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T^wfggtr 7 SETTLEB S LOST EYE RITHM Disastrous Results of Forest Fires Near Fort WiUiam. A despatch from Port Arthur •ay^ : Damage to sUading timber that cannot be estimated with any deg-ee of accuracy, but which will reach into the hundreds of thou- sands, dozens of settlers rendered homeless, with their personal ef- fects destroyed and their fields ac-rched so that there is little like- lihood of any crops being raised thereon this season, is in brief to date the result of the forest fire<i currounding Port Arthur in every direction. Telephone mesBages re- ceived on Wednesday night from H.< iners and Kakabeka Falls are that there is no sign of the fires abating. As the nvessage was re- ef :ved in Port Arthur a light rain h&d commenced to fall, but there wr.s no sign of any at Kakabeka, where the families of every settle- tc<:nt fur mile around have con- gregated for shelter and protec- tvo' . Every family in the district has buried its valuables in the gir.und, and many have lost every- thing else, while others have so far saved their property only by oease- leas efforts. The principal suffer ers are in Conmee, O'Cotanor and Papicongo townships. Death has now been added to the destruction by forest fires which have been devastating this district for several days. Mrs. Christopher Evans of O'Connor township, was smothered ic the burning of her home while her husband was away with other settlers fighting an ad vanoe of flames, believing his own place to be in no immediate dan- ger Fred, and M. Winslow, bro thers, who lost heavily by the de Btruction of logs in the vicinity of Kakabeka, have not reported to any of '^he villages for a couple of <!ay8 and while there is no certain- ty they have been lost it is feared to have been the case. THBEE PERSONS KILLED. Buggy Stmrk by Wabash Express at an Aylmer Crossing. A despatch from St. Thomas says : 'A aad accident occurred on Sunday murniug at the Wabash level cross- ing in Aylmer, resulting in the death of three people, Mr. Thomas F. Hare and his wife. Hannah M., and her sister. Miss Annie K. Scott cf Ottawa. It transpired that all three had been to church and were driving home to Mr. Hare's farm, about a mile and a quarter north of tho town, when No. 3 Wabash ex- press dashed into them as they at- tempted to cross the track. Mr. ano Mrs. Hare were killed instant- ly and Miss Scott died three hours later from injuries sustained. About two hundred yards east of the crossing is a curve and none of the occupants of the buggy could see the train. Several people nearby, however, shouted to them that the train was coming, but they tried to cross ahead of it, with the painful result that all three lost their lives. They were each about seventy years of age, and were well known and highly respected in the dis- trict. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS. One Mundrcd and Thirty-thrce Per* sons Killed in Hay. A despatch from Ottawa says : The death through accidents among euiployees in Canadian industries during May numbered 133. In ad- dition, 243 individual work people suffered serious injuries. In the ra-'way service 25 employees were ki!led during the month and 39 in- jured. The total number of trade disputes reported in existence dur- ing May was 21, an increase of five as compared with the preceding month. About 326 firms and 2,223 employees were affected by new disputes. The loss of time to em- ployees through strikes was ap- proximately 71,830 working days, as compared with 96,350 in May of last year. CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OYER TUE GLORE. FIVE LIVES LOST. Great Storm Swept Over York City. New PREACHERS FOUGHT DUEL. Attacked Oiic Anothpr with Knives in Kentucky Church. A despatch from Louisville, Ky., •ays : An indictment was returned en Thursday, but not made public ur.til Sunday, charging Rev. Isaac Perry with the murder of Rev. Rob- ert Vanover. The two ministers, hcth well-known mountain preach- ers, had