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M. J. O’Brien and Hugh Doughney the Successful Tenderers. despai‘ch from Ottawa. says: At afibgief m ting of the Cabinet Coufic‘figvn ‘ uvsday afternOon the contract for Section 3 of the new It was in the Larocque district, in the North-West, that a consider- able number of wells were put down and good supplies of oil of a, high quality obtained. What is known as an antielinal formation extends from this district in a. south and easterly direction down to the coast. The opinions of experienced drilling men and geologists in that country are to the effect that oil will be found there in large quanti- ties. Should this be the case, the importance of the field from the points of supply for the British navy and for marine and industrial purpoées cannot be overestimated. In this connection Viscount Selby, who is chairman of. the Eastern Canada Company, and who has just returned from the Canadian fields, supplies interesting details. In the course of a. conversation Lord Selby remarked that he was very greatly impressed with What he saw and heard during the visit. The most favorably situated oil fields in Canada, from a geographical and stl‘ategieal point of View, he states, are those of Gaspe, which extend from the Seacoast on the Bay of Gaspe, on the Gulf of St. Lawrence, for several miles in a. north-wester- ly direcfipn. Gaspe Fields Considered Admirable for New Imperial Scheme. A despatch from London says: In View of the increasing attention which is being directed to the adop- tion of oil as fuel in the British navy, it is interesting to know that oil lands in different parts of the Empire are being sedulously devel- oped. The decision of the Govern- ment to secure supplies as far-as possiblevwithin the Empire has givâ€" en a new impetus to the search for large oil deposits in different parts of the dominions, and it would be fitting that the premier dominion, Canada, should be reckoned among the fuveI-oil sources of supply. Bruce Boyd, aged 14, of Guelph, who was visiting in Napanee, and with companions, for a, lark stole a rida on a freight train to Bellevillle; fell in geiting off to regain his hat and lost his right Leg >below the knee. Prof. S. L. Umbach, of Napier- ville, (2116., a. native of Woolwiah township, Ont.‘ died in Caass‘e‘l, Germany, on Saturday. He was making an extensive tour of Euroâ€" pean Gown-tries, after Iii/banding the T. W. J. Pauley, of West London, was attacked by a cow and was 6&ng from being killed. when the amimal hurled him over a fiveâ€"food: fence into an adjoining lot. Mayor 0. M. R. Graham, of Lonâ€" don. announced that the vote on the Beck scheme for the rehabilita- tion of the London and Port Stan- ley Railway by electrification will be taken before October 15th. Lyman W; Cox, 3, commercial traveller, and a prominent curler, died of bloodâ€"paisoning at Truro, N.S., on Friday. Jae. [in-demon had ‘his right arm torn off when he» tried to readjust a. be-l-t on a. running machine at the Laman Packing 00/5 factory at Petrolea, on Frid'ay. Jos. E. Morrison, for twenty years professor of pharmacy, chem- istry 'amd bo’ca‘ny at the Montreal College of Pharmacy, is dead.‘ A mission building in erection at Brantford collapsed on Thursday, one man, S.‘ Deans, having his col- lar-bone broken. '1,009,600 people visited the Na.â€" txonal Exhibition at Toronto. ‘ John Griffin, of Toronto, plain-s to erect a $100,000 theatre in London. Exâ€"Al-d. A. R. 'Whyte, of t’h-e Hamibton Westinghouse staff, is dead. Scarcity of baskets is , causing fruit-growers in the N iagara penin- sula, much anxiety and logs. ThO‘s. Murphy, aged ’71. baggage transfer agent, of Cornwall, was taken 5413 at his work and died. Toronto is to have the finest freight terminals in the world. WELLAND CANAL CONTRACT. 