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TERRUiLE CRIME
�gied Children, Placed Them in Beck;
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Then Hanged Herself.
:A •despatch from Lion's Head,'
Ont., says: The body of Mrs. Thos.
Pettigrew was found hanging dead
ixi the kitchen of liar home here
by neighbors on Thursday morn-
ing, and in a bed upstairs were the
bodies a hertwo children strang
1'ed to death. The children were•
a boy and;a girl, James and Hazel,
Aged 10 and 12 years. From the
condition of the house it is evident
that they were able to put up come
sect of a straggle for their lives,
but the frantic woman finally over
came them, and by tieing pieces of
thin rope around their necks they
-Vere slowly strangled ,.to death.
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After undressing them and plac-
ing them side by side in bed, the
woman then tied a: -piece of rope to
the bottom of the bed in another
room. The end ,..:.of it was put.
through a :stove -pipe hole in :the
floor. Coming downstairs the wo-
man thentied the loose end around
her throat, mounted a table and
jumped off. The deed is thought
to have been the result of insanity
brought on by years of illness. Her
husband, a carpenter, was away
from home at distant work. Cries
were heard from the house about
midnight. Noticing no life about
the place, the door was broken
dpwn.,
CIGARETTES CAUSED •aLl
Warehouse and a Hotel Damag-
ed at Ottawa.
A despatch from Ottawa says;
je fire occurred here on Wednesday'
eight with losses estimated .ab
1;100,000. Two boys smoking cig-
erettes while tending to a teeth of
horses, se't fire to the whrehonse•s
pi Provost & Allard, wholesale gro-
cers, and did $20,000 damage there,
The flames then caught Chevrier's
Hotel on Murray street, which was
completely gutted, and some of the
ehantymen therein had to be car-
ried out by the firemen, owing to
being under the influence of liquor.
The fire scorched many near -by
houses, and hetw•een - the fire and
water oust $ c00,000 damage ere it
was over.
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• WILL BE CREAT SHOW.
Every Stall alien at C. N. E.
11'ill be Full.
There is stabling at .the Canada.
an National Exhibition for 1,500
horses, 1,200 cattle, 900 sheep and
600 pigs, and at the rate reserva-
tions are being made it is assured
th t,the-re won't be a vacant sta11
diaektaitNten. the Exhibition opens.
The entries from,' across the- line
are much More numerous than
usual, the large additions to the
ne'amount of prize money.' and :the
$500 special prizes having attract-
ed wide-attention.
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MONTREAL
__14----•MONTREAL REAL ESTATE.
Sir Max Aiticeu and English Inter-
ests Purchase Block of Land.
A despatch from Montreal says:
Sir Max .Aitken and certain Eng-
lish interests on Wednesday pur-
chased the blook of land surroun-
ded by St. Catharine, St. Alexan-
der, St. Edward and Bleury
streets, paying $377,000 for - the
property. Part of the property
was owned by C. A. Workman,
who purchased it four years ago
'for $92,000, and received $175,000
on Wednesday.
STANLEY RHODES KILLED.
Nephew of Cecil Rhodes Met Death
in Automobile A.ecidcnt.
A despatch from London says:
Manley Rhodes, a nephew of Cecil
Rhodes, is dead a:i the result of in-
juries which he received in an au-
tomobile accident on Wednesday.
His wife, who was formerly, Miss
Mabel Russell, and a Gaiety
chorus girl, is also reported dead
ss a result of the accident.
J IJ L1ED IN AUTO ACCIDENT.
Montreal Party Came to Grief
While Crossing a Bridge.
,A" despatch from Montreal says:
Two persons were killed and two
others badly h jured at R•osem.re,
t`eenty. .miles from Montreal, on
Thursday night, when an auto car-
rying forty passengers, skidded off
the wooden b;;idge and plunged in-
to the waters of the River Jean,
The dead 'are Mr. Joseph Gorman,
an •ex -Mayor of the municipality cf
Outreinont, and a woman whose
'name could not be ascertained. The
two persons injured were Mr.
