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Advices from Mr. Cra n, the manager at Dawson at the Bank of British North America, say the safes and vault have been opened and the con- tents found intact. Mr. Cran expect- \ed to reâ€"open the bank for business 6n the 28th. The wife of Chief Logan of the Nova Scotia Micmacs, who was said to be ihe oldest person in Nova Scotia, died Sunday at Halfway River, in Cumberland County, a: Lhe age of 103 years. Her passing of the century mark was celebrated iiiree years ago by a gathering of Indians from all over the Lower Provinces. Welbeok Abbey, the country house of the Duke of Portland, in Notting- hamshire, was damaged by lightning. Trace wreck new F appean of W :11 John N. Scatcherd, of Buffalo, one of the United States commissioners examining Canada’s canals, said they had not before realized ihe great pos- sibilities and the actual efficiency of the SL. Lawrence route. \Vith a mini- mum depth in the canals of 14 feet, which had now been obtained, the Montreal route would be more than ever a competitor to be reckoned with. Montreal, as a shipping port, has the world. A queer story comes trom Cariboo, B. C., to the effect that a Chinaman .’The promoters of the Ottawa and Georgian Bay Ship Canal have de- osited $200,000 in the Canadian ank of Commerce at Ottawa, in accordance with the provisions of the statute incorporating the cum- Pal”- recently sold his two little daughters, one to a well known Chinaman at Quesnelle [or $2.50, and the other to a Chinaman at Soda Creek. In both cases the girls were put into wooden boxes. holes being bored to admit air, and delivered like any other goods, or small animals, such as swine. It is also said that white men gave aid in the vendor, both in preparing docu- ments and in delivering the goods. GREAT BRITAIN. Viscount Asher, late Master of the Rolls, is dead. A heavy failure in the iron trade has occurred at Glasgow. Mr. Justin McCarthy denies that he is about to leave public life. The London Daily '] dropped its Sunday edit Truth, Mr. Lahoucher erts once more that [h failing. President McKinley has appointed an Auditor, A<sisCant Auditors and Treas- urer for the American West Indian Is- lands. Since the Spanish United States war broke out: there have been 6,209 deaths In the United States army. CANADA. Thb Canadian Pacific will build a his hotel in Winnipeg this year. The next meeting of the Interna- tional Y.MAC.A. will be held in Mont- Capt. Porter, son of Rev. W'. H. Porter. of Brantford. is second officer of the steamer Paris, and was on board when it ran upon the rocks off Falmouth. The Hamilton good roads debenture by-law, for the raising of $15U,000 for permanent pavements. was defeated at the polls by a majority of 110 against. The Council at Portage La Prairie has granted the Northern Pacific Rail- way for its western extension a width of 33 feet on Pacific avenue as a right of way. The next meeting of the interna- tional Y.MiC.A. will be held in Mont- real in 1001. ’ Francis Blackwell, of London, has sued the local street railway for $2,- 000 for injuries. 11. is announced that the Canadian Pacific will build a, big hotel in “'in- Joseph Wilson, an agent of the Sing- er Sewing Machine Company, was in- stantly killed by falling uff his wheel in front of a street car at Blunt- real. Lord Minto will receive the degree of Doctor of LaWS from the Univerâ€" sity at Ottawa. on June 21. Peter A. McIntyre, M.D., of Charlot- tetown, has been appointed Lieuten- ant-Governor of Prince Edward is- land A flock of sheep at the farm at Eastwood, owned by Postmaster Patâ€" terson, of Toronto. were worried by dogs, 50 bitten and Len killed. IL is announced that the Canadiar Pacific will build. a, big hotel in “in. nipeg this year. The striking carpenters and contrac‘ tors of Winnipeg have decided to arbi- trate their differences. S'u‘ Henry Ltving, who has been con- as have been found of the of the M-lrechal Lannes. the ranch sailing vessel which dis- ed on March 28 near the coast 8105 5mm man/y. l McCarthy denies that he leave public life. )n Daily Telegraph has Sunday edition. 