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ESTIMATES FUR CROP OF 1912
Canada's Wheat harvest is Expected to Reach a
Total of I87,927,000 Bushels
A despatch from Washington
says Preliminary figures of this
year's production of, the principal'
erops of several ' foreign •countries'
were received on -Friday by' the De-
partiuent of Agriculture by"ea
from the International Institut
Agriculture at Rome, , Italy, as f
lows
Wheat -Prussia, 40,472,000• bu
Bulgaria.,els; 63750,000 bushels;
Canada, 187,9 7,000 bushels; Egypt,
18,948,000 bushels.
Corn—Spain, 25,984,000' bushels;
Egypt, 76,448,000 bushels.
Cotton -. Egypt, 844,144,060
poreds.
stye—Prussia, 346,444,000 bushels;
Bulgaria, 12,400,000 bushels ; Bel-
gium, 22,518,000 bushels; Denmark,
18,038,000 bushels,
Barrel*='Prussia,. 81,125,000 bush-
els; Bulgaria, 18,373,000 bushels;
bre Canada, 32,520,000 bushels; Egypt,
e of 10,845,000 bushels; Denmark, 25,-
O1 655,000 bushels.
Oats—Prussia, 387,444,000 ""bush-
sh-• els ; Canada, 340,022,000 bushels;
Denmark, •52,368,000 bushels;
Hungary, 87,549,000 bushels.
Rice -Spain, 8,564,000 bushels;.
Egypt, 14,500,000 bushels.
The condition of cereal crops in
Russia is such as to predict yields
above the average.
BANK' ROBBED AT VANCOUVER
Desperadoes,.Planned Bold Attack,
But Executed It Badly.
A despatch from Vancouver says:
The Bank of Hamilton's branch at
Cedar Cottage, five miles from the
tiity, was the scene of a boldly -
planned but badly executed rob-
bery on Saturday night at 9 o'clock,
just as the bank was closing. Six
desperadoes, armed and masked,
four of whom are believed to be
Italians, made the attempt. Not
more than $400 was the amount of
their plunder, this sum being se-
cured from the teller's desk, Mana-
ger T. H. Rhodes had foundan op-
portunity to ring a newly -installed
fire alarm signal and fears for their
own safety prevented the bandits
from proceeding further with their
work. As they backed out from the
bank -building, showering bullets
among the crowd on the street,
Police Constable Winters appeared
and shot one of the robbers, but his
companions carried Mm to a wait-
ing automobile and escaped.
BIG FIRE 1N LONDON.
Puts Telegraphic Instruments in
Post Office Out of Commission.
A despatch from London, Eng-
land, says: London, Saturday
night, was entirely cut off from
"re --telegraphic conn nnicateon with the
rest of the country and with . the
continent, and for a time connec-
tion with America was severed, as
the result of a fierce fire which
broke out in the General Postoffice,
in which building the central -tele-
graph office is situated, and where
all the wires of the service are con-
entrated. While the fire was ex-
remely fieroe, no lives were lost
rid the damage was confined to the
nside of the building. A thousand
lnployees, a majority of them being
omen, got out of the structure
promptly and without a •panic. The
telegraph service to and from the
capital will be crippled for several
days.
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MR. R. D. DUNDAS DEAD.
Death of a Well-Inown Clydesdale
Importer.
A despatch from Peterborough
says: On Saturday morning Mr. R.
D. Dundas of Lowlands stock farm,
Springville, near this city, died sud-
denly,' stricken down by heart fail-
ure while looking after his stock in
the farmyards. The deceased gen-
tleman, who was 51 years of ago,
and who is survived by a wife and
one child, was a -well.-known and
successful breeder and importer of
lydesdales, and as such is well
nown throughout the country and
Iso in Scotland, to which he made
veral business journeys.
Between 50 and 60 miles of new
roads havebeen constructed in
Northern Ontario,
LOCK EMPLOYEE KILLED•. •
Was' Caught Between Skew. and
Stone Car.
A despatch from Sault . Ste.
Marie, Ont.,..says: Caught between
a shed and , a stone train, which
gave a sudden and unexpected
lurch, and unable to extricate him-
self, William Grace, an employee
on the new lock, was crushed to
death on Saturday in sight of his
fellow -workmen. Grace was pre-
paring to dump the cars.
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IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.
A Distinct Step in the Science of
Dentistry.
A despatch from Christiania,
Norway, says: At the Congress of
Scandinavian Dentists in session
here, Dr. Hansen, a youthful Nor-
wegian .dentist, announced that he
had succeeded in discovering the
bacillus of pyorrhea alveolaris and
the means of combating the disease,
which causes the loss of teeth. His
colleagues assert that Hansen's dis-
covery is epochal in the science of
dentistry and represents a distinct
step in advance.
