CER © 000,000 for the Canadian ranch of the . 'railway compan tons of steel rails, deliveraple next year, That will not fail to you up on time 7 worry for Christ: you have anything Aluminum Ware is proof against Buming. Cheaper than Enamel Ware last twice as long. esthing for, the Kitchen. Sold W. A. MITCHELL'S HARDWARE 85 Princess Street. . Same Price as the cheap adulterated kinds. HOME singer Agere than Jereatid | quickly we sond cakes COTTAM BIRD NEW YORK STOCK MARKETS, Supplied by W. F. Dever & Co., 18 -- GRAIN MARKET, {What Is Going on In the Business World--The Markets. The B.C. Teléphone company will in tal a new $100,000 switchboard ut Vahtquver, it is remored in railway circles that the Canadian Pacific railway ofirod §2.- 8 Pere Marquette. he Lake Superior company has re- cent] contracts with the Canad- y Tor 614000 © at is said that the Dominion Iron and Steel company has secured a see con. tract for rails from the G.T.R. agave atng 87,000 tons. The Verity Plow company is working s plant overtime at Brantford. The C.P.R. is to loop the big hill at ahiiig, probably requiring the expendi- ure of a million and a half. The gr the heaviest on any line on the © Portuguese crop and a large quantity, stimated at 80,000,000 kilos (about ®.- 00, imported ' from other countries. This mheat will be sold in the Portuguese te members of the 6 there has been a shortage in tbe | pioh operated Sn the neghiborhond 7 THE DAILY WHIG, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26. pt ---------------- BRIDGE BUILDING INTERFERED WITH MUSKQ- KA LAKE OUTLETS. Railway Traffic In and Out of Toronts, Enormots. Toronto, Dec. 20--In building a bridge at Bala, in the Muskoka dis- triet, recently, the James Hay rail way stopped one, and obstructed an- other of the two natural outlets of the Muskoka lakes. In response to the complaints of the residents, a govern ment engineer was sent up to report, and now the James Bay railway has joid, B.C. It will Le » costly under [notified the government these ohstrie tions have been removed. The release, Morrisburg, and the members of which bushels) will soon have 10 bo lware all sentenced to various terms of imprisonment for robbery: and arson, arket at not more than 60 reins per | has stricken terror into John H. Me- lo, or approximately $1.60 per bushel | phoe, near Morrisburg. MePhpe snd his Presented to William 'Ward by William Ward, B.A., superintendent of Chalmers Sunday sehool for the past. six years, who Bas from the Kingston Coilegiate Institute to sceept a pouition in. Upper Canada College, Toronto, was kindly remem- bered, on Fuiday evening, at Chalmers Sunday school entertainment. On be: hall of the congregation and scholars, Rov. Dr. - Macgillivray presented Mr. Ward with a cabinet of silver as a token of the esteem in which he is held. Dr. Macgilliveay expressed the regret that was felt at Mr. Ward's de parture from Kingston, regret not only by Chalmers congregation, but by the people generally, for as a teach. er and superintendent, Mr. Ward was a moral force in the community. It will indeed be difficult to fll the place he has Desubied Here for some years past. Mr. Ward was not only a Sunday school worker, but occupied the positions of elder and chairman of the church trustee board. Mr. Ward was quite taken by surprise. He ex- pressed his geateluivess for the kind things that had been said of hita and the valuable gift, presented. He re gretied to lonve Kingston, where he had formed so many warm friends and which he liked so much. Buried Seven Weeks. Gananogue Reporter: On tuber 23rd, Wellington Lan- don, Lansdowne, was threshing his grain, and made a large stack of straw near his barns.' Next day he missed a full grown sow, and as she was not found after a search through the premises, he concluded that she must be under the straw stack, The stack was wido and high, and remov- wpeadio" upon: the: fate of exchings. wife, who had long suffered from the : depredations © of - the bandits, were | A CABINET OF SILVER among the principal witnesses against some members of the gang and were warned by other members that if they | Chalmers' People. continued their evidence, their house would be blown up. They gave evi: dence, however, and one