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; K mmm and suiciDE;«"'!lJi'.""'MET fate in awful storb Toronto Bartender Kills Sweetheart and Then Suicides. A despatch from Toronto sa>-^: Act- ing upon a jealous iinpulse. Jolin J. naymore. a biirlender at llio Tremont House, shot and killed Mrs. Mary Charlton, the woman wilh whom he lived, in the doorway of her home, lOi) fhchmoHd street west on Kriday a'ter- r.oon. and turning his revolver upon himself, ho put a bullet through his train, which ended his life. The double tragedy wus the culmination of a dis- pute betwe«Mi the pair threi' week.s ago. It had e>idently been planned by Ray- niore. as tt;e revolver \va.s a new one, and nad been loaded from a new box rf carlridtics. Mrs. r.narlton. with a friend. Ntrs. Miibel Cartwright. of 117 Sherbourne street, had been out slwppini: in the a.'lernoon. and when they returned to the Richmond street h.,u;e Raymond was watching for them behind the front dcor, and, as Ihey approached, he open- •t.1 it. "dime on up to the room." he called. Mrs. Charlloii was afraid of him and be- i:an to back a'.vay. He rushed down tlie steps, and seizing her by the shoul- Cers, dragged her into the halt, clos- ing the door. Two sliols followed in quick succession, and a minute later n third was heard. Mrs. Curlwrighl and a young woman from a near-by house • an in and they found Mrs. Charlton prostraie in the hall and bleeding from wounds in the mouth and left breastj Inside the sitting-room door, a few feet away, lay the lx)dy of Raymore. Th" bullet hsd entered the right side of his head below the cheek bone, and emerg- ed above the temple on the opposite side. The body of the unconscious woman « as quickly carried to a hack, which happ>ened to be standing across the sireet in front of a livery stable, and all speed was made to St. .Michael's Hospital. By the time the hospital wds reached, however, she was dead. Ray- triore lived about ten minutes' after i.e fired the last shot. Mrs. Charlton was the widow of B. Charlton, who, previous to his death about ten years ago. conducted a ho- tel at the airner of Yonge and Edward streets. She had never been marri-^d to Raymore. but they had lived to- gether as man and wife since her hu'^- Land's death. Slie w.-v.- about ;J5 years 3f age. Raymore was 45 years of age and had lived apart from his wife and daughter tor some years. He came from Fergus, and for a time he was 11 member of the Norlhwest \k)unt>><l Police. Later he became a bartender at the Wilson Ho>isc. on York Sireet. and for a year or more he had been empfo.ved af the Tremunl in a similar cajgicity. .Mrs. Charlion leaves a f-mily of three boys, the eldest heing 17 -years o! age. When she was searched il the hospital $300 in bills was found .>n her, and in her rix)m at her liomf> a bank book wa^ found with Sdi.OOO to her credit. Toronto, F eb. 19.â€" Wheat â€" Ontario. No. i while winter. 7l>ic; No. 2 red, '/ic to 72c; No. 2 rjixed. 71c. Manitobaâ€" .Vj. I bard, l«j>ic; No. 1 northern. 85Xc U) 86c. Oalsâ€" .No. i white, 39c to iOc. Toron- to; .No. i mixed, 38>ic to 39c. Peasâ€" .No. 2, 82c asked, outside, 80c bid. Cornâ€" No. 3 yellow, American, 52c to 52>^c. Toronto, main ' line and west; Ontario. 4lc- to tec, basis Chatham freights. Biickw heatâ€" 52c lo 53c. Ryeâ€" <j9c to Ttt. Barley-No. 2, jlc to 52c; No. 3 extra, [40c to 50c. i Flourâ€" Onlario. 90 per cent, patents, ;?2.70 asked. 82.67 bid: .Manitoba. Qrsl patents, $V.5o; seconds, $4; bakers' I Branâ€" $21. ; ;>horLsâ€" *11» to .$20. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Butterâ€" There is no change in llje .market, and prices are iteady at:â€" Cieaniery prints .'. gBctoiTo do solid" .' 