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ESTIMATES FOR CROP OF 1912 Canada’s Wheat Harvest is Expected to Reach Total of [87,927,000 Bushels Wheatâ€"Prussia, 40,472,000 bush- els; Bulgaria, 63,750,000 bushels; Canada, 187,927,000 bushels“, Egypt, 28,948,000 bushels. _ A despatch from Washington says: Preliminary figures of this year’s production of the principal crops of several foreign countries ,were received on Friday by the De- fartment of Agriculture by cable mm the International Institute of Agriculture at Rome, Italy, as fol- lows: BANK ROBBED 'AT VANCOUVER Cornâ€"Spain, 25,984,000 bushels; Egypt, 76,448,000 bushels. Cotton â€"â€" Egypt, pounds. Dcsperadoes Planned Bold Attack, But Executed It Badly. A despatch from Vancouver says: The Bank of Hamilton’s branch at Cedar Cottage, five miles from the city, was the scene of a boldlyâ€" planned but badly executed rob- bery on Saturday night at 9 o’clock, just as the bank was closing. Six desperadoes, armed and masked, four of whom are believed to be Italians, made the attempt. Not more than $400 was the amount of their plunder, this sum being se- cured from the teller’s desk. Mania.- ger T. H. Rhodes had found an op- portunity to ring a newly-installed fire alarm signal and fears for their own safety prevented the bandits from proceeding further with their work. As they backed out from the bank building, showering bullets among the crowd on the street, Police Constable Winters appeared and shot one of the robbers, but his companions carried him to a wait- ing automobile and escaped. Puts Telegraphic Instruments in Post Office Out of Commission. A despatch from London, Eng- land, says: London, Saturday night, was entirely out off from telegraphic communication with the rest of the country and with the continent, and for a time connec- tion with America. was severed, as the result of a fierce fire which broke out in the General Postofl'ice, in which building the central tele- graph oflice is situated, and where all the wires of the service are con- centrated. While the fire was ex- tremely fierce, no lives were lost and the damage was confined to the inside of the building. A thousand employees, a majority of them being women, got out of the structure promptly and Without a panic. The telegraph service to and from the capital will be crippled for several days} Death of a Well-Known Clydesdale Importer. A despatch from Peterborough says: On Saturday morning Mr. R. D. Dundas of Lowlands stock farm, Springville, near this city, died sud- denly, stricken down by heart fail- ure while looking after his stock in the farmyards. The deceased gen- tleman, who was 51 years of age, and who is survived by a wife and one child, was a well-known and successful breeder and importer of Clydesdales‘ and as such is well known throughout the country and also in Scotland, to which he made several business journeys. Section Man Discovered That Spikes and Angle- Bars Had Been Removed Between 50 and 60 miles of new roads have been constructed in Northern Ontario. A desputclx from Winnipeg says: The discovery of a deliberate at- tempt to wreck Canadian Pacific passenger train , No. 108 on the. Stonewall branch at a. point two miles south of Komano was made by a sectionman early on Friday morning. The train is due in Win- nipeg at 8 a..m., and between 6 and 7 o’clock it was discovered that spikes had been extracted and angle bars pulled out until they stretched outside the ties. Marks indicated that men had been working on the wrecking job some hours, and the ATTEMPT TO WRECK A TRAIN MR. R. D. DUNDAS DEAD. BIG FIRE IN LONDON. 