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HAIL STORM IN MANITOBA Many Wheat Fields Were Levelled, Making Them Worthless For This Year A despatch from Winnipeg says : 'A heavy storm, which swept over the central southern belt of Mani- toba on Saturday afternoon and veiling, has done exoessiva dam- age among many farms in that area. The storm appears to have originated at some point just weat of Brandon, and to have swept right across the Province in a outh-easterly direction, doing the gr-viti.-t damage in the neighbor- koxl of Austin and Sidney, and farther to the south in the vicinity of Manitou and Morden. At this latter point a strip of about two Biles wide and twenty miles long wa swept by a violent hailstorm, which levelled crops and made many of the fir-Ids practically worth- less, from the farmers' point of Tiow, for the present year. At Kil- karney, Boisnevain and Souris there was no storm on Saturday, and the rain of Friday was the lat- et complaint in those parts. At Portage there was he*vy rain, but no hail. At Morris there* was much damage done by hail, but at Emer- son rain was heavy, but no hail was experienced. In Qlenboro' district the wind wan heavy enough to overturn buildings, and the hail flattened out crops in a narrow strip, causing damage which cannot be estimated until it is seen whether the crop will revive. The damage in Mor- den district, which was hardest hit, is conservatively estimated at $100,000. Many buildings were wrecked. At Virden the hail wae heavy, and did great damage. Near Manitou a strip five miles long by three wide was practically hailed out, although some farmers report they are still hopeful that the flat- tened wheat will pick up and ripen yt. In Brandon district the dam- age was not very great, hail falling only in spots, but where it did ap- pear it out the crop to piece*. In Brandon city the hail stripped the leavea from the. trees like a knife and destroyed garden stuff, but a mile out of town there was little if any trace of hail at all. PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS PORTS FROM THI LEADING TRADl CENTRES OP AMERICA. or Cattlt, Grain, ChM and Otntr Produce at Hm and Abroad. BREADSTU1T8. Toronto. Aug. 6. Flour Wlmtr wheat 10 pr ent. patents, W.5. at seaboard. >nd at li.90 for liome consumption. Mm- Ituha lours 'tlicM quotation* are for jut* baf. in cotton bats lOo more) First pa- teals, $5.70: second patents. 1520: and trout bakers'. SS on track. Toronto. Manitoba Wheat-No. 1 North*, $1.- 111-2, Bay ports; No. 2 at 11.08: and No. I at 11.04, Day ports. Onturle Wlirnt-No. 1 white, red and nfi~d, 99o to tl. outside. Peas Nominal. Oats-Car lots of No. 2 Ontario 431-to, nd No. 3 at 421-Zc. onUlde; No. 1 quot- ed at 46c, trnck. Toronto. No. 1 extra W. C. feed. 44c. Bay port*, and No. 1 at 43c, Bay ixirts. Barley Nominal. Corn No. 2 American yellow. 77o, on tra'-k. B*r ports, and ai 82c, Toronto! Bo. 3, sir, Toronto, and 7te. Bay porti. Bye- Nemlnal. Buckwheat- Nominal. Bran-Uanltoba bran. S22 to IU, In Toronto freight. Bhorti, SZ4 to COTTNTttY PRODTJOB. Bntt*r-Dairy. choloe, 23 to 25oi bakers'. Inferior. 20 to 21r; creamery, 27 to 2So lor rolli, and 2&c for tolldt. (( Caie loti of nw-lald, 25o p*r doi.: fr<-i-h. 22 to 2V Ch-(*- New rliitcae, 141-4 to 141-Zo for larvo. and 141-2 to 143-4c for twlni. Beam Hand-picked. 13 per bushel) rim. 1285 to 12.90. Hnn*7--EitracU.-d, In tins, 11 1 J to 12 l-2e Cr Ib. far No. 1, wholeialai ouuibn, I2.ZS SIM. whnleial*. Fltry Wholesale prloo* of obolr* Srrrttt poultry: rhirkrnt. It to ITo p*r Ib fwl. 13 to '; iluckllnB*. II to ITo. MT* poultry, about 2o lower than the Above. Po:atoes--Nw. f].M lo barrela. PROVTBIONi. Baoon Lonit clear 14 to 14 l-2o per Ib.. In can* lot* Pork Short cut. $2490 to do., met). (20 to 121. Ilmnn Medium llVht, 171-2 to lie; henry, 161-2 to 17oi ill*. 13 to . ireakfavt bacon, 18 to li baoki, 20 <v '.< MUVI RA- MARKKTfl. Montreal, Aug. 6. Oats Canadian West- ern. No. 2, 451-2r: do., No. J, 441-2i do., ctra No. 1 fned, 4', 1 2<- Biirlry Man. feed. 64 t* (Ar: do., malting. $1.03 to SI 07 Buckwhi-aT No. 2. 