01L FOR THE BRITISH NAVY. Items of News by Wirc Notes of Interest as to What Is (icing on All Over the World Canada. At the Zionist Congress in Vien- na. int was reported that the mem- bership 'has increased by 129,000, ‘and that the national fund for pur- [chwse of land in Palestine has an income of 1,376,553 mar-ks. Fatal Accident at the New Toronto Y.M.C.A. A despatch from Toronto says: Mr. George A. Barnes, who came to Toronto less than a-week ago from his home in Sherbrooke, Que- bec, to assume the duties of physi- cal director in the new Toronto Y.M.C.A., met death with tragic sudde’nnelsis on Friday night. He was on the gymnasium with a, class of pupils and was engaged in de- monstrating certain exercises on the horizontal bars, when in some unamoumtable manner he suddenly slipped and fell. For a, moment nothing was thought of the mishap. but when the young athlete did not rise immediately those present saw that he had been seriously injured. With all possible rapidity he was rushed to Grace Hospital. It was found, however, that the fall had dislocated his neck, and within ten minutes of his arrival at the hospi- tal death ensued. Welland Canal was awarded to M. J. O’Brien and Hugh Doughney for approximately ten million dollars. There were ten tenders under con- sideration, including two British and twdAmerican firms. Work will be started at once by the successful tenderers, who will make Thorold their headquarters. The contract calls for the completion of the work by April, 1917. The contract for Section 2 of the canal will be let later. The contraet‘for Section 1 was let some time ago. No action has yet been taken in regard to awarding the com-tract for the Dom.- inion Government where of the Toâ€" ronto harbor work. More Tenders Soon. A de-spatch from St. thharines says: Chief Engineer Weller stated that tenders for No. 2 Section of the Welland Ship Canal, extending from the fourth ontneces-sion line in Grantham Township to near Thor- old, the northerly boundary of No. 3 Section, would be called for with: in a, week. Three weeks later No. 4 Section, south of Thorold, with heavy rock excavation, will be ready for the call. PHYSICAL DIRECTOR KILLED. United States. One resulrt of the recent, railway wrecks in New England may be the passage of legislation prohibiting the use of wooden co‘aohe/s. Mrs. Margaret A. erifier, a. so- ciety woman of Elyriar, Ohio, is in the county jail on a federal wa,r< rant, charging her with using the mails to fraudulenme secure $3,000 from Miss Lillian Huntington, El,yria.’s wealthiest heiress. The inflamed J apane-se are (1-9- mauding military action against China. Ant~clericals broke up the parade of the Catholic Gymnastic Associaâ€" tion in Rome. An eccentric American woman, who threw a. bouquet at the Kals‘elr 1n_ Berlin, was temporarily arrest- The the Duka of Sutherland, who, during the last few years of his life became an extensive land- holder in Canada, left ‘an estate, according to his will, of more than one million two rhundred thousand pounds sterling. World’ a Sunday School Convention in Zurich. Frank Miller and Frank Rouleau, Provincial liquor detectives, the latter only seventeen years of age, were sent to the Central Prison for six months at hard labor for ac- cepting a bribe of $25 from Mns. Mmrgaret Brennan, 3. South P0rcu« pine saloonkeeper. A runaway caused a, panic among the thousands o£ people who .a-tâ€" tended the funeral in Dublin of the man killed in the riots. A huge bonded warehouse at Manchester was burned at a. 1015s of $1,250,000. Flames shot a, thousand fee-t in the air. Great Britain. General. More Than Thirty Blocks Burned at Hot Springs. A dezspatch from Hot Springs, Arkansas, says: More than thirty blocks on the eastern edge of the business district of Hot Springs had been swept clear on Friday night by a, fire which wt 9 o’clock three, - ened to eat ibs way toward Central Avenue, the main business thor- oughfare. A high wind was blow- ing, and the Hot Springs and Little Rock fire departments, the latter hurried to this city aboard special trains.