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. Nu _ w HAL: ' MERE CAPTURE BRlllSll Entire Squadron of Scots Greys and 90 Lincolnshires With 2 Guns, Captured. A dcsqpmtch from London says :-Thc ' War Office has received the following despatch from Gen. Roberts:â€" “ Pretoria, July 12.â€"’l‘he enemy hav- ing failed in an attempt to get round our righlt and in our rear, made a. de- termined attack on our right flank yesterday. I regret to say they sucâ€" ceeded in capturing Nitral‘s nek. gur- risonod by a squadron of the Scots Greys, two guns of the Royal Horse Artillery, and five companies of the IIincolnshlre Regiment. The enemy. in superior number, attacked at dawn. and, seizing the hills which command- ad the risk, bought a. heavy con- verging fire upon the small garrison. Nitral's nek is about 18 miles from here, near where the road crosses the Crocodile river. It was held by us in order to maintain road and telegraphâ€" ic communication with Rustenburg. The fighting lasted more or less throughout the day. "Immediately on receiving infor- mation early in the morning of the ‘enemy's strength I despatched rein- forcements from here under Col. God- frey. Before they reached the spot. however, the garrison was overpow- cred. "The two guns and the greater porâ€" tion of the Scots Greys were captured, owing to their homes being shot, and also about 90 of the Lincolnshires. "A list of the casualties has not yet been received, but I fear they were heavy. "Simultaneously an attack was made on our outposts near Derde- dorp, northward of the town, in whlclh the 7th Dragoon Guards were engaged. The regiment. which was handled with considerable skill by Lieut.-Col. Lowe, kept the enemy in check until he retired on his supports. We would probably have suffered slight loss had not one troop mistaken some Boers in the bushes for ours. "Smith-Dorrien had a successful engagement with the enemy yesterday afternoon near Krugersdorp, inflict- ing heavy loss. "Buller reports that the Boers who Were destroying the railway near Paardo Kraal were driven off yester- day after a short action. "Hart reports from Heidelberg that the surrendering of arms and ammu- nition continues‘in that district." FOUGHT TO THE DEATH. of the Engagement at, Nitral‘s Nek. London, July 13,â€"Deltaivls are now at 'hand regarding the disaster to the Details Lincolnshire Regiment on VVedne's- day. Two companies of this Lincoln- ohires and a squadron of the Greys were at the foot of the pass when the attack Ibegan. They fought all day, and extricated themselves at night. SURLPRISED BY HEAVY FIRE. It appears that five companues were ordered Tuesday to'proceed and hold “1‘9 Pass through Magaleshurg. in the DBIgh‘lmurhood of Daspoorl fort. Th“y al‘ered m the afternoon: at the pass. whEre three compinics with two guns took up a position, and camped for the night, leaving two companies on a plain south of the pass. The east- eil‘iu hill was rugged; rocky, and inacâ€" cessible, but further east apparentâ€" '3' ilpproachahle from that main ridge. Al daybreak \Vedniesdey the Boers appeared on the eastern. knpje and canned n heavy fire. Oonfusxon cnâ€" sued. The colonel ordered the men to take up a position on a kopje west of the gap. From. this permit a hot! fire: was kept up during the entire day. Two guns under the escort of, the Scots Gl‘t’ysi piilCL'ld in) advance Oil. the main body, were cnplured after astqut resistâ€" zunce. Nearly every man was killed or wounded, A Maxim gun we brought into action: early in the daY.