Sherbrooke daily record, 1 novembre 1899, mercredi 1 novembre 1899

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Ca LAST EDITION.mm > SHERBROOKE, QUE., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1899 ke failn Record.PRICE ONE CENT #2 5 = | HE FIGHT CONTINUES AT LADYSMITH jours Close Around the Town, but the British are in Good Spirits THE BRITISH ARTILLERY DOES GOOD WORK.Boer 40-Pounder Disabled and a Battery Rendered Useless.It is Said that General Hunter Has Succeeded General White in Command of the British.London Anxious for Details of British Loss.List ot British Forces Engaged at Ladysmith.Outnumbered by the Boers.London, Nov.lst, noon\u2014 smith is believed to be still in (Special)\u2014The battle of Lady- progress.The Boe:s clesed around the town Monday night, sending shells into the British camp.The \\rtillery duel was still in progress last night.The guns of the Britisl the Boer 41 pounder clean ott guns at Hepworth Hill, overlo Boers to abandon the position.been very heavy.1 naval brigade have knocked its platform and silenced the oking Ladyswith, forcing the The Boers\u2019 loss must have I'he varrison at Ladysmith is in good spirits, confident aid full of tight.WHITE SENDS DETAILS.London, Nov.Ist.12 p.m) -Special-Gen.White to day cabled the details of the capture of the Driti-h forces on Monday.He savs : \u2018The lost detachment under Col.Carle- ton etarted Dundav night to seize Nicholson Nek, turning the enemy's right.C'arleton get within two miles of Nicholson's Nek unmolested, when suddenly boulders were rolled from the hill and a few shots were fired.This stampeded the mules drawing ammunition and they disappeared in the direction of the enemy with practically all gun equipments.(arleton then entrenched his force on a neighboring Lill at 1.50 Monday morning.The Doers attacked the British pe Hunter Was second in command to General White.He is a veteran of the South.Tageblatt says Count Botnmer, president of the German Peace societies, hss telegraphed to Queen Victoria praying her to accept the mediation of the United states on her war with Transvaal.GENERAL WHITE'S FORCE.It Was Originally About Thousand Mea.S:xfeon Mail advices indicate that Gene.ai White's force for the defence of Natal was about 16,000 men, made up as follows: Infantry\u2014 Men, Ist Liverpool 750 1st l.eicesier sou Ist Roval Dublin Fusiliers 750 1st King's Royal Rilles 750 2ad King\u2019s Roval Ritles 750 [st Devons 800 1st Mauchester 750 Zod Gordon Highlanders 500 1st Gleucesters ROO 1st Nortuumberland Fusiliers 770 1st Border Reviment 700 1st Irish Fusil ers 760 2nd Rifle Brigade 700 2nd West Kent 700 Natal Volunteers 700 Durban Volunteers 750 Total infantry 11,880 Cavalry \u2014 18th Hussars 450 19th Hursars 400 Suh Lancers 400 Natal Carabinecis 120 Imperial Light Horse 590 Natal Mounted Police 550 Total Cavalry 2,510 Artillery\u2014 Guns.13th Field Battery 6 67th Field Battety 6 69th.Field Battery ~ #6 21st Field Battery 6 420d Field Battery 6 53rd Field Battery 6 10th Mountain Battery 6 42 guns.1,218 mer.Engineers\u2014 Men.7th, 8th, 23rd Field Companies and 29th Foruress Company Engineers 600 There were three baite:ies of artillery due at Durban on Monday, October 30, eomprised of the following: Guns.18th Field Battery, 6 62nd Field Battery, 6 7ôth Field Battery, 6 Men.Men, 530 There is no accurate idea of the forces that are engag:ng Eir George White's attention, but roughly speaking, there must be 14.000 to 15,000 Transvaal and fully 12.000 Urange Free State Boers, or possibly 30,000 men if the estimate given out by Dr.Leyds, the Transvaal agent at the Hague, 13 near the truth TEN -\u2014 BOERS ARE GATHERING.Camp Is Forming Between Harri- smith Bridge and Dewdrop.London, Nov.1.\u2014Advices from Cape Town last night show that the Boers are gathering in considerable force at Dewdrop, southwest of Lady- smith, while large forces of Boers are advaucing over the Helpmaker Road.A big camp ot Boers is to be formed Berlin, Nov.1.\u2014 (Special)\u2014The between Harrismith bridge and Pot- and Give Them Shot for Shot.gietere Farm which, it is miles.An En lisbman who has arrived at Aliwal North from Pretoria, whence he was expelled by way of Bloemfon- rein, savs that wnen he left Pretoria all the stores there were carrying on business as usual.l\u2019res\u2018dent Kruger Was still there, and he d'd not see any wounded at Johannesburg.