~~ en : S4fintien, YEAR 18 -NO. 185 ESSELS WAIT in Montreal Harbor To Be Unloaded. ELEVATORS ARE FULL AND CONGESTION FOLLOWS AS A BESULT. Some of the Steamers That Are Held | Up--=Claimed That Bhippers are Using the Grain Elevators as arehouses. Montreal, Aug. 10.- There are fifteen grain vessels in the harbor waiting to dincharge their cargoes into the ele vators, bul there is little prospect of their getting away for wu few days i. The harbor cominissioners' Sh ton ~du--filed--and the snus. ure _sinahle' handle the immense quantities Pram are being brought to this port. (Of the fifteen vessels 'waiting to gnload only one, the Davidson, waa finished, yesterday. This craft had been wait. ing in the harbor fop her turn since Satarday. Many stggestions have been offered for the clearing of the situation, but as Jong as the grain continues to pour nto Montreal, while there are not sufficient facilities to handle it, the boats will be tied up. The harbor commissioners' elevator has one million bushels stored theye, while the Grand Trunk elevator has about the same amount. Some of the vessels in port are the Carlton, Gaskin, Hector, Haddington, Condor, Montreal, Hilda, Huron, Mus koka, Dorchester, Prince Rupert, Dun hin, and Edmonton. Besides these there are'a nomber of small barges also laden with grain, while more ves sels arrive during the afternoon and evening. A prominent grain merchant while discussing the situation claimed ~that the only way to clear the present congested condition of the grain busi pews would be to got tramp vessels to come to this port. At the present time there iv un special insurance tax on all the tramp vessels who wish to tome ap the St. Lawrence and for this reason, they trade elsewhere, On the other hand the harbor com missioners claim that the shippers ure sending their grain cargoes bere regardless of any consideration, and wre owing the grain elevator a warehouse, They admit that they need greater storage papacily, hat growth of the Ai of late great an that of the as far the has of port THIEVES MAKE OFF WITH CITY'S HOUSE, Frame Dwelling, Belonging to Cleve. land, Di rs and Sleuths Get Busy. Cleveland, Xag.%10.~Some one stole and carried away a two-storey frame house belonging to the city. The build ing stood on the West Thirty-eighth street playgrounds. The discovery was made yesterday, by Assistant Park Superintendent Starkey, that the thief or thieves ha left a hole in the ground above which the dwelling Frond The foundations, too, were not molested. police are trying to learn. who to he building. 3 Several wovka ago the city. bought several lots and a frame dwelling in West Thiriy-eighth treet, near Fulton Road, The building was in good condition and the city officials decided to let the building stand as a storage place for the playground, equipment PERSIA IN BAD SHAPE. Threatened With Bankruptcy, Says Mr. Shuster. Teheran, Aug. 10.--W, Morgan Shus ter, the American treasurer-general, states that unless the treasury gendar- merle is organized quickly Persia will be bankrupt. He requested the services of Stokes, he says, because he was the only maw available knowing the lan guage of the country. , The. ex-shah. is now at Barfush, 'and his plan Wems to be to join Salar Ed- Dowleh ut the capital and march on Kusvin, © ninety miles northwest of Teheran. The ex-shah's second . force is marching from Shaheud, 200 miles northeast of here, snd the rumored battle near Damghan had been ex pected 37 fi REBUFF FOR AUSTRALIA. w ---- , Aug. 10, reg t has doclin- + { mitted, otlay, | ewe 'RCH MAY BAR ASTOR WEDDING. | Question of Re marriage of Divorced | : Millionaire Now Agitating Social Clrcles. New York, Aug. 10.