Joseph Egan of Montreal, and a
woman whose came it was rmpos
Bible to learn. The accident oc-
`curred at 11 o'clock, when after
a run through the country the auto
was• being driven back over the
bridge. from Rosemere to St. Rose
on the ether side of the river.
TWO MEN HURT IN WRECK.
MAKING SAFE iiiVESTMENTS
SAFETY OF A BOND DOES NOT DEFEND
ON STABILITY OF MARKETPRiFE
RARYESTIK�..
How neoes0;ary it is for a man to know
what his requirements are before' jnvo't-
Ing-How some high ciaass Securities sag
in the Market without any doubt as to
their safety -A. moral drawn from the
recent failure of the Birkbacii Bank
which was caused by not observing
carefully the nature of its requirements.
In the first of this series it was shown
that "distribution of risk" is an import-
aut principle of investment. It is a very
eimpie ane, however, involving no very
confused ideas. There is another prinei-
ple to be borne in mind when making in-
vestments which is of no less Importance,
but it is, however, considerably less ob-
vious to those whose investment experj-
once is small -and even to , many who
should understandits actions thoroughly.
This is the principle of investment "in
accordancewith actfnl requirements."
SPRING
1
FEL
ING
verage Yield Predicted Fromm Many
Points in the West,
A daspatch Froin Winnipeg says:
Orop latilletins from almost two
hundred districts of the West, re-
ceived on . Friday, claim an aver -
ago yield of 25 kkiishels to the acre.
Five thousand farm hands arrived
in file city on Tritlay, and are com-
pletc,ly assigned to various dis-
tricte, where harvesting is in full
sluing. Withan average tempera-
ture of 47 and very little rain dur-
ing past twenty-four hours,
olds are. taking on the harvest
ht.a, and there is but slight anxi-
ety-T:'.4ppaient;over the possibility
sifltault arriving before the grain
kiss lt7eoi ciit: On the whole the
r3i�1�s are splendidly: reassuring.
(By "Investor")'
Suppose a man went to a doctor, and de-_
manded a prescription saying he was til
butrefused to give his symptoms; you
would consider that man a ilt subject fol:
a lunatic asylum. yet he . ie not much
more inane than the man who writes to
an investment house and makes the bald
statement that he desires to invest suca-
and-such a sum of money and asks them
to recommend it security without stating
any further ,particulars. Last week we
saw that there are at least five important;
points to be considered in investing in ac-
cordance with our actual requirements.
It is necessary to know ail the "sympto) le
of the case" in order to pick a.security
and to rocomend an invoetment fulfilling.
the necessary points. Just to -day for es:-
ample
xample I received a letter from a inf
who asked if a certiitin stock was a goo.
investment. And`,'sit ,Was ` a good. intoe
ment for certain classes of investors, but'
for many others it was -most dbe dediy no
so. Yet without givie'g 'any i'ar'tirulare
as to whether he was rich or poor; wheth-
er he desired great safety ay a high ice
come; if he required "a readily saleable.
stock or not; he wanted eterice. As well
ask a physician if a mustard plaster is
good for a sick man. without any des-
cription as to his particular ailment- So
these points arei.not to bo passed over
without careful study, and if this study
is given them it will resultin your In-
vesting your money in a manner which
will give 'ion the greatest satisfaction..
Freight : Train on the T. and N
O. Railway Piled U,1 in Ditch.
A despatch from. North Bay
says : A freight train en the T. and
N. O. was wrecked on Friday six
miles north of here,' several -cars
leaving -the track and piling. up in
a ditt h. Tvird. i11en,, : beating their:
way en top 'of .a Teak-ca'r, Were
hurled beneath thewreckage and
seriously .injured. Louis Leblanc
is in New Liskeard Hospital, and
may die.. John Labelle was dug
out of the wreckage with a badly
cut head, but was able to continue
his journey, after his injuries were
dressed,
hw
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Not one single point reported da-
mage from frost, and there sare
only few isolated cases Of hail,
Rust .has appeared in quite a
number of districts, but though
correspondents Alio/Wed to the
enquiries only three ,of them re-
ported material damge. from this
souree. Seventy=five "per cent. of
them stated that their distri=ts
were -unaffected by rust, while,
with the exception of the three
localities already • noted every
place heard from maintained that
the crop was tou fax advanced to
fear serious injury irons rust.
