4 1 23. Put away, ete.â€"Prove your intenâ€" tions at onece. Begin the work of reforâ€" mation before your hearts harden against your promise. Let the heart incline toward God, and the acts of the life will harmonize with the divine will. 24. Will we serveâ€"The thought â€" of prompt action did not change them, but only settled their minds more fully. The better they understood the more determined were they to obey. The serâ€" vice of sin is wrong, degrading, painful, destructive; the service of God is right, pe, + Sl. We will serve the Lordâ€" They understood Joshua‘s meaning, and declare they will not cause God to turn and do them hurt. Whatever He reâ€" quires, at their hand, they pledge themâ€" sciv?s; to be obedient. They promise to p=t from among them anything that hinders God from having their best afâ€" fections. 22. Witnesses against yourâ€" selvesâ€"They had decided and publhcly promised to obey, accepting the condiâ€" tions of blessings for obedience and punâ€" ishment for disobedience. â€" "Their conâ€" science will be their witness, judge and executioner." â€"". FZnen Ne Will turnâ€"tod is unalterâ€" as, tixed in His attitude toward sin, toward the repentant sinner and toward the righteous. He never changes, but as we change He assumes different attiâ€" tudes toward us, as we put ourselves in different relations to Him. See Jer. 18, 7â€"10. «Do you hurt, etc.â€"They could not deny God‘s goodness to them, but He had made a law and if they trans frcs.«:d the wrath of God would certainâ€" y fall upon them. They fixed their own punishment. Consumeâ€"Punish them as. verely. 21. They underst declare they and do then quires, at th solv?; to be . p=t from ar hinders God fections. 22 selvesâ€"They toward the repen the righteous. as we change He tudes toward us in different relat 18, 7â€"10. «Do you not deny God‘s ; Wws ditt sc ctths PBA would serve him they must make him the highest obect of their love and devotion. Will not forgive.... your sin=â€"Rather, will not pass by your sins as if taking no notice of them. â€"Gray. He will not tolerate sin. ‘The explanation is, that while God is â€"â€"He is holy in his ch will not allow his people by any impure worship Gocâ€"He is altogether un! of the nations around â€" 18. Therefore will we alsoâ€"Joshua would not be permitted to stand alone in his choice, for they were ot the same mind, and would claim the same God with him. They would not break the yows which they had made. III. A Covenant Made (vs 19â€"25). 19 Ye cannot serve the Lordâ€"Â¥Ye canâ€" not in your own strength, while still clinging to your idolatry, and with hearts unregenrated. Joshua did not intend to suggest an impossibility , and the people did not so understand it, for in the verses following they commit themselves unreservedly to the service of Iehovah. An holy God â€"He is holy in his character, and will not allow his people to be defiled Tills to forsake the service of Jeâ€" hovah. _ They reply with firmnesse leaving no room for doubt. "JTJoshua did everything possible to confirm thei~ decision and to render it enâ€" durinz. That brought usâ€"Some reaâ€" sons are now given which led them to make this decis‘on: 1. God had deâ€" livered them from Egyptian bonda?. % The "creat sioms" usrnrobe it ho °0 make this decis on : 1. God had deâ€" livered them from Egyptian bondage. 2. The "great signs‘"‘ wrought in tfe land. 3. Their preservation for forty years in the wilderness. 4. The exâ€" pulsion of the Amorites. a Em zn : Audbity Nt ~Pirvamines 3 l thom. Forsake the Lordâ€"This shows that they now consider themselves as belonging to God. What ever may have been their sins they were not ready to forsake the service of Jeâ€" hovah. ThHOY rBRDIA Wikh Blemesemes E pay l Oe t o+ I II. Israel‘s Solemn Promise (vs. | 16â€"1*). 16. People answeredâ€"Through | their leaders, and by hearty acclaim | on their part the [people romised‘ fidelity to Jehovah. God lorgidâ€"'l'he} force of the original is that such a course would be a "profane thing" to thom. Forsake the Lordâ€"This shows | skew Wl‘ . Z 5 15. If it seem evilâ€"If it seem unwise or inexpedient. Choose you, ate. â€"Like Elijah on Carmel (1 Kings 18. 21), Josâ€" hua calls upon the people to at once deâ€" cide as to whom they would serve. "They | had been harboring idols (v. 23) amll worshiping them in secret, while openly rofessing to serve God. It was high time | ;or this to cease. The whole hope of the , nation depended upon a wholeâ€"hearted service of Jehovah. There was no good{ reason for them to defer the matter a single moment." As for me and my house j â€"Joshua is outspoken. His decision was made many years before this. "He alâ€" so resolves for his family, his children and servants, and such as were under his care and influence and protection. Though he was a ruler, Joshua did not neglect family religion. He speaks â€" as though there might be some of his peoâ€" ple who would turn to idol worship, but | in his household he would not permit’ idolntrly. He gave them his decision and | example before receiving their reply." . | II. Istrael‘s Solemn _ Promise (ve. | l:s-la-).