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ALBERTA MINE DISASTER 197 Entombed by Explosion on Property of Crescent Company Which was Followed by Fife A despatch fr< m Hit It-rest, Alta., :i.\ s : In what is 4 live of the worst mining <li^ inters that ever occurred in the history of Canada, practical- ly the whole male population of this (own was wiped out on Friday. Nearly two hundred homes mourn tin- l<>^ -.if father, son or brother, and the women folks ',it around in tlnyir homes uml o.i tlie neighboring hills watching the gruesome truck- load; <if dust-begrimed bodies as tlie\ art.- br< ui;lit to the surface with mo in. ion. ins regularity. The explosive fire dump done its trc.'K-li T<Jiis work. Twelve hundred feet down in tho bowdls of the earth, where the men labored, in one brief moment one hundred and nimty five of the thirty six itven two hundred and went to work 'Fri<iy morning were hurled int- ncath<ons of coal, some- were found with their picks in their hands and others propped aga.int the walls 4>f the mines, tools in hands, as though ready for work. Only forty -one of the shift canie out alive. All day long after the explosion occurred there was a funeral pro- cession passing from mine Ui wash- house, where the bodies were dress- ed, and from there in rapid proces- sion to tho town. All day long women and children traversed tin same path in the hope of hearing some cheering news of their loved ones, and in their path they would meet mothers and sisters returning broken hearted to their homes. A large number of corpses have been brought to the surface. The eighty tire'.! and willing workers at the rescue work have apparently made up their minds that not a liv- Some of them are be- i ing soul remains in the mine. JOHN It !: DM ONI). M.P. I '.ult-l of in Nationalist Party i.i-.'i Britain. In the British House of Commons the future Premier of Ireland sits at the head of the fourth bench be- low the Opposition gangway. To him I he I,T:<J of I'nionists is point- ed dnunatically a.s the dictator of the British Government. At the title dictator he smiles with genial House, and by his own demeanor he has won the respect of both sides. FOIl NAVIGATING IN FOU. Royal George Sails From Avon- mouth With N- u Equipment. London, June 17. An interesting experiment in navigation in the fog will be carried out by the Canadian Northern steamer Royal George, which left Avonmouth for Quebec. _ r - MI IU>I:HI:D IN FOIUTPINE. \Viis Struck on (In- Head With a Milk Uollle. A despatch from South Porcupine says : James Knowles, a well-known barrister and township solicitor, was murdered on Bruce Avenue, South Porcupin-?, Friday morning. He was struck over the head from the rear with a milk bottle and died an hour later without recovering coiiKciousness. Joe Labrie, a Frenchman, well known around town, was arrested and charged with the murder. Mr. Knowles was on his way down street to catch a boat for Porcupine, where he had a case coming before Judge Hartman. He got into an argument with Labrie, and then walked away, stating that he did not wish to speak with him. A few moments later Knowles was standing in tho doorway of a drug store, when Labrie, it is alleged, rushed up from the rear, raised a milk bottle, and brought it down full force on Knowles' head. Knowles never saw the man, ajl dropped to the sidewalk uncon- scious and died shortly before noon. ELEVATOR TO COST $1,000,000. To Ke Situated on the Government Dock at Vancouver. A despatch from Ottawa says : is A mmn ^uiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiffliiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiDiiniiiHuimiiiiMiiiiiiiiiniinuj FRO 31 ALL OVF.B Till, i.l.oi.i: IN A KUTS1IELL. unconcern. A keen London Parlia- She is fitted with an apparatus en mcnt-ary correspondent says of Red- mond : Hitherto he has proved a perfi-ct ally, reliable, resourceful, Sympathetic, and, while maintain- ing liis <>wn rights, allowing for the