0 TODAY'S NEWS OF THE WORLD. OF BRIEF DISPATCHES ON TOPICS GENERAL INTEREST. . . New Orleans, Jau. 16. —It is believed in the shipping'circles here that a British transport, laden with Amen- ( can mules, bound for South Africa, has been intercepted by a Boer spy and blowu up in the Gulf of Mexico, or has foundered., A.schponer arriving on the lower, coast reports hundreds of dead mules floating for a distance ef 30 miles, This. news greatly stirred shippers h.e.re,. who feared that further desperate attempts will be made to stop the export of .mules,, io • ..... .w •■■'.:i:U-,ri■■••'1 '■' '" ' Cape Town. The more conservative element attribute the floating car- cusses to a disaster to one of the British vessels during the stbrme that have been raging near the coast this week. Dispatches from Quinaua, Texas, which is only a short distatwe south Vote should be demanded, while others savored a straight majority of the ■vote recorded. ..Air.i.coinpromise. , which rseeuted to Catch the' majoriiy and jvyhich will probably be decided upon, was that t.'e'majority \p be demanded should be-62 1-2 per cent of the voje J polled to bring prohibition into effect. : The Conservative members of the bouse really fayorable to the prohibi- ! tion believe that this majority can be i secured, while those opposed toil be- j lieve that they can defeatthe measure, j •Victoria ^[.anuary 16.—Elder Eugene Brooks, faith healer and minis- i ter of the Howie flock here and his ] bonclsttieu,. were, brought before Mr. Justice Walkein this morning in order that the sentence imposed by Mr. Justice Drake at the trial of Rex vs. Brooks before lii,iu,i might be put into effect. As tbe trial judge had been upheld in his findings in the questions reserved, the prisoner was handed „c d„ , u,j' .1 1 .%. ,. over to the police to undergo his pen- of Fort Eds, say that the schooner | ft v /-,,„„ ,, „,. . , „ ., , I alty of three months' imprisonment. Olga has put into Mattegora bay to j v , shelter from the fierce gale blowing j ottawa> Ja''««ry 16. -The result of J on the gulf, and that Captain George Paterson reports having seen long rows of dead cattle and mules floatiug! Libera1'and tw0 Conservative, Ad- ! in the water. He describes the rangeJ din8ton alld West Hastings. The j of dead stock as covering at least 40 j SMrPrise of M.W is that Campbell; miles. Matthew VVarriner, of the today's voting in the federal elections i is that seven constiteuncies have gone ! should have carried West York. Elder Dempster steamship line, which j Much intereet was take» "ere in the furnish many of the British transports, I vot'"8- states that all their transports have I London, January 16.—The death of been accounted for except =006 sailing |tne pope may beexpected at any day, from here three days ago. They have I as n's holiness can only be said to be heard nothing from her. The recent illst alive' He takes little nourisl.- attempt to blow up the British transport Mechanician in this port is recalled by those persons who incline to metit and is generally unconscious. He.suffers no pain and simply dozes away without comprehension of what the opinion that a British transport |is 8oinS <>" around him. has been blown up.> The attempt to destroy the Mechanician was chatged to Boer agents. • Winnipeg, January 16.—The Conservatives of the provincial house held Toronto, January 16.—"The Saints" j is the name of the -local sect in Clinton township, near Beamsville, I among whom small pox has broken out. They refuse to be vaccinated a five-hour caucus Monday evening for and Say they wi" g0 to Jail first- The the discussion of the liquor act. Members who were present say they had a hot time. The discussion, in fact, was so warm that another meeting will be health authorities have notified them that force will be justified and interesting developments are looked for, ■ New York, January 15.—It was] necessary before the government sup- i stated »t the office of J. P. Morgan & porters can be brought into line, it | C^-to<,ay that the entire issue of $30,- was agreed that a referendum vote | 000>000 iu »ew 4 per cent debenture should be taken at the earliest possible jbo,,da °' t,le Atchison, Topeka & date and that the municipal lists I 8atrta Fe C0U>Pa"y bad been sold, should be used. The question of the | Victoria, January 16.—). Reed, majority necessary to carry the act storekeeper at Tongas, near Port into effeet was the chief bone of con- j Simpson, is missing, and is believed teution. Some delegates suggested j to have been drowned while bonnd that a majority of the total possible J from Tongas to Ketchakan in a sloop. if The tyew r |j.H,MURRAY,Prop Cents Under'this head, lost, found; for sale, ■ to rent and wanted notices of nut more 1 than five linos this type, will l>t inserted one week, fpv 50c.. ... Spokane' Northern, Western Union Telo- ; graph, and Greut Northern, raltwuy ofti- oes li ave. been moved from the Yalo Imilil- | ing to the corner of Bridge ami First sts., ar «ATI3S Per Day. ; I j Miner Business Directory Uuder this head two lines iu this typo, I giving mime, business nml location, will I be inserted for 50o per month. Clothes Cleaned and Pressed. 1 IK you want your clothes cleaned or ! renovated and! pressed go to Mrs. L. W ; Johnson, cor. Riverside ave. ami Main st j I CAN .make your old clothes almost^ns 1 good as new, by cleniVing, mending and 1 pressing them. Mrs. Jennie Gurter, Columbia; B.C. " : " Real Estate and Mihing Brokers. jjT, ALFRED KBNNION, minlng.'aiid real estate, cor. Bridge and First, 'phone 00.; I ., , Druggists. I H.E.WOOI>LA