844,144,000 _-,._~,,_, Barleyâ€"Prussia, 81,125,000 bushâ€" els; Bulgaria, 18,373,000 bushels; Canada, 32,520,000 bushels; Egypt, 10,845,000 bushels; Denmark, 25,- 655,000 bushels. Ryeâ€"Prussia, 346,444,000 bushels ; Bulgaria, 12,400,000 bushels; Bel- gium, 22,518,000 bushels; Denmark, 18,038,000 bushels. , . ‘ Oatsâ€"Prussia, 387,444,000 bushâ€" els; Canada, 340,022,000 bushels; Denmark, 52,368,000 bushels ; Hungary, 87,549,000 bushels. fVRiEeâ€"Iâ€"Spai'n, 8,564,000 bushels Egypt, 14,500,000 b»ushels._ â€"‘on/L"r 7 y The condition of cereal crops in Russia is such as to predict yields above the average. Was Caught Between Shed and Stone Car. A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont, says: Caught between a shed and a stone train, which gave a sudden and unexpected lurch, and unable to extricate him- self, William Grace, an employee on the new lock, was crushed to death on Saturday in sight of his fellow-workmen. Grace was preâ€" paring to dump the cars. A Distinct Step in the Science of Dentistry. A despatch from _ Christiania, Norway, says: At the Congress of Scandinavian _Dentists in session here, Dr. Hansen, a youthful Nor- wegian dentist, announced that he had succeeded in discovering the bacillus of pyorrhea. alveolaris and the means of combating the disease, which causes the loss of teeth. His colleagues assert that Hansen’s disâ€" covery is epochal in the science of dentistry and represents a distinct step in advance. This Year’s Display at the C. N. E. in Advance of Other Years. The list of paintings coming from Europe for this year’s Canadian National Exhibition fairly bristles with famous names. ,, There are forty paintings loaned by the French Government, while such names as Lord Leighton, Sir John Millais, Orpen, etc., make the Brit- ish collection even more interesting than usual. The display of art on the Whole promises to be well in advance of any previous exhibits. displaced material had all been car- ried away. The wrecking crew has been unable to discover either spikes or bars. The sectionman went north to the nearest wire point and stopped the south-bound train. If this line had not been reâ€" gularly patrolled as usual early Fri- day morning before trains go over it a disastrous accident would have resulted. Chief Bell of the Cana- dian Pacific Police is working on the ground with a. body of men, and it is hoped that the wreckers will be rounded up. Pittsbnrg Eisteddfod Association Wants Him at Festival. A despatch from New York says: Robert E. Davis, secretary of the Pittsburg Eisteddfod Association, sailed for England on Wednesday morning to invite David Lloyd George, British Chancellor of the Exchequer, to come to the Welsh international festival at Pittsburg next summer and preside at two of the sessions. Stronger in Dominion Than in Any Other Part of Empire. A despatch from London says: Major-General Sir Badenâ€"Powell, Chief Scout, arrived on Saturday from the CaLpe after an absence of eight months. He travel-led fifty thousand miles, and inspected 25,- 000 scouts. He said the movement was perhaps strongest in Canada, where the organization was great- 1y advanced. LOCK EMPLOYEE KILLED. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY. CANADIAN BOY SCOUTS. INVITE LLOYD GEORGE. FAMO U S PAINTIN G S. TWO DOLLAR BILLS POPULAR. Marked Iincrease in Circulation of Small Notes. A despatch from Ottawa says: Returns received by the Finance Department Show that the circula- tion of small notes is substantially larger than it was last summer. Comparing the circulation of July 31, 1912, with that of July 31, 1911, there is an advance in one dollar 31, 1912, with that of July 31, 1911, there is an advance in one dollar notes of approximately $500,000, in two dollar notes of approximately $800,000, in four dollar notes of over $360,000; or in all of between $1,- 600,000 and $1,700,000. In addition there is the additional circulation of the new five dollar note, which at the end of July was $6,078,000; this is practically balanced by the de- creased use of large