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The situation in Manitoba. is greatly improved over one week ago. Last week some points still needed rain, but now every district has been greatly relieved. While generally cool, the Weather has een good for sturdy growth and filling of the heads. Seventy-five Ker cent. of the grain is now out in mad and a. large part of it shows a, fairly long head, although on some of the light land owing to pre~ viou-s dry weather the head is a little shorter than it would other- wise have been. There was a slight touch of frost thmughout South- western Manitoba. last Saturday _ A despavtch from Winnipeg says: Crop conditions in the three prairie provinces were never better nor more promising at this time of the year. This is the report being sent out; by the Canadian Pacific Rail- way, and is the general result; of reports sent in by its agents from every sub-division on the Western lines. Samples Show as Good Head and Clean Straw as Ever Exhibited at This Period Hontreal. July 23.-â€"Oorn. American yel- Xow. No. 2, 78¢. Oats. Canadian Wmtern. ‘61-2 to We; Canadian Western. No. 3, 451-20:,extra No. 1 feed. 461.20. Barley. Mam. feed, 63 to 64¢; muting, $1.05. Buck- PLENTY OF RAIN ’lN WEST ' Pot'a'fiieélbiii- iéts“6f"0r§€irioi,_in“5&3; 01.40. and Delawares at 81.50. HOG PRODUCTS. Baconâ€"Long clear. 13 to 141-20 per 11)., in case Iota. Porkâ€"Short, out. 825 m 825.- 50; do.. mesa. $20.50 to $21. Kamaâ€"Medium to light, 171-2143 18c; heavy. 161-! to 170; rolls. 131-2 to 13 3-40: breakfast bacon. 18 ‘00. 181_-Zc_:A bucks, go! 90 21c, r «1-20. Poultryâ€"Wholesale prices of choice dressed poultryâ€"Chickens. 15 to 11o :- lb; fowl, 11 to 12c; turkeys. 18 to 190. L 70 po_ultry. anut 2c lower‘ than the above. ;I;H;xié&;§iiri&ێ;-‘in tins. 11 to 120 per Butterâ€"Dairy. choice. 25 to 24¢: bakere', Inferior. 20 to 21c; creamery. 21 to 280 for rolls. and 260 for solids. Esmeâ€"23 to 240 a, dozen. Cheeseâ€"New cheese, 141-“: for large and 141-20 forwtwins. Beanalfianaifi'icked. 35 per bushel; names. $§85 to $2.90, A N mixed, $1.04 to $1.05, outside. Peasâ€"Nominal. Oatsâ€"Cur lots of No. 2 Ontario, 46 to. 7c, and No. 3 at 450. on track. Toronto. 0. 1 extra. W. 0. feed. 45c, Bay ports. and No. 1 at 44c. Bay pom. Barleyâ€"Nominal. Cornâ€"No. 3 American yellow, 160, on’ track, Bay ports. and at 810. Toronto. ‘ Ryeâ€"Nominal. Buckwheat~NominaL Branâ€"Manitoba bran, $22. in bagl, To- ronto freight. Shorts, $24. Prlau of Cattle. crlln. choose one DID-P Produce n Home and ADMINI- BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, July 25.~Flourâ€"Winter wheat. Der cent. patents. $4.15 to $4.20, at sea- ard, and at $4.20 to $4.25 for home oon- lumption. Manitoba Flowsâ€"First. patents. 35.70; second patents, $5.20, and strong bakers'. $5, on :rack, Toronto. Manitoba Wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern $1.12, a)‘ ports; No. 2 M. $1.10. and No. 5 at 1.05 Bay ports. Feed wheat by sam- 919. 62 jg» 6_59. Bay_nor§a. Whilst not equal to the excep- tionally high figures recorded this time last; year, the condition of spring sown crops is generally good. The highest figures for spring cere- 'A despatch from Ottawa says: [A bulletin on the crops and live Itock of Canada was issued by the Census and Statistics Office on Wed- nesday. According to the revised figures obtained at the end of June, the total area under wheat this year is 10,047,300 acres, compared with 10,387,159 acres as returned by the census of 1911. The area sown to fall wheat in 1911 was 1,097,900 acres, but winter killing has reduc- ed this area to 781,000 acres. The area sown to oats is estimated at 9,494,600 acres, as compared with 9,233,550 acres in 1911, and to bar- ley 1,449,220 acres as against 1,403,- 969 acres in 1911. In the three northwest provinces spring wheat covers 9,029,000 acres as against 8,946,965 acres in 1911, the increase being