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Kruger and the Boers Expected to Retire to the Lydenburg Mountains While some of the newspapers in 4ondon regard the surrender of Pre- toria, as the end of the war, there "I" are others that do not venture such ‘ a sanguine opinion, contenting them- selves by saying it is the beginning of the end. They recall the frequent- ly reiterated intention of the Boers to withdraw into the mountains of Ly- denburg, and find confirmation of this intention in the fact that Presi- dent Kruger has gone to \Vaterval- boven. [Strum that place the main road runs due north to Lydenburg. .fl’he)’ argue that. if the President was merely seeking to escape capture he would continue his journey to Lorenzo Marquee, instead of melting at \"a-‘ tervalboven, \Vhit‘h its 110 miles west; of the eastern frontier of the Transâ€" : . ‘2131. It is assumtned that President {Jew}, of the Orange Free fitztte,and State Secretary Rein, of the Trans- vaal. it is assumed that President Kruger, but there. is no certain in- formation concerning their move-- ments. I"? feverish activity in adding to and strengtnenxng the defence worm of the capital continues. ers. The question of the removal of the. British prisonersis receiving the seri- ous attoation of the Executive Council Tne commanding officers at the front Lamani their immediate remoral to Manges. which is 0069 to the terminus of the Seiati railway. President Kru- ger is opposed to removmg the prison- Koo-matipoort, the last Transvaal town on the railway to Delagoa. bay, 18 being fortified. Boer Commanding Officers Urge Their Transference to Maiges. A despuYC-b’ from Preterm, May :7 nu Lorenzo Marques, May :29 says:â€" Presidem Kruger toâ€"day issued a proclamation appointing a day of generai humiliation throughout the Repubiic in View of the critical situa- non. ”Brabant reports that on May 28 two of *his patrols, ('onsisting of two officers and forty men, were cut off by the enemy, and taken prisoners.” "’Germiston, May 30, 9p.m. “The brunt of the fighting yester- day fell upon Ian Hamilton‘s column. I have sent him. as already mentioned, to work around to the west of Johan- “Bundle reports that he attacked a largr party of Boers near Senekal on May 28. He mid his casualties were not heavy. I "Germiston, 3133' 30. " In answer to a flag of truce I sent to Johannesburg this morning the. commandunt came to see me. He begged me to defer entering the town for twenzy-four hours, as there were many armed burghers still inside. I agreed to this, as I am most anxious to avert the possibility of anything like disturbance inside the town,and as bodies of the enemy are still hold- ing the hills in the immediate neigh- bourhood, from which they Wili have to be cleared off beforehand. "‘1 SURRENDER 0F PRETORIA. The following despatches from the commander-in-chief Were received ear- lier in the day:-â€" Johannwburg, May 31. 2 p.m.â€"Her M-ajemy’s forces are now in possession of Johannesburg, and the British flag floats over the Government build- ingsfl “Pretoria, Wednesday, May 30, 11.40 a.m.â€"Pretoria will be occupied in ‘about two hours without resistance. "The President has gone to Water- valboven. here: London, May 31.â€"The following de- 5Patch from Lord Roberts, the British commander-in-chief in South Africa, has been received at the “'ar Office BRITISH IN POSSESSION. British Flag Hoisted Over Johan-=- nesburg on Thursday. "The burgomaster, De Sousa, is authorized to receive the British. Be. with an influential committee of citizens, including Chief Justice Gre- A despatch from Lonlm T‘imsday nays;â€"'lhe Daily \iai! publishes the following despatcb from the Earl of Rosalyn. who was a prisoner at Pre- toria, and who, as a civilian, appears to have been released ...â€" The Union Jack [5 Now Flying Over 00111 Paul’s Capital. BR1 1 ISH PRISONERS. WAR MAY CONTINUE. (FEE MOLu‘TED POLICE. Sir Wilfrid Laurier stated that lasi year the force consisted of 500 men: exclusive of the 250 men in the Yukon. The average cost of maintaininn of the recent great fire in Hull and 0t zzma. He promised the sympathetic consideration of the Government. .