Soy oi shea 7 sofeaioper : eth: rovince of Manitoba, spinster, Dat- * Steam Whaling Co. Essex Death'"and Havoc in the Town of Centre. St. Thomas, Aug. {8--Two killed cut- #ight,one dead from shack, six serious- ly injured, one fatally,-and thirty-three others-wiih'minor injuries, severs] cars and many buildings eompletely demo- lished and fully. 75 per cent. of 'the Louses in town damaged, causing mone- tary loss of at least $200.000,- Such. is the result of the explosion of a car of nfiro-glycerine in front of the M. C. R. cepot at Essex Centre at 9.40 on Satur- day morning? The car of dynamite had reached Essex Centre on Friday nfght, and 'was placed on a side track "fo be taken to Amherstburg by a plug train ; in the morning. This train in charge cf Conductor Tom Barry, Enginecr David Cottrell,' Fireman James Madi- fan, and Brakeman George Conlon and dcseph McNafry; had picked up the car, and was backing to the depot to await the arrival of the mail train from St. Thomas. Conductor Barry noticed that the nitro-glycerine was leaking from the car, and as the drops fell.on the rails they popped. Barry drew the atten- t:on of Depot Agent Stimers to the con- dition of affairs, and these two, with brakemen and others, went info the car and readjusted the boxes to try and stop the leakage. Half an hour later 'the explosion occurred. MeNarry and Conlon were helping to make up the frain. The former was on the ground g:ving the engine crew the 'signal bw slack up as they backed up to the pas- yenger coach, which constitutes part of heir train, while Conlon was hanging on the rear end of the dynamite car. 'Mr Slimers, station agent, was sland- dingy near the engine, evidently watching lo see how much dynamite the car was Yeaking. DEVASTATION NEAR AND FAR, When the dumfounded townspreenle came to their senses and realized that the place had not been visited by an curthquake a rush was made to the de- pot. There the car of dynamite had dis- appeared, and in its place was a hole fully six feet deep and ten feet in dia- meter, lwo cars adjoining were reduced -lo debris, the passenger coach was shat- tered, the engine was a heap of twist- ed iron and sicel, and the once hand- some stone depot was knocked out of sbape. Search was made for the' bodies ef the-dead and injured. Barry, Stim- ers, Caltrell and Madigan were found along the track near the ruins of the de- pol, and all were living, but unconsci- cus... The bodies of McNarry and Con- lor. could not be found for sopte time, but they were localed after a long search... The former's charred body was undtrneath a pile of burning coal, and ené hand was completely gone, Brake- man Conlon was blown to pieces, and sections of his body were gathered up in different places. Portions of the head were picked up about two hundred yards away. The concussion caused by the explosion wrought great havoc for a considerable distance on either side of the track and the rails were torn up fcr-a hundred {cet or more, Pieces of track and car wheels were blown dis- tances as far as five blocks. THE DEAD. GEO. CONLON, brakeman, Amherst- burg train; leaves wife and child in St. Thomas, JOSEPH McNARRY, Amherstburg, brakeman; Jeaves wife and child. Dy. JAMES BRIEN, aged resident of Essex, lying near point of death at home, passed away from shock of ex- plosion, SERIOUSLY INJURED. A. O. STIMERS, station agent, in neigh- borhood of two hundred culs from fly- ing glass on right side of body; re- covery will bom slow. He is totally deaf from explo DAVID COTRELL, engineer, Sl. Thom- as, culs and bruises, rib broken and kidney punctured; recovery doubiful. JAMES MADIGAN, fireman, St. Thomas, cuts on forehead and right side, and arm badly injured; recovery will be slow. baw BARRY, conductor, of Amherst- irg, cuts on head and body. JAMES BROWN, Amherstburg, grain merchant, struck by portions of de pot; internal injuries. ' INJURED. A. ABBOTT, telegraph operator, shock. DAVID HESS, fourteen cuts. agp FARRAUGH, mill hand, cut J on -RT SSSELLINE, mill hand, cut on bod and body. MRS. JOSEPH BAILEY, cuts on