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"S APPEAL «) | Gf) m JP This Magnificent Vessel the Largest in the Canadian Trai:. siding. Th speaking in must remin CoNvzRsION OF ENGLAND Locked Fo:r by the _ Archbisho 1 Fireâ€"Fighting In Nova Scotia Steel Co.‘s No. 1 Mine. COAL MINE BURNING. : land & SWoiff, Belfast, yesterday (Sept. tv,. TLis is an event of more than usual interest in the shipping world, for, as previously notified, the Laurentic wil signalize the entry of the White Star line into the Canadian trade in conjuneâ€" tion with the Dominion line, and thus strengthen the connection between Canâ€" ada and the mother country. The Laurentic will be the largest ves sel in the Canadian trade, She is a singleâ€"{unneled, twoâ€"masted steamer of 14,500 tons gross register, 3565 feet in length, with a beam of 67 feet 4 inche> She will carry 150 firstâ€"class, 430 seconml cluss and 650 thirdâ€"class passengers anu a large quantity of cargo. The passenâ€" ger accommeodation of ti: Laurentic has been carefully #rranged. _ The shin will carry its own orebestra, is equipped with an electric elevacor, refrigerat»? cham bers both for provisions and cargo, the Marconi system of wireless tclegraphy, and upâ€"toâ€"date submaring signalling apâ€" para‘tus. | launched from the vard of Me int the, struk WILLIAM THE LAURENTIC. LEJsY . he Moselle Laurenti rossed the : rontier as a Simp e | | Toutist | rding to the official advices the or will have to traverse only one hundred yards of French soil r to reach a point whence he can he splendid panorama. The view s the plains of Upper Alsace, the of Longemer and Gerardmere and leys of the Vologne and Moslotte _which flow through pine forests idvices from Liverp evenin by the Montreal t. 14.â€"I â€".agniticent Yiew irom icuntain Top. N FRANCE. 14. â€"The Government toâ€" ufficial information that lam, the army manceuyres aine being at an end, would lines will _ earry a There are six limes that Archbishop of 4 at an end, would | 1e French frontier ‘ simple tourist, for | y the magnificent ; ie Schlucht Moun. ; virent i ssI‘s an usual | ence oi her bf , for, as | years olc of ntic ,"h:‘ iaborer emplo hite Star | n Hifkhenss conjuneâ€" : Kavid Transit and !hu-' ed yesterday ; een Cajâ€"| slantancous, ' Laurion and gest ves. | in charge of a Nhe is a| hauis coal fro ramer ot| {he company‘s | feekt ;,,l and W yoming 4 inche, | mude the last J secon|. | TUD upon a si gers ang | loading at the : passey. | dent occurred. entic lms! ed on top of shin will | 108. Annot‘ 1c UPge Hoa uly ! Puno put ; soil | train ran « can] strong Ital iew | and euffed the | stiletto an and | pluaged it tte | larbone, »sts | about one i Dr. Rod, o dressed ~th stitches. V (’(illn')' Con $5usp uy to London, Ont , Despatchâ€"While in a typhoid delirium this morning at 6 o‘ciock Charles Judge, 25 years of age, of 121 King street, jumped from the second floor of Victoria Hospital, and was alâ€" most instantly killed. The patient susâ€" tained a fractured skull in the fall. Judge had been a patient at the hospital for onir two days, and an almost constant watch had been kept upon him. This morning however, as the orderly turned to report to the night supervisor, Judge crawled through the window of the men‘s weneral ward, which had been left open about eighteen inches. Judge has a broâ€" ther living in London. Deceased was a bricklayer and came over recently from England. London Patient Leaps to Deati While In Delirium. No Accidents Where It Is Employâ€" ed, Say Officials. Mieit nb sls hi ns mide | Quarre!l Between Two Italians at Harrisburg. nI sLintancous, Laurion and his brother Frank were in charge of a trolley freight car which hattls coal from the railroad sidine to 1O n POV IeUs CORT NHE NOE 10 do §0, and cuffed him. Galillo Pano drew his stiletto and slipped up behind Vetro and plunged it into his back, striking his colâ€" lar bone. inflicting a nasty wound of about one inch deep and two inches long. Dr. Rod, of St. George, was called and dressed the wound, putting in â€" three stitches. Vetro is doing nicely toâ€"day. County Constable Cornelle has been notiâ€" fied, and it is expected Puno will soon be arrested. He was last seen this morning Put a Torpedo on the Track of the Grand Trunk. Harrisburg, Ont., Despatechâ€"An Italian quarre! took place last night between two section men of the Grand Trurk at Harrisburg. _ An Ialian named Galilio Puno put a torpedo on the rail, and the train ran over it, and Sug Vetro, a big., strorg Italian, told him not to do so, and cuffed him. Galillo Pano drew his stiletto and slipped up behind Vetro and plunged it into his back, striking his colâ€" Inr bone. inflictine a nasty wound af roing to Hamilton Philadelphia orkman Electrocuted at His Brother‘s Side. STABBED IN BACK. He had FATAL JUMP. _ York, Sept. 14.