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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1906-08-16, Page 6MANY ACTS OF GROAYTII 01 \\F l:1t\ TOl1NS. \TIOLENCE the tluinytnnuial Scnle,►ce Shows u The Story That Comes Bid Increase. A despatch from Ottawa says : The Daily From the Russian Empire. THEFT AND MURDER. The London Times' correspondent Cables from St. Petersburg as follows: - Telegrams from venous purls of the em- pire published daily fn the papers con stank a monotonous record of acts of violence. Wednesday's telegrams tell of robbery and murder north, south, east and west. In Churbin a telegraphist was robbed, his child killed and wife wounded. In .efilitopol passport furors were stolen, probably for use by local! rnolutionaries. Iu Eknlerinoslov, Tula and Three other places money was stol- en from the Government brandy sh:5pe. Agrarian riots naturally are not want- ing. On Prince Kochubey's estate in Poltava province buildings were burnt down, and with them perished a quan- tity of valuable live ste k. The build- ings and estate of M. Lukyanuft near Poltava aro now burning. In the pro vinee of Orel (ho rural guards arrested an agitator, and peasants who attempt- ed to rescue the man killed one guard and wounded two. Bombs abound. In Gomel a bomb burst in a private apart- ment. Bombs have been discovered in Gomel, Yalta, Kaluga and Sam►nra Rode. Firearms have ben seized in Poltava and '1'heodosta daily. The record of murder tells of the assassina- Iion of Commandant Pyatigorsk In the garrison by an insane officer. A wood- man was shot at Itiga by a rurat guard. A director of the prison was shot at Hresllilov-k. A lieutenant, policeman, a lady and a co inissionntre were wonnded in Warsaw. The pea.:nnt de- puty from Kieft was beaten on his re- turn home by peasants who were dissatisfied with his explanation of the dilsofutlon of Ute Douma. Of arrests it is Impossible to keep record. In St. Petersburg alone 150 persons were ar- rested on Tuesday. in the meantime the Block Ilundred organizations are active. In St. Petersburg the hooligans are growing bolder, and the notorious Bishop of Saratoff incites the Orthodox to attack the revolutionaries. The Gov- ernment is busily engaged devising re- pressive measures to secure the arrest of agitators in the rural districts and prevent the further demoralization of the finny officials. The Government orrice: complain of lack of clear direction, and the conservative members of the Coun- cil of 'the Empire declare that repres- sive measures are futile. and that the empire is drifting steadily toward an- archy. 110\iB HURLED 11\10 STATION. A despatch from Sosnowiec, Russian rebind, says: A bomb was thrown on \\'ednesdny into a crowded waiting - room of the railway station. One roan was kilted and tnany were wounded. A panic ensued, resetting In Injury to many other persons. Women fainted and children were trampled upon. The thrower of the bomb escaped. THE PEOPLE IiELD RESONSIL3LE. A despatch from Warsaw says: The terry):•isls are continually attacking and robbing post -offices, Government spirit she's. treasuries and the malls. Tho Gco%. et. ,r -General has ordered that hem the inhabitants of vtlluges, c or,e :,I;ii's oriel cities in or near which s•. Imes occur shall pay the losses rc.,,.iGug from such robberies. WIIi. THE CZ'.fl ABDICATE? A despntch from Vienna says: It is rumored that it Is the Czar's Intention to abdicate. The recirculation of this report is ascribed to the reactionary Cnnut -illo s \ i='cull• opposing Premier Slolypht's re:.5rm scheme, which the ('sane supports. The story adds that the Czar will appoint Grand Dukes \'Indi- tnir and Nicholas- Nlcholnevitch as co- regei l ls. i'EI111: 1'S I)1:.1•I'l1 Ffill DUTY. A deereatch fie• i se Petersburg soya: M. Onipkn, the prnsanl member of the late 1'nrlinment, win was captured red- 11nrN1ed at Cronstadt after the mutiny then'. will to irlyd, It Is semi-oIieinll• annn+nrced. Recording to the rules of war for Inciting and participating in an armed revolt. the penalty for whteh is death. The authorities hope the case will Invnlr0 several other prmninent extre- miets in the Tile Parliament and pre- vent their iv -election to any future Par- liament. • FOR FA\IINE RELIEF. The Cabins' on Wednesday discussed nlen.u:-e- of famine relief. 