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Notes of Interest as to What Is Going,
on All Over .the World
Canada.
'Gee.- Kerr, •ex-M.P.P. for Stew -
moat, died at Cornwall, aged 00.
The T„ H. and B. will doublet'
track .about 16 miles" west of Wel-
-. land.
The Montreal Hunt C'lub's sta-
bles and kennels were burned; lose,
$15,000.
I)r. W, 0. Eastwood, for 'Marry
years Coroner at Whitby, died at
the age of 82.
James Raymond was sentenced at
Berlin to 28 months for passing
worthless cheques.
Kingston harbor was cleared of
ice by the wind on Friday, the earli-
est opening in twenty years.
Samuel Roach, formerly of Corn-
wall, was burned to death when his
hotel was destroyed at Desbarats..
Judge Macbeth declared the Lon-
don township local option by-law in-
valid, lacking two -fifth's of a vote to
carry.
Ontario Vegetable Growers have
derided to buy their seeds and
fruit boxes in one order and thus
save $50,000.
After being out three hours the
jury in the hove murder trial at
Owen Sound on Friday returned a
verdict of guilty.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke
and Duchess of Connaught and
• Princess. Patricia sailed from Hali-`
fax at 3 a.m. on Sunday.
Wm. Astings. Toronto, and Thos.
Sharpe, Peterboro', C.P.R. tele-
graph linemen, were instantly kill-
ed by a T., H. & B. engine at Ham-
ilton on• Wednesday.
James Sherlock, - a fire depart-
ment driver for 25 years in Inger-
soll, was seized with paralysis while
exercising his team, and died short-
ly afterwards.
A. six thousand egg incubator just
opened in Morrisburg marks a for-
ward movement in the development
of the egg and poultry business in
Eastern Ontario.
A retired clergyman in London
has garnisheed the wages of re Cana-
dian Pacific Railway brakeman,
whose home is in London, to collect
his fee for marrying him,
J. 0. HUI & Sons, Lloyclniinstor,
Saskatchewan, 'have been awarded
the Colorado $1,000 trophy for the
best bushel, of oats shown at the
National Corn Exposition held at
Columbia, S.C.
Hon. J. D. Hazen, Minister. ,of
Marilee and Fisheries, has gone to.
Washington to confer with the new
Democratic Administration rega•ed-
ingratification of a • treaty over
fisheries in boundary .waters.
During the debate on the draft
Address in the P.E.I. Legislature,
Hon, Charles Dalton, the island's
millionaire `'fox king," intimated
i hat the Government intends to in-
troduce measures to give further
protection to the black fox indus-
try. "
Great Britain.
Miss Sylvia Pankhurst gained her
freedom by a 1111nge}'-strike,
The strike of Loudon taxicab
drivers is ended.
•Sir Frederick Banbury has. intro-
duced ,,in Parliament a bill making
the vivisection of dogs unlawful un-
der any conditions.
United States..
Many. of Dr. Friendmann's * pa-
tients in New York show marked
improvement.
Dr. Friedmann treated thirty-five
patients in New York, most of
whom were deformed babies.
The, storm on Friday cau.s,ed
heavy loss of life and property in
the United States.
General'.
M. Barthou may form the new
French Cabinet.
President Bonilla of the Republic
of Honduras is dead.
General Louis Andre, former
French Minister of War, is dead.
The remains of the. late King
George of Greece will be conveyed
to Athens on a warship.
The powers have sent a comranni-
cation to tie' pelkaa eiljgg stipula.-
ing the •con ition•s of ;peace.
LORD IC11OLLYS.
Private Secretary to the King, who
will soon retire.
AFTER THE CUTWORM.
Government Secures Servs es of E.
