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Cornpanv, Limited
Taranto Building, TOronte
CAPITAL (paid up) - 80,000,000
RESERVE - 5550,000
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Big; DOT,<
petal Store
the Partition Beix
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Peterboro Coll pse
g Removed.
et+ergi' ;r0 SI
tbaa a
ate! fo:la end by.a.rean<li g of t
<atnta; h� of Frit lis
. n• ctiott ,of .tits Irek
a tiznO ala {" its"a Lha
'tar_[; 3i ) George L'
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malt r r,; tf>; nin , i _ g iye 444
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terror,CAV WI <1 brickpe,,rti-
ta'144 iw341 " '
Simeae streets opposite the
attitdias ;' when he saw .the
wadi bulge Amt at the first
Then it fell, coverip Sin,-
eet„ to the further sidewalk
tih;rls, immediately the eon -
;i turned �iar1Sf,t1` kn the fax*alarm. The
zen sand Lite remainder of the
e € tn:Ee,'including Chief Thomp-
were ext the scene in a few
Their first tn.
a.egnC was
.at one who might be
The d d' [bid wx.it 'l ln#
oxald.lte eta1Liht beads
':aa two ter£ their' bodies n'o.
iw37��y, 1: .t& 'ww t1i.s 7'�>
xae �A
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tea dear what tlaekw
*trfer*w*itl4
lack,
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e
left
auk wroal araaalr a' v ere
the
.peepee7e0 W r°
u aairl OletLie
a:t ere d_
aatld, th telae
wort, tlll+il'ha
„she that.
Litt! relxcl'a
dead gar
py ."t4y Wit'.
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ICES
REPtnftTl FRisayt, 'tH !E<yDINu TRAOY,
CEnrTREs. OR AMEeEIca.
'Prices of Celtic, t:r:aln, Cheese ane iron:
Preduce' at Home and Abreast.
O readstaufs.
Toronto, Sept. 2: -Flour=Ontario wbea G i'
lioaxa,. 90 per cent old, $4 to '$4 14. To -1
re cu 444 )1..oatrraaltee hr,. leu e
of aeww wheat eteete se. d .
pet4. -E•. _ t anitob;as
p
a Lu e k,aec w "fit ;rte fisc.
ot,,ds,, 45 ; s.ro9C back's, au
s4 . sa
itolcaa ;whet,—No. 1 \e.rti>ern, �;? on,
l,r. 2
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..G1 wi
4.
1,
utt�sC Nr.er,i
;ca wwiteet .._; ew e'o, 2 x ra ea „t ,
at
d tci*,.rliw..
c>.., Q)ntario oatF,, xa to ti.S�, out
t 36e. on trio:,, lvro:ato; n kr,d
oi..sad . k p
e w ti`,f 4'rta € .ar;ctla «,` tw . G
exit! xis 3="a for o-. c, B:a3
litm.a"aeT--.•"O tri; 6k, outsidl>t, 4,Se Toronto-
-No. Arne io.40 cern. let-e.g. c.ette i
eras
lldlasd,
w -e ` em eat,
3ra---3i3n to.b. braze. 82tt a tont, A
`or awee freights, Mhorte, „ ro;.
Country Produce.
'Feta clearer% quo.atione to
Uig
rite
r Vhol e dairy, De trFe ; litferlos;
13 er,.aanaery. 26 to e for eel4 end.
ca 2 ,tsar rtvBida,
f tat lett' ere reF'.1i41.Voz 'el ts,
Per' delver); feeels De to, ere. ailed
6 Le eww� claeeset. LI tL
1„* for # vritts,
^ a'tadtpio.ke4.4 Rai 0,
o ,aea., $1.75 tot n.
raided. as titt'Sx -ea t d
lea 134, ywlawaiisfialts" 00p04$.,
3kkd
,r Tann
to IR";
John ate lialaer
illi
onaii•o lumberman a' Duluth,
formerly of pmseott Count On -
shot
t,nria, shot to death in tS :
_ l3 +. home,
'ERIS I
P4AGRA
OV
0 and The A"Rrld
COMMENT ON EVENTS'.
The Kaiser as a Teetotaler.
Little evetaeiree ou the value of temper-
ante :which the German emperor bas Heade
to soldiers and students have prepared the
world for the eunouneement that he has
quietly joined the total abstainers, but
he perinite the usual wwircea tobs ;Ferrer
at his able thn ueeta and et^tends.. These
[nay follow hie example if they like, but
they are left free to act on their own no-
tions in the pretgIeeq. 1t eeareely needs>
eu .
aat irking that they wilt keep well with,'
in the limit,.
