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Sentence on the Accused Postponed The trial of Lieut. Cordua, formerly of the Transvaal artillery, on the charge of being concerned in the plot to kid-nap General Lord Roberts, was concluded to-day. The prisoner was found guilty of all the counts in the indictment against him, but sentence was deferred until the findings of the court should be confirmed by Lord Roberts. “The foreign devils. counting their superior strength in warships and guns, have dared to exert all their power to rob and insult us, but their populations are small and entirely de- pendent on the Chinese productions. China now possesses cannon and rifles and plenty of well-trained troops.I don’t fear the foreigners. In the case of San-Mun, I refused Italy, with the result that nothing was taken. It is evident that the foreign devils are cowards. I and Prince 'I‘uan recently obtained the help of millions of Boxers possessing magic boldness. Iswear to murder all foreigners, with the assist- ance of the Boxers, who are supplied General l‘ung-Fu-Sian, in his reply, which was also obtained, says he is of the some opinion. and places the Kan-Sn troops at General Yung-Lu’s disposal. Col. Godfrey. the judge, in summing up. caused a sensation by declaring that a violation of parole was punish- able with death. SIFTON SENT A period of 43 minutes was occupi- ed in considering the verdict. Fox-ml Commitment In the london Murder Case. A despatch from. London, Ont, says: -â€"Gerald Sifton and Walter Herbert were this afternoon committed for fence waive-:1 the reading of the evi- dence, and Squire Smyth committed both prisoners [or trial. The assizes open.Septcmhcr 24. The evidence tak- en at the preliminary investigation is nearly 260, 000 words, and makes a very bn} ky volume. trial at the September assizes on: the charge of murdering Jos. Si fton. The proceedings were of a purely formal nature, and no statement xx as made nor argument offered by the defence. The 1,301 pages of testimony were produced and verified under oath by the stenographer. Counsel for the de- A cable from the W’ar Office to-day states that Cadets R. J. McLaren and Swore To Murder All The Foreigners With Aid of Boxers. A despn’tch from Hong Kong, says; -â€"A prominent reformer has obtain- ed from the Yamesn runners aletter from General Yang-Lu, commander- in-chief of the Northern armies, to General Tung-Fu-Sian. commanding the Kan-Sn troops, saying:â€" “It is not convenient to accomplish my secret orders,” and proceeding:â€" “ We were on the extreme left, and attacked the south-east gate of the Chinese city. There was practically no opposition, as we were not expected “ At a conference, August 12, it was agreed that the allies should con- centrate within five miles of Pekin, August 14, and the assault should beâ€" gin August 15. The attack, however, commenced early in the morning of August 14, and our trOOps had to make a forced march of 15 miles from Tung- chow in great heat. A despatch from London says zâ€"Gen. Gaselee, the commander of the Bri- tish forces at Pekin, has telegraphed to the “Var Office as follows :â€" on Aug. 15, and captured the four courts. The American flag is flying on-the Imperial granary. The Imper- ial Bank has been looted. GEN. GASELEE'S REPORT. for the Present. A despatch 12mm Pretoria says:â€" A' despatch to the London Morning Post from Pekin, via Chefoo, says that the Tsung-iiâ€"Yamen on August 12 requested a conference with the Ministers, with the View to bringing abdut peace, the request was refused. as there was nobody on either side who ““13 authorized to treat. That night there was the longest fusillade of the siege, the firing lasting twelve hours. On August 13 the Tsun-liâ€"Ya- men begged to be excused from hold- ing a conference, saying the members were too busy. Later the board wrote that they had forbidden further firing on the Legations, and that they would court-martial anyone who disobeyed, but that evening there was the sharp- : est general firing. Many shells felli in the Legation. Fifteen hundred Am- .! ericans attacked the Imperial palace! Chinese. Asked for an Armistice and Then Attacked Legations. ‘ HOW PALACE WAS TAKEN. LIEUT. CORDUA GUILTY. YUN G LU’S OATH. UP FOR TRIAL }F. P, Myles, who entered the Royal Military College in 1898, h;we been giv- n commissions in the West Yorkshire e and Leicestershire regiments re- spectively, and are to report for duty at the \Var Office as soon as possible. MORE TROOPS NECESSARY. A despatch from Cologne, says:â€" _Semi-o-fficial Berlin telegram-s to the Cologne Gazette strenuously dispute the contention of the party opposed to the Government and the army that there is no need to send further rein- forcements to China. The correspon- dent. says zâ€"“W’e have not to deal with the local revolutionary elements in Pekin, but must impose our terms on the whole Empire.” _â€"..