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is hé it Â¥i 81 at tu ¢ Witnesses Tel! of Lax Discipline at That institation. TORONTO JAIL INYESTIGATION. Edith Elton, had ing onee aione, l mother, _ Miss El the witness of t during her visit. had told Enginee Miss Edith Elt« that at the time the jail â€" Govern« improper and uns her. _ The ecourt woman was givit was to the eff Zant had been timacy with her Dr. Bruce Smith, Inspector of Priso=s stated that the Toronto Jail had not kept pace with the grewth of the city ‘The structural conditions of the solitary confinement cells were very boil. though generally speaking. the iail _ had been satisfactorily hanrdled dwring Mr. Var Zant‘s governorship. He had _ always maintained that the discipline of _ the iail could not be satisfactory while the engineer and steward woere appointed by the City Cowncil. To Mr. Bain. William John Harris. 2 guard, stated that the discipline of the jail was not strict. There were times for instance. when â€" Guard Connolley k casiac s MB s P i ind by the City Couwnc To Mr. Bain. W guard, stated that jail was not stric for instance, _ whe could take any me tain work. Te Ah several times when searched those in had _ tobsceo in t January 10, 1905, bookkeeper‘s office noticed CGovernor young lady visitor his arms. she hay with meals for he being held as a w and who was con have extra meals : the admission of vi Harris remarked: "A gdodâ€"looking almost any time. times have to wai ness further state the Covernor‘s al "The Governor men tobaceo," sa cuse. a prisonor in cember, 1905, er _ eonvietio The witness admitted 1 in the pail, against the with the prisoners. He h working with him small p co, quite against the rules "The CGovernor knew | \ Laumt, bry the year “No.” Mr. Pa the Gove cause th been. Evidence Heard Regarding Immoral Conduct at Institutior. Toronto despatch: That the discipline of Governor Van Zant at the Toronto Jail was poor and that favoritism had been shown some of the guards was the effect of a portion of the testimony in the investigation before Commissionâ€" er Judd of London in the Court House yesterday regarding charges against the Governor. John Brown, the ecgineer at the jail, was the first witness called. He had been appointed in November, 1890, by the City Council. He frequently came into contact with the prisoners, since they often helped him in his work. He had never been warned not to talk to prisoners. "Did you remember last August tellâ€" ing a prisoner you would get rid of Van from the nrisoners, Day of this year | tion to the fact th a girl into the door. Mr. l‘lingin voung lady was 1 but the witness did Aceording to _ M steward of the ja poor when compar late _ Governor gvards assumed an which caused a fed MeMillan had hea noliey had gone to Park on one occasi somers to wander ness said that onee Mr. Hanna to tell 1 ers had worked 0 pertv. which was ¢ When being exan pl=inant‘s lawyers Vickers said that nor Van Zant in t Burke, the wife 0 taking place in th years ogo January said e had entere quick!v, coming up pectedly. _ When t e~vered the turnk thet be and Mrs. Bi some dishes. To ] ne«s afterwards cor savin« that the he and the woman we Park on one occasion, allowing the priâ€" somers to wander all over. The witâ€" ness said that onee he had gone to Hon. \Mr. Hanna to tell him that some prisonâ€" ers had worked outside the city proâ€" pertv. which was contrary to the rules. When being examined by _ the comâ€" pl=inant‘s lawvers Turnkey Jeremiah Vickers said that he had seen Goverâ€" nor Van Zant in the act of kissing Mrs. Burke, the wife of a prisoner, the act taking place in the guard room. two years ogo January next. _ Mr. Vickers said e had entered the room _ rather qwick!v, coming upon them quite unexâ€" pectedly. _ When the Governor had disâ€" eovered the turnkey‘s presence he said thet he and Mrs. Burke were locking for some dishes. To Mr. Higgins the witâ€" ne«s afterwards corrected his statement. savin« that the heads of the Governor and the woman were close together and he Jdid vot see them actually kissing. Sheriff Mowat. who was the last witâ€" ne«s called. stated that no definite comâ€" plaints had been lodged with him reâ€" garding the conduct of the Gevernor. The investigation was then further adâ€" journed till this morning. _ _ Was in Third Car Bound From Toronto to Winnipeg. Winnipeg. Dec. 24.