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Antonio G-ranito Was Hacked to Pieces
at Montreal. •
A despatch from Montreal says: place, and it is thought that revenge
'A brutal murder took place early was the cause of the murder. After
un 'Thursday morning or late Wed- the christening, when there was the
neiday night in the northern end usual pleasuromaking iu the house,
of the city. Soaked in blood, with there was a row. Tho exact details
his throat cut from ear to ear and could not bo ascertained, but it is
his breast nearly slashed to pieces, said by neighbors that the partici-
the body of Antonio Gratiito, aged pants nearly calve to blows and
twenty-five, of the parish of St. that one or two of them were order -
,lean de la Croix, the Italian col- ed to leave the house. Granito's
illy north of Ville St. Louis, was brother states that since then he
(found by some workiugnieu on has been followed on two or three
Thursday. occasions by men.
The body was lying in a shallow Examination by the police show -
ditch beside the C. I'. R. tracks. ed that the man's pockets had been
A fierce struggle bad evidently turned out, and his pocket book,
taken place, for the ground was which when he left house had con -
trampled for yards around, and tained a little over fifteen dollars,
splotches of blood were everywhere. was found empty nearby. Under the
Near midnight Wednesday night body was found the handle of a
neighbors heard cries of "murder" stilletto-a round wooden handle -
and "help," but paid nu attention with a bit of the blade still stick -
to them, as such cries are common ing in it. Detective Pusie has been
in the Italian colony. The dead busy in the neighborhood ever since.
man was a hardworking bricklayer, He said : "I hope to succeed in
married, with two children. landing the man or men who did
At the christening of the young- this terrible deed, but as yet my
est a few weeks ago a row took information is very meagre."
AGAINST THE GRAN DJURY.
Mr. Justice MacMahon Favors Abo-
lishing It.
WRIGHT AEROPLANE FALLS.
Lieut. Selfridge Killed and Wright
Injured.
A despatch froth Cornwall says: A despatch from Washington
The expense of litigation, particu- says: After having drawn the at-
larly when the Grand Jury is re- tendon of the world to his aero-
quired, was illustrated here this plane flights at Fort Meyer, Vir-
weck, when there was only one case gime, and having established new
of the fall sittings of the High world's records for heavier -than -
Court. This ease necessitated the an flying machines, Orville wright
attendance for two days of a dozen on Thursday met with a tragic mis-
Grand Jurymen and nearly twice hap while making a two-man flight.
at many ordinary jurymen from all Mr. Wright was accoml: inied by
carts of the united counties, at a Lieut. Thomas E. Selfru of the
heavy expense. Justice MacMahon, Signal Corps of the army. Lieut.
who presided, spoke strongly in fa- Selfridge was fatally injured and
vor of doing away with the Grand died at 8.10 Thursday night. Mr.
Jury systetn, and his views were Wright was seriously injured, but
endorsed by the Grand Jury then- is expected to recover. While the
selves. The trial was that of G. machine was encircling the drill
Burnet of Farran's Point, aged grounds a propeller blade snapped
twenty, charged with attempted as- off and hitting some other part of
sault on a little girl. He was ac- the intricate mechanism caused it
quitted. to overturn in the air and fall to
the ground, enveloping the two oc-
cupants in the debris.
C. P. R. SE('l'RING MEN,
Forty More Enrolled nt Montreal,
Including Seven Strikers.
ELECTION ON OCTOBER 26.
Nominations Will be Held Ono
Week Earlier.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
1)o- A despatch from Montreal says:
Tho general elections for the
Do-
minion will he held on Oct. 26th. Tho Canadian Pacific Railway ofli-
Upon his return on Wednesday cials continue to announce the tak-
morning from Niagara Falls Sir ing on of new men to replace the
Wilfrid Laurier proceeded to Gov- striking mechanics. There were
et nment House and obtained Earl forty enrolled on Wednesday, sev-
Grey's consent to the dissolution en of whom were from the strikers'
of the tenth Parliament of Canada. ranks. Tho company declares that
A meeting of Council convened at it is quite satisfied with the pro -
o'clock and it was then decided gross of filling the men's places,
that tho appeal to the country and is exceedingly sorry that so
should be made on the date amen- many of the old men will be no
tioned, namely, Monday, Oct. 26th; longer in its employ.
noini.iation on the 19th.
