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HUNBBEDS DIE IN MINE FIRE Terrible Explosion in a Colliery Near Calais France, Entraps 1,200 Paris. March 10,â€"A mining catas- trophe of ineulculable horror and mag- nitude has stricken the great coal centre of northern France. An explosion of tire damp ut 7 o'clock this morning car- ried death and destruction throughout the network of coal mines centred ut Courriercs, and fire followed the explos- ion. making rescues difl‘icult and almost impossible. The intense excitement and confusion in the vicinity prevented early estimates of the exact loss of life, but a despatch received here at 4.35 p. m.. gilt/o 1,494 miners entombed. and prob- h,‘ , _I_ ALI;- Annninn RBI); Idsâ€"if M 6.45 o'clock this evening a brief dcspnich from Line announced the awful total of 1.193 dead. __ All France has been profoundly shock- ed by the magnitude of the disaster. which is said to be the greatest in the history of continental mining. IMPOSSIBLE TO RENDER AID. Gas is pouring into pil No. 2, prevent- ing an entrance, and is is impossible to succor the men imprisoned there. ln pil. No. 3 the cages will not work. hav- ing been damaged by the violence of the explosion. The rescue work. therefore, is proceeding mainin in pit No. It. The rescuers are made up of engineers and the personnel of the surrounding mining towns. Ten miners from pit No. It were re- moved alive. but none of the 858 miners who entered pit N0. 4 has yet been brought out. Of the 500 miners who de- scended there this morning, according to a despatch from Lens. 388 have been brought out. but the rescue of the others is impossible. {in pit No. 3 only 13 men out of 443 have een rescued. and as the ladders are broken and the cages jammed the rescuers despair of helping the others. 'The Prefect of Pas de Calais. M. Arms, is directing the work 0!? rescue at pit No. 11. near the scene of the main catastrophe. it is possible that the rescuers may be able to up- A THOUSAND FOR ONTARIO. Church Armj' Party Secured tor the Province. A Toronto despatch says: The Minis- ter of Agriculture has received a cable from Mr. J. O'Byrne. colonization! agent at Liverpool, stating that the whole party of 1,000 men arranged for by the Church Army had been secured for On- tario. A,-large number of the party will sail on April 19. The grants made ry Canon Carlile‘s organization are in the shape of loans, and each emigrant signs a contract‘to repay the passage-money in six quortely instalments. They are carefully selected and tested at the‘ Church Army‘s [arm colonies as for as possible. Each is recommended by re- sponsible parties. A large number of the men, it is said. will be accompanied by their families. The sum of £10,000 has teen raised by the Church Army for the purpose, and a further appeal for £100.- 000 to send out 10,000 men is being made. The men are expected to take up the free grants of 160 acres after a year 01‘ so of experience in the Province. CONSUMPTEON 0F LUMBER- Statistics (or Manitoba and Saskatche- wanhâ€"Quantity Imported. A Winnipeg despatch says: The Crown timber omce here has issued in- teresting statistics showing the amount of lumber consumed in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, based on reliable infor- mation. which assures that the figures are approximately corroct. The total 11g- grcgatcs 379,901,189 feet, of which 37.- 015.821 feet were imported from the United States. 115,000,000 feet brought from British Columbia. and 82.000300 feet from new Ontario. There was an AA AAA AAA L_-i -..