BURNED TO WATER 'S EDGE. Steamer Montreal Destroyed and Spectators Killed and Hurt. A. despatch from Montreal says: The maffiiilicent new stcunier Mont- real, wliich was built last year by the Bertram Company, of Toronto, for the Richelieu and Ontario Navi- nation Company, and which was in- tended to be the pride of the St. Lawrence during the coming season, Was burned to the water's edge hero on Saturday night, and the destinic- tion of the steamer by fire was at- tended by a lamentable accident as a result of which one man is dead, neveral more arc likely to succumb at the hospitals to their injuries, and over 50 received more or less serious injuries. That is the revis- ed record as given out at the hos- pitals to-night. The dead man is N. Groullo, an Italian laborer, em- ployed by the Grand Trunk, who died from a fractured skull a couple of hours after being admitted to the General Hospital. The most .seri- ously injured are at the Hoyal Vic- toria Hospital, where six patients are being attended to. A FLOATING PAI;ACE. The steamer was lying in tha Custom House basin, close to the Allan wharf, awaiting the o])ening of navigation, and workmen had been engaged on her for some time com- pleting the interior work. The steamer was being fitted up in the finest manner, the intention being that she should eclipse anything yet seen on the St. Lawrence route. How the fire originated is as yet a mys- tery. The steamer had been in the hands of the workmen who were en- gaged by the contractors to com- plete the elaborate woodwork, which was to make the Montreal a verita- ble floating palace. Paints and oils utui varnishes were on board in quantities. Each evening as work ce;\Ked the men went ashore, and loft the vessel in charge of a watchman. In the after part of the main deck there was to have been the great main dining saloon. Temporary heat was furnished by a big Quebec heater and by an open "Heacon" grate, such as is sometimes used in new buildings to dry out plaster. It was from this part of the vessel that the fire seems to have started. The lire was discovered by tne night watchman shortly after eiglit o'clock, who turned in a general alarm. In an incrediljly short space of time the steamer was in (lames. The whole brigade was soon on the scene, but owing to the position in wliicli the steamer was it was al- mo.st impossible for the firemen to do anything. All that remained of the splendid steamer after a couple of hours was the steel hull and the engines, which it is hoped may be saved. The burning steamer made an im- mense bonfire, which lit up the whole water front and the central portion of the city, and reflection Was seen for miles. Thousands of people from all ]>arts of the city well! attracted to the .scene. The throngs crowded on to the revetment Wall, iind thousands poured over on to the wharves. BUILDING FEl,L WITH CROWD. The workmen had already been getting up the framework for the big sheds, but the framework was tem[)orarily held in place by strips of 'hin board, and when the Inin- dn'.'< liegan lo climb u|)on this structure, with a blind faith in its stability, the framework began to sway and shake. Beneath the heavy bciinis people were streaming in, their number being added to every morient as the crowds ])oured down to the .scene. The swaying became greater. The hoards began to crack. The people far enough away to get a comprehen- sive view of the situation, and near enough to understand the danger, shouted to those who were under the fruTnework of their danger, but it Was too late. There was a mighty crash, and the whole structure was (linvn upon the thickly packed crowd beneath. There was an awful mo- ment of suspense, then cries and gro., IS of the injured rose above the roar of the conflagration. Several doctors who happened to bo on hand gave their attention to the wounded while ambulances were Bunimono<l. Stretchers were improvised from the pieces of the wrecked building, and on them the wounded were car- ried away from the scene. Willing hands ai<led in the removal of all who were hurt. Hundreds who simply received cuts on hands and faces, but were able to get about, had their injuries dressed as well as possible near the scene of the trouble, and were aa- sistetl to their homes. lUGnFST BUILT IN CANADA. The riostroywi steamer was built by the Bertram Company, of Toron- to, and