A despatch from Ottawa says: The bank statement for July, as compared with the statement tor June, indicates continued growth and expansion of trade throughout the Dominion. Deposits increased by $7,229,621. Current loans in Canada increased by $4,608,772, and/gall loans in Canada by near- b, $2,000,000. Loans outside of Can- tlt decreased by $1,219,115, thus (heating the continued withdraw- Remarkable Record of British Railroads Made Last Year. A despatch from London says: Statistics issued by the Board of Trade show that not a single pas- venger in the United Kingdom lost his life in a train wreck during the ear 1908, though many persons {vere killed by railway trains in Various other ways, such as cross- ing the tracks, trespassing, etc. The Bank Statement for July Shows . Further Expansion. WWW GE UANAMS TEAM Decreasing in Capital, but Spread- ing in Provinces. A despatch from St. Pctersburg ys: The Asiatic cholera is being tlid down in St. Petersburg, there jug been only 24 cases and 14 hs in the 24 hours ended at noon on Monday, but it is spreading "ti'peov'1r1cial towns and villages. Pepartment guaranteeing the earn- Ings of the whole space. This move proved so successful that similar ar- rangements have been made for the {resent season, with the exception hat the steamers will sail from Montreal alternately to Glasgow and London. The sailing dates being as follows :--Aug. 28th, to London; Se (r. 4th, to Glasgow; Sept. 11th, to glandon; Sept. 18th, to Glasgow. Good News for the Fruit-Growers of Canada. A despatch from Ottawa says: Last year the dairy and cold storage branch of the Department of Agri- culture arranged to have one cold storage chamber, reserved on four steamers sailing weekly from Mont- real to London for shipments of éearly apples and tender frgits, the of wheat cutting in this province, and Saskatchewan reports that 50 per cent. of the wheat there will {he cut by Saturday. Some points n Manitoba report shelling of grain, but on the whole, everything seems to be in an especially satis- factory condition, with excellent weather prevailing everywhere. A despatch from Niagara. Falls, 'Ont;., says: If the plan proposed by the members of the Queen Victoria Park Commission for the disposal of the Niagara's unidentified dead is carried out, this city will have Fone of the most unique cemeteries .111 the world, for there will be row after row of graves, each contain- ing the body, invariably maimed, of an unknown person. :5: The problem of disposing of the (""tlnidenbified bodies found each year in the Niagara River is one that has ong puzzled the city officials, and mite recently the undertakers prac- _ . ally refused to handle the bod- c, ies, especially those taken from the 'whirlpool, unless some one guar- anteed them expenses. The under- takers declare that to bring a body from the pool to the top of the bank and hold it for a couple of days or more and then bury it was worth Western Canada, according to the Canadian Northern crop report, are kling into the harness at all lnts- In Manitoba, according to he report, the harvest is well on, and at some points threshing is about to begin. It would seem that this week will see about the finish Grain Cutting in the West is Be- ing Rushed. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Jack Frost will have to get a, move on if he gets in any of his work All tly wheaii crop. The farmers of Problem of Disposing of Victims of Niagara River May Be Settled. (riellffifir [WE WHEN; Current loans elsewhere .... Call loans in Ca ada .... .. Call loans elsewgere .... .. Deposits payable on demand. Deposits payable after notice gurrent Jeans in Canada. . 0 CEAN C OLD STORAGE. CHOLERA IN RUSSIA. SAFE TRAVELLING. HARVEST WELL ON. run: .._.' . e ....._ . nand... q mouse... '-, ' A comparison between the state- ments for July, 1908 and 1909, re- spectively, follows _ July, 1908. July, 190Tr, _ . $525,271,185 $539,821,041 _ . 23,153,095 32,753,385 , . 40,467,165 54,603,054 . . 