---.â€".â€". â€"-... .H ”â€" - STEP N EARER ST. ‘ HELENA. Shanghai are reassembling about Peitsang, after the advance of the allies had thrust them usile. Possibly there is still a considerable Chinese army in the field between Peki and Tien-Tsin. If so, a portion of the mixed contingents with the reinforce- ments n'OIW hurrying from the coast willbe required to again clear the road. ‘ Capture of Pekin Makes No Differ- ence to Russia. A despatch from Odessa says :â€"-The capture 05' Pekin will not make the slightest difference in the regular de- spatch of Russian troops to the far East. The military authorities con- tinue to charter extra troopships in every available quarter. Fifteen trans- ports are now in berth here, destined for the East. The suburban camps and city barracks are filled with troops arriving for embarkation. Troops from a number of the central and northern Governments are ar- riving here on account of the conges- tion of military traffic on the Siber- ian railway. Paul Kruger’s Proclamation Counter to That, of Roberts. A desputch from London, says:â€" Pressxidze'nt Kruger, according to a deapatch from Lorenzo Marques to the. Daily Express, has issue-:1 a. prob clumatLo-n. counter to the latest pro- clamation. isrstuend by Lord Roberts, The. Transvaal President says:â€" “It will help you nothing to lay down. your arms or to leave. the com- mandees. Every step homeward means a step nearer St. Helena.” Wheat Will :3. umpuLU-Ll Lrom Winnipeg, sayS' â€" The Mamtoba harvest is no“ well ad- state that \\ heat “ill yield much higher than “as expected. Cutting \\ ill be over in about ten days throughout Southern hLanitoba. 0n the Emerson branch cutting is re- ported as completed. It is estimat- ed that 75 per cent. of the wheat has now been cut in Manitoba, while about 50 per cent. of the crop has been har-. vested in. the Territories. “During the evening at the Temple of Heaven we were engaged, and, af- ter inflicting heavy Misses, we occupied the south gate of the Chinese city.” "By nightfall we had fo'ur hundred men in the Legation.” “Two field guns were then brought into the Legntion, and the rest were sent back to the {Demple of Heaven. At about five in the afternoon the Am.- ericans, under Gen. Chuffee, entered the Legation, and then we moved on towards the central gate of th'e Tar- tar city for the night. Here apparently some words are missing. “ At 3 o’clock we got on the canal opposite the water gate and. were sigo nalled from the wall held by the Le- gationers. 5 “I, with aportion of the staff. and Lseventy Indians, rushed across the aL. most dry moat .and entered through the water gate “1thout loss. We found :all well in the Legations. Macdonald imrnediately showed me around the po. 'eitions with; the view of further ac. _ tion. u----‘w- - “In the meantime our field artillery had been brought up to bombard the central gate of. the Tartar city; buta sortie by the Americans and Russians of the garrison along the wall antic; pated the bombardment, and the gate fell into our hands. heat Will l’leld Much lllgher Than “'1“ Expected. A despatch from Winnipeg, says :- “ The Indian troops broke down and rushed the gate and I entered with cavalry and guns. I then sent other cavalry and the Punjab Infanty to the Temple of Heaven to secure our leit flank and camping ground, and with the other corps pushed on towards the Legations. at that po‘nt. WILL POUR IN TROOPS. THE MANITOBA HARVEST. 