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St. Petersburg Despatch Says They Have Been Begun. A deswtch fist-m I .ondon says :-â€"'1‘he 'ilv Telegraph prints :I St. Peters- buzrg (is spatch sating that the. Chin- eee Legation claims to have received news that p030? negati'ations have commenced, and that a portion of the allied fume will leave Pekin fur the sand: to destroy completely the c'ch’s of Boxers who have fled there. In an action yesterday near Ma- cbadodorp ihe Boer: lost heavily. Many of their dead were left on the field. One pom-pom was captured. Gen. {an Hamilton and Col. Mah‘on have arrived here with their tI‘OOpaS. Col. \Iamm had only two days’ rest hat. mcmh. He made many long marches and f..:o‘.t; 12 prisoners a day on an average. MAHON’S LONG MARCH. Took 12 Prisoners a Day for :3. L1; Whole Month I .A deoputch from Pretoria, saysvâ€"E‘ The force of Gen. Baden-Powell andl Bickman’s Mtumed Infantry are held- ing “farm Baths, 60 miles north of :TW Pretoria. ! Cavalry Which Followed the Empress Has Returned. A d-Lesput h flrum Rome says â€"\Iu- gums Sulvago Raggi. the Italian Min- Ete'r to China. telegraphs from Fe- kin 10th? Minister of Foreign Affairs that .he missiun ind Japanese caval- ry who were sent 3'!) pursuit of the fleeing Empress Duxmger have re- turned to the capital. recognizing that it was impcsr‘ibie to capture her. The Paris Exposition may be pro- longed to November 30, “I hope the casualties do not ex~ coed fifty or sixty. One officer was killed and two were wounded. A ALMOST ANOTHER DISASTER Close Call Near Scene of Wreck of: Scotsman. } I A decaputc-h- from St. John’s Nfldq' saysâ€"Dr. Grenieil. superintendent of . the Deep Sea Mission to Labrador} Fishermen. u ho arrived here to-duy; reports that a )nrge four-mastedf 3 trans-Athmtir passenger steameri Mrmmly escaped becmning a total; wreak inn fog in the. Straits of Belle : Isle within a few miles of the point where the British steamer Scotsman; Was “weak-ed September ‘23 last. M. Gustave Cluseret, a famous mem- ber of the Commune, is dead at Tou- The United States Consul at Bom- Fay says the famine distress is appal~ 133g. Cholera is spreading. I am glad to find the occupation cost less than was feared. on account of the apprmch being twwss an open determined stand of the enemy. The Inniskillings and Second Riile Brig- ade formed (th attacking party. The latter suffered most. “I met Buller at. Bargendal short- ly after It was reached by our troops. "Our movements are slow on ac- count of the extent and nature of the country. To-day we made a satisfactory advance, and met with decided success. The. vork feLI en- tirely to Bulfer’s troow and resuled in the capture of Bergendal, a very strong position two miles north- west of Dulmanutha. ' General French is advancing slowly along the north parallel with General Buller, while General Roberts isawait- ing developments in the centre. LORD ROBERTS' DESPATCH. Lord Roberts reports from Bel- fast, as follows:â€" General Buller’s capture of Bergen- dal was followed by two days of severe fighting. The Boers determinedly held their ground. Two hundred Rand po- lice occUpied a Small rocky kopje, and it required a bombardment with lyd- dite and. later a charge by the Rifle Brigade to compel them to vacate. Their commandant, named Moo-sthu- izen, was taken prisoner. The Boers continue to hold positions 30th of the railway at Belfast. On Monday two heavy guns shelled the British, compelling their transport toi retire. l 2A despatch from London, says :â€"The War Office expects that peace will be established in a few weeks, although there is an increase in guerilla warfare in the Orange River Colony, with the reappearance of Gen. De Wet- at Heil- bran. Boer commandoes are gathering at Senekal and Bethlehem. THE BRITISH ADVANCE. THE PURSUIT HOPELESS. Buller Captures Bergenald After Severe Hand=to=Hand=Fighting. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. wun Uttle Ctr no valid excuse. It is by no means impossible, how- ever, thsxt Germany will demand an explanation from Eng *‘zltnd. GERMANS \\ ILL: ENTER PROTEST. A de patch from Ber.“ n says: ~â€"'[‘he toreign Off: (:9. (‘rmfirms- the news to the effect that a German deuutatuon from the 'Jransvaal “EH be received and Listened to. It was stated \ester- day that the complaints of the depu- tati on “E. ‘1 T9'.’91V8 mrefiul attention and investigation. LONG GUERILLA WARFARE. Premier of Cape Colony Unable to Predict Early Peace. A despatch from Cape Town says :-- Sir John Gordan Sprigg Premier of Cape Colony said in Parliament; yes- terday that he felt unable to predict a cessatiou of hostiliLies between Eng! and‘and the Transvaal for some time to come. He feared that 1112 g'uerilla warfare would drag along for a considerable period since the con- ditions in South Africa are “'hnHv “n- Two Girls and A Boy Fall Victims to the Disease. A despatch. from Glasgow says:â€" Two girls and a boy. members of isoiated families, have fallen victims to the bubonic plague. The medical authorities assert that the attacks are less virulent than in case-s whiéh have already proved fatal. Like thoxe of Europe Courier says that if England can- nut furnish evidence that the sus- picion. lending to the expulsion of these Germans was we” founded she should b3 wide to ‘take the consequanâ€"i cas. The Weser Zeitung and Kcln- inchve. Zena-mg take the same position, forgetting that (‘mrmany is almost weekly expelling American -citizens with. little Cu‘ no valid manna German Papers Furious Over Expul- sions From South Africa. A dues-patch from Bremen, says :The recent expuE~Iicm of Germans from South, Africa makes- the press furious. Demands foir Foreign Minister von Burlmv‘s protection and investigation are made my all sides. 'l‘he Hanover Courier SHIVS Lh-it if Rani-1nd I...“ GEN. ROBER'I‘S‘ DESPATCH. “Elmer's advance occupied Macho- dodorp “this afternoon. j‘he enemy made a very poor stand and retired northward, falloued by Dundonald’s mounted troops who could not pro- heed 'beyond Helvetia on account of the difficult nature of the country and the enemy taking up a position too strong to he dislodged by the mounted troops. It appears that Bulâ€" ler’s casualties were very few. Diabolieal Treachery of Yu, the Governor of Shensi. A despatch from Chefoo, saysâ€"1'11, Governor of Shensi. is reported to have invited the foreigners in the pro- vince to come _to his protection. About Augusc 21 fifty accepted the invita- tion, and all were massacred. Gen. Botha claims to have 15,000 men, of whom 5,000 will fight uantil death. President Kruger is reported to be at \Vatervalonder sticking to the rail- way. “ French continued the movement 10â€"day as far as Elandsfontein from which he (named the enemy out with no dxifficulty. The laiter retired very rapiny leaving cooked food behind. “ (19neral. Buller‘s casualties Aug- 1151: 27 werefâ€"-K3Hed. One officer and 13 men; wounded, seven officers and :37 men.” A despatch from London s:zys:-The attempted British envempintr move- ment at Manhadudorp has apparently not succeeded. Gen. ‘Botha has gone north with the Lydenburg road open. Gen. French is nearest to him, with bettet‘ mohbts than he has had hith- erto in the campaign, and there. may be an exciting pursuit. The country is difficult, and fever is following the rains. A‘s Lhe country where he and Paget wre- operating is dense bush and veldt it is not desirabia at the pres‘ent to proceed further north. and their troops are. returning to Pretoria.” "Baden-Powell reports that he or:- cupied Nylstroom without opposition, pom-pom, captured. ”French advanced on the left to Swartzkopjes on the Lydenburg road and prepared the way for the move- ment of Pole-Carexx's division to- mom-ow. ALL WERE MASSACRED. PLAGUE AT GLASGOW. DEMAND REDRESS. : 1mm Berlin says:~â€"'l‘he c9. confirms the news to mt .11 German deuutation 'ansvaa} win he received He feared that the would drug along for 'eri‘od since the con- Airica are wholly un- THE FRUIT MARKET. Toronto, Sept. 4.