â€"Word was received toâ€"day to the effect that a carload of express packaes, which left Toronto for the west on Monday, was destroved by fire between that city and North Bay. The car contained a considerable quanâ€" tity of goods for Winnipeg and other points in Manitoba and the west. This is the third earload of express goods destined for the west that have been deâ€" m fires during the past month. of the fires is not knowa. Winnipeg. Dec. 24.â€"W toâ€"day to the effect th express packages, which the west on Monday, w fire between that city ‘The car contained a c« h William EXPRESS MATTER BURNED trons Tno y ings wn afterwards san nor would have to nas couldn‘t go on mm remember last August t oner you would get rid of V hook or crook, by the end Van Zant Faces Accusaâ€" that the @scipit strict. There we when fiunp’ ( v men he desired Te had also noti when prisoners w > in charge of _( () Isborne : February At the t vin t the time of the in _ acquaintance 1 called upon hin th iving come to the jai‘ her â€" mother. who was witness for some trial. onsecmently allowed to s sent her. _ Recarding visitors to the jail. Mr. nditions of the selitary were very boil. though #. the iail _ had been dled â€" during Mr. Van vip. He had _ always the discipline of _ the satisfactory while the eward â€" wore appointed he Governor s conduci Mr. Osberne said he r Rrown about this. n. in her evidence said. of one of her visits to r Van Zant had made entlemanly remarks to was cleared while the e her evidence. which M Mi if ter had in get in there women someâ€" ind." The witâ€" all he knew of favoritism _ toâ€" m he had heard pM FOW I 1904 having smoked rules but not had given men veees of tobac he did say get out, beâ€" is they had with hi plained ~t s condue said h ut this. "LV N Y1D torm Mis com De h 11â€" an of 3. (Giod saidâ€"God willed, decreed. Let there be lightâ€"A very dignifiecd expresâ€" sion showing God‘s authority and power. We are here confronted with the old questions, Why this production of light on the first day. and how was it done. when the luminaries did not appear unâ€" til the fourth day? _ It should be borne in mind that the sun, moon and stars were in existence before this time, but the earth was in a chaotic state (v. 2), and these luminaries were entirely hidâ€" den by dense ‘darkness. "Whether the sun was created at the same time of the creation of the carth or long before that time, a dense accumulation of fogs and vapors had covered the globe with a settled and impenetrable gloom." â€"â€" 1. In the beginningâ€"The discoveries of geology prove the globe to have exâ€" isted at an indefinitely remote period before the creation of man; that is, long before the six days‘ work so definitely described. It has been supposed by some that "in the beginning" was the comâ€" mencement of the first day, and of course only about 6,000 years ago. But no phrase could be more indefinite as to time. It means, "in former duration," "of old‘ All that is stated is that the act of creation occurred at a certain point of time in past eternity. It leaves an undefined interval between the creaâ€" tion of matter and the six days‘ work.â€" Benjamin Field. Godâ€"The Hebrew word is Elohim, a plural noun. "By its use here in the plural form is obscurely taught that though God is one there is a plurality of persons in the Godhead who were engaged in the creative work." The Bible does not undertake to prove the existence of God, but at the very outset his existence is assumed as a fact. Createdâ€"The primary sense of the word is that of the Sivine act of absolute creaâ€" tion out of nothing.â€"Field. See Rom. iv. 17, Heb. xi. 3. The heaven and the earthâ€"The entire universe. "This first verse is a general introduction to the inâ€" spired volume, declaring the great and important truth that all things had a beginning; that aothing throughout the wide extent of nature existed from eterâ€" rity, originated by chance, or from the skill of an inferior agent; but that the whole universe was produced by the creaâ€" tive power of God (Acts xvii, 24, Rom. xi. 36). After this preface the narrative is confined to the earth."â€"J., F. & B. 2. The earth was waste and void (R. V.) â€"There was confusion and disorder. "The history of ereation is confined simply to the first two verses. The apparent conâ€" flict of this chapter with geology has arisen from the mistake of supposing it to be a narrative of creation, when all but the first two verses is an account of the adaptation of the created material of the earth as an abode for man."