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] of the most desperate char- r is in progress on all positions | ¢ our front. The Germans, driven desperation by their losses in guns "and men, have been launching counter. ittacks almost without cessation. Monday and Tuesday they were ng in fresh divisions which pro- ded from the trains to the battle- elds, where they were mowed down the | Russian fire. - With huge psses in all attacks which so far have en 'delivered, they have been beat- n back. Cannonading continues "night and day, at times. reaching such olence that it is impossible to dis<|l h-individual events. 'It is sim~ by bursting shells, searchlights Land star bombs. "The towns ars AN: Ply a-continuous roar like thunder. | At night the whole sky is illumin- I PROSPECT FOR | DOMINION 4 - Official Review Issued at Ottawa of End of July Conditions. A despatch from Ottawa says: A © special press 'bulletin: issued 'by the Census and Statistics Office reports on the condition of field crops in Can- ada at the end of July in part as fol. lows: Ontario--1In "the peninsula (Essex county) a large ¢rop of hay has been harvested in splendid shape. Wheat and barley are harvested, but are not quite a standard yet. Oats will be below average. Corn and hoed crops are fair, though later than usual. In eastern Ontario crops are suffering from lack of moisture. Wheat is little grown, its condition is fair and it is beginning to ripen. Barley is poor, rather late and very uneven. Oats, the most important crop of the district, shows some great divergence, some crops being far advanced, oth- _ ers only a few inches. high. About three-quarters of the hay is harvested and the crop is a very good one. Corn is poor; potatoes are healthy. Northwest SP vinces The Weather conditions of July have been general- ly favorable, although local hail- storms have done some damage. Grain crops continue to show fine promise, especially on bearing and summer fallow. Grain on the stub- ble is not so good. In southern Alberta crops are all good, and harvesting will commence sooner 'than was expected a month ago. Wheat cutting is ex- pected to begin about August 20; hay, roots and potatoes are good. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island report all crops as making good growth. In Quebec the hay crop is abundant, but grains i have suffered from drought. Columbia reports cereal crops grow- ing well. erica CANADIAN SOLDIERS TO SLEEP 'NEATH MAPLES. A despatch - from | Ottawa says: Canadian 'maples. are to be "around the graves of 'Canadian sol- diers in France. 'Seed of the red and silver maple, ripened at Ottawa, has been ent to London by Dominion Horticulturist W. T. Macoun and ,-in Kew Gardens. After the war the little trees from these seeds 'are to be transplanted in France, 'Seeds of the large-leaved maple of British Columbia are to be sent to . London for the same purpose as soon as ripe. me sin rh The prize list for the Canadian Na~ onal Exhibition amounts this year to aRaroximatels $63,000.. It practically goes to the agricultural classes. British ! planted ast have not the to give for supposition bf a sudden join 2: military strength. The bit-| here is extremely great on}: of the persistence with which |: i flyers are bombing hospitals | and on an average of twice daily. essing stations, which occurs § All of the German end Austrian | armies on the eastern front have been |: placed under the supreme c of Field Marshal von Hindenburg, ford official announcement. tn was reached during the peror's recent visit to the eastern front. A similar announcement, the | despatch say has been made in Vienna. AC OI SOLDIERS' PENSIONS: & CALL FOR BIG VOTE. { British Parliament to be Asked to Provide $30,000,000. A despatch 'from London says: Parliament will be 'asked to vote £6,- 000,000; 'including £1,000,000 already voted, to provide the full estimated cost of supplementary pensions of] widows and dependents of non-com- missiefied "officers" atid "then, of par- tially disabled non-commissioned of- ficers and men. This' sum,' William! Hayes Fisher, Parliamentary Secre- tary to the Local Government Board, explained in the House of Commons on Thursday, is estimated on a num- ber of deaths not exceeding 220,000, but if this number is exceeded, the amount would be increased propor- tionately. An additional grant would be made for officers and men whose general circumstances warranted as- sistance. menial irene FORCED TO REMOVE