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i i t l ? iliillli Kill. 1 , A despatch from Toronto says: Four men are'dead as the result of the burst- ing of a defective pipe in the boiler of the steam-er Brockville on Saturday afâ€"I tcrnoon, while another member of the crew was seriously scaldcd, but will recover. The two firemen, Adolph Chavagcau and Octave Cote, were kill- e-i -on the spot, while the chief engin- eer, Bu'rncau Panten, and oiler, Wilâ€" liam Gouin, died at Grace Hospital ,a few hours after the accident. Fred Chnrboneau, aged 30, second engineer, will recover. On Saturday afternoon about 230l o’clock the steamer Brockvillc was ly- ing at the foot of Bathurst street. She belongs to the Richelieu & Ontario Na- vigation Co. and was to have left To- ronto for Kingston on May 26. the in- tention of the company being that. she should ply between that city and Pres- cott. The four dead men, with Char- boneau and J. Fougere, were in the hold. The boiler and fittings were being test- ed under the direction of the chief en- gineer, Burnoau Panten. A defective Six-inch circulation tu-bo gave way un- (for the head of steam and the vapor spread first into the firehole and thence into the fire. pit, where the men were at work, in its passage blowing‘out the fires. The two firemen. who were di- rectly in front of the blast, fell dead at once. Planten and Gouin were also W _________________â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-- JAPS ATTACK FRENCUMEN. "â€"â€" Outbreak Against Operaytofrs of Timber Factory. A despatch from Tokio says: An of- ficial report from Miyazaki prefecture states that a mob of eighty persons at- tacked .a timber factory, owned by Frenchmen, in the Village of 'wo, May 5, doing considerable damage to the factory and the residences of the Frenchmen, who either too-k refuge in the mountains or left for Kobe. No person was injured. Forty arrests have been made in connection with the af- fair. The motive for the attack has not yet been reported. The damage done is estimated at about $50,000. _____,1,_ “’IlALERS PAY DUTIES. 'Amcrica’ns in Hudson Bay Acknowledge Canadian Authority. A dcspa'tch from Ottawa says: Ameri- can whalers operating in the Arctic Ocean, adjacent to the mouth of the Mackenzie River and eastward along the coasts of the islands as far as Beaufort Sea, have for the first time on record] acknowledged Canadian authority in these remote regions by the payment of Customs duties. The amount collected has been comparatively small, but the principle is important as establishing what has already been admitted in find- son Bay, the undoubted ownership of these northern lands by the British Clown - . q._,_____ MON'I‘CALM SUNK. Lies on Bottom of St. Lawrenceâ€"Likely to be Total “Tech. A despatch from Quebec says: The Government steamer Montcalm, which collided on Thursday night with the L. 'P. R. steamer Milwaukee, is now lying at the bottom of the Customs [louse pond. to which she was towed after the accident, with only her funnel exposed to view to designate her position. Ex- perienced river men declare that the vessel is probably doomed to be a total loss, as she is badly wrecked on the starboard side. , ‘ â€"â€"â€"-â€"»r« A resolution favoring an early union of the South African colonies was pass- ed at the conference on customs and Sailway matters at Pretoria, on Satur- ay. rten Meet With Terrible Death-by ' Scalding Steam. TAT BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, May 12.â€"~Manitoba Wheatâ€"â€" No. 1 Northern, 151.1034 No. 2, 31.15%: No. 3, 81.10%; feed wheat, 66; No. 2 feed, 00c, Georgian Bay ports, Ontario \Vheutâ€"«No. 2 white, 010 to 05c, outside; No. 2. red, 01-0 to 05c, out- side; No. 2 mixed, 030;'goosc, 000 r Cornâ€"No. 3 yellow, 7.1%0 to 750, T0- ronto freight; No. 3 mixed, 1c less. Flour-«Manitoba patents, spec1a1 I‘m-ads, $0; seconds, 35.10; strong bak- ers’, $5.30; wintcr wheat patents, $3.15 Barleyâ€"No. 2, 55c; holders ask 00c. Peasâ€"No. 2, 000, outside. Ryeâ€"No. 2 scarce and wanted, 880. wrapped in the scalding steam and were so fearfully scaldcd that. they both suc- cumbed a few hours after their admit~ lance to Grace Hospital, where they were hurried in the police ambulance. Charboncau n'ianaged to escape into the outer air and apprise the rest of the Buckwheatâ€"No. 2, 04%0 to (350- crew above of the deadly nature of the 0a,is..3\:o. 2 white, 47%: outside; I100 explosion, the faint rumbling of which or] [ragk Town“); N0, 2 mixed, 453, had only been heard on deck. Branâ€"-$2t.50 10625110113. The men dived for the hold, and in $11.01-LS_.