(TET E® ' ; $7.50, 98, § e Vicunas, h $15. 10bby and , $15. o ITS at $10 ckwear, g a superb s NECK. son in all 'S. weaves most up-to itable for oon wear, rbys, As- 25¢, §0c. SCARFS, 1.25 $1.50. 75¢., $1, Is. Co. fall ce pair of Slip. - kinds, from 75:. rm pale of Yel We hava them » $1.50, ty pair of Evan: ave many swell key Boots, from ccasins. Store N |: Nd @ S ® p---- ol confronts ol give 2" A ® will help afford you @ full of ar 2 men's and & You will e ing he X o have, coats I'S Youths, ren. our ready- will cost op #0, * Tha brics and ce. We are and Over- + store in ours were cheapest ; and satis- investment ® ®. > lor- ; Jos- litts, Car- Silk e © m-- ® © mson $ r --Between wiord's. e will be 2 g during TUESDAY » onl rétty Red Chairs for Dolls 15¢. Iron Toys, half price. All Dolls for 20 per cent. off, Sse. High Sleighs, with ing and Frames, Tuesday 6, lc, Books, Bibles, Religious range at cut priges, 81 Glass Water Sets, 69c, Big 10c. bottles Perfume, 5c. STORAGE, FOR FURNITURE, ALSO dwellings, stores and offices, Mc. Cann's Real Estate Office, 51 Brock street, BEST Can be had Modern conven- COMFORTABLE ROOMS 'AND table board, if desired, at 189 Earl street. ences, LA i ble. ant. -- SHOP, 42 AND 44 PRINCES ,_also dwelling, and stone sta- Rent low to 'a desirable ten. Apply 249 Brock street. FINE STORE, 165 PRINCESS ftreet. Possession Dec. 1st. Altera. tions to suit desirable tenant. Ap- ply Fi C. H. Powell, 108 Raglan ad, ON APRIL FIRST, 1904, THAT DE- sirable Store, at present occupied hy Taglor & Hamilton, as Tinsmiths and' Plumbers,' on Wellington street, with large workshop in the rear Apply to Felix Shaw, 115 Bagot St. JUST OPENED ! . 600 lbs, GANONG'S .. Canadian Chocolates .. The finest In the city at A. J. REES', Princess St. Iron Shoe. Jooks, ig AWFUL C Dour, " 10¢, lags of Candy for 5c. Imported ( hocol, Dreaded The Slew His Wife dren And Then Suicided. Cleveland, O., Dec. 21.--Roscoe W. Derby, a machinist, ate Creams, 10¢. Ib. Odd lot Fancy "ancy China Stands, Salad | high- as 75, China Cake Plates, Cuspidores, Celery ; y lowly, etc., marked as » to go at one price, 30¢, the near approach of Ghristnias. The wife, Bella, was killed first, while sleeping at: her husband's side in bed: two of the children, Harold, aged cight, and Alice, aged seven were killed os they ran through the house in the darkness of early morning en- deavoring to escape their merciless ¢. each, v T ea parent. The third child, Thomas, aged . oy Boaks, 3e. up, five, was killed in its bed, after his ull wld cider brother and. sister had been kill- Railway rains, Se. up. ed, Derby had been down town as late as eleven o'clock, Saturday night, os- tensibly shoping, but in all probabili- ty securing ammunition for his revel: ver. When he got home his 'wife and he talked with a neighbor who had been calling, over the approaching festival. Shortly aiter his arrival home the neighbor left, and the Derby family went to bed. ih The crime is believed {o have heen committed about four o'clock Sun Handkerchiefs, 3c. Fancy Decorated Tea Pots, 25. 15¢. Fancy Tea Pot Stands, Odd Lot of Fine Hair Brushes and 40c., on sale © Plattars, Min all siz Lie. wp," » at low priees, day morning. Two bullets wero fired into Mrs. Derby's forchead and : a third, probably fired after the' chil- dren -had been killed, was fired into her neck. Mrs, Derby probably was killed during sleep. Two of the ehijld- ren; however, probably had a strug- gle with their infuriated parent. Hay- old's body was found lying in a pool of blood in the kitchen, and: that of Alice in the dining room with her face to the floor, and a bullet in her breast. The kitchen furniture had been thrown about in: the struggle with the children. bullets in his head the boy evidently was caught by his father, and held while the weapon was placed against the little fellow's head, and the bul® lots sent into his brain, There was also evidence of a strug- gle on Alice's part. Thomas had re mained in bed, probably asleep, and also received bullets in his head, dy ing instantly. After the extraordinary crimes had been committed, the