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‘ . . , '. “5&5... _ .1... Fit-1"" a, . ;" r l l 'l l l ireâ€"«pl... .7. MW-fiflv- . . .9. lllllllllllllES GOLDEN CITY Sixteen Buildings on Main Street Wiped Out.----Lcss $40,000 to $50,000. A despatch from South Porcupine says: On Wednesday night between the hours of 12. and 2 sixteen build- ings were destroyed on the .south side of Main street, Golden City, involving a loss of between $40,000 Carter (is Wright’s drug store has been burned down now three times in one year, once in Gowganda in January, again in Pottsville last July, and now in Golden City in December. They were, however, insured. It is most probable that m. ‘ 1i ”4.111”. and $50,000- The fire broke 0“t the fire would have spread much shortly after 12 in Romain’s Sil- farther if several houses had not loon, a little girl first noticing the been dynamited. This undoubted- blaze. There was a fresh breeze 1y saved the Mulligan House and blowmg and in a few minutes the the Lyric Theatre. The liSt of fire had such a hold that the bucket, buildings destroyed are as fol- lbmgade formed to convey water lows :â€"King George Restaurant, from the lake was quite powerless. Chas. Chow, proprietor; A. Loch, While some of the business houses fruit and candy store; Carter Sr had insurance, it was in unauthorq Wright, druggists; Mullin’s pool- .izedcompanies, many licensed com-i room; branch of Liberty stores; (panics having but a short time bc-l C. Evans, men’s furnishing store; Ifore cancelled their policies. ThelLang’s supply store; W. Polton’s saloon, the temperature was below zero, and bakery, Romain’s many of the fire-fighters had their ears and noses frost-bitten. The thirty or fortay people homeless are all being taken care of. iStra-thcona Hotel, the Boston iLunch Restaurant, J. M. Forbes’ lawyer’s office; J. W. Crawford, .lawyer; H. S. Godson, lawyer. W TIED D OWN. 20 Years’ Slaveryâ€"How She Got Freedom. A dyspepsia veteran who writes from one of (England’s charming rural homes to tell. how she won victory in her 20 years’ fight, na- turally exults in her triumph over the tea and coffeehabit: “I feel it a duty to tell you,” she says, “how much good Postum has done me. I am grateful, but also desire to let others who may be suf- fering as I did, know of the de- dightful method by which I was relieved. “I had suffered for 20‘ years from dyspepsia, and the gid-diness that usually accompanies that pain- ful ailment, and which frequently prostrated me. I never drank much coffee, and cocoa and even milk did not agree with my im- paired digestion, so I used tea, ex- clusively,.till about a year ago, when I found in a package of Grape-Nuts the little book, ‘The Road to Wellville.’ “After a careful reading of the booklet I was curious to try Pos- tum and sent for a package. I on- 'joyed it from the first, and at once gave up tea in its favor. _ “I began to feel better very soon. My giddiness left me after the first few days’ use of Postum, and my stomach became stronger so rapidly that it was not long till I was able (as I still am) to take milk and many other articles of Iobd of which I was formerly com- pelled to deny myself. I have proved the truth of your state- ment that Postum ‘makes good, red blood.’ .“I have become very enthusiasâ€" tic over the merits of my new table beverage, and during the past few months, have conducted :1 Pos- tum propaganda among my neigh- ibors which has brought benefit to many, and I shall continue to tell my friends of the ‘better way' in which I rejoice." Name given by Canadian Postum 00., “Hudson Ont. Read the little book, “The Rind to Wellviile,” in pkgs. “There's a reason.” Ever road the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human Interest. is The Canada Steel Company is to increase its plant at Hamilton. PllLlllll CH lll‘ Amazing Career of FIGHTING WHITE I’LAG UE. $14,500,000 Spent During the Year 1911 in the United States. A despatch from New York says: The sum of $14,500,000 was spent during the'year 1911 throughout the country in the war against tuber- culosis, according to a statement issued on Monday by the National Association for the Study an-d Pre- vention of Tuberculosis. This large sum is practically the same as last year’s total, but the percentage of public money, such as is received' from Federal, State, city or counâ€" ty funds, which is 66 per cent. for 1911, shows a marked increase over the percentage of public money ap- propriated in 1910. ’ILâ€".