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"ops Be Th A. she : Gladiator Sent to the Bottom By the | : Ocean Liner 8. Paul. od + A despatch from Portsmouth, Eng- land, says: The American Line steam ship St. Paul, which left Southamptou on her regular voyage bound for New Xork on Saturday aflernoon in a dense snowstorm, rammed and destroyed the British second-class eruised Gladiator clt the Isle of Wight. According to the statement issued by the Admiral com. imanding the Portsmouth station, threa bodies have' been recovered, those of Cowdry, first waiter, and Widgery and Bigberrcs, stewards. Two seamen were Injured and have since died in the God} den Hill Hosp:tal. Six injured ars in ihe hospital. Lieutenant Wm. 'P. Graves. five petly officers and fifteen seamen and stolkers are missing. Nobody on the St. Paul was killed or injured. COLLIDED IN SNOWSTORM. The St. Paul left Southampton al 12.30 o'clock. She was an hour behind her usual time for sailing, the delay being due to the belated arrival of the passenger train, which was blocked by snowdrifts on the trip from London. The weather was comparatively 'clear ih Southampton waters, but immediate- ly the St. Paul turned mto Solent, which runs parallel 40 the Isle of Wight, she encountered a terrific snow blizzard. Capt. Passow and his chief officer with {he American Line's regular pilot, were on the bridge, and a lookout man wos posted in the bows. Suddenly a ship appeared immediately in front of them: It was the Gladiator at anchor. Orders were given on the instant for Cull speed astern, in an endeavor to dear the cruiser, but it was tod late. RAMMED AMIDSHIPS. The St. Paul's sharp stem rammed the anchored vessel amidships. The liner quivered and reeled, and the pas- sengers rushed on deck in great alarm, the women on the verge of a nic. The officers and crew acted with the i v \ . { greatest coolness, and allayed dhe ler- ro with as fine a display of discipline as though she were the best-disciplined man of war, 'Five lifeboats were lower- ed to rescue the crew of the Gladiator, which had begun to sink almost at once FORMED IN LINE ON DECK. The men of the cruiser gave a mag- nificent demonstration of discipline, Al the captain's command they formed in line on the deck and stood in ranks while the cruiser settled down. In obe- dience to orders, successive batches marched to the gangways and entered the St. Paul's and the cruisers boats, unti} practically the whole crew, which numbered 450 men, had been taken off and landed on the Isle of 'Wight. Captain Waller. Lumsden, naval traditions, was the last lo leave his ship. Only a few men then were missing, and it was thought that most of them had been saved by a boal which had put out from Yarmouth. The Gladiator soon settled dovm, sinking in about twenty mimes. The St Paul returned to Southampton ond her passengers were put ashore, pek- dng accommodation at the various ho- tels. ST. PAUL BADLY DAMAGED. The. St. Paul was more seriously damaged than 'at first supposed. She shipped a great quantity of water through her broken plates, and from ihe. moment she backed away from the wrecked cruler until she reached her wharf at Southampton all her pumps were kept gomg to their full capacity. The damaged bows of the St. Paul Indi cate that she forced her nose at least twenty feet through the cruisers side, Lut fortunately the greatest damage she received was above the waterkine. The bow post was buckled, while the plates or. both the pont and starboard bows were crushed in and gaping cracks ex- tend along the side. LANDSLIDE BURIES TOWN Terrible Disaster at Notre Dame de -la|™ Saletta, A despatch from Otlawa says: From Notre Dame de la Salette, a little ham- lel of French-Canadian farmers on the Lievre River, eighteen miles from Buck- ing v Que, comes word of a ter rible disaster. At 4.30 on Sunday morn- ug while the villagers were stil) asleep clay comprising the top of a high hil). of the Laurentian range beneath which the village lay shd down with terrific speed, buried in the twinkling ol an eye or swept before it 'most of the twenty-five houses in Notre Dame de la Salette, killed at least Ahirty-five per- sons, and injured many others. So huge yas lhe mass of falling clay that it filled! {he bed of the Lievre, damming # up and flooding the adjacent land. Much of the loss of life was caused by Le ee forced out of the river-bed sweep- ing away the houses adjacent to it. The villagers, roused from their Slum- bers by the roar of the avalanche as it swept down the hillside, at once on- fered upon 'the work of rescue, but as the