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MONTREAL FIRE RORROR
28 Dead and Missing in a Tragedy at tle
Herald Newspaper Building.
Montreal, June 13. -One of the gall and most of the two side walls
!oust terrible disasters in the his-' were carried down int., the lane at
tory of this city took place at 10.45! the rear, and there the debris is
o'eleck this morning, when the piled thirty and forty feet high -
huge water tank on the roof of The; a hopeless mass a brick, stone,
$eraid building collapsed and fell; iron girders,* timbers, machinery,
tbtough five stories to the base- t paper and presses.
nu•nt, carrying twenty-six people Buried under this wreckage are
to heir death. '1'o add to the hor- the victims, poor people caught
roe fire immediately broke out, and!and carried to death without a
in an incredibly short space of time second's warning. Too much praise
tee whole building was a mass of cannot be given the firemen. Sel-
flarnes. Scores of men, women,
boys and girls rushed to the win-
d• ws and cried aloud for !eiders,
t. mile the flames leaped from the
te'toiniug windows and flared high
al eve the roof. Their only hope of
escape was by the front windows by
means of ladders. The whole in-
te►ior of the building, with its
stairways, hoists, elevators, etc.,
had been carried down by the aw-
ful crash, leaving only a little
fringe of the floor adjacent to the
front window's.
The scene was indescribable.
Bravo men cried like children, and
women and girls fainted as the
screams and cries of the helpless
victims reached their ears.
The water tank, containing, it is
said. about. 30,000 gallons, or a
weight of about 150 tons, was
perched high above the centre of
the roof at the rear of the build-
ing. Apparently the weight of the
tank was too touch for the support-
ing walls. At any rate, the tank
craahed down without a sec nod's
warning, carrying the entire in-
terior of the building with it. In-
to this vortex were swept girls and
men from every floor. Just how
mens aro lying under the debris is
THE WORLD'S MARKS FS
REPORTS FROM THE LEADING
TRADE CENTREr.
Prices of Cattle. Grain, Cheese and
Other Dalry Produce a$
Home sad Abroad.
IJJtF ADSTUFFB.
Torouto, June 14. - Ontario
'neat- No. 2 mutest winter wheat,
90e to 91c outside.
Mauitoba Wheat -No. 1 north-
ern. 94c; No. 2 northern, 92e, at'
lake ports for immediate shipment.
Corn -American No. 2 yellow,
Cc; No. 3 yellow, 66%c; Canadian
cora. 61c to 62c, Toronto freights.
Oats --Canada Western, Nu. 2,
duns, if ever, have men played bet- see: No. 3, C.W., 34c, at. lake
ter the part of heroes. They brav- pi its for immediate shipment; On -
ed the terrible heat and danger to tario No. 2 white, 33c to 34c out -
rescue the girls from the upper side, 36c on track, Torontu.
s►.eries, and it is estimated that Barley ---No. 2, 51c to 52e; No.
they carried down about one hun- 2 extra, 49c to 50e; No. 3, 46c to
dred with the flames bursting front 17c outside; Manitoba, No. 4, 49e
eery window. on track, lake ports.
The real miracle is that there Peas -No. 2, 70c to 71c.
were not scores burned to death. Rye- No. 2, 67c to 6.'c.
When the crash came the gas pipes Buckwheat --No. 2. 510
vele all broken, and the burners Manitoba Flour - Quotations at
under the linotype battery and 1c ronto are :--First patents, $5.30;
stereotype department set the blaze second patents, $1.80; strong bak-
going on every floor before the fire- ors', $4.60; 90 per cent. Glasgow
men could get their apparatus to freights 25s.
work. Owing to the amount of Ontario Flour - Winter wheat
paper and combustible matter the patents for export, $3.I0 to $3.65
building was wreathed in flames in in buyers' bags, outside.
an incredibly short space of time. Millfeed-Manitoba bran, 818 per
In addition to the roaring flames, ton; shorts, $20 per ton, track, To -
the crashing timbers, the falling rento. Ontario bran, $19 per ton;
walls and the dust and smoke, and, shorts, $21 per ton on track, To -
above all, the cries of the wound- ro to.
sal, made it a perfect inferno.
�.� COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Winnipeg Council will call for
campetitive plaus for a new City
Nall.
The body of Cecil G. Howard, a
young liveryman of Brockville, who
di:appeared in January last, was
not definitely known. The entire found in the St. Lawrence on
centre wall, the whole of the rear Thursday.
