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tltllltllllllS thlll Minis Gravenhurst Sailor and Lindsay Toamster Share in Carnegie Fund. A~ lespatch from Pittsburg says: The Can't gic Ilcro Commission, at its fourth annual meeting held here on \VCdnCRItly, awarded nine silver and seven bronze medals for acts of heroism, besides $10,- 050 in cash to the homes or their depen- dents, and monthly payments during life to two widows and their minor children. The awards include: John Bibby, aged 20, mate, ot Graven- hurst, Ont., Canada, on Oct. 31, 1905, rescued James Jamies’on, aged 10, and a companion, who were thrown into Muskoka Lake when a storm capsized their skiffâ€"silver medal. \\'in. Raymond, aged 33, a teamstcr, of Lindsay, Ont., Canada, on Feb. 27, 1906, rescued Victor Henry, 10 yeais old, who broke through ice while skatingm tronze medal and $300 to pay lllOl‘lgfllIl‘ on house. Raymond had been ill and sustained a backset through exposure. \V’in. Gilinour, aged 3’1, of Montreal, Canada, a printer. who on July 1. 19041. leaped from a St. Lawrence River steamâ€" or in an attempt to rescue John A. Moor- hcuse, aged 10, who fell from the third deckâ€"silver medal and $1,000 to pay mortgage on house. LEADING _llIAIt-KET BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Jan. 2l.â€"Manitoba Wheatâ€"â€" No. 1 northern, $1.22; No. 2 northern, $1.17; feed wheat, 700; No. 2 feed, title. Ontario Wheatâ€"No. 2 white, 980 to 98%c; No. 2 red, 98c; No. 2 mixed, 97%0. Barleyâ€"No. 2, 76c to 790 outside; No. 3 extra, 75c to 76c. Flourâ€"Winter wheat patents for ex- port, offering at. $3.85, bids around $3.75; Manitoba patents, special brand, $5.80 to $6; seconds, $5.20 to $5.40; strong bakers’, $5.10 to $5.30. Peasâ€"82c to 85c outside. Ryeâ€"No. 2, 800 to Bic. Cornâ€"No. 2 yellow American, 61%6 10 65c, Toronto freights; ‘\'o. 3 yellow, kiln. dried, 06%c; some old No. 3 ye]- licw offering at 72c, with few buyers. Quotations on Canadian corn largely nominal at 57c. _ Oatsâ€"No. 2 white, 491/2c to 50c out- side, 52c truck Toronto; No. 2 mixed, 47c to 480. Buckwheatâ€"66c. Branâ€"$19 outside; shorts, $21.50. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Trade in poultry shows little increase an activity. .Young turkeys, extra choice. lie to 16c do choice .. 11ctol3c Young geese 901011e Young ducks . Octoltc Chickens, choice So to 100 Old fowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '60 to Sc Inferior chicks and fowls So to 7c Butterâ€"The market continues steady. Creamery prints .. 28610300 do solids .... 27cto28c Dairy prints 3c 1025c do solids . . . . . . . . 92010 23c Inferior .. 20cto21c Cheeseâ€"13%c for large and 13%c fer twins, in job lots here. Eggsâ€"Steady. storage selling at 21c 10 22c per dozen in case lots; selects. SC to 20c per dozen in case lots; seâ€" éccts, 25c to 26c. New-lahl from 30c to 5c. l-Ioneyâ€"Strained steady at tic to 120 per pound for (SO-pound pails, and tie 1.5. tile for 5 to 16-pound pails. Combs at $1.75 to $2.50 per dozen. Beansâ€"$1.70 to $1.75 for primes and $1.80 to 81.85 for hand-pickal. Potatoesâ€"70c to 75c per bag in car lots on track here. Hated Strawâ€"Quiet at $9.50 to $10.50 per ton on track here. Baled [layâ€"Timothy $16.50 to $17.50 in car lots on track here. .- Coll u... ...- PROVISIONS. POl‘I(â€"â€"SIlOl‘I. cut, $22.75 to $23 per barrel; mess, $13 to $19. Lardâ€"'l‘ierccs, 1153c; tubs, 12c; pails, 12).“. Smoked and Dry Salted Meatsâ€"Long clear bacon, 10c to ltljzgc for tons and cases; hams. large. medium and light, 1-tc to 15c; ha-ms, 12m: to 130; books, 1634c to 17c; shoulders. 10c; rolls, 10c to 10,143; IMKHIUPRSI bacon, 156 to 15%0; green meats out of pickle, to less than smoked. MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, Jan. 2t.