per. petrator of them weni into the bed- room where his wife had heen killed, and lving down at her side, fired a bullet into his own brain® with fatal effect, Metropolitan Stock Exchangp Incorporated Under the Laws of Massachuseits CAPITAL $100.000 FULLY. PAID, KINGSTON BRANCH Glarence Chambers, Clarence Sf, Opposite British American Hotel, "Prone 400, J. J. McKENNA, Manager. Bonds, Stocks, Grain and Provisions boaght on margin or for cash, DR. ROOTS WARNING If you have any of the following Symptoms, beware! of Kidney Troubles, Tap A number of pool room-race checks were found about the house, showing that Derby has heen trying his luck at betting. The first knowledge of the was communicated in a letter written bv: Derby to a friend, to the effect Cora he Weakness | ns of ies ad hiss that when it was received the Derby D Ton yesh and y | family would be dead. Unusual Pallor of Face 'at night e---------------- Pains in the Qfeat Desire to Urinate PROGRESSIVE : KINGSTON Puffiness under the Eyes men and Legs Unaccountable Ner- Hot, Dry, Our New Title From ths Toron- vousners iy. Dark- Burning Sensation and Scal to News. Under Shoulders ; Instructed by the mayor, w Pa Slr Rute Kidney Pile Shannon, city derk, of Kingston, wiites to the lows : The city owns its own waterworks, If your druggist hasn't De, Root's Kid Toronto News, as Xrrita for sampie to Pr. Slocum, Limited, avon Ot o» Whialesale Distributors for Canads. fol- MILLINERY If you want anything in millinery, it will certainly pay you to give us a eall. This week we are going to give some great bargains. - Pearsall's Millinery - 228 PRINCESS STREET. Have You Wood and Coal to Burn § economical Here are the two most fuel, investinents we know of Hard Coal! Hard Wood ! Whether it's Wood or Coal we deliver we employ careful teamsters, who know their: business too well to do it in n untidy way No extra charge for 1" cleanliness--But it's worth something to you BOOTH & CO. 'Phone 133. Foot of West St. NII PI CANNEL COAL «FOR--- YOUR GRATE. It lasts all night, Try ir. -P. WALSH - 55-57 Barrack Street. & FOR 2 DAYS ONLY GREAT BARGAIN SALE OF SHEET MUSIC We have hanging in store 500 Songs and Piano Nos, at each and over. Your choice of thes follow a 10 pieces, including the new Sacred Song. hy R. King, '* Beautiful Home of Paradise," for $1.60: pieces. includ ng same, $1 ; 60c.. 1 piece, 2c. SINGLETON'S UP-TO-DATE MUSIC STORE 286 Princess Street, Kingston, Ont Mendelssohn Pianos. 3 pieces, including sae, MME E. ELDER MASSAUE AND DRESSMAKING Parlors, Capilli Forma, produces new Erowth of hair at once, prevents falling and 'gray hair, cures Dandruff, Neural gla and Eczema. Latest styles in Car Tiage and Evening Gowns, Tailor Made Suits, Coats and rate, Ladies' Waists Toduccd one inch in fitting. Elocu- lionary reading and Recitations for so- ¢lal gatherings and entertainments which is the only public utility it does MEN AND WOMER. duced twenty per cent. in J8SS, twen | ty-five per cent. in 1500, fifteen . per | cent. in 1895, and twelve and one-half | er cent. in 1899; In 1887 the city paid | Wood = Coal 21, for water for fire protection, The central Wood and Coal now it pays $750. Then , it served for: tv-two hydrants, now it serves 298. Yard Is located at 236 Earl The city pays nothing to department | Street. except for fire protection, and the pro- | All kinds of good hard wood, cut and | fit arising from the operation of the | split to suit, dry kindling, always | department is retained solely for the | under cover. Prompt dolivery. Prices | o)ofit of the water consumers, | right. None but the pure Scranton Encouraged by the success of the | €oal-uo mixtures, water works, the. city, in December, | 1900, notified the Kingston Light, | x B. BARNEY X Heat & Power company of its inten- | cA tion "to take over the gas and electric | COMMERCIAL. light business, The cost of the works | wag fixed by arbitration, hat the com pany appealed against the award of : arbitrators, and, beaten in all the MONTREAL MARKETS. Dec (Scotch dialect a specialty), E. ELDER B51 Princess street, Ash. bid Po ken afl