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I fb^Q Men Are Already Known to Have Been Drowned in Elk Lake. ' A despatch from Fernie, B. C, MyB: The Elk River is on the ram- page and Fmall Bhacks, lumber, trees and bridges are beiug washed away in and around here. The Elk Lumber Company and Fernie Lum- ber Company lost mueh timber as » result. The railway bridge near Elk bad tvro span.s damaged and the trains could not cross. Passen- gers wore transferred. The dam- age has been since repaired and trains are on the move again. Residents in the river flats have lost a large amount of cattle, gar- den BtufTs and buildings. The iiiajor portion of Fernie is in dan- ger and familica are moving out daily. Fernie Annex is also suffer- ing. A large boom of lOgs in the river above the city exj)ected to be earriod away any moment. Three unknown bodies have float- ed past her». Two men worodrowa- ed at Waido while attempting to cross the river. One body ha« since been recovered, but is not yet identified. Old timers report it is the high- est flootl- for years. Fernie schools are all flooded. BDSH F IRES ABE BAGIl Lumbermen and Miners at Elk Lake Try- ing to Save Their Property. A despatch from Elk Lake says: Bush fires have started earlier than usual this season. For three days past men from Booth's two lumber camps up the Montreal River have been fighting fire, and they make no bones about blaming the pros- pectors for it. The "Big Six " Min- ing Co. have been fighting the same enemy duriug the past week. On Monday night the fire worked its way down to the outskirts of the town of Smyth, just across the river from here. The sight was im- pressive as night came on, even the smallest branches being sharp- ly silhouetted against the flames. A despatch from Dauphin, Man., says : A destructive forest fire is raging for a hundred miles4)etueen Crooked River and Bowsman, and from Hudson's Bay Junction to near the Pas. The value of the timber burned will not be less than $75,000, BO far, and probably some, of the farmers remote fiom the railway have suffered very severely. Ruby Lake lumber mills were de.stroyd on Wdnesday night, and consider- able damage has also been done to the C. N. R. tracks. A despatch from bt. John, N. B., says : A telephone mecsage from Oak Bay, near St. Stephen, reports a forest fire which broke out on Thursday afternoon, swept through two miles of heavily timbered land, leaving a truck a mile wide, and is still burning. The property is owned chiefly by Jesse Bartlett and Wm. Kierstead. Bartlett's mills at Waweig were in danger. ATTACKED BV 1)0G8. Little Montreal Roy Bitten in'Faco and iivvk. A despatch from Montreal says: An eighteeu-months-old child of M. Uraut of St. Lambert was badly bitten on Friday by two F.nglish bulldog in a neighbor's yard. Tlie child wandered into the yard and the dogH flew at tiis thruat and face. The child's screams brought his mother and a eoujile of men to his asbistaiicc, and the dogs were beaten off, but only with tlie great- est difficulty. Oiiv of the men had to use a hammer before they could b«» made to lot)gen their hold. A doctor was summoned and was obliged to put in nineteen Btitchcs in the little ohap'n fjico and neck. His nose wa.s almoAt bitten off, and the other injuries were very pain- fuL His recovery is doubtful. to BLYTUK TO BE HAN RED. Cabinet Will Not Interfere With Senteiue for Uurdor. A dpRpatcli from Ottawa says: The last chance U) escape death is gone for Walter Blythe, the Agin- court railwayman under sentence to be hanged for the murder of his wife last winter. Blythe was ori- finally Bcnteiiced to he hiingcd on lay 13th, but two day« before he paid the penalty a ropriovo was 5 ranted by order in Council until une 17th. On Thur.sday his case wa» finally considerf-d, and his Kx- oellency Earl Grey has concurred in the reconitnendation of the ('ab- inet that the law shall take its couriie. ATTACKLD THE UUAUD. Wlllinin Duff's Desperate Effort to Escape Fruiu Moose Jaw Jull. A despatch from Mooi^e Jaw, Bask., gays: William Duff, under trial here for horse-stcaling, mude a desperate oiTort to escape on Thursday morning. He succeeded in breaking the lock from his door, and securing the iron bar he at- tacked the guard fiercely, and it was only after assistance had been rushed in that he was overpowered. A HUSBAND'S DARING. He Plunged into the Niagara Save Her Life. A despatch from Niagura Falls, N y., says: Louis Cohon of Buf- falo, saw hia young wife leap into the swirling river between Second and Third Sister Islands at 5 o'clock on Sunday afternoon, only 150 feet above the brink of the ca- taract. Without a moment's hesi- tation he followed her, caught her hand and struggled de.