* whey Only One Survivor of Family, Saved by Neighbor's Child A despatch from Niagara Falls, Ont., says: Wednesday aflernoon at 4.45 o'clock a litle. giri named Campbell bur- ried into the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Harris, on Ferry Street, to get warm afler skating in the neighbor- hood. She enlered the door, and was attracted by a voice that called to her for help. Looking about she discovered an 11-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harris on the floor. The girl feebly asked to be taken outside, as she was_ choking, and the Campbell girl helped her into the open air. She realized that something was wrong, and called a man working nearby. This man ran to the Harris house, and on going inside made the horrifying discovery that Mr. and rs, Harris, their 13-year-old son and their 3-year-old daughter were all dead, having been asphyxiated by escaping natural gas. Mr. Harris was 45 years old, and em- ployed by. the Acker Process Company, of this city. He was to have gone to work at 4 o'clock, but he sat dead in his chair near a stove, half clad. Mrs. Har- ris was found dead in the hall, and it was clear that she had tried to escape from the-house after she felt the weak- ness of approaching death creeping upon her. Her strength was not equal {fo the task, and she dicd on the floor, The boy and his sisler had both been overcome by the deadly gas. Neighbors agree that the Harris family was seen-about the house as late as 12 o'clock, but nobody appears to -have seen any of them afler that hour. If the life of the 11-year-oid 'daughter is saved will be because the Campbell girl dragged her out of the house~before the gas had fully overcome her. As the news of the asphyxiation spread through the cily it frightened users of natural gas to a remarkable de- gree. It was difficult to understand how this family of five was so thoroughly overcome as to cause the death of four right in the middle of the day. It is thought that Mr. Harris, as he was to go to work at 4 o'clock, had becrmsleep- ing, and was partially overcome when he sat in the chair where he was found dead. The Harris family occupied @ flat, and it had but a single stove in it. CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS UAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER TUB GLOBE, Zelegrapht Briefs From Our Own and Uther Countries of Recent CANADA. 'The Temiskaming & Northern Ontario Railway has paid $158,000 into treusury. F-re in the business portion of Ninga, a on Friday, caused a loss of $500, ) it is estimated that 45,000 Immigrants settled in Ontario during the year, and 4hat next year the tolal will be over 50,- OGO A Russell Cameron, a wealthy and 'Mopular young man, was found dead in his room al Otlawa, on Friday, with a 'bullet wound in his temple. A verdict of murder has been returned @gainst Frank Capallo, the Ialian, who Slabbed W.llism Dow in a quarrel] near Snakeskin Lake on Christmas night. A big panther was shot on the 'grounds of Senator Macdonald, at Vic- feria, B.C Carberry, Man., is in the pinch of the Yuel famine, the town being almost avilboul coal, Railroads in Cannda have spent this year about $62,000,000 in construction work and equipment. . The Hanson Consolidated Mines, near Port Arfour, shipped a carload of silver ore, valued at $15,000, to Omaha, on Thursday, Munson & Allen of Winnineg have been given charge of the canadian Northern legal business west of the lakes. The C.P.R. audit department employes in Montreal have been granted a 10 per cent. increase in wages. An electric railway running through Canadian territory from the Detroit River to Niagpra is projected by Michi- gan capitalists. John Dyer was sentenced al Hamilton on Monday to a year in the Central for stealing articles from churches. Steps are being taken at Hamilton to secure the release of five men sentenced for riviing in ecnneclion with the street railway slrike. "His Imperiai Highness, General Prince Fushimi, of Japan, will pass through Canada en his way home from a_ visil ilo King Edward. It has been discovered that the chim- ney of the