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$5 MILLER Will lf (lillilllll) Elevator, Freight Sheds and Cold Storage Plant Destroyed. A despatch from Quebec says: A fire loss estimated at from 351, 000,000 to $1,250,000, and the death of one fire fighter, mark the cle- struction Saturday night of the million bushel grain elevator own- (d by the Canadian Northern Rail- way. The building was erected a few years ago at a cost of $400,000. It was destroyed, together with 150,000 bushels of grain. Also con- sumed were two huge freight sheds, well filled with goods; the Cus- toms House, 3 small freight sheds, the plant of the Quebec Cold Stor- age Co., and a number of loaded ~freight cars and two small boats. The fire broke out in the elevator about eight o'clock, and as it was constructed of wood, and of a good height, it soon became a mass of flames, the firemen being quite helpless. The freight sheds of the cold storage plant followed, and then the dome of the custom house, a large stone built edifice, ignited How blind are we who measure our benefits in terms of the dust, who feel that we, have not been blessed unless we are laden with toys, and follies, and paltry prizes. We ought rather to murmur if with all our gain of things we have missed the lasting treasu’res of Peace, and love, and character. The real causes for thanksgiving, the great benefits of life, are in what has come of enriching to the heart, and mind, and memory. Who them, has not occasion for joy? The sretrqspech may have pain and loss 'lt its vista, it may be here a part- ing and there a grave. Yet have not the dark days brought to us that which could have come in no other way? What lives are as rich as those that have heen down in the dark valley? Where are hearts develop- ed as in that way that is barren of all but the flowers of love? To whom do we turn when we would frnd riches of sympathy on which to thaw save to those who have found It is good to hare this day in which even the dreariest and sad- dest lives shall feel the swelling tide 'of joy and shall be borne by it to find cheer anew for themselves. Each day of rejoicing but augments the bitterness of those who are burdened with sad memories. Yet if they will but look for it joy awaits them somewhere. Then it is a good thing to have a day that questions our boastings ot self-sufficiency, that marks with interrogation our oft reiterateu "all these things have my hands wrought," that questions whether there is not something of credit due In all our works both to fellow man and to the Father of us all. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Grain Agent Acheson of the C. P. B. returned on Thursday, after a complete tour of the west. He was studying the grain situation, and reports himself delighted with the yield, which, he says, is running far beyond all early estimates. He is convinced that the total wheat crop will run close to 122,000,000 bushels, which, at current prices, would mean a cash return to farm- ing- of nearly as many million dol- Yet it may be a good thing to have this special day of apprecia- tion-at least one day when com- plaining is silent and the face is set to find the best in all things. If we earnestly seek on this day to cultivate thanksgiving its spirit and its light will shine through all the year; we steadily shall cultivate the view of life as crowded with loving' kindness. "They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness."--- Ps. cxiv, 7. Why should we set aside one day ix" the year and ask men to give thanks to the Most High for the mercies of the past? Does the lu, finite Giver of Good demand the tri- bute of our praise? Might it not be well rather to spread the thanks through all the. year and every day to cultivate the habit of gratitude 'l THE YIELD IN THE WEST Expert Says It Will Not Pall Short of 122,0()(),00() Bushels. T+'t't4++++++++++++++++.42, R+++++++++++M b4 4 w + , "We gstimated the yield of wheat :1 NAMED; at fifteen bushels to THANKSGIVING Enormous Growth of Winnipeg _ Bank Clearings. A despateh from Winnipeg says: Business conditions in the west are reflected in the hundred million dol- lar expansion in bank clearings, the five million dollar increase in build- ing operations in Winnipeg, with a proportionate development in the country and other cities, and twen- ty million bushels increase in the wheat yield. The banks are very active in establishing branches in the newer towns and growing cen- tres, and in one case a branch was opened in a farm house, awaiting the sale of townsite lots by the rail- way. The city of Lethbridge, with seven thousand population, has ten These are the gifts with which the days that are past return to us if we have but the spirit of ap- preciation. if we have but eyes to see and hearts to know true values, if we but lift up our hearts to thank the Infinite Goodness for the glow- ing pattern and the imperishable treasure, of character that is being woven in this strange and busy mill of life. and in a short time the place was in ruins. The records were saved. A stiff west wind fanned the flames and threatened the safety of the C. P. R. steamer Empress of Ireland, which was lying at Neford's wharf in a damaged state, and the steam- er was moved across the harbor. The fatality occurred when Je- rome Fortin of the fire department and a C. N. R. fireman named Martel fell with a ladder from the second floor of the custom house. They alighted on the stone steps 30 feet below. Fortin was instantly killed, while Martel had both legs and several ribs broken, and sus- tained other injuries. - _ , the wealth of the inner life through the hardness and despoiling of out- er things? C 1 What thanksgiving is there like io that for the joys of home, for friendships, human loves, glimpses of higher beauties, the foretastes of rrohler living, the treasures of mem- ory and hope, the touch with the world of spirits? chartered banks] the acre," he said: "Saskatchewan at seventeen, and Alberta at twen- ty bushels to the acre. Actual re- ports show that in Manitoba wheat is running from seventeen to We I- ty-five bushels to the acre on an avelage; in tho vicinity of Moose Jaw, 5 to 30 bushels to the acre; around Swift Current the same; out through Alberta, from i?.'? to 35 bushels to the acre. In one place, Pincher Creek, 'wheat is running 45 bushels to the acre." How empty must the day of thanksgiving be to him who can count his benefits only in cash bal- ances. No matter how great the gains in things there is no reality in praising God for what has been made in apparent independence and often in conscious defiance of him, while it would be but mockery to join with your fellows in praise for that which has been gain to you only because it has meant loss to them. Even the humble and honest lives cannot be satisfied with giving thanks only for profits and gains in things. Gratitude wells up from deep source. When looking beyond and through the experiences of gain or loss, of pain or pleasure we see what these have added to us, not what has passed through our hands, but what has found Its way into our hearts. How small seem the prizes for which we strive, how paltry that of which we have been proud when with clearer eyes we review the process of enriching the permanent assets of our lives which has been going on through storm and sun, shine, good and bad, as it has come. He had not received a. single complaint of a car shortage this fall. There had not been a hint of 5, blockade anywhere. The fire was not under "control until the early hours of Sunday morning. Only the direction of the wind saved the lower tows. The work of the fire department is be- ing severely criticized, and, an in- vestigation may be held. The insurance is said to be less than $500,000. T WE STERN EX PA N SION. CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS Two suffragettes “were sentenced to a, month in prison for their at- tack on