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Passenger Train . Pram: Montreal to Sault Ste. Marie Plunges Into Spanish; River. Prof. W. H. Day of the Ontario Agricultural College estimates that at least one-third of‘the cleared land of the Province, or 4,710,000 acres, is in» urgent need of under- drainage. If that were all drained and each acre produced $20 more that] it does 110va the increase in crop would be worth $94,200,000 anâ€" nually. The value of all field crops A despatch from Toronto says: The remarkable value to Ontario of the extensive underdrainage opera- tions going on in the Province is set .fm'thjn an agricultural report jfist‘issu’efl by the department. Each acre that has been so.drained, 4t points out, produces on an average about $20 more per year than forâ€" merl)‘. “The total number of acres drainâ€" ed during the years 1905-1909,” says the report, “$193,436, the product of which, at $20 increase per acre. Would be worth $3,858,- 720 more each year than before be- ing drained.” A desfiaIpch- from Nfifth ' Bay pays: A t6rrib1e accident occurred on Friday afternoon on the “Soo” branch of the C. R”, 37 miles west of Sudbury, when express No. 7,' en route to Sault Ste. Marie, was derailed, ‘taking heavy toll in (kit); and injury among the pas- sefigers. The engine, baggage, express, mail and one secondâ€"class car re- mained on the rails, while one seeâ€" ondâ€"class. (me first-ciass, the diner and a slee‘per left the rails, plung- ing' down the embankment. The first-class car and diner went into theiriver. The sleeper and secondâ€" The express was speeding along with a good passenger list, when, without warning of any kind, sev- eral of the cars left the rails and plunged down a steep embankâ€" ment; two of the cars going into tile Spanish River, adding death by drowning to the horrors of the tragedy; A dining car is partially submerged and a. firstâ€"class car is almost- wholly under water. be known, as the track is torn up. Physicians were' hurried bdflw scene from Sudbury as soon as. ward was received, and a wrecking train, with General Superintend- ent Gutulius, made a record time from North Bay. Arrangements were made to rush a diver on 'a. special train from Sdult Ste.. Marie to recover the bodies from ‘the sub4 merged cars. The injured were rushed to Sud~ bury Hospital, Where. one, Mrs. Honde, of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont, died. All the others will recover. NEARLY FOUR. MILLIONS Twenty passengers at least were in the second-class car, which took fire and was burned, adding addi- tional horror to the terrifying specâ€" tacle. How many escaped from the fiery furnace of deathis- not known as yet, as there is no teleâ€" graphic communication with the wreck at present. When the cars left the rails, tearingfioose from the front‘rpart of the"t‘r‘&in, the crash of timbers, the groaning ofgirders and ahrieks of twisting steel was speedily folâ€" lowed by cries of injured passen- gers, as the water of the} Spanish River filled the doomed cars. ' Annual Increase in Ontario Crops as Result of Drainage. . It is impossible to obtain a. borâ€" rect estimate of the dead, reports varying all the way from 35 to 45. The. number o'f injured will total between 50' and 70. . ' Fourteen passengers were enjoy- ing lunch in the dining car’ when the accident happgned, but it is stated that they all got out safely. About 25 passengers were in the firstâ€"class car, which is partially submerged, and how many are (lead will not be known until the diver, who is being rushed on a special train from Sault- Ste. Marie, arrives at the scenel The tuin was just approaching the large steel bridge spanning the river when the accident happened, (rid the «use, whether a‘broken rail, or a, broken truck, may never be known, as the track is torn up. Physicians were hurried bdthe “But that does not tell the whole story of the possibilities of under~ ch‘ainage,” adds Prof. Day. “Onâ€" tario has 2,250,000 acres of slash land and 2,750,000 acres of swamp, marsh and waste land. or 5,000,- OOCI altogether, much of which re- mains in this comparatively use: less state only because it would be too wct for cultivation. 