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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1907-09-18, Page 3i General Transatlantic Co. to Inaugurate New Route. A despatch from Montreal says: There is now every assurance according to information received in Montreal from France that the general trans-Atlantic steamship company will establish a di­ rect line of first-'class steamships be­ tween France and the St. Lawrence next season. It is said that the com­ pany has under consideration the bring­ ing to Quebec and Montreal of some of its largest and fastest vessels, such as the Province, the Touraine and the Loraine. The inauguration of the proposed new Franco-Canadian line is a direct result of the commercial treaty which, accordMig to reports, has been agreed upon by the Governments of 'France and Canada. On several occasions dur­ ing recent years efforts have been made to establish a line of steamers between the two countries, but each undertaking proved a failure which was accounted for at the time by the fact that the trade between France and Canadh was not sufficient to support an independent and direct line of fast steamers. ROBBERS STOPPED TRAIN.NO MORE ACETYLENE. THE WORLD’S MARKETS REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Other Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. Sept. 17. — Flour — Ontario per cent, patents are un­ CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE. Masked Men Hold Up Great Northern in Montana. A despatch from St. Paul says: The ■Great Northern Oriental Limited train, No. 1, which left St. Paul Tuesday morning, was held up by two masked men near Rexford, Mont., early on Thursday morning. The robbers crawled over the tender and, at the point of their guns, commanded the engineer to stop the train. The robbers kept up a continual fusillade with their guns, to terrify the passengers. They then went through the mail cars and robbed the sacks of a larg quantity of registered hiail. Then they went into the express car. which carried an overflow of mail, taggage and express, and contained a regular through safe. After exploding three dynamite charges the safe was opened and found to be- empty. On Hi ding the safe empty the highwaymen helped themselves to the registered mail, and after firing a parting volley disappeared. A reward of $5,000 is feied for their capture. ----------❖--------- - MUCH RAIN IN THE NORTH. of- Asserlilon of Surveyor Working Northern Ontario. A despatch from Toronto says: “Rain has been so excessive that everything is full of water to overflowing,” writes Thos. Fawcett, of Fort William, to the Survey Department. lie has been en­ gaged in surveying blocks 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the territory on the “Soo” branch of the National Transcontinental Rail­ way, which comprises a part of the land grant from Ontario to the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. Each block of land is 18 miles long by 6 miles wide. The parly lias been continually wad­ ing in water in places that are usual­ ly solid ground. Of the character of thf land in question, the surveyor says that block No. 1 timbered on the No 2 is mostly tamarack, birch, in i.s rolling and heavily last six miles. Block timbered with spruce, poplar and pine. —.p____._ NEW CANADIAN' PACIFIC BOATS. Two Larger and Faster Boats Recom­ mended for Atlantic. A despatch from London says: The Canadian Pacific annual report recom­ mends the transfer of the Empresses of Britain and Ireland to the Pacific, to be replaced by larger and faster boats for the Atlantite, or alternatively two steamers to be built for the Pacific trade. It is staled that probably a fast­ er and more frequent service will be made conditional on the renewal of the mail contract between Liverpool and Hong Kong next April. The Mail re­ gards it as a step in the direction of the “All Red” route.-----*------ RAILWAY WORK DELAYED. Government Road Cannot Procure Steel for Viaducts. A despatch from Toronto says: The construction of certain viaducts on the Temiskaming & Northern Ontario Rail­ way has been delayed owing to the lack of steel. One of these viaducts is at Wabi and another at Waypeabeag. A severe rainstorm caused a landslide at Taylor’s Creek, south of Englehart, last week. The scarcity of labor, too, has kept work back. Men can receive excel­ lent wages working in the mines and with prospecting parties. rThe recent miners’ strike has not improved the la­ bor situation any, since any kind of labor commanded high pay at the mines. Evidence Grand Trunk Officials Issue Circular Prohibiting its Handling. A despatch from