oS 3 see wel wan eae + Seek ~ BLAGK HANDERS ARRESTED Seven Men and One Woman Held in Toronto Jail A despatch from Toronto gays: With the arrest on Friday of sev- ©n men and one woman, the police believe they have broken up the headquarters of the Black Hand Society in Toronto, which for sev- eral months past has been keeping two-thizds of the Italian colony in the cen'tral part of the city in a state of terror. As a result of information gleaned by the police, following the surrender of Frank Griro on a charge of murdering Francesco Sei- aone, Sergeant of Detectives Alex. Mackie and the entire staff of de- tectives on Friday visited three res- tauran'ts conducted by Italians in York street, and placed under ar- rest fourteen people, and seized several dirks, letters and other articles. Of those brought to headquarters eight were detained, the remainder being given their freedom after giving satisfactory explanations for their presence in the places. After belng examinied ee detained were taken to the ai}. As soon as certain individuals in the Italian colony learned that Griro was behind the bars they were not slow 'to enlighten the au- whorities upon some of the conidi- tions under which the alleged Black Hand organization was being op- erated in Toronto. Fearing that some of the ringleaders might make their escape the police deemed it best to act promptly in the master. Shorily after 2 o'clock the detec- Kives visited 160 York street, a restaurant conducted by Joe Muse- lino, where they found seven men and two women; 165 York street, a fruit store, kept by Salvatori Sci- arone, a brother of the murdered man, where there were five mea, and 174 York street, a barber shop, conducted by James Rapola, who admitted selling the revolver to Griro, who fired the fatal shots. Rapola was the only ocoupant of the place. The prisoners, who were very excited, when taken 'to headquar- ters stoutly denied any connection with the Black Hand organization in Toronto, though, according to information conveyed to the police, the headquarters of the organiza- tion in Toron'to was located at Muselino's restaurant. A few days ago there arrived in Toronto a sec- ret service detective from Naples, who figured prominently in the famous Camorra trial now in pro- gress in Naples. He was walking along the street when he recogniz- ed two alleged Black Handers, who escaped from Naples following the commencement of the trial. As soon as they got a glimpse of him they boarded a street car and got away. This satisfied him that they mere here for the purpose of op- erating, and their description was immediately given ¢o the authori- ties. Subsequently it was learned that they had been loitering around the places visited by the police in York street, but when the officers lined up the inmates in the different places the two much-sought indi- viduals were not among the num- ber. That the place kept by Muse- lino was used almost exclusively for those connected with the soci- ety as a meeting place the police feel certain. Muselino formerly kept a restaurant at 125 11th street, Niagara Falls, N.Y., which up till a few months ago was re- cognized as the headquarters of the Camorra Society in Canada. Following the circulation of some mysterious letters on the Niagara frontier, where a large number of Italians were engaged in construc- tion work in connection with 'the different power plants, Muselino was ordered to close the place and get out of the city. He came di- rect to Toronto, and opened the restaurant on York street, which, it is alleged, was used as a blind to cover up any operations in To- ronto and vicinity. MONTREAL CARS COLLIDE. Wm. Stuart Killed and Several Other Persons Injured. A despatch from Montreal says: Mr. William Stuart, a real estate agent, was killed and several peo- ple injured on Thursday evening, when a St. Catharine street car crashed into a crowded terminal car on the Bout de L'Isle line at the corner of St. Catharine street and La Salle avenue. The motor- man of the St. Catharine street car, Elzear Langlois, was