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° ces sable slipping from its wheel as the men were descending the shaft in the bucket. The three men had been catryâ€" ing out blasting coperations, and at midnight came on deck for dinâ€" er, but forgot to turn on the air. amilton went down again, and cuded to this, and then returnâ€" o the top. About 2 o‘clock the we‘e seat down again in the A despatch from ‘ Cobalt, says : In an accident at the Columbus mine at 2 o‘clock on Wednesday morving, â€" William Hamilton, Otâ€" tawa; EFred Nelly, of West Temple, P.Q., aud Edward Nation of St. Pierre, were killed. The accident seems_ to h_a\'enbeen. caused by the _ The Field Crops of the Dominion Has r@: a Value of $432,533,000. Three Men Killed While Descending the Shaft. & THE SEASON‘S HARYVEST TRAGEDY IN COBALT MINT iu the form of a despatch which a torpedo boat, flying at full speed along the coast of the peninsula, carried from point to point, always finding the wires down, until it reached Nicotera, where the teleâ€" graph lines were found to be inâ€" tact. From this point the despatch was sent. It briefly stated that the situation was desperate and added. that Captain Passino, commander of the local station of torpedo, boats, was buried under the debris, after having with other officials perâ€" formed heroic work in tryingâ€" to save others. For a period the Town of Mesâ€" sina and the whole province of Regâ€" gio were completely _ isolated through interruptions to the teleâ€" graph and telephone and landsildes that obstructed the railways. Abâ€" solutely nothiag was heard from Reggio throughout the day, while the first news from Messina came All reports show that the preâ€" sent catastrophe embraces a larger area than the earthquake in 1905; The tidal wave which followed the earthshocks, on the eastern coast of Sicily, sunk vessels and inunâ€" dated the lower part of Catania. It is known that a number of people were killed in. that place. The rushing waters carried everything before them and caused an inde-J scribable confusion: : f The;2 fate of entire regions within theâ€"zone of the earthquake is unâ€" known, but reports received here up to a late hour on Monday night indicate that the havoc has been great, and the destruction to life and property more terrible than Italy has. experienced in many years. Te The FTown of Messina, in Sicily, was partially destroyed, and Cataâ€" nia wasâ€" inundsated. â€" In Messina hundreds of houses have fallen, and n:lany persons have been killed. The fate of entire regions within. the â€"zpune of the earthquake is unâ€" Ruin is Complete and Many Lives Have Been Lost. A despatch from Rome says : The three Provinces of Cosenza, Catanâ€" zaro and Reggio di Calabria, comâ€" posing the department of Calabria, which forms the southâ€"western exâ€" tremity of Italy, or "the toe of the boot,"" were devastated on Monday by an earthquake, the farâ€"reaching effects of which were felt almostJ throughout the entire country. _ A despatch from Ottawa, says : _ According to the statement issued on Wednesday from â€"the â€"Census and Statistics Office an area of 27,â€" 505,663 acres of field crops has yielded a harvest which, computed at average local market prices, has a value of $432,533,000. â€"Wheat, oats and barley aggregate in area 16,297,100 acres and in value of $209,070,008;__hay and clover off 8,210,900 acres have a value of $121,â€" 884,000; rye, â€" peas.~ buchwheat, mixed grains and flax, grown on 1,525,700 acres, have a value of $23,â€" 044,900; beans, potatoes, turnips, and other roots, corn and sugar beets, grown on 1,471,913 acres, have a value of $78,535,000; Fall wheat, with a yield of 24.40 bushels per acre, shows a value of $21.10 ; Spring wheat, with 16 bushels,‘ shows $12.84. | Prince Edward Island .