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1 SPAll i DEB MART IAL LAW Insurgents Fighting Desperately Behind Barricades in City of Barcelona. A despatch from Madrid, Spain, •ays : The revolution in Catalonia has rcacliod a serious stage. There is much LloodshMi, and artillery has bcrn euii)l<jyt>d in the streets o( Barcelona to quell the outbreaks. The city is terror-stricken. The revolutionists are rrportMl to bo fightinjf dosporatoly behind barri- eades. The tr<>ops include mount- ed artillery and the defences of the rebels have been raked «ith shot. King Alfonso hastened back to Madrid from San Sebastian ou Wednesday and i.s.sued a decree pro- claiming inartiul law and the huspension of constitutional gfiar- antecs throughout Spain. Orders have been given to the Governors of the provinces to crush the revo- lution at any cc-t, without hesita- bon and without pity. An exact estimate of the dead and wounded in the clashes be- tween the tro<5ps and rebels in Catalonia i» impossible owing to the rigid censorship. The Cioveru- ment aduiits, however, that riot- ers have been killed and v/ounded in several cities and towns, in- rluding Barcelona, Alcoy and Cala- horra. Details of the latest disturbances at other points are cither mea- gre or lacking altogether. There nas been rioting at Saragossa, Veudrail, lUoja, Port Bou and Iiianson, and a general strike was declared on Wednesday at Biscava. At these places there has been much destruction of proi>erty, in- cluding bridges and public build- ings. The centre of the rebellion is Barcelona, to which place the Gov- ernment is rushing e.xtra troops, both infantry and naval marines. A despatch of Wednesday morning said that the Barcelona revolution- ifts had been defeated as a result of <lesperate charges by the troops, but a despatch at noon announc- ed that fighting had begun again, the artillery using heavy guns to demolish the barricades. The pcaci'- ful section of the population fled in fright to their liumes and looked and barred the doors. A military proclamation has been issued at that city that no life is aafe, and warning peaceful citizens to remain under cover to avoid the fire of the troops. The latest reports from Barce- lona show the conditions there to ne increasingly grave. The rioters have attacked the convent of the Little Sisters of the I'wir. This followed the riotous disorders when the mobs assaulted and then burned several of the religious es- tablishments, following their at- tack by a fiisilado on the Captain- General and his escort. New disorders are now reported fioni two other interior points, thu.s far tranquil. The new points of <Iis()rder are Alfoi and Hioja. This shows that the zone of popu- lar agitation is spreading beyond the tiirbulcnt Catalonians and is cffe.-ting the Valcncians. The Min- ister of till- Interior is besieged with inquiries as to the various out breaks, but ho declines to mako public the details of the disorders in the Valencian towns. The people continue to tear up the railways and noisily intervene at the points where rescrve.s are being recruited for military serv- ice. The chief indignaiion of the people is directed against the Gov- ernment's policy of rapidly re- cruiting a large army to cope witii the grave condition confronting Spain in Morocco. The inliahitants of ('ulcra, a imall station of the Port Bou line. maddened by tlte sight of a passing tjain carrying recruits, destroyed the roadbed for a distance of sev- en kilometres. CANNON SWEPT STREETS. A despatch from Lisbon says: The Diario do Nocticias states that roaiplete anarchy reigns in Barce- lona. Troops with guns have been placed in all the principal streets, and are continually sweeping them with shot. The populace behind the barricades, in wmdows and on roofs return the fire, with deadly effect. The killed and wounded are numerous on both sides. The booming of the guns can be heaid for many miles. Huge flames are visible at different points, where buildings are being destroyed. GUTTEllS