PRISONER SHOOTS THREE MEN Startling Deed at Windsor at Windsor of] Man Arrested for Bicycle Stealing. A despatch from Windsor says: Without 2 word of warning, Her- man Martin, alias Kraft, a bieycle- thief, pulled a big 38-calibre re- volver out of his hip pocket as the officers este about ta search him at police headquarters on Friday night, and Gred five shots in quick pret four of which took ef- ie Le a en. tering through the fleshy part of the in the back just behind the shoulder. Police Ser- geant William Reid was shot twice. ison -|ing and hid One ball tock off a piece of the fin- ger of his left hand, and -another Re him in the Ben Aide mak- ot serious flesh Policoman on Lister right arm. of the phen were killed is little Hee of a miracle, as the shots were fired at a range of less than five feet. ately after the shooting ner ran out of the build- in McLain’s lumber yard, close by, where he was cap- tured a few minutes later by Po- liceman Frank Cade. Martin made no resistance YOUNG FOLKS A WATER SPIDER. There was a y curious phenomenon. This phenomenon looked just like a silver bubble swimming about with all the vigor and appearance of life. The most singular thing of all was the bubble-like house it had built at ae bottom of the p A few an faders dragon- fy poy ple, who hi Prising enough to work their way into the house, had never returned, aed this was alarmin; up above told axons 0) re if Bactley. unable to contain iis vewroety any longer, swam up to il “Who and what are you?’ growl- ed the-beetle in 8 “A spider? Nonsense! live on land. If they fall into the Tam not an ordinary land ler. I’m a water spider. “Never heard of such a- crea ture,”’ said the beetle pnetustely “You only have to glance at to see ‘that i Enea the truth,’’ pee ae the spide ‘You eeriainyy. do look ‘ike a idee said the beetle, inspect- ing the little creature rather sev- rely. r all covered over in hair. “My hai iry which I ae able to Py breathe air ediently. kin, | Doughty round, and can t get fo imprisons the air.’ ~ “Ts that what makes you look wt a fea = phen the beetle. always inclosed in air ies in the water. That is how T breathe.”’ “Pooh! My anGthod is mych clev- erer,”’ said the beet ‘Now, I’ve got a chamber see my wing-cases on my When the chamber wants replenishing with air, I rise to the surface, open my wing-cases the air in, then shut them i I don’t go about look- ing like an idiotic bubble. What is the meaning of that See ary bubble you 7 erected at the) © bottom of ue “That my Foes which I am bueny preparing for the winter. I u how I built it. I be- r crawled at of it, leaving air in- i 8i = didn’t the air es every time you went: out by the door Hi asked ane critical beetl = bit of it. much too len. es that. The deer is at the bottom of the hut. Air does not red. Spiders] ». dress is a smart trick F drape: the hat: a} Am princes chemises, sink in water. Consequently, I am able to get out of my web hut by the Moor, while the air stays behind.” “I yery much doubt the truth of your sess rnonEs, said the beetle, flapping its huge legs to and fro. “T would tae yon into the hut to see for yourself, only you are much tor sah Ts the he ider. ‘‘Per- P ecm ateadaitly caterpillars would like to have a otros youngsters at once swam for i “Come alone with a kind sm: said the spider them to the web hut. The spider Biged dows tdecat ai darted up through the flooring by a nar- row channel into the a raitne the three caterpillars to follow When the unsuspecting creatures ‘ot inside they receiv kk, The interior of the hut, was strewn with the bodies of flies, small green worms, and paeeery of every des- eription. Befor y had time to recover from the ae of such a pounced on them one after a in rapid aie scl and bit them sharply in the “At last m; Saeco is full,” said ithe little spider with a tranquil et) of. its) had been » YOu iseanuied, aan up. pen to be bigger than oe te reverse is the cas ge BIRD AS BIG AS A MAN. Captured a a Fierce Fight Near ntie City. ae despatch a Atlantic City, N +) Bays. ttacked by an ense tite of unknown species, supposed te be a member of the pelican family, Capt. Doughty fought the pails of his life shortly Aetae day- sday morning, be confirmation of his weird tale Capt. y on his return to this city See arms pinched black an blue, and shredded eile along with the strange