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:-Stengled Children, . Then Hanged Herself. Placed: Then fa Bod, A despatch from Lion's Head, Ont., says: The body of Mrs. Thas. Pettigrew was found hanging dead in the kitchen of her home here by neighbers on Thursday morn- Ang, and in a bed upsiairs were the bodies cf her two children strang- The children were led: to death. a boy and a girl, James and Hazel, aged 10 and 12 years. thin rope sreund their necks they were slowly strangled ty death. From the condition of the house it is evident that they were able tu put up rome sort of a struggle for their lives, but the frantic woman finally over came them, and by tieing pieces of After endlivestag?' them and plsc- ing them side by side in bed, ras woman then tied a piece of rope to the bottom of the bed in another room. The end of it was put through a stove-pipe hole in the floor. Coming downstairs the wo- man then tied the loose end around her throat, mounted a table and jumped off. The deed is thought to have been the result of insanity brought on by years of illness. Her husband, a carpenter, was away from home at distant work. Cries were heard from the house about midnight. Noticing no life about the race the door was broken down HASSAN'S PERILOUS FEAT How CAPTURED A BATTLESHIP. Greck Warship's Propeilere Was Vaxtened by a Heavy Chaia. It wae during the war between that the inhabitants of Gala Krini--a Turkey aml Greece in 1897 large village, since destroyed ¥ the Turks, on the shores of The Gulf of Arta--aweke one morning to find en- tered the gulf and cast anchor off that a Hellenic battleship had the shore" The surprise, however of the Turks, savage Albanians and fanatical Greeks who compris- ed the inhabitants of Gala Krini was nothmg compared with that of a party of five Turkish officers, who A TURKISH OFFICER massive chain was paid out over the stern into the still water. Near er and nearer they approached the great vessel, which seemed to slum- ber upon the oily surface of the ulf. Even the sentry on deck doz- ed as he leaned on his musket, to- tally unconscious of what was go- ing.on not more than fifty yards from where he stood. In the dense shadow by* the stern nothing was visible. A DARING TEST. There was an excited gleam in Hassan's eyes as, with a sign to his comrades, he gradually lower himself into the dark water, guid- ing himself by passing his fingers over the battleship's plates. A slight grating of the chain against the bull was all that his anxious >) comrades in the boat heard, though > now and then a reassuring pull was a chain. from the crest of a hill towering above the village, watched the ves- se! threngh their telescopes. hese 'Purkish officers were on an urgent and important mission-- to block ont the Hellenic fleet from the Gulf of Arta. Behind them, at! the Lettem of the deep ravine, were into the boa gasped. * thing can nwve it. seemed to have gone by ere young officer came tu the surface ; so exhausted by the long dive was he that he ped to be almost lifted "It is cea the propeller," he *l have fixed it sw that no- Back y a number «f heavy guns which had | Then link by link the tedious work felt on the line that Hassan held, directing them how to pay out the Hours rather than minutes the " ou go. been dragged all the way from Sal- | onica, a jung and difficult tas and with this artillery they been ordered to fortify the strait: 'Ts. xeach the straits, however, the! Turkish «column h run tl gauntlet of the ba Rune, which mea tion. Remehew or othe = : she er dest u wu escape the man-o war or pi vent | her interference with their work, | but te de this seemed impossible. BASSAN'S PROPOSAL. they were interrupted by a young jng head and before the ship's guns 'f eae = "In ibe' midst of their ° discussion eubaiterrn whom they had left charge «f their horses. "Fathe he cred, addressing his in the manner usual with the Turk know this village very well. have overheard what) yeu abvut the Gireek ship and know ho ope ry vtand. lieve her u- eee from where ve now Ay frst the officers refused listen te the roung subaltern, his pleading: to the plae be had in mind were earnest that at last wis extraordiy ary reswest was granted. urriec suirring is.' had | said Now, if you will be- ] say that I can prevent from der to the