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Several Ontario Counties Are Likely to
Have Forest Numries.
A despat.h from Toronto says:
The Ontario Government's farm
forestry scheme which has been
initiated by the acquiring at the
cost of $1,000 one hundred acres of
lend in Norfolk county to be used
us a forest nursery is to be expand-
ed as quickly as possible. Tho
Minister of Agriculture has suggest-
ed that suitable places for the es-
tablishment of further nurseries
would bo Durham, Simcoo and
Lambton counties, in all of which
are largo areas of lands which
have been declared to be unrent-
able for agricultural purposes. The
work under the department has
been progressing steadily.
In the last two years something
like half a million young white pine
trees have been imported from Ger-
many and distributed through the
medium of the Agricultural Col-
lege at Guelph. In connection
with the Government nurseries it
is proposed to utilize the services
of the graduates of the Agricultur-
al College who have taken a course
in forestry. With regard to the
large scheme of reforestration
which wilt doubtless be undertaken
by the Government at some future
tirne the idea which has been ad-
vocated by the Hon. Nelson Mon-
teith is that they should reforest
some of the largo artras in the
north.
UPSET INA SQUALL.
L.
Young Man and Woman Drowned,
Child Rescued.
A despatch from Halifax says:
While sailing on Bedford Basin late
Wednesday afternoon Una Roy,
aged seventeen, and William Muir,
aged sixteen, were drowned, and
Margaret Muir, aged twelve, a sis-
ter of the last named victim, was
rescued, after being half an hour
In the water. When the party lett
Bedford at 4 o'clock the weather
was fine and the water calm, but
suddenly a terrific thunderstorm set
in, and before the party could
make the shore a heavy squall
swept down from the north, and
capsized the boat. The three occu-
pants were hurled into the water
about a quarter of a mile from the
shore. As the craft began to fill
and settle down in the water, Muir
seized the two oars, passing one to
his little sister and the other to
Miss Roy. The latter, however,
soon sank, and Muir, exhausted
from his efforts to keep the two
girls afloat, also went down. Little
Margaret, however, clung to the
oar, and her screams for help at-
tracted the attention of a man
named Wilkes, who was on the
shore, and, procuring a boat, he
rescued the little girl. The victims
are members of prominent Halifax
families summering at Bedford.
Miss Roy is a daughter of Mr. J. E.
Boy, and William Muir a son of
Mr. Andrew Muir.
CUT OFF B:illl"S LEGS.
Girl Got in Front of Mowing Ma-
chine Driven by Mother.
A despatch from Utica, N. Y.,
says: Mrs. John Bisnette. wife of a
farmer at De Kalb, St. Lawrence
county. ran the mowing machine
for her husband on Thursday while
her three -and - a - half - year - old
daughter picked berries in the field.
Suddenly the mother heard the
baby scream just in front of her,
and before she could stop the team
the rapidly -cutting knives had sev-
ered both her little daughter's
legs. The child is dying. and the
mother is going insane of grief.
T\VO 111(11 STRIKES M.1 DE.
!'cin Sheuing Solid Metal on Sur-
face Bared.
A despatch from Cobalt says : A
rich discovery was made on Nipis-
sing on Wednesday, on lot R. L.
400. A vein was found by men
trenching. The vein has been un-
covered for nearly 100 feet in plac-
es It has a width of 14 inches,
but the average width is 10 inches.
It is a mass of calcite and silver,
and for part of the distance solid
metal appears on the surface. A
find has also been made in the
Laltose tunnel, No. 10, which is
believed to be very important.
• IRON NEAR MONTREAL.
Very Important Discovery by a
C. P. It. Official.
A despatch from Montreal says:
A leading official of the C. P. R.
made the statement on Thursday
that in the Laurentian Mountains,
within 100 miles of Montreal, were
the largest iron ore deposits in
Canada; in fact, the ore area was
miles square in extent. "The re-
ports are now before rue, showing
sixty per cent. of iron to a ton of
earth. I leave Montreal on Friday
for the purpose of endeavoring to
bring into realization what would
have been yesterday described as a
dream. Until we have completed
the preliminaries it would be most
injudicious to give partic& use but
the genuineness of the find is be-
yond question," was the c ^ing
comment of the official.
