John" Gunckel , President of onal Newsboys Association, | People who curse and kick then { they did Jimmy, never stop : i that these neglected newshoys | duy, sharp, shrewd and keen, the . thieves, the burglars, ty | wayman, ' or the successful | citizen of to-morrow, We need patriotic citizens, { I cannot bring my story to , ol + without relating one more incident | the history of the association. The president was taken bs one day when the street sellers, poorest of the newsboys, througl of their hustldrs, presented him w gold badge. The money to purel 1 as raised by the boys in from 2 » Patri am president was walking on one of main streets when he was accost a little seller from the of the street. "Say, "president, come over hore." A boy never called the president that he complied at onee, and cheep fully. The little, ragged feilow sup ped in front of him and said : ; Pres, we gives you ¥"' "Yes, dere it is," and the badge was yo ge was taken from the coat and handed 10 the boy. Looking at it closely, and calling several companions to him he Opposite le } said : "Pred., vouse see that diamond in the centre ?" pointing a dirty finger of [to it. ? : J ha "Yes, sir, we all see it, and it's , ad | beauty." nd | "Well, you see," he said, straighten ter | Ing up above his natural height. "I ed subscribed 4 cents to this here bad and all the boys Ppt up the dough. When 1 went homb and thought it owr I Says to myself, we ought to have a bigger badge for our president So when I comes down de next day I sees de boys, an' we decided to have a diamond put in de middle. An' it ed Was dene. You see the diamond ! g: ter ight, put in a dozen voices vn ¥ blowed eleven cents in said the speaker, with pride. r, | it a bird Air ch ------ d- The Pope's Return Ticket. i Rome, Jan. 124 The pope, recent] a) presented to the king of the He de the return ticket with which h to | from Venice to Rome, three years a > to Sttend the conclave at which he an as elected to the pontifical chair -- o Gold Lace On A Mud Barge. iy Dublin, Jan. 12. ~The Dublin cor a poration, yesterday, adopted a pro ok posal to! provide the captain and | mate of the mud barge Shamroc) a with gold laced uniforms of Irish 1 manutacture. -- nf The average weight of a passenger train oh British lines js 150 to 200 s» | 1008. Goods and coal trains average + _ | mora than double this weight: ue Le Petit Journal is said to have th > largest London circulation of any \%- | French newspaper. wo h- | | ig Always Uniform re 7 oll 2 Always Reliable m- verywhere Obtainable es he of BA i ut wr ot a' ly 4 | & |] 've § i x n. | | have stood the tests of time and of | service for over 125 years n- lo | | oh el mii re |! efi at | : n 1 ie 4 he § | f 1- i] n : . re Be sure that you i : get the genuine re : "ih the trade-mark on the package. '. irections for Jered more than e Chote Rey Book, pe : pe sent - Sh 8 free on . | Walter Baker & Co. Ltd. «| | Eotablished 1780 Dorchester, Mass. ; 46 Highest Awards in vr i ia + | | Branch House, 86 St. Peter St. Monieal, Can. have youse got de gold hadge iy se surprise toe cents to 25 Cents ns days after the presentation the the «d hy side ay from Trapper ToWearer Racoon Coats Beaver Coats Fur-Lined Coats Our Own Make And Guaranteed John McKay Books at Half Price Bibles at Half Price. tween England and nt DAILY MEMORANDA. ------ Belleville Hockey, m. Dance of Fortnightly Club, Whig Hall, vs Frontenacs, 8 WHIG TELEPHONES. mhbossing and Engraving a specialty. Josiah Wedgewood We have some old Blue Robertson Bros. Prayer Books at Half Price, at KINGSTON, The Standing Committees Ap- pointed--Ald. Toye Made Chairman of the Light Com- ONTARIO, MO Craig, Henderson, Millan, R y . -- : igney. : 4 Light, Heat and Power---Alds, Toye, Chown, Couper, Douglas, Givens, Gas kin and Rigney. made to fill the vacancies caused retirement : ickle and a. 1 of K ro Fire ' and ¢ Bight--Alds. Ross, An- Homa] ol itty, Grand Opera grove, G 4 Henderson, Millan, ny ~~ : ickle and Robertson Brock strect Methodist Tea and