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AWFUL BAILWAY WRECK Passenger Train From Montreal to Sault Sta Marie Plunges Into Spanish River. A despatch from North Bay â- ays : A tftrribic accident occurred on Friday afternoon on the "Soo" branch of the C. P. R., 37 miles west of Sudbury, wkcn express No. 7, en route to Sault Ste. Marie, was derailed , taking heavy toll in death and injury among the pas- sengers. The express was speeding along with a good passenger list, when, without warning of any kind, sev- eral (>l the cnr.s left the rails and plunged down a steep embank- ment, two of the cars going into the SiMoish Itiver, adding death by drowning to the Iiorrors of the tragedy. A dining car is partially lubmergod and a first-clasa car is almost wholly \inder water. It Im impossible to obtain a cor- rect estimate of the dead, reports varying all the way from 35 to 45. The number of injured will total between 50 and 70. Fourteen passengers were enjoy- ing lunch in the dining car when the accident happened, but it is Stated that they all got out safely. About 25 passengers were in the flrat-class car, which is partially submerged, and how many are dead will not be known until the diver, who is being rushed on a special train from Sault Ste. Marie, arrives at the sceoe. Twenty passengers at least were in the second-class car, which look fire and was burned, adding addi- tional horror to the terrifying spec- tacle. How many escaped from the fiery furnace of death is not known as yet, as there is no lele- grai>iiic communication with the wreck at present. When the cars left the rails, tearing loose from the front part of the train, the crash of timbers, the groaning of girders and shrieks of twisting steel was speedily fol- lowed by crieS of injured passen- gers, as the water of the Spanish River filled the doomed car.s. â-  - The train was just approaching the large steel bridge spanning the river when the accident happened, and the cause, whether a broken rail cr a broken truck, may never be known, as the track is torn up. Physicians wore hurried to the scene from Sudbury as soon as word was received, and a wrecking train, with General Superintend ent Gutulius, made a record time from North Bay. .Vrrangeinents were made to ru.sh a diver 'on a r.,)ccial train from Sault Ste. Mario to recover the bodies from the sub- merged cars. The injured were rushed to Sud- bury Hospital, where one, Mrs. Hoiide. of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., difd. All the others will recover. The engine, baggage, express, mail and one second-class car re- mainod on tliu rails, while one sec- ond-class, one first-class, the diner and a sleeper left the rails, plung- ing down thf embankment. The fust class rar and diner went into the liver. The sleeper and second- class ear remained on the ground, but the second-class car was burn- ed. Kngineer Trelford and the train cn-w, with the exception of ('ondii<ti;r Reynolds, escaped in- jury. pBHScngers from the eastbound "How" express arc being transfer- red around the wreck, as the bridge is considered unsafe, which will cause considerable i'"lay to trafTic. DE.VTH LIST TO DATE IS 33. A despatch from Montreal says : Following is the official list of the dead in the wreck at Spanish Riv- er, issued by the C. P. II. on Mon- day night: Father Chaillou, Dorval, Que. ; J. Henault, Matheson, Ont., died in Sudbury Hospital, Jan. 22; Tato- forf Hoppe, Mrs. C. Houde, "Soo," Ont.. drowned in diner; George Mcllhenney, North Bay, Ont., C. P. R. fireman ; George McLaugh- lin, Barrie, Ont., fanner 22 years old, from .'Vnton Mills, Ont., sev- eral ribs fractured on right side, suffered from shock, died night of Jan. 22 in Sudbury Hos- pital ; Nick Nikolanko, 150 Walley Street, Lawrence, Mass., died