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despatch from Toronto says: whildren of Ernest Oldfield, a smaker, of Wychwood Park, ape, also her eldest boy, Ernest, fiat Saar duly be arutaele heeths whole lauily wae noe wiped | s mut. Mrs\ Oldfield naan to save eath i flames by ntic woman flames which were fast devouring the house. lany times she was driven back by the fierce heat, and as she felt herself being overcom by the smoke and heat she thought i die chanes Ht sari ing at least one of her family. Seizing Ernest, who nD Ae discoy- ie dropped him out of the Rintion hd quickly amp Exploded While Being Put to Bed. flames. All that et of the four children are ttle bodies burned to a ere to tally un- from the ot! thee in flames. door Ernest Oldfield a at from an up- fore force She could not be persuaded to leave, but finally she was overcome and fell in a faint e|in the save the little ones, who met a ter- rible set in their bed in the up- stairs r aged seven years; Albert, aged five followed, just in time to save her- self from a) terrible death in the years; William, seed ‘thie years; the Little Ones Were paneer. it being pngennte for ends of the family to tell one t was about 9.30 o'clock that ae, , and just as stairs window, closely followed Had 001 The deat “children are: Charles, Edward, aged one y | WHEAT 18 Season A despatch from Winnipeg says: “Wheat is coming up” is the wel- come message the crop report of the Canadian ae Sey sends out this week. eekly report «{ the company’s eeonte along i system was com) ile ery few eases do the ae shoe the seed- ing delayed. In these instances it in the Is Not Late. COMING UP” Prairie Province is on account of rain, which o1 means that the land will be in mach generally favorable that has fallen has been a oe It is what was want e the wheat a start. The Wei Ee lowile menced, seeding is very ports from Alberta show that as much as ninety per cent, mS the oats and barley has been sow: YOUNG — FOLKS 120000005 “MONEY-FLOWERS.” Aunt Eunice stood in front of her ressing-table , putting on her hat, pod little Eunice stood neh she gree at last. m going down: town to the bank ta get some m ” answer- ed Aunt Eunice. Little Eunice hugged her tall aunt’s -knees with enthusiasm. live at a 2 uess I'l] put nue bank,”’ she thought, she thought of it the nee she liked the e. went ape o to the area ery, ae came jing: ling ‘a purse that had ve bright, _new pennies in i y ‘Here is a nice bank,’” she said, bing a small mou und of green. put it es & wild-flow- e grew, until one summe: pleas nay sinideds thets Weight llow crowns at everybody who pass Eunice oa them, and then she remember: pennies re grown in the bank?” she cried, aude ran i to the to g “Come along, honey gui!” gai serhere are a going, aunty?’? f Day elilees< Wishemiuat che ids Sores {| find a single picture Aunt Eunice. ae ought to hav eae that. See, we'll ee this Cale a the Lig bank “ee cae. and we'll watch it real- ly and truly sr grow ever But the marigolds were so big and ae toe bles Weep ese ten ey bright pennies. gon that the Applebys always call marigolds ‘“‘money-flower _ QUEER “DOGS.” night, night and day, atl hea travelled and fis tat nite, across the conti lens, grassy’ pastures, dhs miles of wheat elds: cities an@towns. “But. they have grout big ant- hills see! said Earl, ‘‘big as our jerbers gS ova “If the pen would @ they'd loo! e the prairie-dogs!” said the ay ae teay things, most as ee as off on a py “Ever by the. ‘aeake am ad all around. Those ant-hills ; they are prairie- This is 2 prairiedog lions, were one, and ae ae heb: ren ere !’” he cries “They burrow Aa a long eee nderground,’’ said Lee tgootianen a Bien E DOE, See his bronco over the plains, is pitched r oft by hating his bronco stumble| of t into a Bee “But ee ee + dogs at ce ae aren’t as large as woodchucks ! Aerie as large as squirrels, aren’t he: ey “Yes, just about. “Oh, I