bird, whi trussed up and brought Moras tae coat. Local scientists viewed the feathered monster are still uncertain of its species. . It weighs over 100 pounds, and stands almost as tall as a man. Accord- ing to the story told by Doughty, ¢ was sculling his boat along in fro: ‘oint, near Brigan- tine, shortly efore daylight fog, when he was ai bird. The bird is still alive, and will be presented to some collec- tion if it survives the beating it re- ceived during the battle. FANCIES AND FANCIES. cae are higher on the street Buttons grow larger and dressier day by d ng lace zus will be used to ng the ee lingerie are the the lingerie frocks bat crochet “thie the lead. he attractive trimmings show a oy ue gold or silver. new lingerie have slight t torches of colored embroid- ery. the skirt and bodice are foset Scientific Department Has Been Created by the British Government. A’ despatch-from London says: The Government has taken an im-| portant step in recogniuon of the obviously growiag seriousness of the problem of aeronautics from national standpoint, by the creating. of a new seientific department to ered that the Government's study the problema in reference to| fence Committee is resolved to try 9 Imperial defence. Prime Minister | Asquith announced on W sense ty that the { tween the army and the the view to sue that the highest scientific talent e brought to ear -on the mae ee “Government iy der to adequately guide the struction of airships. The investi- - | depart h| models, ‘somewhat as , Glazebrook, chairman. Se pares other prominent physicists are me bers. Adequate funds have teen pee for the work. conversation with Secre- i Ww Lene strokes brought a . | by x No matter where the frock estas i CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS QAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE. Telegraphic Briefs From Our Own and Other Countries of Becent Events. CANADA. Judge Fee ase of New Brons- wick is di The T. tN. O. Railway Commis- ay gave an order for 2,000 tons of rails. A conference of Provincial Prem- iers may be held in British Columbia this year. The C. N. R. has taken over the Saskatchewan Northwestern Railway. The Attorney- pGarer of Ontario says the investigation of e Ki rade case will not be droppe: The organization of a corps of school cadet instructors is he in- gutted the family mists ee Seok. ville, N.B. The Council of the Strathcona Trust have decided to offer prizes for essays on the best method of introducing physical and military training in the schoo! GREAT BRITAIN. It is understood that an Imperial conference on the defence of the empire will probably be called for aly. The Cunard Steamship Line ee the time lost by the stops le at Queenstown by mail steam- ae J. Pointer, the Labor candidate, was elected to the British Commons Don the Attercliffe division of Shef- field. UNITED STATES. The steamer Shores is reported lost on Lake Superior, ae twenty- one passengers on Walter Wellman will se tempt in August to reach the oe pole in a dirigible balloon. Seventy-seven persons were kill- ed by automobiles in New York during the past ene Prof. Chai Publow, of Cor-| nell pare has bean offered a place on the Royal Commission which is to investigate the sources of Canada’s milk supply. GENERAL. Hilmi Pasha has again become Gr rand. Vizier of Turkey, men and a boy were killed a live wire in Pa: "The Shah of Persia has garnted his people a new constitution The explosion of a bomb injured twenty persons in Bue Ayres. TESS SER eRe er Jace at Adana again on Monday Chancellor Von Buelow threatens to resign unelss his fnancial reform ter | plans are adop a tate soldiers convicted of murder were banged in Constantinople on Monday. The French Governm: s bid defiance to the labor none “that are trying to force i compromise will Se regard to the South African Union. Five hundred pia ten thousand eavali vers have been found in the Yildiz Kiosk, the pat- Sultan. declares he wil a to the yavolutionary sail ser- Tt i is s believed that the crew of the carcerated in a Venezuelan prison. ROBT. RICHARDS KILLED. Niagara Power FVoltage Passed Through His Body. Fe despatch from Hamilton says ville, ou the mountain, was elec- troeuted on Friday morning. The] j Hebe woliascane ci-the osute & Niagara Power Company passes is farm, and~on Friday morning tion was ying across a live