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tJt A BEST AIANT BL OWN UP Toronto Soldier and Civilian Are Charged With the Crime. 'A despatch from Toronto says; With a roar tliat was hoard with- in a radius of several blocks, what it eiipposcd to havo been a, small bomb, placed by two men under a tablo in the New York Chinese res- taurant on York street, exploded on Wednesday night, blowing out the front of th© shop and wrecking jt inside in a remarkable manner. Qucenie Oliver, the cashier of the restaurant and its only occupant at the time of the explosion, was knocked down, although by some strange chance escaping with no more serious injury tlian a few bruises. Several policemen, headed by In- spector Davis, who heard the ex- plosion while at the corner of Bay and Richmond streets, were on the epot a minute later. The young woman told the story of two men who had been in the place, and F. C Sockett went out into the crowd and arrested Woodward, who was easily located by his uniform. A description of the other man was secured, and Inspector Dfivis after a time caught Wilkinson. Both men denied knowledge of the ex- plosion. The theory is that the explosive was one of the small bombs used in the fireworks display in front of the grand stand at the Exhibition. Quite a number of these were 5.ickcd up by soldiers and civilians, it is said- Some of these fireworks were explosives of high power, and could have caused such an explo- sion as last night's. It is supposed that Woodward became possessed </f one of them and took it into the restaurant with the object of "hav- ing some fun"' with the Chinamen, being unaware of the damage it would cause. TEN INDI.VNS DROWNED. TJghtkcoppr ItoportH Seeing a Boat Capsized. A despatch from Victoria, B. C-, Bays : F. Kastman, lighthouse-keep- er at Kace Rocks, who arrived here on Friday morning, reports seeing a Columbia River boat capsize and from eight to ten Indians, includ- ing women and children, drowned en Thursday morning during a strong southwest squall. A Hes- quoit Indian, who firrived at the local agency on Friday morning, reported that he was alone in a Columbia River boat which cap- sized on Thursday near Race Itocks. He believes the lightkeeper was confused by seeing bags of ballast which he had on the windward side of the boat, but the lightkeeper is insistent that he saw the party djown, and says that his wife and assistant also witnessed the disas- ter. His report of the location of the disaster is different from that of the Indian, and the time is plac- ed by him as II a.m., while the In- dian states that be capsized after 12 o'clock. JOPLLNGS ARRESTED. Charged With Killing Arthur Bol- lard, of Toronto. A despatch from Peterboro' says: On Thursday afternoon High Coun- ty Constable Cochrane arrested Frf-d. Jopling at his home in Bridgenorth, on the charge that he did slay and kill Arthur Bollard cf Toronto. The warrant was is- sued by County Magistrate Edmi- son, and included the brother, Har- ry Jopling, who was not at hcwne ^•hen Fred w.is arrested, but on his return he voluntarily submitted to arrest. Both men were arraigned fcefore Magistrate Kdmison at 9 p.m., and a^lmittcd to bail of $4,- 000 ra<h. On the application of Mr. O'Connel, their counsel, the preliminary hearing was postponed till Sept. 24th. TWO BROTHERS DROWNED. Toronto Fireman Lo.st Bis Life In Trying to Save llrother. A despatch from Toronto says : Joseph Gilding, aged 31, and his brotlicr Hunter, aged 21, were drowned in the Bay on Sunday af- ternoon, meeting the fate which some years ago befel their tliird and only brother. The Gildings with several companions were sail- ing in Jos. Gilding's recently pur- chased 32 footer, the "Winoua." He was at the helm. There was a stiff breeze, and when near the Island, some hundred yards from shore, Hunter fell overboard. Whe- ther he was struck by the boom or lost his