id. 4 | Allens: fine lies ¥ ua, 85aeaz8Ess gf i a diiyptd 58 § - » FEussss zz =e hE - =8%3 > a - -, e from Bretock & 2 Special gers were elected : W.M., T. J. Crowe; 8.W,, R. J. McKelvey: J.W.. ames McFarrell;, chaplain, Rev. C. W. G. Grout; treasurer, W. H. Macnee; + jy G. W, H. Comer; tyler, E. : auditors, Hh Jeet) recently destroyed the college. od home to-morrow. "Cynthia," the play Henry Hw bert Davies, which Miss Ang- lin is bringing to us is. to be a '| delightial comedy affording Miss Mar- art A plenty of opportunity for Sinpiny the ligher side of her dramatic _genivs, while lending her {HS ity of all our fur garments is unsur- | Shoe Store it's hardly worth keeping. , LIVINCSTON'S In Ready-to-Wear Department : 70 . Boys' Reefers and Overcoats, to fit boys $2.75 Saturday night from ~ Mothers, in 05 Our MEN are a walkover ial Saterday $1 95 Bolt Su Ward 25 Heavy White Twill Cotton N lo, ood Flanaelette Night Shirts for ait Sven k suffered from heart disease, and was yo" | Committee of Logislaturs In Ses- . John's lodgo, AF. & AM., ir . Skinner, D.D.G.M., Gananoque, paid' the lodge an official visit and was courteously received. Refresh. ments were served at the conclusion of husiness, I ---------------- Officers Court Frontenac. a wm last hight of Court Ly, these offi . D. An- 'Lowe; treasurer, J.B. Ashy JW, ii ysician, R. " D; CDHCR, RW. 3 financial committee, R. 8. Dobbs nd J. W. Clarke. Had A Narrow Escape. Bihar Halligan, son of John Hal izan, grocer, Brock street, who is awtadont at Ottawa University, suffered somewhat from the fire ih o ol high up in. the dorwitary and 1 & narrow escape, getting out sale ly, but losing all his personal effects, books, ete. Sie also lost a valuable gold sing. The young man is expect T At The Grand, Dec, 11th. it, finish and qual phdsed, Leave your order now at iampbell Bros, manufacturers of re- Erin And Danforth Cleared. The =i Erin and hor consort Danforth 'completed discharging their , ab Richardsons' elevator yes Toray afternoon. Last night they cleared for upper lake ports, after a four days' stay here. Don't Forget This. Jt they don't keep it at the Lockett , s, 'dates, Molaga grapes, ete., at Ferguson's, King street, and then you will always get satisfaction, both in price and tality, Nico white twilled cotton night shirts, or soft or hard front shirts, worth 81.25, for 78. Livingston's Saturday night sale. Boys' overcoats, the latest styles, special prices, $3.90 and $4.90 for $6 to 87.50 coats, Saturday and Monday only. Roney & Co. Dressing the table, bots. Crawford's, ha ' inger china, 30c. a at Gilbert sy : with best pota pot, SPECIAL * FOR SATURDAY from 7 to 14 years, ranging in to $6.50. Price up t0 10 - SL75 to $4.50. the hoys, Bs these nt ona val, S OVEKCOATS at other lines else. Night From 7 to 10 0'clock Front Shirts f r 70e. toes and fine sweet Crawford's, 1 done chants every day. - Statistics prepared at the dity hall the building inspectors department, w that building operations to the value of #5000, have been carried on Shuring the year, fully twice the amount done lait year, ASSESSMENT sion, Toronto, Dee. 4.--~The commitice of the lsgiduture on assessments, to- day, heard H. M. Mowat, K.C., on behall of the Ottawa Electiic com- pany. While it will probably be some time before anv definite conclusion is reached, one of the members of the committee, to-day, gave the following ideas as to the possible solution : The house tax will not be adopted, the busisess tax will be based on an as sessment of a percentage of the realty and at the full general tax rate, ma- chinery for taxing dividends will be provided hy the appointment of & provincial officer, who will collect in- formation for the use of local asses sors. Incomes will he taxed at full rate, instead of a maximum rate of seven per cent. The gross revenue of special franchises, electric lights, ete., will be taxed. There will not be a provincial board, but. municipalities will collect on the realty of railways, and the province will collect mileage rate at an increase over the present figure of 83 a mile. The effect of these changes would be almost a. new Hl: ARSENICAL POISONING. Royal Commission Recommends Stringent Measures. London, Dec. 4.