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\ THE NEW Mill is or Silver and Copper Coins Were I Struck Off. A despaich from Ottawa says: The first Canadian coins to be minted in the Dominion were turned out at 3 o'clock on Thursday afternoon at llm new Ottawa branch of the Royal Mint. which was olllcially opened by his l-lx- ceilency Earl (trey in the presence of members of th.) Government. promin- ent officials of State and a large crowd of Ottawa people we were invited to witness. the formal opening. There was no speech-making in connection with the opening, his Excellency mere- ly declaring the Mint to be formally opened. and starting the machinery which coined the first silver nifty~cent piece. The stamping machinery for the .siiniii- copper Cent pieces was slarlcl . Cxiill lancously. and a souvenir copper was presented to each pervni presen'. after a hiiir of tlii- building had been made. and llie various lil‘OCi‘SSCx‘ exâ€" plain-ed by the officials in charge. The Mint will be kept in daily operation from now on. and will furnish :1 ready market for the product of Canadian cop- per and silver mines. it is the intention of the. Government to build a refinery in connection with the. Mint in order to insure that gold and copper which is brought in for hunting will be of the proper degree of purity for coinage. The cost. of the ne- f‘inei'y will be about fifteen thousand dollais. LEADINEWXIIKETS BREADSTUFFS. Toronto. Jan 7.â€"Manitoba Wheat.â€" No. 1 northern, about nominal at $1.20; No. 2 northern. $1.15; No. 3 northern. $1.11; feed wheat. 640; No. 2 feed. 5/10. lake ports. Ontario Wheatâ€"No. 2 white. 900 to 97c; No. 2 red. 950 to 96c; No. 2 mixed. 95c. . Barleyâ€"No. 2. .710 No. 3 extra. 690 to 70c. Flourâ€"Winter wheat patents for ex- port. selling at $3.70; Manitoba patents. special brand. $5.80 to $6; seconds. $5.20; strong bakers'. $5.10. Peasâ€"«93%c outside. Ryeâ€"No. 2. 80¢. Cornâ€"01d No. to 72c. outside; 2 yellow Toronto. Buckwheatâ€"62c outside. Branâ€"19 in bulk outside; shorts. $21. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Young turkeys, extra choice. 14cto150 11c to 13c 9c tofOc 9eio The BC to file 5cm 7c lic'to 5c is steady. with do choice Young gcese . Young ducks .. Chickens. choice .. Oldfowl inferior chicks and fowts .. Butterâ€"The market prices unchanged. Creamery prints .. do solids . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . Dairy prints .. 23c1024c do solids 220lo23c Inferior . . . . . 20c1021e Eggsâ€"Storage. 20c to Rio per dozen in case lots; selects. 250; strictly new- laid nominal at 30c. Potatoesâ€"70c to 750 per bag in car lots on track here. Beansâ€"$1.70 to $1.75 for primes and $1.80 to $1.85 for ban-dupicked. Honeyâ€"Strained steady at tie to 12c per pound for (SO-pound pulls. and 12c to 13c for 5 to Ill-pound pails. Combs at $1.75 to $2.50 per dozen. Baled Strawâ€"Quiet at $9.50 to $10.50 per ton on track here. Baled flayâ€"Timothy is worth from $16.50 to $17 in ear lots on track here. ...u . . . . . .n t. .... .-.. .--. ..-.. 28c to 290 26c. to 27c PROVISIONS. Smoked and Dry Salted Meatsâ€"Long clear bacon. 10c to loge for tons and cases; hams. large. medium and light. 110 to 15c; hams. 12th: to 13c; backs. 1634c to 171‘; shoulders. 100: mils. 100 to 10%0; breakfast bacm. 150 to 15530; green meats out of pickle. to less than smoked. Porkâ€"Short cut. $22.75 to $23 per bar- rel; mess. $18 to $19. American, . . . 730v TOWN" Wight-5" “9W- N°' 3 ye" git) wgllilori‘mtougi‘llggat $4 in '41 co 10““ 65° 1° 65%“ mixed' kun'd‘ried' medium to good at $3.50 to $4, anducom: 64%‘3- . , , men from $2.25 up to anoimd $3. Cows OMSâ€"NO- 2 While. 45%‘3'0‘1‘5‘563 m“‘ were scarce and higher. choice selling ed. 44x0 outside. 48c to 48%0 track from $3.25_to $3.85; medium. $2.50 to $3. or; Winter firm. No. Firm; No. )2 yellow. 01c; No. 60};c. Oatsâ€"Steady; No. 2 while. 510; Lardâ€"Tierccs. 11%c; tubs. 120; pails. 12%0. BUFFALO MARKET. Rllff-‘llo. Jan. 7~»\\'heiit~Spring hirh- No. 1 Northern. $1.17}; earload; " red. $1.05. ("lornfi l. " while. N No. 2 $1.10. mixed. 49%c. Barleyâ€"980 t0 Ryeâ€"900. No. 1. on track. NEW YORK WHEAT MARKET. New York. Jan. 7.