zalanee when the craft lurched in the waves is not certain. "Can you hold out. Hunt J" shout- ed Jos. Gilding, anxiously as bis brother came to the surfaee some yards in the rear. A shake of the brad and a cry of distress was the only reply and vitboat hesitation, Joe Gilding plunged overboard. With the rudder and the sail free. It wa« with some difficulty that the others saw the brothers together, breasting the wares. Then, of a sudden they dis^ipeared. DASHED TO DEATH. Acrideat at the Farak Mine at Cebalt. A despatch from Cobalt says : Oc Friday afterooon E. Decente, a n.iaer, single, aged about thirty, engaged at the Farah mine, along with a companion, Wilfred Bailey, descended the shaft too soon after blasting at the hundred foot level. The men realized their danger at once and gave the hoisting signal- Bailey managed to get out safely, but Decente fell from the bueket, being dashed to death seventy feet below in the bottom of the shaft. CONDENSED NEWS ITEiMS QAfi'ENINGS ITtOM ALL OTEB iue; c;lobi£. XHegrfcpnIs Briefs From Onr Own tad OthiT Countries of IteccDt EtcuU. CANADA. An attempt was mode to blow up a railway bridge at Westbrook, 1^. S. Allan McDonald, a stenographer at Montreal, shot himself dead in his oliice. The Government is arranging for a direct steamship service to the West Indies. The Alberta k Groat Waterways Railway will be built from Edmon- ton to Fort McMurray. Tho C. N. R. and C. P. R. are anxious to secure leases of timber berths from which to cut ties. William Sutherland was found dead near Woodstock, on Friday, having cut his throat with a razor. Tho August bank statement shows a largo increase in deposits and an extension of commercial and call loans. Winnipeg is applying to the Mi- litia Department for permission to organize a regiment of Highlanders ill that city. A scaffold fell with fifteen men at a barn-raising near Plainville, on Friday. Six of the men were seriously hurt. Miss Aljiha McKinney was burned U' death while fighting a prairie ! fire on her father's farm near I Broomhill, Man. Mr. G. C. Cossar is trying to in- itcrest the Provincial Government 'ill a plifti to bring Scotch youths J j U^ Ontario to work on farms. I Archibald McColl, ex-chief of Police of Haileybury, was acquit- ted on the charge of taking a bribe to allow a prisoner to escape. Toronto's share of percentage and mileage rentals from the To- ronto liailway for the year ending August 31 was 8570,625. Chew Brothers' lumber yards at Midland were destroyed by fire on ' Saturday. Loss a quarter of a niil- : lion dollars. The mill was saved. I The body of a man was taken j from tivo river near North Bay, "n I Saturday, with a deep gash in the neck, and foul play is suspected. John Dillon was found guilty at Montreal on Saturday of the mur- der of Constable Shea and sentenc- ed to bo han^re<l on Novejnbcr I".' Canadian shipping men are agi- tating for retaliatory legislation ogainst the United States tax on foreign vessels calling at its ports. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Wright had to jump from their gasoline launch and swim to shore near Brockville owing bo the boat catch- ing fire, on Saturday. At Swan Lake an Indian shot a girl, claiming he mistook her for a bear. The member.s of the tribe are suspicious that it was inten- tional, as they say the man was jea- lous of the girl. Mr. Collingwood Sehrei)>cr says the Grand Trunk Pacific will ne\cr be built with white labor. There arc two thousand men working in British Columbia now, and in a short time 25,000 will bo required, with little prospect of getting them. THE WORLD'S MARKEFS BEPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Home aud Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Sept. 21.