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HURTS BUSINESS
Feeling of Gr'av'eAnxiety Exists at
Glace Bay,
Working Miner Seriously Injured
With a Stone.
Glace Bay, N. S.;,'I?espatcha-F.fow long
will: the strike lest? is the'` question that
is.'being most frequently asked in Glace
Bay &sow. Business is becoming very
seriously affected through the struggle
laetween the Dominion Coal Company
and the U M. W., and the outcome of
the conflict is beingviewed with the
gravest apprehension.Both sides . are
powerful enough to make the - present
.0ltruggle as great as any that has ever
been experienced in the Dominion, and
the remit of the fight is being looked
to with foreboding. Business has suf-
fered already, and. 'merchants fear it will
Duffer still more very shortly.
There is yet one more pay to come
tothe men on strike. Under the com-
pany's pay system they are always a
fortnight hi arrears, and the money
that the employees earned up to the
end of June will be received by them
on ,Saturday. • At the end of the month
those wile worked up to the time the
strike was . called, and went out then.
will have a few days' pay coming. Thus
there is still some money to go into cir-
culation, and the relief offered by the
.U. M. W. and the .subsistence necessary
for the five hundred troops who are
garrisoning the various mines will help
gout the .situation. The eompany appear
to•think that they have the strike pretty
well broken now, although they may
• be handicapped for some time, They
'assert.' that the output to -day was
alightly better than on Monday, which
was the best day so far since the arri-
val of the troops, but that it is note
only a matter of time until they have
everything, running fairly smoothly.
With the mines and bank head they
expect to be able to ship five or six
thousand tons a day, almost all mined
lately, and while this is only about
half their usual shipments, they feel
very well satisfied with the conditions
,generally and the prospects for the
future. More men are coming to work,
they claim. and they expect the number
to increase materially in the next
week or two.
STRIKERS An CONFIDENT.
On the other hand, the P. M. W. are
just as poeitive as ever that they are
steadily tieing up the company's col-
Iieries, They assert that the output is
only about half what the eompany
lain], but as the coal is measured by
dependent cheek weigbmen at the pit
oath, and the eompany pay royalty nn
these figures. there is a general disposi-
tion to take their statement as correct;
t is freely stated that the U. M. W.1$
' prepared to make a long fight. Accord-
ing to fairly well informed persons, Pre-
sident teals is taking a deep personal
interest in this fight, on. account of his
being in Cape Breton himself. He is
acceding to all the requests of the men
'in charge of the fight here. The
amount most generally named as corning
into Glace Bay to support the strike is
$20,000 a week. and U. M. W. men say
'.that if they need any more they can
get it.
Many persons are receiving orders for
relief now, and more are being sent
away. A gang of about fifty Italians
went to -nit tt to work on the Transeon-
tinental, and on each trip of the Bruce
'large numbers of Newfoundlanders are
returning to their homes,
CONSTABLES REINSTATED.
The police situation here today
'was further Complicated by Councillor
obin re -swearing into office a num-
ber of police who were dismissed yes-
terday by the Police Committee, and
'e refused to tell the Chief of Police
or the committee how many he swore
n.
Grand Secretary Moffatt of the P.
W. A., the members of which remain
t work in the collieries, received. a
2egrephia message from the Cana.
an Typographical Union, eongratu-
atng him on his association's. stand,
nd assuring him of the union's sup -
rt.
INVERNESS MINER ASSAULTED,
xnverness, N. S., Despatch - Every -
'ng was quiet here to -day, and there
ars no interference with the men
"ther going to or coming from their
ark, Joseph Wells, a Belgian, was
ted at 2 o'clock this morning on
charge of striking a miner with a
o'ttls; and doing him serious injury.
er work stopped in the pit yester-
'afternoon, Joseph Gobeil, a P. W.
