¥ 4 Biase ee _ tno for No. 1 timothy, and $11.50 to $12 FATAL PRE AT NONTREAL Panic Stricken Dancers Jump From Hall on Notre Dame Street | 'A despatch from Montreal says: A sensational fire took place early on Fri- day morning during the progress of a dance in a hall in the east end, when a number of people were compelled to jump from a third story window, and a dozen of them were more or less in- jured, some of taem fatally. The hall is on the top floor of a building a few doors east of the City Hall, on Notre Dame strect, and the fire started in tre basement, the ground floor being occu- a a dry goods store by G. Mar- solais. DANCERS PANIC-STRICKEN. The sowed of dancers upstairs became panic-stricken by the rush of smoke and flames, and started jumping from the windows before the firemen arrived. One man had both legs broken and an- other his spine injured. The firemen rescued many by means of ladders. The fire did not amount to much and was quickly extinguished. Many in- jured were taken to their homes for treatment, on account of which it is dif- ficult to ascertain the exact number hurt. Arthur Duperault, a butcher, aged 29, succumbed to the injuries sustained by jumping from -the dance hall window. CELEBRATING MARRIAGE. Arthur Duperault and a number cf friends were celebrating the approach- ing marriage of Joseph Charbonneau, president of the Barbers' Union, at La- casse Hall. Charbonneau himself jump- ed to the street and is in the hospital with a broken.leg. Ulric Blanchet is in a serious stale with a fractured skull and shoulder. Injured:--Leon Girard, broken back, very critical; Gusave Robilaille, frac:ur- ed thigh; James Rayetle, fractured knee; Hector Thouin, severe internal injuries. : Twelve other viclims are at various hospitals, suffering from severe and in sume cases dangerous injuries. ~The scene in the hall when. the fire was dis- covered was terrible. The hall is on the third story in the front of fhe build- ing, but escape that way was cut off by flames and smoke, and the victims had to jump from the'rear, where, be- cause of the slope of the ground, the windows were forty feet from the sur- face. . The hall is situated at Notre Dame and Gosford streets. LHADING MARKETS Toronto, June 4.--Cf&ll -board quota- tions were:-- Wheat--Ontario--No. 2 red or while, 90c asked, outside; No. 2 spring wheat, 85c asked, outside; 82c bid C.P.R. east, No. 2 goose, 83c asked, outside, 81c bid c. P. R. east. Peas--No. 2, 82c asked, outside. Oats--No. 2 while, 44c bid, 46c asked outside, 45c asked, Pere Marquette, Manitoba, No. 2 white, 47c asked; No. 2 mixed, 40c bid, outside. Barley--No. 3 extra, 58c asked; Sep- tember shipment; No. 3, 60c asked Oul- Bide. Prices are:-- Wheat--Ontario--No. 2 white winter, 88c; No. 2 red, 88c; No. 2 mixed, 87 to Wheat--Manitoba--Lake ports--No. 1 hard, 99c; No. 1 northern, 97c; No. 2 northern, 95c. Oals--No. 2 white, 44%c to_45c, oul side; No. 2 mixed, 4234c to 4c. Corn--No. 3 yellow American, 62c to 6234c, lake and rail, 62)gc to 63¢ all rail Toronto basis. Peas--No. 2, 79¢ to 80c. Rye--7i4c to 7c. Barley--No. 2, 5334c to 54e oulside; No. 3 extra, 5234c to 53c; No. 3, 51}4¢ to 52c. Flour--Onlario--90 sper cent. patents, €3.25 bid; no sellers; Manitoba first pat- ents. $4.75; seconds, $4.15 to $4.20; bak- ers', $4.05 Toronto. Bran--$2l to $22; $22 lo $23 outside. --_---- COUNTRY PRODUCE. Butter--Supplies are plentiful, with &n especially large amount of Creamery, Butter, dairy .. .... «Bet .. 2c to Be Creamery, prints .. .. 2ic to 2c Dairy, prints . ...- 19¢ to 20c Cheese--13¢ and 13%c for twins. Egus--Steady at 173¢c to 18c. Honey--Pails, 11c to 12c %.; combs, $1.50 to $2.50 per dozen. Beans--$1.50 to $1.55 for hand-picked and $1.35 fo $1.40 for primes. tatoes--Firm; Delawares, $1.25 to $1.30, in car lots on track here. On- lario are quoted at $1.15, but prices are practically nominal> fon for No. 1 timothy, and $11.50 to $12 shorts quoted at for large for secondary grades, in car lots here. Baled Straw--Steady at $6.75 to 87 per ton, in car lols heré. PROVISIONS. Dressed Hogs--$9.50 for light-weights and $9 for heavies, farmers' lots. Pork--Short cut, $23 to $23.50 per bar- rel; mess, $21 to $21.50. : Smoked and Dry Salted Meats--Long clear bacon, lic to 11%c for tons and cases; hams, medium and light, 153¢c to 16c; heavy, 14%c to 15c; backs, 16%c to 17%c; shoulders, 11c to 11}4c; rolls, 11}c; out of pickle, 1c less than smoked. Lard--Prices are: Tierces, 12}4c; tubs, 12%c; pails, 12%c. MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal,-dune 4.