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RAVAGES f [ixteen Buildings on Main Street Wiped 'Out Loss $40,000 to $50,000. A despatch from South Porcupine PC ays : On Wednesday night between the hours of 12 and 2 sixteen build- ings were destroyed on- the south side of Main street, Golden City, involving a loss of between $40,000 and $50.000. The fire broke out shortly after 12 in Romain's sa- loon, a little girl first noticing the bla.ze. There was a fresh breeze blowing and in a few minutes the fire had such a hold that the bucket brigade formed to convey water from the lake was quite powerless. While some- of the bueiness houses had insurance, it was iu unauthor- ized companies, many licensed com- panies having but a short time be- "f.O'-e cance'led their policies. The temperature was below zero, and many of the fire-fighters had their ears an4 noses frost-bitten. The thirty or fortay people homeless are all being taken care of. Carter & Wright's drug store has been burned down now three times in one year, once in Gowganda in January, again in Pottsville last July, and now in Golden City in Decejiiber. They were, however, insured. It is most probable that the fire would have spread much farther if several houses had not been dynamited. This undoubted- ly saved the Mulligan House and the Lyric Theatre. The list of buildings destroyed are as fol- lows : King George Restaurant. Chas. Chow, proprietor; A. Loch, fruit and candy store ; Carter &. Wright, druggists; Mullin's pool- room ; branch of Liberty stores ; C. Evana, men's furnishing store ; Lang's supply store; \V. Polton s bakery, Romaiu's saloon, the Strathcona Hotel, the Boston Lunch Restaurant, J. M. Forbes' lawyer's office; J. \V. Crawford, lawyer; H. S. Godson, lawyer. THE NEWS I A PARAGRAPH nAPl'EMXGS FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE IX A NUTSHELL. Canada, the Empire and the World iu General Before Your Eves. CANADA. Ten cases of rabies have been re- ported in Toronto within a few months. General Manager Hayes, of the G. T. R., denies the purchase of Pennsylvania coal lands. Air. iliyako, M. P., of Japan, who ia visiting Ottawa, says his Gov- ernment intends to stop the emi- gration of Japanese to Canada. The only big issue in sight for the Montreal civic elections Feb. 1, is whether to ab.-!ish property qualification for council. The Canada Steel Company is to increase its plant at Haiiilton. lien. Baden-Powell will bring the Hoy Scouts' flag won by the 1st. Catharines troop with him on his forthcoming visit to the United States. A Qvebec game warden has ar- rested 31 men at Caribou lake, and seized a ton of illegally caught fish, us well as a number of beaver and niink pelts. A scheme, with Toronto capital behind it. to remodel a big district in the heart uf Montreal into a model city along theories of ''beau- tiful Paris," is reported. The Grand Truuk is making a bid with the steamship companies for a share of the western Canada im migration business, while the Truuk Lines Association has refused it. A man named Joseph Lachance was arrested at Montreal with a lot of cocaine in his possession as well as a prescription and a drug- gist's address. As a result war- rants were issued for the doctor and druggist. According to Pr. Montizambert, Director-General of Public HeaJvh, the construction camps along the line of the Transcontinental Rail- way and other lines are in m;ui\ eases the breeding places of small- pox and other epidemics. GREAT BRITAIN. The London Express understands that the King and Queen will visit European capitals next year. UNITED STATES. Patrick Lyons, a New York po- liceman, born at Railton, Ont., has been left $20,000 by an Elmira wo- man wMoni he saved from pickpock- ets fifteen years ago. John Fielding, aged 57, sur- rendered himself penniless to the New York police, having sixteen months ago embezzled 84,000 from the Eranston, 111., Gas Co. Two designs for the proposed Lincoln memorial, to cost several millions of dollars, are on view in Washington. One is for an impos- ing terrace, colonnade and memori- al hall; the other a great open-air colonnade, with an heroic statute of Lincoln. PRICES OF FAUN PRODUCTS REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES OP AMERICA. Prices of Cattle. Grain, Cheese and Other Produce at Home and Abroad. BttEADSTCFFS. Toronto, Jan. 2.