s ~“Teaving only 409 es of a gap yet e SAYS ie YRARS <! Sali ig of Prince Rupert, Mr. ight, | Hays etd: he just: arranged , abs ise Just ant the British Columbia Govern- ened ent: ‘a jp over the G.|/ment to Bpend 000 at that place. s denied any pos- P., sa e did not extort eittion enldea e to sible Tastes _betoracn the Grend bate dished |Veunkaade t LP. ,He stated that|the Grand trunk could fie bie a ‘ould be ae from Port} out of their agreement with the ene. 35 Edmonton next: spring. G.T.P. and arate not if they pees Another indeed miles will: short- penne of Bee lines, he said jiven out east of the present |the G.T.P. 710 miles on the coast section and pases er in ‘the west masa ont- - 200 miles more west of Wolf Creek, in the east, as it w impos- sible to ignore them in an aehene o : f railroad building. ti to be contracted for HEALTH _ HARD AND SOFT WATER. © sometimes hears th EXHALING DEADLY FUMES. Mexico’s Oil Gusher Continues to Give Trouble. i A despatch na Ener Orlean: La., says: Deadly fumes from t ix y r killed more t han a score of workmen duxing the ar few days, completely: blacken- ed the white paint on the sides of the ships, endangered commerce, and caused thousands of. dollars’ to ranches and I of a medical inspecto Tru minals at Montreal ed at an outlay lars, auld be built to both} "Pai 1 a ‘ship at Friedrichshafen Hon cee Speaker Charles 0: waters are those that con- fain a orale amount of lime |},) esium sa a: Bin Eedlugion ae or someti’ en “The n_ the other hand, are those that contain hicarbonate of lime. When such Lata is boiled, soins of the earbon- is throw wn of aiitle carbonate of lime or chalk _ is formed ; this falls to the bottom of ¥ Be usa ag water soft. it is the ‘Se paul |, leaving watery whe: - Praised ag health ae is eometimes wecused of bein; the canes ney colic, or of stone ening of the arteries. robably “does not do this, but it mae cause dyspeptic troubles. eal hard water is she for coo! 7, | Fourteen-y E Bi ae which reached New Orleans Mon ay night. Battling to save what|1 they could from the American mine-owners, after spend- ing more than a “million dollars, fin- ally succeeded in extinguishing the blaze, but even Panter terrors than before prevailed then. had sepaiteg the noxious” gases, but wi e fire was stopped the ae burs forth, Laborers, inhal- t of the stuff, dropped in fieis hocks dear MANSLAUGHTER CHARGED. bi t eareoldl B Boy Shot a Com- panion Accidentally. patch-from Fredericton, N. -) Says A fourteen. year-old ‘bo; named. C r Urquhart 6f Cover- ea Bridge, navish of Stanley, is in jail here, charged with causing the death of another boy ee Geo. Clary at eas place on Aa f e Tau) : A Fe. GONDENSED NEWS ITEMS HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER + HE GLOBE. Telegraphic Bricfs From Our Own and Other Countries of Recent Events. CANADA, 0. Woodstock will vote on local op- ion in January. The Toronto School Management ommittee favors the appointment r = schools, yay ter: mprov- The Grand will be since Henry 0 f Prussia made a engthy fi ight in Count Zeppelin’s on Tues- Scott is likely to be ot 4) jenate, and Marcil Speaker of named Angelo was air and seriously in- ered by an explosion of dynamite at Guelph Ezekiel Hill of Brantford was miles | Sentenced to ten years in the peni- entiary for assau 2 on a woman on he Indian 1 Robert Colwell was sentenced to Wo years in penitentiary, on Fr blackmailin ng. Charles Damen’ of Woodet Right Rey. Goung Gordon Lang, Bishop of Stepney, has been elected sho} Monts al, to succeed deceased. il’ sta ng trains by telephone the double-tracking Ww liam and Winnipeg is taken| The Kingston Board of Health as ordered oe the students at jueen’s University, as well as ree ateendivie the city schools, t be vaccinated. GREAT BRITAIN, ese Socialist Union has been n Britain. Bad ne o eee are 3,153 in Can: & oon soapmak- or" ied ir. army oes Cooke ers, have obtained judgment agai Lord Northcliffe’s papers for $115,- 000 for libel. Sir Gordon Home writes The