11 wet; de- cided to ree omrnend credit of 27.5(10,- 010 In addition to the $7,500.000 voted by Parliament for this use, 82551110.000 cf which stun is to provide fond and em- ployrncn! In keep the stricken popula- tion from slarvalInn, and the rennninder for the pr-.rchase of seed grain. Among the public works recommended are con- struction of flood embankments. ports and other improventenls on the Volga. on whie h the tntskilted labor in the chief famine district could bo employe) and for whieh $550,000 were voted at the re- conunendetion of Premier Stotypin. NE\V HEAD F011 RCsSI.' N NAVY. A despnleh from St. Petersburg says: It Is undeetood that the Court of En- quiry into the recent mutiny al Cron. eladt advises the rcptncernent of Admir- al Ilirleff. Minister of Marine. by settle other otlker as the heed of the Hussain navy. It is said that the piece has been offered to Vice -Admiral Duhasnff, who was (; verne r -General of Moscow up to July le. when he resigned en ae 'ount of the condition of his henith. He is still suffering from the effects of wounds received in Mesenw on May 6. when a bomb was thrown at him In the street. Al Iirsf it was suppeeed he had receiv• ed mortal Injuries. The \r•voe Vrerrva says that Grand Duke Nicholne Nieholatevilch, cousin of the Czntr, wfll be appointed to the su- preme command of the army without tlictelottal '()went. SENTENCES UNJUST. The senknces passed upon the Sebas- topol mutineers probably will bo tuili- guted. It will be recalled that lire papers iu the cases of these men disappeared mysteriously after the arrival at Sebasto- pol of Admiral Skrydloff, conmiander of the Bleck Sea fleet. Before Ile left Sebastopol the Admiral intimated that he considered the condemnation of Ilse mutineers prearranged and unjust, and said he thought the ollicers had been more to blame than the sailors. There is mote than a suspicion that the seizure by revolutionists of the papers in these cases was staged by Admiral Skrydioff himself. On the recommendation of the Ad- miral, Minister of Marine [thritef( in- stead of confirming the sentences has ordered a complete rehearing of the cases at the end of two months. TO SURVEY TEMISKA I HNG. C. P. R. to Send Corps of Engineers Into the District. A despatch from Montreal says: Sir Thos. Shaughnessy has intimated that the Canadian Pacific Railway Company will despatch a corps of engineers and surveyors to the Temiskaming district to make a preliminary survey and re- port upon the extension of their lino from Temiskaming to Ktppew•a and Riviera des Qtunze. The object of this line, should it bo decided upon after these reports have been received, will he the development of the region where the recent gold discoveries were made, and incidentally it will open up direct railway comununtcation between the main line and the old established ag- ricultural district of Villa ,Marto. i GRAVE MISMANAGEMENT. Report of the Commission on Boer War Scandals. A despatch from London says: Tho War Onice has issued the report of the Royal Commission which was appoint- ed to investigate the South African War stores scandals. While the report ac- quits the British commissioned officers concerned of the worst charges of cor- ruption, it finds that the losses, equal- ing about $5,000,000, were due rather to grave mismanagement and Incompe- tence than to fraud. The commission criticizes severely several officers and public servants, and charges a number of non-commissioned officers with re- ceiving bribes. it declares the errors were due to deplorable and complete want of co-ordination, and the divorce of interest between the different depart- ments of lite \Var Office. The Array Service Corps Is declared to have been utterly melting in business training and experience. --♦ 81G INCILE.ASE IN LUMBER. British Columbia Dealers lers Advance Com- mon Lumber $1 Per Thousand. A despatch from Nelson, B. (:., says: The Mountain Lumbernen's Association decided to raise the price of common lumber one dollar per thousand. There will be a slight advance also on a few other lines. It is claimed that the con- ditions warranted an advance of $8 and $10, but the lumbermen did not wish to take odvaningo of the situation ()ris- ing In the Northwest over good crops. One mill on Thursday reported orders for 360 carloads of lumber, with little stock. The const mills are bare of stocks. with orders months nhead. Thir- ty-five mills are now in the association but a few more limits will bo opened. ('SED BAYONETS TO SLAY 1VO.l1EN. A German Soldier In Africa Tells of Aerocities, A despatch from London says: The Itheinischer Zeilung publishes a letter from a German soldier who is serving in South Africa. In which he snys:- "\\'hen scouting one evening nur party. consisting of fourteen men and an offi- cer. conte to a %voter pool, about which we, sow some black figures hovering. We captured them, and they proved to he five native worsen. It was not con- sidered ndvisable In shoot Mein. as there were known to be 200 blacks In the neighborhood. At last a soldier sug- gested That they he bayoneted. The of- ficer forthwith gave orders to Rini effect and Ove of us stood In front of the wee men and five behind them and stabbed them to death." 