~ lace, the 4 HUNDRED WERE DROWNED The Ship "Star of Bengal" Went Down Off the Alaskan Coast. A despatch from Wrangel, Alas- ' Ka, says: One hundred and ten out of a total of one hundred and thirty- revyen persons aboard the cannery ship Star of Bengal were drowned |b last Sundcy afternoon, when the! s vessel was torn from the hold of protecting tugs and dashed ashore at Helm Point, at the southeast end _ot Coronation Island. The news was brought by the tug Hattie os e, Captain Farrer, ie car-| the survivors, 27 in. e ship was being toad 'to sea from the Wrangel eney by the pegs Hattie Gage and Kayak. Cap- tein Farrer of the. Hattie Gage gives the following ; account of the lsaster ; "As we came within reach of the gale we could see we were making leeway and drifting toward Coro- nation Island. The Kayak a light 'and could do nothing. Hattie Gage could not handle the ship alone. At 4 o'clock the Star cf Bengal drifted into a narrow ight and we could see land on both es abreast. -- sounded and found eight fathoms. We could see the vessel dimly > be the phosph- crescent rocks which were all around, We cut the two-line and steamed out into open water, but could not see anything in the driv- ing rain except one blue light burn- ing on the ship. The storm increas: ec and the tugs steamed away to Shipley Bay, 26 miles away. Captain Wagner of the Star of ge charges the captains of the tugs Kyak and Hattie Gage, who cut loose from him, with rank cow- ardice. The captain was unconsci- cus for an hour after the rescuc. HURRICANE'S HAVOC. Governor of the Bahamar Says De- vastation is Widespread. A despatch from London says: The Colonial Office on Wednesday received a cablegrom from Sir Wm. Grey-Wilson, Governor of the Ba- hamas Islands, regarding the de- yastation wrought by the hurricane of Sept. 11-13. Sir William says the Islands of the Great and Little Inaugua, Acklin Island, Crooke Island, Fortune Island, Long Is- land, Rumeay and Watlins Islands, were swept by the storm. All v gels caught by the storm were aither stranded or wrecked. At Clarence, on Long Island, the residency, the jail, the court house, all the church- es, and ninety-seven per cent. of the -- s were completely destroy- No detailed information yet He been received from many of the islands, and the distress is believ- ej.to be great. THE INHABITANTS FROZEN. Finding Esquimau Village in Which All Were Dead. A despatch from Seattle says: News reached here on Wednesday cf the discovery of a village in Northern Siberia in which all the inhabitants had been frozer. Sea- iers tell the story of a party of In- dians who visited the place, which was an Esquimau village, about the middle of June. There was no sign ot life. They searched the place, and found that every man, woman and child in it was frozen to death. The evidences showed that slow starvation had preceded death. With their food all gone, the fam- ishing Esquimau had tried to eat their skin clothing, and tent cov- tre, but the cold soon completed ' the work of hunger : ANOTHER FALLS SUICIDE. Woman's Be and Handbag Found n the Bank. < er from Niagara Falls, . Y., says: Wednesday morning, Oficer Burch, of the State Reserva- tion, noticed a woman go to an un- usual point on Green Island. She teld him she awaited the coming of friends. Later on he found her handbag and hat upon the island thore. She had disappeared. In the handbag was a spectacle case, No. 79.297, purchased of the Buffalo Op- tical Company, te a young lady of that city. This| young lady could not be located in! uffalo on Wednesday afternoon. The recovery of the body may be! necessary to unravel what now seems a mystery. Seen renee NAVY FOR AUSTRALIA. British Admiralty Consents to the roposed Scheie. A despatch from Melbourne says: The British Admiralty has given its general ra ther to the scheme: of the i the formation of a a flotilla of six tor- pedo-boat destroyers, nine submar- ines, and two depot ships, as the nucleus of an Australian navy, It is believed that Parliament will rote readily the $6,250,000 required lor the construction of the suggest- rd flotilla. The officers and men will total 1,200, and will be pro- vided by the Imperial navy. But they will be paid by