â€"thaiâ€"Spot. firm; No. 2 red. 531.00%, elevator and $1.034 f.o.b.. afloat; No. 1 northern. Duluth. $1.23}; f.o.b. afloat; No. 2 hard winter. 31.17% 1.0.b. afloat. I..I\"F. STOCK MARKET. Toronto. 7.â€"I“rices of butcher distance of $5. Jan. and common. $1.50 to $2; runners. 75c to $1. There is a fair market for the right class of stockers. Prices range from £75 to $3.50. but cattle worth from $2.85. to $3 are the most in demand. Milkers are steady. with prices show- ing no material change. Choice. $110 to $55. medium. $25 to $35. The run of calves was very small. 3c to (Sc per lb still ruling. - Choice lambs sold from $5.25 to $5.60. with common grading 'down to $1.50. Sheep were flrrn. but quotations were un‘ changed. export ewes selling from $3.75 t- $4.25. with bucks and culls at $2.50 to $3. The hog marketwas steady. The top figure paid was $5.70. with medium at $5.45. Rough hogs were quoted about 5% below selects. . .05....â€" TRIED TO KILL. THEN SUICIDED. British Officer Ends Life Under Pecu- liar Circumstances. A despatch from London says : Major Goatw Phillips. an oflicer who distin- guished himself in the South African War. committed suicide here on Tuesday night under sensational circumstances. The Major had been divorced. self in the residence of his former wife. but was restrained. returned to Phillips and fenced an entrance. Major opened fire with his revolver. aiming at everyone he could see. and then blew out his brains. and the mother of Mrs. Coates Phillips were wounded. but not seriously. ._..__._.x.__._.- for 1907 total London's fire losses $30,000. mars Bi SH mail Ten Men Cast Away on an Island Ofl" Cape’ Horn. A despalch from Boston says: A tale of shipwreck off (Tape Horn. with its dc~ tails of terrible sufferings from cold. hunger and expoaure, was related on Wednesday morning by Herman llarke. an arrival here. on the steamer Horten- sius from South American ports. llarke was a member of the. crew of the Ameri- can bnrque Prussia. which was wrecked on Staten Island. Cape Horn. on Julie 1.). while on a voyage from Norfolk. \'a.. to Port Townsend. \\'ashington. T he vessel struck a rock and in an endeavor to reach land four of the. crew were drowned while Capt. Andrew Johnson was so weakened by exposure that he died the day after. and ten survivors reached the barren island. “I lived a lifetime in those few weeks when we were cast away on that destvrt bit of rock." Ilarkc said. “it was bitterly cold. Capt. Johnson was trying 1/) make. New Year's island light. The wind in- crcas‘d to such frightful velocity that t I l the barqiie was ashore and a wreck be. fore anyone realized where we wrm. She. bnoke up at once. and everyone of it: jumped overboard. Eleven of the thirteen reached a jagged rock. where thch was a bit of hard. white sand and overhanging cliff. “At dawn Sabala. the Japanese ecok. and Harry lliiniinoiid. a Sillol‘ were iiilssiiig. They may have been crushed where. the ship wciit asunder or put Some time ago he made an attempt to kill him- Tuesday night he the home of Mrs. Coates His former wife. her mother and a solicitor were in the house. but. when they saw the excited man brcnk’fn they fled. The The solicitor KILLED IN BlTFFALO. of LieuL-Col. John‘fu Cautley. Terrible Death A despzitrh from lluffiilo says: \fter passing through several Campaigns in India. the Snudan and South Ali‘li'li. v;illi~iut. suffering a single wound. ta‘e reserved a horrible death for Lieutenâ€" antâ€"Colonel John (1. tluutlcy. retired. whose. winter lienilqiiiii'tei‘.~. were at the. (.il'tlllil linioii Hotel in 'l‘orontc. As he olijllil‘tl off a .\l'llll street car in this city «in Sunday afternoon at Bryant sheet on his way to \‘l51tllts twfi daugh- ll rs. he has struck by a car travelling ii an (ililnislle (lil'tCllull. and his mang- lm" lml-y carried for 12:0 feet leforo the iiiotorman brought the ear to a stop. The accident occurred in front of the Frontier Hospital. Surgeons from this institution carried the dead colonel into the hospital. and after the iotly had H‘Gll reviewed by Medical Examiner l-lowland it was removed to the home of Attorney John M. Provost. No. 2.120 lilwmid avenue. where his two daughâ€" ters are sloppmg. Both girls. who at- trnd the 'l‘eitliii‘n‘al High School her-n. were, prostraled by the sight of their mutilated father. The medal. which he wore was fliIlIlltl Crushed ngahist. his heart. The body will be shipped to a brother in Baltimore for burial. Linuâ€" lenant-Colonel (iaulley had belonged to the. Royal West lx'ent Regiment. 