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Culler Captures Several Tons of Pood,.Icruger at
Lorenzo Marquez.
A. &Spa f tem &tendon, says -Ti
'War Mice hes received the following
atom Lord lloberteee.
afAleteen attacked Vannes eaxan at
afeatpeo Sioalaya 'and dispereed the
sunny,e totek tnirty prisoners.. The
Britiale had eix wounded. Several liDere
wene ,eeere to fall, ena. timely ritle.riess .
Urrtss.s. Were • noticed, •
• "Geueral Ateller is at, Kuegat and la
driving the Boers Wore him. He has
eraphonak several. tans et food. Ties
There clest,rayod a gum taekle aud that. -
teen waggons of aamenuitioa, to oie-
vont tit eapterre ley the British.
"The Nfeteated in *try whienetarte
_a from tate Venteranarg road eta.
tiao attacker/ the enertee at Cypergat
Icepjai on Sept nand; Captured eattle
anetanernee that had been stoleu from
Mee farmers Tan laritash casualties I
were two Lolled and two alightly
wannacd.
"Hillyara neetorte Met the .thatve the
etnenty aro= lealkwalthe eaes on
bemberO. and feltowed !nem tlitougto
the pesa on the way to the bills eaist
ea Utrecht.
"Plea Ilrit1eh efficars who were .cap-
tureil the Beam were fairly teeeted.
Tao feed fereisleed ta the non-eoraznis, "
Caned officers and, faennteenoven, wee
itatiequ.ate 'in quentity anti inferior in
quality. 747. initumau treatment of
the eiale pribOltern refleots the geeetest
discredit ore. the Beer authorities."
Gen. French bee Mettpkt1 Barberton.
A deapetten Caen Lerenzo. Marquez
estaas;-Peasacient Kruger. with several
%men:veal offniain including riet
%Not:ger Audator-General ?tier- *
Ras. is etanino at tbe residence taa the
Tratteveal Ceased. State Seeretar,y
Reitz Alla net. etaie-eufiany the perty. L
anney statements axe mrrent ree
ga oang preeaderee Kengees intent:
for ehe, fet.ure. hat 4'01'0 of theln eatt 6
he 'wheat:seabed. It is wild that be
wee ex:tanned by t we. pbyealans be- b
ne left the Tronsvonl, :And ae a 1
reault tnear examiaation. he was a
gaven, six menthe' leave. of absence. t
Ile will relit for Europe on. the Geri:nen it
steamer Herzog abaat September 24,
and twill entleaveur to obtain Euro-
pean intervention. General Seliallt-
burger has bee or will be appoint-
ed ientiug Preeident during Aare
Kruger'e ralaseece.
The Boars generally tire ignorant of
tbe larnealeat'e departure freen the
Treat -veal. Boer eyrepatnizers here
think that his absence will prove fa-
vourable to -the Boer cauee, as the
burghers win las twee baeonere4 than
leeretofore, tAild w1i a.clopt guerilla
warfare vaulty. nfr. Steyn. former-
ty Pane:deal of the Orange 'Free State.
remaine tae Tranevaal.
A despatole aroin alachadotiorp Sayai
-0WI•ng tin tne clifficant nature of tbe
country our advance Le slow, but we
are gradeally gainiug ground.
" Pole-Careee with the Guards' Brie
gaclea, is•le Nanategedetelit, .taul pro-
pitees to move (to iltbidW:til station tb-
ueorrow. Huttonh holding tha high
grounti soutle of the railway and pro-
tecting, P4'..e.C:trew% rigiat flank. Hut-
ton, tio hearing thit Brencle was bean.
la regent:di mianelle4 that he was go -
n, iti aie support te-la. Vreneh
crossed the Komati rivet. at Slamoslot
on septembec 10 awl went in the diree-
tam or West Berbertou.
"Buller has occupied the croeseroade
BUREN DEAD AT SEA
ALVESTON CITY AND ISLANDUNe
DER MARTIAL LAW.
veer,
eititilitir (Meer the Sterm-lette lletate,
Show Th 1h. tilleeter Was Pere Wane
spread Tire i Supposed.
ESTIMATED LOSS citE LIFE.
Gelvesten, 1,000 to 8,00D
1.4.14V. 44.1014•4 15
"aria( .,...., 414 . • ... 4.40 11401 .4511.4. WPM /14 944 7
1
.tette...e.enberee
dna b:ide! „ 44•1 4/
RIOIX04...411/ 4/. / /4 41.•.
Meagan% Faint „
nri City .....
