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Grand Trunk Passengers
Have Miraculous
Escape.
The west-bOulul Grand Trunk ex-
press, due at Whitby Junction lest
Thursday morning at 7.15, is lying
in
an inextricable tangle in a tield
about 300 yards ease of the station
end fully 30, feet below the level
of the track,
There is some doubt as to the
mese of the s accident; some 'say a
epreael rail, others a broken axle,
'Ju,dging from the general appear-
ance Of the traels the latter theory
is more probables and it is. to this
the seetionmen
The .train was cemposed of an en-
gine, a 'baggage car,- twovestibuled
day ears of the latest model, and
three Pullman sleepers. In all thee
were about 150 passengers on
board, and as a result of the fled -
dent forty-four persons wore more
or• less seriously eurt. About twen-
ty others were considerably . shaken
up, and the eeniainder eseaped sot
free. The meet peculian thing about
it all is the very light list of eas-
y ualtids. •
POSITION OF THE WRECK.
Just before reaching the Whitby
...Junction station the track takes- a
wide curve,. It was at the western
extremity of this eurve that the ac-
cident occurred. The • experts be-
lieve that the strain put upon the
cars by rounditg the eurve ateuch
high rate of speed caused the break-
age of an axle on day coach No. 2,-
018, the third from the engine. The
car immediately jumped the track,
and slid down the embankment, and
as the coupling held, all the other
cars were forced to follow suit>Even
• the engine and tender wee() pulled
off the track; 'but, fortunate/y for the
train crew, the engine coupling to
• the baggage car parted before the
tender and locomotive were dragged
down the batik. The sudden release
of the baggage car eaused it to fol-
low the day care so rapidly that it
balmded about like a rubber ball,
filially settling at a distance of ful-
ly a hundred feet from the track,
upside down, and literally crushed
to matchwood. That any man
could be in the ear and live is a
miracle, and it is no wonder that
the injuries of George Lappage, the
baggageman., are very severe. The
wreck as it lay in the field,' showed
in its neneral outline the conform-
ation of the eaPital letters "IS," the
"I" representing the track, the up-
per part of the "S" showing the
enesition of the Pullmans, and the
lownr part the position of the .day
cars and baggage car,
One of the day coaches, No. 1,408,
was lying on its side. The Pullman
"Brantford" was reght side up, but
it had a list of about 10 degrees.
The "Dickens" was lying on its side
on the side of the.embankment,
while the other- Pullman was upside
down. All the cars were off their
trucks, and the heavy wheels were
,cattered in every direction. Pieces
of iron eight inches thick were snap-
ped in two, and the platforms,
eteps, and couplers on all the coaches
were badly escd up, but, strange to
say, the damage to the coach -bodies
was only trifling. All the cars must
he wonderfully well conetructed to
have sustained such a shock with so
little effect: Even the windows were
it little damaged, not More than a
dozen being . broken on the :whole
train.
THE ACCIDENT,
Station Agent Roven- was in his
telegraph office, from which a good
view could be obtained of the track
both east .and west, and was watch-
ing the approaching train when the
disaster occurred. He immediately
telephoned to Whitby for medical
at-
tendance, and in less than half an
hour five physicians and a corps of.
willing helpers Were at the scene of
the wreck. The passengers on the
day cars; •who welt not much hurt,
assisted' in •the work Of rescue, and
the wounded, as soonas they were
taken from the shattered cat's, were
removed to the junction Hotel,
; where Landlord Dan Holmes peovid-
ed comfortable accomitodation for
all. About ten o'clock apxiliary
trains arrived from Belleville and
Toronto, each having on board a
large corps of doctors; by the time
of their arrival, however, the Whit-
by doctors had attended to the most
of the injured.
LIKE DICE IN A
Mr. John Fallen, one of the first
ni Widtby's citizens to reach the
scene of the Wreck, said that what
surprised him was the quietness.. He
and hip companions at first thought
that a great many of. the passengers
had been killed, and could scarcely
belieee anything to the contrary.
"They must have been thrown
around like dice in asemx," mid Mr.
Fallen, "and howtheyescaped so
well I don't know."
Ono reason perhaps that se few of
the passengers wore injured was the
fact that, despite the shock, all the
seats in the cars remained 'fast. In
other railway wrecks the seats have
invariably broken from their places,
and 'have beee piled in one end of
the car, • crushing the passengers in
a horrible manner. But the 'bolts
'hole, and as e result there ere no
fat4ities to record.
