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Exeter Advocate, 1913-7-31, Page 7Notes of Interest as to What Is Cloing on All Over the World 0.10••••••sai,rokwoolomeniiiiiimr Cenada. Mr. James Murray, the celebrat- ed horseman, is dead. The jewish societies of Toroato will have, a Labor Temple, A big $3,000,000 merger of casket manufacturers ie announced. Fire destroyed half of the town of Broek, Sask., on Saturday. Out of 1,748 pupilern I3erlin pub- lic schools 1,454 are studying Ger- man, A good suPply of natural gas has been found in the new field near Oil Springs. Work on the new Toronto Union Station will be oommenced in the .spring. Sixty Aim -briar" factories will be represented at the Canadian Na- tional Exhibition, Oil fuel for British ships may be obtained from the tar eon& of the Athabaska, River. • The Grand River Alfalfa Seed- ;grewers' Associa,tion has been formed in Ha'demand County, Five genera,tions were represent- ed at the golden eiedcling*of Mr' and• Mrs. John Ruddle of St Cathar- ines. James Leadbeater, of Toronto, aged 11, was. eketrecuted while try- ing to get his kite off a telegraph wire. S. U. Downharn, living near Strathroy, sold a pair of young black foxes to a Wyonaing firm for $9,000. TWO boys, picking berries neer St. David's, Ont., killed a rattle- snake more than five feet in length, with seven rattles. John D. O'Neill, V.S., lefforty years a well-known resident of Lon- • don, Ont., died on his ranch at Earl Grey, Sask. The Government elevator at Port Colborne made a world record in unloading 350,000 bushelz of grain in eleven hours. John Conley, a well-known one- armed pencil vendor in Western Ontario, -was killed on the M. C. R. track near Tillsorthurg 011 Satur- day morning. Mrs. Perrin of Colbornewas in- stantly,- killecrand two other women seriously injured ie level'erossing collision of a motOr oar and a light engine. General Sir Ian Hamilton, In- spector-Generel of the 13ritie1i arzny and overseas foes, sailed from Quebec for England on the C.P.R. steamer. Empress of Irelend on Thursday. The Doukhobors who have aban- doped the ' eesteacli giveti them in Saskatele .1 and purchased lands in British Columbia, are asking $450,000 as the worth of their labor expended on the lends abandoned. 'Great Britain. The House of Lords rejected the bill to abelish plural voting. A youth fired off a blank cart- ridge in the British House of Com- mons. , Many ,arrests were made at ,suf- fragette meetings in London on Sunday. Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, the suffragette leader, is in a serious oonditien. United States. President Wilson and hie•advisers are considering plans for interven- . . tion an Mexeco. The eastern railroads have, sub- mitted to the trainmen, and peace is now assureel. Preparations are well unde,r way for the All Canada Exhibition to be held in New York next January. The plant of the West Side Lum- ber Co„ Dayton, Ohio, was burned on Wednesday night with an ap- proximate cost of $350,000., Thou- sands. of dollars' worth ot hard- woods and trimmings were destroy- ed. General. The northern troops have cap- tured the city of -Nanking, 'China. Hostilities between the two lead- ing German shipping companies are officially- announced. The shooting of a United States inmtigration inspector has brought about a crisis in the Euertar (Mex - leo) regime, ONT:LRIO'S RECORD YEAR. Government Will Complete Over • 1,000 Miles Colonization Road. -A '-',1espatch from Toronto says: Ontario will break all records this season in the construction of colon- ization roads. Mr. G. W. Bennett, Provincial Superintendent of Colon- ization Roads, says that the Depart- ment expected to complete between 1,000 and 1,100 miles of roadway be- fore the end of the year. At the present time over 4,500 • men are steadily employed upon the work anel some 650 overseers heve their hands so full that it is proposed to • augment their number by an addi- tional 300. It is also the intention • to employ 3,000 more men on cut- , ting out, ditehing and grading. • All the colonization roadwork this year is being done by day labor. Heretofore a certain percentage has been