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British Settlers in West This Year the Best Yet. A despatch from Winnipeg says: During the period from March 1 to August 1 of this year, rivhen 41,- 452 men, women and children from England, Ireland and Scotland came into‘Western Canada by way. of Winnipeg; 20,000 more than passed through this city during the same time last year. During the same period this year, 15,916 immigrants from Europe passed; through the Winnipeg immigration} office. “I can .say of the British- ers who came this year,” said the Dominion Inspector, J. Bruce Wal- ker, “that they have been of a. high-er type than any that we ever handled before.” “In what re- apect?” was asked. “Physically, mentally, morally and financially.” Mother and Daughter Lost Their Lives in the 0tonabce. A despatch from Peterborough says: About 11 o’clock on Friday a double drowning happened in the River Otonabee, at a point called Dangerfield, the victims being Mrs. Wm. E. Lang and her sevenâ€" year-old daughter. They were in a gasoline launch with two or three other members of the family, in- cluding the father. .The launch was running close alongside the excursion steamer Otonabee, when something went wrong with the steering gear, the launch colliding with the steamer and turning tur- tle. All were rescued except the mother and daughter. New York Has Now} a Population of 4,766,883. 'A despatch from Washington says: Greater New York has a po- pulation of 4,766,883 under the thirteen decennial census, accordâ€" ing to figures issued on Thursday night by Director of the Census Durand. This makes New York the second largest city in the world, and as large as any two for- eign cities except London. Since 1900 the population of the metro- polis has increased by 1,329,681, or 38.7 per cent, as compared with 3,- 437,202 under the last census. An Increase of Nearly _Six Millions in the Last Five Months. ‘A despatch from Ottawa says: The growth of Canada’s revenue taken at the customs houses conâ€" tinues. For the five months of the fiscal year ending on Wednesday customs revenue had totalled $29,- 091,605, a betterment of $5,747,994 over the -same period last year. During August alone collections to- taled $6,479,795, a, betterment of $1,139,338. HARVEST WEATHER IS GOOD A despatch from Winnipeg says: The C. P. R. weekly crop report shows that '75 per cent. of the crop on branch lines north of the main line has been cut‘, and that, in the inain, harvest weather is fairly fav- orable. In the northern parts of all the three WesternProvinces the threshed crop’s show a larger yield than estimated, and the grade is butter than expected. 75 Per Cent. of Crop North of the GER. in the West is Out; A despatch from Winnipeg says: Winnipeg has at last outdistanced Minneapolis in the actual amount of grain marketed, and may now lay claim to being the biggest ac- tual Wheat market on the North American continent. Comparative figures, made public on Thursday by the Winnipeg Grain Exchange, show that for the year ending Augâ€" ust 31, 1910, Winnipeg wheat re- ceipts were 88,269,330 bushels, while Minneapolis, for the calendar year 1909, could show a, total of HIGHER TYPE OF IMMIGRANT Now ‘Oooupies the Premier Position on the Continent. WINNIPEG WHEAT MARKET In Southern-Manitoba. threshing SECOND LARGEST CITY. CUSTOM RECEIPTS UP. A DOUBLE BROWNING. ' Every Province is Exhibiting at the 0. N. E. This Year. Every province in the Dominion is exhibiting at this year’s Canadi- an National Exhibition and the re- sult is the greatest display of the national resources of Canada ever placed on exhibition. It is a great chance for Canadians as well as visitors from other countries to see’ just. what each corner of the great Dominion depends on for future greatness. And the net result can- not fail to be a. pleasant surprise to Canadians as well as outsiders. Montreal Man Put Gun in Boat With Muzzle Towards Him. A despatch from Montreal says: The shooting season opened on Thursday with a, fatal accident, a blacksmith in the Point St. Charles Grand Trunk shops named John Bennett being shot through the heart while on the river near Nun’s Island. Bennett