| 16. People answeredâ€"Through ‘. Aluabuw Kee k. P 8 The images worshiped by the Egyptians which were the ape, serpents, vegetables, ete. The inhabitants of Canaan also worâ€" shiped idols, which would become a snare to Israel unless they put away all heaâ€" then worship. Joshua saw that they eould not be sincere in divine worship and use idols. Beyond the River (R. V.) â€"That is, beyond the Euphrates, in Mesâ€" opotamia and in Ur, the land of Abraâ€" ham‘s nativity. ed to be without speck or flaw."â€"Cam. Bib. Put away tne godsâ€"It would seem | from these words that there were some | among them who privately kept the imâ€" | ages or gods which had belonged to théir | forefathers. The gods which their foreâ€" | fathers worshiped were (1) the gods of ‘ the Chaldeans. They worshiped fire. light | Lnd sun and made gods to them. (2) | LESSON VLâ€"NOV. 10, 1g07. |__ IV. A memorial stone (vs. 26â€"28). In asmomummses | these verses we are told that Joshua put Joshua Rconewing the Covenant 'i;h‘ their covenant is writing andkerecu-ld! a & | memorial scomre unader an oak. This Israclâ€"Josh. 24: 14â€"28. | monumentol stone would remind them Commentary.â€"I. Joshua‘s earnest apâ€" | of the rows they had made and be a witâ€" nd (ve. 14, 15). 14. Now thereforeâ€" | Dess to {ature generations. God underâ€" view of the fact that Jehovah has | took to maxe :t easy for them to rememâ€" brought you forth with such a mighty | ber to do the right, and He held them hand. Fear the _ Lordâ€"Reverence the | responsibie for the fulfilment of the 'lr?.rdk and walk carefully before H:;n. I vo«s that they had thus solemniy made. ink of His Majesty and respect His mIs Hoercars R s authority,, and re;‘nfln’bfl that ï¬is eye | l,l“\(*'â€(’-“‘ APPLICATIONS. is ever upon you. Always make Him the | . !â€" l.c-asor.qblf service. "Now, there object of all your worship. Serve Himâ€" | fore, serve him‘" (v. 14). "Therefore.... Perform His will; obey His commandâ€" | will we also serve the Lord" (v. 18). ments. In this address Joshua calls their | Joshua‘s call and the people‘s choice attention to the many things God had | were based upon a review of what God done for them. An idol could do nothing | hal done for them. So we who are for any one, why then did they cling to | "Jwtified by faith," because "Christ died idols* In sincerity and in truthâ€"Withâ€" | for us" (Rom. 5:1, 8), are free from sin, out hypocrisy. “{'he Latin word from | are @lelivered from this body of death which our ‘sincerity‘ comes, _ depotes | (liom. 7:24), are under "no condemnaâ€" ‘honey without wax,‘ unmixed purity. | tion" for whom there is no separation The Greek word is considered by some | (Rom 8:1, 35â€"30), can say that ours is to be founded on the idea of something | a "reasonable service." held up in the rays of the sun, and provâ€" | _ I1. Sincere service. "Serve him in sinâ€" W worship. A jealous ether unlike the gods wround, and if thay f God would certainâ€" They fixed their own meâ€"Punish them seâ€" iane thing ‘ to | of the Most High had he not said, "Here | US ! YOU Gare!" R ‘dâ€"This shows |am I, send me" (Isa. 6. 8). Paul would | _ _ Mr. Hogan succeded in inducing the themselves as never have been shown his service of | CTOWd to withdraw. He was at one with hat ever may |euffering had he not said, "Lord, what | them, he said, in stopping _ the hunt, they were not | wilt thou have me to do." | but they snould not resort to violent service of Jeâ€"| V. Personal service. "Choose vou" Iv. | means. shua did not | of seven. The dear child looked up in e speaks â€" as ’ surprise, shut his lips tight, drew a long ie of his peoâ€" | breath, and then said as cheerfully as he worship, but | could, "I didn‘t think it would strike so 1 not permit ,' soon, but I must keep my truth." decision and | IV, Voluntary service. "Choose" (v. heir reply." _ |15). God‘s claim to Istael‘s service was "romise (vs. | based upon sonship. "Isracl is my son, edâ€"Through | even my firstâ€"born; and ....let my son arty acclaim |go, that he may serve me" (Exod. 4. le promised | 22. 23). God never compels, _ He con forbidâ€"The | strains (Deut. 30. 19. 2 Cor. 5. 14). Is+ thflL.Su(‘Il a |aizah would never have been the prophet â€" He said the men would be taken back without discrimination except _ those against whom â€" serious charges â€" were pending with the companies, Ruperintendent Brooks, of the Wast. orn Union, tonight said his company had made no offer to compromise with the strikers. In a long> statement issued to the press and his former followers, Small explained he had obtained concessions from â€" both â€" telegraph companies to be effective on condition the men would go back to work. President Says the Teregraphers‘ Strike is at an End. New York, Nov. 4.â€"After being deâ€" posed ard expelled from the Presidency and membership of the National Execuâ€" tive Reard of the Commercial Telegraphâ€" ots‘ Union, Sylvester J. Small, again toâ€" day declared himself the legal President of the organization. He advises the men to return to work. VIII. Holy service. "The Lord....is an holy God" (v. 19). If,you choose to serve, it must be in His way. In the book of the priesthood we read, "Ye shall be holy for I am holy" (Lev. 11. 44). He must have a holy service. "Be ye clean that bear the vessels of the Lord" (Lev. 10. 