"PORTLAND FATTY" CAUGHT RAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER He Is Wanted for At. Raphael, Quebec, TUE GLORE. _ Robbing a Bank at and Other Countries of A eee from New York says: When several Central Office detec- tives at once were strolling through Chinatown the other night looking for suspicious characters, they took into custody a party of four men because they had recognized two cf them as eafe-blowers. One of the strangers, who described him- self as George Moaroe of Cum- berland, Maine, 'made a plea for freedom, saying he knew nothing ; of the men _ whose company he had been fou On Wednesday Moses or as the police say he is better known as Recent Events, . CANADA. Grain carriers honed business very brisk on the "Portland Fatty,">was in a cell awaiting the call of : panedian offi- cials, who wish to e him across the border to tell Stat, he knows police fauna a number of certifi-} John Cam bell, b ak cates marked "La Banque Provin-| Lindsay, fampbel at Oni, of cial, St. Raphael, Quebec, Can-| Friday ada.' ol was robbed The Canadian authorities 7 were no- tified of the. arrest. of "Portland Fatty," and two officers are here to attempt to bring about his extra- dition to Canada. Assessment Commissioner For- man places Toronto' 8 population at 287,201. Fernow. saws that Canada's timber wealth is not nearly so great as is generally supposed. mulatto named -Robert Collins ie lt : i Fashion Hints. Le ee ee ee be ee ee FADS AND FANCIES. Fox furs aie the leaders. Sleeves cannot grow any smaller. Ail the latest coats are directorie. Millinery wings are larger than! ] ever. Long garment. The big pillow muff supersedes al. others. In belts proper elastic will be the most povular Not for years 'has parted hair _been so fashionable. The one piec: dresses lead all others in popularity. The neck cg ie # bodices is likely to grow high Padded pipings with 'soutache are leading decoratio The sealskin cont will be more popular than for years, t is exnected that jet will have @ renewed popularity. lack fox wall be greatly worn in conjunction with velvet nly the skimpiest-of petticoats are allowed with long skirts. Most of the hat sh: apes give the effect of excessive flat Cozy little fur coats "are to be kdeal wear for youngsters. New skirts are gencrally plai while bodices are highly ornate. Handkerchiefs for morning are generally. of crossbarred muslin. The low effect is adhered to in the latest hats trimmed with os- a ee oe et &1-1-]-1-1-1-E-4- lines characterize every Plumage hats are in again, prin- tipally in dark, natural pheasant shades. Greén tulle is used in big bows at the neck or some place on the at. There is no abatement of the rage for taupe color and amethyst thades Jewels now match the costume-- tat's eye with taupe; amethyst with mauve. The Psyche knot is now much in vogue and looks well. with the new turban. For winter millinery a profusion ef roses, both large and small, wiu e used Fur wraps for evening wear are jut three-cornered like the old-fash- loned shaw Skirts are to be no longer, but are likely to see a new outline on the train Soutache braiding is, used most effectively on the crowns, brims or ribbon trimming of the new hats. 'The coats that belong to dressy suits or those Worn with elaborate Fowns are very Erinine, skunk, + black and white fox, suble and scal are all used in hat trimmings Sashes of soft liberty satin, crepe, ef chiffon velvet are a feature of the new hats is likely tu prove trying until the coif- fure is adapted to them. ndon has a_ distinctly green reason, al] shades of this coler be- ing exploited in every material. _ two MEN INS' INSTANTLY KILLED. berrick Room "Crashed Down on Vorkers. A despatch from Trenton says: About 10 o'clock on Friday morn- ing, at the construction -- of the Trent .Canal, near Glen Miller, about three miles" north of Tren- ten, two men were instantly killed by the falling of a big derrick. One of the men was the foreman in charge of the work, and his home is in Trenton, . His name is Win. Cronen. a middle-aged man of for- ty odd years. The other man killed was an elderly Italian workman, . ac name is unknown, | Horses Ran "Away