The kaiser es not likelyto'become
eggresaiv0' Champion en nt e a',
A of #oval aUstinetzcc..
bet it is certain that the immoderate
drink ng; whiea be'eendlenri;e as tt citree& to
as
pr areA,a And eiUcieucy will be further'
checked by bis precept and practice. The
',World le growing, temperate; science. in-
duetry, popular edueatien are e verallY
working for mederatiou in the ease of a1-;
cohot., The kaiser. eo alert azad"'krogree-
Five .in many "things, is co-opera#xa g eeith
the aspirin ,of the &be as eegarde jtetrtper,
anon.
The ROY Problem.
The World's Work has been describing
what liar been done for the Loy by the
Soonts, the 1.3I,C.A., the Salvation Army
and other bedices, Always to school and
edeetvhare where boyscoeagre ate, we are
told, -there aro gang;, l?aualjy these gauws
're a ra100a0ee; very often they' are a seri-
044 tneRaeo to the morale of the Ain=
e bora and to the peace of the ne .g1a-
d For etsuallY Lias ezterAy of the
ililreeted against law end order.
new time ie cominge for eP 'taw -"Y
lit the .pools, in the Dor S000t6,
"tt0114!' oilier at'xirities have geese-
ndazitiental fact. that if there gra tg
s a>Ga guided meet wonderful re -
an ha itch#eyed-scrolls that will
hoya fee bitter a14to hattsi;o
halleetlY 484 effect Fely in the
were their predeeesselei,,
4tne Ail Over,
vital sitnatiata in Western Cali,
teen 003r utore"aettt w chart
tratriea of the wrens..accord-
Anion expressed iu Wiftnipeg.
AtOredtlha, V ce l+'student
7041104"er .of the plink Of
aloseclitll 'le 'making a tons
Westewsta Ganadtat arrow
Nered#th. or London,
e great et-inselley
alit< "than there haft
nn a and Loudon, It is
Ion, Atall times there
creak! When money has Iteen,
lett there le uo particular sigt4
tat tl4fs onkel"
Atarlsit Mall,
eiltis.+al wtL1Uty is fa ,a
deice of wage, i
alltteree 4x .matt, at
of w#bll#ilea its
s tyt aaAde 'la Fe
of 1t Was rp...,
wvlih the FOR
3lcitoilr
dove En
t, bs c;ar•
rid drop.
where
part. '1
err stjr-
'of
ago
t.�t.
t4taam 3stt•a:''�aA4P,
d SteA
on tdrate Tia
014 14
At . 11
The iitjs
Norwood.
llr>d. She
ani w
niter* of
bruised a
t critical #
from a
l,�t'#tAr
ww: 31A 11 rise. tv he d =l tarik+l
t T"tnrotlto in :ataziactr.�,.
fc�ltl4an=aaissson to-
has
ohzs beets zxn
re has
tt Merl.• '!
rrd! otirktii.tl~,
. Cutt
'� �4caa ir►xa,..�h'1
E KESTHEWHITeST.Ufi!!
Ea, F' ,X. A .«. }NA
�i��3 T, �^• &� ggpp�,�d
i.�irl,�31f. ,'.
r"?'a+tap� O TO'eiM R
1HE INCREASED NUTRpT:1-
OUS VALUE OF DREAD ~LADE
IN THE HOME WITH ROYAL
YEAST CAKES SHOULD 33E
SUFFICIENT INCENTIVE TO
THE CAREFUL HOUSEWIFE
TO Give THIS IMPORTANT
FOOD ITEM THE ATTENTION
TO WHICH IT 1$ JUSTLY. EN-
TITLED.
HOME RREA,WDAKING
DUCES THE HIGH COST OF
LIVING BY LESSENING THE
AMOUNT OF EXPENSIVE
M ATS lezovIREp TO SUP-,
YTFfE I`IEGE$SARy idOUi;-
to - MElw1T TO Tifl oDY,
GlLLi~TT CO. LTD,
TORONTO, ONT.