Aegletou
Beet B marl
At varieties. peanee along coast...1,00
PROPERhY LOSSES'.
Galveston .... ...„. $10,000,0a0
Alvin Talon swept awae
abc ok .. ...To,wadatettroyet
eingeelend 03:o :0,000
Want houses wr.o-ed-lo s 0 ,00.)
tetimutsr re ort ....De-ereyea
tetra small townee........ ...Destroyed
Ita Lento ' Town destroyed
Twenty nausea wrecatel
•C.1 ..A,11 heune* rezed
Arany heuses wreeeked
nunnatir Sixty hatiOes blown down
Kew Belmar _wipe oat of exleteree
„a. detspetelt fram He -listen, Texae,
• The tugboat Brunswiek, which
• Last here last eight fronetleireaten,
brought additional details. The Itorrore
ef, Seeday were tt-i nothing etempareti
with alondayan ATI 4.14e.tupt va
Made to bury the deed, buz the ground.
was fall of water, and a w.ts impels
bite to dig trenches. Alch MO/este('
ad. S. P. anerrineey secured autberit,y
hive the Waite taken to aea for
•
ilARKETS OF THE WOIlla
Friees of Cattle, Crteese, Grain, eee
in the Leading Markete.
TaR SrlinaET MARICET.
Toronto Sept, 18.-A good market
prevailed on the etreet to -day, more
grain leen hay being sold than. on yee-
terday. Three hundred luehels of
witite wheat sold for 48 to 690 per
Wallet; Otte bondred bushels of red
sold, at 6a,o; one 'hundred and fifty
busbels *piing. at 67 to 63o; one
thousand, hosliels of barley', at front 44
t(1 47e :Per he-shol1 tIVO tilORMA Welt -
la of new oats at 28 to :In 1-2C per
weltel; two hendred of old oat e sold
u. 31 1-2 to 3e 1-20 per "bashele One
load of /vete ect1d for We •per bestia1.?
vei hundred buehels; of rye
stela for 53o pe r buelrel ; and
three bemired butheis of goose wheat
1111 6a to 67e per bushel; twenty loetisi
of hey eold for trent $12..50 to $13.50 per
I am.
etfaigeitt 0064 t010863
Vhea,focroot. „ 0 06 0 LI
, 0417 0 63
Oat 1 034 le'
140:ttrtie0;yu.ew: 02a 0 a'a1-2
note. . 014 Oa?
00 OM
14144) -*:pet: . a -0 13 ree
00 0 DO
Straw, per ton. . 003 11 00
Dres.sed henna. . 4 - 74.0 77
Batter, in lb, retie. . Oata Oal
Eggs. new . 013 0 14
Chickeas, Taw peir. Oa 04
Terkeys, ease It. . 011 011
'Peeks, eaelt. • Oati 040
llottitoes, per bitsla • 0 25 0 30
lieef, ndquar le re, . 00 9 00
urial, and a barge Wa.1 brOttga tipte ulae_werf., ciattLreacitien.art..c.T.s.. Ise.%) 1-4. azitt
eer e:iiitzleep. Tile enemy divided, , the Twelfth street wharf for that pur- ante ton, . 500 7 OD
me going teward Neispruit and the :'il/°5e" Ttte firemen .rendered Item
eervitte. in bringing the att the
eet northward.
"'fan Hamilton's coruad arrived 1%11111' bul' W" 4`1114t1t ImPas50110
eIrli,011,:dt.404r U3to"to;,:oas,,
uv,wanl" 16). Wa" 111"Ptilriltirg' tellteetdm'aftertietrd
greet, deal uf looting wits done. ara
-rite elietnY attacked 1)414g!as °n,etores lied been Alosed, tneir (woe
4Inmate:5r 11 betweeu Ottasbeop and.: waving- too look titter their famille
altienbuxg. After 5Mae lientra' Agin a builetin received at novo, awl
047 33°1101" dr°7e enI*31137 u." 33/4 tbat Governor Sayers has placed Ge
laired quautit ef 1'44 a de veston city anti ielaud under martial
toren Seven Ilh aere wounded. j
Adjutant -General a'curry is or-.Caenents is clearing the country
dered to have the State troops to take '
et ween ICruee: ederp ani R enhu. c reree at once. Theder ortneludee
ie engaged Del:trey on September 10 •
etructione that the troops compel t
ud, drove 1h.1 enemy from two poste
ions. The Britisb loss was two:Valued Pel.°11Piverfit:eitYti:hbeeno gtoomi for
th
nd 1.4 wounded.
ie Lambe, spring, per lb, oi o 1,4 1.2
PRODUCE,
to
Egge-Qtralitet of tae etocic arriving
so. is °gradually improving, but there le
no still a lot of off quality chipped eggs
arriving. Demand for choice here in
r,
3. geotl. Choice aren't sold at 13 to 14e;
es sec.:ads at 8 to in; and eaor stualt at 7v.
tialt oes -Pic nay e utireg in. hat 1
is a free :novel:00a here. Dealers
• tg ear hes on track here at
30e per log. and sa„ out of
be
n -i
at 4er
Field produee, etc. -The windstorm
.3, 35 to 5e pbag.
