gston recognize 'the, merit of d come here each January red than ever and the unusu- he extra good values we are overs » 2.49. ers to 2.50, WIS 0 4.50. ISesS o 1.49. {3 to 7.00. A ------, bligation to buy if you ll times be welcome to com- dainty garments at your sh can have any garment aside' until required, if you rk . Going Fast As we need the room for rebuilding, e are closing out our large stock to ve moving it. Brass and Iron Bedsteads Springs and Mattresses to fit AT A SNAP Dverything to close out at sale rices. PACKING AND FREIGHT * FREE. DIO Gre RANGES APEFRUIT? Princess Street : eeeseersestaresserees FELT \ SLIPPERS m $1.50 0120 $1.50 to 1 20 of either kind. ol Socks, you put on for 10 m the feet, prevent chilblanes, ck just received. High and ® kind at 75c, | Ep ---- Jotettndetestnnncerset JANUARY AND $ FEBRUARY Special For Next Week In FURNITURES - Good Silk Parlor Suit, 3- pieces, Mohagany Frame,$25 for $18. 5-piece Suit, good pieces, Mohogany Frame, $25 regular $30 for $18. Hall Seat Hat Rack at big reduec- tion, ROBT. J. REID § The Leading Undertaker Phone 577 Ambulance SIFINNIIIIIIIIIIIIIS New Tele Telephone Directory. THE BELL YELEPHONE COM- PANY CANADA, LIMITED Is about to "publish a new issue of the Official Telephone Directory for the District of EASTERN ONTARIO including the City of Kingston. Orders for 'new connections, changes of firm name, changes of street address or for duplicate entry should be handed in to the Local Manager AT ONCE. H., W. SNELLING, Local Manager. Books at Half Price [all Price. bss ds Allo ae ni liso Buy now and save one half your money. Thanks to the Public for their very liberal patronage during the last month. Yours Respectfully, T. McAULEY. Another Snap Canadian Sardines| 8 Tins for 25 Cents): --GO00D TOO-- James Redden & Co. Hockey Match|= SENIOR INTERCOLLEGIATE. "VARSITY vs. QUEEN'S FRIDAY, JAN. 18th. Game called at 8.15 p.m. General ad- niission, - Reserved seats 25c. and an opens on Jan. 17th, for sale of pp ~No telephone messages ac- cepted for seats. GRANT HALL - TUESDAY, Jan. 22nd ---- Queen's Glee Singers and Symphony Orchestra, assisted by Miss Lina 0. Adamson, Violinist, graduate of the Royal Conservatorium of Music, Leipzig, Germany. Prices 25c., 35¢, 50. 3 Uglow - Pian at Ulow's Jan. 17th. Y.M.C.A. THURSDAY, Jan. 17th, 8 p.m., two Basketball Games; St. James vs. Maple Leaf, Brittania vs. 'Wanderers. Admission, 10c. AUCTION SALE SATURDAY, Jany. 19th, at 11 aa, Market ua. Terms cash. 1 Milch Cow. A 1 two-year-old Haifer. ! 1 Spring Heifer Cali WM. MU RRAY. oemzx ORCHESTRA THE BUSY ONE. 'Out-of-Town engagements accepted. Violin, Viola, Cello Instruction. E; H. MERRY: tis Sydwham St. City, DAILY MEMORANDA. Citiavuy League meets at Y. MOA 'Basketball Matches, p.m. Crosby's Orchescra. history --Mozart Yorn, WHIG TELEPHONES. 243--HBusiness Office. 229 Editoral Roos. 292--J ssing nnd 'Tagravi ing a specialty. ERR osiah Wedgewood We have some old Blue DINNER SETS celebrated maker, very quaint shape, regular Robertson Bros. Fur-Goats Write for Catalogue. John McKay 149.158 BROCK ST. KINGSTON "AUCTION SALE FRIDAY, JAN. TENDERS b w I nti) ter n o elo » ck the for srenoon of MON JAY for the stock in trade and Arrange ments br five per cent on the ; the balance om the "deli ory of ------------------------------------------------ HOME AGAIN money, I want some more. met 'the batening J in good Stoves, a: Store, 398 Princess Rio . TO MARRY COUNTESS or reports vn Tondon apuounge William Waldrof Astor, triated New York Croesus, the Countess ol Wer tmenviond as soon aristocrat has se- verad 'the marriage ties which bind her to Earl Westmoreland. understood that the earl will consent to "allow his wife to divoree i » is no hint of scandal. Westmoreland is thirty-five years of age and has Astor is close to sixty. against his wishes. Countess of Warwick, Sutherland and Lady These Painful Ailments. locomptr must be neutralized and ex- Poa and the blood enriched in order ¢ or " d to cure. Wade's Iron Tanie Pills do the | snatching provisions and medical aid. things Ruessary to cure and to cure RAGING FIREES Completed Destraction of Kingston, 'Ja. THE BODIES BURIED IN THE SURROUNDING RUINS OF THE TOWN. Everybody Has Been Warned Away--Famine is Imminent-- The Houses Toppled Over and Killed Many--Wild Scenes of Panic Were Manifest on Streets. London, Jan. 17.