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ONTARIO'S RECORD YEAR The Government Will Complete Over 1,000 Miles of Colonization Road This Year A despatth from Toronto says: Qntacic wiJ! I reak a!! r-.>irds this Bfi<. u .jj the tvnstruction of colon- jizatin r>ad> Mr. U. \V. Bennett, 'l*r.v:m-j..i f u)>< rintendent of Col'Jii- liutioo K.:iiJ. says that, the Depart- [ ni-MH f \ f rUv, to complete between i 1,'rm .-iiw ; ili :niles of roadway br- ; foi'f tii< ' ii< :' the year. At the I piv-Mi: i tut t-.er l.j'W men are 'sifati:;\ cm|i'. ;. rd upon t!ie work an-.i -'.mi (>fi( . \orsffi'i have their N ' f.il 1 -,;.at it is proposed to i i.lif.r mimttcr by a?i adtli- ( ti.'ii; MX .'' -^ also the intention to cn;]ii..; :> i* 1 -- more men on cut- tiii'. <.Ml ItU'.i.iift and grading. A" 11,1 1 1. In,., -.-ition roadwork this y*"ir :> imup. tlone by day labor. jH-i-: fofi a ct-riain percentage has fcem .i-in iin<!-r contract, but the jdav '..-UK') w< : x has proved more stifa, !>! t< th* Government This v. i i. M. I< - t!ie first time. Mr. 'BonneTt >r|>ic> that day labor has fceii I'ifiitili; i. '.id excellent . Favor- j v. f ai.li' ) conditions hav ob- t:iir-d MiHiii(:i...'iit the aorta coun- try and the work has progressed with almost remarkable speed. La- borers on colonization roads 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 character of the labor has been much superior to that of other years. There are 20 Provincial in- spectors, and each ! them reported to the Department that conditions, lalxjr 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 roadv, uy has been complet- ed. Kit 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 Government will be in a position to inaugurate its prospective campaign for settle- ment on a large scale. PWCES OF FARM PRODUCTS REPORT* FROM THE LEADING TRADI CENTRES OF AMERICA. Fr ot CatlU. Grain, Cheese and Otnet Froduut ui Horn* and Abroad, Breadstuff!. 1..r..i,v .JUJT ;< M*nit<>h*. W'K-at I.iko . N<. ; m.il!.frn. 1 Oi: No. Z. *!.00; BO. :. <** t... -I, rat. 6Sc Out*r.i. Wl.i'1,1 No. 2. 98o >n M- t.ir car !> ... .;... iHi'V.uic down to * i >r pour grade*. Untune OKI* !>". 2 white. Ji; to tec at Wintry |x, 11114- !' to Wo on track. To- ruritu. Mjn.tcl.u OKI* No. 2 C. V. oats. 38o. tt*.-k. LIJ juiitr No. i C. W.. 56:-3c; Xo. 1 fwd. 31 J-Ju. Corn .'.iiiiiHiij No. 2 jellow. ooc; No. t yt-lli'w tV i> . I. Kvc >. 1. Mi.. .< t2f.. nominal. !'.- N, ;. W>. to 96c car lot*. out*i<le. MtalnaJ Bu<-k>* noiii N< I. 52c to. >5c. nominal. lUi > u.-... 11...., ne br'y, ouuiiiio 52a to >Sc. r>4'uilnuj it >lli . .1.1.. i . : '.it of 94 3->'inJ*. (2.<5; per . i'.... :*< vboUuU, Windsor to M.jiurraJ. ',,-, <:.,.., bran. :i W. in had. traok. ;.. i, ! i.).ort. $21; Ontario liran. I'* in buff rl* ::-. 121; nil l.II'.llfn. $U to 1^ MJIU:<.I.I. PM.CT First patnn. K 'M in lat<- ut.gr Hlix.iii; baker*'. 14 30 in jute p*C" li .lii. ing! ten LMMitM moro per barrrl Oii'an< Klt.'iir WinWr wht (lour. 90 D~L .in |,t-i,'.t 4.10 to 4 li. aboard. la bu.k N. ti< ur, lrcu. BK- n.jntry Produo*. r liuuf. I4c to 2; truth. 20o ' .,.. 1,1,. ..i it spliin. Joe to 18*'. 'l'*inf iii-w. 141-2o Vi 15c. and i* .: ;<;> to 14J-4,>; o!d fheos*. 'S tj t'. ,-'*; lurK<*. ISc. r <'i,n.irv uriiitM. Inn to 27c; inn 1A^ to 251-2,': .Inrv printn. Li- hulun. . Mr to 20.-. H.IHI..V Mil, ImMi. ' . 9r n |)ound in tlni. nl c< .1 Iti.tn,*. htrainrd t lov.-r Iionuy. HI . u j.i, inn. r. CO pn:iiiil linn: 12 5-4c in It-pound tiiiH "' .11 !i-|iolllii| tillK; comb h.jiii'v, N< I H 6t ppr ,1 ,.' citra. t3 P.-I <!../<;, f.'i i f?.40 |>IT down. H, ".- I'IIHIO iusliel, t! .75 to $2; liand- pi.-kwl. /. .V u '. 40 Pou::ii (.'nil i .lll fowl. 13o to I'Vj p?r |..,urm ! ( wl. I1n to I '* , dr<'i!d njn.nfc' -litilo-i.. 