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JNINU OF PAHLIAMEST Governor-General Read the Speech Prom the Throne in Senate Chamber. A despatch from Ottawa says: The formal opening of Parliament took place on Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock, and was attended by the pustomary ceremonial ; the ar- rival of his Excellency the Gover- nor-General and party from Gov- ernment House attended by a mounted military escort ; the pres- ence of a guard of honor from the Oovernor-Oeneral's Fort Guard, the firing of a salute from Nepean Point battery, and a brilliant as- sembly in the Senate Chamber, where the speech from the throne was read by his Excellency Earl Grey, outlining the sessional pro- gramme of Government business. TEXT OF THE SPEECH. , In welcoming you to the perform- ance of your duties at the first ses- sion of a new Parliament, I desire to acknowledge, with devout thank- fulness, the abundant harvest with Trliicti divine Providence has again blessed us. The Quebec Tercentenary festi- vities in July, which were honored by the gracious presence of his Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, as representing his Majesty, marked an epoch in the history of the T'on i.iion. IMPERIAL Si'MPATHIES. The generous support given to this national celebration by the Federal Parliament and Provincial Legislatures, and by the peoples of Canada, of the other Dominions, and of the United Kingdom, em- phasized the community of sympa- thy which binds the various parts of the British Empire to each other, and to the throne and person of his Majesty the King. The presence of representatives from the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Newfoundland, and from the great and friendly repub- lics of France and the United States, with the ships of war of the three nations, served not only to add lustre to the occasion, but to provide an assurance of increasing -amity and peace. U. S. TREATY READY. I have much pleasure in announc- ing that a treaty relating to the great lakes and other international waterways has been agreed upon between his Majesty and the Gov- â- ernment of the United States of America, and is now awaiting rati- fication. Both countries are to be congratulated on having arrived at mn amicable settlement, which I trust will remove during the life- time of the treaty many vexed ques- tions from the field of controversy. The treaty and papers relating thereto will be laid before you in â- due course. ASSISTANCE TO SICILY. The appalling calamity which has befallen Sicily and Southern Italy, «nd caused a total destruction of life and property absolutely unpre- cedented and unequalled in the long •eries of historic disasters, has in- duced my Government to offer as- sistance. DEPRESSION CALLS FOR CAU- TION. A little more than a year ago, the whole ci\ ilized world entered into ft periotl of commercial, industrial and financial depression, which may not yet have completely spent its force ; signs there are, however, that it is gradually passing away. While it is hardly disputable that owing to the abundance and elas- ticity of her resources Canada has suffei-pJ less than other nations, energetically. Four parties have been at work since August last. Up- on the report it will be possible to reach a decision as to both the route to be followed and the ap- proximate cost. COVERS COST OF H. B. LINE. The provision of the Dominion Lands Act of last session for the sale of pre-emptions and purchased homesteads has created a new source of revenue that will be suf- ficient to bear the cost of the rail- way to Hiidson's Bay without bur- dening the ordinary revenue. From September 1st, when the Act came into force, until Jan. 1st, sales of pre-emptions and purchased home- steads have amounted to over two million acres, all subject to home- stead rules. C. R. FEEDERS FOR I. In pursuance of an announce- ment made during the concluiling session of last Parliament, a com- mission was appointed to examine various lines of railway