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Seven Coache Fas. A despatch from WoodBtock, C saj'B : A trainload of passengei. had a miraculous escape in an ac- cident just west uf Gobies station, ten miles east of here, at five o'clock on Thursday morning. No. 4 Q. T. R. eastbound express was running along through a deep bush at the rate, it is said, of fifty miles t-n hour, when the train apparent- ly struck a broken rail. The engine *nd front end of the first car kept the track, then the next seven roaches were tumbled over the tracks and rear coach stayed on. Two of the coaches left the tracks and were half buried in the earth. Fortunately all kept upright, and it was probably due to this that passengers escaped so well. scngdi- up as tn<. the ties and >.. The list of inj>. Mrs. H. Howlanv known^ old lady in from shock, taken t Mrs. Eugene Butrel, recently passed throu^ dangerous condition fi Henry Barlow, Woodstoi ed and bruised ; Eugei New York, internal injui E. M. Bendur, Poughkee^ y., bone in hand broken; Burton, sprained ankle ; G. Daniel, knee hurt ; H. A. Scheb. Chicago, abrasions of shoulder. THE WORLD'S MARKETS BEPORTS PROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. BREAD STUFFS. Toronto, Sept. 8.â€" Flour â€" On- tario wheat 90 per cent, patents, $3.30 to $3.36 in buvers' Backs outside for export. Manitoba flour, first patents, $6 ; second pat- ents, 90.40, and strong bakers', $6.30. Wheat â€" Manitoba wheat â€" No. 1 Northern at $1.17J4; old No. 2 at $1.14%, and old No."3 at $1.12. New No. 1 Northern, $1.13, and No. 8 at $1.11, lake ports. Ontario Wheat â€" No. 2 white and red quoted at 86 to 8<)/-ic outside. Oats â€" Ontario, new, No. 2 white, 29c on track ; Manitoba No. 3 quot- ed at 44)^c, and rejected, 43j^c to 44c, lake ports. Rye â€" Buyers at 73c outside. Peas â€" 8fic outside. Cornâ€" Prices at 88c for No. 2 American yellow, and at 87c for No. 3 American, on track, Toronto. Barley â€" No. 2 barley quoted at 68 to eOc, and No. 3 extra at 57o outside. Bran â€" Cars are quoted at $18 in bulk outside. Shorts quoted at $21 to $22 in bulk outside. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Beansâ€" Prime, $2 to $2.10, and tand-picked, $2.20 to $2.25. Honeyâ€" Combs, No. 1, $1.50 to $1.76 per dozen, and No. 2, in 60- pound tins, 9%c; No. 1 extractei, '0 to lie per pound. Hayâ€" No. 1 timothy $9 to $10 a ton on track here, and No. 2 at $0.60 to $7. Strawâ€" $6 to $7.60 in car lots. Potatoes â€" New Canadian quote 1 at 85 to 6&c per bushel in large lots ; New Brunswick potatoes, $1 per bag, on track. Poultry â€" Chickens, spring, dress- ed, 13 to 14c per pound ; towl, 10 to 13c; ducks, dressed, 10 to lie; turkeys, dressed, 15 to 16c per pound. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€" Pound prints, 22 to 23c; tubs, 80 to 21c; do., inferior, 18 to 19c. Creamery rolls, 28 to 26c, and solids at 24 to 243^0. Eggs â€" 20 to Sic per dozen in case lots. Cheeseâ€" Lar^e, 13 to 13Xc per pound, and twins 13^ to 13^^c; old cheese, 15 to ISj^c HOG PRODUCTS. Bacon, long clears, 11% to 11 J^ per pound in case lots ; mess pork. $19 to $19.50; short cut, $23 tc $23.50. Hams â€" Light to medium, 14% to 15c; do., heavy, 12 to 12^^c ; rolls, lOK to llj<c; shoulders, 10 to 10>^c ; backs, 17^2 to 18c ; breakfast bacon, 15 to ISVaC. Lard- Tierces, 12Xc; tubs, 12%c; pails, 12%c. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Sept. 8. â€" Grain â€" Manitoba No. 2 white at 48c, No. 3 at 47c and rejected at 46c per bush- el, in car lots, ex store. Flour â€" Choice spring wheat patents, $6 to $G.10; seconds, $5.50; Winter wheat patents, $5 ; straight rollers, $4.30 to $4.00; do., in bags, $2 to $£.10; extras, $1.65 to $1.75. Mill- feed â€" Manitoba bran, $22 to $23, shorts, $25; Ontario bran, $21 to $82 ; middlings, $26 to $27 ; shorts, $26 per ton, including bags; pure grain mouille, $30 to $36, and mill- ed grades, $25 to $28 per ton. Fin- tst westerns 12% to 12%c, and east- erns, 12>i to 12''rC. Butter â€" 25c foi finest creamery, and roand lots' are quoted at 24c. Eggsâ€" €»lefc of selected stock were made at"^24c, No. 1 at 20c and No. 2 at 18c per dc'zen. Provisions â€" Barrels short cut mess, $22.60; half bbls., $11.50; clear fat backs, $23 ; dry salt clear backs. He; barrels plate beef, $17.- 60; half bbls., do., $9.00; compound lard, 8% to OV^c ; pure lard, 12%-: to 13c; kettle rendered, 13 to 13l^c; hams, 12^ to 14c ; breakfast bacon, 14 to 15c ; Windsor bacon, 15 to 16c ; fresh killed abattoir dressed hogs, 5rf.75; live, $7 to $7.10. h of h d of bru ^ftaw- •uin, icked ollin's .vo tons , hurling .^. ..>uardK a great jing fire to numbers aultaneousiy. Many injured by flying de- ue seriously. vfont- a sec- -ngines, . the fire ill amount .>.en houses and ;ied, beside a num- yftnd outbuildings. The ^ ..fln the general store of iUre, situated in the center village, just in front of the church. The flames soon ^o adjoining buildings, and jr aid from Montreal the whole wn would have burned. Four i:i- rdividuals were seen prowling around the village on Friday morn- â- " ing. As they were believed to be the bandits of St. Eustache, they were ordered to leave within an hour, or they would be arrested. Among the destroyed buildings are the restaurant of Alex. Tajrent, Dr. Trudeau's office, the residence of M. J. D. Black, the Ste. Marie store, and the residences of Mr. A. Taillon and Mr. Lesame. The townspeople put up a plucky fight, but were badly handicapped tot the want of proper apparatus. GO^ NEWS FOR THE SOO. The AJgoma Steel Works to Start Again Soon. A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., says: Superintendent D. D. Lewis -of the Algoma Steel Company announced on Friday af- ternoon that the plant will be run- ning in full force by October 1. No- tices have been posted at the works saying that the blast furnaces will resume operations on Tuesday, Sep- tember 15, and the Bessemer open hcartli blooming and rail mills will start up p.gain at 6 o'clock on Tues- day morning, October 1. It is un- derstood that the company has re- ceived several satisfactory orders of late, and with the brightening of the financial horizon it is hoped the mills will be enabled to continue running for a long time. P. R. BRIDGE BIRNED. ain Line Between White River and Scbreiber Cut. A despatch from North Bay says : Passenger traffic on the C. P. R. was disorganized on Thursday by two accidents, which cap the climax of a series of events during the week which have kept the officials constantly on the jump. Serious washouts tied up the line west of Fort William, followed by a pitch- in east of Port Arthur on Wednes- day, when a light engine crashed into the rear end of a freight train, smashing the engine, caboose and one car. No one was injured. Hardly had the tracks been fixed and traflic again got moving before an even more serious event occur- red on Thursday, in the burning of the six hundred-foot bridge be- tveen White River and Schreiber, which w'll take at least three days ', â-  rebuild. Bush fires are suppos- ed to have ignited the bridge. The Imperial Limited express, which left North Bay on Wednesday night f( r Winnipeg, reached White River, and will have to return to Sudbury and go over the Soo line, via Min- neapolis, to Winnipeg. Trains from Winnipeg will also have to use the Soo line, via Minneapolis, until the i.-ridge is replaced. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Bu'falo, Sept. 8. â€" Wheat â€" Spring higher; Winter easier; No. 2 red, 99c : No. 3 extra red, 97%c ; No. 2 j white, 98%c ; No. 2 mixed, 98c. Corn â€"Firmer; No. 3 yellow, 84c; No 4 yellow, 83c; No. 3 white, 83c. Oi^s â€"Easier ; No. 3 white. 53Vi t ^ 54o ; No. 3 white, 62% to 53c; No. 4 white, 51% to 52c. Barli/ â€" Feed tc malting, 63 to 68c. Minneapolis, Sept. 8.â€" Wheat â€" Dec. $1; May, $1.03%; Ca^h No. 1 hard, $1.03%; No. 1 No-i!i.-.-i. $1.02%; No. 2 Northern. 00^3 to $1.00%; No. 3 Northern. 0,' to flSo. Branâ€" In bulk. $18 ^o $18 50 Fl.ur â€" First patents, $5.65 t-^ $5 .''5; sec- ond patents, $5.50 to $5.00 ; first clears, $4.35 to $4.46; seooud clears $a.50 to $3.60. LIVE STOCK MARKET. Toronto, Sept. 8.â€" For butchers' cattle few prices higher than $4, the best that was on the market not fetching over $4.66. Cows are ra- ther slow sellers and anything had to be very fine to fetch $4 An im- $25,0fl0,000JflS^BY FIBE Enormous Damage in British Columbia During the Season. A despatch from Victoria, B. C, says : The heavy rains of the past f^w days have worked incalculable good in %il but extinguishing the fttrest fires that have for weeks been raging in the Cowichan dis- trict ana thence toward the heart of Vancouver Island. The fire cen- tered in the vicinity of the Mount Bicker mining camp, where all save five buildings in what is quite a fourishing mining village went up ii flames. The cream of the island's most acceBsib!e..^mber wealth has been licked up by the fires, and the C. P. R., ttie Victoiia and Chemain- U8 Lumber Company and the Cowi- chan and Ladysmith Lumber Com- panies are heavy sufferers, their losses running far into six figures. It is estimated that forest fires thus far this season throughout British Columbia have caused loss- es approximating $25,000,000. The heaviest of these locses was in the Crow's Nest section, where the de- struction of the 'Town of Feruie was a heavy contribution to the paralysing tot«l. FRO-M TIIK WESTERN ST.VTES. One Thousand Settlers Arrive at Northport, Susk. A despatch from Northport, Sask., says: Tlie regular train from Minneapolis and St. Paul arrived en Friday in two sections of fifteen cars each. The trains brought in about one thousand settlers and liomeseekcrs from the western States, all of whom were of a de- pirable class. Large quantities of hf usehold effects and farm imple- ments are following by freight. All are enthusiastic over their pros- pects. Many had made previous tiips to spy out the land. THAMvSGlVlNG OCTOBER I9th. Wishes of Commercial Travelera Will be Granted. A despatch from Ottawa says : It is likely that Monday, Oct. 19th, will be selected as the date of Thanksgiving. Previously it has al- ways taken place on a Thursday, but the commercial travelers have kng agitated for Monday being chosen, and their wishes have been acceded to. Detroit capitalists are said to have purcha.sed the Leamington lighting plant. HORSE WAS CUT IN TWO. Occupants of Rip Had Narrow Es- cape Near Garden Hill. A despatch from Lindsay says : Mr. Dean, a resident of Manvers Township, and two companions had a narrow escape from death, near Garden Hill, while trying to cross the track before the approaching G. T. R. passenger train, on Thurs- day. The horse was cut completely in two, and the occupants of the buggy were precipitated .ilmost un- der the wheels of the engine. BRAKES TAMPERED MITH. Rubber T'lbos Under (he Cam Found to be Cut. A despatch from Montreal says ; A criminal attempt to interfere with a railway train was made on Tuesday night by parties unknown. Ar a train of freight cars was pull- ing out of the C. P. R. yard in Hochelaga it was noticed by a brakenian that the pneumatic brakes were not working properly. The train was stopped, and it was found tiiat about 50 rubber air tubes had been maliciously cut un- der the cars. If this had