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BBOCKTILLl BIMIST DffiS John E. Anderson, School Inspector, and Local Preacher. A despatch from Kingston says : Wednesday afternoon, John E. An- derson, the bigamous Brockville school inspector and local preach- er sent to the penitentiary to serve a seven-year t«rm, died in the hos- pital of the institution. % In April last he married the daughter of a Renfrew clergyman, furnished a fine house in Brockville, where he was school inspector, through forg- ed certificates," and in May his big- amous act was exposed through his real wife's family in Toronto. He was arrested at the Renfrew home of wife No. 2. After a week in jail he admitted his crime, and was sent to the penitentiary for seven years. S'nce his incarceration he has been a sick man. The disgrace broke hiiu down, and a malignant sore throat soon put him into the hospital, where he failed, till death released him on Wednesday. He was 52 years of age, though at the time of his second marriage he said he was but 39. After his sentence. Queen's University made enquiries, and learned that he claimed to be a graduate and specialist of the college. It was found that he had forged the necessary documents to make the showing. CANADA AHEAD OF BRITAIN. Member of Scottish Cominission Praises Guelph College. A despatch from Guelph says : The Scottish agriculturists who are now touring Canada arrived in Guelph on Wednesday morning and spent the day at the O. A. C., in- specting the province's agricultur- al institution and being shown around by President Creelman and hi* staff. They had lunch at the college, and expressed themselves much impressed with what was be- ing done. One of them stated that Canada was ahead of Britain in the matter of agricultural education, and expressed the hope that the Imperial Government would awake to the importance of the great bene- fits of such institutions as Canada cruld boast of. MAIL BAGS RIFLED. ETidence of an Exteni^ive Robbery Near Montreal. A despatch from Montreal says : What appears to have been an ex- tensive robbery of mails in transit from this city came to light on Fri- day morning, as the result of the patrol of pickets of the federated tiades, now on strike against the Canadian Pacific Railway. Two mail bags, ripped and cut across, were found by pickets lying on the giound near the C. P. R. tracks, a little west of Montreal west. With them were a number of opened let- ters, and torn papers, among which were found cheques to the value of close upon $7,000. "The strikers immediately reported their find to headquarters, where it was decid- ed to consult Mr. L. J. Gaboury, assistant postmaster, and the cheques, torn bags and fragments of letters were taken to the post- office. The search for the money appears to have been done on the Bjot where the bags were found, and at night, as wreckage was left littered around in a way that would have been very liable to attract at- tention in daylight before the thieves got very far off. It is at pre- sent impossible to tell whether the robbers got away with any large sum in cash or negotiable seeur'- ties. The bags were not registered. 4. BANK ROBBERY IN QUEBEC. Six Safc-Craokcrs Got Away With $5,01)0 at St. Eustache. A despatch from Montreal says : A daring bank robbery occurred at Si. Eustache, a small town near here, early on Saturday morning. Six burglars, by the use of dyna- mite, wrecked and robbed the vault ot the Provincial Bank and secured about $5,000. There was $10,000 in the bank at the time, but half the amount was buried under debris caused by the explosion. The bank cbrries an insurance in an English company, who will make good the loss. The robbers have not been captured, although they have been traced as far as St. Rose. ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN The C. P. R. Switch at Junction Tampered With. A despatch from Montreal says : What is thought to have been an attempt to wreck a C. P. R. freight train was discovered on Sunday morning at Jacques Cartier Junc- tion, where the lock of a switch had been broken off and the switch thrown so as to side-track approach- ing trains. A freight came in at a good rate of speed with signals for a clear line, and it was suddenly turned into the siding. Fortunate- ly no cars were in the way at the time, or serious damage would have resulted. The switch was then ex- amine I and found to have been tampered with, which it is said has happened for the third time. + DANGER OF GASOLINE. John Greer Bnrned to Death at Peterboro'. A despatch from Peterboro' says : John Greer, aged seventeen, an employee of "My Valet'' clothes cleaning establishment, died on Sunday morning from injuries re- ceived in a fire on Saturday. He was cleaning a shawl with gasoline, and was alone in the room. The manner in which the gasoline took fire is unknown. Greer was hor- ribly burned about the body before the flames were extinguished. Greer is the second man to meet death from a gasoline fire at '"My Val- et's" during the past four months. PACKING PLANT DESTROYED. Canadian Company's Bailding in liondon Suburb Destroyed. A despatch from London, Out., says : Fire broke out in the east sheds of the Canadian Packing Company's plant at Pottersburg on Saturday afternoon at 1.30, and at 3 'o'clock the whole plant was prac- tically destroyed. All the live stock in the adjoining sheds was gotten out safely. SAVED HIS FATHER'S LIFE. Ilarry Clinc. ot Ingcrsoll, is a Lit- tle Hero. A despatch from Ingersoll says : I Harry Cline, the little thirteen- year-old son of Mr. W. A. Cline of this town, is being looked upon a;- a young hero. While swimming across the Thames River, east of here, on Wednesday, with his eight-year-old son, "Melvin, on his back, Harry's father was seized with a cramp. He became uncon- Bcious and sank with the young- ster. Harry, who was on the bank, stripped off his clothing, and, div- ing, rescued both father and bro- ther from the fiftten feet of water that is found at that spot. Mr. Cline and his three boys were out fishing, and were attempting to cross the river in order to make a short cut to town when the accident happened. The younger lad could not swim. The town o! Delorimier will be annexed to Montreal on October 1st. The population is nearly 7,- 000. THIRTY MINEBS SI FOCATED They Were Entombed by Fire in an ' Oklahoma Coal Mine. A despatch from McAlester, Okl« , says : More than thirty, min- ers were suffocated on Wednesday morning in Haitey, Okla., coal mine No. 1, near Haileyville, four- teen miles east of McAlester, when fire destroyed the hoisting shaft »nd air shaft and cut off air from the men below. Twenty-five mules were suffocated and some of their brdies were burned. Explorations in the channels on Wednesday afternoon revealed that none of the men met death by burning, but that all were suffo- cated. After the miners had gone down in the cage a fire broke out, occa- sioned by the ignition of a barrel rf oil which a miner was trying to diviio The flames spread at once to the moisting shaft and the air- shaft, and all communication with the top was cut off. The first indi- cation the people at the surface had of the trouble was the flames and smoke coming out of the top <'f the shaft. Hundreds of miners rushed to the scene and tried to get into the air shaft, but this was impossible as flames and .injoke wore coming up that way with such forCe as to drive them back. Th?n an effort was made to operate the cages running! up and down the hoisting shaft, but! it was found that the cages, the i cables and the guit!?s had bcon i burned. There wa» »bsc)hucly no help for the imprisoned miners. The property loss may reach $50,- 000. giEBEC HAS A SURPLUS. Receipt.s Show Balance Over Ex- penditnre of $1,035,696. A despatch from Quebec says : The official statement of revenue and expenditure of the Province of Quebec for the fiscal year ended on 30th of June last, has been issued b\ the Provincial Treasurer, at- tested by the Assistant Treasurer, G. H. T. Machin, and the Provin- cial Auditor, Mr. A. H. Verret, and shows that the total ordinary re- ceipts amounted to $6,016,615.77, and the total ordinary and extra- ordinary expenditure, including $41,000 for public works, to $4,980.- 919.06, which leaves a surplus of $1,035,696.71. GOOD CROP REPORT. Director Saunders ot Experimental Farms in Alberta. A despatch from Ottawa says : The Director of Experimental Farms wires the Department of Agriculture from Laconibe, Alta., under date of the 25th ult., as fol- lows : â€" Winter wheat in this dis- trict all cut. Crops good. Most cf the spring wheat is still stand- ing, but ripening fast. The head. are very plump and well filled. The weather is favorable. The frost of the 20th does not apnear to have injured the wheat much. Barley is cut and a large acreage of oats is also cut. The grain crops on the e>periraental farms are very heavy. The winter wheat and early varie- ties of spring wheat are cut." 41 CAUGHT BY AN ENGINE. Two Galicians Killed on Track Near Kenora. .