Oil Use Electric Lights Estimates furnished for Wirlng and Lighting, * Steam Fixtures carried in stock. Electric Power supplied for Mining and Manufacturing purposes. Itis much cheaper than steam. Motors for sale or rent. bn case of trouble: itn lights. igeutone No. o Petween 8a m.,and6 p.m. Pm. 108, bet Rossland Water and Light Go. will find ry ant me re pleasant cand nu mi rath Extension. “A. G, Creelman. CREELMAN & BEAM, co NTRACTORS & BUILDELRS. Estimates (yrished on all ings, on all kinds of works Job- bing promptly attended to. Office and shop: Commercial Gour rear Alham 35. rahotel, P.O, Box George Beam | FOR RENT. Office on first floor Burns’ Block. “FOR SALE. Large Warehouse sn center of town, Rolt & Grogan Office and rooms on second floor Burns’ Block. for the Prineipal Points. tariffs of the Columbia & Western dD: house, furnished througbuut, good locality. splendid business opportunity. W. H. FALDING, : Accountant, Insurance . and Mining Agent and Auctioneer. Manager Rossland Opera House. AGENT: Sun Life Assurance Co., of Canada. The Canada Accident Assurance Co., Accident, Liability and Plate Glass.) Hotel and Saloon on Second Arentie: —A extension to the Boundary country have been received here by Mr.:Mc- Arthur, the local agent. The .pas- Plumbing Shop. Spokane Street, opp. Burns’ market. Clay Pipe and Fittings for Chimneys. Satiitary Plumbing a . Specialty. Telephone No. 27. P.O. Box a7 & Sale Stables. Le Roi Livery, Feed)’ senger rates are reduced about one- thirdas compared with thosecharged by the construction department. The reduction in freight rates for the various classes.ranges from: one- third’ to one-half the, former rates. The changes in freight rates from Rossland. to Gzand.. Forks ,and Greenwood are shown ia the follow- ing table, the. figures. alee aad cents: 6 56) 6 a Pere a 8 The ¢ el anges tae Passenger -rates from Rossland are shown in the fol- ANADIAN 7. “PACIFIC KAY. SOO LINE. The direct route from KOOTENAY COUNTRY, to all points EAST.AND WEST. First- -chass Sleepers on all trains from Revelstoke and Koot y Landing. ee TOURIST CARS Pass Medicine Hat, (daily), for St, Paul; Sundays and Wednesdays for to; Fridays f enna for Toronto; F ‘nidays for "Same Cars mae Revelstoke one day carder CONNECTIONS: rave x. Sunda ea aay 4 a au for and from Robson, Nem - son, an aslo, Sandon and sl points, connects for all points in THE BOUN DARY COUNTRY. Evening train for and fron! Ro son, Nee son main Jine at its Grcept Sunda). fom Kaslo, ‘Sandon, Sie lucan, and all points In ...... ..s.eseseee BOUNDARY ‘COUNTRY. Hours, ROSSLAND TO sseeeeeNELSON.... J.0. For rates and full information, address the rest local agen! A. B. Mackenzie, City, "Ticket Agt. A. C. McArthur, Agent, Rossland. W. E. Anderson, T. P, A., Nelson, B.C. E, J. Coyle, A.G. P, A., Vancouver, B, C THE FAST LINE TO ALL POINTS. - THE, DINING CAR ROUTE VIA - YELLOWSTONE PARK, SAFEST AND BEST. SOLID VESTIBULE TRAINS EQUIPPED WITH Pullman Palace Cars, Elegant Din- ing Cars, Modern Day Ccaches, Tourist Sleeping Cars. Through teksts (2 all points in the United and Canada, JOHN PF. L Se ‘OR Heavy Piencteirtia: First-class Saddle & Pack Horses. TABLES: Commercia! Alley. “Phone No. 39. Postoftice Box 16. sewnae FOR THE...... Ghoicest Wines, Liquors and Gigars, - CALL ON JERRY SPELLMAN, Rossland Hotel Cor. Columbia Avenue and Spokane Street. lowing table: NEW Grand Forks $4 95 Greenwood . . 61 Cascade. 