Se he a HEAT PROSPECTS e Condition of the Grain in the Domion _& despatch from Washington Bays: The foreign crop report for uly was issued on Wednesday by ?€ ~ the U. 8. Department of Agricul- ~ ture. In western Canada spring mheat prospects appear to have Maintained their excellent pro- mise. The condition at the end ef July for the whdle of Canada Was given at 90 against 77 last year. The total yield of winter wheat is estimated at 17,706,000 bushels, compared with 16,610,000 in 1910. The cereal harvest in Europe on 'August 1 had reached the latitude Is Ninety Per Cent. of the British Isles. In the west it was from one to three weeks early. and in the east from two or three weeks late. The total crop is not likely to equal that of last year. In Argentina and Chili, where autumn-sown crops are now pass- ing through the mild winters of those countries, weather conditions have been reported favorable, and indications point to a good yield of wheat, oats and flaxseed. In India weather conditions have been untoward, but lately some improvement has been noted. ALBERTA CYCLONE. . Shack, With Occupants, Carried Into Air and Woman Hurt. A despatch from High River, Alta., says: Information received here confirms the report of a cy- clone which devastated part of the Black Diamond district, . twenty miles north-west. A shack in which a woman and a child were living was carried a hundred yards, when the floor fell out, hurling the occupants to the earth, but with slight injury. The shack was then carried heavenward and de- ~molished:--Another woman, seeing the storm coming, took refuge un- der a bridge, and was severely in- jured by fiying rocks and gravel. ads in. the path of the storm were rendered impassable by fall- ing timbers. The cyclone was local and did not touch any larger build- Ings of the district, or great loss of life would have been inevitable. id PEASANTS WOUNDED. Fight Between "Soldiers and Par- ishioners Over, Church Property, A despatch from Lisbon says: An attempt by Government offici- als to take an inventory of the Church property at Licela on Mon- day resulted in a fight between the parishioners and the troops, dur- ing which many persons were wounded. The priest had closed the church and refused admittance to the officials, and when a detach- ment of military forced the doors the pastor assembled 300 persons of his congregation and resisted the soldiers. The peasants were mot 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 under arrest. aL NEARLY HALF A BILLION, Estimated Valno 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 cf Montreal, The city will float on November Ist a loan of $7,000,000. According to his statement, the assessed value of taxable real estate in the city ia 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 the real es- tate in tuwn $4130,000,000. The borrowing power of the city is limited to 15 per cent. of its as- sessable values. As the debt of the city, including the new bond issue of $7,000,0C0, 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 $100,000. Two boys smoking cig- arettes while tending to a team of 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 guited, 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 scorch many near-by houses, and bet®¥een the fire and water cost $100,000 damage ere it was over. he ARCTIC EXPLORER MISSING. Given Up as Lost by Traders of Mackeuzie River District. A despatch from Seattle, Wash., says:.A special from Dawson, Y. T., says that Robert Service, the author, who has arrived-there from Fort Macpherson, reported that Hubert Darrell, an Arctic explor- er, has been missing from Baillee Island, east af the mouth of the Mackenzie Rivar,' since last af ber. He is give up ¥# lost by the} and Waders in cinity EARTHQUAKE IN PORTUGAL. Frightened People Ficd-Into the Streets From Theid Beds. A despatch from Lisbon says: A series of earthquake shocks, gradually increasing in violence, were felt in southern Portugal late on Wednesday night. At*Meriola, Albuferia and other points near the eoast considerable damage was done and somes 'persons injured.. The frightened people rushed from their beds to the streets. The first tremor cogtinued for ten seconds. At Lagos the disturbance