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lltlllll BURNED TO DEATH “0”” Two at Ottawa. One at Hespeler, and One at Napinka, Manitoba 'A dcs'patch from Ottawa says; Through the upsotting (f a lamp in the home of F. X. Delogcs. on Nelson street, on Saturday night, he was burned to death in his bed. and his scven-ycarâ€"old son, Alexander. was turned so badly that he died shortly afterwards in the llCSQtlH. 'ffute other children barely escaped with tlr3.r lives. \Vhile workingr at. a sewing.r maâ€" ohine about 9 o’clock in the evening "Mrs. Delogcs knocked a lighted lamp to the floor. The flames quickly ignit- ed the curtains of the room, and spread with great. rapidity up the stairway to the room where Deloges and two of 11‘s children were sleeping. Mrs. Deloges rushed to the street, carrying two young children who were with her downstairs. When she returned to awaken those upâ€" stairs the flames barred her way. Fire- men arrived quickly on the scene and soon effected an entrance to the upper story. Deloges was found dead in bed. having been suffocated by smr-ke in his sleep and very badly burned. His son, Alexander. was also found unconscious on the bed and badly burned. On the. floor was a little (laughter, unconsci~ ous from the. suffocating smoke, but she revived on being taken into the open air, and escaped serious injury from the flames. HESPLER LADY F.«\T\LLY ItUt‘txtil). A despatch from lies-peter says: Mrs. Harlrit'k. who was badly burned in a fire on Saturday. died at. 11 o'clock (-11 Sunday night. The fire was cau>cd by a b itlfo of liruzine. standingr on a shelf in the kitchen. which in >vunc way fut. or. the stove amt immediately set the place on fire. seriously burning Mrs. llartrick afoul. the face and body. Ladies from the neiphlm-hond carried her into a neighbor‘s house, where her injuries were attended by Dr. R. J. Lockhart. The hcrgic ladies (lid 1101in in fighting the fire. They had it. well under C«ItHllOl when the town fire-fight- err; arrived on the scene. In some. way the infant son of Mrs. llartrick was for- gotten for a minute. when one of the ladies ran into the house, which was filled with smoke. and brought the lit- tle one out, nearly smothered by smoke. ( MRS. YEOMANS ANOTHER VICTIM. A despalch from Napirrka, Manitoba, says: Through the explosion of a cup of coal oil. accidentally left. on the top (f the kitchen range. Mrs. John Yeo- mans dir‘d on Saturday morning after suffering intense pain. Mrs. Ycomans had started a fire in tLe kitchen range, and left. the cup of coal oil upon the stove. The coal.oil exploded, covering her in a sheet. of flame. Before she could give the alarm she was fearfully burned. Mrs. Yeamans was formerly Miss Lizzie McKay, and came from Sea- forth, Ont. LEADING MARKETS BREADSTUFI’S. Toronto, Dec. 31.â€"Manitoba “heartâ€"â€" No. 1 northern, about nominal at $1.- 18%; No. 2 northern, $1.13%; No. 3 northern. $1.10%; feed wheat, 6001 to file; No. 2 feed, 500 to 51c, lake ports. Ontario Wheatâ€"No. 2 white or red, 95c to 96c, outside; No. 2 mixed, 04c to 95c, outside; geese, 850. Flourâ€"Ontario winter wheat patents; for export, $3.65 bid, offering at. $3.70; Manitoba patents, special brand, $5.80 be $6; seconds, 85.20; strong bakers’, $5.10. ' Barleyâ€"No. 1, 72c to 74C; No. 2, 70c to 72c, outside; No. 3 extra, 680 to 700. Peasâ€"83%c outside. Ryeâ€"No. 2, SOC. Cornâ€"Old No. 2 yellow American, 72c to 730. Toronto freights; new, No. 8 yellow. 650; new No. 3 yellow, kiln- dried, 07c to 68c. Oatsâ€"No. 2 wtritc, 45c to [15%(‘, out- side; mixcd, Mo to 44-}.gc, outside, we track Toronto. Buckwheatâ€"02c outside. s Branâ€"$19 in bulk outfiide; Shorts, 21. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Butterâ€"Market. steady, with prices unchanged. Creamery. prints .. SSctoSOc do solids 26c to 27¢ Dairy prints . . . . . . 23010 2110 do solids 220 to 23¢ Inferior . . . . . . 2th to 210 Cheeseâ€"Dull at 13}; 13%6 for twins. Eggsâ€"Storage, 22c per dozen in case lots; selects, 26c; strictly new-laid nonr- inal at 306 to 35c. Potatoesâ€"Steady at 80c to 85c per bag in car lots our track here. Beansâ€"$1.70 to $1.75 for primes and $1.80 to $1.85 for hand-picked. Venisonâ€"Firm and in demand; hind- quarters, 11%c to 12c; front quarters, 5r. carcases. 8}»;c to tie. Baled Hayâ€"Timothy quoted from 317 c for large and to $17.50 per ton on track here. Baird Strawâ€"Quiet. at. $9.50 to $10.- 50 per ton on track here. PROVISIONS. Smoked and Dry [Salted Meatsâ€"Long Clear bacon, 100 to 10%c for lotus and cases; hams, large medium and light,’ 141: to 15c; hams. 12%0 to 13c; backs. 16%c to 17c; shoulders, 100; rolls, 10c 10 1t~%c; breakfast bacon, 15c to 15%c; green meats out of pickle, to less than smoked. l Porkâ€"Short cut, $22.75 to $23 for bar- rels; mess, $18 to $19. Lardâ€"'l‘ierces, 11%c; tubs, 12c; pails, 12%0. BUFFALO MARKET. Buffalo, Dec. Illâ€"Wheat â€" Spring, firmer; No. 1 Northern. 551.17%; Winter, steady; No. 2 red, $1.06. Cornâ€"Lower; No. 3 yellow, Gfxc; No. 3 white, 58c. Oatsâ€"Steady; No. 2 mixed. 50c: No. 2 white, 55%0. Barleyâ€"05c to 81.12. Rye â€".\’o. 1, 90¢. NE\V YORK \VHEAT MARKET. New York, Dec. 31.â€"Wheat â€" Spot, firm; No. 2 red. $1.08, elevator; No. 2 red, $1.00}; f.o.b. afloat; No. 1 northern, Duluth, 551.23% f.o.b. afloat; No. 2 hard inc $1.17% f.o.b. afloat. _.â€"._. 1,â€"0.â€" .... AID T0 'I‘EMPERANCE. I Scarcity of Barley \Vilt Close One Thou- sand Chicago Saloons. A despatch from Chicago says: "One thousand saloons will have locked their doors and gone out of business in this city by May 1 next,” said Adam Ortsci- fen, president of the McAvoy Brewing Co, during a talk on Tuesday night on the scarcity of barley, which is seriously crippling the large breweries and the malt houses, and may mean a probable raise in the price per barrel of beer within a few weeks. Both brewers and malstcrs, for Several weeks, have been bidding almost to the point of wiping out the margin of profit in order to get the few earloads of barley that arrive in this market each day. TlllfilllllllS ltfllllf aria Vessel Reaches San Francisco After l‘tany Disasters. A despatch from San Francisco says: The American strip Atlas (impped anchor here on Tuesday night, 275 days out from Baltimore. It ended a voyage nade tragic by a collision off (tape Horn, attended by the sinking of {lllullft'l‘ [had disappeared. The Atlas put into the dc .Ianciro for repairs, leaking badly. On the way to this port a mutiny took place among the crew over some trouble with the mate. but it was easily queued. Before the Collision off fiape llorn, three of the ship‘s company met death. vessel, the drowningr of the fated crafts (1:1 May ‘23 J. Serrumachcr and tihas. captain and the captains wife, mutiny Nolan. seamen. fell from the jibloom on its decks and death among its crew. On June (1 at 0 pm. the Atlas struck the Norwegian tartpic \‘ikinpr ,(iaptaiu [sum-son), bound Irmu Hamburg to (tal- and were drowned. On June 15 Jotin Hock. sailrnakcr. died and was buried at sea. \thn the ship arrived on Tuesday the captain‘s son and the third olliL‘cr wrrc ill. and the vessel was ordered into tp'arantiuc. The Atlas had a cargo of coal for the L'nitcd Slates Government. The vessel lao. tloth were badly damaged by the ccutact. but the bartpie fared worst. In the terror of thr- night thirteen of the crew of the Norwegian liarque bear-did the American ship. crawling over tan-l had teen 120 days out from Rio de gird shrouds and dangling looms. t.ap< .Iancu‘o. Reinsurance had teen ordered at 10 per cent. The Vikingr was a new torque of 2.5M tens. Xothing had been heard of her after she began her last vcyage until the Atlas. brought in the tidings on Tuesday night. lain t‘ctcixxin and his wife were not among those who made the dangerous transit. but it was too dark to render aid, though the Atlas shod by during the night, and next. morning the Viking HAPPENINGS FRO.