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WS RE
Grand Trunk Passengers
,Have Mi raculous
Escape.
Tho west -bound Grand Trunk ex-
press, clue at Whitby Junction last
Thursday trimming at 7,15, is lying
in an inextricable tangle in a field
about 300 yards east of the station
and fully $0, feet below the level
of the track.
There is some doubt as to the
cause of the accident; some say a
spread rail, others a broken axle.
7 u,dging from the general appear-
ance of the track the latter theory
is more probablh, nod it is to this
the sectionmen lean.
The train was composed of an en-
gine, a baggage car, two vestibuled
day ears of the latest model, and
three Pullman sleepers. Ah all there
were about 186 passengers on
"board, and as a result of the acci-
dent forty-four persons were more
or less soriously hurt. About twen-
ty others were considerably- shaken
up, and the remainder escaped scot
free, The most peculiar thing about
it all is the Crory light list of cas-
ualties.
POSITION OF TI•IE WRECK.
Jost. before reaching tho • Whitby
Junction station the track takes a
wide curve. It was at the western
extremity of this curve that the ac-
cident occurred. The experts be-
lieve that the strain put upon the
cars by rounding the eurvo at such a
high rate of speed caused the brcak-
a.ge, 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 were pulled
off the track, but, fortunately for the
train crew, the engine- coupling to
the baggage car pasted before the
tender and locomotive were dragged
down the bank. The sudden release
of the baggage car caused it to fol-
low the day cars so rapidly that it
bounded about like a rubber ball,
finally 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 car and live is a
miracle, and it is no wonder that
the injuries of George Lappage, tho
baggageman, are very severe. The
wreck as it lay in the field, showed
in its general outline the conform-
ation of the capital letters "IS," the
"1" representing the track, the up-
per part of the "S" showing tiro
position of the Pullmans, and the
lower part the position of the day
ears' and baggage car,
Ono of the day coaches, No. 1,408,
Was lying on its side. Tho Pullman
"Brantford" was right side up, but
it had a list of about 40 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 oft their
'trucks, and the heavy wheels wero
smattered in every direction, Pieces
of iroe eight inches thick were snap-
ped in two, and the platforms,
steps, and couplers an all the coaches
were badly used up, but, strange to
say, the damage to the coach -bodies
was only trifling. All the cars must
be wonderfully well constructed to
have sustained such a shock with so
little effect. Even the windows were
but little damaged, not more than a
dozen being broken on the whole
train.
TITE ACC7:DENT,
Station regent Rovers was in his
telegraph office, from which a good
view could be obtained of the track
both east and west, and was watch-
ing tits approaching train when the
disaster occurred, 1:Te immediately
telephoned to Whitby for medical at-
tondance,.and in less than half an
• bour live physicians and a corps of
willing helpers were at the scene of
the wreck. The passengers -on the
day cars, who were not rndch hurt,
assisted in the workof rescue, and
the wounded, as soon as they ,,were
taken from theshattered cars, were
removed to the Junction ITotel,
where Landlord Dan Holmes provid-
ed comfortable accommodation for
all. About ten o'clock auxiliary
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 iei,jured.
LIKE DICE IN A BOX,
Mr. John Fallen, ono of tho first
of Whitby's citizens to, reach the
scene of the, wreck, said that what
surprised ]hint was rho quietness. He
and his con:Tanions at first thought
that a great many of the passengers
had been ]tilled, and could scarcely
believe anything to the contrary.
"They moist have bean thrown
10001011 like dice in a box,- said' Mi',.
Fallen, "and how they escaped so
well I don't ]coots."
Ono reason perhaps that so few of
the passengers were injured Was the
fact that, despite the shock, all the
seats in the ears remained fast, In
other railway wrecks tine seats .Have
inviolably broken from their places,
arid have been piled in ono end of
the car, crushing the paseengor•s in
a herrihle manner, But the bolts
]fele], and as a result utero are Ito
fatalities to record,
The baggage car, which was of
comparatively light construction, Is
fit for nothing but firewood. Ono
end of the car is olitlrelp gone, no
one hoose Where. The sides :are
spread out, acid split in ail direc-
tions, anti the top on Which the car
rests is punctured with innnnerablc
holes, the wood bei.nig broken alp in-
to millions of pieces no larger then
toothpielcs, It is the most com-
plete picture of destruction and ruin
that could be imagined,
HUMOR 0'10 THTi) ACCIDENT,
Althoug1 railway v aaccident is . t a a t ay
grin thing to joke alma, a laugh
ca
4
MBNNK ESI
able incident came under the notice
of the rescuers, It was the ease of
the gentleman who was a passenger
in the day ear that slid down the
bane without overturning. Ho had
been sitting up all night, was very
tired, and shortly before the acct.
dent had fallen asleep, He did not
awaken until after the ear had slid
clown the embankment and come to
a stop. Only half awalce, he stepped
out on the platform, and, seeing the
crowd, said, "Why have we stopped?
