A few of those excellent Night Lamps left, and | : to clear them out, price | 28c¢. Cost of light for eigh- teen hours, lic. CORBETT'S Suits, and Overooats Suits, Overcoats, Fine Shoes and Rubbers. Prices of Suits, Black or Blue Serge, $10.00 and $13.50, as good as made-to-order goods. OVERCOATS, $5.00, $7.50 and $9.50. Isaac Zack's 271 Princess street. Hardwood Slabs Good, Oak and Rock Elm Slabs, (no edgings), sawed ends, manufactured in the City at our own mill, even lengths, DRY and in good condition. {ney and McCann by acclamation. The THE DAILY zerTisE J| THE WHIG, 76th YEAR at signed by a thoustad lector: He did «DAILY BRITISH WHIG, pubiished not seek the office with which his 80°36. per ytar Tions Essen, rgidutario, name has heen associated. It was pressed upon him by the people. They LY oa Monday and Thurs: | told him that he should accept the duty of the hour, and assume the re sponsibility of serving them as he could. In acquiescing to these repre- sentadions he became the people's candidate. \ Alderman Louper has made domin- ant in his public addresses the pro- minent feature of his character--his absolute independence. He will be "no man's man,' "an egpressive phrase over one which signifies that in the crisis of any hour, when issues arise in which the individual or 'the corpora- tion will be against the city, he will be the champion of the people. In such a crisis in the past Alderman Couper has thus acted. In such a crisis as may arise this year, and to- wards which certain contingencies are surely tending, he wili thus act again. He is for the city first, last, and all the time, and with a mayor who is safe or cautious (not obstin- ate), the electors can rest content. On the civic . committees on which he has served there has been no exhibit of incapacity so far as he is concern- ed--no jobbery, no scandal, no whis- pering of strange things, no reflec tion upon contractors or officials. His conduct and course have been clean throughout. It has been said of him, as if it were an unpardonable sin, that he dia not vote for compulsory vaccination of the people. He has secret of that fact. He has charge for pos bas to be ded, making price ot ly $3 snd of Weekly $1. 0 Jer you Attached is oy the best Job Print ing Offices in Canada st and cheap work ; nine 'improved presses. The British Whig Publishing Co., Lt'd EDW,. J. B. PENSE, Managing Director. TORONTO OFFICE. Suite 10 and 20, Queen, City Cham- , 83 Church St. Toronto, E. wmallpeice, Representative. Daily Wibig. RECORD OF THE MEN, In threo of the wards there will not be any aldermanic contests on Mon- day. St. Lawrence, Ontario and Fron- tenae have elected Alde. Carson, Rig- choice in made. iwo . cases was deliberately The aldermen-elect have been men of action, and deserved reelec- tion. The member-clect for Frontenac ward ewes his rotum to a misunder- standing, to a popular endorse ment. He may have radical tendencies or ideas 'on municipal reforms, but he has not been showing them. Perhaps will take the hint and something worthy of nov he do now the honor that has been conferred on him. In Cataraqui ward there is the most animated contest, there being two vacancies in the council and four can- didates for them: Ald. Henderson isa personal experience that made him being opposed by ex-Ald. McKay. It | opposed to vaccination, but heis one is claimed, that the old member should | of about four thousand of 'our citizens be elected, but why who thought and felt as he did. He could not have erred so much on this point when a representative of the provincial board would not, (when the situation was perhaps its worst), declare for compulsory vaccination. His advice was that the employers of the education 'authorities, and the people generally, be invited to co- operate on a grave question, and this | was the result. Voting for compulsory made no is not apparent, Ald. Henderson is no better man than Mr. in the walfare of the city. McKay, and is no more interested Mr. McKay is doing an immense business, without bonus or civie favour, and that he is willing to give his time to the pub- a matter of very great is not likely during his term of Mr. Tweod- the one-year lic service is labour, moment. Moreover," he tor leav e the city, The fight the service, belween ded and mavor for vaccination was not a thing to glory {the "Lady of the Snows," wie, SATURDAY, sawoary however, is hot for wilt ad sum: menced ? "it asks. It wonders if the federal government is expecting dear Mr. Foy to be thé big policeman. "Is | it an offence to swindle the donsinion