â€" Flour â€" On- tario Hour 90 per cent, patents, $4 to $4.05 in buyers' sacks on track Toronto, and at $3.90 to $3.95 out- side in buyers' sacks. Manitoba flour, first patents, $5.80 on track, Toronto ; second patents, $5.30, and strong bakers', $5.10 to $5.20 on track, Toronto. Manitoba Wheatâ€" New No. 1 Northern, $1.06, Bay ports, and No. 2 Northern, $1.04 spot. Bay ports; No. I Northern, $1.0lXi, Bay ports, October shipment, and No. 2 at 99%c, October shipment. Ontario Wheatâ€" No. 2, 96 to 99c at outside points. Barleyâ€" For future delivery No. 2 54 to 55c, and No. 3 extra, 52 to £3c outside. ^^Oats â€" No. 2 Ontario white, new, 57 to 37%c outside for September shipment, and 39c for immediate shipment. New Canada West oats, 41% to 42c, Bay ports, September shipment. Peas â€" No. 2 new, 70 to 72c out- side. Rye â€" No. 2, 66 to 07c outside. Buckwheat â€" Prices purely nomin- al.. Corn â€" No. 2 American yellow, 76"';; to 77c on track, Toronto. Ca- nadian 75c on track, Toronto. Branâ€" $19 outside in bulk for On- tario bran, and $23 for shorts in bulk. Manitoba, $21.50 in sacks, Toronto freights; shorts, $24, To- ronto freights. OTTAWA AlBSHIP TBAGfflY One Man Killed, Two Injured by Contact of Propeller With Electric Wires. A despatch from Ottawa says : A startling series of accidents, in- cluding a tragedy, on Thursday at- tended the course of the dirgible airship whose ascents were to be one of the features of the Central Canada Exhibition. The first as- cent was attempted on Thursday raiorning by Aviator Nassr, upon the exhibition grounds near the Aberdeen Pavilio". There were a nurnber of electric wires near the pavilion, and in some manner the propeller, near the front of tho airship, became entangled in them, scraping off the insulation. The rear end of the airship slowly drop- ped to the ground, and the aviator called to the assistant, Wingard- ner, to "look out for the rudder." A large crowd were assembled, in- cluding Edward Keating, of Belle- ville, and Malcolm Campbell, who sprang forward to assist Wingard- ncr. The three men took hold of the framework at the same time, and hardly had they touched it, when the spectators saw them drop limp to the ground in a heap. They had completed an electric circuit charged with 2,000 volts. Keating died an hour later after liis removal from the grounds. Tb« other men sustained a severe shock, but were soon resuscitated. Keat- ing, with his brother, was running a wheel of fortune on tho Midway, He was 44 years of age, was mar^ riod and leaves a widow and six small children. Campbell is from Glengarry County. He was ia charge of the exhibit of the Ontario i Wind Engine and Pump Co-, Lim- , ited. It is believed that Mr. Keat- I ing might have been resuscitated had a physician been at hand im- mediately. On Thursday afternoon, i some hours after tho tragedy, Nassf made a successful ascent, landing upon the opposite side of the Ri- deau Canal. He was billed to mak« another ascent in the evening and was dragging the airship back to the grounds when it struck a livo wire near the entrance to the ex-' hibition. It took lire at once, bui shot up in the air three hundr feet before the balloon portion o the machine exphxled. Tlie airship its.elf was destroyed, but no ou» was injured. A house near by caught fire, but the flames were ex^- tinguished before any considerablo damage was inflicted. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples â€" Cooking apples, $2 per barrel, and St. Lawrence and Duchess, $2.25 to $2.50. Beans â€" Prime, $2.25, and hand- picked, $2.40 to $2.45 per bushel. Hay â€" No. 1 timothy, $15 to $'o a ton on track here, and No. 2, $14 to $14.50. Strawâ€" $9 to $9.50. Potatoes â€" 70 to 75c per bag on track for Ontarios, and 80c for New Brunswick. Poultry â€" Chickens, dressed, 14 to ICc per lb. ; fowl, 9 to lie; turkeys, 17 to 18c per lb. ; ducks, lb., 12 to 14c. AUGOST TBADE RETllS An Increase of Nearly Eight Million Dollars for the Month, A despatch from Ottawa says : August tra<le returns tor tho Do- minion, issued on