11. Striekland fol' Alberta.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
The Government has secured the
services .of E. H. Strickland, an
English .entomologist, to condust.
an investigation into -an outbreak
of cutworm'in Southern Alberta. A
new •variety of this pest. destroyed
from 30,000 to 40,000 acres of grain
in Southern Alberta last year, .he -
sides doing serious damage to gar-
den and root crops. Mr. Strickland
enters the service of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture as a permanent
r:fier»I aril. will go West next
month. He •is a, man of much dis-
tinction in •his line and lately re-
fused an offer of the position of
Government Entomologist in Cey
ton,
snE KNEW N:ArOL1 oN,
Mrs. Mary Dal;, Aged 111, Dead at
Emmett, Michigan.
A despatch from Sarnia says:
Mrs. Mary Daly, aged one hundred
and eleven, St. Clair County's old-
est resident, died at the home of her
son, eine mile west of Emmett, near
Port Huron, on the anniversary of
her birth, on Tuesday evening,
Death followed an illness of three
weeks. Mrs. Daly was born in Ire-
land. When bat a child she met
Napoleon ,Bonaparte when he wan
in his supremacy. Until the end
she recalled the Battle of Waterloo,
and often narrated with interest
- thrilling incidents of the engage-
merit. lifter the Battle of Waterloo
and while stilt' a young girl' she
inoved: for Canada,
TIDAL WAVE IN ENGLAND.
Ells*bourne. Isle > d.' Wight: .and
Dover'- Suffered.
A despat'elr from London .Rays :
The Easter •holiday was spoiled by
tempestuous weather, including
thunderstorms, cyclonic winds •and•
pelting rains.e. The ;south coast,
crowded with excursionists, Bore
the brunt of the aneteorological at.
tack. •Worthing pier, near Brigh-
ton, was swent away, and Hastings
was flooded by, a tidal wave. East-
be;urne, •the Isle of Wight,' a•nd. Do-
ver ell suffered. London on Sun -
.day was a, desert. The West End
was empty, barring -troops of pro-'
vincial trippers. Real spring wea-
ther obtained at Hampstead Heath
and Hampton Court.
KING SHOWED GREAT GRIEF.
Meeting Between Hint and Dowager
Queen Olga.
A despatch from Salonika e•ays :
King Constantine arrived here en
Sunday and was acclaimed by the
populace. The foreign warships
fired a salute of 21 guns. The King
showed great grief, and the meet-.
ing between him arid Dowager
Queen.Olga in the death chamber
was most affecting, both bursting,
into tears. The body of the Iate
King George laid in state on Mon-
day, and the residents of Salonika
were allotted to pass before the
coffin.
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
Carelessness in Handling a Loaded
Rerolrer.
A despatch from Kingston says :
Norma Richards, aged 12 years, is
at the Hotel Dieu as a result of be-
ing accidentally shot while she was
visiting on Corrigan, Street. It ap-
pears that she was sitting on a
chair in the dining -room, when
without warning a .22 -calibre re-
volver, picked up by the hostess to
show her visitor, went off and the
bullet entered the child's head. She
is expected to recover.
PARIS PREFECT RESIGNS.
Louis .'f spine lied of Police for 20
Years.
A. despatch from Paris says:.
Louis Lepine, the popular pre-
fect of Paris police has resign-
ed office after twenty years' ser
vice, interrupteei • only by an ab-
sence of two y :a,rs, when he served
as Governor-General of ''Algeria
from 1897 to 1899. M. Lepine is 67
year s of age. He Served through
the Franco-German War in 1870 a,s
e sexgeant-major ill this fortress Of
Eelfort.
OUR LETTER FROM TORMO
WHAT iS UPPERMOGT IN THE MINDS
OF THg CITIZi$NS.
Away From Homo at' Easter -A Diplomat
of tic First Degree --Mystery to b4
Cleared Up -An Active Career.