--The royal comis- sion on arsenical poisoning from food and drink recommends the prohitition cf the sale of beer and other liquii food, or of any liquid entering into the composition of food, which con- tains one hundredth of a grain or more of arsenic per gallon, and the prohibition of the sale of 'solid food containing one-hundredth grain il pound, "no matter whether habitually consumed in large or small quantities, or whether consumed alone, like gold en symp," or mixed with water or other substances, 'like chicory," cic. The commissioners' find that there are serious defects in the present ma- chinery available to safeguard the public, and urge that more extended powers be given to the authorities to condemn unwholesome food, the esti mate of official "standards" and the creation of a "board of reference" to which can be referred specific points, and whose decisions should be carried out by the department, concerned, the latter's action being subject to the control of parliament. FOUR CHINAMEN Were Drowned In The Erie Ca- nal. Buffalo, N.Y. Dec. 4.--Four of elev- en Chinamen, who were being smug- gled into this country from Canada were drowned in the Erie canal at the foot of Breakenridge #treet, a few minutes after six o'clock this morn- ing. Whom they were, has not been learned, as the other seven in cus- tody, are unable to talk English. The accident was due to the breaking of the tongue of a big covered waggon, in which the Chinamen were being transported from the landing place, just below the foot of Breakenridge street. The horses were freed when the pole broke, and the big waggon laden with human beings rolled see-sawing down a hill into the canal. May Bar Rockefeller"s Gift. Lincoln, Neb., Dec, 4.--The John D. Rockefeller donation of $67,000 for the University of Nebraska building devoted to religious and scientific study is not likely to be accepted for the reason that the remaining $33, 000 to be contributed by the state or Ariends of the, university cannot be raised. Those were the terms on which Mr. Rockefeller wade 'his proi- fer, and the committee which for months has been working to raise the amount has about abandoned its task. The committee has another month before the time limit expires, but has little hope of success, Not quite half the required amount has been promised. 'The prejudice against Mr. Rockefeller and opposition to ac copting any sort of a gift from him is pocepted as the cause of failure, ------ : J. W. Bowmanyvi le; vice-president, # Sivhald, Claude; R. H. Smith, St mas; directors, W. J. Brown, J. K. Darling; M. PB. Holmes, C. W. Post, George Wood, James Arm- strong, George A. Deadman, J. F. Miller, Samuel Wood, Prof. Hariison, 0. A. C, Guelph; inspectors, William McEvoy, Wi ; F. A. Gemmell, London. It was decided to have no representatives at the Toronto, Lon- don and Ottawa exhibitions, and to mend that no grant be given to AA Toronto was se lected as the next place cf meetiog. It was decided to offer every encour- agement to the St. Louis expesition, William Couse, Streetsville, being ap- pointed to collect sampl KALAMAZOO RACES. Will Come Off In January--Many Entries. Kalamazoo, Dec. 4.--The Kalamazoo Ice Yacht Club has selected January 19th to 23rd, as the dates for the in- ternational ice yacht regatta, on Gull Lake this winter. Besides " the race for the Stuart Internafional trophy for boats |¢arrving not over 830 snuare feet of canvas, there will be other events of importance. W. R. Hearst has given a trophy for boats carrying not over 450 square feet of canvas. It is expected the entries will be large in this event, as Sinaller boats are more prominent throughout the country than large ones. : Entries already have been received frome New York; New Jersey, Wiscon- gin, Minnesota and other states, and also some from Canada. UNION BRICKLAYERS And Elect Meet In Brantford Officers. Brantford, Dec. 4.--The national convention of! union brick layers and masons of Ontario, closed in this city yestérdayys 'The principal questions discussed included the jurisdiction of unions, inspection of buildings, under construction, Senator Lougheed's bill in reference to international officers, the open shop system, 'and the estab- lishment of headquarters for the exe cutive of the union shop system and executive of the union in America. Officers were elected for the ensuing year as follows : President, T. Izzard, Toronto; vice-president, 'E. Chamber: lain, Collingwood; secretary, H. R. Mills, London; treasurer, C. E. Heard, St. Thomas. CHARLES BONIER -- Has Been Fixed On As a Mur- derer. Buffalo; Dée. 4.