| GIRS A despatch frém London says: The week’s brilliant. functions connection with the Imperial Press |‘ Conference reached a climax on Friday night with the Governments dinner, at which Earl aa Co- M ed, speakin; millions of clared that would stand ey the tape, There would be no discordant voice. French ae British flag, which floated over a peaceful and contented people Pre-|in speaking. tava Canada, in the or they could be relied on Ear ernment would meet ‘the overseas act. He thought the Imper ial Picts Conference would have effects as far reaching and benefic al as aby! BS ANNI as CONDENSED NEWS TTENS| AAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER d canon Sai were proud of What they had done the future. fessrs, Cunningham vick responded for Australasia. 1 Crewe said the Home Gov- es as equals and al- ould be further| noe tg that had been or would be held. “Phrée Bodies} | Bara Famed to to a Crisp / Wheering, West > y pateh from) We celing, Ww A Va no a horr cident hey im least h on Wednesday ni had nar- aihered about th. reaay to drill in fo r rte. nine o’clock rific roar and in cite m iron spurted x more rush. Six “ond ten’ seri-|1 Without a Reine warn-| st gveoping down |e with white-hot metal. were foreigne’ Tredorick Zimmerman, manager turnace, was seriously mei from olen iron, -he ‘ graeped the "nee m the bodys. to wawhorraenttc What caused the accident has not been definitely decided. CROPS IN FLYE SHAPE. Good Fall of Rain and Warm Wea- her Has Prevailed. A despatch fron eee says: The weekly cri Bias f the Ca- nadian Pacific | lway 4 to hand and is as favors )'o"as ever. The tondition of th: rrop. is splendid. ‘KK considerable am 2vnt of rain has fallen during the p2st week. ‘The A BANK CLERK SHOT, Serious che ves 16 of Practical Jok- g at Saskatoon. A ae Saskatoon Sask., says: which may have a fatal ending, and which was the Foault of a practical loki, happene ursday night Walter A. Siecwaod: teller in the Bank of Nova Scotia, with a party of seen went across the river to have some fun with a party of othe eae clerks who are campe Sherwood and his compan- began playing pranks around ig. do rt for a good crop up to the pre- isig ae Roscer reports wheat| the tents, lett-n n the ropes four inches high and harley just and similar things. A few minutes. through the grouid, -At Burnside| later @ shot waa fired from insi wheat is ten to twelve inches high |9ne of tents, and Sherwood Ke REVEN B LNCREASING. ve and Post Office rge Gains. Citawa saya: tog: he year to have been $13,613,974, which is an in- a million and ame time the yea: rease is Se Ale ane to aa customs collections, hich 6) an inerease of over a wien dollars during the three | ths. . Excise collections in- creased by about a bundred thou- sand Sey and Bortofice reve. ue same, we CONVICT USED AXE. era Fight With Seis at “A despatch from Mona) save Balas haye leaked o1 ; te fight hich oeotrved at st Vincent de Pau! tentiary last freen A aliah aed jtonislas' Ava, attacl the rrrds ta a and was, after a the arm. _ year sentence ~ 7s out of the hospital will have to es face the courts on another charge. . | stomac! shot in| ‘taline ropped, eee wounded in the ‘Lane, a particular frends of his, fired the bullet with the intention simply of frightening the party gway. He has been plac- red under arrest, and Sherw tee is in ae Hoult ition al in a very dangerous FADS AND FANLIES, serge. Net i is to play a leading part this seaso) For run-around Dose nothing is a. epepalar, than blue Ast sy dofs in relat See feature of the season. padours and. Dresden rilks are ches videunels cithanye: Black collars on white serge suits are not so often seen as earlier in the season. ge erelne silk in exquisite Dres- ma) makes charmingly dainty un ler: and fake aaa hand embroid- ery are favored to be found among ‘the new embroideries. The Dee of sleeves are much trimmed, ‘ile: che upper parts ‘are