Wiip�lFllP4O m ONTREAL
lotto[, One engineer. two tciticational
0p0esentat#T00. and ono muakipal gePrt,-
euttet•ive. The tiegielettse. Aet tiably will
oMate leglaltw4iau. 0410 where it eau-
et'tma constitutlenal ls}wvt+.
he preamble of the 7ihedival do gree
1e shut- it to desired to endow the
with art enlightened aaielem of
era, veeering good 441t?14nibta.a,
tectioo of individual liberty and
e entheht of Progress a@d oivil,ica= In
lrltlrxtt lin'Lbw oetrtalti1y' moving'ult-
end more then: ono trouble Wel;
years ago looked vieeat`inte teem
'Weise' that tie ebaub healthy
tow tan
ula l►t'0we ft real 1011eatonn
re1t toward* A taller 41118
las !tau of their ttatznsal-eta144v.
'el eye to think that when #acrd
!Heiner went to Xgypt laic ;pptttaintuaeaat
eenridesed ,au minuses to the 'L"ttttang
�tion o rt o ¶,aaesnlotta vey, ""4y..lwt
tl#o E"gy1►t#wwta7," andlo.alaero by the
of o a'to'm reeititemanee 4tder
striet .forties 1s alreodyr ifu ttmrging
isms +t#ve goavertatnirn4. Tito world
s street tired of Quell urea as I`:itt,
am sof Zhttrtortns.
A#14;T'S Tee
, Fin
Wlnnlpt OrAin.
Sept. ,
a -lei No, 2 Northern* _..
Zavi No. 4. 81e; .d_.
f41 1e; No. 2, tour;
8219ot `o. 4 tough,
tots ln, S6legot No. 6. Laoish,
lir. '1t,«o Oats—Nb. R '0.W..
,;`I0.3 t$,1fa"„ 3t 12e otttra No, 1 feet!,
lelo. 1 # rca#, 1.2t ; No. a feed, 331.4o.
4No. 4, 441-2ot teJeeist
feird 4Ae. I'ilax—No. 1 2d.15.E.,
'0. 2 O.�4}"., 4t,Y.8. No, 3 C.W., 4.1e.
gays w
Yt6±l
�I,
'der
nAO from
Oorlr,•rr+ittzld, t+ t�tlr' w elmarge'
the Bogy's' SrYlaaa,r;l taw Sc=lttatnl of Corn
wall.
Horned ad entries in Wes ..,.
tboda for the first half of the pre
-
year totalled 13,161. This is
.ase of over twe.nt} per cent,
mpared with tho 'first six
as of l;al°.
F. L. ]'ellawes, cit:•y, engineer,
Vanoouveer�, has' been retired ars
result of water pipes approved by
-les erestern representatives being
found below the 'standard, causing
the' city a loss of several thousand:
dollars
icy of p
The Pt
t 110
hope that vent.%
Huerta
all faetkms
sity of yielding
mediation deman
as closing door
American efforts towards a peate-
ful solution of the present difficulty.
/n, tact, he expressed the firm be-
lief that nor, many days will elapse
‘'before we shall triumph as the
friend of 31exico."
It is likely that the United States
will have the co-operation of the
powers of the world in the ere-
bargo on shipments of arnas and
artimunition into Mexico. Intim-
ations were thrown out by Senator
Bacon, chairman of the Foreign Re -
lotions Oonttnittee, that such a,
course would he the logical one for
other Governments to follow. Pre-
sident Wilson has made it known.
that the United Starks has lead the
moral support of se.veral a -the
great powers in the mediation ne-
gotiations. and it is the genera,' be-
lief now that these Governments
will lend a helping hand to the
United States in cutting off mili-
tary enpplies from Mexim
ao
Lind
f
Tea and entree.
• people exist in a more o
y condition and it ofte
cara before they realize that
(.1 coffee, are often the cans
TB. let the light brea
toter bad such. e
periene n tells about it in a le
ter. He seas:
"For about forty VC
ad indigestion and stomach roll -
e in various f•orms. During t,
t 25 years I would not lime than.
over One spell of bilious colic
ntil another would be upon me.
"The best doctors I could get
and all the medicines I could buy
only gave me temporary relief.
“C'hange of elimate was tried
without results. I eould not sleep
nights, had rheumatism and my
heart would palpitate at times so
t it seemed it would jump out of
my body.
"I came to the conolusion that
there was no relief for me and that
I was about wound up, when sa,w
ways been a toffee drinker, and got
an idea, from the ad. that maybe
coffee was the. cause of ray trou-
ble," Tea. is just as harmful, be -
Cause it contains caffeine, the same
drug found in coffee:
began to use Poetum. instead
of
TEA.M, OF HORSES 130LTED.
