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BO! WABNED BT A BREAM Saves C. P. R. Express From Plunging Through Burning Bridga A despatch from Montreal says : Passengers by the belated C. P. R. express, which rea<;hed here at noon on Thursday, brought a thril- ling story of the destruction of a bridge by fire in the early morning hours, and the' possible saving of the train itself from a grave dis- aster through the intervention of a boy, who was warned by a dream that the bridge which carried the track over the creek between Bran- don and Winnipeg was on fire. The train crew were warned of the peri- lous condition of a bridge through a boy named Guthrie, the son of » trackman, who lives in a cottage ou the line some distance from the bridge. He said he was awak- ened by a dream that something was burning that ©eemed like a bridge, and, seeing that everything was all right in the house, ho went out and saw the bridge in flames. It wag then something after 1 o'clock, aad in.itaatly remember- ing the express, he awoke his fa- ther, who arranged th-e plan tor signalling the express before it reached the point of danger. GRE.VT MIC.V DEPOSIT. rrospcctor Traced Vein for Over Two Miles. A despatch from Edmonton, Al- berta, says: A prospector just in from, the Peace liiver canyon, which lies beyond the great divide a short distance, brings in news of a re- markable discovery of mica in that distant and isolated country. He prospected a vein for over two miles, and found it to average about fifty feet in thickness and of un- known depth. The quality is re- raarkably fine and it can be lifted in great sheets of the purest ma- terial. The mica is worth from $25 to SlOO per ton, a price which makes this niine richer and more important as a commercial commodity than any gold mine discovered. It lies just beyond the di\ide at the foot *f Mount Selwin. A CHEEKY THIEF. Han %Vho Protended to be Mr. Rca Gets $170 From (.'a.shicr. A despatch from Montreal says : man walked into the store of A. E. Rea & Co., St. Catherine street, on Friday afternoon, and, repre- senting himself to the lady cashier as being Mr. Rea. said he wauted $170 in a hurry. The young lady, it is said by the secret service men, handed over the money without any hesitation, as the man was well dressed and seemed to be well ac- quainted with the business. ♦ MR. C.VRNEIJIE'S GIFT. Ouo llutidrod Thoa-s-ind Dollars to MvGill Iniversily. A despatch from Montreal saj'n : It is announced that Mr. .Andrew Carnegie haa made a donation of 8100,000 to McGill, ft)llowlnK a promise that if $500,000 were raised from other sources he would cap it by giving $100,000. The $50(),00O came from Lord Strathoona in July, and now Mr. Carnegie fulfills his promise. The whole is part of tho $2,000,000 fund for which McOill haa made au appeal- Abdul Hamid, the deposed Sultan of Turkey, rnade an attempt to es- cape from his captors at Salonika. TBADE OP THE BOIINIOI Eevenue and Expenditure for the Last Six Months. A despatch from Ottawa says: Tho financial statement of the Do- minion for the first half of the pre- sent fiscal year shows an increase of $(3,526,297 in revenue as compar- ed with the first six months of 1908- 09- On tho other hand, the expen- diture on consolidated fund account decreased by $1,098,1335, and on capital acoou.it by $802,582. For Septcniber alone the increase in revenue was $1,570,709, while the total expenditure decreased, as compared with Sei^tember of last year, by $2,584,275. Judging by the figures of revenue and the expendi- ture for the first half of the year. the surplus for receipts over ordin- ary c.vpendituro at tho cl'^se of the year should be tlie latgest on re- cc.rd and Mr. Fielding's budget es- timate of tho probable incrca»sc in revenue is likely to prove