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! Nrs. Joseph J. Hunter Murdercd . _ by Her Husband. A despatch from Lindsay says : At Bobcaygeon on Saturday mornâ€" ing last Joseph J. Hunter, proprieâ€" tor of the Royal Hotel, in the most deliberate and coldblooded manner murdered his young wife while she slept. The crime was committed about the hour of 4:30 a.m., while the members of the household and the many guests slept soundly, with the exception of one or two attendâ€" ants who were about early. A glance inside the bedroom told the deadly tale. There on the bed lay the prostrate form ofâ€" the young wife, blood flowing from an ugly gunshot wound in her head. â€" The servant rushed forward and wrestâ€" ed the gun from Hunter.. County Constable James McMullen reâ€" sponded promptly. He immediateâ€" ly called on Mr. George Taylor, the village Magistrate, who in the reâ€" ular way issued a warrant for %unter’s arrest. The prisoner was securely guarded and placed on board the early morning train for Lindsay, where he was lodged in the county jail. . Is to be Inspector of all the Overâ€" seas Forces. A despatch from London says : Lord Kitchener has been appointâ€" <d to the Mediterranean command, recently vacated by the Duke of Connaught. He will first visit Auâ€" stralia, inspect the troops there, and advise on the best way of givâ€" ing effect to certain proposals for developments which are Eeing disâ€" eussed at the Imperial Defence Conâ€" ference. In some quarters it is beâ€" lieved that there is an intention to coâ€"ordinate, all the military forces of the empire and place Lord Kitchener at the head of the orâ€" ganization, which will have the Imperial army for its special care. Events would seem to be moving in this direction, says the Daily Graphic. There can be no question that Lord Kitchener is of all men the one best suited for a command of this kind. The Express declares that Lord Kitchener‘s new post is synonymous with the inspectorship of all the overseas forces. Great Damage Done by the Sewers Choking Up. A despatch from Winnipeg says: The storm which swept over Winâ€" mpes on Thursday afternoon was mccompanied by the heaviest rain i1 30 years. The precipitation was £.92 inches, which has not been equalled since 1879. _ Fortunately the storm was local in its intenâ€" iy high temperatures is violent rain, which is not infrequently preâ€" ceded by hail. Manitoba and Sasâ€" katchewan are being daily visited by these storms, traveling erratiâ€" cally. The areas affected usually Ere small and individuals are sufâ€" ferers rather than communities, and the aggregate will not materiâ€" ally suffer from this cause. A despatch from Winnipeg says : e present are anxious days with the western farmer. â€" Midâ€"August frequently sees night frosts, which occasionally do great damage, but so far the lowest temperatures have been well up in the forties. Howâ€" ever, a danger peculiar to extremeâ€" Therse Is Wholesale Shooting of Prisgoners in Barcelona. The Barcelona correspondent of the London Telegraph says that for the present quiet is restored, yet there are certain doubts wheâ€" ther the revolution has received its death blow. Martial law is still in foree. The civil guards and poâ€" lice, armed with rifles, still patrol the streets. The wholesale shootâ€" ing of prisoners after courtâ€"martial still goes on at the Fortress of Montjuich. Rumor states that the rmwolutionists _ will _ recommence nmutrages unless the remaining prisâ€" eners are released. Arrests conâ€" tinue on a large scale. Prisoners are constantly seen with (their hands tied behind their backs and escorted by civil guards. Two well known journalists of _ Anarchistic tendencies were arrested. Monday. Many officers and soldiers are deâ€" serting and crossine the frontier. CROPS DEYASTATED BY HALL Great Storms, Traveling Erratically, Do Damage in the West. BL00D FLOWING N SPAM Many bodies have beea found unâ€" ger the ruins of the convents. Memâ€" bers of the Red Cross can