2, 10;. Isa. 52. 11). Is your _ service _ "gold, silver, precious stones," that will stand the "fire" _ ot the judgment? or is it "wood, hay, stubâ€" ble" that shall be "burned?" (1 Cor. 3. shall be holy for I 44). He must have ye clean that bear Lord" (Lev. 190. 2, |__V. Personal service. "Choose you" {(v. | 15). God‘s call is to individuals. David‘s | ! word to the "con*wegation†was, "Who ‘then offereth willingly to consecrata | himself this day unto the Lord?" (1. [Chron. 29. 5, R. V.). The Spirit‘s call | | to the "churches" is, "He that hath an | ‘ear to hear let him hear" (Rev. 2. 11). | \ "He that overcometh.... to him will 1 | :gi\'e power" (Rev. 2. 26). | _ VI. Immediate service. "Now, thereâ€" ‘Iore..choose you this day" (vs. 14, 15). | "Remember now thy Creator" (Eeel, 12. | |1). "Now is the accepted time.... now ; | is the day of salvation" (2 Cor. 6. 2). A f ‘ mother stood beside the open grave of| her only child, As the clods fell upon | the coffin she threw herself upon her| knees and looking heavenward |, cried, | "Lord Jesus, I give myself to thee here | and now," "Whatsoever thy hand findâ€"| eth to do, do it" (Eeel. 9. 10). _ They | found on the fly leaf of a little boy‘s | Bible after he went to heaven, "I take | God this day to be my God and no foolâ€" | ing about it." ‘ God‘s name above one column and Satâ€" an‘s name above the other. Weigh deâ€" liberately, impartially, each _ service. Write honestly in one column the reasons why you should serve God and in the other all the reasons why you should serve Satan. Then deliberately determine to serve God. Write your name to it and stand by it. Vii. Deliberate service. â€" "Choose. ... whom ye will serve." There can be no compromise. If heathen gods are really better, serve them. Count the cost (Luke 14. 28). Know the worst. Face the cross. There are trials and temptations in servâ€" ing God, but it pays. Then choose. Take a blank sheet of paper. Rule it. Write 15. Ask God to show you that we should be holy and without blame before him, in lO_\fef’ (Eph. 1:4). cerity" (v. 14). Christ has "chosen us IV. A memorial stone (vs. 26â€"28). In these verses we are told that Joshua put their covenant is writing and erected a memorial scome under an oak. ( This mosnumentol stone would remind them of the vows they had made and be a witâ€" ness to {fature generations. God underâ€" took to maxe :t easy for them to rememâ€" ber to do the right, and He held them responsibie for the fulfilment of the vo«s that they had thus solemniy made. exalting, happy, ‘saving. God‘s service is reasonabie, worthy of our best efforts. 253. Joshua made a covenantâ€"A covâ€" enant had been concluded by God on Sinai with Israel and solemmy ratified (Exod. 19, 20). ‘This covenant Moses had renewed in the field of Moab (Deut. 20, 1);. SMATL CALLS IT CFF I A. C. M. Of course, there was a stipulation. The mother, to whom the sum would be paid as trustee, ‘must deposit $5 with Brother Rankin as agent for The North American Parents‘ Benevolent Associaâ€" tion, which company in its prospectus, is described as incorporated, under the laws of the State of New York, with Toronto, Nov. 4.â€"What _ might bef pleasing in the _ sight of Theodore | Rocsevelt â€" does not _ suit the Toronto | police, and when an advertisement callâ€" ; ing upon married women to come forâ€" | ward and hear of things to their advanâ€" tage appeared in an afternoon paper, loâ€" eal «leuths got busy. One of those to whom the proposition was expounded in _ answer to a.letter sent to the correspondence box _ adverâ€" tised retold the tale. it developed that one, J. D. Rankin, was commissioned to bestow a boon on humanity and to reward innocent newâ€"comers into this vale of tears with a substantial gift of $500 in gold. _ \ _ The master of the Meath foxhounds | has received a notice from the local | branch of the Irish League that if Judge | Fitzgerald, who recently awarded damâ€" | ages to Lord Ashtown in connection | with the Glengaheiry bomb outrage, is alâ€" ' lowed to ride to his pack poison will be | laid on fourteehn farms. The Meath seaâ€" | son opens toâ€"morrow. Similar notice has been sent to the master of the Ward Union staghounds, with which Judge Fitzgerald has hunted since the season _ opened. i The crowd declined to let them pass through. but Mr. Saunders at length got | an opening and passed on. _ Mrs. Saunâ€" | ders in attempting to follow was preâ€" | vented, and a Justice of the Peace, who was on foot and endeavoring to make t way for her, was severely hustled. He had his hat knocked off and narrowly | escaped a violent blow from a stick. |__A parish priest succeded, with Mr. | Hogan, in keeping the more violently disposed merabers of the _ opposition | within bounas. An At length the Hunt Committee apâ€" pointed three members to confer with a like number from the league, but the conference came to no agreement, the league demanding as a minimum the exâ€" pulsion of the eMssrs. Kenny from the hunt. was inadvisable to bring out the hounds, and those present rodeâ€" off amidst rounds of cheering by the crowd, The master of the Meath foxhounds i At this juncture Mr. Michael