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ral Transatlantic Co. to Inaugurate
New Route.
emei A dcspalch from Montreal bay There
aVis now every us.sur•ance nceordeig
ihforntatien received in 5lupti•e,d 11.4/111
Fiance That the general trans-Atlantic
•s:cauiship company will ctstablis!n a di-
rect line of tirsrr.lnss etenni-strips be.
(ween !•'ranee and the SI. I.awrerxo
text s,wse)11. It is said that the (son -
',any has under con-i•.f'rati on the bring-
ing to_Quelee and hioitteal of fuine
-e•f its largest and fastest veesels, buck
ns the Province, the Touraine and t'te
L< ,nine.
The inauguration of the proposed
new Franco -Canadian line Is a direct
result of the conumereial treaty which,
+ecc4irdlug to reports. Is. Inas hetet agree,'
III 011 by 1Ire Governments of France
end Canada. On several occesiens dur-
ing recent years efforts have Leen
usage to establish a line of steamers
L•etw•eei the two countries, but each
undertaking ;,roved a (ailuro which
was Hee/muted for et the time by the
fist that the trade between France awl
(::elude, ens not sufficient to support
au independent and direct lino of fast
steamers.
ROBBERS STOPPED TRAIN. NO MORE ACETYLENE.
-Masked glen Hold 1'p Great Northern Grand Trunk Officials lesue Circular
in Montana. Prohibilinlj Its Iluidliii .
A despatch from St. Paul says: Tho
Groat Northern Oriental Lhnite d (rain.
No. 1, which left St. Paul Tuesday
morntog, tt'as held up by two ttraslced
t:ren near Rexford, Mont., early 011
'Thursday morning. The robbers brawled
over the tender and, at the point of
• their guns, commanded rho engineer to
stop the train. The robbers kept up a
c(.ulinual fusillade wills their guns hi
• krrif)* the passengers. 'Tey then went
through the mail ears and )tubbed the
sucks of a larg quantity of registered
,tail. 'I'iien they went iu'o the express
-coir, which carried an overflow of mail,
t-11ggage and express, and contained n
►eltileu• through safe. After exploding
three dynamite charges Ilse sate. was
ol)ened and found to Le empty. On
tit ding; the safe empty the highwaymen
belied themselves to the registered
mail. and after firing a parting volley
<lisappenrod. A reward of $5.000 is of-
-Revd for their capture.
MI'(:II HUN IN THE NOlf1'll.
.Assertion of Surveyor 1Vorkinil in
Northern Ontario.
A despatch from Toronto says: "Rain
Tea been so excessive that everything
ie full of water to overflowing," writes
'Thos. Fawcett, of Fort \\`illitun, to the
Survey Department. Ile has been en -
g eged in surveying, blocks 1, 2, 3 and
4 of the territory on the "Soo" branch
•of the National Transcontinental Rail-
way. whieh comprises a part of the
land grant- from Ontario to the Grand
• t'ruiik Pacific ltntlw'ny. Each block of
land is 18 miles king by 6 miles wide.
The parry hn.s been cenlin11ully wad-
ing in \varlet in pletee's Ih:it are usual -
.y solid ground. Of Il:e .11:narle r r(
Ili. land in question. the 6u11'cy01' says
tient (11:,ek No. 1 is rolling and heavily
timbered on the least six Mies. Block
No 2 is molly liueberrd with spruce.
18unlrac•k, birch, poplar and pine.
NEW CAN.1111.1N P.1CIF1C BOATS.
'Two Larger ctrl Faster heals Bcoont.
mended for :Atlantic.
A despatch from London says: The
•Clffu:dinn Pacific annual relieve locum►-
reends the train-Itr of the Empresses of
Itri!ain and Ireland to the Pacific, to
be replaced by larger and_ foster !.oats
for the Atlantic, or nllernititely two
•steanx4IP to be built for the Pacific
trade. it is slated IMO probably a fasl-
-er and snore frequent service will Is
(:.rade conditional on the renewal of the
,.alit centr•ai t between Liverpool and
Ilona.( Kong next April. The Mai re-
.g!::ids it as a step in the direction of
the "A11 bred" route.
It.t11.W.1'i WORK 111;1.11'ED.
•(i crnmcnl (toad cannot Procure sleet
fur %Inflicts.
A dc'pnteli from Toronto .says: The
enstruction of certain viaducts on the
1 i-rniskaintlg & Northern Ontario Hail-
\ ray (las been- delayed owing to the lack
Id steel. One of these vinducto; Is rat
\\ Intl and nnolher rat \\'ay'pcal: tg. A
e %ere rainstorm ceustel r8 landslide 1)t
'lavl)r's Creek, south of lsnglehart, Inst
week. The scar•'ily o'( labor, too, has
kept v.ork back. \len can receive excel -
loll angles %%mill a in (ho mines noel
with prospecting parties. The recent
miners' strike line 1101 IDiproved the ll-
I.'r situation any, since any kind of
1:rlstr conumaidcd high pay art the
ruines.