« Sir \Vilfrid Laurier said that he was gunuble personally to reply to the re- guest, as he would have to consult his colleagues. In a case of this kind the Government could not be guided by in- dividual instinct. Aline had been ‘drawn at (the principle that no aid should be granted except where the calamity was of anationai character and beyond the possibility of relief by private charity. He would be inc.ined to think that this fire was not of that character but he recognized that while private charity would ordinarily be sufficient to meet such acase, it might not now, owing to the influence Mr. Monk asked the Government for aid to the sufferers from the recent fire at Point Claire. He said . that two-thirds of the village had been #destroyed, eighteen families are in Eabsolute need and distress, and about 1130 people without a home. He knew that Parliament could not very well grant assistance in a case of this kind unless it amounted to a national calamity, but in this case, owing to the recent great fire in Hull and Ottaua, private charity was not forthcoming to the extent that might Otherwise be expected. WOT/A; CHEVHPM Muwm mdwwmwmwm "Hamilton is now at Fl‘orida, due west of Johannesburg, and French is a few miles further to the north- east. The G-ordons, the cavalry, the mounted infantry, and the seventh dzvisi-on are blowing the heights of the town. The eleventh d1vxsxon,wit.h Batterxes 'H- and ‘G,’ and the heavy artillery, are south of Johannesburg. “Hamilton speaks in high terms of pranse of the manner in which Bruce Hamilton, and Colonel Spens, of the Shropshire Light Infantry, handled their men, _under Smith-Dorrien's direct ion." "The right was led by the Gordons. who, after capturing one extremity of the ridge, wheeled around and worked along it until after dark. Clea ring it at the enemy, who fought most obstinately. The One Hundred and Fourth led on the other flank. and would not be denied, but the chief share in the action, as in the casual- ties, fell to the Gordons, whose gat- lant advance excited the admiration of all. lmashurg, in support of . French’s cavalry which was directed to go north near the road leading to Pre- :toria. I have not heard from French yet, but Hamilton, in a report which has just reached me, states that at about one o’clock in the afternoon he found his way blocked by the enemy strongly posted on some . kopjes and ridges three miles SOUth of the Rand. They had two heavy guns and several field guns and pom-poms. Hamilton forthwith attacked. "I was permitted to accompany the officers. Everything was quiet.” “Fearing a possible disturbance and bloodshed among the prisoners of war at \Vaterval, United States Con- sul Hay and Mr. Leigh Wood insisted upon 20 officers being liberated on parole to go to the men. Their ac- tion cannot be too highly praised; “Everything is quiet, but crowds are waiting expectantly in Church square for the arrival of the British. gorowski. has been appointed to pre- serve life and property during the in- terregnum. 3L .1- m PA iMENl. men ‘_ '_â€"â€"- v III-Irv“. an In the later stages locomotor ataxie Is this disease is called, is incurable. It teken I]! thus it is found to yield to the restorebive influence of Dr. Cheese‘s Home Food, which oomleteâ€" ly rebuilds the wasted nerve celle of down heel and 9010 together in a sort of flapping motion. The victim is in danger of falling when going up or down stairs or around corners. He walks with his eyes on his feet, ex- periencing shouting pains in them and lance of pressure about thq waist. "â€"--'--.“a uvh‘vu. There are many examples of the ter- rible results of this disease to be seen on the streets of. Toronto and oth- er Canadian cities. The characteristic symptoms of this nerve-exhausting disease is inability to walk proper- ly or to control the hands .and arms. 3‘he feet ‘ene raised ‘high up_a-nd put Dr. 'Wilson, of Buffalo, N.Y., says that this “mysterious disease” is 10- comotor ataxia, and is just as preva- lent in North America as in' the Phil- ippines. It is a degeneration of the nerve cells of the spinal cord, which affects the nerve controlling motion. - Mr. Monk was informed by Mr. Mu- ‘ 1 lock that the fines which were latelyi imposed upon postal employes in ; ”Montreal were inflicted for serious {neglect of duty, and not upon any -I trifling pretext. The amount so col- :; lected became part of the consolidated I 1 revenue of Canada. It is not the in- f' Itention of the Government to reimâ€" i burse the amount of said fines. Neith- : '* er