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__â€"â€" a Two KILLE Halifax Train 1?, En: A despatch from Halifax » The .Halifax' and Southwa: train, from Middleton to 1'. burg, was wrecked near Nerf many on Friday evening. Tw were killed and five persons more or less badly injured. accident, it was thought, was ed by spreading rails. The 4 and two or three box cars ' along all right, but the baggagl and passenger car at the % jumped and fell over a te embankment, lying on their ’ In a few moments after the car over the baggage car took fir( the flames afterwards sprea the passenger coach, which twelve persons. Within the v ,__._..___.___â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"--- OVER A MILLION FOR SCIl _â€" French Financier Sets an Ex, to His Countrymen. A despatch from Paris, E; says: Auguste Loutrefil, wh§ born a peasant and became (- the richest French financie Russia, died recently. He had impressed by the meagre er ment of science in France an- termined to set an example f< countrymen. His will, whicl just been made public, disr that he bequeathed $700,000 t. Academy of Sciences; $500,0l the University of Paris, and 000 to the Pasteur Institute 0‘ search work. :1, .,‘ fi BIG JEWEL ROBBERY. .___ Mrs. Maldwin Drummond Robbed of a Fortune. ‘ A despatch from New York says: Mrs. Maldwin ,Drummond, formerâ€" ly Mrs. Marshall Field, jun., of Chicago, was robbed of a fortune in jewels on Saturday night aboard a transatlantic liner. Diamonds, pearls and other gems to the value of approximately $130,000 disapâ€" peared mysteriously from her stateâ€" room on the steamship Amerika of the Hamburg-American Line some time between 9.30 Saturday night and 5.30 Sunday morning. >74 PRIN CE ED WARD I} AIRI’IN C. Value of Industry in Province Shows Big Increase. A despatch from Charlottetown, P.E.I., says: The value of cheese and butter manufactured at the forty-five island factories last year was $514,000, the best in the hisâ€" tory of the province. The increase was $12,000 over last year. There was a decrease in the cheese, but an increase in butter. The annual meeting of the Provincial Dairy- men’s Association was held on Thursday. The reports were op- timistic, and members are enthusi- astic over the progress of the in- dustry. Wâ€"‘>F Hon. Adam Beck was appointed a. judge of the Olympia Horse Show in London, England. A says: “burton p..- g 4.4.), or Memramcook, N.B., a passenger on an Intercolonial train, was carried past his station on Friday, jumped from the train, fell under the wheels and was cut in two. a. CAUGHT Br CIRCULAR saw. .â€" Young Man Met a Terrible Death in Mill in Quebec. A despatch from' Ottawa says: Cut into three sections by falling across a circular saw, Hiram Stin- son met death in the saw mill of J. A. Ericksen, near Barnard Lake, on Wednesday. Stinson, who was 22 years of age, unmarried, and lived at Lascelles Corners, was working beside the saw, taking away the slabs, when the carriage which carried the logs was stopped to be adjusted. It is supposed that Stinson attempted to jump across nthe saw, and his clothing caught. His head and legs were cut 02"" 'â€"-â€"“>X<“'â€""â€" EXPIRED IN DEi'TIST’S' C Young Girl Passed Away Chlorofor’m at Montrca‘ A despatch from Montreal Florence Bird, 19 years old, ( a dentist’s chair on Friday. ing, while under the influe chloroform. The girl, who orphan, only arrived here frc land four months ago. llllll Fl 'lliill Willi Seventeen Oars Were liurled ~Dow: Embankment A despatch from Toronto says: Seventeen big G. T. R. freight cars heavily laden were thrown down the embankment west of the Hum- ber River on Sun-day morning and piled in a heap just behind the Humber Bay Hotel. Most of the cars were reduced to kindling wood and their contents, consisting al- most wholly of grain, was scatterâ€" ed broadcast over the ground. The cars made up the greater part of a through freight train bound from Port Huron to Portland. The train was drawn by a heavy mogul en- gine and left Mimico vards just be- fore 10 o’clock on its way into To- ronto. There were in all twenty- nine cars loaded with grain and lumber and to these was attached the caboose used by the train crew. As the engine was just about on the big bridge Over the Humber River a flange on the wheel of one of the cars was torn out when it was passing over a switch to a sid- ing used for construction work Near Toronto there. The fifth car behind t gine broke away and went ling down the embankment south, pulling fifteen or s- more with it, and piling tln in