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CROPS DEVASTATED DT HAIL (jreat Storms, Traveling Erratically, Do Damage in the West CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS A despatch from Winnipeg says : . The present are anxious days with . the western farmer. Mid-August . frequently sees night frosts, which . -occasionally do great damage, but . 8o far the lowest temperatures have , b«en well up in the forties. How- ^ â- â€¢ver, a danger peculiar to extreme- ly high teuiperatures is violent * rain, which is not infrequently pre- . -ceded by hail. Manitoba and Sas- , katchewan are being daily visiied bj these storms, traveling errati- cally. The areas affected usually * Are small and individuals are suf- . ferers rather than communities, Jind the aggregate will not materi- -ally suffer from this cause. Rosthern, in central Saskatche- wan, had 2,000 acres devastated by hail Wednesday, while on Thurs- day Langham, Yorkfcon and Han- ley, in the same province, suffered, four townships in the latter acd two in Langham being reported to- tally destroyed, York-ton's loss be- ieg appraised at a thousand acres. The rain will invigorate and help to fill the latter grains- It will de- lay the maturing of riper grains, I giving rust and fiiugolds a chance ; to attack the grain, but this is not I likely to affect anything seriously, I and with the settling of the weather it is safe to say that better than an average crop will be garnered. The heaviest rain of several sea- sons fell here on Thursday after- noon, preceded by hail. REYEME 1>'CREASIN0. •A nandsome Gain for the First Four .VuatiiS. • A despatch from Ottawa says : The reveniie of Canada shows a Jiandaome gain for the first four inonths of the present year. It "totals $.30,030,311. an increase of •four and a half million. During .July alone the revenue was $8,437,- 438, or a million and three-quarters more than during the previous • July. The increase in revenue • came chiefly from customs coUec- • tions, which show a gain of three . .and a half millions during the four months. There was a decline of a hundred thousa.nd dollars in excise • collections, an increase of $26,000 , '•! the postal revenue, and an in- crease of 833$, OOO from railways • (and public works. The expendi- • iure on consolidated account for , the four months, as far as returns . are in, was twenty and three-quar- ter millions, which is an increase o[ about three millions. The expeu- ' -diture on capital account, as far as ' returned for the four months, is . six and a half millions, an increase , of about a million. BLOCKED BY CATERPlLLARi>. Seven Miles of the Insects on C. P. R. in Maine. A despatch from Mattawameag, Maine, says : The mechanical de- partment of the Canadian Pecific Railway's Atlantic division, from Montreal to St. John, N. B., part ol which crosses Maine on the Maine Central, has been called on to continue an arrangement for ridding the line of a pest which is celdom or never encountered by this road anywhere else than on a par- ticular section of the local divis- Icn. On two recent nights the line of caterpillars was seven miles in length between these two stations Two engines had to be put ahead of the Montreal train, and even with the additional power the dis- tance was covered very slowly. BABY'S HEAD STRUCK WHEEL. Mrs. Lawrence's Infant Killed in Runaway Accident. A despatch from Belleville says ; While Mrs. Sanford Lawrence and another woman were driving past the old Wily homestead in Mar- mora, on Saturday, t eh horse, frightened at some object, became unmanageable, with the result that Mrs. Lawrence, who was carrying a baby al^out seven weeks old, was thrown from the rig. In falling the baby struck its head on the rim of the wheel, it is thought, the skull being crushed in and death ensuing In about fifteen minutes. Although severely shaken up, Mrs. Lawrence vas not seriously injured. ELECTRIC SMELTING. Dr. Haanel Says Ontario and