Con- let Inaugural Meeting en Ald, Kent, Coup an} { } R NW |cert this evening. Qu ug : , Couper, Hanley, S i Queen's Glee Conecrt, Jan, 32nd. Plan Henderson, illan, Robertson and Acosvenen ff [ot Urlow's, open Thursday, Jun. 17th This Morning. Toye. i SESS} Zion, Skatine to-night, to-mor- City Property and Markets--Alds. ow night, first prize, Turkey, etc., » Angrove, Couper, Douglas, Elliott, FOR MEN Frontenac Amglitan | Suntlpy School Free: Crahatn Jnl Rose. c Mil Convention, Ste George's Hall, 2 por, THE ALIFI ATION inting--AldR._ Elliott, Carson, Mi Tuesday. . lan, Nickle and Robertson. -------------- sh dress by, br. Crummy ut the Tea House of Industrs-- The mayor, Alds - ig In roc S urch O-nigh ] + * . 1 8 k . « Chown, Craig and Nickle Good Concert, Tick > Tt \ T his Sau oe History OF CERTAIN ALDERMEN WAS Industries ~AMg. Craig, Chown and died, 1893: Gibhon CONSIDERED. Robertson. Elizabeth erowned, That the following appointments be by Governors of the School of Mines Alds. Givens and Kent. mittee--General Business of Trustees of the Bain of FEdacation Countil for High Sehool Purposes Prof. John : : ) Marshall snd Br. A. W. Richardson. The ingugmral meeting of the city Members of the Local Board of council of 1907 took place at eleven Health--John Melntyre, John Lem- o'clock, this morming. There was a Pooh. 3 larce number of citizens present for the proceedings. Among those in tendagnee were: Mrs, J. B. Mowat and Miss Mowat, mother and sister of his worship the mgyor, who had Gaskin, L. L.. Henderson Frontenge ward--J. S. McCann, Dr. Ross, H. M. Robertson. tideau ward--D, Couper, J. | ee rr----------------e Yee, H. Doumins. NG HOME AGAIN Victoria ward =H. Angrove, G. Y. McAULEY'S BOOK STORE Buy now and save one half your money. Thanks to the Public for their very liberal patronage during the last month. R Yours Respectfully, gs T. McAULEY. Cooking Figs We imported this year a very a : up t $e clerk read the paragraph referred to. Bx : : years, a * giving up in aj complaint is k t against a des- COATS up to $4.50, at $2.50. large quantity of choice Ald. Givens said that the qualifica- | nd hod served faithfully and worked | snirit of self-sacrifice to. the wrecked | patch from Podunk, Ga., declaring COATS up to $5.50, at $3. | tion pupers signed by the members of hard and industriously. antl suffering city of San Francisco.| that a poll of citimms had decided Pp hy A 3 i S the gouncil should be satisiae , r---------- that the Jowrnal should = wear dog COATS up to $6.50, at $3.25, | . : e council should be satisfactory. He . PI Fr i OOKIN « Bye Ju* Heals thie Kidneys; cures pain | pia" was unfair for newspapers to Communications Read. TH OF THE NEWS. muszles and be gaged with corncobs Inspiring Val And i th t the ve-|i® back and limbs. soc. abox. Motley | pend street rumors of the kind re These communications were . referred The V Latest Culled F All until the end of the political race. Call and 866 : are selling them a re: | pack if "Bu-Ju™ fails. Ag Druggistsor |g. 0" rps ol oner jo bv 1 to commities ery Latest Cul rom rr: them. . % re Oo. y proper way to do by | to committe: markably low price of by mail. St | citizens who had any doubt about an| Deputy returning officers "asking for Over The World. To Study The Great Eclipse. SALES FOR € ; The Ciafiin Chemical Co., Ltd., Windsor, Ont. | a. 000 qualification was to take | increased pay on account of extra Hamilton's fire loss for 1906 totaled Tashkend, Asiatic Russia, Jan. 14.-- / 3 5c. the Pound | -- proceedings before the county judge. | work. $215,615.29, The French, American, Russian and . It was difficult to find out about an City Treasurer Ireland reporting The Spanish cabinet is expected to | German expeditions have all prepara alderman's property qualification. For | that the average weekly pay list of | resign before the end of the week. tions made here to view the partial STEACY'S instance. an alderman's house might | the Dominion Cotton mill amounted Grand Trunk railway traffic earnings | eclipse of the ann this afternoon. In James Redden & Co. be mortgaged, and the document re- | to $1,200.60; average ymount required fr m Jan. Ist to Tth: 1907, $756,517; | addition to waking the usual obwserv- a LN ---- gistered in the registry offies But | by agreement with eity, $500. 