in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Including fall wheat the total wheat acreage in the three Provinces is 9,246,100, as compared with 9,301,293 acres in 1911, the decrease being ac- counted for by the large area, ot‘ fall wheat winter~k5lled in Alberta; Cats in the yhree provinces u-cupy; 6,037,000 acres, and barley 826.1(.0 acres, as compared with last year’sl census figures of 4,563,203 acres for cats and 761,738 for barley. PRIEES 0F FARM PRflDIJBI-S REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRAD‘ CENTRES 0F RMERIGA. WHEAT SOWN AREA IS LESS 'L§}&:Tle}coa," 133-53: tubs. 14¢; pans, Oats and Barley are Somewhat Ahead of Last Yearâ€"Crop and Stock Bulletin “S. 0!- W’ 930. Day WIDE. Ontario Wheatâ€"No. 2 yhite, red and MONTREAL MARKETS. COUNTRY PRODUCE. All authorities in Alberta. state that conditions there were never better. There has been an abunâ€" dance of rain, and on the light lands the crop looks better than it has in a. number of years. It is fufifly expected that with the aver- age warm weather and plenty of sunshine the fall "wheat will be ready for cutting the first part of August. Samples sent in from dif- ferent sections show as good head and clean straw as was ever shown at this time of you. What is true- in Manitoba is equally true in Saskatchewan. Splendid progress has been made during" the past week, there being a fairly good growth of straw and thqheads filliqg w_ell. __ and Sunday nights, but no damage was done except on some lowlying land in the vicinity of Napinka, and this was confined to a. very small area. There was also some hail in different sections, but the aggre- gate damage is very small. 7 A. 3. Vanveit, of East Grand Forks, Minn, handed his wife his will i_q__Vigtpx_‘ia., 37.0., and then shot and killed himéelf. J. Craig, a Hamilton postman, was presented with an oak rocker by the police for his bravery in as- sisting a constable. __... v-" unv law a kbod sale 6-611; 750 to 870. cauimon and medium cattle ranged from 85 to $6.50, wifh what few choice one! were olefin: sellinw mt 86.75 to $7.25. Toronto. July 23.â€"Hogl continued their rise of 100 a da. , the latest figures being $8.10 to $8.50, ed and watered. Spring lambs were dearer again, choice one: lol- lingflajt 7379;50.to $10. Milk ooze were also Montreal, July 23.â€"'I‘op qualitv steers sold at $1.25 to $7.50, Rood M $6.75 to $7, and fair at 86 to 86.50 per 100 lbs. Choice butchers’ cows sold as high as 36. but the bulk of the trading was done at .85 to $5.75, and the common and inferior at $3.50 to $4.50 per cwt. Common crass- fed bulls sold at $2 to 82.50 per own. and the better stock at from 84 to $5.60 per cwt. Sales of sheep were made M £3 to $3.75 per. owt. Lambs met with a fair sale at $7 per cwt. Selected lot: of hogs sold at $8.50 to 80.15 per owt.. weighed 01! can. Celvel ranged from 83 to 88 ee'gh. any to_ 93m _a:nd_quality. _ Minneapolis, July 23.â€"Wheatâ€"July. $1: 05; September, 951-8c; December. 953-40: No. 1 hard. $1.08; No. 1 Northern. $1.07 to 81.071-2; No. 2 Northern. 31.0514 to $1.06. Cornâ€"No. 3 yellow, 73 to 131-20. Oatsâ€" No. 3 white, 45 to 45 54c. Ryeâ€"No. 2. 70c. Branâ€"$20 to 821. Flourâ€"First. patents. $5.10 to $5.35; do., seconds, 84.80 to $5.05; first clears. $3.50 to $3.75; do., seconds, 82.40 to $2.70. Bufl'alo, July 23.â€"Spring wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern. cat-loads store. $1.08: Winter scarce. Courâ€"No. 3 yellow. 771-20; No. 4 yellow, 75 3-40; No. 3 corn. 751-4 to 761-40; No. 4 corn. 743-4 to 751-40. on track, through billed. Oats-No. 2 white. 551-40; No. 3 white. 541-40; No. 4 white, 551-40. LIVE s'roox hmxms. wheat. No. 2. 75 to 760. Flour, Mam, Spring wheat patents, firsts. $5.80; see- onds, $5.30; strong bakers’, $5.10; Winter patents, choice, $5.40 to $5.50; straight rollers. $4.95 to $5.00: straight rollers, bags, $2.40 to $2.50. Rolled oats, barrels, $5.05: bag, 90 lbs., $2.40. Bran. $21.00. Shorts, $26.00. Middlings, $27.00. Mouillie. $30.00 to $34.00. Hay, No. 2 per ton eat lots. $17.00 to $18.00. Cheese, finest west- erns. 12 7-8 to 131-40; finest easterus. 