a heap. The last car was t down with such force that the ling by which it was held 1 others behind was snapped. car in plunging down the hill so close to the rear of the 171' Bay Hotel kept by William that it struck and demolisl buggy in the yard. ' The breaking of the couplin the last car to descend the hill : saved the lives of Conductor .: bert Russell and his three brv men who were in the caboose a? rear of the train. The engine” caboose and some ten or t. cars did not leave the rails: engineer and two firemen 0 engine were only made aw: the accident by the crash , cars coming together at th of the hill. PORTS FORM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. .._..._ l of Cattle, Grain, Cheese 1 Other Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. onto, Feb. 28.â€"Flourâ€"â€"-Win- heat 90 per cent. patents, $3.- $3.45 at seaboard. Manitoba ~~First patents, $5.40; seeâ€" atents, $4.90, and strong bak- $4.70, on track, Toronto. litoba Wheatâ€"No. 1 North- 8%c, Bay ports; No. 2 North- )Gc, Bay ports, and No. 3 at Bay ports; carrying Winter :e at Goderich, lc extra. ario Wheatâ€"No. 2 at 82%c, 7o. 2 red and mixed, 820, out- leyâ€"GG to 68c outside, accord- o qualify, and feed 50 to 55c de. tsâ€"Ontario grades, No. 2 white -, on track, Toronto, and 32 to , outside; No. 2 W. C. oats, Bay ports, and No. 2 quoted 3%0, Bay ports. rnâ€"51% to 520', Toronto hts, for No. 3 American. asâ€"No. 2 at 80 to 82c outside. eâ€"66 to 670 outside. ckwheatâ€"No. 1 at 48% to 49%0 cle. .nâ€"Manitobas at $22.50 to $23, gs, Toronto, and shorts, $24 .gs, Toronto. Ontario bran, o $22.50, in sacks, Toronto, horts, $24 to $25. COUNTRY PRODUCE. vlesâ€"Spys, $5 to $6; Baldwins, $5; Greenings, $4 to $4.50; assorted,,$3.50 to $4.50 per _nsâ€"â€"Car lots, $1.75 to $1.80, and small lots, $1.90 to $2. Honeyâ€"Extracted, in tins, 10% to 110 per 1b.; N0. 1 comb, whole- sale, $2 to $2.50 per dozen; No. 2 comb, wholesale, $1.75 to $2 per dozen. Baled Hayâ€"No. 1 at $12 to $13 on track, and No. 2 at $9 to $10.50. Baled Strawâ€"$6.50 to $7 on track, Toronto. Potatoesâ€"~Car lots, 80 to 850 per bag. Poultryâ€"Wholesale prices of dressed poultry :â€"Chickens, 15 to 16c per 1b.; fowl, 11 to 130 per 1b.; turkeys, 19 to 21c per lb. Live 1 to 2c less. â€"â€" 'THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€"Dairy prints, 20 to 210; choice rolls, 19 to 200; inferior, 16 to 180. Creamery, 2G to 27c per lb. for rolls, 24c for solids, and22 to 230 for separator prints. Eggsâ€"Case lots of newâ€"laid, 23 Amount Allotted for Foreign Investors for the NewC anadian Bank A despatch from Montreal says: Some time ago it was announced that a new Canadian bank was to be established by Mr. Rodolphe Forget, M.P., the wellâ€"known Mont- real financier, ancl associates, with the support of French and Canadi- an capital, the new bank to be known as La Banque du Canada, and to'have a capitalization of ten million dollars. Cable advices received on Wed- the seven million dollars taken by French bankers and capitalists out of the total capital of ten million dollars has been subscribed twice over in France, and it was further learned that half of the three mil- lions allotted to Canada has been already underwritten ‘so that the entire capital is now practically as- sured. The new bank is now seeking in- corporation at Ottawa, and as soon as the charter is granted the work nesday from Paris announce that of organization will be completed. W 35vto $4.75; first clears, $2.95 to $3.35; second clears, $1.95 to $2.55. Buffalo, Feb. 28.â€"Spring wheat dull; No. 1 Northern, carloads, store, $1.03; Winter nominal. Corn â€"No. 3 yellow, 50c; No. 4 yellow, 480, on track, through billed. Oats â€"No. 2 white, 35%0; No. 3 white, 34%‘0; No. 4 white, 34c. Barleyâ€"â€" Malting, 93 to 980. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal, Feb. 28.â€"â€"Choice steers sold at 6%0, good at 6 to 6%0, fair- ly good at 5% to 5%c, fair at 5 to 5%0 per pound. The demand for good fat cows was fair at 5 to 5%0, and the commoner ones 3%c per pound. A few good bulls sold at 5% to 5%(3, and the lower grades from 3% to 50 per pound. Hogs, $7.50 to $7.75 per 100 pounds, weighed off cars. Calves, from $4.00 to $12.00 each. The trade in sheep and lambs was quiet, with the former selling at 4% to 4%0, and the latter at 6% to 6%0 per pound. Toronto, Feb. 28'.