1905; $618 5 h in a atiohs, the {ih ious will Fhudy the D000 0000000000000000 part of the mortgage might be paid J. H. Tessier, assistant engineer of he kaiser has ordered his officers to | condition of the upper air by means S *e JANU ARY 22nd off, and the registry office not show | the board of railway commissioners, simplify their mode of life, to aban- | of balloons and awtomatic instru i $ THE ARCALVADA M&MCO 4 S---- it. Forther, a man may own property | advising that the overhead bridge in | don Wines, ete. 5 ments, ARNOLD. --At na, Sask., on Janus : Have Mines attached and sur- and the deed may not be registered, | line of River stréet should be discon M. Jaures, the Frenc h socialist Jead-] 0 7 e-- id Ah a bn She wife of Floreat @ rounuing Death Vall Gold M. @ but in his possession all the same tinued, and the trafic be diverted to |r, bas called Pope Pius X the scourge Misvements Of Vessels. > . . . * aad AL fos. clans ask ow 3 Ald. Givens said he lad intended | the highway crossing now existing, of ihe. shureh - : ! Montreal, dan. 14. ~The Allan steam: DIED. Ro ants' just as svon as first @ submitting a resolution to this effect. | south of the bridge, which crossing | A plot, hatched against the life of. Cyurihaginian, from Glasgow, for | Moor --1n Kingston, on J 18th, : 250,000 shares sold. Ruy now ° That hereafter the city solicitor, witw- | should be in his opinion, be protected King Victor Emmanuel, is being look- Philadelphia, arrived at St. John's, 1907, at the fo hn ol, & from " | in forty-eight hours after the nomina- | at the cost of the G, T. R. company, od into at Milan. : . Nfid., on 12th inst. The Allan steam- Fdward Moore, beth Shaw, & JOS. F. SWIFT Finaneial * tions, report upon whether or not the | 'n view of the traffic over it. It is estimated the timber cut in On-| © glokin ™ for Glasgow, sailed from fulict of the Jute James Moor, in ber * 5 * nominess are qualified. He said, how ThrOntarip Municipal Corporation | tario during the present season will Boston, on 12th, with fourteen cabin | Funeral = private, on Tuesday mori $90040840403040944999 : ever, that he would not press this | regarding an agitation to reliev reach 1936800 000 font, and fourteen steerage Passengers. The TANDY AT No TT eae 0 yr a he Sid left we | matter municipalities is responsibility for - wus salle. stamped Allan steamer Parisian, hom Halifax, ; of ha prot T AT . th use +i not A 4 1d. Elliott said that Ald. Givens | non-repair of highways. ough ie A yg ¥ rrived at liverpool, on 14th, 3. Willisanson, Broek St. on Sutue- og 1 on t 3 y her in my ail PE ee Re a to the Whig On motion of Ald! Rigney the com mich mjury to the Jows. i 3 . : od evening. Jun. 12th, Wor, the u CHARLES BROWN alone. He might nlso have mentioned | mittee anpointed last year to rovise PR ne Hut} Sy rehe Tumor that Third Of Cost. ren en -- i . Yaz 144) 190% Rr the News in the same way. He |the by-laws was continued in office. he id men anilg 8 service New York, Jan. WM. Prof. Parker boro. 2 . REPAIRIN i thought, however, that Ald. Givens Mayor Mowat appointed George Clift "He py I lo rg 3 hn Costi- | and Walter Clark explained, in the Fuleril Ey Tar are ® athe 38 i ys COUT i n. . . 8, nm. « r sti i , 2 : km , ay, Jan. x 3 pam, Board of Trade should he wliges noticing such Para as his representative on the court of gan. Robart Beith oT Daniel FE Columbia University labaratory, es MORGAN t 4 Mantreal | St, Jae graphs. He himself was prepared to { revision. a terday, the workings of the incandes- ath, rs. Hug ori. le et dg Block : {2G i WEEKL MEET- vOICe a le £ rotior / Nickle, seconded have heen calle to the senate, . i ie 3 ve In Funeral private, to St. Mary's Cathed- rons] ue arty i 3 a A a SDA Y Escet the . Vole of the. people Cher ul op otion hi Ad tr Hh The New South Wales wheat crop is gout lamp ok h hey gl Rig AL "aesday. 