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UNICIPAL, MARKETS NOW APPEAR To
sE VERY LOW, AND IMPROVEMENT
k ELY,
3 Destroyers in i8 Months, and 8 Small, Cruisers
to Germany's 2
despatch fom London says,:
tia the debate on the iava1 esti-
Metes in the House of commons
bp Wednesday Winston Spencer
Churchill, the First Lord of the ..‘d-
Inirelty, replying to the criticism
that he had made inadequate pro-
Nision to meet the menace he had
described, said, "We are spending
, *45,000,00Q this ,year and we art,
,oing tot spend. more next year, We
are raising the personnel of the
Pavy,to 141,150
by 1913 and to 146,-
000 inI As regards construc-
tion, Germany this year is laying
*lawn two "new battleships and we
lour, Next year Germany s layiug
40wit one extra and we two, This
k.rezt-i. Germany is laying down, two
email cruisers; we are layiug down
eight. Gernaan,y inthee:allele, lathe
rext 18 months is laying dawn
4estroyers; we 43. There ts ne
..141i4f5- for pante or earm.
OU VORLD PREPAR.le
Paris SAYS':
the eve
nggle
for naval supremacy as the preva-
lent opinion in France after careful
stay of the recent speech by Wins-
ton, Churchill in the House of Com
mons. Tbe continuance of the riv-
between those two countries
causes a note of, regret here, but
there is. an inclination to believe
hat if it must go on France should
arn a lesson, from England's pro-
^ ure and herself in•Crease her
avy,
The Matin,,, commenting on. the
SUbjcet, says it is in a position to
declare that Italy and Austria, at
the instigation of GerrnanY, -Axe
About to build additienal super -
Dreadnoughts, ha regard to which
nothing as been permitted ti
transpire, Italy is to construct six
these vessels, each, a 2ill,OSO tons
AiSipla.eellICat and Capa,I",4 4:ft eteane-
.
mg at a, speed et ige knots, w n
Austria is to build three, each ot
them dieplacing Woo tees, The
ewepaner cOntinues: "The ihdfil-
eelt tat thiS programme will else
IVY 'tb, present naval 'eqbrium
the Medtterrenean ono, glve a big
pai advalliarata to the Triple Allianee."
TS FROM
ENTRg8
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.EPP41 TRAPS
; of Cattle, Crain/ QUO'S
Petalues at lictMe end *bre;
BIIRADSTUFFS.
Wont*. Ailv et-neur-AVInter.
oat. •petente. $4.15 to $4.22„ at nnea
mad et $4.20, to $4,25 for Income %omen/
tt*:14' Manitoba Pero ithese onetattoe
ere for lute bags. stn confrea bane lee more
--rirat patents, s*.1111 sound pateatta Ss"..
aU4. stroug bAlteeV. Kb on track.. Toronto.
Ilanitebe WheareNo. 1 Noettern Ste,
lel- Bey sots No, g at 41,2i, 344 No.
41.014, stoa.a. Bay _nettle
aria Wheat --Nn. 2 winte. eta Pad
. quoted at S1.413, 011t0itle-
Noteitnal,
lets 4.4 No. 2 Ontario quoted
ix awl NO, 4 ea 44e. on *reek,
W. C. feed. 44 to
1 at 43 to
eths
wirggn,
Minneapolie. Jely
14 September, 94 3 4
or 1-4e. Closing' o
1 Northern,
ro..OZt'2. u.'-Nlo e 3 4 whit
Therefore, a Seed Time te GUY Bonds -
There are Seale Other Ways ter a an
fG use film money -mining SteekS Offer
• SimPle Way to Get Rld f It,
The articles contributed by "Investor"
sre for the sole Purpose ot rudL11r Pros-
Peetive haVestors, and, if Possible. of sav-
log them from losing money through
lacing- it in "wild -ear enterprises. The
in -Partial aid reliable character of the
information may be relied upon, 'The
writer of these articles and the Publisher
of this Paper have no interests to serve
in connection with this matter other than
those of the reader,
"Investo/
The market for tuttniciPal bonds has
been Pretty quiet during the at few
months, Prices have declined and the
arnonitt Of business has slackened, all
berauSe of the fact that the London mar -
i eot ie a reeentive mood. The rea-
ProAn for London's nresent attitude axe
several, First. of course. conies the un-
easiness An, the political situation: then
the Same feeling respecting the foreign.
