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«r v.2 ‘ 1'4: 7-" ‘ ~. -« < wwwf «a , ‘_ ~ fifiaaliwn TRACK Armenians Undertake to Discipline a Fel- low-Worker I A despatch from St. Catharincs says: 'A very strange case was on Wednes- day rcportcd from the Amnonian colony at the McKillTlOl’t Dash Metal Works. A young Armenian of eighteen years, who was brought to the \vOrks from Hamib ton two years ago, was taken ill rec- ently and has, sinCe been off work. He refuses to join th follows (it work or play, sits by himself in a corner of the gcncral sitting-room and cannot be per- suaded to enter into conversation. He also refuses to partake of meals, and his comrades have been under the no ccscity of forcing him to take food madman BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Mar. 31.â€"â€".\-ianitoba Wheat-â€" No. 1 northern, 31.20%; No. 2 northern, 31.17%; feed wheat, rather firmer at 67c; No. 2 feed, 611/50. Ontario Wheatâ€"No. 2 whitc, 90340 to 01c outside; No. 2 red, 903.50 to 910; N0- 2 mixed, 900; goose, 870. . . Cornâ€"Firm; No. 8 yellow American, 73c. Toronto freights; No. 3 mixed, 10 less. Barleyâ€"Very (lull; No. 2 from 000 to 65c. according to quality. Peasâ€"No. 2, 87c outside. EyFNO. 2, 856 to 8534c. Buckwheatâ€"No. 2, 67c. Oatsâ€"No. 2 white, 670 to mac out side, 10c on track Toronto; No. 2 mixed, 46c. outside. Branâ€"Full cars, 1526, North Bay. Flour â€" Manitoba patents, 81300131 brands. $6; seconds, strong bflk‘ (-rs’, $5.30 to $5.40; winter wheat. pat- ents, $3.50. Slior.Lsâ€"-Scarce, $24 fob. mills. M COUNTRY PRODUCE. Eggsâ€"New laid, 18c to 190. B_u.ttor- Creamery. prints .. 31c to 32c do solids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 to 30c Dairy prints .. . . . . . . . 25010 270 do large rolls . . . . . . . . 2/fcto25c do solids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 10240 Inferior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 20010 210 Bo-ans.~l«‘irm; $1.70 to $1.75 for primes and $1.80 to $1.85 for hand-picked. Cheeseâ€"Firm; MC for large and 14%0 for twins. in job lots here. Balcd Strawâ€"Dull, $0 to $10 per ton on track here; wheat straw, $8.50. Balcd flayâ€"~Dull; timothy is quoted at $16 in car lots on track here. Potatocsâ€"Ontario, 850 to 902; Data- warc, 05c in car lots on track here. lloncy~Strained steady at 110 to 126 per pound for fill-pound polls and 120 to 13c for 5 to 10-pound pails. Combs at $1.75 to $2.50 per dozen. PROVISIONS. Pork-w-Short cut. $21 to $21.50 per barrel: mess, $17.50 to $18. Lardâ€"Tierccs, 113.;0; tubs, 1134c; pails. 1134c. Smoked and Dry Salted Meatsâ€"long ctvnr l'vvacony-OXc to 10c for tons and cases; hams, medium and light, 12340 to 13c; hams, large, 11350 to 12c; backs, 10c. to 16%c; shoulders. Eli-3’0 to 9).;c; rolls, 9-340 to .100; breakfast bacon, Me lo 150; green moats out of pickle, 1c floss than smoked. SEEDS. Following are the pricas paid at out-- Bide pointszâ€"Alsike, No. 1, $10.50 and higher for fancy lots; No. 2, $9.25 to enough to sustain life. Acting on the belief that the young man has been slminming, the men who are housed with him dragged him to the table on Tuesday night and forced him to P81” take of food. According to the story told by one of the Armenians, the young man then, failing to reply to questions. was seized and carried to the Neilgams St. Catharines a Toronto Railway, where he was ticd to the track, but was remixed soon after by other Armeni- ans. Scrgt. McCarthy investigated the case, but could get no information against anyone, and was of the opin- ion that the man was not ill at all. $0.80; No. 3, $7.80 .to $8.60. Samples mixed with timothy, trefoil or woods, according to quality. llcd Clovcr.l’irmcr; No. 1 cleaned, $12.50 to $153.75, and higher for best; No. 2, $11 to $11.25; ordinary lots, mixed with weeds, according to quality. London, March 25.