done under contract, but the day labor work has proved more ristisfactory to the -Government. This year, agso, ler the first time'M. Bennett reports that day labor has been plentiful and excellent. Favor- • able weather conditions have ob- • tained throughout the north coun- try and the work has progressed with almost remarkable speed. La- borers on colonization roe& are •• paid the regular schedule of wage rates for the locality, and the ap- plications for work have always ex- ceeded the requirements. • More- • over, the characeex of the labor has • been much superior to that of other years. There are 20 Provbacial in- spectors, and each of,them reported to the Department that conditions, labor and construction work were never more satisfactory than at pre- sent. Since the work was taken up in the latter part of April over 800 miles of roadway has been complet- Bit by bit, as the maps in the Su- perintendent's offices show, the un• - organized districts of the north are being webbed with good roads. BY another season it is hoped that the 'work of construction will have so far advanced that the Goverrommat will be in a positical to inaugurate its prospective canipaign, for settle- ment on a large scale. ' The Exhibition City. The new Livestook Department at the Canadian National Exhibition will give splendid aecommodation for the fine •animale foe which the 33ig Fair i noted. It also adds a ni.sh to, the appearance of the 4.reunde mere than anything else has dote. The Exhibition, City with its $2,500,000 worth of buildinge, its paved streets end its lighting planbe'f 46,000 lami)s has no rival ott the American continent. SIR WILLI IN'S KINDNESS. Conveyed Wounded Boy to Winni- peg oe His Private Cal% A despatch from Winnipeg says: It is owing to the big heart of Sir William Mackenzie that little Alex. Harold, aged fourteen, of this place, is alive to -day and on the road to recovery, in St. Boniface Hospital. He was accidentally shot in the ab- domen on Thursday, July 3, in the country, near Emerson. He was driven to the station and liee in agony and bleeding internally, wait- ing to be conveyed to Winnipeg by •the next train, which was not due for some hours. Sir William, speeding along in his private car, learning of the little boy's condi- tion, had hire tenderly placed in his car and ruehed to Winnipeg •with- out delay. • It was well for him that Sir William did so, for when Dr. McGreer and Surgeon Nicholas operated at midnight they found at least a quart of blood had been lost, and that the bullet had torn huge gaping -wounds in the bowels. These Were sewn up, vessels tied, and the operatiop. performed -with success. Two houre longer of bleeding. awl his chances of life would have been • gone. • JUNG'S PRIZE20 CANADIAN *Private Hawkins of the 4Sth High- landers, Toronto. ,A despatch frora Bisley, Engs land, says : 'Private Hawkins of the 48th Highlanders, Toronto, Canada, on Saturday won the King's Prize for eifle shooting, carrying with it the National Rifle Association's gold medal and gold badge and $1,250 in cash. W. A: Hawkins is a private in. A company of the 48th Highlanders, and has been a member of the regiment for nine yeaes-. He is a Toronto boy, and it is only withie the lest two or three year,s that he has taken active interest in rifle %hooting. Last year at Ottawa he won the •right to a place on the Bieley team. He is about 30 years of age. J. THREE '111EN. KILLED. Striking :Miners and Watchmen En, gage in Sharp -Battle. A despatch from Charleston, West Virginia, says: Three men were killed and 'another fatally in- jured in a hort, sharp battle on Friday betweett striking miners arid watchmen emplOyed by the Weleeforest Cozzi Company, at Wakeforeet,on Cabin Creek, the sconeof nmell rioting and bloed- shed sine the coal ,strike troublee started in April, 1911. • Dr. Robert Bridges, • England's Peet -Laureate. • IMMIGRATION FIGURES. Statisties in Annual Booklet Issued by Federal Government. A despatch from Ottawa, says: The immigration branch of the.De- pertinent Of the Interior has issued its annual booklet, "lanmigration Facts and Figtires.": Frean July, 1900, to March 31, 1913, 