.miner was was crossing through a
mall wood on the outskirts of the
owrl; to assist sortie of his friends who
ete bui]ding a small house, when
or four Belgians `suddenly
rang upon him and Wells struck
with a heavy stone. His cry for
sa'dance brought his friends; who
ere working, en the house nearby,
d probably saved his life. Wells wast
only one he could identify. The two
pendiaries, after hearing the evidence,
t the ease up to the Supreme Court,
d to -night' the town jail is guarded by
squad of soldiers. The prisoner will
conveyed to jail at Port Hood to -mor-
e number of men working to -day
largely increased over yesterday,
t tat fact over any day sante the
ke began. ° Nearly four hundred
of coal were got up on Satturdaiy,
hundred and eleven yesterday, and
hundred and eighty today, besides
three ciusdred and eighty loaded from
the bank, The strike isby no menus at
an end, and only the presence of the
military will prevent a more serious out-
}peas( than has yet boon seen hero,
Late this afternoon it was reported
to the' pollee' that two... young Belgians'
ex:010ded a bottle filled with sonic mix-
ture such as nitr,o.glyeerino within
ten or fifteen feet of the house of a$
Belgian named °open,' who had not
jointed the strikers, The buys will be
apprehended to -morrow and an in-
vestigation ~mill• be held.
npow J.su .COAL. .
Sydney, N, ,, Despatch -As a resul
of thestrike iit the Oape Breton cert
fields the first order for American cog,
has been placed, and more will likes
follow: The steameriritzoe, of tho
Dominion Coal Company's steamers, ria]
ed last night for ,Philadelphia; unde
charter of the Dominion iron s Stee
Co., and will bring 'a'e:ergo of America
eoa1 to Sydney. This preoautibu is tel.
en. in ease the . ?ominion Clottl ' Co. is 'un-
able to supply 'sufficient coal. to keep
the steel plant in operation, The Steel
•Co. has to get 80,000 tons of coal a
mouth. There is a strike chose in, the
contract, however, by which, in. the event
of a strike, a large percentage of the
output has to go to the Steel Co.. The
Steel Co. is unlikely to get its require
t AL.LLS'M)N
1 rA.LAtON'I`,E,,. ,• Sept, 20-23
1 A TLMSon . •. Sept: 6-10
ATWOOD Sept. 26, 29
A13LRN'OYL14 , • . .. Oot,. 6
ASII ivQI2 CE4
I- Alli lv0 Sept. 30
Sept. 22, 23
r AST ORvILL11: Saps, 2S
1. AYII?ERSTBU?iG Sept, 2, 23
Aotyu , . ), . .. Oct. a, 6
to I3tY1 FIWi2LL S* OOICNEItS Sept. 30, Oat. 1
BRUCE IOINES•. . Sept. 22
BLRI '..S NALLS :., 'Sept. 23, 24
BRUSSELS....,. ."Sept. 90, Oct. 1
BEA.141SVILLE.. Seot 29, 30
BOWMANVILLE`
. - Sept. :?1, 28
BIUOD.Ee+h . •. Oct, 6
BLv1ACItB•URG Sept.t Oct. 1
BOBCAYG2ON , ... .
f3ARRIE : SO t"i 22, 30
,BI`
LACKSe7CK Sett. 26, :
BUR.FnRD .. ., IOct. 55, 6
BRACIIBRIDGLl :..Sept. 29, 23, 24
- BnnwICK Sept, 9. to:
BOLTON, Get. 4, 6
13R001 y1LLE Sept. t, 8, 9
1 Ba.n anrs1 Oct. 6, 7.
BRAMP'lONl •Sept, 21, 21.
'BURL,INGTGN .. Sept. 30
BAT VI ••
FALL .FAIR', AND.
EXHIBITIONS.
Dates 1a►°°d::.ley Agricultural Sucie-
ties Branch, Ontario Depart-
meat of Agriculture.
AI�CAt3T"1
AI a:T1:h.N1a1t1A Sept 2b; 2299
ALAI ONI'1 L Sept, 20-23
ALVINSIU\ Oat. 5,• 6
Halifax, July 113. ---In antielpatiou o
a shortage of coal on account of th
strike in Cape Breton, .Halifax coal deal
ers have started to import coal: The
steamer Wlaldinivi Swin has arrived here
from Swansea with 1,000 tons of Welsh
coal.
FELL OFF
SE
Accident to French Minister of
War at Review.
Celebration of National Fete -A
Fiery Speech.
Paris, July 1J. --Gen. , I heeinrt,, the
French Minister of War, was tht'trivn,
from his horse during the annual mili-
tary review tu-day at i ongehatmps
Which. was one of the features of tha
celebration of July 14, the national fete
day in Paris.
'Phe accident occurred in front of 00,-
000 troops drawn ue before the Presiden-
tial tribune, and in tote presence of half
a million epectators. lie was not "text
but remounted his •hone and the review
continued.