9:16 The Ogilvie Milling Company now estimate Manitoba's wheat yield at 20,000,000 bushels. The full crop, with N. De Struve, Russian Consul at Montreal, and A. Paikrt. Hungarian Agricultural Commissioner, are visit- ing the Brandon, Mam, experimental farm and district. Dr. J. G. Evans, of Kingston, claims he discovered the use of bioxide of sodium as an absorbent of poisonous gases and which the French Academy is now making a furore over. Ax .Roahester woman, claiming to be the mother of young Marshall, drown- ed off the steamer North King, made A yacht, with a party of five fram St. Simon, Qde., was capsized in the 1ower St. Lawrence yesterday and three of the party drowned, Capt. Foster, P. and C. Marin. the acreage under cultivation this season, should have been 40,000,000. Ald. J. B. Oke, of Peterboro’, will go to England for the Dominion Gov- emnment, to investigate the com- plaints regarding the condition in which fruit shipped in cold storage reaches the British market. a demand for his wages and cloth- ing' ht Kingston on Thursday,. It was refused. Mrs. H. E. Hawkins, of Hamilton, is suing to have 1).. A. Sprague of W'innipeg, removed as executor of her husband's estate, valued at $11,000. Rev. H. P. Whidden, late pastor of Galt Baptist Church. and now a professor of Brandon College, was given a farewell and presentation at Galt yesterday. Prof. Robertson, of the Depart- ment of Agriculture, is at Grimsby in conrzection' with the cold storage export of fruit. The Department of Trade and Commerce has just issued another part of. its report for June. covering the unrevised returns of imports and exports for the past year, tariff changes ih other countries, etc. The Railway Committee of the Brit- ish Columbia Legislature has thrown out the application of the Lake Ben- nett Railway Company for a char- .tetr to build an opposition road to James Patton, Jr., charged with verso-noting at the polls at Hamilton, brought back from Buffalo, was dis- charged yesterday. The charge of murder preferred against three residents of Perkin‘s Mills, Que., has been dismissed at Hull. ' Neepawa, Mam, farmers expect» 20 b'ueheis to the ac-re. Receipts at the elevatcu‘s there will reach 400,000 bushels. Capt. \Villiam \Vood, of the barge M3550, was fatally cmxshcd by a freight train at Point St. Charles, Q we. Jesse Merriam, 18 years old, was struck by a L. E. , D. R. R. train at Blenheim, Ont, and fatally in- j'ured. A Bolton district farmer has sold a 11 months’ old cult to E. 8. Kelly of Yellow Springs, Ohio, for $1,000. arench-Acadinns in convention at A-richat, C. B., sent a loyal message to- the Queen on Friday. Lt.-Col. Stone, who has resigned the inspectorship of artillery for Canada, sails for England to-morrow. Thirty Icelandic emigrants from the Noarthtwestern States, passed through Winnipeg Saturday for Edmonton. The; seventh annual meeting of the National Council of Women of Canada has closed at Victoria, B. C. The Canadian Horticultural Society, in session at Montreal, will meet next year at London. Abraham Creamer, carpenter, was kill by" a full while at work at Port) Hope on Thursday. G. T. R. pictures have been award- ed a gold medal at the Paris Ex- position. Nathaniel Parsons, of Jarvis, Ont., was fatally injured by a. threshing machine. There has been 24 business failures this week in Canada, against 263. year ago. Mr. Arthur Dewdney, of Harvey township, was struck by lightning and killed. Ulrich Rupprecht, a German, com- mitted suicide on his wife's grave Norwich. Killarney, Mam, had a desrrucuve hailstorm Thursday. Hamilton had a lively electric storm! Thursday morning. . Twenty-two delegates from Kansas are at Regina, N. \V. T. The steamer Mayflower was burned at Penet‘a'lng yesterday.: Cameron’s warehouse at Brockville has been destroyed by fire. Harvesters are wanted at Hartney, Deloraine and Carberry, Man. Labor candidates will figure in the municipal elections at London. Henry Piper, prostrated by asun- stroke at London last Friday, is dead. CANADA. The Hull-Ottawa relief been closed. SPARKS fRflM IHE WIRES Newsy Items About Ourselves and Our Neighborsâ€"Something of Interest From Every Quar- ter of the Globe. had a destructive has Lieutl. Ecclestone, in charge of the Canadian postal corps in South- Africa, writing to Dr. Coulter, Deputy Post- master-General, states that Sergt. 