What's the matter?"
The ill-fated train was in charge
of Conductor Chas. Stuart and En-
gineer Ireland, both of Yorlc,
EIGHT PUPILS KILLED.
Fast Train Crashed Into Oar Fill-
ed With Children.
A Newark, NJ., despatch says
Running at almost full speed, a train
on the Delaware, Lackawanna, and
Western Railroad, crashed into a
trolley car loaded with pupils on
their way to the High school on
Thursday morning. Nine children
were ]tilled. At least fifteen were in-
jured, some so badly that it is fear-
ed they will die, The accident oc-
curred at the Clifton Avenue cross-
ing, being noted as a dangerous
spot. The trolley car had on• board
young molt and women from all parts
of tho city, many of whom had
transferred from other 11ncs. (10
full was the car thatthe front plat-
form was crowded with boys. The
pilot of the engine struck the front
platform and swung the car around,
and it toppled over. By the force of
the collision the pupils wore pre-
cipitated under the wheels of the en-
gine. The motorman's skull was
fractured. It is thought he will die.
The scene of the accident resembled
a ahanhhles. Dead and injured chil-
dren lay everywhere. Arnis, legs, and
other parts of the bodies of the vic-
tims were scattered in ovary direc-
tion, and the snow for a great dis-
tance around was dyed with blood.
One mutilated body was carried two
blocks on the pilot of the engine.
BRITAIN'S NEW FORCE.
The Home Fleet to Be Thoroughly
Reorganized.
A London despatch says The
Admiralty announced a reorganiza-
tion of the Homo fleet, to become
operative in May. The statement is
important, as the reorganization
creates practically a new sea -going
force for the British navy. Hitherto
tho only seagoing force in British
and neighboring seas have been the
Chancel Squadron, which, however,
is seldom in home waters, it cruising
as far as Gibraltar, The Homo
Squadron formed in 1002, was a
combination of port guardships and
coastguard ships, under the admiral
superintendent of naval reserves,
who was mostly occupied with shore
duties, The new home fleet will have
a separate admiral, who will be
senior to the commander of the
Channel Squadron, whorl Lord Ber-
esford will succeed in April. Tho
Home Squadron, when Vice -Admiral
Sir Arthur Wilson boasts his pennant
will consist of ten battleships, four
cruisers, and a -number of smaller
vessels, Most of these are obsolete,
but they will be gradually replaced
by new vowels that are now being
completed or in course of construc-
tion, Tho ITome Squadron will fre-
quently cruise in the North Sea, an
arrangement the foreshadowing of
which has excited some lively critic-
ism in Germany.
NEEDED IN TRANSVAL L.
Chance for Canadian Firms to
Sell Implements.
An Ottawa despatch says :-Agent
attecdine sends to the Trade Depart-
ment a list of agricultural machin-
ery and accessories required by the
Toausvacta Land Department. He
says :='I should be glace if your de-
partment would advise your princi-
pal manufacturers and get them to
forward me quotations for those ar-
ticles landed at coast ports in South
Africa, and also forward nut their
priced catalogues, The Laud De-
partment Will also require large con-
signments of seeds or all descrip-
tions, and I should be glace to re-
ceive quotation's for same, and be
kept posted as to fluctuations In
prices, seeders, hay scythes, wagons,
drays, carriages hennas, tradesmen's
outfits, rakes, grinders, hoes, axes,
grindstones, wire fences and gates,
steam and hand plows, traction 00-
gine5, 'Ono -ethers, cultivators, mowing
machines, harvesters, windmills and
pumps,
SIX DAYS WITHOUT FOOD.
Prospectors Encounter Terrible
Hardships.