and We was was arrested at St. Catharines for passing forged check: ks. A rich find of iron in poor River country is reported by ssrs. G, ks ag and D - Matheson of Mont- ea " WILLIAM BETTS KILLED. Dragged Some Distance. A despatch from St. Catharines says: William Betts, 72 years of age, who had been a resident of Beamsville but one week, was kill- ed near his home on the lake shore on Thursday. He had been to town and wes driving along the lane leading to his house when the hors- es took fright and bolted. The un fortunate man was thrown over the dashboard, and, becoming entang- led in the gearing of the wagon, was dragged some distance. When ro team was stopped by the hired an Mr. tts was. unconscious, being severely bruised about the 'ead and body, In the even'ng, de- spite medical aid, the injured man expired without regaining consci- ousness. Ten charges of violating the li- auor act by selling on election day have been laid against ong hotel at Winnipeg, Frank Arkles-of Owen Bourié.has 's 8 been sentenced to jail for th ee! months for selling liquor to.a rail-| way employee. A true bill sewage ning ich The Grand Trunk Railway has been indicted by. the Grand Jury et Guelph for maintaining a pub- i Lami 4 referring to the sta- "Both the Dorrinion and Provin- cial Governments have instituted an inquiry into the quality of. coa cil being sold in Manitoba, in view o* recent acciden The Grand Trunk took over the electric system at the St. Clair tunnel from che contractors on 'hursday, and the inauguration of | ¢ hig new system was duly celebrat- a el TWO WOMEN FOUGHT ROBBER. Shocking Affair in in Tonely Hut in Cobalt District. A_ despatch from Cobalt says: On Thursday, about 4.30 o'clock in the afternoon, two women living,| . alone in a small log shack about . mile east of Argentite were at- acked by a man evidently bent up- en robbery, but he may have a mur- der charge' to face if captured. The two women are Ethel Stone and Carrie Smith. Ethel Stone is able t« be out of the hospital, although rhe has two bad euts on the side , {and the back of the head. Carrie Smith had both.jaws broken, her head cut in several places, aud her recovery is doubtful. Their assan- ant escaped through the woods and the police are still on the trail. It is reported that eight' thou- and employees of the Intercolonial r ailway have seceded from the In- ternational Union and formed an eae organization at Hali- GREAT B BRITAIN. Lord Milner, interviewed on his re- turn to England, said he -had-found no prejudice against the English immigrant in Canada. Mr. John Henniker Heaton, speaking in. London, urged. cheap cable and telegraph rates as the surest ior of waiptaining the ' a world's peac MOUNTAIN OF IRON -ORE. UNITED STATES. = The United States has a postal Immense Deposits Discovered in Gloucester County, N. B. A despatch from Moncton, N. B., says: That there exists in Glouces- hl county a literal mountain of ron ore, the deposit extending nights feet in the air and at least 400 feet beneath the surface in vast quantities, is the -- brought tu this city by 4X Mr. ride, who has been Visiting the, iron de-| | rush of emigrants from Europe xosits which were recently acquir- | . America has already begun. The ed by the Drummond Company. Mr. | Hamburg. American Liner Amerika Pride brought with him a few pieces }* bringing 1,600. deficit of $16,910, 279 for the fiscal year ending June ast. In the year anil June 30th last 3,764 persons were killed in rail- | 7 road accidents in the United! States A ten- -year-old negro boy has been convicted of murder in Georgia, end has been sentenced to life im- prisonment. (CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS : - b Telegraphic Briefs From Our Own "ifirmed that a Mr. Elmer Lick, ma readied led like an CBB and not as if it were a stone or @ turnip, as was the custom with the average pack- e1. With regard to.character, he knew that young men wouls not with the average: © me or pemrciaied with it, and in many ases the men ae not get board esate: they . crew. n good a grower must employ nen Soin he could: imphieitly trust. The result vay, as in oa wie ad in mind, where rought in 126 barrels of spricP aa got less than $25 for them. ' DEATH OF 'Peewrianow: Prominent Methodist Editor and Author Passes Away. A despatch from Toronto says: Following an a of paralysis ener es on ee the 15th in- Rev. -Dr: m H.