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n ITALIAN WAS MURDEBED no of in? Two Others Wounded in a’St-abbing Affray at T0 ronto A despatch from Toronto sayszl Jealousy over a woman was the cause of a row on Friday night at the rear of 40 Agnes Street, which ended in one man being killed and three others badly wounded. The dead man is John Rnssello, labor- er, who lived at 40 Agnes Street. He had his throat badly gashed with a large butcher knife, and'the man who is under arrest charged with the murder is Donato Panzini, of 93 Elm Street. Vincent Acciaioli, who also lives at the Agnes Street house, is under arrest on a charge of carrying firearms. Andy Male, who had his head badly cut, is be- ing held as a material witness. Frank Russello, the brother of the murdered man, is in St. Michael’s Hospital. He has a bad cut in the dead man were infatuated with the -same girl, a young woman by the ,name of Fratorti, whose father has a boarding-house at 40 Agnes Street. A number of people had gathered at the Agnes Street house, and, according to the story told the police by Anthony Fra- torti, Panzini, with some others, came to his place on Friday even- ing with the intention of making trouble. The question of their affections for the one lady naturally came up and it was decided to fight it out in the back yard. This is one of the versions the police were able :to obtain on Friday night, and they 'think it is correct in many details. IThe Italians are loth to speak on the ‘subject and it was a considerable REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. __ Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, April 18.â€"-Flourâ€"Win- ter wheat 90 per cent, patents, $3.- 35 to $3.40 at seaboard. Manitoba floursâ€"~First patents, $5.40; second patents, $4.90, and strong bakers’, $4.70, on track, Toronto. Manitoba Wheatâ€"No. 1 North- ern, 97c cash, and 95%0 May deliv- ery, Bay ports; No. 2 Northern, 94%0 cash, and 93c, May delivery, Bay ports. Ontario Wheatâ€"No. 2 red and white 82 to 830, outside. Barleyâ€"Malting qualities, 66 to 68c, and feed 53 to 57c, outside. ' Oatsâ€"Ontario, 32% to BBC, out- side, and 35 to 35%0, on track, To- head and the thumb of his left handltime after the murder before thelmnta N0. 2 w. 0_ oats, 37c, and is almost severed. . It appears that Panzini and the _______,___________._._._ MATTHEWS AC Q UITTED . .â€" Not Guilty of the Murder of Jo- hanna Brimaconibe. A despatch from Cobourg says: Henry I. Matthews, jun., was acâ€" quitted on Saturday night of the charge of murdering Miss Jose~ phine of Johanna Brimacombe. The Court assembled shortly before 11 o’clock, and the court room and the halls leading to it were crowded. The jurymen almost noiselessly filed into their places, and they all looked haggard. One or two were visibly affected by emotion. The prisoner preserved a quiet demean- or and appeared unmoved in co‘un- tenance. Only the deeper lines about his face revealed the ordeal of suspense which he has under~ gone. He glanced at his counsel, the Crown Attorney. and the repre- sentatives of the press, and then .looked straight at the foreman of the jury. “Gentlemen of the jury, have you agreed on a verdict?” asked the Clerk of the Court. correct name of the dead man was found out. “We have,” answered the fore- man. ' “And it is 'l” the answer. The throngs in the rear of the court room behind the prisoner’s dock and at the entrance broke in ‘ ‘Not guilty,’ ’ was to cheers that Were echoed to the streets, and told the waiting crowds outside of the happy outcome of the trial for the accused. VX‘ “TIRED OF ALL.” Hamilton Man Blows Out His Brains in Manitoba. A despatch from Winnipeg says: ‘fI’m tired of it all. It’s not worth the struggle. and I am going toI end it.” Penning these wards oni a slip of paper, W. H. Blair, of Hamilton, Ont., drew a revolver and blew out his brains on Sunday. The tragedy took place on the high-road, three miles from Rosser. He was identified by his name being tattooed on his right arm. >14 A cotton clearing house has been established in New York. EJAlllllNE WlL L BE 3 HANGEB' Last Chapter in the Murder of Lizzie Anderson at Goderioh . A despatch from Goderich says: Edward Jardine will be hanged on Friday, June 16. He was found guilty by the jury on