es don Times, complaining that W: gas Abbey-is in a fithy. oer! tio: Whspavin-ie tui ip tie: tuinoy hay K Ming Hawardewae injiced ine jotor-car accident near Newmar- et, on Friday. Thirteen suffragettes, arrested on of eiioay of dol-|4 i fe paewtsy for attacks on the Brit- whi ich he Coroner | pay m of ha Pitiees, ‘which ie equi valent of one sane of Bnei of limo to th requires from eight ‘to ten ace of “soap to neutralize it before a la- ther can be made. *A limestone water can be soften- ed for washing and cooking purpos- 8 by the addition of a little car Lonate—not bicarlonate—of soda, ot for gooere it is better to bow the water and then, after giving ~ time to settle, secant it. The boiled water can be a jatable, by “halt filling a clean ttle with water ard then 2 ing it vigorously. — Youth's ompanion. HEALTH NOTES. “Never ee from a. warm ‘atmés- a cooler one without Ketpin the mouth closed; so that may be warmed in its pas- fe earogh the nose before it —Take an ‘Medicin spe 1 al ; Reo the usual simple ae Vint Pars nao cass 5 and. Ca: anal be saved, pA evtiard plaster oe a not be hear should fe repare one Pisin nevel 1 bi heer proceed as follows: te @ bowl put three heaping table- oonfuls uf stard,. stir well; fet hives tablespoonfuls of flour, add sufficient rit i ste; spread pis on old musii eyes use n for poul- , plasters, ne ae medical pur- the mixture with Bes uM ag. it Lie inimutes before = aby it ei fow oe is daughter, Dan Bitned from the ‘Foon &: aati er Was nt by youn} “An attack upon a te: hart, Urquhart Shen that the suciug was accidental Se ates Mets 102 ACCIDE TS FATAL. od a 154 Work People Se a ye Injured uring Septembe: A despatch from Outs Says: Gidustrial accidents eae ing t indiv ork ae Can-} # s son, Willian, 0 ate St. 25 ual w ada wn aie: ‘moat o Evie ber, 1908, wer Gauithent of I | were fatal, an eginning | t f the month, satdemp sn) ht. hay- fap heen recoiued by the depart- ment before September, an was. 1? less than in the previous month, and 6 more than ue October, 1907, o! BIG FARM E NTERPRISE. Company to Take Up Half a Mile lion Acres of Land. A despatch from Winnipeg says: A remarkable project. which se eeprediie of realization was outlin- on ursday A. B. Exley, eh styles himself “General Man o! incorporate Pierre, South Dakota, Bi with a id) talization of two If felitoas with the desler: intension of colonizing five acres. of lan ther Canadia: Northwest and Moa his it entirely with eae Ree as a single en. sare rise, eompany hopes to es- tablish ‘tsclf in the neighborhood of Vermilion. I ONEIDS FA FANERS LOSS. @ “ Mr. Patrick Fagan'’s Barns Burned in 0 a A despatch from Cayuga says: The barns and outbuild mgs “of b rat Fagan, farmer in A895 ck iis of Oneida, were a rant has been i ror the apest of io has-been re oe from the Harri man Hite Lteeraneen oil have to face the gist Fate. i007 ee five minutes after meals. Wright, the Allegheny fonnctsstiiy of arsbemloment oe a e it 8] EI has abso decree eae Tu Di fon souls, have prirchased an-area, ve: ish House of Commons, bese ae s and were sentenced t nonth in jail. UNITED STATE 8. Mrs. eee Astor died at New ork on Fr LeRaaual : Skidelsky of Phila- olphia advises women to smoke for fore Orville , aeroplanist, Tt’ will be a year bei ‘injured rrest ra n., in connection wit he hanging of Captain Rankin oun J. Heinfert of Dayto Ohio, made a flight of 500 yards itl i aeroplane built on the single there plane principle. by Word has reached Weatineton of wo dynamite explosions on the Pa} Wi i nama Canal, resulting in the death f twelve men. Wm. Montgomer vy cashier of the National k, was lay. his peculations in the two cases being 613,000. GENERAL. President Castro of Venezuela lutely refused to revoke his iting the transhipment f goods for Venezuela at Curacao. The national convention at Dur- ban proposes ranchise the 7, | blacks in the United South Afr.ca, subject to severe property and edu- ation test er: te! GETS BACK HIS SEVERED LEG, “Thanks,’"* Says Day When Limb Cut