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Newsy items About Ourselves. and
Our Neighbors—Something of
Interest From Every Quo -
ter of the Globe,
Chinese Asked for an Armistice and
Then Attacked Legations,
deepatelt to the Loudon Morning
Post from Pekin, via Chafes°, says
that the Tsung-li-Yanten on August
at that
"'The Indian troops broke down an
rualeed the gate and 1 entered with
, cavalry and guas. I then sent other
12. requested a conference with the 0 cavalry and the Punjab Infanty to the
I
A./Misters, with the view to bringing Temple of Heaveu to seoure our left
abnut peace, the rectneet was refused. flank and canaping ground, and with
as there was achody on either *idol the other corpe pushed on towards the
who was authorized to treat. That 1 Legatious.
night there wee the longest fusillade ".&t 3 o'clock we got on the canal
of the siege, the fng lasting twelve
hears. On August 13 ties Tsun-lieYe-
men begged, to be excused from hold-
ing a conferenoe, saying the merabere
opposite the water gate and were sig.,
aalled trent the wall held by the Le-
gationees.
"11 with aportion of the staff and
were too busy. Later the board weote/aeventy Indiana, rusbed croes tie& al -
that they bad forbidden farther fixing Ireast dry moat aati entered through
on the 1,egations1 and. that thee would the water gate without loss. We found
court-martial anyone who disobeyed, all well in the Legatione. Maedoaald
trameaiately Meowed me aroaad the po-
sitione with the view of further ae-,
tione
"la the meantime our tiehl artillery
ektfg. IN and eantared am four had been brought up to bombard the
courts. The American flag is fisiog 'oentral gate of the Tartar eity; but a
en the Imperial granary. The Impel. -
la) Bank has been looted.
GEN. GASELEE'S REPORT.
A despatch from Loadon sari
Gaseiee1 the couttuender of the Bri-
hal forces at Pekin, hes telegraphed
to the "War Office as follows:—
" At a conference. August 12, it
was agreed that the r.iliee aleauld can-
ventrate within five miles of Pekie,
Anguet 14, and tbe assault sheuld be-
gin .Atigust 15. The attackhawever
natantenced, early in the morniog a
August 14and our troop' had to make
a forged march of 15 miles from Tang-
ebow in great heat.
"We were on the extreme left, and
attuked the eatolt-ease gate of tbe
Chinese city. Tbeee vets practically n
'ant that eveuing there was the sharp-
est general 5dany shells fel/
th?eLeegation. Fifteen leendred
orien,us attaekett the Imperial palace
sortie by the Amerieatts and Rueetans
f the garrison along the wall autieie
d tbe bonabardmeot, and tbegate
inee our hands,
"Twe field guns were then bought
nto the Legation, and tne reet were
eent back to the *Temple of Heaven.
At about five la the afternoon the Am-
ericane, under Gen. Chaffee, entered
t.haLegation, and. then we moved on
towardce
s the ntrga
al to of tlie Tar,
tar city for the night.
'tBy nightfall we had
men in the Legation."
Here apparently so
missing.
"During the 'eveeing at tbe Temple
or /leaven we were engaged, and, aa.
luflicting heavy loes. we ocoupled
opposition, as we were not expected the eunth gate a tbe Chinese ctty.'
r..—
YUNG LIPS OATH F. P, Myles, who entered tile Roya
four buedred
wordare
giv-
-A prominent 3:v101,mi bee ebtatu. at the War Office as eoon as poesible.
Swore 10 Mitrder All The Foreigners
despateb from, Irsag. ir-0,w, =ye; epeotively, end. are to report for duty
With, Aid of and csterehire regime
BagerS. Military College in 1898, have boon
•
Leieats
r
en conmeissions In the West Yorkehire
ed Irmo The 'Lamm runners a letter MORE TROOPS NECESSARY.
from General Yung -Lu, commander- 4 despatch. from Cologne, aayse—
in-ehlef of the Northern armies, to Seint-ofticial Berlin telegrams to the
General Tung -Eli -Siam, commanding Clologue Gazette atrenuously dispute
the Kan -Su troops, flayin:— the contention of the party opposed to
Ais not. convenient to accomplish the Goveanment and. the army that
my sesmet orders," and proceeding:— there es no need to sand fur tiler rein -
"The foreign devils, collating their foreemoate to China. The correspon-
euperim: etrengeh In warships and dentsays—'We have not to deal with
„rune, have dared to exert aU their the local revolutionary elemeues
ID
power to rob and insult us, but their Pekin, but mut ivapose our terms on
populations are small and entirely de- the whole Empire."