was launched early in No- vendier of last year. She was the biggest and finest steamer over con- structed in Canaila, and valued at nearly $400, 000, Iler dimensions wore: Length, 340 feet; width of hull, 4.'1 I'eet; width over guards, 75 feel <> inches; moulded depth, 15 feel. Krigines, JJ,0{)0 horso-power. Tlio electric light i)lant furnished •airront for 1,200 sixteen candle-pow- er lamps. The dining-room was oa the main dock aft, and was built to seat 130 passengers. The total number of state-rooms was 26(5, including six- teen in tho upper saloon, ])arlor rooms with bath-rooms attached. The stair and gallery railings were of bronbe loaf work, surmounted with mahogany hand rails. The fur- niture was of dark mahogany and plush, and it, as well as the general ornamentation, was in Louis XV. style. The dome ceiling was riahly ornamented with heavy scroll work, and its leading features were two large allegorical paintings, represent- ing the periods of the day. ♦ THIRTY NEW RAILWAYS. Applications for Incorporation at This Session. A Toronto despatch says: Tho Clerk of the Legislature has so far received 30 applications for bills in- corporating the following railways: Sault Ste. Marie Railway, Lac Suel, Rat Portage, and Keewatin Railway, Huntsville and Lake of the Bays Railway, Manitou and Northern Railway Company, Canada Central Railway, Kingston and Gananoque Electric Railway, Niagara, Queens- ton and St. Catharines Electric Rail- way, Samia Street Railwa.v, Guclph Railway Company, Point Anne Rail- way Company, International Rail- way Company, Nepigon Bay Rail- way, Embro Klectric Railway, To- ronto and Alimico Electric Railway and Light Company, Clergue's Rail- way from Midland to Perkinsfield, Agreement, Nepigon and St. Joe Railway Company, St. Thomas Street Railway and City of St. Thomas, Ottawa City Railway, Hur- on, Bruce and Grey Electric Rail- way, Stratford Klectric Railway Company, North Lanark Railway Company, Toronto Suburban Rail- way Company extension. Southwest- ern Traction Company, Middlesex and Elgin Inter-Urban Railway Com- pany and City of St. Thomas, Ham- ilton and Caledonia Railway Com- pany, Sarnia, Petrolea and St. Thomas Railway Company, City of Windsor Railway Company, and Sandwich, Windsor and Amherstburg Railway, London, Parkhill and Grand Bend Electric Railway Com- pany, Colonial Portland Cement Coiiipany and Tramway, Sudbury, Copper Cliff and Creighton Electric Railway Company. KILLS SECOND GERM. A Nev/ Serum Treatment for Cearlet Fever. An Ottawa despatch says : â€" A serum trentinonl for scarlet fever corresponding to the application of anti-toxine in diphtheria and i)ro- ducing results which are similar, is Ixiing used with groat success at tho Ottawa Isolation Hospital. Dr. Charlton, acting medical superin- tendent, who is a Rockefeller follow in scarlet icvcr at McGill, ks the discoverer. In malignant cases of scarlet fever. Dr. Charlton explains, there is a mixed infection, a second germ making its appearance and adding to tho comi)lications so that the case becomes .serious. By the judicious use of tho ?>ew scrum it has been found that the germ of tho second infection is killed, and eradicated from the .system, and tho disease is very quickly reduced from the malignant type to the mild form from which tho patient readily recovers. Tho preparation is known as tho anti-.stroptococic serum, and while the principle of it is based upon a Kuro|iean discovery. Dr. Charlton has improved upon it so that a much smaller dose is necessary, while the salutary effect makes its ap|>earanco uuich sooner. At all events tho doctor is the first to in- troduce it iji ajjy form on this side of the Atlantic, and the new Ottawa Isolation Ilo.spital is foremost in the exrwriments which have been conducted. HANGED HIMSELF. Westminster Farmer Takes His Own Life. A London, Out., despatch says : â€" William Carrothcra, of con. 3, West- minster, hung himself with a halter in his barn on Thnrs<lay ; when found he was dead. Tho deceased, who was much ivspected and was 67 years of ago, is supposed to have tx'en driven insane through brooding over illness in his family. FENIAN RAID MEDALS. Applications Will Not Be Consid- ered After This Month. An Ottawa desimtch says: Applica- tions for I'Vninn Raid medals will not 1,0 entertained after this nionth. Lieut. -Col. Henry Smith, of tho Medals