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A RIOT AT FORT WILLIAM '.Six Officers and Four Civilians Shot in the Fight ' A despatch from Fort William, Ont., says: Nine men were wound- oJ on Thursday morning in a fight Ivetween C.P.E. special constables and a number of striking truckers, li was shortly before noon that the trouble which precipitated the big- gest riot ever seen in Fort William smarted, and it came like an ex- pjosioa of a barrel of gunpowder oil a quiet street. A posse of C.P.il. IJolice which had been brought down ftom Winnipeg, was marched from the sheda to the boarding-house, in t.he vicinity. Their progress was accompanied by hoots and yells and demonstrations from the large orowd of strikers. While the police were eating their din.ier the strik- ers apparently determined that they Wtould not be allowed to leave the boarding-house. Constable Ball wg.s the first one to make his ap pearance in the doorway, and ho wis immediately accosted by a cou- ple of burly strikers and told he would have to remain indoors, as wel.l as his men. According to eye witnesses, the constable drew his bat^on and attempted to hit the striker. Quick as a flash the latter had drawn a revolver and sent a bullet into the chief's abdomen- A FIERCE BATTLE. •Then the battle was on. Rifles Jtnd revolvers were brought into pjay in every direction, shooting from the corners of houses and ti'om behind cars, the fusilade of the men directed at the police last- eu fully fifteen minutes. The strik- ers massed, and drove the C.P.R. men back into the bunk-house, rjiey fired through the windows, and were preparing to storm the liouse when Chief Dodds, backed by Sergt. Taylor and the constable? of the city force, prevailed on the strikers to stay away from the house. All the windows in the bunk-house and all of the C.P.R. yard buildings were smashed by bullets. KEPT UP FIRE. The strikers, in response to Chief Dodds, slowly retreated back to McTavish Street, but further they ,refus€d to budge, and they kept ,up an intermittent fire under the very eyes of the police officials. They loaded and fired regardless cf the fact that they were ordered repeatedly in the name of the King to disperse to their homes- â-  The battle lasted at least fifteen minutes, and in the meantime word of the situation was received by Mayor Pelletier, and he immedi- ately decided to call out the mili- tia. Later the Mayor proceeded to the docks and read the Riot Act. Two hundred militiamen of the B6th Regiment quickly assembled in both cities, and long before dark jrere on the scene and complete masters of the situation. ' The strikers, after their show of strength against the police earlier ih the day, are now cowed and sub- ihissive! THE INJURED. « , None of the victims are injured .10 seriously that .death is likely to , result, the only one for whom there are any fears is Constable Ball. A 'report from the hospital late on 'Thursday night ia that he is doing well and unless complications set In will recover. Constable Car- penter, of the C.P.R. police, has m wound in the knee which may Clippie him, but is not dangeroup U. life. The list as far as can be ascer- tained now is :â€" Sergt. Taylor, of city police, slight ; C. M. Dicken- son, of Times Journal, slight; Chief Constable Ball, C.P R. police, seri- ously wounded in abdomen ; Con- stable Carpenter, C.P.R. constable, knee badly smashed ; Two other constables slightly wounded. Two strikers, Greeks, names unknown. John Lake, butcher at coal docks, bullet grazed forehead, only slight- ly wounded. The appearance of the militia on the scene had a salutary effect on the mob and they scattered so quickly that it was not even neces- sary for the militiamen to load their rifles, although each man had been served with several rounds of ball cartridges. STRIKERS RETURN TO WORK. Fort William, Aug. 15.