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' The victims of Thumd‘ay morning More engaged in packing nitro-gly- urine. cartridges when the explo- pion occurred, but no trace of the wo package machines in the shat- ‘ered house could be {ound among l(vhe debris which in acme cases was :htown a distance of three hundred eet. Mr. Robert Lyons, manager of the works at Beloeil, was unable to account for the acéident. It was learned that the explosive material oculdtzgo off by either concussion or ignition; “Mr. Lyons, 9.1430 stated that throw” 300 poundsof nitro- glycerine in tho-Building mt ‘ the time of the explosion. The northern troops have cap- tured the city of Nanking, China» The cause ofth‘e explosion has notyet been established. It was reported that precautions were taken by the company’s employees, the worke‘ns in the various houses being provided by the concern with special boots, having soft soles, to teduoe the possibilities» of concus- gion. {atom repeating the-disaster in the otJ-Hé’i‘ huts. “The building destroyed flag of light wn-stmétion, being of and brick. The force (if the explosion threw bricks threehun- Bredlfeéb, but little‘bf the force of the shock went downwards, for there was. only 'a. siightdepression (where the house once stood. Four Men and Three Girls Blown to Shreds at Beloeil, Quebec. 'A despatch from Beloeil, Que., Bey-s: SeVen lives were lost at Belâ€" deil on Thursday when an explosion of three hundred pounds of nitro- glycerine blew up one of the build- ings of the Canadian Explosives, Limited, killing four men and three ongnen instantly. The explosion, which occurred without warning at 11.25 3,.m., shattered the gelatine oartridging house, and scattered the remains of the occupants over an area, of a, hundred and fifty feet. People in the village a mile and a. half away saw a, cloud of smoke, and an instant later the roar of the explosion reached them. The dis- tance at which the building used for the manufacture of explosives Were placed from one another was the means of preventing the shock Toronto, July 29.â€"rManitoba. Wheatâ€"Lake rte, No. 1 nonhern, $1.03; No. 2. $1.00; - o. 5. 960; feed wheat. 650. Ontario Wheatâ€"No. 2, 980 to 990 for car lotsdoutside. ranging down to 750 for poor cra es. Manitoba Oatsâ€"No. 2 C. W. oats, track. bay ports; No. 3 C. W.. 561-20; 1 feed. 361-20. 1:9, in has $25. Manitoba Eat/e bags; ‘ age. In c arrel. Ontario , 1-. cent. 1 n bulk. D Gorilâ€"Klfxéflcan No. 2 yellow, 660; No. 3 yellow, 65c c.l.f. Ryeâ€"No. 2, SOc-to 62c. nominal. Peasâ€"No. 2, 900 to 95c car lots. outside, nominal. Buckwheatâ€"No. 2, 520 0‘0 530. nominal. Barley-Good malting barley. outside 52c to 63c. nominal. Rolled Oatsâ€"Per bag of 90 pounds. $2.15; 91‘ barrel, $435, wholesale. Windsor to : ontreavl. Millfeedâ€"Manitoba bran, $19.90, in bags, track. Toronto; short/s. $21; Ontario bran. ’13,“? bags; shorts. $21; middlings, $23 Butfierâ€"QCiéaifiérE' iiiâ€"1313:1250 to 270; ‘creamery solids, 240 to 25 1-20; dairy prints, 209_ to 24¢; Bakekre’x 189 to 206. Wholesale dealers are paying. on track, momma: Baled hay, No. 1, $14.00 to $14.50; Eggsâ€"New-laids, 240 to 250; fresh. 200 'tonglc: aeogngis 3.11:1 split-fl! 360 to' 1_§c. : Chemâ€"Irma; nearing“ t; 13;; and large. new at 141â€"20 to 14 3-4c; old cheese, “Ling, 15c~to 151-20; laxge. 159._ Honeyâ€"Buckwheat, 90 a pound in tins, and 8c in barrels; strained clover honey. 