w THE DAILY. BRITISH WHIG, MONDA Y, JANUARY 13,1008. STARTS Wednesday Morning. "ALL'SALES FOR CASH. A -------- ---- 'John McKay | Fur House GREAT JANUARY SALE OF FURNITURE The Choicest Stock of High Grade Furniture in the City Now on Sale. ROBERT J. REID, * 230 Princess Street, Near Opera House. - Telephone, 775 ¥ { cm The St. Lawrence Sugar Refining Co. Ltd, MONTREAL Manufacturers of the choicest REFINED SUGARS Granulated and Yellows. - Made entirely from cane ~~ Sugar, - Be sure you ask for St. Lawrence." Get It for To-Morrow"s Breakfast " THE BEST OATMEAL MADE." i {liott pointed out that nearly all the| : Livingston's §Custom Clothing Sale «Is Now On. 6, 18, 20 Tweed Suits. Per Cent. Off All Winter i Overcoats to Order. ALL SALES FOR CASH. 7 oe Ido so perhay A port, on is ------ {AM 1 arose ! railway THES P.M. EDITION TY COONGIL OF 908 | } { klv sad that when @yguestic hetween he and the stres ity % would step asd {| and 3 { He 1} { ag | M {reason why the old members he said that on members have a chance, avor was pleased ' THIS MORNING. i The m a ? { the younger men had been plaved Standing Committees Ap-! this commities pointed--The Council of Last| ae Topost Year First Met to Receive iki Ald. Ross' Resignation. : { i 10 see i | The Pa of the Communications Read. E Refore i n bp % a lefare the inaugural meeting of the | These communications were read and cily cougeil of 1968, the council of | peferred to committees : 1907 met, at 10.50! Dr. 1. Wood, account o'clock, resignation of {attendance Mrs. Shane, Mayor Elect Ross as alderman for{ J Ross Robertson asking for grant i rontenac ward was received, The | to Toronto hospital for ick children. resignation was accepted, on motion} John Macdonald, secretary ESF . 5 Sec fol Alds. Nickle * and Craig, and the | hoard, giving names retiring high | matter of filling the vacancy was re- school trustees, and retiring public {ferred to the in-coming finanée com- | cehool trustees mittee. Mayor Mowat remarked that | Hydro-Electric power commission. re on such an occasion it was usual to |, ices quoted for power {make obituary remarks, but on the | Hydro -Eelectrie power commission | Praseny Sesasion, it would be out of | notifying council that prices under place. Ald. Craig ejaculated that the agreement are good only until June Ist, 190%, corpse was a live corpse. "Yes, a very live one," said Mayor Mow 3 . ' § ayor Mowat. City clerk, giving report of the elec tion on hy-laws and school questiofi. | After some remarks by the mayor in defence of the aldermanic three-year R. H. Toye, resigning s alderman term, which remarks appear in anoth- f 'Svd he : ng BS Be er column, the old council adjourned. op DEvenism Nan { Whe council of 1908 convened at eleven o'clock, the new aldermen, Dr, } J. ; ii oC oy. | [nl Harty snd rn | sessment, and appointing members of {and Millan, The roll-call showed the | the court of revision, hoard of health, | following present : hoard of education and school of |' Mayor Ross and Alds. Angrove, Car- | MRINg, as named above, The road lson, Chown, Couper, Craig, Elliott, improvement hy lnw was Free, Gaskin, Givens, Graham, Han- firmed. ley, Kent, llarty, McCann, McCart- ney, Nickle, Rigney, Robertson. | The declaration of oflice was ad- { ministered to the mayor and aldermen {by City Clerk Sands. In placing the lehain of office around the neck of | Mayor-Elect Ross, Retiring' Mayor | Mowat stated thag a week ago, Dr. | Ross was the representative of a fac {tion. To-day he was the representa {tive of ull the people of Kingston. He i hoped that the citizens would remem- { ber this, and back up their mayor on tall occasions. The retiring mayor, in conclusion, said he hoped that the | sume pluck that had attended = Dr. { Ross throughout his career, would continue to attend him. Mayor Ross took the chief magis trate 8 chair amid applause, and then | read hi% address, which appears in an- other column, The address was re ferred