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awn
ifs
gain, Cattle and Cliecse
Prices of These Products in the Leading
Markets are Here Recorded
Br0adstutfs. rejected. 421.20; feed, 420'. Flax --N0. 1.
W.0 , $1.36; iso. 2 4).W.,.W., $1.33; No. 3, t
oe
Toronto, Yana 17.-Faoureeentarlo wheat ere ,
-Ileum, 90 per pent., are quotui at $3.85,
' wee -board • and at '$3.85 to $3;90,,.Tcn^onto.
'
ltaaiitobti -First patents, in' jute bags,
56.50; do., seconds, $5.20; strong bakers',
in jute bags, $5.
Manitoba wheat --Bay ports -No. 1 Nor -
thorn. 99 1-ee:and No. 2, 98o; Godertoh, 1.4o,
MOre. No.1 Northern, North Bay, $1.041-2,
and. No. 2, $1.03.
Outerio wheat -Market Is firm. No. 2
etuoted at 96 to 980, outside, according to
freight, and 99o, on track, Toronto.
Oa.tw;--No. 2 Ontario oats quoted at, 371-2
t.•iack' Toronto. Western Can,ad' to 40.1-2c,
oats
a, noted at 41 126 for.• No. 2, and at 40c for
No. .3, Bay pores. •
Peas--None•offering. with prices nom-
inal et 98e to $1, outside.
Barley -Good malting barley quoted at
57 to 59c, outside, according to quality.
Porn Tho market is &toad'y. New No.
3 American ie quoted at 69o, all rail, To•
y'ou•to Canadian quoted at 66c.
;stye No. 2 is quoted at 62 to 63c, outside.
Buckwheat -Prides purely nominal, in
absence Of offerings.
Bran -Manitoba bean . is firm -at $23 to
eeA a te,,,• iu bags, Toroubo freight. Shorts,
$25 to $26.
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Country Produce.
Butter --The market is pretty well sup-
plied, with demand good for 4,lioice quell-
-ties. Ghetto- dairy: 22 to 230; inferior, 18
to 19e; farmers' separator prents, 22 to
25e; creamery prints, 30 to 31a; solids, 27
to_ 290 storage prints, 27 to 280; solids,
25 1-2 to 26:.
Fgge--Receipts are liberal. with prices
casy. Casa lots of new -laid, 33 to 34o per
dozen; storage, selects, 320. and storage,
30 to 31e per dozen.
Cheese- New cheese quoted at 15 to 15 1-4o
for large, and 15 1-20 for twins.
lieane--]land•ppioked • quoted at $2.15 to
$2.20 per bushel; primes, $2.10 -to $2.15.
Honey --Extracted. in tins, quoted at 11
to 12e per lb. for No. 1; combs, $3 •to $3.25
ver dozen for No. 1, .and $2.40 to $2.50 for
Ne. 2.
Poultry- -Fowl. 13 to 15.e per •lb.; chick-
ens, 17 to 19c; ducks. 15 to 17c; geese, 15 to
15e; turkey,', 20 to '23e. -
Potatoes--The'market, is firm, with offer-
ings limited. Ontarios are quoted at 900
per bag,
adg3t.on.
. tra k: and Delawares at 950,
e
Montreal market
Montreal, March 17.--Corn—American No,
2 Western, N7o. 12 4 c; 73c. .,ONo 3, 43dien
to
43 1 -?e. Barley --e a'nitoba feed, 49 to 500;
melting, 66.. to 66c. Flour — Manitoba
Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.60; do.,
seconds, $610; • strong bakers', $4.90: Win-
rollers,patents, to $4.9 5 do in•5 ba, 'straight 20
to $2.30. polled oats -Barrels. $4.36 to
$4.45; bag of '90 lbs., $2.05 to $2.10. Mill
feed -Breit, $23; shorts, -$25; ,middlinge'
$28; mottilile, $28 'to $32. Hay -No. 2, pts
ton, car lots, $13 50 to $15. Cheese --Finest
westerns, 14 1.4' to 14 1-20;elo., easterns,
13 3.4 to 14c. Butter—Choicest cream.e'ry,
29 1.2 to 30o; seconds, 27 1-2 to 28 1:20. Eggs
--Fresh, 35 to 37e. Potatoce—Per bag,
ear
lots, 85 to 90e. Dressed hogs -Abattoir -
killed, $13.75 to $14. Pork—SCeavy Canada
short mese, barrels, 36 to 45 pieces, $29;
Canada short cut back, barrels, 46 -to 55
375 lbs., 1001-4e; dLo., wood
dpailss, 20 lbs. rnet,
10 3.4o; pure, tierces, 375 lbs., 14 1-4a; do..
wood pails, 20 lbe. net, 141-20.