-Whether the great wealth and social position of | | Col. John Jacob Astor will be poteist {enough to secure the permission of the | | Episcopal church for Lis re-mardag | han agitated social ciceles here they have never been { attitude of the church, as the element {opposing the marriage, | Rev. Dr. George Chalmers Richmond, | pastor of St. {in Philadelphia, insist that they will | { place every church dignitary who sane tions the wedding, on public. record. Bishop Sufiragan Charles 8. Burch, {of the Episco pul diocese of New York, | | who in conservative in all things, ad! that the question of' | snmetionjng Fol. Astor's wedding was moments. He also threty some light | | om the" church rogulations, insisting that unless Astor ean ¢onvinee the church council that be was the inno cent parly to the divarves asetion, his marriage can hardly be sanctioned he action was prcgecuied: by Mrs. Astor; was not upposed by Astor, am the decrew forbids Astor to remarry in this state, while r to Mrs Astor, Infidelity ground for divorce in New York "The 'm of the bishops ministers of the Episcopal church unalterably opposed to div sons re-marryiug at all, laws of the church do not absolutely | prohibit such marriages,' explaine ocd | Bishop Burch. "Put the church laws| are most strict jin what riages shall be Sanctioned " in the only and Hre | oroed per although the orty saving COPIES FROM THE LEMIEUX LABOR LAW Arbitration Bill in British Commons. Aung. 10m behali. of the labor party, William Crooks, will, next Tuesday, introduce in the House of Commons, a bill providing for the es tablishment of industrial arbitration courts on Canadian lines. Mr. Crooks states that his measure follows the Canadian legislation elose- ly. He expressed himself as pleased with the Canadian aet, ax everyone concerned must show his hand, PREPARES HIS GRAVE; WILL DIE IN 25 DAYS, London, Has Grave Lined With Cement and Wants to be Buried Without a Coffin. Bristol, Tean., Aug. W.--"T will in twenty-five days," is declaration, made, today, Vesti, a soldier of the residing at Meadow View, ington county, 'Va. This iwas made during the digging of grave, several days ago. He bas had the opening bined up with cement and | his request is that he be buried with? ont 4 collin, the bare grave being his liking. The grave was made side that of Vesti's fiest wife. Vesti takes the view that fate has | decreed his death, and according to his prethonition, he is to die on the third day of Septembur, although he is apparently in his usual health. He is sixty-eight years old. die | hy John Confegler acy, in Wash- declaration be: MEMBERS COATLESS IN BRITISH COMMONS it Was Intensely | Hot-- Wigs and "Gowns Discarded in Law Court. 10. Lowdon, "Aug. "Shirt-sleeved" first time in the House of Commons, yesterday afternoon. The heat intense, ninety-five degrees in shade and 131 in the sun, During the sitting of the house in| committee, a member guddenly thraw' off his t and declared that = he wounkl not pat it on again even if oh ootign was made. His , rolleagues were momentarily appalled at the ins novation, but soon many were sitting in their shirt-aleeves. In the law wourts, wigs and gowns = were general Iv disearded. the i Lord Roberts' Reasons, Lord Roberts, in jh giving his reasons for voting ngainst the veto bill, says: "What the consequences may be is not tat issue, but 1am pres par es that in politics, as in war, the path of duty is also the path of safety. An outpost suddenly wi- tacked by an overwhelming force may not be ably to save itself from caps ture by resisting, but if it does its duty and resists to the utmost it ma give the main body a warning and a tunity to rally, and the position Yon the encmy has rushed may soon a HA swrrendecs without firing a hot, the rest of the foros will in all may not Dow be. abie to velit the parliament hill being. the revolution which as | stirred belore. | On this decision may hinge the future | headed by | John's Episcopal church | granting that right] mars} {will W. Crooks, M.P., Introducing a {Lord Deshorough, i pie Alberta, families. {Thibet, I thiree land eight great grand-children the startling ! his | to | statesmen made an appearance for the | was | od, but it puny phen the nation fo! the real natures of LATEST TONGS. i THE THE WORLD'S EPISODES GIVEN SIBLE FORM. Matters That Interest Notes From Al Everybody -- Over--Little of Everybody Easily Read and Re- | membered. Jorden will open his Quebec paign, at Montreal, on August 20th. Dr, W. Robertson has |Copunhagen, and is making Hour of ¥ ral Denmark, Bishop Perrin, of Columbia, been appoioted first sallvagnn bishop | of Willie len diocose, London, The United States Lcoiilbee decided to ily to the house vile revision bil. Captain H thoes allicinMy deputy en I "Rey } sennte Leport