Show MOUR ING IN CANADA I II I Grief at Loss of in inSon Son FLAGS AT HALE HALS mr I DOMINION K in Mi M FELL IN SUNDAYS C 6 Twenty Were Rifled Killed Wounded and the theReat Best Kissing or i Captured Ca Newspapers Say the Blood Thus Shed Shoo Will Cement I Union of Canada with the Empire t I New York Feb A special to the Tribune from Montreal says The news DeWS I of the tho heavy losses of the Canadian battalion created a profound sensation throughout the Dominion No detail of the action have come CORM to hand hanel except that it wes fought foUght by the Canadians on Sunday Sunda while pursuing army at a drift on the tb Modder to the east ea t of ot Seven out of or the eight ei ht com corn companies companies ponies were engaged and the Canad Caned Canadians inns ians lost In killed wounded and ned mime mM ing ma men being about 10 per pel cent of the force engaged The losses are scattered over the whole reg res regiment re and number twenty killed and nd wounded the rest being beine miss missing ing lager or captured No officers were ere but two Major Arnold of Winnipeg commanding comm a company and Lieuten Lieutenant ant Mason Maeon of Toronto were wounded the former dangerously Flags are fly flying ing lag at lit over the th city The spirit in which the public is tak iak taking takIng ing lag the news Is 16 Shown in the action of or J A Barry a rich young younS merchant of or orthe the town On his way to his hl office he learned from a bulletin board of the death of his younger brother Cecil and proceeded at once onee to the telegraph of ot office flee fice where he lie telegraphed the govern asking permission to go 0 to South I Africa at t his hie own expense to take him Jale te brothers piece place in the regiment The new newspapers papers in their comments agree in hat the blood thus shed bed will wilt cement the union of or Canada with the empire SORROW AT Business Amusements Ami aad ud s Society Events Are Suspended I Chicago Feb 22 A special to te the Record front from Victoria B C Says says Not since the accident of 1891 when fiftysix of her people were dashed to death by the breaking of Point Elice bridge has this city chy been wrapped Tapped in such deep sorrow Today T when her municipal council counell was WM con OP considering Considering arrangements for a celebration celebration tion when Ladysmith WM wee relieved came news that four tour of the city most popular young men were among amon the dead in Sundays engagement at Mod Modder tier del river and five were wounded Business men were passing to their offices when the news new was w s bulletined at atthe atthe atthe the Times window and the office of that paper was besieged instanter The legislature adjourned its meeting nd all amusements and ani society events have nave been dropped Flags Flago Fla are flying at half mast on the provincial and municipal public buildings and many residences All AU the consuls lowered their nags flags dead probably the beet beat known is Sergeant I Scott who was known across the continent as one of the best bent oarsmen in the Dominion He was wu sent to the diamond jubilee pageant as a one of 0 the representative military men of western Canada Canad John Todd was a native of San Fran Frau FranI I cisco circe cl co but was educated here He re returned r r turned to San au Francisco some mme time timea ago a o and went from there to t the Phil nth the Seventh fr cavalry He returned three dol ia i vJ going to Africa with the Vh 11 tin ent John S 8 Somers ia is a native a aj parents parent reside here Hie Rim brother anxious to be slowed owed a very to tc t n g Sl J Africa to avenge hiss Bin hi Arthur was a reside about two years before going COing M t f lie He was to have bave been married on ur i turn Praises Canadian Ottawa Out Oat Feb 22 Lord M k governor general has baa received receive J i wf g from Lord Roberts pl 1 berg Or Orange a o Free State Feb Canadian regiment has ha done ai aj r service sine since its arrival in South Sout h A AI f fI I deeply regret the heavy beavy kv 1 la 1 during the tight on the and beg you will ensure ure the p pet much we all here admire mire the th o n 1 oem ous 00 gallantry displayed by our out 1 tan laD comrades comrade on that occasion a m |