The baggage car, wbich was of
comparatively light ' construction, is
:fit for nothing but fireWood, One
end of the car is entirely gone, no
ono , knows where: .The sides are
spread out, and enlit it all' aired -
tions, and the top on Which the ear
rests is punctured with innumerable
holes, the wood being broken up ia-
to millions of pieces no larger than
7 toatimicks. It is the most coin-
' plot° picture of dastreetion and ruin
that ceuld be imagined.
HUMOR Ole THE Aedmrstr..
Although a railway accident is
:grim thing to joke about, a laugh -
able incident came under the notice
of the rescuers. It, was the case of
the gentleman who was a paMenger
in the day ear that 11 down the
bank without overtureing. He had
been sitting up all night, was very
tirede. end shortly before the acet.
dent had fallen asleep. He did not
awaken until after the car had slid
down the embankment and onee to
a Stop, Only half awake, he:stepped
out on the platforua, and, seeing the
crowd, said, "Why have we stopped?
What's the matter?"
• The ill-fated train was in charge
of Conductor Chas, Steart and En-
gineer Ireland, both of Tin*.
EIGHT PUPILS KILLED.
Fast Train Crashed, Into ear Fill-
ed With Children,
A Newark, NeY„ despatah says. :-
Running at almost full speed, a train
on the Delaware, Lackawanna, and
Western 'Railroad, crashed into a
trolley car loaded with puplit on
their way to the High school on
Thursday morning. Nine children
were killed, At least 'fifteen were in-
jured, some so badly that it is fear-
ed they will die. The accident oe-
eurred at the Clifton Avenue cross-
ing, being noted as a dangerous
spot, The trolley car had on board Millfeed--Bran, $16-- • here, and
young men and Women from all pare tsi
shorts, $1.8. At outside Points bran
of the city, many of .whom had is quoted at $16, and shorts • at
transferred from ' other lines., So ,
$17.50. Manitoba bean, in 'seeks,
full was the car that the front plat- $19, and shorts $21 hero.
form was crowded with boys. The
'pilot of -the engine struck the front •
THE MARKETS
Prices of • Grain, Cattle etc,
in Trade Centres.
Toronto, Feb. 24. -Wheats -The
nvarket is quiet and featureless, No,
2 white and red quoted at 71e mid-
dle freights. No, 2 spring nominal
at 71e on Midland, and No, 2
goose at 681i on Midland, Mani-
toba wheat steady; No. 1 hard, 88e
all rail, grinding in transit; No, 1
Northern, Wee all rail, grinding in
transit. No. 1 hard, 87e North
IiaYi No. 1 Northern, 86c North
Bay,
Oats --Trade quiet, with prices un-
changed. No, 2 white quoted at 31
to 81e middle freights and No, 1 at
32e, to 830 east.
Barley -Trade is quiet, with No. 3'
extra quoted at 46ec middle freight,
and No. 8 at 430 middle freight.
Rye -The market is steady at 50
to 51c outside for No. 2,
Beckwheat-The market is. dull,
with No. 2 nominal at 47e outside.
Peas -Market dull at '71 to 72e
high freights,
Flour -Ninety per cent, patents
unoluanged at $2.67 middle freights,
in buyers' sacks for export. Straight
rollers of special brands for domestic
trade quoted at $3.25 to $3.40 btas.
Manitoba flour steady; No. 1 pat-
ents, $4.85 to $4.40, and seconds,
$4.10. Strong bakers', $3.90 to $1,
bags included, Toronto. -
Platform and swung 'the car around, CO'UNTRY PRODUCE.
and it toppled over, By the force of Beans -Trade is inactive. Medium
the collision the pupils were pre- $1.65 to $1.75 per bush, and hand-
cipitated under the wheels of the en- picked, $1.90 to $2.
gine. The motorman's skull was Dried apples -Market quiet, with
fractured. It is thought he will die. Prices unchanged at 4 to 4ec per lb,
The scene of the accident resembled and evaporated at 6 to 6ec.'
a shambles. Dead and injured chil- Honey. -'The market is quiet, with
dren lay everywhere. Arms, legs, and Prices unchanged. Strained sells at
other parts of the bodies of the vice Sec per lb, and comb, $1.25 to
tims were scattered in every direc- $1.50.
tion, and the snow for a great dis- Hay, baled -The market is quiet,
tance around was dyed with blood. with Prices • unchanged. Choice
One mutilated body was carried two timothy, $10 to $10.25 on track,
blocks on the pilot of the. engine. and mixed at $8 to $8.50.
