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Exeter Advocate, 1914-6-25, Page 7Items of News by Wire Notes of Interest as to What Is Going on All; Over the World Canada. Drillers struck black oil at a depth of 806 feet in the Monaroh well, Calgary, Thos. Henderson was sentenced at Cornwall to seven years for housebreaking. , Mr. Alex, Nairn, a well-known Scottish -Canadian eitieen, died sud- denly in Toronto. Edward James Canner was in- stantly killed by lightning in a field M 'Jordan Station. °kills, ratepayers carried an $854000 debenture by-law for water- works purposes by 315 to 249. Miss Jessie 13a -relay was fatally burned .in an explosion of paraffin et the home of her sister, Mrs. Wm, Stallibrea, near Corwhin, Ont. Forty-five thousand tons of steel rails have just been ordered by the O.N.R. fpr the completion of- its lines in British Columbia, Following a quarrel ever school matters, Frank Miller of River Val- ley, north of Sturgeon -Falls, shot at Job, Robitaille, the bullet grai- ing hisehead. • • A serious aocident has oecurred to the Dominion Government .dam. which has been built at the foe -beef Lake Tithiskaming. About 120 feet of this dam, -which has a total length of about 400 feet, has gone out and the take level may drop ten feet. Plans for extensive alterations in the House of Cornmons chamber are , to be worked out by the Depart- ment of Public 'Works during, the present recess. Benehes may be substituted' for chairs, to provide for the thirteen extra meanbers un- der redistribution, or a new cham- ber may be built, with chairs, fol- lowing the Washington amphithea- tre 'style. Great Britain; The Belfast Corporation declined an invitation to attend a eivie exhi- bition in Dublin. 'Premiere Asquith cemented te re- ceivoea. deputation of militant Suf- fragerteen v'eeiewevirig Street, A teem went through a culvert at Care Bridge Scotland, and a mine- ber peepfe were drowned. The Grampian, returaing to Glas- gow, had six Passenger. wild were refused admission to Canada, Acting on advice of a London throat specialist Roosevelt, will make nomore open air speeches and will &so limit his indoor speak- ing. The engagement is announced of Honorable Gerald Rufus Isaacs, only son of Lord Reding, the Lord Chief Justice, and Eve. Violet, eld- est daughter of Sir Alfred Mond. The International Conference on the Blind, which opened at West- minster on Friday, will consider many phases of the amelioration of theeconclition of the sightless. General. Two hundred miners Nvere en- tombed in a big colliery in Belgium. An international patrol to -watch for derelicts on the Atlantic ocean will be established shortly. Wihite Wolf, the Chinese brigand, has escaped from the troops sent against him. Feeling in Mexieo City and Vera Cruz is rapidly becoming very bit- ter against the Americans. The Albanian capital, Durazzo, is in grave danger of being invested by the Messulenan insurgenbs, Major Julien Felix, commanding the aeroplane depot at Chartres, France, -was killed by a fall of sixty feet while testing •a new self-right- ing machine. Daniel Gonzales, who was chief of police at Tampico, while the Fed- erals were in control of Tampico, and his assistants, were executed at Bonega for having ,subjected Constitutionalist sympathizers to atrocities. MOTORIST KILLS YOUNG GIRL. Acts as FOlalliail of Jury at the Inqueat: Toronto,, June 20.—Under the eyes ,of the youngman of whom she was engaged -to be married, -Mary Marsh, a Richmond OEiil girl, was killed an Saturday evening by an automobile driven by john B. Wha- an Eglinton grocer, .who, pulled up for a moment or two after the 'accident, then disappeared into the night, and half an hour later was subpoenaed to act on the Coroner's jury on the same case, and appoint- ed foreman. Whaley took his place at the in- queet into the girl's death without saying a word to the Coroner or the other jurymen concerning his al- leged .part in the tragedy. Police officials spent many hours investi- gating yesterday before they sus- pected that Whaley,was the man in charge of the death car. A piece of glass, -which they picked up at the .scene of the accident fitted perfect- lyewith a, broken headlight on Wha- ley's autemobile. .ELEVATOR TO COST $1,000,000. To Re Situated on -the Government Dock at Vancouver. 