to the various committees for { their digestion. On motion of Alds. Gaskin and El- { ott, the following were appointed to | strike the standing committees for this when morning, professional the school ting annual report, having made out i combining the vote give a correct rep on the Collegiate t+ of the votes up Institute fee ques tion. correct retirns to the council on Feb ruary 17th, after the ballot boxes were opened and' the votes hy the sions in question eounted. Motions Passed. { that the city engineer be to measure broken stone at the Kim quarry and upon proper title be ing made to the same that the treasurer be authorized to pay for the same at- the rate of four dollars per upon measurements certified to by the city of the toise, him | chairman Carried. Moved by Alds. Gaskin® and Craig that the option to purchase certain {quarry lots: from the estate of". the boerd of works. | | | { { [the year : Alds. Gaskin, Elliott, Craig, | 14te William Allen be accepted, {Givens and Angrove. This committee | tht Mrs. Allen be notified of such ac {then retired to read over the slate | ceptance and that the solicitor be in | that had been prepared. { structed to complete the purchase. | . . | Carried, ; | 4; The Standing Committees. | Morod he Alds. Chown and Eouper Alter being out: ten minutes the | (hat the light and water committees {committee returned and recommended | he justrocted to report yearly at the the following appointments : Finance--1he mayor (chairman), and |ary, giving in detail the operations Alds. Angrove, Carson, McCann, Nic- {of the plant for the previous year | Mes Robertson, Rigney, | and statements of asseté and liahili- | man), Craig, Free, | McCann, Nickle, | Light--Alds. Givens (chairman), An- | grove, Chown, Couper, Elliott, | Cartney, McCann. Fire--Alds. Rigney (chairman), Har- | | ty, Henderson, Mctartney, -Niekle, Ro- | | hertson andthe. new member for] Frontenac ward. 1 Watér-"Alds. Craig (chairman), Car- | son, Chown, Couper, Grabauni, Hanley, | { Kent. | | Property--Alds. Angrove (chairman), { Couper, Free, Grabam, Henderson, Me- {Cartoey, Toyey | Parks--Alds. Kent (chairman), El Tiott, Hanley, Harty, Henderson, Toye {and the new member for Frontenac| Various | ward. vears they Industries--Alds. Elliott (chairman), | tificates. They have been sailing un- { Craig, Chown. der permits. It is that House of Industry--Fhe mayor and !the customs recently refused to allow +A tds Harty, Tove and the new certain captains to take charge of I ber for Frontenac ward. | vessels any longer under these permits, | Printing--Alds. Robertson (chair- and demanded that they get proper | man), Carson, Free , Gaskin, Kent. certificates. The marine department | Board of Education--W. J. Renton, |was communicated with several times {C. Bermingham. { by the captains and the local Mas | Board of Health-Dr. Etherington, | ters' and Mates' Association took the Dr. Knight. [matter up. The department has taken Court of Revision--T. D.. Minnes, W. action and to-morrow a government Dunlop. Y | marine representative will be here to School hold an examination for the captain's At present there is no ex- E. Kent, . ; no Ald. Gaskin said he thought the sel- jaminer for masters and mates in | ection had been well made. Ald. El-| Kingston. = Was In Sad Plight. A man, very much under the in: fluence of liquor, was found lying on the roadway on Queen street, near Graham, Givens, expenditures--Carried. adionrned at | and will meet again next Mon- Me- | day evening. Nothing was done with the resignation of Ald, Toye. and conneil { venue The o'clock, CAPTAINS' PREDICAMENT, In Not. Having Received . Their : Certificates. { Of late there has been quite a lot of {talk in local marine circles regarding the predicament a. number of captains ofs this city and: elsewhere in - this district are in. Though they tried their examinations and paid their fees at times" during the past two never received their