Wheat, oats and barley "yield will
be 20 per cent. in excess of other
years.
remo , from that and will be taken up
fully `,}+'thin the next week or two.
Oli 'brief examples,,serve to show not
ou13 , jj e difference between "safety" and
''ntln, y of •.market price" but also in -
f he importance of knowing what
Y q 7 ;t and getting" it-
•LBER.TA. CI -CLONE.
It Occupants, Carried
anil ii'olflan Hurt.
from High River,
s ; Information received
`ma the report of a cy-
l'evastatecl'part of the
district,, twenty
A shack in
rid a child were
a hundred yards,
fell out, hurling
,;o the earth, but
ry. The shack,, vas
eavenward autl de -
other woman, 'seeing
ehltetaing, took refuge un -
e, and was severely in -
tying rocks and gravel.
the path of. th•e storm
Bred impassable by fall -
w:'='• The, cyclone was local
o touch any lager build -
district, or great loss
1•ihave been inevitable.
DEATHS IN MONTREAL.
The Month of August Has so Far
Led Record.
A despatch from Montreal says':
The month of August so far has set
a record fox the number of acci-
dental- and violent deaths in Mont-
real 'and vicinity. Up to this time
over eighty cases of this kind have
already been reported to the
morgue.
BLOWN FROM STREET CAL
Fear Suffered Injuries in Ottawa
When Motor Exploded.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
Four men received painful, but not
serious injury, here on Thursday,
when the -motor on a street car,
blew out, setting fire to the car.
Three passengers and the conduc-
tor were blown clear off the ear
and sustained burns and other mi-
nor injttries.
EAT PROSPECT
The Condition of the Grain in the Domion
Is Ninety Per Cent.
A despatch from Washington
says : The foreign erop report for,
July was issued on Wednesday by
the U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture. In western Canada spring
whe+ prospects appear to have
maintained their excellent pro-
mise. The condition at the end
of July for the whole of Canada
was• given at 90 against 77 last
year. The total yield of winter
wheat is estimated -at ' 17,706,000
bushels, compared with 16,610,000
in 1910. -
': The .cereal harvest in Europe on
'Aueeet l diad reached the latitude
of the British Isles. In the west
it was from one to three weeks
early. and in the east from two or
three weeks late. The total crop
is not likely to equal that of last
year.
In Argentina and Chili, where
autumn -sown crops are now pass-
ing through the mild winters of
those countries, weather conditions
have been reported favorable, and
indications point to a good yield
of wheat, oats end flaxseed.
In India weather conditions have
been untoward, but lately some
improvement bas been netede
There are two of those points quite; like
to be confused -.:-"'Safety'
and "Stability of Market Price." Yet
investing in any security except sha
of stock, these points are latterly dissimila
Why stocks are excepted will be taken its .
in another article as the explanation in-•'
volves some special features too lengthy
for the present discussion.
For example, Consols --the famous abbre-
viation for Consolidated Debt of Great
Britain --have declined over twenty-ilve,
points in the market during the past teti
years, although there has not been the.
least feeling that they were not perfect
ly secure. Con:,ols have for year,
been the premier investment security o
the world and the alteration in quote
price has absolutely no effect neon then
safety to the investor who, without a;
desire ever to soli, bought at pari-.
course when the Government decide to re-
pay them they will do so at par; but for
the man to wham stability of market was
a first consideration a more unfortunate+
high class investment could not have been
chosen. Take the Birkbaek bank which in-
vested heavily in Consols, The, Directors
bought a security and paid a high, price
for the element of safety, while stability
of market price should have been their
first thought. As a result of their lack .of
judgment and carelessness in diagnos-
ing their requirements, the bank was forc-
ed to close its doors. So too the man with
a surplus supply of funds, which he may
require at an indefinite period in tho fut-
ure, but meantime desires a better rate, of
interest than • saving banks allow,
must chose els investment which will en-
able him to realize on his holdings at
short notice with little or no loss. Of
course there are securities of this sort.