pendent on the Chbaese productions. Shanghai are reassembling about,
Peof
China. now poseesses cannon and rifles itsang, after the advance the
allies had thru.st them ttside. Possibly
and plenty of well-trained troops. I
there la still a considerable Chinese
don't fear the foreigners. In the case
o
army in the flead between Pekin and
Sen -Min, refused Italy, with the
Tien-Tsin. If so, a portion of the
result that nothing was taken. It •is
-
evident that the foreign devils are mixed contingents with the reinforce
mente now hurrying from the coast
cowards. 1 and. Prince Tuan recently
will be required be again clear the
obte.ined the help of millions of Boxers
po•esessing magic boldness. Iswear to rcia4L
murder all foreigners, with the assist -
STEP .NEARER ST. HELENA.
ance of the Boxers, who are supplied
;with arms."
CANADA.
The Hull -Ottawa relief fund has
teen' closed.
Killarney, 31est., had a deetruetive
hailstorra Thureday.
Hamilton bad a lively elearic
storm Thursday mornale.
Twenty-two delegates from Kansas
are at• Regina, N. W. T.
The eteamer Mayflower was barned
Penetang yesterday.
Cameros warehouse at. Brookville
has been destroyed by fire.
Harveetera are wanted at Hastuey,
Delorabee and Carberry, Man -
Leber cazaidates will figure en
Ute munioipal eleotioae at London.
Hoary Piper, proatrated by aeon -
stroke at London last Friday, is dead.
There bee been 24 basineas failures
this week la Canada, against 26a peer
"OM..
General Tung -Fu -Sian, in his reply, Paul Kruger's Proclamation Counter
;which was also obtained, says he is to That of Roberts.
of the same opinion, and places the A despatch from London, says:—
Kan-Su troops at General Yung-Lu's President Krugex, according to a
despatch from Lorenzo Marques to
the. Daily Express, has issued it pro-
clamatiom cou.nter to the latest pro-
clematiom issued by Lord Roberts,
The Txansvaal President says
"It will help you nothing to lay
down. your arms or to leave the, com-
mandoes. Every step homeward
means a step nearer St. Helena."
disposal.
LIEUT. COMA GUILTY.
Sentence on the Accused Postponed
• for the Present.
A deepateh froan Pretoria says:—
The trial ef Lieut. Cordu,a, formerly
of the Ilransvaal artillery, on the
charge of being concerned in the plot
to kidnap General Lard Reberts, was
concluded to -day. The prisoner' was
found guilty of all tb,e counts in the
indictment against barn, but sentence
was deferred until the findings of the
°mixt should be confirmed by Lord.
slightest difference in the regular de-
itoberts. spatch of Russiantroops to the far
Col. Godfrey, the judge, in summing- East;The military authorities con -
up, caused a sensation by declaring
tinue to charter extra troopships in
that a violation of parole was • punish -
every available quarter. Fifteen trans -
able with death. •
• A period -of 43 minutes was occups-
ed in considering the verdict.
•-WILL POUR IN TROOPS.
Capture of Pekin Makes No Differ-
• 'enee to Russia.
A despatch from Odessa says :—The
capture of Pekin will not make the
Arthur Dewdetey, of Harvey
township, was etrack by lightuiug and
Nathaniel Parsons; a Jarvis, Out,
was fatally injared by a threshing
maebbee.
Uirieli Ituppreelet, a German, oora-
mitted snicide on his wile's grave
Norwich.
G. T. R. plotare0 have been award-
ed a gold medal al the Paris Ex-,
pasition.
The Canadian Horticultural Societe',
ID "eh at atm:etre/a, will meet ueat
year at London.
Abraham Creamer, carpenter, was
till by a tall while tet work at Port
Hoe* on Titureday.
French-Avaelbeas itt oonvention at
Ariellet, C. B., sent a loyal message
ID the Queen on Friday.