BUST OF EMPEROR. A despatch from London says: The German administration of Belgium has Imposed fines amounting to 10,000 2 marks on the Belgian committee in charge of the recent municipal art exhibition, according to a Rotterdam | T. - | despatch to 'the 'Exchange Telegraph Company. At the request of the Ger- man administration, says 'the de- spatch, the bust of the Emperor was exhibited among other sculptures, It caused such a hostile demonstration on the part of the visitors to the ex- hibition that it had to be removed. tami cen rv GOVERNMENT TO AID FIRE SUFFERERS. A despatch from ox Ottawi says: The |, Dominion Government will contribute |' some substantial form of assistance to the sufferers from the Narthern On- tario bush fires of last week, In con- nection with the exact form of that as- sistance, however, the Government is still awaiting a report from Hon. G. H. Ferguson, Minister of Lands, For- ests and Mines in thé Ontario Gov- ernment, who has gone up to the north country to investigate the situ- ation and ascertain its needs. dinate LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF MANITOBA APPOINTED. Sir James Aikins Succesds Sir Doug- las Cameron A despatch from Ottawa says: Sir Jgmes Aikins, ex-M.P. of Winnipeg, 3 has been appointed Lieutenant-Gov- ernor of the Province of Manitoba, succeeding = Bir Douglas Cameron, whose term of office expired last week. teen If one man in ten thousand pays any attention to what you: say you No. are in luck. Railway men give the Canadian Na- tional Exhibition credit for being the | £® greatest creator of . traffic on the | North American. Continent. Em- | Bc-| to's despatch quoting a Ber | "Germal 'earth, grass, and' timber, on an elevation made ing the -enemy's rifle, pil : ed metres awa . hE ith rh, a bomb-proof shelter. : Markets of the World Breadstufts. Toronto, Aug. 8.--Manitoba No. 1 Northern, 1.41%; Nod 2 Northern. 1.894 :. No. 8 Northern, $1.35, n_ track, | 3 ris. Yanitons oats--No. 2 C.W., 63¢c; 'N 3 CW. S2jo extra Fo. 1 Teed, io' | & Nod feed, Blo; No. 3 feed, ble, y. ts. American corn--No. 8 hi ie on} tragic Jiorento, erelal, 3.0% to TS Nor %, $1.08 5S ois 96 to 980; feed wheat, 91 to, 923, according to frel ats outside. Ontario oats--! white, 48 to 49c, outside, eas--No. 2 nominal, 20 75 to $1. A according to sample, $1.25 to $1.50, ae- cording 2 fo fret Fb outs: id. Barle ng barley, nominal, $8, 680; feed barley, a 2 to B4o, cordin, Tel, ite outs ide. " Bus! wheat ITAL to Tio, ao- sod ng to freig ou re e--No, 1 pommerclal 208 to 970, ac- COT: ing to to freights o : Baan ioba tol a flour Firat patents, in jute: BEE J a Bl Tol ae 3 stron, akers', in jute {} 38.2 0, gra'! to. * Ontario fi he New Winter, socording! to sample. $450 to $4.60, In be ag oronto, prompt Sptpment | 6 7 70, 6, Dull seaboard. promot apna | Riivered, rotons bags A ude RL er a $32: ; shorts, per ton, $24 t lings, per ton, Jas to $36) Mele feed flour, per bag, $1.75. ea t--! Country Produce. Butt ter Preah dairy, choice, 38 to 270; inferior, 24 to 260; Sreamery prints, 81 to 88¢c ; solids, 30 to ste. Eggs--New-laid, 29 to 300: do, carton, 83 to 86a. eans--3$4.50 to $5, the later for hand- wighed. 4 ' 33 eose---New, large, oi hh) triplets, 180. aple Han IT 650 per Imperial gals ressed poultry--Chickens, 35 to 270} fowl, 23 to 260. Potatoes New Brunswicks quoted at $2 per bag; Western, $1.85, in twins, Provisions. Bacon, long Ee ne to J je. er Jb. 0 eavy, Hams--Mediu 203p to Je 1 oils, 19 to HP ; breakfost Cc} bags, 1 plain, 8 to 27¢} bacon, 25 to 2 baneless backs, 29 to eros, 16% to Hs to 174c; compound, 14 ti per 1b. Lard Pur lard, ana pails, CH ettiianiats / Montreal Markets Montreal, Al 8, eT American No. 2 yellow, 9 if to be. 0 a= Bh No. 0. C ji eXtr Bi 0 i i 36.705 strong an - Miadin th 410. % neces, "hulk loss?" Saaterns to ins 'Butter, cl 0% to 300. "Bedi or 2¢ ; i seconds, Ned 3% 18 81 330 ---] or ected, px stock, 26 to stock, 30c; 27e. 8 oo rn 'Winnipeg. rihetn, 2 Au Wheat--No. 1 K; Feraen $1.81: Gc ; i ond ho' 1 8%c. Bar SoyNo 3, 0 5 resected, 640 ;. feed, Ho 1 N.W.C., $1.903 ; No. 2 C. United States Markets. be ih X Aug. ber $a Re] $ cosimbor. 