not been ncticed in time the train crew be- Ireved it would have been the cause of a serious wreck, with loss of life. Detectives have been notified, and ai rests are likely to follow. THEWORLDAGAiSTBBITAIII Combined Crusade Will Proceed on the New Patent Law. A despatch ^/rcm London says: A despatch to t;^c London Daily Mail from BerZ/t^ says the great manufacturing nations of the world have taken preliminary'., steps in a crusade against the new B^ti8h pat- ent law. The project origina^d with the Trade and Patent Congress. which was in session at Stockholm, from Aug. 26 to Aug. 30. All the delegates to the congress, includ- ing those from the United States, expressed the opinion that radical measures were necessary to bring Great Britain to terms. It was de- cided that this could be attained by the various nations passing mere restrictive patent laws, and by negotiating patent treaties be- tween nations which will waive the domestic patent laws so far as the treaty power is concerned. Arrangements for a coaliticii against Great Britain will proceed without delay. It is e.\pf'jted that the discussion in congress of the pioposed new .American Patent Act will give an impetus to the move- ment, and it is hopod timt the mat- ter will by Spring have progressed (o a point where Great Britain will be effectually isolated. It is beiiev- pd that British luanuf.acturers will then be compelled to press the Gov- ernment to repeal the Act, or make treaties with other countries. Ger- many intends to repeal her present patent law, which is not enforced rigidly. She will then be in a po- sition to combine with other nations against Great Britain. RIOT AT GLASGOW. Four Hundred Men Made a Raid on the City Hall. A despatch from Glasgow, Scot: land, says : Four hundred unem- ployed workmen secretly assembled (II Thursday afternoon, rushed to the municipal building, and almost get into the Council Hall, where the weekly meeting was proceeding. The chamber doors were locked just in time to prevent the mob from entering. The unemployed men held the members of the Council prisoners, kicking the massive oak doors until the police arrived, and eventually dispersed the crowd. The unemployed, on Thursday evening, issued a manifesto threatening a recurrence of the bread riots and declaring that 60,000 men and wo- men and 100,000 children were cry- ing for bread in a city of plenty. Ap '^â- tawa hotelkeeper has been fined or keeping boys in his hotel and supplying tliem with whiskey. FELL §00 FEET FROM AIRSHIP A 'Well Known Aeronaut Killed at the Maine Pair. A despatch from Waterviii : Maine, says: In full view of 26,000 horrified spectators on the Central Maine Fair grounds here late on Wednesday, Chas. Oliver Jones, the well known aeronaut of Ham- mondsport, N. Y., fell a distance of 500 feet to his death. Among the witnesses of the frightful plunge were the man's wife and child, and they were almost the first to reach Ins side after the accident. The aeronaut expired about an hour and a half after the tragic event. When the aeronaut reached a height of more than SOO feet the spectators were amazed to see small tongues of flam* issuing from under the gas bag in front of the motoi. At this time the balloon had passed out of the fair grounds. Several minutes elapsed before Jones no- ticed the fire. Then he grasped the rip cord and by letting out the gas endeavored to reach the earth. The machine had descended but a short distance, when a sudden burst ot flame enveloped the gas bag, the frame work immediately separating from th'j bag. Jones fell with the frame of his motor, and when the spectators reached him he was lying under it about a quarter of a mile from the fair grounds. The gas bag, whicli fell nearby, was completely destroy ed r