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BEWS DEVASTATED BY HAIL Great Storms, Traveling Erratically. Do Damage in the West. A despalch from Winnipeg says: 'The present are anxious days with the western farmer. Mid~August frequently sees night, frosts, which occasionally do great damage, but so far the lowest temperatures have been well up in the forties. How- ever, a danger peculiar to extreme- ly high temperatures is violent rain, which is not, infrequently pre- ceded by hail. Manitoba and Sas- katchewan are being daily visited b) these storms. traveling errati- cally. The areas affected usually are small and individuals are suf- ferers rather than communities, and the aggregate will not materiâ€" ally suffer from this cause. Is to be Inspector of all the Over- seas Forces. A despatch from London says: Lord Kitchener has been appoint- ed to the Mediterranean command, recently vacated by the Duke of Connaught. He will first visit Au- stralia, inspect the troops there, and advise on the best way of givâ€" 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 coâ€"ordinate all the military forces of the empire and place Lord Kitchener ut the head of the orâ€" ganization, which will have the Imperial army for its special care. Events would seem to be moving in this direction, says the Daily Graphic. The-re can be no question that Lord Kitchener is of all men the one best suited for a. command of this kind. The Express declares that Lord Kitchener's new post is synonymous with the inspectorship of all the overseas forces. Mrs. Joseph J. Hunter Murdered by Her Husband. A despatch from Lindsay says: At. Bobeaygeon on Saturday morn- ing last Joseph J. Hunter, proprie- tor of the Royal Hotel, in the most deliberate and ooldblooded manner murdered his young Wife while she slept. The crime was committed about the hour of 430 a.m., while the members of the household and the many guests slept soundly, with the exception of one or two attend- ants who were about early. A glance inside the bedroom told the deadly tale. There on the bed lay the prostrate form of the young wife, blood flowing from an ugly gunshot wound in her head. The servant rushed forward and wrest» ed the gun from Hunter. County Constable James MoMullen re- sponded promptly. He immediate- ly called on Mr. George Taylor, the village Magistrate, who in the re- ular way issued a warrant for unter’s arrest. The prisoner was securely guarded and placed on board the early morning train for Lindsay, where he was lodged in the county jail. There Is Wholesale Shooting of Prisoners 'in Barcelona. The Barcelona correspondent of the London Telegraph says that or the present quiet is restored, Vet there are certain doubts whe- lher the revolution has received its death blow. Martial law is still 11 force. The civil guards and po~ ce, armed with rifles, still patrol he streets. The wholesale shoot- ng of prisoners after court-martial still goes on at the Fortress of Montjuich. Rumor states that the revolutionisl s will recommence outrages unless the remaining pris- oners are i'elerised. Arrests con- tinue on :1 large scale. Prisoners are constantly seen with their hands tied behind their backs and escorted by (‘l\ H guards. Two well known journalists of Anarchistic tendencies “me arrested Monday. Many (Jillx't'l's and soldiers are (l6- serting aml crossing the frontier. Mun}; bt:(li(‘:~ have been found un- der the ruins of the convents. Mem- bers of the Red Cross can be still seen transporting charred remains. BLOflD FLflWING IN SPAIN Rosthern, in central Saskatcheâ€" SHOT WIFE AS SHE SLEPT. KITCHENEB'S NEW [’0 ST. wan, had 2,000 acres devastated by hail Wednosiugy, while on Thurs- day Langham, Yorkton and Hamâ€" ley, in the same province, suffered, four townships in the latter and two in Langham being reported to- tally destroyed, Yorkton’s loss beâ€" ing appraised at a thousand acres. The) rain will invigorate and help to fill the latter grains. It will do- lay the maturing of riper grains, giving rust and fungolds a chance to attack the grain, but. this is not likely to affect, anything seriously, 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. Clara