-With- she At the Methodist Publishing ye rea editor and travel- dist Ghonk and one whose kindli- ness endeared him to many hearts his unexpected demise comes as a hock. -- HELD FOR MANSLA UGHTER. Yardman _ for Fatal Wreck Brantford. A Soicsaban from Brantford 'says Joseph Maguire, late Grand Trun k yardman, who was held by the com- pany as partially responsible for the recent wreck in which one Brantfordite and two Londoners were killed. was, on Wednesday, committed for trialat the next High Court Assizes on a charge of man- slaughter. His counsel made an ef- fort to have the charge reduced to neglect. but the Crown refused, and will press the case against hith. ---- RADICAL LABOR CABINET. Will-Undertake the Government of Austraiia. A Seeneach from Melbourne says Mr, Fisher, on the radical le. bor leads ralia, will form the new Cribinet. House dofeatad the "arg ss Deakin, on the divisi borites withdrew their augpurk co cause the Government has not pushed labor measures radical |? enough to suit them. This will be the second time the Labor party has becn in power in the Austra- on Federal Parliament. J. C. Watson, another of the Labor lea- ders, was Premier for a short time in 1904. a Arce antemene JAPAN CUTS DOWN EXPENSES, The Budget Shows a oe Out of .$18,000,00 A despatch from ae says: The of the ore. He says that at the pre- | The strike of the men in the em- sent time there are some thirty ploy of the Innternational Paper men at work at the mine. which is| Company, which has ase on since about twenty miles from Bathurst. August 1, -has been settle Several buildings are being erect W. Morse, the ice trust pro- | ed. The ore will be hauled to Red| moter -- recently sentenced, has Tine, a distance of twenty miles,|swora that he has not enough of . his great fortune left to pay his) from the deposit, and shipped. sonest ots. . ° 4 E.:H. B. Mackey, an insane steno- grapher, attempted on hfonday to dssassinate the Postmaster of New York city, and then committed sui- cide. MINERS TOSSED BY QUAKE. Death Valley Region is Visited by Severe Shocks. A despatch from San Bernadino, California, says: Death Valley and the surrounditfg, country are in the tkrocs of a series of earthquakes, Betas which occurred Wednesday, caus- tage death of the Emperor of ing consternation. Many miners China which is believed to be near und prospectors have fled from the] ~ t hand, will probably bring about GENERAL. A violent earths uake thock caus- a panic hursday at Spa, Legion. r three weeks there]. 2 have been one or two rumbles the oes lee sapreneney between daily. The dismal crags of the It is reported in Calcutta that Funeral Range seemed to totter rifles and revolvers are being im- ported into Bengal in cases label- led 'sewing machines" or "cot ton. As compensation for the annexa- tion by Austria of Bosnia and Her- zegovina, Servia demands a grant of territory and an outlet to the Adriatic. when a more severe shock came last week. Miners were tossed from their bunks, camp equipment was svattered about, horses and mules stampeded, and immense boulders were thrown down. " ™ SHERIFF OF ESSEX DEAD. _+ GQAUTUM AWM XAADITS Rear-Enad Collision at Littlewoods, Near New Orleans. Passed Away al His Home in Sand- wich on Friday. A despatch from Sandwich says: J. C. Wer, for many years Sheriff af the county of Essex, died at his home here at 2 o'clock on Friday afternoon, Sheriff Tler, who was 6 years of age, had been ill for several weeks, wa despatch from New Orleans ay$; Eleven persons are dead and a score or more injured as the re- sult of a wreck on Wednesday on the New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad at Littlewoods, twelve CHINA NOT APRAID OF JAPAN Men Are - Boing Trained for the Inevitable fron War Between the Two Nations tf niles from Now Orleans. Wiseenn| Slidell and New Orleans the tracks! of the New Orleans & Northeastern! Railroad are used by the Great! Northern Railroad, and it was a