.4•11 4116 Alm
A despatch feint Toronto says: Circu-
Ir.rs to the effect that in future rho Grand
Trunk Railway Company will 1101 1111111
Curs containing acetylene gas bare
been issued by Superintendent 1Irew11-
lee and 'Third Vice -President Fitzhugh,
ns follows
"Owing to numerous cases of fire in
railroad accidents which have rxu1ted
from the carriuge of or use of acetylene
gee, 1)1is ooIi1pany will hereafter decline
to haul eats carrying stored acetylene
gas,, or curs with their own acetylene
generating plant charged. Official cars
t((uippe.I wish aealylene gas for illunliu-
at.ung• put•poses will not be declined, poi -
tided storage tanks and the generating
plants or cartridges are emptied when
cc:ming on to the line. Failure to ob-
serve this rule means instant dismissal."
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CUTTING OFF iNSt'lt.1NCE.
Conlfesled District of Montreal Regarded
as l nolo. by l'nderoti:ers.
A dospal Ai from \toiili •nl says: The
lire undere! dols have been threatening
fest some lune to reduce the amount of
11sur11nce they are -carrying in the can-'
gelled district of the city. They com-
plain that the city is 1101 properly equip-
ped with tire-ilghling apparatus, Sev-
eral (Uliipanios have carried 1iielr
threats into executkm. The Liverpool,
London d Globe is said to have cut off
another half million. The North British
& Mercantile has reduced. it Is said, by
nearly one million, the !loyal has cur -
tidied or is curtailing it policies to the
time of afoul one million. Down -town
baseless men are becoming alarmed nt
Ibe tutu of uffiars.
..- di.
KILLED IN Sl'ND.11' l:.\!IOUS \L.
four Boys \Vent on a Spree and One
was Simi.
A despatch from St. J Om. NIL, says:
4 sh<x:king stale of all;,ia.; Wit, 11.1•;)1441
'ruesdoy by an inquest ini.' 1he death .al
Lilly Lake, near Carnpbelf'nn, of 011'. r
Polos, a Ind. Iie wits nccldenlully stent
'.11 Sunday by n comrade, Benj. Beatty.
The evidence slowed four boys 11.d
gene on n drunken carousal to i.111y
Luke, Inking much liquor with them,
also firearms. 'They spent the day play-
ing for the drinks. The jury condemned
toe feet that. such youths canJd prx•ure
liquor freely. and they asked That Peters'
c:111p+ui1011 b•' p)r,cec led against for
violating the his. ane( That Sunday law-
lessness genet:.thy in the neighborhood
t•e suppressed.
POPULATION 1_lt011 5 SLOWLY.
Outer(., Irad 10.51I (lore I'ruple in
1906 Than in 1903.
A d&senich tram 'Toronto ways: ('Eent-
reraln••' statistics contained In a muni-
cipal hetet!) of the Onla'io liurenu
.1 !whiskies. show that in the year
19;46 the Copulation of Ontario 'nerves -
ed by t'e.511. In the year 1906 it nuu►-
bere•I 2.111.771, as compared with :-
lol.:'G) in 1905. The assessed value of
,renl pr..is'rly in Onlarlo in 1906 was
1.(r23,479.297. In 19,5 it was 8978,219,-
32e. Iti&oiiess assessment in ltLti ens
,5;,592.477; in the previous year. $16.-
(.SJ,O1a; Bete, taxable inaernc 820.430,-
1)I8; previous ycnr, $12,577.762. 'the
fetal assessed value; ; far 1901; are 81,•
GJ2. and for ENO, 81.036.910.130.
In 1!x6 the riveting.. loxntiou per head
was $.41.11. and in 1903 $790.
GETTING DOWN TO FACTS
Evidence iv the Quebec Bridge In-
vestigation.
- A despelch from Quebec says: The
b: ,lee commission 011 Thursday got
iG wit 1.. the 11rteetigntinrt in earnest of
It..• . •e1es eh the disaster. At the niter -
;to a in several survivors of the
accident were examined, and nnnntg the
new features'trolight out was the allege.
Hen Ilial another chord in the super
40 lure tuns hent, Eugene l.njeun-
n ono of tho survivors. testifies!
the tens n lxerl.1 in ono of the canti-
lever /11./1134 01 about two inches, but
there was no break or crack, 'This Is the
first time any defect in this part of th•
structure was spoken of. in addition to
the witnesses summoned the commission
will go to the hospital to examine the
victims spill c nllnat there. Tho cnn1
will mission alsoto
New York to
g,'1)
examine Theodore Cooper, consulting
engineer.
r.
Ouimet and I.nfrnnce, who testified
that one of the plates of the shoo of the
nectar pier ani bent, will 1e sum-
moned. Ono %%linos; testified that this
4.405 not 60, but that it was simply
crimped.
The verdict of the Coroner's jury sne
presented on Thursday, and imputing
blame to no one was not unexpected, as
not sufficient et•idenoo hail been heard to
I!x responsibility. Tho Government cont -
mL cion, however, intend to go fully into
rho matter.
Throe more bcdles were r'reeeverri en
Thirsdny frorn tie river. One •,'.as Kien•
titleri as that of logoph Binet, \loutreal.
One 1.s eupp that of \t raid,
.'.rowned
rimae •"
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tere the hoc it1.tun-
THE
I(kntlfled.
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WORLD'S MARKETS
Bi':POHTS FROM TIII. LEADING
THAD,: cl:\'rswws.
Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and
Other Dairy Produce at Ilome
mid Abroad.
'foronto, Sept. 17. - Flour -- Ontario
%%heat 90 per cent. patent.% arse un-
changed at $3.50 na buyers' sacke outside
fit• export. tluntlol,(t lit:;t patents, aJ
bl $3.211; s.c•ond pulents, $4.',3 (u $1.65,
and strung balite'', $1.30 to $4.40.
Wheat -Manitoba wheat is Rioter.
No. t northern quote! at 81.05%. lake
peels, and Ni. 2 at 81.03, lake ports.
Ontario wheal, No. 2 rd winter,
quoted al 87 10 8xc 1)t outside point,.
Oats -New No. 2 (hilar)o white oat,
me quoted al 14 to 45e at outside, and
o!.1 at 47e eulside. No. 2 Manitoba while
oats, nentirial, 1)t 48 t, 49c, Owen Sound.
Barley -No. 2, Iomimil, at 56e outside,
and No. 3 extra at 53 to 51-,uttl lige,
Cort --No. 2 Atun-Ilcan yelkity Is quoted
P1 71 to 75c•, Toronto freights, and mixer
+1! 73 to 73) e.
Bran -Tito market is nominal at $20
:11 bulk outside. Spurts aro quoted at
82.;.5u to $21.50 outside.
COUNI'It\' PRODUCE.
1188/134--(land-picl:ei quiet at 81.70 to
81.73, and primes tit 1l 51 le $I.4).
Iloncy-13e per Ib to Io -Ib tin.
Poultry Turkeys, dressed, 11 to 15c
per 1h; chicken, spring, alive, 10k.;
dressed, 12 and 13c; ducks. ulive, 'Jc; do,
Messed, 11 to 12c.
ploy -No. 1 timothy k quoted at 811 to
$15 Isere in car 10 Ls.
Straw --$7.50 n tun on track here.
Potatoes -They aro quoted at 60 to
05e per bushel.
110E PRODUCTS.
Dressed hogs in car lots are nominal.
i1a^.on, long clear, 11 to 11yc per lb in
cosi) lots; mess pork, 820 to 821; short
cut, 822.50 to 823.
1fanls-Light to medium, 15% to IGc
do, heavy, 11 to 15c; rolls, 11%c: shoal
dens, 10% to tic; backs, 16% to 17c
breakfast 1nc0n, 15% to 16c.
l.n►•d-Tierces, 12c; tubs, 12%c; pails
12%c.
THE D:111IY t1.11IKF:1:S.
flutter -Pound prints, 22 to 23c, and
!ergo rolls, 20 to 21e. Creamery rules at
21 to 26c, and solids at 22 to 23e.
Eggs -Choice stock selling at 19% to
24(c per r dozen in case lots.
Cheese -Large quoted at 12;;c, and
twins at 13 io 13%c.
BUSINESS Al' \10NTItEAL.
Montreal, Sept. 17. -Grain -A feature
of the local grain trade was the s1runger
feeling in the market for oats, and
prices soured a further advance of %u
pe • bushel. Sales of car lots of Muiii-
t' ha No. 2 white were made at 50% to
51e per bushel, ex sore. 'There 'ahs no
improvement in the demand for \Itwni-
le bit spring wheat. Ielour--Choice spring
wheat patents, 55.50; seconds, $O9u;
winter wheat palm's. 84.63 to 81.75;
straight rollers. 81.25 to 81.33; d:). 111
bags, $1.95 to 82.10; extras, 81.65 to
81.75.
reed-3tanil.)ba bran, in bags,
821 to $22; shorts, 821 to $26 per tent;
Ontario bran, in bags. 821 14) 822;
sl.onls. 8.21 to 823; milled ►nfuillie, 825
p. r Ion; straight grain. 830 lo $32.
I'rowisi4i;-ilnrels short cut. mess, 822
In 822.310; half -barrels do, 811.25 to
811.73; clear fol backs, 823.50 to 921.5o;
lung out heavy mese, 821.51) to $21.50;
huff-Ilarrels do, $10.75 to 811.50; dry salt
long clear bacon, 10 to 11%e; barrels
pate beef. 811 to 816; half -barrels do,
87.50 to 88.23; barrels heavy tress beef,
810; half -bit rrels do, SSW; Counp ound
inrd, 105; to lt;;;.:: pure bird, 1I`" to
1 yc;okettle rendered, 13 to 13%c; 11:1711:,
123. to 15%e; breakfast Immo I1 to
15%e; Windsor baron, 13 le Wee ee fresh
hill(vl nhntloir dressed leets, $9.23 to
49.50; nlive. *6.35 In $6.11). (tidier-
I'e w•n.ships, 22% to 22%e; (111elxv•, 22 to
22 ;c. Eggs --No. 1 candled and straight
r.xcipls, 20 to 2Ie per dozen. Cheese--
\etestern, 12% to 12',,4; townships, 12X
to 121 e; Eastern, 12 lo 12%c.
UNITED ST:VI'I:S \L.111NEIS.
\lilw•tlukee, \\'i?.. Sept. 17.-\\ boat -
No 1 )1ortlleill. 91.1)li 144 $1.1)4; Ni.,2
114 ,thorn, $1.4(1 to 1141.05%; Der., 97%0
hid. Ilye- N. 1, 9o% to 911. Harley -
Lower; No. 2, !N;%c; sample. 76 to 110c.
