Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-19
THE NINTH AGAIN
Boers Ambushed English Lan-
 cers Once More.
LIEUTENANT AND THREE. MEN

LIEUTENANT AND THREE. MEN Killed, as Result of the Movement
 Editor Malan Found Guilty of Libel
 Primrose Day in London--So
 Wreath For Beaeonsield's Tomb
 For the First Time in Many Years
 Clubs and League Contributed to
 Keeping the Day and Decorating the
 Monument-Commen on the Budget
 Reported Yesterday are Very Unfa-
 vorable.
 London. April 19.-Lord Kitchener, in a dispatch from Pretoria under date of yesterday, says:
 sI regret to report that a party of she Ninth Lancers have been am 5,ushed and Lieutenant A. MacDonalu and three men killed and five wound sd.-
 Cape Town, April 19-R. H. Malan, editor of Ons Land, who had been found guilty of libel in having cast re-
 
 French and his troops, has been sen- fenced to one years imprisonment
 London. April l9.-For the first time since the death of Earl of Beaconsfeld. Primrose day passed without royal wreath being placed upon the tomb in Hughenden churchyard- The annual pilgrimage to the churchyard, however, showed no diminution, and the statue opposite Westminster Abbey was pro fuseIy decorated.
 The clubs and leagues contributed numerous tokens and a constant stream of people passed the monu- ment.
 London, April 19.-Taken as a whole the comments of the country on the proposals Of the chancellor of the ex- cheauer in the budget statement pre- sented yesterday cannot be regarded as unfavorable. The outstanding fea- ture of the public's reception of the budget is the outcry from the coal dis tricts. and, in lesser degree, from the business affected by the sugar tax In coal centers the export duty is regard ed as confirming the idea In some rad ical quarters. that the government is riding for a fall, but the well fn- formed consider it possible that tne chancellor of tBe exchequer will be 1n- duced to exempt from the new duty all contracts made prior to to-day, thus relieving the pressure on the middle men who have bought or sold coal for. future delivery. This, it is believed, will go far to reconcile the coal trade generally to the new imposition. In the meantime, however, the opposition of the coal owners is augmenting hour 1y The Chamber of Commerce in the coal districts are protesting in yigor- ous terms. The Cardiff exporters scent ruin and fear their markets being captured by American and Ger man coal The manufacturers, on the other hand, flatter themselves that the effect of the tax will be to lower prices and lessen competition in iron and steel
 The grocers advanced sugar a half penny per pound this morning in Lon don. British refined sugar was very strong and jumped two shillings to two shillings and six-pence.
 The Scotch manufacturing confec- tioners and preserve makers advanced prices four shillings and six-pence and TWO shillings and six-pence per hun dredweight, respectively. The Scotch sugar refners have put on three shil- 1iHgs to four shillings and have abol- ished discounts.
 There was practically no business to-, day on the Greenock sugar exchange. owing to the extensive buying prior To she budget announcements.
 The president of the Refiners's asso- cidtloa expressed the opinion that the tax will work out benefieially. 4 steamer with g cargo of continental sugar arrived at Greenock yesterday evening, after the custom house was closed, and was refused permission to unload The duty on her cargo amounts to 92U000. The importers claim that the duty on sugar had not been imposed when the steamer ar rived, and therefore they will contest payment of the duty.
 The budget had little general effect on the stock exchange here today, apart from weakening consols. This premier security opened half d point lower. at 941k. but later recovered somewhat. The price today is the lowest since 1892. Business became brisk and the market indulged In a same of ping-Dong, with consols for balls.
 There is reason to believe that the best financial circles approve of bor- rowing on consols.
 There is some expectation of the new loan coming tomorrow. The market talk suggests that the issue price will De 941z and already dealings have oc- cured ct E to H premium.