EXPLOSION ON TIIE RAGN A.
Two Men Killed at Tusket Wedge,
Nova Scotia.
A despatch from Halifax, says:
A distressing accident which result-
ed in the death of two then and the
maiming of two others occurred late
Wednesday on board the Norweg-
ian bark Ragna, which was lying at
Tusket Wedge. The boiler connect-
ed with the donkey engine exploded,
killing instantly the carpenter and
one seaman, and blowing one of the
mate's legs from his body and
severely scalding another seaman.
The captain of the Ragna telephoned
the news of the accident to Yar-
mouth and a tug boat was despatch-
ed to bring the injured men to Yar-
mouth.
PUSHED HiM .iGAINST KNIFE.
Ilnlifax Man Arrested on Charge of
Murdering Another.
A despatch from Halifax, says:
Frank Burke, the young man some-
what mysteriously stabbed at the
Intercolonial Railway Station Mon-
day evening, is dead, and William
Perrin, with whom Burke had a
tussle at the time of the wounding,
is at the police station, rearrested
on a charge of murder. The two
young men had been skylarking on
a car when Perrin pushed Burke
against a carving knife.
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WOL}'I MEMORI.tL.
Ser1-iee will be Held at His Tomb
in Greenwich Church.
A despatch from London says: On
the day of dedication nt. Quebec
there will be a memorial service at
St. Alfege Church, at Greenwich,
where Wolfe is buried. The Lord
Mayor and sheriffs will attend, and
it is hoped detachments of Wolfe's
regiments will also he present.
SMASHED A WOMAN'S NOSE
James McMananey Said It Was the Only
Way to Save Her From Drowning.
A despatch from Montreal says:
A sailor by the name of James Me-
Mnnaney on board the 8.8. Nianga
of the Elder -Dempster Line, awed
the life of a woman on Wednesday
morning. who had fallen off the
wharf. She was walking along the
wharf in an intoxicated condition
and fell into the river. McMananey
jumped in after her and brought her
to the edge. As soon as she was safe
the woman started to scream and
call for help, saying that her rescuer
was trying to murder her. Then she
grasped the sailor's hair and com-
ms'r,ced to pull it out in handfuls.
This vasa cd M'Mananey to release
his hold on the woman, and she fell
back into the water again, pulling
her rescuer with her by the hair.
Then started a battle under the
water. for when the woman carte
up a few seconds afterwards it was
seen that her nose was bleeding
badly. By this time a heat had been
sent ont from the shore and the
parties rescued.
When McMananey was seen after-
wards he was suffering from a sore
head eherc the woman had pulled
at his hair. When asked if he bald
struck the woman be replied that he
had. as this was the only way in
which he could save her. She had
a death grip on him.
11.tt'PEN1Xt:s FRO\t :11.1. OV Ell THE
GLOBE.
1c1ef3:apkic Briefs 1'ro►n Our thun and
Utl►cr Countries of Recent
E•cnts.
CANADA.
A farrn forest nursery 's to be es-
tablished in Norfolk county.
A new electric railway between
Ottawa and Brockville is projected.
A close season for grouse and
partridge has been declared for a
year.
Counterfeit Standard Bank ten
dollar bills are in circulation in
Toronto.
It is reported at Sault Ste. Mario
that the C. P. R. may buy the Al-
goma Central.
Forest nurseries aro to be estab-
lished in Durham, Simcoo and
Lambton counties.
The rail 'mill of the Lake Super-
ic r Corporation at Sault Ste Marie
is closed again.
Inuuigration officials are advising
farm laborers not to go west, but
to stick to Ontario farms.
The C. P. R. will be able to han-
dle its share of the Western Crops,
says G. M. Bosworth.
Bad milk and the i,itense heat
are blamed for the death of 120 ba-
bies in Montreal last week.
Sir Wilfrid Laurior announced
in the Commons that Thanksgiving
Day would be held on Monday in
future.