wire, which had been blown d the current was | was done. the trouble was he stepped on the which ying the ground. The conaition et the iody showed that he had died a terrible death oo DROWNED AT GALT. Two Students Went Out in Canoe and Upset. a fate ol Wa Bialdntisat oas gath-| De-| to place Great: Britain in the fore- Hfront of the world in scientific i vestigation of aviation. e new | ment will exist for continugus Fesearc! warship de- signers do. The army and navy are experimenting with air vessels of all types, and will submit their prob- lems to the committee, which will endeavor to discover suliciently the causes of defects, and remedies, which will be tested by | the experimenters. The aim is to make the CoeADU Naan the most com- plete in the worl It is under- stood that the visit of Orville and Wilbur Wright to the War Office had a direct sbenting on the hew|sank immediately. A despatch from Galt says: The first drow, ning accident of the season nates was a Stahlschmidt, soi Mr. W. Stahischmidt. of Prest ae tirenes Goodfellow, son of Mr. Goodfellow, os narrow escape. went well until just back of the Sollepiate, when a8 eanoe capsi Goodfellow was able to ee Sut Stehlechmidt a not. dea heroic at- tempt to save his companion’s life. He ae and held him above ter Awice, his hold. e swam to the shore completely exhausted, and had to be assisted up the bank. Stahlschmidt body was scheme, recovered at 6 o’clock, is| ¥ reached on the points in dispute in fe os and nearly | °b D., LAKE “| was going ve) EEETSRUSWS GRAFTERS. as an Those Who Bribed m Sentenced. = rath ee Pittsburg, Beans a es were impose: the: Criminal Court on Walnesdey y Judge ron seven persons Pees ie the last few weeks municipal 2B cases. The W. f 81, 000; Captain Jol Bagauina two years and a fine of $1,000 on the bribery conviction, and one year and six months on the con- spiracy conviction; Waason and Wm. Brand, former Councilmen, each one rae and six months and a fine of $500 for con- eee H. M. Bolger, “hotelkooper and a fin fo: case, two years and a fine o: each. INDIAN CONSPIRATORS. Eighteen ae a in Court Alipur. A de: ee a SS saya Sentences were han on Thyrsday in the court of AGpaE suburb of Calcutta, in the cases of th arty-five natives who were arrest- ed hi last summer charged with acne in the Anarchist. eee transportation for life, transportation for ten years, three S hutosh Biswas, cutor, who was engaged in the con- duct of these cases, was shot dead in the Alipur court last February. SHIPPERS ARE JUBILANT. Charge for Changing Destination of ars in Transit Reduced. A despatch from Montreal says: Notice was receiv esday by the transportation bureau of the Board of Trade that the Railway Commission has passed an order fang a maximum rate of $3 per ar for changing the destination of cate in railways some \time ago increased Seabee tee |this to a cent. a hundreds pounds, which came to from $5 to $8 BE car, and the shippers somplpies to the commission. latter decided that the railways had no right to base their charge on the value of the service to the cutsomer, but on hs cost of the work to ti om pas rate i hee of $3, much to the ay of the shippers set See BACK TO NATURE COLONY. New German Sect Whose Creed is to go Without Clothes. very curious pamphlet is being circulated deser: sect, whose without clothes. from sanitary and moral purposes. a have erblithed themselves as colony at a clearing in a forest ar iyenty mile high state of morality is claimed, and itis declared that the rigors of rusian winter in no way affect tHiexe Balke site ave aroma. Meaty from exposure to wind and weather, ead a very out-of-doo: eeigtaned CHAMPLAIN DAMAGED. Big C. P. R. Liner Had a Narrow Ea Estape. A denael from St. John’s Nfld., says: ver: eae by tl liner ake - Cham inward bound, big collided, head- on: with an iceberg. sustaining injuries which neonate. ated her Buteae into port and land cci- from Cape Race, about 6 o’clock in the evening, during a dense Fortunately, the Lake slowly, would be no ere of as accident steamer as a collisioa with an ice- berg. Se Sa SS MUST STAY ON HIS Jon. Governor of Sandwich Jail Sen tenced to Ten Days in Jail. A despatch from Windsor Governor Harmon court when o: tenced to ten days’ imprisonment in his own bastile, was on Thurs- day afternoon. served with a war- tant by pee St. Louis, ordering his detention. rmon was in fin- the ee ae comply es release ee ancial difficulties before he received eee seam at the suit of the Nelson Hardware Company of this city. Fe TWO MEN KILLED. Dynamite Field Hill Reduction Works. A avepetals from Winnipeg says: A mite accident occurred in on the Field shortly before the two tunnels were ned, on wo men were instantly killed and two were seri- ously injured: The dead are G. Zinchinetti, an Italian, aged 35, and Thomas Duff, a Scotch-Cana- dian, ag 5 Ste; teed, “ih t0 606. 