(;ern -Steady. No. 3, cash, 63% to 63 4'.
Sept., :0%t
\finnenwili;, Sept. 17. --Sept., 81.01'/,:
Dir,., 81.023,; May, 1I.06i4; Ni'. 1 hard,
4.1.1, else; new. 3iees 5; No. I t eeth• rn,
oto, $I.l.J; new. 811.61%; No. 2 me tI.i 71,
• 14141, 81. 81.01: No. 2 E
)rth
•vn, H
ew.
81.0134 (12'No. 3 northern. 9:4%c to
Le 1u, o1)r-.t patents ere'!"
to
85.33; st''ond patent., 85.13 111 85.25;
hist ('Teal's, 83.55 to 83.65; xe•on(1 clears.
$0.55 to $2.9:,. Bran --In btdk, 820. ca to
$21.
(: \'1-I I.l: MARKET.
Toronto, Sept. 17. -,Uv Irllprovet►Irlll
111 (rade in stockers is looked for as 11
lrsult of reeled rains. 'hitchers' 011.-
1:4 -The g enern1 run of hitchers'
wits not the best, although trade %lis
til isk. What crime were quickly 00011
111..
Expert market was steady, with eery
III lle doing.
Stockers -The market Is dull but a
little firmer.
!leery Fecders-There continues a
god od.'rnand for good fenders, 1.0'10 to
1.1(10 tbs., at 84 to 81.50.
Sheep rind Lands -A inir-size(1 run
Lre•uitht prices clown n little.
Ilogs-The hog market was easier,
with n big run. Pikes were (Sown
its all round.
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T1:11110111,T' KEEPING 111'i1'.
1 wo More Ito"iarl Offiei.0% I'ul Doi of
the 1Vay.
\ d.hptteh troll Greed►to, Rua.ln, says:
1' ;-1:lief of Pollee AIatsevitch, of liialy-
sink, ens mortally wounded by a Ter-
rorist r rUL lexis on \\'Mnrwinw, illi nvsn'11 n
nl
was cnplurtel. 'I he chief of the secret •
police at Irkutsk, Siberia. Gnvyltff, was in
a eeslnaIed on \Vcdnesday. u
A POWERFUL BLAST.
Hock hurled five Hundred Feel Kilts a
Miner a1 l:ubalt.
A despatch from Cobalt bays : On
3I-ur.,.l;ey while working on the Nipis-
eine properly an Austrian named Jundre
Kum ler, was battered down by u rock
Seen( up by u blush -on the right of tray
of the Kerr Lake branch of Ile 3'. & N.
O. !railroad con,tructeul work, which is
being deem by contractors. Mout 3
o'clock in the afterneun workmen on Lite
railroad .set off a blast to remove u
,;troop. Tho blast roust have been
heavy, as an eye-witnass saw the slump
blown into the ter at least. 250 feel. Al
the 34111)10 blue a rock was tlu'►w•n 5110
feet to where Ki.ortor %vis working on
lite scaffolding of the shaft house that
is being conetru •1.'d over the Kendall
vein. The blow felted the, Auetri:1)i, the
wound being infected an inch 1)141 it
quarter above Tho eye. 1)1.. Hart of rai-
led' relieved Tho loan: pair) by raising
lie,• skull off Tho brain, but he died at 5
c'cleck. 1 lo was u single ratan and had
r(, relations in Canada. Ills parents are
beet(, living in Auetria. 114, was tw•enty-
iwe years of age and lad 1x•erl working
fur the Nipising only u week.
NO NOI(771EItN CONIINE\T.
Explorers Found No Land to the North
of Alaska.
A despatch from New York say.;: The-
commanders
hecommanders of Ilia Angle -American
polar expedition which lost its ship, 1110
Duchess of Bedford, in an ullrrni,L to
Ind a new continent north of Alaska,
relp►oi•td to the American Geographical
Society on 'Thursday that the sohndings
they made disclosed no such land. The
despatch canto from Elmer Mikkelsen and
Ernest Lcltingweli, the joint command-
o, of the expedition, and was dated at
letw:un on September 10. The explorers
►e•(x,rtef that 1110 sledge trip north of
Alaska covered lite hundred mitis of sea
Ice, aid they crossed the eelgee of Ilto
continental shelf twice. 'Their sound-
ings taken fifty miles off the Alaskan
coast and beyond, were mad.: to a
(depth of 2,060 feet, but found no bottom.
Next year, they reported, they will con-
tinuo rho exploration of Iteatifort Sea,
surveying the elitist and making geologi-
cal and ethnographical studies,
Cosi' OF PANAMA (:ANAL.
Am erkan Government Iles Spent 885,
000,000 Already.
A despatch from Washington says:
The Panama ('anal cost the American
Government $84,449.,100 up to Dec. 31,
riccondiug to a statement of the audit -
(d expenditures made up to that dale
4t►d just published. The bulk of this
'fps idilure wits the $34),000,(() to the
Frenc'l Company and the l'anunu► Gov.
eminent. for Canal property, right-ofr
t•. ay and franchl'cs, and $3,449,012 went
for nwlit•ja! and supplies. For general
adulilislralien w11.9 expended 91.124,-
2G; for government and snnitniton.