'A despatch from Ottawa says: With a view to preparing for the trade expected to flow to Canada's shores through the opening of the. Panama Canal, the Government has selected a site for a new mil- - lion -dollar transfer elevator to be built in Vancouver. The elevator Ls to be built on a site eituated the Government clock in Vancouver harbor. It will furnish a, facility much. needed 'by the Pacific coast, but espeoially valuable in View of the opening of the Panama, Canal. The construction of this waterway has' long been ex.peaed to prove pne of the great,cet factors in build- ing up the Pacific Coasttrade of Canada, and it was this which in- fiaereed the Government in the construction of the new elevator, which will complete a, chain extend- ing from ` East to West,. interior Sto,rage elevators now being btsiit or tinder contract in Calgary, , Sas- tatoon Moose jaw and Fort Wit - am. Tenders will be called for the Structure within couple of months while plans will 1,b,e prepared at once, It is expected the cost otthe. ofevater will be between $750 000 and $1,000,000„ 44— StoPPpd iliS Sermon. Phe olergyinan preached a rather elaustive serpon from the text, hou arb' weighed in the balance 40 found wanting." After the ehgregation had listened for about an hour -Seine began to.get weary, went out; ,othere followed, greatly to the annoyance'of the minister, Soon another , pqrson. stAarted, whereupon the preadher stopped his sdrinon and said :— "That's right,gentlemen; so fast as you are, weighed, pass out:n NINIC WAR, COST NINE WES. A.OrOpralte 1w it a,littwlirMya , 044 PC4PiCSLOO, yotowea. Vienna, juir and naval .aVinthrs werekifled �v burned to death S4i,"turday in a 'most remarkable way e ThearMy ble, balloon Kopetling, aieeenctod, Fischroond,a .few miles t'roneeileee",e yesterday morning: for'tlie PurPose of taking 131K;:tir*:of '1111- 4101'L:64.11?,14lO, were partioll'Ati.ng the WitnY. 'rnanne.tivOse,1.0.,10e, merits eeweiee e,hetngeevia#41101f%tiy .great gathering' Of.peeple; The bai-. leen was iroontied byObairi gas - worth, tient, • Ilafstetter, Their, Caipeeal C+O;r1i9ral Weber ,nd'Bngi- neer Kainiencrert Th diyigibto 4:les-- cribed o icireje 'in 'the air. and •was theri steered .fOr the 'historic, Koeig-, ber, Baif!gal-hour later 4 ',1)1,0aale ascended with, Limit, Flat ' orka Lent,' BitehtS.,: :The :'binlarie &anted at .once to tplisv �i heilloone The comnien der Of title entailer; it Seel -hoe. wished :to show itiii;,superieeity in Manoeuvring:as ,compared, with the. clieigibleeeand, he encircled bal-! loon several :tinaiSeand then appar- ently begin a ••shara _attaek on the bigger machine.. The ,piliet 'Pa the biplane sliddenly inaaOenyred..hiS. machine with the :idea Ofeteking position direct,13r over the ,airihip u. such .,a,,manner that he could,drop Na one knorves, exactiy what' happened, , .05'01y404.13? -"J aboard both 'craft Were killed, but bb pilot of the smaller. Madjia\e' 4st 13,8;ve made a, mistake in distance or. in the speed Of his machine, far he suddenly. rambled the -airship in sudh a mapnei fie to tear u -big' hole in her. An explosion vaaprobablY caused from; a spark. BOth • ma- • chines ,were immediately enveloped in flames, ,and they came down from a height of 1,300' feet and crashed together in a mase of wreckage. Every man in both, machines was killed or burned to death and the bodies were charred beyond recog- nition. The crowd was duro.founded for a moment, but soon rushed up the • bill to where the machines lay. The nine bodies were all together and there were Isom& heartrending scenes. ALBERTA: NINE DISASTER. 