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Northern Advance, 5 Jul 1900, p. 9

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Ullljo I-V\! vulvnuuuvgnnu w--w --5-----_r Lieut. North, reported missing at-A ter the attack on. the construction on own. v--v -w--u-- v__ . V_- train, in Ta -prisoner of the ABoar|. 1wmte?,-cash, 87 1-29'; `No. 2.red,=-87-1 %.1-2c; July, 87 3-41: ;. September. 891 Dulugth, July 3.--`Wheat-Carsh. No.1! hard, -8'6 3'-40v; July, 86 3-40; Septem- ber, 85 3-80; December, 88 .3-.4c;='1Jo_. 1 Nbrthern, cash, 84 3-4c ; guly, 88 3-40.; `September, 853-40.; December, 86 13-41:; | ?No. 2~Nor1:.he rn, 830; No.3 spring, 79% !3-4_:'0a'ts-427 1-2 to 23. co-rn-42 1-20. 8 Minneapolis, July 3.--Flour- `First! 'pateu_1!t.s,'84.90; second patents, $4.70; lrstclears, 84.50; second clears, $2.80. `Bran ;-Higher ; in bulk, $11.30, to; {$13.59. . I -u n 1 -9 I ll ' iI7L -1. Q_-L DD- - w(iJhi::ago, July 3.A--Wheat was active`? and firm, closing 1 5-8c -"over yester-j day: The reco-very was due princ1pal-% ly) tjo` a 'ces`eat'ion.- of liquidation. A big I0 leash business. helped Acorn futures {July finishing the session 1- 3-8c im-`I lproyed. Oats closed a shade higher, and provision_s.strong;' July pork, 52 - 1-20, July lard, 22 1-20, and` July ribs 22 4-20 better. Clearances at the sea-3 board in wheat and. flour, were equal to 400,000 bushels. Primary receipts were 430,000 .bus hele, compared with 972,000 bushels last year. Minnea- polis and Duluth reported 244 cars, against 351 last .w=ee_k, and 491 ayear ego. Receipts ; here were 90 ` cars,` three.ot contract grade. Estimated. to-mor.rorw:-W_heat, 105 bears; com," 860 cars; oats, 350; cars; hogs, 80.000 head; ' ' ` TRAGEDY AT 0RANGEVILI.E.~ Young Man ' shoots the` Girl Be Loved; and Then Suicides A despxtoh from Orangeville, 0nt., says.:-Maddened `by jealousy, Otta-' way Hunter, -a young nian 19`ye'?ars'of, '. age, shot Grtie Nixon onMo:n day' at-= ternoon, and then, pressing th_e Inna- Isle of the wea'p`o-n to his own": _hea1jt,3 o pulledthe ggrgger and killed _'liiin.sel.f.' !|}l!.'Al_. Luv `|..LA155c.l. qriu nlxlou .uu.u'au1L. The terrible ocurr`enc'e tooli place in; Idylwyld Park about `4.3o o-c1dp*k:_in: the afternoon. A A 'concour"s`eo'f"'n'ea .'rly_ 100 spectators were intently watcha- ing `the lacrosse _match" between the 'Du.fferi.ns and the Tuscarora Indian team ' ' TWO. SHOTS " WERE HEARD. Suddenly the sharp crack of a re-- volver was heard at the south end of the grounds. second later the re-_ ` port rang out again, and the jhorrilfied 1 crowd saw a young woman and a man istagcer and fall to _earth'a'1most_ at { the dame instant. There `was a wild- rueh for the spot, and _a scene of `great excitement V ensued `until, the jproetrate bviciime -were carried from `the grounds ' COO:-DJ; q--.-.5. ...-o.-;.. -2.. ` Gertie Nimn, the female victim, in the only daughter of-Mr. Those Nixon of Mono Township. She was 17 years of _a.'nd fiery attractive. Hu.nter is '9. aoxi` of the lateIsaaJo Hunter of 'Ca,le'don"..' ms L-Mrs: Samuel 'Mon_gomary" reaidea " in Orangeville} Hie appeamsfto have beep ix'1fatuated tw1thNi'xofn., `hot ; it reports are to gbeu believed hip 1_o_v"e was ufequitawi.` " t_ o" Oran.gev1q;- `Monday 'm6ui~n'-mg t_`o" 's1)_e:1id` _Do`n;inion' % `Day V in. town, Hunteff h_8&_"` diqnor, It-`, `hf; "mdthg:1f's azid Min` Nixon,- o llch?0lm 9.' in . - ,".,'1'_"L;";'A:"-'&R'_A' I_: V when ihooigjpg. 