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TORNADO SWEEPS SICILY. Everything In the Path of the Storm Was Utter- ly Destroyed. ' A despatch from Home on Friday liniiounces tSint a severe tornado hiis •wept over Culania (a city on llio eoHt coast of Sicily). Cutania is flooded and many houses, incluiding the Villa Sujlini, have been damug- •d. Tliu ralli-()a<ls have sulTorcd s«r- iously. The tornado has wrought liavoc at Modica (a town of Sicily 80 ni1l<!s from Syracuse), where .sev- eral persons were killed. Mount Etna (a short distance from Cutaniti) shows fui'lher signs of ac- tivity and the volcano of Stroni- boli (ofT <s still active. Kent County to prosecute the beet sugar companies, who are employing men to work on Sunday to conii)letc their factories at Wallacohurg and Ure-sdcn. Ho in also looking; into charges that Sunday work Is going on in the mines and smellers of New Ontario. TWO WOMEN KILLED. When Horse Balkeci on Crossing Train Was Coming. A Paris, Ont., despatch Rays: A terrible accident occurred here at 12.;tO on Sunday, and as a re.sult the remain."} of Mrs. Edgar, wife of .1. Allen Edgar, a prosperous young ^ , ... ., , farmer, residing two milo.^ north- tho north coast of Sicily) \^^^^_ „j p,,,.;^ ^^^ jjj^^ ^gj^^g (jour- . , , _ c.,- •â-  I'liy. a distant relative, are 'ying A despatch from Syracuse, Sicily, L,,..,j ^^ ^ ,„p^, undertaker's eslab- that for twenty-four hours I, ig,,n,ent. Mrs. Edgar, accompanied before the cyclone burst over the is- n,y Miss Gourlay, a young lady of land a violent storm raged on the : 25 years of ago, who acted a.s a ©astern coa.st of Sicily The path;,„,,i„ ^^ ^^o Edgar homestead, and [Wallace Edgar, a ll^-year-oid son, attended the Preslryterian Church on states of the cyclone was 124 miles long, and everything in the lino of the storm was destroyed. The sea •wept inland for several kilometres, doing enormous damage, while there were violent Sunday morning, as was their cus- tom. They drove in a buggy, to ' i which was attached a hor.sc which K..» « .â- ,'"'''""\'"'?f "Citations ,^g „j,.^i^j „f ^,.,^i„g On returning between Sicily and Iho mainland. <^^ ^^^^^^. ,^^„,„ ,^f^^^ ^,,^. ^^,..^j^^ ^^ Along the railway from Catania to | ^^^^^ j^^ccd to cro.ss the DufTalo and Palermo the force of the cyclone was such that rails were torn up and [ hurled a great distance. It is ro- portod from Modica that a hundred bodies already have bi-en found, but that the number of dead swept away by the torrent is unknown. The newspaper Fracassa expresses the belief that some four hundred people have been killed. The torrent destroyed everytJiing on the ground floors in the liou.sos In the lower portions of Modica. Bridges and roads liave disappeared and damage amounting to many millions of lire has been done. The survivors of the catastrophe have taken refuge in the hills. A relief committee and search parties have been organized at Afodica. The di.s- airter is supposed to have been due to a marine waterspout. The Oer- nian steamer Cnprera was wrecked at Catania after a terrible struggle witii the waves. LATER. A later ilespalch from Syracuse, Island of Sicily, gives harrowing de- tails of the tornado which passed over the Province of Cutania Fri- day. The elTects of the storm in the ."Jiibiirbaii parts of .Sicily were feuiful. Two mountain torrents ran through Medica, which was sudden- ly (loodod. Kifriity hodiL-s have been recovered and placed in the church at Medica. The Government •roops assisted m the work of roseuo. The Volcano of Stromboli was in till erupt ion Kriday night approached, a freight train passed. They paused, and attempted to cross the track, when the train had cleared, but failed to notice another freight which was closely following the first at full speed. The i;orse baulked, and could not be inovod