â€" The striking C. P. R. freight handlers will return to work to-morrow morning. A mass meeting of 5,000 strikers and friends was held this afternoon, and was addressed by Mayor Pelletier, who urged the men to resume employment and submit their grievance to a board of arbi- tration under the Lemieux Disputes Act. General Manager Bury of the Canadian Pacific had previously given his consent to the mayor to take the men back if they agreed to arbitratio . The striker" were inclined to demand the release of l.j companions sent to jail tor riot- ous conduct, and they also wanted the withdrawal of the troops, but Mayor Pelletier replied that the law must take its course. Finally, the strikers accepted the mayor's proposal, and were given 36 houra within which to return to employ- ment with the company. Nearly 150 strikebreakers arrive<^ this morning, making four hundred working to-day, enabling steamer Manitoba to unload and get away. EDMONTON THRILLED. .4. Hungarian's Effort to Terrorize the City. A despatch from' Edmonton, Al- berta, says : A Hungarian desper- ado with a loaded revolver and a dangerous-looking knife dashing east down Grierson street, and fir- ing back as he ran at Sergt Nichol- son and other members of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, who were in pursuit, was the thrilling sight which gave Edmonton all the pictured appearances or the wild and woolly west for a few minutes on Saturday afternoon. The man who created the trouble, and who was eventually landod in the cells at the R. N. M. W. P. Barracks without killing or wounding any one of his pursuers or spectators, is named Mila.n Obernovitch. He told the police through an inter- preter, that ho came to Ed- monton a few days ago from Cal- gary, and that he has been in Can- ada about fourteen months. JOSEPH HUNTER COMMITTED. Uobyoaygcen Man Will be Tried tor Wite-niurdcr in September. A despatch from Lindsay says ; Joseph Hunter, charged with mur- dering his wife at Bobcaygeon on August 7th, was up before County Magistrate Moore on Saturday. Crown Attorney Devlin conducted the prosecution; Mr. L. V- O'Con- nor appeared for the accused. Hunter, pale and wan looking, but cot in the least nervous, was led in by Chief of Police Vincent, and without glancing to either side took his place in the prisoner's chair. Only five or six witnesses were ex- amined; the accused had nothing to say, and the Magistrate com- mitted him to the Fall Assizes, which will commence on the 27tb day of September next. « Dr. F. T. Leys of Detroit is pro- testing against the probate in Lon- don, Ont., of the will of his mo- ther, widow of the late Col. F. Leys , FRENCH FOR CANADA War Secretary Announces His Appointment as Result of Imperial Conference. A despatch from London says : In a speech at Bradford on Friday night. Secretary for War Ha!dune expressed the greatest satisfaction that the Imperial Conference on the naval and military defences of the Empire had arrived at an agry- went. He announced that while Lord Kitchener, the newly-appo'.jc eo Inspector-General of the Medi- terranean forces, was in A^stra lasia, Lieut.-Ocn. Sir John French commander of the First Army Corps, was going to Canada to work out the details of the plan tlicfo. One great homogeneous Impcr ia! British ariiiy, uniformly trained and equipped, is to be the outcome ri the liiiperinl Confero'ices oii f.'-O navii! and military d'^fcn-es >• t''e t"-.pire held at the I'orci.jn CUiv 1 ijcneral terms the plan |,'o- \ide8 tl.at all tro<jps of self-gox.'. n- ing colonies shall undergo precso ty the same training as the home regulars in order to be ready to take their places beside the latter whenever and wherever necessity may arise. Military training col- leges along the lines of the stdff college at Camberly are to be es- tablished in the over-sea domin- ions, and there is to be a contina ous interchange of officers from all parts of the Empire so as to eo sure absolute uniformity of orgar.