been holding revival meet- ings in Whitely county, and quar- re'ed over some charges whifbJiad. been laid against Vanover. The trouble reiichcd its height during a service in the Rock Creek Baptist Cl.u-ch a week ago, ond Vanover and Perry, armed with knives, fd^ight a duel in th^ building wlrile the people, in a panie, fled. Van- over's throat was cut from ear to car and he died in a short time. Perry and his brother Blaine arc in jail at Williamsburg. SOLDIERS FOUGHT FIRE. hwih Near tho Camp at Pctawawa Threatened Damage. A despatch from Military Camp, Pitawawa, Ont., says: About 9 o'clock on Thursday morning the bush near the camp of the Toronto Cjnipany of Engineers caught fire, ar.u as a high wind was blowing, the camp was in danger of being wiped out. The men were ont of camp at work at the time. Cupt. fi. P. Higgs ordered the fire call srtbnded. and the men dropped their tools and came into camp at the double. Ht'iuled by Captain biKK>^< 'hey caught up axes, Hpiules %\-ni blankets and speedily liad tho fire out. A despatch from New York says : On the heels of the reception to Theodore Roosevelt on Saturday came tho deluge. Two hours after the parade that escorted him up Fifth Avenue had disbanded the whole metropolitan district was svtpt by the most violent downpour in months, while tho wind at times attained a velocity of fifty-eight mile- an hour. Five deaths have been reported, four other persons arc believed to have been drowned in the capsizing of a fishing smack off Long Island, while scores of others had narrow escapes. The storm broke almost without warn- iig, preceded by a gust that up- rcoted trees, sent street signs fly- JtiH, and tore into tattf rs tiSo dec- orations hung out m honor of Mr. RiK)8evclt. Then came the down- I>our. FOURTEEN WERE KILLED. Cbllision of Two Trnhis at Villo Prcux, France. A despatch from Ville Preux, France, says : The Granville ex- press crashed into the rear of a lo- cal train standing at the station here on Saturday. Both trains were wrecked and the wreckage caught fire. Fourteen bodies have been taken from the wreckage. BRITAIN'S INHERITANCE TAX Will be $128,000,000 for Present Fi.scal Year. A despatch from London says : (â- hancellor of the Exchequer Lloyd- (Jeorge estiniatca that the receipts from the inheritance tax for the fi- nancial year ending July 1 will amount to $128,000,000. The de- layed income tax collected in April and May may amount to over 8100,000,000. EARL GBE Y BOOSTS CANADA Tells People in Bristol to Go and See and They Will Stay. A despatch from Ix)ndon says : 'At Brivtol, on his arrival, on Thurs- day, Earl Qrey was immediately â- ui rounded by a band of eager pressmen, but held his own against the fire of questions with frank good humor and subtle avoidance of controvcrsal topics. "We had a delightful voyage. The devclop- DTient of Canada is going as strong aa it can go. The maritime prov- iices are as good for immigrations as tho Northwest. Prospects were r.ever brighter," he said. "Why don't you come and see the coun- try t You cannot understand it till you sec it and visit it. When you have visited it once you won't be happy until you have seen it a doz- en times." Earl Orey added that Canadians were pleased with the presoH class of immigration. Asked about the imperial spirit i'l Canada, he said: "Imperial spir- it is all right in Canada," he an- swered. "Why they are more im- perial than you are. I wish you would come to Toronto to see the Empire Day celebration aa I saw it. Then you would know what I mean. The people of Canada be- lieve in themselves and their future as a part of the empiro." THesraphie Rriefs From Our Owo ••d Other Countries of Recent EvcBti. CANADA. Twelve Hungarian victims of the FallsvJew fire were buried on Fri- day. Mrs. Frank Moon's spLae was broken in a fall from a carriage at Kenora. Mr. Mann of the Canadian Nor- thern talks of erecting a fine hotel at Winnipeg. The Militia Department estimate that there are 70,000 men training now in