â€" Field. Movedâ€"(iod proceeded to bring order out of the matter that was existâ€" ing in a chaotic state. II. The six days‘ work (vs day: to bring ord:ac but of confusion His first act was to Tall for light. But how was light produced.Perbaps as clear an ansâ€" wer â€"as can be found is given in Wheâ€" don‘s Commentary: "We may _ indeed, suppose that the Jight produced by this word of God was the light of the sun forced through the intervening clouds and mist without dispelling them for three days. The sun would, in such a case have been invisible. But as the earth continued its axial revolution,. day and night were alternately produced, and thus God divided between the light and the darkness. Nothing hinders our supposing such a mode of producing the light. and dividing the light from the darkness." _ 5. Called the light Dayâ€"By whatever means (God made the light to appear, He called the light Day. Whether the day at this time was the exact length of our present day is immaterial, _ it was the light part as opposed to the night and could not possibly mean "% vast cosmogonic period or age," accordâ€" ing to the speculative theories advanced by some writers. The evening and the morningâ€""There was evening and there was morning, one day."â€"R. V. The first day had an evening and a morning. Moses mentions evening before morning because they reckoned from sunset to eunset, according to Oriental custom. Second Day: 6. FirmamentExpanse; wuamavie camethine heater out.â€"Hom. Second Day: 6. Firmamentixpanse; properly semething ‘beater out.â€" Hom. Com. The space above the earth; sopâ€" arating regions, from the seas which are below them. 8. Called the firmament Heavenâ€"The expanse was called heaven. Third Day: 9. Waters ... . be gathâ€" ered â€"The waters were made to flow off to.cther forming oceans and seas. 10. Earth....seasâ€"By this separation both vere rendered useful. The earth was prepared for the habitation of man and «nimals, and the seas for numerous flyâ€" rg creatures. _ It requires this great sarface of water "to yield a sufficiency of vrapors for the purpose of cooling the «tmosphere and watering the earth." God saw that it was goodâ€"This was the {udgment which God pronounced upon is own works. "This clause is often added to show that all the dirorders and evil and hurtful qualitios that are now in creation, are not to be charged to 2). INTERNATIONAL LESSON NO. I JAN. 6, 1907. God the Creator.â€"Gen. 1; 1â€"25. L(’ommentary.â€"-l. The creation (vs. 1, God, but to man‘s sin,. which hath corâ€" rupted their nature and perverted their use." 11. God said, let the earthâ€"We have no good reason to expect in this scripture an answer to the many mysâ€" terious questions of biology. Here we have revealed to us the Almighty, perâ€" @onal Cod, infinite in ability and wisâ€" dom to originate all things; but how he broucht into Leing the numberless things which now arrest the observation or atâ€" tract the inquiry cf men, we do aot believe it is the purpose of those scripâ€" ure to explain.â€"Terry. _ Bring forth grass, etc.â€"In these general expressions we are to understand that all kinds of vegetable productions _ are â€" included. "Thus, before God formed any living creature to abide upon the earth, he wisely provided for its sustenance." Whose seed is in itselfâ€"Either in the r0ot. or branch, or bud, or fruit; which 4s sufficient in itself for the propagaâ€" tlon of its kind.â€"Benson. The seed of a e‘ant is the miracle of miracles. A noted tanist counted 80,000 different kinds and estimated that there might be 100,â€" ©20, and not one of these evar failed to produce its own kind. |_____ _~Fourth Day: 14. Lights in the firmâ€" awentâ€"The sun, moon and stars now for unday »chool. , Ngw when God undertook lfi&itt of confusion His first ‘Tall for light. But how was 3. 