During the manoeuvres two dirigible
balloons, the Republique and the Ville
de Nancy, sailed over the field.
The national fete is being celebrated
throughout France in the usual manner.
There is popular merrymaking, together
with the delivery of patriotie soeeohes.
M. Deroulede and the League of Patriots,
following their customary practice, deco-
rated t1tb etartue•s •in Paris 'to the lost
Rhine provinces, and M ;Derouiede deliva
ered his usual fiery auldress, setting
forth the necessity of recovering Alsace-
Lorraine.
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PURE FOOD.
Adulterated Cream of Tartar -
Food Standards.
Ottawa, July 10.--A bulletin issued by
the Inland Revenue Departinent shows
that of 225 samples of eomntercial cream
of tartar collected from various .parts
of Canada and analyzed, eighty per
cent. were found genuine, eighteen per
cent, were adulterated and two per cent.
doubtful, these results showing Improve-
ment since those obtained in 1905, when
only seventy-two per cent, were found
genuine. e
The chief analyst has prepared' a, list
of proposed food standards for incor-
poration. in federal Iegislation at the
next session of Parliament, Saul' when
definitee,ndet arethus st da t1 t s established
the enforcement of the act with respect
to the adulteration of food stuffs will
be greatly facilitated.
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FIERCE RIOTS.
Spanish Gunboat Bombards Moorish
• Camps.
. Melilla, Morocco„ July 131. -;Spain has
begun measures against the Moore for
the "emit ans.rdy tr of four Spanish
worriment in 141orooeo. The Spanish gun -
boa+ Dona Maria De Molina yesterday
bombarded the Moorish camps near here
for senora ihoure. The heavy sea bas
for .the present prevented the landing od
troops,
LIKE ENOCH ARDEN.
Methodist Minister Returns to Wife
after Twenty Years.
Bloomsburg, Penn., July 19. - After
more than twenty years of adventure,
Rev. Sohn 'Taggart, e. Methodist Min-
ister, Who was thought to have been
drowned in the Johnstown flood of
11389, returned to his home here hist In
time to rescue from poverty the wife of
his youth.
Taggart found that his wife had har-
ried John Van Horn during his absence
and had a seven -,year-old son and a
fifteen -year-old daughter, but that Van
Horn was in. Columbia eounty jail serv-
ing a sentence for a statutory offence.
Taggart remove the family to 'an-
other city'.,
S LLE Sept. 29
13IWSSIOLS sept, 30, Oct. 1
13J I ,I,.WOOD Get. 6, 6
„HPVF.RrGN. Oct. 6, 6
BRIOIITON ... -.. . ... .. Sept. 22
J2RADFORD .... .. Oct. 19, 20
BLT'H.... .. Oet. 5, 6
B1NItRO.QK ... . Oct. 4, 5
CARP . Seltt. 0, Oct. 1
CLARKSBURG •.. ... Sept. 30, Oct: 1
COCKaaalwN Ott. 5, 6
COBD1ON Sept. 23. 24
OOBOTJRGSept 2, 23
CASTLE'tON:' Sept 7, Y.$
Cci61BER Oct. 5, 6
COLBORNE.. ..... . , .., . (Tet. 5 and `6
CAYUGA....... Sept. 28, 29
OOLLINGWOI-- ... ..:;ept.. 21, 22, 21 24
CALEDONIA Sept. 30, Oct. 1
CHATS WORTH 1 Sept. 16, 17
CAMP'BEL ;`I1.3,E .. ... Oct. 12
DRESDEN .,,.. . A... Sept. 80, Oct. 1
DUNDALK .., Oct. 7, 8
InRUMBO • Sept. 26. 29
DELTA Sept. 27, 28. 29
A4.1\1\ VILLE r ...... ...... ...... Sept. 27, 22
DrNCIIRrCH .. .. .. .... .... .. . (Jet. a
DURHAM Sept. 21, 22
DESBORO ... ... Sept. 21, 23
AWAit
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DORCHESTER ...,
ELMIRA
EMBRO
ERIN
1M.SDALE ...