1'01'1:11T INTHE WATER. A Drott nine Ilan Almost Sinks His • Insecure. A despatch frorn Sault Ste. Marie says: Ono of the most heroic rescues recorded along the north shore in n long lime was that accomplished by n C. P. It. fireman. W. Fitzgerald, nt Algona Mille. Mr. D. A. Jones had been swimming with n number of eompaninna. Ile remained behind there it) the water and took cramps. The men nn shore wit- ness.d his struggles. but could or did mol render aid. Just al the opportune moment a locomotive crossed the bridge. lir. Fitzgerald noticed the mon in troll. Ile and without even stripping to re- move his clothes jumped n distort) of twenty-five fret from the hridge into the wn'er. The drowning mon grnsped hie leg and a struggle between mon and man ensued. Mut Mr. F'itzgerald's ef- forts were fleetly crowned with success when tie got Jones to shore. STIPENDOt9 1.09.9. Sustained by British Companies in Matt Francisco. A despatch from London say: The Tina: eeslirnate: that British cnmpnnles, including the suhsidinry American com- panies owned by them. lost £9,225.109 la the San Francisco di:eater. qulnquenniul cereus of Manitoba, Sas- katchewan, and Alberta has now been completed so as to show the population of cities and towns in the North -Wiest Provinces In 1901 and 1906 respective- ly. The figures are : Manitoba. 1!101 1906. Brandon .. .. .. .. .. 5,620 10.409 Garman .. .. .. .. .. 1,439 1 530 Dauphin .. .. .. .. .. 1.1 35 1,671 Gladstone .. .. .. .. .. 731 8'18 Gretna.. .. .. .. .. .. 640 (171; Killarney .. .. .. .. .. 5c5 1,117 Mundou . .. .. .. .. 617 711; Minnedosa .. .. .. .. 1,052 1.300 Morden .. .. .. 1 522 1133 N eepu w a .. .. .. .. 1, 415 1,895 Pilot Mound. . .. 416 a 589 Portage la Prairie. .. 3.901 4,935 Sl. Boot fuce.. .. .. .. 2,019 5,120 Souris.. .. .. , . 838 1.4113 Stonewall.... .. .. .. 549 1.071 Winnipeg. .. . . .. 42.310 9o,216 Totals.. . .. .. 61,918 124,947 Increase in five years 60,029 Saskatchewan - Alameda.. .. .. .. .. 101 333 Arcola.. .. .... .. .. 129 652 Carndufl .. .. .. .. .. 190 491 Davidson .. ..520 Indian Head.. 768 1,515 Moose Jaw... .. .. 1,558 6,250 Oxlww.... .. •.. •.. 230 530 Qu :Appello .. , . .. nJt 778 liegir►at.... .. .. .. 2.219 6,217 Saskatoon.... .. .. 1 t 3,031 \Vapella 397 459 .. .. 359 459 . • 409 835 Totals .. .. .. .. .. 6,910 1:',142 Increase in five years 15,•202 Alberta - Calgary .. .. .. .. .. 4,091 11 X37 Collision ..........619 1,002 Edmonton. .. .. .. .. 2,628 11,534 Fort Saskatchewan. .. 300 . 5S6 1. a co m be .. .. .. 499 1.015 I.edtue . •„ 112 391 Lethbride-Stafford 2,072 ... Letlt ridge .. .. .. ... 2.325 Stafford! . .. .. „ 6:3 MacLeod .. .. .. , . 1,141 Ponoka. .. .. .. .. 473 Ned Deer.. .. .. 1,420 2,927 \Vhitewoad.., \Velseley .. , . 796 la/ 323 1.150 550 Strathcona .. -. 163 Totals .. .. .. .. 13,715 37.025 Increase in live years /23,310 STEAMER RI\i).ALi: BURNED. The C.00k Roused the Crew and Then Disappeared Herself. A despatch from Newcastle. Ont., says: The steamer Erindale, of the North Shore Transportation Cowan!, was burned down to the water's edge alongside the wharf at Newcastle on Thursday morning at half -past one o'clock, and Is a total loss. She arrived here al 10 o'clock the night before, and after being made fast and snugged down for the night the officers and crew turned in. Apparently the deck -hand whose duty it was to keep watch failed to keep awoke, as the flee had already got a good hold of the ship before It was discovered by Mr. Jackson, the manager of the company, who was on board. Grasping •the seriousness of the situa- tion, Mr. Jackson reused the officers and crew, and they were all, with the exception of the cook. enabled to es- cape, Capt. Sullivan, the commander. negotiating a very creditable jump from the bridge -deck to the wharf in the scantiest of costumes. No sign was made by the cook, and, as (ho part of the bridge -deck where her cabin was located was enveloped in flames when Mr. Jackson discovered the fire, it is feared that she perished. The -discovery of human bones