â€"Calcutta linseed, April-June, 42s Dd per 412 pounds. â€"â€"â€"_. MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, March titâ€"Manitoba bran $23 to $24.50; shorts, $25; Ontario bran, $24.50 to $25; middlings, $26 to $27; shorts, $25.50 to $26 per ton, including bags; pure grass :mouillc, $34 to $35, and milled grades $25 to $20 per ton. Eastern Canada No. 2 white oats, 50c; No. 3, 18¢; No. I, 170; rejected, 450 per bushel ex store, and Manitoba rejected, I18c to ésxc per bushel ex track, North Bav. Rolled Oatsâ€"$2.75; 00m, $1.60 to $1.70 per bag. Flourâ€"Choice spring patents, $6.10; seconds, $5.50 to $5.60; winter wheat patents, $5.30; straight rollers, $4.75 to $5; 00.. in bags, $2.25 to $2.35; extra, $1.80 to $1.90. Butterâ€"30c for the finest .croamery and 26c to 27c for dairy make. Local receipts today were 3'? packages. Cheeseâ€"Western colored, 13340 to 1334c; white. 136 to 1331c. _ Eggsâ€"48%c per dozen, in five-case lots, and 190 for small lots. Provisionsâ€"Barrels short cut mess, $21; half-barrels, $10.75; clear fat backs, $22 to $23; long cut heavy mess, $20; halfâ€"barrels do, $10.50; dry salt long clear backs, 10%c; barrels plate. beef, $13.50 to $15; half-barrels do., $7.25 to $7.75; barrels heavy mess beef, $10 to $11; half-barnc‘ls (10.. $5.50 to $6; com- pound lard. Size to tie; pure lard, 11%0 to 1134c; kettle. rendered, 11%0 to 12c; hams, 120 to 13};.’c, according to size; breakfast bacon, 11-0 to 15c; Windsor bacon, 111%c to 2153.46; fresh killed abat- toir (:lrcssod hogs, $8.50 to $8.75; live, $6.15 to $6.35. - LIVE STOCK MA RKET. Toronto. March 31.-â€"Choicc cattle con- tinuo vcry scarce, and while the general quality of to-day‘s market was fair, there was no really choice animals. What exporters were offered brought prices rangingr from $4.75 to $5.35, and export bulls, $3.90 to $4.40. As much as was paid for picked butchers‘ which last week would not have sold for more than $4.75, and. straight loads of .choico were bought for $4.50 to $4.00. Steers of medium quality brought prices which would have been paid for choice steers last week, and it. was. only the very poorest stock. Good cows were equally sought after, and proportionately high prices were paid for them. A good demand and small offerings of veal calves caused slightly higher MEXICAN EIII WIFED OUT Over One Hundred Inhabitants of Chilapa. Lose Their Lives By Earthquake. 'A dospatch from City of Mexico says: Chilaipa is 115 miles from Mexico City, 'Chilapa, a town in the State of Giicri‘ei‘O, and all communications have been cut was practically wiped off the earth on Thursday night by an earthquake and fire which followed. flow many of the 15,000 souls who live in the place, lost their lives is not definitely known as yet, but the loss of life is estimated at between 100 and 200. The number of injured is estimated at 2, . Costcpel, Conception . and Tetillila, three towns, with an aggregate popula- tion of about 2,500, in Guerrero State, were also wiped off the map during the night. No report is made of the dam- age, but many were injured. The centre of the disturbance seems to have been in the State of Guerrero, where great damage was done in the small mountain towns. The upheaval prostrated the telegraph Wires in some ports of the region south of here, and sible loss of life by the earthquake can- not yet be learned. ' the full extent of the damage and pos-l off, except for couriers, who are report- ed to be on the way to Mexico City fnom the stricken district. The on] information so far received is that the entire city is amass of flames and can- not bc saved. (jhllapa is situated high in the moun- talus on the Inter-Oceanic Railroad which is being built to Vera Cruz. The: countryside is barren for the most part and extremely broken. The Sierra Ma: dre dcl Sur Mountains extend through the entire State of Guerrero parallel with the coast, and the country is bmk. on by numerous spurs running inland. In the valleys there is some agricul. tural land, and on the high ground con. siderable land is under cultivation, oer. eats, tropical fruits, tobacco, coffee, va. nilla and cotton being the principal pro- ducts. Owing to the sparsity of the population few agricultural industriw