--Provisions--Barrels short cul mess $22 to $22.50; half bar- rels, $17.25 to $11.75; clear fat back, $23.50 to $24; long cut heavy mess, $20.- 50 to $22; half barrels do, $10.75 10 $11.50; dry salled long clear bacon, 11%c to 12c; barrels plate" beef, $13 lo $14; half barrels do., 87 to $%50; barrels heavy mess beef, $10;_half barrels do., $5.50; compound lard, 934c to 10c; pure lard, 12%{c to 12%c; kettle rendered, 13c to 13%4c; hams, léc fo 15}gc, according to size; breakfest bacon, 144c to 15c; Windsor bacon, 153¢c to-16c; fresh killed abatioir dressed ghégs, $10 to $10.25; alive, $7.25 to $7. rae 12%c : 20%c to 2ic. Receipts of eggs were 1,- 840 cases. No. 1 are quoted at 18¢ to 18%c, and No. 2 at 15}4c to 16c per d zen. Breadstuffs--Manitcba No. 2 white oats are quoted at 493¢c to 50c, Ontario No. 2 at 4834c to 50c. No. 3 at 47}¢c tc 48c and No. 4at 4634c to 47c per bushel. Prices for flour' are steady. Choice spring wheat patents, $5.10 to $5.20; seconds, $4.50 to $4.60° winter wheat patents, 34.25 lo $4.40: aight no ers, 83.75 to $3.85; do., in ags, $1.7, to $1.85; extras, $1.55 to $1.65. ; Hay--There is a fair. demand for baled hay. No. 1, $16 to $17; No. 2, $15 to $16; clover mixed, $13 to $14, and pure clover al $12 to $13 per ton. BUFFALO MARKET. Buffalo, June 4--Flour--Steady. Wheat --Spring dull; No. 1 Northern, $1.05; Winter nominal. Corn--Firm; No. yellow, 5934c; No. 2 white, 6ic. Oats-- No. 2 while, 5034c; No . 2mix- Barley--Western offered, 82 to B4e to arrive. Rye--No. 1, c.i.f. offered 86c. Canal. {reighls--Unchanged. NEW YORK WHEAT MARKET. York, June 4.--Wheat--Spot firm; No. 2 red, $1.01 elevator; No. .2 red, $1.03 f.0.b. afloat, No. 1 northern Duluth, $1.12 f.o.b. afloat; No. 2 hard winter, $1.07 f.0.b. afloat. . LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Toronto, June 4.--Trade was brisk on a strong market at the Western Yards to-day. Exporters' cattle kept in active demand at good prices. Light animals of good quality sold as high as $5.40 per cwt, and sales were recorded up to $5.60 per ewl. Choice butchers', $5.25 to $5.50; good loads, $5 to $5.30; fair to medium, $4.50 to $4.90; cows, $3.25 to $4.50 per cwt, according to quality. Heavy feeders, 1,050 to 1,100 Ths, were higher. Their prices now range from $1.75 to $5 per cwl. Good short-keeps 0 per cwt. Good stock- those of export quality. Hogs were unchanged. Selects sold at $7.10, and lights and fats at $5.85 per cwl. -------E OLD LADY DROWNED IN WELL. Mother of Town Treasurer of St. Mary's Meets Tragic Fate. A despatch from Stratford says: Word was received here on Friday afternoon that Mrs. Long, of St. Mary's, mother of Mr. E. Long, town treasurer, had met with a tragic death by drowning in a well. Friday morning she mysteriously disappeared from her home, and upon a search being instituted by Chief Young she was found dead in the cistern at the rear of the house. The old lady's shawl and spectacles were found near by. It is supposed that she was dipping or reaching for water and fell in. The water in the cistern was about five feet deep. Mrs. Long was about 75 or 80 years old, and was weli known and highly re- spected by the citizens of St. Mary's. re METHUEN IS_IN COMMAND. Given Charge of British Forces in South Africa. A despatch from London says: Among a number of new military appointments announced on Tuesday night is one of unusual interest, that of pen Methuen to command the British in South Africa. General Methuen's part in the South African campaign did. nok reflect reat credit upon him. He was severely Fotented at Magersfontein in was | 1899, and -jafier his T, recalled from Kimberley. -€.E. MALLOCK DROWNED. Civil Engineer Drowned in Lake ot Two " jt A: despatch Mal