6aou__1"ro.dV Ihe; V:Vwa_1u._ i _ VV-it) ; `V cpaxrnaeavyv ----- ____ ._. futandipg wgtohing the lI_or.que, ,.4`_n~" Yuan; .v5vithA a you: `uindxijinfamea, menonson. Huntef Ifod-.. in-rt. ijelgiylzd` *5ti!%w?29{%F?.f. 5 ! [WIT lrnnv vv -r-v-v-v v---v- Mono. Elm rreylfgxrii-iV'to7Oran;i17l.o` 1 ` I9,ti &`_ _'v3'n,tf to Idyllwyld .1...gg`.`wuh %`nhn8-- ` *9 GAIH. * ....~._ 51;; -.s..;.;+'a...'..T ;..m'.`-...1.1.g`w.`.. Wm) MISS NIXON Is. Aelm0.~S_t 33,9-,;000,000 ,'W0r'fh1 of property YV3.-5'} d.0.9t.1`9d's, many lives`_ were lost, D14i!_1Y.'peIs0nI were injured, and. at "that iatarted among cotton. bales`, stored on pier No. Bot the North Ger-. man. Lloydsteamshxip Company, in I1_o_boken, a.t- =io clock Saturday after- 'noon. In Iesrtban 15 minutes `the flames c`-.Qv,ered an areafa quarter of, , a mile Long, extending outward from the actual sh0re__ line to the bulkheads 0 from 0600 to "1000 _feet away. and had caught, three 812681 ocean liners anda dozen or more smaller habor craft in its sraspi. -11-Q1-.1-n-via`-1'3 1- t'\r1t'V r\-r'\ -I-11-wt: days:--2 ipast;1500 `lives were imperilled. by fire; %2%Pe9v1e Pei*iSh hand $I,:9 0*` Stories in regard to the loss" of life are conflicting, the num-ber being vari- mis1y_eat.imated- at 200. Up to midnight, 10 bodies had been recovered, but they were aliso badly burned _and blacken- edvthat identication was impossible. BURNED TOTHE 'WATER S EDGE; -1 _ ,1. 1.1. I_____ ` At varying distances about the.burn..`* in; ship: lay" co'a._l and cotton barges, ` all ablazjo, each with one o1j_more tugs `playing stljeamp V `of wgter upon_it. Some of these baxjgeicv and lighter: were loaded with yexy _ inflammable stuff, .a.nd the flames leaped high in the air, while the h'ea.t was so terrific that it [ `was `not -possible to use effeetivelyf the lsmaallhose at the tags,` So.` one by one, gthese altar: of fire elowly consumed, fmost ..of them bulrning _dow_n to the waters edge. \ Along` the Jersey `.._..-.._- shore am-all res wex`e blazing, start- : ied by; the wreck.age from the great t`stea,mships._ . MANY WERE CUT OEF. c There were hundreds of men on V Q-adh of the dee-tpoyed steamers and V a few. women. Crowds of dock labor- a ers and also employesof the com- t panies were on `all; the piers. Men, i women and.-children of the canal t boats and men on the barges and.t ,`lig-hters*w'elre there, and when thegx ! fire made its quick descent upon them ; x escape was cut off before they reli-'1 E-ed their ad-wful position. The people i !on the ~pie:rsv-jumped into thewater 1 ii to save t'hems'elves,Aa-nd-scores of men 1 huddled under the piers,acl1n-glng to ` the supports, "only to be suffocated by the flames or to drop back into the water from-exhaustio-n-. "i I AWFUL SCENE ON THE SAALE. V 1 Tlhe greatest boss of life appears to 1 , ihaveqibeen on. the Saale. She carried ` 450 passengers and was to have sail-! for pBjosLon t01is afternoon. When; . the police boa`-t captain went aboard; let her with his rescue party he saw` bodies lyl-ng all about Uhe deck. '1lhe steamship Bremen oau,-ried acrew' of I 310 men, the Main 250 and, it as many lives were lost_ on the Bremen and Main as on the Saale the number . will be very great. 1`-hen also niany` I p-erxsfhed. on the piers, the canal boats] and lig`hters.. The burning or smoul-. derlngvremalns of canal `boats, light-I ers and "barges are scattered all the` way down the river and `bay to the`. - Staten Island, a.nd'Governolr s Island] ; shores. `inch of these craft will add` 2 .somer.hi.ng 'te_.the list at dead. THE` THREE PI-ERS. BURNED. 