- ization and training. In a recent speech outlining th»: probable strength of this army of the Empire, War Secretary Hal dane estimated that the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa could furnish a total of forty-six divis- ions. Tills is equivalent to twenty- three army corps, which is the â- strength of the German army. GONDEi\SED NEWS ITEMS BAI't'ENINGS PROM ALL OTEB THE GLOBE. Telegrt.p<ilo Orlcfa From Our Owa tad Other Couutriea of Decent Eveuta. CANADA. Parliament will probably meet on November 4. Prince Albert Masons will erect a sixty-thousand-dollar temple. Prosperity reported at all points along the route of the T. & N. O. Railway. Toronto's share of Toronto Rail- way earnings for July exceeded $2,- 000 per day. The Ontario Government has be- ^un the construction of roadways in New Ontario. Fire did damage to the extent of $30,000 to stores and houses in Lit- tle Britain, on Saturday- The Canadian Northern agree- ment with its maintenaiice-of-way men has been signed. William P. Roppel, aged fifteen years, was dragged by a runaway horse at Underwood and killed, tii Friday. The Oxford flour mills at Nor- wich and the Hocken Lumber Com- pany's mill near Parry Sound were burned on Thursday. The Ontario Government is can- celling the licenses of those holders who have three convictions record- ed against them- Immigration returns for June show an increase. The number coming from the United States is increasing very fast. The mail bag stolen from Brigh- ton station last June was picked up on a farm near the town on Fri- day. It was empty. The New Brunswick Board of Education decided to adopt mili- tary and physical training in the public schools and Provincial Uni- versity. The C. P. R. train crew which ran down the two nuns on the bridge at Bordeaux, Que., were exonerated from blame by the Cor- oner's jury. The Grand Trunk Pacific will build a line to Emerson, Man., and from there secure running rights over the Northern Pacific to the Twin Cities. A promenade collapsed at the St. Agathe, Quebec, regatta, on Sat- urday, and five hundr<>d people dropped through to a floating dock, fifty of them being thrown into the water. Fortunately no one was seriously hurt. GREAT BRITAIN. Fifty-one persons were killed by automobiles in Chicago in the last seven months. A Royal Commission has been ap- pointed to report on trade rela- tions between Canada and the Unit- ed States. The committee investigating the charges made by Lord Charles Ber- esford regarding the condition of the British defences has reported that the country is not in danger- Lord Rosebery has offered his magnificent scacoast villa near Naples to the British Government as a Summer residence for its Am- bassador at Rome. The Govern- ment, it is said, has accepted the gift, and the transfer will take place in a few days' time. UNITED STATES. Danger of a strike of street rail- waymen in Chicago has been avert- ed. A California professor is experi- menting with a machine which flies like an eagle. Poultry fanciers claim that the day of the three-hundred-egg heu is close at hand. C. F. Willard made a cross-coun- try flight of twelve miles in his aero- plane on Long Island, on Friday. A convict at Middleton, N- Y., killed a man who had helped send him to prison many years ago. The court house at Washington, Ky., where "Uncle Tom" was sold was destroyed by lightning on Fri- day. Rafael Cascone was shot and fat- ally wounded in New York by an Italian boy whose brother Cascone had killed. The special tariff session of the fUnitod States Congress cost the nation between $800,000 and $900,- 000 Justice Mills, at White Plains, on Thursday, decided that Harry Thaw is still insane and not fit to be released from th« asylum. THE WORLD'S MARKEFS UEPOBTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Borne and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Aug. 17.