Oiation, The tremendous amount of is -
Of recent years bas, toe, ealieed a
in 'the market. And. Anaaltr. her
ys necessary a pereed. ofdigeetion
_ er aitY Peelongett peried eatiefying
latungeraremencial or trhysical-end Eeg-
aud bas boa gobbling up everyllaiete
ha bee offered, for a leng 01110 Peat, and
i maw ealelly ealoYing teat. while the
Procese of aesimilation proceede,
To Canada there iau wetaleceeeine
the 0444334a ter reentemals, eltheweli
ere. 0 t muse. (Mkt spells. elle
le England bars resulted in 4
of pricee in maey eases, aue
ntly there are niatlY
srn to market at, preseat Selling
siderablY below the Pricka of etfell_.
aK4', ie nnito possible that it the.
don market remeins quiet for a loeg
' d these pries may sheale a bit fur,
Ilennily, however. the prebabllitY
it long petted of Quiet in Englana
mat likely. and as a natural eorollarn,
ricee ere not likely to dePrese further.
bahly cater a eriodof quietness the
ree will begin ,t0 U1010:9 toward. for there
Inservable at present a tendeney for
epee cheapete aud with cheaper
Money bonds eaneet tail to reeinned with
o aevauce in price, Indeed, it aPpeare
likely that within the next two
some ef the Prim quoted lIt Pre.
eppear att IOW 35 these �f 192a
%nee de not like nalentieipal
neveetteente heectece they eve
•ei awl their yield is autall. 4.11
ellite tree. But the averege
le/ Pinta awaY eaviegs iu• tt
gettlfif to Complain beettuSe
run out the institution fl
Ie hie mosey, though. goof!,
excitiere enough when it
complain, however. that
Wed le that be baa
be own hands -be cm/
industrial bowie he aim a
•ertele ououut of risk, varying in
Position totbe tnertaln or uncertain e
ter f fbo etentess. Bonds of %trepan -
e anlYIng goo toccestiarNa of life, such
honde ef the are Pealing cone
Aour ete.. are, usually speak -
e enough for the ItVer4K0 mem, To
him for We elightlY greater risk
bese bonds par a Onelderahly better rate
lutereat. If be wants to take a lesser
It thee the more apeculative industrial
ode, but besitatee Over bUying the more
• h. July 40,--Wheat-IN
No, 1 Nerthern, 81.
$1.9e4.8; July. Seat hid;
December, 96•34e asked,
riqr
n --No. km rive
By ports. and
NTERESTING GOSSIP FROM ONTARIO'S
CAPITAL..
"The People's Bob" and His Gbaracterls-
tics-Torento Baseball Club- The
Olfles Si/lances.
J. Fleming, "the People's BO" of by -
one days, has been in trouble again with
e public:. This time the trouble liaa
en with his Electrical Development
which in supposed. to bring Niagara Powel;
to Toronto to ran the street railway and
all the factories which have not gone
over to the Hydro lilleetric for their RI -o-
nly. Every time there has beera little
thunder hi the air and a cloud in the
elfy the tumor has gone off, once for -five
hours, leaving the pe,ople dependent on the
Street oars to get bonte the best way theY
knew how and closing down scores of fae-
tories. 'What the trouble is no one qutv
side the confidence of -ft 3"." knows. Tte
sayS it won't °Mir again and you ean
believe hire or not as von like.
R. J. SlIb'DS HIS TROUBLES -
It is a good thing that -H. J,- carries
his troubles lightly. Ito tells a character-
istio story on himself. One evening he
was driving bleti
oalone-"up the hill" to
his etenfertable residence beyond the eitY
limits; and therefore beyond the cite tax -
gatherer. me big touring Motor ear
eallght. Alp to a lad,v pedestrian labor:-
04011Y elbehing the neeline. Neth
lbordike
be aaked her to talo a "lift," Shs accept.
ed, and explained that she bad been on,
ale° to dq. room in a street
there:, one man in Toronto a de.
test.. She said vehemently. "it's that
ra44 Fleming. Do you know Meer
The general manager confessed that he
did.
