ect from. just re- 's are $2, -stitched, . y at 25¢., y others. ufortable o ors," KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1903. £ . il k at 706. and $1. Music Cabinets, $4.50 to $20. Jardinier Stands, 50e., 65c. to $4.50. Ladies' Desks, $4.50, $5, to $25; some splendid lines, at $6 and '$7. Sce them. Children's Toy Sets, $1.25 to $2. Children's Desks at $2. Centre Tables, 70c., $1 and to $10. ROBT. J. REID, | - fhe Leading Undertafer, 2 Doops Above the Opéra House. REMINDERS : - We have the largest stock of Olives in the city: g Olives at 20 cents per bottle. Dlives at 35 cents per bottle Olives at 80 cents per bottle Olives at 35. cents per bottle. © Qlives at B50 cents per bottle. Olives at 60 cents per bottle Olives at 75 cents per bottle. Olives at 90 cents per bottle Olives at $1 per bottle. ALSO Stuffed Olives at 20 cents per bottle Stuffed Olives at 28 cents per bottle. Stuffed Oliyes at 35 cents per bottle. Olives stuff with Anchories 30 cents per bottle. . Crushed. Olives for Sandwiches, some- thing new, 80 cénts per bottle. 'Have you seen Bishop's California Goods ; the finest ot their kind ? Bishop's Glace Walnuts, 75 cents Bishop's Guava pot. Bishop's Red Currant Jelly, 25 cents per pot. stuffed. with OX. Jelly, 25 cents per Prunes, P Bishop's Orangeats, 30: cents per pot. Bishop's Preserved Figs, 45 cents per 'Bishop's Spiced Figs, 45 cents Bishop's Presérved Cherries, 4 per A whiop's Grape Fruitate, 45 cents per Jas. 9 adden & Co. A Holiday Vision ! STOCK COMPLETE Special Values High Grade Umbrellas. in "Watches, jar. cents Fine Imported China. Sterling Novelties. ones. Candleabras. . Silver Toilet Requibites. oot Lock | 1 sales in ois' ots. 'or Al Pearl Crebcents. Bg. dd Sunbursts. would mention tur 8 Gold Cuff Links. Stone Whole Pearl Hoop in 14k, at $5. SMITH BROS.. Jewellers aid Opticians, 380 King St. ---------------------------- pees > DOC TAXES, 1903. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT all persons whose dog tax for the year 1908 is mot paid on or before the 31st of December, instant, will be summoned before the Police Magistrate for a breach of the By-law im that. behalf. L. W. SHANNON, City Clerk. WANTED. WE WANT. PEOPLE cality to work for us during spare time. Pleasant work. Liberal pay. Imperial ¢ompany, London, Ontario. IN EACH LO- HOUSE TO RENT, BY A CLERGY- man ; small, « modern dwelling ; will pay $18 to $20. Apply at Mc- Cann's Real Estate Ageacy, 51 Brock street. SALESMAN WAN : BIG SALARY or. commission to sell our goods, by sample, is: or retail. Ad dress, enclo . for; postage, Can- Dex Manufacturing .Co., St. Louis, 0. 20 a ER CPR. SL J uired 'Tools donat- Short time req ¥ ed, board included, diplomas granted, positions furnished. Best paying trade in' existence for poor man. Write for particulars. Moler Barber College, Chicago 1. PERSONAL. rT SISTERS IN DESEAIR. SPEEDY RE lief. A FP praasion; any cause. r remedy. e, State arth Walker Co., 163 dlstmas Fumitie Fancy Rockers, from $2 to $12; some Crawford's live publicity Special furni a "ill, New yroieure prices at Harrison's, Woe unt 0 ; bas become ohbte. Rolitician Whose nerve Were it not for the fools the guys would get left, Was To-morrow will b : ¢ the anniversary St. John 'the Evangelist Wersary of Business as a m 5 antle covers tude of queer transactions. * mul A man who is look ing for troubl usually find it without Ril Ble can Great is the physician w woman of an imaginary di Keep Wednesday, January 18th for the lecture of the season, D 3 Jasture DI season, De Windt, {he great ho can cure a sease. oe Fi nations for 'aldermanic and. may- y candidates, Monday mor i 3 Ss, i and 12, noon ¥ ae December 26th in history ©: Ontario made a province, 1791; battle of Tren- ton, N.J., 1776: unsuccessful sortie of British troops at Mafeking, 1901 St Stephen crowned, 1135 > tn NEW YEAR'S Wine Glasses: Of every description ; also Decanters, etc., --A Te CORRECT PRICES. Large assortment to select from. ROBERTSON BROS. WATCHES, JEWELRY. Including thé newest in cach line. Our prices are the lowest pos- sible considering quality. § Rich Art China, Bronze Ornaments, That mark of merit Hawk's Cut Glass, Sterling