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g '} :7 :1 f ' . .- . ‘Izr'l,’ ,' t? K. ..vv .v A ll Fire From Unknown Cause Destroys House and Its Contents. A despatch from Brantford say": gedies ever recorded in this vicm- ,. edies ever recorded In this VI in- ty was enacted near the village of, Lyndon on Saturday morning, when the home of Philip Vansickle, a retired rosperous farmer, was destroyed y the devourig ele- ment. The disaster was complete, not only dealing destruction to the house, but claiming every one of the four inmates, including the father, son, daughter, and sonâ€"inâ€" aW. Nothing remains of the once Substantial homestead and well- known family but ruined walls and charred bodies. ' The Deadâ€"Philip Vansickle, aged eighty years, retired framer; Martin Vansickle, aged twenty- three years, his son; Harry Van- sickle, aged thirty years, son~in- law; Melitta. Vansickle, aged forty years, daughter. The origin of the fire, which was at first a mystery, has been traced to the stove in the front hall. The supposition is that the glowing coals from it fell on the floor, setâ€" ting fire to the oil cloth and kind- ling a blaze, which either suffocated the inmates in their sleep or cut off the means of exit when they endeavored to escape from the building when it became a mass of flames. Thus far, however,‘all theories are based on supposition. But one fortunate circumstance stands out against the dark back- ground. Mrs: Harry Vansxcklc, with her three children, all of whom resided at the destroyed homestead, were absent at the time of the disaster, being at Trin- ity, where Mrs. Vansickle was Vis- iting her husband’s father, Wesley Vensickle. They returned last night terribly affected. THE GtVElll‘llEllT MAYHELP Fund to Assist Railways and Municipalities to Do Away With Grade Crossings. 'A dc‘spatch from Ottawa says: In connection with the proposed investigation of the Railway Com- mission into the question of level crossings with a. view to evolving a general line of policy to afiord greater protection to the public in all parts of Canada, the, commis- ’sion have recommended to the, Government the ado tion of a. system analogous to t at in force in some of the States across the border. This system, recognizing that the expense of eliminating all the dangerous level crossings is more than the railways can be ex- pected or made to bear alone, proâ€" yides for a central Governmental fund to be applied to the gradual improvement of existing condi- tions. It is suggested by the board that the Provincial and Fed- eral Governments, which charter- ed the railways. should out of the public revenues assist the rail- ways and the municipalities to jointly bear the expense of proâ€" tecting or eliminating entirely the level crossings. The whole quesâ€" tion is now under consideration by the Minister of Railways, but pending the further report of the commission as to the result of the investigation now proposed, it is unlikely that any definite decis- ion will be reached and embodied in legislation. ‘BIG JEWELLERY ROBBERY. Mysterious Affair in Westmouut That Baflles the Police. A despatch from Montreal says: 'A robbery involving the loss of several thousand dollars’ worth of jewellery was committed some time on Wednesday in the residence of Mrs. J. H. Stanford, who occu- pies suite sixteen in the Metcalfe Apartments, on Cote St. Antoine road, Westmount. Despite diligent investigations of the Westmount police no clue has yet been discov- ered which will lead to the appreâ€" hension of the burglar or burglars. There are no servants in the house, and so far the robbery is shroud- ed in mystery. _.____,,,_ MARRIED ON A TRAIN. Departure in Matrimonial Ideas in Nova Scotia. A despatch from Halifax says: Births and deaths are not uncom- mon happenings on railway trains hereabout. but marriages are a rarety. One occurred on the Sydâ€" ney Express shortly after the train left Sydney, on Friday, both bride New and groom being named McDonald, which was also the name of the clergyman. This is the first train marriage in Nova Scotia, that the railway officials have record of. The ceremony was performed quiet- ly while the other passengers look-ed on. The bride and groom were unattended. _â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-XNEXT GOVEP JOB-GENERAL. Opinion in Britain that it will be Mr. John Sinclair. A despahch from London says: The Daily Mail declares definite- ly that Mr. John Sinclair’s eleva- tion to the Peerage is merely pre- liminary to his appointment as Governor-General of Canada. This appears to be the general opinion in Liberal circles. ___.