<iporately to save her. Mrs. Cohen probably died in her husband's arms. Be- fore it was possible to bring effi- cient help, an hour had passed. When aid at last arrived, 0<jhen vvab clixausted and could not tie the rop« thrown him around his own 01 his wife's bo<ly. He hctl been unable, too, in the long wait to keep his wife's head above water. He held to the rope with one hand and was drawn ashore, but lost his grip on his wife's body when within fif- teen feet of the bank. The woman's body was whirled away and later in the day was found fast on a rock 100 feet above the briuk. When it was rescued life was extinct. + HAD DOG AT PARIS. Bit a Boy, Who Will be Treated tor Rabies. A despatch from Paris, Ont., says: Anticipating the development of rabies in the throe-yoar-old sou of William North, a citizen of Paris, father and son will go to New York, where the little tot will undergo treatment for the dread seizure. Tho expenses for the trip will be borne by the Paris Council. Tho child was bitten some time ago. The father destroyed tho dog at once, and sent the head to Ottawa for analysis. A telegram from the capital city brought back the in- formation that symptoms of rabies were unmistakable. Fear is gener- al all over the neighborhoixl at present, because tho dog had been at largo for some time. The Coun- cil has already issued a proclama- tion prohibiting dogs from being allowed out during this month. Af- ter that they must.be muzzled or held in leash. ALL IS BBieHT OU T WEST Ideal Growing Weather Is General Over the Prairie Provinces. A despatch from Winnipeg says : "Optimistic to the highest poiat of â- atisfa^tion," just about describes the crop report issued by tlie C. P. B. on Wednesday. It combines re- poi'ts from evcrv section of tho fi^cirie conntry clear through to the ockies, and, in its «.s»enee, tells that all the wheat has been sown, wiiile tho percentage of oats, bar- ley and flax which remains to bo put in is small. Ideal growing weather, with light rains and plen- ty of warmth, has been general over the entire northwest, and in some places the growth has been ex- ceptional for the first of June. At Balcarres the grain is reportecl to be up eight Inches; at Areola, from four to seven inches; at Wasknda, four inches; on tho Portal section, from two to five inches, and on the Lacombe branch in the " far west, the same height. All over the west the acreage in grains has increased. CONDENSED EWS ITEMS QAPPEMNGS FTiOM ALL OTEU TUE GLOBE. Trtegrnphlo nrlcfs From Onr Owa and Other Countries «l Ucccnt E«euts. CANADA. Archbishop Duhamel of Ottawa died suddenly on Saturday night. The Uovernment will dredge the 8t. Lawrence channel to a depth of 36 foet. Toronto maatifaeturers have ad- vanced the price of - biscuits oae cent a pound. Building permit values at Toron- to for the first five months of the year aggregated $6,827,830. Rev. Dr. Lyle has been elected Moderator of the Presbyterian Gen- eral Assembly. Tho Poison's Iron Works Com- pany will erect a new and large shipbuilding plant at Toronto. Abram Young, a Delaware farm- er, dropped dead at London, on Saturday. He was 70 years of age. The hours of civil servants at Ot- tawa have been increased to from 9 to 5, with an hour and a half for lunch. Mr. I. B. Lucas, M.P.P. for Centre Grey, has been sworn in as a member of the Ontario Cabinet without portfolio. Tenders received by the Ontario Government for bridge-building in northern Ontario wero considered too high. Regina police are on the trail of "Dutch Henry," a noted outlaw, whose record entitles iiim to be sh.^t at sight. The Ontario Government decided to issue another public loan in Ca nada of $3,500,000 in 4 per cent. 30- year bonds. Shareholders of the Elgin Loan Company, which failed six years ago, will receive a dividend of 8 1-3 cents on the dollar. A case of smallpox was discov- ered on the Allan Virginian on Friday, and the vessv»l Las been held at quarantine. Rev. J. W. Wright pronounces Entwhistle, tho present terminus of Grand Trunk Pacific construction, the toughest town in the west. A witness at the Montreal civic inquiry swore that Aid. Proulx asked him for 9300 for an appoi it ment to the police force, but he refused. The Grand Trunk Pacific ti lin men are said to have applied f n a Board of