Lt, -Cel. Stone, who has resigned the
spectorship ot artillery for Canada,
ails for England to -morrow.
Tht eaventh annual meeting of the
a lapel Council of \Vernon of Canada
bas Weed at Victoria, B. 0.
Bolton district farmer has, sold
11 mouths' old calf to E. S. Kelly of
Yellow Soringe, Ohio, for 31.000.
Thirty Icelandio emigrants from the
Northevestern &etas, passed tlarough
Winnipeg Saturday for Edmonton.
jease il,Torriara, 18 years old, was
struck by a L. E. oYe D. B. R. train
at Blenheim, Ont., and fatally in-
jured.
Capt. William Wood, of the barge.
Mese°, was fatally crushed by e,
'freight train at Point St. Charles,
Que.
Neepawa, Mane farmere expect 20
bushels to the aore. Receipts at the
elevators there will reach 400,000
bushels,
The Charge of murder preferred
against three residents of ,Perkin's
Mille, Que., has been dismissed at
James Patton, Jr„ charged with
personating at the palls at Hamilton,
brought back from Buffalo, was dis-
charged yesterday.
Prof. Robertson, of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, is at Grimsby
ID conbection with the cold storage
export of fruit.
Mrs. H. E. Hawkins, of Hamilton,
is suing to have 13. A. Sprague of
Winnipeg, removed as executor of
her husband's estate, valued at $11,000.
Rev. H. P. Whidden, late pastor
of Galt Baptist Church. and. now a
professor of 'Brandon College, was
given a farewell and. presentation at
Galt yesterday.
N. De Struve, Russian Consul at
Montreal, and A. Paikrt, Hungarian
Agricultural Commissioner, are visit-
ing the Brandon, Man., experimental
faxm and district.
A. yacht, with a party of five frem
St. Simon, Qae., was capsized in the
lower St. Lawrence yesterday and
three of the party drowned, Capt.
Foster, P. and. C. Marin.
Dr. X. G. Evans, of Kingst9n, claims
he discovered the use of bioxide of
sodium as an absarbent of poisonous
gases and which the French Academy
is now making a furare over. -
• The Ogilvie killing Campeau noev
estimate Manitoba's wheat yield at
20,000,000 bushels. The full crop, with
the acreage under cultivation this
season, should have been 40,000,000.
A Rochester woman, claiming to be
the metheir of yening Marshall, drown-
ed ot1 the steamer North•Tang, made
demand for his wages and cloths
ing' fat Kingston on Thursday:It was
filiFTON SENT UP FOR TRIAL
Formal ntnent . the
ports are now in berth here, destined
for the East. The suburban camps
and city baxranles are • filled with
troops arriving for embarkation.
,Troops from *a member of the central
and northern Governments are ar-
e tendon riving here on ecociunt of the conges-
asurder"tese. time of military traffic on the Siber-
A despatch from Louden; Ont., sa:Ysz ian railway.
—Gerald Sifton and Walter Herbert '
were this afterineon committed for
trial at the September assizes on the
charge of murdering Jos. Sifter'. The
proceedings were of a purely formal
nature, and no statement was made
nor aeguanent offered by the defence.
• The 1,301 pages of testimony were
•produced and verified.under oath by }
the' stenographer. Counsel fov the de-
ftenee waived thereading er the evi-
dence, and SqUire Sanytla committed
both prisoners for trial. Fhe assizes
Open September 24. The evidence tak-
en at the preliminary investigation
is nearly 260,000 words, and lakes a
very bulky volume.
A e,able from the War Office ta-day
states ,thate Cadets R. ,McLareta and
THE MANITOBA HARVEST.
