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The train left Vancouver in the morning at 5.30 and reached Sapâ€" perbOn at 6.15. The track passes by a bridge over/the Burnett Riv~ er, and a heavy flobd had submerg- ed the; track on both sides; The train was in the swirling waters a1- mostr’before those on board'were aware the bridge had been reached. Lawnmtive 456, with Engineer A despatch from Vancouyer, B. 0., says: Speeding through a howl- ing storm in the darkness, while the people of Vancouver and New West- mister slumberedr in the long Sunâ€" day morning rest, a. gang of J apan- ese track laborers who had~turned out to repair the ravages the Great Northern Railway had suffered during the worst night’s weather in 'ears went headlong to death, the ridge near Sapperton collapsing under the weight at the heavy work train. At least twenty and perhaps thirty unfortunate Japanese are reported dead, and others more or less seriously injured are in the hos- pital here and at Westminster. Car'Pull of Japanese Laborers Subflérged in British Columbia. ANflTHER RAILWAY HORROR Homesteader Nearly Kills Wife and Wrecked House. ‘ A despatch from Let-hbridge ‘saysz"August Lesowski, a homer steader, four Igniles south of Bow Island, on Tuesday put two sticks of dynamite in the stove to thaw. His wife saw smoke coming from the oven and opened the door. The \dynadi‘iie‘exploded, and pieces of site" fituck‘Mrs. Lesowski in sex" _ , g acesnnd nearly blinded her. Slfdhe-H/ taken to Lethbridge Hos- pital,"’a.'nd will likely live. i The house was wrecked, but no one else wés hurt. ’ Sentenced to Ten Years for Embez- ‘ zlcment. ‘ - A despabch from Madisoil, Wis- consin, says: Phil Allen, ' n., for- Has Big, Display at Exhibition of ' ‘ Live Stock. A despatch from Chicago says: Canada playing its usual import- ant part. in the International Live Stock Eiposition, which is now on in full swing. Ontario, especially, is well represented. Beside the large display of stock ,from that province, the Agricultural Gollege of Ontario has its young stock ex- pert's in judging contests. The Agâ€" ricultural College of Ontario, which is probably the best known institu- tion of its kind in the world,.is eon- oeded better than an even chance to win in' the students" stock judg- ing contest. Practically every State 11 the.Un.ion was represented in some few classes, while Canada has no small part in the exposition. Par- ticularly notable were the Canadlan entries of sheep and hogs. The State university experiment farms have important entries in all class- es, many of their cattle plainly showing championship class. The independent exhibitors are not, however, so’fearsome of their pork entries as they have been in past, years. » ‘ THREE, PEOPLE ’SUF‘FOCATED Gas From _a Goal Stove, Which Had, Been ‘ Lighted for the First time. 'A despatch from Aurora. says: Suffoceted by coal gas which es: leaped from a. new stove, Mrs. Re- becca Flintoff, her granddaughter, Laura McDonald, and a boarder, Fred Blake, were found dead on Thursday in the home of Mrs. Flin- toff on Machell avenue here. The discovery of the bodies was made about noonwwhen Mrs. C. W. Flin- toff, a niece of Mrs. Flintoff, be- came suspicions that something was wrong when she did not notice any signs of life about the place. With a neighbor she went to the home of Mrs. Flintoff, and after knocking at the door and getting no response an entrance Wis forEed. AHmit- fiance had to be secured by a rear CANADA AT CHICAGO SIIOW. DYNAMITE IN THE OVEN. ‘NKER SENT TO PRISON. on this side of the river have been brought to Vancouver, five injured have been taken to the Memorial Hospital, while the remains of the other dead and others of the in- jured have been taken to Westmin- ster. The Burnett River carried somé poor battered bodi‘es out to the Fraser. Many of those on board were en~ tangled in the wreckage and were drowned without a chance for their lives. Others were killed out- right. Three white men, the enâ€" gineer, the fire’man‘and Conductor Ellis, escaped, the two former with slight injuries. A white man named Davis was injured and is now in the Vancouver General Hospital. Three bodies recovered in safety, but the first car, carryâ€" ing the heavy road~meking apparaâ€" tus, crashed