123-8 to 12 5-80. Butter, choicest creamery, 2554 to 260; seconds, 25 to 251-20. Eggs, select- ed. 25 to 26c; No. 2 stock, 15 to 16¢. Po- tatoes. per bag. car lots. $1.60. The estimated numbers of live stock show further decreases ex- cept as regards horses and dairy cattle, the former being 70,400 and the latter 14,500 more than last year’s estimates. The census figâ€" ures 'of 1911 are not yet available. The condition of all live stock in Canada is uniformly excellent, the number of points being 97 horses, 98 cattle, 97 sheep and 96 swine. ‘als are recorded in Prince Edward Island and British Columbia, the per cent. condition ranging from 97 to 99 in the former and from 90 to 95 in the latter Province, the average for the Dominion being from 80 to 89. Fall wheat remains low, being only 70 for Canada, 73 for Ontario and 71.6 for Alberta. Last year the condition was also low, viz., 75 for Canada; the aver- age of the four years, 1908â€"1911, was 81.5. Spring ,wheat is 89.73 per cent, compared with 94.78 last year and 88.25 the four years’ av- erage; oats 86.43, against 94.46 in 1911 and 90.42 average; barley 88.58, against 93 in 1911, and 89.28 averâ€" age. Rye is 87.84, peas are 80.08 and mixed grains 84.98. Hay and clover show a condition per cent. of 85.59, against 84.97 in 1911‘; al- falfa 90.59, against 82.31, and wheat, oats and barley range from 80 to 88 per cent., figures which are ex-‘ ceptional records by from about 10. to 15 per cent. UNITED STATES MARKETS. The Western grain growers have decided to take over the Manitoba Government elevator system, com- prising 104 elevators. Spanish Sovereign’s Promptitude Aver-ts a Fatality. A despatch from Pamplona, Spain, says: King Alfonso on Wed- nesday afternoon prevented what might have beu a. fatal accident. As he was leaving the Cathedral after a ceremony 'e. General’s horse boltâ€" ed, throwing the rider, and drag- ging him along the ground. While the spectators hesitated as to what to do, the King with great presence of mind sprang from his carriage, caught the horse and-extricated the fallen General. He was roundly cheered by the pgpulace. Sad Plight of An Old Lady Owing ' to Paralysis. A despatch from Ottawa says: Mrs. Brunet, aged seventy-two, of 117 King Edward Avenue, a para.- lytic, is dead as the result of terri- ble burns received when, in endea- voring to pick up a. key from the floor, she upset a, candle, igniting her clothes. The old lady as a. re- sult of paralysis was unable to utter a sound or move to call for assis- tance, and was only discovered some hours later by occupants of the house, silently suffering terrible agony. Believes the West Will Have 250,- 000,000 Bushels This Year. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Sir Donald Mann, in Winnipeg on LWednesday,~ denied that the New ‘Yorkâ€"Montrea‘l-Toronto syndicate ‘would buy the Winnipeg street rail- ‘way. “As far as I know there are no negotiations now for the pur- chase of the street railway stock. At the present time it is worth more in market than prospective purchasers are offering. In regard to the main line, as things are 30-- ing new, grading will be completed from New Westminster inland for a distance of 350 miles. The inter- vening gap will also be covered with contractors by the end of the year. I have never seen the crops looking better, and unless some un- foreseen accident occurs I believe the crop will run as high as a quar- ter of a billion bushels,” said Sir Donald. Number of Deaths in; Industrial Ac- cidents in June Last. A despatch from Ottawa says: According to the records in Canada, of the Department of Labor, sixty- two persons were killed and 249 in- jured during the month of June in the counse of their employment. A comparison with the records