Baster, the greatest Church date in the
entire yyear, seems to bo losing in the city
something of tlio spirit of olden times,
This ismerely to say ,that'with thein•
.crease of wealth and population, worldli-
ness 10 on tiio inorease. biterall;v theta
sande of citizens awake it a point of beteg
away frexn bonito at Master. The uuinber
of those who spend .the entire Whiter In
eouthern climes is on the inerease. •'1 o
Mediterranean or the West ✓✓leases are fav-
orate trire, while this season foci, the first
time Panama has been comiva in for
its share of husinese. The winter tour-
ists do oat return until, Spring. 10 well ads
ranted .and the Baster seasonaeon an
exodus to the near south;••which is: menet-.
int: to veal, largo proportions. 'Atlantic
City is a favorite resort 'and Baster Sun-
day saw huudreds of Torontonians on
the promenade there, far; away Irani
church or other home duties.
Str William's Diplomacy.-
.Sit
iplomacy.-.Sir William Meredith, who for the past
two years has been investigating the
Workmen's Compensation with; a view to
rccomnxendiug legislation, ,lUis proved
lximsolf a diplomat of the first. degree by
the report which he liar lust',presented to
the Legislature. One of the chief oauses
of oontention in connection. with tlio Act
will be as to what classes of citizens should
be exempt, Sir 'William received much
evidence., on this point. For example,
there is no doubt that there will bo great
onnoeition in farmixiir communities to aux,
enactment , whit will make emplovere
liable fot injtuies, austained by their
help.' In ihesanie way store -keepers em-
ployina perhaps -Milo one olerk, in many
eases where the chanees of injury are of
the slightest degree. will object vigorously
at any taxation which might be imposed
for the purpose of Workmen's' Compensa-
tion.
Sir William has neatly side-stepped tills
1 entire controversy. Ho has done so by
leaving the whole question of what classes
pre to be exempt to the discretion of the
Legisiatuie. Hie Act ae ffareed applies
universally • and if , it.- went •into 'force as
it is, would appiv to every employer of
labor in the Province. As it is ",generally
reeoanized that there must be some ex-
emption. the whole question of whet these
exemptions shall be must be' thrashed out
by the members in the Mouse. No doubt
a great number of exelnptiore will be
asked for and the Act will be lucky if it
escapee emasculation.
As far as the controversy between the
Labor trnions and -the Manufacturers is
concerned, Sir William seems to have been
able to bring about a certain amount of
aererment. On the Noe of it it looks as
though his findings lean toward the aide
of the working men. ,
Gardening Days.'
Sir William will now -have more free-
dom than for some time to devote to hie
flowers and his gardening, . which is the
chief hobby of his life. There is probably
no man in the Province who lute a great-
er love for lowers, and. -his home ,which
stands above the Rosedale ravine, le every
summer a real living home of flo1ver life.
He has made gardening a health -giving
relaxation from a strenuous life. The ar-
rangement of his•grounde and flower beds
.is particularly pleasing. Nor is Sir Wil-
liam one of those gardenere who likes to
let other people do the work. Like Glad.
etone, who sought mental relief by cut-
ting
utting down trees on his farm at Hawarden,
Sir William always delights in the actual
tabor of hie own hands,
The Mystery Biock.
Toronto's"mystery block" -still remains
a mystery, Rumors have recently been
revived that the Canadian Northern Rail-
way is the owner, but tam hove 'leen
denied. Of the names mentioned iii
with the property . only 'from:;tllxe
T. Baton Company hasthere' been . no
denial. and the impression still stands
that this firm proposes, sooner.' or later,
to move from its present location to the
site bounded by Carlton, Yonge, Qhurch
and Alexander. As this would mean' .a
tremendous dislocation of businese on
Yonge St, there is the keenest interest
in what will happen.
The statement has been made by a man
supposed .to know that the mystery will
be cleared up before the_end of the month
of May. If this is the case there will be
fresh activity in Toronto real estate.
