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THE EXETER TIMES
BATTLE AT
EITSANG
Stubborn Fight in Which the Chin=
ese Showed Skill and Bravery.
A deepatch frem Landou says e -Dee
teals of the tottle at Peit.eang tSun-
day between the Buaespeen allies and
the rreeps oredit the Chirtehe
wtIsarill and brevery. Thee- were
en; renclael en bah sidei of the Pelle
enemy near Tien TSUI and a skirmish
followed. The Chinese fought well
and the Japanese euffered a lees a
twelve men. The Chinese then retired
upon Peiteang. Scouts reported that.
three large guns and many smaller
leebini works conetructed after the canteen were in ealone in the Chinese
meet maiera Europeen naethods. Tbe exareaehmenes at Peiteeng. A spy
aliiaese were driven •tereet thc• river,: elle had gene out in advance a the
but in their rezreet they destroyed: allieig1i in tbe information that
the bridge. 'rhe Jteetneee 1 Iten 1 the Chinese tenees coasisted c fully
worned their w aeries,- the river and 40/00 men. weal armed aud ecrougly
nietelged th Chinese /rem their en-, eniereaeheel.
trerehniente en tie- further elle, but THE FINAL RUSH.
pcareeit ;vs heat -hurtle. teeing to the'. The Aruerieens and British trcoes
try brine enaer water. marched up the west benk of the
coun
teeee .4 r ne ,,f nineli a.z.i agitate. te
.vre:t7:er nz....;ra• &LIZ 4 tare: ae- Itti-veil, Allow; the easI tialaki, Light cost,,tti, c,,Ecte Ins etamilto
). gee neeteee ere putting up drattniti trinireltort isatts. w'ith July s(.:e • 5;e5 7 an iticee ate of
etreneine reels:ewe than Is ee Pliee and itrtiaatha 'Unveil siuwlY eineee over July last }ear.
Ihenat elan are fortifying their, the river between the manures. The /nanneen (neje hanurers will get
peehi ee else: eleveriy eanerrtestea's", weether W'ls itle:ti and the tranna wV.ry it) ceuis 3u beer here -titer, an ine
as. rite zooU los.; of ;he allies in], in peel cenclitiou and high fighting erease .itf three vents en heur.
Sae ty's
btuI b ween 7V Ina :earns. jonrea1 QV
IV 10 teen, se, Lit 4t ny advent:toe gain- , Peit,an:r, was reaeht a sat jaci5u-Tirol.c.ed,ti"
ile arty b u18. Ferther a1. eted the alliee toele teeition fur bleat.
over July last ye f enalante
.egetera the- Chinese et tieleyed during the night. The etaaek v. L eet yearn s3iluoit UBrit leit
ineWeient trenepert. , ele Stun! e,y 3 1 dayr.rht. rh, goettneta age els:newt:a paande, an ine
taTORY OF 'rut: BATTLE. :trice of ;lie Chinese wee most setae crease of Ot-.31: 11111.1.1.1141 pandas 011
11, u mcivel elthely he- them. Fier ....even :eters the reenit taf Llatarstre u melt:Eng work,
cense it eels fr.„-,ona tht h Ciiinese the leAtth' was in tb nen, Then. the an, Hannitou hive Ira Lear wage, in-,
PITC FROM THE WIRES
Newsy Items About Ouselv.ea and
Our Neighbore—Sornethiog- of
interest Froot Every Quar-
ter of the Globe,
CANADA.
larantiord used 35,483,175 gallons of
water during July.
The Canadian Patriotic Fund now
amounts to 8317.40 -
They are Loring for natural gas
in Owen Sound. district.
London, Ont.. during July had 67
marriage% 64 birtae and 42 deeths.
Four cases end two deaths from the
bubonic plagee are reperted from Lon-
don.
Through telegaaphis communication
with DAw6on City will he established
by Oetober 1.
Work has 1 een begun ou the erec-
tion of the crematory at Montreal,
the first in Canada.
Mrs. G. Ernest Osmond, of Edgbas-
Lon, England, has at the front two
brotbere, eiglit first cousins, forty-
three second cousins and an unele,
making fifty-four fighting relatives.
Fier sister is a nurse in Maritzburg
Hoepital.
