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‘A despatch from â€" Washingto» says: In President Taft‘s study in the White House on Thursday afâ€" ternoon a remarkable scene was enacted, when Frarce, Great Briâ€" tain and the United States pledgâ€" ed their faith in the substitution of arbitration for bloodshed in the settlement of all international disâ€" putes. THREE NATIONS ARE UNITH Pacts Between Britain, France and United States Signed at Washington 1. ifadinante The two treatiesâ€"the first of their kind ever entered into beâ€" tween any two nations of the worldâ€"were signed shortly after B o‘clock on Thursday afternoon. The informality and simplicity of the ceremony added to its impresâ€" siveness. Copies of the treaties were lying on the President‘s study table as Mr. Taft and Secretary Knox and the representatives of the two Euâ€" ropean Governments. entered the room. Secretary Knox and Mr. James Bryce, the British Ambassador, seated themselves on _ opposite sides of the table. President Taft stood on Secretary Knox‘s right and near him were Viscount De Saint Phalle, vice Consul of the SUGCGESSFUL CORCANIZATION â€" Toronto, Aug. 7 (Special). â€"The establishment of another large inâ€" dustry for Canada will result, from the negotiations closed here toâ€" day by Mr. Cawthrs Mulock, for the â€" organization of _ Canada Bread Company, Limited. The company will have modern bread manufacturing plants in Montreal, Toronto and Winnipeg, and it is the intention to arrange in the near future for the erection of plants in all the other larger cities of the Dominion. The company, when immediate plans of extensions and new plants are completed, will have a weekly output of 1,000,000 loaves, giving it an annual production cf about 50,000,000 laaves. #. _ dUr..â€" Cawthra Mulock of Toronto Announces Plans for Establishâ€" ment by New Compary of Modâ€" ern Plants in all the Larger Cities of Canada. According to announcement made here toâ€"day by Mr. Cawthra Mu lock, included in the new company are five of among the largest bread manufacturing companies in Canâ€" ada, among them being the Bredin Bread _ Comfany of TForonto ; Stuart‘s, Limited, Montreal ; Geo. Weston, Limited, Toronto,. known as the ‘"Mode!l Bakery‘‘ ; W.J. Boyd, Winnipeg, and H. C. Tomâ€"| lin, Toronto, known as the Toronâ€" ho Bakery Company, ‘The busiâ€" nesses taken over have all grown from very small beginnings, and are toâ€"day among the most successâ€" ful in their respective fislds in the country. The services of the mén who have made the differentâ€"busiâ€" nesses preâ€"eminently succesgful are being assured to the new company, f Mr. Mark Bredin, head. of the Bredin Bread Company, Toronto,] and regarded as perhaps the most successful _ bread _ manufacturer that Canada has yet had, will be general manager, while the Board of Directorns will include Geo. Weston, President of Geo. Weston, Eimited, H. C. FTomlin, of the Toâ€" ronto Bakery Company, and W. J. Boyd, of Boyd‘s Bakery, Winniâ€" peg. Canada Bread Company, I‘mited, is at the outset being waced in a very strong financial pasition by the sum of $1,000,000 teing placed in the treasury to pfovide for the erection of new plaats and the extension .of the wrssent ones, ‘and, at the same CF BIG CANADA BREAD f COMPANY French Government at New York, and second Secretary Ovey, of the British Embassy, who witnessâ€" ed the signatures of their Governoâ€" ments. Secretary Knox had provided a special pen for thâ€" oceasion, but Mr. Bryce picked up one at ranâ€" dom, and finding its point not to his liking, reached for another. Then he bent over the treaty, and Secretary Knox followed his exâ€" ample. There wa . no other sound in the room as the pens seratched over the parchment. Mr. Bryce laid down his pen first and exâ€" tended his hand to the President. Secretary Knox then laid aside the copy. of the Angloâ€"American treaty and nodded to Viscount De Saint Phalle. The latter moved up closer to the desk and witnessed the signature as Mr. Knox‘s pen scrawled over the second document. President Taft immediately after the signing of the treaties affixed his signature to the messages of transmittal which completed arâ€" rangements for sending the pacts to the Seniate:. UC INMCToCe i awsos The entire ceremony did not tend over an hour. C Oficial Report of Cases and Numâ€" ber of