--A despatch from St. Thomas, B.W.I., confirms the re- Port of the completion of the destruc- tion of Kingston by fire. It adds that everybody has been warned away from the city. The stench is awful. Famine is imminent, All the shops were de- stroyed. Provisions ard urge mtly need- ed. The banks have been burned, but their safes are supposed to he intact. The misery is indescribable. ¥t is im- possible to give the whereabouts of anybody. The deaths were very numer. ous, but the number is 'not yet known. The bodies are buried in the smouldering ruins, The mercantile community suffered the most severely. Many profes hia men were killed" or injured. The groes are looting, and there are ghast- ly scons. Most of the buildings in HNHHOHION SHOIOIOK SINGIN | © SCENES OF HORROR. ---------- London, Jan. 16. --(7 p.m.)--The following cable despatch has been received from a press representative who accompanied Sir Al- fred Jones and his party to Jamaica : "Fires broke out again to-night. The negroes are léoting the rum shops. At least five hundred persons have been killed. There are weird and terrible scenes. Forty-five invalid soldiers were burned to death in the military hospital. Several shocks were felt to-day.' HAIMA KAKA KIA TR WHA H HY AISI i aml around Kingston are in rdins. The volcano, at Portland, is showing signs of activity, but this report can- not be verified. There is no news from the interior, The Express prints a despatch, dat- ed Kingston, January 14th, saying that five hundred persons are report- ed to have been killed, by the earth- quake there end at least one thousand injured. There is not a house in sight standing. All the churches, houses, hotels and public offices are in ruins. There were wild scenes of panic in the streots, many of the thoroughfares are impassable, owing to the fallen hous- es. No adequate measures can he taken to get the fire under control. Accord'ng to street rumors there was a terrible panje in the poorer quarters of the city. The negroes loot ed the rum shops. Thousands of per- sons are fleecing from the town. 'The Earl and Countess of Dudley, who were members of Sir Alfred Jones' party are safe. Up to a late hour last night the colonial office had no further news to communicate and the public fouml satisfaction in the belief that the casualties among the English resi- dents of the islands had been few. A message, received early----ifiis morning, from Sir Alired Jones, con- firms the worst fears. It is addressed to Elder, Dempster & Co., and is : " "Kingston was ovVerwhe! med by an earthquake, Monday afternoon, at 3.30 o'clock, All the houses within a radi us of ten miles have been damaged, and almost every house in the city is destroyed. Fire broke out after the earthquake and completed the work of destruction. It is estimated (hat 100 persons have been killed, and 1,000 injured. The public offices and hospi- tals are in ruins. "Among killed are Sir James Fer- guson, many prominent merchants and professional men - asd a great many natives, There were no fatalities at the Constant Springs Hotel. The husi- heap of smouldéring ruins, We are thankful that our party is all right. A despatch reccived by the Direct West Indian Cable company says the loss of life was "heavy," and adds that Port Antonio was not badly in- jured. lives lost. Rich And Poor Homeless. ston, stated that the city is devas- tated; rich and poor alike, are home- less and famine is imminent. No ad- The | vices. have been received from: other ports. Provisions are urgently requir- ed. The governor of St. Thomas is de- at | are 9,000 perséns homeless. "KINGSTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11 1907, stated the town of Port Antonio was y dumaged, It was the fire \ to Ny Ly that the earthquake closed there. Large lies of provisions are conditions prevail CR aaEEred Jan That Characterize Port Of Midland. ners i = PITH OF THE NEWS. The Very Latest Culled From All Over The World. Whithy will have An attempt is. soon to be made Franes to Start a new hational church. tend. to all the srpment reports, a new eleetion for GERMAN NOT SATISSIED wr As It is Progressing at Port Cal- borne--The Answers Given to Various Questions--A Notice Motion By Robitaille, comin of the famine refugees in C ing. tribe are sacking selves and Rasuli. don, aged sixteen, fe etihg from smyll- ROX. It 1s stated that the may prevent the White Star line hoa using Southampton harbor, President Alfonso the initintite in a § Brasil on a gold bnsis. Own Correspbudent. yesterday's commons debate was the discussion; upon tion introduced by W, H, Bennett, des 0 Penny has taken which he lauded the good ------ | of , and, hy way. of comparison, of thin died, on