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FIFTY PEBSONSABE KlllEII Go Down to Death By An A.Â¥alanche on the C. P. R A deipatch from Revelstoke, B. C.. sayi: At midnigkt Friday, whil« a taii« of workiuea w«re cleaning » laowslide off the trscks a mile weat of Rogers' Pass, « second avalanche swept down the moun- tain, carrying death and destruc- tlop in its wake. The spot where the accident occurred is a very dan- feious ene, at the summit of the ^clkirks at a place known as Rog- ers' Pais, between Field and Gol ded, and within half an hour a relief train conveying physicians ai.d over 200 railroad men and other citizens was enroute to the scene. The relief train bad just passed Gcnogle whea a third slide eccur- rc(i, covering the track for some distance and damming the Wapita River, which runs aearhy, but there was no further loss of life. When the relief train arrived at the scene of the disaster no time was lost in den. The C. P. R. track at this the work of rescuing the bodies and p<^.int passes through a gully, or j clearing the track, a work that was what is generally known as a rendered particularly trying by a "dip." The mountains on either [ fierce blizzard. â- idt! rise to a height of some eight I The bodies of twelve white men thousand feet. It was at noon on ! have been recovered and identified, Friday that the first slide occur- jail of them living in the vicinity of reiJ, but it was â- mall one. at once sent out from Revelstoke CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER TH£ GLOBE. Tflegraphle Briefs From Oar Own •â- d Other Cauatries «f Beeent Evento. CANADA. Provincial authorities regard the rabies situation as alarming Arrangements to g;ive Pasteur treatment in Toronto have been cempleted. Lord Btrathcona has given $7,- 000 for the purchase of tunics for Toronto cadets. Ur. Murray Pettit, one of the pio- neer fruit-growers of Winona, is dead. A lot of liquor was seized at Woodstock, N.B.,'iD barrels label- led groceries. The United States Government has withdrawn its immigration of- ficers from the Windsor ferry dock a comparatively I the avalanche. Tl»ey ^"« «»P'«y^! Part of Mr. P. Bray's farm slid A wrecking tram was|ed m «>«''''"8 the track when the .^^^ ^^^ ^^^.^^ y ^^^^ ^,^^ suae came. The bodies ol 4i Jap- , . ', , ... been recovered, I s*^'"*"' carrying some farm build- to clear the track. About 100 men, mc'Stly Japs, were engaged in this Work, and while the gang was su employed another avalanche swept down from the mountains, over- whelming between 40 and 50 of the wrecking crew. Fur a distance of ovti a quarter of a mile the track was covered with snow and ice to a depth of 30 feet, and the victims wore buried beneath huge masses of snow, ice, rocks and timber. As »<»oii as the news of the disaster reached Revelstoke a fire bell soun- n umber of anese have also "^'^" ;;;r::rr' i ings and stock with it. making a total of 51 recovered to, " u^n-,,-^,. â„¢.,i» . date, and it is feared that a num- „ "/; ^f^.'^Z °""^^' . " •- ", . ,. _„„„„„» *K« Successful flights with the aero- ber of others yet he amongst the ^,__ ,.jj*„t vr. , _. ii.jj-..i, thtusands of tons of snow, ice, trees and rocks piled high in the canyon. plane, Baddcck N«. 1, at Baddeck Bay. on Thursday. The mineral production of On tario for 1909 was valued at 932,- The dead, so far as identified, are ; „., „ „„.,i„ «« nnn nnn m«,. than , »..ii„™. .' A..;.».„t R^.^„.a.f«,!