Oat of ailty samples a milk ex,ame,
tiled by The median officer in the par-
ist of S. Pancras, London, only six-
teett were foetid to be of normal coo-
dition. the other samples being dirty,
etrataining mierobees, pus and. tuber,
cute bacilli.
A meg fell from the cliff at Torquay
and for our days and five. niglate lay
NI-1th his bead spilt, his back broken
and otherwise injured, while within
earshot of cottagers, wao naistook- his
groans and cries for the moaning of
L1 e wind.
UNITED STATES.
Schnerman, who at Utica, N.
Y., while driving, broke his neck is
ecovering, eo the (lectors say.
Thomas'Sheridan. of Iron Moun-
tain. Miele, fell 1,390 feet down a
shaft in a ranee there. He waS Out in
wee.
New York police officere are cone
rimed thet the plot to kill King
Humbert was batened in an Anarehint
headquarters at West ilebolcen,
A deteetive slit* 4.731i killed Feed
Zeigler at ia•Lettion, Va., while the
letter was strugglinn to escape. lie
bad been arreeted fer kidaitheing.
Deposits a gold dust and
the Seattle )tesey office cluriag July
aggregete in value 86,a5O,OUU, the close. Holders of Manittents marked
best mentlfs businees in the tietory of prices up le, but buyers had not reach-
tbe effive. them this afternoon. Ontario sold ra-
BOLD PLOT AT PRETRIAL
A Plan to Shoot British Officers and Take Lord
Roberts a Prisoner.
A despatch from Pretoria says t— usual method of punishment is flog
-
A picot to seize General Roberts and to ging.
shoot as 'natty as possible of the Brie Every night shots are /aeard round
tis]a officers aere bas been discovered tbe town. The firing is done hy the
and ten Auer( charged with coinplieity seetries, who frequently discover 130er
have been arrested. 0th.er suapeete are eniessariea trying to enter or leave
being closely watched, and it is ex- the town.
pected that tbey will shortly be tak- Tbe supplies here for the army are
en into custody. abundant, \ vith the exception of for -
The system of granting passes to age. Few of the local farmers bring
burghers wIto take the oath of nen- anything to naarket. It is expected
rality is proving unsafe, and tnere that trains will he available shortlY,
is urgent need of a stricter poticy. and the merchants will 1 hen replenish
Kaffirs :elm have come into tile their stores- The 0-ki1itarY ailthmities
ing the natives brutally are selling rations of lour to civilians
a
city report that the Boers are treat are
by the British troops. Their the food, sappiies for civilians.
wheUever raetstidbernetesPeallreeesptilrl ilreiunng(litTilitiyintalli_egaelnet-
they reoccupy a place that has een t
hhorities, Lord Milton bas eharge of
MARKETS OF THE wn-pirn Vollowing is the mnge of quota-
" " t lulus
Cattle.
Prices of Cattle, Cheese, Grain, ISGa, SIOPPera. Par ewa 4 4 25 5 00
Bchen clicice dn. .
in the Leading Markets. ut
Puteher, medie gentle 3:25 3 50
Pateben inferior. . E0 3 15
St ockers, per cwt. . 3(0 350
Tomato, Aug. 11.—We—Under Sheep o. ncl Lam is •
ithett,:nilfitlariolpilostr:i:igie7'v'irdaey13,"“:1gtd° er 's • ?•11,.*;45 43 7053
maintained a good tone up to the Beek% per ewt, . 2zo 800
hu.htah'ai uhorr lia7mer '014 ","rlanhrsh Ertl trt rushed the Chlnese pesou crtrteea them 13 lea cents au hoar to ta. L11 "i officers at New York ther firmer. Quotations are as followe:
he the PA The Jictetlithe ;he; end ;ie. meneeniens w. re driven from 13 cents. tutve aelze drug e from Ca wale to the, °loathe red and whtie, old, outride,
n';': led 'V" • ew, w 69e; spring, OUT-
, 4 Fro .40,,:nuntinn in, it hy gang Whieh luta. :Fide, 70e; Mandela. No. 1 hard
CAPTURE OP YANGTSUN. ;PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE f];""lat" firut 124'14g'411 tu 1.Alui"17.
eeiven.e. e- steavie, f.,,rce of the hie 7 7 retentee, z Arrengeniente• are being mecie fer "juo $=!,;')j. TboY were Aim g and n
• es
been 4,pet..t3n4; fot 4 ateig time.
alced; same Teronte and
A suit enicat en1 deterunh
ne wether! sytt tatted ; same, upper like ports, nte
rtle ewest,
il
s
ie the duty ata Chit' Igo It' maintain" asked. Meyers bid about 1-2e less,
a fee signal :ervice the
b
and ehorts, $1,4 10 eing tried Ile re. Tile Anchor Line ie te emu;
eribt is Millfeed—Searee and :neatly. Bran
te-a, N. W.