197 Entombed by Explosion, Which • Was Folhoml by Fire. A despatch from Hillcrest Alta says.: In what is one of the worst mining disasters that ever oecurred in the history of Canada, practical- ly -the whole male population clf thik town was wipecl. out on Friday. Nearly two hundred homes Mouth the lass of father, son or brother, and the women folks sat around in their homes' and on the neighborinv hills watching the krues4ame truck loads of dust -begrimed bodies as they are brought to the surface with monotonous regularity. The explosive fire damp done its treacherous work. Twelve hundred feet down in the bowels of the earth'where the men labored, in one belef moment one hundred and, ninety-five of the two hundred and thirty-six men who went to work Friday morning wereburled into eternity. Some of them are be- neath tons of coal, some were found -with their picks in their hands and other's propped .against the- walls of the mines, tools in hands, as though ready for work. Only, forty-one of the shift came out alive. All day long after the explosion occurred there was a funeral pro- cession passing from mine to wash - house, where the bodies were dress- ed: and from there in rapid proces- sion to the town. AU da,y long women and children traversed the same path in the hope of hearing some cheering news of their loved ones, and in their path they would meet mothers and sisters returning broken-hearted to their homes. . • A large' number of corpses, have been 'brought to the surface. The eighty tired and willing workers at the rescue work have apparently made up their minds that not a ing soul remains in the mine. : MAN TORN TO PIECES. Entered Lion's Cage to Inspect the • Animals. • Chicago, June 21. ---Emerson Dietrich, a Cornell graduate, was torn to pieces, by tve lions in an arena oar here to -day when be en- tered the cage to inspect the ani- mals upon their arrival, from a. long trip over ,the Santa Fe Railroad. The lions, had not been fed for some tinee,, and a playful cub knocked Dietrieh down, Bess, the mother of thecub, attempted to ward eit the attack the other lions made when they •saw their trainer prose trate, and web terribly raan,gledr by the other eatIt took a ;wagon- load of policemen and firemen to rescue Dietrich's body, which final- ly was hauled to the roof of the ear out of their reach. ' NO.n.SUPPort. • Lawson--Blifiltios tells ins that he is ,Wedded to art. Daavson--Well, afraid he luta- n't" Married a °vvife that Will stip -- pert him. +4 , gEA EItE,1 AUUTJiD; RA by 1,11sfilA°,ttt;Aillip.AeitlE!),.;:!toltkuorieC.4 , "frOro., 'Soahampton, Erffaand, saYS Noyth German folo.yd steamer Italeer W4helen wittO4 left' Sq,uthampton shortly af- rVZil4)r'csk''c'ifh!-t go'd'tatei4t1.;:t1)(1°P11.8Aecl in°1: *a7bsi'g I'6:).'lewt?...;;I:n.11:111'.°. :.°0404711:1:Y.,$: th,r0e• miles to the southeast; with eaased hy ceDision With'ithe Liver - poi o "grain: -steamer. •Ineeniore, .413zinutuWded.T.7T.114:e.,: tretir:alibTlueth9, smaller; craft ' than .?thO' .Gerinan tteganier, or 3,000 Odd is hi with her. bwii badly The 'oollision aneurred in the English Channel,: ;thirteen miles sottO, ot 'the Nab .lightship, in a dense fog; . jaistoliO*aii fitenrred, and on which vessel liea the respon- sibility, cannot -be aseertained at the present time,; The Offieers of ,thItaiSer „Wilhelm II, lvaife per- Initieetto conimunieatton.to be, held with anyone. On board; and they 'themselves have reinsed bo^ give out ahyo...inforination Whatever: Such seant details as havebeen obtained 41iie frOm the lacemore. That ves- ielo it is stated .by these aboard, -inid virtually eome.,to a stop be- .c411*.e. of the danger .6f ..Contirming under Way in such ,athick fog, when ,64,ctelenly there : looMed ;up- just hbaad.