connected with the Intercolonial Railway, and which might become valuable feed- ers thereto. The report of this com- mission has been received aad will be placed before you. The commissioner appointed hn- CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS DAPPEXIXCS FR05I ALL OVEB TOE tiLORE. Telegraphic Briefs From Our Owu aud Otb«r Countries of Rsecnt Events. CANADA. Building prospects at Winnipeg this year are exceedingly good. The civil servants at Ottawa have received an increase of $150 each. The total output of Ontario mines in 1907 aggregated in value $25,- 000,000. Mr. F. W. Morse, Vice-President and General Manager of the Grand Trunk Pacific, has resigned. The fire underwriters have de- cided upon a reduction of ten per cent, on the rate on dwellings in Toronto. Hyde Park Public School, near London, Ont., has been closed on account of an outbreak of diph- theria. Joint stock companies incorpor- ated in Ontario iu 1907 and 1903 have an aggregate capitalization of $600,000,000. Mrs. J. O. Filteau was burned to death at Quebec in a fire that de- stroyed the Beland building, on Thursday. The Ontario Government is con- sidering the question of extending the T. & N. O. Railway from Charl- ton to Elk Lake. So great is the rush into the Elk Lake mineral district that a fourth assistant has been dsbpatched to rilE WORLD'S MARKETS UEPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CEXTllEa. Prices of Cnltlc, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Uouic uud Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. investigating the conduct of ofi&ci- ^ als in the Department of Marine |^j""J ^jj^ mining recorder and Fisheries has concluded his la- 1 -pj^^ Attorney-General , bor, but has not yet reported. HiSjjrgsgcd a strong letter to Police! $21 to $22 in bulk outside report, however, is expected at an Magistrates in regard to law en Toronto, Jan. 26.â€" Flour â€" - On- tario wheat 90 per cent, patents quoted at $3.70 to $3.75 to-day in buyers' sacks outside for export. Manitoba Hour, first patents, $5.80 on track, Toronto ; second patents, $5.30, and strong bakers', $5.10 to $5.20. Wheat â€" Manitoba wheat, $1.09 to $1.09j^ for No. 1 Northern, at $1.- Oi) to $1.06^ for No. 2 Northern, and at $1.04 for No. 3 Northern, Georgian Bay ports. No. 1 North- ern at $1.13'/^ to $1.14, all rail, and No. 2 Northern at-$1.10j^ to $1.11, all rail. Oats â€" Ontario No. 3 white at 39^2 to 40c outside, and at 42 to 421-ic on track, Toronto; No. 2 Western Canada oats at 45c, lake ports, and No. 1 feed, 42c, lake ports. Rye â€" No. 2 quoted at 69 to 70c outside. Barley â€" No. 2 barley quoted at 56 to 57c outside ; No. 3 extra at 54 to 55c, and No. 3 at 52 to 53c. Buckwheat â€" 56 to 56 '/jc outside. Peas â€" No. 2 quoted at 80 to 87c outside. Corn â€" No. 2 American yellow nominal at 67VJe, on track, Toron- to, and No. 3 yellow at 6Gj4c, To- ronto ; Canadian, 64c. Bran â€" Cars are quoted at $19.50 has ad- 1 in bulk outside. Shorts quoted at RAILWA Y COMPANY BLAMED Verdict of Coroner's Jury on the Fatality at Grimsby. A despatch from Grimsby says: Great interest was taken in the enquiry into the level crossing ac- cident at Crimsby, by which five lives were lost. The Town Hall at Grimsby, where the investigation was conducted by Coroner Alexan- der, was crowded on Wednesday to such extent that standing room was at a premium. The trend of the evidence was solely as to the condition of the crossing where the fatality occurred. It was shown by the evidence of the night opei;ator that there are eight trains in ei- ther direction through the night, and that they run at various rates of speed, ranging from twenty-five to forty-five miles an hour. The jury after a brief consider- ation, returned the following ver- dict, which is meeting with general approval throughout the district :â€" "That the said Wra. Wilson, Ida Wilson, Geo. Teeter, Jennie Ger- trude Teeter, and Gordon Nelson, came to their deaths from being struck by a Grand Trunk express on Depot Street crossing at 2.53 a.m.. tiaturday, Jan. 16. We ex- onerate the train crew from any re- sponsibility. We censure the Grand Trunk Railway Company for re- moving the night watchman when the said cros.siag had only a 8ingl« track, and culpable negligence in view of the past accidents, togethcf with the former jury's verdict, fo* not protecting the said crossing with watchman and gates, aad thu» preventing the recent accident. 