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Saves C. P. R Express From Plunging
Through Burning Bridge.
A despatch from Montreal says: a boy named Guthrie, the .eon of a
Passengers by the belated C. 1'. R. trackman, who lives in a cottage
expresw- 4hich reached here at on the line some distance from
noun on Thursday, brought a thril- the bridge. He said he was awak-
liug story of the destruction of a erred by a dream that something
bridge by fire in the early morning was burning that seemed like a
hours, and the possible saving of bridge, and, seeing that everything
the train itself from a grate dis- was all right in the house, he went
aster through the intervention of a nut and saw the bridge in flames.
boy, who was warned by a dream It was then sometht.lg after 1
that the bridge which carried the o'clock, and instantly remember -
track over the creak between Bran- ing the express, he awoke his fa -
don and Winnipeg was on fire. The Cher, who arranged the plan for
train crew were warned of the peri- signalling the express before it
lous condition of a bridge through
reached the point of danger.
PUMPKINS EMIGRATED.
Tines C'rced the Boundary Line
lntu Canada.
A despatch from Seattle, Wash-
ington, says: Theodore Mastin, a
farmer liv.iu north of Blaine, owns
a piece of Land the north line of
which is the international boundary
between Canada and the United
States. Mastin, white aware of
this, has never had cause to re-
gret it until this year, when he
planted a hundred rows of corn
along the line. In the field of corn
he planted pumpkins, and now
harvest time is nigh, and Mastin
has written to Federal officers in
.Seattle asking how ho can gather
some fifty pumpkins which have
emigrated into Canada without
taking out naturalization papers.
Some of the pumpkins are as much
as thirty feet into forbidden land.
Just what the Federal law says re-
garding the unique question is not
known, but the jurists replied to
Martin's letter that he might stand
directly on tlio international line
and pull on the vine which had root
in the United States, and if the
pumpkins could be. dragged in, well
end proper; but if any should bo
snapped off and remain in Cana-
dian territory he should leave them
alone.
GOLD FINDS IN THE NORTH.
Reports of Discoveries Received in
Toronto.
A despatch from Toronto says:
The Ontario Department of Mines
has received reports of material
discoveries in the district sur-
ounding the township of Whitney.
o great iu the interest that al-
dy, according to the depart.-
nt's advices, there are 500 pros -
tors in the. field. The route to
gold field is by the Driftwood
er, a tributary of the Abitibi.
field lies west of Night Hawk
� e, near Porcupine Lake. Mr.
hos. W. Gibson, Deputy Minister
of Mines, states that samples of the
ore show % isible gold, and some
places in the district are said to be
rich in the precious mineral. The
department is making investiga-
tions.
nvestiga-
tions.
GGIBE. SHOT DE.11).
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Deliberate .tet of a Russino Boy of
Fifteen.
A despatch from ('anora, Sask.,
says: Georgina Downs, an Eng-
lish-speaking girl, thirt.ee_r years of
age, was disembowelled by a shot
fired from a gun in the bands of a
Russian youth, fifteen years old,
on Wednesday. Ile deliberately
1►oiuted the gun at the girl exclaim-
ing, lour money or your life,'
at the same time pulling the trig
ger. Ile claims he did not know
the guru was loaded. Neighbors in
the absence of the girl's father,
who is away working in the Mani-
toba harvest fields, carne to Canova
for a doctor. who went out aceom-
pp3nied by Constable Wilson of the
A. N. W. M. P. to investigate the
matter, but the girl was dead.
TO FLY TO '1'11E POLE -
Zeppelin Will Construct an Iwprot•-
ed Airship.
A despatch from Friedrichshafen
says: Prince Henry of Prussia pre-
sided on Wednesday over the meet-
ing of the Board of Directors of
the Zeppelin Airship Arctic Expe-
dition, to be tudertaken under the
auspices of the German Society for
the Exploration of the Polar Re-
gions. It was decided at the meet-
ing to send an advance party dur-
ing the summer of 1910 to Spitz-
bergen with alt the requisite equip-
ments to prepare for the success-
ful operation of an airship in trio
polar regions. The members of
the board emphasize the necessity
for the further development of the
Zeppelin type of airship for long
voyages, especially over the sea
An improved typo is to be con-
structed, and will be ready for its
trial flights in January, 1911. The
tests will be carried out between
the various ports. Prince . Henry
of Prussia, after the conclusion of
the meeting, made a trip in tho
Zeppelin III.