Claims Ilnarcl, stated thi.s morning that quite a number of ai>- plication» for medals were coming in. Uo to the present there have been something over 17,000 medals issued, and about 1,000 long service mcdaU. THE MARKETS Prices cf Grain, Cattle, etc in Trade Centres. Toronto, March 10. â€"Wheat â€"Tho market is dull, with prices unchang- ed. No. 2 white and red quoted at 70ic mid<llc freights. No. '2 spring nominal at 70c on Midland, and No. 2 goose at 66ic on Midland. Mani- toba wheat steady; No. 1 hard, 88c all rail, grinding in transit; No. 1 Northern, 86c all rail, grinding, in transit; No. 1 hard, 87 Jc North Hay: No. 1 Northern, SSJc North Bay. . Oatsâ€" Trade is quiet, with No. 2 white quoted at 3lc, low freights to Now York, and No. 1 white at 32i lo 3;ic east. Barley â€" Trade is quiet, with No. 3 extra quoted at 46Jc middle freight, and No. 3 at 43i to 44c, middle freight. Peas â€" No. 2 white is quoted at 71c high freights, and at 72c east. Corn â€" Market dull, with Canadian yellow quoted at 45c west, and mix- ed at 44c west. No. 3 American at 53 to o'Sic on track, Toronto. ^Klour â€" Ninety per cent, patents unchanged at $2.67 middle freight, in buyers' sacks for o.xport. Straight rollers of special brands for domestic trade quoted at $3.25 to $3.40 in bbls. Manitoba flour steady. No. 1 patents, §4.20 to $4.40, and sec- onds, §4 to 84.10. Strong bakers,' S3, 80 to §4, bags included, Toron- to. Millfeed â€" Bran, SIC hero, and shorts, $18. At outside points bran is quoted at $16.50, and shorts at §17.30. Manitoba bran in sacks, $19, and shorts, $21 here. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Beans â€" Trade continues quiet. Me- dium, $1.65 to $1.75 per bushel, and hand-picked, $1.90 to $2. Dried apples â€" Market continues very dull, witli the price nominal at 3jc per lb. Evaporated, 6 to GJc. Honey â€" The market is quiet, with prices unchanged. Strained sells at 8 to 84c per lb., and comb at $1.25 to $1.50. Haj", baled â€" Tho market is quiet at unchanged prices. Choice timo- thy, $10 on track, and mi.\ed at $8 to $8.50. Straw â€" The market is quiet for car lots on track at $5.50 to $6 a ton. Maple Syrup â€" Five gallon cans, $1 a gallon; one-gallon cans, $1.10, and half-gallon, (iOc. Onions â€" Tho market is dull at 40c per bushel for Canadian, Poultry â€" Ollerings are ver.v i small. Wo quote: Fresh killed di-y- ' picked turkeys, 14 to 17c; geese, 9 to lie Jjer lb; ducks, $1 to $1.25; chickens (young), 85c to $1; old hens, 60 to 70c per pair. I'otatoes â€" Market steady. Cars on track, $1 to $1.05, and small lots, $1.25 per bag. Stockers . 3.50 3.65 Canncrs . 2.00 2.SU Sheet*â€" Lambs . 4.50 5.00 Ewes . 3.75 4.25 Bucks . 0.00 3..';0 Calves, each . 2.00 10.00 Cahes, per 100 lbs . .. 4.no O.OO Hogs- Sows . 4.50 5.00 Stags . 2.00 4.00 Selects, IBO to 200 lbs . 6.10 0.00 Thick fats . 5.85 O.CO Lights . 5.85 0.00 THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter â€" The receipts are fair ond prices are unchanged. We quote: Finest dairy tubs, 17 to 17 5c; choice largo rolls, 17 to 18c; finest, 1-lb. prints, 18 to 19c; secondary grades (rolls and tubs), 13 to 15c; creamery jjrints, 22 to 23c; solids, 19 lo 20c. Eggs â€" Tho demand is good for new laid and prices firm at 15i to I6c per dozen; cold storage,- 9 to 10c. Cheese â€" Market remains unchang- ed. We quote: Finest September, 13^0; seconds, 13c; twins, 14c. HOG PRODUCTS. Crossed hogs are nominally un- changed, with few cars elTering. Western quoted at $7.50 to $7.65, and Jforthern at $7.65 to $7.75. Cured meats 'firm, with demand fair. We quote: Bacon, clear, 10 to lOJc. in ton and caso lots. Pork, moss, $21; do, short cut, $22.50. Smoked hams, 13 to 13Jc; rolls, ll^c; shoulders, lie; backs, 14 to 14Jc; breakfast bacon, 14 to 14Jc. Lard â€" Market steady. We quote: Tierces. lOic; tubs, 10| to lie; pails. Hie BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, March 10. â€" (Special). â€"The local markets continue quiet and unchanged. Grain â€" No. 1 Man- itoba hard wheat, 75c; No. 1 North- ern, 73c, March delivery; No. 1 hard, 77c; No. 1 Northern, 75c ex-store, May delivery; peas, 69^0 high freights: oats. No. 2 in store here, 37i to 37ic; 31Jc high freights; rye, 49ic east; buckwheat, 48 J to 49c cast. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Toronto, March 10. â€" Everything offered was sold to-day. Prices in Ijut'-hei s' and exporters' continued about the sume as before. A choice load or two of tho latter brought $4.75, but this nmrUs no advance. Space for transjiortation acro.ss tlio Atlantic continues scarce, and the Englisli market shows no signs of imi)ro\oment. I'rices in the United States have been a little firmer late- ly, but nevortheloi^s a few buyers are still going to Chicago for cattle. Butchers' cuttle .^old well, tic ofifer- iiigs we:"o light and the ((uality fair- ly good. Sheep and landis were still active and strong. Milch cows continued firm, and veal calves were sti'ady. Tho market for hogs con- tinued fairly .steady, withoit any change in (irico:-. Tho total run was about 60 cars, containing 864 cattle, 244 sheoi), 1,- 400 hogs, and 18 calves. Tho (piotntions for export cattle were as follows: Exporters, fair ti good, $4.25 to $4.60 p«r cwt. Light descriptions sold at ?4 to $4,25, Mixed butcheis' and exporters were worth $4 to S4.25 per cwt. for the best. Butcheis' cattle continued un- changed at S3.i:0 to $4.20 for good to choice heifers and steers; $4 to $4.10 for i>icked lots; $3 to $3. Ho for medium to fair, and $2 to $2.75 for canncrs. StocUors and feeders continued in active demand. We quote: F.odeis, 900 to 1,1(10 lbs., S3. 90 to $4.15 i>er cwt.; stockers. $3.25 to $8.75 per cwt. Butchers' bulls renuiined unchanged at $3 to $3.50 per cwt. Milch cows w< re scarce, 10 or 15 selling, and the prices were firm at $30 to $50. Lambs were all sold. Tho i'rices were steady nil lound. We quoto: Export ewes, $3,75 to ?4.'i5 poc cwt.; bucks, $3 to $3.50, and lambs, $4.50 to $5.75 pur cwt. Good veal calves are in active de- mand. We quote: $2 to $10 each, and 4J to Oc per lb. Hogs were unchanged at $6.10 for selects, and $5.85 for fats and lights. Hogs to l>e salcct must weigh not more than 200 nor los^s than 160 lbs. The following is the range cf c.uo- tations: Exporters'â€" Per 100 lbs. Choice $4.25 $4.«5 Medium 4.00 4.25 Light 4.00 0.00 Bulls a.75 0.00 Butchers' â€" Choice 4,00 4.35 Medium 8.40 4.00 Heifers 3.57 a.»0 Bulls 800 8.50 Cows 2.50 8.40 Feodsrs ; m •â- • ••• 8>7> *.0» UNITED STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, March 10. â€" Flourâ€" Firm. Wheat â€" Winter, nominal; No. 1 white, 80c; No. 2 rod, 80c: spring, No. 1 hard, 8Sc; No. 1 Northern, 86c. Cornâ€" Easy; No. 2 yellow, 52c; No. 2 corn, 51 Jc. Oatsâ€" Quiet and weak; No. 2 white, 41ic; No. 2 mi.xed, 39ic. Barley â€" 56 to 60c, in store and on track. Ryeâ€" No. 2, 585c. Duluth, March 10. â€" Cash, No. 1 hard, 76c; No. 1 Northern. 75;c; May, 77-ic; No. 2 Northern, 785c; May, 77> to 77ic; July, 76}c. Oats â€"May, 34c. Minneapolis, March 10. â€" Wheat â€" May, 70} to 76.ic; July, 76J to 76ic: on track, No. 1 hard, 78Jc; No. 1 Northern, 77 i; No, 2 North- ern, 76Jc. Flour â€" First patents. $3.90 to $4; second patents. $3,80 to $3,90; first clears, $2,55; second clears, $2.10 to $2.20. Bran â€" In bulk, $15 to $15.25. FOR FAST SERVICE. Tenders Called For By the Do- minion Government. An Ottav^a despatch says :â€" A meeting of tho Treasury Board was held on Saturday, at which an ad- vertisement was preparet-l calling for tenders for a fast Atlantic service. Steamship owners are asked to bid upon an 18-knot and 21-knot ser- vice respectively. When the figures are known the Government will de- cide which service to accept. A prominent steamship man here yes- terday said the Government should drop "the 18-knot idea altogether. The time was opportune for asking bids, as the shipbuilding industry in Great Britain is somewhat slack at present. NEW D.\iRY INVENTION. Swedes Piish New "Milk Flour" Machine. A Stockholm despatch says :â€" It is authoratively state<l that the "exsiciator," the newly-inventwl ma- chine for extracting 'milk flour" from skimi-niilk, has withstood all teats in tho dairies of the world, and will shortl.v be placed beside the separator as an article of utility. It is estimated that the in- vention will yield a profit to the .Swedish diary industry of $2,000,- 000 anntinlly. .