ow! OW!! () vercoat Stylish, Swaggering, Raglans, Chesterfields and Rosberry's. The pick of the seasons pick, and the pets of fashionable dressers. Until Christmas day--- reduced from these prices: $9, $11.50, $12.50, $15. TO THESE PRICES: $6.75, $10, DUNLOP', The Grand Union Clothing Store, 122 Princess Street. 000 --&- tAVOID - DISAPPOINTMENT Don't be rwardst hat mg se ot on lit $9, $12. blaming yourself af- you have made a in your gene- ? Le ® 8 ch RISTMAS 1GIFTS. straight Our experience sou in choos mn ta ui Th» ligt will greatly g thew and ure tos get the proper hing utfthe right prices OUR STOCK IN CLOTHING iS unuense, and our ranges in GENTS FURNISHINGS AND FURS are first choice. COME SOON. We have genuine . | " é bargains lor:you at 1408S. ABRAMSON'S 180 Princess St. The people's clothier and ; gents' - furnisher,, between . Redden's and Crawfords. OOOO O-® ES FOR SALE. PAIR DELIVERY J. McParland. I oure © @ GOOD BOB sleighs. COMMERCIAL. MONTREAL STOCKS. Dec. dian Pacific k& DP. Toronto Street Ry. win City Rich. .& Ont Commercial Montreal Tel Bell Telephone " ower on Steel ... nion Steel, Pid. Scotia Steel . a Scotu :l, Pid. Nav. .. Nova Nova inion Cotton rchants Cotton wid Colored nvion Coal *pominion Coal, Montreal Bank Molsons Bank Merchants Bank Morchants Bank, Cotton PH 000 Halifax 210 000 NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. Dec. 15th OPEN. CLOSE 168 1343 Stecl Steel, gre outhern ario & rie : ading ¥Y. A tchison, Pid. ns. & Nash tropolitan nsyvivan Perk RR THE 5 PN. EDITION. BEQOND EDITION NEWS ALSO ON PAGE FIVE. REPRIEVE CAME TOO LATE. Convict Dies a Few Hours Before Pardon Arrived. On Friday last there: died in the Kingston penitentiary a convict named William McFarlane, alias "Shang" Clarke, sentenced at Hamilton about ttwo years ago to five years in the Kingston penitentiary for burglary. At the time of McFarlane's" arrest he was suffering from the efiects of a broken leg, sustained in jumping over a fence in attempting to get away from the scene of his crime. effects of this injury he never fully re covered; his health became undermin- ed, and finally the end came on Fri day. The saddest feature connected with McFarlane's death , is that his re- prieve arrived at the penitentiary just after his death, in_ fact a few hours later. Toronto friends ordered that the remains be placed in the vault in Cataraqui cemetery, awaiting inter- ment in the spring. The deceased had a well known reputation as a skilful burglar. | THREE ACCIDENTS. Carter Broke His Foot--A Child Scalded. This morning, more, carter, drawing coal from R. with an unfortunate accident. He had his sleigh loaded and was picking up the lines to start ofi> The horse start- ed too soon, and the sleigh upset, and fell on the driver's right foot, the in- step bones of which were broken. On Sunday morning, Kathleen, and a half old child of Mrs. who lives with her father on Ri- street, was badly scalded. The little tot seized a cup of hot gravy, which spilled over its face, neck and chest, burning those parts badly. The child suffered great agony till a phy- sician arrived. A year ago, Mrs. Mir- on's husband, an engineer, was killed in a railvay wreck at Gananoque. Thomas Weese, Cloyne, was brought to the General Hospital on Saturday evening with his richt arn broken, He wns building a chimney when the scaffold fell. Edward J. North- Raglan Road, while Crawford's met the vear Mir- on, deau Killed At Cleveland. A telegram from Cleveland, Ohio, at noon to-day announced the death there on Sunday of Arthur Bolger, eldest son of the late city engineer. No particulars were given of the la- mentable affair, the telegram merely containing the announcement of his accidental death. The deceased left here a little over a year ago for, Cleve land, where he found employment in large electrical works. It is surmised that death resulted from an electric shock. The young man was aged about twenty-one years. Two sisters and a brother reside here. Cheaper In The Stores. People find it as cheap, (and really cheaper) to buy turkeys and chickens in the stores this winter as on the market, where the farmers demand just as high a price. The stores are more convenient and delivery is sure. Poul iy