3 nm . oi . SueTING y ie evening, Jan. 15th. Prof. Ad Shortt | chosrn certain men to mpresent them Ald. an, K wi atte. oi . 24 000 A ith ther Heilon flame oy ot | GAY At Santa Fe.. New xico, Tah We ea.i for your clock, re- prening. diy Coracntel' to adress v | Ald. Elliott remarl that Ald. Giv- | structed to report to coiincil, on al- officially estimated at 24,000 oon bush to shave electric lighting down to one- day, Jan. Sth, 1907, Annie, relict of t of "Our Preser i } i i rities ivi- | 1%, against 21,000,000 last year. i the late Rev. J. Le Noir Gay, and pair and deliver it and see memters on the subject of "Our Presemt | "0 lohe pov ade the name of | legsd irregularities at No. 10 subdivi . . third its present cost. Hellon is & he ate eyo 4s - Soir_Guy. and that it runs $0 time Taxutior SINGHAS anotherflawyer to the resolution. snd | sion, Cataranui ward. on election day, Hartmann Wolfgang Just, ( B. bet tor: medias thin: curb. Sister b he late « Autimil Alle . J. B. CUNNINGHAM ov. not allow a hide-hound politician | and any other complaint regarding CHG, has been Sphuinted nl tnt ET ninety veurs. : ) Kinnear & d'Esterre, ET == | as City Solicitor McIntyre to alone | election irregularities, if suc com under secretary of state for the col Dr. Shoop's Rheumatic Remedy-- MCWATHRS ~ln, Kinston. Jan. 13th, , rorort upon the qualification of al- | plaint is istered in writing with | 9008. : : oo | when uted faithfully will reach chronic James McWaters, aged forty-eight ree PICTON MAN'S LUCK. Jor ie candida : the city clerk hefore January 19th he shipments of Rossland mine were liflicult cases herétofore regarded years. + 108 Princesa Street. dermanie candidates, 3 soriously affected by the great mow | 80d diflicult cases hews x » EN rivarg; Tueltiay. at 2:30 pau f Charit Act-- Mavor Mowat said that Ald. Givens Council adionrned at fall. and Yoroi wan closed down for] 88 incurable by physicians and is the | PUES 1 a Ra ar. Union aad ee -- As Result of harnty wat perfectly right (in bringing up the whit of fu / most reliable prescription known to Peunbroke streets. = ia . Customs Returns. alifieati atte + dey ot 3 + : le ut and completely remove every | McARTHUR In ingston, on Jan. v qualification matter. He deprecated In a conflict in' Okhta, Russia, while | clan out an p 3 7. ames MoArthur, fopuers Hockey Match Picton, Jan. 12-The Cobalt has | Sh paraoraphs in the newspane gendarmes were searching for terror. | vestige of rheumatic poison from the ly manages of the Ontario Buildings' "come home" in ear to a man, | gh one referred to. The peovle who| In the West Was 201,020,148 |jats, four policemen and gendarmes blood. Sold by all dealers. Xa and Savines a ie 0. H. A. JUNIORS. well known about Sow Some Ume | oomviad such information to the news Bushels were shot dead. King Alfonso, against the vaurt'y une: al prix Biol David Marshall, on ag s P 2 vhose name lor} oa. alto carry the ; pt + " i i "i i cis tan wi edn 80 p. BELLEVILLE the in i only oa "'chos pate. siveld oe -- Jaw ond Winnipeg, Jan. 14.--Figures publish The British ip hy Ts Lol Sein; Op rey ON iy a of > aiay. Jin, J0th mips ie ase 8 ' > eo nels as well oy Were no sae . 4 ial | saltpoetre, from 'hili, grounded, n ; on fi 1 a "charitable" act to a ; ck " > ifi. | ed to-day indicating the commercial | TRH g ; Br DE Buticnberg.