2,521,144 inamigrants have entered Canada, of whom 109,000 have gone to the Maritime Provinces, 374,000 • to Quebec, 627,000 to Ontario, 397,000 to Manitoba, 702,000 to Saskatche- wan and Alberta, and 298,000 to British ColumbiaThe British im- migration during this period was 973,000, of whom. 101,000 were Eng- lish 11,000 Wel,Sh, 202,000 Scotch end 59,000 Irish. Since 1900' 25,000 Chinese have entered, entries in 1912-13 being nearly 7,500. Chinese immigration has increased about a thousand a year on the last three years. Since 1902, 45,000 immi- grants have been held for inspec- tion, and 9,250 were rejected. MOTORCYCLE RIDER KILLED% B. Wilson, of Roehester, N.Y. •Meets Death in Toronto. A despatch from Toronto says: B. Wilsoe, of Rochester, was in- stantlyr killed oft Saturday after- noon in the sixth event • of the motorcycle meet, the five -mile ama- teur ,championship race, when his machine crashed into the fence as 'Tie turned into the back ,stretch. Wilson was travelling about , 50 miles an hour, riding on the grass and close to the fence" The anaele in e rolled into a int, and an ingtant later cra,sh&i into a post, throwing Wilson over the fence and against a post. He •sustained a coanpound fracture ef the skull, dying instant- ly. Wilson was reluctant to race, as he had a presentiment that an accident would occur. He listened to the voices of his friends, how- ever and entered. „The other • &vents of the day were iramediately cancelled. • TWO WOMEN DROWNED. Automobile, itith. Off Deck of Ferry Steamer. A despatch from Montreal says: Two women were drowned in the St. Lawrence River opposite Mai.- eouneuve on Sunday when an. auto- mobile in which they were sitting ran off the deck of the ferry steam- er Southand plunged into the river. Mrs. Cha,s. lVforrison, twenty-eight years of age, 927 Tup- per Steeet, a,ncl Mrs. J. Cheyne, twenty-six years of age, of 44 Beau- doin Street, Sant Henry, were the victims. Accompanie,d, • by their husbands the women were on their way to Longueuil. The automobile, a, seven passenger oar, wa,s run on board the ferry steamer, the power cut off, the brakes applied and skids placed in trent and rear of the wheels. TWENTY-ONE MISSING. 200 Gallons of Naphtha Exploded at Malden, .Massachusetts. A despatch from Malden, Mass., says : Twenty-one employes are missing, following an explosion of two hundred gallons of naptha. in the plant of the New England Dye- ing and Cleaning Co. here on Sat- urday. The ,explosion of the nap - the could be heard for miles. Blez- ingeil shot through the an, ,setting other buildings on fire. Four em- ployee, two of them women, es - (Aped uninjured by jumping from firet-sterey windows. OUT OF THEIR JOBS. Striking Bridge -Workers Find 'Themselvet3 Replaced. A despateh from Montreal says : Sixty-five bridge workers who went on strike at Chaudiere, Qu, Friday found themselves unexpoet- edly minus their jobs. They had been getUng two dollars a day and vented three dollars, After they saw there was little ,prospeot of getting it, they went back to work, bo diseover that their plates were tilled and -Oita there was no chane for employmeet, e great ()elm has' eettled down noon olo ecaltese storm ceases. Old tthier ia Ca- taWa say they never' saw Capital MU he quiet as at present. 'The Premier le, at 13t..4.ndrews bY the Sea In Now Brunow0k, attending. to urecnt autttera af State by wire, but Welly rcouperktinft froin the arduous work of the past you, tube Min,. tater of nuance is in 'Inland, non. 4, liann, ettaieter of Marine, and lion. Codeere,,,are on a trip to the Yukon. Others are taking briefer holidaYS and a few remain at their posts to transact the neeeseary businena of the country, InTorouto it la numb. the (mine, though Premier 81,r James •Whitney is in ais (moo every day, Sir James do* not often take a holiday, lfis favorite trip is a, voyage across the Atlantio, but It ia 0111Y 000a' sionaliy he is able to find time. This year Dr. Fyne, yew- i i close personal friend as well es a colleague of the PrOrn, ler'S, is in Bugland, an business an von. neotion with the Edueation ..Dopartinent, If•a is the only one as yet to go on an ea tended