"Do Toe 141KOt anY good* ghoul. him?"
She asked.
"Be." said at g•deblously,
MIND'
There bar always heen n impression
that Sir William ,Markenzie chose Flom-
Ineeattse of his "city hell influence,"
bat Ibis is doing the manager an Wino-
Doubtless the real reason ot the
choi0e wng as that Mr, Flemij5a, man of
greet eeeniive 'c'aPaellY, such as the
street railway Penile geeded,
Mr. The-1We is 4 Produet of Toronto--
of the more or lees despised east end, as
ar
a befoot lad be played on the nualtiv
banks of the Don, Dater ho wain cere.
taker of Parliament street Metliodiet
church, and reeently told of getting un
at 4 o'clocIr On Sundey merninge to light
the Ares. When be grew OP he etarted emitawl wood yard aud then 14eat,
to real estate. He leek to Poaatelpal
Politica 05 it dee); taken towater, /On
was ;sleeted alderman. and did good work
the Inesesement committee, 'Wimp it
eamouneed he wee to run for Mayor
thought it a 3olte. But be Tart WW1
ected, That watt 14 1891, When he
bed E. B. 0sler, pew Sir Earanntl.
ea afterwards he Was elected, read
Wes ehair to hoome .essees,
eeneeesstener, itienee to the street
fs lm bad reverses; be
Inv bia ennergsr end hie daring.
Aught fIneneially In the land
e Dinette& And be brie antlered
pelts, Bet he hue a, philo,
eTh
rament. e scare of the
are Mow being wiped out,
abtry is Geld to he in the ot 92O, 924,000 a year. with an ocea-
ono 10.080 beaus thrown in.
TER BASBBALL PROSPECTS.
gbt
er
COUNTRY
try, thotee, ? 10 2e 5350
t'Us, al 2eto 2.1e; ereamer
or solids.
Is. 23 to ale a 4or,e0.
se, 141-4o for large
83 per bus
11 to 12a
When the Torento Bambini' Club etruelt
hied place in the Eastern Beague tho
tethers said thy h
they attachline ed their
• Indeed, before the Seavon opened beta
e 11
ven 30110* were made that the Beats
table indUstriale, he eon pureintse the
bentures ot western townie Newell aro mild not litlish 080, two. three, Teeing
, no moue niletegoe, ytt Aro sato the lesing awake iteitte Of tbe criticism
'enough abort of e natiouel calamity . DoS. wa5. dir"tect at Maleagee "'fee" KellY'•
Thee said be did not maintain disolpline.
f /le Avaat'll a biall degree et safety C'"'' andthat be did not supply the inenira.
adian eity debentures, 'railroad equip. tin, gogeogry to utricko his toom of an
end bonds and bonds Of Most 1Subtio sor. stars. get together. Put, he may fool the
vice companion weuta answer big purnose,
Indeed. if he were to Intv 'municipals at erwhieetelnuralelel4tie3rambylielseMsellattt obromil: alltirr"a.
the present. time he would, as sittreestea rittniug, 6-tnette an the road the Dineero.
above, stand a ver v .9.04. tmance et tank-. (mouse is that the Island grounds, where
ine 4 inedest proat *mase they esh an intre
_tee =Ten "tete a his eolteng.a, ey not onlY PUY. bint practise and live.
are damp aud Pho thern
m vheuatism.
1.1', In/Weyer, lie le a speettlator be can There is a, growing feeling that prates,
bur sitaretn, and stand a fair thence of
malting a profit it be uses deteretion and ebeiTnaltbotarobatoon IntheTbeyw thi7ranc1,1v1,9,
does not buy on margin. At the present
time, though. I do not thiuk shares A wise Pa*ere' and through them by the nubile.
Baseball is all right. but atter all it is
thinebur, Most ot thou are pretty
high,. and enretty bioto „ aleam a gond Oniony a vorentercial Pr000sition, based
thano for a fell, on human optimism, Aud it is rather too
much to expeet every one of eight teams
It he Is really deeperatr, and wants to
raeke a "pile" or lose ell, lie has ihrres to be a l'ithnut Ivinner every Year'
recouree to the equine' 'market, There his A TAXPAYING MONTH.