to be sev- eral millions too small. Tho main figures for the month and for the si.K. months aro as fol- lows : â€" lievenue â€" September, $8,- 853,Gf>9 ; six mouths, $17,35.3. S19. Ex- penditure on con8olidate>cl fund ac- countâ€" Soptcuiber. $5,210,213; s'x months, $31,563, SJUt. Expenditiu-e en capital account â€" September, $3,- 967,321 : six months, $13,213, 0ti3. The net debt of tho Doniiui-m on September 30th was $320,093, tC4. GOLD FI^DS IN THE N'ORTU. Rrporti^ of Discoveries Rcccircd in Torouto. A despatch from Toronto says : Tho Ontario Department of Mines has received reports of material gold discoveries in the district sur- rounding the township of Whitney. So great is the interest that al- ready, according to tho depart- ment's advices, there arc 500 pros- pectors in the field. The route to the gold field is by the Driftwood Rivor, a tributary of the Abitibi. The field lies west of Night Hawk Lake, near Porcupine Lake. Mr. Thos. W. Gibsou, Deputy Minister of Mines, states that samples of the ore show visible gold, and some places in the district arc said to be rich in the precious mineral. The department is makiug investiga- tioue. ABOLISH SCHOOL SAV1N(J. System Brantfurd Trii.stees Eind I'ansos I'ri«ti<»n. .\ despatch from BrantfoinJ says: .\ftor several years of experiment tlve Brantford Public School Board will do away with the s<:h(x>l saving system. On the ground that too much teaching time is taken up and the pupils fail to show interest in the system. ♦- SNOW GENKKAL IV TKXAS. Fall of Four Inches, the Eurlioitt on Record. A despatch from El Paso. Texaii, says : Snow tell generally on Friday iu the Te.xas Panhandle, the earli- est fall iu the hi.story of that .sec- tion. Four iuclies is reported from Dalhart. CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS BAl'fENINGS FHOM ALL OTEB fUE GLOBK. TrlecriipAle Briefs From Onr Ova AAd Other Countries tl Bcccnl Eteats. CANADA. Brigadier-General Buchan died ai Montreal on Thursday. The 0. P. R. is to issue thirty millions of new stock at 125. Dr. Ernest Shipman urges Cana- dians to secure a share of tlie Pana- ma trade. The Ontario Government has taken measures to encourage sheep-raising. William Hendrick, the Guelph burglar, was senleneed to ten years in penitentiary. Mr. Louis Lavoie has been ap- pointed .purchasing agent for the Intercolonial Railway. Quebec merchants have organiz- ed a company to build a graving dock and construct vessels. The merchants of Montreal will appeal to the Privy Council to up- Set the early closing by-law. Mr. John O. Rawlings of South London foil out of an apple tree and broke ' is back on .Saturday. New Westiriiiister has been cho- sen as the Pacific terminus of the Canadian Northern Railway. The Ontario Government has purcha.sed the splendid library of the late Chief .Justice Strong. Mr. Bartholomew Presley of Kin- tore had his neck broken by being pulled over the plow-handles. James F- Ruston was acquitted , at Brampton of the charge of set- ting fire to his own house. Mr. John Meadows fell forty feet while working iu a silo near Wood- st-ock and wa.s killifd, on Saturday. The jury at London in the trial of Mrs. Wesley Scott for shooting her falhor-ia-law disagreed on Wednesday, Joseph Ward was sentenced at London on Friday to one year in jail for manslaughter in connection with the death of Warwick. Tho Dominion Coal Company has won 115 of its eviction cases aiiainst striking miners, and judgment has been given in favor of the men in 35 cases. THE WORLD'S MARKED BEPOBTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Clieeso aad Other Dairy Produce at flome and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Oct. 12.â€" Flour â€" On- tario wheat 90 per cent, patents, $4 to $4.05 in buyers' 8a<;ks on track, Toronto, and $3.90 to $3.9o outside in buyers' sacks. Manitoba flour, first patents, $5.