'M; to 2jc ; llvn, Ifti) lo !; diKkh '..it, :i 14<-: tui keyn> 18o to tOo I'-.MI.H- Onttrio potntoi-i. 7.v- ur ban par lute. frs< N< r Bnuwwlokt, lOo PIT hc "u: <il u<.r< . 80o in car lota; vir- (in'. i. i.> (.''I r*-r lilrrel. i nij.t.Mi, I'- I, '.: l< I. . - bUKllrtl. f revision*. Smokwi UIM, liry Half. I M>>M flolli t. It I "u '.artiH, medium, 21", heavy. !)) i.i '( lnii.kl:irt bacon, 2'.c . long clear bi- !;. : "i in i. .*<*, l->3-4c t'l 16.-; liackd . ^* i..-. ifineeinl). 2jo. i;..-eii Mm- if <Mt of pickle, lu I.-.H than IRioked. I'ork Hburi -nv *!8.M) to 129 twr barrel; m^-- i- rk $K t. ?24.50. L.i-il '1 .n.i 14c; f.ibt. Ill V, paila 14 1-l.v ItoiKC Hay and Stcaw. K'h|. fini iiii<-r urn plying. ..n trunk. TOPHI'- hulii. l.y. No. 1. $1400 to $14.50; fr.i 2. !il i f,?00; No. 3. $7 .00 to 00; 81*J uruv. WOt to $850 Montreal Markiti. Montrru:. .'uly 1*. Oat -Oan vlUn wnt. ' > t V i ' to 403-4o; .lo i-ii. inn westorn, No. 3, Ml-2c; do eitra No. 1 fwd. 40.^ to 401-2o Burlry- Manitoba feed. 51c In 52<:: do mailing. 62o to 54c. Buckwheat -No. 2. 58u t<i 60c. Flour- Manitoba epnnn wliPHt |iatr.t8. Hrt8. $5.60; do seconds. $5.10: do strong bakers'. $4.90; do winter patents, t-boiw. $5.50; do straight roller, $5.10; do straight rollers, bags. $2.40. Hollfld oats J'.nrrclM. $4.5i; do bnBB. 90 Itw.. $2-15. Bran- *!9; Khortii. $21; middlings. W: raouille. $26 to $32. Hay-No. 2. per ton. car lots, $1250 to $14. Cheese-Fluent wetern. lie to Ul-4c; do fliieet eauterni). 12J-4o to Uc. Butter-Choi.-i'Bt creamtry. 2 Me- to 241-2o; do leronda. 23 J-4c to 24o. Kggs- Frih. 29<.-; do *l-teil. 27c; do No. 1 stock. 23c; d<i No. 2 utovk. 18 to 19o. Potatoes Pur bug. , n r loin. Me to 60o. WlnnlpaK Grain. Winnipeg. July 29 CaBh grain Wheat- No. 1 northern. 961-2c; No. 2, 9il-2c; No. 3 881-2c; No. 4. Bio; No. 5. 75r; No. 6. 70c;i feed. 61e; No. 1 rejected ed. 8*-; No. 2. j 86<'; No 3. Blc; No. 1 tough. 880; No. 2. 87..; No. 3. 8Jo; No. 4, 73<-; No 5, 661-2c; No. 6. 61 l-2o; feed. Vjujfh. 54c. Oata- No. 2 C. W.. 33i-8<^ No. 3. 321-2c; eitra No. 1 feed. J31-2o; No. 1. 321-2r; No. 2. 30 l-3o. BurU-y No. 3, 461-2c; No. 4. 451-3c; re- jected. 4Jc; feed. 43c. Flaz--Nu. 1 N. W.. $1.24; No. 2 C. W.. tl-20. No. 3. $109. United Statts Markit*. Minneapolis, July 29.- Wheat - July. 861-2o; Hepteinbcr, -.''- to 88 5-8r; DWMB> her. 911-2o; No. 1 hard. Wl-Zr; No. 1 north- ern. 89c to 90r: No. 2 do.. 87o to 88<!. t>)rn | -No. 3 yellow. 59 l-2c to 60. Oats No. 3; white. 37 l-2o to 38c. Rye- No. 2, 56o lo ,' 571-2<!. Klour- First patent*. $450 1o $4.75; j I--- -,i,,l patnuta. $4.15 to $4.50; flmt oleam. I $3.20 to $360; second cluars. $2.70 to $3.10. j Dulutli. July 29. -Wheut -No. 1 hard, 1 91 l-8o; No. 1 northern, 901-8c; No. 2 do.,: 88 l-8o to 885-8c; July. 88 7 80 bbl ; Keptcm- ber. 901-8<i to 901-4.1 aiikwl; Dweuibcr. 923-8c uskeil; May, 97 7-8c nominal. Live Stock Marktti. Montreal. July 29.- A few of the lit eattle void HI about HTOII . .-iiin i^ r pound. Medium sold ut bntween 5 and '.'.:.-. and ro:mnon from 23-4<i to 4 3 4o. Cows. $.'8 to $65 each. Cnlie*. 23-4c to 60 Hheep. about 4 rents. IjauibH, $4 to $6 each. Hogtt. 101-4r. to 1012c. Toronto. July 29. Cattle, ("hoii-e eiport. $6.B5; choice butcher*. $650 to $675; good medium 85.75 to $6.40; common. $4.40 to $500; ciUinerH. $2 to $2.50; cutters, $3 to $3.25; fat. cows. $5.25 to $6.50; common i.,*-. $3.50 to $625. ( .,',,- i,.,.,, | -, ,.,i. $5 to *7; cholre. $825 (o 89; oonimon. $\ to $350. Kt/ii kem and feeders Hteein. 700 Ni 800 jioundK, $450 to $VOU: eitra choico hi'avy feeders. 900 pound*. $5.8S to $6.2.'i; rough Kadlern. 