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TRAGEDY 0N LONELY LAKE Man Was Found Killed and His Partner Dead From Poison, 'A (lospatch from Winnipeg, Man, says: The tragedy of a, lonely shack in the far northern wilds of West- ern Canada is recalled in detail by the arrival in Winnipeg of a letter to Mrs. Mills, wife of Cap- tain J. W. Mills, of the Hudson’s Bay Company steamer Mackenzie River, plying between Fort Mcâ€" Pherson and Fort Smith. The let- ter tells the story of a. young clerk who when bringing out the mail in‘ the Spring, on June 6, found Pete Mela-nd dead with his head crushed. and W. S. Elever, the other man’s prospecting partner, dead of poi- son, self administered, and a con- fession signed by the latter, telling of the whole tragedy. The scene of the horror is Salt River, about five hundred miles north of Greet Sieve THE NEWS IN A PARABRAPH Lake. lows : HAPPENINGS FROM ALI. oven um GLOBE [N A NUTSHELL. Canada. the Empire and tho Work! in General Belore You: Eyes. CANADA. The wages of canal employees have been increased. Q r “I ‘ v w The Central Railway of Canada claims 1,300,000 acres of land un- der an old grant. Emile Lisotte was shot while try- ing to stop a. fight in Montreal, and died in the hospital. Léw watexjrinrthe Cornwall canal has closed down the cotton and paper mills. r Forty thousand hérvest laborers were taken into western Canada. by the (LARK. and (“LNJi ~*â€" .0 u “MVrs; McIntyre of Brantford was fatally burned when her clothes and bedding caught-fire from q‘lamp. Montreal police are alleged to have illâ€"treated Alphonse Lefarge, a man who died shortly after his arrest. Guelph Council will consider the question of cancelling the agreeâ€" ment, with the People’s Railway after due notice. Sub Fire Chief Martin of Mont- real has been suspended from duty as a result of his difference with Chief Tremblay. The Canadian Ariillery team now In Britain won an important con- British coal miners for a. nummum wags: test. Diving ‘to the drought in India the King has sanctioned the curâ€" tailment 0f the Delhi durbar pro- gramme. A mass meeting was held in Berâ€" lm to protest agalnst mt-erventlon of Britain in Morocco. Anxiety prevails in France as to the outcome of negotiations with Germany, but war is regarded as highly improbable. 1x 19:1 ‘n‘i-have been sick a long time; alleged head of the Camorrists, and another member BELGIUM PREPABES FUR WAR Fears German Invasion Would Follow Outbreak of Hostilities. A despatch from London says: Belgium is preparing for contin- gencies in the event of war between France and Germany. The Belâ€" gians know by experience that the neutrality of their country would be very difficult to safeguard in lucli circrmstances, and they fear that a German invasion would take place in' a few lxours after an outâ€" break of l‘ottilitic“. The Belgian Minlaii-r’ of War has given instruc- tions for all forts on the Mcuse, especially armund Liege, to be fur- nished vhh 1:” and ammunition. ;ibhfession read as fol- GREAT BRITAIN. GENERAL. are agitating I am not crazy, but have simply been goaded to death. He (Me- land) thought I had more money than I have, and has been trying to finish me. I tried to get him ‘to nu nun)” .uv. - -__ go after some InéAiéing, but, he would not, wishing to have me (he. S0, g00dâ€"bye.â€"â€"â€"W. S. Elever.” , A . 1 c A! 10ws :â€" Lu “I have just killed the man that was killing me, so goodâ€"bye, and God bless you all. I am awfully weak and down since the last of March, so there is,nothing but death for me. Cruel treatment drove me to kill Pete. Ship every- thing out and pay George Walker $10.â€"W. SI” 1 '1 LA w‘v- The two bodies were buried to~ gether after the inquest, which re- turned a, verdict of murder and sui- cide. A large sbobk of fur and the sum of $104 were found in the shack. r u of the Camorra, now on trial for murder at, Vitrerbo, Italy, were condemned to three months? im: prisonment for insulting the presiâ€" dent of the court. u. uu u. w“ Wye..." Mlle Atria. By, a leading femin- ist, of Toulon, France, and an acâ€" complished revolver shot, is deter- mined to fight a. duel with an edi- tor who criticized an article she had writ-ten in which she argued that women ought; to live and die unmarried. Witnesses in Montreal Case Tells How He Fired Hotel. ‘ A despatch