Joey government by & system of rake ofis? Has this been done in Quebec Would it not be wiser for our temporary to possess its soul in tience for a while? The report Judge Cassels will be full, explicit, and impartial. Of that there can be no doubt. The commissioner has nsed the probe unspariigly, ex- ; to the cont press his convictions evidence and in a clear and _ candid manner. When parliament, w appointed the commission, is i of all the facts, it will be in order for the honorable the minister of judfice, de- signated by the World, as "the attor- ney-general of Canada," to act. In all{} probability he willbe quite equal to the duty which has heen laid upon him. EDITORIAL NOTES. Happy New Year. Ald. Couper for mayor. Will the taxation next year be high- er? A good deal depends upon the election on Monday. Boss Ruef, of San Francisco, and described as the prince of corruption- ists, poses as a purist. Astonishing ? Why ? Satan quoted scripture. The workingmen of the oity have their prefercnces for the men who scek high office. With their help the office of mayor next year will be filled by a Couper. So thera has heen snow in Eng- land which has interfered with railway traffic. Kipling ean again write about as she ecar- ries herself at "ome. The argument in Toronto on the over when nothing was done practi- cally to give the enactment effect. The want of the hour is a mayor the assurance by his re- ord of an honest and economical ad- ministration of the people's affairs, | and Alderman Couper is the man for the place. term is a protty one. | | R. Mr. Clugeton is a life-long resident of the ward, it, candidate In Rideau ward the success of W. Clugstonn ~~ should be certain. who gives in | © has large property interests and has been induced to offer as a simply in. the publio inter- est. The opposition of Mr. Melcalfo is CHEAPER than Cordwood. 8. ANGLIN & CO., Cor. Bay and Welling- ton Sts. Best of Security, ny and vice plans. Current Rates of Premium. Life and Iindow ment. Profits equal 4% compound interest. Ordinary Conditions. INSURANGE Thomas Mills, 79 Clarence St. If You Want to Buy, Rent or Sell REAL ESTATE 1 make a specialty of same. Drop a card or call on me. No trouble to show property. Insur- ance at lowest rates. Money to loan. GEO. CLIFF, not seriously taken. He is a practical BOURASSA AS A "LEADER The defeat the leader of the onservatives in the Quebec legisla- ture is to bo regretted, and for many ! Mr. sentative oi. his party all through one parliament, when only he to be a candidate at any time, for any office, into the Re oi his party. conncil just \w is not looking jokers, and the people can be depend- The coun- MeCart- nev, "will be very 'much to the city's advantage. M. P. Reid has accepted nomination in Victoria ward as the of Ald. C. Graham, who was the chair- man of the works department and is joker, ig ready of and so fits The for © reasons. Leblanc was the repre- al upon to act accordingly. in Ald. Clugston, there to represent it, were cil has one Se seven men and ; Mr. and another in was the one to whom the most of the fell. reasonable man, criticism He was an able and | left to himself, in a fair and Unfortunately, to accept the advice and help of party friends Mr. and the people showed him their preference. t and, opponen to act was inclined friendly way. he had his more responsible than any one . else that 38 now and invited opposition a 18 for the road hy-law be- fore the pavement scheme from Levesque, people and for the napress that met its death Mr. successful to be elected. the council, con- stituency and again these men met in an appeal to the people, An irregularity re-opened the in the council. Reid is a young, progressive and business i" and for a Leblané has been re- There is no help for it, but to as the leader Ho has been gradually the office. man and ought The Toye, second time Mr. jected. of Ald. is having opposition in Syden: : The Whig accept Henri of tho Bleus. preparing for vetéran : 3 S8 Anglin. Bourassa ham ward from Dr. follows custom and says a good word Dr. Anglin. He has «chool board and been a good mem- He eommenc- no personal quarrel with his Mr. Gouin; then with op- the | Posing him; then with opening fire on his government and denouncing it, and finally with espousing the cause of the conservative candidate for been on the ed hy having : the premier, her, and no one can object to I : {ambition to occupy a seat in But who has served the ward so long and | council. why replace the man so well 7° The harshest thing that can in said of Ald. gas