Friday, again in- dicate a large increase over last year's figures. The total trade for the month was $55,809,031, an increase of 37,701,972 as compared with August of last year. ImiK)rt8 of merchandise totalled $30,241,370, a gain of $7,189,371. Exports of domestic products amounted to $23,637^3.30, an increase of $020,- 791. F.xports of foreign products totalled $1,726,341, an iiicrcaso of $186,010. Customs duties for tho month were $5,361,157, an increase ol $1,170,970. For the first five months of tho fiscal year the total trade of tho Dominion has been $247,788,335, a gain of $30,130,252, or about seven- teen per cent., as compared with the corresponding period of 1908. Imports of merchandise entered for consumption have totalled $142,- 033,218, an increase of $29,506,072. Exports of domestic products were $96,935,925, an increase of $0,820,- 304. Exports of foreign products were $8,098,417, an increase of $2,100,303. BBITONS WAMT SOP TH POLE Seven Thousand Ask Captain Scott to Take Them Along. A dcHpatch from London says : Capt. Seott, the Antarctic explor- er is convinced tliat if the British expedition which he will command does not, start next year, other countries will take up tho enter- prise on tho lino of advance de- veloped by Bi'itisli pioneers. The prosjiect of raising tho $200,- 000 necessary for the expedition is good. Thousanils of letters of en- quiry, many enclosing cheques, have reached the, ofiiee of ilie ex- pedition, while interest and rival- ry awakened by American enter- prise in discovering the North Pole make more acute the general wil- lingness to subscribe. No fewer than 7,000 men and boys, firetl with tho desire to obtain Polar glory, have written to Capt. Scott, beg- ging to bo allowed to join the e.K- pcdition. One writes that although ho is a foreigner ho will willingly beeonie a naturalized Briton if Capt. Hcott will engage him. Many of Oapt. Scott's former company want to rejoin him in his jiresent undertaking. Dr. Wilson, who was physician to tho Discovery expe<Ii- tion which Capt. Scott eoniniandetj, has been appointed doctor of tho expedition now preparing. GREAT BRITAIN. The Irish land hill passed its third rea<ling in the British Com- mons on Friday. Lord Tweedmouth, who a short time ago was First Lord of the Ad- miralty, is dead. UNITED STATES. Pellagra is causing terrible rav- ages in North Carolina. Roven persons lost their lives in a flood in lower California. E. H. Harriman bequeathed all his property, without restriction, to his wife. Bishop McCloskey of Kentucky, the oldest Catholic Bishop iu the United States, is dead. Tho Detroit F<><leration of Labor has practically withdrawn from the American organization. A Chinaman at Chicago was fined $,'ir for offering a liwly the shelter of his umbrella <luriiig a rainstorm. John Washburn, n thirteon-year- old burglar, eoinmittcd suicide at Hastings, Mich., when officers pur- sued him. GENERAL. Sixty thousaiul men arc engaged in the fall manoeuvres of tho French army. Japan will devote a large sum during tho ensuing year to the re- dciniption <jf bonds. Santos Dumont in his miniature neropbine attained a speed of fifty- five milon an hour. Work is to be begun in January on a railroad connecting Mexico and the Panama Canal. Commander Peary, in an inter- view at Battle Harbor, <lcclared that ho himself was the only white man who ever stoinl at tho Pole. The resolution in favor of Imperi- r.l preference was carried by a large majority at tho meeting of the Chambers of Commerce of the Em- pire at Sydney, N. 8. W. Dr. J. Mark Baldwin, formerly of Toronto University, has been appoint 0(1 head of tho Mexican Na- tional University, with practical supervision of the national system of education. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€" Pound prints, 19 to 21c; tubs and large r<jllE, 18 to 19c; in- ferior, 10 to 17c ; creamery, 23,'-^ to 24c, and separator, 22 to 23c per lb. Eggs â€" Case lots, 24 to 25c per dozen. Cheese â€" 12c per lb. for large, and at 12%c for twins. HOG PRODUCTS. Baconâ€" Long clear, 14% to 15c per lb. in case lots; mess pork, $25 to $25.50; short cut, $27 to $27.50. Hams â€" Light to medium, 15% to lOj-ijC ; do., heavy, \\},.x to 15c ; rolls 14 to 14!/^c; shoulders, I3c ; back, 18 to 18/^c ; breakfast bacou, 17 to 17%c. liard â€" Tierces, 15c; tubs, 15Xc; pails, 15%c. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Sept. 21. â€" The market for oats is more active, buyers were asked 43%c per bushel afloat here for No. 2 Canadian Western, to arrive, which is an advance over what they were purchased at some two weeks ago of 2'^c per bushel. No. 2 Canadian Western, 44 to 44%c ; No. 3 Canadian Western, 43 to 43%c. Barleyâ€" No. 2, 66 to G7c ; ^lanitoba feed barley, 04 to 65c. Flour â€" Manitoba Spring wheat pat- ents, firsts, $5.00; do., seconds, $5.- 40; Winter wheat patents, $5.50; Manitoba strong bakers', $5.20; straight rollers, $5 to $5.25; do., in bags, $2.35 to $2.50. Feed - Ontario bran, $22 to $23; Ontario middlings, $23.50 to $24.50; Mani- toba bran, $22; Manitoba shorts, $24 ; pure grain mouille, $33 to $34 ; mixed mouille, $25 to $27. Cheese â€"Westerns, 11% to ll'aC, and east- erns, 11% to ll%c. Butterâ€" F'inest creamery, 23,'^ to 24c; seconds at 23 to 23%c; Manitoba dairy, 18 to 19c, and western dairy at 19 to 20c. l^ggs â€" Selected stock, 25% to 26c; No. 1 candled at 22^., to 23c, and No. 2 at 10 to 19c per dozen. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal, Sept. 21.â€" There were no really prime beeves on the mar- ket, and five conts per pound was about the top price for pretty good animals and from that down to four cents per pound, while the ci mmon stock sold at 2% to near 4c per lb. Calves, $3 to $10 each, at 3% to 5%c per lb. ; sheep, 3% U-' 4c, and lambs, 5% to Oc per lb. Good lots of fat hogs, 9 to 9%c per lb., miich cows, $30 to $55 each. Toronto, Sept. 21. â€" Butchers' \iero in strong demand. Picked lots of prime steers and heifers sold as high as $5.80 per cwt., but this was exceptional. The general average of good loaAs was from $5 to $5.- 4C; medium, $4 to $4.90. Milkers and springers were in steady de- mand- Stockers and feeders â€" Firmer. Sheep and calves â€" Steady and unchanged. Lambs â€" Easier, owing to heavy run. Hogs â€" Selects are quoted at $8.25 f.o.b., and $3.- 60 to $8.05, fed and watered. HEAVY FIXES IMPOSED. Sault Stc. .Marie Liquor Dealers Pro.spcutcd. A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie says : As the result of a visit of Detectives Austin and Fartang- !o to the Soo during August, fines ia the Police Court on Wednesday amounted to $8-12. Benny Scigli- ano, a westend Italian, was found guilty on three charges and was as- sessed $460. Men had visited hia place and obtained liquor. Marcel- lo Mancosa, another Italian, was fined $257, and the Algoma Hotel $125. The amount of the fines haa created some consternation among the local liquor dealers, especial- ly through the fact that a vote on local option takes place here in January. Fartanglo states that ho is employed by the Government, r.nd says he has a number of other cases in hand here. -*- UNITED STATES MARKETS. St. Louis, Sept. 21â€" Wheat â€" Sfpt., $1.03%: Dec, $1.00%; May, 91.03%. Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 21.â€" Wheat- Sept., 07% to 97%c ; Dee., 97%c; May, $1.00% to $1.01 ; cash. No. 1 hard, $1.00% to $1.01%; No. 1 Northern, 09%c to $1,003-^; No. 2 Northern, 97% to 0S%c ; No. 3 Northern, 05% to 9e%c. Flour â€" First patents, $5.20 to $5.45; sec- ond patents, $5.10 to $5.35; first clears, $4.35 to $4.50; second clears, $3.10 to $3.30. Branâ€" In hundre<l pound sacks, $19. ."iO. Milwaukee, Sept. 21.