5 ¢ Dail 15 British 75 YEAR--NO. 20. BRITAIN $1 STILL LEADS . Builds More Than H Half of World's Shipping. British Naval League Taking Active Steps to Have Unemployed Go to Sea---Germany Shows Decline. Si Sebel . KINGSTON, EE ------------ HE IS A BACHELOR. ¥ Still Living Dakotas. is in Ba » 000 tons, which was a slight increase Germany shows rather a seribus de cline. Last vear she built 275,000 tons as compared with 315,000 in 1906, whil at the same time she purchased from Great Britain. Great Britain still a Jarge chaser of vessels built abroad Another matter of great discontent in this country is the large percentage of foreigners employed as seamen still builds [the Pritish mercantile marine, more than one-half the mercantile bering a total of 40,000 with an an shipping of the globe, which last year nual wage list of $10,000,000. While showed a net increase of 1,984 800 tons | the question of the unemployed is as ecqopared with an increase of 2, {pressing heavily ashore, this is con 158.000 in 1906. The world's fleet of [sidered unfortunate and the British | sailing ships was reduced during the [paval league is taking active steps $0 to the year by 150,000 tons, and the steam [agitate the utilization of the unem until tonnage was increased by 2,164,500. ploved to take the plack of aliens of | Kyle The United States built in 1907 475, the ships, Jan, statistics of London, 2. ~The the world's shipbuildings in 1907, just issued by Lloyd's shows a total output of mercantile tonnage by the United Kingdom of 1,712,365, be- ing a decrease of 220,200 tons as compared with 1906, which was the highest on record. The foreign out put in 1907 increased by nearly 80 000 tons. Great Britain, however, register, fess Alfred B. Kittredge Alfred B Kittredge, senator from South 1901, was born in county, NNH., on March h, 1561 Senator Kittredge graduated from Yale College in and from the Yale Law School 1855. He moved to Sioix Falls, where he still makes his - home, IS55, and began the practice much sue Four was elected state >» he served 1893. On the des ith f Senator in 1901 Ne. K was {pointed to fill out his term. and | vo-ele ted 1903. He 'a bachelor, 1s pur- | United Dakota Cheshire Hon States since t on pum 1us2 m SD. in of law late yr wh OT with Coss Vears hye senate, Kittredge ap was i In TERCENTENARY PLANS. NET EARNINGS, $361,000. The Company is in a Prosperous | American Participation in Condition. { bration Expected. Moutreal, Jan. 24.--At a special London, Jan. -24.- a mesting of the directors of the Riche. | definite nature for commemorating the GANANOQUE TIDINGS, Cele- | What is Transpiring in the Little River Town. 24. ~The :» church, Jan, of Gr Gananoque, Aid Society, Proposals of federation » TARIO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, ON 1908. DUKE "" The Mob Got Angry and Assaulted the Police. bis ie There Was a Conflict in Chicago Between the Police and an Army of the Unemployed. BIASED OPINION Some Think of Unions Decision. 24.~There ars i among the trades un declaration in. favor of the labor congress on Wednesd and & split in the lg-! bor pa is predicted. According to! one x a new movement has «been inaugurated to form a labor party! indépendent of socialism, Mr. Sted man, M.P., secretary of the parlia- mentary comm of the trades un: on congress said, | in an interview, that the of the congress would not bend trades unions. It was aj mere sion of" biased Gpipion Secretary Appleton; of the of trades unions, similar way Is What London, Jan lissatisfactic ons at socialism made In ay, i ) i } i ittee vote the expres General spoke in ] | { ih haat Berlin, Jun. 24.