110 had seen service in India. in the Gor- don relief expedition. and at Majuba Hill. retiring from the army in 189’». iii leaves a wife and 5-011 in England. ..___.x.... -_ -- CPR. “'RECK NEAR (ZIIAPLEAU. Lady Killed and Scores of People Injured. A despaich from Montreal says: An- other falal wreck on the (2.1’.R. took place early on Friday morning half way between (“.hapleau and (Earlier. A bro- k-cn 81Hh. rail caused east-bound express No 2 to leave the track. A baggage car and coach were derailed. and turned on their sides. and Mrs. B. Slow-en. of Lind- Lindsay say. 0ni.. was killed. The following passengers were injured :â€"Alex. Ross. Dundurn. Sask.. lost right hand; W. teynolds. Montreal. head cut; Duncan Livingston. Durham. Ont. shoulder bruised; l/e'wis llarle. Deloraine. Mam. head cut; E. E. Perkins. Port Arthur. Peter McKenn Black. cut on head; David Lindsay. London. cut on head: [So McLane. Paynton. Sofia. head and hand cut; Dan Mcl‘mngnll. Si. Alâ€" mon. Ont... cut on head: Robert Mat- thews. Moose Jaw, back injured; A. Gil- christ. Glennanan. Ont. scalp wound. in addition to those passengers. Jas. Halo and James Stanley. emplosz of the C.P.R. at (.hopleau, were also injured. The accident happened on the Lake Su- perior division. the headquarters of which are at North Bay. of which J. '1“. Brady is general superintendent. The accident occurred at a point about 11/1 miles east of North Bay. and the train was running east. #4 ANTIâ€"SUICIDE BUREAUS. Result of the First Year‘s Work Re- ported. A despalch from London says: Twelve months ago Gen. Booth of the Salva- tion Arniy started antisuieide bureaus in various cities of the world. and he now has issued a review of the year's work. Altogether 1.125 men and 90 women sought the assistance of the London bureau to save them from self- dcstruction. while at least an equal number applied at the bureau; in other cities. It. appears from .th-e review that the seekers for help belonged mainly to the middle class. More than half of them attributed the desire to end their lives to financial embarrassment or Ihopcless poverty. From the small number of women applicants Gen. Booth declares that they are better able to tear up under sorrows and trials than men. He thinks it safe to say that. 75% of the applicants have been diverted from Contemplath suicide and helped to surmount their difficulties. ..._....__.,x,.___. GOOD FOR CATTLEMEN. _. Mild “timer Has Been Easy on Feed in the \Vest. A despntoh from Winnipeg says: Mild weather and the absence of snow have been a bIeSSing to the people who have cattle in those districts where it was impossible to put up sufficient hay last fall for winter fodder. Up to the present the cattle have been browsing on the prairies and it has been unnecessary tc give them any extra feed. Thus far- mers and slockmen have effected an immense saving on their hay supplies. Some stonkmen killed off or sold to dealers a considerable pmpirtion of their herds. and others secured a supply of straw. to help out in case of pressure. and ii is now felt that the winter will be passt without loss. - __' .41.- El)\\'\RD IIANLAN 15 DEAD. Famous Oarsinan Succumbs to \ttuck of Pneumonia. A despair-h fc-fiiii Toronto says: lid- wnrd llanlziii. former champion oarsmaii of the world. died at his residence. 180 Beverley Street. shortly before 1 o'cIo k NIP-5' “"91'0 dl‘OWXWJ 1" “Wing ‘0 reach on Saturday morning from pneumonia. the rock. We were almost frozen. “File strip of sand was about 300 feet long. and we saw the lmlge that over- hung our posilion was (Vinipletcf'y ini- prssable. Their was no escape. Capt. forming a cinfle. about him. He scented to freeze. stiff almost before the last breath had left his body. I . bury him in the. sand. We Collected a little driftwood for a fire and constructed .i mugh shelter." 