cotton advers has' assistant | to succeed | | B' apg f postmaster g Laschin@er. A. L. Lee, iMuskoks, of puedmonia, fine years He i Methodist. minister i At Trnity | ehurch, (Htawa, Rev. | {George Setntlebury, Vankleek Hill, | succeed Rev. (. B., Cldrke, who! goes to British Columbia. ! i Britain's tenth Dreadnought, the ! (Colossus, has been commissioned for | She carries twelve inch breech arma Verret, snted eneral Ottawa, as { died" in! aged fifty well known | Simeoe, was a ! fry "woe loading gups and anti-torpeda |e Fhe ike of Sutherland, hesompan, ied by Lord Charles Beresford nd | sailed on the Oly from England, en route to Brook n William = Perce Frye, senior U States senator from Maine, died ° day at the home of his daughter, Mre Helen White, Lewiston, Me. Althouih he had been ill for np long time, death came suddenly. i One of Cornwall's most teemed citizens, Miss Caroline i daughter of the late Judge Jarvisi has passed away at the advanced age of sevenby-cicht years. The decensed was a member of one of Cornwall's oldest od | highly es- Jarvis, The family of Mr. and Mr. Marcisse Tilbury Centre, met for the first time in forty-two vears at the old Tilbury homestead. Eight sons, and | daughters, eizhty grandchildren ! made | up the party. A silver loving was prekénted to Mayor New York, who was shot a year ago 'bv James Gallagher. Mayors of 100 gities sent ASengalulations, cup five feet high Gaynor, of FOUNE LOVE BIRDS { DOING A CAKE WALK! All Through the Dance They Whistle | and Utter Weird Sounds, Chicago, Aug. 10.- Charles A. Cor- win, of the Fiehd Museum of Natural { History, has returned to Chicago from {a trip to the Laysan Island, in the middle of the Pacific ocean, which it jis said has been descited by every liv- ing creature, execpt the sea birds. 'It has been established that the Hisland iv wphabited. by at least 8,000, {000 birds, the 'of 'which consist tof two speciss of albatross," said Mr jC orwin, vesterday. "There | were Lmany birds on the ground nesting, thst we hal to crowd owr way {through to avoid stepping on them. "The island js one two miles long {and a mile Ag In the centre of it Lis adagoon of about 200 acres. rocks that shelve in this lagoon are! thickly populated with a species of love bird. "We ean fully verify the stories that jthese strange birds have a peculiar jdance, which - resembles the darky feake walk. They elap their bills to-| [gether and waddle about with high | ietepping antics, ducking their heads | first under one wing them under the! other. All through the dance they! whistle and utter weird sounds." ¥ most : | DIES. PENNILESS, THOUGH HE SAVED SAGE. Laidlaw, Msimed by Bomb Hwrled at Financier, Expires at Home for Incarables, New York, Aug. 10.-Willism R. Laidlaw, who twenty years ago was | maimed by a bomb thrown at Russell Sage. was reported dead, yestesdny, at the Homa for the Incurables int fray. He i is said to have died penni- "When Henry w. Norcross, of Boston, hurled a homb at Sage ih his office, | Laidlaw declared the aged finaveier theust him in front of him so that he stood the brunt of the explosion and thas enved Sage from injury. Laidlaw sued Sage in court and oped abitained a pucdgment. for $40,000 but a higher court reversed the ense. When. "a funds were exhausted | IN THE BRIEFEST POS- cim- | arrived at | a special i bas! i fiprace tar ili! ¥ thold Ithe ex-shuh Mohammed (ran government, {taken by both countries to hold aloof RECIPROCITY WILL Chel" it 'anadian article he farge merense in the populatioh fron IT WAS KISS, Kiss, Kass, Affectionate Wife Drove Man to Ai. tempt Suicide. Louis, Aug. 10.--Phillips Nicker- ison, twenty-six, a salesman, who at- 'rempted suicide by slashing his wrists with a razor, declared in a hospital, {that he wanted to die because his wife lof seven months hugged and "kissed him too mach. "She bugged and kissed mé 30 much got my nerves," Nickerson de clared. I love my wife, but she wasn't i reasonable. When I arrived home she | would gin to Sins me and for the rest iof the evening she either kept on kiss- [ine fue or insisted upon sitting on my i lap. I did not have time to smoke my | pipe or do anything else. It was uoth- ing but kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss" on A BIG FISH EXPORTER FAVORS RECIPROCITY. FHoWard Smith Says Nova Scotia Fishing Fleet Will Double Inside | Five Years--Liberals United and Halifax, Aug. i0.