Canada. The water in the St. John River la falling and the big timber drive ii held up again. Two women were drowned in To- ronto Bay on Friday night by the upsetting of a launch. Dr. H. A. Beatty of Toronto has l>een appointed chief surgeon of the C. P. R. eastern line. Charles Landon was arrested at Brockville on a charge of puttii<t$ poison in his employer's tea. The Montreal Controllers havr^ decided to have an inspection of all thi high water tanks in the city. "The C. P. R. has settled with its railway telegraphers by giving them all an advance of five dollars a month. William Ridley, a London, Ont., machiuist, was found dead in his boarding house from carbolic acid poisoning. Mr. William Mackenzie has com- pleted the purchase of Hon. James Dunsmuir's coal interests on Van- couver Island. A Canadian and English company has been chartered by the Nova Scotia Government to build the tastern Railway. Lightning struck the Court House at London, Ont., while the County Court was in session. The flagpole was shattered and the flag destroy- ed Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, ad dres'ing the Halifax Board of Trade, sa d the C. P. E. hoped soon to hang out its shingle in Ha- lifax. Mr. John Marshall, a prominent farmer near Shelburne, was killed by his horses taking fright at an au- tuniob'le and dragging him for some distance. Dr. J. L. Scott, V.S., of Lon- don, Ont., died from blood-poison- ing, supposed to have been con- tracted three months ago by inhal- ing the breath of a sick horse. Frank Quinn of St. Catharines jumped from the lower steel arch bridge into the Niagara River on Sunday morning, despite the efforts of his companions to stop him. He was not seen again. GREAT BRITAIN. The conference of British party leaders on the veto question will be held this week. Lord Kitchener has resigned his position as Commanderrin-Chief of thge Mediterranean. T. P. O'Connor says the feeling is strong, among British politiciaa:: that peace is almost within sight. Viscount Wolverhampton, Lord I' resident of the Council, has re- signed from the British Cabinet. Earl Beauchamp has succeeded Lord Wolverhampton as Lord Pre- 8i<lent of the Council in tho Brit- ish Cabinet. Sir Edward Grey stated in the House of Commons that Col. Roose- \elt'8 speech on Egypt was submit- ted to him before it was delivered. THE WORLD'S MARKEFS QGPOItTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prtcea e( Cattle. Grain, Cheese and Otker Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, June 21. â€" Manitoba Wiieat â€" No. 1 northern, 94% ; No 2 northern, 95%c, at lake ports for immediate shipment. Ontario Wheat â€" No. 8 mixed win- ter wheat, 90c to 91c outside. Corn â€" American No. 8 yellow, CTc ; No. 3 yellow, 66%c ; Canadian corn, 81c to 62c, Toronto freights. Oats â€" Canada Western, No. 2 35c; No. 3, C.W., 34c, at lake ports (or immediate shipment; Ontario No. 2 white, 33c to 34c outside, 36c on track, Toronto. Barleyâ€" No. 8, 61c to 62o ; No. 3 extra, 49c to 60c ; No. 3, 46c to 47c outside ; Manitoba, No. 4, 46c on track, lake ports. Peasâ€" No. 2, 70c to 71c, Rye â€" No. 2, 67c to 68c. Buckwheatâ€" No. 2, 31c. Manitoba Flour â€" Quotations at Toronto are:â€" First patents, $5.30; second patents, $4.80; strong bak e»s', $4.60; 90 per cent. Glasgow freights, 25s. Ontario Flour â€" Winter wheat patents for export, ^.60 to $3.66 it! buyers' bags, outside. Millfeedâ€" Manitoba bran, $18 per ton ; shorts, $20 per ton, track, To- ronto. Ontario bran, $19 per ton ; shorts, $21 per ton on track, Toron- to • COUNTRY PRODUCE. Butterâ€" Creamery prints, 22c; Separator prints, 20c ; Dairy prints (choice), 18c to 19c; Inferior tubs, lec. Eggs â€" 19c per dozen in case lots. Cheese â€" New large cheese, ll%c and btwina at 12c per pound. Old cheese, 12%c to 13c. Beansâ€" $2.10 to $2.20 per bushel for primes and $2.10 to $2.80 for hand-picked. Ontario Branâ€" $18.50 to $19; On- tario middling.., $21 to $22 ; Mani- toba bran, $18 ; Manitoba shorts, $21 ; pure