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r: 'RoeertBridges,
English Poet Laureate,
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BATTLE WI'rhI TRAIN ROBBERS
United States Markets,
Minneapolis, March 17.-Olose: Wheat
.May, 910; July, 92 5.6o; No. 1 hard, 94 1-4c;
No. 1 Northern, 911-2 to 93 1-4c; No. 2
Northern. 89 1-2 to 91 1.40; No. 3 wheat, 87
to 89c.. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 57 to 57 1.2c.
fancy patents, $4.56 in wood: first clears,
Oats -10. 3 white, 36 1.2 to 36 3-4o. Flour,
$3.45 in- jute; second clears, $2.65 in jute.
'Duluth, March 17. -Close: No. 1 hard
Northern, 98c RMontana, hNo.' 2 hard, 9102
May, 924:: July, 93c.. Close --Lined.
91.58 1-2,e; May. $1.591.2; 7uly, $1.61.1-4.
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, March 17.—Cattle, choice butch -
ere', $7•,75 to $8,25; good, $7 to 8720; med4-
pin, $6.60 'to $7.60; common, .$6,45 to $5.75;
choice oow5, $6.50 to $7; good, $5 75 . to
oaten- and.
canners,m$3.15't +5'$3. 0; $choice bulls, $6.75
to $7.25; good, $5;70 to $6.50; common, $4.16
to $5.40.
to $8.10; geed t
$S 45 to $6.35, lifh . $
Provisions.
Cured meatii are quoted as follows: -
Beton. lot,g clear, 15 'to 16o per lb., in
ewe lots, Pork -Short cut, $20.50; do.,
mese $24.50, ]roofs --Medium, 18 to 18 1-20;
do., heavy, 17 to 180; rolls, 15 to 15 1-2c;
breakfast bacon, 18 to 19c; backs, 22 to 24e.
Lard -Tierce's, 14 1.4o; tubs, 14 1.2a; pails,
14' 3.4c
Baled Hay and Straw.
haler hay --The offerings are fair, 'with.
prices 'steady. No, 1 is quoted at $1.4 to
'$14.50 a. ton, on track, here; No. 2 quoted
et$1.3
t traw-Cas mixed $8 50 $12 48.to 75, ogn
track,''rorento. . •
Winnipeg Grain.
Winnipeg.' Marsh 17.--Cash.:-No. 1
Northern, 90 t -2e ; No, 2, do., 88 7-8e; No. 3,
dio. 871.8e: No. 4, 831-40; 140. 5,.80c; No. 6,
76c; feel, 700; No. 1 rejected seeds, 86 i -4c:
No. 2, do., 85e; No. I. do,. 83 1-4o; No. 1
;tough, 861.44e; No. 2 do., 85o; No. 3. do„
83 1.4e+; No. Q:re � wd'Qn 146o
do.,
No. 2
'do, 88 7-8e,
2 CLQ. 35e: No. 3, do., 34 1-4o; extra No. 1
feed,
1?e, ]3anIey-No i'3 f 46 1-4o No. 4, 0, •2u;
3
:•S•t elsee a•nd-feeders—Steers, choice.
$7
to $5; springers, -to $82.00;- an' kers, to
$95:00. •
Calves --Good veal, $8.65 to $11.60; medi-
um. $7 to $9. •
Sheep and lambs --Light ewes, $5.50 to
$7; heavy, $3 to $3.50; Spring lambs;, $9 to
$9.60.
Hogs --$8.90, f.o.b.; $9.25, fed and water-
ed; oft oars. $9.65.