1 hats iglutted the, apple market, and
0 prices ore away down to -day. Turnips
,
g sell, out of store, at 25 to 304 perbeg.
t, Onione sell, out at store, at le per
b. Apples, per Wile sell, cut caster°
t 30 to'75e.
Beans -Quiet. Chelet hand-picked
beam are quoted at 4L70 to $1.75.
ateney_..jetar. ancVement. Dealers
quote tram rate 10a per lb. for 6, 10,
pga FROM Tilf WIRES ,
tk
Newsy Items About Ouraelves and la
Oar neighbors -Something of
Interest Front Every Quar-
ter of the Globe.
Theladies who manage the Girls'
erne at fIamilton haw- askei1 for the
ismiseal of Miss, 5tersha.11, a eoluured
acher in that lenne for 20 years. She
highly apoken of by Inepector Bai-
rd.
UNITED eTATES.
CAN.A.DA..
A falling tree killed a mother and
abe near Binghamton, N. Y., yes-
eday.
Every effort le being made in Penn-
Ivania to avert the threatened min -
s' strike.
A New York and Philadelphia syn -
• has gone into tbe business et
aping American coal to Europe.
The hotne of Geo. W. Lamb, a well -
WWII lawyer at liatcheeter, was gut -
d by an incendiary *ire yesterday.
William -Fitzpatrick, enraged at an
complimentary remark alma .his
Iskers, stabbed Richard Gerden to
ath and wounded his brother, Louis
✓ en, at Stapleton, near New York.
GREAlk BRITAIN.
Gordom .Bresseau, alias D. Bast:leer,
• been sentenced to titles months'
prisonmenb in Deaden. Ii a ob-
ned credit by fane pretences from
e, preprietor of a Loudon hotel.
hae. an interesting history.
medie,a1 authorities at Glasgow
tut that the spread of the bubonic
gue haa ceaeed. _there have been no
h cases during the pest four days,
.l'he statement of the British BONDd
T.rade for the manth of August
Drys increases of £1.403.700 in hu-
rts and £2,726,100 in exports.
Shipping firms engaged in the Oana-
Oper cent, in agreed to an advance
pea- oent, in freight ratee, beeause
the advance in opal and other
1> stores.
GENERAL.
Over one hundred persons have been
arrested at Constantinople for alleged
coanplicity in a plot to kill the Sultan.
Twelve lives were lost by the ex-
plosion of a bolter of a eteamer
The discovery of another plot
against the Sultan's life has some-
what marred the glory of his silver
jubitee.
The two Amerioan atudents, lost
and formed in the eatacombs, were pre-
sented to the POPe yesterday.
Hohisees had asked to see them.
A rheire,ber of the Geographioal So-
ciety, with two officers ancl'l num-
ber of soldiers, .have ascended the
great Mount Ararat according to a
St. Petersburg despatoh.
sy
Harvest labourers in. er
Manitoba.
Alex. afeLagan, a well-known oiti- di
gen of Ilarailton, is dead. eh
t'hief Red Crow, of the Blood Indian
re=ervation near Macleod, N. W. T., is lc:
dead. te
Lord and Lady atinto have reached
Vaxtrouver, en route to Ottawa, from an
Dawson. W
Lightning caused the destruction of . de
Patrick McCaun's barn and. contents Ge
near Kingston.
Tramps set fire to the barn of Jos-
eph Mothereells near Glen Williams. ha -
He lost 60 tons of hay. ha
Fred. Otto, cigarma.ker, was caught tea
between the street cars in London last th
night He may die. He
The new rifle range park at Otta-
wa is to be called Strathcona Park rep
If Lord Strathcon.a consents. pla
George Robinson, a yardsman. was 1De's
I
fatally squeezed between cars in the r
Grand.Trank yard at Brantford. a
Colonel Anderson, engineer of the 811
Marine Department, has gone west to la°
look after the construction of the new
light halm in Lake Erie, opposite Point 311
Pelee. 10
A fleet of freighters that will ply cd
from Lake Erie ports, via the Welland 6111
Canal and the Gulf of St. Lawreine,;
amass the. Atlantic, to cost 43,500,000,
Is being oonstrueted by order of Pitts-
burg iron. exporter.