necessities <if his friends. Mr. Red- mond is always in liift place on great occasions, listening courteously, rldom cheering, scarcely ever in- terrupting, despising abuse with a hrug The short, stout, umartly- att.n il figure, with flower in coat, the refined, resolute fa/ce, with be>nklike nose and searching eyes, are among the familiar features of the Parliamentary picture. Divid- ed only by tli- narrow gangway from the strongest Tory opponents, they find him a gentlemanly col- Mi. John Itnlmuuil, M.I'. with fetJ- and politic.nl inclinations not dissimilar to the'r own. His ttotetflMtnihip ha been proved by tin- restraint and pa- tifiiiv wit/li which, while keeping the g'-i' always in \ir-.w, In- lias pur- Biird constitutional turtles. Under his iiiflnrnri- the Nationalist party lii><-.,iiic. the m-ist orderly in the With a view to preparing for the trade expected to flow to Canada's shores through the opening of the Panama Canal, the. Government has selected a site for a new mil- lion-dollar transfer elevator to be built in Vancouver. The elevator is to be built on a site situated on the Government dock in Vancouver harbor. It will furnish a facility much needed by the Pacific coast, but especially valuable in view ol the opening of the Panama Canal. The construction of this waterway milea of a fixed wireless station or a I has ' On 8 been expected to prove abling a vessel in the thickest wea- ther, without the aid of compass or sextant, to ascertain her position when she is within a radius nf fifty wireless-fitted ship whose position is known. It is also claimed .'or this apparatus that should the Royal George pick up a wireless distress signal she would be able to set her course towards its source, even though the distressed vessel were not able to indicate her posi- tion. CROPS IN SASKATCHEWAN. Hot \\.-.iilin of Past Week II. i- Hrouglit Along (ironing (/rain. A despatch from Ilegina, Sask., nays: According to the report of the statistics' branch of the Depart- ment of Agriculture, seeding In Saskatchewan is fully completed, .ni<l all crops are making a good showing. Wheat is from ten to twelve indies above the ground, oats six to eight inches, barley four to six inches, and flax two inches. The- hot weather of the past week has brought along the. growing grain to a marked extent. All crops appear to be healthy and of good steady growth. TO FLY ACROSS NORTH SKA. l.i.-ni. t.r.m Will Try (he Flight in n Bit-riot. A despatch from I/oridon say : Lieutenant Gran, l.to <if the Nor- wegian navy, and a member of Scott's Antarctic expedition, is planning to fly from Scotland to Norway, over more than 300 miles of th North Sea, in an ordinary Blrriot monoplane fitted with air cushions, which should keep 4.1x machine afloat for twenty-four hours if it drops into the sea. As the winds often die down in the evening Gran may fly at night. SEA TRAGED^JUST AVERTED Kaiser Willulm II. Has a Biff Hole in Her Side Amidships, Caused by Grain Steamer Incemore A des|iu(<-li from Southampton, ; The North (lerman Kaiser Wilhelin II., wbic-li left S4iiilliaiiiptiiii shortly af tci HIX>M <in \Vednt-sdny, bound for New Vi|-k with a (lioiiH.-ind pasM'ii gers, lies itt Jinclior off Nell ley. three miles !> the fruil hra.st , with a bin li'!e in lier side uinul.iliips, caused by A collision with the l,i\n pu.il rnin steamer Ineeniorc, Bound from a lilmk Sea port to 'Antwerp. The Incemurr, a much tunallcr <'rafl limn the (ieniuin nt.'ainer, (1 f ;j, (mo ,.,!<! t.uis, is in dock here with her bows badly Muuihed, 'I lie COlUaloa <ie<Mii-re<l iii Hie Channel, tbirtcen on the ttarboftrd sido amidships. The force 08 the impact crumpled up her own bows and tore a big u;a.)