- The fire was too hot and the men were forced to retire. lBRAV'ELY SAVED THE GUN. A sergeant, aided by seven volun- teers, saved the gun. Tlhcre was a continuous fine all along the line, the Lincolnshire Regiment men vigorously replying. GALLAN’I‘ BRITISH CHARGE. Aboult three o‘clock in the afterâ€" noon ‘the Boers appeared to the left of the position occupied by the Bri- tish. An officer and fifteen men at- tempted to charge them, and fourâ€" teen men were killed or wounded as the rwult. Three companies practically surrounded, but they kept up a steady fire, unwaveringly, until towa-rds nightfall when their ammu- nition gave oult. WAl'i‘lNG WITH FIXED BAYONETS The latest arrival from the scene sit-ates that at the time of his escape the men were t,aking a good position under cover and with fixed bayonets were awaiting the approach of the Boers it is understood upon good author- ity that the Boers have employed arm- ed natives. Two of the natives leap- ed from cover when a smell party from the Lincolnshire Regiment step- pe'! 111 and demanded their surrender. A soldier stepped forward and shot both of the natives dead. One officer who succeeded in making his escape had an encounter with an armed na- itive. BRITISH LOSSES HEAVY. In, is feared that the losses of the British were numerous. About thirty of the British soldiers straggled back to camp toâ€"day. According to all acâ€" counts 3. great force is being as- sembled to prevent further progress of the Boers. Commandant Grobler, who com- manded the Federals at Nitral’s nek, had four guns. The Seventh Dragoon Guards at Pyramid hills, north of Pretoria, were simultaneously attacked. The British loss was insignificant. H”â€" HORRIBLE DOUBLE TRAGEDY. .â€" llnn of 10 Years Kills Ills Wife. Then Blew Ills 0w“ fluid oil‘. A dospatch from Cayuga, 0nt., says: -The people of this community ware startled on Saturday morning when they heard of the horrible death of James Swick and his wife, an old cou- ple about 70 years of age. The old mun first killed his wife and then put . an end to his own existence. The‘ scene of the tragedy is at a fnrm' house in East Seneca, about four miles i from the village of Canfield and ten| miles from Cayuga. . OLD MAN HAD ACTED STRANGELY The old man had acted strangely for , some time past, but the family thought little about it. On Friday at noon their son Harvey went to the; field to cut wheat, leaving the old couple alone in the house. When he1 returned at night a dreadful spectacle was presented to him. The mother was lying dead with her head hor- ribly bruised, apparently by a ham- mer, and the father was lying with, his head almost shot off, by means of‘ a shot gun in his own hands. Death must have come almost instantly to him. of a hammer, as her head was badly battered. The hammer was found hidden under the house, where the old man had put it after ,doing his terâ€" rible work. Then he completed his own destruction as already described. AN INQUEST HELD. Dr. Kerr, coroner, accompanied by hfr. C. \V. Coulter, crown attorney of Haldimand, went to the scene of the tragedy and held an inquest, but no new developments were brought out. Suicidal tendencies are in the famâ€" ily, as one of his brothers killed him~ self several years ago. They are well- to-do farmers, and have a family grown up. There was a double fun- eral on Sunday afternoon, when the old couple were laid away. Two coffins were taken to the sad home from the undertaker’s here this afternoon. ALL FOREIGNERS WERE KILLED. â€" Put-port of an omrlnl Telegram From the Governor of Shnnlung. . A despatoh fwm‘ Shamghai, says: i sayszâ€"A desputch to received ' from Odessa says that more than 40,- lSunday night from [the Governor of , 000 troops have been despatched dur- â€"An’officinl telegram was were . Prices of Cattle, Cheese. Grain, are. in the Leading Marke;s. Toronto, July 17.