Braithwaite Found Hanging From a Tree. A despatch from Brantford says: Clara, Braithwaite, a girl thirteen years of age, the daughter of George Braithwaite, hotelkeeper at Harrisburg, was found hanging from a tree in the. orchard near her fuiher‘s house early on Wednesday evening. The body was first no- ticed by the crew of a. Grand Trunk train running past the spot. The train was stopped and the crew, on cutting the body down, found life extinct. The case is thought to be nuicide, although a, motive is lack- mg. Act Prohibiting Sale to Boys Has ' Bad Good Effect. A (leapatch from Ottawa says: The act for the suppression of the cigarette evil, which has been in force about eight months, is havâ€" 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 Deâ€" partment of Inland Revenue was over thirty million cigarettes. 0f domestic make 354,000,000 were con- sumed in this period, representing a decline of 28,000,000, while of the imported kind the sale was 12,750,- 000, a decline of 2,000,000. The Act has been in force for eight of the twelve months covered by the fig- ures given. Serious Condition Faces 25,000 Men in Labrador. A despatch from St. John’s, Nfld., says: Advices from Labrador, through the fishery cruiser Fiona, which arrived here on Sunday, reâ€" port the failure of the fisheries of that coast, owing to ice blockades. Unless this barrier is removed soon a serious situation for 25,000 men and their families is inevitable. These men compose the crews of the vessels which usually are en- gaged in the Labrador fisheries. Their average catch constitutes about one-third of Newfoundland’s FE WEB Cl G ARETTE S SM OKED . 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 total- Optimists should not omit to note the large bloodstains on the uni- forms of the Red Cross men. thirty vaults where dead sisters were buried. The cofiins from these were puiled 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 pilâ€" laged. \Vhat walls are left are in- scribed with drawings and writings too obscene to repeat.” YOUNG GIRL’S SUICIDE. FAILURE OF FISHERIES. THE W ORLD'S MARKE IS REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. {Mean of Cattle. Grain. Cheese and Other Dairy Produce a! Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Aug. 10.â€"â€"~Flour â€"â€" On- Itau'io wheat 90 per cent. patents fwm 01d Wheat, $4.75 to $4.80 in buyers’ sacks outside for export, and at $4.90 to $5 on track, To- ronto. Manitoba flour, first patâ€" ents, $8.10 to $6.20 on track, To- route; second patents, $5.65 to $5.75, and strong bakers’, $5.40 to $5.50 an track, Toronto. Manitoba Wheat-No. 1 North- ern, $1.22 Georgian Bay ports; N0. 2 at $1.19, and No. 3 at $1.18. Ontariu'Wheatâ€"â€"New, No. 2, $1 a, bushel. ' ‘Oatszo. 2 Ontario white, 54%0 to 550 on track, Toronto, and 52 to 521/20 outside. No. 2 Western Can- ada oats, 47c, and No. 3, 46c, Bay ports. Peasâ€"Prices nominal. Buckwheatâ€"Prices nominal. Cornâ€"No. 2 American yellow, 77% to 780 on track, Toronto. Caâ€" nadian yellow, 75 to 760 on track, Toronto. Barleyâ€"Old No. 3 extra, 61 to 620 outside. Branâ€"$19.50 to $20 for Ontario bran outside in bulk. Manitoba, $22 in sacks. Toronto heights; shorts, $24, Toronto heights. Boansâ€"â€"Prime, $2.20 to $2.25, and handâ€"picked, $2.40 to $2.45 per bushel. Eggsâ€"Case lots, 211/2 to 220 pér dozen. Hayâ€"No. 1 timothy, $13 to $14 a ton on track here, and lower glades $9 to $‘0.50. Strawâ€"$7 to $7.50 on track. PotatoeszInited States new, 3‘3 per barrel; new Canadian, $1.- 10 to $1.15 per bushel. Poultry - Chickens, yearlings, dressed, 12 to 130 per 11).; fowl, 9 m 100; turkeys, 14 to 160 per 1b. Butterâ€"Pound prints, 19 to 200; tubs and large rolls, 18 to 190; in- ferior, 15 to 160; creamery, 23 to 231/3c, and separator, 19 to 200 per l‘u. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Aug. 10.â€"â€"Oats â€" No. 2 Canadian Western, 50 to 510; N0. 1 extra. feed, 49% to 50%0; No. 1 feed, 49% to 50%(2; N0. 