Slraw-The market is quiet, with
--+
ear lots on track quoted at $5.50
BRITAIN'S PEW FORCE. to $6 a, ton. -
Maple syrup -Five -gallon cans, $1
The Horne Fleet to Be Thoroughly per gallon; one-gallonean s $1.i0
Reorganized. and half -gallon., 60e.
A London despatch says i -The -Onions-The market is dull at 40c
Admiralty announced a reorganiza- Per bush for Canadian. -
tion of the Home fleet, to become Poultry -The market continues
operative in May. The statement
firm. We quote :-Fresh killed dry -
important," as the reorganization is
picked turkeys, 15 to 16c; geese, 9
to 110 per /b; 'ducks, 85e to $1.25;
creates practically a new sea -going
chickens (young), 85e to $1; old
force for the British navy. Hitherto
the only sea.goblg force in. British 'lel* 50 to 60e per pair; frozen and
e. per lb less than
and neighboring seas halen been the held stock, 2 to 3
Channel Squadron, which, however, the above quotatiotts.
,
is 'seldom in home waters, it cruising Potatoes -Market firm. Cars on
as far as Gibraltar, The mime track, $1 to $1.05, and small lots,
$
Squadron formed in 1902, was a $1.15 to 1.25 per bag.
combination of port guardships and
coastguard ships, ender the admiral HOG PRODUCTS.
superintendent of 'naval reserves, Dressed hogs are steady, with car
who was mostly occupied with shore lots of Western selling at $7.40 to
duties. The new home fleet will have $7.45, and Northern at $7.50 to
a separate admiral, who will be $7.65. Cured meats steady, with
senior to the 'commander of the demand fair. We quote bacon, clear,
Channel Squadron, whom Lord .Ber- 10} to 101e, in eon and case lots.
esford will succeed in April. The Pork; mess, $21.50 to $22; do,
Home Squadron, when Vice -Admiral short cut, '$22.50 to $23.
Sir Arthur Wilson hoists hie'pennant Smoked hams, 13 to 131c; rolls,
will consist of ten battleships, four 11e to 12e; shoulders, 11e; backs, 14
cruisers, and a number of smaller to 14ec; breakfast bacon, 14 to
vessels. Most of these are obsolete, 1.1i -c. •
but they will be gradually replaced Lard -Market steady. We quote :-
by new vessels that are now being Tierces, 101e; tubs, lle; pails, 11ec.
completed or in course cif col -IS -true -
tion. The Home Squadron will free BUSINESS AT MONTREAL.
quentlY cruise in the North Sea, an •
Montreal, Feb. 24. -Grain -No. 1
arrangement the foreshaddesing of
which has excited some lively critic -
Manitoba hard wheat, 741e; No. 1
ism in 007-1laner. • Northern, 72ec, in. store, Fort Wil-
liam; peas, 72c high freights; No, 2
oats, in store here, 371 to 371e high
freights; rye, 40ec east; buckwheat,
NEEDED. IN TRANSVALL. 50e east. Flour -Manitoba patents,
$4.40 to $4,50; seconds,- $4.10 to
$4.20; Ontario straight rollers, $8.50
to $3.65; in bags,- $1.70 to $1.75 ;
patents, ' $3.70 to $1.10. Rolled
bais-Millers' prices, $2 bags, and
$4:15 per bbl. Feed -Manitoba bran
$18 to $50; shorts, $21 to $22,•
bags included; Ontario bran, in,bulk,
$18 to $18.50; shorts, in bulk, $20
to _821. Provisions -Heavy • Cana-
dian short cut pork, $21 to $25 ;
short cut back, $23.50 to $21; light
short cut, $23 to $2.4; compound re-
fined lard, 8e to 9c; pure Canadian
lard, 11e; finest lard, 12 to 12ec ;
ham's, 12k to 1.3ic; bacon„ 11 to
15e; dressed hogs, $8.25; fresh killed
abattoir hogs,' $8.50 to $9 per 100
lbs. Eggs -New laid, 20 to 21c ;
selected, /.6e; Honey-Wbite cloys,
In sections, 12 to 13c per section ;
in 10-115 tins, 8 to Sic; in bulk, 7e
to 8e; dark, ec lower. Cheese -On-
tario, 13 to 131e; Townships, 13e.
Butter-,-TOwnships creamery, -21ec ;
seconds, 181e; Western rolls, 171 to
18e; rolls, 16e to 17/e.
