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" SCENE IN BRITISH IIIIUSII Thorne shouted out that his pious hope that “thos signed 1"01‘rer's death warn be sent to heaven by the'c parcel post.” 'A despafch from London says: 'An unusual scene was created in the House of Commons on Tuesday night by the Socialist member fur Yorkshire, Albert Victor Grayson, and William J. Tlmrne, labor mem- ber for South-west Ham. The Socialist members tried to adjourn the House to discuss the xecutiou at Barcelona. of Prof. Ferrer, but of Labor and Radical members preâ€" sent; only sixteen would vote. Grayson and Theme then anatheâ€"l matizcd their colleagues, calling them “shameful cowards.” ‘ Labor Member's Hope 'for Those Who Signed Ferrer’s Death Warrant. hour plieiviops. Sewing Machino Agent Expires Near Cobalt. A despatoh from Cobalt says: While driving by the Buckingham Hotel, at North Cobalt, a gentle~ man on Tuesday night met a buggy, apparently without a driver. On making an examination he discov- ered the body of James McGee, a sewing machine agent, who had left Cobalt for Haileybury about a half- Montreal Policeman Ends Ills Life â€"â€"Was Melancholy. A despatch from Montreal says: Wandering to his daughter’s grave in Mount Royal Cemetery, on Thursday, Constable McGuire of the West St. Catherineâ€"street police station, shot and killed himself. While wandering through the ce- metery he had met an employe trim- ming the graves, and borrowed a pencil with which he scribbled a farewell note. He had grieved over the death of. his daughter. $18,887 Has Been Collected in Co- balt Court. ' A despatch from Cobalt says: According to a report prepared by Magistrate Atkinson $18,887 has been collected in fines in the Co- balt Provincial Court in the year ending Sept. let, 1909. This does not include blind pig raids or the total for the district would be easâ€" ily $30,000. Three hundred and ninetyâ€"four cases have been fined, 57 cases dismissed and 22" persons sent down. DIES AT DAUGHTER’S GRAVE. American Wheat Being Carried Over Our Water Route. A despatch from Montreal says: Over 2,500,000 bushels of grain have arrived in Montreal through the La-chine canal during the first half of October. Full October reports of past years have never shown more than two millions, and the fact that nearly three million bush- els of wheat are scheduled to reach Montreal before the month’s end bears out the recent statements to the effect that the American wheat is being carried from the American ra-il route to the water route of Canada. BUSINESS BUUM NEXT YEAR Railroad men say that the great volume of business that has been booked for manufacturers will ne- cessitate an enormous outlay by the railroads for new equipment. Or- ders for cars and locomotives ag- gregating $8,650,000 have been placed within the last week. v The Baltimore and Ohio, the Erie and Norfolk and Western railroads 'A dcspatch from Pittsburg, 1301111., says: That; the revival of business and general confidence has taken a new grip on shippers and manufacturers is indicated here by orders that have been placed for cars and locomotives by various railroad companies. Railway Men Are Expecting the Briskest Time in Many Years. FOUND DEAD 1N BUGGY. CA) \NADA GETS THE GRAIN. A HARVEST IN FINES. that it was “those who warrant will the Chemical Arthur Henderson, 3 leading La- bor member of the House, opened the discussion by questioning the Foreign Secretary on Britain’s ab- titude toward'the Ferret incident. The Secretary responded that the Government at no time was in pos- session of special information re- garding the Ferrcr case, and that the proper policy of non~interfer~ ence with the internal affairs of a foreign country had been followed. Grayson made an attempt to move for the expulsion of the Spanish Ambassador, but this was preventâ€" ed by the Speaker, while the pro- test of the Socialist forces against the killing of Grayson’s motion was quickly silenced by the majority. Twenty-five Persons Drowned by Flood in Turkey. A despatch from Constantinople says: Twentyâ€"five persons were drowned on Thursday following the bursting of a dam at Lake Derkos. The lake is thirty miles northâ€"west 01" this city and supplies water for the capital. ill Will (‘ost Two Millionsâ€"City to Grant Exemptions. A despatch from St. John, N. B., says: F. C. Durant of New York, E. M. Day of Montreal, and others will erect a sugar refinery here to cost $2,000,000, and to employ at least 500 men. The cfi‘y'will give a free site and exemption from taxâ€" es and water rates for a. term of years. Totalcd Over $25,000,000 in Canada Last Year. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Census and Statistics Monthly shows that there were 835 forest fires in Canada in 1903, by which 56,290,000 feet of timber, board measure, were damaged or destroy- ed, and the value of the timber and improvements destroyed amounted to $25,533,550. Twentyâ€"two lives were lost. The main causes of the forest fires were sparks from rail- way locomotives, bush burning by settlers, and carelessness by trav- elers and sportsmen. C. P. R. Completed Road From Saskatoon to Wctaskiwin. A despatch from Winnipeg says: The new 0. P. R. line from Saskaâ€" toon to Wetaskiwin, in Northern Alberta, is now completed, and the company is celebrating the comple- tion of the second main line through the prairies giving direct connec- tion between Winnipeg and Edmon- ton. This makes the fourth main line between Winnipeg and the far west, and all will eventually go through to the Pacific coast. It is officially stated that the C. P. B. have completed the survey of a, line through the Pine River Pass in the Rockies in Northern Alberta, and this will be a continuation of the line from Wetaskiwin. have arranged for a total of 310 new locomotives. The New York Cen- tral system has placed orders here for four thousand steel cars of the Gondola type. Orders for 100,000 steel cars and 1,100 locomotives had been placed previous to the latest orders. The largest order for loco- motives ever placed at one time by a railroad became known Tuesday, when it was learned that the Balti- more and Ohio will place orders for 250 engines of various types among different locomotive works over the country. Railroad men expect the heaviest freight traffic in years, starting the first of the year, and all lines are placing orders for additional cars. BIG REFINERY AT ST. JOHN. LOSSES IN FOREST FIRES. WATER DAM BURST. FOI'BTH MAIN LINE. Chicago, Oct. 26.â€"~Wheato Cash No. 2 red,» $1.20 to $1.22; No. 3 red, $1.16 to $1.20; No. 21mm], 551.- ]G to $1.12; No. 3 hard, $1.06 to $1.10; No. 1 Northern, $1.06 to $1.â€" 08}/._§; No. 2 Northern, $1.04 to $1.- 08; N0. 3 Spring, $1.03 to $1.06. C‘0rn~No. 2, 611/43; No. 2 white, 61%; to 615210; No. 2 yellow, 61% to GIZC; No. 3, 61 to 61%0; No. 3 ye]- low, 61% to 611/§C.- Oats-N0. 2, 400; No. 3. 39%c; No. 3 white, 40 10 Ma; No. 4 white, 38% to 400; SLLL ‘ i'd, >11 to 41%c. Buffalo, Oct. 20.-»«Wheatâ€"Spring wheat, steady ; No. 1 Northern, carâ€" loads, store, $1.09%; lVinter, firm. Corn--â€"Hig11er; N0. 3 yellow, 60/20; No. 4 yellow, (EEC; No. 3 com, (550; N0. 4 corn, 64%(3; N0. 3 white, 66%c. Outs-Highcr; No. 2 white, zLil/QC; No. 3 white, 43%0; No. 4 white, 421/40. Barley»1“eed to malt- ing, 60 to 700. Montreal, Oct. 26.â€"Old crop oats, No. 2 Canadian Western, 42% to 430; new crop oats, N0. 2 Canadian Western, 41% to 420. Barley â€"â€" No. 2 66 to 670; Manitoba feed barley, 52 to 530. Buckwheatâ€"57c. Flourâ€"- Manitoba Spring wheat patents, $5.70; Manitoba spring wheat pat- ents, seconds, $5.20; Winter wheat fpatents, $5.50; Manitoba strong bakers’, $5; straight rollers, $5 to $5.25; straight rollers in bags, $2.â€" 3?) to $2.50. Feedâ€"Ontario bran, $2], to $22; Ontario middlings, $23.» 50 to $24; Manitoba bran, $21 ; Ma- nitoba shorts, $23 to $24; pure grain mouille, $33 to $35; mixedl mouille, $25 to $27. Cheeseâ€"West- erns, 11% to 11%(3, and easterns at 11 to 11%0. Butterâ€"Finest cream- ery, 24 to 24%0. Eggsâ€"Selected stock, 27 to 2,8c; No. 1 candled at 25 to 260 per dozen. Lardâ€"Tierces, 15%0; tubs, 15%c pails, 15%0. HamsÂ¥Light to medium, 15% to 163/0; do., heavy, 14% to 15¢; rolls, 14% to 15c; shoulders, 12%, to 130- 9 backs, 181/2 to 19c; breakfast bacon, 17c. Baconâ€"Long clear, 15 to 15%0 per lb. in case lots; mess pork, $25; shgrt cut, $27.50 to $28. , Cheese~12%c per 1b. for large and at 121/2c for twins. Eggsâ€"Case Tots, 25c {yer dozen for fresh, and 27 to 28c for new laid. Butterâ€"Pound prints, 21 to 22c; tubs and large rolls? 