;444.444.,
A miner eater spring of greet
important Position Vrested From Britain's Nessage to Chinese Govern- (wink end email ar,. •wer Irv; been
the Chinese.
ment ResPtillg Envoys' SafeTY• syndicate
"eking neeeeet for th- (c-' of a stenne! e14,50, west,
A 4„ e... 4 ^ (.11 iv, 4313, 1.01c& in, anetety. • A tie ep t teh fee az Limner), :01.:il S;;.... : will des -t„,1,1) it. .
nneents, a„ t'n 4'71,1.. \ erineen.•,-no.nt ' latriiitnego ere Seereta re• lieneirtek Neon rate 3,4f,,,,,it ilaminou the "r• I Corn--Firin, in sympathy with Chi-
ta'ef a ingt -tin Se 1 ii" , said iu v 14• II".usr a t."'"it:uh'hr '11 1 other day, fined 3 bey five rents fa A wro6t4n1 yrrw tm tilt' 1)"i3W:Iret; cagn but demand here at present is
men nee " tenit 144."044‘, lialt lees been , ?nese ty 11411 /Iv? :VA j;.1,,.., -N, tleverne net being pr4 eerie- chine 1 e ben bet le 1-3ekawou'aa and W-1.Ntern ithilrnAd IS !iglu. No. 1 American yeatsw. 47 1-20
digging a leg eettinative teat 01 a bog.
reetase .4 fe• Ice Cie 34. le le tee see- ] who Iced aufernteti the Cicalae -It tt'or-• ing in lin. bay. (Ea track here; and mixed et 40 letic.
piene e • i la :gay tiang , net tete neve , ereman i lt it i be menthe re will be Arrangements it re Lying made at nv tr Creecoe Pa., Mite whielait had i 1
ee.vect here. ire:as—Stet yen Car 1141$ are quoted
re
;• inqd gen:4,40'4 inseeneisee if i lii, Kienaam fur %ii., eanvention of the Linen mei renthielely mull{ out of; nominally at 63c, north and west, anti •
Sev.."1 t;`,4%.r",lall'.. h (VI' n'41.:v."1: luAut'ers rf the foreihn learttions lir C.(1411113E1 Eleetricel Aeseciation there n:trlit.
d....1.,44.iws .11 i 01 t,r61V.4. t, the Pe.41.' , % A 113.E foreign .re Al. l'elZill eatittlea - euf,A,11141,1,4•4 49 t h. 1 it, B. Dixon. of Fran Sett 1sae
e te , e
110,at ta.
1, Ole east ; same, October delivery, offer .
eerie "1 '44434. tat they do utte add fel. :Wary, lir 31 4.j44st.y%,4, Iluvern. military erdere isse.ell from Ottaw5 went to Nome in Juno with :WU head!
I Barley—Quiet. Ness No. 2, .38e ; ottt-
°.
ane iltitig . f vt ateentenee to t he re- went did tee think Atte wend /intense announce the t Maj.-tien. O'Grady- al Cattle. repots that ItItkl°') man :Ire,. tilde ; old, No. 2. 40e.
ilaiy bee assumed Liu, enenneind oe /be svithout money 4811 la it ttout work.. Rye__New eye, eee, outside ; and ehl,
1404:4ti already receieetl. There its ite emit! be Nerved by Curther eunottunis
Sour. 5411184:-..., ,,,E OW beiief reported , e..0 ik xis. Ca no dia n ulna in mvaatait::-n.of them literally dying of star- en to
to let held in a len-Tein ; It 11 the El.1,1 144 An,weri,ng i4u, 4' her quest het. Mr. A u.T.R. freight tea in jumped a 1 Oats—Ertey. New white oats, west,
Pehla is n.`;‘, '1,Prt• Tit" kta °Wad for ; Broliriek sect' her majesty's tee.orie ;tench on Ann se reet, 310114 r0441, and The foreign connuerre of the United i 24 1-2e; old white oats, north and weet, '
this beiief st'It naval had no cenfirneation of the ertshed tltrounli the \salt of Ger.. States for tlo. ,year ending June 3U, non; and east, 270.
