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«M *' •- 0.. .♦''';â-  » â- 'â- â-  ; i • 1,000 PEOPLE HOMELESS Another Great , the City Ottawa. Fire of Hn A despatch from Ottawa says: The â- fiTu king once a^ain held full sway in Ottawa on Sunday ajid the city , , . , . , . , underwent its second great baptism "'•'"»';. a^^'^ the glare oi smouldering of (ire. A suiouWerin<r n^.^ oi f""''^ '"• "P ^^e district, and above it pretty well under control. As night fell and the red moon rose' full Over the city the scene witnessed by the crowds gathered on Primrose Hill was one of weird splendor. To the east the city looked peaceful and al- mpst serene in its security. All to the south was a glowing furnace now dying down into crimson heaps, with hear and there spurts oi flame from thick lumber piles. Over the smouldering mass oi ruins. with a solitary chimney or broken walls standing here and there, tell the tale of an awful con- flagration laying waste the area be- tween the Canada Atlantic Railway tracks at the south. Division street on the east, Albert on the north, and the tracks of the C. P. U. Pres- cott line and Third avenue on the west. About two hundred houses were destroyed, probably 800 or 1,- 000 people are homeless, and the hung a swajing mass of smoke. Flames still burned fiercely in one spot. It was the very western lira- it of the conflagration, and marked the place on Wellington street where Mr. J. U. Booth had piled a large quantity of tirewood. This burned greedily till midnight, lighting up the ruin of the Booth homestead. It had not been rebuilt after the fam- ous fire of three years ago. and stood out naked and defiant in the financial loss totals about '$375,000 '.'5''\. °f the new-made ruins around or SJfxi ruin Tv,„ 1,1 ..-_.^, :_ It. Lnder the night .sky and canopy or $400,000. The blaze started the lumber piles near the C. A. U. tracks, just west of Preston street. The fire-swept area, about 75 acres, was in part the same as that over which the great fire of 1900 burned, only it commenced where that one left off and worked in an opposite â- direction. MAMJIOTH LUMBER PILES. of smoke the .scene of the conflagra- tion lengthened out in perspective till the twinkling tire points that marked its farthest confines seemed , to be miles and miles away. ! A SCENE OF DBVAST.\TION'. j Some evidences of the day's con- I fusion were still to bo met with on the streets bordering the line of I safety. Occasional heaps of house- 1 here were two lumber-pile fires hold goods in all the unsightliness on bunday, but it was the later one of hastv deposit littered the side- tihat caused the damage. Shortly walks. Belated people were moving before noon a blaze was discovered salvage to temawrarv homes, some Q ,. ^°°th 3 piles, comer of carts, others who had found more Broad street and the Richmond convenient shelter were pas.^ing Koad. How it originated is un- along in grim processions with arm known, but only about 100,000 feet loads of their effects. But everv- of green lumber was burned, and where were groups of late dwellers *f'ru^n°^^lru^^'^^'^ ""^"^ ^"'^^ "^^ '''"^-^' "' 'he burnt section, telling their ex- 51,000. The fire was checked, how- periences or expatiating upon their ever, only by well-tiirected efforts by losses, loath to leave the scene of firemen. It wa.s just about .-5.30 their .'^econd turn of hard luck, when an alarm came in from Box i There was great excitement at the lo3, corner Preston and William : c. V. R. and. anticipatine that the streets, lor the big fire of the day. 