â€"Fiftyfive men been killed in building the new vell‘s Island bridge over the East according to the report of a comâ€" of the Central Federated Union ted to ascertain the fatalities in vork. The committe also found ifteen workmen â€" have â€" suffered in the Chelsea doek improvements. nion workmen who investigated ibject said that city inspectors o conceal the loss of life, which ion men attribute to the employâ€" f nonâ€"union men in experienced it lofty heights and to the abâ€" f proper precautions. The invesâ€" s declared that no lives have st in building the new Manhatâ€" idge, where union labor is emâ€" UNiION LABOR. is hand touched the wire a large t light and his screams apprised ther of th> situation. The next the dead body, thrown by the t the electric eurrent, had been to the pavement. at the car curred. Th top of the t 1er urother, Joseph Lnuriul;, 21 c of 6a¢ Catharine street, a emploved by the Philadelphia ansit Company, was electrocutâ€" day afternoon. vwearn was inâ€" LIVE WIRE. aurion, who was a helpless the affair, was completely ind it was with difficulty itors sncceeded in quieting d to be assisted to his home. f his brother was sent home day afternoon and the Corâ€" rom the railroad siding to s barns at Second street ag avenue. _ The car had st trip for the day and had sliing preparatory to unâ€" he car barn when the aceiâ€" d. The two brothers climbâ€" f the car to begin runloadâ€" Ne pt. 14 In the pres Public relief work usually is not operâ€" ative until the winter sets in, but now it will be begun next Monday. The Glasgow Herald yesterGay started a reâ€" lief fund which has already attracted generous subscriptions. Masons and carpenters and plumbers are either rushing to the United States and Canada, or wherever they think there is a chance of work, or else living on their savings or allowances from the trades unions. The depression has spread _ to the steel and textile manufactories, few of which are now â€" employing anything like their full quota of men. Almost every industry is at a standstill, the buildâ€" ing trades suffering keenly. Twentyâ€"five Thousand Idle. New _ York, Sept. 14â€"A cable desâ€" patch to The Herald from Glasgow says: Not in many years has Glasâ€" gow had to face such a problem reâ€" garding its unemployed as now _ conâ€" fronts it. It is a problem, too, which dsily grows more difficult of solution, for it involves providing for and makâ€" ing satisfied an increasingly large proâ€" portion of the city‘s population. Estimates of the number _ out _ of work in Glasgow and in _ the towns along the Clyde run as high as 180,000. This is the estimate of the Socialist orators, and men in a position to know cal!l the figures absurd, but the most conservative admit that the number must reach 25,000, The shipbuilding industry is almost paralyzed and most of the great yards on the Clyde are doing little or nothâ€" ng. Some are facing the necessity of either shutting down _ completely _ or keeping a fraction of their staff workâ€" ing part of the time. The whole life of the (Clyde Valley is more or less bound up with this particular industry. _ The Chamberlain of the city replied with deep emotion, He said the Counâ€" cil had received the delegation in » spirit of brotherhood, and _ that it weuld do all in its power to help those who needed work,. Large bodies of troops were held in reserve _ this afternoon _ in _ anticipaâ€" tion of rioting and attacks on property. The men, however, have decided to reâ€" frain from demonstrating for one week. In order to give the Council an opporâ€" tunity to adopt measures for the imâ€" provement of the situation. The police arrested a Socialist who incited a man to resist arrest, He threw pepper in the eyes of the constables before they secured him, Last night three thousand of the unâ€" er:ployed organized a midnight march to One of the best quarters of the city. Mounted police sceattered the crowd and frustrated its intention. Several arâ€" rests were made. ‘ The Provost and the Council are tryâ€" | Hafid Defeated. | _ Paris, Sept, 14.