121-20 8. pound in 60-pound tins: 12 3-40 in Ill-pound tins; 150 in 5-pound ,tins; comb honey. No. 1, $2.60 per dozen; extra. $3 per dozen; No. 2 $2.40 per dozen. Beansâ€"Primes, bushel, $1.75 to $2; hand- picked, $2.36 to $2.40. Poultry‘Fresh-killed fowl, 180 to 190 per_ pound_;_1ive £93771. Mambo 15c; dressed ‘ Poultrsvâ€"Fr’e’sh-‘kiliéd fowl, 180 to 190 per pound; live fowl. 14c to 150; dressed ggring epicque, 24030 250:_1ive, 160 to _._.-_.. _~- -- _.- v..._-,.., --., v- 200. Potatoesâ€"Ontario potatoes. 75c per bag: car lots, 650; New Brunswicks. 900 per bag: out of store, 800 in car lots; Vir- ginia. new, $3.50 per barrel; Canadian, new, $1.25 to $1.50 bushel. Porkâ€"Short cut, $28.50 to $29 per barrel; 111933 9051;. $24 tq_$24.50. _ ‘_ > 7 â€"Ontarlo Oatsâ€"No. 2 white, 350 to 360 at country point-s; 370 to 380 on track. To- route. Lartfâ€"Tiéréés, 7 146; “30-1le, 14 1-20; nails 14 1-30. "dual Méétglbit 3f” Highâ€"1g, 16.1853 than smoked. Smoked and dry Salted Meatsâ€"Rollsâ€" Smoked. 161-20; hams, medium. 21c; heavy. 90 to 20c; breakfast bacon. 210; long clear (won, tone and cases, 15 3-40 to 160; backs (Blaim- 240:.baekq (speqi'w- 250-, vuvu. .v L'AVIAL n lqu "ucuu ,‘flUulf, :u per cent. patent-s $4.10 to $4.15. seaboard. a bulk. New ‘flour, $3.75. Manitoba, Flourâ€"First patents, $5.50 in am bags: strong bakers’. $4.80 in jute rage. In cotton bags ten cents more per mrrel. Ontarip Flourâ€"Winter wheat ,vflopr, 9_0 EXPLOSION KILLS SEVEN. Ruckus; 13c, @0146; fifli‘ké‘ysj' {56 i6 Grain, Cattle and Cheese Baled Hay and Straw. Prices of These Products in the Leading Markets are Here Recoi-ded Country Produce. Breaflstufls. Provisions. 38o, Striking} Bridge-Workers Find Themselves Replaced. A de-spatch from Montreal says: Sixty-five bridge workers who went on strike at Chaudiere, Qua, on Friday found themselves unexpect- edly minus their jobs. ‘ They had beensgettingltwiro dollars a. day and wanted three dollars; After they saw there was little prospeeb'of getting it, they went'ba/ck to work, to discover that their places were filled and that there was no chance for employment. 200 Gallons of' Naphtha Exploded at Maiden, Massachusetts. A despatch from.Malden, Mass., says: Twenty-one; employea are missing, following an explosion of two hundred gallons of naptha. in the plant of the New England Dye- ing and Cleaning 00. here on Satâ€" urday. The explosion of tho mnp~ the. could be heard for miles. Blaz- ing oil shot through the air, setting other buildings on fire. Four em- ployes, 'two of them women, es- caped uninjured by jumping from first-storey Windows. Statistics in Annual Booklet Issued by Federal Government. A despatch from Ottawa, says: The immigration branch of the. De- partment of the Interior has issued its annual booklet, “Immigration Facts and Figures.” From July, 1900, to March 31, 1913, 2,521,144 immigrants have entered Canada, of Whom 109,000 have gone to the Maritime Provinces, 374,000 to Quebec, 627,000 to Ontario, 397,000 to Manitoba, 702,000 to Saskatche- wan and Alberta, and 298,000 to British Columbia. The British im- migration during this period was 973,000, of whom 701,000 Were Eng- lish, 11,000 Welsh, 202,000 Scotch and 59,000 Irish. Since 1900 25,000 Chinese have, entered, entries in 1912â€"13 being nearly 7,500. ChineSe immigrationhas increased about a thousand, a year on the last three years. :7 “Since 1902, 45,000 immi- grants have been held fer inspec- tion,~‘nnd 9,250 were rejected.. Toronto, July 29.