Hogan, | M. P. for North Tipperary, arrived and | exerted his influence to prevent the | breach of peace which seemed very imâ€" | minent. _ As Mr. White Spooner was | standing at the front door a couple of ! dozen men ran toward him with uplifted | sticks, shouting: The master decided that in view of the t_hre_ntreninsz attitude of the crowd it 500 IN COLD TO EVERY BABY THAT‘S BORN. |__At the entrance to the private | ergunds _ in front of the mansion, Mr. | Corbet Craddock and half a dozen poâ€" | lice cleared the way, but were quickly | swept aside and an excited throng of ' several hundreds broke down the ornaâ€" | mental shrubs and swarmed ali over the | place, amid waving sticks and the ringâ€" leader declared that the kunt would be } stopped. | _ As the crowd drew near Mr. Cradâ€" | doek‘s place they created a terrible din, | the band playing, horns and tin whistles | being blown, and others cheering. Shortly _ after Mr. E. F. Saunders, Mrs, Saunders and Grant Saunders rode up and were met with books and bisses. LURE FOR LADIES. | _ More than five hundred people, all ’nrmed with heavy sticks, _ assembled, and, headed by a band, marched to Mr. ’('rnddock's residence. _ Meanwhile, the | followers of the hounds were beginning ‘ to assemble, aout one handred mounts | turning up. _ These were groaned at. | and so threatening was the aspect of | the crowd when Mr. H. M. White | Fpooner and some friends were driving | past that Mr. Spooner drew a revolver. "Now draw your revolver on us. Shoot us if you dare!" Mr. Hngal] succeded in inducing the This, however, was not considerd sufâ€" ficient and the United Irish League cirâ€" culated a notice broadcast on Sunday calling on the people to assemble their hundreds at the opening of the meet this morning, at the master‘s, Mr. Cradâ€" doek‘s, residence, and teach the insolent men a lesson by stopping the hunt. The graziers are the chief obstacle. Certain graziers are members of the Orâ€" mond Hunt, and the league some time ago informed the Hunt Committee that if they were allowed to follow the hounds the hunt would be stopped. Neâ€" gotiations ensued, and it was then anâ€" nounced that the Messrs, Kenny, who are chiefly aimed at, agreed not to hunt during the season. :CRISIS REACHED IN DISPUTE BEâ€" | _ TWEEN LEAGUE AND GRAZIERS. Allcring and Ingonious Proposal Whick Was Being Made to Torontoâ€" ‘ rians Until the Police ‘Made Some | Enquirieseâ€"How the Money Was to | be Won. | Matters have come to a crisis in conâ€" nection with the dispute between the Ormond Hunt, King‘s County, aÂ¥l . the local branch qf tie United Irish League. The latter is opposed to the grazing system and has been agitating for breakâ€" ing up the grazing lands and for their distribution to enlarge small holdings. New York, Nov. 4.â€"The Herald has received the following cable despatch from Dublin: Police Swept Asideâ€"Crowd Armed With Sticks â€"Gathered at Master‘s Resiâ€" denceâ€"Hustled _ Members of the Hunt as They Came to the Assembly IRISH MOB STOPS ORMOND HUNT. â€"A Threat to Lay Poison on Four teen Farms. ONTARIO ARCHIVEsSs TORONTO New York, Nov. 4. â€"Becau to carry out an errand of Vito Grienaldi, a member of Hand Society, was stabbed t members of his own band e in Knoll street, Brooklyn, . bomb was found secreted ben aldi‘s coat, which, the police have blown up an entire bl exploded. A loaded revolver in his pocket. Victim Failed to Carry Out Decd : of Vengeance. Toronto, Nov. _ 4.â€" Two _ "Nelson| placques," madef rom the copper of Neiâ€" son‘s flagships Victoria and Foudroyant, will be given as prizes for the best esâ€" says written by Canadian school childr»n, boy and girl, under 16 years of age. In this plan the Minister of Education is coâ€"operating with the British and Fojpâ€" eign Sailors‘ Society, of London. Lord Strathcora has given £1,000 to the soâ€" ciety to aid in a plan for giving Noi son shields to every school in Canâ€" ada. Prizes to be Given for Essays by Canadian Children. Woodstock despatch: Fred. Craig. a workman employed at Karn‘s factory and residing in the east end, has lost his wise. Mrs. Craig went to stay at a reâ€" sort in Muskoka this summer and while there was the object of marked attention oa the part of a young man staying at the same place. Mrs. Craig was joined by her husband, who put a stop to the flirtation. They returned to Woodstock, anmd not long after their return they were visited by the man whom Mrs. Craig had met in Muskoka. After being a guest at the house for several days Mrs. Craig and the visitor last week disappeared. The husband is left with two small children to look after and he has the sympathy of many friends in his marital trouble. Man Deserted With Two Children to Cara For. It winds up with the application for n receiver. "3. Payment by the individual defendâ€" ants of all the costs and expenses of and incidental to the promotion of the sgid legislation, and the abortive atâ€" tempts to perfect the title of said comâ€" pany to the said property." "2. That the stock not paid for at par issted to the lirectors or promoters or others on their behalf or with the knowledge, and consent of the individual defendants or any of them, be either delivered up