Deaths. A despatch from Chiasso, Switâ€" zerland, says : An official communiâ€" cation from the Italian Governâ€" ment shows that from July 21 to July 26 inclusive cholera cases were reported as follows : Naples, 68 crses and 20 deaths:; province of Naples, 157 cases and 78 deaths ; town of Palermo, 130 cases and 64 deaths; province of Palermo, 75 cases and 38. deaths: province of Avellino, 7 cases and 3 deaths; province of Benevento, 3 cases and no deaths; Calltanisetta, 11 cases and 4 deaths; province of Campoâ€" basco, 5 cases and 2 deaths; provâ€" imee of Caserta, 30 cases and 14 deaths. Motorman, Conductor and Several Passongers Tajured. A despatch from Hamilton says : A very serious accident occurred about 10 o‘clock on Wednesday night near station twelve on the T[amilton Beach, where two radial cars*ccollided. The accident oCâ€" curred during a heavy fog, which hung over the beach all night. Car 305 was standing at station twelve, when car 307 ran into it. Motorâ€" man S®aver and Conductor Moore of the rear car were badly injurâ€" ed, and several passengers, were also bruised. The rear of car 305 |and the front of car 307 were deâ€" lmolished. The injured men were faken to the City Hospital. RADLAL CARS INX COLLISION. Passes Five Million Mark, Accordâ€" ing to Coensus Figures. A despatch from New York says : The population of New York city passed the five million mark on August 1, according to figures preâ€" pared by the Healt‘ Department. The statistician estimates that the city now has 5,000,400 residents, a gain of about 230,000 for the past year. The official figure of the TUnited States cersus â€"for 1910 was 1,706,8823. f CHOLERA IN ITALY. [. CITY POPULATION. THE NEWS IN A PARAGRAPH HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVEB THE GLOBE IN A NXUTSHELL. Canada, the Empire and the World in General Before Your _ Eyes. Chatham is to have a tenâ€"thouâ€" sandâ€"ton beet sugar factory next season. Montreal‘s population is now placed at 554,000 by the new direcâ€" tory. % J. A: D. McCurdy, the aviator, was robbed of $150 at his hotel at Hamilton. Australian capitalists are conâ€" sidering investment in Alb. rta real estate. The Custom receipts at Montâ€" real for July were $1,555,684, an inâ€" crease of $20,717 over July 1910. Four C. P. R. employes have been sentenced to imprisonment at Kenora, for thefts from freight cars. â€" Ben CGlass, a conviet at St. Vinâ€" cent de Paul Penitentiary, hanged himself in his cell with a towel. country. Two Arctic explorers, Christian Leden and Harold Thaubow, are starting from Montreal on an exâ€" tended tour of the Canadian north Tenders have been opened for work on the Hudson Bay Railway, and work is expected to begin by September 1 at the Saskatchowan end of the line. @REAT BRILAIN. The British Parliament will hold an autumn session. Over 60,000 dockâ€"laborers are on strike at London, Eng. They deâ€" mand 16 cents an hour. The King‘s Cup was won at the Cowes Regatta by Sir Maurice Fitzâ€" gerald‘s Ketch Julua. Mr. Balfour has given notice to move a vote of censure on the Government regarding the advice tendered the Sovereign in relation to the creation of Peers. There will be no United States naval militia manoeuvres on the great lakes this year. Texas has decided to close saâ€" loons in future from seven o‘clock in the evening till six in the mornâ€" ing. George Prentice and Mary De Witt were married over the teleâ€" phoae at their respective homes near Coin, Ia. The United States Senate pasued the farmers‘ free lict bill, adding one amendment admitting fresh meat and cereals free from Canâ€" ada. GENERAL. The Moroccan crisis is believed to be over. A rising has taken place in Cuba against the Government of Presiâ€" dent Gomez. Boectle Discovered Which Will Exâ€" terminate Other Pests. A despatch from Lond n, Ont., says: Edward H. B. McKone, a science teacher, of this city, has discovered what he believes to be a new species of beetle so far as this country is concerned, and which will in time wipe out the Colorado bettle, better known as the potatc bug. The new beetle resembles a milk leaf beetle, and ib preys upon potato bugs, destroyâ€" ing many of the pests in twentyâ€" four hours. Itf was found in a potato field near Devizes, a short distance from London, and it is said that where the newcomers were plentiful the Colorado beetles