( that there was so much ly. F § z I : i ; | of five million is all right. Ottawa Journal, a pump, Another Slap. Help. Was Afforded, But Niot Rally. Napanes, Dec. 20.--On Fri last Geo was fo by 'acclamation, is not imity of some of LT were not willing be by the advice of their Jeaders or equals. They would not | admit that Mr. Urquhart had been AR uncommon success, that he had been unusually vigilant in defence of the public interests. The man was a grit, and tory Toronto had fo use for him! That was the cry which the little politisians' raised. They had . as a 0. 2 He was taken into the hote be done was resorted to 1ife, he died earl from a chill caused by the DO00000000000 ooking after himself. was well-known throughout consideration. He said he could win with the support of the conservative press. That he meant to be a candidate there is no doubt, and that he was not is due to . his delay in complying" with thé legal for- malities before a certain times" : The 'city clerk was. reading the proglama- Only 65c. farmers for a mend. The remains he was buried yesterday. following are the no : For mayor, M. S * 0 o for 1 0000000000 VTOO000 Mr. Urquhart when his opponent ap- peared and was told he was "too late." Mr. Urquhart has a second termi because the machine failed to operate when it was expected to do 80. His i= not an experience which, under the circumstances, ean give Mayor Bell very much con ------------------ MUNICIPAL 'GOAL YARDS, | Tho coal yards which were 'institu: ted in Ottawa and Montreal and To- | ronto last year were not g financial success. The men who did the buying on behali of the cities were not ox- perts in the business. Some of them bad no knowledge whatever of it, and they. were confronted with the furthor difficulty of not being able to pur chase fuel from the usual sources of | supply, for these were cut off by the strike ing, G. H. ander, Dr. Ward. School Kast ward, W. T. Gibbard tion); Centre ward, A. E. Scott, Fi H. Brisco, Chatham, is 'the Christmas holidays with Harold, left yesterday for where they will resi is the guest of this week. Yesterday morning the the touched twenty-cight zero, a good sample of 1 red the night before and the now iy excelent, Foxboro Presbyterian cor 2 one of, the old-ti Then there was the other question [of transportation, which was exceeding- iy embarrasing and expensive. As 4 rosult the municipal coal yards, open- ed hurriedly and filled at some' dis. advantage, did not pay. All of them our values in Consumption Of Liquor, Watson, a farm borer, in the sheds of the Market Hotel, where he had apparently lain for some hours, in a dying condition. dieal aid procured, but, although he lived several hours, and all that could to save his y Saturday morning The deceased had been drinking the revious day and was not capable of He was about sixty-ive years, of age and single. He ship of Rithmond, having worked with great many years. A brother lives in the township of Rich- were taken to Catscallen's undertaking rooms later friends claimed the remains and Gy FP. Ruttan. Councillors, E. S. La- tion and afinowncing the election of 1s John Lowry, G. A. Clif, H. k Williams, W. T, Waller, Co A. Graham, S. R. Miller, A, Alex- W. Grange (ac- clamation); West ward, S. Gibson and rents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Brisco. Mrs. Hamilton Armstrong and little son, Manitoba, for a year or two. Miss Jennie Crouch, Gananoque, Miss Myrtle Knight weather. A slight fall of snow occur receipts netted ahout $125, ngreg: me tea- Metinge, where the receipts amounted to $370, "ok -- Ladies before buying elsewhere, sce has invaded the council chamber, And | lected Montreal has not suffered any from ny is accused of offenves | : pif y it fs not the of- [& 18k of talk in the council cham. been the case in | -- Eh ! of the citizen in the General Manager Hays puts an end | Galt Whig. to the silly talk about the Grand ., Trunk ' Pacific. The road goes on. CA BOON TO THE CITY. J The engineers are now at work, an Ee advantage hy nichinl LE army of Shea, and in the spring con- was brought ou terday ion. will i 13 Re The: of take struction. will be begun. The deposit -------- and the impression has become OBSERVATIONS, that the levy of the city is Bow than in former years | ay, Hounstis inferred from the gradual ad- are, no doubt, some folk in the rate of taxation from Ontaria hu vt. such a igh opinion ty mills on the dollar. amey that they woul p opis will poms ther thes Tae 170 SHIN hae fl difference is in the s Srowing Sime last year ¢ rade, which has, the , | seems unfortunately to have extended dropped fram 836 a your to 5. The | HEWN 10 whiskey