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As a great cataclysm of nature, however, this disaster is on a_far greater scale ‘than the California phenomenon. The whole face of the country and the coast line have been altered. Even Scylla and Charybdis have changed the position they occupied since Aeneas’ legendary voyage. REFUGEES AT NAPLES. ‘A despatch from Naples says: Time only confirms the unspeakable horrors of the overpowering catas- trophe in southern Italy, for earth and sea ruthlessly claimed thou- sands of human beings, and the flames mercilessly completed the unfinished devastation. Naples, vibrant \vith the memory of Vesuvius, is prostrated anew by the misery and woe from Messina confided to lie'r care. The hespi- tals, hotels and homes are crowd- ed ‘with refugees, and the people are vieing with one another in aid- ing the stricken. CENTRE OF VOLCANIC ZONE. Those who have enpert knowledge on the subject agree that the cen- tre of the cataclysm was the Strait of Messina, which also is the centre of the volcanic zone. the highest peak of which, Mount Aetna, is now silent. From this base, the telluric disturbance ext-ended, abat- ing little by little, northerly as far as Cape Vaticano and southerly as far as the Bay of Catania, ravaging the western region of Calabria and the eastern coast of Sicily for a dis- tance of nearly 100 miles. It is im- possible to accurately ascertain the extent of the movement east and west in the inland regions, but it is certain that the beauty of one of the most charming sections of southern Italy has been irrevocab- ly dcspoiled. Vineyards are no more; waving rows of lemon, orange and olive trees have been torn up and the enchanting coastline, with its soft and fragrant foliage, has been con- verted into a hideous desert. Reg- gie, whose gay aspect set offthe severity of the mountains, and Balmi, perched jauntily amid orange and olive trees, have be- come mere blots. . OVERRUN WITH F UGITIVES Catania, the largest city nearest to the scene of the disaster, is crowded with refugees, and the continuous stream of fugitives coming, the sight of the wounded and repetition of real. and imagin- ary earth shocks, has so alarmed the population that they are be- coming uncontrollable. There is no longer place there where the refugees may find shelter, Cardinal Franciia Nava di Bontife, Arch- bishop of Catania; has employed all the money in his possession to provide bread for the fugitives, but the people of Cantania, also, are in great need, as the ordinary bu- siness pursuits have been entirely interrupted. FATE OF FOREIGNERS. The government is finding difficul- ty in ascertaining the fate of many ' foreigners who were in the earth- quake zone at the time of the ca- tastrophe, enquiries > concerning whom are coming from all parts of the globe. The commander of the battleship Makharoff, which ar- rived with fugitives at Naples on “lednesday, confirms the report of the death of the American consul at Mcssina, Arthur S. Cheney, and his wife, who were'buried in the ruins of the consulate. The num- ber of Americans in Sicily and southern Italy is believed to be small, and several of them are re- ported to have been staying at Toarmina, which is on the east coast, about 3O miles southwest of Messina. According to the latest reports, this place suffered no harm from the earthquake. ‘ woasn THAN was. he minister of war, in despatch- ing orders to the military authori- ties who have practically taken l l l l l power through- greatest tragedy out the zone of the earthquake, ex~ plained : “This disaster has resulted in a greater loss of life than any of our independence. Indeed, the s'tuation is much worse, as while war always is preceded by a period of preparation, this has happened within 40 seconds. While war only affects the young and strong among the people, the pre- sent calamity lias mowed down wo~ men and