Ch.ance for Canadian. 'Firms to
Sell Implements. •
An Ottawa despatch sayal-Agent
Jardine sends to the Trade Depart-
ment a list of agricultural machin-
ery and accessories req,uired by the
Transvaal Land Department. • He
says :-"I should be glad if your de-
partment would advise your princi-
pal manufacturers and get' them to
forward me quotations for these ar-
ticles landed at coast ports iii South
Africa, and also -forward ine• their
priced catalogues. TheLand
partment will also. require large con-
signments of seeds of all descrip-
tions, and I should be glad- to re-
ceive quotation's for same, and be
kept posted as to fluctuations , in
prices, seeders, hay scythes, wagons,
drays, carriages harness, tradesmen's
outfits, rakes, . grinders, hoes, axes,
grindstones, wire fence's and gates,
steam. and hand plows, traction en-
gines, threshers, cultivators, mowing
machines, harvesters, windmllls and
pumps,
SIX DAYS WITHOUT FOOD.
Prospectors Encounter Terrible
Harcishfiss.
A Vitoria, -]3. 0,, despatch says :-
A story of shipwreck: was brought
from. the Vancouver Island °bast by
the steamer Queen City on Viredries-
clay. Two prospectors, Pete Ander-
son and C. A. Ferguson, were wreck-
ed in a sloop oir Cape Cook'and
losing all their food, they tried , to
get to the nearest Indian village, 60
miles away. They built a raft to
•er9ss Neepartez Inlet, but a storm
arising, the raft was broken and the
two men were washed ashore on
logs, after suffering great hardships.
Ten they Walked 60 miles along the
beach, and had ea food for six days,
Ilan reaching an abanlloted Thdian
hut, they found a small supply
Which kept them alive until they
reached an Indian village, Ononklish
Inlet, 60 miles froin Where their
vessel was lost.
UNITED STATES MARKETS.
Milwaukee, Iselin 24. -Wheat -Easier
No. 1 Northern, 8fleS No. 2 North-
ern, 78e to 79t; May, 77ec. Rye -
Steady; No. 1, 51 to 52e> Barley -
Steady r No, 2 640; sample, 46 to
5,8c, Corn -May, 451e.
Duluth, Feb. 24, -Wheat -Cash, No,
1 hard, 7710; No. 1 Northern, 761e;
'No, 2 Northern, 74+c; May, 781e;
July, 76ec. Oats -May, 85e,.
St, Louis, Feb. 2a.---C1osed-Wheat
-Cash, 7i -c; May, 73en; July, 71e,c,
Buffalo, Feb, 24. -Flour -Steady.
Wheat -Nothing done. Corn -Firm ;
No. 2.yellow, 511,e; No. 2 corn, 501
to 51e. Oats -Strong; No, 2 white,
12e; No. 2 mixed, 101c. parley -
Spot, 50 to 68c; to arrive, 51 to
68c, Rye -No. 1 in store, 59e asked,
Minneapolis, Minn,, Feb. 24. --
Wheat -May, 761c ; July, 760 to
• 76ec; on track, No. 1 hard, 77ec• ;
1.10. 1 Northers), 761 to 76zo No,
• 2 Nerthern, 751 -to 75ec, Flour-
Virst patents, $8,85 to $1 ; second
patents, $8.85 to $3.05; first clears,
$2,55; second clears, $2,10 to $2.20.
Bran -In bulk, $11.50 to $15,25, .
• 'LIVE STOCK MARKM,
Toronto, Vele 24. -There 'wee a
light run of line stock to -day at the
Western Cattle 1,Iarket, and nearly
everything offered was sold, Pekoe
for exporters arid butchers' cattle
were maintained at previous quota-
tions, The quality .of the former
product brought forward. Was eMin-
eutly setisiectory, and some buyers
were a little more disposed to pay
better pries than before owing to
the receipt of a wire from Chicago
reporting a better market there for
exportere, with an advanee of 25e
per cwt, There was, however, little
space at present at the dispoeal of
shippers, some of whom were in con-
soquence not inclbsed to buy to any
great extent, being unwilling to hold
stock on their hands for any length
of time, There was a scarcity of
good butchers', and also of stockers
and feeders, which continued to be
wanted. Many buyers are not doing
any business at present, Sheep and
lambs were in good demand, and
prices advanced a few points in sym-
pathy with the firmer tone of the
markets in England. Hogs continued
steady and unchanbed, with a light
supply.
The following is the range of
quotations ;-
Exporters' cattle- Per 100 lbs.