> in the Kaiser Wilhelin's side. It was (ilio impression of those aboard the Incemore that tho hole was en til-fly above the water line, The two steamers stood by each other until it was ascertained that neither - ... ...,., ... needed iinmediute a.ssisUinee ; then deOM f.. K . Just IK.W it occurred, i both started slowly for Southa,mp and on wlii<'li vessel lien the respon i t<.n. ibilily, ca-nnot be an4vrtiine<l nl. I The foropeak of the Inrrmorc ra- th* prpoent time. Thr- ofl'ieers of j pidly filled with wcler. Imt the iiiiiilli^i. lllll IUI 1 south of the Xu.li lightship, i in iv bad virtually come to a slop be- niiiMi- of tin: danger of continuing under way in such a thick fog, when niddenly (.hero uncd up just one of the greatest factors in build- ing up tho Pacific Coast trade of Canada, and it was this which in- flii-iicod the Government in the construction of the new elevator, which will complete a chain extend- ing from East to West, interior et<>rai';i; elevators now being built or under contract in Calgary, Sas katoou, Moose Jaw and Fort Wil- liam. Tenders will be called for the structure within a couple of months while plans will be prepared at once. It is expected the cost of the elevator will be between $750,000 and $1,000,000. WILL LIFT THE EMPRESS. It Is Expected that the Work Will Tukc Three Months. A despatch from Rimouski, Que- bec, says : The work of lifting the Empress of Ireland from the sand bottom off Father Point was started on Wednesday, when the wrecking schooner Lord Strathcona arrived with apparatus to inspect the hull. It is expected it will take three months' work to accomplish the plans in view, and a refrigerator car will be kept on the wharf at Hi mouski for the storage of the bodies that are expected to be recovered. ahead of her the huge bulk of the Kaiser Wilhe.lrn II Hii . , M'eiiH pth captains did their best to wor V avoid a collision, but the short dis- tance neparating (ho two vessels ndcivd their efforts ineffectual, and Ineemorr struck the liner IJODV FOl'M) ON BAY SHORE. He Had Come Hack After an Ab- sence of 45 Years. A despatch from Wiarton naya : The body of John Hodgins was found on tin- short- of the bay ne.ar the town on Friday. He had come back to visit old acquaintances af- ter an absence of 45 year*, and dis- appeared, no one knowing where he had gone until his body was acci- dentally found. There arc no marks of violence of any kind. His diath was probably accidental. _______ ! OLD AT TWENTY Iteliirn of .unili with Proper Food. Many persons who eat plenty ne- ver seem to be properly nourished. That's because tho food is not digested and absorbed. Much tluit is eaten is never taken up by the system as real f<H><l, and so the tis- sues simply starve and the indivi- dual may, as in a recent case, look and f i-i-l old in what should be the bloom of life, youth. "At twenty I was prematurely old. The health and vigor and brightness of youth had been, as it seemed, stolen from me. I went to in tho morning with slow- steps and a dull head. "My work through the day was unsatisfactory for my breakfast lay in my stomach like a- hard lump. I was peevish and the gas in my stom- ach was very annoying. After sup- per I usually wcait to bed to toss half the night from sheer nervous- ness. "This was all from indigestion caused by wrong eating. "Fina.!!^ I tried Grape Nuts mid I cannot describe the full benefits received from the food. It gave me back my health. It. has completely restored good digestion and my ail- ments have disappeared. I steadily Cannd.i. the Empire and tn World hi Gcueral lie.ore Your Kyet, Canada. Drillers struck black oil at a depth of 806 feet in the Monarch well, Calgary. Thos. Henderson was sentenced at Cornwall to seven years for | housebrcaking. ( Mr. Alex. Nairn, a well-known Scottish-Canadian citizen, died sud- denly in Toronto. Edward James C'anner was in- stantly killed by lightning in a field at Jordan Station. Orillia ratepayers carried an 885,000 debenture by-law for water- works. purposes by 315 to 249. Miss Jessie Barclay was fatally burned in an explosion of paraffin at the home of her sister, Mrs. Win. Stallibrea., near C'orwhin, Ont. Forty-five thousand tons of steel rails have just been ordered by