--Socialists planned men were to entrap. the Duke of Meckicnbor the a number regent, when he was leaving the Court jhurt in the loop district, shortly theatre, at Brunswick, last might, but | wo p.m., vesterday, when , 300 uni the duke was forewarned and left the formed patrolmen and detectives, un building by a private entrance at the | er personal command of Chief Ship | end of the first act. Near midnight, py: charged an "army 'of the unem- | realizing that it had missed its prey, I ployed" 'murcling toward . the city | the mob, numbering nearly 2,000 per- IH to demand work. The mardi attacked the police with stowes, Iwas finally disrupted effectually by latter charged with [the police. Dr. Ben. Reitman, 'self. | Beores were wounded, [appointed leader, was s#rrested and ---- taken to Chief Shippy"s office. He was H.--~ charged with inciting a riot i a ' clubbed Ly the police and | TURNING OUT MUCH GOLD. were more or i seriously | New. Discovery in Yukon Proving alter Bonanza. Jan. 2.-Dr; Thompson, 3 hak been advised Hills Creek, forty miles a new diseovery of last turning out to be a win- claims are held at 35,000 each and some are being: held at high as 330,000. Winter work is being cariied on extensively. The ereek thicty-three miles lodg, and? js "staked from end to end. Ottawa MP. for the Yukon, hat Black from Daws summer, is ner. Many m ons, whereupon the their swords. as . Chicago, Jan Several hundred GAINS ITS POINT. FUND FOR GHOST HUNTING AIAN | % | Clauses to Be! Eccentric Citizen ' Makes Peculiar | { Bequest in His Will. | Fitchburg 24 A hunt for ghost may started University ester | will of few |an es | eredit in Insurance Bill Revised. 24. ~The has announced I. 0. F. that the lation, in so far fraternal and postponed, PUT UP MONEY. , Jan scientific a real Clark if one of the bequests Joseph A. Battles, days ago, ix carried out tate valued at 350,000, and the | for the accumulation of his | waalth he attributes in his will to the | { financial ability of his wife. His only | of request | in as It re assessment in would be Ottawa, Jan finance of the surance ferred to surance, granted, The clauses will be bill and will be made/ m minigter that proposed Tangier, Jan. 24.--The British consul has gone to Larache with the ransom money, said to be $1,000,- 000, for the release of Gen Sir Harry Mclean from the hands of the Bandit Chief Raisuli. A settle- ment is expected ext week. soon be at Wor mn the | who died a | He left by be struck out of the the subject of i if necessary, of Mr. and Garden street, lien & Ontario Navigation cqmpany, | ore entenary of Milton will, T under residence the financial statement for the past stand, be laid before the British Aca- year was diseussed. It is understood | demy officials at the forthcoming meet that notwithstanding the lateness of | ing, with especial reference to Ameri: the season the R. & 0, has enjoyed a| can participation in the celebration. | spending splendidk. business as shown in the Milton was born in Broad street, | returned fact that the gross earnings will | Cheapside, on December 19th, 1605, | Tanner amount to over $1,300,000, The net! {the tercéptenary will take) place a | weeks carnings will be as large as 1906, {little Jess than a year hence, ind such | cuse, amounting to over £361,000, or about} 'arly disenssion of the plans seems to | Clarke <8} per cent. on the company's earn. [indicate that the event will be cele | some brated on a grand scale, the ings . { home. Miss Orma spent the past week Brockville. Mee, E. W Guelph, is in town, to weeks with her parents, John R. Thomson, | Hickory streets. | social at the | John C. Thomson, | evening. Miss Grace a lew home street, in Cle N.Y., has Allen, last Henderson davs In Mrs spendit Main street Montreal, ha Ira Harrison, the past few veland, Ohio, and Svra returned home. Mrs Main street spending tune in Ki ton of | illness of her on aceount sister, has ur Taylor, King street with friends Kendall, spend My corner 4 b Hall Caine Another Victim Of Tembine.' in Paris, Jan, 24.