A reorganization of the Provin-
cial constabulary is being consider-
ed by the Attorney-Generai'a Je-
partment.
The Welland Canal is being
equipped with new electrical de-
vices for operating the gates and
swing bridges.
The first steel vessel ever built by
private enterprise in Nova Scotia
was la -Inched at New Glasgow,
N. S.
The statement is made by General
Manager Morse that the Grand
Trunk Pacific will be able to move
part of this year's crop.
Jenkins, a mulatto, must stand
his trial at New Westminster on a
charge of murdering Mrs. Mary
Morrison, of Hazlemere.
Charles Manning knocked David
Morrisey down in the barroom of
a Vancouver hotel. Tho latter's
head struck the wall, and he died.
Manning is charged with murder.
Wentworth County Council of-
fers 8500 for the arrest and con-
viction of anyone who caused the
recent fires in Ancaster, where lo-
cal option fanners are losing build-
ings nightly.
GREAT 13IRITAIN.
Perhaps the most remarkable case
of martyrdom for science is that of
Mr. J. Hall -Edwards, of Birming-
ham, who has had his remaining
hand amputated for the agonizing
disease known as "x" -ray derma-
titis.
UNITED STATES.
The steamer St. Louis, of the Am-
erican Line, cut a whale in two with
her screw.
New York's new high pressure fire
protection system sends a stream of
water 17 storeys.
The United States Government
will not oppose n just and harmon-
ious increase in railroad freight
rates.
A youth in New York shot his
sweet -heart and himself because the
girl's mother opposed their mar-
riage.
Two men have been killed and a
third fatally wounded in a religious
war among the Austrian miners at
Bingham. Ptah.
Aaron T. Demoreitt, the New York
maker of autos and carriages, ate
clams and died of ptomaine poison-
ing.
An amendment to the constitution
of Oregon gives the voters power to
remove any elective officer from
Governor down if his acts displease
them. •
Don't boil your eggs, says nn Illi-
nois expert, hut leave them in hot
water for 6 or 8 minutes with the
hent turned off.
The Democrats will accept no con-
tributions to the Presidential cam-
paign found from corporations, and
no contributions of over $10,000
from any source.
GENERAL.
The Pope has increased 39
peunds in weight, and is now un
diet.
Thirty fishermen were drowned in
a heavy gale off Santander, Spain.
Two revolutionary agents have
been captured in Mexico, posing as
Baptist missionaries.
The publication of criminals'
tt hotographs and crime news is to
he forbidden in France.
The Derma has adjourned till
October, and at the close cheers
were given for the Czar.
Priests in France who ring hells
early in the morning. will be fined
for disturbing the peace.
Count V entzcl Kaunits, a Minis-
ter of Bohemia, who was marrie 1
last week on his sixty-first birth
day to n beautiful peasant girl of
twenty. has presented his mansiol
in Rrunn. valued at £32,000, to the
University of Prague. Tho Count
and his bride have decided to live
the simple life.
THE WORLD'S MARKETS
ETS
til:PO1;TS FitO11 TM: LEADING
TRADE CENTRES.
Prices of Cottle, Crain. t .,eese ate!
Other Dairy Produce at Iluuie
and Abroad.
BREADSTUFFS.
Toronto, July 21. -Ontario Wheat
-No. 2 white, red or mixed, 81c to
82c.
Manitoba Wheat -Market quota-
tions at Georgian Bay Ports: No.
1 northern, $1.10; No. 2 northern,
$1.07; No. 3 northern, $1.04%.
Corn -No. 2 yellow, steady at
83c to 84c, Toronto freights.
Oats -Ontario, No. 2 white, 45c
to 46c outside; No. 2 mixed, 48'/.,c;
Manitoba No. 2, 44%c, lake ports;
No. 3, 43%c; rejects, 40c to 41c,
lake ports.
Barley -No. 2, 56c to 60c ; No. 3
X, 55c.
Peas -No. 2 nominally quoted at
90c.
Rye -No. 2, none offering; quota-
tions nominal around 85c.
