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i. ¢IX PERSONS PERISHED Several Firemen Were ‘Also Injured at f Big Montreal Fire. ‘A despatch from Montreal says: Six lives were lost in the fire which: destroyed the King‘s Hall building on St. Catherine Street west ab 2 o‘clock on Thursday morning. The dead are :â€" F. Whitâ€" tal, nightwatchman; Mrs. Whittal, wife; two small chaldren of Whitâ€" tal, Charles Threshie, of Boston, Mass., manager of billiard parlor ; Harry Richards, employe of buildâ€" ing. With the thrilling rescue of Edâ€" gar Coates and John Jones, taken from the roof after an exciting fight by the firemen lasting fifteen minâ€" utes, it was supposed that all the occupants had escaped, and it was not until noon that relatives of the mightwatchman, F. Whittal, who, with his wife and two children, lived on the fifth floor, reported that nothing had been seen of him, and a careful search of the ruins was instituted. Then the remains of Whittal, . with his two children in his arms, their heads covered by a blanket, were found, and but a few yards away those of his wife. All four had perished from asphyâ€" xiation, the bodies being but little burned. HIGHEST PLEASING Gusaslity & E‘layor 6 6 On the third floor were found the remains of Charles Threshic, of Boston, who came to Montreal a month ago to. assume the manageâ€" ment of the billiard parlor, located on the first floor of vâ€"e building, and who occupied a room on the Youth Recovering from Typhoid Ate of Them Too Heartily. A despatch from Detroit says: Grapes, of which he had partaken too heartily, were responsible for the death of George Hall, aged nineteen, a young London man, who passed away in the Detroit Hospital late on Thursday. Hall was just recovering from an attack of typhoid fever, and would have been discharged from the hospital on Eriday. The fruit was brought in by a party of young lady visitors and Hall ate a quantity with relish. A relapse set in a few hours afterâ€" wards and resulted in death. And Devote More Time to. Athâ€" letics, is Advice to Students. A despatch from Beclin, says: In the course of a State banquet on Thursday night, concluding the celebration of the centenary of the University of Berlin, the Raisor gave orders that a number of stuâ€" dents,. who had dined at a spo>al table in the gallery, be presented to him. He engaged them in conâ€" PARIS FACES FOOD FAMNE Situation Caused by the Railway Strike in France Grows Worse. DRIXK LESS, SAYS KAISER. A dlespatch from Paris says: The strike of the railroad men, which threatens to spread throughâ€" out the length and breadth of France, was denounced on Wednesâ€" day by Premier Briand as ‘‘an inâ€" gurrection purely, built up on crimâ€" inal foundations." GRAPES BROUGHT The Premier declared that the strike was called while negotiations were going on through himself and tho Minister af Public Works for an adjustment of grievances, and he promised that the instigators of the Stc{ike would be criminally prosecutâ€" ed. The River Seine, which in Januâ€" ary threatened to destroy Paris, now looms up in the role of a sayâ€" for. The Government has made arâ€" rangements to rush food supplies to raris from the sea, requistioning all tugs, boats and barges to meet the crisis brought about by the stoppage of the railway service, and ease the food market shortage, which is already serious. _ The employees of the Eastern and the Paris, Lyons & Mediterranean Failways fiavg_,got yet, to any apâ€" PHEIR POPULARITY IS BASED IMPORTANT points + > â€" â€" r on me pok EL (an a *3 ca C 7A 47 e hss1 Coyl eA ? 9 t a3 se â€"(62 r Â¥$2%v Eho losh Th‘s E2e ces EtA . 