â€" Flour â€" On- tario wheat 90 per cent, patents from old wheat, $4.50 to $4.75 in buyers' sacks outside for export, and $4.75 to $4.90 on track, To- ronto- Flour from new wheat, $4 Ui $4.10 outside. Manitoba tlour first patents, $0.10 to $6.20 on track, Toronto ; Bccond patents, $5.05 to $5.75, and strong bakers', $5. -10 to $5.50 on track, Toronto. Manitoba Whciitâ€" No. 1 North- ern, $1.19, Georgian Bay ports; No. 2 at $1.16]^, and No. 3 at $l.io- Ontario Wheatâ€" New No. 2, 97 to 98c, outside points. Barleyâ€" Old No. 3 extra, CI to 62c outside. Oatsâ€" No. 2 Ontario white. 50 to 51c on track, Toronto, and 47 to '!7)'^c outside. No. 2 Western Can- ad, i oats, 45c, and No. 3, 44c, Bay ports. Peas â€" Prices nominal. Buckwheat â€" Prices nominal. Cornâ€" No. 2 American yellow 77c on track, Toronto. Branâ€" $19.50 to $20 for Ontario bran outside in bulk. Manitoba, $22 in sacks, Toronto freights; shorts, $24, Toronto freights. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Beansâ€" Prime, $2.20 to $2.23, and hand-picked, $2.40 to $2.45 per bushel. Hayâ€" No. 1 timothy, $13 to $14 a ton on track here, and lower grades $9 to $10.50. Strawâ€" $7.50 to $8 on track. Potatoes â€" United States now, 62. 75 to $3 per barrel ; new Cana- dian, 75 to 90c per bushel. Poultry â€" Chickens, yearlings, dressed, 13 to 15c per pound ; fowl, 10 to lie; turkeys, 14 to 16c per pound. GENERAL. The Swedish strikers are return- ing to work. The Riff tribesmen in Morocco are seeking to make peace with Spain. Three passengers in a balloon have succee<Jed in making the trip across the Alpa Forty-two aeroplanes will take part in the great competition at Rheims this month. China has yielded to the demands of Japan witn reference to the An- tung-Mukden railroad. The youthful Shah of Persia weeps incessantly, crying to be al- lowed to join his fa^er. All the vo.'isels of the Spanish navy have been ordered to oonc«n- trste at Melilia, Morocco, THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€" Pound prints, 19 to 20c; tubs and large rolls, 18 to 19c ; in- ferior, 15 to 10c ; creamery, 23 to 23ViC, and separator, 19 to 20c per pound. Eggsâ€" Case lots, 21% to 22c per dozen. Cheeseâ€" 12c for large, and 12%c for twins. HOG PRODUCTS. Baconâ€" Long clear, 13% to 14c per pound in case lots ; mess pork, $23.50; short cut, $25.50 to $26. Hamsâ€" Light to medium, 15% to 16c; do., heavy, 14 to 14%c; rolls, 13 to 13%c; shoulders, 12% to 13c; backs, 18 to 18%c; breakfast ba- con, 16% to 17c. Lardâ€" Tierces, 14%o; tubs, 14%c; pails, 15c. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Aug. 17- â€" Oats â€" No- 2 Canadian Western, 48% to 49c; No. 1 extra feed, 48 to 48%c ; No. 1 feed, 47% to 48% c ; No. 3 Canadi- an Western, 47 to 47%o. Barleyâ€" No- 2, 71 to 72c ; Manitoba feed barley, 66 to 67c ; buckwheat, 69% to 70c. Flour â€" Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $6.30; do., seconds, $5.80 ; Winter wheat pat- ents, $6.50; Manitoba strong bak- ers, $560; straight rollers, $6.26 to $6.35; do., in bags, $2-90 to $3; extras, in bags, $2.70 to $2.80. Feed â€" Manitoba bran, $22; do., shorts, $24 ; pure grain mouille, $33 to $35; mixed mouille, $28 to $30. Cheese â€" Western, 11% to ll%c; easterns at 11% to ll%o. Butterâ€" Finest creamery, 21% to 21%c. Eggsâ€" Selected 24c; No. 1 candled, 20c. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis, Aug. 17.â€" Wheatr- Sept., 96'i to 98%c; Dec., 95% to 95%c ; May, 99% to 99%c ; cash. No. 1 hard, $1.36; No. 1 Northern, $1.- 35; No. 2 Northern, $1.33; No. 3 Northern, $1.28 to $1.30. Bran â€" In 100-Ib. sacks, $20.50. Flour â€" First patents, $5.90 to $610; sec- ond patents, $5.80 to $6 ; first clears i'4.95 to $5.25; second clears, $3.- 35 to $3.66. Chicago, Ang 17.