YEAR 76-NO. 283. IS IT A BLOT On the Justice of Great Country, MEMBERS SAY SO IN REGARD TO MRS. 3 -- The Budget Speech Will Soon Announfed-- Changes Ths HAS TAUCHT been thres thodist prof mi thor cit I. GibMwrd abi and ROBIN- I ht . 1 SONS IMPRISONMENT "~./ Be Suggest- od Respecting Banks and Bank ing--Privacy at Annual ings. pecial t Whig Ottawa, Dee. 4 Commons, vesterday (Nipissing), asked the had for far tice if he under petition Robinson, reduced wished He 1 proposed ther clemency whose to senter vas imprisonment to know to releas ears ernment mson on parole or entence My Avie wth vil further Fie niet the been thon made titer was, th to rodernme: m erefore, not wm ideration a Mi thereupon aj thie vinpathy of the prim and the of the hinson Gordon member My Re woman behall of this poor pend feclared is a blot on thi Mi in | t he great Winety Fielding ud that the not be ready for hoped make an wrding the budget replyin hankin bit ome hi to I veral important r banks bill Deemer chang: ind ba in a intro Mi provide ent of a tem banks by the dominic ment. It propos vneral meetings of do fishy ons who pros any ne ile bank and fuller thu ma meeting pernnt obtain report made by bank given omer introduc counsel wha the winthe inter bank case Says She Was Engaged To York, Dec. 45M Dorn, known on the 'e-V oie, for breach ind gave out which she say ure Mr. Gould will we were © engaged and that engagement day before" Mr. Go I urope,"' New \an less who i ( ould reporter of promi ment an I am tht tan be existed uld's depar Skirts Not City, De i hown in nd penny immode Woodru the pre who claim Imm Short Atlantic short mowing mn sarts pictures are not Chief of Police fused take clubwomen, children pretures chives to up are ol peng « doubtful orrupte chara A Pla Dee. 4.1L. H. F. I Irving and grandsor Irving's Grandson London, of H. B Hem I play at wanage, Irving, has appear Durnford he N whore New making stvles in ¥2 Rings Wo new « unphell are Bros Meet Lv don mn {he being ti police willing lodged we «WHY HE RETURNED A BURGLAR'S 'CONSCIENCE FREES INNOCENT MAN. DAILY MEMORANDA It Matters not Whether wind « Campbell's r nday Zion Bazaar Wednes Nt, 1 Waodne Tuesday and Remember and Concert Look out ) vertisement A great Orphenm $4. 60 97 Pieces Ribertson Bros. Nay anee, staurant GIT, oO TARIO, SATU BDAY, DEC EMuER 4, oe. [0POLL Wits Elections From January |' 13th to 24th. IF BUDGET BURIED: WAS IN SURE HOPE QF GLORI- OUS RESURRECTION. Lords Belong to the Tory Party-- Greed Overborne Their Craft--| The Stumpers Are Active Now --Duties Will Be Collected. London, Dee. 4 toast to his health, Chat), last night, chancellor of [ the budget the sure hope tion The lords, much a branch of the tion as tanff they were wil he Lloy ng men In responding to a at the Lloyd-George, the exchequer, said that » buried it was in IOUS Fesurrs lared, tory reform It handled firmly out, were gs canizn time The finance said Mi the wise, reflect but by the' Mg lords' cunning chancellor, thesr reed ¢ thair craft, m at last, can to let them go. Lord La speaking at maodtth, defined the issues the or was thrown by the lords, Mullahs, With all the ded the verbort got the s been L-George, not mn con we and lo not nsdowne, Ply as tariff ye extimet budget, wo houses of parliament versus a He pointea to Na disestablishment of of the single chamber the ident liberal Spenter Churchill, ¢ Board of Trad on, challenged ty benefit that could trade from their reminded his auditors that form the L Versus fang invle chamber, fanwer of the wme rule, and president peaking at ts to come to uniont how tha cotton ol . He ver leader ol the otiservative party, thei great William Pitt to the Ar BaMour, all lea to ti he House fing from mall WNC council. yoster lain on of + policy vnber mo mucquaki of tarifi pollings for the anuary 13th, January 21th. Although formal I'he in J election amd continue un Premier Asquith ha ement meet the rejection, of the of customs, ¢ from the treasury, ~that ete made the hy arrang created House of conunissioners der { 0 tuation by Lords, Frac mstructions have issued 4 notice ten, spirits, tinue to be collected pending of the aflebted alk beng taxes Lz will the parliament practically on tobacco con emblir The ¢ I acreedd new sued in bu vovermpment sembling hy order » avoid Any deficaer p to ni SOrVice of a, |ne ning 8 a parhament ill be met if treasury Li CANADIAN raga JCTIMIZED. Old Trick is Played on Watchmaker