--Another victim of | : Henri Lemoine, "the diamdnd mak ed in the House of Revs, the Se | ment of the Isle of Man, for er," has been found in the person of]. that scmibl ir o Parisian jowowacr. This man gave Le el thes al. StepY mW maine $20,000 last year for his sooret | sp Gucko, implicated in the Lidval | of making diamonds, but begoming| rain scandals in the Russian famine, suspicious he submitted the specimens | boo boon feom. his pod. as ton i "had been Success |, ycivtant mfintster of the interior, ful in manufacturing rubies, This man | said that the stowes were from Jag ersfontein, The jeweller then threaton- wd to prosecute Lemoine and the "diamond maker" returned the money. Premier Robinson, of New Bruns: wick, announces that it has been de cided to hold a general election before another session Bi the legislature. The date has not been definitely settled, but it will probably be early in Murch. { The congress. of Chili has passed a hill for n railway to run the entire | length of the country. ' -- DAILY MEMORANDA Clearing sale Of Fine Furs at Campbell Bros', Wonderland Theatre, afternoon und evening. ! Hockey Yueen's Matines, "Jerry From House, to-morrow, 14th Band at A dindssion, 10c afternoon, Children Lecture on China to-night Sydenham St. Church Hall, hy: Mr toshart recently returned. Silver collection al deor. has been severely repro parha- a | tourist I ¢ Mrs and | and King Mon wanted in Philadelphin, believed to be members of a Binck Wand, were arrested in Toronto on Thursday. } i IT ---- WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS Offices i in Canada Abolished---Others Created or). Raised. i I Belgium, Calgary at 53,000 this Chilton abolition of {no w alary of $1,500 consulates {and Kingston are re-rated is proposed /in a bil which has just | "I really don't ku introduesd in the United States done aid R senate by Senator Cullom, of lino consul at The Canadian offices to be wiped out | it for the simple are: Three Rivers, Quebec, where the | business at the offic salary is $3,500; Port Hope, $2,500; ix not sufficient t Belleville, Coaticook, Port Stanley, }tinuance Port Rowan, St. Hyacinthe, Windsor, | "When cme U.S., and Woodstock, at $2,000 each. | years I remember A 'new office is to be opened in Owen | United States Sound, and the salary' there will be [ber of the | 82.500, Consuls-general at Vancouver [ada on the ground that Winnipeg, which = have {was not lar h to important points, are placed | cost of gaintaining them Toronto, Jan. 21.-The on a i i {an number of the American f 15 be the Toronto, "unless that the abolished their w why ing S | American heen be reason es to be this evening Varsity ve. O warrant con Kerry," Opera ago, Toronto, three wat then hed to Roval the Skating Se Rink , tonight, P : Saturday senate aboli a num in Can- | business | the consulates the warrant smaller and become e PNOUQ mare One Artistic Picture and Conger and Odin, in 'Jockey Hoy,""" Singing and Dancing The Biiow Theatre "Pathetic Drama, PTwixt Humapity sed Duty," Society Comedy. * Won by Strategy Hust rated Somes by Vera Holden and John Robert Tavis. Two ad. every afternvon perfornmnee, PITH OF THE NEWS. head of the sta resent his walkink boss and the tion working their improper gang bevause he ed proposals to wife A young Englishman, while sawing timbefs in straek on the .head by and died. Baron Takahira, newly-appoint- Japavese ambassador to the Unit od States, has decided to leave Rome! on February lst. Mrs. Catharine Cartwright, a con cert hall dancer and singer, was found shot to death in her room at 92 Wells street, Chicago. The police are search- ing for James McGlee, who had been attentive the woman for some tite. At North Battleford, stroyed the station and divisional' headquarters of thg Canadian Ndrth- ern railway and ero the death of Harry Lang, by suffocation. Mr. Lang working upstairs, was cut off by the] flames and his charred body ip The Very Latest Culled From All Over The World. iA Plain silver tankard, of thé time of Charles I, six