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Pioneer of Bruce Township Met a Terrible _ Death. A despatch from Underwood Bays : Donald McPhail, one of Bruce Township’s pioneers, about sev- enty-five years of age, was burned to death in his home on Monday. He lived all alone on his farm, About 11 o'clock neighbors noticed smoke was issuing from the doors and windows of the house. They at Once attempted to quench the flames, but they had gained too much headway. It was not known at the time whether the old man was in the house or not, but later his remains were found. Departmental Criticism on Some Samples of Infant Foods. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Inland Revenue Department on Monday issued a bulletin report- ima the analysis upon samples of ingant and invalid food on sale in Canada. Some of these, it is said, are directed to be prepared with water only, and "would seem .to Frovide a starvation diet for in- ants so far as the tat, 1s con- cerrted." A despatch from Ottawa says: A statement of the farm crops of Canada at the end of August was issued by the Census and Statistics Office on Friday. It gives the es- timates of production, computed from the reports of a, large staff of correspondents, and, although the totals are somewhat less than those of a month ago for Wheat and bar- ley, they still show that Canada hag reaped a largttharvesst, The wheat crop is put down at 168,386,000 bushels, or 21.73 bush- els per acre, and barley at 56,975,- 000 bashels, or 30.55 Bushells per “we. The yield of oats, which was There is a chance of saving the steamer Laurentian, ashore off the coast of Newfoundland. FARM WES 0F SAMBA Conditions at End of August Show That a, Largo Crop Has Been Harvested. COOK SAYS NOTHING. A despatch from Copenhagen says: It is useless to submit the most scathing despatches reflecting on him to Dr. Cook, for he simply smiles, says they are untrue and refuses to discuss them further. Be has an air of perfect confidence without a touch of braggadocio. t "All the members of the expedi- tioh are returning in ood health, except Prof. Ross G. fiarvin, who unfortunately drowned at Prillo, 15 miles north of Capo Columbia, while returning from 86 degrees north latitude, in command of a supporting party." PEARY TELLS HIS mm "The Roosevelt left New York July 6, 1908. She left Sydney July 17, at Cape York, Greenland, Au- gust 1, left Etah, Greenland, Au, gust 8, arrived at Cape Sheridan, Grant Land, September 1, and Wintered at Cape Sheridan. The sledge expedition left the Roostr velt February 15, 1909, and started north of Cape Columbia, March i, It passed the British record on March 2, was delayed by open water March 2 and 3, was held up by 0 en water from March 4 to March 11, crossed the 84th parallel March 11, and encountered an open lead March 15; crossed the 85th parallel on March 18, crossed the 86th parallel March 22, and» en- countered an open lead March 23; passed the Norwegian record March 23: passed the Italian record March 24, and encountered an open lead March 26; crossed the 87th parallel March 27; passed the Am- erican record March 28, and en- countered a lead March 28; held up by open water March 29; crossed the 88th parallel April 2, crossed the 89th parallel April 4, and reach- ed the North Pole April 6._ r "On returning we left the Pole April 7; reached Cape Columbia April 23, arriving on board the 'Rooseve1t"April 27. The Roose- velt left Cape Sheridan July 18, gassed Cape Sabine August 8, left ,ape York August 26, and arrived an Indian Harbor. F- -. His only reply to Commander Peary's despatch stating that he had not gone out of sight of land was this statement: The London Times of Wednesday morning published the following message from Cbmmander Peary, dated Battle Harbor, via wireless, to Cape Ray, Sept. 8: Sends a Message Giving Date of Passing Various Points in the Far