Dunn and Levack Bold 4 steers, 1,050
850
pounds, $7.60: 1 milker, $67: 3 cows,
pounds, $4.25; 2 bull). 1,430 $pounds, $7;
1,020 pods steers, $740 870
01 bull, 1,3505 pounbds,
$6.75; 2 flows, 1,190 pounds, $6.76; 1 butcher
steer, 790 pounds, $7.35. .
• Montreal, March 17. - Sales of choice
stems were made at $7.75 to $8 25; good
stock at'$6,50 to $7.50, and common at from
$4•:60 to $5.50- per cwt. Tho market', • for
milah cows was weaker on account 'of the
increased offerings and perces have_ de-
tained $10 per head with sales of choice.
milkers 'at $90 ti $100, good at $70 to $80.
and springers at $50 to $60 each.
Sheep and lambs -$8,50 to $9 for lambs,
and at $6 to $6.50 for sheep per cwt.. The
demand for ,•calves was good -and .-a,s the
offerings were larger than they have been
lately. 1- a7 1-2e, per re etive pou d. Thade ere was nto
change in -the condition .of the market for
hogs, for which -there was a good demand
from packers, and,soles of selected lots of
Ontarios were made at $10 .and Manitoba's
at $9.75 to $9.85 per cwt., weighed off care.
Two Men Were Killed and 'three
Persons Were Wounded.
I to rs of News
�y Wire
Notes of Interest as to What Is Going
on MI Over the World
' Canada., 1 A plan by which the teachers of
The H nci•ro s stem niadae a roftt Great Britain and ilei' overse$.s
o. :e 1 y y a p `Dominions a_r- to changse places for
i nearly.. ly $30,000 last Year. a; ;short time. was explained in To-
ronto,
Four hundred Spaniards an the
way to work on the Welland Canal
were held up in New York by order
year, of the Dominion Government on re -
Thomas Patcook, who fell down an quest of labor men,
elevator shaft loot month, died in Mrs. Augustus Northcutt of Lon -
the hospital. . don, returning with her daughter in
Rev. John L, Scully, formerly of
Toronto, died in New York.
Mayor Hoeken proinised a tax
rate of 1934 mills, the same as last
A 'memorial service for the late
Sir George Ross was held in, Old St.
'Andrew's Church.
Neu Atkinson, a farmer, near
Tilsonhurg, was found hanging by
his wife.
Guelp'li needs a larger collegiate
institute.
Seven armed men from Washing-
ton territory robbed the Royal
Bank at Abbottsford, B.C.
F. T. Cromwell, a mining man
from Vancouver, B.C., disappeared
in Sonora, Mex,, last December,
according to his wife.
Bayard Baker, aged 64, of Gil-
mour, cut his throat while visiting
relatives at Belleville. '
The Ontario . Government offers
$25,000 reward for 'the discovery of
radium in commercial quantity.
James Moore, a Fenian raid vet-
eran and •superintendent of a To-
ronto concern for twenty -.six years,
died at the dinner table.
The High Cost of Living Commis-
sion, at the present rate of investi-
gation, will take many months to
finish its work and present its re-
port to the Government.
Farmers are already out on the
land in Alberta. Many have been
seen along the MacLeod -Calgary
line of the C.P.R. working with
their harrows.
The combined ports of Port Ar-
thur and Fort William, with ship-
ments of 203,328,129 bushels of
grain in the navigation year of 1913,
lead :sill ports on the, continent of
America in grain shipments.
A despatch from Peroria•, Ilk'.;
says: Two- men were killed and two
deputy sheriffs and a woman,
wounded as the result of an at-
tempted hold=up of a' Chicago• and
North-western. freight train at
Manlius, Illinois, 45 milesnorth
of here. Arthur Fisher, of Pekin.,`
Illinois, engineer of the freight
train, was shot dead by one of the
bandits and an unidentified robber
was slain in a battle with the
sheriff's posse. Mrs. Wright, wife
of .the station agent at Langley;
was struck by -a stray bullet, but•is
not believed to be seriously wound=
ed.
The trainmen declare they found
four men unloading merchandise
front one of the cars. One of the
men opened fire on the conductor,
while the others ran to the engine
and, ordered Engineer. Fisher to
proceed with the train. He tried
to eplain that there would be dan-
ger of a,.collision and one of the
bandits shot him dead.