notes, which are usedf exclusively by banks. In the three weeks of August which have elapsed the circulation of fives has increased to approximate- ly $8,250,000. Ottawa’s Medical Officer Issues Re- ' assuring Message. A despatch from Ottawa. says: Dr. W. T. Shirreff, Medical Officer of Health, on Friday night issued a most reassuring message to the citi- zens of the capital, informing them that the typhoid epidemic had run its course and that he city water was now fit for drinking. Bacterio- logical tests of the water supply for the past five weeks show conclu- sively that it is now free from all contamination and fit f'or consumpâ€" tion without boiling or otherwise treating it. “The causative reaâ€" son for typhoid has now been re- moved,” he states, “and every pre- caution has been taken to protect the all-steel intake pipe, which is now being used exclusively.” The new General of the Salvati01 Army. Americans Scramble for $50,000,000 in England.‘ A despatch from St. Louis says: The d'scovery that an estate of $50,- 000,000 in Middlesex, England, is awaiting a claimant has resulted in the appearance of at least five in St. Louis, one inChicago and one in Des Moines, Iowa. The estate is said to have been left; by Alfred Page, who died in England in 1833. It is" said to include Weabley Man- or, one of the most imposing coun- try places in England. Thirteen Patients are ‘Now in the Hospital. A despatch from Montreal says: With thirteen smallpox patients in the Isolation Hospital, and many houses disinfected and under super- vision, there has developed in the city the nucleus of a smallpox scare. No fewer than five cases have come in th's week. Eight were reported last week. The majoritgY of these are from three families, all of whom obtained the infection at Les Ebou- lements, ‘on the St. Lawrence, be- low Quebec. The Provincial au- thorities did not know that there was smallpox there until the cases were discovered in Montreal and the infection was traced back. Three Months at Hard Labor for Bobbing Poor-box in Church. A despatch from Montreal says: For stealing from a poor-box in St. Peter’s Church on Saturday F. Coutois was sentenced to three months in jail at hard labor. He was captured by the priest after an exciting struggle. PRIEST CAPTURED ROBBER. TYPHOID EPIDEMIC OVER. SMALLPOX IN MONTREAL. MANY CLAIM BIG ESTATE. BEAM W ELL B0 0TH. BIG DEMAND FOR HARD COAL Big Companies’ Stocks Should be Filling Up for Winter, But Are Depleted A despatch from Winnipeg says: Reports from the Pennsylvania an- thracite field show that the demand, in spite of every effort to avoid a, shortage, is likely to be overwhelm- ing on account of a mass of belated orders accumulated during the strike period of the spring. Stocks of the big coal companies through- out the country, which at the pre- sent time should be filling up for winter demands, are in many cases being absolutely depleted. Prices are accordingly rising in Winnipeg. Pennsylvania hard coal has gone up from ten and a. half to eleven dol- lars a. ton. Manitoba and eastern PRIBES BF FARM PRODUCTS Prices of Gama. Grain. cum- ann Olnu Produou at Ham. and Alumni BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Aug. 27.â€"Flourâ€"Winter wheat. 90 per cent patents, $5.80 to $3.85 for new, f.o.b. mills. and at $3.90 to $5.95 for old, f.o.b. mills. Manitoba flours (these quotations are for jute b’ajga, in cotton bags, 100 more) :â€"â€"First patents, $5.70; sec- ond patents, $5.20; and strong bakers’, $5, on track, Toronto. Manitoba. Wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern, $1.13. Bay ports; No. 2 at‘$1.10; and No. 3 at $1.06, Bay ports. Feed wheat sells at 63 toA 65c, Bay ports. R‘PORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADS CENTRE. OF AMERICA. Ontario Whoa â€"No. 2 white. red and mixed, 96 to 970, outside; new wheat, 90 to 930. outside. Peasâ€"Nominal. Oatsâ€"Car lots of No. 2 Ontario. 