houses-overwhelmed stratched over @ considerable area, and the location ©f some of them was in doubt, progress was slow, Messengers were at once -despatched for help. = There was mo ~ Aelepgraph or {elephone system in the village, and it was some time before thi néws reached Buckingham, but when it did doclors and nurses were rushed -lo the spot, followed later by some twenty-five coffins in. which to f the dead, i 5 Annual Bagot of tho Quebec. TWO TRAVELLERS WERE VICTIMS The list of known dead, so far 8s can learned, includes Mrs. Camille Desjardins, sen., and five grandchildren; Mrs. Joseph Murray and five children; Mr. A. Murray and a brother-in-law who kved with him; Mrs, D. Desjardins and two 'boys; Cleophas Des Lauriers, hits wife and two children and twa Eng- lish-speaking men, supposed 10 be com- mercial travellers who are known to have been in Desjardins' Holel on Sat urday night, are missing, The only one rescued from the Des- jurdine® establishment was Grace, the eleven-year-old daughter. - Mr. Desjar- dins was in' Buckingham at the time, and did not learn of the accident until noon on Sunday. Most of the wrecked buildings are on the side of the river opposite the shide. ; Details coming in show thal from Mr. Louis 'Mauntion's general store south to Desjardins * Hotel, postoffice and store, hail: a 'mile away, only three hauses 5 are lot. kien buildings were ama, these ten were com- pletely demolished, rr ste Insurgents in the Province of Santi- ago, Argentine, drove the Governor and bis Ministers from the State and 'pro- claimed a provisional Government, ~~ true 10] acy .| generous lings. ers' ib in New York W, < | suggested a non-partisan ype of. pa | with signed editorials on both sides CONDENSED NEWS ITENS]] | nAPPENINGS FROM CANADA, The subscriptions for the Bell : morial at Brantford amount to $40,700. we Lindsay roller rink was badly ma by fire on Friday. HG Toronto's 'tax rate was struck by the Board of Control at 183 mills, | Pdier Hing, @& Chinaman, ligt in the law examinations It is said at Ottawa that the insur: ance bill will be left over to next ses- sion. i McLaughlin's mills = al - Buotouche, N. B., were burned on Saturday. Loss, 45,000. : : Some Toronto doctors are objecting 12 the adverlising signs in the drug slore windows. : f Aa The rail mill at Sault Ste. Marie has |- been closed indefinitely owing. to lack of orders. : as The foreign trade of Canada for the fiscal year amounted to $638,200, 201, a large increase. The Fornebo, from Sydney, C. B., with coal, was the first sea boai to arrive at Quebec this season. he Magistrate Kingsford, of Toronto, has decided thut an automatic: cent-in-thé- slot machine must not seli ghewing gum on Sunday. = Joseph Gauthier, a laborer 'at Mont real, was crushed fo death under a large. Sone that fell from a building, on Fri- ay. ' William Convey jumped oft & bridges at St. Catharines 150 feet inlo a rocky stream below and escaped with his life, on Saturday. LL - The Cataract Power Company has ac- cepled the offer of the city of Hamil- tan, modifying the terms of the sireel railway franchise, J. B. Corriveau, clerk for a Montreal horse dealer, has. disappeared with a sum of his employer's money, agoom- panied, it is sald, by a young woman employed as bookkeeper by another firm Deposits in Canadian banks, which have been steadily declining, increased by fifteen millions during March, -The statement of the banks for the month shows a healthy revival and prospect of easier money GREAT BRITAIN. Mr. Winston Churchill was beaten in 'the bye-election in Northwest Manches- ter by a majority of 429. : The Shipbuilding Employers' Assotia- tion has ordered a lock-out in' every shipbuilding yard in the United King- m, \ Speaking at Manchester, Mr, Winston Churchill declared himself in-faves: of selling the Irish question on brogd and J Mr, Walter Runciman, President. of the Board of Education, the first of Mr Asquith"s new Cabinet Ministers 'to go to his constituents, was re-elected in | Dewsbury by 1148 votes. . ---- UNITED STATES. Two boys at Hawthorne, Pa., were poisoned by eating wild parsnips. Three hundred and fifty are dead gs a result' of the 'southern tornado. * The United States Senate ratified the arbitration trealy "With Great Britaing 'The anti-bucket shop bill has passed kolh Houses of the Legislalure at Al bany. an issue of $40,000,000 of 40-year 4 per cent, bonds of the Pennsylvania Rails road. : : A commiltee of six hasbeen appointed sentatives t0 inquire into' the question Lof the prite of print paper. The New York State Senate has passed a bill placing' telegraph a: companies under the dictic Public Service Commission. At the American Newspaper Publish. | politics. GENERAL, Ie: {850 * The Rothschilds of London will taka]. - ty the Uniled Slates House of Repre-| I ne telephone n of thee Begs brands, $6; seconds, $5.40; strong bok- ers'; $5.30; winter wheat patents, $3.35, 'Bran--Full cars, $24.50 to $25, Tor ronlo freighls : , $24.50 to $25, Toren- Bran--Full cars ty freights, pi Bat Shorts--Scarce, $24 f.0.b. mills, COUNTRY PRODUCE, Eggs--New-laid, 16c to '17c. Butler--Is 'becoming more plentiful, and the market is easier. ~~. Creémery prints ..., ....,: 30cto 3% do solids .... .... .... .. 