3 buckwheat, i to Flour—M narrow escape was red. the ©. dent occurred some fifty miles out| Oat: wi Accident in Tunnel at LEADING MARKETS BREADSTUFFS. on Mauitobe- abies patents, $6.10 to $6.40, on a 2 ORI second patents, $5.50 t 90, and strong bakers’, $5.40 a $5. 80, on ack Toronto, 1 Northern, May de- oe as ports; No. s1. Ny an No. 3. $1.23%4. Sure wheat—No. 2, $1.25 out- 2, etnies ae 3 extra 60c. outside, oe Ae 3 58e. outside. i" aD etaue No. 2 white 48 to | rack, Toronto, and 46 ;No. 2 Western Can- Buckvheat Ne 2, 95 to 96c. out- f $500 | side. Corn—No. 2 American Sete 81/%c. on track, Toronto, an 2 at 80%c. on track, Toronto. ee ian yellow, 75 to 76c. on track, Toronto. - Bran—Cars of Manitoba, $23.50 n sacks; Toronto freights. Shorts, $24, 50 to $25, Toronto freights. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples—$4 to eo for choice qual- ates, eg $3 to s—Prime, hand picked, $2.10 to. $2.13 per Oey rane $2 to $2.75 per Ha and strained, 10 to ilc. per "tape Syrup_s6e. to 81 a gallon. —No. mvuthy, 12 to $13 a ic erik seer anal lower prance ss us to $10.50 a ton itraw—$7.50 to $8 on Ener ttoes—Car lots, $5 . per $1. Poultsy—Chickens, aressed, 15 to 17e. per fowl, 12 to 13¢.; tur- keys, 20 to 22¢. per Ib THE DAIRY Se Butter—Pound prints, 21 to 238¢; tubs and ae FSi 16 to 18¢ ee in- ferior, be.; creamery rolls, 5 to 26c., a solids, 20 to 2le. ung Ckes lots, 19c. per dozen. Cheese—Large cheese, old, 14 to 14%c. per pound and twins, pe 14%c. ; new cheese, dull at 124% to 12/%¢. HOG PRODUCTS. con—Long clear, 13 to 13%e. do. heavy, ae ine 13%. ; to 11%c.; shoulders, 10% backs, se ad 17Ke. ; breakfast bacon 15% ts fate Tiarese. 1BYe.; 18e.; pails, 18%e. BUSINESS IN “MONTREAL. Montreal, May 5: Peas—No. 2, $1.05 to. $1.06. Oats Canadian eter No. 2, 52 t OE | j extra Brine 81 fo 740.5 N . 1 fe 3054 to 5 ae ley, tubs, |P, 66 to 69% anitoba, Bpning wher patents firsts, 86.10; lo... seconds, E anitoba strong bakers’, $5. 40; Winter wheat patents, $5.75; piteiel rol- jorts, $24.50 to 8 3 ; $30, Cheese—11% fo IW. Butter 24% to 2c. ; 19% to 22%4e, per dozen. Eggs—19 to ‘oie UNITED STATES eee Chicago May 11.—Whea' No. 2 red es to $1. 19545 7 3 $1.33; No. 1 Northern, $1.30 ie 81.3134; No. 2 Northern, $1.97 t ae 8051 ae = ee oe 25 to $1.30. 7440. ; No. yellow, ines to “No. T3540. 5 xelow rig ie ore ; No. ae —No. white, 58¢. ; No. nite 56 to 58e. 5 nee 4 white, % to 57c. ; standard, beer e. aay $1.28% 5 Jal. a 0 Boot 07% Northern, ie ae to 81: Se Pour =First p $6.10 to $6.30; second ee $6 to $6.20; first clears, $4.75 to $4.95; second clears 3.45 to $3.55. Bran—In bulk, $23.50 to $24. Bue STOCK MARKET. Mont alse. ; com 3 to Ih’ Mileh cows from $25 to 856 each. per 5; . Good lots of fat hogs sold at about 8c, per I Toronto, May 13.—The demand for butcher erie was so strong that "| to $7.50 fed ie watered, and $7.15 to <it ee = Fringe of every descripti nis, : to,| be worn a great déal upon the new hats. ce is much used. In many cases a inter-year football bag = track, Delawares, aL 10 to 1 the. history of the ly -| flames were upon almost half the gown will be of lace. HIGHTNING KILLS STUDENT : Another Was Seriously In Injured on thel Campus of Woodstock College. A despatch from Woodstock, Ont., says: In the severe electrical storm which passed over the city late oa Thursday afternoon lightning struck ee killed James Merrigold, aged of Hamilton. Edgar Knight, aged 18, of Burk’s Falls, was also|'Th struck, and for a time it was thought that he was fatally injured. He re- vived, howev: pronounced oF young men were students of Wood- stock College, and and at chedanese? it was Both | o: on campus when the tragedy occurred. match was in progress when the storm came up, Bho ut 5.30 o’clocx, and a confer- fates took place as to whether or the game should be postponed. e |it was only b he