3 Cana- dian Western, 49 to 500. Barleyâ€"â€" No. 2, 71 to 720; Manitoba feed bar- ley, 66 to 67c. Buckwheat â€" 69% to 700. Flourâ€"Manitoba Spring wheat. patents, firsts, $6.30; Mani- toba Spring wheat patents, sec- onds, $5.80; Winter wheat patents, $6.50; Manitoba strong bakers, $5.00; straight rollers, $6.25 to $6.35; straight; rollers in bags, $2- M to $3; extras in bags, $2.70 to $2.80.. Feedâ€"Manitoba bran, $22; Manitoba shorts, $24; pure grain mouille, $33 to $35; mixed mouille, $28 to $30. Cheeseâ€"Westerns, 1113/4 to 11%0; eastern, 11% to 11%0. Butterâ€"Finest creamery, 22o. Eggs v24c, and No. 1 candled at 30c per dozen. Cheeseâ€"~New. 120 for large and 12%0 for twins. HOG PRODUCTS. Baconâ€"Long clear, 13% to 14c per 1b. in case lots; mess pork, $23.50; short out, $25.50 to $26. Hams~Light to medium, 15% to 160; 010., heavy, 14 to 14%0; rolls, 12% to 130; shoulders, 12 to 12%0; backs, 18 to 18%0, and breakfast bacon, 16% to 17c. Chicago, Aug. 10.â€"Ca.sh wheatâ€" No. 2 red, $1.02% to $1.05%; No. 3 red, 980 to $10234; No.2 hard, $1.03 to $1.09; No. 3 hard, $1.00 to 851.04%. Cornâ€"«No. 2, 66 to 670; No. 2 yellow, 68 to (390; N0. 3, 66 to 66%0; No. 4, 62 to 640. Oats» No. 2 white, 390; No. 3 white, 37% to 39%«3, stgmdard, 3912c. Minneapolis, Aug. 10.â€"-Wheat __ Sept, 351.00%, to 831.01; Dec., 991/2 to 99%c; cash, No. 1 Northern, $1,- 5:5; No. 2 Northern, $1.23; No, 3 Northern, $1.19 to $1.21; No. 1 Durum, $1.05; No. 2 Durum, $1.. 03%. BranMIn IOUâ€"lb. sacks, $20_. 50. Flourâ€"First patents, $5.80 to $6; second patents, $5.70 to $5.90; first clears, $4.95 to $5.25; second clears, $3.35 to $3.55. Lardâ€"Tiérws, 14%0; bubs, 14%0; pails, 15c. Montreal, Aug. 10.-â€"A few of the best cattle sold at about 5340 per 111.; pretty good animals sold at 4 to 50 per 1b; common stock at 2% to 3%0 per 1b.; milch CUTS ’0“?! at $25 to $50 each. Calves {in}?! UNITED STATES MARKETS. LIVE STOCK MARKETS THE DAIRY MARKETS. COUNTRY PRODUCE. BOY MUBDLHS LITTLE GIRL A despatch from Guyshoro’, N.S., says: A cold-blooded murder com- mitted a. week ago at Boylston, a. few miles outside of this town, has just come to light. On Thursday afternoon the adopted thirteenâ€" year-old son of Joseph Issert, a negro, living at Boylston, in the absence of his famterâ€"parents, filed their six-yearâ€"old daughter to a. tzee and beat her brains out. The Isserts were away on a picnic, and returning home, found -the child Six-Year-Old‘ Child Tied to a Tree by Foster-Brother and Brains Beaten Out. Toronto, Aug. 10-â€"â€"Sheep and lambs were weak from 20 to 25c low- 01 all round. Calvesâ€"A trifle dear~ er. Milkers and Springers~Steady, but as there were very few on offer, prices were firm. Stockers and feedersâ€"$3 to $3.60. Hogsâ€"Se- lects quoted at $7.85 f.o.b. and at $8.10, fed and watered. $2.50 to $9 each. Sheep sold at 31/2 to 4c per 1b.; lambs at about 6%0 per 1b. Good lots of fat hogs sold at about 8%0 per lb. Immense Run of Sockeyes Report- ed From the Pacific. A despatch from Victoria, B. 0., says: Trap tenders arriving on Sun- day morning from fish traps report an immense run of cockeyes. The traps are taking from 20,000 to 50,- 000 fish each lift. No sooner were they empty than they began to fill up again. May Become President of Lake Superior Corporation. A despatch from Montreal says: It is reported here that Mr. F. H. McGuigan, formerly of the Grand Trunk, and now building the Niag- ara power transmission lines, is to become President of the Lake Su- perior Corporation at the $00. It is said that the salary of $25,u()- will be attached to the position which Mr. McGuigan is to occupy. Georgc‘ Gould Was Fined $20 and Costs at Brautford. A despatch from Brantford says: Twenty dollars and costs was the fine imposed by Police Magistrate Livingston on Wednesday morning on George Gould for slashing VVes- ley Scott, proprietor of the Lang- fm'd Hotel, with a razor last week. A despatch from Stockholm 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 for Wednesday has not yet become entirely effec~ tivo. Many organizations, although sympathizing with the strikers, hesitate to join them antively. The employees of the street car lines and the cab drivers stopped work and neither cabs nor street cars are available. The troops are protecting the gas works and the electric