RUN WITH BLOOD. Spanish couriers arriving at Ccrebere report that artill 'ry is battering the barricades, behind which the insurgents are desper- ately fighting, in Barcelona. Heavy fighting is in progress on the Kombia, in San Annes quarter, and the Calle del Epino. The gut- ters are running with blood. The number of dead and wounded can- not be estimated, but it is believ- ed to be heavy. Five convents and several pri- vate residences have been burned at Llanza. Grave events are anticipated at Figueras, a town 21 miles froniGer- ona. Comparative calm had been restored, when orders were issued to the recruits to report for duty. At Junquera, a small town 28 miles hurth-east of Gerona, telegraph r-oles had been ch^^ppcd down. All places where public funds have been deposited are guarded by tlie military. Business is at a com- plete standstill. The merchants are panic-stricken, and are plac- ing their fund's in foreign banks for safe-keeping. Many instances of soldiers refus- ing to fire on the mob are report- ed. A lieutenant of infantry threatened to shoot a policeman who was about to fire his revolver into the crowds. CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS aiM>£MNCS FKOH ALL OTEB TUB GLORE. THegriiifoie Rrlefs From Oar Owtt add Other Countriea el Ueccnt EtcuU. CANADA. North Bruce has been overrun with grasshoppers. Montreal Citizens' Association wants a Board of Control. Hon. John Dryden, former Min- ister of Agriculture for Ontario, died on Thursday. The question of commission rates has caused a bitter dispute in the western grain trade. Arrangements have been complet- ed for a merger of the leading Ca- nadian cement companies. A little girl died at Hamilton from lockjaw resulting from a wound caused by a rusty nail. The Manitoba Government has decided to give a grant of ^250,000 to Selkirk Centennial Exhibition. A Montreal butcher and ten pok- er players were arrested in a raid upon a gambling joint in Montreal. Daniel McKenzie and Albert Ross were arrested at Glace Bay cu a charge of attempting to blow up Manager Simpson's house. Mr. Benjamin Price of Battle- ford has been appointed to the Senate, to fill the vacancy caused j by the death of the late Senator Perley. Alternative proposals to com- memorate one hundred years of peace between Canada and the United States are to hold a mili- tary pageant and erect an inter- national bridge. LINER COLLIDED WITH ICE. Steamer Montrose's Bows Tele- Bcopod by Impact. A despatch from St. John's, Nfld., says: The menacing presence of icebergs in the path of ocean steamers off Capo Race has again been manifested, the Canadian Pa- cific Railway steamer Montrose, from London via Antwerp for Montreal, having proceeded on Tuesday after an enforced halt of four days for the purpose of effe<;t- ing temporary repairs, following a collision with a giant ice pillar. The plight of the steamer, wliicn is carrying passengers and freight fiom Europe to Montreal, was not known here until the British war- ship Brilliant arrived and reported standing by the Montrose for four days off Cape Race and helping to repair the damage. Both bows of the Montrose are telescoped, and the hawser pipes entirely destroy- ed. The forepcak was tloodtd. NOW FOR MOUNTAIN SECTION. G. T. V. Will Commence Work Within Fortnight. A despatch from Edmonton, Alta., says: The construction of the mountain section of the G. T. P. will begin within the next fort- night. The work will be very heavy and every man available will be placed on the job. SEA COMMAl GREAT BRITAIN. Canadian marksmen won $4,3i>tt at Bisley. The Miners' Confederation of Great Britain has voted over- vhelraingly in favor of a national strike. In a realistic war test the tor- pe<lo-boat destroyer Terret cut the boom in front of Portsmouth har- bor and entered the basin. New procedure rules, intended to facilitate the passage of the finance bill, have been adopted in the British House of Commons. | Hubert Latham made an attempt 1 to cross the English Channel in his aeroplane, but plunged into the Bca two miles from Dover. THE WORLD'S MARKEFS BErOBTS FROM THE LEADINO TUAOE CENTUES. PrfcM of Cattle, Grain, Chcwie and Other Dairy Produce at Uoue and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Aug. 3.