aA | | Was 13.618 toms, or a S hh # Sd Columbia 'The in 1901, 000,000, of which 515.000 000 show $2,000,000 dividend after nayine interest £15,000,000 ine. snd this finanpel final for all time. A Quiet Wedding. third daughter of the to. The ceremony was performed the couple being some gold watch. Among other TERLING woLICER a short trio east, © dn A i* a popular young man. Every male in Russia is liable . MITCHELL'S HARDWARE "Home- 75 cents, 's own make, pure Irish Linea :-- E, long, regular 81 fal pride 79¢.; vegul ior I inl Sais ALIS ar Pr War . Ey Jong, regular $1.50, for $1.10; regular 81.75, for $1.23; regular ; ) a 21.8 175, for $1.18; regular $2.25, for $1.48; regulpe ) vy PAN ARK TABLE LINENS-Beattiful soft a p 1 spot and d 8 pe ov t Jo . worth $1.30, for 98e.; th To $1.58; worth $2.75, for 5 worth «83. i h 2 yards longs Soni i dor SLAB; worth 82.75, for 82; Worth £3.25, for L705, for $2. $2.15; wort 3 2, 24, 34, 31, 3 yards long, all g 24 Also many odd lengths such as 21, b ing offered at equally reduced prices, i Towels Qualitics which will stand the test "of Irish huck, strong and servicoable :-- Size 39x18, regular 15c., for 12}c. cach. Size 40x20, 23c., special at 18¢. each. Extra Large Sige Homstitohed Linen Tuck Towels, 43x26 inches; vory special at 25¢. each, . Job Lots Towels, hemstitohed and damask borders, 3 to 6 of a design, at great reductions. time and tub, made of heavy x . . White Linens Will 'be very much in demand for Shirt Waists and Suits. full range of all the nigst desirable styles, in ull widths 36 inches Wide, at 0c. 60. B0c, 40 'inches wide, at 45¢., S0c., GOc. 42 inches 'wide, at 50c., 60c., 63c., 750. . 45 inches 'wide; at: 008; 650:, T0c; 800, yard, 54 inches wide, at 60c., 70c., 80c., 900., $1 yard, Guaranteed Richardson's pure Irish Linen, We have a Cottons and Sheetings ~ Sinee'our purchases of Cottons 'wére 'made the raw material has'advanced from 8c. to 12c. per potind. This has" incrédsed the cost of the manufactured article to a considerable extent, and, although we can- not again purchase these Cottons, 'Sheetings and Quilts at the prices we are now quoting, we are still offering them at old prices. This means a consider: able saviog--your dollar will go farther now than lateron. ic ; fies Fars ilo White Cotton, a worth 124c,, for 10e, vd, ¢ Horrackses Celebrated White Cotton, 36 inches wide, thoroughly shrunk and free from dressing, worth to-day15e., our special price 124c.; worth 170 in amet Youd loth, soft even thread, regular 18¢., for 150. yard; orth 2. for 18c. yard, HEETINGS-In purchasing Sheetings beware of any sizing or dressing. "up the back, rub it between your hands. It should stand the test t is 800d ing; and you pay less here. for good sheeting than RAPE ng gi { ) A \ I HEAVY ; SH ING~Bleached and unbleached, willed hy: 210 12 yards long, how being offered at special reduc- will be found in those ends. : Wi - i output of the Crow's Nest collier. | 9 Yor the «week ending. beriery' vik will hd teruntanis ot Lore . jo Jou, wd the Ni t $85,000 "of * Bi i. wed 1.167460 | 50,000 Caen. a, of ae ain and in ses in the morthern canneries. pn considerably less than » Southern Railway shareholders will be nsked to outhorize a bond issue of 3200 0 i resident of the Southern Railway savs the road can surplus over preferred on the bonds L218. to Morgan & Co, e for refund, A part of the bonds a he toy Jefund, This morning a quiet wedding was performed when Miss Gertrude Snider, late Emery Snider, of this city, was united in marriage to Percy Stover, of Deseron- at eleven o'clock, by the Rev. Dr. Eby in the presence of the bride's relatives, unattended. The groom's gift to the bride was a hand- nu- | refused an application for a writ o rous presents, the bride received a | habeas. : a emo officers and teachers of Brock street Sunday school of which she was a member. Mr. and Mrs, Stover left on the noon train for with the best : 4 a wishes of their many friends. On their Gy i oy " id trate return they will take up their resi tee | it will bay Jor iteelf | dence at Deseronto where the groom in once using. ouly af 95. : to | serve in the army after attaining his twenty year. J : For boils and pimples take Gibson's Burdock and Sarsaparilla compound, |APPEAR BEFORE TORONTO BOARD OF CONTROL. Objection to Unskilled Labor Be. 