wtn Yield Notch 'Higher Than
VE11,4 EN pee Led. •
despatch from 'Winnipeg, says'
The Maniteba harvest is now well ad-
vanced, and • reports from. all sources
state that' wheat will yield • much
higher than wae , expected. Cutting
will .be over ia abou.t. ten days
throu,ghout 'Southern Manitoba, On
the Ein.arsoLi branch cutting is re-
pealed as completed. It ie estimat-
ed that, '75 pee cent. on,tee, NvIleaf; has,
now been cut in Manitoba, while about
50 per cent. of the crop has beenhar-
veeted in the Territories,
Wheat
tbe WhIte Pass's Railway frOM, rsYea
1
YAWN OF TEE WORLD
t°Lrtenet2L* t Gotodou B. Johnson, ewe
Royal Engineer, son °f XaYQr '3-°114" Prices of cattle, cheese, Grain, 4c -
Son, of BelleVille, bas been ordered by in the Leaning. Market%
cable 4Porn. the Adjelant-Geoeral 9f
the army, London, to join his reit-
meat at Chatham, Bnglaad, on Toronto, A,ag. L'8. -4t the Western
September it. Cattle yards to -day there was, a total
UNIT)) STATES, 47 loads, inelading 200 cattle, WO
Propceed improvements to Inhcoie bogs, and, 254 atte,ep and lambs,
Park, Chicego, will eost over $1,000,- .The Market was 401, and 'Prima re -
000. • =hied unelearneed. The majority of
AU Chloage is being decorated for OA offerings were left nver-
vtheenttera.nd Army of the Repablie con- wetm:ft:r13,:di,cebuitotetttero: wearlovretrycalittttilue
Over 320,000,0110 in geld wee gbipped treding. Prices remained steady at
ID Eur.ope, frone the United States $4i4240 btolAtnelier5,12s.1-0a2 tnetier etwhist-supply was
st week, •
equal to the demand, Choice seleetions
Students 041d. professors of the Thai-
vereity of Ohicago, favou,r the shirt were quoted at 34.35 to 34.50 per *wt,
waist far men. Ieferior grades were prautleally un -
Over 1,000 horses were shipped from'sari: bosblea.pe and iatabe the eitexiligs
New Orleans yesterday for the Bra -
nee array in south mdcar, were moderate, and the demand slew,
The Liberty (ogress of the Am- eioleit export*bee P wero clooted
at
xflidetaannaf?.,eaatiague 0y1.441Atenrt4i-alropey, till:stars:at P34 t* $4.25 Per onct•
The hog taarket was steady, the balk
Bryan. of the arrivals being beld:ver.
Folio/vine ie the range of quota_
Judge Taft, Wet of the United
States Philippine Gel:tee:41,554M, eeparta ttan5:"'
a "satisfaotory condition, Of thigge qn
ehippere, per snide , ,4 4 50 $ 512 1-2
the whine." Butcher, chniee 4e . 40(1 450
The year ending 'Ilene 30 wee the Butcher, atedie to. good. 324 3 t0
banner year for all western railroads 13uteher, weriee, 80
accar4ing to President Hill. of the Stocker:4 per cwt. . 200 27
leTortiaern Pacific,
Cattle*
Sheep and Lambs.
'taxies Geiger, it painter, was run ShoepP, Per ewt, , •874
over and killed, by a train At Locke So/Irlellg laralx5* rael'• • 00
Port, N.Y., Thursday. The step ef t.'1/44' Per nwt', 2Z9
wQalves.
a oar struok the lecider whieh Gel-lmatoceili.lieere al
• 25 00
ger was at work. Calves, ode .
GREAT BRITAIN.
The Prince and Princess of Wales nieeice bop, .pe
have leet London for Elombarg near Light hem pe
Frank1ort-on-the4falee to returnn
.Sit,3eg't •
Sept. 1st,•
The court at Grand R •
eplete, nlieln, Te_114,67."la umix•ex.
is being tteleed to dieselve the partnere 4" nalut,re4t by:111'15 of tit wbea.
t1" 3311/31e'r a 11141/13S 14111" streetedet atoedud eyw.tbiti37% ‘1)70erTel:-p4e1r retebteb
*1
ber Compeny, of Mani.ster. T3tzemoin.totioer.,
or tont of barley Feld for 41 1-2e per
e.4:414113117g1"/Y4Y1113:Q11114"tbertotni""tn in bu.we5rhet4s9;t1:11,vtite old bruieing 32e and
hundred bushele at wee
the new eee per Istitel. A,3aother
GH-NE11411, lave hey market prevalle 1 to -day,
toLraantoecom egEoatiNaotirtri:ucf,orag,utillion •ttowesnit3)..wheep,tice eetonen.xa New et stem us,
Ex -Premier Crispi says Italy should who,t, wht tr I4 0 711.2
ses-reb for new fields in tbe Orient.' Wheat, reel.: 0 70 071 1-21
Ilegian capitalists intend ter build‘IsIV411:ittt: g6veoein.ring: 001)0 00 93
at, Antwerp the largest shipyard on. alto, etl.