engine-room, and, pro- he su ' i was renewed, until the boat re- '| the other end of the chain was se- cure The risky task was done, 'and the Hellenic battleship securely .moore 'rock by a double thickness of cable. : CAPTURED. The ear!y rays of dawn reveal a sight which astonished the Gree A whole regiment o Ss. ie eavy c- st Sagal Turks were on the marc | Gtaappehned She , in could be brought to bear on t lost. ne superior | time, and gave orders for the guns rarely seen unescorted |The commander, however, s, i 'tu be run out and decks cleared for action, while the anchor was weigh- | Led, the Turks from fortifying the straits | before they had hecome too strong. "Full speed ahead '"' went the or w velled by her mighty screw, the unseen furee. would, the vessel seemed to + an enchanted cirele, beyond which 1 it was impossible to go. | turned to its starting point, where towards the Straits of Arta with train after ; | te ast of which ; 'the interven- | Byes. CANADA. the lowest on reco A boy was aps by falling trois tthe a tree near Ottawa. harges of weré laid Serica] Fire Chief Trem- blay of Montreal off highest award at -- Exhibition at. Detroit: minion census returns will be commited on a special tabulat- ing machine being made in Toron- to The International Harvestec: Company will spend a quarter of a million dollars on new buildings at Hamilton. George Neilson was sent to the Central Prison from Sault Ste. Marie for stealing money irom hospital patients. Mr. Percy Simmonds of Halifax and .Miss Nellie Burton were drowned in Dartmouth Lake by their canoe upsetting. Joseph R. Forbes of Amabel tawny is dead from using butter and milk from cows poisoned by noxious weeds. His mother and brother are very i GREAT T BRITAIN. Lord James Hereford is dead. UNITED STATES. Senatur Root has tabled = an' amendment to the = arbitratioa treaties. GENERAL. It is rumored that the ex-Shahf of Persia has been assassinated. Owing to drought and impend- ing famine in India the Delhi dur- read may not take place in Decem- r. ------__,.--__ -- FEMALE SPY BETRAYED. Found Maps and Plans of Austrian Fortress at Her Flat. Fraulein Trombecka, the beauti- was | an immovable ed: garrison Sh ly chisugeeg his aches for those of again an effort was made. and when | a shepherd, he descended t+ Gala) i the bewildered captain reversed his Krini. A MIDNIGHT VENTURE. if i daughter of a Russian engineer, s just been placed in an Austrian pen charged with being a spy in Kees service of the Russian Govern- nt. ~ Beveral months ago Fraulein Trombecka arrived at Przemysi, a town in Austrian Poland. e said she was a teacher, but made no great efforts to secure work. Still, she got several. pu- ipils, including some officers, wh: she taught languages. Her beauty won her inathierable riends in a very short time. When she moved into a luxurious flat it did not seem curious, but she was y an of- ficer, with whom she usually took walks in the neighborhood of -- the | his intention being to prevent! | fortifications. A young lieutenant, however, al- 'though he was in love with her, be- "|came suspicious of Fraulein Trom- becka's deep interest in military matters, so ne decided to watch her. to . x it | battleship ane ae oly bey lurch | | One afternoon he called at her fat e allowed to try! lad :when she was out. he maid wa Work as the engities told eat he would wait for ies € In. mistre He pee a the young woman's Again and | apartment and found a mass of in- criminating evidence. In the folds 'of linen and in the lining of dresses Fengines he only met with the saine | 'he found plans of the fortress, road | discouterting result. was not until the sun's rays) Late that night a number of fig had penetrated the deep blue wa- ures et cte through the dark alleys" ter alongside that the secret was of the vilage towards the shore.' re syealed, and the massive 'chain. Close ta ibe water's edge was an) was discovered passing reund the | old hexthense, used as a shed for ship's propeller and the adjacent | repa.ring beats. This the party si ent!s entered, and by the flic ig tie light of » taper ses rched the blac interier. At length there was geiih emerged Hassan, stripped to " waist, dragging a heavy chain. Th with the help of his comrades, becan ie pul. and after an hour' laborieus werk the end of the great oper the cable of a Turkish chain- vesse]|-- wes reached. he Frem the beach the a loactee! en board a large sound. This task accomplishes rowed with muffled oars towards of chai man having been landed on crag t keep guard over this e the heat set out cautiously for th in the «hyetance. Not a sound ratite. and from the gloum! the | prisoner wi he chain was caique, whore xaies and floor had been cov- ered with thin cloth to deaden the three men got in with Hassan ae the the battleshsp, looming like a phantom; !