-_. Kuyl‘ u n v . . . . . _ . V . increase of nearly 38,000,001) feet over the preceding year. Governor-General to be Entertained at :1; Banquet by the Pilgrims. A New York despatch says : Earl Grey. Governorâ€"General of Canada. has ac- cepted the imitation of the Pilgrims to a dinner in his honor at the Waldorf- Asioria. on March 31. and will come down from Ottawa for the occasion with several of his Cabinet. Ministers. Secrm tary Root. and other members of the Administration. as well as Sir Mortimer Durand, the British Ambassador, have also promised to attend, while the Presi. dent may be present. The dinner will be eventful as the first occasion of any public entertainment. of the Governor- General of the Dominion, either in New York or anywhere else in the United States. In the absence of Bishop Putter, Maris K. of the PH FELL ONE MiLE T0 EARTH ME I\. J TO VISIT NEW YORK. )l allonn Containing Nine Sol Collapsed Near Home. l D 11 l“ l be Entcrlaincd at a )1] 3n, either in New 150 in the United of Bishop PQLLeI- 1.11 T! chair envelop PoLLeI sident proach the lateral galleries, and tiny miners, headed by Engineer Bar, hilt/0 been formed into a relief gang, and will make an attempt to reach them. Voreman Lecomle came up from the mine this afternoon and reported a ter- rifying scene below. FAMILIES CROWDED THE SHAFTS. The families of the entombed miners crowded about the shaft seeking liUs- bands or fathers and threatening in their efforts to obtain details to force buck the gendarmes who kept them from the mouth oi the pit. The populace of the district is appalted by the disaster. which affects every household. Those persons who were rescued were terribly burned The latest estimates place those taken 1 out at. 591. .. ,,A_ u”. haw/xii Vuu _. v- _. Throughout the afternoon the hermc efforts at rescue were continued, but nightfall brought the conviction that the entombed men had been suffocated, and the despatch from Lille at 81.5 p.m. un- nouncing the number of (load at 1,193 appears to remove the last hope that others may be brought. to the surface alive. mine this morning. There was a deal- ening explosion, which was followed by the cages and mining apparatus being hurled from the mouth of the Courrioros mine. Men and horse nearby outside the mine were either stunned or killed. The roof of the mine office was torn off. Immediately following the explosion flnmaq hurd. from the mouth of the pit, flames burst from the mouth of the pit, driving back those without who sought to enter and dooming those within. The work of attempting to rescue the im- prisoned miners was hast,in begun by officials. engineers and miners from the surrounding mines, who formed parties and made heroic efforts to penetrate the smoke and foul gases and bring out the imprisoned. First Census of the Empire Shows 400,000,000 Population. A despatch from London says: The result of the first. organized census oi the British Empire is isued in a blue book. It shows that the Empire consists of an approximate area of 11,908,378 square miles. or more than one-fifth of the entire land area at the world. The population is about 400,000,000, of whom 54,000,000 are whites. The population is roughly distributed as follows:â€" In Asia ......... 300,000,000 In Africa . . . . . . 43,000,000 In Europe ..... . ....... .. 42,000,000 In America . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,500,000 In Australasia . . . . . . . . . . 