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TRAIN PLUNGES INlt) RIVE C. P. R. Train Drops 360 Feet Into a Canyon A despatch from Vancouver, B. C., saysâ€"Three hundred and sixty feet sheer down into the foaming torrent that forces its way through the sharpâ€"cut canyon of the Fraser, near the town of Lytton, was the awful plunge taken on Friday morning by a Canadian Pacific west-bound freight. The track had been buried by a sudden slide, and in the dark hour that proceeds the dawn the train had headed straight into the chasm, where a, sale truck had been not many minutes before. Happily, though remarkably, the train was broken in its plunge, the latter por- tion remaining on the rails, pinned mid-section in a narrow cut, and thus conductor and brakesman saved their lives. Engineer Randall and Fireman Pottrui'i. of course, met instant death falling with their locomotive into the th at gulf swallowed up the train. Both were married men, and nad their home at North Bend, whence came the first news of the fatality. OFFICIAL ACCOUNT. The official statement issued by the railway authorities stated that the hill-fated train, which was an extra freight in, charge or Conductor Har- ris, struck the rock slide at 5:15 at AT THE "DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND" Just below Lytton, where the ca- tastrophe occurred, the canyon wid- Iens slightly to admit the Fraser's main tributary coming from the north between great mountain rang- es. the place being locally known as the "Devil's Playground." Here it was that the locomotive, hitting the mass of rock, shot into the chasm, carrying with it the five foremost There is a pretty good trade in stockers at from 3 to tile per pound. Export bulls are worth from 31,- to 4&0 per pound. Feeders are worth from 3 to 35c per pound. ' A few good milch cows Will sell; prices to-day ranng from $25 to $45 each. More choice vcals would have sold. Sheep are worth from 2?; to Sc per pound. ‘ Lambs Were a little better this morning, and sold up to $3.60 as the outside price. Hogs are unchanged to-dny, but the outlook is for lower prices next week. The best price for “singers” is 6c per lb; thick fat and light hogs are worth 52 to 55c per ll). Hogs to fetch the top price must be of prime quality, and scale not. below 160 nor above 200 lbs. Following is the range of quota- cars. Thousands of tons of steel and I heavy timber disappeared in a UODSi" twinkling, and in an instant later Cattle: we“) . the my“; of gundmg rock and Shippers. per cwt . . . . . . . $4.25 $4.75 whirling waters. The brakesman had Butcher Choice ............ 375 4:30 by sun mmng dcb,.js_ pinching the walked back to the caboose from the Butcher: ow. to good. 3.25 375 -engine but ten minutes previous, and Inutcher inferior _ _ _ . . ' . ~ . 275 3.00 with the conductor was providential-l ' Slmcp and Lambs. 1y puny:th by “‘9 gm.“ “Shh” iChoico ewes. per cwt... 3.7:“) 3.00 rock nipping the tram in midâ€"secâ€" Butcher Sheep, eachmu 200 3.00 twn‘ Lambs, per cwt...... . .. 3.20 3.60 The regular freight had passed the Bucks, per mm, , ‘ , _ , , , _ _ , 2,00 2.50 spot less than two hours before. mum-pg and Calves. while the section patrol had becnjcows’ each , , , , , , , _ , , _ , , . . 30.00 45.00 over and found all sale within an'cfllws’ each”, 200 10.00 hour previous. The weather was Ilogs. clear and frosty, and to this is Choice hog-S, per cwtm, 6.00 6.122, Charged the slid which caused the Light hogs. per cwt, ,,,,,, 5.75 5.8 disaster. When he air is cool in plieavy hogs, pop cwt," 5.75 5.87.} these localities the rock cracks, and sows. pm- cwtm _, ......... 350 4.00 the track being the only obstruction stags' per cwtm 0,00 2.00 for any part of the mountain separ- .