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Saturday night in Monterey was one of death. desolation and dark- ness. The flood waters of the Santa Catarina River continued on their rapid course throughout the night. and to add to the horror of the sit- THE WEST, PAST AND FUTURE A despatch from Matamoros, Mexico, says: A West Indies hur- ricane, which spent itself on Satur- day along the stretch of the Gulf of Mexico coast, between the mouth of the Rio Grande and Vera Cruz, produced meteorological conditions which are unprecedented in this Earl: of northern Mexico. Rain had een falling in torrents for three days over a. scope of territory exâ€" tending west from Matamoros to Torreon, a distance of three hun- dred miles, and south nearly four hundred miles. Many :thousands of square miles of territory are un- der water. The rivers and smalâ€" ler streams are all far out of their banks, and a. low estimate places the number of people drowned at 1,500, and the number rendered homeless at 5"),000. Floods Occasion Immense Damage at Mon- terey, Mexico. 1,500 PERSUNS DRUWNEB Six Men Wore Drowned in a Steamer Wreck in Alaska. A despatch from Vancouver, B. 0., says: The passenger steamer Ohio, Seattle to Alaska” crashed on the rocks off Steep Poinf, near Ketchikan, Alaska, at 1 o’clock on Friday morning and is a total loss. Six are dead: Purser Stephens of Seattle; George ficcles, wireless operator, of Winnipeg, and four Addresses by Lord Strathoona and J. J. Hill to Winnipeg Canadian Club. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Lord Strathcona, and James J. Hill spoke before the Canadian Club on Wednesday to a, record crowd. “The West: Its Past and Its Future,” was the theme of the addresses. His Lordship referred eloquently to the great influence of the Cana- dian clubs throughout the Do- minion in strengthening the feeling of loyalty of the dominions over seas, of which Canada was the. first. to the Old Country. They who had endeavored to do their duty in the past looked with assurance toward the young men of Canada, feeling that they would do their utmost to- ward conserving and strengthening the tie which bound, and, he trust ed, would always bind, the domin- ions tothe Mother Country. Toronto Young Man Died at Che- mong Park. A despatch from Petcrhoro’ says : Residents of Chemong Park are shocked and appalled by the death of Arthur Bollard, the nineteen- year-old son of “Alive” Bollard, the Toronto tobacconist. His death was apparently due to injuries re‘ ceived in an attack made upon him on Monday night. Mr. G. E. Mcâ€" Pherson of Toronto, the brother in-lnw of the deceased youth, says that Bollard was returning from a. dance at the pavilion of the Che- mong Park Hotel, when he was pounced upon by several young fellows, who were alongside the road that Bollard had to take to get back to the cottage where he was staying. This information is said to have been obtained from Bollard after the alleged assault Turning to Mr. Hill, the vener- able Cmmnissionur expressed his conviction that his friend would not forget; that day, some time in April, 1870, when they met for the first time in St. Paul, somewhere near the river. Things were at that day in a, similar pioneer stage to that prevailing in and around Winniâ€" peg. took place- His Lordship then dwelt on the Fort Garry days, when the populaâ€" tion of Winnipeg was perhaps 120, 01 at the outside, 200, and contrastâ€" ed those early conditions with the thousands and thousands of people who now throng the streets of Win nipeg. Looking back those forty years at the change of conditions, he felt no hesitation whatever in DIED LIKE HEROES. SUSPIUIOUS DEATH. It is thought that the damage will be far in excess of the first esti- mates sent out in Saturday night’s report. Monterey smelter, one of. the largest in Mexico, suffered loss variously estimated at from $1,000,- 000 to $2,000,000. The destructive flood, due to the continued fall of rain, swept everyâ€" thing before it, and hardly a vesâ€" tige is left of what was a few days ago a conglomeration of small huts, swarming with families belonging to the poorer classes. The nnmhcr of «load is variously plwced at from we to 1.000. The victims were from the pom-or Classes. The flood roach- ed its crest. between 1 and 3 o’clock Saturday morning Many families were swept to death with hardly a chance for their lives. Victims were swept; from their homes, on the tops of which many had sought shelter. nation, rain commenced to fall and caused untold suffering to the thou~ sands of homeless peons who had congregated 01} the various plazas. day Another is Unconscious and May Not Recover. A despatoh from Streetsville says: The level and unprotected crossing has claimed another vic~ tim. W'hile driving over the level crossing out of Streetsville, on Fri~ day, Thomas Gaunt, aged 21, and (ml)~ son of John Gaunt of this town, was killed instantly by the C. P. R. Chicago flyer. 