on way to hospital ; John Kesback, North Bay, (J. P. R. fireman; S. J. Saunders, Orillia, Ont., commer- cial traveller, drowned in diner; body taken to Sudbury ; Zonnum Spinkzie, going to Chisholm, Man., died in Sudbury Hospital Jan. 22; T H. Watt, Renfrew, or some place in Montana, drowned, body taken out of diner and sent to Sud- bury ; unknown man, Italian or French ; â€" . Bosenza, foreigner ; Rev. Mr. Childerhose, North Bay, Ont., Superintendent of Presbyter- ian Missions; R. A. Booth, 13 Lau- rier Avenue, Toronto ; C. J. Rob- ertson, Arnprior. travelling audi- tor C.P.R. ; Patrick Kinehan, Bruce Mines; Clara Tees, aged 4, Bruce Mines; E. G. Bemmels, Lis- bon, North Dakota ; elderly woman, unidentified; middle-aged woman, unidentified ; Thomas Aussant, Blind River, Ont. ; unidentified boy, 12 years old ; Hiram Johnston, Montreal, president of the Hiram Johnston Co., Limited; unidenti- fied woman, unidentified woman, unidentified boy, 10 years old; Dr. Whitehead, Powassan, Indian, me- dicine vendor ; Geo. McDougall, Copper Cliff; Mrs. Stankie, Shaw- ville. Que. ; Joseph Kelly, Leaven- worth, Wash. MISSING. C. Carey, Montreal, C.P.R. air brake inspector ; Wm. Lavery, C. P. R. fireman. North Bay. 4. TOP OF HEAD BLOWN OFF. Young Man Accidentally Shoots niniHcir Near Stratford. A despatch from Stratford says: Roy V. Shore, 21 years old, was found dead in his father's barn on Thursday afternoon. He had left the house at noon with the in- tention of shooting sparrows, and when discovered it was found that the top of his head had been blown away by the discharge of the gun. The unfortunate young man had evidently slipped on the barn floor and, in doing so, accidentally set off the gun. PICKED UP SEVERED ARM. New Rninsniek ImA Carried it LenRlh of Platform. A despatch from St. John, N. B., says : An English boy named White fell under a (\ P. R. train at Harvey Station and had one arm cut off, on Thursday. He picked up the severed member and car- ried it the whole length of the sta- tion platform. He was brought to the hospital here, and may re- cover. NEABIY FflDH MILLIONS Annual Increase in Ontario Crops Result of Drainage. as A despatch from Toronto says: The remarkable value to Ontario of the extensive underdrainage opera- tions going on in the I'rovilice is set forth in an a,tcri<ultural rejwrt just issued by the depurtmcnt. Kach acre that has been so drained, 'I points out, produces on an average about $20 more pt r year than for- merly. "The total number of acres drain- el during the years 1(K),5 IfiOO," says the report, 'is I!):l,l3i>, the product of which, at $20 increase per acre, would be worth $:J,M5H,- 7^0 more each year than before be- ing drained." Prof. W. H. Day of the Ontario Agricultural College, estimates that at least one-third of the cleared land of the Province, or 4,710,000 acres, is in urgent need of under- drainage. ]f that were uM drained and each aero produced (t-t) more than it does now, the, increase i«i crop would be worth i|l!M,200,(VM> an- nually. The value of all field crops l i'l Ontario in 1008, according to the latest report of the Bureau of In- dustries, was $ 1(14,077,000. Thus drainage of all the cleared land needing it unghl increase Ontario's field crop about .'57. 