--~The feature of the liberal convention of Halifax, which last night nominated Hon. A. A. Maclean amd Dr. Edward Blackad- der as government candidates, was the strong speech in favor of reciprociey by Howard Smith, bead of N, & MN. smith, Lintited, the largest exporters of dried fish in the world. Mr. Smith Pappeared-- in --the liberal fur the first time in his life, said this was an occasion issue before the people was above party. In the last campaign Mr. Smith was otie of the most active and most influential supporters of Messrs. Borden and CroshV® This "time he is throwing whole support on' the of liberals, becausa he realizes reciprocity meats a new of Under the new Nova Scotia will and her fishing will be doubled in from theee to My Smith's outspoken stand in favor of reciprocity, and his moving of the resolution in favor of it at liberal convention, indicate how the policy of free trade products appeals to the of the maritime pro- yinces. The resolution was seconded ww A.M. Bell, another lending busi- news man, who, although an adherent of the liberal cause, never before had been prosent at a party convention. Fhis time he was ready do' his ut- most to seture the adoption of reci- procity. Another 'resolution was adopted strongly condemning the at- titude of Hon. R. I. Borden and Mr. \. B. Crosby in opposing the Cana- dian navy. Altogether tremendous } but when - the be a his the that era prosperity. order, he declared, come into hes fest five sides own, Vers u strongly in natural business men or commit ¥ the is js PERSIA 5 WIRNED BY THE POWERS Both Russia and Great Britain Wil Hold Her Responsible for Damages. St. Petershurg, Ang. 18.~The Rus sian gdvernment yesterday ishued a notice to the Persian government that the Petersburg authorities will the govermuent "at Teheran re sponsible for any damages to sign interests caused by to the convention was a success." The liberals of Halifax are united as one man in sup- port of reciprocity, and are confident of victory, St. Rus the return of Ali Mirza. The government's warning was ver feeived by fin in a Semni-official note issued to-day An analogous declar ation made somé time ago by Russia and Great Brituin to the Tele The decla- reférence decigion WILL ONLY LEASE. Quebec Province Will Sell No More Water Power. Quebec, Ang. 10.--The provincial government has adopted a new policy 48 to water power belonging to the crown. In Niture no such water pow- er shall be definitely sold, Twenty years ago these water powers were all lotted' for nothing. Ten years ago such water powers as Shawinigan and Grand Mcre Falls were sold for $50,000, Now they shall not be spld at all, but rented by long leases of ningty- nine years. The minister of crown lands, Hon, Mr. Allard, has just decided to offer at auction in September next ten wa- ter powers situate? in different por- tions of the province. was A pre vious ration had to the the the from any interference in- which might have led to of the former shah. events return Fred Frazer Sells Yacht, Frontenac, NX. Aug. 10. ~The Charlietts, the handsome steam yacht owned by VieceCommodore Fred, Fra- ser, of Syracuse, was sold to Thomas R. Crary, of DLinghamton. Wt is un derstood that the price was about $25,000. The Charlietta is about sevt enty five feet long and schooner rigs ged, i Mr. Vrpser has purchased the Am temus from ex-Commaodore Bourne, of the New York Yacht Club. He will change the name to Nelfred, which a, combination of his wife's given name and his own, SAV ED THEIR LIVES. Kiss Showed Little Ones Were Poison Victims. 10.