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MILLION FIRE AT QUEBEC Elevator, Freight Sheds and Cold Storage Plant Destroyed.’ A dospatch from Quebec says: A fire loss estimated at from $1,. 000,000 to $1,250,000, and the death of 0136 fire fighter, mark the de- struction Saturday night of the fitillion bushel grain elevator own- (d by 1311; Canadian Northern Rail- £15311 the doflme 6f the custom house, q. large stone built edifice, ignited ay. The building was erected a aw years ago at a cost of $400,000. cwqg destroyed, together with 595,)00 bushels of grail-L Also con- figmed were two huge freight sheds, filled with geods; the Cus- ozns House, 3 small freight sheds, " ye plant of the Quebec Cold Storâ€" ggg (30., and a number of loaded telght cars and two small boats. ' 9 fire broke out in the elevator Q ,ut eight o’clook, and as it was opstructed of wood, and of a good ex ht, ft soon became a mass of fla ‘ es, the firemen being quite be] less. The freight sheds of the ,1; storage plant followed, and ggen the domeofi the cqetomhopsez THANKSGIVING w++++ +++++++++5H++ “Thgy shall ahgnd'antly utter the mgmggy of thy great goodness.”â€" Ps. mm. 7. Why should 'we set aside one day i the yéar and ask men to give thanks to the Most High for the ercies 01f the past? Ddes the In- finite Giver of Gpod demand the tri- ute of our praise? Might it not 6 Well rather to spread the thanks hrough all the year and every day to cultivate thg: habit of_ gratitude? Yet it, may be a. good thing to have this special day of apprecia- tionâ€"vat least one day when com- plaiég‘fng is silent and the face is set ‘0"‘find the best in all things. If we earnestly seek on this day to culhiyate thankg ivlng its spirit and itahght will sh ng through all the year; we steadily shall cultivate the View of life as crowded with loving kindness. B++++++++++H+ +H +++<Hi Then it is a, good thing to have a day that questiOns our boastings of self-sufficiency, that marks with i errogation our oft reiterated ‘u‘p these things have my hands ijbught,” that questions whether there is not something of credit due 1;. all our works both to fellow man and to the Father of us_ all. _ It is good to have this day in which even the dreariest and sad- dest lives shall feel the swelling tide of joy and shall be borne by it to find cheer anew :for themselves. Each day of rejoicing but au ments the bitterness of those w o are burdened with sad memories. Yet if they will but look for it joy awaits them somewhere, How blind are we who measure our benefits in terms,of the dust, who feel that we have not been blessed unless we are laden with toys, and follies, and paltry rizes. W5 ought rather to murmur f with all our gain of things we have missed the lasting treasu’res of peace, and love, and Chara/eta: ,WWVV, 7..-." The real causes for thanksgiving, the great benefits of life, are in What, has come of enriching to the heart, and mind, and memory. Who then, has not occasion fqr joy? The Luau, “a: Lulu vuvw...w.- ‘-~ ,V‘, . .fi,‘ retrospect may have pain and loss THE YIELD IN THE WEST A despatch from Winnipeg says: Grain Agent Acheson of the 0. PW 13. returned on Thursday, after a complete tour of the west. He was studying the grain situation, and reports himself delighted with the yield, which, he says, is running 'far beyond all early estimates. He is convinced that the total wheat crop will run close to 122,000,000 bushels, which, at current prices, would mean a cash return to farm- ers of nearly as many million dol- lars. “We estimated the yield of wheat Mauitaha.‘ at fifteen bushels to Expert Says It Will Not Fall Short of ‘ 122,000,000 Bushels. and in a. short time the place was in rums. The records were saved. stiff west wind fanned the flames and threatened the safety_o_f the P. R. steamer Empress of Ireland, which was lying at Neford’s wharf in a, damaged state, and the steam- er was moved across the harbor. The fatality occurred when Je- rome Fortin of the fire department and a C. N. R. fireman named Martel fell with a ladder from the second floor of the custom house. They alighted on the stone steps 30 feet below. Fortin was instantly killed, While Martel had both legs and several ribs broken, and sus- tained other injuries. The fire was not under control until the early hours of Sunday morning. Only the direction of the wind saved the lower tows. The work of the fire department is be- ing severely criticized, and, an inâ€" vestigation may be held. 1 1,,, . VM--D_V,_-â€", , The insuranée is said to be less than $500,000. in its vista, it may be here a, part- ing and there a, grave. Yet have not the dark days brought to us that which could have come in no other way? What lives are as rich as those that have ‘been down in the dark valley? Where are hearts develop- ed as in that way that is barren of all but the flowers of love? To whom do we turn when we would find/riches of sympathy on which to draw save to those who have found the wealth of the inner life through the hardness and despoiling of outâ€" er things? How empty must the day of thanksgiving be to him who can count his benefits only in cash bal- ances. No matter how great the gains in things there is no reality in praising God for‘what has been made in apparent independence and often in conscious defiance of him, while it would be but mockery to join with your fellows in praise for that which has been gain to you only because it has meant loss to them. Even the humble and honest lives cannot be satisfied with giving thanks only for profits and gains in things. Gratitude wells up from deep source. When looking beyond and through the experiences of gain or loss, of pain or pleasure we see what these have added to us, not what has passed through our hands, but what has found 1ts way into our hearts. How small seem the prizes for which we strive, how paltry that of which we have been proud when wit-h clearer eyes we review the process of enriching the permanent assets of our lives which has been going on through storm and sunâ€" shine, good and bad, as it has come. ' What thanksgiving is there like to that for the joys of home, for friendships, human loves, glimpses of higher beauties, the foretastes of no'bler living, the treasures of mem- ory and hope, the touch with the world of spirits? These are the gifts with which the days that are past return to us if we have but the spirit of apâ€" preciation, if we have but eyes to see and hearts to know true values, 11' we but lift up our hearts to thank the Infinite Goodness for the glow- ing pattern and the imperishable treasure of character that is being woven in this strange and busy mill of life. the acre,” he said: “Saskatchewan at seventeen, and Alberta at twen- ty bushels to the acre. Actual re- ports show that in Manitoba wheat 13 running from seventeen to twe 1- ty-five bushels to the acre on an avelage; in the vicinity of Moose Jaw, 5 to 30 bushels to the acre; around Swift Current the same; out through Alberta, from 27 to 35 bushels to the acre. In one place, Pincher Creek, 'wheat is running 45 bushels to the acre.” He had not received a single complaint of a car‘ shortage this fall. There had not been a. hint of a blockade anywhere. THE WORLD’S MARKE [S REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. BREADSTUFFS. Torontoto, Oct. 19.-Flour-â€"On- tario wheat 90 per cent. patents, $4.15 to $4.25 in buyers’ sacks on track, Toronto, and at $4 to $4.10 outside in buyers’ sacks. Manitoba. flour, first patents, $5.60 on track Toronto; [second patents, $5.10, anti strong bakers’, $4.90 to $5 on track, Toronto. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. Manitoba. whveat'No. 1 Northern quoted at 831.04% Bay ports, and No. 2 Northern at 831.03% Bay ports. Ontario wheatâ€"No. 2 mixed quoâ€" ted at 98 to 990 outside, and No. 2 white and red Winter, 99 to $1.00 outside. ‘ Oatsâ€"No. 2 Ontario White, ne‘w, 361/2 to 370 outside. New Canada. West oats, 38 to 38,140 spot, Bay ports. Peasâ€"«84 to 860 outside. Ryeâ€"No. 2 69 to 700 outside. Buckwheat~55 to 560 outside. Cornâ€"No. 2 American yellow 690 on_ track, Torotor Barleyâ€"No. 2, 56 to 57c outside, and No. 3 extra at 54 to 550 out,- side. Branâ€"$21 in 'bags, and shorts, $23 in bags. ’ i:fiei;tvlé;§rifi:le; $225 “and hand- pl-gked, $2140 t9 $2.45 per bushel. Applesâ€"$1.25 to $2.75 per “car- rel, according to quality. 1 A HdnéyIâ€"Combs; dozén, $2.25 to $3; extracted, 100 pgr 1b: Hayâ€"No. 1 timothy, $15.50 to $16 a ton on track here, and N0. 2 $14 to $14.50. Straw~$8.75 to $9.50. Potatoesrâ€"55 to 600 per bag on track Efor Ontario, and at 75c for New Brunswick. Poultryâ€"Chickens, dressed, 12 to 130 per 1b. ; fowl, 9 to 100; turkeys, 17 to 19c per 1b.; ducks, 1b. 12 to 13c; geese, 10 to 120 per 1b. Butterâ€"Pound prints, 21 to 220; tubs and large rolls, 19 to 20c; inâ€" ferior, 17 to 18c; cream-cry, 25 to 260, and solids, 23 to 240 per 1b. Eggsâ€"Case lots, 250 per dozen. C*heese-12%c per 1b for large and at 12%0 for twins. Bacon, lopg clear, 15 to 15%0 per 1. in case lots; mess pork, $26.50; short cut, $27.50 to $2§_. Hamsâ€"Light to medium, 15% to 160 d-o., heavy, 14 to 14%c; rolls, 1412 to 15c; shoulders, 12% to 13c; backs, 18% to 20c; breakfast ba- con, 17 t318c. A” . ._...1/ I 1 WihrHâ€"u'fiefr'creis, 15 to 15%0; tubs, 15% to 15%0; palls, 15% to 153/40. w!- BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Oct. 19-â€"-New crop oats No. 2 Canadian Western, 41% to 420; old crop oats No. 2 Canadian Western, 42 to 42%0. Barleyâ€"No. 2, 66 to 6570; Manitoba feed barley, 52 to 530; ‘buckwheab, '57 to 580. Flourâ€"Manitoba. Spring wheat pat- ents, firsts, $5.70; Manitoba Spring wheat patents, seconds, $5.20; Win- ter wheat patents, $5.50; Manitoba strong bakers, $5; straight rollers, $5 to $5.25; straight rollers, in bags $2.35 to $2.50. Feedâ€"Ontario bran $21 to $22; Ontario middlings, $23.- 50 to $24; Manitoba bran, $21; Manitoba, shorts, $23 to $24; pure ‘grain mouille, $33 to $35; mixed mouille, $24 to $27. Cheeseâ€" Western, 11V8 to 11%0 and eastern 11% to 11%(3- Butterâ€"Creamery, 24A to 250. Eggsâ€"Selected stock, 27 to» 28c; No. 1 candled 25 to 260 per dozen. Buffalo, Oct. 19.-_Wheatâ€"â€"Spring‘ strong-er; No. 1 Northern, ca-rloads store, $1.08; Winter, steady, No. 2, $1.24; No. 2 White, $1.24. Cornâ€"- Firm. Oatsâ€"Higher; No. 2 white, 43% to 44c; No. 3 white, 43%c;; No. 4 white, 42%0. Ryeâ€"No. 2 on track, 790. Chicago, Oct. 19.â€"Cash wheat-â€" N0. 2 red, $1.19 to $1.20; No. 3 red, $1.16 to $1.17; No. 2 hard, $1.10 to $113; No. 3 hard, $1.05 to $1.10; No. 1 Northern, $1.07 to $1.08; No. 2 Northern, $1.05 to $1.06; No. 3 Spring, 211.02% to $1.- 05%. Germâ€"No. 2, 60 to 60%c; No. 2 white, 60% to 610; N0. 2 yellow, 60% to 60%c; No. 3, 60 to 60%0; 1N0. 3 white, 60%c; N0. 3 yellow, ‘GolAc; No. 4, 59% to 600. Oatsâ€" No. 2 White, 40%0; N0. 3 white, 39 to 400; No. 4 rWhitt, 38% to 390; standard, 40% to 40%c. UNITED STATES MARKETS. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal, Oct. 19.â€"N0rthwest THE DAIRY MARKETS. COUNTRY PRODUCE. HOG PRODUCTS. 15%}0 A despatch from Owen Sound says: Superintendent Buchanan of the Canadian Pacific Steamship Lines took the powerful tug Har- rison and cleared on Thursday af- ternoon at 3 o’clock for Flower Pot Island, where t? e company’s steam- ship Athabasca, is hard aground. Word Of the mishap reached Owen Sound by the C. P. R. steamship Assiniboia, (which passed the point at 6.30 on Thursday morning. Capâ€" tain Brown of the Athabasca, said that his vessel had gone ashore at 1.30 in thick weather, and that she was lying with her how on a flat rock, with about four feet of 'water in the forward hold. An effort was made to get a message across to Tohermoray, by passing tug for asâ€" sistance, but the arrival of the As- siniboia was the first word receiv- ed. The Assiniboia stayed about twenty minutes, but having no to'w line could not render assistance. The steamer is said not to be in a dangerous position. She carried THE ATHABASUA AGROUND’». Her Bow Driven Up on a Flat Rock in ' Georgian Bay. cattle sold at from 4% to 5%0 per 1b.; pretty good animals from 3% to 4%0; common stock, 2 to Sc per lb. ; small bulls sold at about 20 per 1b.; lean 0101 cows 1% to 1%c per 1b.; milch cows, $30 to $60 each. Grass-fed calves, 21/2 to 4%0 per 1b.; goo-d veals, 5 to 60 per lb. Sheep, 3%0; lam‘bs 5% to 5%c per lb. Good lots of fat hogs 8% to 90 per lb. Toronto, Oct. ISLâ€"Really choice well-finished butcher and export oattle were very scarce, $5.50 bei- lng the top price paid for a ifew extra, prime, picked steers .and heiâ€" fers. The demand for good butâ€" chers’ was strong and sold freely as from $4.85 to $5. Butcher cows were rather higher. There was a. good market for smokers and feed- ers of the heavy 0111-55, ’but the rough and light variety were draggy. As high as $70 was paid for choice milch cows. Distillery =feeders, steers and bulls are in great de- mand and the supply was on the short side. Sheep and lambs ‘were steady, with lambs slightly easier. Calvesâ€"Steady. Hogsâ€"Unchanced at $7.50 fob. and $7.75, fed and watered. Well-Known Insurance Agent 111- hales Chloroform. A despatch from Picton says: Tired of life, Geo. A. Ostrander, an insurance agent, committed suicide and was found dead by his wife on Sunday morning. On Saturday af- ternoon he told his Wife he would not be home for supper. He went DO the barn unnoticed, made a. bed, and covered his face with cotton batting saturated with chloroform. iThen he pulled a, rug over him. Thus he was found this morning by his wife. He was aged about 60. Net earnings 013 the T. 6: N. 0. Railway