A Victovia,.13.0., despatch says :-
A story of shipwreck was brought
from the Vancouver Island coast by
the steamer Queer' City 011 Wadncs-
clay. Two prospectors, Pete Ander-
eon and 0, A, Ferguson, were wreclt-
ecl in a sloop off Cape Coots, and
loshrg all their food, they trled to
get to the nearest Indian village, 60
guiles cavity. They befit a raft to
crass Nespartez Inlet, but a storm
erasing, the raft was broken and the
two met 10000 washed ashore on
loge, after suffering groat hardships.
Then they walked 60 101108 along tine
beach, end had no food foe six days,
until reaching ate abalfdolied Indian
hut, they found a moat] supply
Which kept theta ally° until they
reached an Italian village, Ooonklish
Inlet; 60 miles trent: whore their
vessel Was lost,
T
E MARKT
Ts
Prices of Grain, Cattle etc,
in Trade Centres.
Toronto, Feb, 24,---Wheat--Tho
market is quiet and featureless, . No.
2 white and red quoted at 71c mid-
dle freights. No, 2 spring nominal
at 71e an Midland, and No. 2
goose at 6E10 on Midland. ]Mani-
toba wheat steady; No, 1 hard, 8Hc
c11 rail, grinding in transit; No, 1
Northern, 86ac all rail, grinding in
transit, No. 1 hard, 8710 North
Bay; No, 1 Northern, 800 North
lla.y.
Oats-Trado quiet, with prices un-
changed. No, 3 white quoted at 31
to 813e middle freights and No. 1 at
320 to 33c east.
Barley -Trade is ciuiet,. with No. 3
extra quoted at 460e middle freight,
and No, 3 at 43c middle freight,
Itye-The market is steady at 50
to 51e outside for No, 2.
Buckwheat -The market is dull,
with No, 2 nominal at 47c outside.
Peas -Market dull at 71 to 72c
high freights.
Flour -Ninety per cent. patents
unchanged at $2.67 middle freights,
in buyers' sacks for export. Straight
rollers of special brands for domestic
trade quoted at $3.25 to 53.40 bale.
Manitoba- flour steady; No. 1 pat -
cram, $4,85 to $4.40, and seconds,
54,10. Strong bakers', $8.00 to $4,
bags included, Toronto,
Miilfeed•=Bran, $16 here, and
shorts, $18. At outside points bran
is quoted at $16, and sborts at
517.50• Manitoba bran, in sacks,
$19, and shorts $21 utero.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Beans -Trade is inactive! Medium
51.65 to $1.75 per bush, and hand-
picked, $1.00 to $3,
Urlecl apples -Market quiet, with
prices unchanged at .4 to 44e per lb,
and evaporated at 6 to 64c.
Honey -Tho market is quiet, with
prices unchanged. Strained soils at
830 per ib, and comb, $1.25 to
$1.50.
Hay, baled -The market is quiet,
with prices unchanged. Choice
timothy, $10 to $10.25 on track,
and mixed at $8 to $8.50.
Straw -Tho market is quiet, with
car lots on track quoted at $5.50
to $6 a ton.
Maple syrup -Five -gallon cans, 51
per gallon; one -gallon cans, $1.10
and half -gallon, 60c.
Onions -Tho market is dull at 40c
per bush for Canadian.
Poultry -Tho market continues
Orin. We quote :-Fresh killed dry -
picked turkeys, 15 to 16e; geese, 9
to 11.c per 111; ducks, 85c to $1.25;
chickens (young), 85c to $1; old
hens, 50 to 60c per pair; frozen and
held stock, 2 to 8c per lb less than
the above quo tatiobs.
Potatoes -Market ib•rn, Cars on
track, $1 to $1.05, and small lots,
51.15 to $1.25 per bag.
110G PRODUCTS.
Dressed hogs are steady, with car
lots of Western selling at $7.40 to
$7,45, and Northern at $7.50 to
$7.65, Cured meats steady, with
demand fair. We quote bacon, clear,
101 to 105e, in ton and case lots.
Pork, mess, 520.50 to $22; do,
short cut, $22.50 to $23.
Smoked hams, 13 to 130c; rolls,
114 to 12c; shoulders, 110; backs, 14
to 141c; breakfast bacon, 14 to
14ge.
Larcl-Marlcet steady. We quote :-
Tierces, 105c; tubs, 11c; pails, 114c.