from the position it had taken, di- rectly on the rails. As a result, the buggy was struck. The horse was instantly liilled, and the buggy and occupant.s were thrown high into the air. Mrs. Btlgar was struck and thrown to the side of the track. She sustained internal injuries and large scalp and face wounds, from which .she died fifteen minutes afterwards. Miss Gourlay was hurled a distance of 100 feet along the track and ex- pired instantly, presumabl.y fro'- shock, as there were no serious in- juries. Young Wallace Edgar, in falling from the bugg.v, alighted on the cowcatcher of the train, and clung there until reached by the fire- man, who bravely made his way to the imperiled youth and snatched him just as he was about to slip from his position. boulders fell into lUe sea ior a di.s- tiiiK'C of four Uilomotres. The di- re;tors of the Aetna Observatory l>cliove tiuit there wiis a suiniiarino "iiil-tion belwcfu the island of Stroiriboli and .Sicily. The German steamship Oaporra foundered at the entnince of the flarbor of Catania. Sicily. 'I'he latest iidviccB from Sicily es- Hiiiato that ."JOd cor|)»('s have been recovered. Three hundred and sev- enty of these were thrown up on the •iiistorn coast of the island. The <«oa continues to throw up bodies which have been brought down by the torrents from (.he interior. Many furKons aie still unaccounted for. U. is known that ."{OO purisihed at Wedica. The corijses are lying in the churches and cemeteries, covered with mud. as Inlprment is imj os- .sihlc. The tciiipi'st contiinips, and 'wil.licr disasti'i-rf are feared. The welither at Syracuse is threat- oniiig, and a tioinendoiis sea is run- ning. 'I"hc slioams in the alTocted districts are still swollen, and fur- ther tracts of country are sub- merged. A fresh slorni burst over the di.s- trlct of .Santa Maria on Sunday and many hoiisi'S destrovnd. BURNED AT THE STAKE. Negro DASHED TO DEATH. Many Xives Lost in India Train Disaster. A Madras, India, de.-ipatch says: Later i)articulars received with i-e- gard to the disaster at the Madras- Huge I Bombay mail train, which fell over Murderer Southern Lynched by Mob. A Corinth, Miss., despatch says: Tom Clark, alias Will C.ib.son, a young negro, was burned at the stake hero at a late hour on Sun- day. Ho had confe.s.sed to having assaulted and munlered Mis. (Jarrie Whitlicld, the wife of a well-known citizen. It was deculed that the negro, should bo hanged, but Clark uski'd that the execution bo delaye<l until Sunday, when he could have a farewell interview with his moth- er and brother. The request was graiiti'd and the two relatives were telegraphwl for, but did not arrive In time. The negro Was .securely fn.stonod to an iron rod oroiind which faggots hart been piled, and the husband and brother of Clark's victim applic<l the torches. The flames were fed b.v the crowd until the body wns burned to a crisp. Then the gathering dii»- persvd In an orilorly manner. and the town soon assumed its normally quiet condition. BREAKING THE SABBATH. Attorney-Qeneral Busies Himself With Law-Breakcrs. A Toronto despatch says: Hon. J. M. Gibson, Attorney-General, has iastruct^d the Crown Attorney of a bridge near Manapatnan show that the report that all the Euro- IH'au pii.ssengers had escaped was in- corri-<rt. Of all those traveling by the train only 25 persons were sav- ed, these included all the (Irst-class pius.songers. Fifty bodies have been recovered, including tho.se of eight Europeans, four of whom were sold- iers. The river was in flood owing to heavy rains, and this caused tlie bridge ir> collapse, with the result that the whole train, with the ex- ception of the break van. fell into the water. Many of those .saved were badly injured and are now In ho.spital, while others had miracu- lous otcupes. A portion of the mail has