Que- bec Can Beat the World. A despatch from Ottawa says : Another report favoring the smelt- ing of iron ores by electricity will shortly be issued by Dr. Haanel, Director of Mines. He has recent- ly investigated the electric smelting process of the world and has found that sixty electric furnaces have been established during the last four years. In Sweden the coat of smjeltiug is $12.40 a ton, but in his report Dr. Haanel will say that v/ith the abundance of water-pow- ers in Ontario and Quebec the cost in Canada should be much lower. STOLEN BILLS CIRCULATING. Traders Bank Inslssned Notes Ap- pear in Frontenae. A despatch from Kingston says : Bills on the Traders Bank, and stolen from a C. P. R. train some months ago, are report '-d to be in circulation in North Trontenac. The bilU are insufficiently signed, as they do not bear the name of the manager of the bank at To- ronto. Detectives are at work and are seeking to trace the bills back to the original passers. They have descriptions of men seeking to get rid of them at country stores and country stations. GAN.^NOQUE GIRL ARRESTED. Charged With Theft of $3,000 From Local Railway. A despatch from Gananoque says : On Tuesday Chief Bt)urke placed under arrest Miss Grace Henderson. She is charged with the theft of $2,G82 from the Thou- sand Island Railway Company, of which she was bookkeeper, also vith the theft of a cheque for $070 from the Axle Company paid in freight charges, and another cheque for $96.04, paid by a retail bouse- Before Justice of the Peace Murphy she pleaded not guilty and was allowed to gc on iail of $0,000. aXPt'ENINGS PBON ALL OTCB THE GLOBE. Trlecrtittaia Briefs Frooi Onr Own a«d Other CouDtriea at Bc<ent Eventa. CANADA. Hebrew bakers are on strike at Montreal. Mr. William Bowman of London, Ont., died on Friday. By_a vote of 537 to 77 Calgary de- cided in favor of Sunday cai.s. Kev. W. R. Newell gays a wi.;man Ls safer in Shanghai thaa la Chi- cago. About 120 electrical workers at Winnipeg are on strike for increas- ed pay. Judge Lavergne of Quebec has decided that Sun-day worK in baker- ie.*- is legal. Stanley Sharpe of Kingston, aged 19, was struck by an iron bar and fatally injured. I The Canadian Northern short line from Montreal to Quebec will i be opened this month. J. T. Kane, letter-sorter in the • Montreal Poatoffice, was arrested on a charge of stealing letters. Hugo Fortier of Montreal has been sentenced to five years in pe- tiitentiary for rubbing his father. Ontario authorities have i.n«titut- eo" proceedings against storekeep- ers employing women workers at u.ght. Douglas Hamilton, a street rail- way conductor, was arrested at Hamilton on a charge of robbing the company. The T. <!: N. O. Railway Commis- sion has decided to instal telephone connections at various places on their lino. Sandy Ferguson of Toronto fell ever the bank of Niagara River and was saved by his clothing catching io a bush about fifty feet down the bank. A band of gypsies from the Unit- td States entered Canada at Sault Ste. Marie. They are going to the west to take up farms, and had $11,- 000 in gold with them. For assaulting Manager McEach- ren, a man named Porteous was sentenced at Glace Bay to two months in jail. Matthew Cherrie, who assaulted General Manager Duggan, was also sentenced to two months or a fire of thirty dollars. The Brotherhood of L-ocoraotive Firemen and Engineers, meeting in Winnipeg, pa-ssed a strong resolu- tion in favor of a change in the law under which trainmen are prose- cuted for carelessness in connec- tion with accidents. THE WORLD'S MARKEFS KEFOBTS FBOM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prlett of Cattle. Grain, Cbeesa an* Other Dairj Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Aug. 10. â€" Flour â€" On- tario wheat 90 per cent, patents fiom old wheat, $4.75 to $4.»0 in buyers' sacks outside for export, and at $4 90 to $5 on track, To- ronto. Manitoba tlour, first pat- ents, $6.10 to $6.20 