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The strikers, after their show of strength against the police earlier in the day, are now cowed and subâ€" missive. None of the victims are injured so seriously that death is likely to result, the only one for whom there are any fears is Constable Ball. A report from the hospital late on j Thursday night is that he is doing well and unless complications set in will recover. _ Constable Carâ€"| penter, of the C.P.R. police, has'l a wound in the kneo which may cripple him, but is not dangerous to life: The battle lasted at least fifteen minutes, and in the meantime word of the situation was received by Mayor Pelletier, and he immediâ€" ately decided to call out the miliâ€" tia. Later the Mayor proceeded to the docks and read the Riot Act. Two hundred militiamen of the B6th Regiment quickly assembled in both cities, and long before dark were on the scene and complete masters of the situation. â€"The list as far as can be ascerâ€" tained now is :â€" Sergt. Taylor, of city police, slight; C. M. Dickenâ€" The strikers, in response to Uhief Dodds, slowly retreated back to McTavish Street, but further they refused to budge, and they kept up an intermittent fire unrder the very eyes of the police officials. They loaded and fired regardless of the fact that they were ordered repeatedly in the name of the King to disperse to their homes. son, of Times Journal, slight ; Chief Constable Ball, C.P.R. police, seriâ€" ously wounded in abdomen; Conâ€" stable Carpenter, C.P.R. constable, knee badly smashed; Two other constables slightly wounded. Two strikers, Greeks, names unknown. bgf Sergt. Taylor and the constables of the city force, prevailed on the strikers to stay away from the bouse. _ All the windows in the bunkâ€"house and all of the C.P.R. yard buildings were smashed by bullets. A FIERCE BATTLE. Then the battle was on. Rifles and revolvers were brought into r‘}ay in every direction, shooting om the corners of houses and g’om behind cars, the fusilade of e men directed at the police lastâ€" :d fully fifteen minutes. The strikâ€" ars massed, and drove the C.P.R. men back into the bunkâ€"house. They fired through the windows, and were preparing to storm the house when Chief Dodds, backed War Secretary Announces His Appointment as Result of Imperial Conference. A despatch from Fort William, Dnt., says: Nine men were woundâ€" »d on Thursday morning in a fight between C.P.R. special constabies pgnd a number of striking truckers. It was shortly before noon that the tbrouble which precipitated the bigâ€" gest riot ever seen in Fort William started, and it came like an exâ€" plosion of a barrel of gunpowder ou a quiet street. A posse of C.P.R. Foh’ce which had been brought down rom Winnipeg, was marched from the sheds to the boardingâ€"house, in Â¥he vicinity. Their progress was sccompanied by hoots and yells and @emonstrations from the large growd of strikers. While the police were eating their dinner the strikâ€" ers apparently determined that they E{ould not be allowed to leave the oardingâ€"house. _ Constable Ball was the first one to make his ap pearance in the doorway, and he was immediately accosted by a couâ€" ple of burly strikers and told he would have to remain indoors, as well as his men. According to eye witnesses, the constable dreow his baton and attempted to hit the striker. Quick as a flash the latter Ead drawn a revolvyer and sent a ullet into the chief‘s abdomen. GEN. FRENCH FOR CANADA A despatch from Londonâ€" says : Iu a speech at Bradford on Friday night, Secretary for War Haldane expressed the greatest satisfaction that the Imperial Conference on the naval and military defences of the Empire had arrived at an agr>eâ€" ment. He announced that while Lord Kitchener, the newlyâ€"appctatâ€" ea Inspectorâ€"General of the Mediâ€" terranean forces, was in Austra lasia, Lieut.