North. PERISHED IN FLAME S. A STh1tYMTON D IET. on herself and her husband, Mrs. Wesley Scott on Monday morning shot and killed her father-in-law, Harvey Scott, in the Village of Thorndale, about twelve miles from London. Immediately after the shooting Mrs. Scott informed sev- eral of the neighbors, and, after an investigation had been held, she Itll arrested and brought; to Lon- on, Administration of City for 1910 to Cost $184,000,000. A despatch from New York says: The cost of maintaining the admin- istration of the city of New York kluring 1910, according to figures to be submitted to the Board of Estimates and Apportionment next Friday, will be approximately $184,000,000, an increase ot over $28,000,000 over this year's bud- get. Of this year's increase $17,- 000,000 is chargeable to salary in- creases. The four-year-old daughter of Mr. William Brinson of St. Catharines fell into the weir and was drowned on Friday not estimated last month, is given as 354,919,000 bushels, peas 8,184,- 000 bushels, beans, 1,311,000-bush- els; buckwheat, 7,794,000 bushels; mixed grains, 19,524,000 bushels; gaarseed, 2y131,000 bushels, and hay, 10,246,000 tons. Harvesting opera- tions were practically concluded at the end of August, except in Que- bee and the Maritime Provinces, and although there was a scarcity of labor in the Northwest, the fine weather there made the cutting of grain practicable in good condition. The wheat estimate of the three western Provinces is 149,285,000 bushels, of oats 187,802,000 bushels, and of barley, 33,893,000 bushels, Murder by a Woman in Village of Middlcsex. A despatch from London, Ont., says: Because she could no longer pulup with the‘abugss ‘heaped up- A despatch from St. John's, Nfld., via North- Sydney, says: The steamer Taff, fish laden, from Battle Harbor to St. John's ar- rived on' Sunday evening. Capt. Neilsen reports having harbored with the Roosevelt Wednesday and Thursday last. He had several in- terviews with Commander Peary, whom, with all the party, he re- ports as in good health and spirits, the only shadow over the whole ell- terprise being the death of Prof. Marvin. Capt, Neilsen is greatly impressed with the truth of Peary's story of the expedition.. Peary claims with assurance that he brings the indubitable proofs of the absolute truth of his claims that he has accomplished his aim of reaching the Pole. Peary strove hard to get south to give the world the news before Cook, and pro- claim the latter a falsiher, but was unable to do so. He had also the iii luck to run the Roosevelt on a rock in entering Battle Harbor, uhere she stuck till high water. This will compel her to spend a fortnight there, and she will be taken to Assizes Harbor, repaired, 1vefitted and painted, to remove the scars of her Polar conflict, before proceeding to New York. The crew are so weakened from hard work and cares that 24 new men have been engaged for this work. Peary forbids the answering of the mes- sages received daily asking for neWs. When the Taff left the party were anticipating that ship loads of American pressmen would come north, as the messages that were being received indicated that the whole United States was ablaze with this controversy. "I am willing to place facts, fig,- ures, and worked-out observations before a joint tribunal of the scien- tific bodies of the world. In due course I shall be prepared to make public an announcement that will effectually dispel any doubt, if there can be such, of the fact that I have reached the Pole. But, knowing that I am right and that right must prevail, I will submit at the pro- per time my full story to the court of last resorb--the people of the "I have been tp the North Polo. As I said on Tuesday night; when I heard of Commander Peary's suc- cess, if he says IN has been to the Pole I believe him. world." PEARY GIVES INTERVIEW. SROT HER FATHER-lN-LAVV. NEW YORK’S EXPEN SE S. Montreal, Sept. 14.