25). First First day, light. "God said, Let there be light" (vs. 3â€"5). Light is essential to all vegetable and animal life. _ These are the first reeorded words of God. "They are sublime and prophetic. That act of ereation set forth all that God afterwards revegled Himeolf to be, and a@ll thta He did for His people im delivâ€" cring them from the power of darkness. It is now well known that light ecan exâ€" ist without the sun, and hence the laugh of infidelity at the idea of light before the sun has turned against itself." There was a diffusion of light before the sun was "made" on the fourth day. We are told that "CGod is light" before it is said that "God is love" (I. John f. 5). Jesus is the "Light of the world." The word is a light. â€"â€"Whedon‘s Com, At the close of this day (iod blesses that which He has made. Fifth Day: 2023. Let the waters bring forth abundantlyâ€"Let the waters teem with creeping things. and let fowls fly. In chapter ii. 19 the fowls are said to be formed out of the ground. _ All these creatures were first introduced by God‘s word. They were creations, not evolutions; but their subsequent multiâ€" plication is conceived of as generations. Nixth Day: 24. Let the earth bring forth......cattle, and creeping thing, and beastâ€"Here are three classes: Catâ€" tle, or domestic animals; creepers, or insects and reptiles; beasts, or wild aniâ€" rals, as distinguished from domestic aniâ€" mals. Questions.â€"Why is the book of Seneâ€" sis important? Who is the author of this book? When did the creation take place*t What is to be understood by the first time appear. Be for signs, eto. â€"The heavenly bodies regulate the 1â€" curring seasons. 16. God made two great lightsâ€"The moon is referred to as a great light because it appears great to those on the earth. "Both the sun and hte moon may be said to be ‘made‘ on the fourth day ,not created, inde»d, for it is a different word that is here used, but constituted, appointed to the important and necessary office of servâ€" ing as luminaries to the world, and reâ€" gulating by their motions and,their inâ€" fluence the progress and divisions of time."â€"J.. F. & h. Second day, the firmament, or atmosâ€" phere, with its gases and vapors and clectricity. "God said, Let there be an pxpansion" (vs. Gâ€"8, marg.) _ We are told that the Bible term "firmament" is but an ancient blunder erystallized. Science says the Bible asserts there is a solid sphere above us which revilves with its starry lamps; but that is an old notion of ignorance, for there is nothing but vast space filled with ether above us, and stars are suns varying by indefiâ€" nite distances. _ But looking closer at the word "firmament" we find that the original HMebrew term is rakiya, _ that which is spread out, an expanse. A betâ€" ter word could not have been chosen to express the appearance and yet accomâ€" modate the reality. It actually anticiâ€" pates sclence. Third day, the sea, the dry land. "God said, Let .... the dry land appear .... Let the earth bring forth green grass .. herb....fruit tree" (vs. 9â€"13.) What a scene of terrible grandeur! _ From the vast shoreless ocean, in an instant of time, continents were upheaved, and imâ€" mense portions of earth depressed to follow the hollow depths. Then these mountains ard valleys and prairies were clothed with all the beauty of trees, shrubs, grass, flowers and fruit. In my hame hangs a painzing _ of beautiful roses. I never look at it but I think of the dear girl who painted it. It is & eomstant reminder of her love, though we have not met for years. In looking out upon the grand and beautiful _ in earth, sky, and sea, I like to think, "My father made it and Fronounced it good." It draws us tenderly near the Infinite to think lovingly upon all he has made, and nature is as truly a revelation of God to us as his fritten word. Fourth day. "God said, Let there be lights" (vs, 14â€"19.) God made (not creatâ€" ed) two great lights, the sun to rule the day and the moon to rule the night. "He made the stars also." Napoleon is said to have replied to some skeptica! officers, who had been airing their atheâ€" ism. by pointing to the moon and stars, "Gentlemen, what you say sounds well, but who made those things?" Randolph of Roanoke put the same thought someâ€" what more bluntly, while he was lookâ€" ing at the sunrise _ from a mountain height: _ "There, John," he exclaimed, addressing his body servant, _ "If you ever hear any one say there isn‘t . a (Giod after all we‘ve seen this morning I give you leave to knock him down." A Christian woman said one midnight, her face radiant with the ecstasy of perâ€" fect trust, "He made the stars also." Then she fell asleep in Jesus. Fifth day. "God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creaâ€" ture" (vs, 20â€"23.) God created whales and fishes, birds and insects; all living things that inhabit the water or fly in the air. Somehow or other marriage doesn‘t seem so important to a woman after she has accomplished it. Sixth day. Let the earth bring forth the living creature" (Gen. i. 24â€"31.) Beasts, or wild animals; cattle, or doâ€" mestic animals; and reptiles (vs. 24, 25.) Man remained to be created, the last and greatest of God‘s creatures.