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54. gfi Po Meadony The Russian Emperor and Emâ€" press are on a visit to Hesse. A despatch from Winnipeg says : The C. P. R. weekly crop report shows that 75 per cent. of the crop on branch lines north of the main \line has been cut, and that, in the (main, harvest weather is fairly favâ€" orable. In the northern parts of @ll the three Western Provinces the threshed crops shew a larger yield tham estimated, and the grade is better than expected. 75 Per Cent. of Crop North of the C.P. R in the West is Cut. HARVEST WEATHER IS GO0D The International Socialist Conâ€" gress at Copenhagen passed a reâ€" solution in favor of employment inâ€" surance. The Spanish Government has deâ€" clared the city of Bilbao in a state ef siege. United States Customs â€" officers are watching the Canadian border closely to see thatâ€" valuables from Europe are not smuggled in ‘that way. GENERAL. The cholera scare in Germany has creatly abated. _ A number of United States phyâ€" sicians have succeeded in producâ€" ing the leprosy bacillus in pure cultures. Glenn Curtiss in his aeroplane raced a mail train along the shore of Lake Erie near Cleveland on Thursday. Exmaordinzu‘y precautions are being vaken by American health wfficers to keep out choiera. The United states Government has purchased several hundred Maxim silencers for use in the army. A little girl was killed by a ratâ€" tlesnake at Ann Arbor, Mich. _ Solâ€"mon J. Hirsch, a millionaire clothing marufacturer, committed suiciw>â€"at NCw York. The garment workers‘ strike in New York has been settled. Gen. Sir F. W. E. Forestierâ€" Walker, Governor of Gibraltar, is dead. It is understood that a British firm will build Chili‘s new warâ€" ghips. _ sn $ Hon. George P. Graham has takâ€" en up the claims of the Grand Trunk men, recently on strike, in correspondence _ with _ President Hays. The lockout of masons at Winniâ€" peg has been settled by arbitration and the men have returned to work. The Brotherhood of _ Railway Trainmen will ask the Government to appoint inspectors to see that only experienced men are employâ€" Toronto‘s population, judging by figures of the assessment departâ€" ment, is now about 370,000. ______ Two ehildren named_ Longlaid and Woods were burned to death in a barno at Byng Inlet.. _ _ The Grand Trunk will probably lay off a number of men in the Point St. Uharles shops. _ Bert Atkinson was tfin-ed $25 at St. Catharines for striking a witâ€" ness against him in court. > The Government has decided to admit sugar used for making wine free. Welegraphic Briefs From Our O wn and Other Countries of Becent Events. CANADA. The grand stand and stables at burneda on Whursday. x .o In Southero Manitoba threshing WwINNIPEG WHEAT MARKHKT ‘ A despatch from Winnipeg says : Winnipeg has at last outdistanced Minneapolis in the actual amount of grain marketed, and may now lay claim to being the biggest acâ€" tual whoat market on the North American continent. Comparative figures, made public on Thursday by the Winnipeg Grain Exchange, show that for the year ending Augâ€" ust 31, 1910, Winnipeg wheat reâ€" ceipts wera 88,269,330 bushels, while Minneapolis, for _ the calendar year 1909, could show a total of GONDENSED NEWS ITEMS HAPPEXNINGS FROM ALL OYVELB THE GLOBE. Now Occupies the Premier Position on the Continent. UN1i.ED STATES. GREAT BRITAIN. is practically finished. Recent snows in Alberta, in the Edmonton district, and along branches in the Crow‘s Nest Pass district have not permanently injured the standing crops. Straw was flattened, but, with favorable weather, is rapidly recovering. With the exception of half a dozen scattered districts, where heavy rains have retarded harvesting and threshing, the reâ€" port is decidedly satisfactory. An Increase of Nearly Six Millions in the Last Five Months. A despatch from Ottawa says : The growth of Canada‘s revenue taken at the customs houses conâ€" tinues. For the five months of the fiscal year ending on Wednesday customs revenue had totalled $29,â€" 091,605, a betterment of $5,747,994 over the same. period last year. During August alone