was ac- companied by a tidal wave, which caused a panic among those living near the coast. ok SIX-HORSE TEAMS. Champions of America Will be at C. N. E. This Yeas. A big competition in six-horse lorry teams is promi for this year's Canadian National Exhibi- tion. The famous Morris team of Chicago, which claims the cham- pionship of America, will be here and it is understood that Graham Bros., of Claremont, and The 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, the competition should be exceedingly interesting. % SUE MONTREAL FOR FIRE LOSS: Thirty-9our Claims by Residents of Annexed Suburb. A despatch frem Montreal says: Thirty-four claims have been en- tered againsi the city for losses by fire io the recent conflagration in Tetreaultville. Tne sufferers al- leged that the city, through failure to supply a water service within the legal time contracted for at annexation, is responsible for these losses. : es Sn STANLEY RHODES KILLED. Nephew of Cecil Rhodes Met Death in Automobile Accident. A despatch from London says: Stanley Rhodes, a nephew of Cecil Rhodes, is dgad as the result of in- juries which he reccived in an au- tomobile accident on Wednesday. His wife, who was formerly Miss Mabel Russell, and a _ Gaiety chorus girl, is also reported dead as a result of the accident. a 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- ded by St. Catharine, St. Alexan- 'der; St. Edward and Bleury streets, paying $377,000 for the property. Part of the property was owned by C. A. Workman, who purchased it four years ago for $92,000, and received $175,000 on Wednesday. : en HOME RULE IN SCOTLAND. Measure Introduced in the Brii- ish IIouse of Commons. , A despatch from London says: Sir Henry James Dalziel, member of Parliament for Kirkcaldy, Scot- land, introduced in the House of Commons on Wednesday a measure for the establishment of Home Rule in Scotland. ' . Je BLOWN FROM STREET CAR. Four Suffered Injuries in Ottawa When Motor Exploded. A despatch from Ottawa says: Four men received painful, but not serious injury, here on Thursday, when the motor on a street car 'lew out, setting "fire to the car. Three passengers and the conduc- ie THE NEWS IN A PARAGRAPH HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVEB THE GLORE 1N A | NUTSHELL, Canada, the Empire and the World in Gencral Before Your Eyes. CANADA. the lowest on record. A boy was killed by falling from a tree near Ottawa. Charges of maladministration were laid against Fire Chief Trem- blay of Montreal. be compiled on a special tabulat- ing machine being made in Tordn- George Neilson was sent to the Central Prison from Sault Ste Marie for stealing money from hospital patients. Mr. Percy Simmonds of Halifax and Miss Nellie Burton were drowned in Dartmouth Lake by their canoe upsetting. GENERAL. It is rumored that the ex-Shah of Persia has been assassinated. Owing to drought and impend- ing famine in India the Delhi dur- bar may not take plate in Decem- r = FEMALE SPY BETRAYED. Found Maps and Plans of Austrian Fortress at Her Flat. Fraulein Trombecka, the beauti- ful daughter of a Russian engineer, has just been placed in an Austrian prison charged with being a spy in the service of the Russian Govern- ment, . Several months ago Fraulein Trombecka arrived at Przemysi, a garrison town in Austrian Poland. She said she was a teacher, but made: no great efforts to secure work. Still, she got several pu- pils, including some officers, whom she taught languages. Her beauty won her innumerable friends 'in a very short time. When she moved into a luxurious flat it did not seem curious, but she was rarely seen unescorted hy an of- ficer, with whom she usually took walks in the neighborhood of the fortifications. A young lieutenant, however, al- though he was in love with her, be- earze suspicious of Fraulein Trom- becka's deep interest in military matters, so he decided to watch ber. One afternoon he called at her flat when she-was out. The maid was told that he would wait for her mistress. He searched the young woman's apartment and found a mass of in- criminating evidence. In the folds of linen and in' the lining of dresses he found plans of the fortress, road 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 at Warsaw, Russian Poland. he IDEAL HOUR FOR BATHING. Two Hours After Breakfast Says English Medical Man, Dr. Copeman, of Brighton, Eng- land, writing in the Practitioner, London, gives some advice on sea bathing. 