on track, To- ronto; second patents, $5.65 to $3.75, and strong bakers', $5.40 to ^5.50 on track, Toronto. Manitoba Wheatâ€" No. 1 North- ern, $1.22 Georgian Bay ports; No. 2 at $1.19, and No. 3 at $1.18. Ontario Wheatâ€" New, No. 2, $1 a bushel. Barley â€" Old No. 3 extra, 61 t-o eSc outside. Oatsâ€" No. 2 Ontario white, 54^0 to 55c on track, Toronto, and 52 to 52j<,c outside. No. 2 Western Can- ada oats, 47c, and No. 3, 46c, Bay porta. Peas â€" Prices nominal. Buckwheat â€" Prices nominal. Cornâ€" No. 2 American yellow, 77^2 to 78c on track, Toronto. Ca- nadian yellow, 75 to 76c on track, Toronto. Branâ€" $19.50 to $20 for Ontario bran outside in bulk. Manitoba, $22 in sacks, Toronto freights ; shorts, $24, Toronto freights- B»Y BMDERSJTTLE GIRL Sii- Year-Old Child Tied to a Tree by Foster-Brother and Brains Beaten Out. A despatch from Gaysboro', N.S., tied up to a tree, dead. They ap- says : A cold-blooded murder com- mitted a week ago at Boylston, a few miles outside of this town, has plied to the overseers of the pooc for assistance to bury the child, and thia was granted. Later the suspicions of the authorities wer« just come to light. On Thursday | aroused, and it was decided to ex- afternoon the adopted thirteen- ! hume the body and hold an autopsy, year-old son of Joseph Issert, a ! This waa done, and then it was aa- negro, living at Boylston, in the ; certained that the child had been absence of his foster-parents, tied ; murdered. The boy was arrested, their si.'c-year-old daughter to a [An inquiry was held before Coro- tree and beat her brains out. The! ner Ewart and a verdict of murder Isserts were away en a picnic, and ! returned. Two other boys are also returning home, found the child I held as accomplices. YOUNG GIRL'S SUICIDE. Clara Braithwsite Found Hanging From a Tree. ..„.,„ I.V...1 1^^â€".^.. â„¢ ... .A despatch from Brantford says: Lo'rd^kkchenerhM beeTTpi^nV Clara Braithwaite a girl thirteen ed to the Mediterranean command, .''«»" «J age, the daughter ol recently vacated by the Duke of George Braithwaite hotelkeeper at Connaught. He will first visit Au- i Ea"'-''»"'-g- . ""^s found hanging stralia. inspect the troops there, ' ^^P » ^ree in the orchard near her and advise on the best way of giv- father s house early on Wwlnesday KITCHENERS NEW POST. la to be Inspector of aU the Over- seas Force». A despatch from London says ing effect to certain proposals for developments which are being dis- cussed at the Imperial Defence Con- ference. In some quarters it is be- lieved that there is an intention to co-ordinate all the military evening. The body was first no- ticed by the crew of a Grand Trunk train running past the spot. Th« train was stopped and the crew, on cutting the body down, found lif» extinct. The case is thought to be forces of the empire and place Lord ; ?"'«='<i«. although a motive is lack- COUNTRY PRODUCE. NEW FISHERY REGUL.VTIONS. Full Tear's Notice Given Before They Take Effect. A despatch from Ottawa says : The new international regulations to govern the fisheries of Canada and the United States, agreed upon ty Prof. E. E. Prince and Prof. David Starr Jordan, will not go into effect until 1911. They will be published simultaneously in De- cember next, so that a full year's notice will be given to all -con- cerned. 4, Eighty thousand men have been locked out by employers in Sweden. BLOflJ FLOWIII} IN SPAII There Is Wholesale Shooting of Prisoners in Barcelona. The Barcelona correspondent of ihe Loudon Telegraph says that lor the present quiet is restored, jet there are certain doubts whe- ther the revolution has received its death blow. Martial law is still iu force. The civil guards and po- bce, armed with rifles, still patrol the streets. The wholesale shoot- ing of prisoners after court-martial atill goes on at the Fortress of Montjuich. Rumor states that the revolutionists will recommence outrages unless the remaining pris- oners are released. Arrests con- tinue on a large scale. Prisoners •re constantly seen with their iMtnds tied behind their backs and escorted by c'n-i\ jt-ards. Two well known journ.tliits of Anarchistic tendencies wore arrested Monday. Many officers and soldiers are de- â- rrting and crossing the frontier. Many bodies have been found un- •er the ruins of the convent.'