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THE DROUGHT DUES HARM Premier of Manitoba, Speaks in a. Most Pessimistic Style. 'A despatch from Winnipeg says: In an interview with Premier Rob- lin, who has had thirtyyears’ exâ€" perience in farming and in the grain business, and who has cover- ed many parts of the Province in the past week in his election tour, he expressed his views on the crop situation in Manitoba. He declares that even with the most favorable conditiO's from now on Manitoba, cannot possibly harvest more than half a, crop in 1910, and, he adds, that another week of heat without rain will mean practically no crop at' all. The same story was told by one of the biggest wheat operators of Chicago and Minneapolis, who spent a week in the Province sat- isfying himself at first; hand as to the prospects. The G. T. P. issued, on Wednes- da; afternoon, a crop report show- ing that for 120 miles west of Win- mpeg the wheat is in bad shape, in some places being burned red. West of Biggar conditlons are more fav- orable throughout northern and A Serious Situation is Created at Montreal. VA despatch from Montreal says: There is a wheat blockade here, and grain is steadily flowing from the west. The elevators here are full, and there is little export, so that the situation is serious for the grain-carriers of the lakes. There are ten now lying at the elevator, with no space to unload, and some have been there for almost a week. Each day means a loss of about $200 and more carriers are arriving daily. The reason of the block is that the buyers for export are about 10 cents off the Canadian price, and so there is practically no export wheat. The commissioner’s elevator has a million bushels and cannot get rid of it. Mr. James Carruthers says that it looks as if Europe did not want a bushel of Wheat from Canada, and the grain men of Canada would have to get together and devise some way out of the dificulty. Route Into Porcupine Has Been Misrepresented. A despatch from Toronto says: P. H. Heimer, M.E., who has spent a week in the Porcupine camp, with a. view to purchasing claims, says: “Considering the age of the camp, I believe that it has a very bright future before it. Things are ra« ther quiet at present, but indica- tions are that there will be consid- erable activity Within a month or so. The bugbear of the camp at present is the inexcusable lack of transportation facilities. However, the conditions with regard to the aocessibilitv of the camp have been greatly misrepresented and it is a very easy trip for one to make P-crcupine from the steel in one day.” Lost Life Through Small Wound in the Ear. A despatch from Toronto says: Lockjaw originating in a, small wound in the ear caused the death pf Harry Joneg, aged 7 years, at 'A despatch from Ottawa. says: {inns for two large drydocks have en approved by the Government. One is to be built at Sault Ste. Marie, and the other at Vancou- ver. The Sault dock is to be sev- In hundred feet long and cost nine hundred thousand dollars. It; will accommodate the largest craft, on the great lakes, a number of which Ire over six hundred feet long. The Government will pay on this dock : subsidy of three per cent. for twenty years on the cost. The Vancouver dack is to be one of the mend-class, and on it the Governs Mimicofon Friday-afternbon. The boy, who lived at 214 Howland DRY DUCKS TO BE BUILT Plans Have Been Approved For Sault Ste. Marie and Vancouver. N0 OUTLET FOR WHEAT. BOY DIED 07F LOCKJAW. MAKE TRIP IN A DAY. central Saskatchewan, where local showers have been more or less fre- quent and the heat is not so great. Southern Manitoba is to date the greatest sufferer, and in many dis- tricts the farmers have practically given up hope of saving anything. A special crop report issued on Wednesday by The Winnipeg Free Press says :«-“The hot, dry wea~ ther which has existed for the last ten days has at last awakened the public to the fact that the general condition of the crops is anything but booming. The consensus of lepinion seems to be that the crops ‘to the south of the C. P. R. main line in both Manitoba and Saskatâ€" chewan are considerably damaged. North of the C. P. R. main line there are sections which have been seriously damaged, but on the whole the crops appear to be in a pretty fair condition.” A Fatal Brawl at :1 Morning Dance in New Brunswick. A despatch