ROBBERS AND POLICE BA'r.rL:I.
-One Officer Killed and -Another Fa.
tally Wounded in Fight.
• A despatch from Montreal says:
*An elaborate raid carried out for a
- few pound of ieat•and-a few cents
in cash, upon ;a,.butclier store in St.
Laureal•te an isolated suburb of the
city, during the early hours of
Thursda;, morning, developed into a
revolver battle between the four
robbers, who were being driven in
a sleigh and three constables, who
on out. had attempted their cap -
tore, As aresult, Constable Hon -
oro Bon rdun, 36, married, is dead,
and c"a,nstahie August ''Cuyou, 22,
single, is dying.' The third officer,
•Biizard, was lucky to dodge the
'foailade. The robbers, although
they were sighted by a turnpike
• man and others, -and 'although :they
abandoned. 'their blood -bespattered
• sleigh on one of the main streets of
the city, gilt clear away.
The. robbers were surprised in the
eior'e by :a. St. Laurent policeman.
and as they drove rapidly away in
their rod sleigh along the coon -try
road t o%aids Cote des NYeiges the
station at the latter place was noti-
fied by telephone. The three men ,at
the Cote des Neigcs station hid in
ambush at . the side of the main
road. A s t he sleigh -came dashing
up Brizaird. hailed the driver and
grabbed tie?. horse's rein, while
Bourdon a, id Guyon, - his compan-
ions, apnea red on either side of -the
sleigh. The Occupants, hidden un-
der rags, commence -d firing rapidly
at the constables who, hardly anti-
cipating the onslaught, were hang;
• -ing call t'o the -sleigh. Bourdon Was
armed, but he had—obi; time to pull
his rcvi,lver before he- fell, with
thre-e•shuts through his body.
Seeing this, . Guyon madly .ltrled
himself into the sleigh and •seized
one of the . murderers .byT -the, neck;
only to be shot himself at paint-
blank range. Ti-ia robbers hurled'
]tine out, of the sleigh and drove On,
whilst the third constable, who had
' been clinging- to the maddened•
after the party, one of whom, it is
believed, was hit. Guyon was. shot
through the left lung, close -to the
heart.
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BRIGANDS SACK AND BURN.
Norwegian Missionary Killed and
Several Others Injured.
A despatch from Pekin says :
Brigands sacked and burned the
City of Lao Ho-Kow, killed Dr. T.
Froyland, a Norwegian missionary,
end wounded several others includ-
ing Rev, U. M. Sarna, another Nor-
wegian.
A force of front 400. tia •500 of -the
brigands obtained -entrance to the
city by means of treachery from
within,
The brigands then_plied torch a,nrl
sword all round. They burned
down the Astatic Petroleum and the
Singer -buildings and looted the
British and American Tobacco Coni-
pony's premises. Afterward they
proceeded to the ' arsenal, ' where
they secured 700 rifles, several field
guns and much ammunition.' Two
thousand coolies were forced by the
brigands to carry off their loot,
Lao Ho-Kow, • which is a river
port on the Han -Kiang, is an im-.
portant mission station in the Pro-
vince of Hu-P�eh.
Three mieeienary societies have.
representatives there. One of them
is the Norwegian Lutheran -China
Mission Association, with head-
quartees in Norway, which had -a
staff of three mon, -two of them with
their wives, and three other women,
Dr. T. h"royland, who wa•s killed by
the brigands and Rev. 0. M. Same,
who vvas wounded; •were missionar-
GOLD IN CREEK BED.
Prospector Offered Financial Aid to
Develop His Find. ,
Denver, Cola.,, March G•- ,¢ :j` , ,.
prospecting since last fa1I,rVsni. H.
Pinchbeck, jr., hag di,seovere"'d gold:
and quicksilver in a dry creek -bed
on the V:alvei�cle farm, located with
in Denver city limits, between Mis-
sissippi and Alameda Avenues. Be
holds a mining lease from the State
Land Board covering a tract of 360
acres of school land, and has been
offered financial backing to develop
his find.