____+.._..â€"_. quite the wildest part of the whole mountain section, where the train crawls, flyâ€"like, along the side of the frowning precipitous clifis, at whose feet. the Tawney River ebbs its way through solid masses of forbidding rocks. The canyon begins some miles above, just passing Drynock. As the railway leaves the Thompson River, the gorge rapidly narrows and deepâ€" ens the walls of the cliffs on the opâ€" posite side forming a. high escarp- ment through a break in which the peaks of the ranges are visible. THEMARKEIS Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc in Trade Centres. Toronto, December 10.â€"Whea.tâ€"â€"The wheat market is firm, with fair de- mand from miners. Sales of No. 2 white at 73c and of red winter at 740 middle freight, and No. 1 spring is quoted at 714; to 72c east. Maniâ€" toqa wheat is higher, there being sales of No. 1 hard at 88c, Toronto and west, and it Is nerd at 90c, grinding in transit. No. 1 Northern sold ati 85 to 860 g.i.t,, and No. 2 Norther; at 82 to 83¢ git. Oats The market is firmer to-day, with an, increased demand. There were sales this afternoon of No. 2 at 455c middle freight, and at 40c east. Peasâ€"The market is firm, with good demand. No. 2 brought 80c west. and 81 to 82c middle freight. Cornâ€"The market is higher, with sales of No. 2 yellow Canadian at 58 to 60¢ west, and of mixed at 569} to 580 west. U. S. corn quoted at 71 to 71jc on track here. Barleyâ€"Market continues firm, with demand moderate. No. 1 quoted at 57c, and No. 2 at 54c; No. 3 extra 3t 51 to 52c, and No. 3 at 50c mid- le freight. Ryeâ€"The market is firm, and sales at 550 middle freight. Buckwheatâ€"There is a fair demand, with sales at 54§c middle freight. Flourâ€"The market continues firm. Ninety per cent. patents in buyers‘ bags wanted at $2.75 middle freight but none offering. Locally and for Lower Province trade prices of choice straight rollers in wood, are $3.35 to $3.40. Manitoba wheat flour un- changed. Hungarian patents, $4. bags included, at Toronto, and] strong bakers, 83.70. 0atm‘ealâ€"â€"Market unchanged. Car lots on track here, $5.25 in bags. and $5.40 in wood. 250 per bbl extra. Millfeedâ€"Bran is firm at $10 to $16.50 low freights for export, and at 518 here. Shorts, $19 to $19.50 Broken lots, luiv freights for export, and $120 here. Manitoba bran, S10 and shorts $21, Toronto freights, including sacks. ' PRODUCE. Potatoesâ€"The market is firm. Cars sold today at 61 to (33c per bag on track, and sell out of store at 75 to 8.0c. Dried Applesâ€"Market is steady. Prices are 51} to (Sc per lb. Evapor- ated sell at 9 to 10¢. Hopsâ€"Business quiet, with prices steady at. ‘13c: yearlings, Sc. Honeyâ€"The market. is unchanged at 9; to 10c. Combs, $1.50 to $2.50 per dozen. BONlS’JI‘hO market is steady. Un- pickcd are jobbing at $1110 to $1.45, and handpicked at $1.53. Cranberries â€"â€" Market unchanged, with Cape God at $8 to $9 per bbl: Canadian, $6.50 to 37. Hay, baledâ€"The market is firm, with sales on track at $9 to $9.50, the latter for No. I. Strawâ€"The market is quiet and firm. Car lots on track being $6 per ton. - Poultry-Trade is fair, with re- ceipts good. We quote turkeys (dry ating itself from the parent body, it must receive the deposit. VICTIMS’ BODIES RECOVERED. Both victims of the accident have homes at North Bend, the division point. Randall all but met death a. year or so ago near Spaisum, and was brought back to life chiefly through the careful attention of his wife. Pottrufi formerly resided in this city, and had been but three weeks wedded. Both bottles have been re- covered, horriny mutilated. ipicked) 6?; to Sc; geese, 5.