- | rock Before it could be removed, how- -k ever, the straits had been sufficient- a) 'ly fortified by the Turks, and a pow- erful Greck warship lay a helpless |) ithin the land-locked wa- ters of Arta.--London Tit-Bits. is s ----------_t---__--_ CHOLERA IN ITALY. in Five Days. A despatch from Chiasso, Swit- | 1,| zerland says: The Italian Govern-! ment's officia] statement shows that | from Aug. 4 to Aug. 12, inclusive, there were totals of 1,736 cases and! 632 deaths from cholera in Italy. These were chiefly in the Provinces of Naples and Palermo, though there were 40 cases with 30 deaths in Rome; 11 cases and four deaths in the Province of Rume; 15 cases d two deaths in the Province e «the 'men make as link by link the of Venice. SPRING WHE AT PROSPECTS Is Ninety > ~The Condition of the Grain i in the Domion Per Cent. a: @eapateh from Washingto'! In "western Canadas sprio EF le ae _prospects appear to hay. = eendition at the en of sion : The. fercign crop report for their excellent pro- <g oe whole of Canadaqi 20 against of the British Isles. In the west it was from one to three weeks early, and in the cast from two.or three weeks Jate. The total-crop is not likely to equal that of last year. g e d| antumn-sowe crops are now pass- ing through the mild. winters.of those countries, Official Stadement Gives 632 Deaths' | | | In Argentina and Chili, where [ maps of the neighborhood, and mil- itary plans. He carefully replaced ;every garment, and, calling the maid, told her he could wait no longer for Fraulein Trombecka. | Then he hastened to the authorit- ies witn his discovery. When she was arrested the young woman did not attempt to deny the charge, saying that she was em- ployed by the military authorities t Warsaw, Russian Poland. AFTER FIFTEEN YEARS. James MeCracken, of London, Sirikes It Rich in Alaska. el despatch from London, Ont., After being absent and hear- ion, nothing from his people for | fifteen years, Mr. James McCrack- 'en has written home that he has struck it rich in the goldfields of ' Alaska, and is now residing in Fair- banks. He left London when but a lad, and the letter reached his mother, who is in a paralyzed con- dition. His father has been dead for some years. His people had believed him pal seni See MONTREAL REAL ESTATE. Sir Max Aitken and English Inter- ests Purchase Block of Land. A despatch from Montreal says: Sir Max Aitken and certain Eng- lish interests on Wednesday pur- chased the block of land surroun- ed by St. Catharine, St. Alexan- der, 'St. Edward and Bleury streets, paying $377,000 for the Part of the property A. Werkman, who purchased ° it 'four years ago for $92,000, and received $175,000 on Wednesday. a STANLEY RHODES KELLED. Nephew of Cecil. Rhodes | Met Death tw & Automobile Accident. wi The water in Toronto harbor is maladministration }j w A Canadian apple exhibit carried e Interna-| a on the other side of the river. a PEASANTS WOUNDED. Fight Betwoen "Soldiers and Par- ishioners Over Church Property. -A despatch frum Lisbon says: An attempt by Government offici- Church property "at Licela on Mon- in resulted in a fight between the parishioners and the troeps, dur- ng which many persons were wounded. The priest had closed the church and refused admittance to the officials, when a detach- ment of milita reed the doors the pastor assembled 300 persons of his congregation and resisted the soldiers. The peasants were not dispersed until a large num- ber had been injured. The inven- tories in several northern districts have been temporarily Suspended, and a number of priests have been placed undek arrest. ------_t NEARLY, HABA BILEION,. Estimated Value of of the Real Estate in Montreal. A despatch from Montreal says: City Treasurer Robb has prepared a statement of the financial status of the City of Montreal. The