Bonds which aro within a very few
years of . maturity."40n they will
bo paid at par -present thtsiefeature very
strongly. The stock of a bank such as the
Bank of . Montreal, leankm)f Nova Scotia
Or of several others of equal merit aro
excellent mediums for the investor who
wants a fairly high and certain return
and an excellent chance in the long run of
appreciating in value; but the fluctua-
tions of price which have beset all bank
stocks in the market during the past eigh-
teen months makes them a decidedly unde-
sirable form of investment when stability
is .the prime essential. The fluMtuations
had a.bsolutelY nothing to do'{with the
condition of the beaks themselves --
seldom have they done a better or more
SEc', TEAMS.
uteriea Will be at
This Year. .
oinpetition in six -Horse
s is promised for this
anadian: National Exhibi-
ie famous Morris team of
r whichclaims the clem-
�. of America, will be here
understood tli'at Graham
Claremont;, and The
of Toronto; will be
tall,✓ other entries. As there
Buys been an idea that Ca-
' anis could be produced to
at Chicago champions, the
k ion should b'e exceedingly
PILES 3f FARM PRODUCTS
f,EPORTS FROM THE LEADING
TIADE CENTRES Oh'
k 31Ts1_i1(u.
THE NEWS ItiA. AAAP'
RAP11'13101;0a lE'Jixi9l , OVE
TIIE yGLOBE( .
IN
NWr�A- lUL.
Canada, the Empire and the Vliol'lilt
in General • 'Before 3i our
Eyes.
CANADA.
The water in Toronta'harborage
the lowest on record.
A bay was killed by falling 'from
a tree near Ottawa.
Charges of mal,admini stratio n
were laid agaiixstl Fire Chief Trema
bray of Montreal.
A Canadian ap reeeedsibit car▪ r• ied
off highest award at 'the : Internam
tiunal Exhibition at Detroit.
The Dominion census returns will
be compiled on a special tabuiat'
ing machine being made in Tel sa.
iu
The International Harvcstei
Company will spend a quarter of
asmillion dollars on uew buildings
de Hamilton.
George Neilson was sent to the
Central Prison from Sault Ste,
Marie for stealing money 'hem
hospital patients.
Mr. Percy Simlrronds of Halifax
and Miss Nellie Burton were
drowned in Dartmouth Lake by
their canoe upsetting.
Joseph R. Forbes of Amabel
toidiship is dead from using butter
and milk from Caws poisoned by
noxious weeds- His mother and
brother are very ill.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Lord James Hereford is dead.
UNITED STATES.
Prices of Cattle, {train, Cheese
and Other Produce at lloum
and Abroad. •
BREADSTTJFFS.
Toronto, Aug. 22. -Flour --Winter wheat,
90 per cent. patent's, $3.35 to $3.40 :Mont-
real freight. Manitoba Hours—k n st pat-
ents, $6.30; second patents, $4.80, tied
strong bakers', $4.60, on track, Termite.
Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern, 51 u2,
Bay ports; No. 2 at $1.01, and No. 3 at
983.4c. Senator Root has tabled an
Ontario wheat—New No. 2 at 82c, out-
side, and old at 82 to 83e, outside. Senator
to the arbitration
Peas -87 to 88c f.o.b-, cars, outside- treaties-
Oate--Ontario grades, 40c outside, for
No. 2, and at 421-2 to 43c, on track, 1'o- .
ronto. New No. 2 at 37e, outside. No.
2 W. C. oats at 40 1-2c, and No. 3 at 393-c,
Bay ports,
ports,
Corn --No. 2 American yellow, 66 1-2c, Bay
and 71c, Toronto,
Rv e-nominalThere. Is none offering, and prices
ars offering.