from Montreal says: Henry Carufel, in the witne-ss~box on Friday, related to Jude Lanctot how at the instigation of Ovilla Lambert, the lesee of the hotel, he had set fire to Peloquin‘s Hotel on May 26 last. As a result of his con- fession, Ovilla Lambert, who up to date had been out; on bail for $6,- 000, was sent to jail to await. his trial. The cross-examination con- ducted by Mr. N. K. Laflamme brought. out the fact that Carufel had perjured himself no less than seven times during the investiga- tion before Fire Commissioner Ritchie a few days after the fire. Laborer on Construction Gang at Merritton Killed. A despatch from St. Catharines says: Carlo Sergnesso, an Italian laborer employed on a. construcâ€" tion gang on the Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway, lost- his life at Merfitton trestle on Friday while unloading a, carload of ballast. H-e slipped thf'ough a. 'compartment and sustained injur- ies to his skull, death being almost instantaneous. Volunteer Fleet is Affectedâ€"Many Steamers Tied L'p. A despatch from Odessa says: The seamen’s strike at Black Sea. ports is extending to the volunteer fleet. Thirteen mail and passen- ger steamers are now tied up. A railway strike is threatened and 10,000 factory hands have struckat Lodz. Plans for rapid mobilization are being studied. and the forts at Naâ€" mur are being fitted with new canâ€" non of the Hotchkiss type. The annual manoeuvres of the Belgian army will not take place this year. STRIKE IN RUSSIA SPREADS. Disqnieting rumors are afloat as to the prospects of war between France and Germany. Several Belâ€" gian journals affirm that Adolphe M'essiny, the French Minister of War, has caused the attention of the Belgian Government to be di- rected to the weakness and neglect~ ed condition of this country’s ele- fence: on the German frontier. bvvu NJ ‘4- further conféésigfi read as fol- FELL THRO U G H TRE STLE. CONFESSES T0 ABSON. PRICES 0F PARM PRODUCTS “SPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and other Produce at Home and Abroad. Toronto, Sept. 5.â€"The Wheat Markets are steady. with some scarcity of Maui- Lobas. Cables weaker for wheat and stronger for corn. Flourâ€"Winter wheat, 90 per cent. pat- ents. at $5.45, Montreal heights Mani- toba. floursâ€"First; patents, $5.50; second patents, $4.80, and strong bakers’, $4.60, on track, Toronto. Manitoba. wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern quot- ed at $1.061â€"2, Bay ports; No. 2 at $1.05. and No. 3 at $1.03. Ontario wheat-No. 2 white. red or mixed, new, quoted at. 821-2 to 831-20. outside. Peasfias to 860, f.o.b. cars. outside. Oatsâ€"Ontario grades, new No. 2 at, 380, outside, and of No. 3 at 36c. outside. No. 2 Western Canada, 430. and No. 5 at. 421-40. Bay ports. Barley~Prices nominal at 60 to 70c, out- side. according to test. No. 2 worth 70 to 750, outside. Cornâ€"No. 2 American yellow quoted at 67c, Bay ports, and 711-20. Toronto. RyeH'Jar lotS‘ outside, 720. ' Buckwheatâ€"No. 2 at. 54c, outside. Branâ€"Manitoba at. $22, in bags. To- ronto. and shorts $25, in bags, Toronto. Ontario bran, $22, in bags. Toronto. Beansâ€"~Small lots of hand-picked quoted at 82.25 per bushel. Honey4Extx-acted. in tins, 10 to lie per 1b. Combs. 32 to $2.25. Baled hay~No. 1 is quoted at $15 to $14, on track. and No. 2 at $10 to $11. Baled strawâ€"$6 to $6.50, on track, To- ronto. Potatoesâ€"Car lots, in bags, quoted at $1.25 to $1.40. Poultryâ€"Chickens, 15 to 160 per 11); fowl. 11 to 12c; ducks. 14c; turkeys, 15 to 160. Live poultry about 20 lower than the above. Butterâ€"Dairy prints, 21 to 22c; inferior, 15 to 170. Creamery quoted at 25 to 260 per 1b. for'ro‘lls, and 23 to 240 for solids. Eggsâ€"Ofi‘erings are only moderate, with strictly new-laid quoted at 23c. and fresh at 19 to 200 per dozen, in case lots. Cheeseâ€"The market, here is higher. Large quoted at 140 per lb. and twins at 141-20; Baconâ€"Long clear, 12c per 11).. in case lots. Pork, short cut, $23; (10., mess, $20 to $21. Hallieâ€"Medium to light, 17 to 180; (10., heavy, 15 to 151-20; rolls, 113-4 t-o 12c; breakfast; bacon. 17 to 180; backs, 191~2 to [200. Lardâ€"Tierces, 101-2c; tubs. 10 5-40; pails, 110. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Sept. 5.