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| Lorenzo Marques, dated yesterday says

} 7 “4 i | ‘*Five hundred refugees who arrived here] J | agree that Mafeking nas been relieved.’

The end of the war is anticipated by

i the Queen’s birthday. sadikl ; | It s@ atated at the War Office now that \ ; ; } . 8 s° | | there was nu news of Mafeking’s relief up

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Loxpon, May 18.—It has just been } | officiaily announced that General Lord } Methuen entered Hoopstad, yesterday, un

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: Rea ee oa ah be ais \4 Mafeking. ing police corps so as to release every man | Women ‘and children. Many were buried iS E Better cnes..75c, 85c, $1.00 - Ne x =] One thing still seems clear : the tewn is | for fighting purposes st the front. alive. . _—— ——- i ; White simmer corsets mad~ fz ‘ah! J still holding out. Dr. Archer, who was at Dundee during Tenth of seis oe = f fine macl usatt net sid myik os Skeleton messages from Lorenze the Boer occupation, asserts that |/aere are ea of a Banker. Impor ted W bite Oats, , te { os - , - . e i ~ :

; ae d ta lene Marques, based upon information thay} severai hundred Englishmen serving in ia A A Eiccembiaciaeliil i

steels, duuble busks, light ot 18 | had leaked out at the Pretoria War Office, | Boer ferces who nn eee eee (Speciat To Toe ExaMINer.] Imported Bleck Oats. q

, OCR )i ed show that the Boer stormers on Saturday | pardon from the British. ai ts) fell into a trap. A | LUT DISCOVERED. Montreal, May 18.— F. Walfereton 4

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Transvaal Officials Said to be Prepar- ing for Flight.

| opposed, that Generals Duprey and Daniels and forty men have surrendered, and that General Broadwood occupied Lindley yesterday. It is further announced that General Hutton’s mounted infantry, yesterday, surprised and captur- ed Commandant Botha and 23 ethers 30

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Boers Surrendering— British Ships.

SpECIAL DESPATCH THE FIELD OVER. Lexpon, May 18, 3.30 a. m.—England

Baden-Powell permitted them to seize one fort, and he then surrounded and over-bore them, b*fore the large forces near at hand perceived the strategem.

A Boer Plot to Blow up

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Dery, May 18.—Reports have been received of ue receipt of a telegram from Lorenzo Marques saying that a Boer plot to

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Loxpon, May 18.—The Pekin corres : pondent of the Times saye: The anti foreign movement headed by the Boxers has attached alarmisg propositions.