54,915,935 114,685,537 . q 164,791,398 222,555,749 '-u' 402,964,565 466,337,816 An astounding improvement is to be noted between the current statement and the statement for July, 1908, the aggregate deposits having increased during these twelve months by $122,000,000. al of funds from the United States to meet the business demands of the Dominion. Refused Admission to U. S. by Port Huron omeials. A despatch from Sarnia says: l Several of the harvesters bound for the Canadian Northwest, who took the route via, Chicago, had an unpleasant experience at Port Huron, where the United States immigration offieials held them up for the four-dollar head tax apiece. Some of the men were refused pas- sage through the United States al, together, and were turned back by the immigration inspectors. A few returned home, but others went on west through Canadian territory. Big Increase Every Working Day This Month. A despatch from Toronto says.' Mr. .J ll. Bertram, Collector of Customs at the port of Toronto, re- ports that receipts for August are $25,0000 ahead of the same period In 1908, and $60,000 ahead of 1907, which was the best month in the history of the Toronto Customs House. The average has been over $50,000 per day for this month. These figures indicate healthy busi- ness conditions. Anna Stadt Will Receive Humane Medal for Life-saving. _ A despatch from Niagara Falls, Ont., says: For the heroic rescue from drowning of her nine-year- old companion, Anna Stadt will re- ceive a life-saving medal from the Humane Society. Anna is only twelve years old. The rescue took place last Tuesday, when Mina Greenwood, the nine-year-old daughter of Officer Greenwood, was carried out beyond her depth in Chippewa, Creek. The little hero- ine dived into the water and saved the drowning child just as she was sinking for the last time. HARVE STERS TURNED BACK. A t'espatch from London says: It is understood that the arrange- ment concluded between the Im- perial Government and Canada for naval defence only awaits Iratifica.. tron by the Dominion Parliament. The scheme adopted is described as highly satisfactory to both parties. It is stated that Canada will im- mediately commence her new nevy. T'e Admiralty has lent a number of British officers, who will short.. ly proceed to Canada to study and afivise upon the work of organiza- tron. Admiralty Has Arranged to Lend Number of ofIleials. At a conference between the mem- bers of the Town Council and the Park Commission, which has juris- diction over the Niagara Park sys- tem, of which the grounds adjac- ent to the whirlpool are a part, it was agreed that the city would fur- nish the grave and have it opened if the Park Commission would pay the undertaker. It is proposed to have the unique cemetery located near the whirlpool. When a booty is recovered it will be locked up carefully and notations made of ’every peculiar mark on it that might lead to an identification. The clothes will also be saved and a de- scription taken. The grave, in which the body is placed will be numbered and a record kept showing the de-, scription of the body in that grave. That record will be kept by the city and will probably come under' the direction of the coroner. $40) providing the city would fut- t1is)1 and open the grave. __ CUSTOMS RECEIPTS SOAR. CANADA TO BUILD NAVY. A LITTLE HEROINE. Torontp, Aug. 21.---Esporeors' were steady, with but few on offer. There was a fair demand for good stockers. Milkevs and Springers- Steady and unchan:god.--Cst,Lvres _'-. Montreal, Aug. 24.-A few of the best cattle sold at about 50 per 1b., but they were not extra; pretty good animals, 33/4 to 4yic, and the common stock 2% to 33/20 per lb. Calves, from $2.50 to $7 each. Sheep, 3% to 334C and lambs. 5% to 60 per lb. Good lots of fat hogs at about 8%0 per ll). Milch cows from $25 to $55 each. Chicago, Aug. 24.--Cash wheat-- No. 2 red, $1.04A to $1.08; No. 3 red, 94c to $1.03; No. 2 hard, $1.- 02% to $1.06%; No. 3 hard, 94c to $1.03; No. 3 Spring, $1.01. Corn --No. 2, 68% to 60c; No. 2 white, 711/2 to 720; No. 2 yellow, 71% to 711Ac; No. 3, 681/4 to 68Ac; No. 3 white, 37V2 to 39%c; No. 4 white, 38% to 390; standard, 39%, to 400. Minneapolis, Aug. 24.--Wheat- Sept., $1.007/s to $1.01; Dec., 97780; May, $1.01Z; cash, No. 1 hard, $1.- 36; No. 1 Northern, $1.35; No. 2 Northern, $1.30 to $1.33; Nd. 3 Northern, $1.25 to $1.29. Flour-- First patents, $6 to $6.20; second patents, $5.90 to $6.10; first clears, $4.95 to $5.25; second clears, $3.35 to $3.65. Bran-In hundred pound satire, $2.50. Montreal, Aug. 24.--Oats - No. 2 Canadian Western, 46 to 46%0; No. 1 extra feed, 45% to 46e ; No, 1 feed, 45 to 45Ac; Canadian Western," 45%0. Barley-No. 2, 66 to 67c; Manitoba feed barley, 64 to Me. Flour-Manitoba Spring wheat pat- ents, $5.90, second at $5.40, and strong bakers $5.20 per bh]. Ma- nitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.90; Manitoba Spring wheat pat- ents, seconds, $5.40; Winter wheat ‘patents, $6; Manitoba strong bak.. ‘ers, $5.20; straight rollers, $5.75; straight rollers, in bags, $2.65 to $2.75; extras in bags, $2.40 to $2.