5 paper, as- Queen’s sight Recent Happening: Briefly T old. has ‘ th 'newspaper man, and his wue were ‘ found dead in bed in a room filled with gas. Letters written by Mr.’Ball dis- closed the fact that it was a case of suicide. Despondency. owing to his continued illâ€"health, was given as the reason for the act. He was 66 years of age and his wife was 73. Edwards Scannell, brother of Fire Commissioner John J. Scanuell,of New York, is under arrest on a charge of having accepted $250 from Frank Mc- Gowan on the promise of securing McGowan an appointment in the Fire Department. It is alleged that Scanâ€" The Spanish Cabinet has approved the decision of the Minister of Finance, not to pay the public debt coupon due July 5 until the approval of the Chamber of Deputies has been secured. Three more cases of plague have been discovered at Alexandria, and two deaths from the disease are re- ported. Two cases have also appeared at Zagazig and two at Ismailia. A report issued by the sanitary inâ€" spector, reveals revolting cases of overcrowding in the Kaiserstadt. the Jewish quarter of Vienna. In one “boarding house" sixtyâ€"three persons were living in three rooms. Dreyfus is to be retried by acourt- martial in a garrison town distant from Paris. Serious rioting is reported at Guade- loupe between the natlve population and British contract labor immi- grants. The rainy season has started in the Philippines and the Filipinos are showâ€" ing great activity in harassing the Amâ€" erioans. The Cuban soldiei‘y are refusing to accept the money offered by the Amer- ican Government, and are keeping their arms. The continued drought: in Roumania has seriously affected the crops. Sixty per cent of the wheat crop is al- ready destroyed. A large portion of Astrakau, on the north-west coast of the Caspian Sea, has been submerged by an overflow of the River Volga. nell secured this money on the strength of representations he made regarding his relationship with the Commissioner. At Muskogee, Indian Territory. Andrew J. Mathes, the second of the thirty defendants in the celebrated Seminole burning cases, was found guilty. Mathes was a preacher. and at the time of the burning of the In- dians was present and prayed loudly to God to save the souls of the boys, but made no effort to save them from his fellow-men. Mathes was tried for kidnapping. The famous shrine at E1 Cobre. Cuba has been robbed of jewels worth $25,- Madame Carlotta Crisi, the once cele- brated Italian dancer, is dead at Geneva. It is reported that the Americans of the Yorktown’s crew in the hands of the Filipinos have been subjected to barbarous treatment. \Vhile some workmen were engaged in filling shells at the Copenhagen military laboratory. some of the lat- ter exploded and killed seven men. The force under Major Carter has failed to capture the Fetish chief O'ogbosheri in the Benin interior, “'est Africa. Lieut. Uniacki, of the 19th Hussars, has been killed. The. bubonic plague is increasing in seventy in Hong Kong. There is great excitement in the town of San Dialo, Mexico, over the lynching of seven coloured labourers. It now seems likely that Newfound- land will soon receive a. colony of Finlanders. Northern Africa is troubled with a plague of locusts. 'Senor Castelar, the Spanish Repub- llcan statesman, is dead. fined to his room with throat trouble is out again, and will resume his re- presentation of “Robespierre” at the Lyceum Theater on Thursday. and all surauce GENERAL. Skirmishing is still in progress in the Philippines. John Crathy, New York, wholesale papermaker, is disputing the will of his brother, who died in London' leav- ing $1,000,000 to a Roman Catholic Archbishop in Australia. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Kinter, Christian Scientists, are in custody at Buffalo charged with causing the death of a boy whom they "treated." The [ad’s parents are to be accused also. An automobile started from Cleveâ€" land for New York on Monday in an attempt to break the homeless carâ€" riage. record between the two cities. The route selected is about 800 miles in length. . The historic Oxford Hotel building in Philadelphia was burned Monday, along with the stables. Policeman Robman was injured while rescuing horses, 52 of which were in the stables and all of which were saved. No inâ€" Miss Maud Adams' prodluction pf "Romeo and Juliet" in New York in two weeks netted $40,000. Arrangements are being made for a conference at Washington on the sub- ject of Jamaica's tariff andreciprocity with the United States. The Gorge Railway at Niagara was sold by the Sheriff at Lockport, N.Y. It was bid in by Mr. H. P. Bissell on behalf of the stockholders and credi- tors for $6,184, UNITED STATES. Ex-Secretary Sherman denounces 18 war on the Philippines. W . Ball New been a welLknown Best and his wife we in a room filled wi ten by Mr.’Ball di (ork customs em- )nvicted of taking Ismailiié. has approved Roumania )ps. Sixty )p is al- on the he made with the ; to his :1 as the 66 years on i Buffalo, May 29.â€"Spring wheatâ€" Better inquiry, limits fairly steady; No. 1 Northern, 80 l-Zc. Winter wheat â€"N0thing doing; No. 2 red, 7813. Corn â€"Firm; N0. 2 yellow, 380; No. 3 yel- low, 370; No. 4 yellow, 350; No. 2 com, 36 3-4c; No. 3 corn. 36c. Oatsâ€" Dull and weak; No. 2 white, 31 1-20; Poultryâ€"Very little doing. Quota- tions are 11 to 130, for turkeys; and 50 to 700, for chickens. [Butterâ€"Market easy, but for choice dairy selections. smalllots, there is a good local domaud. Creamery steady. The quotations are as [ollowszâ€"Duiry tubs, new. 11 to life; large rolls. 10 to 11¢; small da‘u‘y lb. prints. about 12 to 13¢; creamery, tubs and boxes. 16 1-2 to 173; pounds, 17 to 17 1-20. Cheeseâ€"â€" Quiet and easy. Quotations are new, $1-2 to 9 3-40; old, 11 to 11 1-20, per b. Montreal. May 29.â€"There were about 501} head of butchers‘ cattle, 400 calves, 600 sheep and lambs, 70 store hogs, and 200 small pigs offered for sale at the east end aba1to'u' to-day. The butch- ers were out in full force, and trade was fair, with slightly lower prices all round for cattle, the decline being greatest in common and inferior stock; prime beeves sold at from 4 3-4 [051-40, per lb; pretty good stock at from 33-4 10 4 5-80; and common dry cows and half-famed animals, at from 2 1-2. to 3 at 80 to 850, per gallon, in tiins. Winé measure. Honeyâ€"Round lots of choice,deliver- ed here, will bring about 8 to 6 1-20; dealers quote from,6 1â€"2 to 7 l-Zc. per 1b., for 10 to 6011)., tins; in comb, at around $1.25 to $1.40 per dozen sec- tions. Baled hayâ€"Some movement in strict- ly choice. Prices are easy though, Strictly choice, car lots, is quoted at $8.50 per ton; and No. 2 at $7.75. Strawâ€"Nominal. Car lots are quoted at $4 to $4.50, on track. flapsâ€"No change of importance. Dealers here sell at 18 L0 200, and are paying holders, outside. about 180. Maple syrup â€" Prices well maintain- ed. Dealers here are selling syrup per 100 lbs; and a few selects sold up to $4.90 per hundred lbs; among the store hogs toâ€"day there were about a dozen sows, each having from 8 to 12 small pigs from Z to 4 weeks old; some of these were sold at from $10 to $14 for the sow and her litter; the other store hogs sold at from $6 to $8 each. and the small pigs at from $1 to $2.50 each. Beansâ€"Choice hand~pi sell at $1.10, and common per bush. Dried