\ despatch from Kenora, Ont., says : On Thursday night the re- mains of two Galicians, whose names are unknown, were brought here from Deception, where they were run over by an engine while crossing the track just outside the station. A work train was stand- ing at the point and as the two men crossed behind the caboose, an en- gine came up on the other track and caught them, throwing them ten feet away. One man was kill- ed instantly, his skull being crush- ed, while the other died within twenty minutes. C.\RE WITH EXPLOSIVES. Transportation Companies Must Take Proeautions. A despatch from Ottawa says : .As the result of the explosion of a car of nitroglycerine at Essex some time ago, regulations have been prepared for the handling of ex- plosives by transportation compan- ies. These regulations, while de- signed to permit of the transporta- tion of explosives, will require precautions which will guard against the loss of life in any accident. The railway companies have expressed a desire to be heard before regula- tions are finally adopted. ♦ TWO CHILDREN BURNED. House ot Peter Good. Near Ethel- bert, Dcstroyeil. A despatch from Dauphin, Man., says : Two children of Peter Good, a farmer living near Ethelbert, were burned to death on Sunday r.ight. The fire caught in the up- per story, where the children were cut out of their only chance of es- cape. The boy was six and the girl three years old. « MAPLE SUGAR PURER. Test ot Many Samples Shows De- cided Improvement. A despatch from Ottawa says : Last year a colloction of samples of maple sugar and syrup was made 'r all the provinces of Canada, and there were only fourteen cases of cdulteration found out of a total of 142 samples examined. The year before there were 600 samples col- lcct(»d, and of thcc, there were 77 adulterated. The prosecutions which were instituted against those who sold impure goods apparently bad a correcting effect. SHOT BY MASra BflBBEBS Midway, British Columbia, Hotel-Keeper Murdered in His Hot A despatch from Phoenix, F. C, says The town of Midway, 12 miles from here, was the scene of a sen- sational hold-up on Wednesday night, when Charles Thomet of the Midway Hotel was shot and instant- I.v killed by highwaymen. Two masked men entered the hotel at 9 o'clock, and at the point of a gun four men, including Thomet, were told to throw up their hands. Tho- met, being behind the bar, put his hand on a revolver and opened fire <du on the intruders, wounding one. The strangers retailiated, Thome* rtceiving a bullet in the shoulder and abdomen, after which he stag- gered through a side door into a room. The desperadoes got into the room through another entranca and shot three more bullets into th« body of the dying man. They then made their escape. Bloodhounds are being brought from Spokane to put on the trail of the criminals. One of the desperadoes is thought to be seriously wounded. LEADING MARKETS BEEADSTUFFS. Toronto, Sept. 1.â€" Ontario Wheat â€"Old or new. No. 2 white and red, 85%c to 86%c ; No. 2 mixed, &5c to 85%c. Manitoba Wheat â€" Nominal at ^1.16 to $1.17 for No. 1 northern, lake ports. Barleyâ€" New No. 2, 58c to 60c; No. 3 X. 56c to 57c; No. 3, 54c to 56c. Oats â€" Ontario, new, 39c to 40c outsi-ie ; old, nominal, at 45c to 46c outsidv;, M.iuitcb*, No. 3, 45c to 45>ic; rejects, 43c to 41c, lake ports. Rye â€" New, 68c to 70c outside ; old no stocks. Cornâ€" Nominal at 87%c to 88c Tcronto freights for No. 2 yellow, and 36c to S6%c for kiln-dried. Branâ€" $16 to $18 per ton in bulk outside ; in bags, $2 more. Shortsâ€" at $20 to $21 per-ton in bulk outside ; in bags, $2 more. Flour â€" Manitoba, first patents, •v6: seconds, $5.40; strong bakers', ir5.30; Ontario winter wheat pat- ents, $3.30 to $3.35. - COUNTRY PRODUCE. Local wholesale butter quotat ons are : â€" Creamery, prints 25c to 26c do solids ^.. 23c to 24c Dairy prints, choice . . . . 