Toronto says : Circu­ lars to the effect that in future the Grand Trunk Railway Company will not haul cars containing acetylene gas have been issued by Superintendent Brown­ lee and Third Vice-President Fitzhugh, as follows :— “Owing to numerous cases of fire in railroad accidents which have resulted from the carriage of or use of acetylene gas, this company will, hereafter decline to haul cars carrying stored acetylene gas, or cars with their own acetylene generating plant charged. Official cars equipped with acetylene gas for illumin­ ating purposes will not be declined, pro­ vided storage tanks and the generating plants or cartridges are emptied when coming on to the line. Failure to ob­ serve this rule means instant dismissal.” CUTTING OFF INSURANCE. Congested District of Montreal Regarded as Unsafe by Underwriters. A despatch from Montreal says: Tho fire underwriters have been threatening for some time to reduce the amount of insurance they are carrying in the con­ gested district of the city. They com­ plain that the city is not properly equip­ ped with fire-fighting apparatus. Sev­ eral companies have carried their threats into .execution. The Liverpool, London & Globe is said to have cut of! another half million. The North British & Mercantile has reduced, it- is said, by nearly one million, the Royal has cur­ tailed or is curtailing its policies to the tune of about one million. Down-town business men are becoming alarmed at the turn of "* ’ KILLED affairs. IN SUNDAY CAROUSAL.___ ■■.?^» Four Boys Went on a Spree and One was Shot. A despatch from St. John, N.B., says: A shocking slate of affairs was revealed Tuesday by an inquest into the death at Lilly Lake, near Campbellton, of Oliver Peters, a lad. He was accidentally shot on Sunday by a comrade, Benj. Beatty. The evidence showed four boys had gone on a drunken carousal to Lilly Lake, taking much liquor with them, also firearms. They spent the day play­ ing for the drinks. The jury condemned t'm fact that such youths could procure liquor freely, and they asked that Peters’ companion b8 proceeded against for violating (he law, and that Sunday law­ lessness generally in the neighborhood be suppressed. -----«----- POPULATION GROWS SLOWLY. Ontario Had 40,511 More People in 1906 Than in 1905. A despatch from Toronto says: Com­ parative statistics contained in a muni­ cipal bullelfin of the Ontario Bureau of Industries, show that- in the year 1906 the population of Ontario increas­ er! by 40.511. in the year 1906 it num­ bered 2.141.771, as compared with 2,- .101.269 in 1905. real property $1,023,479,297. •325. Business $59,592,477; in (083,013; ,918; previous year, $12,577,762. The total assessed values for 1906 are $1.- ill 3,502.692, and for 1905, $1,036,910,130. In 1906 the average taxation per head was $8.41, and in 1905 $7 90. . The assessed value of in Ontario in 1906 was In 1905 it was $978,249,- assessinent in 1906 was the previous year, $46,- . 1906, taxable income, $20,430,- •previous year, $12,577,762. Toronto, wheat 90 changed at $3.50 irr buyers’ sacks outside fo-‘ export. Manitoba first patents, $5 to $5.20; second patents, $4.55 to $4.65, and strong bakers’, $4.30' to $4.40. Wheat—Manitoba wheat is firmer. No. 1 northern quoted at $1.05%, lake ports, and No. 2 at $1.03,. lake ports. , Ontario wheat, No. 2 red winter, quoted at 87 to 88c at outside points. Oats—New No. 2 Ontario white oats are quoted at 44 to 45c at outside, and old at 47c outside. No. 2 Manitoba white oats, nominal, at 48 to 49c, Owen Sound. Barley—No. 2, nominal, at 56c outside, and No. 3 extra at 53 to 54c, outside. Corn—No. 2 American yellow is quoted at 74 to 75c, Toronto freights, and mixed at 73 to 73%c. Bran—The market is nominal at $20 in bulk outside. Shorts are quoted $23.50 to $24.50 outside. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Beans—Hand-picked quiet at $1.70 $1.75, and primes at $1.50 to $1.60. Honey—13c per lb in 10-ft> tins. Poultry—Turkeys, dressed, 14 to 15c per lb; chickens, spring, alive, 10c; dressed, 12 and 13c; ducks, alive, 9c; do, dressed, 11 to 12c. Ilay—No. 1 timothy is quoted at $14 $15 here in car lots. Straw—$7.50 a ton on track here. Potatoes—They are quoted 65c per bushel. HOG PRODUCTS. Dressed hogs in cur lots are Bacon, long clear, 11 to ll%c case lots; mess pork, $20 to $21; short cut, $22.50- to $23. Hams—Light to medium, 15% to 16c; do, heavy, 14 to 15c; rolls, ll%c; shoul­ ders, 10% to 11c; backs, 16% to 17c; breakfast bacon, 15% to 16c. Lard—Tierces, 12c; tubs, 12%c; 12%c. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter—Pound prints, 22 to 23c, and large rolls, 20 to 21c. Creamery rules at 24 to 26c, and solids at 22 to 23c. Eggs—Choice stock selling at 19% to 20c por dozen in case lots. Cheese—Large quoted at 12%c, and twins at 13 to 13%c. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreat, Sept. 17.—Grain—A feature of the local grain trade was the stronger feeling in the market for oats, and prices scored a further advance of %c pc- bushel. Sales of car lots of Mani­ toba No. 2 white were made at 50% to 51c per bushel, ex store. There was no improvement in the demand for Mani­ toba spring wheat. Flour—Choice spring wheat patents, $5.50; seconds, $4.90.; winter wheat patents, $4.65 to $4.75; straight, rollers, $4.25 to $4.35; do, in bags, $1.95 to $2.10; extras, $1.65 to $1.75. Feed—Manitoba bran, in bags, $21 to $22; shorts, $24 to $26 per ton; Ontario bran, in bags, $21 to $22; shorts, $24 to $25; milled mouillie, $25 per ton; straight grain, $30 to $32. Provisions—Barels short cut. mess, $22 to $22.50; half-barrels do, $11.25 to $11.75; clear fat backs, $23.50 to $24.50; long cut heavy mess, $20.50 to $21.50; half-barrels do, $10.75 to $11.50; dry salt, long clear bacon, 10 to ll%c; barrels p'ate beef. $14 to $16; half-barrels do, $7.50 lb $8.25; barrels heavy mess beef, $10; half-barrels do, $5.50; compound lard, 10% to 10%c; pure lard, 11% to 12%c; kettle rendered, 13 to 13%c; hams, 12% to 15%c; breakfast bacon, 14 to 15%c; Windsor bacon, 15 to 15%c fresh kilted abattoir dressed hogs, $9.25 to $9.50; alive, $6.35 to $6.50. Butter— Townships, 22% to 22%c; Quebec, 22 to 22%c. Eggs—No. 1 candled and straight­ receipts, 20 to 21c per dozen. Cheese— Western, 12% to 12%c; townships, 12% to 12%c; Eastern, 12 to 12%c. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 17.—Wheat-- No 1 northern, $1.06 to $1.08; No. 2 northern, $1.03 to $1.05%; Dec., 97%c bid. Rye—No. 1, 90% to 91c. Barley— Lower; No. 2, 96%c; sample, 76 to 90c. Corn—Steady, No. 3, cash, 63% to 64%c. Sept., 59%c. Minneapolis, Sept. 17.—Sept., $1.01%; Dec., $1.02%; May, $1.06%; No. 1 hard, old, $1.06; new, $1.05%; No. 1 northern, old, $1.05; new, $1.04%; No. 2 northern, old, $1.02 to $1.03; No. 2 northern, new, $1.01% to $1.02; No. 3 northern, 98%c to $1.01%. Flour—First patents, $5.15 to $5.35; second patents, $5.15 to $5.25; first clears, $3.55 to $3.65; second clears, $2.85 to $2.95. Bran—In bulk, $20.7a to $21. at 60 at to to to nominal, per lb in pails, in the Quebec Bridge In- vestigation. A despatch from bridge commission down Io the investigation in earnest of the causes of the disaster. At the after­ noon session several survivors of the accident were examined, and among the new features brought out was the allega­ tion that another chord in the super­ structure was bent. Eugene I.ajeun- nesse, one of the survivors, testified there was a bend in one of the canti­ lever arms of about two inches, but there was no break or crack, .............. first time any defect in this part of the structure was spoken of. In addition to the witnesses summoned the commission will go Io the hospital to examine the victims still confined there. The copi- mission will also go to New York to examine Theodore Cooper, consulting engineer. - Quebec says:. The on Thursday got and of the pier One witness testified that this so, but that it was simply Ouimet that one . anchor moned. was not crimped. The verdict of the Coroner’s jury was presented on Thursday, and imputing blame to no one was not unexpected, as net sufficient evidence had been heard to fix responsibility. The Government com­ mission, however, intend to go fully intonasbivin, uo IF tl>« matter. Lafrance, who testified plates of the shoe of the was bent, will be sum­ CATTLE MARKET. Toronto, Sept. 17.—An improvement in trade in stackers is looked for as a result of recent rains. Butchers’ Cat­ tle—The general run of butchers’ cattle was not the best, although trade was brisk. What came were quickly picked up. Export market was steady, with very little doing. Stockers—The market is dull, but little firmer. Heavy Feeders—There continues god odemand for good feeders, 1,050 1,100 lbs., al $4 to $4.50. Sheep and Lambs—A fair-sized run brought prices down a little. Ilogs—The hog ‘with a big run. loc all round. a a to market was easier. Prices were djown TERRORISTS KEEPING BUSY. Three more bodies were recovered on Thursday from the river. One was iden­ tified as that of Joseph Binet, Montreal. One is supposed to be that of Ward, drowned from the bridge some time be­ fore the accident, and the third is un­ identified. Two More Russian Officials Put Out of the Way. A despatch from Grodno, Russia, says: Ex-Chief of Police Mafsevitch, of