} to Go; ducks, 60 to 70:; chickens (young) 4.0 to 50c; old, 25 to 350. HOGS AND PROVISIONS. Dressed hogs are firm at $7.75 to $7.00 in car lots. Hog products quiet. We quotezâ€"Bacon, long clear. sells at 10§c in tonlmid case lots. Mess pork, $19 to $19.50; do, short cut, $20.50 to $21. Smoked Meatsâ€"Hams, 13c; break- ,fast bacon, lac; rolls, 11c; backs, 14c, and shoulders, loge. Lai‘dearket unchanged. We quote:â€"â€"Tierces. 10%c; tubs, 11c; pails llfc; Fearman's 8.3.0. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€"The receipts are fair, but there is a good deal of poor stuff of- fering. Choice grades tell well. We 5quote:â€"Choice dairy tubs and rolls, i16c; selected 1-H) rails, 17 to 180; glow grades, 11 to 13c. Packages showing feed, 1 to 20 per 11) less than ab0ve quotations. Creamery 'prints, 21 to 22c; (10., solids, 20 to 20fic. Eggerarket firm. We quote fresh, 22 to 23c; com storage, 18 to 19c, and limed, 10 to log-c. Cheeseâ€"The market is quiet, prices unchanged at 94‘ to 95c. and UNITED STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, Dec 10.â€"â€"Flour-â€"Strong. Wheatâ€"Spring dull; No. 1 Northern, 822C; winter, unsettled; No. 2 red, 84c. Cornâ€"Higher but dull; No. 2 yellow, "(l-kc; No. 3 (10., 71c; No. 2 corn, 716; No. 3 do, 70%c. Oatsâ€"- Firm for white, dull for miked: No. 2 white, 51:30; No. 3 do, 51c; No. 2 mixed, 48c; No. 3, 473%. Barleyâ€"â€" Light demand; fancy, 66 to 670. Rye -â€"-No. 1', 60c asked. “ Milwaukee, Dec. lO.â€"â€"Wheatâ€"-No. 1 Northern, 75;c; No. 2 Northern, 73 to 74130; May, 79:0. RyLâ€"No. 1 615C. Barleyâ€"No. 2, file. Cornâ€" ‘May, 6651‘. Duluth, Dec. 10.â€"Wheut closedâ€"â€" Cash, No. 1 hard, 763e," No. :3 Norâ€" thern, 71:}c; No. 1 Northern, 712C; No. 1 Northern. and December. ”" l1)§c; May, 770. Cornâ€"(inc. Outsâ€"44:42 Toledo, Dec. lO.â€"thul.â€"L‘asl1 and December. 8233c; May, 8450. Corn- December, 66c; May, 6'73c. Oatsâ€"- December, 45.}.c; May. (itijc. Clover- seedâ€"December 85157.3; Mart-h. $5.30. Minneapolis, llcc. 10.~Wl:cnt closed â€"â€"Cash, 74 fie; December, "" May, 1001 "FR logo to 7532c; on track, No. 1 hard, 77?; No. 1 Northern. 745m No. 2 do; 7220. Flourâ€"~First patents, $3.75 to $3.85; second (in, $3.60 to $3.70; first clears. $2.85 to $2.93; second clears, $2.30. liran~ln bulk, $18 to $18.50. CATTLE illAlilx’l'Tl‘. Toronto, Dec. illâ€"Tin- l'l'Cl'lpls m, the Western cattle yards this morn- ing were 422 rarloads of live stock, including 1.300 hogs, $00 cattle, I132 sheep and lambs, a demon Calves and a dozen mileh cows. Butcher Cutth are steady and unâ€" changed at from 3’} to (ilc for good to choice, and for selections 5 to 10c more was occasionally paid. Not much really good cattle came here. toâ€"day. but we had a fair clearance. There. is scarcely any export busi- ness being done just now, and prices pare. about nominal at from 4; to 4} per pound. SCHOOLBOY MURDERED. Assailant a Boy Eleven Years. Cincinnati, 0., Dec. 4.-The shock- ing scene of a schoolboy of eight. stabbed to death by a schoolmate aged eleven was witnessed on the streets of Newport, Ky., at noon on Wednesday. Joseph Creelman, the victim, had had a quarrel in the schoolroom with Eddie Armines, and when on their way home the quarrel was renewed. A third boy, taking the part of Greelman, threw a piece of brick which struck Ar- mines on the head. At that moment Creelman ran up to him and was stabbed. He soon fell, and in fifteen iminutes was dead. The Armines boy of Only His walked rapidly away, carrying the pocket-knife in his hand. He went to the first engine‘house, of which his uncle is the captain, and threw the knife into an outhouse. but said nothing about the murder until the news of the lad's death became known. IIis uncle then promptly surrendered him to the police, to whom the boy told this story of crime:â€" "Creclman missed his reading les- son and was sent to the {cot of the class. The teacher made him sit at the blackboard, and I laughed at him. When the school was out he cursed me. I started for the engine- house, and Plummet threw a brick at me, and Creelman ran up and grabbed me by the arms. I did not think the brick was thrown at; me until it; hit me on the hand. Then I stuck the knife out easy and heard his coat rip." ,Both boys belong to excellent families. ...