75 to 76o. Plonr- Mau. BprlDg wheat patent*, firsts. $MIO: <*., seconds. $5.30; do., strogr hikers', 3.10; do. Winter patents, rnfilrp, $1.23; 4o , straight rollers. $4.85 to $4.40: do.. ba. $226 to $2.30. Rolled Oatx Ilarrnls. IS AS: do. barn, W ll>.. $2.40. Itrnn *22. Short. SM Middlings S27 MoullHe $30 to &S4. Hay No. 2. per ton. rar lots. $16 to $17. Chfi-w FinCMt w"..iTiis. 13 M to MB] 'In., naxttrns. 121-2 to 12 3-4r. Kilt- t*r fh-ilrrnt rrr-Rinory, 261-2 to M3-4ci to. sneonris, 26 to 261-4R. Kggs HHrcitnrt, 312 to 261-2c; do.. No 2 stork, 16 to 16c. Potatoes Per bag, rar lotl, $1.M. UNITED HTATEH VARKF.Tfl. Minneapolis. Ang i. Wheat .Tnly, 1.071-4; Sept. 937-8 to Mo; Ttoo.. 94f,.8o; May. 'HIV. (losing rash No. 1 hard, Iffl: No. 1 Northern. It 08 to $1081-2| No. k Northern, $1 06 to $1.MM. No. 1 yel- sr corn, 751-2 to 76r. No. J white oats, : No. 2 ryi-. Me. Bran, $19 to $20 Klonr first patents, $6.10 to $5.45; second uat- tnte. $4.89 to $6.10; flrot clears. $3.60 to J.85; neennd clears. $250 to 82.80. Dnluth. AUK 6. Wheat- No. 1 hard, 1 r7H. No. 1 Northern. $1037-8; No. t orthern, $1007-8 to $1017-8; July, 11.06 .1 sited : Repl* Hl-So asked; Deo., aoiatnal. 957-Bc LIYB STOCK MAHKET8. Montreal. Aug. $. A few oboioe steers sold at $7.23 to $7.30. Choice cows sold at $5.58. and th* lower grudt-s sold at from $3.50 to $5.M per owt. Conmon bulls sold at $3.00 to $3.50 per owt. Bheep sold at $3.76 to $4.00. and lambs at $7 per owt. while oalres brought from S3 to $10 each The t*ne of the market for hogs was Ursa, with sales of selected lots at $9.25 and mixed lots. Including ows and stags brought $3.25 to $8.50 per cwt.. weigliod off car. "WHITEY" LEWIS ARRESTED. One of the Four Gunmrn Charged With Killing Roscnthal. A despatch from New Yo*k eaya : "Whitey" Lewis, one of tho four gunmen charged with killing Her- man Roscnthal in front of the Ho- tel Mtropole early in the morning of July 10, was arrested on Thurs- day night in FleiRchmanns, Dela- ware county, this State, just as he WM about to get on a train. His arrest put in the hands of the po- lice two of tho gunmen whom "Bil- liard Ball" Jack Rose and "Brid- gey" Webber say they hired at tho instigation of Lieut. Charle A. Becker to murder Ro&enthal. The other is "Dago Frank" Cierosici, who was captured several days ago. "Lefty Louie" and "Gyp the Blood," aa Harry Horowit* is known, are still in hiding. SQUADRON OF WARSHIPS. Gfrmany'n Reply to Spceche*. ol Winston Churchill. A despatch from London says : Th Express prints a rumor that the Krupps hav* for months punt been making guns and munitions for a new German squadron of nine battleships, for which tho armor plates have been ordered in F.ng- land. It is understood that th* squadron, which may be completed in a year, i Germany's reply to Winston Churchill's speeches at the time he took the portfolio of First Lord of the Admiralty. It may be noted that the Express is consis- tently and in an alarming manner anti-German. A DOCTOR'S CANCER CURE. Physician Product* 44 Patients Cured >Yilh<>nt Operntlon. A despatch from Berlin, OPT rnnny, says : Dr. Adolf ZolW has pri'sciitcd before a conference of phyniclana forty-four patients, whom he doclarod he had entirely ourod of <-Ancer without an <ip<>ra tion. Ten of tho original fifty-, neven arc still under treatment, and ! only thrcn have died. The method of troatment has not yet been di- vulged. MAKING SAFE INVESTMENTS PROVIDING! A SINKING PUNO TO OFF SIT DEPRECIATION. The Way th* Exioutors of On* Estate ar* Taking no Chanc** with an Inherltanc* --When Holding Industrial Common Stocks a Sinking Fund li 9 valuabl* Ad- junct -Particularly so If Company Is Engaged In Mining. Th* articles oontr'hnted by "Investor" are for the sol* porpos* of guiding pros- pective Investors, and. if possible, of sav- ing them fron losing money through placing it ID "wild-cat" enterprises. Ths Impar' .il aad reliable character of tk* Information mar he relied upon. The writer of these articles and the publisher of this paper bar* no interests to servs In connection with tkls matter other than those of th* reader. (By "Investor. 