â€"â€"_._â€" BLOWN T0 ATOMS. \.â€"__. Italian Laborer. was Killed Near Lindsay. A despatch from Lindsay says: An Italian named Valentino Luciâ€" ano was killed at the construction camp on the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway Seaboard branch, near Glenarm. He was sawing dynamite, when a spark. got into one of the cases, causing a terrific explosion. Luciano’s body was blown to atoms, and a companion assistant some distance away was seriously injured and is now lying at the Ross Memorial Hospital here. Six cases of dynamite ex- ploded. Luciano was about 23 years of age and unmarried. ' [-14 T0 0 M U CII FLAG. M; P. Would Stop Its Use for Ad- vertising Purposes. A despatch from Ottawa says: George H. Bradbury, M.P., for Selkirk, thinks there is too free use of the Union Jack. It is frequent- ly utilized in connection with ad- vertisements for cigarettes, patent medicines and all kinds of things, and Mr. Bradbury thinks it amounts to an abuse. He is considering the introduction of a bill to prevent the {lag being reproduced for ad- vertising purposes. There is a similar enactment in the United States against the desecration of the flag. nan-Ir lin”iornis a Parisian Officialâ€"â€" Receives Heavy Sentences. ‘ - 'A despatch from Paris, France, fice of the Chief of Police and gave says: The amazing career of under Wartzee, one of the most respected chiefs of the secret police in Paris, who for four years suc- ceeded in retaining the entire trust of his superiors, Prefect Lepine in- cluded, whilst all the time being the mysterious chief of a notorious band of thieves, was brought to an and on Wednesday when a sentence of seven years’ penal servitude and ten years in exile was passed upon him. The whole story is quite as unreal and exciting -as anything ,...°Y¢1‘. imagined, by the fiction writ- ersfi "His arrest “occurred only Alcx- himself up after some days in hid- ing. During the trial Wartzee, alâ€" though admitting that he had lived a double life, insisted that he was not guilty, and that the charges brought against him were only re- venge on the .part of members of the “Apache” band tried with him, who had thought of getting him out of their way by this unusual me- thod. Despite his defence, how- ever, Wartzee got the heaviest sen- tence, except his denouncer, who was sentenced to ten years’ impris- onment and ten years in exile. The other five members of the band re.-~ ' ceiv‘ed sentences’of from two to five when Wartzee walked into the (if-years. PRICES [ll Fllll_M PRODUCTS REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. Prices of Cattle. Grain, Cheese and Other Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADS’I‘UFFS. Toronto, Jan. 2.â€"Flourâ€"Winter wheat 90 per cent. patents, $3.45 to $3.50, sea- board. Manitoba floursâ€"First patents. $5.50; second patents. $5, and strong bak- ez's', $4.40, on track. Toronto. Manitoba wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern $1.- 081-2, Bay ports; No. 2 Northern, 31051-2, and No. 3 at $1.011-2, Bay ports. Ontario wheatâ€"No. 2 white, red and mixed, 88 to 890. outside. Peasâ€"Good shipping peas, $1.10, out- side. Oatsâ€"Car lots of No. 2 Ontario quot- cd outside at 431-2 to 44, and of No. 3 at 42 to 421-2c; on track, Toronto, 46 to 461-2c. No. 2 Western Canadaoats. 461-20, and feed, 441-20, Bay ports. Cornâ€"No. 3 American yellow, 681-20. Toronto freight. Ryeâ€"93 to 940 for No. 2, outside. Buckwheatâ€"61 to 62c, outside. Branâ€"Manitoba bran, $22.50 in bags, Toronto freight. Shorts, $25.50. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Applesâ€"$3 to $4.50 per barrelf Beansâ€"«Small lots of hand-picked $2.30 to $2.35 per bushel. Honeyâ€"Extracted. in tins,411 to 12c per 1b. Combsâ€"$2.50 to $2.75. Balcd hayâ€"No. 1 is quoted at $1610 317, on track, and‘ No. 2 at 814 to {$14.50. Balcd strawâ€"$7.50 to $8. on track, To- ronto. ' Potatoesâ€"Car lots, in bags, quoted at $1.25 to $1.30. and Delawares at $1.35. Out of store. $145 to $1.50. ' Poultryâ€"Wholesale prices of dressed poultry:â€"Chickcns. 12 to 121-2c per 1b.; fowl, 8 to 10c; ducks, 12 to 130; geese, 12 to 121-20; turkeys. 