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| y i ted in fury or' he | of the fall a% which J it-swept the country. One death is to have occurred in the coun-| sta; way to the south of here, and| are feared, as the herders were caught absolutely without!B narning away on the prairies. One *man whose death is reported w Donald Cameron, 'herder on Alex Bhaw's sheep ranch near Cypress "Hills. He had with 'him 'as com: panion an assistant named D. Fra- ser, 'They were in charge of a darge band of sheep on Monday af- #ternoon when the storm broke on them. They were unable to locate he camp, and had to abandon the sheep. Cameron became exhausted on the way, and Fraser assisted MATHESON FIRE-SWEPT, New 'Ontario Town Almost Wipe Off 'the Map. A despatch from North Bay says: The new. town of Matheson on the T. & N. O. Railway, originally willed McDougall's Chutes, was visited by. fire on Thursday night, and the town is virtually wiped out. Flames were first discovered about iB o'clock in the Abitibi Hotel, and ppreading rapidly, quickly "leaped to adjoining Bildings, which, 'the town heing. without fire appliances of "any ind, quickly urned. Buildings with living rooms over- heal were soon licked up by the leaping flames. A bucket brigade was formed, and worked manful- ly between the river close by and the burning 'buildings, but little could 'be done to check the flames. The buildings were mainly of frame construction and covered with tar- paper. W. James was injured, but not seriously. The T. & N. O. Rail- way station escaped the flames, ERB RS A PECULIAR ACCIDENT. 2 Colts Knocked Ladder Over and, " Man Was Killed. A deépatch' from. 8t. Catharines Says: A young man named Went worth, a resident of Grimsby, was "engaged on Tuesday on.a fifty-five #loot ladder painting the gable end Jet a large bank'bars owned by My William Honsberger, a 'mile '86iith f Jordan. : The ladder was fasten- § to the fence with ropes. Some ts playing around the barn' got tangled in rope and pulled the ladder over... Wentworth... was: thrown from the ladder to the ground and; killed instantly. , A" PEACEFTL ARRANGEMENT Settlement Regarding Bosnia and H govina Is Impending. A despatch fool London says: Althoug nothing very definite can be recorded, optimism continues to be the keynote of the situation £0 far as Turkey, Bulgaria and 'Aus: tria are concerned, Grand Vizier Kamil Pasha is quoted as saying that: Austria refuses to appear at any conference of the powers, and that Germany therefore will also 'decline to participate. On the 'other hand, many reports from 'Austrian and German sources reaffirm that a direct Austro-Turkish settlement regarding Bosnia and Herzegovina is impending. The Bulgarian en- y is still at Constantinople, where 3 other interview with: the) ter, a ranch having heen | bitter storm, w 1A relief party started ae party stark o on ds ¢ died . Thr sheep were: afte into mai Tand lakes, an Eh th were saved, The report of the death, of Cameron was made by Witelell, whose ranch is located sixty miles south of here. He had a desperate ride, and was in the saddle from | Wednesday until Saturday night. ] IMMIGRATION CUT IN HALF. Great Falling OR in the Figures for ptember, A despatch: from - Ottawa says The total immigration inte Cana for September was 10,097, as com pared 'with 19,057 'for the dame month last year, a: decrease ofi4 per 'cent, From January Ist until the end of 'September the arrivals via ocean. ports: were 81,977, as compared with 191,020 for the same period last year. ' The immigration for the' nine months of this year from' the United Btates was 45,853, '0% compared with 44,809 for the same period of last year, can sn-{at crease of 844, or two per cent. The total immigration into Canada from all quarters for the first 'nine months of this year was 127,630, af' compared with 235,829 for the same period of last year, a decrease of} a 108,199; or forty-six per cent. mmm teal SOMETHING OF A FARM. Mr. E. Burke, of Gainsboto', Sask. Makes Sale of Wheat, A 'despatch from Winnipeg says: Bixty thousand bushels of wheat. is the immense crop of E. Burke of Gainsboro'; Sask., one of 'the hos nanza farms of the west, and one of the largest = individual farmers in the entire world. All graded Nos. Land ®." He was in the ¢ity on Fri- day: and disposed of twenty-three thousand: bushels." 7 © TTS #¥ amo Bein it: Engineer Munt was killed in an accident on the C. N. R. near Po Arthur, on' Baturday, a George H. Young died at Guelph Hospital on-Baturday from injuries received while driving 'a thrashing igobine ba : | 176 tween Bulgarians and Turks is not|# confirmed. ~~ All Greek news con- it is verified. ] : It is stated in Constantinople that although Turkey abandoned the iden. of mobilizing her forces, she has been moving and concentrating ker troops already under arms dur- ing the last few 'days 'in such a manner that any invading Bulgari- an' forcaiwould find itself menaced on its flank. x x So far as known; nothing serious has geveloped from fhe Arett ofl p 'Gen. Vukotitch, the special Mon: io Servis, althou cerning: Turkey is suspected until { A. desp Dnt; 0 pe ccoTeling GC sponde