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â- i Wm KILLEB BY A BAT :Chil(i s Father Saw a Large RoHftnt Leap Prom the Cradle. . A despatch from Ottawa says : Peatb as the result of the bite of a sat was th« sad fate of little Eu- gene Jambeau, the 9-days-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Jambeau, of 134 Besaerer Street, on Thurs- •day nK>rning, after having bean se- hufiband being already asleep. At 2 o'clock she was awakened by the sound of the baby's crj', and aroused her husband. On jumping out of bed he saw a large grey rat leap from the carriage to the floor, and escape in spite of his attempts yercly bitten o-n the hand by a large! to kill it. The baby was found grey rat. The infant developod I with its left had covered with blood blood-poiaoning. The baby had J from seven bites on the inside of slept in its carriage in the same the palm. Medical assistance was room as its parents for several siim.moned, and an antiseptic ap- nights, and on Friday night last i plied, but blood poisoning soon set this was ako the ca.se. Mrs. Jam- 1 ioi, and the infant grew rapidly beau retired about 1 o'clock, her ' worse, until death ensued. THE WORLD'S MARKEfS'i"!;- »^,^•^i>.vi:,"t p!i7 PEAIBIE PBOfllES SBAKEN Earthquake Around Moose Jaw SuflBcient to Move Buildings. • A despatch from Winnipeg says : A thirtf-second earthquake tremor, /caching fr<;>m Winnipeg to the /nountaina, was distinctly felt on Saturday evening at 10 o'clock. "While in Winnipeg the ehock was *«o slight aa to be obeervcd by few, 'it was so heavy around Moose Jaw .as to movo buildings and rattle glass. T<iiia is the first time in the 'history of the prairies thj4; an earth- •-quake waa ever felt. Wet-askiwin, Alberta, pn the west, Weyburn, 'Sask., on the south, Prince Albert, . on the north, and Kenora on the •east, was the scope of the quake. * HEAVY SHOCK AT MOOSE JAW. A despatch from Moose Jaw, Sas- k.')xhewan, says: A very diistinct ' earthquake eliock was felt here at • 8.16 Satwrday night. The shock . lasted as seconds. The tremor waf stores in terror. Buildin)^ were moved perceptibly. Several people in the upper storeys were knocked off their feet. The first impreaaon was that a violent explos.ioin liad occurred. The tremor was preced- ed by a loud rumbling sound. Peo- ple here from places where earth- quakes are more or less common say this was one of the most dis- tinct shock.5 they over experienced. WAS FELT IN MONTANA. A despatch from Great Fall*, Mont., say*: A distioct ejirthquake shock was felt here on Saturday night at 9.15 o'clock and it was also felt at t'hoteau, Havre, Wagner and other points, showing that it pre- i vailc<l jye-nerally over northern Montana. .While no serious damage was done, the shock was sufficient to spill articles from shelves in ttEPOEiS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CEMRES. Prices e( Cattle. Grain, Cbccne aail Other Uairj Produce at BREAUSTUFFS. Toronto, May 18.â€" Flourâ€" Ontario wheat 90 per cent, patents $5.15 to 3o.25 to-day in buyers' sacks out- side for export ; on track. Toronto, $5.40 to tu.50. Manitoba flour ; tirst patents, $6.-Z0 to $0.40 on track, Toronto; second patents, $5.70 to 3o.S0, and strong bakers', $5.50 to 9o.60, on track, Toronto. Wheatâ€" No. 1 Northern, May de- livery, $1.27, Bay ports; >io. 2, $1.24% and No. 3, $1.23. Ontario wheatâ€" $1.25 to $1.28 for No. 2, according to location and de- mand. Barleyâ€" No. 3 e.\tra 60 to Glc out- side, and No. 3 oSc outside. Oatsâ€" Ontario No. 2. 