inches high, was sold at auction at Chnstie's for L667. William hed oy arrested in De troit, where he was posing as Lord Devonshire, i wanted in Toronto for | theft. Spain has instructed hor representa- tived in Morocco to recognize Mulai '| Aziz as the sultan and Mulai Hafig as | the pretender, Toronto Board of Trade council s passed an resolution opposing any tar ther reduction in the nurber of licen- sek in Toronto. . Nir Robert Hart, | the Chinese customs service, for a two years leave of absence | dweount of ill-health. The. British goverament { test the Canadian route by [regiment now om service | Kong home via Canada. | Warrants were jssued for the arrest (of three traiimen, held responsible for ithe fatal wreck near Dufferin street, [ Toronto, last Satu At the Thaw trial, Justive Dowling annpunced that he would allow the Prosecution and defence to call three each, and no more. | The retirement of W. Denni- san, of Ameriea, who for years has been the chef legal adviser to the | Japanese foreign office in Tokio, may be shortly expected. Three hundred men employed at the Grand Trunk 'shops in Toronto will be lxid off for about ten dave. - The shops will be practically closed down till February nd. Lady _Strafiord has taken o lease of ore, a heantiful | place nedr flenley, and is entertainigg there ona | Se scale. Rbe will to Loa- dow, however, for a visit at the end of the [nainth, : : . William Hall Malahide, a falling was tree WHIG TELEFHONES. 248--~Rusiness Office, 229%-~Editorial Rooms. 292--Jobbing Department. Legal Forma, all kinds, at Whig. The Dai is always on sale a Gibson's Drug Store, Market Square--| Open till late ween evening. the { ed i "R Royal 1 Doulton" We are epeniog an new lot of these goods. Something you have never scen Yelore, "dn Baty, quaint," "odd." "oldigshioned," sud pest of all. ' VERY GHEAP. ROBERTSON BROS. to Sask. B director-general of Sask., fire de] 1s asking on } plans to sending a in Hong found later. Poles Resent esa i Ludlow, Mass, Jan. 24.- Asgered because Father F. PF. holodeiez. their parish priest, had been ordered to an! other pastorate. more than 2.000 Po. | i landers gathered about the parochial! residence bers, vesteriday, Rare Shame Father Kolodzier and the adyent of Father Francis Chabsuba, Ante Be Father. Koloduies" 2. SucCRaROE, {emall {from was {steamer contains steward, land two firemen. {remains calm, istill searching tor the wissang boat, ~ English mouth, { most A RIOT OVER A PRIEST | Hs | Being Removed From Parish. - ditertmined | It is explained by Pols ta prevent hw farce: the departure Si} action is a virtua! dommad leon. not 5 depart on a separate bill later | The xn court of the 1 0. F. and | known relative, Miss Hattie Jane | the governing bodies &i other socie- | Battles, a daughter of his brother by ties Will t the oie { adoption, is left £100. The balance of 2% is fortune left to public institu tions The most RHEE AREF E ll RESELLER IHRHAHAAAIAAAHAAANNN NOT FOUND YET. mes mn his I | | { h unusual bequest in his | . oo, | will is the one relating to Clark Uni Evelyn Nesbitt | ovo. which ¥« given £5,000 to con stitute the Smith«-Battles fund. The name Smith refers to his late wiie,. Mrs. Ann M. Smith Battles. The 'in gates open for him. It is said ome of this fund is to be used at | her hushand will go abroad | stated intervals for defraying the cost | if he is acquitted, and she 18:08 lectures ; ult } es on occu ready so there will be no de-| hy vstic pevehic telepathy, somnambulism and kindred subjects | The Small Boat Still on the Calm | Sea. Holland, Jan 24. ~The with twenty-eight persons, steamer Amsterdam, which | Wednesday, with the , is ON missing. It | passengers, the a sailor Evelyn Very Confident. New York, Jan, 24 Thaw so sure of her husband's ac quittal that she has pyrchased an ex wardrobe to wear when the of hoat the in collision, Axminster twenty-one three