A email riot took place at Guelph
while the return. of Private Barber
etre= South Africa was being cele-
brated. The police arrested one of
the crowd and a mob smashed most
• of tileglass in the police, station.
St. Thomas ratepayers on Friday
eoted, in favor of spending *3,500 in
improving the hospital there.
Half adozen A.merloans await trial
at Brookville on a eha.rge of bring-
ing stolen goodie into Canada.
Westeria Ontario dairymen will hold
their annual eonyention and winter
dairy show at London, Jan. 15th.
The National Association of Letter
Carriers has toljaarned at Detroit.
Howaed Chamberlain and A. E. Spen-
Lied of Ottawa, represented Canada.
There is to be a pan-Axaerican
Medical Congress at Reveal°. in De-
oember. Ite officers sent word to
Ottawa by way of London and
through hz-lif a dozen officers
Jay, the ten yeae old eon of John
Dauglas, near Hanotten, narrowly es, Ma
c,aped, death, by a murderous cat. lais Ilr''
mother found the feline sucking the tor
life and breath out of her atoonecions SP'
hoe
are wanted
AN
OTHER POSITION CAPTIIIIEEt
Gen. Buller Viet With Considerable
Opposition at Mauehberg.
London, Sept. 11. -The War Office
has received the Pollowing despateh
from Lord Roberts, dated P,retoria,
Sept. 10 Yeeterday Buller occupied
uchlierg a Iter considerable resist-
ce. Eel says ta riciad is too bad
description. 'Fie is now moving on
tzkop. Hildyard reached Gried-
eta yeeterday. He met with slight
°salon."
bane that Culler details would sho
a reduction in the numberof lives, los
and. a conservative estimate le givep.
at one thousaud dead. all told. The
property loss is perhaps even bigher
than at first given.
FIVE THOUSAND DBA.D A' GAL-
Viaa30.N.
The last estimate from the ,Pos
etorrespondeut, just baok arom fla
veston, onces the number ot dead a
5,000,
The wend forced in the windows and
left the goods prey for the marauders.
Ghouls stripped dead laodies of jewel -
leery utud artielee of value, Captain
Rafferty, commanding the United
States teoops Item, was applied toter
help, and he seat in 70, the remnant.
of the battery of artillery, todo pollee
duty. They ore patrolling the streets
untle,r the direction of the chief of po-
lies.
At 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon a
meeting of prominent citizens was
held at the Chaarcher aoramerce for
the purpose a eirgartizing to relieve
the fingering and to buy the dead.
A Burial Committee was appointed,
chairged With collecting and burying
the bodies or all dead. Inquests will
be dispensed with.
A. Hamlin, a travelling salesman,
who aa -rived an the tugboat, says that
only bine .hcriese is lett standing at
Seabrooke. The mainland is strewn
wiith dead bodies.
or 80 -lb, term Comb bonoy selle at
t I $2 to ;2,25 per dozen seetions.
NEGRO GHOULS GHOULS SHOT,
•••••1..1.
Terrible Scenes Followed Ike Appeliing
ellsaeter at Galveston.
deSPIteb: from Houeton, Texas,
says ;-A reverter has telegraphed
from La Porte this story of the rob-
bery oe the dead in. Galveeton lien the
death of the offenders. The ,ghoule
were hoadiaeg an orgie over the dead.
The majazity of these mea were
ae,greeis, but theee were also whites
who too] pert in the desee.ratio.n.
Same of them were natiyes, and some
had beea allonved to go over from
the mainlana 'under the guise of
lief." Not only did they rob the
dead, but they mutilated lx.dieeia
order to secure their ghoulish booty.
.A. party of ten negroes were return-
ing from a tooting expeaition. They
had stripped corpses of all valuables,
end the pockets of Sonne of the looters
were fairly bulging out with fingers
of the dead, whec‘h had been cut off
because they were so swOillen the
riag6 001((ld not be relieved. Incens.-
eel at this desecration and mutila-
tion of the dead, the looters were shot,
down, and lit has been determined that
all found in the act of robbing shall
lee summarily shot.
During.'hbe robbingof the dead not
only -were fingers curt off, but ea/ -s
Averet stripped from thi . head in order
to eectere jew-ele of value. A tOW GOV-
enpnerrt, troops ,,,whe euevived, have.,
been assisting in patrolling the city.