400 to 650 poiindrt, $3.23 to $3.7j. Hhcep and Inmbn Light, ewes. $425 to $5.25; heavy. $3 to $3.50; bucks, $3 to $3.50; vpriiig lamb*. $8.25 to $8.75. Hog* - $10.25. fed and watered; $9.90 f.o.b. Thf I'rlnc-PHs Royal, eldest sister of King George, and widow of the Duke of Fife, who is involved in a legal action with her daughter, Princess Louiso, the pre- sent duchess, over property and es- tates left by the Duke. IXCIIKASK IX HOIKi RATION. lr|i u im.-nt ui (hi* Inferior Issues Annual liooklet. \ despatch from Ottawa- says : The immigration branch of the De- partment of the Interior has issued its annual hooklet, "Immigration Facts and Figures." From July, 1900, to March 31, 191^, 2,5^1,144 immigrants have entered C'anada, of whom 109.000 have gone to the Maritime Province*, 374,000 to Quebec, 027,000 to Ontario, 397,000 to Manitoba, 702,000 to Saskatche- wan and Alberta, and 298,000 to British Columbia. The Briti&h im- migration during this period was 97:5.000, of whom 701,000 were F.ng- lish. 11,000 Welsh, 202,000 Scotch and M.OOO 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 year*. Since 1902, 45,000 immi- grants have been hold for inspec- tion, and 9,250 wore rejected. TlllltTV-IOlH 1 \il Mi: \ltl I -. Kiisslun Jens, Syrian* and Ara- bians hc|tiirle<l. A despatch from Queue" M-VS : | Tlie ii'iim.-i.ii !! authorities de- , ported thirty-four iindt-Hirabie im- I migrants by the Kinpress of Ireland on Thursday afternoon. With two exceptions they worn Russian Jews, Syrians and Arabians. Tho Que- bec Canadian aireney deported 18, tlio American ollicials 11, while five were fnmi Montreal. Two were in- sane, six were suffering from trach- oma, and two others were Buffering from tuberculosis. The balance were pauper immigrants.,, FAIR CROPS MEAN RELIEF _ .. Sir I homas Shaitghnessy Predicts Return of Nor- mal Conditions In the Fall CANADA AM) (JKRMANY. Trade liefnccn the Two Countries Is (iro \ving. A despatch from Toronto says: Since the removal by Canada of the .suit i on German goods trade feeling in Germany towards Can- ada bns considerably improved. According to a statement made by Mr. J. H. Peters, German Consul in Toronto, based on official Ger- man statistics, the German imports from Canada for home consump- tion, exclusive of gold and silver, increased from 7,070,000 marks in 1908 to 58,130,000 marks in 1912. German, exports to Canada show an increase from 20,302,00(1 marks in 190S to 54,254,000 marks in 1912. For the first time since the existence of German trade statistics have Cana- dian exports to Germany shown an increase over German cxjiorts to C'anada. COMMENT ON EVERTS A dfH|>ttt'''l: from Montreal says: ' V\;tli i. Ib.. <-rop, we have \ > ry r i,. r. U tx;*ct lli.'U C'Uldil Ions v.i I.- i|i, ! ii. rmui again in the lati' aiititn:), ' This opinion <>. jir..-,-i VVi.:in >d.i.v iu ;m interview iy Sir Tlionn'i- 3n&Ughne8y, I're- iiln! < 1 On ' I'. K., continues to KM: i -ii! ii,' optimfatio sl-niil Sir Tli'>iA. Isi'i' taki n throughout the lung jieii'ii ! \\orld wide ilfpri-s- ion. H'.r Tlii'infi* feels no anxiety wliT tin. fundamentali of tlie sit- uu'i'i! :r. ( iiiiiidn are concerned. "It cnnnct it denied that soiuo lines of !mf,i:ffs are not HO active Ax 11 vein ii f i . ' admitted Sir Tliun- H, I- ...I. are not encouraging lir. .htuii-nl iii unproductive real en- t.{(<>. The hniiks are taking a cuil- erv Alive nitJliide, wise and timely. Our l>nkK MIC to-day ntning in r- hi tlif tituntion i.i Round The rate <>f interent ha* curtailed w<-|i. lull thii is temporary. I see no reason for unxiely. The general trade of th country ap- pears reasonably satisfactory." Sir Thomas made it quite clear that there is no need to anticipate anything in the nature of an econ- omic crisis in Canada. Hanks and other interests concerned bad the situation well in hand, and the faet that his company bad recently de- cided to spend $100,000,000 on ex- tensions and new count met i<ma! work during next and ensuing yearn was calculated