The United States proiucs of both gold § and silver exceeds fu 1901 that of mmy oth: or cowry. Grand - Trunk railway earnings, Jan. 15th 16 Jun 20st, 1904, $525,360; 1901, $506, 457; ineream, $18,903. The sorting trade in the whaleale dry goods diswict of Torimte has become a gredt featurs in the busimess. There bas been no change in the valoes of Jeotton goods. There iv o kovd demand for white coptonn and prise. The total wumber of lailures in Candia this week, wos twenty-eight, ageisst thirty, seven last week and loriyens this week last year. Advices Irom osdign linen centres repdiy somsidenable advances in the prices of yarns. Heavy. governmmt odors are thought to be mainty peosponsible for the advances To the silk piece goods market prices are reported Lo have ben advanced on reorders from five and obnehall to weven: per cot, afl in some instances fo ten per cent The largest batthesbip afloat bas just bees {built by Japun. The Mikase bas a daplace ment of 15.150 tons, a speed of 18 kouts and she can sical 9,000 milew without coal ing. "The pig iron production of the United Staten is timated by (he Enginecring and mining Josesnl at 15.800.000 long tons, paninet 13,780,242 loog tons in 1900, in which sear the figures sxoeeded those of any year, The consumption of cigars in the United States for the year ending July, 1901, was $,170,954.309; while the total production in Cubs not exceed 250,000,000 per an- sum. odes Ube cigars sold in Europe as well ae the United States. The Li an woollen manufacturer shows Positive Progress every year. They have Jit- the diffemity in numbers of Hues in supplant ny thie forsign meker, ap thoy show splendid designs, snd the domestie goods offer par Goularly good value. Canwdian seryes to day caniut be beaten by nny makers in the world Last senson's fishing was the best the North: Sea herring Ssbermen have kook. Twenty: eight thousand, six dondred amd sivivesix Jnwts, mach. of 13,200 fish, meking about 375,000,000 herrings, were Tudo ot 4 Yarmbouth. The average earsiogs of the boats were, from $5,000 fo $6,000 for' the four months. v -------------------------- " Crosse & Blackwell's marmalade in 1 1b, glass pots, 2 Ib, tins and. 7 th. tins at Redden's. PRACTICAL ECON . } 0 TO BUY AT a Waldron's - BUILDING SALE You are always sure of the best quality and latest styles in Carpets, Curtains, t Blankets, Kid Gloves, Dress Goods, etc. * Just now there is an additional induce- ment, 20%. oft the regular marked prices. Better take advantage of this offer at once. It won't last much longer. msi ¥ v REMNANTS. | "Table Linens, Towelings, Sheetings, Jer Linens and Glove 'Cloth, also Grey -'} White Shirts, all on Remnant Table d 20 to 40%. off regular marked a 4 ------ iE | warfare in general. The phrase 'civi- - Contest. INFORMATION GIVEN TO THE TRESS FROM MINISTER. Blown up 'by Dynamite--Myles Travers Killed While at Work W. 8. Cranston is Dead----Iad a Great Deal of Experience. Otiawa, Jan. '25.--The Irish Catho- lic convervatives, at a largely: atiend- ed meeting, last night, nominated Dennis | Murphy, the well-known for wirder, as their choice as a candidate for the next provincis] selection. Mr. Murphy. acespted the nomination. 'This action of the Irish conservatives is subrject to the approval' of the geveral convention of the party which Will be held later on. The nomination 'was first offered to Barnard Slattery, the defeated candidate at the last elec tion, but he refused the nomination with entire tnanimity. 1# the minister of justice does not desire the position, Walter Cassels, K.C., will be the next supreme court judge. E An order has been posted at the militia department that all informa. tion in future will be giveh from the minister's office to the press. W. 8. Cranston. assistant city en- gineer, died Friday morning, after two: or three days' illness, from pnew- moda. He was thirty-seven years of age. Mr. Cranston was recognized as, ohe'of the ablest engineers in Canada. Mvias Travers, a laborer, forty seven years old, was killed while couple an electric exploding appliance to a | A severe wind and snow storm i in progress in southern Wyoming. Rideau ward writ issued; nomina- tions February Jed; polling, 10th. The bishop of Ontario and Mrs. Miils leave early west week for Cali- formia tw several mouths. The sergeants of the Jith ngiment mes last evening and appointed come mittees to look after the forthcoming dance in the Whig ball. Miss Fihel Kelly; a Brandon college