- mother of wn Victoria, VS. FRONTENACS ox jew, di 3 " a Having nothing satisfied with un alderman: qualif prosperity of western Canada show St harhorn, and her crew, of twenty hy as ki iy on f Sos din. the PERA E . veteran in Sor Ree. vi g him cations they should take the proper at the rain erop of 'the three pro four men drowned. w he is the . guest, pending J yo to give in'rcturn, the solcir gave Im |, p ing The may nid | L1A% the ny r s lJovyi confinement of the queen. -- MONDAY, JAN. 1th, | 48 E00 any oh | HE ro ie | ce otal 3002018 bushel an | A bil, cllng for the India of, | RnR SG te Shoshone TO-NIGHT i o ve : : Ld <n | ate 5 9, ushels ga : . = ™ . Game called at 8.15 Bia: 28. land in oe Cobalt. | Ih may i te weve in his 'opinion aualified. as hd that upto te oarkel d There -- ally, will be passed by the New York Indian i il, was murdered, Thurs THB COMEDY SUCCESS teat serve seats, | he worth anythir put it it 1s, § k & ir st i I e 4 4. s Jogisl ro day might. - ae * a i : yore" was the spirit of the veteran. kd Jooked ints Stix ine alter 1,200 interior elevators, and vet these sath J Rislatute. ut injured, by Chi ---------------------------------- . "en. cts. Time passed-as it inevitably does !--- ranged hie affairs © as to he anali- | ove insufficient to handle the grain cama: Waik Yoand and Pacific express f The Arrival of Kitty » but time spelt money. Row it is re fied. and Ald. Givens wns entitled to | TOP with the Present tas, Supply o the dashing into an open switch at EU ATIS Fe Ladies' Tciloting |mored on pretty authoritative grounds | Jo jig" cn joint 1nscheld. As mem. | raitwass. The etle industry alo it |iboi¥ New Mosico HEUMATISM ALL FUN AND MUBIE i Hut this ae ed usand Pr. 'of ia outany having dealings (8 Very 1 A The king's eldest danghter, the Prin- Excellent Cast. Special Scenery abd Finest of Workmanship, Up-to- |, i. an ofr of several thousand | (ith the city. Ald. Nickls rowld not |try's wealth, $1 20 6 net, having | Royal, Duchess of Fife, is said to Munyes. . Effects. Date Styles, and Good Fit Guar- | j liars from iting Prootare, oe > bo dissuplified. The aim of the eiti- | bem paid to Jaichers yi 4) last yaar. be a sufferer from cancer, She has un- Special 25.38.50 %0thine anteed. > Cobpll property: oi hela Woy re- | 7°08 showM be to strengthen the ald- [and prices ruling fairly high, an ave dergone four operations. Prices Higher: is understoogl, the oli s " = 9236 University Ave. 24a Universry Ss AUCTION SALE Book at once with the Leading Auctioneer . JOHN H. MILLS Three roaches of a passenger SHitE, ; . berts ere thrown fromi+ Calgary, Alberta, wen down a 2 font embankment. One passenger, a train hand and a tramp were injured. : Pr. Chown's cherry cough Sire gives ick relief from coughs or colds, 25c, Bs cuckoo is absent from England Make this a Happy Winter. Don't be compelled to stop work fi a spending two weeks 1 » wan THE FORTNIGHTLY CLUB WILL old their next da \ the Whig Hall, {ONDAY, Jan. 14 A cordial wel- ome is extended to all those holding in- itations. Dancing 8 to 12. and suf- Make this o take er agofties with Rheuntatism. fused, but the chances are a Pictonian may yet figure ima handsome deal. The yearly returns at the custom house were announced to the Whig, 74 bespeaks materially increas- ed business during the pmst season. The annual meeting of the Picton Horticultural Society was held, in ShiE Bal, on Wednesday evening: The seerotary-treasunr, W. T. Ross; diree- tors, Robert Davison, W. H. Seth J. Chown. C. J. Graham. Of the city couneil of ten vears ago only three members gre still with the I Kingsten numicipmnl body, viz., Alds. love, Kent and Eliott, The mavor then delivered hit inau- gurgl address, which appoares in full on another page. Un motion of Alds. Rirney and Elliott, the mavor's ad- | dress was referred to the chairmen of the several standing committees. Qualification Of Aldermen. Ald. Givens rose to a giestion of privilege, and introduced a copy of the Whig of January 11th, which con- tained a paragraph regarding the qualification of certain aldermen. The ermen rather than attempt to weaken their hands. The Standing Committees. to-day, and show Picton to be a On motion of Ald. Gaskin. seconded goodly port. The receipts for 1906 1, as oro Ghat the select commit totalled $27,413.05. Last year the re-{ 0, 4, ofrike the standing commit ceip s $18,104.31, the increase of toes © Alds. Oaskin, Craig Givens, Tove and Angrove. After bein out ten minutes the committee returned and recommended that the commit tees br as follows. the first nathed in . each ease to he chairman * > A Micers. were elec: > x : Fg pvamdent. B.C. Mac| Finance and Arcinimte The Mavor. LE 2 . = > . . A - . Eo Ni Give : sent, nee; first vice-president, W. J. Carter; Jie. Teale noo, livens, Ken second vice-president, Col. T. Bog; | VC ann an 0 Ade. Gaskin, Free Hanley, Kent Roard of Works Craham, Elliott, and McCnnn. about 230 days out of the year. °° x R. Brown, 4. D. Platt: auditors, J. Bn Blakley and J. C. North. 