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H in worn)? The Field Cropsâ€"Tif‘the Dominion Has a Value of $432,533,000. A despatch frcm Ottawa, says:' 'According to the statement issued on Wednesday from the Census and Statistics Office an area of 27,« 505,663 acres of field crops has yielded a harvest which, computedl at average local market. prices, has a. value of $432,533,000. Wheat, oats and barley aggregate in area 16,297.100 acres and in value of $209,070,000; hay and clover off 8,210,900 acres have a value of $121,» 884,000; rye, peas, bucbwheat, mixed grains and flax, grown on 1,525,700 acres, have a value of $23,- 044,000; beans, potatoes, turnips, and- other roots, corn and sugar beets, grown on 1,471,913 acres, have a value of $78,535,000; Fall wheat, with a yield of 24.40 bushels per acre, shows a value of $21.10; Spring wheat, with 16 bushels, shows $12.84. The total value of the wheat bar- vest in the North-West Piovinccs is $72,424,000 and in the rest of the Dominion $18,804,000. The value of all field crops in the various provinces is as follows :â€" Prince Edward Island .3 9,408,000 Nova Scotia. .... . . . . . . 20,083,000 New Brunswick . . . . . . . 38,042,000 Quebec . . . . . . 80,896,000 Ontario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185,308,000 Manitoba .. 66,660,000 Saskatchewan . . . . i . . . . . 37,614,000 Alberta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,522,000 The average value of field crops for the Dominion in the year is 815.72 per acre, and the average value. computed on an estimated population of 6,940,000, is $62.34 per head. Fifty per cent. of this year's wheat crop, 72 per cent. of the oats and 68 per cent. of the barley res maincd in farmers" Lands at the. end of November. The condition of the new crop of Fall wheat at the same time was 75 per cent. of a standard, and 73 per cent. of Fall plowing was completed. A statement on the care and shipment of fruit made in the pres- ent number of the Census and Statistics Monthly by the commis- sioner of dairying and cold storâ€" age is worthy of emphasis. “There is not a sound apple grown in Can- ada any year, and picked from the tree at the proper time.” Mr. Ruddick says, "but could be do- livercd in Great Britain or the Northâ€"West in perfect condition if cold storage were intelligently apâ€" plied in transferring it from the tree to the consumer.” >I‘ CARRIE T0 ATTACK LORDS. That is it She. Can Secure Entrance to the House. A despatch from London, says: Carrie Nation says that when she comes to London she will begin her cleaning campaign with the House of Lords. She adds: “I don't know whether they will let me in, but I’ll try.” =â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"_â€"_R BLOCK AT SOO BURNED. Man Believed to Have Pcrishcd. A dcspatch from Sault Ste. Marie says: Another disastrous fire visi- ted the Canadian 800 at 3 o’clock! on Sunday morning, by which the handsome Hussey block was com- pletely destroyed, and the Corona- tion block adjoining badly damaged. One man, Alex. Kemp, aged 65, is- believed to have perished in the flames. He conducted a carpenter shop in the basement, and has not been heard from since, although his coat and hat, which he were one hour earlier, were found. He enâ€" tered the building at 2 o’clock on Sunday morning in an intoxicated condition. The business places! burned are: Carconen’s large con-l fectionery store, insurance $1,200;‘ And One. Partlow’s second hand store; Kemp’s carpenter shop; St. James’ Hall, meeting place of all local Ca» tholic societies. The following, who occupied rooms, were burned out: Mr. and Mrs. J. Hammond, Mr. and Mrs. Balder, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Lemon, and Mr. and Mrs. F. Martel. On the lower floor of the Coronation block Bemrose's large clothing stock is almost a. complete loss, and on the floor above the lodge room of Bessemer Lodge, I. O. O. F., was badly dainâ€" aged. __.