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BOERS SHELL BRITISH Gen. Buller’s Forces Hold aStrong Position. A despatch from London, says:â€" Adviccs from Badfontein of yester- day's date say that General Buller en- gaged ‘the overlooking Lydenburg on Sept. 2. General Botha commanded the enemy, which held the pass throughout the day. The Boer artillery fire was levers. Upward of two thousand men comprised the Boer force. The Brit- ish cavalry, with a horse battery, apâ€" proached to within two miles of the enemy’s position. The Boers then fired three "Long Toms,” which were located one on either side of the pass and one at a distance to the right. They also hadanother gun of high Boers in the mountains velocity mounted. The British forces occupied a posi- tion in a basin on the right of the pass, and were unable to retreat at nightfall. The Boer guns were accurately trained, and were fired continuously all day, while the British, being un- able to use their position for gun fire effectively, advanced their infantry. Between the lines. and hidden in creeks and overgrown scrub, were nu- merous Boer sharpshooters. General Bullet occupied an exposed position on a ridge at the front. The behaviour of his troops under heavy shell fire was excellent. His oasualtie are not fated. =__â€"â€"_â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"__â€"â€"_â€" A BRILLIANT CHARGE. How Buller‘s Men Took the Boer Position. A despatch from Belfast says:â€" Thell‘e has been desperate fighting on the left of the Boer position, about six miles west of Machadodorp. General Sir Redvers Buller made the 1 attack, and throughout the engage- meInIt he had something like fortyl guns in action. The Boers were not in the least dis- mayed at the formidable character of the omslamght, but fought with the ut- most bravery. I Have had opportunities of seeing them make several firm Lands, and I am convinced that their tenacity in this encounter was not equalled even its Natal before the relief of Lady- Imirth. - Ouir lyddite shells burst beautiful- ly and must have inflicted heavy loss- es on the enemy. Yellow patches on the dark background across which the Boers retired were clearly in- dictated. The fire of the naval guns was ter- rific. _ But the features of the battle was‘ the magnificent work of the Rifle' Brigade, assisted by the Inniskill-} lugs and the Devons. It fell to them to take the Boer position, an ideal one, marked by huge ‘ boulders and numerous trees. ‘ provided admirable shelter. Ouu' gums pounded away at this klotpje for two hours and a half, but , the Boers in charge of a. pomâ€"pom 1 never flinched. 5 Finally the order was. given for the T infantry to fix bayonets and charge. : It was a magnificent rush that they made The Boers contested every inch - of the ground, but the infantry press- .â€" which , ed on. and took the position. The Boer loss from the charge was severe. I counted ten dead bodies in one heap, and the kopje was strewn with thirty-five wounded, whom the Boers in their flight had left behind. The Boerr killed included the com- mandant of the Johannesburg police, who offered strenuous opposition to the advance. We toolk thirty prisoners and a pom-pom. Ouir loss in killed was put at eleven. It is a substantial victory. cheap- ly won. â€"â€".