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MANY ACTS or VIOLENCE The Story That Comes Daily From the Russian Empire. THEFT AND MURDER. The London Times’ correspondent cables from St. Petersburg as follows:â€" Telegrams from various parts of the em- pire published daily in the papers con stitute a monotonous record of acts of violence. Vt'ednesday‘s telegrams tell of robbery and murder north, south, east and west. In Charbin a telegraphist was robbed. his child killed and wife wounded. In Militopol passport forms were stolen, probably for use by local revolutionaries. In Ekfllt‘l'anSIOV. T1113 and three other places money was stol- en from the Government brandy shops. Agrarian riots naturally are not want- ing. On Prince Kochubey’s estate in l’oltava province buildings were burnt down, and with them perished a quan- tity of valuable live stock. The build- ings and estate of M. Lukyanoff near Poltava are now burning. In the pro vince of Orel the rural guards arrested an agitator, and peasants who attempt- ed to rescue the man killed one guard and wounded two. Bombs abound. In Gomel a bomb burst in a private apart- ment. Bombs have been discovered in Gomel, Yalta, Kaluga and Samara Roads. Firearms have ben seized in Poltava and Theodosia The daily. record of murder tells of the assassina- tion of Commandant Pyatigorsk in the garrison by an insane officer. A wood- man was shot at Riga by a rural guard. A director' of the prison was shot at Brestlitovsk. A lieutenant, policeman, a lady and a commissionaire were wounded in Warsaw. The peasant dc- puty from Kieff was beaten on his re- turn home by peasants who were dissatisfied with his explanation of the dissolution cf the Douma. Of arrests it is impossible to keep record. In St. Petersburg alone 150 persons were ar- rested on Tuesday. In the meantime the Black Hundred organizations are active. In St. Petersburg the hooligans are growing bolder, and the notorious Bishop of Saratoff incites the Orthodox to attack the revolutionaries. The Gov- ernment is busily engaged devising re- pressive measures to secure the arrest of agitators in the rural districts and prevent the further demoralizalion of the army officials. The Government offices complain of lack of clear direction. and the conservative members of the Coun- cil of the Empire declare that repres- sive measures are futile, and that the empire is drifting steadily toward an- archy. BOMB HURLED ll\ [0 STATION. A despatch from Sosnowice, Russian Poland, says: A bomb was thrown on Wednesday into a crowded waiting- room at. the railway station. One man was killed and many were wounded. A panic ensued, resulting in injury to many other persons. Women fainted and children were trampled upon. The thrower of the bomb escaped. THE PEOPLE HELD RESONSIBLE. A dcspatch from Warsaw says: The terrorists are continually attacking and robbing postâ€"offices, Government spirit shops, treasuries and the mails. The Governor-General has ordered that l'icnccfdrth the inhabitants of,villages, communities and cities in or near which such crimes occur shall pay the losses resulting from such robberies. WILL TIIE (BEAR ABDICATE? A despatch from Vienna says: It is rumored that it is the Czar's intention to abdicate. The recirculation of this. report is ascribed to the reactionaryt Councillors violently opposing Premier Stolypin’s reform scheme, which the Czar upports. The story adds that the Czar \ 'll appoint Grand Dukes Vladi- mir and Nicholas Nicholaevilch as co- regents. _â€"__'l PERHAPS DEATII FOR DUTY. A despalch from St. Pelersburg says: M. Onipko, the peasant member of the late Parliament, who was captured red- banded at Cronstadt after the mutiny there, will be tried. it is semi-officially announced. according to the rules of war for inciting and participating in an armed revolt. the penalty for which is death. The authorities hope the case will involve several other prominent extre- mists in the late Parliament and pre- vent their re-election to any future Par- liament. FOR FAMINE RELIEF. The Cabinet on \\‘cdnesday discusscdi measures of famine relief. It was deâ€"i cided to recommend credit of $27.500.