NOT A. MIRACLE
Just Plain Cause and Effect.
There are some quite remarkable
things happening every day, which.;
seem almost, miraculous..
Some persons 'would not believe'
that a man could suffer from coffee
drinking so severely as to cause
spells of unconsciousness. And to
find relief in changing from coffee
tri Postum is well worth recording.
Tea also contains caffeine, the same
injurious drug found in coffee.
"I used to be a greitt coffee
drinker, so much so that it, was
killing. me by inches. My heart be -
carne so • weak I would fall and `fie
unconscious, for an hour at a time.
"My friends, and even the doctor,
told"me it week -drinking coffee. that
:caused the trouble. I would . net
believe it, and still drank coffee tin -
til I would not leave my room.
"Then my doctor, who drinks
P.oetur himself, persuaded me, ,to
stop coffee and try Postum,; After
much hesitation I concluded to txy
it. That was eight months ago.
Sipco then I have had but few ;of
those spells, none for more than
four months.
"'I feel better, sleep better, and
am better every way. I now drink
nothing, but Postum: and touch no
coffee, and as I am 'seventy years: of
age all my friends' think the irn
provernent-quite remarkable."
-Name given by Canadian Postrrm
Co., ,Windsor, Ont. Write for a
copy of the famous little book,
"The Road to Wellvil.le."
Post= navy comes in two Meals.:
Regular Poston]• must be well
ies of this society• boiled. -.1,5c -and 25c •packages.
,Another isthe China In- Instant'Postuhn—is a soluble powe
society
Mission, -whose headquarters der, A teaspoonful dissolves quick -
ereMah has l in a cup of 'hot water and, with'
are in Iao�ndon, Tug., and which -has y
o-Ho-ICow of otic' tris', cream and 'sugar, makes
a tltslic vi>i r
a staff iai La
sianany and his -wife,. with three beverage instantly. 30c and 50c
titer women.
tins,,.
0
third soci:et -. is also British— The cost• per cup of both kinds, is
This 1y ends about the •same.
Christian mi;ssi�ans in many l „
staff in Lao Ho-Kow of "There's 'a. Reason for Peisteui.
•VVh]Clr 11k15 a
horse's head, emptied his revolver two mis$ianari:es with their w1ves.
a cab from a visit, suddenly col-
lapsed and died.
The Department of Marine and
Fisheries has decided on a liberal
appropriation to remove obstruc-
tions to -salmon in the Fraser River,
B.C.
The two fine black bears present-
ed to Berlin, by Chief of -Police Wal-
lace of Sudbury were found dead,
Poisoned by some unknown person.
Great Britain.
Lard Emmett at a meeting in Lon-
don said there was no -general desire
in the dominions for closer organic
union.
King George presented silver me-
dals to 232 officers and men of the
fleet of steamers that assisted in
the work of rescue when the Vol-
turno was burned at sea. The Board
of Trade presented the sailors with
$3,000 in cash and gave a set of
plate to each captain.
Militant suffragettes continued
their campaign of violence.
The Bisley ranges were open on
Sunday for the first time.
United States.
The proposed amendment 'to the
constitution, which would give wo-
men the right -to vote, passed the
Massachusetts State Senate by a
vote of 32 to 2.
The New York Appeal Court has
upheld the claim of the late Rev. H.
B. Goodwin for royalties from the
Eastman Kodak Co., as being the
inventor of photographic films.
Sewage and Vessel :Refuse the
Valises of lnipurc Coliflitiot ;,.,
A despatch from Detroit t,`�y ;•.. 'ace
International Joint Oornlmesion in
session here othcially received and
signed the report of sanitary ex-
perts who made 'bacteriological ex
alniai.atiuns of -30,000 sali'iples +af. eve-
ter, taken from as many :places .alon ..`
the 2,000 miles of waterways corn -
prising the Great Lakes and con-
necting 'rivers. The report .shovits
the Detroit River is the most 'pol-
luted stream in the entire chain„
"Accdidin g to the report Signed',
by the commission 'to -day, we fovind
the pollution `'starts as far back as.
Rainy foyer," said Chairman Taw
tiny to -night.. "The waters of Fat..