â€" Cash wheat- No. 2 red, 1.00% to $1.02%; No. 3 red, 89c to $1.003'o; No. 2 hard, $1.00% to $104; No. 3 hard, 80c to $1.02. Cornâ€" No. 2, 67% to 68c; No. 2 white, 71 to 71 %c; No. 2 yel- low, 68% to 690 ; No. 3, 67c ; No. 3 white, 7l%o; No. 3 yellow, 68% to 69c; No. 4, 65 to 66c. Oatsâ€" No. 3 white, 36% to 37%c ; standard, 37% to 37%o. LIVE STOCK MARKET. Montreal, Aug. 17â€" Prime beeves sold at 6%c per lb. ; pretty good animals, 4 to 6o ; common stock, 2% to 3%o per lb. There were sev- eral superior milch cows on the market, for which from $65 to $60 was asked ; the other oows sold at $25 to $50 each. One buyer nought eight good calves at $9 each ; oom- mon calves sold at $8 to $6 each. Shippers are paying 4c per lb. lor good large sheep : the ctoers sell at 3% to 3%a per Id. Lambs sell *t 6 to 6%c per lb. Good lots of fat hogs sold at about 6%c per lb. Toronto, ^uf. If. â€" Extra choice :?=a GOU FOUlffllYA SCOTIA Strike of Very Rich Quartz Reported From Halifax County. A despatch from Halifax, N. S., says : The report of another rich strike of gold in the eastern part of Halifax county reached the city on Tuesday. The strike has been made at Meagher's Grant, near Musquodobolt. For some time it has been known to certain parties that a rich body of arsenic was situ- ated near Meagher's Grant. About three weeks ago Otis Mills of Mea- gher's Gr.mt, Captain Richard Williams and Ernest Hill of Dart- mouth took up a number of claims and started working for arsenic. well finished butchers' steers and heifers sold at $5.60 per cwt., whilst $5.30 and $5.40 were easily obtain- c<i for ordinary good loads. Ex- porters' $6 to $025 per cwt. Young lambs were 50 to 75c higher than last week. Sheep and calves also hardened. Hogs, $7.65 f.o.b., and $7.90, fed and watered. SAVES SISTER'S LIFE. EIcTcn-Year-Old Girl Pliickily Plunges Into River. A despatch from Morrisburg says : While some little girls were bath- ing in the St. Lawrence River, near Point Iroquois, Beryl Pelton, daughter of the editor of The St. Lawrence News, etepped into a deep hole, with a treacherous un- dercurrent. She was swept off her feet in a moment and was being carrie<i out into the main current when her young sister. Norma, 11 years of age, standing on the bank, without a moment's hesitation, rushed into the river with her clothes and shoes on, and, wading out nearly to her neck, succeeded in reaching her older sister and with difficulty pulled her into shal- low water, thus saving her life. SILLED IN GRAVEL PIT. Two niintsvlllc Laborers Meet With Sudden Death. A despatch from Huntsvillo says : Caught under a mass of falling gravel in the pit in which they were working, James Hughes and John Boswick met death sometime on Friday afternoon. When they had not returned to town by seven o'clock on Friday night, a search party, fearing an accident, was or- ganized and hurried to the pit, two miles distant. Beswick was found under nine inches of gravel and Hughes under about fifteen inches. The mass had fallen several feet and the men would not know wliat struck them. Hughes leaves a widow and three children. NINE PERSONS ARE INJURED. Runaway North Vancouver Car Fell Into Inlet. A despatch from Vancouver, B. C, says: Nine people were more or less painfully injured on Thursday afternoon, at 4 o'clock, when a Nor|th Vancouver street car ran away, owing to the brakes failing to work, and fell into the inlet. The niotorman, Kelly, jumped at Frst Street, and injured his skull, but Conductor Jones stuck to his post, because he said he was afraid the women and children would try and clamber out into the water. His nose was broken. Mr. Arnold Kea- ly is among the injured. The pas- sengers were rather panicky, but several showed great pluck. HORSE JUMPED INTO TRAIN. Got Between Tender and Baggage Car and Was Killed. A despatch from Montreal says : The Boston &, Maine express, which left Sherbrooke on Tuesday night, met with a peculiar mishap at Eu- stis. When going at a fair speed a loose horse on the road jumped be- tween the tender and the baggage car, with the result that two cars were derailed and the horse instant- ly killed. No one on the train was ir.jnred. .