FA.M0US PAINTINGS.
This Year's Display at the C. N. E.
in Advance' of ipth Tears.**
The lift of paintings coming from
Europe for 'this year's Canacliaa
National Exhibition fairly bristle,
with famous names. There are
forty paintings loaned by the
French Government, while such
names as Lord Leighton, Sir John
Millais, Orpen, etc,, snake the Brit%
ish collection even more interests
than usual. The display of art
the whole promises to •'be well
advance of any previous exhibits.
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INVITE LLOYD GEORGE.
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Pittsburg Eisteddfod 'Assoeiati
Wants Him at Festival. -
A despatch from New York 'se,
Robert H. Davis, secretary of t
Pittsburg Eisteddfod Associate
sailed for England on Wedneed
morning to invite David Llo
George, British Chancellor of t
Exchequer, to come to the Wel
international festival at Pittsbu
next summer and preside at two
the sessions.
CANADIAN BOY SCOUTS.
Stronger in Dominion Than in Au
Other Part of Empire.
TWO DOLLAR BILLS P0
Marked Ilnorease in Circ
Small Notes.
A despatch from Ottaw
Returns received by the 1
Department, show that the
tion of small notes is subsea,
larger than it was last, s
Comparing the circula,tien
'D FOR IIARD COAL 'T11 NEWS iN A PARAGRAPH
' Stocks Should be Filling Up for
inter, But Are -''Depleted
there 1d'�'' ' .bey �41a iif�ili�tim
notes of `ap r'!,x , a, v ''y , 00,:0.
two dollar notes of appro:in
$800,000, in four dollar notes of
$360,000; or in..all of between $
600,000 and $1,700,000. In additionk
there is the •additional circulation of.
the new five: dollar note, which at-
the end of July was $6,078,000; this:
is practicallybalanced by the de-
creased use of large notes; whirl
are usedf exclusively by banks,. Iii
the three weeks of August which
have elapsed the circulation of
fives has increased to• approximate-
ly 88,250,000.
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TYPHOID EPIDEMIC OVER.
Ottawa's Medical Officer Issues Re.'
assuring Message. .:
A despatch ,from Ottawa says:
Dr. W. T. Shirreff, Medical „Officer.
of Health, on Friday night issued a
most reassuring message to the citi-
zens of
itizens"of the capital,informing them
that the typhoid epidemic had run"
its •course and that he city water
was now fit for drinking. Baa,eterio
logical tests of the water supply for
the past five weeks show conclu-
sively that it is now free from all
contamination and fit for consump-
tion without boiling or otherwise
treating it. "The causati -e rea-
son for typhoid has now been re-
moved," he states, "and every pre-
caution has been taken to protect
the all -steel intake pipe, which is
now being used exclusively."
K'--
nuinen: ,says
DJ& an-
e; dbecand,
p J,� 5 o avoid a
ely l U . T} oelMe
of a mass"elated
aulated during the
of the spring. Stocks
al 'companies through-
ry, which at the pre-
ould be filling up for
ds, are in many cases
itely depleted. Prices
ly rising in Winnipeg.
hard coal has gone up
d.,a half to eleven dol -
Manitoba and eastern
SI FARM PROOUCTS
CRTC FROOM THE LEADING Teens
e9NTRES OP AMERICA.
Prtces of Cattle, Grain,. Cheese and Other
Produce at Kdme and Abroad.
BREADSTUFFS,
Toronto, Aug. 27. -Flour -winter wheat,
per cent patents, $3.80 to $3:85 for
new. f.o.b. mills, and at $3.90 to $3.95 for
old, f.o.b. mills, Manitoba flours (these
quotations are for jute bags, in 'cotton
bags, 10a more): -First patents, $5.70; sec-
ond patents, .$5.20; and strong bakers',
$5, On track, Toronto.
Manitoba Wheat -No. 1 Northern, $1.13,
Bay ports; No. 2 at $1.10; and No. 3 at
$1.06, Bay ports. reed wheat sells at 63
to , 65c, Bay ports.
Ontario Wheat -No. 2 white, red and
4i4e4, 96 to 97o, outside; new wheat, 90
IA. 'e,, outside.
PERS-Nominal.
Oats -Car lots of No. 2 Ontario, ,,4112c,
aild No. 3 art 40c, outside; No. 2 quoted at.
43' to 431.2c, on track, Toronto; No. 2 W.
