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FIRE BAVAGES GOLDEN CITY Sixteen Buildings 011 Main Street Wiped Out.â€"---Loss $40,000 to, $50,000 ‘ A despatch from South Porcupine Carter & Wright’s says: On Wednesday night between been burned down 11‘ - . in one ear once in the hours of 12 and 2 Sixteen build- y ’ . . January, again in ings were destroyed on the south July, and now in ( side of Main street, Golden City, December, They t involving a loss of between $40,000 insured. It is most and $50,000. The fire broke out the fire would have shortly after 12 in Romain’s saâ€" farther if several‘h loon, a, little girl first noticing the been dynamited‘ T‘ blaze. There was a fresh breeze 1y saved the Mullig blowing and in a few minutes the the Lyric Theatre. fire had such a hold that the bucketi buildings destroyed {brigade formed to convey waterilowszflKing Georg uL-Uqug auu. 11.] a 1L," AAJLAAuUVu v4zv “A, M ‘n, -A.w-"-r fire had such a hold that the bucketi buildith destroyed are as fol- lblfigade formed to convey water? lows :â€"~King George Restaurant, from the lake was quite POWGX‘lQSS- l Chas. Chow, proprietor; A. Loch‘ While some of the business houses! fruit and candy store; Carter K: had insurance, it was in unauthor-l Wright, druggistS; Mullin’s pool, ized companies, many licensed comâ€"5 room; branch of Liberty stores; panies having but a short time be- 0. Evans, men’s furnishing store; fore cancelled their policies. The‘ Lang’s supply store; W, Polton’s temperature was below zero, andl bakery, Romain’s saloon, the many of the fireâ€"fighters had theirl Strathcona Hotel, the Boston ears and noses frostâ€"bitten. The‘ Lunch Restaurant, J. M. Forbes’ thirty or‘fortay people homeless are lawyer’s oflice; J. W. Crawford, all being taken care of. lawyer; H. S. Godson, lawyer. A dyspepsia veteran who writes from one of England’s charming rural homes to tell how she won victory in her 20 years’ fight, na- turally exults in her triumph over the tea and coffee habit: “I feel it a duty to tell you,” she says, “how much good Postum has done me. I am grateful, but also desire to let others who may be suf- fering as I did, know of the dev lightful method by which I was relieved. “I had suffered for 20 years from dyspepsia, and the giddiness that usually accompanies that pain- ful ailment, and which frequently prostrated me. I never drank mulch coffee, and cocoa and even milk did not agree with my imâ€" paired digestion, so I used tea, ex- clusively, till about a year ago, when I found in a, package of Grapeâ€"Nuts lLhe little book, ‘The Road to VVellville.’ “After a careful reading of the booklet, I was curious to try Pos- tum and sent for a package. I en- joyed it from the first, and at once gave up tea in its favor. 20 Years’ Slaveryâ€"How She Got Freedom. “I began to feel better very soon. My giddiHBSs left me after the first few days’ use of Postum, and my stomach became stronger so rapidly that it was not long till I szs able (as I still am) to take milk and many other articles of food of which I was formerly com- pelled to deny myself. I have prove-d the truth of your stat-e- ,.:,I_“_ “AAA few months, have conducted 3 Posâ€" tum propaganda among my neighâ€" bors which has brought benefit to many, and I shall continue to tell my friends of the ‘better way' in which I rejoice.” Name given by Canadian Postum Co., V’indsnr, Ont. Extent thE-IEw Postum ‘lfiakes good, red blood.’ “I hank become very enthusias- tic over the merits of my new table beverage, and dufing file past “mad the little book, “The Brad. to Wellvihe,” in pkgs. “There’s a reason.” Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest. Pomp) CHIEF LED BGBBERS The Canada. Steel Company is to increase its plant at Hamilton. Amazing Career of a Parisian Officialâ€" Reoeives Heavy Sentences. rA dcspatch from Paris, France, says: The amazing career of Alex- ander Wartzee, one of the most respected chiefs of the secret police in Paris, who for four years suc- ceeded in retaining the entire trust of his superiors, Prefect Lepine in- cluded, whilst all the time being the mysterious chief of a. notorious bend of thieves, was brought to an end on Wednesday when a sentence of seven years’ penal servitude and- ten years in exile was passed upon him. The whole story is quite as unreal and exciting as anything ever imagined by the fiction writ- ers. His arrest occurred only when Wartzee walked into the oi TIED DOWN. the 01“ years Carter & Wright’s drug store