0n much of the slash and marsh a comparatively small amount of la- bor would do the neceSRary clearâ€" ing, and underdminagc would re- claim thc land and make it equal” to the best. The swamp. too, when cleared, would yield to drainage in the same way. Thus an immense area could be added to the arable land of the Province.” 'class cat“ rerhaitfed on the ground, but the second-class car was burn- ed. Engineer Trclford and/she train crew, with the exception of Conductoi‘ Reynolds, escaped in~ jury. in Ontario in 1908, according to the latest report of the Bureau of Inâ€" dustries, was $164,077,000. Thus drainage of all the cleared land needing it might increase Ontario’s field crop about 57.4 per cent. At the present rat-e it would take 100 years to Complete the drainage. Father Chaillo'u, Dorval, Que; J. Henault. Matheson, Ont., died in Sudbury Hospital, Jan. 22; Tateâ€" forf Hoppe, Mrs. C. Houde, “Soc,” Ont, drowned in dinen; George McIlhenney, North Bay, Ont., C. P. R. fireman; George McLaugh- lin. Barrie, Ont, farmer 22 years old, from Anton Mills, Ont., sev- eral ribs fractured on right side, suffered from shock, died night of Jan. 22 in Sudbury Hos- pital; Nick Nikolanko, 150 Walley Street, Lawrence, Mass, died on way to hospital; John Resback, North Bay, 0. P. R. fireman; S. J. Saunders, Orillia, Ont, commer- cial traveller, drowned in diner; body taken to Sudbury; Zonnum .Spinkzie, going to Chisholm. Mam, died in Sudbury Hospital Jan. 22; T. H. Watt, Renfrew, or some place in Montana,'drowned, body taken out of diner and sent to Sud- Bur-yg unknown man, Italian or French; â€"~. Bosenza, foreigner; Rev. Mr. Childerhose, North Bay, Ont., Superintendent of Presbyterâ€" ian Missions;R. A. Booth, 13 Lau- rier Avenue, Toronto; C.’ J.” Robâ€" ertson, Arnprior, travelling audiâ€" tor C.P.R.; Patrick Kinehan, Bruce Mines; Clara, Tees, aged 4, Bruce Mines; E. G. Bemmels, Lisâ€" bon, North Dakota; elderly woman, unidentified; middle-aged woman, unidentified ; Thomas Aussant, Blind River, Ont.; unidentified boy, 12 years old; Hiram Johnston, Montreal, president of the Hiram Johnston (30., Limited; unidenti- fied woman, unidentified woman, unidentified bOy, 10 years ‘ol’d; Dr. Whitehead, Powassan, Indian, me»- dicine- vendor; Geo. McDougall, Copper Cliff; Mrs. Stankie. Shaw. ville. Que; Joseph Kelly, Leaven- worth, Wash. The' British' Columbia Legisla- ture was opened on Thursday, and Mr. D. M. Eberts was elected Speaker. ' Mr. George McL. Brown has been appointed European ma-nâ€" ager of the C. P. R. C. Carey, Mohtre’al, C.P.R. air brake inspector; Wm. Law/M3310 P. R. fireman, North Bay. totalled $740,931. (Passengers from the eastbound “Soo” express are being transfer- red around the wreck, as the bridge is considered unsafe, which will cause considerable delay to traffic. A despatch from Montreal says: Following is the official list of the dead in the wreck at Spanish Riv~ er. issued by the 0. P. R. on Mon- day night: Toronto’s fire losses last year DEATH LIST TO DATE IS 33. MISSING. 80; Manitoba Spring wheat patâ€" ents, seconds, $5.30; Winter wheat pat-ants, $5.50 to $5.60; Manitoba strong ’bakers’, $5.10; straight r01» lers, $5.10 .to $5.20; straight roll- ers,' in bags, $2.40 to $2.50. Feed “Ontario bran, $22.50 to $23; On- tario middlings, $23.50 @824; Maâ€" nitoba bran, $22; VManitpba shorts, $23; pure grain mouille, $31.3) $33; mixed mouille, $27 to $29. Cheeseâ€"»Westerns, 113/,1 to 12c; easterns 11% t0711%c. Butâ€" terâ€""Choicest creamery 25% to 26c, and fresh receipts 24% to 25c. Eggsâ€"Selected new laid, 40 to 42c; selected No. 1 stock. 30 to 32c, and N0. 1 candled, 27 to 280 per dozen. Buffalo, Jan. 25.â€"-Spring wheat 'wStronger; N0. 1 Northern, carâ€" loads store, $1.]T‘/_.; Winter, N0. 2 red, $1.25; No. .2 'white, $1.25. Cornâ€"No. 3 yellow; 68%0; N0. 4 yuHOW, 167340; No. 3 corn, 67%_t0 GSZC; No. 4 corn, 66% to 67%(3; N0. 3 white, 683/10. ' Oatsâ€"Firm; No. 2 rye, track, 88c. ' * Chicago, Ja-n. “laâ€"Wheathash N0. 2 red, $1.23; No. 3 red; $1.18 to $1.24; No. 2 hard, $1.10%>to $1.13; No. 3 hard, $1.06 to $1.12; Montreal. Jan. 25.~â€"Oats, No. 2 Canadian Western, 45% to 45%0; No. 2, 44% to 44%c; Ontario No. 2white, 430.. Ontario No. 3 white, 42c; Ontario No. 4 white, 41c. Bar~ Icyâ€"No. 2, 68 t9 69c; Manitoba feed barley, 53 to 550. Flour â€"- Spring wheat- patents, firsts, $5.