drinking. ~ How- fram . ever was mi r con- $2,300 house that :paid $61.95 in 1887 is now contributing but $54.80. a: law reducing the number of aldermen owner is in' + because municipal Hold Him Up, for each oi to two, and this by- ownership has a boon and a bene Moutsent Heald head off Mr. law, helors the final assing, must re fad ol r. - ive t i . fit, as far as it been experienced | (o Just think of the high Priest of Jive e assent of the qualified elec in Kingston. It is hardly possible | high tarifie saying he could make Us | Some members of the council had all rich with a five per, cent, tariff and ' Hamilton Times. a |cheapened, and that as a consequence | Thomas Crawiord, one of Whitney's their use will be very much extended. | lieutenants, refused to appear on -------------- platform with Gamey at Westmeath. SECOND TERMS. But Beattie Nesbitt is still true to | same given time. The mayor bids for a second térm him, As the issue was calmly contemplat- by t in T The ! ---------------- ed two reflections followed. One was ring 0 Suvate in bevwto. The FOUND DYING, that this proposal for a reduction He Did day night 1 and me- exposure. the town- and minations . Madole, trustees, (acclama- spending his - rmometer sleighing ation the | trained to think quickly and move do. - | ploy bimsell usefully to the direction which afterwards ailed, I was act- . electors seem | yqped two considerations, (1) to ' uch alive on | avoid ti jarring over ward expendi: day. ture, the feeling that the were elect provement refer tl uestion of how the al decide. If they are satisfied with will yote ly; if the majority of them vote for a ch: of the sys tem which obtains in , and in London, it will be made. Alderman King has pointed out that if the vote be in favor of a new order of things it must continue for five years, and after due reflection there is wisdom in this law, seeing that no routine which affects the masses, and in respect of which there must be a certain' amount of educa- tion, can be fully tested in a shorter time. It may take two or three years to introduce a new system, and the balance of the alloted span will he none too long for the examplification of its merits or demerits. Smaller Councils, Before the by-law was passed dealing with the matter the city solicitor was asked to report upon it. He called at- tention to the fact that the Municipal Act provides that the council of every city shall consist of a mayor and three aldermen for each ward, but the council of any city may, before the lst of Novem in any year, pass a by- to me expressed themselves as being in favor of the smaller council, on the ground that at present it is cum. brous, that all its members are not equally active, and that a 'smaller number, especially of business men, cisively, could accomplish more in the in the number of aldermen had *con proposed by Alderman Behan and lad been rejected by the council. Perhaps it was a mistake to defeat the move ment in its incipiency, The rejection of the by-law by the council, without reference to the people, involved a dis- trust which was not altogether com- plimentary to the electors. There is some virtue in the referendum, and the people ought, in' my judgment, to have been allowed to express their opinion regarding the scheme. The knowledge that the council had objected to the smaller council, however, and the con- viction that it might object again, Jel to the adoption of the alternative plan of electing the aldermen by the general vote. The by-law providing for this pleb- iscite is now being advertised. If the yeas have it the election in January, 1905, will be conducted without refer. ence to ward boundaries, Ome Argument For. The principal contention in favor of the change is that each elector will have a choice of twenty-one alderpien and the mayor, the ballots for both being marked in the same way, in the same place, at the same time. It means that each voter will be respon- sible, so far as his ballot goes, for the election of the whole council rath. er than a section of it. It means that his franchise will be very much enlarg- ed and widened, and that the city rath- er than' the ward becomes his constit- uency. This is the advantage to the general vote, There is another side to and it has been pressed upon me by the pr yY owners. They have now a vote in every ward in which they own propert . ' have votes ac- cording to their interest or stake in the community, and they feel that Iv the change to the election of aldermen by the voters generally they will he placed on a par with the man who owns little or owng nothing. There is no provision in the system which per- mits of any