The Brussels Post, 1900-9-13, Page 67
Gel Buller's Forces Hold • a Strong
Position.
A despatch froru 'London, sayste-
Advieee from leelfantein of sestet',
deer's date say that General "Buller en-
gaged the.' Boars in the mountains
overlooking l.ydettburg on Sept. 2.
General Botha commanded the enemy,
which held the :pass throughout the
day, The Beer artillery fire was
severe. Upward of two thousand men
comprised the Boer force. The Brit -
Ise cavalry, with a horse battery, ap-
proached to within two miles of the
enemy% position. The Boers then
fired three "Long Toms," welsh were
)coated one on either side of the pass
end one ata distance to the right.
They alta had another gun of high
vehnslty rea'unted,
The British fora'ee oeoupied a posi-
tion in a basin on the right of the
pass, end were unable to retreat at
nightfall.
The Beer ,gun.v were accurately
trained, and were fired continuously
all day, whale the Beitisb, being un-
able tense teeit- position for gun fire
effectively, advanced thele infantry.
Between the lutes, and hidden in
creeks arid overgrown scrub, were nu-
mer.'ous • Beer sharpshooters. General
Buller occupied an exposed position
on a ridge at the front. The behaviour
of his troops under heavy shell fire
was excellent. His casualties are not
stated.
A BRILLIANT CHARGE.
How Seller's Men Took the Boer
Position.
A despatch from Belfast says: -
There lues bowl desperate fighting on
the left of the Boer lxrsdtion, about
six miles west of Maceladodoap.
General Sir Redvers Buller made the
attack, and tharou,gbaut the engage-
ment he he'd aomething like forty
guns in action.
The Boars were asol in the least dis-
mayed at the formidable character of
the onslaught, but fought with the ut-
meet bravery.
I have )rad opporlumrities of seeing
them mike several firm stands, and I
am convinced that tbeir tenacity in.
this encounter was not equalled even.
in Natal before the relief of Lady-
tvm: th.
Our lyddi'te shells burst beautiful-
ly and most Saye inflicted heavy loss-
es an the enew,y. Yellow pate'bes on
the (laek background across which
the Boers retired were clearly in-
dicated.
The fire of the naval guns was ter-
rific.
But the features of the battle was
the magnificent weak of the Rifle
Brigade, assisted by the Inn4skill-
fmgs and the Devens.
It fell to them to take the Boer
position. an kieni one, marked by huge
btruldetrs and nu.mrrous trees, which
provided admirable shsi,er,
Our guns, ponnd,ed away at ).bis
w7_pjc for two hours and a half, but
the B•er:;: in change of a pom-pom
never flinched.
Finally ue rnrder.w•as given for the
infanbry to fix bayonets and charge.
It wase utnganificent rush that they
made. The Bears con,tested every inch:
of the ground, but the infantry press-
eel on. and tank the podwlion.
The, Boer •loss from the charge was
severe. 1 anunte:l ten dead bodies in
one heap, and thr kapje was ebrewn
wet thirty-five wounded, whom, tbe
Bo.m':. L't their flight hid left le hi.rd.
The Boer killed Molested the nom-
mundent o8 the Jcnhannes,bueg police)
who offered strenuous opposition to
the advamae.
We took ,thirty prisoners and a
pom-pom.
Our toms in. killed was put at eleven.
It i., a substmwtial victory, oheatp-
ly wan.
BOER AUDACITY IN NATAL.
Dynalnite Carried Off Near Neste
Castle.
A des0,ateh from Pietermaritzburg,
says :-Tho Boer raiders in northern
Natal are Mooning increasingly date
Lap: and are causing unrest.
Yesterday a party et the enemy
visited a colliery riear ingagane and
carried off ahundred pounds of dyna-
mite, foe what purpose may easily be
conjectured.
The general of communications has
issued a warning to the collieries only
to stare sufficient explosives for their
Immediate requirements.
ingagane is seven Miles south of
Newoasile.
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FIGHT NEAR MAFEKING,
Boers Repulsed by the Garrison at
Kraaipan.
A despatch from Vryburg, says: -
Yesterday the garrison at Kraaipan
attacked u Baer outpost on some hills
in the vicinity, and drove them off
with a Lass of same killed elm) eight
wounded. There was no loss on the
British side. We captured eight horses.
