Fatal End to Sault Ste. Marie. A despatch from Sault Ste. Maric, Ont., says: As the result of what is said to have beem a drunken row that start- ed in the Windsor Hotel at nine o'clock en Thursday night, Edward Hynes, a barber 'employed at the hotel, is dead, and Thomas Ryan, a blacksmith, who has lived in the "Soo" for years, and is respected by all, is in the cells, and wii -probably be compelled to answer t) a charge of murder. ; he row started in the barber in connection with the holel. I pears that Ryan had had his hair cut m the shop some days ago, and while in the shop on Thursday night quizzed Hynes about it, saying that he was not svtisfied. Words followed, andthe spec- tators say that Ryan asked--tiynes to go out into the yard and seltle the-mat- fer. Hynes complied,.and the two.men »I-ft the shop, Hynes locking it. Neil McDougall, proprietor of the ho- tel. went tothe front door of the place shop ta to call a policeman, and not seeing ene in sight, returned to the rear of the house, presumably to put a stop to the fight. .As he reached the yard, Ryan was mounting his sleps to leave, and Hynes was lying upon the ground, ap- parently unconscious, . McDougall se- cured assistance and Hynes was carried into the hotel, where it was found that he was dead. Dr. McCrae was hurried- ly summoned, but life was extinct long before he arrived. The police were notified and Ryan was found at his home on Albert Street. It is said he expressed surprise that Hynes was dead, having no idea that the fight had terminated fatally. Hynes was 38 years of age, and came lo the "Soo" from the American side in June, formerly conducting the Grand Saloon in the American "Soo." He was sifigle, and had always. been, "e- garded as quiet and inoffensive. "Ryan is about 40 years of age, married, and has a family of three children. LEADING MARKETS|*2 Toronto, Aug. 20.--Ontario Wheat -- Neminal; No. 2 white, 84c to 85c; new wheal, about 8ic to &2c. Manitoba Wheat--Easy; No. 1 north- ern, 93c to 93344c; No. 2 northern, 9lc. Corn--Steady; No. 2 yellow, 63}¢c to G4c Toronto. Barley--No, 2 nominal at 50c outside. Oats--Nominal; No. 2 white, 42c out- side; new oats, 38c to 39c, Chatham freighls. Manitoba--No. 2 white, 43}¢¢ # 44c on track at elevator. Peas--Nominal at 75c for No. 2. Rye--65c. Flour--Onlario--90 per cent. patents, $3.25 bid, $3.30 asked; new wheat flour, $3.10; Manitoba first patents, $5 to $5.20; Beconds, $4.40 to $4.50; strong bakers' $4.20 to $4.30. Bran--$16.50 to $17, bulk outside; shorts, $20 to $20.50 outside. COUNTRY PRODUCE, Bulter--Prices are firmer all round. Cicamery prints .... .... .. 22c lo 2he do solids ive 22c Dairy prints do solids 19¢ to 20c Cheese--Firm at 12%c fo 124c for oe and 12%c for twins in job lots ere, Eggs--Firm at 18%c to 19¢; selects quoted from 19c to 194c. Beans--$1.65 to $1.70 for hand-picked 'and $1.50 to $1.55 for primes. Polatoes--Eastern, dull at 80c to 90c per bag; new potatoes, firm at $3.25 to $3.50 per barrel in car lols on track. Baled Hay--Old hay is practically nominal at $14.50 lo $15. New hay is roe al $12.50 in car lols on track ere, Baled Straw--$7.25 to $7.50 per ton in car lols on track here, PROVISIONS. Dressed Hogs--$9.75 for lightweights and $9.25 for heavies. Pork--Short cut, $22.75 lo $23 for bar- rels; mess, $20 to $21. Sinoked and Dry Salted Meats--Long ciear bacon, Ile to 11%e for tons and ceses; hams, medium and light, 1534c to 16c; heavy, 1434c to 15c; backs, 163¢¢ to 17c; shoulders, 10%e to 1ic; rolls, 1i%c out of pickle Ic les than smoked. Lard--Steady; tierces, 12c; tubs, 12%4c; pails, 12%c. MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, Aug. 20--Oats continue firm and a sleady business is being done, Sales of round lots of Manitoba No. 2 while were made at 483¢c and Car Jols al 49c per bushel ex-sfore. Flour--Choice spring wheat patents, 85.10 to 5.20; seconds, $4.50 to $5.60; winter wheat patents, $4.65 to $4.5; straight rollers $4.25 to $4.35; do., in bags, $1.05. 