J. Shibley: Harrowsmith, was in Sydenham Street Methodist church Canada Pacific Ry. i as alin, cout Pte en an. appeq j:the- city. Saturday, and cleaned ont | had the most extensive Christm mu Toledo R be To 2s PAY Fowmet of ne Tu a5 tTearly all the farmers who stood on sic of all the churches yesterday, 2 Montreal St ay : $i Js expeciad. wfome doy heating in { the inarket, of the poultry they affer- | pecially in the evening when practi oa SL Hy February next, lod for sale, paying current market | cally the whole service was choral, a Halifax St. R : Servi { prices. The fowl are intended for ex- [short address being given by "Rev, W. St. ohn | i Christmas Services. . | port. T. G. Brown, Owing to the organ be- i Lh Ble C000 150 Joyceville, Lec, 19,-8t. James' con | The passengers : from Cape Vincent | ing out of order, a piano had to be Conan) [Sabi h w. 188 14] gregation are decorating their church | arrived this afternoon at four o'clock, J vised. The soloists were Arthoe Craig, rom n Co [i 34 for Christmas service, which will be at | coming over Wolfe Island. On the oth: | Mrs. Andrews and Miss Ada Chown, Canada Colored Cotton on 3 10:30 aan., with relebration of the |." Side of the island the steambarge | The church was nie y filled, notwith: Ot aww ( ce RO} holy communion, appropriate musi Hinckley does service. I is expected standing the rainy evening, 3 a 1 9 and sermon. Christmas day services inl (hat the steamer New Island Wanderer Do 1 76 St. John's, Sunbury, at 3 pm, and twill make the trip over to-morrow Fine Initial Skate. : M. ] Cotton Eo 00 37 Herald Avgel Sel al, Lr mid wind IX 4 Right o'clock Tlie: heay: Thére wasa splendid turhont at the wl A 000 feast of good things an A | wind kept her in port today. . skating club weet on Saturday night, k * 913 riment should not be all-sufficient cels The Guelph Mercuty ig pleasing ite a great many skaters' being on the $30 braticn of the hirth of the Son of | subscribers by one of the handsomesi ice. The most skilled among the mem- Hank of Commerce Yio. 151 God. and lightest pi thins of the season, bers are going in again this year for nion Bank -------- a view of agrie Fal col. 3 ! cin the steels, and all sorts a / Landed At Isle Of Pines, lego, valuable enough to preserve, good Anning Gn are biing talked oF "There NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. Colon, Dec, 21.<About 100 Colom- | enough to frame. It is patioramic in |. in la nit li 1 th we, 21st. olon, oe, 2l.--=d ri 1 civ xoelient nthe i 8 kta a large wailing hist, anc ho Open. Close | hian troops have landed at. the Island h ape, ahd. gives io aw vio wd scuson promises to be even more suc- Union Pacific Eee % a of Pines at the western entrance, of | the wn college buildings anc cessful than last year. St. btaul vik ten Hig $404 the Gulf of Darien. The island of I ines | surroundings. ---------- en 50° 50} is in Panama territory. The United i An Acceptable Gift, 2 States auxiliary cruiser te er A Pair. Of Queen. Quality. This marnitg George Zdiglor, local 8 Us left here, last evening, to obtain con, tb Just the right thing for her- nothing § agent for 'a progressive insurance com ee Pref. firmation of the report. { more acceptable and sengible, Suthep: pany, was agreéably furprived to re Te Coal and Iron es teat go lend's voll them. ceive from the head office a' handsome A r A Shoe Man's Wager. Sa ------------b pocket book, suitably inscribed. He Southern Das k: A. Ahernothy, when in the Whig of- | For A Good Boy. was more pleased upon' opening the Wotton Unio fice this afternoon, oficced to wager Atove all things he would like ta} book to find - therein a substantial NYA even money that on § irday last is | god a cocoanut. in his stocking. You sum, as a Christmas wilt, aceompan Atchison, Pref tore sold more gaeds than those of "C0 ey large French ones at Car | ied by the company's best wishes. Lou 5 Na h any other two local rhoe merchants | novsky's, . erin UR combined. His receipts were very, | ------ Boy's Moccasins, 75¢c. Texas & Pacific large. Packard American Shoes. l he best kinds are sold at