^^^-0'2. nearly «7,000,OO0 more than as follows:â€" Assistant Roadmaster; Fraser of Revelstoke, Conductor Buckley, Fireman F. Griffiths, Brakesman Mahon, Engineer Phil- lips. Engineer Portruft, F. Wagner, laborer ; H. Martin, laborer. too AV ALANCHE VICTIMS Lying Beneath the Tightly Packed Snow and Debris. A despatch from Wellington, Wash- ington, says : Eighty six names arc now iin tlif list of dead and miss- in:; pasKctigers and railroad and postal e:nI)loy<^es, who were carried df'Wn by the avalanche which de- Btnyrd two Great Northern trains ^on Tiiis(i;iy morning. Statements in the preceding year. Lord Mount Stephen has placed securities worth $300,000 in the hands of trustees at Montreal to encourage the immigration of poor British boys. The Dominion Government has decided to remit tonnage dues on American vessels at lake ports, in return for similar action by the United States. The revenue for February shows an increase of $1,606,751, and the total receipts of the Dominion for th^ current fiscal year will be near- ly one hundred millions. Dr. Hodgetts, Secretary of the Provincial Board of Health, says , . . r ,. there is no doubt as to the geuu- those of electricians who were iv- inmess of the recent case of hydro- mg in a cabin at the edge of ^el-' ph„bia in Hamilton hospital. Imgton, and who were carried three Gladys Price, aged seven years, hundred feet down the slope. | ^f Kiagara Falls, was bitten bv a All Thursday a stream of men muzzled jog a few days ago. The been THE WORLD'S MARKEFS lEPOKTS FBOV IDE LEADISO TRADE CEKTBES. Price* at Cattle. Graia, Cbeeie aad Other Dairj Pro4aee at Hoae aa4 Akroad. BREADSTUFF8. Toronto, Mar. 8â€" Flourâ€" Winter wheat 90 per cent, patents, $4.23 to $4.30 is buyers' sacks on track, To- ronto, and $4.15 to $4.20 outside in buyers' sacks. Manitoba flour, first patents, $5.70 ; second patents, $5.- 20 to $5.30, and strong bakers', $6 on track, Toronto. Manitoba Wheatâ€" No. 1 Northern $1.13, Bay ports, and No. 2 North- ern, $1.11, Bay ports. Ontario Wheat â€" ^No. 2 mixed red Winter or white, $1.07 to $1.03 out- side. Barleyâ€" No. 2, 56c outside ; No. 3 extra, 53 to 54c ; No. 3, 50 to 51c, aau feed, 48c oatside. Oats â€" No. 2 Ontario white, 39 to 39^^c outside, and 42 to 42/^c on track, Toronto. Canada West oats 42 to 42}^o for No. 2, and 41 to 41j/$c for No. 3, Bay ports. Peasâ€" No. 2 for shipment, 82 to 8.3o outside. Ryeâ€" No. 2, 68c outside. Buckwheat â€" 51 to 52c outside for No. 2. C rn- Kiln-dried No. 3 Ameri- can, 72c, and No. 3 yellow, selected, CO to eoVjC, Toronto freights. Cana- dian corn, 64 to 65c, Toronto freights. Bran- $22 to $22.50 in bags, To- ronto, and shorts at $24, in bags, Toronto. 01 MEBAL PB8 BICTI0II $90,000,000 Worth of Minerals Produced in Canada Last Tear. A despatch from Ottawa Ays : The total value of the mineral pro- duction of Canada during 1900 was a little over ninety million dollars, an increase of nearly five millions as compared with the preceding year. Nearly all metals show an increased outpirt, according to a preliminary estimate contained in. a report by the Mines Department. Thr total production of silver dur- ing the year is estimated at 27,- 8^3,500 ounces, valued at $14,358,- 310. of which nearly thirteen mil- lion dollars is credited to the Co- balt mines. There was a slight de- crease in gold production, which totalled about nine and a half mil- lions. The Yukon gold output last year is estimated at $3,960,000, an increase of $360,000 over 1908. The total production of nickel from tha Sudbury deposits was 28,845 tons,, valued at the furnaces at $3,913,- 012 An increase of twenty per cent, is shown in production of pig iron in Canada last year as com- pared with 1903. The total pro- duction was 757,162 tons, valued at $9,581,864, as compared with 630,- 835 tons, valued at $8,112,104 in 1908. Coal and coke were produc- ed to the extent of 10,411,055 tons, valued at $34,431,351, a somewhat smaller production than in IS08, owing to labor troubles at the Nova Scotia mines. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Applesâ€" $2 to $3.50 per barrel. with packs strapped to their backs ' ^^jj^jj) ^^^^ of thr iiunibtr of laborers fighting lington, carrying food and supplies wi.und about the mountain path j^p^^ affected with rabies, and the from Skykomish to Scenic and Wei according to quality. Beansâ€" Car lots outside, $1.85 to $1.95, and small lots, $2.10 to $2.- 20 per bushel. Honey â€" Combs, dozen, $2 to $2.- 50, extracted, 10% to lie per lb. Baled hayâ€" No. 1 $13.50 to $14.- 50 on track, and No. 2, $12 to $13. Baled strawâ€" $7.50 to $7.75 on track, Toronto. Potatoes â€" 45 to 50c per bag on track for Ontarios. Poultryâ€" Turkeys, dressed, 18 to 19'! per lb. ; ducks, 13 to 15c ; geese, proved to have' 13 to 14c; chickens, 14 to 15c, and for the injured. Some are digging fi>r the bodies of friends or rela- tives. Sightseers were told that they were not wanted. little girl was taken to Toronto for treatment. Eight men who attended to a horse belonging to Mr. D. C. Camp- bell of Coldstream, have gone to New York for Pasteur treatment. A laborer was caught taking [ Tj,e horse was bitten by a dog some tiie siiiiw, who were sleeping on the ill fated trains vary from 20 to 30. An estiiiiate of 100 dead is conscr- Tativc. .\ll the dead were residents of thi' northwest. Of the injured, only Hi-v. Bishop Winget of Chica- [ trinkets from a woman's body, and go V us from the east. No one who ! ho was compelled to start down the ha4 hern the wreckage has the ; trail at once. One hundred and •lightest hope of finding any of the ''. fifty men dug for bodies in the dc- mif.snig alive. The explorations; bris all day. Among the bodies} GRE.AT BRITAIN, have uncovered none living, and j found on "Thursday were those of ,. „ , t • .l u some of the bodies are shockingly I ex-Prosecuting Attorney R. M.I ^\- «^f"" .J^*"^* »« *° °« *P: mangled. An avalanche of dry i Barnhart of Spokane. Conductor P"'"*"* »'>"<='*<"'-G«'»«'"*' «' ^'â- *'** allow might have covered its victims, J. L. Pettit, who, after a trip on „ „ „ ^n- .u u alive, hut the gorge at Wellington I foot to Skykomish, went back to : , ^r. Percy H. Illingworth has is packed tight with wet snow, ice, ' his post, and Mrs. M. A. Coving- j l'*^*" appointed a junior L,ord of huge trees and glacial boulders of ton of Olympia, who left Spokane;* enoriiuius weight. j to celebrate her golden wedding in ' ' Two of the bodies recovered were i Seattle ua Thursday. fowl, 11 to 12c. THE DAIRY MARKETS. good animals, 4l4 to S^^c ; common stock, 3 to 4%c per lb. Superior milch cows, $60 to $65 each ; other cows and springers, $30 to $65 each. Calves from $4 to $15 each, or 6c to 7c per lb. Sheep, about 5c per lb. ; lambs 6% to 7c per lb. Two Spring lambs sold for $20, or a lit- tle over 20c per lb., live weight. Hogs, 9% to 9%c per lb. Toronto, March B.â€" Business was dull and draggy, except for prime butcher cattle, for which there wna a good demand. All the choice stock was quickly absorbed and realized from $5.25 up to $6 for picked, well finished steers and heifers. Good cows and bulls were in strong demand, and realized high prices. Milkers and spring- ers were active, a few e.xtra choice mik-h cows selling up to $75 each. Sheep and lambs firm and unchang- ed Hogs advanced another 15 cents. Selects were quoted at $8.