ENGINE STRIKES A ROC
Three Trainmen Killed Near Port Coldwell
on the C. P. R.
A despatch from Fort William) was under the rails with a broken
Rays: Two trainmen were drowned neck, is thought to have jumped.
arid one instantly killed when the Rails and telegraph poles were
eastbound Canadian Pacific freight tern up for a considerable dis-
train left the tracks early on Fri- tance. Only a few of the freight
(lay morning near Port Coldwell, cars left the tracks. None of the
about 175 miles east of here. Tho men were married.
dead are :-Frank Wheatley, en- The train carried with it many
giceer; J. M'Millan, brakemen; feet of permanent way, thus inter -
E ('lark, fireman, all of Scribner, rupting direct communication. A
Ont. The engine, which struck a wrecking train was hurried from
rock, rolled down a forty -foot eat• Schreiber. The track at this point
t:ankment into Lake Superior and runs along the north shore within
is still lying there, with the corpses a few feet of Lake Superior. the
of Wheatley and Clark. in seventy- rod: slipping down abruptly into
five feet of water. McMillan, who, the water.
BLOWN TO PIECES IN MIN
Two Men Were Killed in Cobalt While
Loading Holes.
A despatch from Cobalt
\\'Lilo loading sumo holes at
Hargraves ranine two Cornishmen
twilled John Walsh, married and
a `th two children. and John Park -
i s, a young man, were instantly
killed by an explosion of dynatu:te.
The cause of the accident is un-
known. None of the holes had been
li ruled and the box of dynamite the
r, • n had with thetn had exploded.
The two went down to work in
the north drift at the 275 -foot Level
o.. Wednesday afternoon and al-
most immediately called for to t
nit re sticks of dynamite. :1 little
says: 1 1' and Parkins with his head hlowa
the or and laxly shattered to t:re
wr: ist. He bad evidently be•'a
bending •ver the seat of explosion.
Walsh also deed, but not so bad'y
nttilated. Parkins had only been
two weeks in the camp from Michi-
gan. Roth were experieeced !inn-
ers.
On Wednesday also an inquest
was held nn the body of C. Ontie,
a French-Canadian. who died We'1-
ne,clay morning from injuries re-
ceived in the Kerry mine en Tues-
day. He was drilling into the roof
-►f the drift w hen it large mass of
r. els became detached and fell .,n
Butter -Creamery prints, `22c to
2:'c; separator prints, 20c; Dairy
prints (choice), 18c to 19c; inferior
tubs, 16c.
Eggs ---19c to 20c per dozen in
case lots.
c :horse --New large cheese, 11%c
a',(; twins at 12e per pound. Old
cheese is firm at 12%c to 1:1c.
Beans- -$2 to $2.10 per bushel for
primes and at $2.10 to $2.20 for
hand-picked.
Potatoes -- Delawares, 50c to 55c
ler bag on track, and 75c per bag
out of store. Ontarios, 40c to 45c
pet bag in car lots.
PROVISIONS.
Wholesale quotatio..s :-
Pork -Short cut. $31 to $31.50
per barrel ; mess, $28.50 to $29.
Lard --Firm; tierces, 16c; tubs,
16%c; pails, 16'/.,c ; stocks very
light.
Stnoked and Dry Salted Mcats-
Long clear bacon, tons fled eases,
153c to l:,t.,c ; hacks (plain), 21c
to 21%c ; backs (pea -meal) 21'/.,c to
22c; shoulder hams, ite to 14%c;
green meats out of pickle, lc less
than smoked.
Rolls --Smoked, I5c to 15'4c; mo-
dium and light hams, 18c to 18 ie;
heavy, 161,;,c to 17c; bacon. 19c to
20e
MONTREAL MARKETS.
Montreal. June 14. --Flour- Ma-
nitoba spring wheat patents, firsts,
45.10; do., seconds, $4.90; winter
wheat patents. $5; Manitoba
at t ong bilkers, 81.70; straight rol-
lers, sit4.75; strong, in bags, 82.10
to $2.20; extras, $1.90 to $2.
Rolled Oats ---Bags. $1.90; bar-
rels, $4.05; cornmeal, barrels, $3.-
15 to $3.20.
Oats- -Canada West No. 2, 35c
to 35%c; No. 3, 31c to 3414c; On-
tario white, No. 2, 34%c; No. 3,
33%c ; No. 4, 32'.gc.