apples â€" Dealers pay 4 1-20 for dried stock, delivered here, and in small lots resell at 5 to 5 1-20; evapor- ated, 9 to 10c, in small lots. half-fatted animals, at from 2 1-2. to 3 1-20, per lb. There were more than the usual number of bulls on the market. to- :Lay, and these sold at from 23-4 m4 l-4c per lb. Calves sold at from $1.50 to $10 each. Shippers are paying 4c per lb for good large sheep, the but- chers pay from 31-2. to 41-40 per 1!). Lambs sold at from $2.50 to $5 each; only very choice lambs bring over $4.50. Fat hogs sold in straight lots, just off the cars, at from $4.51) to $4.80 per 100 lbs; and. a few selects hold up MARKETS OF THE WORLD. Prices of Grain. Cattle, Cheese. &e 1n the Leadlng Marts. stock, sell at around 70 to store. sell around 80 to 850 Choice hogs. per cwt Light htis. per cwt. Hggvy hugs, per cwt. Ewes, per cwt. . Yearlings, per cwt. . Bucks. per cwt. . Spring lambs, each" . Milkers and Cows, each. . . . Calves, each. . . Shipping, per cwt. .3 Butcher, choice. do. . Butcher, med.to good Butcher, inferior. . Sheep and Cattle sold in straight lots, 1t from $4.51) to $4.80 few selects sold up Lred lbs; among the there were about at having from 8 to 12 to 4 weeks old; some 1 at from $10 to $14 181‘ litter; the other lambs. 3 50 5 00 3 00 2 00 Calves 25 00 2 00 t crop will be ite. north and 700, and 681-20 Manitobas are 31‘s are asking 400 37 2 1-2 4 37 1-2 market closed nd local feel- Th-ere is no firm. Export ,er bbl. for ;' bags, mid- ood, is quotâ€" ,ked beans at 75 to 800, 53 00 947; Villages, 133,560; chi the assessed property Townships. $444,722,478 488.546; villages, $30,497, $286,966,646. 0nlnrlo's Assessed “'c-nllh Upward; of lilgln Hundred Millions. Part five of the annual report of the Ontario Bureau of Industries, comâ€" prising municipal statistics of the proâ€" vince for 1897, has been issued. The population was 1,990,977, and the toizil assessment 5803.625377; 1h? taxes im- posed thereon were $12,206,325. the rate being $6.13 per capita. or 15.19 mills on the dollar. The population is distributed as fol- Iows:â€"Townships, 1,113,530; towns, 312,â€" Further P.:rllculnrs (‘0 .: Ii. m Ilu- llnrrowlna At't'ouuls of Russlnu I-‘a mlno. A despntch from Lnndon, sayszâ€"Par- ticulurs received regarding the famine in Russia confirm the previous har- rowing uccnunts. The members of the Russian aristocracy have at last awak- ened to a full sense of the gravity of the situation, and money is beginning to flow in on all sides for the relief of the starving mziujiks. Unfortun- ately, charity is almist too late. The (.‘cusul‘ at first prevented the truth from being puolished by the Russian press. Now the f7tCtS are allowed to appear. But the {amine spectre is stalking through the land. Sims authurtiies estiulnte that as many as 20,000,000 peasants are starving". The Rev. Mr. Francis. pastor of the appear. But the fax stalking through th authurliies esLiumle t 20,000,000 peasants are The Rev. Mr. Francis, pastor of the British-Americh Church at St. Pe- tersburg, who did much to secure Brit- ish and American aid during the last famine, appeals to the British public to-dny. He, says seven provinces, cov- ering 18,01“) square miles, are affected, and that 5,000,000 persons are famine- sh‘ickea and will need to be fed dur- ing the next three months. llperullun The London correspondent of the New York Sun sayszâ€"“It is nearly two years since the Sun announced, on the authority of one of the Queen's principal medical attendants. that her Majesty had become almost blind, The statement was ridiculed, and even semi-officially denied. There comes the melancholy confirmation to-day in the news that Dr. Pagenstecker. the eminent German oculist, will en- deavor by an operation this week to restore the sight of one eye, which has been sightless for a long time. The infirmity, which is a partial organic fault of the sight, in addition to a cataract. has made the slow progress usual in such cases, but for a long time now the Queen has been practic- ally deprived of her eyesight.