â€"_. ROBERTS’ PROCLAMATION. His Warning to Inhabitants of the Orange River Colony. A despatch from Pretoria says :â€" Lord Roberts has issued a proclama- tion to the inhabitants of the Orange River Colony, in which he says that in Iconsequence of annexation, they are now sluibjects of the Queen, with the exception of those who were attached to commandoes prior to the issuance of the annexation proclamation, and lwho have since been continuously in arms and attached to commandoes. These, when captured, will be treated as prisoners of war. Those who have taken the oath of submission, and who have broken it, will be punished with death, imprisonment, or fine. Build- ings harbouring the enemy are liable to be razed. A farm or farms in the vicinity of which the railway is dam- aged will be liable to be fined half a crown per morgen. The inhabitants are warned to vauaint the British forces of the prescnce of the enemy, otherwise they will be regarded as abetting them, and will be treated as rebels. 11W PIKE WERE KILLED Galveston, Texas Visited by a Hurricane. "A despatclh from. Austin, Texas says:â€"Information has just been received that about 3,000 lives have been lost at Galveston, with enorm- ous destruction of property. A despach from Houston, Terms. Iayszâ€"The West India storm which! reached the Gulf coast yesterdayl morning wrought awful havoc in1 Texas. Reports are conflicting, but‘ it is known that an appalling disas- ter has befallen the city of Galveston where it is reported athousand or more lives have been blotted out, and a tremendous property damage has been incurred; Meagre reports from Sabin Pass and Port Al‘lhlll‘ also in- dicates a heavy loss of life, but these reports cannot be confirmed at this hour. The first news to reach this city from the stricken city of Galveston was received to-night. James C. Tim- mins, who lives in Houston, and who is the general superintendent of thr National Compiess Company, arrived 1n the city at 8 o‘clock to-night from Galveston. He was one of the first to reach here with tidings of the great disaster which has befallen \ that city, and the magnitude of that disaster remains to be told because of his endeavours to reach home. A'ter remaining through the hurricane of Saturday, he departed from Galveston on a schooner, and came across the bay to Morgan’s Point, where he caught a train for Houston. The hurricane, Mr. Timmins said, was the worst ever known. LWO PEOPLE PERISHED. l The estimates made by citizens of Galveston was that 4,000 houses, most of them residences have been destroy- ed, and that at least 1,000 people have been drowned, killed, or missing. Some business houses were also de- stroyed, but most of them stood though badly damaged. This city, Mr. Timmins avers, is a complete wreck. so far as he could see from the water front and from the Tremont hotel. \Vutr r was blown over the isl‘ldhl by 1h}. hurricane, the wind blowing at the rate of 80 miles an. hour straight from. the Gulf and forming the sea water before it in big Wovens The gale was a. steady one, the heart of it striking the city about So’clock yesterday evening, and continuing wil’hout intermission until midnight last night, when it abated somewhat, although it con- tinued to blow all night. ENORMOUS LOSS OF LIFE. A despatclh’ from Dallas, Texas, snys;â€"The following telegram has been received use: Houston. “Relief train. just returned. They could not get closer than six miles of Virginia Point, “where the prairie was covered with lumber, debris, pianos, trunks, and dead bodies, Two hundred corpses were counted from the twin. A large steamer is strand- ed two miles this side of Virginia Point, 3 though thrown up by a tidal wave. Nothing can be seen of Galveston. Two men were picked up who floated carom to the mainland, who say they estimate the loss of life up to the time they left at 2,000." MARKETS UlLTHE WORLD. 33 Prices of Cattle, Cneese. Grain, 3w“ g} in the Leading Markets. THE STREET MARKET. Toronto, Sept. 11.â€"0ne hundred bushels of white wheat were sold on the street to-day for (We per bushel; one hundred of red at 68 to 69c, one hundred and fifty bushels of barley at 43 1â€"2 to 44 1-20 per bushel. Two hundred bushels of new oats sold at 29 to 30c, and one: load of rye, at 53 1-20 per bushel Hay brought $12.51! to $13.50 per ton, and one load of straw sold for $11. Wheat, \i'hite,etraiglit,$o.00 $0.69 \Vheat, red. . . . . 