*__. NEARLY ASPHYXIATED. Efforts of Little Ones Rouse Father ‘0 Aid. A despatch from Strathroy says: Mr. and Mrs. William Calcut and family of six children had a nar- row escape from death early Sunâ€" day morning from asphyxiation. The little daughter of 9 years was awakened by fumes of escaping gas about 3 and began to cry, which awakened the rest of the children. Her little sister ot up and attemptâ€" ed to quiet her, Tint fell to the floor overcome. A brother, who was in an adjoining room, came to the res- cue, and he, too, fell unconscious to the floor; two more met the same fate. By this time the father and mother were awakened and rushed to their rooms. Taking in the situ» ation they threw open the doors and ran to the neighbors for help! Dr. McDougall was on hand in at short- time. All five children were unconscious. but were revived. They will recover. ‘bAq CHL‘RCII Bl'RNI-ID. Roman Catholic Ediiice at C(1!(‘;{u du Lac Destroyed. A tlcfipatch from Monirral. says:! The Roman Catholic Church ati ('otea dti Lac was destroyed by fire on Wednesday night. entailing a? loss of over 5:50.000. It was at firsti feared that the tire would spread} to a large convent near by. and the nuns and pupils: to the number of: over 300 made a. hasty exit. The‘ church was burnt-d tn the [ ground. I but the convent was saved. I A.THOUSAND HOMELEss Block of Apartment Houses Burn- ed in New York. A dcspat-ch from New York says: More than a thousand persons were made homeless and hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of property destroyed in a fire which burned out a block of apartment houses between Second and Third avenues and Fortyâ€"fourth streets,- Brooklyn, on Wednesday. Twenty persons were overcome by smoke, but were rescued by firemen. The great Bush terminal docks on the edge of the fire zone were saved by a fireboat, which kept the flames from sweeping over Second aven- ue. Occupants of the blazing buildings were driven half-clad and shivering, into snowâ€"swept streets, and a score of others were dragged unconscious from their apartments by policemen and firemen. .._.__.z.__~___ ATTEMPT AT MURDER. Italian Plungcd Dagger Woman’s Side. A despatch from Montreal, says: A sensational attempt at murder was made by an Italian Wednesday evening on University street, in one of the busiest quarters of the city. The Italian was walking along the street in company with a. woman companion, when, after some ani- mated conversation, he pulled a. stiletto and plunged it into the side of the woman, who fell in a heap on the sidewalk. The strcet was crowded with shoppers at the time, and the man took to his heels, fol- lowed by an excited crowd. After a hot chase he was captured and taken to the police station, where he gave his name as Francisco Var- io. I The woman is at the Royal Vic- toria Hospital in a critical con- dition. Into a -â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"‘I‘ GAS AT PINCHER CREEK. Mineral Riches of This Favored Alberta Section. A dcspatch from Pincher Creek, Alberta, says: A strong flow of na- tural gas was struck a quarter of a mile from this town on Friday morning by the Western Oil & Coal ‘ Consolidated Company, who have been boring for it for a couple of weeks. The flame was lit over a. twelvevinch hole. and rose. to a dis» tauce of twelve feet in the air. in- dicating a very strong flow. The well is down 400 feet. Oil. coal, iron and gas have now been found in great quantities in this vicinity. - ...x.