Occasional skirmishes happen to
tee east of the railway between. here
and Mefekieg, :end in this course of
three recently a Cape podteeman and a
sandier have been wounded.
lirealpun is thirty-five miles south
of Mafeking, and tea memorable as the
scene of the first action of the .war.
ANOTHER INIIIAN BRIGADE.
Britain Intends to Have Plenty of
Troops on Hand.
A despatch /ram Landon says: -The
cancellation of the order holding hack
the fourth Indian brigade, is regard-
ed as important, It shows thee, what-
ever the osrtaamc of the Russian 'mi-
lky, the British Government'. is deter-
mined to have sufficient troops on the
epee adequately to esteecl. British to
terests,
ROBERTS' PROCLAMATION.
His Warning to Inhabitants of the
Orange River Colony.
A despatch tram Pretoria says: -
Lord Roberts has issued a Procluma-
tion to the inhabitants of the Orange
River Colony, in which he says that in
consequence oaf annexation, they are
, now seejects •af the Queen, with the
exception of those who were attached
to oomrnaeidoes prior to the issuance
of the annexation proclamation, and
, who have since been continuously in
arms and attached to commandoes.
These, when captured, well be treated
as prisoners of war. Those who have
taken the oath of submission, and who
have broken it, will be punished with
(Leath, Imprisonment, or fine. Build -
lugs harbduring the enemy are liable
to be razed, A farm or farms in the
vicinity of which the railway is dam-
aged will be liable to be fined half a
crown per morgen. The inhabitants
are warned to acquaint the British
forces of tee presence of the enemy,
otherwise they will be regarded as
abetting them, and will be treated as
rebels.
DE WET'S SONS KILLED.
Deelares He Will Fight Until He
Meets Death in Battle,
A despetrh fa•oan London, says: -
Tee
ays:T'hi Cape Tcawn noarrespondent of the
Mumc'hester Guardian states that
De Wet bas infr,:,med friends that he
will fight ',to the end- Hi,, sons have
been killed in th'e Was, and his wife
hes died of a broken heart.
Offlree reatma= to Sept. 1 stroiw
that the Boers have captured during
the wag' 281 officers and 7,288 men,
of whom, 235 officers and 6,198 men
have escaped or been released.
One officer and eighty-five men died
in captivity. The number of British
remaining in the bands of the .Boers.
is 1,052.
SHOT IN ...OLD BLOOD.
Theron's Deliberate Murder of a
British Train Crew.
A despatch from London says: -De-
tails set the successful raid of Ther -
en's scohts at Klip's river have reach-
ed Pretoria, It appears that after the
derailing by the Boers of the train
cclnveying a company of tbe West
Riding Regiment the British train
cra=w serrendered and were shot
down after they had thrown up their
hands. :Two df them were killed in
this manner. The eugine was blown
up.with dynamite, but the driver. who
hail hidden in the firebox. somehow
e.icaped unhurt. A body of Marshall's
Reese persued the raiders, killing
eleven Boers.
VAN ZYL'S CHEEK.
His Insolent Frotest Against the
Burning ot Farms.
A despatch from Krugersdorp, says:
Oeuenandant Van Zyl sent messages
with a white flag to protest against
the burning of farms and the bring-
ing of women and children to Ibis
place as against the customs of civiliz-
ed warfare. As Van Zyl is one of the
men who took the oath of neutrality,
and all the, farms whicb have been
burned are those of men who, after
Wang the oath, rejoined tbeir oom-
marndces, no answer was returned to
the insolent message. The two men
wilt, brought the flag were informed
tent ren. Barton declined to consider
ememunicutions of this sort from an
outlaw and a roan who had broken
hie oath.
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WITH WINTER KITS.
Russia Preparing for a Long Man
ehuria Campaign.
A despatch from London, says: -The
Daily Graphic's Moscow correspondent
says: -"The Russian War Office has
made immense purchases of furs to be
deet to the army clothing department,
which is burriedly preparing to pro-
vide the army in 3 anehuria web win-
ter kits, showing that an extensive
winter campaign is expected '
SPRBHS Fh�;d i E NINES
)Newsy Items About Ourselves .and
Our Neighbors --Something of
Interest Froin ,''very Quar-
ter of the Globe.