0.68 0.69 Wheat, goose. . . 0.66 0.6131-2 \Vlieat, spring... . . 0.00 0.73 Oats, old, . . . . . 0.32 0.33 Oats, new. . . . 0.29 0.30 Peas, . . . . . . 0.00 0.591-2 Barley. . . . . 0431-2 0.441-2 Rye. . . . . . 0.51 0.531-2 Hay, old, per ton. 13.00 13.50 Hay, new, per ton. . 11.00 12.50 Straw, per ton. . . 0.00 11.00 Dressed hogs, . . . 7.50 7.75 Butter, in lb. rolls. . 0.20 0.21 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. . 0.25 0.30 Beef, hindquarters. . 7000 9.00 Beef, forequartcrs. . 4.00 5.50 Beef, carcass. . . 5.50 7.50 Mutton. . . . , . 5.00 7.00 Lamb, spring, per lb. . 0.12 0.121-2 DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€"Market is firm, and good, active demand. Dairy stock is still scarce in the choice lines. Creamery unchanged. Dealers were selling to retailers today as follows :â€"Dairy, tubs, 17 to 19 1-2c for choice; 14 to 160 for second quality; small dairy, lb. prints, 19 to 20c; creamery, tubs and boxes, 21 to 220; lbs. 22 to 240. Cheeseâ€"Dealers here quoting new at 11 to 11 1-2c. LIVE STOCK. Toronto, Sept. 11.â€"A total of 45 loads of live stock was received at the western cattle yards, this morning, including 800 cattle, 700 hogs, 750 lambs and sheep, and a few calves and milch cows. There was little business doing, and i quotations all round were practically unchanged. There was no demand at all for ship. ping cattle toâ€"day. In ’blu‘tcher cattle we had scarcely any trade; a few lots of choice stuff changed hands at from3 3-4 to 41-4c per poiund, but for anything else a de- mand scarcely existed, and prices were merely nominal. . Much of the cattle was unsold, and it is to be hoped the riun will be light tolâ€"morrow, Friday. "Small stuff” is easier, but not quo- tably changed. In other lines we had no change. The cattle commg in this morning was usually of a most inferior kind. Hogs are steady and unchanged. For prime hogs scaling from 160 to 200 lbs., the top price is 60; thick fat and light hogs, 51-40 per lb; and corn fed hogs. 53-8c per lb. Commandos A despatch from London says :â€"Te- lo-grnpliing to the \\';ir Office under date of Belfast, Sept. 7, Lbrd Rob- erts says:â€" " lions. Dundonald and Brocklchurst uronplml Lydonburg yesterday. The forces of (ions. Bullcr and Hamilton were ([1in within five miles of the blace. Thr‘ll‘ casualties \vul‘e four woundI-d. ch.‘11:1rt has been engaging the enemy n? Krugersdorp for the last few day:, with a. view to driving them from the railway. "The Boers left Co'ur dead on the ‘field, one of whom is thought to be Gen. Theron, ,No one has yet recog- nized the body as his, but the pockets of the deceased contained letters to Theron from Gen. De Wet, conveying official information of Britsh moveâ€" ments. " Gen. Buller reports from Lyden- burg that the Boer florce has been di-‘ vided, some of the troops having start- ed. for the north‘, and the others to- ward Spdtzkop. Most of their guns, stores, and ammunition have been sent to Krugerspost. “Major \Vhite commanded at Lady- brand with a company of the VVor- ccstersfliires and the \Villshire Yeo- manry, whose officers behaved most mvmm._.me “nuâ€"mm Beansâ€"Choice hand-picked beahs are worth from $1.70 to $1.75. Potatoesâ€"The deliveries are free, and a lot of the stock coming in is off in quality. Dealers are buying here at about 20 to 25c per bag, and sell out of store at about 30 to 350 per has Honeyâ€"x Unchanged. Dealers are paying 6 to 7c outside. Dealers quote, from 8 to 9c per lb for 5, 10 or 60-lb tins. Comb honey sells here at $1.50 to $1.75 per dozen sections. Baled hayâ€"No. 1 timothy will bring $8.75 to 89, outside. Baled strawâ€"Car lots are quoted at $5 to $5.50 on track . Hopsâ€" Unchanged. Sell at about 13 to 140 for Canada, ’99’s. THE CHEESE MARKETS. Kingston, 0nt., Sept. 11.