too cheap, Chateau- | | he | Toye is that he made | Vay. that he the | Brilliant he is, and eloquent, prematurely, though in pur- popular with many suance of the city's promise, and that |peals to tho French is a small matter compared with the |special idol and advocate. bungling of the power committee dur- lowered and price because he ap- | But he is an unsafe man, all the same, and the under the chairmanship | exponent of a racialism that can have | who wants to be mayor. of | some men-- ! he knows too much for them and they would him silenced--but he is watchful of the people's -- busi- and the people should see that ing last year no abiding plas in the aficctions the The him, of a man Ald. Toye does not suit people. conservatives are though it is doubt- will express welcome® to ful whether delight over like to have they any his-aequisition. | ness, All the seats having gone liberal in! the bye-clections, and 'Mr. Leblana be- ing among the dead, politically, there he is re-elécted. Real Estate valuatior, 95 Clarence street. etc., Here's the Story Piping Hot For Quick Reading "oi, SWE my THE Crawford, Phone 9. Foot of Queen St. at i A CALL TO OFFICE. In a Buffalo paper some time ago it { was suggested that the business of a {city would never be conducted like the of the private individual or corporation until the people had the will be no alternative but to accept him and tolerate him, and blink at his peccadillos since the party will not, have tha power or temérity to strain him. re- | | business | lar | MUST AWAIT THE REPORT. The Tqeonto World is a lively pa- per, and Mr. Maclean, as its editor, delivers himself of some very bright | things. however, he] manifests the petulent spirit, or his| paper shows it he gets the cre: dit. - The Cassels enquiry and the judge to be, busy preparing his report. It will b& pre- sented at the opening of the feden) has been opportunity. and under the to appoint power, or elect a manager. might then be found, 'All would depend Rn the influences that were at work If the only question were { law, { The ideal man {and he might not. Occasionally, {in his call the one of qualification or fitness the At or within a given term, ala « 8 8 : people's selection would be made. is qver the moment, the man with every evidence of suit- be but is said | ability might not at hand, | eventually he would be secured. If Kingston were governed desire for mayor by one thought, that parliament, whose meeting in its called. From the ap | peared in the papers, it is easy to! conclude that there will be changes in the civil service, that some gf*the officials who have forfeited the fidence of the government, have also forfeited the right. to any protection from punishment: Some of them are under suspension, and it is expected | that will follow. But moval office will not be re i takably the more popular. | atonément for { He Bas things that iThere' should be, booms spienously in hiy favour. He was according to report a requi i which was prosecutions in due time. T be World, evidence, as it has | the office should seek the person, and | | he have, in his life and experience and the invite es- and | service, qualities that and be no doubt as to who the' The mayor is | teem respect confidence, con- [ there would mayor-elect on the | head of the city's public departments, the two rominated i would be called Monday evening. as between men who dismissals re- h nmi {and hav en Alderman Cou- from an, their wrong-doing and there will be-- from Ottawa-- many stand out i 4 served with mn ee . "petty graft, people as their | through | municipal election was that a reduc- tion in the number of licenses was fol- lowed by an increase in drunkenness. Remarkable) isn't it 2 The women 'who have votes should get out and use them on Monday. They cannot, by their indifference, af- ford to stand in the way of the sul- ragetto movement, . and heretofore they have done this. There is not much tn' the claim of a man to favour because of something his grandfather 'did. The man who wants public "fecognition nowadays may rest the claim upon what he has done himself. Guelph is excited over a case of a local pool room keeper having, it is said, paid less than $100 for the passage of a by-law in his fa- vour. What, legislation for tho<price of a song ? Tmpossible. La people expect to be Presse, of Montreal, says the the Gouin government enterprising, and spend, not hoard, the money «wf the province, One cent well spent now is worth a thou- sand dollars later. How do you like that philésophy ? : It is to be hoped