23c to 24c do ordinary 21c to 22c Dairy, tubs 21c to 22c Inferior 1.7c to 18c Cheeseâ€" Large, 13>ic to UMc; twins, 13;.jC to 13*'ic. Eggsâ€" 20c to 21c per dozen in case lots. Poultryâ€" Sprng chickens, live wsight, 15c to 16c; fowl, 10c to Uc ; ducks, 10c to 12c. Honeyâ€" Strained, 10c to Uc per pound. Beansâ€" Primes. $2 to $2.10 ; hand- picked, $2.10 to $2.20. Potatoesâ€" From 65c to 80c in farmers' waggons by the load. butchers' brought between $4 and 184.50. There was a little better propor- tion of good cows, one or two very fancy ones of which brought $4.50, and a number of others over $4. Milch cows run all the way from â-  $25 up to $65 each. Springers also I find good sale. i The run of calves was light. The range of prices is from $3 to $6.50. Sheep and lambs were offered in very large numbers. The prices are quoted unchanged at $3 to $4.25 for sheep, and $5 to $5.75 for Iambs. The hog market is steady at $6.- 50. fed and watered, for selects, and $6 for lights, for th'> latter of which there is no demand. MONTRE.VL MARKETS. Montreal, Sept. 1. â€" Flour- Mani- toba spring wheat patents, $6.10 to $b.20 ; second patents, $5.50 to $5.- 70 : winter wheat patents, $5 to $5.50; straight rollers, $4.25 to $4.- 50; in bags, $1.95 to $2.10; extra, $1.50 to $1.70. Rolled Oatsâ€" $2.30 in bags of 90 pounds. Cornmeal â€" $1.85 to $1.95 per bag. Oatsâ€" Manitoba, No. 2. 48c ; No. r., 47c ; rejected, 46c per bushel. Millfeed â€" Ontario bran, in bags, $21 to $22; shorts. $24 to $25. Cheeseâ€" 12VjC to 12*.ic and east- erns at 12>ic to 12%c. Butterâ€" 24c in round lots and 24/^,0 to grocers. Eggsâ€" Selected. 23c; No. 1 at 20o and No. 3 at 16c per dozen. Provisions â€" Barrels short cut mess, $22.50; half barrels. $11.50; clear fat back. $23 ; dry salt long clear backs, lie ; barrels plate beef, $17.50; half barrels do., $9; com- pound lard, 8%c to 93'ic ; pure lard, 12'4c to 13c ; kettle rendered. 13c to 13l'ic; hams. 12'.jC to 14c, accord- ing to size; breakfast bacon. 14c to 15c; Windsor bacon, 15c to 16c; fresh killed abattoir dressed hogs, $10 ; live, $6.75 to $7. PROVISIONS. Porkâ€" Short cut, $23.50 per bar- rel; mess, $19 to $19.50. Lardâ€" Tierces, 12>ic ; tubs, 12Vic ; pails, 12%c. Smoked and Dry Sahed Meats- Long clear bacon, Uj^c to llVjc, tens and cases; hams, medium and light, HV-^c to 15c; hams, large, 12J'5C to 13c; backs, 17'.:;c to 19c; shoulders. 10c to Uc; rolls, lO'oC to Uc; breakfast bacon. 15c to IS^jC ; green meats, out of pickle, Ic less than smoked. LIVE STOCK MARKET. Toronto, Sept. 1.â€" Choice butcher cattle were almost lacking. A very few to-day sold as high as $5 per cwt., and a number of fairly good UNITED STATES MARKETS. Buffalo. N. Y., Sept. 1.â€" Wheat- Spring easier; No. 1 Nortiiem. car- loads, store. $1.18; Wititer. firm. Corn â€" Firm. Oatsâ€" Firm. Barley- Feed to malting. 60 to 70c. Rye â€" No. 2 on track. i*Oc. Minneapolis, Sept. 1. â€" Wheat â€" Sept.,$ 1.00 to $1.00V«; Dec, 98 '.c; cash. No. 1 hard. $1.04%; No. I Northern. $1.02'4 ; No. 2 Northern. 99>4c; No. 3 Northern, 96*40. Flour -First patents. $5.75 to .$5.85; sec- ond patents, $5.60 to $5.70; first clears, $4.35 to $4.45 ; second clears $3.50 to $3.60; bran, in bulk, $18.- 50 to $18.75. Joseph Bithel was acquitted on the charge of assaulting a con- stable at Montreal, it being shown that the constable struck him first to keep him back from the fire lines. ESTIMAT ES OF EBA IN YIELD Northwest Dealers' Association Place the Wheat Crop at 107.000,000 Bushels. A despatch from Winnipeg says: The Northwest Grain Dealers' As- sociation has issued a revised esti- n>ate of the production of the Cana- dian west this season as a result of the tour taken by the members two v.eeks ago. It places the wheat acreage at 6,055,000, and the aver- age yield at 17.7 bushels, giving a total production of 107,184,000 bush- els. The acreage of oats is placed at 2,607.000, and the average yield at W.S bushels, giving a total pro- duction of 95,155,500 bushels. The acreage of barley is placed at 855,650. and the average yield at 29.1 bushels, giving a total pro- duction of 24,899.415 bushels. The acreage ot flax is placed at 123,420, and the average yield at li.5 bushels, giving a total produc- tion of 1,424,330 bushels. The association also estimates that 150.000 bushels of wheat and 100.000 bushels of old oats are still )<) the farmers' hands. The statement adds that about 71! per cent, of the wheat cutting will be completed by the end of the pre- sent week. The previous estimate of the Ttheat acreage, made June 1, is re- garded as too small, and an in- crease of 5 per cent, has been made. There has been some frost damages •n several districts, the extent ot which it is impossible to tell until the harvesting is completed, but it is not thought that there has been any considerable amount of d<am. age.