trip, but the holiday ,spirit is in. the air. Col. Sam Hughes and the Canteen. A critic of militarism said recently of Colonel the lioncirable Sam later of Militia; that he was trYing to re. due the Salenee of murder by -warfare to a Sunday School basis. The eulp teferred to Colonel Hughes' niirelenting hostility to the canteen or to any toleration of drinking among soldiers. . Iri this attitude Colonel Hughes is 'lin. donbtadly a judicious Minierter of Militia, bepause i5. is.unquedtionieble that a kreat. deal of prejudiee and hoatility to the mil- itia has been based en the more or leas lax habit e which in former days prevailed aronong the men in 0818810. • Now Colonel Ilughes -has gone a sten farther and has attacked drinking among the.officers of the permanent force, who have hitherto been regarded as someWhat privileged persons. At a recent garrison dinner in Halifax all intoxicating liquor was forbidden by the Afinister. Notwith. standing this a number bf the officers present behaved themoelves in a manner whieh conld only be explained, bit assuni- 1ng that they had .obta,ined acce,ss to e private supply. Several of the speakers Were interrupted In a most uncomfortable manner. Colonel ,liughes was not the nian to let ouch an incident pass unno- ticed and 'he took, otoasion to arise "and deliver a castigation to the offenders that they will not on forget. • Talk of resignation on the part of some of the officers follb‘Ved immediately; and rumor has it that Colonel Hughes' reply was that they could not resign any faster then he would accept their resignations. Now it seeme probable that the tremble will blow over and that Colonel liughes is not the one who will come off second best. The New Poet Laureate. Robert Bridges is the new poet laureate. It is likely that not one Canadian in 10,000 over heard of Robert Bridges be- fore. But we are assured he is a -very competent poet of the pure Oxford School of verse, and that he will be a creditable successor to a.long line of distinguished holders of the position. However, it seems undeuiable' that Rob- ert Iiridges becomes poet laureate because of his negative and not of his positive virtues. lie is unobjeetionable to the the powers that be. Therefore he got the Job. Apart front political prejudices there is probably almost unanimous opinion Shat the 0180 poet with the real spark of genius in 'the Empire to -day is Rudyard Kipling. It is quite true that Kipling has written a trenaendous lot of trash. But that was inevitable in an age which de- Mands from its favorites a tremendous volume of output. But much of his work has the true ring of -sinus and he could have taken his plaee ssside Tennyson. and Wordsworth and the others with no apol- ogy. Kipling a Partisan. Bat Tlpling, 'in.,Iiis later years particu- larly,' has become a violent -political parti- san.' has been mixed up in most of the outstanding political controversie6 of She 'Mt decade. And he has not hesi- tated to use his peetie genius to further his opinions. The Home Rule issue was the meet recent controversy on which he drew blood. As he has been generally against the Governm.ent it was scarcely within the range of human possibility that 'he would be selected for, the vacant laureateship. Similarly the one other outstanding poet of the tirae, kir. William Watson, is non persona grata with the powers that he. Not- only has he been mixed up iu eo- litical controversy, including . also the lionae Rule issue, but his publication -a few years ago of The Woman with the Serpent Tongue," , in which he attacked. with virulence members of the Prime Min- isters family circle,would to many minds be quite sufficient in itself th place him- self outside the pale. Lacrosse Still Languishes. Canada's national game, Lacrosse, -is still under the shadow of "roughhouse" tactics. One incident in which a player nearly had his eye gouged out led R. .7. Fleming, owner of the Toronto Lacrosse Club, to threaten the disruption of the big professional league. The incident is not without significance. There ,seems little doubt that there has been a spirit of toleiation of rough tactics on the part of those responsible