CANS A .
The San ;face scale has appeared 3n
.London, Ont.
The Canadian RLeotrie Association is
to session at Kingston,
0. Mots bas left Ottawa to locate
Vawcauver, longitudinally,
W. Ii, B. Smythe, a well-known
Brockville citizen, le dead.
Over 32,000,000 bas been expended in
buildings in Winnipeg this year,
Mr. Robert O'Hara, Master in
Chancery at Chatham, is dead,
There may be a daily line of steam-
ers between Ottawa and Kingston
next year,
Directors of the Hamilton Art
School have engaged Principal Ireland
far three years. •
George Irving, for many years pay-
master of the G. T. R., Is dead at
Montaeel, aged 78.
The condition of Hon. Mr. March-
and, Premier of Quebec, is reported
much improved.
Vascoe Toole, bartender, has disap-
peared from Kingston, leaving a wife
and a baby a week old.
On December 1st the Merchants'
Bank ot Halifax will assume its new
name, the Royal Bunk of Canada.
The Department of Agriculture has
decided to issue a directory of the;
Canadian breeders of live stock.
Winnipeg had two destructive fires
of supposed incendiary origin. Police
believe they have the flrebug.
Thomas Lizette, a youth of Moose
Creak, Ont., was run over by a train
at Cornwall. A leg had to be ampu-
tated.
Fire caused $2,000 damage to the
home of D. O. Chamberlain, amount -
ant of the House of Commons, at Ot-
tawa,
A demonstration was given at
damilton recently of Mr. Frasch's
method of refining copper and nickel
area.
Major-General O'Grady -Bialy in-
spected the Montreal Field Battery
yesterday, and left in the evening tor
Quebec.
Mr. Charles Mackenzie, ex-M.P.P.,
a brother of ]ion. Alex. Mackenzie,
died at the family residence, Spring -
bank, Sarnia.
There is a dispute between members
of the syndicate at Hamilton which
owns the yacht Myrtle. The bailiff
has seized the yacht.
Employes of the Hamilton quarry
have struck because the new time-
keeper is not a member of the Civic
Employee' Union.
The charge of attempted murder
preferred against John Mann, of Ste.
Rose de Lima, by his wife, has been
dismissed at Hull, Que.
Lightning caused the destruction of
three barns, with season's crops and
a number of cattle, property of W.
R. Stewart, near Sarnia.
Lacroix, the Montebello murderer,
has been removed from Aylmer to the
Montreal jail. He has threatened sui-
cide. Ile murdered his wife and an
aged man.
GREAT BRITAIN.
There are now 99 bubonic plague
oases under observation in Glasgow,
and the disease has made its appear.
aces in Govan, a suburb of the city.
Geo Greville, resident British Min-
ister at Bangkok since 1890, has been
appointed British Minister to Mexico.
He succeeds Sir Henry leering, re-
cently appointed British Minister at
Rio Janeiro.
UNITED STATES.
Forest tires in California have al-
ready covered ten square miles.
Over 300,000 parsons saw the Grand
Army encampment naval veterans
parade at Chicago.
San Francisco has a population of
342,76.2, and Boston 560,902, according
to the recent U. S. census.
Miss Etta Berner, with an uncon-
trollable craving for mustard, died
et Flora, Ltrd., after eating a pint of
The Italian aearehist Gude, was de-
ported yestertlay from New York.
Be was in the plot to kill President
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Dt, \Vright is dead from her wounds
at Watsekti, Ill. A riot followed her
attempted arrest for malpraetice at
Gilman, Ill.
Wei Haw, a Chinese girl, wbo came
all the way from Canton to marry
her lover, now mourns his death at
San Francisco,
Ties United States transport Califor-
nia, carrying a ?,500 tone of stores for
the army in the Philippines, is report-
ed long overdue.
The new battleship Alabama, built
by the Cramps, at Philadelphia, is ex-
pected to make 17 knots or better on
her trial.
A St. Louis ear and foundry oum-
pany bus been awarded a contract for
comal:ruating 08 passenger coaches tor,
the Government of New Zealand.
Olaudie and Clyde Wilson, twine, girl
and boy, aged /our months, are dead
at Bowling Green, Ohio. They died
from the same cause at the same time.