Corn American No. 2 yellow, 66c
tk. 67c ; No. 3 yellow, 64c to 65c ; No.
2 mixed, 65c, to 66c; No. 3 mixed,
68e to 64c.
Millfeed-Manitoba bran, $18;
Ontario bran, $19; Manitoba shorts
t21 ; Ontario middlings. $22 to $23;
grain mouillie, pure, 432; mixed.
82:, to $28.
Butter -Creamery. 23e to 234c.
Cheese -Fodder, 10%e to tic.
MADE IN CANADA
ROYAL
YEAST
CAKES
MOST PERFECT MADE
Has been Canada's favorite
Yeast over a quarter of a
century. , Enough for 5 cts
to produce 50 large loaves
of fine, wholesome, nour-
ishing, home-made bread.
Do not experiment --there
is nothing "just as good.",
E. W. CILLETT CO. LTD.
Winnipeg, TORONTO, ONT. Mora!
Awarded nst home at
all Ezpoeitioee.
L ,
111114- et e
tis, a„
of these classes. The common and
medium quality brought from $4 to
55.50 per cwt. Sheep and lambs
remained steady at previous quo-
tations. Hogs, 89 to $9.23 per cwt.
Montreal. June 14. -Steers sold
all the way from $6.25 for fair to
87.50 for choice; cows at $4 to 85.-
25, bulls at $3.50 to $6. Sheep
were steady at $4.75 to 86.50, while
lambs were stronger at $5 to $7.
IL•,gs brought *10 to $10.25, and
sows $9 to 89.25. Calves from 4
to $7.
III(; EIRE IN SE.1T'I'LE.
Building% in Six ('ity (Meeks Were
i)estroyed.
A despatch from Seattle, Wash.,
says: A fire that broke out on the
northern waterfront during a hur-
ricane late on Friday night was
carried by the wind to a district
to the eastward thickly covered
with wooden buildings, and in a
short time twenty acres were
al.laze, causing a loss of :61,000,000
and dendering 300 people homeless.
The fire, starting at Railroad ave -
tete and Battery street. destroyed
all the buildings in six city blocks,
and picked out a *t•ooden house
here and there in the surrounding
district not entirely fire -swept.
When the flames were at their
Leight burning brands set fire to
Louses several blocks from the
uiu n fire. The largest buildings
burned were the Galbraith -Bacon
warehouses, which covered an en-
tire block. They were erected last
year at a cost of $200,000. Another
large building destroyed was that
of the Puget Sound Sheet Metal
Wc• rks.
TiHE KIN('S HOI'SEiIOLD.
Many of King Edward's Oflieers
Retained.
A despatch from London says:
A complete list of the appointments
to K;ng George's household, gazet-
ted on Friday, shows that his Ma-
jesty has retained a very large
number of the members of King
}Award's household. Lieut. -Col.
Sir Win. H. P. Carrington, who was
Cr,ntroller of the Prince of Wales'
household. however, replaces (;en-
eral Sir Dighton I'robyn as keeper
of the privy purse. Lord Knollys
is retained as joint Private Secre-
tary with Lieut. -Col. Sir Arthur
John Biggs, the King's own Secre-
tary; Lord .\nnaly, who was Lord
of the Bedchamber, and many other
personages who served with King
George when he was Prince of
Wales. have been added to the new
Royal household.
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1'l NI:1111, O1' GOI.IFWIN SMiTII
itepreeentativee of all Ranke .tl•
tend Obseguiev.
.\ despatch from Toronto says:
While the rain, w ind•drivctr, swirl-
ed and dashed with increasing vio-
lence againna th.o'o who stood
around the grave to pay a last tri-
bute to the dead, the body of Gold -
w••• Smith, scholar, philosopher and
Citizen, was lowered td) its final
resting place in St. James' ('eme-
I:ggs Selected, dozen, 22e; tet-% on Sntnrday afternoon. The
straight receipts, 19c; seconds, 13 crowd of men from all ranks of ro-
to 15e. ctcty-from the representative of
the Governor-General to the sturdy
f'XITE11 STATES Jf A RK P.TS. mechanic -who had come to the
Buffalo, Juno 14. -Wheat - graveside, turned away from the
liter a young Englishman at the 1 m. He suffered a fraeterc of spot, and only a few•, mostly old
end of the drift hrard n !uncut tl.o base "f the skull and census- friends of the dead scholar, linger-
ed to watch while the grating was
String wheat. stronger; No. 1
Northern. carloads store, $1.I0%;
Winter, stea Corn -Firm; ; No.