. 03.i 0112
the continent. 4 Oats, spring. , . 00 0..8
The troubles of Italy's new king Bexley, . . . 0 00 041 le
have commenoed with a differenee Hay. 012, per ton, . U00 3350
with hisMinisters. new. p.n. ton.. . 12 00 1350
Straw, pr ton. . . 000 10 00
felall 13 under arreet at Deipste
Dressed begs.. . . 7.73 $0I!
who admit a having conspired to kill Butter, in lb. rolls: . 0 Id 019
Xing Albert of Saxony. Eggs, nOW 110.. • • 013 014
050
The foreign population of Shanghai 0111°1`"s4 perplUr.020
Turkeys, per lb. . 011 011.
ID May, 13 said, to have been 6,714, of Ducks, each. 030 04(1
whieb ses were Araericans. Pate toes, new, per bu. 033 04(1
The Cape Colony Assembly has Beef, hindquarters. . 700 900
granted leave of absence to Cecil RT,Lkrfe foregIntrtnra• • e4,9,,a
550
Ithodes for the session. He is in poor "e2'!" 6111/a56' " • "u" • %""
Mutton. . . . 5 00 ‚700
health. Lamb, spring, per lb. . 012 012 1-2
The illness of the Empress Frederick DAIRY MARKETS.
a
2,00
4 26
375
a%)
5000
800
ewte 000 625
e wt. 5 12 1-2 5 ST n
300 30El
200 225
Aid. J. B. Oke, of Peterboro', will
go, to England for the Dominion Gov-
ernment, to investigate the com-
plaints regarding the • condition in
which fruit shipped in .cold storage
reaches the British market.
• The Department • of Trade and
Commerce has just issued another
part -of itS report for June, covering
the unrevised returns of imports and
exports for the past year, tariff
changes in other cou.ntries, etc.
The Railway Committee of the Brit-
ish Columbia Legislature has thrown
out: the application of the Lake Ben-
net , Railway Company for d char-
ter to build an opposition road to
is proving very serious according to
a despatch from Frankfort.
mile Anglo-American. Society of Lane
Honey—Firm. Dealers are paying 6'
to 7e, outside. Dealers •quote from 8
to 90 per lb. for 5, 10, or Melia tins.
Ocnab honey gene here at 31.59 to 31.75
per dozen geetioria.
Baled hay—Very tattle being brought
hem No. 1 timothy will bring 38.75
te e0, outside.
• Bated Straw—Car lot
35 to 35.50, on traelr.
Haps—Sell et about
Cauada,
Butter—There is it bettor move-
ment, and values are steady. Dealere
were selting to retailers to -day as fel-
don says "overthrow the Sultan and towel—Dairy, tubs, 17 to 18e for choice,
stop the massacres in Armenia.." 1.4 to 15u for second quality; small
Sir A. B. Hardinge, British Consul- dairy, lb prints, 18 to 10e; creamery,
General at Zanzibar, has been ap-
pointed. British Minister at Teheran.
The Japanese Government ha e final-
ly agreed to allow foreigners to hold
stock in railways within the Empire.
Over 5,000 firemen from all parte of
the world participated in the contests Cheese Board to -day 2,402 boxes were
ID the international exhibition of fire boarded, of which 1,320 were colour -
a.pperatus at Paris yesterday.
ea' balance whitBusiness Was not
Vice -Admiral Fournier reports to the lai
very brisk; 10 1-2o being the best or -
tubs and boxes, 20 to 21e; lb., 21. to
22c.
Cheese—Dealers here quoting new. at
11c.
THE CHEESE MARKETS.
Brockville. Ont., Aug. 28.—At the
are quoted at
2 to 1.6o for
FIGHTING IN ASHANTI-,
Flying column Succeeds In Reaching
Kurnasel.,
de--pate,la fowl. Bekwai, says
The column under Lisui...0el. Bur-
roughs, coweisting of 740 raeu, whieh
started for Mr:avast caa the 4th, re-
te, mad beto yeeterday, having rein -
forma the Xuatreset garrison and re -
victualled it for two menthe.