children, old men and youths.” . UNIVERSAL SYMPATHY. All the sovereigns and the heads of states of the foreign govern- ments have sent expressions of warmest sympathy and deepest con- dolence. _Fi'aiice’s‘ message was especially warm, and she is dc- spatching five warships ‘from Tou- lon' to Messina, which is hailed as a token of love from a sister race. The 'minister of marine on Wed- nesday night received word that the steamships Taormina and Cani- pania, with 45,000 beds and a large supply of provisions aboard, had left Genoa bound for Messina. Other steamers also bountifully stocked are on their way to the stricken cities from various ports. ~ The despatches from the stricken zone say that a large army would be required to cope with even the pressing needs of the unfortunate people, who are roaming about half clad and starving, some of them dragging articles of clothing from the smouldering ruins to pro- tect themselves from the piercing winds. Terrible suffering is in- evitable before the much-needed relief can arrive. SCENES AT NAPLES. A despatch from London says: William Maxwell, the well-known correspondent of the London Daily Mail, who was ordered from the Balkans to the devastated districts he telegraphs as follows :â€"“'Naplcs is like a city receiving her dead and wounded after a great battle. The approaches to the quays are crowd- ed ,with sympathetic spectator-i. many of whom come laden with bread and win-e as offerings to the victims as they arrive. “Motor cars, ambulances and stretchers hurry through the streets escorted by soldiers. As they pass one catches glimpses of the agon- ized faces of men, women and chil- dren on whom are the wounds and terror of the awful catastrophe. “Churches, schools and hospitals fail to meet the demands for ac- commodation, and private houses are opened to receive the sufferers. “Funeral processions with all the sumptuous ritual of the Roman Ca- tholic Church show that many have reached Naples only to die. Three thousand injured have already ar- rived, and two ships are nowdis- charging their cargoes of pain.” NEW SHOCKS ALARM PEOPLE A despatch from Rome .says: There were slight shocks felt in the earthquake zone on Friday, com- pleting the ruin of the crumbling buildings. These shocks are con- tributing to the keeping up of the alarm ‘of the population. One quite severe shock was felt at 3 o’elock in the morning and another at 9. Fires are still burning, although much rain has,fallcn. The latest investigations on both sides of the straits make it certain that many more than half the population of: the coast towns and villages have been killed. Professor Ricco, di- rector of the observatory at Mount Etna, estimates that the victims of the earthquake exceed 200,000. Hundreds of dangerous criminals have been arrested and are under close guard. A despatch from Rome says: The correspondent of the Corriere D’Italia, now at Mcssina, has suc- ceeded in sending via Naples a graph'c description of the pathe- tic sights seen on the streets there. Four carabineers, with a hand- cuffed man, whom they had evi- dently arrestcd duringthc night, were all killed while returning to their barracks. A peasant and two oxen were smashed into a shape- lcss heap. High up in the window of a house, only one wall of which was standing, was a boy hanging head down, being held by the legs by a fallen rafter. Sitting on a doorstep was a lady cuddling a headless baby, calling it endear- ing names and kissing it. He'r face was red with the child’s blood. Four Russian sailors strove to per- suade her to allow them to bury the child and convey her to one of the ships, but she indignantly re- fused. saying she would not he |had been divinely inspired to com~ lmit the crime. of Italy, arrived at Naples, whence have quarrclled frequently \vitli his parted from her only child, all that was left to her in the wide world. Her husband, an ofiicer, had been killed, she said, but she insisted that the child was alive. The sailors'persisted in their re- quests, whereupon the mother in- sisted they leave her. The sailors were so affecttd that they wept. _________.;.