yet to be recovered. FATHER WILL SUE. for Novel Claim Made in Action Damages. A Niagara Falls. N. Y., despatch says: Itoy Swartout, father of the boy who died recently from hydro- phobia, will sue the Acker Process Company for ?2.'i,000 damages for the death of his son. Swtirtout's contention is that the dog that bit his son wont mad because it ran through a pool of waste chemicals thrown ont by the Acker Process Company. That i)lant makes caus- tic soda and some of the waste ma- terial is cast on unoccupied lands. After a rains! orm it is .si)read about and several dogs have been noticixl that .seemed to have been burned severely by running through the waste. Swartout says that gave the dog that bit his son rabies, UuHalo law firm has been rcstained which resulted in his .son's death. A by Swartout. DR. BARCLAY DECLINES Will Not Be Principal of Queen's University. A Kingston de.s.pntcli says: Con- siderable surprise was occasioned on Wednesday when the announce- ment Was made public that Kev. Dr. Jns. Barclay, of Montreal, had de- clined to accept the position of Principal of Queen's University, of- fi-riHl liim by the trustees la.st week. It had been expected that the Mont- real pastor Would accei)t, though the salAry olTored was much below that paid him in St. Paul's Pre.sbytorian Church, over which ho has presided for some years past. It is believed ! that the trustees will choose a pro- fessor from aftross the Atlantic to fill the late I'rincipal Grunt's pos- I iUon. THE MARKETS Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc in Trade centres. Toronto, Sept. 30.â€" Wheat â€" The ofTerings of Ontario grades are gen- eral and prices easier. No. 2 white and red quoted at o5c west, and at 63c for export. Manitoba wheat is aloady. No. 1 hard, 84c grinding in transit, and at 78c Goderich. No. 1 Northern, 82Jc g.l.t., and 7()C Go- derich, and No. 2 Northern, SOJc g.i.t., and 74Jc Goderich. OatH â€" The market Is steady wnd (irmor; sales 01 No. 2 at 281c mid- dle freights, and at 29 to 2yj low freights to New YorK, Corn â€" The market is quiet, with Canadian yellow quoted at C2c west. No. 3 yellow American quoted at G9c on track hero. Itye â€" The market is quiet; No. 2 quoted at 47c west. Uarley â€" Market i» quiet, and prices steady. Feed quoted at 35 to 38c middle freights, and No 3 extra at 39 to 40c, with sales at 38c. Peas â€" ^The market is dull at 71c for No. 2 east, and 70c middle freights. Flour â€" Ninety per cent, patents, made of new wheat, quoted at $2.05 to $2.70 middle freights, in buyers' sacks for expoi't. Straight rollers, for domestic trade. q,uoted at S3. 15 to S3. 25 in bbls. Manitoba flour steady. Hujigarian patents, 53.85 to 54.25, delivered on track, Toronto, bags included, and stnng bakers', $3.00 to 53.95. Oatmealâ€" Car lots in bjls, S4.85 on track, and in facks, $4.75. Brok- en lots 20 to 25c extra. Millfcedâ€" Bran is quoted at S12.50 west, and shorts at $17 west. Bran quiet here at 814, and shorts at $19. Manitoba bran, $17 in sacks, and sliorts at $23 in sack's, To- ronto. Buckwheat â€" The market Is quiet at 48c oast and west. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Hops â€" ^Trade quiet, with f rices un- changed at 13c; yearlings, 7c. Honey â€" ^The market is steady, with strained jobbing here at 8 to SJc per lb, and comb at $1.50 to $1.65. Beans â€" ^The market Is steady, with prime (lualities quoted here at $1.30 to $1 .3!>, and hand-picked at $1.40. Hay, baledâ€" The market is quiet, with olTerings moderate. New hay quoted at $9 to $y.'20 a ton. Straw â€" The market is quiet, wih car lots on track quoted at $5. .50. Onions â€" Market steady at $1.90 to $2 per barrel. Poultry â€" The maiket is steady quote : â€" Chickens, 50 to 80c pair for dressed, and to Oic rtj for live. Turkeys, young, 11 12c per lb., and old, 10c. Potatoes â€" Th« market is easier cent deliveries having relieved the temj orary scarcity. Car lots quot- ed at 75 to 80c per bag, on track here. Small lots, o'-'.