Nothing more spectacular than,, the
mystery block has been heard of in real
estate records in this country. The en-
tire block, consisting of hundreds of small
parcels of • property, was bought up . by
agents of a real estate -firm within a' few
weeks. That was two years ago, and who
the real estate firm acted for is as much
a mystery as it was then. The deal, of
course. involved millions. . Meanwhile,
Baton's continue' to make improvements in
their present premises.
Friedmann Was Pleased.
Toronto physicians are gratified that
Dr. Friedmann should have given so much
attention to 'Toronto patients, and .that
be was so complimentary in his remarks
concerning hie operations here. Ile said
that his local clinic was the most 'saris
factory that he had had, this being due
Largely to the system of registration
which prevails,, and Which reveals:. the
history of each case. The patients treat-
ed' are, of course, being watched with the
greatest anxiety, partioularly by sufferers
from the disease. Local physicians con-
tinue to be unenthusiastic. but hopeful.
Dr. Friedmann" was greatly impressed
with the cordiality shown in Toronto and
other Canadian cities, particularly when
contrasted with •the disposition of aloof -
nese which greeted 'him in New York. One
Story le to the effect that the reason of
his cool reception in New. York was the
opposition. of the drug 'trust, which, of
course, flnde one of its chief sources of
profit in the medicines which it soils to
tubercular ''patients. But such a story
seems too diabolical for belief.
Citic Troubles.
Toronto bas been having its troubles in
civic financing. In round figures it takes
about $10,000.000 a year to run the vitt',
and as a great proportion of this amount.
is required for' capital expenditures, it
means that much cash -has to be raised
by selling bonds and debentures. The
market for the last year not baying been
good, there is on hand an accumulation
of unsold bonds. with the result that the
city has been perilously close to the point
of. not having ready cash with which to
nay current expenditures. In recant weeks
small bond issues have been disposed of
on more or less satisfactory terms and
the situation has been temporarily reliev-
ed.
As result of: this situation the Treasury
Department ,has come in for a great deal
of criticism. TJnfortunately, Mr, Richard
T. Coady who has been .pity '1'rext,sxrer 1-�*�•�.-�-----
for tweutY4tati aeere, and: rix whom the I•
Aity looaeti to 40 11 its} bonds tied keen) the
etrong 1%x well Mrelnied with reaciy'uaslz
has been -seriously ill. It is doubt% 1 Ix
be will ever resume 'bis duties, et east
as actively ee formerly,
Mr, Goady's Carsor,
Mr,, Coady heel&. Toronto My'
ove if sp
max 1xae. Ito .bps been in the city sor-
vice for 36 years. Chief &ecoentant iii 1877;
City Treaeuyez in 1888 and ever sinus.+'
Previous to that ha was a lumber 'pier-
tehant. a has scan,oighteen alarms conic
and go3 Re has seen the cit �i
a opltzla,
time s mos t a us drnv� le • e ec
ams
'l'roaenrcr ,fust when the fabulous boom.
struck Toronto, when 00 the, late BO's,
without reason, thdueande packed their
trunks .and 'moved' to the city atom the
eonntry dietriote, Thio boom burst,, and
the next ten years wae.the least encourag
-
lag
a in the history, of the city. Brit ill the
lastdeoada figures have been goiue- ahead
In Jame, expenditures. Kaye more than,
doubled, eseessmorits and all other figures
bounding. ahead in similar^ proportions.
Mr,' Coady is still the 'paymaster. But
there aro critics who think that a sucees-
sor . must soon bo appointed, Before : his.
illness it was charged that his depart.
menu had not kept pace with the times,
and was 'really in a chaotic condition,'
Who will; succeed Mr. Coady.,is an open
question:' Controller MaCar ]x ha beea
showing a special interest int the Treasury
Denertxuent. ; and it has been ramore5t
that he will follow the example set by
Mayor Geary last' year and step from the
Board of Control, into a soft life job at a
salary of some $$10,000 n ••year. But Con-
troller 0to0arthy denies ..absolutely that
be is a candidate or that he would aocept
the position if offered to him.. .