SMALLPDX VISI'1'e CAMP.
The Tatto Abandoned and Pest
House Opened.
A despatch from Aldershot, N.S.,
says: Smallpox broke out at Alder-
shot military camp on Wednesday,
and as a consequence a quarantine
has been established on the 66th
Regiment, at Halifax. A pest house
has been opened. There is one case
so far, F. Morline, of the 66th. The
case is a mild one, and no great
danger is anticipated, although
much uneasiness is occasioned by
the outbreak. The military tattoo,
the ohief event of the camp, has
bLen cancelled.
SUPT. BRADY RESIGNS.
ilrad of Lake Superior Division of
C. 1'. R. Drops Out.
.1 despatch from North flay says:
t ice is given that F. 1'. Brady,
general superintendent of the Lake
Superior division of the C. 1'. II.,
has resigned. Mr. Brady's health
bas not been very good, and work
and worry of this difficult clivision,
with its frequent wrecks and
burned bridges, made an extended
rest imperative. His successor has
nut been named.
FARMER FOUND DEAD.
Resident of Niagara Township Died
of Heart Disease.
A despatch from St. Catharines
says: Charles E. Brown, a farmer,
well-known in Niagara township,
Cob Monday evening went to his barn
to hitch his horse to go to Niagara.
When he did not return by mid-
night his wife went to the barn to
search, and found her husband
dead in a kneeling position beide
the water trough.ns
gh. The horse was
nttnched to the carriage standing with the President's telephone.
beside him. Deceased, who bad
been ill of late, evidently becoming
faint, had stooped over to bathe his Fll;111'1NG BUSH F1R1:S.
face, and while doing so had ex- - .---
pined. Stories of Heroic Battles Against
H.1 PPE SING S I'H011 ALL Ot,ER
T11I: t,l.OBE.
Telegraphic Briefs From Our Own
and Other Couutriee of
Rectal Events.
CAN ADA.
A fire in Vancouver on Thursday
caused 4150,030 loss.
Furl Grey is to spend a short ho-
liday in the Northwest.
Natural gas has been discover-
ed in the eastern and western sec-
tions of Toronto.
Ontario officials collected about
$3,000 in fines unposed at Cobalt
fur illegal liquor selling.
The official statistics of the prin-
cipal field crops of Ontario for this
year show increased yields.
The dense clouds of smoke hov-
ering over the lakes are proving a
serious menace to navigation.
Returns tabulated from municipal
rolls show that Ontario's popula-
tion increased by 158,617 during
1907.
An appeal for assistance for the
C. P. R. strikers is being issued by
the International Machinists' Asso-
ciation.
Auguste Charest, former road
foreman at Montreal, pleaded guil-
ty to defrauding the city of $1,400
by stuffing pay rolls. His daughter
is implicated in the case.
Mayor D'Arcy Scott of Ottawa
has been appointed Assistant Chief
Commissioner of the Railway Coin -
mission, and Hon. Thomas Green-
way and Prof. McLean of Toronto
have been added to the board.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Prof. John Chinton Collins of
Birmingham University was found
dead in the woods near Lowestoft,
Eng. It is believed he committed
suicide.
UNITED STATES.
Three persons were killed at Wor-
cester, Mo., by the explosion of a
car of dynamite.
There have been sixty-four depths
from cholera in St. Petersburg in
the last two days.
Tho New York State Republican
convention at Saratoga renominat-
ed Charles E. Hughes for Gover-
nor.
Andrew Carnegie says the Kaiser
could easily insure peace to the
world if he would undertake the
task.
New York Democrats in conven-
tion at Rochester nominated Lieu-
tenant -Governor Chanler for Gov-
ernor of the State.
GENERAL.
The police at St. Petersburg have
arrested eighty-five terrorists.
An earthquake shock caused a
great panic nt Guayaquil, Ecuador.
A law giving greater freedom to
Jews is to be submitted to the Rus-
sian Duma.
Seventy deaths from cholera are
reported from St. Petersburg and
twelve from Manila.
!1 "Young Egypt party," organiz-
ed at. Geneva, has demanded the
withdrawal of British troops from
Egypt.