,$4.381,U89, and for construction and en-
g,e:neering. 89.729,551. Other expenses
includes 812.138,852. under the head of
plent, w 111th Includes rolling stocks
machinery, second plain track on isth-
mus, buildings. zone water works, etc.
CHIEF MORENG.1 1\•.\N'IS 1'(:11 E.
Germany's War in South atria; is
About Over.
A despatch from Iiet•itn says: Nears
from South Africa received on Wed-
nesday is to Ike effect That the rebel
Odd, M•wengn, applied to the Governor
le l0 included in the treaty of peace
recently mode at llemdelwurls. The
G< ver►:or t•eplted that he '.vale willing,
t•revided Morenga would gine tier his
weapons and live peaceably in his own
country. This news bast relieved the
Government, as 11 is always possible
Ibes1. \lorenga:s presence in the vicinity
of Cape Colony will lead to complica-
tions will) Great Britain.
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STRIKERS C.11'SE 8 DF..1Tlly
Tel Fire 10 Mine al IMO, Ilungjary --
Thirty Injur.'d.
A despatch twin Itinlapes!, Hungary
sa)s: A Ih•e in a .10:111) 111111 111 1111014,
Ilungury, caused the death of eight
_u
pcl,n-, 'Thirty others reecelved sewer•,'
ihjuric.. A series of accidents hinder -
(.1 the firemen to the work of re:kuc.
e1 cable Ital wits used in bringing the
occupants of the burning building pit
!Ito ground stereq.ed rind sewet'a1 per -
eons were killer(. II is alleged lied Ile.
(;rl -wee caueed by striker:s.
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I U;i.EIt 1L'HI(INE sac MLR.
Ship Builders Already al Work on New
Baal for %\ bite Weir,
\ despatch from Itelfaet says: The
shipbuilding firm . 1 Holland and Wolff
v:untit olllcially that they are ret wort:
mem- plans for a White Star Line
steamer That is t') he bigger than the
Lusitnnin. The keel- of This vessel is
to be laid in n few month., and she
win he 011•.1 with reries:eating engines
end turbines. According to Pirouette -
Len r.eeiwcd from another source. the
114 w vessel is to be of 10,000 torts re -
glister.
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HINDUS NUN EN/:rrl:D.
I:Ianiorinti for Prelerlion nom Itrili.11
Get er►vment.
A despot -b horn 1!•ndnn an .;: :\d•
t Ices from imeknw wale that the 111.a-
denls at Hellinghnm end Vancouver lame
greatly nrou-ed the in.lignntlol of the
Ihndir. who are calling on the British
(;.eweanment to Inter effective meal,ure.,
t) protect (heir • ,.unary men in Thi•
Pulled Stites and Amide.
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Ft1G".1'11 7111: \11 11'1'11(1\ 1a►.
.lpreel' bent 11111. I::n1a11,1 11 ill be I:nnl-
plrt•d Sant Ily .
1. dcspalch from London say- : l hr
atprovnl of the British Goieitelienl her
given to h French -1'111194118o
„('en g1
freely. The agreement has not yet Vero
clunlly signed, es some small m8ltei',
f detail lire alill outstanding.
(CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
HAPPENINGS FIt0%1 ALL OA La TLIE
GLOBE.
TcleUraph Briefs From Our O\n and
011ier (:ountrie•s of ltecei4I
Event .
CAN.1D.1.
The annual report of th.• r. 1'.
shows gruss earnings of 8:'_',:'17,000.
Francis Name, need 73, 11 ,; caug
setting fire to buildings in 111111.
Gatre re coipl.; at rho 'ferule° Exl
!•;lion showed an increase of $1,731) uv
l:eet year.
fiat in Montreal hos advanced an-
other 25 cents, and i; now 87.25 per
loll.
Montreal's new jail is to cost $790,-
000 and '.till 1,e finished in Iwo years.
Fite los.,es in New Yeti: city, from
aU causes, annually amount to nearly
t+l0,uu0,000,
F. 11)dner of \'onda, Sask., shot his
n,
11.
I, t
11 -
Cr
little bey who was 8st('ep Lit the gttii
takhig hint for a wildcat.
1lt•nry ke, a 0re11CCh'r inrnier,
'..vas fined1)ra825 and oDsis i►1 London fur
seeing adulterated init1(.
Ko,k Meroeki, u young Polish domes-
tic .tL Winnipeg, was seriously burned
by the explosion of a can of kerosene.
The reamer) Italhday trowel advises
mune:Mi l.1ies not to borrow memo. for
k)Leal irlprovernents at the present ex-
cessho rates of Interest.
Smugglers have adopted n new game
to the SI. Lawr.neee. They drop cigars
over the sides of ocean steamers into
waiting boats, and so evade the cus-
teans officers.
'fluvwgh the omission of the word
"life" in a special act passed by the
city of .Montreal the Corporation is
compelled to refund 825,000 wrongful-
ly collected in lax., from Tho life in-
surance oo►npani445.
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GENERAL.
(:htne.se troops in Hunan have routed
the insurgents, killing ower q hundred
1)i theta.