and Silver Plate. NOVELTIES A call will convince yoy that our clerks can assist a selection in the most difficult case, AP. B. CREWS, 'Phone 336. How About a Wood Burning Outfit for That Christmas Present ? We have them from $1 up. Also An Artistically Framed Picture Makes a most acceptable gift. Our Frames are MADE IN KING- STON and are guaranteed by the nakers. : KIRKPATRICK' RUBIN GOLDMARK Celebrated Lecture-Reeital CONVOCATION HALL SATURDAY EVENING JAN. 3th Under auspices of KINGSTON LADIES' MUSICAL CLUB. LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION, 229. A SPECIAL MEETING QF THE Longshoremen's Union, 229, for the elec tion of officers, and general business, will be held at their hall, TUESDAY EVENING, December 29th. y order, WILLIAM MULLEN, Secretary. pero MASTERS' & MATES' ASSN. A MEETING OF THE ABOVE ASSO- ciation will be held in their room, Clar- ence street, over G.N.W, Telegraph office, TUESDAY EV ENING, tg m. ART STORE. . President I -------- LOST. Buckle and Pin at ed, Wednesday noon. Finder will please return to this office. hi ; ; Butter, 20c.; sweet apples, -15c. 3 ay when od: 2g A PEARL CRESCENT BROOCH, FRI- Send no mone, or particulars ad day Inorning, either on Union, | West dress H. A. Horton, Dept. 339 Te- or Clergy streets. i Ll . rewarded on returning to hig konsha, Mieh. rewal Felt "Shock. GREY LAMB GAUNTLET, WEDNES- Morrisburg. Ont., Dec. 20.--An e shock was felt very dis in this 'distriet yesterday lasting. several seconds. No damage was done. day night, on Sydenham strect, be tween Princess and Queen Streets. Finder will please return to Jos. Abramson, 180 Princess street. 90c. Butter. Butter. Butter 20c. Rolls, or prints, c.; sweet apples, turkeys and chickensy Crawiord.: -- BLACK SATIN RIBBON BELT WITH |" DAILY MEMORANDA i T i Is St. Stephen's day. usons 1 oy stall officers, Monday, at Oper . tourera House announcements on oe Ladies' Music as Musical club recital Monday | Coal ads, are samples oc And Man Who Did It Is In Jail. WAS 'AN ARTIST AND NICELY CAUGHT BY DE- COY LETTER. Leo R. Brennan Charged With Writing to Morgan, Rocke- feller, Carnegie and Other New York and Chicago Financiers Making Demands for $50,000. Chicago, Dec. 26.--The mysterious litters demanding large sums of money whi'h for the past six months ' have been reccived by men high in the Result Of Canvass. Lordon, Dec. 2§.--The Daily Mail announces that its canvass of the United Kingdom on the fiscal poli- cy, inaugurated by the pa- per on September 30th, re- sulted. as follows : 4 Ballots polled, 546,779; In favor of a retaliatory policy, 238894; in favor of free trade, 166,606; in favor of a preferential pol- icy, 141,279. $44 P44 PHS FEES FFP PF 43544404049 financial world of New York and Chi- cago, have Leen traced to Leo, R. Brennan, a commercial artist of Chi- cago, and he was arrested as he was leaving the post office, where he had gone in answer to a decoy letter. Brennan coniessed to having attempt- ed to enforce a dozen demands for sums of $25,000 and. $60,000 and hav- ing threatened his intended victims with death should they refuse his de- mands. He declared that all his at- tempts had been futile. The New York financiers of whom Brennan demanded money were J. Pierpont Morgan, John D. Rockefel- ler, James Stillman and Andrew Car- negiz. Uf each of these men he de- manded £36,000 in his first letters, and on receiving no replies reduced the | amount to $25,000, Among those in Chicago on whom Brennan attempted to levy tribute were Marshall Field, R. T, Crane, J, Ogden. Armour and G. F. Swift. None of the Chicago men was asked for more than $25,000 * In. the case of Marshall Field Bren- nan wrote under the name of William Craiz and asked for $25,000. No at- tention was paid to the latter, but when the second was received contain- (ling threats Mr. Field placed the mat- ter in the hands of a detective agency. A few days ago a decoy letter was sent to Brennan, telling him that his demand upon Mr. Firled would be ac ceded to. Then a package was pre pared and addressed to "Craig" to be delivered at the registered letter department of the general post office. When Brennan celled for the package be was arrested. No formal charge was entered against Brennan, but .it is seid he will be held for action of the federal authorities. More than thirty letters demanding money were written by Brennan. INSTANTLY KILLED. While Going To His Christmas Dinner. Whitby, Ont., Dec. 26.