BUSINESS AT MONTREAL,
Montreal, Erb. 24. -Grain --No. 1
Manitoba hard wheat, 7400; No. 1
Northern, 72 -le, in store, Fort Wil;
Liam; peas, 72o high freights; No. 2
oats, in stern here, 370 to 371c high
freights; rye, 49fo cast; buckwheat,
50e east, Flour -Manitoba . patents,
$4.40 to $4.50; seconds, $4.10 to
54.20; Ontario straight rollers, 53.50
to $8.65; in bags, $1.70 to $1.75 ;
patents, 53.70 to $4.10. Rolled
oats -Millers' prices, $2 bags, and
$4',1.5 per 11111. Fend -Manitoba bran
$18 to $20; shorts, $21 to 822,
bags included; Ontario bran, in bull:,
$18 to $18,50; shorts, in bulk, 520
to $21, Provisions -Heavy Cana-
dian short cut porlc, $24 to $95 •
short cut back, $28.50 to 524; light
short cut, $23 to $34; compound re-
fined lard, 85 to 9c; pure Canadian.
lard, ile; finest lard, 12 to 12lc ;•
hams, 124 to Halm bacon, 1.4 to
Inc; dressed hogs, $8.25; fresh killed
abattoir hogs, $8,50 to 59 por..100
Ms, ]Eggs -Now laid, 20 to 21c ;
selected, 16e, Honey -White clover,
in sections, 12 to 18c per Section;
in 10-1b tins, 8 to S•3c; in bulk, 74
to Sc; clack, 5e lower. Cheese -On-
tario, 13 to 18,c; Townships, 18e,
Butter -Townships creamery, 2140 ;
seconds, 183e; Western rolls, 170 to.
18o; rolls, 10O to 1.7'5c,
UNITED STATES MARIC`18TS.
MYlwlud.ee, Feb, 24, -Wheat -Easier
No, 1 Northern, 80c; No. 2 North -
ere, 783 to 79e; May, 775e, Rye -
Steady; No. 1, 51 to 52c. Barley -
Steady ; No. 2 6ae; sample, 46 to
58c, Corn --May, 454c,
Duluth Feb, 24 -Wheat-Cash; No.
1 hard, 77le; No, 1. Northern, 76lc;
No, 2 Northern, 744c; Macy, 784e;
July, 764e. Oats -May, 35e,
St, Louis, Feb, ^.I. -Closed -Wheat
-Cash, 710c; May 735c; July, 71. 40,
Buffalo, Feb, 24.-Flour-Steacly,
Wheat --Nothing clone. Corn -Firm ;
No, 2.ycllaW, 51.4c; No, 2 corn, 50:5
to 51c. Oats -Strong; N0, 2 white.,
42c; No, 9 mixed, o.04c. Barley -
Spot, 59 to (38c; to arrive, 54 to
68c. Rye -No, 1. in store, 50c nslted.
Minneapolis, Minn., Feb 24, -
Wheat -May, 7610 ; July, 76li to
7.640; on traetc, No. 1 hard, 775e ;
No, 1 Northern, 760 to 701e ; No.
2 Northern, 751; to 75110. i"loiir--
T+icor patents,- $11.8"u to 3a4 emendpatents, $8.115 to $8.95; first clears,
511.55; second clears, x(2,10 to 59,20.
Breei-111.bulk, $11,50 to $15,95,
71VI1 ST'OCIC MA1tKIYP,
Toronto, Feb. 24. -There was a
light run of litre stock today at the
Western Cattle Market, and nearly
everything offered was sold. Prices
for export ars' and butchers' cattle
were maintained at previous quota-
t!oes. The quality of the former
product brought forward was emin-
ently sal.isfitotory, and some buyers
were a little n10111 disposed to pay
better prices than before owing to
the receipt of a wire from Chicago
reporting a better market there for
exporters, with an actvence of 25e
per cwt; Theta wan, however, little
spaeo at present at the disposal of
shippers, some of whom were len t orr-
eequence not inclined 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 bo
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.
Tho following is the range of
quotations :-
Expor'ters' cattle- Por 100 lbs,
..,,54.40 $4,75
4.00 4,35
4.00 0.00
8.75 3,85
Medium...
Light
13u11s
Butchers' -
Choice .„ 4.00
bed i um... 3.40
IIeifer•s,,. ... .- 3.90
Dulls .,. .. 3,00
Cows.,. 2.50
Feeders... .... .,.