be still seen transporting charred re>â€"â€"ins. Rosthern, in central Saskatcheâ€" SsHOT WIFE AS SHE SLEPT. WINNIPEG WAS FLOCDED. KITCHENER‘S NEW POST. sity, or the damage throughout the country would have been great. Hail fell mainly in Winnipeg and immediate vicinity, but thousands of dollars of damage was done through sewers backing up and flooding basements and cellars. During the time when the storm was at its height a city teamster, who had been out to the powder magazine of the hardware firm at Middle Church for a load, took reâ€" fuge in the building, as also did several children. While they were in there the magazine was struck by a bolt and several of the inmates were stunned, but forturately the powder was not exploded. Ran Off With Child While Mother Was Picking Berries. A despatch from Cheboygan, Michigan, says: Reports reached this city on Friday that a large black bear had carried away a baby eightesn months old, while the moâ€" ther was picking huckleberries on the Macintosh Plains, about ten miles out of town. The mother, a Polish woman, left the child sleepâ€" ing in the charge of another child eight yéears old. Sheriff Clute deâ€" spatched a posse of ten men in charge of a deputy to the scene, but they were unable to find any trace of the child or the bear. BABY CARRIED AWAY BY BEAR wan, had 2,000 acres devastated by hail Wednesday, while on Thursâ€" day Langham, Yorkton and Hanâ€" ley, in the same province, suffered, four townships in the latter and two in Langham being reported toâ€" tally destroyed, Yorkton‘s loss beâ€" ing appraised at a thousand acres. Serious Condition Faces 25,000 Men in Labrador. A despatch from St. John‘s, Nfd., seays : Advices from Labrador, through the fishery cruiser Fiona, trnich arrived here on Sunday, reâ€" port the failure of the fisheries of that coast, owing to ice blockades. Unless this barrier is removed soon a serious situation for 25,000 men and their families is inevitable. These men compose the crews of the vessels which usually are enâ€" gaged in the Labrador fisheries. Their average catch â€"constitutes abkout oneâ€"third of Newfoundland‘s total. May Become President of Lake Superior Corporation. A despatch from Montreal says : It is reported here that Mr. F. H. McGuigan, formerly of the Grand Trunk, and now building the Niagâ€" ara power transmission lines, is to become President of the Lake Suâ€" perior Corporation at the Soo. It is said that the salary of $25.0 will be attached to the position which Mr. McGuigan is to occupy. The correspondent, in a despatch dated Monday, describes children playing at revolution, shooting at each other with toy rifles, and eryâ€" ing .‘ ‘Viva la Republica.‘‘ He deâ€" clares it would take volumes to deâ€" scribe th1e clesolation now spreadâ€" ocm ue nee das coce mo enc ei ty i The rain will invigorate and help to fill the latter grains. It will deâ€" lay the maturing of riper grains, giving rust and fungolds a chance to attack the grain, but this is not likely to affect anything seriously, and with the settling of the weather it is safe to say that better than an average crop will be garnered. The heaviest rain of several seaâ€" gons fell here on Thursday afterâ€" Japan will proceed with the reâ€" construction of the Antungâ€"Mukden Railroad without China‘s consent. ing its cloak over Barcelona. TIn speaking of the convent Church of the Magdalen, he says: "‘The whole place is a heap of ruins, which are still smoking, although the place was set on fire five days ago. In the garden there wore thirty vaults where dead sisters were buried. The coffins from these were pulled down and opened, and the corpses thrown about the garâ€" den. Then they were placed in sheets and heaped in a pile and set on fire. The rooms were pilâ€" laged. What walls are left are inâ€" seribed with drawings and writings too obscene to repeat." noon, preceded by hail. Optimists should not omit to note the large bloodstains on the uniâ€" forms of the Red Cross men. WORK FOR MR. MceGUIGAN. FAILURE OF FISHERIES. THE WORLD‘S MARKETS Oatsâ€"No. 2 Ontario white, 55’/.20 to b5e on track, Toronto, and 52 to 52%e outside. No. 2 Western Canâ€" adsa oats, 47¢, and No. 3, 46¢, Bay ports. Peasâ€"Prices nominal. Buckwheatâ€"Prices nominal. Cornâ€"No. 2 American yellow, 7T7% to 78c on track, Toronto. Caâ€" nadian yellow, 75 to 76e on track, Toropto. 