ESSEX
ELMVALE
EMO
FLORENCE
FORT ERIE
Oct: 20
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Sept. Oc28t, 23
.... ..,. Oct. 7
Oat. 14, 15
Sept. 30
Sept. 29, 30
Oct. 4, 5, 6
,Sept. 16. 17
ut 7, 8
Sept. 28, 29
1'EVI':RSHAM....: Oct. 5, 6
FLESHERTON ,.. Sept. 23, 24
F,ENWICIC Oct. 12, 13
FREELToN Oct. 6, 7
FERGUS Sept. 30, Oat. 1
FENELON FALLS Oct. 0, 7
FRANKVILLS .... .,. Sept30, Oct. 1
GALETTA.. ... . ..... . Oct. 6. 6
FOREST Sept. 29, 30
GORItIE Oct. 2
GRAND VALLEY Uct..19,
27, 'L 208
GORE BAY sept.
GALT Sept. 21, 22
C�LTtIsCO11 Sept, 28, 29
Sept, 28, 29, 30
Sept, 14, l5, 16
GormaxCII
Cunt.I+I4. .:•.
`GLANtFORD
FIALIBURTON...'. "
.. Sept. 30
HUNTSVILLE ..,. ,Sept. 28, 29
HIGHGATD ... .. Oct: 8, 9
HOUGHTON.... , . Oct. 6
HARROW .. ,.. Oct. 5, 6
fANOVER`Oct. 6, 6
INGERSOLL . Sept. 20, 21
ILITERTON... Sept. 24
JA'RVIS ...... Oct. 5, 6
KAGA-WONG ... ,.•t ... Sept. 29
KEENE Oct. 5, 0
KILSYTHE Oct. 7, 8
KINCARDINE .. Sept. 22, 23
KEL<IPTVILLT ...... .. Sept. 22, 23
KEMBLE .,. Sept, 28, 29
KINGSTON.. .................. Sept. 22, 23
KIRKTON Sept. 20, Oct. 1
KINMOUNT Oct. 10, 11
LAM13E'I'Ii.. ..... ........ .. Oot. 6
LAKEVIEL ..... Sept. 28, 29
LION'S HEAD ...............Sept. 29, 00
LORING . •. Oct. 1
LANSDOSVNE Sept. 22, 23
LINDSAY.................... Sept. 23, 24, 26
,LUCKNOW Sept. 23 ,24
LOMBARDY.... ..... ..... ...... Sept. 4
LISTOWEL ,.. Sept. 21, 22
I,ANARI{Sept, 10
LITTLE CURRENT Oat. 7
LA•NGTON............. Oy . 9
LYlerDHURST Sept. 27, 22
LONDON Sept. 10-18
McDONALD'S CORNERS ... Sept. 23, 7.4
MASSEY ............ .. .. Oct. 6
MANrTOWANING ' Sept.`30, Oct. 1
MURILLO Sept. 23
MT. FORLesr Sept. 21, 22
MATTAWA .. ... ...... Sept. 23, 24
MILLBROOK............. . Sept. 30, Oct. 1
MABI;RLEY ... ... ...... . Sept. 28, 29
MLrN0CEY............. Oct. 7 and 8
MERRICKV ILLS.... ... Sept. 16 17
MIDLAND.... .........Sept. 22, 23
'M1'TCHELL.. .. ..... ...... Sept. 15, 16
MIDDLHv 1LLE..... ....... Oct. 1
METCALFE.... . ........ . ...:*Sept.. 20, 21
MAGxvr/WA'4 .. , Sept. 29, 30
MA1100.... .Sept, 12, 14
M01tE1DI1-aLI7 `. "... `::.::.;:'Sept. 30, Oct. 1
MILVER'TON .... Sept, 23, 24
MiORLIN... Sept 80, Oct 1
arr. BRIDGEft .,.. ,. Oat. 7
NEWMARKET., ......., Sept. 29, 20, Oct. 1
NORWIt)H .... ......... Sept. 21, 22
NEW LISKL`•ARD.... .... ..Seppt. 16, 17
NEWBORO ... Sept, 4, 6,
N.FWINGTON...., .. ... .., Sept. 21, 22
NEW HAMBURG ..............Sept, 16, 17
NOItWOOb Oct. 12, 12
lEUSTAIYr.... ..... . . Sept. 17, 18
NAPANEE ........ ... .. . Sept, 14, 15
I1LiGARA., ... 1 Sept. 2
NEWMARKET ▪ ..,..Sept. 2.9, 30, ()et. 1
ORANGEVILLE .. ...., , Sept. 23, 24
OHSWEKEN ..........Sept.:9, 30, Oct. 1
OAK W OOD.... . . Sept. 27, 28 :.