Suther- Atchison Make a very acceptable * Christinas land's; hig eyelets and © well clitehed, Pa § Y o . id Ser . . Col Rushing Into Canada present for men, Sutherland's sol) | See them Amer ac San Francisco, Pee, 21. ~Chingse la- | (pop > | mtb: thal. Copper rers are rushing into Canada by the | ot a Ladies" Fancy Slippers. i horers af g i | EL E-- ARR hundreds to evade the head tax of | Kant Krack Great variety, at Abernethy's. ' o i rs p= ve ters re aed tT Ladies' Fancy Slippers. £500 on every Chinanian that en Rubbecs ack. gin] hu. io yernethy' Canada after January lst. They are | Rubbers sold only at. Abernethy's. In the ronghest match of the Pitts Great variety, at Al . x | i ------------ # ": : : now required to pay $50. | J burg, Pa., séason the Vietorias do- -------- rv H : bi : ' -- pe " T ---------- i e's Y-Z (Wise Head) Disinfect | font he P.AC, by a score of nine T Prendergast, who fought Tom : nti 25 | 1 das 2 - is bett 5 the fot : tw : 20m. 1Tend Qo rt Saka fo. Cal, died Corsets of every descrintion at 25e., | al Soap Powe 18 er than other } goals 10 twp, ; Williams, at | aeramey ts of the beat | 40c., 50c., and up. New York Dress j Bowders, as it is both soap and disin- | If you have Chri-tmas gifts to buy vesterdav from the effects ol e Ref i I eform. : ing received. A WHOLE FAMILY WAS WIP. The Father in a Despondent Mood Outlook And And Chil- about forty-five hing ; 3 y " letter from Williadh B. Davis, superin- years, exterminated his family On | topic of discussion during the: eam- | wendent "of the public schools at Un- 2 dozen Fancy China Plates value | Sunday, by shooting his 'wife, 8 Lpaign, was Mr. Gamey! Ho wab + ro- f alaska, Aleutian Islands, who declares ote sdozen, gilt" trimming and 'dafuts | QFe® children, and then himself. The garded largely as uo enriosity, © whom | that slavery exists among the popula- colorings, in the rush to-ni hy Tl | crime is believed to have been due to Lall of 'whatever shade of politics, | ion' of the islands. Superintendent etch. uight Ze. despondency over the impoverished. | wanted to see and hear. The esper Davis says that slavery has been com- frie & > condition of the family purse, and able. alent in the party were strong | mon in the islands from time mmemor- «arge Sweet ranges, | From the location of the | crime | '| Thomas Mackie, MP., protested that own: at present. The amount of Use Big Q} for nnnsturah money invested in water works js ions' or ules $348,000. The experience of the muni. | oe nl pot ats: | cipality in operating has been mos | 00, Sent GF poisonous. satisfactory. ~The works were takes 80d by Drogeists, over by the city. in 1887 'with' 900 con- | gs cnt 1 iain wrist, sumers; now there . are almost 3,000 | fla nba Ee" consumers and the rates have heen re- | --- NOMINATIONS AT PEMBROKE. F The Conservatives Withdraw To © 7 The Town Hall. Pembroke, Dec. 20. Nomination day '{*was a memorable one in North Ren- frew. From early mornin electors continte to arrive from all parts of the riding, and at noon hotels and committee rooms were crowded, and the strects were thronged.+ The vail: ways granted excursion rates, and the Canada Atlantic "ran a special train from Ottawa. The great point of | in terest, as indeed it has been the chief AVE UNCLE' SAM. The Islands Off Alaska. Washington, hireau of education ML, ly opposed to allowing him: a part: in the ' contest, but they have been squelched, 'and the motto of Renfrew ial, and that it is still general, He gives a number of instances of orphans and waifs bein, held as slaves conservatives now is "Stand byl and says that he has been unable to Gamey." None of the humors of make the owners give up their "'pro- first-class ®locticn were absent." Both fporty." He asks for instructions as rst 4 to parties had tried to engage the Pem how to deal with' the condition. i broke band, but , political feeling tan}. . hr Jackson said this morning that #0 high that - the 'bandsmen could riot be had known for some time that sla- 'agree on which offer to take. The very existed in the islands, and: that Gov, Brady, of Alaska, had taken