--It was stated offi cially, this morning, that the police and district attorney have secured evi- dence enough to fix the charge of mur- der against Bonier, suspected of killing the aged Freer couple. A blood-stain ed pair of trousers were found in the home of the murdered couple, yester- day, which Bonier, this morning, ad: mitted to be his. When asked to ac- count for the blood stain'upon the trousers, Bonier stammered and then became silent. SUBMARINE MOCCASIN. Boarded By Life-Savers--Peoria For Annapolis. Cape Henry, Va., Dec. 4.--The sub- marine boat Moccassin, near Curri- tuck life-sav.ng station, was boarded by life savers, to-day. The boat was founa tight, and apparently in good condition. The life savers were un- able to tell whether any one was on board, or what conditions were in side. They will board her again at noon. The tug Peoria, with other submarine boat, passed in 10 am. presumably for Annapolis. England's Flum Pudding Industry. London, Dec. 4.--With the approach of Christmas, the plum pudding in- dustry of England--which so far has not been called upon to repel any Am- erican invasion other than that made up by consumers--is in its glory. From London tons of festive pudding. find their' way all over the world. One firm in Oxford street, among the best known makers of plum pud- ding, sells each Christmas about 250 tons of the product, which, roughly estimated, amounts to nearly 100,000 puddings. These are sent not only to all parts of England, but also to the English people resident in Hong Kong Rhodesia, Australia, Canada and oth- er quarters importing very mény of the puddings, but since this has been abolished the sales in that country are largely increased and this Christ- mas will sce sevéral thousands ship- ped across the Atlantic, many of these for points as far distant as San Francisco. ---- i, = Longshoremen Quit. There was a Lit of a strike this morning at the steambarge Nile, be- ing loaded with lumber at the rail- way wharf. There were members of A Poacher Fined. Cleveland, Dec. §.--The tug Daisy, of orain, owned. by the Ranney Fish company, was fined £1,000 by Mr. Leach, collector of customs, for un-! loading at Lorain from forsign waters without reporting to the customs of fice. The Daisy went into Canadian waters last week and got a big load of fish. When about to steam for home she sighted a revenue cutter and put on all steam. The cutter signalled the tug to' heave to or take the conse- quences. The Daisy slowed down and learned her pursuor was the American Subtet Merrill and not 'the Canadian trel. Found Dead In Bed. £ Ottawa, Dee, 4.--David Fsdale, em- at Government House, was morning. He aged twenty-nine years, We install houses with best pota- apples, 15c. peck. two different Longshoremen's Unions employed, and one side could not agree with the other, so they quit. oH Though there was a small strike by longshoremen on the steambarge King nD yesterday, the vessel was unl to-day by others. aslonded ------ Delighted Patrons. Our customers are maki us fee mighty proud these do on od count of the nice thi they are say ing about the superiority of the Suth- erland shoes, Our big Christmas stock is ready for you. ® ------ More And More. "Another lot of the lightni hitch hockey boots received = the Lockett Shoe Store, with ordinary heels and the spring heels. Take your choice. ---- Specials for Saturday. and Monday, boys' overcoats in tweeds and Oxford are destitute of fuel. Many families in Dowie's Zion City ' greys, some with strap on the back. [not be able to drill this event Segular $7 ig ad coats, special at [the armouries as the iy the 90. Roney : floor is not yet dry. Ml axles: Canadian potatoes ot | Read Livingston's advt. for Saturday |° Crawford's. ht specials from 7 to 10 o'clock. | oe tin af beans, 10c., 3 for 2c. ts for ladies at [worLD TIDINGS evening. He has been instructed for the executive committee. team defeated the in the first of the