through into the tor- rent, dragging the engine from one side and the car loaded with the men on the other into the water. Beattigor at the throttle and Fire- man Kentjn the cab, passed over Aylmer Town Council has decidâ€" ed to rebuild the water and light plant, de_stroyed by the explosion some weeks ago. The Compaghier Trénsatlantic ‘ié planning to run mail steamers be- tween France and Canada. The Quebec Go{*ernment sent 700 volumes for the Provincial library. Tons of Rock Fell on Railway at Niagara Falls. \A despatch from Niagara Falls, 01117., says: One of the worst land- slides in many months tied the Gorge Railroad up for some time on Wednesday. Tons of rock fell from the river bank, burying the scenic railway tracks. Dynamiting had to be resorted to before the debris could be cleared away. No o’ne was injured. Important Capture Made on Lake l Superior. ’ . A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., says: On Thursday af; ternoon, Game Warden Calbeck made an important seizure of tugs and fishing equipment at Richard‘- son’s Harbor, Lake Superior. The tugs Argo and Alberta belonging to Gerow Bros. of Rossport were captured, the charge being fishing out of season. Severi men, includâ€" ing four of the Gerow brothers, were brought to the 800, and served with papers on Friday. A large quantity of fish were taken with the seized tugs. ‘mer Vice-Presideht of the First National Bank of Mineral Point, Wis” appeared on Friday before Judge Sanbom in the United States District Court, pleaded guilty to four out of twentyâ€"six counts in the indictment against him, and Was sentenced to ten years in the {Federal Prison at Fort Leavenâ€" worth, Kansas, the maximum un- der the law of any one cBunt. A1- len was charged with embezzling $168,000 from the Mineral Point bank. door, as there were storm windows on the house. When the back door was forced in the smell of coal gas was so strong as to (almost over- come those who had secured‘an en- trance. Fred Blake, who was a boarder, was found dead in his bed, and on going into the room occupi- ed by Mrs. Flintoff and'her grand~ daughter, both were found. dead. Drs. Hillary and Stevenson, who were hastily summoned, gave it as their opinion that the three persons had been dead at least twenty-four hours. An examination of the bud- ies indicated death from suffocation, and Coroner Scott of Newmarket, after making an investigation, de- cided that an inquest was unneces- sary. LAND SLIDE IN G 0R TWO TUGS smzm . GE. ” fififiaié, 3101?. 30;;Wheatâ€"spéihg wheat firm; No. 1 Northern, "car- loads store $1.123/4c; Winter steady. ‘2 yellow, 641/20; No. 3 (new): 59%0; No. 3 white (new), 59 to 59%0; No. 3 yellow (new), 50%c; No. 3, 400; No. '4 (new), 57170 58%0; Oats-â€" No. 2 white, 420; No. 3 white, 400; No. 3 white, 39%‘ to "40c; No.. 4 wlgfiivteii 39 {30:3391/26‘; ataudwrd, 41}/2c. 1 , 11' , nn‘~ "n Chicago, Nov. 30.â€"Cash Wheatâ€",- No.2 red, $1.19 to $1.23; No. 3 red, $1.10 to $1.18; No. 2 hard, $1.10% to $1.11%; No. 3 hard, $1.03 to $1.09; No. 1 Northern, $1.11 to $1.- 12: No. 2 Northern, $1.08 I" to $1.09%; No. 3 Spring, $1.06 to $1.- 09 Cornâ€"N0. 2, 63 to 633/10; No. Montreal, Nov. 30.â€"â€"Oatsâ€"â€" No. 2 Canadian Western, 401/2 to 411/2c. Barleyâ€"No. 2, 66 to 670; Manitoba feed barley, 52 to 53c bushel. Buckâ€" wheat/~58 to 58%0. Flourâ€"Mani- toba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.70; Manitoba Spring wheat pat- ents, seconds, $5.20; Winter wheat patents, $5.50 to $6; , Manitoba strong bakers’, $5; straight rollers, $5.10 to $5.25; straight rollers, in bags, $2.40 to $2.50. Feeolâ€"â€"On~ tario bran, $20 to $21.50; Ontario ‘middlings, $23 to $23.50; Manitoba ‘bran, $19 to $20; Manitoba shorts, $22 to $23; pure grain mouille, $32 to $33; mouille, $25 to $27. Cheese â€"â€"â€"Westerns, 11% to 115/80 for late Fall make, while early Fall make 19 held at 11% to 120. Butter â€" Finest creamer-y, 25 to 25%0,’and fresh receipts, 24% to 25¢. Eggsâ€"â€" Selected stock, 27 to 28c, and No. 1 ‘ candlel at 25 to 260 per dozen. l Lardâ€"Tierces, 15V._.c; tubs, 153/40 pails, 160. Baconâ€"Long clear, 14 to 14%0 per 1b. in case lots; mess pork, $26.50; short out, $28 to $28.50. Hams~Light to medium, 15m 160; do., heavy, 14 to 14%0; rolls, 