>x<__ A movement for a civic federation has been started at London, Ont., to bring capital and labor into more friendly relations. Some inquiries are being made about the steamer Hestia, said to have sailed from Glasgow for Hali- fax twentyvthree days ago. Slllllllllll FLll-lllllll LlBEllEll Seized at New York for Sinking the Steamer Republic. A dcspatch from New York says: Counsel for the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, own- ers of the White Star Line steam- er Republic, on Friday filed a libel in the United States District Court against the steamer Florida. of the Lloyd-Italiano Linc, which ran down and sunk the Republic off' Nantucket lightship. Damages amounting to 531.500.0013 for the loss of the ship and $500000 for the loss of cargo and effects of the pas- sengers and crcw were claimed. It lisiou was due to no fault. on the] part of Captain Sealby of the Re- public, but. wholly to the fault of the Florida, which. it is alleged; did not lfccp :1 proper course. had, 1 isolely by the fault and neglect on is assert-2d in the libel that the colâ€", no sufficient lookout. did not givcl “‘xopcr whistles nor pay heed to )0 whistles of the Republic. It is alleged further, that the Florida. failed to indicate her changes of helm, that she was proceeding at an immoderatc speed and did not stop or back her engines. The Lloydâ€"Italiano Socicta di Navigatione, owners of the steam- ship Florida. also filed in the Unit- ,ed States District Court a libel and petition for a limitation of liabil- ity against the Florida, hcr freight and passage money. The papers state that the collision was caused the part of the Republic. The pc- titiuicrs say that the damage value of the Florida now (it es not exceed 8221.000. and ask the court. ito fix the liability at not more than‘ that amount. After the filing of the papers in the proceedings ['nitcd States Mar- shall chkcl seized the Italian vcs. scl under a. writ of attachment. it run -63c asked. mi WORLD’S REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Chccsc and Other Dairy l‘rcduco at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Feb. 2.â€"â€"l“lourâ€"Ontario wheat 00 per cent. patents, $3.70 to $3.75 to-day in buyers' sacks outside for export, Manitoba. flour, first patents, $5.80 on track, Toronto; second patents. $5.30, and strong bakers‘, $5.10 to $5.20. Wheatâ€"Manitoba wheat, 351.09% to 81.10 for No. 1 Northern and $1.0672 to $1.07 for No. 2 Northâ€" ern, Georgian Bay ports. No. 1 Northern $1.15 to $1.153!2 all rail, and No. 2 Northern at $1.12 to 351.12%, all rail. Wheatâ€"Ontario, 97):.jc outside. Oatsâ€"Ontario No. .. white 401/3 to 410 outside, and at 43 to 433/30 on track, Toronto; No. 2 Western Canada oats, 45c lake ports, and N0. 1 feed, 421/20 lake ports. Ryeâ€"No. 2 quoted at 09 to 700 outside. Barleyâ€"No. 2 barley quoted at 56 to 57c outside; N0. 3 extra at 54 to 550, and No. 3 at 52 to 530. Buckwheatâ€"56 to 56%c outside. Peasâ€"~No. 2 quoted at 86 to 87c outside. Cornâ€"No. 2 American yellow, 68 to 681/30 on track, Toronto, and No. 3 yellow at 67 to 67%c, Toron- to. Canadians, 64% to 65c, To- ronto freight. Branâ€"Cars, $20.00 in bulk out- side. Shorts, $22.00 in bulk out- side. v COUNTRY PRODUCE. Applesâ€"Winter stock, $3.50 to $4.50 per barrel for good qualities, and at $2 to $3 for cooking apples. Beansâ€"Prime, $1.80 to $1.90, and hand-picked, $1.90 to $2 per bushel. Honeyâ€"Combs, $2.25 to $2.75 per dozen, and strained, 101/, to 110 per pound. Hayâ€"No. 1 timothy $11 to $11.- 50 per ton on track here, and low- er grades at $9 to $10 a ton. Strawâ€"$7 to $7.50 on track. Potatoesâ€"60 to (ST/go per bag. Poultryâ€"Chickens, dressed, 12 to 13c per pound; foul, 10c; ducks, 12 to 130; geese, 11 to 12c; turkeys 16 to 17c per pound. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€"Pound prints, 24 to 25c; tubs and large rolls, 22 to 23c; in- ferior, 20c; creamery rolls, 27 to 290, and solids, 26 to 27c. Eggsâ€"Case lots of cold storage, 25 to 260 per dozen; picked, 24 to 25c, and new laid 28 to 30c per dozen. Cheeseâ€"Large cheese, 13%(3 per pound, and twins, 13}§c. HOG PRODUCTS. Baconâ€"Long clear, 10% to 11c per pound in case lots; mess pork, $19 to $19.50; short cut, $22.50 to $23. Hamsâ€"Light to medium, 131/: to 14c; d0., heavy, 12%. to 13c; rolls, 10% to 11c; shoulders, 10 to 10110; backs, 16 t0 16%0; breakfast ba- con, 14% to 15c. Lardâ€"Tierces, 12%c; tubs, 12%c; pails, 13c. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Feb. 2.â€"Peas, No. 2, 94 to 95c; oats, Canadian Western N0. 2, 47c; extra. No. 1 feed, 461?; N0. 1 feed, 451/20; Ontario No. 2, 46c; Ontario No. 3, 45c; Ontario No. 4, 440; No.« 2 barley, 63% to 650; Manitoba feed barley, 55/2 to 56c; buckwheat, 55V.2 to 560. Flour â€"Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.60; Manitoba, Spring wheat patents, seconds, 85.10; Manitoba strong bakers’, $4.90; Winter wheat patents, $5 to $5.25; straight rollers, $4.60 to $4.70; do., in bags, $2.15 to $2.25; extra, in bags, $1.75 to $1.85. Feedâ€"Maniâ€" toba bran, $21 to $22; Manitoba shorts, 2-1; Ontario bran, 821 to $21.50; Ontario shorts, $24 to $24.- 50; Ontario middlings, $24.50 to $25; pure grain mouillc, $28 to $30; mixed mouille, $25 to $27. Cheeseâ€"Finest western. 121/2 to 123,0; eastern, 12% to 1235c. But- terâ€"Finest creamery, 27 to 2713c; fresh receipts, 251$ to 20c. Eggsâ€" Ncw laid eggs. 35 to 40c; selected stock, 28 to 29c; No. 1 stock, 25 to 26C. ['XITED STATES MARKETS. Milwaukee. Feb. ‘2.â€"â€"“‘l1C21tâ€"'NU. 1 Northern. $1.11: No. 2 Northern, $1.03 to 81.09; May. $1.07}; ask-ed. Ryc!No. 1. 7533?. Cornâ€"May, Barleyâ€"Standard. 65c; samples. 59}._.c to 03c: No. 3, (50 to 620; N0. 4. 59}; to GOC. St. Louis. Feb. Tâ€"V‘Clicatâ€"C‘ash, 621.}: May. 051:. ; July. 653gc. Buffalo. Feb. 2.â€"thav.â€"Spring firm; So. 1 Northern, carloads .......~-NEW my. in turns Various Denominations Are Represented About the Same as Last Parliament A dcspatch from Ottawa says: An analysis of the personnel ofthc new House of Commons with re- spect to places of birth and relig‘ ions gives the following interest- lng figures:â€" In the last Parliament there were 200 native-born Canadians ; in the new House the native-horn number 201. There are six Eng- lish-born as compared with four in the last House. Ireland sent four sons to the old House, but there are only two native Irishmcn in the new House. In each House the membership included three: men who were born in the United States: Scotland had three repre- sentatives 1n the last House; now: it has only two. The new House also includes one member who was born in South America. By religions the figures are equ- ally intci‘estingzâ€"Thc Roman Ca- tholics arc of exactly the same as in the old House, the iiggurc in each case being 70. The l‘rcsby‘ terians number 46 in the new House; last year they had 47. The Methodist Church is represented by 50 in the new House, as against 50 in the last Parliament. The Church of England has 41 as against 42. The Baptists number- ed eight in the form-er House; in this they number six. One addi‘ tion to the religions is a Universa- list. The Congregationalists are two, the same as last year, and there is one Lutheran and one Farringdon Indcpendent, just as in the last House. W store, $1.13%; Winter, firm. Corn Higher; No. 3 yellow, 64%c; No. 4 yellow, 641/,0; No. 3 corn, file; No. 4 corn, 63%,0; No. 3 white, 67%c. Oatsâ€"Firm. Ryeâ€"No. 2, on track, 81%c. CATTLE MARKET. Toronto, Feb. 2.~Exportâ€"Mar- kct is firm for choice export steers and bulls. Butcherâ€"An active demand for choice butcher cattle, and market firmer. The demand for good butcher cattle was active,l and everything offering in thisl class was soon picked up at firm prices. Sheep and lambsâ€"Better demand for ewes and lambs; mar- ket firm. Hogsâ€"Select at $6.40 f.o.b., and $6.65, fed and watered. Steady demand for butcher cows. Good export steers and bulls want- ed. Milch cows of good qualtiy in demand; common not wanted. Good veal calves steady. â€"â€"â€"â€".