must wee some pee of ; to 1 t But ‘alth ane he search- ed through every store, he could Het, of a. prairi rie tog village, because the: ‘‘dogs’ are so shy it is almost impossil sie to aes them. — Youth’s Compan: 10 INSURE Mh UNBMPLOYED : jack knives, cand Ohiet Rayner’s re-| up. | Pasion Churchill des} watch from London says In tie eause of Commons, on Wed pede, GNSS poe re ae ike for Scheme in Britain. iuese noes a New: ereafter 170,000 pounds. rs al srabishing the exchanges was introduced in the House on ees be i oho surance “soheme will dealt, ih at the next session. for benefits a xt lower than paid by ¢ : The dabor members Gaon asa rieied some of its| 'Y | month las' .| his mother, who cried piiconaly for | strike, but: no notice is being taken Resets heb sles |r : a }) TO RUN INTO PORT ARTHUR. x Grand Trunk Pacific Conferring ngest trades | th, 5 BAVE | pa CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS ae ALL OVER THE GLOBE. @APP Telegraphic Briefs From Our Own and Other Countries ef Becent Eveuts. CANADa. bor. Mrs. John Rehberg, of Stratford, on hee fell downstairs an broke. he: Three Sue Montreal men were and ae to jail for beating a horse to fade eee for April show an increase es % ee 267 over the same The resgiaitn of Shieh of oe Parnell St. Caibaciize ‘commissioners. ld, has been to jail for a month on a charge of vagra cells at Moncton, N ing the Scott Act, found a hundred- dollar pearl in a dish of clams. The steamer Tunisian, mich had bes bow plates injured in he ice near Newfoundland, has ar- areat Quebec with 1,200 pas- sengers. euntte Gon aliffersob sections of the Province indicate thet crops in r condition than was Benbseel “ater ake lone apall at wet, cold weather. GREAT BRITAIN. it is reported in England that Germany has a great depot of arms and ammunition in Lond. UNITED ‘D STATES. President Eliot, who has bee forty years at the head of Bacracd, University, retire: a from office. Workmen digg! in = yeah ae in Nisgare coun’ ound a pit containing ake pie human skeletons. Dr. G. Ws ynkop, one of the first surgeons in patie to operate for appendicitis, died, of appendici- oe (at N w York on Monday. B. ‘Schmidt, eOmananigner of inmipaen of the Rock Island- Frisco lines, says more Seon are emigrating from nada to the United States than are going in the opposite direction GENERAL. Floods in Porto Rico have seri- ously damaged the sugar planta- ions. The General Federation of Labor at Paris has declared a general The palace of King Apries of Egypt, a contemporary o! e Pro- pe Jeremiah, has been etiad t_ Mémphis. : oentieen thousand workmen in y, pretended to ny police and soldiers who Seanad to quell the disturbance. —— 47 —— 5 TREATMEND OF INSANE. 300 Medical Men to See Methods at London Asylum. A despatch from haioe says: hree hundred medical men from all over western Ontario are ex- out ane: be present and the idea is to show the work which is being done at the institution in the alle- viution and cure of mental trou- bles. With City on Question. ao despatch from Montreal says: + was stated on Wednesday at the Laon of the rand atrank acific Railway that Mr. mberlin had gone to Port jails to-sunfer with the clty regarding the matter the LAS 3 Socoene a route of entry Fake In the meantime, in carder that, Port Arthur an be made the terminus uuperior Heda arrangements may be made ith the Canadian oreen to use aris tracks from West Fort. — AN IMEUBENT ! BURGLARY. Thieves ee a Trunk i in North Bay Police Siation. A despatch from North Bay says: North Bay police station was burg- arized on Wednesday etfcrncas, ma Flowers, released m jail on ere after serving SSH for attempted housebreak- ing, was arrested: while trying to sell some of the rings in Litt e italy. A despatch Pee Soni says: | The Soottih oil companies are dis- cussing amalgamation to fight the Standard Oi” Company, which has . h bomptet as the scheme believe this