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And Fifty Were Injured in Passenger Train
Wreck Near Corning, N. Y.
despatch from Oorning, N.Y.,
says: Westbound Lackawanna pas-
senger train No, 9, from New York,
due to arrive at Corning at 4.47
a,na., composed of two engines, a
baggage ear, three Pullmans and
two day coaebes, in the order
named, was demolished at Gibson,
three ni?lea east of Corning at 5,25
o'clock on Thursday morning by
eipress train No_ 11,• due at Corn -
ng at 6.10 a.m. Forty-one persons
were killed and between fifty and
sixty injured. Many of the victizils
were holiday excursionists bound to
Niagara Falls, who had boarded the
train at points .along the Lackawan-
ntaa• from Hoboken to Buffalo,•
The, wre e was the worst in the
History of tree road. Its cause, ac-
cording- to Engineer Schroeder of
tho express, was his failure to see
the aigna1S set agaiest his train..
The moraaiug, was a foggy ono,and
ha ,,aid lie• could not make them out.
The wrecked train stood` on the
naaii1 track blocked by a crippled
freight train. There was no flag.
out, according to Engineer Schroe-
der, The signals, which he de-
clared it w^4.5 too foggy to see, were
just around the curve.
Schroeder had taken train No, 11
at Elmira fifteen minutes before. It
wigs a few minutes kite. The stretch
of track from Elmira' to Corning is
fitted for fast .running, and be was
sending his train along at the rate
miles an hour. No, 9 was sup-
'd tea he half an hour ahead of
e never had any warning
mese out the outline of the
. 0 through the fog
ee up the mountain
r below. He saw
end threw ou the
ut sliuttiug off the
w the train off the'.
motive plunged
0ta::i1 fes,, rods further to splinter the
(two day coaches filled with excur-
sionists and tear through the last:
of the Pullmans, Schroeder said
that the impact wass iso great that
it threw him from the cab and land-
ed him on his shoulder on the road
bed, practically unhurt.
The 100 -tort monster continued its
plunge through the middle of the
train, grinding everything in its
path. It ,seemed as if it would cut
through every ear; Then when it
was finally blocked by a mountain
of debris ,piled in front of it, it re-
mained on the roadbed in the midst
of the desolation its plunge had
created, while thousands of persons
rushed in every kind of 'vehicle to
the scene to lift and pry the dead
and injured from the tangled mass
of wreckage.
Thirteen of the injured and ten
of the dead were takea to Elmira
on a special train, The other dead'.
were taken to undertaking rooms in
Corning and the remainder if the
injuredwere conveyed to the Corn-
ing City Hospital. There a largo
corps of doctors and nurses worked
rapidly and efficiently. ;111 the
physicians in the city were summon-
ed, and many ministers and priests
were called to administer last sacra
nients and receive messages for re-
natives and friends from the dying.
Most of the bodies were badly
mangled; their condition testifying
to the terrific driving power of
Schroefler''s engine as it crashed
through the fated train. The ears
themselves were one heaped-up
mass of wreckage, telezeoped ince
eaeh ether, The last two ears on
No, 11 remained on the track: and
lower were used as hespital
laaches;
The people of Corning have open
ed their homes to the injured who f
could not find accommodation at
the hostnital, or whose injuries were
too slight to warrant their crowding
other persons from the institutions.
DO G SURVIVED TWO MASTERS :%NOTIIBR RAILWAY WR CIa.
Its Barking in Boat Drew AttentionTl%- Rty-one People Killed on 'Picnic
to Bodies. Excursion.
A despateb !rem Vancouver, E.C., A despatch from Latrobe, Penn.,
says: Dead from exhaustion and says ; Twenty-one persons wero
csposarre, the bodies o.£ two fisher- killed and many fatally injured at
and n were found ori Wednesdaty an a i o'clock on Friday,. on the Ligon -
fishing boat off fender Harbor, 70 ier Valley Railroad, when a'lessen-
miles up the northern coast. The ger rain carrying picnickers was
boat was nearly filled with water, backing into Wilpen, through a
but floating sturdily, atnd a dog,
misunderstanding of orders. The
still living, but very thirsty, had
strength enough left: to bark loudly accident happened at the Fair
and attract attention to the boat. To grounds. The accident was caused
the identity of the two men aboard by a double-header freight, which
there is hardly a clue. The elder crashed` into the rear coach of the
man ryas lying in the bottom of theFaesenger train, telescoping sever.