d Most of the boys, together with a number or Suchet took shelter re eB is Seeing their plight, the boys rushed oul ‘ought the lads i rigold only lived a short time, and were standing was ate struck. The dead lad was a son of Robt. Mer-: rigold, of Hasileore Umea of this city, LORD SHOLTO IS FREE. Was Charged With Shooting With Intent to Kill. A despatch from Nelson Y | says: ged with shooting ‘with intent to all James B, hi bor. The Creston, where ed, Seer Lord Sholto, ing home one day from a hunting trip, it is oa found Rowlands in th decidedly the worse for ady Douglas was in the is occasion, it epnears, he ordered Rowlands out. e Jury has been received with a good deal of satisfaction by the people generally. AGE yee TOWN IN ALGOMA BURNED. Only a Few Building Are Left in Chelmsford. A despatch from Chelmsford says: Chelmsford was visited on Tuesday t by the most disastrous fire in town. Lee le town, with the excep- Hy me of Mes hotels and two churches, was burnes und. 2|fire started in the dwelling aeve|f Pyne Bros. general store by the ex- plosion of a gasoline lamp at 10.15 p.m. At 12.30 the whole business block was a ma: burned — buildings 88 Large’s general store, Duma: i store, Cayen’s bake shop, the Meth- odist church, and other buildings, ed, | including ‘stables and outhouses. A conservative estimate of the total loss is $30,000, with little insurance, was no fire protection in the town. peveeeesin, ele een ROYAL CHIEF TO SIX NATIONS. Letter from Prince of Wales Joy- ously Acclaimed. long letter from the Prince of Wales to the Six Nation Indians in eoun- t Ohsweken on Tue: he Prince tHinked the ohichetoe let: ing him to the Turtle Clan, and ex- rressed the belief that should the occasion arise the Six Nations would be found worthy of their glorious traditions in the fiel include Pyne | B. C. RANCHES FIRESWEPT. Settlers are Forced to Flee for Their Lives. A despatch from Kamloops, B. C., Hundreds of thousands of| dollars in property e been des-' an re- ;|Sult of a disastrous bush fire that, swept the country from Notch Hill as far east as Three Valley and south from Sicamous as far as Nee n aes losses are the Carlin ai, the Carrigan Mill, jalmon River, $35,000. Eoeraisall heaviest, for scores of rancl perties are completely devastated. in the main line o: O.P.R. fences and telegraph eae are destroyed for nearly twenty miles. West of Kamloops wires are down from high winds. Reports show that destructive fires are still burn-, ing in Spallumcheen Valley, near Enderby. ek ELECTRIFY SECTION OF G.T.P. An Important Project is Now Under Consideration. A despatch from Montreal says: The aneetne of the p cuaabeeton Grand Trunk Paci Trankcentwental Railway, any cee try in the world, so far as mileage js concerned. * EX-CHIEF ESCAPES PRISON. Was Let Go on deed Sen- tence at Chat! spatch from entire Ont., lice Chief Kimball, of A dei says: Ex-Police lay morning. Justice Teetzel declar: he was to vet arg selegace: of eibineny were present in Kimball’s favor. = BURNED IN PRAIRIE FIRE ‘| Theodore Bruning, a Saskatchewan Farmer! Lost His Lite. "A despatch from Moose Jaw says: The body of Theodore Bruning, a 1|farmer, who lived about eighty-five 1] miles south of Moose Jaw, ca 3| the city on Thursday morning. e losers was of a neighbor by starting a back fire. The fire rapidly, however, that before he saul get to a place of safety the} n him. The unfor- tunate man lived thronga the natty but died Tuesday morning. He 38 years of age, and nad been in Ae country less than a year, coming | from Minto, N. D. He was stert- ing farming on a large scale, having two sections of us ves a widow, t no The latest reports Moa the burn- ©/ ed districts to the south and south oe ee set. iglexe lost: neariyoeveviling they fel nobereat Os mie of the ' heaviest heart, who had a |thrasbing outfit, a stable, imaking a total o Henry Bates lost considerable grain, {his implements and a large new (barn, making a total eter uci 000. ‘oO cars of lumber, which he had just removed ‘to his farm to erect new buildings. An CAMPS HUST BE DRY ‘i eee " ee Orders Have “Boon Issued to) Commanding Officers. A despatch from Ottawa says: ‘As a result of a conference of the Dominion Alliance and the Moral t! honor by direction e inform you that the Minister w you to take all possible Srenucne prevent: personally. + the law is not