swardesses, The 'fog which continuous for four but the sea boats are Hook | | is | 1 i pensive ! prison and at once geting lay. she "prism, or has phenomena practically thick as ever Tugs and life ecn lays, is as The trouble with most trae stories] i that it is necessary to add a few! lies in order to make them interest ing. A report ta the provincial board of hpulih states that Toronto's milk is or ET ld a lower standard than that of Ot- "eBVers Great Space. tawn and Montreal. hy 24. <A dense fog pre over the whale North Sea, the | © = arti ------ Channel, all of England east | drawn from Berwick to Wey | the continent from the | Denmark, Holland Fn : THE SWINDLERS ESCAPED | wstern half of France. The fog... in panes, io second be «| Headquarters in Toronto--< They Victimized Wholesalers. London, Jan. vaile of a dined on of Norway, all of south Ithick hoar frost. It coverd an area of | about 600,000 square miles; HUGHES IS WILLING. Party Can Choose Him For Pre i-1 dential Race. | 62 Colborne poste Lhe was establishment at The dobr was that it a week | that street up on the closed Inquiries that tl had been sold to a third party the creditors are sibile, and that this party had shipped the stock remaining the old « try and it was also found that some of the employees of Morris & Reid were | owed wages $ Messrs. Morris ane on the 2 the Toronto, Jan Some ten whole i be | notte would closed Tor on in the merchants in cities of Montreal of { to. and are interested { for operations two men who, starting \ developed stock I we street, an Morris & wholesal 62 Colborne this city, the Reid in swindling {ers out of goods to the extent of sev: eral thousand dollars. They repre sentesl to the wholesale men in asking for Credit that they had a sum of! { cash he bank to be £3,000 representations were found Liberal orders that roo therefore a business at whom under name of now holding respon succeeded to Our d4 in from and the old cour & Reid amer Sax in said and their Por ste. sanded in t have | try correct for wholesalers for the Reid made themselves i Most of these matured iret of the before their ma : ity discovered | lowed the i to be they dilled ing no trace ol I has Deen 'Were w hers placed the tes fund however, accept Morris & liable for about the ne amounts Some of the creditors feel attorne department the | promptly general & ts were the note ine explained but thus matter awn vear mn and of the 1 0 t creditors men to pet WRONG COFFIN OPENED. PORTLAND, MAINE, AFIRE | | Such Will Be Statement of Robert The Worst Blaze in the History of Caldwell. That City. York, Jan, 24.-Robert Cald-! The following wire | well, testified on the famous!one o'clock this aljernoon by W Druce case in London and for whose tor H. Hume, representing F. W arrest on a charge of periury 8 war-| chen, of the Stock irant was issued, is said to be recov. change, New York : » ering his health, but is still" top iM te] "The worst fire appear before the United States com-| Portland, Maine: is rag | missioner to answer to the applica- beyond control.) "y fire tion made by the English gnvernment partments are fightin in face of fof his extradition. The case will be blizzard, So far there are five des poalled but Caldwell will not appear. and twenty two injured." { His illness will be pleaded as eause for further delay: This was admitted, hy Miss Georgiana Caldwell, lis | Chicago, Jan. 24. Speaking at daughter, who further said : banquet of the Minos Lawvers' As "H my father iv taken back to Eng- sociation, with reference 10 the quali { land to answer the charge of perjury fieations of Speaker Cannon for Presi in the Druce case he will wepely re dent of the United States, Judge -- | pesit the testimony he gave before-- Grosseyp, of the United States "ir pand be will declare that if the coffin cuit court, says | raised from Druce's tomb did contain *A captain courageous, | human Bones it was the wrong coffin, straightforward; an eptimist always, | | for there another in the same but never a foolish optimist; a father | grave containing lead. in wisdom, a brother in strength and! AymjAthy: a 'captain, whol knows the | : chart, and is not afraid to follow it, Made Strong Protest. 