Four men from the United Slates
cruiser (:hattnr.00go were mobbed by
iopanese at Ilakodiute.
Chula Ines appointed n commission to
report on tho teo1stitutional system 4(
(',real Britain, Japan and Geru)any'.
Representatives of the five Central
American republics reel int \\'ushington
to arrange a basis for a ,permarlentl
peach'.
A Russian stulistt:iau has estimated
the number of victims of the disorder's
in Russ!) at 47,02o, of wltic)t number
:9,141 were killed.
GREAT BRITAIN.
The new airship designed f ,r the Bri-
tish army navigated against wind blow-
ing fifteen miles an hour at Farnborough
0•.1 Tuesday. - ^r
UN17'11) S3.V1'I:s.
Caught between the ties, a horse held
up, 11 train for two hours lit 1'i5hkilt
(.ending. N. Y.
Mrs. Isabella F. Brinkman, the widow
of a Waterloo veteran died in Washing -
toe a few days since. •
\\'bile riding in a wagon 011 111r way
le be married. Edward Berms, of riot
S3.riugs, Arlo, was killed by' lightning.
Eight nhrses and a woman clerk at-
leched to the staff of Government Ilospi-
I:e, New York, aro victims of typhoid
fever.
'the e'ourL of Common I'Ieas at I'hile-
d.Iphiu de2ltred Pennsylvania's two -
cent (are law unrcironable and uncon-
stitutional.
Gu nccount of the surplus simply of
Copper in the United Slates the Amid -
gamete(' Company will close its mine at
B1111c, Mont.
In a quarrel over a pig. the IlyoJolue
Grant. 11 \lethodist pastor. kjlt$d +the
Itev. ,luriin Green, 13aptisl, al liallow•ay,
Ark.
A German chemist 1)l Calumbins. Ohio,
has dee-nered an anti-luxil0 Thal will
Icily diphtheria germs 111 the pitying; hu-
man 4.1 garish in Thr.'.! minutes.
The I9 -.-idem of the 111:.Mvtix Bridge(i nlpnuy has bait' 111111 1t will rrlpliree at
Irad Iwo Yealel to r..'-nis,rurt the
v,1.•i•ke1 portent nt of the 4)11 1.'c bridge.
The Standard Oil Company has ap-
plied foe n olit of super -1.41 l° prevent
L',c United Stiles Government from pre -
keeling to collect the tine of $29,2114,4141.
(►71 ae:Y)mrt of the almost eot11b k e
err-lrn4lien of the pastures near E'cIl-
bana, \I4:11., by grasshopper's, ,he •milk
:windy ie seriously threatened.
,\n n:tiiney oils charged) in a I:hi-
cniw, C0111 1 the (41114') d+n- w 1111 nr111g fur
10111 r..anpl:11nu11i noel 411(4,10:ant in u
ease %thi.'th was 1 rine It eel
Worry over inlpoommenl on a false
eller*. o1 burg;hiy changed black hair
b slit. 111 11 few ‘1. 4:41k3 111 the case of
43(4(34. W. Eligity, of E,'4:ubann,
g;un.
'1'l,e lithe sunt .% e:enmrer General \\'il-
I.n111; i i': e)I4 Ih.; diso''.•t t v of n wreck
i:1 Thirix feet of twtder, Iwo mUcs
(14)811 4 141 of Colchester light, near De-
t col.
After %%Weelling a sheriff's omrer
his !clinging; 14) the street hi I.orlon
fen mon•pitynt.'nt of rent, Walter, II.
Blown went back into Ihr' house. drool:
IN 1,4)11 and die
(.razed 14.1111 al. desire to ,.;ling funerals
hirself eatiSCJ,, \re. Adelaide
2K ye
L••n ac. k. ngrd ar;has been send-
ing; pwi�une41 randy Through the 11111119
t° peupte in n n4, <.
A cnnnl1114'el(o'if PI\\luin.intell *duration.
1st, from New Yolk haw repe.rlisl that
after i11t.e,iJgntion they hate eairutrlel
that rat'eel ort' -third of 11)4 school fella
don 111 the cermet•). and :milling) teen
:Seal defects.
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\\ Ilii: 1'1{NI:1: l: tdtltlf a► (l 11111:.1.
1 w4) \tincts hill, d "mike' ,::arm nl
'krona. foot.
\ ,i,• , . . 1;
J. se, e% • • t, e .en I 1
• -1 41. r n e• .. \.
11,1. ;I 4111)1 1 .1 !i. .a. p ere e
injured Int,• on Tue./Int
o all r) stilea
honey feel 1t
knocking i1 clown upon n I-nrled
'veto!. ttllie't the mien (mocha! as 11.
4',ughl stn iter from a "'anon.
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JAPANESE PAPERS ARE SAiISfIED
Convinced That Canadian Government Can
Protect Aliens.
A dcspalch from London says: .111
artIe a which appeuri In the Jiji Shwlp°,
of '(.,Taos tiny-;: "It•'gret has elrcudy been
expressed by the (:a1x:Ji,u1 (;oternulrnt,
coupled whit assurance, that measures
wriil ae Taken le piteent similar inci-
dent 1)1 future. A Royal nteeeitg;: has
. vel been sent to ter' lh,niiniwl ate
Llir.riliou eith rt(cline,: to the matter.