Harris dwelling at Niagara Falls was completély blocked with soot, which explains how the family were suffocated. A. Ferguson's barn, stock and imple- ments at Southwyn, Man., were burned on Monday. His entire family were stricken with typhoid quite recently, and a prairie fire last full destroyed his hay. GREAT BRITAIN. Right Hon. Augustine Birrell is men- tioned as a possible candidate for the Chief Secretaryship of Ireland. It is expected that the Right Hon. James Bryce will be named head of the Brilish delegation to the next Hague Peace Conforence. UNITED STATES. Fifteen persons have been killed in the race war in Mississippi. Alexander J. Cassatt, President of the Pennylvania Railroad, died suddenly at Philadelphia on Friday. Rev. "T. K. Crowley, of St. Patrick's Church, Denison, Texas, while patting on his vestments to celebrate High Mass, dropped dead on Wednesday. Three men were killed and fotr pro- bably fatally wounded in a fight on Tuesday night between guards employed py tne. West Kentucky Coarcompany at Sturgis, Union Counly, Ky., and the striking miners at that place. Falling into a sponge mixer full of dough at the Bliss bakery al Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, H. D. Vankirk, a baker, was whirled round and round until every bone in his body was crushed. When the machine was stop- ped he was taken oul dead. GENERAL. A commiltee has been appointed to re- vise the laws of Cuba. Rebellion in Ecuador has been sup- pressed and a new presideni elected. The Dulch troops in the East Indies have won a victcry over the Rajah Goa. Disorders have broken out in Servia, threalening the overthrow of the present dynasty. Eleven Mexicans and one American were k.lled near Valencia, Mexico, by a band of Yaqui Indians. Socialists al Lodz, Russia, have threalened that they will compel citizens to feed and lodge the unemployed. M. Pichon, Foreign Minister of l'rance, has announced that the policy of his Government is to be "peace and dig- nity." The Indian Nadonal Congress has ex- pressed indignation that Hindous are denied the right of cilizenship in the To Transvaal, : Startling Story From the Russian Famine Districts. A despatch from St. Pelersburg Says: Prince G. Lyoff, who has just returned fram a long tour in the famine-stricken regions, gives, in the Russkiya Vedo- mosli, a hearlrending account of his _ experiences. It is not in the.cconomical © gense, but in the diréct meaning of the ej "word that the populace are dying. They + vare 'actually living from day to 'day, from bjoaf-to loaf, without the slightest hope -of.being able-to prolong the strugyle for , life unlil the spring, : --* The ¢réns * ave There is neither food nor*forage. 'gtanaries .stand® absolutely' empty. "failed complelely, The 4, -over_e stretch of 1,900 versis the Prince say ~no. trace of either oals or "buck- wWhtat." 'Cattle and horses are sold for --Pitles, "florSes are Valued at the price of skingy aro eae oF} Wht re the people often travelled many versts to the Crown forests.' It is doubtful if x an¥ animal can be kept alive unlil the spring on such fodder. ° The people have fallen into a slate of pitiful apathy. In one district the Prince found only seven oul of 33 villages in which acorn flour was not mixed with the rye to make the scanty bread. Acorn flour bread alone was eaten, and has faymed the people since September. Such as it is, there is nowhere enough to give mort) than one feed a day to each person. The children are given usually this acorn flour mixed with -hot water into a sort of gruel. . The people have a-strange from. feeding on -this "hunger buead,".as it is called. They: are pale, exhausted, with dimmed.eyes and shal nig limbs. 