Three otd stockades erected by the
enemy neer Kumaesi were attateeen
and deatroyeel. Tlee enemy fought
desperately, and waited to meet the
bayonet charge.
On the night Ot Alla. 7, Lieut.-
Theeroughe made 44 etteets «rz t
Anhenti weer vamp, one mile from X
metset. Theenemy were sexprisel, an
arge narabere were killed with the
met and aword. No firing took
lee. The map awl stockades e. ere
destreyed,
The eneeey defeated by '1„.1,,)or Eted-
noes on. jeely 30 moved eguth, and were
eurprieed by levies from. Inetteim, wlao
eeptured their women. and children.
Thelater a.re now under the protee-
tion of a British officer. The Dee -
era levies, 3,000 etroug, are bolting
theine1vea on, the Ashanti fame
torth'4 Bekwal. They are aecom-
eled by an esoart the West Af-
n Frontier force,
The nuniahment which. is beingdealt
the ealern,y, though gradual,
ot soon be forgotten by them
A MON tlying rolumas start this
k far a destination unknown.
Admiralty that the loss of the torpedo
boat destroyer Framee, off Cape St.
Vincent, in collision with the battle-
ship Brennus, was due to the defective
working of ber helm.
WILL REATTEST THEM.
Militia Department's Instructions to
Col. Otter.
A despatch from Ottawa, says:—The
period of Servioe of the first eontin-
gent will terminate in Oetober, and in
reply to Col. Otter's request for in-
structions, he will doubtless be advised
ID reattest the -men for further
short term. in the field shoold they be
required.In 6fficial eircles it is not
considered any of the men—much as
their friends would like to see them in
Canada again—will a,k for their dis-
charge, albhongh they would be en-
titled to it. There is just a passibil-
ity that the regiment will be ordered
home before October.
Lieut. Ecolestone, in charge of the
Canadian postal corps in South Africa,
writing to Dr. Coulter, Deputy Post-
master -General, state's that Sergt. 8.
Johnston, of Winnipeg, a • member Of
the postal staff, has been invalided to
Nebley efter a severe attack of enteric
fever. Murray, of the London divi:-
sten, has been detailed for duty with
the Canadian -Mounted Rifles, and has
rendered such good service that he has
been recomraended for promotion to
the rank of sergeant -major. India has
sent a pastel contingent of four dusky
natives to South AfrietCto look after
the India work. The Australian postal
men • quit sorting lettere to get
into the fighting line, with the reeult
that they haJ. to be xeplaced with an-
other postal staff from Australia. The
Canadian postal corps stands as the
pioneer contingent from the colonies
and their good work is warmly com-
mended. •
CHINESE POLIGENEN.
meet or tile celestial OMR goad
• In eastonaeTeheCtrbiDn'teeefil".poileeman is
something between a eirou4 eitawle and
football player. Iiis breecbee ars
always baggy a,nd very well wedded—
so areculn4d7nY YtQ/aue:-paQudejtic;t°a7lybo witeeutl,
as is otten the case, be wears a coat,
alsa thick •and clumsy, conaieg welt
below the knee,s. Dark bine is the
• prevailing color, set off and accented
with bands aad facings of lightee bitten
red, green, maroon and brawn, bilh
never yellow. That' is the saered or
xoyal hue, permitted to nobody below,
the rank of a VieeroY.
tbIosen thep%tar414:3rfoPro:igt7itnhfaltwetees.to 44,4111
commeree—the pollee force hi lergell.
made ep, of Sikhs from Northern Ind*
The reason, perhaps, la that the Chinos
eee themeelvee are tne essentiallY
-arlike; they ha've it proverb to thiii
effect that "no good /MAYA la ever ascii-0.
Ao men in the ply of the Chilean*
Government, weether natives or not/
ptiereosyellantvterQtaableleesee awn cacutwiv:. part in OA
The rani offloially a* geedere
merle. In Veltio elle bead et them, ist
heaps, a flarteint. P0110401114 VIAL30 box
ntier than blatne-berriee in the
eee capital. The sacred. or Imperial
0 ed pity lever, between 15,009 and
miles eget:4144re, •ItilbsT4tww4ttollge4reeptitygai4tee"vi:
• well lace, half a mile from the
aoti a ‘4110 froze each. other4
etreete etretelt ttreight frenge
another, thue cuttlug theepace
mato' A big ninenbloclu. Belize
are ecettered along the
nine Kearns, espeeially arouad their
liter Ogee, wition face upon the
pagaway ileeide the wall.