Buckwheat - No. 2 nominally
quoted 65c to 68c.
Bran -Quoted at $15 to $16 in
bulk outside; shorts, $20 to $21 in
bulk outside; quotations for deliv-
ery in bags $2 more.
Flour -Manitoba patents, special
brands, $6; seconds, $5.40; strong
bakers', $5.30; winter wheat pat-
ents selling at $3.15 bid.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Butter -Wholesale prices are: -
Creamery, prints, 24c to 25c;
creamery, solids, 23c to 24c; dairy
prints, choice, 22c to 23c; dairy
prints, ordinary, 20c to 21c; dairy
tubs, 19c to 20c; inferior, IGc to
17c.
Eggs -Prices range from It %c to
21c per dozen in case lots.
Cheese -Prices of new range be-
tween 12%c to 13c for large, and
13%c to 13%c for twins.
Beans -$2 for primes and $2.10
for hand-picked.
Potatoes -Imported new potatoes
are quoted at $4 to $4.20 per bar-
rel in ear lots on track here.
PROVISIONS.
Local quotations are: -
Pork -Short cut, $23 to $23.50
per barrel ; mess, $19 to $19.50.
Lard -Tierces, 12c; tuba, 12%c ;
pails, 12%c.
Smoked and Dry Salted Meats -
Long clear bacon, 11%c to 111/2c,
tons and cases; hams, medium and
light, 14%c to 1bc; hams, large,
12%e to 13c; backs, 17c to 17%e;
shoulders, 10c to 10'/,c; rolls, 10%c
to llc; breakfast bacon, 15c to
15%c; green meats, out of pickle,
le less than smoked.
MONTREAL MARKETS.
Montreal, July 21. - Flour -
Manitoba spring wheat patents,
$6.10 to $6.20; second patents, $5.-
50 to $5.70; winter wheat patents,
$5 to 85.50; straight rollers, $4.25
to $4.50; in bags, $1.95 to $2.10;
extra, $1.50 to $1.70.
Rolled Oats -$2.50 in bags of 90
pounds.
Oats -No. 2, 490 to b0c ; No. 3,
46c to 461/2e; No. 4, 45c to 45%e; re-
jected, 44c; Manitoba, rejected
(nominal), 44c to 45c.
Cornmeal -$1.45 to 31.95 per
bag.
Millfeed-Ontario bran, in bags,
820.50 to 821.50; shorts, $23 to
f'24 ; Manitoba bran, in bags, $22
to $23; shorts, $24 to $:35.
Cheese -11%5c to 12c for westerns
and at 11%c to 11%c for easterns.
Butter -23c to 23%c for round
lots and at 24c in a jobbing way for
creamery.
Eggs- Sales of selected stock
were made at 22c, No. 1 19c, and
No. 2 at 10e per dozen.
Provisions - Barrels short cut
mese. $22.50; half -barrels. $11.50;
clear fat back. $23 ; dry salt long
clear backs, Ile ; barrels plate beef,
$17.50; half -barrels do., $9; emir -
pound lard, 3%c to 0%c; pure lard,
12%c to 13c; kettle rendered, 13c
to 131/2e; hams, 121/2e to 14c, ac-
cc:rding to size ; breakfast bacon,
14c to lbc ; Windsor bacon, 15e to
lee; fresh killed abattoir dressed
hogs, t9.75 to 810; live, 86.85 to
$ t.
UNITED STATES MARKETS.
Buffalo. July 21. - Wheat -
Spring higher ; No. 1 Northern,
carloads, store. $1.11%; Winter
lower ; No. 2 red, 92%c; No. 2
white. 95c ; No. 2 mixed. 94e. Corn
-Easy; No. 3 yellow, 79%c; No. 3
corn, 76% to 77%e; No. 3 white.
7ti%c. Gate -Firm; No. 2 white.
C2c; No. 3 white, 60c. Barley -
Feed to malting, 66c to 76c. Ilye
-No. 2 on track, 79c.
Minneapolis. .July 21. -Wheat -
No. 1 northern, $1.16%; No. 2
Northern, $1.14% to $1.14%; No.
