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vii. ‘ . gt. .4 eda12 SPREAD 9F POTATO CANKER Importation of Potatoes From Europe ls Prohibited by Order-in-Councilâ€"Hard to Eradicate. 'A despatch from Ottawa, says: An Order-in~Council has been pass- ed amending those sections of the Destructive Insect and Pest Act, which deals with the prohibiting the impo mentioned. Potato canker is a virulent fun: gusdisease which has/done tre- mendous destruction in Europe dur- ing some years past. reat Britain and Ireland and other European points had not been heavy either to this country or the potato can- ker, by the substitution of a clause rtation of all potatoes from Europe in addition to Newfoundland and other pomts Until last gear importation of potatoes from United States, but the failure ofthe crop last year and the hlgh prlces led to heavy importation. As the potato canker is a disease which not only absolutely destroys the tubers, but is very hard to era- dicate, and will remain in the soil for's-even or eight years, the most _ strenuous precautions are justified. In Great Britain a great deal of ‘very costly work is being under- taken in regard to this pest. The United States have recently taken action by passing an Act prohibitâ€" ing the importation of potatoes from Great Britain and Ireland and several countries in continental Europe and Australia. lHE NEWS INA PARAGRAPHâ€" HAPPENINGS'FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE IN A NUTSIIFLL. 'â€" Cnnnda, the Empire and the World in General Before Your Eyes. CANADA. C.P.R. telegrapher-s have receiv- per cent. wage increase. The Bank of B. N. A. will build a $25,000 branch ofiice in London. Galt is to have a new fabrics fac- tory and one to manufacture show cases. Natural gas was discovered by a well-digger at Dours, near Peter- boro’. Gasâ€"electric cars may be used on the radial line from Toronto to Guelph. Fred. Partridge, a Turkish and Crimean War veteran, died at Cornwall. Hon. J. W. Sifton, father of Pre- mier Sifton and Hon. Clifford Sif- ton, is dead. The steamer Moreland, salvaged fter two years’ work, sank at the arnia dock. P. E. I. lobster fishermen oppose the fixing of a size limit, but favor a shorter fishing season. _ Three hotelkeepers at Windsor pleaded guilty to selling liquor af- ter hours and were fined. Lauchliu McInnis, aged 85, walk- ed off the wharf at Pictou, N.S. He Was rescued, but died of shock. A cargo of 1,500,000 gallons of asoline was brought to Montreal m Singapore in a tank steamer. Sidney Secord, a St. Cathefines teamster, was fatally crushed when cited from his lorry under the heels. _ Chief Fruit Inspector Carey ad- vises Niagara fruitgrowers to use refrigerator cars in making ship- ments . Henry Legace, ledgerkeeper in the Bank of Hochelaga at Montreal, Was arrest-ed on a. charge of embez- Iling 35,000. GREAT BRITAIN. The Social Democratic Congress 11 Germany denounces competition armaments . An Anglo-Russian conference is to take place at Balmoral on the Iftuation in Persia and Tibet. 5â€"â€" GENERAL. The powers disapproved of any outside loan for China. â€"â€"-â€"->I‘ FASTEST IN THE WORLD. Battleship Cruiser Princess Royal Achieves Speed of 34 Knots. A despatch from London says: The battleship cruiser Princess Royal, during her speed trials yes- terdav achieved a speed of 34 knots an hour. In an eight.hour speed trial on Sept. 12, the Princess Royal attained a speed of 31.7. knots. It is now claimed that she is the fast- est battle cruiser in the world. J. P. MORGAN, JUN., ROBBED. Burglar Ransackcd House With 40 _ Servants. A despatch from New York says: Burglary of the mansion of J. P. Morgan, jun., with the ran-sacking of every room while 'Mr. Morgan and. his forty servants slept through it all ,is confessed, the» police say, by John Bernauer, whom they ar- rested late on Friday. In his pos- session were found seven watches, medals, diamond pins and other articles of jewellery belonging to the young financier. The burglary occurred last J anu- ary, but the news of it was not made public until some time after- ward, when Mr. Morgan informed the police that he would pay a reâ€" ' ward of $5,000 for the recovery of the stolen articles, many of which were priceless to him for their assoâ€" ciations. ’1‘ FIRST MOTOR LINES. Christian X. Reaches New York From New Orleans. 