the Common- wealth, which will retain adminis- trative control of the flotilla. CAR INSPECTORS STOLE. Crand Trunk Punishes Unfaithful Employees. A: despatch from Belleville, Ont., says: In the Police Court on Fri- ay morning, Police Magistrate Masson sentenced Patrick McHugh, and Allen Stapley, two rand Trunk car inspectors, employed in the local yards, to years in the Penitentiary on two charges of en- tering and stealing grain and tobac- co from sealed cars several days ago. The sentence came as a big e8-| surprise to a crowded court soda, mestly railway men. both married, with. families, and eld employes of the road. Trunk Detective Brown of Montreal was sent here some time ago to dis- cover who was breaking into the cars, and he worked among the men ne an ordinary workman, and dis- covered the accused in the act. The trial lasted three days. Detective rown has been assaulted on two cecasions since the trial began and now has ex-employes of the-Grand Trunk charged with assault. A lot of thieving has been going on here {rom cars recently and the company intend to stop it. _ HE GRAIN FROM ST. JOIN. Fourteen Million Bushels to be Shipped There During Wiuter. A despatch from Fort Wiilliam says: Fourteen million bushels of grain is prospected for the cleva- tors at St. John during the coming winter. This grain will all be hand- led at Fort William. As the grain arrives here from the west it is un- loaded into elevators, and after be- ing weighed is reloaded into cars for shipment east. Last year was a very busy season for all-rail wheat traffic, but it is expected that all records wil! be broken this win- ter. ean! eee SEVEN YEARS FOR THEFT. Thief, Who Was Also Charged with Arson, Sentenced. A despatch from St. Catharines says: George F. Raybould was va Friday sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary for stealing a horse and buggy from Byron Bea- mer, whose barns were burned at the time the rig was stolen, several weeks ago. Raybould -- pleaded cuilty to the theft, but not guilty who say it was sold} j tu the charge of arson, The judge in reviewing the evidence said he was satisfied the prisoner had caused the fire intentionally or by / negligence, but on the evidence dis- nmussed the charge of arson and sen- tenced him as above on the charge ct theft _ HOO QUAKES IN MENICO. Steamer Bumped in Dock and Four Persous Killed. Mexico here City en frown received A despatch says: Advices ir] Thursday from Acapulco are to the effect that two heavy earthquake shocks were felt on Wednesday ow that port. The sea was greatly agi- tated, and broke in tremendous waves. he Cosmos Line steamer Radmez, from San Francisco Aug. &, for Hamburg, was caught and tossed to the dock by the onslaught of waves. Four persens were killed and several others were wounded by rolling spars and falling wood- work. The earthquake was barely perceptible on shore. CHOLERA IN CZAR'S PALACE Dread Diseage Enters the Home of the Emperor and Empress. A despatch from St. Petersburg says: Not only is the number of cases of Asiatic cholera in this city ener but the disease has in- adcd the aristocratic precincts of Bt. Petersburg. It has even reache the Winter Palace, one case having been discovered in the servants' quarters of the palace, in which extensive preparations are going on in the expectation that the Emper- or and Empress = spend part of the coming season in the capital: Other cases cae | been diecuaeet in the palace of Grand Duke Nicho- lus Nicholaevitch, the Tauride Pa- alace of Prince Alexan- der Oldenburg, a cousin of the Em- and the perial Opera A number of diplomas and pr rominent society people have hur- ried their departure abroad. In order to tes t the of vacination in cholera cases several graduate students of St. Petersburg. University voluntarily permitted themselves to be vaccinated, after which they drank a solution con- taining cholera germs. Among the cases reported in St. Petersburg on Wednesday is that of Court Councillor Nechiporenko, who-was stricken while entertain- ing a party of guests. Two promin- ent merchants, several officials .in the various Ministries, and other members of the better classes in the.capital are Gown with the dread