23cto2tc Dairy prints 21c to 23c do tubs 19clo21': < :h»-eseâ€" Large. 13Xc; twins. lie. Eggsâ€" New-laid, il'c to 3iJc: select, 25c !c 26c: storage. 2k-: limed. 22c. Poultryâ€" Thi» , market cuntioueii very duiet. Chickens^ fresh-killed .. li.ferior, frozen slock ... Surgeon Flood, Lost in the Wilds, Frozen to Death Fowl Ducks . CV-ese . Turkeys Honev 10c lo Uc Solo 00c 8c to 00c 10c to lie 'Jc to lie llclol2c 12c per TWENTY DEAD IN THAIN WRE«'.K N«» York 0!i<ral Tr-ain Jumps Tracks in Ar Bronx A despatch from New York says: The W hite Plains and Brewster Expres.s m the Harlejn division of the New Y'ork i.'enlral jumped the tracks al a curve near Wocdlawn Road in the Bron.x on Salurdai' evening and was practically smashed lo pieces. Twenty are dead, two fatally hurt and 145 injured, 5*) of them seriously. ,The death list may J el be increased. The train is a favorite for suburl>an Hieatregooi-s ar.d was well filled when it pulled ou! ot .the Grand Central Slation at 5.15 o'clock, tlie grealor pro- portion of the passengers bong w<jmen. The train consisled of six heavy cvacU- Ci and wa^s drawn by two ot the new- tig electric locomotives. Al Woodliwn Road Iho four tracits turn the curve through a l>eavy cut. â- Jhe li-aiii. according lo survivors', took this curve at great spt-ed, some say at the rate of 60 miles an hour. It "had cieaied the cut -vvhen the lasl car left ihc track, dragging the next car off wilh it. For a tew yards these two coaches bumped along over the ties, then the last car overturiK'd. throwing the enlire train from the rails. The car turiieil over again and again and was finally smashed to splinters, while the majoiily of the passenge's. ux>st ?f thorn woiaen, were mauled lo a shape- loss pulii. Relieved of the weight of the last coach, the rest of lhe~ Iraiii groumi a'wng on its side for a hundred foot or so. Tlie man^l is ihal anyone in the t'-' in escaped alive. Kiro broke out in the wreckage of the smashed last car «nd consumed sevt-rul bodies ' before lire engines could r<'ach the scene. rh''> dead and injured were strewn «!' the way from SOlst Street on uiidei- the Woodlawn Road bridge, lo 20Tlh t^tivet. where the train finally oime ti. a stop. For a dislance of over l.OiXI feet Ihe tracks were strewn with parts ;f llie todies of the d<>ad. .Many of the bod es picked up along this highway nf dc.dh were so lilerally grtiund up "and ^o coiiiplelely diviNteil of ckithing thai It was a harti mailer to ideniity Ihem. A parly of young women in Ihe rear cnr weie students al a private girls" srho.^1. Nearly all of these young wo- m^-n were kilhxl or mortally hurt. In fuel, scarcely anyone in the rear car â- escaped death or fatal injury. TO PROSECITE I.l UBERMEN. Failure lo Obry Rule> to llave I'nplea- saRt Resalt. A despatch from Foronto sa.vs : The indifference of a number of the lumber- men operating in New Ontario regarding the regulations adopted for their govern- ance some hme ago is Ihe subject of Ofimplaint by the officers of the Board of Health. The companies and merchants engaged in culling timber have neglec- ted, in a number of cases in spite of re- pealed notitleations. lo comply wilh Ihe rules regarding the sanitary condition of camps. They have also farted lo for- ward to the office of the Provincial Health Board information as lo the loca- tion of camps and copies of contracts made wilh physicians providing for med- ical attendance on tlieir workmen. .As a result informations will be laid against number of lumber companies, which will be prosecuted for their negligence. An official of ttie board has gone lo the 'listrict lo taiie the nei;essai-y action. FRAlb BY DiSTIUJiRS. Evaded Ihe Tax by a S\>leni of I'nder- groiind Pi|)Os. A