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outbreak came suddenly while house of commons was in session most picturesque public building in america is a shapeless ruin two women and four men perished a despatch from ottawa says the senate wing his hair was singed canadian parliament buildings are in j but he was uninjured ruins fire which broke out at nine mr edgar n rhodes deputy oclock on thursday night in the com- speaker who was in tho chair was i mons reading room swept with tre- tho last to leave and he stated that 1 mendous fury down the corridors and j the chamber as he left it was empty 1 leaped to the galleries and in the the fire and smoke swept through space of three minutes had filled the the long corridors with amazing rapid- whole wing with an impenetrable vol- ity and the members clerks and ure of smoke it was followed quickly visitors had the utmost difficulty in by flames i escaping through the dense suffocat- two people are known to be dead i ing clouds that filled the lobbies and they are madame bray wife of dr staircases i bray of quebec and madame morin markets of the world eggs fresh 33c selected 29 to 80c billiondollar year breadstuffs toronto feb 8 manitoba wheat new crop no 1 northern 125 no 2 do 123 no 3 do 120 in store fort william manitoba oats no 2 cw 45c no 3 do 42c extra no 1 feed 42c no x feed 41c in store fort american 82 canadian track toronto ontario oats no 3 white 44 to 45c commercial 43 to 44c according to freights outside ontario wheat no 2 winter per car lot 113 to 115 wheat slight ly sprouted and tough according to sample 109 to 113 wheat sprout- on farms of canad an increase of 300000 00 in vt ducts in 1915 no 1 stock 27c no 2 stock 24 to 25c potatoes per bag car lots 185 to 190 winnipeg grain w m t o n t the empire may depend upon tho f v qu r fa of canada doing their full women vt m m duty in this great war if the situation iii srae- fed kly put before them jmany opium dens in london more addicted vice than men to w 205 united statea markets carlsrite hotel toronto he pointed out that the farmers needed no flagwaving and martial music to stimulate them to their minneapolis feb 8 wheat may patriotic duties as but one illustra london is becoming cursed with n new vice that of opium smoking and unless the authorities take dras- tic action to prevent its growth che evil will become widespread and in- wife of dr louis morin of quebec they were guests of madame sevigny 1 wife of the speaker and were cut off in their apartments origin of the fire a mystery the origin of the fire is a mystery it may never be known there were suspicions of incendiarism possibly by sir robert bordens escape sir robert borden whose office is many that cendiary formation the stories of mayor martin mr bradbury and others were eagerly listened to mayor martin of montreal who was one of the first to discover the fire says he heard an explosion but wheth er it was caused by spontaneous com bustion or sudden fire among the news papers he is unable to say w r bradbury stock broker was standing near the postoffice in the main chamber when he heard a crash in the far northeast corner of the j before going any distance he heard peas no 2 180 do according to sample 125 to 175 according to freights outside barley malting 64 to 60c feed 57 to 60c according to freights out side buckwheat 78 to 79e according to freights outside rye no 1 commercial 93 to 95c rejected according to sample 83 to 85c according to freights outside manitoba flour first patents building escaped without hat or coat another explosion of some kind which j jug 720 second patents into the lower lobby and ultimately knocked him oft his feet major ger- i bkio made his way to his principal quarters in the east block i nit white m p also heard two sep- me bags 650 toronto aid white mv also ontario flour winter according to dr michael clark of red deer one of the last members to reach the lob- records of passenger canada a despatch from ottawa says the annual report of the board of railway commissioners for the last fiscal year shows that out of 46702- flour per bag a german agent but as policemen by was half choked with smoke and were on guard at both doors of the w vcry wea he declared that room where the fire started and others 0 members were still in the cham- in the room itself it would have been ber but appears to have been mis- difficult for anyone to deliberately set taken in this tho fire without being detected a j t fi soon enveloped the corn- smouldering cipar butt might have chamber on all sides and the done it though smoking in that quart- i historic old theatre was in ruins it cr is supposed to be prohibited fil- 3prca over all the west wing includ- j led with thousands of loose papers in the addition built on a few years i 2 passengers carried by canadian ferior 23 to 25c creamery prints 32 the flames leaped from stand to stand a in which arc situated the speak- railways during the year eight were arate explosinos railways carried over 46 millions sample 490 to 510 prompt ship ment seaboard or toronto freights in bags millfeed car lots delivered mont through innocent curiosity says the weekly dispatch london in a re- issue -i-a- us vto j f is an evil arising out of the de ments 5930o bbls bran 192o to means th they are giving as they presslon inevta bring the earlier closing of clubs and res taurants the dark