steps to remedy the evil. He said the principal offending slave owners were conservatives, 'therefore, imported the brass bend of the Renfrew Sons of Temperance. The conservatives, too, had the advantage of Possession of the} not 'the native Aleutians, but foreign- town hall. Immediately after thel ers. who had married native women, death of the late member, Feter| and among whom the possession of White, Jr., who expected to ke the| slaves was considered a mark of conservative candidate; again, had wealth, : rented the hall for nomination day -------------- whenever that might be, and the eon THE FISCAL FIGHT tract held good. While for these res y > | sons the enthusiasm seemed with the | 'conservatives, the liberals has: the air | of confidence and determination hegot S-- The Honors So Far Rest With Chamberlain. ten of good work and erganization. New. York, Dec. 21~In a special The Sadr house was rs lon, cabls from London the: New York the official nominations, Sheriff Moffatt | Herald has the following :. "In that being returnibg' officer. The room was | Part of the fiscal campaign which. is packed with electors, and. each can: | coming to a. close with the end . of didate, when he entered. 'was loudly | 1903, hongrs rest with My, Chamber- cheered. Mr. Hale was nominated hy {Join. His has heen the aggressors' Messrs. Thomas = Mackie, M P., and]portion, and he had carried many. of Bernard Leacy, both of Pembroke, gnd his (nancial agent was announced to be J, J. O'Meara. Mr. Dunlop was { nominated by Messrs. James MeApulty | of Point Alexander, and Joseph | Ben- nett, of Ross. The candidates made Lrisi addresses . and the Progeedings clofed. : | The liberals, notwithstanding the | brass band: in the town hall, had a | splendid meeting in the court house. [ Every seat in the chamber wag oceu- | pied and many remained standing all ir was occppied by the defences of his opponents, and. oh several occasions forced them to aban don old, and take up new positions. No decisive battle, however, has yet been fought, 3 : Partisans of the former colonial sec retary point. with pride to the fact that not a single. opponent of fiscal reform has been returned at a bye- election to parliament since their lead er lft the cabinet to undertake the duties of a missionary of empire. The question before all electors who afternoon. The chair have heen called to record their votes Charles Ross, of Bromley township. | ince Se ptember was this: "Are you | Prominent in front at a table taking | in fuvor of fiscal reform or are you | notes was James Findlay, ex-M.P., | not? : who hag been heralded as a liberal un. The Duke of Devonshire bade all {able to support the Ross government | who believed in him to give a negh- eny longer. His wave ng récord is of | tive vote. In every case constituen: course well known in the riding. He] cies asked to give a verdict have { began very early a process of "heck. found in favor of Mr. Chamberlain and against the Duke of Pevonshire, A prominent German state min ster declares that Mr. Chamberlain's eolon- ial zollvercin will remain a chimera through' his losing sight cf the com: mon enemy of all Europe, the United States. Leroy Beaulieu, a member of the French Institute, says that England's colomivs talk arrogantly; Englis capi- { ling" which might have embarrassed a | less able speaker than A. G. MacKay, {| M.P,, and thereafier was subjected tg good-natured. chaff from the back | kenches, which kept the whole audience | in good humor. | "Take it down, Findlay," was the certain accompaniment of every point | made by. the speaker. Mr, | Findlay, | however, took it all very good-natur. | edly, and decided that he would not | tal and prestige feeds and maintaing attempt to reply, them. The talk of abandoning the | The speakers dealt to some extent mother lind is idle nonsense. | with general issues, but all had 4 A prominent city firm says u strong syndicate of German business men has been formed to supply the free trade party with unlimited funds to fight Mr, Chamberlain. Arnold White' warns, Englishman, that itt Mr. Chamberlain