-â€"-T.he wholesale market was somewhat dull to-day. EThere was a brisk movement in gpeachers, and prices declmed a little 2m consequence. Quotations range Eas followszâ€"Pears, '.0 to 400 pen bas- jket; tomatoes, 10 to 150 per basket; Ecucumbea's, 10 to- 15c per basket; apâ€" pree, 10 to 200 per basket; apples, ichoice, per barrel. $1 to $1.50; green foorn, 3 to Sc per dozen; potatoes 30 {to 35c pear bush; Canadian peaches, $25 to 40c pert basket; choice peaches, '50 to‘ 75c par b19ket;Lawto-n4 berries, {6 to Sc per basket; plume, 25 to 60¢; queuekmeloms 15 to 200 per basket, land 35 to 50c par case; celery, 35 to 1 40¢ per dozen; huckieberx Les, '75 to 900 . pezr baslket; South-em), grapes, $1.50 to ;$1. 75 per crate; Canadian champions, E 15 to 203; Moore’s early, 3011.0 35c; and ' bananas, $1 25 to $2 per bunch. - - 4.4-.â€" My... Potatoesâ€"The market is easy. and street offerings very liberal. Market is well stplâ€"ied and lower prices are looked for. Dealers are buying here at about 25¢ per bushel and sell out of store at about 33 to 35c per bushel. Honeyâ€"Good honey meets with active sale. Dealers are paying 6 to 7c, outside. Dealers quote from 8 t0 9c per 1b. for 5, 10. or 60-lb tins. Comb honey sells here at $1.50 to $1.75 per dozen 8621130118. Buled hay-â€"Buye.rs and sellers apart in their ideas, and very little is Sell- img. No. 1 timothy will bring $8.75 to $9. outside. Ba! ed hayâ€"Car lots are quoted at $5 to 8) 50 on track. PRODUCE. Eggsâ€"The deliveries 10-day were free, and the market easy at 12 to 13c for choice. No. 2 hot weather,” eggs sell at 9 to 103. Dealers here Hopsâ€"Rather slow. Sell at about 13 to Me for Canada, '99’8. DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€"Choice dairy butter is a little scarce. and values firm. The de- liveries of second quality are more free than dealers like. Creamery butzc-r is active. Dealers were selling to retailers to-day as follows. ._ Dairy, tube 18 to 190 for choice; 15 U) 16:. for second queliu; small dairy lb punts, 19 to ’Oc; creamery, tubs and boxes. 20 to 22c; lbs, 22 to 230. THE CHEESE MARKETS. Woodstock. Ont, Sep. 4.â€"At the re- gular meeting of the local Cheese Board, held here, there were 19 [ac- tories offered 3,677 boxes of cheese, 1,769 while and 1,908 coloured. The sales were 790 at 10 3-4. The sales- men are getting alarmed owing to the hot weather. Beret [ISâ€"Choke hand-picked beans are wcn'th from $1 7) to $137". Provisions active and firm. Lard scarce. Smoked meats in light supply here in some unauDressed hlog's firm, At farmer-5’ waggons choice will bring $7.50 to $8, 3000: ding to quality, for Sheepskinsâ€"Dealers quote from. 81.25 to $1.40. Spring lambs-Deal- 61‘s are paying 45 to 550. Hidesâ€"Local dealers quote green cows, 71-2c; and steers, 80; cured, 80; Country hides are quoted at 1-20 less. DRESSED H038 AND PROVISIONS Hide market is quiet, but steady. Calfskiins are still weak, and not much doing, and lambskins steady and fairly active, with offerings better. Tallow is steady. The market for wool is slow and featureless. Offerings free, but exporters are cautious buyers. Gatewayâ€"Unchanged at So for No; 1. and 70 for No. 2. Tallowâ€"Local deal'ems are offering; 41-2 to 4340, and asking 5 to 51-40. Wowsâ€"Fleece, 160. offered here, with holders in 'cmmtry asking 2 to 3c higher, car lots; pulled, extra, 20 to 210; and supers, 18 to 19c. per bluahel 300 of red wheat at 700 per bushel, 200 of new oats at 29 to 300 per bushel, and 100 bushels of old oats at 34c per bushel; twenty-five loads of hay sold at from $11 to $12.50 per ton, and one load tot straw sold for $10. 