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â€"- Euler 0%}in NORTH. Botha, Reitz, and Viljeon With 1,500 Men Now in the Zoutspanberg District. A‘ despntch from Pretoria says ;â€"- qu-insy. Viljoen. the second in com- Defiinite icformation has been re- tmand, is temporarily the head 0f “10 ceived here to the effect th‘ll. when Boers. President Kruger crossed the border 1 State Secretary Reitz and his three lnto Portuguese territory the leaders sons are now fighting as burghch in he left behind him held a meeting at Bolha's commando. All the Boer leadâ€" Heetorspruit, and resolved to take ers recognize that the struggle is use- all the best mounted and go north luss,but they are obstinatcly deter- W'itll the lighter guns. The intention mined not to abandon it until they is 60 Work around Pietersburg and are compelled to. The poorly mounted continue the final struggle in the buriher; have betcn lfiftr (1): Zoutspanberg district. “"0"- l 0” Wily 0 I “1 Gen. Bolha is not seriously ill. He “055 “1‘ Portuguese border. L500 . Gen. Botha's force of about 18 Suffering from a mild attack of men has gone [mer AMUTHER‘S AWFUL Dun to drink carbolic acid must always re- main a mystery. The mother got the revolver iind fired thrcc s-bols. chest of the little girl was literally torn to pieces. It was about this time that Ethel the eldest daughter 1e- turned from school. the carbolic Again the pistol came into play. The mother shot twice at Ethel, but only one shot took effect. A few minutes later the little boy returned from be], aged 3, and Andre,“ aged 3 years, school, entering the kitchen through Another daughter, Ethel, 13 years, the back door. The mother met him SHOCKING CRIME OF A WOMAN 1N use in Ford‘th hospital badly in- at the door, and shot him, killing him MANHATTAN. Cunnan ofn lianlc â€"'l‘rtcd In .‘vlalle 'l‘hcm III-Ink Cal-Emile Aclulâ€"ltrumllng over "cull: llml Turnqu llcr Ih-ulll. A despatch from New York, says ;â€" Mire. Lillian Smith, of Inwood, lzorough of Manhattan. while insane to-ilay shot and killed 'her ‘two children, Ma- acid and rejected it. jllTUd. than committed suicide instantly. She then klllt‘tl herself. by shooting. 0 Before shooting the children, Mrs. Smith, with the cunning of a maniac, â€" tried to force them to driirkl cartolic acid. Long brooding over the prospect of death is said to [have been the cause of the woman's insanity. Mrs. Smith was the wife ofx \Valter M. Smith. who has been connected with the grocery house of Austh Nichols and 00. for :21 years. Inwood, the scene of the cri1n1e,is asuburbani Croft Edwards, an Englishman corn- .et'tlement on the banks of the Hud- mending a Boer force, who became son niver,jusit below lSpuyten Duyvel. ,prominent after the Jameson raid on Mine. Smith has been married for 13 ' account of a rabid antiâ€"British speech years. Up to 'three weeks ago she had he made, has surrendered at Krugers- lived with her husband and children .d'O’I'p with a few men. In the central portion of the city, but i A cioloniial force has gone south to of late she had been in poor health. It Elandsfontein to clear the Boers out became necessary to take her to the of the Kiip Riversberg hills. These “wintry, and Mr. Smith rented a large bills have been a. regular rendezvous old mansion, surrounded by great for the burghers lately. The ignorant Boer inhabitants here trees at Inwood. Apparently that attribute the fact that the British change of scene benefitted the wo- man. She drove her husband to: the officials are selling and distributing a desire on their part to -station this morning and appearedifood to happy and free from care, and. pl‘om- I clear out the stores before they give itseid to meet him on his return from ‘up the country. TheSe some P80- hlye city at night, .