off by Ree is Returned. A despatch from ‘ork says: : milk Sey ran wens John Diy; watehm: he Brooklyn Rapid Tr anal Conipanyeaie Browa vay Bu ment in. Crystal Socks Manitoba. as day stagge bog that one of his trousers’ legs flapped empty in the-air, torn and dusty. Day leane: ast a post, Tn hard, but without wine. Be Je 8 eut off! pee. a his ded a man in the 1 A: bas, wearing pas tan it is?’ che cycled. The hoy held tie” Tae in his-arm: ‘Thanks,”’ said Day, fakin the |g, imes.it’s better, leg than @ veal |; spokes. / Sometin ve a wooden. yx leg ca Seviin glad ib dide Wye aetehi | TE to: ia iver of the vehicle Was are be From Dakoia 1 Buy Shel — lgar: ‘ions isety Han se s T akobes Sc in all> 13 as | everythi WARRANTS FOR VOLUNTEERS. |Land Certificates and Cash Boun- Ss are Being Issued, despatch from Ottawa says: Interior Department. is now A The grants to Sou! African voterans a Epriene come in. On We veterans fave applied for, and re: eciyed tl lepartment receives application for either lands: cr serip a warrant is issued. information of the veterans entit- led to receive grants under the bounty act, it may be stated that application musi o the bounty. The, latter depart mere then, on notification from the ash scrip, as the applicant desires, ie taking ‘epplicatina: fo¥ 1nd We location must, of course, be stated. ts LAD SHOT BY COMPANION. The Latter Tripped and Rifle was Discharged. A despatch from Guelph says: An aretent occurred at 3.30 on | Friday afternoon, a short distance rapidly apenas: warrants for land] g, “tents, $5. 80, 01 © | ond = and so far over 600 of the le oe $5. 30, and strong bak. oT No, LEADING MARKETS! BREADSTUFES. ~ Toronts, Nov. 3.—Flour—Ontario wheat, cba flour, first pat. track, Toronto; sec- West Manitobe wheat $1.03% for orthe>n, and at $1,004 for No. a RNoriicn Georgian Bay Ports. Ontario Wheat—No, 2 white, 90c} | cutside; No. 2 red Winter, 90c, and | Par! No. 2 mixed, 894 to 90¢ outside, ats—Oni Western Canada oats gute at 4%¢, Goderi Rye—No. 2 quoted at 760 . Sn ie: Buckwheab=0f to 59¢ outside, ‘eas—No. 2 quoted at 85 to 86e cutside, Corn—No. American yellow | Bominal at Sarge on track, Toronto, and No. Barley Ne: ee ‘parley quoted at 6 to 57e, ae No. 3 extra at 55 to 55’%e outside, ae ‘an —Cars ar uae Shae © quoted at $19 Shorts ine at $22 t ulk outsid COUNTRY PRODUCE. Aves sas Bee stock $2 to $2. 50 the best, and at $1. 75 te cooking apples, jeans—Prime, $1.80 to Bl. 85, and | pana picked, $1.90 to $1.95 per 35 to $1.7 |r om the city, which resulted in the almost instant Conolly, age | Taylor-Forbes Co, Cut, t}the scene of several railroad acci- dents, they decided to take a short | cut. Connolly went up the embank- | ment an n!/ discharged and the 22-bullet lodged in Conolly's head, going in just over tho-vight ye. One of the boys ran for help to a nearby farmer, but before any- one else coul ch Jonolly was Pacliyie nates. ntly retired from farming to live i Guelph Ste FELL FROM BRID GE. ible Fate of Herbert Knight, a Brantford Youth. A despatch from Brantford says Herbert Knight, aged fifteen, son cf John gue Eagle avenue, was killed on Wednesday morning 5 ling from aT, oing over. the tripped over in stepping to ono side and fell over the structure. He struc n the stone abutment ten feet be- loweand even tote twenty-five feet lower. was. ver, ow, dashed to death on the rock bottom, his skull being fractured and neck broken. There’ will be no inquest. , beeidentally GIRL’S PITIFUL DEATH, Afraid of Being Sent Away, She Goes to the Fields to Die. - despatch from Belleville A girl named Edith Nicholls, had says: who ae ig to send her ba ee to the Taal end she became despondent. left the house an eee ad ION. MR. GREENWAY DEAD. Appointed to Railway Commission Six Weeks 4 A despatch from Ottawa ‘says: Hon. Thomas Greenway, ex-Pre- mier of Manitoba, and member for isgar in the last House, died on Friday morning at the Windsor Ho- on. O weeks ago was appointed a railway commissioner a Cai made ar- rived at Ottawa on Oct. 