Weiniaday, "dur: ing his lomiship's visit to Toronto. President Mitchell says that thirty- thowgand United in the United States hyve roc) the nett's points were { Navigation to Midland is quicker by fifteen hours from ports on Lake Mich- igan and Lake Superior than to Buf- giver broke from ita chan- and north-castern states can as well as from Buffalo, connected by" the G.T.R. C.P.R. and Canadian Northern, cor ship with great 'advantage and chieap The Chinaie are plannine to open to foreign commerce the towns of Thibet ond to bull ,, railway into the coun- from | western province gram vessels tom Midland. The Trent Valley canal will have its | acy. terminus at or near Midland, and with ving 20.000 bushels, ontreal with the G.T.R., CNR. will keep sen 8 To partment appointed resident . tt) p+ Middle : vel ght ion was discussed, Upwards of 15,000 ,000 bushels of Ca askin grain went On "Bap convention of .On- This should have gone to Cung- tario and . Quebec, convention of Ontario, A fire at San Fernando, Patfughe valued" gt $100,000, assumed ¢pmmand of Jo five vie town from destruction. French chamber of that the law of Ths be muslified go that it shoul not be natedsacy to, apply to the guthori- mission to hold church * Tain Gould has the Ln, of the Young Mens s Chris- tian Association recemtly established at Madison: Barracks, f and billigtd table gnd it is now The short and quick kine from on: William 'and other poi would eapture the tr , trade in Canada, and od only the trade of our own North-West, hut make al big cut in the trade from claims Hal he Sound Depot Warbor and other and josisted that the Laurier ment had been progressive in trestle where the a $ almost seventy foot high, and had he on the bridge, he would havo beer killed by the fall. GRATUITIES GRANTED. , the liberal momber for . occasionally kicks over It is asserted that eight-year-old i] & Geoffry Rn . yordly th wove rament Othe at es : » sald it was ridiculous , has been restored ife after having apparently copsed to breathe for twenty elevators would be in service for the . Arguing that the su + of Buffalo rested only on it this year, or their families, 7.410 and this will be put in the most cases o year's sal- nted but in Clarke, © origi tele *vators aluny - , otherwise the canals would Syrian Girls Sold. 4 ¥y a Girl Welland canal and the "hen an offic al in From an answer vestigation of Chars that girls um Nil a a itn to a Yew Wiscona's: is fourteen years, wotks -valled for te Jets 3 Provis: supplios in connection with Syrian coleny at North Lacrosse. T' of the Yukon tele mvestipgtion was ordered as that of ry Douglas & Co., they were awprded the contract for $31,325 worth of supplies; vear since then they have been fursishine supulies without tender, the amount ranhing from $36,509 in 190] riace license for 4 girl thirteen yegrs Evidence was then submitted and that her Parents, ceiving a bid of $450 in a ater mail, a Syrian at Oshkosh, Po learned that since 1868 expended on Rideau For construction, Sentenced For Life. , and $57,989 on cons slaughter at Riverhegd, wnod to life inprisonment. Henderson was fold that thd i i export of arrioultural ¥ months ago, following i i in 1904 to $2.497.G01 last vear Armand Lavergue's question regard: 'ne Canadign imsidgration in Franod i y information that it beine carried on hy means of rersong who hpd been promised sheriff, arrested Ry. v, and used him roughly, Rapige freed himee on his wav to 4 justi i shot _Stillwell fy- An goneal will be taken. Wanted Bride's Money. 1901-2 2 2 the number of an . the umber was 1.7 1 a7, and in the first fiscal your 1906-7 was 956, and the cost A= 3 Louise McVey, daughter o y, pastor emeritus of the Presbyterian church, of this citv, was not married to M. ness quarter of Kingston is now ad Threston Bgkeell, » Swedish legation, is, France, on December 2 Winshsor, Ont., the nawly-clected jms bet perfceterd by depen ne nt- eral' » off the engegeme nt be bas given notice 9 the wv, who has a fortune abinion of this a the necessity is for having more direct and Expeditions means of communiogting between the Canadian government and the United States at the government of Cen-da shoild take advantgee of the comme colonial conferemoe to dis- cuss the matter with the British an- anything upon him. In view of the differing estimates - contained in these several despatches, it is quite impossible at present to form a reliable idea of the number of Fat Fee For Senator. the covernment of decision in the famons . of America; apd t i , United States Senator Piles is to reccive one-half of the residue cf , not less than 2900000, i St. Thomas, D.W.I., Jan. 17.