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t: CONSTABL ES HELD AT BAY Italian Opened Fire on Them With a Winchester Rifle. A despatch from Parry Sound sayB : Constables Haystead and Kerr, of Bying Inlet, arrived here en Wednesday, having in charge I'Vank Sporanco, an Italian, ac- cused of burglary and robbery at Key Harbor Junction, C. P. R., and who so far had eluded arrest. On Tuesday Provincial Constable Chas. Knight and District Con- stable W. Madigan got trace of the Italian, who was working in a field, near Bying Inlet, for a man named Rooney, an Assyrian. As the con- stables approached the Italian he opened fire on them with an auto- matic rifle, the constables replying with revolver shots. Mr. Knight, feigning to have been shot, fell into some bushes. The other constable, Bccing his companion fall and think- ing him seriously wounded or kill- ed, turned and went to the Inlet for assistance and a medical man. Meantime, as soon as the Italian had emptied the rifle. Knight rose and ran toward him, and on the Italian turning, he shot him in the leg, inflicting a flesh wound in the thigh. As Knight reached the man he was savagely attacked with the clubbed rifle and had his head cut open. Ho stuck to his man, and using his revolver butt, brought him down and handcuffed him, but r>,v this time became so exhausted M'ith loss of blood and exertions of the streaucua fight that he was compelled to remain on th^ battle- field. Shortly afterward Madigan returned with assistance and both wounded constable and prisoner were conveyed to Bying Inlet, where the constable is confined to his bed from the injuries. Spor- anco is one of the three Italians who broke into a boarding-house at Key Harbor Junction and stole about 880, the other two having been previously caught by Knight and landed in jail here, but from which they escaped in a clever man- ner and are still at large. Knight I deserves great praise for his cour- ; age and good judgment. The coun- itry is being searched for the es raped two. lEADINd MARKETS BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Aug. 25â€" Ontario Wheat â€" Old or new. No. 2 white and red, 65c to 86c; No. 2 mixed, 85c. Manitoba Wheat â€" Nominal at $1.17 to $1.18 for No. I northern, lake ports ; other grades at propor- tionate values. Oatsâ€" Ontario, new, 39c to 40a outside ; old, nominal, at 45c to 4Vc out^!de; Manitoba, No. 3. 46p . to 46^. ,' ; rejects, 44J^c :o 4jc, lake pori.,. Barley -New No. 2, &7e. to 5Sc; No. 3 X, 53c to 6oc; No. 3, 63o to 64c. Ryeâ€" New, C5c to 70o bid outside ; old, no stocks. Cornâ€" Nominal at 88c to 88%c Toronto freights for No. 2 yellow, and 86j.^c to 87c for kiln-dried. Branâ€" Quoted at $16 to $18 per ton in bulk outside; in bags, $2 more. Shortsâ€" $20 to $21 per ton in bulk outside ; in bags, $2 more. Flour â€" Manitoba, first patents, $6; seconds, $5.40; strong bakers', $5.30; Ontario winter wheat pat- ents, $3.30 to $3.35. shoulders, 10c to lie; rolls, 10%c to lie; breakfast bacon, l&c to l&%c; green meats, out of pickle, Ic less than smoked. COUNTRY PRODUCTS. Cheeseâ€" Large, 13c to 13Xc ; twins, 13%c to 13%c. Butter â€" Wholesale quotations are : â€" Creamery, prints 25c to 26c do solids 23c to 24c Dairy jjrints, choice .... 23c to 24c do ordinarj 21c to 22c Dairy, tubs 21c to 22c Inferior 17c to 18c Eggs â€" 20c to 21c per dozen in case lots. Poultry â€" Spring chickens, live weight, 13c to 15c; fowl, 10c to lie; ducks, 10c to 12c ; dressed, 2c high- er. Honey â€" Strained, 10c to lie per pound. Beansâ€" Primes, $2 to $2.10; hand- picked, $2.10 to $2.20. Potatoes â€" COc to 80c per bushel In farmers' waggons. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis, Aujj. 25. â€" Wheat â€" September, $1.01% to $1.01%; Dcr cember, 98%c ; No. 1 bard, $1.24; Kpj«fl Northern, $1.24; No. 2 North- ern, $1.20 to $1.2i; No. 3 North- ern, $1.13 to $1.14. Flour - First patents, $6.16 to $6.25; second pat- ents, $6 to $6.15; first clears, $4.- 35 to $4.46; second clears, $3.60 to 8:!. CO. Branâ€" In bulk, $10.50 to $20. Buffalo, Aug. 25â€" Wheat^Winter higher ; No. 2 red, 98%c ; No. 3 ex- tra red, 97c; No. 2 white, 99c; No. 2 mixed, 98c. Corn â€" Higher ; No. 3 yellow, 84c; No. 4 yellow, 83c; No. 3 corn, 81 to 82c ; No. 4 corn, 79 to 80c ; No. 3 white, 83c. Oats- Higher ; No. 2 white, 61% to 51%c; No. 3 white, 50% to 60%c ; No. 4 white, 49% to 49%c. Ryeâ€" No. 2, track, 81c. LIVE STOCK MARKET. Toronto, Aug. 25. â€" In export cat- tle sales were recorded in two in- stances on a basis of $5.40 per cwt. Light export cattle brought $4.50 ti,' $5 per cwt. There is a fair de- mand for butchers' cattle at firm prices. The highest figure given out was $4.90 paid for some pretty fair cattle. Buyers maintain that ?5 would be paid for select stock. Prices of good cows were up 20 to 40c per cwt. Select butshem' cat- tle, $4.80 to $5.10; good loads, $4.