'dng Paid Fixed Amount Effort to Secure Release of Toronto, Feb. 14.-A great delega- tion: of trades unionists and represent: atives of the employing interests of Toronto, appeared before the board of control, this morning, the firit to of 'quality tina, and unskilled & year, dh ilked - could mot be worth $625, J Cowan, for the spioyie; w 'that | men were employed Toron- i, and that a wage scale would eat all efforts to setrire efficieney | and economy. There were 'enough dif- ulties, in Toronto; without ing | capitalists that Toronto, enforced the payment of an unreasonable minimum Wage. Phe 'labor representatives will reply, An application will be made to the court of appeal to secure the release or a new trial of Charles De Marco, who way con of the murder of John Hoban. The murder was the outcome of a stabbing affray in the ward. Sinee the conviction, two Italians have come forward, and "stated that they saw the: F, and it was a bir man who stabbed Hoban, whereas De Marco is a small man, ky Another effort is being made to se- cure the release of Frederick Harsha, the Chicago man, who is under ar. rest here on a éharge of forging the- atre tickets. 'Chief Justice Meredith fixed LOFPU,-- ing, J, B. McKenzie, Harsha's counsel, ap- pealed before Chancellor Boyd. The case was not concluded, but in the courte of the argument Chancellor Boyd remarked : "If we can fete vid of these eriminals from the United States you may be-sure we are not going to keep them here." 6, hearing of the counter charges made by Deputy Minister of Finance Bastedo, against - J, F. S. Webster, chief clerk in his department, com- menced before the investigator, Mayor Judd, of London, to-day. The charges were principally that Webster had re- fused to keep register, that he had refused to obey the orders of Mr. Hi m w h men not to obey the latter, and that he had gone past Mr. Bastedo to the | P minister. Mr. Webster admitted that in December last he shook his fist in insulting language was taken up, and |W Webster admitted that ho might have used such language. He denied that he had used a filthy epithet to. wards Mr. Bastedo in the presence of | Thomas A. Callaghan, but the lattor tsutified and swore that he had heard Mr. Webster use the insulting expres. sibn, Wolves are plentiful in the Rainy River district. Within two days four | | teen were killed at Sasascoshing Bay, | J Lake of the Woods, by Ernest Apple- | t, NS tan, of Kenora, who received $210 | from the treasury as a fosult of his se two days' bag, fi a DESPITE HERSELF, DE -- Clothes Caught in Eaves While Rome, Feb. 14. Miks Florence Cus- Heton, an English lady afflicted with hysteria, who for some time had been lotlging with a companion at St Elizabeth's convent in Rome, threw herself from a sixth-floor window of ~ that establishment. Lmekily, in her headlong descent her elother caught on the corner of a projecting gutter un- he derneath. "The nuns summoned a num bar of Grenadiers from the neighbor ing barracks, by Whose daring offorts the demented Englishwoman was ulti- | 1, mately rescued from the jaws of death. B Miss Castleton, who is an artist of no h mean talent, hag been 'touring Italy for studies in painting. The incident affords a chance amplog of the widespread disregard of | f, the pope's stringent prohibition rela- | tive to the religious orders in Rome | utilizing monasteries and convents 1 le h Boulevard 'de la Villet an old nian of | © wealth and of antiquarian tastes, Among 'many © specimens collected | through many 'years was a mumny from Egypt," that of a daughter of |" oné of the Pharaohs, which the } collector treasured with great care. ) Ono day in his absence a serving