___ ___. BOR EDOWN AND SEE. French Scientist Suggests Drilling to Earlh’s Centre. A despatch from Paris says: M. Camille Flanimarion, the famous astronomer, who attributes the dis- aster in Italy to volcanic action, suggests again as he did forty years ago that an attempt be made to find. out with certainty the internal composition of the terrestrial globe. The only means of doing this would be to bore a gigantic well several kilometres deep. Such a work would not be beyond the power of present day engineering. This well would be a source of in- exhaustible heat for humanity. “If the various Governments would agree to direct toward this object all the soldiers of Europe, each employed in accordance with his special trade or occupation, they would win a victory superior to all. past and future wars of exter- mination by bringing to light the mystery which is hidden beneath our surface, and as while this work was being executed the habit of fighting would be lost, humanity would have gained by it a double process, both scientific and social.” V i“ BE EIEADED HIS MDTIIEB. Horrible Crime of a Demented New York Man. A despatch from New York says: In a fit of insanity on Wednesday, Arthur Trotter killed his aged mo~ tlier, Mrs. Ann Trotter, by bo- heading her with an axe and a knife in her apartments on West Eighteenth street. Trotter jump- ed from a second story window as, the police broke in the door, but was found outside practically un- injured and then did not resist ar- rest. He declared that the end of the world was coming, and that he Trotter is said to mother, who was a woman of sev- enty years and of reputed means, and only on Tuesday, the police say, he finished a six months’ term for beating her. v PA‘! neiirnsinr VIULENCE. Moutrcal’s Sorrowful‘ Record for Last Year. A despatch from Montreal says: Montreal’s morgue statistics for 1908 form rather a gruesome re- cord. In all, 850 violent deaths or deaths under suspicious circum- stances occurred. Of these twenty- three died from foul play and ten by Italian stilettoes. There were twenty-nine suicides, nineteen from gas inhalation; seventy-nine were drowned in the St. Lawrence, fifty were killed on the railways, twenty.- two by the street railway; fifteen by explosions, ten of which were due to the Ile Perrot accident. There were 218 sudden deaths re- corded, fift-y-seven were burned and sixiscalded to death. One fireman was killed on duty. v 5.4 THE OKLAHOMA STYLE. Robbers Built Barbed Wire Fence About Bank. ‘ A despatch from Muskogee, Okla., says: Five robbers dynamit- ed the bank at Wellston, Okla., early on Wednesday and escaped with $5,000. The robbers erected a barbed-wire barricade around the bank, and‘ while some members of the gang went to work on the bank safe others stood guard. The pick- ets for two hours kept the towns- people at bay while their confed- erates worked on the vault, and when finally the robbers succeed~ ed in getting the money it containu- ed the five men rode off, covering their departure with a heavy fire. No one was injured. 1râ€"-“ ALABAMA A DRY STATE. Prohibition Becomes Elfcclive With New Year. A despatch from Mobile, Ala., says: With the passing of~ the mid- night hour on Thursday night pro- hibition became effective through- out Alabama. A number of social clubs have been opened and char- ters for these places will now be in great demand. In these clubs drinks will be dispensed to “mem- bers only.” Before the doors of the saloons were closed on Thurs- day night whiskey and beer were given away in large quantities, and during the day drinks of all kinds were sold at nominal prices. y fllE WORLD'S MARKETS REPORTS FROM true ‘LEADING TRADE CENTRES. ~- l’r_iccs of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. BREAD STUFFS. ' Toronto, Jan 5.