- 40 to $4.76; medium, $3. GO to $4.25; common, $2.60 to $3.50; best cows, S3. 70 to $4.40; common cows, $2.- 5C to $3.60; bulls, $2 to $4; canners .*! to $2 per cwt. Calves were quoted at 3 to Cc par pound. mess, $22.60; half-barrels, $11.50; clear fat backs, $23; dry salt long clear backs, lie; barrels plate beef, $17.50; half-barrels do., $9. Com- pound lard, 8%c to 9%c; pure lard, 12%c to 10c; kettle rendered, 13c to 13%c; hams, 12%c to 14c, accord- ing to size ; breakfast bacon. 14c to 15c; AVindsor bacon, 15c to 16c; fresh killed abattoir dressed hogs, $10; live, $6.75 to $7. . The butter local market is steady, finest creamery being quoted at 2S%o in round lots, and 24c to 243^c i a jobbing way. Prices of eggs are firm under a good demand. Selected stock 23c ; No. 1, 20c, and No. 2, 16c per doz- en. Western cheese were quoted at 12%c to 12%c, and easterns at 12%c to 12%c. Receipts to-day were 7,- 037 boxes, as againstt 17,517 on the corresponding date last year. JAIL FOR LIQUOR MEN. Three Owen Sound Men Sentenced to Four Mouths. A despatch from Owen Sound says : The inhabitants of Owen Sound are greatly excited over the results of the trials, on Saturday, of the hotelkeepers charged with breaches of the liquor license act. In all there were seventeen charg- es, implicating nine hotels. The in- terest of the public has been inten- sified by the fact that three of the accused who were found guilty were sentenced to four months' im- prisonment each. Their names are : William Leach, City Hotel ; Joshua Warrilow, Royal Hotel, and An- drew Fogarty, Albion Hotel. Each of the accused had been previously convicted, and Magistrate Creasor, while remarking that he was sorry for them, said that he was forced by statute to send them to prison. Fines ranging from $60 to $100 were imposed upon other guilty parties. .1. 8.\W HUSBAND BURNING. His Invalid Wife Was Unable to Give Aid. A despatch from Brockville says : Wm. McKay, an elderly resident, was lighting his pipe near a window on Sunday when a sudden gust of wind blew a curtain against the match. In an instant the curtains and his clothing caught fire. Charles Place, a visitor from Hamilton, was passing the house at the time, and hearing the screams ran in and smothered the flames with a blan- ket. His wife, an invalid, was sit- ting in the room watching him burn, but was powerless to extend assistance. The right side of his body was badly burned, but it is thought he will recover. PROVISIONS. Porkâ€" Short cut, $23.50 per bar- rel ; mess, $19 to $19.60. Lardâ€" Tierces, 12c ; tubs, 12%c ; pails, 12%c. Smoked and Dry Salted Meats- Long clear bacon, ll%c to ll%c, tons and cases ; hams, medium and light, 14%c to 16c; hams, large, 12%c to 13c; backs, I7%c to IHc ; MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, Aug. 25. â€" Oats are in quiet demand. Manitoba, No. 2 white, 48c ; No. 2, 47c, and reject- ed, 45c per bushel, ex-store. Flour was fair. Choice spring wheat patents, $6 to $0.10; sec- onds, $5.60; winter wheat patents, $5; straight rollers, $4.30 to $4.60; do., in bags, $1.00 to $2.10; extras, $l.(i5 to $1.75. Manitoba bran, $22 to $23; shorts $25; Ontario bran, $21 to $22; middlings, $24 to $26 ; shorts, $20 per ton, including hags; pure grain mouille, $30 to $32, and milled grades, $26 to $28 per ton. Provisions â€" Barrels, short cut S MUST DIE Many Condemned to Death By Russian Courts in Two Days. -A doHpatch from St. Petersburg says : There were ten more death sentences in Russia on Wednesday, five at Vilna, two at Warsaw and three at Lodz. On Tuesday there were 20, a sinister record. Two of the men were former sailors at- tached to the Black Sea fleet, and had been found guilty of taking the lead in an attempt to pillage an estate. The others were convicted ff train robberies and murders. There were two executions on Tuesday at Warsaw, one at Tittis and several air St. Petersburg. A second unsuccessful attempt Mas made on Tuesday evening to asbnftsinate the Chief of Police of Pyatigorsk, M. Von Oglio. Three men emptied their revolvers at the Chief, but failed to hit him. The police shot down one of the revo- lutionists, but the other two es- caped. A despatch from Tchcrdyn tells of an armed collision between the in- habitants of two neighboring vil- lages over the ownership of a piece «.