â€" Flourâ€" On- tario wheat 90 per cent, patents from old wheat $4.85 to i|!1.90 in buyers' sacks outside for export, and at $5 to $5.05 on track, To- ronto. Manitoba flour, first pat- ents, $G.20 on track, Toronto; sec- ond patents, $5.75, and strong bakers', $5.50 on track, Toronto. Manitoba wheatâ€" No. 1 North- ern $1.30, Georgian Bay ports; No. 2, $1.27%, and No. 3 $1.20. Ontario wheatâ€" New No. 2, $1.05 cutside. Barleyâ€" Old No. 3 extra, 63c out- side. Oatsâ€" No. 2 Ontario white, 5Gj< to 57c on track, Toronto, and 53c outside. No. 2 Western Canada oats, 52c, and No. 3 at 51c, Bay ports. Peasâ€" Prices purely nominal. Buckwheat â€" Prices purely nomin- al. Corn â€" No. 2 American yellow, iQ'/ic on track, Toronto. Canadian yellow, 75 to 76c on track, Toron- to. Branâ€" $19.50 to $20 for Ontario bran outside in bulk. Manitoba $22 in sacks, Toronto freights ; shorts, $24, Toronto freights. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Beans â€" Prime, $2.20 to $2.25, and hand-picked, $2.40 to $2.45 per tushel. Hayâ€" No. 1 timothy, $13 to $14 a ton on track here, and lower grades $9 to $10.50. Strawâ€" $7 to $7.50 on track. Potatoes â€" United States new, $3 per barrel; new Canadian $1.20 to $1.25 per bushel. Poultry â€" Chickens, yearlings, dressed, 12 to 13c per lb; fowl, 9 to 10c; turkeys, 14 to 16c per lb. UNITED STATES. A woman has been made sujwrin- tendentof Chicago's school system. A suicide club is believed to ex- ist among disheartened factory eni- pioyees at Cleveland. Two men were killed by the ex- plosion of a mortar during a fire- works display near Sandusky, Ohio. Harry C. Pullian, President of the National Baseball League, at- tempted to commit suicide in New York on Wednesday. A Massachusetts militia Captain made sixty-two consecutive bulls- eyes at 500 yards at a tournament at/ Wakefield, Mass. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter â€" Pound prints, 19 to 20c ; tubs and large rolls, 18 to 19c ; in- ferior, 15 to ICc; creamery, 23 to 23^0, and separator, 19 to 20c per pound. Eggs â€" Case lots, 20 to 21c per d<izcn. Cheese â€" New 12Xc for large, and 12%c for twins. GENERAL. Six persona lost their lives in the political riots in Mexico on Sun- day. A plot to restore Castro as dic- tator of Venezuela has been un- earthed at Caracas. Forty thousand workers in the paper and textile industries of Sweden are on strike. The protecting powers have eva- cuated Crete and the Greek flag has been run up on the fortress at Canea. HOG PRODUCTS. Baconâ€" Long clear, 13% to 14c per lb., in case lots; mesa pork, $23 to $23.50; short cut, $22.50 to $2G. Hams â€" Light to medium, 15)^2 to Ific; do., heavy, 14 to 14%c; rolls, 12% to 13c ; shoulders, 12 to 12>ic ; backs, 18 to 18%c, and breakfast bacon, 1G'/<J to 17c. Lard- -Tierces, 14%c ; tubs, 14%c ; pails, 15c. The Chief Question Before the Imperial Defence Conference. A despatch from lAmtlnn says: ProiM.! ing tiie toait to the Imperial Defence ( (Hifcroncc' at the British Empire Chib banquet in the Guild- hall on We<lnebtlay night, Mr. Hal- dane de<'larcHl : "There is only one maxim that we can lay down; tlin the British Empire is one and in- divisible on this question of de- fence. (Cheers.) I believe it tn be en that maxim that the Confer- ence is really concentrated. We rt'cognize that the command of the ^ea must come in the first place, and that the army which is to pro- tect the empire muet bo no array chained to these shores, but an army of long range, Buito<l to deal with problems at long range." Sir Frederick Borden, replying, caid that while Canada stood upon her rights and insisted upon her freedom, it was untrue and unfair to Canada for any man to say, as had been said, that Canada's pnt- riotism and loyalty deponde«l in the iliglitest <legree upen what the fiscal policy of Britain might be. (Hear, hear.) He thought true Inii)erialism was that which le<l dif- ferent nations along the lines of dcvehipnicnt of their own resources. liut they realized their Imperial responsibilities, and the people of Canada were prepared to pay their share of ^V.e cost. In thoroughly preparin.