'Where hunger bread-is eaten re alSo is found seurvy and typhoid. tince, be ) | at-the battle of | The cotton: staple food of millions harvest. in Céntral Asia is extremely "good, 17,000 carloads, instead of the usual 12,000, being available for expor railroads, will r Feial facilities to transport the cotton, The French, German and Russian ex- pedilions have arrived at Tashkent, Asiatic Russia, to observe the clipse of January 14. In addition to making the usual observations the expeditions will study the condition of the upper air by means of balloons and automatic instru- ments. FREE COURSES. Bulletin From the Ontario Agricultural College. For over thirty years the Ontario Ag- ricultural Cojlege has provided 'courses at study and practical field work for farmers' sons, and thousands of young men have taken advantage of it. Al first the course was two years. This was found to be too short, and in 1888 @ third year was added. Still later it was found impossible to do justice to the work in three sessions, and the ce- gular college course, leading to the de- gree of B. S. A. now covers a period of four years. ~But there are many farmers and farmers' sons who cannol-spare the time to take the long College course, and others who might find the time, but have not the means or education sufll- cient for matriculation. For the sake of such men we Have supplemented our re- gular work by adding short courses 'o meet their special requirements. A judging pavillion, with a fifly-foot ring, and with seats all around capable of seating comfortabiy 350 persons, has been built especially for the convenience of those taking the shart course in live stock. Into this ring all classes cf horses, beef cattle, sheep and swine are brought for criticism. The anjmals are judged by the members of the class them-elves, and finally judged by some recognized authovily, so that students may have a good opportunity to com- pare their judgment with that of others. No money will be spared in bringing in some of the best representatives of all these classes from the stables of our leading Ontario breeders. The work will b+ conducted by G. E. Day. Prof. cf Animal -Hushandry; H. S. Arkeli, Lec- turer in Animal Husbandry, and Dr. J. tl Reed. Prof. of Veterinary Science, wilh the assistance of olher competent stockmen who are regorded as aulhori- hes on the most valuable breeds of farni animals. One hour each day will be spent in lectures on seed selection and the best methods of cleanuig seed, and in the judging of oats, barley, wheat, peas and corn; und of the grasses, clovers, and various fojder qpops and jn the identi- licaliim Of fhe Bvecd seeds most com- monly found in grass and clover seed. This course will be conduelted by C, A. Zavilz, Vrof. of Field) ifusbandry; J. Buchanan, Lecturer ia Field Husband- ry; and J. E. Howitt, Lecturer Botany. In the poultry course, which lasts for ane month, instruction will be given in the following branches of the poultry business: Preparations of plans, speci- fications and estimates of poultry houses for various purposes; location, construc- tion, ventilation and furnishinys; breeds and varietics of fowls; origin and char- acteristics; principles of breeding and mating: judging; natural and_ artificial incubation ond rearing, feeding, care and management; the production of eggs in winter, demonstrations and practice in fattening, killing, and preparing chickens for home and foreign markets. The demand for trained men in dairy- ing, loo, far exceeds the supply, and young men thoroughly equipped in the science and practice of buttermaking and cheesemaking are in constant de- mand. The dairy school is well pre- pared to give a good course in dairying. (The term is three months.) <A her of about 4) cows. heifers and calves te- presenting three different breeds of dairy caltle, gives an excellent object lesson indho handling. feeding and caring for a dairy herd, lesides supplying speci- mens for class-room work. <A record i kept of each cow's milk, that stu- dents may see the importance and sim- plicity of a cow record, ; THese courses are offered as was stat ed before, for these farmers and farm- e's sons who have not the lime nor the money to fake the regular college course and it is to be hoped that large number will avail themselves of the oppertunity lo altend during the coming January. in a eee GOVERNMENT HOUSE BURNED. Governor McInnes' Residence at Dawson Completely Destroyed. A despatch from. Dawson, Y.T., says: The residence of Governor McInnes, of