â€"â€"The market to- day was a dull and uninteresting one. Choice export cattle sold at from $5 to $5.25 per cwt.; Light stuff at from $1.50 to $4.80 per cwt. The demand was easy. There was no quotable change in the price of good to prime butcher sluff; the best grades sold well, but if the supply had been large medium and common cattle would probably have broken badly. Sim-ken continue easy. Bulls, feeders, milch cows, etc., are uinch a n god There was no change in lambs and sheep. Choices veal calves will sell. Several loads of cattle were unsold all the close. For prime hogs, scaling from 160 to 200 lbs., the top price is 01-40; thick fat hogs, 53-80; and light bugs. 5 1-4c per lb. Following is [the range of quota- tionszâ€" Cattle. Shippers, per cwt ...... $4.30 $5.25 Butcher, choice, do. 4.00 4.50 Bulicher, med. to good. 3.50 3.75 Butcher, inferior. ...... 3.00 3 2.5 Stockers, per cwt... 3.00 350 Sheep and Lambs. Sheep, per owt. . . 325 400 Spring lambs, each. . 2 00 4 00 Bucks, per cwt. 2 50 800 Mllkers and Calves. Cows, each. . . . 2500 45 00 Calves, each. 200 800 ,‘Hogs. Choice hogs, per cwt. . 600 6 25 Light hogs, per cwt. . 500 5 25 Heavy hogs, per cwt. 512 1â€"2 5 371-2 Sows. . . . . . 300 B 25 Stags. . . . . 200 2 50 Toronto, July l7.â€"-\Vheat â€" Chicago prices declined about :20 toâ€"day, and local prices were lower. Manitoba No. 1 hard, g.i.t., sold at 95c; same, To- ronto and west, at 92c; and at upper lake ports, at 89c. Ontario: are quiet at 70 to 710, outside. Millfcedâ€"Dull. Bran $13 to $13.50; and shorts, $14 to $14.50, west. Corn-About steady. No. lAmeri- can yellow, 40 1-2c, on track here; and mixed at 48 l-Bc. Peasâ€"Quiet. Car lots are quoted nominally at 600, north and west; and file cast. Barleyâ€"Steady. No. 2, 400, west; and 410 east; No. 3, 42 to 430. Ryeâ€"Quiet. Car lots, wmt, and 55c east. Oats~â€"Dull. White oats, north and west, 27c; and east, 28c. Flourâ€"Business quiet. Ninety per cent. patent, in buyers' bags, middle freights, is quoted at $2.85 to $2.90; and in wood at $3.15 to $3.20. Detroit, July l7â€"\Vheutâ€"Closed.â€" No. 1 white, cash, 830; No. 2 red, cash, 83c; J‘uly, 83c; August, 833â€"40; Sep- tember, 841-40. Chicago, July l7â€"\Vheat â€"â€" Dropped 21-86 for the September option to- 54c ; day. Reported improvement to the spring crop throughout the North- West and unresponsive cables gave the bears their innings. Corn and oats ruled strong and closed practi- cally unchanged. Provisions were lifeless and weak. Pork closed at a decline of 10 to 1221-20. Lard lost 5c, and ribs 5c. estimated the wheat crop at 550,000,- 000 bush. Chicago receipts were 60 cars, six of contract grade. Minnea- polis and Duluth got 158 carloads, compared with 475 for the same day last year. \Vestern primary receipts were light, 492,000 bush. against 884,â€" 000 bush. last year. Minneapolis, July 17.â€"W'hieatâ€"-July, 79 lâ€"Zc; September, 79. 5-8 10 79,3»4c; December, 80 5â€"8c; No! 1 hard, 8.). 1-20; No. 1 Northern, 80 1â€"2c‘l No. 2 North- ern, 79c. Milwaukee, July 17.â€"\\'hea/tâ€"Lower No. 1 Northern, 8.‘ .o. 82 1â€"2c; No. 2. Northern, 80 1-'.‘c. Ryeâ€"Steady; No. 1, Bio. Barflyâ€"dearly; No. 1, 610. 1,61», Barleyâ€"tfieady; No. 2, 47 to 48c. sample, 40 to 46. pie, 40 to 46. Duluth, July l7.