sold on the market should not receive as high a price as that sold in the stores. The result is that the people do not now look through the market, but go direct to the merch- ants. Handles The Party. J. P. Hanley, the local enterprising ticket agent for the Grand Trunk rail road company, executed a nice stroke of business last week in ticketing from Toronto back to England seventy-five members of the crew of the Turrett line of ships imported by the Great Lakes Navigation company for service in this country. : To Meet On Friday. The joint committee of members of the county and city councils, appoint- to meet the railway committee of House of Commons at Ottawa to- day, re the Grand Trunk subway at the Montreal street . will not meet at the capital until Friday. ed the Crossir Free. Free. Free. Till Xmas we will inital, free, anv umbrella or walking cane bought here. Jenkins, SE ---- Fire at Dundas to-dav badly dam- aged two stores under the office of W. i. hnowles, 'where fire-bhegan. Electric scari pins, the latest novel tv, at Breck & Halliday's, Princess street. G. H. Smythe, of Kingston, been appointed a notary public. The management committee of Board of Education meets to-night. Cardigan jackets at The H. by Co. ' has D. Bib- Beautiful leather goods for holidav presents at Uglow's. Seseae 00e0®e® LIVINGSTON: Si 7a @ COPO*e0see® ® e ECETTING Thanks to large and personal buying right methods of values grow greater and greater. and o 3C. Livingston & Bro. TAILORS AND FURNISHERS. VALUES ARE BETTER JOO YOPOOPTOE = eo ) ® selling, our SPECIAL TROUSER SALE NOW ON. CEPOLELEOOVODOVOSES | 4... i it i vin « co ©00:@®©?® COOOP® @@® »®X 'rom the |. THE Bary WHIG, MONDAY, DECEMBER 15. PLAN OF RELIEF OFFER COAL FOR $3 A TON AT MINES mittee--Not Charity Deal But in Interest of Residents. Montreal, Dee. 15.--*The Dominion Coal company will give Montreal all | the coal it wants, loaded on the cars at the mines at $3 a gross ton, and if | the government would transport it free, the coal could be sold here at the same price, on the cars. Even if ordinary freight rates were charged the prices should not he more than $5.50 a ton." This statement was made by Ald. Laporte, and it represents the latest proposal to relieve the fuel scarcity in Montreal. Ald. Laporte was willing to pledge his own responsibility, for the pay- ment of the coal and he had reason to believe other aldermen would be glad to do the same thing. Ald. La- porte intends to make the proposal this afternoon at the meeting of the fuel committee. that this is not charity coal, neither is it city coal. The proposal is simp- ly for a few aldermen, acting as citi- zens, to buy and pay for the coal, and sell it at cost price, the same as has been done with the wood, which np- body seems to want. G. M. Bosworth, fourth vice-presi- dent of the C.P.R., has returned from an extended trip through the. North- West and states that in view of the influx of people into that section the train service of the company will have to _be" considerably augmented, and the management now has that matter under consideration. The FElder-Dempster Beaver line SS. Lake Champlain, from Liverpool, ar- rived at St. John, N.B., at one o'clock to-day. An investigation which has been made into the condition of the poor- er classes reveals but a small increase of actual hardship over that of previ- ous winters. There is always a certain demand for charitable assistance, which the dearness of coal has in- creased to some extent. Those who have money with which to buy fuel can get wood where they cannot. get coal. ! WHO WANT TO COMPETE ? Shooting Competitions With Ca- det Corps. Ottawa, Dec. 15.--It is notified for the information of all concerned that a communication has been received from the commissioner for Canada, stating that at the annual meeting of commanding officers of public school cadet corps, held at Bisley, England, in July last, it was decided toy ar range shooting matches with theleadbt corps of public schools in the colpnies. The adjutant of Eton College' Rifle Volunteers was to communicate with all officers commanding public school cadet corps in Canada, on this subject whé may be desirous of entering into the proposed competition. = Officers commanding corps who wish to com- pete should, therefore, notity the ad- jutant-general, militia quarters, Otta- wa, through the usual channel and at the same time forward their postoffice addresses. A delegation of Hamilton military men, composed of Lieut.