$35 at the mms. Spite of the deadly clouds of stoma ‘ soon had the four men on deck, two dead, and’ two alive but frightfully scalded. The bodies of Cole and Chav- agcuu were taken to the Morgue, and A 'dcspatch from Huntsville, Ont., says: A double tragedy was enacted here on Friday, resulting in the death of Nelson Smith, formerly of Allan- dale, Ont., and his young wife, formerly Miss Martha Goldie of this place, who has been for some weeks visiting at the home of her parents just. outside the town of Huntsville. The details of the murder and suicide are as followsâ€"4111'. Smith, who has been for some time .past an employee of the Gait, llcspcler & Berlin Railway, arrived in Huntsville early Friday morn- ing, and after breakfas-ting at an hotel COUNTRY PRODUCE Wholesale quotations are:â€" limiten and 'Gouin were bin-tied EggS_The “we is 5”” mm and un_ pm“,ch to the home of his “mas palm Gmcc “osplml' “We Gomn “"5 usWilly high 101' this “me Of your. New- (-1115 on the opposite bank of the river plunged into a boracic acid bath, and quid, 17C_ Panten. was wrapped in picric acid Bu,im1.__p,.ic,~5 are firm-10p again on bandages, but the two men. were too [small Offeringé. seriously injured for any,rcmedy. Fred Creamery; prints H from the town. On the way he called at the district schoolhouse and inquired of his little son, who was in attend. .. .. 20010310. ance, if his mother was at home, and CPfPin“ was “‘1‘”? .1? L?"%C°GIIQS' d0 S-Olid's -. uh 270 t0 280 upon receiving an affirmative answer, in“ m ‘1 cab- “‘3 5‘11“ W ,Oumi Dairy prints . . . . . . 200 to27c proceeded to the house I‘lanien and he were standing in the do large 1,0115 . . . _ _ _ . . I _ . _ 24010250 ' engine room, when there was an ex- do solids I H . ‘ . . _ . _ «23010240 plosion, and they were all enveloped in scalding steam. fie continuedzâ€"“l had to fight my way through the en- gine room to the companionway, and I thought. at one time 1 should never make it. Fortunately I did not swal- 5,.30 to $135 rm. hm,d_].,ic,klcd_ low as much steam as. the others.” Honey_su.m,md Steady at “C to 120 Charboneau's back and limbs are bad- pm. pound for 60_pound pang and .120 1y scolded. but little doubt is entertained to, 13c [0,. 5 m 10 pound ‘pfi'ifs. Combs 0‘ 1‘15 1‘000V01‘Y- at $1.75 to $2.50 per dozen. Cheeseâ€"The new make is not offering very freely, but sufficiently so to meet the demon-ct; 14c for large and 14%0 for interior . . . . . . 20cto2itc Potatoesâ€"â€"Ontario, 850 to 000; Dela- ware, 050 to $1, in car lots on track here. Beansâ€"$1.70 to $1.75 for primes and Some of these sold up to $0, and one. sold at There were a very few choice specimens of butchers’ cattle, which sold as high as $80, but the great majority could not. be classified as bet- tev. than medium quality. There is a strong demand for cows and bulls for butchering purposes, and the price of some of the best of these approached S5, while anything that sold PRIVATE MOIR CAPTURED. __ at less than 333 was of very poor qua- Slayor of Sergt. Lloyd Arresth on a Farm Near Arthur. A despaich from Arthur says: After a desperate struggle of ten minutes up and down under the boots of the startled hoiscs at the Robb Bros.’ farm, four miles north of Elora, Private nMolr, the murderer of Sergt. Lloyd, was- finally overpowered by Chicf Constable C. J. Farrel and Constable Cochrane of_lAr- thur. Meir was carrying a ‘32 calibre revolver, loaded in five chambers, un- der his belt, and what use the desper- ate man would have made of it had not 'the officers taken him off his guard is sufficiently indicated by the fight he put up when he was pinioned from be- hind. Constable Farrell of Arthur first got wind of Meir through W. Draper, the stage driver between Arthur and Fergus, who had seen Moir while d-riv- ing past the Robb farm, and heard that he carried a loaded revolver with him twins, in job lots here; new make, 1:20 for large and 12%0 for twins. Maple Syrupâ€"«$1 to $1.10 .per gallon. Baled Strawâ€"$8 to $0 per ton. Baird flayâ€"Ji‘imothy is quoted at $15 tc $15.50 in car lots on tracks here. PROVISIONS. Porkâ€"Short out, $21 to $21.50 per bar- rel; mess, $17.50 to $18. Lardâ€"Tierces, 11%c; tubs, 11%(3; pails 12c Smoked and Dry Salted Meatsâ€"Long clear bacon, 10%0, tons and. cases; hams, medium and light, 120 10 13c; hams, large, 11%c to 120; backs, 16c to 10%c; shoulders, 0%0 to 10c; rolls, 10C to 10%c; breakfast bacon. 