....$4.40 $4,75
Medium.. 4,00 4.35
Light .. 4.00 0.00
13ulls....- 8.75 8.85
Butchers'--
e.*
Choice. 1.00 4.35
*se '"
Medium ,.8.40 4.00
Heifers.. .. ... . . 8,90 0.00
3.00 8.50
Cows... ...... ..... 2.50 3.40
Feeders. • o. •• •• 3.75 4.00
Stockeee... . 3.50 8.90
Canners., 2.00 2.50
Sheep -
Lambs......
Ewes-. ...
Bucks..
Calves, each
Calves, per 100 lbs .....
Hogs -
Sows ...
Stags .
Selects, 160 to 200
. 4.50
,...... 3.50
2.50
2.00
4.50
4.50
2.00
Ibs 5.80
Thick fatenn. 5.60
Lights.. 5.60
5.50
4.25
8.25
10.00
6.00
0.00
0.00
0,00
0.00
0.00
NEW BUILDINGS AT OTTAWA
Will Be Erected at a Cost of
82,000,000.
An Ottawa despatch says :-The
Minister of Public Works has got
plans prepared for a new depart-
mental building. The new building,
if it is decided to build, will con-
nect with the present ,Langevin block
on Wellington street, and extend to
O'Connor street. It will be one
building throughout, taking the same
style of architecture and the same
material as the present block. Met-
calfe street will be closed up, and
right opposite the main entrance to
the Periled:tent Buildings, Sparks
street will be reached by an arch
through the new building. Of the
features of the new building, bronze
figures surmount it, and are sym-
bolical of the different regiments
sent to South. Africa. Next below
and immediately over the arch a
'figure represents confederation. The
groups to the right and left of the
arch are symbolical of agriculture,
commerce, mining and manufactures:
The figures. in the niches between. the
columns might be two of Canada's
greatest men. The cost of the build-
ing would be about two millions.
This does not include the price of
property from Metcalfe to O'Connor
COLONY OF SETTLERS.
Will Set Sail for New Home at
End of March.
A London despatch says :-Already
1,850 of Rev. Mr. I3arr's *colony of
settlers for Canada have been book-
ed to sail by the steamship Mani-
toba, sailing March 25. One thou-
sand will sail on the Lake Simcoe
on March 21. There are four hun-
dred young women and children in
the party, One wealthy lady takes
with her fifteen young men, for
whom she has set £1,500 to start
them in fanning.
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MURDER TO GET BODIES.
Startling Revelations Expected in
Insurance Frauds.
A New York despatch says :-As-
sistant District Attorney Krotal
said on Wednesday that the insur-
ance fraud case now under in.vestiga,-
tion i'n this city promises to develop
into one of the most startling in
the criminal history of the city. "els
should not be surprised," he said,
"if it were proved that the con-
spirators even went so far es to
murder in cold blond to get bodies
for the purpose of collecting on the
policies."
JAMAICA HAS MONEY.
For Fast ' Steamship Service to
Canada.
A Kingston Ja, despatch says: The
Legislature has authorized the Gov-
ernment to pay $125,000 annually
towards a subsidy for establishing
new fast, direct steamship service
between Canada and Jamaica. It
is expected that the Colonial Secre-
te/es, Sidney Oliver, will go to Ot-
tawa shortly for the purpose of mak-
ing definite arrangements.
TO CARRY LIVE STOCK.
Liverpool IVIen to Establish. Direct
Line. .
A London despatch says :-It is
rumored that Messrs. Lampert and
XIalt, of Liverpool, are about to in-
augurate a direct, line of eteamore
for the conveyance of live 'stock be-
tween Canadian ports and Manches-
ter •
SINGULAR CONTRASTS.
ot Sa Fond of Oity Life in Can-
ada as .Aastralia,
A London despatch says :-Before
the Royal Statistical Society Mr,
3, A, Baines reed a paper dealing
with the census of the *empire, He
pointed out the siugelar contrasts
between Canada and Australia in
respeet to the distribution of the
people, In Ontario and Quebec sevs
enty-one per cent. of the popOlation
were claseed as rural, In Australia,
the tendency was urban, the people
concentrating in the cities.. The city
of Melbourne contained, 41 per cent.
of the population in 'the colony of
Victoria. Sydney contained 36 per
cent. of the population of New
Soeth Wales, and Adelaide 45 per
cent. of Seuth Australia. Canada
and Australia cover 55 per cent. of
the territory of the empire, but fur-
nish less than two and one-half per
cent, of the population.
MAY ABANDON SERVICE.
Vessels to South Africa Delayed
1Vlany Weeks.
