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TWll llllllll, ‘Serious Fire in Q. the Worksat 'A despatch from Hamilton, Ont., says: Caused, it is presumed, by an electric spark igniting some chemi- cals in the lacquer room, fire broke out about 5.30 on Thursday evenâ€" ing in the enormous plant of the Gurney-Tilden Company, manufacturers, resulting in the death of two men. serious injury to three others lussm' wounds to about :75 startled employcs, and l'iairâ€"raising experience for them all. ' The dead are 2â€"â€" Henry Bawdcn, foreman grinding-room; Albert Mcâ€" Cully, helper in stove mounting- ' , room. The more seriously injured are :~â€" Fred Wilds, hand and arms burned; S. Hobson, wrist broken; Percy Wo‘odbridge, overcome by smoke. V V . To over 70 men caught in the up- per storeys the only safe mode of escape was the greasy‘ elevator cables, down which they swarmed, hand over hand, by dozens. Others could not maintain their hold and slid down like dead weights, land- ing on.thc head of the other men at the foot of the shaft. Bawden and . McCully endeavored to reach an- other part of the building, but were overcome by the smoke, and were discovered, lying dead, half an hour later. ' The exact- cause of the fire has not been ascertained, but the fire department authorities believe that the electric wires, probably influ': enced by the fall of snow, became crossed and caused a spark. The leca-tion of the spark was the lac- iiiiimi Hamilton. stove~ Gilâ€"iiiéy-Tiiaefi-Stdvé quer room, where there was stored a quantity of highly inflammable chemicals, which ignited in a burst of fi'a;n1e.f‘.l‘lie room ground hear, is ongfitlgé and the men in thgt department had to=d~0 some quick, stepping to reach safety. Inside of one minute'the entire room was en- veloped in a Cloud of pungent smoke, which escaped to the uppEl‘ floors via the elevator shaft and a flight of steps. ' The grinding room on floor'got most of the smoke. It was, absolutely impossible to inhale the vapor and live, and the seven men and two boys who worked in the grinding- room made quick dashes tr. liberty. The majority of. them the third broke. Hobson and several others jumped and landed in a life- saving net held by the firemen. Others went down a ladder. "Bewâ€" dcn and McCully tried to escape by staggering into a different part of the building. That was the last seen of them alive. Half an hour later their bodies were recovered by Fire Chief TenEyck and some of-his men only a few feet cutsmle the door of the room from which they had tried to escape. They had been overcome by the smoke, and were carried downstairs, where Dr. James Anderson, aided by some firemen, with their first-aidâ€"toâ€"the- injured outfits, worked long to re- store them. Their efforts were fruitless, as thetwo unfortunate men we're euidently dead before they werg found. S. l ,__ MISS iimcrnicnsox DEM). i'y The Charge Against Robert lIcn- ,derson Will be Murder. \ A despatch from Peterboro’ says: Miss Martha Macpherson, who, with her sister, was attacked, in their little home in the township of Asphodel, three miles east of the village of Norwood, on January 27th, died on Sunday,and a charge of murder will likely be prefevred against her alleged assailant, Robs ert Henderson, who is in jail here awaiting trial.» ,The attack on the two women was made, it is alleged, by Henderson, who asked at the house for something to eat. He was told to cut some wood and went to the shed, but soon returned, and, it'is claimed, used the axe on the two women. Miss Martha Macâ€" pherson since the alleged assault had been in a critical condition, and physicians were constantly in attendance. {obert Henderson, who is alleged to have been responâ€" sible for the woman's death, was committed for trial on the charge of wounding with intent to kill. Henderson was a resident of To- ronto for a short time. ___.