“ ALL O\L.i THE GLOBE. Telegram. rm... o... o... and William Curry the Victim of Immigrant! Farm Hand. Other Countries of Recent Events. (TAN A t) A. (:tltin’lflfl'S fisltf‘f'ji‘s yielded $26,l25,000 fast, \‘car. (ncr $113,000 was spent in Waterloo this year on new buildings. l’ort l)a|housie slorrkeepers pmtest against unlicensed pcddfrrs. Al. Kclmra $5,772.80 was paid in 1007‘ in l‘« lice Court lines, The play-grounds of the St. Catharines Public Schools are all too small. The mother of Arrhhishop lh'uchcsi died at. Montreal on Sunday. Very dustru-z‘livc fires have occurred at North Rattlcfurd, Sasha, aml Richards Landing, Ont. Japanese have applied for a block of ten thousand acres of (‘.. I‘. R. land in Alberta to grow sugar chtS. 'l‘llf‘ St. 1?. and T. Railway will re lay their tracks in Niagara l’alls in the spring. bred Leelaire was murdered with an axe near Gretna, Main, his head being split open. Andrew McGuiili, railway laborer, drank wood alcohol at Lanigan, Sash" and died. Oswald Robinson. aged -’r0. of near (Zairiplwflton. N.B., died from drinking wood alcohol. The total catch of fish In Canadian waters for 1006 was Worth over 26 mil- lion dollars. Roy l‘ears, of Roslhcrn, Sask., received an injection of anti-toxine and expired instantly. A number of St. Catharines boys have been summoned to answer a charge of wok-fighting on Sunday. Toronto assessment. as finally revised by the (Lounfy Judge, is $200,103.240, an increase of $22.120,161 over last year. Mr. James Blythe has given the Melli- odist Church of Raleigh I-‘fains a free site for a church. Mr. Blythe is a Catholic. The, first street of Canadian titrplate turned out at the new factory at Kingâ€" ston was presented to Premier \\'hilney. D. .I. Hamilton, a diver working on the (i.T.R. bridge at \Vest Fort William, was drowned by his diving suit bursting. It is reported that Mr. John D. Rocke- feller will donate .‘2,000,000 to McMastcr University, Toronto. for the establish- ment of a medical department. Since the inception of bounties, in 1882, the sum of $3.049,701 has been paid I! the deep-sea fishermen of the Maui- time Provinces. ~ Plans of Saskatchewan's new legisla- tive buildings, which will 0051. over a million. are being prepared by Messrs. E. & Vt". S. Maxwell, of Montreal. A young man named Roland Madill was stabbed by his uncle, James Morri- son. at Gooderham village. on Christ- mas Eve, and may be fatally wounded. For raising If disturbance in the Kingston penitentiary on Christmas night twenty-seven convicts have been placed in solitary confinement. The 'l‘oronlo City Council decided to ask the Legislative to grant. to married women owning property in their own name the franchise in Toronto. A quantity of plate, including two solid silver trays, was found near the railway at Niagara Falls on Thursday. It is supposed to be thieves" spoil drop- ped from a train. Two Emerson, Manitoba. men who were forced over the line and arrested by a United States Secret service ofli-ecr are taking steps to extradite the officer and have him tried in Canada for his illegal act. GREAT BRITAIN. Seven hundred Indian Mutiny veterans met in London to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the great struggle. Rev. \V. \Vhite, a Citrate in 'l‘ippcrary county, Ireland. was. shot