- Flour Winter wheat 50 per cent, palenn. $3.45 to $5.50, sea board. Manitoba flours First patents, Si. 50; second patents, $5, and eirou>; bak- ers', $4.40, on track, Toronto. Manitoba wheat No. 1 Northern St.- 061-2. Bay port": No. 2 Northern, $1.051-:, and Xo. 3 ar $1.01 1-2, Bay port*. Ontario wheat No. 2 white, red and mixed, SS to 89c. outside. Peas Good stuffing peas, $1.10, out aid*. Data Car lots of Xo. 2 Xlntario quot- ed outside at 43 1-2 to 44, and of No. 3 at 42 to 42 l-2c ; on track, Toronto, W 46 t-2e. No. 2 Western Canada oat. 46 l-2c, and feed. 441-2c. Bay ports. Corn No. 3 American ydV.w. 631-2c. Toronto freight. Bye 93 to 9<e for So. 2, outside. Buckwheat 61 to 62c, outside. Bran Manitoba bran, $22.50 in bags. Toronto freight. Shorts'. $25.50. TIED DOWN. 20 Years' Slavery How She Got Freedom. A dyspepsia veteran who writes from one of England's charming rural homes to tell how she won victory in her 20 years' fight, na- turally exults in her triumph over the tea and coffee habit : "1 feel it a duty to tell you," she says, "how much good Postuin has done me. I rm grateful, but also desire to let others who may be suf- fering as I did, know of the de- lightful method by which I was relieved. "I had suffered for 20 years from dyspepsia, and the giddiness that usually accompanies that pain- ful ailment, and which frequently prostrated me. I never drank much coffee, and cocoa and even milk did not agree with my im- pairtxl digestion, so I used tea. ex- clusively, till about a year ago. when l" found in a package of Grape-Xuts the little book, 'The Koad to \Vellville.' "After a careful reading- of the booklet I was curious to try Pos- tum and sent for a package. I en- joyed it from the first, and at once gave up tea in its favor. "I began to feel better very soon. My giddiness left mo after th/ first few days' use of Postum. and my stomach became stronger so rapidly that it was not long till I was able (as I etill am) to take milk and many other articles of f\HHl of which I was formerly com- pelled to deny myself. I have proved the truth of your state- ment that Fostum 'makes good, red blood.' "I have become very enthusias- tic over the merits of my new table beverage, and during th-> past few months, have conducted a FYs- tuni propaganda among P.IV nc-igi 1 - bors which has brought benefit In many, and I shall continue to tell my friends of the 'better wav' in j which I rejoice." Name pivn by j Canadian Postum Co., \V r. Uor, I Read the little book, "The For! to Wellville." in pkgs. "There's a reason." Ever read (he above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true and lull of -u.man Interest. COCNTKY PllODfCE. Apple* $3 to $4.50 per barrel. Beana Small lots of hand-picked $130 to $2.55 per bu.-hvi. Honey Extracted, in tin*. 11 lo 12c per Ib. Combs-!2.50 to tt.75. Baled hay-No. 1 is quoted at S16 to 117. on track, and No. 2 at S14 to 114.50. Baled straw-$7.50 to 18, on track. To- ronto. Potatoes-Car lot?, in bue*. quoted at $1.15 to $1.30. and Dtlawurts at $1.36. Out of store. $1.45 lo $1.50. Poultry Wholesale price* of drceeed poultry :- Chickens. 12 to 121-2c per Ib. fowl. 8 to 10t; dock;. 12 to lie: geese. 12 to 121-2c: turkeys. 19 to 20c. Live poul :ry. about -c '.ower lhau the iiboie. . BVTTER. EGGIj. CHEESE. Butter -Dairy, choice, in wriippen, Z to 29ci store lots. 23 to ZSc, and inferior tubs. 17 to 18c. Creamery quoted at 31 1-2 to 33c for rolls, and 29 to JOc for solids per Ib. Eggs Strictly new-laid. 40c. delivered j.T.'. and fresh at 27 to 28c per doaen iu case lots. Cheese Large quoted at 15 3-4c. and twiu at 16 l-4c per Ib. CAUTION. Put a strong glass on the label and examine it closely every time. Always look for the name "Gille'.f 8." Like all good articles, which are extensively advertised, Qillett'S Lye is frequently and very closely imitated. In some instances the imitators have actually copied directions and other printed matter from our label word for word. Be wise, and refuse to purchase imitation articles for they are never satisfactory. insist On Getting 6illett's Lye and decline t accept anything that locks to be an imitation or that is represented to be "just as good" or "better," or " the same tiling'." In our experience of over fifty