Mr. Lloyd-George at New- castle. Telegrapnlo Briefs From Our Own 1nd other Countries ot Recent Events. CANADA. Net earnings on the T. & N. o. Railway for the past eight months shgw Large increases. A ‘Work train released by some small boys rushed down hill at 50 miles an hour at Vancouver and collided with a Grand View passen- ger car, smashing it badly. The pas- sengers escaped with a shaking up. A London mob attempted a de- monstration before the Spanish Em- bassy on Sunday night, but was chiven off by the police. Civil service examinations will be held at several points in the Domin, 1011, commencing on Nov. 9th. The Railway Commission ordered the Canadian Northern to build the subway at Pembina street, Winni- peg, at once. Daniel Cummings, a Winnipeg ticket agent, who has been despon- dent over the death of his wife, has disappeared. _ . V Jimles M. Barrie, the Scottish writer, was granted a divorce from his wife in London, on Wednesday. Nineteen persons lost their lives in. a, storm which swept over Ten- nessee on Friday. Homing pigeons are being used to smuggle cocaine into the West- ern Penitentiary at Pittsbprg. iiAPPENrNtrs FED)! ALL OVE THE GLOBE. The CCP. R. will close the Farn- ham shops and move the plant and men to ,Montreal. Another portion of the Gillies limit is to be sold by public tender in_twenty-acre locations. Winbourn L. Burgess was arrest- ed at Vancouver on a charge of rob- bing a Canadian Express agent at Truro, N. S, - -- An Italian named Spanelli was convicted at North Bay Assizes of the murder of a Chinaman in a Hai- leybury restaurant, Mr. Geiger, choirmaster of the Colborne Street; Methodist Church at London, Ont., died suddenly, and the choir waited for his arrival on Sunday morning, not knowing of his death. . _ The San Domingo Government has forwarded a cl1eclc'to the own- ers of the Nova Scotia schooner Bri- tannia to cover damages inflicted, oR the vessel by some troops firing from shore. It is reported that Sir John Fish- er will retire from the British Ad- miralty this tmyoth. 7 _ _ President Taft and Dial met Saturday on the Mexicanjoot.rdt '7 Dr. 050k was presented with the freedom of the city of New York on Friday. _ " . -. "A ja-ur/ch with twenty-eigrt per- sons aboard is believed to have gone, d1yrn i_n Larch Lake, Minn. Ed. Barrill, who went up Mount McKinley with Dr. Cook, says un- der oath that the explorer never reached the summit. Inspecfor John Rogers has been appointed Superintendent of the re- orFirai.ized Ontario policrs __-s" Barry Bummer of Toronto jump- ed from a window in the Kingston Penitentiary in an attempt to com- mit suicide. He will recover- The Government is considering the question of abolishing the grain certificates at Port Arthur and Fort William, owing to _the dissatisfac- tion of the mariners. The last spike was driven in the National Transcontinental Railway between Fore William and Winni- peg on Tuesday, and the line now stretches from Fort William to Ed- monton. Two children of a, Galician settler near Vonda, Sash., named Loote- schtn, were burned to death in a fire that destroyed the family dwel- mg. Business men of the eastern States will send a petition to Pre- sident Taft asking clemency for Charles W. Morse, who has been sentenced to fifteen years in prison for violating the national banking laws. The Nicaraguan insurgents have possessions of the entire east coast of the republic. The general strike at Home as a mark of sympathy with Ferrer's fol- lowers continues. i'iiiit"ivisih soldiers were killed in a iight with a party of Moors near Melina. Orville Wright reached an alti- tude of 600 feet in a flight before the Kaiser at Potsdam, on Friday. Business is practically at a stand- “areal-Enriny’s super-Dreadnought Westialen has developed a speed of twenty kuotsin a trial trip. Vi‘Businress is praqtically at a stand still in Rome, while the people pro test against the execution of For rer. The revolution in Nicaragua is as- suming serious proportions. Nine men were killed in a figld near Greyto‘wn. UNITED STATE GREAT BRITAIN GENERAL was THE WORLD'S MARKE 1’8 Manitoba wheab--No. 1__Northern quoted at $1.0472 Bay ports, and No. 2 Northern at $1.03A Bay ports. REPORTS FR01I THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Torontoto, Oct. 19.