(30 on track, Toronto; second patents, $5.10, and strong bakers', $4.90 to $5 on track, Toronto. Manitoba Wheat â€" No. 1 North- ern, $1.01>.<, Bay ports, and No. 2 Northern at $1, Bay ports. Ontario wheat â€" No. 2 mixed, 90 to 97c outside, and No. 2 white, 97 to 98c outside. Barley â€" ^No. 2. 56 to 57c outside, and No. 3 e-vtra, 54 to 55c outside. Oats â€" No. 2 Ontario white, new, 37 to 373^<c outside. New Canada West oats, 3T% to 'JSc spot, Bay ports. Peas â€" 82 to 85c outside. Ryeâ€" No. 2, 69 to 70i; outside. Buckwheatâ€" 55 to 56c outside. Corn â€" No. 2 American yellow, GS% to G9c on track. Toronto. Branâ€" .^13 to $19 outside in bulk for Ontario bran, and $20-60 to $21 fur shorts in bulk. 120,000,000 FOB A MVY Canada's Naval Defence Act to be Passed in Early Part of Session. GREAT BRITAIN. T. P. O'Connor, the Irish leader, will shortly pay a vi,sit to Canada aod the United States. A number of British oflScers will compete at the National Horse Show at New York next month. The difficulty of avoiding a con- flict betwoerj the I.ord.s and Com- mons in Britain seems to be in- crea.yng COUNTRY PRODUCE. Applesâ€" $1 to $2.75 per barrel, according to quality. Beans â€" Prime, $2.25, and hand- picked. $2.40 to $2.45 per bushel. Honey â€" Combs, dozen, $2.25 to $3; extracted, 10c per lb. Hayâ€" No. 1 timothy, $15.50 to $16 a ton on track here, and No. 2 at $14 to $14.50. Straw â€" .$875 to $9.50. Potatoesâ€" 53 to COc per bag on track for Ontario, and at 75c for New Brunswick. Poultry â€" Chickens, dressed, 12 to 13c per lb. ; fowl. 10 to Uc ; tur- keys, 17 to 19c per lb. ; ducks, lb. 11 to 13c. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter â€" Pound prints, 21 to 22c ; tubs and large rolls, 19 to 20c ; in- ferior, 17 to 13c; creamery, 25 to 25,'2C, and so'ids, 21 to 22c per lb. Eggsâ€" Case lots, 24j-i to 25c per dozen. Cheese â€" 12^0 per lb. for large, and at 12,'/;jC for twins. HOG PRODUCTS. Baconâ€"Long clear, 15 to ISj-^'c per lb. in case lots; mess pork, $2G.50 tij $27; short cut, $28 to $28.50. Hamsâ€" Light to medium, Iby, to IGc; do., heavy. 14 to 14%c; rolls, A despatch from Ottawa says: It was semi-ofiScally announced on Thursday afternoon that the bill to give effect to the decision of the defence conference will be intro- duced at an early stage of the ses- sion, and will be entitled the Naval Defence Act. It will bo followed by proposals for the construction 01 twelve vessels of cruiser and de- stroyer class, nine of which will be placed on the Atlantic and three en the Pacific. This will involve a capital e-Kpenditure of twenty mil- lion dollars, as well as an annual outlay for maintenance and upkeep of over three million dollars. While no decision has been reach- ed as to where the new navy shall be built, strong pressure is being brought to bear upon the Govern- ment to ask Parliament to consider the desirability of expending tho whole sum in Canada under the supervision of British expertt loaned to Canada for that purpo"te. The details as to the proposea training ship and enlarged drv docks have not yet been wflxkcfl out. The .Admiralty is said to taka the view that bigger docks asg nyoiu a necessity than the consdRjeC^un oi' a, ileet, but it is hoped tmCsonia arrangement oa this point will ba reached before Parliament meets. The other legislation will in- clude bills to amend the bank act, to amend the insurance act, to ra- tify the French treaty, and it ia hoped as a result of the coming con. ference between Mr. Lemieu.x anid the Briti-^h Postmaster-General la England next week to include » bill for the reduction of cable ratea ip. the .session's business. Ther» will also be a bill to amend the militia act, to give effect