Hans Knudson, a Danish engin-
eer, has invented a typewriter
which will receive and print wire-
less messages.
Tho German Chancellor says Ger-
many has no intention of invading
Britain or of attempting to secure
command of the seas.
Guatemalan revolutionaries tried
to kill1
President Cabrera by
means
of an infernal machine connected
A RIG �-
11111:.1T VII:LD.
Western
Farmer i.' it 27,000
Bushels on •00 .teres.
A despatch from Portage In Pra-
irie, Man., says: i1. Me.Master, a
large farrier of the Plains, made
wisest record this year, as his
thrashing returns indicate. On 300
acres of summer fallow he had an
average of forty bushels per acre
and on 500 acres, the balance of his
land, an average of thirty bushels
per acre, a total (4 27,000 bushels
of wheat on 800 acre-.
POPULATION OF ONTARI
Rural Population Dec -leases While That
of Urban Centres Inicreases
Baring 1907 Ontario's j'•-pnlntion 1957, and city from 613.205 to 654,766.
increased by tei.61 7. This is the i The total pepnlntion has increased
statement made in n bulletin issued i pry gradually, but is 203.rkr0 more
by the Ontario Department of Ag-, than it was ten years ago.
riculture giving details collected' 'Che assessed values in H107 aggre-
frotn municipal sources. They show gated *1.141,931.077, compared to McDougal,
a population of 2,200.363 last year,1*1.103.501.6 6 in the previous year. awarded to O'BrienO'Ila g. ,
as compared to 2,1.12,746 in 1906. who were the lowest tenderers.
Frons this the taxes colltictcd Contracts fur the two remaining
The rural population, however. nil l amounted to *19.529,11:9, as against sections in Quebec east of Lake
on a slight deereaae, being 1,015,-1918.021,428 in 1906. This works out .\hitibi hat a been awarded to Me -
6.10 last year, compared to 1.051,'x37: a, the rate of $8.88 per head for, I)„nald ,tz O'Brien The contract.
the previous year. Urban papula- the entire population, as compared are in the aacregate for about 350
tion increased (rota 477,704 to 499,- to $9.41 the protons year. smiles of road.
Flamed.
A despatch from Port Arthur,
Ont., says : Stories of devastation
and heroic battles against forest
fires by people along the United clear harks, 11c; barrels Plato beef,
States shore have been brought by
boats which arrived froth Duluth on $17.50: (half -barrels do., $9; cont.
Thursday. Peolsle ell along the pound lard. 8% to 0%e; pure lard,
shore have buried valuables and 12% to 13c ; kettle rendered. 13 to
sent women and children away, de- 1?%c i Same, 12' 2 to 14c; breakfast
voting the whole time to fighting bacon, 14 to 15c; \Windsor bacon,
the flames, which are ever inertias- 15 to 16c; fresh killed nhnttnir
ing. The density of the pall of
smoke hanging over the two cities
i3 the local situation relative to
bush fires on Thursday. Apart
from that little damage has been
done, the fires smouldering away
and not spre•►cling, but ready to
,offer extinction by rain nr to St. Louis, Sept. 22 -Wheat -Cash
spread by wind. Thick stroke has e1.01; September. 81.01%; Deem -
had the effect of almost tieing up her. *1.01!•2; May. 61.031.1.
navigation. Duluth, Sept. v. -Wheat -No. 1
hard. 81.004: No. 1 Northern,
81.01', ; No. 2 Northern, 81.01%;
September. $1.03%; December,
contracts for 350 Mites of the Na. ; flay, $1..
Minneapolis, Sept. 22. -Wheat -
lional Line. September. $1.02%; December,
A despatch from Ottawa says: $1.03% to $1.O3';, ; May, $1.06', ;
Contracts for the construction of `n 1lorthcrn, 2 North -
the two sections of the National ern, $I.0I Flout- First patents.
Ttnnrcnntinental Railway west of $e.65 to 85.75; sceond patents, *..-
Lake Abitibi, ter which tenders 50 to *5.60; first clears, *4.a5 to
were received last month. have been !14.45, second clears, $:3.50 to $3.60.
Bran ---In bulk, $18 to $10.