4S%c on track, Toronto, aud 46 to 47c out- side ; No. 2 Western Canada 49c. and No. 3 48c, Bay ports. Peasâ€" No 2, 95 to 96c outside. Eye â€" No. 2, 74 to 75c outside. Buckwheat â€" No. 2, 62 to 64c out- side. Corn No. 2 American yellow 81%c on track, Toronto, and No. 2 at SOj'.jC on track. Toronto ; Cana- dian yellow, 76c on track, Toronto. Branâ€" Manitoba $23.50 in sacks, Toronto freights ; shorts, $24.50 to $23, Toronto freignts. felt all over the city and district lotojes and cause bre.akages of glass- People rushed from residences and waro. WOMAJf IILRLEI) TO DEATH. Mm. Swain Killed While Wulkiug at Oil Springs. A despatch from Oil Springs, Ont., says: Mrs. Ili-chard Swain, a resident of Oil City, was alntost in- stantly killed and her niece. Miss Joeie Tnian, of this village, wa.s iu- juretl here alx)Ut 5.30 on Sunday afternoon in a very peculiar luaii- BCJ. They were on the way to the itatiou, when a severe storm came up aud, picking up the j^idewalk ivn which they were walking, hurletl iit across the street into a deep ditch on the opposite side. The ladies were carried with it, the sidewalk striking Mrs. Swaiu on the lioad aud crushing her skull. Miss Truan was not sejiously injured. â€" ♦ RISKED LIFE FOR CHILDREN. Mother Run Through Flames of Burning House. A despatch from Sterling, Mani- toba, says : While outside milking her cows, Mrs. Harris Courtney discovered that her house was on fire. W"inding her apron over her head the mother pluckily dashed through the fire and saved her four children, who were huddled in an inner room. Mrs. Courtney's hair caught fire and she was badly burned about the head and ears. Coller C near Hazelden, on Wednesday says living FELL ON A CROWBAR. Farmer Near Ottawa Killed While Aiding a Neighbor. A despatch from Ottawa Morgan, a farmer, was fatally injured e^1ening, while as- sisting in the erection of a driving shed for a neighbor. He slipped from a sill, and in falling landed on the sharp end of a crowbar standing upright in the ground. He died » few hours afterwards. CHILD MITILATED BY DOG. Mother Fought the Animal Till Uolp Arrived. A despat-.h from (^hatluim, Ont., says : Gladys, the six-year-old daughter of Mrs. Frank Schram, was attackeil by a large bulldog and st,^verely bitten on Saturday after- noon. Her mother wa-s wich her, and fought a desperate battle with the dog before help a-rriveil. The girl was thrown pnvstrate, and her face, head aixl arms were mutil- ated. The dog, wlii<;h was not suf- fering from rabies, was shot. DlFllCl LTIE8 SETTLED. C. P R. Mechanics and Coiupuiiy Reach an Agreement. A dt'-'patch from Winnipeg says : It is stated on reliable authority that the difticulties between the (.'. 1'. K. and their meelianics have been satisfactorily settled. All the strikers are to be reiuNtatcd. and the old wage schedule restortd practically, and old conditions verted to. O. H. Warl represent- ed the machinists, and H. H. Vaughan tiie company. While no mention is made, it is uudersttxxl the men are not returning to their previous standing on the pension roll. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples $4 to $5 for choice quali- ties, and $3 to $3.oO for seconds. Beansâ€" Prime, $1.90 to $2, and hand-picked, $2.10 to bushel. Honeyâ€" Combs, $2 to $2.75 per dozen, and strained, 10 to Uc per pound. Maple syrup â€" 95c to $1 a gallon. Hayâ€" No. 1 timothy $13 to 313.30 a ton on track here, and lower grades, $11 to $11.50 a ton. Strawâ€" S7. 50 to $8 on track. Potatoes â€" Car lots, 90c per bag on track. Delawares, $1.10 to $1.15. Poultry â€" Chickens, dressed, 16 to 18c per lb ; fowl. 12 to 14c ; turkeys, 20 to 22c per lb. sold at 5 to near 6c lambs at $3.30 to $6 each. Good lot« of fat hogs at about 8Xc per pound. Toronto, May 18.â€" There was an abundant supply of choice cattle in both export and butchers' classes, which sold readily at top-notch prices. One very fine bunch oj nine export steers realized $6.25, and se\eral loads? sold at $6 and over. Choice butchers' cattle sold firm at $5.25 to $5.50, and heavy cows at $5. Stockers and feeders were in strong demand. Milkers ajid springers strong, exc«pt for common stock, which are n«t want- ed. Calves steady and unchanged. Sheep and lambs dearer. Hogs â€" Strong demand ; selects are quoteu at $7.60, fed and watered, and $7.35 f.o.b. I'^iii .