PLOWED UP A FORTUNE.
Farmer Discovered 'Treasure Valu-
ed at fri0,000.
A despatch from Ogdensburg, N.
Y., says: A farmer named Yost -
burg, living near Champlain, while
plowing on Tuesday, turned up a
quantity of gold coins, tarnished
by the weather and dirt in which
they reposed. Digging farther, ho
found more coins than he could
carry home at one time. Their
value is estimated at $50,000. It is
believed the treasure was buried
by persons who stole it from the
'British army which camped near
Champlain during the Burgoyne
campaign. The robbers probably
lost their lives subsequently and
no one knew what. they had done
with their booty.
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EARL (;I:RY .1T WiNNIPEG.
Ilis Excellency Arrives for a
Two !Weeks' Residence.
A despatch from Winnipeg says:
Earl Grey, Governor-General, ac-
companied by Lady Grey, arrived
in the city from Regina at 5.15 on
Wednesday afternoon. Earl Grey
and party were met at the station
by a guard of honor from the Royal
Mounted Rifles and 90th Battalion
and escorted to Government House,
where they will take up their re-
sidence for the next two weeks.
Thousands of people lined the
streets on the route of march and
gave Earl and Lady Grey a royal
reception.
'I'iIE MODERN JUGGERNAUT.
Chicago Street ('urs Kill Fifteen
!Every Month.
A despatch from Chicago says.
Eleven persons on the average have
been injured daily and one person
1;as been killed et erg other day for
the last three months by the Chi-
cago street cars.
YANCOIIYER T1BER DEAL
United States Company Pays $1,500,000
for the Property.
A despatch from 'Victoria, iI. ('.,
says: Ono of tho largest individu-
al timber deals in the history of
!Western Canada has just been
closed whereby the American Fin-
anee and Securities Company, of
New York, purchases from the Ca-
nadian Pacific Railway 54.000 acres
of timber lands on ('owichan Like,
Vancouver, 11. l'., for approximate-
ly 31,500,000. This is said t', be the
finest tract of timber remaining in
British Columbia. The timber,
t-hi:'h consists largely of fir. is of
n:ntrsual'y dense. growth. Ex -
1„ • . were ea•.nloy e.1 by t.'ne
Ne 1'•,rk roeipary ret'or: that t' e
1ni'ber at^r:ic.•+ mor, their 90.0(.0
fees to t1:4; ..ire a::d %'rat the tract
SAPVE:(INGt! FROM ALL OTE
THE GLOB&
Telegrapble Briefs From Onr Owa
sad 011ier Countriea of
Reseal Eveata.
('.1 N A D:1.
Brigadier -General Buchan died
a:. Montreal on Thursday.
The C. P. It. is to issue thi'ty
millions of new stock at 125.
1)r. Ernest Shipman urges Cana-
dians to secure a share of the Pana-
ma trade.
The Ontario Government has
taken treasures to encourage
steep -raising.
William Hendrick, the Guelph
'FROM ERIN'S GREEN ISLE
NEWS BT MAIL I'ROi ilii)
SUORES.
Happenings in the Emerald Isle of
luterest to Irish-
men.
New schools at Ballycuunell aro
tc' cost $4,905.
A five-year-old hunting horse was
bold at the Kilkenny Fair for 8600.
The potato crop of Craulough is
well above the average of former
years.
Swinfurd, Co. Mayo, is now fur-
nished w ith water r works and elec-
tricity.
Two acres of land with a house
Lurglar, was sentenced to ten years attached at C'aherlooa, Cummer,
was sold by auction for $750.
in penitenti:uy. The total amount of fish landed
New Westminster has been cho-
sen as the Pacific terminus of the on Irish coasts in the yea: ,b, is
Canadian Northern Railway.given as 747,056 hundredweight.
The Ontario Government has
purchased the splendid library of
the late Chief Justice Strong.
Mr. Bartholomew Presley of Kin-
tore bad his neck broken by being
pulled over the plow -bandies.
James F. Ruston was acquitted
at Brampton of the charge of set-
ting fire to his own house.