Presence of litlind Displayed by the
despatch from Posen, Ger-
many, says: Crown Princess
erick eaved her sister -in-.,
law, Princess August William, f m
°lions injury at the festivities here
Tuesda,y when the Kaiser came
with his family to celebrate Prus-
sian dominion over his old Polish
city-. Princess AufruRb Will.iaa-n had
entered an automobile oul,-Aide the
of coffee, and in less than three
weeks I felt like -a rie,w ma,n. The
rheum -at -kin left me, and I have
never had a .spoIl 'of bilious colic
"My appetite is gOod, my diges-
tion never was better, and I can do
more work- than before for 40
Name given by Canadian Postnra
Coo...Windsor Ont. Write for copy
of the little 'book, "The Road to
•
Postarn comes iu two forms:
Regular Postum-amust be well
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quick-
ty in a cup of hot water and, with
the addition of creaan. and sugar,
makes a delicious beverage, Instant,
"There's a reason" for Posturn.
ItInueaol
No, a yellow. 7014 to 71e.
fAc. Flour and Brat --Idnoltanitod.
63-0 to 867.2e) September. 67 S-804 Decem'
31A81-2: September, $1,471,?. bid; October,
Stook $torkott.
50 85.80; ehoice butohere, E6.25
6.40: mod. median), 85.65 to 0.901 common.
and feeders—Steers, 700 to 800
$4.54) lee $51 extra ehoice heavy
5,06 pounds, $5 to 65.50; rough East-
ern, 400 to 651) pounds, $150 to $4.25, Sheep
and lambs—Light ewes, $4.26 to 0.25;
hetery. 83 to $3 50; books. s3 to s3401
epreng lambs, 27.75 to $8.25. Hoge -49.65
f.O.b.; 310 fed and watered, and 210.26 off
elontreci, Sept. 2.—Prime beeves. 61-4 to
Doge. 100.
ACCIDENT TO DR. COLEMAN.
Professor of Geology at the. U '-
varsity Breaks HIS Leg.
A despatch from Vancouver, B.
fessor of geology at the University
of Toronto, a member of the party
of visiting geologists, sustained a
fracture of his right leg in a fall
while descending a mountain at
Field. Dr. Coleman will accompany
the excursion party to the Yukon.
He is a, leading member of `the
Canadian Alpine Club.
Great Britain.
Lord Aberdeenhas refused to or-
der an inquiry into the .conduct of
The present prosperity of Englis
industry is indicated by an officia
return showing timit bankrixpteie
last year were the lowest. in te
tv" ;til
wttulti
;Quid no dot
s oot:Inc in tarr
ry mono orlon inaocee8tl114. Tit
tower or t *emplane is DUO
would lie n premium an Dene
cluan c#tlitttlnarly.litttle,,and by'drape#o
bundi+en tat, deolunated }ala* the need to
sttwpn cmoul4t be avoided. BLit tho meanie
for ;writ; seslice would be wanly' #u x
glom now aiceesal,4lo only by s clew on
roundabout route.
A Loaf.r10a5 l nmtd.
tion' 'or Lao cenitetwtlttfl,cal that
little hoed t4) ctuitOn1 at other
Almost every. "la givinrx
coalological nue;at°ans. tonerlally
ey 'concern Ilan poor and unetnpkoye
would twain, according t+a litarlaur'e
#bat $witserland hitt volved one.
In n, manner worthy of unite
et rather t1ifkkult tit .Sww•itzerluntl
live without voritinz. tha.
. It felt to himself, liable to beeeme a
tho community. The Swiae. therefore, ton
shier the problem an Alt economic) slues
tion to bo solved by tbo state, The our
pose le to assist the ttnfortunato IMO)).
PloYed to notturo work not only tor the
sake of his family. but In the intereste
the eommenwealth.
There is no toleretion of Lae loafer.
Begging is prehibited by law; and
vagrancy le elteseilled almost, as a crime.
Should an uneraphoyed person not :rialto
serious effort, to obtain work, the author'.
ties proceed to find it for inut, and when
they do he is compelled to perform it. If
he refuses to work he Is placed in the
workhotiee. eehere strict, discipline Is
maintained. and every inmate rsquired to
work to hie full capacity, receiving there.
GERM..iTY WILL NOT EXHIBIT. -
Again Declines to _Appear at the.