Tar. IIBAD Qh` IIIB POUCH.
bas Charge, et all the city gates. Then
re nine iu nureher—onace tbe Aide next
tbe palace has an extra. gate in the
act. middle ef the two-mile wane
licemen. in this, the Tartar City,
long to what le known as the Bight,
Recent fighting provers that the re- aratir‘ne:r°x135.,0uob,e1,. Tbe
4soefeciedoesntohtc'ir
e haltrortX
bel forces have not quieted the viol- oe a eleeneen officer, bat, ;Leek /metros
rttrYyQltoEilmilac.44t: tou'autteiro,"tlel-loboer sari:3; ogtuaustiwasan.daneduttplaaweke5a14rusrbacflallor
InGfre defeats before the oountryeouth mere when time, bear tbe sigual gun.
of Lite Ashanti capitel can be consid- noels fired by an officer whose -medal
'eel °deer otrebelL After thie part charge it la, eithier upon orders or it
of tile ommtry hue been cleared it la, in his covet judgment it is necessavy/
probable that the. rebel forces will The penalty for firing it at the wrong),
tease heatilitiete. time is severe—it may be degradation
4 telegram from Colonel Willeoeks and banishment or simple etraugulee.
received at the Colonial Of rice, state. time-
tbat Lieut. -Col. Burroughs' eol.. Upon parades and. reviews tbe
untn can/fished of 750 native soldiers.. teen are alwo.ye armed, especially ie
Describing his night attack on the foreign devile are to witness the re-
ockadee and the rebel camp, the of- view or the parade. The weapons are
cial account eays:—"Before the en- curious looking, but wicked in the ex-
oult.the anthem,
dtheyetrebeleeamaputhetlytreme — the three -hooked. epeare theY
columning was
all carry in partioular make eagget
kIlled a large number, all with the and ghastly wounds. Besides the 20,000
bayonet and the award. The sebei . within the wail Pekin maintains a
force of 14,000 witlr which to regulate
affairs in the outer city. They are
under command of the same general
officer and governed by the same
regulations, though there are aerie-.
for. At this price McGregor bought
390 coloured and 90 white; Derby-
shire, 340 coloured and 250 white;
Webster, 185.
Kingston, .aug, 28.—Special—At the
Elieese Board. 399 boxes of white and
445 boxes of coloured cheese were
bearded. The buyers were Messrs.
Scott, Murphy, Alexander, Thompson,
Bissell and Crawford. Mr. Alexander
bought 210 boxes of cheese tit 10 5-8c
a lb. The bidding started at 10c;
many salesmen refused 10 1-2o.
DRESSED HOGS ANT) PROVISIONS.
Market -firm on all provisions, dres-
sed hogs unoleanged. Lard very firm.
A.t farmers' waggons phoice will bring
$7.50 to $8, according to quality, for
butchers' use,
PRODUCE.
Quotations for provisions are as fol-
lows :—Dry salted shbulders, 7 to 7
1-.2o; long lear bacon, oar lots, 8 1-2c;
ton lots, 8 1-2c; case lots, 83 -to to 9e;
short euti. pork, 318.50; heavy mess,
$16,50.
Smoked 13:teats—Hams, heavy, 1i1 -2o;
medium; 13e; light, 13 1-20; breakfast
bacon, 12 to 12 1-2e; picnic hems,
100; roll bacon, 10 1-2e; smoked. backs,
13a. All meats out of pickle le less
than prices quoted for smoked meats.
Lard—Tierces, 8 1-4 to 8 1-2e; tubs,
8 1-2 to 8 3-40 ; pails, 83-4 to 9c.
Eggs --Offering free, and market
without much change. Some real
phoice eggs -are briuging -13c, but the
neual rune is. from. 12 to` 12 1-2e. No.
2 hot weather eggs sell at 9 to 10e.