'Uncle Joe' Cannon, can in my judg: | Winvipeg, Jan. 24 ~The Manitoba ment, bafely. and confidently fil the | | government has determined to pass. a place at the wheel.' 1 i hill prohibiting the grain exchange | din and expelling the members until the! The fiveyearold son of William fn {courts have passed on the merits "of! glis, who fost his life in the San Fran ithe case. The exchange bas vigorous-| jsen earthquake, is leing sought ior The priest begued the people to abide | lv protested. as heir to S1L000000 left by his by the commands of the bishop, but! grandiather, who died in Dublin they eried, "You mest not legve us') Barle Brown, serving a term in; Annie Mulrooney, a New York pure snd dragged him ito the church and the Helena, Mont, jail, married "Miss girl, is held at the Toombs to await placed hiny on the wisps o thg altar. Mollie Kufeldt. The knot was tied trial usider' the statute making it an | that the while he stoud st a telephone in the, [offence to expose others io a contagr of a per- jail. The voung woman and the 'preach. ons Jty of of wee in an attorney's office. Benjashin Mendelor itch, a N of Panel C Stover. ér, embraced her, Maria Pas shot | wl a He Bos Ex WHS Teor New GOVERNOR HUGHES, who Albany, Jan. 24. Governor Hughes has put himself squarely on record as) willing to accept the republican nomi. nation for the presidency in a letter to James 8. lLehmaier, chairman of the Republican Club mittee pointed to work for Hughes delegates The governor declares frankly his recognition of 'ithe great honor which | the nomivation would confer." as well as "the obligations of service which it would impose." "The matter is one for the party to decide." says! the governor, 'and whatever its deci- sion 1 shall be content." { nalidaten in the history of is oe al dhe ap Eulogiséd "Uncle Joe." hearty, in > death. The Sukishighers, ter F 2 FOREWARNED | | WPS IIPPIIIIESIIII IIR The blaze { al , Toronzo, Ont, Jan. 24, Ottawa Valley and Up~- ver St. Lawrence (10 a. m.)--Fine and colds Satur- da y easterly winds, line and . | milder, PRALLRAM0000000000000N / Beautiful Garments » » . » 3 »* » » 3 » » » » » > » > » » > » > > > > » those who hav Lan ee ar Is the comment of "eon tha beautiful Sequin Dress Robes tog. for stats liness certainl y cellemce, we oller : » » > > » garments A vy LOVELY, Gowns of duinty designs $15 and $16.50 NEW Frenc HAND-MADE DRESSES Honiton amd Diuchesse Lace affoots (White), at $35 and $34.50 COLORED BIGQUIN COWNS boautifel designe of Seguin, Scala ond Silk' Farbroidery, on best French Net, $30 to $60, ROBES designs Selling atl BLACK SEQUIN rich and bheauliful tha regular priv r & 4 "See Our Special Lines of Chiffon Ninons and Marquisettes A really hea evening gowns Chiffon and as sirong ail leading and desirabis Sold én ull large centres and $1 45 w Price wl $1.25 Falaic dair Vv shad t 81 25 Our us ' ns fo ul 50 : : : : i 2 : Steacy's, $ Ses Fast Window Display. 3 » » » » Fun ROBERT J. REID, The Leading Undertaker Phone, 577. 227 Princess street . rai a ST. GEORGE'S BAKING POWDER Quarter 1b. Tins, -16 Cents. Half 1b. Tins, 25 Cents. 1 Ib. Tins, 45 Cents. Guaranteed Pyre {Get a tin and try their Limporick, Jas; Redden & Co, Liwporters of Fine Groceries. BACK UP YOUR CLAIM of quality by haviag your catalogue show it, Your printing shot " be as well made as to you sell: or manulgcture-- a reasom for trying the BRITISH WHIG the next time you have a catalogue to prepare. Threequarters of a esntury of trust-worthy work is be- Norman Ryso, , snd sph Winters, 'Toronto, bave been ; ss the burglars who eobind GT.R, station st Lascaster, goods