'We also consider this an ex- tremely dangerous crossing, and re* commend the Railway Commission to take steps at once to have th« said crossing properly protected." early date, and v.-hen received wiil be placed in your hands. A measure will be submitted to you, based upon similar legislation enacted in 190(5 by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, aiming at the repression of the payment of forcemeat against disorderly houses A C. P. R. express was wrecked near Andover. N. B., on Thursday The express, mail and baggage cars were burned. The mails were saved. Oliver Pepin was sentenced to seven j'cars' imprisonment for as- sbcret commissions and gratuities ; vaulting a jeweller's store at Mont both in public and private business You will be asked to consider measures relative to insurance, the civil service, immigration, natura- lization, and other subjects. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Applesâ€" Winter stock quoted at BISHOP SWEATMAN DEAD. .VngUcan Primate Falls a Victiai to Pneumonia. $3.50 to $4.50 per barrel for good qualities, and at $2 to $3 for cook- ing apples. Beansâ€" Prime, $1.85 to $1.90, and hand-picked, $1.95 to $2 per bush. Honeyâ€" Combs, $2.25 to $2.75 per real and attempting to rob the dozen, and strained, 10>^ to He per store. I pound. Mrs. Eccles Lennox is suing the j j£ay â€" jfo_ i timothy is quoted at C. P. R. for damages for the death of her husband, who was murdered in the company's yard at Winnipeg. Negotiations between the city and the street railway at Winnipeg have been broken off, and the Coun- cil will go ahead with the munici- pal power plant. A plumber named Royal was suf- focated while working in the Cote A despatch from Toronto says : Most Reverend Arthur Sweatman, M.A., D.C.L., LL.D., Archbishop of des Neiges College at Montreal, on this depression has seriouslv affect- among the refugees was indiscrib ed our trade, produoina. arfTippreci- -»bJe siii'inkaKeJa tfi© public re- tonue, and calling for exceptional caution in the administration of our national affiairs. PART OF G. T. P. WORKING. The rapid settlement of the new Provinces calls for new lines of transportation. The construction of the trans-continental railway has been vigorously pressed forward during the last year. The line was open fur the carrying of the crops from Winnipeg to the Battle River, a dist.-iuce of 675 miles. Exploiatory surveys for a railway from the Western wheat fields to Hudson's Bay are being pushed Toronto, Metropolitan of the Eccle- siastical Province of Eastern Can- ada and Prim.ate of All Canada, passed away at the See House on Howald Avenue about fifteen min- utes after one o'clock on Sunday afternoon. So quietly and peace- fully did the end come that those around the bedside could hardly tell when the last breath was drawn. The last brief period of consciousness had been early in the morning, when the commendatory office of the Church had been said by Rev. Canon Macnab. At the time of the death those in the room were the family. Canon Macnab, Dr. Harrington and the nurse. ^. A HEAVY QUAKE. Refugees at Reggio and Messina Panlc-striekcn. A despatch from Reggio says : Several earthquake shocks were ex- perienced here on Saturday morn- ing. These were preceded by rumb- lings, and the strongest and longest seismic movement was felt at 5.20. A few minutes later there was a short shock, which was said to be as intense as the earth-quake on' Dec. 28, when Messina and Reggio were (iverwhelmed. The walls of damaged houses fell and the panic Thursday. His torch exploded, and he could not get out. Hon. Mr. Calder announced 1 per ton on track here, and No. 2 at $8. Stiawâ€" $7 to $7.50 on track. Potatoesâ€" Ontarios 60 to 62><c per bag. Poultryâ€" Chickens, dressed, 11 to 13e per pound ; fowl, 9 to 10c ; ducks 11 to 13c; geese, 11 to 12c; turkeys, 17 to 18o per pound. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€" Pound prints, 24 to 25c ; tubs aud large rolls. 22 to 23c; in- ferior, 20 to 21c. Creamery rolls, $1.07jg a.sked. Ryeâ€" No. 1, 77%c. Cornâ€" May, eijgc asked. Barley- Standard, a6c ; samples, 61% to 65c ; No. 3, 61; .J to G3c ; No. 4, 01 to 62c. CATTLE MARKET. Toronto, Jan. 26. â€" Exporters â€" Good demand for choice bulls and steers. Butchers' â€" Best quality and heavy cattle in strong demand at firm prices. All others down. Milch cows in active demand, but common not wanted. Calves â€" Steady at last week's prices. Sheep and lambsâ€" Market steady at lower prices. Hogsâ€" Steady and unchang- ed. Stockers â€" Good demand and market steady to firmer at $3 to $3.75; good heavy feeders, $4 to $4.25; short-keep, $4.50 to $4.60. PIBLIC ACCOUNTS. Reports for the Year Ending iUareh 31 Last Presented. A despatch from Ottaw.a says ! The public accounts for the fiscal year ended March 31 last year wera presented on Thursday to parlia- ment. Receipts on account of con- solidated fund were $96,064,.^05 ; ex- penditures, $76,041,451. Expendi- tures chargeable to capital totaled $30,429,906, while other expendi. tures were for railway subsidiei $2,037,629; for bounties $2,787,354. The net debt was $277,960,859, aa increase of $14,288,999. The yeai ending March 31, the government made a profit of $234,388 upon its silver coinage, and $4,411 upon its copper coinage. BIG Li mS li C OLLISION The Tourist Steamer Eepublic E-ammed in a Dense Fog. the Saskatchewan Legislature thatlg^ ^^ gSc, and solids, 26 to 26>iic. the Government were negotiating: Egg.?- Case lots of cold storage, with the Beil Company for the pur-jg;, to 26c per dozen ; pickl.ed, 24 to chase of the telephone system in , ogp^ ^nd new laid are quoted at 35c the Province. per dozen. Over five hundred loaves of bread Cheeseâ€" Large cheese, I3>ic per were seized in a Jewish bakery at p^^yj^ g^„j twins, 13>ic. Winipeg, for being short in weight. The proprietor offered a bribe oti hOG PRODUCTS. $100 to the officials, and will have , to answer in court. Bacon--Long clear 10% to 1 c Gilbert Brooks and David Fred- Per pound in case lots ; mess pork erick were drowned by driving into | $19 *« $19-50; short cut, $22.60 to a hole in the ice near Trenton, on > $2J^ Thursday night. Mr. Brooks saved his wife and her sister, and in try- ing to save Frederick lost his own Ufa. GREAT BRITAIN. The London unemployed had a clash with the police in Berkeley Square on Thursday. It is reported in London that Lord Northcoto will probably be the next Governor-General of Ca- nada. The Canadian issue of ten pound Hamsâ€" Light to medium, 13',, to 14c; do., heavy, \'i%c ; rolls, '0% to lie ; shoulders, 10 to lOV^c ; ba«'ks 16 to 18/-2C ; breakfast bacon, 14,'-^ to 15c. Lardâ€"Tierces, 12,'/jc ; tubs, ISXc ; pails, 13c. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL, Montreal 2, 94 to 95c em No. 2, 46>ic; No. Jan. 26. â€" Peas â€" No. Oats â€" Canadian West- 47c ; extra No. 1 feed, 1 feed, 4b%c ; Ontario able. -*- TONS OF DYNAMITE BLEW UP Four Killed and Ten Injured at Works in New Jersey. A despatch from Newark, N. J., says : Four men were killed and ten others injured, one fatally, when several tons of dynamite in one of the buildings of the Forcite Pow- der Works, at Lake Hopatcong, blew up late on Wednesday. The detonation shook the country for miles around, and blew the building containing it to atoms. Of the four- teen men who were working, not one escaped death or injury. TBAGE M AT KBOIA P, SASK. Mrs. Frank Engle and Four Children Were Burned to Death. A dc<-,) "/ch from Kronau, Sask., says: Vihile Frank Engle. a well- to-dt) iJirmor, was absent frorn home fire destroyed his house, his wife and f'Hir