--Wkile on his way home to eat his Christmas din- ner, yesterday, Thomas Walton, a G. T.R. section man, was struck by the engine of a freight train and instant ly killed. He leaves a widow. London, Ont., Dec. 26.--Albert E. Latham, a G.T.R. brakeman, about thirty years of age, fell from a vard engine, which was drawing about twenty cars, and was run over and so badly injured that he disd about two hours after. A young widow and icfant child survive. McKINLEY'S BELIEF. That Senator Hanna Would Be His Successor. Louisville, Ky., Dec. 26.- Harry S. Heath declares that it was the belief oi Pre-ident McKinley, just before he met his death at Bufialo, that Sena tor Hanna would be the next nominee of the republicans .and that he would be elected, Shooting Accidents. Minden, (nt, Dec. 26.-Two shoot- ing accidents occurred here yesterday. S. lott was handling a rifle in Thompson's hotel, when the weapon accidentally discharged, the ball en- tering one of Mr. fott's lege at the knee. Samuel Sheffie, a bov in the employ of George Diggs, while hunting, was accidentally shot in the foot. e---------- 'A Disastrous Fire. , Hamilton, Ont., Dec. 26. The plan ing mill of David Aitcheson & Co. was destroyed, by fire, last evening, with a large finished stock and valu- able machinery. Loss £35.000, to meet which there is an insurance of between £15,000 and $20,000. ---------------- 20¢. Butter. Butter. Butter 20c. Rolls or prints, 20c.; sweet apples, 15c. peck, chickens, turkeys and sau sages. Crawford. The wonderful sale of Huyler's can dies during the Christmas season is a strong proof that they are the best. Gibson's Red Cross drug store. | Huron county, is ---- PITH OF THE NEWS. The Very Latest News Culled From All Over The World. Mayor Cochrane, of Montreal, is ser- ioushy ill. Wiliam Monck, ex-tax collector of Hamilton, is dead. James Masson, formerly judge for d. Hon.-I. M. Daly hos been appointed police 'magistrate of Winnipeg. C. Macken:iz. been appointed crown attol of Rainy River. The National Table factory, Owen Sound, was burned. Loss $50,000, A small British force in Somaliland surprised and routed 2,000 Dervishes. . Frank Small, St. Thomas, was kill- ed at Dexter by a log roling upon Lim. A. F. Stoneman has been appointed to the lgislative council of Nova Scotia. : The Salvation Army gave a Christmas dinner to poor people. It is reported that the Siberian exiles are organi:ing for resistance to the authorities. Police Magistrate Baker, of Winni- pez, has been dismissed by the Roblin government. gu Murgatroyd & Son's safe at Smith: vill; was robbed of two checks amounting to $1,500. : Dominicans, under Former President Jiminies,; are fighting ander the recent successful government. Large forces of police and militia prevented disturbances arising out of the bakers' strike at Paris. Distinct earthquake shocks were ex- perienced in New York state and else: where through the United States. A memorial window to the late Rev. Canon Hobden was unveiled in the Church of the Ascension, Hamilton. All hope of getting the steamer Mon- arch out of the ice near Sault' Ste. Matic this winter has been abandon: Ruth Miller Hoar, wife of United States Senator Hoar, of Massachu- setts, died suddenly at her home in Washington. Because he was too poor suitalile Sian gifts joe J illips, Hollowyille, killed. his ro wildrcn. / Rev. R. Pogue, Jastor of Hespelor Presbyterian church, has accept a in New York 25,000 to buy them, N.Y., Findlay Will Not Vote. Pembroke, Ont., Dec. 26.