1 per cent. At the present rate it would take lOU years to complete the drainage "But that docs not toll the whole story of the possibilities of under- drainage,"' adds Prof. Day. "On- iririo has 2,250,000 acres of slash land and 2,7r)fl,0(Ml acres of swnnip, marsh and waste land, or 5,000,- 000 altogether, much of which re- mains nn this comparatively use- less stale only because it would be too wrt for cultivation. On much of the slash and niar.sh a comparatively small amount of la- bor would do the necessary clear- ing, and underdrainage would re- claim the land and make it e(|ual to the best. The swamp, too, when cleared, would yield to drainage in the same way. Tnus an inmiense area could be added to the arable land of the Provinco." CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS BAl'I'EMNGS PKOM ALL OTEB TUK ULORB. Tfleeri.,>nle nrlctsi From Oar Owa itad Othur Countries of H«ceat Efeuta. CANADA. Toronto's fire losses last year totalled $740,931. Ten thousand Italians are need- ed for railway construction work in British Columbia. The British Columbia Legisla- ture was opened on Thursday, and Mr. D. M. Eberts was elected Speaker. Ottawa City Council has voted for a reduction in the number of licenses from C7 to 58, and shop li- censes from 20 to 21. Mr. George McL. Brown has been api>c>inted European man- ager of the C. P. R. Mrs. Bell of Montreal was shown t > have taught her eleven-year-old soil to steal, and the boy was sent tj the reformatory. Rubber manufacturers and job- bers decided at a meeting at Mont- real on a general increase in pric- es. Morris Hickey, a Windsor but- cher who failed, left an insurance policy with Judge McHugh for the benefit of his creditors, and the proceeds will, it is expected, satis- fy all claims. GREAT BRITAIN. Mr. Lloyd-George, speaking at Bangor, said the Government would have a good working major- ity. Mr. As(|uith, speaking at Leven, said he regarded the vote of the great industrial centres as a ver- dict against Tariff Reform. Mr. Redmond has announced that it is not the intention of the Na- tionalists to embarrass the Gov- ernment by demands for home rule until the Commons have settled with the Lords. It has come to light in Liverpool that a woman serving a sentence there for breaking the windows of the jail is Lady Constance Lytton, a prominent suffragette, who was recently released from prison. UNITED STATES. Two women and a man were murdered in a flat in New York's cast side, on Thursday. An unknown roan murdered a jeweller in a Brooklyn store and then committed suicide, on Thurs- day. Four girls and one man lost their lives in a fire in a shortwaist factory in Philadelphia, on Wed- nesday. Louis Paulhan, the French avi- ator, flew 23 miles across country near Los Angeles and returned without landing. GENERAL. A new comet, which can be seen ir the day time, has been discover- ed by Prof. Drake of Johannes- burg. * GOOD BANK 8T.\TEMENT. That for December Shows the Country is Prospering. A despatch from Ottawa says : The December bank statemdr.t, j just issued, reveals a substantial i additi(m to the coimtry's prosper- 1 ity. While the notes in circulation ' as compared with the month of November show a decrease of $5,- 000,000, and the current deposits a shrinkage of a similar amount, the savings deposits show an increase from $403,2,'>a,823 in November to !!<i<»0.os-i,021 at the end of Decem- ber. This increase is to be taken as an indication of the extent to j which the results of the harvest have been placed in the modern st(i(^king. As for the decrease in note circulation, it is said to he due to the fact that several of the banks took advantage during No- vember of the recent Act of Parlia- m-nt legiilizing increased cireula! tu<n for tlu! purpose of facilitating crop movement, and then evident- ly returned to normal circulation. The statement shows that the amount represented by call and short loans by the banks upon the security of stocks and bonds in- ereasej by $5,07,5,51,'). Current loans, too, increased by nearly ».;. MHi.OOO, standing at the end of the month at $.VI2,741,H12. On De- cember ;ilst the chartered banks of Canada had at rest or reserve 177,847,333. THE WORLD'S, MARKEFS REPORTS FROM THE LEADINO TRADE CEMREi^. I'rlcea of Coltic, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Uouic and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Jan. 25.