Bialy­ stok, was mortally wounded by a Ter­ rorist here on Wednesday. Ilis assailant was captured. The chief of the secret police at Irkutsk, Siberia, Gavyloff, was assassinated on Wednesday. Telegraph Briefs From Our Own and Other Countries of Recent Events. CANADA. ’ The annual report of the C. P. R. shows gross earnings of $72,217,000. Francis Sauve, aged 73, was caught setting fire to buildings in Hull. Gate receipts at the Toronto Exhi­ bition showed an increase of $1,700 over last year. Coal in Montreal has advanced an­ other .25 cents, and is now $7.25 per ton. Montreal’s new jail is to cost $790,- 000 and will be finished in two years. Fire losses in New York city, from all causes, annually amount to nearly $10,000,000. F. Bodnar of Vonda, Sask., shot his little boy who was. asleep in the grain, taking him for a wildcat. Henry Drake, a Dorchester farmer, was fined $25 and costs in London for selling adulterated milk. Kosk Moroski, a young Polish domes­ tic at Winnipeg, was seriously 'burned by tho explosion of a can of kerosene. The Ontario Railway Board advises municipalities not to borrow money for loteal improvements, at the present ex­ cessive rates of interest. Smugglers have adopted a new game in the St. Lawrence. They drop cigars over the sides of ocean steamers into waiting boats, and so evade the cus­ toms officers. Through the omission of the word “life” in a special act passed by the city of Montreal the Corporation -is compelled to refund $25,000 wrongful­ ly collected in taxes from the life in­ surance companies. GENERAL. Chinese troops in Hunan have routed the insurgents,’ killing over a hundred of then*.. Four men from the United States ciuiser Chattanoogo wore mobbed by Japanese at Hakodate. China has appointed a commission to report on the iconstitutional system 1 f Great Britain, Japan and Germany. Representatives of the five Central American republics met in Washington to arrange a basis, for .a permanent! peace. A Russian statistician has estimated the number of victims of the disorders in Russia at- 47,020, of which number 19,144 were killed. GREAT BRITAIN. The new airship designed for the Bri­ tish army navigated against wind blow­ ing fifteen miles an hour at Farnborough 0:1 Tuesday. UNITED STATES. Caught between the lies, a horse held up a train for two hoyat at Fishkill Landing, N. Y. Mrs. Isabella F. Brinkman, the widow of a Waterloo veteran died in Washing­ ton a few days While riding to be married, Springs, Ark., Eight nurses since. in a wagon on the way Edward Barnes, of Hot was killed by lightning. __w and a woman clerk at­ tached to the staff of Government Hospi­ tal, New York, are victims of typhoid fever. The Court of Common Pleas at Phila­ delphia declared Pennsylvania’s two- cent fare law unreasonable and uncon­ stitutional. On account of the surplus supply of copper in the United States the Amal­ gamated Company will close its mine at Butte, Mont. In a quarrel over a pig, the Rev. John Grant, a Methodist pastor, killed the Rev. Martin Green, Baptist, at Galloway, Ark. A German chemist at Columbus, Ohio, has discovered an anti-toxine that will kill diphtheria germs in the living hu­ man organism in three minutes. The President of the Phoenix Bridge Company has saw that it will require at least two years to reconstruct the wrecked portion of the Quebec bridge. The Standard Oil Company has ap­ plied for a writ of supersedus to prevent the United States Government from pro­ ceeding to collect the fine of $29,240,000. On account of the almost complete destruction of the pastures near Esca­ bana, Mich., by grasshoppers, the milk supply is seriously threatened. An attorney was charged in a Chi­ cago court the other day with acting for both complainant and defendant in a case which was being tried. Worry over imprisonment on a false charge of burglary changed black hair tc white in a few weeks in the case of Ciias. gan. The limns in Wf Eligity,of Escabana, Michi- steamer General Wil- discovery of a wreck of water, two miles lake survey reports the thirty-six feet north-east of Colchester light, near De­ troit. After watching a sheriff’s officer carry his 'belongings to the street in Boston for non-payment of rent, Walter II. Brown went back into the house, drank poison and died. Crazed with a desire to attend funerals which she herself caused, Muss Adelaide Korizek, aged 28 years, has been send­ ing poisoned candy through the mails to people in Racine, Wis. A committee of prominent education­ ists from New York have reported that after investigation they have estimated that about one-third of the school chil­ dren in physical WIRE tile country are suffering from defects.