U> increase coiifl- deiic-o. Tho tide of immigration is grentor this year than ever, said Sir Tho ma a, and this is another en- c'ou'raging feature. \V'e are fortun- ate in getting a 1-ctter class of im- migrants than the United Ktates got in their early days Canada, in short, is still a comparatively now field ; a field which promises tn br highly productive in the future. And the general flituatinii is quite healthy. TIIK WKIMHXU HAY. I'rlnee Arthur and IhichesM of Fife Will He Married Oct. 25. A despatch from London says : The 'Unofficial announcement is made that the marriage of Prince Arthur of Connaught to the Duchess of Fife has been fixed for October 25, and will take place either at Windsor or at Handringham. Short- ly after that date the Governor- Genernl and the Duchess of Con- naught will return to Canada. RIOTING tM> HM>OI>slli:i>. Three Men Shot at Wakeforest, \\<--( Virginia. A despatch from Charleston, West Virginia, sayn : Three men were killed and another fatally in- jured in a short, sharp battle on Friday between striking miners and watchmen employed by the Wakeforest Coal Company, at Waki-forest, on Ottbin Creek, the scene, of much rioting and bl<iod- shed Kince the con] strike troubles Htnrted in April, 1911. ____i|. Id.- Kxhibilion City. Tho new Livestock Department at the Canadian National Exhibition will give splendid accommodation for the fine animals for which the Nig Fuir is noted. It alo adds a finiuli to the appearance of the grounds more than anything else has done. The Kxhihition City with its $2,500,000 worth of buildings, its paved Htreets and its lighting plant of 40,000 lamps has no rival on the American continent. A ret cr.l'U has settled d'>wii anon the political storm centres. Old timers in Ot- tnwii uy they never saw Capital Hill as Olllet a-s at proient. The Premier i at Ml. Andrews by tuo Sea in New Rrunxwick. attending to urgent matter), of Btate by j wire, but chiefly recuperating from the arduous work of the past year. Tho Min- ! it>r of Finari<.e h in K.nglaud. Hon. J. I). HUM, Mill Inter of Marino, and Hou. Mr. Codcrre are on a trip to ths Yukon. , Others are taking briefer holidays and a | few remain at their posts to transact tho i nivefwary busituu of the country. Iu Toronto it is much the name, tboojrh . Premier Kir James Whitney is-fei his office j every day. Sir Jiuncw does not often tuke j a holiday. I! . - favorite trip la a voyage , acroFs the Atlantic, but It is only ocira- ! sionally he Is able to find time. This j year Dr. Pyne, who Is a close personal friend a* well as a colleague of the Prem- ier's, is in Knglaud on busings* in con- nection with the Kduration D.-partinuut. He is the only one ae yet to go on an ox- tended trip, but the holiday spirit la ia the air. Col. Sam Hughes and the Canteen. A critic of militarism gaid recently of Colonel tho Honorable. 8am Hughes, Min- ister of Militia, that he was trying to re- duce the science of murder by warfare to a Sunday School basis. The quip referred to {'nl. in. ! Hughes' unrelenting hostility to the canteen or to any toleration of drinking among soldiers. In th& attitude Colonel Hughes ia un- doubtedly a judicious Minister of Militia. II.--.HIK,. It is uiiquoetioBshle that a great deal of prejudice and hostility to the mil- itia hi!, been based on the more or le-'.u lax habile which in former days prevailed among the men in camp. Now Colonel Hughes has gone a step farther aud has attacked drinking among the officera of the permanent force, who have hitherto been regarded as somewhat privileged persons. At a recent garrleon dinner In Halifax all intoxicating liquor was forbidden by the Minister. Notwith- standing this a number of the offlVeni present behaved themselves in a manner which could only be explained