has been burned down now three times in one year, once in Gowganda in January, again in Pottsville last July, and now in Golden City in December. They were, however, insured. It is most ‘probable that the fire would have.spread much farther if several‘ houses had not been dynamited. This undoubted» ly saved the Mulligan House and the Lyric Theatre. The list of ‘ ‘ Dr] $14,500,000 Spent During the Year 1911 in the United States. A despatch from New York says: The sum of $14,500,000 was spent during the year 1911 throughout the country in the war against tuberâ€" culosis, according to a- statement issued on Monday by the National Association for the Study and Preâ€" vention of Tuberculosis. This large sum is practically the same as last year’s total, but the percentage of public money, such as is received from Federal, State, city or coun- ty funds, which is 66 per cent. for 1911, shows a marked increase over the percentage of public money ap- propriated in 1910. Italian Laborer was Killed Near Lindsay. ‘ A despatch from Lindsay says: An Italian named Valentino Luciâ€" ano was killed at the construction camp on the line of the. Canadian Pacific Railway Seaboard branch, near Glenarm. He was sawing dynamite, when a spark got into one of the cases, causing a terrific explosion. Lu-ciano’s body was blown to atoms, and a companion assistant some distance away was seriously injured and is now lying at the Ross Memorial Hospital hero. Six cases of dynamite ex- ploded. Luciano was about 23 years of age and unmarried. M. P. Would Stop Its Use for Ad- vertising Purposes. A despatch from Ottawa says: George H. Bradbury, M.P., for Selkirk, thinks there is too free use of the Union Jack. It is frequentâ€" ly utilized in connection with adâ€" vertisements for cigarettes, patent medicines and all kinds of things, and Mr. Bradbury thinks it amounts to an abuse. He is considering the introduction of a bill to prevent the flag being reproduced for ad- vertising purposes similar enactment States against the the flag. FIGHTING WHITE PLAGUE. {ice of the Chief of Police and gave himself up after some days in hid- ing. During the trial Wartzee, alâ€" though admitting that he had lived a double life, insisted that he was not guilty, and that the charges brought against him were only re-. venge on the part of members of the “Apache” band tried with him, who' had thought of getting him out of their way by this unusual me-- thod. Despite his defence, how- ever, Wartzee got the heaviest son- tence, except his denouncer, who was senteuoed to ten years’ impris- onment and ten years in exile. The other five members of the band re- ceived sentences of from two to five BLOWN T0 ATOMS. TOO MUCH. FLAG. osés. There is a ant in the United the desecration of PRICES 0F FARM PRODUBTS REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. Pricps of Cattle. Grain, Cheese and Other Produce at Home and Abroad. Toronto, Jan. 2.â€"Flourâ€"Winter wheat 90 per cent. patents. $3.45 to $3.50, sea- board. Manitoba floursâ€"First. patents, $5.50; second patents, $5, and strong bak- ers', $4.40, on track, Toronto. Manitoba. wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern $1.- 081-2, Bay ports; No. 2 Northern, $1.051-2, and No. 5 at $1.011-2, Bay ports. Ontario wheatâ€"4‘10. 2 white, red and mixed, 88 to 39¢. outside. Peasâ€"Good shipping peas, $1.10. out- sine Ozitstar lots of No. 2 Ontario quot- ed outside at 431-2 to 44, and of No. 3 art 42 to 42120; ‘on track, Toronto, 46 to 461-2cA No. 2 Western Canada oats, 461-26. and feed, 441-20, Bay ports. Corn~No. 5 American yellow. 681-20, Toronto freight. Ryeâ€"~95 to 940 for No. 2, outside. Buckwheatâ€"61 to 620, outside. Branâ€"Manitoba, bran, $22.50 in bags, Toronto freight. Shorts, $25.50. Applesâ€"$3 to $4.50 per barrel. Beans~Small ‘lots of hand-picked $2.30 to $2.55 per bushel. Honeyâ€"Extracted. in tins, 11 to 12¢ per 11). Combs~$2.50 to $2.75. Balod hayâ€"No. 1 is quoted at $16 to $17, on track, and NO. 2 at $14 to $14450. ronto Potatoesâ€"Car lots, in bags, quoted at 81.25 to $1.30, and Dclawares at $1.35. Out of store. $1.45 to $1.50. Poultry~WVholesale prices of dressed poultry:â€"~Chickens, 12 to 121-20 per 1b.; fowl, 8 to 100; ducks, 12 to 130; geese, 12 to 121-2c: turkeys, 19 to 200. Live poul- try. about 20 lower than the above. BUTTER, EGGS, CHEESE. Butterâ€"Dairy, choice, in wrappers, 27 to 290; store 101,5, 25 to 250, and inferior, tubs, 17 to 180. Creamery quoted at 511-2 to 350 for rolls, and 29 to 500 for solids, per 1b. * Eégs~SLrict1y nc here, and fresh at in case lots. Cheeseâ€"Large quoted at 153-40, and twins at 161-40 per 1b. HOG PRODUCTS. Baconâ€"Long clear, 111-2 to 113-40 per 1b., in case lots.” Pork, short cut, $22.50; (10., mess, $19.50 to $20. Hams-Medium to light, 16 to 161‘20; heavy, 14 to 141-20; rolls, 10 54 to lie; breakfast bacon, 16 to 17¢; backs. 