\ machine callable of working through 2,000 (|uarts o( milk in ten hours will cost from $1,000 to $1,200. A limite<l com- pany of Swedish ca[)itttlists has ob- tained patents in most foreign countries. SYRUP FROM SUGAR BEET5 A Discovery Which May Have Im- portant Results. A Toronto despatch cays: Mr, J A. Snell, Principal of the Wiartoi High School, writes Hon. John Dry den that a discovery has been madt by which a delicious syrup can b made from sugar beets, closely re sembling in appearance and taste thi ordinary maple syrup of this coun try. Ho thinks there is a good fu ture in this enterprise if it is push od. He also thinks it forms a goo« opportunity for farmers, as the ne cessary machinery would not be ex pensive. ^ 50,000 SETTLERS COMING, Syndicate Would Make Arrange- ments to Locate Them. A Toronto despatch says: Mr. J Colcj--BromfieId, of Brighton, Eng- land, representing the big Euglisk immigration syndicate, has forward ed an amended proposition, which ij now before the Conmiissioner ol Crown Lands. The offer made i: along the lines of the contract en- tered into with the Egan sj-ndi cate, which now awaits signature and conforms closely to tho regula tions of the thrown Lands Depart ment. Tho company contoiuplati settling 50,000 people in Ontario, but it is not likely that the .surveys and other details can bo com|)loteo. in time for any settlement this year OVER A BILLION DOLLARS. Appropriated by Congress at the Session Just Closed. A Washington despatch says: Mr, Allison. chairM\an of the Conmiitlec of Appropriations, made a staten\ent reganling tho amount of mone,y ap- propriated by tho present Congress, as compared with the aiiproiiriations of tho 56th Congress. The total ai>- propriation for the present Cangress, he stated, was $1,554,108,5' V, as compared with $1,440,489.4(18 for the 56tk f"'? ngrcss. CANADA'S BRITISH TRADE I Imports Into Old Country Show Large Increase. A London despatch says : â€" The im- I)orts from Canada during February were made up as foUov/s : â€" 7,641 cattle, valued at £135,.552; 4,02i4 sheep, valued at £6,317; 33,974 cwt bacon valued at .£85,429; 8,514 cwt. of hams, valued at £21,824'; 1,73.5 cwt, of butter, valued at £8,236; 37,182 cwt. of cheese, valuet at £112,642; 2,333 greaC hundred: of eggs, valued at £929, and 3{ horses, valued at £1,010. Compared with tlve same period o: 1902, the past month'G imports sho* a very large increase. BULLET IN HER RECK. . London Woman Victim of Erratii Target Practice. A London despatch says: Mrs. A R. Simpson, of York street, w^ai standing in the pantry of her home on Thursday morning, when she was shot in the neck by a bullet from a 32-calibre revolver. She was onlj slightly wounded, but had a verj narrow escape, a jagged wound being made over tho jugular vein. Were it not that the window was of heavy plate glass it is believed that a fa tality would have occurred, Spencei R. Stone, of Chicago, was arrested. Charged with wounding. He wijs bailed. .Stone claims that tl-e shot was fired by a young lady friend, and that they were firing at a tar- get in an adjoining back yard fo^ practice. A NEW REGIMENT. Will Be Organized With Head quarters at Parry Sound. An Ottawa despatch says : â€" A nen regiment of infantry is to be or ganized in the Parr.v Sound Dis trict. It is likely that the head quarters will lie at Parry Sound and the coraiianies drawn froc points adjoining. POSTAGE RATES REDUCED On Newspapers From Canada t( Great Britain. An Ottawa despatch says: The rat upon newapapers and periodical l)assing between Canada and Grea Britain will be reduced at once, Th English post oflice authorities hav. consenteii to tho reduction. The rat will be the same as on newspaper and i)eriodicals intended tor delivei^ in Canada. HAYS DENIES IT. Report of the Purchase of Allai Line. A Montreal despatch says: Chas M. Hays is authority for a denia that un.v nuivement has been nmd. for the purchase of the Allan Lin by the (!rand Trunk, Satisfactor: arrangements. Mr, Ha.ys says, havt been made for intershipment be twcen the Grand Trunk and .sevei"a steamship lines, Mr. Hays said tha- the G. T. R. docs not want the fas^ Atlantic service, which is really thi only reason why it sho uld wish U own a fleet of itfv^ Jj^ -f^^ CHOKED TO DEATH. A Little Girl Dies in Her Motber'i Arms. A New York despatch says: WhiU trying to swallow a snmll pii-ce oi hazel nut on Wednesday .\nnie \ or- isetik, two years of age. choked to death, dying in her mother's arms as the agonized woman was lushinj through the street to a plnsi-.-ian. The child was the last of tiiree. all of whom have died since Chri-itmas The mother is in a serious cunditiou (rom the shock.