despatch from Lond^in, England, says : .A gigantic scheme on the part of a lirm of whiskey distillers lo defraud tho revenue is reported to have been un- earthed by inland revenue olTicers. The latler. it is assertetl. discovered a sys- tem of underground pipes through which whiskey was conveyed from llie distil- lery lo the duly-paid warehouse, whence it was disthbutoil to the trade, thus es- caping the tax of S2.75 per gallon. The revenue authorities are .said to have de- manded the payment of a. fine of -"Sano,- 0(1(1 on the smuggled liquor. The mailer probably will be brought up iu I'ariia- menl. HANGED ireitiELF IN KITCHEN. Woman Who Ue5;id4»d Ne,-^r IU>\\nian- %ille PuU an End lo llrr Life. A despatch from Bowmanville says . Mrs. Benj. Werry, who live»l nn a fann with her son and husband, just north of this town. In a 111 of mental aberration e-ommitted suicide on Fvidny nwriiiog by hanging l*erselt in the kitchen from a hook in the ceiling while her husband and son were in town on business She was about 68 years of age. No cause is known for the act. STEP WWARD HOME RULE Chief Secretary for Ireland Gives Formal Notice of Bill. A despatch from I.nndon says: Fol- louing clasely upon his aiinounceniont of the inlenlion ot the Govei-nmenl to m- IvtKiuce a moa.-.ure to improve the gov- • e:-nnient of Ireland, Augns'ine BimMI, Cliief .'Necretiiry for Ireland, gave formal â- â€¢tic«< on Thursday that a bill "lo es- labli.sh an Irisli tAiimcil for other pur- pt-ses coniitcte«l Iherewilh,' would be introduced. Thus the Liberal Ciovem- luenl is kivping its pri'inise lo the Nationalists lo pltire Irish legislation ti) the torelrunl ot Itie pre>ent session of l';'rtlnment. The bill, altiwugh all the details have no' yet been made publii-. will pmvtde ft I- a amncil in which tlie ehvlive ele- ment will prwl imiiiali'. .\ number of luiniinalive nieniboi-K arc r»'laiiied in Oi-der to placate the Uilierals who are opposed lo an onlircly n-presenlalive body. It is understood also the*, this council will have extensive administra- tive powers, but its right to legislate ivii: be limite*.!. This feature has been ac- cepted by the Irish leaders. Nothing delinite is krH)wn «« lo the amount of linancial control to t>e eni- trusled to the council but lo satisfy Irushmen this will have to be lai-ge. There is no doubt 'hat the powers now centered in numei-ous boards controlling the adininisiration ot Ireland will be haiidtHi over lo Ihe council. .^'eitking in Ihe Mouse on Thursday â- MMimu. Mr. R'li-ell said Ihal the que.-i- lioii o[ "li- i-'sliialion of evieleil tonants to their !.>'m.-s was one of primary ini- portaiu''-. uhI tbnt iTookiM ct no delay, lie pledgi-d the Ciovrnunent k) lake effoe- live nuMsuros to obtain the rein.<tale- nienl of evicted tenants. . -Steady at lie lo â€" , pt-und for pails and 82 lo S2.50 for combs. Bean.sâ€" Steady at $1.5.'> to $1.60 'or hand-pcked. and primes $IM lo St.45. Potatoesâ€" Ontario* are quiet at 70c to 73c per bag: eastern, 75c to 80c, in car lets here. Baled IIay-$U to Sll.-W for No. 1 timothy and" 88j0 lo $9 tor No. 2 in car k.ls on track here. Straw- Steady at S7 to $7.50 is car lots on track here. MONTRE.-\L MARKETS. .Von'real Feb. 19â€" Tti« local market is quiet but steady. Buikw healâ€" 56c lo 56'-ic per bushel. Corn â€" American No. 2 yellow, 55c: No. 3 mixed. 65c, ex St. re. Oiitsâ€" On 5P0t. .No. i white. 