THE WORLD'S MAKKETS'TflE CROPS OF ONTARIO
REPORTS FROM THE LEADING
TRADE CENTRES.
Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese mud
Other Dairy Produce at
Houle and Abroad.
BR EADST OFFS.
Toronto, Sept. 22.-Flour-On-
tar'o wheat 90 per cent. patents,
8s.35 to $3.40, in buyers' sacks out-
side for export. Manitoba flour,
first patents, 1156; second patents,
$5.40, and strong bakers', $5.30.
Wheat -New Manitoba wheat for
prompt shipment is quoted at $1.06
for No. 1 Northern, and at $1.03��
fur No. 2 Northern, Georgian Bay
!,arts. For two weeks' delivery
No. 1 new is quoted at $1.05, and
No. 2 Northern at $1.02;.,, Bay
ports.
Ontario Wheat -No. 2 white is
quoted at 89%c outside; No. 2 red
Winter, 88% to 89c, and Nu. 2 mix-
ed, 89c outside.
Oats -Ontario new No. 2 white,
39% to 40c outside; Manitoba re-
jected, 43c, lake ports.
Peas -Nominal at 88 to 89c out-
side.
Corn -`o. 2 American yellow
nominal at 87 to 87%c on track, To-
ronto, and No. 3 at 86%c.
Barley -No. 2 barley quoted at
59e, and No. 3 extra at 57c out-
side.
Bran -Cars are quoted at $18 to
$19 in bulk outside. Shorts quoted
at $21 to $22 in bulk outside.
Rye -No. 2 quoted at 76 to 77c
outside.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Beans -Prime, $2 to $2.10, and
hand-picked, $2.20 to $2.25.
Honey -Combs, No. 1, $1.50 to
$1.75 per dozen, and N. 2, in 60 -
pound tins, 9%c; No. 1 extracted,
10 to Ile per pound.
Hay ---No. 1 timothy quoted at
$10.50 to $11.50 a ton on track here,
and No. 2 at 87 to 88.
Potatoes -New Ontario quoted at
70 to 75c per bag in large lots, and
Delawares at 80 to 85c per bag on
track.
Poultry -Chickens, Spring, dress-
ed, 12 to 13c per pound; fowl, 10
to 11c; ducks, dressed, 11 to 12c;
turkeys, dressed, 13 to 16c per
pcund.
THE DAIRY MARKETS.
Butter -Pound prints, 22 to 23e;
tubs, 20 to 22c; do., inferior, 18 to
19e. Creamery rolls, 25 to 26c, and
solids at 24 to 24%c. .
Eggs -Case lots, 20 to 21c per
dozen.
Cheese -Large cheese, 13 to 13'/.c
per ponnd, and twins, 13% to
13%c.
HOG PRODUCTS.
Bacon -Long clear, li% to 12c
y.er pound in case lots ; mess pork,
19 to $19.50; short cut, $23 to
$23.50.
Hams -Light to medium, 14% to
15c; do., heavy, 12'/ to 13c; rolls,
10% to 11%c; shoulders. 10 to
10'/,e; backs, 17!; to 18c; breakfast
bacon, 15 to 15!.e.
Lard -Tierces, 12%c; tubs, I3c;
pails, 13%c.
BUSINESS AT MONTREAL.
Montreal, Sept. 22. -Grain - A
steady business continues to be
done in oats, and prices show no
change; Manitoba No. 2 white, 47;z
to 48c; No. 3, 46% to 47c; rejected.
4514 to 460 per bushel ex store.
Flour ---Choice Spring wheat pat-
ents, 5.'0; Wi ►
86; soil ,, Winter
$
,
wheat patents, $5 to 85.10; straight
rollers, $5.40 to $5.50; du., in bugs,
F2 to $2.10; extras, 81.(,5 to $1.75.
Feed -Manitoba bran, $22 to $23;
shorts, $25; Ontario Fran, 311 to
$22; middlings. $26 to $27; shorts,
826 per ton, including bags ; pure
grain tnouillic, $30 to $35; 'mile
grades, $25 to *25 per ton. l'ro•
visions -Barrels short cut mess,
$22.50; halt -barrels do., 811.50;
clear fat backs, $23; dry salt long
dressed hogs, $9.75; live, $6.85 to
$7. Eggs --No. 1, 19 to 20c ; selects,
23 to 24c per dozen. Cheese -West-
ern, 12%, to 12%e; eastern, 12;; to
12!%c. Butter -Firm, 25%c.