- .f store, sell at 90c to $1 per bas- HOG PU.JDUCTS. Dressed hogs, S8.50 to $9, with receipts moderate Cured meats in good demand at steady prices. Wo quote : â€" Bacon, long clear, lie, in ton and case lots. Pork, mess $21.50; do, short cut, '$23. .50. Lard â€" The market is firmer, quote : â€" Tierces, lOJc; tubs, pails. Hi to Hie; compound, to 10c. We per per to re- We lie, 8i BUSINESS AT MONTUEAL. Montreal, Sept. 30.â€" Tho grain market is marked by several snnall declines in prices, anct the amount of business done Is very trilling. Other lines are steady, cheese, but- ter, and eggs being especially lirm at recent advances. Grain â€" No. 1 hard, Manitoba, Tlic Fort William; No. 1 Northern, 09 .Jc October ship- ment; Ontario No. 2 white wheat, 65c, and No. 2 mi.xod, at title west; new crop f eas, 76J to 77c alloat, and do oats, IKlc atloat, September delivery; rye, 5,")C alloat. No. 3 barley, 4Gc alloat. Flourâ€" Manitoba patent."*, $3.91) to $4.25 ; strong bakers', $3.00 to $3.95 ; Ontario straight rollers, $3.40 to Sa..50 ; in bags, $1.00 to $1.70; patents, $8.80 to $4.10. Boiled oat.sâ€" Millers' prices to jobbers, $2.15 to $2.2.5 in bags, and $4. .50 to $4,00 in^r bbl. I'eed â€" Manitol>a bran $1.5, an<l shorts $22, hags included: Ontario bran, in bulk, $14.50 to $15; shorts, in hulk, $22, in lots. Provisions â€" Heavy Canadian short cut pork, $25; compound rolincd lard, 9 to 9.1c; ptire Canadian lard, lie; linost lard. 12 to 12ic; hams, 12J to I4c; biicon, 11 to I5c; dressed hogs. $7. .50; fresh killed abattoir, $9.25 to $9.50 per 100 lbs. Cheese^â€" On- tario, lOi to lOJc, Townships, HtJ to lOic; Quebec, 10 to lOJ. Butter â€" Knncy Township creamery, 21 J to 21 Jc; finest Township creamery, 20J to 21 Jc; tjuebec creamery, 201 to 2t)Jc; Ontario creamery, 18J to 19c, and dairy btitter, 1.5 J to Ific. Kggs â€"Selected, 18J to 10c; candled stook Ifli to 17o; straight receipts, 10c; No. 2, 13i to 14c. Honeyâ€" Uest clover, in swtions, 11 to 12c per section; In 10-lh tins, OJ to 10c; in bulk, 8c. UNITED STATION MABKT'.T.S. Milwaukee, Sept. 30.â€" Wheat. â€" Lower; close, No. 1 Northern 81c ; No, 2 Northc'-n, 71 J to 7!l,Jc ; Do- coniber, Oiic. Ityeâ€" Quiet; No. 1, 51c. Barley â€" Steady: staixlnrd, .'ii)c: sam- ple. 40 to 59c. Corn â€" December, 45Jo- THE DAIIiY MAHKETS. Butter â€" The market is steady. Choice grades have the best call. We quote :â€" Choice 1-lb rolls, 16 to lOJc; selected dairy tubs, 15c ; store packed uniform color, 13Jc; low grades, 11 to 12c: creamery rolls, 19 to 20c; do solids, 18J to 19c. I'^KKS â€" Market steady for strictly fresh stock. We quote :â€" Fresh, 16 to 17c; ordinary irtore candled, to 15c; seconds and checks, 10 lie. Cheese â€" Market is steady, quote :â€" Finest, lOi to lOJc; onds, 9Jc. Miiineapoli.s, Sept. 80.â€" Wheat â€" .Septfuiber, 65Jc; December, 05J to 05ic; on track. No. 1 hard, 08ic ; No. 2 Northern, 614c; No. 2 North- ern, 65 |c. Uuluth, Sept. 80.â€" Wheatâ€" Cash, No. 1 hard, 70ic; No. 1 Northern, 69c; No. 2 Northern, 67c; Septem- ber, 69c; December, 65 jc; Macaroni, No. 1, Olijc; No. 2, 02;c. Oats- September, 30c; December, 28ic. .St. Louis, Sept. 30.â€" Wheatâ€" Cash 65Jc; September, 651c; December, 66i!c; May, OSJc. 14 to We sec- LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Toronto, Sept. 30.â€" The feature of the live stock market to-day was the weakening of prices for lambs, and also an easier feeling in the light stocker trade. Tho hog mar- ket was steady, with no change in prices. Following are the quotations: Cattle. .Shippers, per cwt ._ ...$5.25 $5.85 Do., light ... „. ._ ... 