Promior Bond, of ' Newfoundland, will not attempt {6 bribe an opponent into the support of his government offering him the speakership. Better to go back to the people again or go down to defeat. by The American alienists advoeate a change in the treatment of murderces. Life sentences are making many con- victs insane. It is argued that men should be committed for indeterminate periods--thus preserving reason hope. with May be something im this. Insurance Of Work. Brantford Expositor. The idea of insurance against want of - employment continues to grow. Any man who lives in Berne, whether a Swiss subject or not, may now in- sure' against unemployment in, the municipal board providing he is able to work and not above sixty years of age. All that he has to do is to ap- iply to. thé bureau, either directly or his employer or his union, for an insurance book, and fasten in- to it every month an insurance stamp of the value of 70 centimes. In return for these 70 centimes a month he se- cures the right to a money allowance for every day, up to sixty days, that he is out of work during the months of December, January and February, | provided that he has been in work or at least six months in the course {of the year, provided also that he has not lost his work through laziness, disorderly conduct, or any other fault of his own, and that he has not re- fuséd work offered to him on reason- {able eonditions, X Seo Bibby's men's ulsters, 85. Winter term opens Monday, January 4th, in both day and evening classes, t th Frontenac Business College. | Thoroug| ig, courses in all commeraial | brane Rates very moderate. T. principal. aps in overcoats. hes. N. Stockelgl Bibhy's fe 3 Tell your tial Underwear. § me satisfaction, ston' Hos, Ty Fit Loy | Weg and oVercon fs & at b count for ot , cash td. P , 35. r cent. aisins, loose, 1 gown, Bibi i crconts. hy's $19 Mock It has not heard of any criminal] actions. When are they to be com-| and are the guilty. parties known ?" a pa- of I' want Imper- |s the kind that gives ade only by King- o sgell all suits dis 'arroll & Co. $5 raisin jal Underigear. treet cars have been in operation in Hamilton for twenty-five years. Does anyone contend that London is better morally than her sister city ? ; He Came To 3 Helleville Ontario. Stef George McManus, who invented the preposterous baby of the comic sup- plement, has just been married. Fate frets even with everybody soon or ate. A Mean Act. Tamilton Times. At a female sufirage meeting in Fng- 'land the other night somebody re- leased half a dozen rats and caused a.stampede. Next thing the opponents of the suffragettes will be fighting the cause with mice. ? : Cost Going Tp. Ottawa Citizen, Twenty years ago the militia of Canada consisted of over #7,700 men with an annual expenditure of $I, 320,000. Now Canada has.a militia barely 50,000 with an expenditure of over $6,000,000. Where does the money go to? of A Change Of Job. Ottawa Journal. "Leading a horse battery across Petawawa "plains at a 2:10 gait is more in Major Panet's line than con- ducting pigeon-hole vendettas at heaa- quarters," says the Citizen. That's probably true about Major Panet, but it's a shockingly disrespectful way to talk of "my headquarters' staff." Laurier's Kind Act. Hamilton Spectator. Bourassa says that Laurier offered him his dominion seat by acclama- tion to get him back in the fold. Bourassa refused the offer. There was one dominion seat that went by ac- clamation in the recent election, how- ever. 'W. F. Maclean, of the Toronto World, and supposedly a conservative, was returned unopposed. UP TO 300,000. (Continued from page 1.) them smell almost as horrible as the dead. Many hundreds of tons of quicklime have been used to dispose of bodies but tremendous quantities are still needed and every hour's de- lay may cost hundreds of lives. T hou- sands of bodies are still festering in the "debris. The lack of water .con- tines "to be one of the main difficul- ties and, despite' the continued relief of fresh shipments from several Ital ian ports, the supply of foodstuffs and medicines are still far below the de- mand. = Italian soldiers and sailors, Italian, British, Russian, Franch and German soldiers are working indefa- tigably under the most tryidg - con- ditions but the task is so enormous that their great and willing efforts seems sometimes almost helplessly in- sufficient. Urgent appeals for help from the ruined villages on both sides of the straits of Messina are 'being responded to as far as possible, but in view of the: great demands in Messina