â€"A, t ONTARIO Aronivco TORONTO Sheriff Ritch, who came here to get the prisoner, and who will ask for exâ€" tradition papers, said yesterday that he was convineed of the woman‘s guilt. 1t was on his statement that Magistrate Breen in the Tombs Court committed her witlhout bail. At the same time the Rheriff expresses deep sympathy for her, saying that he believed she was the most abused woman that ever lived and that her husband treated her in an inhuman manner from the time of their marriage. New York, Dec. 24.â€"The Neil murder mystery promises to take rank among the celebrated cases of the day. It is generally believed in Greenwich, Conn,, that he was killed, but opinion is divided as to whether his wife, a beautiful womian, is guilty of the crime or not. The medical examiner who made the autopsy is quoted as saying: She is now held in the Tombs as a fugitive from justice, Her attorney is Edward Greenthal, of 49 Chanwbers street. SELECT COMPANY WITNESS DEATH OF BERLIN MURDERER. "I do not believe tha her (Mre. Neil‘s) nail file found in his umbrella killed him. It looks to me like the eyeâ€" ball had beem shoved aside while he was in a stupor from drugs, and that then a long hatpin was plunged into the socket at the side of the eycball, so a« to leave as small a wound as possible, After the point paseed the cyeball the hatpin was thrust deep into the socket and three and a half inches into th# brain." Mrs, Neil, who was arrested at the home of her brother on Saturday, was taken to police headquarters yesterday and photographed. Several Guests in Evening Dress, While Headsman Wore Pair of White Glovesâ€"Victim Died Shouting Curses at Bystanders. Berlin, Dec. 24.â€"Rudolf Hennig, the daring murderer who made a sensationâ€" al escape from the clutches of the Kaiser‘s police and was subsequently reâ€" captured after a pitche@ battle in the streets of Stettin, was beheaded in Berlin a few days ago upon the anniâ€" versary of his crime. _ The execution took place in the presece of a select company of invited guests, some . of whom were clad in evening dress. These latter included the beadsman, Herr Schweitz, of Breslau, who also wore white gloves. _ Woman Still Declares That Her Husband Met His Death by Falling Downstairs. Belief That the Weapon Was Thrust Through the Eyeball Into the Man‘s Brain WAS NEIL MURDERED WITH A LONG HAT PIN? Neil," declared the Sheriff, "was drunk Sholrting incoherent curses, the mur: R h e um atis m EXECUTION PARTY. Dr. H. H. MACK, 1 a-l...osa..mvm'....u.s.) 60 Yonge St., Toronto. A Prominent Business Man Stakes His Reputation on the Merits of this New Remedy for the Dread Disease. 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Address: "1 have interviewed many of the doctor‘s pa» tientsâ€"and have yet to find one failure. " Strong factsâ€"but they are facts. "Every drop of blood is reached and purifiedâ€" the whole system freed from Rheumatic Poisons." And it is only such preparations that the farâ€"seeing business man Rhe was then asked about « mail file said to have been found in her uwmbrella in the hotel, From the description of it given her, she said it was hers, but she declared she could not imagine how it got into the umbrella. Her eye was still discolored, the result of a beating, she said, which Neil had given her. Mrs. Neil said she was eager to go ‘back o Greenwich and face the charges a*nst her, She was willing to talk as much as amy one wanted her to. "We were all drinking that nmight,"* said she in the court room to reporters, "and Joe, my husband, tried to take me wpstairs,. _ HMe fell headlong down the stairs." "I loved my husband." said she, "and he was very kind to me, except when he drank, and then he was a beast. 