â€"Gen. Sir John French commander of the First Army Corps, was going to Canada to work out the details of the plan there. A RIOT AT FORT WA Empire held at the Forcign Office .In general terms the plan pro vides that all troops of selfâ€"govcin Six Officers and Four Civilians Bhot in the Fight. One great homogeneous Imperâ€" ial British army, uniformly trained and equipped, is to be the outcome ci the Imperial Conferences oa she naval and military defences oi the Empire held at the Foreign Office. THE INJURED. KEPT UP FIRE. Some Strikiag _ Samples _ From Northern Ontario. A _ despatch _ from Toronto says : Mr. â€"J. G. Campbell, Crown Lands agent at Cochâ€" rane, on the T. & N. O. Railway, has forwarded to the Provincial Deâ€" partment of Agriculture some splenâ€" did samples of grains grown in Lamarche township. _ The speciâ€" mens give some idea of the agriâ€" cultural possibilities of the northâ€" ern district now being opened up. The hay is 61%4 inches in height, the oats 50%%4, and the wheat 4814 inches. A Hunagarian‘s Effort to Terrorize the City. A despatch from Edmonton, Alâ€" berta, says: A Hungarian desperâ€" ado with a loaded revolver and a dangerousâ€"looking _ knifo dashing east down Grierson street, and firâ€" ing back as he ran at Sergt Nicholâ€" son and other members of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, who were in pursuit, was the thrilling sight which gave Edmonton all the pictured appearances of the wild and woolly west for a few minutes on Saturday afternoon. The man who created the trouble, and who was eventually landed in the cells at the R. N. M. W. P. Barracks without killing or wounding any ore of his pursuers or spectators, is named Milan Obernovitch. He told the police. through an interâ€" preter, that he came to Edâ€" monton a few days ago from Calâ€" gary, and that ho has been in Canâ€" ada about fourteen months. John Lake, butcher at coal docks. bullet grazed forehead, only slightâ€" ly wounded. The appearance of the militia on the scene had a salutary effect on the mob and they scattered so quickly that it was not even necesâ€" sary for the militiamen to load theoir rifles, although each man had been served with several rounds of ball cartridges. sSTRIKERS RETURN TO WORK. ROYALTY FOR SOUTH AFRICA. Prince of Wales Will Open the New Union Parliament. A despatch from London says : Late next Summer or early in the Spring the Prince of Wales will go to South Africa to open the Unâ€" ion Parliament. t ing colonies shall undergo precose ly the same training as the home regulars in order to be ready to take their places beside the latter whenever and wherever necessity may arise. _ Military training colâ€" leges along the lines of the staff college at Camberly are to be esâ€" tablished in the overâ€"sea dominâ€" ions, and there is to be a continu ous interchange of officers from all parts of the Empire so as to en sure absolute uniformity of orgarâ€" ization and training. In a recent speech outlining the probable strength of this army of the Empire, War Secretary Hal dane estimated that the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa could furnish a total of fortyâ€"six divisâ€" ions. This is equivalent to twentyâ€" three army corps, which is the strength of the German army, BIG GROWTH IN GRAIN. ED MONTON THRILLED. Hamsâ€"Light to medium, 15% to 16c; do., heavy, 14 to 14%4c¢; rolls, 13 to 13%%4c¢; shoulders, 12%% to 13¢; backs, 18 to 184%c; breakfast baâ€" con, 1614 to 1Tc. Montreal, Aug. 17.