--Flour---On- tario wheat 90 per cent. patents, $4.15 to 84.25 in buyers' sacks on track, Toronto, and at $4 to $4.10 outside in buyers' sacks. Manitoba flour, first patents, $5.60 on track, Toronto; second patents, $5.10, and strong bakers', $4.90 to $5 on track, Toronto. Ontario wheat-No. 2 mixed quo- ted at 98 to 990 outside, and No. 2 white and red Winter, 99 to $1.00 outside. Oats-No. 2 Ontario white, new, My.; to 37e outside. New Canada West oats, 38 to 383/10 spot, Bay ports. Peas--84 to Mc outside. Rye-No. 2 69 to 700 outside. Buckwheat-p to 560 outside. Corn-No. 2 American yellow 69e on track, Toroto. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at T Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. 2eans---Priay, $2.25 “and hand- picked, $2.40 to $2.45 per bushel. Hay-Yo. 1 timothy, $15.50 to $16 a ton on track here, and No. 2 $14 to $14.50. Straw-i." to $9.50. Potatoes-gg to 600 per' bag on track for Ontario, and at 750 for New Brunswick. _ Poultry-Chickens, dressed, 12 to 13c per Ib, ; fowl, 9 to 100; turkeys, 17 to 190 per ilr; ducks, lb. 12 to 13c; geese, 10 to 12c per 1b. Flour~Manit9ba Spring wheat pat- ents, firsts, $5.70; Manitoba Spring wheat patents, seconds, $5.20; Win- ter wheat patents, $5.50; Manitoba, strong bakers, $5; straight rollers, 85 to $5.25; straight rollers, in bags $2.35 to $2.50. Feed-Ontario bran $21 to $22; Ontario middlings, $23.- 50 to $24; Manitoba bran, $21; Manitoba shorts," $23 to $24; pure grain mouille, $33 to $35; mixed mouille, $24 to $27. Cheese--- Western, 11%3 to 11jric and eastern 11% to 111/30. Butter-Creamery, 24% to 250. Eggs-Selected stock, 27 to 280; No. 1 candied 25 to 26e per dozen. Barley-No. 2, 56 to 57c outside, apd No. 3 extra at 54 to 550 out- side, Butter-Pound prints, 2110 220; tubs and large rolls, 19 to 20c; in, ferior, 17 to I80; creamery, 25 to Me, and solids, 23 to Me per 1b. Eggs-Case lots, 250 per dozen. Cheese-12)dc per 1b for large and at 12%0 for twins. Bacon, long clear, 15 to 15)de per l. in case lots; mess pork, $26.50; short cut, $27.50 to $23. - _ Hams-Light to medium, 15/2 to 160; do., heavy, 14 to 14%0; rolls, 14% to 15e; shoulders, 12% to IM; backs,_18% to 200; breakfast ba- con, I? tf. 18c. ' Bran-in in bags, and shorts, $23 in bags. Apples-im to $2.75 per har- rel, according to quality. - _ _ - Honiv---Combs, dozén, $2.25 to $337 extracted, 10c pgr lb.. _ Montreal, Oct, 19.-New crop oats No, 2 Canadian Western, 41% to 420; old crop oats No. 2 Canadian Western, 42 to 42%0. Barley-No. 2, 66 to 67c; Manitoba feed barley, 52 to 530; ‘bupkwheqt, 57 to 58c. Buffalo, Oct. 19.-Wheat--Spring stronger; No. 1 Northern, carloads store, $1.08; Winten, steady, No. 2, $1.24; No. 2 white, $1.24. Corn- Firm. Oats-Higher; No. 2 white, 43% to Me; No. 3 white, 43%c;; No. 4 white, 42'Ac. Rye-No. 2 on track, 790. Chicago, Oct. 19.-Cash wheat-- No. 2 red, $1.19 to $1.20; No. 3 red, $1.16 to $1.17; No. 2 hard, $1.10 to $113; No. 3 hard, $1.05 to $1.10; No. 1 Northern, $1.07 to $1.08; No. 2 Northern, $1.05 to $1.06; No. 3 Spring, $1,021.; to $1.- 05)i. Corn-No, 2, 6'0 to GUI/QC; No. 2 white, 60% to 610; No. 2 yellow, 60%, to 60310; No. 3, 60 to 60)dc; No. 3 white, eoy.ic; No. 3 yellow, Goldie; No. 4, 597; to 00C. Oats--- No. 2 white, 40,390: No. 3 white, 39 to 40c; No. 4 whitt, 36%, to 390; standard, 40% to 40%6. 7 Lard---Tierees, }5 to 15%0; tubs, 15% to 15%0; pails, 15% to 15%c. Montreal, Oct. 19.