badly cut about the head and arms, the front of his car being smashed in when it struck the rear of the ter- minal car. The rear platform of the terminal car, where Mr. Stuart bad been standing, was badly dam- aged. Langlois stated that the ac- cident was due to the failure of the air brakes on his car to work. There is & steep grade on St. Cath- ayine street by La Salle avenue, and owing to the air brakes not working he was unable to check his ear when he saw the terminal car aitempting to cross ahead of him. ip STREAMS IN ROCKIES. Secretary of Conservation Commis- sion Will Investigate. A despatch from Calgary says: With a view of ascertaining the source, power and possibilities of streams in the Rockies in eastern British Columbia and western Al- berta, Mr. James White, Secretary of the Canadian Conservation Commission, Ottawa, will leave Calgary, where he is at present at- tending the Irrigation Convention, SET SICK WIFE'S BED ON FIRE Farmer Was Anxious to see If She Really Was Hl. A despatch from Ottawa says: Charles Dubois, a farmer from St. Pierre de Wakefield, was brought to the Hull jail by Baliff de Coeli, of Hull, on a warrant charging him with assault on his wife and members of his family. He is al- legedl to have set fire to the bed on which his wife lay sick, just to ascertain if she was really ill or not. When the unfortunate wo- man jumped from the bed to es- cape being burned, it is claimed, he swore she was shamming sick- ness and made her work around the house. On another occasion, it is alleged he chased the whole family into the woods with two sticks of dynamite. Four years ago he stabbed a neighbor in the course of a quarrel and bit off the top of the man's thumb. woos NO TWO CENT RATE. U. S. Government Declined Au- stralia's Proposed Arrangement, A despatch from Melbourne, Au- stralia, says: The United States Government has declined the Au- stralian proposal for a reciprocal two-cent postage arrangement. Josiah Thomas, Postmaster-Gener- al of the Commonwealth, took the matter up with the Post-Office au- thorities at Washington a month ago. The question has been the subject of an agitation since the discontinuance of the mail service between Australian ports and San with two assistants. Francisco. BRITISH WP. -- 5 TO Bh PA A Resolution Was Moved by Mr. Lloyd- George and Carried ------ A despatch from London says: 'A resolution to pay members of the House of Commons $2,000 annual- ly for their services was carried by a vote of 256 to 159. The resolution was moved by My. Lloyd-George in the House of Commons on Thurs- day. The Chancellor of the Exche- quer said that Great Britain was the only country in the world that did not pay members for their work qn Parilament, which now-a-days was so strenuous that the mombers had little time to attend to any- fhing else. "The Unionists opposed the pay- ment plan on the ground that it * would be a violation of the princi- ple of grantuitous public service, as well as improper for members to vote themselves salaries. Arthur Hamilton Lee, Unionist member for the Fareham division of Hants, who moved the official Unionist amendment against salaries, argued that the effect of the Chancellor's bill would be to keep out the best types and fill Parliament with pro- fessional politicians. Mr. James Ramsay MacDonald, Labor leader, denied that the measure would cause corruption, and said that it would '"'tend to help the tide of purity which ts flowing over Ameri- can politios.'"' THE REWS IN A PARAGRAPH HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OYEB THE GLORE IN A NUTSHELL. Canada, the Empire and the World in General Before Your Eyes. CANADA. Quebec will sell no more Crown water powers. Another ten cent advance in sug- ar is announced. Lord Strathcona sent a cheque for $10,000 to the Brantford Y.M.C.A. Guelph may extend its limits, to take in the land occupied by Mac- donald College. Good average field crops for all the Provinces are reported in an official bulletin. Fred Lefebvre, aged thirteen, was drowned at Haileybury while