among the debris after the fire was extin- guished is taken as evidence as to her fate. Mr. Jackson, the manager, only re- lieved his brother, who is purser, at Whitby, In the afternoon, as the bro- ther dirt not feel well enough to go on with the trip. and it is probable that but for his presence on board more fatalities would have to be reported. • It tTE MUST BE 1.011'1:RED. Commission Flees Maximum Freight on Cured Meals at 13 (:ends, A despatch from Ottawa sive: The Railway Commission has issued nn or- der reducing to 18 cents for 100 lbs. the mealtime] rale which the Canadian Pa- cific and Grand 'Trunk Hallways ore al- lowed to charge for the carriage of cured meats, lard, and other packing house products in miriade from To- ronto to Meet:eat for export. Propor- tionate rales are fixed for similar ship- ments from other points in Ontarlo. The Davies Company, of Toronln, no - pealed against the rate of 19 rents that the railways were enforcing amt asked n restoration of the rale of 16% cents that wens formerly collected. 11111TISl1 TR.tII: IN JULY. A Very Large Increase Roth in imports and Exports. A London deeprttch says: The Board of Trade returns for the month of July show nn Inerease in imports of *19,339.- 0O, and an increase in exports of VA. - 109,500. The principal increase in int- ports was food. $7.5(11),000. The rest WAS mew material and mnnufnr•Iured nr- ticles. In export,. Bre principal increase was manufnr lured soros and textiles. 811.10 y100, the remainder beteg manu- factured melc-13. MANY P.AIIDONel ISSUED. Inmates of Canadian Prix►ns ilereive Their Release. •An Ottawa despatch says: There were 113 persons pardoned during the fsCil year enelint June 30 fronm Cr ;Indian prnilenliarir, hu• vn1101Is reasons. but mainly from a ,el comfort. Of !hie num- ber 173 a ors un,t'r the ticket -of -leave sysletn. Floe r•e•meiteler were released unconditionally. 1 ONTARIO'S Pito.- i:ItRV. The Farmers are Eujoyin;I an 1'npre- cedented Era of Good Times. In our general rejoicing over the west- ern wheat harvest the no less presper- otrs colditiort of the farmers of Ontario must not bo obscured. The recent in- vestigations by our special correspon- dent in this Province have shown ex- ceptionally gratifying results in every department of agriculture, and his fav- orable predictiuns have been arnply Supported by later reports, says the Globe. These show that the farming community is enjoying 4111 unprecedent- ed era of good limes. The steady up- lift of the people is disclosed on every hand by the erection of buildings, the improvement in general equipment, and all the evidences of social comfort and improved standards of living. While the hone market is steadily in- creasing because of the growth of west- ern rural as well as eastern urban po- pulation, the fureign demand for our principal products has continued with stif(eucd prices. The revelations in Chi- cago's "p:,king town" incidentally bene- fited the Canadian meat trade, and the effects arra seen in soaring prices for hogs. Only a short journey in the coun- try Is necessary to appreciate the high place attained by the animal in our ag- ricultural economy. An increase of nearly three cents per pound in two years means millions to the Province. Equally satisfactory Increases have oc- curred in cheese, which rose from eight to twelve cents. and butler, which has climbed from eighteen to twenty-three cents. While the western wheat crop Is worth perhaps $60,000,000, Ontario agriculture revels in figures which are loo often taken fur granted to be properly appre- ciated. The field crops of this Province were worth 5131,000,000 in 1904, having risen from 838,000,000 since 1896. An even larger increase took place in the amount of live stock sold, which rose from $28,001,000 to 861,000,000 in the same period. The bulk of the extents of cheese and butter, which amount to 830,00,000 per year, also come from this Province. Taking into account the dairy products consumed at home, this Province produced nearly $35,(X),000 alone in the census year 1901. These figures are not given to make boastful comparisons with the west, but to make it clear that the western crop is not the measure of Canada's agricultural pro- duction. CIVIC PLIANT PAID WAY. Guelph City's Car Seethe Showed Profit at End of Year. A despatch from Guelph soya: AL the City Council meeting on Tuesday night the report of the street railway directors for nine months ending June 30 showed net gain over current ex- penses of 81.066. After paying out 81.