'depot would go, Superiiitondent T\\e blaze started in the Preston ; spencer and his stalT commenced as street lumber yard of J. R. Booth, enrlv as four o'clock to get .nit. juiit north ot the tracks of the West- : Evervthing movable. even to the ern Division of the Canada Atlantic telegraph instruments, were taken Hallway. When it was first noticed out. and loaded on a special freight the tire was only an incipient one. ; train, leadv to steam out at a niin- and m less time than it takes to , ute's notice. All the engines were toll It the piles commented to catch. '• taken from their stalls at the round- It was an ideal day for a fire. Af- house. and a lot of rolling stock fer a long-continued drought every- ^.^g moved over to the Hull side, thing was as diy as tinder, and the There was a great quantity ot wind blew from the sotithwost with . freight at the sheds, and a part of all the velocity of a gale. Uhls' was hurriedly delivereii. The BREAK IN TITE WATER MAIN, 'flames, however, did not got across It was just when the fire started I'road street, and the whole C. P. that a break in the water works ^- property was saved with but system octnirred. and had the effect trifling damage. of temporarily jwralyzing work on • ^ the part of the tire brigade. lu the meantime, the pumps were practical- ly stopped, and for half an hour, just when the water was most need- ed, none of it was going through the mains. At the end of that time, however. TOWN SWEPT BY FIRE. North Side of Uianedosa Suffers Serious Baxaage. A Winnifieg despatch says : â€" A fire, which for a time threatened to totally destroy the Town of Minne- doea. started on Friday afternoon at i2.30 o'clock, and before it could be controlled had swevt the north side of the town and done damage to the extent of nearly J5O.0OO. The C. P. R. depot, the slock yards, the Ogilvie elevator, and a quantity of lumber on flat cars in tije yard were totally destroyed, while the Northern elevator was only saved after the most strenuous eflorts of the volun- teer lire brigade. As it was, the engine-house was destroyed, aud the building, which contained a large quantity of wheat;, w^l^adly scorch- ed. The origin of the lire is a com- plete mystery. For a time it looked as if the flames would suread to the principal business places of the town. anJ the citizens turned out en masse to light the (ire. In the Ogilvie elevator were 120.0t)0 bushels of wheat. The Nepawa brigade did not arrive until after the lire was under control. The big tire at Ebrans. forty miles from Minnedosa. has practically burned itself out. There has been no wind, and all further danger to the passed. The whole district round is remaining buildings in Ebrans is burned, but no further ^mrticulars of private losses have been learned. HON. DAVID MILLS DEAD Justice of the .' ,>,-sme Jourt Dies ^au» denly .*> â-  â-  â€" --^ one of his visitors being his nephew^ Mr. X. . Mills, postmaster of the mouse of Commnns. The family were chatting pleasantly together, -when shortly after ten o'clock Mr. ^Us took an appar- ent spell of faintiing, an«} then collapseil. The telephone wa// An Ottawa despatch says: There inuiiediately brought into requisi- pa^ed away on Friday night, al-j^'""' ^"^ Drs Kidd and Robinson J iv^jr B..I, a* ^^^^ summone<l. but before they most in the twinkling of an eye. a could reach the house Mr Mills had great Canadian statesman and jurist passed to the Great Beyond. la In the person of Hon. David Mills, less than live minutes from his at- ex-Minister of the Interior and Jus-tack of illness Judge Mills was iic< tice Departments, and one of the j more. ju.stices of the Supreme Court of] In his death Canada loses one o/. Canada. The news of his death' her great men. .Vs an authority oei raached the Parliament Buildings the Constitution he was without a after the House adjourned, but a i>eer: as a Parliamentarian he had number of Parlianwnt repre.s<?nta- few equals: as a jurist he was in the fives were in the building luitil mid- | foreiuost ranks: as a man he was of night, and they were greatly .shocked I the most kindly and lovable dispes- when they heard the sad intelli- ition. His end was .sudden; it came gence. j as he would have wished. At the Mr. Justice Mills was present on time of the death of Sir .lohn the Supreme Court Bench on Friday Thompson he remarked that that in apparently good health. He j was tiie kind of death he would like spent the evening with his family at to die. if he had the choice; sudden- liis residence on Concession street, Iv. without warning, without pain. ' TRANSVAAL LOAN. Conditions of the New Issue Are Announced. A London despatch says: The is- sue of the prospectus of the Trans- vaal loan was awaited with the greatest interest in financial circles here, and there was a scene of con- si<lerable excitement at the Bank of England on Thursday, where thou- sands of people congregatod hours before it was finally given out that the prospectus announced the issue of $lo0,tl0O,000 of the $175,000,000 authorized. and that the price would be at par. with interest at tliree per cent. The loan is redeem- able in 19.").'^. A sinking fund of one I>er cent. wi!l be appli<xl to* the pur- chase of stock when below par. The Government of the Transvaal re- .serws the right to pay off stock at any time after May 1. 192:i. .subject to six nsoiiths' notice. The rush for prospectuses was unprecedented, and resembled greatly a football scrim- njage. Crowds continued to enter the bank long after the usual clos- ing hour. It is understood that the loan has been subscribed for twenty times. 12 MEN BURNED LN CAR. Shocking Railway Fatality en the C. P. R. A Winnipeg despatch says: One of the pumjiing was resumed, and while ' tiie most horrible catastrophes in 100 was i-egistered at the pimit)ing ,_|,e history of the West occurred at station, the pressure on the district where the fire was registered was comparative. y weak, for the mains ap there are .small, and but for the lire engines little force could have been got on. Half an hour had by that time elapsed, and the blaze was buniing with an awful intensity. It was sweeping down Preston, along Roch- 1 o'clock on Thursday morning on the main line of the C. P. R. near Dexter Station, about 52 miles east of Fort William. A tie train, run- ning at a high rate of speed, was derailed and thrown completely in- to the ditch. In the boarding car attached to the rear end of the train, and tilled with employes, 12 men were burned to death, being un- ester. south of Poplar, and w-as ' ^ijip i„ extricate theiuselves from making its way tor Division street, i ^^e upturned caboose. Eiglit others The residents of the locality were ' ^ypre so seriously injured and bunied terrified, but most of them exhibited ^^at a number may die. Advices of presence of uiiml enough to attempt ^j^e terrible affair "were rushed to to save their household effects. From : p^rt Wlliuni. and nil the available every door and window, bedsteads, medical aid. with nurses and appU- mattresses. crockeryware, and ar- j^^j-gj^^ ,•„,. ^^e relief of the iniured. ticUs of furniture were lK>ing carried, i ^.^^ despatched to the scene, arriv- I>eople who had been attractetl to : 4,,^ about 4 o'clock. The injured the district taking off their coats ,^^^^5 temlered first aid. and then and lending a helping hand. B"t 1 j^,^^,„ (g i.-^,,.^ William Hiispital. there Was a dearth of rigs, and, as 1 rj,,,^ ^cene that presented itself to uaual. people who had them were in jj,^ ,^^JJ.^, fortunate on the train, numy cases demanding exorbitant i ^^.^^ hastened to render what as- prices. Household effects in """><?'