years in business we have never known of an imitation article thai has been a success, for imita- tors are not reliable people. At the best the "just as good" kinds are only trashy imitations, so decline them with thanks every time. LW.G1LLETT COMPANY LIMITED WINNIPEG. TORONTO, ONT. MONTREAL. PERFUMED IAXK SAFE mmm RETURN ON INDUSTRIALS GREATER THAN FROM ALMOST ANY OTHER CLASS OF BONO. PEDI6BEE BiHIER OATS Amazing Career of a Parisian Official Eeceives Heavy Sentences. A despatch from Paris, France, }: The amazing career of Alex- ander \Vnrtxee, one of the most respected chiefs of the secret police in Paris, who for four years suc- ceeded in retaining th entire trust of his superiors, Prefect Lepine in- cluded, whilst all tho time being the mysterious chief of a notorious band of thieves, ws brought to an end on Wednesday when a sentence of seven years' penal servitude and ten years in exile was paed upoa kirn. The whole story is quite as unreal and exciting as anything ver imagiued by the fiction writ TB. His arrest occurred only when Wrti walked into the of- fiee of the Chief of Police aud gave himself up after some uavs iu hid- ing. During the trial Wartzee, al- | though admitting that he li;ul lived a double life, insisted that he was not guilty, ami that tho charges brought against him were only re- venge on the part of members of the "Apache" band tried with him, who had thought of getting him out of their way by this unusual me- thod. Despite his defence, how- ever, WarUee got the heaviest sen tenoe, except Mi denouncer, who was wntenoed to tea years' impris- onment and ten years in exile. Tbe other five members of the band re- ceiTed sentences of from two {o five vearg. Bacon Long clear. 111-2 to 11 JJc pe Ib., in case lots. Pork, ibort cut. $:.->) do., mess. $19.50 to $20. Hams Medium to light. 16 to Kl-2c: h.-.ivy. 14 to 14 l-2c rolls, 103-4 to lie: breakfast bacon, 16 to 17.-. backs, 19 to tOc. Lard Tiercel, 113-4c; tubs, lie: pails, 12 l-!c. BVSINESd AT MONTREAL. Montreal. Jan. 2. Oats, Canadian West era, So. 2, 47c; Canadian Western No. 3.1 4Sl-2c: extra No. 1 feed, 46c: No. 2 local! white. 461-2c: No. 3 local white. 451-!c:| No. 4 local white. ir.Y. Barley. Muu. feed, 64 to 65r: malting. 91 to 93c. Buck-; wheat. Xo. 2. 68 to 70e. Flour. Man. j Spring wheat patentK. firsts. $5.60: sec- onds $5.10: strong baker*'. $4.90: Winter pateuts. choice, $4.75 to $Ji airui|(hl rol- lers, $4.26 to $4.40: straight rollers, ban", $1.95 to S2.05. Boiled oats, barrels. $o: j bag. 90 pounds. 12." 1-2. Bran, $20. . Shorts. $25. Middlings. $27 to $28. Mou- illie. $29 to $34. Hay. No. 2. per ton car I lots. $15 to $15.50. Cheese. Suest westerns. ! 141-2 to 15c: finest easterns. 141-4 to 146-8c. , Butter, choicest creamery. 311-2 to J21-2c: seconds. JO to 3U-. Eggs, fresh. 60 to 65c: I selected. 30 to 33c; No. 1 stock. 26 to PC. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, $1.25 to S!.- 271-2. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis, Jan. 2 Close- Wheat De- ( ceuiber. 11.043-d: May. $1.0c3-4: July. *!. 071-2: No. 1 hard. $1.071-4; N'o. 1 North- ern. $1.061-4 to $1.063-4; No. 3 Northern. $1.041-4 to $1.043-4; No. 3 wheat. $1.013-4 to $1.023-4. Corn No. 3 yellow. 581-3 to 5912c. Oats No. 3 white, 44 to 45c. Rye >'o. 2. 871-2 to 88l-2c. Bran -$23 to *23.- 50. I'lour- First patents. $5 to $5.30: son- j oiidi, $4.60 to $4.90; first clears. $3.50 to $3.85: second clears. $2.40 to $2.80. Buffalo. Jan. 2. Spring wheat No. 1 Northern, carloads, store, $1.12: Winter. No. 2 red. 99c; No. 3 red. 97c: No. 2 white, 99o. OaU No. 2 white, 511-2c; No. 3 white, \ Sic: No. 4 white, 50o. Barley- Mai tiug, $1.18 to $1.25. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal. Jan. :. Butchers' cattle, choice, $6.35 to $6.50; do., nmitum, $5 to S6.25; do., common, $3.50 to $4.50: can- Deri, $2 to $3.25: butchers' cut tie. choice cows. $5.50 to $5.75: do., medium. $4.75 to $5.25: do., bulli, $4.M to $5.50; milkers. choice, each, $75; do., com. and medi- an. each. $50 to $60: springers. $30 to $40. Bheep-Ewes. $4 to $4,25; do., bucks and culls. $3.50 to $3.75: lambs. $6.25 to $6.50. Hogs- F. o. b.. $6.90 to $7.85. Calves $.'