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L A despatch from Ottawa says: A bulletin covering the conditions _ of crops and live stock in all parts t of Canada as reported by special . correspondents of the Agricultural "-, Department, under date of June _Att,iltti' was isued by the census and "N ft ttisties office on Thursday, i In general the report shows that i" despite the backwardness of the ( spring, which retarded early growth in practically all sections of the C " 'rscpntry, conditions in all the Pro. laces are now very satisfactory, except in some localities of the 'itime Provinces, where the rain- as been light, there is promise o excellent harvest. Wheat, the great staple crop of the country, has a reported area of l 7,750,400 acres, which is 1,140,000 acres more than last year. In the j Maritime Provinces and Quebec '7 there is little change, but in On- _ tario the area is less by 106,600 1 acres, of which 88,300 acres is fall l, wheat. Manitoba, Saskatchewan l and Alberta show an area of 6,878,- ‘ rim acres, being 1,254,000 acres more r than last year. The condition of fall wheat at the 15th of June was 82.15, and of spring wheat 92.15 g per cent. of the standard for a full ; crop. I 1Pfrley, the cereal crop next in importance, has a total area of j? 1,864,900 acres, or 119,200 acres more than last year, and its condi- 7'“tion is 91.49 per cent. Rye and peas are less thin last year, with conditions of 87.90 and 90.59 respec- _ jitively. V ' A despatch from Washington says: Rather unexpectedly to itself the Senate late on Wednesday con- cluded its consideration of the coal schedules. The Finance Committee through Mr. Aldrich reported an amendment fixing the duty on bituminous coal and shale at sixty ants per ton ; on coal slack or culm, t fifteen cents per ton; coke and mpositions used for fuel at twenty er cehe, ad valorem. A drawback ual to the duty is allowed vessels 1: the foreign trade. I This scale, Mr. Aldrich explain- . was a reduction of seven cents "I an coal under the house rate. Imendment, he said, also lefti ouso reciprocity provision. , believe, however, that) ‘1 remove its duty) reciprocity PIT)- l No Free Trade in Coal Between Canada , and the United States. BEDIPRUUITY CLAUSE KILLED Gelfchen Years in Penitentiary fonxating and Starving Child. A despatch from Ottawa says: Mrs. Nelson Lajoie, of Aylmer, was fcund guilty on Monday of inhu- man abuse of her little girl, nine ,years old, and was sentenced to sew. en year? in the p‘egi‘tentiary. It ap- Tears that the child was systemati- cally abused and all but stbrved, and, bound to a chair and denied food while the family ate their meals, and so frequently beaten that no less than 70 scars were up- Result of a Fight Between Michael Kelley and Wm. Smith. A despatch from Phelpston, Ont., says: A very unfortunate affair oc- curred on Sunday about two miles west of Crossland Postpffice, about six miles northwest of here, between ineighbors. A man named Micharl Kelly and James and Wm. Smith have been on bad terms for some time, and the trouble culminated ‘yesterday in a fight, and later Kelly died. it appears that Kelly came out of his house and met the Smith boys driving in a buggy, in search of their cow, which Kelly had put in the pound. He seized the horse's head and stopped the rig, and then proceeded to club Wm. Smith with a stick in his hands. Wm. Smith jumped out of the buggy, but be- came entangled in the lines and fell. In the meantime Kelly was 'rreiaboring him with the club. The ether brother, James, got out of the rig, pulled Kelly off his brother Will, who started to run away, but returned, picked up the stick that Kelly had been beating him with, and struck Kelly on the head, knocking him down. Kelly got up and went to his house and died on l Monday morning. The area of oats in t_he Dominion is 9,302,600 acres, which is 1,361,- §OO aclrH.more than last year, and its. Rain Is Needed in Some Sections of the Maratime Provinces. Mlllll0llllif DROP REPUBT Miked grains, with 582,000 acres, her head when examined by {age KILLED WITH A CLUB. :N INHUMAN MOTHER. 