streets and all the various restrictions which hav brought about the disappearance of the gaiety of london at night ad 1950 duluth feb 8 wheat no 1 hard 132 no 1 northern 131 no 2 northern 128 no 2 hard montana 129 july 130 lin seedcash 232 may 234 july 233 the needs said dr live stock markets toronto feb 8 butchers cattle choice 750 to 775 do good understand james must the farmers give men too he asked if canada calls for men from the country they will come they have enlisted by the thousand mirabitand necessary as these pre- west of the great lakes and with cautions may be have resulted in thousands more going one wonders the cravimj foi some ncw diversion what may become of the farm pro- sha teke the place of the old duction of the prairies some evilly disposed persons have lumping all the farm products to- startcd this opium king craze in 710 to 735 do medium 015 to gether and deducting the food fed to the wcgf nd and the y 075 do common 5 to 565 stock we estimate that in 1915 the many of them pel of wcak wn butchers bulls choice 650 to 690 farms orchards and gardens of can- are succum to the vice do good bulls 575 to 610 do ada gave a net product of over a bil- rough bulls 450 to 5 butchers lion dollars the wheat crop of the women the victims cows choice 610 to 650 do prairies was worth about 275000000 women are far more addicted to good 575 to 6 do medium 525 a big crop the biggest ever known in the habit than men there are young to 560 do common 425 to 5 canada but after all only a little if girls in the theatrical profession traffic inieal freights bran per ton 24 feeders good 625 to 675 stock- any over onequarter of tho entire strong and healthy who started smok- shorts per ton 25 middlings per ers 700 to 900 lbs 610 to 675 ton 26 good feed si butter- country produce fresh dairy 27 to 30c in- with an almost inconceivable rapidity at the same time the smoke rolled forth in dense clouds of suffocating volume while an alarm was instantly ers quarters premiers office press room members rooms and restaurant in the latter the staff were just get ting things in shape after dinner when raised tho escape of members of the alarm of fire was given they people in the galleries and the house staff with so small a list of missing is remarkable the victims the case of madame morin is par ticularly sad as she had intented to return to her home two days ago she had put it off from one time to an other however and finally delayed for raced for the exits and so far as is known all got away in safety madame sevigny wife of the speak er of the house was forced to leave her apartments by one of the windows the first effort to stop the rush of flames was made by the house of ficials and the dominion police who are constantly on guard in the cor ridors fire hoses wer pulled from killed and 239 injured out of 159142 railway employees 99 were killed and 873 injured trespassers on railway property to the number of 170 were to 34c solids 34 to 35c eggs storage 28 to 29c per doz selects 31 to 32c newlaid 33 to 35c ease lots honey prices in 10 to 60lb tins killed the report notes that the 12 to 12c combs no 1 3 no 2 board is taking up with the attorney- 240 general of the various provinces the question of instituting more rigorous prosecution for trespassers on railway lines with a view to further decreas ing the number of casualties the board also recommends furth er action by the government towards assisting the elimination of grade crossings where the question of 1 w not in rrnost rugged cf health atxhe time the fire occurred it appears from what could be learned jiat when the lire started madame sevigny managed to escape through the corridors of the building madame henri dussault of quebec also a guest of madame sevigny i jumped from a window in the second story and escaped uninjured the two j young children of madame sevigny were rescued in firemens nets and al so escaped with nothing worse than a bad fright both madame bray and madame morin however appeared to have taken the wroir turning down the corridor when they left their rooms and to have been trapped at one end of the hall when their bodies were recovered the smoke had proved too much and life was extinct as a result of asphyxiation rather thn the fire itself members of the house of commons in tlie chamber and the various par liamentary offices had to fight their way to safety people in the upper storeys of the building had narrow escapes many having to be taken out by ladders the flames started in the leading room between the commons chamber and the library this room is sheath ed in wood very old and very dry and this with the hundreds of newspapers fed the fire until it was a roaring fur nace hon martin burrell minister of agricuture was in his office off the reading room when lie found himself confronted suddenly with a wall of flame and u curtain of black suffocat ing smoke he rushed through the fire and in making his escape was bad- ly burned about the head and face he was taken to the basement and treated by dr dugal stewart of lun enburg and other members his face was scorched and singed and his hands cut and bleeding turned lip safely after the escape of hon martin hurrcl and the appearance of dr michael clark of red deer suffering from the effects of thes moke a re port spread that messrs logic northumberland k w nesbitt north oxford and las douglas