a man stocd by and laughed. President Creelman and Prof. Zavitz of the O.A.C. found the Nia- gara fruit crops better than had been reported. A big radial road to connect To- ronto, London, and Montreal is being financed, it is said, in Can- ada, England and France. J. N. Muir, ex-principal of Vic- toria High School, Vancouver, al- leges that 37 Governor-General's medals have been unfairly distri- buted in British Columbia. GBEAT BRITAIN. The London dock strike is ended. Affairs in Liverpool are still eri- tical, and the strike is unsettled. The veto bill passed the House of Lords by 181 votes to 114. UNITED STATES. John W. Gates, a noted United States financier, died in Paris. GENERAL. Disquieting symptoms in the ill- ness of the Pope are reported from the Vatican. Germany is very active in Africa, and there is much unrest among the natives bordering French Con- £0. oh STEWARDS ARRESTED. They Had Refused to Put Mail Ashore and Went on Strike. A despatch from Montreal says: Fifty-seven men, comprising the entire contingent of first and sec- ond-class stewards on board the Allan Liner Victorian, were ar- rested and driven to jail on the ar- rival of that vessel from Liverpool on Friday evening. Their arrest was due to the fact that they had refused to perform their duties at Rimouski and during the voyage up the river from that point. The en- tire fifty-seven were taken into cus- tody without a blow being struck and without any signs of trouble, and they seemed somewhat surpris- ed that the company should have called in shore law to settle the dif- ficulty. The trouble started when the vessel arrived at Rimouski on Friday 'morning and the stewards refused to assist in putting the mail ashore. This has been a grievance for some time, and was the cause of some little trouble last year, but since the spring, when the Allan Liners took to putting all the mail, except that for the Maritime Prov- inces, ashore at Quebec, the amount handled at Rimouski has been so small as not to cause trouble ih SENTENCED TO CHAIN GANG. Woman Must Don Bloomers Work With Prisoners. A despatch from Iola, Kansas, says: Iola city officials, with the exception of Municipal Judge Smeltzer, are up in arms because a woman has been sentenced to don a pair of bloomers and join the street gang from the city jail. Judge Smeltzer on Tuesday sen- tenced Mrs. Ella Reese to the street gang and ordered that city officials provide her with the bloomers. Street Commissioner Glynn refused to have a woman in the chain gang. Mrs. Reese did not go to work breaking rock or sweeping the streets on Wednes- day because the bloomers had not been provided, and the officials say they will not allow the woman to carry out the sentence imposed up- on her. and % FEAT IN GERMANY. Deaths From Sunstroke Reported From All Sections. A despatch from Berlin says: The heated term continues unabat- ed throughout Germany, and dur- ing the past few days the tempera- ture has been higher than before. Deaths from sunstroke are report- ed from all sections. A water fam- tne threatens some districts where the brooks are. "Bie up. The thermometer in the side streets of Berlin on Friday registered 99 in FROM BONNIE SCOTLAND NOTES OF INTEREST FROM HER BANKS AND BRAES. tae sas What is Going On in the Highlands and Lowlands of Auld Scotia. Sanquhar is suffering severely oe apranity zs water. new shelter has been on the Selkirk hills. nape There were eight births, three marriages and four deaths-in Gor- don last quarter. Mr. and Mrs. Bullock, Mether- ville, have celebrated their golden wedding. Another death from smallpox has occurred at Paisley, There is to be an improvement in the lighting of Alexandra district next winter. Alex. Hodge, baker, Galashiels, was run over and killed by a train at Millinhill, A. Wood, postman; Haddington, has been awarded the Imperial Service medal for long and merit- orious service. By a single blast at Banjour Quarry, Bathgate, 3,000 tons of rock were dislodged. : Last quarter there were 14 deaths in Leys, 11 of them over 70 years of