$ 9,408,000 Nova Seotia .... ...... £0,082,000 New Brunswick ....... 38,042,000 UOgrclee ¢... ...7 a.... 80,896,000 Ontario wl l... ...... 185,308,000 Manitoba .... .... .... 66,660,000 Saskatchewan .... ..... 37,614,000 Albertay ay. .e a... .. 14,522,000 The average value of field crops for the Dominion in the year is $15.72 per acre, and the average! The total value of the wheat harâ€" vyest in the Northâ€"Vest Provinces is $72,424,000 and in the rest of the Dg‘rpifiion $18,804,000. The value of all field crops in the various provinces is as follows :â€" EARTAQUAKE IN ITALY. Sn i l 7 Mc ols alh dcec hnd unswlek :...... ewanm .....‘...!. rang for it to be raised. More men { & having arrived the party proceeded | to the bottom, a depth of 240 feet. C Hamilton was not dead when found,/ {; but the other two men had breathâ€"| p ed their last.â€" Five minules afterâ€" | 3, wards Hamilton. exnirad 2 bucket, and up till the time of an}No‘ 2 w [investigation theâ€"rest is a matter of 52 to t surmise. Ib is supposed, however, | 51%¢. _that when they were about sev_ 64 to 6Se entyâ€"five feet down the cable slipp-vr Minnes ed off the ~wheel_ â€" The engineeHDt’Cu $1. stopped immediately and steps were| NOâ€" 1 ha at once taken to see how matters &tn, $1.0 stood. Mr. Shovell, the captain, | 07z; No was hastily called and descended by $1.05.2._ the rope ladder. At the depth of! I,'_l"“‘“‘r' seventyâ€"five feet he came acrossf(.")_:_rs‘)]('“n the bucket, which was empty, an(l‘f]ll,i'ln_“ ce Leone, the sevenâ€"yearâ€"old daughâ€" ter of Mr. John Weir, was burned to death at Moncton, N. B., on Wednesday Surplus for the Year Over a Milâ€" lion DBollars. ’ A despatch from Ottawas, Sa)fs:/ The report of the Postmasterâ€"Cenâ€"| eral for the fiscal year ending March : 3t last has been issued. The main| features of the report were given | to Parliament in a statement pre-; pared by Hon. Mr. Lemieux last, June. The net surplus for the year, g despite the largely increased exâ€", penditure consequent _ upon the; creation of 446 new postoffices and the expansion of the service, WasJ $1,082,000. The number of letters{ carried during the year was 396,â€"| 011,000, and increase of 1,916,000 |. over the previous twelve months. € jfectionery store, insurance $1,200;'tubs,5\,12 Partiow‘s second hand store: |Cream= Kemp‘s carpeater shop ; St. James‘ / 27. Hall, meeting place of all local Ca-i Eggsâ€" tholic societies. The following, who 95 to 26 occupied rooms, were burned out : {o 30¢, : Mr. and Mrs. J. Hammond, Mr.| 35 to 40 and Mrs. Balder, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Lemon, and Mr. and Mrs.| ; F. Martel. On the lower floor of| the Coronation block Bemrose'sf Baconâ€" large clothing stock is almost a per pom complete loss, and on the floor| $19 to & above the lodge room of Ressemer| $92.50. Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., was badly dam«’ Hamsâ€" aged. 14% c do A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie!d Honeyâ€"%'vOItn‘bsl, '32 1t(;) t$2i715 pe; says : Another disastrous fire visiâ€"| ozer(11, any stramea, 4CPE ted the Canadian Soo at 3 o’c]ockipofig‘_' No I Emothy x quofed al on Sunday morning, by which the} ..‘ 53 °: es _ handsome Hussey block was 00111-‘,‘5‘1%‘5% t02$”t "i_tin gg track here, ‘pletely destroyed, and the Coronaâ€"" anStlfa'f\)';S;T? {_O“” ’$_030 on macdk ol 1 o aioming Padly damaged.’ P(;t:«]‘terâ€"Onté,liilr‘)s 60 to 62¢ per %2161 To Alex._hemp} ssed C3, l bag. Delawares, 75 to 80¢ per bag rved to have perished in ‘che;on aey > fif:,cr)nesi.n tlgg gzndrgcfe’;d : §afigenr‘iext~! Poultr&â€"Ohickons, dressed, 11 to f) P uts y Mee per pound ; fowl, 8 to 9¢; ducks, een heard from since, although h]srf\]o to 9e ces toe es mds coat and hat, which he wore one| n _‘C;L yotsy (o on bet bour €arlier, were found. He en_moun{, ie 226 > wP tered the building at 2 o‘clock On‘}poum. ‘ Sunday morning in an intoxicated w s _ 2i t a â€" CoBdisicn. The business .places}® _ ~HE DAIRY MARKKETS, | ,bflrgl'e:fl“are : Carconen‘s large conâ€"i Butterâ€"Pound prints, 25 to 27c fectionery store, insurance $1,200 ; tubsyd42 to 24¢ ; inferior, 20 to 210.! Partiow‘s second hand _store: um n..>sill. o is on in canll. rean. That is if She Can Secure Entrance to the House. A despatch from London, says : Carrie Nation says that when she comes to London she will begin her cleaning campaign with the House of Lords. She adds: "I don‘t know whether they will let me in, but T‘ll try."" And Oneâ€" Manâ€" Believed to Have Perished. A statement on the care and shipment of fruit made in the presâ€" ent number of the Census and Statistics Monthly by the commisâ€" sioner of dairying and cold storâ€" age is worthy of emphasis. ‘"‘There is not a sound apple grown in Canâ€" ada any year, and picked from the tree at the proper time." Mr. Ruddick says, "but could be deâ€" livered in Great Britain or the Northâ€"West in) perfect condition if cold storage were intelligently apâ€" plied in transferring it from the tree to the consumer." j [ Eifty per eent. of this year‘s wheat crop, 72 per cent. of the oats and 68 per cent. of the barley reâ€" mained in farmers‘ hands at the end of November. _ The condition of the new crop of Fall wheat at the same time was 750 per cent. of a standard, and 73 per cent. of Fall plowing was completed. value, computed on an e'stimater;‘d population of 5,940,000, is $62.34 per head. CARRIE TO ATTACK LORDS. POST OFFICE REPORT. BLOCK AT S00 BURNXED. iimiiton expired Lixo. l hard.â€" $1110 4 +â€"No. 1 North:â€" cern,; $1.09°¢4 ; No. 2 Northern, $1.. L074 No. _3 â€" Northern. $1.0314 to t§1.05 55. â€" Branâ€"§$19.00_ rto $19.95, | Elourâ€"Eirst patents, £5.30 to §5.â€" }G.’): second patents, $5.10 to $5.20 ; |frst clears; $4.00 to #1.15, second {clear& $2.95â€"to $3:05. i Milwangkee. BDecâ€" 29â€" AVheat â€"â€"â€" [No.3 Northern. $1 11â€" No.â€"Y Nor thern, $1.07 ftoâ€"$1 @t: May, $1.06% to $1.05% bid.â€" :c No 1. T3e. Cormâ€"May.61c. Barley ~Standâ€" ard. 65%%¢ ; sample, t3 to 63i%¢, No. 8, 60â€" to G3cfâ€"No. 4. 58¢. e Minneapolis, Dec. 29â€"Wheat â€" Dec., $1.07%4 ; May, $1.091% ; cash, No. * hard, $1110% ; No. 1 Northâ€" ern, $1.09‘4 ; No. 2 Northern, $1.. â€"! â€" Aontreal, Dece. 29.â€" CGrainâ€"Canaâ€" )| dian western No. 2 white oats are ,!belling at 46/%¢; extra No. 1 feed l‘c:ats at 45‘ %¢, and No_â€"1 feed at l 45¢ per bushel in car lots, ex store. -/JFlour~Manitoba Spring wheat patâ€" |ents, firsts at $6, seconds at $5.50, IWinter wheat patents, $5 to $5.25, |straight rollers, $4.60 to $4.70, do., !in bags, $2.15 to $2.25; extra, $1.5 |75 to $1.85.. Feedâ€"Manitoba bran, |$21,; shorts, $24;, Ontario bran, $21 \to $21.50; middlings, $94.50 to |$25.50; shorts, $24.50 to $25 per| | ton, including \bags; pure gra“in}[ | monille, $30 to $32; milled grades,| f$25 to $28 per ton. Cheese â€" The“ [lm:al market holds steady with westâ€" \erns quoted at 12 to 19%e and Leasterns at II{â€"to 19e Butfer ~â€" [Fresh receipts of creamery are selâ€" ‘ling at 25e and Sept. make at 26%c in a wholesale way. _ Eggsâ€" New laid at 35¢; selected stock at J.‘ZTC, and No. 1 stock at 24c per dozâ€" Buffalo, Dec. 29.