â- - j gjatance they could, was appalling, ous cases were placed on vacant ; ^j,^ ^.,.4^,^ of' those confined in the ' j burning car were plainly heard, but by in- lots, only to be overtaken later the flames, and wijvd up in a» stant befoiv they could be saved. By five o'clock the flames had worked their way as far south as the fierceness of the flames nuide all attempts at rescue abortive. For a time it s«'euied that all the occu- pants of the car were doomed, when Somerset street, while the gale con- . ^^^^ j,( them was seen to fall tinned strong from the southwest, n^^ough a window, and he was ami grave fears were entertained I qyj^.,.,^ followwl bv six or seven that the fire would retrace its steps oti,p,.„"_ all of whom were fearfully and go over the whole Chaudiere ami ItuU district, as in 1900. BATTLE WITH TITE FLAMES. burned. Their recovery is doubtful. Those who accomixiniod the injured here can offer no cause for the wreck. Thev all agree, however. At this time the fire brigade «as,^^^j^ j^,,^ victims suffereti very little, ftt work with streanu«!. going hcre!j.Q,„p ^j j,,e,„ being dead before the and there, but in the tace of such a wind and with the fire making BUch headway. little of elTi>ct could l>e doiu>. By seven o'clock the flames had extended down from Sonv- erset street to near .\lbert stivet. and it looked as though the C. P. 11. union depot, freight shod.-* and the Chaudiere proper would go. Shortly after this, however, the wind \veied and blew from the southeast. Big piles of wood sur- rounding J. 15. Booth's old resilient- ial property Q^mes reached them. BAD TEMPERED BOERS. The Generals Will Not Speak to One Another. A Pretoria despatch says : â€" The Boer generals are not happy in Pre- toria. They are living at the Transvaal Hotel pending employment by the Oovernment. and are fighting liocame ignited and their battff»--ever in silent con- were fast being eateii up. Just tempt for each other. At meals across the street thousands of feet j^uijj Botha sits alone, .solemn and of lumber were pil>>d. and right be- gullen. and rofu.ses to si>eak with hind those piles stood the depot : pj^.j ,y vVet. becausi- he is a "hands- anil yards of the C. P. R. There was no hose in the locality at the commandant Mever. a. time and a party got how from the j^^^, ,^tg Lucas Me\er. IVlarev. and corporation yard. iiin.rovl.st.<l a con- p,j,.ipr. the Utter freeh from oap- WILL INEREASE TRADE. Otir Exhibit in Japan Attracting Much Attention. An Ottawa despatch says : â€" A let- ter received from Sir Claude Mac- donald. British Ambassador at Tokio. states that the Canadian ex- hibit at Osaka. Japan, is attracting considerable attention^ and that he has no doubt it will result in a considerable increase of the trade re- lations between Canada and .Japan. He sa.vs it is creating a gix-at deal of talk throughout the empire, and has done very much. to dis]x^l precon- ceived notions e.xiating in that country re^rdiiig Canada. TO ORANGE EATERS, Dr. Saux Sees Danger in Small Seeds of Fruits. A Paris despatch says : â€" Dr. Uaux, of Lausanne. .Switzerland, says ev- ery orange has a number of very small seeds which consciously or unconsciously are swallowed with the gulp, and the habitual orange eater is therefore in danger of ap- pendicitis. JIany doctors disagree with the Swiss physician. though all agree that great care should It taken in eating the fruit of Hes- peridos. THE MARKETS Prices of Grain, Cattle, in Trade Cenires. etc Toronto, May 12. â€" Wheat â€" The market is quiet, with a limited de- mand. No. 2 white ard red quoted at 71 to "He middle freiglil.s. No. 2 .spring nominal at TLJc on Mid- laud. Manitoba wheat steady; No. 1 hard quoted at 32c Goderich, and No. 1 Northern at 81c Godericii. No. 1 hard, S8c, grinding in transit, lake and rail, and No. 1 Nortliem, 87c. Oats â€" The demand is limited. No. 1 white quoted at ^IJc east. No. 2 white unchanged at 29Jc high freight, and at 30ic middle freight. Barley â€" Trade is quiet, with No. 3 extra quoted at tic mictdle freight, and No. .'