maid determined to discover what was in the mysterious casket. Under hor chungy fingers the remains of the | © king's daughter crambled to ashes. When the old collector returned and found instead of a little heap of dust inclosed within, the many "linen: bands, 'his* rage mas- tered him, and. seiging a revolver, he shat the housemaid dead. o Famine Drives Out Spaniards. Madrid, Feb. 14. Statistics which have just been issued show to what i extent the provinces of Galicia are becoming * depopulated through dis- tress. During the last year no fewer than 15,000 men embarked at Virgo for Sopth America; from Corone the number of einigrants was 25,000, ang from other ports 12 000, making a to tal ofi55.000, .. # Sr ---- Miser Starves To Death. "Berlin, Fob. 145<An eccentric miser, named Ivers, has just died in Rantum. He lived in the grestest distress, and t for the last low weeks had, as his neighbors believed, the greatest diffi. culty to, romain alive: Fim from sheer weiknes Kha An _oxamibation of his household of fects showed that he leit behind 0 less than 30,000 marks, t Starvation, { him during the years appoiny' States nba pealing to the lion dollars to carry on emigration of the unemployed to Canada. Mr. Bastedo's face. A charge of using | *P" Carries Falling. penstock, spliced the carried Saunders began CX" { over a year ago, and he is now prohibits hraees, pressing F g nally he died body is to be found within the : ------ The Ganie Will Be Played in ' Ottawa. A special to the Whig from Ottawa says : Queen's Upiversity challenge, for the Stanley eup, has been accept- ed and q game will be arranged for the latter part of February. The feel- |, ing Here is that while the collegians will put up o good game the cup will not be in the slightest danger. A re ply to the challenge goes to Kingston this afternpon, The game will be play- ed here at Dey's big rink, where all the championsh ip games are held, The Hallge will oousist of one game on- Ye Sang 2% HON. LUK Who made such ~ WRIGHT, han excellent record While he was Governor- General of the Philippine Islands, has heen highly henered by the President, who. him the first United lor to Japan | PITH-OF THE NEWS" -- The Very Latest Culled From All Over The World. Anthony Blum has a mine at Dinor- wie, Algoma, which contains seams of olid gold three inches-thick. James Tracey was caught in. the nachinery of the shipyard at Colling- rood, and almost instantly killed. The Church Army, London, is ap- public for half a mil- There are 176 nonconformists in the new parliament, of whom seventy-three ave won seats from the conservatives, In the last parliament there were only Bastedo, and that he had told work. | *IXty-nifie nonconformists, The Venezuelan 'government has re licd throngh fis representatives to Premier Rouvier of France that France is responsible for the: rupture unless can disprove certain statements hich aré submitted for arbitration. AN ALPINE HEROINE. Her Wounded Brother 6,000 Feet. Geneva, Feb, 14%<Anna Kirbli, aged twenty, is thé herding of the village of carf, in the Canton "tes Grisons. Anna's brother, Carl, is a chamois unter, and on Saturday ho started tod unt chamois. Wheh he did not re rn at night his sister became alarm. l, and at daybreak she started in arch of him. After climbing 6,000 'ot, Anna found" her brother's trail nd followed it to a ledge, where he lay unconscious With a broken thigh, the result of a fall. The sister made a splinter of broken leg, and her brother down into the val 'v on her back, hoy ----erit OLD, BUT GROWING FAST. Six Inches. Philadelphia, Pa., Feb rown more than 'six ast year or so, though 14.