The jury at London in the trial
of Mrs. Wesley Scott for shooting
her father-in-law disagreed on
Wednesday.
GREAT BRITAIN.
T. P. O'Connor, the Irish leader,
will shortly pay a visit. to Canada
and the United States,
A number of British officers will
compote at the National Horse
Show at New York next month.
Tho difficulty of avoiding a con-
flict between the Lords and Com-
mons in Britain seems to be in-
creasing.
Of the pork imported from China
into Britain 9 per cent. of that so
far examined was infected with
tuberculosis.
The Freeman's Journal has an
editorial article, the ob;ect of which
seems to be to restrain Irish emi-
gration to Canada.
UNITED STATES.
William R. Hearst was nominat-
ed for Mayor of New York on Wed-
nesday night.
Robert Millington was fatally in-
jured while playing football at
Shamokin, Pa.
Hon. W. T. Pipes, Attorney -
General of Nova Scotia, died sud-
denly at Boston, on Thursday.
Principal I'et•erson of McGill
University was given the degree
of Doctor of Laws by Harvard Uni-
versity-.
GENERAL.
Icing Manuel of Portugal will
visit, Madrid, London, and Paris in
November.
Albert Pulitzer, n brother of the
proprietor of The New York
World, committed suicide in Vien.
na.
The capture by the Spaniards of
Zeluan, the sacred Ritftan city. has
caused the tribes of the hinterland
to flock to the Moorish standard.
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('.1l'SED PANIC IN STORE.
A Levis liar:dent':, .ltlempl to Com-
mit Suicide.
:1 despatch from Quebec says:
T. Robitaille, aged 40, a resident
of Levis, who it is said was suffer-
ing from mental distress, supposed
to bo caused by over -indulgence,
entered the hardware store of Mr.
•Doyle at noon on Wednesday and
attempted to commit suicide. Ro-
bitaille, approaching one of the
clerks, asked permission to look at
some revolvers, which were shown
him. He picked out a small seven -
chamber weapon, and asked the
clerk to load it. Tliis was dune.
Itobitaille then picked up the pis-
tol, and pointing it at his right
breast fired. The store was filled
with customers nt the time, and the
incident created a small panic. A
doctor and the city ambulance were
immediately summoned, and the
unfortunate man was conveyed to
the Hotel Dieu Hospital, %t here he
now lies in a precarious condition.
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TO MAKE A MAN WORK.
Recorder Weir Thinks Drunkard
Should Support family.
A despatch from Montreal says:
With a family of seven, destitute
a lid homeless. John O'Connell and
his wife appeared before Recorder
contains approximately 5,000,000,- Weir on Thursday morning, on the
000 feet of merchantable lumber. charge of being drunk and neglect•
Cowichan Lake is about. 100 miles ing to provide for their children.
north of l-eattle and 22 miles from They pleaded guilty and were sent
the nearest point of the Nanaimo down for six and four months re -
and Esquinnalt. Railway, a branch spectively. Recorder Weir said
of the Canadian Pacific. It is sti- there was an old statute which
palated in the contract that the would compel the man to work and
purchasers are immediately to erect the proceeds of his labor would be
it mill with an annual capacity of at devoted to the support of his fam-
least 100,00n,0)0 feet, and that. the ily. Mr. Lefebvre. clerk of the
railroad is to build a branch line court, stated that the law existed
from ('ow'ich•►n harbor into the only in theory. and never was put
timber. The Canadian Pacific tint- into practice. Recorder Weir then
her holdings in Vancouver are all instructed the clerk to write to the
Crown grant lands, and it has al- Attorney -General and call his al-
ways been the road's policy to sell tention to the many eases of this
;ts timber oily where the purchaser character corning before the Ro-
uill agree to operate the properties corder's Court, and see if some -
::rd guarantee a certain amount of thing could not be done to make
traffic oscr the line. the law operative.
Mr. Carnegie, has agreed to in-
crease his gift of $6,250 for Bangor
Public Library and Technical
School to $7,500.
Richard Justin, a laborer, was
executed in Belfast gaol for the
murder of his daughter, whom he
beat to death in March.
Wild scenes of riot and disorder
have been occurring at Tomple-
inore on account of the refusal of
the tenants to pay rent.