• Kaiser olueimI. f•ileelr ethllelege ` b. ulk of the v captains -.ilia their best to 'avoid a collision,' but the short 'ells- tanee seParating the two vessels rOdered their efforts ineffectual, and *the, IncemOre struck the liner on . starboard side amidships. The force ofr. the impact erumpled uteher own boles and tore a big gap in the Kaiser Wilhelm's side. It was the irapression of those aboard the Incemore that the hole was en- tirely above the water -line. The two stearners stood by each other until it was ascertained that neither needed immediate assistance; then both started slowly for Southarap- ton. .The forepeek of the Incemare ra- pidly filled with water, but the stout bulkhead confined it there, and, although so much down by the hOws that the propellor• was half out of the water, she managed to crawl into port. There it was found •that the damage to the' bows ex- teaded for a length of twelve feet and a width of tan feet. NURDERED IN PORCUPINE. Was Struck on the Tread With a , Milk Bottle. WON PLACE EY DEVOTION. Doctor Neglected Emperor to At. tend, Soldier.. • Dr. Kerzl, Emperor Francis Jo- seph's physician, to whom Austria is looking to restore the aged sov- ereign to good health, has fairly earned the confidence which the monarch has placed in him during thirteein yeari of faithful service. But the doctor came nearly failing of appointment when he was first suggested for the post. When Baron Wilderholier, the Emperor's former 'Physician, died, in 1901, Gen. Pear, aide-de-camp to Francis Joseph, recommended Dr. Kerzl, then an army surgeon, as his successoe. The eraperor agreed to see the doctor; and order- ed him to call at the palace at Schoenbrunn at ten o'clock one morning. The appointed hour came and paesed, but no doctor appeared The sovereign grew impatient, and when, nearly an hour later, Dr. Kerza was announced, he was g,iven a chilly reception. "1 commanded you, to porae at ten o'elock," the Emperor remind- ed him. • "Now it is _nearly eleven and my time is oecupied with other aff;irt, sit' your Majesty," responded the doctor, "I ha,ye had an impor- tant case at the military hospital this morning. I performed an oper- ation which it was impossible to postpone. • A man's life depended on immediate action." "And who was the patient who made you late?" asked the Emper- or. - "I -do nest know his name, your Majesty," said Dr. Kerzl. 'Ile is simply an infantry soldier." Without a woad the Emperor rose, approached the doctor, looked him isquarely in the eyes, and then, grasping his hands, shclok them warmly. On the next day Dr, Kerzl was given a permanent pla,ce on the Emperor's household staff. .31 FIFTEEN PERISIIED• IN WRECK Coaches Fell Into River Near In. • verness; Scotland. A despatch from London says: Three women were drowned, and it is feared that a dozen other per- sons perished when a passenger train went through e oulvert and into a torrent at Carr bridge, 28 miles south of Inverness, Scotland. A thunderstorm, that ra,vaged the North of England and Scotland, was responeible for the 'accident, The train from Pertth Was crossing the culvert and became der&led, end tho culvert, which had become undermined, \collapsed, and the passenger coaches fell into the wa- ter. It is feared that besides the known drowned a dozen other per- sons were caught it a submerged tooth. ` Many persons on tile train es- caped from the cars, but drifted the 'tWo trews ,estaPed without In- jury, The licoident, it is Said, was due to IlliStintkr8ilallalg on the part Of one or both of tho etgi- dn:sept.sa'toi°itetth'st oolfirdeeerisina805uttwfar°:mr the eeite.despatch from South Poreapiae says: James Knowles, a well-known barrister and township solicitor, was ratirdered on 'Bruce Avenue, South Porcupine, Friday. morning. He was struck over the head,from the rez-kr with a milk bottle and died an hour later without recovering consciousness. Joe Dabrie, a