'dition is reported G 92.32 per Hun-hi“ I By a vote of fifty to twenty- 'eight, the Senate Finance Com- mittee's amendment placing a duty of $1.50 a thousand feet on sawed lumber, with differentials on fin, ished lumber was carried. _ This is fifty cents below the Ding, ley mates. In quick succession several other pafagraphs of the lumber schedule were agreed to. By amendments offered by Mr. Aldrich and agreed to by the Sen.. ate, the duty on clapboards was in.. creased from $1 to $1.50 per thou, sand; on laths from 20 to 25 cents per thousand pieces and on shingles from 30 to 50 cents. Numerous attempts were mat rduce the rate, and there was effort to obtain free coal, bu1 were voted down and the com tee's scale retained. The German Emperor has refused to“a.cc-e_pt tile resignation of Chan- cellor Iron Bueiols7. Popular Young Lady of Hanover Loses Her Life. A despatch from Hanover says: Miss Alice Wright was drowned in the Saugeen River on Monday even- ing. She was bathing, in company with a young lady and two young men. While attempting to swim across the river, Miss Wright had become tired. One of the young men went to her assistance, but he, too, would have been drowned, had not his companions gone to his res- cue. Miss Wright was a graduated nurse, of Kenora., Ont. The young lady was highly popular, and was engaged to be married to a doctor, at present in England. The Driver, a Young Englishman, was Killed. A despatch from Guelph says: An excursion train running to Ber- lin from Toronto about nine-thirty on Monday morning ran into a milk wagon at Norval Station, instantly killing the driver, Al. Stevens. The wagon belonged to Leslie's dairy, and Stevens, who is a young Eng- lishman and unmarried, was return- ing from Norval after delivering his load when the collision occurred. The wagon was wrecked, while the horses escaped unhurt. Deceased is said to have been slightly deaf as well as wearing glasses for weak eyes. physicians. Mrs. Lajoie had no counsel and made practically no de- fence. She is the mother of nine children, the youngest, a babe of eight months, being with her in court. 8 The drouth of summer and autumn was less severe last year than in 1907, but it had the effect of reducing the number of farm ani- mals in the older Provinces. In the whole of Canada horses exceed the number of last year by 14,324, whilst milch cows are less by 68,440, other horned cattle by 245,057, sheep by 126,014 and swine by 457,349, The Province showing the largest area of oats is Ontario, with 3,142,- 200 acres, and also the largest area of hay and clover, with 3,535,- 600 acres. At the end of June, 1906, there were 122,392 farms in the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, and at the end of 1908 the homesteads entered (less all cancel- ations) increased the number to 190,234, or by 10,853,760 acres. In Manitoba the net increase of the two and one-half years was 4,393; in Saskatchewan, 41,423, and in Al- berta, 22,020, but these figures do not take account of farm lands pur- chased from railway companies and other corporations in tho same period. Quebec is the next highest in hay and clover, with 2,923,600 acres. This Province has also 1,574,100 acres in oats. Inithe three 'Maritime Provinces the total area in oats is 529,300 acres. and hay and clover, with 8,210,300 acres, are practically of the same extent as last year. The former has a reported condition of 91.71 and the latter of 90.36 per cent. The condition of pasture is 93.55 per cent. "%skaeehewan has 1,847,000 acres in oats, Manitoba 1,390,000 acres and Alberta 820,000 aqres. - . TRAIN STRUCK WAG 0N. A NURSE DROWNED. ---- 'tral, but all the commit- made to one Montreal, June 29. - Prime beeves sold at 6 to 6yfe per lb.,. pretty good animals, 4% to 5fde; common stock, 2% to 4Ac per lb. Milch cows from $25 to $55 each, most of the sales beingat from $35 to $45 each. ' Calves, from 82.50 to $10 each. Sheep' at 4e-per .15; lambs from $375 to near 86 each. Good lots of fat; bogs sold at 8% to'8"fdc pé)‘ [h.', l 'f, s,'., y-, Minneapolis, June 29.