__+__.___. ROYAL GUESTS OF LONDON. Prince and Princess of Wales at; the Guild Hall. A despatch from London says 'â€" The city entertained the Prince and Princess of Wales on Friday afterâ€" noon at a. luncheon given in the Guild Hall, and presented them With an address of congratulation on their successful tour of the British empire. The royal party drove from York House to the Guild Hall in an open, fourâ€"horsed landau, escorted by Life Guards. They met everywhere with the heartiest reception from the sightseers lining the brightly-belied:- ed and troop-guarded route. The scene in the library of the corpora- tion's historic quarters, where their Royal iiighnesses were received by the Lord Mayor, Sir Joseph C. Dimsdale. and the corporation, Was picturesque. Levee or diplomatic dress, uniforms, or judicial robes were worn by the majority of the guests, among whom were Hie Agents General of the. colonies. Prominent among the other notables present were Lord Sell my. Lord Rosehery. and Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain. Owâ€" ing to illness Lord Strathconu Was not able to attend. O MANY CHILDREN BURNED. Yearly Record of 600 Deaths in London. A vlt‘SDtllt'll from London saysâ€"ilk. Wescott, of Hackney, a. suburb of London, who holds the place of cor- oner, has drawn public uttenlion in the terrible yearly record of HUI.) childit'n burned to death in London. As a result of representations on this subject made by the Coroners’ Soci- 71} statement NEWS IIEMS. Telegraphic Briefs From All Over the Globe. CANADA. Diphtheria is epidemic at Antirosti. It is rumored that smallpox has broken out in Ottawa University. l'lxtcnsive deposits of red hematite orc have been found west of Port Ar- thur. Halifax will be the. place of con- centration for the Mounted Rifles in- stead of Ottawa. Ottawa police are watching all citâ€" izens, who imbibe liquor in litxmsed houses after hours. The Dominion Coal Co, of Hali- fax, will sell 80,000 tons of coal to American railway companies. The home of Iloberc Campbell, near 'I‘ruro, N. 8., was burned and three children perished in the flames. A Chinaman, under sentence of death for murder at New Westminâ€" ster, will be examined as to his san- ity. Mr. H. (llergue has subscribed $5,000 and the stone required to erect an addition to the General Hosâ€" pital at Sault Ste. Marie. James Conmee is authority for the that one of the largest flour mills of the World is to be built at Norman, near Rat Portage. Lieut. W. R. Marshall, of Hamil- ton, who served with the first Canaâ€" dian contingent, has accepted a. lieutâ€" enancy in the corps now being formâ€" ed. Mr. 'I‘arto has tract for building 75 miles of tele. graph line near Albcrni, B. 0.. to T. l). Conway. The contract price is $6,400. Plants are to be erected on both sides of the "See" for the making of steel tubes. Millions of English cap- ital are behind this and the other Clergue enterprises. Capt. Bogart and Licut. Caldwell, in charge of the Survey office at the Military College at Kingston, will be transferred to Ottawa. where the work will be done hereafter. I". A Kingston soldier has resisLed imâ€" prisonment for debt, and will likely be upheld by the court on the ground that under military regulations a. I cannot be imprisoned for 'soldier debt. The Montreal Chamber of Comâ€" merce is urging the Dominion Gov- ernth to give premiums to en- fcourage the building of iron ships in Canada for navigation on the lakes and the St. LaWrcnce. ._.