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the Great Fire in despatch from Fernie, B. C., i Jays: Atked for a statement of fire es, President Lindsey, of the Orow's Nest Pass Coal Company has given out the following official statement : » "Fire area--Valley of Elk Rive ¢oal mining district in Kootenay, « 0.; is approximately 30 miles Jong aud two to ten miles broad. In this area are situated the City of Fernie and the Towns of Hosmer - and Michel, all mining -camps. There is a large mining plant at Coal Creek, near Fernie whence comes the largest output of coal. Although the fire has been within two miles of Ooal Creek, the town may be said to be safe, and although the fire is all around Michel there is no grave apprehen- sion as to it. "Hosmer has escaped with little loss on its mining side, but Fernie has been completely obliterated, only 23 houses and three business houses being left. On both banks cf the Elk River are a large num- ber of sawmills, all of which, with one exception, have ben swept out of existence, and probably a large number of men have lost their lives in the woods. The bodies re- covered so far number 16, and there will be more, but in the woods only. '"The loss of the Crow's Nest Pass Company, owning mines at Coal Creek and Fernie and Michel, will be $200,000; the 0. P. R. will se $200,000; the Great Northern ilway will lose about $350,008, and the lumber c es net less than a million. The loss ef timber to the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Jom- any will be not less than a mil- ion. "The loss to the City of Fernie will be not less than two million. There is no rain in sight, and the fire continues slowly up the moun- tainside, but nothing but a very high wind would do much damage, as the valley along its lower por- tions is swept clean of everything combustible. Relief in the form of money, supplies and bedding have come in with great freedom and _everyone is now under canvas at Fernie. There are about 3,000 wo- men and children at Cranbrook, to the west of Fernie, and about 1,500 st Lethbridge, to the east, but they gre being slowly brought back to Fernie, where tent accommodation can be provided for them." TRAGIC INCIDENTS OF FIRE. One of the most tragic fatalities of the fire, and one which shows the extremes to which people were driven te escape the heat, was the finding of the bedies of a family ef four in a well, a mimer, his wife and children, where they had tried to get relief from the terrific heat. The head of the man, whose name was William Ford, was badly burn- cd, while his wife and children, a koy of 2 years, and a girl of 8 years, all died of suffocation. There was little water in the well, which was curbed with wood, and after climb- ing into it he and his family were evidently unable to get out again, and the curbing burned down al- most to the water's edge, suffocat- ing them. Even more pathetic is the awful manner in which Mrs. Addie Tur- ner, an aged invalid woman, who lived with her son in Fernie annex, met death. When it was seen that the house was going to be ignited by flying embers in the gale, Mr. Turner, a miner, prepared his wife and children for flight. The aged woman could not walk, and 'she pleaded with them to leave her and save themselves, but finally, when the house was caught by the flames, Mr. Turner wrapped the old woman in a web blaoket, carried her out of the house, and laid her on the ground. He then his wife and children and fled. Sthitg but the blackened bones of the ol woman 'were found by' the search- 'st Statement of the Actual Damage By British Columbia, PEOPLE FLOOKING BACK. returning to Fernie, and before ten the majority will have returned. There: are no new developments except that donations. of supplies and money continue to pour in from all direct'ons. Food is plentiful at present, and sleeping quarters ade- quate. The sanitary conditions are being very carefully watched, and there is no fear of danger from that quarter. , Oranbrook has done malvels to- ward alleviating the suffering thou- sands of Fernie refugees. The mo- ment word was received that Fernie a the citizens began to or- ganize committees to receive and care for the people, public subscrip- tions opened, tents erected on va- cant lots, and citizens began to ga- ther blankets and clothing and va- cant stores on the main thorough- fares were opened, to be used as distributing bureaus for clothes and blankets. Provisions were donated, a corps of cooks got busy, 'and ev- erything was in shape to receive and handle the refugees almost be- fore they arrived. The big rink was fitted up as an eating hall and sleeping place. At each meal fully 1,600 people are fed, and every night 7560 sleep within the walls. A NEW FERNIE RISING. A despateh from Fernie dated Baturday night says: Under a scereling sum the ceaseless werk of rebuilding the eity