boat. Ile looked to have been an al ears. According to latest reports,
Englishman of about 45, The other but one passenger on the train es
was a lad of 18 or 20, and his body cooped injury.
had evidently been lashed by his
companion to the mast. The men ,
I
had not been dead more thana
day
A colonizatio road will
or two. On the collar of the dog n be built
were initials on a brass plate: to connect the "Frederickhouse and
"G.S.V., D.T,P., 1912, 66," Abitibi Rivers.
100 FAMII,IES NEED RELIEF
Regina Is Being Rebuilt- -C. P, R.
Erect 500 Houses
A despatch from Regina, Sask.,
says The city officials in various
committees have been working ever
since the catastrophe with but a few
hours' sleep. A complete canvass
has been made as to the necessity
for relief. Immediate relief is need-
ed for some 100 families, while more
will be added to the list dater.
Many who really need the relief are
probably concealing their needs,
and will nob apply for help unless
urged by actual want. Hundreds
of other victims of the cyclone are
being kept by friends who can ill
afford it. A large portionof those
whose residences and property were
devastated are wealthy or well-to-
do people who, while they have re-
ceived a severe setback, are not in
actual want, 'and while they lack
shelter of their own, are being
housed by relatives or friends.
Six automobiles are kept busy in-
vestigating g eases for relief and dol-
ing out provisions. The majority
of the homeless are being, provided
for at private houses, bat there are
still: hundreds sleeping in the public
schools and various public build-
ings and in tents on the site of their
former residences.
The C.P.R. haveestablished
a re-
cord in building their freight sheds.
The sheds were almost a total
wreck and their whole yard was a
scene of devastation. The yards i
are already nearly cleared, and
five bundred carpenters have work- I
P �n ork
ed with feverish haste so that the
sheds are now practically com-
pleted : ' The city has decided to
build a corrugated iron warehouse
which', will be rented to firths unable
to find accominodttone
The railway officials decided
Will
erect a Targe number of residences,
and they settled on plans for two
classes of buildings, one a two-story
house to cost about 52,500, the
other a bungalow costing about
81,800. If necessary they will build
five hundred ofthese houses. Ten-
ders for the houses have been called i
for, and work will be started at
once. It is hoped-. to have some
completed within ten days.
Over a thousand carpenters are
now at work, and more are pouring
into the city on every train All ar
being put to work. ' . Hundreds of
bricklayers are also busy and "the
residences which were slightly dam-
aged or do not have to • be torn
down are being patched up for im-
mediate occupancy in remarkably
fast time. 1
The board of the Methodist
Church have arranged to go aheacl
at once with the re -construction of 1
their church. They propose occupy-
ing a building of similar propor-
tions on the old site, with few e
changes in detail. N
The task' of removingthe debris 6
will be slow, on aceount of the $
heavy stone and timbers,, which are
wedged in a mass of wreckage from
three to twenty feet high. Inspec- .b
tor Falls has not yet gone, oyer the ye
ruins of Knox Presbyterian Church � 6',
fi
2
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1,�tion o
the runes of Sinith Street south..
his ands Lern
treet were wiped clean front end
end --t io miles o2 stria,
Roos es facing titc Presby'teria
Cleureh at Regina Several. people hall luiraeulou
one to expect.
ese"alleg frons then houses, as this view naturally
PRICES
OF FARM pp �j f�
! ii, 11��!T
REPORTS FROM THE LEADINE TRADE
CENTRES OF AMERICA.
Prices a?' Cattle, Grain, Choose and Other
Produce at Homo and Abroad.
BREADSTUFFS.
Toronto, July 9,--Flour--Wiuter wheat,
90 per cent. patents, 54.20 to $4,25, at sea-
board.
ea
board, and at 54,25 to 54,30 for home cot
gumption, Manitoba flours—First patents,
$5,7Q; second patents, $6,20, and strong
bakers', 95 on track, Toronto,
Manitoba Wheat—No, 1 Northern, $1.14,
Bay ports; No. 2 at 51.11, and No. 3 at
81.07, Bay ports. Feed wheat by sample
Is Quoted at 64 to 65c, Bay ports.