head. -- MARTIN, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, J 2. CLEEV ES, bed cuts MISS MARY COCKB desig operator, suffering from MRS. A. O. STIMERS, ing of her home. JAMES FOSTER, baggageman, dered partially deaf. About a score of others cut by falling glass and timbers. | telephone ock, out by collaps- ren- oH WEDDING BY y BULLEN, | An Unusual * Law y Complied With jo Winnipeg. an A_despatch from Winnlpeg says: The], following notice is to be found, on, fhe noe -board in the Cily Clerk's olizé. ve cibeanolice. | that , the. mains "fs ins dpc: lor be, soleyinings ny 1 ate a in "on. or 'pkout the; athyning h. day .1007,7,0n agerixel: pof the steamship 'Minnesota, sailinge4epmh "Se-3 altie on September 10 next, webs.) George Herbdtt Ale of Tientsin' North China, misgigaary.and Jessie Winifred Singleton of- oe. city of Winnipeg, in eds this 7th day of August, 1907." Uy is is the first lime that the City Ci "has ge called on tg*post cuch oe, pm it is being"dohe as a re- rye te from thé British .Consu- cults Riffa:: The notice' Wilk remain. posted 'for two weeks, when thp,pbride te' "be will secure a certifiea té froy3 the City Clerk lo the effect that the a Riics was posied, and that she has been tor twc weeks a resident in Winnipeg. --__*--_--- 'CATCHING MANY W HALES. Quebec Company is is Having a Success- ful Season. A despatch from Olfawa says. Mr. J. Code, accountant of the Depart: ment of Trade and Commerce, returned on Wedne sday "from a visit to. the-prin- cipal points ~ along the North Shere, which, dre" touched at by the steamer Restigouche. Three days were spent at Seven Islands, where the Quebec has its principal Two: whales: had just been hronge in, the larger of which weigh- over one hundred' tohs, The catch a thé Company up to a Week ago was 87 whales for this season. A total of 66 was obtained ~ the whole of last season. piant. ; MONTREAL SHORT OF WATER. One of the --Rig rms Has Broken Dow , A despatch from 'Montreal says: An- ether of the) big Worthington pumps, at the wheel house in Point St. Charles, is broken down and the greatest diffi- culty is being experienced in trying lo keep sufficient water in the reservoirs on the mountain, It is admilted in the Waler Department that there may be ARE FOND OF ¢ CIGARETTES. Canadians Smoked 2 Over Three Ilun- dred Million. - A despatch from Ottawa says: The In- land Revenue returns for the twelve nicnths ending June 30 Jast show that the consumption of cigarettes in Can- ada is growing at an 'alarming rale. For the twelve months the total number entered for consumplilion was 331,972,- 13/7, as compared with 269,334,937 -for {he -torresponding period of 1905-06, an }Sacrease' of 'nearly 'one-third. In. 190i the number of cigarettes entered for consumption was 250,860,387, and ten ycars ago it was only 93,798,000, . The consumption -of cigars' for the twelve months ending June 30 last was 193,816,575. practically, the, Saipe, as. for the preceding twelve 'months. * | Cigars rade from Canadian {ébacco numbered 826,721, as compared with "3,172,466 ay tht fiscal year 1905-06 The total consumption of tobacco of all kinds for the twelve months is estimated at 2,953 pounds per head of the population, the largest on record. In regard to spirituous liquor, the consumption of beer shows the largest increase. For the {twelve months, it was 5.585 gallons per head, as com- pared with 5.255 gallons per head jin 1905-06... The consumption of spirits was .947 gallons per capita, and <f wines .092 gallons per head, both prac- tivally the same 4s for the previous year. 4 NORTHWEST WANTS WOOD. Fuel Famine May be Much More Serious than Expected. A despatch from Winnipeg says: The expected fuel famine in the northwest next winter may be made much more strious by a shortage of wood. A lot of the coal produced_in western Can- ada cannot be stored and it is doubl- Iu! if the hundred thousand tons which will be available along the line of the ¢. P. R. when winter sets in will be sufficient for all needs, Along the Canadian Northern line _ little or no coal is being accumulated. During the winter Winnipeg burns a thousand cords of wood per day. There ore only 41,950 tons altogether 'n sight. It is 'explained that last year tte deep snow greatly hana the weod-cutters in the bush.» At the same time ae is wood along the line of something of a water famine ae =a ee, C..N.R he Water pressure. comp . for Winnipeg Bet ee but 'that there are Toronto," Aug. 13.