523^; No. 3 white, il^c to 42-; No. 4. lO^^c U 41c per bushel, ex st.ire. Pea= â€" Boiling peas. 51 in carload kts and $1.10 in jobbing tots. Flourâ€" Manitoba spring wheal, $4.25 to Si.61): strong bakers', S3.90 to $-1.1): winter wlWl patents. iSl.lO to «4.25: straight rolleit;, *3.60 lo .S;i.70: do in tag-!. $1.65 to $1.75; extras, S1.50 to Si.55. .Millfeedâ€" Manltiibn bran in bags. $20 U) $82; shorts. $32 to $->2.J0; Ontario bran in bag^. ^0 to $21: sh.Tls/ $22 'o S22.50; milled mouille. $21 lb $2."): straight grain. $28 lo S2'J per ton. R.ilK'd Oalsâ€" Per b;ig. $2 to $2.10 in car lots and $2.20 lo $2.25 in jobbing lots. Hayâ€" No. 1. $13.50: .No. -2. $12.50; No. c, $li.50; clover nii.xed, $11; pure clover. $10.50 lo $11 per Urn. in car lots. Cheese â€" Locally the price of 13 "^c for white and 13?ic for colorerl, October miike. still holds good. Butler â€" Fresh-made creamery. 24c: rclls, in baskets or half barrels. 22c to 22>ic: western dairy selected, 22c: Mani- ti ba dairy, 2l)c to 21c. Eggsâ€" New laid. 30c; .selecled stock. 26<- la se^-^c: No. 1 cold-storage. 21c t S2e: limed, 21c. No receipts this morn- ing. Provisions â€" Barrels short-cut mess $-22 lo $23.5(1; half barrels. $11.75 to $12.50; clear fat lack. $24 Ui §21,50: kjng cut heavy mess. $20.50 to .<i22: half bar- rels do'.. Sl'1.75 to $11.50; dry salt, long clear bacon, 12c to 12>^c: barrels plate leef. $11 to $12.50: half barrels do.. *(i to $6.50: barrels heavy mess beef, $8.50: half barrels do.. $-1.75: compound lar.l. R'^c lo lOi.-; pure lanl. ll?io lo 13*.-: kel- I'e rendered. r.lc lo IS.'^c; hams, 14o 1 1 l(>o, according to size; breakfast bacon. I5c lo 16c; W ind.«or bacon. 15>^c .0 M>c; fresh killed abattoir dresset.! hogs. SIO; alive, $7.35 to S7..50. BL'FF.VLO M.ARKET. Buffalo, Feb. 19.â€" Flour- Better de mand. Whealâ€" Spring dull; .No. 1 Northern. 90c: Winter steady: No. 2 white, 81c. Cornâ€" Finn; No. "2 yellow. 5ii?ic; No. 2 white. 51c. Oatsâ€" Easier: No. 2 white. \b%c; No. 2 mlxt.\i, a%c. Barley â€" Strong; 58 to 63c lo arrive. Rye â€"Quiet; No. 1 in store. 69,\,c asked. NEW YORK WHE.AT MARKEl'. New York, Feb. 19.â€" Spot easy; No. 'J reii, S8'-ic elevator; No. 2 red, 85c i. 0. b. afloat: No. I northern PuHilh. 92-'';e r.o.b. alloal; No. 2 hard winlor, 88c f. o.b. alloat, CAITLE .M.\nKET. Toronto. Feb. 19.â€" A demand fixtm Miinli-eal iiia.ie bade lively al the West- ern .Market Ui-day. Export cuttle weiv strong in price un- der the influence of a good outside en- qiiiry. Ttie triin.<!actions were al ligure:- langing fi'i>ni $5 to $5.50 for choice, and $^V.iO ti $1.95 for medium lo fair. Some choice heifers brought .$5 pei cwt., and the other grades .sold cor i-espondingly high. The prices were ji.-- follows: â€" .vele.-l butcht^rs', ^l.a") lo $5. heavy butchers', $4.25 to .$4.50; mi.xed lots and cows. $2.7."> to $3.25; fat cows 83.50 to $4; lomnion cows and cauners. $1 lo $3.85 per cwt. Slockt'rs and feeders weri^ steady. Tho A despatch from Winnipeg savs: Fur- ther details of the tragic death of .Sur- gfon Flo»d. R.N.-\».M.P.. at Fori Churchill, where he was frozen to death, tave been learned from W. Beeeh, the courier who brought the first tidinfs lo civilization. .According to Beech's story Dr. Flood. Major .Moo<li(> and Engineer Thibadeau. who had be<n surveying Ihe harbor and dock reserve for the" Federal Government al Fort Churchill, left home cii .Nov. 2.'^ fur Ihe purp<}se of explor- ing for limber. W'lien they left the weather was fair and everything looked fuvorable for Ihem. They "had prepared a camp up country and proceeded io ihHt. but when ihey arrived they found that they had dropped their grub box on the way and wt-re without food. REFLSED .A.<SI.<rA.NCE. Dr. Flood said t|p! he would go back for it. and deilmed Major Moodie's of- fer of 8s.sislani-e. He took Ihe dog team and Ills dead body was found by a search party lhn?e days later. While he doubled back a snowstorm ci.me up. tie lost the trail and wandered atraut until he dropped from exhaustion. The search pnrly found that he had guided the dogs, and when they instinc- tively turned towards the camp le turned IhPir heads away and went fur- ther into the wilds. Had he lei Hnin fo they would have taken him to safety. \\ heii.