Friday after- hoon of the murder of Lizzie An- derson, after a trial lasting two days and a half. Except for a slightly heightened color, the prisoner displayed no signs of agitation. He stood in a slouching attitude in the prisoner’s George Vanstone, the other man to be tried for murder, was ordered to stand up. "It is not my practice, under these circumstances, to dwell upon the enormity of the crime. If you have not by this time realized the terrible nature of your offence, it is impossible that any words of mine could malre you do so. In passing l sentence on you,” the Judge said to box during the passing of the sen- him, “I warn you not to have any tence by Chief Justice Falconbridge hope of commutation of the extreme and afterwards walked from the penalty of the law for the crime you courtroom, unfalteringly, ahead of have committed. I would, however, and unsupported by the constable. recommend you to spend the rest He was taken to the jail. The jury of your days on earth in prepara- returned shortly before noon, andztion for your entry into the world when the court met again at 1.15’to come. On Friday, the 16th of they were ready with their verdict. June, you will be taken to the place The foreman simply announced that of execution, there to be hanged by they hadlfound a verdict of guilty. the neck until you are dead. May Jardinc, sitting in the box with God have mercy on your soul.” WESTERN attrition Transportation Enterprise to Operate From Niagara Falls to London. A despatch from London, Ont., says: Mr. Malcolm J. Kent, 3. dir~ ector of the London Electric Rail- way Company, on Wednesday af- ternoon gave the first definite state- ment regarding a merger which may mean a change of manage- ment for the London Street Railâ€" way Company. Mr. Kent stated that option had been given on the street railway. This has not '. been taken up as yet, but the deal, he said, will likely be closed one way or the other, within a week. Mr. Kcnt‘did not feel himself in a position to state definitely the purpose of the proposed change, but he gave this general idea.:â€"â€" The movement hero is one of many which aim to bring street railways and radials under one management. When this is done the districts be tween here and Niagara, which are not already served by radials, will have such lines constructed. These and the street railways brought in will get their power from the main company. . The merger, it is believed, is but the widening of, the movement which started in Toronto‘during the past few days. It will give the power companies, behind which are Mackenzie 8; Mann and a number of New Yorkrcapitalists, a market for their power, and will enable the 04 1-8; Winter scarce. companies to serve the people along yellow, 541-8c; No. 4 yellow. 53c; , the transmrssron lines which Will be NO. 3 com, 52 to 52%c; No. 4 corn,‘ erected. my, :1 W ‘.-;i w. s; f4 . .1 from that down to $2 each. No. 3, 36c, Bay ports. Cornâ€"No. 3 American, 56%0, Toronto freight. Peasâ€"No. 2 at 80 to 81c outside. Buckwheatâ€"No. 1 at 49 to 50c out- side. Branâ€"Manitobas, $23, in bags, Toronto, and shorts, $24.50, in bags, Toronto; Ontario shorts, $24.50 to $25. 56 to COUNTRY PRODUCE. Applesâ€"Spys, $5 to $6 ; Baldwins, $4 to $4.50; No. 2 assorted, $3.50 to $4.50 per barrel. Beansâ€"~Car lots, $1.75 to $1.80, and small lots, $1.90 to $2. Honewaxtracted, in tins, 10 to 110 per 11).; No. 1 comb, wholesale, $2 to $2.50 per dozen; No. 2 comb, wholesale, $1.75 to $2 per dozen. Baled hayâ€"~No. 1 at $11.50 to $13 on track, and No. 2 at $9 to $10.50. Bale-d Strawâ€"â€"$6.50 to $7, on track, Toronto. Potatoesâ€"Car lots, 90 to 950 per bag, and New Brunswick, $1 to $1.05. Poultryâ€"Wholesale. prices of dressed poultry :â€"Chickens, 15 to 16c per 1b.; fowl, 11 to 130 per lb.-; turkeys, 19 to 210 per lb. Live, 1 to 2c less. -._'-._..â€".. LOCAL DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€"Dairy prints, 19 to 200; inferior, 16 to 17c. Creamery quotâ€" ed at 27 to 28c per lb. for rolls, 24 to 24%c for solids, and 22% to 230 for separator prints. Eggsâ€"Case lots 180 per dozen. Cheeseâ€"Large, 14c, and twins at 14%c. HOG PRODUCTS. Bacon-Long clear, 11. to 11%c per 1b., in case lots; mess pork, $20 to $20.50; do., short cut, 23.50 to $24; pickled rolls, $20. Hamsâ€"Light to medium, 150; do., heavy, 12 to 13c; rolls, 11% to 120; breakfast bacon, 15% to 170; backs, 18 to 18%c. ‘ Lardâ€"Tierces, 11c; tubs, 11%c; rails, 11%c. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, April 18.~â€"Oatsâ€"â€"-Canaâ€" dian Western, No. 2, 38% to 390, car lots ex store; extra No. 1 feed, 38% to 38%0; No. 3 C. W., 37% to 38c; No. 2 local white, 36 to 36%0; No. 3 local white, 35 to 35%0; No. 4 local white, 34 to 34%c. Flourâ€" Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.30; seconds, $4.80; Win- ter wheat patents, $4.50; strong bakers’, $4.60; straight rollers, $4 to $4.25; in bags, $1.75 to $1.85. Rolled oatsâ€"Per barrel, $4.15; bag of 90 lbs., $1.95. Cornâ€"Ameri- can No. 3 yellow, 59 to 59%0. Mill- feedâ€"Bran, Ontario, $22 to $23 5 Manitoba, $21 to $23; middlings, Ontario, $24 to $25; shorts, Mani- toba, 23 to $25; mouillie, $25 to 30. Eggsâ€"Fresh, 17 to 190. Cheese â€"Westerns, 11% to 11%0. Butter -â€"Choiccst, 25 to 25%0; seconds, 23 to 24%0. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal, April 18â€"Choicc steers brought 6%0; good, 6 to 6%0; fair- ly good, 5% to 5%c; fair, 5 to 5%c, and the lower grades, 4% to 4%0 per lb. Cows sold at from 3% to 5%c, and bulls at From 4 to 5%c per lb. Hogs scored a further de- cline of 250 per 100 lbs. Calves, $10 to $12, and the lower grades Old sheep brought from $5 to $10 each, and.,S~pring'lambs from $4 to $9 each. ‘ . ‘ ~ ____ UNITED STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, April 18â€"Wheatrâ€"Spring No. 1 Northern,- carloads store, $1.- Cornâ€"No. 3 50% to 50%c, all on track, through enrollsâ€"MING lN- THE WEST Telegram From Immigration Commission- er Gives St rong Pants A despatch from Ottawa sayszlday. These are being absorbed by telegram from Mr. J. Bruce Walâ€" ker, Commissioner of Immigration, Winnipeg, to the Superintendent of Immigration at Ottawa :â€" “Seeding is general The following are extracts from alwestel‘n communities i Canada. The seed bed is in fine condition, while the moisture is everywhere abundant. “Five thousand overseas immiâ€" grants, most of them from England, arrived in Winnipeg during the first three days of this week. “The Canadian Northern Rail- way is calling for tenders for the construction of the mountain sec- tiontion in British Columbia, run- ning through the Fraser and Thompson canyon, its cost approxi- mating fifteen million dollars. “During the year ending March 31st last 33,853 head of live stock entered Canada from the United States. Of this number 12,853 were horses. During the first ten days of April of this year one thousand cars of settlers’ stock and effects passed through the gateway at North Portal, destined to Sas- katchewan and Alberta. New set- tlers are entering western Canada during March and April at the av- erage rate of fifteen hundred per this week in western throughout the whole of western provinces runs from two to three rapidly and satisfactorily. “ teal estate values in farm and city property in the Province of Manitoba have advanced material- ly during this month. The increase lands in the prairie dollars per acre since the first of March. “Five special trains have passed through Emerson during this week, travelling via Chicago and Winni~ peg, thence by Grand Trunk Pac- ific to Edmonton, carrying over- seas immigrants and a large num- ber of repatriated French-Canad~ ians from the New England States. “The Grand Trunk Pacific in calling for tenders and is ready to commence the erection immediate- ly of a new palatial hotel in Win-' nipeg city. “Building permits in Winnipeg, Vancouver, and Calgary during' the month of March three million dollars. “The work of reconstructing the Brandon Asylum for the Insane, which was burned down in the ear- ly part of last winter, has commenc- ed. The contract' has been let to a local firm and the new structure will cost one and a half million dol- lars.” aggregate W billed. Oatsâ€"No. 2 white, 36%c; No. 3 white, 35%0; No. 4 white, 350. Barleyâ€"Malting, $1.06 to $1.10. Minneapolis, April 18.