- (a) In mainlenanoe charges, which pro- dded for depreciation, the estimated pro- fit of the three Summer months 1; $1,- 500 to 82,000 more, making 6 pen cent. in all on the capitol invested. it is understood That the cily's light and power department will make an equally satisfactory statement for the year, showing net gain of 812,000 or $13,000 rafter paying interest and sinking fund and writing off 88,000 to $9,000 to older plant. 1'011 REPEAL OF SCOTT A(:T. Inverness, Nova Scotia, Files Petition- -Volt etition-Vote Will he '('::ken. An Ottawa despatch says: A petition for the repeal of the Canada 'Temperance Act in lnverne-.s. Novo Gotta, has been filed with the State Department. So soon ns the petition Inas been examined and proven to contain the requisite number of signatures, an order will be issued for the taking of a vote in the county. The Scold act, as It Is more ecumenis- ts' known, is still In force in twenty- two constituencies In Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. It has been repealed altogether in Prince Edward island, where a more stringent local law ob- tains. JUVENILE CURIOSITY. Boy Placed Obstruction on Truck to see a Train Wreck. A Moncton. N. B., despatch says: Ai Culligan's Siding, near Cnmpbellon, on the Inbercnlu1Em1. a freight train ran over a large iron bolt placed on the roil. The train was going slowly and no damage was done. A 16 -year-old boy named Joseph Daigle. wee arrested on suspicion. Ile protested his innncenre. Ltd when being placed In the cell at Camphell'on Jail he broke down and confessed. 11,• wanted to see a train wreck, but fortunately missed the ex. press, which pases through at high speed. FOUND NI(:KI:1. MINE. Bich Deposit Said to dive limn Discov- ered at Pontiac. An Ottawa de-palch says: A valuable nickel and copper (nine, as well as a corundum mine, is reported to have been discovered near Pontine. on the trench of the C. P. it., nisei! Iwo miles from SleKee's Stnlion, Assays which have been made by an expert from Co- balt show. i1 is nlleged, thirty per rent. nickel and fifteen per cent, copper. As to the corundum mine the percentage 1s Raid to be 90. SHE T0l)K CARBOLIC ACID. Suicide of I:oma Carr at I'hillipst idle, Near Brockville. A despatch from Br ick%ille snye : Emma Carr. a young girl of nineteen, committed suicide 15y- taking carbolic acid al the residence of a neighbor, Jas. Clapp. near I'hillip•ville, on We1- nrsdny nfterno m. After taking the acid she ran to the house of her father, Nathan (:►rr, a farm laborer, about ten rods dioant, but fell and expired on Hie do.ei lep before she oould enter. Death ensued in about four minutes after the fetal elrtig was taken. Na reason can be aseigmd for the ass. THE WORLD'S MARKETS Ifla'OIRTS FROM FIIC 1.':.WING 7 It al 1: CEN 11115. Pikes of . Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dalry Pru,►vee at Mate alai Abroad. Toronto, Aug. 14.-l•tour-New On- tario wheat 90 per cent. potents are quoted at 82.90 in buyers' sacks outside for export. Manitoba first patents, $1.40 to 81.60; second patents, SI to $4.10, and strong bakers $3'90 to 81, Toronto, Bran -The market is unchanged at $13.50 to 811 in bulk outside. Shorts are quoted al $17.50 to 818 outside. Wheat -No. 2 old white and red win- ter are nominal outside at 73e. New No. 2 Ontario wheat quoted at 71 to 71y.,c outside. No, 1 Northern Manitoba quoted at 811%c lake ports. and No. 2 Northern at 78c lake ports. Corn- No. 2 American yellow is quoted at 58 to 59e to arrive, 'Toronto. Oats -No. 2 white nominal at 36% to 37c on track here, and at 31 to 3%3 C outside. No. 2 new oats, mixed, at 31 to 32c outside. Peas -No, 2 are nominal at 82 to 83c outside. Rye -No. 2 quoted at 58 to 59c out- side. Barley -No. 2 quoted outside at 47 to 4$c, and No. 3 extra at 45 to 4Gc. (:OUNTIl i PRODUCE. Beans -mend -picked selling at $1.75 to $1.80, and prunes at $1.511 to $1.60. Honey -Strained honey quoted at 9% to 10c per ib, and combs at 52 per dozen. (lops -The market is dull at 13 to 16c per lb. (lay -Car lots of No. 1 old timothy are quoted at $10 on track, Toronto, and No. 1 new at $9 to 89.50. Straw --$5.50 to 86 per ton. Potatoes -New potatoes are quoted at 05 to 70e per bushel In quantities. Poultry -Turkeys. fresh killed, 12 to I be ; chickens, 12 to 13c per Ib, alive: hens, 9 to loc per ib, alive; ducks, alive, 10 to 110 per Ib. TIIE DAIRY ,\MAIIKEl'S. Butler -Pound rolls aro quoted at 18 to 20c ; large rolls, 17 to 18c, and infer- ior al 15 to 16c ; tubs, 17 to 18c. Cream- ery prints sell at 22 to 23c, and solids at 21c. Eggs -Good candled stock, 18 to 18yc per dozen. Cheese -Quoted at 12 to 12yc, the lat- ter for twins. 