__..,,,_ CHILDREN. ,.._â€".. RESCUISG Several Narrow 'Ilscapcs at a Fire in (Dilawa. A despatch from Ottawa says: Several inmates of an Italian bak- er; on Somerset street had a narâ€" row escape when the premises were destroyed by fire on Sunday evenâ€" ing. family of :1). Sciarroni, ccnsisting of six children, were in They were "rescued through a. smashed bed when the fire started. window and handed down to help- ers. Mrs.-*Sciarroni jumped, and no one was injurcd. The fire itself did $1,500, damage. RIOTS IN PHILADELDHIA. ._....-~ the Philadelphia Transit Company. to operate its lines here on Sun- day, Passengers and crews were driven from the cars by infuriated mobs of strike sympathizers and in nearly a score of instances the abandoned cars were burned'or otherwise destroyed. At nightfall every car was withdrawn:from ser- vice. Stern measures were adopt- c-l by the police to quell the disorâ€" ders and nearly 500 persons were arrested, charged with inciting to riot. 'Two women were shot by stray bullets,.and many people were removed to hospitals. .‘__..-_...._’I<-. r. E. I. Is rnosrnmxc. Department of Agriculture Reports Good Year. A. despatch from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, says: The public accounts presented in the legislature on Friday show the an- nual ordinary expenditure to be $365,000; capital, $28,000; ordinary revenue, $275,000; total liabilities, $563,000. The biggest item of ex- penditure was $129,000, for educa- tion. The department of agricul- ture reported the year as exception- ally prosperous from an agriculâ€" tural standpoint. The ‘value-of the field crops was over $9,000,000. The dairy industry increased 30 per cent. over 1908. -â€"'l‘â€"- _eâ€"-â€" Fourteen immigrants held at Halifax for deportatiou by the im- migration oflicials were released on a writ of habeas corpus. l l Disorders Accompanies Strike of Street Car Men. A despat-ch from Philadelphia, Pa., says: Rioting in every section of this city followed the attempt of rushed to the windows, which they _ LLlllll iii. us 1 llllllTH Increase in the Customs Revenue During Last Fiscal Year. A dcspatch from Ottawa over the corresponding says: Canada’s trade for January total~ led $51,500,102, an increase of $12,- 322,027, or: nearly thirty per cent. n10nth.uf|€1‘eaSC of $31,404,708. ports have totalled $302,050,207, an increase of $60,987,445. lixpdrts of domestic products for the ten months totalled $241,375,219, an in- Of this in- last year, and Constituting a record 3 Grease, about? $16,000,000 was in e}:- for the month. Ironihs of the present fiscal ye the total trade has been $503,980,â€" 7SC, an increase of $95,010.031, or about twenty per cent. The imports la‘sf’inonth. totalled $30,253.852, an increase of $7,110,223 over January Exports of domestic products 06, all increase of moo. totalled $20 $4,571,034. ,3 55? El For the ten months im~ pm. the first tenlpc-rts of agricultural products, and ar seven and a- half millions in exports Exports of manufac- tures show an increase ' of nearly twL millions. The customs revenue for the month was $4,000,402, an in- crease of $944,037. For ten months the customs revenue has been $48,- 092,459, an increase of $10,361,341, 01 a little over a million a month. of the forest. THE unconr‘s rnon TIIE LEADING , TRADE-CENTRE“. . Prices of Cattle. Grain, Cheesc’land Other Dairy Produce at; Home and Abroad. BREAD STUFFSJ I Toronto,’Teb. 22â€"Flourâ€"Ontario wheat 90 'per cent, patents, $4.25 to $4.30 in buyers’ sacks on track, Toronto, and'r$4.20 to $4.25 outside 1n buyers’ sacks. Manitoba flour, nrst patents, $5.70 {second patents, 35.20 to $5.30, and strong bakers’, $5 on track, Toronto. Manitoba \VheateNo. 