*. Mem- kers of the Red Cross can be still aeen transporting charred remains. Optimists should not omit to note the large bloodstains on the uni- forms of the Red Cros.s men. The correspondent, in a despatch dated Monday, describes children playing at revolution, shooting at each other with toy rifles, and cry- ing "Viva la Republica." He de- clares it would take volumes to de- scribe the desolation now spread- ing its cloak over Barcelona. In speaking of the convent Church of the Magdalen, he says: "The whole place is a heap of ruins, which are still smoking, although the place was set on fire five days ago. In the garden there were thirty vaults where dead sisters were buried. The coffins from these were pulled down and opened, and the corpses thrown about the gar- den. Then they were placed in sheets and heaped in a pile and set on fire. The rooms were pil- laged. What walls are left are in- scribed with drawings and writings too obscene to repeat." Kitchener at the head of the or ^ ganization, which will have the Be_ans--Prime, 52.20 to $2.25, and > Imperial army for its special care. Events would seem to be moving in this direction, says the Daily Graphic. There can be no question that Lord Kitchener is of all men the one best suited for a command ing. to $2.45 per I GREAT BRITAIN. The London Daily Mail, which has bitterly opposed Mr. Lloyd- George's budget, now admits that the country generally does not sympathize with the plea of the land-owners. Emperor Nicholas concluded his visit to King Edward on Thursday afternoon, and on board the Im- perial yacht Standart, he left Cowes for Kiel, escorted by Rus- sian and British cruisers. UNITED ST.\TES. President Taft signed the Payne turiff bill at Washington on Thurs- day. Mrs. Panelli, an Italian woman, killed her husband and a woman with whom he had run away at Canton, N. Y William Haney, believed to be one of the men concerned iu the train hold-up at Ducks, B. C, has been cornered by the Los Angeles police. George Vandyke, the lumber king of New England, and his chauffeur, were killed when the auto iu which they were riding pluuged into the Connecticut River, ou Sunday. GENERAL. The British steamer Maori foun- dered on the South .\frican coast. France will probably enlist 40,000 black soldiers for service in Al- geria- The European powers will not allow a war between Turkey and Greece. A number of towns in the Span- ish province of Catalonia have pro- Claimed a republic. Charles Brown, a Buffalo banker, committed suicide on board the steamer Vaderland near Antwerp. Japan will pr<iceed with the re- construction of tne .-Vntung- Mukden Railroad without China's consent. The British steamer Waratah, en route from Sydney, N.S.W., with 300 persons aboard, is miss- ing. 1» REACHED THE CENTURY. Death of Alexander M. Seott at Londoa, Oat. A despatoh from London says: Mr. Alex. M. Soott died here on Wednoaday night, aged 100 years and 3 months. He served under Papinoau in 1837, was in Califor- nia during t^ gold rush, and was a veteran of the American Civil War. He lived here 40 years. His father lived to bo 107, and a sister died in Scotland 3 >-ears ago aged 108. Of a family of six the youngest to die was 96. hand-picked, $2.40 bushel. Hayâ€" No. 1 timothy, $13 to $14 a ton on track here, and lower glades $9 to $10.50. Strawâ€" $7 to $7.50 on track. Potatoes â€" United States new, ?3 per barrel; new Canadian, $1- 10 to $1.15 per bushel. Poultry â€" Chickens, yearlings, dressed, 12 t-c 13c per lb. ; fowl, 9 to 10c; turkeys, 14 to 16c per lb- THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€" Pound prints, 19 to 20c ; tubs