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v‘v‘f EASSlNA’lEt BY moan Archduke Francis Vienna, June 28.â€"â€"Archduke Fran- cis Ferdinand, nephew of Emperor Francis Joseph and heir to the Ausâ€" tria-n throne, and the Duchess of Hoihenbcrg, his morganatic wife, were assassinated to-day at Saraâ€" jevo, the capital of Bosnia. Two attempts were made on the lives of the Royal party. A bomb was thrown at their motor car, which was warded off by :the Archduke, to Sarajevo on a visit and a bomb and his car passed before it ex- ploded under the next car which carried two of his aides, who were slightly injured. Later on a man, an 18-yearâ€"old Servian student, fired several shots from an automatic pistol at the Royal ear and the Archduke and the Duchess were killed. This adds another sad chapter to the life of the aged Emperor, Franâ€" cis Joseph, during whose reign many grim tragedies have occurred. Wardcd Oil? Bomb. The Archduke Francis Ferdinand and the Duchess of Hohenbc-rg started out this morning in their automobile to attend a reception in their honor at the Town Hall. Sudâ€" denly a man named Cabrinvitch, from Trebinje, who was standing among the crowd on the sidewalk, threw a bomb at the Royal ear with good aim. The Archduke saw it coming and wardcd it off with his arm, and the bomb fell to the street and did not explode until after the Arehduke’s car :had passed. When the explosion occurred it resulted in the wounding of Col. Morizzi, aide-de-camp to the Arch- duke, and Count Boss Wald‘eck, who occupied the car immediately behind that of the Archduke. Six persons among the spectators were more or less seriously injured. The Archduke immediately order- ed his chauffeur to stop the car. He made inquiries as to what had happened and gave orders to have the injured attended to. Attended Reception. After this the procession to the Town Hall was continued. Here the town councillors, with the Ferdinand, Throne, and His Wife Shot Heir to Austrian Mayor at their head, were awaiting the Royal party to bid them welâ€" come. The Royal party entered the hall and the Mayor was about to begin his address when Archduke Fran- :cis Ferdinand interrupted him and lin an angry manner said: “Herr Burgomaster, it is .perâ€" fectly scandalous. We have come is thrown at us.” Here he [paused a moment and then said: “Now you can go on.” The Mayor then delivered his ad- dress and the Archduke made a suitable reply. The people, who by this time had heard ‘about the throwing of the bomb at the Royal mot-or car, burst into loud cries of “Zivio” (the Slav form of hurrah), as the Archduke concluded his remarks. After making the rounds of the Town Hall, which occupied half an hour, the Archduke and the Duchâ€" ess started for the garrison hospi- tal to Visit Col. Morizzi, the Arch- duke’s aide, who was injured by the bomb explosion and who had been taken to the hospital in a carâ€" riage after the outrage. Fired From Sidewalk. As the Royal car reached the corâ€" ner of Rudolph St, a man named Gavro Prinzip, who was on the sidewalk, fired several pistol shots in quick succession at the Arch- duke and the Duchess. The man, who was only a short distance from the car, was a good marksman. The first shot struck the Duchess of Hohenberg low down on the right side, While the second bullet hit the Archduke in the neck near the throat and pierced the jugular vein. The Duchess became unconscious immediately and fell across the knees of her husband. The Arch- duke lost consciousness in a few seconds after he was lhit. The chauffeur put on full speed and rush-ed straight to the palace, where an army surgeon tried vainly first aid to the injured. WW BIG