1 Northern $1.13, Bay ports, and No. 2 Northâ€" ern at $1.11., Bay. ports. ‘IOntario Wheatâ€"No. 2 mixed red W'inter or white, $1.07}: to $1.08% outside. I \j _ Barleyâ€"No. 2, 57c outside; No. 3_ extra, 550; No. 3 at 50 to 52c, and feed 48c outside. . Oatsâ€"No. 2 Ontario white, ~39 to 40: outside, and 42' to 42%0 on track, Toronto. 430 for 1T0 2, Bay ports. i Peasâ€"No. side. Ryeâ€"~No. 2, 680 outside, ,. Buckwhea tâ€"53 to 5-10 outside f0 9 - - 4., NO. Cornâ€"Kilnâ€"driedi No. 3 American 74c, and No. 3 yellow, selected, 710, Toronto freights. Canadian "corn, 60 to 07c, Toronto freights. Canaâ€" dian corn, ($6 .to 670, Toronto freights. ' i _. . Branâ€"~82250 in' bags, Toronto, and shorts at _$24,=in bags, Toron- to. ‘ " â€".â€"â€"â€".v COUNTRY PRODUCE.- ;Applesâ€"$1.50 to $2 per...b'arrel, according'fo‘ quality. ' Beansâ€"Car lots outside, $1.85 to "31.95, and small lots at $2310 to $2.20 per bushel. ' ' Honeyâ€"Combs, dozen, $2 to $2.â€" 50 ; extracted, 110% to .110 per'lb. , Baled hayâ€"4N0. 1.timothy”$13.50 to $14, and No. 2. at $12 to $12.50 (n track, Toronto. Balcd Strawsâ€"$7.50 on track, To- rento. . " " " ~ Potatoesâ€"47 to 500 track, Toronto.» Potatoesâ€"47 to 500 per bag ‘on track for Ontarios. I " Poultryâ€"Turkeys, dressed,;'17 to 18c per lb; clucks,'13 to 15c;'gecse, 12 to 13c; chickens, 13 to 140, and fowl, 10 to 11c. per bag on THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€"Pound prints, 22 to 230; tubs and large rolls, 20 to 210; in- ferior, 18 to 200; creamery, 27 to. 28c, and solids, 24 to 25c per lb. - Eggsâ€"Case lots of new laid, 30 to 31c per dozen, and storage, 250 ' per dozen. Cheeseâ€"12%c per lb. for large, and at 13c for twins. Hoe ~1’RODUCTS. Bacon, long clear, 14% to 14%c per lb. in case lots; messpork, $27; short cut, $28.50 to $29. ‘ Hamsâ€"Light to medium, :,15 to 15%0; do., heavy, 14 to 14%0; rolls, 14 to 14%0; shoulders, 13 to 13%c; breakfast bacon, 17 to 17%c; backs, 15% to 19%c. Lardâ€"Tierces, 15%c; tubs, 1 pails, 16c. ‘ ’ *3 MC ; ~â€"â€"'â€" BUSINESS IN MONTREAL. Montreal, Feb. 22.â€"â€"Oatsâ€"â€"No. 2 Canadian Western, 45% to 460; No. 4434 to 45c; Ontario No. 2 white, 433/; to 44c; Ontario No. 3.. white, 42% to 430; Ontario No. 4 white, 41% to 42c. Barleyâ€"No. 2, 59% to 60c; No. 3, 58%0; No. 4, 56%0; feed barley, 54%c. Flourâ€"Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.80; do.. seconds, $5.80; Manitoba Spring wheat patents, seconds, $5.- 30, Winter Wheat patents, $5.50 to $5.60.; Manitoba ‘strong bakers, $5.10; straight rollers, $5.10 “'to 3:25; straight rollers, in bags, $2.40 to $2.50. Feedâ€"Ontario bran, $22.50 to $3523; Ontario middlings, $23.50 to $24.00; Manitoba bran, $22.00; Manitoba shorts, $23.00; pure. grain mouillie, $31 to $33; mixed mouillie, $27 to $29. Cheese â€"â€"September and October make, 12 to 121/30, and castcrns at 11%, to- .12c. Butterâ€"choicest creamery,.26 ' dard, 49 to 491/;_.’_c. . t _ re. V l . A despatch from .Ottawa: says I With the current issue’o‘f The ‘Laâ€" bor,_ Gazette the department begins the 1'311b‘l-icat‘ion.