---A mother's intuition, saved the lives of Your children to-day. Mrs. John Bell, awakened early to-day by the tossing of hee four-year-old baby in their home, West Thirty-Sixth street, Kissed her. She detected a metallic taste, and on Kissing her three other children found the same condition. She - hwried into the street, got a. policeman, who called an ambulance. The children were in a se rious condition froth ptomsine pois ming, but _ will recover. New York, Aug iss, aided by e 65 BOOM SHEEP INDUSTRY. Present mportations From U.S. are Because Tariff Ras Discouraged ' Sheep-Raising Here. Guelph Ont, Ang. 10-"'FThere 4 nothing Mysterious about the impor tation of United States sheep mig Catada st the present Gomes © said Henry Srkell, of Arkel, (we, one of the largest breeders of hosp in) Can adi, in un interview, yesterday. "Thé tariff aoninst Canadian sheep hnpose ¥ by the Cuited States responsible suspended across the Wabash river in for it. HW the tarif was removed thes sheet of flame," J. NM. Hownrd-inet Canadian sheep producers would © be night became enveloped in flames : at encouraged to go inte the production | the start: and was forced to jump into of sheep. more extensively. 'the river. He was rescued from the "I'he reason there are United Stated river unconscious amd will die . sheep coming in here at the presenl] The feat was being put on hy ° the i that there is a shortage of the! Knights of Pythias in connection with There has been © aftheic annual state encampment: FIRE CAUSED DAMAGE. Swarm of Bees Led to Loss of Hay Crop. Genesvo, NY. Ang, Hanna, of Sagarbury, was harvesting his hav crop, yvestonday, whesi be en countered » wwarm of bees in one of the hay cocks. To dispose of them he set fire to it. ihe wind carcied some of the burding hay to the wageon load and the SSLIDE FOR LIFE" REALISTIC, Performer at Pythian Encampment Probably Fatally Injured. Lafayette, dnd., Aug, .10.- ~Engaged to make n "slide for bie' on. a wire 19 the old land in the past few years) and they are all cougumérs of mui' tone. The tari restrictions sad tie tari by our United States neighbors {are responsibly for the shortage. This tariff has diseg the "raising of sheep for mul ton purposes in. Canadas, and wliere a wan bad a pt Hotk a sheep for mation pu ie vo the pasting ol on he, has pol wore than Gve per cent. now, | of his foriner fork. I the trade ngree- Bn pivsenh and tall restrictions of barging grows until the whale was dhlaze. He Todt him entire crop. BURNED TO DEATH. '(less Parisians who knew him Only i strength "of mind as those who served fon tonvention | 160.5 Robers 1 Hiciroes (shes way, Seattering-- the field + LAGE EDITION WEATHER PROBABILITIES. Torunto, THE GATES FORTUNE Believed Will Amount to $40,000. t 000. 10.4% death of John! (@sssssssnesrnssasenend | Fine and warm to-day and on Friday. Paris, Aug.' W. Gates, the American finaneer, | has caMed forth many expressions oil ¢ regret not only 'from his wide circle of acguaiytances, but from wwaber- | § as a nd successful man, but'. had] ¢ been deeply moved by toe couraguons | 4 struggle he made against an illness, | the fatal outcome of which bad been | feared { Ti-Horm al Steacy's § % HALF PRICE CLEAR- ME SHE OF W h S its Only about a dozen in the lot, so you will have to hurry. These Garments are well made of good wash fabrics in ¢olors Paris, Piak, Sky, Navy, Old Hose and White The --eeats alone are worth mniore than what we are asking for the whole sult. All arrangements for %he disposition of the body have bea mude by Harry St. Francis Black, preside."c of the United States Sealty and Improve ment companyi of New Yoox, Mr. Black saad : "Mr. Gates he wished 10 things in Afe, terest in has but they, may loved life and said 'that live. He wanted to do Our people had an ins picturesque personality, not have porceived dus directory boards vith him, He was frequently. spoken of as a 'plung- er," but bis operations were ~always| founded on wonderful study apd in fig | ures. Wall strest will not see his like Aghin for some time.' Rlaok-said-that-- the death iM a. ought not to afiect the stock he [market much because the financier had not operated extensively of late, but was conservatively placing Is for tune largely i substantial securities, Some of those who were near Mr Gates estimate that his estate will be found to he nearer S40, 000000 than 7,000,000, AN "H" ADDED 10 CITY OF PITTSBURG Official Spelling is Now "Pittsburgh" ~Renomination of Post: master. Washington, Ang. 10. The fice department added a long belated "H" to the city of Pittsburg, 'a., that it will now read officially "Pills burgh." In consequence to the senaie the ham H. Davis, postmaster burg " to. be postmaster burgh." A renbmination required in eages where the