COMMERCIAL COLLAPSE. Loading New York Wholesale Firm In the Hands of Receivers. A despatch from New York says: The H. B. Claflin Co., the oldest and the leading wholesale dry goods company of the country, went into the hands of receivers Friday beâ€" cause of its inability to meet notes amounting to several million dol- lars, now due or coming due within a few days. The failure is the bigâ€" gest single commercial collapse in many years. The company is said to have out- standing notes amounting to more than $34,000,000, and the liabilities may amount to $44,000,000. In some quarters, however, it is said that the assets, according to the books of the company, exceed the liabilities. The Company, or its president, John C'laflin. owns or controls at least twentyâ€"five. retail dry goods stores throughout the United States and Canada.“ Three..of these con- cerns also went into the hands of receivers to-day. They are the Henry Batterman 'Co., of Brook- lyn; the Redford Company. of W'lâ€" liamsburg, and Jones Store Com- pany, of Kansas City. MisSouri. Similar action, it was announced, would be taken in the case of the rest. Their business will be con- tinued under rli-eeivcrs' manage- ment until their financial affairs have been adjusted. The cause of the failure was first ly an over extension of notes issued by the company as maker or en- dorsed by it; secondly, the stagnaâ€" tion of business throughout the country, which caused the banks to refuse further credit and extension of the notes they already hold. The other causes which are named were the fact that New York is no longer the jobbing centre in dry goods for the whole country, and. secondly, that the banks holding the notes feel they must have more liquid assets in preparathm for the new banking system. The failure was a shock to the entire country. The H. B. Claflin Co., which for more than seventy years has passed through various vicissitudes, emerging with a higher reputation as to Soundness and bigger business, until within the last. few years, had commercial con- nections throughout the United States and Canada. Its paper un- til recently had always been in refuse .. eager demand by the banks. About :25 banks in New York are said to hold approximately $7,000,000 of the notes; Boston, $10,000,000; Chicago and St. Louis large amounts. The paper of the comâ€" ipany is said to be stored away among the assets of between 2,000 and 3,000 banks in the United States. >z<_ WOMAN KILLED FOI'R LIONS. Two Escaped Rccausc Ammunition Was Exhausted. A despatch from London says: The South African mail brings a story of how Mrs. Delaporte, wife of an official of the Delagoa Railâ€" road, bagged four lions in a few minutes. In her husband's absence. she received work that lions had killed an antelope a few miles away. Accompanied by two naâ€" tives, Mrs. Delap-orte found six lions devouring their prey. She killed two before. they realized their ldanger, a third while it was escap- ing and the fourth, which attempt- ed to charge, she stopped with a ibullet in the eye at a distance of eight yards. The other two got away. because her ammunition was exhausted. >21 DROWNED SELF AND BABY. I lliodics of Mother and (‘hild Found In the liver. A despatch from Prescott says: The bodies of Maude Mills and her lS-months-old child were found in ithe River St. Lawrence, just. west aof Prescott, Friday evening. The police and coroner were notified, and the latter. having been advised that the woman had threatened to drown herself, considered an in- quest not necessary. The woman seemed to have been depressed in spirits for some days. It vus a straight case of suicide. â€"» ri‘ Sl'l‘lfl'31lilil) TO