has gome em to-day, and the result has been marvellous. To-night, for the first time since the disaster, many will sleep under a roof again, Part'cu- lar attention has been devoted to the sanitary arrangements, aad large bath houses will be complet- ed by to-morrow, when all will be compelled to perform a scientific ab- lution, whether they appreciate the process or- mot. Lumber and sup- plies have been coming in all day, and very little work has been de- layed by lack of material. The Bank of Hamilton opened up in their new premises for business to- day, and the Home Bank and Bank of Commerce hope to be in a posi- tion to do so to-morrow. The fires are still burning fierce- ly on the mountain sides and eat- ing into the good timber. There is no hope of extinguishing it, un- less there is a heavy rain soon, and from present indications there is none in sight. All the offices in connection with the relief werk have been removed to the scheel premises, and are conveniently situn- ated. Ne further casualties have been reported, but it is impossible to make a thorough and systematic search yet. Railway are busily engaged in re- placing the big bridge across the Elk River and repairing their road- way, and the C. P. R. have com- pleted the new station and freight sheds and have made good progress on their roadway. Everything is still running smoothly and the same cheerful and confident feeling re- mains. eis PIGSKIN GRAFTED ON BOY. Successful Operation Performed in 8t. John Hospital. . A despatch from St. John, N.B., Auliffe, the 14-year-old son of Jere McAuliffe, the actor, fell under a train and his left leg had to be am- putated close to the trunk. Tues- day .evening eight physicians per- formed a skin grafting operation Some days ago a boy friend gave a large section of skin, which was successfully grafted. n. ay a young pig was chloroformed 'aad skin from it to cover a raw. wound on McAuliffe's The pigskin has completely taken Mr. Turner and his hold and - McAuliffe will recover This is the first operation of the ind ever atte i a. Every day scores of people arel days have passed it is expected that| died The Great Northern | says: Two months ago Eugene Me-| Body' | dond Driven craz | men committed RAPPENINGS FROM ALL 0 Telegraphio Bells From Our 8d Other Countries of 'Becent Events. Mayor Tuttles of Fernie: ed a further appeal for aid. Gainsboro', Bask., suffered a $80, 000 fire loss on Thursday. = The O. P. R. asks for 25,000 har- vest hands for the prairie harvest. An attempt was made on Satur- day to blow up the house of St. N Thomas' license inspector. The July output from the collier- ies of the N, B. Steel & Coal Co. was 59,318 tons. ¢ % The 0. P. R. are said to be pre- paring to make Montreal the sum- mer port for their Atlantic steam- ers. : London's customs returns for July were $65,035.78, an increase of} $10,469.13 over June. AR The examination of school chil- dren's teeth is advocated by the Ca- nadian Dental Association. The C. P. R. are said to be im- porting men from Chicago to take the places of the striking mechanics. The estimate of Ontario receipts from succession duties for this year has already been exceeded by $189,- 000. Ool. J. Knox Leslie, ex-Treasurer of the Toronte Exhibition, was ér- rested on a charge of stealing $10,- 000. The Ontario Government has al pointed M. J. N Hare, an ag |. tural Sxpert, to assist the farmers of On county. QOanadian private yachts not en- gaged in commercial enterprise can enter U. 8. ports without going to a customs' house. A prospector returned with $3,- 000 gold dust from behind the 'Gol- den Ear Mountains, and a rush has begun from Port Haney, B. O. A carload of speckled trout from Osceola, Wis., has been placed in lakes near Kenora, and the fish will be protected for ten years. Engineer Edward Keith was kill- ed and twe men very seriously in- jured by the explosion of a boiler mn a sawmill at Windsor Forks, N. 8., on Friday. The Crow's Nest Pass Goal Com- pany directors have authorized the President to go ahead with the re- construction of the burned works at Fernie. CL J. A. D. Poitras, former Treasur- er of 'the Lachine, Quebec; Bchool Board, was sentenced to three years in penitentiary for stealing $2,000 of the board's funds. : The Railway Oommission has is- sued am erder to all railways for the preteeion of trestles by wateh- An Irish company proposes to generate electricity from peat. Only two of the twelve measures forshadowed in the King's speech were passed by the British Parlia- ment. ships constructed in England, os- tensibly for Brazil, will fly the Ger- man flag. Wm. Burke, a motor mechanic, was thrown from an auto at the Brooklands 'rack, England, and died of his injuries. - UNITED STATES. The fruit crop of Illinois' is a failure. The' Yaqui . Indians have killed thirteen persons in Texas. In Bouth Dakota the dreaded black rust is ruining the wheat crop. 3,080 people are killed every year. "Bemator W: B. Allison, the 'well. known United States statesman, is Three persons were killed and a | number injured in a railway 'wreck in Arkansas. by the heat, ; two demand; Manitoba No. 2 white, 48c; No. 3, 47¢; rejected, 46¢ per bushel in car lots, ex store. Flour ~--Choice. | $6.10; seconds; patents, $5; straight rollers, $4.30sible to arouse them all, and middlings, $24 to $25; shorts, $24.