- THE. ‘» WORLD’S "MARKETS Hams-Light 130‘ medium, 15% \to 160; do., heavy, 14% to 150; rolls, 14 tofi141/éc; shoulders, 13 to 13%0; backs, 19 to 210; breakfast bacon, 17% to 18c. Manitoba, Wheatlfiof 1 'ixiéithâ€" ern, $1.12, Bay ports, and No. 2 Northern, $1.10 Bay ports. Baconâ€"Long clear, per 11). in case lots; $27 to $27.50; rshort $29.50. ‘ IJardâ€"Tierces, 15%c; tubs, T16c, pails, 16%0. Prices of Cattle. Grain, Cheese and other Dairy Produce at ’ Hone and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS.‘ Toronto, Jan. 25.-â€"F10ur â€"‘â€"â€" On- tario wheat 90 per cent. patents, $4.25 to $4.30 in buyers’ sacks on track, Toronto, and $4.20 to $4.25 outside, in buyers’ sacks. Mani- toba, flour, first'p’atents, $5.60 on track, Toronto;_ second patents, $5.10 to $5.20, and strong bakers’. $44.90 to $5, on track, Toronto. Barleyâ€"No. 2, 58c outside; No‘ 3 extra, 55 to 560; No. 3, 50 to 520, and feed 48c outside.- Oatsâ€"N0. 2 Ontario white, 7% to 38%c outside, and 39% to 400 on track, Toronto. Canada West oats, 41%0 for No. 2, and 40%0 for No. 3, Bay Ports. Peasâ€"85 to 860 outside. Rye.â€"-â€"No 2, 67c outside‘ Buckwheat~520 high freights, and 530 low freighbs. Cornâ€"New No.”2 yellow, 75 to 751/90, Toronto, and selected No. 3 a’sj3 to 73%c Toronfio. Branâ€"$21-in bags, Toronto, and shorts, $22.50 to $23, in bags, To- ronto. . Applesâ€"$2.50 to $4 per barrel, according ‘to quality. Beansâ€":Car ioté bytitside, $1.65 to $1.70, and small lots- here at $1.50 to $2. Hayâ€"«No. 1 timothy, $13.50 to $14, and No. 2 at $12 to $12.50 on track, Toronto. Straw~$7.50 on track, Toronto. Potatoesâ€"47 to 500 per bag on track for Ontario's. Poultry-~Turkeys; dressed 17 to 180 per 1b.; ducks, 13 to 15c; geese 12 to 13c; chickens; _13 to 14c, and fowl, 10 to 11c. g” ' Butterâ€"~Pound prints, 23 to 25c; tubs and large rolls, 21 to 22¢; in- ferior, 18 to 200; creamery, 27 to 280, and solidsL 26 to 26%0 per 1b. Eggs~Case ldts of nerv~ laAid, 320 per dozen, and storage, 25c per dozen. Cheeseâ€"~12Zc per H). for large, and- at 13c for twins. Honeyâ€"Combs, dozen, $2.25 to $3_;_ext1:§cted, ‘IOVQC per lb. REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Ontarid Wheat~l\uTo.[ 2 Imixed, $1.06, and No. 2 white and red, $1.07 outside. UNITED STATES MA RKETS. BUSINESS IN MONTREAL. THE DAIRY MARKETS. COUNTRY PRODUCE. HOG PRODUCTS. 14% to 150 mess pork, cut, $29 to A despatch from Ottawa says: The immigration bill introduced by Hon. Mr. Oliver in the Commons on \Vednesday‘ gives the Governâ€" ment power, if deemed advisable, to absolutely prohibit the entrance of Asiartics, and also to deal sum- marily with members of such orâ€" ganizations as the Black Hand, Mafia or Chinese Highbinders. Provision is made for ier deportw tion of any person not a Canadian, Toronto. Jan. ‘35.â€"â€"Picked choice well finished steers and heifers were bought for butchers’ purposâ€" es up to $5.85; ordinary to' choice butchers’ sold freely at $5.25 to Government Taking PoWer Under Mr. Oliver’s Bill. Montreal, Jan 25. â€"- Prime boeves sold at 5% to near 6%c per 11).; pretty good animals 4/,, to 5%(3; common stock. 3 to 4c per 1b., and the lean canners at about 23420 per lb. There were about an équal number of milch cows and springers’ 0n the market._ The former wwe in active demand at from $30 to $60 each. Calves sold at 3 to near 6c per 1b.; sheep about til/:30 per 1b.; lambs, 6% to a, little over Gl/Qc per 1b. Good fat hogs 90 per lb. 'FUURN‘EW ‘ DB‘EADNUUGHTS REPORT THE BLAUKHANDEBS No‘ 1 Northern, $1.12 ,to $1.13; No. 2 Northern, $1.11 to $1.12; No 3 Spring, $1.08 to $1.10%. Cornâ€"N0. 2, 64% to 64340; No. 2 white, 65%= to 660; No. 2 yellow, 65 to 65%0; ‘No. 3, 631/4 to 63%0; No. 4, 62% to .630; N0. 