the C'.N.It. for the completion of its lines in British Columbia. Following a quarrel over school matters, Frank Miller of River Val- ley, north of Sturgeon Falls, shot at Jos. Ilobitaille, the bullet graz- ing his head. A eerious accident has occurred to the Dominion Government dam, which has been built at the foot of Lake Timiskainiiiig. About 120 feel of this dam, which has a total length of about 400 feet, has gone out and the lake level may drop ten feet, Plans for extensive alterations in the House of Commons chamber are to be worked out by the Depart- ment of Public Works during the present recess. Benches may be substituted for chairs, to provide for the thirteen extra members un- der redistribution, or a new cham- ber may be built, with chairs, fol- lowing the Washington amphithea- tre style. BEST YEAST IN THE WORLD. DECLINE THE NUMEROUS INFERIOR IMITATIONS THAT ARE BEING^ OFFERED AWARDED HIGHEST HONORS AT ALL EXPOSITIONS^ lE.W.GILLETT COM PAN V LIMITED. WINNIPEG TORONTO ONT. MONTREAL OPENING WAY FOR SETTLERS Fifteen Hundred Men Are Employed Roads in New Ontario Building Great Britain. The Belfast Corporation declined an invitation to attend a civic exhi- bition in Dublin. Premier Asquith consented to re- ceive a deputation of militant suf- fragettes in Downing Street. A train went through a culvert at Carr Bridge, Scotland, and a num- ber of people were drowned. The Grampian, returning to Glas- gow, had six passengers who were refused admission to Canada. Acting on advice of a London throat specialist Roosevelt will make no more open air speeches and will also limit his indoor speak- ing. The engagement is announced of Honorable Gerald Rufus Isaacs, only son of Lord Reading, the Lord Chief Justice, and E\'& Violet, eld- est daughter of Sir Alfred Mond. Tho International Conference on the Blind, which opened at West- minster on Friday, will consider many phases of the amelioration of the condition of the flightless. Two (.< m-i-.il. hundred miners were en- tombed in a big colliery in Belgium. An international patrol to watch For derelicts on the Atlantic ocean will be established shortly. White Wolf, the Chinese brigand, HIS escaped from the troops seut against him. Feeling in Mexico City and Vera Cruz is rapidly becoming very bit- ter against the Americans. The Albanian capital, Durazzo, is in grave danger of being invested by the Mussulman insurgents. Major Julien Felix, commanding the aeroplane depot at C'hartres, franco, was killed by a fall of sixty feet while testing a new self-right- ing machine. Daniel Gonzales, who was chief of police at Tampico, while the Fed- rals were in control of Tampico, am\ liii Atmist-aiitti woro ami His aSMst-anis, wer A despatch from Cochrane says : Mr. J. F. Whitson, Provincial Road Commissioner, has under his super- vision 1,500 men from North Cobalt north to Cochrane, west to Hearst and Porcupine, and east to the Quebec boundary. Around Coch- rane and along the Transcontinen- tal alone there are 15 camps, and the cluster of white tents, denoting that a road gang is in the neighbor- hood, is to be noted at all the prin- cipal points along the Timiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway and many places along the Transconti- nental. Mr. Whitson's beat takes him from !,ho Quebec to the Mani- toba boundary, and he cannot make a round trip of his camps in less than six weeks. "It's a bad country to make roads in though," said Mr. Wilson. "We are opening up some new roads and completing many others. We are opening up the trunk road along the Timiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway in sections, and it is avail- able for almost all the distance be- tween the big swamp outside Coch- rane on the north to the rocky ridge that runs across the country near Sesiginika to the south. At Engle- hart we are grading the trunk road between Charlton and Long Lake, where there are older settlements long handicapped by bad roads. "Round Matheson we are also very busy. We find that in addition to opening up one or two /oads in a township we often have to go back and make connecting roads since the communities are quite unorgan- ized and cannot yet he.lp them- selves." PRICE!! OF FARM PRODUCTS HEPOBT8 FS.OM THE LEADING TRADE C1.IJTBES OF AMEKIQA. Brdtn_r. Toronto June 2J. Flour Ontario wheat Hours. 