411-20, and No. 5 at 400, outside; No. 2 quoted at 43 to 431-20, on track, Toronto; No. 2 W. C. oats quoted Agt 441:2 t_o 450, Ba_y_ ports: Cornâ€"No. 2 American yeliow, 810, on track, Bay ports, and at 850. Toronto; No. 3, 840, Toronto, and 800, Bay ports. RyevNominal. Buckwheatâ€"Nominal. Branâ€"Manitoba bran. $23, in bags, To- ronto freight. Shorts, $25 to $25. Butterâ€"Dairy, choice, 24 to 250 inferior, 20 to 210; choice, dairy, creamery, 27 to 271-2c for rolls. 261-20 for solids. ’ Béfiéylfiéiffid. 2 bafléy, butsi’de: and No. 5 extra at 60 to 620. Cheeseâ€"New cheese, 141â€"4 to 141-243 for large, and 141-2 to 14 5-40 for twins. Beansâ€"Handpicked, $2 per bushel; primes, 3&85 to $2.90. ..-. 4-... Poultryâ€"Wholesale prices of choice dressed poultry :â€"Chickens, 16 to 180 Per 1b.; hens, 15 to 1.40; ducklings, 15 to 160; live poultry, about 2c lower than the above. M __ Eggs~0ase iéts of new-laid, pep dozen; fresh, 24c. "‘fiEHE'yâ€"YExtmctJdI'ih tins, 111.2 m 121-20 per 1b. for No. 1, wholesale: combs, $2.25 wish Wholggalg. “Mfiétvétoesâ€"Canadian, new, 900 to $1.00 per bushel. _Baconâ€"â€"Long clear, 131-2 to 140 per 1b.. In case lots. Porkâ€"Short cut, $24.50 to $25; (10., mess, $20 to $21. Hamsâ€"Medium $0 light, 17 to 171-20; heavy, 151-2 to 160: rolls, 131-2 to 155-40; breakfast bacon. 18 ’00 181-20; backs, 20 to 21¢. fl _ u Montreal, Aug. 27.-0atsâ€"â€"Candian West- ern, No. 2, 471-2 to 480; do., No. 3, 461-2 to 470; extrwNo. 1 feed, 4712 to 480. Barley â€"~Ma.nitoba. feed. 63 to 640; malting‘. 800. Flourâ€"Manitoba. Spring wheat patents, firsts. $5.80; do., seconds, $5.30; strong bakers’, $5.10; Winter patents, choice, $5.- 25; straight rollers, $4.85 to $4.90; do.. in bags. $2.25 to $2.30. Rolled oatsâ€"Barrels, $5.05; bag of 90 lbs.. $2.40. Millfeedâ€"Bran $22; shorts, $26; middlings, $28; mouillie. $30 to $34. Hay~No. 2, per ton, car lots, $16 to $16.50. Cheeseâ€"Finest westerns, 13 3-8 to 131-20; (10.. easterns, 125-8 to 130. Butterâ€"Choicest creamery, 261-4 to 261-2c; seconds, 251-2 to 26c. Eggsâ€"Selected, 28 to 290; No. 2 stock, 19 to 20c. Potatoesâ€"Per bag, eat lots, $1.15 to $1.25. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis, Aug. 27.â€"Wheatâ€"â€"â€"Sepbem‘ ber, 913-40; December. 921-4c; May, 961-212; No. 1 hard. 991-40; No. 1 Northern. 9234 to 98 3-4c; No. 2 do., 88 34 to 96 3-40. Corn -â€"No. 3 yello'w, 75 to 751-20. Oats‘No. 3 white, 301-2 to 310. Ryeâ€"No. 2, 66 to 661-20. Bran-$18.50 to $19.50. Flour â€"- Leading local patents, in wood, f.o.b.. Minneapolis, $4.80 to $5.15; other patents. $4.55 to $4.80; first clears, $3.30 to $3.55; second clears. $2.25 to $2.50. Duluth, Aug. 27.â€"Wheatâ€"-No. 1 hard, A despatch from London, Engâ€" land, says: The culminating strike of the series which has crippled the British carrying business during the past two years is threatened by the officers of the mercantile mar- ine. The movement began on Thursday, when the newly-formed union of shipmasters and mates tried to prevent the Canadian Paci- fic liner Mount Royal from sailing. The Chief Officer was dismissed, and the union demanded his rein- statement. A substitute was ob- tained by the company, however, and the vessel left port. The offiâ€" cers are well organized; they are violently discontented, and they propose to put forward before the end of the year what they consider their legitimate demands. Failure to meet these on the part of the shipâ€"owners will, they say, be met 10 1‘“); [Juli/AB, L'V UU DLU. Lardâ€"Tieroes. 13c; tubs, 15 1-40; pails, 13 1-2c. STRIKE 0F SHIPS’. OFFICERS Mercantile marine of Great Britain is Seething With Discontent MONTREAL MARKETS. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PROVISIONS. 