3 `-By 7 o clock the -three piers of the `North German Lloyds Steamship Com- ; had been burned to the ground. ' *'1`he's-o`-u`t`henn '-end `of `the: Campbell Storage Company building, consisting` of five five-sstnorey` structures, caught fire and flames shot out tram every` ting the awful deed. _ Witnesses who saw the deed say Hunter `stepped up to Miss Nixon, and ` aai-d_: Am you coming with me? It |?\-|'\n --w 1 v- - you ;ion t, I'll shooi. - . {Miss Nixon turned round and said: Well, shoot I ` - ,L_4 _.I__L `nu-2-- 1*r:._.._ 1! `Ban -an-vvv u Thereupon Hunter shot `Miss Nixon from behind, the bullet entering the, spinal column just below the shoul- .de.rs. _.._ _...__.- -4;-us"-.~n1r\ 1-`:71-1 1991' `up; .LuIJIJvI:}.y. The. hwgtu-I 'aff:iir_' has cast ` a deep ovbr `t-.heV and also. gra7tb:l"a` of - profound sym- fo'1t .t`h`e bereaved ta'mi.lLes and ._reI.lati.vea. 4 an`:-~ _ . . SLIGHT. HOPES ONLY. % The unfortunate girl is paralyzed trom_th waist dqwnwards, and Drs. He-nry, Cl`rk`and Lewis, who have uammed her,` hold but `slight hopes t-gr _reooye_ry. = `T ' "I VA- .'__.L` _ .9--- `(Books i .Atticked- Britls Vrobsts, But Were1_Drlve_n on . A d:p9toh. from London, Friday,` un.;ys:--'-Loi"d_B9be_1').t has pgnt bulletins at two` small tigytn, in hpth of which the B0.er,sf were, di Icou_ifit`ed. In a den- t_r'_om 1_.>i~gao:La;:_ 'qtea. T-huriday. fho say-:-*-` .:i-`as. . H3` ,..,. ~ ,. , 4.-_li..l.;_.-__ `-1 ...._.-....L-.l 4.---.. }*?3oBs*' REPORTS EIGHTINGQ wt-Jun "As|iii1l1`tore of mounted troops .iyi_th twp guns. commanded by -Lieut; . joqi; was attacked by the: gm! "'" !'.' ' TERRIBLE LOSS 0}?` LIFE. window cram t-in two noon in rtes minuttes. ;The bui1dings,~being' tilloq inai'nly'wi1th ju't'e-.= and whisky, madd` good food for--the fire. The tire wu ho vt that the remen were unable to , `gowithixn `fighting distance, and th L ames had pretty much thgir ow way there. In these buildings groa loss will be sustained. ' 3; ,: two (SfI`1`IBf'l"3l3ACHED. ' _The`eteamships Saale andlrsmelig after being pulled tree from the dock! _were towed,.ablaz'e, down theebay. uig oft Liberty Island. On this Bremen, as she blazed out in mid-. V `stream, six men could be seen wlt ; their heads out of portholes, waving . handkerchiets as signals for assiltu aince.` Tug boats _and` small bostl darted eround big steamshifn. making every, effort to save the men, but the terrible: heat from the tlamel kepi Ithern away. A f Ix. w.. DERV Gaossm WAS sgvnn. The saving of thegreat Kaiser. Wllm Groese. was attended with` exciting incidents. It seemed as if 15. `would never be able `to get her oleals and the tire was spreading so rapidly, t.h_ab4i_t threatened at almost any mo- Jnent tobregak out on th 538 ship." The great hawser in the confusiglf ,.au1,d not be handled well, and excl :were brought into use, to chop them, releasing the vessel. She was towed out into midstream and then far up the river. Her bows were slight!