19 to 20c; in- ferior, 17 to 18c; creamery, 25 to 260, and solids, 23 ‘to 240 per lb. Poultryâ€"Chickens, dressed, 12 to 130 per 1b.; fowl 9 to 100; turâ€" keys, 17 to 18c per 1b; ducks, 1b., 12 to 130; geese, 10 to 120 per 1b. Hayâ€"No. 1 timothy, $15.50 to $16 a ton on track here, and No. 2 at $14 to $14.50. Strawâ€"$8.75 to $9.50. Potatoesâ€"~47 to 500 pqr bag on track for Ontarios. Beansâ€"â€"$l.50 to‘$1.60v per bushel atgutside points. Applesâ€"$1.25 to $2.75 per ba-r- rel, according to quality. Honeyâ€"Combs, dozen, $2.25 to $3_;.ext1:§cted, 10c per 1b. Oatsâ€"No. 2 Ontario white, new, 3672 to 37%0 outside. New Cana- da, West oats, 39c for No. 2, and 38c for No. 3, Bay ports. Peasâ€"84 to 86c outside. Ryeâ€"No. 2 70 to 720 outside. Buckwheatâ€"~55 to 56c outside. Cornâ€"No. 2 American yellow, 69% to 70c on track, Toronto. Bran~$21 in bags, and shorts, $23.50 in bags. THE WORLD'S MARKETS Toronto, Oct. 26â€"Flour<â€"Ontario wheat 90 per cent. patents $4.15 to $4.25 in buyers’ sacks on track, Toronto, and $4 to $4.10 outside in buyers’ sacks. Manitoba flour, first patents, $5.60 on track, To- ronto; second patents, $5.10,- and strong bakers’, $4.90 to $5 on track, Toronto. , Manitoba wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern $1.02%, Bay ports, and No. ‘2 Nor- thgrn at $1.01, Bay ports. 7 Ontario wheatâ€"No: 2 mixed $1 outside, and No. 2 white and red Winter, $1 to $1.01 outside. .Barléyâ€"No. 2, 57 to 580 outside, and N0. 3 extra at 56c outside. UNITED STATES MARKETS. REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. THE DAIRY MARKETS. COUNTRY PRODUCE. HOG PRODUCTS. BREADSTUFFS. Thc inventor’s exhaustive tests before the members of the Isth- mian Canal Commission showed that it is absolutely impossible to explode it by ordinary means. It; was hampered with a sledge, shot into by a rifle,'burned, and ordin- ary dynamite detonators were exâ€" ploded in it both by fuse and by electricity, but the compound was inert. Not until a special detona- A despatch from 'Washington says: A new explosive, a British in» vention which possesses possibiliâ€" bilities, it is said, of revolutioniz- ing the blasting work in connection with the construction of the Pana- ma, Canal, has been tested on the Isthmus of Panama recently, and as :1 result; the Panama Canal Comâ€" mission ordered twenty tons of it for trial. Can be Hammered, Heated or Shocked by Detonator Without Exploding. THIS EXPLOSIVE IS SAFE Bellovillc Youth ’l‘crribly Manglcd in Factory. A despatch from Belleville says: Charles Burke, son of Mrs. Thos. Burke, of this _city, 17 years of age, was on Friday evening instantly killed at the Belleville Rolling Mills. He was operating what is known as a. tire-straightening ma- chine, when, in some manner, he was drawn into the machine. His left arm and side were crushed to a jelly and the left side of the face terribly mutilated. Orchards in Neighborhood of Mor- den Produced Fine Crop. A despatch from Winnipeg says: For several years past experiments in apple-growing have been consistâ€" ently carried on in the neighborâ€" hood of Morden, Man., and have conclusively proven that apples can be grown in this Province. There are twenty orchards in that district, all bearing well this year, and the products cannot be beaten for size, flavor and general excellence. There are said to be seventyâ€"five varieties of fruit. One Man Will Die and Three Are Badly Sealded. A despatch from Quebec says: The Chateau Frontenac was the scene of an explosion on Friday night which, for 20 minutes, plung- (‘d the house into total darkness and caused a. rumor of loss of life. Four men were seriously scalded, one G. Laurie of the Angus shops, Montâ€" real, fatally, and Jos. MacMaster and S. G. McDermott of the same shops and J. J. Hatton, engineer in chief of the Canada; How the ex- plosion occurred is a mystery. The injured men were employed on the installation of a heating system in the new wing. Montreal, Oct. 2G.