disease. The accumulation of corp-|C. ser = ee graveyards continues to inc day show The rll has broken out among the cadets at the Pavlowsk Military Academy. nes- | wages. Twen THE GLOBE.. Telegraphic Bricfs From Our Own and Other Countries of Recent Events. CANADA: The scheme for the reorganization of the Bank of St. Hyacinthe has fallen through. . Jonsignments of liquor for new Ontario were seized = ai Provin- cial License Departm The C.P.R. roundhouse at Webb- wont was burned with two engines. Incendiarism is suspected. Plentiful rains are reported in Quebce and the forest fires are no longer a menace tu property Owen Sound Council decided to have another vote of the people on the loccl option by-law in January. wo hotelkeepers were sentenced to terms in jail at Montreal for keeping slot machines in their bar- 100MSs. The Phoenix Bridge Company is settling the claims of those who lost relatives in the Quebec bridge dis- aster. Dr. G. T. Brodie, London, Eng. has been appointe professor "ot physiology at the University of To- ronto Lake's livery stables at Helleville were destroye sd by fire on Friday. This is ral third big stable burned there latel "Crooked. neck"? Smith was found guilty at Montreal of the murder of Mike Malone and sentenced to be hanged November 27 A lot of Chinamen smuggled into Canada as merchants by way of Mexico have been detected at Mont- real and will be sent back. The late W. G. Elliott of Brant- ford left $230,000. Among his be- quests is $5, 000 to establish a chil- dren's bas in'the John H. Strat- furd Hosp Willian. 'Sangster, who accused himself of the murder of Pierre De- lorme for the purpose of getting a free trip from New York to Mont- real, was acquitted of the crime at- Montreal, the Crown withdrawing the charge. GREAT BRITAIN. About 140,000 cotton operatives!" are on strike in Lancashire, be-, cause the employers are attempting to reduce wages. G. Renwick, Unionist, was elect- ed at Newcastle-on-Tyne, defeating the Liberal and Socialist candi- dates. His plurality was 2,143 The report of the British Post- master- General shows a large in- crease in the number of periodicals nt to Canada since the reduction of the postage. UNITEDSTATES. Georgia has abolished the system of leasing convicts, in vogue since 1865, The ( hicago Great Western Rail- road will shortly pass under the control uf the Canadian Pacific. Toronto Oddfellows won the sec- end prize for drill at the session of the Sovereign Grand Lodge at Denver, Co Five members of the New ae Steck Exchange firmin of Brown *, Co., whieh Pspended re- been arsested on a charge of grand larcene Mr. Robert Bruce, -- of the London postal service, is at Washington striving to increase the efficacy of the mai! service be- tween the United States and Bri- tain President Compers of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor testified at Washington on Thursday that agents of President. Van Cleave of the National Association of Manu- facturers had attempted to bribe him to desert the cause of labor. GENERAL. A sharp frost has cholera epidemic in St. Petersburg. Germany is proposing to increase the taxes levied on luxuries and to entroduce a universal succession tax Ninefy persons, nearly all ne- groes, were killed by the recent hurricane on Inagua [sland, one of the Bahama group, The Pope has appointed Arch- bishop) Dontenwill of Vancouver Superior- Sg al of the Oblate Or- der of the World. Twenty-two bulls checked the escaped from the arena at Morta. Portagal, and ran amuck in the crowd. killing five persons. aris, owing to the destruction hy fire of the central telephone building, is almost entirely cut off from communication with the prov- inces and foreign countries. ang Shao Yi, a Chinese diplo- mat, fas sailed for Washington il so carloads of valuable pres e hop to win the friendship of the United States for Ch 3.500 MEC BASICS Ss ENGAGED, Number Taken on ou by -R. Since ¢ the Strike sar. A despatch from Montreal says: The one hundred and thirty me- chanics brought over from Liver- poo! by the Lake Manitoba were landed at Quebec on Tuesday and are at work to-day at the An shops. The position of the strike, entering upon its eighth week, is that, including the 