age. Edinburgh's financial budget for the past year shows a surplus of nearly $165,000. There are now 98 miles of line open on the Glasgow Corporation Tramway System. Last quarter there were 260 births, 61 marriages and 100 deaths at Wishaw. Dundee ship riggers have had their wages increased 6d. per hour. It is expected that Andrew Car- negie will be returned unopposed as Lord Rector of Aberdeen Uni- versity. Greenock would like the universe to know that it enjoyed 16 dry days during June. The sewage purification of John- stone, costing $60,000, is practically completed. Replicas of the Lauder shield in gold are to be given by Harry Lau- der to the best Civilian Pipe Band. Norway could still reclaim the Orkney and Shetland Islands by paying the money and interest for which they were pledged in 1468. Wm. Telfer is charged with hav- ing killed Wm. Young, a fellow worker at Blockairn Works, Glas- gow, in a quarrel. Cambuslang hardly knows wheth- er to regard the erection of a large police station there as a compli- ment or the other thing. For seven years' perfect attend- ance. Andrew Goldie, a pupil at Drumslut school, has been present- ed with a silver watch. James Glencairn Thomson, the last surviving grandson of Robert Burns, has died in Glasgow in his eighty-fourth year. After quarrelling with his sweet- heart Thomas Young Laing, aged 27, a law clerk, of Musselburgh, near Edinburgh, stabbed himself with a knife, on a golf course, in the presence of the girl. A prominent Tyne shipbuilder has become the possessor of the fine Border estate of Pallinsburn, which stands in the heart of the country rendered famous by Sir Walter Scott. It overlooks the battlefield of Flodden, where, in 1513, »King James met his death at the hands of the Earl of Surrey's forces. % "DELIGHTFUL POISON." How Wine Happened to Haye That Name Given It In Persia. The making of wine is said to have originated with the Persians, who discovered the process quite by accident. One of their earliest kings, Jensheed, who, it is said, was only five or six generations from Noah, was the discoverer or rather a woman of his household was. "He was immoderately fond of grapes," says tue narrative, which is found in Sir John Malcolm's 'History of Persia,' "and desired to preserve some, which were plac- ed in a large vessel and lodged in a vault for future use. When the vessel was opened the grapes had fermented and their juice in this state was so acid that the King be- lieved it must be poisonous. "He had some vessels filled with it and 'Poison' written upon each. These were placed in his room. It happened that one of his favorite ladies was affected with nervous headache; the pain distracted her so much that she desired death. Observing the vessel with 'Poison' written on it she took it and swal- lowed its contents. The wine, for such it had become overpowered the lady, who fell down into a sound sleep and awoke much refreshed. "Delighted with this remedy, she repeated the doses so often that the monarch's poison was all drunk. He soon discovered this and forced the lady to confess what she had done. A quantity of wine was made and Jensheed and all his court i drank of the new beverage, which from the circumstance that led to its discovery is to this day known in Persia by the name of Zeher-e- PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS KEPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES OF ; AMERICA. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Toro: nto, Aug. 15.