« ip-le still readin believe and circulate It is believed she went out in the , the most absurd stories about the imâ€" micrniiing, after her return from the l tervein-tion of the powers. Englishman Who Commanded a. Boer Force Made Prisoner. A despatch from Johannes-burg, saysâ€"General Barton is fighting a Boer commando north-east of Krug- ersdorp. Several bands of guerillas have reappeared ilIl that district re- cently, and more are expected. drive and bought the pistol. \Vhere Colonel Henry, who Wears the de- and when she ‘bought the carbolic solution of the Star of India, who :10in is a mystery. \Vith the pistol is reorganizing the police depart- ment here, has introduced the sysâ€" tem of identification by finger-marks, and in this way intends to register every native. This plan will be f great assistance in the distribution of passes, the regulation of labor, and the suppression of illicit liquor she bought a box of cartridges. Ten of these were missing from the box, In the pistol were found three dis- charged cartridges and two loaded. In the attempt to wipe out her fam- ily it is believed. Mrs. Smith fired eiig'ht shots in all, but two of which took effect. ’Sellmg- HOW SHE KILLED THEM SAYS 180 WERE KILLED. At three o'clock in the afternoon â€"-- mu. 3mm”) instructed NIr3_ Moore ’I‘el'rlblc Lois lnlllclcd llpon llulu-d to have her husband and coach-i . 5mm“ 1V""“_”"" . mu much up the team and i .A despatch from Paris sayszâ€"Agon- take a ride on the speedway. The c1110, Aguinaldo‘s representative here, has communicated to a correspondent the following despatch which he has just received:â€" “ In a battle fought. at San Juan the Americans lost 180 men, the Fili- pinios 20, among them Lieut.â€"Col. Fi- del, \v ho was leading a bayonet attack, and who before dying criedzâ€"J‘l' die contented. lbave done my duty. A cheer for the linarty of the Philip- pines." "At Santa Crus, in the Marinduque, the American comprising fifty-two mun, rendered to the Filipinos. At Pasig and _l’aranaque, a few miles from Manila, fighting is progressing with renewed ardor.” Moeres returned shortly before four o‘clock in the afternoon. and they were met by Mrs. Smith at the door. The woman was only partly clothed. She did not seem to be agitated. ' ‘Don’t come in,yet." she said, with a smile "take a long ride; there is plenty of time in the afternoon." The Monroe again went away. but did not stay long. They returned at 4.30, and discovered the tragedy that had been enacted in their absence. The little child was killed first in the front room on the second floor. How the mother induced a 3-yearâ€"old baby island of garrison, has sur- Hart’s Good Work Brought to aSuccessful Con: clusion==Buller’s Captures Near Lydenburg. " Hart has returned to Krugersdcrp 'having engaged the enemy on twen- ty-nine occasions .in as many days. His casualties were three killed and 24 wounded. Many Boers were killed and 95 made prisoners. He captured 2,720 head of cattle and 3,281 sheep." brought two guns into action on Oct. “The Dublin Fusiliers made a night 1, but afterward disappeared, taking assault with the bayonet on a Boer the guns with them. During the march laager between Pretoria and Johannes- 600 head of cattle, 6,000 sheep, and 159 burg and captured nine men, mostly waggon loads of supplies were cap- important Boers, who have troubled tured. One hundred and nine burghers the district. red, and 184,000 rounds of thgiopgty 0‘ Bfegsohave Pfil‘em‘ctfid .. A u ern par 0 range iver o- “mmumtlon “'45 deStroy':ony entering De Wetsdorp and Wep- ‘ener. Detachments are after them." A despatch from London says:â€"â€"-The War Office has received the following despatch from Lord Roberts: " Bullet returned to Lydenburg yes- terday, after a successful march from Spitzkop. He reached Pilgrims’ Real: Sept. 27, the enemy retiring. The Boers The 1 She too, tastcd' luiiinu [it THE WURLD Prices o’Cattle, Cheese. Grain. 