'R. Johnston, of \Vinni-peg, a member of the postal staff, has been invalided to Nettley after a severe attack of enteric fever. Murray, of the London divi- sion, has been detai‘ed for duty with the CanadianoMounted Rifles, and has rendered such good service that he has been recommended for promotion to the rank of sergeant-major. India has sent apostal contingent of four dusky natives to South Africa to look after the India work. The Australian postal men quit sorting letters to get into the fighting line, with the result that they had to be replaced with an. other postal staff from Australia. The Canadian postal corps stands as the pioneer contingent from this colonies and their good work is warmly corn-l Militia Department’s Instructions to C01. Otter. A despatch‘ from Ottawa, says :â€"The period of service of time first contin- gent. will terminate in October, and in reply'tzo Col. Ottler’s request for in~ st-ructions, he will doubtless be advised to reattest the men for further shorb term in the field should they be required. In official circles it. is not considered any of the menâ€"much as their friends would like to see them in Canada againâ€"will ask for their dis- charge, although they mould be en- titled to it. There is just a possibil- it-y that the regiment will be ordered home before October. ViovAdmiral Fournier reports to the Admiralty that the loss of the torpedo boat; destroyer Framee, off Cape St. Vincent, in collision with the battle- ship Brennus, was due to the defective working of her hfelm. Over 5,000 firemen from all parts of the world participated in the contests in the international exhibition of fire apparatus at Paris yesterday. The Japanese Government has final- ly agreed to allow foreigners to hold stock in railways within the Empire. .Tho Anglo-American Society of Lon- don says “overthrow the Sultan and stonp the massacres in Armenia.” The Cape Colony Assembly has granted leave of absence to Cecil Rhodes for the session. He is in poor health. Sir A. H. Hardinge, British Consul- General at Zanzibar, has been ap- pointed British E'Iinisier at Teheran. The foreign population of Shanghai in May, is said, to have been 6,774, of which 33:2. were Americans. The illness of the Empress Frederick is proving very serious according to a despatch from Frankfort. The troubles of Italy’s new king have commenced with a difference with his Ministers. 'A. youth is under arrest at Leipsic who admits having conspired to kill King Albert of Saxony. \ Ex-Premier Crispi says Italy should search for new fields in the Orient. Begian capitalists intend to build ato Antwerp the largest shipyard on the continent. The court at Grand Rapids, Mich., is being asked to dissolve the partnera ship of the Buckley Douglas Lum- ber Company, of Manister. The inter- estv involved amount to $4,000,000, including heavy lumber interests in Canada. GENERAL. France is negotiating for a million tons of coal from Norfolk Eng. The Prince and Princess of \Vales h'nve left London for Hamburg near Frankfort-on-the-Maine to return Sept. lst. The Liberty Congress of the Am- erican League of Antilmperialists at Indianapolis yesterday, endorsed Bryan. Charles Geiger, a painter, was run over and killed by a train at Lock- port, N.Y., Thursday. The step of a. car struck the ladder on which Gei- ger was at work. The year ending June 30 was the banner year for all .wea'tern railroads accarding to President Hill, of the Northern Pacific. Judge Taft, chief of the United States Philippine Commission, reports a “satisfactory condition of things on the whole.” Over 1,000 horses were shipped from New Orleans yesterday for .the Brit- ish army in South Africa. Over $20,000,000 in gold was shipped to Europe from the United States last week. Students and prpfessors of the Uni- versity of Chicago, favour the shirt waist for men. Lieutenant Gordon B. Johnson, Royal Enginee'r. son of Mayor John- son, of Belleville, has been ondered by cable from the Adjutant-General of the army, London, to join his regi- ment at Chatham, England, on September lst. UNITED STATES. Proposed improvements to Lincoln Park, Chicago, will cost over $1,000,- 000. ° All Chicago is being decorated for the Grand Army of the Republic con- vention. the White Pass Railway from Dyea to Bennett. WILL REATTEST THEM. GREAT BRITAIN. 