â€"Catt1eâ€"Choioe export, $6.85; choice butchers. $6.50'to $6.75; good medium $5.75 to $6.40; common. $4.40 to $5 00; canners. $2 to $2.50; cutters, $5 to $5.25; fatycowa, $5.25 to $6.50; common cows, $5.50‘to $6.25. Calvesâ€"Good veal. $5 to $7; choice. $8.25 to $9; common, $3 to $5.50. Smokers and feeders~Steers, 700 to 800 pounds. $4.50 to $5.00; extra, choice heav feeders, 900 pounds. $5.85 to $6.25; rou Eastern, 400 to 650 pounds, $5.25 to $5.7 . Sheep and 1ambs~Light ewes, $4.25 to $5.25; heavy, $5 to $3.50: bucks, $3 to $5.50; spring lambs. $8.25 to $8.75. Hogsâ€" $10.25. fed and watered; $9.90 f.o.b. 400 to 401-20. Barleyâ€"Manitoba reed. blo to__5Zci d_<_) malf.jng,_§26 to_§4o.“B‘uckwh_eat ~No. 2. 580 to 60c. Flourâ€"Manitoba spring Wheat patents, firsts. $5.60: do seconds. $5.10; do strong bakers’. $4.90; do winter utents, choice, $5.50; do atraxght rollers, 5.10 ; go straight, 10119”: bags._§2._l§0. 3911951 Minneapolis, July 29,â€"Wheat â€" July. 861-20; September, 88120 to 885~Bc; Decem- ber, 911-?0; No. 1 hard, 901-20; No. 1 north- ern, 89a to 900; No. 2 (10., 870 to 880. Corn â€"No. 5 yellow, 591-2c to 60. 0ats~No. 3 white. 571â€"2c to 580. .RyeaNo. 2, 560 to 671-20. Flourâ€"First patents, $4.50 to $4.75; second patents, $4.15 to $4.50; first clears, 35.3039 $5.§0;_ seogpd _9_1_ears. £2.70 ‘00 _$3.19. Duluth, July Z9.â€"Wheatâ€"No. 1 hard, 911-80; No. 1 northern, 901-80; No. 2 do.. 881-80 to 885-Bc; July. 88 7-80 bb1.; Septem- belj, 901-80 to 901-40 asked; December, 923-80 asked; May, 97 7-8c nominal. Montreal, July 29.â€"A few of the best; cattle sold a-h about seven cents per pound. Medium sold at between 5 and 65-40, and common from 23-40 to 43-40. Cows, $50 to $65 each. Calves, 2340 to 60‘ Sheep. about 4 cents. Lambs, $4 to $6 each. Hogs, No. 2.. $12.00 to $13.00; No. 3, $7.00 'to $8.00; Baled straw, $8.00 to $8.50. » Montreal, July 29.â€"Oabsâ€"-Cana;dia.n west;- ern, No. 2, 401-26 to 403-40; do Canadian western, No. 3, 391-20; do extra. No. 1 feed, 400 to 401-20. Barleyâ€"Manitoba feedl 510 oatsâ€"Barrels. $4.55; do bags. 90 lbs.. $2.15. Branâ€"$19; shorts, $21; middlings, $24; mouille, $26 to $32. Hayâ€"N0. 2. per ton. car lots, $12.50 to $14. Cheeseâ€"Finest westerns, 13c to 131-40; do finest eueterns, 123-40 to 13c. Butterâ€"choicest. creamery, 2414c to 241-20; do seconds, 23 5-40 to 240. Eggsâ€"Fresh, 29c; do selected. 270; do No. 1 stock, 250; do No. 2 stock. 180 to 190. Potaboesâ€"Per bag, our lots, 500 to 600. 9am 310.1 teed, ask-ac; N6. 1.321%; No'. Winnipeg, July 29.â€"Cash grainâ€"Wheatâ€" No. 1 northern, 961-20; No. , 931-20; No. 3. 881-20; No. 4, 816; No. 5, 750; No. 6. 700; feed, 610; No. 1 rejected seeds. 890; No. 2, 860; No. 5. 810; No. 1 tough. 880; No. 2, file; ANo,‘ 73,, 85c; ISO. 4,’ 13017110. 5, 661-20; 87¢} No. a; 85c; N6. 4,130? r’zo. 5; No. 6. 611-20; feed. bought 540. Oats:No._ 2 c: v1”, @599; No.03, Barleyâ€"No. 3, 461-20; No. 4. 451-20; re- jected, 45o; feed. 430. F1a.x~â€"No. 1 N. W.. $1.24; No.2 0. W., $1.20; No. 5. $1.09. 10771-40 to 10 1-2c. 2; 301;ch IMMIGRATION FIGURES. TWENTY-ONE MISSING. OUT OF THEIR JOBS. United States Markets. lee Stock Markets. Montreal Markets. WInnIpog Graln. 