il enab enab! ie mi sie of Ameri Alberta farmers look for a re-| drawers. Then, with the thie, man, cord-breaking crop this year. who had been standing vigators are warned to look| cide the building, hey chaaipent: out for a shoal near Goderich har- | ¢ he | clares that while the robber wa outery. injured, but will recover. En- eeer Ben Ward of White River 3 oi injured, but not seriously. A Herd of Tones Munatea Is Now | Wee & Bee Parl The Scottish —— Amalga- ie = saan a - | an HELD UP IND DAYLIGHT. Daring Rowers of of the Express Of- at Truro, N. 8. Ad ae from Halifax says: Fifteen hundred dollars was stolen at the muzzle of a revolver from the office of the Canadian Express Com- pany at Truro, on Wednesday af- ee men who are still eS pped a gun Hee Ze Rie tie building, while another went through the safe and and have completely eluded the fecal EpaHeS and several Halifax de- tecti one of the eae ue attains of the kind that has ever occurred i aritime Provinces, for the office is located next to the Intercolonial station and right in the heart of the town. Yet no one saw the an enter the office or leave it. urgess, the clerk in the Bees was the only per- son there at the time. Burgess de- 8 yifling the office he was forced to keep his face toward the wall, the second man standing: over him with the gun at his head, -all the time +’ reatening him if ‘the made any Se QUEBEC H BRIDGE. Semi- ees Announcement That It ill Be Rebuil a from Bas says: maurice, iss engine ering commis- sion appoil or that purpose by the Government, dave prepared plans uebec bridge. Should these plans fe approved by Government, tenders may called for and the Hoe ract let at S early date. It is announced that the present piers, which cost a million ae half dollars, will be utilized ‘or the new bridge, which will have a span almost as great as the 1,800- foot span of the wrecked bridge. Instead of the ie tower, which was the weakness the first bridge, the present piers will prob- ably be duplicated on river zea thereby reducing the central ie will be on the cantilever prin- ciple, and built of nickle stee' ee aE SEVEN EEOTES DROWNED. Party of shyt a ipset While Cross- ing the River. A despatch from Quebec about Fae were returning city, states fifteen ee rom church, were crossing the river, and out of the number six adults and two children were saved, the remainder being drowned. So far only three bodies have been feceed those of Mrs. Lessvauer, widow rs. Gervais, St. Laurent, and a little daughter of Napoleon Veda court. — T sau of the accident is erable: ie overcrowdin, The names of those aoe ned so. ‘a arty of o t. Luce, county of Ri- = obtainable and wie bodies are not recovered are: Mrs. rthur De roy and Puiliope Simard, the latte mo tht. = YOUNG FOOTPAD SENTENCED. es in Central as Penalty for Hold-up Near Beansyille. A despatch from St. Caltepines ys esse Strickler, ee yor man who held up ex-Wa: fader at the point of a 1 lee on the road near Beams, mae Soe and steererde compelled a boy to S deaiasyiite ‘Btation, iy, arrested a1 at Ca Ider. TWO CARS eAve RAILS. Trainmen Injured in Wreck That Could Haye Been Worse. A deapbtck xen Or Bay says: No. 97 westbound express, with a big sists st met with an accident at uucker, near Jackfish, 434 miles west of -North Bi o'clock: on Wednesday morning. some known cause the baggage car and express ear ate the rails and Payee’ do embankment, re, of Montreal,“ was severe- Passengers were severely shaken was delayed eight hours. —— BUFFALO FOK ALBERTA. AY ene ae Ro: The n, Goteroment sent by the to secure ity. foitee coupes busy during the ast fortiiaht sienna ing the buffalo toward the corral in the valley. of Per the task somew i easy. en caupuinn Buffalo are the outlaws of the herd, the tai ‘aught ith an to about 1,600 feet. The struc- | Pe! upset while | t 7 an tages $2.90 ee $3; vets in bags, $2. o Bat: Ontario shorts, $24.50 to a5 2 50. vay eees on a asree of shooting nan, Montana, 4 THE WORLD'S MARKETS REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, May 25.