An animal described by some as
a lion, and by others as a bear, ap-
peared recently in the Rosemead
and Knochrin district, Queen's Co.
Thirty-five men who are alleged
to have participated in the recent
riots at Lurgan between Orange-
men and Nationalists, have been
arrested.
A battery is to be erected at Kil-
root Point, near Carrickfergus, for
the protection of Belfast Lough
and the valuable docks and ship-
ping at that place.
Tho funeral took place recently
at Louth of Patrick Morris, who
had attained the age of 100 years
and five months. The deceased was
a blacksmith.
A dwelling house near Tullaroan
has been blown up with blasting
powder. Four infernal machines
were discovered in the house, which
was empty.
The Ballyshannon constabulary
recently succeeded, after an ex-
citing raid, in capturing an illicit
distillery in full working order,
among the Donegal mountans.
Richard Justin, laborer. aged •
years, was hanged in Belfast jail
for the murder of his 'l -year-old
daughter. This was the first execu-
tion in tho city for eight. years.
The Countess of Aberdeen has
sent silver thimbles bearing mot-
toes in Irish, to the little girls conn -
posing the deputation which pre-
sented her with an address in Lur-
gan recently, and to the boys a new
kind of autograph book each.
While some workmen were rec-
ently engaged in digging a founda-
tion of a dwelling house on a farm
at Callow, a few miles from Balia-
gliaderreen, they came upon the
skeleton of a man in a gnr,d state
of preservation about three feet
from the surface.
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THE TIGER'S PREY.
ilow His Taste Changes ferocity
of the 'lancelet..
In the intervals of rest and re-
creation which -Mr. Rees doubtless
allows himself he may do worse
than give his most attentive con-
sideration to certain facts men-
tioned by a writer in the current
number of tine Indian Forester
bearing upon the evolution of the
forest tiger's taste, first for cattle
and then for human meat.
When tired of the monotony of
the menu provided by deer or wild
pig the fyrest tiger develops a
taste for domestic cattle, and then
its modus operandi is very interest-
ing study. The venue is changed
from deep forest to cattle breeding
area, where the tiger leisurely car-
ries on its depredations until shot
-an operation which, however it
might. shock Mr. (tees, is one of the
most beneficent acts of the sports-
man.
As the writer in the Indian For-
ester says, the transition from cat-
tle slaying to man slaying is not
a great step. Where cattle :abound
human beings arc, and once the
tiger has tasted human meat it de-
velops an extraordinary passion
for it. And so it must have its
daily feed. It goes anywhere in
search of food.
Many years ago a tiger swam the
Rangoon diver, nearly a mile in
width, and landed in the heart of
the locality, crept under the raised
floor of a Burman hut and was
promptly slaughtered.
About six years ago a large tiger
was nhscrved on the platform of
the Shwe-Dogan pagoda at Ran-
goon and was shot by a party of
soldiers told off for the purpose.
The superstitious Burmese attri-
buted the outbreak of plague in
Rangoon to the shooting of this
tiger, which they declared was some
particular manifestation - of the
Buddha. It is a curious fact. how-
ever, that the plague outbreak oc-
curred shortly afterward, and the
city has not since been free of the
scourge.
TIIE WORLD'S MARKETS
REPORTS FROM THE 1.1:.WING
TRADE C'ENT'RES.
!'rices of Cattle, (.rain, ('heese and
Other Dairy Produce at
llonte and Abroad.
BRE..DSTUFFS.
Toronto, Oct. 12. -Flour -- On
tario wheat 90 per cent. patents,
$4 to 84.05 in buyers' sacks on
track, Toronto, and 83.90 to $3.95
outside in buyers' sacks. Manitoba
flour, first patents, $5.60 on track,
'femora(); second patents, $5.10,
and strong bakers', 81.90 to *5 ou
track, Toronto.
Manitoba Wheat -No. 1 North-
ern, $t.01!, Bay ports. and No. 2
Northern at $1, Bay ports.
Ontario wheat -No. 2 mixed, 96
to 97c outside, and No. 2 white, 07
to 98c outside.
Bailey -No. 2, 56 to 57c outside,
and No. 3 extra, 51 to 55c outside.
Oats -No. 2 Ontario white, new,
37 to 371,,c outside. New Canada
West oats, 37% to 3Se spot, Bay
ports.