( disputeu land, in which two men were killed and several seriously wounded. TWO MEN MET DEATH. Fell on Their Heads and Never Re- gained Consciousness. A despatch from Renfrew, Ont., says : While engaged in loading telephone poles on a flat car at Caldwell's station, on Thursday, Jos. Sutherland, of that place, met death almost instantly by falling backward off the top of the car and striking on the back of his head. He died in about an hour after the fall, before medical attendance could arrive. He was 46 years of age, and unmarried. Chas. McQhean, a prominent far mer of Bromley, and a member of the Township Council, died on Wed resday from injuries received by a fatal fall. lie was working in his barn and was standing in the mow v.'hen he was struck by the hayfork, knocking him from where he was standing, and falling on the barn floor on his head. He was about 60 years of age, and leaves a family of young children. His wife died about two months ago. . 4^ GREAT FIRE AT SrAMBOTL. 'i'errible Conflagration in Turkish Quarters. A despatch from Constantinople says : Fire broke out on Sunday afternoon in the Stamboul quarter, and within a very brief period a terrible conflagration was raging. A strong wind carried the flames at great speed, and for six hours they swept over the section, destroying 1.500 houses and shops. The fire was still burning at 9 o'clock on Sunday night, but the wind had de- creased considerably. BEYOND CONTROL. Forest Fires Coniinue to Do Grent Dainngo in British Columbia. A despatch from Cranbrook, B. C, says a bush fire near Kimberley is beyond control, and is running nf rth towards Skookunchuck Creek. Sullivan and Kimberley are safe. There is a bad forest fire one mile east of Moyie. Another fire is b irning at Ryan. No rain for over j a month has made everything so jdrv that fire-fighting is very diflS- FIRE IN THE MAYPO LE MINE Seventy Miners Entombed at Wigan, England. ' A despatch from Wigan, England, says : The worst fears have been realized in the e.iplosion which oc- curred in the Maypole mine on Tuesday. The entombed miners number about seventy, and it is im- possible that any of them can have survived. Efforts at rescue, how- ever, continue unceasingly. Thirty bodies were discovered on Wednes- day in the workings, but the fumes from the burning coal prevented the rescuing party from reaching the others that undoubtedly are ly- ing down in the mine. A few bodies were brought to the surface, but all were so blackened and mutilated that identification was impossible. It will be impossible to make a thorough examination of the work- ing until the fire has been subdued and the air puriSed. When tho first rescue party descended on W ednesday morning the sight that met their eyes was horrifying. Not far from the bottom of the shaft eighteen bodies were found, all frightfully mutilated, legs and arms being blown off, and heads batter- ed almost beyond recognition. The management of the mine de- clares that between 60 and 70 men were under ground at the time of the explosion, and that there is no hope that anyone will be brought out alive. The women and children, however, who remained at the pit- head all night refused to leave un- til the bodies of the dead are brought to the surface. Nothing else will convince them of the hope- lessness of waiting. STRIKERS REFUSE PAY. Ignore Notice Issued by the Rail- way Company. A despatch from Montreal says : The Canadian Pacific Railway Company on Friday engaged a hundred more mechanics, and the greater number of these were sent west. The company claims that sufficient men are now engaged in the Angus shops to keep them go- ing all right. While there are plen- ty of car men, more metal workers are wanted, and these are being gradually secured. The company further contends that there has been no interference with the train service, and no trouble whatever is anticipated in handling the Western gra-ii. The company on Friday is- sued notices to the men to draw their pay for the work they had done this month, but, acting on the instructions of the union, the strik- ers paid no attention to the notice. « GAVE LIFE FOR TRUST. E.vprcss Messenfcer Sorenson Killed at Enderlin. A despatch from Winnipeg says : Otto Sorenson, a messenger