â€"At the meeting of the Cheese Board toâ€"day there were 369 coloured and 3,051 white cheese boarded, and 434 sold at 11c. Montreal. Sept. 11.â€"There were about 400 heads of butchers' cat- tle, 60 calves, and 500 sheep and Lambs offered for sale at the east end abattoir toâ€"day. There were very few cattle offered to-day that could be called prime, and these sold at from 4 1-2 to 4 5-80 per 1b,; pretty good Ie‘olliwing is the range of quota- beasts 50M from 3 11-2 t0 4 “an”- 1-4c; and the common stock at Cattle. from 2 1-2 to 3 1-40 per lb. Trade Shippers. per. GWb. - - - 3 4 25 3 5 00 was fairly brisk, and prices Were “Egg? d’ot'o ' Dd? about the same as on Monday’s mar- Bubcher: inferior. 2'75 315;ket, but decidedly better than on Shockers, per cwt. . . 275 300 , last week’s markets. Calves sold Export bulls. per cwt. 3.00 4.00 l‘ firom $3 to $10 each or from Sheep and Lambs. Shlefl‘ , per cwti. . . . 325 375 Spring lambs, each. . . 300 4 00 Bucks, per cwb. . . . 250 300 Milkers and. Calves. Cow, each. . . . . . 2500 60 00 Calves, each. . . . 200 10 00 Hogs. Choice hogs, per owt. . 575 600 Light hogs, per cwt. . . 500 525 Heavy hogs, per cwb. . . 500 r 525 Suws. . . . . . . 300 325 Stags. . . . 200 2 25 DRESSED HOGS AND PROVISIONS. A firm market, with local dealers talking higher prices. Lard short and strong. Smoked meats in light supply. Dressed hogs steady. At farmers’ waggons choice will' bring $7.50 to 87,75. according to quality, for butchers’ use. Quotations for provisions are as follows :â€"Dry salted shoulders, 7to 7 1-20; long clear bacon, car lots, 81â€"20; ton lots, 83-4c; case lots, 90; shortcut pork, $18.50 to $19; heavy mess, $16.50 to $17. Smoked meatsâ€"Hams, heavy, 12c; medium, 130; light. 13 1â€"20; breakfast bacon, 12 1-2bo 180; picnic hams, 10c; roll bacon, 10 1-2 to 11c; smoked backs, 130. All meats out of pickle Io less than prices quoted for smoked meats. Lardâ€"Tierces, 9c: tubs, 91-40; pails, 9 1-20. PRODUCE. Eggsâ€"~Hot weather is causing a heavier lass than ever in the eggs ar- riving. There are very few real fanCy eggs coming in. Prices hold about steady, at 12 to 130 for choice. No. 2 hot weather eggs sell at 7 '20 10c. Real fancy selected eggs will bring 14c. Dealers here are buying choice eggs at 110, delivered. 3 1-2 to 4 1-20 per lb. Shippers paid from 3 1-2 to 3 3-40 per lb for good large sheep, and the butchers paid from 2 1-2 to 3 1-20 per lb for the others. Bambs Were dearer to-day, and sold at from 3 3-1 to nearly 4 1-20 peu‘ lb. Fat hogs sold at from $5 to $5.90 per 100 lbs. Weighed off the cars. BREADSTUFFS, ETC; VVheatâ€"Western markets were all week today, and local prices lopped off in sympathy; white, old, north and west, 65c, and new, 64 1â€"20; spring wheat, east, 651-2c; Manitoba, No. 14‘ hand, g.i.t., 88 lâ€"Zc; Toronto and west, 35 1-2c; some, upper lake ports, 83 1-2. Milfeedâ€"Scarse. Ton lots at the mill door sell as followszâ€"Bran. $12 to $12.50; and shorts, $14 to $14.50, west. Comâ€"About steady, No. 1 Ameri~ can, yellow, 48c, on track here; and mixed, 47o. Peasâ€"In good demand, at firrn prices. New peas, car lots, west im- mediate shipment, 59c; and east at 60c. Barleyâ€"Prices are firmer, No. 3 is quoted at 38c, and No. 2 at 400; feed barley, outside, 35c. New rye, 48c west; Ryeâ€"Quiet. and 49c east. Oatsâ€"New white oats, West, sell at 25c, and east at 26c. Flourâ€"Steady. Holders ask $2.80 for 90 per cent. patents, in buyers' bags, middle freights; and exporters bid $2.70; special brands sell locally from 10 to 20c above these figures. Bilmleapolis, Sept ll.â€"\Vheat clos- ed.â€"Septembe.r, 723-4c; December, ill .l l Elli. 