â€"Tlicr-e is no new development in the local flour situation. Choice spring wheat patents, $0.10 to 86.10; seconds. $5.50; wuiler wheat pal- ents, $5.75: straight rollers. $5.50; do.. in bags, $2.60 to $2.65; extra, $2.05 to $2.10. Manitoba bran, $23.50 to $24; mid- dlings, $27 to $29 per ton, including bags; milled mouillc, $28 to $32, and pure grain mouillc, $35 to $37 per ton. Rolled oatsâ€"$2.75; corn, $1.60 to $1.70 per bag. There is no change in the condition of the local cheese market except that stocks are considerably less than they were last. week. November tail-ends, 12%6 to 12%0; Octobcrs, 12%c to 13%c; Septembers, 13%c to 13%0. A fair volume of business is being transacted in butter. but supplies are limited. Grass goods, 28c; current re- ceipts, 26c to 27c. A fair volume of business is Ming transacted in eggs. Newly-laid, 30c; sc- lccts, 2/10 to 26c; No. 1 lhned, 20c to 210. Provisionsâ€"Barrels short cut mess. $22.50 to $23; half barrels, $11.75 to $12.25; clear fat back, $23.50 to $21.50; long cut heavy mess, $21 to $21; half barrels do., $10.50 to $11.25; dry salt long clear backs. 10%0 to 11%c; bar- rels plate beef, $13.50 to $15; half bar- rels (10., $7.25 to $7.75; barrels heavy mess beef, $10 to $11; half barrels (10.. $5.50 to $6; compound lard, 10c to lie; pure lard. 12%e to 13c; kettle render- ed, 12%c to 13¢; hams, 12c to 13y,,c, ac- cording to size; breakfast bacon, lie to 15c; Windsor bacon. 141/20 to 15%0; fresh killed abattoir dressed hogs, $8.- 75 to $9; live, $6.25 to $6.35. _..._. BUFFALO MARKET. Buffalo...\l. Y., Jan. 21.â€"\V‘heat â€" Spring. dull; No. 1 Northern. $1.16; \'0. 2 red. $1.04: winter, easy. Cornâ€"Low- (i‘, No. 2 white, file: No. 2 yellow. 02c. Oatsâ€"Firm; No. 2 mixed, 5/13/10: No. 2 wli'te. Size. Barleyâ€"$1 to $1.15. Rye â€".\'o. 1, title asked, track, NEW‘ YORK \\"IIEAT MARKET. New York, Jun. 21.â€"thatr-â€"Spot easy; No. 2 red, 351.05%, elevator; No. 2 red, $1.07 fob. atloat; No. ] northern Duluth, 31.21% f.o.b. afloat; No. 2 hard winter, S1.17}.{, 1.0.b. afloat. LIVE STOCK MARKET. Toronto, Jan. 21.â€"l.itutle was doing in exporters cattle. A few bubs were sold at St to $1.75 .per cwt., with an occa- sional bid of 31-50 for an extra choice animal. Seine export cows brought 34.50 per cwt. Choice loads of butchers’ steers brought $1.50 to $1.85 per cwt., medium to good ones were worth 8’1 to SMO, and common to medium $3 to $4 per cwt. Choice cows were quoted at. fin to 31, medium at $3 to $3.25, com- inon at. 81.75 to $2.75. canners 75c to $1 per cwt. A few lots of stockers and feeders “800’ Sun ruin it tlLtlSll A Shortage of Pig Iron Is Said to Be the Cause: 'A drspalch from Saiitt Ste. Mariel Ont, say . in an interview with one cf" the oiliciiils at the onlt‘t‘s of the steel' plant on Thursday lllJl‘llIllg a news- paper correspondent was illlt't‘lllr‘d that. up plant would be closed down at once until further notice. .\ sliurhgn of pig iron is given as the cause cf the .‘IltII (town. It is stated that during tli-- " ‘ lion of activities a number of re that are winsiiijreil neces‘ , will I»); made. so that. prev: 1‘ . pain! i; not! closed for any length ‘21 time. liille time? will l‘c lost by the men. The repairs. it] 1.: stated. would soon ll" \ to 11* made, in any event. and It.“ “sing down at' the crest-Lit lll‘lc will in tl ] R- ' ‘i / r: interests ,pluyinent for a full staff of pl. of all concerned. iiien e: oynt. until the entire staff is ag-iin i "ll C12. The l t finances are not affected bv th- St cf pig iron and will run (It apacitjv. This will assure on \' f ' . as the ' .‘li F. _ 'thiii; , me ire-ti, 11" will i.~t to found a grrcl I155 the opening :7 the plan further than 1151‘ official: v largo parentage of men w .. mark on repairs. and the staff will aided to as circumstances warrant. IV 1 lvl ain at 17 .1 I It is figured that the i r. pairs route-inputted will keep about 700' were sold at per cwt. Light st ck- crs were worth $2 to $2.75 per cwt. Milcli cows sold at. $10 to $55 each for choice, and #25 to $35 for common to. fair. Calves were slightfly higher at 3 to 0% cents Ipcr pound. Export ewes sold at $4 to $1.40, buck; and culls. $3 to $4, and lambs $5 to $0.25 per cwt. Select hogs sold at $5.70 and light and fats at $5.45 per cwt. “(â€"â€" I\ION'I‘RE.