10 $2.10; extras, $1.65 bo Rolled Oats--Remain quiet et $2.25 per bag; cornmeal is steady al $1.45 to $1.55 per bag. Millfeed--Manitoba bran in_ bags, $20; shorts, $23 to $25 a ton; Ontario tran in kags, $19 to $19.50; shocts $25.50 to $23; milled mouille, $24 to $28 per ton; straight grain, -$30 to $32. Hay--No. 1, $17 to $17.50; No. 2, 815 to $16; clover, $13.50 to $14, and clover mixed, $12.50 to $13 per ton in car lots. Butler--Townships are quoted al 22c to 22%e; Quebec at 21% to 21%c. Re- ccipts to-day were 2,877 packages. Cheese--Ontario, 11c to 11%c; east- erns, Ile to 11%c. Eggs--Sales of selected in single cas- es were made at 20c to 2ic, and round lcls of straight receipts at 16}4c. No. 1 candled at 17c to 18c, No. 2 candled at 12c to 14c, and No. 2 straight at 12}4c per dozen. Provisions--Barrels short cut mess, 73: clear fat back, $23.50 to $24.50; long cut heavy mess, $20.50 to $21.50; half barrels do., $10.75 to $11.50; dry salted king clear bacon, 10c fo 11}c; barrels plate beef, $14 to $16; half barrels do., 7.50. 1o $8.25; barrels heavy mess beef, $10; half barrels. do., $5.50; compound lard, 10%c to 10%c;.pure lard, 11%c to 12%c; kettle rendered, Be to 13}¢c; hams, 123g¢ to 153%c, according to size; breakfast bacon, 14c to 154%c; Windsor bacon, 15c to 153¢c; fresh killed abat- Wir dressed hogs, $9.75 to $10; alive, $0.75 to $7.65. 'NEW YORK WHEAT MARKET. New York, Aug 20.--Wheat--Spot firm; No. 2 red, 9ic in elevator and 92¢c f.o.b. afloat; No. 1 northern Duluth, $1.04; No. 2 hard winter, 94c. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Toronto, Aug. 20.--Export trade con- tinued quiet, Prices quoted for top qua- nt; ranged between $5 and $5.25. Good average quality sold from $4.75 to $4.- 90, and bulls. from $3.75 to $4.50. Choice steers sold up to $5, with the renge from $4.60. Good medium to choice sold from $4.25 to $4.50. Ordin- ary to medium, $3.50 to $4. Well-fin- ished cows would have sold at $3.50 'o Sa, and one or two buyers professed tremselves willing to bid 10 to 15 cents higher for the right quality. A lot of the very poughiest stock sold as canners at $1.50 to $2. There was no inquiry for stockers. Cnoice nominally $3 to $3.75; common, $2.25 to $2.75. Offerings of milkers were a liltle heav- jer to-day. Choice were quoted from $35 to $50, and common to medium from $20 to $30. Veal calves were steady at 3c to 6c per pound. Ewes sold from $4.50 to $4.75. Bucks and culls from $3.50 to $4. Lambs sold from $5.50 to $6.20. Last weck's decline steadied the market. ed at $6.75. in hog prices Selects were quot- it Escaped From Box.in a Car at Montreal. A despatch from Montreal says:' Men at work akoul the Canadian Pacific de pot are still talking of the peculiar con- Signment.that came through Montreal en Wednesday on ils way to Toronto. If should have been transferred at North Bay, but someone blundered, and fo it came as far as Montreal. A coupie of expressmen stepped info the car in which the consignment lay, and pro- ceeded to cléar it. out. Suddenly one yell, and, with his hair * of them gave a end and. his eyes. sores out, jumped for the door. His companion shouled a question after him and turn- «d to do the work alone, when he, too, stared intently for a brief and fleeting second into a corner of the car, after which he emitted a yell worse than the other one and tried to climb. up tte side of the car in his terror. The fact of the matter is, the men saw a snake. The snake had escaped box in the course - of its trip to it, is fo be used for{ being '| ged, bound, and poonsciousness, - found early On. Drunken Quarrel -at| was Saturday morning on "arc Lafontaine "by -- passers-by, who be his aba ight and heard his groans, he two Ficked him up and removed gag from his mouth unbound his limbs, an strange story--a story th umes for the daring and brutality of the "thugs" that haunt Montreal's streets, a, ae byways, and public parks in the hours of the evening. While passing through the park on Fri- day night, be was attacked by thugs, who, afler robbing, gagged and bound him. For several hours after the hold- up Cadieux lay struggling on the ground, in vain trying to rid himself of the