3.75
8,50
Canners... ... 2:00
Sheep -
Lambs ... 4.50 5.50
Ewes ..,....
Bucks...
Calves, each
Calves, per 100 lbs
Hlogs-
Sows...... 4.50 0.00
Stags 2.00 0.00
Selects, 160 to 200
11>.s ...,,., 5.80 0.00
Thick fats . ... ... 5,60 0.00
Lights... ... 5.60 0.00
b
4.35
4.00
0.00
3,50
3.40
4.00
8,90
2,50
2.50 3.25
2.00 10.00-
4.50 6.00
NEW BUILDINGS AT OTTAWA
Will Be Erected at a Cost of
$2,000,000.
An Ottawa despatch says :-Tho
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 presentLangevin block
on Wellington street, and extend to
O'Connor street, It will be one
building throughout, taking the sane
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 Parliament 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 inm'heeiiately over the arch a
figure represents confederation. The
groups to tbo right and loft 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 bo about two millions.
This does not include the price of
property from Metcalfe to O'Connor
street,
COLONY OF SETTLERS.
Will Set Sail' for New Home at
End of March.
A London despatch says :-Already
1,850 of Rev. Mr. Barr's colony of
setters 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 Mauch 21. There aro four hun-
dred young woolen and chiklren in
the party, Ono wealthy lady takes
with her fifteen young men, for
whom she has set £1,500 to start
them in farming.
MURDER TO GET BODIES.
Startling Revelations Expected octad in
Insurance Frauds
A New York tlespatcit says :-As-
sistant District Attorney I(rotal
said on 1Vedues(lay that the insur-
ance fraud case now under investiga-
tion i'n this city promises to develop
into one of the most startling in
the criminal history of the city. "I
should not be surprised," he said,
"if it were proved that the con-
spirators even went so far as to
murder in colcl blood to get bodies
for the purpose of collecting on the
policies," -
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JAMAICA HAS MONEY—
For
For Fast Steamship Service to
Canada.
A ICiegeton Ja, despatch says; Tho
Legislature lute authorized the Cov-
oftirnent to pay $125,000 annually
towards a subsidy for establishing a
new fast, direct steamship service
between Canada and .Jamaica, It
is expected that the Colonial Secre-
tary, Sidney Oliver, will go to Ot-
tawa shortly for the purpose of mak-
ing definite arrangements.
TO CARRY LIVE STOCK.
Liverpool Itteri to Establish Direct
Lino.
A London despatch says ;--Tt is
rumored that Menses, Lampert and
Halt, of Liverpool, are about to ha
auguroto n lirect lino of sicors
for the conveyance of live stock. be -
1w0011 Cutrodiae parts- and . klanelios-
ter.
SINGULAR CONTRASTS.
Not So Pond. of City Life he Can-
ada as Australia,
A London despatch says :-Before
the ]loyal Statistical Society Mr:
J. A, Balms read a paper dealing
with the census of the empire. Ile
pointed out the singular contrasts
between Canada and Australia in
respect to the distribution of the
people, 1n Ontario and Quebec sev-
enty-one per cent. of the population
Were classed 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
South Wales, and Adelaide 45 per
cent. of Souter 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
Many Weeks.
An Ottawa despatch says :-Ves-
sels of the direct lino from Canada
have been detained for weeks at
South African ports before getting a
chance to discharge their 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 such detentions, and
asked that as they carry the mails
to and from Canada, wharf accom-
modation be given them as soon as
possible. If this request is not
complied with the service may have
to be abandoned.
tionary force after a sharp fight.
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 lose
will be between ten and twenty per
cent. of the entire crop.
THE GRIP TN 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 clangorous condition. So - far
the disease has not shown itself fn
the virulent typo 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 tho number dying
during the week ending Feb. 14 than
for two weeks previous. Pneumo-
nia, broncho-pnetuuonia 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
-and they are unmistakable -should
consult a physician," said Dr. Guil-
foyle.
CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Coal Carter Pinned Against a
Stone Wall.
A despatch from Toronto says;
Joseph O'Neil, a carter employed by
the Elias Rogers Company, was
crushed to death between a loaded
cool wagon and a stone wall at To-
roltto University on Wednesday af-
ternoon. O'Neil, who had been sent
op to help James Golden unload the
coal, went down into tbo bin
through the window and came out
again without Golden's knowledge.