4.25 5.00 Butcher, choice 4.00 4.50 Butcher, ordinary to good 3.00 4.00 Stockers, per cwt 3.20 3.75 Sheep and Lambs. Choice ewes, per cwt... 3.30 3.50 Lambs, per cwt 3.25 3.60 Bucks, per cwt 2.25 2.75 Culls, each 2.00 3.00 Milkers and Calves.^ Cows, each _. ...25.00 42.00 Calves, each ... „ ... 2.00 10.00 Hogs, Choice hogs, per cwt ... 7.00 7.124 Light hogs, per cwt ._ 6.75 6.874 Heavy hogs, per cwt... 0.75 6.874 Sows, per cwt ... .„ _. 3.50 4.00 .Stags, per cwt 0.00 ^ 2.00 BEATEN TO DEATH Brutal Murder of an Aged Chip- pawa Widow. A Niagara Falls, Ont., despatch says: CJreat excitement prevails in the villag-e of Chippawa over a hor- rible tragedy which occurred there on Wednesday evening and of which Mrs. Jessie Franks, a widow of 65 years of age, was the victim. Mrs. Franks was discovered on Thursday morning about 9.30 o'clock lying on the floor of her resilience with her Franks mkmk mk mk mk ml<mkuikk brains battered out. Mrs. Franks lived in a large house on the Mar- ket St|uare, her only companion be- ing a Miss Thomas, of Milwaukee, who sleeps at her hous-o, but si)ends the greater portion of the day at the home of Mrs. Thomas Macklem. Miss Thomas has been spending the summer at Chippawa. When found Mrs. Franks was lying in a pool of blood in her bedroom, while another pool of blood was found in tlie ad- joining room, the parlor, where the struggle had evidently taken place. The room was In a state of disor- der. Constable Lymburner was notified and in turn summoned Coroner Mc- Carry, of Niagara Falls, South, and Detective Mains, Niagara Falls, of tho Ontario Police, arrived at the .scene of tlio murder about noon. En- trance was gained through tho rear door, which had been kicked open, as muddy foot marks plainly show- ed. STRUCK TiOViti AT HER MEAL. The supposition is that Mrs. Franks was eating her evening meal, as the remains of the supper were on the kitchen table. After striking the woman down the murderer must have allowed her to remain in the parlor for some time, evidently for the purpcse of ransacking the build- ing, as a large amount of blood was on the floor, much more than at the spot where the body was found. The apartments rnnsacked, the body was dragged by the arm and leg through the parlor to tho sitting room. It is quite evident that the murder was committed early Wednesday evening. A peculiar circumstance is that while the elTccts of Miss Thomas were handled in a nowise gentle manner, there was nothing disturbed in the rooms of the dead woman. In Miss Thomas' bedroom was found an axe which had evidently been used to force tho trunk, as there was no blood stains either upon the handle or blade. The trunk was thorough- ly runsackiHl. Everything was found iiitact, with the exception of an American $!> gold piece. Tho mur- dered woman had resided in Chip- pawa a number of years. Her hus- bond with whom she bad not been living for some years, died in Troy. N. Y., three years ago. A son. Wil- liam, .siirvives, but his whereabouts Is unknown. TWENTY-SIX WERE KILLED Train in France Leaves Bails at High Bate of Speed. A Paris desiiatch .says: Twenty- six persons have been killed and a score of people have been injured as the result of an accident to an ex- press train running from Lille to Paris. The train left the railH while crossing the switch at Ar- leux. where it did not stop and While i-'oiug at great spcMid. NEWS ITEMS. Telegraphic Briefs From All Over tlie Globe. CANADA. The last smallpox outbrea^c in Montreal cost the city $33,000. Lord Miuto expects to have soma moo.se hunting while in tho North- west. Tho new park presented by the Cookshutt family to the city of Brantford was foimally handed over to the Park Conuuissioners yester- day. It is understood Sir Henry Strong will retire and become president of tho commission to revise the Do- minion statutes alter the meeting of the Supreme Court on Oqtobcr 7. The dog catchers in Hamilton, af- ter gathering in 59 "waifs," have been itistructed to abandon further operations out of deference to the public sentiment again.st wholes ula slaughter of canines. GREAT BRITAIN. The King is eicpected to be present at the Newmarket meeting on Oct. 13th. Mr. Carnegie is collecting many rare books for his library at .Skibo C.