------------- FENCE CARRIED CURRENT. Two Miners Killed During Storm at Arona, Penn. * A despatch from Greensburg, Penn., says: Jesse Weaver and Louis W. Long, married, miners, of Arona, were electro­ cuted and two other persons seriously injured late on Tuesday night when lightning struck a trolley feed wire, knocking it down upon a barbed wire fence, which the men touched as they sought shelter from a storm. Convinced That Canadian Government Can Protect Aliens. A despatch from London says: An article which appears in the Jiji Shimpo, of Tokio, says: “Regret has already been expressed by the Canadian Government, coupled with assurances that measures will be taken to prevent similar inci­ dent in future. A Royal message has Oven been, sent to the Dominion au­ thorities with reference to the matter. Ad this furnishes the clearest evidence that the Japanese have sympathy in official quarters. Moreover the power of the Dominion Government over in­ dividual Stales is greater than that of the Washington Government, and the Canadian police are more efficient than San Francisco’s. There is therefore every reason to believe that the fullest protection will be given to our com­ patriots in Vancouver.” The Hochi Shimbun urges the ne­ cessity of taking effective steps for the protection of Japanese abroad. The Kokumin is gratified at- the fact that the Japanese, youths and men, have shown themselves capable of self-de­ fence in whatever corner of the world they may be, -and expresises apprecia­ tion of the attitude of the British au­ thorities and newspapers. The calm­ ness with which the news of the mob­ bing was received is mainly traceable to Japanese confidence in British friend­ ship and justice. SHOWING HER GOOD WILL. The Morning Post remarks anent the statement that Japan would voluntas* Uy limit immigration into Canada: “In thus refraining from demanding her pound of flesh Japan is showing he? good-will in a more convincing way than another power’ which, while ex­ ploiting its friendship for a kindred na­ tion, habitually claims two pounds for every pound guaranteed by treaty.” ARRIVALS OF JAPANESE. A despatch from Ottawa says: Re- ft ports received at. the Department of Trade and Commerce show that during the month of August the Japanese ar­ rivals at Victoria were 390, of whom 351 were males. Of these 102 proceed­ ed to the United States. In addition to the above there were 226 arrivals who did not land, being en route to the United States; three en route to other parts of Canada, and three en route to other countries. During-, the first sev­ en days in September 395 Japanese ar- nver at Victorio, 102 of whom proceed­ ed to the United States. Many more are under advisement with the immi­ gration authorities and may go to the United States. COURT IN THE FOREST.PROTECTING THE YOUNG. Novel Plan of Enforcing Liquor Laiw in North Ontario. A despatch from Toronto says: For the benefit of those who sell liquor il­ licitly in the northern parts of Ontario a novel plan has been prepared by the Provincial License Department for the purpose of administering summary jus­ tice. Already several persons have been fined for committing the offence m the Montreal River District. The idea is that tho court and constables shall travel together, and when arrests are made, the trial shall take place at ciUe “under the blue vault of Hea­ ven,” as one official -explained. It was suggested, and doubtless carried into effect, that Chief License Inspector Blackwell, Chief Constable Coldbeck, <f Cobalt, Magistrate Brown, of Cobalt, and several special officers of the Pro­ vincial Department should visit the places where it was suspected liquor was being .illegally sold', 'arrest the culprits and try and fine them at once. ----—_—---------- ATTACKED BY BULLDOG. Kingston Lad is Almost Killed While in Bathing. A despatch from Kingston says. Fcurteen-year-old Edward McCammon went in swimming here on Monday afternoon, and being attacked by a bulldog in the water, sustained serious injuries. The boy was becoming ex­ hausted in his efforts to light off the animal when a couple of penitentiary guards in a prison tower half a mile away happened to notice the struggle through their long-distance glasses, jumped into a boat and despatched the dog with their rifles at close range. At the hospital it was found that had been fearfully bitten and was despaired of for a time, day the physicians think he cover. Mr. Kelso Makes Some Suggestions to Children's Aid Societies. There are now sixty-two Children’s Aid Societies in Ontario working for the improvement of child life. In