,
cinema are about 1,000 to 1 avainst his Tbe last week of July Is interesting to
leyoem'keoth:e g'1/114y4thti,01Mffe, ibi an% miel'emIljnon agaekv: requiredtotpaareteheer tbresataufnesthaehniesnttheont
forreal MoneyIheo
. t wuld rather have
the•minino oneen them his money here's the -year's taxes. The other instalments
his ettance. They often make nice wall fsapleletdivlyi.n ASespyltenninberotaednallotivecaraeltrurrts
paper -or insoles for boots that are too
large. It's realer expensive. however. prompt payments. And for the last few
S........____ es to the City Treasurer's office are
days before the final date the approach -
thronged with a stern andunenthusime
GET ACQUAD.ZTED WITH YOUR tic crowd at thrifty ratepayers.
NEIGHBORS. ons matter. The expenditure this year
Financing Toronto has become a seri-
will run.well over 39.000,000, a sum much
beyond the requiremente for the ordin.
If POTI are genteel in appearance and ary activities et the government. for the
courteous in your manner, you will be entire Province of Ontario. Dere are
welcomed in every borne in your localitY, some of the big item e whicli go to make
when you are showing samples of oar sti- up such an impressive total:
perior toiletand reliable remedies. The satisfaction Debt charges ...... ...... a $2,340,136
goods, houSehold necessities.
Courts
- ...
which our goods give, places the users
Police Department ... .. 683,500
linden- an obligation to you. whioh wina
for you the same respect, esteem, and in. jail - ' •'••• - •'• "" • " -- 47.15°
timate friendship given the priest. physl- EPuigbillios.ctooholeals. 2 ......... :........... 1,260497:014411.
cian. or pastor. and you will make more
time 'than you Technical Schools ...... ,. 98,819
metier from your spare
dream of, besides a host of friends. Separate Schools .... ...... 110518:N1500
This is your opportunity.for a pleasant. Ifospitat; ...... ..,......
profitable and permanent business. Ad. Board of Health .... .... 1 22 ,957
dress, The Home Supply Co., Dept 20, Mer. Isolation Hospital ,... .... 56,756
rill Building, Toronto. Ont. latw Department .... . --. 36,350
Assessment Department
4Charita ble Grants .., . .... 94,950
.. 87909
Roadways .., . .... .... .... 147,369
Edward Davies, recently arrived snow Cleaning ... .... ... 58,664
from Wales, hanged himself in a Engineering Salaries .. .. 48,060
' Street Cleaning .... . „. .. 519,336
Ib.
Poultre-W prices of thole
dressed Iseult, . el:ens. 18 tan 22,c per
lb.; foal, 13 to 14o; ducistiugs, 16 to 17e.
Live poultry. about 2e lower than the
abeve.
Potatoes,-rar lots of Ontaries, in bags.
$1.40. and Delawares at 31.60.
PROV/SIONS.
Frothed and Dry Salted Meats-a/lolls-
Smoked, 13c to 131-24n hems, medium.
171-2* to 18r; heavy, 161.2 to 17a; break.
fast harem 10 1,2e; long elem., baton, tens
and eases, l4e to 141.2; leteks
20e; backs. ineameall„ 21e.
Green Meats- Ont of oickle, le, lees than
smoked.
Pork -Short cut. 324,60 to 325 per -bar.
el; mess pork, 3.M to 521,
Lard -Tierces, 133.4c; tubs. 14e; PailS,
14 1-4e.
MoNTREA.L MARICETS.
Itiontoal, July W. -Oats, Canadian
Western, IC. 2. 45 to 451.2n; Canadian West-
ern, No. 3, 44c; extra, 1,7o. 1. feed. 45c. Bar-
ley Man. feed, 63 to 64c; malting. 31 05
to 31.07. Buckwheat, No. 2, 75 to 7Cr. Flour,
Stan. spring wheat patents, liras. e5.80;
eeconds, 85.30: strone bakers'. 3.5.10; Win-
ter patents choice. 35.40 to 35.50; Straight
rollers 34.95 to 35.00; straight rollers. ha*,
$2.40 to $2.45. Rolled oats. barrels. 3505;
bags, 90 lbs.. 32.40. Bran, 322.00.- Shorts,
826.00. Middlings. $27.00. Mountie. 330 to
$34.00. Ray, Ne. 2, per ton, car lots, 316.00
-to $17 M. Cheese, finest westerns, 13 1-8
to 131-4c; finest easterns. 123-8 to 12540.