and large rolls, IS to I9c ; in- ferior, 15 to 16c ; creamery, 23 to 23%c, and separator, 19 to 20c per lo of this kind. The Express declares that Lord Kitchener's new post is synonymous with the inspectorship of all the overseas forces. ♦ • SHOT WIFE IS SHE SLEPT. Mrs. Joseph J. Ranter Murdered by Her Husband. A despatch from Lindsay says : At Bobcaygeon on Saturday maim- ing last Joseph J. Hunter, proprie- tor of the Royal Hotel, in the most Eggsâ€" Case lots, 21^, to 22c per â-  deliberate and coldblooded manner aozen. Cheese â€" New, 12c 12Xc for twins. for large and HOa PRODUCTS. Bacon â€" Long clear, 13;i to 14c murdered his youug wife while she slept. The crime was committed about the hour of 4-30 a.m., while the members of the household and the many guests slept sound'y. with the exception of one or two attend- per lb. in case lots ; mess pork, j *"'« who were about early. A $23.50; short cut, $23.50 to $26. ! glance inside the bedroom told the Hamsâ€" Light to medium, 15'^; to j ^^<^^y ta^e. There on the bed lay 16c; do., heavv, 14 to 14Mc; rolls,' *"? prostrate form of the young 12^^ to 13c; shoulders, 12 to 12;<ic ; | '"*• u'ooo flowing from aa ugly backs, 13 to 18%c. and breakfast 'â-  S^'^sh-jt wound in her head. Th« bacon. Itf,^ to 17c. Lardâ€" Tierces, 14)^0 ; tubs, H/'ic ; pails, 15c. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Aug, 10. â€" Oats â€" No. 2 Canadian Western, 50 to 51c ; No. 1 e.xtra feed, 49'-^ to 50'-ic; No. 1 feed, 49>.i to 50>^c : No. 3 Cana- dian Western, 49 to 50c. Barley â€" No. 2, 71 to 72c ; Manitoba feed bar- ley, 66 to 6~c. Buckwheat â€" C9'-2 to 70c. Flour â€" Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $6.30; Mani- toba Spring wheat patents, sec- onds, $5.80; Winter wheat patents, $6.50; Manitoba strong bakers, So. 60; straight rollers. $6.25 to $6.35; straight rollers in bags. $2- 1/C to $3; extras in bags. S2.70 to $2. SO. Feed â€" Manitoba bran, $22; Manitoba shorts, $24; pure grain mouille, $33 to $35; mixed mouille. $28 to $30. Cheese â€" Westerns, ll'< to ll^:c; eastern. 11% to lll^c. Butterâ€" Finest creamery, 22c. Eggs â€" 24c, and No. 1 candled at 30c per dozen. UNITED ST.\TES MARKETS. Chicago, Aug. 10.â€" Cash wheat â€" No. 2 red, $1.02'., to Sl.053-j; No. 3 red, 98c to $\.02K: No. 2 hard. §^1.03 to $1.09 ; No. 3 hard. $1.00 to $1.04^j. Cornâ€" No. 2. 66 to BTc : No. 2 yellow, 63 to 69c ; No. 3, 66 to 66%c; No. 4. 62 to 64c. Oats- No. 2 white. 39c; No. 3 white, 37X to 395^c, standard, 39,'^e. Minneapolis, .\ug. 10. â€" Wheat â€" Sept., $1.00'; to $1.01; Dec, 99'.^ to 99^9"^; cash. No. 1 Northern, $1.- 25; No. 2 Northern, $1.23; No. 3 Northern, $119 to $1.21; No. 1 Durum, $1.05; No. 2 Durum, $1.- 03J.J. Bran â€" In 100-lb. sacks, $20.- 50. Flourâ€" First patents, $5. SO to $6; second patents, $5.70 to 83.90; first clears, $4.95 to $5.25; second clears, $3.35 to $3.55. LIVE STOCK MARKETS Montreal, Aug. 10â€" .V few of the best cattle sold at about 5%c per lb. ; pretty good animals sold at 4 to 5c per lb ; common stock at 2^3 to 3%c per lb. ; milch cows sold at $25 to $50 each. Calves sold at ?2.50 to $9 each. Sheep sold at 3'i to 4c per lb. ; lambs at about ej-^c per lb. Good lots of fat hogs sold at about S.'^c per lb. Toronto, Aug. 10 â€" Sheep and lambs were weak from 20 to 25o low- er all round. Calvesâ€" .-K trifle dear- er. Milkers and Springers â€" Steady. but as there were very few on offer, prices were firm. Stockers and feeder3--$3 to $3.60. Hogs-Se- lects quoted at $7.85 f.o.b. and at fS.lO, fed and watered. servant rushed forward and wrest- ed the gun from Hunter. County Constable James McMuilen re- sponded promptly. He ininiediate- iy called on Mr. George Taylor, the village Magistrate, who in the re- gular way issued a warrant for Hunter's arrest. The prisoner waa securely guarded and placed on board the early morning train for Lindsay, where he was lodged in the couuty jail. i, F.ULURE 01 FISHERIES. Serious Condition Faces 23.000 Hea in Labrador. A despatch from St. John's, Nfld., says : Advices from Labrador, through the fishery cruiser Fiona, which arrived here on Sunday, re- port the failure of the fisheries of that coast, owina; to ice blockades. Unless this barrier is removed soon a serious situation for 25,000 n;en and their families is inevitable. These men compose th^ crews of the vessels which usually are en- gaged in the Labrador fisheries. Their average catch constitutes about one-third of Newfoundland's total. FEWER CIG.iRETTES SMOKED. Act Prohibitin; Sale to Boys Has Had Uuod Effect. .