4 yellow, 62% to‘63%c; No. 3 yellow, 63% to 640; No. 4 White, 64% to 651/40. Oats“ No. 3, 480; No. 3 white, 47/4 to 48%0; No. 4 white, 46% to 47%c; standard, 48 to 49c. It is reported, on what appears to be good authority, says The Manchester Guardian, that the Admiralty has placed orders for the building of two battleships of the Dreadnought type, but repre- senting improvements upon the original, and that a conditional ofâ€" fer has been made to the Thames Ironworks Company to accept their tender for the construction of a third. A fourth vessel which has been ordered is a m‘uiser-battleship similar to the Lion, recently laid down at Davenport. Messrs. Vickers, Sons 6: Maxim have received the order to build the cruiser-battleship. This vessel will have a replacement of about 552,000, and will have turbine en- gines capable of giving her a speed of thirty knots an hour. The Vick- ers firm is already building the turbine machinery for the Lion. A despatch from Toronto‘ says: The Province of Ontario deported 263 “undesirable persons” during the year 1908; according to the of- ficial report on prisons and asyr lums, issued the other day. In the two previous years, 87 and 19, respectively, were the figures. ‘ “How some of them can pass any thorough system of inspection is a mystery; the genera paretics, the precocious clement, the obvious degenerate all slip by and reach us in a, surprisingly short time. Surely it would" be wisdom and good economy on the part of the Federal authorities to have some of their medical inspectors trained in psychiatry) Even a mere tyro The report says: “An analysis of the admissioné’ proves most strik- ingly the importance of caréfully scrutinizing those who come to our shores. The Ships Are to Represent Improvements , on the Original Warship“. Importation of Boys and Girls of Defective Type Should Be Discouraged. IMMIGRANTS T0 BE UULLED LIVE STOCK MARKETS. It is understood that in order to pr vent the rumored further influx of Hindus the Government contem- plates raising the money qmfiifica- tion now required of each Asiatic, other than Chinese 01' Japanese, on entering Canada to $500. It is now $200. ~ “who by common' repute'bclongs or may be suspected of belonging to a secret society or organization; which extorts money or attempt! to control anyone by blackmail.” ' Twenty Stores on last Side at Town Destroyed. A despateh from Elk Lake.‘0nt., says: Fire destroyed over half the east side of Elk Lake early on Sunâ€" day morning. The flames original» ed in a pool room, a man having knocked over a gasoline strove. Th3 loss is over $100,000, with practi- cally no insurance. About twenty stores were destroyed and'm'any people are homeless. in British Columbia. Ten thousand Italians are need~- 9‘1 for railway construgtion work Mr. S. A. Armstrong, Deputy Provincial Secretary. submits charts Which show the alarming proportions of English and fore- igmborn inmates of Ontario’s pri- sons and asylums. $5.60. Cows were strong, selling up to $5 for the finest grades. There were a few export cattle on offer, .which sold at $5.85 to $6.- 15 Milkers and springers were in fair demand at prices current for the last two months. The large run of sheep and lambs caused a little weakness. Hogs were weak, although a large number were sold at, $8.40 f.o.b.; se’lects are still quoted at $8.45 f.o.b. and $8.70 fed and watered. ~ The Press Association confirm: this statement; and adds that an order for it battleship of the Dreadnought type, but‘larger, has been placed with Sir W. Arm- strong. VVhitworth & (50., of New‘ castle and Manchester. Orders for turbine engines and boilers have been placed with Messrs. Hawthorn, Leslie & (10., New- castle. A similar vessel and mar chinery has “been ordered from Messrs. Beardmore ‘of Clydebanlt. The armaments of the three ehips definitely ordered have been allot- ted in equal proportions between Armstrong, VVhitworth 6.: C0,, and Viekers. Sons & Maxim. Each battleship will be 600 feet long and 68 feet broad, and will be armed with ten 12-in. guns, which will be available for use on either broad- side. The Admiralty order for the Tyne is estimated at £2,500,000. “The importation of boys and girls of distinctly defective typo should be absolutelydiscouraged. Our experiences with these weak- lings make us realize how great a menace they are, and how careful we should be to have a. thorough examination of their antecedents made before admitting them. Bet- tev still would be to exclude them altogether, and when I say this I voice the opinion of many of these who have had to deal with these questions practically.” in the study of psychiatric prob- lems would be able to detect the weak spots in many of those who at present safely run the gauntlet 01' port of arrival inspection. ELK LAKE FIR E SWEPT;