- to $10. Toronto. Jan. t- Cattle price* elosed very strongly, witb unall gains, while lambs recovered much ot lait week-end's loan. TtM average price tor thsm $6.U, though selected lots touched $6.40 pex hundred-weight. Hogs were steady. $6.50 waa the highest price for > car- Vod of toers. Ths weighed about t.- 100 pound*. The bulk of the cuttle of- teriug, hv"ovi>r. changed luimlc ..t tn-in $6 to $6.3&. that ia. for g\x>d uvetul butchers' atrers and hvi!er. Rather More Than One and One-half Points Above Municipals as a Rule- Bonds Usually Fairly Easily Marketed and Have Fair Prospects of Appreciat- ing In Value Industrial Price Fluctu- ations Depend on Outlook fer Business Conditions. The art'dee contributed b "I ere for the eole purpora cf raiding pro* pectire investors, aud. it potKibla o( *' me; them from lonnsr money U-roavh slicing It in "wild-cat" iiteriirtsj*. The Impartial tod reliable chancier of tht information mar be relied upon The writer of these articles aud the publisher of thie japsr bare no interests to ter in COUD otiou with this mailer other loan thos* ot tba r.-ijer (By "Iuv'_>:jr While, m we have seen, the safety of industrial bonds varies very coii:-:dvrably from the- highly speculative :u th cube of aiming cumpdDiv!) to the. relatively. Tery conservative, where the value of laud equals or exceeds the amount of the bond issue, the rate of income ,] not. aa a- rule, vary greatly. Of course, the net return on the amount of tbv investment in Black L.i * ...-'< toa bonds at the present time cannot be far short of 23 per cent, one cannot speak with accuracy as the makers of any bond nicciuo table that the writer has seeu did not contemplate such a hugu return on bonds. Outside of this", wij may well hope, unniue- instance, the return varies about as that ou municipals with the very important difference, that the bail* of coiupar -mi n .1 i: .1 point li.giier. The average net returu ou in- dustrials is higher for eiiual security than that upon any other (orm of iuud- ed corporate obligation. This constitutes one of the chief ad- vantages of industrial bonds. A second point in f.ivcr of "Industri- als" it their marketability. Not all in- dustrial bonds possess thia advantage. and to some degree at least it depends ou the iH'ficy of the issu.ug house. As .1 rule, however, an issuu which eould be recommended to a careful nm-Mor would possess the very distinct itdMiut- age of being readily marketable. On the other hand, many very well secur- ed and otherwise desirable indut-;r;.il bonds -ire difficult to market. It .- im- portant, therefore, to decide beforehand whether marketability is a feature to be j particularly desired before dividing on an investment. The prospect of appreciating in -value! of au industrial bond depends n great deal oo the activity of the market for iha". particular bond. Through improve- t men: in plant, increased business, aug- I mented assets and in other ways the ! company may improve its position, and. ; therefore, the security behind its bonds j and naturally the value of the bonds; but it this is not reflected in the mar- ket price of the bonds it is of small ini- j portanco. So, very inactive bonds are not likely to appreciate materially while the more speculative issues often show marked appreciation as conditions im- . prove. Take, for example. Canada Co- uieiit bonds. On the week ending .1 urn- ; aryS, 1911. the boi.ds told iu some volume at 98. Last week the quotation wan 101 1-4 bid. This advance has resulted olely from the improved position of the company. let. had tho bonds not pos- : tensed an active market this tm;>r. \- men*, would not have been reflected. A* a class, industrial bonds cannot be said to possess stability of market price In a very high degree. Some of tho mailer issues enjoy a fictitious stabil- ity owsjng to the fact that they have no market quotations to reflect their priee ; movements. Ou the whole, however, these bonds are subject to fluctuations, depending on the business outlook. Of ' course, just as oar business depressions do not reach the tame depths of dejection j - by a very wido martin, indeed, it may be noted uor our periods ot prosperity i carry us to such heights of over-expan- i Mr. J, Lockie Wilson Says They May Obtained From a Cirieton Farm. A despatch from Toronto sa Arrangements are being made by Mr. J. Lockie Wilson, Supennteii- , dent of Agricultural and Horticul- tural Societies, f.'r agriculture cieties throughout the Province to purchase quantities of pedigree banner oats from a farmer in Car leton county, whi-se gr:i:;i h.i< boon carefully watched by the Ca;i.ti a:i Seed-grower^' Associati n. i suggested that the Secretiir-. , each society should cmmmm : with Mr. Wilson or his L'fi>ar'.