1 *) In a paper recently It was announced that the executors of a Canadian estate had decided that large holdings of a oer tain industrial stock would have to be sold because tke beneficiary of the estate persisted in treating the entire dividend from tke stock as income. The executors contended that as the stock was that of an industrial company the owner should set aside ai a sinkiuc fund part of the annual return on ta* stock. Theoretically tke executors were entire- ly correct in their attitude. Practically it would depeni a great deal n the na- ture of the business in which the com- pany was engaged. Ai a rule, however, tkelr proposed action was adairable. In- dustrial companies depend for tkelr suc- cess OB a great many things which can b* altered by politic*, mature, finance and the whim of tk* populace. By politics through tariffs and taxes; If the tariff on tke products of certaia of our Industrial companies was lowered or wiped out the shareholders would nnd their securities worth but little. The bondholders would alone use up most of the profits. Nature could affect industrial companies In many wayi. Pulp and timber companies by fire oould conceivably be wiped out. Floods might destroy mills, though tais poBBibly Is scarcely applicable to any but the smal- lest single plant Industries. Finance oould affeot aa iaduntrial company through Its bankers and through the mar- ket for It* securities, aid finally, on the whim of the people many Industrial com- paiies depend far their bngineas. l'i'- ent breakfast foods are examplss of public whims. Few of thes* retain their popu- larity for more thun a few months or years. When one owns an industrial common stock, or even the preferred of some of the companies engaged in a precarious business I hav* in mind Amalgamated Asbestos, which, of course, went up be- fore even a large sinking fund oould save the shareholdersit 1* always well not to treat the whole amount of the divi- dends aa Income. Part should always be treated a* capital and put by In a sort of sinking fund to reinvest as it grows large enough in this way if the holding Is large, two per cent, of each live receiv- ed la dividends should ke saved. Thug, from a ten per cent, dividend six per cent, could b* spent and four per cent, put by to be treated as capital. If after ten or twelvs years the company was still "in the ring" the sinking fund would have amounted to sufflcumt to offset a very substantial depreciation in value and would, through reinvesting the income from the sinking fund, amount to the par value of the investment In a few years more. Of course, where the sum In- vested Ig small It is scarcely worth while bothering about It in this way. It is wiser to sail the stock If on* cannot af- ford to take any ohanccs with one's capital. In th* rase ef mining stocks this Is, of course, the rnle. It I* figured out that the life of the average mine Is ten years. On* should, therefore, put by at least ten per cent, of the ooit of the mining stock every year, if the mine is a com paratlvely new on* and a greater pre- cantlosi If th* mine I* older, alway* pro- vided It pay* sufficient dividends. Of eourno, anyone who buys nou-divldend paying mining stock* is a gambler and won't be Interested In this sort of thing Rut If you most buy mining stocks buy thos* paying dividends, and figure that tn years will exhaust the supply of ore. If nt the end of ten years tho mine Is still working yon are so much to the good. If, alas, it ha* shut down you lose, as you probably will. GET ACQUAINTED WITH TOUR MK. II IIOIIS. If yoa are genteel In appearance and courteous In your manner, yon will t> wrlpomed In every koma In your locality. wb*n you ars showing samples of oar cu perlor toilet goods, household lereMltlet, end reliable remedies. The iatUfactl*i which our goods giv*. places th* UMTI nndet an obligation to yon. which wlni (or yon th* sam* respect, esteem, and In tlmau friendship given tke priest, pkysl clan, or pastor, and yon will make