4 A despatch from New York says: The fleet of craft in New York har- bor looked with wondering eyes upon a strange new vessel which glided swiftly and noiselessly, wiht- out smokestack or sails, through the shipping to her dock. She was the Christian X. ofr-the Hamburg-Am~ erican Line, 7,300 tons burden, the first motor ship which has visited the port, and she came in from New Orleans to get fuel oil to run her to Hamburg. Her captain said that she consumed ten tons of oil a day. He calls her the first ocean automobile. _~>p____ LAMP EXPLODED. Woman Burned. I A despatch from St. Thomas says: Mrs. Charles Eveland was probably fatally burned on Friday night when a lamp she attempted to prevent from falling off an ironâ€" ing board exploded in her hands. The oil set fire to her clothing and she ran into the street. A neighbor, Thomas Nichol, extinguished the flames and in so doing burned his hands severely. Mrs. Eveland had. before seeking aid placed her baby in a place of safety. The fire in the house was extinguished before seri- ous damage was done. â€".ߢ_______ A MARVELO US ESCAPE. Fell Four Hundred and Fifty Feet, Then Had Lunch. A despatch from Paris says: H. De Astley, the English aviator, with Miss Mary Davies as a passen- ger. went from Bonn to Liege, St. Thomas Seriously whence they started for London in a monoplame. While trying to de-‘ scend near Ronchin camp, near Lille, the lever would not work, and the machine came down vio- lently a distance of 450 feet. Ast- Iey and his woman passenger had a marvelous escape. They were found. seated in a beet field by the ruins of the mono- plane, eating crackers and jelly. TWO AIR FLEEIS FOR ARMY Outcome of Work of Aeroplanes in Recent Army Manoeuvres---War Office Impressed. i 'A dcspatch’ from London says: emy’s air-craft and so clear the It is stated at Aldershot that the British War Office was so impressed ' the work of the aeroplanes in recent army manoeuvres that it has decided to build two fleets tor special purposes. One will be, armed with rapid-fire guns and the other will be used solely for scout- fng purposes. The former, whose work Will be to demolish the en- way for the scout machines, will be heavier and faster than the ex- isting army type, [and will be cap- able of carrying a crew of at least three persons. The gunner will be front and the pilot amidships. The propeller will be in front in- stead of in the rear, and the ma- chine will have a speed of eighty miles an hour. KILLED IIER HUSBAND. â€". Wife of German Professor Con-~ fesses t0 the Crime. A despatch from Berlin says: Mrs. Blume, the wife of Professor Blume, who was arrested on suspi- cion of having murdered her hus- band while walking with him in a forest near their home, has confessâ€" ed the crime. She states that she killed the professor in a moment of mental irresponsibility. A written confession of her liason with an- other man was found in her hus- band’s pocket, and her purchase of a revolver has been proved. The woman is but 22 years of age. Her husband was a well-known archaeologist, and was connected with the Kaiser Friederich Mu- seum. ' a.____ “DOWN WITII RUSSIA.” Foreign Minister Roughly Accostcd on Arrival in London. A despatch from London says: M. Sazonoff, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, who, it is re- ported, has bee-n invited with oth- ers to meet the King at Balmoral and talk over Persian affairs, ar- rived in London on Friday. A member of the Anglo-Persian com- mittee, whose identity has not been revealed, welcomed. the Minister by displaying a banner with an anti- Russian inscription and shouting “Down with Russia; clear out of Persia.” The banner was seized and destroyed by the police, but the man was not arrested. ,Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, Who is reported to be sinking. ._._'__KL_.