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Thirteen people slept in the place. Of these, Charles Price, the caretaker, his wife and child esâ€" caped by the front door ; Dr. Adâ€" ams, dentist, escaped by means of a rope he kept for the purpose in lis office on the third floor. Two men, â€" Edgar Coates and â€"John Jones, sought safety on the roof, from which they were rescued by the firemen, after the crowd on the street below had encouraged them for 15 minutes not to jump. The remaining seven perished. M o e o eoe en During the progress of the fire several fremen sustained injuries, and some of them were taken to hospitals. _ They included Patrick Reilly, No. 10, arm broke and bruised;. William Daniel, burns and bruises; Beauchemer, No. 12, internal injuries; J. Saunderson, No. 9, overcome by smoke. The ground floor of the building was divided into stores, while the remaining floor were occupied as offices, a billiard parlor, the King‘s Hall and sleeping apartments for the employes of the building. The total loss is placed at 150,000, covâ€" ered by insurance. Woman Aceidentally Discharged ’I‘tl and is Wounded. ‘A despatch from Brantford says : Mrs. William Noyes, a Cathcart woe man, is lying at the hospital here in a serious condition. â€" Whils cleaning out a drawer at home she ran across an old pistol of her husâ€" band‘s, which was accidentally disâ€". charged. The bullet. which entered her shoulder, has not yet been loâ€" cated. Eleven Deaths in Italy in Twentyâ€" four Hours. A despatch from Rome says: Twentyâ€"three new cases of cholera during the past twentyâ€"four hours have been officially reported, one in the province of Bari, seven in the province of Caserta, one in the province of Naples, and one in the province of â€" Salerno. Eleven deaths have occurred from the disâ€" ease during the same period. preciable extent, responded to the leaders‘ call to strike, and the Govâ€" ernment‘s weapon of mobilization has induced some of those employed on the Northern road to return to their posts. Nevertheless, the Northern and Western railways are prostrated. The call to the colors has been ignored by the large maâ€" jority, and at mass meetings held on Wednesday the strikers reiteratâ€" FOUND PISTOL IX DRAWER. ed their dtermination not to reâ€" spond to the call. . Much _ destruction _ has â€"been wrought on the Western system, where the strikers and their supâ€" porters have held up and derailed trains, blocked tracks, destroyed signals, ripped up tracks and deâ€" stroyed telephone and telegraph wires. The Government has orâ€" dered the arrest of a score of strike leaders, and instructions have been issued to the troops to use severe measures wherever occasion offers. THE CHOLERA SPREADING. The losses to commerce already are tremendous. Scores of trains have been stalled along the roads, many of these carrying food supâ€" plies which even now have become unfit for use. THE WORLD‘S MARKEIS Oatsâ€"New No. 2 white, 36¢, on track, Toronto, and 32 to 32 1â€"2¢ outside. No. 3, 31 to 32¢ outside. No. 2 W.C. oats, 35 1â€"2¢, Bay ports, and No. â€" at 33 1â€"2¢, Bay ports. Barleyâ€"55 to 57¢ feed 48¢ outside. ie ied Cc m n dn e oe mie EL Poncie Nexibes Deciamiieni nc t Manitoba flourâ€"No. 1 Northern, $1.031â€"2, Bay ports, and No. 2 at 99 3â€"4c, Bay ports. â€" h REPORTS PROM THIE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Caitle. Grain, Chcese ans Other BDairy Produce at BHBome and Akroad. BREADSTUEFS. Toronto, Oct. 18.â€"Flourâ€"Winter wheat 90 per cent. patents, $3.50 to $3.55 outside, in buyers‘ sacks. Maâ€" nitoba flours, first patents, $5.70, second patents, $5.20, and strong bakers‘, $5, on track, Toronto. Ontario wheatâ€"iVo red, 85¢ outside. Cornâ€"No. 2 American yellow, 58 1â€"2¢c, Toronto freights; No. 3 at 53 1â€"2¢, Midland. Peasâ€"No. 2 at 79 to 80c outside. Ryeâ€"No. 2 at 66 to 67¢ outside. Branâ€"Manitoba at $20, in bags, Toronto, and shorts, $23, in bags, Toronto. Ontario bran, $20, in sacks, Toronto, and shorts, $23 in bags. COUNTRY PRODUCKE. Applesâ€"$2.25 to $3.50 per barrel for good to fins stock. Beansâ€"New beans, $1.60 to $1.â€" 45 L.0.b. per bushel, Westetn points. Honeyâ€"Extracted, in tins, 9 to 10 1â€"2¢ per lb.; No. 1 comb, wholeâ€" sale, $1.80 to $2.25 per dozen; No. 2 comb, wholesale, $1.75 per dozen. _ Baled Strawâ€"§$6.75 to $7.50 track, Toronto. sAE Re e Te Ne n anie ce o on e ts in ce n t en t e prin se d oL Baled Hayâ€"No. 1 at $12 to $13.