3 Northern. 81.09% to $1 12%; No.
No. 1 hard, $1.18%; July, $1.14;
September, 96% to 96•''%c. Flour -
Firm ; first patents, $5.65 to 85.80;
second patents, $5.55 to 85.70;
first clears, $4.35 to $4.45; second
clears. 83.50 to $3.60. Bran, in
bulk. $19.00 to 819.50.
Milwaukee, July 21 - Wheat -
No. 1 Northern, 81.17 to 81.18; No.
Northern. $1.15 to $1.16; Sept.,
90% to 90',e hid. Rye -No. 1, 74%
to 75e. Barley -No. 2, 75c; sample,
Re) to 72c. Corn -No. 3 cash, 73%
to 74'/se; Sept., 74%c bid.
ROBBERIES ON THE C. P. R.
Claimed to Have Been Solved by the Arrest
of a Negro After a Long Chase.
A despatch from North Bay,
Ont., rays: The mystery of many
robberies of passengers on C. P. 1t.
trains west of North Bay during the
last month, which caused the rail-
way company great annoyance, and
seemed destined to baffle the best
detective skill, has, it is claimed,
by the authorities, been solved in
the arrest on Wednesday of a ne-
gro, giving the name of Lamont.
Pinkerton Detective Murray, of
Boston, who has been working on
the case for several weeks, chased
Lamont to Moose Jaw, his quarry
doubling back from that point and
managing to elude the detective
until Wednesday, when C. P. R.
Constable Williams arrested him at
North Bay and wired Detective
Murray of his capture. Murray
arrived and identified the prisoner
as the man wanted. Lamont has
been travelling hack and forth on
night trains. When asked his rea-
son for travelling so extensively, ho
said he was just fishing.
Lamont was identified by C. P. R.
officials as having made his head-
quarters at Schreiber, where ho
occasioned the company consider-
able trouble. He was remanded to
jail for eight days in order that
his record could be looked up.
New York, July 21. - Wheat -
Spot, easy; No. 2 red, 97%e to 99c,
elevator; No. 2 red, $1.00% f.o.b.
afloat; No. 1 northern, Duluth,
$1.22%, f.o.b. afloat; No. 2 hard
winter, $1.07% f.o.b. afloat.
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Toronto, July 21. -Prices were
reported IOc to 15c higher in some
cases, but for the greater part
they were steady. The demand for
exporters shows a slight improve-
ment. Good butchers' were very
scarce and what there were brought
very good prices. Cows were firm,
although no material change was
noticeable in the prices.
There was a good supply of sheep
and Iambs, and the demand was
good, so the market was just about
steady. Local prices of choice live
hogs are 86.90 per cwt., fed and
watered off cars Toronto.
FASTEST CIt.tF'i' IN WORLD
Its Real Function is to Destroy De-
stroyers.
A despatch from London says:
There has just left Camrnell and
Laird's shipyard at Birkenhead for
a speed test on the Clyde what is
believed to bo the fastest craft in
the world. It is officially described
as an ocean-going torpedo-boat de-
stroyer, but its real function is to
destroy destroyers. To enable her
to overhaul these speedy vessels the
Swift is equipped with the most
rowerful engines ever put into a
sniall vessel, they being turbines
developing 30,000 horse -power. The
fuel she uses is oil, of which she
curries 180 tons. The vessel has al-
ready had a preliminary trial, re-
garding which there is extreme se-
crecy. but it is believed she made
38 knots. It is predicted that in
her forthcoming trial she is likely
to make 39.
ARRIVAL OF 1.0111) ROBERTS.
Cruiser pits Battleship and Both
are Damaged.
A despatch from Quebec says:
The steamer Empress of Ireland ar-
rived in port shortly after eleven
o'clock on Thursday night. The
Duke of Norfolk and Lord Roberts
landed on Friday morning at 9
o'clock. Among the arrivals on the
Empress of Ireland were Earl Ran-
furly, ('apt. Hon. Cecil Murray, and
Geo. Wolf, Esq., who were driven
to the Chateau Frontenac.