and danger- ously wounded by a brother clergyman on Christmas Day. UNITED STATES. The second Thaw trial will commence at New York next week. An epidemic of pneumonia, grip and typhoid fever hus broken out in I’ttts- burg. New England cotton manufacturers will curtail their output :25 per cent. rm. in March 1st. Ber-tram Somers of San Jose, t'jal.. “le- fook his five-year-old boy for a burglar and shot trim dead. Officers of the New York trust eun- panies claim that their institutions are in a better position loâ€"day than they were before the panic. The New York Republican Club has endorsed Governor Hughes as a candi- date for the Presidency. James. \V. Paul. a Philadelphia banker. gave a ball the other night at. which the decorations alone C<i>l 3:15.000. The International Paper Company has pnrchasvd 350.000 acres of heavily: wooded spruce land: on the Restigouchc ltiver in New lh'iiri\’\\'i<:k'. Rev. A. l.mnard t’arkcr. an lipiscw palian minister. said to be well known in tianada. has been tll’l'L'\lkt.l at Boston on a charge of larceny. GI'IXI-ZRA L. Famine is threatening a large number, of villages in the interior of 'f'urlr-y. ' and A despatch from Brampton says: Dur- ing the closing hours of Christmas Day a horrible tragixly was enacted lift 'i‘o- r-nnto township by which \\'flliani (Zur- 1‘3. a man of sixty years, was shot and killed. 'l‘hursdny afternoon John Tec- riss, an l-Inglish immigrant, was taken to the county jail here, charged with murder. VISITIij ON CHRISTMAS. Christmas Day was passed by the dc- ceaxed and his Son at the home of Mr. J. Black. his sonâ€"in-law. Tlltf‘r‘, were then left in the Curry home Tcrris and a len~yearold “home” boy. Miss Curry the housekeeper. was away at Slayner pass-tug the holiday with her sister. Mrs. f‘ain. About 8 o'clock the two (ZUrrys returned to their home. llalf- past. 8 found James Curry and the pri- soner sitting in the living iOom reading newspapers at the table, with the fa- ther gone to his bed in a room opening (.11 the living room. The home boy, ac- carding to the story told, said to the hired man, “Lets go to bed.” 'l‘eiriss iV‘Ne, walked over to the corner of the room, and picked up James Currys brown-loading, double-barrclled shot- gun. Drawing the gun to his shoulder he covered Curry with it and remarked: “The other day you laughed at me be- fore others, but now I have the laugh on you.” Currry thought the gun was empty, as he had left it in the corner ii few days before, and did not treat the threat seriously at first. He told 'f‘erriss to put the gun down, and there were words loud enough to rouse the old man in the adjoining room and bring him to the door. TO SAVE. HIS SON. 'I'erriss, it is said, turning to him, or- dered him back, threatening to Shoot if be advanced. The old man advanced and the shotgun belc'hcd at the same moment. A charge of No. B It shot en- tered the old man‘s left breast and lore open a large hole. At. the same moment the lamp was extinguished by the dis- charge of the weapon. James: Curry, who had been scaled when the shot was fired, sprang to his feet, rushed e'. Terriss, grasped his throat with one band and the gun with the other. \\I-IRE TWO SHOTS. A Second report rang out, tut the charge passed harmkssly into the ceil- ing. The deadly struggle in the dark toutinuevl over chairs and around the table. (Zurrry suceedcd in pulling the gun away from the Englishman, but. u! sooner had he done so than he was attacked by a fresh weapon in the- hands of the infuriated ’l‘erriss. .This- was a stove crank shaker, which the- man had in his pocket. lie struck Cur- iv on the head and on the arm with- out inflicting very serious injurties. Curry was able to wrest the Cmnk from the man, whom he struck