` 3 The rapid spread of the flames is ap- counted for by the shifting of wind, When the fire first broke oust, thd wind was blowing strongly from the south. This drove the flames acro to the pier above the one on whicsa it started." Within a few moments, thewind shifted almost directly tq the opposite point. Under the greag pavilion on the land end the namoq iwe-re soon in absolute control. Had not recourse to dynamite been taken to destroy the Hamburg Line pien the flames might have gone on. `All the fire` boats and tugs in the harbor, would not have stopped them. `A ` SHIP STOKERS OVERCOME, ' An idea of intensity of heat Wl given by the fact that the `steamship. firemen, men who are used to working in the fire room of _a vessel, supposed to be the hottest place Where kn.y_. ~ human being works, fell back from gfighting the flames, overcome by the ;heat. Some of those who went intd the water and were rescued by the . slightly injured say that when other! * who were caught between the fire and water saw death coming the), L wen-t insane. There were acts ol - cowardice as well as heroism. r Men clung to others and refused to gillet go, even though the act mean! .,.death to both. The loss of thelq .' hose crippled the Hoboken firemena ,i'When they teaohed the fire at first; 5`. they set mm; to confine it to the pier. _L___L_.l `Ifknn 1-`gg 116 wvv vuu. -v ..v.__ ._ _ ion which it started. When the "flames spread the hose'on the pier! "was lost.` Some of the apparatul haxrowly escaped being consumed. and ais_ `it was one` hose cart and it! horse wer burned. " V 3 we-on A 1-vCrI`tI' l\(1t:. etmy under Prefers and .Nel,V on the rnprning of June 26, seven milesnortl _ot Senegal. They beat oft the enemy, and burned their laager. Our casual. ties _were three killed and ten wound-x nqwanav v v V . V - - . _ . _. 1 ; A HEAV`I"LOS8.' i The destruction of the docks will I be a hegvy loss to the steamship com -L 41-- _`.__L !_Z_L_.I _.; RV 0" I-I`.-N-'.v -v--~ -- ~-- ---- _ *[pany, as it has only just finished roq Ipairing,_enlar`ging and improving itl terminal facilities. Hunter, temporarily commanding Ian `Eamilton`s brigade, made. OM march yesterday from Ileidelberg tdu ward Frankfort without meeting an; opposition. `A - 3- I 1 _ ,, `l'n--JI-_.A. Wytlval I-A\llJo "The. enemy attackedpur Raoodevnl'. apruir post on the railway yesterdg but were easily beaten ad! by a tachment 01 the Derbysahire Light tantry, the Weht Australian moan: ' infantry, _a -15-pqllndlf,` `and an 9. .o_'ur_ed. train. . . - H ., .. I. . T . ` - "Bad'ean-Porwelllmeports the. caturl of an intluentzal Boer named.R_.ay, WM was evndeaalvouring to ' raue coma .. -mand-o in the Rmatenberg district. N patrol brought in over a hundrol rifles; More than 4,000 rifles and 1.0"; 000 i-ntenor pieces have baon- . during the last few days. He ntqto ._ that 30 Boers have arrived at vil1nIt_o_nyf ` `if V ~ ~b`erg ., going to their homes tron"-~ -In-e`y's comma-ndo. They .. .1. ,, ,,-_._` Lg- Luau; 5 II\lIIIl.I.I'll\IIla bf; VV,'$$Q$ I-"'71 text before it they had seen an war! nlamation, _wh1dh- wt: olrelully ooaled by Boar authority." -.-I . u\_I_,, A 11v_.|.___...i-.. \:'I'.-c:v1'-(l `R3 :2; ;a'y'a_'v751:uday we ` a record market day '11: Prohob `ll \_ . ___,____ iioer tarmer_s-;ll;; 4 4. L 71:` P.:.rtjes_ of Boats still cl" B\;l:lo/riv DYNAMITE \VAS USED. zedthen Cwssed the` ;i;'er and cap-"` 5 thlh The armoury was then ` pied by Khe" combined forces. .' Bet - . . ; Mempts to retavkuthe [MY DTSCORD EXIS' ' I W. guards pushed forward to Ant- mdengaged the enemy on June 13 14,infJ1cting aloss of 175. There do casuault1}es( on our side. ` - ` extensive destrucuon of they way on our front having made her advance by rail` xmposslble, I ,where Iproposed to org-anlze an nce b_y the river on Pekfn. . . `DECIDED TO RETURN.