INJURIES. Aired Berlin Mun Was Struck by a --,., . Berlin and Waterloo Car. A despatch from Berlin Ontario. says: Ja-Cob Drunnn, an aged resi- jdent of Park Street. died on Wed- ,nesday as the result of an injury I received in a streetcar accident on Sunday. While crossing the tracks on King Street he was knocked ldown by a Berlin and Waterloo car, land sustained a fatal injury to his brain. TIIREE OVERCOME BY HEAT. Windsor Workman Grew Faint and Fcll 20 Feet. A despatch from Windsor says: Three persons have been prostratcd from heat within the past 48 hours. Norman Norcott was overcome on the street, and was taken to the Hotel Dicu. While picking cherries, Donald Binn, 14 years old, was taken with a fainting spell, super- induced by the heat, and fell to the ground. He sustained a fracture of the right arm and minor cuts and bruises. Enoch Harris, em- ployed at the Windsor plant of the Lufkin Rule Company, fell 20 feet ' from a ladder when he was over- come by the heat. His head and shoulder were painfully injured. STRUCK BY A TRAIN. T'nin Running 'I‘hrough Widow’s Yard. A despateh from North Bay says: Mrs. Y-cnson, an old resident of Ni-pissing District, died at North Bay Hospital as a result of injuries received by being struck by a Cana- dian Northern train. Mrs. Yenson is a widow, living on a farm near North Bay, and the transcontinenâ€" tal line of the Canadian Northern Railway passes through her proper- ty near her house. Owing to litiga- tion over the right-ofâ€"way Mrs. Yenson had remained in her house, and was hanging out clothes in the yard when the accident took place. A construction train came along, caboose first, and she started to cross the track, but was caught and hurled to one side. She was taken at once to the hospital, but died shortly afterwards. â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€">I4 Six thousand soldiers of a Chinese CINIRB garrison mutinied, burned a city, to Isle: do.. heavy. 17 to 171m; rolls, and killed the inhabitants. Lord Mersey, who Conducted “Empress of Ireland" Inquiry. Lord Mersey, cool, grim, impar- tial judgeâ€"such is the. way the press is headlining all references to the British Titanic Commission‘s chairâ€" man, who directed the inquiry into the loss of the Empress of Ireland. After the Titanic inquiry due .promâ€" inence was given to the fact that during the entire questionings the only time he was seen to smile was when a sailor, who was asleep at the time of the collision, explained he was “whacked to the side.” His stiff face was then said to have cracked into laughter that was like a grimacc. There is altogether too general an impression that Lord Mersey, if a just judge, is ogre-like and a man of dry rigidity. Otherwise, it would be difficult to account for his universal popu- larity in the British Isles, along with the respect for him as the high- est authority on matters maritime that is felt. His career has been notable. A native of Liverpool, nautical terms such as “alluvion” or “jettison” were a part of his schoolboy alphabet. He absorbed shipping lore with his arithmetic. In 1867 he entered the chambers of l I l l Grain. tattle Prices of These Prod Breadstuffs. Toronto. June 30.â€"Flourâ€"â€"Ontarlo wheat flours, 90 per cent, $3.75 to $3.80, seaboard. and at $3.80, Toronto. Manitobasâ€"J‘irst patents, in Jute bags. $5.50: do.. seconds, $5; strong bakers’. in jute bags, $4.80. Manitoba wheatâ€"Bay ports-No. 1 Northern, 945C. and No. 2, BBC. Oqtario wheatâ€"N0. 2 at $1 to $1.01. outslde, and new at 82 to 850. outside. August and September delivery. Oatsâ€"No. 2 Ontario oats. 41 to 42c. outside. and at 43 to 440. on track, Toâ€" ronto. Western Canada. oats, 42£ie for No. 2. and at 42ic for No. 3. Bay ports. Peas Prices nominal. Barleyâ€"~Good malting barley. 