•
BRITISH ARMY'S AIRSHIPS.
'.Typo of Pring Hardline Far Wert
tor to Any of Other Nations..
A desptiti:ls from London says
The British army possesses the best
aeroplane in .the world, and has
perfected a type of flying machine
far superior to any .in the posses=
cion of other nations, according to
Col. John Seely, Secretary of State
for War, who caused a sensation by
snaking this announcement in the
House of Commons when introduc-
ing the army estimates on Wednes-
day. ' For British purposes, Col,
Seely said, the great problem had
been to secure an aeroplane that
could fly both slow and fast, The
British army now had . machines
that had beaten 80 miles an hour,
and whioh also were :able to reduce
their speed to 40 miles an hour. An
army Biplane recently had passed
all the tests at an average speed of.
91X, miles an hour. Col. Seely said
the British army would have 148
aeroplanes by next May. He -claim-
ed that Great Britain had deliber-
ately rejected large airships as be-
ing useless for her purposes. ' The
War Department was devoting its.
attention to small dirigibles which
could be picked up and sent abroad
with expeditionary forces. The
Secretary for War said that the
mechanical problem of repelling • at-
tacks on air craft hail been solved
by experiments carried out by the
army service.
FITE PEOPLE WERE HILLED.
And Forty to Sixty Persona Buried
in Ruins at Medicine Hat.
A•A despatch from Medicine Hat,
her asays The worst aeoidetrt
in the history of Medicine Hat'took
place 'on Wednesday afternoon,
when the Malcolm Canneries blew
bp, burying in .the ruins a, large
number of people; estimated any-
where from forty to sixty. Five are
known .to be dead. . The firemen,
assisted by a large number of citi-
zens, are now digging the ruins to
save any others, that may be alive.
A dozen or more were taken out
when the wreck first -occurred, and
were• rushed to the hospital. The
number of dead cannot be known
for some time, as the whole ruins
will have -to be removed before the
last chance of finding more will be
gone. The disaster was caused by a
leakage of gas. Among. the injured
are several firemen, and a few on-
Iookere, Many had narrow escapes.
The building was a three-story
brick .structure.
The dead: J. Brier, .gas inspec-
tor ;
nspec-tor;•Wm.' Stewart, painter and vol-
unteer fireman ;,John Rimmer, paid
fireman; 'Harry Green, boy onlook-
er; an unidentified man.
DYNAMITE EXPLODED.
Two Italians Killed at Woodstock,
. ' New Brunswick.
A despatch from Woodstock, -.N..
B., says: Two • Italians, Angelo
Spagroti and Romolo Ronald, were
blown to, pieces by dynamite on
Wednesday. The inen were work-
ing on the Quebec and St. John
Railway construction. about six
miles from here, and, it is thought,
ups'ht a can of elynamite into a, fir e
over' which they were -thawing the
explosive:
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An Increase of About Thirty'Three Million Dollars
This Year.' •
A -despatch from Ottawa, says
The Avenue of the Dominion for
the fiscal year will be close
to $17,000,000, according to the fig -
tires. to, date of the Finance Depart -
Mena This represents an inerea•se
of a,pproxinlately thirty-thtee mil-
lions over the revenue ofthe pre-,
ceding fr.s.cal year. The total ex-
penditure 'for,. the year is estimated
at between $153,000,000 and $I54,
1 000,000,' leaving a :surplus of some
sixteen millions over .a11 expendi-
tures
xpendi-titres on both consolidated fund and
capital aecounts. Lest. year the to-
tal expenditure was 4131,046;764, or
some twenty-three millions less
than the Government has spent this
year. On consolidated fond ac
count this year the total expendi-
ture will beabout $11.000,000, and
on capital and special accounts
about $43,000,000.,•
Grain, Cattle and Chccse
Prices of These Products in the Leading
Markets are Here Recorded
eroadstyffs.