a recent letter to the organizations Mr. J. J. Kelso urges them to take up the following werk in addition to that already in oper­ ation : First—Systematically agitate against all that tends to rob children of the right to grow up in an atmosphere of purity and moral cleanliness. Second—Suppress vice and close up , resorts of questionable character where children are permitted to congregate, or where their patronage is solicited. . Third—Prosecute parlies who contrte bute towards the delinquencies of chil­ dren, who initiate them into vice, and < who prey upon their innocence for criminal or unlawful purposes. Fourth—Create a sentiment for the es­ tablishment of counter-attractions with wholesome uplifting influences, such as small parks, play grounds, gymna­ siums, free baths, communal social cen­ tres and the like. Fifth—Establish a personal service corps, so that individual attention may be given to children by interested men and women. Sixth—Start an educational campaign on subjects relating to child saving, such as laws with regard to the care and protection of minors, the compulsory education act, the laws regarding child labor and other juvenile-problems. POLISH PRINCE KILLED. the boy his but will life to­ re- —- —4,--------- GRAND TRUNK FINED $800. Railways Prosecuted for Confining Cattle Undifly Long A despatch from Buffalo says: Judge Hazel, of the United States Court, on Wednesday imposed a fine of $800 on the Grand Trunk Railway, four cases ; $200 on the Erie Railway, one case ; and $200 on the Wabash Railway, one case, for having violated the Federal statute prohibiting the confinment of cattle in railroad cars more than 28 hours at a stretch. The sentences were imposed upon stipulations entered by the roads, admitting guilt.------------ METEOR JARS THE EARTH. Cloud of Sparks and Thunderous Roar Follow Its Arrival. A despatch from El Paso. Texas, says: A meteor hit the earth near Antarose, N M., Monday afternoon and the thun­ derous roar as it buried itself was fol­ lowed by a vibration equal to an earth­ quake. Buildings shook so violently that people rushed out frightened. Even a locomotive standing in the Rock Island yards was moved by the jar. The meteor wa.s seen by many people a.s it descend­ ed through a cloud of sparks._________ Automobile Smashed Into Wall and Parly Thrown Out. A despatch from Rome, Italy, says-: The repeated motor car, accidents in Italy have had the effect of impresspig the general public very unfavorably against autornobiling. The latest vic­ tims are the Polish Prince Wiviejski, who is 22 years of age, and his chauf­ feur, Cicognani. A car carrying the Prince, his chaffeur, and three Italian friends, named Kossler, del Vecchio and Bronzini, all well known sportsmen, was driven at a speed of 30 miles an ihour on the road to Froli, on Tuesday (night. Three carts suddenly appeared a 1 a corner. The chauffeur by a rapid movement avoided a collision, but he smashed the car against a wall. rfhe car was wrecked and the occupants were thrown out. The Prince and the chauffeur were instantly killed. The others in the car, who were more or jess injured, were removed to the near­ est hospital. COAL FAMINE PREDICTED. Labor Supply in Pennsylvania Regions Below Normal. A despatch from Philadelphia says*. Anthracite and bituminous coal opera­ tors say that the coal situation is grow­ ing serious throughout the State and that before midwinter there will be a famine in many sizes. The supply of water has already become a serious problem in the anthracite region, and the labor supply has been below normal fcr several weeks. , Estimated at One Hundred and Ninety Million Bushels. A despatch from Winnipeg says: A total grain crop of 190,000,000 bushels, including wheat 80,000,000 to 85,000,000 ■bushels; oats, 87,500,000; barley, 18,500,- 000, and flax, 1,300,000, is the estimate the retiring President of the Winnipeg Grain Exchange, W. J. Bettingen, gave for the west at the annual meeting of the exchange on Thursday afternoon; and of its monetary value he said it would probably yield a larger return than any former harvest. John fleming is the new President. Mr. Bettingen in his address slated that in 1905 the total area under grain cultivation in western Canada was as close as can be estimated 5.910,000 acres. In 1906 this had grown to the enormous total of 7,830.000 acres, or an increase of about 23 per cent, in a single season. Owing to tho backward spring and other natural causes, the in­ crease this season will not be so pheno­ menal, but viewed in the light of the un­ usual natural conditions prevailing this year they are telly as satisfactory.