Conciliation, alleging that conditions in the west arc very onerous. Recent advances in boef hi(le-< and calf-skins have increased prices being paid in the Country from sixty to one hundred per cent, over the level of last year. UNITED STATES. Tho thrashing of this year's wheat crop began in Texas on Sat- urday. Pittsburg steel mills are running to full capacity fur the first time in twenty years. Tho United States imported 670,- 000 cords of spruce pulpwood from Canada last year. Lady Aberdeen stated at New York that 12,000 persons die of con- sumption in Ireland yearly. Three municipal ofl^cials, convic- ted of stealing money from the city of Boston, have been sent to jail. An engineer on the New York Central wrecked his train at Me- dina, N. Y., to save the life of a child on the track. The Appellate division of the Su preme Court of Brooklyn has de- cided that Harry Thaw must remain in Matteawan Asylum until he can prove him.sclf sane. John Murphy, a butcher, became suddenly insane while at work in {I packing-house at Soincrville, Mass., on Saturday, and killed five cf his fellow-employees. THE WORLD'S MARKEFS BErORTS FROM THE LEADlXt- TBADE CENTRES. T*rlcca of Cattle, Crnln. Cheese and Other Uulry Produce at Uouio aud Abroad. BREADSTUFF8. Toronto, June 8.â€" Flourâ€" Ontario wheat 90 per cent, patents, $5.65 to $6.75 to^ay in buyers' sacks out- side for export ; on track, 'Toronto, $5.80 to $5.90; Manitoba flour, first patents, $6.20 to $6.40 on track, Toronto; second patents, $5.70 to 85.80, and strong bakers', $6.C0 to H.70 on track, Toronto. Manitoba Wheatâ€" No. 1 North- ern, $1.32, Georgian Bay ports; No. 2, $1.29^, and No. 3, $1.2d>^. Ontario Wheatâ€" Prices of No. 2, $1.37 to $1.38 out8.ae. Barleyâ€" Feed, 62 to 63c outside. Oatsâ€" No. 2 Ontario white, 57Vj to 58c on track, Toronto, and 64^ to 55c outside. No. 2 Western Can- ada oats 56c, and No. 3 at 55c, Bay ports. Peasâ€" No. 2, 95 to »6c outside. Ryeâ€" No. 2 74 to 75c outside. Cornâ€" No. 2 American yellow, 63con track, Toronto; Ho. 3, 82K2C on track, Toronto; Canadian yel- low, 76^ to 77J^c on track, Torocto. Branâ€" Manitoba, $23.50 to $24 in sacks, Toronto freights ; shorts, $24.60 to $25, Toronto freights. ITHINE TO FIEHT ABOUT Count Bernstorfif Says Jingoism Will Soon Pass Av^ay. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Applesâ€" $4 to $5 for choice qua- lities, and $3 to $3.50 for seconds. Beansâ€" Prime, $2, and hand-pick- ed, $2.16 to $2.20 per bushel. Maple Syrupâ€" 95c to $1 a gallon. Hayâ€" No. 1 timothy, $13.50 to $14 a ton on track here, and lower grades, $11 to $11.50 a ton. Strawâ€" $7.50 to $8 on track. Potatoesâ€" Car lots, 95c per bag on track. Delawares, $1.10 to $1.- 15 per bag on track. Poultry â€" Chickens, yearlings, dressed, 17 to 18c per lb. ; fowl, 12 to 14c ; turkeys, 18 to 22c per lb. ^ " ' â€" THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€" Pound prints, 1B% to 19c; tubs and large rolls, 10 to lO^c ; inferior, 14 to 15c. Cream- cry rolls, 21 to 22c, and solids, 18 to 19c. Eggsâ€" Case lots, 18}^ to 19c per dozen. Cheeseâ€" Large cheesr, old, 14 to 14%c per lb., and twins, 14% to 14%c. New quote<i at 12%c for large, and 13c for twins. HOG PRODUCTS. Baconâ€" Long, clear, 13>i to 13%c per lb. in case lots; mess pork, $22 to $32.60; short cut, $25. Hamsâ€" Light to medium, 15)-$c; do., heavy, 14 to 14%c; rolls, 12 to 12%c; shoulders, 11 to llKjC; backs, 17% to 18c; breakfast bacon, 10>i tc 17c. Lardâ€" Tierces, 14c; tubs, 14j4c ; pails, 14%c. A despatch from New York says : C^unt Von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador, who came to New York on Wednesday to receive an honorary LL.D. at the Columbia University commencement, took occasion in the course of an inter- view in the afternoon to pooh-pooh the talk of impending or probable war between England and Ger- many. "England has no need to worry about the likelihood of war with my country," he said. "The jingoism of a few easily excitable persons in England will soon pass ever. Between the two Govern- ments there is no misunderstand- ing or enmity, and the sentiment ot the two peoples toward on© an- other is not hostility or bitterness, bi/t a healthy, temperate, good- natured rivalry. "Germany is very proud of the progress which CoTint 2ieppelin and our other aeronauts have made. But the English yellow journals are of course wrong in their efforts to make war talk out of our efferta to conquer the air. We are build- ing no secret fleet of war airships, and