â€" DOCK HALF-WAY OVER. All Well. Duke of Connaught Re- ports by Wireless. ' A despatch from Montreal says: News of the Duke of Connaught, as the new dry dock for Montreal is. called, came to hand Friday when a wireless message was received from one of the Dutch tugs towing the dock by the Canadian Vickers, Ltd. The Position given shows that the dock is about half-way on her long journey by an extreme southerly route from Barrow-inâ€"Furness to Montreal. It has taken 19 days to negotiate half the distance, so, sup- posing that a uniform rate of speed is maintained, the Duke of Con- naught may arrive at her berth in Maisonneuve about October 6. 4. __,x‘_____ THEY INSURE PEACE. Interparliamcntary Union so Styles Flying Machines. A despatch from Geneva says: Flying machines in war was the subject of a prolonged debate at the session of the Interparliamentary Union. The subject was introduced by the Belgian Minister of State, Auguste Beernaert, who proposed a. resolution interdicting their use; Baron d’Estournelles de Con- stant, president of the French In- terparliamentary group, strongly opposed the resolution, declaring that the world’s peace would be better ensured by the use of flying machines. This view was finally ap- proved by the congress. .â€"â€"K<â€"_ WILL REMODEL TIIE OLYMPIC Titanic’s Sister Ship to be Fitted with Inncr Skin. A despatch from London says: The White Star Line has coancelled future sailings of the steamer 2,000 nun) AND woman" Sanguinary Battle Near Town in Tripoli on the Mediteranean Coastâ€"ltalian Losses Light. A despatch from Rome says: The most sanguinary engagements of the war in Tripoli were fought near Derna, a town on the Medi- terranean coast, 40 miles north-east of Bengazi. The Italians lost 61 men killed and 113 wounded. The Turks and Arabs left more than 800 dead on the fields. Fortyâ€"one pris- oners. including an Arab chief, fell Into the hands of the Italians. The battle opened at daybreak, when a force of Turks and Arabs surprised and attacked the Italian lines. The fight raged for four hours, but the superior Italian ar- tillery, supplemented by brilliant bayonet charges, finally routed the Mussulmans, who fled in disorder. General Boisoli, commander of the Italian army in Tripoli, in his report to the War Office estimates that the Turks and Arabs must have lost 1,000 men killed, includ ing those who were carried off, and that more than 1,000 others were wounded. “m HAMILTON TRAGEDY. Man Kills His Wife, Then Blows 011? His Head. A dcspatch from Hamilton says: William G. Wills, 118 Tisdale St., shot and killed his wife, and short- ly after turned the weapon on him- self and blew part of his head off. Wills was a man well liked by his friends, but it is told of him 90 that of late he had been drinking heavily. He was a color-sergeant in the 13th Royal Regiment, and had some reputation as a crack shot. Thursday afternoon he and his Wife quarrel-ed over a sum of money that the eldest boy had earned. It is stated that Wills wanted to 'get the money, but his wife refused to part with it. She then walked out , of the house by the back door and down an alley towards the street, where she stopped at a gate looking into the road. , Wills, in the meantime, had se- cured a gun loaded with buckshot. He went out on the back verandah, and, spying :his wife leaning over the gate, took careful aim and fired. Part of the shot took effect in the woman’s head, killing her instantly. Wills, on seeing that he had accomplished his purpose, went upstairs to his bedroom, where he reloaded the gun, pointed it direct- ly at his face, and pulled the trig- ger. >I‘ MOTHER’S nnnorc LEAP. Child in Carriage Carried Down Incline into Raceway. A despatch from St. Catharines says: The infant child of Mrs. A. Reed of West Chester avenue had a narrow escape from drowning in the hydraulic raceway Saturday morning, and was only