1 met him at New Rochelle, where I married him. This was after i had got a divoree from my first busband." Mrs. Neil is known tocmany, artists, inâ€" cluding Chase, for whom she posed. She was much in demand because of her wea‘lth of auburn hair. The latest theory advanced as a soluwâ€" tion of the mystery is the possibility that the accused wife acted under the influence of a dual personality brought about by a combination of morphine and whiskev. Physicians â€" who since her arrest are has had at times and that when she collection of killing speaks the truth, Search of Guelph House Where Man Was Found Dead. Guelph, Ont., despatch: The authoriâ€" ties toâ€"day made a thorough search of the contents of the house occupied by the late George Kelsey, who was found dead in ‘bed. Neighbors say ho made a will, but if so it has disappeared. What was found, however, was securities for investments of over six thousand dolâ€" lars, in addition to some real estate, As far as known, he had no relatives in this country, though the documents difworâ€" ered point to the existence of a son somewhere. Deceasel had lived alone for Mrs. Neil declared yesterday on her way to Police Meadquarters that she knew nothing of the cireumstances of her husband‘s death. all the time, and never did any work it the blacksmith shop, all the labor beâ€" ing performed by assistants." 30 years derer was thrown violently to his knees by the executioner‘s three museuâ€" lar assistants, who placed his head squarélly in the centre of the block. Having placed the death warrant bearâ€" ing the Kaiser‘s signature in his walâ€" let, the executioner swung his glistenâ€" ing axe, and Hennig‘s head was cleanâ€" ly severed wiht a wellâ€"directed blow. LEFT SMALL FORTUNE n# who have observed her arrest are convinced that she at times a dual personality, when she says she has no reâ€" of killing her husband, she ce nz ommc ameeveue Butchersâ€"Trade in DULCNO®M . . slow, the best picked 10t§ selli to $4.2%, with a few 0dd cattle & $4.50, but the cattle bringing the 1a! were mighty scarce. Good loads $1.175 to $4 per Cwt.; medium, $.% common, $.2% to $3.40;. cows, $2.50 canners, at $1 to $1.75 per ew!. Feeders and Stockersâ€"Few offerin many wanted. One load of good sh 1,180 lbs. each, sold at $4.% per cwt steers, $3.2% to $3.75 per OWL.; stocke from $2.50 to $3 per CWL., with one ¢ Bud:Zroet'o Trade Review. Montreal+‘The . general â€" volume â€" of wholesale yrade hbere is continuing its activity wusually late in the year. Cold weather %nme early, and with good sleighing the retail trade throughout the country became quite active. _ Sorting lines aré moving exceedingly well and current orders are surprisingly â€" large, The demmand for tweed suitings and overâ€" couting{ is very heavy and as in most other limes prices here are tending upâ€" wards, / It is expected tailors will not be ablg to get repeat orders at preseat figures. There is a slightly less active tone to general lines of hardware here nltlmn*h the general trade is still much h(‘u\‘iel) than usual at this time of the year. / Following new tariff regulations boiler é}lato has advanced fifteen cents. In othier lines of trade the revision has not mude any actual advances as yet. There/is much complaint about the adâ€" vancy in ~%e duty on watch and clock moviements and higher prices may be exâ€" poectpd for some lines of drygoods. A good holiday trade is moving in grocerâ€" ise allthough higher prices for dried fruity have had some effect in retarding orderfing. _ Sugar prices are advancing following the higher duty on raws. Toftonto â€" All lines of trade report thai\ the weather of the past few weeks prettly well throughout Canada has reâ€" sulteid in a good movement of wholesale and jretail stocka. _ New prices are anâ€" nourfeed by the Dominion Textile Comâ€" pany in which white cottons show &n adv&nce of two and a half to five per cent}l The hardware trade is heavy w?:h pric®s firm. Metals are particularly so. The} trade in groceries has been very goodt, orders having been heary from all part]s of the country. _ The retail holiâ€" day\ trade still promises to be the heaviâ€" est jon record, Money is fairly free, and coll&ctions are good in almost all parts of the country. BE" ETY Milch Cowsâ€"Trade fair at & quotations. Prices ranged from ena». wotlee uie‘ Prmmil per Cwb @nsz . Veal Calvesâ€"Veal calves sold the same prices, ranging t $3. per owt. Sheep and Lambsâ€"Sheep sold steady prices, but lambs were e at about $5.00 to $5.80 per cwt. E were quoted at $.175 ~ur