-- James Findlay, whose al- leged defection from the liberal party has been pa- raded all over the country by the conservative press, has decided that he will not vote at all. "Jd am still a liberal,' he "and I am a: follo Laurier, but I don't like the Ross government,"' '" Are you go: for Mr. Whitney's date ?" ; « Certainly' not," with emphasis. '" That would 'be out, of the irying pan into the fire." to vote candi- 44444 E42 F 40 F S44 2 PRE TRE RX FIR ELL ERE EE RF SF 3 ™ call to Bethany church, Philadelphia, as as-istant to Rev. Dr. Patterson. Leonard R. Holme, of the Montreal Gazette for four years, severs his con- nection to enter the advertising de- partment of the Canadian Pacific rail- way. 3 Simcoe county council decided to discharge John Ross, keeper of the House of Refuge at Beeton, owing to comgl:ints of his treatment of in mates, The Canacian Pacific agent at Calas met was held up by maske:! robbers Wehnesday right, and there is a ru- mor that they succeeded in getting $5,000 in cash. F. W. Woolworth, the five-and-ten- cent store king, of New York, Utica, Watertown, and other points, distri buted $10,270 as Christmas gifts among his clerks. Premier Deakin, of Australia, says the ministerialists, a majority of the labor party and an influential minor- ity of the opposition all favor Mr. Chamberlain's policy. James Palmer, a noted lawyer of Charlsttetown, Prince Edward Island, cisd on Wednesday. He was seventy two years of age and a brother of a former chief justice of Prince Edward Island. While Sir Frederick Borden was in England Arnold Forster, secretary of state for war, suggested that a regi- ment of Canadians be sent to India to get the benefit of a military train ing there. (. M. Hays has veturned to Mon- treal from Englantl; and states posi- tively that the Grand Trunk Pacific will be built, and that the Grand Trunk never had any difficulty in reising the money. Frederick M. Cushing, of New York, was sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice Dayis, of the supreme court. Cushing was convicted of murder in the second degree for shooting Lis wile during a auarrel on July 2Ist last. Mayor Urqubart has been ro-clected for Toronto by acclamation. Ex- Mayor Howland reachod the «ily (1rk's office one minaie late with his declaration of qualifieation. No al dermari=, candidates retinel, and bat two of the forty seven for the board of education. A Fine Christmas Present. New York, Dec. 26.--Daniel J. Sully, whose profits in cotton speculation have been the subject of much recent gossip, gave his wife a 8300000 Christ- mas present in the shape of a magnifi- cent new residence on East Sixty se- cond street. Mr. Sully bought the house from its builders. He saw the house for the first time last Saturday and signed the contracts on Tuesday. The dwelling is among the finest of those erceted by spegulative builders on Upper Fifth avenue. It is wix stories in height and contains twenty. GREAT FLEET Japan Ready For All Emer. gencles MOVING ABOUT FORTY WARSHIPS ARE IN DAILY PRACTICE. | Japanese Railways Are Ordered to be Ready to Transport 70,- 000 Troops From The North To The South--Ready To Call Out The Reserves. London, Dec. 26.--The Nagasaki cor respondent of the Daily Telegraph says that the Japanese railways have been ordered to be ready to transport 70,000 Japanese troops ffom the north eee ee ® Recognizes Palama.' 3 Panama, Dec: 26.--C. Mal- 4 let, the British consul, has 4 officially informed the junta +4 that he has received a ca- blegram from the British 4 foreign office to the effect 4 that Great Britain formally % recognizes the republic of 4 $4444 44440404 Panama. + ain: i * ee ete -- to the south. Jt is understood that only those troops which are inured to cold climates will be chosen. The correspondent says that there are now forty warships in the south: ern waters of Japan, the majority be- ing fully coaled and ready for asuy emergency. These warships are con tinually moving about for practice, Officials everywhere, according to the correspondent, are ready to sum- mon reserves at a moment's notice. The drafting of Japanese troops Lo Corea continues. They in small numbers on various pretexts, but nev- ertheless a fairly large force is now there: The Times' Moscow special says one of the volunteer fleet transports, em route to Port Arthur, from Odessa, carried 2,000 picked recruits, also sev eral Black Sea naval officers and a party of fifty naval gunners and en- gine room artificers. TO BE SOME TIME, ---- Before The Final . Issue Is Reached. London, Dec. 26.