rescued in the nick of time by itsmother. The child had been left in its baby car- riage. a short distance from the roadway leading to a small bridge across the raceway. The carriage started down the roadWay towards the bridge. Baby and buggy went over the bridge into the waters of the race. The carriage sank to the bottom, but the baby, though it had been securely strapped in, in some unaccountable manner floated to the surface. Mrs. Reed noticed the child when it was being carried away face downward by the waters“ and hastened to its rescue. She leaped into the water and rescued it after it had been carried 70 feet. Canal employees came to her help PRICES 0f iii-M PRODUCTS REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. fiâ€" Prlcu of cattle, Graln. Choose and cum Produoo at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Sept. 24.â€"Flourâ€"Wintcr wheat. per cent. patents, quoted at. $3.80 to $3.85 at seaboard. Manitoba flours (“1030 Quotations are for jute bags. in cotton bags 100 more)â€"First patents. $5.70; sec- ond Patents. $5.20, and strong bakers, $5. on track, Toronto. . Manitoba Wheat~The market is firm. with limited offerings. No. 1 old North- ern quoted at $1.13. and new at $1.09, Bay ports. Feed wheat, 65 to 669. Bay ports. Ontario Wheatâ€"No. 2 white. red and mixed quoted at 97 to 980, outsnlc; new wheat, 93 to 940. outside. ' Oatsâ€"Offerings continue light, and the market firm. New No. 2 oats quoted ‘ut 43 to 440 here, and old at 47 to 480. '10- route. No. 2-.,W. C. oats are firm at 471-2c. Bay ports. Peasâ€"Nominal. Barley-â€"-Forty-cight 1b. barley quoted at 63 to 650. outside. Cornâ€"No. 2 American at 821-2 to 830. track, Toronto, and at 790, Bay ports. Ryeâ€"No. 2 quoted at 65 to 700. outside. Buckwheatâ€"Nominal. . Bramâ€"Manitoba bran, $22 to $23. In Shorts, $26. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Butterâ€"Dairy rolls, choice, 25 to 26c: bakers'. inferior, 21 to 22c; chowc dairy. tubs. 23 to Me; creamery, 28 to 29c for rolls, and 26 to 27c for solids. Eggsâ€"Case lots of new-laid, 26 to 270 per dozen; fresh, 24c. Cheeseâ€"New cheese, 141-2 to.143-4c for large, and 143-4 to 150 for twms. Beansâ€"Handpicked quoted at $3 per bushel; primes, $2.90. . . Hour-Extracted. in tins, quoted at 111-2 to 121-20 per lb. for No. 1, wholesale; combs, $2.25 to 83, wholesale. Poultryâ€"Wholesale prices of choice, dressed poultry:â€"Chickens. 16 to 180 pew 1b.; hens, 13 to 14c; ducklings, 14 to 150. lLive poultry. about 20 lower than the a ve. ' bags. Toronto freight. Potatoesâ€"Receipts are fair, and prices unchanged at 850 per bag, on track. PROVISIONS. . Baconâ€"Long clear, 141-2 to 14 3-4c per 1b.. in case lots. Porkâ€"Short cut, $24.50 to $25: do., mess. $21.50. Hamsâ€"Medium to light, 17 to 171-2c: heavy, 151-2 to 160: rolls. 14 to 141-20; breakfast bacon, 181-2c; backs. 20 to 210. rLardâ€"The market is firmer, with de< mand moderate. Tierces. 141-2c; tubs. 143-40; pails, 15c. BALED HAY AND STRAW. Balcd Hayâ€"No. 1 new hay. $12 50 to $13.- 50, on track. Toronto; No. 2, $10 2.0 311; clover, mixed, $810 $9. Ruled Strawâ€"Quoted at 811 t) $11.50. cn track, Toronto. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal. Sept. 24.â€"Cori American No. 2 yellow, 83 to 840; do., Canadian West- ern. No. 2. 52 to 521-20; do., Canadian Western No. 3, 501-2 to 51c: do., extra No. 1 feed, 511-2 to 520. Barleyâ€"Man. feed. 60 to 610: do., melting. 70 to 75c; buck- wheat. No. 2, 74 to 750. Flourâ€"Man. Spring wheat patents. firsts, $5.80; do., seconds, 35.30; do., strong bakers'. $5.10; do., Winter patents, choice. $5.25; ‘do.. straight rollers. $4.85 to $4.90; do., straight rollers. bags, 82.25 to 82.30. Rolled oatsâ€"- [Barrels $4.30; (10.. bags, 90 lbs., 52271-2. .Bran, $23.00: 9322.00 to $29.00; mouillie. $30.00 to $55.00 shorts, $27.00; middlings. Hayâ€"No. 2, per ton'car lots. 131.2 to 140. and assisted mother and child. The Cheeseâ€"Finest Westerns 131-2 to 133-40: former collapsed after reaching her home. The babe soon recovered. .