Butter, choicest ereamery. 26 1-4 to 26 1-2c.
seconds, 25 1-2 to 26c. Eggs. selected, 251-2
te 26 1-2e; No. 2 stock, 15 to 16c, Potatoes,
• per bag. car lots, 31.60.
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
Montreal, July M. -Choice cattle, $6.75 to
• 87-00; good, 36.00 to 66.75; fair, 35.00 to 36..
00; butchers' bulls, $4,00; do., cows, choice,
55110 to 35.50; common. $4.00 to 34.50. Old
sheep. 4c per pound and lambs 7* per lb.
Hogs, 68.75 to $9.00. Calves, from 32.00 to
$10.00
Toronto. July 10.--Butclaers' cattle
brought from $7 to 97.25, while good stuff
grades from $7 down to $6.50. Medium
stuff brought from 35.50 -to 36.50. tight
heifers brought $4.50 to . , an s oe -
ers, weighing 750 lbs.. brought 95. Good
cows were firmer, going as high as 35.50
and bulls wore worth more. some bring-
ing from $5.50 to 56.00. COMMOrt CoWS
Were worth from 92 to 33.50. Lambs
brought from $8 to e8.25. Sheep brought
front 63.50 to $4.75, and good calves $7,50,
with some COMMOn cvredes at 95.35 flogs
esurperat Mortimer,
of the Army Service Corps, Ottawa,
who won four matches at Risley
and made a world's record.
11•••••10,
H. R. THAW STILL INSANE.
Public Safety Demands That Tie
Remain in Asylum.
A despatch from White Plains.
N.Y.„ says: Harry K. Thaw, in the
eyes of the law, is still insane and
must remain in the asylum where
he was placed on. February 1, 1905,
after he killed Stanford White.
Justice Keogh of the Supreme
Court on Friday denied Thaw's ap-
plieation for freedom. The Court
took the ground that Thaw's re-
lease would be detrimental to pub -
lie safety.
BEES SWARM IN SCARECROW.
Farmer Finds Trousers Legs Filled
With Honey.
A despatch from Kingst,on, N.Y.,
says: When Ellis Osterhout,
Plattekill farmer, saw bees swarm-
ing about an old scarecrow in his
corn field' on Tuesday he investi-
gated and found that a big colony
of bees had taken possession of the
figure. The trousers legs were filled
with honey. Osterhout left, the ,
bee.s at work. He says he will not!
hive them until later in the season,
when more honey has been stored.
INetekr:VE. ret CizeNiNDAse
C CD NI 'TAM N.S m
C",•ONFORMS TO THE
GH STANDARD OF
GI LLETT'S GOODS.
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COST OF LIVING IN GERM A.1,Ner,
Total Extra, Cost for Beef Is $18,-
000,000' Per Annum.
A despatch from Berlin says:
While the total charges of the Ger-
man army and navy, including this
increases, is less than S5
per head per year, a German econo-
mist, Dr. George Goldstein has
computed that each Berliner will
p47 marks (Cr approximately
.$.5) mere for meat this year than he
would havopaid ten years ago, For
the nominal family of five or six this
presents an extra drain en the
wilily exchequer of $2$ or $30. Dr,
Goldetein arrives at his figures by
taking the total dressed weight of
cattle, sheep, swine, etc., slaugh-
tered for Berlin nensumption an,
nually and multiplying this by he
increase in the retail prices per
poend as shown by the *Metal eta-
tisties over the avera'ge price. ten
yearago. For greater Berlin the
total extra cost is about $1.$,000,000
per alltianl.
SQUINT-EYED MEN BARRED
Dominion. Railway Board Issues Series of Rules on
the Subject
A despatch from Ottawa says:
Men who squint or are cross-eyed
can no longer become engineers
firemen, trainmen or brakemen on
Canadian railways.