â€"Oatsâ€"No. 2 Canadian Western, 484 to 49¢ ; No. 1 extra feed, 48 to 48%4c; No. 1 feed, 473 to 48)}c; No. 3 Canadiâ€" an Western, 47 to 47%%c. Barleyâ€" No. 2, 71 to 72¢; Manitoba feed barley, 66 to 67¢;, buckwheat, 6914 to 70c. _ Flourâ€"Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $6.30; do., seconds, $5.80; Winter wheat patâ€" ents, $6.50; Maritoba strong bakâ€" ers, $5.60; straight rollers, $6.25 to $6.35; do., in bags, $2.90 to $3 ; extras, in bags, $2.70 to $2.80. Feedâ€"Manitoba bran, $22; do., shorts, $24; pure grain mouille, $33 to $35; mixed mouille, $28 to $30. Cheeseâ€"Woestern, 115 to 11%e¢; easterns at 11% to 11!4%c. Butterâ€"Finest creamery, 214 to 21%ec. Eggsâ€"Selected 24c; No. 1 candled, 20¢. Butterâ€"Pound prints, 19 to 20¢; tubs and large rolls, 18 to 19¢;, inâ€" ferior, 15 to 16¢,;, creamery, 23 to 23%c, and separator, 19 to 20¢ per pound. Lardâ€"Tierces, 14%4¢,; tubs, 143%¢; pails, 15¢. \ Eggsâ€"Case lots, 21!% to 22¢ per dozen. Baconâ€"Long clear, 13% to 14e per pound in case lots ; mess pork, $23.50; short cut, $25.50 to $26. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheeso and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. _ BREADSTUEFS, Toronto, Aug. 17.â€"Flour â€" Onâ€" kario wheat 90 per cent. patents from old wheat, $4.50 to $4.75 in buyers‘ sacks outside for export, and $4.75 to $4.90 on track, Toâ€" ronto. Flour from new wheat, $4 to $4.10 outside. Manitoba flour first patents, $6.10 to $6.20 on track, Toronto; second Eatentg; $5.65 to $5.75, and strong bakers‘, $5.40 to $5.50 on track, Toronto.. Hayâ€"No. 1 timothy, $13 to $14 a ton on track here, and lower grades $9 to $10.50. Strawâ€"$7.50 to $8 on track. Potatoesâ€"United â€" States _ new, 8275 to $3 per barrel; new Canaâ€" dian, 75 to 90¢ per bushel. _ Poultry â€" Chickens, _ yearlings, dressed, 13 to 15c per pound ; fowl, 10 to 11¢c; turkeys, 14 to 166 per pound. Cheeseâ€"12%c for large, and 1243 for twins. Minneapolis, Aug. 17.â€"Wheatâ€" Sept., 98% to 98l4c; Dec:, 9514 to 95%c; May, 99%4 to 99%c; cash, No. 1 hard, $1.36;, No. 1 Northern, $1.â€" 35; No. 2 Northern, $1:33; No s Northern, $1.28 to $1.30. Bran â€" In 100â€"lb. sacks, $20.50. Flour â€"â€" First patents, $5.90 to $6.10; secâ€" ond patents, $5.80 to $6; first clears $4.95 to $5.25; second clears, $3.â€" 35 to $3.65. s : Ontario Wheatâ€"New No. 2, 97 to 98¢, outside points. Barleyâ€"Old No. 3 extra, 61 to 62¢ outside. 3 red, 89¢ to $1.00%% ; No. 2 hard, $1.00% to $1.04; No. 3 hard, 89c to $1.02. Cornâ€"No. 2, 6744 to 68¢; No. 2 white, 71 to 71%c¢; No. 2 yelâ€" low, 68% to 69¢;, No. 3, 67¢; No. 3 white, 71%%4¢c; No. 3 yellow, 6814 to 69¢c; No. 4, 65 to 666. Oatsâ€"No. 3 white, 3644 to 87)c; standard, 3714 to r87‘}%câ€" ern, $1.19, Georgian Bay ports; No. 2 at $1.16%4, and No. 3 at $1.10. Oatsâ€"No. 2 Ontario white, 50 to blc on track, Toronto, and 47 to 4T%ec outside. No. 2 Western Canâ€" ada oats, 45¢, and No. 3, 44¢c, Bay ports, Peasâ€"Prices nominal. Buckwheatâ€"Prices nominal. Cornâ€"No. 2 American yellow 77c on track, Toronto. esc euret WCHicé,go, Ang 17.â€"Cash wheatâ€" No. 2 red, 1.00%4 to $1.021% ; No. THE WORLD‘S MARKEIS Branâ€"$19.50 to $20 for Ontario bran outside in bulk,. Manitoba, $22 in sacks, Toronto freights; shorts, $24, Toronto freights. Beansâ€"Prime, $2.20 to $2.25, and handâ€"picked, $2.40 to $2.45 per bushel. â€" EEFORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADEL CENTRES. Montreal, Aug. 17.â€"Prime beeves sold at 54c per lb.; pretty good animals, 4 to 5¢; common stock, alZ to 33c per lb. There were sevâ€" eral superior milch cows on the market, for which from $55 to $60 was asked ; the other cows sold at $25 to $50 each. One buyer bought eight good calves at $9 each ; comâ€" mon calves sold at $3 to $5 each. Shippers are paying 4c per lb. for good large sheep ; the others sell at 3% to 3%e per lb Lambs sell at 6 to 64c per Ib. Good lots of fat hogs sold at about 84c per lb. Toronto, Aug. 17.