gag that scarcely allowed. him to breathe; and to free himself of the ropes that bit into the flesh of his ar and legs. At length the pedestrians, who happened nearby, attracted by the scugd of the unfortunate man's groans, approached to where he lay and releas- ca him. _--_--}_-- WAS MOURNED AS DEAD. St..Catharines Man Was Supposed to Have Been Drowned. A despatch from St. Catharines says: Afler being mourned for as dead for the past eight. years Harry Shelters returned to the city on Thursday. It was thought hy his relatives. that he went down with the ill-fated sleamer Bannockburn when shipped on. the Bannockb the sleamer'at Fort William, thus es- caping a watery grave. He has since wandered all around the West and down into the Southern States. No word was received from him by his relatives dur- ing his wanderings. His homecoming Mwas nolt-as happy as could be wished, for his mother died but recently and her son knew nothing of the sad occurrence. -- --- -- fi --___.- BANK TELLER'S MISTAKE, He Paid Out Five Hundred Dollars Too Much. A despatch from Winnipeg says: The teller of the Bank of Montreal here paid out five hundred dollars too much one day last week, and as a result Sim Pa- trakos, a Greek, is under arrest, charg- ed with having obtained the money. Patrakos presented a check for six hun- dred and fifty dollars, signed by M. J. Neville, local druggist. On discove*y that the cash was five hundred short, Teller VJ. Ra,sey claims that te ively remembered hat he gave Patrakos ten "ene hundred dollar "!Ls and thirty fives, thinking t:at 'e was giving him fifties instead of hun 're-Js Ratrakos denied that he had the extra money, and the bank placed him under arrest. On Saturday fh court Paicayus pleaded not guilty, and was remanded for eight days. a = sh HAND CRUSHED AND BURNED. Welland Girl Victim of Terrible Accident in a Laundry. A despatch from Welland says: Phoebe Gothard, a fourteen-yearold girl, not Jong out from the Old Country, met with a frightful accident in the Uneda Laundry on Saturday morning. Her. hand was caught in a mangle and ran through to the wrist before the machine was reversed. The under roller is kept intensely hot, and the whole palm of the hand was horribly burned. Besides this, all the bones were crushed, 2 ring on one finger being driven right through the bone. The girl was taken to the General Hospital, Niagara Falls, and the doctors fear that it may be necessary fo amputate the hand; at any rate it will be permanently disabled. a A YEAR'S IMMIGRATION. Returns Show an Increase of Thirty- three Per Cent. A despatch from Otlawa says: The tctal immigration to Canada for the twelve months ending June 30 was 252,- 038. For the twelve months previous ar- rivals numbered 189,064, a gain of 62,- 74, or 33 per cent. Via Ocean pops the number was 195,520, as against 131.268 for the previous year, a gain of 64,252, nearly 49 per cent. From the Uniled States the number was 56,- 518, as compared with 57,796 for the preceding year, a--lss of 1,278, about ' per cent. RECORDING UNDESIRABLES, Immigration Department Asks Informa- tion from Police. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Superintendent of Immigration has ad- dressed a circular to police departments and coroners throughout the country asking information on any immigrants who appear before police magistrates and coroners as criminals. Wilh such information supplied, the department would be able to keep closer check on undesirable 'immigrants . and them. PLAGUE IN MANCHURIA. Sixteen Deaths Already Reported in Southern Portion.-. - A despatch from Harbin, Manchuria, says: The bubonic plague has broken cut in South Manchuria, and sixteen }. deaths have been reported. 