<The i latest news received here, from King- | carrying the case to a conclusion. means of agchiovine that end." Dark cirgles wnder the eves in- dicate a sluggish circulation or torpid liver and kidneys. i i take Hollister's Rocky } Tei 2 ! You'll Hurt ¥ourself. There is no one who does not meet with some injury at occasional inter Malivod's Drug Store. The lives lost in the earthquake num- ber a thousand. The damage to pro They are a great nerve strengthener pry amounts to $19,000,000. There and blood maker. In boxes, 23c., / tore. : i All the guests at the hotels in Kine- Wade's Drug 3 . Money back not ain are reported to be safe. It is coly heals any injury to skin, w | tar, : a of wild ats anc "hut cures aches and, fing eure for covghis and colds, at Wade's Deng Store. Bytocr's West Indiyn toffee is sold at Gibsen's Red Cross drug store, rheumatism and 25¢c. at Wade's Drug Store. NORE Evin EVIDENCE Be Token | Toronto, Jan. 1.The in the case of George BR. R. ox-president of the Ontario pak, were before crown bee ing in asking for a conviction, Mr, ht ta accept such a position at a ary unless he was prepared to at- duties of the office, which included the signing of the gov- It was true, the law such mattars had been nade in the days when banks had no when all were thoromghly® acquainted with the Frank Arnoldi, said that for any. crim there might be intent, been shown in the cases of Mr, Cock- More evidence | be taken on Monday next. WEALTH OF STATES. It Increases at Rate of $10,000,- 000 Daily. Jan. London says that the Express prints conspicuously comparisons the wealth of the United States It cites the estimate » wealth of Great Britain is rate of $7,000,000 the that incrensing at $10,000,000 daily, Editorially the paper deplores "discrecitable tale of relative British he done from Midland better than or | and American expansion, which is not leasant «wading for patriotic men," t declares that if the British would but rouse themsclves and cast fetters 'of a wornout Sommwreial syR tom they would pros] ericans and regain the UNUSUAL ACCIDENT G.T.R. Catharines. ( 'ntharines, y on railway, 'a few mi Catharines, yeoster Just as the fast aol train pe a A ountre of the tres hw " one of tho the locomotive blew Fireman Currey, of Point ed was Ri from his cab to the trestle, whore he clung till the train was # help arrived. He wos "St. Government's Gen- erosity. Toronto, Jan. 17~The gratuities to be Slanted by the provincial govern: to retired civil Senators Selected. New York, Jan. United States senators in the legis! tures of eight states resulted : New Humpshite--Henry E, Bugnham, republican, ré-elected, Colorado -Simon Dolaware--Harry A. Richardson, Nebraska-Norris Brown, republican. Maine--Wiliam P. Mnssachusctte--W. Murray Crane, re publican, re-elected. MontanaJoseph M. Dixon, republic . ' r------ They Will Recover. ont. , Main street west, during the night to find his wile, two daughters and son, in al unconscious from escaping. gas, himself, he though AY four out into pr. rd medion) unm Ithoug! iL it is expected gh alt To Start A Factory. Jan. 17+ Plans have \y findsor. Anarchist Plot Found. 17.--~The police have | discovered an aarchisiplot, in which | several persons 'porticipated, to kill prominent persons at, the day fived for the opening of thé parlignentary debate on the at- the lives of King. Alionso J antd Queen Victoria the day of their, marrige, May 8lst last. ; Madrid, Jan. Best's "Short: 3 comes from al in yu Boxing and wrestling, op hell to! but no Great 'becaus;: to E figures is the height of g b fortune at any time, But § 80 buy them during the very article 1 a3 os Furriers, i BLACK BOCARAN $00: gual at $38, 'STARTS TO-MOR ROW AT 830. ALL | SALES FOR CASH. late clerk of the cal. amount granted is $2,500, fifteen. months' salary. The gratuities, last year, were $30,000, MARRIED, he L-SEATON. 44 » _ f+ Torouto : ir pan copy.) January 15th, 1307, r. Gunn in his sevent Frye, republican, Alli] Mined sro, fs N Pntimseo-- Robert L. Taylor, demo- anxilh tn & Mr. York Street, tale one year ami Funeral private 19 'morrow. ROBERT J. REID : assistance wah perdi 3 Negotiations for the Bo wf suitable property are now under way, and it is expected the factoky will be placed in opera- Lio in Febtuary tives "will be-employed at rt, the greater part of them girls. A ---------------- COLE am The Greatest ot AR Colored in the har Mustoa About twenty-five