- 50. Feed-Ontario bran, $22 to $23; Ontario middlings, $23.50 to $24.50; Manitoba bran, $22; Manitoba; shorts, $24; pure grain mouille,) $28 to $30; mixed mouille, $25 to $27. Cheese-Westerns, 11% to 12e and easterns 11% to 11730. But- ter-Finest creamery, 21% to 22c. Eggs--8eleeted stock, 251/2 to Me; No, 1 candled, 22% to 23c, and No. I! rjrd--Tierces, 14%0; tubs, 13%- pails, 15c. Hams-Light to medium, 15 to 15%0; do., heavy, 14 to 14Ac; rolls, 13% to 14c; shoulders, 12% to 13c; backs, 17 to 17Ac; breakfast ba, cop, Ire. Bapon-Long clear, 13% to 140 per lb. in case lots; mess pork, $23.50; sl.to.rt cut, $25. dozen Chtese--New, 12%0 for large, and at 123/40 for twins. Paltry-Chickens, yearlings, dressed, 14 to 16c per 1b.; fowl, 11 to 13c; turkeys, 16 to 18c per lb. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter-Pound prints, 19 to 210; tubs and large rolls, 18 to 19e; in, ferior, 15 to 16c; creamery, 23 to Mc, and separator, 221/2 to 23%c per lb. Bay-No. 1 timothy, new, $13.50 to $14.50 a ton on track here, and lower grades $9 to $9.50. Straw~$7.50 to $8 on track. Potatoes-New Canadian, 65 to 750 per bushel. bush COUNTRY PRODUCE. Btame-Prime, $2.20 to $2.25, and ,len,cl-picked, $2.50 to $2.60 per 7 UNITED STATES MARKETS Ontario wheat-New No. 2, 95 to 970 at outside points. Barley-No, 2, 580; No. 3, 560. Oats-No. 2 Ontario white, 48% to tik on track, Toronto, and 47 to 47%0 outside. No. 2 Western Canada oats, 45% to 46e, and No. 3 450, Bay ports. 16 to 190 per dézen Manitoba wHeaE:I\VT;W1 Northern, 551.21% Georgian Bay ports; No. 2 at fn..18A, and No. 3 at $1.16. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Rome and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Tpronto, Aug. 24.--Flour--On- tame wheat 90 per cent patents hom old wheat, $4.30 to $4.50 In buyers' sacks outside for export, and $4.60 to $4.70 on track, Toron- to. Flour from new wheat, $4 to $4.10 outside. Manitoba flour, first patents, $6.10 to $6.20 on track, To- ronto; second patents, $5.70 to $5.90, and strong bakers', $550 to $51.?) pn_track, Toronto. LIVE STOCK MARKETS Eggs-Case lots, 21% to 22e per BUSINESS AT MONTREAL THE WORLD'S MARKETS REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. HOG PRODUCTS Pouket-book Was Picked Up on Glacier Peak, B. C. A despatch from Montreal says: A brief telegram received at Int, C. P. It. tdfices on Wednesday an- nounces that a pocket-book con- taining a thousand dollars was picked up on the peak known as the Glacier, near Field, B. C. No owner could be found for the poob. ot-book, and it was turned in to the company by the guide who found it. Terrible Railway Accident Near Santiago, Chili. A despatch from Santiago, Chili, says: A terrible railway disaster occurred on Friday when two trains came into collision, 30 miles north of Santiago. Many persons were killed or injured. Both trains were completely destroyed. The mone- tary loss will reach $150,000. 'Foley and Co. to Build Second Sets l tion of G. T. P. ‘ A despatch from Prince Rupert, B, CJ., says: The Grand Trunk Pa, cific has awarded to Foley, Welch and Stewart a new contract for the second section east of Prince Ru, pert. It will be 140 miles from Copper. River east to Aldermere. This leaves a gap of less than 500 miles, and contracts for this may be let before the end of the year. The new contract was for apprOXI-l mately $10,000,000. There arel several long tunnels, one half a mile in length. The line will cross the Skeena River by a cantilever bridge sixteen miles below Hazle- ton. Four Vancouver Ladies Lost Their Lives in Seattle. A despatch from Vancouver, B. C., says: The four Vancouver lad- ?es, who perished in the auto acci, dent in Seattle on Thursday night were: Mrs. Grothe, aged 36, wife of a C.P.R. employee; Mrs. Colvin, aged 26, wife of a shoe merchant; Miss Agnes Cowan, sister of Mrs. Colvin and daughter of a promin- ent real estate broker; Maggie Paul, a teacher in Seymour School. Miss Paul was to have been mar- ried shortly. Her mother died last year. -'"""C'"' .van VU\.II_I VVULL uLqusw, an»: a rope was later found hanging out of the window ready for the use of the prisoners, Scott is in the hospital. The men will get an ex-" tension of sentence for the assault and attempt to escape. ‘Prisoners Make United Attack on Turnkey. A despatch from Montreal says: Ten prisoners confined in the Bed- herd jail at Sweetsburg made a de- termined attempt for freedom. On Thursday night the acting turnkey, Deputy Scott, who is 78 years old, was attacked by the men when he was about to lock them up for the night and so badly beaten that he had to