1 \\'i g ‘ - . , I ‘l 7' Joiinsoii was suffering from an injury. 1 ... We shielde him as b‘st we might by‘ '4 \\'c iziainiged ‘ ltc linil l)"“l1 ill for ninut ten days. and Li»- pbysieiaii. Dr. '1‘. F. .\le.\1ah-m. gave up hope mrly in the week. "be patient llilih'fllfiClt’ills for several days. will sioiiai rallies. and he i'tii'i‘igifizcd his ~ for the. last time on Friday lll“I‘ll- lug. All”. llvllllall \\ Us} l-‘ii‘ii on Tt‘ii‘uili’l island fifty-two years ago. an~l was :11- ways a ii-oidcnt of this City. -â€"-â€"â€"~+ Whitby's Council was elected by ac- clarnation. ' llllllltlll iii Hill ~iiiiili Rushed Into Pit in Steel Converter Pittsburg. at": . A desfialch from Pillsbiirg. Penn. hardly be other than that some of the' 333's: Two men wen- imim “m; “111'. flitlllll‘ll lib-lat sifted through the soap \h-ne lining of iii». converter and ‘dlliti in «until ‘1 with the. steel sheathing \\'1llt‘ll perhaps was damp. \VliOIt the explosion (ii‘f‘lll’l‘i‘il Hi“ hol‘ frilil of the t‘illth‘l‘li'I‘ dropped out. throw- ing 1.3 tons of molten metal into the. pit where 13 flli‘ll were working at tlii‘. ladies. There was no explooon when the hot mass of steel struck the hollow of the pit, but instead llaiiim of burning gas were sent up which burned the men . . . 111 the pit. The two men who were. slatemein (it‘lhix mum. of pulmiihu‘d p.m.. “Lurk”... “Mi... “not”... i " hits 110m Isuiiid. but 01d \.nlm. and then lyitlli‘) wile teiiibly Converter mill [non say the 0mm. cm‘ldl mm]ng- tven others seriously injured by an i-\» ["1051'011 in eoiiverier No. 3 of the lilgar Thomson plant of the United State's steel torixu-ati‘on at North lli‘iidilm-k. about seven miles cast of here. on Wed- iicsday. mlhe two men killed were foreigners. Six of the injured were Amerirai'is. and the others Stars, All were reiiii’ivwl to a hospital iii this City. where it was said their injiirics were not serious. -â€"-â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"_â€".â€"â€"â€"_â€"â€"â€"_â€"Iâ€"â€"â€"- CONDENSED NEWS lTEillS li‘l‘ll off in a Collision at 'l‘ilsonburg. on 'l'hursday. The Custom: i‘eccipls at Montreal for if»? total 310.376.1671. an increase of HAPPENINGS FRO.“ ALL O\...l T111: 33.732319 over the previous year. lion. .1. 1). Cameron. former Atlor- GLOBE' iiey»General of Manitoba. has been ap-f pointed a justice of the King's Bench.‘ in a fight on Friday night. in the [tall- an quarter of Montreal one man wasi shot deal and another was stabbed and shot. and will hardly recover. “'60”th Briefs From Our Own and Other Countries of Recent Events. CANADA. The Bell memorial fund at Branti'ord totals $40,000. Building operations in Montreal last year total 838.103.129. Bank clearings for 1907 in Toronto amounted to $1.228.905.517. A new jail is needed at Woodstock. the present building beingovercrowded. Judge Ermaiinger. of St. Thomas. holds that fishermen are not seamen. Permits to erect buildings inilth $1753.540 were issued in Hamilton in 1907. The Crown Bank of Canada is to be amalgamated with the Northern of Winâ€" nipeg. John Bird was fatally injured at Paris by being crushed in an elevator. on Saturday. Peterboro' will promote a. bill before the Legislature to elect its Aldermen every two years. Customs duties collected in Toronto last yearn-ere $11.611.262.23. an increase (1 $1.561.976.58. flon. J. H. Cameron has been formal- ly proclaimed Justice of the Kings Bench in Manitoba. The C. P. R. is taking off trains in the. west. owing to a falling off in pas- senger traffic. H. W. Walker. general auditor of the (l T. R.. has retired after over 50 years‘ service. Canada's total customs revenue for December was $4.093.060. a decrease. and the first in years. The C. P. R. will issue over twenty- four millions of new stock to the pre- sent shareholders at par. Miss Margaret McBride of St. Tho- mas committed suicide by taking car- bolie acid on Saturday. Dominion Government. wireless sta- tions are doing business regularly be- tween Victoria and Pachena. George Kelly was killed in the Trethe- wey mine at Cobalt on ’i‘hursday. by a bucket dropping down the shaft. it has been decided to keep Brock- ville schools closed On account of the smallpox outbreak. Twelve patients are in the hospital. John Tlmson was run over by a freight train at Hamilton. on Wednes day. One leg had to be amputated and the other is broken. An explosion of gasoline at the e;- tabiishment of the James Dye Wortâ€"es. Toronto. blew out a side of the build- ing. on Thursday. The Manitoba. Government have bought the Bell Telephone system in the Province. the price reported being _.