â€"Wheatâ€"Spring wheat, steady ; No. 1 Northern cay. loads, store, $1.13; Winter, firm. Cornâ€"Higher; No. 3 yellow, 62e No. 4 yellow, 61%¢; No. 3 corn, 61 to 61lic: No. 4 corn, 60% to 61c No. 3 white, 63!4%c¢. Oats=â€"Lower, No. 2 white, b3%%e;: No. 3 white, 52% to 530 No 4 white, 5172 to 51%5c. â€"â€"Barley â€"Feed â€" to malting, Hamsâ€"Light to medium, 13 to 13% ; do., heavy, 12%¢; rolls, 10c : shoulders, 10 to 10%c¢; back‘, 16 to 16%¢; breakfast bacon, 14% to 15c. Lard=â€"Tierces, 12¢; tubs; 12%¢; pails, 19%e¢â€" â€" 94 Baconâ€"Long clear, 10% to 11c per pound in case lots; mess pork, $19 to $19.50; short cut, $22 to $22.50. Poultryâ€"Chickens, dressed, 11 to 13¢ per pound ; fowl, 8 to 9¢; ducks, 10 to 12¢;. geese, 10â€" to: Ilc per pound;._turkeys, â€"16â€". to _ â€" I8c_per pound . UNITED STATES MARKETS Honeyâ€"Combs, $2 to $2.75 per dozen, and strained, 10 to 11c per pound. Hayâ€"No. 1 timothy is quoted at Applesâ€"Winter stock quoted at $3 to $4 per barrel for good quaâ€" lities, and at $2 to $2. ) for cookâ€" ing apples. Beansâ€"Prime, $1.70 to $1.75, and handâ€"picked, $1.80 to $1.85 per bush. % Cornâ€"Old, 69¢, Toronto freights, for No. 2 or 3 yellow;, new No: 3 yellow, 68c; No. 3 yellow, 65c to 64c, Toronto, No. 2 or 3 yellow; new No. 2 yellow, 69¢; No. 3 yelâ€" low, 66e to 66!%%c¢, Toronto freights. Buckwheatâ€"No. 2, 56e to 56%c¢ outside. Peasâ€"No. 2, 8"> to 86 %c. Ryeâ€"Daull ; No. 2, 69%e¢ to 7te. Flourâ€"Manitoba, first patents, $5.80, seconds, $5.30; strong bakâ€" ers‘, $5.10; Ontario winter wheat patents, $3.70° to $3.75, buyers‘ sacks, outside. BUSINESS AT MONTREATL Oatsâ€"Ontario No. 2 white, 38¢ to‘ 38%c¢, outside: No. 2 mixed, 37c to 37%c¢, outside, Mamnitoba No. 2 western Canada, 43¢ on track, lake ports. Eggsâ€"Case lots of cold storage, to 26¢ per dozen ; selections, 28 30c, and new laid are quoted at to 40c per dozen. Barleyâ€"No. 2; 53e to S5o; No. 3 extra, 52c to 53¢; No. 3, 50c to 51¢, outside. Manitoba _ wheatâ€"Spot No. i northern, $1.08 to $1.08l% ; No. 2 northern, $1.05 to $1.051%; No. 3 nerthern, $1.03 to $1.03!%, on track, lake ports. All rail No. 1 rorthern, $1.12 to $1.121% ; No. 2 northern, $1.09 to $1.0914, delivered at Onâ€" tar‘o points. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheeso and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUEEFS. Toronto, Dec. 29.â€"Ontario wheat â€"=â€"No. 2 white, 93 to 94¢ outside >No. 2 red, 95c to 95!%%c; No. 2 mixed, 93¢ to 94c. h REPGCRTS PROM TIIE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. FHE WORLDS MARKETS COUNTERY PRODUCE HOG PRODJCTS srts says: Thursday‘s cold_ waye was accompanied on Friday" by an inâ€" crease in the cholera. There were 31 new cases and 13 deaths, while 225 persons suffertng from the disâ€" ease are now in hospitals here. A despatch from Quebec, says. | *8° Ald. Cummings, at Tuesday night‘s| }°4 meeting of the. City Council, withâ€"| Ja drew his motion regarding the WS® levying of a tax of $200 on all comâ€"| Brib mercial travellers, contractors, in )t'erz‘cw surance agents, traders, etc., com-J vCSA ing to Quebec to do business. H w ever,; at the next mee‘ng of the] Council he intends to again give| Tw notice of a similar motion, the only | to de difference in which will be the elimâ€"| N. Y ination of the commercial traveller._|__ Th The Epidemic in St. Petersburg Inâ€" Proposals to Tax Outsiders Doing Rusiness in Quebec City. _ _A despatch from Niagara Falls, N. Â¥C., sgays: Althousit she is 97 years old and has resided all her life in Niagaraâ€"onâ€"theâ€"Lake, with in twelve miles of Niagara Falls, Mrs. Mary O‘Brien never saw the great cataract until she came here on Thursday to spend the Winter with her son, Thomas O‘Brien, of No. 475 Fourth Street. It was also her first opportunity of seeing an. electric car. _ With great trepidaâ€" tion she was persuaded to board a. Main street car to go to_herâ€"son‘s home. i , _1 despatch from Strathroy says > c Mr. and Mrs. _ Williamâ€"Caleut ang ’Ifamily of ~six children _ had â€"a nar | | row escape, from death early Suyâ€". day »morning from asphyxiatior,.