collections toâ€" taled $6,479,795, a betterment of Every Province is Exhibiting at the C. N. E. This Year. Every province in the Dominion is exhibiting at this year‘s Canadiâ€" an National Exhibition and the reâ€" sult is the greatest display of the national resources of Canada ever placed on exhibition. It is a great chance for Canadians as well as visitors from other countries to see just what each corner of the great Dominion depends on for future greatness. And the net result canâ€" not fail to be a pleasant surprise to Canadians as well as outsiders. $1,139,338. Montreal Man Put Gun in Boat With Muzzle Towards Him.â€" A despatch from Montreal says : The shooting season opened on Thursday with a fatal accident, a blacksmith in the Point St. Charles Grand Trunk shops named John Bennett being shot through the heart while on the river near Nun‘s Island. Bennett put the gun in the bottom of the boat with the muzâ€" zle pointing towards him. The inevitable happened. Penalties for Starting Tires Should be Increased. A _ despatch from _ Ottawa says: â€" Mr. James\ White, Secreâ€" tary of the Conservation Commisâ€" sion, has returned from the west more than ever impressed with the need of protection from forest fires. ‘"‘Forest fires and waterâ€"power have been the two objects to which I paid some attention during the time that I was in British Columâ€" bia. Many fires are caused by abâ€" solute carelessness, and the law will have to be made more stringent if fires are to be prevented. If a man is caught and convicted of setâ€" ting fire to a valuable piece of forâ€" est land through carelessness he is fined $50. If he sets fire to a house worth $500 he is liable to be convicted for arson. The fireâ€"rangâ€" ing system is all right, but to preâ€" vent fires you must go deeper than such a system. If the punishment for carelessness is not made more severe fire will not be lessened." SHOT THROUGH THE HEART. siding in Canada, 58 by Canacdians returning from the United States» 959 by United States citizens, and with the ex>sption of 34 entries, the whole of she remainder were made by persons from the Eritish Isles and northern Earcpean countries, in which the Government is carryâ€" ing on immigâ€"ation werk. Of the entries from the Urited States over oneâ€"ha‘f were rizde by peoâ€" ple coming fram_ Ncith Dakota and Minnesotw. Patents were isâ€" sued in July, jiC, for 248,223 acres of land, as against i3€,013 for the correspondiag month of 1909. only 81,111,410. _ Buffalo, Duluth, Kansas City and Montreal follow in order. Winnipeg is second to Chicago in the total of oats handâ€" led during the past year. The figâ€" ures for Winnipeg are taken from the Dominion Grain Inspector‘s ofâ€" ficial report, and do not include shipments made direct from southâ€" ern Manitoba and Alberta into the United States, nor shipments made west from Calgary, neither do they include local shipments nor any wheat inspected at Calgary. PROVINCES ALL IN LINE. CUSTOM RECEIPTS UP. PROTECTING FORESTS. Minneapolis, Sept. 6.â€"Wheatâ€" No. 1 Northern, September, $1.â€" 10 7â€"8; December, $1.133â€"4. Toronto, Sept. 6.â€"Several lots of exporters sold at $6.25 to $6.60. Butchers were very firm, selected steers selling up to $6.10, ordinâ€" ary good loads at $5.50 to $5.90, medium at $4.90 to $5.40, cows and bulls were steady and ranged from $3.50 to $5. Notwithstanding the heavy run, sheep and lambs were firm and sligntly dearéer. _ Hogs were quoted at $8.70 f.0.b. and $9 Buffalo, Sept. 6.â€"Wheatâ€"Spring wheat, No. 1, carloads store, $1.â€" 183â€"4 to #1.193â€"4; Winter, No. 2 white, $1.00. Cornâ€"No. 3 yellow, 66e ; No. 4 yellow, 65¢; No. 3 corn, 64 1â€"2¢; No. 4 corn, 62 1â€"2¢, all on track, through billed. Oatsâ€"No. 4 white, 35¢. Barleyâ€"Malting, 73 to Tic. Ryeâ€"No. 2 on track, 78c. Montreal, Sept. 6.â€"Calves, $5 to $15; live hogs. $9.25 to $9.50 per 100 ths; sheep, 33â€"4 to 4c a Ib ; lambs, 512 to 6e a Ib:; steers choice, 66 to 6 1â€"4c; good, 5 3â€"4c to 6c; middle, 51â€"4¢c to 51â€"%¢; fair, 43â€"4c to 5c; common, 4146 to 41â€"2¢. Dressed hogs active, $13 to $13.25 per 100 ths. fed and watered. Montreal, Sept. 6.