cer. understood mem- y A. ¥ Givens, of Mines--D, | involved. members of the finance committee were new men. It had been suggested to the speaker that Ald. Nickle's name should not appear on the board | {of works, because the street railway g qo yam "street, about 9:30 o'clock, | company came very often in contact Saturday night. He was suffering with the board of works, and it would {£0 ihe cold, and be also had. 8 cut 8 more this year. The re- on his forehead, eavged by his falling face, showed 'that the on the icy roadway. \Some men who conservatives had zealously preserved co pon called a eab and had him | politics in its selections of committee-| to his home. His injuries | men. The whole thing savored of poli-l LiLo itonded to, and to-day he is ties. » the worse for his experience. Ald. Angrove said that during the |" bt k past two vears nearly every alderman : : {has tried to eliminate politics except | Skating Club Meeting. = | Ald. Elliott. The speaker assured the| Before skating began, at the Skat- jeoubeil that thers was no politics Ming Club meet, og Saiutday night. the selection of commitiees. e was the 'executive met, and decided 10 sorry. Ald. Eltiott had _introduéed limit the e¢lub membership to 175. politics at the first meeting of the There was a very fair attendance council. iskaters for 'the opening night, Ald. Kent pointed out i politics were not introduced at strik- while the ing the commitices, because the gen- Last year's tlemen who made the selection were | all 0. one party, and hence agreed. freshments were ger In eleven yéars, Ald. Kent said thatiway. . politics were never eliminated so much] as in 1907, and for' the reason that! ' : the standing committees were so well | jail at Woodstock divided. Ald, Kent pointed out thaticharged with fraud. the conservatives had taken all the! best positions, viz., finance, works, | : i Black tight, fire and property commitiees. | He held that the council was now | drifting back into the old political | tines. Almost the fidst motion hefore | the council was a political motion. | Chewing Tepbacco Rich and satisfying. io prove his vontention. He referred : : ' to all the attacks made npon hi The big black plug. sermons preached on the staff of : : skaters founit-their sealegs. balance being secured, all ved ii the The first Chinaman to be placed in is George Sing, All. Kent said he never expected tha the party controlling the council) would make such an unfair division of | the pommitiees as had been, done for 190%, V Ald. Nickle: defended the selection ot! the committees, and went over them mmitiee was Chief of the fire department 'submit- i By-laws were passed fixing the as- | also. con-| The city clerk reported that on ae-| count of four deputy-returning officers | Mproper ri thrns, by | } he was unable.to | He would be able to give.the! subdivi- | Moved by Alds. Gaskine and Craig, | instructed | Mec-| city | Children's Warm Stockings. |» John Laidlaw & Son. engineer and the and | | first meeting of the council, in "Febra- | Board of Works--Alds. Gaskin (chair-{ ties, jeceipts and disbursements, oN {Clean Record business hours, if the young man of | : and | that perhaps there was an amusing hali hour or so, | went on smoothly, The usual hot re | Aasual | ' t should HELD ITS FIRST SESSION | usurp the finance committee. Let the } 8 Ladies' Natural Wool Vests and Drawers, all sizes, of a particularly good make, properly cut and finished. 50c. Each. Ladies' Fine Underwear Good values at 75¢, 99¢, $1.25. Vests and Drawers to match. White or Natural Shades. Children's Unshrinkable Wool Vests & Drawers 25e, 30e, 28¢, 33e, 35¢, According to make and size a 39¢ up Lo 75e, the clothes off. . 