^ themselves for local de- fence, tLoy were doing their best to take their part in the defence of the empire. With the guidance <}f Mr. Haldane, a plan ha<l been adopted in Canada by which, ho believc<l, the local means of de- fence would be so carried out that should any one of the dominions w ish at any time to send a divis- ion or a force to assist the mother country it would be easy to carry out that end. Why <ould not the same thing be dont: wiih re;{ard to »i navy? Caniula wouUl be prepar- c'L to its last dollar, to assist in the maintenance of the integrity cf the empire. (Cheers.) STORY OF A CLAIRVOYANT. Says Young Man vran Murdered ia Lake Moutford. A despatch from Montreal says : Impressed with the story of a clair- voyant that her son was murdered and his body sunk in Lake Mont- fortl, Mrs. Francis Fournier sent a diver on Wednestlay to search the bottom of the lake. Impressed with her faith, which was in line with their own suspicions, two Provincial detectives went with the diver in a further effort to unravel this new mystery of the mountains. Last November Francis Fournier, jun., was working with a contrac- tor in the mountains. Ho went duck-shooting ono day with a com- panion and was never seen again. The story which came to Montrea' was that he was drowned hy upsetting of the canoe. It is nc. believed that murder was commit- ted. A PENITENT TfllllP. Ite.stored Jewellery Slolnn, But Kept Money. A despatch from Ottawa says : A ronscienoe-stricken thief on Tues- day left in the shed in the rear of the house of John Williamson of W'tKidrofte, three miles from Ot- tawa, jewellery valued at ^SO, stolen from the roside'ic;" a fort- right aso. A gnl<l watch and' chain, two g<ild rii^gH anti Nnrioiinj other articles were linuurht back: <lurinK the nii?hl bv the thi?f, who, [ l„nve\er, iiesli'CIcd to shtav <om-i plete r^'jx'iit.iii.'e by r.;ti« iii:ig <!„0 iu cash which ho also stole. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Aug. 3.â€" Oats. No. 2 Canadian, 56c; No. 1 extra feed, 55%c; No. 1 feed, 55V<c; No. 3 Ca- nadian Western, 57c. Barley â€" Ko. 2, 71^^ to 73%c; Manitoba feed Larley, 66^-^ to 67%c. Buckwheat 'â€" 69/2 to 70c. Flourâ€" Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $6.- 30; do., seconds, $5.80; Winter wheat patents, $6.75; Manitoba strong bakers', $5.60; straight rollers, $6.50 to $6.60; do., in bags, $3.15 t« $3.20; extras, in bags, $2.80 to $2.90. Feedâ€" Manitoba bran, $22; do., shorts, $24; pure grain monillo, $33 to $35; mixed mouil'e, $28 to $30. Cheeseâ€" Fin- est western, 11% to ll%c., and eaitern, 11% to ll%c. Butterâ€" 21% to 22c in round lots, and 22^ to 22VaC in a jobbing way. Eggs â€"Selected stock, 23 to 24c, and No. 1 candled, 20c per dozen. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis, Aug. 3.â€" Wheat â€" July, $1.25; Sept., $1.06% to $1.- Wli; Dec, $1.04; cash. No. 1 hard, $1.28X ; No. 1 Northern, $1.27%; No. 2 Northern, $1.2o>:i. No. 3 Northern, $1.22% to $1.2;5%. Flour â€"Second patents, $5.80 to $0; first clears, $4.95 to $5.15 ; second clears $3.35 to $3.55. Branâ€" In bulk, $21.50. Chicago, Aug. 3. â€" Cash wheat â€" No. 2 red, $1.05Vi to $1.03%; No. 3 re<I, $1.03!<i to $l.07>i; No. 2 hard, $1.05,'.^ to $1.15; No. 3 hard, !?1.03 to $1.12. Corn- No. 2, 70, '-^c ; No. 2 white, 74% to 75c; No. 2 yel- low, 7Ui to 71%c; No. 3, 70% to 70%c; No. 3 yellow, ^ly^ to 7l%c; No. 4, 66 to C8c. Oatsâ€"No. 2 white, 50c; No. 3, 44c; No. 4 white, 43 to 49%o ; No. 4 white, 42 to 45j^c; standard, 43c. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal, Aug. 3. â€" Prime beeves sold at 5% to a little over 5%c per U). ; pretty good animals, 4 to 5c ; common stock, 2% to 3%c per lb. Miloh cows from $25 to $50 each. Calves from $2.50 to $10 each, or 'iVi to 6c per lb. Sheep 3'.j to 4c per lb. ; lambs, 0% to 7c per lb. Goo<l lots of fat hogs sold at 8^^' t-j over !)e per lb. Tore into. .\ug. 3. â€" Butchers' cat- tle were in such strong <lpmand lo-div thai the supply wr.s tKitally ina<lo'-iuate ti> meet tlie require- u:e.ils of bu}crs, many of whom ACTIVIT Y OF BLA CK HASD Five Leaders Among Foreign "Population Were Threatened With Death. A despatch from Michel, B. C, says : This, one of the larger coal mining towns of the Crow's Nest district, is an armed camp to-day, among it foreign population especi- ally, because of activity of the Black Hand Society. Great exrite- nient has prevailed since Sunday, when five leaders among the fore- ign miners and business men were threatened with instant death by the Black Hand unless they paid $200 each. In the threatening let- ters received, a place for deposit ol the money was designated, one (J them being alongside a large rock, which is a landmark, at the rear of the Roman Catholic Church. Tuesday night the threatened men turned over the letters to the police and Provincial Constables Steven- son and Bulger immediately made ' en investigation. The time setforth*- deposit of the money was bctweeD. 10 o'clock Tuesday night and 1^ o'clock Wednesday morning. Sev-^ eral men were pKssted at the desig- nated places, and fake parcels' were placed in hiding places by re- cipients of letters, but no attempt, v.as made by the Black Hand gang_^ t<. claim the bounty. Three hundred and fifty armed* Italians held a meeting on Wed-- nesday afternoon and discussed the. situation. The jKilice force is be- ing doubled by swearing-in of specials. came from outside points. Conse- quently business was brisk, and prices rose 15 to 20c higher. Prime picked animals were firm at $5.40 to $5.00; good loads of butchers', $4.80 to $5.30; medium $4.50 to $4.65; butchers' cows, $3.- 80 to $4.25. The heavy run of lair.bs caused a decline in values in the market of 50 to 75 cents. Sheep, however, remained firm. Hogs â€" Weak and lower ; selects sold at $7.90 f.o.b. and $8.15 fed and watered. Milch cows and springers were firm, and several lots of good milkers sold at $38 to $50. Stockers and feeders were quiet. HEAT AND LIGHTXIXG Cause Several Deaths in New York and Chirugo. A despatch from Chicago says : Two days of torrid weather in this city were broken on Thursday by an electrical storm which brought teniporary relief. Several deaths resulted either from the storm or from the great heat. Carl Hanson, a truck farmer, was struck by lightning and killed in- stantly while trying to escape the rain. Thomas Madoney, a but- cher, fell dead on the sidewalk in front of his shop. James Turr/er, driver, was struck by lightning while on the seat of a lumber waggon. He was hurled io the road dead. Jos. ]5ehman of Winnetka was prostrated by the heat while fishing fr<im the Kenil- north pier. He rolled from the I'ier into the lake and was drowned. Mrs. Hattie Henderson and Mrs. Dorothy Hartung were struck by an electric light wire that had been blown down by the wind and were burned seriously. One of those hot, sticky spells struck New I'ork on Thursday, and although the average tempera- ture was only 75 at least two deaths were caused by heat prostrations. AVHEAT TRAINS WILL RUN. ' Over New Road From Winnipeg fo Lake Superior. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Transcontinental Railway Com- missioners report that the Winni- peg-to-Lake-Superior section of tna road will be ready to lease to the Grand Trunk Pacific early in S?p- tember, thus enabling the compapy to carry at least a portion of this year's crop handled on its main line west of Winnipeg through (o Fort William. It is, however, doubtful if the ro.id from Winni- peg to Superior Junction will be in siiape this fall to handle all the traffic offering. V/ith a new road there is bound to be a few bad spots where it will take some tinjo to get the roadbed in shape to pro- perly handle traffic, and if the frfU brings heavy rains there will pre- bably be many delays through washouts, etc. However, an effort i- being made to hurry along the completion of the road, and durin'g the latter part of the fall it is e*- pected the wheat trains will be run- ning over it. . JEW JAPS ENTERING CANADA Agreement With Regard to Eniigia- tinn Being Well Kept. A despatch from Ottawa says: Canada's Trade Commissioner in Japan, Mr. G. A. Harris, report- ed to the Trade and Commerce De- partment that the offifial emigra- tion figures of the Japanese Gov- ernment for the first five months of this year show that Japan is liv- ing up to the agreement with Can- ada and the United States to re- strict Japanese emigration to this continent. Up to the end of May the total Japanese emigration to America was 718, as compared wiih 2,275 for the same period of last year. Emigration to Canada to- talled only 134, and of these 50 were classed as non-laborers. The number of Japanese in Canada who returned home during the same period was 163, leaving the net increase only 21. Some men are honest because they are too poor to be otherwise. IN TUE CUOLKRA CITY. . Terrible Seeuos Witnessed iu a Russiaa Town. A despatch from St. Petersburg says : News received hero on Wed- nesday from Polotsk, in the Gov- ernment of Vitebsk, the only city ill Russia, aside from St. Peters- burg, where the cliolera has mad« much headway, say that the city is full of panic, owing to the ineffici- ency of the sanitary administration and the shortage of physicians. Forty cases of the disease are re- jHjrted daily, and to cope with thia situation there are only five doc- tors, who are so overwhc'mxi with work that they are obliged to re- fuse their services at night. Heast- breaking scenes are witnessed at the physicians' offices where rela^ lives of the stricken of the city t&il t-o get attention. Many stores hav« been closed, and all well-to-do per- sons are fleeing from the city. RILES TO RIN TRAINS. . Commissiou Has Issued an Import* r.ut Order. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Railway Commission has finally approved and sent out two very important oixlcrs. One concerns the uniform rules for the operation of trains. Negotiations between the companies, the railway bro- therhoods and the board have been in progress a year and a half, and a e<Kle of regulations, making up a pood-sized b<.K)k, is now adopted. They apply to all Canadian rail- ways, and are calculatei:! to mini- mize -accidents to public and en»- ployes. Another subject disposed of is the bill of lading, which is made uniform in its application to railways and shippers generally. '. HOUSE WRECKED A Further Use of Dynamite in the Glace Bay Miners' Strike. , A despatch from Glace Bay, N. S., says: An attempt was made on Wednesday morning to blow up the house of a coal cutter residing at the old Gardner Mine. Gardner is a farming district two miles west of the Dominion Coal Company's mine on the shore of Lingan Lake. The attempt was committed on a house belonging to Louis Quthrc, an invalid. James Strang is mar- ried to Quthro's daughter and re- sides with his father-in-law. The inmates of the house are Quthro and his wife, Strang and his wife and two gniall children. The house is close to the railway fence, and the entrance is by crossing over the railway. After midnight Guthro heard footstep* about the .house and got up to look out of the window. He saw a man run out of the yai-d to the railway and down the track. At that mo- ment an e.\plosion took place im- mediately under that part of th« house where he was standing. No one dared to go outside to e.\am< ine the damage. i When daylight came they found that Bome explosive had been in-, serted under the house through % hole in -the underpinning and haol been fired by a fuse. Numerou* pieces of an iron pipe and secttonaj of burned fuse were found. Som4 of the shingles were blown off an4 the boards loose/ked Irom the stiMl>- ding.