are carried on. prices to be paid for the best quality. Prices of sheep and lambs were firm, but not materially higher. Spring lambs were offered in limited numbers, and sold up to $7.50 each. The market for hogs is stronger, and 5%c .per pound was paid for selects. y... BOMB KILLS TW'O PERSONS. Was Hui-led at a Squa’d of New York Police. A dospatch from New York sat/‘51 A determined effort to hold a Socialist meeting in Union Square, despite the fact that no permit had been obtained and in defiance of the orders of the D0- lice, ended in the explosion of a bomb in the middle of Union Square Park Saturday afternoon, by which one. man, lgnatz Hildebrand, a tailor, was in- stantly blown to death and the man who held the bomb was so badly in- jured: that the hospital surgeons say he is certain to die. The man who held the bomb and who was about to hurl it at a squad of policemen when it ex- ploded, had his right hand blown off just above the wrist. and both of his eyes were blown out. Despite his ter- rible injuries, he was occasionally con- scious in the course of the afternoon and evening, and he told both the police and the coroner who took his automor- tem statement that he had intended to throw the bomb at the police. The bomb-thrower is Selig Silverstcln, a young Jewish tailor. F-â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"-. ITALIANS’ BLOODY FIGHT. Second Outbreak of a Week Among Foreign Element in Toronto. A dospatch from Toronto says: The Italian quarter on Claremont street, To- ronto, was the scene of a bloody stab- bing affray on Saturday night, which marks the second outbreak of lawless- ness among the foreign element in the west end within a week. One Italian threw a piece of concrete at another and took to his heels. The man who was struck accused a third man. One drew a razor and the- other a knife. The results followzâ€" Vinccnzo Guzzi, 265 Clarcmont street, is in Grace Hospital, with his taco, head and body a mass of wounds and slashes which required 70 stitch-es to close. Francesco Appa, 106 Clarcmont street, is in the Western Hospital, with two wounds from ear to ear across the back of the head. His thumb was nearly cut off and he has a long cut in the back, inflicted by a razor. It took 11-7 stitches to close his wounds. Domenico Colosimo, 106 Clare~ mont street, was arrested for throwing the stone. V ’A4 65 KILLED IN \VYOMING MINE. All the Victims Met Their Death In- stantly. A despatch from Hanna, Wyoming, says: The bodies of only five of seventy mine-rs killed in two explosions which occurred in Mine No. 1 of the Union Pacific Coal Company on Saturday, have been recovered. All hopes of rescuing any of the sixty odd mcn cntombed has been abandoned, for the condition of the bodies of those recovered indi- cated that their companions were killed outright. Seventy coffins have been or- dered, although the names of only 65 of the dead have been obtained. The remaining fifteen are Finnish miners. W . DEATHS AVERAGE ONE A DAY. Accidents on Transcontinental Con- struction to be Investigated. A dcspatch from Winnipeg says: The Dominion Government will investigate the terrible death rate among railway construction workers, on that part of the Grand Trunk Pacific from Kcnora out to Thunder Bay. The death rate is nearly one a day, due to dynamite explosions. It is said to be due to the reckless mode of using dynamite. The" remedy is said to be a Government cer- tificate for foreman of gangs using ex. plosives, but this the contractors de- clare to be impossible or impracticable. .__.___-]‘- ANOTHER EXPLOSION. Two Italians Killed on G. T. Pacific Near Dryden. A dcspatch from Kenora says: Two more victims were added to the fright- fully long list of fatalities among the railway construction camps on Thurs- day morning when an explosion occur- red at McDougall’s Camp on the Grand Trunk Pacific, near Dryden. Two Italians, whose names are unknown bore, Were killed, and another terribly mangled. He is in the hospital in a precarious condition. .