-Col.. Hon. J. M. Gibson, Col. H. * McLaren, Majors J. S. Hendrie, E. C. Mewburn and G. S. Kernie, Surgeon-Major H. S. Grif- fin and Lieut. A. F. Zimmerman, wait- ed on Sir Frederick Borden, minister of militia, this morning, in reference to the enlarging of the drill hall at Hamilton, which is said to be wholly inadequate for the present needs ! "of the Hamilton corps. An order-in-council has been passed disallowing an ordinance passed by the North-West legislature at its last session regarding foreign companies. Three acts of the British Columbia legislature passed at the last of the legislature have been disallow- ed. One is an act to amend the coal mine regulation acts; another is to regulate immigration into British Columbia, and the third relates to the employment of works carried on under franchise granted by private acts. REPORTED ALL SAFE. Steamer Niko Has Charge of Some of Them. A. private message received Deseronto this afternoon that , the steamer Niko and reported missing after leaving Oswego, had all been located. The Niko has announced consorts, port this afternoon at a The news of the safety of these boats, all coal laden, willbe joyful tidings to the friends of the sailors aboard. It was current rumor that the steambarge Nile, in attempt ing to keep the channel leading into Deseronto clear of ice, had gone down. Missing Vessels. , Rochester, N.Y., advices are the schooner Abbie Andrews, with 200 tons of coal from Oswego to Deseronto. is ashore near Bear Creek. thirty miles east of Charlotte, N.Y. The the schooner Hall and schooner Noves numbered twelve men, including Dapt. Timothy Donovan. of Oswero, and his two brothers, John and William. The rest of the crew hailed from Deseronto. A dispatch from Oswego states that the steamer Niko. Capt. Thomas Jeges,. Chicago, left Oswego on Thursday, coal laden, and bound for Toronto. Nothing has been heard from her, and it is feared she lost that crews of is ------ Christmas Cards. The custom is growing fast of senl- ing illuminated cabds with printed greetings oh to friends at a distance. The Whiz has a large [4 cards prs. is filling Will Apply Mtawa. De renfell, Assiniboia, fy next s Louisa ! For Divorce. 15.--William ceneral ag orce | for div Christmas Braces. Special patterns, a very nice present, 25ec., Jenkins. one pair in a box, 50¢c. and 75¢c. Will Make Proposal to Civic-Com- | It cannot be too clearly understood session | from this afternoon | + Roberts for ONCE LIVED HERE: { Sir George French is Well Known in Kingston. ' Among the 'honors announced in the latest birthday list is a K.C.M.G. {for Major Gen. George A. French, who organized: that most useful and eflici- ent corps, the North-West Mounted | police. Sir George French, as his friends, and he has many in this por- tion of the empire, must now address him, is connected wth the dominion | by other and closer ties, for' he mar- | ried in Kingston, and had several | children born on Canadian soil, His | brother, Capt. John French, command- (ed a company of scouts during the troubles in the North-West, in 1885, and was killed at Batoche. Sir George French it was who organ- ized the Royal Canadian Artitlery; and for a few years was stdtioned in Kingston in command of A' Battery. He married here Miss Innes, sister of the late Jobn Innes, at one time city engineer of Kingston, and, therefore, Lady French, is an aunt of Mrs. Nor- man Fraser. Leaving Canada some time about 1880, Sir George French, that now is, went to the west coast of Africa, and later was transferred to Australia to organize a militia sys- tem there. Capt. John | Rreden assisted Sir George French in organizing the North-West Mounted Police, and in 1874, took from Kingston to the terri- tories the last draft to complete es- tablishment of that now famous corps. Capt. Breden speaks in terms of high praise for Sir George, as a soldier and gentleman. MAY BE UNREPRESENTED. Premier Ross Not Able To Go To Quebec. Toronto, Dec. 15.