__ GREAT BRITAIN. Mr. Chamberlain denies that he is at all ill. King EdWard will be crowned June 26th next. Florence Nightingale is not near to death as reported from London. It is almost certain that Lord Dudley will succeed the Earl of Cad- ogan as Viceroy of Ireland. There is considerable scepticism in Manchester to the low official esti- mate of the American cotton crop. The torpedo boat destroyer Wizard collided with a. passenger steamer at Portsmouth and was badly damaged. Most Rev. James Weldon, Bishop of Calcutta, has been appointed Canon of Westminster Abâ€"i boy. The Earl of Softon, well known on the turf, and an authority upon card games and sporting matters, is dead lat London, aged 3 . The editor of the London Weekly Despatch has been sent to jail for six weeks for publishing alleged sen- lsational disclosures about a murder before the trial of the alleged mur- Iderer. UNITED S’i‘A’f‘l'JS. Bubonie plague is spreading about Cape Calony. A boiler explosion at N-.-w Decatur, HULL, killed four men. In Baltimore whiskey will be man- ufactured from ripe water melons. ’1‘. J. Smith, the defaulting city clerk of Dana, Ill., has been arrested. At; Ogdensburg, N. Y., 14 China- men are in jail for unlawfully enter- ing the country. i The National LiVe Stock Associa- tion will meet at Kansas City in January, 1903. I’rospectors from (iold Monutain of Galiuros, Arizona. report the gold find large and rich. Yercstchngin of Most‘uw. the celeâ€" brated painter, will point a pm‘ii‘aif )f President Roosevelt. l ( I (‘urrie Nation has offered to go to 'l"ranre and ln-ad in a crusade against cafes, drugs and tolmcw, At Andalusia, Ala , a. film. xii)! folâ€" loi‘lt'll the killing of Fat." Ailllll’~nfl .ulltl J. W, lfiorsr-y by a negro. Mr. Carnegie }!l‘U[H)<-:s :‘ounilaig u tow“ where telegraph opt-rain” may ety to the Home Secretary, the Gov-lacqnim a home on rainy paglrn'nie- ci‘nment is considering the advisabilw Illâ€"y oi legislation which n oliltl enable. to find and imprison; the Coroners persons who with fire, or mg a fire, if children burned to death. leave. children alone with material for makâ€" are thereby 0f the 3,000 full; introduced into IIL‘IIFI‘Q‘WIIHIIZO Ilrot'rnimv, (‘0!1gl‘vaS, l-- Hp: list with of 'l'ennesw-a ails 11202. i i The lil‘i‘iisif \\.:x‘ 0713‘": lids gx'v-tttly increased its >lli£lil§"ilL$ of mules and awarded the con-‘ Edward Cowell . horses from New Orleans to South Africa. U. S. financial returns silo.” a sun plus for November of $5,517,860. and $32,878,930 for the five months of the. present fiscal year. N. P. Claik, the St. Cloud lumber“ man, capitalist, and owner of the fa- mous Clark stock farm, filed a peti~ lion in bankruptcy at Fergus Falls, Minn. ’1‘. Wister Brown, of Philadelphia. has given to llaverford College near- ly 1,000 clay tablets, or Babylonian books, many of which were in exisâ€" tcnre 3,000 years before Christ. (llllNliltAL. The Italian budget plus of $8,200,000. Crown Prince Frederick William, of Germany, is very ill. An American bank with $6,000,000 capital is projected for Berlin. lermnny will establish :1 Bureau of shows a sur- Labor Statistics like that of the United States. Many new prisons are planned in Russia because of the partial cessa- tion of banishment. to Siberia. Rev. Dr. Thomas Kennedy, rector of the American college, Home, has purchased a building for it near the I’ilotta Palace. -â€".