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x ¢ ods ie] ¥ 6,010,000 b Da ' shows an increase' 31,6 : ; "in 4he: eastern Provinces the in-. Oats, 23,210,000 bushels, and barley 625,000 bushels. y August: 81 crease of wheat is 3,633,000 bushels oats 80.03 \ii»The loss in the western Provin: | if 8, exclusive of British Columbia, |; p Yesult, of the great drouth of uly, 'which reduced the area' har- ested by 29 per cent. for 'wheat, by 24 per cent. for oats, and by 31.5 per cent. for barley. 'The 'estimated = production of wheat for the whole of Canada is 11.198,785,000 bushels, of oats 983,247,: 000: bushels, and of barley 38,388, CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE. Selezraphie Bwicfs From' Our Ows and Other Countries of Recent Events. + CANADA; Gabriel Marchand, M.P.P., Que- bec, died: suddenly oun' Friday. Vaudeville performances in the five-cent, theatres may be stopped. The village of White Rock, B. C.; was almost entirely wiped out by re. Montreal police raided a dog fight in a theatre, and: arrested twenty- five men. William Yates was drowned by his canoe upsetting at London, Ont., on Saturday, Timothy Candy, who shot twa Montreal policemen, has been sea- tenced to death. Mr. F. W. Nichol of Westminster township was kicked by a colt a eek ago and died from his injur- 8. An eight-year-old girl who wan- dered away from home near Beau- sejour, Man., was killed by & bear. ri. W. R. Brock, Director of the Geological Burvey, reports that the season of navigation of Hudson Bay can be extended by the use of pro- per aids to navigation, GREAT BRITAIN. The tariff question: is likely to Jause & split in the British Union: party. The Queen's Own 'Rifles of Toron- to are being feted on all sides in London, y An expert testified at the Crippen trial in London on Friday that the death of Belle Elmore was due to {1 "poisoning, ; UNTIED STATES. "Mr. 3.3. Hill celebrated his 78nd ibirthday on Friday, J bn Boston & Ysive Railrond 'has een merged 'wit e New Haven. New York's postal even h month of August was $55, shat, ; Ls 80. beans, buckwheat, corn for fodder, pota fa have declined in peas, mixed grains and flax only appreciably; while corn for husk ing, : turnips, . mangolds, - carrots, sugar beets and . pasturs have ims |; proved. AA Sh es ; do new nationalism as the application | of old-time morality to conditions of ye The Michigan Central tunnel un- der the Detroit River was opened for freight service on Bunday, and for passenger service a week later, GENERAL, The Finnish Diet has defied the Russian Government. - 1 All'is ready for "the aeroplane race across the Alps to Milan. © Roumania and Turkey are said to have entered "into. an alliance against Bulgaria, { The business of the Garman Steel Trust shows a subtantial increase for the month of August. The Premier .of Bpain has reaf- firmed his intention of forcing =the religious societies from their prom-: inent position in the public: life of. the country. SHOT HIS RIVAL DEAD. Tragedy on the Banks of the Sale =. 'mon River, B. C. A despatch from Vancouver says: Infuriated because a rival trappe: had a legal warrant to search his | shack for beaver skins, Donald Mo: Donald shot. Frank = Savage," a special constable, dead 'on the banks of Salmon River on Wednes- day. He then went to Bock Bay) with the one man who witnessed the deed and surrendered' himself to justice. He was brought to Vancouver on Sunday morning on the steamer Cowichan, McDonald has been a trapper for many years. He came originally * from Argyl shire. { ------ AN PLOT TO MURDER EMPEROR. Formidable Bomb was Discovered on Railway Track, | A despatch from Fuenfkichen, : exwhes ,75, in buyers' | ie mills. Millfeod--Manitoba bran, $20 per ton; shorts, $22 per ton, tri Alour, | $3.75, 1 ' hy track, To- a rani. "Ouiagia beat $0igas dan | ronto. i COUNTRY PRODUCE. .. Biitter--Creamery 'prints, 280 to try 260; do., solids, 24c to 2b¢; separa tor prints, 28 to 24c; dairy prints, 21¢ to 92¢;'do., solids, 20¢; infer- ior (bakers), 18¢ to 19¢ vir ! Egge-~180 to'20¢ for. erage | wi receipts, and 24o. for selects. = Cheese--13 1-20 per 'pound for large and 11340 per: pound: for Beans Old beans, $2 to. g per bushel for primes, and $2.15 for hand-picked: i CE Honey--Struined honey, 9c fo 10c per th. in 60-pound tins; 5 0.10 pound ting at 91-%¢ to 101-2¢} No: 1 comb honéy af $1.75 to #2'per dozen'; No. 2 at $1.50 per dozen. Potatoes--7bc per-bag out of store | and 65¢c to 70¢ in car lots; ? PROVISIONS: Wholesale quotations rs Rolls--Smoked, 15 1-8¢; medium 2 and light hams, 19¢. te 191-2¢;] tion heavy, 18¢c'to 181-20; bacon, 19¢ to 200 barrel; mess, $27.50 to 5 Lard -- Tierces, 141-2¢; tubs 14 1-20; pails, 14 3-4¢ ; stocks steady, Smoked and Dry Salted Meats: Long clear bacon, tons and cases, 15¢ to 15 1-20; backs (plain), 200 to Pork--Short cut, $30 to 830.60 por By 210; backs (pea-meal), 201-2 tol 91 1-20) eto BT Green 'meats out of pickle," 1¢ less than smoked. : ; iin BUSINESS IN MONTREAL. Montreal, Bept. 20.--Oats--No. 8| Canadian Western, 413-4 to 49¢; No. 3, 403-8 to 401-Rc; Barley No. 1; 63 to 84c; No. 4, 50c. FI Manitoba Spring whest: paten firsts, $6; do., seconds, 85.50; V Hungary, says: A formidable bomb [ter wheat paten was discovered on Thursday. lying. 3 on the railroad: track in front Emperor William's train, in which} 9% he was. proceeding fo a hunt) ledge at Mohaies; $5. miles west of Fuenfkiche pr