2 hot weather eggs sell at 9 to 100. Dealers here are buying choice eggs at 110 delivered. . Potatoesâ€"An easy market, and lower prices looked for. At farmers’ waggonsdealers here are buy-lug at 30 to 350, and sell out of store at about 40 to 45c per bush. Beansâ€"Cho‘ce. band-picked beans are worth front 81.70 to $1.75. Smoked meatsâ€"Hams, heavy, 11 1-230; medium, 13c; light, 13 1-20; breakfast bacon, 12 to 12 1-2c; picnic hams, 100; roll bacon, 10 l-Zc; smoked backs, 130. All meats out of pickle 10 less than prices quoted for smoked meats. Lardâ€"Tierces, 81-4 to 81-20; tubs, 8 1â€"2 to 83-40; pails, 83-4 to 9c. Eggsâ€"Offering free, and market without much change. Some real choice eggs are bringing 130, but the usual run is from 12 to 121-2c. No. Quotations for provisions areas fol- 1‘0\VS?â€"-DI‘Y salted shoulders, 7 to 7 1-20; long clear bacon, car lots, 8 1-20; ton lots: 81-20; case lots, 83â€"4c to 9c; short cuti pork, $18.50; heavy mess, $1650. Mau'ket firm on all provisions, dres- sed hogs unchanged. Lard very firm. At farmers’ waggous choice will bring $7.50 to $8, according to quality, for butoh'ers‘ use. Kingston, Aug :28.â€"Specialâ€"At the Cheese Board‘ 399 boxes of. white and 445 boxes of coloured cheese were boarded. The buyers were Messrs. Scott, Murphy, Alexander, Thompson, Bieseil and Crawiclrd. Mr. Alexander bought 210 boxes of cheese at 10 5-80 8. lb. The bidding started at 100; many saLesmen refused 10 1-20. DRESSED HOGS AND PROVISIONS. § Shippers, per cwtv. . .3 4 50 $ 5 12 L2: IR'utcher, chbice (1:0. . 4 00 4 50 Butcher, medi., to- good. 3 :5 3 £0 Butcher, inferior. . . 2 80 3 15 Smokers, per cwt. . :2 00 2 75 I Sheep and Lambs. THE CHEESE MARKETS. Bro-ckville. Ont., Aug. iiiâ€"At the Cheese Board toâ€"day 2,402. boxes were board-ed, of which 1,320 were colour- ed, balance white. Business was not fiery brisk; 101-30 being the best ci- fem‘. At this price McGregor bought 390 coloured and 90 white; Derby- shire, 340 coloured and 250 white; ‘u”ebster, 185. Lamb, spring, pe-r lb. . 0 1:3 0 12 1-2 DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€"There. is a better move- ment, and values are steady. Dealers were selling to retailers to-day as fol- lowsâ€"Dairy, tubs, 17 L0 180 for choice, 14: to 15c for second quality; small dairy, lb prints, 18 to- 190; creamvery, tubs and boxes, 20 to 210; “3.5., :31 to THE STREET MARKET. Two humired bushels of full wheat, mad [and white, were sold on the street today at 70 to 710: per bushel; one load of barley sold for 41 1-20 per bushel; two hundred bushels of oats were sold, the 910. brmiging 3.30 and the new 28c per bushel. Smother Urge. hay munket prevailed Ito-day, twenty loads being sold at from $12 to $13.50 per ton. \Krhelt,wht :tr i5 ht $070 30711-2 'Wheut, read” . . . 0 70 0 71 1-21 \Vheut, goose. . . . . 060 069 \Vhout, spring. . . . 01.0 072 Outs, old, . . . . 033 032 Outs, :x'pling. . .. one 048 B11193. . . . 000 0411â€"2 I133, old, p31 ton. . . 12 00 13 50 Hu3, new, per ton. . . 12 0.) 13 50 Straw, per ton. . . . 000 10 00 Dressed hogs. . . . . 7.7.3 800 Butter. Ln lb. r0115. . 018 019 Eggs, new hid. . . . 0 13 014 Chickens, per pair. . 050 080 Im‘keys, per lb. . . 011 011 Ducks, each. . . . 030 040 Penn toes, new, per bu. O 35 0 40 Beef, hindqunrters. . 70:) 900 Beef, furequurters. . 4 01) 550 Beef, cum-use. . . . . 550 750 Mutton. . . 500 701') L1mb,spxing, per lb. 0 1:3. 0 12 1-2 Cheeseâ€"Dealers here quoting new at 110. Hiogs. Choice hugs, per cxvig. Light hogs, per cwt. blows. . . . . . Stags. . . . Milkers and Calves. Cows,each. . . . . 2500 Calves, each. . . . 200 Sheep, per (we. . Spnng lambs, each. Bucks, pe'r .cwtl. . The hog market was steady, the bulk of the arrivals being held over. In butchers’ cattle the supply was equ'al to the demand. Choice selections were quoted at $4.35 to $4.50 per cwt. Inferior grades were practically un- saleable. Followingis the range of quota. t-ionszâ€" In shape and lambs the offerings were moderate, and the demand slow, Choice export. sheep were quoted at $3.75 to $4.25 per owt. Some choice lots of export cattle 'were offered, but- there was very little trading, Prices remained steady at $4.80 to $5.12 1.2 per cwt. moronto, Aug. :38.â€"At the Western Cattle yards toâ€"day there was a total of 47 loads, including 200 cattle, 700 hogs, and 250 sheep and lambs. :The market: was dull, and prices re- mained unchanged. The majority of the offerings were left over. a E MARKETS OF THE WORLD Prices of Cattle. Cheese. Grain. 81.0. in the Leading Markets. 