~ cf- ‘the _~results of the special. investigation, which has been in'vprogressi for some-moths, intojthe increase thing the ‘past few years in 'the cost'o'f livith iIn subsequent.is,su,es,;p_there will be g’iv4 err statistical reviews of thetrend of wholesale andretail prices dur~ mg the past twenty year‘srin Can- ada, with-comparisonslas . to ,, the trend of price'S‘iii " other "Marries... The investigation 'will cover some commodities ' in" '7ge-1-i'eral5“ usei.’ is given'a‘s‘to thewh‘olesale p‘rice‘s ofan'imal's alnd'nieats from 1890 to 1909.), Averaging the prices? for: all' No.2 red, -$1.2.4‘-to $1.26;No‘. 3',_r.ed, . 951.13%; No. 1. Northern“,.$'1;.16%"to 31.17%; No. 2 Northern,” $1.14%,to s1.15%; N0. 3 Spring, 651.12% to No ‘ $1.14. Cornâ€"No. 2, 65c; 2 ‘ white, 660; No; 2 yellow, 660;'No.i 3,63%130 64%c; No. 3 white, 64 to' 64%0; No. 3 yellow, 63% to 64%0'; No. 4, 59% to 60%0; N0. 4 white, 60% to 61%0; No. 4 yellow, 60% to 62c. Oatsâ€"No. 2, 490; 170. 2 white, 4934 to 50c; No. 3 49%c; No. 4 white, 47 to 480; stan- LIVE STOCKMARKETS. Montreal, Feb.»22‘:â€"â€"â€"Ilrime beeves‘v 6 to over 6%clper pound; pretty good animals, 4% to 5%0, and the: cominon stock 3% to 4%(1 per lb.'_ Mileh cows from $30 to $60 each ;' springers, $30 to $50 each. Calves, to 80 per lb. and lambs about 7c pcrllb. lcts of fat hogs sold at 9% to per lb. , Toronto, .I‘cb. 22.â€"-«Evreything was bought up.for local killing._ _-A few picked, well finished steers and heifers sold up to $6.25. Straight loads of, good butchers sold at $5.60 to $5.90; medium at $5 to $5.50; bulls were strong at, $4.50 to $5.â€" 30. and butchers’ cows at $4.35 to Manitoba feeders realized up to $4.05. Sheep and lauibs were firm at recent advances; Hogsâ€"4. Selects, $8.25, f.o.b., and $8.50de and watered. ' Sheep, about 5c, Gcod 93/20 Al) MITS In; IS c 0K. ...____ Explorer, First Refused to Romgr nize His Former Companion. A. despatchfrom Santiago, Chile, says: Dr. “Frederick A, Cook on ll‘riday admitted his identlty. 'Hc. gian engineer .Bysselberghe‘, and the two were together for some hours. The two men” were memâ€" bers of the Belgian Antarctic ex- pedition of 1897-98. and the enginâ€" eer recognized Cook when they were fellow-passengers on the steamer from Valdivia. Until now, however, Cook had refused to re- cognize his former companion. ,1, . CANADA IN SECQh'I) mar-Ia. N High Among Loading Countries in Increase of '1‘ 'azlc. A despatch‘ from London says:. According to the official return, (.‘a- nada'takes-«second place among the leading countries of the world in its percentage of increase in trade during the last decade. ’3..â€" Mr. J. C. Eaton has given $250,- 000 to the new Toronto Hospital. This month a statistical statement" white, 1~ 48 - to v ' wafer -.lei-31":brrha- visited his old comrade, the el M WING? Re I Spmlzicns liGari‘ifida . é, fl . _ 'meatsxrthe";"Stateiiie'nt shows‘that _duriiigjjthegyear ‘1909 .' wholesale .133'19Qs .w‘ere'f'approximatély 48 per pent! higher: than? during . the ten- ye‘a‘r period-from 1890 ;to 189,9;a1i'd ithait,-;‘c‘0mpwredr with. 1906, they. were fully I‘l‘pe'r' cc n h ighei‘, The .iss'u’ex' als'ofcoh'ftain's a. table Showing the: prices of, thirtyâ€"four commodi-g ~"ties..wliieh{eiite-1" , into cost; of living at thexemorerimportant centres of fpop'ulfationfithroughout Canada. It fli‘Si-t-h‘é; intention of the-department to la'iibliSl fdubtatio‘nsiorfa similar list: .Dfi. commodities from Imon th, to month, in The Labor; Gazette, thus fm‘aki'ng"?it~' possible.:-to ascertain by c'binpariSOni-r-tlfe changes in retail- mucus parts‘fof the Dominion from time totime; ’ - ' ‘1 _ 1 ., , I ‘. “ I Canada West oats, - . andfil2e for No. 3,’ - v . ’ .. ° , . ._....,M,En..i 2 for shipment, 82c out: fail-.18 t'0 $1531; No: ,2 hard;~$1r13%, .5 ' ~ ‘ :5}. v, to $1.14%; 'No‘.:,3 hard,i‘$1’.12%,”to rm Barrow s2- “"'-* \l’i‘mki‘sent. 