from Moneton‘, says: News received from Covervale, Alâ€" bert county, tells of a, fatal brawl here at a dance on Friday morn- ing. James Power, aged 23, an Intercolonial Railway employee, is dead, and Thomas Connolly, an Intercolonial fireman, has given himself up to the police. One wit- ness says there was trouble over a girl; that Power had gone to the verandah of the house and Con- nol'y followed him, this witness says, striking him several timeson the head and neck. He fell and was carried into the house, where he died twenty minutes later, withâ€" our making any statement. A avenue, was pushed from a, fence at Huron street school by a. play- fellow on June 21, A small twig pic reed the lobe of one ear. The injury was not considered danger- ous, however, and he went to Miâ€" mico with his parents. On Thursâ€" day last lockjaw developed, and he died in spite of the efforts of Dr. Forbes Godfrey, of Mimico, and Dr Clarke, of Toronto. ment has agreed to pay a subsidy of three and one-half per cent. for twenty-five yoaafs on the cost up to $1,200,000. This is to be a. floating dock, with a, lifting capacity of fif- teen thousand tons, and is, there- fore, capable of handling the larg« est craft sailing to Canada at the present time. The company con- template the operation of a car con- struction plant in conjunction with its drydock and shipbuilding and repairing industry. The car works will involve an additional outlay of half a million dollars. There will be no subsidy upon this. Smith had been employed at the yacht club only for a. short time, but had fired the gun at sunset on four successive days without acci- dent. On Saturday, according to one report, the blank cartridge used in the cannon jammed in such a way that the breech would not lock, Smith thereupon attempted, it is said, to drive the charge into its place with a, second cartridge, which exploded in his hands. A despatoh from Toronto says: While attempting to load a small cannon preparatory to firing the sunset gun, Elmer Smith, 18 years of age, was seriously injured at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, at Centre Island, on Saturday. He was taken to Sb. Michael’s Hosâ€" pital, where his right arm was am- putated below the elbow. He was badly wounded about; the head and the sight of one eye was dtstroyed. Mr. McKay, Superintendent of the Experimental Farm at Indian Head, claims that the crops in that locality never before looked better at this time of the year. Was,Fi1-ing Sunset Gun at Royal Canadian Yacht Club. GI‘NNER LOST ARM AND EYE. QUARREL WEB A GIRL. Toronto, July 5.-â€"Ontario wheat â€"No. 2 winter, 940 to 950 outside. THE W ORLD'S MARKE TS Manitoba W11ea.t~â€"No. 1 northern, $107; No. 2 northern, $1.05; No. 3 northern, $1.03 at lake ports for immediate shipment. Cornâ€"American No. 2 yellow, 680; No. 2 yellow, 67%c; Cangdian cogn, 62c to 630, Toronto frelghts. Oatsâ€"Canada western, No. 2, 38c; No. 3, C. W., 37c at lake ports for immediate shipment; Ontario No. 2 white, 33c to 34c outside; N0. 3 white, 320 to 330 outside, 36%c on track Toronto. Eggsâ€"4Selécted stdck, 210‘ per dozen. REPORTS 1’80}! TEE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Barleyâ€"â€"No. 2, 51c to 520; No. 3 extra, 490 to 500; No. 3, 460 to 47¢ outside; Manitoba, No. 4, 490 on track, lake ports. Peasâ€"No. 3, 700 to 710. Ryeâ€"N0. 2, 70 to BBC. Buckwheartâ€"â€"No. 2, 510. Manitoba Flourâ€"Quotations at Toronto are:â€"First patentsH $5-- 40, second patents, $4.90; strong bukers’. $4.70; 90 per cent., Glas- gow freights, 25s. ' Smoked and Dry Salted Meatsâ€" Long clear bacon, tons and cases, 15%0 to 151/20; backs (plain), 210 to 21%0; backs (peaâ€"meal), 21%0 to 22c; shoulder hams, 14c to 14%0; green meats out of pickle, 1c less than smoked. can lots. Butterwflest creamery, 220; cveamery, 21%c. Cheeseâ€"western, 11c to 11%c; eastern, 10%0 to 10%0. Minneapolis, July 5.~â€"Wheatâ€"â€" July, 851.12%; Sept., $1.08%; Dec., 551.07%: cash, No. 1 hard, $1.17; No. 1 Northern, $1.15 to $1.16%; No. 2 Northern, $1.13 to $1.14%; No. 3 Northern, $1.10 to $1.11%. Bramâ€"$17.50. Flourâ€"First pat- ents, $5.30 to $5.50; second pat- ents, $5.10 to $5.30; first clears, 84.15 to $4.25; second clears, $2.~ 90 to $3.20. Milwaukee, July 5.-â€"Wheat-â€"No. 1 Northern, $1.15 to $1.16; No. 2 Northern, $1.13 to $1.14; Sept., $1. Ryeâ€"No. 1, 77c. Corn-Sept, 60%0. Barleyâ€"No. 2, 670. Prices of Cattle. Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. Ontario Flourâ€"Winter wheat patents for export, $3.50 to $13-60, in buyers’ bags, outside. Millfeedâ€"Maniboba, bran, $18 per ton; shorts, $20 per ton. track, Toronto. Ontario bran, $19 per tcn; shorts, $21 per ton on track, Tcronto. Butterâ€"Creamery prints, 23c to 24c; separator prints. 20c to 210; dairy prints, choice, 19c to 20c; dairy tubs, 170 to 18c; inferior tubs, 16c Potatoesâ€"Ontario potatoes, ‘550 to 600 per bag out of store; new American potatoes, $2.75 to $3 per barrel. Montreal, July 5.â€"â€"Flour~Ma,ni- tuba spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.50; seconds. $5; winter wheat patents, $5; Manitoba. strong bak- ers’. $4.80; straight rollers, $4.50 to $4.75; in bags, $2.10 to $2.15; extras, $1.90 to $2, Oatsâ€"7c bushel higher. Cornâ€"American No. 2 yellow, 640 to G5c; American No. 3 yellow, 63c- 10 (34c. Millfeedâ€"Ont'ario bran, $18.50 tc $19; 010.. middlings, $21 to $22; Manitoba, bran, $18; (10., short-s, $21; pure grain mouiilie, $32 to $33; mixed mouillie, $25 to $28, Rolls, smoked. 150 to 15%(3; mediâ€" um and light hams, 180 to 181/20; heavy, 16%0 to 17c; bacon, 190 to Eggsâ€"190 to 19%c per dozen case lots. Beansâ€"$2 to $2.10 per bushel for primes and $2.10 to $2.20 for hand- picked. Oatsâ€"No. 2 Can. western, 380 to 381/20; N0. 73, 370 to 37%c: I BVafleyâ€"No'. 3, 48c to 48%(1; N0. 4, 44c ’60 456. Cheese~11%c for large and 11%0 for twins. Old cheese, 12%0 to 12%c. Wholesale quotations :â€" Lardâ€"â€"Firm; tierces, 16c; tubs, 16%0; pails, 16%0; stocks very light. N) LIVE STOCK MARKET. Montreal, July 5.â€"-There was UNITED STATES MARKETS. MONTREAL MA RKETS. COUNTRY PRODUCE. BREADSTUFFS. PROVISIONS. No Rain in a, Month in Fort Wil- liam District. A despatch from Fort William, Ont., says: Forest fires are, threat- ening the towns in this visinity, and Fort William is clouded with smoke, it being necessary to turn on the street lights Thursday morn- ing. The fires are getting worse at Silver Mountain, 20 miles out. Scores of men, women and children fought the flames all night and could not put them out. The fire is near Mackie and Taylor’s camps and making great headway towards SiLver Mountain, which is inhabited by 200 people. Mackie and Taylor i1.te“d making a raft to load the horses and camping outfit if they cannot extinguish- the fire. Peo ple are getting nervous. There has been no rain for four weeks and everything is as dry as tinder. Niven, who was called in, cnuld not determine at once how seriously the lad was affected. He believed the reptile had been dead for some rtime and was partially decayed. The little fellow is in a serious con-~ dition, but is expected to pull through. Little London Boy Played With Dead Reptile. A. despatch from London, Ont., says: The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Turner, Princess avenue, was poisoned on Wednesday in a. peculiar manner. The boy. who is about six .years old, While playing out of doors picked up a dead snake, and after handling it rubbed his hands across his face. Almost at once the boy’s face became in- flamed and began to swell. Dr. Hundreds Involved in Clash in Hungary. A despatch from Lemberg, Aus- tria-Hungary, says: Two groups of Ruthenian and Polish students of the University of Lemberg got tr each other on Friday and before the police had separated the corn- batants many of the students had been seriously injured. Hundreds of students were in- volved. Many of them had revolâ€" vers and these were used. When the firing began a, strong force of pohcemen was summon-ed and the fight became a three-cornered af- fair. The officers finally succeded in driving the students to cover. Broken heads were the rule, but in r‘umerous instances injuries of a. grave nature were found to have been infllcbed. East Indians resident in Vancou- ver have telegraphed a, strong pro- be.