3 _ Manitoba Wheatâ€"No. 1 Northâ€" ern, $1.22 Georgian Bay ports ; No. 2 at $1.19, and No..8 at $1.18. Ontario Wheatâ€"New, No. 2, $1 a bushel. Barleyâ€"Old _ No. 3 extra, 61 to C2¢ outside. . & Eggsâ€"Case lots, 2114 to 22e per dozen. 1 feed, 49%% to 50‘%e¢; No. 3 Canaâ€" dian Western, 49 to 50c. Barleyâ€" No. 2, 71 to 72¢ ; Manitoba feed barâ€" ley, 66 to 67c. Buckwheat â€" 69% to 70c. _ Flourâ€"Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $6.30; Maniâ€" toba Spring wheat. patents, secâ€" ends, $5.80; Winter wheat patents, $6.50; Manitoba strong bakers, $5.60; straight rollers, $6.25 to $6.35; straight rollers in bags, $2.â€" 9C to $3; extras in bags, $2.70 to $2.80. Feedâ€"Manitoba bran, $22; Manitoba shorts, $24; pure grain mouille, $33 to $35; mixed mouille, $#28 to $30. Cheeseâ€"Westerns, M to 11 Ac ; eastern, 114 to 11.c. Butterâ€"Finest creamery, 22¢. Eggs â€"24c, and No. 1 candled at 30c per dozen. Chicago, Aug. 10.â€"Cash wheatâ€" No. 2 red, $1.024 to $1.051¢ ; No. 3 red, 98¢ to $1.02% ; No. 2 hard, $1.03 to $1.09 ; No. 3 hard, $1.00 to $1.04%4%. Cornâ€"No. 2, 66 to 67c No. 2 yellow, 68 to 69¢;, No. 3, 66 to 66)fi¢c; No. 4, 62 to 64c. Oatsâ€" No. 2 white, 309¢; No. 3 white, 373 to 39%¢, st@nda}‘d, 39 %c. * LEPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Chcese ans Olther Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUEFFS. â€" Toronto, Aug. 10.â€"Flour â€" Onâ€" tario wheat 90 per cent. patents from old wheat, $4.75 to $4.80 in buyers‘ sacks outside for export, and at $4.90 to $5 on track, ‘Toâ€" ronto. Manitoba flour, first patâ€" ents, $6.10 to $6.20 on track, Toâ€" ronto; second patents, $5.65 to $5.75, and strong bakers‘, $5.40 to $5.50 on track, Toronto. ais : Branâ€"$19.50 to $20 for Ontario bran outside in bulk. â€"Manitoba, $22 in sacks, Toronto freights; shorbs, $24, Toronto freights. Poultry â€" Chickens, yearlings, dressed, 12 to 12e per lb.; fowl, 9 to 10¢c; turkeys, 14 to 16e per lb. Butterâ€"Pound prints, 19 to 20¢; trubs and large rolls, 18 to 19¢; inâ€" ferior, 15 to 16¢c; creamery, 23 to %3%0, and separator, 19 to 20¢ per L. Minneapolis, Aug. 10.â€"Wheat â€" Sept., £1.00% to $1.01; Dec., 99%% to $9%e¢; cash, No. 1 Northern, $1.â€" 95: No. 2 Northern, $1.23; No. 3 Northern, $1.19 to $1.21; No. 1 Durum, $1.05; No. 2 Darum, $1.â€" 03l%. Branâ€"In 100â€"lb. sacks, $20.â€" 50. Flourâ€"First patents, $5.80 to ¢$6; second patents, $5.70 to $5.90; first clears, $4.95 to $5.25; seconci clears, $3.35 to $3.55. Montreal, Aug. 10â€"A few of the best cattle sold at about 5)c per lb.; pretty good_ animals sold at 4 to 5e per Ib; common stock at 24 to 3%e per lb. ; milch cows sold at $25 to $50 cach. Calves sold at $2.50 to $9 each. Sheep sold at 31% to 4e per lb.; lambs at about 6Â¥e per lb. Good lots of fat hogs sold at about 8!4¢ per lb. Toronto, Aug. 10â€"Sheep and lambs were weak from 20 to 25¢ lowâ€" et all round. Calyvesâ€"A trifle dearâ€" er. Milkers and Springersâ€"Steady, but as there were yery lfeow on offer, prices were firm. Stockers and feedersâ€"$3 to $3.60. _ Hogsâ€"Geâ€" leets quoted at $7.85 f.o.b. and at $8.1% F1 ead watered, Beansâ€"Prime, $2.20 to $2.25, and handâ€"picked, $2.40 to $2.45 per bushel. B Hayâ€"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€"United _ States new, #3 per barrel; new Canadian, $1.â€" 10 to $1.15 per bushel. Baconâ€"Long clear, 13% to 14c per lb. in case lots; mess pork, ©$23.50; short cut, $25.50 to $26. Hamsâ€"Light to medium, 154 to 16c ; do., heavy, 14 toâ€"14%cz5â€"rolls, 123 to 13¢; shoulders, 12 to 12 c ; backs, 18 to 18%%c¢c, and breakfast bacon, 164 to I17¢. Lardâ€"Tierces, 14%e¢ ; tubs, 14%e¢; pails, 15¢. Cheeseâ€"New, 1%¢ for large and 129%%e for twins. Montreal, Aug. 10.