modification in this con- ection. ia a defect, a serious one, one which will ate very much ainst the adoption of it. = 3 property owners natural desire io presirve their privileges, o their ance voting power, and they will be governed accordingly when they go to the polls. -- Local Interests, A po nt against the change is that it will make the aldermen at large less interested affairs. The ward alderman is concerned usually, if not entirely, about the wants of his icular district, and it is ar. 2 that he cannot, if he will, em- the case, of the city's general affairs. There is something in this, but not so much as some ae de to appear. The direction of lic works is much different under the ward Bys- tem to what it is under the no-ward system. Every city has its machinery for the performance of public works. The Canadians are leaning more and more to the custom of employing officials and of cast- He Is Impartial In His Treatment ~Both Sides of The Case-- Reasons For and Against the When I gave notice of the motion, representa- tives of 'one ward were getting the best of the representatives of another ward in the expenditure of public mon- , and (2) to give the people what they Secintd to ire, namely, an Sppertun to pronounce upon & change ny stem. The councils which by the general vote iu other places were alleged to be an im- upon. the councils made up . of the wards' elect, and the council of & | the city deemed it wise and prudent to i subject to the tashayess. The en are is ome which the people must ward divisions and ward elections they amilton, in "There's a Richness" A Fillness, a Purity aboiit 1] Therefore, 1 assume that the gene : ral plan of public works is not a £ Tt was. noth: Nay System of Represeata- ie when thére ue will-sonducted J _. _--- ? North Ren- works' t t evidence y in N L il de. [1 not forthcoming that this is a. | COYlOn tea that no other possesses, Black, Some | cite. spon ks Soeapin 4 somcring 2 | wavs the cas. Indeed ome of my cor. Mixed or Natural Green. : ar I Lol by the ema vote am in | eoPondenis, "writing me from a city - Wp ron. : , % i i t n), says: "One sealed lead pack . impottant that they do so inelligent- Lo, of "Cry. 'with «Population. of || guudtld 8) Srocers, 5,000 people, is without a representa- tive, and co tly it does not re- ceive the attention. that it would if the aldermen were elected by wards as before. There is this to be said, however, that there is very little com- plaint heard, except at election time when some Sundidate for Boncrs oy be brought to task on tl ustings for her failed to look after the in- teérests of one particular section or another. Yet I do not think that if a vote of the people were taken in Janu- ary they would go back to the old system."' Wards Not Represented. I may be asked how a ward might be without repredentation by a change in the system. In this way: The city nomination may be at one place, and care may not be taken to have candidates 'from every ward. You can well take off ted that these candidates : asd gen Noted hi five, or A your hat, sir, to our mag seven for 'each ward, 'there is no nificent line of : guarantee that in the general vote the elect will" fairly or evenly represent the several wards. A ballot may con- tain the names of say thirty-five men, all good and true. The wards are not indicated on this ballot, and when a voter takes his pencil in hand and begins 10 mark he may select twenty- one men who appeal to him as among the best and as calculated to make the most serviceable council. And it may happen that all these may live in three or four wards. The implication is that the other wards will or less neglected, that the aldermen | will be familiar with the events of their own neighborhood only. It may be an erroneous conclusion, but it af- fects the situation and has its in- fluence upon the voter's mind. This is a large subject, and cannot be discussed in one article. I will re- turn to it again, and give the infor mation that has come to me candidly and openly, 'whether it be for or against the by-law. Yours, R. MEEK" OVERCOATS! Such Overcoat elegance has never before been seen in any clothing store in Kingston. These beauties are built of Oxford Greys, Black Cheviots, Vicunas, Etc. Some are cut a trifle shorter than last sea- son, but all are fashioned with that style and sweep that marks a coat of distinction. Our Grosvenor Overcoat Is a great success, $7.50, $8, $9, $10. Our Westminster Overcoat Is a winner with the young fellows, $10, $12.50, $13.50. @bamberlain Overcoats, Elegant and aristocratic, $12.50, $13.50 and $15. HEADQUARTERS FOR UNDERWEAR. THE H. D. BIBBY G0. Cash and One Price