Private eiLizene have also endea-voured to !Prevent the ebbbing of the dead,
and on several occasions have killed
the offenders. Singly and in twos and
threes the offenders were thus ehot
down, until tlie total of those thus
executedi exceede fully fifty.
J.:feed:4"ln
Baled hay -Steady. No. 1 tarnetily,
odtit lots, on track here, $9.75 to $10.
Two ton Iota, denverod, sell ;tt 010.50.
Baled stxwer-Car lobs of good oats
are quoted at $5 to $5.50, on track.
Hops -Slew. Sell at 13 to Ito fox
Canada, '99's.
DA.IRY 'MARKETS.
Butter-Basier to -day, especially
oreame,ry, though there is no quot-
able change Dairy butter. in fair
demand, but the majority t.h.e ar-
,revals are of inferior grade; Ocem-
miesion titouses sell to the trade as
follows;-Theiry, tabs and pails, choice
le to 19e; andaseoond quality at 1-1 to
160; 'dairy, prints, choice, 19 to 20c;
oreatmery, boxes, 21 to 22c; and pounds
-22 to 23o.
Cheese -Full lereatmery, July and
August =kens, sell at 12c,.
Toronto, Sept. 18, -The receipts at
the 'western cattle yards to -day to-
talleid just mailer fifty loads, includ-
ing 1,100.hogr"800 sheep and Iambs,
700 cattle, 25 calves, and one dozen
miloh mare. .
Little was done in the expert cat-
tle trade; only a few buyere were here,
and prioes are nominally ,unohanged.
The trade in butcher cattle was a
little tractre active, bue buyean are
holding. 'back for to -marrow. Prices
are well maintained. Good e.a.ale
IN in sh.ort supply, and is wanted.
There is no qu.otaale ohmage in stock-
ers, feeders, and bulls.
Theme is a demand tor clectice ranch
cows up to $50 each.
Good veal (salves are wanted at from
$6 to $8, or eveni $10 ea.cle Common
calves are a slow 'eat's, at from *2 each
upwards.
Too many sheep were here, and
prices stew a downward tendency.
Not all sold. "
Lambs are also weak on account of
an neer .ttapply, but prices cazi be
scarcely called quetably changed.
Prime hogs and light and heavy
hogs were advaxiced 12 1-2c per cwt.
to -day. Pricee. are firm.
For praline hogs, spaniels from 160 to
200 lbs., the top price is 6 1-80; thick
fat and light hogs"; 5 3-8e per lb.; and
oorn fed begs, 5 3-8c per lb.
Hollowing .is the range Of quota -
Liens :--
Cat tie.
Shippers, per cwt.... . *4.25 5.0()
Butcher, choice, do. . 3.75, 4.25
Dutclier, needto good 3.25 3.50
Butcher, inferior. -. 2.75 3.15
Stockers, per cwt. . 2.50 3.00 ,
Export bulls, per cwt. 3.50 4.50
Sheep and Lambs.
ep, per rt.. 3.50
Spring laxxibs, each. 3.50
Backs, per cwt _2.50
ikElkers and Calves.
Cows, eaciLil . . 25.00 50.00
Calves, eacat leo 10.00
3.73
1.00
3.00
MUST BE PUT TO DEATH
Allies Treat With. Prince Ching on
These Terms.
•A despatch from Loudon, says
A despatch to the Cateettrai News frc
Sbangaai says the allies aee treatio
with :Prance Ching tor an Armisti
The hai-i:a o tho negotiations is;
1. That Manchuria shall be mad
beffer State
2, That Bwropeen garrisons sha
be estaieliebed at treety poets.
3. "That tne. chiefs 41f the Bo
ris elven be pull. to death.
PAIrrITION. OV CHINA.,
A deseatieli from London, says7.--frb.
Pekin carreepoudent. of the Times, i
deNpatole. dated September 4, sa
that Reesia /me eleaided withclra.
her Legation from Pekin., leaving
Parely lEtaltary COMMOWd, 1e'int it ,was xpeoted that 4U4an
nenenteet of taae eleeleictu would
14i4141 canakilly te tbe ether poiver
September 4. The other power
will nresurnably also withdraw the
Lega.tiane, Pekin remaining nude
the Malitany oontrol of the powe
darieg the winter. At the leet meet
ing of the coma:tandem it wets an
ouneed that Reesita, Would maintai
00 'ark:soils tea Olittat dewing the win
The German commander sad
nitulbeG:inaarty would keep the SAM
Th
p trees 4-Aktra Ander announce
titt(t Janie, wont 1 maintain all UM
22,000. The eommende
vat 1 Urtite no announoement regard-
take- blet•verneeent'a p eiey. whieh
dentulesa is atilt being censlaered.