ietatetnent attributed tit Li -Ilene:- aaeob's h"tu+- I4 013e w"karL 111)U. i'S greateet in the ecuntry's1 Floure-Continues dull. Holders ask
MERCHANTS DISAPPROVE, Cheng to the effpet that the fvreign- 11 ia said that Menitoba will not hietory. The imports of inerchuudisei 82.85 for 93 par cent. intent, in buy -
lens 11111 left Pekin for Tien:rein tote hew mitre than St.% en, In ) „ ers btgs, middle freights, ate expel
exts st me atm. o tine is.
Fear Effeet on Chinese of Landing tier "heurt- of wheat for export, this year. cum- port.); 81.334,1eG,37U. ere $2.75. Specialt brands sell 10-.
known liere of the strength of the!
pared With twenty-five millein Lott GENERAL. cally from 10 to 20c above thr.ri?. fig -
3Iilkers
n -
Cows, soeli.
Calves, eatth. . •
cheire hegs, per cwt.
Ii;faitt bogs, per eu-1,
rive liege, per cwt.
C0 45 03
alit) 1010
6(0 023
504 5F3
1-2 57
5 1-2
3 23 30
2 00 230
THE GARRISON SMALL,
rana'arahhile. a
"BOBS". MAKES A SPEECH,.
Hle Greatest Pleasure the Welfare
of the Soldiers.
A despatch from Pretoria says:,
Many Boers are coming in from the
hash veldt and surrendering their
arms at various stations along the
railway between here and Middle,
hare,
Lord Roberts opened the Soldiers'
Institnte on Monday. In his address,
said the first function of tlais kind
he presided -over was in India some
years ago. Tae comanandereineehief
aaid kis greatest pleasure was in the
welfare of the soldiers. fie thanked
eliss Brook, Miss Litaut, and the ()the;
of the institute.
THE RAIDERS ROUTED.
Boer commando which Derailed, a
Train I3adly Cat Up.
A despatcb from Kroonetad, says:—
Cr annandant Theron, who cominanded
the Liter flying patrol that derailed
and learnt -a last week. near Honig..
,Nrrnit, the t rale earre'ing 12nited
States Consul sthwe enti fie inn the
Stars and SI riwo, bas suffered a loss
et 'twee killed and ten severely
wounded, in a rear guerti action, near
Iir1.4,,-;stud with !he nountell infantry,
Th Brit :sb Nu -t a ineti 110
BOER PRISON ERS.
A Batch of 233 Ilas Arrived in
Ceylon.
A deeletteh trent C4ylu41-,.
SA)4A;—rn4.4, 111.111ilreti end thirty-tbree
inienvities i.1: 1\tr trete Suuth Africa.
rrived here on We lee -4d 4y. Their
titimate destintti4.14 lelyetantwa.
One Istentletel :tuti t neuty-tlu'ett of
lulu are 8 Kiwi. 42 Irielt-Aittericanse
anal Sel Germans and Hon inners.
Col. Hoare Had, a Small Force a
Elands River. SATING "HELLO:"
Tim English and American people
say; "How do you do?"
(1urim141.1 greet h 0113W b
A4 despttch fe en Leaden, Thursdey,
;sly); nnen keen eetne a inlrltine
r?Sfr;n^ients 1-ttely declered thet it
14-0i (1. 11. Ile 'Wet to]
'week threugh Zia neral Kitehtner's
w)rdon, tit et Is:le PN* ;neutral N
again flit ting. Ile Ind alremly begun`
to exo044 411'river en Mond:lye
t i h the Brit ish in ilk retie Nmhing,
e•cri as ye. at Wed to (lettere! '
&litres' cleepeleit 111et Generals Me.:
thuen esnd Kitcnener nuy be able to.
(thecae hie flight.