-l 000 in addition to the $7500.0in voted by . Parliament for this use. $25.000,000 of} which sum is to provide food and 0111-} ployment to keep the stricken p0ptlld~l tion from starvation. and the remainder: for the purchase of seed grain. Among! the public works recommended are coir, struction of flood embankments. portsi and other improvements on the Volga.‘ on which the unskilled labor in the chief famine district could be employed an-l for which $550,000 were voted at the re- commendation of Premier Stolypin. GIRL COMMITTED SUICIDE. I A despatch from Odessa says: A 19- ycarâ€"old girl, educated and well-dressed, arrived here on Friday morning and en- gaged a room in a hotel. As she was yoing.i out this evening she asked a por- ter whereabouts was the residence 0" Gen. Knulbnrs. the Governor-General of Odessa. She \\'£l~ informed. and she went to the palace. When a few paces from the entrance she accidentally drop ped a handbag and instantly their was an explosion like that of a bomb. The, girl was not hurt. She ran back to the 1 hotel, shut herself in her room. and coin- : milled suicide with a revolver. Her name ‘ is uncertain. One report states that she was a daughter of Gen. l‘rintz, while another says, her name, was (iOllllilv'llt.l There is no doubt that she was a rcvo-. lutionist and was carrying a bomb to assassinate Gen. liaulbars. One account of the affair is that Gen. Kaulbars and Gen. Karangosoff, the local military commander, were leaving the palace together as the girl ap- proached. and that she fumbled with the bomb, owing to nervousness, and it dropped from her hands. SENTENCES UNJUST. The sentences passed upon the Sebas- topol mutineers probably will be miti- gated. ll will be recalled that the papers in the cases of these men disappeared mysteriously after the arrival at Sebasto- pot of Admiral Skrydloff, commander of the Black Sea fleet. Before he left Sebastopol the Admiral intimated that he considered the condemnation of the mutineers prearranged and unjust, and said he thought the officers had been more to blame than the sailors. There is more than a suspicion that the seizure by revolutionists of the papers in these cases was staged by Admiral Skrydloff himself. ' On the recommendation of the Ad- miral, Minister of Marine Birileff in- stead of confirming the sentences has ordered a complete rehearing of the cases at the end of two months. .â€" NE\\' HEAD FOR RUSSIAN NAVY. A despatch from St. Petersburg says: it is understood that the Court of En- quiry into the recent mutiny at Cron- stadt advises the replacement of Admir- al Birleff, Minister of Marine, by some other officer as the head of the Russian navy. It is said that the place has been offered to Vice-Admiral Dubasofl, who was Governor-General of Moscow up to July 18, when he resigned on accountl of the condition of his health. He isi still suffering from the effects of wounds received in Moscow on May 6, when a bomb was thrown at him in the street. At first it was supposed he had receiv- ed mortal injuries. The Novoe Vremya says that Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch, cousin of the Czar, will be appointed to the su« preme command of the army without dictatorial powers. ATTEMPT TO KILL GRAND DUKE. A despatch from St. Petersburg says: Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaevitcli, Pre- sident of the Council of National Defence, narrowly escaped assassination on Fri- day afternoon at the hands of the lmâ€" perial Guards in the guard camp at Krasnoye-Selo. It appears that the Grand Duke was personally reviewing, manoeuvring and puttingr the troops through blank firing practice, when he suddenly was startled by the hiss of bul- lets about his head. Fortunately neither himself nor his horse was touched. The command to cease firing was immedi- ater given. and the soldiers of the regi- ment from which the bullets came were marched back to their quarters, and an investigation was begun in the hope til ascertaining from the barrels of the rifles which of the soldiers fired ball cartridges. Several