110G PRODUCTS. Dressed hogs in car lots are nominal. Bacon, long clear, 12% to '12%c per lb irr case lot.: mess pork, $21.50 to 822 ; short circ, $21 to 824.50. Barns -Light to medium, 15 to 16c; do., heavy. 14%c; rolls, 12%c; shoul- ders, 1134c ; backs, 17 to 18c; breakfast bacon, 153 to 16c. Lard ---Tierces, 11%c; Tubs, 11%c pails, 12c. • BUSINESS AT \MONT1EAL. Montreal. Aug. 14. -Grain -There is an improved demand for wheat from the other side. Oals continue weak, and a further decline of 3;c per bushel was reached to -day, No. 2 being now quoted at 33% to 39c, No. 3 at 37% to 38c, and No. 4 al 363; to 37c per bushel ex store. Flour-\fnniloba spring wheat, $1.50 to 84.70; strong bakers', 8:1.90 to X1.20; winter wheat patents, 81.25 to 81.35 ; straight rollers, 83.90 to 81.10; do. An bags, 81.85 to 81.90; extras, $1.60 to 8170. Feed -Manitoba bran, in bags, 817.50 to 818; shorts. 820 to 821 per ton ; Ontario bran, in bags., 817.50 to 818; shorts. *20.50 to 821 ; milled moriliie, $21 to 825 per ton. and straight grain, $28 to 829. Provisions-Barrets short cut nuns. $24; half barrels do.. $12.50; clear fat. back, $23.50; long cut heavy mess, $21.50; half bbls do, $11.25; dry salt long clear bacon, 12K IQ 12;,c; barrel plate beef. $13 to $13.50; half bbis do, 86.75 to 87.25; bids heavy tress beef, 811.50; hall hbls do, 56.25: compound lard, 9 to 9yc ; pure lard. 12 to 123Sc ; kettle rendered, 13 to I.4c ; hams, 14'/, to 16e; breakfast bacon, 16% to 17c; whndsor baron, 163lc : fresh killed abattoir dressed hogs, 810.75 to 811 ; alive, 87.50 to $7.75 per 11111 lbs. Eggs -Selects. 20 In 21e; No. 1 candled, 17 to Isar. 1/ut- ter-Chnicesl creamery. salted and un- salted. 223 to 22°/►e. Cheese -Ontario, 12 to 12%c; Quebec. 11% to 11%c, UNITED STATES MAI:KETS. St. Loris, Aug. 14.- \Vhent--f:ash. 69%c ; Sop.., 69Sec ; Dec., 73;0; May, 7734c. puluth, Aug. 14. - Stent - No. 1 Northern, 71 to 71eic ; Sept., 73/,c ; Dec., 71eec ; May, 78e. LIVE STOCK \IARKir, Toronto, Aug. Lt -The run of cattle - offering at the City Market to-tlay was light. and. with a fairly good demand for all lines, prices showed a better tone. Export Cattle. -Choice at $1.75 to 85; medium to good. $1.10 to 81.60: hulls, 8.1.50 to 83.71; bulls, lights, 83.25 to $3.9f1; cows. *3.50 to $4. Butcher Cotllr.-Choice ore (rioted al 81.10 to 81.60: medium to goose. 81.25 to 81.10; hulls. 83 in 83.50; cows, *2.50 to $3.50; canners. 31.50 to $1.75. Stockers and Feeders. - Stoekers, choice, $3 to 53.65; light. 42.25 In $3: cows, $2 to 82.10; hulls, $1.75 In $2.25; short -keep feeder=. 81.:0 to 81.65; heavy feeders $1.25 to $1.50. \titch Cows. -The range of price is unchanged nt :225 to $.50 ench. Calves- Prices are quoted lower at 3c to 6c per lb. Sheep and Lambs -Expert ewes are quoted at 81.25 to $1.611. and bucks et *3.50 to 83.75. Lambs are easier at 5)0 1►• 6aec per 1b. Hogs --Deliveries of hogs were again heavy and quotations at this market are reduced another 25e per a 'At., making n drop of 30e per eat. for the week. Se. lects are gnotid at 237.10 per cel., and hghla and fats at 87.15 feel and watered. The convention of Catholic so• ierhei at Buffalo denouaatli iivesalieis. CONDENSED NEWS ITEMSAUTHENTICATEDRECORD UAPI'ti\t\r;S fife\1 ,ALL OYER 1111. 611)1:1. TeleUraphl•� Briefs front Our Own and Other Countries e,1 Recent Occurrence. CAUAU:\. Six hotel in i.undon. The first census bulletin for the Pro- vince of Manitoba gives the population of \Vinuipeg as tk),21G, The body of an unknown man was thrown up by the whirlpool at Niugura, o► Friday. The body of George Gillespie, n M.C.B. conductor, was found in the Detroit River on Frtday. The apple crop of Canada and lite United Stales for 1906 is estimated at t.!7„500,000 barrels. Earl (trey will be at Quebec on \Ved- ntesday, August 22for the presentation (0 11. 