children, the eldest ten years of age, perishing in the flame.s. One boy sixteen years eld, who rlept downstairs, escaped. The moiher, who also slept down- stairs, attempted to rescue the chil was suffocated before she could reach ihem. The boy who escaped made three unsuccessful attempts to rescue the family, but was driven back each time, tlic stairs giving way in the last attciupt. Tb« fire started about 1 o'clock on Wednex- day morning from an orerheatad stovepipe. Mr. Engle wai on a business trip to Milestone whcntho driMi ihat wore asleep upstairs, but) terrible calamity occurred. No. 2 white, 46%c ; Ontario No. 3, , 44Kc ; Ontario No. 4, 433'ic ; No. 2 bonds to encourage the small inves- i b^ripy^ o3 to Qi^c ; Manitoba feed tor is favorably commented on in I barley, 65 ^i' to 56c ; buckwheat, England. 55% to 66c. Flourâ€" Manitoba * Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.60 UNITED STATES. to $5.90 ; Manitoba Spring wheat Two men were drowned in one patents, seconds, $5.10 to $5.10; foot of water near Plattsburg, N.Y. I Manitoba strong bakers , $1.90 to A Long Island girl swallowed half $5.20 ; Winter wheat pate^its, $5 a paper of pins, so that she would I to $5.25; straight rollers, $4^60 to not have to go to school. $4.70; do., in bags, $2.16 to $2.25; extras, in bags, $1.75 to $1.85. Feedâ€" Manitoba bran, $21 to $22; Manitoba shorts, $24 ; Ontario bran $21 to $21.60; shorts, $24 to $24.- A despatch from New York says : The steamship Republic of the White Star Line, cut di.wn in the fog bj' the Italian steamer Florida early on Saturday morning, 65 miles from the nearast land, flashed out a call for help while she was sink- ing that brought to her all of the trans-Atlantic rswers within 150 miles, sped up aud down the sea- board and over the world and prob- ably saved the lives of her 742 peo- ple, passengers and crew. Helpless and alone iu the black fog, except for the crippled Italian, with the sea pouring into her crush- ed side, the Republic managed to tell her story so briskly and clear- ly that within a few hours afti^r the collision off Nantucket light- ship the world knew that all was ! ^ell with her people. By nightfall â-  the wireless, flinging out message after ines-sagR. had told in illumin- ating dots and dashes the tale of what happened in the fog, and cap- ped the most wonderful story that has come from the sea. It was not until Saturday after- noon that the officials of the White Star Lino received a wireless say- i ing that two of the passengers of ! the Republic and four of the sail- ors on the Florida had been killed, and two of the Republic's passen- gers injured in the collision of tha two ships. The despatch said : â€" "Regret first-class passengers of tha Republic, Mrs. E. Lynch and Mr. W. J. Mooncy, killed in collision, alsQ Mr. Lynch aud Mrs. Murphy badly hurt. RANSON." Capt. Ranson's advices also say that four of the crew of the Florida were killed. It was the wireless, flashing tha news here at 7 a.m., that the pas- sengers had been saved, although the ship was settling, that reliev- ed the dread of thousands of peo- ple, friends and relatives of the vo.yagers. In short, four hours, perhaps, after the Republic was smitten away out in the Atlantic the world know that few lives were lost, no matter what was the fata of th« vessel herself. 4r The Canadian Northern Railway Company plans e.xtensions on a large scale. Tlio explosion of a tank at tha Imperial Oil Works at Saruia on Saturd.ay aroused the whole town. A fire started, but was soon con. trolled by the company's fire bri- gade and the town firemen. Eleven foreigners, stupid from li- quor taken at a wedding, wore burned to death at Goodtown, Pa. Both Houses of the Tenesse© Leg- islature passed the Prohibition act over the Governor's veto on Wed- nesday. The Waterways Treaty between Canada and the United States has been favorably reported to the United States Senate. Presidunt Roosevelt lias asked that action on the anti-Japanese bills now before the