___. COLD WAVE AND CHOLERA. The Epidemic in St. Petersburg In- creases. .~\ despatch from St. Petersburg Thursday's eold wave was accompanied on Friday by an iiiâ€" crease in the cholera. There were 31 new cases and 13 deaths. while 335, }\f‘I'SUnS suffering from the dis ease are now in hospitals here. 58VSI REPORTS FROM, THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Dec. 29.â€"â€"Ontario whcat who. 2 white, 93 to 9-10 outside; No. 2 rod, 950 to 95).;c; No. 2 mixed, 930 to 94c. Manitoba wheatâ€"Spot No. 1 northern, $1.03 to $1.05%; No. 2 northern, $1.05 to 551.05%; No. 3 int rthern, $1.03 to $103117, on track, lake ports. All rail No. 1 northern, $1.12 to $1.12%; No. 2 northern, $1.09 to.$1.09‘/2, delivered at 0'1- tar‘o pornts. Barleyâ€"No. 2, 530 to 55c; No. 3 extra, 52c to 53c; No. 3, 50c to 510, outside. Oatsâ€"Ontario No. 2 white, 39c. t0 38,1130, outside; No. 2 mixed, 370 to 37‘/._.c, outside, Manitoba No. 2 western Canada, 430 on track, lake ports. Cornâ€"Old, 69c, Toronto freights, ‘for No. 2 or 3 yellow; new No. 2 yellow, 680; No. 3 yellow, 30 to 64c, Toronto, No. 2 or 3 yellow; new No. 2 yellow, 090; No. 3 yelâ€" low, ()GC to sol/go, Toronto fi‘cights. Buckwheatâ€"No. 2, 500 to 56%0 outside. ‘ Peasâ€"No. 2, 86c to 801/50. Ityc-~l)ull; No. 2, (ESE/20 to 700. Flourâ€"Manitoba, first patents, $5.80, seconds, 555.30; strong bakâ€" ers’, $5.10; Ontario winter wheat patents, $3.70 to $3.75, buyers’ sacks, outside. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Applesâ€"Winter stock quoted at $3 to $4 per barrel for good quaâ€" lities, and at $2 to $2.50 for cook- ing apples. Beansâ€"Prime, $1.70 to $1.75, and hand-picked, $1.80 to $1.85 per bush. Honeyâ€"Combs, $2 to $2.75 per dozen, and strained, 10 to 110 per pound. Hayâ€"No. 1 timothy is quoted at $10.50 to $11 a ton on track here, and No. 2 at $7 to $8. Strawâ€"$7 to $7.50 on track. Potatoesâ€"Ontarios, (30 to 62c per bag. Delawares‘, 75 to 800 per bag on track. Poultryâ€"Chickens, dressed, 11 to 130 per pound;fowl,8t0 90; ducks, 10 to 12c; geese, 10 to 110 per pound; turkeys, 16 to 180 per pound. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€"Pound prints, 25 to 27c; tubs, 22 to 24c; inferior, 20 to 210. Creamery rolls, 28 to 29c, and solids 27c. Eggsâ€"Case lots of cold storage, 25 to 260 per dozen; selections, 28 to 300, and new laid are quoted at 35 to 40c per dozen. HOG PROD JCTS. Baconâ€"Long clear, 10% to 110 per pound in case lots; mess pork, $19 to $19.50; short out, $22 to $22.50. Hams-Light. to medium, 13 to 13%; d0., heavy, 120; rolls, 10%0; shoulders, 10 to 10%0; back', 16 to 10%.c; breakfast bacon, 14% to 150. Lardâ€"Tierccs, 12c; tubs, 12%c; pails, 12%0. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Dec. 29.~Grainâ€"â€"Canaâ€" dian western No. 2 white oats are selling at 40%0; extra No. 1 feed oats at 4534c, and No. 1 feed at 45¢ per bushel in car lots, cx store. Flourâ€"Manitoba Spring wheat pat- ents, firsts at $0, seconds at $5.50, Winter wheat patents, 85 to $5.25, straight rollers. $4.60 to $4.70, (11),, in bags, $2.15 to $2.25; extra, $1.- 75 to $1.85. Fecdeanit-oba bran, $21; shorts, $24; Ontario bran. $21 to $21.50; iniddlings, $24.50 to $25.50; shorts, $24.50 to $25 per ton, including bags; pure grain mouille. $30 to $32; milled grades, $25 to $28 per ton. Cheese â€" The [local market holds steady with west~ crns quoted at 12}; to 121110 and easterns at 113,; to 12c. Butter -â€"- ‘Fresh receipts of ereamery arc scl- yling at 25%c and Sept. make at 265,0 in a. wholesale way. Eggsâ€" ‘New laid at 35c; selected stock at 27c, and No. 1 stock at 240 per doz- cn. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, Dec. 29.