for _the past eight- months show large increases PEUF. FEBREB EXECUTEm A despatch from Barcelona, Spain, ‘ says: Prof. Francisco Ferrer, ‘ the Spanish educator and convicted revolutionist, was shot at the Fort- ress of Mont Juich, where he has been [confined since his condemnaâ€" tion by courtâ€"martial. He faced the firing squad twithout flinching, and fell dead at the first volley. Ferrer, except for a momentry expression of emotion immediately preceding his death, retained his compo»,r “:e to the last. His attor- ney, T. M. Malceran, who had deâ€" ifended the prisoner, had secured permission for a ibrief talk with the r-evolutionist before the latter was led to the ditch where he was to dive. To his attorney, Ferrer spoke feelingly of the work for ‘which he 'had sacrificed his life, and of the future of his daughter, whose brave attempt to save his life touéhed the father more deeply than any other incident of his trial and conV'ieti fin. Spanish Educator and Revolutionist Fences;~ Death Without Tremor. ' wOn Ferâ€"rgrisr arrest, his family were left dependent upon his daughter, who at once, secured emâ€" SUICIDE AT PICTOX. only half a, cargo, composed of gen- eral merchandise, and had less than a, dozen passengers on her list. “do V. _ a megaphohe was carried on. be- tween the two vessels with much difficulty owing to the high winds. Owing to the heavy sea it was thought unwise to attempt any as- sistance. It was also feared that the Athabasca if she was pulled off might sink. A conversgtipn 'w‘ith The Athabasca, is one of the smaller of the company’s vessels and 'was built on the Clyde in 1883- Since the arrival of the two big, new liners, Assiniboia and Kevewa-l’ tin, she has not ‘been in regular’ service. She went into commission‘ early in October for the fall trade! The point where the steamer went! on is about two hundred yards from.’ the Flower Pot Island Lighthouse»? the islands being located in the‘ channel between the end of the‘ Bruce peninsula. and Manitoulin: Island, and about eightyâ€"five miles from this port. Miss Muriel Johnston Died at Ottas‘ wa on Saturday. ‘ A despatch from Ottawa says! Through mistaking a bottle of cab belie acid for a. similar bottle con- taining a tonic, Miss Muriel John- ston, 17 years of age, residing on Gloucester street, poisoned hersel! on Saturday and died an hour af< tcrwards in great agony. Miss Johnston contracted typhoid fever in Cochrane several weeks ago, and was convalescing from the disease” As soon as the mistake was discovx ered medical aid was summoned, but efforts to save her life were without avail. Empress of Ireland Damaged ml the Gulf. A despatch from Montreal says!1 According to a, message received on. Thursday at the Canadian Pacific' Railway office, the Empress of Ire- land struck a submerged wreck on‘ Thursday morning between Capo; Chatte and Matane and had a. hole' l punched in her bowls. The steam. er reached Rimouski at 4-45 in the‘ afternoon and proceeded for Que.) bee alfter taking on her pilot, as is is apparent that she is not badly damaged, as Capt. Forster 'would have landed his 1,100 passengers at that point had his ship been in grave danger. Government vessel-3‘l have 1been searching for the last few‘ days in the river for a, derelict, bub without the success of the Empress.‘ The United States will admit free of duty woodpqu from wood cut, anywhere in Canada, except on Crown lands in Ontario or Quebeo‘ A sanguinary battle between ray‘ gular troops and revolutionists wags fought in Santo Domingo on Sat‘ urday. ploymenb in a biscuit factory. The daughter made a personal appeal to King Alfonso to spare 'her fa.- ther’s life. When these facts wero‘ related by Malcer'an, Fetter broke down. It was but a passing emotioh, and presently the undaunted revo- lutionist was himself again. _ TOOK POISON BY MISTAKE. . P. R. LINER STRIKES WRECK Ferrer declined to receive the last sacraments, and turned away from the two priests of the Orde of Peace and Charity, who by; been sent by the prison authori-. ties to offer him the final consola-y‘ tion of the Ohurch. When the‘ hour of his execution arrived, hea walked bravely through the prison} yard to the ditch, in the shadow; of tho encircling wall. Without a1 quiver he faced the twelve infa. 1-1 trymen who, at the word of com~‘ mand, fired a single volley. When the report had died awa , Ferret lay dead upon the groun '. Previous to the execution pre- caution-s had been taken to fone~ stall a possible attempt at by doubling the sentinels 1 walls of the fortress.