>< ~~ NEWS IS SCARCE.Camp, at Dewdrop, gaid, will extend four Feared That in London, This Merning, Communication With Ladysmith.is Cut.London, November 1.\u2014(merning)\u2014 An ominous curiain has again descended upon affairs in Natal.No despatches except tbe official telegrams of General Sir George Stewart White have thus far been permitted to mention the disaster, and no te egrams trom Lady- smith has been received in London since the advices from the British commander.\u2018This gives rise to a belief that communication has already been cut, in which event some time must elapse before details regarding Britian loses are received.If the War Office officials have re ceived information on this point, they have refrained from publishing it.General White's estimate that the British losses were about 90, 18 evident!y quite separate from the probable losses in killed avd wounded among the captured battalions.On this point there is the greatest suspenre among the relatives of the prisoners.It 18 supposed that the rtampeding of the mules meant the carrying away ot the reserves of ammunition, and that the troops captured, capitulated after firing the rounds wuich each man carried.In the absence of news, the morning papers are reduced to speculation as to how the disaster eccurred.The general opinion is that a misuse of the: caval.y was the real reason 10r the fall into the Boer trap.Apparently there was no cavalry to waten over the safety of the missing column.Tne Morning l\u2019ust, pointing bow near the British were to a \u2018\u2018atill greater disaster,'\u2019 says: \u201cIn capturing the column the Boers also had the Devonshire regiment practically at their mercy aud a little more daring would have made a bad business much worse; and, seeing that à force strong enough to scoop à couple of infantry battalions could have put itself practically between Sir George White and his camp, we may be very thaakfal that things today are not more serious than they ave.The lesson has been a severe one.lt 18 humiliating to find a nation of farmers beating soldiers at their own game;but, the sooner a proper respect 1s had for Boer strategy, and tactics, the better for our fortuves in Nacal.\u201d\u201d This sobering note is suruck by a'l the morning papers today together with the expression of à determivatien to carry the matter through at what ever cest.\u2014 \u201cTHANK GOD AL'S ALIVE.\u201d London, Nov.1.\u2014 As the day advanced yesterday the throngs of viel- tors at the War Oftice showed no diminution.Most affecting scenes were witnessed.Many women were heard to gasp, \u2018Thank God he's alive, at any rate,\u2019 as they found tbe name of some} beloved one on thelist of priton- ers.solid masses awaiting their turn to the entrance.ALL SAINTS SERVICES.At St.Peter's Church this evening, at 8 o'clock, special prayers will be offered tor the Canadian contingent n.w at sea.Mr.E.O.Grundy will preside at the organ and a full choir will be in attendance.The preacher will be the rector, Rev.Dr.Dumbell.SHERIFF RESIGNS.Hon.John McIntosh, who was yesterday nominated Conservative can- d date tor the County of Sherbrooke, has resigned his position as Sheriff of kthe District.It is under:tood there are several ap- plicacions already in for the position.Auction Sale of household turniture, : &c., for Mr.F.X.Fisette, Thursday, November Zr.d, at JO o\u2019clock snarp.! Pailor furuiture, carpets, bedroom furniture, pictures, lamps, stoves, glass and crockeryware.No reserve.Mr.Fsette is leaving\u201d Sherbrooke.C.J.Odell, auctioneer.The sidewalks were packed with | SHERBROOKE LIBERALS Will Choose A Candidate Next Tuesday.Annual Meeting of the Local Association Was Held Last Night.The Sherbrooke Liberal Association held its annual meeting, last night, at Pelletier's Hall.attendance, There was a good several members of the party from outside polling divisions, being present.The meeting was held to be of more than ordinary importance, owing to the approaching