OSHAWA.... ... .......... Sept.' 14, 12
ODESSA ... ..... ...... Oct. 1
OTTAWA .. . Sept. 10, 13
ONONDAGA ... .. ... . .Oct, 5
ORO .. .. Sept. 21
OWEN SOUND . ... ,.. Sept `14, 15, ,16
o7"I'E1IVILL76... ........ . ,.. Oct. 7, 8
ORONO t3ept. 13, 14
OitILLIA.Sent. 33, 24
PItIOEVIii.b ... ,..oet. 7, .8
PT. CAWINO. ,,,
POW A43SA.N
PARI5
yA tisi lSTON
T9 ?RTIi,... • . Sept, 1, 2, 2
PARRY SOUND.... , Kept 29, 80, OeL I
PICTON,. .... Sept. 22, 29
PA LIty, . Septa 28, 29
YJ07,'ItoLIQA . 'Sept. 23, 24, 26
PARKifILb. .. cot. 6, 6
PINKERTON .. 4 .. .. Sept. 24
ROCKWOOD.. . . .. . ,. .. Oct. 7, 8
120SSEAU... .... .,. . Sept. 22
2YAIN14A'NY. . . Sept. 23
ROELIt`I'S MIL S ` lkt• 1, 2
ItarNalAtef•. .. . Sept. 22 23.
1IODn'1Ln'Y..,. . . Oct, 6
leassilealATH ... cot 4, 6
1i.1taortEW.... ..,...., .Ser " 2122, 2g
ROOii+rON..,. ' • , t. ..
14It;:Y•I140 42). .. Oat. 1 •, 1
ROCICLYN Sept' 27, 4.
' Det. 7,
•,. .. Sept, 26
Sept. 22
Sept. 28, 29
Sept.p 23,24
Strut. 28, 29
14iOt1ARD'8 LA:ivT 1N4„
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RIPLE'Y, . , ,, ,. . .. Soot. 28, 29
STAFFORDSVILS.E„ . .,, s �Sppt, 16
s•ka"a s. ,. ,Sept. 27, 28, 29
Sl'EleOlelte/ I.LID „Sept. 28, 29
ts't'RATF+OI't,ASept. 28, 29
SPRINGFIELD'. .. Sept, 23, 24••
SUNiER,61) 15. . ... .. ,.Oct. 4, 6
erusc pori FALLS.. . Sept. 22, 23
ST12tLING.. � , , .` , Sept. 23, 24
STBA'lISRQT. .. Sept. 20, 21, 22
SiII1 LBTI iNit.. Sept. 28, 29
SAULT STE. MARIE . Sept. 22, 23, 24
SPRDCEDALESept. 27, 28'
SOUTH MOUNTAIN . Sept. 9, 10:
S60.IT'HVILLE „ Sept, 23, 24
01 40 ; a Oct. 12, 14
ST. 2RY`$., Sept, 22, 23
SHANNONVIL�t.E •Sept, 25.
STRATFORD. Sept. 28, 29
y Sept.. 39
. ' ySept, 29
. Sept.' 20, 21, 22
Oct, 14, 15
.. Sept. 29
Sept. 2A
Si3ED)2pN..
STR1EE'1'SVILLE .
sTRA rs ROY.
S01-106I13ER0.
SCARBORO.
STRE19TS VILLI..::.
TARA,++++tccc.,
Ti3ED IIII`���It.
TAVIST` • CK,.