*- NO MIDDLEMEN. Florida Orange Crop WiU be Mar- keted Direct. A despatch from Denver says : Henceforth the Florida orange crop will be marketed direct, according to J. C. Swingling, president of the Florida Fruit and Citrus Growers' Afisociatiou, who was in Denver on Thursday night. "The orange crop cf Florida this year," he said, "will exceed that of any other year since 1895, and we will produce half as much as the entire crop of Califor- nia. For years, we have submit- ted to the abuses of brokers who prsictically regulated the market, waking big profits aud keeping up the prices of orangos. From now on we will market tlie Florida out- put direct, and this will reduce the price of oranges 40 per cent. Be- _^^ fore this fight is over oranges will 82 15 per ^^ selling at the rate of three for five cents, instead of five cents apiece." 41 29 MEN B LOWI TO ATOMS Four Tons ot Dynamite Exploded Prema- turely JSear Albany, N. Y. A despatch from Albajiy, N. Y., says : There were 29 men killed shortly before 3 o'clock on Wed- nesday afternoon, following a pre- mature exploeion of dynamite in the Callanan quarries at South Be«fchlehem, twelve miles south of Albany. There were three injured. All within the explosion zone were instantly killed, and the bodies are unrecognizable. The dead include eight Americans and 21 Italians, the latter not being known by name. All the Americans are resi- dents of the locality. The ten holes for Wednesday's blast were drilled 20 feet back from the face of the bluff, which was 80 feet high. The holes were 76 feet deep, and five inches in diameter. It was to I be the biggest blast of all, using over four tons of dynamite. The blast was scheduled for five o'clock I in the ternoon, and was expect- ed to >. -jiodge material for 25,000 wagon loads of crushed stone. Thoea killed had successfully placed tlie charges in six of the holes, and were working upon the seventh when the shock came. The explo- sion is supposed to iiave been caused by a defective cap. The 29 bodies were blown to atoois and scatter- ed all over the quarry. It waa half an hour before anyone dared ap- proach the scene, fearing danger from other expiosioois. A-s a re- sult of the explosion, fear ha* seized t.he 165 Italian laborers em- ployed about tiie quarry, and many have fled. ROSS BECK.STEAD SHOT Boys iiat- THE I^AIRY MARKETS Butterâ€" T»ound prints, 20 to 22c;] not tubs and large rolls, 16 to 18c ; infer- ior, 14 to 15c; creamery rolls, 23 to 25c, and solids, 19 to 20c. Eggs â€" Case lots 19c per dozen. Cheese â€" Large cheese, old, 14 Hl^c per lb. and twins, 14)^ HV'.c; new cheese, dull at 12^ 12>-c. HOG PRODUCTS. Bacon kmg clear, 13 to IS^^c per lb in case lots ; mess pork $21 to $21. .'M); short cut, $23 to $24. Hams â€" Light to medium, 14 to 13c; do., heavy, 13 to V.iy.e; rolls, | 11 K- to ll/ic; shoulders, I0?< to' Uc": backs 17 to 17V^c; breakfast! bacon, ISl.j to 16c. I Lardâ€" Tierces, ViHc ; tubs, 13.' .jc; pails, Vi%c. Were .innuying Lsaac lough. Who Fired. A despatch from Ottawa says : Iloss Beckstead, aged eighteen, was shot and instantly killed at Mc- Millan's Mill, about four miles from Chesterville, at 9 o'clock on Thursday night. Isaac Garlough, aged forty, lies in the local jail awaiting the action of the Cororer's jury. The body of Beckstead was discovered until 8 o'clock on Friday morning, when John I Elia, a passing farmer, found it in j the corner of a field by the roadside. Garlough acknowledged having find ^^\ off his shotgun to frighten some j^'bo^'s who were bothering him by firing stones at his house about 9 o'clock on Thursday night, and it is thought this shot must havekilled Beckstead, as his face was hit and buckshot wounds were in the head. to WOMAN BIRNED TO DEATH. }lrs. Her Teruey Plumbo Loses Life at Montreal. A despatch from Montreal says: Mrs. Trrney Plumbo, a young wo- man of twenty-five, was burned to death on Friday evening at her home as the result of a lamp explo- sion. Mrs. Plumbo apparently went