General J ati trey's SI4Ves4 at Elanas
river between Zeerdet awl linetenbur•
le a e uf f Hem in. ti.' 441 in (het be can
get: ru4rth ;,•311 bother 1.1unorll'
1111 far British Troops at Shanghai. /
A despatell fru ru Washington. says: 1"13E OF GOOD CHEER.'
Se ate Depa El meat bas reettived
I••••••••11
2
saying: " linzw do you find your.
self"
The Cbine.se iuquire of equals;
you eaten your rice ?" The reply
" Tbank's to your abundant felielty."
The Japanese Mien they meet a
superior, remove their sandale and ex-
claim: "Hurt me not."
" How do you stand?" asks the It-
alian when lea meets a frietel.
Arabs of eminence kiss each other's
theeks and exclaim: "God grant thee
His favor and give health to thy fam-
ff
u it
The Burmese rub their noses away)
each other's eheeke and say: "Give
Llands river garrisen, but it wasi
• year. Havana lute two cases of yellow urea ine a smell."
Li three days over 3,000 head of
fever.
1 Buffalo, Aug. 14.—Flour — Firm, probably eniell.
LORD ROBERTS' REPORT.
, westexn cattle have been stinted east IICILVy rains and floods in Jamaita,
mister 'Conger Informed of the by one hem in Winnipeg, which hee have caused damage to tbe banana, Wheat—Little dreing; epeing, No. I
a cablegram fie zu Consul -General Ar -7 -
Goodnow at ShLinghai. unitoulacing Advance of tbe Allies. i Nerthern, spot, 82 5-8a; No. 1 Northern,.
that a einsiderable British detach- cent 9,000 bead this s•eason to Mont- 1 .fields.
A desrateh from Washington, saye; reel for shipment. I A steamer with a enegue ease! 8771c1J2N;e7i1nNtlehlriteN,oOlel2,17"e8de; old,
77e0cc.; Cileerwn'
meet of troops bed been landed fur
—A message has bOen ;tent tu Minister The Ottawu Beard of Trusteee has aboard has been placed under quaran-
e the St 31 e Devetement in rented it part of the Areateure Albite Lien at. Gibraltar. , eArnsettled; No. 2 yellow, 13 3-1 to 44e;
the protection of the foreign settl•e- nenger h.,
neent at Sbangliai. Nt. eretest wee reply te the despatch reeeived front tie rooms for nienuel training for! The first cargo of American coal im-hl Nee:,...ih3 yellow, 43 1-2 to 43 3-4e; No. 2
eral, but be says the merchants cf Revel for the Warsaw, Railway. 431-4 to 43 1e2e; No: 3 corn, 43
made by the AutarieLlm Cu'at."1144e11- hint late en Tecteelay. It advisee him of some of the schools, which will be' ported into Russia, has arrived at -
the approaeh of 1 he relief column, and to 43 3e4c. Cate—Firm; No. -2 white,
Slutrighai disappeceve of z.he action of .exhorte him to he of good cheer. The opened m eepterineer.
A cheque 5'. 45 received at Ottieve The first cargo of American coal imel new, 25 1-2 to 25 3-43; No. 3 white, 24
I
cite the anti-lereign Chinese. ; Cenger at Pekin, and a delineate of fererst collected, in the field neer Revel for the Warsaw. Railway. 1-2 to 21 3-4c; No. 4 233-1 to 24c., Rye
54 to 54 3-4c. Barley—Fair eeateth was eent direct to Minister for 50, for the
8. relief of the fire sufported into R
- assia, bas arrived at; __Ne., 2,
Adel -real Seymour, fearing it will in- dp
'
ment thet the ernitea States Govern- Shaaghei. Gcodnew was directed to Fusiliers. cide, with absinthe in Paris the other .
I tinchoice, maiting, .16 to 49e, on track
It ie leerne,d at the State Depart- it te Consul -General Goodnow. at Bloemfonteit, by the Northunaberland . A young Frenchmen committed sui- .
ment will enter no. protest at land- '6 are no pains or ex ense to ,t ' a Montreal is to have a new palatial day. Two medical students, who' „ 3
here.