Frenchman, well known around town, was •arrested. and charged with the murder. Mr. Knowles was on • his way doVva street to catch a boat for Porcupine, where he had a case coming before Judge Hartman. He got into an argaMent with Da'brie, a.nd then walked away, stating that he did not wish to i'speak with him. A few moments later Knowles was standing in the doorway of a, drug store,' when Labrie, it is alleged, rushed up from the rear, raised a milk bottle, ,and brought it down full • -force en Knowles' head. Knowles nnoer saw the man, and dropped to the ,sidewalk uncon- scious and" died shortly before noon. FOR NAVIGATING IN FOG. Royal George Sails From Avon. month With New Equipment. London, Juno 17.—An interesting experiment in navigation in the fog will be carried out by the Canadian North -ern steamer Royal George, which left Avonmouth for Quebec. She is fitted with an apparatus en- abling a vessel in the thickest wea- ther, without the aid of compass or sextant, to ascertain her position when she is within a radius of fifty miles of a fixed wireless station or a wireless -fitted ship whose position is known. - It is also claimed for this apparatus that should the Royal George pick up a wireless distress signal she would be able to set her course towards its source, even though the distressed vessel were ,not able to indieate her posi- tion. •• TWO NEN KILLED. Misunderstanding of Orders Led to Wroidt of Freight Trains. Onto Juno 21,e -As a re- sult of a' head-on collision between two freight' trains on the Parry Sound line of the Grand Trunk .one , mile west of here,' about 0.30 to- night, IL Jessop, of Ottawa, fire- man On the eastbound train .was killed, and John O'Connor, of tawa, ,firethan oii .the weetbound train, lies dead: under the Wreck- age piledonp in a ditch near' the traoks. All the other inernbers of abut in the stream, and 'Wert. badly injured before being rescued. The soone of the Wre,Ok ja a bleak and • deSolate spot, *hers it was difficult to obtain assistance. "..arronloprOmmr . . . . mOterron.....1 Prices of These Products in the Leading Markets are Here Recorded Preaus1401. Toronto Ione' 23.----11our--Outario Wheat fiburs, 90 per cent. 33.26 to 33.90, eAtIoard, a,nd at$3.90, Toronto. Mani- ronttuOtae Elbrgosn.dsi. $6.10; strong bakers', in toas—rirst patents, in Jute bags, 25,60f Northern, 9780,-An5 No. 2, 9610. $1,0,o,3, outside. and 2.1.05. PD, track, To - Manitoba wheat—Bay ,ports—Ne, /- Ontario wheat—No. at 31.00 to Oats—No. 2 Ontario oats, 408. to 41,8o. euteme, ana at 43 to 44c, on track, To - route, Western Oanacla oats quOted at /210 for No., 2, anti at 1280 for No. 3, Bay ports. - 08cBaarleecya—raGthOgo d't Inciaulatil intgy, barley, so to Rye—No. 3 at 63 to 64a, outside, Buckwheat -90 to 93c, outside. traCcokr.n—,xoNroo.nto2 a.Anmaeraitca7n54ca,t c739.11,e,, Cool! linBgrWer—aMartitobS' bran, 224 to 225. a 2toA, tion$b2aes, Torbnto freigttt. Shorts, Country Produce. Butter—Choice dairy. 17 to 19c; in- ferior, 15 to 16o; farmers" separator prints, 19 to 20c; creamery prints, fresh, 23i to 240; do., solids, 21 to 230. Eggs -23 to 24o for strictly new.laid. Per dosem in case lots. and at 20 to 22c for firsts. Honey—Extracted, in tins, 108 to 110 per lb. Combs, 42.25 to 22.50 per dos - en for No. 1, and 22 for No. 2. Cheese—New cheese, 14 to- 148c for large, and 148 te 141c for twins. Beans—Hand-picked, $2.20 to $2.25 Per bushel; primes, 22,10 to. $2.16. Poultry—Fowl, 17 to 19c per lb; chick- ens. 19 to 20c; "clucks, 20e; geese, 15 to 16c; turkeys, 20 to 23c. .Potatoes—Delawares, 31.15 to 21.20. on track, here, and Ontarios a.t 31.10 per bag, on track. " Proviiions. Bacon --Long clear, 14 to 148c per lb., in case lots. Hams--Mediurn, 18 to 188c; do., heaVy, 17 to 178c; rolls, 148 to 15c; breakfast bacon, 18 to 19e; backs, 22 to 23c. Lard—Tierces, 1280; tubs, 1210; pails, 130. Baled Bay and Straw. • Baled hay—No. 1 at $15 to 315.25 a ton, on track, here; No. 2 quoted at $13.60 to 314.50, and 'clover at 211. Baled straw—Car lots, 38.25 to 28.60, on track, Toronto. Montreal Markets. - Montreal, June 23.