â€"Oatsâ€"No. 2 Canadian Western, 413â€"4 to 42c ; No. 3, 40348 to 40 1â€"2. Barleyâ€" No.: 1, 52 to 54¢; No. 2, 50¢. Flour â€"Manitoba Sprirs wheat patents, firsts, $6.30;, do., seconds, $5.80 ; Winter wheat patents, $5.50; Maâ€" nitoba _ strong _ bakers‘, $5.60 ; straight rollers, $5.25; do., in bags, $2.50 to $2.60; extras, $2.15 to $2.â€" 25. Feedâ€"Ontario bran, $20.50 to $21; Ontario middlings, $22; Maniâ€" toba bran, $20; Manitoba shorts, $22; pure grain mouille, $33 to $34 ; mixed moulillie, $26 to $29. Uheese â€"Western grades, 11 to 11 1â€"8¢ and eastern, 10 5â€"8 to 10 3â€"4c. Butâ€" terâ€"Choicest creamery, 23 1â€"2 to 23 3â€"4c. Eggsâ€"NSelected stock, 22¢; No. 1 stock, 19¢; straight receipts, Isec, and No. 2 stock at 12 to 136 per dozen. } Smoked and Dry Salted Meatsâ€" Long clear bacon, tons and cases, 15c to 151â€"2%¢; backs (plain), 21¢ to 21 1â€"2¢; backs (peaâ€"meal), 21 1â€"2¢ to 22¢. Green meats out of pickle, 1c less than smoked. Lardâ€"Tierces, _ 14 1â€"4¢c; _ tubs, 141â€"%¢; pails, 1434c; stocks steady. Wholesale quotations :â€" Rollsâ€"Smoked, 15e to 15 1â€"2¢; medium and light hams, 19¢ to 191â€"%e; heavy, 17 1â€"2¢ to 18¢; ba, con,; 19e to 20¢c. _ Porkâ€"Short cut, $30 to $30.50 per barrel; mess, $27.50 to $28. Honeyâ€"Strained honey is quoted at 9c to 10e per Ib. in 60â€"pound tins: 5 to 10 pound tins at 91 2¢ to 10 1â€"2¢; No. 1 comb honey at $1.75 to $2 per«lozen ; No. 2 at $1.â€" 50 per dozen. Butterâ€"Local wholesale quotaâ€" tions are:â€"Creamery prints, 24¢ to 24 1â€"20; separator prints, 21c to 22¢; dairy prints (choice), 20¢ to 21c; do., tubs, 19¢ to 20¢; inferior tubs, 18e to 19¢. Eggsâ€"20c per dozen in case lots. Cheeseâ€"111â€"2e 1 « Ib. for largeo cheese and at 113â€"4c per Ib. for twins. Beansâ€"$2 to $2.10 per bushel for primes and $2.15 for handâ€"picked. Oatsâ€"Canada western, No. 2, 401â€"2¢; No. 3 Canada western, 39¢ at lake ports, for immediate shipâ€" ment; Ontario No. 2 white, 37c to 38¢ outside; No. 3 white, 36¢ to 37¢ outside, 40¢ to 41c on track, Toâ€" ronto; new oats, nominally, 34¢ to 35¢ outside. Peasâ€"No. 2, 76e to 78¢. Manitoba Flourâ€"Quotations at Toronto are:â€"First patents, $6.20 ; second patents, $5.70; strong bakâ€" ers‘, $5.50;, 90 per cent., Glasgow freights, 25s. 3 Millfeedâ€"Manitoba bran, $20 per ton ; shorts, $22 per ton, track, Toâ€" ronto.!‘ Ontario bran, $20 per ton ; shorts, $22 per ton on track, Toâ€" ronto. Ontario _ Flour â€" New _ winter wheat flour, for future delivery, $3.75 to $3.85, ‘at the mills. Manitoba Wheatâ€"No. 1 northern $1.13; No: 2 northern, $1.11 1â€"2, No. 3 northern, $1.09 at lake ports for immediate shipment. Cornâ€"American, No. 2 yellow, 69 1â€"2¢ to 70c; No. 3 yellow, 68 1â€"2¢ to 69 1â€"2¢, Toronto freights. Toronto, Sept. 6.â€"Ontario Wheat â€"Old No. 2 winter nominal at $1.â€" 02 outside ; new, 95¢ to 96c outside, according to location. THE WORLDS MARKETIS REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTEREES. UNITED STATES M..NKETS. Prices of Cattle. Grain, Ckheeso agd Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. Potatoesâ€"70c to 90c per bag. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. MONTREAL MARKETS. COUNTRY PRODUCE. BRE=DSTUFEFS. PROVISIONS. First Accident of the DBuckâ€"Shootâ€" ing Season. â€" A despatch from Winnipeg says : The duck shooting season opened in Manitoba on Thursday with the inevitable accident, the season beâ€" ing but a few hours old when a reâ€" port came from Baldur that Allan Johnston, son of a farmer nea» that town, had been killed by the sceiâ€" dental discharge of a shotgun in the hands of his younger brother. The charge entered his abdomen, and although a doctor was &n the scene within a few iminutes the young man died within an hour. Government and Railways to Unite Their Efforts. A despatch from Montreal says : It is said here in railway circles thatâ€"the C P. Râ€",. G. T.â€"P.â€"and C. N. R. are about to unite with the Dominion Government in an aggressive advertising campaign to offset the "Back to. theâ€" United States exodus‘‘ yarns. _ Railways and Government will coâ€"operate in opening up new lands, pushing setâ€" tlement work, and, in brief, ‘"carâ€" rying the war into Africa.