| Thoe [tle daughtéer of 9 years Wa,sr | awliilned by fumes of escaping gas / abflia ciand began to ery, which |awakened the rest of the children. Her little sister got up and attemptâ€" ed to quiet her, but fell to the floor overcome. A brother, who was in an adjoining room, came to the resâ€" ’cue,\ and he., too, fell unconscious to the floor ; two more met the same | Jfate. By this time the father and| ‘mother were awakened and rushed| |to their rooms. Taking in the situâ€"| |ation they threw open the doors"‘ and ran to the neighbors for help. }‘ Dr. McDougall was on hand in a | shortâ€"time,. All five children were ; )unconscious, but wereâ€" r‘evived.[l They will recover. * 19 Remarkable Case of Niagara Woâ€" man 97 Years Old. WILL ACCEPT TRAYELLERsS. COLD wWAYE AND CHOLERA. A (lc§patcll from St. Petersburs Effortsâ€"of Litileâ€"Ones Rouse â€"Father to Aid. Store and Dwoelling Burned at North Bay. A despatch from North Bay says : Early Sunday morning the store and dwelling of Carmen Sandrelli, Italian merchant, was burned to the ground, the occupants barely escaping with their lives. So quickly did the flames spread that nothing could be saved, and cash amounting to $350 was burned. The loss on the building is $5,000 ; conâ€" tents, $1,000 ; grocery stock, $1,500; insurance $4,250. The cause of the fire is attributed to incendiarism on‘ account of the fierce fend existing between the Italian factions here, which was intensified recently by the murderous stabbing affray in which an Italian named Amanda escaped death by a narrow margin. Amanda‘s deposition accused Sanâ€" arelli of the stabbing, but evidence was given throwing the blame on another Italian who left town the night of the affray, and Sandrelli[ vas acquitted. Amanda is recoverâ€" ing and still accuses Sandrelli. r on a late train, and. was proceedâ€" ing to the home of Mr. Kelly, 41 Oxford street, West London, when a sudden attack of heart failure eaused his death. Only a few minâ€" utes before Mr. Gillespic had been in conversation «with P. C. Fowâ€" ler, and appeared in the best of health. On passing near the same spot a short time later Mr. Gillesâ€" pie was found lying on the sideâ€" walk. P. C. Fowlar summoned Dr. Waugh, but life was extinct. The man could not have been dead many minutes when he was discovered by P. C. Fowler, as his body was still warm NEVER SAW THE FALLS. of the home of his daughter and sonâ€"inâ€"law, whom he had travelled nearly 2,000 miles to visit, and for whom he intended his arrival to be: in the nature of a surprise, was the fate that befell Mr. Robert Gillesâ€" pie af Everts, Alta., at an early hour on Christmas morning. _ Mr. Gillespie is the fatherâ€"inâ€"law of P. C. Clarence Kelly, by whom he was identified. He arrived in the city Visitor From Alberta Passes Away at London, Ont. A d@espatch from London says : To drop dead within: 2 few blocks NEARLY ASPHYXIATED. FEUD LEADS TO FIRE. BIED 0N THE STRIET creases. wa |â€" James P. Karrell, \~Nationalist \ member for North Longford in the | British Parliament, has been senâ€" [tenced to six months in jail for adâ€" | vocating a boycott. A serum which is an antiâ€"tfoxin against hog cholera lhas been disâ€" covered by experimenters at the Missouri Agricultural College. Four million Christmas trees were used in the United States this vear. _ Ten children are believed to be ill with footâ€"andâ€"mouth disease in Monroe county, N. Y. Thomas Andrews was shotfl;;;l-o‘l killed near Lafayette, Tenn., by a man who mistook him for a bear. Two small children were burned to death in a fire near Ogdensburg, NY on Euesday. The Standard Oil Company and Republic Oil Company have been ousted from the State of Missour;. Miss Kate Cilmour, stewardess of the steamer Sardinian, has been awarded a Lloyd‘s medal for saving lives at_sea. Mr. David Lloydâ€"George, speakâ€" ing at Liverpool, said