Ail this furnishes the clearest evidence
that the Japanese have sympathy in
official (dalliers. Moreover rho power
of the Dominion Government over in-
dividual Slates is greater than That 1.1
the Wrtshington Government, and the
Canadian police eke! e_ore ellicie•nt that
San Frarit•isco's. int re is there( -re
every Iea1i5011 to le ';eye (11141 the fullest
protection will be eiten to our coiu-
p•r.tt•iots in \'anciut'rr."
The iI.cht Shimbun urges the ne-
cetssity of taking effective steps for the
protection of Japanese abroad. The
Kol:umin Is gratified 1)t tiro fact that
the Japanese, youths and leen, have.
shown themselves capable of self-de-
fence in whatever corner of the world
they may 1)'• and expree-ses apprcc(u;
tion of the ullilu(le of the British nu-
U.oritl,s and newspaper_;. The calm-
ness %O11 which 111; news of Uta mob-
bing was received is mainly traceable
le Japanese confidence in British friend.
etup and justice.
Sllu\\ INT; ITER (;OOT) W11.1..
'lite Wieling Post foliates anent the
e-tatentent that Japan 'would whittler -
limit immigration into Can)1da: "In;
thus refraining from demanding her
icur►d of flesh Japan is showing her
good -will in a mor° euuyineu)g way'
than another power which, while ex -
peeling its frieudsblp for 11 kindre•41 nth
tion, bit1)1tually claims two 4It)111lthi fuit
every pound g lI u•nntce(' by treaty."
ARRIVALS OF JAI'ANI.."W.
A despatch from Ottawa says: fle.
(u,rts received 01, the Department ti!
'nada and Commerce show that during
toe month of August the Japansc) rat.
►ivais at Victoria sere :100, of whota
331 '.vete make. Of these 1112 tg'ocacd-
411 to the United States. In addition
to the above there. were 226 arrivals
who did not land, beteg en route to the
United Steles; Three en route to ether
parts of Canada, and three en route to
other countries. During. the first see.'
en clay's in September 3115 Japanese aro
river at Vittorio, 102 cif whom proceed•
ed to the United ~talcs. Many more
DM under advisement with the Inumi-
gtation authorities and may go to the
United Slates.
col•n'r IN THE FOiRESr.
Note! Pleat of Fnforrinu Liquor Law in
North Ontarit .
A despatch from Toronto says: For
the benefit of these who sell liquor il-
licitly in the 11orll►ern parts of Ontario
a novel plan has been prepared by Ole
Provincial License Deportment for the
purpose of administering summary
tice. Air(ttdy several persons have
et:en filled for committing the offence
ill the Montreal River District. The
ie'ea is that the court and constables
el•all travel together, andwheIII arrests
111c made, the trial shall lake place at
take "under the blue vault of Ilea -
veil," 415 ono ofTr?int explained. It ens
scggc`strd, and doubtless carried into
effect, that Chief License Inspector
l: ackwell, Chien Constable Coldbeck, ,c1
(r. halt, Magistrate Brown, of C:obnit,
and several special officers of the Peo-
4.lncinl Department should visit the
places where 11 was stuspecled liquor
wits being illegally sold. direst the
culprits and try and fine them al once.
A'rra1:KED Tri' BULLDOG.
kini,Iun Lail Is :Almost Killed \Ville
is Italhinq.
A drolnl1(1) (tela Kingston says.
1a ut le:ve-y. erased Edward \le(:itnune11
went t► Swimming Irene on Monday
44fterrl<on, and (King 11tttelsed by n
bulldog 11l the water, su?tained serious
injuries. The boy was becoming ex-
l.husted In his efforts to light off the
animal when n couple of peuitenlinry
gt.ards in a prison tower half n mile
uwiY ha11'1)4'md to notice the struggle
I!u•ough their gong-dislniee glasses,
jumped info n !oast and d<'spntchedthe
Clog with Their rifle: at c•10 -e range. At
ttto hospital it was found that the boy
lied been fearfully bitten and his life
was despaired of for a time, but to-
41aty- the physicians think he will re -
c. 10r.
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GIItND TRUNK FINED 8400.
Railways Prosecuted for (:onfinhlp Cantle
Unduly Lotto
A despatch Joon Buffalo say;: Judge
Il.zel, rat (110 United Stales Court, on
Wednesday inn:time! a tine of $8)M) 011
the Grand 'Trunk hallway, heir cases ;
$200 on the Erie Railway. ene c114>•; (11141
$:1 (1 on the Wabash Hallway, one case,
toe having,, violnled the Feleral ata3de
prohibiting the r4,nlinlnenl of cattle in
railroad car.; more Man 28 !mitre 8t n
slrelrli. The senlencee wen.) imposed
mein 51ipul111iuns entered Tey the roads,
111.nliltng guilt.
-
511:II:011 11115 1111: EtlITll.
'loud of 5palks and Thunderous Boar
Follow I1, :'.rritnl.