GENERAL.
Herr Roaholi, the flerutan battle
painter, bee guns to China.
Henry E. Butler, Viscount tlXount'•
gat'rott, le dead at London.
There Is still a • good rainfall In
ipola, but ohotora still prevails in
many dislriets,
A Pretoria despatch says: -General
Sadon-Powell started for Cape Town
on Saturday.
Tho British steanrel' S6utet•hill,
ashore off Cape finytieu, has boon
flouted without serious damage,
A sapposed accomplice of Lambent
in the assassirial'eon of tbe Empress
or Austria is tandem:crest at 13uclapest.
A large trans-Atlantic steamer le
reported to have narrowly esaapad
being wreaked in the fog in the straits
of Belle Isle, near the scone of the
Sootaman disaster.
Yo Haien, Governor of Shanghai, has
sent a memorial to the throne asking
for a reward for having invited 52
foreigners undar his protection and
for having afterwards killed them.
Official returns for the weak end-
ing August 25 show nearly 8,000 deaths.
from cholera in India. This was a de -
Grease compared with the preceding
week; and the situation Is reported as
showing improvement.
A leading Berlin journal asserts
that Emperor William, while convers-
ing with a group ot officers last Sat-
urday evening, said: "Under no cir-
cumstances shall we give up Pekin,
nob even if every army corps has to
be mobilized."
LADYBRAND SIEGE ENDS.
Brave Little Garrison Withstood the
Repeated Onslaught of the Boers.
A despatch from Cape Town, says:
-The swage of Ladybrand has been
raised, after several desperate at-
tempts to eaptare the. town and its
little garrita at of 150 British troops.
The. Boers who attacked Ladybrand
are estimated 'to have numbered over
2,000 men. The British were sum-
moned to surrender September 2,
Sunday, but refused, and from that
time on were subjected to continual
cannon and rifle fire. The burgh-
ers twice tried to ruse the British
position. Probably the approach of
a relief farce saved the little garri-
son..
NO REGIME FOR CHINA.
Russia Defines Her Position More
Fu ly.
A despatch from St. Petersburg,
says: -Thee Journal de St. Petersburg,
im a semi-official article, says that
mtditalry action beyond that taken at
Pekin Weald be likely to lead to
fresh complications. It would not
lead to pact:lication, 1' 'Withdrawal
of the envoys of the powers to Tien -
Tete would be tregarded by China as
showing that the powers remain true
to the spirit of their original pro-
gramme. However great the just in-
dignation which events in China has
pmovok•ed in all civilized countries, the
Russten Gove'rnsnont adhers unalter-
ably to the principal farming the basis
of her policy, namely, the maintenance
of peace between all the powers.
LI'S PROMISE TO RUSSIA.
All Manchuria for the Bear for Fa-
vorable Pease Terms. ase
A despatch from Shanghai, says:-
There
ays:There is no reeanb news from Pekin,
The postal and telegraph services are
in hopeless confusion. 'Che American
Association, at a meeting held bere
to -day, decided to telegraph to Wash-
ington protesting against the with-
drawal of the American troops from
Pekin.
It is suspected here that Li -bung-
Chiang has promised all of Manchuria
to Russia in exchange for favourable
terns of pence. It 3s understood that
the Donvager Empress is lavishing
money with a similar object.
MORE ANTI -FOREIGN OUT-
BREAKS.
A despatch from Paris, says: -Ad -
vines from Chunking state that be-
cause of the presence of this Empress
there and of the Boxers in the neigh-
bouring Shansi villages, the anti -
foreign outbreaks are spreading in
Sachem' province, and the authoriti
fear they will be unable tenger tocon-
t'ro1 them.
COST OF SEIZURES.
What Britain Pays for Holding
German Vessels.
A <letspttch from. Berlin, sa•ya:-The
decision of Ibe, Anglo -German Com-
a:nevernt respecting the indemnities
to be paid to the owners of Garman'
vessels seized by tlrittsh.warships in
r':tnth African waters is as follnws:-
For the etetena.ion of the. Mandato :ate
and the temente) and Herzog, the Af-
ric:an line receives 420,000, and :05,000
will ba mild to the owner of tits goods.