â€"Flourâ€"â€"Ontario wheat 90 per cent. patents quoted at $3.70 to-day in buyers’ sacks outside for export. Manitoba flour, first patents, $5.80 on track, Toron- to; second patents, $5.30, and strong bakers’, $5.10 to $5.20. Wheat-Manitoba wheat is high- er at 551.09% for No. l Northern, at 81.06% for No. 2 Northern, and at $1.01 for No. 3 Northern, Geor- gian Bay ports. N0. 1 Northern is quoted at 551.13%. North Bay freights, and No. 2 Northern at $1.101/,.. Ontario wheat-No. 2 white 94 to 94%0 outside; No. 2 red Win- ter at 95c outside, and No. 2 mix- ed at 94c outside. Oatsâ€"Ontario No. 2 white, 38 to 38%0 outside, and at 41 to 41%0 on track, Toronto; No. 2 Western Ca- nada oats quoted at 430, lake ports, and N0. 1 feed, 410, lake ports. Ryeâ€"No. 2 quoted at 69 to 700 outside. Barley-No. 2, 54c outside; No. I; extra at 52c, and No. 3 at 500. Buckwheat-56 to 56%0 outside. Peasâ€"No. 2 quoted at 85% to 860 outside. Corn-â€"No. 2 American yellow nominal at 680 on track, Toronto; new No. 3 yellow quoted at 65%0, Toronto. Bran-Cars, $19 in bulk outside. Shorts, $22.50 in bulk outside. counrnr PRODUCE. ' Applesâ€"â€"â€"\Vinter stock, $3 to $4 per barrel for good qualities, and at $2 to $2.50 for cooking apples. ,Beansâ€"Primc, $1.70 to $1.75, and hand-picked, $1.80 to $1.85 per bush. . Honey~Combs,'$2 to $2.75 per dozen; and strained, 10 to lle per pound. IHay-No. 1 timothy, $10.50 to $11 a ton on track here, and No. 2 at $7 to $8. Strawâ€"$7 to $7.50 on track. Potatoesâ€"Ontarios, 600 per bag. Delawarcs, 75 to 80c per bag on track. Poultry-â€"Chickens, dressed, 10 to llc per pound; fowl, 8 to 90; ducks, 11 to 12c; geese, 10 to llc per pound; turkeys, 17 to 180 per pound. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter-Pound prints, 25 to 27c; tubs, 22 to 24c; inferior, 20 to 21c. Creamery rolls, 28 to 290, and solids 27c. Eggs-Case lots of cold storage, 25 to 260 pei' dozen; selections, 28 to 300, and new laid 35 to 40c per dozen. Cheese-Large cheese, 13%0 pcr pound, and twins, 13%0. HOG PRODUCTS. Bacon-Long clear, 10% to Ile per pound in case lots; mess pork, $19 to $19.50; short cut, $22 to $22.50. Hamsâ€"Light to medium, 13 to 13%0; do., heavy, 12c; rolls, 10%0; shoulders, 10 to 10%0; backs, 16 to 16%c; breakfast bacon, 14% to 15c. Lardâ€"Tierces, 12c; tubs, 12%0; pails, 1212c. .-____ BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal; .Ian. 5.'â€"â€"Grainâ€"Ca- nadian Western No. 2 white oats at 46%0, extra No. 1 feed oats at 45%0, and No. 1 feed at 45c per bushel, in car lots, ex store. Flour ;â€"Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts at $6, seconds at $5.50, Win- ter wheat patents, .‘5 to $5.25; straight rollers, $4.60 to $4.70; do., in bags, $2.15 to $2.25; extra, $1.- 75 to $1.85. Feedâ€"â€".Manit0ba bran, $21; shorts, $24; Ontario bran, $21 to $21.50; iniddlings, $24.50 to $25.50; shorts, $24.50 to $25 per ton, including bags; pure grain mouille, $30 to $32; milled grades, $25 to $28 per ton. Cheese-The local market is quiet and steady,‘ with westerns quoted at 12% to 12c and easterns at 11% to 12. Butter -â€"Crcamery quoted at 25%0, and September make at 26%0. Eggs â€"-New laid at 35c, selected stock at 27% to 28c, and No. 1 stock at 23% to 24c per dozen. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 5. â€"â€" Wheat â€"Spring stronger; No. 1 Northern, car-loads store, 531.15%; Winter firmer; No. 2 red, 531.07%; No. 3 extra red, $1.06; No. 2 white, $1.~ 06%; No. 2 mixed, 951.06%. Corn -â€"Higher; No. 3 yellow, 630; No. 4 yellow, 62%0; No. 3 corn, 62 to 62%0; No. 4 corn, 61% to 62c; No. 3 white, 64%0. Oats-Strong. Bar- ‘mmwwzm'm-‘nmmil-lmmrmwu .---â€"-_ ..,_._.,__._~___.,_, , an‘! gym, 11le . .. ..,_ .. 1;-..“asassaaashssreswsem; ' . afiwimsfismnmw.um m._“--;____-___. . .