city will float on November Ist a loan of $7,000,000. According to his taxable real estate in the city in 1910 was $320,000,000, and the as- sessed value of non-taxable real estate was $110,000,000, making the total assessel value of. 4 real es- tate in town $430,000, 'borrowing power of one city is limited te 15 per-eent. of its as- sessable values. As the debt of the city, including the new bond issue of $7,000,000, is $55,000,000, a good borrowing margin is left --_--__$__- CIGARETTES CAUSED FIRE. A Warehouse and a Hotel Damag- ed at Ottawa. A despatch from Ottawa says: A fire occurred here on Wednesday night with losses estimated at $:00,000. Two boys smoking cig- arettes while tending tu a team o horses, set fire to the warehouses of Provost & Allard, wholesale gro- cers, and did $20,000 damage there. The flames then caught Chevrier's Hotel on Murray street, which was completely gutted, and some of the shantymen therein had to: be car ried out by the firemen, owing to being under the influence of liquor. The fire score many near-by houses, and between the fire and water cost $200,090 damage ere it was over: do. als to take an inventory of the enreFerces, 10 1-2c; tubs, 10 34c; pails, BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. a a 3 -Onte 4254 to Canad 42 1-2¢ to . 121-2 to Se. Butter --Choicest, 231-2 to Be. statement, the assessed value of |, UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minstrels. Aug. 72.- Wheat--Septem- 12°; December, $1.00 1-2 s $1.00 5-8; 38 to 81.0412; -- No. hard. 1 Northern, $1.01 to ve ; No. mei to SLOL 12: No.3 it. ~No. 3 yellow, ee to o waite 41-2 to 411-4c. yee. "2 'ot 1-2c. Bra on to a ae rat patents, $5 to $5.20 ond eae $4.75; first clears. Bo atic ane. at apring © went Pe uffalo, ae. -- wheat stro: rioada, store, $L.1l;: Re. No i 2 white. | . Corn-- : No. § yellow. 69 t-4e; No. 4 yellow, 67 1-2c; No. 3 corn, 67 1-4, ali; through billed. Oats LIVE STOCK, MARKETS. @--Heavy cattle, 90 to $6.05; med 85; mix-' : common | S: good. 3 ar' to 85; bulls, ; o $5; cann Stockers feeders- Roush, lent _bariern stock | $3.25 $4.25. fad sen Lolly ny the' | t $7.5 to ey to Bs. $3.50 t and There ere rf on offer, but there, was a market for some at $7.50 to $7.60. { . __ NEW SHIPBUILDING PLANT. e| Tenderers for New Navy Will, Build Vessels at St. John. A despatch from St. Jolin, N. B., says: John Reid, representing Cammell, Laird & Company, the. British shipbuilders, whose tender' for building the Canadian navy is| the lowest, conferred with 'the | a_i and Aldermen on Thursday | ver the financial offer to locate | the Canadian plant here. Mr.! Reid and the Mayor gave out a. statement that if the firm is award- ; ed the contracts and the bounty offered by St. John equals that of- fered by other places the firm fa- yors locating at this pint. An- other conference is to be held. The location of the shipbuilding plant here would mean the employment at the outset of one thousand men, to say nothing of steel works which would inevitably follow the estab- lishment of the shipbtilding plant. -_--___--- SUE MONTREAL FOR FIRE LOSS. Thirty-%our Claims by Residents of. Annexed Suburb. A despatch from Montreal says: Thirty-four claims have been en-| ecules EARTHQUAKE IX PORTUGAL. Frightened People Filed Into the! Streets From Theit Beds. les A despatch from Lisbon says: A series of earthquake shocks, | gradually increasing it violence, | were felt in southern Portugal late | on Wednesday n night. At Meriola, Albuferia and other points near the coast considerable damage was one a some persons inju The frixh ened people rushed from their bed: tu the streets. The first tremor continued. for ten seconds. \t T.agos the disturbance was ac- cumpanied by a tidal wave, which caused a panic awione those liviag near the coast, _jin | Four Suffered Injuries im- Ottawa' hep against the city for losses by! e in the recent conflagration in! Teireaultville Tne sufferers a ed that the city, through tala: leon supply a water service within! , the legal time contracted fur at' annexation, is responsible for these | losses. --_--__------ HOME BULE 3S IN SCOTLAND. Measure Intreduced in the Brit-: ish House of Connnons. A despatch from London says: Sir Henry James Dalzie}. sneraiecs | of Parliament fer Ki rkealdy, Scut-: land, introduced in the House © Commons on Wednesday a me asic. 2 for the establishment of Home Rule Scotland. ' a BLOWN FROM STREET CAR. When Motor Expleded. --. A despatch from. Ottawa saye:t Four meu received pai ir ful, but. not serious injury, Rene on Thursday, Cate Siem: 3 will basch- ' the end of a long night, f «ee {know when the motor on a street+ear) A diopitche from Wasioes Bays: 'Crop bulletins from almost two hundred districts of the West, re- ceived on Friday, ¢laim an aver- | age yield of 25 bushels to the acre. Five thousand farm hands arrived rage ture of 47 and very little rain iar ing the past twenty-four hours, fields are taking on the harvest hue, and there is but slight anxi- ety apparent over t possibility of frost arriving before the grain n cut. On the whole the replies are splendidly reassuring. pletely assi to various dis- tricts, where harvesting is in full swing. With aye tempera- | race one ga point. oe ~~ mage » and the: only few olstal cases of nave a Rust has appeaied in quite a corres: pondents mded to enguiries only three of them re' ported material damag: from this source. Seventy-five per cent. of them stated that their districte were unaffect by rust, while, with the exe€ption of the thres localities alre oted the crop was too far adva fear serious injury from Wheat, oats and barley yield will be 20 per cent. in excess of other years. IDEAL HOUR FOR BATHING. Twe Heurs After Breakfast Says English "Medieal Man. a | romto. : n asuputo cat bushel, 8133 : = Copeman. of Begtton, Eng- aos. x itry--Ducks, live. 11 to ic; hens, | 2! writing in t ractitioner, eed me age el live, 12 to ide; chicks, live, 13 to 15. London, gives some advice on sea The-dead 4 Mee Sa Gorm: BUTTER-AKD dine bathing. "The best time to bathe pac se or Chestmestbicapality cf . tig aah is about two hours after breakfast Outremont, and es "woman. whose solbe, ek Sto te 'tor take bert ie ditty pers Dr sCopem Mae The ; : . ys opeman. '** ag could not be ascertained. Pg re a ae 73 at Ly tolone time 'which must be avoided Soesah ene a ' biel and . case lots. by all is after a full meal. During woman whose came it was inpos- HOG PRODUCTS. Fhe tatarcad einen one thaniy sible. to learn. The accident oc-| ,Bacon--Long pen te per lb., in case} engorged with blood, and the shack curred* at 11 "o'clock, when after pam 7 edium to Light, 1 iz to 17 1de, be of the cold water is apt tu produce a run through the country the auto | Beary; 1942 to 151-20; roll nm SY to iri) a very dangerous condition of congestion, the least of many pen- alties that may accrue being an acute attack of indigestion. With many keen bathers it is an article of faith to bathe before breakfast : 43c, car Be but business men, after :nonths of those who are be- in | mpegs toil, | ly ears, rste m by thine, at such a time. Even the most robust would be wise to partake of a cup of hot milk be- fore leaving home. ning niet reah, TO KEEP MOSQUITOES AWAY. This Mixture Put on Bath Towel at Head ef Bed Helps. The following is a prescription which the New York Tribune de- clares will keep the busy mosquito fit bay. Mix together one ounce of oil of citonella, one ounce of spir- its of camphor and half an ounce of oil of cedar, put a few drops of the mixture on a bath towel and 'hang it ove: the head of the bed. Under ordinary circumstances this seen poe 'If fortunately, sce. he i ees ora the 'south, where the yellow fever mos- iquito holds the fort and does its biting about daylight, it would not be of much use, unless the sleeper awakened and applied it at dawn; >but in the north, where the mos- quite annoyance js more evenly dis: tributed through the hours of tho night, it has been used by sufferers with decided success. -------- WILL CE GREAT SHOW. and A Pen at C. N. E. Will be Full. There is stabling at the Canadi- an National Exhibition for 1,500 horses, 1,200 cattle, 900 sheep and 6cO pigs, and at the rate reserva- tions are being made it is ayer that there won't be a vacant stall or pen when the Exhibition opens. 