â€"Extra choice well finished butchers‘ steers and (e 2C OO ECEA IULLE uluc.,n,, IE SE C EIIET Manitoba Wheatâ€"No. 1 Northâ€" UNITED STATES MARKETS BUSINESS AT MONTREAL THE DAIRY MARKETS LIVE STOCK MARKET COUNTRY PRODUCKE HOG PRODUCTS. Eleyenâ€"Yearâ€"Old _ Girl _ Pluckily Plunges Into River. A despatch from Morrisburg says : While some little girls were bathâ€" ing in the St. Lawrence River, near Point TIroquois, Beryl _ Pelton, daughter of the editor of The St. Lawrence News, stepped into a deep hole, with a treacherous unâ€" dercurrent. She was swept off her feet in a moment and was being carried out into the main current when her young sister, Norma, 11 years of age, standing on the bank, without a moment‘s hesitation, rushed into the river with her clothes and shoes on, and, wading out nearly to her neck, succeeded in reaching her older sister and with difficulty pulled her into shalâ€" low water, thus saving her life. A despatch from Lindsay says : Joseph Hunter, charged with murâ€" dering his wife at Bobcaygeon on August 7th, was up before County Magistrate Moore on Saturday. Crown Attorney Devlin conducted the prosecution; Mr. L. V. O‘Conâ€" nor appeared for the accused. Hunter, pale and wan looking, but rot in the least nervous, was led in by Chief of Police Vincent, and without glancing to either side took his place in the prisoner‘s chair. Only five or six witnesses were exâ€" amined ; the accused had nothing to say, and the Magistrate comâ€" mitted him to the Fall Assizes, which will commence on the 27th day of September next. Ominous Figures in Report of Britâ€" ish Commissioners. A despatch from London says : The report of the Commussioners of Lunacy contains ominous figures reâ€" garding the increaso of insanity in Great Britain. There are now 128,â€" 787 of the certified insane, an inâ€" crease of 2,763. The women exceed the men by 10,000. The criminal lunatics have increased 3.5 per cent. in the year. A noticeable feaâ€" ture is the high ratio of insanity among persons of the lsarned proâ€" fessions. Civil and mining enginâ€" eers show the highest ratio. The commissioners favor farm colonies for the mild cases, and also an exâ€" tension of the boardingâ€"out system under supervision, with observation wards. Net Earnings in Junre, $77,475; For Six Months, $377,529. A despatch from Toronto says : Temiskaming and Northern Onâ€" tario Railway earnings continue to mount upward. _ The report for June shows a remarkably good state of affairs. The gross revenue from operation for the month was $131,850. The expenses were $73,â€" 648, leaving a net revenue from operation of $58,202. The amount received from ore royalties was $19,273, making the total net reâ€" wceipts $77,475, as compared with $30,573 for June, 1908. _ For six months ended June 30, the net revâ€" enue from operation was $309,174 and from ore royalties $68,355, making a total of $377,529, comparâ€" ed with $55,103 for the same period last year. "This return,‘"‘ said Hon. A. J. Matheson, provincial secretary, on Friday, is most graâ€" tifying both to the government and to the commission. I am in hopes that we will have enough surplus revenue to pay the amount required for interest and sinking fund on the whole cost of the road." JOSEPH HUNZER COMMITTED. Bobycaygcon Man Will be Tried for Wifeâ€"murder in September,. Two â€" Huntsville _ Laborers Meet With Sudden Death. A despatch from Huntsville says : Caught under a mass of falling gravel in the pit in which they were working, James Hughes and John Beswick met death sometime on Friday afternoon. When they had not returned to town by seven o‘:elock on Friday night, a search party, fearing an accident, was orâ€" ganized and hurried to the pit, two miles distant. Beswick was found under nine inches of gravel and Hughes under about fifteen inches. The mass had fallen several feet and the men would not know what struck them. Hughes leaves a widow and three children. beifers sold at $5.60 per cwt., whilst $5.30 and $5.40 were easily obtainâ€" ed for ordinary good loads._ Exâ€" porters‘ $6 to $6.25 por cwt. Young lambs were 50 to 75¢ higher than last week. Sheep and calves also kardened. Hogs, $7.65 fLo.b., and $7.90, fed and watered. Fire did damage to the extent of $30,000 to stores and houses in Litâ€" tle Britain, on Saturday The Ontario Government has beâ€" gun the