---Wheat - July, $1.2M to $1-27%; Sept., $1.08%; Dec., 351.06%; Cash, No. . hard, $1.31%; No. 1 Northern, 81.29% to $130K”, No. 2 Northern, $1.27% to $1.28%. Flour-First patents, $6.30 to $6.50; second pat- ents, $6.20 to $6.40; first clears, $5.05 to $5.25; second clears, $3.65 tr. $3.85. Bran-In bulk, $22 to $22.50. I . Torkmm Chicago, June 22 --Wheat - No. 2 red, $1,50 to $1.55; No. 3 red, $1.35 to $1.40; No. 2 hard,,_$1.25 to $1.26; No. 3 hard, $1.20 tif8t.-. 24; No. 1 Northern, $1.30 to $1327. No. 2 Northern, $1.25 to $1.28; No. 3 Spring, $1.17 to $1.25. Corn-No. 2, 73% to 73yie; No, 2 white, " to 751/20; No. 2 yellow, 73)d to 74e ; No. 3, 73 to 73%0; No. 3 yeilow, 73% to 73'Ac; No. 4, 71V.3 to 72c. Oats--. No. 2 white, 57%0; No. 3 white, 51 to 560; No. 4 white, 50 to 54c; sian..) dard, Me. _-_ -- _ to $6; Manitoba strong baktrs', $5.60 to $5.80; Winter wheatpat- ents, $6.75; straight rollers,s86.50 to $6.60; do., in bags, $3.15 to $3.20; extra, in bags, $2.65 to $2., 80. teed--Manitoba bran, $22 to $23; do., shorts, $24 to $25; pure grain mouille, $33 to $35; mixed mouille, $28 to $30. Cheese-- Westerns, 11% to IM, and easterns at 11% to 11%. Butter-Finest creamery, 23 to 23)dc. Eggs--181A to 19e per dozen. Montreal, June 29. - Grain - Oats-No. 2 Canadian Western, 60 to 60%0; extra No. 1 feed, 59% to 60%0; No. 1 feed, 59% to 600; No. 3 Canadian Western, 58% to 590. Barley-No. 2, 72% to 74c; Mani- toba feed barley, 67% to 680. Burk wheat-wtf. to 700. Flour-Mani, toba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $6.30 to $6.50; do., seconds, $5.80 to $6; Manitoba strong bakery, $5.60 to $5.80; Winter \vheat,f)at- ents, $6.75 ;_ stra.ight. rollers,' $6.50 Hams-Light to medium, 5% to 160; do., heavy, 14 to 14%0; rolls, 12% tm13c; shoulders, 11% to 12c; backs, 17% to 18%0; breakfast; bacon, 16% to 170. "Gri--iiiyrces, 14 to 14)dc; tubs, 14% to 14%0; pails, 14% to 14%c. HOG PRODUCTS. Bacon, long clear, 13% to 13%c per 1b. in case lots; mess pork, $23 to $23.50; short'cut, 12.5.50 to, $26. Butter-Pound prints, 20 to 210; tubs and large rolls, 18 toch; in- ferior, 15 to 160; creamery, 23 to 24c, and separator, 21 to 22e per 1b. Eggs-19 to 200 per dozen. Cheese-Large cheese, old, 14 to 14%0 per D, and twins, 14% to 14Ac. New quoted at 12%c for large, and at 12%? for twins. V -iGliirir - Chickens, yearlings, dressed, 14 to 150 per 1b; fowl, 10 to Ile; turkeys, 16 to 18e per 1b. Beans-Prime, $2.20 to $2.25, and hand-picked, $2.40 to $2.45 per bushel. Maple syrup-Mc to $1 a gallon. Bay-No. 1 timothy, $12.50 to $13 a ton on track here, and lower grades at $9 to $10 a ton. f Straw--$7.50 to $8 on track. Potatoes-CW lots, 80 to 85c per bag on track. Ontario wheatr--No. 2, $1.35 out- side. Bar1er--60 to 620 outside. Oats-No. 2 Ontario white 59c on track, Toronto, and 551/2 to 560 out- side. No. 2 Western Canada oats, 600, and No. 3, 590 Bay ports. Peas-prices nominal. Rye-No. 2, 74 to 75e outside, Buclrwheae-No. 2, 70c outside. Corn-No. 2 American yellow, 82 to 82)de on track, Toronto, Cana- dian yellow, 760 outside, and 79 to 800 on track, T01unto. _ Bran-Ontario, $21 in bulk out- side. Manitoba, $23 to $23.50 in sacks, Toronto freights; shorts, $24.50 to $25, Toronto heights. Apples-84 to $5 for choice quali- ties, and $3 to $3.50 for seconds: THE WORLD'S MARKETS Prices ot Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSityFFS. . Toronto, June 29.