arrests are under- stood to have been made. «mu o BIG INCREASE IN LUMBER. British Columbia Dealers Advance Com- mon Lumber $1 Per Thousand. A despaieh from Nelson, B. C... says: The Mountain Luniliernien‘s Association decided to raise the price of common lumlfi' one dollar per thousand. Therc' will be a slight advance also on a few other lines. It is claimed that the con- ditions warranted an advance of $8 and $10, but the lumbermen did not wish to take advantage of the situation aris- ing in the Northwest over good crops. One mill on Thursday reported orders for 300 carloads of lumber, with little stock. The coast mills are ban-e of stocks, with orders months ahead. ’i‘hir-i ty-five mills are now in the association‘ but a few more limits will be opened. Sheep and Lambsâ€"Export. ewes are quoted at $4.25 to $4.60, and bucks at 3.3.50 to $12.75. Lambs are easier at 5%e ti flip: per 11). -llogs'Dcliveries of hogs were again heavy and quotations at this marketare reduced another 25c per cwt., making a drop of 50c per cwt. for the week. Sc- lccts are quoted at $7.40 per cwt., and lights and fails at $7.15 fed and watered. _.__.. CANNED SALMON PROVED FATAL. _~ Man Poisoned in a Construction Camp. A despatch from Winnipeg says: The body of II. B. Smith, aged 28, was bmught in Vermilion, Alberta on Wed- nesday morning from the Grand Trunk Pacific Construction Camp, 40 miles south. On Sunday the men in the camp had canned salmon for supper and a. number were taken violently ill. The inquest decided death was due to poi- soned salmon. Young '40 families homeless. HOOK HELD HIM IN All}. A Cornwall Farmer Is Siispendcd by Ilayfork Chain. A despatch from Cornwall says: While at work in his father's barn on Thurs- day, John D. McDonald met with a pc- culiar and painful accident. He was arranging the hay fork. which had not been used since last season. The rope had been taken out, and a logging chain had been attached to the car. Mr. McDonald climbed up to the cross beam. and gave the chain a swing to remove the car. He thin jumped. intending to light on the hay about ten feet below. \\’hcn he had dropped about eight. feet the large hook of the swing chain caught. him under the right arm. holding him suspended about five minutes till his brother. Angus, who was working nearâ€" by. hearing his cries for llt'lp. came. and relei‘ised him. Dr. D. MoEwcn. llun- vegan. was speedily summoned to dress the wound, which proved to he a nasty one. 5â€"...“ DISASTROUS FIRE AT III‘LL. 'I‘hirly~I-li:]hll Framer Dwellings \Vere Destroyed. A despalch from Ottawa says: The fire doomed City of Hull was again on Friday visited by n conllogrution which swept. away 33 dwellings and rendered As has too fre- quently happened. the water supply was tonn‘ntirarily cut off just when the fire broke out. and for nearly an hour the firemen stood helplessly by their reels or simply aided in the work of re- moving furniture from the blazing buildâ€" ings. There. was a high south wind blowing at the time. and it is doubtful if the. confiagralion could have. been subdued as soon as it was but for the assistance of the Ottawa Fire Brigade. The district in which the fire broke out is one of the poorest in the city. The homes, all owned by the inmates, were small frame structures and burned up like so much inalchwood. It was in the kitchen of one of these dwellings that the fire started. An over-heated cook- stove set the, kitchen wall ablaze. The loss is between 5335.000 and $40000, of which only about ten per cent. is cov- ered by insurance. Rules are high in Hull, as much as 3% per cent. being charged in the particular district in which Friday‘s disaster occurred. it is estimated that fully 200 are home- less. ._._._§_..... NEW POTATO EVOLVED. _ Tastes Like a Blend of Asparagus and Turnips. A London. England. despatch says: Vegetarians will doubtliss hail with de» light the advent of a new tuber, blue of skin and yellow of interior, which is about to be placed upon the market. This new potato is known to the learn- ed in such matters as the Salanuni commersoni violet, and is the result of scientific