left nee plein. Stripes are not as wide as they were last year in men’s shirtings nor are they as fancy. ee pple Nameca and other is are weighted down by broatelati facings. Stockings of lisle with self-color- ed ‘clocks’ are generally He most satisfactory for every day. Mystary Surrounds ‘n't Deck e up in twi sae" eat ete eae FOUND DISMEMBERED BODY “Horrible ‘Murder ins New York ‘City. if chad not taken ithe time oe adress the body. st sppeuing ee head the knife was used just peeks cuttin: eal Bes throne me collar of the shirt | which 22 Y aa ne nae entre ‘ian to him. likea Jew. tt ‘is eee Briefs From Our own’ $25,000 to te Montreal Y.M.C | ition Mrs. Whitehorn lost a suit on at Hamilton on Friday, of the charge of shooting Constable Smith. Bae swore Ne the man, Jury .d with the alibi w set up i the deena Arms and| Challenge Cup at the gees As one| national politic pte ps P him Ty ned Oe ote cane are esenadiie | THE — and Other Countries of Becent Events. CANADA. Kingston citzens propose to erect a monument to Sir Oliver Mowat. Toronto’s proportion of the street | 1 zailway receipts for May was 49, Henry Birks & Sons enecr co Bri diaeh Colu umbia Lieutenant- Governor Dunsmuir of | eee William Macdonald has pur- and Fen-| (,,ced the Joseph property at Mon- treal and presented University. it to McGill Plans and phe st es xtensions of the T. Rail- ses Take Bee Pico “Central Seal in Ontari. + the Onn Sessions at ‘Ham: a baller. Hine the Sa Gu oe y ten cate ohn Nea eqeeesnns was unpaid. was acquitted at GREAT BRITAIN. The French team won the King’s While second shock was serious. At lorse The soemnd onda of the finance the British Com- 36, ae to 209, eee The London Times warns Britain te be ready for the storm which in-attempting sevens ay break at any moment in inter- As John E. Redmond has noti- fied the British Government that the Nationalist party intends to vot sinst the budget. rts ee at the Im- 3 Conférence that, the hs ould be the empire, C important time for It is stated in Tord a. oada is “contemplatins a erous financial offer t al Government for naval ‘An English publisher accuses Mark Twain of appropriating, in his latest book, a chapter from ook by an English M. P. eae mentioning the latter's name. GENERAL. France proposes to spend $600,- 000,000 on her navy in the next ten di years ‘A half million people lined the route followed by the funeral pro- cession of M. Chaucard, the French ce. Duma has accused 0 ie | Dr. Dubrovin, President of the Lea- gue of Russian People, of organiz- ing political murders. UNITED STATES. Forest fires are laying waste great cleat! of forest in eastern aine. Rev. D Edward Everett Hale died at his home at Roxbury, Mass., 6, near Sranton, ‘a., shot his brother-in-law, aged suicide. here is some fear among the tariff framers at Washington aoe President Taft will veto the tariff bill. W. A. Gates of San Francisco stated at Buffalo that Japan had deliberately violated her agreement to restrict emigration to Canada. The Board of Engineers appoint- ed to investigate the poser jakes-to-gulf deep waterway have reported to Congress that such a antennas is not desirable. ~—— FIREMAN was KILLED. Others aes by: Collapse BS a Building at Halifax. “A despatch from Halifax says: Neues was threatened with a big esday afterncon, pat ne department succe ae it to the structure in which tarted. Nevertheless, it cost ie Site of one fireman, oot severe byes and narrow escapes from death by half a dozen see in the collapse of the building. The blaze was in the wooden building occupied by the Nova Scotia~ re nishing Company, adjoining tier main brick structure. fter | fire had under co: oe |the wooden ~ building collapsed while a score of fi wer work within ‘it, 0: na hose when the roof fell i He “ae uae by a Rents: and instant- ly ksi PR ‘Train Stalled Near Fred ~eri¢ton Junction = este. A despatch ee St. John, N-B. E ee train whi