'l‘i‘i Divided and Followed by British. l't' lie‘i’ who gallnntly. ’1‘110 (‘rmlil for their is due to Cron. Bruce Hamilton, marched cighly miles in four and a half days." A dospatcn from dlictfonlcin, of Sept. 7, says that the British have cuplured Lydenburg. Tim Boers manoeuvred. village in the Rosl. Gm). Hamilton outflanked them on the right, causing them to evacuate their strong positions. ’lhey abandon- ed some of their artillery and shelled Buller’s force to cover their retreat. 1 Their projectiles fell short, andlhe British. sustained no casualties. Gen. Botha was chagrined over re- linquishing the strongest position the Boers have held since they kept the British. at buy at the Tugela river It is reported that ex-Presidents Kruger and Steyn have fled and that Gen. Hamilton is in pursuit. A despatch from Lord Roberts, dated Belfast, Sept. 6,describes the opera- tions preliminary to 11.1118 capture of Lydonburg. Gen. lIan Hamilton was clearing the way for Buller’s column, which was driving the enemy befocre it. Gen. Buller had sustained a loss of two wounded. Lord Roberts hoped that Gen. Hamilton had sustained no losses. __....... g.“~&_‘lll. were completely out- 'llucy bolted through the direction of Pilgiim's . 73 3-8 too 740; on track, N04 1 hard, 75 il-Zc; No. 1 Northern, 721-20; No. 2 5 Northern, 72 1-4c. Flour and branâ€"a I Unchanged. | Milwaukee, Sept. 11.â€"Wheatâ€"Louw- ‘ear. No. lNorthern, 751-8c; No. 8 (Northern, 731-2 to 740. Ryeâ€"Lows lea; No. 1 530. Barleyâ€"Firm; No. 2, 510; sample, 41 to 500. Duluth. Sept. 11.â€"Wheat closed ;â€" INo. 1 hard, cash, 771â€"20; September, 77 1-2c; December, 77 l-Bc; No. 1 Northern, cash, 75 1-20: September, 75 1-20; December, 75 5~8c; No. 2 Northern, 71 1-20; No. 3 spring. 68 1-20. Cornâ€"39140. Oatsâ€"22 to 221-4o. Buffalo, Sept. 11.â€"-Sp\ring wheatâ€" No. 1 hard, carloads, 841-40; No. 1 Northern, oarloads, 811-20. Winter wheatâ€"Red offered at 751-20; No. 1 white, 741-2c; mixed, 74c. Corn.â€" Sttrong; No. 2 yellow, 45c; No. 3 yel- low, 44 3-40; No. 2 corn, 441-2c; No. 8 corn, 441â€"4c. Oatsâ€"No. 2 white, 25 3â€"4c; No. 3 white, 24 to 241-20; No. 4 2 mixed. 281-2c; Barleyâ€"Western Ryeâ€"No 1. Flourâ€"Quiet. white, 231-20; No. No. 3 mixed, 23o. melting, 47 to 49c asked. on. track. 551-20. steady. Toledo, Sept. 11.â€"Wheatâ€"Spot and September. 751-20; October, 761-20; December, 78 5â€"80. Cornâ€"No. 2, cash: and September, 411-2c; December, 34 1â€"4c. Oatsâ€"No. 2, cash, 220; Septem- ber, 2220; December, 233-40. Rye- No. 2, cash, 511-20. Clover seed and oilâ€"Unchanged. + BOER AUDACITY IN NATAL Dynamite Carried Off Near New» Castle. A despatch‘ from Pietermaritzbnrg, says:-â€"The Boer raiders in northern ‘Natal are becoming increasingly dar- ,ing and are causing unrest. Yesterday a. party of the enemy visited a colliery near Ingagane and carried off ahundred pounds of dyna- mite, for what purpose may easily be i conjectured. The general of communications has issued a warning to the collieries only immediate requirements. Ingagane is seven :miles south 0.4 ‘Newcastle. â€"â€".â€". VAN ZYL’S CHEEK. His lnsolent Protest Against the Burning ol Farms. A despatch from Krugersdorp, says: Commandant Van Zyl sent messages with a white flag to protest against the burning of farms and the bring- ing of women and children to this place as against the customs of civiliz- ed warfare. As Van Zyl is one of the men who took the oath of neutrality, and all the farms which have been burned are those of men who, after Itaking the oath, rejoined their com mandoes, no answer was returned to the insolent message. The two men who brought the flag were informed that Geo. Barton declined to consider communications of this sort from an outlaw and a man who had broken his oath. to store sufficient explosives for theirl