14 to 14%0; shoulders, 12% to 13c; backs, 19 to 20c; breakfast bacon, 17 to 186. - age. Cheeseâ€"412140 per 11). for large and at 12%0 for twins. en Butterâ€"Pound prints, 23 to 240-; tubs and large rolls, 21 to 22c; inferior, 18 to 190'; creamery, 26% to 27%.:3, and solids, 25 to 251/20 pér lb ‘ ~ Poultryâ€"Chickens, dressed, 11 to 13c per 1b.; fowl, 8 to 90; turkeys, 15 to 17c 11).; ducks, 1b., 11 to 120,, geese, 9 to 100 per 1b. Straw~$8.50 to $9.50 on track Tomnto. Potatoesedf) to 500 per bag on track for Ontarios. Hayâ€"N0. litim’gEhyrégég) $15.50 and No. 2 at $13.50 to $14 on track; Toronto. Beansâ€":$1.6d to $37.65 1501‘ bushel at_outside points in large lots. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Apples~¢2 to $3450 per barrel according to quality. fl VH'oneyâ€"' l4v1‘xxo All “Luau IUUD Combs, dozen, $2.25 to $3; extllgcted, 7101/20 per lb. Cornâ€"Old No. 2 UAmerican yel- low, 72 to 72%0 Toronto, and new No: 3 yellow, 67c track, Toronto. Branâ€"$21 in bags, Toronto, 3111 shorts, $23.50 in bags, Toronto. Oatsâ€"No. 2 Ontario white, new, 37 to 380 outside. Canada. West; oats, 38340 for No. 2, and 37%0 For No. 3, Bay ports. Peasâ€"88 to 89c outside. Rye~No. 2, 74 to 750 outside. Buckwheatâ€"55c high heights, and at 56c low freights. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS . Toronto, Nov. 30.â€"â€"~Flour â€"â€"- On- tario wheat 90 per cent. patents, $4.30 to $4.35 in buyers’ sacks on track, Toronto, and $4.15 to $4320 outside in buyers’ sacks, Manitoba flour, first patents, $5.60 ontrack, Toronto; second patents, $5.10 to 5.20, and strong bakers’, $4.90 to $5‘ on track, Toronto. Manitoba/Wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern $l-04%, 'Bay ports, and No. 2 Ngrtherp, $1.03, Bay ports. Ontario, WheatIâ€"Nou. é mixed, $1.- 04 t0$1.05 outside, and No. 2 white 1mg réd at; $1.05 and. $1.06 outside. Barleyâ€"N0. 2, 60 tad 61¢ ofitside, ang No.73 extra, 58 to 590 outside, REPORTS FROM THE LEADING ’ TRADE CENTRES. THE WORLD’S MARKE l‘S' Eggsâ€"Case lots, 30 to 32c per (162â€" 1 for fresh, and 26 to 27c for stor- BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. THE DAIRY MARKETS COUNTRY PRODUCE. HOG PRODUCTS. A despatch from Cherry, Illinâ€" ois, Says: Not since the recovery of the first bodies from the depth of the fireâ€"wrecked St. Paul mine here have such scenes been witnessed as the heartrending picture at tne sealed mouth of the mine on Thurs- day. Hundreds of grief-stricken women, with‘worn feces and father- less children clinging in fear. to their dresses, gathered in groups about the shaft of the mine, sobbing and moaning. Their sacred dead are'lost for ever. The realization. of the horrible end of the great dis- aster has aroused a. frantic grief. Women fellVon their knees, drag- ging their children with them, sob- bing out their, cries of despair. Many men in Cherry still cling to the .loeliei;~ that_with the sealing of the'mine‘ living men among the nearly 2007 still missing have been*‘ doomed to death. Mina exmrm THEY WANT THEIR DEAD ‘Bufi'alo Man Murdered in Puhho Library. A despatch frunl Buffalo says: VVi’uhoufi explanation or warning, lint with a deliberatiOn that made ‘fthfi‘ accomplishment of hiS‘murâ€" lclorouzs purpose simple, Charles ‘Str’ohl, an employee of a bakery, walked into the readingâ€"room of the Buffalo Publio Library on Friday, pulled a revolver and shot; and inâ€" stantly killed Franz Stcndtz, who boarded with Mrs. Decola on Broadâ€" way. The murderer rushed out of thc buildil g, pursued by a number ol people,- and turning into an al» lay, exchanged shots with'his pur» suers, one shot striking an officer aim the hand, disabling him. By ‘this'iim’e‘ fifteen hundred people had gathered. Strohl, taking shel- ter behind a, brick wall, occasion- ally looked over and fired. For fifteen minutes he held the crowd at bay. Finally, after the police had fired 40 or 50 shots they ex'e- cubed a. flank movem’ent. Strohl broke for cover, but was finally‘ cornered and caught. 1 Sad Scenes Round the Sealed Shaft . of St. Paul Mine. ‘ ’ and unchangad. Hogs weds; 2 3:3 to 537.40 {.mb. and {37.60 t 65, fed and mu " ' ’L Toronto, Nov. 30.