‘ had made but little head- way in checking the flames. At 9 o’clock Sydney Dillon, Commission- er of Public Utilities, estimated the loss would reach at least $4,000,000. Returned the Precious Metal Through the Mail. A despatch from Vancouver, B. 0., says: The tiny particle of radi- um, worth about $3,500, which was stolen from the offices of Dr. G. L. Deverteuil recently, was returned through the mail on Wednesday morning. It is thought that the thief, having read of the deadly ef- fects' of radium in inexperienCed hands, became frightened and de‘ cided to return the metal. Capitalists Propose to Build It at Calgary, Alberta. A despath from Calgary, Alber- ta, says: A syndicate of local and Minneapolis capitalists will shortly commence the erection of what is claimed will be the largest flour mill in the British Empire. It will be built in four units, to cost $1,â€" 400,000 each, and when all the units are completed will have a capacity of 6,000 barrels of flour per day. Work on the first unit will be com- menced immediately. THIEF FEARFUL 0F RADIUM. Dr. Bridges thinks it safer to. hold with Law that “singing is a, general talent” than to reserve the music of the sanctuary for professional performers. The author of “A Serious Call” used those words: “If a. person were to forbear pray- ing because he had an odd bone in his voice, he would have as good an excuse as he that folrbear‘s from singing because he has but little management of his voice.” ' ion of William Law, that even the unmusioal should scing in church, amd confessed that “Law’s pooirbion is'in the main sound.” “All will agree,” says the Laureate, “that hymns are that part of the church music in \Which it is‘ most desirable that the congregation should join in,” but he notes that “whom peoâ€" ple are musical they would rather listen, and when they are unmusd- cal they would rather sing.” Dr. Robert Bridges, the new poet laureate is a. great authority on church music. His Yati‘oendon Hymnal originated in his attempts, when preoe‘nrbor of a, village choir, to provide bet/oer set-tings to the hymns than those ‘in_ uee. His views on congregational} singing were set forth in an article for the Journal of Theological Studentsy publiehevd in 1899. It was entitled “A Practiâ€" cal Discourse on Some Principles of Hymn~singing,” and was afterâ€" A New Photograph of the Poet- wards issued as a pamphlet. It opened with St. Augustine’s word-s on the happiness with which he Lis- tened to the psalmody of his day. “The emotional power of our church music,” wrote Dr. Bridge-s, “is not so great as that described by Si). Augustine fifteen hundred years ago.” He discussed the opin- POET LAUREATE 0N HYMNS. Laureate, Dr. Robert Bridges. LARGEST FLOUR MILL. A $4,000,000 FIRE. Bombs Thrown in Lisbon, and Riot- ing in Various Cities. ' A devspatch from Madrid says: Reports have reached here of seri- ous disturbances in Portugal aris- ing out of the refusal of the Gov- ernment to forward congratulatory telegrams or gifts to (ax-King Man- uel on the occasion of his wedding to Princess Augustine Victoria last week. Bombs have been thrown in Lisbon, and rioting is reported from that place and other cities. A die‘srpatch from Ottawa, stays: Three hundred men are thrown out of work as the result of a fire in the timber mg'l‘l of the J. R. Boorbh inâ€" dustries here on Sunday at noon. Damage to the extent of $100,000 was caused by the blaze, the origin of which is a, mystery. The mill de- stroyed was only rebuilt three years ago, new machinery being installed at (the time. Splendid work by the firemen prevented the flames spreading to the other buildings owned by the same firm. Asks Premier to Present Plea for Sancho Alegre’s Life. A despatch from Madrid says: King Alfonso has earnestly request- ed Premier Romanones to propose that the death sentence of Raphael Sancho Alegre, who tried to as- sassinate him last April, be com- muted. The Government will com- ply rwith the request. MORE TROUBLE IN PORTUGAL. ALFONSOTO SAVE ASSASSIN. Fugitivo’s Counsel Fight Order for Deportation. A despatboh from Co-aticook, Que- bec, says: Harry K. Thaw will be produced before