- 90 f.o.b., $9.15 fed and watered. Some dealers think that hogs will reach the $10 mark month is out. GOOD ACT LED TO ARBEST. and Tramp Fonnd Broken Ball Flagged Train. A despatch from Sudbury says i There is a tinge of romance in con- nection with the arrest here on Wednesday of James Donaldson, wanted on a charge of being an ao- cessory to the murder of John Davis, of Parry Sound, on Monday night. Without funds, Donaldsoa, after assisting in the arrest of the alkged murderer, fled to Parry Sound, walking the C. P. R. tracks towards Toronto. Fourteen miles from Parry Sound, ho discovered a brcken rail, the danger of which was plainly apparent. He stood at the spot and flagged the first train that came along and doubtless averted a wreck. The grateful con- ductor brought him to Sudbury, and the circumstances was reported to the local superintendent, in the hope of getting him work. It was before the I while waiting in the C. P. R. sta- tion for some work that he was ar- rested. * BUSH TO NEW GOLD FIELDS. time ago, aud died in agony. The mci! had a dreadful time with the j poor animal. Britain. Mr. iccn I, the Treasury in Mr. Asquith's Cab- inet. Many Prospectors and Others Leav- ing Cobalt for Bryce Tp. A despatch from (.'obalt says : The latest rush in the mining way Butter-Pound prints, 21 to 23c; '^*" ^'"y^f township, about twenty u_ I I ^^ii_ on i» o,„. ;„ I miles west of Charlton and Uno Park. Several parties who con- templated going up the Transcon- tinental Railway to reported silver finds have gone to the new gold tubs and large rolls, 20 to 21c ; in ferior, IG to 18c ; creamery, 28 to 29c, and solids; 20 to 26%c per lb. Eggs â€" Case lots of new laid, 30 to 31c per dozen, and storage, 25c per dozen. Cheeseâ€" 13c per lb. for and at 13Xc for twins. large. HOG PRODUCTS. Baconâ€" Long clear, Mj^' STABBED TO DEATH. FIELD CROPS OF CANADA. Increase from ISOO to PreHent Rep- resented 451 Per Cent. UNITED STATES. A ship arrived at New York on Friday with a cargo of rubber worth over $6,200,000. Avalanches and mountain floods have rendered the railroads of nt.ithwest Washington helpless. Three railwavmen lost their lives strike instead. Reports of free gold on fairly reliable information are responsible for the rush. It is a peculiar fact that this terri- tory was practically all stake! for silver in the early rush to the Mont- real River section. Although hilly in parts, the greater portion of the new belt is flat, like Porcupine Considerable flurry and ex Italians Had a Fiitnl Encounter i Toronto. A deiipatch from Toronto says : A despatch from Ottawa says Pusqiiale Ventricine, an Italian The Census Statistics Bureau has laborer, living at 265 Cl.\remont ; prepared a statement of the valuw* '"* ^f^ w^»>ch destroyed a Y.M.C.- Btrcct, stabbed Raffaele Fabbio, a i of the field crops of Canada at four ! A. building near Schenectady, N.Y. fellow countryman, to death, near I stated periods. It shows that in ' A woman committed suicide at tho boarding houKc of Mrs. Tony ] 1800 the total value *of the crops { Chfcsaning, Mich., rather than go Butcher, 289 Manning avenue, at^ wii^ $90,701,643. In 1880 it had in-|^ith her daughter to the Canadian B.3J Sunday night. Tony Bush, ' creased to $ 1 68,403,533 ; in 1900 it' west. brother of Mrs. Butcher, who was present at the time of the stabbing, declores that Ventricine had been drii.kiiig and stabbed the other without provocation other than the advice of his victim, who urged him to go home as it was late. The prisoner declares that Tony Bush, the dead man, and three others set upon him and that the stabbing took place in the melee. The story told by Tony Rush is borne out by that of another Italian lad. The po.stal savings banks bill has passed the United States Senate. Thomas Collier I'Intt, formerly Republican "boss" of New York State, is dead. grew to $205,071,914, while last yoai it was $532,992,100 or an in- crease of 451 per cent, in 49 years. MORE MONEY IN CANADA. Itank Deposit!