} at 4s2c. Peas â€" Trade dull, with No. 2 quoted at 63 to 01c. hig^i freights. Rye â€" Market quiet at 51 Jc for No. 2 east. Corn â€" Market is dull. Cana- dian feed corn quoted at lO to -He west, and at 46c here. No. 3 Am- erican yellow at 50 to uOJc on (rack, Toronto, and No. 3 mixed at 49 to 30c. Flour â€" Ninety per cent, patents unchanged at $2.(57 i, middle freights. in buyers' sacks, for ex- port. Straight rollers of special brands for domestic trade quoted at S3. 25 to 53.35 in bbls. ilanitoba llour steady; No. 1 patents. $4.10 to §4.20, and seconds S3. 90 to $4.- Hi>; strong bakers', $3.80 to $4, bags included. Toronto. Millfeed â€" Bran is dull, at $17 here. .\t outside points bran is quoted at $15 (50 n $10, and shorts at S17. Manitoba bran in sacks, $18, and shorts at $20 here. MOSQUE DYNAMITED. Two Hundred Worshippers Buried in the Ruins. A Vienna despatch says : â€" A mosque at Kinpriul. in which two hundred Mo.slems had as.sembled. was. according to a despatch to the Die /.eitung from Sofia. Bulgaria, blown up with dynamite May 2. The worshipi>ers were buried in the ruins. The i>eri)etrator of the outrap.'. a man named Poppow. committed suici<ie by shooting. A pa|>or found in one of his pockets showed him to be a member of the "Macvdonia Knights of IVath." Tinr, D.VIRY MARKETS. Butler â€" The market is quiet, with supplies more liberal, and ship- ping demand slow. Prices are heavj-. We quote: Fresh. large roils. 16 to 17c; choice, 1-lb. rolls, 17 to ISc: fresh dairy tubs, 15J to 16c: secondary grades, lie. creaiu- erj- prints. 22c; do., solids. 19c. F.ggs â€" Market steady, with sales of case Lots at 13c per do/.en. Cheese â€" Trade is quiet. We quote: New, 12f to 13. HOt; PUODICTS. Dressed hogs are nominal. Cured meats are unchanged, with a good demand. We quote: Bacon, clear, 10 to lOJc, in ton and case lots. I>ork â€" Mess, $21 to 21.50; do., short cut. $22.50 to $23. Smoked meats â€" Hams, 12i to i;!ic; rolls, 11 to 11. ic; shoulders. 10 ic; backs. 14 to 14 Jc; breakfast bacon, 14 to I4jc. Lard â€" The market is unchanged. We quote: Tierces, W\c: tubs, lOjc; pails, lie; coiiviJound, 8i to 9c. j good run at the cattle market to-da^" ; and a brisker trade than for severai markets past. There was a very I good demand for butcher cattle ot i almost any kind and prices were ifirm. I There seems to be a very good de- 1 mand for heavy feeders and short- I keep. .Several lots of cattle brought in this week for e.xport have been bought at $4.'.)0 to $5, to be put out to grass. There is also a fair. steady trade in light and mediiun heavy stockers. Sheep and lambs are steady for good grain-fed stock. Only good calves arc wanted. Too many little ones being sent in. I Milk cows were a little easier to- jday. j The hog market is weaker and 'prospects are that prices will bo lower. They were unchanged to-day at $6 to ?ii3 25. Export, heavy $4.70 $5.00 J Export, light 4.50 4.60. i Bulls, export, heavy, cwt 3.30 3.7.5 j do light > 3.00 3 50 iFetxiers. light. 800 Kis. and upwards 4 00 4 90 Stockers. H'O to SCO Its. 2.50 3.75 do 900 lbs 3.75 Butchers' cattle, choice... 4 00 4.50 j do medium 3.50 4.00 do pic'ned 4.25 4.75 do bulls 3 00 3.30 i do rough 2.75 3.25 Lisht stock bulls, cwt.... 2.25 3.00 Milch cows 30.iX'> 53.00 ; Hogs, best 6.2-5 I do liffht 6 00 . Sheep, export, cwt 4.00 4.75 Bucks 3. .50 4 00 : Culls 2 25 2.50 Lambs 6.00 G.25 ; Calves, earh 2.0O 10.00 Spring lambs „ .... 