mere money from your spar* time than yon dream ef. besides a nest of friends. Tkls Is your opportunity for n pleasant. prontabl* and permanent business. Ad- dress, The Home Hupply Co., Dspt 20. Mr rill Building. Toronto. Out. Mr. Winston Churchill announc- ed his acceptance of tho invitation to Canada in connection with the naval question. TYPHOID FEVER EPIDEMIC Ottawa's Regular Hospital* Pilled and Emergency Ones Being Opened A dcHpatch from Ottawa says : Tho Ottawa typhoid qpidomic con- tin ties to grow. As tests of tho city Water have shown no contamination lor ten days or more, thes are ,)> wtiirli Hl'p'trentlv wero long In developing. Tho city hospitals are full and nn emergency hospital \iHt- rx-eti opened, hut seven dnathi have occurred to dale. A proposal is uow made that tho city defray the bofipitnl <*xpen*eg of the typhoid patients. In th meantime the civic authorities am unable to decide on course of action toward securing A pormanent supply of pure water. Dr. McCulloiigh's ultimatum call- Ing for a filtration plant on I rni.-'i < Island and a tunnel under ih river to the pumping station, ha* not been cte upon. The oity Accepted part of tho plan, but Dr. McCullough, baellrd up by his colleague* of tho Provincial Board of Health, holds out for speedy ac- tion on th* oomplot* proposal. Conferences hero and in Toronto have faile.d to relievo tho situation and now Mayor Honewell has gone to New York to look up an export. Ottawa, Aug. 1. About 00 more eases of typhoid fever have Ixx-n re- ported in tin- !.-i-. I 24 hours, the to- tal number registered at the City Hall now lieing 576. There are -IH case* at the Emergency Honpiliil. fly wards the fever patients arc. lo- cated as follows: I;.. I. 'in 23, Ottawa 47, By 37, St. George >'.'. Central 4ft, Wellington M.V DalhouHie 180, Capital fil, Victoria 10, from out- side, city 12. It is expected that by to-night the official list will oxc<vxi 000. Save Money and Increase its Earning Power WE have issued a Book- let describing the " PERIODICAL PAYMENT PLAN" for the purchase of stocks and bonds. This Booklet shows how you can create capital through a small monthly savings. It also shows how these savings ar prntoeted and how they are available for use at any time if required. Writ* to Investment Department. THE METRSPOLITAN SECURITIES AGENCY, LIMITED io St. JintiSI., .MONTH HA i III M.HinUlfi Mill. QUMBBC TORONIO CORRESPONDENCE INTERESTING BITS OP GOSSIP FROM THE QUEEN CITY. The World's Walking Champion Liberals In New Ontario-Yacht Race* The City's Many Parks. Cynical 'Titles of the Toronto etraet carp attach great significance to the fin- that the one lone world's championship To- ronto Bccurrd at the Olympic Games was that for walking. But that single cham- pionship wan very much worth while. Walking may not be considered much of a port or even an exercise, but It is vary much of both, as Qeorge Qoulding. world's champion, walks. From the mo- ment he strikes his pace every muncle in his body eecma to be in motion his hands, arras and body all seem to be helping his legb ulong. Not that he has the ungainly pump-handle jcrkinees which some walk- em think gives them speed, for hla mo- tions are every one graceful and he moves forward with a spoed that U Impressive, so impressive that It generally gets the nerve of any competitor. Oonlding'a style has been criticized, bnt the best authorities say It is a perfectly legiti- ate walk. He is probably the best the world has seen. And that's something for Toronto to be proud of. No wonder it gave him a warm welcome home. BOMB POLITICAL AMENITIES. The idea of a leader of the Opposition taking his whole party on a trip through New Ontario was a novel one, and Mr. Kowell has been receiving a good deal of non-partiaan praise for conceiving and carrying out his dog-day jaunt. To take 116 representative old Ontario citizens, even if they are vote-hunting, into New Ontario, cannot help but be good for both Old and New Ontario. The govern- ment, too, is getting credit for the spirit it showed in connection with the under- taking. A Temiskaming and Northarn Ontario Railway private car was placed at the ill I".