—Fl. tae: wheat 90 per cent. patents, $5.40 to $5.50 in buyers’ sacks ow side for export; on track, Took to, $5.60 to $5.70. Mani itoba flour, first patents, $6. 20 to $6.40 on track, Toronto; second patents, $5.70 to $5.80, and s strong bakers’, $5.50 to 5.60 on track, Toronto. Sees ‘No. I Northern, $1.29%, 3 2, $1.- Ontario Wheat No. $1.35 outside. Gare . 8 extra, 62 to 63c outside, | and No. 3 60¢ outside. Oats—Ontario No. 2 white to 52%c on track, Toronto, and 49% to 50e outside ; "No. 2 Western Can- ada, 521% to 53c, and No. 3 at 51/e, Bay ports. Ae NP 2 95 to 96c outside. 2, 74 to 75c outside. Buckwheat No 2, 63 to 65¢ out- sid Seen Neos Cherian sell, 8% to 83¢ on track, Toronto, and 2, 82¢ on track, Toronto; Ca- oe yellow, 76 to 77c on track, Toronto. nitoba, $23.50 in sacks, t | Toronto treigites glare $24.50 t ~|$25, Toronto freights. COUNTRY - PRODUCE. Apples—$4 to $5 for choice qua- lities, and $3 to $3.50 for seconds. Honey—Combs, $2 to $2. 75 per soe and strained, 10 to llc per Manie Syrup—95c to $1 a gallon. Hay—No. 1 timothy, $13 to $13.- 5u a ton on track here, and lower grades $11 to $11.50 a ton. raw—87.50 to $8 on track. Potatoes—Car lots, 90 to 95¢ per bag on By Delawares, $1.10 r bag 0 Pboultry-Chickens Spring, dress- 35¢ per pound; fowl, 12 to 14e; ee 18 to 22¢ per pound. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter--Pound prints, 20 to 21e; tubs and large rolls, 16 to 18¢; in- be; creamery rolls, Eggs—Case lots, 18 to $18%4¢ per dozen. Cheese—Large cheese, old, 14 to 14%c per pound, and twins, 14% to So PRODUCTS. Bee ose clear, 13 to 13% per in case lots; mess pork, $22 ae ‘$32, 50; short cut, $24 to $25. Hams—Light medium, 15%c; do., heavy, 13 to 13/4¢; rolls, 12 ee 12%4e; shoulders, 11°to 1140; 5, oe 16 to 16%. bard Bere, Wie; tubs, 1334; pails, BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, May 25.—The market pai tents, ents, $ lers, $6 to a 10; straight rollers, i—Manitoba bran, 33s to Ae Manitoba shorts, 0 $25; Ontario bran, $23 le, $28 to §: --12%e. to 12%c, and easterns 12 to 19%e. Butter—21% to 2c. Eggs— ly to 19% per dozen. UNITED Sages MARKETS. ie $6. 20; first clears, a 75 to second clears, 0 $1.30; BpDuE wheat, $1.25 no $1.29. Corn —No. 2, 76c; No. 2 white, 76%40 ; No. os yel allow, neice py AG LIVE ae CK MARKETS. ‘ont May 25.—Prime beeves alae. oy to @ little over 6c per $6 8 at 8% to 2 ac epen sae es Toronto, While there were not may chick loads o! a pers were able to pick out a Soa number of choice well finished heavy cattle, which S91.30 to| which eee new cheese, dull at 124 w 17 fo 174e; breakfast ba- Hi pa ich b fed the army as a Earl Grey Delivers the the Throne. A despatch from. Ottawa says: eeOD wf ane eleventh was rogued at 3.30 on SWedneaiey eer noon by his Excelleney the Gover- nor-General, with the usual pomp | ii and circumstan nce. ession, which had lasted just four eee has been one of the shortest in many years, and, with the excep: tion of the debate on the question of Canada’s part in naval defence, has been perhaps one of the most uneventful. Tn all a hundred and a not vitecteaneg art, WILL FACILITATE BUSINESS. act charging the SEecretayy < with special responsibility - external Hoe ine of public service. The resolution | _ndovted ee the s for the organi- | Canadians naval service, vhich some forty have b ernment measures. The chief ve duties now appere: are contained in the speech as a nation, ne i = mem! the throne. the British Em The financial Sandigae throj out the world seem to be more ful than they were four month: when - gee this session, whilst in Cadada we have wi edly a Bned, ke Hie otl tries during this period-of sal depression, te will still be SPEECH FROM THE THRONE. Honorable gentlemen of the Senate: Gentlemen ‘of the House of