--Premier Ross will not be able to attend the conference of provincial premiers at Quebec, on Thursday. Unless some other provinci- be presented to the convention by a memorandum. There are two main to- pics to be discussed. The Ontario gov- ernment, it is understood, stands by the B. N. A. act regarding the provin- cial representation in the Dominion house, on the subsidy lquestion.' The view here appears to be the same as advocated in 1887, viz.: That the sub- sidies from the dominjon to the pro- vinces should be based on present po- pulation, and not on the population of 1861, as they are at present. The subsidies were fixed at confederation at eirhty eents 'per head of a population of 1861, and no change has been made since. John Knox, of Hamilton, has issued a writ against McIntyre and Marshall, brokers of New York, whose Toronto agent is J. G. Beatty & Co. Knox asks the return of fifty shares of the Hamilton Electric Light and Cataract Power company. The defendants sav they are holding the scrip as security for a debt of $1,624, which the plain- titi disputes. Alexan ler Lumsden writes to Thom- as Southworth that the C. P. R's re- fusal to take freight for Temiskaming. has lost his steamship company the carriage of at least 500 tons. Annie Hore a resident of Toronto, | formerly of Hamilton, has issued a writ acainst Thomas Geoghegan, rec- tor of St. Peter's, Hamilton, for al- leced breach: of promise. Mr. Geoghe- gan was recently married. The unusual spectacle on a Toron- to Sunday of heavily laden oil wag- gons in different parts of the city, was witnessed yesterday. Owing to the fuel famine and the dire distress prevailing the mayor granted a spe- cial permit for delivery of coal yester- day. The shortage of coal here has become a very serious question. Many families are absolutely without fuel. BLOCKADE ENFORCED. Warships Put up The Bars at La Guayra Harbor. : London, Dec. 15.--In a dispatch from Willemstad, Curacao, the correspond- | ent of the Daily Mail says the Anglo- | German warships are blockading La Guayra. 'lhe steamer Yucatan was warned by the British cruiser Indefati- gable not to enter La Guayra and re- turned to Curacao. The Venezuelan government has de- | clined the offer of a loan made by a |#ierman banker of Caracas to settle | the claims against it. To Ask Castro To Resign. Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 15.--A movement is on foot here to request President Castro to resign and sum- mon congress with a view to arrang- ing a satisfactory settlement of the existing difficulties. six barges in tow and was expected in | late hour. | REFUSES TO PAY. College of Heralds Must Wait for Their Fees. London, Dec. 15.--The dispute in re- gard to the fees to be paid by Lord the decoration of the Or- Garter is still unsettled. It that the late Queen Vie specially requested that these remitted or borne by the trea der of the Seems now toria fees be sury. The the order demanded L000 for this decora- claims of a similar treasury refused to r whatever un It is certain officers of no less -than #5 tion © and other character.and the pay them in any til the dispute is settled. that Lord Roberts will not be pelled' to pay up. but he has in other ways by the present lock. manne com sufiered dead To Make Him An Archbishop. Dee. 15.--~The Congregation of Propaganda has decided to propose to the pope the appointment of Bishop James Quigley, of Bufialo, N.Y.. as archbishop of Chicago, in succession to the late Archbishop Fee; han : Rome, the Misunderstood Orders. i Dec. 15.-- An ! was kill Up River gnorant of instructions Ont., mde rstood nolish he mis It stated. with the re -------- Al women who are interested in velry and all men who are interested in women, , should see C. 1» Bass' Christmas stock of watches and jew- Quebec, has been Lelry. The Victoria hotel, burned down. al minister is sent Ontario's views will | NEWS OF WORLD TELEGRAMS FROM THEFOUR QUARTERS OF EARTH. Matters That Interest Everybody --Notes From All Over--Little of Everything Easily Read and Remembered By The Dear Navigation has practically closed at Owen Sound after a record season. H. H. Cook, ex-M.P., fell while get- ting offi a Toronto street car, Satur- day night, and