\L SI I.\KEN. Large Gasonicter on Harbor Street Exploded. A dcspatch from Montreal says: Early Saturday inonrning Montreal was star- tled as if by an earthquake, the. result of 9. terrific explosion caused by the blow- ing up of 500,000 cubic feet of gas. One of thc. gasoineters at. the liastwnd station of the Montreal Light, Heat and Power ()ompany on llarlor Street, exploded with a thunderous report, and the strangest part of it all is that. not. one o' the company‘s workmen was killed (‘1‘ even slightly injured. The gasometvr is a total wreck. The iron woi k is twist- ed as if by some giant hand, and only a few feet of the sixty-foot wall is left standing. Hundreds of thousands of I‘llCKS are lying around, and all have fallen to the ground williin a radius of ten yards of the outer wall of the gasâ€" holdcr. The conclusion therefore is that the terrific force generated by the lighted gas must have shot directly upwards. ltad it done otherwise a row of houses on the other side of the street. would have. been ra7ed to the ground and their occupants blown to atoms. The damage is placed at $30,000. ____.>'< A HA MILTON ROY KILLED. “‘as Slashed “’ith Knife by Companion in :1 Fight. A dcspalch from Hamilton says: A lac. named Cummings, employed at th‘ McPherson shoe factory, died at. a late hour on Friday night from wounds re- ceived in a fight with another work man named Kirkpatrick in that estab- lishment on Friday morning. The story as told to the police is that Kirk- patrick seized a knife when the fight. appeared to be going against him and slashed Cummings several times in the face. The wounded man was taken to the hospital. and it was thought at first. that his injuries were not serious. ll-e weakened very rapidly, however, and passed away about midnight. Kirk- patrick was arrested soon after the fight took place on a charge of wounding. but it is likely that he will be called upon to answer a more serious Charge owing to the fatal termination of Cuni- mings’ injuries. 5'. CONVENT PREY TO FLAMES, I’inc Structure at St. Remi, Quebec, “'as Totally Destroyed. A defipalch from St. Rcmi, Que., says: The Convent of St. Anne at this place, a fine structure, was totally destroyed by fire on Sunday, involving a loss ofncar- ly 350.000. A large number of children were in the convent, but fortunately no lives were lost. The fire started shortly before noon, being caused, so far as can be ascertained, by a defective chimney, and the flames spread with great rapidâ€" ity Owing to the inadequate the ap- plianccs there was very little chance of fighting the flames, but almost. the en- tire population of the Village turned out and battled with the fire. succeeding in saving a large quantity of the contents and kci‘ping the fire confined to the con. vrnt building. The nuns and children were got from the building at the out- set _, W‘hâ€" â€"~ MACHINE EXI’LODED. Accident at a Moving Picture Show at Iiigcrsoll. A despot-3h from lngersoll says: As a result of the inflammable Cellu’ioid filin bet-or,in ignited, the moving picâ€" ture niacin; at the Theatorhiin ex- lrl-ided on Thursday night and the build- ing caught fire. After considerable ex- citement, which, fortunately, was not attended by serious consequences, the audience escaped Ill safety through a roar exit, The picture machine was icing operated in the window, and the large, plate "lass was shattered. The blaze wast ex.iiigu’shed by the firemen, but not before. considerable damage had resulted. There was no insurance on the machine, which was valued at $350. and which, with other articles, was completely (lesti:,.ye(l. The damage to the build-Jig is fully COVcl‘0d by iii- surancc. â€"-â€"â€"â€"-I- TROLLEY HITS SLEIGH. Four Occupants Thrown Out and Sus- tained Injuries. A dcspatch from London. Ont. says: [Eur persons are lying in the hospitals, as the t'i‘SllII of an accident at the South- western Traction company‘s eiossing at R: ‘ t (it 13 o‘clock on Thursday gii containing Albert Mur- twii-year-oid son Albert, 25m and his lwclve-ycaroll I l ’ deii 'Jcslph Ilaiit' l’ was crossing the one of the heavy tars '.i ' it fir-"aunt and l'nimv'iig the (1.. pants heavily to the uni. II‘.2'LIl!ll(l!l was knocked ltil- ' . .ii;.l was thought at first to re Itljlil ml. -l to he tut slightly hurt. l1; int Gwen ant the elder Murden u. .. .