student, was on Friddy brought from Brandon to the Winnipeg city guaran: tine suflering from small-pox. Green fig and ginger marmalade at Redden's. The death vecurred on January 13th st Los Angeles hospital, of the wife of Thomas Purvis, of Ontario, Cali fornia, and formerly of Lyn, Ont A conservative caucus was announc- od for last evening, but owing to the absence irom the city of mayor Shaw, who is jn Toronto, the gathering was OW! . poskpantd. Meluire, Willinmsville, aged over ginety years, is dangerous iy ill. She has been a member of the congregation of St. Mary's cathedral for sisty-three years, A shooting. competition: took place Jast evening at the armouries hetween members of the 14h regimental band. Charles Jackson cairied off the prize with a weors of twent ; It was freely mooted on the market square this morning that D. D. Rog- ers, ox M.P., would be an in candidate for the county at the ap- proach) general elections for the Ontario ature. Fe : The population of . Addington in 1901 was 24,490, cow with 24,- 151 in 1891; Frontenac, 12,008 in 1901 and 13.445 in 1891; Leonox, 13,421 in 1901, and 11,900 in 1891. Prince Ed- ward, 17,964 in 1901 and 18,889 in charge of dybamite in a sewer. He leaves a widow and five children. Harry Fink, the deserter from Hali- fax, was arvested a few days ago here and taken away yesterday hy officer Laberge of the R. C. R. 1., escaped | from Laberge at Alexandria and has not yet been captured. A petition has 'been presented 10 the winister of justice, asking for com- mutation of the death sentence pass- ed on Stanislaus Lacroix, condemned to be hanged on March 13th, in Hull, | for the murder of his wife and a! neighbor in Montebello. "This request i by the way of an alternative to the | further petition for a new trial on | the ground that judge Curran's charge | was unduly severe upon the prisoner. | 'The Hamilton suburban railway | company is seeking incorporation in | Ottawa. The modus vivendi between Canada | and United States touching the pur: | chase of bait and supplies, the tran- | shipment of catch and the shipping of crews on the Atlantic coast has been renewed for another year. REGULAR HORNET"S NEST. Stirred Up At Harvard By a Pro- Boer Professor. ! Boston, Jan. 25.--Prof Andrews, of | Harvard university, has stireed up a! regular hornet's nest with his appeal for a pro-Boer mass meeting 10 be held by the students. Already numer: ous g.aduates of the university have sent letters to the faculty protesting against such a meeting. One prontin- ent graduate wrote as follows : "It seems io me that Iwfore this meeting could condemn or even ecn- sider British conduct in' the Boer war, it should\ firgt review American be: haviour in the Philippine wer, and discuss the necessary hrutal nature of lized warfare is one of the most pre- posterous of self contradictions." TWO IN THE HOSPITAL. McKay And Chadwick Unable To Attend The Banquet. Winnipeg, Jan. 25.~The Wellingtons of Toronto, werd entertained by the | Victorias at a banguet, and today are | guests of mayor and eoweil. McKay | and Chadwick were unable 1) be at | the banquet owing -- to injures; and the former is in the hospital. He will | probably be sll right, however, in a | day or two. Ardagh also was badly | knocked 'out but is able to be ar ound. ' Will Help A Relative. New York, Jan, 25.-Charles M. Schwab, president of the billion dol Jor steel trust, is on his way me, unexpectedly. He has been sumponed | on pressing business. A cable from Buda Pest says: "Charles NM. Sch- | wab was astonished, ver pleased, to | discover here, to-day, in ihe person of a hard working brizhlayer, earning $4 a week, a blood relation. a nephew whom he will take back with him America. There he will provide for the yor man's future, making him fos the time being a member of his family." --_ br ---- Has Begun Divorce Action. Edinburgh, Jan. 25.~Lord Rosslyn, who recently fornied a syndicate to Lirenk the bank at Monte Carlo, by which he had an suit om grounds means of & svetem frown up, to thi » of desertion. I Jeanie | city men added, it i tor} wave TEX ystems, died suddenly in Los on Sunday. Vivian Sartoris, the beautiful daughter of Gen. U. 8. Grant, ided to retire completely from jal world and devote herself to {§istic and musical career. dent Roosevelt has accepted the jon of the grand na MCs k Blackwell's marmalade in {2 Ib. ting at Redden's. Queen's college dramatic club are to be congratulated in securing Miss nkin, of Montreal, for their Shakespeare recital next Friday even: ing. It is well known in musical cir cles what a favorable impression Mise Rankin's singing made upon their ex- cellencies. lord and lady Minto, in Ot tawa. recently. Her first appearance in Ki interest. 