The first dress rehearsal of the
pageants took place on Thursday
afternoon, on the Plains of Abra-
ham, and was a huge success, thou-
sands being unable to secure seats,
although an admission fee was
charged.
%When the British cruiser Venus
was corning into port this evening,
she collided with the British battle-
ship Russell, both vessels being
slightly damaged.
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Two customs inspectors and a
watchman were killed at Boston by
the explosion of a box of detonating
caps, which they were opening.
RESPECT THEIR OCCUPATION.
Don't Treat Lightly Any honest
Work of Fellow Humans.
It is always unkind to treat light-
ly any useful occupation in which
another must earn his living. A
marl stood one day in a little shop
where souvenirs and trinkets were
sold and watched the different per-
sons who came up to the counter
to examine the goods. A- young
woman behind the counter was do-
ing her best to serve her customers
satisfactorily and to give them the
best her little stock afforded. To
thousands of persons, doubtless, the
little stock of novelties had an in-
terest which warranted the conduct
of the business. One couple he ob-
served came up to the counter and
cast a hasty glance over the stock.
The salesgirl's face lighted up with
interest as she stepped forward to
serve them. The woman then turn-
ed to her husband, and, with a look
of utter disdain for the little stock
of trinkets, walked on, remarking
aloud so both customers and the
girl could hear it, "There's noth-
ing dere I'd have as a gift." The
girl's face fell, and she seemed sad-
dened. Others might walk on in
their supercilious superiority, but
she must remain and earn her liv-
ing by selling those little trinkets
to such as wanted them.
The observer could not help think-
ing how this spirit of disrespect for
the humbler work of another has
wounded the feelings of unnumbered
workers and made them lose respect
for the tasks at which they must
earn their living.
TWENTY Tii0L'S.AND )LLA RS.
Money i'nekage Found in C. P. R.
Train Shed at Winnipeg.
A despatch from Winnipeg says:
Twenty thousand dollars tied up in
hrown wrapping paper was found
in the train shed of the C. P. R.
cn Wednesday as the result of rain
dropping through the roof upon the
rackage, thus revealing its con-
tents. 1t is said to have been hand-
ed to an express messenger by a.
news agent, who found he had too
much money on hand, and was too
inexperienced to know the correct
procedure. The valuable package
had been handled like an ordinary
bunch of laundry, among a lot of
packages with which it was trans -
TWO M1 -N S1'1'1'O('.tTED.
Were Engaged in Excavating for
Bridge at Lethbridge.
A despatch from Lethbridge,
Alta., says : A double fatality oc-
curred on Wednesday afternoon,
when two mien. Frank Rush, an
Englishman, and George E. Thomp-
son, from North Dakota, met sud-
den death by gas suffocation. A
hole 30 feet deep had been sunk by
the C. P. R. to test the foundation
fol a pier for the big bridge, and
an abandoned entry to the Galt
Mine was found. Work was dis-
c,.ntirued on account of the gas.
ARRIVED AT WRONG PORT
Queer Experience of the Norwegian
Barque Atlantic.
A despatch from St. John, N.B.,
says: An incident, probably unique,
occurred on Tuesday. alien the Nor-
wegian barque Atlantic sailed up
the bay and anchored at Partridge
Island. The Atlantic was several
hundred miles out of her course. as
she is hound to Carleton, Que. This
latter port is situated in the county
of Ronaventure on the north shore
of l'halcur's Bay. A tug spoke the
Atlantic, and upon exchange of the
customary questions ('apt. Living-
stone of the tug surmised that there
was some mistake. The captain of
the barque was dumbfounded to
learn of the predicament into which
he had blundered. He explained
that the mistake was due to lack
of knowledge on the part of his
brokers in New York. up. -.n whom he
had depended for information. and
who had told him that the only ;lace
named Carleton in these parts was
situated at the mouth of the St.
John. With his course laid out ac-
cording to their instructions, the
Atlantic steered for this port. She
remained only a few hours, setting
sail again early in the afternoon.
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