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The discovery of the blaze which led to the first alarm was made by a newspaperman as he was leaving the first floor of the building. The glass which covers the great light- well in the west’wing of the main section crashed through. He looked up and saw smoke and flame and rushed to the telephone in the at- torney-general’s department and phoned to fire headquarters. GOT GOOD START. When the firemen began to arrive the fire was burning fiercely at the roof over the fallen light» glass, and in the wing running north and south at the extreme west of the great stone pile. Lines of hose were run 'up outside and in through doors and windows, and the flames did not make any appreciable headway eastward, but tore south into the library and north into the. offices in that end of the wing. This was the long stretch in this wing, and it was in this that the fiercest battle was fought. It was not long before the. flames were in possession of the library. and the priceless books were driven i from the windows a shower of' charred leaves. Beneath this and to the east were the papers uponi which judges have been at work for 1 two years in revising the statutes! l of the province, and a determined effort was made to save these, al- though the offices of the legal de- partment, in which they were kept, were a drench of water which poured from upper floors, and were filled with blinding smoke. This effort was successful, though the papers were many of them drench- ed. A like fight to save the records and documents of the railway com- mission in the upper floor of the north end of the wing resulted in the preserving of those valuable papers and the greater part of the hydro-electric documents in Hon. Adam Beck’s room were saved, al- though the ofliccs were gutted. ROOF FELL IN SECTIONS. ‘ The roof fell in sections. - First it was that section over the light we], then the part over the library went down with a great crash, and later smaller sections further to the north. With every fall, there were great clouds of smoke and cinders .______..._.____..__.__â€"â€"._-___ TEETH f The smouldering ruin which was the west wing is now a gloomy Sight. It stands there a hulking mass of blackened and disfigured stone, roofless and dilapidated. The whole western wing was de- luged with water from the base- ment to roof, and setting aside the loss of the library, the great bulk of the damage was caused by water rather than fire. lVith the exception of the private office of the King’s printer, all the rooms in the wing with all their valuable .oak desks, chairs, filing cabinets and general furnishings are soaked-and almost destroyed. w. _D§£_.â€"â€"â€"â€"._â€" M URDERER I) EAD IN WELL. Mounted Police Had Scourcd Coun- try in Vain Search. A despatch from Stettlcr, Alta., says: While the Royal North-west Mounted Policehave been scouring the country for Anton Woolri-ch, who shot and killed his wife on July lst, he was lying dead at the bottom of a well. On Friday morn- ing one of the settlers living south of here started to clean out his well and found the body of Woolrich. It is supposed he. committed suicide after murdering his wife. ‘ no WW1 ,\ Willi Front- view of Parliament Buildi Mr. T. L. Kinrade has sent his resignation to the Hamilton School Board, and is not expected to reâ€" turn to the city. on non Dr. Cook, ofâ€"Bipoklyn,__ N. Y, Reported to Have Achieved the Impossible. A despat-ch from London says: Er. Frederick A. Cook, of Brook- lyn, U. S. A-, arrived at Lei-wick, it. the Shetland Islands on Wed- nesday morning, from the Arctic regions, where he has been for nearly three years. He reports that he has discovered the} North Pole. Dr. Cook declares, accord- ing to the brief telegrams which roach London, that be attained the latitude of 90 degrees north on April 21, 1908. ‘ Dr. COok came out of the un- known wilds at the close of May, this year, at the Greenland Colony of Upcrnavik. He was taken on board the Danish steamship Hans ligcd, which makes a regular stop at Lcrwick. there only a short time, and then continued her voyage to Copenhag- cn. She is due to reach there on Saturday: The Danish inspector of Greenland. who was on board the Hans ligcd, also i‘clcgraplis that I} Dr. Cook reached the Pole. He says that tho-Eskimos. who accom- panied Dr. Cook confirm all the details of the story which he tells- S'.l‘.\'I‘l"..