construction of roadways in New Ontario. William P. Roppel, aged years, was dragged by a r horse at Underwood and ki Friday. KILLED IN GRAYEL PIT. INSANITY INCREASING. SAYES SISTER‘S LIFE. 0. PROFITS. w ay The duty collected during the month was $1,378,679 in excess of the Customs duty collected in July, 1908. For the four months ended July 31st of the current fiscal year, the imports were $114,265,502, an inâ€" crease of $22,377,303 over the corâ€" responding period of last year. Exâ€" ports totalled $77,856,408, an inâ€" crease of $6,193,585. Youth While Swimming in Niagara is Caught by Current. A despatch from Niagara Falls, Ont., says: While swimming in the Niagara River on Monday afterâ€" noon, Augustus Spohr, a youth of eighteen years, was caught by a strong undercurrent and swept to death through the Whirlpool Rapâ€" ids. With several companions, Epohr had been bathing near the Old Maid of the Mist landing, a favorite bathing spot, where the placid waters suggest safety and give no hint of the deadly underâ€" current. Spohr ventured out from the shore, and was caught by the current, which swept him down the stream. Crying to his companions to save him, the lad attempted to turn and fight against the waters which were sweeping him to death, but his strength was insufficient. The current was too swift, and he was carried rapidly down the stream. Still voicing piteous apâ€" peals for succor, the doomed lad, as he passed under the Grand Trunk bridge, was caught by waves which lifted him out of the water and carried him into the rapids. Numbers of people lined the banks watching, with horror, the strugâ€" gles of the boy. Imports for July Show an Increase of $7,444,616. A despatch from Ottawa says: Customs returns for the month of July bear out the predictions of increaso in trade, both in exports and imports. Compared with July, 1908, the total imports for last month show an increase of $7,440,â€" 616; the exports an increase of $955,357, making an increaso of $8.395,973 in the total trade. on Tuesday. The strike has been made at Meagher‘s Grant, near Musquodobolt. For some time it has been known to certain parties that a rich body of arsenic was situâ€" ated near Meagher‘s Grant. About three weeks ago Otis Mills of Meaâ€" gher‘s Grant, Captain Richard Williams and Ernest Hill of Dartâ€" mouth took up a number of claims and started working for arsenic. The betterment in the total trade was $23,570,896, being $192,121,910 for the past four months, as comâ€" pared with $163,551,024 for the four months ended 31ist of July, 1908. The duty for the first four months of this fiscal year netted $17,885,â€" 948, an increase of $3,633,440 over the same period of the last fiscal year. Michael Hall, of Norfolk County, Shot and Killed. A despatch from Simcoe, Ont., says: Emerson Shelley, 15 years of age, is locked up in jail here, chargâ€" ed with having shot and killed Michâ€" ael Hall, an almost blind octogenâ€" arian, on Sunday afternoon. Hall, who was 80 years of age, almost blind, and somewhat crippled, lived near Walsh, ten miles from this town. Shelley has been working for him, his stepâ€"father living in the neighborhood. As far as can be learned the lad shot the old man with a 32 calibre rifle from behind, the bullet entering the back of his head. Ho then fired two more bulâ€" lets into the prostrate body. He A despatch from Halifax, N. S., says : The report of another rich strike of gold in the eastern part of Halifax county reached the city A despatch from London, Ont., says: Catherine Brash, aged fourâ€" teen months, whose parents live at the corner of Victoria and Colborne streets, was, on Tuesday evening, saved from drowning through the alarm given by a collie that was chained nearby. The baby girl, in creeping around, fell into a rainâ€" barrel partially sunk in the ground. Mrs. Brash heard the dog bark, and at first paid no attention. Then the collie, tugging at