__ Rye-No. 2 on track, 81c. Milwaukee, Jan. 5.â€"â€"Wheatâ€"-No_ l Northern, $1.10%; No. 2 North, ern, $1.09; May, $1.08% asked; Rye-No. 1, 74%c. Cornâ€"M;iyL 61%c; early standard, 660; sam- ples, 58% to 660; Nov., 58% to 60%0. p Minneapolis, Jan. 5.â€"that â€" Dcc., $10875; May, $1.11; cash, No. 1 hard, $1.12; No. 1 Northern, $1.11; No. 2 Northern, $1.08Z tL $1.09; N0. 3 Northern, 951.04% t, $1.06%. Branâ€"$19 to $19.25. Flourâ€"First patents, $5.30 to $5.. 65; second patents, $5.10 to $5.20. first clears, $4 to $4.10; second clears, $2.95 to $3.05. 7 _ Iv“ WANDERING IN THE WILDE Hardships Eudora-d by Aged Moxie can Woman and Child. A despatch from Winnipeg says? \Vandering about in the wilds of the north, among the haunts of in- numerable timber wolves, Margar- et Romaro, a Mexican woman, old and frail, together with her daugh- ter, a child ‘of thirteen, have been found by Indians in a starving con- dition, almost frozen and desper- ate from hunger. The place where the two were found was at Calling Lake, seventy-five miles west of Athabasca Landing. The pitiful story came to the immigration ofii- ces of Mr. J. Bruce Walker on Wednesday. The place is uninhabi- ted, and only wolves and big game abound in the bush and swamps, which in winter are buried in mountains of snow. Evidently the victims have endured unknown hardships for a l ng time. Bot-h have been driven from Canada in- to the United States, and from the States into Canada again. v ht‘ MEN’S MANY FIRE RISKS. Four Were Nearly Asphyxiatcd at Vancouver. A despatch from Vancouver,"B. C., says: Tht Smith Company's furniture store on Granville street caught fire on Saturday night. .I. chraves, Robert Soudcn, Frank Gurney and Captain Mitchell, fire- men, were overcome by smoke and narrowly escaped asphyxiation. Gurney and Soudcn are in the hos- pital. Captain Duncan fcl down an elevator shaft, but was‘ able to walk home. The fire was confined to the basement and first floor. >pâ€"â€"â€"â€"â€"' S I‘ I CI D E AT’ D TTAWA . Illilincr Shoots Himself Near Golf Grounds. hlr. A despatch from Ottawa says: K. A. I. Hilmer, a draughtsman in the City Engineei"_s department, committed suicide on Saturday af- ternoon by shooting himself with a revolver near the grounds of the Ottawa Golf Club. He had not been at his ofiicc for several days, but no reason is given for his cnd~ ing his life. He was about forty years of age and leaves a wife and two children. V >‘4 O'BRIEN MINE SOLD. Report That English Company llIaq . . Paid $8,000,000. A despatch from Montreal saysz. It is stated that the O’Bricn mine has been sold to an English com- pany for $8,000,000. The report is made by several men who have just arrived in the city from Cobalt. >1~L._._»___. UNITED STATES. Burglars at New York looted the police station in the Criminal Courts building. ' Thirteen persons were shot, none of them dangerously, on New Year's Eve, in New York. Sir Horace Plunkett, speaking at New York, prophesied the disap‘ pcarance of landlordism in Ireland. Abraham ll-euf, formerly boss of San Francisco, has been sentenced to fourteen years in prison. The United States Treasury De- partment has transferred $225,- 000,000 in gold coin from San Fran- cisco to Denver. Andrew Carnegie in a magazine article tells that ‘profit-sharing will bring about the final solution ol the labor question. Burglars in New York cracked the safe in a Third avenue jewel‘ lei-y store and carried ’off $5,000 in cash and jewellery valued at $25,~ 000. . W. L. Mathews, former Stat! Treasurer of Pennsylvania, who ha] been sentenced to prison for hil connection with the Capitol frauds; is dead. Silas H. Pearson of Peterboro, Ont., confessed at Pittsburg thy he had shot Jacob Knoedler of Wil. lock Station while attempting ti rob. Knoedler’s store. '1 Icy-Feed to malting, 62 to 7001's-.) l l F“ i. “. :4 ‘t 1,5: ¢.n,.s-_-.-~ a...» . QWMQT' ' ‘. " "-1? . mm“ man . ‘._. .