Tbe torreeoterlent arldse-"There Le
every iniieetien, however. thtt Lord
S4.15-Letry lets deeded that our pie
en( Nalenlinate p teit;on in Ds.kin
motet be ball humblAr, ant tint we
muet rcoede farther in the back-
ground, though Ito obliteration al
- oar influence in Pekin will reaet
ag againet usitheaugheut Asia. In the
g beet tutor:Anna quarte.re the oliation
445. exPreseed tbat Ruesit tied Germany
are aeting la aceord, Ittmela is sed -
le big the definite elienatien of all
the territory it of the great
11 awl Germany the annexation of the
Plandeeete of Shantung, Kiangsi, ;aid
x- Yang -toe, Russia seems alls1) Ls
wat to reetoxe the power of tile
Innwtger Emprests and Beiperor,
wietabag influenve tbeougli them over
the renetiniog P1'0vin9:is of China.
The dtsraelabarillerit of China seems
W aleacat a:nova:table, It Le aot antici-
Pated that Buena wal withdraw in.
a any eircumetanees, but will reieforce
her trocos new occapying Mane
churia, Prince Oiling, before *retur14-
14°' lag to, Pekin. went to have en Audi -
0.11.00 of the Emperor beyond the great
„a_ wall, where the Imperial joarney hd
a
W been arrested, pe;ndina ()yenta Pa-
r Inn, Prince Chiree's son is detained
r'd by the 'Entveror as a hostage for his
tether."
The Saangbei correapoadent ef the
ti Times, wiring attedeasclan,. eennnee
- tae reports of the /uneasy feeling there
d concerning Germany's intentiohs t
e ward the Yengtse provinees, and espee
cially tae Kiang -Nin forts,
a1 The St. Petersburg 090144541t 0*
y the TiSues says be is in A poeition to
et positively that the RUsiiiati
troopa in Manchuria aret preparing ea
war campaign.
Tbe Shanghai correspondent of the
esoalated Pros, wiring Wednesday,
an eonfirming the revert as to three
of tae four conditions proposed by a
rtain power as tbe basis °a negotia-
ays be bas nano a Pekin
ueually reliable, that Prince
inglias already began to negotiate.
Choice hogs, per L.. 6.00 0.12 1-2
Light hogs, per cwt.. 5.121-2 5.37 1-2
Heavy hogs, per cwt. 5.121-2 0.37 1-2
Sows. • . . „. 3.00 3.25
2.25
Maffei*, Sept. 18. -Spring wheat -
No. 1 bard, epat, oarloaala, 80
Isio.lk,•Torthern, spot, 813-4. Winter
wheat-Noiniattl; NO, 4 red, 70a; mix-
ed, 751-2e; No. 1 white, ran. Corn,
Stronger at laiglor prices; No. 2
.ellow, 46e; No. 3 yellow, 458-4o; No.
4 yellow, 44 1-4o; No. 2 earn, 45 1-1 to
45 1-2o; No. 3 corn, 45o, Oats -
Steady; No. 2 white, 26c; Na. 3 while,
2434 to 25e; No. 4 white, 24e; lap, a
mixed, 23 1-4o; No. 8 mixed, 23o. Ber-
ley-Little doting; good enquiry. Bye
-Quiet; No. 1 nominally, 600; No. 2,
55 1-2e, Floar-Steady.
Detroit, Sept. 18. -Wheat -Close -
No. 1, cash, 76o; No. 2 3. -ed, cash, 78o;
September, October, 79o; December,
81c.
St. Louis, Sept. 18,-Wheat--C1osed
1, cash, 773-40; September, 77
3-4o; December, 777-8c.
Chicago, Sept. 18. -Higher Liver-
pool cables, small North-West re-
ceipts, and a heavy cash demand
=need a good advance in wheat to-
day, October closing 13-40 higher.
Corn closed. 5-8o, and toats 1-8 to 1-1e
improved. Provisions closed 21-2 to
.5c lower, Primary receipts were 1,-
012,000 buoh., compared with 1,187009
Wen. last year. Minneapelis and
Duluth reported 311 cars, againsit 580
last week, and 879 a year ago. Local
receipts were 435 care, 1.2 of contract
grade. Estimated redeipte-Wheat
295 oars; conn, 265 car.s; oats, 320
cars; hogs, 19,000 bead.