111 the rig with him were Fred Swithenbnnk, 15~year~old son of John Swithonâ€" bank, who received a. severe franâ€" ture of the skull, and John Ward, also of Streetsville, who escaped The horse was almost cut to pieces and the rig was smashed into kind- ling wood. predicting that the next fifty years would see. an even infinitely greater change than that upon whlch be 100ka back. Pidhoney, the Galician murderer, was hanged at Wmnlpeg on Frlday. Mr. Hill said :â€"“I go back for years, when I came West from Canada. At that time Canada had no North-West. A young boy or man who desired to carve his own way had to cross the line, and t0~ daymit may surprise youâ€"one out of every five children born in Canâ€" ada lives in the United States. Now you are playing the return match, and the North~\Vest is getting peo- ple from the United States Very rapidly. We brought 100 landâ€" seekers, mainly from Iowa. and Southern Minnesota, last night out of St. Paul, going to the North-- West. Now, these people have all the way from five, ten to twenty thousand dollars each, and they will make as much progress on the land in one year as any one man coming from the Continent of Eli-- rope can make, doing the best he can do, in ten, fifteen or twenty yeaijis. (Applause) others, and a number are missing. M J. Haney, a prominent railroad contractor, connected with the Gug- genheim interests, who escaped from the doomed ship, Wired the following :~“Stephcns and the others went down while trying to save the lives of the passengers, in stead of looking to their own safe- ty. Stephens could easily have sav- ed his own life if he had given a thought to his own safety.” “The great stream of population that has settled in the 53 years I have lived in the States has setâ€" tled in the country west of Chico- go. When I came through Chicago had 90,000 people, or Claimed to have \Vithin 100 miles of the city {1. was wild, unoccupied prairie. To- day Chicago claims three millions of people. Think of it! Nearly hzilf‘ of the population of the Do- minion! Now, Chicago was years older than Winnipeg before she had the population you have.” The R”. & O. stveélfi'er Prescdtt was burned at; Montreal on Friâ€" Y0 [TNG MAN KILLED. Montrea‘n, Aug. 31.â€"â€"Prime hooves sold at frum 4% to 5%c per 11); pretty good animals, 3% to 43593: common stock. 2% to 3110 I ’ Milch cows. $25 to $55 r1 r‘ fed calves $3.50 to mu; No. 2, 68,112 to 690; No. 2 white. 70 t0 70%0; No. 2 yellow, 71% to 720; No. 3, 681/2 to 690', No. 2 white oats, 35%0; No. 3 white, to 37%c; No. 4 white, 35% to 360; standard, 37 to Si'ijc. Chicago. Aug. 31.â€"Wheat«-Cash wNo. 2 red, $10314 to $1.05; No. 3 rod, 930 to $1.02}4; No. 2 hard, 991/;(1 to $1.02; NO. 3 hard, 92c to $1; No. 2 Northern, $1 to $1.02; No. 3 Spring, 930 to $1. Corn â€"â€" Buffalo. Aug. 31.â€"Wheatâ€"â€"Spring wheat dull; Winter easier; No. '2 red, $1.10; No. 2 white, 321.09%. Germâ€"Firm; N0. 3 yellow, 76%0; N0. 3 white, 75%0. Oats~Stoady; No. 2 white, 39%(2; N0. 3 whim, 38%0: No. 4 whxte. 371/3 to 38C. :RyebNo. 2 on track, 730. Montreal, Aug. 31.â€"Oabs â€"-â€" N0. 2 Canadian Western, 44 to 44%0; No. 1 extra feed, 43% to 440; No. 1 feed, 43 to 43%0; No. 3 Canadian Western, 43%c; barley, N0. 2, 66 to (570; Manitoba feed barley, G4 to 650. Flour~â€"Manit0ba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.90; Manitoba Spring wheat patents, seconds, seconds, $5.40; Winter wheat paltâ€" ents, $6; Manitoba strong bakers’, $5.20; straight rollers, $5.75; straight rollers in bags, $2.65 to $2.75; extras in bags, $240 to $2.â€" 50‘ Feedâ€"Ontario bran, $22 to $23: Ontario middlings, $23.50 to $24.50; Manitoba bran, $22; Mani. roba shorts, $24; pure grain mou- ille, $33 to .34; mixed mouille, $25 to $27. Cheeseâ€"Finest creamery, 23 to 23360. Eggsâ€"Selected stock, 25% to 260; No. 1 candled 22% to 230; No. 2 at 16 to 190 per dozen. THE WORLD’S MARKETS BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Aug. 31.