CwWt. t Tok M w a Hogsâ€"Receipts wete M8"b """.. oo tor unchanged, at $.15 for selects and $5.90 tor lights and fats. TORONTO FARMERS‘ MARKET. Receipts of grain toâ€"day were moderate. Wheat is unchanged, with sales of 300 bushâ€" els of fall at 72 to 73¢, and of 100 bushels of goose at 67c. Barley firm, 800 bnshels sellâ€" ing at 54 to S5c. Oats are unchanged, with sales of 500 bushels at 38 to 40c. Hay in liberal supply, with prices steady; 40 loads sold at $14 to $16 a ton for timothy, and at $11 to $12 for mixed. Straw steady, six loads selling at $15.59 a ton for bundled, and at $8.50 to $ for loose. Dressed hogs are unchanged; light quoted at $8.50, and heavy at $8 to $8.25. Wheat, white, bush, ... ...$ 0 72 $ 0 73 Do., red, bush. ... .> + 0 T2 0 73 Do., Spring, busb. ... .~> 0 70 0 00 Do., goose, bush. ... ... ...« O 67 0 68 Oats, Dush, ... ..> »en +++ ++ 0 38 0 40 Barley, bush. ... ... .06 .. # B4 0 55 Buckwheat, bush. ... ... ... 0 5 0 00 The receipts were 1dFB® _‘ of 100 loads, counting Weanes day, but we cannot giv© det able to get Our report from One thing can be truthfully is, there were and have tbeen t more than were required. Th to be bad, with pricese . round. bulls, which sold Do., creamery ... ... Chickens, dressed, lb. . Ducks, dressed, lb. ... . ‘Turkeys, per lb. ... . Apples, per bbl. ... ... . Potatoes, per T:.h" Cabbage, per ddzen ... Onions, per bag ... ... Beef, bindquarters ... . Do., forequaiters ... . Do., choice, carcase . Do., medium, carcase Muton, per CWi. ... ... Veal, per CWt.) ... ... . Lamb, per CWt. ... .. Flourâ€"Manitoba patent, $.1% T‘ on 7 ronto; Ontario,; 80 per cent. patents, $2.179 bid for export; Manitobs patent, special brands, $4.50; stronk bakers‘, $ BRITISH CATTLE IABKm London.â€"Canadian cattle in the British markets are quoted at 10¢ to 12c per lb refrigerator beef, 8%4¢ © §%c per Ibâ€" TORONTO LIVE sTOCK MARKET. The receipts were large again, upmwards of 100 loads, counting Weanesday and Thurs~ Aavâ€" hut we cannot give dewll:. ??‘rl?e‘;‘ Alsike, fancy, bush. ... Do., No. 1, bush. ... . Do., No. 2, bush. ... Red clover, fancy, bush Do., No. 1 ... ... 0+ Do., No. 2 ... ..A . ‘Timothy, bush. ... ... Dressed hogs ... ..« .>> > Regs, dozem ... ... .>> > Butter, dairy ... ... . WINNIPEG wWHEAT MARKRE®® At the Winnipeg option market toâ€"d following were the closing quotations 3l%¢c, May 16%¢, July 77%¢ bid. FLOUR PRICES. Peas, bush. ... Hay, timothy, ton Do., mixed, ten Straw, per ton ... MARKET REPORTS. partls of the country. _ The retail holiâ€" day\ trade still promises to be the heaviâ€" est jon record, Money is fairly free, and coll&ctions are good in almost all parts of the country. X TAondon â€" The warmer weather of the lattJfer part of this week has had some quikting effect upon the retail demand fog heavy lines. The holiday trade is opfrning out well and promises to be a regord. _ Collections are fair. Ottawaâ€" Trade has been brisk whits thle cold weather lasted, but the mailder tufrn has had some little effect in most lites throughout the surrounding eounâ€" tiy. _ City retail trade is now mederâ€" aftely active. _ Collections are generalty thir. Vancouver and Victoria â€" There is lilttle change to the trade conditions amywhere along the Pacific Coast. Conâ€" inued activity in all lines of industry nd scarcity of labor was resulting in igh wages and, as a result, wholesale nd retail goods were moving well. The bor problem in the lumber mills, ete., s quite acute and the mill owners fin1 t necessary to employ Chinese, Japanâ€" se, and Hindu workmen. _ Exporters of BRritish Columbia fruit have been very imiutch deligted: with . the. reception acâ€" corded récent»â€"shipments: sert ° to Engâ€" land ;:::l Sceotland. hiave 4 Quebec â€" Good roads have business considerable during tm week and wholesalers report orders comâ€" ing to hand more freely than for sevâ€" eral woeeks past. rtersâ€"There were â€"There were none, ©XCMN® T 000 ; sold at $3.50 to g4 per owl. Trade in butchers‘ cattle Was best picked lots selling At $ th a few odd cattle at $1.40 !9 * usls hringing the latter p_rtcu | M :1 .1 4st wount ing Weanesday and A27 C cannot g1ve details, not being our report from the G. T K. n be truthfully said and that and have been 100 many catte, re required. This caused trade with pricese much . lower all "here were none, excepting & fow sold at $3.50 to g4 per owl. rade in butchers‘ cattle Was m PeVZU"" L iling at $ n toâ€"day were moderate. d, with sales of 300 bushâ€" 73¢, and of 100 bushels of ey firm, 800 bushels sellâ€" Oats are unchanged, with sur cwt. ere light, with prices for selects and $5.90 tor pur ET fFew offering and nOt of good short â€"keeps, .