1.1. a. Donninion. Yukon authorities are anxious to take the enforceent of law out of the hands 0I the N. \Vm. M. Police, 'fife dale of the opening of the Do- minion Trades and Labor Congress in Victoria has been changed to Septem- ber 10. A London policeman was dismissed because of language used to a street railway employee when the strike was declared. The hailstorm in Saskatchewan, says Dr. Saunders, covered an area four miles wide by twelve miles long and destroyed 5,000 acres of crop. The Canadian commercial agent in Newfoundland writes to Ottawa that now is an opportune time to push trade with -the island, as the colonists prefer Canadian goods. Recorder Weir has fined the Harbor Commission of 5lontreal $100 for hiring shoveller who was a citizen of the United States, do contravention to the Alien Labor Act. Cobalt's water supply Is meagre. Tho springs havo run dry and other sources ore foul. The authorities are to have a supply from Clear Luke, but it seems slow in coining. In return for a. 30 -year franchise the Montreal Gas Company offers to immedi- ately reduce the price of gas to 95 cents, and at the end of five years to 90 cents, and nfter that tho city is to receive one- third of the company's profits. - licenses have been cut off Gi1E:\T BRITAIN. reading in the douse of Lords without division, on Friday. Indian chiefs from the Canadian west will try to secure an audience with the King at Buckingham Palace. During the fiscal year ending June 30 British entigrnnts for Canada were divided as follows: Scotch, 19,509; Eng- lish, 77,141: Irish, 3,867. J. Henniker Heaton offered to person- ally make good any deficiency due to the adoption of penny postage. Being a personal offer it was declined by the Government. While Lieut. Astor's troop was 1 n - gaged in swimming practice at Wind- sor, Englund, one of the horses got in- tr. difficulty In midstream and kicked the rider. Ile sank, and John Astor. son of Lieut. Astor, dived in and brought up the soldier, saving his life. UNITED sr:VrES. Mrs. Wm. E. Corey, wife of the Presi- dent of the United States Steel Corpora- tion, was granted a divorce at Bono, Nev. While walking in his sleep early Tues- day morning, Frank Warfel, 31 years old, stepped out of a second storey win- dow at 1411 Washington ave., Sl. Louis. He sustained a fractured skull and died it the city hospilel a few hours later. The sixteen girl operators at time Cen- tral Unbon Exchange at Champaign, 11• linole, have struck, alleging Itnt the male employes of the commies, indulge in too much i ro'anity in the operating coon►, and that the manager declines to atop it. Five thousand people attended the burial of Joseph Rodecap, n fanner and the heaviest man in Madison county, In- diana, who weighed 460 pounds. Ills coffin was 3 feet wide, 28 inches deep and 7 feet long. No hearse could Carry it and a %vaKgon used. Ten ►nen were required to carry the coffin and sixteen men to lower it into the grave. GENERAL. • A woman by the name of 81ncmer3. who w'ne In jail at Berlin for the mur- der of a military ofIlc. r, gave birth to a son. The courts say the judgment of execution must be carried out. Emperor William has odlered an in• sratigation into the ease of Jlnjor Fis- cher, who w•a. attached to the headquar- ters staff in German Southwest Africa, and who has been arrested on the charge of ree'eiving bribes from Anne selling war supplies. • AN O11.1N t\c.E F.tf:10111'. OIIawa elan says 11111, .;01,1nment Sanction is Needed. A despatch from Ottawa says: Mr. Thomas Ahearn stales that if the. Gov - eminent gives its endorsntion to the ,scheme for the eslnllishment of an or. (Mance factory the cnmpony having the tenger in hand will ►nuke a million• dr.ttnr nuttily immediately end further exrendilures later. Ten acres are re. retired for the site, and the town of Prescott is anxious to furnish it. OM'S LIES ON CAPTAIN. Result of Official Enq►times Into Wreeb of the SIrio. A Mndrid despatch says The result of oflleial enquiries into the loss of the Sirin is 'tint grave charges will be brought agninst the crew, eepedaily Against Ihe aptnin. It Is said that the '.r::et would not have sunk entirely if the enplain had exerted his authority. .5eeordine to the statement of a driver, thew ore seter►ly bodies in the interior Ube 1111110. s(\: it1:M t tk %Bial: M t7 nimoNIAt. Courted and K•edd.•d Within Sixty Minutes -Mrs. Ayres Married Niue Husbands. A new item has been added taq►'''-) long and interesting list of nut& 'te- emed matrimonial records by the mar- riage of Captain Kuhns, of Maysvill • Ohio, to !firs. Sarah Crawirogt. of Lel same town. It is seventy ye ars sinca the lovers began their courtship, and sine() lie gullunl captain. who went through the Mexican and Amerx:an Civil Wars, was thirty-one years old when he firstmet his fiancee, it follows that he has rcuched the age of 101 years. The marriage certificate, indeed, established the fact, and also mentioned that the blushing bride had just entered upon her second century ! "!'tris is a very different sort of record from that of Mr. John T. Kruger, of