put the gun in the bottom of the boat with the muz- zle pointing towards him. The inevitable happened. is practically finished. Recent snows in Alberta, in the Edmonton district, and along branches in the Crow’s Nest Pass district have not permanently injured the standing crops. V_ Straw was flattened, but, with favorable weather, is rapidly recovering. With the exception of half a. dozen scattered districts, where heavy rains have retarded harvesting and threshing, the re- port is decidedly satisfactory. Mounted Police Puj Bullet Into Escaping lndian. A despatch from Prince Albert, Sask., says: Peter Blackhand, an Indian desperado, who escaped twice from the custody of the Mounted Police after being sen- tenced to a. year in jail for horse- stealing, had to be shot by pur- suing oflieers during his second at- tempt at escape before he would surrender. He was within a few yards of his rifle when “winged,” his arm being broken. He is a noted rifle shot, and had boasted that if he got; free he would never be caught alive. He is now in Vic- toria; Hospital here, closely guard- ed night and day. The lockout of masons at Winniâ€" peg has been settled by arbitration and, the men have returned to work. SHOT THROUGH THE HEART. lKingston Woman Killed on a Visit to Daughter. A despatch from London, Ont” says: Mrs. Jessie Smith, of Kingâ€" ston, was almost instantly killed here on Friday night by falling down stairs at the home of her daughter, the wife of Rev. James Rollins, where she has been visit- ing. With her daughter and son- inâ€"law, she returned about 11 o’clock from King Street Presby- terian Church, where Mr. Rollins had been tendered a reception by the congregation on returning from his vacation. In the fall Mrs. Smith’s neck was fractured and she died in a few minutes. only 81,111,410. Buffalo, Duluth, Kansas City and Montreal follow in order. Winnipeg is second to Chicago in the total of_oats bandâ€" led during the past year. The figâ€" ures for Winnipeg are taken from the Dominion Grain Inspector’s of- ficial report, and do not include shipments made direct from south- ern Manitoba and Alberta into the United States, nor shipments made west from Calgary, neither do they include local shipments nor any wheat inspected at Calgary. PROVINCES ALL IN LINE. A DESPERAD 0 SHOT. FELL DOWN STAIRS. Butter~â€"Local wholesale quota.- tions are zâ€"Creamery prints, 24c to 24 420; separator prints, 210 to 22c; dairy prints (choice), 200 to 210; do., tubs, 19c to 200; inferior tubs, 18c to 190. Eggs~20c per dozen in case lots. Cheeseâ€"11 1-2c per lb. for large cheese and at 113-40 per 11). for twins. Honeyâ€"Strained honey is quoted at 90 to 100 per 11). in EEO-pound fins; 5 to 10 pound tins at 91â€"20 to 101-20; No. 1 comb honey at $1.75 to $2 per dozen; No. 2 at $1.â€" 50 per dozen. Montreal, Sept. 6.â€"â€"Oatsâ€"-No. 2 Canadian Western, 413-4 to 420; N0. 3, 4038 130 401-2. Barleyâ€" No. 1, 53 to 540; N0. 2, 50c. Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat patents, first-s, $6.30 ;\ do., seconds, $5.80; Winter whedt patents, $5.50; Ma- nitoba. strong bakers’, $5.60; straight rollers, $5.25; d'o., in bags. $2.50 to $2.60; extras, $2.15 to $2.- 26. Feedâ€"Ontario bran, $20.50 to Oatsâ€"Canada western, No. 2, 401-2c; No. 3 Canada, western, 390 at lake ports, for immediate shipa ment; Ontario No. 2 white, 370 to 380 outside; No. 3 white, 360 to 37c outside, 40c to 41c on track, To» ronto; new oats, nominally, 34c to 35c outside. V Peasâ€"No. 2, 76c to 780. Manitoba. Flourâ€"Quotations ~at Toronto armâ€"First patents, $6.20; second patents, $5.70; strong bak- ers’, $5.50; 90 per cent, Glasgow freights, 25s. ' Millfeedâ€"Manitoba, bran, $20 per ton; shorts, $22 per ton, track, To- ronto. Ontario bran, $20 per ton; shorts, $22 per ton on track, To- ronto. ' Beansâ€"$2 to $2.10 per bushel for prjgnes and $2.15 fpr hand-picked: Wholesale quotations :â€" RolIsâ€"Smoked, 150 to 151-20; medium and light hams, 190 to 191-20; heavy, 171-20 to 180; ha- con, 190 to 20c. Smoked and Dry Salted Meatsâ€" Long clear bacon, tons and cases, 150 to 151â€"20; backs (plain), 210 to 21 1-2c; backs (pea-meal), 211-20 to 220. - Pbrkâ€"mShort cut, $30 to $30.50 per barrel; mess, $27.50 to $28. Ofitario Flour â€"New winter wheat; flour, for future delivery, $337§Uto $3.85, at phlermills. ' Lardâ€"Ti‘erges, ' 141-40; tubs, 141-20; palls, 14 3-40; stocks steady. Green meats out of pickle», .10 less than smoked. lManitoba, Wheatâ€"No. 1 northern $1.13; No. 2 northern, $1.111-2; No. 3 northern, $1.09 at lake ports for immediate shipment. Cornâ€"American,â€" No. 2 yellow, 691â€"20, to 700; No. 3 yellow, 681-20 to 691-20, Toronto freights. 7 Toronto, Sept. 6.â€"Ontario Wheat â€"-Old No. 2 winter nominal at $1.- 02 outside; new, 95c to 960 outside, aqcordjng to location. IcmPPLw av If you are subject to Rheumatism. don't wait until a severe-attack comes on before trying “Fruit-a-tives." Take these fruit tablets now and thus prevent the attacks. - THE WORLD’S MARKE IS Price: of (faith. Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. "Fruit-a-tives," by its marvellous action on the bowels, kidneys and skin, prevents the accumulation of Uric Acid. which causes Rheumatism aim;l thereby keeps the blood pure and re . Mrs. Walter Hooper, of Hillview, 0nt., says: “I suffered from severe Rheumatism, lost the use of my right arm and could not do my work. Noth- mg helped me until I took "Fruit-a- tives” and this medicine cured me." “Fruit-a-tlves" is sold by all dealers at 50c a. box, 6 for $2.50, or trial box. 25c. or may be obtained from Fruit-a- uves. Limited, Ottawa. REPORTS F3031 TIIB LEADING TRADE CENTRES. "Fruiba-tives,” the famous fruit medicine, is the greatest and most scientific remedy ever discovered for Rheumatism. Suflered Tortures Until “Fruit: Took‘ Away ' The Pain. Fotatoesâ€"mc to 900 per bag. MONTREAL MARKETS. COUNTRY PRODUCE. BREHDSTUFFS. PROVISIONS. BHEUMATISM a-a-tives” A despatch from London says: Lock-out noticas were posted at all» the Federal shipyards at noon on Friday advising the members of the boilermakers’ society that jgheir services would be dispensed “vlith. Fifty thousand men are directly affected. The trouble {is due to a. strike on Thursday of the rivet-erg employed at the Walker A despatch from Toronto says: Succession duties netted the pro- vince $51,973.24 in August, as compared with $15,482.54 during the same month last year. Last month $20,164 were collected from York County estates. The larg- est payment was that of $13,432.93 by the executors of the late Philip Jamieson, of Toronto. ‘ Company Blames Winnipeg Strik- ers for Fire. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Five box cars in the Canadian Northern yards were destroyed by fire early on Wednesday morning, and the company again claims that the fire was incendiary, and that the striking carmen, who are still out, are the guilty persons. The union men renew their denials, and there seems little prospect of proof either way; Montreal, Sept. 6.â€"â€"Calvels, $5 to $15; live hogs: $9.25 to $9.50 per 100 lbs; sheep, 33~4 to 40 a R); lambs, 51-2 t0“ 60 21‘ lb; steers choice, 60 to 614C; good, 53-40 to 6%; middle, 51â€"40 to 51â€"2c'; fair, 4374c to 50; common, 41-40 to ‘41â€"20. Dressed hogs active, $13 to $13.25 per 100 lbs. Hector Fabre,» Canadian Com- nnssmner 111 France, 1s dead. Toronto, Sept. 6.â€"â€"Several lots of exporters sold at $6.25 to $6.60. Butchers were very firm, selected steers selling up to $6.10, ordin- ary good loads at $5.50 to $5.90, medium at $4.90 to $5.40, cows and bulls were steady and ranged from $3.50 to $5. Notwithstanding the heavy run, sheep and lambs 'were firm and slightly dearer. Hogs were quoted at $8.70 f.o.b. and $9 fed and watered. Amount Collected in Succession Duties Last Month. 50,000 MEN LOCKED ,, 00’1‘ Boilermakers at British Shipyards Told That They Need Not Report. Minneapblis, Sept. 6.â€"Whleat;; No. 1 Northern, September, $1.- 10 7â€"8; December, $1.133â€"4. Buffalo, Sept. 6.â€"Wheabâ€"Spring wheat, No. 1, carloads store, $1.