to tha military cud of the defence confer- ence- sold quickly from $4.85 to $5 ; fair to medium loads at $4.20 to $4.60; ah other grades were easier, but everything on offer was sold. The demajid for feeders was strong, with prices firm for good bulls, steers and heifers, but the light rough stock were a shade lower. Milkers and springers were in ac- tive demand for good quality. Calves steady. Sheep and lambs were steady to firm. Hogs weak, owing to the poor quality, but anything of good weight and qua- lity sold at $8, fed and watered. Of the pork imported from Chin* ^^y^ t„ {^^ . shoulders, 12''-; lo i:}c; into Britain 9 percent, of that so u,ack3, 13^-^ to 20e; breakfast ba- oon, 17 to 18c. was infected with ! far o.tamlned tuberculosis. The Frecni;in'.s Journal has an editorial article, the ob^'ect of which seems to be to restrain Irish emi- gration to Canada Mr. Winston Churchill, in YANCQ PEB TIBI R DEAL United States Company Pays $1,500,000 for the Property. A despatch from Victoria, B. C, •ays: One of the largest individu- a' timber d^'-als in the history of Western Canada has just been closed whereby the American Fin- ance and Securities Company, of New York, purchases from the Ca- nadian Pacific Railway 64,000 acres of timber lands on Cowichan Lake, Vancouver, B. C, for approximate- ly $1,500,000. This is said to be the finest tract of timber remaining in British Columbia. The timber, which consists largely of fir, is of an unusually denso growth E."i- perts who w«r« employed by the New York eonip.iny report that the timber average.^ more than QO.CXHi leet to the acre and that the tract contains appro.Kiniately 5,0O<),OO0,- 000 feet of merchantable lumber. Cowichan Lake is about 100 miles north of !• cattle and 22 miles from the nearest point of the Nanainio and Esquimalt Railway, a branch ot the Canadian Pacific- It is sti- pulated in the contract that the purchaser.^ arc imint-diatoty to erect Ji mill with .%n annual capacity of at k-ast lOO.noO.OOO fort, nntl that tho railroad i» to biiiki a branch line from Cowichan harbor iiiti> the timber. The Canadian Pacift-.- tim- ber holdings in Vancouver arc all Crown grant lands, and it has al- W!»ys bccti the ri>;jd's policy to sell its timber only wliorc the pi;r!'h.'».<" r will agree to operate the properties nn<l guiir.iiitee ii certain amount of traffic over the line. speech on Friday night, declared that tho Government would nwke no overture* to tho Lords respecting tlve budget, and would accept no amendment. UNPT ED STATES. Willi«ini R. Hearst was nominat- ed tor Mayor of New York on Wed- nesday night. Kobert Millingtnn was fatally in- jured while playing football at Shaniokin,Pa- Th« Grand Trunk Railroad is sui-d to be planning to enter Pro- vidence, K. I. Hon. W T. Pipes. Attorney- General of Nova Scotia, died sud- denly at Boston, on Thursday. The Brooklyn and Coney Island Jockey Clubs will coutest the con- stitutionality of the anti-betting law. Priucipal Peterson of MoGill University was given tho degree of Doctor of Laws by Harvard Uni- versity. C^apt. Ralph Pringle, who killed a Canadian sailor at St. Clair, Mich., last winter, has been convicted of manslaughter. Two hiiiidrcil men are sai<I to have deserted irom the British cruiser squadron which left Nesv York on Friday night. The National Clraiu Dealers of the United States have pa.ssed a rrsolutiou favoring the admission, without duty, of Canadian wheat. GENERAL, King Manuel of Portugal will visit Madrid, L-ondon, and Paris in November. Albert Pulitzer, a brother of the proprietor of The New York World, conmiitted suicide in Vien- na. Between two and three thipusand persons on the islands off Yucatan were drowned, it is vop(>rte<r, in the nciMit huvricaiie. A Spanish force in Morocco v;as routed bv the Kiffs and seventy Spanish prisoners were sl.iughter- cd in coUl bkiod. The capture 1>\- th"'Spaniard'< of Zehian. the saortnl niHi.in city, has ciiiis<M.I the trihc-t of the hinterland to llock t».