go to the hospital. His shouts for help brought High Cow. stable Boisvert, who, with his re- volver, succeeded in getting the men behind the bars. The plot to! escape had been well _a_rranged, as No One Was Killed by a Forty-foot Drop. A despatch from Victoria, B. C., says: That the age of miracles is l not yet past, is demonstrated by the experience of a Great Northern passenger train from Grand Forks for Spokane on Sunday morning. The locomotive, mail car, combin- ation baggage and express, and pas- senger coaches with a number of passengers, dropped through a burning bridge into a gulch some forty feet below, but without the killing or fatal injuring of anyone, although the train is a total wreck, and the fi11ancial loss exceeds $25,- 000. KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT KILLED IN TRAIN WERCK. TRAIN FELL THROUGH BRIDGE Transcontinental Railway Commis, sion. Mr. Reid was born in Lon- don, Ont., and was engaged for many years in the paper box manu- facturing business at that place. He was appointed a member of the National Transcontinental Railway Commission in September", 1904. Mr. Reid had been in poor health for some time, but the announcement of his death came as a shock and sur- prise to his many friends at the ca- pital, as he had been on the street and at his office only a few days ago, at, Agunquit, Maine, of Mr. hobi;n "Braid, member oi the National Was a Member of the Transcontim erttal Commission. A despatch from Ottawa, says: Word was received here on Sun- day of the .ietty pn Satty:day night $10,000,000 CONTRACT LET. Slightly easier. Sy, fDecline in prices 15c. Irogs--saects $'{.75 f.o.b. and $8, GUIDE POUND $1,000. DE ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE. ATTI OE, ROBERT REID. Sheep and Lambs es of about 10 to ma were quoted at 'r8, fed and water- li, A despatch from Halifax, N. S., says : The Gloucester fishing schoon- er Orinoco, Capt. Larkin, while proceeding to the Banks, met with an accident on Thursday morning, 25 miles off Sambro, which caused her to fill and sink in three min- utes. Eleven of the crew of 16, all Nova Scotians, with two exceptions, went down with the schooner. The five men saved were all on deck at the time of tho accident. ELMN BMW HE WES Sudden Filling of Sails By Wind Causes Schooner to Upset A despatch from Winnipeg says: The grain of the Canadian North- West is being harvested, and the farmers are speculating as to the possible price, particularly of ‘wheat. According to the opinions ct local grain men another decline is in store, but think that it will be slight, and a fairly good and steady price will be maintained. Satisfac- tion with existing crop conditions is general, and it frost and hail keep off until cutting is completed, the crop will be a large one. The average estimate of the wheat out-: put is over 100,000,000 bushels. The‘ directors of the Grain Growers' Grain Company fixed the commis- sion for this season for handling wheat at one cent a bushel; bar- ley, three-quarters of a cent a, bush- el; and oats at half a cent a, bushel. Wheat Crop in the West Is Estimated to Be 100,000,000 Bushels, Steamer Waratah Overdue Several Weeks, A despatch from London says: The owners of the steamer Wara, tah, with 300 persons on board, bound from Sydney to London, and which is overdue several weeks at Durban, Natal, have secured the oo-operation of several ships bound from South Africa to Australia in an effort to find some trace of the missing vessel. The steamship Bannockburn, which has arrived at Albany, West Australia, from Lon, don, reports that she experienced unprecedented gales on July 26. illljluhlll LAW MAB fillrlllfi The mishap was caused in this to immigration Mr. Walker stated that at least 100,000 immigrants would settle in the west, 70,000 of which would come from the United States with effects worth $70,000,- 000. The balance will come from Europe and eastern Canada. Mr. Walker stated that it was not overestimating the yield that 120 million bushels of wheat, with- out regard to the coarser grains, would be harvested, and the farm- ers would not get less than $1 per bushel .at the elevator. In regard 70,000 From the States to Settle in the West. A despatch from Brantford says: Twenty-five thousand men as extra help will be required in the north- west to handle what will be a bum- per crop, in the sense of increased quality of wheat produced, accord- ing to J. Bruce Walker, immigra- tion commissioner, in an interivew on Wednesday. MISSING WITH 300 ON BOARD. on the premises, as during the Summer months