election, Mr.G.A.LeBaran, the president, in the chair.In opening the meeting, Le spoke of the favorable outlook for the party in the county.He had visited several parts during the past few weeks, in connection with meetings for the appointment of delegates for the county convention, and had found the Liberals everywhere united and determined to win the county at the coming election.He announced that delegates had been appointed fiom all polling divisions outside the city.The meeting proceeded to name delegates for th» city of Sherbrooke.It was decided that the convention of delegates for the purpose of nominating & candidate should take place on Tuesday next, Nov.10tn.The delegates are invited to meet at the Grand Central Hetel, at 11 a.m., where they will take dinner.The Association proceeded to the election of officers for the city, result ing as follows: President, Jos.E.Ge.nest; 1at vice-president, John Leonard; 2nd vice-president, N.N.Walley: treasurer, C.Olivier; secretary, E.J.\u2018legin; executive committee, G.A.LeBaron, D.MeManamy, Dr.Pelletier, Jules Richard, H.J.Duffett, l'heo.Pelletier, W.W.Morency, J.8.Broderick, Alf.Lanctot, L.C.Belan- ger, Chas.Fuller.In taking the chair, Mr.Genest expressed the hope tbat during his presidency of the Association, the first Liberal victory in Eherbrouke would take place.HALLOWE'EN PARTY.A more charming Hallowe'en party is seldom given than the one which took place last evening at \u2018\u2018Ernwood\u201d the pretty residence of Mr.and Mra, Spatlord, in Lennoxville.The grounds were very handsomely hghted by Chinese lanterns, and the guests we.e politely welcomed at the door by a \u201cGoblin,\u201d arranged as according to all precedents, a Goblin should be.The greeting within was very warm and hearty.and was not in the least, ghostly.The eveming was spent in all sorts of delightful old fashioned Hal- lowe\u2019en games, joined in by old and young.Much amnsement was caused by the reading of the vailo:s answers to the invitations in rhyme, many of which were very good, and all entertaining.Miss McKindsey received the prize of the best poem written hy a lady, a pretty brass candlestick.Mr.A.A.Norcross won the gentlemen's prize, a silver stud box.At a late hour the company sat down to a delicious supper, which was of a distinctly Hallowe\u2019en character, as in addition to the usual dishes, there were pumpkin pies and doughnuts, which were all heartily enjoyeu.When far past the \u2018\u2018witching hour\u201d the party bioke, it was agreed by all that a pleasanter Hallowe'en had never been spent.\u2014\u2014\u2014_.\u2014 >.2000000000009660000600 « PERSONALS.» D Mrs.has returned C.Demaiteau from a visit to Fall River.J.M.Daigneau and wife, have returned home from a visit to New England States.Dr.Hyndman has returned from Montreal, where he attended a meeting of the Dental Association.It is rumored that the Hon.Henry Aylmer aud Mrs.Aylmer, will gpend the winter in Sherbrooke.Mrs.J.F.Kerr and Master Arle, have returned from Quebec, where they have been visiting her parents, Mr.C.J.Wright, ot the People\u2019s Telephone Co., has returned to ha duties, after a week's holiday at his home in Dixville.Mr.and Mrs.H.T.Blanchard, who are former residents of Sherbrooke,but bave been living n Newport, Vt., for some time, have decided to return to their old home, Mr.Philip A.Lyster has juat returned from Kirkdale, where he has apenta few days, -during which his father and mother, Mr.and Mrs.Philip Lystsr, celebrated the 55th ar- piversary of their marriage.BOARD OF TRADE.Monthly Meeting Was Held Last Night.Board Passes a Recommendation to the Council, in Connection With the Loan By-Law.The Sherbrooke Board of Trade met last right, the president, Mr.W.R.Webster, in the chair.There were present, Messrs.Bryant, Moreheuse, Wiggett, Dufresne, Genest, Wilson, Cowan, Dresser, Handcock, Fitzgerald, Bayley and Mitchell.The following were proposed and elected members of the board: Messrs.W.Southwood, C.Fuller, A.L.Parker, W.McCullough, F.Talbot.It was meved by Mr.W.S.Dresser, seconded by Mr.J.S.Mitchell, that the Board, recognizing the unfavorable position in which the City Council is placed owing to the non-ratification by the people, of the By-law recently passed by said council, hereby recommend that body to take such immediate steps as are neccessary to enable it to legally issu» bonds to cover the present obligati mn.or the city at as low a rate of interest as possible.There being no \u2018urthier business the Board adjourr \\ MAK,\u2019 * SUNSET.How Nature Man ._ os Those Splendid Spectacuiar Lixhibitlons, I asked en eminent scientist how nature manages those splendid spectacular exhibitions which are called sunsets, \u201cThat's simple enough,\u201d he ratd.