__r_‘s-___ GANANOQI'E’S HEAVY LOSS. Turner’s Block and the House Burned. A despatch from Gananopu-c says: At 3.30 on Sunday morning in the store of block, corner of King and Stone streets, flames were discovered coming out of the plate-glass winâ€" dow. The fire spread fast. A heavy north wind was blowing, which sent the sparks over the buildings. The fire department played five streams of water on the building. The fire spread to the Opera House block, owned byl W. G. Rogers. It looked at this time as if all of King street wouldI go. The Turner block, owned by! W. Y. Boyd, is a threesstory brick building, occupied by Clifford Sine, druggist, stock 815,000, in~ surance $8,000, complete loss; Corâ€" rigan & Coy, dry goods, complete loss, insurance not known; Jas. McCaulcy, restaurant and billiard- room, insured. In the second flat, the Tiger hockey team had theirl club rooms; W. Y. Boyd, insura ance office, and Professor Jackson, musical studio. On the third story was the Colonial Theatre. Nothing was saved in the building. Insur- ance not known. The Grand Opera House, a. concrete block building, and one of the most upâ€"‘toâ€"date opera. houses in the Province, was completely destroyed. W. G. Rogers states he has $8,000 insurâ€" ance on the building. Mr. Rogers‘ loss will be fully $25,000 Peters Bros. had a restaurant in thcl building. which is also a total loss. The VVorkmen and Canadian Order of Foresters had their hall over the stores in this block, and it, too, Opera is a complete loss. The total loss is estimated at $104,000. __+__ THREE GREAT ELEVATOR S. Ercctcd During Present Year at Fort William. A despatch from Fort William says: Pile-driving on the founda- tion of the Thunder Bay elevator, situated a short distance from tho Atikokan Iron Works, commenced on Tuesday, and a large force of men is already engaged on the work, it being the intention of the contractors, Messrs. Barnett 85 McQueen, to rush the work to completion at the earliest possible time. The site of the elevator is 1,000 feet from the shore line, though the water is nowhere more than two feet in depth. With the commencement of the Western Ele- vator Company’s building in West Fort William and the work already going on on the Grand Trunk Pa- cific elevator this makes three large elevators which will be crec- ted in the two cities during this year. To be >11. *â€" M ONTREAL SHAKEN. JOS- Mccallleyy Turner Shock of Earthquake Alarms the Citizens. A despatch from Montreal says: Montreal was shaken by an earth- quake at 11.15 on Sunday night. People in all parts of the city were awakened by the shock, which was so sharp that it was believed to be an explosion. Men were sent out from the police stations to in- vestigate. While the shock gave a. scare to the inhabitants, no damage is reported. __,x(. w A MEDAL FOR BIKES. French Government Will Recognize His Work. A despatch from Paris says: The Government has decided to award a. medal for lifeâ€"saving to John Binns, of the Republic, for his fine conduct after the collisâ€" ion between that vessel and the Florida. 2:! GRIZZLY MOI‘XTAIN REST .ESS Danger of Volcanic Eruption Near San Francisco. A despatch from San Francisco, Cal, says: Grizzly Moutain, lo- cated in Lake county, about 75 miles north of San Francisco. is reported to be showing signs of eruption. The mountain is locat~ ed in the St. Helena range. which abounds in volvanic signs, while the geysch near by spout hot water and steam. 7" BlithltllllllllSS it Each Member Will Have Special Charge of a District. A despaich from Ottawa sayszf An important reorganization oil the Railway Commission is anâ€"l nounccd by which the Dominion, is divided into districts, each in: special charge of one of the con; I missioncrs as to the routine appli~‘ cations. Chief Commissioner Blabecl will. of course, have a general: supervision over each (listi':~ ' I at F The Province or chm-i0. wiih‘ihc, exception of Port Arthur and the' district west thereof. i< placed. under the immediate jurisdir '03‘ of Mr. D’Arcy Seott. the ASSLst-l ant Chief Commissioner. and hCa will be assisted by Inspectors .0 James Ogilxic and James Clarke. The Provinces of Quebec, New Brnnmick. Prince Edward Island and Nova Soils. are allotrd to Hon. M. L'. Bernicr. who will he l.>tC‘.i by Mr. E. C. Lalondc. in- pi’qul'. ("annihissioncr S. J. McLean takcs charge of Manitoba. Sasâ€" ka-tciicnnn. and that ‘UOI’ElJIl If 'ntario west of Port Arthur. with Mr. W. Blythe of ll'iilitipc as inspector. Alberta and l'ii'iil>ii t‘oh‘ " will be looked after l-y L'o: sioner Mills. afizitll.(‘l by Insp: r In. J. liltCaul.