9; but nev- €1 sab on the. board, a baa in tack of asthma confining him to. reo, t! sthma and heart trouble Jed ip a fa col lapse on Friday m were sent ‘West for are IMMIGRA Nis DEPORTED. Government Careful About Admii- ting People Now: x Gerrans from, Ottaxta sa; During the first nine months of this year the chaatinettion department 8 deported 1,011 ‘imigrante as sing unde: 20 sie te same perio ae nee ee ee ae United) ® ‘hi figures -indicate the lose. = ah r being exer cised by “the cloneeoncet over the new arrivals in the country, ae vis, said that no country carried a ela f ee Grants than the 120, 000. who. set- tied in Canada this year. ‘Immigra- tion for 28 TORS slias now practi- ‘ally stop) BY ving Nb nary eo Ze Corley “Meets ‘Death Near Winnipeg Betas a ep sa; Ceorge ley; ae mey—Comks, $2.9 timothy cnpted at $11} $n. 30 a i on track here, and/ ‘ . w on Poultry Chi spring, dress- ed, 10 to le per Baty fowl, 7 to] 8c; ducks, 9¢ per pound; young turkeys, 14 to lbe per pound. THE DAIRY. bene Butter—Pound. p tubs, 22 to 28¢; inenes, ic to 2 200; Creamery Hos 26 to 24% to 250, En Caee Tots of fresh, 22 to bn pk ogee While aon ears r pound, HOG Bate con—Long clear, 124% to 12%e per pee in case lots; mess pork, | 519 to $19.50; short cut, $23.50. to medium, 14 to avy, 12 i to "Ke; anoidaek: 10 to 10%e; AOSTA WILL NOT FIG /Tells Servia and Montenegro They Must Give Up Cherished -Dreams A despatch from Budapest say: |Baron yon Aehrenthal, the Austro-, ungarian Foreign Minister, in an * Jinmportant speech on Tuesday, in- Bissied a yielding attitude on the Austria, which may aid ma- the preservation of te smooth S way for ot confer- ence an hoped his Govern- ment’s. intentions Hoan be appre- ciated at Con jiantinople, “and a hand extended for a Fandlys agree- terial stor MILITARY MEASURES. ould also be glad to Tarko- Bulgarian meceuiatinge lead to an understanding for which con-) — ditions were y-no means unfay- orable. Acting with that: view, Au- . stria in common with other powers, had dissuaded the Administrations at Constantinople and Sofia adopting military measures Stis increase mutual distrust. With regard to Servia and Mon- tenegro, he said, neither was en- titled to interfere in the matter in Bay way, but soon ana this willing to treat ho oth with hares their interests into consideration. It Sc ee the Austrian delega- jon, the Foreign Minister admit- ted that it was Austria’s desiro to do its utmost to relievé the present tension, and that therefore the Goy- ernment’ would not insist that the question of the annexation of Bos- nia and Herzegovina SEEMS be en- tirely eliminate pro- gramme of the nigra Con- gress, although naturally he could not admit that the powers had the oyinees, or the | ervitorial irectio n ae basis, however he added, there was no objection to the Con-| would, however, be bette Rrase placing on record the abroga-| © i 30 set practical aims tion of the ar lee eee to Bos-| for their activity instead of pursu- n'a and Novipa: ustro-' ing dreams that could never be rea- HaGeREias: Gevernuene was trying lize i idea of any in other he’s onl, anyway, to-18¢; rolls, | Ground Light. The bi LION’S WAY. “Oh, look at the | Rob. “Sta: big dog!” cried n the piazza!’’ his mo-| h, ‘ther comrade d. “He might bite} p jyou He doesn’t look much like .a| } Litey doe said Rob. i vy rolls of muscle about cliest and neck, she was forced to agree with fe did not look Oks a “‘bitey” dog; Pi looked like log Ada shad Hee to mind ah min e Tarun’ summer-house was just next a point where the tide ran| y bar} r: t ff, was a small lighthouse—the Middle ig dog oa el to the lghihouse-keeper, and si fe Lion, pawing uneusily he his mas- not make o Rob saw him often. ui nee at the” ies his er, gave one more hoy, and Satihannsete ack. “You see,” said the Fecha soy: “being y a he ery sorry for taihe wrong, es can- thers believe it — nob ight away. Puy uth’s Cor PeoRe RES CAST AWAY IN SOUTH SEA. Tale of Hardship Brought to San neiseo. y | tario ed | pure - | Chees: No pata contin loyed as. sta-| y; Ae backs, 16% to 17¢; breakfast bacon, 1b, to 16 Lard—Tierces, pails, 13%. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL, Montreal, Vv. 3.-Grain—On- No. 2 white oats was quoted at 431% to 44c; No. 2. oe 2 to 42% 18¢; tubs, 18%; toba Spring wheat patents, firsta, $6; seconds at 4 50; Winter wheat. ee $5 to $5.25; straight rol ae $4.50 to $4. ds - ¥ extras, Sect Manitobb bran, ‘2 shorts, ntario pees $21.50 ta $22; middling, $26 to $275; shorts, $5 to $5.50 per ton, including bags: grain mouille, $30 to $35; piles grades, $25 to $28 per ton. —The market is steady, ith Wi ae ee quoted at 12% for ite and 1a%e for colored, Fees Masters at 11% to 11%6. er—The mar- ret is ‘steady; finest srativer quot in round lots, and 26. to a jobbing way. Egy inues to be fairly good and the undertoné to the market re- mains about steady ; jaid were mney de stock at 24% sito 250; and No. Iie 4 UNITED STATES MARKETS. Milwaukee, Nov. 8—Wheat—No. 1 0 Barley Standard, earie @ to 644c; No. 3,.53 to 6 530, Ce rac Deae sample, Yo. 4, cash, | $1.02) Daten ‘el 03g May, $1.06). CATTLE MARKET, ronto, Nov. 3.—Butcher Cat- re is a good feeders Tate Se Lambs— et deckin fin fe eel lvuteher, a3, NU ST LE: ARN r . from. Aa ane 8a) Ww. ays 8 have. their train alone ay the Shocking whi en enn a for inv abit eae phe; e | water. supplies,” ino met. fa worning. ter t sets Nee Me hed oline, ‘and he e th ae 3 Hae effort | familiar At first the bev A despatch from Ben Francisco, Cal., says: A story of hardships as castaways in the South Seas is told sales of new) sw: fi d sticks in- nding, ‘Fetch! e dog paid no atten- te m8 aid Rob, and hit him in the ri ima shook himself, looked at ‘Rob. sol- emnly a stately march mov- Rob was » but he had not ‘ind to animals. morning, ar Rob was play- ine on the pier, throwing in sticks and watching them chase each other swiftly out to sea, he-threw one too hard, lost his balance and wont over. Fortunately he was barefoot- ed, and he could swim a little. He kopt. his head “above water and ae for help, but 4 one seem- vy him, and the tide was yates nit ‘out fast. eho sud- enly, like a whirlwind, down the hill ‘from the lighthouse tore Plunging in witha whine, he ‘am and was whirled down see w t land again, They were carried dowa fully two hundred yards pais they reached shore, but they reached it: Rob, half- drowned, nae “te ightened I ‘ob wen again, the dog shook ‘himself till Ae water flew from his eoat,-and fae ie fe ‘otted away Labs sree behind. Rob fo llowed along, and climbed the hill to. ho use. fer ‘on’t make e|piende? Well, ithe oe human, maybe he'd) be ready “fi nie @ TF fand forget,_ 98 the song by the : Un employed Am rt thant es that the British wnem British wor! age in the number of days they. are. a eee comparison,”’ mnt. seven Chinese who arrived on the Rei sieah Manchurian on Wed- nesda; ong The ‘ermed the crew of the barkentine jays to repair the sue A so “that, % a a small pebble at him, which i 10 is- sel, ere ined, and Yrom this place hey eventually made their way to Hong BRITONS D DRI in Brilain” and in erica Compared. from London says: the Labor leader and President of the Lonel -Government Board, drew down upon vantage under which the British: Sraareeiias Jab- ie a aed Burns repudiated us sugges- ifference lay in the ct that the. American RRevet Ta sige money in their pocke tinea. erence I ployed workmen, but men have an advant- stn cries of “Tt, is untrue ; it 1 greeted Burns’ stateme: _ANPHOD EVE A: despatch from Poets sa Outbreaks of typhoid reported from ‘the aber ane ric almost. i eee ‘itable Dee railway poiaeeuatidn n mn] one siiad cin He. Wekehbee-the eomlt 2 pos a psy more Rises range i APPALLING appalling in ihe Ra though Os hospitals i 4 200 it les tors and nurse: he men, sense 0 hospi a refuse to eke Se} sick, anda carclessness mor the Pee, Haat of yw vat Stpply fr land, while the captain stood off witl th’ the ves: »|Health ‘Department Reports. 100 Cases in | Kenora Hospital,