ORGANIZED GANG lll‘ TlllllllllS’THE WORL’TL’ W’s FLEW 11031188 THE CHANNEL- Robberies Are Frequent Since the Great P Fire in {A despateh from Cobalt says: Ever since ï¬re destroyed many: dives down in French town, robâ€" eries have been reported, and the police believe that an organized ’ang of thieves are operating in the town. Following the hold up of a man with revolvers on the road, there was an attempt made to en- for Mayor Lang’s house“ on Wed~ nesday night. Bert Normandy, who has had $70 in cigars and to- bacco stolen from the skating rink, was on watch at midnight, and he gave chase, but fell in a trench, and the thief was lost. IIER LEG MANGLED BY TRAIN Girl, on Way to Visit Toronto, Iii- jurcd at Windsor. A despatch from Windsor, Ont., says : While attempting to dismount from an incoming Canadian Paciï¬c train at the car ferry dock at 1.45 Saturday morning, Miss Genevieve Lennon, a young lady of Joliet, Ill., lost her balance and fell be- neath the wheels of .a train as it was being shunted on the car ferry. The wheels passed over her right leg, just below the knee, and mang- led it so badly that amputation was neccssary. Miss Lennon was bound for Toronto, where she intended spending her vacation with rela- tives. She refused to give her name up to the moment she was placed on the operating table, when she requested to have her ‘orother, living in Chicago, sent for. -â€"-â€"--~'!' THE CODLING MOTH. Has Destroyed the Apple Crop in Pennsylvania. A despatch from Harrisburg, Penn, says: Not more than a fourth of a crop of peaches and one- third of a crop of apples will be gathered this year in Pennsylvania, according to information received at the State Department of Agri- culture. State Zooloigst Surface estimates that the loss to the apple- _growers this year will amount to $1,000,000. “This will be due most- ly to the codling moth,†said Prof. Surface. “The inspectors of the de- partment say that nearly ninetyâ€" ï¬ve per cent. of the apples of the State have been stung or are wormy.†._.___x,__.____ TWO CAUGHT BETWEEN CARS. Fatal Street Car Accident on the Streets of Winnipeg. A despateh from Winnipeg, says: A horrible accident happened at the corner of Main street and Logan avenue here on Sunday evening, when two pedestrians, E. Rees and E. C. Ollett, were caught between two cars going in opposite direc- tions and terribly crushed. Ollett was instantly killed, and Rees so terribly injured that he died on the way to the hospital. The two cars were running the crossing at the same time, which is against the law. Rees’ wife and four chil- dren are now on the Atlantic Ocean on route to Canada. The motormen of. both cars were arrest- ed. ___._>x<_______ Both sides lost heavily in the bat- ‘l‘le between Spaniards and Mecrs near Melilla on Friday. Cobalt. A gang was arrested on Wednes- day night on Sasaginaga Lake, the ll)unn family forming the nucleus. Three men put up a strenuous ï¬ght, and the women set dogs on the police. Almost all the goods taken from the rink were found, and many articles that citizens have missed for months were located. On Sasaginaga Lake, on Wednes- day night about $250 worth of goods were taken from a tent. A vigor- ous effort will be made to stamp out incipient lawlessness, as prev1- ous to this Cobalt has not been troubled by the light-fingered tribe. _)__â€"__â€"-â€"â€"â€"-â€"_â€"â€"â€"_‘ FUN ENDS IN TRAGEDY. C. P. R. Conductor Drowned in French River. A despatch from North Bay says: Thomas Jamieson, a former C. P. R. passenger conductor, was drown- ed on Tuesday evening in French River. With a ï¬shing party of eight Jamieson left North Bay on the steamer Hazel B. When near Frank’s Bay the fatality occurred. During a friendly scuflle with John Russell, one of the party, both men fell over the gangway board into the water. The steamer was stopped and a skiff lowered, Russell being rescued, but no trace of Jainieson could be found. Jamieson was a prominent citizen of North Bay, and was widely known and respected. A widow and six children surv1ve. .__.____>I4___.