____.p_____ BOY EATEN‘BY \VOLVES. Y Tragedy at Barwick, Near the Canadian Boundary. A dcspatch from Fort Francis says: United States settlers living up the Big Fork River opposite the Canadian boun- dary, who visited Barwlck, report that a nine-yearold boy was killed and eat- en by timber wolves one day last week. They‘ say the little fellow was attend- ing school, and was for some reason or other kept in after 4 o’clock until nearly dark, when he was permitted to go home, and was devoured along the trail. -â€">Fâ€"â€" . The Hudson"s Bay has has been built to La Passe. .The new city of Montneal loan of a million pounds was taken by the Bank of Montreal at 97.25. MOBILIZATION 1 AT QUEBEGr » Twenty-five Thousand Troops May Be Concentrated A dcspatch from Ottawa says: The Militia Department expects to be able to maikc definite announcement shortly as to the plans for the mobilization of a Canadian army of some twenty-five thousand men at Quebec in July next on the occasion of the Champlain ter- ccntcnary. Negotiations \vlth transpor- tation companies are still being carried on relative to carrying the troops to and from Quebec, and arrangements for looking after the oommlssariat dc- partment are still under consideration. Pending definite information on these two most important aspects of the un- dertaking, the Militia Council will not be able to state definitely just what will PEOPLE WANT an an be the extent of the proposed mobilize: lion. So far, however, the plans are working out satisfactorily. In the event. of the feasibility of the ' scheme as at present contemplated be- ing assured there will be "no annual militia camps east of Manitoba. {his summer. It is proposed that sixty per cent. of all the corps, both city and rural, from Ontario, Quebec, and the, Maritime Provinces shall. mobilize at Quebec during the last week of July..; The selection of those who are to go will be decided on later, butit is the intention to have only members of the militia well qualified to take part in military manoeuvres by reason of con- siderable previous training. System of Improving Highways Spreading in Ontario . Mr. A. W. Campbell, Deputy Min- ister of Public Works, in an address delivered before a meeting of the Good Roads Association of Oratorio, held in Toronto the other day, strongly advo- cated the building of bridges in the most substantial st.er by means of ac- mcnt or concrete. If this is carried out {the Government will be glad to con- tribute one-third of the cost. Mr. Campbell laid stress on the fact that the County Councils should strive to familiarize themselves with the financial conditions of the county and the ex- penses in connection with repairing the roads. In making small repairs in the roads he pointed out. that the expendi- ture amounted to practically as much as if more substantial roads were built. In the last ten years the municipalities had contributed about $10,000,000 cash in the improving of their roads. He said that this money, if properly band- led, would be sufficient to construct Iroadways that would last for at least a period of ten years. _ He believed that if the County Councils would take over this work and avail themselvos of the provisions of the act the Township Councils would be ready to offer their; assistance in the work of making good- roads. “It is surprising," continued Mr. Campbell, "how contagious this thing is after the work of "improving a road has commenced. It is not wise, how: ever, to attempt to do too much, it bo' ing much wiser to adopt the policy of do, a little and do it well. This tends to‘ convert the people to advocate an extension of the good roads system‘in municipalities where it does not ex- ist It is not the long mileage that counts, but tlic sample of the good work done that bnprcsses the people who will ultimately conclude that a. stand-i ard road shall be a policy in all dis-1‘ trials. The work was done well and’ economically in compliance with certain regulations of the act relative to Gov- ernment inspection. If counties do not adhere