31.3 In the Leading Markets. THE STREET MARKET. Toronto, Oct. 9.â€"-On the street to- day 700 bush white wheat sold at 09c; 400 bush red wheat. at We, 1,000 bush goose wheat at 000; :1 loal of spring wheat at 700; 5,500 bush barley lat 43 to 481-30, 400 bush cats at 28 Twenty-five loads of hay sold at, $l‘.’ to $13 a. ton, and odd loads of straw ,at $111 to $11. Dressed hogs were steady at $8 to $8.15. .\that, wht., straight.$ 000 3 0 09 \Vbcal’, rod, . . . 0 00 ll till Wheat, spring. . . 000 0 70 Wheat, goose. . . . . 000 009 Oats. . . . . . . 0 :28 029 Barley. . . . . . 0 43 0181-2 ,llyc.. . . . . . . 000 054 Peas. . . . . . 0 00 0 54 Y Hay, per ton. . . . . 13 00 14 00 ‘Straw, per ton. . . . 1100 12 00 i Dressed hogs. . .i . . 800 835 : Butter in lb. rolls. . 0 20 024 i Eggs, new laid. . . . 018 0.19 gChfckens, per pair. . 050 060 Turkeys, per lb. . . . 0 11 0 13 Ducks, per pair. . . . 050 080 Potatoes, er bag. . . 030 035 Apples, per bbl. . . . 040 100 Beef, hindquarters. . 700 900 Beef, forequarters. . A100 550 Beef, carcass. . . . '. 550 775 Mutton. . . . . G 00 800 Lamb, spring, per lb. 008 009 Veal, carcase. . . 800 950 DRESSED HOGS AND PROVISIONS. Dressed hogs continue scarce and very firm. They are bringing $8 to $8.15. and last year's pack is being gradu- ally cleaned up. Quotations for provisions are as follows ;â€"Dry salted shoulders, 8c; 'long clear bacon. car lots, 10c; ton lots, 10 to 101-80; case lots, 101-4 to 101-2c; short cut pork, $19.50 to $20; heavy mess, $17.50 to $18. Smoked mealsâ€"Hams, heavy, 12c; medium, 130; light, 13 1â€"2c; breakfast bacon, 12 1-2 to 13 1-20; picnic hams, 100; roll bacon, llc; smoked backs, 13c. All meats out of pickle’lc less than prices quoted for smoked meats. . Lardâ€"Tierces, 9 3â€"4 to 100; tubs, 10 to 10 1-4c, pails 10 1â€"4 to 101-2c. DAIRY MARKETS. Butter,â€" Easier. Creamery boxes dropped another 10 today, selling as low as 190. Commission houses sell to the trade as followsâ€"Dairy, tubs and pails, choice, 17 to 18c; and second quality, at 14 to 15¢; dairy prints, choice, 19 to 200; creamery, boxes, 19 to 210; and pounds, 22 to 230. Cheeseâ€"Full creamery, July and August makes, sells at 11 1-2 to 12c. THE CHEESE MARKETS. Brockville, Out ,Oct. 9.â€"At the Cheese Board toâ€"day 3.069 boxes were boarded, of which 2,077 were coloured; balance white; 10 1-2c was freely bid by'the buyers for their cheese of white and coloured, but the salesmen refused this price. The factory men seem to be looking for 10 3-4c. The board adjourned without any busi- ness being done. PRODUCE. Eggsâ€"Scarce and firm. Consider- any more could be sold than are coming in. Single cases sold to the trade as follows;â€"Fresh, 180; held, trade as follows;â€"Fresh 18c; hold 160; and culls, 9 to 100. Poultryâ€"No dressed poultry is com- ing to hand as yet. Live birds, in crates, sell at 500 per pair. Potatoes. Market steady Car lots on track, sold at 28 to 300 per bag. Sales out of store, were made at 35 to 40c. Field produce, etcâ€"Turnips, out of store 30c per bag; onions, 1c per lb; apples, per bbl, 50c to $1. Dried fruitsâ€"Apples plentiful and easy. Dried sell at 3 to 31â€"2c, and evaporated at 4 1-2 to Sc. Beansâ€"Quiet. New beans bring $1.20 to $1.25. Choice hand-picked beans are quoted at $1.55 to $1.60 for old sotck. Honeyâ€"Dealers quote from 9to 100. per lb. for 5,10, or tiO-lb. tins. Comb honey sells at $2.25 to $2.50 per dozen sections. Baled hayâ€"About steady. Arrivals on track moderate. No, l timothy, car lots, on track here, $0.25 to $10; two- ton‘ lots, delivered, sell at $10.50. Baled strawâ€"Car lots of good oat straw are quoted at $5 to $5.50 on track; and ton lots, delivered, at $6 to $0.50. Hopsâ€"Offerings liberal. and prices easy. New 1900 crop is now quoted at 11 to 13c, and yearling-s, at Sto 9c. LIVE STOCK. Toronto, Oct. 9.