Thers has been a serious Anti~Christ-

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: : blew up the British cruiser Porte bas | pep = Duckhill 9? eiadl : Senkaw: ete an c — it Ps thus that —- os ye been discovered and that, inconsequence, ae : y eather DeitS Bleceess C, part of his commando were takeo,and fifty } iy, warship ateams out seven miles! . . - - Black elastic belt with Boers killed. nidlitly: a Mandscheuri (6 rowed ) Barley : fancy buckle ..e.e-+ ence ae . Artillery agp a : BOER INTENTIONS. = 5000 Be SR nt ertnnnenir ierreincennennebneimninien r i : : e Rhedesian force is now reported to - ‘ ; Khaki belt, piped — have reathed Bulawayo May 2ad. The Loxpox, May 18.—The London Stan- = to = Timothy Seed, e red, brass trogklt eo o wUG. : < disiaece from Bulawayo, to Mafeking is dard cays: “From pro-Boer ete = = - re eset 8 White dueckand pique, 3 : The g tient litt] 490 miles. As the railway is open all the learn that the firet great stand y thes pera = over peed, by Cescaeeseneeeone 20¢. 28c. w ainilest I t C way to Pitsaio, 28 miles from Mafeking, Federala will — = the ridges a = eoseeeeee anaes see wihendiiaiatninsinisipinneninnentane*siancby ns menetcinnmett iv" Leather pulley belt a ponne's and hats 7 can the Canadians may yet take part in the Johannesburg. his position bas been a. good health. = Vetches, - il col 50c. and Sde. | taagine, with one of these relief { etrongly entrenched and the Burghers be~ = — ‘00 ee era, Baer baby will be prettier than General French’s sconts northward, | eve thet they can hold it for some time. | & if yoy went ne Tem s Fie'd P * y - T : oe : ; = 1e; eas, 0. NEW VEILINGS a p cture. found the Boers in strowg force at Rhen- if driven from that,part of the force will 2 blood try our 2 nen All Muslin bonnets. ..25c osteer Spruit, 38 miles from Krooastal: . be thrown in to Pre’oria to withstand a = : =|— ui for UB DODNOLS. «.40C. UP. en «| cogs while the main body will retreat to} Compound Sarsaparilla = ; if she Muslin hats. 39, 42c, ete yn anon Pivlarey . 08 ciate tie Lydenberg district withthe intention of = Wholesale and Retail. 7 ne Ww CLOTH TAMS . with their artillery, were holding the ere aoe alu cast telah” tbe with lodides and Iron = if, > . . a ut. style : pesition einai: enriches the biood, gives 4 GEO CARTER & 00. las hi New ones for boys and President Steyn, according to orfe de- ag le ib 4 h ; So] “= ‘ . UT e ois) . soft ones end round epatch has gone ‘o Pretoria. Another This view is partly supported by 8 des- tone tothe nerves. Sold = ' ay AS . report says that he ie @ fugitive at patch to the Times from Lorenzo Marques at 75c. per large bottle. & Seedsmen. ret- hard styles, seme with gilt Lindley. which says: There is general talk in Pre- ot —_— oh lettering. some without. The Free Staters are surrendering on toria of President Kruger contemplating W Reddin Phn B z ? > » FO ‘ . : St. ] ; eeoeseedIdC, o8e. 48c, voc. all sides en immediate departure from the capital. es = : . dat ety: stylish things HOSIERY A despatch from Cape Town says that There ceems BO jonas avy doubt of a . = Childrens’ wn that will make a pretty is proctamations are being printed there to intention ef the Transvaal to a e Central Drugstere. = oa face prettier still, ai: be published om the Queen’s birthday, | ®t Of goverament to the ri gy a ot = rm We've plenty of cheap a Os May 24th, annexing the “ree State. Se endeavor to make & Hnal stan Sunnyside. 5 .d- ones but we'd like you to ee i ; — eee a eae - "ibe Rend ia reported to have endorsed >, MORO 0 E90 HS 1) Oe SODEE RPPRMERE ITA OO NODE ES. an ' 99 OF 94 35 S_ is a prisoner ot General Drabant, seys z ———— ' ey 80 gate tea alta fp. the Free Staters willaccept annexation, ae peapocali aw pee. | nes. 4 ZA Those who took up armsa second time The Times also says thit numbers of ie An enormous range at ae EN he explains, had to do ao under threats of © Transvaal officials are preparing for flight ee esha es BOC. Mpegs ‘nstant death if they refused. and that State Secretary Reitz has selected For-=*” ot , : 5 1 ane _ | Bouth America as his future home. it ie rap ton NEW COLLARS Ser d ohh amano cosas yee officially asserted that General Kitchener to <= a ere * . > : Daas FOR LADIET : a of the Boers who have taken the oath is incommand of the Mafeking relief oo The new shapes | " of allegiance. column aud that news of - ae the ee sr have come at la-t : Lord Roberts has directed the British town cannot ee onday. IDDErS mes and they’ se pret- NEW HOSTER commanders to receive all-comers ina ; a rite 3 .« iri d to issue passes to go to N _ espatc rom = ty enough to re-| Down on the hosiery as ese = g Loupes, May 18—& deep . “a , ; . . ir me ne ee ms = Be p ly you for the cous ter you I find a big General Buller ig pushing straight ahead 39 tn. Wait. basset fuil of cotton hose without opposition. He has only lost five (. s All-the new things are | lery Ale weeres - 10c. a pair men wounced during the movemeat, ‘He anil here.....10. 12, 15, 16c. | Another at....15c. a pair is aiming at Laing’s Nek, which is the or . ; 4 : direct road to the Transvaal, although he Apply to ———— DY : " — Ready trimmed hats tonight, there’s a great range, may diverge to Botha’s pass. < G KF BROS ing ‘to choose from. New designs by Mites ‘Toombs. General Hunter’s movement in the Baking Powder 36) 1 S e } ’ | = Have one for Saturday, $1.60, $1.09, $2.00, $2.25 Western Tranevaal are mines pong. ‘ The Home Shes Thetery: $9.75 He bas returned to Fourteen Streams with ae - «i090 Up. ; , ’ ; one- brigade, leaving another (General Bar i oem crane cream of tata, Vi yora arch e aeenntn 60} SUNNYSIDE DENTSTRY — | Lord Methuen is said to be advancing hy Eni Soei | : — along the south bank ofthe Vaal. Colouel Saf the food p mien oF eaiepenics ociety, Office in New Prowse Block ron a Kekewich is with him. eguards Phoenix of London. Grst deor te the right up _— 1 iis The leop; railway across the Vaal river ‘ t ale wm Al) British Cempanies—Riske taken abel a The Busiest Store on Charltotetown’s o..™| is nearing completion. The probability is agallis at lew rates. vears. : >t on Busi St t that General Hunter took the brigade back er Telephone connection. = to Fourteen Streams owing te the scarcs Alum om — ; menacers te of the present day. GIRL WANTED.--For general heusework. ks t y of transport. hte C.V. MeGregor, Prince Street. ; General Rundle bas captured a thousand RO ‘AL BAKING POWDER 00. NEW YORK. 18, iw, eod, 1 cad