The owner of the brrque Hans
Wagner well receive, 44,437, and the
owners of tee barque Marie 11;129.
Both Governments agree to accept
the decision.
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LARKETS OF T1L WORLD.
Prices of Pattie, Cheese, Grain, &o
in the Leading Markets.
THE • STREET MARKET,
Taranto, Sept, 1L«• -One hundred
bushels 04 white wheat were sold on
the street to-dey foe 60o per b'ushol;
OW blatadred 0f red at 68 to 09e, cue
hundred and flfty bushels of barley
art• 48 1-3 to 44 1-2c ,per buebel. Two
hundred beoal4'ets of new oats sold at
29 to 80e, and one load df rye, at 53
1-2o per bustle) flay brought 315.50
to 318.50 per ton, anti one loud of straw
sold for 311,
Wheat, whlte,straight,30.00 30.69
Wheat, red: , , , 0.08 0,09
Wheat, gobs° . . 0.06 0.611-2
Wheat, spring;... , 0.00 0.73
Oats, old, - 0,02 0.83
Oats, new. . 0,29 0.30
Peas,' . . 0,00 0,5111-2
Barley.. . , . .0.431 1-2 0.441-2
Ryc.. . 0.51 0.531-2
Hay, old, per ton. 13,00. 13.60
Hay, new, per tope . 11,00 12.50.
Straw, per ton. 0.00 11.00
Dressed bogs, . '7.50 7.75
Butter, in lb. rolls. 0,20 0.21
Eggs, new laid, . 0.13. 0.14
Chickens, per pair. e 0.50 0.80 .
Turkeys, per lb. . 0.11 0.11
Ducks, each. . , 0.30 0,40
Potatoes,per bus.. 0. 0.30
1 h 25
Beef, hindquarters. . 7000 9.00
Beef, forequarters. . 4e0 5.50
Beef, carcase. , 5.50 7.50
Mutton. . . . 5.00 7,00
Lamb, spring, per lb.. 0.12 0.1E 1-2
DAI1RY MARKETS,
Butter. -Market is firm, and good,
active demand. Dairy stock is still
scarce in the choice lines. Creamery
unchanged. Dealers were selling to
retailers to -day as follows :-Dairy,
tubs, '17 td 19 1-2c for choice; 14 to'
16e foe• second quality; small dairy,
lb. prints, 19 to 20c; creamery, tubs
and 'boxes, 21 to 22o; lbs. 22 to 24o.
Cheese -Dealers here quoting new at
11 to 11 1-2c,
LIVE STOCK.
Toronto, Sept, 11.-A total of 45
loads of live stook was received at the
western cattle yards, this morning,
including 800 cattle, 700 hogs, 750
lambs and sheep, and a few calves and
mileb cows.
There was little business doing, and
quotations all round were practically
unchanged.
There was no demand at all for ship-
ping cattle to -day.
In thatcher cattle we had scarcely
any trade; a few lots of chaise stuff
changed bands at from 3 8-4 to 41 1-2o
per poland, but tor anything else a de-
mand scarcely existed, and prices were
merely nominal
Much of the cattle was unsold, and
it is to be hoped the line will be light
to -morrow, Friday.
"Small stuff" is easier, but not quo-
tably changed.
In other lines we had no change.
The cattle coming in tele meriting
W08 usually of a most inferior kind.
Hogs are steady and unchanged.
For prince hogs sealing from 160 to
200 lbs., the top price is Ge; thick fat
and light hogs, 51.4o per Ib; and corn
fed hogs, 53-8c per lb.
I'olewing is the range of quota -
title:
Cattle.
Shippers, per cwt, . . . 3 4 25 $ 5 00
Butcher, choice dor. - 400 4 25
Butcher, medi., to good. 325 310
Butcher, inferior. . . 275 3 15
Stockers, per . cwt. . 2 75 800
Export bulls. per owe. .. 0.00 4.00
Sheep and Lanl'bs.
Sheep. par cwt. . . 3 25 3 75
Spring lambs, each. . , 300 400
Bucks, per cwt•. . •l 50 3 03
Milkers and Calves.
Cow's, each 2500 5.1 00
Calves, each. . . 200 1000
Hoge.