-v.M- Ihe Iniil left bv him showed that the dog-; were given their heads, they turned towards the camp and made for it, only to be turned away into the jaws of destruction. LEADER L.AY BESIDE HI.M. Flood, when found, lay in the snow ai.d his faithful leader lay alongside of t:im. also frozen stiff. The dog had e^-i- dently tried to keep his masters body warm and had perished. When Flood dropped in his tracks the other dogs bit themselves free of the harness and each other, and sought safety, but .he leader lay down beside his master. .Major .MiXKiie and Mr. Thibadeau look two days in gelitng back to headquar- ters, and immediately on their arrival ;:!l the white people. Indino: and Eski- mos, turned out lo search. The storm was the worst that .Mr. Beech has ever seen, rtie thermome- ter fell lo 25 below and the wind blew at the rate of 60 miles an hour. Tha dogs which broke loose from the sled returned to Churchill seven days after Ijiey had left Ihe camp. -' The body of Fkiod was buried ai U>a barracks a! Churchill. His is the first grave and the first death . in the his- tory of the Royal North-Wesi .Mounted^ Police in the Hudson Bay district. Dr. Flood was 30 years of age. and went north from Quebec, where he was born. supply was light. Stockers $1.75 lo 83.25; feeders. $3.25 lo $3.75; short-keeps, S3.80 to $i per cwt. E.xport ewes and lambs were steady to firm. Crain-fed lambs. $6 to $7; common lambs. 1.50 to $5.50; export ewes. St.50 to $5.25; export bucks. $3.- 5(' lo Sl.25 per cwl. Hogs sold a I $5.S0 for selects and $5.55 for lights and fats. UHOLE TOWN >MPED OIT. Com- Cookiown in Norlh Auslraliii pleiel) Destroyed. \ despatch fiom Victoria. B.C.. says : News has been brought here by the sleamer Miowera thai a hurricane lias completely wiped out Cooklown in North .Australia. .No lives were lost. The monetarv lo.ss will amount lo 82.000.000. The sU-amer also brought news that constant tr<iuble was t>eing stirred up in the Solomon Islands by the men expelled from Queensland, follow- ing tlie enactment of Ihe "white .Austra lian law*." H..M..S. Pnmvilheus. a Bri lisli warship placetl in the vicinity of the giiiup lo protect tlie reluming black.-: slielled Itie village of Sieuwa. on Mulaita Island. From Papua news was brought of a punitive exiKXlilion folkiwtng a raid on a i:ape Cupola village, two childrefi being murdered and eaten al a cannibal least. BOTTLE CIT P0LM:EMAN. London OOk-rrs Seriously Injurfd in Fierce Slreei Fight. .\ despatch from London. Ont.. says : Policemen Harry D<jwns and Thomas. Bolton were severely injured on Satur- day evening in Ihe fiercest sireet fight Ihal has occurred in London for a long lime. The fight was Ihe outcome of a drunken brawl, and while quelUng it th& policemen were hit by a whiskey botUe bv some imknown person. Policetnan Downs had a bad cut over his left eye, and Policeman Bolton's nose is severely cut. .KBISED HEH CHILDREN. Infants Were lll-lsed :uid Kept Without Food. .A despatch from Brockville says : Tortured almost to the point of agony, two little children of a Mrs. I'artwright. residing near the village of Lansdowne. were brought to the Chiklrens .Vaid Shelter here on Saturday by .\gent Traill. The children, three years and eighteen months, respectively, were vic- tims ot Iheir mother, who not only abused them bodily, but let them go wittioul food for days and compelled them to sleep in a trunk at night. TO COMBAT Tl BERCl LOSIS. Fraternal Societies \sk Ihc Cover'- nienl for Legislation. .A despalcli from Toronto says: li. presenlalivos ot Car.