- £0 to $36 per ton, including bags pure: grain moville, 830 to 833; milled grades, $35 to $38 per ton. Cheese--The market continues firm, with westerns quoted. at 12) to It is rumored that the three war- = e noted at 23% to 24c in round lots, pd '24¥c in a Jobbing ~--Bales of selected stock were at; 23 3 peg dozen. In the streets of New York City C 463c} rejects, 45 E be oi as bre ify = 'oul 3 $2 nn ® Flour. -Masitobar % ; seconds, $5.40; ents, $3.30 to $3.35. fre ete OOUNTRY PRODUCE. in .30; Ontario winter wheat pat-|% Butter--Bteady and a little quiet- back oo : er. Wholesale prices are :--- ; Creamery, prints ...: .. 250 to 26c do solids b Dairy prints, cheice ..... 23c te 24¢ do ordinary .... ...... 2lcto2%c Inferior .... «++; 10 to 180 Poultry--Wholesale prices, live weight : Spring chickens, 14e to 15¢: fowl, 100 to 1lc; ducks, 8}4c to 90; dressed, about 2¢ higher, . Eggs--20¢ to 21c per dozen in cts. Ohoese--Large, 12%c to 130, twins 13¢ to 13e. 4 to 10c per peund. to $2.19 for primes and $2.10 to $2.20 for hand-picked. Potatoes--Ontaries, 80¢c to 80e per bushel in farmers' waggens ; Ameri- cans, $3.35 to $3.65 per barrel in car lots on track here. » seve amen case PROVISIONS. Pork--S8hort cut, $28.50" per bar- rel ; mess, $19 to $19.50. Lard--Tierces, 120; tubs, 12}¢c; pails, 12%ec. _ Smoked and Dry Salted Meats-- Long clear bacon, 11}%c to 11}4c, tons and cases; hams, medium and light, 14}4¢c to 15¢; hams, large, 12%4c to 13c; backs, 17%c to 18c; shoulders, 10¢ to 1le¢; rolls, 10%ec to llc; breakfast baeon, 15¢ to 16%4c; 'green meats, out of pickle, 1c less than smoked. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Aug. 11.--Grain--The market for oats is firm, with a fair ) Spring wheat patents,' 60; Winter wheat Cea avesiinass 38610 Mol rib 'The 0. P.*R. preserves a polic practically the o from official sources was that men A despatch from West Selkirk, Manitoba, says: The steamer Wol- verine brought in news on Friday night of a terrible disaster on Lake 'Winnipeg at Warren's Landing, where eight lives were lost in a fire which déstroyed the steamer Pre- mer, the finest hoat on the lake. The 1ll-fated vessel was lying at her dock there, freighted for the return trip to this point, when suddenly ithe fire broke out about 1 ¢'clock on Thursday morning, when her 38 passengers, all tourists, were peace- ully asléep. in thi The flames Dairy, tubs ,.¢. ...¢ vn... 2lcto22e for Japs ith, and Sr Bell Har when seen, declared 'that the Ex: cutive of the Federated Trades are well satisfied with the progress of BUfalps. ER a or 5 STEANER PREMIER. BIR Eight Pe £p pread with such ter- le rapidity thet it was the EE Joie hut now from ev | with the utmos "The company. claims "they for | finding all the a) admit employing - some O Ports management still [they will move the cr 7. of silence, and item that came |from the ties. & Lake Winnipeg. only. eral Man L Foyer ture, Se Gus. Wiel, coc Norman Fisher, of Winnipeg. cook of the P extensive a 8, were also their staterooms. : i [stroyed. There are only | pushed. they 'e- is. Dlace every man on yey an ae |b acs : San rsons Perish on 4 Vessel on others escaped in their night robes = The names of the dead are:-- Elmer Jones, son of C. Jones of the Dominion Fish Oo., 'who owns the boat; O. Overton, son of the Gen- r of the same company ; est Selkirk; Mrs. Cou- irk ; Mr. Olson, of Gimli; remier; . cook; Miss Povah All the big fish freezers which the had established at War Ee the tails as yet available as to'how: en 'but it is knows but Orientals, The operation of the trains is not being interfered ~ with and no re- of disorders are current, The P. R. authorities assert that . ¢ in increas ing volume on time and get coal up lakes in sufficient quanti- including and easterns at 12 to 12}%e. -- Finest creamery being way. No. 1, 20¢, and No. 8, - UNTIED STATES MARKETS. Aug. 11.--Wi - 98¢; Dec,, $1. lode, Ohio, ug. 1. Whes c; Sept, Detroit, Aug. 11.--~Wheat--No. 1] 5 whine, anahs 094s: No. 3 toy path Wm. Martin, Jun,, men and fire alarm devices from 56: do., i 1. fi y + bia hgh : ted th hold 'of 'the ve May to October inglusive, i Saxtras, 1.65 bi Ti no of them wet a hertible Seath helit a in - ------ Manitoba bran, $32 to $33; shorts, IN UNTS. ~CANAPA'S APPLE CROP GREAT BRITAIN. $35; Ontario bran, $20 to $20.50; ~ SHORTAGE IN ACCOUNTS. CA) PPLE CROP, Yield Will be Substantially SN an Last. Year! A tispeich from