--Demand for round lots of oats good at 43%0, but sellers firm at 44)ie; new crop No. 2 Canadian Western at 410 for shipment this month. Corn - Am- erican No. 2 yellow, 79 to 7940; oats, No, 2 Canadian Western, 44 to 441Ac; No. 3 Canadian Western, 13 to 43%0. Barley-No. 2, 66 to 670; Manitoba feed barley, 64 to 650. Flour - Manitoba Spring “heat patents, flrsts, $5.90; do., seconds, $5.40; Winter wheat pat- ents, $5.75; Manitoba strong bak, ers', $5.20; straight rollers, $5.50; do., in bags, $2.60 Ontario Bran-- $22 to $23; Ontario middlings, $23.- 50 to $24.50; Manitoba bran, $22; do., shorts, $24; pure grain mouille, $33 to $34; mixed mouille, $25 to $27 Cheese-Westerns, 11% to 11Ae; easterns, 11% to 11%0. But- ter-Finest creamery, 23 to 23)fe; seconds, 22% to 23e; Manitoba dairy, 18 to 181/20; Western dairy, 19 to 19Ac. Eggs-Selected stock, 25% to 260; No. 1 candled at 221/2 to 23c; No. 2, 16 to 19c per dozen. UNITED STATES MARKETS. P Minneapolis, Sept. 14.--Wheat -- December, 94%0; May, 98 to 98%0; cash No. 1 hard, 98% to 98fdc; No. 1 Northern, 97% to 97%0; No. 2 Northern, 95% to 95%0; No. 3 Northern, 93% to 94%0. Flour--. First patents, $5.10 to $5.35; seo- ond patents, $5 to $5.25; first clears, $4.35 to $4.55; second clears 83.10 to $3.30. Bran-In loo-lb. sacks, $19. Milwaulre-, Sept. 14.--Wheat-- No. 1 Northern, $1.03 to 81.0i;No. 2 Northern, $1.01 to $1.02; Decem- her, 95c. Rye-No, 1, 72c. Corn-- December, 59Ac. 1larley---fiitand- ard, 66% to 671/20; No. 3, 55 to 59c; No. 4, 47 to 51e. Montreal, Sept, Ir--) few of the best cattle sold at about 5%c per lb; pretty good animals, 3% to 50; common stock. 2% to 3%0 per lb. Milch cows, $30 to $55 each. Calves $3 to $14 each each or 3% to 5%0 -Eggs-Case lots, i3 to 240 per dozen. Lard-Tierces, 14%0; tubs, 15c; pails, 151/10. . Bacon-Long clear, 14% to 14%0 per Ib. in case lots; mess pork, $25 to $25.50; short cut, $27. ITams--Light to medium, 15% to 16%0; do., heavy, 14% to 150; rolls, 18% to 140; shoulders, 12% to IM; backs, 180; breakfast bacon, 16% to Hay-No. 1 timothy, $14.50 to $15 a ton on track here, and No. 2 at $13 to $13.50. Seraw---$9 to $9.50. Potatoes--55 to 600 per bag on track for Ontarios. _ Butter-No. I creamery firm. Pound, prints, 19 to.21c; tubs and large tolls, 18 to 19c; inferior, 16 to 17c; creamery, 231/2 to Mc, and separator, 22 to 230 per lb. It c inal Poultry-Chickens, dressed, 15 to 160 per 1b.; fowl, 10 to 12e; tur- keys, 16 to 170 per lb, Cheese-i/w per 1b. for large, and at 12)de for twins. V BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Sept. 14.---Flour - On- tario flour new Winter wheat pat- ents at $4 to $4.05 in buyers' sacks on track. Toronto; new wheat flour for export, $3.90 to $3.95 in buy- ers' sacks. Manitoba. flour, first patents, $5.80 on track, Toronto; second patents, $5.30, and strong bakers', $5.10 to $5.20 on track, Toronto. Oats-No. 2 Ontario white, new, 36 to 37e outside for September shipment, and 38 to 390 for immedi- ate shipment. New Canada West oats, 40 to 420, September ship- ment, Peas-No. 2 new, 70 to 72c out- side. Corn-No. 2 American yellow, " to 77%0 on track, Toronto. Ca- nadian, 75 to 760 on track, Toron- to. Bran-$19 outside in bulk for On- tario bran, and $23 for shorts in bulk. Manitoba, $21.50 in sacks, Toronto heights; shorts, $24, To, Tonto heights. _ Beans-trims, $2.25, and hand- piglfed, $2.40 to. $2.45 pgr bushel. Manitoba Wheat-New No. 1 Northern, $1.07%, Bay ports, and No. 2 Northern, $1.05. No. 1 Northern quoted $1.00A, Bay ports October shipment, and No. 2 at 97143, October shipment. A Apples-Cooking apples, prices $1.75 to $2 per barrel. - - _ REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Baifey---For futufe delivery No. 2. 