5,000,000 The most. populous city after London is Calcutta. The highest proportion ct married persons is in India, Natal, Cy- prus and Canada. The lowest is in the West Indies. Depression in the birth rate is general almost everywhere, but is most remarkable in Australasia. The proportion of insane persons in the colonies is much below that in the United Kingdom. Insanity is markedly decreasing in India, despite consang- uineous marriages. Indeed, the theory that such marriages produce mental un- soundness is little supported by these statistics. / A TERRIBLE EXPLOSION The catastrohg Atopk place BRITAIN OWNS FIFTH OI“ “'ORLD. A despateh from Chicago says: The principal in the $18,000 forgery of Illi- nois Steel Company pay checks in South ‘ Chicago has been discovered. Accord-1 ing to his own confession. Louis Long-‘ pro is the man. He was arrested on Tuesday in the office of the Western Bank Note Company, where he has been employed as on engraver. Longpre confessed that he made the plate from which the checks were printed and that, he assisted in cashing them among the South Chicago merchants. Marie. Long- pre's wife. was arrested Monday and was identified by several merchants as having cashed some of the pay cheeks. There are several others under arrest, but the police refuse to tell their identity. Longpro in previous years has been {arrested on suspicion of being concerned t in other big forgeries. I (who laugh Millionaires Who Laugh Arc Rare, Says Carnegie. A despatch from London says: An- drew Carnegie has written to a news- paper here declaring that the advan- tages of wealth are trifling. He says. “Beyond n competence for old age. which need not be great, and may he very small, wealth lessens rather than in- creases human happiness. Millionaires who laugh are rare." Bill Carried to Pay Each of Thom One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars. A dcspalch from London says: The House of Commons. after a discussior occupying: the whole of the Wednesdn) House 6f 0 occupying tl evening ses: Passed $18,000 Worth of Bogus Pay Checks. SALARY FOR BRITISH MEMBERS. DAPJ'NG FORGE“ ARRESTED. CARNEGIE ON \VEALTIL etails to force back ) kept them from the The populace of the by the disaster. which hold. Those persons were terribly burned. as place those taken relief gang. MIG ; reach them. came up from and reporle‘l I the Wedu by a I ma [God by tlu and (lily the heroic shorny new varieties, some of exceedingly well in t1 ducted experiments at are now being distribu for cooperative exp: EXPERIMENTS “"lTH FARM CROPS. out Ontario. The following co-opcmtive experiments in for 1906; 1â€"Thrce varieties or Oats 2â€"â€"(a) Three varieties of k Barley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) Two variclies of TV Vetches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IQâ€"Two varieties of Rape 20â€"Tm‘cc varieties or Clover . . . . . 21â€"Sainf0in. Luceme. and 81mm! 22â€"Sevon varieties of Grasst 23â€"Thrce varieties of Field Beuns.. 2iâ€"Three varieties of Sweet Corn .. 25â€"Fetflilizex‘s with Com . . . . . . . . . . 26â€"Ferlilizers with Swedish 'l‘urnips 27â€"Sowing Mungels on the level and Barley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3â€"Tw0 varieties of Hulless Barley 4â€"Two varieties of Spring Wheat 5â€"Two varieties of Buckwheat .. Gâ€"Two varieties of Field Peas in drilis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28â€"Two varieties of early, medium, or late Pomtoos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29â€"Thrce Grain Mixtures for grain production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30â€"Three mixtures of Grasses and Clover for hay The size of each plot in each of the first twenty-seven experiments and In Nos. 29 and 30 is to be two rods long by one rod wide; and in N0. 28, one rod square. .'\ A . . ,,:_. 0.3-1.-.. IA -‘gvu _. Each person in Ontario who wishes to join in the work may choose any ONE of the experiments for 1906, and apply for the same. The material will be fur- nished in the order in which the appli- cations are received until the supply ES exhausted. It might be well for each applicant to make a second choice, for fear the first. could not be granted. All material will be furnished entirely free of charge to each applicant. and the produce of the plots will. of course, be- come the property of the person who iconducls the experiment. Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, March 5111, 1906. l‘rol. Schifi Successiully Uses Ronlgcn and Radium. A despnlch from Berlin says: Prof. lid- ward SchilI, of Vienna. who was one of “10 first physicians to study the healing effect of the Rontgen rays, describes in u Munich medical journal three cases in which he has succeeded in healing cut- aneous cancer with the aid of [lonlgen or radium rays. p AIL...A ux Inutuun .UJU. In opposition to the pmclicc of other physicigpstwho assist [he healing pro. . . A n h , l n... nan]: .1“) HIV-ungv-l .. ~__ (ass with slight operation and the appli- cation of certain chemical inmterials, Prof. Schitt used only the rays. One‘ case was that of a Indy of 75 years ti age, who had cancer in the right tom- ple. The other two. who were also be- tween 70 and 75 years of age. had can- cer on the nose. From ten to fourteen sittings sumced to heal the cancer, the radium and Ronlgen rays being applied alternately tor- the space of one hour with the former and ten minutes with the latter treatment. Prof. Schitt considers that he has ‘Vlll llxnl: â€"u--.. ._.- fl , continental Railway. been drinking and celc the altercation, which to A Winnipeg despnich says: Repre- fight between Korchzyn seniulives of the Doukhobor community, They went ouiside to S( Peter \‘erigin and ‘iwo men with him, once and lluyk stabbed were very busily engung during the times, inflicting wounds last week purchasing supplies for rail- death shortly afterwards way work to he done by the Douhhobors have arrested all the par dnrinn Hm season oi1906. Large quan- lluyk has a bad record, Prof. Schi proved that on the skin the knife is I in “'ill lloIp Build Illc National Trans- continental Railway. during lh times of 1 INS DOUKHOBOHS TAKE CONTRACT. CANCER CURES “’ITII RAYS. [at Experiments. variclies of Two-rowed the statement that cancnr can be removed only with erroneous. J. BUCHANAN. 1i] im' Six-rowed aleri Director Plots. it D 1r gtnllnwmg a Deputies on tion of the I inventories Rouvier den which was ( The Cabi dramatic n German cor stage, and 1 (3 Was forencc and l-Juropi The Government ‘ only 234 votes, w moms in opposilio ists. and Nutionalis liS mir resig (lent FRI (ions. 1 to Pvt-sh the Mini in the 1: lies by bf omce. M. Houvi slightest emotion. )I‘l‘ A despalch from Cornelius O'Brien, bishop of Ilzflifgx Archbishop O‘Brien Ewircs Mlcr FF“ llours‘ Illness. H o‘clocl five year what pot [(clion o Llshop in the afternoon he complained ol marl gestion, from an acute form of \x'hiohl he was a suflm‘or. [Io went to bed and sent for his physician, who came and prescribed. The doctor was called for again at 10 o‘clock at night. but saw no reason for thinking it more than indiâ€" gestion. Al. 11 o'clock his Grace asked his niece. who was in the room. to get him a glass of water. She went offer it. n‘nd returning in a minute, found the prelan dead on his bed. Ila had ex. pired in a moment, and without a pang. I‘GS‘ “’ill Haul CPR. Transcontincnml Train in One Section. A despalch from Montreal says: The C. P. IL is experimenting with what is said to be the largest locomotive ever Luilt. This locomotive was designed "y Mr. Vaughan. assistant to President Van Home. It left the shops on Tuesday figfififfié its own steam [or lh ' ' Ba d. V _ I V . I '_ 0 [Norm Qua ’wnsxon, 01 Much 1L mil be tried The C.P.R. is trying to get an engine that will take the 'l‘ranscontinental across to Vancouver in one section. Hitherto when tramc has been at all heavy it has been found necesury to break the