'TPnvelers into. North. almost into un- a cay es Stabbing Affray at~ Collingwood' -- é* Results Fatally. A despaich from Collingwood says: An Italian and q knife are responsible for one man's death, the viclim being Antonio Ferri, a member of a gang of Italians engaged on the sewerage work here. The alleged murderer is Libretto Ruzzi, one of the same gang, The trou- bie occurred on Monday afternoon, and arose over the payment of a share in the purchase of some liquor, Ruzzi, it is said, refusing to pay his share. As far os can be Jearned, these two men be-| came engaged in a serious quarrel, when Ferri threw a glass at Ruzzi, who rushed at him with a jack-knife, stabbing him. Ferri was removed to the hospital, where upon examination Dr. McBroome found two very deep gashes and four smaller wounds, one of the former being over; the heart and the others in the abdomen, Ruzzi immediately made off, and has nol yet been captured. It is believed th he is hiding in the woods'a few mi oul of the town. Ferri lin until early on Friday morning. death he made his will, fo a brother, lives-at Sault Ste. siatement before John Nettleton, Po Magistrate, in which he gave the cause of the quarrel, as already stated, and admilted that he was the first offender, throwing a drinking-glass at Ruzzi, who rushed. at him, stabbing him six times with his knife, ' TO TRANSPORT THE WHEAT. CP. R. Will Provide Fifteen Thousand Box Cars for the West. A despatch from Montreal says : order that the wheat crop may be perly handled, the Canadian Pacific this -year instituled j i object of ascertaining 1 cars required for the transporiation of wheat; A report received from Winni- peg stated that the crop would probably uire fiffeen thousand box cars, with sufficient equipment of engines to han- die them. These cars will be kept going steadily from western points {) the great lakes, and will be enough to take ca of the wheat.as it is marketed. Local officials who are most conversant with the question of wheat transportation be- Heve that there will be no car shortage {bis year. In pro- has ------ pe POISON IN FOUR ONLY. Tests of Almond Extracts--Not Enough to be Dangerous. A despatch from Ollawa says: Owing tc, recent cases of apparent pojsoning from the use of almond extracts sup- posed to contain prussic acid, an analy- sis was made in the Department of In- land Revenue of 65 samples collected throughout the Dominion. The fests showed 61 samples of essence of bilter almonds to be free from prussic acid. In four there was merely a measurable quantity, insufficient to be dangerous. aaietipacintosion WOUNDED HIS SISTER. Thessalon Lad Accidentaily Discharged Rifle While Loading It. A despatch from 'Thessalon, Ont., savs: What might have proved a fatal accident occurred at the home of Mr. Henry Shoullz. While Mr. Georg? Green, slep-son of Mr. Shoultz, was in the act of loading a rifle, it was dis- charged, the bullet passing through poth the wrists of his ten-year-old sister, Matilda, and lodging in her left shoul- der. She was at once conveyed lo the hospital, where the ball was extracted. The liltle patient will recover. ----_--_F- BAD FIRE AT BLIND RIVER. Three Million Fect of Lumber and Dock Destroyed. A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie, Oxt., says: A destructive fire at Blin Itiver, at an early hour on Thursday morning, did $150,000 .damage to the plants of the Dominion Lumber Co., Moore and McDonald, Moulthrop Lum- ter Co., Hope Lumber Co., Morgan Lumber Co., White Pine Lumber Co, The fire started from an unknown cause at the extreme end of the tramway, on the water front, and before being no- teed had gained considerable headway. The firemen at Blind River were unable lc. cope with the conflagration and the services of the "Soo" brigade were -re- auested by wire. The docks held about = 000.000 feet of lumber, nearly half of which was destroyed. The firemen were compelled to remove a portion of the tramway with dynamite, and throw the lumber into the river before the fir. 