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Tons of Castingsf‘ell on the Heads of s Workman Beneath _Stlt E LEADING JIARKETS ItItiIiI‘i WHISIIEI IS Mitt i. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Oct. 29.â€"Winter Wheat~ N0. 2 white or red, $1.04 to $1.05; No. 2 S A dcspatch from Oshawa says: \5 in reéult of an accident which happened .at the 'wfirksof the Oshawa Steam and fins Fittings Company on Thursday iizorning, one man is dead, one pro- igalaly fatally injured, and several others are. more or less seriously injured. On 1h»:- second flat of the building, at. the 1‘! nd tearing a hole about. twentyâ€"five feet square through the building. o'clock, and it was not until noon that i'rli‘ased. There were five in the 'wreck, I I 1 man, \V. kins was dead when removed, and from the ugly wound on his head, must have w:st end, is the store room for small i t can killed instantly. Jones is so badly happened about ten The accident be last of the unfortunate men were Iarvey Perkins, Wm. Jones, Thos. All- Iluscsell and T. LEWIS. Per- fittings, and in here was stored ions 3 iiijii.ed that he is not likely to recover. The others are not very seriously in- »0' these articles. The weight was more than the floor could stand and it gave way. emptying the contents on to the heads of several men at work in the mill room below, completely burying them with iron and broken timbers, â€"- CANALS BEAT RAILVJAYS. Infltatc of Growth of Traffic in Past Twenty Years. A despatch from Ottawa says: The 11111111111 blue book containing the canal statistics of the Dominion for the season of 1906 was issued on Wednesday. The figures show a large increase in the busi- ness between Canadian ports during the past twenty ~fears particularly with re- gard to westward traffic. The growth has been considerable from Canadian to United States ports. The tip-bound traffic hasbccn in larger volume than that moving eastward. Since 1887 the trade between United States by Canadian canals has grown largely. In this instance, however, the lilt‘iVOlllCI‘tt downward has been greater than upward. There has been an actual shrinkage in the up trafiic between United States: and Canadian ports. The eastbound business, however, has prac- tically doubled. ~ The expansion of business with canals is relatively larger than that shown by Canadian railways. I The traffic moving up and down has increased 287 per cent. during the past twenty years. The westward business shows a gain of 368 per cent., while the eastward grew to the extent of 257 per cent. While 57,966.715 tons of freight were carried by Canadian railways iii 1906, as compared with 16,356,337 in 1887, the betterment was 254- per cent., as against 287 per cent. on the canals. V in 'I"\VENTY YEARS IN PRISON. \V’ould-bc Murderer of Girl Sentenced at Slierbrooke Assizcs. A despatch from Sherbrooke, Que, says: 1h: King’s Bench, and George Grecnhilt, found guilty of attempting to murder Lilly Linn, at Melbourne, on the 3rd of July last, was sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary. 'A despatcli from Rome says: The de- tails received here during 'l‘liursdayrc- garding the earthquake in Calabrla on \\'c-dnesday tend to show that the dam- age done was much more extended than at first. estimated, but that the loss of life has not been great. The lowâ€" (-:-.i_ estimates place the number of killed at about ‘20. and the highest at about 120. The shocks were especially severe in the southern end of the CtlItlI'.>l‘ltllI pe- ninsula. but throughout Cal-abria on Thursday there lotion and despair. The first shock one. o.’ longer proportions, which entirely destroyed two villages and The first shock, fortunately. brought the entire population of the villages in- to the open, many reaching the hills rr open plains. ’l‘orrcnts of rain great- 1-.' increased the suffering among the l ( inctcss people. Half the houses at Ferriizzano and Il'tttl'ftlliltic collapsed and many per- sons were buried in the ruins, and at Sinopoli and St. IIItll‘IO many are said to have l.