--Ontario "Wheal-- Nominal; No. 2 while, 87c to 873¢c. New wheat, about 83¢ to Sic. ophlanitabe 'Wheat--Easy; No, 1 _north- , 96c; No, 2 northern, 93c. Eola ied: No, 2 yellow, 63c_ to 63c, Toronto. Barley--Nominal at 54c for No. 2 Qats--Ontario, dull; 4334c outside; new oats, - 39¢, ham freights, September 3 ar Manito- |} ba--No. 2 while, 4334¢ to 44c' on track at elevator, Peas--Nominal at 79¢ for No. 2. Rye--64c to 65c. Flour--Ontario--90 per cent. patents, $3.35 bid, $3.40 asked; Manitoba first palents, $5 to- $5.20; seconds, $4.40 to $4.50; strong bakers', $4.20 to $4.30. Bran--$16 to $17, bulk outside; shorts, in demand, about $19 to $20, outside. COUNTRY PRODUCE, Butter -- Market continues steady, with little change in Saal tee gts and unchanged at 12c 12%c aga Jaret and 124c for twins, 4 job lots Eg oe Finn. a 18c to 18%c; selects quoted from 19¢ to 193¢c. Beans--$1.65 to $1.70 for hand-picked and $1.50 to $1.55 for primes. Potatees--Eastern, dull at 8c to 90c per bag; new potatoes, firm at $3.25 fo $3.50 per barrel, in car lots-on track. Baled Hay--Quiet at. $13.50 to $14.50 for No. 1 timothy. New hay, $12.50, in car. lols on track here, Baled Straw--$7.25 to $7.50 per ton, in car lots on track here, PROVISIONS, Dressed Hogs--$9.75 for lightweight!s and $9.25 for heavies. Pork--Short cut, barrel; mess, $20 to $21. Smoked and Dry Salled Meats--Long ciear bacon, lic lo 113gc for tons and cases; hams, medium and light, 15%c to 16c; heavy, 144c to 1c; backs, 1643c to 17c; shoulders, 10%c to ile; rolls, 11%c; out of pickle, tc less than smoked. Lard--Sleady, tierces, 12c; tubs, 12{c; pails, 123¢c. MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, Aug 13.--Oats continue fhm, and sales of round lots of Mani- tcba No. 2 white were made at 48}c, and car-lofs at 49e per bushel, ex-store, The tone of the flour market is strong. Choice spring wheat patents, fair tone, $5.10 to $5.20; seconds. $4.50 to $4.60; winter wheat -patents, $4.65. to $4.75; straight rollers, $4.25 to $4.35; do., in i $1.95 to $2.10; extras, $1.63 10 $22.75 to $23 per $2 'Rolled oats are still quict at $1 25 per pag? Cornmeal is steady at $1.45 to 1,50. + Manitoba bran in bags, $20; shorts, $23 'o $25 per ton; Ontario.-dbran = in bags, $19 to $19.50; sheris,, $22.50 lo $23; milled mouille, $4. - $28 per ton; siraight grain, $30 to &: Baled hay remains steady, ny fairly active demand. No.1, $16 to $16.50; No. 2, $15 to $15.50; patel $13.50 to $14, and clover mixed, $12.50 ta. $13 per fon in car lots. Bulter is firmer at higher' prices. Townships were quoted at 21}4c to' 23c, Quebec at 21%c to 21%c. Receipts "to- cay were 3.181 packages. Ch shaws n9.. change. eerie 'age ee ITC. "easterris' tic to 11% Eggs werd firm. Sales of selected ye single caséS were made at 20c, and round io's of-strdight receipts. at. 162; No. 1 candied at-17c. No. 2 candied at l4c, and No. 2 straight at asa per dozen. Provistots- Barrels short it mess, $22 to $21.50; half-barrels, $11.95 to $11.75; clar fat back, $23.50 to 24.50; lcng cut heavy mess. $20.50 to: $21.50; hall-barrds d).. $10.75 to $11.50; dry salt longelear bacon, 10e to 113¢¢; bar- = plate beef, $14 to $16; half-barrels $7.50 to $8.25; barrels heavy mess beet, $10; half-barreis do., $5.50; com- pound laid, 10%c lo 10%e; pure lard, 11%c to \2%c; kettle rendered, 13¢c to 13%«; hans. 124c to 15%c, according to size: Irenkfast bacon, 14c to 15c; Windsor Jacon. 15¢ to 1534¢; fresh killed nbaltoir «ressed hogs, $9.75 to $10; alive, $7.0 to $7.25. . 3UFFALO MARKETS, Buffalo; Aug. 13. -- Flour -- Quiet. Whealt--Sring quiet; No. 1 Northern, $1,00%; Winter easier; No, 2 red, 9c. Ccorn--Esier; No. 2 yellow, 6lce; No, 2 white, 59. Oats--Quiet; No. 2 while, 5c: No 3 while, 523¢c. Canal freights --Uncharged. NEW YORK 'WHEAT MARKET. New. Yrk, Aug. 13.