140 to 15c; green meats out of pickle, 10 less than smoked MONTREAL MARKETS. lily. Even canners were higher at $1.- 51) to $2.50. or two at even more than that. Choice heavy export bulls in several instances Not many stockers wore offered and the demand continues steady, but prices are not advanced. The otfcrings of calves have been very heavy of late and the market is becom- ing loaded up with them. have cased off considerably. The prices Sheep and lambs are steady and quiet. Spring lambs are quoted unchanged. The hog market. is we ak. mand is rather quiet, as the provision trade is dull at this season. N0 REDL'CTION IN “'AGES. P...â€" The act Grand Trunk Management Gives Denial to Report. A despaich from Montreal says: The Grand Trunk management on Wednesday that there was no trutht announced; in a report to the effect- that a generall decrease of 10 per cent. had been de- cided upon in the wages of employcs under the rank of superintendent and always under his belt. Then David Robb got hold of a Stratford paper and was at once struck with the resemblance Montreal. \May 12.â€"An active local business is being done in flour. Choice both the cut and the description bore Spring Wheat lml‘ems- $6301 SEC-01145, to their hired man. Saturday night Farrell and fiechrane drove out to the Robb farm in plain clothes. Just as they arrived they saw David Robb and Meir, whom they at once recognized unhitchin’g a horse. The farmer and hired man went into the stables and the officers. followed them. Farrell be- gun to talk to Robb of his stock and the season, all the time edging up to Moir, who seemed quite unconcerned. When Farrell was quite sure. he was their man he sprang and pinioned Moir’s arms to his sides, and in a sec- ond Cochrane pitched on to tho strug- gling pair. Moir is far the smaller man of the three, but has the build of a sprinter and the physique of the all- round athlete he claims to be. Roth Farrell and Cochrane are in the prime of life and heavily built, but for fully ten minutes the unequal struggle went on in the stable. Moir fighting to reach his weapon with the venom of a wild- cat. At. last he suddenly collapsed, al- lowed himself to be handcuffed and came very quietly to Arthur, where he remained all Saturday and Sunday. __>]4___â€" A new telegraph company, which pra- poses to cover the whole Dominion, is being organized at Montreal. tiltllli'l _ BltlTAlll’S BUDGET Estimated Revenue for 1908-9, $788,850,000--_ Estimated Expenditure, $764,345,000. A despatch from London says: The The new budget reduces the duty on budget was presented in the House a: sugar from 48 2d [0 15 10d pm, hum Commons on Thursday by Mr. ll. 11. d,x‘cd\veight. Asquith, the Premier, instead of by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. This dc- parturc from precedent is a result cf the recent changes in the Cabinet. Mr. Asquith, after commenting brief- lv on the present slackening of trade throughout the world, following the boom of 1007, announced that Great Britain‘s realized surplus for the year 1007-1008 amounted to 023.030.0110. t'i‘his, he. said. would be largely applied to the rlduction of the national debt, which had already been reduced by approxi- mately $00,000,000 during the past year. Mr. Asquith estimated the total ex- penditure for 1008-1000 at $761,315,000, The reduction will become effective on May 18_0n raw and refitted sugar and on July 1 on articles manu- factured with sugar. The budget. provides for pensions 0' $1.25 per week for all persons over 70, excepting criminals. fanatics and pau- ‘pers. it is estimated that the maxi- mum number of pensioners is not like- ly to exceed 500,000. and the cost must not exceed $30,000,000 any one year. Married couples are to haVe $1.80 week- 1y between them. The charge for pen. sions is to be a national. not a local. burden. The scheme is not to be operaâ€" tive until January, 1000. No