is it true that this is the first time ' 1 such fines have been imposed within the last 20 years. On the contrary, it has been the regular practice of the department throughout its whole his- : tory to impose fines when circumstan- I i l ces warranted them. PROFESSOR ROBERTSON. Mr. Foster learned from Mr. Fisher that nobody is performing Professor Robertson’s duties during his absence ,in Paris. He was also told that no I horses were purchased for the British iGovernment through Professor Rob- gertson, but that this official did act 3for the Imperial authorities in the t ipurchase of large quantities of hay. i PLAINS OF ABRAHA M, l Mr. Marcotte was told by Sir Wil- frid Laurier that the Government has ‘ _ received no offer to sell to it the land 1 ' known as the Plains of Abraham. 1 This property which comprises about 1 i851 arpents. belongs to the Ursuline :nuns, but the Govelnment is willing \1 but Cap-t. J. P. Finlay, of the? 9th United States Infantry, has returned from Manila, suffering with what. he says is "a terrible malady which is pre- valent among the officers and men. It develops into neuriLis or nerve para- lysis, and many of its Victims are crippled for life.” Sir \Vilfrid Laurier said that he could quote to Mr. Dugas numerous resolutions of other Catholics expres- tsing satisfaction with the school set- tlement. He had frequently stated that, while the settiement was not perfect, it was the best thancould‘ be made under the circumstances. In De- cember, 18:56, Mr. Greenway, speaking at Montreal, said he was prepared to listen at) the minority if they appeal- ed to him. if an) grievances now ex- isted, the minority would have to look to the Provincial Government, and, if they were then not satisfied’ with the treatment of the provincial author-‘ ities, they could appeal to Ottawa. FINES ON POSTAL EMPLOYEES. 'l Said at which- a resolution was passed in- struming the committee to take im- mediate aleps to lay their grievances on the school question before thelDo- minion Government, 50 that relief mighlt be given them on the lines laid down in the Privy Council decision. and 250 in the Yukon. It is estimated that the expense of the force will be the same as last. year, $353,750. W'IN N I PEG CATHOLICS RESOLU- TION. IVIr. Dugas called attention to the recent meeting of Winnipeg Catholics, CONFIRMED BY OTHER CORRES- PONDENTS. A despatch from London says :â€"The \Var Office has issued nothing from Gen. Roberts since it made public its ' despatch sent from Germiston Tues- day, announcing that he expected to occupy Johannesburg without opposi- tion, but telegram from correspond- ents at Pretoria state that the Boer capital'has been abandoned to the . British, the forts having been evacu- ' ated, and President Kruger and the Executive Council having fled. looomotor Ataxia, a Nervous Disease. Which Is Also in This Countryâ€"Peculiar Symptoms. ia, paralysis and nervous prostrstion with which he comes in contact in his immense practice. It is considered by medical men to be the greatest re- storative which nature provides for pale, weak, nervous men, Women and children. a few months will completely rebuild the exhausted nervous system and cure the most serious diseases of the nerves. ' This treatment is recommended above all others because it is a. mod- ern scientific preparation compounded from a favourite prescription of Dr. A. W. Chase, who has tested it in thousands of cases of locomotor atax- These symptoms of exhausted nerve force are the beginning of a wasting process which must end in locomotor ataxia, paralysis, nervous prostration, or epilepsy unless the system is re- stored. For the benefit of all read- ers of this article we cannot do, better than to recommend the persistent use of Dr. Chase’s Nerve Food, which in The time to act is when nen‘ousness first makes itself apparent. When you find yourself tapping with the fingers, when the nerves of the body twitch after retiring at night. when you lie awake, too nervous to sleep. when you have nervous headache and nervous dyspepsia. the spdnal cord and revitalize: nerves. â€" vâ€" Vuu.l‘6 volume as Lord .Acheson unfurled the Royal Standard. and the bands sturck up “God Save the Queen,” all present joining in singing the National hymn. nu. A _ ,_ _ ‘1 w _ V â€" --~â€"vâ€"“| “JG-“u. The ceremony concluded with cheers