key league matches by six to one. IN BRIEF FORM. The Spanish ministry has resigned the outcome of difficulty F Saumtered in getting the budget voted. - The $5,000,000 ta Trunk deposit has been meade in bonds, the same being accepted conditionally. A large steamer, name unknown, has been wrecked east of Calias, France. A tug is standing by her to give her assistance. J. A. UC. Madore, M.P., for Hoche laga, is to be appointed to the su- perior court bench for the district of St. Hyvacinthe. * Massey Hall, Toronto, was crowded with a fashionable audience on Thurs- day night, to take a last farewell of Patti the queen of song. An appropriation for a permanent stone crib to mark the lower end of the straight channel at Lake St. Clair; will be asked from congress. Hon. Mr. Sifton's address at the Ca- nadian Club dinner in Ottawa, on Monday, will be "A Few Things of National Importance to Canadians." Thomas Murray, M.P., Pembroke, is on his way"to Bermuda, where he will spend the wintem Mr. Murray an- nounces his retirement from the feder- al parliament. The gasoline launch Kiowa, seized at Port Dalhousie, Ont., some davs ago, by the customs officials for smuggling machinery into Canada, has been released, the fine having been paid. President - Roosevelt is to receive £30,000, and his children, Kermit and Ethel, $5,000 each from the estate of the late James King Gracie, whose wife was a sister of the president's mother. The freight house and sheds of the New York Central railway company in Schenectady, N.Y., were totally destroyed by fire on Friday morning together with an immense amount of freight. A union of women's clubs, with headquarters in Washington, was formed here to-day to wage warfare fo secure the expulsion of Senator Reed Smoot, of Utah, from the Un - ted States senate. Mrs. John H. Howard, widow of a Chicago police sergeant, testified that she paid $1,300 to secure what she is entitled to under the law--a pension of $50 a month--the sole means of support for herself and children. "Tim" McCarthy associate walking delegate of "Sam." Parks, who was, found guilty of the charge of extort- ing $300 from the Lobel-Andrews com- pany, was brought before Recorder Goff, in New York, and sentenced to twelve months in the penitentiary. The liberal conservatives Hf East Peterboro met in convention at Nor- wood, Ont., on December 2nd, and nominated J. A. Sexsmith, Belmont, as their candidate in the next domin- ion election, Mr. Sexsmith contested the riding in the last general election. The record of traffic through the "Soo" canals for November, show an- other great falling off from the ses- son of 1902, and from the month of October of the present year. It is es- timated that the record for the season will show a falling off of over a mil- lion tons, for the season. THE BROAD SPIRIT Shown By Sons Of Uncle Sam. ! Owosso, Mich., Dec." 4.--John De: witt Miller, the well-known lecturer, met with quite a frost here last night in one part of his lecture, "The Self Sufficiency of the Republic." He had been extolling our country and gov- ernment to the skies, at which the large audience of course cheered. Then he side-tracked to" advocate an of fensive and defensive alliance with Great Britain, winding up both an eloquent prophecy that we and Bri- tain could do things to the rest of the world. The climax was pretty as an oratorical effort, but not one of the 1,400 people present warned up enough to applaud, and the lecturer started on another line. EMPEROR WILLIAM Can't Talk, And Looks Worn and Aged. Berlin, Dec. 4.--An article which ap- pears in the official newspaper Preus. siche Correspondenze, to-day, regard- ing the condition of Emperor William has again given rise to the fear that state. The paper says that the pro- gress of the imperial patient is far from satisfactory, and the healing of his wound will take a long time. The kaiser is unable to talk as it has heen reported he could, and can mere- ly whisper a little. His majesty car- ries on his conversation by means of notés written in pencil on slips of paper. His friends, says the paper, find him looking worn and aged. ------ Bandit Pleads Hypnotism. Chicago, Dec. 4.