he could find the money needed to provide oldâ€" age pensions without taxing anyâ€" body‘s food. Christmas in London was marred by the large numbers of unemployâ€" ed and destitute. John H. Coleman, jun., and George Sawyer were burned and suffocated in the Jozcgins Mines, N. S., on Thursday night, by a screen curtain catching fire, and EFrank McNeil was badly burned and may die. William Mahaney and Mrs. Roâ€" selle McCarthy broke smallpox quarantine at Chatham, N.B., to get married, on Tuesday. _ They were fined $40 cach, and as Maâ€" haney could not pay he was sent to jail for forty days. e omnie ns se eoe ces c o ooom CE WHbâ€"I0E) Great Lakes. ‘v"‘ on Friday. ’ What is bel‘>ved to be the Iarge-’ A despatch from Detroit s est Union Jack ever made is to be During the past season sixteen v sent from Toronto to the Tercenten-]selsâ€"ten steamers and six sch ary celebration in Newfound and. |ersâ€"passed out of existence on James Daly, an old ;,ensioner,flakes. The boats that were & was ‘picked up _»* e street in|losses were valued at $631,0 Montreal, on *~ dnesday, and died| had a carrying capacity of 26,250 soon‘ after in the hospital. His | tons a trip. Eight of the vessels death is ascribed to the severe cold. { stranded, and were pounded to Hon. William Pugsley, speaking pieces, five steamers were destroyâ€" at St. John, said a number of im‘ ed by fire, two were lost in colliâ€" portant public works will have to sions, and one steamer foundered. be postponed, owing to the neces-lOnly two were of steel. The greatâ€" sity of keeping the expenditures | est loss of the season was the steel within the income. steamer _ D. _â€"M. Clemson, which William Mahaney and Mrs. Roâ€"| foundered in Lake Superior. Twenâ€" selle McCarthy _ broke smallpox | tyâ€"four lives were lost on her. She quarantine at Chatham, N.B., to was valued atf $300,000; her coal get married, on Tuesday. _ They cargo, which was worth $12,000, was were fined $40 cach, and as Maâ€"| insured. / Isaac Kert, stone contractor at Montreal, has been arrested on a charge of forging weigh tickets. Addison Smith (coloredâ€", said to be the oldest man in Kent county, is dead. His age is said_ to be 111 f}ears. | Ehe house of Mr: A. Canif of ‘Stoco was entered by a burglar, | who beat thesownes into unconsel {ousness and robbed the place + James Daly, an ol# Zensioner, was ‘picked â€"up e‘ the street in Montreal, on *~ ~dnesday, and died soon‘ after in the hospital. His deagh is ascribed to the severe cold. What is bel:>ved to be the largeâ€" est Union Jack ever made is to be sent from Toronto to the Tercentenâ€" ary celebration in Newfound and. Herbert Johnston, a â€" fourâ€"yearâ€" old boy of Raleigh township, was drowned while playing on the ice, on Friday. lars The Grand 7’7‘r11rV1E 1 tor Company 1 s been with a capnitalâ€"at ans Â¥alls had bhis nose kicked off by a horse. James Lashambe, a thirteenâ€"yearâ€" old boy, was drowned while skatâ€" ing near Cornwall, on Wednesday. An effoâ€"t will be made to mainâ€" tain winter navigation on the St. Lawrence from Quebec to the sea. The Câ€"P. R. has given an order for 20,000 tons of rails to the â€"Alâ€" goma Steel Company at the Soo. It is proposed to hold a Centenâ€" nial Fair at Winnipeg in 1912. The postofice handled nearly four hundred million letters last year. Mr. Alex. Maclean, Trade Comâ€" missioner to China, died at Shangâ€" hai, on Wednesday. Mr. Alfred Misner of Niagara Falls had his nose kicked off by a horse. Telegraphio Bricis From Our Own and Other Countriecs of Recoent Events. § CANADA. Thompson is the father of ten children, of whom Willliam is the oldest one at home. Thompson was displeased with the way in which the boy and two younger brothers had done some work he had imâ€" structed them to attend to