\ despatch from Ottawa says I The act for the suppression oi th» cigarette evil, which has been in force about eight months, is hav- ing a beneficial effect in the decreas- ing of consumption. The falling off in the twelve months covered by a statement just issued by the De- I parUnient of Inland Revenue waa over thirty million cigarettes. 0£ i domestic make 3*4,000,000 were con- sumed i". this period, representing a decline of 28,000,000, while of th© imported kind the sale was 12.750,- COO, a decline of 2,000.000. The Act has been in force for eight of th» twelve months covered by tho fig- ures given. * THOUSANDS AT A LIFT. Immense Run of Sockeycs Report- ed From the Pacific. .\ despatch from Victoria, B. C, ' says : Trap tenders arriving on Sun- daV morning from fish traps report an immense run of cockeyes. The traps are t.aking fiom 20,000 to 50,- OCO fish each lift. No sooner were they empty than they began to fill up again. WORK FOR MR. MeGUlG.V.N. May Become President of Labe Superior Corporation. A despatch from Montreal sa.vst It is reported here that Mr. F. H. McGuigan, formerly of the Grand Trunk, aud now building the Niag- ara power transmission lines, is to become President of the Lake Su- perior Corporition at the Soo. Ifc Is said that tho salary of $25.uOO will be atia.-iied tu the position which Mr. McGuigan is to occupy. ISED RAZOR ON HOTEL MAN. George Gould Was Fined $20 and Costs ut Itruutford. A despatch from Brantford saya : Twenty dollars and costs was the Pne imposed by Police Magistrate Livingston on Wednesday morning on George Gould for slashing Wes- ley Scott, proprietor of the Lang- ford Hotel, with a razor last week. TIE PEOPLE m ARMfflU The Labor Trouble in Sweden Is Be- comino; More Acute. .â- \ despatch from Stockholm ! chants, etc., are arming themselves says : The labor conflict in Sweden shows signs of becoming more acute and the ranks of the strikers are considerably swelled. But the gen- eral strike called tor Wednesday has not yet become entirely etfec- tive. Many organizations, although svmpathi.'.ing with the strikers, hesitate to join them a-tively. The employees of the street car linos and the cab drivers stopped work and neither cabs nor street I for self-protection. The gun shops vf tho city are practically denuded of revolvers and small arms. .â- \lthough the railroad men have not decided to strike, the Govern- Dient is taking the precaution to gu.ird the tracks with troops, fear- ing attempts to blow up bridges or injure the pern!aneiit way. Quan- tities of dynamite are reported to have my-steri'iusly disappeared re- cently from the Government stores. The leaders of the strik.:-; claim car? are available. The troops ere ! tliat th.j end of the "cek •vill see protecting the gas works and the a notable spread oi the movexent ; electric lighting plant, and this j that the railroad. p<>'<tal, telegraph step has incensed the workmen, ' and telephone etup'oyees, and the whose leader threatens to call a : printers will by thitt time have strike unless the soldiers are wilh- ! jtined. drawn. '4ik ! All milk supplies have been ci:t off A cotps of workmen soW thou- ! and thousani*.* of babies are suf- sand strong is being organized with ' fering from l.iok of mmrishme it tlie objeet of maintaining ord'-r, a-.d ard cliarnre from cows' niiik to the people generally, bankers, mer- cikuued oiilk.