'LIQUOR MEN HEARD. A Big Deputation Waits Upon Premier Ross. Toronto, Jan. 2t-~Hotelkeepers from every corper of Ontario took part in the great deputation which waited on the government to-oay to protest against prohibitory legisla tion, There were aimost S00 of them from outside points, and with 200 was an army of almost 1,000 men that proceeded fo the parliament buildings. The premier and the members of the government word grouped at the head of the main staivense, and the members of the de- putation filled the lobbies and lower halls. : Eugene (Keefe introduced the depu- sation, and the speakers were Frank Colline, of Pungas, president of the license holders' protective adtotiation; George Sleemian. Guelph, for the brew- ers; A. (. Smith, St. Thomas, for the shop license holders; and James Ha. ud verson, counsel for the trade general- ly. Mr. Sleeman made a very vigorous speech in defence of the liquor trade as a legitimate enterprise, conducted under the sanction of the laws of the country. MH the liquor committing w wrong, he said, let them be punished by the laws, mean while they were there to fight their rights and for nothing else. They did not ask the government to introduce any bill. They wanted ra- her to leave well enough alone. The country was prosperous, and it would be far better to let things stana as they are than to introduce any legis lation that would cause dissension and ill-feeling in the province, premier, in his reply, ssid he could promise that "the representa- tions made would be considered fully | before any bill was introduced. First Baptist Choir Concert. A concert and social, successful in every way, First Baptist church, pices of the choir. gramme was ied : , Rev. BL we introdctary march on organ, W. J. Jacobs; recita- "tion, Miss A Snes Litton; solos by Miss W. Phillips, er Harpld Singleton and Clara Smith; duet, Mrs. Sullivan and Miss Edith Derbyshire; trio, the Misses and Master McCartney; coruet solo, W. J. Juubni instrumental sei: 'ary, Pia ngston is anticipated with much | men were | for | was held last night in the | under the aus | The following pro- | out : Chairman's | Mallen, Turner, | Nor DISCONTENTED, Col. Evans Says They Are a Fine Body of Men--The Saddlery Alleged to be Very Inferior. Toronto, Jan. 25.-A Halifax special to the Mail and Empire says : "The story sent out from here that the wounted rifles are in a mutinous con- dition and that certain members are trying to inaugurate a revolt as soon as the Victorian has sailed, is abso: lutely without foundation. Col. Evans, who is in command of the rifles. save that they are the best bady of men whom he had ever had any experience with, and he is sure thay, the 500 men be is taking to Africa will be a thor ough, walk distiplingd corps, and a eredit to Canada. It is to make sure of this that a few men have been dis missed. A Halifax special to the Mail and Empire says that in consequence of complaints a commission has been ap- pointea to enquire into the quality of the saddlery issued to rifles, officers and men. According to the despatch they allege the saddlery is poor in every particular, that it is ill-fitting and - of inferior workman: ship, and that the horses will speed. ily be ruined if its use is continued in the field, ¥ Miss Nellie Henderson, s young girl of a respectable family, from Gals, had a v unpleasant experience last night. She had come to town as a servant owing to some difficulty with her family, The morality department misvnderstanding the circumstances; cansed her arrest for y and she spent last night at the police ata: tion. Her. relatives who caused her arrest sought to get her to %go home with them this morning, after the case was withdrawn, but she refused and now they are secking to have her held on a charge of insanity. Ever since the big snowstorm several hundred men snd three hundred sleighs have been at work clearing the main streets of the huge masses of snow that encumbered them, The last was finished this morning, 18,500 loads having been remaved at-a cost of 85, Crown timber agent Margech, Rat Portage, who is in town, savas that he has just discovered, in the rown- ship of ighy, within fiftech miles of the C. P. R., a splendid belt of agri- oultural land. The building of a sin- gle bridge. will afford access to the histriet from the railway amd will en- able it to be filled with settlers at onve, The seismograph at the observatory recorded an carthquake last night, which so far has not been reported aidywhere. . The disturbance began ab- out 7.30 o'clock and lasted for about an hoor, the record showing that it was only of medium force. The prob- ability is that it was the tremor fol lowing .upon a disturbance in Japan or some other earthquake centre, Scheme Broken' Up. Washington, Jan. 25.