Clothing House, Oak Hall, ; Fuse Wire and Electrical Battery Zincs. THE CANADA METAL CO. TORONTO, ONT FASHION'S FORM. A Smart Suit, Considered Quite Dressy. This design is very short skirt suit, and smart for a is considerably dressy, being made of broadcloth, either in black or any dark color. The jacket just reaches to the waist. There is an inch tuck coming from each shoulder down the front, back, outside of sleeves, and down each seam of the seven-gored skirt. The trimming is made of Persian lamb. A paper pattern should first be cut, and from this all the designs made in the fur. After being stitched on to the cloth, they are edged with a narrow hlack silk braid, making a beautifyl and novel trimming. ------ WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON We have much pleasure in Sanonnciog that Mr. R. J. Prince, Canadian Representative for the PACKARD SHOE, will be at our store on WED- FTERNOON and THURSDAY R with his New Spring Samples of Men's Shoes, We extend a hearty invitation to every gentleman in Kingston to call and see the ® @ DCW creations in modern American Shoes for Spring 1904 # J. B. SUTHERLAND & BRO, & Sole Agents in Kingston ® i : POCECEROEE® If your water pipes freeze send to us for a plumber; our prices are most reasonable. Lemmon, Claxton & Law- renson. William Allan, M.P., a well-known m engineer, is dead, aged sixty- si. ars. EE XL DR. ROOT'S WARNING MLS EL oi Symp, Cecoecveee® 2 : » for Packard Shoes. C0000 90000000 ©000e®Y POOR MAN'S LUCK, a To An Invalid a Relative Leaves $30,000. Syracuse, N.Y., Dec. 29.--An invalid for eight. vears and a viotim of po- yerty, William Jones, of No. 116 Woodford street, has learned that 4 fortune of more than 830,000 awaits him in Wales. After a search of thir ty-four years his relatives across the seas have succeeded in locating him and the funds will be transferred to the Spracuse man. He was employed | Wade's. ut the salt yard in this city and on him and poverty became a stern reality. Eight years ago Jones sul fered an attack of paralysis of the kidneys. He has since been practically an invalid. . Most Penetrating. The quickest soother of pain, and the most penetrating liniment on the mar- ket to-day is Smith's White Liniment. A positiye cure for sprains, swellings, inflammation, neuralgia, rheumatism, and lumbago. Big bottles, 25c., at corsets worth $1 for GSe. worked 'hard to support a Diphi growing family. Fortune did hid New York Dress Reform. STORAGE, FOR FURNITURE, A wallin, stores and o A rn Estate Office, 51 B; street. ee __ COMFORTABLE ROOMS AND table board, if desired. Can be at 189 Karl street. Modern con ences. ee esi « RGE SHOP, AND 44 PRINCE lakGE also dveiing, and stoge | ble. Rent low to a 'desirable . ant. Apply 249 Brock street. BE STORE, 1658 PRINCE FIN cet. Possession Dec. 1st. Als fons to suit desirable tenant. ply to . H. Powell, 103 Rag Road, i---------- Sr ---------------------------- ON APRIL FIRST, 1904, THAT 1 sirable Store, at preseBt occupied Taylor & Hamilton, as Tinsmi and Plumbers, on Wellington str with large workshop in the re Apply to Felix Shaw. 115 Bagot FOR THE GHILDRE Cheap and Useful Children's 3-Piece Toy Set Red or Blue. Children's Wood or Ratta Rockers. Children's "High Chairs, wit Tray. Also anything one could sug gest in Furniture line; Suitah) presents for young and old. Our Christmas delivery promise to be the largest yet. JAMES REID 254 Princess Street. Mail orders «promptly 'attende to. COVERED RINK SEASON RATES: Gentlentan, single .... .... ... ..§ 4 0 Body, BNI sas sein shir icine 3 o Children under twelve years ..... 2 00 Pamily of two i... ties ost € 0C Family -of three ...... .icocce woes 700 Family of four or five .... ...... 8 00 Family of six or ten ... .... ... 10 OC Those wishing to secure gents' lock- ers should apply early. H. W. Richardson, Treas. W. E. Bonter, Manager. Sec Nothing Finer Than a Box of GANONG'S .. Canadian Chocolates .. For Christmas. Call and seg them at A. J. REES', Princess St. Have You Woad 9 z. and Coal to Burn r Here dre. the two most economical fuel investments we know of : Hard Coal! Hard Wood ! Whether it's 'Wood or Coal we deliver, ¥e employ careful teamsters, who know their business too well to do it in an untidy way. No extra charge for the Cleaniingss--Dut it's worth something to You, ' BOOTH & CO. "Phone 133. Foot of West St. Have You Seen It? We mean the AUMPHRY ARC LIGHT outside our store it's a brilliant light, cheap and cconomical--in fact. the BEST LIGHT made. See us about prices. Breck & Halliday, Princess Stroet. Eutablished 1500. i Tel. 6&8 W. F. DEVER & CO. 159 Wellington Street, Kingston Write for our ; aE Sh | | |