broke his ankle. The Stonewall Jackson, one of the largest cigar factories in Canada, was wrecked by fire in Montreal on Sun day, Sa The late Mrs. Grant spent two summers with Mrs. Sartoris Cobourg. She went from there 'Washington to die. The bodies of three victims of the Victor¥a hotel fire, Quebec, Eugene Canon, Lizzie Bouridge, and Clara Jackson, have not been recovered. E. R. Coleman, chief clerk and ac- countant of Winnipeg Land Titles, of- fice, died on Sunday. He was sixty vears old, and a prominent Anglican. Gilles, of Spry, Ont., was struck by a falling tree while working in Short's lumber camp, near Rat Port- age. and died of his injuries. The re- mains will go east. The steamer Orion, from Erie to Hamilton, which passed Port Col- borne, Ont., Sunday evening, coal laden, will be the last boat through the canal this season. The Sun Life Insurance company of America, with headquarters in Louis- ville, has re-insured its entire busi- ness in the Metropolitan Life Insur- ance company, New York. > Liverpool, N.S., was practically wiped out by fire. on Sunday. No de- tails as wires are down. Liverpool is a seaport of 3,000 inhabitants and was swept hy flames in 1895. While the steamer Palki, grain lad- en, from Fort William, was entering Owen Sound, on Sunday, she got over too far on the west side and ground- ed. She was lightened by the schoon- er Canton and floated up to the ele- vators to-day. James L. Cook, baggage master on the Wabash RR., runving between De- troit and Buffalo. dropped dead in Chatham, Ont., early this morning while engaged in assisting to load the scenery of the "Kidnapped in New York" company. Mr. Cook was aged forty-five, and leaves a widow and voung family in Toledo. The United States Steel company has secured possession of the old Ca- nadian Copper companv of Sudbury, and has become organized under the name of the International Nickel com- pany. According to Mr. Gordon, the amount paid for the Canadian copper interest was 88,000,000. The new con- cern has about 3,000 men. A' bailiff armed with an executfon calied at the city hall, Hamilton, Ont., on Saturday, and informed the city clerk that he intended to seize the mayor's chair on a judgment for £35 and costs obtained by Thomas Kilvington in a suit against the city. The claim was settled and the chief magistrate's chair remained undisturb- ed.' F. H. Clergue tells the Toronto Globe that there' is no justification for the slump in Consolidated Lake Superior steel. The company owns productive wdrks, costing over $20, 000,060, absolutely unencumbered and free from any liens while the net earnings for last year more than equalled a dividend of seven per cent. upon all the preferred stock issued. at to Still Rolling Up. Toronto, Dec. 15.--The vote for pro- hibition is over 170,000, this morning, and the majority is also materially in- creased by official declarations made on Saturday. It is now over 80,000. From Addington complete figures are for the first time available. The vote for the act was 1,422 and agpinst 754, giving a majority of 668 for the mea- sure. Our show cases fairly glisten with watches and jewelry, suitable for Christmas presents. See them at C. L. Bass'. Thomas D. Fox was tried at Napa- nee, and found guilty of horse steal The judge sentenced him to three vears in the provincial penitentiary. Bad Coughs Neglected colds always icad to' something serious. They run into chronic bron- chitis, pneumonia, asthma, or consumption. Don't wait. Take Ayer's Cherry - Pec- toral and stop your cough. 5¢., 50¢., $1.08. J. C. AYER CO., Lowell, Mass. A (3 [3 ooo [oo] [oo co i 184 Princess Street. - business people it's not We a call the Is the down doing the fact that the stock regular and not vou to despite some run : and say perfect sim- | ply ask us You'll grant wisigh [ue] have er with clothing t ore we can make CORNER PRINCESS AND MONTREAL STREETS. TTT = ; A, MANAGER. the last actual | Seal Coffee (1 and 2 Ib. cans) Every bean effuses fragrant Coffee of absolute purity. It is largely imitated. Examine your purchase closely. CHASE & SANBORN, | MONTREAL AND BOSTON. reread ee] If You Have Handkerchiefs on Your 3 "GIFT LIST' Don't. 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