“ against the deportation of Mn {ahim, a. wealthy Mohammedan. A despatch from Detroit, Mich., says: The body of Frank S. Gouldâ€" thrite, late superintendent of the Dominion Printing Bureau, was found on Sunday floating in the river by a fisherman, near Trenton, Mich, a little village a few miles south of Detroit. This puts an end to the theory that Gouldthrite had hoaxed the police by walking off the big Detroit and Buffalo passen- ger steamer Eastern States, leav- ing his coat and hat and a note to th€ effect that he had committed suicide. only one lot of really prime beeves on the market, and these sold at about 70 per lb. A few of the others sold at about 6%0 per pound, and from that down to 5%0 for pretty good animals, while the common stock sold at from 3%c to 5%.: per lb Milch cows from $30 to $65 each. Calves from $3 to $15 each. Sheep about 40 per lb. Lambs at about $4.50 each, or 9c per lb. Good lots of hogs sold at 9%0 to 9%c per lb. Delbert Vanvelzor, aged eighteen, wan attacked by a hog on his faâ€" ther’s farm near Calton and bad- ly wounded in the legs. The feud, borne of racial jealousy is as old as the university itself and periodical clashes have occured For some time the bitter feeling hss been held in bounds by the uni- versity authorities, but it broke out in pronounced fury and led to a fierce battle for the possession of the campus. GflULDTHRITE’S BODY FOUND Superintendent of the Dominion Printing Bureau Committed Suicide. STUflENTS WITH REVOLVERS. FIRES GROWING WORSE. POISONED BY A SNAKE. Thaddeus York, wanted in many citles on charges of forgery, was arv rested in Seattle. (‘onfcrenc es With Leading Financi. a] and Shipping Men. A despatch from Montreal says: Mr. Albert Vickers, President 0! the world-famous British firm 0! Vickers’ Sons & Maxim, is in Mont-i real, and has had a number of com" fex'enoes with leading financial and; shipping men. and also with Presi~ dent G. W. Stephens and Mr. 0.] C. Ballantyne of the Harbor Com- mission, in regard to the financial aspect of the huge undertaking his firm is to engage in in the building of a‘ five million dollar floating dock and shipbuilding plant in Mont- real. Horses Were Frightened at a Passn ing Automobile. A despatch from Kingston, Ont., says: Charles Dunwoodie, who lived about a mile west of Napanee, was loading hay in the field when the h( rses became frightened at a pass« ing automobile and ran away; throwing Mr. Dunwoodie from the load. He was injured so badly that he died a few hours later. Deceas- ed was about 65 years of age, amt unmarried. A despatch from London says: The discovery of gold in northern British Columbia has caused con~ siderable excitement here. The headlines in the press compriss “Miles of Gold,” “A British Eldor- ado of Fabulous Wealth,” and “Mammoth Reefs.” The Agentv General for British Columbia, has had hundreds of inquiries, to whom he states that he has no oflicial con- firmation of the reported discovery, but a rush from London has already started. Store of Dynamite Exploded Neal Neplgon. A despatch from Port Arthur says: Two foreigners named Carl- son and Olison, While working on the transcontinental about Nepigon were blown to atoms by the explo- sion of dynamite used in blasting for a. roadbed. They were work- ing near where the explosive was stored, when suddenly there was a terrific explosion, and the men were blown to atoms. Olison wal blown over 100 yards in the air. He was well known in Nepigon. How the dynamite came to explode will never be known, but it il thought that the intense heat and the heaviness of the air had some effect on the explosive. The New Cunarders are to be of 60,000 Tons. A despatch from London says: With the news that the Mersey Dock and Harbor Board has decid- ed to commence the construction of a, huge dock comes the important announcement that the Cunard Company propose to build liners of 60.000 tons each. The new clock will be large enough to accommo- date these vessels. The quayx berths will be suitable for liners l,-' 000 feet in length. There will be deepâ€"water entrances so as to avoid delay in docking. The work, which is to be carried out by contract,i will be commenced in a few weeks and it is expected to be finished in three years. The finding of his body on Sun- day was a. surprise to the Detroit police, who did not believe that he had committed suicide. Gould- thrite evidently jumped off the Eastern States a few miles below Detroit. His shirt and collar were covered with blood, indicating that he had also tried to cut his throat before throwing himself overboard. His body has been identified by lo- cal police officers, and is held here awaiting instructions from the 0!;- tawa. police. Britain Excited Over Finds in Brit“ ish Columbia. AN OTHER FAR MER KILLED. MR. VICKER’S MISSION. GREATEST 0F VESSELS. BLOWN T0 ATOMS. “MILES OF GOLD.”