'The best time to bathe is about two hours after breakfast --the period of greatest vital ac- tivity,' says Dr. Copeman. "The one time which must be avoided by all is after a full meal. During the process of digestion the vessels of the internal organs are already engorged with blood, and the shock of the cold water is apt to produce 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 ; but business men, after months of unremitting toil, those who are be- low par or who are getting on in years, should avoid taxing their system by bathing at such a time. Even the most robust would be wise to partake of a cup of hot milk be- fore leaving home." tet Bay _CHOLERA IN ITALY. Official Stadement Gives. 632 Deaths in Five Days. A despatch from Chiasso, Swit- zerland, says: The Italian Govern- ment's official statement shows that from Aug.'8 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 tor were blown clear off the car The water in Toronto harbor is|% The Dominion census returns will = in the Province' of Rome; 15 cases. KEPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. Urices of Cattle, Grata, Cheese and Other Produce at Heme and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. ug. 22.--Flour--Winter wheat per cent. % Feat frei mt. "Manitoba doure sitet pat atone. bakers' $4.60, on tonek" Recon Bay ports; No. 2 at $1.01, bog on Ontario wneat- Now No. 2 at 82c, out- side, and old at 82 to BSc . ens--87 fo foo. outside. « » on i ew . 2 at 37c, outaide. No 2,.W. C.0 RK , Bay pete and No, 3 at 39 3-40, ra--No. i ports ee (deine Esato, 661-2, Bay are" nominal. is none offering, and prices uckwheat--Nothini Bran Manitoba, (0 no a, in bags Toronto, and shorts, $25, in bags, Toronto. Onturio. bran, $21 in bags, Yoronto, COUNTRY PRODUCE. I rll Big ST tins, 11 to 12 a Og ee 1 be $13 9 $14, on caus "ale seen Oe to Ome, on 'this te ronto. : tT Se ae TR barrels, $4.50, and, per Butter--Dairy prints, 19 to 2ic; inferior, 15 to i7c. Creamery, 2 to 25c per lb for rolls, and 2 23c for solids. Eggs--Strictly new-laid quoted at 22 to 2c, and fresh at 18 to 19 per dozen, in case lota, HOG PRODUCTS. Bacon--Long clear, 113-40 per 1b., in caso et o., Mess, heavy, 141- breakfast bacon, 17 to 18; backs, 191-2 to Lard--Terces, 10 1-2c; tubs, 10 3-4c; pails, Cc. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL, Montreal, Aug. 22.-Oats -- Canadian estern, No. 2, 42 a No. 1-2 to 4 do. Per barrel, § Millfeed--Bra: toba, $21 to to $14; shorts, $31 to $32. 171-2¢; No. . Cheese--Weat- erns, 121-2 to 123-4c; easterns, 121-4 to 121-2c. Butter--Choicest, 231-2 to 24 UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis, Aug, 22,--Wheat--Septem- ber, 991-2c; December, $1.001-2 to $1.005-6; May, $1.0435-8 t 04 1-2; o. 1 hard, 1.03 1-2; No. 1 Northern, $1.01 to $1.03; No. $1.01 1-2; No. 3 wheat, 2 Northern, 961-2c to o 91 lc. Oats Rye---No. 2, 83 to $21. Flour---Firet +20. atents, $5 to' $5.20; sec to first clears, ; No. 3 white, No. 4 white, 40 3-4c. Buarley--Malting, $1.15 to $1.20, . LIVE STOCK MARKETS. oO ers' choice light butchers', $5.75 to ed, common to fair, 80 fe Lambs sold at $7.25 to $7.35; heavy ewes, to 4 to $4.25 ' 4,25, and light handy ewes, here were no choice lambs on offer, 'put th market for some at $7.50 to $7. - RA NEW SHIPBUILDING PLANT. ero Was & 60. Tenderers for New Navy Will Build Vessels at St. John. A despatch from St. John, N. B., says: John Reid, representing Cammell, Laird & Company, the British shipbuilders, whose tender for building the Canadian navy 1s the lowest, conferred with the Mayor and Aldermen on Thursday over the financial offer to locato 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- vors locating at this point. An- other conference is to be held. The location of the shipbuilding plaat 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 shipbuilding plant | hk AFTER FIFTEDN YEARS. James McCracken, of London, Strikes It Rich in Alaska. A despatch from London, Ont., says: After being absent and hear- ing nothing from his people for fifteen years, Mr. James MeCrack- en has "written home that he has struck it rich in the "goldfields of Alaska, and is now residing in Iair- banks. He left London when buat 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 dead. oa When choosing a carpet select one wi a light ground and a small pattern, as it will not then o- | aged 10 and 12 years. -|ed the inhabitants of Gala Krini "la party of five Turkish officers, who +} above the village, watched the ves- 25.