â€"A special despatch | from Tangier says that Chief Mtougi | won a great _ victory over the Hafid ; forces near Morocco City on Sept, 3â€"5. W PLEADS FOR BREAD. TWENTYâ€"FIVE THOUSAND UNEMâ€" PLOYED IN GLASGOW STREETS. misplacing of a surveying pin. The act was the work of the Italian, who had a erudge against the government. Heidelberg, Sept. 14.â€"An act of reâ€" venge on the part of an Italian laborer, because he considered he had been disâ€" missed without cause, has cost the govâ€" ernment of Baden the sum of $$75,000. The government has been constructing a railroad _ tunnel through the Black Forest Mountains, working in from each end to meet in the centre, It was disâ€" ecovered toâ€"day that the two halves, which should come together at the vilâ€" lage of Forbach, miss each other by 26 foet. The reason is a mistak« in the survey, which arose from the purposeful italian Laborer Causes Baden Loss of $875,000. HE‘S A QUITTER No War For Them. Algiers, Sept. 14.â€"The inhabitants of the imovigo aistrict, to the number .of three thousand, demonstrated in front of the public meetings at Tabriz yesterday. in the belief that they were to be draftâ€" ed for a war with Moroceo. The di«â€" turbances continue, despite the efforts of the authorities to reassure the natâ€" ives. Casa Blanea, Sept. 14. â€"Abd ElAziz, the former Sultan of Morocco, who has been vanquished by his brother, Mulai Hafid, has written a letter to Mtougi,, â€" one of his leaders, thanking him for his supâ€" port, but saying that he had decided to abandon the struggle. _ Mtougi replied that he would never submit to Mulai Hafid, and it is believed that he intends to enter the field against the new ruler of the empire. Mulai Hafid Defeatedâ€"Natives Ubjecti to Fight. Abd El Aziz Has Given Up Strugzle agairst £rother. Work on the Clygeâ€"Shipbuilding at Standstillâ€"Other Trades Paralyzed â€"Sixteen Thousand Empty Houses in the Cityv. COSTLY SPITE. g t is man, no outâ€" here to women. The Minas Geraes and the other warships being built for Brazil are being constructed under the supervision of Brazilian officers. _ Another vessel like the Minas Garaes is to be launched on November 7th, and a third will be built on the slip vacated by the vessel launched toâ€"day. When _ completed _ this vessel will have a displacement approaching 20,000 tous, and she will carry a main armaâ€" ment of twelve 12â€"inch giuns arranged as are the guns on the battleships now beâ€" ing built for Japan; in other words, in such‘ a manner that ten of them can be fired simultaneously on either broadside, eight in a line with the keel astern. Newcastleâ€"onâ€"Tyne, Sept. 14.â€"â€"What on paper at ieast is the most powerful warship ever built for any navy _ was launched here toâ€"day for Brazil. This latest war machine was christened Minas Geraes _ by Madame Rogis de Olivera, wife of the Brazilian Minister to Great Britain. It was resolved by the conference that each member in his own comâ€" munity should push the organization of moral and social reform leagues, and should organize the men of the Presbyterian churches into brotherâ€" hoods. The Most Powerful Battleship Ever Built. Rev. John Tate, of Thessalon, and Rev. J. A. Donnell, of Haileybury, drew attention to the need of moral reform work in New Ontario, and the need particularly of a more efficient Provincial police force. All mimisters were advised to arrange for meetings with workingmen‘s societies for the discussion of social problems. Child labor, sweai shop, and similar legisâ€" lation was approved. "Law Enforcement," and the advanâ€" tage of educating children in the pubâ€" lic schools on temperance. A breezy talk on "Graft" was given by Mr. G. M. MacDonnell, K.C., of Khingston. Rev. W. R. Mclntosh, of Elora, spoke on "What the Presbyterâ€" ies Can Do in the Interests of Temperâ€" ance." Rev. Dr. Shearer dealt with Another important address was that by Dr. Helen MacMurchy on the care of the feebleâ€"minded. The conference ordered a petition to be signed in their name, to be presented to the Ontario Govemniment, asking them to make a specific provision for the care of feeâ€" bleâ€"minded adults in some instituâ€" tions, and also of children of that class. by Mr. J. J. Kelso, Superintendent of Néglected and Dependent Childrenm, on the reclaiming aud proper care of young lads that are ou‘4:ag criminals, created a profound im»r»ssion upon the men present in the conference of Presbytery Conveners and _ official leaders »1 Moral and Social Reform from all the Presbyteries in Ontario yesterday, in St. James‘ Square Presâ€" pyterian Church. A few ot the memâ€" bers of the General Assembly‘s Board were also present. Rev. Dr. McNair, 0t Oakville, was in the chair. The Care of the Feebleâ€"mindedâ€"A Breezy Talk on the Question of "Graft"â€" Moral Reform in untario. PRESBYTERIAN REFORM LEADERS CONFER. Watertown, N. Y., Sept. 14.