0...1 oats quoted at 4412 to 45c, Bay ports.
ariey-New No. 2 barley, outside, and
3 extra at 60 to 62o.
corn -No. 2 American yellow, 81o, on
track,' Bay ports, and at 85c, Toronto;
No 3, 84c, Toronto, and 80c, Bay ports.
Rye -Nominal.
Buckwheat -Nominal,
Bran -Manitoba bran, $23, in bags, To-
ronto freight. Shorts, $23 to $25.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Butter -Dairy, choice, 24 to 25o; bakers',
inferior, 20 to 21o; choice, dairy, tubs, 22c;
creamery, 27 to 27 1.2o for rolls, and 26 to
261.2; for solids,
1k 5 -Case lots of new -laid, 26 to 27o
'r dozen; fresh, 24c.
PlzObse-New cheese, 141.4 to 141-2e for
rge And. 1412 to, 14 3-4o for twins.
ca,P,& •B n pzeked, $2 per bushel;
to„ $790.
.taboos t,woY t"`nil
2 ale.
'L�onitry-Wholesale prices of choice
dressed poultry: -Chickens, 16 to 18.3 per
alb.; hens, 13 to 14c; ducklings, 15 to 160;
live poultry, about 20 lower than the
above.
Potatoes -Canadian, new, 900 to $1.00 nor
bushel. '
PROVISIONS.
Bacon --Long clear, 131-2 to 14o per lb.,
lis . ease 'lots. Pork -Short cut, $24.50 to
325; do., mess, $20 to 221. Hams -Medium
17 to 17 1-2o; heavy, 151-2 to 160;
1-2 to 133.4o; breakfast bacon, 18
backs, 20 to 210.
ierces, 13o; tubs, 131.4c; pails,
MONTREAL MARKETS.
al, Aug, 27.-Oats-Candian West-
2, 471-2 to 48c; do., No. 3, 461-2 to
a No. 1 feed, 471-2 to 480. Barley
ba. feed, 63 to 64c; malting, 800.
anitoba Spring wheat patents,
5.80; do., seconds, $5.30; strong
$5.10; Winter patents, choice, 85.-
ght rollers, $4.85 to $4.Sj; do., in
25 to $2.30. Rolled oats -Barrels,
of 90 lbs., $2.40. Millfeed-Bran
;, 826; .middlings, $28; mouillie,
1Iiay-No. 2, per ton, car lots,
6.50. Cheese -Finest westerns,
131.2c; do„ easterns, 125.8 to 130.
hoieest creamery, 261.4 to 2612o;
251.2 to 26o. Eggs -Selected, 28 to
2 stock, 19 to 20o. Potatoes -Per
lots, "$1.15 to $1.25.
1TED STATES MARKETS.
polis, Aug. 27.-Wheat-Septem-
0;, December, 921-4e; May, 961-2c;
rd, 991.4c; No. 1 Northern, 92 3.4
No, 2 do., 883.4 • to 96 3-4c, Corn
yellow, 75 to 751-20. Oats -No. 3
01-2, to 310. Rye -No, 2, 66 to
Bran --$18,50 to $19,50. Flour -
local patents, in wood, f.o.b.,
oris; $4.80 to $5.15; other patents,
$4.80; first clears, $3.30 to $3.65;
leers, :$2,25 to $250.
Aug. 27.--Wheat--No. 1 hard,
A despatch from London says
Major-General Sir Baden-Powell,
Chief Scout, arrived on Saturday
from.. the Cape after an absence of.
eight months. He travelled fifty
thousand miles, and inspected 25,-
000 spouts. He said the movement
was perhaps strongest in Canada,
where the organization was great-
ly advanced,
ATTEMPT TO WRECK A TRAIN
ection Man Discovered That Spikes and Angle
Bars find Been Removed
A despatch from Winnipeg says:
he discovery of a. deliberate at-
e'mpt to wreck Canadian Pacific
5ssenger. train No. 108 on the
tonewell branch at a point two
il:es south of Romano was made
y a sectionman early on Friday.
orning. The train is due in Win-
ipeg,at 8 a,m., and botween 6 and
o'clock it was diseovered that
pikes had been'extrauted and angle
ars pulled out until they stretched
utside the ties,' Marks indicated
fiat men' had been working on the
reeking jots some hours, and the
displaced material had all been car-
ried away. The wrecking crew has
been unable to discover either
spikes or bars. The sectionman
went north •to the nearest wire
point and stopped the, south -bound
train, If this line had not been re-
gularly patrolled as usual early Fri-
day morning .before trains go over
it a disastrous accident would have
resulted. Chief Bell of the Cana-
dian . Pacific Police is working ,on
the ground with a body of men, and
it is hoped that the wreckers will
is rounded up,
Saskatchewan are dependent on: this
supply, though further west it comes
into competition with ' hard coal
from Crow's Nest.