â€" Flour â€" On- tario wheat 90 per cent, patents, 5il.25 to $4.30 in buyers' sacks on track, Toronto, and $4.20 to $4.25 outside, in buyers' sacks. Mani- toba Hour, first patents, $5.00 on track, Toronto , second patents, $S.10 to $5.20, and strong bakers'. $1.00 to $5, on track, Toronto. Manitoba Wheatâ€" No. 1 North- ern, .$1.12, Bay ports, and No. 2 Northern, $1.10 Bay ports. Ontario Wheatâ€" No. 2 mixed, $IM, and No. 2 white and red, $1.07 outside. Barleyâ€" No. 2, 5^ outside; No 3 extra, 55 to 5Gc ; No. 3, 50 to 62c, and feed 48c outside. Oatsâ€" No 2 Ontario white, 37% to 38j.^c outside, and 39^ to 40c on track, Toronto. Canada West oats, 41 %c for No. 2, and 40%c for No. 3, Bay Ports. Peas â€" 85 to 86c outside. Rye.â€" No 2, 07c outside. Buckwheatâ€" .'i2c high freights, and 53c low freights. Corn â€" New No. 2 yellow, 75 to 753'^c, Toronto, and selected No. 3 at 73 to 73%c Toronto. Bran â€" $21 in bags, Toronto, and shorts, $22.50 to $23, in bags, To- ronto. IFODB NlW DlADNOUiiHfS The Ships Are to Represent Improvements on the Original Warship, COUNTRY PRODUCE. Applesâ€" $2 50 to $4 per barrel, according to quality. Beans â€" Car lots outside, $1.65 to $1.70, and small lots here at $1.50 to $2. Honeyâ€" Combs, dozen, $2.26 to $3; e.\tracted, 10]4c per lb. Hayâ€" No. 1 timothy, $13.50 to $14, and No. 2 at $12 to $12.50 on track, Toronto. Strawâ€" $7.50 on track, Toronto. Potatoes â€" 47 to 50c per bag on track for Ontarios. Poultry â€" ^Turkeys, dressed 17 to 18c per lb. ; ducks, 13 to 15c ; geese 12 to 13c ; chickens, 13 to 14c, and fowl, 10 to lie. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter â€" Pound prints, 23 to 25c; tubs and large rolls, 21 to 22c ; in- ferior, 18 to 20c; creamery, 27 to 23c, and solids, 20 to 26j<c per lb. Eggsâ€" Case lots of new laid, 32c per dozen, and storage, 25c per dozen. Cheeseâ€" 12j^'c per lb. for large, and at 13c for twins. It is reported, on what appears | to be good authority, says The - Manchester Guardian, that the ^ Admiralty has placed orders for, j the building of two battleships of j I the Dreadnought type, but repre- i I senting improvements upon the ' I original, and that a conditional of- , fer has been made to the Thames Ironworks Company to accept their tender for the construction of a third. .\ fourth vessel which has been ordered is a cruiser-battleship similar to the Lion, recently laid down at Davenport. Messrs. Vickers, Sons k Maxim have received the order to build the cruiser-battleship. This vessel will have a replacement of about £2,000, and will have turbine en- gines capable of giving her a speed of thirty knots an hour. The Vick- ers firm is already building the turbine machinery for the Lion. The Press Association confirms this .statement, and adds that an order for a biittleship of the Dreadnought type, but larger, has been placed with Sir W. Arm- strong, Whitworth & Co., of New- castle and Manchester. Orders for turbine engines and boilers have been placed with Messrs. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co., New- castle. .\ similar vessel and ma- chinery has been ordered from Messrs. Beardmore of Clydebank. The armaments of the three ships definitely ordered have been allot- ted in equal proportions between .Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., and Vickers, Son.s & Maxim. Each battleship will be GOO feet long and 03 feet broad, and will be armed Mith ten 12-in. guns, which will be available for use on either broad- side. The Admiralty order for the Tyne is estimated at £2,500,000. IMMANTnOJE CULLED Importation of Boys and G-irls of Defective Type Should Be Discouraged. A despatch from Toronto says: The Province of Ontario deported 263 "undesirable persons" during the year 1908, according to the of- ficial report on prisons and asy- lums, issued the other day. In the two previous years, 87 and 19, respectively, were the figures. The report says: "An analysis of the admissions proves most strik- ingly the importance of carefully scrutinizing those who come to our shores. "How some of them can pas-s any thorough system of inspection is a mystery ; the genera paretics, the precocious dement, the obvious degenerate all slip by and reach us in a surprisingly short time. Surely it would be wisdom and good economy on the part of the Federal authorities to have some ot their medical inspectors trained in psychiatry. Even a mere tyro i.i the study ot psychiatric prob- lems would he able to detect the weak spots in many of those who at present safely run the gauntlet or port of arrival inspection. "'The importation of boys and girls of distinctly defective typ© should be absolutely discouraged. Our experiences with these weak- lings make us realize how great a n)cnace they are, and how careful we should bo to have a thorough examination of their antecedents made before admitting them. Bet- ter still would be to exclude them altogether, and when I say this 1 voice the opinion of many of those who have had to deal with these questions practically." Mr. S. A. Armstrong, Deputy Provincial Secretary, submits charts which show the alarming proi)ortions of English and fore- ign-born inmates of Ontario's pri- sons ana asylums. El-K LAKF FIRH SWKPi. Twfniy SloroH on Eant Side of Town Destroyed. .\ despatch from Elk Lake, Out., says: Fire destroyed over half the east side of KIk Lake early on Sun day njorniag. The flames originat- ed in a pool room, a man having knocked over a* gasoline stove. The los.H is over $100,000, with practi- cally no insurance. About twenty stores were dei«troyed and many people are honiole.sii. HOO PRODUCTS. Baconâ€" Long clear, 14% to 15c per lb. in case lots ; mess pork, $27 to $27.50; short cut, $29 to $29.50. Ham^â€" Light to medium, 15% to 16c; do., heavy, 14>^ to 15c; rolls, 14 to 14%c; shoulders. 13 to 13Kc; backs, 19 to 21c; breakfast bacon, 17l;j to 18c. Lard-Tierces, ISj^c ; tubs, 16c, pails, lej^c. BUSINESS IN MONTREAL. Montreal. J::n. 25. â€" Oats, No. 2 Canadian Western, 45^ to 45%c ; No. 2, 44j< to 44%c ; Ontario No. 2 white, 43c. Ontario No. 3 whits, 42c; Ontario No. 4 white, 41c. Bar- leyâ€"No. 2, 68 to G9c ; Manitoba feed barley, .')3 to 55c.- Flour â€" Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.- 80 ; Manitoba Spring wheat pat- ents, seconds, $5.30; Winter wheat V»atents, $5. .50 to $5.00; Manitoba strong bakers', $5.10; straight rol- lers, $5.10 to $5.20; straight roll- ers, in bags, $2.40 to $2. .50. Feed -Ontario bran, $22.50 to $23; On- tario middlings, $23..')0 to $24; Ma- nitoba bran, $22 ; Manitoba shorts, $23; pure grain moiiille, $31 to $;)3; mixed nuuiille, $27 to 829. Cheeseâ€" Westerns, 11% to 12c; easterns 11% to ll%o. But- ter â€" Choicest creamery 25'4 to 20c, and frtrsh receipts 2tVi to 25c. Eggsâ€" Selected new laid, 40 to 42e ; selected No. 1 stock, 30 to 32c, and No. 1 candled, 27 to 28c per dozen. UNITED ST.\TK8 -MARKETS. Buffalo, Jan. 26.â€" Spring wheat â- -Stronger; No. 1 Northon\, car- loads store, $1.17%; Winter, No. 2 red, $1.25; No. 3 white, $1.25. Cornâ€" No. 3 yellow, «a%c; No. 4 yellow, inl'^c; No. a cf»rn, C7^( to GHY^c; No. t corn, OC;'i to (i7%c ; No. 3 white, eHj^c. Oatsâ€" Firm ; No. 2 rye, track, 88c. Chicago, Jan. 25.- Wheat Cash No. 2 red, $1.23; No. 3 red, $1.18 to $1.24; No. 2 hard, $1.10% to $1.13; No. 3 hard, $1.06 to $1.18; No- 1 Nortliorn, $1.12 to $1,13; No. 2 Northern, $1.11 to $1.12; No 3 Spring, $1.01 to $1.10%. Corn-No. 2, 64% to Cl%c; No. 2 white, 05'; to 06c ; No. 2 yellow, i^a ti «5%c; No. 3, 63% to 03% c ; No. 4, 02:^4 to rae; No. 4 yellow, (i2'-; to 63%c; No. 3 yellow, 63% to (Uc ; No. 1 white, 04% to 65Vic. Oats- No. 3, 48c; No. 3 white, 47% to 48%e; No. 4 white, 46^ to 47%c; â- tandard, 4S to l»c. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal, Jan 25. â€" Prime beeves sold at 5% to near 6%c per lb. ; pretty good animals 1% to 5%c; common stock, 3 to 4c per lb., and the lean canuers at about 1 2'ic per lb. There were about an j equal number of milch cows and I springers on the market. The I former were in active demand at j from $30 to $00 each. Calves sold at 3 to near 6c per lb. ; sheep about 4',.jc per lb. ; lambs, 6% to a little over 6%c per lb. Good fat hogs 9c per lb. Toronto, Jan. 25.- -Picked choice well finished steers and heifers were bought for butchers' purpos- I es up to $5.85; ordinary to choice butchers' sold freely at $5.25 to $5.60. Cows were strong, selling up to $5 for the finest grades. There were a few export cattle on offer, which sold at $5.85 to $0.- 15 Milkers and springers were in fair demand at prices current for the last two months. The large run of sheep and lambs caused a little weakness. Hogs were weak, althougi) a large number were sold at $8.40 f o.b. ; siiects aro still quoted at $8.45 t.o.b. and $8.70 fed and watered. WINNIPEG SEES COMET. One of First Class Visible There on Thursday Mght. A despatch from Winnipeg says : .\ remarkable phenomenon appear- ed in the western sky here on Thursday evening, when a comet oc the first class suddenly appear- ed shortly after sundown. It had a tail measuring twenty-two de- grees, equal to .ibout thirty -five million miles. Great interest was aroused generally, as the m.-»jority thought it was llalley's comet which had suddenly made its first appearance. The strange visitor was plainly visible for upwards of an hour. RURNEI) IN ins SHACK. Settler's Charred Body Found Near Moose Jaw. .\ despatch from Moose Jaw, Sask., says: Martin Kuch was burned to a crisp in his homestead- er's shack south of Moose Jaw, in the district known as "The Gap." Raeh was in the city a tew days ago on legal business, and a bro- ther came to town on Friday and reported that he had gone over t* Martin's homestead and found the shack burned to the ground and only the charred remains of his brother left. Ho can give no idea as to how the fire started. The police will investigate the ease. $16,000,000 FIRE. A despatch from Constantinople says : The Palace of Cheraga, where the Turkish parliament meets, was entirely destroyed bf fire on Wednesday. The loss is great, as the building alone cost about $10,000,000. Little furniture and very few of the important do- cuments were saved. Practically all the archives of the chamber of deputies, including important bills and budget estimates were burned. The superstitious orientals regard the fire as an evil omen. Government Taking Power Uadi&r Mr. Olivers Bill. ' -'- A despatch from Ottawa says; The immigration bill introduced by Hon. Mr. Oliver in the Commons on Wednesday gives the Govern- nicnt power, if deemed advisable, to absolutely iirohibit the entrance ol Asiatics, and also trt deal sum- marily with members of such or- ganiKAtioHH a.<« the Black Hand, iitkf.H or Chinese Highbinders. Provision is made for i-.o depi^rts- i tiun (tf any pet sou not ft CaaadiiMi. "who by common repute belongs or may be suspected of belongmg to a secret society or organization which extorts money or attempts to control anyone by blackmail." It is understoo«l that in order to pr V4»nt the rumored further influK of Hinti'iift the Government conteai- plates raising the money qualifie«- tion now i-e<i«ired ot each .\siatie, other than Chinese or Japanese, op witoring Canada to $500. It ia now $£00. J