‘"‘ Mounted Police Put Bullet . Into Escaping Indian. A despatch from Prince Albert, Sask., says: Peter Blackhand, an Indian desperado, who escaped twico from the custody of the Mounted Police after being senâ€" tenced to a year in jail for horseâ€" stealing, had to be shot by purâ€" suing officers during his second atâ€" tempt at escape before he would surrender. He was within a few yards of his rifle when "winged," his arm being broken. . He is a noted rifle shot, and had boasted that if he got free he would never be caught alive. He is now in Vicâ€" toria Hospital here, closely guardâ€" ed night and day. Exodus From Kiey Continues on Smaller Scale., A despatch from Kiev, Russia, says: The expulsion of Jews who must return to the restricted disâ€" tricts set apart for them by law, continues on a small scale. A daily average of fifteen persons receive a preliminary notice to. depart within a stated period. About 12 persons are peremptorily expelled every day. From July 30 to Aug. 29, inclusive, & total of 794 persons were sent away from Kievy or orâ€" dered to leave the city. During the same period 336 Jews were exâ€" pelled from Solomenka and Deâ€" miffka, suburbs. New York Has Now a Population of 4,766,883. A despatch from Washington says: Greater New York has a poâ€" pulation of 4,766,883 under _ the thirteen decennial census, accordâ€" ing to figures issued on Thursday night by Director of the Census Durand. This makes New â€" York the second largest city in the world, and as large as any two forâ€" eign cities except London. Since 1900 the population of the metroâ€" polis has increased by 1,329,681, or 38.7 per cent., as compared with 3,â€" 437,202 under the last census. British Settlers in West This Year the Best Yet. A despatch from Winnipeg says : During the period from March 1 to August 1 of this year, when 41,â€" 452 men, women and children from England, Ireland and Scotland came into Western Canada by way of Winnipeg; 20,000 more than passed through this city during the same time last year. During the same period this year, 15,916 immigrants from Europe passed through the Winnipeg immigration ofice. ‘I can say of the Britishâ€" ers who came this year,‘""‘ said the Dominion Inspector, J. Bruce Walâ€" ker, ‘‘that they have been of a higher type than any that we ever handled before.‘"" "In what reâ€" spect?‘ was asked. . ‘"Physically, meutally, morally and financially.‘"‘ HIGHER TYPE OF IMMIGRANT SHOT BY HIS BROTHER. PUSHING SETTLEMENT. STILL EXPELLING JEWS. SECOND LARGEST CITY. A DESPERADO SHOT. A despatch from London says: Lockâ€"out notices were posted at all the Federal shipyards at noon on Friday advising the members of the boilermakers‘ society that their services would be dispensed with. Fifty thousand men _ are directly affected. The trouble is directly affected. The trouble is due to a strike on Thursday ‘of the riveters employed at the Walker Company Blames Winnipeg Strikâ€" ers for Firc. A despatch from Winnipeg says : Five box cars in the. Canadian Northern yards were destroyed by fire early on Wednesday morning, and the company again claims that the fire was incendiary, and.that the striking carmen, who are still out, are the guilty persons. The union men renew their denials, and there seems little prospect of proof either way. Boilermakers at Britisn Shipyards Told That They Need Not Report. 50,000 MEN LOCKED QUT Amount _ ColHlected in _ Succession Duties Last Month. A despatch from Toronto says : Succession duties netted the proâ€" vince $51,973.94 in August, as compared. with â€" $15,4982.54 during the same month last year. Last month $20,164 were collected from York County estates. The larg est payment was that of $13,482.93 by the executors of the late Philip Jamieson, of Toronto. Struck With Bottle by Employe Who Had Demanded Pay. A despatch from Winnripeg says : Hector Murray, a railway contr2eâ€" tor, was murdered on Wednesday, at Alix, Alberta, by a disgruntled employee, named Woods. Woods demanded his pay and Murray reâ€" ferred him to the office, where upon Woods hit him