â€"thatâ€"â€"Spring Cornâ€"Higher; No. No. 4 yellow, 61390: No. 3 corn. 6] to elf/go; No. 4 corn, 60% to 510; No. 3 white, 03,140 Oatsâ€"Lower, V0. 2 white, 5312;.c; No. 3 white, 52% to 53c; No. 4 white, 51}: to 513,0. Barleyâ€"Feed to malting, G4 to 080. Minneapolis, Dec. 29â€"Wheat â€" Dee, 31.07%; May. 81.09%; cash, .\o. 1 hard, 81.10%: No. 1 North- ern. 31.03%; No. 2 Northern, $1.- wheat, steady; No. 1 Northern car-v loads store 1.13‘ Wint ‘ ’ ' $ ’ er’ firm' lseems to have been caused by the. 3 yellow, 62c; MARKETS B m His Parent Was Ascending the Stairs With a. Whip t0 Punish Him- A despatcli from Amherstburg, Ont, says: Elijah Thompson, a colâ€" orcd man, well known throughout the county, was on Thursday morn- ing shot and fatally wounded by his 10-year-old son William. Ilc succumbed to his injuries at ‘2 o’clock the same afternoon. Thompson is the father of ten children, of whom William is the oldest one at home. Thompson was displeased with the way in which had done some work he had inv structed them to flogged the two other boys. "hen, armed with a. whip, he started to look for William, whom be blamed lmore particularly for the failure 0714;; No. 3 Northern, 551.03% to 81.05%. Flourâ€"~First patents, $5.30 to $5.- 65; second patents, $5.10 to $5.20; first clears, $1.00 to $4.15, second clears, $2.95 to $3.05. Milwaukee, No. 1 Northern, $1.11; No. 2 Norâ€" to 31.06123 bid. liyeâ€"â€"No 1, Corn~May, (Sic. Barley â€"Stand- ard, (35%0; sample, 58 to 6572c, No. 3, 60 to (330; No. 4. 580. _»x‘..._.__ FEUD LEADS TO FIRE. Store and Dwelling Burned at North Bay. A despatcli from North Bay says: Early Sunday morning the store and dwelling of Carmen Sandrelli, Italian merchant, was burned to the ground, the occupants barely escaping with heir lives. So quickly did the flames spread that nothing could be saved, and cash amounting to $350 was burned. The loss on the building is $5,000; conâ€" tents, $1,000; grocery stock, $1,500; insurance $4,250. The cause of the account of the fierce feud existing between the Italian factions here, which was intensified recently by the murderous stabbing affray in which an Italian named Amanda escaped death by a narrow margin. Amanda’s deposition accused San- drelli of the stabbing, but evidence was given throwing the blame on another Italian who left town the night of the affray, and Sandrelli was acquitted. Amanda is recoverâ€" ing and still accuses Sandrelli. g.â€" SIXTEEN VESSELS LO ST. Wrecks of the Past Season \on the Great Lakes. ‘ A despatch from Detroit says: During the past season sixteen vesâ€" selsâ€"ten steamers and six schoon- ersâ€"passed out of existence on the lakes. The boats that were total losses were valued at $631,000. They had a carrying capacity of 26,250 tons a. trip. Eight of the vessels stranded, and were pounded to pieces, five steamers were destroyâ€" ed by fire, two were lost in colli~ sions, and one steamer foundered. Only two were of steel. The greatâ€" est loss of the season was the steel steamer D. M. Clemson, .which foundered in Lake Superior. Twenâ€" tyâ€"four lives were lost on her. She was valued at $300.000; her coal cargo, which was worth $12,000, was insured. J1 A ill with foot-and-mouth disease in Monroe county, N. Y. the boy and two younger brothers‘ attend to and. Bran~$19.00 to $19.25.I Dec. 29.â€"Wheat â€". tliern, $1.07 to $1.03; May, $1.062; 75(‘.