- 183-4 to 51.1934; Winter, No. 2 white, $1.00. Cornâ€"No. 3 yellow, 660; No. 4 yellow, 650; No. 3 corn. 641-2c; No. 4 corn, 621-20, all on track, through billed. Oatsâ€"No. 4 white, 350. Barleyâ€"Malling, 73 to 770. Ryeâ€"N9: 2 on track, 780. $21; Ontario middlings, $22; Mani- toba bran, $20; Manitoba, shorts, $22; pure grain mouille, $33 to $34; mixed mouillie, $26 to $29. Cheese â€"Western grades, 11 to 111â€"80 and eastern, 10 5-8 to 10 3â€"40. But- terâ€"Choicest creamery, 231-2 to 23 3-4c. Eggsâ€"Selected stock, 22c; No. 1 stack, 190; straight receipts. 180, and No. 2 stock at 12 to 130 per dozen. A despatch from Winnipeg says: The C. P. R. weekly crop report; shows that 75 per cent. of the crop on branch lines north of the main line has been cut and that, in the main, harvest weather is fairly fav- orable. In the northern parts of all the three western Provinces the thrashed crops show a larger yield than estimated, and the grade is better than expected. FIVE C. N. B. CARS'BURNED. In southern Manitoba thrashing is practically finished. Recent snows in Alberta, in the Edmonton district, and along branches in the Western Grain Is Turning Out Better ' Than Expected. G001] THBASHING RETURNS UNITED STATES MMJKETS. LIVE .SI‘OCK MARKETS. ONTARIO GOT $51,973. shipyard at Newcastle-onâ€"Tyn'e..i The employers claim that this con-’ stituted a. breach of the agreement, between the OWner's and wo‘rkinen ’ and declare that those locked out will not be allowed to resume work. until the boilermakers’ society; guarantees a fulfilment of the terms of the national agreement for the preventianrof strikes and lo .k-outs. Struck With ~Bottle by Employo Who Had Demanded Pay. A despatch from Winnipeg say/s: Hector Murray, a railway contrac- tor, was murdered on Wednesday at Alix, Alberta, by ‘a disgruntled employee, named Woods. Woods demanded his pay and Murray re- ferred him to the office, where‘- upon Woods hit him on the temple with a. whiskey bottle three quar- ters full. Murraykdied shortly af- terwards. The mounted police are on the trail of Woods, who is still at large, Hon. George P. Graham has tak-_ en up the claims of the\ Grand Trunk men, recently on strike, in correspondence with President Hays. Nearly Ten Thousand More Hal‘- vesters Needed. A despatch from Winnipeg says: The ten thousand harvesters who have come west this year to‘work in the harvest fields are not‘much more than half of the number needed, according to C. P. R. of- ficials, who announce that tele- grams areflstill pouring in from all directions asking for men. The London Times Says Means Will be Found. A de'spatch from London says: The Times says: Though we be many sovereign peoples, our sovâ€" ereign must be one. He must hold his court not only in these islands‘ but, as opportunity permits, in all the chief dominions of the Crown. His most distant peoples may feel assured that means will be found for the fulfilment of his Wish to revisit them as King. This Year Shows a Large Increase in the Number. A despatch from Ottawa sayszi iHomestead entries for the six months ending July 31, 1910, show, an increase of 11,852 over the simiei lar period of 1909, the entries: numbering 33,416. For July alone there were 4,260 entries, of which: 1,248 were made by Canadians re- siding in Canada, 58 by Canadians returning from the United Staten, 959 by United States citizens, and‘ with the exzeption of 34 entries, the whole of the remainder were made by persons from the British Isles, and northern Eurrpean countries” in which the Government is carryâ€"i ing on immig'ntimi mrk. Of the1 entries from the L'rited States; over one-half Were made by peo-' ple coming from Nfith Dakota.’ and Minnesota. Patents were isâ€"? sued in July, 1320. for 248,223 acres.l of land, as against i3f‘.013 for the; corresponding month of 1909. A despatch from Arcola, Sask.. says: A heavy rain and hail storm on Monday afternoon ruined all the standing crops left uncut, but as 90 per cent. of wheat and 80 per cent. of cats are in stook the dank age is not very great. ‘ Crow’s Nest Pass district have not permanently injured the standing crops. Straw was flattened, but. with favorable weather, is rapidly. recovering. With the exception of half a. dozen scattered districts. where heavy rains have retarded harvesting and thrashing, the re- port is decidedly satisfactory. KING WILL VISIT COLONI'ES C0 N’I‘RA C'l‘OR M URDERED. STILL CRYING FOR MEN. H0 MESTEAD ENTRIES.