4 eataiers 430 Boys’ suits $2.60 and up, Hol- stead’ & Wright's. NEW PEWS NEABLY FINISHED. Church by Home Industry. " The new pews in the. Methodist church will be completed next ‘week and will greatly improve the ‘ap- pearance of the building, besides adding to the comfort pf the cop- Seated Butte Hotel. Columbia Ave., weat, — HEADQUARTERS FoR MINERS Bar stocked with Choicest Wines: Liguors and Cigars, FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT in connection. Thomas Shanks, Proprietor. CLASSIFIED. Advertisements under this head ted gate of One Cent a Word. "Nothing ‘Vaken fe Jess than 25 cents, Stx insertions, $1.00. gr There will be 470 feet of pews, sufficient to seat 350 per- sons. The backs are of cedar, the seats of fir and the ends of cedar with fir paneis, The backs are 22 inches high.with a good slope and the seats are 16.inches wide. Each pew has a book-rack in front anda hat-rail underneath. dace The news were made by Rossland carpenters, and are a credit to their workmanship. RATES ARE DOWN Reduction on the Columbia & Western ONE-THIRD TO ONE-HALF The 0. P, B. Cuts Freight Rates 50 Per Gent on Some Olasses and Passenger Rates 33 " Por ent All Along the Line—The Figures The new Passenger and freight o {man who had thought it all out, GAME fO THE LAST Continued from First Page. badly wounded men. The ‘soldiers crowded around these last, covering them with blankets or mackintoshes, propping their heads with saddles for pillows, and giving them water and biscuits from. their haversacks and bottles. Anger had turned to peace in'an instant. The desire to kill was gone. The desire to com- fort replaced it. A little alert offi- cet came up tome. © Two minutes before, his eyes were bright and joyous with the excitement of the man-hunt. He had galloped a mile, mostly under fire, to bring the reinforcements’ to surround the Boers, ‘Bag the lot, you know.’ He was very sad. ‘There's a. poor boy dying up there, only a boy, and so cold. Who's got a blanket?’ “So the soldiers recovered the Boer wounded and we told the pris- oners that they would be shown courtésy and kindness worthy of CIGARS! Finest Im- ported and Domestic Cigars Pipes, and all kinds of Chewing | and Smoking’ Tobacco. at... SHAW'S ¥ subject, “Changed Into | -Another Man.” ase : Salvation “Army — Hallelujah kf holi: brave men and a fz quarrel. The Boer dead were collected and a flag of truce was sent to theenemy’s fying-party at dawn. “I have dften seen men killed in war, thousands at O: Stores elsewhere, black and white, but the Boer dead aroused the most Painful emotions, Here by the rock under which he had: fought lay the field cornet of Heilbronn, Mr, De- mentz, ‘@ gray-haired man of firm aquiline features’ and a_ short beard. The stony face was grimly calm, but it bore the stamp of unalterable resolve, the look of a and was quite certain that his cause was justified and such as a sober citizen might give his life for. Nor was I surprised when the Boer pri- soners told me that Dementz had | ing;-that, when “his left leg was sma shed by a bullet, he had contin- lines to-invite.a burying and identi- |; refused all suggestions of surrender- | = 7,a..m.;_ meet- ing, 10 a. m.;. Junior meeting 11 a. m.; free and easy, 3 o'clock, N OTICE .OF MEETING. Trail Creek Liberal ‘Conserva- tive Association. A meeting will be held on Mon: day the sth inst., at 8 p. m., in the offices of Hector McRae (over Bank of Montreal). All Conservatives are urgently invited to attend. - A..H. MacNett, ~ tes President. W. Wyte Jounston, 3-3-2t Secretary. TENDERS FOR Wood “ Tenders will.be received at once by the under: fo iror tamaracl Iofs, to be delivered tothe tie stating om Wintias McQuany, tt ity Clerk, NoTICE.. ” BSE, HP Light “Company: jatend, on the ‘ ; 7th day of March, 1 iy. for. the'sanct as g load and fire until he bled to atthe. ‘Liatenant-Gov Ee ah council, tee 100 miners Inches of water out teh “ " and, when found, he was Sheep creek.” The proposed points af diversion ‘ ject above the sea pale and bloodless, i _ his | so ‘feet above tye sea, on the. east and west wife's letter in his hands, ranches respective “It could not be denied. that