Transcontinental into two sec. tions. This new engine. if it fulfils ex- pectations, will take a train of twenty passenger cars across the continent. Though the C.P.R. authorities admit that they have built the largest engine ever constructed in America, they will not give out any particulars as to its lweigllt or manner of construction. FRENCH CABINET RESIGNED. ‘z'cmior Rouvier, w gun-s. immediately 1 ‘oign Office. whore ignalion \vns prepar ,xvier presented 'lhis Impressive Cvromony at the Conversion 0! the Princess. A dospulch from San Sebastien, Spain, says: The impressive ceremony of the conversion of the Princess line of Bat. tenborg to the Romnn Catholic faith prior to her marrying King Alphonso oc- curred on Wednesday in the Chapel at the Palace of Mimmar. The members at lhc royal family were deeply moved, he l’rincoss Beatrice, Princess Henry of Lamonlmrg, mother of the Princess Elm, uml Princess [inn were in tears An u u” i,, DEATH OF HAHFAK PE‘ELATE. orl-lllery salula announced me Lennnm- Man of “10 ceremony, after which «he royal party lunched together. The town enjoyed a holiday in honor of the evan processions headed by bands of music passing consumin through the streets, A despatch from Winnipeg says: A Galician named Thomas Korchzynski was murdered in a row in a tenement house in the foreign quarter on Saturday night. Another Galiciun named Fred Huyk has been arrested charged with the crime. About 25 foreigners in the house had been drinking and celebrating before the altercation, which terminated in a fight between Korchzynski and Huyli. They went outside to settle the differ- ence and lluylc stabbed deceased [our times. inflicting wounds which caused death shortly afterwards. The police have arrested all the parties implicated. mum: has n hnd record. having served Hy ll Dctoatcd on the Question 0! Church Inventories. and inn 5 an allicres. who am Having returnc idem Fallieres tisfiry, M. Rouvi lobbies of the y groups of 1 . their regret m Drunken Quarrol Fljuowed by a Slahbing. Princess Elm were in t cry salute announced t of the ceremony, after . party luncth together thus of 33 ’:\ [8 N0\\' A CATHOLIC. )1“ family in A MONSTER ENGINE. may MURDER A'l‘ “'INNIPEG. from iday 1 )eling ‘on he an a )VC ix. (1i any 111; )n CPI. ll) 111 of mm :t at, hi vicr (1i hil (h the 1m] momm about .d record. 11: in prison in dflicer. Hc IIalifa )IT Cha mb‘ Clericals, Social uniled and pollm the Ministry in I “My all proceeded a ioinl, l th '1 ‘S ning the ‘ut as usu nplained ¢ 5 form of A] 1H to get an engine 'l‘x'anscontinental in one section. has been at {~11 d the resigna‘ )m presenting resignation ‘1 as surrounc 3-3 nbér of Depu hers, who ex abandonmon )layed not 1114 iV( W all his: (:0 in tears. An ad the termina- [ter which -the (her. The town n‘ m some from an at it was npo edinle cause the Arch in 11‘ nrim: this uddenly d 1L The 1 ilTlDlit 'ing s Auslri 1‘1 II ll )Ul' SOIl‘ ind :nt LEADENG MARKETS W hen em, Bic Mu)" port. in Munitoh for “11' for thin )1 $4.50; bags, Mnnlrrnl. March 13,â€"Gruin ‘â€" Bids were out of line in Manitoba wheat. and busi- ness was quiet. The. out. market con- tinues easy in Lone; prices unchanged. Barley iirm. No change in flour. Rolled mils Iirm in tone, and millers have ud- vnnced prices to $1.90 per bag in car lots, and $3 to $2.05 in jobbng way. Onis â€"â€" N0. 3. 306 to 30%0; No. 3. 386 if, 38%;; No. 4, 370 to 37%6. Peas â€"â€" 79c f.o.b. per bushel. I Barley â€"â€" Manitoba, No. 3, 490 to 49%c; l\-'o. ll. 480 to 48%0; Ontario. 1160 t.o.l1 78 per cent. points. Corn -â€" American mixed, 50%c; No. ’3 yellow, 51%0 ex-lrack. Flour -â€" Manitoba spring wheat pat. enis.