t was stal n Frid: led seg Feedereon ion il aS despatch | ce ‘om. Aaa es says wo earthquake sage kss running ast, were so, a town of 2,500 inhabitants, northwest of Aix, Troops were PLUNGED INTO WELL. oes Marshall Commits Spicid it St. ae N. B. a deca ‘rom, St, Andrews,| . QQUNTRY PRODUCE. re “Marshal leaped f bed at 2 o'clock on Wednes-| Apples $4 to $5 for choice quali: ay ane Sipe tipahes world d rown hims e Well in the shed, his wife fol-| Picked, $2.15 to $2.20 per bushel. lowing him, She tried to restrain} Maple cyrup—08e to $1 a-gallon. m, ai there was a struggle. ay—No. 1 timothy $13 to $13.50 Finding she could not esinie him, |@ ton on track here, and lower and fearing that she ac be thought his troubles him crazy. vive. ah KILLED IN COLLISION. Mr. McGrath, of Sehreiber, Burie’ Under Engine. - despatch from North Bay pee o work trains on the met in a head-on collision on ‘Wed. 200 | 5 eight hours to tr name charge of one of the work train killed. George Colen master, i i Salk Se TWO ENGINEERS KILLED, ion Neur ¥ A despatch Va C., says::The Great Nort -m., running badly sheets in taser: were injured. eee eee are cruiser, although equipped wit shorter poles than at the time who, has them in his possession nibjest to ue one ae Police: the ee to smol SS RES A Town DEVASTATED. A soeuateh eon Ena, Sum tra, says: ie of Korinchi 185 miles to the seueeaet of Ha ang, was devast tidal waye which swept aw: by a | the native huts like cockleshells. , [isan ‘MARKETS uld be 1 | dragged into the well, ie nee him and he plunged in, per fore- vi He had wife and child ae d McGrath, ct “Schreiber, in was buried beneath the engine and in-| Ham: section, Te- ceived severe injuries, but will re- cover, A number of others received minor injuries, scratches bruises. Sa the Tereseetior thera fe ic Railway express from Beatile, due ‘and Robert: Nichol, two ‘ouginéers; (do) in bags, 43,16 t0 #O;A01 extra, were killed. The fireman on the] in bags, $2.65 to $2.80. Feed — Guichon train, a stranger, was} Man bran, $22 to $23; do. eae ue the vreck and is dead olor $24 to $25; pure grain mou- yall, a passenger, mixed was |ijle, $33 to the back and taken| 98 to the hospital unconscious. Twelve|11% to 12c, and easterns, 1174 to VOICE SHOT THROUGH AIR. Heard a Lots Weg by Wireles lepho July, $1.30% ; Sept., $1.11% to 81.- ye + A dea, fia Toulon, Franee, | 1174 Pec, § oh Pe fie phous Desai e eteas 's tele-| Northern, $1.30% ; No. 2 Northern, i sf ruiser | ¢) 39 1.3254; No. 3 Northern Conde and land stations have} 81 'o99/"to 1 3144. Flour — First shown satisfactory progress. The ‘ ae i the previous experiments, was able w|1o communicate on Wednesday a distance of more than 100 mile: 4 few days ago conversation was carried on by the euler system | N° 2 red, $1.60; No. 3 red, zr 5634 ites Tiiheae of ecm No. 2 hard, $1 ‘31 to $1.82; No. rx hard, $1.29 Soe 1 Roe sre s : ern, $1.32 1,83; No. 2 North- CIGARETTES ARE BARRED. n, $1.22 to $1.33; No. 2 North: No One eon to Smoke Them a . in Seatt $1. A Pe from Seattle, Wash., op to Wes Ne TAC} says: The new anti-cigarette law white, 6c; No. 3 yellow ey. ‘to went into effect on Thursday night, |78%c3 No. 4, 74 to 7 It is the opinion of rey: General’s office that any person and imprisonment. he Alaska- Yuko Pacific Exposi- ‘oree law ei be permitted | cows fro ea egarete on the grounds, Over Two Hundred Persons Killed in E; quake. quake on the nights of June 3 Pan hock was accompanied tei tle Toronto, June 15. lour—On- tar rio wat 90 per el Se Seale ts, to-day in buyers: ian Lie ports N 314 and No. 3 at $1.30 Ontario wheat—No. 2, $1 sacks, Toronto hts 5 © | $24.50 to $25, Toronto freights. $3.50 for seconds. ties, ond $3 to i $2, and hand- Beans—pr oe ack. Potatoes—Car lots, 90 = 95e per bag on trac! Poultry — Chicken Yealings, dressed, 16 to 17¢ at 3 fowl, to. l4e; ‘turkeys, 16 to 18¢ per lb. ‘HE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter—Pound- prints, 18 to 19¢5 tubs and danee rolls, 16 to 164; in- ferior, 14 to 15c. Creamery rolls, a1 to 226, and solids, Bes Case lots, 74 o tee per d doz Cheese—Large cheese, old, 14%e per Ib. and twins 14% to tee. New quoted at 12740 for large and Be for twin HOG PRODUCTS. Bacon, long clear, 13% to 13% per Ib in case lots ; mess pork, $23; short cut, $25 to $25.5 s—Light to medium, 15% to 16c; do., heavy, 14 to 14% s, 12% to Bie WY aiden 1% to be backs, 1% © 18¢3 breakfast bacon, 16% to 1 se Sere 14e; pails, 14%e. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, June 15.—Oats—No. nadiay n Western, eA VR Nox] 0. od ; No. anlar 8, tubs, 14%; 69% to. 700 or Spring wheat patents, Sas! $0.30 o $65 ;do., seconds, $5.8 75; straight rollers, $6.50 to $6 $35 ; mouille, Che 8. 11%e. 22%e. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis, June 15.—Wheat creamery Eggs—19 to 20c per dozen. SS ith of | ones rst clears, $5.05 to $5.25; second clears $3.65 Ae i §5. Bran—In bulk, $23.50 to at Zh "Chiengo: oe 15.—Cash w LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Mon! sree) spas 15.—Prime beeves per lb. Pretty good is strippers at 3% to dc per lb. Milch a to zee each; det he 5 aoe oe ene ae Re $4 ae oye. per Ib. ‘Toronto, June 15.—The demand for butcher cxitle is ei strong rs were freely ialling Eee $6 atter oe a hi, d- re z The top ore’ aid Tor exporters was $6.50, but well fin- Nee cattle of this class were firm ~ fat $6.25 to $6.40. Stockers and Scien continue in st1 with only a iinited cooaa offer. By Y lMilkers and S i and un > uly, to | mission by ones tre of the river and gi hurried there to search in the de- | $1.40 outside. i i pris for possible dead or injured Pe eroy Heed; 02 Se Oe ") ae ports’ received later in| Qats—No. 2 Daas Wliite-60to,| Tie. circles inthe S00 01 VO p, Be he night indicated that the shocks | ¢ic on track, Toronto, and 58 t At present the water fro’ i had been felt practically throngh-|98}4c outside. No. 2 Western Qan- | Superior is pouring throw. 24 out the le of -the south of | ada oats 61!4c, and No. 3 6034c, Bay probabli, France. They equated in severity | ports. dake tare those of the sarthigiakes 1 Peas—Prices nominal. tea The violence see have been} Rye—No. 2, 74 to 75c outside. es ie greatest in the vicinity of Toulon.| Buckw hea No. 2, 70¢ outside. ne}! the Warships in the roe ee were] Corn— ‘American yellow, | the Gilehrist fone aa th displaced from their ings. & on track, Toronto; No. 3 8240 | cont City all figured in the’ dent. The overflow of water th ens to ma out the piers at th «f the Mee the Assiniboia was ees boun: At 2 on Wedn down; she wa wed by the Crescent. City, Wa lker was coming up the lower gates, breaking them an tenes the Assiniboia and Cres ush down with the over! oe cia ter. The. Assiniboia missed the W equare. wag also ¢ sissravty damaged. ‘The Cx the Assiniboia pr: eded the aioe side, where th now nh jter, The Assiniboia seems to hi was later towed to ethe icine mom BANK MANAGER DISAPPEARS, [ONTAR Mystery pee Bats of Saskateh¢ +] shap | district of rong demand, | A ac ae pra: Beak ene Excitement has n caused in the town by the mysterious” dis- cecearinte of You in Cro ol dest ofa mile from T) e horse ay Boge pee ik, a iestneated and W. Peel made a thoro amination of bank, al port tl ist everything is in i sales Ye St, $125,000 FIRE IN QUEBEC., Mills — a Number of Dwelling uses Destroyed. Be from Quebec says: A serious ie» broke out shertly e’clock the lumber mill of Bihiena suit Gignac and several acj<ining dwellings were in flames. leople around became mills and the Parisian Corset Co., both practically des! royed. wenty rngd. or rty houses were b Sr ere THROWN UNDER A ROwERS. = Rill by Ho! Thomas Rign, _ Running Ways despatch from one ., says: Thomas Ri ney er, aged 63, met wit! painful death on "Wednesday Good lots of fat hogs} - vine = WR Cunard the | N: ere, W