700 who have arrived or 'are on the way from England, the ©. P. R., according tu the statements of officials, have engaged about 3,500 mechanics since the strike began. Officials in the P. R. accounting departments state that estimating the number who went out at 6,000, there has been a loss of some 8700,000 in nty-seven more mechan- ics were engaged by the C. P. R. co Wednesday and sent to the An- gus ehope, none & them' bein strikers, CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS! RAPPENINGS FROW ALL OVER] - 3 the China west by northwest. - rostrated and a dama ne are is evident, however, that rm. b= asbate reports that every building in the place was razed with the single /exception of the postal building. A-despatch receiv- ed from Remblon -says that the ty- hoon caused & at loss of pro- perty, and that undoubtedly many persons have been-killed. sina Se HEALTH OF ONTARIO. Report of Board of Health Deaths in August. A despatch from Toronto says: here were 2,449 eaths from causes in Ontario in August, ac- cording to the report of the Pro- yncial Board of Health, making a death rate of 13.4 in 1,000 .Typhoid fever has been .more tad sry There were 329 cases and 50 deaths from the disease, as compared with 155 cases and 38 deaths in August, 1907. Two patients out of 74 died of scarlet fever; 14 out of 115 suc- cumbed to diphtheria, and 141 out cf 145 from tuberculosis. There were only three cases'of smallpox, and none proved fatal. Two out of three sufferers died of measles, while out of 26 persons afflicted with whooping cough 19 died. FH of a THREE YEARS FOR CHAREST. Montreal ex-Civic Employe is Sent Down for Fraud. A despatch from Montreal says: Three years in the penitentiary vas the sentence imposed by Judge Piche in the Court of Special Ses- sions on Thursday on Auguste Charest, the former assistant fore- man of the Municipal Road Depart- ment, who, when arraigned on a charge of defrauding the city out of hetween $1,400 and $1,500, entered a plea of guilty. Charest, when he became aware of the fact that his actions in obtaining money from the treasury by the use of padded pay rolls was discovered. left the city, but was arrested at New Bed- ford, Mass., and returned without fighting extradition. ATTACKED BY STRIKERS. Strike-Breakers Assailed Boulface Yards. A despatch from Winnipeg says: While the strike-breakers in the employ of the C. P. R. were en- gaged on Thursday morning in in St. track last night in St. Boniface yard they were attacked by 'crowd of strikers and their sympa- thizers, and a hand-to-hand hattle resulted. One of the strangers named R. Brown was so roughly handled that he is now in the hos- pital in a dangerous condition. +. WHEAT GRADES S HIGH. Eight _-- Bushels Pass Through Winnipeg. A despatch from Winnipeg says: o far eight million bushels of wheat have passed through Winni- peg, and been inspected, as cum- pared with only one million bush- el. same date last year. But the most encouraging feature is that of: this amount no less than eighty per cent. is high grade milling wheat, which almost constitutes record per- | centage. If the wheat continues to grade to this high Rect age the crup will be very ry profitabl bad STRIKERS ATTACK WORKMEN. Two Assaults Made and One Man Badly Hurt at Montreal. A despatch from Montreal says: here was another clash between .P. the C RQ. strikers and the men working at the Angus hog on Wednesday night. When ingmen were leaving the works they were assailed by a gang of strikers numbering between five and six! hundred, and a free fight resulted. A force of police were called to the scene and dispersed the strikers. Another figat occurred later, when cne of the workingmen was I 'eaten and one one ot his arms broken] ORDERS" FOR FoR "800" MILLS, Transcontinental Will Take 15,000 Tons of Rails. A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., says: Announcement wa made on Wednesday by Tasagse| Franz, of the Lake Superior Cor- pcration, that the Transcontinental | Railway had placed an order at the; ""Soo"' rail mill for 15,000 tons rails for the Western division, The supplementary order for the a and the order is 5) expected dai ee LAUDANUM FOUND. - a otel. - dogpa voi from -Fort "William, :R. i one a fruit dea- r- ae in the wake. t agen sudded" m te! railing a locomotive which left the | of | Fort leer Fruit Dealer's Death j ' itoba rompt shipment 4 is quoted at $1.05 1 Northern, and at 81.0244 te No. 2 Northern, Georgian Bay ports. For October bg agent eg 1 new is quoted at $1.04,: 2 Northern at 81.0144, Bay. corte. Ontario wheat--No. 2 white quoted at 92 to 93c outside; No. 2 red Winter, 92 to 92%4c, and No.