` _' p.1rt ure {rem La-ngfang. trams w1uc'h had been left to 01- wereattacked on June 18 by\ Box- and Imperial Iroops from Pekin, Iost_trom` 400 to 500 killed. Oulf was 6ki_lled -and 48 wounded. etrains joaned. me at Yang-'].`su*n same evening. The railway it ug'rTsu11. was found to` bee entxrely ohshed and. the tram was un- Ihle. ` `The Boxers were short of prbvi-| "i>1A7r13'3}{'d11;~r amass. `On June 19 the wounded and ne- ries for them started by boat, the -- marching alongside the river. 'tion was experienced during the ole course of the river from nearly ` andhskilfully `retarded our ad- L .by occupying well-selected poei- ` from which they had: to be forc- 1 often at the point of the bayonet? `flee of a galling fire that was vdif- 1 10l0cate. A ` V ' KPTURED CHINESE ARMOURY. 1 _'i1 troops armoury, above Tien-E where, after friendly advancesya ` Vyre was opened, `While our me .'0Ip0aed on `the opposite rivr "' The enemy was kept in check` ne fire `in front, while their posi- %yTay t1'1at the force whichrq-;-'. . c0m1en-Tun consisted of: Amlinanded by Major Wallgr, 1'); `W w"e35 manneg. The Mevin5 enced by the artillor-y*o1,, In um the force, who then o.4dv_au_`m_-_. means 0 town. `The BritishV_Aa1`I`d{ M-r b Were the fxrst to ent91j,:an_d:. = Uollowed by the rest;-_._tho . ' 'Tl'ln D..__- - nu. -an`.-- ....-., _.._-, _ ' ,and we were` hampered by our ndedn which` forced us to With-} wonTien-Tsin, with which we had`; been in communication for six`; ,and our supplies were out off.` cu.-....-.-.... __ . . . .--... ...o-r A -`laws:-1 ` wxw-' by rail. _ June13 two attacks on Boxers were 1" guard bi wngiderable loss to the t ourAfo_rce. _ W3f1n:14 the Boxers attz Langfang in large B .. ,__4\` Anenrminatir ouI_U-1 `JV. June 14 Boxers attacked a at Langfan ' with great ga::e:::i`f1:tP#mberg` ,fepl11S6d with about one `311. but Our loss was five It lndred same afternoon the Bhans. the British guard that `ltlierslat. - as ett tact the Lofa static J). Re1nfor__ were sent back I 9 enem X JIIIVED one hund red of them killed. Two of our ' Q tch from _ ` M has reoexved the fqllowmg ch from Admiral Seymoilr, sht vyof chefoo to-day:- we returned to Tien-Tsin with able to reach .I:(.)ndon says`":-'1`hef M v -vuvweu by the rest 0111102 d'_VTh Russians lolt tonirkille rthlrty Wounded. The othgr -nation-V `ltered trifling loll. ' ` V severe LOSS to Fought with .7 P |-'``_`"` Workman I-`.-ullu .1` Bolling Water. Hlennn+..L { Ms F_~._____ j ~ A ATALLY SCALDE_D. ~ James Bay._0o;_ IA-) ___I_n `- Killed. Wounded; 27 V 97 .. ` 4 4 25* ,. 1 .10 } .A 12 T 62 ` ed whilj Wednesdgy. H1121: the` 1c-ks `on the ad-` 5 r_epulsed the Boxrs Into A in but V `IIr__4,,, woodatoigk;' O;;_t;,: armoury werema-de the samezaixd fol-s lowing. days, ;but were -unsuccessful. We found gtimmense stores of gun's; arms, and ammunition .ot-t'he.1atest pattern. Severaljof the gains w_e1"e- mounted for our. ;defe1_1.ce, 9;nd- shelledthe Chinese forts lower down; H Havlingk .':3una. _. amzh\irv1iti'(;n-e."nd_ rice we coi1ld~harv`e;hel_d .out_ for some days, _but being hampered byixhe 'la_.,r'ge number of wounded,-vI.seht ,to_'.-..'.1`1en-- Tsin to ask". for a rehervmg 3'01-ee, which arrivedton the morning of J une. 25. V 'The`armoury "was then evacuateti and the forces arrived at Tien-Tsin on June 26. .-On leaving the _ar,mou1_-.y I destroyed it with fire." ' _A d-espatoh from London, Friday. says :-Col.,Dore Ward, British com-4 manded the column that relieved Ad- miral Seymour. -.Am eArinen_: marines participated in__the achievement. The admiral was found eintreincahed `and. surrounded by immenee"maIses`_of Chi-. nese, who were driven off by the re- lieving colrumn after a brisk fight.