Chicago, .aug. In—Higher cablee
e t ' a ents and rain in
nag troop. eenceies the right of
any pewee 45 preteet its citizensmeesage to Minister Congr. hotel on Donainiun Square. It will
e
where they are deemed; to be in dart- , The Government officials here re- necessitate the removal uf St. George's
ger. gard the situation as very dangerous church and deanery school hoese, the
AMMUNITION FOE CHINA.
to Minister Conger and, other foreign- Donatnion 'Methodist church and par-
ers in Pekin, and grave doubt is ex- sonage, a.nd the Y.M.C.A.
pressed whether the international i Brockville ratepayers have declar-
Manufacturers Ordered to Supply force can reach Pekin in time to reece
All They Can. the Ministers.
A. despatch from London says :—An
order for tnirty million rounds ot
MAY GO VIA RUSSIA.
e ed, by a vote of 413 te 07, in hiver of
purehasin.g a gas and electric light
plant for 8100,000. The vote showed
a large raujerity in favor of manage
ing the plant by five commissioners.
The Cataract .Power Co., if given
the right of way through Hamilton,
will build an electric railway to Galt,
and later to Guelph. With connec-
tians it will bring the city into touch
with .100,000 persons through an hour-
ly service.
The Algoma, en xa. a' y, whieh
has acquired the charter and ,privi-
leges of the old Hudson Bay and Sault
Ste. lefarie Railway Company, will ex -
en i p r construc-
tion, front its terminus at Missanabie
to Moose Factory, on Hudson Bay, 250
Miles.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Birmingham Quakers are opposed to
conferring the freedora of the oily on
rctoslliers think the exception_
LosedngRuosbhe
al conditions prevailing justifies them
in asking for an increased wage.
)3en Valet, of the Deena& Union,
has been chosen candidate for the next
election by the trades unions of the
Swansea parliamentary division.
The Earl of Clarendon has been ap-
pointed Lord Clagmberlain, succeedi.ng
Lord Hopetoun, recently a.ppointed
GoverneleGeneral of the australian
Communevealth.
The Birmingham and district lieens-
Harrismith Captured and Severe
I Fighting at Eland's River.
A despatch from Lendon, says:—
Lord 'Roberts repurte to the War
Office as tollowee—
, "Herrismith earrendered on August
4. The neighbouring coontry seems to
be quiets
"The Boers attacked the garrison at
, Eland's river un the morning of
August 4. Informetion was sent to
watched the effects of the deadly en ,
Carrington, who was on his way to
of their olaservations. the North-West gave a firm tone to
reached Reatextburg yesterday, report -
green drug, will jointly write a book Blend's river. Ian Hanalt on, who
A young Frenchmen .committed sui- a. small wheat market to -day. Corn
ed hearing heavy firing in the direc-
cide, with absinthe in Paris the other.; eels helped by continued hot weather,
day. Two medical students, arid closed 7-8e higher.,
firi•ag seems more distant, which looks
tion of Eland's river. To -day the
Minneapeaie, Aug. 14.—CloseDe—cliThbeeart,
as if the Eland's river garrison had
watched the effects of the deadly o • --"ki'l'g' asucl Sept-,
been. relieved and was retiring towards
green drug, will jointly weite a book 75 1-2e;
of their observations. 76 7-8c; No. 1 hard, 78; No. 1 Northern,
) 76c; No. 2 Noa-thern, 74 1-2c.
Z Lora R. °eerie, in another report, dat„
eerust• "
Toledo, Aug. 14.—W:heat—Spot, 78 ed at
P
retoria,
says:—"Xitchener is
1 3-1c; September, 79 3-4c; October, 79
7 8 D c bar 81 1-4c Corn—No. 2,
small arms, ammunition is being fill- , - e; e BM ,
ed at the Woolwich arsenal for ship-
ment to Cinna. It as stated that tbe
amraunition inakers throughout the
oountry have also been ordered to fur-
nish all they can.
400 MILES IN A COFFIN.
Means Adopted by Missionary to
Escape From Chinese.
A despatch from Hong Kong, says:
—Missionaries arrived here from the
Pxovineei of Hunan nave reports of
terrible suffering and privations en-
dured there. In escaping one of them
was carried 400 miles in a ooffin, the
Chinese, out of the veneration. for the
dead, not insisting on a close scrutiny.
SITUATION DANGEROUS.
Spanish Minister Cables to His Gov-
ernment.