19 to 200. LardwTierces, 11 5-40; 12 1-40. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Jan. ZrOats, Canadian West- ern, No. 2, 470; Canadian Western No. 3, 451â€"20; extra No. 1 feed, 460; No. 2 local whit-e, 461-2c; N0. 5 local white, 451-20; No. 4 local whit-e. 441-20. Barley, Man. feed, 64 to 65c; malting, 91 to 950. Buck- wheat, No. 2, 68 to 700. Flour, Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.60; sec- onds, $5.10; strong bakers', $4.90; Winter patents. choice, $4.75 to $5; straight rol- lers. $4.25 to $4.40; straight rollers, bags, $1.95 to $2.05. Rolled oats, barrels, $5; bags, 90 pounds, $2.571â€"2. Bran, $23. Shorts, $25. Middlings. $27 to $28. Mou- illie, $29 to $34. Hay, No. 2, per ton car lots, $15 to $15.50. Cheese. finest westerns, 141.2 to 15c; finest éasterns, 141-4 to 145â€"82. Butter, choicest creamery, 511-2 to 321-20; seconds, 30 to 510. Eggs, fresh, 60 to 650; selected, so to 530; No. 1 stock, 26 to 870. Potatoes, per bag, car lots. $1.25 to $1.- 271-2. Baled sfiraw~$7.50 to $8, on track, To- Minneapolis, Jan. 2-â€"Closeâ€"Wheatâ€"De- camber, $1.04 3-8; May, $1.06 5-4; July, $1.- 071â€"2; No. 1 hard. $1.071-4; Io. 1 North- ern. $1.061-4 to $1.065-4; No. 2 Northern, $1.041-4 to $1.04 3-4; No. 5 wheat, 31.0134 to 31.0234. Cornâ€"N0. 5 yellow, 581-2 to 591-20. Oatsâ€"No. 5 white, 44 to 45c. Rye~ No. 2, 871-2 to 881-20. Bramâ€"$23 to $23.- 50. Flourâ€"First patents, $5 to $5.30; see- onds, $4.60 to $4.90; first clears, $3.50 to $3.85; second clears, $2.40 to $2.80. Buffalo, Jan. 2.â€"Spring wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern. carloads, store, $1.12; Winter, No. 2 red, 990; No. 5 red. 970; No. 2 white. 990. Oatsâ€"No. 2 white, 511-20; No. 5 white, 510; N0. 4 white. 50c. Barleyv-Malting, $1.18 to $1.25. Montreal, Jan. 2,â€"Bu’ochers’ cattle, choice. $6.35 to $6.50; do., medium, $5 to $6.25; (10., common, $3.50 to $4.50; can- ners, $2 to $3.25; butchers" cattlehchoice cows, $5.50 to $5.75; (10., medium, $4.75 to $5.25; (10.. bulls. $4.50 to $5.50; milkers, choice, each, $75; (10., com. and medi- um, each, $50 to $60: springers, $30 to $40. Sheepâ€"Ewes, $4 to $4.25; «10., bucks choice, each, $75; (10., com. and mem- um, each, $50 to $60: springers, $30 to $40. Sheepâ€"Ewes, $4 to $4.25; «10., bucks and culls, $3.50 to $3.75; lambs, $6.25 to $6.50. Hogsâ€"F. o. b., $6.90 to $7.25. Calves â€"â€"$3 to $10. - Toronto. Jan. 2,-Cattle prices NNN‘ UNITED STATES MARKETS COUN TRY PRODUCE. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. BREADSTUFFS‘ new-laid; 400, delivered at 27 t6 chlpel‘ dozen, 2 white, red and tubs, 12c; pails. PEDIGBEE BANNER OATS Mn J. Lockie Wilson Says They May Be Obtained From a Carleton Farm. A despatch from Toronto says: Arrangements are being made by .Mr. J. Lockie Wilson, Superinten- dent of Agricultural and Horticul- tural Societies, for agricultural so- cieties throughout the Province to purchase quantities of pedigree banner oats from a farmer in Carâ€" leton county, whose grain has been carefully watched by the Canadian Seed-growers’ Association. It is suggested that the Secretary of each society should communicate with Mr. Wilson or his Depart- ment at the Parliament buildings. Mr. L. H. Newman of Ottawa, Sec- retary of the Canadian Seedâ€"grow- ers’ Association, has promised that he or some of his staff will see that very strongly, with small gains, while lambs recovered much of last week-end’s loss. The average price for them was $6.25, though selected lots touched $6.40 per hundred-weight Hogs were steady. $6.50 was the highest price for a. car- load of steers. These weighed about 1,- 100 pounds.. The bulk of the cattle of- fering, however, changed hands at from $6 to $6.35, that is, for good useful butchers' steers and heifers. Thirty-six Died as Result of Eating Decaycd Herring. A despatch from Berlin, Ger- many, says: Thirtyâ€"six homeless men, who sought with decayed smoked herring to add to the flavor of the frugal meal of bread and soup served to them at the muni- cipal lodging house on Tuesday night, are dead. More than 40 others are sick, several