29c.1030c/ Dairy prints 5 1 rolls 2 o solids. ... .... .... Inferior... Vii eee. e...i 0 fo 210 Potdloes--Onlario, 85¢ to 90c; Dela ware, 95¢ to $1, in car lots on track here, Beans--Firm; $1.70 to $1.75 for primes and $1.80 to $1.85 for hand-picked. Honey--Strained steady at 1ic to 12c per pound for 60-pound pails and 12¢ to 13¢ for 5 to 10-pound pails, Combs at 81.75 to $2.50 per dozen, . Cheese--14c_for large and 14%c Ja» twins, in job lols here; new-make, 13¢ fcr large and 13)c for wins, Maple Syrup--81 to $1.10 per gallon. Baled Straw--$8 to $9 per ton. Baled Hay--Timothy is quoted at $15 to $15.50 in car lots on tracks here, ye ER) Stn, PROVISIONS. Pork--Short cut,. $21 to $21.50 per. barrel; mess, $17.50 to $18. : Lard--Tierces, 113c; tubs, 11%e; pails, 12¢. ; Smoked and Dry Salted Meats--Long clear bacon, 10c to 10}4e, tons and cas- es, hams, medium and light, 12¢ fo 13¢c; hams, large, 113{c to 12; backs, 16¢ iG 1634¢; 'shoulders, 9%¢ to 10c: Tolls, 10¢ to 10Xc; breakfast bacon, tic to 15¢; green meats out of pickle, 1¢ less than smoked. ¥ $ SEEDS. - Following are the: prices paid at oul. 'Side pointsi--Alsike, No. 1, $12 for fancy. dots; No. 2, $10; No. 3, $8.50. to 89, Sam- ples. mixed : with timothy, trefoil or weeds, according to quality. Red Clover--Firmer; No. 1 cleaned, $12.50 to $18, end a lille higher for exjra fancy lots; No, 2, $11 to $11.85; ordinary lots, mixed with weeds, ac- cording to quality. "7.l. MONTREAL MARKETS, : "Montreal, April 28.--A siead y Yolume of trade is passing in ur, ce spring wheat patents, '$6.10; second; 50; winter wheat "patents," $5.50; siraight rollers, 85 fo $5.25; doi, in bags, $2.35 to $2.50; 'exiras, $1.80 to Feeds, eto--Manitoba bran, $22 0 $23; shorts, $23 to $24; Ontario grain shorts, 82 to $22.50; middlings, $24 10 825; shorts, 825 lo $27 per ton, 'including and pure grain mouille at $32 carnmeal, SiSo to SL fur deg © ikl. Recep 1. Bryan | without oi puper |g port of La Guafra, Venzuela, has i Will lead 'a puni-| 47%c on-track Toronto; No. 8 ulate af Flour -- Manitoba patents, special |dozen. while ereats-- Rolled oats, 83.13% per bag: |" sore of small" ar partly 'wrecked, offerings 11.85 per ewt. Ta Export ewes sold. at $4.50 16 85; bucks and culls, $3.50 to $4; lambs, grain-fed, 86 to 87 per cwl, Hogs were unchanged at $6.40 for se- lects, 'and $6.15 for lights and fas. Ci Se ee u GIRL'S HEROISM UNAVAILING. Saved Children From Burning House Only to Lose Them. = A despatch from Battleford, Sask, says:' Miss Anna Matthews is the only survivor of a family of five, as a result of prairie. fires in the: Tramping Lake District, The father went to fight the flames, whicli were sweeping down on their little home, and. perished in the attempt. The house took fire, and Anma Matthews, 18 years of age, with her clothes all ablaze, carried her five Yearold brother and sister fo a place of safety, and then Teturned 'for her mother, 'but tod' late. "She fought her] (he - collision, but the Jay Sgain throu h the sea of fire only 10 find that the other children had wa dered again into the fire zone-and per- rT i prices ranged from. $2 Hed A déspalch from Ralston, A work train on the § a mune by Ahe Ei, mien, tr one died later while being hospital, and fitfeen were serious TE ae rn Yon ing "up into the mountains, 'gra rific speed toward the. train. lcmpt was made 0 reverse the an fhe log train fo avoid: way Shushod into ihe Sue before could be e 2 engineer a: man Fo these Jn-the italy ry ' Vial a Indications Point to Record Yield in West This Year. ~~. A despatch. from Ollawa sags: Ome'al ation De- returns recetved 4 West show (hat the acreage nde or crop in Manitoba, re hens . Alber. t1_this' year 'will be about twenty per 'cent. greater than last year. Al indi catidns now t to a record yield of wheat from "the granary of the Em. Dire" his year. The increased acreage, of hs Seithrs, : agents of tbe depart ment in the Western Siates- that the number of American fi