TliAMESVILLE .Oct, 4, 5, 6
TILLSONBDRG : ,.,., .,., .' . Sept. 23, 29
TIVERTON,.. . „Oct. 5
I:
t`7ISSALON Sept, 23
TEESWATER ,. ,.. Oct, 5, 6
THORNEALE. .,Oct. 6
1'HOROLD„ -; .. Sept, 27, 26
TORONTO... Aug. 30 to Sept,. 13
UTY'ERSON.... i.,,,'7 Sept.. 30, Oct. 1
UNDERWOOD .,,. ,. Oct. 12
VANICLEEK HILL ... , .. .:Sept, 21. 23
VERNER . Sept. 20, 21
WYOMING . Oct. 1, 2
WINGHAM , . Sept. 28, 29
WELT ANI), Oct. 5,' 6
'aVFLI.ESLE1. , ... , Sept, 14. 15
vi'INC1I : STILRL Sept.�7,.8
• WARKWO•RTH,. .. „ Oct. 7, 8
W1ARTON,... .. ,...Sept. 23; 24
itV.ATIORDOWN., , , 'Oct. 5
WALLACEBUI;G . ,e...0ot. 13, 14
WA L'LA0ETOW I .. • .Sept. 30, oct. 1
:W1LKE'SPORT .. ,Sept. 30
'WALTER'SF•AI LS Sept. 28, 29
WILLIAMSTOWN .,. Sept. 22. El
WESTON., .. i.... .., , ..Oct, 1, 2
WALKERTt .. .. ..... . ,. Sept, 16. 17
WATFORD Oct. 7, 8
WALSH
WOLFE ISLAND
Vii OODARIDGE
•WINDHAM ,
VVOO•D VILLE,
ZEPHYR .. ..... ... ... . . . Oct. 1
Glrand Trunk Pacific Will Reaelkn+''
Edmonton rl This Week.
D. Dm Maim Estimates' Wheat Crop
at 140, 000,000 Bushels.
Toronto, July 19. -"Before ` the . end.
of this week the Grand Trunk .Pacific.
will shave its lines of steel lald into Ed-
monton," said Mr. D.' D..Mann,,::Vioe-
President of the CanadianNo2thera
u :Railway'. Company, who" returned to the -
sept. `21 'cit late yesterday' afternoon• from .an
Sept, 2D, 21 y y }'
Sept„ '29,. 30
,Oct. 16
Sept. 21, 22
.. Oct. 12, 13
Oct. 6
Sept. 16, .17
GAME LAWS.
Mr. A. Kelly Evans Named' as
,novel lament _CCommissioner.
Toronto deepatcli: Tb•' Ontario C=ov-
ernuieynt are planning. s. complete revi-
sion of the I'rov'inaial 5'tcl9a .and game
lawn, and their measure will 'probably
be submitted to the Legislature at its
January :fitting.
'With this project in view, the (lov-
erntnent have iasned a Prov'inuial Oora-
niic'i o appoin'tinng Mr. A. Kelly Evans
h esatnine'into the w1ho•.le exist/mg sit -
nation relative to geione and fish and
nutke , full report thereon with a view
,to improving the present lame. Mr.
Evans will ean>;meaaee his work almost
ineoedaa'tsly.
In making the anntnuueeanent yes-
terday., Sir Jamey \Whitney expressed
the opinion that the (government had
been fortunate in their ahodce of a.
ccmuniesioner, "Mr. Relly Ewes," said
the Premier, "has always devoted. much
time and lebor to the subject, laid hna
already a lams etore of valuable infor-
mation upon it. 'He'de probably ,the best
man in the Dominion. for the work the
Government have-entri3sted to alninn.
.310 --
A POOR REFUGE.
Three Men Mangled Under a Car
East of Winnipeg.
Winnipeg, July 19.----A terrible a'.
aademt, niltidi anay ea:use the death of
three men, occurred on the Notional
Teneaeontinen•tal, just east of Winni-
peg, this evening. A thunderetorm
'broke suddenly where s. number of
laborers were at work in the yards,
and four of them eougglitt teheI'tex under
a stunting train of freight curs. While
they were (rouehed there the yard
engine cane along a:nd moved the retain,
They all made a. dash to 080ape, but
only one was so 'fortunate as to gest out
uninjured. The other three, Constantine
Stengel, a German; 1lfioltael Omobisltd,' a
Pole, and James McLeod, were caught
under the wheels and all terribly maim-
ed. Stengel ,had both legs ent off and
will probably die, McLeod had the fin-
geasc of one hand crushed and a foot cut
off, and Omchiski also wiI.1 lose a Toot.
Mand has a sister residing in Port
Athur.
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ZION CITY
Methodists to Build a Church to
Fight Dowieism.
Chicago, July 10. -Within 100 yards
of the grave of John Alexander bowie
fifty Methodists will soon erect a
church in Zion City to cost $10,000. This
is the first denomination to attack Dow -
lama in the eity of its founder, and a
fight to afinish is expected. Overseer
Voliva is said to have declared that he
would rather have a saloon in the sacred
confines of Zion City than, at.'Methodist
Church.
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SPREADS A CANARD.
Stranger in Texas Alarmed at Noc-
turnal Humor of the Plains.