__ DROWNED IN CLOUDBURST. Several Persons Perish in Odanah, Wisconsin. A despatch from Ashland, Wis., says: A cloudburst late on Tues-day night caused heavy loss to all kinds of property in northern Wisconsin. It is estimated the total loss will be $500,000. The power plant at White River, which furnishes light to the city of Ashland, and the State ï¬sh hatchery near Bayï¬eld were practically destroyed. The dam breaking at White River imâ€" perils Odanah. Several persons are reported drowned. Six famil- ies near the ore docks in Ashland workers have struck work on the Transcontinental for higher wages. Seven thousand dollars’ worth of had to be taken from their homes. >14 . SAVED FROM CATARACT. Disabled Boat, With 14 Occupants, in Danger at Falls. A despatch from Niagara Falls, N. Y., says: A launch party of four- teen young people of this city had a narrow escape from going over the Falls early on Wednesday night. when the motor boat in which they were riding sprung a leak. With the water rushing into the boat faster than it could be bailed out, the boat was steered for shore, but the water stopped the engine, and the party were in danger of being swept over the cataract. A well- known riverman appeared on the scene in a sailing'boat, and took an anchor from his boat, which held the launch against the cur- rent until he went ashore for a motor boat. *â€"-.~ Seventy-ï¬ve spikers and steel- diamonds are said to have been smuggled into Canada from Eng- land. 1111. is i LABOR 11111111111 Scarcity of Harvesters Leads Winnipeg Magistrate to“ Try Experiment. A despatch from Winnipeg says-: of last year, and if necessary a Daily the fear of a scarcity of farm special constable will be placed on labor this summer grows apace with favorable news from the agri- cultural districts. At the present tinio there are four hundred appli- cations on file with the Provincial Government, and nearly seven hun- ‘h'ed with the Dominion immigra- tion ofï¬cers, asking for men, but neither can supply any. The C. P. It. is at present endeavoring to ar- range excursions from the cast, but 1 reports received indicate that men! there are also sea-rec. When the excursions are en route this year every effort will be made to pro-l rent a recurrence of the rowdyism each car. On Thursday Magistrate Daly decided to try an experiment. Hearing of the scarcity of men, he released all shortâ€"term prisoners on condition that they get employment. General Grain Agent Atheson of the C. P. R., who has just returned iniii a tour of inspection of the crops, says the grain is at about the same stage of development as in other years, and esptcially in Mani- toba the harvest will be about the same time as last year. He does not look for more than an average crop, which would mean a yield of about a hundred million bushels of wheat. REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. _â€" rlces of Cattle, Graln, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, July 27.-â€"Flourâ€"â€"Ontario wheat 90 per cent. patents,‘$5.25 to $5.35 to-day in buyers’ sacks out- side for export, and $5.40 to $5.50 on track, Toronto. Manitoba flour; ï¬rst patents, $6.20 to $6.40 on track, Toronto; second patents, $5.75 to $5.90, and strong bakers’, $5.50 to $5.70 on track, Toronto. l‘aianicoba wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern, $1.33, and No. 3, $1.32. ,_ Ontario wheatâ€"No. 2, $1.20 out- side. New Ontario wheat about $1.10 outside. Barley Old No. 3 extra, 630 out- side. Oatsâ€"No. 2 Ontario white, 57% to 580 on track, Toronto, and 54%: to 5230 outside. No. 2 Western Can- ada oats, 55%0, and No. 3, 54%0, Bay ports. ' Peasâ€"Prices purely nominal. Buckwheatâ€"~Prices purely nom- inal. Cornâ€"No. 2 American yellow, 80%0 on track, Toronto. Canadian yellow 76 to 770 on track, Toronto. Branâ€"$19.50 to $20 for Ontario bran outside in bulk. Manitoba, $22 in sacks, Toronto fr-eights; shorts, $24 Toronto freights. - COUNTRY PRODUCE. Beansâ€"Prime, $2.20 to $2.25, and hand-picked, $2.40 to $2.45 per bushel. Hayâ€"â€"No. 1 timothy, $13 to $14 a ton on track here, and lower grades, $9 to $10.50. Strawâ€"$7 to $7.50 on track. Potatoesâ€"Small lots of old, 75 to 90c,‘ and new, $3 to $3.25 per barrel, on track. Poultry â€"- Chickens, yearlings, dress-ed, 12 to 130 per lb; fowl, 9 to 100; turkeys, 14 to 160 per 1b. ‘ THE Daniâ€"Y MARKETS. Butterâ€"~Pound prints, 19 to 200; tubs and large rolls, 18 to 190; in- ferior, 15 to 160; creamery, 23 to 240, and separator 19 to 200 per lb. Eggsâ€"Case lots, 20 to 210 per dozen. Cheeseâ€"New 12%0 for large, and at 12%c for twins. HOG PRODUCTS.’ Bacon, long clear, 13% to 13%0 per lb in case lots; mess pork, $23 to $23.50; short cut, $25.50 to $26. Hamsâ€"Light to medium, 15% to- 160; do., heavy, 14 to 14120; rolls, 12% to 130; shoulders, 11% to 120; backs, 18 to 18%0; breakfast bacon, 16% to 170. Lardâ€"Ticrces, 14%c; tubs 14%c; pails, 14%0. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, July 27.â€"â€"Oatsâ€"No. 2 Canadian Western, 580; No. 1 extra feed, 55%0 No. 1 feed, 57%0; No. 3 Canadian Western, 57c. Barleyâ€" No. 2, 72% to 740; Manitoba feed barley, 67% to 680. Buckwheatâ€" 69/5 to 700. Flourâ€"Manitoba Spring wheat patents; ï¬rsts, $6.30; Manitoba Spring wheat patents, seconds, $5.80; Winter wheat patâ€" ents, $6.75; Manitoba strong bak- ers, $5.60; straight rollers, $6.50 to $6.60; straight rollers, in bags, $0.15 to $3.20; extras, in bags, $2.80 to $2.90. Feedâ€"Business in most lines of milling feed continues quiet. Cheeseâ€"11% to 12c, and easterns at 11% to 11%c. Butterâ€" Pound lots, 21%0; jobbing 22%c. Eggsâ€"19% to 200. Selected stock, 23c, and candled at 200 per dozen. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis, July 27.â€"â€"that -â€" July, $1.30; Sept, $1.097/B; Dec., $1.07; cash, No. 1 hard $1.32% to 81.32%; No. 1 Northern, $1.31% to $13193; No. 2 Northern 551.29% to $1.29%; No. 3 Northern, $1.27% to $1.28%. Flour~First patents, $6.10 to $6.30; second patents, $6 1.5 $6.20; ï¬rst clears, $5.05 to 25; second clears, $3.65 to $3.85. {ranâ€"In 100-lb. sacks, $21.50. Chicago, July 27.â€"Cash wheat~~ No. 2 red, $1.18 to $120;No. 3 red, new, $1.18; No. 2 hard, $1.18 to $1.20; No. 3 hard. $1.15 to $1.18; No. 1 Northern, $1.39 to $1.40; No. 9. Northern, $1.24 to $1.30; Spring, $1.20 to $1.28. Cornâ€"No. 2, 73% to 740; 1T0. 3, 720; No. 3 white: 75%0; No. 3 yellow, 73 to 731/10: No. 4, 66 to 69c. - to 45%c; No. 3 white. 46% to 50%c; No. 4, 412 to 46:3;0; standard. [til-to 5‘20. Livr. srocx M .\ m. icrs. Oatsâ€"No. 3. ‘15] I'M. ‘t'. .i.. . ._. Montreal. July '37.- -i’rc‘.?;‘ guurt hooves snld at at l.) 5’40. c 1‘ stock at *2); to :3i.’,i-.ps-.- '1'. 313:. g, Ewell-Making Feat by a French Aviatorl in an Aeroplane. A despatch from London says:[ The epoch-making exploit of flying acrossthe English Channel was ac- complished easily and swiftly on Sunday morning by Louis Bleriot, one of the. pioneers of French avia- tion, in his small monoplane- aero- plane. He left Les; Baraques, on the French Coast, at 4.33, and arâ€" rived in the North Foreland mea- dow, two miles east of Dover, 37 minutes later. The airâ€"line distance between the two places is about 24 miles, but Bleriot ilew nearly thirty. He got lost in midâ€"chan- nel, having been without a comâ€"- pass and out of sight of land. When the bane lifted and he was able to see the English coast. he found his travelng almost east. He 'swung round, and with perfect control of the machine flew west against a. strong breeze, which had sprung up, and landed with little diflicultyi on a favorable spot. His speed throughout the trip exceeded forty miles an hour, and he completely outdistaneed the torpedo-boat de- stroyer, aboard of which was his wife, which was endeavoring to keep him in sight. . Bleriot’s success makes him the winner of the prize of £1,000 ofâ€" fered by the Daily Mail to the ï¬rst man who crossed the Channel in a heavierâ€"thanâ€"air machine. Three Frenchmen were on the coast wait: ing to seize the ï¬rst favorable op-f portunity to make the attempt.’ Latham overslept himself. Count Lambert, with a Wright biplane, has not been heard from. W cows from $25 to $50 each. Calves from $2.50 to $10 each. Sheep to 40 per lb., lambs 6% to 70 per lb. Good lots of fat hogs sold at 8% to a little over 90 per lb. Toronto, July 27.â€"A number of steers sold for both butchers and export purposes at from $5.20 to $5.50. Sheep and-lambsâ€"Market sttady. Export market â€" Extra choice heavy well ï¬nished cattle, $5.90 to $6; medium, $5.25.‘ Butchers’ â€" Steady demand for ï¬choice butchers’ cattle. Medium and;common cattle steady at late declines. Stockers and feeders â€"â€" Demand for good stock. Calvesâ€"â€" Market steady for good butchers’ calves. Milch cowsâ€"Steady de- mand for good milkers. Feedersâ€" Steudy around $5. Choice butch- era’ cattleâ€"Steady to easier around $5225 to $5.50 for picket extra choice heifers and steers. The ordinary run of fair to good butchers’ eas- ier.around $4.50 to $4.90; common to inferior mixed butchers’ cattle, 500. off. Hogsâ€"Steady at $8 f.o.b., $8.25 fed and watered, and $8.50 off cars. LINE T0 IIUDSON’S BAY. Surveyors Favor Port Nelson Termini‘us. {IS A dcspatch from Winnipeg says: A party of surveyors who have been engaged running trial lines for the Hudson’s Bay Railway in the Nelson country arrived back from the north on Friday. They bring a report that would seem to indicate that Port Nelson is better suited in every way for the- terminus of the road to the bay. The line is shorter and more direct, and the harbor facili-l ties are good and open earlier than 5 at Churchill, while the cost of con- sti action is vastly cheaper than the more northern route. The survey- ors estimate that from Split Lake to Nelson the cost of building the line will not greatly exceed that of or- dinary prairie work, as there are nomualzegs and no grades. V _..