> the Moiuiih slandaid. Lardâ€" Tierces, 15c ; tubs, pails, 15,%c. 15Xc BUSINESS .\T MONTREAL. Montreal. Oct. 12. â€" New crop oat's. No. 2 C^anadwn Western. 41;. j to 42c : old crop oats. No. 2 Cana- dian Western, 42 to â- I'iyx ; barley. No. 2, 60 to 67c; Manitoba feed barley, 64 to 05c ; buckwheat. 55 , to 55j-.jC. Flourâ€" Manitoba Spring j pointed the gun at the girl exclaim- DIMIGR.VTION RETURNS. An Increase of Fifty-throe Per Cent for August. A despatch from Ottawa says : The total immigration into Canada for the month of August this year was 15,387, as compared with 10,- 082 for August last year, an in- crease of 53 per cent. "The immigra- tion from the United States was 8,024, as compared with 4,684 for August of last year, an increase of 71 per cent. The immigration by ocean ports was 7,363, as compared with 5,398 for August of last year, an increase of 30 per cent. The to- tal immigration for the first five mouths of the present fiscal year v/as 105.636, as compared with 90,- 385 for the same period of last year, an increase of 17 per cent- GIRL SHOT DEAD. Doljberale Act of a Rii.ssiafl Boy ot Fifteen. A despatch from Canora. Sask., says: Gcorgina Downs, an Eng- lish-speaking girl, thirteen years of age, was disembowelled by a shot ^'^j. ^ , fired from a gun iu the hands of a '^ '^^'^ Russian youth, fifteen years old, on Wednesday. He deliberately PKAIKIE FIRES. Y('i«le E.vtcnt of Country Has Beea DPTtistated. .\ despatch from Winnipes saytt Prairie fires are raging in various parts of Alberta and Saskatche- wan, but details are scarce. One- third of the Governriient Park near Wainwright, Alta., wis b'.irned, but the buffalo are safe, .\nother lig fire is rushing towards the park at present. Many horaesteadem ill both .Mberta and Saskatchcwaa have suffered loss. A despatch from Oak Poin.*, Man., says: Fire is raging 32 miles north of Oak Point. It was star^ €d over a week ago on Dog Creek Indian Reserve. Since then it has turned hundreds of square miles of prairie sixl and timber. A largo quantity of hay has already been destroyed. Several settlers have lost stock, houses and stables, and narrowly escaped fearful deaths. On three or four days of last week the sun was completely hidden bf smoke. The whole population ia that region is greatly alarmed, bo- cause nothin:; but heavy raiu can extinguish the flames. If a hi' wind arises the whole country be- tween Lake Manitoba and Lak« Winnipeg may become tho prey ol the flames. wheat patents, firsts, $5.70; Mani- toba Spring wheat patents, sec- onds, $5.20 , Winter wheat patents, $5.50; Manitoba strong bakers', $5; straight rollers, $3 to iit5.25. straight rollers, in bags, $2.35 to $2-50. Feed -Ontario bran, $2t to §22; Ontario middlings, #22.50 to $23.50; Manit-c.ba bran, $21 ; Mani- toba short's, $23 to $24 ; pure grain mouille, $33 to $35; mi.xed mouille, $25 to $27. Cheese â€" Westerns. 11% to ll'-iC : easterns 113% to llj^c. Butterâ€" Finest creamery, 24%c. Eggsâ€" Selected stock 25% to 26c ; No. 1 candled, 22]^ to 23c; No. 2, liJ to 19c per dozen. UNITED ST.\TES MARKETS. C'hicago, C^ct. 12â€" Cash wheat â€" No. 2 red, $1.13; No. 3 red, $1.0S to $1.16; No. 2 hard. $1.06 to $1.- 13 ; No. 3 hard, $1.04 to $1.08; No. 1 Northern, $1.05 to $1.06; No. 2 Northern, $1.03 to $1.05; No. 3 Spring, $1 t • $1.04. Cornâ€" N.9. 2, 60Vi to 60>.^c ; No. 2 white, Ol'ilc: No. 2 yellow. 60% to 6O4C ; No." 3. 6OI4 to eokjc ; No. 3 yellow, 60':^ to 60^40 ; No. 4, .59,'..j to 59-'-ic. Oats- No. 3, 39c; No. 3 white. 