to the defendant company to be cancelled, or in default thereof be vaid for at par by the individual deâ€" fendants to the company. Plaintiff claims that the individual defendants should not have been alâ€" lotted shares for more than $1.085,000, and that they are therefore liable for $2,540,000. The writ asks: "I. Payment by the individual deâ€" fendants of the said sum of $2.540,000. It is alleged by plaintiff that the individual defendants formed‘ a syndiâ€" cate for the purechase of Cobalt Lake from the Government, and effected this for $1,085,000. _ Then they formed a company with a capital of $5,000,000, and purported to transfer the property to the said company for $3,625,000, engaging to give a good title. Adverse claims to the property having been made, the synâ€" dicate applied to the Government for a patent, which was granted, but the planiâ€" tiff claims that this was illegel, and that the caution registered against the property has prevented the record of the letters patent. Plaintiff sues on vehalf of himself and all other â€" shareholders, except the deâ€" fendants and "those among whom shares of the suid company have been improperâ€" ly distributed." Toronto, Nov. 4iâ€"Mr. J. J. McConvey has filed at Osgoode Hall his statement of claim in his action against the Cobalt Lake Mining Company, and Sir Henry M. Pellatt, Messrs. Thomas Birkett, Britton Osler, (i. F. Henderson, D. G. Rochester, Raymond Mancha and J. H. Avery. NELSON RELICS FOR SCHOOLS. Cobalt Lake Company ment of Claim by Mr. Was Filed Yesterd: Hall, TWO AND â€" ONEâ€"HALF MILLIONS CLAIMED FROM SYNDICATE, dea However, the police â€" found out that the company is not registered in Canâ€" ada, and Mr. Rankin has been induced to quit his advertising. £Q,, [, C3 V mMCBh Adelaide Anne Proctor and Sir Walter Scott are quoted as havâ€" ing anticipated the proposition, _ and old Ben Franklin as having _ spoken prophetically when he said: "Why not pay a premium on life, rather than on rlow hh 9 ""° 7000, this last to cover "office rent and postare.†To be eligible one need only be "a married person of good moral characâ€" terâ€â€"witrt!:e necessary $5. Te Is uinss l2% aul Those receiving the announcements were entreated to join the aesociation and "reap the benefits, which are as certain as death." He might have addâ€" ed taxes, for it was further stipulated that whenever happiness entered _ the home of a sister member, each and all of the others would be required to chip in her rroportionue share of the $500 in gold. In addition to this a semiâ€"arnual assessment of $2 was also nominated in the bond, this last to cover "office rent and postage," A BLACK HAND its main offices at 1267 Broadway, New York City. % ; The happy woman who became a member of this association was assured that one month after the stork had called the company‘s official _ Santa Claus would be on hand with the purse of gold. RECEIVER ASKED. | 9" Iso cal WIFE ELOPES. €2° CZ1IMMC ~OT vengeance, a member of the Black was stabbed to death by _ own band early toâ€"day , Brooklyn,. A dynamite d secreted beneath Greinâ€" ch, the police say, would _ an entire block had it aded revolver was fourd Company â€" Actionâ€"Stateâ€" n by Mr. J. J. McConvey Yesterday at Osgoode Because he failed MURDER Essays Written H. E. Foster, a Syracuse medical stu. dent, and H. W. Remner, reached Syraâ€" cuse last night from Kingston, Ont,, af. ter being stormâ€"tossed in a motor bsoat on Lake Ontario for fortyâ€"gight hours, bas alcgn x c 2LT 0 CACCLOUCE. £004, Country trade is showing improvement and collecâ€" tions are generally fair to good. Values in all lines hold very firm. Londonâ€"There is little change in the busiâ€" ness situation here. Wholesale sorting orâ€" ders are good and prosepcts for the winter season are bright. From most directions collections are good. Local industries are busily engaged. Ottawaâ€"General business continues . fajr, Wholesale drygoods are moving briskly and retail trade has a good tone. Country trade is moderate. Country produce is etill slow in coming forward and values are firm, 1 mt mer TrompestPem d ...3 4 4 Hamiltonâ€"The volume of wholesale tail trade here continues good. trade is showing improvement and tions are generally fair to good. . y all lines hold very firm, Vancouver and Victoriaâ€"All lines sale trade report a good movemen fact, the trade all this year hbas b ler thar it was last. Values in all firm. Flour and feed prices have sharply. ‘The fruit trade is heavy most districts collections are improvi most districts collections are provi cers report a fairly good business in ples. _ Prices on new goods show c able advances. t howavar ananiiac. ___CCuUAS Gl the West, however, collections are still slow. Al lines of winter drygoods are moving well and good sorting orders in fall lines are conming torviard. bugor is quieter and steady. Teas and gencral lines are firm in tone. Winnipeg.