\u2018When the alr is moist, it absorbs thie blue rays of light and lets the red rave pass.Therefore the sun in sometimes red.Then when the sun drops below the horizon we are able te see only the vertical rays, which often atrike masses of vapor, which we cull clouds, and are reflected.\u201cRays of light are compored of waves or vibrations of different sizes, speed and Intensity.The short waves are blue, the long ones are red, and thegintermediate waves represent the different primary colors.\u201cWhen a blue and a red wave get mir ed, they form u purple wave, and other colors are made by different combinations, just as a painter mixes his paints on his pallet.As waves of light strike the clouds together they produce some rare tints, some glorious combinations, which artists have never been able to fm- {tate, and if the banks of vapor floating on the horizon are ef irregular shape they produce the fantastic effects we admire so much.\u201d \u201cIa the display assisted by refraction from the meteoric dust in the atmos phere?\u201d \u201cPerhaps so, but usually not to any ap preciable extent.There isn't enough to take Into conxideratiom.The volume ef the atmosphere that surrounds the earth in equal to more than 200,000,000 cuble miles, 8 quantity so vast that the human mind can scarcely eomprebend it, and hence, it 1,000,000 meteors were to fall at ence, they would not be any more noticeable than a puff of dust.\u201cThere have been phenomena,\u201d eontim ued the scientist, \u201cwhich have added to the beauty of muuset displays.In Aw- gust, 1853, on the little ixJand of IKrale- toa.in the strait of Sunda, between Bu matra and Java, there was a terrific vol eanic eruption \u2014 the grantest cataclysm that has occurred within the memery of man.Home 80,000 lives wore lost.The eruption was followed by extraordimary atmospherle phenomena, visible over the greater pertion of the globe \u201cIt swax attributed to volcanie dnat which was projected in stipendous quan- titles for miles luto the alr and carrled around the world hy the currents that are constantly moving in the upper atmosphere.It made the sunsets of that year remarkable and unprecedented for their beauty.\u201d hm mt = me \u2014 CURIOUS CULLINGS.In the king of Saxony's museum at Dresden there is a cherry stone upon which, by the aid of a microgcope, more than 100 faces can be distinguished.The shipment of twe wives by express from lamuquah, Wash., to their hushands at Dawson City by the Nuggett Express company is something of a novelty in the express husiness.A Misronri jury in & lunaey case returned the following verdict, \u201cWe, the jury impaneled, 5.\u201c1 and charged to in- uire inte the insanguinity of Hezekiah ones, do occur in the uffirmative.\u201d An Englishman just bome from the west const of Africa says he saw a whole village swimming out to the steamer, wearing, as they swam, renovated secondhand stovepipe hats in all the glory of the white tissue paper in which they are shipped out for male, SUFFERING FRANCE.France stands today among the civilised nations of the world as the opera beuffe republic of the galaxy.\u2014PhMadek phia Times.The real struggle that is now going on in France is the struggle of the repullic for the mastery in its own house.\u2014Lon- don Daily News.The rank of an officer In the French army seeins at times to depend les: on what be knows than on what be is able to forget.\u2014 Washington Star.The only way to \u201c\u2018restore the honor ef the army\u2019 in France is te get rid of Mercier.ILuget, Boisdeffre and the other for gers.liars and conspirators who have dis banored it.