| sel through their telescopes. .}an urgent and important mission-- >|Turkish column had to_ sec! cauntlet of the battleship's heavy ond patents, $4. $4.75; . $3.5 to 85.55; second clears, $2.35 to 82.50.| guns, which meant sheer destruc- uffalo, ug. Spring wheat stronger; 4 7 , ot Morthera, carloads, store, $111; | On Soméhow or other they must Winter firmer; No. 2 red, $0: No. 2 white, | escape the man-o'-war .or prevent %c. Corn--Stronger; No yellow, : ry iy No. 4 yellow, 67 L2c; No. 3 corn, 67 1-4, ali her interference with their work, On track, through billed. Oats--Firmer;| but to do this seemed impossible. - No. 2 white, 42 1-2c;_N i 41 4 -jcharge of their horses. slin the manner. usual with the Turks, WOMAN'S TERRIBLE ORIN A: despatch from Lion's Head, Ont., says: The body of Mrs. Thos. Pettigrew was found hanging dead in the kitchen of her home here by neighbors on Thursday morn- ing, and in a bed upstairs were the ies of her two children strang- led to death. The children were a boy and a girl, James and Hazel, va From the condition of the house it is evident that they were able to put up rome sort of a struggle for their lives, but the frantic woman finally over came them, and by tieing pieces of thin rope around their necks they were slowly strangled to death. After undressing them and pleco ing them side by side in bed, the 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 holdPin 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 place, the door was broken down. HASSAN'S PERILOUS FEAT HOW <A TURKISH OFFICER CAPTURED A BATTLESHIP. Greek Warship's Propeller Was Fastened by a Heavy Chain. ~ It was" during the war between Turkey and Greece in 1897 that the inhabitants of Gala Krini--a | large village, sinee destroyed by | :|the Turks, on the shores of the Gulf of*Arta--awoke one morning to find that a Hellenic battleship had en- tered the gulf and cast anchor off the shore, The surprise, however, of the Turks, savage Albanians, and fanatical Greeks who compris- was nothing compared with that of from the crest of a hill towering 'These Turkish officers were on to block out the Hellenic fleet from the Gulf of Arta. Behind them, at the bottom of the deep ravine, were a number of heavy guns which had been dragged all the way from Sal- onica, a long and difficult task, and with this artillery they had been ordered to fortify the straits. To reach the straits, however, the run the HASSAN'S PROPOSAL. In the midst of their discussion they were interrupted by a young subaltern whom they had left in "Father," he cried, addressing his superior A DARING TEST. There was an excited gleam in Hassan's eyes as, with a sign to his comrades, he gradually lowered 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 hull was all that his anxious comrades in the boat heard, though now and then a reassuring pull was felt on the line that Hassan held, directing them how to pay out the chain. Hours rather than minutes seemed to have gone by ere the young officer came to the surfaco; so exhausted by the long dive was he that he had to be almost lifted into the boat. "It is round the propeller," he gasped. "I have fixed itGo that no- thing can move it. Back you go." Then link by link the tedious work was renewed, until the boat re- turned to its starting point, where the other end of the chain was se- cured. The risky task was done, and the Hellenic battleship was securely moor to an immovable rock by a double thickness of cable. -- CAPTURED The carly rays of dawn revealea a sight which astonished the Greck commander. A whole regiment of Turks were on the march towards the Straits of Arta with train after train of artillery, the last of which disappeared beyond the interven- ing head and before the ship's guns