becomes premier, there will be no will in the empire to curb him but King Edward. Winston Churchill, supporting the iberel candidate in Ludlow, says pro- and | word to say about Gamey, whom the | conservatives have, taken up as their chief support. {dn all hie oxperience ho: had never known. such, an election in North Ren- | frew, so full was it. of slander and | dirt from beginning. to end, N. Jefirey, of Guelph, dealt foreibl | with the leading issues, ------ INCIDENTS OF THE DAY, Newsy Paragraphs Picked up by Reporters On Their Rounds. Hatrack, $4.50 to 825, at R. Reid's) It is almost impossible for a boat to get around the foot of Wolfe Island, Ihe ice is six inches thick. H. J. Foik is sending handsome cal- endars to his friends, with the com pliments of the Manufacturers' Life In- surance company, Good selections of ladies' desks from $4.50 to $25, ut R, J. Reid's, To-morrow afternoon the senior pu. pils of the kindergarten class of Vie. toria school will be treated to Christmas tree entertainment in school room. To-day Hunt Bros. disposed of their handsome DLC. eolt to Henry Wad gington for a good figure. The ani mal is only a three-year-old, but has given evidences of spoed. V y ion means a policy of brag grab, John Burns says the tarid commis sion is a packed jury. Lord George Hovitton informs the Faling' conservatives that his opposi- tion to"protection is too strong for him to support Mr. Balfour. R. Nash, Sydney, Australia, reply ing Mr, Chamberlain's 'question how to give the colonies a prefarence without tax on foreign goods, says by cheapening the cost of goean cartiage. The News attacks Mr. Pearson, chairman of the Tariff Reform League because his Christmas extra was printed, in Holland. i The Standard says the tariff com mixsion is _indecorous, irregular, . and disrespectful to the sovercign. The Berlin Reischshote declares that if other English coloniss adont © New Zealand's d fierential* tariff. Germany will be shut ont of the markets of the world, J. io a the Sydenham Street Church. . LO -------- THIS IS THE DEMAND of Washington' Official Finds Practice of 'Owning 'Serfs is General in Dee.- 21. <br. Sheldon Jackson, general agent of the national a to-day, received a Not a minute should be shows ymptoms of crou appears. will prevent the age and is pleasant and safe to you cannot melt if jac id bo ! _ : Hs had Our Big New Store a A ae Will be open every night during Christmas week, Wo are line of goods suitable for presents that are unsvb-passed for | utility. They include such. things os Carving Sets, Pocket v sors, Carpet Sweepers, Tea and Coffee Pots, Plated] Ware, especially Forks and Kniyes, Table Bells, Jelly: Moulds, ete. CEE ov sa | During bps y {A Prosent for the .... wu. Little Girls i lifetime, i asks it; & prosty iusto Jind of yor Yiwlay McKELVEY & 69 and 71 C tre a The-undecided man will do w to omit a pair of Queen i rom his hs of Christmas S$ would prove acceptable there is a dainti le 'to 'Queen as ness, an exclusi n who dress a gift, 'W folly appreciated by wome well. Above everything get her a pair of Queen Quality, 5 ed w ..»SOLD ONLY BY "=~" = daira - SUTHERLAND'S *3zcez Get him a pairof PACKARD SHOES, Ps OF XMAS... v i But a few days more until the * Gladdest dey of all the Fb year | Have vou selected the pair of Overshoes for lather, or thi ' Cpowbdorrp oe tres 1 t= . cosy slippers for mother, or the Bkating Boots for sister; oe he not call early in the wok, make your selection and we, shall them aside; and send homo nn Christmas fove ? McDermott's Shoe Stoi Princess Street, Kingston. Fuse Wire and % |p Electrical Battery Z THE CANADA METAL CO. TORONTO, Steam Barge In Danger. . Trenton, Dec. 21.--Tt is reported here that there ix now and has heen for the last two days a steambarge ving ---------- near Presque Isle lights, She has lost | Buy. your Christmas candies her boats and keeps dragging anchor | fruits at Ferguson's and gave i 1 «* a mast, She is paibted black or. d She way need help ii she does not go down: ars : A ctr a visit Taylor's, : and has now a black flag at topof | Music rolls at Taylor"