13 RD D UCE. Ca tt ie. 011 U 30 035 70:) 0 41 1â€"2 13 50 13 50 10 00 8 00 0 19 0 14 0 11 0 40 0 40 9 00 5 50 '7 59 7 0‘5) 0 12 1-2 50C0 800 ‘) .) Success of The Allies Has Brought Mandarins to Time. A dos-patch from London says :-A despateh from Hong Kong to the Gen-' tral News says the mews of the suc-' new of the allies has spread rapidly m South China, and has caused a won- derful change in the attitude of the. andarins, who are now very ener-' get'm in protecting foreigners. I Boer Losses Have Been Heavy the Past Few Months. A despatch irom Middallmrg, says :. â€"Fro«m some official papers which have been. found it appears that the Transvaal Beers suffered losses be- tween January 2 and June 20 to! the total of over 7,000. Of these the deaths numbered 1,000. “It seems certain that De \Vet, finding it hopeless to m‘rxke his way eastward, has recrossed the Magalies- being with :1 few woumiied, with the intention of returning to the Orange River Colony. He is in a very dif- ferent condition from that when he left Bethlehem with six Cir eight guns and 2,000 man. His guns have most- ly been buried and his personal fol- lowing cannot be- more than 300. “It is stated that Stezyn with a small bodyguard has crossed Pisa- nnar’s river on his way to’ join Km; gar at Machadodorp." “Puget reimrts from Hammanskraal that Baden-Powell engaged Gfrobler’s rear guard all day yesterday. Grobler was driven back east of PLenaar’s river. Baden-Powell occupied the railway station of that name. During the fight Badenâ€"Powell’s advance force and that of the enemy galloped into each other, the Rhodes-inns losing Colonel Sprekley and four men killed and seven wounded. Many of the Boers were killed or wounded. They were at Cyferkui’l this morning. Plumer and Hickman were closely pursuing them. Gets Back In Orange River Colony With 300 Men. A des'pgtch 11mm Landon, says:â€" Th-e \V'znr Office has received from Lord Roberts the following:â€" Deercmibing his night attack on the stcckadcs and the rebel camp, the of- ficial account sayszâ€"“Before the en- emy could quit the u‘ebel camp the fly- ing column was on them, and they killed a large number, all with the bayonet and the sword. The rebel forces were severely punished.” I A telegram from Colonel Willcocks received at the Colonial Office, states that Lieut-Col. Burroughs’ col- umn consisted of 750 native soldiers. Recent fighting proves that the re- bel forces have not quixtted the vici- nity of K'umussi, and it will be neces- sury to inflict on them two or three mure defeats before the country south of the Ashanti cap-ital can be consid- ered eclear ti rebels. After this part of the count-try has been cleared it is probable that 'the rebel forces will cease thStilitieS. The enemy defeated by Major Bed- does on July 30 moved south, and were surprised by levies from Insuaim, who captured their women .‘md children. Th-eliter are now under the protec- tion of :1 British officer. The Den- kem levies, 3,000 strong, are feeding themselves on. the Ashanti farms worth of Belgwui. They am accom- panied by an escort of the \Vest Af- rican Frontier force. The punishment which is being dealt Unit to the enemy, though gradual, will not soon be forgotten by them. Two more flying columns start this week for a destination unknown. On the night of Aug. 7, Lieut.-Ool. Burm-ughs made an attack on the Alan-anti weir camp, one mile from Ku- masni. Theenetmy were surprised.and large. numbers were killed with the bayonet and sword. No firing took place. The camp and stockades were destroyed. ' Flying Column Succeeds In Reaching Kumassi. A despatch from Baekxmi, says 3â€" Thrs column; um-deu' Lieut.-Col. Bur-. mughs, cmmsisting of 740 men, which started for Kunmszsi on the 4th, re- turned here yesterday, having rein- forced the Kummsssi garrison. and re- victuallad it for two months. . Three Cd-d stockadezs erected by the enemy near Kama/391' were attacked and destroyed. The enemy fought despea‘ately, and waited to meet the bayonet ohumge. Honeyâ€"Firm. Dealers are paying 5 to '70, outside. Dealers quote from 8 to 90 per 1b. for 5, 10, or (SO-lb. tins. Comb honey sells here at $1.50 to $1.75 per dozen cections. Baled hayâ€"Very lzttle being brought: here. No. 1 timothy will bring $835 to $9, outside. Hopsâ€"Sell at about 12 to 130 for Canada, ’99’5. Baled Strawâ€"Car lots are quoted at $5 to $5.50, on track. DE WET BUREES HIS GUNS. 7,000 SINCE JANUARY, CHANGE OF FRONT; FIGHTING IN ASHANTI. lieved to come from the Wing of“: dove, although persons. Who have m .it say it must have come from a late on bird. The same. quiu has be“ . use more than 40 years. It EBotha, With 8,000 Burghers, is at Machadodorp. A despatch trom Twyfelaar, 53 _---'T .Throufgh secret intelligence agentfiég British authorities lentâ€"9. that Gem? Louis Bothu, the commander-in-chiefi of the Boer forces; Gen. Lucas Meyerfi the commander of the Orange Free State forces; and Gen. Schalkbmr: -‘public, with eight thousand Boers; have assembled at Maohadodozrp, gen...