could be brought to bear on them. The commander, however, lost no time, and gave orders for the guns to be run out and decks cleared for action, while the anchor was weigh- ed, his intention being to prevent the Turks from fortifying the straits before they had become too strong. "Full speed ahead !"' went the or- der to the engine-room, and, pro- pelled by her mighty screw, the battleship advanced--only to lurch backwards, as if dragged by some unseen force. Work as the engines would,. the vessel seemed to be in an enchanted circle, beyond which it was impossible to go. Again and "I know this village very well. I have overheard what you said about the Greek ship and know how matters stand. Now, if you will be- lieve me, I say that I can prevent her to-night from stirring from where she now is.' At first the officers refused to listen to the young subaltern, but his pleadings to be allowed to try the plan he had in mind were so earnest that at last his extraordin- ary .request was granted. Hurried- ly changing his clothes for those of a shepherd, he descended to Gala Krini. A MIDNIGHT VENTURE. Late that night a number of fig- ures stole through the dark alleys of the village towards the shore. Close to the water's edge was an old boathouse, used as a shed for repairing boats. This the party sil- ently entered, and by the flickering light of a taper search the black interior. At length there was a gentle rattle, and from the gloom emerged Hassan, stripped to the waist, dragging a heavy chain. This with the help of his comrades, he began to pull, and after an hour's laborious work the end of the great chain--once the cable of a Turkish vessol---was reached. From the beach the chain was loaded on board a large caique, whose sides and floor had been cov- ered with thin cloth to deaden the sound. This task accomplished, three men got in with Hassan and rowed with muffled oars towards a large rock in the middie of the bight. Round this reck the chain was laid and securely fastened. One man having been landed on the crag to keep guard over this end, the boat set out cautiously for the battleship, looming like a phantom in the distance. Not a sound did the men make as link by link the 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 gulf. Even the sentry on deck doz- ed as he leaned on his musket, to- tally unconscious of what was g0- ing on not more than fifty 'vards show Ace, of wear.so quickly and aay oe eanily turned about ' from where he steod. In the dense low by the stern nothing was again an effort was made, and when the bewildered captain reversed his -engines he only met with the same disconcerting result. . It was not until the sun's ray had penetrated the deep blue wa- ter alongside that the secret was revealed, and the massive chain was discovered passing round. the ship's propeller and the adjacent rock. ever, the straits had been sufficient- ly fortified by the Turks, and a pow- erful Greek warship lay a helpless prisoner within the land-locked war ters of Arta.-London Tit-Bits. TO KEEP MOSQUITOES AWAY. This Mixture Put on Bath Towel at Head of Bed Helps. The following is a prescription which the New York 'Tribune de- clares will keep the busy mosquito at 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 over the head of the bed. Under ordinary circumstances this will keep the mosquitoes away. If they are very abundant and per- sistent rub a few drops on the hands and face. The mixture, un- fortunately, loses its efficacy toward the end of a long night, and in the south, where the yellow fever mos- quito 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- quito annoyance is more evenly dis- tributed through the hours of the night, it has been used by sufferera with decided success. : ee! The Suitor--"I am going to marry your sister, Johnny, but 1 know I am nof good enough for her.'! The Litéhe Brother--"That's what Sis eays, bwt ma's been tel- ling her she can't do any better."" Cocoanut matting may be serub bedf with soda water and soap. The difficulty Hes in the rinsing. lf pusaible, turn the on *t.. Arother plan at <tocam fag BB Strangled Children, Placed Them in Bed,. Then Hanged Herself. | Before it could be removed, -how- _ Rei hone is to pub © ty