of the previous month and with June, 1911, shows that there were twenty- eight fewer fatalities than in May and thirty less than in June, 1911. Of the non-fatal “accidents there were eight more recorded than in May and one hundred and thirty- seven more than in June, 1911. There were but two accidents re- corded involving the death of more than one workman, one of which occurred on June 1, by which eight construction laborers were killed during blasting operations on rail- way construction work near Stones’ Corners, Ont, and the other a head-on collision of railway trains near Nipig-on, Ont., in which four railway employes were killed. ENDURED TERRIBLE AGONY. Labor Department’s Report Shows Increasing Cost of Living. A despatch from Ottawa says: The steady advance in prices eon- tinued during June, the Labor Deâ€" partment’s index number having advanced from 135.9 in May, pre- viously the highest recorded, to ‘136.9 in June, as com-pared with 126.1 in June of last year. The numbers, it will be understood, are percentages in each case of the average price level prevailing dur- ing the ten years 1890-1899, the period selected by the Department as the standard of comparison throughout its investigation into wholesale prices of some two hun- dred and fifty commodities of repre- sentative character. The estimate of the department for the month of June, therefore, shows prices to have been nearly 37 per cent. higher in that month than was the average for the decade 1890â€"1899. The chief‘ increases during June were in ani-‘ mills and meats, fodders, fruits and vegetables, hides and leathens, there having been slight decreases in dairy products, prepared fish, su’gars, coal and coke. SIR DONALIINS PREDICTloN. KING SAVES A GENERAL. PRICES STILL ADVANCE. 62 PERSONS KILLED. London, July 20.â€"-The last Court ever known in recent times. Cana- lunction of the season took place on Friday night, when the King and Queen gave a state ball at Buck- ingham Palace. Over two thousand guests were present, and the as- embly was unusually representa- tive, especially of the diplomatic world. Mr. and Mrs. Borden and the other Conadian Ministers and their wivee‘ettended. The Premier wore for the first time his new Privy Council uniform. The spec- tacle was one of the most brilliant dians were given the place of honor in. the state entry and the process- sion, and were seated on the dais to the right of the throne. The Canadian Ministers and their wives had the honor of taking supper at the Royal table, where a profusion of floral decoration and gold pla‘te made a fit setting for" the wonderful display of jewels. Premier Borden on Friday after- noon had a. lengthy interview with the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Lewis Harcourt. Galt has an epidemic of burglary. Half a dozen stores have been on- tered lately. ‘0pinion of Judge in Field Crop Contest. A despatch from Hagerman says: Adam flood, who this year, as last, has been chosen by the Department of Agriculture as one of the judges for Ontario in the field crop compe~ tition, has returned from Guelph, where he was under instruction at the O. A. College. He states that reports from 70 or» 80 delegates all over the province indicate that the spring amps-are below the average at almost every point.» Hay in re- pented as being very light all over, while none of the grain crops are very good. Mr. Hood is one of the judges on oats, and James Boyd, Cedar Grove, is another York County man chosen. A BRILLIANT .STATE' BALL Premier Borden and His Colleagues and Their Wives Given Place of Honor The Tudhope and “A.B.C.” Com- panies‘Bm-ned Out. A despatch from Vancouver, ‘B.C., says: Causing approximate- ‘ly fromone and a half million to two million dollars’ loss, fire onf Saturday morning wiped out prim-l tically all of the buildings on the' west side of Main Street, one blocks south of Prior. The fire originated behind Champion and White’s