[ fire is attributed to incendiarism on, Ten children are. believed to be, liO do the work set out for the thch boys. William saw him coming and ran upstairs to hide. He found a Wiriâ€" Chester rifle in the room and stand ing at the hcad of the stairs fired at his father, as the latter started up. The bullet passed through Thompson's body, tearing a gaping l wound. Neighbors guarded the boy until Constable Laporte drove out to the {Thompson home, five miles from here, and placed him under ar- Ercst. The boy is in a half dazed ‘conditiou and insists that he did not iintend to even hurt his father in 'any way. DIED 0N TII l STREET. Visitor From Alberta Passes Away at London, Out. A despatch from London says: To drop dead within a. few blocks of the home of his daughter and Isonâ€"in-lmv, whom he had travelled nearly 2,000 miles to visit, and for whom he intended his arrival to be lin the nature of a surprise, was the fate that befell Mr. Robert Gilles- pie of Everts, Alta, at an early hour on Christmas morning. Mr. Gillespie is the father»iriâ€"law of P. C. Clarence Kelly, by whom he was identified. He arrived in the city on a late train, and was proceed~ mg to the home of Mr. Kelly, 41 Oxford street, West London, when ,a sudden attack of heart failure 'causcd his death. Only a few min- utes before Mr. Gillespie had been in conversation with P. C. Fow- ‘Eler, and appeared in the best of health. On passing near the same ,spot a. short time later Mr. Gilles- ,pie was found lying on the side- walk. P. C. Fowler summoned Dr. iWaugh, but life was extinct. The man could not have been dead many minutes when he was discovered by P. C. Fowler, as his body was still warm. ' __..___)X< wiLL ACCEPT TRAVELLERS Proposals to Tax Outsiders Doing Business in Quebec City. A despatch from Quebec, says. Ald. Cummings, at Tuesday night's meeting of the City Council, with- drew his motion regarding the levying of a tax of $200 on all com- mercial travellers, contractors. in- surance agents, traders, etc., com~ ing to Quebec to do business. H -w- ever, at the next mee'ing of the Council he intends to again give notice of a. similar motion, the only difference in which will be the elim- ination of the commercial traveller. ._-x< NEVER SAW TIIE FALLS. Remarkable Case of Niagara Woe man 97 Years Old. A (lcspatch from Niagara Falls, N. Y., says: Although she is 97 '3ears old and has resided all her life in Niagaraâ€"on-the-Lake, withâ€" in twelve miles of Niagara Falls, Mrs. Mary O’Brien never saw the great cataract until she came here on Thursday to spend the Winter with her son, Thomas O’Brien, of N0. 475 Fourth Street. It was also her first opportunity of seeing an electric car. With great trepida« tion she was persuaded to board a Main street car to go to her Son's home. A despatch from Cobalt, says: ‘In an accident at the Columbus mine at 2 o‘clock on “'cdncsday morning, William Hamilton, Ot- tawa; Fred Nelly, of West Temple. P.Q., and Edward Nation of St. ‘Pierrc, were killed. The accident cable slipping from its wheel as the ;men were descending the shaft 111 i the bucket. ' The three men had been carry- I iing out blasting operations. and at midnight came on dcrk for din-. ner, but forgot to turn on the :111‘.‘ Hamilton went down again, and attended to this. and then return- ed to the top. About fl 0 Clo-Ti; thc than N UtBlLTllNll Three Men Killed While Descending the Shaft. bucket, and up till the time of an investigation the rest is a matter of surmi:e. It is supposed. however, that. when they were about sev- ,pm.\ufire feet down the cable slipp- gmi Off the wheel. The engineer ,stoppcd immediately and steps were 'at once taken to See how matters stood. Mr. Shove-ll, the captain, ,was hastily called and descended by 4the rope ladder. At the drpth of seventy-five feel: he came across iraug for it to be rain d. More men‘ having arrived tlir party r-l‘tlt'Fr-tlf'l to the bottom. a depth of :10 fcct. :Hamilton was not dead when found, but the other two nan-ii bad breath- rd their last. live rninutrs; ailer- three were sent down again in tile‘“‘a1-d§ Hamilton exl‘ircd. the bucket. which was empty. and,