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A doapateh from Woodstock, Ont., ~ sayst A 'trainload of passengers had a miraculous escape in an ac- cident just west of Gobles station, ten. miles east of here, at five o'clogk on" Thursday morning. No.| 4 G. T. R: eastbound e running along through a deep bush at the rate, it is sai ot fifty miles rn hour, when the train apparent- struck a broken rail. The engine and front end of the first car kept the track, then the next seven coaches were tumbled over the tracks and rear coach stayed on. Two of the coaches left the tracks snd were half buried in the earth. Fortunately all kept upright, and it was probably due to this that passengers escaped so well. ress was B- 1 rons ol nino ries. ! -yeral vi § Inino inj; hls One. man had his another a foot njured. All thy sengers received a terrible Shak up as the coaches bumped sl the ties and came. to a sudden along The list of injured is as Jollow Mrs. H. Howland, known, old lad; from shock, Wee. Fugots 1 thr b i recen ough operation, oY Ju condition from shock; Henry Barlow, Woodstock," lacerat- ed and bruised; Eugene Cruch, New York, internal injuries ; Mrs. E. M. Bendur; Poughkeepsie N. Y., bone in hand 'broken; Ww. Burton, sprained ankle; G. B. Daniel, knee hurt; H. A. Schebah, Chicago, abrasions of shoulder, n to Brantford; Eo -------------------------------------------- C. P, R. BRIDGE BURNED." Main Line Botweon White River . and Schreiber Cut. A despatch from North Bay Jaye: Fassenger traffic on the C. R. was disorganized on Prieday by two accidents, which cap the climax of a series of events during the week which have kept the officials constantly on the jum Serious washouts tied up the fine west of Fort William, followed by a-pitch- in east of Port Arthur on Wednes- ay, when a light engine crashed nto the rear en of a freight train smashing the engine, caboose an one car. No one was injured, Hardly had the tracks been fixed and traffic again got moving before en even more serious event occur- red on Thursday, in the burning of the ' six hundred-foot bridge be- tween White River and Schreiber, which w°ll take at least three days to rebuild. Bush fires are suppos- ed to have ignited the bridge. Imperial Limited express, which North Bay on Wednesday night cr- Winnipeg, reached White River, and will have to return to Sudbury and go over the Boo line, via Min- neapolis, to Winnipeg. Trains from Winnipeg will also have to use the Boo line, via Minneapolis, until the bridge is replaced. -- LAND FOR WAR VETERANS. Militia Department Has Issued Form of Application. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Militia Department has issued the forms of application for the land bounties under the Act of last ses- sion. The forms provide for the cases of officers, for mon-commis- sioned officers and men who were enlisted in Canada; for men who were not members of corps raised ia Canada, but who otherwise serv- ed in South Africa, and for. officers and men who served in the corps which 'did not reach South Africa before the close of the war. ' The applicants have, in thé case of non- coms. and privates, to send in their discharges, which will be returned, All the applicants have to be sworn tn before 'a commissioner. The forms of application can be. obtain. el either So the Militia Depart. ment or from any - district officer commanding. Early application is 'advisable in order that the appli- cations may be passed upon by the 'Militia Department and forwarded to the Department of the Interior, which will issue the warrants to Ye individuals conceraed. rfrr---- IMMIGRANTS 8 BARRED OUT, $23 Were Refused 'Admission to Canada EE "A despatch from Ottawa says: n She of April | last. inspectors © placed along the international and for the three n 30th June last RIOT AT GLASGOW. Four Hundred Men Made a Raid on the City Hall. A despatch from Glasgow, Bcot- land, says: Four hundred unem- ployed workmen secretly assembled cn Thursday afternoon, rushed to the municipal building, and almost got into the Council Hall, where the weekly meeting was proceeding. The i doors were locked just in time to prevent the mob from entering. [he unemployed men held the members of the Oouncil prisoners, kicking the massive oak doors until the police arrived, and eventually dispersed the crowd. The unemployed, on Thursday evening, issued a manifesto threatening a recurrence of the bread riots and declaring that 60,000 men and wo- men and 100,000 children were ery- ing for bread in & city of plenty. -- SECTION HAND WAS SHOT. Boy Carrying "Rifle Aceidentally Discharged It. A despatch from Kingston says: James Ferguson, a section hand on the Grand Trunk, was accidentally shot in the left arm on Wednesday morning by a boy named Henry Knox. Knox was bringing a rifle into the city to have repairs made. He was carrying it with the barrel towards the track, when it accident- ally 'exploded, hitting Ferguson 'n the arm. The bullet entered just above the elbow, passing through the muscle and entering his side. Fortunately the force of the bullet was spent when it entered 'the man's side or fatal results might have followed. ap Ll BRAKES TAMPERED WITH. Rubber. Tubes Under ihe Cars Found to be Out. A despatch from Montreal says: A criminal attempt to interfere with a railway train was made on Tuesday night by pa arties unknown. As a train of froig t cars was pull: ing out of the ©, EPR Hochelaga it was noticed by a brakeman that = the pneumatic brakes were not working properly. The train was stopped, and it was found that about 50 rubber air tubes had been jpalicioudly _eub uns der the cars. noticed in time the train crew be- lieved it would have been the cause ard in in bad life Butrel, of Chicago; 3 School. 'Railway Commissi ies Foguiations for explosives on railwa; Co. of © to be interested in stockyard and abattoir Winnipeg: In a quarrel, on Thur Louis Peters was stab Mrs. Harshaw was killed by an express train at Com ; approieh while trying to roac ng freight. ohn McAinsh of Guel; sh'p, aged 83 years, di dese of Paris reen; on taken with suicidal intent. In a row among drunken Italians at Fenelon Falls one man was slash- ed across the abdomen; and his al- leged assailant was arreste: A horse-thief is alleged to stolen a horse and bu ron Beamer of Lincoln ship, and set fire to the Sara to cover the theft. Mr. Beamer lost his barn machinery, horses and othe "stock and crops. 4 GREAT BRITAIN, Prince Bolotoff, a Russian, will attempt to cross the English Ohan- nel with an aeroplane. } Baron Backville, who was Brit- ish' Minister to the United States from 1881 to 1888, is dead. The British bark Amazon was wrecked off the Welsh coast and 27 of her crew were drowned. The Earl of Rosse, one of land's representative Peers House of Lords, is dead. Great damage has been done in England and along the coast by terrific storms dufing the. days. Yiont. -General F. W. Ki brother of Lord Kitchener, ceed General Wodehouse as nor of Bermuda, A madman cansed a panic 0 London Btock Exchange on Wed- resday by firing three shots from his revolver in the buil ding. John E. Redmond, the Irish Na- tionalist leader, has declared the Irish' University. act to be one of Ire- the greatest emancipating measures of the century. UNITED STATES, The people ot, the northwestern|a States are agitati ng for the free ad- mission of Canadian lumber. 'Four seamen on the British b be- | g [tween two Indians af aday, be- : Mit. x boi ii and. No. a 8p ring ed, 13 to 14¢ and; to 190; ducks, per ou turkeys, dressed, pound. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter--Pound prints 22 to 28c; tubs, 20 to. 2c; do. inferior, 18 to 19¢. Oreamery rolls, 25 to 26¢, and solids at 24 to 24%. 4 Esev--a0: to 2lo per dozen in. case} OLS. : Cheese--Larg jo, 13 vo: 1 A 10 to i1c; 16 to 16¢c'per pound, and twins 18% a. 135 so 5 cheese, 185: to 18% B50. ' Hamé--Light to wediom 160; go, heavy, 12-to 1950; 1% 'to 11¥%e; shoulders, 10 to Ci backs, 17 po 18¢; breakfast bacon, 1 Yo 16) a ierces, 19503 tis; 19% 3 pails; 12%0. BUSINESS AT "AT MONTREAL Montreal, Sept, 8. -- Grain 0. 2 white at 48¢, No 3 t 47¢ and Ferd, at 46c So per bush Puritan were suffocated'in the hold | wk of the vessel near Boston. ; Right trolley cars loaded with ¢ cursionists were stalled by po bugs on the rails near B: Conn. GENERAL, ; A railway from Damascus to Me dina, the holy vity, was opened; on Thursday, i W. T. R. Preston prophesies th in fifty years Japan» i have a pulation of 70,000,000 edict i this had not been | .. A of a serious wreck, with loss'of life. |. Detectives have been notified, "and | airests are Hkely to follow ng drow 10 |B Germany as the has a world-wide reputation for! flower 'and farm seeds and plants, the trade in which the ine ent if portrays as follows; "Hower city." I he origin of the industry dates|® from the tenth: century, and it was developed by the monks of the Pet- ers mon stery, wth to th iris, zinnia, ; sam, « phlox, po ium fuchsia, azalia endless variety. that the annual Jo