Golden suddenly backed up tine hor-
ses, and O'Neil had not time to got
out of the way. no wagon struck
him on the chest and crushed him
so severely that ho died within half
an hour. ile Was able to crawl
from beneath the wagon and upon
doing so, exclaimed, "Jim, I'm done
for," With Golden's assistance he
managed to walk inside the build-
ing, where medical aid was summon-
ed, but it was at once aeon that the
man was injured beyond recovery,
O'Neil was about 30 years of age.
Ito boarded at 220 Ontario street,
nand had been in the employ of the
Rogers Compn.ny for about 14 years,
HOT WAVE 1N AUSTRALIA,
Undone 'All Good Accomplished by
Recent Rains.
A despatch from Ottawa says ae
Mt', J. S. Larke, Trade Commission -
or to Australia, reporting to the
Department of Trade and Commerce
on January 16th, says that n. hot
wave lea's passed over the contdnelt
and 'undone the good which Thad been
accomplished by recent rains, been
ing up vegetation in the pastoral
districts.
SIIALLPOE IN NOVA SCOTIA.
Provisions. Sent on a Special
Traizi,
A despatch from Halifax, N. S.,
says:- Smallpox is so prevalent in
the town of Thornl.mlu'n, Pictou, titan
it has been quarantined, and no
communication is allowed between it
And New Glasgow Provisions are
sent in' by a, spatial supply train,
NEWS TEMS.
Telegraphic Briefs From All
Over the Globe.
CANADA,
Princeton thinks it ought to have
a ban!<,
llanawod activity is reported from
the";deo."
New Hamburg wants an armory
for her militia,
Last year 8,738 pupils attended
Hamilton public schools.
The estimates for tho Ilamilton
Public. Schools have been struck at
$1154,000.
The Farmers' Co-operative Har-
vesting Machine Company has been
incorporated.
Montreal labor unions are active
and general demInulds 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
Pacific scheme is ridiculous.
The Maritima Foundry Association
decided to raise the price of stoves,.
ranges and furnaces 5 per cent.
British Columbia Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
dealt with 497 cases last year.
A saving of $1,440 in the salaries
of the civie officials at Roseland,
B. C., has been effectedby 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 cases dealt with.
by Victoria, B. C., police last year
was 1,180, a decrease of 84 below
the former yea]•.
Excellent peaches have been rais-
ed in the Kootenay, B. C., district,
according to .her. Thomas Cunning-
ham, inspector of fruit pests.
Hamilton Board of Education will
ask the Hon. Richard Harcourt for
a grant to enable manual training
being taught in the Collegiate Insti-
tute.
A bill for increasing the pay of
soldiers in the permanent force, as
well as militiamen, is likely to be
introduced at Ottawa during the
coming session.
Chatham bas decided to establish
art school classes in the new library
and will also accept an additional
$3,000 from Carnegie for the build -
Thethe sante.
The building trades in London may
demand increased wages on May 1.
Painters want 25 cents an hour and
an eight -hoar day; ,and bricklayers
desire an advance of 75 cents, mak-
ing 45 cents an hour.
GREAT BRITAIN.
The Imperial Tobacco Company's
first annual report shows a profit
of 4:1,000,000.
Tho National Council of the Y. M.
C. A. in England is planning to
bring the young Wren 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 of
Magorsfont.oin 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 Grace Episco-
pal Church at Newark, N. J., secur-
ing jewelled vestments values] at
810,000,
The foot and mouth disease hus
reappeared 1000118 the herds of cattle
in Vermont and Massachusetts
Staten.
In convention 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
11. Wattle of Springfield, plass., tele-
graphed his Sister in his wife's mule
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-
uraliu, the recently discovered rem-
edy for the disease,
A num at Brooklyn, N, Y„ has in-
vented a motor vehicle, a "pnru-
moslito," designed especially for
traveling over ice and snow, and its
inventor thinks it is the machine
that Will be first to carry n110n to
tiee North Pole,
'rho Pittsburg Railways Company,
operating the traction lines in Pitts-
burg, Pa., has voluntarily advanced
the wages of 3,000 motormen and
conductors one coot an hour. Some
of the Wren get 24 cents an hour.