--~Having inches in the he is fifty years oid, Fdward Saunders, living at No. 1313 Colorado street, has placed imself in the hands of Jefierson hos ital physicians in an cffort to halt is unusual development. Always a man of average height, to grow something six et six inches tall. He is chiefly wor ted, however, over the abnormal size is hands and feet are attaining. as -------------- lodging-houses. Swallows Detective"s Nose. Geneva, Feb. 14,--A man named Dus- KILLS CURIOUS MAID. cher, who was wanted for several © of. fences, was disgovered performing in Antiquarian Shoots Girl for |a there Bale, A Yeuiiive appeared Pe Open: i at the theatre, and place 1seher un- Paris, Feb. ming Casket. in the § der asrest. Duscher suddenly pounced n the detective, bit his nose off, and escaped- On the following day he was rrostod at Hunigue, and told the po- lice that he had swallowed the nose of is vietim. For this deed he has been old | s™ntenced to two years and six months ard labor. Portsmouth Council. At the meeting of Portsmouth coun- il, last evening, those present were Reeve Fisher and Councillors Baiden, Mathewson and Simmonds. Several ao- Kia beloved princess | Counts were ordered to be paid. John Scally and Thomas Howard were ap- pointed assessors! "a passed at the neXt 'réglilar meeting, by-law will he onfirming the sane. nla | The Main Shaft Broken. The main shait at the light plant is broken, and temporary repairs are he- ng made. To repair it properly will cost 81.500, To Bavaria there is a law "Kisses, which passionate em- her to his breast," and such like amorous actions on the tage. Victoria's railways; which are en. irely under government control, have & broad gauge of five feet three inches, A message pases from one end of he Atlantic cable to the other iy about three seconds The smallest bone in the human drum of the ear. One thousand parcels a day are lost oh the railways of the United King- dom, : 5" HELD. ON CAPIAS WESTPORT CITIZEN BEEN SERVED WITH WRIT. Woman Mixed Up in Case--Charg- ed That He Persuaded Neigh- bor's Wife to Leave Him and Was Abobt to Join Her. Brockville, Ont., Feb. 14.--Robert Atchison, a wealthy and elderly resi- dent of Westport, was arrested here on a capias yesterday by the deputy sher- iff for alleged attempt to leave the] country, after being served with a 4 writ for 5,000 damages for alicnati the affections "of W. A. Lamond, an- other resident of the village. Atchison is a widower, and boarded with La- mond. The plaintiff alleges that in his ghsence from home three weeks ago, Atchison induced Mrs. Lamond and her three children io leave for parts unknown. The husband located them in Perry, 0., whither he went to in duce his wife to. return, but she re fased. He returned with two of the younger children, who are now being cared for at Smith's Falls. 1% became whispered around port 'that' Atchison intended joining the woman. He was followed to Brock- ville by Lamond, 'and, as it was sup- posed, he was on his way to the Un- ited States, a capias was granted by Judge Reynolds, upon which he was arrested and lodged in jail, The pris oner is prominent in religious circles in 'his native village! where the opi- sode) has created interest, Mrs, La- mond is forty-five and Atchison sixty. West- fivé years of age. -- PERSONAL MENTION. eo ------ Movements Of The People--What They Are Saying And Doing. J. B.- Pearce, Norwood, is in the city, J. R. Thompson, London, Eng., is intown, rs HH. Gildersloeve is a few days: W. D. Hart, Toronto, for a few days. Mrs. 8. J. Glover, yesterday in town. Miss Edith Macdognell, Belleville visiting in the city. _ Mrs. Kate Turley, Trenton, ing a few days with friends, Mre. J. Macdonald, Wellington, isin town for a couple of days. J. E. Cunningham, of Mills and Cun- ningham, has returned from a Toron- to trip. A.B. Cunningham returned to the city yesterday, after a week's stay in Toronto, on legal business. Ald. Givens has been appointed a member of the deputation to go to Toronto in regard to a normal school. Rev. T. O'Connor, Flinton, Parham. Rev. Walter Cox, Plevna; Rev. Mr. Me- Connell, Ottawa, arc at the Randolph Hotel, Captain and Mrs. C, J. Hinckley left Tyesday, to Cape Vincent, N.Y.," to visit their son, Capt. and Mrs. N, W. Hinekley, Miss Katharine MéEwan, Desmond, is visiting her sister, Miss 8M. Mc. Ewan, and will attend the "At Home" at Rockwood, this evening. in the city for is in the city Napanee, spent y 18 is spend- In the permanent Army Service Corps Reg.