the hands have been given a Saturday afternoon Tholiday. The factory had been very busy this year, and consider- ab%stoek was on hand, including about half the expected output of cutters for the coming season. Be- sides the factory, seven houses on the property, owned by the com- pany, and two houses, and Thom- son and Chrmpany's bakery, on the north side of Colborne Street, were destroyed. The loss on the factory and stock will be about $500,000, and the insurance about $200,000. The houses would average about $1,000 apiece, and Thomson and Company's loss is probably $3,030. J. R, Eaton and Son's large plarr- ing mill across the road was saved. "ic""'"'-'"' LX‘JAAL VALILIGJ’ UMU.’ Says: The Tudhope Company's Cal'- riage, and Ty1dhope-hicrntyire auto buggy factories, were burned to the ground on Saturday afternoon. The fire started in the paint shop and Tread to the neighboring build- Ings almost before an alarm could be sent in. Only a few men we 'e $583,898 FIRE lf ()ililil'1 Tudhope Company’s Carriage and Auto Buggy Works Laid in Ruins. dgsjpatch from Orillia, Ont 100,000 III MIGRANTS. rway: The vessel had been allowed to come to the wind to trim her jib sheets. She misstayed, came around and was left dead in the wind when her sails suddenly filled again and the schooner went over and in three minutes the waves rolled over the place where tho vessel had been. The six men on deck cut away the dories. After rowing 50 miles, the survivors reached land at Ironbound and Little Tanock, and were thence sent to Lunenburg. Officials say that the elevator owners can underbid the Grain Company for track wheat because they have the storage of it in their own hands. When it was pointed out that, under the law, elevator owners were obliged to store wheat in their elevators for anyone desir- ing it, the officers stated that the law was a dead-letter, as the eleva- tor people absolutely refused to store wheat for other dealers or farmers last, years Complaint was made to Mr. Castle, the warehouse commissioner, a number of times, and he promised to rectify the wrong, but it Was never done. This action was the outcome of a. referendum taken from the five thousand shareholders of the com- pany. Out of 2,000 replies to hand, 90 per cent. favor a commission. Was Trampied to Death by a Frightened Cow. - A despatch from St. Catharines says: Thomas Archibald, who ,re- sides on Carleton street in the out- skirts of the -city, died early on Thursday morning as the result of being trampled on by a cow on Wednesday night. The deceased, who' is over seventy years of age, went out to unloosen the cow, and was found later by a member of the family in an unconscious con- dition. It is supposed that he be- came entangled in the rope, and was attacked by the frightened ani- mal Late Spring Had Bad Effect on Western Ontario Crops. A despatch from London, Ont., (says: By present indications the 'prices for honey will remain fairly- high in western Ontario this year. The bees Wintered well, but the late Spring had its ill-effaet. This sea.- son's crop of honey is of excellent; quality, however. The demand for honey from the West has become quite a factor in determining the price of honey in western Ontario. The Western demand is increasing every year, as the cold Winters pre- vent much being done there in the way of keeping bees. The deck qargo of coal shifted, and threw the vessel on her beam ends. She only escaped foundering through the sea sweeping the coal overboard. Her captain feels sure that the Waratah was lost in the same storm. BONES PI'sICIyfTo STAY HIGH. J. B. Tudhope, head of the Tud- bope Carriage Works, in which the fire started, said the origin of the blaze was a, mystery. No one was seriously injured, but there were a number of minor est?- alties. Mr. E. Long, of the E. Long Mfg. Co., had a toe broken, and L. G. Black, the well known cricketer, received a severe scalp wound. All the Tudhope Company's stock of buggies, cutters and auto- mobiles was a total loss. Eight autos were aheady set up for the Toronto Exhibition, and these also were burnt, besides 50 gasoline en- gin-es. 300 hands were employed. All the owners of the houses de-, stroyed were able to get their furrl niture out, The firemen worked hard, but tho task was hopeless from the first, as three of the large buildings were frame structures. The Barrie Fire Brigade came to the assistance of the local brigade, but the fire was well under control when they ar- rived. The fire was terrihe, and the heat could be felt for blocks. THGS. ARCHIBALD KILLED. 1