at Miles Isles Rapids, Mo , on Saturday, under pecu liarly sad circumstances, gaged with a survey party of the Geor- gian Bay Canal staff taking hydraulic measurements at the rapids. A gasoline launch was used, and Mr. Malloch was tripping the kedge anchor at the end of the day's work, when the cable fouled his leg and he was drawn overboard into the swift current, the weight of the cable and kedge anchor taking him _be- jow the surface. It was attempted to send the launch full speed ahead, but the engine "jacked," and the boat was carried half a mile down stream before tb: machinery could be started. When the scene of the accident was finally reached half an hour later the lifeless body of the young engineer was found caught in the cable. Deceased was @ s0n of the late Dr. Malloch, of this city, and a nephew of Lady Grant. Mr. Pau Malloch and Mrs. Sandford Smith,, of Toronto, are brother and sister. He was en a ; TROLLEY WRECK KILLED SEVEN. Fatal Rear-end Collision on a Line in . Ohio. A despateh from Elyria, Ohio, says: Four persons were killed and thirteen were injured, three of whom died, in a rear-end collision on the Cleveland and South-western Traction road here on Thursday evening. The front car was filled with holiday excursionists, nearly all of whom received. more: or- jess 'seri- ous injuries. Within a few minutes am- bulances and doctors were summoned and the wounded taken to the Elyria Hospital, where three of the injured subsequently died. Eight of the re- maining thirteen had both legs cut off, one lost one Jeg, and still another had both legs broken. Motorman Fraundu, who was in charge of the car which caused the wreck, was arrested on a warrant sworn out by Prosecutor Stevens, charging him with manslaugh- ter. --_---- -- MEASLES PROVED FATAL. ~~ Twenty-two Deaths From the Discase in Ontario. all 275, an increase of 30 over the same month in 1906. Of these, 203 were caused by tuberculosis. From smallpox there was one death among 107 sufferers from it; from scar- 144 fever, 6 among 225 cases ; diphtheria, 14 deaths among 143 cases; whooping cough, 3 deaths out of 27 cases; ty- phoid, 24 deaths, 153 cases. The total number of deaths from all causes dur- ing the month were 2,433, in a popula- tion of 2,110,151, a mortalily rate of 13.8 in 1,000. --_--_-- DEADLY FIRECRACKER. Contained Enough Poison to Kill a Hundred Men. A despatch*from Winnipeg says: Phosphorus in a firecracker caused the death Of a little lad named Ernest Lati- mer on Sunday afternoon. The child was playing around home and picked up {he eracker and put it in his mouth. A fey minutes afterwards he was seiz with convulsions, and the doctors were at a loss to understand the case. The post-mortem revealed the fact that he had been poisoned by phosphorus. The firecracker was suggested as the source, and the doctors analyzed the one the child had sucked, making the startling discovery that it contained enough poi- gon to Kill a hundred people. ------_--_ ke ---__--_---- POTATOES GO SOARING. Supplant Wheat in Interest on Winni- peg Market. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Wheat is no longer king here. While all eyes have been turned upon it, the pctato market hes been very active, and almost as erratic and excited. For more than a week past deliveries have been small, owing, no doubt, to the rush of spring work, which is usually over by this date. While receipts have been receding the demand has gone up like sky-rockets. Local) deliveries have brought 85 cents to 95 cents on the track, for even quite small quantities. Several cars have been brought in from Minne- sota, and these cost $1.05 on the track, and 'are sold in a jobbing way at $1.15 to $1.25. Dealers state that they think the top of the market has probably been reached. ---- of --__--_--_-- ° LIVE WIRE CAUSES DEATH. Engineer 'at Kenora Power-house Re- éeiwes Shock, Killing Him. A despatch from Kenora says: About four o'clock on Friday morning James Bréwn, second engineer in charge of the pewer-house, received a shock from @ live wire while standing near # switch- board and was instantly killed. His as sistant seeing Brown was caught, im- miediately turned off thé switch, when Lrown fell back dead. -.His left hand was badly burned, the curren i t passing through him, coming out at the left leg above the ece, which was alsobadly burned. . Deceased was about 55. 