â€"-Oatsâ€"Canadian Western, No. 2, 441-4 to 441‘20, car lots ex store; extra No. 1 feed. 45 3-4 to 440; No. 3 C. W., 431-4 to 451-20. Flourâ€"Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.40; sec- onds, $4.90; Wimer wheac patents, $4.50 to $4.75; strong bakers‘. $4.70; straight rollers, $4 to $4.10; in bags. $1.85 to $2. Rolled oats, per barrel, $4.95; bag of 90 1135., $2.55. Cornâ€"American No. 5 yellow, 701-4c. Millfeedâ€"Bran, Ontario, 822 to $25; Manitoba. $21 to $22: middlings. On- tario. $25 to $26; shorts, Man. 624; mou- mie, $26 to $51. Eggs. selected, 24 to 6260; No. 1 stock, 20 to 22c. Cheeseâ€"Westerns, 151-2 to 133-40; easterns, 151-4 to 151430. Butter, choicest, 26 to 261-40; seconds, 251-2 to 25 3-4c. Minneapolis. Sept. 5. - Wheatâ€"Septem- ber, $1.00 5-8; December, $1.021-4 to $1.02 3-8; cash, No. 1 hard, $1.047-B; No. 1 North- ern, $1.02 to $1.04 3-8; No. 2 Northern, 97 3-80 to 31.02343; No. 5 wheat. 953-8 to 993-80. Cornâ€"~No. 5 yellow. 611-20. Oatsâ€"No. 3 white, 413-8 to 420. Ryeâ€"No. 2, 80 to 80110. Bran~$20.50 to $21. Flourâ€"First patents, $4.90 to $5.20; second patents, $4.40 to $4.65: first clears. $3.25 to $3.45; second clears, $2.25 to $2.40. Buffalo. Sept. 5.â€"Spring wheatâ€"No of. ferings; Winter, N0. 2 red, 920; No. 3 red. 90c; No. 2 white, 900. Corn-May, No. 3 yellow, 690; No. 4 yellow, 671-40; No. 3 corn, 67c, all on track, through billed. Oatsâ€"No. 2 white, 443-40; No. 3 white, 440; No. 4 white. 430. Barleyâ€"- Malting. $1.19 to $1.24. .’ LIVE. STOCK MARKETS. Montreal, Sept. 5â€"Choice steers sold at 61-40, good at 534 to 60, fairly good at 51-4 to 51-2c, fair at 43-4 to 50. and com- mon at 414 to 41-20 per pound. Cows brought from 4 to 51-20, and bulls from 5 to 41-2c per pound. Lambs sold at 6c. and sheep at 53-4 to 40 per pound. Calves were scarce. The supply of hogs was ample to fill all requirements. and the UNITED STATES MARKETS. COUNTRY PRODUCE. BUTTER AND EGGS. BREADSTUFFS. HOG PRODUCTS. BURN DBWN HOMES 0F JEWS‘ " A despatch from London says: A special despatch received here on Friday from Constantinople says that the prefect of police has notified the chief rabbi of the Gov- ernment’s decision to burn down all the old houses belonging to Jews in the Houkeny quarter, as the buildings are regarded to be hot- beds of cholera. Thousands of dwelâ€" lers in the Ghettos will thereby be rendered homeless, and the leaders of the Jewish community are taking steps to provide for them. The Their Quarter in Constantinople to be’ Purged by Fire tone of the market was easier, with sales of selected lots at $7.50. and mixed and heavy lots at $6.50 to $7.25 per mm, weighed OE cars. RIDEAU HALL IMPROVEMENTS The Interior Being Given a Thor- ' ongll Renovation. A despatch from Ottawa, says: Extensive improvements are being rushed forward at Rideau Hall dur- ing the absence of his Excelleney Earl Grey at Toronto, in preparaâ€" tion for the coming of the Duke of Connaught. The interior is being completely renovated, and the ex- terisr will also be improved. The chapel built during the regime of Lord Lansdowne as Governorâ€"Gen- eral has been torn down, and its ‘place taken by a garage of sufiici~ ent size to accommodate four auto- mobiles. The suggestion made some time ago that another addition would be made to the front of the Rideau Hall will not at present be acted on, and the facade will re- main as it is for some time at least. Increase at Canning Time Will‘ Seriously Alfect Consumer. A despatch from New York says: Grocery circles here showed con- cern on Wednesday over the high prices now prevailing in the sugar market. There was another ad- vance in granulated’during the day to 6.250, representing a full cent rise in the past few weeks, and the highest level in many years. Com- ing at the height of the canning season, this advance is of vital inâ€" terest to consumers all over the country. It is attributed primarily to a poor sugar beet crop in Eu- rope, following prolonged drouth this summer. To make matters lworse, the Cuban crop, which fur- ‘nishes the bulk of raw material for American refiners, also proved short, and prices began to soar. Buccaneers Driven OH in Crimea After a Sharp Fight. A despatch from St. P-etersburg says: A report has reached here from Kerch, in the Crimea, that a band of pirates landed and attackâ€" ed the fortress. The soldiers re- plied to the shots of their