â€"â€"Most of the trade in butcher cattle hovered around $5.50 to $5.65. Lambswvere weaker. Sheep were practically unchanged, but fat hogs were being taxed 500 a head for overweight. Calves were steady. v-___._._._... D“ DRY-DOCK AND SHIPYARD. Big Plant to be Established Near Esquimanlt, B. B. A despatch from Victoria, B. C., says: Official announcement is made that the British Columbia Marine Railway Company will build a dry- dock to cost $3,000,000 at Lang’s Cove, Esquimault. The dock will be 900 feet long and 100 feet wide. It is the intention to equip a mod- ern shipyard for the construction of cruisers and destroyers for the Pacific squadron of the Canadian navy at Esquimault. 9H RINS WORKED BY ’PIIONE. ’. R. Stations lctween Toronto and London. despatch from Toronto says: Canadian Pacific Railway is extending its telephone sysâ€" betw-een various points for the ation of trains. The latest sec- 9 to be installed is that from into to London, a distance of miles by rail. The telephones 3h will supplement and not arsede the telegraphs will be (1 at 25 stations on the line to don, and are intended to be i only in the despatching of ’15. The Port Burwell, St. Tho- and St. Mary Branches, and line between Toronto and h’s Falls, are also to be conâ€" ‘d by phone. The C. P. R. is dy working about 1,500 miles 10k by this method. M llllli littll TRAINS MET ON SWITCH. ___.. Passenger and Freight Collided at Maclcod Junction, Alta. A despatch from Macleod, Alber» ta, says: The southâ€"bound passen- ger train from Calgary collided with a way freight at West Mac- leod Junction shortly after 2 o’clock on Wednesday afternoon. Both en- gines were scrapped and a dozen freight cars were wrecked, while the tracks were blocked for several hours. Robt. Cooney, fireman of the passenger engine, had a broken arm and all the other engine men suffered slight injuries. The freight was east-bound and both trains converged on the switch. The brakes failed to check the speed of the freight, and the locomotives “side swipec” each other at the switch. No passengers were hurt, but the baggage car was partly Wrecked. The damage to the roll: ing stock was heavy. ____.__>x<_._____ SMALLI’OX 0N RESERVE. Six Cases Reported and the Discuss is Spreading. ' A despatch from London, Ont., says: The smallpox outbreak on the Oneida Indian reserve is spreading, and there are now six cases. There are two cases in Westminster under the care of Dr. Roy Routledge. Dr. lMitchell of Kilworth, who has charge of the cases on the reserve, has no easy task. It is nine miles in length by seven in breadth, and .about 900 Indians are thereon. He [makes daily visits, but is not being Igiven the co-operation by the na- tives that he would like. However, latterly there is a bettiar spirit, as both of the new cases have been voluntarily reported. Britain May Reinforce Garrison if Canal is Fortified. A despatch from Kingston, Ja- '1 maica, says: During the debate in 4 the Legislature on Wednesday on the question of the organization of ' the local defence force, one of the chief military officers intimated the probability that the Jamaican gar- rison would be considerably strengthened by Imperial troops in the event of the Panama Canal be- ing fortified. #4... A. FIFTEEN-INCH GUN. Will Supersede the Present Anna? ment of Drendnoughts. ‘ A despatch from London says: The Morning Post announces a new' gun of 15-inch bore, to supersede the 12 and 13.5 guns on the Dread- noughts. It also prints rumors of a new development in the shape of a 3â€"inch gun on the Maxim rapid- fire principle. llllllill llilllllt mation Similar to That at Porcupine Discovered at Hobon despatch from Sault Ste. 3, Ont., says: Mr. J. J. Byrne, has been interested in the gold 'silver discoveries at Cobalt, :upine and Gowganda, returned he “See” on Wednesday after-' 'n from Hobon, anew gold field covered by William Moquist of » “Soc” last November. Byrne h J. Hollinger, who with his bro- r Ben., staked the Timmins im at Porcupine, which was sold - $330,000, have staked 16 claims Hobon adpoinmg the Moquist rims, and all show rich values. yrne says the formation at Hobon is similar to that at Porcupine and that values are equally as good. The fields are only 156 miles apart. The new field is easy of access, the C. P. R. running within 11 miles of the most important claims and the N. C. R. when forming a junction with C. P. R. at Hobon, will run directly through .one of the richest gold fields on the continent. Assays made on Hobon ore run from $6.60 to $400.00 to ton. It is expected that with the advent of spring a‘ rush will be made to Hobon, the finds having created considerable excitement among the mining men of the North. \IIORE TROOPS FOR JAMAICA. .