in the employ of the Western Express Company, was killed by robbers, who attempted to rob his car at rfnderlin, N. D., on Thursday night. Sorenson travels on the Soo li;io to Winnipeg. He was found dead in his car. "The position in which he was lying indicated that he had had a terrible struggle. The robbers fled in terror after killing their man. He leaves a wife and two children, who live in St. Paul. 41 RTG STRUCK BY TRAIN. Ton-ycnr-old Boy Killed and Grand- mother Injured. A despatch from Port Arthur, Ont., says: At Stanley, twenty miles from here, on Wednesday af- ternoon, a rig containing three per- sons, while crossing the railway track, was struck by a Canadian Northern work train. Edward McLeur, aged ten, was killed, and hir grandmother, Mrs. S. A. Mc- Dowell, seriously injured. Miss McLeur, the third member of the party, escaped uninjured. The in- jured woman was brought here by special train. Fernie fire losses by insurance companies exceed $1,500,000. SIX BURNED TO DEATH. Terrible Result of the Race War la Tennessee. A despatch from Knoxville, Tenn., says: On Rich Mountain, several miles east of Jellico and near the Anthras mining section, a- negro shanty, where a helpless ne- gress and her five children had lived, was found burned to th» ground on Wednesday morning. None of the inmates had escaped. The burning is supposed to have been the work of the white miners and mountaineers, who objected to the negroes remaining in that sec- tion. For more than a week racial feeling has been inflamed in sever- al of the mines in the Jellico dia*^ trict. 4* SIX BURNED TO DE.4.TH. Children Lo.st Their Lives at Col- fax, VVashinf^ton. A despatch from Colfax, Wash., says : Six children are dead and two others are burned so seriously that recovery is doubtful at the H. W. Schultz ranch between Colfax and Eelrouse, resulting from a fire that destroyed their home on Wednes- day night. Four of the dead were children of Schultz. The other two were children of W. W. Fox, a brother-in-law. ^he men were away harvesting, and the mothers were attending a theatrical performance. "The two eldest Schultz girls at- tempted to rescue the children, but lost the way to the door, and were forced to drop the babies to make their own escape. The cause of the fire is a mystery. 4> W. C. SRAUF APPOINTED. New General Manager for Lake Superior Corporation. A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie, says: W. C. Srauf of Char- Itstown, W. Va., has been appoint- ed General Manager of the Lake Superior Coroporation. He is ex- pected to arrive this week to take charge of the allied industries of the company. Srauf was formerly General Manager of the Kanawha i West Virginia Railway. London electors will vote on the Sunday street car question. The United States Government has petitioned for a rehearing of the case against the Standard O'l Company of Indiana, which was fined $29,240,000 by Judge Landers. THE BET M OF PB OSPEBlTy Deposits By Public in Canada Show an In- crease of Over $7,000,000. A despatch from Ottawa says: The bank statement for July was issued on Thursday night. The changes from last month are signi- ficant. They indicate that the peo- ple of Canada have the money, but are adopting a conservative policy. The statement is of a distinctly hopeful character. On the liability side of the ac- count the notes in circulation show a decrease of $1,456,000. Tho bal- ance due to the Dominion Gmorn- ment has been reduced by $5,100,- 000, while the balance due to pro- vincial Governments has increased b> $1,750,000. Deposits by the public, payable on demand in Canada, ha* e in- creased by $3,673,000, and pajj'Ic on notice, $3,779.00. This is re- garded as clear evidence that the Canadian public are not risking their money in speculative ventures. Deposits elsewhere than in Can- ada show the astonishing increase ni the month of $9,050,000. The total liabilities for July are $756,328,349, an increase of $9,584,- 099. Turning to the assets of the banks, the specie in hand shows an iiicrease of $750,000. and Domin- ion notes of $3,250,000. The balance due from other banks or agencies in the United States are increased by $7,121,000, and from banks in foreign countries by $9,082,000. Call and short loans ia Canada have decreased by $1,083,- 000, and elsewhere than in Canada, have increased by $2,159,000. Current loans in Canada show a reduction of $9,2.52,000. The total assets amounted to $936,411,830, as compared with $926,017,629.