-â€"-_â€"JBâ€"â€"â€"â€"â€" T\\'O BROTHERS KILLED. .\ Charge of Dynamite Exploded llnexv peeledly. A despatch from Kenora says: In al drnamite fatality on Thursday eve}. mg on the Transmnlinental Railway. mustruction works at Hawk. some miles. east. of here. John and Joseph Dwyer lost their lives. The men. who are brothers. had a contract for blastingfi and while engaged in filling” a hole that had been recently sprung. the charge unexpectedly exploded. killing both almost instantly. The bodies of the victims arrived here on Friday. (in route for Port Arthur. where their fa. ther. Denis Dwyer, a florist. rcsdes _.lu._..____â€" \VALKHD OFF \VITH THE MONEY Man With Revolver Robs in Winnipeg. Grocery Store. A despatch from Winnipeg says: A during hold-up was coolly and success- fully oarried out here on Saturday ovenâ€"f ing. when a stranger walked into Franâ€"' eis' giiocery store in North Winnipeg about 0 p.m.. when there was only one clerk on duty. til-e poked a revolver under the Clerk's nose and compelled him to hand over the cash in the iiii.‘ amounting in all to $72. He made good his escape. -â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"u!c--â€"-â€"- CUT STEREET CAR IN TWO. (1. P. R. Train and Ottawa Electric Car Collideâ€"Man Killed. A despateh from Ottawa says: A Canadian Pacific freight train on the Ottawa and St. Lawrence Railway c013 lided with an Ottawa electric car on‘ St. Patrick street. near New Edinburgh.‘ on Friday. cutthig the street car in two.‘ Although several people were in the‘ street car. only one woman was 111-! jured and tho motorman received a| scalp wound. The street car fell on at man working alongside the street and‘ killed him. ills name was August! Waunk. about 60 years old, he leaves nâ€"â€"*â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"- “THE \\'A\' OUT.” Inscription on Bottle From “'hicli Sui-‘ ride Drank Poison. A dcspaicli from lnndon says: From. a bottle labelled “The Way Out." DrJ Wilkins. formerly of the Manchester Engineer John J. Walker was killed University. on Wednesday drank a dose and J. McCray. brakeman. had his leg of Prussic aeiu and died. PtlLItlE Ftlllllll’l IN lltllltlll A Four-Hour Battle Took Place in St. Petersburg. A despalch from St. Palerslitll‘g says: ]Vllllolx' rattling against the. armor of um Ercept for the discharge of firearms. the lili'll 'illlxlll". one of whom was slightly. conflict. which was fought lxctvmign wine wounded, The police the“ (imprcd an: lievolutiunists and the police in an old :idp'iiniiig attic. from which the revolu.‘ street in Riga the other day might l:':v-* tioiiisls could be more readily attackw.‘ been taken for an assault in Ill“ days «if and for four hours :1 continuous fire was Peter the Great. for the Gi‘ivernnwiii t'ii‘rcled«through the walls. Gradually; forces (’lllCl'Od the attack wearing shut the rcpiLi-s of tie» I'f’VOlUli'lnlslS became larJaslplules and helmets. ’l'liv: i'cvr-lii- frequent. and finally ceased. iionists oncuiiiMl the top rooms of a iivc- The police then broke into the apart: store-y house. The d;~r-r iva i :irru-ailed.l l‘..f.‘Ill\' and found four «lead. including the and when the juice d" illl-l“'l Iiilfllfé- “(man 'l‘oiiison. lyin: on the tlmr.‘ man a woman of fifty» 1.117! I:il 4 'l'ln‘rc were also live infill Rl'ltl two girls l'irclfi 'l"‘-Iil~"'l. F-‘ldietli "\V-J H‘Jlll l‘wtl \‘.‘i’,ii:idcil, They had fir-rd about seven S‘xTI'Fi'llzlt‘l‘ “midi” 1‘ light-n hundred shots and \verA armed with A At the S'fillit‘ instant ii vol‘cy we: fired Mauser rifle uni three lll'()\\‘uiy_~. Mum through the door by the inmates. the vars.