ie A despatch from Fort William says: Rounding a curve at full speed nthe new double 3c; plowed its way through an extra of a west-bound freight train. Three men are dead as the result of the Russian, ars, married; Diemetro Dig te helenae rerihinan. Ata No. 2 on aaisiaae morning | j: ie when picke: THREE TRACKMEN KILLED Fourth Man Seriously Injured in Accident Near Fort William. pears to be, almost miraculous con- sidering the speed of the train and maner in which the men were track. From the s rig] the centre of the group of men, one could only move a few feet, yet all but four managed in some eopane! or other to ee co8 the trac! Robinson: who was in Wataet of the engine, did not see the men until he was rig hem. . | He immediately threw on the emerg- ency and stopped in two train lengths, which was very fast work considering the speed of the train. Of the three who were killed, Cushkewiez and Luchezyz were de ad ed up, while Wyshnowski died on the train on ste way to the hospital. ace despatch from Brockville says: ruesome eX- ial mee of driving for miles beside a dead man, but that was what hap- pened to Frederick Vickery on Wednesday. An old man named|\ William Davis has been living with Vickery, who is a farmer at Lillies, miles nor! been ailing for some con. siderable time ‘bends and finally Vick- ery fe! not assume the icaponsibility any longer. Ac- cordingly he drove the old man into DROVE MILES WITH DEAD MAN Gruesome Experience of a Leeds County |® Farmer. town for shee reated at tl WW. companion was sitting quietly in nthe turer, Werhesd slightly, for- ard on his chest, stone i crgecne edu wate sitar tain souls course cessary as the man, who wai seventy years of age, had died from natural causes. Vickery cannot say at what time Davis died. YOUNG ‘p ssFOLKS A GAME OF TWO. Joe’ a uncle, they bots Scar. Bae much of the time th hii sat down with a ‘gloomy ed. “oy Want to play baseball, Uncle Joe.” “Why don’t you ?? ‘here’s only Jimmy and me, and 3. os urt his uncle’s ey fue Uncle Joe understood. He al- Ni ued a way of understanding ys. “You E might play wall- is be ‘he sugges “What deers inquired his ne- prYou need,”’ said Uncle Joe, ‘a ball, not too hard, four barrel- staves, a shingle, and: the back of a wood-shed.’’ Ted’s eyes ppeied, wide. “Sounds ow you,’’ re- plied his uncle. en the ttaves, the shingle, and Bs sedate: Then he maids the aisngts across their ie fourth ro ie shaved cece neatly for a third of its len, es then wrap- ped the cut part in “That’s the at,” te exp lained, eee the cloth is put on so that it oy rt your hands.” oe! e got a good bat, Uncle “Jee,” ata Ted. But Unele Joe While their mother was sick, Ted} ‘immy w who entered and | j is Se the matter? he inquir- 0 good as this for wall- ball,” he | said. Then he stationed tront ut fend backor (hie lias a line about forty feet from the uu miss the ball, and ingle, you are Tt you hit it, in any direction, you must run to that tree and bac count as many runs as you can he was busy wii mo ing, and| make trips before Jimmy can. cither then the hours hung hea | throw the ball so as ok of fosely apheiie ivle iota case Pain the shingle, or can stand on the off; there was no mace ss to sakes and| home base with the ball But if he the only horse on bore S}catches on the , or reaches Uncle Joe’s own sade! OT Be, a0 the home base a it, knocks powerful for small hays ti e trust- off the shingle while you are still ed alo: see se knew running, you are (How ou about fouls?” asked Ted. od as a fair ball e_wood-shed Si like baseball,” who had read boo! was el ay like to yout ay eal it anes shed crick- if ike,’” ang red Uncle Shigehed Jimmy, on games and Thee I think I’d Joe, hie ese twin! ened to He srulia vend d. “Tm ahead!” cried Jimmy. ‘Five runs !”