80 pr cent.. IJ.86 to $3.90, seaboard, and at 3.90. Toronto. Manl- tobas First patent!. In Jute bag*. $5.60; uo., seconds. J5.10; s.rong bakers'. In jute bags. $4. Manitoba wheat Bay ports No. 1 Northern, 97Jc. and No. t. 96ic. Ontario wheat No. 2 at 1.02 to $1.03. outside, and $1.05. on track, To- ronto. Oats No. 2 Ontario oats. 40| to 41|c. outside, and at 43 to 44c. on track. To- ronto. Western Canada oats quoted at 42Jc for No. 2. and at 4!lc for No. 3. Bay ports. Barley Qood malting tarley. 66 to B8c, according to quality. Rye No. 3 at 63 to 64c. outside. Buckwheat 90 to 93c. outside. Corn No. 2 American at 7le. track, Toronto, and at 75lc llnfcwood. it 79te. . c.l.?.. white. 37} to 38c. Flour unchanged. Bran $20. Duluth. Juno 23. I.lnseed. $1.6li; July, $1.611. Wheat No. 1 hard. 2|c; No. 1 Northern, 91Jc; No. 2 Northern. S'.'jr to 8ic. July. 90Jc. Col- Bran Manitoba bran. $24 to $25 a ton. In bugs, Toronto freight. Shorn. Country Vrodao*. Butter Choice dairy. 17 to 19c: In- ferior. 15 to 16c; farmers' separator prints. 19 to 20c; creamery prints, fresh. 23J to 24c; do., solids, 21 to 23c. ERRS 23 to 24c for strictly new-laid per dozen. In case lots, and at 20 to 22c for firsts. Honey Extracted. In tins. 101 to lie per Ib. Combs, $2.26 to $2.50 uer doz- en for No. 1. and $2 for No. 2. Cheese New cheese. 14 to 14|c for large, and ' i. to 14Jc for twins. lioans Hand-picked, $2.20 to $2.25 per bushel; prl.nes. $2.10 to $2.15. Poultry Fowl. 17 to 19c per Ib; chlck- *. 19 to 20c: iluckn. loc, geese. 15 to ICc; turkeys. SO to 23c- Potatoes Uelawares. $1.15 to $1.29. on track, here, and Unturios at $1.10 per bac. on track. ProvUiunB. Bacon Long clear. 14 to 14Jo per Ib.. In case lots. Hams Medium. 18 to !>'. do., heavy. 17 to 17 ( c; rollx, i .1 to i.'..-. breakfast bacon, 18 to 19c; backs. 22 to 23c. 13c. Lard rTierces, 121c; tubs. 12|c; palls. Baled Hay and Straw. Baled hay No. 1 nt $15 to $15.25 a ion, on truck, here; No. 2 quoted at $13.60 to $11.50. and clover at $11. Haled straw Car lots. $5.25 to $S.50, >n truck. Toronto. 'leljilN s hnvt< been obtained ' that, the damage to the bo>\ came fr. in the liveiiiorn. That ves- tended for a length of twe!\e feet el, it is stated by those aboard, and a width of ten feet. liver rea tae above Utter? A new out appear* from time to tint*. They MO ffennla*. true, and full of bamaa interest. nt Bonega for having subjected Constitutionalist sympathizers to atrocities. 1'IFTKIIN PKUKSHKl) IN Wl.Kl'K I'onchcs Fell Into Iliver Near In- verness, Scotland. A despatch from London says : Three women were drowned, and it is feared that a dozen other per- sons perished when a passenger train went through a culvert ami into n torrent at Carr bridge, 28 miles south of Inverness, Scotland. A thunderstorm, that ravaged the North of England and Scotland, was responsible for the accident. The train from Perth WAS crossing the culvert and became derailed, and the culvert, which had become undermined, collapsed, and the passenger coaches fell into the wa- ter. It is feared that besides the known drowned a dozen other per- M>ns were caught in a submerged coach. Many persons on the train es- caped from the cars, hut drifted about in the stream, and were- badly injured before being rescued. The scene of the wreck is a bleak and deWato spot, whera it was difficult to obtain assistance. $5.60; li.99; Montreal Markets. Montreal, June 23. -Corn American X'o. - yellow, 79 to SWe. Oats Canadian Western. No. 2. 44 to 44j|c; Uo.. No. S. 434 to 431C; extra No. 1 feed. 4-!i( to 43c. Hurley Manitoba feed. 65 'to SGc. Flour Manitoba sprints wheat patents, tirsta, do. seconds, $5.10; .strung bilkers'. Winter patents, choice. $5. 