- ment at the Parliament build Mr. L. H. NfAM'in of Otta\v:i. - retary of the Canadian S^fed-ur. > ers' Association, has promised he or some of his staff will ice th it ' ,1 -T.i :; - properly bagged **u!ed and a tuij will be attache*! to each bag. vntii f'i'1 ;ii<truct:i>ns as to the be-t tiietliodti ot" cu!' inar. It is expected that by | i moans, as well as through the ni- rluence of the standing tield crop competitions. Outan.i will .Mine to be known as tiie pl.ioe whore tha best seed ia the LViuiitiin oa:i bo procured. M-ii-li ^!-a<incati'.in is felt by the Deparumvii -nor t!i. ' ycur is the first siii'>> the i - -: nV.i - a$ wr. ( st.irt- <<.!. in I'JOT. in which tho .xivtt judges ha\e bivn '.in.i!> : ' to d'.s^'V- . I sing -'! '" w.'d ''.its i irg exhibit .f .'.its a r . ; \VititiT Fair >ion of bu.-ine^s and erctin, .'.-* - MI ' ir -,'nd. f . ..ut-i d>> w:;h our Ameru-aii in tho !ta-.e-. o.ir nni.-,r..il LKHK! p: n s do not fluctiiau- MI \ nn :ie whole, there has been moro u. down in t'auadian pr-cc iiicvtu far. MOMKKAI. 1KRM1N VI S. The Canadian Northern Plans an K!:iborate S>ii':!i. A despatch from Montreal s.i-s The plans of the Canadian North- ern Kailway for entry into Mont- real have just been in.idt? public, i Th* total c-">r n; 1 be- in the neigh- 1 borhtod o: .^"i.CiXJ.OOO. a::d w:M re- ; quire tlirce years to complete. v BKVM-: nrst i : . A Montreal 1'iintrr .vne-< luo Children at lti.sk .if His l.iiV. .itoii train i; re r savs : !';!< bl '!! i"'l'" - !i i i ' me Frank i: i - .iv.i r--s '.i^d j* inoth'i - : '^Tier >'\ t" 'it nicks' li.i f JIM.' Ill : ' ': burned off H" praise for th- was a mass O f tl.i-u.-> V"..< ;-TO- perty loss \va- Action of Employers Affects 300,000 Work- ers of Lancashire. A despatch from Manchester, Euv;.. s.iys : Tho refusal of one man and two women to j-'iu, a trades union. O'up'ed with tho decision of ' tho Master Cotton Spinners to close . the'.r mills throe da\ s in tho week, ! caused a complete stoppage of a great portion of the cotton mills iu northeast Lanc-.isiure on Wednes- day evening. Efforts are already on foot lo" bring about a settlement. : but as one woman, who left the union after twenty year* boc.v.ise she believe-, that the benefits jiiv ; not coniinon^uraio w.th the pa\ nients, persists in her att:ti;de, a'ut the Master Spiuuers insist UI.HMI their right to ui.-iiutain open shops, a long and bitter strugii'.e i* fere-l There is danger, too, of the. fight spreading to other iudustries. The Vi'k.'Ut iv"l\<M UlO.iHX) weav- ers, and noar'y an e>iuai inunber of spimi'-rs will b- reduced t pay. l'n ; ;-. .; I M;< >; T there are indi- cation' a're.ui. 1 of j>i-<.' .il>'.- comptt trough it'o introduction of a now issue of tho troublesome question o: wi^rs. Tlim inave has been taken bv the wi-svcrs. wlio now dcl.-ir thi! i- -x.ut lias been decidi>] upon t.he.v inif.ivl to mak an adva:iv - i ^if five per cen'. in a.;''s .1 eunditioo any settleme'.u. I - .'.ui.U.ed the weekli : v-- ' wises to weav- ers and al'ied workers, gpin ifi-- and card -now e'n(>li'y<os will amount t .' Sl.''>)V'<'< | . Th.> ei>- ers will receive rotivjhly ^(i'.i'.j.OOO loL-lout pay fr mi th.- uni >n. YOUR INCOME INCREASES EVERY TIME YOU BUY A A systematic plan of buying bonds is a sure and profitable way of acquir- ing an income independent of your business or salary. The rate of interest is nearly double that obtainable in any investment approaching it in safety. The Bono's handled by this Company are standard and always command ready sale if it is necessary or desirable to turn tliein into cash. Bonds are the ideal form of investment for those who realize the uncer. tainty of speculation, but who desire the highest possible return on tUeir money. We will bo pleased to put your name on our mailing list and send you literature on the subject of Bonds. SECURITIES CORPORATION LIMITED BANK OF MONTREAL BUILDING R. M. WHITE YONCE AND QUEEN STREETS TORONTO MONTRKM.-QUiaiC-HAUI'AX-OTTAWJ LONDON {