--The postol- fice department has been advised of ficially "that the smuggling schemes by { which furriers in Montreal, Canada, i sent their goods concealed in buggies { and otherwise across the borler into Vermont and from there seat the furs to points throughout the United States, has been completely broken up and the ringleader in he scheme driven out of business. Died Suddenly. Rochester, : N.Y., Jan. 25.-~Maj. Small. H. Leavitt, aged fifty nine, af- : ter shovelling the snow from the walk in the rear of his bowse on Howell street, yesterday; walked into the house, picked up a morning newspa- per, sat down and expired within three minutes. Mr. Leavitt was promi. nent in G. A. R. circles. A Peculiar Demand. London, Jan. 25.--In the Marlhor- ough police court the magistrale re { fused to issue summonses for three | Jesuits. These summonses had been | applied for by the Protestant alliance | in order to test the ap;"icability of : the emancipation act of 1829. i Rev. Dr. Mulligan Dead. St. John's, NAd., Jan. 25.~Rev. | Dr. Milligan, one of the best known Methodist ministers on the island, is cond at the afe of seventy-three years. He was formerly president of the Methodist conference of Newfound: and. Another Report Denied. Belgrade, Servia, Jan, 25.--There is no foundation for "he report tht a wedding party consisting of twenty- two persons been devoured by wolves near Usices, Servia. Resulted In A Tie. Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 24.--The second of the international hockey games, to- wight, remited in a tie, the score be ing Bankers, 2; Frontenacs, 2. Experiments are being made on a most elaborate scale in London with a modification of Tesla's high ire { quency electric all currents in the seeatment of consumption. It is ster od that some remarkable results have heen achieved. The first members of the royal fa- mily to atiend a theatre not incog- | mito since queen Victoria's death. are duchess the duke and of Cognaught, who will occupy the royal box 'st the theatre 10-ni . the mounted. 9200, er The Sole Canadian Agents, J. M. DOUGLAS & CO.. MONTREAL, FOR. THE CELEBRATED LEA PERRING SAUCE Will award 20 Cash Prizes for the 20 Best Advertisements. recived by them, setting forth the merits of Lea & Pervin's Sauce, and reasons why the people of all civilized counties should use this Sauce in preference' to all others. Fach sdveriiiement must be ccompanied by one clean label, from Lea & Perrin's bottle whether small, medium or large. is is understood that the advertisements and illustrations become the agents property. whether winning a price or not, The or of words must vot exces 100, The names of the winners will be published unless other wise desired. The competition will close Ist May, 2. The decision of - the judges appointed by J. M. Douglas & Co, shall be final. The Prizes will be distributed as follows : * For Advertisements In Type. For Illustrated Advertisements. 1st. Prize .. 3rd. 4th. bth. 6th. Tth. Sth. print well in general newspEpOrs. 3 " Give nome. and address plainly: All ¢o mmunications "J. M. DOUGLAS & (Sole Canadian Agents for Lea & Perring' Sau co. 5 $ To-night "¥ow'sec or WINTER JACKETS AT $2.50. Every Jacket new this fall. Only a few left and we have decided to clear the lot at a price that ought to do it in a few minutes. 16 ELECTRIC SEAL RUFFS FOR THE NECK. This is the balance of our stock of Ruffs. They are the latest patterns and new this fall. Six different makes to choose from, Prices were from $5. Your CHOICE TO-NIGHT, $2.50 each. Also 150 pairs LADIES' BLACK CASHMERE GLOVES, good value at 252. Your choice to-night, 5c. pair. JOHN LAIDLAW & SON. : 170412 Princass Sirol, Kingston. $ "One of Clark's 38 good thtage." Pork Clark's "Gz oe. The latest Pork and Bean combination. hive oes Tus Shem Songr "7 2 » * = 4 eR «Some makes cost you mare, none are. better than W. Clark's, Montreal.