we have no secret balloons hovering over the English coast.' SET STB EET CABS 01 FIBE Motormen and Conductors Dragged From Cars and Severely Beaten. A despatch from Philadelphia says : The attempt of the Philadel- phia Rapid Transit to operate its cars on Wednesday with strike- breakers imported from other cities resulted in the first serious rioting which has occurred since the strike of the street car men began on May 20. In the Kensington dis- trict, where many mills are located, the feeling ran high. Mob.s of men, women and children pulled the inotormeu ajid conductors from their cars and beat them severely. In many instances care were set on fire and in othor cases thrown across the tracks. The police were powerless to control the angry strike sympathizers. When they charged the mob it separated only to form again in the vicinity of an- other car. One policeman was shot and prob- ably fatally injured; another was ducked in a water trough, whilst nearly a hundred persons were bad- ly battered either by the police or by strike sympathizers. BUSINEisS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, June 8.â€" Pea8-$1.0j to $1.06. ern, 69c ; GREAT BRITAIN. A speaker at the Royal Institute in London said there was a scien- tific justification for cannibalism. Tho London Morning Post criti- cizes the action of the Dominion Trades and Lal^or Congress in at- tempting to restrict emigration to Canada. At a bnaquet to the overseas de- legates to the Imperial Press Con- ference, Loru Ilosebery made a plea for colonial aid in the defence of the empire. GENERAL. A hitter feud war is being waged b/ rival elans in North China. Numbers of Anarchists from Rus- sia have taken refuge in Australia. Hon. Thomas Price, the Labor Premier of South Australia, is dead. Nina Moslems and six .\rmeai- ans were hanged at Adana, on Wed- nesday. Newfoundland ran behind $1.">0,- 000 in its finances during tho liscnl year just past. A series of experiments in sen<l- ing wireless messages to balloons was conducted at Berlin on Satur- <luv. The fishing scslmonir Koiiris Hrile was so battrrctl hy icc fl<!cs that she went dnwii <iff St. John harbor. Hor crew were rescsued. Oats â€" Canadian West- extra No. 1 feed 58j;c; No. 1 feed, 58^0; No. 3 Canadi.an Western, 58c ; No. 2 feed, 57j'2C ; No. 2 barley 72% to 74c ; Manitoba feei barley, 00/i to 07c ; buckwheat, 69% to 70c. Flour â€" Manitoba Spring wheat patents firsts, $6.30 to $6.50; do.. seconds, $5.80 to $6; Manitoba strong bakers', $5.60 to $5.80; Win- ter wheat patents, $6.75; straight rollers, $6.50 to $6.60; do., in bags, $3.15 to $3.20; extras, in bags, $2.65 to $2.80. Feedâ€" Manitoba bran, $22 to $23; do., shorts, $24 to $25; pure grain mouillie, $33 to $35; mixed mouillie, $28 to $30. Cheese â€"westerns, 12 to 12'4c, and easterns 11% to 12c. Butterâ€" 22 to 22%c. Eggs 19 to 20c per dozen. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis, June 8.â€" Wheat- July, $1.20% to $1.30; Sept. $1.10% to $1.10%; Dec. $1.08%; cash. No. 1 harl, $1.33% to $1.34%; No. 1 Northern, $1.32% to $1.33%; No. 2 Northern, $1.30% to $1.31%; No. 3 Northern, 1.28% to $1.30%. Flour â€"First patents, $6.40 to $6.60; sec- ond patents, $6.30 to $6.50; first clears, $5.05 to $5.25 ; second clears, $3.65 to $3.85. Branâ€" In bulk, $23.50 to $24. Buffalo, Juno 8.â€" Wheat â€" Spring wheat firmer ; No. 1 Northern car- loads store $1.36%; Winter nomin- al. Cornâ€" Stronger ; No. 3 yellow, 80c; No. 4 yellow, 79c No. 3 corn, 79% to 79^c; No. "4 corn, 78%c ; No. 3 white, 80%c. Oatsâ€" Steady. Barleyâ€" Feed to malting, 77 to 81c. A DECREASE OF 5,488. Immigration Figures for April Show a Falling Off. A despatch from Ottawa saysi The total immigration into Canada for April was 24,237, as compared with 29,723 the same month of last year. The immigration from the United States was 12,609, as com- pared with 9,084, an increase of 39 per cent; 11,628 arrived at ocean ports, as compared with 20,669 for April of last year, a decrease of 44 per cent. In addition to the immigrants arriving at ocean ports there were 2,728 classed as returnod Canadians, that is they were either Canadians born or had been in Canada before. THRp MEN DROWNED. Boat Carried Over Little Grand Merc Falls. A despatch Ji-om Montreal sayst Three young men of Grand Mere, working for tho Laurentide Paper C^oinpany, on the Mattawin River drive, were drowned a couple of the south of the town, where the I days ago. F. Boisvert, P. Juneau full effect of the cloudburst