for the Queen, Lord Roberts. and the a.my an I asa ute of twcn y-one guns. The troops were drawn up under command of General Knox, and enter- tained the spectators. The Governor, accompamed by General Kelly-Ken- ny, and their staffs, escorted by the “'elsh Yeomanry, was greeted with a general salute, after which, amid an impressive silence. and 1h aclear v01ce heard in every part of the square General-Pretyman read Lord Rob- erts proclamutron annexmg the Orange Free State as conquered b3 her Majesty’s forces to the Queens dominions, and proclaimlng that the State shalll henceforth be known as the Orange River Colony. THE ROYAL STANDARD. Lusty cheers greeted the concludnl words of the proclz1',mat10n and thesgeI were renewed with ever-1ncreasingl ‘YI‘lIImn An T.....] l fNew Name Given the Orange Free 1 State by the Military Governor. ! A deSputch from Bloemfontein, z:Monday, says :-.Amid salutes and i the singing of “God Save the Queen,” .the military Governor, Major-General George Pretymun, at noon formally proclaimed the annexation of the Free ,State under the designation of the 'Orange River Colony. The ceremony was somewhat imposing, and the scene in the market square inspiring. An immense concourse had gathered, andj the town was gay with bunting. The balconies and windows surrounding the square were crowded with ladies, among them Lady Roberts and the Misses Roberts, the Countess of Air: lie, and Ladies Henry Bentinck and Settrington. READING OF THE PROCLAMATION. §ORANCIE RIVER COLONY S1r‘W'ilf1‘id Laurler efrused Io acc e111 2 the amendment. He said 11m if there ;;was in Canada any legitimate art. ‘ unlon dist1ibut1’ng its pictuxes by means of a lottery such an institu- ‘ non should be exempted by name, but to enact a genexal clause of fins gcharacter would simply g1ve oppor~ tunity [or all kinds of evasions The amendment was lost. Mr. Fisher replied that there was no building of, the United Kingdom as such. The Englnsh exhibits were scat- tered through all the buildings, and would be on View on Sunday ‘as usual. ART LOTTERIES. 0n the third reading of the bill to amen-d the Criminal Code, Mr. Fraser, of Guysboro’; offered an amendment to the effect that lotteries intended for the; furtherance of art should be excepted from the operation of the ciause forbidding lotteries, provided such. are unions held drawings not' oftener than once in two antonrthis. Mr. Monk asked if the buildings of the United King-dam were closed on Sundays. SUNDAY IN PARIS. Mr. Charlton asked whether it was true, as reported, that the Canadian portion of the Paris Exposition was to be closed on Sunday. Mr. Fisher replied that the Oa-na- dian exhibit was in three parts. One [part was in the Colonial building. ‘which had been specially erected for the colonies of the British Empire. and which was occupied by Canada Tasmania, and W'estern Australia This building would be closed. The Canadian exhibit. of agricultural 11m» plements at Vincennes would also be closed. There were anmmber of Canadian exhibits scattered through the general building along with the exhibits of other parts of the Bl‘itlSh Empire, and. these could not be CIGA- ed. because they were not within the control of Canada. ‘ to .buy it if it can be had at a reason- !able price. Provalent 3.'â€"Optical Telegraphyâ€"Tne helio- graph has been specially developed in sunny climates; by the British in Af- ghanistan, and in Africa by the French in 'l‘onkin, and by the Greeks in Crete. It has been used success- fully over single stretches of over 65 miles. In France the acetylene lamp has greatly increased the use of the apparatus by making it independent of sunlight, and signals have been read as far as 37 miles by day and 56 miles by night. In Italy the acety- ‘ lene lamp flash has been read at a idistance of 72 miles. The navy searchlights landed in Cape Colony have been used for flash signaling and have greatly extended the range. At coast forts and in the navy the Ardois signal light, a combination of red and white electric lamps hung in the rig- ging or on a mast, are extensively used for short distances, either be- tween ships, or between forts and ships. \\1reless telegraphy is still in the experimental stage, although it is now being tested practically in the [field in the Transvaal. Improve- ‘ ments are being constantly made. and its future