0c. iow a cl Wheat-- al I 3: En Se ih | Pe hd 5 Zee A ters' " hve } LE0 it & bp i good, $5 to He ier 5.26 ; butg i KO ol have captured more 0 $10.50 ; Nelahea on = CURE DISCOVERED FOR ERUPTIVE TYPHUS. A despatoh from Ps Paris says: A cure for eruptive typhus, the disease which "| made such terrible ravages in Serbia, has been discovered by Doctors Nicolle and Biafsot. The physicians describe |. ied their discovery to the Academy of Medicine. It is a serum which they: found after exhaustive experiments. So far thirty-eight serious cases have| . been treated by injections, which were followed by rapid recovery in a num- ber of patients. In addition, ~the ine jections of the serum prevented com- plications so frequent in this disease Be reduced the death rate from twenty-five to three per gon, SECOND MILITARY CROSS WON IN ONE FAMILY. A 'despatch: from Vancouver says: To the second member of the Bell-|, Irving family has come the honor of | o being decorated with the Military Cross, according to private advices re- ceived in Vancouver. This Hilje it is Roderick Bell-Irving, acting Major in the 16th Canadian Scottish, and is in recognition of his gallantry' in leading his company to the attack and the eventual capture of an entrenchment which had been taken from the Brit- ish by the Germans. ------r cr NEW ZEALAND DECIDES "FOR COMPULSORY, SERVICE. A dough from L Lendon says: Now Zealand has decided in favor of the | compulsory military service bill, which ris applicable "to men of any age not twenty and more than forty- six," The only important amend: ment to the measure by the Legisla~ tive Council was the stringent reli- gious objectors exemption clause. The 45 gat ps Governor: has given assent to the bill, Cg Northere: THE SERBS PREPARE 0, FOR 'A BIG DRIVE. i 'Kovel railways, in co way. In an -- te SPE from the : Era 0 $83! mitted the loss of ground recen 10] taken in Laufee forest. 3 In the last three days the Frei 1,760 un- They have also wounded prisoners. taken a lox quantity of military sup- | west : , but om they from all indications Ps done far more than that,. With the descent of the lull on the Somme 4the Germans seriously resumed their operations against Verdun. They had large forces at their Sisponal and all of their powerful artille But before they couldsget well u wa the French launched their counter Russian Nut-Cracker Is Slowly, "but Irresistibly, 'Closing In. py despaish from Petrograd says! te Russian occupation of a and Lemberg and the retire. ent of the Ausiro-German line of efence beyond the Bug River are new regarded here as a foregone con- sion. The armies of Generals von Boshm. Ermolil and von Linsingen, which have been badly crippled in Their efforts to hold back the advanc- ing right wing of General Brussiloff's forces, have been forced te retreat to a point which leaves open the ap- proaches to these two important cen- tres, and the Russians in both regions have begun an encircling movement, which is slowly, but apparently irre- sistibly losing in upon the twe cities. The German loss of the Stokhod crossings and the recently-announced g of the Kovel axeept a natural barrier eon- sisting of a wide swamp, un- doubtedly will retard the Russian But this movement" from at slong the route midway be- the Sarny-Kovel and Rovno- njunction with | the Russian pressure brought 'from the south in the region of Vladimir- Volynski, fully Jevsloping: despite all German both "of 'which are success- a fre maintained 8 barrage : of Longueval and Mamete Caapiilar wood intermittently, along the line, Germans ghelled or lages near Arras and Armentieres and! dropped bombs on the outskirts of some of the legen without doing any, damage. In the Loos | gliont ; there was trench mort ity on both WALOF rons berg, since they enabl to exert pressure ag left flank and increase that hustrigs up on Lemberg from Brody and from the south, share Gen. Letchitzsky's troops wre ceessfully traversing the flooded Dnetster region and are. threatening the Galician capital along the route leading through. Stanislau' and Halich. It is unofficially 'that the Germans have already thelr re- tirement from Kovel and are prepar- ing to fall back . on rast Litowsh, ' Cholm, and the eral line of de fence following iv wing he Bug Bi River, °° GERMANS BOMBARD RUBSIAN HOSPITAL, A donpatih from om Petrograd says| The Russian official statement is a8 follows: "An enemy sereplane bom- barded a rt con g wound- * Viadimirs Rus sian | er leaves | no impertant line of defence before the & vision hospital in Dut : g one an Injurin t ho! -orderles. Caneasian sun Our. ad- vance continues." ; entree ot--" : No horse is allowed in: the td 8 ring at the Canadian Natienal E tion until it has been examined and pronounced sound by the Association's veterinary surgeons.