A. despatch frora Madrid, says:—The
Foreign Office has received from Senor
De Colagae, Spanish Minister at Pekin,
a despatch of uncertain date, descrih-
ing the situation as very distressing
and dangerous, and confirming the
previous reports as to the attitude of
the Chinese Goverunient.
END OF TrIE WAR.
Offieial Statement in the British
Commons.
A despatch from Lenclon says :—In
the House of Commene on Tuesday,
Under-Secretary of War Wyndham
said the Transvaal Weer would he (Ivor
in three weeks, , ' '
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German Troops to Use the Siberian
Railway.
A deepatch from Hamburg, says
The Hamburger Cher - rt. t
an-
fiuces under x-eserve that the per-
sonal negotiations between the Czar
and Emperor William have resulted'
in an arran nt f th
geme or convey-
ance of German troops to China by.
way of the Russian and Siberian rail-
wa.ys, but the route will not be used
by any large body of troops, as the
sea route is more expeditious.
125,000 MORE TROOPS.I
Russia to Pour Men Into China in
Enormous Numbers.
A. despateh frolm Loudon, Wednee-
day, says :—The Daily Graphic's Sebas-
topol coxresponclent claims to have the ,
best military authority for stating
that Russia proposes, in addition to
the troop s already despatched from
Odessa to the far East, to embark
125,000 mare at that port before the •
end of the year.
CEILiCHOWFU MASSACRE.
Two U. S. Lady liriesionaries Among
the Slain.
A. despatch from London, 'Wednes-
day, says:—Arnong the miscellaneous
news from Shanghai is a confi treat:ion
of the reported massacre of mission-
aries at Clauchowfu including two
Amerit 21) di,es. 0
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ed sill:coat; have abolished the "long
pell" custom, and in future will give
exact measure to anbtomers, owing to
the increase in beer duty.
The Shah of Persia has bought a
cloek from Meesrs. Benson of Ludgate,
THE SULTAN VERY ILL.
Oats— with the force south of the Vaal
-- i cash, 40c; September, 39 3-4c;
detachment of B.arbant's
He Fainted in His Garden On Mon -I Ne. 2, oash, 23c; Septernba, 22 13-4c. s'ritroln''g He was joined yesberday by a
day Last. Rye—No: 2, clash, 51c. Clover seed—
A despatch from Landon, Friday, tobeire 85.77 1-2; No. 2, 81.65. Oil—Un- !
eays :—The Times' Constantinople oar- changed. f ,
reSpOndent says that reports whioh it Milwaukee, Aug. Ie.—Wheat—Firm;
is equally difficult to corroborate or No. 1 Northern, 76 1-2c; No. 2 North-
_ Rase and the Canadian Regiment."
1898 prime,$5.10; 1899, prime, $5.40; tee- ,
DE WET CROSSES THE VAA.L
refute state that the Sultan, whom exn, 74 1-4 to 75 1-2c. Rye—Steady; No. , He is Still Hemmed .in by the
recent events have greatly discome 1, 51 1-2 to 53 1-2c. Barley—Steady; British, However.,
posed, fainte'd in his garden Monday, No. 2, 49 to 500; sample, 39 to e8c.
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and has beern oanfined to his bed ever Taranto, Aug. le.—Our receipts at
Tuesday's trellis running between
ince. I the western cattle yards to -day were
Pretoria and Middelburg were szliped
The Daily Chronicle's Constanti- f arty carloads of live stock, compris- I
' at by Bowe near Bronkhorst spruit.
nopleneoirrespandent professes to aave ing GOO cattle., 300 hogs, 500 lambs and
Iwo men were wounded. ! ..e. force of
the best reasoin to believe, although sheep, a dozen milkers, and a few, „
invented anfantry drove the ,Boers off
Adnairal Alonet Peelle, who, has just calves.a.nd. buxned the farms for ten miles
retustned from the United States,' There was rather a heavy run of ex -
'strenuously denies it, that an agree- part cattle, but ' the rather better areund.
, Gen. De Wet has cheesed the Vaal
ment was effected by which the, in- markets in the Olcl Country probab- river, but lie Is retill hemmed in.
deranity due the United States from iy had some effect, as we had a brisk The Japers hold a position five miles
Turkey will be added bpi the price of ah demand for all the good cattle at from
east) of Wandestentein. This is an ad-
• waesatip abould .one be ordered to be 4 3-4 to 5c) per pound; light shippers Trance) station on the Delagoa bay line
built in America.