? “He’s got sixty-two, and I’ve got only fifty-seven,” said Ted, sober- ly. “But we’re going to play the afternoon, and I bet I beat him! pace is the game over, Uncle Jo “Not until the — wood-shed _ is tired,” said Uncle Joe, agin with the twinkle in his eyes. — Youth’s Companion. a SES 87,404 ALIENS NATURALIZED. Jimmy were collected, Uncle Joe A despatch from St. Petersburg sharpened one end of three of the| Have Become British Subjects Since | S2¥8: The cholera that has made its staves, and stucl then in me appearance in Russia this year is eae edgewise in a a a ¥ § most virulent. Out of 12 cases in part about five feet out from se A despatch from Ottawa says: Ac-|Tsaritsyn there haye been 11 deaths. cording to returns received at the State Department, 87,404 have taken out naturalization -pap- ers as British subjects in Canada since the Act went into effect in 1902. During the period between July 1st, 1906, and Dec. 31st, 1907, the num- er naturalized was 17,714, of whom 7,279 were from the United States, and 306 were Japanese. a Naval A despatch from London says: While the British submar f rescue party was organized, and the erew, consisting of two officers and ate re found unconscious iS. suscitated | 8 - open Mt MICE WAR OFF ate Disaster. might occur at any time in 1 any & marine, was due to the tacluees of certain springs to work properly on account of the rolling of the beat: connected with which the noxious gases are expelled from the boat. ake a ara until x cently for British ‘sn i Sure white r Diaarines “to tl Iit#!> animals are 3 os peculiarly suscey that tible to the fumes of petrol, and|s tL a as the heavy gas invades the w Sabet Z ne their squeaking seryes as a about “nconscious from arning in th of an accident af ‘petrol, to which they, too, fell like'the recent one. Several weeks - Victim ~The be ere finally re-| being cor to- the © 18 Ic, and youl eo) atonal to have a fleet of 30 dirigible om, | War Balloo all| ish army. Pounlty and Hotet in New Bruns- |} set fire us the CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE. Telegraphic Briefs From Our Own and Other Countries of Recent Events. CANADA. a Woodstock ratepayers defeated the Pyar to provide funds for a new sehi R. s Price, a farmer of Otonabee founihip, is a cousin of Lor Rol aoe Fre a clerk in Hamilton City Hall was fined $1 for loitering on the sidey AS He Pridy was etserie at Win- nipeg for robbing the mails. He was a postoffice employee. indsay council has authorized a $10,000 issue of debentures to pur- se an ozone filtration pln rien, arrested at Mo: ae on Thursday, pleaded sally = robbing the Canadian Express Com- Es) EB a milk dealers to place their names on bottles, and be onareble for the cont Isaac Bat ana, the Italian, aes rested in Michigan and brou, ack. Nova Scotia is sending the Prin- cess of Wales ‘a mink coat 4 Brockville boys teased an.old man named Keny lle until he picked up a stone and struck George Whaley in e face, inflicting an injury that will disfigure him for life. e GREAT BRITAIN. A British board will inquire into oe oe of preserving meat. Joseph Chamberlain is re- “tea to ped in a very grave condi- tion. The House of Lords has passed the. i bi of amendments. Mr; Lloyd-George blames the ox- penditu mament, for Ger- many’s distrust of Brit mired Betis ember of Paniament are pledged to the = moval of tl mbar; e del fae stepine vie Unt vétanl’ Peeve Coneremin~- borden Raaxoewelanmcd’ bathe sKing aud een. Sir Edward Grey warmly repudi- ates the idea that Britain’s foreign policy is aimed at’ the isolation of Germany. To prevent further friction with Lord Charles Beresford, Sir Percy Scott has been appointed to a new The Balish Admiralty has exoner- ated both Lord arles Beresford and Sir Perey Scott in connection with the nieiee incident. UNITED STATES. North Dakota is to erect a monu- ment to Theodore Roosevelt. A negro charged with assaulting a white woman was. burned at the stake by a mob in the public square at Greenville, Texas. GENERAL. ly pro-British . Vanderbilt’s stepson was sailed oa a motor car accident in mee, ¢ German military authorities hice! “vessel foundered in a ee near Clanton and 300 per- sons. were ed. Gen. Von der Goltz, of the Ger- man army, will reorganize the Turk- Clark Kennedy, the Englishman who was captured by. Moorish bri- gands, has been released. SELL Pee: PLAGUE SWEEPS RUSSIA. Condition of Towns Opens Way for holera Harvest. According to investigations made by Deputy Von > who i dis- tinguished medical authority, the sanitary conditions in the Volga towns are horrible. The absence ‘ot | 2 @ sewerage system and water works puts the inhabitants at the mercy of the epidemic, and the cholera will reap a full harvest. a ee ae A FATAL SHOCK AT QUEBEC Perey Daniels Comes in Contact With Live Wire. from Quebec says: whi ae a motor in a cold- mn Wedne: qe 0 he worked for the General ‘Elestrie Company. He was a nephe Mr. H. B. ee di- rector eS the Bank of Montreal, an Englishman by birth, about 