'could be stopped. a a BELFAST STRIKE SETTLED. Protracted Negotiations Result in a Compromise, A. despatch from Belfast says: The negotiations between the arbitralors and the leaders of the strikers resulted on Thursday in a settlement of the labor troubles here. The agreement is in the nature of a compromise. The re- turned to work on Friday at a.slight in- crease of wages and with -fixed hours, while employers are left entirely free to employ either unionists or non-unionisis. a ONLY HALF A PACK, Satmon Canneries Have Had a Bad Séa- son--An Off Year, A despatch from Ottawa says: Re perts of the Fisheries Department show that the salmon pack. WAs year will be an exceptionally poor one. The British Celumbia Packers' Association éslimate 225,000 cases of 48 pounds 473,674 cases in 1903 the g "off" year. The season on KAID STILL A PRISONER. Raisuli Sends a Threat to the British Minister. A despatch from Tangier says: It has been learned that Kaid Sir Harry Mac- lean, the Englishman in the service «f ~ the | We Sultari of Morocco, who has been & the number of | F risaner of the bandit Raisuli since early in July, has not been set. at lib- erty, as previously reported. The Brit- ish Legation here on Wednesday re- ceived a communication from Raisull threatening that unless his terms are accepted immediately he wil remove Maclean fo a place whither all the arm- ins of Europe, if united, could not fol- jow. It.seems that Raisuli, upon hear- ing of the bombardment and occupation of Casablanca, succeeded in taking Mac- lean back from the Kmass tribesmen and removed him to a strategic posi- lior in the neighborhood of Ben Iarous. Maclean is well, but he has been de- prived of his tent, and compelled to oc- cvpy an ordinary soldier's tent of small size, He is subsisting upon black bread. ------_$_--jr--____-- DIED AT HUNDRED AND THREE Centenarian of Stromness Emigrated to Canada in 1847. A despatch from Welland says: Pat- rick Corcoran, of Stromness, is dead, at the home of his nephew, Mait Cor- coran. He was a hundred and three years of age on February 2nd last, In 1847 he emigrated to Canada and has, smce lived at Stromness. His -young- est brother, Michael, resides at St. Cath- arines. He was a bachelor, a total ab- stainer, and never used tobacco in any furm. Though tgreat reader, he never wore glasses. Death resulted from a, stroke of paralysis, which he suffered! two weeks ago, tee GRASSHOPPERS EAT CROPS. Destroying Oats and Barley in Vicinity of Sundridge. A despatch from Toronto says: Grass- heppers are destroying oals and barley in the vicinity of Sundridge, Parry Sound, says Mr. Anderson Elliott, who has been judging standing crops for the Provincial Department of Agrieulture. The insects eat the beards of barley and the leaves of oats, consequently,as the cats may not average more than two bushels an acre, and the barley 10, Mr. Elliott advised that the crops be cut at once, even though unripe. MISS FRASER'S PENSION. Grant of Six Hundred Dollars From British Columbia Government. A despatch from Victoria, B. C., says: The Government of British Columbia has granted an annuity for life of $600 io Miss Harriet Fraser of Toronto. Miss-. Fraser is the daughter of Simon Fraser cf the Northwest Company, who was the first to thoroughly explore the-river that bears his name. i] BURNED BY VITRIOl at Hull Will Probably Lose Their Legs. A despatch from Ottawa says: Zephyr Legault, Joseph Charron and .a man named Duchesne, of Hull, were nearly, burned to death on Friday afternoon by. vilriol while working at Eddy's mills. The three men were emptying a botile containing five gallons of vitriol, when one of them lost his grip on the bottle, which fell on the floor and. broke, the contents falling on all three men. The were terribly burned, and two will probably have to have both legs amputated. Two ba * SHOT TWO, THEN HIMSELF. Italian Killed Sweetheart, Wounded Her Friend, Committed Suicide. . A. despatch from Chicago says: Michael DeTrain, an Italian, on. Wednes- day night shot and instantly killed Al- vina -Vullmann, seriously wounded her, cousin, Alvon Awald, and then killed himself. DeTrain-and Miss Vultman) were said lo have been engaged at one lime, but the girl had recently refusedy t- marry, because of his wild conduct.i The man blamed/the girl's cousin for: his: dismissal, Miss Awald received a severe Fraser. River Salt aaa closes on August 25,}éscalp wound, Lut date the deflcieney can-| ict was deflected a will recover. The bulé . 'by a comb she y 2S of them ~~ :