Bran-eremite/me, $20 to 521, in bags,
Toronto, and shorts,2825 in bags, Toto; f
Ontario bran, $21_in b:p. bags, Toronto. beg,
Beans-$COUN2.20to 5TPY2.u5,P.ROD"CCE- I'1�:1S-LN1S WOUNDED.NlWOUNDED.Honey--Extracted, in tins, 11 to 12c per
ib. Combs, 52 to $2,60,
BaledNo, hay-No.2at511 1 to at514, 813 to $14, on track, F.!gllt Beteeen Soldiers ;Lady Par,
andBaled straw -$6 to $6.50, on track, fio is.iio'l1.erS Oi-cr Church. Property.
routo,
Potatoes --New, je barrels, $4.50, and, per 1 A despatch from Lisbon says i
i Pot ltr 1e -•Deeks lief 11 to. 12e:; .hens, t•Aln attempt by Government of3iei-
ive,' i2"1.o 130; citioks,' li'vo,X13 to' les,,,,„,.
�..- ! ;.ii :.. $u 'take.. 'ail . 3n,Ve;ni ary - o th6
,r •S C'htu•ch property at Lieela on' Mon-
Butter—Dairy prints, 19 to 21c; inferirr,+ y
rent
17c. Creamery, 24 tc'25c per lb 'for ; parishioners and the tTOOpS, dllr
rolls, and 22 to 23c for solids. 32 ing w111C11 1Ylaiiy j1el`SOSiS R'er
23e,
Eggs-Strictly
hyate18lto i2 iterl cioicn, i n 1 woumd•ecl. The pries" had chase
case lots. the church and refused admittanc
ma PRODUCTS. Ito the uiileials, and when a detach
Bacon Long clear, 113.4e. per lb., in cage merit of nliliter forced the door
lots. Pork, short cut, 523; do., mess, ''1 file pastor assembled SOU j;('i'SO.i
hv11 Hams -Medium t 1512o 18e; t1111 2 to 1 c ;; of his congregation
ase and 1 esiste
breakfast bacon, 17 to 18c; backs, 191-2 to � the soldiers. The peasants wer
�_ Lard—Terces, 10 1-2c; tubs, 10 3-4c; pads, i not dispersed until a large nu
beg had been injured. The inve
tories in several northern distric
have been temporarily suspende
and a number of priests have be
placed under arrest.
;iter Growth of Toronto as a
Financial Centre.
into, August 21 (Special).—
to has every • .reason to be
ed with the success that has
ded the isstte made by Messrs.
hra Mulook .& Co., of the
bt5n a of Canada Bread_Company,
Lltiiited, because the favorable re-
ceptioa with which it is meeting in-
dieetes that Toronto must,,\have
made' very considerable progress as
a finanbiale centre. Many of the
larger houses 'would have hesitated
making an issue during ,the holi-
day season, but Mr. Mulock's fore-
sight and courage seem to be bring-
ing him the success he deserves.
The favorable reception it has re-
ceived is "alI the more notable be-
cause the issue is being brought
out at a time when the market con-
ditions both in Wall Street and in
Toronto are most unfavorable.
AFTER FIFTErh.1 YEARS.
GE` ER-'tL.
It is rumored that the ex -S lab
of Persia has been assassinated.
Owing to drought and impend-
ing famine in India the Delhi dor-
bar may not take place in facee1n-
Saautes McCracken, of London,
Strikes It RitYh in Alaska.
,A despatch from London, Ont.,
says: After Bing absent and hear-
ing nothing( from his people for
fifteen years, Mr. James McCrack-
en has written hale that he has
struck it rich in selat goldfields of
Alaska, and is now residing in Fair-
banks, He left London when but
a lad, and the letter reaebecl his
mother, who is in a paralyzed eon-
ditiot. ' His father has been dew.
for some years. His people
nroiitablo business. The cause was quite believed hire dead.
BUSINESS AT MONTREAL.
Montreal, Aug. 22. -Oats --- Canadian
Western, No. 2, 423.4 to 43e, car lots ,,x
storeextra No. 1 feed., 42 to 421.2e; No.
3 C.W. 411-2 to 42e; No. 2 local white, 41c;
No. 3 local white, 40e; No. 4 local white,
39e. Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat roe
tents, firsts, $5.40; do., seconds, 54.90; `lin-
ter wheat patents, $4.50 to 54.75; strong
bakers', 54.70; straight rollers, $4 to $4.10;
do., in bags, $1.80 to 52. Rolled oat
Per barrel, 84.75; bag of 90 lbs., $2.15.