4 ASSISIIOIRISISIRIIASIISIIIIcNE was most fai tulations to t the excellent work it did. served unon #t last vear. members were returned, but he vot. However, he had no doubt that there | him H tion to thei t+ and that was the arrol tees. ved on the board for fourteen Member of the Court of Revision--T, al- | 1) Minnes. sents on the right of the mayor's WM 3 the neighboring republic out of thou- DINNER SETS chair. : : = HOW IT WILL BE MET. sands of dollars in timber Outies. The oath of office to Mayor Mowat | * : Up to the present tifne it has been : was administered by Police Magis- * Paris, Jan. 14.--It is believed that the gre shorty of of this celebrated maker, trate Farrell. The gldermen made de- ¥ stated that the first at- * | lumber in British Soa dia hin very quaint shape, regular claration to the mavor, as follows: % tempt of ® vatican to ¥ | caused by the huge demand in the city price $9.75. Svilenhamy ward--R. H. Toye, W. a arouse Catholics to a seek * of San Francisco for lumber for re- G. Craig, Dr. Hanley. # redress at the polls will be ¥ building after the earthquake: It is --NOW-- Untgrio ward--W. F. Nickle, T. J. | ¥ met by & Measure author- ¥ | not denied that the lumber has gone Rioney, R. E. Kent. ¥ izing the government to re- ¥ {to San Francisco in tremendous quan- $7.25 St. Lawrence "ward--John Carson, | ¥ gard all priests as subjects ¥ | tities, but the real destination of the R. F. Elliott, D. A. Giveny. ¥ of a foreign power. # | material has been the Isthmus of Pa- Catargqui ward-- llan, John | 3 5 | nama, and it has only gone to San FANICISIBIBIBIIIICCIIE E+ Alds. Taye "Ross, Angrove and 'raiz have be#h retained in the i ships they held last year. the slate & itffnited th "Yes," pai have tried to Mavor Mow Gaskin, "we the grits fyir." extended his congra- i golect committee for Ald. Elliot§ remarked good-na- turedly that Ri& same was not on the ight and power committee, though he Four old Was was an in not putting back. only one ohjec- in G. Elliott, who had sor- NDAY, JANUARY 14, 1907. The etic al Yeh, athool to ret anroint J. . OUR LUMBER Has Been Diverted From Canadian Centres 10 UNITED STATES THENCE IT IS SuNI ON TO ISTHMUS. Unrighteous Gold Swindled Out of the Neighjoring Nation Divid- ed Up--~The Upshot Will Be That Camada Will Hold Her Lumber. p-- Ottawa, ia. D=8teatiin y news has reached government circles x a scheme which is resulting in diverting lum- ber produced in British Columbia from its natural markets in Canadian odntres, where it is badly needed, to the United States, and also incident ally in cheating the government of Francisco as a blind to obtain ads vantage OF" the = preferential rates of duty that have been in force in that port since the disaster of last April. Unce at San Francisco, the lumber has been immediately reloaded on other vessels and taken to the south, to be used in the temporary work on 'the Panama canal. The unrighteous gold swindled out of the customs' officers of the neigh- boring nation, has been divided be tween the managers of the scheme and the lumbermen with whom they deal in British Columbia. While the great- est onus of this double-dealing will fall upon the United States, the mat- ter is one of paramount interest to Unuattians; for lumber is ane of the chief necessities of the rapidly-spread- ing population of western Canada. they are cut off from the supply of) lomber that they need. and which they believed they were NO BARMAIDS UNDER 21. . Drastic Features. : Melbourhe, Jan. 11.