day a stick of dynamite was placed beneath the house, and the building was destroy- ad by the explosion. With the release of one of the members, McPhee is afraid of their vengeance, and writes he had hetter do to protect himself. The Christmas railway traffic. at Foronto has been the heaviest in the history of thé roads. Fully 70,000 peo- ple were handled on Friday and Satur- day, in and out of the city. and of this. the Grand Trunk handled quite 50.000 people in and out on those two days. The Grand Trunk brought forty- five trains in and sent thirty-nine out. All the traffic on hoth the Grand Trunk and the C..R. was handlxl en gix tracks, and there was not an ac #ident, months, ing it to find the pig, even if it were unger there' would be a big job, and: the pig would probably be dead when found. Se Mr. Landon took no fur- ther action in the matter. Cattle were allowed { groed at the stack, and ate holes 1igat into it. One place was eaten to a depth of twelve feet, and at the far end of it the sow was discovered, December Oth, lying on the hare ground. It was almost life- loss, but the open air and a little nursing onabled it to walk out of the was very thin, the hair pressed so tightly to the skin, as 10 lose all re- semblance to hair, and its cars flat- tened close to the head. 1t is now appurently as well as ever, and none the worse for its seven weeks' burial. And, in fact, it thereby saved its life, as if it had not disappeared it would have been made into pork. The Burdened Postmen. partment made an allowance for ex and a horse and sleigh, if necessary busy delivering mail from carly morn ing till five o'clock in the afternoon them didn't even get their dinner. ¥ hired rigs in order to get their load, both hands for extra. Christmas pa. for the post office workers. 3 May Go On Ferry. in Davis' dry-doék, and receive ai overhauling, 1t is 'said that she wi ing bow, Hren® I ho put on the Gananoque-Clayto su SL, Londen, Dat. forry route next season, in place ¢ sold. Are You Pale And Sallow ? that sallow face into ~ onexof beaut Money back if not satisfactory. Stora: 'The German Lutherans will erect the odueation of home missionaries. visitors this afternoon. fi-chief_in India, is expected, ninetcen hundred and six, you open savings account with this Bank ai which it will grow will be both matter. We will be pleased to ass you. to at mons STANDARD BANK OF CANADA! Red Cross Drag Store. : Corner Princess and Bagot Streets. hole an hour after being found, It | Assistance should have been given the letter carriers during the past week. 1t is understood that. the de- tra men, but it was not taken advan- | tago of here. At Christmas time, the carriers should each have an assistant is understood that several of them delivered. 1f so, the post office should The steamer Jessie Bain will winter the steamer Valeria, which has Leen In boxes, 25¢c., at Wade's drug store. Take Stuart's Dyspopeia Tablets. large seminary at Wolseley, Assa., for Sir Mackenzie Bowell and his son, EE ACCUMULATION OF SAVINGS You will have no regrets in after 308 | life, if on the first day of January, deposit a portion of your income each week or month. The rapidity with surprise and delight to you. The open- ing of an account is a very simple | arres by. -------- ANARCHIST A SUICIDE. Spaniard Previously Tried to Kill Cardinal Pages. Bateelona, Dee, 200---An anarchist of the name of Salascomas, who murder- ously attacked Cardinal Cassanasy Pages, bishop of Urgel, while he was leaving the cathedral on Sunday ev- ening, was arrested and sent to pris- on. To-day he committed suicide in his ce'l by: taking poison, which he had hidden in his clothes. While dying Sal- ascomas declared he tried to kill the cardinal to avenge the victims of cleri- calism. PREFONTAINE'S BODY Once. ------------ Woman Slashed With Raeor. and thus had no holiday. Some of Schenectady, N.Y., Dee. 26.