cultivation by Messrs. Sutton of Reading. It is quite a distinct flavor of its own. Epicures describe it as a combined flavor of turnips and aspara- gus. As a business “proposition,” too. the growing of the new potato would undoubtedly prove a great success. The plant will thrive anywhere, the wetter or more marshy the soil the bet- ter. It is claimed that its productive power is 50 to 100 per cent. over the ordinary kind. ____+__....._. GRAVE MISMANAGEMENT. Report of the Commission on Boer “'ur Scandals. A despaich from London says: The War Oflicc has issued the report of the Royal Commission which was appoint- cd to investigate the South African War stores scandals. While the report no quits the British commissioned ollicei's concerned of the worst. charges of cor- ruption, it finds that the losses. equal- ing about 315000.000. were due rather to grave mismmiagcmcnt and incompe- tence than to fraud. The commission criticizes severva several ofiiccrs and public servants, and ch’ :;:es a number of llOllâ€"COlllmlsr‘fi.iu'fl officers will re- ceiving bribes. l: declares the errors were due to deplorable and complete want of co-ordinntion, and the divorce of interest between the different depart- ments of the \\"ar titlicc. The Ariin Service Corps is deviated to have been utterly wanting in business training and experience. __.._+_._ T0 SURVEY TEMISKAMING, C. P. R. to Send Corps of Engineers Into the District. A despatch from Montreal says: Sir Thos. Shaughnessy has intimated that the lianadian Pacific Railway Company will despatch a corps of C‘l;_*lllCCl‘S and surveyors lo the 'I‘cmiskaming district to make a preliminary survey and re- port. upon the extension of their line from Temiskaming to Kippewa and Riviere des Quinze. The object. of this line, should it be decided upon after these reports have been received, will be the development of the region where the recent gold discoveries were made, and incidentally it will open up direct railway communication between the main line and the old established ag- ricultural district of Ville Marie. _____+_____. MANY PARDONS ISSUED. Inmates of Canadian Prisons Receive Their Release. An Ottawa despatch says: There were 443 persons pardoned during the fiscal year ending June 30 from Canadian penitentiaries for various reasons, but, mainly for good conduct. Of this num- ber 173 were under the ticket-ofâ€"leave system. The remainder were released unconditionally. FIVE PEOPLE DRO\VNED. Gasoline Launch Struck Obstruction in the River at Winnipeg. A Winnipeg dcspalch says: A merry picnic terminated in a tragedy here on Saturday afternoon, which resulted in the death by drowning of five members of prominent families in this city, and the extremely narrow escape of three others. The dead are: Miss Ethel lrown, her sister Myrtle, and brother Ernest, Miss Thomson and Miss May White. The party left the city for Elm Park in a gasoline launch, those on board being Mrs. C. J. Brown, wife of the fifty Clerk, and her two daughters. lithe], aged nineteen, Myrtle, aged thir- teen, and her son Ernest, aged fifteen: Miss Thomson, :1 daughter of J. ll. Thomson: Miss May \Vhitc, slcnogriiphrr u the othce of Stobart, Louis A: (10.. and mice of J. H. Mitchell. agent of the school board, (I. ll. li‘i'ichll of the {1. P. It. staff, and Alex. (Iheync. While jour- neying up Red River the launch sudden- ly sti'urk a submerged pile, listed and sank almost instantly. The gasoline tank kept the boat above water, and to this alone is due the fact that the entire party did not meet a watery grave. The two young men struggled galliintly. thouin almost unsuccessfully, to save their helpless connianions. A man in a boot. passed within a few feet. of them and refused to give assistance or per- mit them to cling to his craft, for fear of upsetting it, and passed on, leaving them all to their awful fate. (Zheyne, Foxwell and Mrs. lrown alone survive their terrible experience, Mrs. Brown having been restored by artificial res- piration. The accident has caused pro found regret in the city._ .