---F1our-Ontar- lo wheat 90 per cent. patents, $5.30 to $5.40 to-day in buyers' sacks out- side for export, and at $5.40 on track, Toronto. Manitoba. flour; first patents, $6.20 to $6.40 on track, Toronto; second patents, $5.80 to $6, and strong bakers', $5_.65 to $5.75 on track, Toronto. Manitoba wheat-No/l Northern, $1.35 Georgian Bay ports; No. 2 at $1.33, and No.3 at $1.31. REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. UNITED STATES MARKETS BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. LIVE STOCK MARKETS THE DAIRY MARKETS. CO UNTRY PRODUCE, rr"Yhers' dt St. Catharines Man Handling Bag.. _ gage ,When Summoned.. A despatch fr'om,St. Cathariiles says: While unloading baggage at ithe Grand Opera House on Fri- day morning, Charles Lockhart, aged 50 years, suddenly dropped dead. He had jcot csitried in p, heirs trunk, whe, h: Wl3c secll to fall. Help was suwwnh‘md but he had (expired before a phwixim RF A despatch from Regims-,sf1sslr., says: Already there are serious forebodings as to the probable re- sult of the great strike in the west- ern coal fields on supplies for this Province next winter, The mines are hundreds of cars behind in or- ders now, and cannot possibly catch up with the business, which has al- ways kept them running steadily to supply the demands. It is difficult at this time to see how a famine among the homesteaders can be avoided. Dealers are doing the best they can to safeguard against this, and will lay in as large sup- plies from the American mines as possible. The Dominion Government will establish two experimental farms in the country tributary to the G. T. P., one in northern Saskatche wan, and the other in Alberta. They now have an official out there inspecting the lands available. T. P. that the track will be laid into Edmonton by July 7. Gangs are now 48 miles from that city, but the strength will be doubled and they will now be able to lay from four to six miles per day. Ballasting gangs are well up with the work, and the entire line will be ready for traffio when the crop begins to move. The line will be 794 miles between this city and Edmonton. G. T. Paeifie Tracks Will be Laid Into City by July 7. ' A despatch from Winnipeg says'. Mord was received here on Friday groin the end of the steel on the G. Sergt. Wilkinson Wounded at Workpoint Barracks, B. C. A despatch from Victoria, B. C., says: Sergeant Wilkinson of thei Army Ordnance Corps at Work- point Barracks was badly wounded on Thursday, when the detonator of the twelve-pound shell, which he was examining, exploded. With Captain Gillen, the recently ap- pointed Army ortin.ar1ter-deseir, Wilkinson was examining the stores- (if ammunition in the Ordnance shed at the fort of Signal Hill. In some manner the detonator of a twelve-pound shell went off, explod- ing, shattering "Willrinson's wrist and leg and slightly wounding Cap- tain Gillen. Wilkinson was convey- ed by motor car to Workpoint Bar- racks Hospital and his injuries at- tended to. He may recover. ' kinson's time here expires on Tues, day next. Found in Lower Niagara River Badly Decomposed. A despatch from Niagara Falls, N. Y., says: The headless body of a woman taken from the lower Niagara River on Saturday is sup- posed to be that of Mrs. Cathar- ine Whipple, of Buffalo, who jumped into the river above the Falls on April 22nd, during the Spring ice jam. Decomposition was so far advanced that immedi- ate burial was necessary. Identi- ileation may be established by the few shreds of clothing which still cling to the body when it was taken from the water. The body of an- other woman is floating about in the whirlpool. It is believed to be that of Mrs. Vesper, who last Burr. day afternoon jumped into the river at Eagle Park, Grand Island. Freight Wreck at Notch Hill, B.C., Most Serious. A despatch from Notch Hill, B.C., says: Five unidentifieu laborers were killed in a freight wreck here, on Saturday, caused by a broken flange. It is stated the unfortun- ates were stealing a, ride at the time. The sixth man, who was seriously injured, was removed to Kamloops Hospital. $6.55, amrordinaryldiids were firm an $6 to $6.40. The supply of butchers' fell far short of the de- mand and prices rose according- ly. The finest grades of this class Welty firm at $5.50 to $5.80; ordin- ary good loads selling freely at $5 to $5.25. Cows Were in strong de- mand and took a rise of 15 to 20c. Stockers and