26 to $0.60; stralKht rollers. $1.70 to $4.90; do. In bans. (-',: to $2.35. Hulled outs Harrels. $4.65; NIK of 90 Ibs., $2.15. Miilt'eed .(ran. $23; shorts. $:!5; mid- dlings. $2S; mtnilllte, $^S lo $32. Hay No. 2. per ton. car lots. $15 to $16. Cheese Finest westerns. 13 to 13Jc; do., easterns. 12 i| to 12Jc. Uutter (.^tuiict-st i-reutnt-i y, ^44 to 25c; seconds. 23i to 24c. KKKS -fresh. 23 to .4c; se- lected. 26 to 2ic; No. 2 stock. -!0 to 21c. I'otatties 1'cr bait, cur lots. $1 to $1.20. v. ii.uipeir Oraln. Wlr.nlpcB. Juno 33. Cash: Wheat No. 1 Northern. 2c; No. 9U-; No. 3 Northern, S'.ic; No. No. 5. SOc; No. fi. 76u; feed. 70c. No. 2, C.W.. tra No. 1 feed. 3ic; No. 1 feed, 37i|c; No. 2 feed. 37Jc. Harli-y No. o, 54c Stock Mj.rk.ti. Toronto. June 83. Cattle Choice but-. ii-r-i. fg.26 to $8.50; Kood. > to $S.15; common cows. $5 to $5.50; canners and cutters, $2.50 to $4; choice fat cowa. $6.60 to 17.25: choice bulls. $7 to $7.60. Calves Good veal. $S.2o to $10.50; common. $4.75 to $7. Btockers and feeders Steers. 800 to 900 Ibs., 17.25 to $7.75; Rood nuulitv. 700 to 800 Ibs.. $7 to $7.50; ll K ht, $0-20 to $7.25. Sheep and lambs Light ewes. $6 to $7. heavy. $4.50 to $5; bucks. $4.75 to U.I*; Spring lambs, each. $6 to $7.50; yearlings, lambs, $6.50 to $8.15. Hogs $7.50 to $7.65. f.o.b.: $7.85 to $7.90. fed and watered; S3. II) to $8.15 off cars. Montreal. June 23. Prime beeves. 7Jc to a little over Sic; medium. 5J to 7Je; common. 44 to 5|c; milkmen's strippers, 6 to 7c; milch cows, $30 to $86 each: calves. 3 to 7ic; sheep. 5 to 7c; spring lambs. $5 to $7 each; hogs. 8ic. GRAINS IN FINK CONDITION.' Outlook the Best in Years, Reports Commissioner. A despatch from Winnipeg says: "I have just returned from an ex- tensive tour of the Western Prairie Provinces, reaching into districts far removed from travel," said J. Bruce Walker, Commissioner of Immigration, Friday morning. "I went through Southern Saskatche- wan and Alberta, and find that with the more than copious rains during the latter part of last week there is every reason to believe the crop prospects to-day are better than they were at this season last year. or even for many years. Wheat is looking unusually wt'll, roots are strong and healthy, and the plant growing up with amazing rapidity. "The general impression of the crop situation in the West is very gratifying," concludes Mr. Walker. FARM Kit SHOT HIMSELF. Several Bullets Were Fired in the Direction of the Woman. A despatch from Kingston SA.VS : When Wellington Knbcock, farmer, aged -10, of Wilton, was refused in his attempt to get his wife to coma to live with him after being sepa- rated for over a year, lie pulled a revolver and shot himself in the temple. Death was almost instan- taneous. Before shooting himself IP 2 Northern, I he fired several shots, am! two of ..: ee. . a j {hem came within an ace of hitting Rc; NO. 3 c.w.. 38iio; ex- i Ins wiu\ Tlic tragedy occur rod at - . . . _ * the home of Overton Babcitck-. his brother, at Odessa, where his \\ifo i had been living ^ith her two cliil- jdrcn. His_wife and other members of the family ran out of t)vr Imuao when Babcock started firing. When they returned they found Baboock- No. 4. 52ic; reei-ted. 4S)c; feed, Flax No. 1 N.W.C.. $1.40; No. 3 C.W. $1.37; No. 3 C.W., $1.25. Uultefl States Mar&ati. Minneapolis, June 23. Wheat July, 87Jc; September. 82ii", No. 1 hard, a-1 to 92?c; No. 1 Northern, Si to Olje; No. 2 Northern, 874 to S9Jc. Corn No. 3 yellow. 66J to 67c. Oats No. 3 dead. THIS INVESTMENT HAS PAID 7% PER ANNUM half yearly uliioe the Securities of this Corporation wer placed on the market 10 years HKO. liuslnesa established 28 years. Investment may be wltlulrav.-n In Dart or whole any time after ono vear. Safe us a inortKitK? Full par- ticulars and booklet Kindly furnished on request. NATIONAL SECURITIES CORPORATION, LIMITED, XiXTXi BUII.DIKO TOHOHTO. ONT.