'l'iontrl‘ongl- ' I _ A despatch from ‘ Ottawa Says: ‘ 'livinhe Senate'on CW'ednesday “Sir Ilichlard ‘Cart'wrightsaid that. fthe secretary of’ State, had forwarded to the Imperial authorities details of Conductor Reynold’s gallant con- duct at the Spanish River railway. wreck. As to. MrsLJiLindell, while lier_".‘,'90urage, coolness and useful 'c‘ondu‘ct'_ on thatoccasion were re- cognized, it flwafs regulationsgoverning the distribu- tion efmthe Edward or'the Albert medailsf' However, that would bo‘ investigated; ' . . or: . “ " won'r can mamas. . Decision of Waterways Commission is Against the Proposal. A despatch from: Buffalo Says: The Express says: The proposal-to dam ’iliagara‘ River to- {gang f- '--tho , , . l jgreatll'ak‘csis diSapproved' by .t-lieflj. international waterways commission in its repert at Washington, and the minister of public works at Ottawa: Theapro-l ject’ah‘as bee1i3"fiiii(le_r consideration for about ten years. '7 V ' .- _' .‘T‘F'V‘f‘fifi". IN srnc'rio-x. or ,“CAJS'X'EIcil any "'3' ext" d‘llldl‘ii’v‘oh 0f" Government to a; Jilsnre Bore. Foods. ' A ‘dc’si‘paftclr from Ottawa" says; That an adequate System of govern. ment inspection._ of, canned fish of all kinds, pi'ot'li'i(re(l"‘in Canada for mil-ar to that citerci'sed over can-nod meats, will shortly be, established underthe controlmfgtlie marinade- partm on t. is the statement-1 ',iii‘ade by Hon. SydneyEishcrhministcr of agriculture. ' _ I . ' " ‘fl '. . '.. '. ' * CA.“ I’lll'NU I‘ll) I)" “’N" BANK. Narrow Est-ape of Two .l’asscngori A ilcs‘patch from London, Ont., ‘ at London. says: Springbank car No.‘ 108 withl two 1')asseiigci's, Frank ~EISon ‘and‘, William Hart, of Byron, Ont, was‘ badly wrcckednt 7.20 o’clock on) Thursday morning. whcnit loft th -- rails at n ioint about half a mile, l west of the “dim-nubile road. and shot headforemost down an cmbankJ ment into the river. No one wt injured. The accident was causi- by about half an inch of ice 0111110,; rails. ' i" ' ' ' A company ‘has. been. formed at -,. ., . . l Niagarml‘alls to build a railway} to Niagaraâ€"on-thc-Lakc. llllll' AlillllllllL’ * ‘ VlUT- M‘S‘ Father ‘ and His ' Twio Sons---Tragc Castor. to 26%0, and fresh receiptsat 24% - to 251/23. Eggsâ€"Strictly! new laid, 33c per dozen; selected cold stor- age stock, 28 to 30c; No. 1 candlcd at 24 to 250 per dozen. â€"â€"~.â€". UNITED STATES MARKETS. Milwaukee, Feb. .22.â€"â€"Wheatâ€"No, 1 Northern, $1.18 to $1.19; No. 2 Northern, $1.17 to $1.17}.c§; May, 81.14%. Ryeâ€"No. 1. 81c. Cornâ€" May, 68%c. Barleyâ€"Standard, 71% to 72c ' Chicago, Feb. £2.â€"thatâ€"â€"Cash, A 'despatch from Stettler, Alber- ta, says; .Wood alcohol has been the cause'of a tragedy near Castor in which two lives have been lost ‘and a third is in grave danger. The victims were a father and two sons, named Sleen, who are homestead- ing sixteen miles" from Castor. They had been in the village last Satur- day and purchased a quantity of wood alcohol from. a chemist named Couch. After getting back to their Alberta. ' , cabin they drank it and the older son went to sleep, never to wake. The father afterwards died in great ,_ pain, but not before he managed to despatch the other boy, who was also suffering from the effects of the drug, fora itcier. man was dead when reached him home. The police are invustigai‘mg. prices“ andthe cost of living in the , doubtful if her ‘ ‘ - ‘_ 'case came within the 's-ccipe of the- submitted" to. the’secretary of war _ export-er intcrprovincialtrade, si- , 3! The doctor ' retained hits: al‘. Vice village, where' hc is now recovering, but the oldl as-‘istanco.