Sion, and, running into the clrttt, ; e .,n •.f the brain.
( yellow, 62e; No. 4 corn, Ole. Oats placed over the open grave and the
--Unsettled; No. 2 white, 42:'c• flowers strewn over the grating
Ne. •1 white, 39%6. Barley -feed arc: the pile of upihrown earth.
ti' oohing, 61 to 60c. +
Minneapolis, June 14. Wheat-- MF:NT (;OVERNOII-GENEII.II..
July. 81.04%; September, 924 to The i)I,ke of Connaught Will Sac-
fre,, cc ; December, 90;(c. Cash -
ern. $1.06. to $1.0S- ; No. 2 .' d spateh frern London says:
Northern. 4i1.041, to 81.06'„; No. The Canadian .1ssociated Press has
3. 81.01', to $1.0314. Bran, $19 to (et ry reas• n to believe that it is
$1,4.25. Flour --First patents, 85 to Intended that the Duke of Con -
85.20: w'cond patents, $4.80 to 85: naught shall he Governor-Ceneral
foist clears, $3.85 to $3.90; second .'i Canada. in aeci•rdance with King
ele:.rs. 82.60 to 82.90. ',Award's expre4 ed wish. It is un
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MVP.
however. that the official an-
1.1VE STOCK MARKET.tiouncen'cnt will be made at pre-
' Tomtit ,. .lute 1.1. --The hest sent, for the Duke of Connaught is
butchere.'ittle sold at 87 and $7.10,,to open the South African Parlia-
and on•• .choice heifer, weighing 1,- trent at the end of the year, and
12:10 lbs., was sold at $7.50 per cwt. if is imprebab`e that he will go to
The average range of prices for the Canada in midwinter. It is, there -
g. od steek aas from 86.50 to 8.;.- f. re. proposed that Earl (trey- re-
• t41. end for the secondary grades train in office till the spring of 1911.
' from 85.75 to $6.25 per cal. Cows; -- .-- --
and hulls were also quoted ex- { The 1►onminion Government lois
tr, tnely high in the sales of the last given a contract for cerryieg mails
, f
kr a dock subsidy, and th''s will ty of the tittle kiwi. was paid for the best animals era.
GREAT Sll!PBIIthIIING YA
Vickers' Sons and Maxim. of England,
Corse to Montreal.
A despatch from Ottawa says: undoubtedly be granted at the rate
Plans have been filed at Ottawa by I of three and it half per spilt f••r
Vickers' Sons & Maxim of England E twenty-five years on two and a hall
tr.illions. The working and final
fcr a two and a half million dollar plans of the project are being
*1ipbnilding and ship repair plant brought out by Mi. Vickers. who
to be located at Montreal. The toil, shortly reach New York in the
r.r.na include a floating dry duck, Mauretania.
three large berth, for the repair -1 An examination of the prelimin
anding rnoa plant capable I estes the intention of the firm
at
Ottawa
t(
taw ,'c hopsand to
of doing the heaviest construction • make a serious hili for the eon
ant repair work and covering some i struction of the destroyers which
fifty acres of ground. Apnlicntion • (*attack will eis'e ceittract%
h,4t b.-ert made tiio Governt.tent ler Thisa-9ft has been a special- 1 r . , slaveN i ,m 85.50 to $0.21 per to the Canadian Nerti,ern steatn-
D. S. BETS THE POPE'S FObtY
All Boundary Disputes Now Settled Be-
tween Canada and United States.
A despatch from Ottawa says :1 cial intimation of the settlement
All boundary disputes are u.,w set-, through .\,nbaacador Bryce, at
tied between Canada and the Washington. "Pope's Folly" is
United States. A tiny bit of an is-! just a bit of rock about an acre in
land called "Pope's Folly," andlextent projecting out of the seat
lt•:ng in f assamaquody Bay, close water. The waves almost wash
to the boundary of Maine, is now over it when there is a gale. but on
part of the United States, and on, it for years there has lived a soli -
the other hand, Canada is granted, tary old man, who was -until to -
certain valuable fishing rights. The day ---neither American or C'auadi-
Governnlent here has served offs- an
H0'i` WAVE IN T 11I: W EST.
Temperatures of Over Ninety De -
grecs Reported.
A despatch from Winnipeg says:
The whole west is covered by a
great heat wave, and crops are re-
sponding with phenomenal growth.