520, and No. 3 extra 500 out- side. THE WORLD'S MARKETS Prices ot Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. Ontario Wheat-f-New No. a; 97 to_97}§c ttoutside poigtg __ Rye-No. 2, 67 toky, outside. Byckwheat--Prices purely norm BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. LIVE STOCK MARKETS! THE DAIRY MARKETS COUNTRY PRODUCE HOG PRODUCTS. Sir Edward Clonston Says Crops Will Bring $100,000,000. A despatch from Montreal says: Sir Edward Clouston, who returned from the West on Sunday, states that there will be $100,000,000 of money go into the West as the re~ suit of this year's crop, and ex- pressed the opinion that the wheat Crop will reach 105,000,000 buslr. els. He also stated that there was 00 probability of tightness in the money market this year. Three Chinamen Arrested oft Steamer Empress of Japan. A despatch from Vancouver says. On Thursday night the C. P. R. po- hce arrested three Chinamen in the act. of smuggling a thousand dol- lars' worth of opium from the steamer Empress of Japan. The Orientals were taken comingdown the gang plank. Part of the booty was thrown into the inlet, but enough was saved to establish a strong case. The Boardman block at Saskatoon was burned. Loss, $10,000 Wel1attil Faith Curists May be Pro- scouted. A despatch from Welland says: The verdict of a coroner's jury, to, gather with the evidence of an in-. quest held in Crowland, on Thurs, day, has been forwarded to County Crown Attorney Cowper, and it is likely that Edward Beckon and his wife, two faith curists, will be pro- secuted. Their daughter Ruth, aged five years, was taken ill of diphtheria and a doctor was called, They permitted the house being placarded, but would not allow him to administer treatment. The child died and the verdict of the jury is that "she came to her death from diphtheria. and death was hastened by the neglect of her Tar- ents, who did not get a doctor for medical purposes." Offieers Destrby a Large Quantity of Beer at Elk Lake. A despatch from Elk Lake says: Inspector Blackwell, Haileybury, and Constable Calbeck, Cobalt, came on Wednesday night's boat to destroy cordemned liquor, At 9 on Thursday morning one hundred and sixty kegs and barrels of beer, valued at fifteen hundred dollars, were rolled down td the river and destroyed, while all the town look, ed on, The stuff was seized from Mr. Trudel of the, Mint Hotel. Some-one began singing the dos, ology, and some of the crowd col- lected the beer from the partially emptied kegs and passed it around. Drunken Man at Falls Had Narrow Escape. A despatch from Niagara Falls, (hat., says.' Charles Ricards, of New York City, had a narrow es- cape from death in the Whirlpool Rapids early on Friday night, While under the influence of liquor he drove a hackman's team toward the river bank at the foot of Park Street, when Chief Kimmons caught sight; of him and jumped into the carriage. The chief wrenched the reins from the hands of the drink- crazed New Yorker and stopped the horses just before the vehicle reached the river bank. Ricards carried in his vest pocket something over $400, and Driver Sutton had considered the sum too large an amount for a man in the grip of drink to display. When the hack- man went in search of a policeman, Ricards undertook to drive the team, and dashed down Park Street at a terrifie rate, lashing the horses at every bound. , 10110 Hundred and Fittieth Anni- versary Celebrated. A despatch from London says: The 150th anniversary of the Bat- tle of the Plains of Abraham and the death of Wolfe was celebrated at a dinner here on Monday night at which Sir George White presid- ed, The guests included descend- ants of the ofEeers who fought at Quebec. The King sent a telegram saying he was always glad to hear of the memory of a, great soldier being honored. Sir George White declared Quebec must always stand high among the decisive battles of the world. per lb. Sheep, 3% to 4c; lambs at 5% to 6%c per lb. Good lots of fat hogs 90 per 1b., up to 9%0 per Ib., the highest price ever; paid here. Toronto, Sept. 14.