â€"The outlook for general trade here continues to grow brighter as the seaâ€" sor advances. ‘Threshing returns are showâ€" ing better than was expected and with grain prices high country trade promises well. The grain is being matketed ranidiv ana ‘».3° Torontoâ€"A healtry and generally brisk tone is reported to all lines of trade here. Stocks are moving well and the outiook for the winter business is bright. Money is still very scarce and the granting of credits is being done with extreme caution. _ Wholeâ€" saiers report there is rather a better tone to collections from nearly all districts. The high prices which farmers are obtaining for grain and products is largely responsible for this, The farmers are marketing their grain earlier than usual on this account. They are not generajly, as is sometimes the case, holding off for still higher prices. Wholesale «rygoods men here state that the demands for renewals are not so heavy as they were a year ago. October settlements were genâ€" erally quite good. in some districte af an. Montreal.â€"General wholesale and retail trade continues to hold a good tone here. The woney stringency bas still a disturbing etâ€" tect upon business. This has largely been responsible for the declines in the values of Canadian securities during the past week. While lack of money is in some cases reâ€" stricting Canadian â€" industrial enterprises, there is stlll a brisk tone to ali lines of manufacture. _ In some particular branches, euch as textiles, the manufacturers are unâ€" avle to turn out sufficient goods to meet @ll demands. Values continue to* advance. Underwear is going higher. The advance in linens is creating a heavier demand for cotâ€" tons. ‘The demands upon hardware manu» facturers is keeping factories busy. While the demand for builders‘ supplies bas fallen off somewhat there is still a fairly good movement in this regard. Grocers report markets generally steady to firm and the demand for staples good. Do.. ‘NQ.©2.>..., :+ Dressed hogs .. .. .. Eggs, per dozen .. .. Butter, dairy .. .. .. 6Do.. creamery .. .. cese, dressed, lb. .. . Chickens, Ib. .. .. .. Ducks, dressed, lb. .. Turkeys, 1b. .. .. .. Apples, per bbl. .. .. Grions, per bag .. .. Potatoes, per bag .. Cabbage, per dozen .. Beef, hindquarters .. Do., forequarters .. Do., choice, carcase Do., medium, carcase Muton, per ewt. .. .. Veal, prime, per ewt. .. Lamb, per ewt. .. .. Grain receipts toâ€"day were a little larger than yesterday. Goose wheat lower, with 100 bushels selling at 95c. Oats are easiet. 400 bushels seling at 61c to 62c. Barley udâ€" changed, 400 bushels selling at 9#0c. Buckâ€" wheat sold at 70c a bushel for one load. liay quict and steady with sales of 3) loads $ to pÂ¥s per ton. ume load of straw soud at $16 a ton. Dressed bogs are unchanged at $8.75 for light, and at $8.25 for heavy. Wueat, white, oush. .. .... ..$1 06 _ 30 0 Do.‘ red," busk. .. : ;. :, . 1106 0 00 Do.. spring bush. .. .. .. .. 1% 0 00 Do. goose, bush, .. .. .. .. 0 98 0 00 Oute, : Dush,. . .: 2s cat?54420(4% 12% 0008 v 00 Bariey, bush. .....;%.> .. .. 90 0 00 iye. bush. .. .. :.‘.., !.‘.. 4. NFBP 0 00 Feay, DiSh: > + +« +6 us iss 0 90 Hay, AOL ..sscse sess s1248 sres 000 23 00 Straw. ton .. 2. 42 bee i+ 4s coy 1600 0 00 Seedsâ€" Alsike, No. 1 Campbellford.â€"Toâ€"day 1285 were offered; 75 sold on the board at 12¢c; balance retused at 12¢; mostly all sold on the street at 12¢. Stirling, Ont.â€"Toâ€"day there offered 180 sold at 12 1â€"8¢; ‘balance refused. with a pro: Hore.â€"Prices were quoted toâ€"day Harris at $5.12 1â€"2 for properly finish Shee and Lambs.â€"The general quality of pheep an cam«s was not good, Trad» slow, with nrices casier for che bulk. Export ewes ©1.25 to $4.40: rame and culls, $3 to $3.50; rems ai~ cvlls $3 to $3.5; lambs, $ to 30.% Veal Calyes.â€"Trade was slow for _ veal calves. Prices ranged from $2.50 to $6.50 per cwl., the rulk selin> at $4.75 to $.75 per Feeders and Stockers.â€"H. & W. Murby reâ€" port a falling off in the receipts of stockâ€" ers and feedgu. b«s tred‘re, 1000 to 1100 lbs., at $3.2 to $3.60; best stockers, 800 to 900 lbs.. at $2.50 to $2.6m; best stockers, 600 to 800 lbs., at $2.2% to $2.60; medium stockâ€" ers, 600 to 800 lbs., at $2 to $2.2; common sto:-‘k"ers, 500 to 700 lbs., at $1.50 to $1.75. Exporters.â€"Only a few export bulls were on sale, and there were quoted at $3.50 to $.15 per cwt. Butchers.â€"One choice picked load was sold by Crawford & Hunnisett to the Harris Abâ€" attoir Company at $.15 per cwt.; loads of good, $4.2% to $4.40; medium, $3.75 to 34.15; commeon, $2.50 to $3.50; good to choice cows, 83.4?';2? $4; common cows, canner bulls, $1 to 12.25. The quality of the bulk of the cattle offerâ€" ed as fat was about the same as has been coming, but there were some few lots good. Receipts of live stock at the City Market since Tuesday, as reported by the railways, were 13 carloads, composed of 154 cattle. 17# hogs on the market and 1400 hugs to packers direct, 3605 sheep and lambs, and 179 calves. _/ London.