Chante bogs, per owe . 575 600
Light hogs, per cwt. , . 500 5 25
Heavy hags, per cwt. . 500 5 ' 5
Suess 300 3'25
Stags. . . . 200 225
DRESSED HOGS AND PROVISIONS,
A firm market, with local dealers
talking higher prices. Lard short and
strong. Smoked meats in light supply.
Dressed huge steady. At farmers'
waggons choice will bring 37.50 to
37,75. according to quality, for
butchers' use.
Quotations for provisions are us
folio :-Dry salted s.haulders, to '1
1-2c; long clear bacon, car tole, 81-2c;
tan tote, 83-4c; wee lots, 9c; short out
pork, 318.51) to 319; heavy mess, 316.50
u 317.
Smoked ttrtettle-Ii•ams, heavy, 12c;
medium, 13c; light, '13 '1-2e; breakfast
bacon, 12 1-2 to at; pienie home, 10e;
roll bacon, 10 1-2 to llo; smoked backs,
13c. All meat:is out of pickle le less
bhiti prices quoted for smoked meats,
(Lard -'Pierces. tle; lube, 01.4e; pails;
9 1-2c.
PRODUCTS.
Eggs -)lot weather is causing a
heavier lass than ever to the -eggs ar-
riving. There are vary few real Olney
eggs corning in. Prices hold about
steady, tit 1.2 to 13c for choice. No,
2 hot weather eggs sell at 7 to 10c.
Real fancy ,elected eggs will bring
14c. Dealers here are buying cholas
eggs at 11e, delivered.
J'ota1.0ia-'1`h.e deliveries are free,
and ti lot of the sleep caning in is off
in quality. Deal art are buying here
at about 20 to 23e per bag. and sell
eat of store ail about 30 to 35r• per
tag
lit stns -Ch dee hated -,picked beetle
are worth from $1.70 to $1,75.
Donee-, Unetitanged. Dealers are
paying 0 to 70 outeside, Dealers
quote from 8 to 9c ,Oct' le for 5, 10 m•
601b line, demob bailey sells here al
31.60 to 31.75 per leant sections,
Baled )tett-No. Is timothy will hiring
38.75 to 30, owtstdo,
Baled ekrraw--Oar lots are quoted at
35 to $5,50 an track
IIo15--liooehanged. Sell sit about 13
to 140 far Camtele, '99Se.
THE 01113117SE MARls7'.,'t''S.
Hiegel -on, Ont., Sept, 11. --At the
meeting of the Cheese Boated to -day
there ware 369 oalourod and 3,051
white cheese boarded, and 434 sold at
flee.
hluuiiaieatl, " Sept. 11.-Thiare were
about 400 heads of bnteher(s'cat-
tle, 60 fabless, and 500 sheep and
Lambs affsxed for sale at the east end
abattoir to -day, There were vary
few nettle offe'red to -day that eotrtd
be called pi'iane, and these seicl at from
4 1-2 to 4 5-i3a per 1b,; preltty good
beesls sold from 3 11-2 to 4
1-4c; and the common stook at
trona 2 1-2 to 3 1-4o par lb. Trade
was fairly brisk, and prices were
/About the same as on Monday's mar-
ket, but decidedly better than on
lest week's markets . Calves sold
train $3 to 310 eetah or from
8 1-2 to 4 1-2o per lb. Shippers paid
from 3 1-2 to 8 3-4o per lb for good
largo sheep, and the butchers paid
from 2 1.-2 to $ 1-2c per ib for the
others, Lambs were dearer to -day,
atmd sold at from 3 3-4 to nearly 4 1-2o
p'er ib, Fant bags sold at from $5 to
$5.90 per 100 Iles, weighed off the cars,
Blb2IADSSTUJPFS, ETC;
Wheat -Western markets were all
weak to -day, and Weal prices lopped
off in syznpatby; white, old, noarth
and west, 63e, and new, 04 1-2o; spring
wheat, east, 651-20; Manitoba, No. 1
hand, g.Lte 88 1-2o; Toronto and west,
35 1-2er, same, upper lake ports, 83.1-2.
Milfeed-Scarree. Ton lots at the
mill deer sell as follows; -Bran, 312
to $1.2.50; and shorts, $14 to 314.50,
west,
Coon -About steady, No. 1 Ameri-
oast, yellow, 48e, on ,track here; and
mixed, 47e..