were scarce. Several specimens have been sent to the Ontario Agâ€" riculturals College, Guelph. NEW ENEMY OF POTATO BUG. Tmagedy Discovered and Body of Victim Found Mangled. A despatch from St. John, N.B., says© The finding of a man‘s hat and coat on the coweatcher f a locomotive which was being cleaned at. Moncton on Thursday" told the tale of an awful accident. A search revealed the body of a man lying mear the track at Sunnybrace, a suburb of Moneton, in a fearfully mangled condition. The bones of the leg: were forced through his trousers, both legs were cut off, and the trunk so badly crushed that identification was impossible. Man Caught in Montreal and Fined ; for It. A despatch from Montreal says : William Brennan, who claimed to have no permanent address, was HAT AND COAT ON ENGINE. on Thursday morning fined $500 or three months in jail on a charge of peddling cocaine in the streets. PEDDLING COCAINTE. UNITED STATES. CANADA. OWNS PART 0F HAMILTON London Man Advances Claim to Three Hundred Acres A despatch from London, Ont., says: If what David Welch, of 580 Dufferin Avenue, says is true, he owns a largeâ€"sized chunk of Hamâ€" ilton, and he is going to try to reâ€" cover what belongs to him right away. Welch says he holds deeds to 300 acres situated in the heart of the Ambitious City, which is part of a grant made by the Crown a century ago to one Caleb Reyâ€" nolds. _ The balance of the grant changed hands legally, but Welch, whose wife is an heir of Reynolds, Water is Twentyâ€"One Feet Lower Than in May. \ A despatch from Ottawa says: An examination of the lockmasâ€" ter‘s book showed the startling fact that the water in the Ottawa River had sunk about twentyâ€"ons feet since last May. Last May the water stood twentyâ€"eight feet eight inches in the Ottawa River. Since that time it has been sinking rapâ€" idly, until now the water stands at seven feet eleven inches, and bids fair to go much lower if there is no serious rainfall. In the Otâ€" tawa River it has not affected naâ€" vigation so far. In the Riceau the water is extremely low, and it may become dangerous for the boats of the Rideau Lakes Navigation Comâ€" pany to make their trips. Montreal‘s Fire Department Will Have New Equipment. A despatch from Montreal says : The Board of Control has taken steps to have the city‘s fire departâ€" ment the most upâ€"toâ€"date in America, the latest being to call for tenders for five automobile fireâ€" fighting machines and two of the latest steam pumps. They will inâ€" crease the efficiency of the brigade by one automobile truck to haul the acrial ladder, one automobhile truck to haul the 1,200 gallon steam engine, one combination engine with a capacity of 1,000 imperial gallons, one auto hose wagon to carry 1,000 feet of hose, one auto waggon to carry 2,000 feet of hose, one 1,000 United States gallon steam pump, and one 800 United States steam pump. new unnamed variety of wheat just cut at the Experimental Farm, farmers will undoubtedly be much interested in this grain. This new variety of wheat was sown at the Experimental Farm in April and was cut on July 31, so that there are only ninetyâ€"four or ninetyâ€"five days between seeding and cutting. Last year Marquis wheat, which .s Only Ninctyâ€"five Days Between Seeding and Cutting. A despatch from Brandon, Man., says: Unless there is something freakish about the growth of the a very early variety, occupied one hundred and seventeen days beâ€" tween seeding and cutting, and Red Fife was one hundred and twentyâ€"three days. If the new vaâ€" riety, which is not yet named, lives up to the record it has this year, farmers may find it a much more sulitable variety for the country than is other spring wheats. There is no doubt about 1t‘ sax Mr. Noter, ‘he is a cultivatâ€" ed musician.‘" ‘‘And what is your idea of a cultivated musician !