over' the left temple, telling him to the floor; where he lay uneonscrous. In the mean- lllllt' old Mr. Curry had staggered 1m to his room and fallen on his bed. The boy had fled the scene when that Emu life began and had hidden hirnsetl. A MONTH IN CANADA. ' The aged victim of the shooting ling cred for two or three hours, but he- was unable to survive the shock and expired. The alleged perpetrator of the deed, though he received a heavy blow from the peker, regained his senses and revived sufficiently to be brought; to the jail. He had. been known around the farm as “Jack,” and his Surname was not ascertained until he gave it to: law. He further come from New» the officers of the stated that he had castle-on-Tyne, and it believed he has a wife. living there. The prisoner is about thirty years of age and is a painter by trade. He came from the old country about a month ago and went straight to the Curry farm from the immigration depot in Toronto. CLAIMS SHOOTING ACCDENTAL. It is said that the dispute betweenr the younger Curry and the hired man. arose over -a question of wages. The- latter, it seems, claimed he had been hired for a year, while Curry stated that he had only come a month on trial. Terriss had been told his servicf es were no longer required. After:â€" wards, it is claimed, there was a quark rel about a sick horse, and whatever was said rankled in Terriss’ heart. When arrested in talking of the affair the prisoner claimed that the shooting was acCdenlal. . is _â€"â€"_â€"_â€".â€"â€"_â€"â€"‘â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"-â€"Uâ€"_ 8H7,000,000 FOR ROLLING STOCK. identifier] by nine people, whom they are- alleged to have robbed during the past The tailroads Increased Their Equip- ten days in different parts of the city. ment in 1907. A despalz‘h from Chicago says: Rail- roads of the United States and Canada have spent approximately half a billion dollars for rolling stock this year. This ccvcrs only the cost of products of car building concerns, and does not include cars and locomotives constructed in thee railroad shops. \VIIISKEY KILLS A BOY. Ten-Year-Otd Got “old of Some on the Railway. A despatch from St. Stephen, N. 13., says: A very sad affair has occurred at. Bonny River, Charlotte county. On Acmrding to the Railroad Gazette, tli-e'l3l111$llllil‘5 “"0 a number 0f hols “Tm financial slump will be felt by the car RWY-“t! “130115 Ute Slallonr among 1119"“ builders next year. Orders for equipment, to be delivered during 1008, have fallen off greatly. The total number of cars built in the United Stairs and Canada this year is 250,645, against 2t;l,ti70 in 1000. Of those built this year, 281,185 were freight cars amt 5.457 passenger coaches. The out- put of locomotives was 7.302, against 11052 in 1000. Freight cars cost on aver- age of $1.100, an increase of $100. pasâ€" senger cars, $8.500, an increase of $500, and locomotives, $10000. an increase of from $500 to $1,000. Taking these figures as a basis“, the total expenditure for roll- ing stock was $t77,000,000, an increase of 2:3 per cent. over last year. The mileage added this year was 5.220, against. 5.023 in 1000. Only 340 miles of road went into the hands of receivers this year. against 0.37 in 1006, and only six roads, with a total mileage of 175, were sold under foreclosure. v _ B... 'l'llRl-II‘I CROOKS ARRESTED. ? ' . Threatened to ‘fi-r‘lr‘oot I-‘our DctccttW‘S “'ticn (laplurt'd. A dospatch from Toronto says : George Chambers, 27 years old, no home. and Thomas Morgan, :21 years old, no home, two fearless highwayrncn, who have figured in a number of highway robber- ies in the city and county duringr the past ten days, were captured on Satur- day night by Detectives Newton. 'l‘\\.