Panama Exposition.,
A despatoh from Berlin says.`
Germany has no intention of eha,ng,
iing her recent decision not to ex -
Mbit officially at the Panitrna.-Patel
fie Exposition in San Francisco i
than Mel'nensh n.
zg' t out their own.
of the United. State Embassy, con-
ferred on the subject for
i a Ca}nfiid-
erable time on, Wednesday evening
with Gottlieb von. Jagow, g : Cz-errnitaa
Foreign Minister. Mr. Grew asked:
the 1'Unister whether, in view
the a.I i u s
nnoun
intention of various
blanches of German industry to c.*-
hibit in San Francisco,
7 °, the German would not rat -iso its
decision ilk to o retard
o official non„participation. Herr von Tagow
re-
plied in Liao negative, giving as the
Government's grounds for its, ac-
tion. the an official hi h east of
S
Mbit, the general disinclination to
paaticipate and Amerkca.'s back,
w a.zx cines in t rz i
tend ng foreign ex,
positions.
kk—
HOTEL MAID I IILi tJ.
ngllf
in Toronto Ifousc Ends rill
Murder Charge_
A despatch from Toront-o says
s the result, of au altercation }¢t
Lias ieitchen of 8mi1Wshotel at the
c'k stn x of Queenand Sinaloo0 ,,troets
t)lk 4Vednesclaay morning, Lizzie
l�a'4wS, 4 vrotnan about 35 years of
who levet.!, on lilizabeth street,
killed, and janrea Dickenson,
wap Siineoo street, another kitchen
employe, is tender arrest on a
eharge of Murder, The argument
which led to the tight started short-
ly before eight o'clock when tam
WOMa-p ,asked the 4001.16 04, tO t&se
$9n1.1e ice tee the refrigerator, When.
refused the woman is alleged to
have struck taint, and when he trait
s: k she fell under the, blow, and
txking .a table bre 8 her meek, As
the roan saw thathe bad
iuxed the xn»zli;aln he rain
total, bt*1i he.was found
about. throe iteattrn later
tit of intoxication. Rin
;wtkern to police headquarters,
sl't
S".l;l FOR CANNED GO DS.
one Of Live Stoet and Salt
Beet 'Falling OW.
g much more fresh and eau-,
eats and lamb and importing
wrospondingly less quantity of
ve cattle and oalt beet is indicated
statistical memorandum of the
Department. In 1904 a
o mato horned cattle were
oh last this had fallen off to
, head. On the other ,hand,
importations of sheep have inoreas-
ed greatly. In 1904 the total Itinia
72,509 and in 1913, 2'29,743* Salt
beef to the extent of 62,878.070
pounds was imported in 1904. Last
year it fell off to 1,433,5U pounds.
The eansumption oanned meats
last year was 2,102,037 pounds, or
doable that of 1004, whilo fresh
lamb importations have grown
from 157,587 pounds in 1904 to 6,-
030,818 pounds in 1013.
A disl,tch from Belleville cars:
beiag =eked by one of the inen
i$Ling ip the season's threshing
Said to have been the en,U8.0 tlf
"Ea2trolts fire a, quarter of a. mile
at of Frankford, on Wednesday
afternoon. As a. result the axle
largo three-storey barn of Mr.
, Leonard Wile, his season's erop of
grain and hay, and the threshing
separator and water tank belong-
ing to Mr. Coort Smith of Stock-
• dale are now a heap of ashes.
f for his hoard and lodging and front 6 to
" 10 cents a day hi wages, There are in
Switterland institntione Where temporary
employment may be ilva by persons eta
I of work, through no fault of their own.
8 and some money compensation until they
can ilnd more remunerative wages.
Only Two IMpeached.
The impeachnsent of Governor Sulzer of
New York brings out the faet that, in the
whole hietory of the republie only two
executives have been impeached aud re-
moved, one the governor of North Caro-
The Servian Government has de-
clined to co-operate with the Car-
negie Commissien inveetigating the
alleged Balkan ateocities on ac-
count of the presence among the,
member,s of Professor Paul N. Mil-
ukoff, leader of the Constitutional
Democrats in the Russian Duma.
THE IMPERATOR DAMAGED
Second Office'. Lost His Life In
Early 'Morning Eire.