for the conduct of the players. Meanwhile public interest continuos 50 lasiguish. Promoters do not seem to realize, that they' have got the game out of favor, and that the only way to get it bacIS.is by a long campaign of playing lacrosse. and not by giving ex- hibitions of brutality. , Lord Chancellor Coming. When Lord Haldane come•s to Canada on Nonday, the first of September, it will be the first occasion since the days of Henry the Eighth that a Lord Chancellor of England has gene outside the British. Isles on a public mission. The Lord Chan- cellor is the custodian of the great seal. On this (theasion, with the approval of the King, the great woe to to be placed in commission during the Chancellor's al). some, which will last only a little over a fortnight. His stay in Canada will last about two and a half days, during which he will. address the annual meeting ,of the American Bar Assouiation in Montreal. He will lea,Te England on August 23rd On one of the Atlantic greyhounds and be home again on September 85h. The last Chancellor qf England to leave the coun- try on a public mission was Cardisal Wolseleywho was sent on a mission to France. England's polioy at that time be- ing to check the ambition of the Em- peror, TRADE WITH GERMANY. • Immenee Increase in Exports in • Four Years. .A. despatch from Toronto sa,ye: Since the removal by Canada, of the surtax on German- goods trade feeling in Germany towards Can- ada has ,considerably improved, A•ccorcling to a statement made by Mr, S. H, Peters, Getman Consul in Toronto, based on effieial Ger- man statistics, the Gterrnan importh from Canada for home oonstunp- tion, exclusive of gold and Silver, increased from 7,076, 000 maks ui 008 to 58,130,000 marks in 1912. German exports to Canada ,show an ine,rease from 20,302.000 marks in 1e08 to 54,254,000 marks in 191e. For the firet time sine° the existence of German trecle statistics have Canal dian exports to Germany 8110VV11. an increase over German exports to Caeada. Grain, Cattle and Cheese Prices of These Products in the Leading Markets are Here Recorded readstutfs. 'Toronto, July 29.-1,fanitobe Virlteatr—Ilake ports, No. 1. northern, $1.03; No, 2, $1.00; 1,o. 3, 960; feed 'wheat, 65e. Ontario' Wheat—NO. 2, 98e to 99e for car lots outside, ranging dewn to 75trfee poor grad.es, , Ontario 0815s 150, 2 white, 35e to 36e at Country peints; 37e te 300 on track, To - rota Manitoba Oats—No, 2 C. W. oats, 38c, track, bay ports; No. 3 0. W., 33 1-20; No. 1 feed. 36 1-2c. Corns -American No. 2 yellow, 66o; 110- 3 Yellow, 65e 04,f. Aye—No, 2, 650 to 650, notainal• Peas—No. 2, 90e to 95e ear lets. outside. nominal. Buckwheals--No. 2, 550 to 63c, nominal, Barley—Good malting barley, outside 52e to 650, nomieze. Rolled Oats—Per bag of 90 peunds, $2.15; per barrel, $4.55, syholeeale, Windaor to Montreal, kfillfeed—Maniteba brari, $19-$0. in track, Toronto; shorts, $21; Ontario bran, $19, in bags; short,. 021; middlings, $23 to $26. Manitoba Flour—First patental, $5,00 in jute bap; strong bakers', $4.80 in jute nags, In cotton bags ten cents more per barrel. Ontario Flour—Winter whet flour, 90 per cent. patents $4.10 to $4.15, seabeard, in bulk. New flour, $3.75. Country Produce. Bggs—New-laids, 24e to 25e; fresh; 20e to 210; seconds and splits, 16e to 18e. Cheese—Twins, new, 14 1-2e to 150, and large, new at 14 1-20 to 14 3-4e; old cheese, twins, 15e to 15 1-2c; large. 150. Butter—Creamery prints, 26o to 27e; creamery solids, 240 to 25 1-2e; dairy pinta, 20o to 24e; Bakers', 18e to 20e. Honey—Buckwheat, 9a a pound in tins, and 8o bit barrels; strained clover honey. 