--In the t Loourse of a heated family row last night, Mrs. Maria Gonona, forty years g { old, was stashed on the face and head with a razor by her) brother-in-law, bear the expense. Everybody holds up {Joseph Franz She was taken to the hospital und is in a critical condition. Franz stubbornly resisted afrest, and was clubbed into submission by offi- cers. In the melee his nose was broken. The cutting resulted in a family row. Franz put his wife out 1 of the house and she sought refuge at the home of her sister, Mra. Gonona, Her husband went there and threaten: ed to kill the whole family for har st of the quarrel he attacked his sister-in law with a razor. The injured woman staggered to a nearby police station Its blood you want, more blood and | for aid, covered with blood. better. Wade's Iron Tonic Pills make, purify and enrich the blood, changing Woman Burned To Death. New York, Dec. 20-Sitting beside the fire reading a newspaper, Mrs, Michael Cowan, of Fifty-Third street, Brooklyn, dropped asleep, and her pa- "Sometimes you eat too much.' | per came in contact with the stove. i The paper burst into flame which set | Fresh at Gibson's Red Cross - Drug | on fire the clothing of Mrs. Cowan and the contents of the room, Her a | husband, who was lying asleep on a lounge, was go overcome by the smoke | y n n of boring his wife. In the m y. that he was unable to assist her. + | Cowan out of the burning house conscious. Cowan will recover. Arrested For Perjury. a nd 3 a h Prison, last Friday, after serving ist | connec {done time in the penitentiary. . tle Britain, dropped dead. PITH OF THE NEWS, 3 R-------- The Very Latest Culled From All ° Over The World. W. H. Hayes, district the Bell Telephone eompany, at Wind- TO HAVE IT REPEALED. sot, has been promoted to the head 5 office in Manitoba, and Release of Bandit Causes Terror new home ' trisburg -- Christmas , A in Ma : i train was wrecked three miles | Durango., Col. The cars rolled down injuring manager of his twelve passengers, dead jn his home from an apoplectie #troke, against ber quarrelsome hushand , of one of the i, } hi< father iu she face, the blow resuiting in death, The husband, who A Charlottetown despatch says that to | the steamship route to the island is Christmas dinner by his wife. to Detective Jobn Murray asking what | ! TEMPERANCE PEOPLE WANT A Denver & Rio Grande passenger Take Its Place--Decernber a And Stricter Prohibition Law from Fine Mont in P.E.I--Steam- ship Route There is Still Open. Halifax, N.S, Dec. 26.--A Charlotte Toronto | town despatch says that a movement assaulted, and Danicl | 15 afoot, by the temperance peple, to O'Brien i¢ under arrest, charged with |Tepeal «the Canada temperance act, being the assailant. Rev. Charles Stube, Evangelical church at N.Y., was found t i . the effe-te of May automatically take its place. The which has been in force in the three the | Prince Edward Island counties for the a | Past twenty-five or thirty years, in order that the stricter prohibition law ater jaw. why has been in foree, in Charlott 'towr i June, 1901, is , but cannot go ies until the for the or i» inte of 0 the co Scott act is abrogated. still open for passengers and freight, and three steamers are plying stead- ilv, the two summer boats of the Charlottetown Steam Navigation com- pany, and the governmcut"s winter steamer, Stanley. December has been an exceptionally fine month, following a fine sammer and autumn. Blam BY STUDENT. Failing to Pass Examination, Man Becomes Insane. Lishon, Dec. 260.--~A sensational inci dent in Colmbra, the seat of the Por- tuguese university where all the great men of Portugal are educated, is oc cupying public attention. One of the professors, Dr. Refolos, was assassinated by four shots from a revolver in -one of 'the chief sireets Bertha Langdon, Alias Clark, has made a good thing of it recently by waiting upon clergymen with a story of having money in the bank which she was unable to get because the bank was closed ending up by borrowing money. She had money in the bank, but never returned the borrowed money and, this morning, the girl appeared in the police court on the charge of stealing some hats and waists and was sent down for three commande r-general trenton kien RED FLAGS FLY railroad stations, An Englishman, William Dallman, was sentenced, to-day, to eighteen months for attempted highway = rob- bery on Christmas night. He met Miss Annie Cameron, on Louisa street, about eight o'clock, last night, and | struck "her in the face at the same time snatching her chatelaine, He was pursued by the plucky