â€" 30 on track, and No. 2 at $11 to §11.50. Potatoesâ€"Car lots, 50 to bas. s & Poultryâ€"Chickens, alive, lle per Ib.; fowl, 9 to 10e per !b.; ducks, 11 to 12¢ per lb. ; turkeys, 15 to 16¢ per lb., and geese, 9 to 10c per 1ba; dressed, 1 to 2¢ more. â€" Butterâ€"Dairy prints, 22 to 23¢, do., tubs, 20 to 21¢ ; inferior, 18 to 19e. \Creamery, 25 to 276 per tb. for rolls, 24 12 to 25 1â€"2¢ for solâ€" ids, and 23 1â€"2 to 24c for separator prints. i 4 s m Mcnedsmensnnels 120. umt Eggsâ€"Case lots of pickled bring 24 to 25¢c, and selected 27 to 28¢ per dozen. â€" _ Cheeseâ€"Large, 113â€"4c, and twins at 12¢. â€"Baconâ€"Long clear, 15 to â€"«1â€"2¢ per lb. in case lots ; mess pork, $25, short cut, $28 to $28.50. Hamsâ€"Light to medium, 19 to 19 1â€"2¢; do., heavy, 18 to 18 1â€"2¢; rolls, 15 to 15 1â€"2¢ ; shoulders, 14 to 14 1â€"%¢ ; breakfast bacon, 19 to 20¢ ; backs, 21 to 21 1â€"2¢. Lal'dâ€":Tiérces, 15¢; tubs, 15 1â€"46; pails, 13 1â€"2¢. Montreal, Oct. 18.â€"Oatsâ€"No. 2. Canadian Western, 37 1â€"2 to 38¢; No. 3 do., 361â€"2 to s37o; No. 2 loâ€" cal white, 36 1â€"2 to 37e; No. 3 do., 35 1â€"2 to 36¢c. Manitoba barley, No. 4, 49c ; Manitoba feed barley, 48 to 48 1â€"2¢ ; Ontario No. 2 barley, 64 to 66c.. Flourâ€"Manitoba spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.80 ; do., seconds, $5.30; Winter wheat patents, $5.â€" 15 to $5.40; Manitoba strong bakâ€" ers‘, $5.10; straight rollers, $4.70 to $4.90; straight rollers, in bags, $2.10 to $2.20; extras, $1.70 to $1.â€" 80. Feedâ€"Ontario bran, $19.50 to $20 ; Ontario middlings, $22 to §$22.â€" 50; Manitoba bran, $19 ; Manitoba shorts, $22; pure grain mouillie, §$31 to $32; mixed mouillie, $25 to $23. Cheeseâ€"11 1â€"2 to 11 5â€"8¢, and easterns, 11 to 11 1â€"2¢. Butter â€" Choicest=â€"24 / to 24 1â€"26, and secâ€" onds, 28 to 23 1â€"2¢. Egegsâ€"Strictly new laid, 30¢, selected stock, 23¢, and No. 2 at 16 to 17c per dozen. Minneapolis, Oct. 18.â€"Flour â€" First patents, $5.20 to $5.40; secâ€" ond patents, $5.00 to $5.20 ; first clears, $3.60 to $3.80 ; second clears, $2.30 to $2.60. Wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern, $1.09 to $1.09 1â€"2; No. 1 hard, $1.10 1â€"4. Montreal, Oct. 18.â€"Choice steers sold at $14 to $5.50, while lower grades brought $4 to $4.50; cows, $3.75 to $4.50; bulls, $3 to $4.50. Sheep were lower at $3.50 to $3:75 ; lambs, at $5.50 to $6. Hogs were steadier at $%8.50 to $8:00. Cows, $7.50 to $7.60. Calves sold from $3 to $15. & Toronto, Oct_‘ 18. â€"A few good butcher cattle brought as high as $6.10 in one case. _ The inferior cattle were about 106 lower all round. Sheep and lambs are steady, and for good ewes as high as $4.990 was paid in some cases. Calves were also in demand an da few choice ones sold for $8.25. The Hog Market was very weak and showed a decline of 15¢ f.0.b. and so fed and watored. BUSINESS IN MONTREAL UNITED STATES MARKETS THE DAIRY MARKETS LIVE STOCK MARKETS HOG PRODUCTS outside, and white and in bags, in bags, $20,, in . §$23 in B5e per CGONDENSED NEWS ITEMS CANADA. Statistics show that Toronto still leads in building operations. _ UaAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVE j 1HE GLOBE. Telegraphic Briets From Our Own amd Other Countriecs of Recent Events. John ‘F. Molson, a prominent banker and brewer of Montreal, is dead. Burglars secured $6,000 from the Bangque Nationale at St. Pacome, Quebec. 5 _The steamer â€" Phoenix, which foundered near Kingston early in the month, has been floated. . The Department of Agriculture reports show poor vegetable crops, particularly in eastern Ontario. . Mrs. Wintermute, an Orwell hoâ€" telkeeper, was fined one hundred dollars for keeping a disorderly house. A petition for the release of Dobson, the Niagara Falls express robber, has been presented to the Minister of Justice. The annual report of the Departâ€" ment of Indian Affairs shows a great improvement in the condiâ€" tion of the redmen. It was announced that 100 more rooms would be needed to meet the demands of the school population of Toronto. The Toronto