--Hypnotism will be the plea put up by Emil Roeski, one of the car barn bandits, as his defence on trial for murder. His attorney no- tified the state's attorney that ex- perts will be introduced at the trial to prove that Roeski was hypnotized by another of the bandits, Peter Nei- dermeier. To Represent Fpontenacs. "Chaucer" Elliott will represent the Frontenac Hockey Club at the 0. - meeting in Toronto to-morrow I to support W. Hewitt for secretary and Messrs. Fink, Porter and Washburn EE ---- "Pud" Hamilton's fast P. A. 0 Bankers last night Pittsburg, Pa., hoe- St. Andrew's Highland Cadets will his majesty is in a most precarious | Not a minute should be-lost when a, child shows symptoms of croup. = Chamberlain' Cough Remedy given as soon as the child be- comes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough appears will prevent the attack. - It never fails, and is pleasant and safe to take. Christmas Buying Has started and bids fair to surpass any year we have had. : The assortment of poods suitable for CHRISTMAS GIFTS is now at its best. COME EARLY! It ought to be a pleasure--it is a pleasure tothose who shop early--before the crowds come and goods are picked over. Ladies' Kid Gloves Perrin's Genuine French Kid Gloves, black and colors, a complete assortment, also in white. $1and $1 235. Ladies' Mocha Gloves, lined, $1, $1.25. Ladies' Mocha Mitts, $1. LADIES' LINED KID GLOVES. Men's Gloves and Mitts Men's Kid Gloves, lined and unlined. MEN'S KID MITTS. Men's Mocha Gloves, $1 and $1.24. Men's Mocha Gloves, lined, $1, $1.25, $1.49. Fancy Knitted Gloves For Men, 35¢., 49c¢. For Ladies, 20c., 25¢., 35¢., 39¢. For Children, 20c., 25c., 35¢. CHILDREN'S MITTS, TOQUES AND. SASHES, All colors and different qualities. ..JOHN LAIDLAW & SON... £2 ------ Im na------------------ We Are Ready For The Big Saturday Rush AT THE LOCKETT SHOE STORE | t atlor's- SPECIALSA om To LEATHER COUCHES from $50 to $105 i TABLES Sup 480 0 432 EXTENSION m $5 to 26) LEATHER : $630 to 2.5 ROBT. J. REI The Leading Undertaker. 2 Doors Above the Opera House. . Yon aap ---- Gents' Cold Lock have at present the choicest a --- we have ever stocked. Nothing makes a more dainty c eeptable gift. Engraved Emblems, Crests, or Ii included. A gift of this kind need not b pensive. SMITH BR.OS 350 Kis Jewellers and Opticians, --~ ALL PERSONS BESIROUS OF plying for the . position of Forems Streets must appear 'at my office, Buildings, on MONDAY, the 7th in at 10 a.m.. Salary to be paid per aniBYLEX. K. KIRKPATRIC) s City Ey Kingston, Ont., Dec. 4th, 1903. > in 3 HOYS AND GIRLS WANTED A Oberndoifior's cigar factory. WRITERS, DO COPYING home. Art Institute, Lima, O. em--------------_---------- A GOOD GENERAL SERVANT. ) «have references. Apply at 49 Street, East, VETERANS UNLOCATED LAND tificates, for sppt cash, C.. H. ell. 103 'Raglan Street. A GENERAL SERVANT. . REFE ces 'required: * 'ApplySto Mrs o Carson, 320 Princess street. A SECOND-HAND POOL-BILLIAF Combination', "Table. Must good condition. "Address, 118 Princess street; Ine A BRICHT BO¥,. FOR WOOD-W ing Factory. Fine chance to bench work and machine work. wages. 8, 'Anglin & Co. DWELLING TO - RENT, FOR 1st, with 8 or 9 rooms, fu etc. Will pay $20 per month. Cann's Real Estate Agency. WE WANT PEOPLE IN EACH ¢ cality to work for us during time. Pleasant work. Libera Imperial company, London, On FOR 8. 8. NO. 4 BARRIE 1 ship. A qualified Teacher. salary required. For further | ulars apply to K. Cuddy, H P.0.; Ont. FAKES NOR FADS id needs. \Used-every ¢ , Can't you sell ! Otherg and make fortunes. room. at o to G. Ms Co," on, 3 i | COMFORTABLE ROOMS N table board, if desired. Can t at 189° Earl street. Modern © iences. SHOP PREMISES, 167. ELLIS Street, . adjoining phan 8 Apply to 'J, Bawden, 194 © street. LARGE SHOP, 43 AND 44 PRIN street, also dwelling, and ston ble. Rent low: to a desirabl ant. Apply 249 Brock street. BOARD. A LARGE FRONT BEDROOM, a , a study, first a nas a 85 Well FOR SALE. EMPIRE TYPEWRITER, SLIG used. bargain. Apply this office. ET DANCING. ¥0 PLAY FOR DANCING Apply 181 AMred street. (P1 TO PACKERS OF CORNED Bl LUNCH TONGUES, ETC «WANTED :--~BY A FIRM ESTAB ed 7 years in the City of L« the sole agency for Great Brit sale of above. Large con amongst "wholesale and retail With, whom are doing bw 50 that the can be immt Jy placed Ba ol a