grain mouille, $32 to $33; mixed mouille, $25 to $28. Potatoes- Delawares, 50c to 55c per bag on track, and at 75c per bag out of store. Ontarios, 40c to 45c per bag in car lots. BBEAT FLOODS IN EDBOPE T9rribl9 Havoc Wrought in Austria and the Balkana $31.50 $29. tubs. PROVISIONS. Wholesale quotations : â€" Pork â€" Short cut, $31 to per barrel ; mess, $28.50 to Lard â€" Firm; tierces, 16c; IbXc ; pails, 16% ; stocks very light Smoked and Dry Salted Meats- Long clear bacon, tons and cases, 15%c to 15/<Jc; backs (plain), 21c to 21%c; backs (pea-meal), 215^0 to S2c ; shoulder hams, 14c to 14^c; green meats out of pickle, Ic less than smoked. Rolls â€" Smoked, 16c to 16}^c ; me- dium and light hams, 18c to 18%c ; Yiu-dium and light hams, 18c to lb%c; iieaVy;!©}^ to 17c; baoon, 19c to 20c. A despatch from Budapest says : Nearly 300 persons were killed, aad several villages annihilated by a cloudburst Friday in Krasso-szor- eny. County of Hungary, bordering cu Transylvania, Rumania and Scrvia. The capital of the county, which is mainly peopled by Ruman- ians, is Lugos. It is expected that the death roll will be greatly in- creased when communication, which has bpen almost completely cut off, is restored. Bridges, telegraph and telephone wires in the district have been destroyed, and it is feared that many of the survivors of the flood will die of starvation or exposure before it is possible to send assistance. DAMAGE IN SWITZERLAND. A despatch from Berne, Switzer- land, say : The floods in Switzer- land, caused by continued rains, particularly in the eastern and ccL't-al districts, have proved to be tiie most disastrous in the past six- ty years. Twenty lives have been let in the swollen waters. Many bridges, constructed at great ex- pense, have been either carried away or seriously damaged. Pro- perty losses aggregating $8,500,00(1 have already been reported. /20,000 HOMELESS. A despatch from Vienna says: Southeastern Europe is flood-swept, and reports received on Thursdaj indicate that the death list is bo- tween 800 and 1,000. Whole vil- lages have been wiped out, and fer- tile valleys to-day are lakes. Th« property damage cannot be defi- nitely estimated, but meagre ad- vices already at hand show that it will surely be in excess of $2,500,- COO. The situation has not beea equalled in many years. Austria, tho Balkans and Armenia have suf- fered heavily. Relief work is be- ing pushed as well as possible. With the roads wiped out, railroads tied up, and wire communication in m.iny sections at a standstill, tho diihculties of speedy relief appear irs-rmountable. Rains are report- ed generally, and the floods con- tiriue. With every dispatch th« horror of the situation increases. In the entire region affected it-ia believed that more than 20,000 peo- pl>- are homeless. UNITED STATES. Charles K. Hamilton flew in hia acropla' e from New York to Phila- delphia and back. Buffalo teachers are forming a union which will be chartered by the American Federation of Labor. James A. Patten and seven other speculators have been indicted at New York on charges of conspir- ing to restrain trade. GENERAL. Revolution is said to be spread- ing in Nicaragua. Sir Kyilin Thomas, one of the leading newspapermen of Australia, is dead. It is reported in Peru that nt- teni|its to roach a peaceful settle- ment with Ecuador have failed. It is now CHtimated that two hun- dred lives have been lost in Ger- many as a result of the recent floods. A futile attempt was made on Wednesday to assassinate tho Mili- tary Governor of Bosnia and Her- zegovina. A bomb thrown at a squad of gondarmoa at Warsaw, in Russia Poland, killed one of the men and mortally wounded four. The Tagchlatt of Berlin urges the German Government to send a to 4/4C per Ih. Good large milch tra<le commission to Canada to help' c* w» ranged from $60 to $60 each, capture the Canadian market, while ordinary cows sold at from Premier Botha of South Africa; $00 to $46 each. Calves, $3 to $10 has expressed the ho|)e that the old each, sheep, tj.jc to 60 per lb., party lines will break down, and. lambs $i to $6 each. Good lots of that a new National party will de-j luigs sold at about 10>{c per lb., vclop. I and young pigs at $3 to $4 each MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, June 21.