girl and dis- covered crouching behind some bar rels. The chatelaine was found near Liubertsy are - Bourse And Banks Closed. Petersburg, says rebels at Moscow. revolutionists, apparently, successful, as the tionists is growing broader. of Colmbira by a former pupil of his, who morbidly attributed his failure in life to the professor. Four years ago he failed in his final examination at Colmbra, and was thus unable to take up his position as a physician. This failure so preyed upon his mind that he became possessed of the idea that he would take the life of the pro- most © distinguished mili- | fessor who had examined him. has been made EY at a Norwegian On Thursday night, as the professor was leaving a bookseller's shop, the maniac, wrapped in a cloak, slipped up to him, and, uncovering his face, said : "Do vou remember me ?" and From Kasa and Nicholai Railroad Vefore Dr. Refolos could answer, fired four shots. Moscow, Dee. 26.--The insurgents at HEROISM IN A DINGHY Kasa and Nicholai : to-day, and lively | wil i fusilades ensucd between the mob and | Wiliam. Fersier Eavad Shipwreck she troops occupying the depots, The stations at Perove and of the insurgents, ed Sailors. Victoria, B.('., Dec. 26.--Neows reach- and ed Victoria in the ' Australian mail, red flags are flying from the buildings. yesterday, of the wreck of the barken- tine La lsella, near Weinaboolon, on the Australian coast, involving the loss of seven lives, and rescues by a Rg fisherman, William Ferrier, which St. | caused him to be known all over Aus- that the bourse and | tralia as a hero. The La Bella struck Desperate | hali a mile from shore. Life-savers the | failed to reach the wreck. The barken- I'he | tine was going to pieces, and seven been | sailors fell to death, one by one, Then area of the revolu- | William Ferrier put out alone in a dinghy with a single oar. He rescued THE CANADA ACT back to our regular business, but the ordinary bargains will not prevai.l In fact we must be busier than ever. The J 3+ x upset and complet disarranged departments, the holiday remnants, all will comMjne offering you the values extraor- dinary. Profits and past prices are . to be forgotten, and if articles have not been sold at a price, will make a price that sells. Whenever we have a real bargain chance people will know of it and can rely upon the valugs Joffered. Don't forget--READ OUR ADVTS. The Strikers Defeated. the captain. Ferrier made another trip, rescuing another man. A' life- tically ended in the defeat of the strik- 8 the men who leit their positions are returning to work, owing to the fact that the strike com- | mittee is unable to support them, be- cause of the lack of money. check to the strike is only temporary, and declare they will be able to bring about in St. Petersburg the same con- dition. which prevails at Moscow, REFUTES ASSERTION. Will Be Brought to Canada at ... ., Bajdwin Claims There Are boat took off the survivors. Medals and purses have been presented to Ferrier, EAGLE ATTACKS BOY. Father Appeared on Scene and Shot it Dead. lerlin, Dec. 26.--As the little sons of the park-keeper at. Palmnicken, in West Prussia, were playing in the public gardens, an enormous golden eagle suddenly flew downwards and attacked the smaller of the two boys. The older boy; who was about seven vears old, began to shout and threw himself over his little brother. The : \ Deathbed Visions. Ottawa, Dec. 20.--Sir Wilirid Laurier left for Montreal, to-day, to convey his condolences to the family of the late Mr. Prefontaine, and to arrange for the funeral. Mr. Clements, private ! gecretary to the minister, calles that he will leave with the body on the Yesterday, some of the carriers were first boat. o were yerson to whom spiritual. Men did not "always die as they lived for in many cases he had carried those on their death beds the analogy of Moses lifting up the serpent the crucifixion of the Son of had been his joy to see these pecple God as their Saviour even at the eleventh hour, although he did not their spiritual welfaze till they were on their death | A £ : Osler was undoubtedly a ecsey is delighted with such did charming present, and is practising upon it, with a view to maturing its Man. It marvel in his profession, but he not think he cauld elaim to have the spiritual visions that were met with by the clergy. Woman Known as 'Iron Arm," + and Feared for Prowess. 