30 years of age, and unmarried $100,000 FIRE At SACKVILLE. ick Town Destroyed. Ad oe ‘from Sackville, N.B. says: Lightnin; uildings of the En- Lord Roberts will go as far west | © ny. a milton Board of Health want little bit of satin in a harmonizing of brown forms tl g zona the oddly shaped poke Tine der of a fellow-countryman, was ar-|2" ht Ger old-age pensions bill, with a number. a Turkish Moslems are now :trong-|% of early on Thursday Fashion Hints. LEADING MARKETS BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Aug. ntario Wheat —Old fall aria aust at 83¢ to 4c; new at 81¢ cations, and nee: eu they are modifi- worn over . whole finished ae as formerly, \ blouse is necessary only of ten full-sized’ sleeves is finished with plain lar, around which a tied. three bands of stitche shade ham or any sive material. The ski but were the clinging nature model would be practi eapmed in r e & success. blouse for this n natural or simulate: es “dotted foulard is py m stretches nor is allowed gainly and full. he undertlGuse aay gundie; as frocks of be ‘a day’s hands ome lave yoke. new, save a sort of w: most a In ordering a dress y desire. you Su faint as cream color. der ‘‘maize,’’ which i order “biseuit,” han yellow itsel nary.” Indeed, it will hook to remind one desi tending Pic A a epee from Ont., : B. tor of oe Bapiied chur. dionned on Thursday in Harbor, ‘ch. sieving - the surface, bu eee een. 52 years of Ee, bei 01 : Brownsville i in G. T. “PACIFIC 0 The First Train From out for the west ove! ase ect a ‘ough to the end = terprise Foundry, an Battle River, ‘or. | tctally destroyed. The fir pleting to h| the line fo: bor traffic. turn it is expect ee for ERS ‘ice material a st: or Gircilar a rather sylphlike figure, of the moment is for height, cither mmer, a goo able guimpe is far preferable toa porns whieh is appropriate to the on. The lon al aoe are extremely ornate, ort darker than champagne. color of e: word required for eae the fare ‘ired. pk eRe is a A PASTOR DRO while. attending the Binday areas Pionie 0 of the Bay + McEnteer was ae just aes ta of Mr when the latter called for assist- , but it guimpe depth, though Sometime these guimpe beer are of batiste with simulated soutache buttonholes. The net yoke standing col- satin cravat is skirt is trimmed with d linen. ie pipin, other inexpen- irt is Tinted of ical, A little dress ot Beige. batiste is color, the frock would most signally e unde; dress is of tucked 30 it w 8 Revers do to lose ee Ae aes ‘of made nd embroi- Caramel I—$1.85 to $1.95 per bag. 0 un-| Millfeed—Ontario bran, in bags, | V $20.50 to $21.50; shorts, $23 to $24} lay be of any lace or of plainly tucked white or- foular’ may shopping in wash- The hats te nothing startlingly ‘arm weather _ they a iny Anes and a dainty corner peeping forth from. he chamois gauntlet is most attractive. ‘ou no denser say a yellow—you single word the exact shade of ea é ou may order ‘‘champagne,”” which is a little bit|¥ lighter than yellow and not a ou is the ahaa Y¥ lf. ter is nesigped by the name of ‘‘ca- bakes - guide| x ly the WNED. Baptist Minister of Beamsville Was]. nic. Hivaryieela Brown, pas- ch here, was afternoon at ptist he latter freed himself and rose was utiable to Deceased was ing born at PENED. Winnipeg to Battle River. A despatch Hom Winnipeg says: oon new epoch i ee oa in he west was marked ursday| Daily Telegraph say uel et SE a 4 ft train mulled Pa adiicnitbetallowed ground, Is consisted of three ae Ei Ireland ond Transcontinental—and had. on General Morse and Fall the western officials etween Britain and ight | United States, holding each by the Maneeer Tas the ee at les west, com- one ps for opening on. their re- and frei, ced, a 40; tnost excellent model, which ellows for the natural draping of the silk. The scallops may be ha lered or bound with a soft silk in Tt si 3 Ae to herself ‘and to her great tra- Manitoba Wheat Quotation at Georgian Bay port rth- ern, $1,104; No canon $1 %; No. 3 northern, $1.06%. tley—No. 2, to 60c, out- side; No. 3X, 56c to b7e. Bran—Quoted at $16 to $18 per ton in bulk, outside; in bags, 62 Soe yellow, 8c, parent freights ; 82% to Geog ane No. 2 white, nom- ae 44c to 46c outside; Manitoba, °. rejects, nominal kiln-dried, S ic. s $2 more. first patents, s atrahee bakers’ $3.20 to $3.30. COUNTRY PRODUCE. utter—Receipts are still large one still the market