/ asked his friend.. ‘"One who plays things you don‘t care to hear, and tallks about them in a way yOU can‘t understand." HLAMILTON ASVLUNM BULIOMNG Modern Firsâ€"Proof Twoâ€"Storey Etructure May Replace Old Style A despatch from Hamilton says : It is quite possible that the disasâ€"1 trous fire at the Insane Asylum;, which caused the death of eight patients, will result in a cdomplete change of policy in the erection of asylum buildings. The old three, four, and fiveâ€"story structures will likely give place to twoâ€"story modâ€" ern steel fireproof buildings with jron stairways and a balcony around the exterior of the second story, the same as & number of asylum _ buildings in the States. Provincial â€" Architect Heakes disâ€" eussed the matter_ with Building OTTAWA RIVER IS LOW. wWANT BEST APPARATUS. NEW VARIETY OF WHEAT. claims that the 300 acres referred to were not sold, but were squatâ€" ted upon, and that the preseut deeds are not good. The land is situated along Burlington Bay, and includes much property, & rough estimate of the value of which is $20,000,000. Caleb Reyâ€" nolds was a United Empire Loyâ€" alist, and after losing everything in the American Revolution, e came across the border, and the Government made him a grant of several hundred acres. Two Weeks of Solid Enjoyment at C. N. E. This Year. The Canadian Nstional Exhibiâ€" tion of 1911 fairly bristles with special attractions. The Coronaâ€" tion Procession, an exact reproâ€" duction of the London pageant, featuras the bill, but it has a close competitor in the Festival of Emâ€" pire with its hundreds of troops in all the varied uniforms of the serâ€" vice and its twelve military bana> to furnish the necessary music. The aquatic events, too, are imâ€" portant, comprising two internaâ€" tional yacht races, an eightâ€"oared race between the allâ€"conquering Argonauts of Toronto and a picked crew from the crack New York clubs, a single scull race between Butler, champion of America, and Scholes, winner of tre Diamond Seulls at Henley, war canoe races, and motor boat races. Add to these the acres of exhibits, the machinâ€" ery in motion, the horse races and athletics, the vaudeville and fireâ€" works, and the thousand and one other attractions of the Big Fair, and it must be admitted that two week‘s solid enjoyment have been arranged for the hundreds of thouâ€" sands of visitors. An $8,000,000 Company Organized by Hammond. A despatch from Dawson City, YÂ¥.T., says:, The. biggest miming concern ever organized for the Yuâ€" kon, excepting the YÂ¥ukon Gold Mining Company of Guggenheim‘s, is a new eight million dollar comâ€" pany reported from London by cable as having been formed by South African Gold Field Comâ€" pany‘s capital, on advices of John Hays Hammond. 1t is believâ€" ed here that the concern takes exâ€" tensive holdings on Union Quantz and other creeks organized during the last two years by Arthur N. Treadgold in his giant fight against Yukon Gold. It is also reported that the company absorbs the Northern . Light, Power & Coal Company, which invested three million some years ago, installing electric power. Treadgold had alâ€" ready acquired vast holdings of the Canadian Klondike Mining Comâ€" pany, including the Boyle Concesâ€" sion & Dredges. 3 TELLER FOUND DEAD IN BED. Revolyrer Besite Him, But Cause for Suicide Unknown. A despatch from Lethbridge, Alta., says: Hugh B. McLaughlin, teller and accountant of the Molâ€" sons Bank at Diamond City, was found lying dead on a bed in his found lying dead on a bed in his room at the rear of the office on Wednesday night by D. C. Morriâ€" gon, Manager, when he returned from lunch. A revolver lying beâ€" side McLaughlin showed the cause of death, but whether it was through suicide or accidental is ’ncertain. No cause for suicide 1s revealed, as the teller‘s accounts are correct. Inspector Anderson and Col. John §$. Hendric. Chief Ten Eyck says that if there had been a balcony around the top floor of the builaâ€" ing here more lives would have been saved, as it would have been easier for the men to run up the stairs and rip off the sereens.. As it was, many of the firemen had to risk their lives climbing along the coping on the outside to get to windows where patients were penned up. Attention has been called to the fact that the asylum hose was rotten, bursting at a‘maost e co e beneln ieA Ni C mc ul e Pencerv ce 8. Hendric. Chicf Ten Eyck $2Y58) phpee Hundred Bottles Confiscated that if there had been a balcony sellers Fi around the top fAoor of the builoâ€" and Scliers Fm‘?'d_' ing here more lives would have| A despatch from Porcupine says : been saved, as it would have been | Three hundred bottles of confis= easier for the men to run up the |cated whiskey were destroyed on 'sta.irs and rip off the screens. As| Wednesday morning by The police it was, many of tbe firemen had to | authorities. C. Demetro was fined risk their lives climbing along the |g100 and costs for selling liquer coping on the outslde- to geb to | withoub a license, and P. Fister windows â€" where patients were j was fined $200 and costs for the penned up. _ Attention has been |game thing. _ Napoleon Giroux called to the fact t.'ha.fi; the asylum skipped his bail for the same of hose was rotten, bursting at almost fence, which the authorities have every leagth under the pressure. jeoallectsl; it was gore. HUGE MINING CONCERN. MANY ATTRACTIONS. PRICES OF FARM PRODUGTS 7 LEPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. . Prices of Cattls, Gratnm, Cheeso and Other Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUEFFES. Toronto,, Aug. 8.â€"Winter wheat, 90 per cent, patents, $5.30 to $3.35, Montreal freight. Manitoba floursâ€"First patenps, $5.10; second patents, $4.60, and strong bakers‘, $4.40, on track, Toronto. ; oo Manitoba wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern, $1.01, Bay ports; No. 2 at 9%¢, and No. 5 at 97c¢. Ontario wheatâ€"No. 2 at 79 to 80c, out side, and old at 82 to 83c, outside. 2 Barleyâ€"The market is dull, with prices nominal. ‘Oatsâ€"Ontario grades, 39 1â€"2 to 40c, outâ€" side, for No. 2, and at 42 to 43¢, on track, Toronto; No. 2 W. C. oats at 40 1â€"2%¢, and No. 5 at 359¢, Bay ports. i m acs Cornâ€"No. 2 American yellow, 67¢c, Bay ports, and 70¢, Toronto. â€" is ‘ _ Peasâ€"The market is dull, with prices purely nominal. e en d Ryeâ€"There is none offering, and prices are nominal. Buckwheatâ€"Nothing ofi’ering. Branâ€"Manitobas, $20 to $21, in bags, Toronto, and shorts, $23, in bags, Toronâ€" to. Ontario bran, $21, in bags, Torouto. 1%¢ Eggsâ€"Strictly new laid, 22 to 2l¢ per dozen, in case lots; fresh gathered, 18 to _ Butterâ€"Creamery prints, 23 to 25¢; do., solids, 21 to 22¢; dairy Prints. 18 to 190; inferior (bakers‘), 15 to 16c. ~EEcsh Poultryâ€"Chickens, 16 to 186 per 1b ; fowl, 14 to 15¢; ducks, 18 to Zc¢; live weight, 2 to 3c less. 13Chees;efNew twing, 13 14c; new large, 6. Honeyâ€"Wholesalers are selling buckâ€" wheat at 6 to Te a pound in ting, and 6 3â€"4c in batrels, while strained clover honâ€" i PeC â€" 20 d wl B e ce d e en d e snn ey is 10c a pound in 60â€"pound tins; 5 to 10 pound, iic. No. 1 comb honey is quoted at $2 to $2.25 a dozen. vole . Potatoesâ€"Wholesale quotations average $4.50 per barrel for new potatoes out of store. New Canadian potatoes, $1.50 per bushel. Heansâ€"S$1.85 for primes to $2 per bushel â€" Beansâ€"$1.85 for primes for handâ€"picked. Baconâ€"Long clear, 11 1â€"2¢ per 1b, in case lots. Pork, short cut, $23. _ e e B0n mc im mine d y ced n o ngenien s acrii Hamsâ€"Mediam to light, 17 to 17 1â€"2e; do., heavy, 14 112 to 15 1â€"%¢; rolls, 11 12 to 1i2c; breakfast bacon, 17 to 18¢; backs, 19 1:2 to 206. ols ooo e & Minneapolis, Aug. 8. â€"Wheatâ€"Septemâ€" ber, $1.00 7â€"8 to $1.01; December, $1,02 to $1.02 1â€"8; May, $1.05 78 to 81.06;, No. 1 hard, $1.04 3.8; No. 1 Northern, $1.02 3â€"8 to $1.04 1â€"8; No. 3 wheat, 97 3â€"8 to $1.00 7â€"Be; No. 3 yellow corn, 63¢. No. 1 white oats, 40 to 40 120. No. 2 rye, 79 to 79 12c. Bran â€"$20.50 to §21. Flourâ€"First patents, $5.10 to $5.50; second patents, $4.60 to $4.85; first clears, $5.45 to $5.65; second clears, $2.45 to $2.65. ENE 1 Ni eRc ue Nt eciaiine a 4 ~ Lardâ€"Tierces, 10 1â€"4¢; 10 3â€"4c. ©a,ld . UV WDCC+ Buffalo, Aug. 8. â€"Spring wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern, carloads, store, $1.00 1â€"2¢; Winâ€" terâ€"No. 2 red, 9c; No. 5 red, Me; No. 2 white, 206. Cornâ€"No. 3 yellow, 69¢; No. 4 yellow, 64 14¢; No. 3 corn, 66 3â€"4¢, all on frack, through billed. Oatsâ€"No. 2 white, 4c; No. 3 white, 4¢; No. 4 white, 40c. Montreal, Aug. 8.â€"Sales of steers were made at prices Tanging from $4.50!to $5.90, cows, at from $3.50, and bulls at from $3 to §$5.75 per 100 lbs. Sheep sold at 3 14e to 4c, and lambs 3 1â€"2%¢ to 4c per 100 lbs. Calves about steady and sales were made at from $2:50 to $6 cach, as to size and quality. The market for hogs was weaker, and sales of mixed heavyâ€" weights were made at from $5.15 to $6 per 100 Ibs. weighed off the cars. â€" POoLLCE DESTROY WHISKEY. drains\ ThE eety o 00 p] Hid UNITED STATES MARKETS LIVE STOCK MARKETS COUNTRY PRODUCE. KOG PRODUCTS ‘Hmllt'll’}Tl"‘""llT'[iE"’ - ‘and for| tubs, 10 1â€"2¢; pails,