into the kitelieu to light a lamp, to $1.06. Oats â€" Canadian' leaving her four children in front Western. No. 2, 32'.' to .53c; e.xtra, | asleep. The lamp exploded, smoth- ;n(i 1 feed. 51'% to 52c; No. l feed, I ering her with oil. and a neighbor, 31 tool'.x. Barfev-No. 2, 70 to 72c ; i hearing her cries for help, found ^^' Manitoba feed. 00 to 60'..c. Buck- 1 her lying on the floor with her h.air wheat- 69'.; to 70;-. Flour- Mani-! and clothing a mass of flaiut-s. The toba Spring wheat patents, firsts, ' nearest fire alarm would not work, $6 30- Manitoba Spring wheat, a"d by the time a^.sistance came onds, $5. SO; Manitx>ba' *''« woman was unconscious, and BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, May 19.â€" Peas-No. $1.03 RUN OVER BY LAND ItOLLER. Little tiiri Killed on Farm in Sas- katchewan. A despatch from Tu.xford, Sa.»k., patents, sect died shortly the hospital. after being taken to CRULSERS strong bakers. $3. GO; Winter wheat patents $6.15 to $6.25: straight roll- ers, $6 to $6.10; straight rollers, in I 4i_ bags, 2.90 to $3 ; extra, in bags, $2.50 to $2.60. Feedâ€" Manitoba! DUEADNOVfiUTS bran. $22 to $23; Manitoba shorts, j $:;4 to $23 ; Ontario bran. $23 to $24; i Italian Cabinet Authorizes E.vpeu- Oiitario shorts. $24.,-)0 U> $23; On-j diture ot $.')2.S00,0OO. tario middlings, $25 to $25.,=i0; purej _^ de.spatch fram Rome ,^vs : The > u 11 J . u J i^ia'" mouillie, $;53 to $3a ; mixed : ^--^ - \fj.r;,,p \dmiral Miri- says: A horrible accident happened , ^jj^.^inie $28 to $30. Cheeseâ€" 12',-i -^'"'^ur ot Marine, .\amiiai >iir.i on the farm of E. Eatun. near here. I j^ i2.v^.^ and easterns at 12 to 12' gC. Butter- 21 J-i to 22c. Eg::s 19 to 19,' aC per dozen. on We<.hiesday, when his little daughter, who was riding with him on a land roller was run over and killed by the roller, following the runaway of the team. The father was injured also, but not seriously. The horses wee frightened by the whistle of a steam plow. UNITED STATES M.VRKETS Chicago, May 18â€" Wheat - - No bcllo, has obtained the appro\al of the Cabinet to a naval programme that provides for the construi'tioa within three years, at a t-otal ex- pense, of $52,800,000, of four Drwvd- noughts and a number of fast scout cruisers. .'\ kical paper s.iys the ^Ideci.sion to build these vessels waa CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS HAPPENINCS FROM ALL 0?EB THE GLOBE. Telegraphlo Briefs From Our Own and Other Countries at Recent Eveuta. CANADA. Grand Trunk Pacific oflicials deny that the men are ill-treated in the construction camps. Archbishop Brucliesi has placed the Theatre Royal at Montreal un- der the ban. The T. &, N. O. Railway inaugur- ated a daily through service be- tween North Bay and Coctwaae on Momlay. \\ilfred Bishop, clerk in the Ot- tawa postotfice, hsLB been arrested on a charge of .'itealing letters. Mr. Thomas Mulvey, K.C., is leprving the Provincial service to beeome Under Secretary of State. Dr. J. B. Leathes of London, Eng., has been appointed to the University ctiair of chemical patho- logy. The steamer Gargaatua carried away three gates in the Wellaud Canal, on Sunday, but repairs are being rushed. By-laws were carried by Owen Sound ratepayers, on Saturday, to extend the waterworks axd the elec- tric lighting plant. Mr. Kager, (.iovernor ot the jail at Cornwall, ha>s decided to resume liis business career, and has re- signed, to taJce effect on June 15. Hon. W. S. I'leldmg will go t-o London after the session ends to arrange for a fifty-miJlionHdollar loan. The Government will appoint in- spectors of gear and tackle at sev- eral shipping ports of the Domin- ion. The Government is about to seod a commission to Great Britain and Ik-nniark to study the bacon in- dustry. Hon. Adam Beck's company is prepart-d to supply tlie city of Lon- don with two and a half million gallons of water daily. The Railway Commission has ordered that statioua and passen- ger cars be regularly