\u2014 Brooklyn Citizen.thave entered into the campaign with tion up on the His Reply to the Conyention Yesterday Afternoon.Says He Will Enter Into the Campaign With Energy.Ax stated in yesterday» Ktcokr, Hon.John Mcelntosh was the unas: mous choice of the Conservative Con veatinn, which met yesterday waiter nouv, in the Ait Hall, to choose a candidate for the coming election.04 out of the votal 72 delegates appointed.were prescat.Mr.Wm.Morris re ceived four votes on the first ballot.A delegation headed by the local president, Mr.C.A French, was appointed to wait upon Mr.Melutosh and make kuown to him the wish of the Convention.They did 860 and conducted him to the hall to make his own reply to the delegates.ln accep.ing the candidacy Mr.Mc- Intesh said:\u2014\u2018\u2018Gentlemen: 1! siadbd face to face with a matter which has given me much thought during the past few weeks because a good deal of pressure has been brought to bear upon me by my frieuds in Sherbrooke to accept the candilary.My answer to them was that 17 the electors of the county of Sherbrooke were given an opportunity of expressing their choice of candidate through delegates elecied a.public meetings and representing ali poli vg divisions in the county, and 1: the choice of the delegates thus appointed should fall unanimously upon me, I would then censider it my duty to accept.I now find myself asked io accept the candidature under such conditions.I cannot, thereture, de otherwise than to say yes to your request.Moreever, I cannot reluse to accept, hecause I find that [ am asked to accept by a very repre- seutative body of men, which ls a guarantee of our success in the com- ing election, whether bye or general.From this time forth, I wish to forget | that I am leaving an honorable posi- | tion and one fairly remunerative, financially, and from this moment, | all the energy and vigor possible, feeling certain that while iu the front of the battle, the men whom I sce before me will be standing close at my back.My pledge to the delsgates here present is thesame as I am willing to give to the electors.It will be found in my past record.1 have nothiug else So ofl'er \u2019 A.H.Moore, M.l\u2019., L.E.Pannetom, M.L.A., and R.H.Pope, M.P, followed in short addresses.Mr.Moore congratulated the Convention upon its cheice.Sherbrooke, as the metropolis of the Enstern Townships, Was & most important CODELIbU- ency.He was glad the Convention had settled the queation of representation in Parliament by n-minating 8 man who, he felt certain, was aure to be elected.The unanimity with which the nomination was mede wss another guarantee vf success Perzonally, he was glad that the çardidate was to be Hon.Mr, McIntosh, He wasa man who had gerved the country well in the past He bel'eved all who had considered the political sitvation of the day wonld anticipate the election of Mr.McIntosh by a very large majority.Nr.Fanneton spoke in French.He congratulated the convention upon 1's | choice and expressed the belief that Mr.McIntosh would be elected by a Jarge majority.Mr.R.H.Pope, as president of the Eastern Towuships Liberal-Con- servative Association considered 1t his first duty to congratulate t.e conven- choice it had made.Mi.McIntosh was no stranger to Lim.The Censervatives of Compton had! chosen him as their representative in the local legislature when he was an untried man.They made no mistake and Compton had had a right to congratulate itself upon its representa tive at Quebec.There could be no doubt as to the result of the coming election in Sherbrooke.Nevertheless the pa:ty must work to make the majority as large as possible.Sit Joan Macdonald had once said, \u2018\u2018Tiiere is nothing 80 uncertain as horse races and elections.\u201d The Liberal-Conservatives of Sherbrooke should accept these words and labor to elect their candidate hy an overwhelming majority.They were to contend against a party which would not be particular as to the tactics it employed.The party rust be on the watch and not put up with any trickery.Mr.Pope had never seen the Jonservative party more unted and determined to win than today.He had heen with Sir Charles Tupper at sement his recent mectirgs and he felt a confidence in \"1