--The Times' Paris specisl says : It will be, probably, a few weeks before the court of cassa- tion takes up the Dreyfus case. Should it decile to send the case to a pew court-martial another few weeks will elapse before the mi'itary tribunal as semblas, so that the final issue of the case is not yet at hand. There is every prospect that the Jadicial pro- ceedi will be carried on without the slightest popular excitement as no political capital can now be made out of the Dreyius affair. All that re mei i1 question iu the regular ad miristration of justice and should the court so decile there will be a redress of a judi-ial error. Absolute secrecy is maintained by the members of the commission as to what led them to favor revision. Among the rumors are statements that the forged dates of certain documents and the alteration of others, which were submitted in the secret dossier to the Rennes were detected at the war office, that this contributed in a great mea- MOODY MERRILL DEAD, First Intimation Of His Where- abouts, Boston, Dee. 20.--A ane nouncing the death of Moody Merrill, formerly a prominent financier of Bos- ton, at Silver City, N.M., was receiv: ed by Winthrop , in this city. For a number of years Merrill had been in the banking business in New Mexico, ha¥ink west on account of alleged difficulties arising from the unfortunate investment of money given him by others. Ho was under indict ment here on a charge of embezzle ment, based on sone of these alleged transactions, carried on about tem years ago. He was arrested on this charge in New York a few months ago and brought here, but he di before his case was called for trial. Morrill was ffty-seven years old. The telegram announcing his death was the first intimation of Merrill's whereabouts since he failed to answer to the indictment found against him. The police had been exerting in vain every effort to find the man. Merrill made and lost several for tunes. He aided in building up the street railway system of Boston and served upon the Boston school hoard. He was a member of the state Senate, His ambition was to be maver of Boston. In 1800 he was a cand for or of Boston, but was In New Mexico he was knowh as¥lol. Charles F. Grayson and carried on various profitable ventures. Merrill's greatest achievement while in the Massachusetts stato legislaturs was the abolishment of the old sta constabulary. He alo i soured i passa; an act resulting in Aor ti of the West End Street rails way, now the controlling factor in Boston surface lines, ~y When Merrill was arrested in New York he made a determined fight against extradition, but lost. There were indictments aginst him involving the misappropriation of about $400, 000 whith had been instructed to lim before he left Boston first for Mexico. On his arrest in New York he claimed he had sent money to Boston to li: quidate many of his debts. a ------ : IN LONE SOUTHERN SEAS. In Peril For Weske=Owner © Killed. Wellington, N.Z., Dec. 26.--~The two and a half ton yacht Kinora, with its owner, n man named Buckridge, at- tempted to sail from New Zealand to London by way of Cape Horn, but has returned here. } Buckridge fell from the mast and was killed when the yacht was in - the Pacific a thousand miles from land. His mate and sole on navigat- ed the Kiaora back to Wellington, and in the test for three was in peril " y it 5, Buckridge was twenty-seven years old. He had served in the war in South Africa and afterwards became a member of the Antarctic expedition on the exploring vessel Discovery, which was fitted out by British scientific so cioties. HAS RESIGNED. J. W. Leonard Leaves His West- ern Duties. Montreal, Dec. 26.--Mayor Cochrane is reported as being somewhat better, to-day, but he is still confined to his bed and his condition is not by any meany satisfactory. 3 J. W. Leonard, who has been assis tant to the general manager of the Canadian Pacific railway for all lines westi with headquarters at Winnipeg, has tendered his rexignation to that company. Mr. Leonard has been in Montreal for a few days. He had a Merrill, son of the | suitable ings, all sizes, from for uaughter. BROWN E--OBER MURRAY---On Dec. vighty-first year, W Funeral will take place on y the residenice of his son, John ray, Barrieneld, at 2:30 p.m, Christmas i} relict of the late at the residence mn, Clarke Allen, Funeral took . Hazlett, Sc, in his sure to the deci ion of the 'm sion. HE DIED IN BIG WRECK. Bride-To-Be Found No One To Claim Ker. Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 26.--While . on Lis way to New York on the Duquesne Lim ted to cl:im his sweetheart, who has crossed the ocean from England, Ambrose Good, aged twenty-three years, of McKeesport, met his death in the dreadful railway wreck. In that (ity in a small home where the mar- riage was to have been solemmized, and which was to be the future resi. dence of the young coupl: sadness reins. Miss Lilian Bennett, aged twenty- three years, of Staffordshire, England, left her home a week ago on board the Cediic from Liverpool. Good ex- pected to meet her when the Cedric docked at New York. No word was sent to New York to notify the young woman, who was travel ing alone. TO GO TO INDIA. First Step Towards Imperial Mili- tary Policy. London, Dec. 26.--The Daily Exnress says the first step towards an imper- inl mi itary policy will be taken next year, when a Canadian regiment will be stationed in India to train Cana- dian officers for ever-ready fighting. Sir Frederick Borden, it says, has back with him a tacit acknowledgment that the dominion must provide a third great arm for the empire aller Britain and India fir F wick Beor- den given a fi to imperi hi ti ians, which the Tritish ert intends to foster towards greater things. The Express adds that part of the Canadian project 4s' an army Oi » . Woman Will Run. Montreal, Dec. 26.-- There is rny snoant of excitement over the an- novocement that Madame Le Fran- cois, a rich and handsome lady of Papineau ward, will run against ALL five rooms. It is wholly ve A is "a fireproof CHARGE AGAINST WOMAN Of Distributing Obscene Newspa- per Literature, Windsor, Dec. 26.~Mrs. Ladorna Beaver, the member of the Windsor Flying Roll colony who was nrrested on Thursday night by the Windsor po- lice on a charge of distributing ob scene literature, appeared before Mag- istrate Bartlet and the hearing was postponed until nest Tuesday. Mrs. Beaver was admitted to bail, George W. Weaver, another member of the colony, being her bondsman to the extent of $200, The new evening news- paper Success was started in Detroit and developed such tendencies that the Canadian authorities prohibited its cirenlation through "the mails. The paper was thereupon removed to this side of the river. PIGS DEVOUR BODY. Waggon Upset And Released Half Starved Pigs. Brantford, Ont., Dee, 26.--The dead body of John Carpenter, an Indian from Tuscarora township, was found, Tuesday, by the roadside. It hid been partially devoured by hogs. His mind was unbalanced, and it is thought he fell asleep in the waggon while driv. ing a load of pigs, and fell from the waggon when it was upset in the ditch. This released the pigs, and, as they wote in a starved ition, they turned on his body. It had been par- tially covered by the waggon box, hut the ex paris had been eaten by the pigs, One log 'snd hoth arms were gone, and the ahimals had fior- ribly mutilated the face Wind win. i ------------ A Captain Dead. Yarmouth, = N.8., 'Dec. 26.--Capt. Thomas Killiam died this morning. He was a very prominent citizen, -------------- Butter. Butter. Butter. court, | con'erence with President Shaughnessy Fear. and | at which the resignation was tendered The, funeral ilk leave his Foie and "accepted. William White, second Monday moruing, Frise vice-president, with practical 2 are ment of the western lines, will + Bttend. and" : the duties formerly performed by Mr. cbb Leonard, , be Sold, VIOLINS--Regular price, $40, $35, $10; now selling for $38, $16, and $6. % Bows and Strings, same reduction. GUITARS--Were $15, $10, and $5; now $10, $6.50 and $3. ; = Come and buy Mouth Organs at own price, R. J. McDOW/ MUSIC | 2 Wii SINGING, PIANO, VIOLIN 24 Miner Sus A $5; inachine factory of John 11 Strachan street. The last long. 1 1s not only gaining a reputation fn Kingston, but' in su Ta | Craw :