--Northwest cattle sold at from 4% to 5)de per lb.; pretty good animals from 3% to #40; common stock, 2 to Be per lb. ; small bulls sold at about 2e per ib.; lean old cows 1% to Irie per Ib.; milch cows, $30 to $60 each. Grass-fed calves, 2%, to 4yie per Lb.; good veals, 5 to Cre per lb. Sheep, Slgc; lambs 51; to 5310- per lb. Good lots of fat hogs sri' to 90 per lb. Toronto, Oct.,., Hh,-ii,:'ilv Eunice iveil-fiuishod butcher and export 1b.; small 11).; lean 11).; mile} Chassrfecl Lb.; good UNITED STATES MARKETS BUSINESS AT MONTREAL LIVE STOCK MA RKETS THE DAIRY MARKETS COUNTRY PRODUCE HOG PRODUCTS. Lines took the powerful tug Har- rison and cleared on Thursday af- ternoon at 3 o’clock for Flower Pot Island, where t? e company's steam- ship' Athabasca, is hard aground. Word of the mishap reached Owen Sound by the C. P. R. steamship Assiniboia, 'which passed the point at 6.30 on Thursday morning. Cap- tain Brown of the Athabasca said that his vessel had gone ashore at 1.30 in thick weather, and that she was lying with her bow on a, flat rock, with about four feet of ‘water in the forward hold. An effort was made to get a message across to Tobermoray, by passing tug for as- sistance, but the arrival of the As- siniboia was the first, word receiv- ed. The Assiniboia stayed about twenty minutes, but having no totsr line could not render assistance. The steamer is said not to be in a dangerous position. She carried (rattle, were very scarce, $5.50 be- mg the top price paid for a few extra, prime, picked steers and hei- fers. The demand for good but- chers' was strong and sold freely at from $4.85 to $5. Butcher cows were rather higher. There was a good market for stockers and feed- ers of the heavy class, hut the rough and light variety were draggy. As high as $70 was paid for choice milch cows. Distillery feeders, steers and bulls are in great de,- mand and the supply was on the short side. Sheep and lambs Were steady, with lambs slightly easier. Calves-Steady. ILogrs-Unehanced at $7.50 f.o.b. and 87ti, fed and watered. ', isut, T A despatch from Owen Sound says: Superintendent Buchanan of the Canadian Pacific Steamship THE 1fii1lllf1jk 1iifllllNl, Her Bow Driven Up on a Flat Rook in Georgian Bay, Empress of Ireland Damaged in the Gulf. A despatch from Montreal says: According to a message received on Thursday at the Canadian Pacific Railway office, the Empress of Ire- land struck a submerged wreck on Thursday morning between Cape Chatte and Matane and had a hole punched in her bows. The steam- er reached Rimouski at 4.45 in the afternoon and proceeded for Que- bee after taking on her pilot, as it is apparent that; she is not badly damaged, as Capt. Forster would have landed his 1,100 passengers at that point had his ship been in grave danger. Government vessels have been searching for the last few days in the river for a derelict, but without the success of the Empress. C. P. R. LINER STRIKES WRECK Hundreds of Petitions Asking Cle- mency for Mrs. Robinson. A despatch from Ottawa, says: The Department of Justice is being inundated with letters and post- cards praying for executive cle- mency tor Mrs. Robinson, the 1111- fortunate woman under sentence to be hanged at Sudbury next month, On ,Thursday over 1,500 postcards and letters were reeeir- ed. While it is practically certain that the death penalty 'will not be exacted under the circumstances, the Minister of Justice will not deal with the case in any hasty or irre- gular manner. . Ferrer, except for a, momentary expression of emotion immediately preceding his death, retained his composure to the last. His attor- ney, K. M. Maleeran, who had de- fended the prisoner, had secured permission for aibrief talk with the r-evolutionist before the latter was led to the ditch where he was to die. To his attorney, Ferrer spoke feelingly of the work for which he had sacrificed his life, and of the A despatch from Barcelona, Spain, says: Prof. Francisco Ferrer, the Spanish educator and convicted revolutionist, was shot at the Fort- ress oi Mont Juich, where he has been confined since bis co,ndemna- tion by court-martial. Ho faced Che, firing squad 'without "dhaching, and fell dead at the first volley. PEER