1VEumeapolis, Sept. 18. - Olose
Whea t -Sept., 751-4; Dec., 751-8 to
76 1-4c; May, 78 7-80 be arriver to. 1
hard, 781-4o; No. 1 Northern, 761.-4c;
No. 2 Northern, 743-40. Flour and
bran -Unchanged.
Duluth, Sept. 18. -Wheat -No. 1
hand, caah, 79 3-40; to erratic., 79 3-40;
No. 1 Northern, cash, 77 3-4c; to ar-
7-8c; May, 81c; No. 2 Northern, 72 3-4c:
rave, .773-1e; Sept., 773-40; Dec., 77
Note. rrin3 1-4,gt,0692403-4c. Corn -40 3-40.;
oa
Milwaukee,- Sept. 18. -Wheat --
Higher, No. 1 Northern, *77c; No. 2
Noirthern, 751-2o. Rye -Steady; No.
1, 530. Bar1ey--1Aiten; No. 2, Otto 52c;
staRnple, 39 to 50 1-2c.
5
DALGETTY AGAIN.
13rave Colonel Had a Week's Hard
• Fighting at Zeerust.
A despatch from Johannesburg,
say,s:--Ool. 1)algetty's third cavalry
brigade arrived here from Zeertest af L-
er eatme sheep fighting for a week.
They got inte a tight CIOMOT at Quag-
gerfontein, w'here the Doers captured
their ambulance train. The British
hail tvvelve killed and thirty wounded.
The Boers had five killed and nine
wounded. Gen. Little was among
those wounded on the British side.
'Tee Arctic exploration party under
Ibe l)llke of Abruzzi, of Italy, is re-
turning home. It is saki the ,party
reached bather north than the paint
touched by Dr. Nansen,
BOTIIA'S MIND MADE UP.
Will Not permit IIzmso1 t be
captured.
elevated], from London, ays
General Botha's (legged retreat
teesoregb the Lydenburg 11has
Portuguese East Africa 44 its goal.
The patc41 ememender eepeete to
fight the pursuing British tx•oope for
at Least another enotith, and thee.
take fen force, men and gime, over
tbe Portuguese frontier. niece
enress loader he will allow himself
td be disarmed by the neutral power.
Even then, Botha dose not Intend to
offer any senals Of war to the enemy.
ilis taireiy will be but a berren cap,
turn
Tbe gunnem of every piece of arab.
Ivry in ale commend, which include,
the vast beln ea the Baer Vela arma-
ment, a.nuounee that they will .ree
wire the las( rennet of powder for
the purpose of blowing up their guns.
The ocerrespondent is enabled to
make these statements on the antilop-
ity a burghers 'who have been in the
9 OSSA Gsqluit with titti younk Repub..
Uaa gemeral throughout the recent
open), Hans in the nortbeeastern park
of Ithe Trensvaal. by regard ae
definitely eaafirmatary of thie inten,
ta at on hie p111 the regent, getion of
he. Portuguese Gavernment in de-
epatolling a in-anew:id troops to tne
olcattity of •theSonth African frontier.
Witt the ov4nuation, of the renuae
iette of the Federal array .Preadent
KAInger nod Steyn will leave the coon-,
try for 11oUauL or the United States.
°ale thase two eauntades iac
tab. to the the destination et thed.
posted eltevatives.
GUERILLA WAR DECLARED.
Botha Opposed the Decision, But
Was Overruled,
deeptiteh. from Londoe, Wedees-
day, says :-A desaateli to the Moening
Peati from Belfast, in the Vaal River
Coloay, elated Monday, says that the
latest intormation from Boer sources
!N S 13 kt the effeot tatit has been de-
finitely diad tce formally dada
OONFLA.GRATIOAT PARI
guerilla warfare against the British,
is Mated that Gen. Botha objected.
each: aotion, but he WAN overruled by
the other members of the council o
wair.43 despatch adds that ex -President
Maw, who was at Nelepruit on
Sept. 8, ie too feeble to leave Um rail-
'Nur- It is expected that he will go
to tKoomatitpoort. Ile is enable :to
realize the situation, being g
by los own formula that the 13
have hobbling to lose, old there
2nay as well oantinue the war,
has formally declared that theler
damnation trecently i,sued by Gee.
Rabe/rats annexing the Transvaal to
the British dominions is null wad void.
41!4•1.