suburban train of this road from Covingtun that crashed into the r of a local Northeastern train om He eicabira, Miss., eid g the four rear coaches. S A despatch from Philadelphia, Pa,, says: Declaring that the youth |! ef China, the younger and more progressive clement in the nation, would in a great revolution over- throw the present dynasty, Rev. William Christie, a missionary at the Christian and Mission Alliance, stated that great disturbances were stout due in the Celestial Empire, and also that a war with Japaa was in contemptation. Mr. Chris- tie sai "The Gbject of the revolutionary movement is the overthrow of the | with the western nations, is ridi- Aah i ah aepeat 8 ye ot yet, ta ae cea need Cais ea aati GEN. LAKE TO stayns IN CANADA present dynasty, which is hated fer ity conservatism and feared for its War Office Has Extended Hs Term for Several Y power. During the past year there have been three abortive attempts,| A despatch from Ottara s says: each time before the movement was} It is understood that, in conse- tipe. The unrest is being fostered ty the student element. "China is net afraid of Japan. The Government is working night and day in the training of men for the war with the Japanese that eventually will come. All this talk of conciliation between Japan and China in'the event .of another war quence of a request sent to London 2 the Canadian Government, the Var Office has consented to allow- ine Major-General Sir Percy Lake to remair in Canada, as Inspector- General of the forces for anothe two or three years, the 'Impecial Gove 'promising to safeguard in* Lis ri R ~motion and seni- budget for the year 1909-10 waich has been nearly completed, shows receipts of 515,650,000 yen, that fig- jure including a surplus of 52,240,- 000 yen; expenditure, 523,630,000. yen, indluding ne na Meer made on the special war account of 11,- 910,000 yen. ~- Expenditures post- poned from the previous year amouns to 14,600,000 yen. Premier Katsura states that the larger per- centage of postponements belongs to the army and navy. Particular stress is laid upon the amount of the decrease in expenditures, amounting to 37,000,000 yen ($t5,- 000 _---- * BOUND TO EXCLUDE THEM. Restrictions on Oriental "ail ion May be Increase a ould, not exclude the Chinese, the | Government would raise it as fast, ly been raised. Similarly, Hindoos, | although they were British subjects, | were not to be adinitted unless they had two hundred dollars. This was meant to be prohibitive, an?) if the amount was not sufficjent to) he frohibitive it would be made so. | --_--_---- or LOY ERS KILLED "BY TRAIN, Burial of Earl Crandell znd Alma! Miles at Sandy: Creek. i A despatch from Ottawa says: ; Lying side by side in tneir caskets; ' the double funeral of Earl Cran-; dell, aged 23, and Miss Alina Miles, : 'his 'affianced bride, aged 15, took place at Sandy Creek, near Brock- 'ville, on Wednesday. Lovers through fife, they were not paried |' 'in death, and the last rites were | said over the altar banked with flawers where the two white cas- hets rested. Driving together and @iscussing their coming marriage, their carriage was struck by a train and both were instantly killed. ImisH PAINTINGS BURNED. Council Chamber | of Dublin City}? Hall Was Damaged A nent from Dublin says: The Chamber of na Figen City Hall was gutted by fire nesday and the city Hall teclt had a narrow esc from dostruction. All the pene in the rooms of the Council Chamber, many of which were of historic interest, including the well-known picture of Daniel 'le he is serv- culous.'? ' pe che eee O Casall. were t destroyed in the fia "| THE WORLD'S MARKETS Beib w such a rou : § fis. was to The ids, 3574 to 26 'ac grain mouille, 9 $32; millel erades, $25 to a8 ah ton. Pro- vralnme acres short cut mess, !¢13.50; halfbarrels, $11.50; clear _ [fat backs, $23; dry salt long clear tasks, llc; barrels plate beef, $17.50; half arrels do., 88; | compound lard, 8% to 9%c; pure aa the Ch inamen' s wages had late-| 'ond patents, REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE- CENTRES, Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese nnd Other Dajry Produce at Home and: Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. "Toronto, Nov. 17.