66 Mei 32 1-2;; English Sculptor Commissioned by British Columbia. A despatch from London says: Albert Brucejoy, the distinguished sculptor, informs the Canadian As- sociated Press that he is now at work on a large statue of Queen Victoria, which is to be erected in front of the Parliament buildings at Victoria, 30., the commission having been given by the’Britieh Columbian Government. The 'état-' rue, which will be about thirteen feet'high,’ and will ade on a pe- destal seventeen ‘feet in height,,re-' presents the Queen as she appeared soon after her secession. She is crowned and is bearing a sceptre on her right arm. B. Wilson, of Rochester, N.Y., Meets Death in Toronto. A despateh from Toronto says: B. Wilson. of Rochester, was in- stantly killed on Saturday after- noon in the sixth event of the motorcycle meet, the five-mile ama- teur championshipvmce, when his machine oraehed into the fence as he‘ turned-Vince the back stretch. YWilson was travelling about? ’50 miles an hour, riding on‘the grass and close to the fence. The mech- ine mlle‘d’into a. rut, and an instant later era-shed into a post, throwing Wilson over the fenceand against a. post. He sustained a. compound fracture of the skull, dying instant- ly. Wilson was reluctant to race, as he had a presentiment that an accident would occur. He listened to the voices of- his friends, how- ever, and e‘ntered. The other events of the day were immediately cancelled. Sir Thomas feels, no anxiety where the fundamentals of the sit- uation in Canada are concerned. “It cannot be denied that some lines of business are not so active as a year ago,” admitted Sir Thom- as. “Banks are not encouraging investment in unproductive real es- tate. The banks are taking a con- servative attitude, Wise and timely. Our banks are toâ€"day strong in re- serve, so the situation is sound. The high rate of interest has curtailed public works, but this is temporary. I see no reason for anxiety. The general-trade of the country ap- pears reasonably satisfactory.”_ Sir Thomas made it quite clear that there is‘no need to anticipate anything in the nature'bf an econâ€" omic crisis in Canada. Banks and other interests concerned had the situation well in hand, and the fact that his company had recently de- cided to spend $100,000,000 on ex- tensions and new constructional work during next andensuing years was calculated to increase confi- dence. The tide of immigration is greater this year than ever, said Sir Thomas, and this is another en- couraging feature. We are fortun- ate in getting a better class of im- migrants than the United States got in their early days. Canada, in short, is still a comparatively new field; a field which promises to be highly productive in the future. And the general situation is quite healthy. Sir Thomas Shanghnessy Predicts Return of Normal Conditions. ' A despatch from Montreal says: “With a. fair crop, we have every reason to expect that conditions will be quite normal again in the late autumn.” This opinion ex- pressed Wednesday in an interview by Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, Pre- sident of the C. P. R., continues to bear out the optimistic stand Sir Thomas has taken throughout the long period of world-wide depres- sion. " MOTORCYCLE RIDER KILLED. FAIR CROPS MEAN'RELIEF. QUEEN VICTORIA STATUE. Dr. Robert Bridges, England’s Poet-Laureate. Party of 34 Includes Russian Jews, Syrians and Arabians. A despatch from Quebec says: The immigration authorities deâ€" ported thirty-four undesirable im- migrants by. the Empress of Ireland on