one in re- and the revenue on the existing basis ceipt of more than $2.50 a week in- 01 taxation at $789,850,000. come will be admissible. $5.50; winter wheat patents, $5.50; straight rollers, to $5.25; (10., in bags, to $2.50; extras, $1.30 to $1.00. Millicedâ€"Manitoba bran, $22 to $23; shorts, to $24; Ontario grain, shorts1 to $22.50; i‘niddli-ngs, $24 to $25; shorts, to $27 .per ton, including bags, and pure grain inouillo at $32 to $31. Guiseâ€"Rolled oats, per bag; cornmeal, $1.67}; to $1.75 per bag. Butterâ€"Round lots are now selling at 28c. and jobbing lots to grocers at 2043 per .pound. Cheeseâ€"New make is selling at 11%0 to 1‘1%c, old make is quoted at 120 to 111%(2. ‘ l'lggsâ€"Fresh eggs in jobbng lots are selling at 18c to 13%0 per dozen, single cases at 1.8%c to 10C. l'1OVlSlOllS-BtlFEMS. short cut mess, $21; half barrels, $10.75; clear fat backs, '22 to $23; long cut heavy. $20; half barrels (10., $10.50; dry salt long clear ln‘icks, "fol/go; barrels plate beef. $13.50 to $1.5; half barrels do.. $7.25 to $7.75; barrels heavy mess beef. $10 to $11; half barrels (10., $5.50 to $0; compound lard, 8%0 to 0c; pure lard, 14-340 to 1494c; kettle rendered, 11%0 to 12c; hams, 12c to 13%c, according to size; breakfast bacon, lie to 15c; Windsor bacon, Mtge t'i 15%c; fresh killed abattoir dressed hogs, $0.50 to $0.75; live, $0.85 to $7. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, May 12. â€" Wheat â€"â€" Spring strong; No. 1 Northern, $1.10%, car- loads; Winter higher; No. 2 red. $1.07. Cornâ€"Cash higher; No. 2 yellow, 7/10. Oatsâ€"Strong; No. 2 mixed, 51%c; No. 2 white, 56%c. Barleyâ€"7G 10 85c. Rye â€"-N:‘r. ‘1 track, 00c. Minneapolis, May 12.-â€"Wheatâ€"No. 1 iard, 31.11%; No. 1 Northern, $1.00%; No. 2 Northern, S1.07}§; No. 3 North- crn, 00%0 to 351.04%; May. $1.08y; July, 511.07% to 551.07%; Sept” 01,11c. Flourâ€" First patents, $5.45 to $5.00; second pa- tents, $5.35 to $5.50; first clears, $4.25 to $1.30; second clears, to $3.00. Branâ€"In bulk, $21.75 to Milwaukee, May 12.â€"\\"heat~,\’o. 1 Northern, $1.12 to $1.13; NO. 2 North- erui, $1.00 to $1.10%; July, 08%0 bid. lyeâ€"No. '1, 81%c. Barleyâ€"«No. 2, 73c; sample, 58 10 71c. Cornâ€"No. 3, cash, 68% to 60c; July, (51%0 bid. New York, May 12.â€"\\’heatâ€"S.pot ir- reguiar; No. 2 red, $1.07% in ClOVflt)!‘ and 31.10% f.o.b. afloat; No. 1 north- ern Duluth, $1.105»; f.o.b. afloat; No. 2 hard winter, 31.13% f.o.b. afloat. wâ€" CAT'I‘ L E A 1A RK ET . than a couple of loads of export cattle. Toronto. May 12â€"There was not more Wednesday among the Gunncss premises. the higher officers, to on June 1st. come into effect ___.___.p.____ $21,000 FOR SELVER‘WARE. Record Price for Ninety Ounces at Lon- don Auction. ‘ A despatch from London says: At. an auction sale at Christie’s of the late Marchioness of Coyngham’s art collec- tion, silverware and dis-hes, weighing together 00 ounces, :1 gift of George W , to an ancestor of the hilarchioness, sold for $21,000. This is a record price. v (£1 J 4 . ______________________________________â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"â€"'â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€" irritant Nelson Smith Shot His Wife and Committed: ' Suicide ' admitlcd he was shown into 1112. parlor: and received by his wife and. mother-m- low, Mrs. James Goldie, and he engaged in friendly conversation with them for some time, exhibiting no signs of anger or excitement. Mrs. Goldie, sen . left the room for a few moments, and was horrified to hear terrified screams and two revolver shots in quick succession, and upon entering the room found the murderer standing over the body of his dead wife, with the revolver still in his hand. She attempt- ed to disarm him, but be rushed past her out to the ground, and, putting the revolver to his head, blew his own brains out. The cause of the tragedy is not defi- nitely known as yet, but is believed to have been insane and unreasoning jeal- ousy on the part of the husband. The murdered woman was about 30 years of age, and very popular and highly rc- Upon being spestcd in this her native town. _â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"Iâ€"â€"“ WW I GLANDERS IN GRENVILLE. Outbreak'of Drcald Diseaseâ€"Two Anic. mats \Vere Shot. A despatch from Brockv'ille. says: G-landers has broken