Peas -92 to 85c outside.
Rye -No. 2, 69 to 70e outside.
Buckwheat -55 to 56c outside.
Corn -No. 2 American yellow,
68% to G9c on track, Toronto.
Bran --$18 to $19 outside in hulk
for Ontario bran, and $.20.50 to u21
for shorts in bulk.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Apples -$1 to $2.75 per barrel,
according to quality.
Beans -Prince, $2.25, .and hand-
picked, $2.•10 to $2.45 per bushel.
Honey -Combs, dozen, $2.25 to
$3; extracted, 100 per lb.
Ilay-No. 1 timothy, $15.50 to $16
a. ton on track here, and No. 2 at
$14 to $14.50.
Straw -$6.75 to $9.50.
Potatoes -55 to 60c per bag on
track for Ontario, and at 75c for
New Brunswick.
Poultry -Chickens, dressed, 12
to 13c per lb. ; fowl, 10 to Ile; tur-
keys, 17 to 10c per lb.; duck,, Ib.
11 to 130.
THE DAIRY MARKETS.
Butter -Pound prints, 21 to 22c;
tubs and large rolls, 19 to 20e; in-
ferior, 17 to 18c; creamery, 25 to
25!4, and solids, 21 to 22c per lb.
Eggs -Case lots, 24% to 25c per
dozen.
Cheese -12'/,c per Ib. for large,
and at 12%c for twins.
IHOG PRODUCTS.
Bacon -Long clear, 15 to 15'/,c
per Ib. in case lots; mess pork,
$26.50 to $27; short cut, $28 to
*28.50.
Hunns-Light to medium, 15% to
16c; do., heavy. 1.1 to 1 1' :.c ; rolls,
14,'•1 to 15e; shoulders, 12' to 13c;
backs, 18% to 2Oc; breakfast ba-
con, 17 to 18e.
Lard -Tierces, 15e; tubs, 15%e;
pails, 15;c.
BUSINESS AT MONTREAL.
Montreal, Oct.. 12.-Ncw crop
oat's, No. 2 Canadian Western, 41%
to 42e; old crop oats, No. 2 Cana-
dian Western, 42 to 4211c; barley,
No. 2, 66 to 67c; Manitoba feed
barley, 61 to 65e; buckwheat, 55
to 55%c. Flour -Manitoba Spring
wheat patents, firsts, $5.70; Mani -
tuba Spring wheat patents, sec-
onds, $5.20; \\-inter wheat patents,
$5.50; :Manitoba strong bakers',
85; straight rollers, $5 to $5.25.
straight rollers, in bags, $2.35 to
$.50. feed -Ontario bran, $21 to
$22; Ontario middlings, $22.50 to
$23.50; Manitoba bran, $21; Mani-
toba shorts, $23 to $21 ; pure grain
mouille, $33 to $33; mixed rnouille,
$25 to $27. Cheese -Westerns,
11;;, to 11%e; eastcrns 11 to 11%c.
Butter -Finest. creamery, 21%e.
Eggs --Selected stock 25.' to 26c;
No. 1 candled, 22% to 23c; No. 2,
10 to 19e per dozen.
UNITED STATES MARKETS.
Chicago, Oct. 12 --Cash wheat -
No. 2 red, 81.18; No. 3 red. 81.09
ti' $1.16; No. 2 hard, 81.06 to $1.-
12: Ne 3 hard, $1.01 to KI.OY; No.
1 Northern, $1.05 to $1.0e; No. 2
.Northern, $1.03 to 81.05; No. 3
Spring, $1 t • $1.01. Corn -No. 2,
GO% to 60%c; No. 2 white. 61%e;
No. 2 yellow, 60% to 60%c; ; No. 3,
60% to 60%e; e; No. 3 yellow, 601 to
60%c; No. 4, 59',; to 59'{c. Oats -
No. 3, 39c; No. 3 white, 28'1 to
30%e; No. 4 white, 38 to 39c; stan-
dard, 41%c.
Minneapolis. Oct. 12. -Wheat -
December. 99,', to 993 : May, 81.-
02% to $1.027,,L; No. 1 ca..h. tart!,
$1.01':;; No. 1 Northern. $1.01; No.
g Northern, 99e; No. 3 Northern,
1•7 to 99c. Flour -First patents.