Folio -win, its rcreilt uclgme
,.1)ominion Railway C3ommisoion has
-sued a series of uniform rules
ove,rning the determination of
visual acuity.. color perception a)id.
hearing, of railway employees, and
jAmeng them is a clause banning the
'Atlintill or,Cross-eyed man, This
not t17„e only defect barred. Ap.
they u,se glasses for near 'vision,
though when the distant vision (:).f
an employee can be improved. by
good glasses their use is encourag-
ed. Color blindness is a,lso barred,
and good hearing powers are strin-
,ent, u1 n, Applicants
.must be able to hear • and repeat
anies . and nurnbers spoken' in a'
conversational -Grine at distanCe
of ;twenty feet..
Employees Must be re-examined
in all these, particulars afters any
or accident- WIfich might have',
affected 'them,. as well as before
Iicants,. must. not., be accented • if promotion
chicken -coop at London in- a fit of street: neaterine. 83 367 •
despondency. Maintenance of Si'a:1;les ... 59,592
Waterworks...... 408,913
Firemen's Salaries .. 314,700
Fire Hydrants (water) .... 157,950
Street Lighting. .., 247,205
City Hall Maintenance ... 59,229
Architect's Salaries .. 42,815
...Official Salaries .... .. 150,056
Not all of the 39,000,000 expenditures haa
to be raised by direct taxation. The water -
•works department, for example, provides
nearly 91,000.000 revenue. The street rail-
way company. under its agreement. now
yields a...bnost another $1,000.000 annually.
Licenses contribute over $200,000. The ex-
hibition may yield a ,profit of 960,000. But
when all the sourCes of revenue have been
eKhausted there-- remains a substantial
sum of 36,286,963 to be raised by taxes.
This is raised on an assessment of 9343,-
598,145. Reduced to what, the individual,
Pays this mcane that a man with pro--
perty assessed at $5,000 has to put un-' 992-
50. ivhich, with hie local improvements for
sidewalks, pavernents. etc., brings his
taxes to more than 9100.
As may be fudged from the size of the
anneal debt ehare'es; the city's debt has
reached large proportions. The !Tress
debt stands at $43,000,000, reduced h- cash
91,000,000 and investments of 99.000,000 to.
o net antount of 933,000.000. Offsetting this
in part is the faxt that the pronerty nwtlect
by the city is worth at leaSt 020,000000.
1,4"evertholess, it came as something of
a shock to many eiti7ens to learn Thai
the Mayor and the City Treasurer had
failed to pen 95000000 more bonda In Eng -
Iona
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Cumulative Preferred Stook
AIVIES-tiOL.DEN
liceREADY
LIMITED
(Carrying a BOIDIS of 40%
Common Stook),
Price and full particulars
will be gladly forwarded
On request.
CANADA SECDRITIES
CORPORATION LTD:
roate, tendon, Eng
Montreal,
TO OPERATB FAST Acurr.
Montreal,Ottawa Service
Pirst---tator to Toronto.
A- despatch front Montreal says.
Sir Donald 3Iann wuS Montr(kat
Wednesday, personally superin-
tending filo operations in connec-
tion with the boring of the tunnel
under the mount= for the
en-
tranee of the Canadian >,Torthern
into Montreal. Sir Donald expects
that the line which the eompany is
building between Ottawa and To -
•onto will be opened late in the fall,
and ai a measure preparatory to
this Mr. D. B. Hanna, the Vice -
President and General Alanager,
has just eorapIeted arrangements
for the opening of a fast freight
smite between Montreal and Ot-
tam. with a view to extending it to
Toronto. The eompany has also
established its own cartage com-
pany in Ottawa to collect and de-
liver freight.
BANK ROBBED OF $2,000.
Knock Two Northern Crown OM-
eials unconscious.
A despatch from Vancouver says:
Two robbers, one a short and the
other a tall nutn, held up the
Northern Crown Bank at Central
Park, six miles out of Vancouver,
At 10 o'clock on Thursday evening.