lighting plant, and this step has incensed the workmen, whose leader threatens to call a, strike unless the soldiers are with- drawn. A corps of workmen some thou- smrd s*“<)1‘.g is being organized with "’ ‘ 'l»: -" of irniwtairiing order. are! "orally, bankers, Lucr- ‘ ",‘ ill! have mysteri cently from ti The leaders that the end a notable spr that the railr and telephon printers will icined. All milk su} and thousam fering/ from and change canted milk. THE PEOPLE ARE AEEIEE Death of Alexander M. Scott at London, Ont. A despatch from London says: Mr. Alex. M. Scott died here on Wednesdtxy night, aged 100 years and 2 months. He served under Papineau in 1837, was in Califor- nia during the gold rush, and was a veteran of the American Civil War. He lived here 40 years. His father lived to be 107, and a sister died in Scotland 3 years ago aged 102. Of a family of six the youngest to die was 96. The Labor Trouble in Sweden Is Ber. coming More Acute. {‘SED RAZOR 0N HOTEL MAN. WORK FOR MR. McGL'IGAX. REACIIED THE CENTURY. THOUSANDS AT A LIFT. tied up to a tree, dead. They an plied to the overseers of the p001 for assistance to bury the child, and this was granted. Later the suspicions of the authorities were amused, and it was decided to ex- hume the body and hold an autopsy. This was done, and then it was as- certained that the child had been.‘ murdered. The boy was arrested. An inquiry was held before Coro- ner Ewart and a verdict of murder returned. Two other boys are also held as accomplices. A Handsome Gain for the First Four Months. ‘ Adespatch from Ottawa says:{ The revenue of Canada. shows 8.? handsome gain for the first four! months 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 threeâ€"quarters: more than during the previous July. The increase in revenue came chiefly from customs collec: tions, which show a gain of three and a half millions during the four months. There was a decline of a» hundred thousand dollars in excise collections, an increase of $25,000 in the postal revenue, and an in- crease of $33$,000 from railways §and public works. The expendiâ€" ture on consolidated account for the four months, as far as returns are in, was twenty and threerquar- ter millions, which is an increase oi about three millions. The expen- diture on capital account, as far as returned for the four months, is six and a half millions, an increase; of about a. million. ‘ chants, etc., are arming themselves‘ for self protection. The gun shops“ J the city are practically denuded of revolvers and small arms. Traders Bank Unsigned Notes Ap-l pear in Frontenac. ' A despatch from Kingston says: Bills 0n the Traders Bank, and stolen from a. C. P. R. train some months ago. are reported to be in‘ circulation in North Frontenacfi The bills are insufficiently signed,‘ as they do not bear the name of the manager of the bank at T0~Q 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. Although the railroad men have not decided to strike, the Govern- ment is takin the precaution to guard the true a with troops, fear- ing attempts to blow up brid es 0 injure the permanent way. an‘ tities of dynamite are reported to have mysteriously disappeared ro~ cenply from the Governmpnt etc-row The leaders of the strikers claim“ that the end of the week will see“ a notable spread of the movemenb [ that the railroad, postal, telegra, h{ and telephone employees, and t 8‘ printers will by that time havq icined. Charged With Theft of $3,000 From Local Railway. f A despatch from Gananoque says: On Tuesday Chief Bourke placed under arrest Miss Gracoi Henderson. She is charged with the theft of $2,682 from the Thouâ€" sand Island Railway Company, of which she was bookkeeper, also with the theft of a cheque for $570: from the Axle Company paid in. freight charges, and another cheque for $96.04, paid by a retail house. Before Justice of the Peace Murphy she pleaded not guilty and was allowed to go on ‘Jail of $6,000.‘ ' A11 milk supplies have been cut offi‘v and thousands of babies are suf- faring from lack of nourishment and change from cows’ mflk to STOLEL' BILLS CIRCULATING. GANANOQUE GIRL ARRESTED. REVEN UE IN UREA SING .