The shortage can be judged of . by
the following figures of shipments
from; Pennsylvania : April, 1911, 5,-
804,915 tone; April, 1912, 266,625
tons; May, 1911, 6,417,362 tons;
May, 1912, 1,429,457 tons. First
seven months, 1911, 32,113, 648 tons;
same period, 1912, 22,382,132 tons.
Much of the Canadian prairie
west is dependent for its fuel sup-
plies on outside sources,and these
figures, present an alarming pros-
pect. Local coal dealers are anti-
cipating a further rise in prices.
9612c No. 1 Northern, 951-2c;Septum.
ber, 931-2o; December, 921-4c bid; May,
96 3.4o bid.
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
Montreal, Aug. 27. .Choice cattle, $6.26 to
$6.50; good, $5.50 to $6: fair, $5 to 55.75.
Butchers' bulls, $2.75 to $3. Cows, choice,
$4.25 to $4,50; common, $3.50 to $4. Sheep -
4 to ,4 1-20 per lb.; lambs, 5c'to 6c per 1b:
and stags, $4, off cars. Calves -Milk calves
$2 to $7, and grass calves, $8 to $10 each.
Milkers, choice, were selling from $50 to
$85 each.
Toronto, Aug. 27."-Oattle-Butcher, best
84.50; stockers, $4.80. $6Calves-23 to $8.2S
steady. Sheep-Light
heavyewesand backs, oks, $3 to423.50; hogs,
58.60 to $8.75; lambs, $8.50 to.$9.10..
COBBLER GETS A FORTUNE.
Australian Uncle Wills Farm to St.
Kitts Man—Another Windfall.
A despatch from St. Catharines
says: Two residents of St. Cathar-
ines have within the past few days
received news of fortunes coming
to them Mr. Robert J. Spratt, a
shoe repairer, has had word of the
death of an uncle in Australia, who
has left him by his will 150 acres of
farm land worth $30,000. Mr.
Spratt is selling out his business,
and will go as soon as possible with
his family to take possession of his
inheritance ; and Mrs. J. H. Bonn
has similarly had the pleasant sur-
prise of learning that property in
Toronto valued at $50,000 has been
willed to her-
"1)1LIntillThrp LIBER A TED.
Says Wife and Brothel. Put IIrtn in
Asylum.
A despatch from Montreal says:
Dr. Charles P. Noble, the famous
gynaecologist of Philadelphia, who
was sent to Verdun Asylum here on
the evidence of two doctors, was
granted temporary leave from the
institution on Wednesday. In com-
pany with his son and an attendant,
he is seeing lawyers and friends in
preparation for his fight for free-
dom. "It is through the personal
enmity of my wife and brother I am
confined," he declared. "I was in-
carcerated without a medical exam-
ination and will fight to the finish
for my freedom."
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TO VISIT SCOTLAND.
Icing and Queen Will be Guests of
Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh.
A despatch from London says:
King George and Queen Mary will
pay a visit in the autumn to Floors
Castle, • the residence in Kelso,
Scotland, of the Duke and Duchess
of Roxborotigh. His Majesty shot
142 brace of grouse on Tuesday on
Lord Sefton's Lancashire moors,
The shooting party comprised seven
guns, and the total bag was 792
brace, a local record.
IIF OF SHIPS'- OFFICERS
'Marine of Great Britain is Seething
With Discontent
;oo ._+ox in SI
Pe s r 'arch on Saturday .. F
Coutois was sentenced to three
months in jail at hard labor. Ile,
was captured by the priest after an
exciting struggle.
MANY CLAIM BIG. ESTATE...
A.nicrioans Scramble for $550,000,0
in England.