An Ottawa despatch says i --Ves-
sels of the direct line from Canada
have been detained for weeks at
South African ports before getting a
chance to discharge tVeir cargoes, In
one instance the delay was seven
weeks. The Canadian Government
has therefore represented to the Im-
perial authorities the loss that re-
sulted from sach detentions, and
asked that as they carry the mails
to and from Canada, wharf accom-
modation be given -them as soon as
possible. lf this request is not
complied with the service may have
to be abandoned,
tioriary force after a sharp fight.
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LEMON CROP DESTROYED.
••••••••••••
Cold. Wave Caused Serious Loss to
• California..
A Los Angeles, Cal., despatch
says :-The cold wave which swept
over Southern California during the
past week, bringing snow and. frost,
is broken: In certain localities the
entire lemon crop was killed, and in
nearly all. sections of California there
was more or less danage. It is con-
servatively estimated that the loss
will be between ten and twenty per
cent. of the entire crop.
THE GRIP IN NEW YORK,
The Hospitals Are Now Crowded
With Cases.
A despatch from New York says:
By reason of the changeable weath-
er of the last few weeks the grip has
become prevalent until it is assum-
ing the proportions of a serious epi-
demic. All the hospitals are receiv-
ing many cases, and at St. Vin-
cent's one side of the institution is
given over to the treatment of those
in a dangerous condition. So far
the disease has not shown itself in
the virulent type with which the
years 1889, 1890 and 1891 were
marked, and because of this it is be-
lieved it will not become so wide-
spread. Dr. Guilfoyle, registrar of
the Health Department, said that
there had been a steady increase in
the death rate from the disease in
the three weeks just ended, more
than four times the number dying
during the week ending Feb. 14 than
for two weeks previous. Pneumo-
nia, broncho -pneumonia and acute
bronchitis also made a heavy in-
crease, and from the first named dis-
ease there were 155, 210 and 190
deaths respectively in the three
weeks just closed. "Every one who
feels the first symptoms of influenza
-a,nd they are unmistakable -should
consult a physician," said Dr, Guil-
foyle.
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CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Coal Carter Pinned Against a
Stone Wall. 4,
A 'despatch from Toronto says:
Joseph' O'Neil, a carter employed by
the Elias Rogers Company, was
cru&ed to 'death' between a loaded
coal wagon and a stone wall at To-
ronto 'University on Wednesday. af-
ternoon. O'Neil, who had been sent
tip to help James Golden unload the
coal, went down into the bin
through the window and came out
again without Golden's knowledge.
Golden suddenly backed up the hor-
ses, and O'Neil had not time to get
out of the way. The wagon struck
him on the chest and crushed him
so severely that he died within half
an hour. He was able to crawl
from beneath the wagon and upon
doing so, exclaimed, "Jim, I'm done
for." With Golden's assistance lie
managed to walk inside the build-
ing, where medical aid was semi -hon-
ed, but it was at once seen that the
man was injured beyond recovery.
O'Neil was about 30 years of age.
He boarded at . 220 Ontario street,
and had been in the employ of the
Rogers Company for about 14 years.
. ROT WAVE IN AUSTRALIA.
TJxidone'All Good Accomplish.ed by
Recent Rains..
A despatch from Ottawa says :-
Me; J. S. Larke, Trade Commission-
er to Australia, reporting to the
Department of Trade and Commerce
en January 16th, says that a hot
wave hat passed over the continent
and =done the good which had been
accomplished by recent rains, burst-
ing • upvegetation in the pastural
distriets.
SMALLPDX HT NOVA SCOT/A.
Provisions Sent on a Special
Train,.
A. despatch from Halifax, NS S.,
says: Smallpox is '00 prevalent in
the towe of Thornburn, Pietote that
it has, boat quarantined, and no
connnunication is allowed between it
and New Gletegow, Provisions are
seet in by a special 'supply train.
EWS 1113
S
Telegraphic Briefs From All
Over the Globe,
bank, CANADA. -
Princeton thinice it ought to have
et
Renewed activity is reported from
thfote
New IXaniburg
"lit° ' 11.1 4ria°17
Lest year 8,788 pupils attended
Hamilton public schools,
The estimates for the Hamilton
P1u6lig.ehools have been struck at
8
The Verniers' Co-operative Har-
vesting Machine Company has been
incorporated.
Montreal labor unions are active
and general deniands for increased
pay are probable,
Nova Scotia farmers have passed
a resolution in favor of an agricul-
tural college.
Stratford is preparing to erect an
isolation hospital in case smallpox
should reach the city,
The new Dominion Government
fisheries cruiser Kestrel was success-
fully launched at Vancouver,
Mr, C. M. Hays says the report
that the G,T.R. might abandon its
Pacifle scheme is ridiculous.