9 ale v Children's Sleeping Suits Combination with feet complete, all sixes and just the thing for children who kick | | { { | i i ) em | { { i | i EE REV. DR. MACTAVISH AT CHALMERS CHURCH. Preaches a Practical oa the Subject, 'A Re- cord," at the Morning Service. Sermon Clean The attendance at Chalmers church was somewhat affected by the weather, Sunday morning, but were there enjoyed, apparently, the service, and they listened most attentively to a practical sermon by Rev. Dr Ma Tavish, of Cooke's church, on "A Yhe preacher took for his text Psalm cxxix, 9, 'Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way ? By taking heed theréto according Thy Word." In opening, the preacher quoted the | words of John B. Gough, 'Young man, I. charge you, keep your record clean." Gough knew what it was to have a tarnished but he knew also what it was to regain the path of honor, therefore, he felt that he must say with all emphasis, "Keep your record In that he was repeating in another form Paul's advice to Timothy, "Keep thy seli pure." Is that 'an easy thing to do? Far from it. During business hours, the young man will be assault- ed by temptations. He will hear plausible maxims which pass current in the commercial world, but which, if followed, will lead to his moral and spiritual undoing. * For example, "Etery man for himeeli,". or "A han those who 0 ) name, clean sayine © BIG JANUARY feats "SALE ountai Horse Blankets at the biggest Pens educti v i § . : 3 reduction ever seen in Kingston @ Are a business necessity in this day and generation, BUY THE BEST. WATERMAN AND ra STERLING Can be depended upon 1a I ee Rr n @ 2 od 2 ERI We don't want to carry any over, | and must dispose of thein. Won't ! © last long at the price. [i $2.50 Kersey Stay-on, $1.85. $3 Blue Stay-on, $2.35. $1.50 Jute Lind, for $1.10. { Also Halters, Whips | & and Rugs, at possible } price. Ww. A. Mitchell, Hardware FOR THE HOUSEKEEPER. Roll Bacon, 124¢. per Ib. For a quick finger try our Hamburg Steak or 'Blood Puddings H. J. MYEKS, 6d Brock St Sie Cirecingles, lowest Our English made short size pen is reliable and handy. It can be carried ir purse, bag or pocket. > We guarantee every pen we sell. ' @ Spangenberg |; JEWELLERS ] ty 4 Issuer of Marriage Licenses. 2 @ i @ A el g @l %W RE Missionary Is Dead. Haven, 12 ANIOUr ~~ 1 i ard 8 2 Bom York year New death is Hume, hay, hospital. of age Conn., Jan o cord of Rev, Lg 3 a missionary at New was sixty 4 jot is ormerly He My, Hume India died in a DR Se ORR a ¥ aw . 900000000000 000000000000000000000080000000000 must live, you know," or "1 must meet him 'on his own ground." After go on the street he will meet temptations there and if he keeps off the street he other temptations, more :, but still very danger- ous, In the field of sport and in the arena of politics, he will be confront: ed by temptations, subtle and allur- ing. Can a man keep his secord clean in the midst of all his solicitations to evil ? Yes, has been dene mand may be done again. George Williams, the Hounder of the Y.M.C.A., and Alpheus "Mardy, of Boston, have demonstrated ithe fact that a man can hé & success Hal rehant and an earnest Chris | tian. Parker Conle's life proves that {a man can be a keen politician even iin New York, and a devout child of God. The lives of such men as Ho race W. Rose and Wilhasm Holobird {testify to the fact that a man ran be ia champion on the athletic field, and in suteessful soul winner. A calm and' 'thonghtlal look into the face of (Christ in the morning will make one fool the need of personal cleanliness and holi- iness all the day long. ! (will meet y i refined, perha Zion skating to-night; and every afternoon ami eve ? this week. Founey carnival, Thursday. » Still 20 Per Cent. Discount Off 'All Our Fine Stock of Ladies' Empress and Dorothy Dodd Shoes, Men's Pack- ard and Gold Bond. Also all Our Trunks and Valises. } Special Bargain Ladies' Patent Colt Dress Button High Shoes, plain toe, new last fall, regular, $4.50, now 3.00. ' 17 TABLES FULL OF SNAPS. BGbe Toockett Shoe Store. -- 000000000000 00000000000000000000000000 BRAGG CCECOCER00000 000000000 CCROISIIMNTYS 2000000000000 0000 0000000000000 000000 een v ' i j