--Flour -- mae tario wheat 90 per cent. patent quoted at 83.60 to $3.65 in buyers' sacks outside for export. rane a flour, first patents, $5.80 track, Toronto, second patents, 8. - Su, \and strong bakers', $5:10 Wheat--Manitoba -- wheat $1.08% for No. 1 Northern and at $1.0514 a as 2 Northera, Georgian Bay Portals Wheat--No. 2 white is quoted at 92c outside; No. 2 red Winters92c, and No. 2 mixed, 914% fo 9%c outside. Oats--Ontario No. 2 white age at 39 to 40c outside, and at 42c track, Toronto; No. 2 Western Ca- nada oats quoted at 42c; Goder ic Ry€<No 2 77c outside. Barley--No. '8, 56 to 57c, and No. 3 extra at 55 to 5olyc outside. Buckwheat--51 to 54%c outside. eas--No. 2 85% to 86%c out- Corn--No. 2° American yellow neminal at 80c on track, Torontc New No. 3-yellow quoted at 71'4c Toronto Bran--Cars are quoted at $18 to $19 in bulk outside. Shorts quoted st $22 in bulk outside. COUNTRY PR PRODUCE. Apples--Winter stock, $2.50 to £2.50 per barrel for good qualities, and at $1.50 to $2 for cooking ap- 8 Beans--Prime, $1.80 to $1.85, end hand: picke od, $1.90 to $1.95 per bushel. Honey--Combs, $2.25 to $2.75 per dozen, and strained, 10 to .llc per} pound. Hay--No. 1 timothy quoted at $11 to $11.50 a ton on track here, and No. 2 at $7 to $8. Straw--86.50 to 88 on track. Pctatoes--60 to 2c per bag. Dela- wares, 75 to 80c per bag on track. Poultry-----Chickens, dressed, 8 to ay Rigs' pound ; fowl, 6 to 7c; ducks, o 10¢; gees*, 8c per pound; tur- iin, 1l- to 124c.ner pound. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter--Pound prints, 23 to 24c; tubs, 22 to 23c; inferior, 19 to 200. Cr amery sich 27 to 28c, and sol- ggs--Case Tots of storage, 22 to £3e per dozen, while new "laid are quoted at 28 to 30c per dozen. Cheese--Large cheese, 13%¢ per pound, and twins, 13%c. to|Men, six of whom were drowned \©p_ Thursday morning, -| were slow LEFT CHINAMEN 10. DROWN Six Orientals Lost Their Lives on the Buffalo Sea Wall A despatch from Buffalo says: Beene! suspects have been arrest-) here in connection with the in- veitigntion being made by the Buf.- falo police with a view to finding cut what white men smuggled from Canada to this port the ten China-| and four rescued at the Govern- anit breakwall here early on Thursday morni So far none of ibs a oaieg arrested has been iden- tified by the four survivors. Chief of Police Taylor of Buffalo said he did not believe any white men lost their lives in connection with the case, of the six Chinese victims were re- covered on Thursday afternoon. It 1s said that in the pockets of one of =|the drowned men were found the name and address of Marks Co., 687 Yonge street, Toronto. The name of this victim is not known, Two boats in which the. ten Chinamen had crossed from the Ca- nadian shore were wrecked against the breakwall, half a mile east of Michigan avenuo, ut an early hour probably about 1,30. e sea was running high and the men were thrown in- to the water and dashed again oS again against the rocks. How t survivors came through the ercible hours that followed is a mystery, for it was not till quite 3.30 that Ralph White, a watchman on the in the darkness. stone boat Atlas, which was work- ing on the breakwall, heard vestigate and met a° bruised and bedraggled Chinaman crawling to-' ward the boat. White helped the chattering man aboard and then roused the crew to help him look for others. In a short time three more Chinamen had been pulled ever the rocks and 'set down to dry and toast beside the engine. The four mien said they had come from Toronto, and gave their names as Mock Quong, aged 42; Pong Sing, 25; Ching Jing, 22, and Chin Jon, The bodies of the last two] 19. The crew of the Atlas could find ne more survivors, and though they sent repeated signals to the life- saving station, nv boat was sent cut till daybreak, by which time the gasoline Jaunch and rowboat 1a which the Chinamen had crossed from the Canadian shore had been dashed to splinters. The' life-sav- ers could do nothing when they ar- rived, but attempted to extricate the six bodies, which had been bea- ten in among the rocks