121-2e a pound in 60 -pound tins; 12 3-40 in 10 -pound tins; 13o in 5 -pound tins; comb honey, No. 1, $2.60 per dozen; extrit $3 per dozen; No. 2, $2.40 per dozen. ):leans—Prime. bushel, $1.75 to $2; hand- picked. $2.35 to 0240, Pon try--Fresh-killed fowl, 180 to 19e per pound; live fowl, 14o to 150; dressed spring chickens, 24e to 200; live, 180 to 190; ducks, 13o to 14e; turkeys, 18o th 20o. Potatoes—Ontario potatoes, 75c per bag; ear lots, 65e; New Brunssvicks, 980 per bag; out of store, 80e in oar lots; Vir- ginia, new, $3.50 per barrel; Canadian, now, $1.25 to $1.50 bushel. Provisions'. Smoked and. dry Salted Meats—Rolls— Smoked, 16 1-2o; hams, medium, 21e; heavy, 1.90 to 250; breakfast bacon, Me; long clear bacon, tons and eases, 153-4c to 16c; backs (plain), 24c; backs (special), 25c. Green Meats—Out of pickle, 1c less than smoked. Pork—Short out, $28.50 to $29 per barrel; mess pork. $24 to 524.50. Lard—Tierces, 14c; tuba, 14 1-2c; pails sated may and straw. Wholesale dealers are payingon track, Toronto; Baled hay, No. 1, 814.00 th $14,50; ,simief•••••• No. 2, $12.00 to 313,0A; No. 3, $7.00 to $0,00; Baled etrew, $8.00 th Montreal Market% Montreal, July 29.—Oats—Ciariadian weet- ern, N. 2, 401.80 to 403-4c; do Canadiaa western, No. 3, 391-20; do extra No. 1 feed, 40e to 40 1-2e, Barley -'-Manitoba feed, 51e to 6.2e; Lo analtiog, 62e to 54e. Buokwheat —No. 2, 65e to 680. ,Blour—Manitoba opting $11P5,111e04;.t dopastlx.notne,g. ajbaEktiste'va'S.,5'8640.;90;dodose*Qwjarltdet patents, choice, $5.50; do etraight Tonere, 56.10; do straight rollers, bagO, $2•40. B°art6an--13-$a19rfel°111o$vii6s5;; 452o1;g. be2118/C1d901i1nbges... 8$2.2415;: =faille, $26 th $32. Hay—Ne, 2, Per ton, oar lots, 51260 to $14, CitheSe—Finest westerns, 13e to 131-40; do flheet asterns. 12 3,4o to /3o. Butter—Choieest crearnerx. 241-4o to 54180; de seconds, 23 3-4e 'to 240, Nggs—Pmsh, 29c; do selected, 270; de No. iFostrttlf-2Pke;rw(blioati.gnIT,_:00.agr2olrOarsin,1:5'Cle18eta to 19c. Winnipeg, July 29.—Cash grain—Wheat--. No. 1 northern, 96 1-2c; NO. 2, 93 1-20; No. 3, 881-80; No. 4, 81e; No, 5, 75e; No, 6, 70e; 8f6eod; e , N6oic .7ob31...01; awajoee, tiedtosuegehtb:i. 880; 890; 150,22: Ole; No, 3, 230; No. 4, 750; N. 5, 661-80; No. 6, 611-2o: feed; tough, 64e. Oats --No. 2 C. W„ 336-80; No. 5, 321-70; extra No. 1 feed, 33i-80; No, 1. 321 -lc; No. 2, 301.2c • Barley—No. 3, 461-80; No, 4, 451-2e; re. jested, 43e; feed. 43e. Flax—No. 1 N, W., $1,24; 150. 2 C. W., $1,20; No. 3, $1.09. unIted states markets. Minneapolis, July 29.—Wheat —July, &61-2o; September, 88 1-2e to 885-50; Decem- ber, 911-2c; No. 1 hard, 60 1-2e; No, 1 north- ern. 89e te 90e; .No, 2 de., 137e to 88c. Corn —No, 3 yellow, 691-2o to 60. Oats—No. 3 white, 371-20 to 380. Rye—No. 2, 56n ta 571-50. Flour—Firet patents $4,50 to $4.75; seeond patents, $4.15 to $4.50; first eleara, $3.20 -to $3.60; second clears, $2.70 to $3.10. Duluth, July 29.—Wheat—No. 1 hard, 911-60; No.s1 northern, 901-50; No. 2 do., 581 -Se to 885 -Bo; July, 887-80 bbl.•, Septein- bor, 901-8c to 901-4c asked; December, 923-00 asked; May. 977-80 nominal. Live stock markets. Montreal. Zuly 29.—A few of the best cattle sold at a,bont eeven cents per pound. Medium aold at between 6 and 63-4e, and common from 23-40 to 43-40. COWS, $30 to $65 each, Calves, 2 3-4o to 60. Sheep, about 4 cents. Lambs, $4 to 06 each. Hogs. 10 1-4o to 10 1-2e. Toronto, Slily 29.—Cattle—Ohothe export, 86.85; choice butchers, $6.50 to $6.75; good. medium $5.75 to 86.40; .00mmon, $4.40 to 5500; -canners, $2 to $2.50; gutters, $5 to $3.25; fat cows, $5.25 to $6.50; COraniOn cows, $3.50, to $6.25. Calves—Good veal, $5 to $7; choice, $8.25 to $9; common, $3 to $3.50. Stockers and feeders—Steers, 700 to 809 pounds, $4.50 to $5.00; extra choice heavy feeders, 900 pounds. $5.85 to 86.25; rough Eaetern, 400 to 650 pounds, $3.25 to $3.75. Sheep and lambs—Light ewes, $4.26 to $5.25: heavy, $3 to $3.50; bucks, 53 te $3.60; spring lambs. $8.25 to $8.75. Bogs— $10.25, fed and watered; $9.90 f.o.b. FAIR CROPS MEAN RELIEF. Sir Thomas Shaughnessy Predicts , „ Return of Norinai Conditions. A despatch from Montreal says: •"With a fair crop, we have every reason to expect that conditions will be quite normal again in the late autumn," This Opinion ex- pressed Wednesday in an interview by Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, Ped- sident of the C. P. R., continues to bear out the optimistic stand Sir Thomas has taken throughout the long period of world-wide depres- sion. Sir Thomas feels no anxiety where the fundamentals of the ',sit- uation in Canada are concerned. "It cannot be denied that some lines of business are not so active as a year ago," admitted Sir