THE BUSINESS PORTION OF THE
TOWN ENTIRELY DESTROYED,
hex.es, 0,.r a tattarter era minion -INV
Partially ('04 (red by lireereure-
ne ittfOrti *teat Mil
A elevate% from, Perk% Oat., says;
-Porty-two bueettess houses were
buxtmea la the Sire whialt swepa Paris
at an early hater Wednesday zo.orn-
log, Ann the loes will amount to over
14, quaxter ct a million. All the
premises destroyed were in. the prin-
cipal bueiness section.
The fire was first observed by the
eight watotanan at the whimsy Mill.
He. saw a light in the =pelt of the
Metalline mill, and %Overtly afCer the
glass teal la and flames sleet _forth.
He at once turned in atelephene
alarm, anti the vraunteer brigade got
speedily to work, bat the high gale
had fanned the oenflagiation to such
an extent that the tv.00tten sbructurej
was a blazing mass batten any cheek
°ante be made. A. genatat alarm
was then. given, and the inhabitants
streamed from their houses, The
ory of "Fire! fine!" rang doom every
street, and all Paris was quickly a
come of turmoil. The pank 1 rota
the bum:60g timbers of the mill sNed-
ily igualted the pest-effice next door,
and the store on the other side of
it. ThB fire-fighter.s *used every ef-
fort, but the flames kept gaining, the
uppetr hand and creeping along from
building to building. First one store
caught and them another, until nearly
the whale slide el the street on which
therein hurl been situated was furl us-
ly burning. ,hen the flames, COM-
taencecl to cross the thoroughfare, and.
it ,Was decided to sea& to Brantford
for aid.
AID FRO1VI BRANTFORD. 1
The chief and a Dome went to the
scene by special train, and they were
loudly cheered when they arrived. The
Brantford men, after hermilean ef-
forts, succeeded in chiecking Ibe COM-
flagratien on the east and west sides,
which they did at Hall's dry goods
store and Scott's drug store, The Far- I
is firemen, for their part, after a
brave fight, got the best of it, alter
the destruction of the °Wee of the
wincey mill. The high wind carcied
burning debris in all directions, and
a large army of citizens with pails
of water andwet blankets were kept
at work in helping to check isolated
cases of 'ignition. At One time all felt
that the entire town was doomed, and
the residents had the roads filled with
piles of hastily removed furniture.
When the flames were at their
height an awful yet impressive scene
was presented. Nearly every building
on both sides oil.' the great street to
the left of the bridge was a mass of
;flames, and, the, high wind created a
perfect eddy of sparks, which fell all
around in cascades. About Dour o'clock
the walls °a the destroyed buildings
commenced to t =MC in with loud
iceeor Ls, but, strange to say, despite
the. thousands on the streets. no one f
sustained serious injury.
VAAL RIVER COLONY.
onammo:
Transvaal Will Be known by This
Name in Future.
A despatch -from London says t -A
despatole 1.0 the Central News trim
Pretoria says the Transvaal Republic
will hencelbrth be known as the Vaal
River Colony.
CHINESE "UNCLES"
occupy tat omen. eate Place in the Oriental
Social Ardent.
Among the Canton houses there •are
occasional exceptions to the usual 0110..
etoried or low constructions. Some of
these are built Ake square towers four
or five stories high, with no outside
windows save ab u considerable dis-
tance above the ground, and WO Out-
side pro.jection.s by which tbieves
naighb get in. These establishments
are called pawnshops, but they appear
more to resemble banks.. It is usual
among the Chineseto deposit their '
possessions of value, when nob in use,
Go these establishments. The people
also store there is summer their winter
clothing, on which money is often lent
To have dealings with a pawnsh
m no way considered derogatory
Chinese gentleman's dignity.
THE QUEEN'S ROOMS,
Ibis a rule,from which no departler
is perrraitted that the temperature in
Her British Majesty's personal apart.'
menta should be kept throughout "-the
year at a uniform level of 58 degrees
Fahrenheit. In the winter this is
effected by means af an elaborate' hot-
air system, and in summer the ,eaene
pipes are used to convey cold air. In
addition to this wood buckets are
placed in ,the fire grates, under the
tables by tile window sills, and in
every other available corner, and they
are kept, filled with fresh ice so long
as it is necessary to do so in order
to carry out the rule,
----ea--
CANNED EGGS.
Vast quantities of shelled eggs ar
exported from Russia in {.c mci i 11I
sealed ca,na, and are dravvn off throu
a faucet.One 'can holds frona 1,000
1,500 egga, The egge Must be ear
u 11Y selected, as a bad one wou
poil all the other in Lij,
aer