Peas -In good demand, at farm
prices. New ipeas, car lots, west im-
mediate. shipment, 59c; and east at
60o.
Barley -Prices are firmer, No. 3 is
quoted at 38o, and No. 2 at 40o; feed
barley, outside, 35c.
Rye -Quiet. New rye, 48c west;
and 49c astrst,
Oataa-New white oats, west,'sell at
25c, and east at 26e.
Flour -Steady. Holders, ask 32.80
far 90 par cent. patents, in buyers'
bags, middle freights; and expnears
bill 31.70; special brands sell locally
erten 10 to e0c above these figures.
Minncepolis, Sept. 11. -Wheat clos-
ed; -September, 72 3-4t'; December,
733-8 to 74e; on track, No; 1 hard, 75
1-20; No. 1 Northern, 721 2c; No. 2
Northern, 72 1-4c. Flour and bran-
tTheMnged.
Milwaukee, Sept. 1L-Wheat-Loty-
er; No. 1 Northern, 751-8e; No. 3
Nertbarn, 731-2 to 74e. Rye -Low-
er; No. 153c. Barley -Firm; No. 2,
51o; s imp) e, 41 to 500.
Duluth, Sept. 11. -Wheat closed
Na. 1 Jrtetl, ease, 771 2e; September,
771-2c; December, 771-8c; No, 1
Nnrthern, cash, 751-20; September,
751-2e; December, 715-8c; No. 2
Nertbe.rn, 711-2c; No. 3 spring, 681-2a.
Corn -301-4e. Oa hs -22 to 221-4c.
Buffs I:e, Sept. 11. -Spring wheat -
No. 1 hard, carloads, 84 1-4c: No. 1
Northern, oarice:as, 811-:'c. Winter
wherrb-Red offered at '75 1-2e; Ne, 1
white, 741-20; mixed, 74e. Caen -
Strong; No. 2 yellow, 45c; No. 3 rel-
ieve w, 44 3-40; No, 2 aeon, 441-20; No. 3
corn., 441-4c, Oats -No. 2 white, 25
3-40; N'l. 3 white, 24 to 241-2c; No. 4
miscue, 231-2c; No. 2 mixei, 231-2c;
Na. 3 nixed, '23o. Barley -Western
met l td:ng, 47 to 49c aske,cl. Bye -No 1,
on t,tatok, 551-2n. Fleur -Quiet.,
steady.
Toledo, Sept. 1L-Wbea.t-Spot and
September, 75 1-20; Ootobe.r, 70 1-2c;
December, 78 5-8c. Cern-No. 2. e.telb
and September, 41 1-2c; December, 84
1-4c. Oats -No. 2, cash, 226; Septem-
be,•r, 22c; December, 23 3-4c. Rye-'
Na 2, areah, 511-2c. Clover seed • and
ail-tlnnhr, Aged.
SENT TO CEYLON.
Another Batch of Boer Commanders
Shipped.
A dcepatctb teeth Pretoria saye:-
A )dirge nu'mbnr of undesirable per-
sanreges and prisoners of wear are
being departed daily. The batch to-
day tnchtdes Meese' Eats -mite Field
Cermet: Melt Mare -s, iatrul Lieut.
Dut.oit, who arrived In Pretoria in
connection with the Concha conspir-
acy. 11 its believed that theme. ae•e
all being sent to Ceylon. Solomon
Geilinghnrm„ tile nator;crus cannestton
homer, bit amongst those sent away
from the town to -tidy.
TAKES BOISliS TO Cti2'TON,
A dneptteth teem Brant toed wtys:-
\4'.irtxl has bun received in the cily
lSvt1. Clpt. 0. NI, Nelles will he trent
front ,Sundt Africa to Ceylon, tit
rih,u'go ort 5,000 Beer priso'ner's, Ten
l,ran:wpna'l:s are ,•equired, and three
waerttips will ac:ttotnpany there.
u CROWS Oa;,
Backed by iiussia Ho is Insulting tc
Other Powers.