strathcona had failed to make good their escape from the burning chamb er this report however was sub sequently contradicted and it was said that the members had been seen and that mr nesbilt hud sustained a i slight injury to his hnnd when hon i martin burrell left his office and made his way through the burning reading room his secretary mr ide also fled from the burning building but while mr rurrell turned to the west and passed through the commons side of the building mr ide went in the op posite direction and got out by the layed on the flames the automatic sprink- but nothing that this jild do lrad any effect on fire an automatic fire alarm utuitfiht the city fire brigade and in a few minutes all otawas fire fighting equipment was on the hill and pouring tons of water into the building montreal sends aid a specoal train brought a detach ment of the montreal fire brigade many members and employes who were caught in offices upstairs were assisted out of the window by the fire men dr cass of yukon was helped out of a window by mr thos mcnutt of saltcoats as soon as the seriousness of the fire was realized fresh detachments of dominion police were rushed to the hill and efforts were made to hold back the thousands who had assembled to witness the fire the police were re inforced by troops who formed a cord on about the burning building and as eistctl the firemen lrt1r beans 420 to 440 poultry spring chickens 17 to 18c fowls 13 to 14c ducks 17 to 18c geese 15 to 19c turkeys 23 to 26c cheese large 19c twins 19c potatoes car lots of ontarios quoted at 175 to 180 and new- ex- brunswicks at si onl a-pei- bag k canners and cutters 325 to 460 milkers choice each 75 to 100 do common and medium each 35 to 60 springers 50 to 100 light ewes 7 to 850 sheep heavy 525 to 6 do bucks 350 to 450 yearling lambs 7 to 775 lambs cwt 10 to 12 calves medi um to choice 675 to 1075 do common 4 to 450 hogs fed and watered 10 do fob 965 montreal feb 8 butchers steers 550 to 750 canning bulls 425 to 550 cows 450 to 6 canning cows 325 to 4 milkers 60 to farm production ing opium because it presented an word for the dairy cow inviting picture of oriental pictur- in ontario the dairy output was esqueness and glamor they are now twenty per cent over 1914 and the heing ruined by the vice there are market value was increased ten to women in society mostly of the blase twenty per cent in 1910 according neurotic type who have taken eager- to the dominion dairy commissioner ly to a new and novel form of drug- the milk products of canada were taking akin to the morphia habit worth approximately 110000000 it just as insidious but still more allur- is a safe estimate to put the dairy ing output of canada for 1915 at 150- a wellknown west end doctor who 000000 while discussing wheat we takes a grave view of the evil told a should not forget the dairy cow she weekly dispatch representative of had done more for canada during the the case of a girl who admitted that past ten years than have our wheat she had been smoking opium it has imeis w and in view of what is now made her ill and she suffers from the 80 sheep 5 to 7c pound lambs 8 jjg ihe world ovr there is a peculiar aftereffects of tho smoking to 9c hogs 91o to 1050 p0 that the dairy products of fits of continuous yawning the canada in 1916 may exceed wheat in drug has got a strong hold of her and value the wheat fields reached she has not the strength owill to re- their maximum yield per acre in 1915 sist it cows 750 to 775 9c pound calves 8 new russian premier defines his policy the dairy cow is only getting into her stride she is now producing 4000 limr gating to 5000 1 cipalities ft share of the ment assisti grade cross per crossing during the year the board issued 1897 orders the principal case heard was the application of the rail- jw ways to increase rates on eastern lines the decision on this applica tion is still pending raw i js j vjftas dtt in an unrviev on track toronto it the following the noyoe yjft of p prices baled hay new no 1 ton quotld b keuters corresnon are now buying i6 psm7evv tnr v wmmmwjm in an interview in-fs- 18 to 1850 do no 2 ton 14 to 1450 baled straw ton 650 to quoteti by reuters correspondent 1 j the farm products of all canada in 1915 exceeded in value the farm products of any previous year by at train wreck at paris costs lives of 16 a despatch from paris says latest reports of the wreck of the calais express at the st denis railway station near paris show that the number of casualties is larger than at first reported the total death list probably will not exceed 16 nine of the dead were women a ma jority of the passengers was made up of soldiers returning to their homes on leaves sunday is a day of rest for men and a day for others to wash their hair montreal markets montreal feb 8 corn american no 2 yellow 85 to 86e oats no local white 51c no 3 local white 50c no 4 local white 49c barley man feed 62 to 63c malting 70 to 72c buckwheat no 2 80 to 82c flour man spring wheat patents firsts 730 seconds 680 strong bakers 660 winter patents choice 670 straight rollers 6 to 610 do bags 285 to 295 rolled oats barrel 525 bags 90 lbs 250 bran 24 shorts 26 mid dlings 28 to 30 mouillie 31 to 33 hay no 2 per ton car lots 20 to 2050 cheese finest west erns 18 i to 18c finest easterns 18 to 18c butter choicest cream ery 34 to 35c seconds 32 to 33c i least 300000000- it