57 to 590, according to quality. Ryeâ€"No. 3 at 63 to Me. outside. Buckwheat-90c, outside. Cornâ€"No. 2 American. 79c. on track. Toronto, and at 750. Bay ports. Branâ€"Manitoba bran. $23 to $24 a ton. in bags. Toronto freight. Shorts. $25 to $26. Country Produce. Butterâ€"Choice dairy. 17 to 19¢: ln- ferlor. 15 to 16c; farmers' separator prints, 19 to 200; crcainery prints, fresh. 232: to 24c; do.. solids. 21 to 22c. E.;gs-â€"~Strictly new laid, 24 to 250 per dozen. and good stock. 20 to 230 per dozen. Honeyâ€"Extracted. in tins, 10b to 11¢ per lb. Combs. $2.25 to $2.50 per 1302- en for No. 1.. and $2 for N0. 2. Clieese~Nevv cheese. 141 to 149.0 for large. and 14b to 14:30 for twins. Beansâ€"Hand-plcked. $2.20 to $2.25 per bushel: primes. $2.10 to $2.15. Poultryâ€"Fowl. 16 to 170 per 1b: chickens. yearllngs. 20 to 22¢; turkeys. 19 to 21c. Potatoesâ€"Delawares, $1.15 to $1.20. on track here. and Ontarios at $1.10 per ban. on track. . Provisions. Baconâ€"Long clear. 14 to 1450 per 1b.. in case lots. Hamsâ€"Medium. 18 143 to 15c; breakfast bacon. 18 to 19c; bucks, 22 to 23c. the bar three years after, and later, 4 enjoyed a private practice of almost' fabulous wort-h. All this time he was just plain Sir John Bingham. His subsequent career as president of the Probate, Divorce, and Ad- miralty Division on the bench is well remembered; also his services on the Parliamentary Commission which inquired into the Jameson raid. Upon his elevation to the peerage in March, 1910, he had to respond at a Divorce Court banquet, g1ven in his honor, and a few of his rc~ marks revealed the real man. “I think I could count on my fingers,” he. said with emotion, “the number of days I have been away from my duties on the bench from ill-health I ' or other causes, but now at 70 years of age, I am tiredâ€"not so tired that I feel unfit for any more work, but tired enough to make me feel that in justice to myself I ought to relax the strain of daily work on the bench.” Four years later, at this date, Lord Mersey is still in har- ness. That bears reasonable testi- mony to one of his cpigramsâ€"much, esteemed of lawyersâ€"“I hope I shall still be able to do useful work. Mr. Charles Russell â€" afterwards I notwithstanding the. ominous assur- the late celebrated Lord Russell ofi ances of my friends that I look Killowenâ€"«as pupil, was called to younger every day.” â€"â€"-â€"-‘â€"-_ Markets are Here Recorded, a. ... and Cheese acts in the Leading Lardâ€"Tlerces. 1221c; tubs. 1239; pails, 13c. Compound. 10 to 1010. ‘ Baled Hay and Straw. Baled hayâ€"No. 1 at $14.75 to $15 a: ton. on track.here: No. 2 quoted at $13 to $14. and clover at $11. - Baled strawâ€"Car lots. $8.25 to $8.50, on track. Toronto. - ‘Winnipeg Grain. VVlnnlpeg June Northern, 39§C§ No. 2 Northern. 88%: No. 3 Northern. 870; No. 4. 823C. Oats -â€"â€"No. 2 C.W.. 301C: No. 3 C.W'.. 39c; ex- tra No. 1 feed. 890: No. 1 feed. 381C; No. 2 feed. 3810. Barleyâ€"No. 3, 52M; N0. 4. 510; rejected. 49c; feed, 48am Flaxâ€"- N0. 1 N.VV.C. $1.398 N0. 2 C.W.. $1.36,}; No. 3 C.W.. $1.241. Montreal Markets. Montreal. June 30.-â€"Corn, American No. 2 yellow. 79 to 80c. Oats, Canadian. Western. No. 2. 44 to 443C; No. 3, 431.6 to 4320; extra No. 1 feed. 4251 to 430. Barley. maltlng. 55 to 56c. Flour. Man. Spring wheat patents. firsts, $5.60; see- onds. $5.10; strong bakers'. $4.90: \Vln- ter patents. choice, $5.25 to $5.50; straight rollers. $4.70 to $4.90; do., ags. $2.20 to $2.35. Rolled oats, bar- rels. $4.55; do.. bags, 90 lbs., $2.15. Bran $23. Shorts $25. Mlddllngs, $28. Mouillle. $28 to $32. Hay. No. 2, per ton car lots. $14.50 to $16. Cheese, fln- est westerns, 13 to 131:0; finest east- erns, 122 to 1250. Butter. choicest creamer , 245 to 25c: seconds. 