50. W heat white, straight $0. 69 1-2 $0. 70 “'heat, red. . . . 070 0.70 \K’heat, goose... . . 0.00 0681-23 Wheat, spring. . . 0.00 0.73 03125, Old. 0 o o o 0.00 0.34. 7 Oats, spring. . . . 0.29 0.30 Peas. . . . . . 0.00 0.591- Barley . . 0.425 0.42 1- Hay, old, per ton 11.00 12.50 Hay, new, per ton. . 11.00 12.50 Straw, per ton. . .. 0.00 10.50 Dressed hogs. . . . 7.75- 8.00 Butter, in lb. rolls. . 018 0.19 Eggs, new laid. . . 0.13 0.14- Chickens, per pair. . 0.50 0.80 Turkeys, per lb. . . 0.11 0.11 Ducks, each, . 0.30 0. 40 Potatoes, per bush. . 0.235 0.30 Beef, hindquarters. . 7.00 9.00 Beef, forequarters. . 4.00 5.50 Bee-,f carcase. . . 5.50 7.50 Mutton. . . 5.00 7.00 Lamb, spring, per lb. 0.12 0.12 1- ive. red. TORONTO STREET MARKET. Toronto Sept. 4.-â€"On the street to- day there were sold two hundred bush- els of white wheat at 69 1-2 to 70c MARKETS [IF THE WORLD Prices of Cattle, Cheese. Grai in the Leading Markets. HIDES, SKINS AND \VOOL. buying choice eggs at 11c, (19-- 0 00 0.00 0 .00 0.00 0.425 . .. u.vu . . . 7.75 rolls. . 018 . . 0.13 min . 0.50 r. . . 0.11 . . . 0.30 bush. . 0.25 rters. . 7.00 :ers. . 4.00 . . 5.50 5.00 “General Bundle reports that- he made a reconnaissance in the Brand- water basin on August '26, and suffer- ed some casualties. One Boer was kill- ed and 17 were captured. He also se- cured 700 head of cattle.” Gen. Bundle Takes Some Prisoners and 700 Head of Cattle. ‘ zA’ dea‘patch from London, says:â€" LOrd Roberta cables the \V’ar Office, as follows:â€" FIGHTING AT BRANDWATER. Nome, Alaska, has been swept by a terrific storm over 100 steamers and barges being Wrecked and many lives lost. They Were Armed With Old Muzzle Loaders and Policeman‘s Whistle. A desmtch from London, says:â€" It is reported in Shanghai that Vice- my Chang-Chi-Tung has executed thirty reformers who were plotting There have been 171 commercial fail- urea in the United States this week, 163 a year ago. to burn. the. city of Hen‘kow. They each had an old muzzle-loading gun and three hundred policemen’s whist- les. A. few thousand placards which they had prepared were seized. The “ Montreal flyer" on the Boston and Maine, ran into a working train near Fitchburg yesterday. Engineer Hughes was killed. One of the worst things was the shocking desecration of. the foreign cemetery outside the west wall. The details are too revolting for publica- tion. Every day details of Chinese atrccities accumulate, showing that only the aeverest punishment that will be felt by the whole people will be adequate. ‘The censensus elf (min-3 ion is that unless the Imperial city is razed and the palace destroyed,the{ Chinese are likely to interpret the forbearance of ‘the allies as weakness. The Chinese pushed their attacks fiendishly. Placards were poeted through::ut the city dzcluring that the foreigners must be exterminated in five days. It was only the cowardice of the Chinese, who feared to meet the foreigners in a hand-to-hand fight. which prevented their success. The body of Biron von Ketteler, the} Geman Minister, was found in a native coffin, under a heap of sand close to the spot where he, was mur- dered, showing thlt the Tsung-li- Yemen’s story that. it had been care-1' fully deposited in a house was false. Toledo. Sept; 4.â€"-â€"VVheat - August and September, 77 1-4c; October, 790; December, 78 1-40. Cornâ€"No. 2 cash, 2 1-80, September, 22 1-40. Rzyeâ€"-No. 203311, 51 1-20. Clove-rseed -- 1898, prime, $6; 1899, $6.22 1-2; October, $6.60; No. 2 85.85. Detroit, Sept. 4.