â€"â€"F10ur â€"â€"â€" On- tario flour new Winter wheat pat- ents, $4.15 to $4.20 in buyers’ bags (I. track, Toronto; new wheat flour for export, $3.95 [-0 $4 outside in buyers’ sacks. Manitoba flour. first patents, $580 on track, Toronto; second pat-ems, $5.30, and strong bakers’, $5.10 on track, Toronto. Cornâ€"No. 2 American yellow, 79%0 on track, lake ports. Cana’ (ham, 750 on track, Tqropto. Ontario Wheatâ€"New N0. 2, 9'7 to 98C at outside points. Bal‘lewaew, 550 outside. Oatsâ€"No. 2 Ontario white, 47%0 on track, Toronto, and 47 to 47%0 outside. No. 2 Western Canada cuts 43% to 44c and N0. 3 420 Bay ports. V PSult-ry 4â€" Chickens, yearlings, dressed, 14 to 160 per 1b.; fowl, 13 to 14c; turkeys, 18 to 200. Isiamiozm WheatmNoI 1 Northâ€" ern, 31.21%, Georgian BEL}! p9rts_._ Lardâ€"Jfierces, 14%c; tubs, 141/gc; palls, 1494c. Bronâ€"$22 for Ontario bran on};â€" side in bulk. Manitoba, $21 m sacks, Toronto heights; shorts, $94 Toronto fr-eights. Hay-â€"No. 1 timothy new $13.50 to $14.50 a ton on track here, and lowâ€" cr grades $13 to $13.50. StraW~-$9 to $9.50. Potatoeszer Canadian, ’75 to 854 per bushel. REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Beans~Prime, $2.10 to $2.25, and handâ€"picked, to $2.60 per bush. Butter~Pound prints, 20 to 230; tubs and large rolls, 18 to 190; inâ€" ferior, 15 to 170; creamery, 23 to 1253, and separator, 22% to 23%0 per Hamsâ€"~Light to medium, 14% to 160; do., heavy, 14 to 14%0; rolls, 18% to 140; shoulders, 12c; backs, 17% to 18c; breakfast; bacon, 16% to 170. ; rIr’é'a'szo. 2. 90 to 92¢ outside, nominal. Baconâ€"Long clear, 13% to 146 per 1b. in case lots; mess pork, $24 1.0 $25; short out, $24; to $253. Prices at Cattle. Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. EggsaNew laid, 23 to 24c. Cheese-12‘/20 for large, and at x ‘ 3/40 for twins. Buckwl‘xeat~â€"Prices purely nomin- UNITED STATES MARKETS. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. LIV E STOCK MA BK ICT THE DAIRY MARKETS. COUNTRY PRODUCE HOG PRODUCTS. “As many people are coming per week in August as there were 1n May.” Mr, White declared. “Last week the. biggest trainload of Canadian settlers loft St. Paul in the history of the station. “76 had estimated from TO‘OOO to 75.000 United States immigrants for this calendar year, but the number will reach 80‘000‘ They aw mostly de~ Fimh‘r‘ scith‘l'ss. and will make good “12m um ‘zwak fur this nunvcmcnt A despatch from Ottawa says: W. J. Whifie, superintendent of Ca.- nadian immigration agencies in the United States, returned to Ottawa. on Wednesday morning from a. long trip through Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, the Dakotas and Minnesota. He reports the great- trek into the Canadian West as showing no signs of abatement. “hat the Canadian National Exhi- bition Looks Like. The greatest year in the history of the Canadian National Exhibh tier. is assured. There are horses from across the ocean as well as fmm across the line, Jerseys from the Strer Railway King of Toronâ€" to and horses from Sir William Van Home’s Manitoba farm. There are sheep from Canada. and from the TREK T0 CANADIAN WEST Settlers Are Still Pouring in From the United States. Statistics forecasting the yields of the various crops grown in Ontario have been prepared by the Depart- ment of Agriculture from the re- ports of correspondents in every part; of the province. To the pro- duction of Fall wheat it is estimutv ed 663,275 acres of land were deâ€" voted, anl the probable yield is fixed at 15,996,562 bushels, as com- pared with (379,612 acres and 16,- 430,476 bushels in 1908. Other es- timates are as follows 2â€"â€" Lightning Played Havoc With , ’Phones and Electric Lights. A despatch from Strathroy says: The worst storm of the season visit- ted Strathroy and vicinity on Sat~ urday night. The storm came up with awful suddenness, and the lightning and thunder were terri- fic. The Baptist Church was struck, part of the roof being torn off, but the firemen extinguished the flames before much damage was done. The fuses at the electric light works were burned out, and half the town was left in darkness. The telephone service was put out of business for a time, no less than 25 ’phones be- ing burned out, The barns of Wil- liam P. Morgan, on the fourth line, Adelaide, were struck, and com- pletely destroyed, with full sea.