the full King’s Benoh, appeal side, at Montreal, Que” on the morning of September 15. Meantime he may be detained here or at S'herbrooke, or taken to Montreal on a. moment’s notice, at the discretion of the immigration authorities. Two of his counsel, J. N. Gre‘ens‘hieldrs and N. K. La- Flammo, obtained a. double writâ€" habeas corpus and prohibitionâ€"at Montreal on Friday, and whirled in a special brain into Coaticook, where not long before the immigra- tion authorities had ordered Thaw’ s deportwtion from the Dominion. Three Hundred Mon Idle as Result ' of $100,000Blaze. P0t.a~t«)ésâ€"011téf{os, 80 61250 per bag. on track. Baconâ€"Long clear, 160 per lb, in case lots. Porkâ€"Short cut, $20; do, mess, $24. Hamsâ€"Medium to light, 211-20 to 220; heavy, 201-20 to 210; rolls. 17c; breakfast bacon! 21f» 22c; backs, 24 1072507. Montreal, Sept. 9â€"Oatsâ€"Canadian West.- ern, No. 2, 401-2 to 410; Canadian West- ern, No. 3, 39 1-2 to 40¢: extra, No. 1 feed. 40 to 401-20. Barléy-Manitoba feed, 50 to 510; malting, 62 to 64-0. Buckwheatâ€"No. 2, Poultry~Hefié, 16 to 17c per 1b; Spring chickens, 20 to 210; ducks. 16 to 170; geese, 13.130 1.40; tu_rkeys_, 18 pp 200‘, “BELIEd strawâ€"$8 to $8.50. on track, To- route. Ontario wheatâ€"New No. 2 wheat at 840 to 860. outside. Oats~No. 2 Ontario oats, 33 to 351-20, outside, and at 560, on track, Toronw. Western Canada 01d oats, 391-20 for N0. 2, and at $81â€"20 for N0. 5. Bay ports. Peasâ€"Nominal at 83 to 85c outside. Barleyâ€"~50 to 520, outside; 55c Torontg. Cornâ€"~No. 2 American corn, 781-2c. 0.11., Midland. Ryeâ€"60 to 650 per bushel. Buckwheatâ€"Nominal. Branâ€"Manitoba. bran. $21 a. ton. in bags, Toronto freights. Shorts, $22, Toronto. Lardâ€"Tierceef 14c; "iubsf 141-40; pails, 14 1-20. Baled hayâ€"No. 1 hay. $13 to $14 on track. Togogto. and No. 2 at. $11 to $12; No. 5, $9 to 1.7 Honeyâ€"Extracted, in tins. 101-2 to 120 per 1b, for No. 1 wholesale; combs, $2 50 to $2.75 per dozen for No. 1, and $2.25 to $2.50 for N0. 2. Manitoba wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern. 990, on track, Bay ports; No. 2 at 980; No. 5. 931-20, Ba-y ports; new, No. 1 Northern, 96g, ‘Sep‘temger delivery; am} N_o 2 at 95p. Wholesale dealers’ quotations to retail- ers are:â€" Butter-â€"Choice dairy, 22 to 240; inferior, 17 to 19c; creamer-y, 26 to 270 for rolls and 24_t,o 250 for solids. Eggs~7CaiaVé laiéwé'f new laid, 26 to 280 filer dtfgcen; fresh, 22 to 24c; and seconds, to . IioneyéExtracted, in tins, large, and 1475-40 for twins. Beaneenéfiiifiicked, $225 to $2.35 per bqghel; pr_imes. $1._75 _to $2. h 7 7 A Toronto. Sept. 9.â€"F1our~â€"0ntario wheat flours. 90 per cent” made of new wheat, $3.65 seaboard. Manitobaâ€"First patents, m jute bags, $5.40; 110.. seconds. $4.90; stfgngub‘akem", 1n jpte‘b_q.gs,__$4.70._ FIRE IN BOOTH PLANT. THAW CASE WIDENS. Grain, Cattle and Cheese Baled Hay and Straw. Prices of These Products In the Leading Markets are Here Recorded Montreal Markets. Country Produce. Breadstuffs. Provisions. Farmers Are Too Busy to Fix Roads in ' Brantford Township. A despatch from Brantford says: The prospects are that there will be no more statute labor in the Town- ship of Brantford. At the present time there are portions which have been commuted, but the remainder has been under statute labor. The work has not been satisfactory, and on Wednesday afternoon the coun- cillors stated that the conditiom were‘such that they would be forced to commute it and place the entire township roads and local improve- ment work also under a competent supervisor. The trouble was then that the farmers have been too busy to leave their farm work to attend to the roads, which are in bad conâ€" dition. No definite action was tak‘ en, but later in the year it is likely that all statute labor in the town- ship will be commutedt . V ’ Jerome Jailed for Playing “Penny Ante.” A despatch from Coaticook, Que- } bee, says : William Travers Jerome lwaas arrested here on Friday ‘charged with gambling. The com- plaint was made by Milford