Yukon Territory, known as Government House, was burned on Christmas Day, with all ils furniture. The building was valted at $160,000. It was probably in- sured (hrough the Government officials at Ottawa. Government House was the finest building nortu of Vancouver, and contained much. personal property be- longing fo Mr. and Mrs. McInnes. * The five started before noon. It is supposed: to have originated from an 'explosion in the furnace. There was no wind or-the police barracks -and, garrison . building adjoining might have been burned. The temperature was only zero, but the fire men were covered wilh ice, after fight ing a flerce battle with the flames for four hours, Only the tottering walls and gutted floors are left. The building -- ' lOne Hundred Wells Sank at a Cost of $50,000- A despatch from Montreal says: Fur- ther facts were received by Mr. L. O. Armstrong, colonization agent of the Cc. P. -R., on Wednesday, which deal with the discovery of-oil in Manitoulin Isjand, Lake Huron. It is now known that-100 wells have been sunk at a cost of about $500 each, and, as a result, the discoverers believe that they have an even greater oil ground than Pennsy!- vania had in its greatest days. To add to this, St. Joseph's Island, which is of the same geographical _for- mation as Manitoulin, is known have.the same oil qualities.. In Penn- sylvaniett-used to cost $1,500 to sink a well, os against $500 in Canada to-day. There isa belief in many quarters that. this is the beginning of a great rival to the Standard Oil Company, which to- day controls the world's products of petroleum, *\ LEADING MARKETS BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Dec. 31.--Bran---$17 'bid. Wheat--Ontario--No. 2 white, 70c ask- ed outside, 69¢ bid; No. 2 red, 6934¢ bid C.P.R.; No. 2 mixed, 70c asked, 68c bid. Wheat--Manitoba--No. 1 northern, Sic asked, 80}4c bid, track, Poin Ed- ward. Peas--S8ic asked, 80c bid. Otits--No. 2 while, 36c asked, outside, 35)sc bid. main line. Corn--No, 3 yellow, 48%c asked, roanto, to arrive. Rpe--No. 2, 70c to Tic outside. Corn--New .No, 3, 49%c to 5fc; old, No. 2. 53%c, Toronto rate points. Barley--No. 3 extra, 49¢ to 4934c; No. a, 47¢ fo 48c; No. 2, 50c. tran--Searce and nominally $18; Shorts, $18.50. Flour--Dull; Ontario, $2.70 asked for 9. per cent. patents for export, buyers' bags outside, $2.65 bid; Manitoba first patents, $450; second, $4; bakers', $3.90. dd. To- COUNTRY PRODUCE. Butler--The market is steady and firm, w.th a brisk demand. Creamery cease ase ween ROCLOTIC Qke lo 25c 22c lo 23¢ we 19¢ to 20r . 18¢ lo We 13'se for large and Ite for twins. Eggs--New-laid are very scarce. Storage, 2ic; limed, 22c. New-laid are quoted from 30c ta 35e. Poullry--The market morning, Chickens, was quiet this Fcto 9c 6c to 10c 8c to 10¢ 8c to 10¢ dressed .... 692 per bag, in car lots here; eastern, G5e to Pe. Baled Hay--$11.50 fo $12 for No. 1 etm and $) for No. 2 in car lols ere, Baled Straw--Firm at $7 in car lots here. . MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, Dec. 31.--A firm tone pre- vails in the local market. Buckwheat--56c to 5644c per bushel, ex store. Corn--American, No. 2 No. 3 mixed, 54c, ex store. Oats--Cn spot, No. 2 while, 4234c; Noe 3 white, 41%c to 42c; No. 4, 40%c to 4lc per bushel, ex store. Peas--Boiling peas, $1 lots, $1.10 in jobbing lots. Flour--Manitoba spring wheat, $4.25 ts $4.60; strong bakers', $3.90 to $4.10; winter wheat patents, $4.10 to $4.25; straight rollers, $3.60 to $3.70; do., in bags, $1.65 to $1.75; extras, $1.50 to $1.55. - Millfeed--Manitoba bran in bags, $20 {> $22; shorts, $21.50 to $22; Ontario bran in Bags, $18.50 to $19; shoris, $21.- 51 ta $22; milled mouille, $21 to $25; straight grain, $28 to $29 'per lon. Rotted Oats--Per bag, $1.95 to $2 in car lots, $2.10 in jobbing lots. yellow, 55c; in carload Hay---No. 1, $13.50; No. 2, $12.50; No. , 811.50; c'over mixed, $f1; pure clover, $10.50 to $11 per ton in car lots. Provisions---Barrels short cut mess, $22 to $24; half-barre's, $11.25 to $11.