-2 mixed 92c outside. Oats--Ontario new No. 2 whites |g 38 to 39%4c outside; Manito 2 re ene at 44c, and rejected at 42c Goderich Peas--90c ee ' erican ye'low nominal at 87 to se - track, To- ronto, and No. 3 at Barley--No. 2 ke quoted at F§ to 60c, and No. 3 extra at 57 to 5714c outside. Bran--Cars are quoted at $19 in bulk outside. Shorts quoted at 821 tu $22 in bulk outside. Rye--No. 2 quoted at 79 to 80c outside. COUNTRY PRODUCE. eans--Prime, La to on 10, and hand. picked, $2:20 to $2.2 oney--Combs, No. t, '$1.50 to $1.75 per dozen, and No. 2, in 60- pound tins, 934c; No. 1 extracted, 10 to fle per pound. Hay--No. 1 timothy quoted at S10. 50 to $ll a pon on track here, and No. 2 at 87 t Straw--86.50 to. $7. on track. Potatoes--Ontario quoted at 63 to 70c per" ag. and Delawares at 7G to 75c per bag on track. Poultry--Chickens, spring, dress- ed, 11 to 12c per pound; fowl, 9 to 10c; ducks, dressed, 11 to 12c; tur- keys, dressed, 13 to lic per pound" THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter--Pound prints, 22 to 23c; tubs, 20 to 22c; do., inferior, 18 to ife. Creamery "rolls, 25 to 26c, an selids at 24 to 24'4c Eggs--Case lots, 20 to 2le per dozen. Cheese--Large cheese, 13% to 13%e per pound, and twins, 1344 to 1334. HOG F.ODUCTS. 12 to 12% mess pork, cut, $23 to Bacorn--Long clear, per pound in case lots; 219 to $19.50; short $23.50. Hems--Light to medium, 14% to Ie; do., heavy, 1244 to 13¢; rolls, ll to Wye; slwulders, 104% to 10%4c¢; backs, 17 "4 to 18¢; breakfast bacon, 15 to 1LAlg¢ Lard-- ierces, 13¢ ; Pails, 13c. tubs, 13{c; BUSINESS AT MONTREAL, Montreal, Sept. 29.--Grain--On- tario new crop oats, No. 2 white are quoted at 45', to 46c; No. 3 | at 44'4 to 45¢, and No. 4 at 44e, o| ith Manitoba old crop No. 2 white ' el <e a ; No. 3 at 46%ic, and reject- ed at "a4 per bushel ex store. Flour--Manitoba spring wheat pat- ts, $6; seconds, #8.50; Winter | wheat ae #5 to $5.10; straight rollers, $4.40 to $4.50; do., in bags, @2 to 42.10; oxuras, $1 -50 to $1.75. Feed---Manitoba bran, $22 to $23; * ~ shorts, $23; Ontario bran, 821 to 822; middlings, $26 to 927; shorts, #2¢ per ton, including bags; pure grain mouille, $30 to $35; milled grades, 825 to $28 per ton. -- Pro- visions-- Barrels short cut mess, 822.50: half- barrels do., $11.50 clear fat backs, $23; dry salt long clear backs, Ile; barrels plate beef, $17.50; half- barrels do., $9: com- pound lard, 8% to 9c}; pure lard, iz', to 180; kettle rendered, 13 to | Lacon, 14 to 15¢; Windsor bacon, ta to 16c; fresh killed abattoir ri @ressed hogs, $10.25 to $10.50; jlive, 37.25 to $7.50 Cheese--West- ern, 123% to I3e 5 Townships, 12% to » 12% to 12%e But- ic in round lots; "nc cobbang. eee Ne. | 19 to 20c ; selects, 23 to 24¢ per duzen. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis, Sept. 29. -- Wheat-- No. 1 hard, 81.03%, to $1.014%; No. 1 Northern, $1. 027% to $1.03% ; "No. 2 Northern, $1.00°, tu $1.024%; No. 3 Northern, 97%e to $1.0014. Flour --First patents, 85.65 to 85. 80; sec- cnd patents, $5.50 to $5.65; first rk-| clears. 84.35 to $4.45; second clears $3.50 to $3.60, Bran--In bulk, 815. ae Sept 29,--Wheat--Firm- : No. | Northern, carloads store, él. 0634 ; : Psniee firmer; No. 2 red, $1.01%%; No. extra red, 994¢, | ----S--=== Corn-- Firm; *Ne 4 corn, 79% to BC 4c. Oats--Firny; No. 2 white, 921 to Stic. Barley---Feed to malting." 60 to 6/e. 