19 to 20c. Live poul- try, about 2c lower than the above. \. BUTTER. EG GS, CHEESE. Possessing exquisite freshness ands fullness of llavar‘ at found in other lea 'o‘ 1 ..m. MK , ' , \ g "-9.211;- ‘. {1‘ » i: , CEYLO N TEA-“Pure BLACK, MIXED 0R NATURAL GREEN ;, '. m. > 1' e! and Cl } Sealed Packets Only Beware of Imitation: wl _r PEBlGBEE BA El OATS Mr. J. Lockie Wilson Says They May Be Obtained From a. Carleton Farm. A despatch from Toronto says: all grain is properly bagged and Arrangements are being made by Mr. J. Lockie Wilson, Superinten- dent of Agricultural and Horticul- tural Societies, for agricultural so- crcties throughout the Province to purchase quantities of pedigree banner cats from a farmer in Car- leton county, whose grain has been carefully watched by the Canadian Sced-growers’ Association. It is suggested that the Secretary of each society should communicate with Mr. Wilson or his Depart- ment at the Parliament buildings. Mr. L. H. Newman of Ottawa, Sec- retary of the Canadian Seedâ€"grow- ers’ Association, has promised that he or some of his staff will see that sealed and a tag will be attached to each bag, with full instructions as to the best methods of cultivat- ing. It is expected that by this means, as well as through the in- fluence of the standing field crop competitions, Ontario will come to be known as the place where the best seed in the Dominion can be procured. Much gratification is felt by the Department over the fact that this year is the first since the standing field crop competitions were start- ed, in 1907, in which the expert , judges have been unable to discov- er a single seed of wild oats in all the large exhibit of cats at the Guelph Winter Fair. .._. ..__._.....__._._._ __._..._____.___.. .â€" very strongly. with small gains. while uoNTREAL'SMALLPox SCARE lambs recovered much of last week-end'e loss. The average price for them‘ was $6.25, though selected lots touched $6.40 per hundred-weight. Hogs were steady. $6.50 was the highest price for a car- Butterâ€"Dairy, choice, in wrappers, 27 ; load of steers. These weighed about 1,- to 290; store lots, 23 to 25c, and inferior, tubs, 17 to 18c. Creamery quoted at 311-2 to die for rolls, and 29 to 300 for solids, per lb. . Eggsâ€"Strictly new-laid, 400, delivered here. and fresh at 27 to 28c per dozen, in case lots. ’ Cheeseâ€"Large quoted at 155-48, and twins at 151-4c per lb. HOG PRODUCTS. Baconâ€"Long clear, 111-2 to 113-40, per 1b., in case lots. Pork. short cut, $22.50: do., mess, $19.50 to $20. Hamsâ€"Medium to light. 16 to 161-2c; heavy, 14 to 141-20; rolls, 10 3-4 to 110; breakfast bacon, 16 to 170; bucks. 19 to 200. - Lardâ€"~Tierccs, 113-40; tubs, 120;. pails. 121-4c. * BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Jan. 2.â€"Oats, Canadian West- ern, No. 2, 47c; Canadian Western No. 3, 451-2c; extra No. 1 feed, 460; No. 2 local white, 461-2c; No. 3 local white, 451-20; No. 4 local white, 441-20. Barley, Man. feed. 64 to 650; malting, 91 to 930. Buck- wheat, No. 2, 68 to 70c. Flour, Man. Spring wheat patents. firsts. $5.60; see- onds, $5.10; strong bukcrs'. $4.90; Winter patents, choice. $4.75 to $5; straight rol- lers, 04.25 to $4.40; straight rollers, bags, $1.95 to $2.05. Rolled oats. barrels..85; bags. 90 pounds, 82371-2. Bran, $23. Shorts. $25. Middlings. $27 to $28. Mou- illic, $29 to $34. Hay, N0. 2. per ton car lots, $15 to $15.50. Cheese, finest westerns, 141-2 to 150; finest easterns, 141-4 to 14 5-83. Butter. choicest crcamery, 311-2 to 321-20; seconds, 30 to 310. Eggs, fresh, 60 to 65c; selected, 30 to 330; No. 1 stock, 26 to 270. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, $1.25 to $1.- 271-2. 5â€"â€" UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis, Jan. 2â€"Closcâ€"Wheatâ€"De- cember, 81.04 3-8; May, 31.0634; July, 31.- 071-2; No. 1 hard, $1.071-4; No. 1 North- ern, 81061-4 to $1.06 3-4; No. 2 Northern, 31.0414 to $1.04 3-4; No. 3 wheat, 31013-4 to 31.0234. Corn-No. 3 yellow, 581-2 to 591-2c. Oatsâ€"No. 3 white, 44 to 450. Eyeâ€" No. 2, 871-2 to 881-20. Branâ€"$23 to $23.- 50. Flourâ€"First patents, $5 to $5.30; see- onds. $4.60 to $4.90; first clears, 83.50 to $3.85; second clears, $2.40 to $2.80. Buffalo, Jan. 2.â€"Spriug wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern, carloads. store, $1.12; Winter. No. 2 red, 990; No. 3 red, 97c; No. 2 white, 990. Oatsâ€"No. 2 white, 511-2c; No. 3 white, Sic; No. 4 white. 50c. Barleyâ€"Malting, $1.18 to $1.25. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal, Jan. 2.