â€" Cornâ€" Am- erican No. 2 yellow, 66c to 67c ; No. 3 yellow, 64c to 65c; do.. No. 8 mixed, 66c to 60c; do.. No. 3, 63c to 64c. Oats â€" No. 8 Canadian western, 36c to 36>ic; No. 3, 35c to 35%c ; Ontario No. 2 white, 34c; o'o.. No. 3 white, 33o ; do.. No. 4 white, 328. Barleyâ€"No. 3, 56j<c; do.. No. 4, 55c; feed barley, 34c. Flour â€" Manitoba spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.40, seconds $4.- m); winter wheat patents, $5; Ma- Tiitoba strong bakers', $4.70; straight rollers, $4.75, in bags $3.- 10 to $3.20; extras, $1.90 to $2. Eggs â€" Selected stock, 21c to 22c, and straight receipts, 18c per doz. Cheese â€" He to llXc 'or westerns and 10%c to lO/^c for easterns. Butterâ€" 23c to 23>ic per lb. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, June 21. â€" Spring wheat- Steady ; No. 1 Northern, carloads slcre, $1.08;<|; Winter, steady. Cornâ€" Higher; No. 3 yellow, 62/^c; No. 4 yellow, 81c ; No. 3 corn, 61cj No. 4 corn, 59%c. Oatsâ€" Strong ; No. 2 white, iiyt,c; No. 3 white, 39%c; No. 4 white, 38>ic. Barley- Feed to malting, 01 V^ to 67c. Minneapolis, Juno 21.â€" Wheat- July, $1.03%; September, 92%c ; December, 90Xc. Cashâ€" No. I hard, $1.08%; No. 2 Northern, $1.- 03% to $1.05%; No. 3 Northern, 81.00% to $1.03%. Bran~$16 to $10.25. Flourâ€" First patents, $5 to $5.20; second patents, $4.80 to $5; fust clears, $3.85 to $3.95; second clears, $2.60 to $2.90. Toronto, June 21.â€" Tho receipts for the last two days amounted to lis carloads, which contain 1,646 head of cattle, 1,320 lambs, 1,480 hogs and 525 calves. The best but- cher cattle sold at $6.50 to $7.15 I)er cwt., with the medium and common grades bringing from $5.- 60 to $6.25. A few choice export- ers are mentioned in one transac- tion at $7.25 to $7.55. The best grade of cows sold at from $5 to i!iG.25 a'-d the poorer quality at from $3.50 to $4.25. Bulls were not much changed in cost, as high as $C. 40 -being, .ftaid for the best meat and from $5 up fgr the secondary grades. Sheep and lambs were- plentiful and the market is easier for lambs, which are now quoted at $8 to $8.75 per cwt. Hoga remain unchanged at $9 to $9.35. Canadian Northern's fleet, left Bristol at 8 p.m. Thursday last and docked here on Wednesday at 3.30 p.m., beating tho best previous per- formance of any Canadian steamer by two hours. ANOTRER RECORD BROKEN. Royal Edward Clips Two Hours Off Atlantic Record. A despatch from Quebec says : Two hours have been clipped from the Canadian trans-Atlantic record. The "R(»yal Edward," the new triple screw turbine steamer of the RICH WESTERN SCHOOLS. Sale of Their Land firings Big Prices. A despatch from Estevan, Sask., says : At the sale of school landa completed on Wednesday two-hun- t'red and forty-five parcels w<ero sold. Prices ranged from $7 an acre to. $30, and competition waa keen, thd" net proceeds being over lialf a million dollars. MINER CRUSHED TO DEATH. Fatality In International Mine at Coleman. A despatch from Lethbridge says : Joseph Heraenack was killed and William Kelly was fatally injured by being crushed by a fall of coal from the head wall of the seam ia tiie International Coal & Coko Company mine at Coleman M( nday morni n g . 00 Cool Kitehenâ€" Perfect Cooking LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal, June 21. â€" Prime beeves scid at from 7c to 7%c per lb; pretty good animals from 6%c to c'/tC ; milkmen's strippers, 4%c to 5%e, and the common stock at 3%c The housewife with years of experience â€" the woman who knows how to cookâ€" finds, after practi- cal .tests and hard trials, the New Perfection Oil Cook-Stove is her idea of what a good cook-stove really ought to be. 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