the cavalry had scored a brilliant suc- cess,- Moreover; we had seen the retreating Boers dragging and sup- porting their injured friends from the field and might fairly claim rs knocked out of the fine bag, which wehad to pay scarcely anything for, Two soldiers of the mounted infantry were . killed, one trooper of the imperial light horse slightly wounded, .and one officer, Capt.. Shore—the 23rd. officer of this ded.” regiment hit. during the last. three |": ly. Dated this 2oth ‘day of ny reo ‘MPBELI Witne ¥.G.Asnorr. | Staal ang Dikecir 2+. The NS Ss Waffle Parlor. 34-36 Washington St., ” MEALS in Karnishes he BEST Rossland. ——— CENTS ———— Tickets, 21 Meals, $5.00 84-36 Washington Street. Singing Evangelists Coming. Messrs. Lewtas and Reid,: the singing evangelists, who have just finished a series of meetings at Na- naimo, at which they made 180 con- MISCELLANEOUS, ‘ ee versions, and who are now holding and typist desires at Ri 1. engagement. Record office ‘Rossland. an 3t Twelve hundred dollars takes pair ot freehold houses, three rooms, summer kitchen and pantry. Rented for €30 per month. T. Prest, 26 Columbia avenue. _ TAILORING. ©. SAVARD, Fashionable Merchant Tailor, carries the best assortment of imported and do- mestic goods in Kossland. None but first-class labor employed. Prices moderate, Columbia avenue, Rossland, FOR RENT. FOR RENT—House 85,00; Presi 26 Colombia avenues House 8.02, Te FOR RENT—Five roomed Plastered house, un- furnished, on Spokane rtreet south, Water; good basement. $18 per month. Apply M. W. Simp- son, Columbia avenue, fH 1» will come here the week after next and hold a series of meetings in the Methodist church, .extending over two - ‘or three weeks. : 1B. ©, Scouts Scheme Dead, “The downfall of the Semlin frov- ernment has caused ‘the abandon- ment of the movement started: in Vancouver to organize the B.: C. scouts by popular subscription,’ :.or by the volunteers fuunishing . their own equipment. plications were received by Mayor Garden. FOR SALE. | FOR SALE—House of four rooms and furni- ture complete; $200,, T. Prest, 26 Columbia Ave, FOR SALE—A money-making butcher busi- ness. Owner going away. Small capital required. ‘nrestiente this, T. Prest, 4 Columbia avenue. OR SALE--Fine rooming bi good business oa Colambla avenue. gece Going T. Prest. 26 Columbia aveni Youth's suits, $4.60 and up, Hol- stead & Wright's. —— MINOK MENTION, Hon, C. H. Mackintosh has re- turned from the coast, where he some of the FOR SALE—House and lot, $to00, easy terms! hose and lot, $1500, easy terms. T. Preut, 26 mba avenue. FOR, SA LE—Piastered house and clear title tu lot on Second Avenue, only $500. T. Frest, 26 Columbia Avenue. Steamship focetel to all parts of the world. | FOR SALE— a Tickel te to Chine. and Japun via Tacoma | a business corner at a bargain, Trains depart from Spokane as follows: No. 1 Westbound, at 9:55 p.m.. daily. No. 2 Eastbound, at 7:40 a.m.. daily. For farther juformation’ time, cards, maps and Hoxets, apply tas to agents of the BE. W. Ruff, Agt. R. M. Ry., Rossland, B. C. J. W. HILL, General Agent, Spckane, Wo . D. CHARLTON, Ant, Gen, Pass Agt., Portland, Ore. A five- A five-roomed furnished nouse on Butte St., A four-oomed house on Davis St.; $225. ive-roomed house with all mod: ilk two, lots highly. sete eee Tarnished. at much A sixpomed house ahd ier snith lot partly $150 The, teritare 0 ap good -will of a 37-roomed lodg- Two te sot ground adjoining townsite to the south, $500 €acl Houses for rent. E.N, ounmetTE & CO. « Mining Breker Montreal Snes Bulang, ; exciting scenes in the legislature. - Connor Malott, of the Spokes- man-Review, formerly of the Rxc- ORD, was married at Portland to Miss Edith J. Cameron, of thatcity, ' R. C, Waterson, the former own- er of the White House, left yester dey with his family for Vancouver, where he will take up his residence, Lent keepers and fish eaters may regale themselves on the lovely 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 About. 