-idiaii fraternal a social ns represent. ng XtOXW cert:: eiite-tiolders, waited upon lion. .M: Ihiiiiia on WediKSday moiuing and lau before him plans for combatting Ih spivad of luba-culo-iis. They asked foi a stalulory enactment making the dis- ease a notifiable one to the lot.'aI health otiicers. That the Ciovornment grant t.i numiiipal sanatoria b<? increased. That Ih-' Province be organized into dis- tricts under the supcrvLsioii of the Pro- vincial Board of Health and Ihe estab- lishment of district sanatoria. MotilLI. (iOES TO IMIISON. I'aniiU Bid Karewi-ll In Prisoner al Ihe Bank Office. A despatch from Toronto says .- arles McGiU. former geiH'nil manager Ihe Ontario Bank, who is under .•.eii- ice of live years' imprisonni'^nl for akuig false returns lo the Dominiun ovemmenl. left on Saturday morning ( 9 o'clock for Kingston. The prisoner ad be«'ii detained here to render av»is- ance in the iiivesligntion being carried 11 by the curator into the affairs of the .mtai-io Bank. The prisoner's family were allowed by the authorities to say farewell to him on Friday al the ollices of the bank. New Zealand dome-^tic servants have forme^l a union under Ihe new arbitra- tion act. - u IT IS A LAND OF WOIEBS Prof. Yon Hammerstein's Explorations in Northwestern Canada. \ despatch from Oltawa says: Before 1 the special cunmillee of the Senate on! Ihe Hudson > Hay route and Ihe i-esources | 't Canada s liiiilerland. F^ifess».ir Vim | ilammei-stein gave evidence on ITiurs- lay morning as lo his explorations in lorlhwestern Canada, lie staled Ihal on !he lower p.-wl of the Athubaska River •here wus sand from which gla.ss could iv> niade ami noluiai gas wilh which to iiell it. The greatest gas well in the .\oi'id wus lociited at Pelican Portage, illeven years ago when a GoveiiiiiHnit well was being .sunk there in searching .or oil bonr.g \>.as stopped by a rush ol gas. This gis h;is been blowing out and mining ever since. There were indica- loiis. said l'ixi(<>.ssor \on Hammers n. 'hal llie grr-alcst petroleum field in the \vorld would I'e developed in the couii- ry lying bt-lwc-n the Alhabaska and Vace liivci-s. Mr. Elihu Stewart. Dominion Superin- endenl of FoKt^lry, als" gave evidence lefore Ihe c<iinmit!ee aK-.ng the same lino IS tliat already given before Ihe Com- iions Agnculliire <;^oiiimilteo. lie said hal the growth of vegelalKin in Ihe Mao- enzie Ba.sin wis surprising, Ihe sun in he summer bcuig visib.e for about twenly hour.> out ot the Kvcnly-four. On July 15 al Fori Providence, near .<lave Lake, on the .Mackenzie River, ahoiil 550 miles norlli of Edmonton. Mr. Stewart .said he saw wheal in Ihe milk, potatoes in llower, p«>as III lo use. tomatoes, lur- • nips, i-hubarb beets, cabbage, onions and ollwr garden vegelat>Ics. The sli-aw- berries had been 1 i|ie Ihere for some -^ time, and tlie people had curi-ants and goo.seberries. To illuslruie t!ie heal, he sakl at l-'orl ('hipewayan it had been lOO degrees in the shade lor several days and nights. Indians coining from the Alacka IX'Undary to meet Ihe sleamer W rigtey had lost two dogs from heal in the .\rc- ti.- t.ia-le. He thought systematic ex- pK>ration would show a surprising amount of good country, extending, al<>ng down from Slave Lake lo Peacft River. Along the ..lackenzie River spruce grew clour to the shores of the .Arellc IX-ean. Tiierc were a.spen, while poplar, balm of gilead and birch growing as far norlh as Fort Ma.-plierson. Mr. Stewart said that on Slave Hiver he had passed a bank of burning coal about twenty miles in length near Fort Norman, which Mackenzie had reported burning in 1789, and which had been burning ever since.