-istle. Gen. De Wet has been invited to deliver a lecture at Lowestoft, Eng- land. One hundred thousand tons ol Welsh steam coal have been ordered for the French St.ate railways. Penny fares are to be introduced at the end of the season on the Yar- mouth municipal electric tnvmway cars. The man who recently mutiluted three valuable pictures in the Lon- don Guildhall collection has been disco vei"ed. The Terrible, alter rendering con- spicuous service in both the South African and China campaigns, hae reached Plymouth. Tho Clan Fraser are to present Lord Lovat with a testimonial in connection with his rtfisiug and com- manding Lovat's Scouts during tlia war. In memory of the late Lord .Duf- ferin and the late Earl of Ava, hia eldest son, a beautiful Celtic cross 24 feet high has been erected at Ciandeboyo. The P. & 0. steamers Assaye. Plassy, Sicilia, Soudan and Syria have been appropriated by the Gov- ernment for the Indian trooping ser- vice this winter. Extensive additions to the Dover Gordon Boys' Orphanage, the coat of which has been defrayed by an admirer of the institution, have just been opened. A manifesto the working people of the United Kingdom has just been issued by the National Committee of Organized Labor on the subject ot old ago pensions. A rovolt had evidently been agreed upon by prisoners at Binnlnghatu jail, but when one of them felled a warden with a hammer the others did not even leave their plaws. Seventeen out of twenty-eight Met- ropolitan boroughs in London hav© either installed electric light plants or made arrangements for introduc- ing it as a municipal or borough work. A floating dock which has just left Newcastle in tow of the steamer Darralong for Durban is one of the largest ever built, and will accom- modate steamers ot 4.5O0 tons reg- ister. UNITED STATES. The pension list of the United States Government has passed the 1,000,000 mark. Four stockmen killed and two in- jured is the res-ujt ot u. collision on the Burlington road, near Maiden, III. l-'reight trains colliding on t^. 1^ Pittsburg, Bessemer, and Lake Erie Railway, iioi\r Pardee, Ponn., re- tialtod in the death of four men and the fatal injury ot two others. Mrs. Frances Holy seeks to col- lect $10,000 damages from a sa- loon keeper at Chicago, who, she declares, sold liquor to her hus- band, causing him to be a habitual drunkard. As the re.sult of a spider bite re- ceived by Mrs. Rode of St. Joseph, Mo., three weeks aRO. Mrs. Rode is dead, and Dr. Walter H. Morris, her physician, is snifToring from blood poison. us also is E. C. Williams, the undertaker. At Niagara Falls, N. Y.. J. Vance, a giu-dener living in Grey street, at the south village, Inst Tuesday, .sold his household goods, wife, and child. to Lock Barnes, a driver working at the inlet of the Ningara Falls Park and River Railroad Power Company. With tho idea ot developing tech- nical education in the Unltctl States .IS a means of preserving the coun- try's commercial prestige, a com- mittee of the ablest professors ol Chicago Univer.sity will make an ex- tensive study. covering two years' time, of all university courses th« world over. GENERAL. The extraortlinary wet weather ol the past summer in .Japan has inr iuro(i the rice crop. A Htc;xdy incicnse in the numbet of white men employed in the minc« at .lohauncsburg is roported. Forty-two thousand rupeo.s havi boon subscribed in India for thi â- lohn Nichtdson monument at DciM