cannot yet be predicted. One of the latest applications is to 1.b1lloons, but the difficulty of carry- ing the apparatus properly in the bas- l ket h 15 led to a modification, consist- ing in leaving the latter on a table on the ground below, the balloon merely carrying up a copper wire, which hung down several yards be- low the basket to send the waves re- ceived by the apparatus on through space. In this way it was found pos- sible to send messages from a bal- loon in Schonebcrg to a church steeple in Friedenau. S. ilzerland. In Aus- tria an anchored balloon, 160 yards high, signalled successfully to afree balloon at a height of 1,800 yards and a distance of 2.5 miles. 2.â€"Field and Wireless Telegraphyâ€" The improvements in field telegraph apparatus have permitted the use of this valuable accessory in the very front of the outposts, and the intro- duction of the buzzer has so far in- creased its efficiency that with even the poorest insulation it works well enough for all practical purposes. i 1.â€"Specially Trained Scouts and Or- derliesâ€"To free the cavalry of the smaller elements of its reconnoissance work, and economize its fighting pow- er as much as possible, most of the great nations are now training a kind of mounted infantry in this work. In Germany each army corps has a squadron of “mounted orderlies” of this kind, and they have proved in- valuable; in Russia a number of the best men in each company are mount- ed and trained in patrol and recon- noissance duty, instructed in riding horses and bicycles, and exercised by affording them opportunities to en- gage in bear and tiger hunts; in Eng- land each brigade of the cavalry divi-; sion sent to South Africa received a battalion of mounted infantry with 3 Maxim gun; in Austria mounted’ scouts assist the cavalry in their re- connoitring. As an incentive to train- 3 ing for this work the various nations 1 have instituted distance rides andi walks. The latter have developed' some remarkable results. In Switzer- land a number of officers taking part i in these exercises walked, on an aver- 1 age, at a rate of 5.3 miles an hour for. three consecutive hours; but this record was beaten by a First Ser- geant from Berne, who walked from Berne to 'l‘hum, 17 miles, In Zhours. and 20 minutes, or an average ofl nearly 7 miles an hour. The native! messengers in the Transvaal have also accomplished wonders in this di- rection. in Germany longer distances have been covered by marching pa- trols in remarkably short times, as from Trier to Metz, 64 miles, in 20 hours and 25 minutes, including rests. ‘-â€". J .â€"Sea.rchlights.â€"The use of search- The following is a brief summary of the principal means which have been made use of recently for facilitating this important military work: ed has naturally increased the diffi- culties of efficient reconnaissance and timely report, and at the same time ter. All this has led to the efforts of all nations to find new aids to recon- noissance and the transmission of re- ports and orders in the field. r greater in number, and the dis- tances to be covered, both in con- cehtrating the troops for battle and in disposing them on the battlefieid itself, greatly exceed those of thee past. This increase in numbers to be moved and in distances to be cover- (he Importance o! Accurate ltd-connot- snnce and Scouting-Sew Dialects o Obtaining Correct Informationâ€"Mon Animals and Machinery All Bmpioym In New Waysâ€"Automobiles the Late ' Developmentâ€"Wireless Texas-aphi- In modern war the importance uI accurate and reliable reconnaissanm- has increased an hundrediold, owing to the fact that the forces engaged in the decisive battles have becomi- far greater in number, and the dis- tances to be covered- hmh in nnn- NOVELTIES OF ALL’ soars Fe: THE SOLDIERS. USED IN MODERN WARFAR Over 311,000 in customs duties were collected at Stratford during March. 1‘ 9.