38'/;j to 39;''ic ; No. 4 white, 33 to 39c ; stan- dard, 41'/,;c. Minneapolis, mg. "Your money or your life, at the same time pulling the trig- ger. He claims he did not know the gun was loaded. Neighbors in the absence of the girl's father, who is away working in the Mani- toba harvest fields, caiii'^ to Canora foi a doctor, who v.«Dt out accom- panied by C'.mstabJo Wilson of the R. N. W'. M. P. to iuTtftigate the matter, but the girl was dead. Oct. 12.- Decemhcr. 993-i to 99%c ; Wheat - May. $1.- 02;''-4 to $1.02>;: No. 1 cash, |ard, $1.0iy3;No. 1 Northern, $1.01; No. ? Northern, 9yc; No. 3 Northern, ti7 to 9Sc. Flourâ€" First patents, $5.20 to $5.30 ; second patents. $5 to $5.10; first clears, $4.35 to $4.55; soeond clears, $3.10 to $3.30. Bran â€"In 100-lb. sacks, $19.50. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal, Oct. 12â€" Prime beeves .<>old at i% to 5c per lb. ; pretty good animals, 3!', to 4,'-^c ; common stock, 2 to 3Vic per lb. .\bont a dozen lean old cows were sold at $9.."j0 each, or l^c per lb. Calves 3 to 5'.jC per Ih. Sheep, 3'.j to 8^.40 per lb. ; lamb.'s, 5'/^ to 6c per lb. Good lots of fat hogs sold at 9j'i lo 9 'vie per lb. Toronto. Oct. 12â€" Anything real- ly good that could be picked out W.VLTER M. BARRY KILLED. Well-Kiiown Ottawa Uiishiess M.in Run Down on Railway. A despatch from Ottawa says : Walter M. Barry of the firm of Har- ris & Barry, furniture dealers, and u well-known business man of Ot- tawa, wa,s killed here on Saturday afternoon. He was crossing the Grand Trunk yard and was run down by .a shunting engine. He died in the hospital a tew hours later. Deceased was 4-t years *if age. PLOWED UP A FORTUNE. Farmer Diseovoroil Treasure Vala- cd at .i5.-)0,n()0. .\ despatch from Ogdensburg, N. Y.. says: .\ farmer named Vo8t- burg. living near C'hamplain, whilo plowing on Tuesday, turned up a quantity of gold coiiw. tarnished bv the weather and dirt in which lliey repo.s<"d. Digging farther, hd found more coins than he eould carry home at one time. Their value is estimated at $50,000. It is the treasure was buried by persons who stole it from the British array which camped near C'hamplain during the Burgoyna cTinpaign. The robbers probaWf lost their lives subsequently and no one knew what they had don* with their bootv. TO COVER DEFICITS. tor German (^oveniuioiit to Ask Loan of .<iil2.-).000.0(K). A despatch from Berlin sayi t The Iit;perial Government will ask U.r a loan of $125,000,000 in th» beginning of 1910, the -TagcblatI said on Thursday in its financial article, to cover deficits. This ac- counts, according to the news, paper, for the recent tendency to sell Imperial issues on the Boerso. DATE DEFIMTELV FIXED. Cabinet Decide* Parli.traent Shall Meet Noveuiber 11. .\ despatcli from Ottawa saysj .•\i the Council meeting it was d«- cided to summon Parliameut for despatch of business on Thursday, Nov. nth. BIOWI UP BY raillTE Fifth Explosion Within a Year on Work a Manned by Non-Union Men. A dcspateh from Buffalo says : A steel viaduct over the New York Central tracks, near the Elk Street Market, was blown up by dynamite at 1 a.m. on Thursday morning. \ I hc.ivy chargo of the explosive was I used and a lar^o section of the ] structure was twisted and shatter- ed. This is the fifth dynamite out rage that has occurred here with- i-i a jear, all of them being on structures worked by other than union men. The Elk Street viaduct was being built by the S. J. MeCann Com- pany, of Mercer, Pa., who do prac- tically all their work on the open i>bop policy. The last outrage her« was directed against the same firm. A large consiruction car and hoist- ing crane, owned by them and op- erate<i at the Elk Street viadnot, was wrecked hy a charge of d,vna- mite that had been placed under the boiler of the engine. No arrests liave been made ia connection with any ot the job* pulled oft hero. *