â€"\\'heutâ€"-No. 1 hard, cash, 83 3â€"lc; Augusl, 83 3~8c2 Sepiem’ber, 83 380, December, 833â€"10' No. 1 Northern, cash, 81 3â€"40; Augus: 81 3â€"40; September, 81 3â€"4c; No. 2 Northern, 790; No. 2 spring, ‘763â€"4c. Cornâ€"43 7-8c. Oatsâ€"27 to 27 1-2c, 40,000 RUSSIAN TROOPS. iâ€"eâ€" Despatched Overland From Russia Within 'len Days. A despatch from London, Friday, the Standard There were signs of a struggle be- ’ Shari-tong, stating that a breach was; ing the past 10 (lays from Moscow tween the old man and woman, as her throat showed finger prints, he evi- dently trying to strangle her first, they. z-omplsting his work by means made in the wall. {liner agallant de-i overland to Khubarovsk. had‘ that it is intended to raise the army fence and all lllie ammuuii.:3n given out. All foreigners were kill. ell. It is added in the Amur Government, Central Asia, to 200,000 men. MARKETS 0}: THE WllllLIl SHOT THEIR MEN. The Price Current' Legationists Use Revolvers to Save Their Loved Ones From a Worse Fate Than Death. attacked they became like wild beasts and shot each. other in the darkne”. FOREIGNERS KILLED THEIR OWN \\ OMEN. "The. foreigners went mud and: kiill~ e-dl all their women: and children With revolvers. Heavy guns bombarded all night until the buildings were the members of the legzitious and the demolished and in flames. Many guards made a sortie 0n the night 0f , foreigners were roasted in; the ruins. JUN 30 an l killed 200 Chinese in an un, The Boxers rushed upon. them and expected attack. Gen. 'l'uug Fuh Siun, ihncked and sfaxbbed both dead and enraged over the loss of so many men, ‘ wounded, cutting off them heads and brought up heavy guns and Prince I carrying them; through the streets on Tuau gave orders that every foreigner their rifles, shouting fiercely. They must be destroyed. His words wore: them attacked the native Christian 'Destroy every foreign vestige and quarters, massacred all who refused make China .l sealed book to all west- m join mom, outraged the women 01‘“ PU\\6TS-' and brained the children. Hundred! l'lliED 0N CHJNG'S TROOPS. of mlsmon buildings “were burned." "Prince Tuan had previously discov- ALL CHINA AFLAME cred that Prince Ching was supplying the foreigners secretly with annumi- . The correSpondem “dds: “A” Ohm. is new aflame with revolt against tion. He therefore ordered Gen. Tung , . Fuh Siau to fire on Prince Ching's foreign“; only m mm elm-em“ we" qunet. Every port. 8‘7“ tmops. and it is reported that Ching ‘9 mm" d I h P LB menace . D l. 6 [O- was killed or seriously wounded. shanghai ..In the final attempt to vunce of H‘upe and Hunan thousands their way through. the of native Christians have been mass sacred and tortured, tlhe womeniirst lbei-ng outraged and then massaors ed." A despatrh from London, says:â€"â€"The Shanghai correspondent of The Exâ€" press, on the alleged authority of couriers who brought the story in re. gard to Pekin gives a very sensationâ€" al account. He says: “Muddened \\ilh hunger, after hav- ing been without food for many days, out legatloners formed a a wars, with the women and children in the centre. When the Boxers realized that they were being rapid advance has, it is said, forced tlhe Boers into an obvmusly bad cor: DEF. President Siteyn is reported to hav. given up all hopes since the loss of Bethlehem, and would have surrend- ered, but Gen. Dewet threatened to shoot him and it is believed he was Strathcona Horse Driven in Tempor- arily by the Boers. A despatch from London says;â€"A report from Platkop says that the British engaged the Boers all day long on Saturday. Scouts and mounted infantry arriv- . . . . imprisoned in his own laager. ing north located the Boers 1000 . . , strong occupying the ridge! from Capt. Driscoll of D Scouts, who went . s _ alone to Zuringkrantz to View thd which they were driven yesterday. . . . Boer [)OSItIOHS. was surprised at! C l. Th ' "1'ff’ . h ld h ' 0 man 5 mm 8 t 9 “ng breakfast by four Boer scouts. HI picked up his rifle and commanded them to surrender or he would shoot. The four surrendered, although Dris- ooil was ten miles away from this main body of the scouts and close