--Autnmobiles â€" Automobiles are to be used not only behind the front ll I of the atmiesâ€"that is, with the ’trainsâ€"but also at the front with the troops themselves. At the last French manoeuv1 es they were employ- ed to transport the outposts, for car- rying orders, etc., nd at the last German manoeuvres eight such wa- gons some large traction benzine mo- “tors and other small automobiles, were used with such success that a number of both kinds have since been ordered for the army. The purpose of the larger wagons is to transport ammunition. supplies and material; . their great advantage is their speed and the fact that they reduce, by half to two-thirds, the length of the col- umn of the trains on account of their great carrying; power, the absence ofi horses, mules or oxen, and of the forage required for these draught animals. The smaller wagons are for messenger duty. the rapid transport of men and equipments, outpost duty and hospital service. in Germany a motor wagon with a load of 4,000 pounds, and two lighter automobiles, recently passed through the steep roads of the Harz, and even crossed the Brocken. Messages were con- stantly carried during the recent manoeuvres by light automobiles from Carlsruhe to Leonburg (‘14 miles) in 2 3-4 hours, and a motor bicycle, in spite of bad weather, covered the distance from Augsburg to Carlsruhe in three days. England has used mo- tor wagons for heavy traffic quite extensively at Aldershot, and is now using them in the Transvaalf Among the latest English constructions are (1) a four-wheeled automobile, work- ed by a benzine motor, attaining a speed of 25 miles an hour, carrying one man and a Maxim gun, and (2) an armored motor wagon carrying in a turret two machine guns and their cannoneers, and also a searchlight. e ,1 6 ‘- ld LU l 8.â€"Cycli.ste--'l_‘he number or cyclists .in the Euroliean armies has been gra- fdually increasing of late years. As 'long ago as 1894 England had over 3,000 in her army. Italy is now or- ganizing a cyclist company m each Bersaglieri regiment. for reconnois- sance and messenger duty, and a spe- cial engineer seetion, for the rapid destruction of railroads and telegraph ‘ lines; France has a cyclist company} for each army corps and cavalry divi- sion, Russia eight cyclists in each regiment. and other nations use a con- stantly increasing number in the ant- umn manoeuvres. l 7.â€" â€"Balloonsâ€"Most of the great na- tions have balloon parks for the field, and they are so light that they are 'easily canied even in the t1ain of the advance guard. The old spherical balloon is so unsteady, even in a wind of 20 feet a second, that it is impos- sible to observe from it, but the new cylindrical (dragon) balloon can be used in wind of twice this velocity. A new use of the balloon is on torpedo boats going at 18 knots an hour, and by ascending some 1,700 yards it was possible in this way to see from Kiel, Germany, beyond Rugen and Co- penhagen. thus connecting the North Sea and the Baltic. The first British Army Corps that was sent to South Africa carried with it two balloon sections, which have been actively in use since their arrival. 6.â€"\Var Dogsâ€"Pigeons merely 're- turn to their homes or to their feed- ing places, but dogs act much more ,intelligently, and are therefore useful in' a greater variety of ways. In the first place, they have been used in reconnoissance duty, in carrying mesâ€" sages, and in connecting outposts and sentinels. In the second place, they have proved invaluable in hunting up the wounded after the battle. The collie has been found best for all pur- poses. '_l‘he English used dogs to great advantage, in Matabeleland, for ex- ample, for giving warning of the ap- proach of the enemy’s scouts in the dark, and in advance of the head of column to scent the enemy. Ger- many, Austria, Stu-den, Norway and Italy are now training dogs for use in war. . l i l ights by ships and by cOast and oth- -r forts is well known, but recently hey have also been applied on bat- lefields for hunting up the wounded.- .-\cetylene gas is used where electric- .ty is not available. 5.â€"Carrier Pigeonsâ€"The use or car- iz'ier pigeons from fixed stations like I. \. oeuvres. their houses being carried along by 1116 troops. In Russia in 1898 cavalry patrols carried along the car- ried pigeons of the forts, and it was found that in returning to their homes they travelled at the rate of five-eighths of a mile a minutes. A number of pigeons have been sent from the besieged city of Ladysmith with deSpatches to Durban, a dis- tance of 200 miles. The great advan- tage of carrier pigeons to the navy lies in- the fact that‘ the scouting ves- sels of a fleet can send back informaâ€" tion from long distances without; themselves returning. Five thousand fresh trqnps will