% per owt.; foeding wt.; stockers ranged with one lot at $.19 ep sold at @Dout were easier, selling ewt. Export sheep 11 00 116 7 00 6 35 4 0 10 0 14 0 little easior at to 10 00 about & 00 0 11 0 15 2o 19 Cuts Their Inrouts Hnk eP NUR Hl Snow Outside Her Homeâ€"Found Dead in the Snow. Sudbupy despatch:A tragedy bhas been PEMENTED WOMAN SLAYS TWO CHILDREN AND SELF. enacted at Whitefish, a little railway village on the Soo branch of the C, P. R. 18 miles west of here. An Englishwoman, whose husband is an engineer with the Copper Cliff Min ing Company, suddenly became _ deâ€" mented. â€" While in this condition durâ€" ing last Thursday night, she took her two children, aged 3 and 8, respective ly, from their bed, and, carrying them outside the hbouse, laid them in the deep snow, and cut their throats with a knife. Apparently realizing the enâ€" ormity of her crime, she then used the weapon upon her own throat. j Neighbors the following morning were shocked to find the three bodies lying in the snow. . The mother and the youngest child _ were dead, but there was still life in the elder child. Doctors were summoned, but this child also died within three hours after be ing found. In addition to the fearfal gash, its limbs were badly frozen, the night having been desperately cold, the thermometer registering 15 below sero. Dr. Strothers, coroner, and Police Magistrate Brodie, of Sucbury, were immediately informed Oof the tragedy, and an inquest was opened. The husâ€" band of the woman stated that his wife‘s mother, who still resides in the old country, had been in the habit of frequently becoming temporarily inâ€" sane. This leads to the conclusion that the insanity of her daughter was heredâ€" itary. Sarnia despatch : es Lang, a forfeited her’!.nii af‘:e‘rn stealing, it‘,.if :I" leged, $65 from her father, and failed to eppear on Monday for trial on charges of forgery amd shoplifting. Sh» was arrested in Port Huron toâ€"day while boarding a train for Detroit. She is played the utmoet coolmess for one of* her years, She will be brought back here for trial. Agnes Lang Will Be Brought Back to A WOMAN‘S ORDEAL DREADS DOCTOR‘S QUESTIONS Thousands Write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., and Receive Valuable Advice Absoiuâ€" tely Confidential and Free. There can be no more terrible ordeal to a delicate, sensitive, refined woman than to be obliged to answer certain questions in regard to her private ilh even when those questions are aeke by her family physician, and many continue to suffer rather than to submit to examinations which so many physiâ€" This is also the reason why thousands upon thousands <f women are correâ€" eponding with Mrs. Pinkham, daughterâ€" inâ€"law of Lydia E. Pinkham, atufynn. clans in order to intelligently Wm;_nd this is the rearod Mass. To her they can confide every detail of their illnmess, and from her great knowledge, obtained from years of experience in treating female ills, Mre. m:hlm ean advise sick women more sely than the local physician. _ _ why so many female disease. Read how Mrs. Pinkham helped Elle. W Montreuil, of 114 toure $ C Foneeg \ying CNe 2\ â€"avennngln ce doctors ealled prolapsus, which caused great !‘ukngl“an over my system, with faint dizzy spells, I kebl' -0’;'};‘..“'(!&kt!r and w“{"‘ ,_1 tried never‘:I nul?icims which un{ claimed would cure my trouble, but | {pay -‘"fi"‘.‘ of the least bene?h. until I tried Lydia E. Pinkham‘s \'mhle(‘.)m{muud‘ and this helped me so ravidly that 1 coul hardly believe my good fortune. 1 would wly have p.id E-'Nl) for that first lm'l]f‘l it started me on the road to health, 2‘ five bottles cured me. I am most grato‘ul for my Q"Ddid. robust hhh' and u“.mn oarhiulr recommend the Vegetable Conl: Eind o Fomine ioi o all y uy u7 m- ntarices, for it is deserving of #4 hf I “"'J“" it." ountains of proof establish the 2t that no medicine in the work ©1%%!# Lydia E. Pinkham‘s Vegetable Come pound for restoring women‘s healthâ€" A MOTHER‘S DEED. ARRESTED AT PORT HURON "I suffered for eight months with what the &1 j $ € 1 le be & pen tha 4 1 ou