Com aerceheats j you from further at: tendance on thi n I thank you sio for at al rigenee wish you ee given to the dis-|Part of prudence to exercise ¢: iaree of the ies entrusted to bps SeOROrNy in all branches of th ‘our care, and a ust be a source | § a= of satisfaction to youraELae that one aia HOR PUBLIC SER- able to perform CE. | your labors in a comparatively briet space of time. Geakenee of ue House of a pleased to notice that your attention has been engaged in some measures of great importance. AMENDMENT TO RAILWAY ACT. I thank you for the Diovan which you have made for the pub lie service. Honorable gentlemen of the Sent In the first rank of such measures Gentlemen of the House of Com is to be noted the amendment of the railway act, under which by the joint action of the national Govern- ment, authorities, é a from Him. oo ees CANNON BALLS OF IGE. | They Killed Bight” Men in Uvalde County, Texas. effectually done away with. LOAN oe Acne TRUNK IFIO. The loan of ten million dollars to the Grand Trunk Pacifie Railw A despatch from Galveston. Company will no doubt ensure the Texas, say An unprecenente: completion during th: cof sea- [hailstorm on Monday in Uvald son of the prairie section o county cost at least — eigh National 1’ Jarpenter, _sevent} years of age, 8 hands—while many were in jured, and from, 1,500 to 2,00 hea of live stock Taied hail. like cannon~ and will secure to the fast eee ing western Provinces for this year’s crop @ ae cs competitive Sublet towards t ite as lice the Department f Labor, which has been in exist- under _ the aa fell for REA hes ar se in two storms about apart. Rumors — many. more ge killed are not confirmed. Searching parties — are out scouring the ranges. . of or organizations, an a further step in a field of legislation wherein Canada has already tak BLOUSES. ‘0 the oes 1 those on offer selling firm at about ed has ade. Ww had t! return of the inclination toward it on the par in particular, with the TEmaeal of all doubt a the actual adveni of the garment itself there is real and’ positive excitement. Cotton voile leads as a material ogs—Strong; selects were quo’ $7.60 f.0.b., Sea $7.85 fed and wat- er a6 ae ind a GALLERY FELL. Tragedy During Service in a Portu- gese Chure A despatch from Lisbon says: A serious accident. occurred on Thursday in the church stalteig. to a monastery near this Dur- ing service a gallery Sctiainin 200 persons collapsed and fell upon a ‘egation beneat! A odies have a is eee Hak pes ig sare the linen suit when it repeats the gown color, Striped voile is isyohite, and sheer batistes in deli- te shades vie with colored hand- orchie! linens. Valenciennes and Irish crochet! | are th popular lac tucks J and hand embroide ery are favored bayond all other trimming methods, a our latest. model a Thirty-five persons received serious injuries and were less badly | ¢ hurt. i BALLOON STRUCK TRAIN. Aeronaut in Spain. Had a Narrow Escape. 4 A despatch from Seville, Spain, says: Mortimer Singer, the aero-| aforesaid ‘‘little aig naut, had a narrow escape from in-| descend periodical. ay ee Tuesday. Just after he had ay seems. thatthe: fashionubl for an asesent, the wind r-of the soeigd ae the bus ted his balloan against the rail- tole at asined road station, from which it bound-| sweet pea, which = on bunches and surrony en-hair fern. ar tl said that roses rounded with silver fo ages “OUR ARMY IS A SHAN” These Are the Words of Field Marshall Lord Roberts. A despatch from A ine says “Our army is a sham. We hare that = ed ol Singer threw out ballast Just in the nick-of time and the balloon shot! upwards. = antiga eee Spl they ae a aaes Earl Rober wa fav anata ae military train- ing, declared that * amazed | a 2 party tion, and at the apathy @ of the na- tion regarding tary defenc lieve in the dai no wonder, ‘for them there was. no fear f it é | sold readily at $6.to $6.30. butchers’ cattle were and a