â€"Good cattle were scarce and higher priced. Six Northwest heifers sold at 4%0 per pound and from that down to 3%0 per pound for pretty good animals. Common and lean stock sold from 1%0 to 3%0 per pound. Bulls from 20 to 30 per pound. Milch cows, $30 to $60 each. Calves from 2%0 to do per pound; good veals, 50 to 5%c per pound. Sheep about 3c A despatch from Montreal says: Another bank robbery has been re- ported from Ste. Anne, a small vilâ€" lage'near St. Hyacinthe. Six mask- ed men blew open the safe in the Banqne Nationale at Ste. Anne’s, on Wednesday night, and secured about $2,000. Mr. A. Cadoret, the teller, was awakened at 1 a.m. by a noise in the bank, and went down to investigate. He was held up at the point of a revolver. His wife tried to escape from the house by a window, but was fired at twice by the gang. After blowing open the safe, they took a handâ€"car and went Thieves Held Up Teller and Fired at His Wife. BANK ROBBERY IN QUEBEC l) RAWN INTO- MA 0 HINERY. EXPLOSION AT CHATEAI7. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. MANITOBA APPLE . It is claimed that the new explo- sive is 50 per cent. stronger than the} 60 per cent. grade of dynamite, and that the cost of manufacturing will: be more than $20 per ton cheaper. So confident is the British inventor that he will secure the contract to furnish all the explosives to be used on the canal next year. it is stated that he has organized a company. which will at once erect a factory on the Isthmus with a capacity of between 6,000 and 7,000 tons p83 annum. tm‘ was inserted could the sub- stance be exploded; but then, in a few shots that were shot off, it showed itself more powerful than dynamite. It can only be set off by heating a small platinum wire just inside the open end by an elec- tric spark or fuse. It will not ex- plode by concussion. duringwthe year. Population (lover 83,000â€"â€"Asses§‘ ment Fifty-three Million. A despatch from Ottawa. says: Ottawa now has a population of 83,- 360, according to the annual cen- sus of the Assessment Commission- er. The increase during the year amounts to 3,076. Taxable proper- ty is given a valuation of 53,348,814, which is an increase of $4,840,000 Case Found in the Steel-age After Leaving Rimouski. A despatch from Grosse Isle, Que, says: When the Allen Line steamer Virginian arrived here on Friday with 700 passengers on board en route for Montreal, it was dis- covered that a case 'of smallpox had developed in the steerage after the ship had left Rimouski. It is be- lieved that the saloon passengers will at least be sent forward. Father. Mother and Hired Man the Victims. A despatch from Kingston says' The log cabin home of Robert: Men Intyre, who owned a small farm: near the Village of Calabogie, 89. miles north of here, on the King? ston and Pembroke Railway, was destroyed by fire from some unâ€" known cause early on Friday mornâ€" ing, and Mr. McIntyre, his mother, and John Watts, a. farm laborer, perished in the flames. Mrs. McIn- tyre, who is 80 years of age, was an invalid. McIntyre was aged 52 and unmarried. Railways Carrying as Much Freight as Two Years Ago. A despatch from Chicago says: The American railways’ fortnightly statement, made public here on Friday shows a. shortage of 23,431 cars in the east and south, and a, surplus of 35,977 in the west and southwest. The report" adds: “There seems to be no doubt that the railroads are carrying as much freight as they did in October, 1907,‘ and it is to be noted that the short-‘ ages are oneâ€"third of what theyl were then, when there was no sur-_ plus at all. The surplus has been' reduced 17,411 in the last two weeks” ‘ iv the direction of St. Hyacinthe, but near the town took t0'the woods. They seemed to be experts at their work and to be absolutely fearless. A large dog’ which kept guard at the bank was chloroformed and then the attack on the safe was made. It” required five shots to blow it open, but while some of the party worked the others kept guard; The police are trying to effect their capture. The opinion is expressed at detective headquarters that this gang is the same that has operated so actively throughout the Province during the year. PERISEI IN BURNING HOME. SMALLPOX 03’ "IR GINIAN. OTTAWA’S GROWTH. BOOM TIMES AGAIN.