* Show Rig Increase During Past Year. A despatch from London says : At a meeting of the Bank of British' down by a wealthy citizen of Scot- New liquor regulations make it necessary for every saloon in Chel- sea, Mass., to have a car announc- er. The United Stales naval pro- gramme for the present year in- cludes the construction of two bat- tleships and four submarines. A State Senator, an Assembly- man and a deputy Sheriff were shot /t to 15c per lb. in case lots; mess pork, $27 to 827.50; short cut, $29 to $29.50. Hams â€" Light to medium, ISj^ to | camp. 16c, do., heavy, 14% to 15c; rolls, j citcment have been caused in Co- 14 to 14%c; shoulders, 13 to 13Xc; bait over this rush breakfast bacon, 18 to 18/<jc; backs, 19 to 20)<;c. Lardâ€" Tierces, 15% to 16c ; 'tubs, 16 to 16%c ; pails, 16% to 16%c. North America, E. A. Hoare, pre siding, said money was plentiful in Canada, as shown by the fact that land Neck, N. C, on Friday. A resolution was passed in the House at W-ashington on Friday, total deposits in banks had in- which may result in a modification creased by $128,000,000. He also of the treaty regarding warships on referred to the impossibility of the great lakes. measuring the vast potentialities of central Canada. IT IS BE COMIl A TOBREIT The Stream of Immigration From the United States Is Increasing. The .American Sugar Refining Company has been indicted for con- tempt of court in failing to fur- nish its books when subpoenaed to do so. BUSINESS IN MONTREAL. Montreal, March 8. â€" Oats â€" No. 2 Canadian Western, 44% to 45c; No 3, 43% to 44c; Ontario, No. 2 white, 4'lc; Ontario No. 3 white, 4»V ; Ontario No. 4 white, 42c. Bar- Icyâ€" No. 3, COc; No. 4, 5Sc ; feed barley, 5Cc. Flourâ€" Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.80; do., seconds, $5.30 ; Winter wheat patents, $5.- 50 to $5.60; Manitoba strong bak- ers', $5.10; straight rollers, $5.10 to $5.25 ; straight rollers, in bags, $2.40 to $2.50. Feedâ€" Ontario bran $22.50 to $23; Ontario middlings, $23.50 to $24; Manitoba bran, $22; Manitoba shorts, $23; pure grain mouillicj $31 to $33; mixed mouillie $27 to $29. Cheeseâ€" Westerns, 12^^ to 13; easterns, 12 to 12'4c. Butter â€"Choicest creamery, 25% to 26c. Eggsâ€" Strictly new laid, 30c per dozen. Rockefeller Foundation, which is ' intended to administer for the be- j A despatch from Ottawa says: steads taken up. The total number nelii of humanity a large part ofj The influx of settlers int;. the Cana-jof entries for January was '2,Cm, a.sltlin wealth of John D. Rockefeller. dian west this year promises to if""'!''*'-*^^* *'':'' '•^0'* *". :''i!,^i''^'-y ^ UNITED ST.VTES MARKETS. Buffalo, March 8.â€" W'heat â€" No. 1 Northern, carloads store, $1.23%; Winter, nominal. Cornâ€" Weak ; No 3 yellow, 63%c ; No. 4 yellow, . .. , .|61c. No. 3 corn, 63c; No. 4 corn, A young man was hypnotized at , . Qats-No. 2 white, 53c; No. Rn«mnw, Mich., by long-d.stance! -j^j ^^ ^ ^j^^^ ^ g^,.^ toU-phone. Thehypnotis has deM, ._F^j t^ malting. 71 to 77c. chnod to revive hnn until the end i .^_^,^ ^ ^^ track, 80c. of a week, and an order has been, \.^- m^,,,, g.-Cash wheat- issued or his arrest ^ ^^^ $1.22%; No. 3 red, $1- A bill IS before the Senate at ^1 ; No 2 hard, $1.15 to Washington to incorporate the' WAS BURNED TO DEATH. Dreadful End of a Montreal Man's Debaueh. A despatch from Montreal says : John Logan, a steanifitter, wound up a drunken spree at his home, at 24 Archambault lane, early on Fri- day morning, by upsetting the kit- chen stove, setting the house on firo, and burning him.'^elf to death. Logan was alone in the house, bav- in'; turned his wife and children out on Thursday. When the fire- meii were called to put out the fire they found Logan's body, badly burned, lying near the overturned stove. MYSTERIOUS IRAGEDY. Saskatchewan Fanner Found flang- ing to Stable Beam. A despatch from Tisdale, Sask., says : Harry Smith, residing fifteen miles out of the town, met a tragio death on Thursday. He was found by a neighbor suspended to a beam in his stable, and quite dead. No reason can be assigned for the act. His financial standing wru good, and nothing strange w.as noticed in his demeanor. He- leaves a young widow and child four months old. PROFITS OF THE MINT. Over $60,000 Earned Dining Fifteen Mouths' Existence. A despatch from Ottawa says : .