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Manitoba flour; first patents, $6.20 to $0.40 on track, Toronto; second patents, $5.75 to $5.90, and strong bakers’, to $5.70, on track, Toronto. ‘ Manitoba \vheatâ€"â€"No. 1 Northern $1.36%, Georgian Bay ports, No. 2, $1.34 and No. 3 at $1.33. Ontario wheatâ€"No. 2, $1.20 to $1.30 outside. Barleyâ€"Feed barley 60 to outside. Oatsâ€"No. 2 Ontario white, 57 to 57%c on track, Toronto, and 531/: to 540 outside. No: 2 Western Canâ€" ada oats 56c, and No. 3 550, Bay ports. Peasâ€"prices purely nominal. Ryeâ€"No. 2, 74 to 75c outside. Buckwheatâ€"N032, 700 outside. Cornâ€"No. 2 American yellow, 79% to 800 on track, Toronto. Canadian yellow . 74c, Toronto freights. Branâ€"$20 to $20.50 for Ontario 'A despatch from Montreal says: Two men were instantly killed at Friday’s meet of the Canadian Automobile Club at Blue Bonnets. C. K: Bachelder of Newport, Vt., and J. Twohey of Montreal were in a big 60â€"horse power Ste-arns’ tour- ' ing car, taking part in a tenâ€"mile race, when they turned out to pass a. driver named Burman, their car across the track into the fence, skidded, tore away 25 feet of fence through it and over the embankâ€" like so much pasteboard, leap-ed ment, carrying its driver and hls as- the embankment, and stopped 40 sistant to their death: yards beyond. The two men were After the accident it was found thrown high into the air, a'nd when that the car had a broken axle, picked up Twohey was dead, with but this is thought to have occurred his neck broken, while Bachelder, when the car hit the fence. Auto with his bowels torn out by a drivers are of the oplnlon that a stake, and his head terribly gashed, burst tire was the cause of . the died on his way to the hospital. trouble. It happened so qulely Just how the accident happened that no person could tell exactly is not known. There were six cars how it took place. M CLAIMS CURE FOR DIIBEI‘ES. RECOGNITION "OF BRAVERY. 62c Physician Declares Atrophinc Remedy for Disease. A dcspatch from New York says. After a series of experiments ' C. P. R. Provides Fund for Edu- cation of Constable Becker’s Son A despatch from Vancouver says: of the is In In recognition bravery of the clinics of Mount Sinai Hospital Special Constable Decker, shot and . _ _ in this city carried on for the last. killed at Ashcroft, on June 28,‘ by brat: OIItSIde 1n _bulk. Manltoba, a train robber belonging to the $2200 to $23 111 sacks, Toronto two years and a half by Dr. J. Rudisch of the visiting staff, it has just made a preliminary report on the use of atropin-e'in diabetes. . He considers it a cure for that wide- spread disease which is attacking more and more New ,Yorkers every ‘year in these “strenuous life” days Atropine is the active principle of belladonna or “deadly nightshade." It has never before been tried in kidney troubles, though it was well known that it was chiefly eliminated by the kidneys and therefore exert ed a pronounced effect on those organs. freight; shorts, $24 to $24.50, To- ronto freights. gang that held up the westbound express at Ducks a week previous, the C. P. R. has set aside a trust fund for the education of the dead man’s son. The company has placed $2,500 with the Royal Trust Company at Vancouver. >14 KILLED BY LI G HTNIN G . THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€"Pound prints, 19 to 20c; tubs-and large rolls, 18 to 190; 1nfer1or, 15 to 16c; creamery, 23 to 2&0, and separator, 19 to 20c per Eggsâ€"Case lots, 20 to 210 per dozen. ' Cheeseâ€"Large cheese, old, 140 per lb, and twins, 14%c. New quot- ed at 12%0 for large, and 12%c for twins. A. McMillan Struck While Work- ing in Cellar. A despatch from Lindsay says: During the electrical storm which swept this part of the country on Saturday, a young man named Archie McMillan. son of Mr. Jas. McMillan of Palestine, in Eldon township, was killed by lightning. He was working with the churn in the cellar when the lightning struck the roof and the bolt went down the chimney into the cellar. Deâ€" cease was about twentyâ€"three years of age. v 5‘- â€"-â€". COUNTRY PRODUCE. .Applesâ€"$4 to $5 for choice quali- ties, and $3 to $3.50 for