- son’s crops; his loss will be heavy. Austin Carrothers, of the second line south, s-on-in-law of Mr. Mor- gan, met the same fate, and lost barns and crops; Dan Ward, on the fourth line. had ten hogs killed by lightning. Spring wheat; ~135,161 acres, yielding 2,215,314 bushels, as comâ€" pared with 142,124 acres and 2,â€" 197,716 bushels in 1908; barley, 695,202, yielding 18,273,285 bushels, as compared with 734.029 acres and 20,888,569 bushels in 1908; oats, 2,- 695,585 acres, yielding 87,966,527 bushels, as compared with 2,774,- 259 acres and 96,626‘419 bushels in 1908; peas, 381,609 acres, yielding 7,842,927 bushels, as compared With 396,642 acres and 7,401,336 bushels to Sc per 11).; young v $5 each. Sheep, 3% to lambs 5% to 61/40 per 1b 0t fat hogs, 8% to 8,340 $5 each. Sheep, 3% to 40 per 1b.; lambs 5% to 61/40 per lb. ; good lots O’t fat hogs, 8% to 8,340 per lb. Toronto, Aug. 31.â€"â€"Tl1e stocker hadc was quiet, but two loads of Manitoba stock sold at $4. Milkers and springersâ€"Firm demand for good stock. Sheep and lambs â€" Spring lambs selling up to $6.50. Calvesâ€"$5.50 to $7. Hogstelects $7.65 f.e.b., and $8 fed and water- ESTIMATE 0F ONTARIO CROPS Statistics Prepared by the Agricultural Department. ‘ TH E G REA TEST EVER. STORM AT STRATHROY. fur [his nunvcmcnt (won h) increase '2” » I believe these -u be numbered young veals, $3 to plated. totalled 4,205, aq increas ' oF 958 as compared wlth June, 1908. For the first six months 0 the calendar the entries totall ‘ £17,314. an increase of 3,565, com-. pared with the corresponding peri- (5d of last year, “Not from the Federal Govern» ment. We have some competition from the Southern States, who ars‘ after immigration, however, but it. is all friendly.” In this connection it is interest“, ng to note that Western homesteaxt| entries during June, the last month; for which figures have begn com“ by the hundred thousand. There: are toâ€"day 200 firms in Minneap0< lis dealing in Canadian lands. Last year there were 50. We are exhi- biting at all the State fairs in the Western States, and this year’s harvest should be a big advertiser» ment.” “Do you find any opposition to your propaganda in the United States?” Strathbona Hall, at Niagaraâ€"om theâ€"Lake, was destroyed by fire on Thursday. Estimates. have been asked fér the construction of ‘an Imperial Assembly Hall Pckinrh United States. There are manufac- tures finished and manufactures in the making. There’s everything and an abundance of it. Add all this to the greatest bill of special attractions the Canadian National Exhibition ever offered and you have all the elements of a world’s fairâ€"and a few things thrown in besides. Western Plant of McClary & 00., of London, Destroyed. A despatch from Winnipeg says 2; Fire on Saturday night practically destroyed the big Winnipeg bronchi of McClary and (30., of London“ Out. The total loss is well on to $175,000. There was a. stock on hand to the value of $135,000, and it is almost a. total loss. The build- ing, which was a six-storey brick one, was valued at $60,000, and the loss will be about $40,000, as the foundation and a couple of storeys are still good. The insurance on the stock was $83,000, and on the building $33,000. _ A mutiny of a section of the army at Athens has resulted in tha overthrow of the Grecian Ministry. in 1908; beans, 45.029,acres, yield~ imp; 857,663 bushels. as compared with 46,477 acres and 783,757 bush~ 91s in 1908; rye, 94,661 acres, yield- ing 1,594,868 bushels, as compared with 87,908 acres and 1,453,616 bush- els in 1908; hay and clover, 3,228,- 445 acres, yielding 3,885,145 tons, as compared with 3,253,141 acre! and 4,635,287 tons in 1908. Live stock sold or slaughtered in year ending June 30, 1909 :â€"â€"H0rsv ,es, 78,461; cattle, 800,228; she-ep, 333,441; swine, 1,986,432; poultry, 4,177,503. hafiadian Nationalvone never to be forgotten. The yields of the following have not yet been estimated :~Buck- wheat, mixed grains, potatoes, mangel-wurzels, carrots, sugar beets, turnips and fruits. The numbers of live stock on hand on July 1st were 2â€"Horses, 728,308; milch cows, 1,075,496;other cattle, 1,593,088; sheep and lambs, 1,130,667; swine, 1,551,187; poultry, 12,086,580. The “Electric City” is a fitting: name for the Canadian National' Exhition grounds at Toronto this year. All the big buildings are fit-l ted with exterior decorations of electric light and they turn the Exâ€" hibition nights into the whitest kind of days. This brilliancy added to the martial music, the movements of troops and all the panoply of dis- play niakes_ the night scene» at the W INNIPEG FACTORY BURNED Night Scene at Canadian National Exhibition. A BLAZE OF LIGHT.