-His inetn"had made a brilliant res_i.ste.nce, never failing` in courage for 15` days" of continuous fighting. During. ten days the men were on quarter retions. fheylstartaed with provisions for ten days, and they could have held out a day or two longer. The column was a. few miles` beyond Lofa. AL _, -1. L- Deeming ithvopelesa to a.ttemp_t t9 break through ` the hordes, Admiral Seymour eseayed a night retreat-to- ward Tien-Tsixn, but he came into col- liaiotn with a strong force of`Chineae arriving fromd the north-west,` and could neither advance} nor Vretreat. There was nothing to do but entrench and to` stand `siege. H_e vainly at- tempted heliographic communication. i Sey'mbur s,vmem caught several Chin- --: 1I-_ 'r__.-A.:-..... `ant: Innhun. ..e.,...--- -..... ---.,_- V ese, whosaid the Legations had been ; burned and the Ministers kil_led. Oth- es [said that the Minister: had been imprisoned.` The Chinese di:-pIayed.an- atical courage in the _attaek._ ` - . Railway` zcoxnmnnicvation be-tween Ta-ku and Tien-Tsin has been resum- ed, and the troops have been advanc- ing towards Pekin. Fighting was in progress on Wednesday `in the vicin- nu 1 -r ,,___ -..-..._...-dinna jll Vgavnzw van vv vu-avwwwa __ _ ;ity of Tse-Chulin. Large preparations Eare being made to support and rein- force the' Pekin relieving column. ' Twenty thousand__ troops of all .a"rms , largely Japanese. have now been` land- ' EH6 lulu In. .L:vu.; -v,vvv -v ..-,--- Russian pretige has" bee ijured .1 during the recent .tight`in`g,~ and` an` 'anti-Russian rising" in the Lian-Tong ' peninsula , Ruqsien Manchuria, in pre- . Idicted; e ; Th'Shaghai corrspondent of the {Daily Telegraph, wiring at 9.05 pan. 1, Thursday, says 2- E -_ ..'...-.4 (`I-.n-un nu-` J-IJUIJSJG-J-9 Dug u u l "It is reported on good Chinese au- ! thority thatithe Government, alarmed by foreign military preparations, has i issued an edict ordering peremptorily | lsuppression, of`_ the Boxers, and any E nouncing as decision to protect the Le- gations at all. hazards." However,-this. ` may be, the.British Consul at Shang- % hai received definite information, the ` Daily Express correspondent says, `Ithat while solemnly promising com-.; plete abstraction -from -warlikv prep iparations, the Chinese; are mounting-.A {several new. si;-inch 1g:uns`a't_ Wo- Sung torts. i _ `_ ' j Three British warships`-have sailed from Hong "Kong to reinforce the 111-: lied squadron at Shanghai. g The southern provinces are sending troops" `towards Pekin. `and the exodus` of =Chinese from Shanghai continues at 2 the rate of .tro_m 10,000 to 15,000 a day. :? - `L--. 1..- .-.' hm||v-at` wag enagedwith other werkmen in rolling logs into the vat. A 103- was rolled in, and. to avoid the geplash. Clhance stepped back, and was p;`eoip- itated info 'a second opening. He was at once `completely immersed in boil-E ing water.VWorkn_1en_ quickly took him from the water," bufhe. was terribly` eoalided. He was taken tlov the hqspit- al, where. his death -took -place;-'Chance'v: came jlere ttoin T` _8tra'ttqrd_.- `Q had "J .9nl'y be.e.n_ isygriring in the factoryi ' about three v3 veek_a. ' ` ' cu European: In Pekin Thousht to be ` , Allvo. 1' 1' A despatch 'from Paris. says; -'-V The f Chinea Minister hdsodilnmunicatad t_o- Foreign Minigter Dolcasse in L telggrim `which he 1_'[oeivod' Von "l.