-. d of Mr. Eowell. and gov- ernment officials at various points were instructed to look after the oomforU of the party. The growing interest In the hinterland Is farther evidenced by the Toronto Board of Trade's second expedition into It in force. YACHTING HAS FEW CONVERTS. With International yacht races at To- ronto and at Chicago, the ftrst week in AuguNt sees the climax in the season's intereat in yarhting. For some reason or other yachting does not increase in po- pularity here. There is doubtless much more money invested In pleasure boats in Toronto than ever before, but that is be- ca every onc in a while some million- 1 aire takes it into his head to spend (100.- ; 000 on u steam yacht, and expensive motor > boats also are Increasing in number. But in the old-faahtonod dinghys and other sailing craft where every man works for Ilia passage, there is not much advance. Posnlbly accidents have held popularity in check. An amateur in a sailboat is about as awkward and as dangerous a combination as one ever sees, and the occasional fatal upset that happens always resuJts in a lot of sailboats being put on the market, and makes a lot of other peo- ple decide to find sport some other way, iespit the many natural advantages of- fered by Toronto's bay. TORONTO SPREADS WESTWARD. Thor* are many people living who re- member when it was quite an expedition to visit the number river, which flows In- to Lake Ontario some five miles west of the foot of Tonge street. In the old days excursion boats ran from the harbor to the Ilumbrr mouth. That was long be- fore the "Baninh th Bar" era, and if the ashea of some of the Humber buildings recently destroyed by fire could talk, they could tell of many gay golngson, when the merry-makers from the then distant city arrived in force. Now we seem to b within reasonable distance of the time when the whole valley of the Hnraber from its month up to Lambton Hills, two miles north, will be taken iuto the city limits, and at the same time will come in the Intervening territory, which Includes the settlement at Swansea nnd Kunnymedc. Mr. Horn* Smith, one of the most far-seeing and en- ergetic of the younger ritiwns. has, with the bucking of a syndicate, bought up nearly all the property on both banks of tin- river. The high ground on the banks will make attractive rraiduntial sites, com- manding as it docg views of the beauti- ful Uumber Valley panorama, and of th* lake. A year ago he offered to prerant tho oity with the bed of the river and the low-lying ground beside it. He attached certain conditions which the oivio au- thorities balked at. but now the time teem* ripe for Toronto's next big annex- ation Bohem* to go through. When it does they say that th author of the idea will if.i a good chance of going into th* millionaire class. One of Mr. Home Smith's conditions wni that the city would conxtrurt and man- tain a driveway up the number Valley. Thin would connect with the sea-wall and boulevard, which some day. It li hoped, will decorate the city's waterfront from the Exhibition grounds westward, and would provide one of the longest and mom pic-turosque city driveways to be found anywhere In the world. Now, Acting Mayor Church has Improved on the plan with the suggestion that at th month of the Humbor a now city park should )> established. The site, he says, should i>< is large a> Queen's Park, which contains 17 n<roi. The location is excellent, and If the entire project Is worked out Toronto will have reason to be proud. TORONTO'S PARK SYSTEM. This Is the season when the city gets the full l-n. tit of Its breathing spares tin. ii Park, which is pmhubljr the best Known beenune of it accessibility and the locution there of tho Parliament build- ings. Is by no means the largest park in the city. That distinction falls to High 1'nrk In the west end with its JJ5 acres, chiefly In their tnto of natural beauty. This was the mnguittcont gift to Toronto of th* Into Mr. Howard, who lived on the property nnd