--Plour--Wi 9 ie cent. patents, $3.35 to $5.40, "Mont, zon te i Manitoba flours--First pat- Srshat bakete PPM Cd iano 5 » $4.40, rack, . = facriee Sy eon 1 Northern oatied and No, ; at! oh No. 2 at $1.01 1-2c; ntario wheat--New No. 2 ° A ee po at 820 to 83e, siitiag' se nominal e market is dull, with prices ats--Ontario grades, 40¢, outsi f , outside, f = 2, and at 43c, on track, Toronto. New ne at 37c, outside. No. 2 W. ©. oats at C, aoe hes a: 39 1-2c, Bay ports. _ 2 m ef ports, and 720, ce eas e i i i purely Sepia is dull, with prices are' nominal, is none offering, and prices uckwheat--Nothing offering. Bran--Manitobas, $20 to $21, in bags, To- Nahe and shorts, $23, in bags, Toronto. ntario bran, $21, in bags, Toronto. BUTTER AND EGGS. Butter--Dairy prints, 19 to 210; inferior 15 to 17c. Creamery, 24 to 250 per lb for rolis, and 22 to 28c for solids. Eggs--Strictly new-laid quoted at 22 to 23c, and fresh at 18 to 19c per dozen, in case lots. SR cen 13c, and twins, 13 1-4c per COUNTRY PRODUCE. Beans--Small lots, $2.20 to $2.25. Honey--Extracted, in tins, 11 to 12c per lb. Combs, $2 to $2.60. Baled Hay--No. 1 at $13 to $14, on track, and No. 2 at $11 to $14. Baled straw--$6 to $6.50, on track, To- ronto. Potatoes--New, in bushel, $1.25 to $1.5 ; gr i fers + chickens, 20 to 2le per lb; fowl, 13 to 14c; turkeys, 16c. Psaidisn $4.50, amd per BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Aug. 15.--Oats--Canadian Western, No. 2, 42 3-4 to 43c, car lots, ex store; extra No. 1 feed, 42 to 42 1-2c; No. 3.0. W., 41 1-2 to 42c; No. 2 local white, 4ic; No. 3 local white, 40c; No. 4 local white, 39%. Flour--Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.30; seconds, $4.80; Win- ter wheat patents, $4.50 to $4.75; strong bakers', $4.60; straight rollers, $4 to $4. in bage, $1.80 to $2. Rolled oats, per bar- rel, $.75; bag of 90 lbs, $2.25. Millfeed-- Bran, Ontario, $21 to $22; Manitoba, $20 to $21; middlings, Ontario, $24 to ; shorts, Manitoba, $23; mouillie, $25 to $31. Eggs--Selected, 21 1-2c; fresh, 17 1-20; No. 1 stock, 18 1-2c. Cheese--Westerns, 12 1-2 to 12 3-4c; easterns, 12 1-8 to 12 1-4c. Butter-- Choicest, 23 1-2 to 23 3-4c. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis, Aug. 15.--Close--W heat September, $1.04 1-2c; December, $1.05 1-2¢ to $1.05 3-8c; May, $1.09 1-4; No, 1 hard, $1.08; No. 1 Northern, $1.06 to $1.07 1-20; do., to arrive, $1.03 1-2 to $1.07; No. $ Northern, $1.01 1-2 to $1.06; No. 3 wheat, $1.01 to $1.04. Corn--No. 3 yellow, 64 1-2 to 65c. Oats--No. 3 white, 41 to 41 1-2c. Rye-- No. 2, 80 1-2c. Bran--$20.50 to $21. Flour --First patents, $5.20 to $5.40; second patents, $4.70 to $4.95; first clears, $3.55 to $3.75; second clears, $2.55 to $2.70. Buffalo, Aug. 15.--Spring wheat--No. 1 Northern, carloads store, $1.12 1-2; Win- ter, No. 2 red, 93 1-2c; No. 3 red, 9ic; No. 2 white, 92c. Corn--No. 3 yellow, 69 1-20; No. 4 yellow, 67. 3-4c;_No. 3 corn, 67 1-2c, all on track, through billed. Oats--No. 2 white, 42 1-4c; No. 3 white, 41 1-2c; No. 4 white, 40 1-2c. Barley--Malting--$1.09 to $1.15. Rye--No. 2 on track, 87c. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal, Aug. 15--Choice steers, § 1-2 er Ib; medium, 4 3-4c; common, 4 1-40 per b. Hogs--7 i-4c per lb. Choice cows 4 1-40; medium, 3 1-2 to 3 3-4o_ per db. Lambs--$5.75 to $7 each. Sheep, 5 1-2 per 1 b. Poronto, Aug. 15.--Choice cattle, for ex- ort or butcher purposes, sold asm = at Bo 90 to $6.05, while uhere was a very keen demand for handy weight butcher heif- ers and steers from $5.60 to $5.90; med- ium and common grades of cattle were little changed at $4.50 to $5.50. Cows were steady at $4 to $4.80, bulls remaining at about the same level. Short-keeps ure quoted as high as $5.60, with good feeders ranging from $5 to $5.50. Light stocker steers were firm at $4.25 to $4.75, Bhee: are unchanged, with heavy ewes dull. Lambs were gbout 50c per cwt. higher. Hogs were unchanged. RAN AMUCK WITH RAZOR. Discharged Prisoner Sent to Jail for Thirty Days. A despatch from Porcupine says: Tuesday night William Leroy ran amuck with a razor down the crowded street of Golden City. Wednesday he received from the Magistrate thirty days. Leroy two weeks ago was discharged from the prison gang on the Pearl Lake road. He tore up the ticket with which all convicts are furnished to get out of the country, and has been a nuisance ever since. Tues- day night he secured whiskey and brandished a razor, happily with- out accident. ae MURDERED FOR THREE CENTS 3.000 French Sailors Witness Exe- cution of Two Seamen. 