-st their lives. Panic prevailed everywhere. localla, Joiiica, Reggie, Cisziiiza. llaracdio, Citta Nova, Palmi. (Zr-rica Miiniini. and other towns also suffered from the shocks. but not. se- 'l‘he ancient cathedral at Torre as was \‘cri‘ly. i‘..i Horace was thrown 1.1m an ancient towi'r. Half the houses in the village of Ce- i‘are are in ruins. inn-Eng the cvanfiiszon caused by the 1: 'st earthquake shock. the prisoners in the jail at tiiitaiizaro niutinied and \w'!'-.' stildizcd with great tiitIiiL'ttII)’. The female iii-isoiicis were particularly alarm-d, Ru soon as the building ex- pcrii-ir-cd the first shock they began to seri-zun and shout tor the jailers, de- down. i in Oshawa, where his parents still re- side. Ilc leaves a widow and two small child ren. W t'l't‘tI. a Perkins was born and brought. up SORRY, AND \VON’T DO IT AGAIN. Eiii Says Sir Wilfrid 10 Japan, and the Excellency the Governor-General and the Canadian Government will be pleased if you will convey to his Imperial Majesty the Ei‘nperor of Japan their very deep regret for the unfortunate occurrences at Vancouver, and if you will also convey Mikado Accepts Apology. A dcspateli from Ottawa says: “fits to his Imperial Majesty the assurances that. the Canadian authorities will use their utmost efforts to p-revei'it any re- currence of such regrettable events.” So said Sir Wilfrid Laurier in his let- ter of apology to Japan for the Vancou- ver riots. “His Majesty message from the Governor-General of Canada and the Government of Canada with the greatest gratification, and notes with intention received the cf the Governor-General and Government ‘iiffi ii iiiaiii iii. were seencs of dcsoâ€" districts place the I and was followed by two others niSii the suffering of the pulplc, , fatigue, reduced bill'yitlgdllfi de'ad, rescuing the living. many houses in Several others to ruins. | dl~“_l"litllliig food and clothing and pro- Viding shelter. \iici satisfaction the earnest i of Canada to promote cordial and friend- ly relations which exist between the Bri- tish Empire and Japan." So says Ambassador Macdoi'iald in reply. Thus the two natioas are friends again. _. _._.»}<..__.__ ALI’ONSO A (lONSUMP’l‘IYl-I. “’ill Consult a Specialist During ‘t'isit to London. A dospatch from Madrid says: The alarming reports circulated earlier in the month regarding the health of King Alfonso appear to be confirmed. it is understood that his Majesty. who will travel under the strictest. incognito as Duke ‘of Toledo during his coming Visit. in London, will submit to the cxziiiiin- ation of a specialist in tiitcrc-zlosis. from which disease his father died. The \V'ednesday was sentence day imKing's open air life has thus far kept Albertl'lhc hereditary disposition in tiltcyance. and an operation was perfonned on him rorently in the hope of checking the growing symptoms of co:isii;.ip- lieu. Terrible Destruction Reported Calabria. terrible uproar. The prison officials did everything possible to calm the iii- matcs, but panic broke out afresh every time another shock was experienced.‘ So soon ‘as possible detachments of troops with relief trains were hurried to the scene. In m-anding their release and beating the doors until the whole place -was in a LATEI". The latest; reports from the affwtcd number of dead at over 600 and the injuer at 1.000. The was a “veinendoiis j .roops are doing their utmost ti'i'dtiiiii- They work steadily, unmiinlfiil of The torrential rain which fell diiriinr the shocks added to the discomfort. of 1b: people, who, after the first' quakes. rushed from their homes, and even vet refused to go under cover for fcar‘of shocks. More would doubtless have been killed had it not been for the other fact that the majority of inhabitants rushed to the open after the first shock and escaped to the hills and plains. 7 The most damage was done in the southern end of the Calabrian Peninsula. lwo villages were almost. com; destroyed and many dwellings _ otherr. Rocella Ionica, (closenza, llriaiico, Citanova, palm}, (".criice Martini and other villages where plctcly diiiiniged in Reggie. air.