cleaned out aud kept in sanitary condition. Elmer Pennock, a medical stu- dent at Queen's, went suddenly in- sane at Brockville, on Thursday, and attempted to kill his mother. He was committed to the asylum. The C. P. R., it is said, will go into the business of farming in dif- ferent parts of the country, with the object of supplying the require- ments of their dining cars and ho- tels. Sir Richard Cartwright informed Senator Loiiglieed that Canada would be represented at the Im- perial Defence Conference ia Lon- don, probably by Sir Frederick Bor- den and Hon. L. P. Brodeur. The worthless assets wiped out in the balance sheet of the Dominion amounted to $837,046, but ther« was a liability 00 the books of $363,987, and it was also wiped out, leaving the net increase in the pub- lic debt $437,759. GREAT BRITAIN. A number of prominent London bankers have written Mr. :Vsquith protesting against the increased death duties and income tax in the budget. A bill for the removal of Roman Catholic disabi'ities and to amend the coronation oath passed its sec- ond reading in the British Com- mons. Queen Alexandra, in a message o( sympathy to the Women Nurses' Congress at Liverpool, on Thursday, intimated that she was not in sym- pathy with the suffragettes. A British departmental committea appointed to inquiie into the ques tion has reported that there is s meat combine in Britain, though it is not at present powerful enough to endanger the country's meat trade. UNITED ST.\TES. A Chicago girl danced herself to death. The United States Senate on Thursday voted for a duty of 25 cents a ton on iron ore. Capt. Peter C. Hains, who shot ' and killed William E. .\nnis on Long Island last .\ugust has been [found guilty of manslaughter. ! Charles L. Fox well, a mining stock broker, is under arrest at Washington. He is alleged to have I victimized a number of firms in Cana<la and the United States. GENERAL. Premier Stolypin of Russia will remain at the head of the Cabinet. Forty-five Turkish mutineers have been arrested at Erzeroum. Germany is establishing a line ot airship stations along the French frontier. The Turkish troops at Erzeroum are said to be on the verge of mutiny. The German Emperor and the King of Italy met on Wednesday at the port cf Brindisi. Foreigners at Urmiah, Persia, in- cluding British and .Vmeirican mis- sionaries, are in danger. The ftiurth s«m of Abdul Hamid, the deposed Sultan of Turkey, ha» been placed under arrest. Tlie French postal strike is prac- tically dead, .and the leaders in their desperation are adopting de- structive tactics. The reports of the slaughter of Christians in .\sia Minor have been greivtly exaggerated. Probably not more than ten thousand have becm i slain. TUNISIAN DAMAEED BY ICE Third Accident to Allan Liners Since the Opening of Navigation. A despatch from Montreal says : tant. The vessel will be overhauled 2 re<I, $1.45; No. 3 red, $1.30 .^, , , ,^ r^ 1 1 ^ 1 1 $1.42; No. 2 hard. $1.28 to $1.35; ' •'eo'^hed after Italy haA learne<l .No. 3 Northern, $1.2!S to $1.30: No. _, iNorlhern. $1.20 to $1.29; No. 3 : »' P*-'*«f- ! Spring, $1.24 to $1.28. Corn â€" No. 2. 75 to 76c; No. 2 yellow, 75% to hard $1 21 to $1.30: No. 1 \^'^^ Austria-Hungary was going U} 2 I spend $10,000,000 on increased uav- A marconigram was on Thursday received by the Allan Line from Captain Fairfull ot the Tunisian, stating that that vessel had suffered an accident almost similar to that which recently befell the Lake Champlain, and that he hod been oompelled to put into St. John'e, there, and if it is found that she has sustained serious injuries the passengers will be forwarded from St. John's across Newfoundland to Port Basque by rail, thence by the Reid Newfoundland Compain^y's boats to Sydney, where they will be taken by special train* to St. John. N.B., and -Montreal. If the Newfoundland, for safety. The Tunisian has to go into dry dock Tunisian, while steaming slowly, ! the passengers booked for her sail- inward-bound, through heavy field, ing from Montreal on tJie 21st in- ice, struck an unusually heavy sitaint will be transferred to an plate mass and started a plate under her forcpeak. The broken plate caused quite a heavy leak, and Cap- tain Fairfull considered it his duty to head at once for St. John's, .which was only sixty miles dis- other ot the Allan boats. This is the third accident the .