—Corn--American No. 2 yellow, 79 to 30c, Oats--Canadia.n „ Nirsatero, No, 3, 41 to 1430; 410.„ P. 8. 48 a. t0,431e; extra No, 3. feed, 421 to 4344+ 1ar1ey--81anitoba reed, 55 to 560. Flail, rt —Manitoba spring wheat patents, lirstO, 5.60; do. secerulS, 26,10; st000g bakerS'.I 14.90; Winter patentS, choice, 26.25 to 5.50; straight rollers, $4.70 to 34.90;1 do. in bags. 39.20 to 32.35, Rollo. oats ---narreis, 34.58; bag Of 90 iba. 22.15,1 IVIillfeed--Bran, 293; gljorts, $25; mil:I..; alines, 326; MOttillie, 22'3 to 332. Hay-- No. 3, per ton, car lots, 313 to 316., Citeese—Finest westerns, 13 to 1380; do.. easterns, 123 to 1210But.ter— Choicest creamery, 248 to 250; seconde, 238 to 24o. Eggs—Fresh, 23 to 24e: ao. looted. 96 to 27c; No. 3 stook, 20 to 210. Potatoes—Per bag, oar lots, 21 to 31,20.' 'Winnipeg Grain Wirmlneg, June 23.-4-Cash:—Wheat-• No. 1 Northern, 826e; No, 2 Northern.' 91c; No. 3 Northern, 89c; No. 4, 8580; No. 5, 80c; No. 6, 750: teed, 70c, Oats— No. 2,,c.W.. ssie: No. s cAv„, sage: ex- tra N. 1 feed, 323o; No, 1 feed, 37301 No. 2 feed, 373c. Barley—Ng. 3, 54c; No. 4, 528c; reeeted, 490; fessd'4880- Flax—No. 1 N.W.C., 41,49; No, 2 C,W., $1.37; No. 3 C.W., 31,25 - 'United States Markete. Minneapolis, June 23.—Whea.t—July, 873e; September, 828c; No, 1 hard, 928 to 9230; No, 1 Northern. 891 to . 9l3c;+ No. 2 Northern, , 8to 893c. Corn -- NO. 3 Yellow, 668 to 670. Oats—No. 3 white, 378 to 380. Flour urtehaaged. Bran $20. Duluth, June 23. ----Linseed, 31.611; July, 31.611. Wheat—No. 1 hard, 9230;1 No, 1 Northern, 913c, No, 2 Northern. 191c to 891c. July, 905c, Live Stock Markets. \ Toronto. June 23.—Cattle—Choice but= there, 38.25 to 38.50; good, 38 to 33.15; common cows, '35 to $5.50; canners +and cutters,. 32,60 to "3•11 choice fat cows, 36.50 to $7.25; choice bulls, $7 to $7.50. Calves—Good veal, 33.25 to 310.59; common, 31.75 to $7. Stockers andfeeders—Steers. 800 to +900 lbs., $7.25 to 37.75; good quality. 700 to 300 lbs„ $7 to $7.50; light, 36.25 to $7.25.- Sheep and lambs --Light ewes, 36 to 27; heavy, $4.50 to 26; bucks, 34.75 to $5.30; Spring lambs --each, SO to 37.50; yearlings, lambs, 26.50 to 38.15. Hogs—$7,50 to 37.55, f.o.b.; 37.35 to 37,20, fed and watered; 32.10 to 38,15 off cars, Montreal, June 23.—Prime beeves, 73a to a. little over Sic; medium, 53 to 730; common, 48 to 58o; milkmen's strippers, 5 to 70; ranch cows, 330 to 385 eabb; calves, 3 to 78c; sheep, 5 to 70; spring lo.mbs, 35 to 37 each; hogs, 88c. OPENING WAYS FOR SETTLERS Fifteen Hundred Nen are Building Roads in New Ontario. A despatch from Cochrane says: Mr. J. F. Whitson, Provincial Road Commissioner, has under his super- vision 1,500 men from North Cobalt north to Cochrane, west to Hearst and Porcupine, .and east to the Quebec boundary. Around Coch- rane and ,along the Transcantinen- tal alone there are 15 camps, and the cluster of white tents, denoting that a road' gang is in the neighbor- hood, is to be noted at all the prin- cipal points along the Timiskaraing and Northern Ontario Railway and many places along the Transconti- nental. Mr. Whitson's beat takes him from the Quebec to the Mani- toba boundary, and he cannot make a round trip of his camps in less than six weeks. "It's a bad country to make roads in though," said Nr. Wilson. "We are opening up 'some new roads and completing many others. We are opening up the trunk road along the Timiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway in sections, and it is avail- able for ahnost all the distance be- tween the big swa,mp outside Coch- rane on the north to the rockyridge that runs aeross the country near Sesiginika to the south. At Engle- hart we are grading the trunk road between