assail- ants with a. heavy rifle fire, woundâ€" ing many. Fifteen pirates were captured, while most of the others made off in boats. ENENEN WOMEN MARKETING A d-espatch from Paris says: The agitation against the high prices of provisions continues, and disorders of considerable proporâ€" tions were reported on Wednesday \from twelve places in Northern France. The usual procedure is for a crowd of women of the lower class to assemble and do their mar- keting together, carrying large pla- cards, upon which are written the prices which the women are willing If the Storekeeper Charges Too Mueh They Wreck His Shop. to pay. If the shopkeefjer assents to sell his goods at the price offer- ed, the women buy; but if he re» fuses, they pitch all of his stock into the street. The man next door generally yields, though the crowd generally yum-us, uuquu um, Dun.“ in its excitement may ack the place out of spite without enquir- ing whether the dealer is willing to reduce the price of his goods. The PIRATES ATTACK FORT. SUGAR 0N UP GRADE. cholera epidemic is obtaining a firmer hold in Turkey. Partial re< turns made by the health author'b ties show that on August 31 there were 70 cholera cases and 25 deaths from the disease in Constantinople. In addition to these totals there wag In addition to these totals there was a- heavy mortality in the Turkish garrison and at the Albanian camps on the outskirts of Beikos. At Usk- up, in the Vilayet of Kossova, there is an average of 50 cases daily, while at Monastir, in Macedonia. the disease is equally virulent. Belonged to W. L. Harkness, a Standard Oil Millionaire. A despatch from Fort William says: The ocean-going yacht Gu- nilda, owned by Wm. L. Harkness, the Standard Oil millionaire, went. ashore in Lake Superior on Wed- nesday, and the 3 passengers were taken off in lifeâ€"boats safely ,on Thursday. The crew stuck by the boat, "but when lche tug Whaler! pulled the vessel off the rocky ledge she began to sink at once. and went down in a few minutes. The crew escaped in time to avoid being carried down with the vesâ€" sel. The Gunilda, lies in 300 feet of water, and will never be recovo ered. NORWAY’S ARMY MUTINOUS. Government is Called Upon to Check Snread of Socialism. ; A despatch from Christiania says: The Norwegian press is call; ing upon the Government to adopt stern measures to prevent, the spread of Socialism in the army. The Young Socialist party has se- cured enormous influence over the soldiers, and mutinous scenes am constantly occurring on the drill grounds. Two serious affairs of this kind happened at Stenkjaer and Gardremoen, soldiers stormijg the cells and liberating comrades whom lhey considered to have been unjustly imprisoned. THREE ENGINEER-S DROWNED Were Employed on Canadian Northern Construction Staff. A despatch from Port Arthur Says: An upturned canoe found on Lake Helen, above Lake Nipigon, following their non-arrival at Nipi- gon Station as expected, indicates the drowning of Division Engineer R. H. McCoy and Resident Enginâ€" eers C. H. Nelson and Drum, oi C.N.R. construction staff. The men left camp at Exander Sunday ev- ening tor Nipigon, telephoning to Nipigon that they were departing. Their route lay across Lake Helen, between their camp and Nipigon River, and when they did not or ‘rive search was made, resulting in the finding on Tuesday on the shores of Lake Helen of the up- turned cnnoe and floating paddles. McCoy was 48, married, and came from the Western States. ’Drum and Nelson also are Americans, and their residences unknown. police ordinarily are inadequate to keep peace with the movement, and tragiâ€"comic incidents are reported from some localities where the storeâ€"keepers have attemntc‘d to defend their stock. A butcher named Froissart, at Heninâ€"Lietard, in Pas-de-Calais, was patrolling the sidewalk in front of his shop on horseback, when his place was stormed by a crowd of 300 women, who demanded that he lower his prices. Froissart charg- ed into the mob, yelling and waving a. stick, with which he knocked over several of the. manifestants before he was pulled from his horse. Fifteen hundred weavers from Isle, a suburb of this city. marched into Saint'Quentiu on Wednesday and sacked 80 stores where eafahles were on sale. The police finally dis persed the rioters. FINE YACHT SIX-NR.