\ccording to a return tabled in the House on Friday, the net profits on silver and bronze coinage from the opening of the Ottawa branch of Vw Royal Mint on Jan. l.st, 1908, till March 31, 1909, has been $63,- 857. MISTOOK PILLS FOR CANDY. Third Child to Die in a Week From This Cause. A despatch from Ottawa says : The sugar coating of strychnine pilli with which she was playing tempted Marjory May, the four- teen months' old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Bleakney, 29 Ayl- m?' Avenue, to eat several of them and also to feed them to her pet dog The dog died in a few min- utes and the child was soon striok- en with convulsions and died on Thursday morning. ZINC FROM CANADIAN ORES. Government to .iuihorize Expendi- ture of $50,000. A despatch from Ottawa says : Tl>e Government has given notice of a motion authorizing the expen- diture of $50,000 for promoting the production and manufacture of zinc and zinc products from Canadian ores. * RRITISU ARMY ESTIMATES. Total for Maintenance for the Year Nearly $189,000,000. A despatch from London says: Tbc array estimates for 1910-11, is- sued on Thursday, show a total for maintenance of $138,800,000. This is (in increase over the estimates of the preceding year of $1,625,000. I.12!/a to $1.- .17^^ to $1. , ,, , list yonr, an increase of l,3fi9. Ani- groatly surpass all previous re- .^^j^.^,,, ,,.j, ^ith 913 homestead cn- loids. Reports received by the Im- jtrio;(, and thcvo were, in addition, migration l)e|>artmcnt indicate th.it j 43 reluming t'anadians from thn the arrivals from thn .American States, particularly from the North- west, will exceed the one hundred thousand mack. During the lirst month t)f tho year there has been an increase of over one hundred United States. Entries by Canadi- ans totalled 001. English iiiiini' grants took 331 homesteads, Scotch 97, and Irish 29. The remaining 41 '5 homesteads taken up during the month wr.ro by people from ptr cent, in tJie number of home- ' other European countries. GENERAL. The French general elections will be- held on April 24th. A general strike of French rail- road men threatens. Indications at present arc that Marshal Hermes Fonseca has been olooted President of Brazil. I'llack Hand men have demanded $15,000 from Caruso, the singer, under threats of death. $!.15>i; No. 3 hard, 15; No. 1 Northern, 18%; No. 2 Northern, $1.15 to $1.- 17. No. 3 Spring, $1.13 to $1.15%- Cornâ€" No. 3, 62c; No. 3 white, 62 to 62%c; No. 3 yellow, 61% to 62;'4c; No. 4, br>)4 to 57c; No. 4 white, 57 to 58c; No. 4 yellow, 57 to 53c. Oats-No. 2, 46^0 ; No. 3, 45>ic to 46c ; No. 3 white, 40 to 47c ; No 4 white, 45 to 46c; standard, 47%c. EXPLDSIO S IN B AeiZIIE Killed Twentj^-Three Men in Alaska Mine on Wednesday Night LIVE STOCK MARKET. Montreal, March 8. â€" Prime beeves, 5% to ey^c per lb. ; pretty A despatch from Juneau, Alaska, says: Twenty-three miners were killed on Wednesday night by an explosion of a powder magazine in the 1,100 foot level of the. Mexican mine, one of the group of Tread- well gold properties on Douglas Is- land. Eight men were seriously in- juied and four ot these may Jie. The last shots had been fired by 'the night »hi£t twenty minutes be foic the men were assembled at the elevator to go on top. Tiie inngft- zine, which contained 271) pounds of powder was 30 feet from tho nlace where the men were stand- ing, but every man was killed or injured. Most of the miners were foreigners. The man in charge of the magazine had locked the door where the explosives v.cre stored and was standing with the other men. He was killed.