-â€"Wh,eat -- Closedâ€"- N0. 1 white, cash, 760; No. 2 red, cash, 77 3-4c; September, '78 l-Qc. St. Louis, Sept. 4.--\Vh.eat - Cash, 71 3-4c; December, 74 7-80. Duluth‘, Sept. ’4.-â€"Wheatâ€"-No~. lhard, cash, 79 5-8c; December, 79 7-8c; N0. 1 Northern, cash», 77 5-8; September, 77 5-8c; December, 77 7-8c; No. 2 North'- ern, 75 1-80; spring, 71 3-40. Cornâ€"40 3-80. Oatsâ€"23 3-40. Details of the Relief of Pekin Arriving. A desrpa tch: from London sayszâ€"Ac- counts frozm'Pckin describe the wild enthusiasm which marked the meeting between the besieged foweigners and their relievers. The men and women cheered and shook hands with the offi- cers, soldiers, dump followersâ€"in fact: anybody who accompanied the allies. The food supply had not failed, though the people in. the «Legatio-ns had to eat h'mrseflesh. The Tsung-li- {amen promised to Supply them with food, but only sent a few melons. When asked for. fresh meat, the Chinese of- ficials replied that a state of war existed, and it was, therefore, im- possible to grant the request. Milwaukee, Sept. 4.â€"\Vlh;eat higher; No. [Nod-berm, 77c; No. 2 Northern, 74 1-4 to 7-1 1-20. Ryeâ€"Bdrm; No. l, 52c. Barleyâ€"Firmer; No. 2, 510; sample, 38 to 500. Buffalo, Sept. 4.-â€"Spring wheatâ€"No. lNort'hern, car loads, 87 7-80. \Vin‘ter wheatâ€"Red, 75c asked, white and mix. ed, '74 1-2 tel 74 3-4c. Oatsâ€"Firm, No; 2 white, 26c; N04. 3,250; No. 4 white, 24c; No. 2 mixed, 23 3-4: to 240; No. 3 mixed, 23 1-2c. Oorn~8tmg; No. 2yellow, 415 to 45 1-4c; No. 35ellow; 45 1-40; N0. 2 earn, 450; N02 3com, 44 3-40. Barleyâ€"- Ohio, making, 44 to 46c. Roeâ€"Nominal- ly, 56¢. Flourâ€"Quiet, but steady. Quotations for provisions are as fol- lowsâ€"Dry salted shoulders, 7 to 7 1-2c.; long clear bacon, car lots, 81-2c; ton lots, 83-40; case lots, Sc; short cut pork, Lardâ€"Tieroes, 8 1-2c; tubs, 8 3-4 to 90; pails, 9 to 9 1-40. Smoked meatsâ€"Hams, ‘hea vy, 12c; medium, 13c; light, 13 1-2c; breakfast bacon, 12 1-2 to 13¢; picnic 'hramB, 100; roll bacon, 10 1-2 to 11¢; smoked backs, 130. All m-ea ts out of pickle 10 less than prices quoted for smoked meats. $18.50 to $19; heavy mess, $16.50. 3O PLOTTERS BEHEADED. NAMELESS ATROCITIES. Ihe Canadian Mounted Bit} es will in future be designated Royal Can- Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm are at Galt fro-m Ohm. The doctor has filed a claim for $1,000 for the loss be susâ€" tained. Neither suffered personal injury. Over $600,000 in gold arrived the other day at Port Townsend. Wash, from the Yukon. Wm. Keenan, of New York shot and seriously wound- ed Angus McDonald, of Dawson, on the steamer, while en route. Mr. George Bullock of Bullock‘s Corners, the young farmer who was injured in a runaway accident on his way to Guelph, died from his injuries. The New EngLand Real Estate Com~ pany refused to sell Rev. R. Hatchett} of Hamilton a lot at Union Park on account of his being colored. 1 Lance-Corporal Rae, of Oshawa, one of the first invalided home from South Africa. has been appointed in A pmrty of the descendants of the poet Longfellow had Hiawatha, play- ed for them by the Ojibwuy Indians near Desburats, 0nt., recently. Prof. Hopkins, of Ulinois, Prof. Smith, of Ken-t, Eng., and other. not- ed scientists are visiting the experi- mental farm at Ottawa. Mrs. Felix Labelle of Montreal was burnedfio- death at her summer resiâ€" dence at Ste. Rose by the upsetting of a lamp. Flosda Shaw, ado-pLed daughter of John Forbes, Star Lake, fell from a hay lift and fractured her skull. She died in great pain. All the new railway lines under con- struction by the C. B. R., in the Northwest will be operated this fall. Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the arrival of the first expedition at- Fort Garry, now \Vinnipeg. Mr. John Flick. near Cainsville, was fatally injured by slipping off aloud of straw on a piece of machinery in his barn. Mr. Henry Judgson of Belfaumain Was killed in a quarry at Credit forks by the earth caving in upon him. Brockville’s firebug is thought to be a one-eyed stonemason named Rich, of St. Alb-ans Vt. now in jail. Three striking brass finishers at Hamilton. are under arrest [or “watching and besetting” the works. Chic-fly fOtI' luck of shipping faciliâ€" ties, Montreal is behind last year’s reâ€"; cord in the» export of grain. All the members of. the Northwest Mo'unwd Police on service in 1885 will receive the Northwest medal. Gunneu‘ Cleetier, a deserter of “A” Battery, Kingston, has been sentenced to 84 days in jail at hard labor. Coal dealers from many points in Ontario met at Bramford to form a protective association. 1500 CHINESE WERE SLAIN. The body of Robert McGaw, drown- ed at Winnipeg, has been recovered. Laurence Keily, a well-known Ham- ilton citizen, is dead there, aged 95. The steamer Driag is at Porn Tow-n- send with a ton of gold from Dawson. Over 7,000 sons and daughters of Scotland met at; Belleville on Friday. year. (1 t d Johan Hunnu. a. Swede. is said to lure at Quebec 3'95”?de 3‘ to” have committed nine murders in 338mm 8‘ Freres' tannery. LOSS’ $30" Stockholm, and, after serving twelve years in prison. was deported from that country. Hannu boarded the steamer Assyrian, but on her arrival The Le Roy mine at Rowland “.11“ at. Halifax. last night. \ras provented have a new motor and hoist L0 cost from landing by Dominion officers. $20,000; GREAT BRITAIN. Mr. A. Ker of St. Oathurines was At the meeting of the bar iron as- found dead in his bedroom at an O-t- . sociation at. Birmingham, Eng, the town hotel. high price or iron was attributed to CUM dealers from many points in i the action of English coal miners. John. Flick was killed by a {all from :1 load of hay at Caiusville, near Bruntford. Another Fierce Battle at Tchchou in Which Allies Were Successful. Business failures in Canada this week number 29, against 16 last year. Lug that the Japanese subjects there required protection. These subjects belong to the Chinese criminal classes, who escape justice and register in Formosa as J apaneae. Newey Items About Ourselves and Our N eighbore~Something of Interest From Every Quar- ter of the Globe. CANADA. During July 7,040 acres of Manito- ba lands were sold for $18,648. AnOLh-exr incendiary fire occurred at Brockville last night. An alleged clergyman named Rose is under arrest at Brandon, Man. George Bullock. injured in i run- away accident near Guelph, is dead. A des-patch from London, says:â€" The Bong Kong correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says that Japan careated the disturbed situation at Am-oy wi‘th the purpose of aggression. SPARKS {RUM IHE WIRES A Japanese cwuiser quickly laqfied men at KuLang'Sen and Am-o-y,'clai-m- It is reported from Shanghai that Civil Service Department at Ot- Noiyithstand'mg his statement. in the course of his examination that he had no relations with Anarchists when in America, he admitted he received 500 lire at Genoa from Paterson. NJ. \Vitn absolute indifference Bresci received the verdict, and was had away to his cell, where. henceforth, he will see no one and hear no one. nor. even his gaoler. {He added :-“I acted without; advice or accomplice.” Bresci was pronounced guiity, and sentenced to xmprisonment for life. The examination of Bxesci followed He declared he had decided to kill King Humbert after the events 111 Milan and Sicily "to avenge the misâ€" ery of the peeple and my town.” ‘ \Vhiile the indictment, which was very Long, was being read, ‘Bresci samned