post offices are changed will profit by the have a four-year his nomination senate to deal burgh." $4.50 Suits for $6.00 Suits for 7.50 Suits for . $0.00 Suits for $2.25 $3.00 - $8.35 . $4.50 ens : Aer att Have You Seen Our New Sweater Coats? For Ladfes. assortment post of wo We offer a grand in colors rey Navy, Tan, Brown, Cardinal, also White Real - beauties everyone of them. President Taft sent nomibation of Wil | at "Pitts | at Patis always inl names of Mr. Danis change fon will term from day is confirmed by the out. mail to Cis AND THR PRICES ARE VERY REASONABLE, $2.25, SA.75, $3.00 to $7.00. be the WE INVITE YOUR INSPEC. Sp sr hu -s TION. A STARTLING SIGHT, FivesXear-Old Boy Exhibited Hyenas, City, S.0., Ao Attofney Denu eatmed the Mr. and Mrs. J. Johnston here on a charge of exhibiting a five year-old boy in cage with two § hyenas at a carnival. His petition declares thal the child was thus ex hibited throughout and lowa and that the hax suffered innumerable es from the big cats when he is: touched While the boy was being exhibited | | at Spring Valley, Mian, it is charged { oe : the Mionesota labor commissioner JTR THAN. brought a charge. against the John. | David stous, but they fled the state a, With re -------------------------- oteacy's THE PEOPLE'S STORE. Rapid 10, State's arrest of | James i Mimesots little bites and serateh until he moans fellow In Kingston, on Tuesday, Eth, 1811, to Mr, and Mrs, Trolman, a daughter DIED, e Kingston General Hos Thursday, July 20th, 18:1, Nelson Guess, Sydenham, 63 years, 10 months and 16 THE DOCK STRIKE 18 VERY 'SERIOUS, It is Feared That the Militia ¥ Have to Be Called Dut. London, Eng., Aug. 10 is becoming still more serious The vicinity of ports is practically under | mob rule, aud it. is feared it will be | necessary to eall out the militia if the! scenes of viblence continue. The police aré powerless to handle the situation London is in serious danger of 4 food famine, while the countless ships | lie in the harbors awaiting usloaders, with their contents rotting I'he Roard of Trade says it ir getting nearer a settlement and will st all night if there is any chanee of a solu tion. Troops ordered out here to hely the police were greetod bv a fusilade of | stones. They made several charges og the railway statibn with batons, we caring a few loads of provisions CAUGHT RUNAWAY PAIR, Man sod Avother Man's Wife Arsayitd. Montreal, Aug. ~Aptertive Mes Laughlin arrested n man and w Ona on Windsor street Just night on wae don of being 8 runaway pair, and GUESS pita John aged days ANTE R~<At Aug Mer Isle of Man, 4th, 1811, aged 6 Pittsburg, William H, yours and 3 "uneral took idence Sandniit Omit place from his late re- Sunday, August 6th, to Cemetery Pittsburg, ROBERT J. REID, The Leading Undertaker, 'Phone B77, 230 Princess Street, The Old Firm of Undertakers, and PRINCESS STREET. sone 147 for Ambulance, r p-------- Dock strike ma A? TARL a Octage ¢ i Round and Owal Tables i Mahoga my and Walnut, JReasd oh o a not refused. Tark's, "Phone 505 TURKS, ae Montreal Is very retrething these days. When made with our Own Special | me ond If Is both a conifort and a nig lyrury , sdmpitted he was Bdoward Fan fag another man's wife with Ww. { bany, snd the danghiir of a hotel JAMES REDDEN & £0 Maloney the hushund, was gut o town and abdominsl WY Princess Stsnssbuty, Germany, Avg. 10 hous i8 suppositions proved eorreet, as | the man, when arraigned this mor of Albany, NX. anl pleaded | y 0 enteriug Cagada and bring | woman is the wife of Jy loney, a well-to-do 'wervhamt of Al kevper of the same dity Waning in al -- WHIter at ther Thott and white t Teder vour : cit Fi rhe couple doped. from #5. a Lag CW lili Buf ota braces, Se. N 'Big Fire In Kostenhols. . Ne Ta res Pr. Deonis P. Lyne, of "Almonte, Thirty-ufn tinerarnt ¢ were Ont, . aged fifty-four, one of the burned _ the Village of Kostenholz ~The firemen wate unable to #xtingaish tithe flames owing fo a scardity of wa ter due to the drought. There wore no. Mi op ry Ho 4 an- hy fe Seal corset, Se; fons Iw difienlt 0 maintain what +i rm Tork Drews called isle: in ettaightownd dro Eo anoats Mires. forget your amioysnces by | ae of a wan' money soon our Spurs day Maings. 10 be somctody's. site's ) "4