keeps strong. Creamery, prints .. ..... do solids ae bea See # ae Dairy prints, choice do ordinary Dairy, tubs Inferior Cheese—12%e and 13¢ for large ,{and 18¢ to 13%e for twins. Egge—Prices: are easier at 20¢ to le. ents, Beans—Prices are $2 to $2.10 for prime and $2.10 to $2.20 for hand- picket Potatoes. -Ontarios, 90c to $1. a per busi mericans, $3.35. t $3.60 a Geral ih eaPleiaat teee here. eee ee MARKET. Pork—Short cut, $23. ia per bar- ZA me $19 to $19.5 I—Tierces, 12¢; Sr 12%; pa, 12\%e. Long clear bacon, shoulders, 10¢ to 10%; rolls, 10% to. lle; breakfast bacon, 1b¢ to 15%c; green meats, out of pickle, Je less than smoked. MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, Aug. 4.—Flour—Mani- toba spring wheat patents, $6,10 to 6.20; second patents, $5.50 to inter whi aten $5.50; straight rollers, £4.50; in bags, 2 95 to $2.10, ex- tra, 81. 50 40 Rolled our ate No, 2, 48¢; No. 3, 47c; re- Manitoba bran, in Daas, $22 to 823; shorts, $24 to. $25. ions — Barrels short cut mess, | $22.50; half Meise $11.50; clear fat backs, $23; salt long $17. mn: pound lard, 3%c to 94e; ae lard, 12% to 18¢; kettle rendered, 13¢ to 13%c; hams, 12446 to 146, Be- breakfast yapans st ize to 12%4c and easterns at 130 to 11%e. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, Aug. 4.—Spring whea— Firmer ; No. ©. sues $1.17% ; Winter fir No. 3 yellow, 82c; No. 4 n, ard winter, $1. 01% f.0.b. ae qua me lots ex- e. 4—8 loads of butchers’ cattle, $4.50 to +6. % €4.90; medium, $3.75 to. $4.35; or- dinary, _ $2. to $3.50; cows, choice, $3.50 to $4.25; cows, com- on, $2 to per. cwt. Caner ers t loads sold at $2.50 to $3 per Calves ae worth $3 to 5% per an Export ewes were firm at $3.75 ue $4 gat Bue sas were quoted 5 to 6e per pow eee Hoge aoe ean quoted at and watered. $6.90 per cwt., fed 90. ps 2 $6.50 Lights and fats were worth per pa 7S Aes CANADA’S MISSION. To Cement Britain’s Friendship With United States. A Rel ses from eee pele the enius of nart in the world’s affairs. highest mission of Canada is stand the B “The times pays the highest tri- bute to the success of the Tercenten- ary. says s Canada has only to be ditions to create a ee sec- , 48c, lake ports; No. 3, 46%e3| © 4 eae to $21 in bulk out- = 5.30; Ontario winter wheat pat-|P Oats 82, 50 in bags of 90)? -| rest is of A despatch from Winnipeg says: are perhaps not quite s not be jarvest, for although on light land consider: CROPS NOT QUITE $O HEAVY Conditions at the End of July Are Not So Rosy. Crop conditions at the end of July\ Au ao able wheat will be cut on and about an average Jere 80 re as yield is congern id much oe than an. average crop er qual average orop, on aie acreage els, difficult to say. HEALTH HEART-DISEASE IN CHILDREN. Diseases of the .eart are generally not of children and this is largely true, although there are exceptions to the rule, if rule it can be called. se exceptions are generally the result of the acute infectious disord- childhood is almost certain to affect the heart, but heart weakness ma; A the sequel to any debilitating jisea: The symptoms of heart trouble in Smoked ond Dry Salted Meate—| chil 11\%e to 11%, t 8, i S T-|tcns and cases; ant edium and distress round the heart, or even light, 144%4¢ to 16 Le large, |of actual There w'll almost 12%¢ to 180; backs, 17340 to 18¢;| certainly be a rapid pulse and short- ness of breath on exertion, accom- panied by great sensations of fa- Aa acks of the ‘‘blues,’’ a small or ca- eae appetite is usual, wit) sequent loss of flesh. The child wil sometimes start from sleep in great agitation and terror with a rapidly beating Beeth and chorea—St. Vit- often an accompani- Fue he ear murmur eard, and this is a proof that the oe are not doing their work pro- “Children often Suterow, these val- in the immediate present, a ture. spel is danger that the. heart may become so far d. that it wil a badly the demands it by adolescence. In the eabnedt of this condition greatest importance, drugs being bate secondary. establish ana rigidly carry out a proper mode of life, and then rest, laxed. Stairs should be ng sleeve is eotne to size ; rely" making a hatd fight: for po-|14e to. 160; Windsor bacon, 166 46| or et ea on is ae pularity, and it seomns 8 though it|16c; fresh killed abattoir dressed| «tittle, restless, active child under: will soon mipate its predecessor. |hogs, $9.75 to $10; live, 86.85 to|‘tand