Ontario Wheat—No. 2 white, red and
mixed,51.05 outside.
Peas—No. 2 13 a
o shipping peas, Si. outside.
, g p
Oats Car lots of Na 2 Ontario, 47e, and
No.3 at 460 outside.No 2 Ontario 49 to
50c, on track, Toronto. No. 1 extra. W. 0,
feed, 48 1-2e, Bay ports, and 77o. 1 at 47 1-2c,
Bay- ports.
Bailey—Prices nominal.
Corn—No. 3 'American yellow, 78e, on
track, Bay ports, and at 82c, Toronto.
Rye—Prices nominal.
Buckwheat—Priees nominal.
Bran—Manitoba, bran, $22, in bags, To-
ronto freight. Shorts, $24.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Beans—Small lots of hand-picked, 53 per
bushel; primes, 52.65 to $2.75.
Roney—Extracted, in tins, 11 to 13c per
lb. Combs, $2.50 to 52.75 per dozen-'
Baled ilas—No.` 1 quoted at $17 to 518,
on track, Toronto. No. '2 at 515 to 516,
and. mixed at $11 to $12.
Baled Straw—$1D to 510.50, on track, To-
ronto.
Potatoes—Car lots of Ontarios, in bags,
$1:50, and Delawares at $1.70.
Poultry --wholesale prices of choice
dressed poultry: -Chickens; 15 to 17a per
lb.; fowl, 11 to 12c; turkeys, 15 to 16c. Live
Poultry, about 20lowerthan the above.
BUTTER, EGGS, CHEESE.
Butter -Dairy, choice, 22 to 23c; bakers'.
inferior, 19 to 20c: creamery, 26 to 27e for
e rolls, and 25c for solids.
Eggs—Case lots of new -laid, 230 per doz.,
and of fresh at 21; to 22c.
Cheese -New cheese, 14 to 14 1-4c per lb.
IIOG PRODUCTS.
Cured meats are quoted as follows:—
Bacon, long clear, 14 to 141-4c per lb., in
case lots. Pork—Short cut, $24 to $25; do.,
moss, $20.50, to 521..iiams—Medium to light,
71-2 to ile; heavy, 161-2 to 17c; rolls, 13
co 13 1-2c; breakfast bacon, 181-20; backs,
20 to 21c.
Lard—Tierces, 13' 3-4c; tubs, 14e; .pails,
41.20.
MONTREAL MARKETS.
Montreal, July 9.—Oats—Canadian West-
rn, No. 2, 51 1-2c; do., No. 3,'49c; extra
o.. 1 feed, 501.26: Barley—Manitoba feed,
41-2 to 65c; malting, $1.06 to $1.07. Flour
Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts,
5.80; seconds, $5.30; strong bakers', $5.10;
Winter patents, choice, $5.40 to "$6.50;
traight rollers, $4.95 to $5; do., bags, 52.-
0
to $2.45. Rolled oats—Barrels, 55.05;
age, 90 lbs., $2.40. ''Bran -$51; shorts, $26;
iddlinge, $27 to 528; mouillie, 530 to 534.
say—No. 2, per ton, car tote, $19 to $20e
se—Finost Westerns, 127.8 t6 .131-80;
nest Easterne, 123.8 to 125.8e. Butter—
Choicest creamery, 25 to 251.4c; seconds,
4 to 241.2c; -Eggs—Selected, 25 to 26e; No.
2 stock, 15 to 16e. Potatoes—Per bag, car
lots, $1.50 to $1.60.
UNITED STATES MARKETS.
Minneapolis, July 9.-Wheat—July *1.10f
September, $1.03 3.4 to $1.03 7.1; Dece_s.�be
51:041-4; No. 1 hard, 51.123.4; Na.;
Northern, 51.12 to .51.121.4;" No. 2 Northern,
$1.101.2 to 51.10 3-4.' No. 3 yellog corn, 7$ to
73c. No. 3 white oats, 481.20.' No. 70a.
Bran, in 100 lbs. sacks, 521,00 ' *21,66.