Feeders-Steady de- mand, but supply short. Milkers and Springers--Good milkers and near springers wanted. Sheep Lambs-Easier, except for Spring lambs, which were quoted at 872 to 9%0 per lb. Hogs-Selects quoted at $7.75 f.o.b., and $8, fed and w atered sttt112rllllyyis Said to be Behind With .013101'5. DROPPED DEAD AT WORK. WOMAN’S BODY RECOVERED. APPROACHING EDMONTON NOW IT IS COAL FAMINE. FIVE LABORERS KILLED . THE SHELL EXPLODED. , A umpabun Irom Wenrum, Benn, was in condition to give detalls, Siys: As the result of an explosion tut from one it was learned that 0* gas in mine 2To. 4 of the Lacka- the explosion seemed to strike Wanna Coal k Coke Company, every portion of the mine simul- shortly after 7 o'clcck on Wednes- taneously. , day morning, 'seventeen miners As soon as it was known that an were killed, and sixteen injured. accident. had occurred at the mine, With the exception of one of those] the greatest excitement prevailed killed, they are foreigners. Just] both at the mine and in the'little what caused the explosion has not! hamlet, a short distance away. been ascertained, but it probablyllrires, mothers, sisters, and bro- resuslted from an accumulation ofithegrs rushed to the mouth of the gas. i mine tean'fully imploriiig some news The Few men who escaped from as to the fate of their loved ones. the who Tr"?? "vrmryr'd “Cd Mencken») it nvn,h'rsr" (it the forfiqn women, rd. lull: FN in" sl, It “1“, F~;!,;_;€j:('t_"'1“ WfBQming and owing, tried to rush KILLEB IN "I 36% MINE Russian General and His Daughter Killed. A despatch from Warsaw says: Gen. Sytin, chief of the gendarmer- ie, while returning to Kielce on Saturday, was ambushed by ban- dits, who hred several volleys at him. The General was shot through the breast. He died on Sunday night. His daughter, who was ae- compah‘ying him, was killed. Apr. trol, sent in pursuit of the bandits, lost one killed and one mortally wounded. Seventeen Miners Suffoeated or Burned to Death in Pennsylvania Mine, F. W. Sussex Disappears From RoeanvilIe, Saslr. A despatch from Rocanville, Sask., says: F. W. Sussex, teller in the Union Bank here, has mys- teriously disappeared and the in- spector from Winnipeg is here mak- ing an investigation, but so far no- thing has been given out for pub- lication. Sussex came here from Palmerston, Ont. Suburban Electric Railways Must Equip All Their Cars. A despatch from Toronto says'. The following regulation was made and promulgated by the Ontario Railway and Municipal Board on Thursday, to tak-e-effect forthwith , "Every electric railway company In Ontario, subject to the jurisdic- tion of the board, shall provide in each passenger car which runs twenty miles or more, a suitable re- ceptacle for water, with a cup or drinking utensil attached upon or near such receptacle, and shall keep such receptacle, while the car is in use, constantly supplied in 1 cool drinking water for the use " passengers and the conductor "and, motorman in charge of such car.: This regulation shall not apply tel street railways in towns or cities." in two weeks time work will be commenced on the new structural mill, which will include all require- ments for making structural steel. The making of steel in the new open hearth furnace on Wednesday brings to successful culmination the fhst improvement under the new management, that is, since English capital was introduced into the con- cern. Mr. Franz said it would take about a year to complete the. blast furnace and about seven months to have the structural steel mill in operation. First Steel Made in the Open Hearth Furnace. A despsatch from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., says: Mr. W. C. Franz, manager of the Lake, Su- perior Corporation, in an interview stated that the new No. 3 open hearth furnace blade its first steel on Wednesday. The foundation work on No. 3 blast furnace has been started and it is expected that A despatch from Brockville says: What might have been a terrible accident was averted by the