-Sergt.-Major James 0'- Hagan, PAM.C., is made quarter- master with honorary rank of lieuten- ant, It was Albert Ernest Skeges, not Arthur, that was killed last week. He was aged twenty-nine vears and when last here worked in the locomotive works. Jobn Pooley 5 méulda of Manito- woe, Wis, whose birthplace is given as Kingston, 'Ont. died sudden] while oh a visit to Chicago, and was buried at Manitowoe, on Sunday last. On Tuesday evening Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Jarvis, Ann street, entertained a few friends. During the evening games were taken part in by those present; music was enjoyed and refreshments served, making a very pleasant and saciable time, Ira Stratton, who is in the city, in connection with the meeting of post masters is a former Kingstonian and was a former teacher in the Kings. ton Business College. He i now editor of the Stonewall, Man. Argus. r-------- THE ANNUAL MEETING Of the Kingston and Pembroke Railway Company. The * annual "meeting of the share holders of the Kingston and Pembroke Railway company was held here at eleven o'clock this morning. In the absence of. the president and the vice president, H, P. 1 immerman, Toronto, ocpupied the chair. The report of the aiditor§ showed that the gross-earn- ings 'for 1905, exceeded" those of 1904 by $5,800. These directors were re-elected : William Harty, Dr. R. V, C5 KR. Crawford, Kingston: A. R. Creelman, James ~~ Oborne and WR, Baker, Montreal; W. Matthews, H. P. Timmerman and W. D. Hart, Tor. onto. D. Murray and J. A, Clarke were re-appointed auditors. At 4 subsequent meeting of the dir- ectors, W. I), Matthews, Toronto, was elected president: W. R. Baker, Mont- redl, 'vice-president and general man ager; Archibald McNaughton, King ston, secretary and treasurer, John Whitebread is retiring from th, company's employment after twenty five years' service. He has been con netted withthe road since ifs inauguy ation. and 'did work on the survey, The following resolution was adonted by the directo¥s : "Thai the directors express their regret at the" resionation of Mr. Whitehread as secretary and treasurer of the company, and their hope that he will find success and prosperity in "his now and more im portant position in the west." Hon, Rogers, K, Clark's Ready Lunch Veal Loaf. Will give vou an appetite if haven't one already. 1t is ready serve appetizing and tasty, you 10 New Zealand has so many rapid streams and rivers 'that their water might be easily utilized to supply mo tive power for machinery. : Railway goods engines are capable of drawing, in some fases, as much as 740 tons. Fully 100,000 inhabit ; ants of Lendon are night workers, f four rr White Habutai White Habutai White Habutai White Habutai Black Peau de Black Peau de Black Peau de yard ....... yard Silk, 27 Silk, Silk, 27 inches Silk, 27 inches how very are to be, out looking tai. inches 27 inches, wide, wide, per wide, wide, and all the popular genuine White Hal, lead. It is th China Silk, now acknowledged as most dependable wash any in the market. I anteed to wash well yard . per yard. per yard... per yard WhiteSilks AreNoy| Customers are now popular urther abutaj of good we day's MANY PREFER BLACK And for them, Laidlaw's Silk De of its chielest treasures. meationed above, we offer you a Black Habutai Silk, ¢ price, per yard only ............ Black India Silk, per yard Black Mirror Silk, per yard ........... a Black Taffeta Silks, three makes thdt have really gained for great reputation for high-class value, per vard only Black Taffeta Silk, per yard Black Tafieta Silk, per yard . Soie Sole Black Peau de Sdie Soie Black Pailette Silk, ) Rilk, per yard ........... .. Silk, per yard .. Silk, per yard .. Silk, per yard ........: specially adapted for w Black Pailette Silk, specially adapted for waists ported the lot speeially for ourselves, from a particular St. Gall manufacturer, whose designs we have found always to possess an rything which makes Embroidery valua- And so if you appreciate, exclusiveness and daintiness in embroideries come to-morrow (early) -and see our latest assort- unusual amount of eve, ble. ment. We im- 7 inches wide, a special quality partment still holds many Still in the choicest of all wash: silks OUR EMBROIDERY OPENING ASTONISHES ALL We knew we had a display of Embroideries and Insertions that was out of the ordinary, but candidly we were not pre- pared for the extreme delight and admiration expressed by the scores of interested women at our counters yesterday. The opinions of all seem to run in the one channel und agree that our present 1906 assortment is the finest that this old city of ours has ever seen. the white silks, the e pure undressed and. wigh at all creased its bright appearance. F, and dresses, slips, nas and children's {; more suitable o can be found ina than this genuine skirts, r pleasing silk ; White It is silky perl, f its moderate prices. 19 = 19, 59 an and = dresse and dresses, eal 2ing Whites + that of has the ight, and being the silk of tis guar. . Tetain I waists | kimo. esses, ng shopping Haby. ection jp Here are 49%. 39 Be Tae special 03¢ 9 1.49 8, per NEW WAISTING LINENS It's not a moment too soon to begin to think of your Sum- mer Waists and Dresses. Give your dressmaker plenty of time, and you yourself will get it back in satisfaction. mer materials the fine pure linens will - be the most popular. idlaw's present stock is composed of the genuine grass-bleach- ed make, a make that is thoroughly shrunken, and therefore most adaptable for wash waists and dresses. Three different weights with several different qualities in each. medium weight... For t See, like this PURE WHITE LINEN, light weight, per yard, PURE WHITE LINEN PURE-WHITE LINEN, ticavy weight .. 35, 10, 4¢ he sum- eather W sight Ico Ladies' sizes. FOR SALE BY. Rubbers, Every Pair Guaranteed Peeper It's light, simple, du- rable and won't come oft Made to fit Men's and in all THE LOCKETT SHOE STORE| -- "FEBRUARY FURNIT 1570 20 PER CENT. . REDUCTION i soil Sideboard slightly a price, $18 for $10. Regular' $10 Sideboard, Table to =n on prea $0.50 for $6.50. $90 Bedroom Sett, for § ¢ Oval Glass Dress Pg regular price $25, 1 al Glass Dress Large Ov 92. Robt. J. 222 Princess | 2 doors above Ope Telephone & 4 Gut Glass § A choice and brilliant beaut, . A YINEGAR BOTTL) ceptional Yalue ... KNIFE RESTS in « varied designs, Jas There are other equal ol iriced Pit hy worth | tion: SMITH I Jewelers, Opticlans. ISSUERS OF MARRIAS TURK'> SECUND-H 898 PRINCESS S WANTED. AT. ONCE, A FBW GI Iuperial Laungdry. ---- A HOUSEMAID, ONE plain sewing. Apply ee ---- -- A MAID FOR GENERA = ply to Miss Ferguson ------ A YOUNG MAN TO F) "of book-keeper, for A Hardware, Bagot str A FEW SMART GIRL steady work ea INTELY. 1 IMMEDIA , ® © Apply' in the folk Ss Westie, 109 1 CARE OF FURNACE! handy work, by a me 1 energy. Apply IN APRIL OR: MAY located house, with 1 ents, Steady tena A.R.R or enquil ARDENER, FOR TH Co's Market Gare f particulars Was S Jas. SUNLIGHT SOAP COL Soaps given in_ ex coupons, by €o., 178 Princess & GENTLEMAN 0. 1 suite pressed and cles hand ; aiso bring you an up-to-date suit way's, 181 Brock st BOYS AND ¥ compressed-air Liberal free Bros., TO BUY FOUR HO - south of Princes red Sts. To Rent, May ist,' Four Ho per. month. Geo. Clarence Street, Kip TO-LE" DWELLINGS, STOR! ete. McCann's Real 51 Brock street: BRICK SHOP AND F¥ 851 Princess street Possession immedi Steacy & Steacy. HO SE, 202 WILLIA} sent y HOUSE, 202 WILLTA sent occupied by Possession May 1s Steacy & Steacy's. r---- FOR SA ee i. A SQITARE, GRAN most new, Apply | Office tr ------------ FTHE ROWANS.™ the residénce of th Esq., wi or wit and orthard. For of the premises. ONE . LARGE EN Glass Mirror ©! branch Hat Sta smaller stands. Adams, 386 Alfre TY ------ ' LOS A GOLD PEN, ON ween Bagot der please le A PURSE £56 street, "an have