California Leg- islature be delayed. Governor Deneen of Illinois, in ills message to the State Assembly, urged the completion of a lakes-to- gulf deep waterway. Qorapers, Mitchell and Morrison, the three American labor leadars, have declared that they will ask no pardon in connection with their re- cent conviction. Frank H. Bell of Toronto has en- tered an action in tha Probata Court at Boston to break the will of his mother, who, thinking him dead, had l«ft her property to others. OKNERAL. Half a, million suicides yearly are said to be due to the use ol opiutt. A wide-spread plot, harlac tot its aim the overthrow of the ooa- siituiioai. has been discovered la Turk^. 50; middlings, $24.50 to $25; pure grain mouille, $28 to $30 ; mixed mouille, $25 to $27. Cheeseâ€" Fin- est western, 12J4 to 125-io ; east- ern, 12 to I2%c. Butter â€" Finest creamery, 2Q% to 27c; fresh re- ceipts, i^% to 26c. Eggs â€" New laid eggs, 35 to 40c ; selected stock, 28 to 29c ; No. 1 stock, 25 to 26c. 1)3 MEN BMMD T O DEATH A.n Explosion at Chicago Caused a Terrible Tragedy. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, Jan. 26. â€" Wheat â€" Spring, steady ; No. 1 Northern, carloads, store, $1.14%; Winter, firmer; No. 2 red, $1.10; No. 2 extra red, $1.08>^; No. 2 white, $1.08; No. 2 mixed, $1.09. Corn â€"Higher ; No. 3 yellow, 63% to 64c ; No. 4 yellow, 63 to 63}^c ; No. 4, QiH to 62%c; No. 3 white, oe^c; No. ^ red, on track, 80%c. Minneapolis, Jan. 26.â€" Wheat â€" May, $1.08%; July, $1.08%; No. 1 hard, $1.11 to $1.11%; No. 1 North- ern, $1.10%; No. 2 Northern, $1.- 09% to $1.08%; N(V 3 Northern, $1.04% to $1.06%. Branâ€" $19.00 to $10.50. Flourâ€" First patents, $4.06; second patents, $5.90 to $5.- JS; Dst olears, $4 to $4.10; second oletTS, $2.90 to $3.05. Milwaukee, Jan. 20. -Wheat â€" No. 1 Northern. $1.12: No. 2 Northern, $1.10( May, $1.07;''<C to A despatch from Chicago says : Blown to pieces by exploding pow- der, burned to death by the result- ant fire, or drowned in the icy waters of Lake Michigan, was the fate on Wednesday of fifty-three workmen who were working on a submarine tunnel at a wooden crib, a mile and a half from shore. The crib was use<l in the construction of a new submarine water tunnel connecting with the south side shore of the city at 73rd Street. Ninety-five workmen were cm- ployed in the crib and the connect- ing tunnel at the time of the explo- sion, which started the fire and blew or drove men into the water. Owing to the difficulty experienced by small craft in reaching the crib during the Winter, most of the workmen employed on the work, particularly tho.so who had no fam- ilies, slept in temporary bunks on the crib. It was just as these nicii had been awakened for t'.ie day's work that tlic explosion pccurrcd in a small pov.dcr house about 100 yards from the crib structurx-" pro- per. It was not until the flames and stifling smoko penetrated the so-called "living-room'' of the crib and the tunnel that tho full import of the disaster dawned upon the men. One of the workmen, with a cool- er head than his fellows, abandon- ed the shouting and frautic men on the crib platform, and made his way through the smoke to a little enclosure iu which was a telephone that comiuuuicated with the shore station. CRY FOR HELP CUT SHORT. The drowsy attendant on shore was brougi'.t into action by a vio- lent ringing of the telephone bell, and this was the message which set on foot the work of rescue : "The crib on fire. For God's sake send help at once or we will be burned alive. The tug " At this point coniiiHuiication ceased. The tug T. M. Moreiord, in charge of Capt. Johnson, at an- chor r ^•;';Jn a .<hort distance of tho imp.v.'iilcd crib, was the first to get into t';a work of rescue. The ice lma<!p it inipossible for the tug to jreaci) the improvis'?'.! pier, but a small boat was used io c:'.rry the" injured to the steamer ar.d to res- cue those who had plunged into the walers of the lake rather than hrava the flames which v.ere ragii g on tha crib structure.