the faces of the audience without any Sign of fear or effrontery, The indictment showed that zhe as- sassin had indulged in incessant; tar- get} practice and than. he. had prepar- ed bullets .50 as to render them more (La nger nus . The witnesses were then introduced, There were eleven for the prosecution and five for the defence. Bresci sat. in the dock, calm, and al- most indifferent. H13 counsel, Signor Martclli, head of 113k: Miiua bar, and the Anarchist writer, Signor Merlino, made requests on varicus gruunds for an adjournment, which were refused, It was said that Bream had written to the judges declaring he would not reply to the i nterr<:»g~a Lory. Soldiers and gendarmes were plentifully stationed about. the court. Bresei, theAssassin of King Humbert, Sentenced. A desmlch; f mm Milan, sayszâ€"The trial of Ere-sci, (he Anarchist, who shot, and killed King lH'ou'berr of Italy, opened here. An immense crowd of people gathered about the eourt from early morning seeking admission to the wart-room, where only a few places were reserved for tne ticket- holding public. adian Dragoons, according toa mili- tary general order issued at Ottawa yesterday. the allies won a victory at Tchchou and that Prince T'uan was killed in Joshua Baeza, at Montreal from Barbudoes, \VesL Indies, says Canada consumes about half of the sugar cane crop of Bum-does. He hopes; a return. trade will be built up. It is reported that Li-H'ung-Ghang, finding the amiss c-bdurate, has sent to the Dowager Empress a memorial to be delivered whenever she is found, asking her to appoint. Prince Ohing- L'ung-Yu, Prime Chan-Chi-Tung, and Viceroy Nukwang joint peacemakers to treat with the powers. the battle. The Chinese loss was 500 men. The Japanese drove Lhe maindezr of the enemy into Chili. Mr. Daniel Ford, proprietor of the Theatre Francais at: Montreal. is suing Mr. W. E. Phillips, lessee, for $30,000 for alleged carelessness in allowing the building to be burned. Dr. Clarke, Radical M.P. for Caith- ness, who wrote a letter to Kruger before the outbreak of the war, is condemned by the. British papers, irre- spective of party. Last evening he was mobbed by his constituents, and was only saved from a worse fate by one Of his supporters, who held the furious crowd at bay with a revolver. . UNITED STATES. The Sun Joe‘e scale has appeared at Brooklyn, NY. G.A.R. veterans tendered a recep- tion to President McKinley at; Chicago Monday. A belated despatch from Pekin, dat- ed August 14, says Sir Claude Mac- donald, the British Minister, is ill. The Department of Jusmice has ask- ed for the evidence oi outside docnors upon the physical condition of James Baxter of Bank Ville Marie fame, now confined in the hospital at St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary. A case of anthrax bacilius. caught from a cigar. has caused a sensation in medical circles in Berlin. The British steamer Indra, from Pa’ssaroang far the United States, is a wreck off Cape Guardat’ui, Northern Africa. Most of the crew were res- cued. PRISON FOR LIFE. Our treaties with Japan must be 80 modified as to admit ot a Japanese ex- clusion act similar to that by which Chinese are excluded. The modification of the treaty with China so as to per- mit the Chinese exclusion act furnishes g, precedent for action in this caseâ€"Sn Francisco Call. The Chinese embassador does not like the spirit in which Commissioner Pow. derly approaches the administration 0! the provisions of the act. What Wu Ting Fang really wants is an exclusion act that does not exclude.