Electric Light Comâ€" pany has notified Mayor Geary that they would consider the sale of their plant to the city. Mr. Hays‘ request for permission to import Asiatic labor to work on the Grand Trunk Pacific was reâ€" fused by the British Columbia Govâ€" ernment. Robert E. Cughan, former Manâ€" ager of the Farmers‘ Bank at Athâ€" ens, Ont., has been committed for trial on a charge of falsifying the bank books and returns. E A deputation of _ Winnipeg busiâ€" ness men waited on Sir Wilfrid Laurier at Ottawa and urged an appropriation of $2,500,000 for the Winnipeg World‘s Fair in 1914. _ Forty Chinamen, admitted with foreign certificates, have been deâ€" ported from Victoria, B. C., and will be taken back to China on the steamer Empress of India. ® A warrant has been issued for Sheldon, the missing Montreal broker, and detectives will go to New York in search of him. Two letters have been received in Montâ€" real from Sheldon. The Minister of Railways warns the C. P. R. that unless construcâ€" tion is commenced within eighteen months route approvals for the seeâ€" ond C. P. R. line from Foronto eastward may be cancelled. GREAT BRITAIN. The new federal movement is atâ€" tracting widespread attention in Britain. UNITED STATES. President Taft has decided to visâ€" it the Panama Canal next §nor}:ch. Claude Grahameâ€"White, the Britâ€" ish aviator, flew from Beanings to Washington and_ back again 041 Friday. King Manuel of Portugal and his mother will go to England shortly. The University of Berlin is celeâ€" brating the hundredth anniversary of its foundation. ( The decree expelling religious orâ€" ders from Portugal will not be enâ€" forced against Irish Dominicans. The coast of the Baltic and North Sea was swept by a terrific storm on Friday, which caused great loss of life. URO LCC The strikers on the French railâ€" wavs are relying on the other laâ€" 1 ' 1 bor mgions to _ declare strike. 2 The fused which permen NDominion House Will Mect on Noâ€" rember 17. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Cabinet on Thursday directed that Parliament be summoned for despatch of business on Nov:â€" 17. PARLIAMENT SUMMONED. ie German Government has reâ€" d satisfaction for the assault h the Berlin police committed British and American newspaâ€" CGENERAL a general PROSPERITY OF THE WEST : Reports Received by the Gupsrintendent of Immigration Are Bright. A despatch from Ottawa says :\ The weekly reports on western conâ€" ditions, received by the Superintenâ€" dent of Immigration, Mr. W. D. Scott, from the agents of the Deâ€" partment of the Interior, in the west, continue to be bright and without complaint of any kind. The weather for the harvest was generâ€" ally ideal, but since thrashing beâ€" gan there has been much heavy rain and some frost. This, though reâ€" tarding operations for a few days, did no apparent harm, and everyâ€" thing is again in full swing and proâ€" gressins: rapidly. All grain is in stack, and the crops have turned out well. One thresher thrashed 1,â€" 300 bushels of spring wheat in 4 hours. In some localities snow fell on September 24, but in spite of this, and the accompanying low temperaâ€" ture, a second crop, of grass is growingâ€"splendid feed for the catâ€" tle for some time to come. THREE PERISH IN COLLISION * mp erial Limited Overruns Orders and Crashes Into Stock Train _ A despatch from North Bay says :. A remarkable part of the headâ€"on< collision on Saturday between the Imperial Limited westbound exâ€" press and a stock train is the small casualty list, which was confined to three enginemen caught in the crash before they had time to leap from their engines. The express received orders at Cartier to meet t e stock train at Geneva, three miles west, where nostop is usualâ€" ly made, and the stock train was slowing up preparatory to taking the siding, when the express thunâ€" dered through Geneva and with a crash piled into the stock train just lsix minutes after leaving Cartier. A number of cattle were killed and others injured.. In one car every animal perished. Engineer D. S§. McLennan of the express was primarily responsible for the acciâ€" dent, and before his death at Sudâ€" bury Hosvital made a statement, in which ho admitted _ responsibility for overrunning his orders and exâ€" pressed a desire to take the entire blame. Four Men Instantly Killed at Seâ€" bring, Ohio. A despatch from Sebring, Ohio, says : Charles Albright, aged forty. manager of one of the Sebring Bros.