was I and M. Desrosiers were trying to felt, one lad who was in the field j cross the river between the two falls tie were in strong domand and fully 15 cents dearer, with prices firm. Exporters likewise, and many ani- mals that under ordinary condi- tions would not be looked upon as in this class were bought for ship- ping. Stockers and feeders want- ed. Milkers and springers in firm demand for good milkers and near springers. Sheep and lambs un- changed. Calves unchanged. Hogs weakening. Selects quoted $7.70 fed and watered, and $7.40 to $7.50 f.o.b. + CLOUDBURST IN OXFORD. Boy and Cows Had to Swim for Their Lives. A despatch from Ingersoll says : Although Ingersoll is outside of the cloudburst zone, Saturday night's terrific storm was the worst within the recollection of tho oldest inha- bitant. Every street was a river while the storm was at its height, and heavy damage was caused in all parts of the town. Cellars in different sections were flooded and much damage caused to private pro- perty, particularly to gardens. To LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal, June 8. â€" More than half of milkmen's strippers sold at S% to 4%c per pound ; the best cattle sold at about 6%c per pound, but they were not extra; pretty good animals sold at 4% to 5%||; common stock, ^% to 4%c pec pound. Large milch cows sold at from $55 to $65 each ; the others sold at i?25 to $50 each. Calves $2 to $H each, or 3 to 6c per pound. Sheep from 6 to 6%c per pound ; lambs from $4 to $7 each. Good lots of fat hogs f^y. to 8%c per pound. Toronto, June 8. â€" Butchers' cat- after the cows was compelled to swim. The land was low and the water rose at an alarming rate. Finally, after wading for some dis- tance, the lad, as well as the cowss, were compelled to swim. SMOTHERED IN SAWDUST BIN. Peculiar Accident to Son of a Lon* don Man. A despatch from I/ondon, Out., says : While playing in a bin of saw- dust, Gordon, the year and ten months' old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Knokles, ot 1 High Street, was smothered to death at about 1 o'clock on Thurssday. When Hed- ley Weaverly, an employe of Mr. Knowles, returned after dinner aud wont to the bin of sawdust, which is used as fuel for the engine, to put on more fire ho saw the hand cf the child sticking out. The boy was covered only about four or five inches and at the place where he was buried the sawdust was only about 18 inches deep. ill a boat, but the current was too strong, and carried them over Little Grand Mere Falls. An in- quest will be held: ♦ DEATH CALLS JUDGE WELLER. Had Been County Judge ot Peter- borough for 23 years. A de.ipatcli from Peterborough, Out., says: His Honor Judge Wel- ler, county judge of Peterborough, passed away here last evening. He wuasaaaaaaa wwrsio roror aaa arr was eighty years of age and had been in poor health tor several months. * DEGREE FOR EARL GREY. Oxford Will Make Him a D. ('. I,. During His Visit. A despatch from London says : The University ot Oxford will con- fer the degree of D. C. L on Earl Grey during his approaching visit t-T England. CZAB A ND KAISE R TO MEET European Situation Promises to Enter Upon a Decidedly Peaceful Staga Ac despatch from St. Petersburg at St. Petersburg. It was supposed says : A meeting betw een Emperor William and Emperor Nicholas has been arranged and will take place in the waters of the Finnish Gulf. The exact date of the meeting will be decided upon later, but it will probably will be Juno 17. The Ger- man Emperor will arrive on the Imperial yacht HohenzoUern, while Nicholas will bo aboard the Stand- art, accompanied Dy M. Iswolaky, the Foreign Minister, and Admiral Voevodsky, the Minister of Marine. The news of the proponed inter- view between the Sovereigns, c<.m- in some quarters that German medi- ation, which had ended the crisis, had left an inheritance of bitter- ness which would estrange the two Mouarciis and lead Russia to identi- fy herself more closely with Great Britain's continental policy. The meeting, which, according to some reports, nas been arranged by the initiative of Emperor Nicholas, is taken to mean that Russia prefera an amicable arrangement with Ger- many to the doubtful issue of an antiigonistic policy. If Emperot Willi.-im al.so meets President Fal- "iercH, as reported from Berlin, the ing so soon fter the setttomi nt of r European stiuation may be regard the Balkan crisis, has aroused e.ig- ed as entering upon a decidedlj er speculation among the diplomats peaceful phase.