____._____ YOIYNG \VOMAN ASSAULTED. Miss Jones Found Unconscious by Road- side Near Owen Sound. A dos-patch from Owen Sound says: On Sunday morning about 8 o'clock as a gentleman was driving into town by the norlh gravel read he noticed the prostrate form of a young woman under the lower strand of a wire fence on the west side of Mill road, a street which intersects diagonally the former on the west hill near the outskirts of the town. Notifying the people residing in the vicinity. it was found that the young woman had evidently been the victim of a vicious attack. She was alive. but unconscious. A mark over the eye in- dicated that a heavy blow had been struck. while finger marks on the throat and a terribly swollen tongue showed tnat if the blow had not ren- dered her unconscious the attempt to strangle had. She was immediately recognized as Miss Louise Jones. the twentycnc-yearâ€"old daughter of Arthur W. Jones, a market gardener. who reâ€" sides about two hundred yards from where the young woman was dis- covered. Dr. ll. G. Murray was called and ordered the removal of the uncon- scious form to the General and Marine llospital. Miss Jones’ absence from home dur- ing the night created no apprehension, as frequently she spent the night as company for a lady friend in town whose duties called for night work, and it was supposed that the young woman had remained in town for this reason. Unless unexpected complications arise the physicians expect that the victim will recover, though she is suffering from the shock and the all-night expo- sure. The police are hopeful that the perpetrators will be captured. _.._..¢.. THEY STARVED TO DEATH. Fate of Two Little Girls Who Wandcrcd from Home. A dos-patch from Winnipeg says: \\'ord comes from Wood Mountain that the remains of the two little Hoffman girls, aged nine and eleven, who wan- dercd away from their homey while go- ing after horses on May 23rd last. have Ewen found by a sheep herder in Porcu- pine Creek, some 40 miles from their father's ranch. They must therefore have lived for some days. and finally died of starvation. The father left Wood Mountain on Friday to bring the rc~ mains home. At the time of their dis- :qqicarancc search was made for several days and their tracks traced for miles, but without result. __.+___. KILLED BY STREET CAI}. Sarnia Lady Meets: “‘illi Shocking Death. ‘ A Sarnia dcspatch says: Miss Chris- tiana Gray, aged til. years, a highly esteemed resident of Sarnia, meta shocking death on Saturday evening while retuining from a trip to Wood- rowc Beach, two miles from Sarnia. Miss Gray in some manner stepped from the car while it was going full speed and was terribly injured in strik- ing the pavement. She was picked up unconscious and conveyed to the Sarina General Hospital, where she passed away in an hour and a half. Deceased was a sister of Mrs. James Mackenzie, Messrs. A. Gray, of Sarnia, and A. Y. Gray, of Detroit, and Mrs. Barnet, of Sarnia. .â€"+_......,... ATE PORK AND BEANS. Young Man Dies Soon After Pal-taking 0f Canned Stuff. An Ingersoll despatch says: II. II. Ellis, eldest son of Mr. A. ll. Ellis, fur- niture manufacturer, died suddenly on Friday from ptomaine poisoning, caused by eating canned pork and beans. He ate the pork and beans early Friday, and was soon taken ill. When physici- ans were summoned he was in a coma- tose condition, from which he was not revived. The deceased was about 34 years of age and unmarried. â€".â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€" > . LEADING _MARKETS BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Aug. 14â€"Flourâ€"Ontario â€"4 Exporters bid $2.85 for 90 per cent. pats ents, l‘vuycrs’ bags, outside. Manitobaâ€" Unesltlcd. Quotations are $4.40 to six. 60 for first patents. $4 to $4.10 for sec-t onds and $3.90 to $4 for bakers’. lriinâ€"Onfarioâ€"Scarcc and firm. “L $13.50 to $14.50 in bulk, outside. Shortsf $17.50 to $l$ outside. “healâ€"Ontorioâ€"No. 2 red 70c bid. 72c asked. outside. Old wheat in de-. iniind, file to 30 higher. \thotâ€"Mnnitoba~Quotalions at lake ports firmer ill huge for No. 1 northern: and 75c for No. 2 northern. i Oatsâ€"About steady at. 30c to file out: side for No. 2. Old are wanted at 37c, Toronto. equal to 3435(2 to ilfifigc outside. Barleyâ€"New No. 2 offered at 48c, out- side. ltye‘fiflc to 600 outside. (Zornâ€"American No. 2 yellow, 58%6 to Site, at Ontario points. COL‘NTRY PRODUCE. hitterâ€"The market holds firm for all lines of Choice. Creamery. prints . . . . . . 