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LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Toronto, Sept 22. •--Stone good
kends of exporters' were on sale.
Their prices ranged from $4.75 to
*3..23 per eat. Medium animals
sold at $4.25 to $4.00 per cwt., and
The Official Statistics Show Increases in
Oats and Wheat.
The following statistics of the
principal field crops of Ontario for
1908 show the acreage, as comput-
ed from individual returns made by
farmers to the Ontario Bureau of
Industries, and the yield as estimat-
ed by a large and experienced
staff of correspondents, embracing
every township. The wheat arca is
practically the same as that of
1907, but the yield is estimated at
nearly a million bushels in excess of
the final returns of last year. The
area in barley slows a shrinkage of
about 5 per cent., and is over a
million bushels short of the crop
of 1907.
Tho poor crop of oats in 1907
caused a falling off in the arca of
1908 of over 5 per cent., or 158,000
acres; the yield, however, shows an
estimated increase of about 150,-
000,000 bushels, the yield per acre
being 7 bushels in excess of 1907,
and equal to the average of the
previous 26 years. The areas in
rye and peas show substantial in-
creases, but they are still below
the annual averages. The bean
crop differs but little from that of
1907. There is a slight reduction
in the bay area, but, the yield har-
vested a quarter of a ton to tho
acre over the light crop of last year.
The following are the figures for
1903, in comparison with 1907, and
the average of the irev`ioua 28
years, 1882 -1907: --
Yield
per
Bushels. acre
Field crops. Acres.
Fall wheat -
1908 .... .. 679,612
1907 .... .. 676,164
1882-1907 . . 869,813
Spring wheat -
1908 .... .. 142,124
1907 .... .. 144,514
18,22-1907 . . 403,156
Barley -
1905 .... .. 734,029
1907 .... .. 766,891
1882-1907 . 648,51.1
Oats -
1908 .... ..
1907 .... ..
1882-1907. .
Rye -
1908 .... .. 87,908
1907 .... .. 67,158
1882-1907 . . 118;301
Peas -
1903 .... .. 396,642
1907 .... .. 340,977
1883-1907 . . 645,873
Beans -
1908 .... .. 46,385
1907 .... .. 47,562
1882-1907 . , 41,762
Hay and clover -
1908 .... .. 3,253,141
1907 .... .. 3,269,552
1882-1907 . 2,532,638 3,711,958 1.47
With the exception of hay and
clover, the final estimates of yields
will not be made until November of
these and other crops, including
roots.
2,774,259
2,932,509
2,140,887
16,510,362 24.3
15,545,491 '23.0
17,932,068 20.8
2,282,318 16.1
'2,473,651 17.1
6,399,290 15.9
20, 744,222 28.3
21,718,332 '28.3
17,945,220 27.7
98,112,326 35.4
63,524,301 28.5
76,627,266 35.8
1,445,640 16.4
1,039,021 15.5
1,933,978 16.3
7,804,625 19r7
7,365,036 21.6
12,500,918 19.6
829,064 17.9
790,269 16.6
715,332 17.1
Tons. Tons.
4,635,257 1.42
3,891,863 1.18
light cattle for the Liverpool and BUSINESS MEN CAPTIOUS.
Manchester markets sold at $3.75 to
$4.25 per cwt. Imports Stf1l Show a Very Large
A few good butchers' cattle were Decrease.
sold at $4.80 per cwt.
An enquiry is already being made
for distillery bulls at $2.50 to $2.-
75 per cwt.
Prices continuo unchanged in
sheep and Iambs.
Select hogs continued to sell at
$7 per cwt., fed and watered, To -
amounted to $23,656,147, as can-
rontu. Fats were 25c per cwt. less.
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MET AWFUL FATE.
Mother and Babe Burned to Death
on Way to Village.
A despatch from Sprucedale,
Parry Sound District, says : Mrs.
S.erwiski and baby, while driving
to the village through three miles
c,f burning woods, were struck by
a large burning pine branch and
burned to death on Thursday. Dr.