its chain, started to whine and bark more loudly than Strike of Yery Rich Quartz Reported From Halifax County. GOLD FOUND IN NOYA SCOTIL The Sagacious Collis Gave an Alarm While Chained Up. CHILD‘S LIFE SAYVED BY D06 sSwWEPT INTO WHIRLPOOL. AGED MAN SHOT DEAD. BUSINESS REYVIVAL. Alberta Farmers Confining Their Attention to Wheatâ€"growing. A despatch from Calgary says : Patrick Burns, the pionger packer of Alberta, states that the farmâ€" ers, attracted by $1 wheat, are selling off their cattle, with a t to increasing their wheat areas! a result the Province will, if the present method of grainâ€"farming be ccntinued, be forced to import beet vithin three years. Sheep have been imported from Australia and the United States for a number of years, and twoâ€"thirds of the bacon used in the Province is purchased in the United States. Live stock values will increase rapidly, bub unless the farmers have live stock tc dispose of they cannot reap the benefit from tho increased values. One of the Worst Storms in Years on Bay of Fundy. A despatch from Annapolis, N. S., says: One of the fiercost gales that has visited the Bay of Fundy coast this year, raged here for sevâ€" eral hours on Wednesday morning and the damage is reported heavy. Grain and corn crops have in many localities been totally ruined, while other crops have suffered to a lesâ€" ser extent.. Hay that had been cut and cocked was blown broadcast over the surrounding country. Many of the orchards are reported to have been completely raked by the gale. Reports arrived from the BEay shore describe the damago done to fishing tackle as heavy. Five Persons Lost Their Lives at Harcock, Michigan,. j A despatch from Detroit, says : A special to the News from Hanâ€" cock, Mich., says five persons lost=â€" their lives there early on Thursâ€" day, when the residence of Edward Dionne was burned. They’t Mrs. Dionne, Edward Dionne, @€., aged 8; Lee Dionne, an infant; a tenâ€"yearâ€"old girl named Racine, and a fifth person whose name has A good deal of this quartz wab, struck and an assay was made which showed $12 per ton arsenic and $3 per ton gold. Men were engaged _ to work the claim, and it was not _ until Tuesday that any startiing. discovery was made. Then a veiiif’ cf quartz was uncovered which _ proved to be not only rich in arâ€" _ senic, but also to have a far largor _ percentage of gold. It is statea that mining men who have seen _ the samples of the ore pronoufl%: it to be the best they have ever _ seen. : s No Trace of the "Waratah‘‘ With Its Three Hundred on Board. A despatch from Simonstown, Cape Colony, says: The British cruiser Fortex returned here on Wednesday after an unsuccessful search for the steamer Waratah, during which a distance of miles was covered. The Warata‘ British steamer, has been mis&;i%;g since July 26, when she sa-i_lefl. m ever, and the mother, look’ing about, discovered the child‘sâ€"feeb protuding from the water barrel.. The little one was at once pulled cut and a doctor brought. _ The baby was then unconscious and black in the face ; but after an hour she began to revive and no serious results are expected, unless unâ€" foreseen _ complications develop. When the child_ was rescued the dog‘s demonstrations of joy were as strenuoiis as hrd been the ala-rm: that ke had so faithfully given. bas been in the habit of carrying @@ revolver recently it appeatrs, ang discharging it at random, causin much alarm among residents of the neighborhood. The boy is small and slight of figure and does not look at all vicious as he lies in his cell here. It is said the motive for the shooting was a reprimand from Hall some days before. Port Natal. She had on board 93 passengers and a crew of 207 mon. A majority of the passengers were colonials and the others Englishâ€" men returning home from Sydney and Port Natal. not been learned A MYSTERY OF THE SEA. CROPS DEVASTATED. MAY IMPORT BEEF. KILLED IN A FIRE.