\llCN'l‘ DY DR. COOK. A despatch from Paris says: l 7" ' I ' i . “10 “35501 lemmned\nnlcs has been cut out of the ter- The Paris edition of the New York Herald of Wednesday morning pub- lishes a signed statement from Dr. Frederick A. Cook, which is dated Hans ligcd, Lerwick, Wednesday, on his experiences in the Arctic region : “After a prolonged fight with famine and frosts,” says Dr. Cook, "we have at last succeeded in reaching the Pole. A new highway, with an interesting strip of animat- co. nature, has been explored and big game haunts located, which will delight sportsmen and extend the Eskimo horizon. 1 “Land has hen discorered which rests on. earth’s northernmost rocks. A triangle of 30,000 square restrial unknown. The expedition was the outcome of a Summer cruise invthc Arctic seas schooner Bradley. which arrived at limits of navigation in Smith Sound late in August, 1907. Here conditions were u arrears rnon 'rur. LEADING TRADE CENTRES. _â€" Prices of Cattle. Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFF S. Toronto, Sept. 7.â€"Flour â€"â€" Onâ€" tario flour new Winter Wheat PM” ents at $4 to $4.05 in buyers’ sacks on track, Toronto; new wheat flour for exports, $3.90 to $3.95 outsade in buyers’ sacks. Manitoba flour, first patents, $5.80 on track, Toâ€" ronto; second patents, $5.30, and strong bakers’, $5.10 to $5.20 on track, Toronto. Manitoba Wheatâ€"Old No._ 1 Northern, $1.23 to $1.25, Georgian Bay ports; new No. 1 Northern for October shipment $1.01, and No. 2 Northern, October shipment, 98%0, lake ports. Ontario Wheatâ€"New No. 2, 97 to 980 at outside points. . Barleyâ€"No. .2, 55c outs1de, and No. 3 extra at 51 to 53c outsule Oatsâ€"No. 2 Ontario white new, 3" to 380 outside. No. 2 Western Canada old oats 43c, and No. 3, 420, Bay ports. Peasâ€"Prices nominal Ryeâ€"No. 2, 680 outside. Buckwheatâ€"Prices nominal. Cornâ€"No. 2 American yellow, 77% to 78c on track, Toronto; Caâ€"I nadian, 75 to 76c on track, Toronto. Branâ€"$20 to $20-50 for Ontario bran outside in bulk. Manitoba, $21 in sacks, Toronto freights; shorts, $24, Toronto freights. which was destroyed. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Applesâ€"$2.50 to $3 per barrel. Beansâ€"Prime $2.25 to $2.30, and handâ€"picked, $2.50 to $2.00 per bush. . Hayâ€"No. 1 timothy, $14.50 to $15 a ton on track here, and No. 2 at $13 to $13.50. Strawâ€"$9 to $950. Potatoesâ€"$0 to 050 per bag on track for Ontarios. I’oultryâ€"Chickens, dressed, 14 to 10c per lb. ; fowl, 10 to 12c; turkeys, 10 to 170 per lb. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Buttcr~l70und prints, 19 to 210; tubs and large rolls, 18 to 190; in- ferior, 10 to 17c; creamcry, 23 to 24c, and separator, 22% to 23%c per lb. Eggsâ€"23c per dozen for case lotS. Cheeseâ€"1291c per lb. for large, and 13c. for twins. Hoer rnobucrs. Baconâ€"Long clear, 13% to MC per lb. in case lots; mess pork, $24.50 to $25; short cut. $20.50 to $27. Hamsâ€"Light to medium, 15 to 100; do., heavy, 14 to 14%0; rolls, 13% to 140; shoulders, 12% to 13c; backs, 18 to 18%0; breakfast- ba- con, 10%c. . . Lardâ€"Tierces, 14%0; tubs, Illa/{0; pails, 15c. ._.____â€"â€" BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Sept. 7.~â€"The market for oats is steady; No. 2 Canadian Western, 44% to 450; No. 3 Canaâ€" idian Western, 43% to 44c. Barley found to lounch a venture to 'tliel~â€"No. 2, 06 to 67c; Manitoba feed Pole. J. lt. Bradley liberally sup- plie’d from his vessels suitable pros visions for local use. Flourâ€"Manito- whcat patents, firsts, barley, 04 to 05c. 12a Spring My own a $5.90; ManitobaSpring wheat pat- . . 1 , ~ .. . equipment for emergencies served i cuts. SFCOI’H‘lS. $0.40: Wlntel' Wheat well for every purpose in the Arc.- tic.” apalenls, $5.75; Manitoba strong ibnkr-rs’, $3.;0; straight rollers, $5.- l in sun nu LIVES. Herbert Yates, Aged Sixteen, S‘uooeeds in, Rescuing All With Their Mother’s Help. A despatch from Cornwall says: The rowlock of the boat broke just. Herbert Yates, the little 16-year- cld son of. Mr. and Mrs. H. Yates cf Cornwall, has certainly earned the Royal Humane Society medal for saving life at the peril of his own. Several families camping at the foot of Sheeks’ Island decided on a picnic on Barnhart’s Island. Be- fore returning home young Yates and four little boys, aged from eight to thirteen years, were in a boat. They started across the little river which runs down from the Long Sault Rapids between the islands. as they were in the swiftest water and the boat upset and drifted away. Mrs. E. Derosie, Mrs. I“. Newman, and Mrs. Shaver, mo- thers of the little fellows were com- ing behind in a rowboat with three little girls and witnessed the acci- dent. Young Yates, although only ' an indifferent swimmer, and burd- cned with his clothing and heavy shoes, managed to bring the whole four to the mothers’ boat. One. little fellow, Freddie Shaver, was almost gone, and did not recover for some time. WM 50; straight .rollers in bags, $2.00. sold 5 to 5%c; good at 4% to 4%(:; Feedâ€"Ontario bran, $22 to $23; On- medium, 4 to 4%0; cows, 3 to 4%c, tario middlings, Manitoba bran, $22; shorts, $24; $27. Cheeseâ€"Westerns, 11% to 11%c, and Easterns, 11%3 to 11%c. Butterâ€"Creamery, 230. lected stock, 25% to 260; No.1 candled at 22% to 230, and No. 2 at 16 to 190 per dozen. __â€"~â€"_.- UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis, Minn., $23-50 to $24.50; and bulls, 2 to 3%c per pound. The Manitoba price of pure grain mouillc, pound, with sales at 5’20; sheep, $33 to $34.; mixed mouillc, $25 to 3%c per pound. lambs declined %c per Calves, $3 to $15. per head. Hogsâ€"Sales of the bet- ter grades were registered at $8.â€" EggSâ€"SO- 75 to $9 per 100 pounds, weighed off the cars. Teronto, Sept. 7.â€"â€"-Prime picked butchers’ at $5.50 to $5.75; medium to good loads from $4.25 to $5.40. Two extra fine” milch cows sold at $70 each, and $50 to $60 were com-74 sept- 7r“ mon prices for good milkers. Sheep- Wheatâ€"SGPt': 94%‘33 Dec-a 92%“ w ere steady, but lambs were easier May, 90%c. CaShflNO- 1 hard, owing to the heavy run, and from. 99%03 NO- 1 Northern: 98%03 NO' 35 to 40c lower. Hogs are now quot- ngs, Toronto, showing the IVest lViug (the left ofI’icture) 2 Northern, 90%0; No. 3 Northern, to 94c. Flourâ€"First patents, to $5.27; second patents, $5.- 15 to $5.25; first clears, $4.45 to $4.05; second clears, $3.30 to $3.- 50. Brainâ€"In loo-pound sacks, $19.50 to $20. ' Chicago. Sept. 7-â€"â€"C-ash wheatâ€"- No. 2 red, $1.04 to $1.05 ; No. 3 rod, 990 to $1.02; No. 2 hard, $1.01 to 31.02%; No. 3 hard, 97-0 to $1.01; No. 2 Northern, $1.01 to $1.02; No. Spring, 95c to $1.00. Cornâ€"No. 08% to 00%0; No. 2 white, 09 to 09%0: No. 2 yellow, 09%0; No. 3, 08% to 09c; No. :3 white, 09c; No. 3 yellow, 09%c No. 4, 07c. Oatsâ€" No. 3 white, 37 to 396; No. 4 white, 36% to 37%0; standard, to 39%0. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. ed at $8 f.o.b., and $8.25, fed and. watered. V _____,,_____. YOUNG BOY SHOT. Bullet Fired at a Muskrat Goes; Astray. A despatch from Lindsay says: About 2 o’clock on Friday after- noon Dominick Spratt, aged 14, fifth son of R. W. Spratt, of the firm of Spratt 6; Killen, was shot through the abdomen while at work, in the mill yard of John Carew. The accident occurred in this way: Some young men were on the river in a boat shooting muskrats and a bullet from their rifle struck young Sprait. It is supposed that the young man with the gun either made a bad aim or that the bullet, striking some obstacle, glanced to- ward Spratt. inflicting a danger- ous wound in the stomach. At the present writing Doctors McAlpine, White. and Blanchford hold out very little hope of saving his life- . .__..__x,._.___.... FIRE!) STRAIV STACK. A Barnado Boy Destroyed His Einv ploycr’s Barn. ' A despatch from Brantford says! As a sequel to the destruction of the barn and its contents belo-ng- ing to Fred Ilctt. a farmer on the Paris road, last Monday, came on Friday the admission of William Hawkins, a sixteen-year-old Barâ€" nado boy, who had worked for Ilctt. that he had touched a match, to the adjacent straw stack, thus firing the barn. The boy has been taken to Toronto and will be de~ ported as an undesirable. He is a recent arrival in this cOuntry. No reason assigned for the act,‘ which caused the loss of property. *alued at $3,000. ._._¢ _._.‘3 nus. J. s. MACDONALD DEAD. Widow oi‘ Ontario's First Premier Passes Away. A despatch from Cornwall says: Mrs. John Sandfield Macdonald, widow of the late Hon. John Sand- licld Macdonald, first premier of Ontario, died on Friday morning, Montreal, Sept. 7.â€"Choice steers in her 90th year. ins WHlSllll‘lN thIDRANK Consumption of Spirits, Cigars, Tobaooos and Cigarettes A dcspatch from Ottawa says: previous fiscal year. The annual report of the Inland Revenue Department for the last fiscal your shows a considerable fal- ling ol'f in the production of spir- its and in the consumption of. to- bacco, due, doubtless, to the finan- cial stringency and the consequent cconomizing of liquor and:- tobacco users. The quantity of spirits pro- ducedduring the twelve months was 5,170,048 gallons, a decrease of 1,â€" 073,715 gallons, or about twenty- five per cent, as compared with the Fell Off Greatly. The foreign demand for Canadian distillery pro- ducts also fell off, the quantity ex- ported being 311,31-L gallons, a de- crease of 101,545 gallons. The ex- cise revenue was $15.048,589, a dc- crcasc of $929,073. The number of cigars taken for consumption dur- ing the year was 192,105,371, as comm pared with 200,133,255 in 1907. The number of cigarettes manufactured last year was35x’3,189,390, a decrease from the previous year of 28,304,- 07-1. n{ u... -‘.~, _