Flour, first patents,: 55.40 to $5.65; second
and could not say if portions of it
were safe to rebuild upon. It is
quite `.likely it will be -torn down.
Work of re -construction on the
Baptist Church will cost about $10,-
000, . and is being rapidly pushed.
New pipe organ remains intact. The
Government is working on the new
telephone exchange, plans for which
hacl been drawn up some months
ago
patents, 55,10 to 55.35; first clears, 5330 to
54,05; scoond eleara, 52,70 to 53.00.
Buffalo, July 4—Spring wheat, No. 1
Northern, ' carloads, Store. 51.16 7-0; Win
ter, Scarce. Corn, I$o, .3 yellow, 78 1-2c
No, 4 yellow, 77o; No. 3 corn, 761.4 to 771-4e
No. 4 corn, 74 3.4 to 751-4e, all on track
through billed.. Oats—No. 2 white, 54 3.4e
No. $ white, 533.40; No. 4 white, '523.4e,
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
Montreal, July 9. --The top tarleo realiz-
ed for choice steers was 57.50, but, the bulk
of the trading was done in good Stack at
55,00, 56.50 and 57,00 per owt., while the
common and inferior' sold from that
down to 53,50 to 54 per ewt. Choyce butoh-
era' cows sold ' at 54.00 to 55.00 per cwt.
Bulls front $3.00 to 53.50 per Cwt. The
Market for sheep and lambs was weak.
er, and prices ruled lower, with sales of
the former at 54.00 to ;$4.50 per cwt., and
the latter at 54.00 to 55.00 each. Selected
lots of hogs at 58.50 to 58.75 per cwt., end
mixed lots as low as 58 00, weighed off
ells
Ca]' 3
Calves, 00 5
to 9.oa
$ each
Toronto
F
July Cattle at l
e —
Exporters,
0hoie 57,50 to $7.75; bulls 56 t 56.25;
cots, $5.50 to $5.75. Butcher Ohoice 57.-
50 to 57.65; medium. 56.50 to 56,90; cows,
55 to 56. Calves—Steady, $7,60 to 57.85.
Stockers—Steady• 54.50 to $5.75. 'Sheen—
Light ewes steady at $4 to 54.50; heavy,
53 to 54; spring lambs, steady, at 57.75 to
58.70. Hogs—Selects, $7,65 f.o.b., and 58
fed and watered.
DOMINIONS AND THE NAVY.
Lewis Harcourt Announces Contri-
biltions From. Two of Tlelu.
A despatch from London says:
Lewis Harcourt, the Secretary of
State for. the Colonies, speaking in
the House of Commons on Wednes-
day evening, ;announce l . that New
Zealand's present contribution to
the Imperial navy would be 2100,-
000, while South Africa would give
285,000. New Zealand is also con-
tributing a battleship of the value
of 22, 000, 000.
OLD SACRVILLE FORT BURNED
Fire Did $20,000 Damage at Head
of Halifax Harbor.
A despatch from Halifax says:
Bedford, at the head of the harbor,
eight miles from Halifax, was badly
damaged by fire on Thursday night.
The Halifax fire department were
asked for assistance at 11 o'clock
and apparatus 'was sent up.' At 1
o'clock the fire was under control.
Four houses owned by J. E. Roy,
worth $20,000, were totally de-
stroyed and the old Sackville fort is
also destroyed.
CAN'T ADULTERATE
. TUIB,PS..,
Must"' Meet I'il<arniaco ioafl Require-
ments
le llir -
p d1 e
nyents as a Medicine.
A despatch ', from Ottawa says y
Notice ' ap ra in 'the Canada Ga-
zette utting turpentine
p K under the
operation of the Adulteration Act.
When ,.sold foe medicinal purposes
rad meet PC0rmac0 ical
require-
ments. :When sold for other pur-
p_ .les it malt `
os . dioxaform to certain
speciftnat4on,eto purity, which.
are -. 'bed in the order-ixn-
C, r`,4 ..
p
NORTHERN IIOTEL' BURNED.
Lady Evelyn, on Lake Tenlagami.
Was Destroyed.