El Paso, Texas, July 10.-A "tender-
foot," frightened by a "fake" attesek
'upon the comp of a parity of horsemen
near Alton, N. Its was responsible for
the spreading of a tale of Wholesale
murder by a. band of Indiana and Mend
earns. Officers wile hurried to the 'seone
m otied that tate suing was 6, hoax.
1t appears that the party was driving
horses overland, aurid spoil 33u,ncla:q in
camp relating blood-cur&taug' stotnles# to
a stranger, and '•then fo7iowed this up
Ea ni t by shouting and sheeting. 'the
atr'an r "escaped" and gave out the
an.'lannlinlig report,
extended trip oyer the western' lines
his compainy; "Al A. teuiative 'agi*ee2nest,
has been reached between.' Mr, Chamber-,'
General Manager..' of the. G.' T. P.,,
and myself,'" oontinned Mr, IQtann, ,
'by
which the itew'read, v6i11 have the p e of . +
our terminals thaw foe''pps.ee'nger, and'
local freight. business,.., h s is s. beet
of course, to ratificat3oirand thenterme
of rentals ,have not ,been definitely'de.
tided, upon. Bub'84 is liksly.that tuck an
arrangement will . be reached regard
ing Edmonton for the present, at least."
Since he has 'been -away' Mr. Mann
travelled nearly two thousand miles.
over his western lines, to form an.
idea from close range as to the pos-
sible prop for WOO. He touched north-
ern Manitoba and most of Alberta and
Saskatchewan. Much of this territory.
is new land, raising Wheat for the first.
time, and the railway man was most en-
thusiastic as to the. outlook...
"I never saw the wheatfields look -
dug so uniformly good in all my ex
porienoe,• and,from present indica-
tions I woulestimate that the crop,
for the three wheat growing Prove
inces would total 140,000,000 bushels,"
said he, ;'At other times I have seen
fields and districts looking as fine, but
this 'yea'. the whole country present&
pro;tpects the like of which 1 have
nevelt before seen in the west. The
grain was well headed, too, and it
would seem impossible that there,
could be a poor crop. Some parts of'
MR. D. D. MANN.
southern Manitoba had needed rain,"
continued Mr. Mann, "but the rain,
came. In Saskatchewan and Alberta.
they had had all the rain they needed."
Speaking about the transportation
question Mr. Mann said that so far ac•
his company was concerned they would
be able to handle their part of the ship-
ments, and the Grand Trunk Pacific
would have ample equipmeht to take
care of all the wheat which would come
out from along its line. "We have added
2,500 freight cars to our rolling stook
this year," said Mr. Mann. "That mean&
that the Canadian Northern has 8,000'
wheat ears, which, carrying an average
of 1,070 bushels each, would mean that.
one trip would take more than eight and
one-half million bushels out of the coun-
try. You eau see," he smiled, "that we
have not been idle since last year. We'
have added considerably to our motive,
power, too, and do not anticipate any
difficuty from the wheat problem."
The Canadian Northern is pushing'
construction work very rapidly along all.
western branch lines, and the "Vice -Pre-
sident 9atimated that before the end at'
the season five hundred miles would be
graded and probably four hundred miles
of steel would be laid. Between Port Ar-
thur and Winnipeg an eighty -pound rail.
was being laid in anticipation of heavy
wheat traffic. The surveys on the Pac-
ific coast section of the system have not
yet been completed, and Mr. Mann said
that actual constructiou work would not.
be commenced on that part before next..
year. The fate of Regina, ars to whether -
or not it was to become a divisional;,
point, had not yet been decided upon,,.
he said.
BOLT A MINUTE
Lightning Strikes House Twelve:
Times, Kills One.
Sante 17e, New Mexico; July 1$.-1 ewe
of a remarkable play o lightning at an
isolated point in Chayes 'bounty Sunday
has just reached here. During a than-
aerstorm lightning struck the homer) of
W. B. Rail, a homesteader, and E. N.
Rutherford,' who, with his family was..
at the Rail home, 'was killed, Following'
this at intervals of one bdinuto eleven
Moos bobs struck the house, each Shock-
ing an ocoupant, though not fatally.
There wore thirteen persons in the house-
at the time of the storm. The last stroke
set the house on fire, but the fiance •:
were extinguished by Mrs.. fail with;,
buoketa of water, ,