Millfeed---Bran, Ontario, $22 to 523; Ma,ci-
toba, $21 to 822; middlings, Ontario, i 23
to $14; shorts, Manitoba $24; mil,te,
$31 to $22. Eggs ---Selected, 21 We; frc•'h,
17 1.2e; No. 1 stock, 181.2e. Cheese-We:•t-
erns, 121-2 to 123-4c; easterne, 121.4 to
121.2c. Butter -Choicest, 231.2 to 240.
"UNITED STATES MARKETS.
Minneapolis, Aug. 22.--Wheat--Septem-
ber, 991.2c; December, 51.001-2 to $1,005.8;
May, 51.043-8 to 51,0412; No. 1 hard,
$1.031 2; No. 1. Northern $1.01 to 51.03; No.
2 Northern, 96 1-2c to 51.011.2; No. 3 wheat,
95 to 99 1'2c. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 631-2 to
64r, ,Oats -No. 3 white, 401.2 to 411.4e,
Rye—No. 2, 83 to '831.2e. Bran -$20.50 to
521. Flour -First patents $5 to 55.20; sec-
ond patents, $4.50 to $4.75; first clears,
53.35 to 53.55; second clears, $2.35 to $2,;0,
Buffalo, Aug. 22 -Spring wheat stronger;
No. 1 Northern, carloads, store, $1.11;
Winter firmer; No. 2 red, 920; No. 2 white,
90e. Corn—Stronger; No. 3 yellow, 69 1.4c•
No, 4 yellow, 67 1-2c; No. 3 corn, 67 1-4, all
on track, through billed.. Oats-Firmer;No. 2 white, 42 1.2c; No. 3 white, 41 3.4c;
No. 4 white, 40 3.4o. Barley -Malting, 51.15
to 51.20,
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
Toronto, Aug. 22 --}Leavy cattle, butch-
ers' or light export, 55.90 to $6.05; mediem
choice light butchers', $5.75 to $5.85; in;x-
ed, common to fair, $5 to 85.50; common
cows, 53,50 to 54.25; good, $4.50 to $5; bulla,
53.50 to 55; canners, 1.50 to 52. Stockers
and feeders—Rough light Eastern stock
slow at $3.25 to $4.25. Hogs -•-$7.50 f.o.b.
and 57.80 fed and watered at the market.
Lambs sold at 57.25 to 57.35; heavy ewes,
53.50 to $3,75; light ewes, 54 to 54.25, and
light handy ewes, $4.50, There were no
choice lambs on offer but there was a
market for some at 57.10 to $7.60.
IIOME RULE IN SCOTLAND.
Measure Introduced "in the Brit -
Isis house of CQt01111of1S.
KING ASSENTS TO VETO BIL
Remarkable Scene in the .House
Lords.
A despatch from London sae
The Veto Bill, limiting the pow
of the upper chamber over legis
tion originating in the House
Commons which resulted in one
the most,serious •legislative c
filets in the history of the count
became a law on Friday, the Iain
assent thereto being given ,throe
a royal commission in the Hous
Lords. Whets the Royal assent e
signified, the members of the Loa
House present, broke out in lc
cheers: A demonstration on tl
part had never before been he
in the Upper Chamber.
✓f' ----.-
NEARLY HALF A BILLION
A d h'pateh from London says:
Sir Henry Jame•s"Dalziel, member
of Parliament for"Kirkcaldy, Scot-
land, introduced in the House of=
Commons on Wednesday a measure
for the establishment of Home Rule
in Scotland.
Estimated Value of the Real Est
in Montreal.
A despatch from Montreal, ea
City Treasurer Robb has prepa
a statement of the financial stn
of the City of Montreal. The
will float on November 1st a
,of $7,000,000.' According to
statement, thy' assessed value
taxable real estate in the city
191Q was $320,000,000, and the
sessed value of non-taxable
estate was $110,000,000, making
total assesses value of the real
taste in town $430,000,000.
'borrowing power of the cit
limited to 15 per oeut. of its
sessal-.'z values. As the deb
the eity, including the new
issue of $7,000,000, is $55,000,
a goodeleorrowinig margin is le