- among those damaged by the shock, Among the terrifying scenes during the quakes was the panic of the prison- ers in the jail at Catanzaro. They IlltlIIâ€" nied at the [lust shock and screamed and icuiided on the doors and were quieted with great difficulty. Shocks were still continuing on Thurs- day evening, and the earthquake was said almost to equal the quake of 1905 in extent and devastation. lity and location. rcnto freights; No. 3 yellow 71%c. $26. nominally about cnt, special brand. $6 to $6.20; second patent. $5.40 to $5.60; strong bakers’. $5.30 to $5.40. prices are unchanged ._ Cri'iaii'iei'y, prints Dairy, prints 23c 1-0250 twin; .1. job lots here. dczeii. in‘case lots. Sc l.iv_e weight; hens, 6,40; ducks, alive, 7%0 to Sc. car lots on track; Ontarios, 70c to 750. $17.50 in car lots on track here. strained and $2.50 to per dozen t'oi combs ' and for heavtes. .6104}; Manitoba Wheatâ€"No. 1 northern, 1.14 to 31.14%; No. 2. $1.12 to stim- Barleyâ€"S50 to 90c. according to (qu' Oatsâ€"~No. 2 white, 550 to 55%c out.- ide; mixed, 54c to 55‘s outside. Ryeâ€"88c to 890 outside. Peasâ€"900. Cornâ€"No. 2 yellow American, 72c To- l3i‘anâ€"$22.50 in bulk, outside; shorts, luckwheatâ€"75c to 76c. outside. Flourâ€"Ontario, 90 per cent. patent, $.25; Manitoba pat- COUN'I‘RY PRODUCE. Biittorâ€"-’l‘.lie market holds firm, but 270 to 290 230 to 25c cu». .. do solids .. . . ..-o .-.. u.- do solids 21c to 22c Cheeseâ€"13%c for large and 13%0 for o... .... oo- Eggsâ€"Quotations are 230 to Bic per Poultryâ€"-Cliickcns sell from 7%0 to l‘oiat0mâ€"Easterii are steady at 75c in flayâ€"Timothy is quoted at $17.00 to Honeyâ€"Firm at. 120 to 130 per 1h. for Dated Strawâ€"$9.50 to $10 in car lots. mfg. PROVISIONS. Dressed Hogsâ€"$8.75 for lightweiglits Porkâ€"Shirt cut, $3.75 to $23 for barrels; mess, 8‘30 to Lardâ€"Firm; tici‘CCS, 121,0; tubs, 1.2%0; pails, 13c. Smoked and Dry Salted Meatsâ€"Icng Clt'itlil‘ bacon, 11c to 11%0 for tons and cases; hams, medium and light, 15c to 15%(:; heavy, 'I-ijéc to 150; bucks, 16%0 to 17c; st‘iouldcrs. 10340 to 11c; rolls, 11%.0; breakfast bacon, 15%c to '16c. Ci’ecn meats out of pickle, 10 less than smoked. ._._._.. MONTREAL i‘.I.¢\RI\'ETS. Monti-cal. Oct. 29â€"171mm -â€" Choice Si'ii'ing wheat patents, $6.10 to $6.30; Second, $5.50 to $5.70; patents, $6; straight rollers, $5.75; (10., in bagis, $2.70 to $2.75; extra, $2.05 to $2.10. . The local demand for oats is dull. but piiccs rule thin. with sales of ordered cars of Ontario and Quebec new crop cats at. 56;- to 59c per bushel, as to qual- itv. Heavy Canadian short cut mess pork, in l-ierces, $33.50 to $34; heavy Canada short. cut. mess pork, in barrels, 3:1 to $23; Caniada short out back pork, to $23; heavy short. cut clear pcrk. all fat. $22 to $22.50: heavy short (in clear pork, lean on, to heavy ilziiik pork, $22.50 to 323; very heavy clear fat backs, all fat, to 523.51); heavy Canadia short cut. mess york, in tnilf-baiirels, $11.50 to $11.75; Canada short cut back pork, $11.50 to $11.75. 1.ardâ€"Coiiq'oirnd. in tierces of 275 11s., 9940 to toxc; parchment- lEi'.e.t boxes 50 lbs, 100 to 1.1310; tubs 5:) lbs. net. 10%c to 10%0; wood pails. 21) lbs. net, 10%0 to 110; tin pails, 2b lbs. gr-riss. 9%c to 10%c: tins, 3 to In lbs. iii cases, 10%,0 to 11%0. (Iticescâ€"â€"Qiirber-s. 12780 to 13¢; town~ ships. 13c to Inge; Ontarios. 1.3%,0 to lfixi‘. , IIttIIL‘I‘H»QttidftII-O’YS to-day ranged any- where fro-vii 27c to 29c. Eggsâ€"Slams of sc'i-cted stock were made at 26c; No. 1. file to 23c; seconds, 16%: to ‘17c. w,â€" RU FF.“ .0 X 1.\ RH ET. RilII‘II-O. Oct. 29.â€"-â€"\\'Itt"tlIâ€"«SDI‘II’IQ, un- settled: No. 1 Northern. $1.13; Not 2 red, 541.06%; Winter. firmer. Corn â€" Friner; No. ‘2. white. (3133-10: No. 2 \'t".- low, 66%c. Oil'sâ€"Strong: x3. 2 mixed, 52%0: No. 2 white. 55%(3. Rarle ~â€" 3105 to lyeâ€"â€"92}§c. track. Ca- nal heightsâ€"Steady. NEW’ YORK \\"IIE.\T MARKET. New York, Oct. 21)â€"â€"\\"liezitâ€"â€"Spot. firm; No. 2 red. 31.09%, elevator; No. 2 red, 531.11% fob. iifioat; No. .1. iioi'tficri‘i. Du- liitli. 31.1333; f.o.b. afloat; " winter, 101.13% f.0.'b. afloat. , LIVE STOCK MA fllx'ET. Toronto. Oct. 29.â€"Tradc was fairlv god, considering the quality of offer- tugs. A lot. of extra choice cattle. of about 1.300 1135., sold at $5, an indication of what 'ltiuyei‘s are willing to [my fm. Hit- right kind of stuff. Good butchers’ sold from $4 to medium $3.75 to 5.}; choice cows sold from $3.25 to $3.50, with common cows. canners, etc.. from 751; to Quite a number of common cows sold at $4, $5‘Tand $6 each. Good heavy feeders were steady at $3,1~2% to $3.40 for steers. with bulls at $11234. to $2.40. Light stockers of 700 tr 900 lbs. were a drug on. the market, Good heavy milkch sold readily at $16 to one“ bunch of 15 choice cat- tle setting .at 5619. God veal calves \\’t‘l‘t" iii (II‘H'IIIHI ,--i_ life to 60 per 1b., LLit conu'zon and rough win tcr wheat - . .U. 2 tliard; The Consumption I of Tobacco Also Has Increased. A despatch ‘ 3m Ottawa says: The report of the Department of Inland Re- venue for the last fiscal year (“in‘2 months to Ma r011 31) was issued on Wed- nesday. The revenue was $1,090,930, as compared with $14,135,642 for the preceding 12 months. The quantity rt spirits produced was $5,061,389 p100! gallon-s. All Canadian whiskey has to be kept in warehouse for two years be- fore it can ‘be sold. At the beginning of this year 17,034,420 proof anions were in warehouse under the supervis- ion of excise oil‘icers. In the nine months 303,594 gallons were exported, as against 277,905 gallons in the pri- ccdmg 12. months. The foreign demand. for Canadian distillery products is steadily increasing. The average quantity of tobacco taken for consumption during the past four years was 13,899,639 pounds; for the lilst nine months the total was 12,101,â€" (H8 pounds, a substantial increase. The number of cigars taken for consump- tion was 154,253,260. as against. 182, 178,436 in the preceding year. The an- nual consumption per head of spirits was .917 spirits. as against .861; been. 5.585 gallons, as against 5.255; wine, .092 gallons (no increase), and tobacco. 2,953 pounds, as against 2.777 poiinds.‘ During the fiscal period 29,154 gas meters were presented for verification, 5.918 were correct, 9,781 were running too fast. and 13,319 too slow. Of electric light. meters 19,461 were presented, 9,- 731 were correct, 5,426 fast, and 4,231 slow. - MONEY IN DEAD LETTER OFFICE. The caireleSsn-ess of some people in financial matters is evidenced by the annual report of the Postâ€"Office Depart- ment. During the last nine months 3,- 901) letters, containii'ig $15,692; 1,796 cheques for $213,319; 3.399 money and express orders, for 351,691, found their way to the Dead Letter Ofiice.~ The gross revenue of the Post Office for the fiscal period Was $6,535,093. and the expenditure $5,452,791, leaving a surplus of $1,032,301. The number of postofilces in opera‘ tion on April. 131 was 11.377. The gross postal revenue of Toronto was $993.. 951, the highest of any city in Canada. Other cities are:~â€" Hamilton “$125,711 London 99.869 Kingston 32.511 Windsor 25,194 lrantfi‘n'd 37,323 125,059 Ottawa .. . . 660,217 Montreal s... Quebec 87,077 Halifax 77,691 St. John .. 78.595 \V‘ii’inipeg 374.0320 Calgary 53,316 \‘ancouvcr .. 111,975 Victoria 53,465 stuff was slow and easier, selling down to 2%c. Export ewes sold from to $311.40, ’with cults and backs from 82.50 to $3.50. Lambs were steady at to $5.50 for selects and $3.50 to $5 for common and ordinary. The market. for hogs was easier. Se- lects sold at $0.95. With light rough hogs slow at $5.00 to $5.25. *â€"%M \V’CULD SHOOT THE KlNG. Man Suspected of Designs on “is 3.19.- jcisty's Life. A (tea-patch from Newniarket. England,- says: The police here on Friday arrest- er. a man. suspected of having designs on the life of King Edward or the Prince of Wales. The prisiner. who was a iIlCl'liI.7t‘l‘ of the Beciiiiauiilarid (South Africa) Police. named J. ft. Pcai'sc. was found wandering in Chip- pcnhain Park, whrre the King had been shooting last week, and in which the Prince is going to shoot- on Monday. lie-arse when taken into custody said l‘s; intended to “slio-‘it the boss who was shooting here." After a preliminary examination in the Police Court be was roiiiandcd for fin-the- inquiries regard- 11’th his past. life. It appears that he par- ticipated in the Jameson raid in the 'l‘ransvaal. and is laboring under the impression that. he has a grievance against King Edward. 1 .â€"-â€"v uzdn SHOT BY IIIGII‘WAYMICV. Young Montreal Man Probably Fatally Wounded. A dcspatch from Montreal says: A young man named Oscar Delonic, 23 years of age, was held up near the Shamrock grounds late on Saturday night. by two mask-rd men. When he refused to give up his money they fired iii. him. One of the bullets lodged in his head and will probably prove fatal. The young man was on his way home to St. Vincent, de Paul when he was set upon by the two higtnvaymen with a demand for his money. l‘Iis refusal to comply with their (len'iandis has lodged him in Notr-e Dame thispltal. The doctors have given up hopes for his recovery. tlis as- sailants have not. been captured. STEEL S'I'OOD THE TEST. Demonstration at I’liocii‘ixville, Penn., in the Quebec Disaster Inquiry. A dcspatcli‘from Philadelphia says: Ii- the prcsei‘ice of Henry llotgate. J. G. (1. Kenny and Professor John Galbraith, members of the Canadian Government's, Quebec llridgc (.XJII'llilISSIOll, a steel eye has thirty feet long. fourteen inches wide and two inches thick was subjected to a strain of 882 tons in the testing depart- ment of the Phoenix Iron Company at Phoenixvitle on l’riday. The bar was similar to those used in the structure of the bridge. With ’28 square inches of surface, the strain was 63.000 pounds, to the square inch. The commissioners were gratified by the test, and the. 0111-. ccrs of the Iron Company made no secret of their elation. The bar was not made specially for the test. but is one of an order which the company is filing fort a bridge to span the Missouri River at St. Louis. _â€" .1. DARING SAFE BLOW'NG. Auction Company's Fruit I‘rcniises Robbed. Montreal A (IGS‘pitICIi from Montreal says: One of the iii-est daring safeblowings ever 11..»ei-petrated in this city was accmnplisli- ed in the early hours of Sunday morn-1 ing, in the Montreal Fruit. Auction Company‘s premises at 32 Mountain street. The police say that as a pic-3e of finished work it is one of the finest they have ever seen. Apparently there were three attempts before the men can cured entrance to the building, but once inside they cleaned up things in an ef- fective way. They secured cash and cl‘cques amounting to $500. ‘ SICIZED ILLICIT PLANT. Inland Revenue Officers at Brantford Also (lonfiscated Tobacco. A dcspatch from llrantford says: Col- lector llonobue. of the inland Revenue Department. and a posse of county cen- stiibles made an important. seizure of an illicit tobacco and cigar-making plant. on the outskirts of the city on \\’ednesday night. Over 1.000 pounds of tobacco were confiscated. 'l‘lic offenders are known and will be prosecuted. its Tragedies cf the Great Gale on the Atlantic. A despateh from North Sydney, N.S., says: With Stars and Stripes floating at, half-mast from the inainmast head, the Gloucester schooner Titania, Capt. Patrick Vale, sailed into port on Wed- nesday afternoon, reporting the loss of a man, and showing signs of hard ex- perience in Monday's awful gate. The Titania left Gloucester Thursday last, on a tiandtiiiing trip to the Banks. The wind, according to Capt. Vale, attained a'. a time a velocity of eighty miles an hour. 'l‘uesdiiy morning about one o‘clock John Maliiiberg, a Swede, who was elziiie on the watch, was heard to Icry: “.\l\" (hill. mate, here's an awful sea Coming. The cry was scarcely t'in- islicd when a mighty wave swept over the side of the schooner and washed Malinberg overboard, at the same time crushing into kindling wood the only dciry on deck. Wednesday morning the Gloucester schooner lifaggiie and May, Capt. Alex. McEaeheran, which left here for the grounds last week, put into Louis‘burg 'in a crippled condition, all her dories gone and one man, Basil Bourdrcautt. aged about thirty, a native of 'l‘usket-I wedge. Cumberland County, washed; overboard. It took but one mighty see. off the Grand Banks to sweep every, boat and every movable thing from his schooner's deck into the sea. ' i 'V «rm... 1-»- ..L......»:.u_‘ ~r....«~,...._.vâ€".« .r. gang‘s-WW.“