wh!Mi quaint old resi- dence, with mominuint neur by, keeps green his memory. It li not altogether satisfactory to know that deocendants of the city's benefactor are not far removed from poverty; for tho property. If put on the market now, would yield a stupend- ous sum. High Park Is traversed by a network of ronilwitys, and has been spoiled for many cltliens In recent years by tho ad- vent of motor ears, which ninke the wind- ing paths a nlghtmnro to the mothers of Impetuous children. Then there Is Exhibition Pnrk. with its U4 acres, and (Vntr Isliuul Park with 811 aores. l{lvnlnl<< Park with Us .!. velepliig '"> hut* bcivime tho most Inter- esting (pot in the city for children. It hss 106 acres. Then there are litornlly ,1.1 . -r. of wmnller park urens. Alexander Pnrk on Hathurnt street, with IN seven acres, wns formerly the residence of flir Oasimlr Oyowskl, ami Is a delightful re- treat. The Allan Hardens at the corner of Hlwrhournn and Onrlton, with Its tt>. tnr of Robert Hiirni nnd plant houses. h i 10 ncres. 11. '!>,,. I Pnrk In the west mill, with :> acres, i< In itwlf a delightful bit of scenery. Tbo Orange, (loldwln Health's former residence, contributes 6 knres In the henrt of the city Then there are some 30 arres In the Koxedale ravines and a great number of other open spawn and gardens running from half an Here upwards Altogether, tho city has over l.MO acres of srk Inncl. On the witrnt luramor evening* they are well flllml, par- ticularly when the bnnd plays CHILDRHN MKE RIVKRDALB. The Rlverdnle Park '.'. Is the special delight of "nanny" Iininh, formerly an aUsrman. and now tho ultra strict, mem- Wr of Toronto's Board of License Coin- COOK FOR THE BLUE PACKACe 6E CAREFUL TO SEC THAT LABEL ON PACKAGE IS BLUE. NO OTHER COLOR EVER USED ON ROYAL YE AST REMEMBER THE COLOft BLUE EM/.CILLETTCQLTQ TORONTO - ONT. . 3HI vYMITCT Uj STRIKE BLOCKS TRAFFIC Immediate Relief Needed to Unload Vessels at C.N.R. Docks at Port Arthur A despatch from Port Arthur says : Immediate relief will have to be forthcoming in order to prevent a blockade of the traffic of coal aa a result of the strike at the Cana- dian Northern docks. The railway and wholesale dealers have orders placed for the winter supply, the majority of which in previous years had been carried west before the fall rush of wheat. Without men to unload their cargoes the steamers Wainwright, Sheldon Parks and Charles Hobbard, three of tho larg- est American type, are being held up. The Wainwright has about half its cargo unloaded and will have to remain until the strike is settled. The other two vessels will most likely have the destination^ of the cargoes changed to Fort William, Duluth or Superior. The militiamen have beer) with- drawn, as it is thought the city and C.N.R. police can look after the situation. Chief of Police Angus McLellan and the two Italian strikers are resting somewhat easier, according to advices from St. Joseph's Hospital. It is now thought that the foreigners as well as the chief will recover, although the improvement in their condition is exceptionally slow. missioners. By purchases, gifts and trades he has built up a collection that is already the children's delight. He ha an elephant, six lions, a tiger, leo- pards, polar bears, Canadian, Japanese, Russian and Syrian bears, kangaroos, wolves, monkeys, llamas, raccoons, deer, birds of various kinds, including eagles, storks, cranes, parrots, peafowl, wild fowl; also several alligators and a large number of reptiles. Needless to say. they constitute a never-failing source of Inter- est to the younger generation and to the grown ups too. Every afternoon and Sun- day Riverdale Is crowded with thousands of children and thuir guardians. SCORE OF FIREMEN HURT. Nearly $250,000 Damage by Fire at Montreal. A despatch from Montreal says : Fire which caused nearly a quarter of a million dollars' damage, and more or less serious injury to a score of firemen, broke out at the Montreal Abattoir Company's plant shortly after noon on Thurs- day. The building was a four-story structure, but owing to