--Wheat--No. red 93}4delevator; No. 2 red, 95¢ f.0.b afloat; N. 1 Northern Duluth, $1.064% Le.b aflat; No. 2 hard Winter, 953¢c. 9 ~ RVE STOCK MARKET. Toront, Aug 13.--Little business was Rransactd in exporters cattle. The quotatios ranged from $5.15 to 85.50 per ewt.for fair to good, and $4.90 to $5.10 fo1medium exporters'. Butehds cattle, choice, equal in qua- hty to eporters' cattle, $4.80 to $5 per ewt.; med butchers' cattle, $3.40 to $4.25; co mon bo $2.50 to $3; good | Se) " 0 pa aod ot ie | Caused About $60,000 Dinasia Montreal Warehouse, * % . A despatch from Montreal says : isto accident, resulling in heavy N , general importers, 170 McGill Sineck. a with a terrific crash. Fortunately few ages were about and no one '~~ vicinity at the time. There w as tract cally no warning that anything unto- ward was likely to occur, for after a few seconds of grinding noises, the crash told of an accident. As the tower fell to the westward the large supply pipe was severed at the top of the build- ing ,and in a few minutes the water had burst through on the five storeys like a os dam, and every room was soon As the tower fell across the narrow lane at the back -of the building it struck the opposite building, 18 St. _* Maurice Street, occupied by the Tamil- Kkande Tea Co., with great force, the iron pillars and supports crashing through the roof and smashing it like so much matchwood. The crash-was so severe that all the people in the neigh- bering buildings ran out into the street. Much of the water from thé tank fell in through the broken roof and very many chesis of tea were ruined, Bounding off the Tamilkande Company's building, the debris of the wrecked tower fell into the lane beneath, breaking windows and woodwark in ils descent, another loud crash being heard as it. reseed the ground, The force of the fall is shown in the twisted and bent ironwork of the sup- perts and the triangular base on which the tower rested. Most of the wood- work that fell was splintered into kind- ling wood. 'The damage is estimated at $50.000. bs ~ Ibs., were worth $4.50 to $4.75 per Gpding lambs were easy at 53¢ to 6%c per IB. Export ewes were worth $4.50 to $4.85 per cwt. Hogs were 15 cents lower. Selects sold at $6.75, and lights and fats at $6.50 per cwt. scp irvmaay FORTY YEARS IN PRISON. Heavy Senjgnce for the Leader of a Bad Gang. A despatch from New York says. August Van Fahrig, the convicted leader of a gang of burglars, who terrorized Nassau county residents for nearly six months, was on Wednesday sent to Sing Sing Prison for a term of forty years at hard labor, by County Judge Jackson at Mineola, Long Island. Christian Schlang, another member of the gang, who tumed State evidence, was sent to Sing Sing for twenty-five years, and his mother, Mrs, Alma Schlang, who pleaded guilly of receiv- ing stolen goods, was sent to Auburn Prison for five years. Christian Schlang is only nineteen years old. Ingrid Wil- lemus, twenty 'years of age, the sweet- heart of young Schlang, who was also arrested, and who gave valuable infor- mation conyitling the robbers, will be given iberty. She says she will return to her home in Virgipia, and be- gin life anew. SCOURGE OF OF WOLVES. Woman and Children Dragged Out and Eaten. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Word received from Fort Chippewyan, under date of July 1, indicates the}, welves are becoming a positive scourge in the far north. An Indian woman and two children had been dragged out of their fepee and devouréd. Deer and other animals are being depleted hy the packs. he Indians refuse to k:ll them, even under the inducement of the $10 bounty, owing to supersti- tion and a belief in the transmigration of Souls. . lice 'are' close on the trail of Fischry, " pe ett swindler, wanted on a vhirt = 4 embezzling --_-- ELEVEN N KILLED ) IN Swe - a $25, Three Passenger Cars" Demolished™ 'ni German Railway. A despatch from Bevlin reat .enger {rain was derailed on .Tuésda night between