'Rye--No. 2 track, 79c. LIVE STOCK MARKET. Toronto, 29. -- Drovers claim that the choicest of cattle for Lutchering purposes would sell at als 85 per cwt. Owing to none of these having been offered, the best price {going was about 84.60 per cwt. ke Good cows were a little firmer at | 83.75 to $4 per ewt. Stockers were improved de- imand. Prices are about steady Sheep and ae were unchanged a on largé arriv re cows ore searce and firm- *"Relect hogs were worth $7 per ewt. off cars, Toronto. For thin hogs, which are 'plentitil, buyers will a7 no more than $6.50 per ewt ; ----_---4 THANKSGIVING NOV. 9TH. . Date Has Been Definitely Fixed for King's Birthday. Lier Ottawa cays: the date of sy zeae has A ie gal is | 8° '13iye; hams, 12% to l4c; breakfast | sm WREKED 1 1 SNOWSTOR | Nineteen Persons ~Killed in a Collision in Montana. - A despatch from Livingston, Mont., says: Ploughing through a snowstorm, eastward bound, a Chi- cago, Burlington & Quincy passen- ern Pacific Railroad on Friday, crashed head-on into a freight train e a siding at Young': Point, where e trains were to pass, and in the demnolition that ensued a-score of pp were crushed out and a score pe sons were injured. Several ol ably fatally. The freight flag- man failed to signal the passenger in time to prevent the collision, it is ae because of the blinding en The express car telescoped with the smoking car, and most of the fatalities and injuries ane of per: r train, running over the North-| sons in the latter car. The express car raised over the platform ot the smoking car, and the superstruc- tion swept the seats away. Not o passenger in the smoking car es- caped death or injury. Passengers in other care escaped with cuts and bruises, Fireman Ora Babcocy jumped and was killed, striking his head. Milo Halloway, a brakeman, was killed. The smoking car debris was hope- lessly mixed with heads, bodies, legs and arms, presenting a hor- rible sight. In one place seven bodies were so tightly wedged to- gether that they were separated ontr with great difficulty. It was impossible to succor the wounded without trampling on the dead. Fashion Hints. ed ee oe Poe ew et Be i 7 FADS AND FANCIES. Stripes will have an autumn vogue. ans collars are featured in new Rich embroideries figure in hat trimgini Ing. Black is more in evidence than or yearn. Fox will be one of the leaders among furs. 'ings and quills are prominent ia millinery. Syme of the ei coats are wide- ly double brea Fo? dressy skirts black voile re- tains its popes Even lingevie has caught the di- rectoire enthusia Skirts are draped after the fash- ion of Greek t Navy blue ie 'the a popular color in walking » Yor the coiffure Ro.uan braids are still much in favor. Jolors for street = dinner dresses are nearly ali dar! Passementeries are honti 'promin- ent than in twenty years. The separate cuats are to again aris largely for fall wear. It a Parisian dictum that the | petticoat must be glove fitting. Buttons are used more lavishly than ever before upon the autumn models. Short coats, long coats, and Nor- folk jackets may now all be had in leather. Black crepe de chine is an ideal fabric - ee that seek the draped eff New silk pa are mostly in Llue effects, though there are some in brown and gray Ribbons in satin and velvet ap- parently will have a great vogue In winter millinery. Many of the silk and satin hats are blocked, the material being stuck on like paper on the wall. Feather toques with muffs and stoles to match will be worn with smart tweed or cream serge cous- tumes. Many bodices of luxurious gowns are in tulle and net effects, touch- ed with gold lace and passement- erie Ev ery high class fur muff or scarf row displays head, tail and claws cf the animal that furnished the eit. Ribbon filets with two large pearl hairpins to hold the ends are among the newest bandeau effects. Cedar red or cedar brown will be a popular color for fall hats, and the copper tenes likewise retain their favor. Soft, clinging, ecole sation are great favorites of the Un- doubtedly it is to be a eatin season. Soft satin is the favorite fabric of the season, closely followed by cashmere and crepe de chine effects end by broadcloth. In spite of the rage for big hats, there are still many small ones. These are generally draped three- corner or oval turbans. The straighs front panel has re- appeared in the newest of the plaid tweed suits. It is about four inch- es wide, ai the sides are slightly lapped ove th ere is iEere in diversity in footwear. New walking boots are of suede in tan, smoke, blue, or green, and there arc combinations of suede "--~ patent leather or tan Russian ca One of the beautiful novelties - furs is the new pierrot ruff or chuk e1 cravat. It has a oe frill all around the top, and hooks at the back with a big bow ribbon. Figured and striped designs dom- --_ in the short skirt costumes. In the sccnante impurted pongee and rajah fabrics there are many exquisite two tone effects in blue, gray, tan, and mauve, while even in the cloths and mohairs checks and stripes are more in vogue than the plain effects. ---------- THE PLAGUE IN VENZUELA. A Fresh Outbreak Reported in the Capital. A despatch from Willemstad, receive announce a resh <outbreak of the bubonic plague in the Venezuelan capital. spreading, and a rumber of deaths have occurred among people of the better class. --_---jp PLOUGHED INTO GANG. Passenger Train Kills Two.Men at English River. A despatch from Fort William, nmt., says: west-bound passen- ger train ploughed into a section gang at English River about one o'clock on Wednesdzy. 'Two fore- igners, Kalla and Ludst. were in- stantly killed. Their bedies are be- ing brought here. -----+F THREE MEN SUPFFOCATED. Struck Gas While Digging Well Near Stanley. \ despatch from Port Arthur, Ont., says: Three Finlanders were killed on Wednesday by Kas in a well they were digging on the farm of a man named Erickson, eight miles from Stanley, Ont. In digging they struck natural gas, and were im- ualinandy overcome by it 2 HEALTH HINTS. Home Remedy.--For canker or sere mouth burn a corncob and ap- = the aches two or three times a sy =" applied to the bites of insects, such as fleas, mosquitoes, etc., will stop the itching at once. Never forget to put a pinch of salt into every bettle of food baby a it is most necessary for its bealth. An Old Cure for Stiff Joints.-- yey this cure is a very old one t has been successful y used in a ease where the téndon. attached to the knee were drawn: badly that it was feared thav the knee joint would always remain' inflexible. This patient's knee was left ia sard condition as the effects of the white swelling in that limb when he was a boy. The remedy was this: Put angle worms. into a bottle and bake + them in the hot sun, and ee il become oil; use this oil on the parts effected as you would use any liniment. a Kind Lady--"How | did come so lame!' exertion, mum." tu what way?' Tramp--"Movin' on every time a perliceman tole me to.' you be- BROCKVILLE IN DARKNESS Electric Light Station Burned and Alms Entire Roof Fell In. A despatch from Brockville, Ont., eays: Brockville is. in darkness, with the exception of glinnnering lights furnished by gas lamps in the scattered portions of the town. The cause is the gutting by fire of the electric light station on the bank of the river, in a thickly scttled portion of the town, on Thursday night. About seven o'clock Engin- eer Turkington, while sitting in the main engine an lynamo room, heard a crackling noise in the at- tic overhead, and on investigation discovered that portion of the building in flames. Before the ar- rival of the brigade the entire roof was enveloped from end to end, and burning fiercely. Several streams = soon in action, but the build- being so dry from the continu- : dry weather, they seemed to have little effect in staying the pro- gress of the flames. Fears were ex- ;| pressed for the surrounding pro- perty with vie _ the station is ~ closely connected, but fortunately the blaze was confined to the scene ef the outbreak, and by dint of hard work the efforts of the fire brigade peawatied after one hour's effort, but not before almost the entire roof had fallen in over the main engine rovim, be ong the large dy- namo was loc The erincivel' ads is to the roof covering the machinery. The boiler-room is intact, also the re- serve power, which will enable the department to resume a partial ser- vice. The best portion of the ma- chinery is damaged by water, iy cluding one po oa namo, The ta! insurance on the buildings anid machinery is $22,500: The loss is roughly estimated at $10,000 The origin is lai a crossing. of the wires in the attic. Luckily, not a breath of wind was blowing, other- . wise the results might have been - serious. The ol Broce is orate by sae: DOTROKS oe 2 ae