Toroiz't0, March 25.--lour-90 per vent.
patents, $3.85 to. '$3.95, Montreal or To.
rontta freights. Menitobae-First patonts,
in jute bags, $5.20; second patents, in jute•
bags, $4,80; strong' bakers',: to jute bags,
$4.60.
Manitoba Wheat -No. 1 Northern, 97 1-20,
on truck, Bay •uorts; No. 2 at 9501 No. 3
at 92.1-2o,' Bay ports,
Ontario''Wheat-No. 2 white auto rod
wheat, 93 to 94o, outside, avid sprouted, 75
to 880, •s
Oats-Ohtario oats, •33.to 34c, outside, and
at 37e, on track, 'Toronto. Western Can-
ada, oate,. 461-2e *for No. 2 and 3So for No.
3. Bay ports, ..
Peas -$1 to $1:08, outside..
Barley-b'orty.eight-ib, barleyof good,
quality,. 52 to 53c, outside. Peed,, 40 to 500.
Corn -No. 3 American corn, 561.20, o01 -
rail.
Rye --No. 2 at 40 to 62c, "outside. '
Buckwheat -No. 2 at 62 to 630, outside.
• `Bran -Manitoba bran, $20 to $20,50, In
bee$. Toronto freight. ; Shorts, $22 ,to
$22.60,
Country Produce.
Butter --Dairy prints,, choice, 25 to 26o;
do '
creamery, 31 to 320 or rolls, and. 29c for
solids.,tubs, 23 to 24o;inferior, 20 to 21u;
loDts ggs-New-laid, 23o poi dozen,• 3n case
'
twi0heese-141.2o for large, and 143.4o for
ne,
Beaus -Rand -picked, $2160 per bushel;
Primes, $2.25, in a jobbing way.
Honey -Extracted, in tins, 121.2 to tali
-per: lb. for No. 1, wholesale; combs, 82.50
to $3 per . dozen for N. 1 and $2.40 for
Ne. 2.
Poultry -Chickens, 18 to 200 per lb.; :fowl
13 to 14c; 'ducks, 17 to 190 per lb.; geese,
17 to 18c; turkeys, 20 to 21c. Live poultry,
about 20 lower than the above,
Potatoes -Good,. Ontario stock, 65o per
bbaags eg,' oun tracktrack., and Delawares at 750 p0r
Provisions.
Bacon -Long clear, 141-2 to 14 3.4o per
lb., in case lots. Pork -Short cut, $26 to
$27;9143=40. do.b, a'Zxmksese,, 22o$21..60 to $22. Hams -Medi -
nm to light, 18 to 181.4o; heavy. 161-2 to
170; rolls, 151-2o; breakfast bacon, 19 to
1 1-
Lard-Tieroes, 141-40; tubs, 14 1-2c; pails,
2c
Baled Hay and Straw.
" Baled Ray -No. 1 at $1L75 to 812.00. on
track, Toronto; No. 2. $10.50 to $11. Mixed
hay is quoteli at $9.50 to $10.
Baled Strawo18:60 .to $9, ori taliala To 1
rent°, •
Montreal Markets.
Montreal, Marelt 25, --Corn - American
'No. 2 ' yellow. 601.2e.. (Tats-Cxwadiao
Westeru, No. 2, 411.2 to 42e: Canadian
Western, No. 3 40 to 401aq; extra No, 1
feed, 401.2 to 410; No. 2 local white, 38c:
No. 3 local white, 370• No. 4 .local white,
36e. Barley -Man. feed, 51 to 53o; malting,,''
73 to 760. Buckwheat' No, 2, 56 to 580„
Flour -Man. spxdng wheat patents, Greta,;
$6.40; seconds, $4,90g•: -strong bakers', 314.70;
Winter patents, olxoioe, $5,25; siraight,.rol- ,
lora, $4.85 to $4.90; straight xo lere, bags;
$2.20 to. $2.35. .Rolled oats, barrels, 8435;;
bags, 90 lbs„ $2.05. Bran, $20: Shorte, $22.'