- 75, clear fat back, $23.50; long cul breavy mess, $20.59; half-barrels do., $10.75; dry salt long clear bacon, 10}4c to 11%c; barre!s plate béef, $12 to $13; half-bar- rels do., $6.50 to $7; barrels heavy mess beef, $11; half-barrels do., $6; compound lard, 8c to 9c; pure lard, T24%c to 13c; kettle rendered, 13%c lo T4c; hams, 13c to 1434c, according to size: brenkfast bacon, 15c to 16¢e; Wind- sor bacon, 15c to 16c; fresh 'killed abat- toir dressed hogs, $9.25; alive £6.75. Eggs--New-laid, 35c, and some lots a trifle over; select fall eggs, 25'4c to 262; limed and cold storage, 2ic to 21 Xe. BUFFALO MARKET. Buffalo, Dec.. 31. -- Flour -- Steady, Wheal--Spring nominal; Winter firtn; No. 1 while, 80c. Corn--Dull; No. 2 yel- low, 473{c: No. 2 white, 474ce. Oats-- Firm; No. 2 while, 3924c; No. 2 mixed, 37%c. Bariey--Strong at 53 to 63c, Rye --Unseitied; No. 1 North-Western] 70c. NEW YORK WHEAT MARKET. New York, Dec. -31.----Wheat --- Spot easy; No. 2 red nominal] in ejevalor and 80%ec f.o.b. afloat; No. 1 northern Du-- luth, %%e ¢.i.f. Buffalo; No. 2-hard win- 'er, 84%¢c c.f. Buffalo. CATTLE MARKET. Toronto, Jan. 2.--Light receipts and a dull market were reported at the Wes- lern Caille Market to-day. 3ulchers' catlle were not plentiful. A load was sold af $3.10 to $4.20; another: load brought $4.33, and a light load sold at $3.10. A load of rough animals and- cows brought $3.50 per cwt. Exporters' cattle were not on sale. The nominal prices given were $4.25 to- $4.90 percowt. Hogs som at $6.15 for selects, $5.90 for lights and fats. Lambs were werth $5.50 to $6.55 pe ewl. Export ewes sold at $4.50 to $4.85, and bucks brought $3 to $3.50 per ewt. Calves were worth $3 to $6.50 per ewt, ee ooo DOUBLE TRAGEDY. and Man and Woman Commit Suicide «in Jail at Elmira, N. Y. A despatch from Elmira, N. Y., says: The Elmira county jail was the scene cf a double tragedy on Wednesday night. A woman named Bessie Wells. oceupicd a cell in the woman's dormi- tory awailing sentence on January 3 for abducting a young girl. man named Frank Delaney, possessing a power of attorney from the woman, and whio is said to have been her lover, called" at. the jail, and, staling that he' wished !o oblain {he woman's signature ta some papers, was shown to her cell by a guard whoa stood close by while he: conversed with her. Suddenly Delaney pussed a. bottle of carbolic acid through the bars and presscd a second one to his own lips. 'fhe guard sprang upon the man, but was rot quick enough. 'Both died before a physician could be called. De- laney was twenty-nine yedrs old, and Was a railroad man. He comes from a ~ respected family. °? . DEATH IN THE: SNOWSTORM Sixteen People Killed in a Scottish ~ Railway Wreck A despatch from London says: In a railrogd coliision on' Friday, caused in- diree'lty by the heavy snowstorm of the last few days, 16 persons have been killed and over 30-injured. The accident occurred near Arbroath, on. the North British Railroad, between Edinburgh and Aberdeen, fnd some distance north of Dundee. Among the persons injured is Alexander Wm. Bleck, member of the House of Commons from Banffshire, Scotland. The accident is attributed to the heavy fall snow, owing to which trains from.London for Aberdeen were held. up at Arbroath. The line was cleared, however, and one train pro- ceeded ee, Itvhad stopped at for] Eliot Junction, but the danger signuls, which ght. to have 'been set, An express train dashed into the rear o the wailing train. The continuing snowfall has created a situation the worst known in 30 years in Great Brilain, and tht conditions, exist- ing here apparently are general throughout Europe. From all parts 'of Great Brilain Come stories of trains buriéd in snowdrifts, the worst case be- ing that of a train. bound from Dundee to Edinburgh, which ran. into a snow- drift at 6. o'clock on Thursday night, three miles from St. Andrew's, and is slill embedded.* A relief (rain sent to its assistance stuck in the 'drift, and all the efforts during "the night to reach them were futile. Friday morning, a. smail quantily.of provisions was conveyed 19 the shhungry passengers and crews. 'The equipment of the British railroads is ite inadequate with th