â€"London cables are firmer at 10¢ to 12 1â€"4c per lb., dressed weight;, refrigerâ€" ator ‘beef is quoted to 10c per Ib. Oatsâ€"Oct. 80c bid, Dec. 55 3â€"4c bid, May 58c asked. _ . Wheatâ€"Oct. $1.05 1â€"4 bid, Dec. $1.06 bid, May $1.13 3â€"8 bid. Following are the closing quotations on Winnipeg grain futures toâ€"day : Toronto Farmers‘ Market Bradstreet‘s on Trade Winnipeg Wheat Market, The Cheese Markets. British Cattie Markets. wit trade is heavy, _ _ volu:?o of 'Algqlgnle and Toronto Live Stock. bush 2 for properly finished hogs of lower quotations. ~All lines of wholeâ€" movement here, in improving. Groâ€" ness in all staâ€" show cousiderâ€" v 10 0 10 1 2 8 15 19 and from en heayâ€" lines are advanced stuâ€" by Mr 10 00 10 00 0 18 0 12 0 32 9 15 "What are these motio his Lordship demanded, "y intended to show the rot! Jadicial system? It is this that makes outside people way business is done here, action with costs.‘ Toronto despatch: Chief Justice Mereâ€" dith waxed wroth yesterday over a moâ€" tion _ presented by eounsel for G. 0. Hayne, defendant in an action brought by â€"J. W. Kay and one Taberner, _ who claimed $500 damages over the transfer of certain shares in Nipissing Minc. The defendant‘s motion was to have Kay‘*s name removed as plaintiff, and After a full presentation of facts counsel was interrupted, f Chief to pay a replied Utto to 1 CURE QF BRITAIN‘S ILs It is Immigration, Says the Bist mond, Owi be sued." "AMr. Han se oo ore® \Ull\. ed for some penalty. _ "There shou! be a lesson taught to Oe voudtv ons ol * he said, "it would do the public a yreq deal of good if we skhowed these inc that reckless, driving will not be tole ated, Besides, it ;s Mr., 44. €. itaa mond, owser of the machine, who wi in enov es Tine . aulo â€" was only goilg at the rate of about six mijes an hour,‘ said tae counsel for the deience, "It had no business to knock a man down going even at the rate uf uile mile an nour," replied Coionei 1rotson, The case was complicated hy the fact that the injured man has entered a suit for damages in the Civil Counrt, Colonel Denison said that he dad, nut wish to have a doubjle sentence inuâ€" posed. â€"â€" Crown Athorna« ‘€Su." C o eE Oe C CE charged | with reckiess driviag.. _ ‘Ine defendant knocked down the complaiaâ€" ant, . ZAurick, on Bloor street, and severeiy injured him.. Zurick was alightâ€" ing from a. street car when the adlto, coming from behind, struck him., TB UTTAL TUCS, 290 PCCAUSC i IAAIL D& pens to be absentâ€"minded, it is no reasun wuy he should be injured when he does not hear the auto horn. tooted." ‘The case was that of Migco®r Otto, to waik ubout our streets without risk ing their lives, and because a man ha» IS VDenison in the Police Court yesterday morning. "The drivers of autos will have to bear the blame when they run over any person. People have a perfect rigat Reckless Driving Discussed in Toronto Police Court, Toronto despatch: "I want the impres> sion to get abroad that automobilists must consider pedestrians," said. Col. ¢ Vancouver, Nov. 4.â€"â€" "ihe AURON Council has aked Commissioner . Henâ€" derson‘ to make representations to 'tbe Minister of the interior in the direction |of securing some kind of relief in _ reâ€" gard to the water supply On bebalf of individual claim owners in Dawson Gisâ€" triet," said _ Dr. J. O. _ Lachappelie, Vancouver, on his way to _ Mortreal from the north, . "We are face to face with a mining situation anything but favorable to the country as a whole, the serious problem created by the possesâ€" sion by a large company of two princiâ€" pal courses of water supply. _ ‘Waltr, and nothing but water, is the prime reâ€" quisite in working placer ground, Under existing cireamstances _ the individval claim owners are virtually in the Lands of, shall 1 say at the merey of, the Guggenheims. _ While appreciating | the splendid enterprise of the New Yorkâ€" ers, the large expenditures they are making, and sincerely hoping _ wo #ee them making handsome returns 0a their investment, 1 believe that the question of other vested rights should not _ be. lost sight of. Controlling as they Co the two most available sources of water supply, grave danger threatens the inâ€" dividual claim owners. _ Wherein lies the remedy? Some kind of relief from the present intolerable situation wid hbe heartily welcomed by the entizre popuâ€" lation in the Gistrict. _ The problem is a very complex one, requiring _ careful consideration by the authorities. Times are very quiet in the north, All the mines have suspended operations for the winter, except a few properties on Sulâ€" phur, Quartz and Black Hill Creeks! The former glory of Dawson has departed.. It has no semblance of its former self of | the good. old days. © | "Unlike in the earlier years, owing to | lack of employment miners and. laborers | now go outside for the winter. _ All in all, the immediate outlook is not too enâ€" | couraging. During the past season beâ€" | tween fifteen hundred. and two thousâ€" ] and.mon were employed by the lurg.-i mining companies princigmlf..\' in _ im« | provements. With the inauguration of dredging operations there is a great reâ€" duction in the force of laborers emâ€" ployed, and they only work four or five months in the year." WARNING TO AUTOMOBILISTS. The Dredge Has Taken the Place of the Minerâ€"Water Supply for Individual Claimâ€"Owners a Serious Problem, THE FLUSH TIMES OF EARLY DAYS A THING OF THE PAST. ing JUDICIAL sY8STEM ROTTEN? Justice Mersdith Indignant â€" at Motion Made. T aislad becadis.. s B 15 to have a double senteuce imiâ€" Crown Attorney Cor, s some penalty. â€" *"There should lesson taught to CHU i vuidlg on . oL« * PSE Hammond wou! Says Dr. uunmond. would uy fine imposed Culonel Denison ko on suspended DAWSON CITY. . inded, "unless they are the rottenness of our It is this sort of thing de people laugh at the motions made probably have 14 this const and sents I dismiss the court a yreat 8¢ iMCad > tolerâ€" & Adbaar ud | MUTINEERS SHOT. ing Canadian Woman., Wuhinï¬on, Nov. 4.