-Butchers‘ cattle, choice, $6.35 to $6.50; do., medium, $5 to $6.25; do., common, $3.50 to $4.50; cau- ners, $2 to $3.25: butchers’ cattle, choice cows. $5.50 to 85.75: do., medium, $4.75 to $5.25; do., bulls, $4.50 to $5.50; milkera, choice. each. 575; do., com. and medi- um, each. $50 to $50; swingers, $30 to $40. Sheepâ€"Ewes. S4 to $4.25; do., bucks and. culls, $3.50 a, $3.75; lambs, $6.25 to $6.50. Hogkli‘. o. b., 86.90 to $7.25. Calves â€"$3 to $10. Toronto. Jan. 2.â€"Cattle prices r'w" 100 pounds. The bulk of the cattle of- lfering, however, changed hands at from $6 to $6.35. that is.'1'or good useful butchers' steers and heifers. 5:4 HOMELESS MEN POISONED. Thirty-six Died as Result of Eating Decaycd Herring. A despatch from Berlin, Ger- many, says: Thirtyâ€"six homeless men, who sought with" decayed smoked herring to “add to the flavor of the frugal meal of bread and soup served to them at the muni- cipal lodging house on Tuesday night, are dead. More than 40 others are sick, several of whom are believed to be dying. The cause of death has not~yet been announced, but the authorities are confident that the putrid 'fish are responsible. The partially completed autopsies appear to sub- stantiate this View. All these known to have partaken of the fish are dead or in such condition as to be unable to throw any light on the subject. It is believed, how- ever, that one of the victims found the fish in the garbage pile of a nearby market and divided them among his comrades. The men he came sick early in the. morning, and in some cases death followed rap- idly, in from two to'three hours. __..â€">X<_â€"_.. -The steamer Midland Prince was caught in the gale at Port Colbornc and narrowly escaped being washed ashore. R ~â€" The C. P. R. Refuses to Have Its Men Vaccinated. A despatch from Montreal says‘; The city officials have realized at last that a smallpox epidemic is threatening Montreal, and have re- solved to take steps to stop it. They are meeting, however, with all kinds of opposition to the sugges- tion that large corporations insist on their employees being vaccin~. ated'. Chief among those compan-i ies objecting is the C. _P. R. The Controllers were wrathy when they heard about the railway’s decision,’ but recognize that they can do no- thing, as it operates under a Do- minion charter. The railway takes the ground that if its men were vaccinated its shops would be idle for days. #4 MONTREAL TERMINALS. i w The Canadian Northern Plans an, Elaborate System. A despatch from Montreal says= The plans of the Canadian North- ern Railway for entry into Montâ€" real have just been made public. The-total cost ,will be in the neigh- borhood of $25,000,000, and will re- ’ quire three years to complete. 12 YEARS .iN‘n 'rnn LASII. IIeavy Sentences Imposed on Three ‘ ‘ Bandits in Winnipeg. A despatch from Winnipeg says: As a result of the wave of crime prevalent in Winnipeg lately, and especially to put a stop, to street holdâ€"ups, the police magistrate on Wednesday sentenced three Gali- cian bandits to 12 years in the peni' tentiary and 2-1 lashes each. Ltlllltlll ill Bll ‘Sh llllLLS Action of Employers Affects 300,000 Work- ers of Lancashire. A despatch from Manchester, Eng, says: The refusal of one man and two women to join a trades union, coupled with the decision of the Master Cotton Spinners to close their mills three days in the week, caused a complete stoppage of a great portion of the cotton mills in northeast Lancashire on Wednes- day evening. Efforts are already on foot to bring about a settlement, but as one woman, who left the union after twenty years because she believes that the benefits are not commensurate with the pay- ments, persists in her attitude, and the Master Spinners insist upon their right to maintain open shops, a long and bitter struggle is feared. ,‘There is danger, too,‘of the fight ”wading to other industries. The lockout involves 160,000 weav- ers, and nearly an equal number of spinners will be reduced to hall pay. Unfortunately there are indi- cations already of probable compli- cations through the introduction of a new issue of the troublesome question of wages. This move has been taken by the weavers, who now declare that as the lockout has been decided upon they intend to make an advance of five per cent. in wages a condition of any settlement. It is estimated that the weekly loss in wages to weav- ers and allied ’workers, spinners and card-room emplcw'ees will amount to $1,400,000. The weav- ers will receive roughly $325,000 lockout pay from the union. ~2A‘”&:Qj - . "i. ,- . asp;- Q'XSAqu ogk‘ 1411.. fight i» A" a»? : «Ff-a- 39,. 4.9 +3315.“ . M-‘V "\‘VIC-‘I ‘ 5 -\ 4: sin,