Mary's River, St. Clair River, Lake
St. Clair, Detroit River, Niagara.:
River, bath ends of Lake, O1a.traio
and the St. Lawrence River are
badly polluted, While the pollution'
extends as far as ten .and fifteen
miles out is the lakes,.
"This report," he continued, '.`is
but the first half of the work of,the
commission in regard to the pelen!'
tion of waters of the Great Lakes.
The second half will be to find ;ei
remedy for it and the meeting of
the commission to be held in Wash
ington April 7, will be for the.:piir-
pose of formulating a plan of. ac:
tion."
Sewage and steamboat refuse'are'
given as the principal causes of pot.
Nitron•
"'"if1<D3tOCc O SWEPT BY GALE.• ..
Steamers Torn From Moorings and
- Wrecked.
A despatch from Melilla, Moroc-
co,' says: A hurricane of unparal-
leled violence did enormous damage
to the Port of Melilla and shipping.
The Italian steamer Leonardo was
torn away from her moorings and
dashed against the Mole, and now
lies in such a critical position that
it -is feared she' will b -e a total loss:
A tug caught by a terrific wave was
also hurled against this Mole anii'
1'1 7fih'
ENGLAND FLOODED i 'Itx'iN:
Several Rivers in Country Diatriet�a
Overflow.
London, March ]5,—Severe r tri-
storms prevail throughout England,
and the country is flooded at marry
places. Several rivers have over-
flowed their banks. At Queenstown
several houses were unroofed, and
the sea was so high yesterday that
the Cunard lister Andania, iron).
Boston for Liverpool, was unable to
land her passengers and had tis pro-
ceed to Liverpool. with her Queen
town pilot, The American liner
Haverford was five hours late in
starting front Liverpool, and did not
call at Queenstown, but proceeded
to Philadelphia, carrying her Livor-
pool pilot. with her. The, cab]
steamer Telcunia has fur five day
tried in vain t-' .repair. a l,r,,ken
cable, and returned to Que,enstuwi
yesterday. • -
against Siegel anal •'erogel jointly.
Warrants were issued immediately
for their' arrest. One indictment
charges that they committed grand
larceny: in borrowing $25,000 from
the National Bank of Commerce by
snaking, false representations ss to says: Two more officers of the .Bre
the financial standing of the Siegel
enterprises. The other two indict- sash as -my flying corps were kikles
ments allege that the Siegel bank here .when their aeroplane .col
accepted deposits when those in lapsed. Capt, C. R. W. Allen, o
the. Welsh Regiment and Lieut- J
E. G. 'Burroughs, of the Wilts'hir'
Regiment, while flying over 'the
military aero4lrasue on Saliebure
Plain. were burled to the groun<
f rem a hio'l, altitude tc,ving to tiro
BRITI:SII AVIATORS .KILLED.
Double Aerial Tragedy Over Sails
bury Plain.
A des1eMt' t from Salisbury, Eng,
charge knew that the bank was in-
solvent.
TRAINING SIII1' BURNED..
smashed to pieces, while e 1 fishing Only a Few of 800 Boys Sustained collapse vT their aeroplane.
boats, launches and other craft in riijtlir 1 '
the harbor were sunk. There was
ICs. The cause of the accident was tit'
ir(i loss of life. , A despatch from London says: breaking of the rudder bar of
The training ship Wellesley, one of Government -built biplane piloft
by Capt. Allen, who was earryina.
Lieut. Burroughs as a passenger.
The Spanish cruiser Infanta Isa-
bella, which was in port, escaped
probable serious damage by putting
hurriedly to sea.
60 INJURED IN TRAIN WRECK.
—sold by Groceries
Car Stood on End, Throwing Pas,
sengers in a heap.
•St.'%Paul, Minn., March 15.—One
woman, Miss Julia Highburg, 22, of
Minneapolis, wa.S' killed, and more
than sixty other passengers were
injured, -several fatally, when two
coaches of a 'nine -Car• passenger
train on the Chicago, St. Paul,
Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad
last night - left the rails and rolled
D
down an embankment at endota,
Minn. The first part of the train
remained en the, tracks and came to
St. Paul with the dead -and injured.