Wabash, Neb., for whom is claimed the distinction of being the only mon in the world who vas married 10 his wife, in strict accordnnc•e with the laws of a civilized country, within sixty minutes of first having set eyes on her. As might be expected, this "hustling" was the outcome of a wager, Mr. Kruger having somewhat recklessly betted n friend a "level hundred" that he would ask the first girl lie met on leaving the hotel where he was slaying to merry him within the shortest possi- ble lime. Ile was exceptionally lucky, for the girl chanced to be unusually pretty and quite willing. though AN U'ITEil STRANGER TO 111M; and, as already stated, In something under the hour they were 'tirade man and wife. Statistics prove that most men and women are content to be married once in a lifetime, but in the United Slates, where the matrimonial and divorce laws afford great facilities for record• breaking, and_ the penetration of the Press gives publicity to everybode's affairs, people appear to take a more liberal view of the holy bonds. Thera is Mrs. Ayres, of Taylor County, for instance. That Is to soy, she was Mrs. Ayres when last mentioned in the Press, but since she w•os married to no fewer than nine husbands before she was thirty-three. it is quite possible that she is Mrs. Something -Else ere now. It is a singular fact that this re- cord was ntlained without the lady having once to have recourse to the Divorce Court. Four of her husbands were shot dead, one died suddenly in a public thoroughfare of heart disease, another was killed in an accident. and Iwo died in their beds. So far as we can discover No. 9 survives. Recourse to the Divorce Court nelur- ally simplifies record breaking of Ntire. description, but the well-known feat performed by Mr. and Mrs. Coffin. of Chicago, is still uneclipsed. They havo been married to and devorced to each other three times. Mrs. Contin Is A SUCCESSFUL. NOVELIST, and a daughter of the millionaire Amos Snell, who was murdered some years back in very mysterious circumstances. At one time, in one of the periods be- tween marrying and divorcing Mr. Coffin, Mrs. Coffin reiieved the mono- tony by marrying a Mr. \Volker. But it was not a successful innovation, and she shook off the name of Walker in the Divorce Court and re -married Mr. coffin for the Third time: but only to tee divorced from hire shortly afterwards. A more satisfactory sort of record, perhaps, and certainly n more wonder- ful "break,'' is held by Mr. George Dun- vitlo and his wife, who last year nunde a trip from their home in South Dakola to Washington. at the invitation of President Roosevelt, who had ex- pressed a wish to congratulate them personally on bringing Into the world twenty-seven children and never (laving had a single child. Mr. Dunvilo and his wife are still young. being respectively fourty-four and thirty-nine. and their goodly frtmsilew ily has gotherel nmund Mem with great rapidity, invnrinhly - arriving in tiiplels-eight sets of three boys. mill one set of these girls. No doubt both parents aro to be henrtily congratu- lated, but all the same, few people would envy \tis.tile the task r f cutting bread -and -butler for her chil- dren's tea I F.titlll:t:5 Alt); 11 lel. NT. IA(111111110 Points to a Sure and Im- teense Aleld in the \creta \ despnlch from Winnipeg says The latest crop report issued by the comedian Pacific Railway is very en- enurnging, Indicating that on the eve id the harvest the conditions are such ns In eneure a hertvy yield, provided suffi- cient labor is nvoilahl.. In garner the groin without loran. During the post week there has been no &linage of any i,ind, and the wether Inns been suit- able to develop the maturing wheal. Tee bulletins stale Ihnt In runny pin v's harvesting hos '()Mini► reel, es. Aerially in the ease of barley, which is said to be a greed crop. The yield of wheat is estimated from various dis- trict; nt between 20 and 25 bushels 10 the Here, while oats run iom :.0 to 55 bustle's. MI: 1tr'S 1:11 LED. !lade concerted %hock nn► sI. Paul Island Twelve Pri'oncrs Taken. A •leepatch front It1Ie11 !Indoor, Alaska. says : Five Jnl,nneso \Nero shot and kind on the Island of `t. Paul, of the Pribylnfl group. by order el ihs agent of the Depertnlei t of t:nm- rnerce end Leber. to July 17, as the re- sult of a raid ty four Japaurse solioon- era on the seal rookeries. The revenue cutter McCullough renchel hers on Wednesday from SI. Paul with II piisoners, two sertntrsly wnurntr.l wise were turned over to (ly•puty Manihiki Woos.