EEEEEE lll(llnflll) Spanish Educator and Revolutionist Fae Death Without Tremor. future of his daughter, whose brave attempt to save his life touched the father more deeply than any other incident of his trial and convicti "n. On Ferrer's arrest, his family were left dependent upon his daughter, who at once secured em- A SHOWER 0F POSTCARDS. Owing to the heavy sea. it w V. thought unwise to attempt any a% sistance. It was also feared that the Athabasca if she was pulled " might sink. A conversation with a megaphone was carried on Ly. tween the two vessels with mu- difficulty owing to the highcwiM The Athabasca is one as the smaller of the company'sve ', and was built on the Clydezitf I: Since the arrival of the Tiers/ ' new liners, Assiniboia and Keew tin, she has not =been in 1tiisl, service. She went into commission early in October for the fall trade. The point where the steamer went on is about two hundred yards from. the Flower Pot Island Lighthouée, the islands being located in the channel between the end of the Bruce peninsula and r,lft',1eitg11il1,i,t; Island, and about eighty-five mile from this port. _ only half a cargo, composed of gem eral merchandise, and had less than a, dozen passengers on her list. Well-Known Insurance Agent In. halos chloroform. A despatch from Picton gt' _ Tired of life, Geo. A. Ostrandet insurance agent, committed stii' /, and was found dead by his wife"ors Sunday morning. On Saturday at. ternoon he told his wife he would not be home for supper. He went to the barn unnoticed, made a bed, and covered his face with cotton batting saturated with chloroform. Then he pulled a rug over him, Thus he was found this morning by his wife. He was aged about 60. Loss of Life on Transcontinental Railway Construction. A despatch from Ottawa says: The toll of death in construction work on the National Transcoutin- ental Railway during the last fiseat year was 68, while 22 men suffered serious injuries. The, fatalities were, for the most part, caused by carelessness on the part of the glen handling dynamite. Most of the killed were Italians or Sweitisi.', There were over 12,000 men in ttu army of railway builders during the past year. A sanguinary battle between re- gular troops and revolutionists WM fought in Santo Domingo on Bat- urday. Miss Muriel Johnston Died at Otta- wa on Saturday. A despatch from Ottawa says; Through mistaking a bottle of car- bolic acid for a similar bottle con- taining a tonic, Miss Muriel John.. ston, 17 years of age, residing on Gloucester street, poisoned herself on Saturday and died an hour " terwards in great agony. Miss Johnston contracted typhoid fever in Cochrane several weeks ago, aad was convalescing from the disease. As soon ag the mistake was diseovy ered medioal aid was summon _ but efforts to save her life w without avail. - il Previous to the execution pre- "', cautions had been taken to fora, stall a. possible attempt at; rescue) Y, by doubling the sentinels upon the 1 galls 9f the fortress. The United States will admit he oi duty woodpulp from wood 0‘11 anywhere in Canada, except on Crown lands in Ontario or Quebec. ployment in a biscuit factory. Thq daughter made a personal appeal to King Alfonso to spare her fs. ther’s life. When these facts were related by Malceran, Fen-er broke down. It was but a passing emotion, and presently the undaunted revo~ lutionist was himself again. Ferrer declined to receive the last sacraments, and turned away from fhe two priests of the Order of Peace and Charity, who had been sent by the prison authori- ties to offer him the final ccnyola- tion of the Church. When the hour of his execution arriv‘he walked bravely through the prison yard to the ditch, in the shadow of the encircling wall. Without a quiver he faced the twelve infa b. trymen who, at the word of com- mand, fired a single volley. When the report had died away, Ferret lay deed upon the ground. TOOK POISON BY MISTAKE. SIXTY-EIGHT MEN KILLED. SUICIDE AT PICTGN.