Thom- as. "Banks are not .encouraging investment in unproductive real es- tate. The banks are taking a con- servative attitude, wise and timely. Our banks are to -day strong in re- serve, so the sitnation is sound. The high rate of interest has curtailed public works, but this is temporary. I see no reason for anxiety. The general trade of the country ap- pears reasonably satisfaceory:" . Sir Thomas made it quite clear that there is no need to anticipate anything in the nature of an econ- omic crisis in Canada. Banks and other interests concerned had the situation well in hand, and the fact •that his company had 'recently de- cided to spend $100,000,000 on ex- tensions and new construetional work during- next and ensuing years was calculated to increase confi- dence. The tide of immigration is greater this year than ever, said Sir Thomas and this is another en- couraging iea,ture. We are lortun- • ate in getting a better class of im- migrants than the United States got in their early days. Canada, in short, is 'still a comparatively new field; a field which promises to be highly productive in the future. And the general situation is quite healthy. QUEEN VI C TORIA STATUE. EugIIMII Sculptor Commissiooed by British Columbia. A despatth from London says: Albert Brucejoy, the distieguished sculptor, informs the Canadian As- sociated Press that he is now at work on a large statue of Queen Victoria which is to be creeted in front of the Parliament buildings at Victoria, 13,C., the conneission having been given by the British Columbian Government. The stat- ue, which will be about thirteen feet high,' and will stand on a, pe- destal seventeen feet in height, re- presents the Queer' 810 she appeared seen after her aecession. She is crowned and is bearing a sceptre on her right. arm, EXPLOSION RILLS SEVEN. Four, Men and Tbree Girle Blown to Shreds at Beloeil, Quebec. A despatch from Beloeil, Que., says : Seven lives were lost at Bel- oeil on Thureday when an explosion of three hundred pounds of nitro- glycerine blew up one of the build- ings of the Canadian Explosives, Limited, killieg four men and three women instantly. • The explosion, which occurred without warning at 11.25 a.m., shattered -the gelatine cartridging house, and scattered the reraa4us of The occupants over an area of e hundred and fifty feet. People in the village a mile and a half away saw a cloud of smoke, and an. instant later the roar of the explosion reached them. • The dis- tance a,t which the building used for the manufacture of explosives were placed froni one another was the means of preventing the shack from repeating the disaster in the other hets. The building destroyed was of light construction, being of wood and brick. The force of the explosion threw bricks three hun- dred feet, hut little,of the force el the shock went downwards, for there was only a slight depression where the liduse once stood. The ceuse, of the explosion has not yet been established. It was reported that precantioes were taken by the company's employees, the workers in the various houses being provided by the concern with special boots, having soft soles, to reduce the possibilities of 00110810- 81081. • The victims of Thursday morning wereengaged in packing -nitro-gly- cerine cartridges when the. explo- sion occurred, but no trace of the two package machines in the shat- tered house could be found among the debris which in some cases was thrown a, distence of three hundred feet, • Mr. Robert Lyons, manager • of She works at Beloeil, was unable to •account for the aeculent. It was learned that the explosive material could go off by either oonctission or ignition. Mr. Lyons also stated that there was 300 pounds of nitre - glycerine in the building at the time of the explosion. WED DIN G ON 0 CT. 27i. Tnollicial Announcemeni Prince Arthur. A despatch from London says : The unofficial aneouncement is rzia,de that the marriage of Prince Arthur of Connaught to the Duchess Aq Fite has been Axed for. October 25, and will take place either at Windsor or at Sandruighem. Shore, 1y, after that date the Governoze General and the Duchess of Con• naught, will return to Canada.