‘ 'erally understood to be the heédquar-Q. Eters of President Kruger, on the P toria-Delagoa bay railroad, with ‘ whole Boer artillery, including- 1:. heavy pieces formerly at Pretoria'}; ,2‘ a; The Pope does his private with 3. 30M Dem. but his P signature is always given white-feathered quill, whicj Upon parades and reviews the policel men are always armed, especially it foreign devils are to witness the re- view or the parade. The weapons ar curious looking, but wicked in the e3 t-reme â€" the three-hooked spears they all carry in particular make jagged and ghastly wounds. Besides the 23 within the wall Pekin mainta' . force of 14,000 with which to regulate-gj affairs in the outer city. They are under command of the same general: officer and governed by the same; regulations, though there are varied} tions arising from the differences ,; situation. Men and officers alike f nish their own uniforms, but are an: I ed by the state, and receive a. month] rice allowance in addition to t pay. The chief gets a fair salary, b11151 the men and subordinate officers are: meagerly paid. Notwithstanding, the? make and save money enough to ., tire after moderate terms of set ' “Influence” in the shape of cold stands the prisoner’s friend in C ' even more than anywhere else in t world. In fact, but for the “presents the force is allowed to squeeze out natives and foreigners alike, there» the service, though humanity is chap; er than dirt cheap all over the Celeié‘é tial Empire. 4 has charge of all the city gates. The; are nine in numberâ€"since the side nex the palace bias an extra gate in tab exact middle of the twoâ€"mile wall Policemen in this, the ,Tartar Cit) belong to what is known as the Eigh Banner Corps. They do not our: arms, not even so much: as the bato: of a civilized officer, but keep swords Spears, guns and outlasses in rack at the stations, and make a rush to: them when they hear the signal gnu This is fired by an officer whose speck charge it is, either upon orders or i in his own judgment it is necessary The penalty for firing it at the wronl time is severeâ€"it may be degradatiou and banishment or simple strangnla tion. ‘ The police rank officially as gender" merie. In Pekin the head of them a1“ ays a Manchu. Policemen must be! plentier than black- berries in the; Chinese capital. The sacred or imperiali ‘walled city keeps between 15,000 and 20,000 of them. This walled city is two: miles square, with two great tea in each wall face, half a mile fr b corners and a mile from each othe Broad streets stretch straight from; one to another, thus cutting the space inside into a big nine-block. P011067 stations are scattered all along the: nine squares, especially around them outer ‘ edges, which face upon t passway inside the wall. ‘1 ,Queer 0fllclals or the Celestial cutie- :- ' Their Duties. l , In costume a Chinese policeman ‘4 something between a circus clown al: a football player. His breech'ea’al a1“ aye baggy and very well wedded :so clumsy you wonder how be around in themâ€"particularly W_ 7:13 is often the case, he wears a. 008‘ also thick and clumsy, coming we below the knees. Dark blue is ti prevailing color, set off and accente 3v ith bands and facings of lighter blu red, green, maroon and brown, bg never yellow That is the sacred 1 royal hue, permitted to nobody held the rank of a Viceroy. In the treaty portsâ€"that is to as those open to foreign influences as commerceâ€"the police force is large made up of Sikhs from Northern Indi The reason, perhaps, is that the Chi. ese themselves are so essentially an warlike; they have a proverb to t] effect that “no good man is ever as: dier.” As men. in the pay of the Chine ’Government', wnether natives or no they have taken an active part in U present» troubles in China. BOERS ARE 'MOBILIZINGj THE HEAD OF THE POLICE. THE POPE'S PENS. CHINESE POLICEMEN; _;j .v‘_ '9 WhiCh i with