Thursday afternoon. With two exceptions they were Russian Jews, Syrians and Arabians. The Que- bec Canadian agency deported 18, the American officials 11, while five’ were from Montreal. Two were in- sane, six were «suffering from trachâ€" oma, and two fibers were suffering from tuberculosis. The balance were pauper immigrants. Then Turns Revolver on Himself With Fatal Effect. ' A despabch from Wilkie, Sank, says: While a, railway construction gang ‘ was returning to ‘Work after dinner on Friday, we’ltaliarnlsudg denly‘diéw his gun and fired into the‘ gang.” The foreman 'st Ishot’ in the am. He started to‘run‘and‘ was shot again in the loin. His asâ€" sailant then shot himself through the head, dying instantly. Mrs. Perrvin of Colborne was in- stantly killed and two other women Automobile Ran Off Deck of Ferry Steamcl‘. A despatch from. Montreal says: Two women were drowned in the St. Lawrence River opposite Mai- so-nneuve on,Sund'a,y when an auto- mobile in which they were sitting ran off the deck of" the ferry steamâ€" er South, and plunged into the river. Mrs. Chas. Morrison, twenty-eight years of age, 927 Tup- per' Street, and Mrs. J .‘ C-heyne, twegty-six years of age, of 44 Beau- doin Street, Saint Henry, were the victims. Accompanied by their husbands the women were on their way to Longueuil. The automobile, a. sevenâ€"passenger car, was run on board the ferry steamer, the power cut OR, .the brakes ’ applied ' "and skids plaoed in fr'ont and rear of the wheels. ' John D. O’Neill, V.S., for forty years a wellâ€"Imow-n resident of Lon- don, Ont, died on his ranch at Earl Grey, Sask. The Government elevator at Port Colborne; made aworld record in unloading 350,000 bushels of grain in eleven hours. John Conley, a. wellâ€"known one- arm-ed pencil, vendor in Western Ontario, was killed on the'M.’ C. R. track near Tillsonburg on Satur- day morning. Mr. James Murray, the celebrat- ed horseman, is dead. The Jewish societies of Toronto will have 3, Labor Temple. A big $3,000,000 merger of casket manufacturers is announced. Fire destroyed half of the town of Brock, Sash, on Saturday. on fuel for British ships obtained from the tar sanc' Athabas-ka, River. Five generations were rep;e.sent- ed at the“ golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. John Ruddle‘ of St. Cathar- ines. James Leadbeaâ€"ter, of Toronto, aged 11, was electrocu’oed While try- ing to get his Him Off a. telegraph wu-e. Springs. Wofk on the new Torofibo Union Station will be commenced in the spring. â€"SixEy Austrian factories will be represented at the Canadian Na- tional Exhibition. ‘ The Grand River Alfalfa séedâ€" growers’ Association has been formed in Haldimand County. J. H. Downham, living near Strathroy, sold a, pair of young black foxes to a W'yoming firm for $9,000. wa boys, picking berriers near St. David’s, 01113., killed a rattle- snake more than five feet in length, wit; seven rattles. _Out of 1,748'pupiLs in Bérlin puxb- 110 schools 1,454 are studying Ger- UNDESIRABLES DEPORTED . A good gupply of natpxjal gws has NAVVY SHOOTS FOREMAN. TWO W'OMEN DROWNED . ,7v..._ w- u» “um found i‘n‘ tile fiew field near Oil Items of News by Wim Notes of interest as to What Is Going on All Over the World Canada. mps may be sands of the Bit by bit, as the maps in the SW peyintendcnt’s offices-show, the un- organizefl districts of the north ara‘ bem .Web’oed mm 094 59%.