pres- ence of mind of the occupants of a gasoline launch, owned by (J. W. McLean, son-in-law of the late Sen- ator Fulford, at noon on Monday. The party, composed of Mr. and Mrs. McLean, Master George T. Fulford, B. R. Sheriff, Miss Fannie Sheriff, Miss Vaux (Toronto), Fred Gilbert and Bert Fraser, started out in the craft, which was only launched last week. The engine, a 'ro-horse-power machine, was not working as smoothly as Gilbert and Fraser, the men in charge, had ex- pected, and on Mr. McLean's or- ders the boat was turned back. One of the carburettors was flooded and another choked, and when what is A Launch Burned and the OccupantS Have to Swim EXPANSION OF 'IS00" WORKS. A de§pat_ch from Wehrum, P MANY LIVES ENDANGERED S UPPLY DRINKIN G WATER. AMBUSHED BE BANDITS. BANK TELLER MISSIN G. was in condition to give details, hut from one it was learned that the explosion seemed to strike every portion of, the mine simul- taneously. The action brought on behalf of the, Czar against Ivan Proskowreak- off, a defaulting Governor, at Win, nipeg, has been settled by compro- lTWO Members of British Govern. ( ment Resign. A despatch from London says: The resignation of two members of lthe Government were announced on Friday night. Ostensibly they were handed in on account of ill-health, but it is believed they were due partly to the disapproval of Mr. Lloyd-George's budget. Lord Fitz- maurice, as Chancellor of the Duchy (f Lancaster, is succeeded by Mr. Herbert Louis Samuel, Under-See- retary for Home Affairs, who thus is promoted to Cabinet rank. The other resignation is that of Mr. Thomas R. Buchanan, Parliamen- tary Secretary to the India Office. mlse Several reductions have been made in the Intercolonial staff in the Maritime Provinces. Mr. soda Bum Wire Fence xtfl'irg"i Track and is Now in Jail. A despatch from Yorkton, Sask. says: E. Dodd, a farmer in this locality, who has opposed the C. P. R. running through his farm, ever since the road was constructed, built a wire fence across the track on Tuesday, and he is now in a cell charged with obstructing a train. Be had notified the engineer he would stop him sometime soon. When the line was under construe- tion Dodd held up a gang at the point of a loaded gun for several days, until restrained by the police. DISSATISFIED WIT Fl ll UD GET. A despatch from Winnipeg says: It was 'announced at the local of- ficei of the Canadian Pacific on Thursday that a reward of $5,000 would be paid by the company for the arrest and conviction of the men who were guilty of holding up the express train a few days ago, at Ducks, in British Columbia. Up to the present, the officials have received no information regarding the capture of any of the men im. plicated. _ _ W locally known as the "swift water," a; dangerous spot one mile west of the tow n, was reached, flames shot up from under the engine. In an instant the craft was in flames. Tho occupants were all good swimmers, however, and one by one jumped im. to the deep water to take chances of swimming to shore or being res- cued. Master Fulford, who is only seven years old, is an excellent swimmer. While the burning boat drifted away the predicament of tho party was noticed from shore, and immediately three boats put out and rescued them, none the worse for their experience. The-loss is S2,500, covered by $1,000 insurance. She was named the Argo, and had' a speed of twenty-five miles an hour. Great Britain and Germany Ham Nothing Under Discussion. A despatch from London says: Foreign Secretary Grey, in the Course of a speech here on Wednes- day night, said there was nothing under discussion between Germany and Great Britain at the present moment which was liable to create difficulties between the two coun- tries, nor was there anything in the innermost deliberations of the Brit- ish Government which was likely to cause anxiety to Germany. $5,000 REWARD FOR BANDITS. Canadian Pacifie Railway Issues Announcement. FOUGHT THE RAILWAY. N0 CAUSE FOR ALARM. nu " 3.3+L