\llan boats have suffered since the oftening of navigation, the Corinthian and Si- berian having both met with mis- baps. 76 ; No. 3, 75 to 75%c ; No. 3 white, 75% to 76c; No. 3 yellow, 75!'2 to 76c; No. 4, 74 to 74%c. OaU â€" No. 2 white, 59% to 59% c ; No. 3 white, 58% to i9%c ; No. 4 white, 54 to 58%c ; standard, 59 to B9%c. Minneapolis, May 18.â€" Wheat â€" May, $1.26; July, $124%; Sept., $1.07%; cash, No. 1 hard, $1.28% to $1.29%; No. 1 Northern, $1.27% to $1.28%; No. 8 Northern, $1.23% to $1.26%; No. 3 Northern, $1.23% to $1.26%. Flourâ€" Firat patenits, $6.10 to $6.30; second patents, $8 to $6.20; first clears, $4.75 to $4.- 95; secocd clears, $3.35 to $3.55. Branâ€" In bulk, $2-1 to $24.50. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal, May 18â€" A large pro- portion of the butchers' cattle were milkmen's strippers, which sold at from 3% to 4%c per Dound, prime beeves sold at 5% to a little over 6c ; pretty good animals, 4% to 5%c; common stock, 3 to 4%c per pound. Milch cows, $30 to over $60 each. Calve*, $2 to $8 each, pretty good WOMAN LIKELY MURDERED. Her Body Found Under Suspicious Cireunistancca. A despatch from Vancouver, B.C., says : Face downwards the body of a well-dressed woman was dis- covered on Wednesday under a clump of brush in Bumaby. Noth- ing near affords any clue except the remains of a small fire, wherein paper had been burned and pos- sibly the womat's hat. No person has been missed in New West- minster or viciaity for mouths. The cause of death is not yet ascertain- ed, but as the clothes are badly torn in places, there is a probability that she met with a violent death during a struggle. The corpse has apparently been exposed to the elements about four months. YILLAGE S WERE W IPEll ODT Entire District Laid Waste About Marash in the Recent Rioting. The French Chamber of Deputies on Thursday endorsed the Govern- ment's attitude with regard to the postal strike. A despatch from Beirut. Turkey, says : The recent rioting in the vi- cinity of Marash has laid waste that entire district. Marash itself was spared, for only a few per- 8t>ns there were killed, but within sixty miles to the southwest a total of sixteen villages, with a popula- tion of 8,000 souls, have been prac- tically wiped out. The only sur- vivors are boys under ten and old women. The girls were carried away and the men killed. Tele- graphic reports received on Wed- nesday declare that the hungry and naked number 14,000. Immediate r«lief is required. The interior dis- tricts are still far from settled, and from all directions the most heart- rending accounts and appeals are being received here. Ml'CINEERS EXECUTED. A despatch from Constantinople says : Constantinople witnessed an- other batch of executions on Wed- nesday morning when 24 mutineers of the army aud na\y were hanged in public within the city limits. This makes a t.otal of 38 executions within the capital since the revolu- tion of April 13. Four of the men on Wednefi<iay were hanged near the Sultan's palace, eight at the marine barracks, eight in the Djin- zi Meidan quarters of Stamboul and four at the War Office. It vfaa desiretl to impress the p>eople with the fact that the guilty had been punished, and had the hangings not been public the people woulcl have thought that the condemned men had saved themselves by brib- ing oflicials or that the statement ot their execution was nothing more than a political lie. There are rumors of a rising of .Albanians at Uskub, about a hun- dred miles from Salonika. I