Posen and Thorn. The two engines were overturned and {Ieee | cars were demolished. The oMcial port says that eleveh persons wert aha arid ten injured. Among the*dead are Prince Alexander Begoloff, twe-sons of Count ggeyeserling of Miuau, Russia, and a Russian captain who was accom- panying them. The same despateh says that the pot ry OPTIMISTIC CROP OUTLOOK. The Weather is Favorable and No Damage Done. A despatch from Winnipeg says: The most. oplimistic crop report for several weeks was handed out by the C. P. R cn Thursday--*Weather favorable; crops doing fine, no damage," is reported ail along the line this week, only one or two places reporting any damage. The rain which has fallen in such generous quantities has been of great benefit, and as a consequence the grain is fil- Img out nicely. The report from Bran- con section is encouraging, although 'n the immediate vicinity of Chalgr the creps are suffering on account pf lack ef rain. In the Emerson section there has been some slight damage from hail, but not much. Farmers in Manitoba are finding tt a difficult task in securing farm help, and now harvesting time is so close the situation is becoming somewhat scrious, Farm laborers scem very scarce this year, notwithstandjng the' stream of immigrants that have been pouring into the West [rom fl parts cf the world. The scarcily i difli- cull matter to explain, as win the iast few years wages haves'almost deubled and the average wage now paid by farmers is about $35 to $45 per month. m SACRIFICED HIS LIFE. Cleveland Man Died fin Attempting to Save Another. A despatch from Cleveland, Ohio, says: In a vain endeavor {to save John Bezick from burning to death on the roof of the Central blast furnace «<n Tuesday night Nicholas Thom@s sacri- ficed his own life, Thomas di ambulance en route to a hosp z.ck, faken !o the hospital, {ew hours afterwards, Sparks. ignited Bezick's clothing when he wag repair ing a chimney. Thomas in afgempling fo extinguish the flames was Tearfully burned himself, . a KANSAS ina HEAT crop. Will Have 65,000,000 Bushels~Decrease From. Last Year. ~ A .despaich from Topeka, Kansas, : After having passed through a orketei variety -oF vicissitudes #aan ever beset. the crop in any' previous year, as has managed to come-out with = Yield .of approximately {65,000,000 ishels of wheat this Bas duetion is 28, Hel harvest of 1906, but 'ohty five' of the; eps raised in the past ten years have, peen materially iver. Reports to the, Kansas Board fa Sire indicate; that the corn ae fs making rapid and) satisfactory growth and will be up last. year's great --_ of bushels. ARSENIC IN- THE PORRIDGE ~ Many Guests of Regina Restaurant. Are Poisoned ) A despatch from Regina says: A sensation was caused in the cily on Fri- day by the news that a number of boarders at Sicele's reslaurant on-Lorne Street had beén poisoned by a solution oi arsenic in the porridge partaken of by them at breakfast. lt appears that the proprietors of the restaurant lent a quantity of oatrfieal on Thursday tg the Chinese proprietor of the adjacen¥ eat- ing; house. The oatmeal was duly re- turfied and Steele used some of it to cook the morning meal. Mrs. Steele dnd eight or nine guesis ale of the porridge and almost immediately afterwards were severe internal pains ac- with oe ad by vomiting. Doctors mp- nd Meek Were summo Three of the sufferers, Harry Stewarh,. Cyrus Winters and Jchn Fortune, were conveyed {o Victoria Hospital, where their condition aroused grave anxiety. There is, however, some ground for hep- ing that all tHiosé attacked will recover. The unused. oatmeal was confiscated and .a portion of it-submilted to Dr, Charlton, Provincial Bactcriologist, whe certified to the presence of arsenic. The Chinaman who- returned~ the oatmeal, and generally known here as Mac, has been arrested." A fact which, unless dis- proved, appears to weigh against him is. that-an invoice shows that he purchased twe weeks ago a quantity. of oatmeal, ali of which had not been used. What reason he ha 187,000, me --_ d to borrow oatmeal - in his possession"