by assum- ing that they had obtained access to a i private supply. Several of the fcppakere | were interrupted in a mot uncomfortable manner. Colonel Hughes wax not the | man to let uch an incident pusa unno- ' ttced and he took occasion to ariee and deliver a cantigation to the offenders that | they will not soon forget. Talk of resignation ou the part of some of the officers followed immediately, and rumor ban it that Colonel Hughes' reply wan that they could not resign any faster then he would accept their resignations. Now it fMxtnw probable that the trouble will blow over and that Colonel Hughes ie ; not the one who will come off second best. The New Poet Laureate. Robert Bridge* is the new poet laureate. It ia likly that not one Canadian in 10,000 ever heard of Robert Bridges be- fore. But we are uaaured h is a very OOmpajttnl poet of the pure Oxford School <of verH. and that ho will be a creditable -,!,, r, ! to a long line of distinguished holders of the position. However. It deems undeniable that Rob- ert Bridget) becomes poet laureate because of his negative and not of his poaitive virtue*. He is unobjectionable to the the powers that be. Therefore ho got the job. Apart from political prejudice* there ia probably almost unanimous opinion that the one poet with the rea.1 spark of genius in Hi.. Empire to-day ie Rudyard Kipling. It Is quite true that Kipling bae written a tromendoue lot of traah. But that wee Inevitable In an age which de- mands from its favorite* a tremendoua volume of output. But much of hi* work has the true ring of genius and he could have taken hlei place bealde Tennyson and Wordsworth and. the otheri with no apol- ogy. Kipling Partisan. But Kipling, in hia later yearn particu- larly, has become a violent political parti- x in He ILL- been mixed up iu most of the outstanding political controversies of the last decade. And he has not hesi- tated to uae his poetiu geniui to further his opinion*. The Home Kul lsue was the tnont recent controversy on which he drew blood. Ag he ha* been generally against the Government it was scarcely within the range of humau possibility that he would lx selected for the vacant laureatesbip. Siinil , i i \ the one other outstanding poet of the time. Mr. William Watson, U noo IMTHoua grala with the powers that be. Not only ha* he been mixed up in no- litical controversy, including alxo the II', MI.- It'll.- i MI.-, hut his publication a few yenrs ago of "The Woman with the Serpent Tongue," In whirh he attacked with virtilem-c. mcuilH.ru of the Prime Miu- inter's family circle, would to many minds be quite sufficient In itself to place him- self outnide the pale. Lacrosse Still Languishes. Canada's national game, Lacrosse. Ie still under the tihadow of "roughhoute" I.M I,--- One Incident in which a player nearly had hi eye gouged out led R. J. Fleming, owner of the Toronto Lacrosse Club, to threaten the disruption of the big profemional league. The incident ia not mill. nit Hignltlcance. There necni* little doubt that there h.n been a spirit of toleration of rough tactic* on the part of thoiu responsible for the conduct of the player*. Meanwhile public interest continues to languish. Promoters do not acorn to realise that they have got the game out of favor, and that the only way to get it back i by a long campaign of playing lacrosse and not by giving ex- hibition* of brutality. Lord Chancellor Coming. When I. .,i,l llaldune cotne* to Canada on Monday, the first of September, it will l> the first -.. . i -n since tho .In. of Henry the Klghth that a Lord Chancellor of Kngland has gone outejlde the British laics on a public raiMlon. Tho Lord Chan- cellor la the custodian of tho great seal. On thin occasion, with tho approval of the 'King, the great seal Is to be placed in I commission during the Chancellor's ab- I sence, which will laet only u little over a fortnight. His t.iy In Canada will laet about two and u half day*, during which he will julili.