Ald< yridge, a citizen of Coatioook wtho swore that he had seen Jerome playing poker in public on Thurs- day. Jerome was taken to jail where Thaw was confined when brought here two weeks ago. Tharw’vs lawyers disclaimed any knowledge of the arrest. The be- lief prevailed that it was due solely to illâ€"feeling among the town’s people, who resented Jerome’s presence. After Jerome was in jail almost an hour his friends found Magistrate .McKee, who admitted Jerome to $500 bail. Attorney Ver- ret, assisting the New York State authorities, said that the case doutblesls would be adjourned to give Jerome opportunity to fulfil his mission to Canada should the immigration authorities deport Thaw. Jerome left the jail smil. ing. The special deputy attorney- general sent; to Canada. by New York State to regain possession of Thaw, was led through the streets with a hostile booting, yelling,; jeering mob of men and boys at his heels and was locked up in then some cell that Thaw occupied when: he was first arrested on Canadianf soil. The newspaper men who: played with Jerome said the 'gamel was "penny ante” with a “ten-oent limit.’ ’ One report said that J er-l ome lost fifty-four cents. Duluth. Sept. 9.~Wheatâ€"No. 1 hard, 89 7-80; No. 1 Northern. 88 5-80; No. 2 North. em, 86 5-8 to 87 580; September, 8278c bid; December, 89 7-80 asked; May. 951-80. Ciose â€"Linseed, $1.50 5â€"8; Sept-ember, $1.491-8 ask- ed; October, $1.50 5-4 bid; November, $1.50 7-8 asked; December. $1.461-2. Montreal, Sept. 9.â€"â€"'1‘he prices paid for bulls were from 31-4 to 33-4 cents per pound, for stockers and grass fed calves. 51â€"2 to 41-4; prime beevea. 61-4 to 61-2: medium, 41-2 to 6; and common. 5 to 41-2; cows, $30 to $65 each; calves, 3 to 61-2; sheep about 4 cents; lambs about 61-4; h9g5. 10 1-2. ~ Minneapolis. Sept. 9.â€"Wheatâ€"Sepbem-ber, 861-40; December. 89 3-4c; May, 94 25-40. No. 1 hard, 89 Me; No. 1 Northern. 87 3-4 to 891-40; No. 2 Northern, 87 to 871-40. No. 5 yellow corn, 72 to 721-20. No. 3 white oats, 40 5-4 to 411-40. No. 2 rye, 61 to 6-31-20. Flour, first atents. $4.50 to $4.75; second patents, $4.1 to $4.50; first clears, $3.20 to $3.50; second clears, $2.75 to $3.10. Bran ugchanged._ - w. ‘ -- 1 . . Toronto, Sept. 9.â€"Cattleâ€"Choice export. $6.50 to $6.80; choice butchers, $6.25 to $6.50; good medium, $5.65 to $5.90; com- mon, $4 to $5; canners, $2 to $2.50; cutters, $3 to $5.25; fat cows, $4 50 to $5.25; com- mon cows, $3.50 to $4. Calvesâ€"Good veal $5 to $7.25; choice, $8.25 to $9; common, $j to $3.50. Smokers and feedersâ€"Steers, 70a to 800 pounds, $4.50 to $5; extra choice heavy feeders, 900 to 1,050 pounds. $5.25 to $5.60; rough eastern, 400 to 650 pounds. $2.50 to $4.25; light bulls. $2.75 to $3. Sheep and lambs~Light ewes, $4.25 to $4.501 heavy, $5 to $3 50: bucks, $3 to $3.50 spring lambs, $6.25 to $6.75. Hogs, $9.21 f.o.b.; $10 fed and watered, and $10.25 0 cars. 58 to 600. Flourâ€"Manitoba, Spring wheat patents, firsts. $5.60; seconds, $5.10; strong bakere', $4.90; Winter patents, choice. $5.25 to $5.50; straight rollers. $5 to $5.10; straight rollers, bags. $2 30 to $2.40 Roll- ed oats. barrels, $4.75; do. bags. 90 lbs.. $2.25. Bran, $21. Shorts, $23. Middlings, $26. Mouillie. $27 to $29. Hay, No. 2, per ton. car lots. $12 to $13. Cheeseâ€"Finest Westerns, 15 to 133-80: finest Easterna, 123-4 to 130. Butterâ€"choicest Creamery, 24 3-4 to 250; seconds. 241-4 to 241-20. Eggs â€"Fresh, 32c; selected. 290; No. 1 stock. 260; No. 2 stock, 200. Winnipeg. Sept. 9.â€"Cash-â€"'Wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern, 891-40; No. 2 do.. 86 344:; No. 3 do.. B41-4c; No. 1 rejected seeds, 850; No. 2 do.. 81c. Oats~No. 2 C.W., 550; No. 3 O. W., 331-20; extra No. 1 feed. 540: No. 1 feed, 331-30; No. 2 feed, 320. Barleyâ€"No. 3, 460; No. 4, 441-20; rejected, 410; feed, 410. Flaxâ€"No. 1 N.VV.C., 31331-2: No. 2 C.W.y $1.211-2; No. 5 O.W., $1.171-2. ARRESTED FOR GAMBLING. NO MORE STATUTE United States Markets. Live Stock Markotfi Winnipeg Grain. LABOR.