â€"Henry J. McCormick, for six years claims agent of the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg division of the New York Central, toâ€" day pleaded guiity to six indictments, charging him with forgery in connection with the settlement of claims against the railroad. Mr. Justice DeAngeiis on the first indiectment sentenced him to Auburn prison for not less than three and a balf years, nor more than nine. (On each of the other five indictments he was sentenced to serve not less than two years nor more than four, and senâ€" tence in each indietment, save the first, was suspended Six Indictments Registered Against H. J. McCormick. Montreal, Que., Sept. 14. â€"A true bill of murder was returned ~ late yesterday _ afternoon _ against Frank Smith, alias "Crookedneck," for the death of Michael Malone in an opium joint on Lagauchetierre street about two months ago. His trial has been set for Tuesday next before Mr. Justice Trenholme. Smith entered a plea of not guilty, and urged selfâ€"defence as his justification in killing Malone. Both victim and slayer were notorious characters, and known to the police of half the continent. Crooked Neck Smith Must Stand Trial For Vurder. ing to determine the best method of ecping with the. situation of the two _leading causes assigned for the present conditions here. One is the recent overâ€" production in the shipyards, the other last year‘s financial crisis in America, and two possibilities are suggested which might meet the situation adeâ€" quately, One is the distributing of a number of warship contracts among the yards, .the other the more noticeâ€" cble improvement in America leading to the placing of more orders over here. The primary cause of the situation in the shipyards is overâ€"production. When business was rushing upon them all the shipbuilders had to increase their caâ€" pacity in order to keep up with the demand, Then when business shrank sudâ€" ‘ denly the demand for ships fell away and the yards had to suffer. The Amâ€" ‘ erican financial crisis, too, reduced the power of capital. The reason for ‘.'wl stagnation in the building trades is the same. Glasgow has been owr-hniit..l There are now 16,000 empty houw-.-" in the city, and the situation looks very | lark A Toronto despatch: A telling address SENT TO PRISON. WAR VESSEL FOR BRAZIL SAVE LADS. COMMITTED. k. k & Stricter Inspvection of Shipments Via Niagara River Decided On. Ottawa, Sept. 14.â€"The staff of Doâ€" minion fruit inspectors has been subâ€" stantially increased for this season by new appointments. An inspector will be stationed at Port Arthur and Fort William, who will watch shipments to other points between the Soo and Winâ€" nipeg. It is intended to give particular attention to shipments in bond, via the Niagara River. Shippers using this route are warned by the Department of Agriâ€" culture that it may be necessary to deâ€" tain cars at the frontier in order to make a proper inspection. Detroit, Mich., Sept. 14.â€"Because of the inability of basket manufacturers to furnish baskets and the railway to furnish iced cars, grape growers in southâ€" western Michigan wili be unable to marâ€" ket more than half their crops. The crop is one of the largest and the qualâ€" ity the best in the history of the indusâ€" ry, Thousands of grapeâ€"vines _ in the vineâ€"yards are not being picked, and the grapes are spoiling. More than #1,â€" 000,000 worth of grapes will be lost, it is said. Nt Enough Faskets and Iced Cars to Narke: Them. Halifax, N. S., Sept. 14.â€"A considerâ€" able deposit of platinum has been disâ€" covered at Fortune Bay, Prince Edâ€" ward Island, on the summer home owned by Gertrude Coghlan, leading woâ€" man _ in the "Travelling Salesman" at New York Gayety Theatre. _ She has disposed of the eighty five acres to a Montreal fign for $125,000, Miss Coghâ€" lan inherited property from her father Mr. Charles Coghlan, and a year ago was offered about oneâ€"tenth of the amount for the property Gertrudeo Coghlan Falls Heiress to Platinum Deposits. an took a through the He was p condition, a Hospital. 