23 to 23ic. *ggs. fresh. 23 to 24c; selected, 26 to 27c; No. 2 stock. 20 to 21c. Pota- toes, per bag, car lots. $1 to $1.20. United States Markets. Minneapolis. June 30,â€"VVheatâ€"July, 840: September, SOExc. Cashâ€"~No. 1 hard, 881cc; No. 1 Northern. ssgc to 8710; No. 2 do., 831» to 855C. Flourâ€"Fancy pa- tents. $4.45; first clears, $4.42; second clears, $2.55. Branâ€"$19.25. Duluth, June 30â€"\Vhentâ€"â€"-No. 1 hard, 89k; No. 1 Northern, 88.1.0: No. 2 do.. 86% to 8630.; July, 8730. Linseed â€" Cash and July, $1.592. Live Stock Marketa. Toronto. June 30.â€"â€"Cattle~â€"Cholce butchers', $8.15 to $8.50; good, $7.90 to $8; common cows. $4.75 to $5.25; canners and cutters, $2.50 to $4; choice fat cows, $6.25 to $7.10; choice bulls, $7 to $7.50. Calvesâ€"Good veals, $8.25 to $11: common, $4.75 to $7. Stockers and feedersâ€"Steers, 800 to 900 lbs, $7 to $7.50; good quality. 700 to 800 lbs, $6.75 to $7.25; light, $6.10 to $6.50. Sheep and lambs-Light ewes, $5.75 to $6.25: heavy. $4.25 to $4.75; bucks, $4.75 to $5.30; Spring lambs. $10 to $12; yearling lambs, $7.50 to $8.50. Hogsâ€"$7.60 to $7.65 f.o.b.. $3.15 to $8.20, fed and watered, $8.35 to $8.40 off cars. Montreal. June 30.â€"Prime beeves, Sc (0 She; medium. 55c to 790; common, 450 to Sic. Cows. $80 to $75 each. Calves. 3a to 71c. Sheep, 50 to 6&0. Spring lambs. $5 to $7 each Hogs. 85c. WHY EMPRESS SANII SO SOON. Two Hundred and Sixty Tons of Water a Second Rushed In. A despatch from Quebec says: The explanation of all the sugges- tions that have been made during the enquiry into the wreck of the, Empress of Ireland about the ves-, sel’s steering gear came out on Wednesday afternoon when Percy Hillhouse, belonging to the Fair- field Shipbuilding Company, which constructed her, continued his evi- dence before the Dominion Commis- sion. Mr. Hillhouse gave the first- adequate explanation of the actual injuries to the Empress. and his telling of the water rushng through a wound 328 square feet in dimen- sions at the rate of 260 tons a sec- ond gave a clear-cut impression of how it came about that the liner listed over quickly and shortly at. terwards capsized. Another noteworthy feature of the commission’s hearing on Wed- nesday was the evidence of Gunner Wilfrid Whitehead, the diver from H.M.S. Essex, who, in addition to inspecting the hull of the Empress. risked his life in an effort to save that of Edward Cossboon, the American diver, who died from in- juries received at the wreck. White- lhcad and other divers from the lis- sex were ordered fromthe court to the scene of the wreck Wednesday afternoon after a conference be- tween Capt. Walsh, marine super. intendent of the C.P.R., and Capt. Watson, of the cruiser, at which it was decided to once more try to get the 800 bodies entombed in the Em- press, despite the fact that this work had been abandoned following a report indicating its difiicultics and dangers. a. TRIED TO BERN A. CHERCH. Timely Arrival of the Sexton Saved Irish Edilicc. A despatch from Belfast. Ireland, says: An “arson squat” of mili- tant Suffragettes caused extensive damage to the Episcopal Church at Balylessen, near here, at an early hour on Thursday. The destruction of the entire church was averted only by the timely arrival of the sexton, who succeeded in extin- guishing the blaze. He found quan- tities of burning petroleum, fire lighters, grease and cotton wool lit- tered around, while the woodwork of the building had been thoroughly drenched with petroleum . 30.â€"Cash :-â€"â€"No. 1‘