85.20 to $5.30; second patents. $5
to $5.10; first clears, *1.33 to $1.55;
second clears, 83.10 to $3.80. ilran
--In 100 -Ib. sacks, 919.50.
LIVE STOCK MARKETS
Montreal, Oct. 12.-- Pi into ',eters
sold at 4'•; to 5c per lb. ; pretty
good animals. 3'', to 4'.,c : common
stock, 2 to 3%e per Ito About a
dozen lean old cows were sold at
5,9.50 each, or 1%c per Ib. Calves
3 to 511c per lir. Sheep, 3!,.; to 3..%c
per Ib. ; lambs, 5% to Ge per ll.
Good lots of fat hogs sold at 9'i
to 9'4c per lb.
Toronto, Oct. 12.- Anything teal -
'$20,000,000 FOR A NAVY
Canada's Naval Defence Act to bo Passed
in Early Part of Session.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
It was semi-of:ic'ally announced ou
Thursday afternoon that the bill
to give effect to the dccisiuu of the
defence conference will be intro-
duced at an early stage of the ses-
sion, and will be entitled the Naval
Defence Act. It will be followed
by proposals fur the construction
of twelve vessels of cruiser and de-
stroyer class, nine of which will be
placed un the Atlantic and three
t the Pacific. This %till involve a
capital expenditure of twenty mil-
lion dollars, as well as an annual
outlay for maintenance and upkeep
of oter three million dollars.
\While no decision has been reach-
ed as to where the new navy shall
be built, strong pressure is being
brought to bear upon the Govern-
ment to ask Parliament to consider
the desirability of expending the
whole suns in Canada under the
supervision of British experts
loaned to Canada for that purpose.
Tho details as to the proposed
training ship and enlarged dry
docks have not yet been worked
out. The, Admiralty is said to take
the view that bigger ducks are more
a necessity than the construction
01 a fleet, but it is hyped that some
arrangement on this point will be
reached before Parliament meets,
The other legislation will in-
clude bills to amend the bank act,
to amend the insurun.e act. to ra-
tify the French treaty, and it is
hoped as a result of the corning con.
ferenco between Mr. Lemieux and
the British Postmaster -General in
England next week to include a
bill for the reduction of cable rates
in the session's business. There
will also be a bill to amend the
militia act, to give effect to the
military end of the defence confer-
ence•
ly good that could be picked out
sold quickly front $4.85 to $5; fair
to medium loads nt 84.20 to $4.00;
all other grades were easier, but
everything on offer was sold. Tho
demand for feeders was strong,
with prices firm for good bulls,
steers and heifers, but the light
rough stock were a shade lower.
Milkers and springers were in ac-
tive demand for good quality.
Calves steady. Sheep and lambs
were steady to firer. Hogs wreak,
owing to the poor quality, but
anything of good weight. and qua-
lity sold at. *8, fed and watered.
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NOT FIT TO DRINK.
Moutreal's Water Declared to be
Absolutely Dirty.
A despatch from Montreal says:
Dr. Henri St. George. City Bac-
teriologist, has completed his re-
port in regard to the condition of
the city's water, showing it to be
unfit for drinking. The report of
Dr. St. George commences by say-
ing that the city nt tho present
time is getting almost all its water
from the Ottawa River, owing to
the lowness of the water in the St.
Lawrence• Samples of tho water
have been taken during the past
ten days, and the analysis shows
that the fluid now being provided
to the city is unhealthy in the ex-
treme. It• is full of vegetable mat-
ter. Indeed. the condition of the
Supply can be judged from the fact
that, the analysis shows there are
no less than 96,000 bacteria in fif-
teen drops of water. In brief, the
whole tenor of the report is to de-
clare that the water is absolutely
dirty.
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Wide Extent of Country Has Wen
Det •slated.
A despatch from Winnipeg says:
Prairie fires are raging in various
harts of Alberta and Saskatche-
wan, but details are scarce. One-
third of the 0o%ernment Park near
Wainwright. Alta., was burned,
but the buffalo are safe. Another
frig fire is rushing towards the park
at present. Many homesteaders
in both Alberta and Saskatchewan
have suffered iuss. .