1 the hospital serious as t Then Jumped From Attic Window to Escape Arrest. Toronto despatch: Jumping from a thirdâ€"storey window to escape arrest afâ€" ter knocking senseless with a hammer a woman with whom he had been drinkâ€" ing, John Kavaran, 191 Church street, fell with terrific force upon the hard ground below. He was terribly bruised, two of his ribs being broken, the fracâ€" tured ends piercing his lungs, Yesterday afternoon P. C. Hunt was told that a man had brutally treated a woman in a room at 252 Richmond street. The officer entered the house, and in the attic found Emma Watson lying on the floor in a pool of blood. Kavaran was standing near the window. The officer went up to him. ‘ "Did you do that?" he asked, indicatâ€" ing the woman lying on the floor. "Yes, I did," answered Kavaran, "and I wish I had killed her. Then he sudâ€" denly said, "Where is that razor*" Hunt looked around, and as he did so Kavarâ€" an took a.leap and went head first through the window. of Daily Communion." The Protestar® Alliance announced toâ€" day that contrary to report it had not applied for an injunction against _ the precession of Sunday, having been adâ€" vised that it was too late to resort to this course. Some sensation has been caused here by the publication of a letter received by the secretary of the alliance _ and signed by a man claiming to be secretary of the Catholic Antiâ€"bigotry Society," in which the leading members of the alâ€" liance are threatened with death if the procession is interfered with, _ The writer is supposed to be a crank. GRAPES SPOILINC. NCRA EiNA www Delegates to Congress at Pontifical has been issued for the arrest of Dunâ€" can M. Stewart, late general manager of the defunet Novereign Bank, and toâ€"day High Constable Bissonette is searching the city for him, but so far without avail. â€" Stewart is charged with issuing false returns to the Government, and the present action has been in stitint od by the Dominion Finance Department at Ottawa. The charge is that in March and April Stewart sent returns to ths Government which were false, _ George Watson, K. C., of Toronto, has been inâ€" structed to look into the matter, Up to within a few days ago Stewart was he. lieved to be living with relatives in the city. Toâ€"day he was not to be found, and it is thought he has left for parts urknown. t The Government Has a Warrant Cut For His Arrest. Late General Manager of Sovereign Eank Missing. AFTERSTEWART NEW FRUIT INSPECTORS. London, Sept FORTUNE FOR ACTRESS Montreal, Que USED HAMME® ON WOMAN THE EUCHARIS picked up in a semiâ€"conscious and removed to St. Michael‘s The woman was also taken to il, but her condition is not so that of Kavaran. , Sept. 14. â€"A warrant Is Charged Witn Stealing Goods From Employer. A St. Thomas du%‘tcb: Rébert W, Beckett, who came here from Stayner, Ont., a few months ago, and â€" has been employed at F. H. P. Reynolds‘ drug store, was arrested toâ€"day, charged with theft of goods from his employer. A large box was found in Beckett‘s posâ€" session, filled with goods. Beckett claimâ€" ed he _ bought some of the goods at wholesale price. He will come up for a hearing _ toâ€"morrow, before the magisâ€" trate. er. The board have attached to the apâ€" plication a notice to every street railâ€" way and railway company in their jurisâ€" diction that unless they attend the hearing on September 24 the board will dispose of the application as may seem just and reasonable upon the appliâ€" cant‘s showing. The various municipalâ€" ities in which the railways are operating have also been notified of the applicaâ€" tion in order that their representatives might have an opportunity of being heard. Toronto despatch: That the steps of the cars, not only of the Toronto Street Railway Company, but of other street and electric railways in the Province, are too high is the opinion of Dr. Helen MacMurchy of Toronto, and in order to have their neignt reduced she has filed an application with the Ontario Railway Board, which has Qeen set down for hearing on Thursday, September 24. Dr. MacMurchy alleges that to her own knowledge the Toronto Street Railway Company, and to the best of her belief other street and electric railways in the Province, are operating cars the l&epl( of which are so high trom the ground‘ that they are a menace to the safety, convenience and comport of the public. In her application she asks the board to fix the height of the first step at from nine to twelve inches from the ground, and that of the other steps from | seven to nine inches, one above the othâ€" Dr. Helen MacMurchy F With Board any deal cents a Medicine Mothers who keep a box of Baby‘s Own Tablets