out among the horses of Grenville Count-y. Two ant- nzal's belonging to a man named Jos. Whitley, were ordered to be shot forth- with. The rcmainlng horses of the farm were placed under quarantine. it is thought the epidemic has been nipped in the bud #1} SHOT HIS BROTHER. __ Two Yoang Boys Hunting Gophers Near Clarcsholm, Alberta. A dcspalch from Clarcsholm, Alta... says: Gan-go Miller, aged 11, and Wilâ€" liam Mllkr, aged 0, were trying to kill” gophers. the one with a gun and the other with a sling. The elder boy shot the younger in the breast, causing a terrible wound, from which he died on" Tuesday night. W” SUGAR REFINERS FAIL. ___. Largest Manufacturers in the World: Owc 320,000,000. A dcspatch from Odessa says: The-‘- failure is announced of two of the largâ€"’ est sugar manufacturing and refining works in the world. Chai’iioneko and Sons. and the Cherkassky Refining Co... The liabilities of the. former amount to 810500.060 and of the latter to $3,750,â€"1 000. ___.'â€":x‘___â€"â€"..â€"- BOMB UNDER CARRTAGE. w Russian Governor and Ills Witc'Esm capcdâ€"Passcr-by’ Killed. A despatch from Veronczh), Russia“ says: A bomb was thrown on Wednes-i day under the carriage of Gen. Bibik-. (“.1 Governor of the department, as he! was driving with his wrfe to church... Neither the Governor nor his wife was ,. injured, but a woman. who was passing at the instant of the killed. 11011118100100 tuft More Bodies 'Found in House of the. Indiana. Assassin. A dcspatch from Lapoirlc, Indiana, says: The horrors of the murder mill at the late home of Mrs._ Belle Gunness and a total of mna are increasing with the finding of addi- tional bodies, and there is little doubt but the number of murders may be home, but that the body supposed to.- swelled to a score or more when all the facts are known. One body, the sixth, was added to the list on \Kr'edncsday, when diggers unearthed the remains of a man, and within an found. hour the detachâ€" ed bones of two other victims were The work of digging goes on slowly, but the sheriff is arranging to experiences on that it is not only the some of the murders that which The body found found on Tuesday have the ground of the entire farmyard excavated to a depth of five or six feet, Wed n csda y showing barnyard this afternoon revealed two more bodies, making four for the day, The belief is growing that Mrs. Gun- ncss was not burned in the lire at her he hers is really that of another woman.” The basis for this belief is that that head of the body supposed to be Mrs.’ Gunncss’ is missing. The autopsy held- innncdiately after the fire revealed lhatl white the head was apparently burned! off, the rest of the body was scarcely, scorched. Many persons think Mrsg Gunncss is now on her way to Norway. The hasuncut and walls of the burn- ed Gunness’ home were examined on “soft spots" that \\"ednesda,v, and the toppings disclosed hide the bones of .human beings, for stveral hollow places. Sheriff Smulzcr were committed tore these down to hunt for other bodies. so long ago that the ground has set- tled so compactly that it is as hard as surrounds graves and that was never disturbed. the victims" on Wednesday was uncovered about five feet from where four of the bodies were and apparently occupied a wooden box about five feet long. The box was thin, and had rol- tcd away in the soft ground. The skele- ton was lying face downward, and had apparently been carelessly dumped in- to the box, then covered. Detached bones were also found on a pile of stones on A search of the Mrs. Gunnerss was supposed to have been burned to death with her three children in a flrc which consumch her house on April. 28th last, and Guy Lam» pere. a carpenter, is under arrest on- suspicion of having set. fire to the place. 11 was white a search was being made for remains that the discovery of five bodies was made on 'l‘i:esday. one icing supp-used to be that of Andrew [fete glein, who came from South Dakota with the j)llf‘1)I?SC of marrying Mrs. Gun- ncss, and the other that of Jenny Gun-- ncss, a Chicago girl, who was adopted. by Mrs. Gunness and who (“Stippfltll‘tEC' in September, 1001;. The other three bodies were unidentified. explosion was i; J «xv -¢\a‘v\/\/‘~o Wâ€"WflWNM/kkwtmouM¢.I‘.«~v\~. A Iwm<.~m-,,’. #3,: ,, ~,,*.a’v“.fis/u"fl~;’l remake. t I x t }