A despatch from North' Bay says;
The Lady Evelyn Hotel, the largest
and.. best of the three housesoper-
atedon Lake Temagami by the
T'emaganni Steamboat and Hotel
Company, capitalized by Toronto
men; was oonnpletely destroyed by
fire an Thursday afternoon. Loss
will be over thirty thousand dollars
partially covered by insurance. A
number of guests were at the hotel,
but there was no loss of life. No
details are available as to whether
any personal effects sof the guests
were e d
estroyed. The Lady Evelyn
Hotel was situated thirty-two miles
from Temagami station,
FIRED A. REVOLVEIR.
Attempted Mtiril.er of Governor of
Hong Kong.
A despatch from Hong Kong says :
An . attempt was made to assassin-
ate Sir Francis Henry May, the
Governor of Hong Dong,' on Wed-
nesday. A Chinaman rushed at the
Governor near the Postoffice and
fired a revolver, but the bullet
merely perforated the chair in which
the Governor was seated without
cdo;ng further harm. The attack
caused intense excitement. Sir
Francis Henry May was appointed
Governor of Hong Kong on Febru-
ary 16 last, to succeed Brigadier -
General Frederick J. D. T:ugard:
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NINETEEN. COWS KILLED.
Lightning "Struck Tree - Under
Which They Were Standing.
A despatch from Belleville caY s :
An electric storm that passed over
.11adoc township Friday evening
was unusually severe. The worst
damage reported was on the farm
of Alexander McCoy, near. Reming-
ton ' postoffice. His fine herd of
ma eh cows, numbering nineteen
collected under a 'tree' ,during the
storm- A bolt of lightning struck
the tree, and the entire hetes of cat-
tle, wedged tightly together, were
instantly killed.
PLAGUE T LONDON'S' IDOOItS.
Has Readied., Surrey, and Metro.
politan Market Will be Closed.,
A despatch from London
l' says e .
The cattle plague, :which has hith-
erto been confined North' o fined to the Nol „h of t
England, has now. reached Surre -e 1
This is getting l 3
g � c ose','to London,'and
+,
the metropolitan cattle market will 1
be closed on July 8.
T. AND N. 0. Tf.tvri i,
Operating CIlrues Reel) Net Iarnt•
ga
eDow n.
A despatch frons Toronto says a
Traffic is' still increasing; steadilyonthe T. and N. 0. Railway, although
heavier operating charges keep net
earnings from gaining much on last
year's figures, The gross earnings
n gs
for April amounted to $14'2,625,
compared with $118,181 in May,
1911. Operating charges increased
from $78,000 to $1077,000a leavinga
net revenue, en
• of $60,899. In April, -.
1911,.the net earnings for the month
was $40,467." From the beginning
of the financial year on Nov. 1 to
the end of April net earnings
amounted to 5278,000, compared
with 5272,000 for the eorrespondin g
period last year. A considerable »t.,
portion of the road'a earning revs-
enne this year is represented by
oreroyalties, the total being $ 71,-
900, compared with only 512,391 for
the corresponding• period of 1910-
1911.
PLAGUE NOW IN HAVANA.
One Case Knou•n, But Isolation Rag
'Not Begun.
A despatch from Havana says:
The existence of bubonic plague in
Havana ' has been definitely deter-
mined. A special board of
P playsi-
eians has pronounced a, case at
Las Animas hospital true bubonic.
The patient is said to be dying and
three other patients are reported
dead at the , same hospital with.
marked symptoms of the plague. At
the present time the. ,question of
isolating Havana from the interior
is not being considered- The rat
killing corps of the Health depart-
ment has been largely reinforced.
All street cars, busses 'and. ferry
boats have been ordered to be wash-
ed with disinfecting fluid.
'N
CYCLONE AT SASIe 1'I'OON.
Onlyin
Miniature,
; Howe -ter, noel
No Person Wasur ,
-Invijcall.
A despatch from Sask a
1 argon says:
A miniature cyclone passed over the
north end of this cit accompanied
by heavy rain, about 9 o'clock on'.
Saturday morning. n
�' A member of
garages and similar buildings were
wrecked, but most of the damage
was clone in the neighborhood of
the Western Canada sawmills ae `
large portion of the lumber in these
yards being whirled up in a -vortex
o a of height . i
between one and two
iuudred feet before being thrown
o the ground and smashed to
1'cti' monde No personal injur-
es v;ere received.'