â€" Wheat â€" No. 1 Northern, $l.0S to $1.03%; No. 2 Northern, $1.05 to $1.00; Dec, 98% to nsj^o bid. Rye- No. 1, 71%c. Cornâ€" Doc, flOJic. Bar- leyâ€"Standard, 67'/^e; No. 3, 59% to 61c; No. 4, 54 to 89Vio. STEPPED IN FRONT OF TRAIN. Farmer Living Near Delhi Killed on tho Track. A despatch from Delhi, Out., says : Early on Thursday moriiiug Jacob Billo, a farmer living about f( iir miles north of hero, was struck by a Michigan Central Railway Ex- picss train going west and instant- ly killtnl. Mr. Billo was on his way to attend a funeral and was walk- ing on the south track. Ho step- ped off to the other track to pass a freight train, when the express train struck him. Ho leaves a fam- ily of ten children. THE MISKUAT SHOOTER. Jacob Smith Must Stand Trial for Killing Dumiiiick Spratt. A despatch from Lindsay says : Tho trial of Jacob Smith, who was remanded in connection with the shooting of Dominick Spratt, was resumed on Wednesday niornins be- fore Magistrate Moore. After hear- ing several witnesses, who repeat- ed the evidence brought out at the inquest, the accused was commit- ted for trial at the Quarter Ses- sions of the Peace, to be held in December. Jacob Smith is in a very poor state of health and is said to bo in the initial stages of typhoid fever. * LEAPED FttOM WINDOW. Man Killed, Ionian lujurcd in MoDtrcal. A despatch from Montreal says: Frightened by tho explosion of a gas stovo, Theodore Variate and his wife juanped from a third storey window on Sunday morning on Notre Dame street. Tho man was instantly killed and the woman was injured. EIGHT WERE KILLED. In a Head-on Collision Near Nash- ville, Tcnnesisee. A despatch from Nashville, Tenn., says; As the result of a head-on collision between passenger train No. 4 and a fast freight No. 51 on the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, ouo mile west ol I'egrara, Tenn., on Wednesday eight men were killed, one serious- ly injured and a number of tho others reported more or less hurt. No passengers wore killed. Tho cars caught fire and the bodies of several of the victims were cremat- ed. Both engines were completely wreckc<l. The wreck was caused ly the overlooking of orders. * HALLEY'S COMET VISIKLE. Seen at Lake Ueneva With the Naked Eye. A despatch from Chicago, 111., says: For the first time in seventy- four years Halley's Comet has been cvhservod wi*h the naked eye. Tho observation was made by Professor S. W. Burnham of the Y'erkes Ob- servatory at [^ake Geneva on Wed- nes<lay and Thursday nights. Two photographic negatives were secured. 1* THE STREAM OF WUE.IT. Ilowing Eastward Through Fort >Yilllain iu Lnrj^o Quantities. A despatcli from Fort William says: Wheat is beginning to arrivo ill the city iu large quantities, and tor the first time this season tho elevators were working overtime on Tuesday night. Shipping is still, however, slow% and the Wahcondah, Fairniount, and bargo Vngava are in the river empty and waiting or- ders. PROTECT ION YM fflSDLT Railway Commission Issues Orders Re- garding Officers on Trains. A despatch from Ottawa says : The Canadian Railway Commission <iii We<lncsday made an order di- recting all railroads in Cana<la which do an international business to direct their conductors to pre- vent undue interference will) pas- sengers in Canada by United St.'ites immigration officials. In makinj; the order, Chairmaji Mabee said he had received over fifty conipliiints against American imiuiaration of- ficials, who are alleged to havo uuida themselves obnoxious iu Canada, not only to passengers bound to the Unit-d States, b\it to passengers goinsi from one Canadi- an point to another. The order di- rected conductors to report all cas- es of incivility by .\mcrican oftici- als on Canadian trains On behalf o' tho railways it was explained j th.at tlie presence of Ank-rie.an of- I ficials on trains in ('anad;» was da© , ti n-\ arrani-e rent and w.is d,>sic-n- ed to pvev.»i)t lo;«s of titre in mak- ing ovamiiiati.ms at bour.d::ry PL.;..ti