26.--A waggoner and killed by a tram- i FREE LECTURES car at Colombes yesterday. When the corpse was being prepared {or burial, be that of a wo- Her assumption of man's attire was, Steamship and Navigation it is now known, the sequel of a ro manve that became a tragedy. was a woman of good family, named , Clotilde Filly, and thirty years ! she ran away from home and obtain: [day and Friday | ed permission from ] . masquerade as a man. She was known among her waggoners as Paul, and was noted for [nals and the correction of compasses and in view of a probable change in th standard examinations for Coasting In waters, those who con } son, | man whe was passing rushed into the C. J. Bowell, of Belleville, were Whig | room, and carried Mrs. Cowan into . ) i the open air. Her burns were so bad The recall of the resignation of Gen- | that she died an hour later in eral Lord Kitchener, the commander- hospital. The same man also carried her feats of strength, her the nickname of *"Iron Arm." land and Minor she knew were! template securing a certificate for an of. her vio- erade will derive much bevefit by which gained "Belleville, Ont.. Dec. 26.{SNvanus Burnham, an old man of seventy | vears, was released from the Central of her on account lent temper, and her fight. She could box with such skill | Marine & F that few men who saw her fight once | Office of Examiner of & cared to stand up against her after-|Mates, Kingston. December 26th, 1906 year for obtaining goods under false a | pretences from Bigelow Bros.. Tren- ton. He was immediately placed under t megan on a charge of perjury in tion with 'the same case. He has Three-score ang twelve, the Whig, to- day, entered: upon James Smith, an old resident of Lit- one of its departments. eagle thereupon darted to a great Toronto, Dec. 26.--~That man died as | height, and, after manoeuvring a mo- he lived and that there are no death | the nape of his neck 'with his heak, his I'he cagle then mounted npwards Saints | second time, but just 'as it was re church. He did not know ii Dr. Osler | turning to the attack it was killed by had been veported correctly, but could | a gunshot from the father of the boys assure. his congregation : think Dre, Osler was in a position to judge. He knew of many cases in his | ' dying | Vecsey Receives Ome From: Chi- had scen visions, and he had absolute cago. proof of these, whereas, he said, Dr. Osler, was hardly the not GAVE HIM A VIOLIN. to Reindahl. On the back there is and : ; beautiful scheme of decoration, likeness of Dr. Joachim, alteady [fine tone. tyre; was drowned while skating. A SERIES OF She Will be delivered in one of th : n 1 the o| of the "Old Collegiate Building' 1908, commencing at 8 p mn. to steady attendance at the classes, F. GOURDEAW. Deputy Minister Fisheries. Ottawa. Masters HOUSE TO-LET. Apply at Mcleod's Drug Store. ment in the air, descended on the old- statements attributed to |er boy with great rapidity, lacerating , of Oxford, University, | London, "Dec. 20--Little Franz Von Vecsey, the violinist, has just receiv- ed from America the gift of a new violin, It was presented to him by the well-known Chicago maker. Knute eau con sisting of an excellent likeness of nd sey, surrounded by scroll work and flowers in colors, while the end of the fingerhoard is carved into a splendid At Beamsville, the nine-year-old son MAN FOR THIRTY YEARS, |Of Grand Trunk 'Ticket Agent Meln- (ILLUSTRATED BY DIAGRAMS) Rooms osite Chalmers church, on every Mon Evenifigs during th. to | months of January, February and March Specinl attention will he give fellow: | Rule of the Road. for and Erie ho COLLEGE STREET, NEAR U t street, Stone House, in good eo seventy-third EO robms, stable and = out houses every acres land, suitable Tor garden - ant 3 pasture. Possession immediately. THE LOCKETT SH The Aftermath of Christmas Shopping Now the happy holiday season is over and we get Handkerchiefs--Hundreds of Handkerchiefs Out of our Handkerchief Department comes piling scores and scores of slightly mussed or creased and marked articles. And the order comes With