They had been loitering in the vici-
nity for half an hour, having eome
there with a horse and rig. They
covered Manager 0. C. Temple
with a gun and also held up his as-
sistant, Tompkins, both of whom
were having lunch. They attempt-
ed to force Temple, to open the safe,
but he refused, and one struck him
over the head with a piece of lead
pipe. They put Tompkios out of
business in the same manner, and
THE NEWS IN A PARAGRAPH
then broke open a 'cash box and
stole $2,000. They got away in their
rig. When Temple recovered con-
sciousness he telephoned for help,
but the robbers have not been cap-
tured.
,An old man Wiiliauo Ford, who
was lost in the: weeds for 'se'veral,
days, iied in a Londen'lloSpital as a
result of his 'AufferingS,
ilePPENINGS FROM ALL 011E11
THE GLOBE IN A
Canada, Gm Empire, and the World
in General Before Your
Eves,
OAN,ADA.,
Four valuable colts were killed
by lightning near Kendal.
Harry Littely was seriously
burned by molten metal at Guelph.
Alex. Seott was drowned in an
attempt to shoot the Sault Repida
in a eapere.
Owt. Oeorge Dick, a well-known
mn
aner Of the upper lakes. Was
found dead Of heart disease at
Kingston.
Two thousand members of the In-
dustrial 'Workers ef the World. went
on strike On the Grand Trunk Pa-
cific.
Thplaits
The are ready for the build -
g of the C.N,R. Toronto -Renal -
ton line.
Neleon Cope, aged eighty -ore ot
Copetown, broke hie neck by a fall
rum his rig.
Twenty thousand harvesters ro
',anted Meng the transentnental
ne f the C. N. R.
A. McCormick, farm laborer, Was
'att cfVer and killed by a fast G.T.R.
freight train at Trenton.
Mitchell Siwatis and Charles
Leaf, Indians, were drowned in tho
Serge River, near St. Regis,
Finlay McGibbon, brother of the
Mayor of Sarnia, dropped dead
when about to go for n Walk.
Fifty cases of blindness miracu-
lously cured aro 'reported from the
shrine of Cote des Neiges, Oltehec.
Harry Gilmore, awaiting tual for
asaault on his four weeks' bride,
committed suicide in the Einmilton
Police Ceert.
Wm. S. Bryant, jun.. of 'Plain-
field, N.j., was accidentally ohoked
to death at the Ardamurehen Club,
Central Argyle, N.S.
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Fifty thansand strikers paraded
London en Wednesday. There was
a fight between strikers and ''black-
legs,"
Mr. Lloyd George announced in
the House Oi COMIDOTIS the, inten-
tion of _the Government to intro-
duce a bill to deal with labor dis-
putes.
Mr. Asquith in a speech ins the
Commons, emphasized the peaceful
relations existing between 13ritaine
and all the powers, including Ger-
many.
The La Follette. wool bill passed
the Li. S. Senate. The Senate by
37 to 26 -votes Carried an amend-
ment to the excise bill for repeal
of Caeadian reciprocity act.
UNITED STATES.
Rev. Dr. Griffith John, for over
55 years a missionary in China, is
dead.
GENERAL.
.
The Albanians captured Pristina
and Prisrend from the Turks.
TowNsrrE _romiEcTIONS.•
Millionaire's Nephew Is Charged
with Theft.
A despatch from Calgary. Alta.,
says: H. M. Banbury. 22, a neph-
ew of the millionaire lumber dealer
of Brandon, Man., is under arrest
-
in the city cells for alleged theft of
$422.50 from the North, Prince Al-
bert To W nsite Company of Calgary.
The theft is said to have been com-
mitted about, June 15, and the
amount represents -money which it
is alleged was collected by Hanbury
while acting as a sales agent for the
company. Ball has been set at
, 400 .
- GR NAT APPLE CROP.
iitolicatious' Are Far Big Yield All
• Over Cauaila.
A cle.,patch from. Ottawa says' :
Chief Coyermueut Fruit Inspector
.AleNeill reports that from reLurn$
;cot itt to the dePartment from all
parts of Canada there are indica-
tions of a • great apple yield this'
year, especially so in British Col-
umbia NovaScotia's crop is eiC-
• pootel .to he a record ono, while
t P alio gives 'pet:masa of
• beie e fair. -
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