of whom are believed to be dying. The cause of death has not yet been announced, but the authorities are confident that the putrid fish are responsible. The partially completed autopsies appear to sub- stantiate this view. All these known to have partakcn of the fish are dead or in such condition as to‘ be unable to throw any/light on the subject. It is believed, howâ€" ever, that one of the victims found the fish in the garbage pile of a nearby market and divided them among his comrades. The men 106‘ came sick early in the. morning, and Possessing exquisite freshness and a fullness of flavor not found in other teas CEYLON The steamer Midland Prince was caught in the gale at Port Colborne and narrowly escape-d being wash-ed ashore. in 50111611770550; death followed rapâ€" idly, in from two to three hours. LIIIIIII IN BIIIISI IIILLS Action of Employers Affects 300.000 Work- ers of Lancashire. A despatch from Manchester, Eng., says} The refusal of one man and two women to join a. trades union, coupled with the decision of the Master Cotton Spinners to close their mills three days-in the week, caused a complete stoppage of a great portion of the cotton mills in northeast Lancashire on Wednes- day evening. Efforts are already on foot to bring about a settlement, but as one woman, who left the union after twenty years because she believes that the benefits are not commensuratetwith “the payâ€" ments, persists in her attituflei and the Master Spinners insist upon ltheir right to maintain open shops, HOMELESS MEN POISONED. a; longfif’lfi Bitter strugglé is feanéd. There is dafiger, too, of the fight =1'\1-»\-n-:ling to other industries. LON TEAâ€" “ Pure and Clean to 8. Leaf” BLACK, MIXED OR JL Sealed Packets Only NATURAL GREEN Beware of Imitatiom w all grain is properly bagged and sealed and a tag will be attached to each bag, with full instructions as to the best methods of cultivatâ€" ing. It is expected that by this means, as well as through the in- fluence of the standing field crop competitions, Ontario will come to be known as the place Where the best seed in the Dominion can be procured. -« -- - n 1. 1,,, .LL- y uuuuuuuu Much gratification is felt by the Department over the fact that this year is the first since the standing field crop competitions were start- ed, in 1907, in which the» expert judges have been unable to discov- ,L_ 1., -11 4"“D4, , er a single seed of wild oats in all the large exhibit of oats at the Guelph \Vinter Fair. MONTREAL SMALLPOX SOARE The C. P. R. Refuses to Have Its Men Vaccinated. A despatch from Montreal says: The city officials have realized at last that a smallpox epidemic is threatening Montreal, and have re- solved to take steps to stop it. They are meeting, however, with all kinds of opposition to the sugges- tion that large corporations insist on their employees being vaccin- ated. Chief among those comps/m. ies objecting is the C. P. R. Th3 Controllers were wrathy when they heard about the railway’s decision; but recognize that they can do no- thing, as it operates under a Do- minion charter. The railway takes the ground that if its men were vaccinated its shops would be idle for days. The Canadian Northern Plans an Elaborate System. A despatch from Montreal Says: The plans of the Canadian North- ern Railway for entry into Mont- real have just been made public. The total cost will be in the neigh- borhood of $25,000,000, and will re- quire three years to complete. Heavy Sentences Imposed on Three Bandits in Winnipeg. A despatch from Winnipeg says: As a result» of the wave of crime prevalent in Winnipeg lately, and especially to put a, stop to street hold~ups, the police magistrate on Wednesday sentenced three Gali- cirm bandits to 12 years in the pen". tentiary and 24 lashes each. The lockout involves 160,000 weav- ers, and nearly an equal number of spinners will be reduced to haH pay. Unfortunately‘there are indi- cations already of probable compli- cations through thejntroduptgion of a. new issue of the troublesome question of wages. This move has been taken by the weavers, who now declare that as the lockouj has been decided upon 1; ey ifihend to make an advance 6 five per 06111;. in wages a. Condition of any settlemeeh » It is estimated that the weekly loss in 'wages to weav: ers and allied workers, spinners and cardâ€"room emplov-ees will amount to $1,400,000. The weaw ers will receive roughly $325,000 lockout; pay from the union. 12 YEARS Afi) 'l‘IIE LASH. MONTREAL TERMINALS.