___;x< INLAND REVENUE cnowsf Increase is‘as Pronounced as in the Other Departments. A despatch from Ottawa says: Inland revenue of Canada for Au- gust totalled $1,900,769, as against $1,701,355 iv the corresponding month last year. The increase in- dicates that the augmentation of revenue is as pronounced, compara- tively, in this asqin the other large EXPLOSION 0N BATTLESHIP. Gun Blow Up. Killing One Man and Injuring Three. A deepatch from London says: There was an explosion aboard the battleship King Edward, cruising off the Scottish coast, in which one man was killed and several hurt. The King Edward VII. being ofi distant Colonsay, cannot be com- municated with. ._.__JI« Olympic, says the correspondent of the Chronicle at Scuthampton. He .QUADRUPLE ALLIANCE NOW. adds that on the return of the -â€" Bulgaria, Scrvia, Greece and Mon- tenegro in Combination. A despatch from London says: A despatch from Vienna to the Daily Chronicle says the cori'aspon- ; dent has learned of the existence of ' â€"Lâ€"- a quadruple military alliance beâ€"E Geo. M. Fairchild, jun., a Quebec tween Bulgaria, Servia, Greece and, author. was found dead in his Montenegro, which, he says, is an grounds at Valcarteer, having been offensive combination dangerous to accidentally shot, while out 1' inting. the peace of the Balkans. Olympic from New York early in October she will be sent to Belfast, where she will be fitted with an inner skin‘ and additional bulk- heads. This work, it is said, will occupy six months. Cheeseâ€"Finest Westerns. 131-2 to 133-40; do., finest Easter-us, 131-8 to 131-40. But- terâ€"Choicest creamery, 271-8 to 27 3-8c; do., seconds, 261â€"4 to 261-2. Eggsâ€"Select ed. 29 to 300: do., No. 2 stock, 21 to 22c. I'INITED s'rx'rns MARKETS. Minneapolis, Sept. 24.â€"Closc -â€" Wheat‘ September, 871-20; December, 8938c; May. 941-8c; No. 1 hard. 903-40: No. 1 North- ern. 381-4 to 9014c: No. 2 Northern. 851-4 to 88140. No. 3 yellow corn, 701-2 to 710. No. 3 white cats, 30 to 310; No. 2 rye. 69 to 611-20. Bran. $20. Flourâ€"First patents, $4.35 to 34.65; second patents. $4.20 to $4.- 55; first clears. $3.20 to $3.50; second clears, 82.30 to $2.60. Duluth. Sept. 24.â€"Wheabâ€"New N0. 1 hard. 903-8c; No. 1 Northern. 893-80; No. 2 Northern, 87 3-80; September. 887-8c; Do- cember. 89 to 891430; May. 940 bid. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal. Sept. 24.â€"Thc top price rea- -. lized for choice steers was $6.50. while medium sold at $5 and $6 and inferior to common at 83.50 to $4.50 per 100 pounds. There were no choice butchers' cows on the market, but the best. brought $5 and the lower grades from that down to $3.- 50 per 100 pounds. The quality of the bulls offered was inferior and only fit for canning purposes. for which the de- mand was fair at $2.75 to $3 per 100 pounds. ’ The demand for calves was good. with sales of mii‘lfifed stock from $3 to $10 and grass-fed at from $2.50 to $3 each. Hogs were stronger and prices advanced 100 per 100 pounds. with sales of.solected lots at $8.65 to $8.90 per 100 pounds. weighed 011’ cars. Toronto. Sept. 24.â€"Choice butchers, $6.- 50 to 36.75; good butchers, $6 to $6.25; medium, $5.40 to $5.75; common. $4 90 to $5.15; inferior light weight steers and heifers. $3.75 to 34.50: cows. $3.50 to $5.- 25; bulls. 33 to $5.50: canners, $2 to $3. Steers. $5.30 to 85.75: bulls at $3.50 to $4.- 25; stockers $3.30 to $5 Milkers and Spring- ersâ€"â€"’l‘he market for mllkcrs and spring. ers was unchanged at 850 to $80 each. Veal Calvesâ€"$4 to $8 50. and $9 for some- thing very choice. Sheepâ€"Ewes. light. $4 M $4.50: heavy ewes and rams. 33 to $3.- .50; lambs. $6 to $6.40. and 35.50 for culls. Hogsâ€"The hog market was again stron- ger. the bulk selling at $9.10 fed and wat- ered. ' W Sir Richard Cartwright success- fully underwent an operation. All...“ .. .. ............ ~.-m~ma . .mvk:.;.-.;m .u..,,.;_..~.-.: . i 1. 7., , rxr. .< e: * ‘.‘h1wamu-'_.‘ _. .59" m. a ,, c§ 5, genes... «,Ayxwmgaaamr. c a. .4 when“. 1. .p-st-Iam . ‘_