the importance of ing Colore: eddkarthiate become | $7. quiet, and this makes it absolutely more and more in yogue every day,| Eggs—Selected stock, 23c; No. 1, necessary that watchfulnession the’ d now, when they match not only|0e, and No. 2, 16e per dozen. See Cre Cor teucheerehoule the hat but the parasol, Sheese—Westerns are quoted at| Part of the parent of teacher show age: The children. Skipping-ropes and hoops and all toys calling for violent exer- cise should be put out of sels and a daily effort be made to keep the child amused and occupied in a suet y medium must ©: | allowing it to ery violently, and this 1s r al the tact that can be exerted. The medical treatment will of course be in the hands of the physician.—Youth’s Companion. WHEN VISITING SICK. . Let the invalids talk of selves first. I have Teely. with those ee are much alo} tnat they want to tell has they have been doing, who has called, and a little apatt their aches and them- $4.80 to $5 per cwt. for light ones. rt ;)pains. After that they will gladly eae Duebedae a “per pathos. listen to anything that you may have 5 ies to Base general quotations were :— Go Bob impress Spon then ane at very good time you are hav- ing in the world, while they are out of it al ‘3 Usually try to bring pons aie thing to them. It n pensive, but a eee rau a Gouead ex- supposed to be the fate of adults and pap The sufferer is subject to at- : noticed pees: ps monotony of their existence. j e weather often depresses sick people, a ind if practical it is ad- visable to cal se meresy days, or on the second day i storm, ial bringing a inissuiie ese HOW TO STOP NOSE BLEED. imple way of stopping nose bleeding is to wind a ates of tissue ibout two inches long into a tight asi half the size of the little rr. This is then placed in the es under the upper lip, as far up as it can go. ourse this and brings it just fendaih the nose, arteries leading to the sages, and stops the blood can reach them. severe Cases tying a hand- ke rohief around the arms and legs, making the bandages tight enough to stop circulation, effectually stops the nose from blee Bre pas- efore it re ment it Tonle be well to call a phy- THREW MAN MAN “OVERBOARD « ee, Ketion of Mate of the eamer Standar A Pats from Kenora says: During an altercation on Monday afternoon on board steamer tandard, a work boat of Sutton & McArthur, a Swedish foreman in their employ overboard cue him, but without avail, and dur. the excitement that followed the Swede disappeared. A search for fo Swetlerhas been inetituted, pai asa es es 3 a LUMBER IS LOWER. Big Cut in Prices Announced in the West on Wedresday. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Considerable reduction in the price of lumber was announced on ‘Wed- nesday. Shiplap and boards have been reduced $5.50 per thousand, making the new price $17 per t thou: sand. There i °! $3.50 per thousand, which brings a down to $19 per thousand. epples to all lumber from British Columbia and western points. NOVA SCOTIA’S CROPS. hed aaa Summer Report Esti+ es Large Average. A rae from Halifax seys: Nova Scotia” Government’ average. Hay, 90 per cent.; oats and other grains, 97; potatoes and ~ ‘oots, 3 a 3 plums, 90; smal] fruits, 90. See GAVE BIRTH TO TRIPLETS. ous Celebrated in ge peeks achine Houschol are hale and hearty. married six years, and hi children. The house was decorated mn Wednesday in honor of the event, aad all and sundry were made wel- of grapes, a potted plant, or a little leaflet. Al these things relieye the | co ‘A despatch from Montreal says: 'The business men received a shock on Wednesday when it was learned that Mr. Victor Gray, a promin- stockbroker, lowing chloral. despond- ent over heavy pes and had been unable to sleep some time. Tuesday. night he wont to a hotel a the city and about 3.30 called up Mr. Dobbin, a friend in Westmount, and bade hi ig it was for #) riend SWALLOWED A FATAL DOSE Losses in Stock Market Cause Suicide of Montreal Broker. dj was done to save his life, but death — [became alarmed and hurried to ai He *iy hotel, where he found Gray lying on his bed unconscious. An ambu- lance was summoned, and he was. speedily conveyed the Royal ictoria Hospital, where everything ensued this mornin; 3 ray Was a member of the firm of J. H. Dun & Company, ee wi member of the Montr Stock Exchange. He was eee years of age, and a year ago mar- —