to a large Boer force. facing them. Members of the Strethoona Hors» FOUGHT ALL DAY SASURDAY\mm Colony. sayszâ€"Gen. Rundlo's iwere driven in temporarily on the I right by the heavy musketry fire. Af- ter n’stubborn resistance, the Boers forced the British to bring the howit- zers into action. The infantry deployed for a general advance ulndeir Clery's direction, The Boers opened fire in all direc- tions, shelling with the guns posted on the British right. ' l The Mounted infantry, in the face, of a severe fire, attacked the Boers. A gun posted on an entrenched kop-i je four miles to the east forced the1 Boers from a number of ridges, deg tached parties retiring in the centref, while a gun on the right was with- â€"+â€"â€" A VICTORY FOR HUTTON. Defeats Erasmus’ Commando With Considerable Loss. A despatc’h from Pretoria, sayszâ€"r Generals Hutton and Ma‘han had four days’ fighting southâ€"east of Pretoria, resulting in the defeat 01f Erasmus‘ commando .with considerable loss. FROM THE NORTH. drawn through aravine towards an entrenched 1101- 80,000 Russian Troops Advancing _.._,_ on Pekin. A despatch from Shanghai, sayszâ€"i III. is confirmed, from apparently! trustworthy sources, that 30,000 Rus. stun troops are advancing on Pekin from the north. GEN. DEWET’S THREAT Said He Would Shoot Steyn If He Surrendered to the British. A despuloh from Senekal, Orange BETHLEHEM CAPTURED. Fight LastedTwo Days and at Noon the Town Was British. A despzitch from London, sayszâ€" during the evening of Sunday with- Lord Roberts has sent the following out opposition. He found all quiet (lesputch to the War Office: ithere and public confidence entirelyf’ "Pretoria, Saturdayâ€"Clements’ and satisfactory, thanks to the prompt Puget's forces entered Bethle_1 and bold grasp of the situation taken hem on Saturday. The former, on by Major Hanbury-Tmcey. nearing the town, sent in a flag ofi "The district west oif this is somed truce demanding its surrender, which whil unsettled owing to the small! was refused by Dewet, when Pziget,iforce which attacked Rusteniburg l turning movement, ' being still in the neighborhood. Mea. the sures are being taken. to meet this | “Further information regarding the cuplure of Bethlehem has now been received from Clements. He states that the country there is broken and difficult. Colizpstquently his and PJgel’s cavalry were unable to make any wide turning movements. Cle- ments attacked one position while Pas get attacked another. “The position assailed by Clement! was gallantly captured by the Royal Yeomanry, who captured a gun of the Seventyrseventh, lost at Storm-i berg. The list of casualties has not been issued, but Clements states they are fenv considering the strength of th.n positions assailed. "Hunter’s cavalry under Broadwood reached Belhlebem on Sunday. Hum ter. with his main face, was within making a wide succeeded in getting hold of enemy‘s most important position cov- ering the town. This was carried before dark by the Munster Fusiliers and Yorkshire Light Infantry. The follow- ing morning the attack was continued and by noon the town was in our pos- session and the enemy in full retreat, “Our casualties were 4 officers and 32 men of the Munsters missing; Captains \Veakes and Lieut. Conway severely, and Lieut. Boyd-Rochefert, Scottish ' Rifles, slightly wounded: 7nien of the Yorkh'res woun led;1 killed; 2 wound. ed of the imperial Yeomanry. "Puget reports that but for the accurate practice of the Thirty-eighth Royal Artillery and the Fourth City imperial Batteries the casualties would have been many more. "Baden-Powell reached Rustenberg wounded; 1 Macpherson and df'szi what! his report." nine miles of the town when Clements I 1i