seconds. Beans-Prime, $2.20 to $2.25. and handâ€"picked, $2.40 to $2.45 per bushel. Maple syrupâ€"95c to $1 a gallon. Hayâ€"No. 1 timothy, $11.50 to $12 a ton on track here, and low grades, $8 to $9. Strawâ€"$7 to $7.50 on track. _ Potatoesâ€"Small lots of old are Jobbing at 75 to 90c, and new are lower at $3 to $3.25 per barrel, on track. Poultry â€"â€" Chickens, yearlings, dressed, 12 to 13c per lb; fowl, 9 to 10c; turkeys, 16 to 170 per lb. HOG PRODUCTS. Bacon, long clear, 13% to 13%c per lb in case lots; mess pork, $23 to $23.50; short out, $25 to $25.50. Hamsâ€"Light to medium, 15% to 160; do., heavy, 14 to 1412c; rolls, 12% to 130; shoulders, 11% to 120', backs, 18 to 18%0; breakfast bacon, 16% to 17c. Lardâ€"Tierccs, 14%0; tubs, 14%c; pails, 14%0. ARSENIC IN THE DRUGS. Result of Inland Revenue Examin- ation of Samples. A despatch from Ottawa says: The examination by the inland rev- enue department of a number of drugs, as found on the Canadian market, for the purpose of ascer- taining whether any of these con- tained distinct traces of arsenic, shows that while most samples were practically free from the poi- son, arsenic was found to be dis- tinctly present in certain sulphates and particularly in phosphate of soda. The amounts were not so large as to be alarming, but were sufficient to make it impossible. to regard those drugs as meeting pro- per requirements; 448 samples of sulphate of magnesia, sulphate of soda and phosphate of soda exam- ined showed 336 containing no arâ€" senic, while 86 did. _._â€"..â€"â€"- K‘sâ€"w”â€" CATTLE DI’ING IN HUNDRED Serious Epidemic Causes Great Loss in Louisiana. A dcspatch from Lake Charles, Louisiana, says: Advices received here on Wednesday from Cameron Parish indicate that the epidemic of charbon, which has prevailed in that,section for several weeks, is spreading widely among cattle and other live stock. Hundreds of range cattle have died of charbon and their carcasses lie unburied in the marshes. It has been proposed to adjourn the present session of court at the parish seat of Camer- on in order that every one may take a hand in suppressing the epidemic. .____. _,.,_____. A TRAINING FARM. Plan to Assist Emigrants to Become Farmers. A despatch from Ottawa says: A scheme is under way to establish ___._$ at training farm in connection with - , , , . the Ottawa Union Reserve Mission. ClRLS BU SH DEAD' It is intended to establish a farm â€""" in the vicinity of the capital where applicants for help from the mission can be temporarily looked after and given productive employment in farm work that will be of service in equipping them for an agricul- tural life in the west or on Ontario farms. Many of those who seek shelter at the mission are newly ar rived immigrants who are looking for work on farms, but whose lack of experience in farm life is a handi- cap in securing cinpolyment. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, July 13.â€"The market for oats is weaker; No. 2 Canadian Western, 58c; No. 1 extra feed, 5734c; No. 1fced,57%c; No. 3 Canadian .Western, 57c. Barleyâ€" No. 2, 72% to 74c; Manitoba feed barley, 67% to 680. Buckwheat-â€" 69% to 700. Flourâ€"Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $6.30; do., seconds, $5.80; Winter wheat patents, $6.75; Manitoba strong bakcrs’, $5.60; straight rollers, $6.50 to $6.60; do., in bags, $3.15 to $3.20; extras in bags, $2.80 to $2.90. Feedâ€"Manitoba bran, $22 'to $23; do., shorts, $24 to $25; pure. grain mouillie, $33 to $35; mixed mouillie, $28 to $30. Cheeseâ€" westerns, 11% to 12c. Butterâ€"fin- est creamery, 22%c. Eggsâ€"18% to 19c per dozen. ._.___. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, July 13.