'A despatch from Toulon, France, says: Upon the order of their su- periors, 3,000 men from the French fleet and garrison witnessed the execution of two seamen mamed Guegen and Lemarechal. The men were convicted by courtmartial of having murdered a comrade named Carrel in order to rob him of three cents. They were ordered to be shot in the presence of their fellows in the service. i FLOUR GOES UP. Rise in Wheat Leads to Action by Milling Companies. A despatch from Winnipeg says: All prominent milling companies have raised the price of flour 10 cents per sack of 100 pounds, and OUR TRADE WITH BRITAI Report on External Business Is Issued by Trade Correspondent : A despatch from Ottawa, says: John Bain, Imperial trade corres- pondent for this district, on Thurs- day issued a report on the external trade of the United Kingdom, as it affects Canada, for the six months ending June 30. The total values of the merchan- dise imported into the United Kingdom from Canada and export- ed from the United Kingdom to Canada, during the first six months of each of the years, 1910 and 1911, were as follows: Imports into the United King- dom from Canada, 1910, £10,599,- 000; 1911, £8,481,000. Exports from the United King- dom to Canada, of United Kingdom to Canada, of United Kingdom produce, 1910, £9,511,000; 1911, £9,< 464,000; of foreign and colonial pros _ duce, 1910, £1,439,000; 1911, £1, 478,000. The exports to Canada were thus -- about the same in value as last year, but the imports from Canada were lower by two millions ster- ling, of which nearly one and one--- half millions were due to diminish- ed imports of wheat. Britain's wheat imports from Canada were-- £3,825,000 in the first six months last year, while in the same period this year they were only £2,422,000. Bacon and hams, however, show. an increase from £695,000 to £1,<_ 027,000. THE ROSE OF DUNWICH. Flower and a Ruin That Yells of History of an English City. On the Suffolk coast the sea has been encroaching for centuries up- on the land. At Thorpeness, Alde- burgh, recently .no less than 1,- 000,000 tons of sand were washed away, and a row of little bungal- | ows which until lately were 100 yards away from the sea, now stand only a few feet from the high water mark, The coast of Suffolk is one of great antiquarian interest. Stand- ing on the beach at night, so runs a local legend, the bells of sub- merged churches can be heard ring- ing their peals under the waves. They are said to be the bells of Dunwich, which now is little more than a village, but which was once 10:}a large and populous city. It is said to have possessed no less than six churches in addition to many large public buildings. It is a historic fact that there were in olden times fifteen Bishops of Dunwich in succession. King Sige- berht, King of East Anglia, built himself a palace there and erected a cathedral. It is possible, there- fore, that the city was possessed of great wealth. When the high tide spoken of above receded, taking with it so large a portion of the shore sand, it uncovered hundreds of coins, sil- ver and bronze, antique bronze rings and ornaments and the bronze clasp of an old bag bearing a silver inscription, said by an expert to be- long to the age of King John. One lonely ruin of a church still remains to tell of the past history of this city; the rest of it perished in the waves. A little rose adorns the shore, called the Dunwich rose. According to tradition this rose was brought by the monks of East Ang- lia to England more than 1,400 years ago. we. KNOCKED DOWN AND KILLED. John I. Marcoux Suffered Fatal Injuries in Montreal. A despatch from Montreal says: Knocked down by a carriage con- taining four people, John L. Mar- coux, seventy-six years old, suf- fered such serious injuries on Wed- nesday morning that he died two hours later in the Royal Victoria Hospital. Six ribs weae broken and a serious wound inflicted to his head, which afterwards proved to have broken his skull. Mr. Marcoux is survived by his wife and several grown-up children. iow QUAKES IN CALIFORNIA. Two Cities Shaken, but Damage Was Only Trivial. A despatch