â€"The War D partment has beem notified that the civil aufthorities at Detroit have deâ€" cided to drop all proceedings against Private Cyrus QGillette, a soldier in the United States army, who accidemtally shot and killed a young Canadian woâ€" aan while firing at a fleeing doserter at Fort Brady some months ago, and that Gillette has been returned to the wiliâ€" tary authorities. No Punishment for Accidentally Shootâ€" new _ York, Nov, 4.â€"A sontemce of six months‘ imprisonment in the peniâ€" tentiary was toâ€"day imposed by Justice Dowling upon Dr. Walter R. Gillette, former Viceâ€"President of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, who was conâ€" victed of perjury, Dr. Gillette first deâ€" nied and then admitted to a Grand Jury that he had deposited $5,000 ir a bank to be used in influencing legislation afâ€" fecting insurance companies. A physician testified toâ€"day that Dr. Gillette was suffering from beart trouâ€" ble, and that imprisonment might result in his death. Former Life Insuranse Off Penitentiary. Â¥ladivostack, Nov. 4.â€"A mutiny this morning among a number of the ree ntly atrived army sappers was quickly =upâ€" pressed by the use of machine guns. A battalion of sappers armed with rifles tried to eapture one of tHle hbar racks here, but two companies of a rifle regiment whieh were quartered there brought maehine guns into action and routed the attackers. A dozen of th» latter were kikled or wounded. Machine Guns Made Short â€" rk of Army Sappers. At any rate, he is almost sure to | summoned to testify at the trial o1 t action of the York Loan against t! Toronto Life for the recovery of va» ous claims, aggregating about $150.>~ Toronto, Nov. &â€"It is likely that Joseph Phillips, exâ€"President of the York County Loan, will be brought from iKngston Penitentiary _ in _ November, when the question as to the exact time of the insolvency of the company comes before: Referee RKappele, Jos.. Philips to Come as Witness in Kchool. Director Young was forced to deciare a holiday toâ€"day, as the cla«s rooms were vacant. The trouble arose oves the refusal of the freshmen to oboy the order of the sophomores to wear greer caps with yellow buttons. remained until daylight,.shivering in the nipping atmosphere. After they had been. released Ly other sophomores the entire sophomore class captured twenty five freshmen, bound their arms with repes and clmins and marched them arcund town, accompanied by the school band Rolla,. M 0., Nov. 4.â€"As a result of class rivalry twenty sophomores of the Ktate School of Mines were routed out of bed last night, and, half clad, were tied to trees on the campus, where they Among the dozem exhibits filed with the petition is a eopy of a notice _ to stove dealers in the 8t. Louis Labor, _ a periodical, warning them not to oftend organized labor by patronizing the Buck Stove and Range Company,. _A similar notice in the Labor Timesâ€"Herald, _ of Fort Wayne, Ind., states that Jocal merâ€" chants handling the Buck products had just miased being put on the unfair list. Another exhibit shows «cores of notices from the Federationist, an official organ of the American Federation of Labor, that various firms have been placed on the unfair list Chief Judge Calabaugh, of the District Supreme Court, directed the Federation to show cause on Friday, November sth, why an injunction should not issue against it and its «wbordinate organizaâ€" tions to prevent publication of the comâ€" pany‘s name in the "We Don‘t Patroâ€" nize" list and other actions, pending hearing of the equity proceedings begun last August. _It is .-zldud that since the instiâ€" tution of the original suit to restrain the boyeott the American Federation of Imbor, its Executive Council, its suborâ€" dinate organizations and its two million members are continuing the boycott and thereby harassing and injuring the busi ness of the company. It will require sevâ€" eral months before testimony can be taken in the original suit, and on this ground a temporary injunction . i soucht. SIX MONTHS FOR GILUIETTr® 'l' Y“k} 'No'. ‘.â€"A‘IH'I’ Move has been made by the Buck Stove and Range Co,, of St. Louis, in its legal camâ€" paign against the boycott by the Ameriâ€" can Federation of Labor against _ the .o.p!'. products. _ Through its counâ€" sel, J. Mï¬wï¬ and W. . Sullivan, a petition was led, asking a temporary injunction against the boyecott. It is flh‘lfll that since the instiâ€" tution of the original suit to restrain BUCK STOVE AND RANSE COXPAÂ¥y MAKES NEW MOVE. STUDENT PRANKS, ~SsTOVE BOYCOTT. SOLDIER GOES FREE s Temporary Restraintâ€"Complain Made That Stove Deslors Are VWarn. ed by Labor Unions to Shun S;, Louis Company. _ _ YORK LOAN. Sane Men May Be. icial to now a how « lovelis and A fous a ited a pur i1 pa 1@ hi on #1t an and It « rar &no 6L rÂ¥ t} fr 6