+~,â€"~ DROWNED IN THE OTTAWA <Miss Bessie Blair and. Mr. H. A. Harper the Vi tims. A despatch from Ottawa says 1â€"4 The melancholy news that Miss Bessie Blair, third (laughter of Hon. A. G. Blair, Minister of Railways and Canals, and Mr. H. A. Harper, assistant to Mr. W. L. M. King, I)e« puty Minister of Labor, had been drowned whilst skating on the Ot- tawa River, caused a profound sen. sation at the Capital on Friday night. The tragedy occurred ncal Kettle Island, three miles from the city, at about dusk, and until late in the evening it was difficult to ob‘ tain particulars. A SKATING PARTY. It seems, however, that a party. consisting of Miss Bessie Blair, Miss Snowball, daughter of Senator Snowball, who is visiting at the ‘Blair residence, Mr. Harper and Mr. Creelman of the Imperial Bank, started from the interprovineial *bridge between 4 and 5 o‘clock for a skate down the ttawa River. Mr. Creelman and 'iss Blair were lead- ing, and Mr. Harper and Miss Snow- ‘bal‘. followed. When near Kettle Is« land Mr. Creelman and Miss Blair broke through the ice and were struggling for their lives. Mr. Harp- Ier threw off his coat and rushed to jthe rescue. Miss Snowball (lashed ‘Ifor assistance to the nearest house 'on the shore. On the way she met Mr. A. N. C. Treadgold and Miss May Blair, who were bringing up the [rear of a skating party from Gov- ernment IIouSe that had gone out some hours earlier and were returnâ€" ing home. Mr. rl‘readgold flew to the ‘spot where the accident occurred and was in time to extricate Mr. Creel- fman. The latter was unconscious. and the other two were nowhere to be seen. When Mr. Creelman recov- ered he asked “Where is Miss Blair?" “Here,” replied Mr. Treadgold, sup- posing the rescued man meant the young lady he had been escorting. “No,” replied Mr. Creelman eebly, “I mean Miss Bessie Blair; she Went down with me." Nothing was to be seen of either Miss Bessie Blair or Mr. Harper. and. the preâ€" sumption is that they were both drowned. Mr. Creelman was convcy‘ ed to a house on the shore, where he 'lies at present very ill from the effects of the immersion. In the darkness which had gathered nothing {in the way of relief could be done until lights had been obtained and a. search party organized. Mr. Tread~ gold and Miss Snowball made their way to the city and repaired to the Blair residence, which they reached about 7 o'clock. The cruel news was broken as gently as possible to the family, but it was a terrible shock. Mr. and Mrs. Blair are absent at Clifton Springs, New York, where the latter is undergoing treatment for rheumatism. and were not expectâ€" ed home for some days. Upon Mr.‘ J. Lambert Payne, Secretary to the Minister of Railways, devolved the sad duty of informing his chief by telegraph of the tragedy. .9”... ONTARIO CAME SECOND. Beaten by Iowa Students in Chi. cage Judging Contest. A despafch from Chicago stiysz-It is estimated that 400,00011ersons visited the International Live Stock l‘lxposition which closed Saturday night. The awards in the inter-colâ€" legiate students" live stock judging ('tinio'st \i’t‘l‘u announced on Sunday, lowa being n'n'ardeil the Spoor tro- phey, and (inelph, ()ntario, Illinois, It]IL‘lllL',‘:i:l, \\’i.<:~on.~in, Indiana. and. North Dakota. being placed in tho order named. The grand total of averages by points follows:â€" luwa. 3.75:". points; Guelph Agricull turol (.‘ollegw, 3.510 points; Illinois, Sid-‘5ng Michigan, 3.3261,; Wisconsin, :,;‘_20 5-6: Indiana, ,312 5-6: North Ditltflla. 23,80” “-': paints. .m)‘. Fa...â€" Qucen Wilhelmina liu's entirely re-. C(J'itfl‘t‘d her health. The company operating all the street car lines in Minneapolis, St. Paul and Stillman has increased the "cages oi motoring-ii and conducts urs. |