â€"Oats â€" No. 2 Canadian Western, 50 to 51c; No. 1 extra feed, 49% to 50%c¢; No. UNITED STATES MARKETS. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. LIVE STOCK MARKETS THE DAIRY MARKETS. COUNTRY PRODUCE. HOG PRODUCTS. A Handsome Gain for the First Four Months. A despatch from Ottawa says: The revenue of Canada shows a handsome gain for the first four months of the present year. 1t totals $30,030,311, an increase of four and a bhalf million.. During July alone the revenue was $8,437,â€" 438, or a million and threeâ€"quarters more than during the previous July. _ The increase in revenue came chiefly from customs collecâ€" tions, which show a gain of three and a half millions during the four months. There was a decline of a bundred thousand dollars in excise collections, an increase of $25,000 in the postal revenue, and an inâ€" crease of $33$,000 from railways and public works. The expendiâ€" ture on consolidated account for the four months, as far as returns are in, was twenty and threeâ€"quarâ€" ter millions, which is an increase ol about three millions. The expenâ€" diture on capital account, as far as returned for the four months, is six and a half millions, an increase of about a million. Immense Run of Sockeyes Reportâ€" ed From the Pacific. A despatch from Victoria, B. C., says : Trap tenders arriving on Sunâ€" day morning from fish traps report 2n immense run of ceckeyes. _ The traps are taking from 20,03€ to 50,â€" G00 fish each lift. No sooner were they; empty than they began to fill up Again. The Canadian Northern Report is Reassuring. A despatch from Winnipeg says : Reassuring news from the crops along the C. N. R. is contained in the report handed out on Monâ€" day. Some wheat has already been cut, and around Saskatoon the harâ€" vest is expected to be gen ral by the latter end of the present week, but in many other parts the grain is very green and cutting will be late. Reports of damage by rust are probably much exaggerated, and it is very doubtful if it extends beyond comparatively insignificant areas. Farm help is badly needed, and the arrival of excursions from the east is beirg anxiously awaitâ€" ed. All estimates uf the yield would seem to point to an average crop, about the same as last year. Some alarm was felt on Saturday when the thermometer took a sudden dip, but Hamiota was the only point where the danger mark was reached. 500 Mon at Fort William Suddenly Jump the Job. A despatch from Port Arthur, Ont., says: Fivre hundred freight handlers employed in the C.P. 1. sheds at Fort William walked out on strike on Monday morning. They demand a raise from 1754 cents an hour for day and 22 cents for night to 22 cents and 25 cents. The men walked out without any formal notice. There are no indications ci any trouble in the sheds at Port Arthur, where the same wages aro being paid. Burglary in Nault & Sons‘ Store at Grandes Piles, Quebec. A despatch from Montreal says : Word comes from Grandes Piles, Quebec, of a daring burglary comâ€" mitted there on Sunday night. Burglars entered the store of O. Nault & Sons, took $25 from the cash register, and blew open the safe with nitroâ€"glycerine and seâ€" cured papers and notes wirth $20,â€" 000. No trace of the robbers has Heary Death Rate Among Children â€"One Fatal Sunstroke. A despatch from Montreal says : Owing to the hot weather of the past week the death rate among children has been unusually heavy. Last week the total death rate in Montbreal was 194, of. which 125 were children under five years of ageâ€"just _ twoâ€"thirds. A . man named Richard May died here on Monday morning from the effects of sunstroke received on Sunday afâ€" ternoon. He was at work on St. Catharine street when he collapsed and was taken to the General Hosâ€" pital, where he died. Husband ard Wife Shot and Stabâ€" bed in Encounter. A despatch from Chicago says : After locking their two children in a bedroom and