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{ and | the De; Employees |ineludin Narro : despatoh' from Ottawa says: Bixteen employes: of the analyst's 3 ethylated 5; arits branches of t of Inland Revenue, woinen, 'made: wi partmer i Wome wild pa- dashes for safety on Wednesday, t--85¢ fo 86¢ outs No. 2 white and red Win: for nd Barley--56 to 88c oyfpide, - and 48 to 800 outside. # hy 10x e 3 wie, 4 to 34 1%, track, Toronto, and 3% ou § No.3 WO oats Bay 0. 8 quoted ab 361. orts. ; Bey | Corn--New No. 8 Ame | to 52 1-2¢, prompt shipment, Tor- ¢ nto freights, i Hein d a 0.8 shipping, | Rye--No. 2 at 60¢ a kvieatNog at 46 to 47¢ out- ; + | $1.10; No. 2 No 8le outside. bo 1:2; No, 38 wheat, $1.01 1:4 to when a barrel, out of which was he- ing pumped wood alcohol, 'explodsi Jed with terrific noise and impaot overturning an electric motor, an causing a dangerous fire to the building Sadupied by these two vernment' départments,' at 317. 319 and 391\ Quel Street... The building was practically. destroyed, Western, 11 1-2 to 19¢; casterns; 11 to 11 1c, | Butter--~Choicest, 25 1-30; seconds, 23 1-2 to 260, SIR, * UNITED STATES MARKETS. "Minneapolis, Jan. '10.--Wheat-- May, $1.08 3-4 to 81.06 7-8; July, rd 3-8 to 81.07 1-2; No. 1 hard, 07 1-2; No. 1 Northern, $1.08 to ro, $1.08 34 $1.04. Flour--First patents, $4.95 to. 85.45; do., seconds, $4.85 to 185.35; first clears, $3.35 to $3.75; "Ido, seconds, $3.35 to $3.95, * Buffalo, Jan. 10.--~Wheat--Spring No.1 Northern; carloads store, {1814168 1-4; Winter stronger; No, 2 'red, 96¢; No. 2 whi 93¢. Corn-- No6.'8 yellow, 48 3-4; 0, 4 do 4Te 10 Fon track; through billed. « Oats "$1.00 to BLO, ots, $1.80 to $1.88. «An tins ed, & "per 1b.' No. 1 tomb, 28. per dozen ; le, $1.95 to and No. 2 at 810 to | Statermont, for Desomber Most No: & white, 36c; No. '2 white, 35. 1:9; No. 4 white, 34 3-4c. Barley ~Malting, 93 to 97¢. Rye--No.'8, b track, 850. : ! LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Toronto, Jan. ' 8.--Lambs were from 15 to 25c higher, and are eas- ily quotable at from $5.50 to $6.15. es are uch Sema, a few be- inj as high as $9 per owt. dy $7.16 f.0.h. and $7.40 fed and watered, Good cows and bills were steady, as were all "lines of cattle. Montreal, Jan. 10.--~Choice steers of Department i : logs. of the methylated spirits - was im charge of Mr. Walter Armstrong. All were on the. doo when the ex. off gcouifred; and at'o e alarm to those who oo vy ding McGill's branch upstairs, and them made their escape, : Mr, Parent out with. some. difficulty,' di right through a room enveloped in flames, but without any injury. The total value of the stock of wood als cohel, "grain .aloohol, 'methylated spirits, And other ingredi for its 'manufdcture was about $15,000. sold at 5 3-4 to 80, good at 5 1.4 te 6 1:80; and fair at Se, while shoios cows 'brought be, good 4 1-2 to Bo, fair 4 to 4 l-4c, common 8 1-2 to 3 8-40, and inferior 8 to 8 1-4o per 1b bulls sold from 3'to do, as to quality: Bheep sold at 4 1-4 to 4 1-2, and lambs at 6 1-4 to'6 1-2 per 1b; St LR ni, FATAL TRAIN WRECK. Fifteen Killed and Forty or Fifty Injured in South Africa. A despatch from: Queenstown, Union of Bouth Africa says; Fifteen persons were killed and forty op fifty injured in the wreck of a pak. senger train near Cathcart, Colony, eatly on Thursday. T train, which was loaded with holie day makers from East London, lef the rails, and, turning: over, rolls ed down an embankment. a CONSTRUCTION IN THE WEST C.P.R. Stat is Putting Finishing Touches to Programme, -- A despatch from Winnipeg says: The engineering staff at the O.P, R. headquarters here is busy pute ting the finishing touches to the construction, programme for the current year, which Vice-Presiden$ Wm. Whyte will present to president next week. x: REVENUE OF THE DOMINION fatisfactory for Long Period. 'A despatch from Ottawa says: financial statement of the Do- i December, published in Gazette; is one of (he ry for a very lung ue for December an increase while the The . expenditure for the nine months shows an increase of 85,606.~ 003.53," the figures being $32,004, na for 1910, as) against $47,308,- 120.54 in 1009. op expenditure on capital ac count during December last was $3,680,305.47, as against $3,879,270. 77; while for the Sine/monthe it was 804,247.33, $24,026,137.~ 99 'in' the 'corresponding 'period of last Jur, nearly thie amount being expendif ure.' on National 'Transcontidental