them to clear at give-away prices. Will the shoppers of Kingston realize the magnitude of awaiting bar gains ? They will, when they read this short list: LADIES' FANCY EMBROIDERED HANDKERCHIE teed pure Irish linen, 'to go at 10c. ALL THE REGULAR 20c. Handkerchiefs, to go at « 12%c¢. ABOUT 120 of the regular 25¢. Handkerchiefs, to go at 15c. Actual Half-Price Sale Ladies' Mantles : The biggest sale of 1905 will be the present one of Ladics Mantles, at exactly half the regular price. Whether in need of a Coat at once, or a decision has been made to wait till next se son, it's to your intérest to examime the offerings at this 5, guaran Every Mantle shown is of this year's make, finish and and nearly all blacks in the three-quarter length, in sizes irom 22 to 44. Regularly our lowest value was 85 and our highest i5--now they range from only . $2.50 to $2.88 WOULD YOU BE WITHOUT a ., ONE NOW ? a Sweeping Reductions in Furs "ea This news concerns some of the finest exclusive styles in fur garments produced this season. Every picee in the elaborate ol | fering here presented was selected for our own regular stock Each garment was chosen for beauty of the style, the excellence of the fur, and the fine workmanship. They » t products of the world's best furriers. Now we offer them at just 25 per cent below their regular price. FUR COATS--Of finest material and finish, in Astrachan and first quality Electric Seal, from ......... 20.25 to 37M FUR RUFFS--AIl styles, one special in double Sable, at 11.00 Others in all Furs, from ........ «coins A 1.88 to 15 FUR MUFFS--AN style, and Furs to match the Rufis above Irom... cosine : : 6.72 to ION FUR-LINED COATS--Muskrat and Alaska Sable C Reveers aaisseratiRa ERE AS TA Arts x1 Daring Cuts in Ladies' Wear This is one of the departments that must be clears the double-quick order, and to insure such the prices have been mercilessly slashed down to a fraction of their regular a LADIES: FANCY KNITT ED SKATING GLOVES, regular and 30c., your choice now, each ...... LADIES' UNSHRINKABLE UNDERWEAR, vests and match, guaranteed natural wool, each . ale, LADIES' WHITE CASHMERE VESTS AND -DRAWERS, © ter weights, extra special, each ...... nd r LADIES' BLACK WOOL TIGHTS, special at | Toe, LADIES' BLACK OVERSTOCKINGS, made from Scott ering Yarn, both with, and withonr heels. CHILDREN'S OVERSTOCKINGS, both black and red LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S CLOUDS... 25c., 35, W¢ 1 JOHN LAIDLAW & SON 120 Princess Street, Kingston. A CERES eT I SE E-- For Ladies. We have a few Empress $3 00 Tan Blucher Cut Lace 'Boots, made of good, strong calislin. Just the thing for a skating boot. 2.00 a Pair. OF STORE | YEAR 72. IN eee g. P. Jenkins Cloth 50 DOZI NEW TI No scarcity of N wear for NEW YE Phenominal sal Neckwear Christmas, but are keeping up stock. E.P. Jenkins Cloth "Perfect Workms Choicest Materia A combination to be our shoes. Wear "Alle ' Military Bootmake 84 Brock St. Sign of 6 MADE-TO-ORDE Persian Lamb . ul Select Your ki Quality, Style and equalled. McKAY FUR BROCK STREI] CONCERT AND Under Auspices Hodearriers' Union, DM Thursday, D« At pm CITY HA Everybody Cordially Inve PLAIN C Apt to 453 Ki AJ EW SMART GIRLS sunt and light empl good wages. Ap H { pany A MAID FOR GENER work. Apply between and mine in the . H. B. R. Craig, 197 K MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN ddress with ability do work of high wry. Apply Bo GENTLEMAN = TO HA suits pressed and cleane hand so bring your « date suit © way 131 Brock stree LADIES TO DO PLAIN w at home w u rood pay. Wo t charees paid for il rticulars. Cr Montreal. MEN ANT x 1 BOYS le Plumbers Ass secured. Coyne Schools, Nis Cincir catalogue EE ---------- LOST. Er ND GOLD Pl this morning. srded on returning HAND BAG WITH S? nisi de unount of m m Princess «d to this Of liberally re Wilton, 1 LLING etc. McCann 51 Brock str BRICK SHOP AND RF abl Princess street : Possession immediat Steacy & Steaty. EE -- Death Of A V, Lor, Ont., Dec. 2 a descendant of families of Virginia ost isd t the Hotel D ol suffering from heart a¥es three sons and @ latter " ay one of the Three districts in § have Hsen acainst *neral Morales may m > establish a mew cay Ex-Ald, John Mel co om Toronto, visiting