\ .g t... iniiircd. and the Mui'dcn 1.151, hip was dLSZCKut/EU'. ‘riit at the hospital he ' WESTER‘NQNTAR [IDA ItYMIl A Largely“ Attended Convention Held: at Woodstock. At the Western Dnirymcn's Conven- t.oii held in \\’o.idsfock last wctk, Mr. John McQuakcr of Owen Sound, i‘rc- sident of the association, stated in his address, that the past year had been a wed one, in the dairying business in western Ontario. About $333,882 had. he sax] been spent Ln improvements on factories, and $160.54 on crcanierim in the territory. The prices for dairy pro- ducts during 1907 had been generally high. and a larger percentage of but- tei and cheese had been cousumml ‘ll. home than had hitherto been the case. LACK OF FARM LABOR. The scarcity of farm labor was ac- counted for by Mr. J. 11. Grisdale of Ottawa as due to the fact that ffll‘llle't's will not make all-year contracts with their help. “Let me tel‘. you this,” he said; “you can get labor, and good la- l-or at. that. if you will engage your man for a year. [low can you expect .tl.at. the best men are to be had when they can earn only in the summer months? In winter they are forced to find other employment. You pay high wages for poor men to work for you seven or eight months in the yC-‘lf'. tell you that it would pay you better to give a good man a good wage and keep him from year to year." Mr. (irisdale held that dairy farmingT was the most profitable form of agriculture for Ontario. To get the utmost. profit from the farm, however. he insisted that. the soil should be worked to a greater extent; that the farmer should keep all the cows possible, and that he should pursue some definite plan in regard to a rotation of crops. CANADA’S COMPETITORS. Mr. J. A. Ruddick, commissioner on EARTHQUAKE IN IIAYTI. Number 01 Houses W'erc Destroyed and Others Damaged. A despatch from Port 110’ Prince, I'Iayti, says: A serious earthquake has occurâ€" red at Gonaives, sixty-five miles llOl‘Ub west of this city. A few houses have been destroyed and others were dam- aged. No loss of life has been reported. Communication with the town is broken. The shocks continue. The first was fol- lowed by a tidal wave. Among the build- ings destroyed are the commercial house of Herrmann,Addor & Jobber. Gonaives is one of the most thriving towns of the llaytian republic. It is a Bishop‘s See, and has a population of about 18,000. ___.1,__._. BITTEN BY A RAT. Death of a Little Baby in Fredericks- burg From Shock. A despalch from Belleville says: A singular death brfell John, the young- est son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred inlen Il:iwley, Napanee. The child was a year and three months old, and while asleep was attacked by a rat and his shoulder and hair] were terribly bitten, the child dying.r from the shock. It is supposed the rut attacktxl the boy’s shoulder and that. his hainl was bitten repeatedly while attempting to ward off the rat. â€"â€"â€">I‘ CHILD BURNED TO DEATH. Brother Set Fire Dress. A de-[ia’ph from Streetsville. Ont., says: The scvvn-year-old daughter of Mr. William McKenzie was flittilII)‘ burn-ed about noon. While the child‘s lllOIIl"I‘ was at a neighbor's for a pail of water her little brothrr set her dress on fire with a match at the stove. Rh.) was dreadfully burned from her kin-es upward, and died a few hours after- wuids. Mr. McKenzie moved herit- about. a year ago. "or Little to Her cold-storage and dairying for the Doâ€" nt-l’lhll Government, pointed out. to the Convention that the countries which are likely to compete with Canada in supâ€"‘ plying: the world's demand for cheese and butter are Siberia and Australia- These are the countries which are show ing the greatest growth in their butter exports during the recent years. Den- mark and Holland offered keen cornpc-‘ tition in the cheese industry; New Zea- land, too, had been increasing her; cheese export to Great Britainby leaps and bounds. Mr. Ruddick thought, In w-cver, that. the making of cheese in.