(I good deal of this quartz was struck and an assay was made which showed $12 per ton arsenic and $8 per ton gold. Men were engaged to work the claim, and it was not until Tuesday that any startling discovery was made. Then a vein cf quartz was uncovered which proved to be not only rich in ai^ senic, but also to have a far larger percentage of gold. It is state<» that mining men who have seen the samples of the ore pronounce i* to be the best they have ever seen. T. N. O. PROFITS. Net Earnings in June, $77,475; F«r Six .Months, $377,529. A despatch from Toronto says I Temiskaming and Northern On- tario Railway earnings continue to mount upward. The report for June shows a remarkably good state of affairs. The gross revenue from operation for the month was $131,850. The expenses were $73,- 048, leaving a net revenue from operation of $58,202. The amount received from ore royalties was $19,273, making the total net re- ceipts $77,475, as compared with $30,573 for June, 1908. For six months ended June 30, the net rev- enue from operation was $309,174 and from ore royalties $68,355, making a total of $377,529, compar- ed with .$55,103 for the same period last year. "This return," said Hon. A. J. Matheson, provincial secretary, on Friday, "is most gra- tifying both to the government and to the commission. I am in hopes that we will have enough surplas revenue to pay the amount required for interest and sinking fund oa the whole cost of the road." CROPS DEV.VSTATED. One of the Worst Storms in Years on Bay of Fundy. A despatch from .Annapolis, N. S., says: One of the fiercest galei that has visited the Bay of Fundjr coast this year, raged here for sev- eral hours on Wednesday morning and the damage is reported heavy. Grain and corn crops have in many localities been totally ruined, while other crops have suffered to a les- ser extent. Hay that had been out and cocked was blown broadcast over the surrounding country. Many of the orcliards are reported to have been compUtely raked by the gale. Reports arrived from the Bay shore describe the damage done to fishing tackle as heavy. BIG GROWTR IN GR.UN. Some Striking Samples Proa Northern Ontario. A despatch from Toronto says: Mr. J. Q. Campbell, Crown Lands agent at Coch- rane, on the T. & N. O. Railway, has forwarded to the Provincial De- partment of .\griculturo some splen* did samples of grains grown ia Lamarche township. The speci- mens give some idea of the agri- cultural possibilities of the north- ern district now being opened up. The hay is 61% inches the oats 50%, and the inches. opened up, I in heignti wheat 4SH HILLED IN A FIRE. FiTO Persons Lost Thoir Lives «l Hancock, Michigan. A despatch from Detroit, saysl A special to the News from Hai)> cock, Mich., says five persons loii their lives there early on Thurfc day, when the residence of Edwari Dionne was burned. They arai Mrs. Dionne, Edward Dionne, Jr., aged 8; Lee Dionne, an infant; a ten-year-old girl named Racing and a fifth person whose name hat not been learned. CHy S LIFE SAVE D BY DOG The Sagacious Collie Gave an Alarm While Chained Up. A despatch from London, Ont.. says: Catherine Brash, aged four teen months, whose parents live at the corner of Victoria and Colborne streets, was, on Tuesday evening, saved from drowning through the alarm given by a ooUie that was chained nearby. The baby girl, in creeping around, fell into a rain- barrel partially sunk in the ground. Mrs. Brash heard the dog bark, and at flr«t paid no attention. Then the oollie, tugging at its chain, started to whine and bark more loudly than over, and the mother, lookine ibout, discovered the child's ten protuding from the water barrel. The little one was at once puUea out and a doctor brought. Th* baby was then unconscious and black in the face ; but after an hour she began to revive and no serious results are expected, unless un- foreseen complicatitins develop. When the child was rescued th^ dog's demonstrations of joy were as st renuous as had been the alarm that he had so faithfully given.