â€"-San Francis- co Examiner. Body. Tie sea horse can also turn eyes in almost any direction. The sea horse alone, with one other ex- isting fish, the gar pike or our western rivers, possesses the power which was common to many of the older fishes, that of turning its head independently of it; Rats have exterminated a colony at 48 prairie dogs in Lincoln park, Chicago. At least their disappearance is thus explain- ed by the keepers, who found 48 cleanly picked skeletons, mute evidence at the tragedy. O Devastating Villages on Their W --Diso,rder in South Continues. A desputch from Hong Kong saysgg -â€"0utrages in the. southern provinces continue. The Christian statiOn at Yungtak was destroyed on Aug. 21, and the native Christians were made prisoners and tortured. The mob de- manded a ransom of 244 tales for each‘ prisoner. Several English-speaking na- tives who were prisoners were behead- ed because the ransom was not forth- coming. The Blafck Flags are marching on Pekin, and are devastating the dis- tricts on their way. Li-Hung-Chang. Among the animals of Australia in a .‘ species 01 hog not much larger than a Bumblebees, butterflies and beetles are habitual drunkards. In some of the southern states these insects alight on certain plants, drink heartily from the blossoms and fall to the ground stupefied. They Have Taken the District West of Pekin. ' A despatch from London. says :---The allies, resuming aggressive operation; have taken the district west of Pekin,‘ This statement, based on Chinese ant-3M ‘ thority, is cabled from Shanghai. From ' 4 the same plate comes the further. statement that Li-Hungâ€"Chang has wired the Empress Dowager at Hsian- fu, requesting the arrest of Prince: 3 Twan, and the disarmament of the 3 Boxers, in order to give him an open-1 3 ing for negotiating v» 1th the powers. The illuminations projected at Shanga. ‘ hai in celebration of the relid of Pea ; kin, have been abandoned lest they: i should cause a native outbreak. Q The British garrison at Banks stan- tion was confronted by :1er force, who commanded them to surrenden The garrison declined, and Lhe Boers failed to attack. The demand is be-. Meved to have been aruse to cover Commandant De Wets return to the Grange River Colony; ALLIES AGMII FIG Shanghai advices to the Daily News say that Consular opinion there looks on the action in landing troops at Amoy, despite the protests of the Con-v 31118, as similar to that of Russia at New Chwang, the whole indicating a; tendency to the partition 01 the Em‘ pire. Together With Three Gun Trains Captured. A despatch from Pretoria, saysa. General De Web has been prevented from joining his forces with those of General Butha. General Badeanowell has headed aft and captured all his waggons. “ Russian journals, agree," says the Moscow correspondent of the Stan- dard, “ that it is impossible to deal with China in the spirit of revenge as suggested by Emperor William They believe that methods less dras- tic can better accomplish the ends 0! Russia in Manchuria. The quest .on' would be satisfactorily settled to 11%: sian minds by the seizure of the north“: ern provinces." ALI. DE WET’S WAGGDNS. Foreign Ministers Not to Leave the Capital. A despatch from London. saysâ€"SH; is semi-officially stated that the Mini- t‘ers will remain in Pekin. The Chin-. ese Ambassador is constantly visit- ing the Foreign Office and vainly en- deavouring to induce the Government Lo accept Li-Hungflhang’s mediation. He declares that all the pro-foreign statesmen have been murdered except BLACK FLAGS MARCH NORTH The Boers are reported to be in: com- siodexrable numbers and forming comp- mandoes at Lichtenburg and the Western districts. but they are said. to be short of arms and ammunition;- Generals Page: and Baden-Powell attacked the forces of General De \Vet Saturday, and “released 100 British prisoners. They captured 50 Beer: and took three gun trains. The Boers are retreating to the north. WILL REMAIN IN PEKIN. ANIMAL UDDITIES. EXCLUSION.