â€"0nly 35 carloads of live stock were received this morning at the western cattle yards, including 700 hogs, 270 cattle, and about 300 sheep and lambs. There was no market; only a few off deals of no quotable consequence hapâ€" pening. There was no export trade. For the little good quality butcher .10 19c, and one load of rye at 543.. ,cattle here I an Cum/0r urinal). British Had Only One Man Wounded and the Plunder So i cured Included Much Ammunition. l A despatch from London; merd Roberts reports to the War Of- fice, that a force under General t‘le- mt-nts had surprised a liner convoy invar Rustenbnrg', capturingr 2‘.) wag- gons, some rifle-s, 10,000 rounds lof ammunition. The only British rasâ€" ualiy was one wounded. lmrd Roburts adds that the casualâ€" tiics at Dejagcr's drift on October 1 were not as seriious as at: first reâ€" ported, (nly seven having been “'ulllld- ed. M says;â€" and we had adcmand at un- changed prices, but the bulk of the stuff was unsold. Stockers, feeders, and export bulls The provision trade is good. are unchanged. For stockers we had a fair enquiry. Sheep) are unchanged and steady, with alight demand. lots of choice lambs sold up to 4cper lots of choice lambs sold up to 4c per pound. Hogs are unchanged and steady. Prime hogs are selling at 61-2c per lb. . Sows are worth 31-2c per 1b., and 5 «tags 20 per lb. For fat and light hogs the outside price was 51â€"2 per lb. Bogs to fetch the top price must be of prime quality, and scale not below 100 nor above 200 lbs. Buffalo, Oct. 9.4pring wheatâ€"~No. 1, spot, carloads, 89 1-4c; No. 1Northâ€" ern, spot, 86 3-4c. \Vinter wheatâ€"No. 2 red, 78c; No. 1 white, 76c .;. mixed, 77c. Cornâ€"Firm; No. 2yellow, 4G 3-4c; No. 3 yellow, 46 1â€"20; No. 2 corn, 46c. No. 3 corn, r13 3-4c. Oatsâ€"Strong; No. 2 white. 26 3-4 to 27c {'No. 4white, 25 1-4c; No. 2mixed, 24 1â€"4 to 24 1-2c;i No.3 mixed, 23 3-4 to 2lc. Barleyâ€"Ohio! on track, 57c; \Vestevrn 56 to 02c ask- ed. Ryeâ€"N0. 2, nominally 56 1-2 to 57c. Flourâ€"Steady. Detroit, October 9.-â€"-‘\Vheat closedâ€" No. 1 white, cash, 77 1-40; No. 2red, cash, 79 1â€"4c; October, 79 1-2c; De- cember, 82c. Toledo, Oct. 9.â€"â€"VVheatâ€"Spot, 800; November, 810; December, 82 1-4c. Cornâ€"No. 2 cash, 42c; October, 40 3â€"40; Decembecr, 3? 1-2c. Oatsâ€"No. 2,.cash, and October, 23 lâ€"vtc ; December 24 1-40. Ryerâ€"No. 2 cash, 54c. Clover seedâ€" October, $7.35; December, $7.12 1-2; No. 2, $6.30. Oilâ€"Unchanged. Minneapolis, Oct. 9.â€"â€"Wheat-â€"Octo-l ber, 79c; December, 79 to 79 1-80; May, 81 1-20; to arrive, 82 1-8c; No. 1North- em, 80 1-2; No. 2Northern, 77 1-2 to 79 1-80. Flourâ€"5c higher; first pat- ents, $4.35 to $4.45; second patents, $4.15 to $4.25; first clears $3.15 to $3.25; second clears, $2.15 to $2.25. Branâ€"In bulk, $12 to $12.25. Duluth, Oot. 9,â€"Wheat closedzâ€"No. 1 hard, cash, 82 5-8c; to arrive, 82 3-40; October, 82 5-8c; December, 83; May,i 85 5:80; No. 1Northern, cash, 80 5â€"8c; December, 81c, May, 83 3-8c; No. 2,0 to arrive, 80 3-4c; October, 80 5-80; Northern, 75 5-80. Corfuâ€"41c. Oatsâ€"23 3-4 to 23 1-2c. Milwaukee, Oct. 9.â€"thatâ€"ngher; No. 1 Northern, 81 1-4 to 82 1-2c; No. 2 do, 79 to 80 1-2c. Ryeâ€"Steady; No. 1, 55 to 55 1-2c. Barleyâ€"No. Z, 58 to 59c; sample, 45 to 52c. I _..+.