- n x, ,anotier" season it is" lope that t a work of construction will Have so! far advanced that the vaelénment will be in a, position to inaugurate its prospective campaign for settle- ment on a‘ large scale. ~ All the colonization roadwork this year-is being done byday labor. Heretofore‘ a certain percentage hair been done under contractybut the day labor work has proved more satisfactory to the Government. Thig year, also, for the first time, Mr. Bennett reports that day labor has been plentiful and excellent. Favor able weather conditions have ob tained throughout the north coun- try and the,work has progressed with almost remarkable speed. La- borers on colonization roads are paid the regular schedule of wage rates for the locality, and the ap- plications for work have always ex~ ceeded the requirements. Moreâ€" over, the character of the labor has been much superior to that of other years. There are 20 Provincial inâ€" spectors, andi‘each of t‘liem'reported to the Department that conditions,‘ labor and construction work were never more satisfactory than‘at pre-.' sent. Since the work was taken up in the latter part of April over 800 miles of roadway has been complet-i‘ ed. Government Will Complete Over 1,000 Miles Colonization Road. A despatch from Toronto says: Ontario will break all records this season in the construction of colon: ization roads. Mr. G. W. Bennett, Provincial Superintendent of Colon- ization Roads, 3213’s that the “Depart: ment expected to complete between 1,000 and 1,100 miles of roadway be- fore the end of the year. At the present time over 4,500 men are steadily employed upon the work and some 650 overseers have their hands so full that it is proposed to augment their number by an addi- tional 300. It is also the intention to employ 3,000 more men ‘on cut< ting'but, ditching,;'end grading. A _: The shooting of a? United Shams immigration inspector has brought about a, crisis in the Huerta, (Mex- ico) regime. The plant of the West Side Lum- ber 00., Dayton, Ohio, was burned on Wednesday night with an ap- proximate 00st of $350,000. Thou- sands of dollars’ worth of hard- wood-s and trimmings were destroy- ed. Ho‘stilities between the two lead- ing German shipping companies are officially announced. The Do-ukhob-ors who have aban- doned the home‘steads given them in' Saskatchewan and purchased lands in Britieh Columbia. are asking $450,000 as the worth of their labor expended on the lands abandoned. Mrs; Emmeline Pankhursi, the suffragette leader, is in a serious condition. Preparations are well under Way for the All-Canada. Exhibition 179 'be held in New York next J anuary. seriously injured in a, level crossing collision of a, motor car and a, light engine. General Sir Ian Hamilton, In- spector-General of the‘ British army and overseas forces, sailed from: Quebec for England on the C.P.R. steamer Empress of Ireland 'on. Thursday. President- Wilsén and his advisers are\considering plans for Interven. tion in Mexico. ‘ The eastern railmads have sub- mitted to the trainmen, and peace is now azs‘sured'. The House of Lords rejected the‘ bi1_1 to a.b_oliAsh plugs] vqting, Many hr-rests were made at suf- fragette 'meetings ‘in Léndon, on Sunday. ‘ The rebel leaders at Shanghai have proposed a. basis for peace negotiations. A youth fire& off a, blafik cart;- ridge in the British House of Comâ€" moms. ONTARIO’ S RECORD YEAR. United States. Great Britain. General.