-Prime butch- ers' were firm at from $5.20 up- wards. The general average loads of fair quality sold at from $4.85 to 85.10. Milkers and springers we_re stydy. Smokers, feeders and SAVED ON RAPID'S BRINK. NEGLE CT CAU SED BEATH. MONEY FOR THE WEST. b. THE DEATH OF WOLFE. LIQUOR POURED OUT. SMUG GLING OPIUM. A despatch from Arden, N. Y., says: Edward B. Harriman, pro- bably the greatest organizer of rail- roads the world has known, met the only lasting defeat of his ac- tlve lite on Thursday at the hands oi death. Secluded in his magni- Ment home on Tower Hill, sur- rounded by members of his family, physicians and nurses, he succumb- ed to an intestinal disorder on Thursday afternoon after a. fight against disease which will rank for sheer grit with his remarkable struggles in the financial world. The exact time of his death is known only in that limited circle of relatives and associates who had so effectively shielded Mr. Harriman from all outside annoyances during Inc last illness. The time was given to the world as 3.35 pom” but Mrs. Earl Grey inaugurated the Wo- men's Canadian Clulrat Vancouver on Tuesday. Rail maeed Across Track Covered With Moss. A despatch from Ottawa says: News reached Ottawa on Friday morning of an attempt to wreck the northbound C. P. R. passen- ger train near Maniwaki, on the Gatineau Valley line on Thursday afternoon. The engineer noticed an obstruction on the track along a high embankment. He succeed- ed in bringing the train to a stop just as the obstruction was reach- ed. Investigation showed that someone had placed a rail across, covered with stones and moss, so as to make it less noticeable by the engineer. The authorities are in- vestigating. The Great Railroad Man Has Succumbed to Lengthy Illness. in the river, less than a mile erm the cataract and about a quartin 0? a mile from the point where the river breaks into the turbulent 11p- per rapids. The boat went aground about 7 o'clock on Saturday night, and it was not until 8 o’clock on Sunday morning that it was 1'fj- leased and the party, half dead from cold and fright, taken off. The absence of a wind was all that saved the boat and its four passer1- g‘erts from being swept over the (Falls. Just off the spot where the boat grounded the water is deep A. II. Harris, of qu'Appeile, Sash, Sueeumbs, A despatch from Qu'Appelle, Sash, says: A, H. Harris, who was found last week on his farm dan- gerously wounded, died on Tues- day. It is thought by the police that Roper, after dragging his vic- tim's body into the bluff, went in- to the house, put on his best clothes, packed a valise belonging to Harris, and took his employer's bank book, showing a substantial deposit at the Union Bank, Qu'- Appelle. He then drove to town in the buggy, and it is alleged forged and cashed a, check for $60. He left the horse and buggy at a livery stable, said good-bye to a number of friends, and took the train east. Roper informed his friends that he was going to Mont- real, and it is believed he bought a ticket for that city, but he left the train at Winnipeg, where he was arrested. C. P. R. Ticket Seller at Frederic- ton, New Brunswick. A despatch from Fredericton, N. B., says: George E. Beach, C. p. R. ticket seller here, was arrested on Wednesday night, charged with the theft of $835 of the company's money. ( week ago Beach 1'eport- ed that the money, done up in pack- ages ready for expressing to the head office at Montreal, had dis- appeared from his desk during ten minutes' absence. Detectives from Montreal have been working on the case ever since. It is said that an audit of Beach's books showed a large shortage in the sale of tick- ets, and the detectives' theory is that the prisoner used the stolen money to cover this up. Beach has always borne a good reputation, is married, and, has one child. His salary was forty dollars a month. A despatch from Niagara Falls, N. Y., says: For thirteen hours Gwrge Felz and Harry Porter, mu; two companions, were maroon- yi 111 a small launch on a bar out Three Men Marooned Thirteen HOnfs in , Launch Above Niagara. SESPEEEEE ME TEE FALLS! ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN." GEO. E, BEACH ARRESTED. CHARGE WILL BE MURDER. ' E, EABEEMAN B HEAD; Mary Simons, a sister of Mr. Har.. riman, said on Thursday night that the end had come at 1.30 o'clock, more than two hours previous. Whether this apparent discrepancy has any bearing on the current be-, lief that every effort was made to lessen the influence of the .fina.tlei,-; er's death on the New York stock market is problematic; but it is s1gnificart that the time of hi! death as ofiieially announced was just 35 minutes after trading had ceased on the Exchange in New York. Mr. Harriman died peacefully, and almost to the end his brilliant mind retained its integrity. After It relatpve on Sunday he sank stead- iiy, and won after the noon hour. tH Thvrtday there came a Condi, tion which marked the approach, of the October 25 Selected as Date by the, Government. A despatch from Ottawa says'., The Government have issued a pro-. clamation appointing Oct. 25th as Thanksgiving Day. a town in the State of Tameulipas, was so complete that the whole place has entirely disappeared, with! the exception of a few church tow-i ers that project from the surface; of a veritable sea. No one has been; able to get closer than a leaguei from where the town once stood.) From this point rescue parties have noticed tents on the side of a 153111 hill, the only evidence of life re-i maining. Indian Arraigned at London for, Firing at Constable. A despatch from London says: Isaiah Nicholas, a Muncey Indian, appeared before Squire Chittick on Wednesday afternoon on a charge of shooting with intent to kill at Cornelius Logan, an Indian con- stable, who went to arrest him. Ho was remanded a week for his prev liminary hearing. THANKS GIVIN G DAY NAMED . Only Church Towers Project Above the Water. A despatch from Mexico City says: Word was received here on Tuesday night that the destruction by a tidal Tav? of Sotro_La Marina, RITCHENER FIELD MARS/HAL. Military Honor for Successor to Duke of Connaught. ( A despatch from London sayisrh, Lord Kitchener, who recently tme-' waded the Duke of Connaught as Inspector-General of the Mediter- ranean forces, has been made , field marshal of the British army“ and the current very swift. There was a dense fog over the river all mght, and even if the launch had lifted off the reef, the men would have been in a worse plight than, before, for it would have been ar' hard matter to make shore with tho lights obscured and a margin of only a quarter of a mile between them and the rapids. All through the night the men kept calling for help, but their voices failed to reach': any ear along the shore. ‘When John W. Broderick, a rivermag, went out early on Sunday tC.t,1i,ii' pulled the craft off the men War», it; a, state of collapse. Several years ago the Ella H. went aground on the same reef and pounded to pieces. Wife of Literntour Passes Away After Brief Illness. A despatch from Toronto says: The death occurred on Thursday night of Ins. Harriet Smith, wife of Prof. Goldwin Smith, 26 Grange- road. While Mrs. Smith's death was not unexpected, on account of her advanced age, yet the news will come as a severe shock to the large circle of friends who knew her. On August 31, Mrs. Smilax took a slight chill, but nothing mort than extreme age was the immedr. ate cause of her demise. No im-', portance was attached by the doe-n, tors to Mrs. Smith's illness tttI-i til Sunday last, when she suddenly; became worse. From that time she’ gradually lapsed into a state of un-l consciousness, which lasted untill death. ' ONE CITY HAS DISAPPEAREDW MRS. GOLDWIN SEHTII DEAD. CHARGED WITH SHOOTING.