warehouse, which was burned, anal well as the Tudhope Motor and. A.B.C. Motor Company’s buildings with most of their contents, includ- ing 19 car-s and trucks. The latter estimate their loss at a quarter of- a million dollars on their stock and garage. The Gibbs tool works, the Angelus, 'a furnished rooming house, and six street cars were burned before they could be taken from the barns after the power went off, and ten A.B.C. motor cars went up in flames. ' Major Leonard has just complet- ed a long trip, in which he went; as far west as the Yellow-head Pass in company with Hon. Frank Coch! mne, Minister of Railways, and in particular went over the line east of Winnipeg for the purpose of do- ing everything possible to hurry on the work, and expedite the comple- A despatch from Ottawa says: Major R. W. Leonard, the chair- man of the Transcontinental Rail- way Commission, has just returned to Ottawa, and lost no time in issu- ing an absolute denial to news- paper assertions that he has in- creased the grades of the railway. There has been no change in the grades, he declared, that will effect the hauling capacity of a locomo- tive either eastbound or westbound to the extent of a single pound. Neither has he any intention of making any such_chang_e. TRYING TO CLOSE THE GAP Work on the Tianscontinental is Being Rushed in North Ontario BIG FIRE IN VANCOUVER. CROPS BELOW AVERAGE. New modern plant of E. W. Gillett Company Limited, Toronto, Ont., consisting of six buildings, with three Railway sidings and separate oifice building. Premier Borden on Friday after- noon had a. lengthy interview with the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Lewis Harcourt. Whole Herd at Windsor Found In- fected With Hog Cholera. A despatch from Windsor says: Upon orders from Dr. F. A. Jones, ,Government veterinarian, an en- {tire herd of swine, owned by M. A. .Rounding, a. butcher, on Tecumseh Road, has been ordered destroyed. iHog cholera in a virulent form was discovered recently among the ani- iimals, three having died before the ;case was reported to the inspec- Workman Said to Have Made Dis- covery in Cape Town. A despatch' from Cape Town says: It in reported that gold-bear- ing quartz has been discovered in excavations under the docks hero in a reef 30 feet high. The man who discovered the vein is named Tear- nan. He was employed as a work- man on the dock eighteen years ago. Since then he has been em- ployed in the mines in the north and suspected the presence of gold in the soil here. He watched the excavations on Wednesday and col- lected some specimens, which he; submitted to experts. These men, who did not know their origin, said t_hey were gold specimens from the Transvaal. June’s Recordâ€"Most of Them in Rapidly Filling Wet. A despatch from Ottawa. says: Seventy-six new postoflices Were opened in Canada during the month of June. The great majority of them were in the western prov- inces, thus indicating the rapid settlement of new districts by the record influx of immigration thia year. While Major Leonard will not commit himself to a definite stateâ€" ment, he has some hope of closing the Lake Nipigon gap this Autumn, so that the line may be available for hauling this season’s wheat east to Cochrane and down by the Timis- kaming and Northern Ontario to Montreal. Every effort is being made. The issue is largely a, matter of conditions. If they prove favor- able, it may be accomplished. Next year the line should be in operation as a grain-carrying route. tion of the road. The track is laid from Winnipeg to a. point near Lake Nipi‘gon. There then occurs a. gap which by this time is reduced to about. a. hundred miles. Another gap of about the same length oc- curs in Quebec, some distance east of Cochrane, and there is a short gap in Quebec on the south side of the St. Lawrence, a short distance east of Levis. GOLD VEIN UNDER BOOKS. 76 NEW P0 STOFFICES. MUST DESTROY SWINE.