the intense heat, bad smoke, and a somewhat poor water supply, the firemen found it a difficult fire to fight. Over twenty firemen were overcome by smoke, and Fireman Martineau, who fell three stories, was taken to the hospital. The fire raored all af- ternoon, and ct 4 o'clock over twen- ty hsd been pulled out of the build- ing by comrades, overcome by the. ammonia fumes from tho cold- storage plant. BRITISH CONTRACTORS WIN. Awarded One of the Lnreest llritlpe Contracts In Rooont Years. A despatch from London says : The largest individual bridge con- tract placed in Great Britain since the building of th Forth Bridge has just been secured by British engineers in severe competition with Belgian, Oerman nnd Ameri- can structural firms. The contract comprises the whole- of tho steel work required for the new railway bridge> which will be built to carry tha Kastern Bengal State Railway over the Lower Gani;e<<. The bridge will consist of fifteen main npans, weighing 1,300 tons each, nnd will involve an expenditure of about 1.125,000. FIVE CENTS EACH. Experimenters Tse Them to Flsht Insects In Orchard. A despatch from Washington says: A man has boen found who not only wants bedbugs, but is will ing to pay five cent* each for them if they are delivered alive. (3. M. Zimmar, superintendent of tho United States Agricultural Kxperi- tnent Station at Vienna, Va., has hung out a sign reading: "Will pay five cents for each bedbug up to $R worth." Mr. Zitnmor com plains that he has been unable t buy all the bedbugs he desiren He puts them at work extorminat ing another insect whk-h is destroy ing an orchard on the Experimental Farm. SHOT DOWN IN COLD 111,001). Brakesman Dying While (iiinman Elndes 1'ollee. A despatch from Calgary, Alber ta, says: Brakesman Roy Tllsir is dying in Banff Hospital. A gun man who late Wednesday night shot htm as he stood in the doorway of a refrigerator car at Morley ia at large, and hn* o far eluded the posse of police and Indians that is= the foothill*. CUSTOMS RECEIPTS fiROW. July Returns Are the Largest Ever Collected. A despatch from Ottawa says : Evidence of the great prosper- ity of the Canadian people is found in the Customs receipts for the Dominion during the month of Jul*- which totalled $9,- 715,709. Not only is this the largest amount ever collected during any month, but the increase over the corresponding month last year, viz., 83, 01?. 223, is also a record one. With the rapidlv increasing returns the revenue of the Domin- ion from Customs alone will be over $100.000,000 this fiscal year, as the returns show that for the four months of the present fiscal year ending to-day $36,250.0:!S were col- lected, an increase over the corres- ponding four months last year of $10,322,000. PEACE CELEBRATION. United States Senate Favors the Project. A despatch from Washington says : The movement to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the treaty of Ghent was advanc<d on Wednesday by the Senate For- eign Relations Committee, which agreed to favorably report Senator Root's bill to authorize the Presi- dent to appoint a Peace Centennial Commission of seven to confer with Commissions of Great Britain and Canada, and report to Congress a plan for an appropriate celebra- tion. No salaries go with the jobs, but $100.000 would be appropriated for expenses. SUCCESSION DUTIES FALL. Reeeipts for July Better Than Half of Lnst Year. A despatch from Toronto says : Succession duties received by th Provincial Treasurer for the month of July amounted to $83, 152. For the same month last year the duties amounted to $151,332. So far this year the- succession duties are $200.000 behind last year's figures. For tho nine months of the fisr:il year ended July 31, $t>21,20ti wae collected through this department, while last year's figures amounted to $8-17,251 for the same period. 7% Cumulative Preferred Stock AMES-HOLDEN McGREADY LIMITED (Carrying a Bonus of 40 * Common Stook). Price and full particulars will be gladly forwarded on request. CANADA SECURITIES CORPORATION LTD. Montr**!. T*roate, I*n4*n, Int.