__ 5 SLAUGHTERED EACH OTHER Cossacks Mistook the French for ; Boxers and Fired Upon Them. A despatch from Rome, says :â€"A ’l‘aku despath to the Tribune says he Russians mistook the French for Box- ers in the attack on Shanhai-Kwan, and fired on them. The French return- ed the fire. Six Russian soldiers and seven Frenchmen were killed. ruseiiugiuuiinun REFUGEES llli‘l‘lillV. A despalrh from London says',â€"'l‘he Foreign Offii-e has i'iu‘vivml the fol- lowing despatoh the llritish High Commissioner in South Africa Sir Alfred Minter;â€" "The refugees will begin to return to the Transvaal Octubc-l‘ 10, at the rate of about one tlhousnnd weekly. It will take at least three months to repatriatu those who are waiting in South Africa. from HOLD 16,000 PRISGNERS. Burghers Furrendering Daily, Rob- erts Reports. A despatch from London sayszâ€"The War Office has received the follmving (lcspatch from Lord Roberts, under date of Oct. 6;â€" "Methuen arrived at Ruslenburg yesterday. He had twat Mgagcments with Commandant 'Leinmer‘s force Sept. 25. His casualties were one severely and two slightly wounded. Seven Boers were killed and 24 made prisoners. "Clements is sending 24 prisoners from Magaliesburg. The total numâ€" ber of Beer prisoners is now 10,000. The burghers are surrendering daily. "Kellyâ€"Kenny reports that he had an engagement lasting three hours at Bultfontcin yesterday with a strong force of Boers. His casualties were five officers wounded and one officer missing. The Boers lost heavily. "A detachment c’fthe London Irish endeavoured to surprise a party of Boers near Bultfontein, October 4, but had to retire after three hours‘ fight- ing, with six men wounded." "Commandant Miller has surrender- ed to Glory, and Commandant Dirksen and others are on their way to Pre- toria to surrender." fl___ CHINESE REPULSE RUSSIANS Force C01. Artamonotf to Retire From Attack on 14,000 Men. A despatch from Moscow, says :â€"Col Artamonoff, on a reconnoitring expedi- tion, discovered in a strong position south of Shcwang-Chung-Pu abody of 14,000 rebels with 30 guns. The Bus- sians advanced under a strong rifle fire, but had to retire. An attack on tho place. has been decided upon. General Orloff has defeated several bodies of rebels along the Hun‘chur- road, and has occupied three small towns. . The Chinese squadron is rapidly be- ing placed ona war footing. Twenty vessels, including 13 battleships, are at Fu-Chow, and 2:3 torpedo gunboats and 14 supply boats and coast defenders are at Canton. The Chinese Legation confirms the report! of Prince Tuan’s disgrace, and announces that he will shortly be triedt THEIR WORK IS DONE British Army Headquarters in U. S to be Closed. A despatch from Chicago, sayszâ€"A special to the Record from New Or- leans say-:â€" "The British army headquarters in this city are to be closed soon. Since the English officers were sent here in August, 13.9, to purchase supplies, 15,- 000 horses and 42,000 mulel have been shipped to Cape Town, as well as large quantities of forage and other sup- plies, the pay therefore being about $10,000,000 in English gold.” . M..-_‘.___-_____â€" __ 2 Officers Killed and-‘18 Wounded in a Fierce Battle With Chinese. A despzitch from St. Petersburg s:iys;â€"-’l‘he Russian general staff has‘ with Ihei operations north of Old Niuâ€"Cliwang,i ceived a despatch dealing which says that General I’leischer’s‘ division of 0,000 men, with artillery,, engaged the Chinese on a vast plain ‘ The Bus- sians lost two officers killed and lb covered with high grass. wounded. According to the same advimw Col.| \rtananoff, while roconnoitrngwiih two squadrons of cavalry, came into touch with fourteen thousand (liscip-l ,will begin in ten days. lined Chinese. These General Fleis cher is expected to engage. I'JXPEDl'l‘ION TO PAO-TING-FU. The movement of Indian troops The British and the Germans con'inue sending troops to Pckin. There are renewed preparations for an expedition in force against Pao- Ting-Fu. The troops will probably leave in a fortnight, and columns from Pekin will co-operate with the expedition. Resistance is expected, as the Boxers are there in large num- bers. awn“!