to this rule the Government will not pay its one-third of the expendiâ€" lure." WW MONEY PARCEL QUICKLY STOLEN. g-er on the train and its disappearance,. Several men were standing around, but' Express Agent at Collingwood Robbed all profess to know nothing. The loss at Station. A dcspatch from Collingwood says: The boldest robbery that ever occurred in Collingwood was pcnpetratcd on Thursday at noon at the G. T. R. sta- tion here, when the Canadian Express Company was robbed of a parcel con- taining one thousand dollars in one dollar bills. The parcel was addressed to the local branch of the Bank of Mont» real, and had been shipped by the Ile- ceivcr-Gencral’s office in Toronto. It was received by the agent of the ex- press company, Mr. L. E. Wright, from the messenger on the train. Upon re- cciving the parch Mr. Wright placed it upon the truck with other parcels, and engaged in other duties, which at the time are rushed, more especially when the train is late as was the case on Thursday. He lost sight of it but for a moment, but when he turned his attention to it it was gone, and since m. trace of it has been found. The po- lice were notified, but up to six o’clock on Thursday night they have failed to secure the thief, although several clues lave been followed up. The parcel was made up in the usual way. Itis thought the party who took the parcel must have been watching‘Mr. Wright very closely, as the time was so very short between its reception from the messen- of the parcel will fall on the local agont,.‘ Mr. Wright. -â€"â€"..~â€"-â€".â€"fi GIRL PLAYED “’ITII FIRE. _.__. Five-Year-Old Burned to Death Near! Huntsville. A despatch from Huntsville says: Viola Fletcher, the fiveâ€"year-old daughter of‘ Mr. W. J. Fletcher, who lives at Ravens cliffc, six miles from Huntsville, died on Thursday morning, the victim of a distressing accident that occurred about 5 o‘clock on Wednesday night. The father was absent from home, and the‘ mother had gone to the barn to milk the cows. She left her two little daugh- ters, Viola, aged five, and Mary, aged three, in the house. But a few min- utes after she left the older girl ran screaming to her mother with her cloth~ ing on fire. The frenzied parent car- ried her back to the house, and ex- hausted every effort to extinguish the flames and relieve the child’s suffer- ings, but the little body was so ter- ribly burned that death followed an hour later. A rich gold strike has been made at the mouth of the Mackenzie, 60 miles east of Herschel Island. " CAN GililW BEST TtiBACtlil Canadian Cigars Shown to Agricultural Committee ' A 'dcspatch from Ottawa says: “Can- ada can produce a cigar equal to the best,” was the opinion expressed by Mr. F. X. Charlan, Dominion tobacco expert, in giving evidence on Wednes- day before the Committee on Agricul- tune regarding the tobacco-growing pos- sibilities of the country. Some of the varieties of tobacco at present grown in Canada were, he admitted, very in- ferior, but others had proved highly successful both in Quebec and Ontario. Out of 10,000,000 pounds of, tobacco grown in Canada, probably 1,000,030 pounds wene of an inferior quality. Quebec and Ontanio grew tobacco in about equal proportions and about ~threoqual'tert; of the total quantity grown was manufactured. He was in favor of legislation which would en. counage the farmers to grow tobacco. What was particularly nc'cdod was proper packing houses and the estab. ‘lishmcnt of those would _lead to good results. Mr. Charlan produced samples of Canadian tobacco for cigar binding which, he declared, was equal to any- thing grown in Wisconsin. Mr. Duncan Ross, M. P., submitted samples of Canadian cigars which he said were equal in quality to “magmas. Mr. Wigle, .a large tobacco grower at Kingsville, also gave evidence. Essex and Kent, he said, were well suited for tobacco growing purposes and mm some encouragement from the Govern- ment,.cspecially in the direction of pack- ing houses, his district could grow twenty-five to thirty million pounds.. i i