‘iggr (ind Nat Guthrie and plain clolhcsmaa Lydiatt on Sherbourne Street. iolh lllt‘ll \vi'rc ill'lllt‘tl \\'ill1 revolvers. and win-ii the (iCtCL‘lich pounced upon fin-m the highwaynicn attempted to shoot. Chambers. \\l!‘J has a long polieo record, Tsirt’dc'cdcd in getting the loaded revolver, which he was holding in his pot-kt 1. out, when DL‘tr‘c‘tivc Twigg \vrcnchcd his :.rfn, th-Y'wcapon fell on the side-walk. Morgan, who has just made his start lfl lliv lurid-11]) {131110, blit'i‘d'l‘rl gl‘i'tfl llt‘f"\t‘ and fought desperately with lhr- dttr-u- l t new John Maxwell, ten years old, who lived with his stepfather, Mr. Cook. The key in transit, and little Maxwell ob-‘i lziiucd pOsscss-ion of a quantity andi drank it. The result was that he beâ€"- came it], and died on Christmas Daysi An inquest was held, at which witness-f Es testified to seeing Maxwell drinking the \\'-lll.‘l\'t‘y. and a verdict was return- ed that his diath was due to that cause. ___.,1._._ _._. A HEAD-0N COLLISION. Trainmcn Killed on the Grand Trunk Railway. I-‘ our A despatch from Detroit. says: Speedâ€"- in; through a dense tog at forty miles an hour, Grand Trunk passenger train NO. 3. which left l’ort Iluron shortly before 7 o'clock on l-‘riday night for this city,‘ collided head on with a dot.blt’~-header freight train one mile north of Lenox, Mich. l-‘ivc lraimncn met death, four he- mp killrd ine‘fan’ly. the fifth dying three hours later. All of the passengers es- caped injury except a baby, who was only slightly hurt by being thrown out of its mothch arms and over a seat when the trains crashed. The dead are: linginwr Itcnnctt of the passenger train, I'ii-ginmr Rohowwki of flu- first freight engine. i“ll't‘llltltl louglun'r. Fireman Albert .\fr-t‘.alf. Switchrnan \V. (i. 'l‘ay- 1. r; 'l‘iir- [ifhst‘flgt'l' for-rurrotivt- ploughed under the engines of the double-header and the trainrnen \vtri- buried in tho \‘r'f’tt‘l'ril‘F'H Their bodies were terribly mangled and svuldcd ly the escaping bi'lllll. - d4. PATRULLING THE \V'I-IST. “mauled Police 10 Visit Isolated Sec- lions This Winter. _\ (Jt'Sl-illk'ii frtm Ottawa says: .\1_ The Italian f‘ruvcrniiicnt. will com. . V, , , I itlrough cliu.ai.c renditions in the west t‘lcte the cxcmatfion of vareulanJ-uui lives. the two mm “'61? Will”: 1”, “ l.:i\‘~ lw :1 0013*" lil\'<.-i‘:il‘lc :4. far this" / " H ' I‘I‘ - ' :r "‘ - -. . Gustave. thr: new Kin;r of Swath-n. d“'l‘ "‘th “I‘d “" “MUM” “ ‘ I“‘vtwndcr. lli- .\'21lil\V‘>l .\f«unl(wf l'ulrcc 41-. cs not desire an tion. The Dutch (Tzrlinct has resigned be- cause its army .-~timales were rejected by thr- swornl Hons-3. The Persian Shah has accepted the stzpulalion of l’a:-‘.L;.mer:t to the maintenance of th: constitution. and tan agreed to banish the intriguing priests. expansive corona US for a viJlini to apprar on the swan. The men lrir-d la .wr-ape through an til:r‘_\-l \vav. They are duster-ate char-actors. tilld the polyp claim it is the must frr_-. pot'tant capture that has lwvrn inadr- n.| Toronto in some time. 't'hi- pf‘lrelflf‘l'S, who haw been kept separated since their tll‘t‘c>l. ncre brought up to the detective othce on Sunday morning, and in the prtb‘encc of Crown Attorney Cor-Icy and hispector of Detectives Duncan were ;]x mg .‘t'ljithIS. Iliti\r‘1lr-'rdrd to repeat 1hr loft»)- .1' jug-j- v, “1.1- 47f sending out pulroi~ 1-; the outâ€" The flirt of tin-.w pu- .ltr-rl\ will be sent out ti limit after the welfare of a party Cf Scotch :r-ttlrrs who are 100 miles from a railway aer twenty miles from a neighlxrr, 'lhr-y, [are :UL‘itlfd bi't\\vClt Swift thrf'Pili and- Bflllfcfot‘il. DULCI' in due Course. Pdu‘uls will follow, I. ,t' boys discovered there was some w'f'ris-‘J/ EfllellJtElthle-Iflls / l / I I