and flogged the two other boys: Then, armed with a whip, he started to look for William, whom he blamed more particularly for the failure GONDENSED NEWS ITEMS RAPPENINGS FROM ALL OYVER THE GLORBE. A despatch from Amherstburg, Ont., says : Elijah Thompson, a colâ€" ored man, well known throughout the county, was on Thursday mornâ€" ing shot and fatally wounded by his 16â€"yearâ€"old son William. He suceumbed to his injuries at 2 o‘clock the same afternoon. Thompson is the father of ten children, of whom Wiliam is the BOY SHOOTS HIS FATHEER Hisg UNITED STATES GREAT BRITAIN capital of one million dol Parent Was Ascending the Stairs With a Whip to Punish Him. t!p place. _ Pacific Elevaâ€" i incorporaied | Canadian Nor{hern Railway‘s Plang for Port Arthur. _A despatch from Port Arthur, says: General Manager McLeod of the Canadianâ€" Northern is in the city. He stated that the company would make large additions to the terminal facilities here. Some are definitely arranged and others are in contemplation. To increase the freight storage capacity at the docks a shed is now being built over the steel dock. A new dock is to be built just south of the present dock, and on it work will be start ed as soon as feasible. It will ba used as a steet dock _ duringâ€"theâ€" early summer and for frzight when the fall rush commences. The busie ness will necessitate anothtr new dock after that.. New tracks will be laid through the yards, includ: ing lines to the new 2levator to be bui‘s by Piper & MceWilliqme. A despatch from Pincher Creek, Alberta, says: A strong flow of naâ€" tural gas was struck a quartei of a mile from this town on Friday morning by the Western Oil & Coal Consolidated Company, who have been boring for it for a couple of weeks. The flame was lit over a twelveâ€"inch hole, and rose to a dis tance of twelve feet in the air, inâ€" dicating a very strong flow. The well is down 400 feet. . Oil, coal, iron and gas have now been found in great quantities in this vicinity, Mineral Wreeks of the Past Leroyâ€"Beaulleu, estimates _ the wealth of theâ€" Elflnfwm‘_ $45,000,000,000, 0; $1,100 for ever® man, woman and child in the counâ€" try. i Thieves carried off large numbers of gold and silver memorials from Roeskildeâ€"Cabhedral, the burial of Danish Kings. â€" Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank Morrison, officers of the American Federation of Labor, have been sentenced to terms_im prison for contempt of court. s It was stated av the preliminary hearing of the Piftsburg Councilâ€" men accused of corruption that some of the men were bribed with sums as low as five dollars. Edward Hines, President of the great new lumber combine, says lumber will shortly become cheaper as a result of the new organization, A woman who gave evidence at the. nightâ€"riders‘ trial at Union City, Tenn., refused to leave the courtroom wi.thoutim armed guard. GAS IMPROYVED TERMINALS. The J. B. Stetson Company of Philadelphia presented its en ployees _ with Christmas _ gifts amounting to $200,000. & The steamer Pretoria encountered a series of storms and spent twentyâ€" one days on the voyage from Hamâ€" burg to New York. Neighbors guarded the)M ConsWfif&E out to the Thompson es five. miles from here, and _ placed him under ar. rest. ‘The boy is in a half dazed eondition and insists that he did not intend to even hurt his father in any way. William saw him coming and ran upstairs to hide. He found a Winâ€" chester rifle in the room and standâ€" ing at the head of the stairs fired at his father, as the latter started up. The bullet_ passed through Thompson‘s body, tearing a gaping wound. s to de boys V SIXTEEN YESSELS LQST do. the: work set out for the three AT PINCHER CREEK, Riches _of _This Favored Alboerta Section. _ < GENERAL Season on 1ha