A dispateh from New York says,
the Impel-a/tor, the bizgest liner in
the world, was damaged by fire et
her berth in Hoboken, Thursday
morning. One of her crew, the
second officer, Hermann Gobracht,
losrb his" life. The 1,500 steerage
passengers not trans;ferred when
the ship arrived Wednesday ,night
takan ash -bre- sa:fet3r and
the vessel. The origin of the fire
has. not been determined. One
theory is, that defective insulation
Tk,as the " cause; another laid the
blame, on lighted cigarette. It
was necessary to flood: that part of
the shiP in which the flames raged,
and. che teak a heaely list to star-
board.. The eltaneage was confined
almost ent,irely to the proVision de-
partment. An independent eqi-
mate placed the damage at, $50,000.
the damage at $50,000.
lime in 1870, and the other the governor
of Nebraska in 1871. Elva other g0T0011,
ors fac,ed impeachment charges, but the
eharges were not sustained. Never before
in the history of New "York State has a
governor been impeached. The nearese.a.p.
preach to it centred about George Clifiton,
the state's Brst ohief executive, in 1791. An
associate of the governor :was convicted
of irregularities in land,speculatioro and
sent to Jail. This smirched Clinton's
name for a time, but lie was. never tried,
and subsequently he lived it down and
served. his state thereafter for years.
Kitchener's Egypt.
Egypt le to have a parliament. and Sir
EdWard Grey has given it his blessing and
says it' will increase :the liberties of the
bine the Legielatiee Council and the Gen-
eral, 'Assembly into one ,Legislative As-
sembly, consieting of the ministees and
sixty -sir elected and 'seventeen nominated
members, The latter will comprise the
preeldente the vice-president, four Copts,
three Arab Bedouins, two merchants tw
RURAL MAIL ROUTES.
bout 1,900 Added During the Past
Iear or Two.
The -rural mail delivery system has
undergone an immense increase
within the past year. At the pre-
sent time eighteen hundred routes
aro in operation. While- a number
of routes aro .being established in
the West, the service is much more
largely centred in the East, espe-
cially in Ontario, which has dis-
played a much greater tendeacy to
utilize it. The result has been the
closing of a large number of coun-
try post -offices.
TWO MINERS KILLED.
Explosion Front Unlinown CanSe
Hollinger Reserve.
A despatch from Timmins, Ont.,
says: Early On Wednesday morn-
ing at tho Hollinger Reserve an
explosion oocurred whereby two
men, Jack Nolan, a drill runner,
were killed. Tereske had juet tak-
en down a supply of dynamite and
reached the heading whore Nolan
was working when the eeploeion
occurred. As far as ean be ascer-
tained, the explosion was a, pure
accident, and the cause will prob-
GERNtAN CRVISEIt }IRE].) ON.'
Retaliatory ltrotidSide Demolished
Cltitwse Port.
A despatch from Berlin says:
The cornmanding officer of the Ger-
man East Asiatic cruiser squadron
reports to the Goverament that
the Chinese rebels in the fort near
Walla recently fired on the cruiser
Emden with both 'rifles and cannon.
The Emden immediately anewered
with 25 shots, silencing the fort,
The rebel leader in a letter to the
German Consul at Na,nking a week
ago, declared that the Emden had
bombarded the rebel positions on
Lion Hill, and be announced his In-
man cruiser and the Consulate.
KILLED ELE‘r4-6—"TRIC SHOCK.
teution of retal___iating on. the Ger-
Took ItcooliillieafotIllel.raitilhlenoyfanroc.rriek
A despatch from Waterloo, Ont.,
says : Catehine- hold of the handle
of a derrick which had some into
contact with a Hydro wire, and
which had thrown two of his core-
panion,s, W. Thomas and P. Seh-
weitier, to the ground, ecriously
injuring them, W. Becker littneelf
received the full 13,000 volts -which
the line carried; and was insteeuely
killed, at the new building of the
Kuntz Brewery COmpany on Wed-
nesday morning. :Physieiane who
rushed to the scene, found that the
,man had been instantly killed.
•
SALMON CA NE11 S' OFF 1- CIR.
Considerably Below the Average
Per the Last Sixteen icars.
A despatch frena VanQOUVel, B.
for the season just closing° Cho
seeckeye salmon pack totalling ,only
the, last 16 years, was 750,000 eeSes.
Puget Sound canneries h o'q eve r
rep ort a big season. Th e l'ASer,
IRiyer ,pack amounts to. ,-00 000 <.;a
this year, against a million in l51-1..