'The entries from across the line are much more numerous than usual, the large additions to the amount of prize money and the $500 special prizes having attract- ed wide attention. -- ae DEATHS IN MONTREAL. Every Stall The Month of August Has so Far Led Record. A despatch from Montreal says: The month of August su far has set: a record for the number of acci ite sntal and violent deaths in Ment- rea! and vicinity. Up to this time cover eighty cases of this kind have already been reported to the i morgue. -- rr Mrs. Hutton--"We are orcaniz- club, Mr. Fiatleigh. ;W il you jein us? Flatleigh -- With pleasure, Mrs. Hutton. What pianist do you propese te selub first? ing a piano "Anyway," snapped Mrs. Nage nt who -was getting the short < and | f the argument, 'my judgment is Jet ter than yours." I'm sure it is, my dear,' replied Naggsby. calmly. "Our choice of nfe com- | Parioos 'supplies all the provi you need ty back up that assertion. ie ur ed aad : whi net then sho signs vi wear su quickly and an be more easily turned. about ee required. The Suitor--"I am going to Marry your _ Johnny, but 1 I am not good enough for her.'" The Little Brother-- aa Lwhat Sis says, but ma's been te Jing her she can "t do any sclter." as When iii vosing a carpet select al. " SUCCESS OF BREAD ISSUE, Indicates Growth of Terente as a Financial Centre. Toronto, August 21 (Special).-- Toronto has every reason to' he pleased with the success that has attended the issue made by Messrs. Cawthra Mulock & Co., of the bonds of Canada Bread Company, Limited, because the favorable re- ception with which it is meeting in- dicates that Toront» must have made very considerable progress as a financial centre. Many of the larger houses would have hesitated making an issue during the holt- ay season, but Mr. Mulock's fore: sight and courage seem tu be bring- ceived is all the more notable be- cause the issue is being brought out at a time when the market con- ditions both in Wall Street and ia Toronto are most unfavorable. Se KING ASSENTS TO VETO BILL. Remrrkable Scene in the Hegse of rds, A despatch from London says: The Vetu Bill, limiting the powera of the upper chamber over legisia- tion originating in the House Commons which resulted in one of the most serious legislative cun- flicts in the history of the ccuntry, became a law on Fr? day, the King's assent thereto being given through a reyal commission in the House of Lords. When the Royal assent was signified, the members of the Lower House present, broke out in loud cheers. A demonstration on their part had never before been heard him the U: SIX-HORSE TEAMS. -- of America Will bo at . N.-E. This Year. & bie competiti: on in six-horse lorry teams is promised for this year's Canadian National Exhibi- tien. The famous Morris team of Chicago, whith claims the cham- pionship of America, will, be here and it is understood that -- Bros., of Claremont, and Shedden Co., of Toronto, will be among the other entries. As there has always been an idea that Ca- nadian teams could be produced to beat the Chicago champions, tho competition should be exceediagly interesting. ------_--_--___-- TWO NEW STEAMERS. Canadian Pacilic ie Places Orders fer the Pacific Route. A despatch from Montreal saya; Vice-President G. Bosworth, the Canadihn Pacific Steamship Lines, announced on Friday that the company had placed an order in England with. the Fairfield Shig- building Company of Glasgow for two new steamers for the Vanecou- yer-Hong Kong service vf the com- pany. They will be 595 feet tome, 16,000 tons, and will be equipped with engines of 16,000 to 17,000 : horse-power. They are expected to ~[ maintain a speed "of 20 knvts. ------------_--_Fr_-_--__---- TWO MEN HURT IN WRECK. Freight Train on the T. and @. O. Railway Piled Up jg Dita. . A > from North Bay : A freight train on the T. and on Friday six leaving the track and piling a ditch. -- men, beating their -| way oD of a box-car, were huried eel the wreckage and 1 coeiauals injured. Louis Leblane vis in New ee Hospite. a ;may die. out of the abies with a cut head, but was able to continue his journey, after his injuries were dressed. ne re INTIMIDATED WORKMEN: Labor Leader ia Moatreal Glrea Five Days in Jail. A despatch from Montreal says Judgment was rendered on Friday br Judge Leet in the case of J Gratton, a local labor leader, ac- cused of intimidating workmen a preventing others from secking em- ployment eras the progress tne Sarge Gratton rtant, as being a test caso, Lrg ths whole business intoreste rned, as. walk. fo} number of districts, but though the - i ing him the success he ---- The favuraole reception it has