‘ She has been loath to submit to an opera- tion. and it was only decided on after a. long family consultation. It was partly to reassure and sympathise wilh his grandmother that, according to trustworthy information, the Kaiser a few days ago made a secret visit to London. Dr. Pagenstecker. who is remaining in England until the Queen is ready to make use of his skill. is a famous operator, who has treated Mr. Gladstone. Sir \Villiam Harcourt, and many other prominent patients. The actual date of the operaâ€" tion has not been disclosed, but it is understood that it will be performed some time next week. Northern, 71 1â€"20. Flourâ€"Fir: ents. $3.90 to $4; second p $33.70 to $3.80; first clears, $2 $2.90. Branâ€"In bulk. $9.25 to 1 exception of 28 coloured, which were sold for 80, all brought 81-40. Lovell and Christmas got 488, Hodgson Bros. 410, Alexander 107, and Ayer 317. London, Ont., May 29.â€"At the mar- ket held here toâ€"day 15 factories board- ed 1,128 boxes, May make. Sales :â€"340 at 8 1-40. Toledo. May 29.â€"-Wheatâ€"No. 2 cash and May, 770. Cornâ€"No. 2 mixed, 340. Oatsâ€"No. 2 mixed, ‘280. Ryeâ€"No.2 cash, 61c bid. Cloverseedâ€"Prime, new, $3,771-2 bid; October. 154,571-2 bid. Oil ents. $3.90 to $4; second patents, $3.70 to $3.80; first clears, $2.80 to $2.90. Branâ€"In bulk. $9.25 to $9.55. Duluth, May 29.â€"Wheatâ€"No. 1 hard, cash, and May, 77 1-80: July, 77 5-80; No. 1 Northern, 74 5-80; No. 2 Northern. 70 1-80. Mxlwnukee, May 29.â€"VVheatâ€"No. 1 Northern. 75 to 760; No. 2 Northern. 74 1-2 to 75c: No. 1 rye, 600. Barley â€"No. 2, 400 1â€"2 to 41c; sample, 38 1-4 to 400. . CHEESE MARKETS. Cowansville. Que., May 29.â€"â€"At the board to-day 14 factories offered 1.31:7 boxes of cheese; three creameries 130 boxes of butter; 16 3-40 bid on butter by H. H. Hibbard; no sales; 143 boxes cheese sold to J. Gibson for 81â€"20; 331 boxes cheese sold to Hibbard for 8 1â€"20; 203 boxes cheese sold to J. Burnett for 81-2c; 243 boxes cheese sold to P. F. Ferguson for 83.80; balance unsold. Adjourned to June 3rd, at 1 p.m. Cornwall, Ont., May 29,â€"Toâ€"day 1,090 boxes of white and 88 of colored cheese were boarded and sold here, with the Unchanged TWENTY MlLLlONS STARVING. MUNICIPAL STATISTICS. MAJESTY’S EYESIGHT. A no l't‘rl‘urmvd 'l‘hls “’eek to liv (we a ('alnrafl. , 1,113,530; towns, 312,â€" as L0 its bei 36‘); cities, 430,940; and demly erron roperty as follows;â€" bability 11. .,722,478; towns, $97,- aly case i. $30,497,707; and cities. good deal of this section. May 29,â€"Wheat orthern, May. 71 72 3-4c; Septem- c:-â€"No. 1 hard. ’73 , 72 1-20; No. 2 Flourâ€"First pat- ', and the total the taxes imâ€" 206,3'25. the rate or 15.19 mills INDIANTOWN, A NORTHERN SU- BURB, NEARLY WIPED OUT. Two llnmlrell Buildings Ileslroycd, Noni-11 One 'I lmusnnd I’euple Rendered llomc luv. and Two F:|l;|lllle§-Al'¢‘l l “"1 Square Fire-Swept. GREAT FIRE AT ST. JOHN. A despatch from St. John. N.B., says; .â€"-The northern end of St. John city was badly devasted by fire Thursday afternoon and evening. The flame: broke out in a. warehouse near @111 river bank at Indiantown. and, tan- ned by a stiff southerly gale, spread with great rapidity, first wiping out the large stores and warehouses near the wharves, and then attacking the adjacent district, where reside the peo ple employed in the nearby saw mill: and others in humble walks of life, Most of their residences were small wooden buildings, but all were com- fortably furnished. The loss to thest people is very great; in many case! the fire swept away all their wordl) goods. 