220 to 230 do solids . . . . . . 2lctofic. Dairy, piints . . . . . . 20c toOtlc do pails . . . . . . . . 18ct019c- Bakers’ . . . . . . 160 to 176, Choiceâ€"Unchanged at 12%c to 12540; for large and 12%0 to 12%0 for twins. EggsAQuotations are lower at 17%0 to 18 fill/Qt: per dozen. Potatoesâ€"00c to 70c per bushel loads. Rated flayâ€"Old hay is in good de- mand. Quotations are unchanged at: $5) for new No. 1; old is steady at $10 for No. l in car lots here and $7.50 for mixed. Balcd Strawâ€"Continues steady at $5.â€" 50 to $0 per ton for car lots on track here. for MONT R EAL MA RKETS. Montreal. Aug. 14.-â€"Oats are weak at .3ch to 39(- for No. 2, 37%0 to 38c for No. 3 and sfijgc to 37c for No. 4. Flourâ€"Manitoba spring wheat pint ents, $6.20 to $4.40 and straight rolleiys, $3.00 to $4.10 in wood, in bags $1.851“? $1.95; extra. in bags, $1.25 to $1.50. 3 Rolled Oats~$2.20 to $2.25 in bags is: 90 lbs. Comment, $1.40 to $1.45 per ha ; granulatcd. $1.65. Millfeedâ€"Ontario bran, in bags. his to $19: shorts, in bags, $20 to $21.50; Manitoba bran, in bags, $19 to $19.50; shorts, $20 to $20.50. " Hayâ€"No. 1. $10 to $10.50 per ton on track; No. 2, $9 to $9.50; clover, $7 1 $4.50; clover, mixed, $8 to $8.50. ' Beansâ€"Prime pea beans, in car-load lots, $1.53 to $1.35 per bushel, hand- picked, $l.00 per bushel. Peas-Boiling, in broken per bushel. Potatoesâ€"40c to 500 per bag of 90 lbs, nominal. Honeyâ€"White clover, in comb. 130 to Me; buckwheat, 10c to lie per 11:. sec- tion; extract, 7c to 7%c; buckwheat, 5%c to tie per pound. lots, $1.10 NEW' YORK \NIIEAT MARKET. New York, Aug. 14. -â€" Spot, steady, No. 2 red, Rage, elevator; No. 2 red, 79%: f.o.b. afloat; No. 1 northern, Du- luth, 843/1c fob. afioat; No. 2 hard win. tcr, 80%43 fob afloat. CATTLE MARKET. Toronto. Aug. 14.â€"â€"The late dulness trade. combined with the farmers beii g busily occupied in getting in their h r- vest, has made buyers indifferent a .d diminished the offerings of cattle at th Western market. 1 Choice Exportersâ€"Quotatioiis wefe given as $4.40 to $5 per cwt. Good loads of butchers’ sold at 3M0, and fair to good cattle at M to $45.? per cwt. The market, was almost stag- limit for the conunon grades, which Sold at $1.75 to $3.50; fat cows brought $3.30 t'. $3.50, and medium heavy animals, not finished particularly well, sold at $3.90 to $4.15 per cwt. Ilogs have begun to go down. The. drop was 25 cents. Selects sold at $7.40 and lights and fats at $7.15 per cwt. The. large offerings of lambs here had the effect of depressing the market. port ewes were steady. Quotations were as IOHO\VSIâ€"I‘:.\'DOI‘I c\ves., $4.25 to St.- 50: lambs. $5.75 to $0.25; calves, $3.50 to $0 per cwt. -.____.+___. BRITISII TRADE IN JULY. , A Very Large Increase Both in Imports and Exports. A London despatch says: The Board ' of Trade returns for the month of July, show an increase in imports of Sittilllzbq 000. and an increase in exports of 338,-; 100,500. The principal increase in iin-l ports was food, $7,500,000. The rcstl was raw material and manufactured ar-' ticles. lii exports the principal lllCl’t’flSB was manuhntured yarns and textiles, $10,t0'l,000, the remainder being manu- factured metals. .. ...._._.. _..__._, JUVENILE CI‘RIOSITY. Boy Placed Obstruction on Track to see, a Train “'reck. A Mont-ton. N. 0., (tespatch says: At Cultigan‘s Siding. near Campbclton. on the Intercolonizil, a freight train ran over a large iron boll placed on the rail." The train was going slowly and no damage was done. A 16vycar-old boy named Joseph Daigle. was arrested on.I suspicion. He protested his innocence, but when being placed in the cell at Campbellton Jail he broke down and confessed. He wanted to see a train wreck, but fortunately missed the em: press, which passes through 3:. mg}; speed. 5-»-