10,000 MEN ON TH WAR The Anti-Dynastic Riots in China Still. Continue. _A despatch from Hong Kong says: The antidynastic riots continue. An organized and armed division of Triads, 10,000 strong, fs on the march. So far foreigners have not been molested. Commercial steamships and unboats are being used to transport t.>.cns to the neighborhood of the disturbances. It is reported that Sun, former Tao- tai of Nanking, nephew of Grand Sec- retary Chia Gai Sun, is leading the rebellion. He is well known as &@ re- volutionary, and was arrested at Nan- kin last January on a. charge of con- spiring against the Government. Thir- teen hundred troops have been de- spatched for Swatow from Canton, and another detachment from Shiubing will fallow. NOT AGAINST FOREIGNERS. A despatch from Swatow, China says: A proclamation issued by the Svatvan revolutionary society declares that the uprising is not directed against for- eigners or ordinary Chinese cilizens, but against the Government, the inten- tion of the revolutionists being to tt ack and burn every yamen and exter- minate the officials, with the object cf overthrowing the Government.. The missions, with the exception cf the German mission at Lienchow, have thus far been unmolested, but the mis- sionaries are abandoning their sta- tions and seeking refuge here. The local officials take a serious view of the situation, and are urging the @u- thorities at Canton to despatch gun. boats here. Incoming and outgoing Chinese pas- sengers on the Cha Choufu Railroad - are searched, DROWNED ENTIRE FAMILY. A despatch from Canton, China says: The revolutionists in the neighborheod of Swatow recently captured the entire, family of a Chinese Brigadier-General' and compelled them all to drown them' ~ selves in a well. REBELS DEFEATED. A despatch from Canton says; A 6e -- vere enga the provincial troops and a bels, resulting in a victory for the form- er The rebels lost over a hundred men killed, and the Government forces tured the rebel leader, together i a number of flags and a considerable quantity of ammunition. Two thousand additional troops have been despatched to Chaochow, wheré the malcontents are active. : The Chinese gunboat Sum Hong, having on board the Fifteenth Regiment of Chinese troops has sailed from here for Swatow, to defend that city against a possible atlack on the part «£ he rebels. body of re} FELL FROM LINER IN A FOG. Young Englishman on Way to Calgary Loses His Life. A despatch from Montreal says: An unusually sad fatality occurred on Leard the Virginian, which drrived in jort from Liverpool on Sunday. A young Englishman named Alford, emi- grating to Canada with his wife, to try his fortune in the great North-West, fell overboard during a fog, and lost his life, leaving his wife on her way, to a strange land, without friends and destitute. The couple were among the steerage passengers and were intend- ing to go to Calgary. They had their lickels to that place and twenty pounds sterling, the husband carrying these in an inner pocket of his jacket. On the evening of the first day out Alford left his wife to go for a stroll along the deck. She never saw him again. The ship was running in a dense fog, and in some unexplained way he fell over- board. Several hours later the agonized wife, aided to the utmost by the offi- cers, were searching the ship for Al- ford, but in vain. Two little boys among the steerage passengers told a confused story of having seen him fal- ing into the sea and of being too much frightened to report it. The most sym- pathetic interest. was displayed by the other passengers on board. A collec- tion was made up among them to en- able the bereaved wife to either return to her friends in England or to aid her to start the battle of Hfe in Canada, and the proceeds netted 34 pounds. TO WIND UP PRINTERS. Motion Was Made for that Purpose at Osgoode Hall. A despatch from Toronto says: On