The 29th annual report of the New
York Board of City Magistrates of
the boroughs of Manhattan and the
Bronx dhows that the volume of are
caste last year exceeded that Of
1901. by 9,871, making. the total
number of prisoners 105,431 84,-
177 males and 21,2114 fannies,
GENERAL.
The Maeodoninn situation is caus-
ing anxiety in Great Britain,
An Australian syndicate has offered
General Iso Wet $1,2110 weals" for a
leelttr'ing tens' in Australia. •
The town of Kano, In the district
of that pante, in northern Nigeria,
Was occupied by the British 'expodi-
SHcr4INDOW WEDDED
BRIDES AND GROOMS A5};
TRADE ATTRACTIONS,
Novel Advertising Schemes Ado,1te
ed by Merchants to Get
Business,
It is scarcely surprising that the
fascination a wedding exercises . fon
members of both sexes should bo
setxedupon by enterprising trades•'
men on the look -out for advertising
novelties, and comet -Mealy quite a
number of marriages have been celee
brated in shop windows.
A few years ago a Birrninghatn
draper announced that on a certain
day his daughter would espouse the
man of her choice in his shop win-
dow, this being the ono stipulation
lee made to the union. Tho girl's
lover was the proprietor of a rival
business on a smaller scale in the
same city, so the conditions were
rather galling, but, the reluctance of
the clergyman baying been over-
Como when the legality of the pro-
ceeding was pointed out to him, the
ceremony was duly performed in the
presence of two hundred spectators.
Needless to add, it proved a good
advertisement, and the amalgama-
tion of the rival businesses shortly,
afterwards clearly demonstrated that
the wedding was a trade union in
more senses than one.
A very novel advertising scheme
was that perpetrated by a Parisian
grocer named Bergaurd in March,
1901. Ile offered to defray all the
wedding expenses, in addition to
giving the bride a
COMPLETE MARRIAGE OUTFIT
and 1,000 francs to begin housekeep-
ing upon, if any loving couple would
consent to be made one in his shop
window, the only condition being
that the bride's dress should hoar
upon it a prominent advertisezneat
of his wares,
Despite the generosity- of the offer,
it was not until he rernoved the re-
striction as to the advertisement on
the bride's dress that It was accept-
ed, and then a young miner named
Perring and his fiancee shyly came
forward to fulfil the proposal. The
largest window in the shop was
cleared and appropriately decorated
and the marriage performed, the or-
iginator of the function acting as ..
best man.
The most elaborate shop -window
wedding was that celebrated in
Nashville, Tenn., even more recently.
Tho bride was a girl of twenty-
three, named Summers, who had in-
herited a none too profitable m1111n-
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 transformed 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 celebrated
on this impromptu chancel, the
guests were invited to sit down to
the repast, after which 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 date a well-known local
journalist wol>ld be married in the
window of a furnishing house, in re-
turn for which the proprietor had
agreed to furnish tho 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 tho function led to
the interference of the pollee, 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.
Tho 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 and
bottle.
To prevent pitting from smallpox
it is only necessary to protect the
patient from - the blue acid violet
rays of light, which cA.n be done by
allowing no light to enter the morn
save through rod glass. In the ab-
sence of these imitating rays of
light - to which sunburn is due --
the deep distigu.ring pustules do not
form.
Reel 11050, as it often occurs as a
local condition in wouhon, can be re-
moved, says a French physician, by
a bandage of gauze soaked in ben-
zine and !aid upon the nose without
rubbing it. If the cloth be' allowed
to remain on rho Redd for a few
minutes the redness will disappear,
and after that the suspicious shine
that: succeeds the color will also dis-
appear.
-.
THE MATTER COULD WAIT.
"You are just going Mit I see."
"Yes; an important engagement.
What Was it you wanted?"
"lit was about that little debt I
owe you,"
"Ah, yes! Take a seat."
"I was going to asst you for a lit
tlo delay—"
"Oh, excuse Ire, but Ian already
Intel"
"I say, I Was going to ask von
for a little delay, when 1 met •a fel-
low who pall up What he awed 111e,
and--"
'Why on earth don't you sat
dawnl Will you take a glass of.
wino?"
STNGTILAI:'1, STATUE,
There is or11y ono statue 111 Great
Britain with an -tunbt'olla, 'Picts is
to be seen at Reading,' and rep00*
setts Mr. G. Palmer, of biscuit fame
standing barn headed, With n - 8111(
hat and umbrella in haad