At Winnipeg the thermometer was
ab• ve eighty in the shade both on
Saturday and Sunday. Several
places in Saskatchewan report over
90, \\'atrons, on the G. T. P.. with
93, being the highest heard from.
The only adverse report is from
Carnegie district.. fourteen miles
tterthwest of Brandon, where a ter-
rific rain was followed by bail that
lay two inches deep on the fields.
Garden stuff was cut off at the
ground and grain also damaged.
The storm area was small.
dr
Col. Sam Hughes will command
the Kingston camp.
S1'1('tl)1:11 TO1;ET111:11.
lher and Adopted (laughter
Jump into the St. Lawrence.
.\ despatch from Montreal ay9:
Albert Esnough. a small contrac-
tor of St. Lambert, 45 years old,
erd his adopted daughter, Enid,
aged 20. committed suicide on tSun-
dey by jumping from the Victoria
Bridge. The man floated,for some
minutes before disappearing, but
the little girl was apparently killed
by the fall. The vase is a mysteri-
ous one. No one knows anything
about the sad affair. except the
bridge electrician, who saw the
father and daughter in an auintated
conversation on the bridge. after
which, and before the officer could
interfere, Esnough climbed to the
to:, of the bridge railing and leaped
into the river, the young woman
following closely. Esnougl► had a. t
wife and three other children.
TAKEN TO TRE OBTIILANP
Twenty -Five Short -Term Prisoners to
Build Road Into Porcupine.
A despatch from North Bay says;IC3111p5 are ID readiness for the ellen,
Twenty-five short-term prisoners'ansi the
t.gong fl h ndred soon
Dbe
Bru -
Smith, Provincial Inspector of Pri-
sm es, accompanied the party, and
day morning, and, chained together will pass on the sanitary condition
in twos, marched to the T. & N. O. of the prison camp which (las been
Railway station in charge of Pru- erected under the supervision of
vii cial Bailiff Ryan and Guard El- Deputy :Minister of Public Warks
In tt, bound for Matheson, to be- Fairburn. The prisoners were in ai
gin work .,n the highway to Por- cheerful mood. and seemed to bet
curiae gold fields, in accordance pleaewith the prospect of life
with the new policy of the Ontario' od in the open. They will not be
Legislature to utilize prison laborehliged to wear prison garb, and
on the roads of the northland. and wi!I enjoy many privileges not cotu-
relieve the jail congestion. Tho mon to jail life.
left the comfortable quarters and
lazy lite of a district jail on Thurs-
Storekeeper Says:
" A lady came into my store lately and said :
"'I have been using a New Perfection Oil Cook -Stove all winter
in my apartment. I want one now for my summer home. I think
these oil stoves are wonderful. If only women knew what a
comfort they arc, they would all have
one. 1 spoke about t -,y stove to a lot
of my trie,,ds, a::d they were aston-
ished. They thought that there was
smell and smoke from an oil stove, and
that it heated arootn jell;! like any other
stove. I to:d then of my eaperiencc,
endorse el' r another they r;ot one, and
now, not one of the would give hers
up for live times its cost.'"
The 13.17 who said this had thought
an oil stove was all right for quickly
heating milk for a baby, or boiling a
kettle of water, or to make coffee
quickly in the morning, but she never
dreamed of using it for difficult or
heavy cooking. Now -she knows.
no yon testis aPtoTee ate wh•t a New
Perfection Oil Coo► -Stove mean. is fou T No
more co•I to carry, no more coming to the
diener table so tired out that you can't eat.
lest light • Perfection Stove and immediately
the heist from an intense blue flame shoots CaeMaarr !tale: Pe 'tree
up to the bottom of pot, kettle or oven. But you (et this .foe site
the rooiso t heated. There is no smoke, no that the name plate
m
smell, no outside heat, no drudgery In the 'reads "New rtrte:tlon."
kitchen where ono of theta stoves IS used
Ncsv pert'
tioft
011 CQ6kstQve
it has a Cabinet Top with a shelf foe keeping plates and food hot, TTte
nickel finish, with the bright blue of the chimneys, makes the stove ornamental
and attractive. Made with 1. 7 and 3 burners; the t and 3-barner stoves
can be bad with or without Cabinet. -m'
!veer desist eewvwUeee: If sat at mors, write for Descriptive Cetus
to the marten agency of the
The Queen City 011 Conspany, limited,