â€"Wheat â€"â€" May, 94%c; July, 95 7-80; Septem- ber, 891-80. Cashâ€"No. 1 hard, 98%0; No. 1 Northern, 97% to 98%0; No. 2 Northern, 94 to 96%0; No. 3 wheat, 91% to 94%c. Branâ€"- $21.50 to $22. Flourâ€"First patents, $4.45 to $4.75; do., seconds, $4.35 to $4.65; first clears, $2.95 to $3.40; do., seconds, $1.95 to $3.60. CUT OFF HUSBAND’S HEAD. Woman in Hospital for Months from Wounds He Inflictcd. A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., says: Peter Napoliti- na, an Italian, living near James street, Little Italy, known here as Peter Naplesik, was killed on Sun- day evening by his wife, Margery. The woman admits having commit- ted the murder and is now in jail. Napolitina was employed on the night shift at the steel plant, and was asleep in bed when his wife at- tacked him with an axe. The first blow struck him on the forehead and nearly severed the crown of from the body. The woman then proceeded out on to the street and told passersâ€"by what she had done. The murder is the echo of the case last Fall, when Napolitina return- ed home unexpectedly, and stabbed her several times. She was for some months in the hospital. It seems she had awaited the oppor: tunity to get even. PLAGUE Trauma. But Lawlessness on the Part of the Chinese Continues. i A despatch from Seattle, Wash- ington says: Lawlessness continues in Manchuria. Six Japanese were killed recently in a village on the Chinese Eastern Railway. While a party of Russian soldiers were proceeding along the border near Harbin, they were fired at by 200 Chinese troops. The Russian fled. The abatement of the plague in Manchuria continues. ‘ â€"‘>I< FARM LABOR SCABCE. Big Wach Being Paid 'by Farmers in Western Ontario. A despatch from Chatham says: Scarcity of farm labor through the entire Western Ontario Peninsula. has grown to an acute question. with the farmers. So scarce are.x farm hands that big wages are be-: ing paid to inexperienced men by the farmers who are up against the question of getting their work done, and having men to do it. The in- creased acreage in tobacco plant through the western counties has considerable to do with the short- age, more being required to look after the plants. CHAMPAGNE liltTSl Charge With Bayonets A despatch from Chalonsâ€"sur- Marne, France, says: The rioting in the wine district threatens to as- sume'the proportions of the wide- spread disorders in the champagne districts four years ago. which re- sulted in the proclamation of marâ€" tial law. Wine presses and wine cellars in several towns have been demolished, and hundreds of thou- sands of bottles of champagne de- stroyed. At Damery six wine houses were wrecked, and the streets so litter- ed with broken bottles and a mix- ture of mud and wine that traffic has been impeded. At Ventuil the rioters destroyed several large wrne presses, and the troops were forced to charge with fixed bayonets before the mob could be dispersed. ' Seven thousand wine-makers, well organized, were marching on Epernav. the champagne entrepot,‘ from Damery with the intention of destroying the Epernay wine cel- lars. Several thousand troops have been concentrated at Epernay and at other threatened points in that The troops are awaiting manifestants and his head. Four blows followed, the last one all but severing the head vicinity. the advnncmg have received orders to use every endeavor to preserve order and pre- vent the destruction of proporty. A despatch from Damery, De- partment of Marine, France, says :' The “champagne” riots, which be-. gan in this department on Tuesday, were continued on Wednesdayi morning by the excited populace.,' ’Wine cellars are being destroyed and the disorder is spreading in spite of the presence of troops called out to preserve order. Dur- ing the progress of the advance they sang revolutionary hymns and waved red standards. This they did to disown the Government, which they affirm has abandoned them to ruin. They declare the Government acted as a result of 'the steps taken by the makers of in- -ferior grades of wine. The column had reached the town of Ay at :noon. Co-operating with another band.~which"hzid reached Ay from Ia different direction, the rioters proceeded to Ventuil, where they destroyed the huge wine presses. Troops. which had hurriedly been despatched to Ventuil, charged and dispersed the mob, "out not until the manifestants hail zn:r.~.'-:vuplishcc their purpose. | «re-“kw; _ . Nnnn 7,000 Men March on .Epernay---Troops_' «v.- m..;...w._..a-_i. : H»; n ‘ ("in an ~> r..,..-.,-v‘ ,