A despatch from Shanghai says: -
Reports reeeiveol here from the treaty
ports show that the opposition to Lbs
allied florae,, evaeuatlttg Patin beibre
a final - settlement with the Cbiueee
is arrived et la universal and intense
amaong the foreigners. The conatner
dial and missionary bodies are -cabling
protests to their Governments, The
diplomatic and miliary officers, ex.
oopt, the leuesiama, share this feeling,
Li Keung Chang, since his enders
standing - with Russia, has obanged
front towards the representatives el
ether powers and has been insolent,,
and almost insulting in his interviews
with them,
Li. Hung Chang has recommended
the Doevager Empress to appoint the
two southern 'Viceroys who made the
agreement with the Consuls, to keep
order in their territor es and the
president of the Tsung-ii-Yamen, as a
commission to treat with the powers.
Li starts from Tien -Twin in a week
on a Chinese ship, convoyed by a Jap
anese warship,
Mr. W. W. Rockhill, the United
States commissioner. starts for Pekin
Thlursday.
A POWERFUL EXPLOSIVE.
lyddlte eta ltd Elrod Pions a Gun That
Van no Carried About.
Nearly every nation' nowadays has
its favoirite high -explosive or fulmin-
ating force, intended far the °barg-
ing of shells, the composition of which
is supposed to be a secret, The ob-
ject .ins to obtain an explosive welch
will have the most deadly effects, )rut"
scan be handled without danger of
blowing rep the people who use it' and
the artillery in which it is used.
Such an exploslve was taken by the
Americans in a limited quantity to
Cuba, to be used in the so-called
"dynamite guns." These 'guns were
planned to throw shells containing
high explosives, but the explosives
we a not dyn mite they h td a gree et
explosive force than dynamite, and
the substance used in them was easier
to hand,e than ordinary gunpowder.
This substance was said to be prao.
tically the same as the explosive in-
troduced by the French army, and
called melinite,"Drum the name of the
inventor. But the English have mode
the most suoccssful venture yet re•
corded in this field with their lyddite
- a powder which has enormous ex-
plosive farce, and can be fired Prom
a gun which is easily carried about.
LyddLte does not take its name from
a man, as is sometimes supposed,
tan from an ancient town near the
coast of Kent., in England -the town
of Lydd, where there is u government
artillery range.
Here the tests were made whish re-
sulted in the preparation of this ex•
plosive; and the name of the peaceful
Kentish village is now heralded all
over the world in connection witb a
substance which has dealt death to
hundreds of Boers and Sudanese. I1
hue other odious qualities besides its
explosive force, since its fumes are se
suffocating as sometimes to drive
even the laraveut and most obedient
eaLdiers from their trenches.
Lydd therefore shares the inter-'
national noloriety w+hickr attaches to
the name of Dumdum -that other
peaceful village in distant Bengal,
where are manufactured the expand-,
fug bullets which Great Britain has
demanded and retained tbit right to
use against "barbarians."
The lyddite projevtile used by the
Bri'tialr naval brigade weighs bailey -
five pounds, and is fired frow a gun
with u calibre of four arnd seven -
teethe' inches. The weight of the
projectile includes the five and a half
pounds of cordite, another powerful
explosive, which is required to throw
1tt. The we,3gltt of the lyddito in the
.head of the projectile is tan pounds
quite enough to break the projectile
into fragments and hurl them with
frightful farce.
The wbole projectile looks like a
cartridge for a sporting rifle-mitny
limes magnified, of eours°. Twenty-
nine and one -bull pounds of metal ore
hurled about by the explosion of the
lyddite, which also casts abroad stok-
endng tomes, suggesting the vial of i11-
am•eiling liquid which used to be an
offensive atljunot of the operations of
the Chinese infantry=
The South African Boers halve in
their reputes, ridiculed the effects of
the lyddite, deularing that. Lbe British
gunners were able to do vary little
damage with it. ldowever, there min
be no doubt that it belped to render
the position of General Crone: unten-
able after ha was surroa•rtdedl and it
must b• an important aid in bcteaguer-
ing operations.
NA'1't?IIAL HISTORY LESSONS.
Nan -1 leas just thinking what i,
queer thing Nature is. Now, of what
nse is 1ha.t tail to the owe in winter •
time, atheu'tbere are no flies abouts
leen-Il: they be of no use ;to the
bow, but whet would we do tor orl
(kelp t
1;
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