600: ap- } : jompnce SERVICES TomonRrow ely SIEGE OF MAFEKING RAISED ~ * Continued From First Page. Powell’s house they sang. ‘For he’s aJolly Good Fellow.” it was a weird’ procession for -staid old England. - “Anumber of the Westminster schools demonstrated somewhat HOTEL HOFFMAN, Washingtoa Bireet, Rossland, B, 0. ———e Furnished Roots. First-Class Bar. , Rallrosa a end Miners ee Oheoks ashed, tree of-chi Harry McIntosh - - . Proprietor. similarly in front of the offices. of the Canadian high other colonial agents. -The scenes are said to reproduce somewhat those after the battle of Waterloo. —— and SS Baker Will Hetire. Moving, Raising and Buildings _a Specialty W. C, McDONALD, Contractor and Builder. Estimates given on Contra of Uescriptlon. ann Apply 85 Thompson Avenue. Victoria Colonist. r Lieut.-Col. Baker authorizes the statement that it is his intention to'retire from politics at ‘the close of the Present session, - St. George's Church of England, Rev. J. B. Haslam, locum. tenens. First Sunday in Lent. 1 a. m., ~~ EEE : Eelvate rooms for parties. Booms and Bar ....,. Fresh Oysters in any Style. Game in Season. Business Men’s Lunch, 850. ~ @pen Day and Night. .-in connection Miss K, Swanson, Prop. matins and holy eucharist; Even-" song, 7:30p.m. Week day ser- vices: Wednésday, Evensong, lec- ture on ‘The Reformation,” 8 p. m.;. Thursday, holy communion, 8:30 a. m.; Friday, litany, 7:30 p. m., choir practice, 8 p. m. FE. W. HINSDALE, Also New York Life Iusurance Agency. CUSTOM HOUSE BROKER, © In Custom House building. . Washingion street. Rossland. B.C Methodist — church, Washing- ton street, George H. Morden, pas- tor, Service at 11 a.m. and at 7-30 p.m. Sabbath school and Bible class at 2.30 p.m. Epworth League of Christian Endeavor, Monday at 8p.m. Prayer meeting Wednes- day at 8p.m. Morning subject, Christ Unconcealable,” Evening Subscribe for e Record, 50 Cents per nth. Rossland Record. ~The People’s Paper. Served to Your Tesidence daily, for Fifty cents ; per month. ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1900 .. PRICE § CENTS Every witch sips wit is er ey Ins Inspected and id. guarantee satisfaction in eve Det e ata ate ie! IN b » , » » % » R Y ” , » _———— GOODEVE Drugglsts & Stationers. ow eaernit Protect Yourself” Cination Bhields, Carbolio Acid Gum Camphor, aera ‘Lim ey Copperas, Sulphur, Brimstone, eed Avafetida, ete. . x Disinfectants ‘OF ALL KINDS. BROS, t PAYS to deal with Goodeve Bros. I I I SACRIFICE SALE. We shave yet a big stock of fancy satin and felt Foot Warmers which must. be disposed of. _ To induce buy- rs we are offering.them at COST. “We invite one , and all-to come and look over our stock. . Cc. 0. .ALONDE, The Reliable Foot-Fitter, 7/DRIVING THE BOERS NORTHWARD Brabant Captured the En- trenchments Near Dordrecht. GATACRE IS. ACTIVE He Attacks Stormberg and Finds theEnetny Weakening---Brit- ish Advance. Through Zululand. Boer Position Captured. Dordrecht, Cape. Colony, March 4-—9 a. m.+General Bra- bant’s lonial division, after _a | | SKATING RINK Now ‘OPEN DAILY. _ Sundays, 3:00 to 8:3 0 3:00 to 5:30 p.m. 6:00 to 10:00 p. m. night’s march, is. now attacking the Boers in a strong position at La Buschagne’s Nek, on the road from Dordrecht to.Jamestown. Later—The engagement is pro- ceeding with great vigor, and the Boers are gradually retiring before the British shell fire from their pos- ition., A-heavy rifle fire is being _ SEASON TICKETS will be sold for tite rmsfade? of the season, al the Rink, as follows: Gentlemen, $33... Liadies, $1.50; Children, $1.25. Pee After marching and bi war