A despatch from Oak Point,
Man., says : Fire is raging 32 miles
north of Oak Point. It was start-
ed over a week ago on Dog ('reek
Iridian Reserve. Since then it has
hurried hundreds of square miles of
prairie sod and timber. A large
quantity of bay has already been
destroyed. Several settlers have
lost stock, houses and stables, and
narrowly escaped fearful deaths.
On three or tour days of last week
the sun was completely hidden by
smoke. The whole populntion in
that region is greatly alarmed. be-
cause nothing bet heavy rain can
extinguish tho flames. 1f a low.
wind arises the whole country be -
GUARD is MISSING, T00.
Ilu•ee Prisoners Escape
Mount ed Police,
A despatch from Edmonton,
Alta., says: Between 5 and 8
o'clock on Wednesday night three
prisoners escaped front the R. N.
W. M. P. barracks at Fort Sas-
katchewan. The guard in charge
also disappeared, and as he is a
recruit the theory is that he de-
serted with the men. This belief
has not been substantiated, how-
ever, and there is a possibility thab
he may have met. with foul play
from the men he had in charge.
They were working in a field near
the buildings, and their disappear-
ance was not noticed for sone time.
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SWINDLED T'iiOUSANi)S.
From
An Awcr'rean Crook Sent to Prison
in England.
A despatch from London says:
Harry Benson of Brooklyn, whose
real name is Bebro, has been
found guilty by the Criminal Court
and sentenced to five years' penal
servitude. The charges against
him were of fraud in connection
with the bankruptcy of the Fclth-
ams Bank. which he founded. In
the course of the trial evidence was
given that he bad defrauded more
than 500 persons by his operations
through the bank. It was also ad-
duced that he had swindled 18.000
other persons by means of the In-
ternational Securities Corporati in.
TO ('OYER D1;I'il'I'1'S.
(;ormast (.overnnient to Ask for
Loan of $12;,090,000.
A despatch from Berlin says:
The Imperial Government will a -k
for a loan of 8125.000,000 in the
beginning of 1010, the Tageblatt
said on Thursday in its financial
article, to cover deficits. This ac-
counts, according to the news-
paper, for the recent tendency to
sell Imperial issues on the Boerso.
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D.1'1'E Dl;l'INI'I'ELT ElXED.
Cabinet Decides Parliament Shall
Meet November 11.
A despntth from Ottawa says:
At the Council meeting it was de-
cided to summon Parliament fur
despatch of business on Thursday,
Nov. 11th.
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Mexicans have a nice, delie.•alo
way of saying even unpleasant
things. A young Mexican lady,
talking with a prisoner in the peni-
tentiary, pol.te!y asked : "How long
do you expect to be away front
home'" A lawyer in Mexico writes
politely, of a certain client : "II
hnte writeen to Senor nboub
the doc'tments, and I am awaiting
l -i- reply. He has not answered.
r•'though there has peen plenty of
twcen Lake Manitoba and Lake time. I bear be is in jail. and that,
Winnipeg may beeomc the prey of of course, handicaps hum to some
the flames. extent."
LOWN UP BY DYNAMITE
Fifth Explosion Within a Year on Works
Manned by Non-Unic;n Mcn.
A de 1 itch Buffalo says:
., Slee' solo t r the New Yuri/
Centri.l ;-ticks, near the Elk Stre-t
Market, was blown up by dynarni;e
nt 1 a.m. on Thur'clty morning. .t
heavy charge of the explosive was
used and a large s'('tion of tht,
structure was twisted and shatter,
ed. This is the fifth dynamite out
rage that hat occurred here with -
ie n y ea r. all of their bcia•,g ou
structures worked by other than
union men.
The Elk Street viaduct was being
!milt 1.y the S. J. Me('ann
p:any, of Mercer, Pa., who do prac-
tically all their work on the (pet
shop policy. The Ia:,t outrnko trete
was directed against the ssnit' firm.
\ large construction cnr and h•,i't•
ing crane, owned by them and op-
erated
p-
etated at the EN Street viadoer,
wee wrecked 1,y n cl.nrge of dyna-
mite tt it had been pli- d under
the boiler of the soft:me-.
Nu nrreos hive loon trade in
conneetion wit% any of the jibs
puked off hero.
Nor