Middlings, $25. .Mouillie,' $30 to $35, Bay,
No, 2,. per ton, car lots, $11.50 ,to $12,60.1
Cheese, finest westerns, 130;1. finest east
erne, 121.4 to 12 3.4o. Butter, choicest,
creamery. 201-2 to 30o; seconds, 25 to 27e,
BRA%, fresh, 25 to 250; selected, 18 to 20c-'
No. 1 stook, 16 to 17o; No. 2 stock. 14 tea
15c. Potatoes, per bag,. cat lots, 55
671-20, '
United States Markets.
Minneapolis, Maroh 25, -Close -Wheat -1
Mav 850:. July 871.40; September, 877-8.`'
to 880. Cash -No. 1 hard, 851.2e; No. 1;
Northern, 831.2 to B5o; No. 2 Northern,:
811-4 to . 82 3-4o. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 470.
Oats -No. 3 white, 283.4 to 291.40. Itye-
No, 2, 63 to 55o. Bran, $16 50 to $17.00,;
Flour prices unchanged, •
Duluth, Metall 25. -Wheat -No. 1 Bard,
84 7.8 to 85 3.50 No. 1 Northern, 83 7-8 to
843.8o; May, 85.7-8c bid; July, 873.8o bid;
September,' 88o bid
Live Stock. Markets. '
Toronto, March 25. Cattle -Choice butch-
er, $6.50 to $6.80; good nmilium, $5.50 to
85.75; common, $5 ' to $5.25; cows, $4.75 to
$550; bulls, $3 to $5.25; Cannel's,: $2 to $2.-
50, $3.25 to $3.75. (salves --•Good veal, $8 too
b'eeders-Steers. g700�toJ 1000 Stockers
$2a;
75 to $4.25; yearlings, $3.10 to $3.50. Milk-
ers and Sprin$•ers-From $50 to $72. Sheep'
and Lambs -Light ewes, $6 to $7.25; heavy,
$5 to $6; lambs, $8.25 to $10;.bucks, $4.50 to•
$6. Hogs -$9.60 to $9,65, fed and watered;:
and $9.20 to $9.50 f.o.b.
Montreal, March 25. -There were "no ex
tra eteors on the Market, and trade waei
dull at about the former' rates, quality
considered!• Prime beeves, 6 3-4 to 7; xnedx.)
um, 5 to 61-2; common, 3 3.4 to 5. Cows,
$35 to $70. Sheep, 5 to 51.2; lambs, 71-4 to '
71.2; •spring lambs, $6 to $8 each. Hogs,'
101-4 to 101-2r
IN THE PATH OF THE GREAT GALE
Wires Down? Buildings Unroofed, and flany Narrow,
Escapes From Injury. - ,
A despatch 'from i Toronto says:
This city was in the throes on Fri-
day of the fiercest equinoctial gale
that has visited this latitude in
years. From the south-west ' and
west a fifty -mile. -wind raged
throughout the. day. Numerous
buildings in .course Of. construction
were' damaged. 'Shaoks-'were over-
turned,, and roofs were lifted off in
the outskirts of the city. Trees
were up -rooted. Awnings were
ripped from store -fronts. Windows
were smashed. Signs were torn
.from their hangings. Telephone,
electric light wires were broken in
all parts of the city, and the emer-
gency repair gangs of these public
utility 'companies were kept on the
run all day. The lake, and even the
bay, was piled into billows by the
tremendous rush of the wind. On
the streets it was with extreme dif-
ficulty that pedestrians could make
progress.