The Maritime Foundry Association
decided to raise the price of stoves,
ranges and furl -laces 5 per cent.
British Columbia Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
dealt with 497 cases last year.
A saving of $1,410 in the salaries
of the civic officials at Rossland,
33. C., has been effected by a recent
cut.
Paul Gray, a fortune-teller of St.
John, arrested for swindling a man
out of $450, cut his throat in his
cell and died. .
The number of eases dealt with
by Victoria, B. C., police last year
was 1,180, a decrease of 84 below
the former year.
Excellent peaches have been rais-
ed in the Kootenay, B. C., district,
according to Mr. Thomas Cunning-
ham, inspector of fruit pests.
Hamilton Board of Education will
ask the Hon. Richard Hancourt for
a grant to enable manual training
being taught in. the Collegiate Insti-
tute.
A bill for increasing the pay of
soldiers in the perraanent force, as
well as militiamen, is likely to be
introduced at Ottawa during the
coming session.
Chatham has decided to establish
art school classes in the new library
and will also accept an additional
$3,000 from Carnegie for the build-
ing of the same.
The building trades in London may
demand increased wages on May 1.
Painters want 25 cents an hour and
an eight-hour day; and bricklayers
desire an advance of '7i cents, mak-
ing 45 cents an hour.
GREAT BRITAIN,
The Imperial Tobacco Company's
first annual report shows a profit
of Z1,000,000.
The Natienal Council of the Y. M.
C. A. in England is planning to
bring the young men of towns and
villages under the domain of sound
principles.
Lord Methuen, in his evidence be-
fore the Committee on Conduct of
the War, said he fought the battle at
Magersfontein under orders to re-
lieve Kimberley and retreat to
Orange River.
Sir Oliver Lodge, principal of the
University of Birmingham, says
wireless -telegraphy is destined to
exercise ,a profound influence on the
intellectual and spiritual capabili-
ties of mankind, tending to bridge
the way between the visible and in-
visible worlds.
UNITED STATES.
Burglars ransacked Gra.ee Episco-
pal Church at Newark, N. J., secur-
ing jewelled vestments valued at
$10,000.
The foot and mouth disease has
reappeared' among the herds of cattle
in Vermont and Massachusetts
States.
In canvention at Richmond, Va.,
the National Association of Master
House Painters and Decorators de-
cided to hold their next annual
meeting in Toronto.
Six hours before committing sui-
cide by drinking laudanum, Charles
H. Wattle of Springfield, Mass., tele-
graphed his sister in his wife's name
announcing his death.
Apprehension is felt at Washington
that there will be another rebellion
in the Philippines unless some legis-
lation is speedily enacted to allevi-
ate the conditions now existing
there.
When at death's door Mrs. Napo-
leon Dube, of Bristol, Conn., who
has been ill with blood poisoning,
has been cured by the use of for-
malin, the recently discovered rem-
edy for the disease.
A man at Brooklyn, N. Y., has In-
vented a motor vehicle, a "pneu-
moslito," designed •especially for
traveling over ice and, snow, and its
inventor thinks it is the machine
that will be first to carry men to
the North Pole.
The Pittsburg Railways Company,
operating the traction lines in Pitts-
burg, Pa., has voluntarily advanced
the wages of 3,000 motormen and
conductors one cent an. hour. Some
of the men get 24 'cents an hour.
The 29th annual report of the New
York Board of Pity Magistrateof
the boroughs of Manhattan and the
Bronx shows that the volume of ar-
rests lest year exceeded that of
1901 by 9,876, making the total
number of prisoners 105,181 - 81,-
177 males and 21,25/ fenttles.
G.F.INERAL.
The Macedonian situation is caus-
ing auxiety in Great Britain,
An Australian syndicate has offered
General De Wet $1,250 weekly for a
lecturing tour in Australia.