of the breakwall, and were showing here a bare stiff arm, with tlenched fish thrust up; there a frozen yellow e|leg, and again a bundle of sodden rags and flesh tightly wedged in @ rock crevice. Four of the bodies were recovered, the others remain- ing tightly fastened in the rocks. en the market. Their sales ranged ot from $3 to $4 per cwt. eavy continue in demand at high op for guod steers. These seld at $3.80 to 84 per cwt. Bulls were sold at $2.45 to $3.10. The Sd of good stockers were quot- from $3 to $3.80 per cwt. Dealers report limited offerings of springers and milch cows. Calves sale. The bulk of the; * offerings were not of extra good quality. Hogs continued steady at $6 per ewt. fed and wenness for selects. TWo-POWER STANDARD. Mr. Asquith Telts What-He- Means by-It. A despatch from London says: Premier Asquith set forth in the House of Commons on Thursday what was meant by the two-power standard of naval strength of Great Britain, and his announcement. Lrought out hearty cheers from all sides. Up to the present time Mr. Asquith has been non-committal a radical definition of } HOG PRODUCTS. Bacon--Long clear, 12 to 12%c per pound in case lots; mess pork, $19 to $19.50; short cut, $23. pt Hatns--Light to medium, 14 14\4c; do., heavy, 12 to Ne; rolls, | 11 to 11%c; shoulders, 10 to 10%4c;! Loire 164 te 17c; breakfast bacon, | » to 16 Lard--Tierces, pails, 13¢; tubs, 13%c; BUSINESS AT "AT MONTREAL. Nov. 17 -- Capradian 2 white a" are sel- apr' Montreal, Western No. i ling at 45 to 45%, No. extra No. 1 feed oats at taige, ,No. 1 feod at 43!4 to bee Gntario, No. 2 white at 4tae » No- and No. 4 at 43¢ per bushel, ex store. Flour--Manitoba Spring} wheat patents, firsts at $6, seconds $5.50; Wintcr wheat patents, €5 to $5.25; straight rollers, $4.50! to $4.60; do., in bags, $2.10 to $2.- | £0; extras, $1.75 tu $1.85. Feed-- | 'Manitoba bran, #21; shorts, iOntario bran, $21.50 to $22 mid- | dlings, $25 to $26; shorts, 'gos. 50; 'to $25 per ton, --t bags; pure » het tle rende red, abattoir dressed hogs, $9.25 to $9 £0, alive, 36.25 to 86.50 per ewt. Checse--Western, 12% to 12) Rutter--27 to 27\%e in round lots; €8c in jubbing lots. Eggs---~Sales of | rew laid were made at 29c, select. ed at 26c, No. 1 at 22c, and No. 2 at 17jc per dozen. . 'a UNITED STATES' MARKETS, 0734; No. 2 Northern, $1,054 ; Dec. 1$1.04%4; May, $1.93'< ; Nov, 1.06% Minneapolis, . Nov. 17.--Wheat --| 0 _to S101, ; May, No.1 SL > cash whe at. + No.1 Northern, ran--17. 50 t Flower -- First patents, $5.40 tu 85.50; Bee- $5.15 to S5.40; first clears, $4 $1.80; second clears, #3 to £3.3 Buffalo, No. 17.--Wheat--Spring armer. No. 1 Northern, carloads 31.1044; Winter firm. Corn--- yellow, 66¢; No. 3 pire haart No. 3 white, 4 phils; ae & 52c. irae 'e on * track, 80c. LIVE STOCK 'MARKET: Toronto, Nov. 17---Choice butch- ers' cattle brought $1.85 per cwt., while a straight load of choice cat- tle changed hands at $4.65 per cwt. sood cattle were worth $4 to 84.40. | according to weight and finish and medium were quoted at $3.50 wr $4 Few good pitchers: cows were, store, Easier 'No. a) jof the Harriman system of the rail- | "lin the Rideau Lake section has been this standard which the Govern- ment is. pledged to: maintain. The Premier informed Arthur Lee; o Conservative member of the Hotse, that the Government accepted the two-power standard as meaning a preponderance of per cent over the combined strength in capi- tal ships of the two next strongest naval powers. This statement is taken to confirm the belief held in naval circles that at least six ad- ditional Garshipe of the Dread- nought type will be provided for in the next naval estimates. -- MUSTN'T ENVER SALOONS. | VWarriman Railways in West Want Temperate Employes. A despatch from Portland, Ore- 'gon, says: Ralph Blaisdell, auditor | roads in the northwest. has "for! |the good of the service," issued an it forbidding employes in is department visiting- saloons or li- quer houses for any purpose what- ever. The order affects about 500 | employes. Several months ago Blaisdell discharged all the' women clerks and stenographers in his de- partment and replaced them with men on the ground that