A despatch from El Paso. 'Texas. say;:
\ methvor hit the earth neat• .\nlau•o»e,
N NI.. 3londny 11Iternoon and the thun-
derous roar ns it buried itself utas (nl-
lowevl by a vibration equal to un earth -
q ankh, Ihlil41ing.. sho..h so violently hurl
1.teople ,shed out frightened. Ey 411 0
14.1xniutive stamuling in the Itee% Island
w:.rds was moved by the jar. 'no' Pleilor
ens 1.141.1 ley nu111y people ns i1 d, , 1-11(1.:
1'41
m1 -
.v1 (hruugh n 4)11/11/1 of spark,.
PROTECTING 711E YOUNG.
'1r. Keise Makes Seine Suuur'stious fo
Childrrli s Aid Societies.
Them are now sixty-hvo Children's
Aid Societies in Ontario working for U1
improvement of child life. In a recent
letter to the organizations Mr. J. J. Kelso
urges then) to Luke up rho (41! .wing
wl:11) i11 addition to that already in enter-
alien
tter-
alierl :
Firsir-Systematically agitate against
ail that tends to rob children of the right
te grow up in an atmosphere of purity
and moral cleanliness.
Second -Suppress vice and closo up
resorts of questionable character where
children are permitted to congregate, or
whore their patronage is solicited.
Thi►d--Prosecute pnrllos who oonhi-
L•uto towards the (I.'linquencies of chit.
riven, who initiate leets into vice, and
who pr.'y upon their innocence for
criminal or unlawful purposes.
Fourth -Create a seutirl1. ant Ger the es.
Inl,lishmenl of counter -attractions with
wholesome uplifting inlhl41.8's, ;such as
small partes, 3.lny grounds, gyntnit-
sm:ms, free bpihs, communal social cen-
tres nod the like.
Fifth -Establish u personal sert•ie°
coolie, so blunt Individual attention inn%
be gin, n to children by interested wren
mei %% onion.
Sixth ---store an educational campaign
e)1 subjects relating to child saving,
such as laws with regard lo the core and
protection of Minors, the compulsory
cOucation act, the inn's regarding child
leaser nod other juycnile piobleln,.
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1'Ol.Ls11 l'1RIN1:E KILLED.
Automobile Sn nshrd Into Wall and
Party Thrown Oul,
A despatch from Home, holy. says;
The repeated motor car accidents In
Italy have had the effect of impressing;
the general public very unfiwornbly
neninst nulolnobtling. The latest vic-
tims
tatims are Me Polish IY Ince \\'it i. j+hi,
who is i:2 years of age, and his c'hnuf-
fe•ur, Cicogplanl. A 4111• currying the
1'rbuce. hes ehnffeur. and three ltullnrt,
friends, named Kossler•, del Vecchio and
Brunzini, all well know')) sportsmen,
was driven at n speed of 30 nines an
J:our en the road to Fruli, on 'Fiiesday
r'•ghl. Threw' earls suddenly appeared
at a corner. The chauffeur by a rapid
ir,ventent u'..' (1 41 n (edits 1611, 1)111 Ile
smashed Illy car against n wall. The
all' was '.wrecked and the occupants
e:rr•' thrott'n out. The Prince 81141 the
ch•au:firm• %%ere Instantly killed. Too
tette, re i1) the car, who were more or
le., injured, were rentut•ed to the Hear -
4.•'.
hospital.
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('O.11, I' 1\ITNI: PIIE1)11:7ED.
Labor Supply In Pei n•yleanln hellions
Below Normal.
.\ despnlch inan Philadelphia rays:
\nlhrnr ire
and bituminous coal opera.
Tors say that the coal situation is gr)w-
1t(i Ret• 1118 Ilrronghout 11►e Stelae and
Ilan( hefore Hidw baler (here wilt be a
P:nlhte In many eizcsl. The snp(dy of
wider Iris olready become n serious
problem in the anthracite region. and
the labor supply- bas been below wooled
fc 1• several tt.ks.
OTII CROP OF THE WEST
Estimated at One Hundred aird
Ninety Million Bushels.
.\ despatch from \\
1. oil wain crop of 1:M1,:: renin► I n-li• 1
!n,li)►g when( 84).(100,1114 Ica 85,0e0,10)
. oats, 87,540,(40; burley, 1)1,5()11,•
1.4X1/110, is (10 cslin)nlc
,•,sage 1'1(,0de1
t of 1h1' \\ Mallow
foam E).'1►nngrr, \\. 1. (kilmite114 Jlnwe
f•.r (11,' w.341 at the annual meeting of
tt.,' •.ap
n .' nn l hurid(y afternoon;
e's 104.0e(nry value he seal it
1•••.LabIy y'1.11 a loteS 1' l'rlurf'
ih.in .,ray 101(11,1 haloes'. John netting
14 the nen' President. Mr. !lettingen In
hr• address seeded that in INNK) the iutnl
/Well under grain cullivnik►n In western
Canada ens ray close )l+ can be estimated
3.910.0110 ocres. 111 1906 this find grown
to the erornuntit 10101 of 7,e30.000 here's,
r1)• /In increase. of 811111 11 per Tent. in
n single season, Owing to the backward
-(,ring,' and other nature' onuses, the in.
(rinse 1 In ie
:448340
n will not►u, t fir
f no
menet, but viewed in the light of the un-
usual natural oonilit$uns prevailing Ribs
year they are fully as aah4faclory.