on the temple with a whiskey bottle three quarâ€" ters full. Murray died shortly afâ€" terwards. The mounted police are on the trail of Woods, who is still at large. Mother and Daughter Lost Their Lives in the Otonabee. A despatch from Peterborough says: About 11 o‘:clock on Eriday, a double drowning! happened in the River Otonabee, at a point called Dangerfield, the ‘victims being Mrs. Wm. E. Lang and her sevenâ€" yearâ€"old daughter. They were in a gasoline launch with two or three other members of the family, inâ€" cluding the ~father. The launch was rurning close alongside the excursion steamer Otonabse, when something went wrong with the steering gear, the launch colliding. with the steamer and turning turâ€" tle. All were rescued except the mother and daughter. A despatch from Winnipeg says: The C. P. R. weekly crop report shows that 75 per cent. of the crop on branch lines north of the main line has been cut and that, in the main, harvest weather is fairly favâ€" orable. In the northern parts of all the Whree western Provinces the thrashed crops show a larger yield than estimated, and the grade is better than expected. In southern Manitoba thrashing is practically finished. â€" Recent snows in *Alberta, in the Edmonton district, and along branches in the FIVE C. N. R. CARS BURNED. Western Grain Is Turning Out Better , Tthan Eixpected. _â€" .. _â€" GD0D THRASH1 CONTRACTOR MURDERED. ONTARIO GOT $51,973. A DOUBLE DROWNING. shipyard at Newcastleâ€"onâ€"Tyne. The employers claim that this conâ€" stituted a breach of the agreement between the owners and workmen, and declare that those locked out will not be allowed to resume work until the boilermakers‘ society gnarantees a fulfilment of the terms of the national agreement for the prevention of strikes and lockâ€"outs. This Year Shows a Large Increase in th¢e Number. A despatch from Oiltawa says : Homestead_ entries for the six months ending July 31, 1910, show an increase of 11,852 over the simiâ€" lar period of 1909, the entries numbering 33,416. For July alone theroâ€"were 4,260 entriecs, of which 1,248 were made by Canadians reâ€" Heetor Fabre, Canadian Comâ€" missioner in France, is dead. Nearly Ten Thousand More Harâ€" vesters Needed,. A despatch from Winnipeg says : The ten thousand harvesters who have come _ west this year to. work in the harvest fields are not much more than half of the number needed, according to _ C. _ P..B. ofâ€" ficials, who announce that teloâ€" grams are still pouring in from all directions asking for men. The London Times Says Mcans Will be Found. A despatch from London sys : The Times says: Though we be many sovereign peoples, our sovâ€" ereign must be one. He must hold his court not only in these islands, but, as opportunity permits, in all the chief dominions of the Crown. His most distant peoples may feel assured that means will be found for the fulflment of his wish to revisit them as King. ol Kingston Woman Killed on a Visig to Daughter. A despatch from London, Ontb.s says: Mrs. Jessie Smith, of Kingâ€" ston, was almost instantly killed here on Friday night by falling down stairs at the home ,of her daughter, the wife of Rev. James Rollins, where she has been visitâ€" ing. With her daughter and sonâ€" inâ€"law, she returned about 11 ‘ o‘clock from King Street Presbyâ€" f terian Church, where Mr. Rolins had been tendered a reception by. the congregation on returning from his vacations In the fall Mrs. $ Smith‘s neck was fractured and ~~â€" she died in a few minutes. A despatch from Arcola, Sask., says: A heavy rain and hail storm on Monday afternoon ruined all the standing crops left uncut, but as 90 per cent. of wheat and 80 per cent. of sats are in stook the damâ€" ago is not very great. Crow‘s Nest Pass district have notk permanently injured the standing erops. Btraw _ was flattened, but» with favorable weather, is rapidlp recovering. With the exception of half a dozen scattered districts» where heavy rains have retarded harvesting and thrashing, the reâ€" port is decidedly satisfactory. KING WILL VISIT COLONLIES STILL CRYING FOR MEN (G RETURNS â€" HOMESTEAD ENTRIES. FELL DOWN STAIRS.