C1. F. R. Richardson found the
bc.dies, and brought them to town.
Both were charred beyond recog-
nition. •
An almost impenetrable veil of
smoke hangs over the whole north
country, and the forest fires con-
tinue to rage with undiminished
fury. No rain has Callen for nearly
a month, and the whole country is
dried up. Many villages are threat-
eeed, and the settlers in all parts
are furred to fight the fire until they
are almost exhausted.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
The trade returns of the Dominion
for August again reflect the con-
servative policy of business houses
this year in considerably restrict- 2
ing the imports for the fall trade.
The total imports for the month
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A DREAM OF A D00.
"And who, pray, is Gladys 1"
was the question that awoke Mr.
Meeks one morning, and enabled
hiui to confront his better half, sit-
ting up in bed, with an interroga-
tion point in one eye and a note of
exclamation in the other.
"Gladys! Gladys? Gladys who 1"
"Just what 1 want to know, sir.
You've been repeating that name
all through the night."
"Oh, ah yes, yes, of course!
It's Jones's new collie clog. she's
a perfect beauty. Just the sort of
dug you ought to own."
"Certainly you appear very fond
of her. You asked .this collie do
to put her arms round your neck
and kiss you. Then you told
Jones's dog that you loved her with
all your heart and, that when you
came to dio, if you could only lay
your head on Jones's dog's bosons.
you could breathe your last hap-
pily."
pared with $33,919,520 for August
of last year, a decrease of $10,263,
473, or about 30 per cent. The ex-
ports of domestic products for the
month totalled $22,910,611, a de-
crease of $3,269,087 compared with
the same month last year. For the
first five months of the present fis-
cal year the total trade of the Do-
minion was $211,658.033, a decrease
of $64,229,548 as compared with the
corresponding perio of 1007. The
imports decreased iy $50,179,262? T
exports of doinesti products de-
creased by $9,654,433, and the ex-
ports of coin and bullion decre:pcd
by $3,790,204. For the five months
pi riod imports totalled $115,544,348
:tnd domestic exports totalled $90,-
115,621.
SOLDIER BADLY INJURED.
Fell From Blanket in Which Com-
rades Were Tossing Mita.
A despatch from Ottawa says : i►
rather serious accident occurred at
Rockliffe camp on Thursday after- ,
noon, as a result of which l'te. Car-
dinal, of the 56th Regiment, Pres-
cott, lies in a critical condition in
the Military Hospital. A number
of his comrades were having what
's known as a blanket parade, in
tossing ..0
reality the old game of t g a
man high in the air and catching
hitn. The treatment was being ap-
plied to Cardinal, but his weight in
(tilling broke the bold of those on
one side of the blanket, and he
struck the ground heavily. No hones
were broken, but it is feared that
lid was internally injured.
SIIOT Ill' 11E11 !MOTHER.
i,Ittle hnnghter. o1 George ('arson
of Chariolteloun Killed.
A despatch from Charlottetown,`
1'. E. f., says : On Wednesday ev-
ening the ten -year-old daughter of
George Carson, section foreman of
Highfield, was accidentally shot by
her brother Albert, aged sixteen.
while he was handling a leaded eine
She died two initiates L►;• r.
SUFFOCATED IN A YELL
William Regan and John Richardson Lost
Their Lives Near Regina
A despatch from Regina says: inp the bottom be gate• a cry of din -
1\ illiam Regan and Jack Richard-
son, who carne here froth London,
Ont., on Tuesday lost their lives
I. asphyxiation in a dry well they but signalled to be hauled up again,.
were boring on John Bolan's farm, se he was being suffocated. Regan
twelve miles south of this city. The then volunteered to go down, and
well had been sunk to a depth of the men went to put the rope
f� rty feet, and on the previous ev- around his body, but he put them
ening dynamite had been used to !aide, saying there was no time,
re move a rock. Tuesday morning and immediately descended, sitting
the two men 'err working alone at astride one of the hoards attached
the well, when Richardson went to the rope which was lowered by
dc.wn to remove s stone. On reach- a hand winch.
tress and Began eall'd to the
thrashing crew to come to his help.
When the men came one of them
went part of the way clown the aril,
1