-Wheatâ€"â€"Spring wheat easier; No. 1 Northern, car- » loads, $1.31%. Cornâ€"Steady. Oats ionship of her husband. It was 5501,1223 ‘lhli-efiitzoc5’330' %a:f;1tfi shown to the _satlsfaction of the “Fee’d toimalting ’63 t6 690 y court that until Marriman took to Chicano July ’13 _Cash 'wheat_ drink he was a prosperous railroad NO 2 rzd, 01d $1 40 to $1 43' telegraphcr, and stood high with i i ’ i i , O. hls employers. The drink habit caused him to lose everything, and finally his wife was obliged to leave him. The case went before a jury, which gave Mrs. Mar‘riman a small verdict, but she appealed to the Supreme Court and the decision on Wednesday resulted in against the saloonkecper for $5,225. standard, 50c. “ell Known as Travelling Preach- er Throughout Dominion. A despatch from London, Ont., says: Cyrus Bush, known all over Canada and a good part of the Northern United States, died here on Friday. He was 80 years of age, and for many years was a travel- ling preacher, proclaiming himself “John the Evangelist.” It was his custom to drive about the country with a banner_at the end of a pole, proclaiming hls mission. '1 nnnn’s WIFE WINS She Is Awarded Heavy Damages Against a. Detroit Saloonkeeper. 'A despatch from Detroit says: 'A decision far-reaching in its imâ€" portance, and one which will be of interest to the cause of temper- ance everywhere, was handed down by the Michigan Supreme Court on_ \Vednesday. Mrs. Nettie Marri- man if Grass Lake brought suit against Frederick, a saloonkceper in the same town, claiming $10,000 damages from him for having sold liquor to her husnand, as well as musing- the plaintiff to lose her home, her money, and the companâ€" hard, old, $1.22% to $1.24; No. 1 Northern, $1.27%. Cornâ€",No. 2, low, 70c; No. 4, 66% to 67c. â€"â€"No. 2, 49c; No. 2 white, 50c; No. chief minerals according to annual report of Hon. Frank Coch- rane, Minister of Lands, and Mines, just issued- The silver output last year ounces and was practically all from the Cobalt camp. The nick-e1 pro- ductlon totalled 10,175 tons chiefly came frm the Sudbury disâ€" trict. year the silver shipments the value of $9,116,008. pound. pound; lambs at $3.50 to $5.50 each. Hogs, about 8%c per pound. ’ 3 red, new, $1.16 to $1.20; No. 2 68%0; No. 2 white, 71%c; No. 2 yellow, 70 to 70%c; No. 3 68%0; No. 3 white, 71 to 71%c; No. 3 yel- Oats a verdict 13, 47%0: No. 3 white, 47% to 49%0; HIGH: run or nun The Output a the Province in 19081 Was $26,000,000. Silver and nickle are Ontario’s the Forests was 19,401,021 and Despite the low prices last reached The ores and minerals produced in Ontario last years were valued at $26,616,795, as compared $25,019,373 for the previous year. The production of nickel in was valued at $1,071,140. The iron mines of Ontario yielded 216,177 tons of ore last year, worth $574,â€" 839, and there was blast furnaces 271,656 tons of pig iron. valued at $4,390,839. with 1908 made at the “Ontario now occupies a leading place among the s11ver-.prod.ucing countries of the world,” says the Minister, “having contributed about one-ninth of the entire re‘ ported prduction in 1908. There was raised and shipped from the mines of Cobalt last year 24,453 tons of ore (including concentrates), _ which was considerably more than the total production up to the end of 1907. The average contents of the shipments for 1908 were 793. ounces of silver per ton, compared with 806 ounces up to 31st Decemâ€" ber, 1907.” The revenue from the timber dues was $1,618,242.58, the largest in the history of the province. Arrears of $496,000 accruing from. 1907 are included in this as col~ lections were not enforced owing: to the financial stringency that year. The net collections for 1908 were $1,224,243 and the sum of $235,368 was carried forward into 1909 owing the inability of the lumbermen to 1333’- M WM. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal, July 13.â€"â€"There was only one load of really prime beeves on the market and they sold at 6 to 6%c per pound. There were sev- eral loads of North-West ranch cat- tle, which sold at 4%0 to a little over 5c per pound; common stock, 2% to 40 per pound. There was an over supply of milch cows, causing further decline in prices, which ranged from $20 to $50 each. Calves 32.50 to $10 each, or 3% to 60 per Sheep, 3% to 33/,c per Toronto, July 13.â€"Business was quiet, and prices somewhat easier 3n consequence of the heavy buy- ing very few choice butchers or export- ers were on offer. cattle were wanted, but there were very few offering, therefore prices for this class were steady, but all other grades declined and it looks as though the break in prices had started. steady. Hogs weak and unchanged. Calves weak and unchanged. earlier in the week, also that Prime butcher Sheep and lambs were â€"-..