90 Miles an Rour..
A despatch from Hamilton says :
Hamilton knows after its experi-
ence on Friday something of the
terrors of an equinoctial gale. From
ono o'clock till a late hour in the
evening a hurricane blew t4hrough
this city, carrying havoc and suffer-
ing in its wake. It is difficult to
estimate the damage done. No one
suffered to any alarming extent,•
but the - number of those affected
will be in the hundreds. A conser-
vative estimate is $100,000. In the'
morning it rained; and just. before,
noon a very warm breeze sprang
up. In an hour this was 'followed
by a perfect hurricane, The velo-
city of the ' wind could not .have
bcen less than 90 miles an hour..
•
. Damage at Guelph.
A despatch from. Guelph says :
Thousands of dollars' worth of dam-
age was d"one here en. Friday by the
worst tornado in the . history of
Guelph. The rain came down in
torrents all the forenoon, accom-
panied by amild wind, but' ab•oub
noon the wind increased in velocity
to an alarming extent, and contin-
ued all the afternoon. The rant
stopped about 1 o'clock: Reports
'from all parte of the city and out.
in the country tell of damage to
property. Telephone -and telegraph
wires are down in the country, bad-
ly crippling the service, Many tele-
phones in the city, are out of coin
mission, ,
Chatham School Wrecked.
A despatch from Chatham says :
A {'errific windstorm passed over
this district on Friday aiid thou -
sends of dollars' worth of damage
has been done, The Centred Scshool
in Chatham was badly wrecked, A
huge chimney was blown down,
crashing over the roof of a corner
tower. The top of the tower was
blown off and landed:osl the;, street.
The chimney crashed through the
building and completely demolished
a room on the third floor and
other on the second floor. R. fie
Dunlop, the janitor, was in the',
:building at the time but escaped.
- Rouses Razed at London.
A despatch from ' London says :
Several thousands of dollars Main-: 4
y
age• were done by a verdestiuctive�
gale that swept over London and:
district all day on Friday, razing e
houses, stripping buildings ' of;
chimneys and causing an infinite
amount of damage of a more or less.
serious nature.
At Ingersoll.
A despatch from Ingersoll says:
Reports from surrounding districts;
tell of considerable damage from
the high wind that „prevailed . for
several, hours' on Friday. At times.
the wind attained cyclonic .propor-
tions, and,` although details from
the outlying districts are very m e-
gre owing to interruptions in thee
telephone service, it is understood:
that several barns have been blown
down and 'much damage caused to.
other property. Throughout the
town considerable damage has' re-
sulted. ' , •
Tore Off Roof. "
'i.
A despatch from.Berlin says : The
terrific gale which passed over this,
vicinity on.Friday cause•d•eonsider-
able damage in the city High
winds tore the roof off St. Jerorne's
College and other buildings, and
the boiler house of Ximmelfelt Com-
pany suffered in a similar manner.
Windows of some of the business
blocks along King' Street and -of
quite .a number of residences were
blown in, and had to be b•oarcleci up.
Damage Will Be Heavy.
A despatch from Owen Sound
sa,,y.s : Wind, which at times at-
tained a ve•Iocity of 'over: 80 nails; an.
hour, stripped the roofs from many
buildings, smashed plate -glass win-
dows, upset chimneys, and created
havoc genera,ly here -on >I'riday,.
causing damage to the extent-, of,
several thousand dollars. Though'
bricks and heavy pieces of wood
were being oonetantly blown to the
streets no one was injured.
Fireman l{illcit.
A despatch from Sturgeon ii'alls
says: One fireman was blatantly
killed and two others mortally.hurt
whem the tower of the fire hall here
blew down just as the brigade were
leaving to respond to an: alarm,
when the storm was at its, height on
Friday afternoon, The dead and
injured were : Dead, Fireman
King, aged 16; fatally injured,
Fir man •Idertst, Fireman Sylves-
ter. The .horses • drawing the reel
were also killed: The fare depart-
event had; been kept extremely busy
during. the gale, answering no fewer
than sixteen calls, but the' tires
themselves were not very serious,
Tie town was hard hit by the stoner
reds being bTwn off and several
shall buildings blown down.