fastening all the doors of their flat, Antonio Spirezâ€" irri and his wife, Ann, went into the darkened parlor on Monday and tried to kill each other. The woman was shot twice and stabbed twice with a stiletto and died «beâ€" fore the police arrived. The husâ€" band was shot twice also and may die. TREIGHT HANDLERS‘ STRIKE. been secure GOOD NEWS FROM THE WEST. COUPLE‘S FIGHT TO DEATH. THOUSANDS AT A LIFT. REVENUE INCREASING. HOT IN MONTREAL. $20,000 STOLEN. A corps of workmen some thouâ€" sand stroung is being organized with the object of maintaining order, and the people generally, bankers, metâ€" A despatch from Guysboro‘, N.S., ti says: A coldâ€"blooded murder comâ€" [f mitted a week ago at Boylston, a af few miles outside of this town, has a just come to light. On Thursday | a afternoon the adopted_ thirteenâ€"| h yearâ€"old _ son of Joseph Issert, alT negro, living at Boylston, in the‘ ce absence of his fosterâ€"parents, tied | m their sixâ€"yearâ€"old daughter to a| A tree and beat her brains out. The| n Isserts were away on a picnic, and | r: returning home, found the child| h BOY MURIERS LMTLE §MRL A despatch from _ Stockholm says: The labor conflict in Sweden shows signs of becoming more acute and the ranks of the strikers are considerably swelled. But the genâ€" eral strike called for Wednesday has not yet become entirely effecâ€" tive. Many organizations, although sympathizing with the strikers, Lkesitate to join them actively. The employees of the street car lines and _ the cab drivers stopped work and neither cabs nor street cars are available The troops are protecting the gas works and the electric lighting plant, and this step has incensed the workmen, whose leader threatens to call a strike unless the soldiers are withâ€" Six Act Prohibiting Sale to Boys Has Had Good Effect. A despatch from Ottawa says : The act for the suppression of the cigaretts evil, which has been in force about eight months, is havyâ€" ing a beneficial effect in the decreasâ€" ing of consumption. The falling off in the twelve months covered by a statement just issued by the Deâ€" partment of Inland Revenue was over thirty million cigarettes. Of domestic make 354,000,000 were conâ€" sumed in this period, representing a decline of 28,000,000, while of the imported kind the sale was 12,750,â€" 000, a decline of 2,000,000. The Act has been in force for eight of the twelvye months covered by the figâ€" ures given. Seven Miles of the Insects on C. . P. R. in Maine. A despatch from Mattawameag, Maine, says: The mechanical deâ€" partment of the Canadian Pecific Railway‘s Atlantic division, from Montreal to St. John, N. B., part oi which crosses Maine on the Maine Central, has been called on to continue an arrangement for ridding the line of a pest which is seldom or never encountered by this road anywhere else than on a parâ€" ticular section of the local divisâ€" icn. On two recent nights the line ol caterpillars was seven miles in length between these two stations. Two engines had to be put ahead cf the Montreal train, and even with the additional power the disâ€" tance was covered very slowly. drawn FEWER CIGARETTES SMOKED. Mrs. Lawrcnce‘s Infant Killed in Runaway Accident. A despatch from Belleville says: While Mrs. Sanford Lawrence and another woman were driving past the old Wily homestead in Marâ€" mora, on Saturday, t eh horse, frightened at some object, became unmanageable, with the result that Mrs. Lawrence, who was carrying a baby about seven weeks old, was thrown from the rig. In falling the baby struck its head on the rim of the wheel, it is thought, the skull being crushed in and death ensuing in about fiiteen minutes. Although severely shaken up, Mrs. Lawrence was not seriously injured. â€" Death of Alexander M. Scott at London, Ont. A despatch from London says: Mr. Alex. M. Scott died here on Wednesday night, aged 100 years and 2 months. He served under Papineau in 1837, was in Califorâ€" ria during the gold rush, and was a veteran of the American