-~â€" $10,000 PRIZE LIST. 7......- l’rovincial Winter Fair Board Holds Meeting at Guelph. A despatch from Guelph says: The Ontario Provincial Winter Fair Board held a meeting here on VVed- nesday and decided that the prize list this year should total $10,000. The Horse Show prize list will be along the same lines as that of last year’s Horse Show, held stock yards in Toronto. The amount at the for horse prizes 1s about $3,000. Tht feature of the poultry prize list this year will be the depart- ment of 20 classes or more in pig- eons, to include the birds of 1909 which have been excluded hereto- fore. Realizing that the showing of fat stock has been in the past the only weakness of the show, the board have greatly increased the prizes for that class. â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"-â€"'* . IIUGH WILSON DROWNED. Tragic Fate of Prominent Merchant of Gananoquc. A despatch from Gananoque says : Hugh Wilson, a prominent business man of this town, was accidentally drowned here on Friday. It is sup- pose-d he fell off Roger’s dock. body was found in about 10 feet" of water. Mr. Wilson, who was 58 years old, had been in ill-health for some time past, but was able to be around town. He left his residence on Pine Street shortly after 12 o’clock for a stroll. He not return- ing as soon as expected, his son went out to find him. Shortly after this his hat was found on Roger’s dock, and later the body was recov- ered. r!\.___â€"â€"â€"- STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. ..__. Man Killed at Calgary During a Terrific Storm. ’ A despatch from Calgary, Alta., says: Just before the beginning of the programme at the Exhibition on Tuesday afternoon a severe storm broke in Calgary. In less than an hour nearly two inches of rain fell. Wm. Mueller, 8. young man, was struck by lightning and instantly killed. The Alberta Normal School was struck, but not badly damaged. hitâ€".â€" ICE CREAM NOT FOOD. Brantford Restaurant Keeper Fined for Sunday Sales. A dcspatch from Brantford says: L. Laond Aritan, proprietor of a local ice cream parlor, having con- ducted business on Sunday for the past three years under a former de- cision of the magistrate, was fined $5 here on Wednesday and ordered to close his premises on Sunday. Ice cream was sold without meals, and the magistrate held that the same was not food. _,..__,,,__,.. TO TAX. CORPORATIONS. Important Change Contemplatcd by Ontario Government. A despatch from Toronto says: It is reported that important finan- cial legislation is contemplated by the Ontario Government, and a re- port is abroad for which there seems to be strong foundation in fact. It is understood that the Provincial Cabinet has been considering the advisability of imposing taxation on all corporations operating public utilities, and also on loan compan-- ies. The Government’s plan is be- lieved to further contemplate plac- ing the regulation of such corpora- "tions and the control of them en- tirely under the jurisdiction of the Ontario Railway and Municipal His Board. SllllT Wll‘ll Tllllll SUlClllllll The Terrible Crime of George England of Niagara Falls, N. Y. A despatch from Niagara Falls, N.Y., says: George En land, a member of a respected amily of this city, and a Michigan Central freight conductor, 24 years old, shot and killed his wife, Gertrude, 30 years old, at their home, Niagara Falls, N.Y., some time during Wed- nesday night. He then turned the weapon, a Bizâ€"calibre revolver, upon himself, with fatal results. The crime was not discovered until Thursday morning, when F. M. Campbell, a milk dealer, went to deliver the-morning’s milk. , Camp- bcll found the side door forced from the lock. He surmised there was something amiss, and door. On the table there was a pail ready to receive the milk, as usual, but wnen the milkman looked be- hind the door he saw England’s body stretched on its back. Blood. was oozing from the right temple, and a revolver lay near the man’s left hand. 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