4.00 5.00 1 I CUT HIS WIFE'S THROAT. I The Half-Breed Stiicided After I Committing Deed. An Kdiuonloii. N. W. l'., despatch ! .says; lloiwrts of a case oi attempt- ed murder, followed by suicide last I Wednesday, have just reached F.d- 1 monton by travelers from the nvirth. I A haif-breed. named Pierre Delorme. I quareled with his wife for refusing to accomi)ajiy him to the north on a freight. l! rasping a kiiiio he stab- bevl her about the head and shoul- ders and then attempted to cut her throat. As she dropped, in.sensible. he fled. Late Wednesxiay afternoon an Indian arrived at the Landing, and reiKjrted having seen Delorme lying by the roadside, as if asleep. 1 about seven miles from the vilUxge. i Mounted Police went out for him and found him dead, his throat hav- I ing being cut. lIJs wife is now on the high road to recovery. upper"- a man who surrendered. ^"'' Commandant Meyer, a relative of ncrtion with a stand pil>e, and soak- ed the piles north of the Rlchraoml Road. BROUO-HT I'NDEK CONTROL. l^- nine o'clock the blaze was tivit.vâ€" form a party of their own at another table. It is hov>«l, hy- the-by, to get thein to commence the organization of a burgher force for defence. TOOK BRIBE WHILE MAYOR A. A. Ames, Former Chief magis- trate of Minneapolis. A Minneapolis. ilinn . despatch says: .\lbert Alonio .\mes, former Mayor of Minneapolis, has been found guilty of accepting a bribe of I $600 while chief executive of the 'city. The keen interest in the casee j was shown by the silence in the crowdetl court room as the verdict ;Was read. The usual nxotiong were mode for a stay and an arrest of judgment, and now will conm the fight on appeal. The vo«Hct came OS a severe shock both to the de- fendant aad his wife. VNirKD ST.VTES M.VRKLETS. Duluth, May 13. â€" Wheat â€" To arrive â€" No. 1 hard, 79Jc; No. 1 Northern, 77 Jc; Na. 2 Northern. 75 Jc; May No. 1 hard. 79ic; July, T6Jc; Septem- tber, 70lc- Oats â€" May, 3.'Uc. Milwaukee. May 12. â€" Wheat â€" ' Steady; No. 1 Northern. 80Jc; No. I 2 Northei-n. 78 to 79c; July. 72lc. l{ye _ Firm; No. 1, 52Jc to 53c Barley â€" Lower; No. 2. 58 to 60c; samliie. 40 to 55c. Corn â€" July. 45ic. ButTalo. May 12. â€" Flour â€" Finn. ^^'heatâ€" Spring, quiet; No. I North- ern, c.l.f-. 8lc; No. t hai-d. S5c; winter steady: No. 2 white. Sic: No. 2 red, 794c. Corn â€" Quiet; No 2 vellow 51c; No. 2 corn. lOr. Oats Iâ€" .=(taady: No. 3 white. :?3c: No. 2 mixed. 34^0 Barley, track receipts. 47 to 55c. Canal freights â€" Steady. MinnenpoHs. Mny 12. â€" Hour â€" First patents. $4. ID to $4. 'JO; .-i-c- ond patents. $4 to $1.10; first clears. $;< to $;M0; second clears. ' $3.45 to $2.30. Bran â€" Jn bulk. •$11.25. CATTLE MARKET. Toronto. May 12.â€" There wa« a MAY RETURiN TO FRANK. Reasstiriug Report From Suiiumt and Slope. An Ottawa destjatch says; The situation at Frank is more reassur- • ing than was deemed a ffw days ago, judging from the following tele- gram recei\od by the l>eputy Min- ister of the Interior: ! "W large luimber n-presenting all ' interests visitixi the scene of the slide at .summit and .»le(H> of s.tme yesterda.y. Kesult is. the railway has started \igorously to construct a line acro.ss the slide. The miners have \olunloeied to start and open 'nunes. I'robably the citizens will â-  re-occupy their buildings in Frank. (Signed) Will. Pearce." FOOT CAUGHT IN FROG. Grand Trunk Switchman Loses Hit Life. A London, Ont.. dest'atch says IMward .Vddison. a switchman eni' ployed in the local yards of the I.. T. U.. was run over at noon on Thursday, while engaged in switch- ing. Hils left le.i was so terribly crushed he died in the hospital sii hours later. The accident was du« to .Xddlson's foot becominif fast It a froif as a train of cars approach ed. lie was 23 years of a^. aa« unmarried. ;vt,-^i.vr>