The train left Omaha for St. Paul
early' yesterday. After passing the
n
statioat Mendota, 'two coaches in
the middle i- f the train were derail-
ed and toppled over? • One --of them
'stood almost upright, throwing the
patse.n'gers to•the end: of, -the coo•^'r.
Hardly'.,a passenger in this ear es-
caped. injury.
TWO '$AYHER5 ARIi 5'Ii,I).
Prominent New York Men Indicted
For Grand • Larceny..
A' despatch from New York.' says :
Henry Siegel, head of department
'store enterprises in New York, Bos,;
to d Chicago and Frank. E Vv
the last of England's old-time wood-
en warships, was burned in Shields
harbor. Only a few of the three
hundred boys on board were in-
jured. One of the lads made a dash
through the smoke and rescued the
Captain's baby. Perfect discipline
alone prevented a terrible disaster.
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CHILD FATALLY BU-flNIm.
Clothes Caught Fire While flaying
With Matches.
A despatch from Quebec says:
The four-year-old son of Philias
14Lorisette, of St. Evariste, Beauc.e
County, met a horrible death at
Morisette Station, near St. George,
Bealtee, The •little'fellow found a
box of matches, and was amusing
himself with theni, when his clothes
caught fire. He Wass terribly burn•
ed and died twelve hours later.
MATCHES IN TILE MAiLS.
Government Will Proseeate Those
FIREIMPERILLED LIVES.
Five Persons Carried Dawn Lad
dt'rs From Building. ,
A despatch from Fort 'William
Ont., says t Fire ivhieli did darn
age 'estimated at between $25;00
and $30,000, imperilled the lives d
a,} 11,umbei- of persons resielilis in tb
l.)yke block end fora thine th eat•efi
gel to wipe out e cerci lernlrlP „�•'+
torn of the beisiness section vtt th
city shortly after 12 ,,'cluck Thursj
day morning. A confusion ie thi
name -c- led the brigade a e'oneide r
able distance out, of its 'say ani
some five or ten minutes was lest it
making the extra run. Five parson
were VPselted frim rias }ntrniu
building by ladders, but rin' ene ira
hurt.
The insurance on the latter luso i
$3,000.
'1'110L'G11'1' I.1' WAS SHAM FIGII'
Who Disregard Warnings.
A despatch from Ottawa says: A Police Watch Dtn'l With ;;words fol
p a Two flours.
bulletin issued 'by' the Post -office
I)•epertinent'states that: • A eleepatea .h'oiai Rome -e. a
"Notwithstanding the urgent. and Major lFabl,reni, the j+nxrna1ist., rail,
repeated warnings of the Post -fact. Signor Marvasi fought a duel wit;
Department against the sending of aw•!1'i'1S for -nt, lleners 'ni Thu -se -doe
mathces and other inflammable art: ,luring whi-'lt wie;ie,r Mareeee u,r
cies through the mails, the practicer slightly n--snlndsd iit the ,•Sect,
still continues, ,and the "d�ep.artntent number of persons, 1 11 ii ding
n an , is now referring such caret to the era] polact?nit"n.,-sa'Cas"'.1 the idle
were indicted by. criminal. authorities for pro ecu• thinkitlu .it a,:,: 0 elmiali; pint]]
gel, his partner, v l ,,. 'Act- Tile ]lee did net: is
Grand Jtxv to -day ler"gr grand tion, `Tinder the I est uflii:t^ A ,lion] fight. 1. pd .l u
the 1 • 72 sending ,;f in-fia:nx • ; • until;titer the astral ree'm
the bank- ;section 1...., the send xg, i�lfetra .
larceny and violations of th.
' i laws in connection with the.viable or cxnlesit'e arc, 'lee 2.1 t]he--fiatittil Was -omittt :l, al'hen til{
It g rr• aalized ii wits toy 1 r .al t:hing.. 1 h'{
management of the Henry Siegel & mails is an i,aclictalrlt teff• ver, arts]
Ca, private bank: renders the offender liable tai flu- they arizcrl the s«'„rd and rrit rrl=
p. y' the platter .to the publico: prow. t ltte
.. Three indictments wertj found pr.it[amn•ent for fit•r. ears.”