--The licensing hill; as finally passed, provides for raising a compensation fund by an as sessment of three per cént. on the cost of all liquors purchased by holders of licenses, the owners paying two-thieds and the hotolkvepers one-third. The measure provides for the grant- ing of licenses and for their reduction. A board of three members is em- powered to reduce licenses ax far as the compensation fund permits, bat is not empowered to reduce licenses be- low the statutory number. The measure also provides for the regulation of clubs, and prohibits the employment of barmaids under the age of twenty-one, present employees exoopted. ---------- ROBBED HOUSES While the Occupants Were OF to Church. Belleville, Ont., Jan. 14.--Plunder to the amount of $500 was, last night, secured by burglars «who, at church time, broke into the houses of Ald. Ackérman and J. M. Hurley, fishery inspector and ex-member of parlia- ment, on Queen street. The thieves forced hack doors, and the police be- lieve local partis, who knew the lay of the land, did the job. To Promote Foreign Trade. Washington, Jan. of great importance to the material interests of the country was held here this forenoon when representative men from every state in the union gave their views as to the obstacles which bave hampered our efforts to develop ithe commerce of the United States. The convention will consider and de: vise measures for the enlargement of our foreign trade and help to pro mote the demand abroad for the pro- duct of United States farms, work- shops and mines. This afternoon, See retary of State Elihu Root will make an address and will vive the delegates the benefit of his observation during his visit to South America--a feature in itself sufficient to assure a large at- tendance of those who wish to assist in the good work of extending Ameri- coh trade. A $4,482,500 Libel Suit. Atlanta, Jun. 14.-In answer to suit for libel filed by 3 the total asked being $4462 500. 14.--A gathering | § One | . Toronto, Onot., Jan. 14.10 Bi Australian, Ciquos BHI Has Some coer on eh et gy hw 3 Children's Coats | Last week selling Tatu oats at prices that have made gredt holes a this section. To-Moerow and oing better on Coats for the little ones. We are strictly within the confines of truthful assertion when we say the values in this sale are better than ever. We con strive to make each better than its predecessor. i were Wednesday to dé even Ci $3. of over steors being paid. of cattle were received peg stock yards, and $6,000 were car $17 a head for Some 130,000 head at age ried to the seaboard over the Cana dian Pacific; an increase of 27,000 com pared with the previous year. supply of hogs was ket, and an average nrice of $7.11 hundredweight prevailed. The suppl ment. ERR ERR SE Alware use Rurtch's pure Ask your grocer for it. Prevost. Brock street, i choice of BIR and $20 suitine. to ord-r for $18. Good fit and will give FOOC export the Winni- The altogether inade- quate to meet the demands of the mar of sheep was much below the require fresh grated horseradish, only 10c. a bottle an made- Chief of Police Breshesniovski, of Daghestan,on the Caspian dea, Was murdered "by a supposed terrorist, on Saturday. v assassin escaped. Some Dounkhobors, a small minor- ity, have declined to become natural ized, we insisted upon leading the communistic life and no other. They will be accommodated. Nipissing carried off the banner in mining stocks for activity during 1906; 1,495,620 shares were traded in on the or v jolats In a few hours. Positively cures is » few It does not put the disese to sleep, but from the system ~uy New York curb, which produced a re vente to the state-of New. York James Kelly, 'the farmer from near Masson, Que., charged with causing the death of Arnold Walsh, a ward of the Catholic Timmigration Rociety, 3 | was found pwilty, at the Hull assizos, Water Works--Alds. Carson, Couper, ¥ trimmings, a genuine bargain. of manslaughter, 5, of |. ROBERT J. REID THE LEADING UNDERTAKER THER Seats now on Sale. TUESDAY, JAN. 15th. WEE presents The Beautiful Pastorial Drama The Village Parson 0. BE.