-.. the annual meeting of the American Bar Association in Montreal. He will leave Kngland on Augtuit 23rd on one of the Atlantic greyhounds and b home again on Hrntamher 8th. The last Chancellor of Kngland to leave the coun- try on a public. mlslon was Cardinal Wolneley who was sent on a mission to franc*, F.ngland'a policy at that time be- ing to check the ambition of the Em- peror. Tho rebel leaders nt .Shanghai have proposed a basis for peace negotiations. READ THE LABEL COR THt PROTECTION OF THE CON- 1 SUMER THE INGREDIENTS ARE PLAINLY PRINTED ON THE LABEL IT IS THE ONLY WELL-KNOWN MEDIUM- PRICED BAKING POWDER MADE IN CANADA THAT DOES NOT CONTAIN ALUM AND WHICH HAS ALL THE INGREDIENTS PLAINLY STATED ON THE LABEL. MAGIC BAKING POWDER CONTAINS NO ALUM ALUM IS SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS SUL- PHATE OF ALUMINA OR SODIC ALUM I NIC SULPHATE. THE PUBLIC SHOULD NOT BE MISLED BY THESE TECHNICAL NAMES. rCI^I^g? E. W. GILLETT COMPANY LIMITED WINNIPEG TORONTO. ONT. MONTREAL Idle Money DFRSONS having Idle fund on hand lor temporary or longer periods, or awaiting permnnent Investment, can obtain POUR I'HK CENT. Interest, compounded quar- terly. by opening nu account In the SAVINGS OtH'AKTMUNT ol thl. Company. The> funds are with- drawable by cheque end bear Inter- est from date received until date Withdrawn. We solicit cut ol town accounts, which may be opened by '' Writ* for Booklet Union Trust Company, Limited Temal* ulldlni, T*rnte CAPITAL (aaUup) HtSlRVE . Ji.ooo.ooo $810.000 THE m 1JI PARAGRAPH HAIM'KXLNUS FROM ALL OVER TIIK GLOBE IX A MTSHELL. Canada, the Empire and (he World in Grnornl Before Vuur Eyes. Canada. The Jewish societies of Toronto will have a Labor Temple. Out of 1,748 pupils in Berlin pub- lic schools 1,454 arc 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 commenced in the spring. Sixty Austrian factories will be represented at the Canadian Na- tional Exhibition. Oil fuel for British ships may be obtained from the tar sands of the Atltabaska River. The Grand River Alfalfa Seed- growers' Association has been formed in Haldimand County. Five generations were represent- ed at the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. John Ruddle of St. Cathar- ines. James Leadbeater, of Toronto, aged 11, was electrocuted while try- ing to get his kite off a telegraph wire. J. H. Downham, living near Strath roy, sold a, pair of young black foxes to a Wyoming firm for $9,000. Two boys, picking berries noar St. David's, Ont., killed a rattle- snake more than five feet in length, with seven rattles. John D. O'Neill, V.S.. !or forty years a woll-known resident of Lon- don, Ont., died on his ranch at Karl Grey, Sask. The Government elevator at Port Colborn* made a world record in unloading 350,000 bushels of grain in elevt-n hours. General Sir Ian Hamilton, In- spector-General of the British army and overseas forces, sailed from Quebec for England on the C'.P.H steamer Empress of Ireland on Thursday. The Doukhobors who have aban- doned the homesteads given them in Saskatchewan and purchased lands in British Columbia are asking $450,000 as the worth of their labor expended on the lands abandoned. Great Britain. The House of I/ords rejected the bill to abolish plural voting. A youth fired off a blank cart- ridge in the British House of Com- mons. Mrs. Emmeline Pankluirst. the suffragette leader, is in a serious condition. United States. President Wilson and his advisers are considering plans for interven- tion in Mexico. Preparations are well under way for the All-Canada Exhibition to b held iii New York next