‘ $4.50 to $4.60; strong; bukori. $4 ir $410; winter wheat patents, $4.4”) in SL130: straight rollers, $4 lo $4.10; doAin (10 Ch vin Mm] shorts 514.5!) illc ‘21 to $27 file ‘11 to 2-2. sl to $27 per ton. Rolled Oats â€" cornmeal. $1.30 Hayâ€"No. l. : )I‘ DI 10 22%(3. and 2 Second quality Eggs â€" new s: [all stock at 1&0 to to He. Provisions â€"4- cut pork. $21; 1i erican short out 1t )I‘l Provisions â€"« Heavy Canadian short cut pork. $21; light short cut. 9520; Am‘ orican short cul $20; American cut clear lnl hack. $l9 to $20; compound lax-(1.63m [0 7340; Canadian pure lard. 11%0 to 12c; Lctlle rendered. 12%c to 130.: hams. 12c to 13.40. according to size; bacon. llxc; fresh killed abattoir dressed hogs. $10 to $10.25: country dressed, $8.75 to $0.50; ullve, $7.50 [or selects. Buffalo. March 13. - and steady. Wheat â€"â€" No. 1 Northern. 82%0. quiet: No. 2 red, SQXC No. 2 yellow. I‘M/ac; Oats â€"â€" Quiet, and on “hue. 345$. Barlev u 11 mm {\hite. 34%;. Barlev â€"â€" Western. in store, offered nve â€"â€" Nominal. Rye Toronto. Mar. 13.â€"Tho i offering at the Western morning was heavier in time, but 1116 demand cor; active for L111 lines and pric maintained. Export (muleâ€"Choice are quu $4.16 to $5.15. good to medium a $5.50, others aLy$3.7-3 to $4, bulls ‘ to $4, and cows at $2.75 to $3.50 Butcher Cattleâ€"Picked lots. 5. $4.75; good th‘chflogcc, $4.10 m $4 7‘4 mm: I'd-Q6651}. $3.50 to $1; common. ; cows. $3 to $3.60; bulls, $3 ners. $1.50 to $2. _ Slackers and Feedel feeders are quoted at $1 feeders at $3.85 to $4.1 $2.50 to $3.50. bulls at $ stockers run at $3 to $3.1 to $3, rough 1'0 common and bulls at $1.75 to $2 Milch C0\vs#dec is range of prices offering $30 to $00 each. m Cd in 111'. gs â€"â€" Delivem the market is n I 1t “Iced )lid (It lin $1.75 Halo. March 13. â€" Flour -â€" Quid steady. Wheat â€"â€" Sbring unsettled; 1 Northern. V540. cariouds; Winte; :: No. 2 red, SQXC. Com â€"â€" Easier; 2 yellow. I‘M/ac; No. 2 com. 460. â€"- Quiet, and only steady; No. 3 e. Mtge. Barlev â€"â€" Only steady: 9mm in :tnro. oficred at 46 to‘fflc. COUNTRY ['1' 121i MONTREAL MARKETS freight 1, mix: â€" Man y and 53.510 to on track here. Slmwâ€"Unchan lots on track l 0d â€"â€" Manitoba bran in bags, $19; $20 per ton; Ontario bran in bulk, lo $15; shorts. $20; milled mon- to 2", slr‘aight grain mouille $23 11h toG â€"tlrst 1) )nd pat BREADSTU FFS. March 13. â€" W - Manitoba spring wheat pat- 50 to $1.60; strong bakeri. $4 winter wheat patents. $4.5) in 'aight rollers, $4 to $4.10; do in '75 to $1.85; extras. $1.65 to $1.- (H BUFFALO MARKETS. LIVE STOCK MARKE‘ ; bfil'nrin, 650 to 75c per bag \re, 75c to 850 out of store: to 800 on track, and 800 {a store. )HS $1.30 lo $1.407W ‘. 1. $8 to $8.50 web 1 white Fresh selling 110.; lots. Onl 111 blx'iet at $3 per [on for No‘ l 35.50 to $6 [or No. 2 in 2101: here. Mar. 13.â€"Tho run of cattle t the Western Market this was heavier than [or some 1119 demand continues fairly 111 lines and prices were well white, 340 bid, [.o.b. '7 M points. 3 extra an 1t ipl [01' Int Inks ar )d m ch 10 to 23} is uncha turk ’cr bag. $1.90 to $1.95; J \V were gcnerully quoted unchar )F 0 general! has a fume ODUL’ZE :in ll‘f LDC - N0. 2' North- luko ports [or ‘e quoted a fats at 5 again heavy. 1g 11 downward 13 lower, at 17c that â€" 0n- i340 in snfixll lots. mnng at 21%0 lc oé nré steady at $6.7 d and $5.50 to $6.5 â€"They are quoted: cwt., and bucks at: )u red, vac bid at 19%c to 20c, and limed at. 13c '1 at $6 per ton and thin 60 to Us to 150, be are quoted at medium at $4 19 $5, light at n at $3 to 2.50. )l' 1‘ bag $6.50. trade is pass- ling cady and “1’34 unchanng at: 17c 16c oulslilc‘ for N0 an, 474 [or ex points $4.50 to 120‘ thin (3G Sh to 2k lo 181} to 1'7 ’2 50; h! ‘dium $6.85 pus 16 w tone at 22c 130 b 30 to $3: 811; can- lb $3.50 main- )l 30 lo wavy