SHOT BY THE BOERS.
The Englishman Who Blew Up
Magdalene Bridge. '
A despatch from Cape Town, says:—
are worth fr.= 4 1-4 to .1'5-8c per
pound. There was a fair clearance.
The trade in butcher cattle was
dull, as we had more than, the demand
xeceuired., good stuff sold at steady
prices, bar common stuff dragged, and
much of it did not s,e11.
Stockers), feeders, export and light
The Lorenzo Marques correspondent
and mach eows 1.13318141 practi-
of the Cape argue telegrophe that the
oelly unchanged in price.
Englishman, Coopee, who was convict, -
Calves eel& better to -day, with a
ed ab Maoleadoelrop of h:owing up the
Magdaleae bridge en tire Delagoa
steady enquiey for e. tew eth,oice one report, on , report, a large 'part of s
anacendemned drarid tinhr court.. Eons are steady aunchanged, force. leave rn,acle good theihi
r escape and
,Ffer prime hogs, seeding from 160 to coached Baffens hoek..
200 lbs. the Lep price is 5i -lo; thick Probably hie defence of the hills
Lab hogs, 5:3-8c; light hogs, 5 1-4e per against) General Methuen c:overee the
peered. s retreat on thie part of his command,
that is held 'by Gen. French. Every
ithermediete station is strongly gar-
reione.c1 her the Brittsth.
DE WET AGAIN ESCAPES.
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A• despatch from London, says_Gen_
gral De Web, the Boer coranaander, wno
croceerclin,g to the correspondents was
certain he captured by the Beitish,
who, had thrown all unbreakable cox -
doe eround, kim }Jae 'succeeded in
crossing the Vaai river, and, according
Lonclen, Whicla will show* him at a cn,arteal, was duly shot. He refeeed to
glance the time in Teheran and in th6C1Ose bis accompliees unless the
twelve other places, such eh London, 'Boers veoteLd agree to spare lie life, a
Bombay and Washington. oonctitiOa which was 'reeltieccel.
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• '4 4 1 4 4 1 1 s1ec,
Hollanders greet their friends
asking; "Marc you lad a good d
nem I"
A Moor rides at full epeed toward
a. friend or stranger, stops suddenly
fies a pietol into the air, over his own
laced, thee considers that he has been
quite courteous.
On the African coasts negro Kings
greet each other by snapping the mid-
dle finger three times.
The natives of the Philippine Islands
take a friend's hand or foot and rub
it over their faces as a token °Lee
friendly greeting.
In Egypt the usual words of greet-
ing are: "How do you perspire V'
In Lapland 'friends salute by press-
ing their noses together.
"Peaoe be with you," say the Mo-
hammedans, and the response is, "On
you be peace and the blessings and
mercies of God."
The Polish greeting is: "How do
you have yourself ?"
Persian friends cross necks, rub
cheeks and say: "May thy shadow
never grow leas."
" Go with God, senor," the Span-
ish greeting.
The French ask, "How de you carry
yourself ?"
The Turk crosses his bards upon his
breast and makes a probund obeis-
ance when he greets a frieid.
Russian friends greet iy asking;
"How do you live an?"
The Ottoman says; "Beunder the
guard of God."
In Siaen a man prestrans him lf
on the ground when he meets a
stranger, and waits to see ,thether he
will be raised and welcome or kir ed
away.
When they wish to shdv undy
friendship the inhabitants if Carmine
open a vein and offer thee blood to
their friends to drink. 1
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TO BE EXPECTED.
)1
The British government expects a
drought im hadia about twi,te in every
nine years, and a great gneine like
the present about twice In a cen-
tury.
INCREASED HIS WORRIES.
t
You seem dreadfully woeried.
Yee; you see, I joined a Don't Wore,
1
ry Club, and it worries me to remem-
ber to keep from worrying.
THEY DIDN'T CHATTER.
Doctor—Did you have a heavy chill?
Fair Patient—It seemed so,
Doctor --Did your teeth chatter ?
Fair Patient—No; they were in my
dressing case.