The town of Kano, In the district
of that 'name, in Siorthelni Nigeria,
was oecupied by the British expecli-
8110P -WINDOW OBIN
ZRIDES AND GROONS
TRADE ATTRACTIONS.
el Advertising ScheuxeS A4
ecl by Trifeeclisente to Get
Ras/Ames,
It is scarcely surprising that tho
fascination a Wedding enereites for
members of both sexeS Should be
seized upon by enterprising teadesie
weddingeNea slethrmiu e ,st elaborate shop -window
man of her eitoiee In his shop win--
day his daughter would espouse the
was that perpetrated by a Parisian
novelties, and consequently quite a
business on a smaller scale in the
brated in shop windows,
he made te the union. The girl's
ing upon, if any loving couple would
upon it a prominent advertisement
or-
iginator of the function acting as
nurnher of niarriageo have been eele-
the elergyenan having been overe
consent to be made one In his shop
window, the only condition being
that the bride's dress should bear
forward to fulfil the proposal. The
largest window in -the shop was
cleared and appropriately decorated
of his wares.
it was not until he retrieved the re-
striction as to the advertisement on
Perring and his fiancee shyly came
and the marriage performed, the or -
draper announced that on a, certain
(low, thie heixig the one stipulation
grocer named Bergaurd in March,
giving the bride a
and 1,000 francs to begin. housekeep-
men on the look -put for advertising
come when the legality of the pro -
presence of two hundeed epectatore.
tion of the rival businessee shortly
1901. He offered to defray all the
wedding expenses, in addition to
the bride's dress that it was accept-
ed, and then a. young miner named
ceeding was pointed out to hits the
Needless to acid, it preyed a good.
afterwards clearly demonstrated that
the wedding was a trade union in
more senses than one.
laver was the proprietor al a rival
same city, so the conditions were
rather galling, but, the reluctance of
ceremony was duly performed in the
advettisemeet, and the arnalgaroa.-
0OMPLETk3 MARRIAGE OU'lls/T
A few yeare ago a Birmingham
Despite the generosity of the offer,
A very novel advertising scheme
nawloa
was that celebrated in
Tenn., even more recently.
The bride was a girl of twenty-
three, named Summers, who had in-
herited a none too profitable millin-
ery business from her father, and
being of a practical turn of mind,
she believed that her marriage -in
the shop window would influence her
receipts. Accordingly the shop was
cleared and festively decorated, the
counters being traesforraed into ta-
bles, on which a sumptuous wed-
ding breakfast was spread. Invita-
tions were -then sent out to over a
hundred customers, the majority of
whom, -out of sheer curiosity,
PUT IN AN APPEARANCE.
The wedding having been celeSrated
on this impromptu chancel, the
guests were invited to sit down -to
the repast, after whith each lady
was presented with a bottle of per-
fume appropriately called "Bridal
Bouquet," and bearing a description
of the event on the label.
Many will remember that stir cre-
ated in a Scotch town four years
ago by the announcement that on a
certain .--, ate a well-known local
Sournalist wonee..a.*..e. ,.."-?*--nrSed in the
window of a furnishing lionene in re-
turn for which the proprietor hat:Z.,-
agreed to furnish the bridegroom's
downstair rooms free of cost. But
in this case the adage which avers
that the course of true love never
did run smooth was well exemplified,
for the enormous -crowd which gath-
ered to witness the function led to
the interference of the police, who
stopped the ceremony before it had
hardly begun, whereupon the unfor-
tunate couple drove off in a cab to
a church hard by and the service
was completed without further in-
terruption. -London Tit -Bits.
WHAT PHYSICIANS SAY.
The liquor from oysters, being
salt and water simply, has no nu-
tritive value.
The end of cholera infantum waits
upon the growth of the simple prac-
tice of sterilizing baby's milk an,d
bottle.
To prevent pitting from smallpox
it is only necessary to protect the
patient froin the blue and violet
rays of light, which can be done by
allowing no light to enter the room
save through red glass. In the ab-
sence of these irritating rays of
light - to which sunburn is due -
the deep disfiguring pustules do not
form.
Red nose, as it often occurs as a.
local condition in women, can be re-
moved, says a French physician, by
a bandage of gauze soaked in ben-
zine and laid upon the nose -without
rubbing it. If the cloth be allowed
to remain on the fie& for a few
minutes the redness will disappear,
and after that the suspicious shine
that succeeds the color ivill also die -
appear.
THE MATTER COULD WAIT.
"You are just going out I see."
"Yes; an important erigagemsnt.
What was it you wanted?"
"It was about that little debt I
owe
"Ah, yes! Tali° a seat."
"I was going to ask you for a lit,
tie delay--"
"Oh, excatse me, but I'm already
Intel"
"I say, 1 was going to ask you
for a little delay, when I met a fel-
low svIto paid vp, what he owed me,
"Why on earth don't you sit
down! Will you take a glass of
wine?"'
• SINGULAR STATUE,
There is only one statue in Great
Britain With an umbrella, This is
to be seen at Reading, and repro-
eents Mr, G. Palmer, of biscuit fame
standing bare -headed, with a silk
hat and umbrella in hand.