26 to 270 and '26 to ; bakers’. tubs. 220; Saskatchewan are dependent on this supply, though further west it comes into competition with hard coal from Crow’s Nest. The shortage can be judged of by the following figures of shipments from Pennsylvania: April, 1911, 5,- 804,915 tons; April, 1912, 266,625 tons; May, 1911, 6,417,362 tons; May, 1912, 1,429,457 tons. First seven months, 1911, 32,113,648 tons; same period, 1912, 22,382,132 torls: Much of the Canadian prairie west is dependent for its fuel sup- plies on outside sources, and these figures present an alarming pros- pect. Local coal dealers are anti- cipating a further rise in prices. ber. §31-Zc; December, 921-4c b'id; Ma“ 96 3-40 bid. 961-Zc;7 No. l Norghernh ?5_1-29;_ _ Sep_t_em- A despatch from St. Catharines says: Two residents of St. Cathar- ines have within the past few days received news of fortunes coming to them. Mr. Robert J. Spratt, a shoe repairer, has had word of the death of an uncle in Australia, who has left him by his will 150 acres of farm land worth $30,000. Mr. Spratt is selling out his business, and will go as soon as possible with his family to take possession of his inheritance; and Mrs. J. H. Benn has similarly had the pleasant sur‘ prise of learning that property in Toronto valued at $50,000 has been willed to her. , Montreal, Aug. 27.â€"â€"Choice cattle, $6.25 to $6.50; good. $5.50 to $6; fair, $5 to $5.75. Butchers” bulls, $2.75 to $3. Cows. choice, $4.25 to $4.50; common. $3.50 to $4. Sheepâ€" 4 to 41-20 per 11).; lambs. 50 to 6c per 11). Hogsâ€"Selects. $8.25 to $8.50; sows. $6.75, and tags, $4. off cars. Calvesâ€"Milk calves $2 to $7, and grass calves, $8 to $10 each. Milken, choice, were selling from $50 to $85 each. Toronto. Aug. 27.â€"â€"Cattaleâ€"Butcher, best, $7; medium, $6 to $680; cows, $3.50 to $4.50; stockers. $4.80. Calvesâ€"$3 to $8.25, steady. Sheepâ€"Light ewes, $4.25 to $4.75; heavy ewes an_d hacks, $3 to fiSfiO; hogs. @5010 $8.75; lambs. $8.50 to $9.10. Australian Uncle Wills Farm to St. Kitts Man-An0ther Windfall. Says Wife and Brother Put Him in Asylum. A despatch from Montreal says: Dr. Charles P. Noble, the famous gynaecologist of Philadelphia, who was sent to Verdun Asylum here on the evidence of two doctors, was granted temporary leave from the institution on Wednesday. In com- pany with his son and an attendant, he is seeing lawyers and friends in preparation for his fight for free- dom. “It is through the personal enmity of my wife and brother I am confined,” he declared. “I was in- carcerated without a medical exam- ination and will fight to the finish for my freedom.”A Inadequate salaries is the fore‘ most count in the indictment against the companies. Masters of some of the largest passenger ship“) are paid no more than $2,000 a year,- and most of them have fami- lies ashore to maintain. Entire de- nial of vacations, seven days’ work weekly, with long hours while in port as well as at sea. and the lia- bility to loss of certificates through one error of judgment, are some of the hardships being disAcussed.“ by a strike, “which may starve the nation.” King and Queen Will be Guests of Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh. A despatch from London says: King George and Queen Marywill pay a visit in the autumn to Floors Castle, the residence in Kelso, Scotland, of the Duke and Duchess of Roxborough. His Majesty shot 142 bra'ce of grouSe on Tuesday on Lord Sefton’s Lancashire moors. The shooting party comprised seven guns, and the total bag was 792 Other recent strikes have failed, largely because the strikers were unskilled laborers whose places could be filled. The officers of ships, on the other hand, are a, spe~ cial class, and a general strike by them would leave the owners al- most helpless. ~ brace, a local record. COBBLER GETS A FORTUNE. DR. NOBLE LIBERATED. TO VISIT SCOTLAND. LIVE STOCK MARKETS.