Charlton and Long Lake, where there are older settlements long handicapped by bad reacts. "Round Matheson we are also very busy. We find that in addition to opening up one or two ;toads in A township we often have to go back and make connecting roads since the communities are quite unorgan- sized.e:n nm d cannot yet help the- ehCROPS IN SA_SKATCREWAN. not Weather of Past Week ilas lirought Along Growing Grain. A despatch from Regina, Sask., says: Atcording to the report of the statistics' branch of the Depart- ment of Agriculture seedinn. in Saskatchewa.n is fully comple7teci, and all crops are making a good showing. Wheat is from ten to twelve inches above the ground, oats six to eight inches, barley four to six inehes and flax two inehes. The hot weather ef the past week has, brought along tho growing -giain to Li ihiarlcid extent. All crops appear to be heaithy and of good steady growth. TO FLY ACROSS NORM SEA. Lick. Gran WM Try the Flight it a IlicriOt. A despatch from London says: Lieutenant Gran, late, of the Nor- wegian navy, ahd member of Scott's Antaretie expedition, is planning to fly from Scotland to Norway, over more taan 30 miles of the North Sea, in an ordinary Illoriot nnenoplane fitted with me cushions, whieh shOuld keep the inaohite afloat for twonty-rfont hours if it drops into the eea. As the 'winds often die down in the Evening G Pain may fly at, night, • GRAINS IN FINE CONDITIO:N. Outlook the Best in Years, Reports A despatilDinifilloolimssi°Wilienr. nipeg saya: "I have just returned from an ex- tensive tour °rale Western Prairie Provinces, reaching into districts far removed from travel," said 3) Bruce Walker, Commissioner of Immigration, Friday morning. "I went through Southern Saskatohe- wan and Alberta, and find that with the more than copious rains during the latter part of last week there is every reason to believe the crop prospects to -day are better than they were at this season last Year, or even for many years. Wheat is looking unusually well, roots are' strong and healthy, and the plant growing up -with anaazing rapidity. "Me general impression of the crop situation in the West is very gratifying" concludes Mr. Walker. ,14 FAR.IllER SHOT IIINSELF. Several Bullets Were Fired in the Direction of the Woman. A despatch from Kingston says: When Wellington Babcock, farmer, aged 40, of Wilton'was refused in his attempt to get his wife to oome to live. with him after being sepa- rated for over a year, he pulled a revolver .and shot himself in the temple. Death was almost instan- taneous. Before shooting 'himself he fired several shots, and two of tbein ea -me within an ace of hitting his wife. The tragedy occurred at the home of Overton Babcock, his brother, at Odessa, where his wife had been living with her two chil- dren. His wife and other members of the family ran out of the house when Babcock started firing. When they returned they found Babcock dead. .74 WILL LIFT TILE EMPRESS. It Is Expected that the Work Will • Take Three.Nowths. A, despatch from Rimouski, Que- bec, says: The work of lifting 'the Empress of Ireland from the sand bottom off Father Point was started on :Wednesday, when the wrecking schooner Lord Strathcona arrived with apparatus to inspect the hull. It is expected it will take three months' work to ito.c,omplish the plans iii view, and a refrigerator car will be kept on the wharf at Ri- ti the pterage of the bodies that are Zxpeeted to be recovered. ,14 RODY FOUND ON BAY SIIORE. lie Had Come Back Atter settee of 45 Tears.„ Thebdoedspyathofh rorn '‘'ITIrioadrgb°inns says ; t01.1.114 +On the shore of the bay near. ,the town on Friday. Rs had come back to visit oltl atquaintaimes af- ter an absence of 45 years, and dis. appeared, no one knowing where.he had gone until his body was acct. dentally found. There, are , marks of violence of allV kind. His death Wits Probably actidentaa. an 4 4 4 4