in the house may feel that the lives of their little ones are reasonably safe during the hot weather months. Stomach troubles, cholera inâ€" fantum and diarrhoea carry ofif thouâ€" _sands of little ones every summ>~, in most cases because the mother does not have a safe medicine at hand to give promptly, Baby‘s Jwn Tablets eure these troubles, or if given occasionally to the well child will prevent the trouble coming on. _ And the mother has the guarantee of a Government analyst that the Tablets contain no opiate or harmâ€" ful drug. Mrs. Geo, Mineault, jun, Mont Louis, Que., says: "Before giving Baby‘s Own Tablets to my little one she suffered greatly from colic and stomach troubles, and cried a great deal. The Tablets soon cured her, and she is now a plump, healthy child who does not look as though she ever had an hour‘s i}}â€" ness." You can gee the Tablets from any dealer in medicine or by mail at 25 cents a box from the Dr. Williams‘ Medicine Co.. Brockville, Ont. Chicago, Sept. 14.â€"A. Booth & Co,, the $5,000,000 fish trust, wont into reâ€" ceiver‘s hands this afternoon. â€" This action was taken after a long conferâ€" ence between the Booths, the banks and attorneys, The banks are said to have about $1,750,000 of the firm‘s obligations and other creditors are said to swell this to #3,000,000. The banks‘ refusal to make further advances is said to be ‘the cause of the trouble. A. Booth and Co., of Chicago, Receiver‘s Hands. Lhe verdict is probably the shortest one on record, and read: "Death due to natural causes." A Toronto ilespatch: All the doctors concerned in the case of Mrs. Gray, who died in the General Hospital Wednesday afternoon of septic poisoning _ a short while after being admitted, wore exonerâ€" ated by the inquest held yesterday after. noon by Coromer R. B. Orr. A numâ€" ber of doctors and the husband of the deceased gave evidence. The doctors who had examined her of late, those who performed _ the postmortem, as well as those who had treated her preâ€" viously, agreed that there had been no operation performed and especially no illega) open.ntiop, as has been suggested. SHORTEST VERDICT ‘"Death Due to Natural Causes" Says Toronto Jury. is empty, so the complainants are not likely to receive their damages of cight francs each. Patand says he intends to claim damâ€" ages before the magistrates who conâ€" demned him â€" from Nargent, ‘the secreâ€" tary of a printers‘ union, because he (Pataud) failed to receive two coptos of Socialist newspapers, to which he was a subscriber, which did not appear for 24 hours because of a strike. Paris, Sept. 14.â€"Pataud, the secreâ€" tary of the Electrical Workers‘ Union, who â€" was compelied yesterday to pay damages to three music hall singers because they had suffered loss of work through a strike of his union, says he iodetenliudtobring the case beforo the Court of Cassation, He says he is insolvent, and the treasury of his umon FISH TRUST FAILS. Parisian Will Sue Union For of Paper. CAR STEPS DRUG CLERK ARRESTED SAVE THE CHILDREN. UP TO DATE. TORONTO ARF Files Complaint 190 HIGH Avening despatch: John Martin, a young farmer i:re, was attacked by a bull yesterday while driving it along the road. It knocked him down and was goring him, when hbe caught it by the nose and held it until two neighâ€" bors came to his rescue, There is no doubt that he would have been killed if they had not come, as his strength was exhausted, John Martin, of Avening, Saved From Death by Neighbors. It is Needed to Restore Confidence and Credit. Tokio, _ Sept. 14.â€"Marquis Katsura, the new Premier and Minister of Finâ€" ance, outlined a policy of rigid economy for Japan in an address toâ€"night before the Bankers‘ Club. He declared that the patriotism of the people of Japan was as necessary now, when economy was needed to restore confidence and credit, as during the Russianâ€"Japanese war, when he was Foreign Minister. The booksellers are impressed â€" with the fact that the Ontario Government are working towards a goal of free schpol books for the pupils of Ontario, and this will make â€"sad inroads upon the profits of the booksellers and staâ€" tioners in the smaller towns, where the school book business is the backbone of their trade. The discussion this morning was with the object of bringing â€" ome pressure to bear upon Sir James Whitney and Hon. Dr, Pyne, Minister of Educaâ€" tion, that the free distribution of school books would be as costly in the end as the present system. The following officers