situation, as gl d from the ‘ over night, the force hed the | corresp at the front: = strong iti which| The Boers are in full retreat from hanging, where the British are engaged the Boers on the right flank, so the Boers have no big guns in: action. Evening—General Brabant’s ad- vance to-day was most satisfactory, The enemy is still in force at Nor- vail ‘Pont bridge. ~ “Gen. ‘Gatacre telegraphs the number. of Boers at Stormberg is daily diminishing. “Col, Baden-Powell ‘reports all well at.Mafeking on February 15th and the éenemy’s activity was being. met everywhere by equal activity on the'part of the defenders. “The position is. unchanged at Ostontein, except that frequent. slowers have materially imp Boers. Speculation as to the direc- tion and method ‘of Gen. Roberts’ advance into the Free State is quite worthless, so carefully are the plans concealed. In Cape Colony, Gens. B and Cl the two horns of the army, while General Gatacre holds the main Boer force in check. Gens. Gatacre and cl 3 will bine and advance on Bloemfontein, with Gen. Brabant guarding the right. flank with the mobile colonials, The will, be. subs to securing a line of communication along the Orange Free- State rail- road, which, according to, the latest despatches, plished, The third army, that in Natal, is comparatively inactive and, with the exception of sorties, a. serious move- ment can hardly be expected from. it this week. _ When it shall be ready. to advance, its movement must de-- pend on how much. di: the seems almost accom- | _ TO DOWN MARTIN | Both Parties Oombining. Against Him +: and the Governor. . i HIBBERT TUPPER’S . PLAN Turner Favors & Union with Semlin and All ‘Other Hlements to rash the New Premier —The Latter Hustling for Cabinet Timber a + -Somlin’s Same Old Policy. Special to the RECORD. : _- Victoria, March 5.—The political situation here’is now in a_ strange ‘tangle. ~ The ‘late. government is* ‘strongly opposed to party lines, and the followers of Turner, who were Boers put between themselves and Gen, Buller. as Basutos May Join in. + The unexpected - activity of the Cape Dutch and the reported likeli- hood of fighting between them and the Basutos, aided by other tribes’ having a grudge against the Boers, is regarded as rather ominous. The only other untoward phase of the military situation that the British military critics can discern is the en- forced temporary inactivity of the Natal army, an instance of which is i in the dispatch ing that-the flying column which at- tempted to intercept the Boer retreat only: succeeded in driving the enemy- further north. Gen. White's ‘men, according to the Times correspon- dent at Ladysmith, will require a grizing; to the benefit of the horses and transport animals.” © Moers in Fall. Retreat. New York, March 5.—Specials from London to the morning papers thus sunimarize the South African INTERNATIONAL | MUSIC HALL. WEEK. OF MARCH 5, 1900. The fonnieat Musical Lomiedy. ever seen; in two acts and rologue. entided— J ust Behind the “.Scenes.’. with Francis Howitt, atton’ Wansor and all other favorites in the cast. Hear the soul-stirring march sonx— “The Brave B.C. Boys” replete with new scenic éffects, big charms, etc. GOD SAVE. THE QUEEN NEW DRUG STORE. — —~-THE—— ROSSLAND DRUG -COMPANY.. NEXT TO OLD CITY HALL; COLUMBIA AVENUE. New and Complete Stock of Drugs, and Patent: Medicines. Prescriptions Carefully Compounded. Robert E. Strong, Manager. ‘they occupy and now hold, the Boers being on the opposite hill, The British will remain tonight in the cap d Ithouch Cape Colony to the Orange river. General Clements has driven the rear guard of the enemy across the Colesberg bridge, and is preparing the Boers brought two guns into action and made determined efforts toretake them. The British losses are six killed and 18° wounded. ‘Took Orange River Bridge. Colesburg, Cape Colcny, March 4.