January. The plant of the West Side Lum- ber Co., Dayton, Ohio, was burned on Wednesday night with an, a-p- pruximate cost of $360,000. Thou- sands of dollars' worth of hard- woods and trimmings were destroy- ed. (taunt The northern troops have cap- tured the city of Nanking, China. Hostilities between the two lead- ing German shipping companies are officially announced. STATUE OF VICTORIA. Be Erected at Victoria, British Columbia. A despatch from London says : Albert Brucejoy, the distinguished sculptor, informs the Canadian As- sociated Press that he is now ab work on a large statue of Queen Victoria, which is to be erected in front of the Parliament buildings at Victoria, B.C., the commission 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 Queen as she appeared soon after her accession. She i crowned and is bearing a sceptre on her right arm. Til KIR PLACES FILLED. Men Who Went on Strike Their .hi !IH. A despatch from Montreal says: Sixty-five bridge workers who went on strike at Chaudiere, Que., on Friday found themselves unexpect- edly minus their jobs. They liad been getting two dollars a day and wanted three dollars. After they saw there was little prospect of getting it, they went back to work, to discover that their places wero filled and that there was no chain;* for employment. DISASTROUS HAIL STORM. Kins'* Comity, New Brunswick, Was Visited. A despatch from St. John, N.B., says : A disastrous hail storm swept over the northern part of King's County on Friday morning, li-\ i-lling crops, breaking window* and causing great loss to farmer*. The buckwheat crop in its* path i ruined and potatoes and corn suf- fered severely. The windows <>f two churches in Penobsqiiis were smashed as well as those in houaoa with a northern exposure. Tho hailstones were in size from a hazelnut to a walnut. EXPLOSION KILLS SEVEN Four Men and Three Girls Blown to Shreds at Ik-loci!, Quebec. A despatch from BeWil, Que., says: Seven lives were lost at Bel- oeil on Thursday when an explosion of three hundred pounds of nitro- glycerine blew up one of the build- ings of the Canadian Explosives, Limited, killing four men and three women instantly. The explosion, which occurred without warning at 11.85 a.m., shattered the gelatine cartridging house, and sco.ttered the rema'ns of tho occupants over an area of a, hundred and fifty feet. People iu the village a mile and a half away saw a cloud of smoke, and an instant later the roar of the explosion reached them. Tho die- t-ancw **, which the building used for the manufacture of , ! s!\es were placed from <.-no a:\. r wan the means of preventing tin- shock from repeating the disaster in the other huta. The building destroyed was of light construction', being of wood and brick. The force of the explosion threw bricks three hun- dred feet, but little- of the force of the flhock weut downwards, for thero was only a slight depression where the house once stood. The cause of the explosion has not yet been established. It was reported that precautions were taken by the company's employees, the workers in the various houses being provided by the concern with special btx>ts, having soft soles, to reduce tho possibilities of concus- sion. Tho "k-thus f Thursday morning were engaged in packing uitro-gly- cerine cartridges when the explo- sion occurred, but no trace of tho two package, machines in the shat- tered house could be found among the debris which in some cases was thrown a distance of three hundred fee*. Mr. Robert Lyons, manager of the work* at Beloeil, was unable to account for the accident. It was learned that the explosive material could go off by either concu*siou or ignition. Mr. Lyons also statod that there was 300 pounds of nitro- glycerine iu the building at Unto of the explosion.