Dealers here, are buying choice, eggs
at 11c &livered. •
; Potatoes—An easy market, and
lower prices looked. for. At farmers'
waggons dealers here are buying at
30 to 35o, and sell out of store at
abetut 40 to 45c per bush.
Beans—Cho'cehand-picked bea
are worth frain 6130 to 31.75.
ns
foroea were aaverely puniehed."
DE WET BURIES HIS GUNS.
Gets Back In Orange River Colony
With 300 Men. time arising from the differences of
situation. Men and officers alike 1 ur-
despatth trent Landon, .says:— yeah their own uniforms, but are arm -
The War Office has received trona ed by the state, and receive a monthly
Lord Roberts the fallowing:— rice allowance in addition to their
"Paget reports from Hanaraanskraal pay. The Chief gets a fair salary, but
that Baden-Powell engaged. Grobler'a the men and subordinate officers are
seer guard all day yesterday. Grobler .meagerly paid. Notwithstanding, they,
was driven back east of Pienaar's make and save money enough to re-
viver. Baden-Powell oecupied the tire after moderate terms of service,
railway station of that name. During "Influence" in the.sbape of cleld cash
the prisoner's friend. in China
thfotroce anfigdhtthBadat oetn-thPeoteen'elle'ms y gaaduvoapenede
estavenndsmare than anywhere else in the
world. In fade, but for the "presents"
beta each other, the Rhodesians lasing
Colonel Sprekley and four men killed the force is allowed to squeeze out of
and seven wounded. Many of the natives and foreigners alike, there
Boers were killed orr wounded. They might be difficulty in getting men for
were at Cyferkull Uiia the service, though humanity is chap!.
er than dirt oheap all over the Cates;
plaune,r and Hickman were closely
dal Empire.
pursuiug them.
"It seems certain. that De Wet,
finding it hopeless to Make his way BOERS ARE MOBILIZING.
eastward, has recrossed the Magalies- --
berg with a few wounded, with the Botha, With 8,000 Burghers, is at
in.tention of returning to the Orange NaelladOdorp.
River Colony. He is in a very clif- •
despatch from Twyfelaar, says;—
ferent condition from that when be
Through secret intelligence agents the
lett 13ethlehemi with six or eight guns
British authorities tear!: that Gen,
and 2,090 men. His guns have most -
Louis Botha., _the cammiander-in-chiell
ly been buried and his personal fol -
of the Boar forces; Gen. Lucas Meyer,
lowing cannot be. moret,lfan 300.
the commander of the Orange Free
"It is stated that Steve with a
small bodyguard has crossed Pie- State farces; and Gen. Schalkburger,
near's river on his way i‘e join Kru.- Vice -President of the Transvaal Re -
ger at 1VIachadodorp." public, with eight thousand Boers,
have assembled at Maohadocicrp, gen-
erally understood to be the headquar-
ters of President Kruger, on the Pre-
taria-Delagoa bay railroad, with the
'a-hele Beet artillery, en:eluding the
heavy pieces formerly at Pretoria.
• 7,000 SINCE JANUARY,
Boer Losses Fave Been Heavy the
• Past Few Months.
A despatch from, Middelburg, says:
—From some official papers which
have been found it appea,rs that the
Transvaal Boere •suffered losses be-
tween'January 2 and June 20 tol the
total of over 7,000. Of these the
deaths numbered 1;000.
CHANGE OF FRONT.
Success of The Allies Has Brought
Manda,rins to Time.
k deepetch froim London says :—A
despatch from Hong Kohg to the Cen-
tral News says the news of the sue -
0696 of the allies has spread rapidly
in South China, and has caused a won-
dereul change in the attitude of the
Mandarins, who are now very enen-
getie in protecting foreigners.
TIIE POPE'S, PENS.
The Pope does his private writing
with a gold pen, but his Pontifical
signature is always given with a
white -feathered quill, which is be-
lieved, to came from the wing of at
dove, although persons who have seen
it say it must have come front a large
en bird. The same quill has been ise
use , more than 40 years. It onlY
serves for important signatures,
Ls kept in an ivory ease.
NEEDED, SOME X -11,4Y5.
01e, could we but peek in Pekin,
Through that dumb old Chinese
wP-11.
And let a little light leak in,
IN'Ould our spirits rise or fall