Civil War. He lived here 40 years. His father lived to be 107, and a sister died in Scotland 3 years ago aged 102. Of a family of six the youngest to die was 96. THE PEOPLE ARE ARMNG BABYZ‘S HEAD STRUCK WHEEL. The Labor Trouble in §weden Is Beâ€" coming More Acute. BLOCKED BY CATERPILLARs. REACHED THE CENTURY. kâ€"Yearâ€"Old Child Tied to a . Tree by Fosterâ€"Brother and Brains Beaten Qut. Traders Bark Unsigned Notes Apâ€" pear in Frontenac. A despatch from Kingston says : BEills on the Traders Bank, and stolen from a C.. P. R. train some months ago, are reported to.be in eirculation in North Frontenac. The bills are insufficiently signed, as they do not bear the name of the manager of the bank at Toâ€" ronto. Detectives are at work and are seeking to trace the bills back to the original passers. They have descriptions of men seeking to get rid of them at country stores and country stations. tied up to a tree, dead. Eney apâ€" Elied to the overseers of tne poor for assistance to bury the child, and this was granted. Later the suspicions of the authorities were aroused, and it was decided to exâ€" khume the body and hold an autopsy. This was done, and then it was asâ€" certained that the child had been murdered. The boy was arrested. An inquiry was held before Core: rer Ewart and a verdict of murder returned. Two other boys are also held as accomplices. ° All milk supplies have been cut off ) and thousands of babies are sufâ€", feoring from lack of nourishment avd change from cows‘ milk toâ€" canned milk. chants, etc., are arming themselves for self protection.. The gun shops <f the city are practically denuded of revolvers and small arms. ‘ The leaders of the strikers claim‘ that the end of the week will see a notable spread of the movement ; that the railroad, postal, telegraph! and telephone employees, and the printers will by that time ha,vg), joined. % Big Cleanâ€"up of Tllegal Liqunor Dealers. A despatch from Owen Sound says: Eines totalling $1,150 were collected on Wednesday from three botelmen and one drug storeâ€"keeper, as a result of a campaign by Chief Inspector John Ayerst‘s men. Wilâ€"| liam Duncan and Donald McQueen, of the Duncan House had two conâ€" victions each registered against them and were assessed $100 on each charge. Herb Wilkins of the Central and his barâ€"keeper were assessed $250, one hundred on the first charge and a hundred and fifty on the second. T. C. Hatton, druggist, pleaded guilty to two charges, and was assessed $200 on each, $400 and costs. John Corbet of the Royal Hotel contributed $100 on one charge. The costs were added in each case.. A charge against Bert Howard of the Paterâ€" son House was adjourned for one week. The total amount in fines and costs will exceed $1,200â€" Although the railroad men have, not decided to strike, the Goverb; ment is taking the precaution to guard the tracks with troops, fearâ€" ing attempts to blow up bridges or injure the permanent way. Quan-g tities of dynamite are reported to. have mysteriously disappeared hes cently from the Government stores.' sSTQLEN BILLS CIRCULATING. George Gould Was Fined $20 and Costs at Brantford. A despatch from Brantford says : Twenty dollars and costs was the fine imposed by Police Magistrate Livingston on Wednesday morning on George Gould for slashing Wesâ€" ley Scott, proprietor of _ the Langâ€" ford Hotel, with a razor last week. Mr. Norman L. Johnson Was Fate ally Injured. A _ despatch _ from Lethbridge says : Norman Lewis Johnson, aged 36, single, a homesteader in the Porcupine Hills, met with a most preculiar and fatal accident on Wednesday. He was digging a hole beside a big boulder to bury it, when the boulder slid in on him, half burying him, and forcing the pick into his leg from the ankle to the knee. He was theore 48 hours, before the neighbors discovered and, rescued him. He was taken to, Pincher Creek Hospital, but soon, died. His brother is a doctor in Toronto. ; USED RAZOR ON EQTEL MAXN. OwEN SQUND MEN FINED. PINNED UNDER BOULDER.