were clected for the ensuing â€" year: President, J, G. Cloke, HMamilton; Viceâ€"President, A. H. Jarvis, Ottawa. Executive, G,. W. Sulâ€" man, M. P. ?., Chatham; M. G, Hay, St. Thomas; J. Â¥. Sifton, London: C. T. Jarvis, Ottawa,. Exe man, M. P. P., Chath Thomas; J. Â¥. Sifto Nelles, Guelph; Wm Necretary â€"Treasurer, meet the publishers shortly in or the association might obtain information. The hookseMerz : HHA\ Inimnake. cut _ made books will sonable a: them. T Retailers Appoint Committee to Confer With Pubiishers, Toronto Desptchâ€"The price of school books was the subject of a short discusâ€" sion at the annual meeting of the Bookâ€" ellers‘ and Stationers‘ Association yesâ€" terday. It has been contended that the cut made in the prices of the new books will not allow the retailers a reaâ€" sonable amount of profit for handling them. _ The association decided to apâ€" point a committee of ret@@) stationers to __The men had quarrelled over money alleged to be due to Martin, for whom Mcleod had acted as real estate agent. (‘hi«-?o, Nept. 14.â€"Former City Colâ€" lector ooe‘;:-s. Martin, for many years a leading ocratic politician and adâ€" visor to the late Governor Altgeld, was arrested last night after a desperate encounter with Peter McLeod, a conâ€" tractor, in which McLeod was stabbed twice and Martin was severely injured. The fight took place before the linrtin and McLeod homes, 190 and 192 North Btate street. Both were taken to a hosâ€" pital and will recover, One Man Stabbed Twice Other Badly Hurt. miles, the whole country is ablaze, Forest fires destroyed the camp ownâ€" ed by George Mooring on Pigeon River yesterday, with ‘the complete outfit. The loss is $5,000. One camp owned by the Pigeon River Company, and joâ€" cated on Arrow River, was toâ€"day toâ€" tally destroyed, while another owned by the same company was partially deâ€" stroyed, with a loss of about $10,000. The equipment is included in both cases, _ Four men who left to take care of the Pigeon River Company‘s camps were unable to block the progress of the flames, and saved only the horses. The fire on Thunder Cape is still burnâ€" ing, and Silver Islet buildings are beâ€" lieved from here to be in great danger, The city is shrouded in smoke. According to a report received, the fire is only a short distance from the village of HMymers, and people there are very anxious lest it should spread to that place. _ From the international boundâ€" ary to Hymers, a distance of thirty miles. the whole countrÂ¥ is ablava The whole country east and west of this place is ablaze, and the fire is gaining great headway, being fanned b{ a heavy breeze. On Thunder Cape the whole section is lighted up with frames from forest fires. East of here, along the C,. P. R., it is reported that the worst forest fires in the history of the country are now raging, and thab thousands of dollars‘ worth of timber is ablaze, _ Along the Duluth exteaâ€" sion several villages are threatened. According to a report received, the fire is only a short distance from the village of Hymers, and people there are very a'nxious lest it should spread to that Port Arthur, Sept. â€"14.â€"Bush fires surround Port Arthur and Fort Wilâ€" liam, and all day yesterday the fire fighting of the two towns were in fighting the flames. At one ‘time the fire between the cities threatened several residences, but after a stubborn fight it was finally extinâ€" guished. At the mission at Squaw Bay the Indians had a hard fight with the elements to save the village from deâ€" struction. _ The fire got right up to their back yards, and all yesterday the men struggled to save their homes. Nothing was destroyed. _ The fire tug Dudley was sent to that point to save the plant of the Thunder E_v Contractâ€" ing Co., and had a hard fight all the afternoon ‘to save the docks, etc. _ A section from _ the office .department fought bush fires near the Shuniah mines all yesterday afternoon. Several residences were threatened by the fire, which was finally quenched. RIGID ECONOMY FOR JAPAN Fire Brigades of Fort William and mnmlwurimiu the Flames, Which Surround Those Citiesâ€" Settlements in Imminent ENORMOUS LOSS HELD BULL BY THE NOSE PRICE OF SCHOOL BOOKS FIERCE FIGHT. THUNDER BAY DISTRICT FOREST FIRES. meeting of the Bookâ€" ners‘ Association yesâ€" n contended that the prices of the new w the retailers a reaâ€" f profit for handling iation decided to an. _Tyrrell, Toronto; W. A. Craick, We der that detailed IN | B \ ho C lt o tjae n ?&#+ 2 % k 12