itself it is difficult to spare either men stores from that centre, Relief at Reggio is now under way on organized plan. Many there, survived the earthquake, have died since from cold and hunger. - The mortality among young children from these causes has heen great. Many of the injured, maddened by their wounds and by hunger, despaired of aid and committed suicide. or work an who Greatest Of Earthquakes. Ti the estimates which place the dead in Calabria and Sicily at 300, 000 are not exaggerated, the present disaster must be Fegarded ae the greatest in all history. Thare are only twe others recorded that at all ap- proach it in magnitude. In these An- toch and Yeddo (Tokio) were the suf- forerss. The Antioch earthquake occur- red during an assembly of Christians in tho citv in the year 593. The city: was destroyed utterly, and, according to Gibbon, 250,000 persons lost their lives. Antioch had heen destroyed be- fore this, in 115, while"the Emperor "Brajan wae there with his army about to undertake an expedition against the Parthians. Many Roman soldiers were killed, and the emperor himself escap- él with difficulty. It is believed that 200,000 persons perished-in 1703 in the earthquake which shook the city of Yeddo to piews. Notice Electors. A cup of Lipton's Tea or Coffee free. ('ome in and we will tell you how to vote. Gilbert. The Trusts and Guarantee Com- pany, Limited, Toronto, have been granted letters probate of the will of the late Thomas Yemen, of the town- ship of Huron, county of Bruce. The estate is inventoried at about $75,000 and counbists of real estate, mort- gages, book debts and stocks. Bibby's sale of shirts, 69. ! A business education will double your earning power if you are ambi- tious and apply yourself. Thorough' bourses in _all branches at the Fron- tenac Busifess College, Clergy strect. Day ant evening classes open Monday, Japuary 4th. "Phone 680. Ask your dealer for 200 line Imper- The name and number on the pack of thé neck in red figures. Sec Bifhy's special $12.50 overcoats. lace on sale 50 e price, 69c. These Shirts sold regularly at $1 and 1.25. All sizes; 14 t618. : Men's Ceylon Flannel Shirts. Soft Bosom Shirts. Stiff Bosom Shirts. Men's Tweed Shirts. Tooke Bros. White Shirts, The H. D. Bibby Kingston's Cash and One Price Clothing House. Saturday morning we dozen Men's Shirts, Vr WEEE NO BETTER PLACE THAN OUR JANUARY SALE 3 = To re-stock your kitchen with Enamelled and other wares. Hundreds wait for tlis sale every year, and save from 20 to 50 Per Cent. on their purchases. There is room also for you to buy from our big stock in our big store. Among the first of the Specials are :-- # 5000 Pieces Enamelled Ware, consisting of Saucepans, Tea and Cof- fee Pots, Stew Kettles, Pots, Pails, Cups, Sau- cers, Plates, Jugs, Ba- sins, Soap Dishes, Slop Pails, Bed Pans, &c., &c. 20 PER CENT. 30 PER CENT. AND 50 PER CENT. § |HALF PRICE 98 CENTS EACH § 50 Doz. Table Knives & Forks in broken sets. 100 Nickel Plated Copper Tea Kettles, either No. 8 or No. 9: ALL SPECIAL SALE PRICES FOR CASH ONLY. McKelvey & Birch 69 AND 71 BROCK STREET, ording to the attorney-general, "one valance was being weighed by mud or nk put into it." It was contended that this article (other comments were also read from John Bull when the application first came on for hear- ing on Tuesday) tended not only to intimidatp witnesses but to have an effect upon the body from which jue ors are drawn. FINED FOR CONTEMPT. Horatio Bottomly Gets Fresh Trouble. London, Jan. 2.--Horatio Bottomly the British M. P. whose paper, John Bull, recently made some nasty at- tacks on Canadian immigration meth- ods and who is now on trial for al leged fraudulent transactions in con- 'nection with company promoters, has got into fresh trouble by printing some statements in John Bull in con- nection with his trial. The result was that Mr. Bottomly was ordered to pay a fine of £300 and the costs of the application. The alleged contempt of court con- sisted of a certain article and a pic- ture which appeared.in John Bull, of which Mr. Bottomly was editor. The Ir article was headed '"'Bottomly vs, The Crown," and contained a description of the proceedings in which Mr. Bot- tomly is concerned at the Guildhall. besmirch- Into There are eleven electrical weighing and packing machines in the "Salada Tea Company's Toronto warehouse, A single one of Hhess machines. that packs pound packages exclusive turned out last your col more than one mi ion of The picture was of ad with mod or ink i tion of the interpreta | Justice held the scales, ey