from San Bernardino, Yal., says: The most severe earth- quake shock felt in this vicinity in years shook the business build- ings at 4.30 o'clock on Friday af- ternoon with such severity that the occupants fled into the streets. The damage was trivial. A previous shock had been felt at 10.20 o'clock ---- ae A BRUTAL HUSBAND. Set Fire to Mattress and Broke Wife's Jaw. A despatch from London, Ont., = says: Crazed by drink and angered by the thought that his wife, whom he had repeatedly abused in the past few weeks, would leave him as soon as the place in which they were living, was sold, Thomas Mur- ray, of Second Street, London Junction, is alleged to have seb fire to a bedtick in his house on Wednesday afternoon, and after Mrs. Murray had extinguished it, he struck her on the jaw, breaking it three times, and choking her. She ran to a neighbors for assist- ance, and while she was away, he is alleged to have set fire to the house a second time, this time be- ing successful in burning it down. ye. UNHAPPY SPAIN. Execution of Naval Mutinecrs Outs come of Renublican Plot. A despatch from Madrid says! The Spanish Government affirms, in explanation of the summary court-martial and execution of twenty-six men of the battleship Numancia, who mutinied while the vessel was at Tangier on Saturday, that the revolt was a Republican plot, in which about one hundred sailors were implicated. The Re- publicans appear especially active throughout the country, and the Government is correspondingly on the alert. Dy) BIG STORAGE ELEVATOR. Montreal Harbor Commissioners Will Make Extensive Additions. A despatch from Montreal says: The harbor commissioners have further extended their plans with regard to the building of grain ele- vators, and have determined to add a storage elevator with a capacity of 850,000 bushels to the new ele- vator, which is to have a capacity -- of 1,772,000 bushels, now in process of construction. The whole~ will be completed by May, 1912, and the addition will be erected by next Fall. When complete the elevator will be able to handle 40,000 bush- els inward per hour and, at the same time, 60,000 bushels outward. With this addition the capacity of the port will be over 5,000,000 bushels. * BIG RECEPTION PLANNED. Duke of Connaught Will be Wel- comed Officially at Montreal. A despatch from Montreal says: It is planned by the City Council to tender an official reception to the Duke of Connaught upon his arrival in Montreal on or about Oct. 12, on his way to Ottawa to assume the Govern¢r-Generalship. The letters have been written to Farl Grey's secretary and Mr. Jos. Pope, Under-Secretary, asking for the details of the time of the arri- val of his Royal Highness, but no a.m particulars can be furnished them. A despatch from Washington says; A tremendous decline in the condition of crops, general throughott the country, and trace- able to drought during the last month, as indicated by official fig- ures and estimates made on Wed- nesday in the monthly crop report of the Department of Agriculture. 20 cents a barrel of 196 pounds. The new price went into effect on Wednesday at noon. The increase is dne to. the rise in the price of wheat, October option being par- The report is the worst, as to gen- eral crop conditions, that the de- | partment has issued for any single month sinee 1910... The area most seriously affected extends 'rom New York and Pennsylvania west- the shade. khooeh, or 'the delightful poison.' sy ticularly responsible. CROP CONDITIONS DECLINE The Report From Washington Is the Worst For Ten Years ward to the Rocky Mountains, em- bracing all of the great corn, wheat and hay-producing States in the country. In the Southern States, with the exception of Virginia and North Carolina, ample ratns served to maintain generally favorable conditions throughout the past month. These conditions thus far continue to be favorable. Condi+ tions on the Pacific coast and North-Western. States are regard- ed. as exeellent, though during July that territory suffered fro brief but excessive hot per 'ak: