Queen's letters and fled and indexed... The Terrible Crime of a A despatch from Munich, Bavaria, Soys: Ida Schneil, a nurse girl, fourteen years old, was arrested on Saturday, charged with murdering six small-chil- dren by driving hairpins through the ops of their heads. The girl confessed, the police say, that she "could not bear to hear children cry," and so, pHyingly, ended their suffering, - Then she took arother situation, and if the children there cried she was equally "merciful." Her arrest was delayed by the difficul- ty in proving medically the cause of death of each victim. When the se- quence of deaths was established her arrest 'vas inevitable, Bavarian Nurse tee eee SUICIDE AT HAMILTON. William Drysdale Puts a Bullet in His A despatch from Hamilton says: 'Wm. Drysdale, who resided with his brother atl 242 Jackson street easl, committed suicide by shooting himself with a re- volver on Saturday night in his bro- ther's room. Shortly befoe commil- ting the rash act he had been silting in the dining-room with his sister-in-law and nephew, and without saying a word ¢| Tose and walked to his brother's room, where he placed the revolver behind his ear, Dr. O'Reilly was called, but be fore he arrived Drysdale was beyond human aid. He was 39 years old, and, it is said, had been desrondent for the last couple of weeks. ------ pf ---- FOUND DEAD IN THE BUSH. St. Catharines Man Expires of Heart Disease While Hunting. Bran--822.50 fo $28 in bulk, oulsideg shorts, $24 to $25. 3 i RATA Flour--Ontario, 90 per cent. pal nominally about $4.25; Manitoba pa! ent, special brand, $6; second patent, $5.40; strong bakers', $530 to $5.95. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Bulter--Market is firm but unchanged, Dairy prints do €0lidS ,... sess seen sk Cheese--Continues firm large and 13%¢ for iwins in job lo here, 'Eggs--Prices hold firm at 22¢ to 23¢ per dozen in case lots. ; Poultry--Live chickens are quoted af 7c lo 7c, and hens at 6c. Ducks, alive, 7c to 8c. Honey--Firm and unchanged at 11 to 123c per Bb. for strained and 82 fc 82.75 per ®. for combs. Baled Siraw--Steady at $9.50 to $10 <1 track here." Beans--Primes, $1.80 lo $1.85; and hand-picked $1.90 to $2. } Baled Hay--Timothy is quoted at $17 lo $18 in car Jets on track heré. Potatoes--Easterns are quoted at 706 to 75¢ in car lots on track, with One {arios al about the same figures, PROVISIONS. Dressed Hogs--$8.50 for Mghlweights and $8 for heavies. Pork--Short cut, $22.75 to $23 fow barrels; mess, $20 to $21. Lard--Firm; ticrces, tubs, 1£%c; pails, 13c. Smoked and Dry Salted Mcats--Lon clear bacon, 11c fo 11}c for tons an cases; hams, medium and light, 15¢ WO 153%c; heavy, 14)c to 15¢; backs, 1630 t» 17¢; shoulders, 10¥%c to 1ic; rollg, 113%c; breakfas! bacon, 15%c¢ to 16g, Oreen meats out of pickle, 1c less than smoked. MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, Oct. 22.--A further advance 123c; $2,000,000 A despatch from St. Catharines says: Chas. Tremeer, 32 years of age, an em- ploye of the McKinnon Dash & Metal Cofnpdny, was found dead near Martin- dale Creek on Saturday afternoon, with a loaded gun lying beside him. He and several companions had gone shooting in the bush, and Tremeer being missed, a search was made, resulting: in. the finding of the body near the creek. At first foul play was suspected, and Cor- E | ener Merritt was notified, but found that death was due lo heart disease, Tre- meer; who recently moved to this eity from Whitby, has a mother and sister residing in Toronto ------ LOAF GROWING LIGUTER. Bread Now Sells for 4 Cents a Pound in Kingston. A -despalch from Kingston says: Kingston 'bakers are not raising the price of bread, bul are reducing the of from 15¢ to 20c per bag has been made in the price of rolled oals on the local market, and quotalions are now given at $3.15 to $3.17}. Provisions--Barrels short cut mess, $22 'to $22.50; half-barrels, $11.25 "40 $1.75; clear fat backs, $23.50 lo $24.50; long cut heavy mess, $20.50 to $21.50; hall-barrels do, $10.05 to $11.50; dry salt long clear hacon, 10¢ to 113; bar- rels plale beef. 814 lo $16; hall-barrels do, 87.50 to $8.25; barrels heavy mess beef, $10; half-barrels do., $5.50; com- pound lard, 10¥%c to 10¥c: pure lard, 11¥%c to 12¥c: {tle rendered. 13c to 13); hams. 123c to 15)¢c, according fo size; breakfast bacon, lic to 15X)c; Windsor bacon, 15¢ to 15%c; fresh killed abattoir dres hogs, $9 to £0.50; alive. $6.35 to $6.50. Eggs--Sales of selected stock were rade at 24c to 25c, No. 1 at 21¢c, sec- onds al 16%c to 17c. . Butter--Quolalions range all the way dicate at. ho. 1i biliti will maki I ition to es. will reach weight of the loaf. Five! years ago, a {our-pound 10at was sold for ten cents, then a half-pound was taken off and the price maintained at 10 cents; now an- other half-pound goes and 23% pounds of bread will hereafler.sell at 10 cents. Ab this rate the-old four-pound leaf is worth 18 cents; or 8 cents the half-loaf. ¥ eles BUSY BURGLARS AT BRUSSELS. Enter Post-Office, Blow Open Safe and Get. $300, 'A despatch from Brussels, Ont,, says: Scere Ume Bélwéen two and three o'clock Sunday morning: the pdstofficé wis ens féred by: burglars, access being gained ty the back window. The safe was blown open and all the contents, con- sisting of stamps and cash to the value of over three hundred dollars, was taken. 'BOY KILLED MS" MOTHER. er Duck Shootin dngi, Gun "Went Off He Was Wiping It, A despalch from North Battlefield il says: A terrible accident occurred on riday morning at the home of Charles pare, a farmer, about eignleen miles northwest of {his place. Percy, a son 3 Soe in" from diick- "hav. ten 10" re shell, on on fo wipe | 8 the gun' preparatory g i up. The gun' went off, mother almost instantly, from 27¢ to 28c, according to 'quality and make. ' Cheese--Ontario cheese sold on the local market as low as 13c. though the majority of holders are asking 13%c to 18%c. ert BUFFALO MARKET. Buffalo, Oct, 22.--Wheat closed: -- Spring lower; 1 Northern, $1.19; No. 2 red, $1.09; Winter lower. Comm --Easy; No. 2 while, 2c; No. 2 yellow, 0%c.. Oats--Easy; No. 2 mixed, 55Xc; No. 2 white, pax Barley--$1.08 - 15+ £1.18, Tye---95¢ track for No. 2 Canal. freights--Steady. : NEW YORK WHEAT MARKET. New York, Ocl. 22.--Wheat--Spol, casy; No. 2 red, $1.12)¢, elevator, and £1.18% f.0.b. afloat; Na. 1 northern, Du- luth, $1.25% f.0.b. afloal; No, 2 hard winter, $1.17) fob. ahoat.. = LIVE STOCK MARKET. Toronlo, Oct. 22.--Shippiag trade showed "little! life; iransactions being limited to a load .or two boughk hy Montreal dealers, ~The loads sold weighed about 1.200 ®s., and sold from $4.30 to $4.40, which are practically the same levels 2 Duichgrs oes For good: to chojce steers, prices were firm; Tapging trom $4.25 to $4.50, swith picked lots 0c 10. i5¢. higher. Medium to good sold from B3: $4.00. Calile «! common to medium qualily were ea- sier lo get, prices . for hese ing little change at $2.50 to '$3.40, a in ice cows sold. firm at 5, with medium cows $2.40 10. $2.75 Common Cows 1 canners ranged from 75¢ to 82. - about the - "Trade in Nght stocker cattle" was eg oon the marke, pro- me, ¢ the bulk of offerings ame under' this head. Prices ranged om $2.00.40 $3.00 fof the most of i. ed ¢ distilleries i eh Eins