A despatch from St. Louis '°s
The d'ecovery that an estate of $
000,000 in Middlesex, E ngland'
awaiting a claimant has resul
the appearance of at least fiv
St. Louis, one in Chicago and
in Des Moines, Iowa. The e
is said to have been left by A
Page, who died in England:; in
It is said to include ,Weabley
or, one of'the roost imposin
try places in England,
ncf
r
r tel, from London, Eng -
The culminating strike
c ►+res' -which has crippled the {
,Ting business during
ears is threatened by
the mercantile mar-
Mnent egan on{
••Vl, the; newly -formed 1
net.. mates !
an Pao-
Reyal from sailing.
cer was dismissed,
+srrlanded his rein-
snlistitute was ob-.
mpany, however,
ft pert, The offi-
anized•; they are
tented, and they
,ward before the
iat they consider
ands.. Failure
part of the
y say, • be met
by a strike, "which may starve the
I nation,"
Inadequate salaries is the fore-
most : count in the indictment
against the companies, Masters of
some of the largest passenger ships
are paid no more than $2,000 a
year, and most of them have fami-
lies ashore to maintain. Entire de-
nial of vacations, seven days' work
weekly, with long hours while in
port as well as at sea, and the lia-
bility to lass of certificates through
one error of judgment, are some of
the hardships being disou.ssed.
Other recent strikes have failed,
largely because the strikers were
unskilled laborers whose places
could be filled, The oflicer;55 of
ships, on the other band, are aspe-
cial class, and a general strike by
them world leave the owners .al-
n'ost helpless.
HAPPENINGS FROM A.LL OVER
THE GLOBE IN A
NUTSIIF,LL.
Cagada, the Empire and the *orb"
in General Before Tour
Eves.
CANADA.
The ' •Ontario Government will
supply thoroughbred stock for
Northern .Ontario.
Adelard Perron, seven yearsold,
was drowned in the Lachine Canal
when trying to get his hat.
Kingston City Council is again
urged by the Local Board of Health
to install a filtration plant,
Mrs. Mary Lessard, who died at
ltlinton, aged 87, gave her twelve
children a college .education.
Twenty-seven officers and men
have been awarded colonial auxil-
iary forces long -service ;medals..
A three-year-old child of Staff.
Sergt. Law of Kingston died of pto..
rnaene poisoning after eating can-
ned food.
Four racing horses died at Mid-
dleton, N.S., from cerebro -spinal
meningitis through -drinking pol-
luted water..
The .steamer Eric, ashore on Sa-
ble Island, is a total wreck, having
broken ' up. The efew were all
saved, also part of the cargo of
Argentine maize,
The Railway. Commission warned
the Grand Trunk and Canadian
Pacific Railways to proceed with the
Toronto Union Station without fur-
ther delay.
Mr. S. R. Heaks, former General
Manager of the Kerr Lake Mining
Company, Cobalt, and a well-
known mining engineer, was or-
dained as a clergyman by the Bish-
op of Huron at London.
GREAT BRITAIN.
The King had a narrow escape
from an accident while motoring in
Yorkshire.
The Queen -mother sent a wreath
to be laid on General Booth's cof-
fin.
Bramwell Booth was chosen by
the late General to succeed him as
head of the Salvation Army. The
official document was opened and
read by the Army solicitor "at, 'bend- -
quarters, in London.
UNITED STATES.
President Taft signed the Pana-
ma Canal bill.
Heated recriminations took place
in the U. S.' Senate regarding con-
tributions to party funds.
The accused in the Rosenthal
murder case was arraigned in the
New York Criminal Court on
Thursday.
Startling evidence regarding
contributions to the Republican
party in 1904 was' given before the
U. S. Senate Committee.
GENERAL.
Negotiations between Italy and
Turkey point to an early termina-
tion of the war.
French troops are hurrying to the
relief of the headquarters force in
Morocco, which is hemmed in by
Moors, under the Pretender.
HELD FOR ENQUETE.
Men Who Supplied Wood Alcohol
That Billed Eleven Russians.
A. despatch from Montreal says;
George Zimmerman and Kost Be1-
lahura, charged with manslaugh-
ter in connection with the death of
eleven Russian laborers as the re-
sult of drinking liquor made from
wood alcohol, appeared in the Ar-
raignment Court on Friday after
noon, and were held by Judge Lane -
tot for enquete. Zimmerman is a1-
leged to have sold the liquor to the
Russians, and it is alleged that he
hurasecured the concoction from Bella-
,
FI lEMEN SAVE TILLAGE.
Fire Swept Down Main Street and
Consumed Eight houses.
A despatch from St. Paul. L'Her-
mite, Que., says: The timely arriv-
al of a detachment from the Mont-
real fire brigade early on Thursday
evening saved this village from de-
struction by fire, which, fanned by
a strong wind and ,scarcely checked
by the effoi.ts of the local volunteer
bucket brigade, was sweeping down
the main street, As it was, seven
houses were destroyed, including
the parish house and the home o€
the sexton. The loss is estimated
at some $15,000, fully covered by
insurance. The Montreal fire fight-
ers arrived shortly after 5 o'clock
and shortly before 6 o'clock the
spread ',0°the ilamep had beep
stopped