hark for South urica within the : few days. Thunderer Takes No i~tock in Threat of Guerilla Warfare. A despatch from London says :-The Daily Express sayszâ€"“Mr. Kruger has invested £140,000 of his money in iands and mines. This took place be- fore the war broke out, and to this fact may be ascribed the failure of the officers to blow up the mines.” ‘ The Times says :â€"“Any further resis- tance the Boers may offer will be fu- tile. The collapse of the Transvaal as a militant state may be regarded as complete. Threats of obstinate guerilla v'variare need not be taken more seriously than the exploded men- ace of resistance at Johannesburg and Pretoria. The formal annexation o! the Transvaal will speedily follow. The war is rapidly approaching its 31030.” THE COLLAPSE COMPLETE. Fighting 100k place at Vanwytrust, fifteen miles south of Johannesburg. with a large force of British which broke through Klip river. An official bulletin states that thc Bu‘itis-h crossed the Vaal river Satur- day. Gen. Lemmer had a severe fight a-t Klip river. Five of Lhe burghera were wounded and two were captured. The British were five thousand strong. The British occupied Zeerust this morning, and a large force is match-- ing on to Lichtenburg. There is good reason to believe the Transvaal authorities will immediate- ly open negotiations for peace, if they have not already taken the first steps In that direction. Yesterday they made final enquiries in various quarters by cable, asking if any hope might still be entertained of help from their friends abroad. Pretoria Says Boers Have Ceased to Oifer Resistance. A despatch from Pretoria, May 28, via Lbrenzo Marques, May 29. says: â€"The Boers have ceased to offer fur- ther resistance to the advance of the British troops. Minneapolis, June 5.â€"-Wheac â€" In store, No. lNorthern, May, 65c; July. 65 1-80; September, 65 3-8c; on track, No. 1 hard, 66 7-8c; No. 1 Northern, 65 3-86; NO. 2 Northern, 6-1 1-80. ”out and branâ€"Unchanged. } Buffale, June 5.â€"Spring wheatâ€"No. t1 Northern, Spot, 71 l-Zc. \Vinter :wheatâ€"Strong for red; No. 2 red, 74 1-2 to 75c; mixed, 74: to 74 1-2c; No. 1 'white, 73 m: to 74¢. Corn â€" W'eak; No. 2 yellow, 42 to 42 1~2c; No. 3 yellow, 41 1-2 to 41 3-4c; No. 4yellow, 40s; No. 2 corn, 40 1â€"2‘ to 40 3~4; No. 3 com, 40 to 40 1-442. Oats - Quiet, easy; No. 2 white, 27 1-40; (No. 3w‘hite, 26 3-4c; N0. 4 24 1-40; No. 3mixed, 2.50. Ryeâ€"Nu. 1 nom- inally 60; No. 2591-20; l“10ur-â€" 01150.: and steady. Buckwheatâ€"Quoted at 50c west, and 510 east. BarlegHeâ€"V cry limle domg, No. 2. 390 west, and 40c east , No. 1. ‘41 to 42¢. Ryeâ€"Quiet. Car lots, west, 51c;and 52c east. Oatsâ€"Easy. \Vhite oats, north and west, 26 1-2c; and east, 27 1-204 Peasâ€"Dull. Car lots are quoted nom- inally, at 56 1-2 to 57c. north. and west, and 57 1-2 to 58¢, east. Flourâ€"Quiet. Straight roller, in buy- ers’ bags, middle heights. $2.50 per bbl. bid; and $2.60 asked. Special brands, in wood, $2.90 to $3. Millfeedâ€"Dull. Bran $13 to $13.50; shorts, $14 to 14.50, west. Cornâ€"Quiet. No. 1 American yellow, at) 44 1-2c, on track here; and. mixod at 44c. 1-2 to 65c. north and west; 65 1-2 to 660 east; goose wheat, 710 east; and 70c west; spring, east, 66c; Manitobo No. 1 hard, 76 1-20, Toronto, and west; 78c, g.i.t.. lake and rail; and 73 to 73 1-20, Owen Sound. Toronto, June 5.â€"Wheatâ€"American markets opened firmer, but eased of! again toward the close. Local price. were about steady. Quotations are as follows :â€"-0ntario, red and white. 6‘ Cows, each Calves, each. Choice hogs, per cwf... Light hogs, per cwt.... geavy hogs, per cwt... U ’ "â€" vv‘ Sows: Stags. Shae, and La mbs. Sheep, per cwt. ......... 3 75 Yearlings. per cwt.... 4 50 Spring lambs, each. 250 Bucks, per cwt. ......... 2 50 Shippers, per cwt. . . $4 25 $5 25 Butcher, choice do . 3 75 4 50 Butcher, med. to good. 3 25 3 62 Butcher, inferior ...... 3 00 3 25 Stockers, per my. ...... 3 00 8 75 For prime bags, scaling from 160 to 200 lbs., the top price is 65%.; heavy hogs, 6c; and light hogs, 63-40 pa lb. Foll'owing is the range of quota [ions ;- Toronto, June 5.â€"All round prices were steady at the range of last Tua- day. Only 40 load: came in. ['HE TORONTO MARKETS. BE WAR ABOUT OVER. er cwt. ......... 2 50 Milkers and Calves. Cattle. the next 45 00 10 00 3 12 1-2 6 82 1-2 575 362 1'9 525