`uo,s_da_,y, an-2 nouncing` that `the~;]!}1;ropeai:;a Pgkih; were aatoind well. when 'th,9;;V was .aespat;.ea; but _th, .1aIi;:te;ia5;"jg`tt; 1 indicated. 4 A BELmviaT>To?E ' d-espAa;`teh,-f.r6h_1~Londoiif-isa-ys:-T1e sW}xr7 j 0_fiqe has ,r,eVce1'ved ' . the folI6w- ing `from Lord Roberts:-s ' _f.`Pre`toria, :_Ju-ne 30.:-Col; Paget re- I?i2;r`ts:`Afrom,LLnd1ay that he was an. Lgag.ed' on June 26 with` 9. body_'of the n_emy- who were strdngly reinforced dVliring-`th,_e., (my. - A convby _ of stores tqr tahe'Lind1e.y g-arnson Wasalao at- , VA tacked, on June 26;'but, .after.-a;`-heavy rear-guard Tactiqn, the". convoy reach-.4 `ed Llnd1egy 1ir1'>sAa-fety. '_0ur ca_.s1Lq1t10S3 wer 10 killed _ and 4_'off1cers.` and I ' .about $50 wotinded. A ' 1 IIFIII, `- `Captured. Wfl --~. `r\r-I u-.upa.s.u.a., a.|.vI- ;J1LyqA B;abax:_n_.t came up'du-1"ing the en- gagement. Total casualtieeof the two colu-mna,=3 killed a n_d 23 wounded. 5 lil\._ 4 I _ "*T>h_' f: 3811t rpdrted y`e.sterday was u,Dd8I` `Lleut.-Col.-Gresfell, not Drexper `.-`rlfl 13.:-.~.`l..`....4. -.._.- __ ,1_-,,_~_.- _ "dz: -1;;'ov1ou: day, near F1cks- burg. Gen.'Boye s "brigade w-as m actton with `a body at T the_ enemy. casualties w'.e.re 2 ofioerskilled, 4 men` [MARKETS on` "THEWUEB[LD%| A T0ronto .ni1ya.-ive had a total at" so loads to.aay, including. 1,1oo'hbgs., 300 cattle, .600 sheep and lambs, 100` calves, and"9;co1i1p1e 9f. dozen mi1kers.! nus -,_ :1 A _ _ . _ , _ .....L vv----.-,---- w-vwu. -v _- _.---'_ V There was ayjgood demand for export: ` .c.at~t1e- at` from $4.90` to $5.25 per cwt ! tor Achbice, and for ght shippers from VI 84.60 to `$4.85 per cw't.~Most of_ `the cattle was of medium quality to-day. `! I___).-I.__ `Prieesof C`ati:1e`. Chgee. man. `&cT-.+ _ in "the Leading, Markets. --v-v - -_- --v-`----- 1.-v~---v There was a fair trade in butcheri cattle, and good stuff ~sold_ well at = from $4 to $4.50 per cwt. But medium`! and {inferior cattlg were a shade . weaker, arndnot in such active demand ` as -on Tuesday. We had -a large pro- .; portion of' grass-fed cattle her not ` in very good shape. T ; ,4___L I__II_ _.'--.._ -A.-...'l.. -1.` --- -v-, 9-.-- ---.-r Ghoice export ;u1l{s were steady at! romu$4 to $4.60 per cwt.% __ J _,.. --t-oc`lr;;.1';` % and un- changed, ' ' 3-"- A--4.-_ --_._ 2.. ......I -_-_,-_,. _ _ _ Only a few teeaexs came in, and? there was Little enquiry.-_~ M A` Q AA a '_.`,.`, nu-- ._-`-- -_f.`.--_., Spring lamb.s.. are worth from $2 to; $4.10 each. Gpod gpring lambs are` wafntedz. ` ' ' in R.,,__. Q L` Shippers, prcwt. 34 30 Butcher, choice _ __d-o." v 3 75 -Butcher, med, to good. 3441 _Butcher, inferior. . 8 00 ' SLockers,_per cwt. . V 3 00 - 44 __..I Tn-ml. Iv ldvvipn . _~For pgimey hogs, soaling from 160 to 200 v1b.s.,`t.he top price is 6 1-2c; heavy hogs, 65-8o ; and light hogs, 5 3-40 per lb. V . Following is the range of quota-I Oow_s_ ealsh. ; . 08.01]. g 0 - - 0 ' fi--nu Sheep, per cwt. . ' .- Yearlings, per cwt. Spring ._ lambs, eachl `Bucks; per owt. .