behalf of the Canadian Newspaper Syn- dicate, Limited, of Montreal, a motion was made in Chambers at Osgoode Hall on Friday for an order winding up Canadian Printers, Limited, of St. Cath- arines. The petitioners are creditors to the extent of $278.75. The liabilities of the company are placed at $9,000 or $10,000, while the assets are said to be nct more than $3,000. The company was ments, etc., The directors, each of whom held five shares, are W. D. Woodruff, W. H. Swayze, J. A. Keyes and H. F, Schaedel. --_---- -----_ BODY BADLY MANGLED. T. Williams Threw Himself in Front of an Express Train. A despatch from Winnipeg says: T. Williams, section man, committed sui- cide on Thursday by jumping in front o: the west-bound C. P. R. express near Rennie, Man. The _ locomotive struck' him and hurled the mangled body one hundred feet into the brush- wood along the track. He-.had tried to court death in the same manner on the previous day by Standing in front af an approaching freight, but the engin- eer saw him and stopped the train. The body was brought to Winnipeg, wrere it is held awaiting the Coroner's orders, , --_-- -- &----_----_-- SUCCESSION DUTIES GROW, Five Months' Receipts Double Those for, Same Period Last Year. A despatch from Toronto says . Dur- ing the month of May the receipts of the Provincial Treasury ' from succession $83,885. In the BIG CONCENTRATING PLANT. Two Million Dollar Company Will Erect One at the "Soo." A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., says: Backed with a capital of $2,000,000, ex-Mayor Fran' Parry, of the Michigan "Soo"; George Kemp, F.; C. Smith and other capitalists, under, the name of the Superior Copper Com- pany, will erect a big concentraling plant on the Gatario side of the river, just west of the plants of the Lake Su- perior Corporation, This new concern will build a railway five miles long Central to Superior perty, said Contracts for 13. The plant, which will have 6 ca- pacity of 400 tons a day, will be the biggest of its kind in Ontario, and is to be followed in the near future by other big industries, Already several hundred thousand dollars have been expended in developing the mine, and a great stock is orf hand ready for shipe ment. --_-------___---- TWO GIRLS MURDERED. Bodies Found in Creek by Distracted Father. A despatch from Springfield, Il... says: Carrie Lederbrand, 7 years old, and here sister Cora, 17 years old, daughters of Joseph Lederbrand, a farm- er, were murdered and thrown into Sugar Creek on Wednesday, and the bodies were found on Thursday night by the girl's father. The girls left home early in the afternoon. Their father became alarmed at their ab- sence, and went to search for them with neighbors. Dr. Duncan found that, each girl had a bullet hole in the right temple. No cause has been assigned for the murder, neither is there any clue to the slayer. ---- + UNHAPPY, HE TOOK POISON. London Man Drinks Carbolic Acid on Father-in-Law's Lawn. A despatch from London says : liam Austen, of East London, 21 years of age, on Saturday afternoon took 4 large dose of carbolic acid on the lawn, in front of his fafher-in-law's residence. Young Austen, it appears, has had some family troubles during the year or two in which he has been married, and he deserted his wife a few days ago. On Saturday afternoon he went to her house, with a friend, whom he sent into the house, When he returned Austen was, rolling about. on the Jawn, in awful: agony. He was cared for, and is pro gressing as well as can be expected, i Ss East PRAIRIE FIRE IN MANITOBA. Continues Several Days and Does Enor- mous Damage. A despatch from Snowflake, Man., says: A prairie 'fire, starting on the pla- teau, caused considerable havoc for @ few days, commencing May 24, and con-: {inuing on the 25th and 26th. H swept, over the prairie west of T. Phillips', and. made its way into the woods and along' iver, burning up! ARRESTED AT GUELPH. Silbriski Suspected af 'Complicity Toronto Exhibition. Fire. A despatch from Guelph says? Am named Silbriski was arrested here ¢ He is thought to have be tha reagan cap- > with! ent has occurred between. * Wile | > Pi