is well for our front the nations as a result of the of j munitlon worldwide conflagration and added the prospects for 1915 were bright those who speak of financial 01 ami the slogan would be go to it all ye dairymen of canada and make the dairy record equal to the whest at the present time there is a clever young girl in the theatrical profession whose prospe are tutncea beus6 of her addiction to the vice she has been warned by her friends and unless she gives up the habit she will break down utterly dens in the west end there are flats in the west end there that his policy would be in spired above all else with the one i idea of bringing the war to a success- m and rt to ful issue he said no proposals for f the kss i vaiue f th at are nothing more or less than a separate peace would provide a sol- p t t secret p dens the smokers ution of the problems which con- f wvsis out upon divans with their heads resting on cushions they have the long narrow pipes with the shallow bowls the drug is of a substance like economic exhaustion of russia appear ludicrous to me for the russian peo- pie cannot be exhausted or con- vocor1 of 191c quored german army supplies are becoming scarce canadian trenches in better shape all products of textile industry a despatch trom london says confiscated by government brigadiergen leckie of the third brigade who is on leave from the j a despatch from london says front reports satisfactory conditions i according to berlin newspapers as mlity is the result with the trenches in better shape than quoted by reuters amsterdam corrc- treacle a piece of wire is dipped into it and the stuff sticking to it is held in the flame of a lamp until it begins to burn then it is pushed into the bowl and the smoker draws and in hales the smoke the quantity in the bowl only lasts about half a minute and then the pipe has to be refilled much smoking produces a stale of semiunconsciousness and finally if the smoker goes on complete insensi- for some time casualties canadas parliament buildings are destroyed by fire and so far no heavy i spondent a new order was put force ort february 1 under which the greater part of all products of the textile industry was confiscated the tageblatt says it is highly significant that on this occasion the government does not seize raw material but fin four new iloneer battalions to recruit one to be attached to each of the canadian divisions a despatch from ottawa says ished articles included in the list four new pioneer battalions are to are all materials for clothing suit- he recruited in canada according to able for army or navy officials all m announcement made by sir sam goods for under garments blankets hughes on wednesday plans are inclusive of horse cloths colored lin- now being worked out for tho organiz- eri goods linings and sailcloths ber- at oi th battalions they will lin newspapers point out that this include a considerable number of measure discloses a scarcity of these practical railway engineers and con- materials and also indicates that struction men col robert low of germany is preparing for a war of halifax a wellknown contractor will probably have charge of one battalion it is the intention to at tach at least one pioneer battalion to each canadian division nt the front long duration von papcn laid welland canal plot a despatch from london says according to a statement made by the authorities here on wednesday bridgman taylor detained here on the the fine canadian breed the canadians have a right to l charge of having failed to register as proud of themselves says the ncw an alien enemy has made a confes- york times thoy have shown readl- sion to the effect that captain franz ness to enlist zeal in training una von papen recalled german military vigor and courage in fighting vol- attache at washington organized tnires few acres of snows are n the plan for blowing up the welland nation full of fire there are nearly aha front of the fiuc block of buildings is here seen the photograph waa taken ou an opening day when ihere were fnany people going- in for that function to the left of the picture is seen the tower of the library where the fire raged most savagely the entrance to the speakers private apartments is just around the corner on the eft of the picture and between that corner and the circular library building canal ottoman heir commits suicide a despatch from london says the suicide of yussof izzedin hcir- apparcnt to the turkish throne is reported in a despatch received by reuters telegram company from constantinople by way of berlin the message says the crown prince ended his life by cutting arteries in his palace at seven oclock on tues day morning illhealth is given as tho reason the fellow who neglects tho little chances that como his way is just wasting his tlmo wishing for the big opportunity to show up 120000 canadian soldiers in europo there have been 212000 enlistments the first 250000 is almost coinptetot there are 50000 already on the fir ing line the government calls for 250000 moro and will get them a hardy rosy fit set of fellows those canadian youngsters the old breed in the now environment has improv- cd foe will tax all bachelors a despatch from copenhagen says the german government proposes to tax all bachelors nccording to de spatches received here ah long as you pay compliment only you will not be forced to cat your word