0n Bridge street alone one hundred dwellings were burned. The fire broke out shortly after om o’clock in a house owned. by John Port ter, on Bridge street, lndiantown, ad- joining the hardware house of Naz & Son. The warehouse soon caught,and both were blazing fiercely when the alarm had summoned the fire depart- ment. All the available apparatus in the city was hurried to the scene, but it was inadequate to cope with thq raging demon, which soon had posses- sion of the whole blocks of buildings The district with hardly an exception contained woollen buildings. The wind increased in violence, Driven by this. the flames fairly rushed up lndian- town. The firemen were backed from house to house, block after block. I!" IOIII' 'l‘hal ll ll:\~ Made llsAppenrnncc In ulnzs (‘0!mly. Only once before has there been such a fire in St, John, and then, in 1877, the whole city was wiped out. A despatch from Belleville s-xys:- Consternation has been caused among the farming community around here by the report that the army worm had made its appearance on the farm of Mrs. Boldrick, 7Lh concession Tyen- dinaga, lot 10. a half acre of wooded One aged Woman refused to leave her house and perished in the flames. Another lady, who was in ill-healthI died of the shock before her house caught. BUKNED OUT OF THEIR HOMES. Many families of moderate mean: lived in the large tenements and small wooden buildings along Bridge street, and the scene on the water front was a pathetic one. As the fire worked its way down each side of the street, men, women, and children hurried out of the houses like hens from their nests, each bearing armsful of household ef- fects. These were deposited in the streets, on the wharves. or on board boats. The fire ate on and on, house after house smouldered, burst in flames. blazed furiously, and crumbled to a mass of red embers. There were three blocks of building: between the north side of Main street and the open country. These were all of dry wood. and as the flames devour- ed them, people fled with whateve) they could save to the rocks and bills or beyond into the wet. marshy valley Thursday night the scene is aweird one. Several acres of ground are aglo“ with burning embers. Shelter has bee: pr‘r'ideLl [or [how who were burned out but many grief-stricken people an wandering among the ruins. The wind blew the flames away from the water's edge, but as the embers accumulated intense heat was gener- ated, and soon fire attacked the house- hold effects piled on the piers. Then the ferryâ€"house and the Stat line warehouse burst into flames, fol- lowed by the river steamer May Queen’s warehouse, 200 feet away. These were entirely burned, but the fire got no further in this direction. Briâ€"dge street. however, which rum parallel with the water, was burned. on both sides from end to end. Fortunately the fire did not extend any great distance on Main street, be» ing stepped below the street car shed but it nevertheless wiped out SOME FINE RESIDENCES. It was all the whole city fire de- partment could do. after six hours hard fighting. to stop the advance oi the flames. which swept over an area of about one mile square. The stores and. warehouses of Messrs Naz, Horncastie, Capt. Keast, the J. W. McAilary Co., and other general dealers, who do a big trade along thc St. John river, were consumed, with all their valuable stocks. All thfl steamship lines lost their warehouses. containing more or less freight. Over two hundred buildings were burned, and the ploperty loss is well up to a million dollars. It is estimat- ed lhat six hundred to one thousand people are homeless. ONLY THREE HOUSES REMAIN ARMY WORM IN CANADA. that the rumour rmy worm is eviâ€" xhat in all pro- Lss‘mk moth. In :ient to cause a agriculturists 'u: Juses of Messrs . Keast, the J. 1 other general trade along the consumed, with stocks. All the 1 the trees were