- how Zealand might fall off, since but- tcr was the proper dairy product ot-l that country. The Argentine Repub- 110, so often rumored to be a coming competitor in the dairy market, would never, Mr. Ruddick thought, become; a. serious factor in the situation. Ire- land had developed a creamery indus try in recent years, so that there we now in the Green Isle over 81.0 plan The annual export of butter to Eng-- land averaged $30,000,000. Irish but- tt'r was nearest to Canadian in quality. ’, INCREASE IN EXPORTS. Mr. M. S. Schell, member for South. Oxford in the Dominion House, quoted. figures showing that Canada‘s exports- nf dairy products had increased be- 12363 and 1903 from $550,000 tot tween I $24,712,000. Since 1003, the banner year; in the industry, exports had been lowg er. For the year ending March, 1908p the exports would probably be not. more than' $20,000,000. lion. Nels-on Montcith. Minister 0?, Agriculture for Ontario, OUIIIIILtI briefly; the measures which the Governmch are taking for the rotectton velopment of the da y industry. TIIREE DIE IN THREE “‘EEKS. Brampton Family the Tragic Visitation. A dcstpatch from Brampton says: Rarely has a sadder visitation over» taken a community than that which has ll‘rcfallen ii Brampton family in the past three weeks. In that time the lath and mother and a son-inâ€"law have December from crysipelas and poisoning. Ilis son-in-law, Alex. "Brod. dy. 118 years of age, was at the death bed and contracted the disease the fol- lowing day, and died on Jan. 8. Mrs. li‘allis. aged 70 years. was almost ini- iiie:iately stricken down with the same fatal malady, and she too passed away i l f i and dc - Victims of a. about oight o’clock on Thursday nighh . The family are amongst the oldest and best known in the town. ___,*__.__. SIX \VEEKS ENTOMBED. Days Below. , A (It‘SDttI."Il Il‘wlll Ely, Nevada’ says: After having been entomde flirty-six: (lays: one thousand feet. below the surr face in the Alpha shaft of tlic (liroux, mine, A. l). Bailey, 1‘. J. Brown and‘. Fred McDonald were rescued «in Sat- urday night. Whistles- all over tli camp blew lcu lly, while crowds chef-r- ed in the streets of Ely to the ringi of bells. "he nirn had teen cnlomlred (11 December lit-ti. Two Greeks .‘wh were working with them were killed by the cave-iii cf the shaft. __.___.:(_ It is expected that the Belgian Parlia1 mentary UiiniiiiSsion will reject King, lei:ipol(t's Cong-i ti'4-aity. though it wilt endorse some of it. ‘ Japan has warned China that she will cease paying duties on her goods sent to. Manchuria unlch the customs laws are enforced against Russia. lltlLl an 18 Plttlllll iiiii" New Moorish Sultan Takes a Long, Threatened Step. A dcspatch from Tangier says: holy war which has iron threatened Ill Morocco ,til. 3 the ; .iitl exterrn U‘ i: grr'it ivlulai Ilzitid . _ re- nnin-“11g to attack the It is expect-mi that the -I(‘ll£.-I ' -. y n. -~> In E'i each. be "e prrr-lafmml at 1702. and '12:} ’ fziiiuticsrn tlirongh- <1. '11-: ;~ unti'y is [care-.1. FEARS l-‘OR COAST TOWNS. t A match from London sq. : The lelllD ~ :oi'i'e:j'r.iiaieiit of the Times rraph; thit the Mom ' -'n !ll‘dtI€' ni.:‘e ' ‘ proclamation of the 1b adds that lilting-dill A are nee of“: to protect liiiro- vitzins :ii the It Ls believ- . i situation ' ' I t.) . 2...»,1 towns. lul no E,.!'vl.-:‘dll: are now in the inter for. 30‘1"] FI‘NCI’K‘k-Shlli‘gs 11011? Three Nevada Miners Rescued Aft .r 16-