__>‘<_ IMPALED ON A PIKE. Train torched and Workman Was Spearcd. A despatch from Winnipeo' says: Robert McBride, a workman em- ployed on the N. T. R. at Dot Sidâ€" ing, met almost instant death un- der peculiar circumstances on Thursday evening. He was stand~ ing on the back of a work train, holding a p"ke in his hand, when the train suddenly gave a lurch, and he fell on the point, which pene- trated his body under the right arm. He died a minute later. nu. 757101 SETTLEBS iii Inspector of Agencies in the United States. GRAVE CAVED IN. Shocking Occurrence at Burial of Murdered Man. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Angus Roos, who was murdered on Saturday at Frank, was buried at Blairmore on_ Wednesday beside his father and mother. While four men were lowering the cofï¬n the grave caved in, two of the men be- ing precipitated into the newly-dug grave under the coffin, which had to be righted and the pit dug out again. The wife of the deceased fainted at the occurrence. ..>X« MAY BE BANK-ROBBER. A Foreigner Captured by Winnipeg Police. A d-espatch from W'innipeg says: The Winnipeg police have under ar- rest a. man who'is supposed to be one of the gang who robbed the Bank of Nova Scotia at Rainy River. He is a foreigner, giving the name of M. Olii‘enoviteh, and“ when arrested he was carrying a fully-loaded revolver. .He will be held until the police of Rainy Riv-er, have had an opportunity to look. him over. )‘1 FILLING UP THE WEST. 70,000 American IIonicseekers This Year. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Immigration from the United States during April and May was 23,716, compared with 15,523 for the same months last year. This gives an in- crease of 53 per cent. The Immi- gration Commissioner is conï¬dent that his estimate of 70,000 home- scekcrs from south of the line for his year will be considerable ex- ceeded. ' ' -â€".-.x.s- GALLOPED TO HIS DEA'l‘il. Indian on 'lloarsebuck Lcapcd Into River. A despatch from Vancouver says: Victor Lecampc, a member of the best-known family in the Kamloops Indian reserve, galloped deliberate- ly to death on Tuesday evening. Aware that the draw of the bridge over the South Thompson River was open, but crazed with drink, he gal< loped furiously to his doom. The horse cleared the bridge timbers and landed in the fairway. The Indian extricatcd himself from the stirâ€" rups, but finally sank, one hundred yards below the bridge. The horse swam ashore. S Elli: Repeats His PredictiOn. ._.._.___.__.___._...__.______.__ ' A despatcl' from Ottawa says: Mr. W. J. White, inspector of Do- minion immigi-ation agencies in the United States. ’1'. here and reafï¬rms (his former prediction that 75,000 imi‘nigrants will come this year from the United States to Canada. He has recently conducted a party of American visit-Hrs through the Northwest. I “What impressed the party ; ‘was the character E 1 most.†he said, if the settlements along the line, towns of from two to ten thousand; i‘ liabitaiits. u'i l: imposing schonl’ losses and r ill‘fl' evidences of solid ',V‘u)5)l“.l l).\' :1 Su- ‘ I ’ L ar-il wow-21 l" l .. -.- . A ‘ ..L’;:l. J. , p ,, .~r\ ,r =.......: stamp ( I ,.,,.| who gave them cordial welcome." No Canadians born could speak more enthusiastically of the future of Canada than did those visitorsI upon the conclusion of their trip.’ “As it happened,†Mr. White con-,’ tinned, “we were in Lethbridge on the day of the school lands sale“l when eight quarter sections were. put up at auction, and some 60, people, not only speculators, but, farmers, stood in line from Sunday. night until Monday morning to get first chance. in the bidding. The scene was an object lesson of the irri'nvmg value of Canadian farm lands. which (lill lint fail to iiiini‘ess iisclf upon llll' party "