men ars more efficient. re EIGHTY YEARS IN WATER. Large Quantity of Pine to be Re- covered From Rideau Lekes. A despatch from Kingston says: A great quantity of sunken pine secured by the Ogdensburg, N. Soda Pulp Company, and will be taised by means of dredges and taken to Ogdensburg for use in the mills. The pine, thongh under water for some eighty years, sound, and it is thought some 500,- | & { 000 cords can be recovered. -- The timber was left while lumbering) | Op erations were undertaken in the ts pany sells to them at 12 cents..The THE PROSEG EGUTOR SOT. Attempt to Assassinate = ve Hlency in San Franc A 'inka es me pater says: Franc cis J. Heney, a leading figure in the prdsecution of muni- cipal corruption in Saa Francisco, was shot and seriously injured at . 4.22 o'clock on Friday 'in Judge awlor's courtroom by Morris Haas a-Jewish saloon keeper, who had been accepted as a juror in a pre- vious trial of Abraham Ruef and af- terwards removed, it having been shown in court by Heney that Haas was @x- -convict, a fret not brought out in his examination as. the Commons venifeman. | Heney occurred i The 'shdoting of the presence of many persons in the courtroom dur- ing a recess on the trial of Abra- ham Ruef, on trial for the third time on the charge of bribery. At 6 o'clock at night Mr. Heney, who regained consciousness and likely recover, said: "T will live to prosecute Haas and Ruef.' The physicians in attesdance on Heney expressed the opinion that the as- vistant district attorney would live. --_-- ~ SLIPPED UNDER THE ICE. Alfred i Harvey Drowned at skatoon, Sask. A desp os from Saskatoon, Sask., says: While skating with a party ae ag one on Wednesday night on the Hudson's Bay slough Alfred We Hares fell ae on hrs head near an air hole, b ing through the ice and skidding for some distance bencath. knowing the depth of the water, which' subsequently proved. to be only two feet, Ins friends formed a chain, and after some ten min- utes' distressing work succeeded in petting the unfortunate man to the bank, by which time, however, it was too late. ie deccased was about twenty-four years of age, and came here some years ago from London, England. a OIL NOT UP To STANDARD? Manitoba Government Investigaling Price and Quality. A despatch from Winnipeg says: An investigation by provincial and Dominion authorities into the qua lity,. price of oil and the guneral oil industry of the West began on Wednesday. Officers went to Swan River, where a family of eight per- ished last week through the explo- sion of inferior oil. Qil is selling in Winnipeg at 40 cents a gallon, whereas it is on sale 50 miles south of border at 12 cents. the | Standard Oil officer at Winnipeg | swears the price is maintained py 'the local guild and that. his com- reat feature, however, is the charge being pressed that the oil © not up to the legal standard by 40 points and that this has caused many deaths in, Manitoba recently. "'Greatest Mine ee re in Germany. A despatch frum Hamm, West-| Hoartrending scenes were encct® phalia, Germany, says? The great-j¢U at the uiine shen the dead aad est mine disaster in many years in Germany occurred on Thursday morning at the Redbod mino, thre miles from here. There was a very heavy explosion in the mine about 4 a.m., and almost immedi- ately the mine took fire. 380 [miners only six escaped without in- jory. Thirty-five were "taken out iadly injured, and-37 bodies were brought out. The remaining 302 have been given up for lost. The explosion destroyed one of the shafts, which had to be partly re- waired before the rescue work was| egun. THREE HUNDRED MEN LOST ter of Many Years woundel were brought to the sur- face, and there were siswilar sce :es n the town when the injured were radanorted through the streets to the peeps. ly the fire had made such sient headway that it was decided that any further attempts to res- cue the entombed men were vain, owing to the impossibility of enter ing tho galleries, At the same time un order was issued to flood- tho mine, First reports indicated that the accident was the result of an explosion of coal dust, but the a of the injured men ren. der this impossible. i eS