â€"â€"St0ckers and feeders were in active demand, especially shortâ€"keep steers and heifers. Milkers and springers were a little easier} this was due rather because the cows wmo. nut in Hm best condition than to an): falling off in the demand. Sheep and”: .2103 v:ch steady to‘ firm. Calves firm Montreal, Nov. 30,â€"Prime beeves sold at 4%0 to 5%0 per 1b., pretty good animals at 31/40 to 4%0, and the coman stock at 2c to So, while the lean cannel‘s brought from ll/gc to 20 per 113. Milchlcows, $30 to $60 each. Calves, from 3a to near 60 per 1b., sheep, 3%0 to a httlc over 33/;0 per 1b., lambs 51/20 to 60 per 1b. Good lots of fat hogs sold :1: 8340 to 8%0 per lb. Cornâ€"Firmer; No. 3 yellow, 64%c; No. 4 yellow, 62c; No. 4 com, 600. Oatsâ€"Stronger; Barley feed to malting, 63 to 70c. ‘ _-__-.- Y-vv,vv‘l v- the expenditure, while the calendar year would show a surplus of sev- eral hundred thousand dollars. In this estimate no account is taken of capital expenditure on the pow- er scheme, the T. & N. 0. Railway {mil good roads. » , A despatch from Toronto says: Owing to the fact that the Provinâ€" cial revenue for the short year of ten months is considerably oCer the estimate and that the Province has not spent as much as was voted by the Legislature last session, Hon. A. J. Matheson stated on Friday morning that Ontario’s rev- e‘nue would be within $100,000 of The Provincial Government Makes an Important Announcement. FINANCES 0F [INTERN Thg subtraction of the months of LIVE STOCK MARKETS. SHG'I‘ EVA Li‘XfE‘ié'. The aissatisifction o the ininerl‘ at the step ta. en by e mine 03» cialgwas openly voice . ‘ “Nothing can be done until the; fire has died out, and the extreme, danger of entering the shaft ig eliminated,” declared W. W. Tayg‘ 101', superintendent of the mine. scout the idea. and state that such i519 ifnpogssibilitjy. ' The ("rop ‘all ’l‘llraslmd or Silvm'oly Slm‘kod. " I A despatch frnm Vlogina says: In is estimated by (‘. 1’. ill. mfliciâ€" ayls that not more than (no per cent. of the entire crop in Saskatâ€" chewan remains unthmshed at the present Limc‘ and this is all secureâ€" l',‘ stacked. In the other two Prov- ‘inces all the grain was thrashed some 'time ago. All the require- ments of cars for shipping have been remarkably well mot. ‘Wamau Soaked Clothing in, Oil am} Ignited Ii. ;\ dcsyzatch from Niagara Falls, N Y., says: Mrs. Florence Bishop, 60 years old. committed suicide on Wednesday at her home in 000111- er’s Rnad, a few miles from‘this city. She took her life by soaking her garments in coal oil ahd incin- erating herself. Alexander Gillles found Mrs. Bishop’s body in a smoke Infuse. V It was a mass of burned flesh and Chin'er bones. A note found among the dead woâ€" man’s effects told of the Writer’s determination to end her life by fire. S .8 SK A '!‘(‘ HEWA N 'i S HA Bl? Y. Spanelli Pays Penalty for Murder of Chinaman. A despatch from North Bay‘saysx isam Spanelli, a young Italian, was hanged here early on Friday morn- ing. He passed a rather restless night, being up several'times. He walked calmly to the scafiold. Life was declared extinct at 7.17, thir- teen and threeâ€"quarter minutes af- ter the trap fell. Spanelli was conâ€" victed before. Judge Riddell of kill- ing a young Chinaman, Ming Chew, in a restaurant brawl at Hailey- bury, July 30th, using a, dirk twelve inches long. Special. precautions were taken by Sheriff Varin in view of sinister rumors that the prisonâ€" ev was a. Black Hand leader, and that Italians were coming into town in large numbers in pursuance of a. plot to dynamite the jail. Four ekâ€" tra constables were placed on duty but nothing occurred to cause trou- blo. {H'BKESED HERSEIF T9 HEATH. November and December removea considerable revenue, nomny in li- cense fees and timber‘duties. The increase in revenuexover the esti- mates for the ten montlig amounts to about $1,250,000," the most not- able increases being: Crown, lands, $500,000; law stamps, $5,000; pub~ lic institutions, $20,00; Central Pri- son industries, $7,000; Provincial Secretary’s Department, $82,000; Agricultural Department and sta- tionary engineers, $28,000; succes- sion duties, $275,000; supplemen- tary _revenue, $29,000; , license branch, $50,000; T. & N. O. Rail- way, $250,000; game and fish- branch, $17,000, and collected a-r- rears of Algoma'texes, $9,800. W ITALIAN HAN GED.