- . --up-nu. __ ___j &L\:"' .Co{_hogs, per cwt. 625 -r....1... '|...u-.: ndrnwfv 5150 ~ $ vvuanvv v ' Toronto, July 8. z-V,- -' At} the ` lo;s'e theomarket showedga net gain of j - 26. A Manitoba" were weak early in ' the dai, owing to the weak opening in Chicago, but atftho close the tone was tatron'g.ag':in'. Ontario: sold` to mill-` -_.. ..L "Kn"nrA*'> hut a1rn0l't8l'S could '\JIIUI~U IIUBJ, yva vu u- L1_gh1.. hog-5, prowt; Beavywhogs, per cwt. o _o 0 . ' u . v'- 0 o ow. Itr0ng.uga;,nu. yuuussvu -av-.. -- _._- era at 750 wept, but exporters not bid more than 70c. Quotations were as _t`ollows:`_-Ontario, red_ and white, 760, north -and wast; east, 76c; spring, ne-asit, 760; Manitoba No. lhard, 81, ' Toronto and west;_Wc, .i.tf.; and 9-1o,.l upper `lake ports. _ 9 _ ; -uu--_nA_..I- 'l'|..Il` `I11-our .13 to 3133):` upper Luna yuan us. I Millteedg Dull, Bran", $13 to $13.50;` and shqrtg, 814 to $14.50, West. 7 A~--..--u._ ...:n. Hm? anu auux ya, ya.-s nu 7.-...." .... -. ' I com-'-strong, in "sympathy with the; strong Chicago market; No. 1 Ameri.` can, yellow, 88, on track here; and`! o mixdat 471- . - -- I`-- In`: IIIIAHA In mlxeuuu -u Ju'UUo - _ ` Pea.s-Fir mer. Oar.-lots gyro quoted; hominally at 61c, north `and west; and E 621:; east. . ` , Barle`y-'-Steady, No. 2, 40c, west ` and 440 dust; `No.73. 42 to 430. . . - : Rye-Qu_iet` and steqdy; "Oar lots, west, 546; `and `east. ~ --L-.1`_' `*"1tr1..:a-A. ' nu}. .n:ii-th W88`, Q50; uflfacycvu Vitamin `V . ;0a@a_:.Seat_1y. fWhite oats. 'nort_h and west. 271-20; and, east,`-281-2o.._ Buc~kwheat-Quoted at 550 west.- and 54o.eaat, ` % N *- -- ~--- --'-A t--='.I..M.n- A... 1 0,0 -QUBII F,lou1'-"` Strong. a_ind_- in` ;'btt_er de- mand.' Offeringaf _._amall. ' A Export aients bid .33 tor_._aVtr%a_ight rp1ler,_ in`; - 44- ` -.~.:.:a ...:.:a1`."n`-giihts: and i380!"-B Wu '9 -v- """-u-- _-~~-- . buyers` _b`aks', middleljieights; ind` holders ask 33.10. _`_ Buffalo; Jlily 8.--Wheat-'-No. 1 hard. round lots, 921-8_c; No, 1 N_ortheArvn, xjoufnd -1ots.,901-8c.A fWinter" wheat?- 5No. 2 rod. 880; N9. '1 white, 87o`;; Corn `--I'A)I'1l 'l; Nd. 2 ypllow. 481`-lo`; No. Eyei- lb`ir',A 48c;fNO.,., yotlowg 47c; No. 2001-n. .171-26; `No. *8 jelow, 488-A40.` Oasm jqiat, -`{* ~ 1~Io. .2 ,whita.`*ao1`-Ac; `my. 3 "_`v37vl`1'itoi.','29 1-2C; fNo,,_ yzh_ite, _29`p_;` No. 3 *2.'f;o:i_Nog'3;mixod; a8~1-.31 ;-1'31 : g 5 1" .' . -NO. zllvllllllalgg vv-u ---_ natmit; ~Ju1`y -3.-4-A "`gtoiaaa;.:n; 4 Calve. (IV ll atI'1d i.a1n-be.` lIEI\ Ca-t,t_le. $365`. 4500 20:) A1000. 5'7e'1.2 VH3 wo'imd`e'd`,' and -1_A~ man mnelnz-* In II ,,_: .-r '12- 11-. __ 1---...` I " ""55."-lVVJ\l'g uuu_` .5... .._-..--_..,- ._ . A Y` Gemif -Lora Msuruen, found yest,e1!-` (fay, that the Boer laag`r"`1":ea.1" VaLc_h.- `k0P a"n_d Spitzkop had been hastily r_e-j moved: in the direction of Lindley. He followed the enemy 12 miles, and "cap- tured 8,000" sheep, a.nd*500, head of. cattle, which the enemy had seized in ,_}E11'at__-_!1eighbourly>od. _Our casualties _we1`;i men wounded. . .- . D- _-__-._l ,VVUl"O_.". .I.I.l.Ul.J VV vuusuusnu - . ! Hunter . continued. his march !;yes-terday.=t,owa'rd the Va_al river un- '.opposed._ A -few, farmers along the route have surrendered. D 11., ..-2I *- s `rings, the terminus of the rail- way 'ron`1 Joharntnesbur-g._ due east.` was ttacked .early yesterday m`-'?1" ing. ;. he Canadian regiment, which garr'"_orns the place beat.of'the-en- emy. No casualties axe reported-F I 1? __LI_ __,___.. J.-.'I -uu:na:v-Ila V .... V- i. To`1edo,-July 3.`-Whea,-t.-Spot, 88c; ~VJuly_~, 88 1-443; August; 88 3-8s;TSep- `tember 788-5-80. Corn-No. `2, `ca.sh. ;{45c,;.September', 43 1-2. 0a.ts-No. 2, Licaslll, 260; September, 25 41-2c. Rye`-' - .3 No. 2, cash 61. Clover seed-1898. Primq -335.10; 18199, prime, 35.35; October, : changed. 5' 5.971-2 ; N9; 2, $4.80 nominal, 0i1-Un- up u 1\ i2?! 1 . ` u ]

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