‘ potteries here, and three employees of the firm were all inâ€" Harvest hands have been receivâ€" THE NEW FOQD STANUARDS Dominion Government Will Probably Pro mulgatd New Stardards This Year _ A despatch from Ottawa says: New food standards, prepared durâ€" ing the past year by Mr Anthony McGill, Chief Analyst of the Inland Revenue Department, assisted by experts working under him, are now before the Cabinet Council, and will probably be promulgated by an Orderâ€"inâ€"Council this autumn. The new standards, so far prepared, cover milk and its products, meats and meat products, and grain and grain products. : me Heqtateee en ce y Ne Lo enc s 2 After a month‘s advertisement the new standards become law, and as a result of the clearer and more As the track is of a curving na TRAINX STRUCK AULO. ing as high as $75 per month and board, and men are still wanted, especially at Indian Head, Lethâ€" bridge, Moosomin, Regina, Canora and Gladstone, the wages offered being from $15 and $20 up to $40 and $50 .a month, or $2 to $3 per day, and board in most cases. Railâ€" waymen aro scarce, the wages paid being $35 and $40. 66 The markets are good and the prices high, and the farmers find a ready sale for their produce. Wheat varies from 84c to $1 per bushel, oats 40c¢c, slough hay $10 and timoâ€" thy $20 per ton, flax $2.15, and poâ€" tatoes 50c per bag. s The transportation facilities are very satisfactory, and elevators are working day and night. _ MB enc 22. 2e 00 cocioar id e e ie Fuelâ€"both wood. and coalâ€"is plentiful. , Very few farmers are as yet getting in their winter supply, and will not begin until thrashing is well over.. Though prices are high there is no fear of shortage, and prospects are bright for the coming winter. turo west of Geneva the headlights of the approaching trains were hidâ€" den, and the‘ express rushed on through the night to certain disasâ€" ter. Engineer Smith of the stock train was just slowing down to take the siding at Geneva and the brakeâ€" ma; stood upon the step of the enâ€" gine ready to throw the aswitch, when he observed the headlight of the coming express and yelled to the enginemen to jump for their lives, at the same time making his own escape. Engineer Smith sueâ€" ceeded in clearing his engine before tue crash came, but Fireman Percy Vice was caught and killed, â€" Kireâ€" man Summers of the express was so seriously injured that he died on Saturday night at Sudbury Hospiâ€" ithe potteries, and John Derby, & }\\'urkman. Albright, driver of the iauto, was deal.. He leaves a wife ‘and four children. The others killed | were married and leave families. tal While the passengers and Other members of the train crew were seâ€" verely shaken up, no one received serious injuries. â€" Traffic was reâ€" sumed fourteen hours after the acâ€" cident happened, the track being badly torn up and the wrecked enâ€" gines and cars being in a shape hard to handle. stantly, killed on Friday, when & freight car hit their automobile. The other three men killed were Joseph Smedecker and _ Georg Frederick, travelling salesman foj adequate definition of food standâ€" ards too department will be in & much better position than heretoâ€" fore to enforce the law respecting the adulteration of foodstuffs and the sale of unwholesome or impure food products. Up to the present one of the greatest handicaps in this respect has been the lack of any definite or adequate legal standards on which to base proseâ€" cutions for manv{acturing or sellâ€" ing fraudulent goods. Other standards for mydicinal products, ete., are now in the course of preparatiop. passengers and other