—A_ reconnaissance, with two troops of Australians and two guns, of the wagon bridge over the Orange river found it intact. Fifty Boers on the other side were taken by sur- prise and the British galloped to the laager, some miles on the Free State side. Price’s command has moved seven miles north of Colesberg. The Boers, during the occupation, denied themselves rather than see the British suffer. - . To March Through Zulaland. Durban, March 2.—Yesterday a number of horses were sent into Zululand with the object of march- ing a British force through Zulu- land and intercepting the Boers north of Biggarsberg.. A complete system of heliographic communica- tion is established between Weenen and Eshowe. "Clearing the Way Northward. London, March 5—The war office -has received the following dispatch from Lord Roberts, dated Osfontein Sunday March 4: “General Cronje, on behalf of his party, and Commandant Wolmar- | ans on behalf of 4,900 other prison- | ers, who have all left Modder river, asked the British officers to thank’ me for the consideration and kind- ness with which they, have been treated. advanced troops hold Achtertan and that railway communication would be opened to Joubert’s Siding today. “Gen. Clements reports that his; toinvade the Free State. . The Boers are in force at Norvals Pont. General Brabant attacked a force of rebels in an entrenched position near Janiestown after a night march. Storniberg is still held by asmall Boer.force, whichis dwind- ling daily, and General Gatacre is fortnight’s ip ove Humor of Peace sna wise, = London, March ¢.—A special to the Times from Lorenzo Marquez dated March 4, says that _persis- tent reports continue to prevail. that the Transvaal government has op- ened ‘negotiations looking to the se- curing of peace. On the other. hand, it is asserted that the Boers will make a stand at Glencoe and Laings Nek, and that in the mean- time, the entrenchments at Pretoria are being din ‘ip ol hought to favor the introduction of . ; party lines at once, are now coming out with'a proposition for. the unity ‘| of'all parties, Semlinites,Cottonites, Turnerites, ‘and all the other ‘ites, “for the overthrow of the lieutenant governor and the premier for the moment, Joseph Martin.” : Sir Hibbert, Tupper: was thought ‘to be one of ‘the foremost in’ the { for the introduction of party lines, but hé has now’ come out‘with a statement calling on_ all parties to unite to overthrow Mc- ‘Innes and Martin. Martin is now regarded by all as” the man of the-hour. None think for a moment that he will get any t following, that he will be endorsed by the people. He returned from Vancouver last night, bringing with him E. P. Davis, who, is thought to come as a member of his- cabinet, although neither he nor Martin will confirm or deny this. The impression is now gaining ground that the governor has. told Martin that, unless he gets his cab- inet filled without delay, ‘he’ must dismiss him, ‘for ii in his letter dismis- ‘sing the’Semlin administration, the governor laid dowa as one reason for dismissing that Semlin could not fill all his portfolios. | Whether this be true or not, one thing is cer-, f tain, that Martin is making feverish’ asiege. A conference between the Boer presidents, it is added, and the general commanding the Boers in northern Natal was arranged on receipt of news of General Cronje’s surrender. Until then the official comfirmation of the surrender was withheld from the public. tendering their fp untenable. British reinforcements have been received and it is pro- bable that the entire district: south of the Orange river will be cleared of the enemy and> pacified in the course-of a few weeks. Boers Acknowledge Defeat. Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, March 2, via Lorenzo Marquez, March 3.—The federals have re- solved to abandon the territory around Rensburg, and the’ retreat has been effected under the protec- tion of mounted burghers. It.is officially announced that on Friday General Cronje’ with 2000 or 3000 men surrendered, owing to a scarcity ot food and ammunition. The president (Kruger) is' issuing a stirring address to the burghers in Natal, who are falling back on Biggarsberg. The president will return to Pretoria Sunday, The Future Plan of Campaign. London, March 5-—The air of mystery which covers the movements of the main British army in South ‘Africa continues, though what in- ‘formation leaks, through indicates that the campaign is being carried on with steady progress, There are | now practically three British armies in the field, one in the Free State, one in Cape Colony and one in Na- tal, All that is known about the first and most important, is that it Presi Kruger. sent .a fervid religious appeal, with orders that it should be read by all the. officers of the burghers, urging them to stand fast and strive in the name-of the Lord, for unless they had faith in him, cowardice would set ‘in and their position would be hopeless the moment they turned their backs, -on- the enemy. Their past victaries, he declared, showed that’ the Lord was on their side. The president beseeched the burghers not to bring destruction on their progeny. Continuing, the special says that ahigh authority in Bloemfontein declares that, in the repulse of of Free State forces, the latter will retire towards the Transvaal. and unite with theirjbretrhen there,main- taining the struggle to the last. The Boer casualties at Colenso dnring the week ending February 25 are reportedto -be 31 men killed, and 130 wounded. A WarLoan of Over 8100,000,000, | London, March 5.—It is said on good authority that the govern- ment’s budget proposals will include a war loan of between $100,000,000 and $150,000,000, extending over a period of ten or twelve years; Scenes in Ladysmith. Durban, March 2.—The news- paper correspondents who have reached here from Ladysmith say that the enthusiasm of the gersen and it of the & (Continued on Fourth pean) lis in cluse touch with a body of pts to get men to fill the va- cant positions and he is in such a hurry that he does not seem to care to whom he offers ‘ ‘them. No less than sevén were offered portfolios on Saturday. ‘and many more since, but still E. P. Davis is the only new member of the ministry. Turner will‘have none of Martin, nor will ' any of the leading members of that party, who seem to be bound to the policy enunciated by Sir Hibbert Tuppe’--that of turning down the government and Martin. As for the Semlin-Cotton party, it is certain that the foremost plank in their’ policy, on which they will goto the country and which will be the same as ‘that of 1898, with a few modifications, will be their op- poSition to the introduction of party linés. “Joe “Martin arrived back from Vancouver last night’'and was seen today by your correspondent. He was very jubilant over what he re- gards as an endorsation by the Van- couver Liberals on Saturday night of him as the Liberal leader, and hints that the government isin re- ceipt of information .from Ottawa approving of his course. He said that this is the nature of a personal telegram from Laurier, . Although no names are yet an- nounced in connection with the va- - cant porttolios, Martin seems very much pleased with his visit, and de- velopments are awaited with inter- est. Macd ll, of = Vi : came over last night, and his name is‘connected with one of the vacan- cies. Semlin says the information is that the meeting of Liberals on Saturday night was merely a caucus Continued on Fourth Page.