Dex 1 A Emile Wald, robbed, of the Montreal Montreal watel on a vist of confi who 18 vesterday, famihar Boulevard des Ca t three pers the had New him pucines ment who from to show me dertook v, but | four aix for refresh y the men com had been robbed of in Paris, d of pred would before Ix adjourned arrival aution 1 ecome >» p wat of epted of his hmaker, flat confidency, leis the shipma wosal 1tes he an enve the party then the and handed the Canadian the three pretext ot \ 1 mn +" other lid were dl Keeping of atterward members of likewise, and one red their re investi 1 hour for decided to the contents of the envelope. It torn piece new spapet t, and noth \ ol heil verdic Home Tn A Rigsty. on, Ik {.--Dr. Bromley of health for the to the guardians medi Halsted that a eports has lived for e district amed Turner two dominion about the cording to | Briti b H the : night 1 new gym to McGill friend rughy te omised MOUS 1|in a to Pine tore plums Ibert | Liberal fiscal | will | I DOUMA ASKED TO EXPLAIN. | prisopers Targets Soldiers. Petersburg, Dec democratie faction has ie an | intel wrpellation in the douma concern | ing the shooting of prisoners standing it the windows of Riga Central pri The interpellation, which is ad | dressed to the ministers of justice and { war, states : *About noon, on August 5th, some of the invalids among the { prisoners were walking in the court yard. Ap inmate of the women's sec: {tion of the prison, Emma Podein, ap proached the window of her cell and | watched the promenaders. She made no signe to thom, and dommunication of any kind was out of the question, to the fact thatthe windows never opened. Nevertheless, the soldiex on guard, without giving warning, | raised his rifle and shot at Podzin | through the window. She was hit in | the lower part of the body, and died l from the wound a few hours later | "The other the shooting of a male political prisoner, named Ed Pola, October Y7th At 7 Pela was standing pear the win- {dow combing his hair A rifle was | suddenly fired by the sentry from the court yard, and Pela was killed on the lepot. shot through the head." | - THIS IS CHEAP POWER For St, { fl. jowing case was { ward on 1m Pasadena Dee. 4. ~The P established a trical of murieipal of over 2.0600 kilowatt fit three cents for hours "'Although rate in the United Magager Kowe hiohting systom, that figure, pay and establish a on for ol el etric * in Angeles Cal, conneil price arate i | : | Triumph For i | | dena asa has low record for ele energy, [fixing t! electricity {to users hours a month watt lowest el cipal maon-yv at the Fonds | fund It kilo the de muni cach | | this is State of the we can interest inking red ner, make on triumph municipal ownership plant.' nn nerating ANTI BE TTING | |. TE LAW Sustained By Sapreme Court California Dee, 4.--The has sustained Walker Cts refused corpu Francisco, the court A i-bet ting the n it to ass fof for the & sted Faery ville Fhe Wal identiogl who J2ud, accepting a hark Brown, \ on t hes bet oht Novembed at Jtrack top Ker-Ot aln with thu measure 5 New York law Indevendents In Dufferin. Orangeville, De 1 John R. Gilles pie, druggist, of this town, has issued address to the of Duffer as' ing for support the commons in the Gillespie divided the lr, Barr on the his electors in, for Mr. against "101. as bye-election. Inst ocea- Took Him For A Deer. Man., [I'« §.--.1. Ww a voung Englishman, while north of hunter, who The and serous Mianedosa, { Cavendish, | out fired moos hu: ting here, was on him shattered ( the cpndition., another for a avendish"s arm hospital here mis bullet he is ny took deer, {now 1m in a | NOW TOLD BY ESKIMOS. | | Relate How "White House Des- ! cended Men Starving and Who Died. Dee {.--An interesting with, the long lost who twelve years balloon it and never has been told by Bishop Prince Albert, who has been of the Oblate Fathers in Ottawa, connected the explorer Spitzenbergen in a the north story Andre, wo left h of returned, seare pole; Pascal of the guest Ottawa. Bishop Pascal has immense territory -e far north as the pole to do with the Country charge. of ending oven so His story had in the eastern portion of his diocese betwe Sas kgtchewan and Hudson Bay. There is a young priest, Father Turquotille, a member of the Oblate Order, who re sides at Reindeer Lake, who had tra- veled extensively among the kimos in the northern part of the region order to learn their language. On one occasiony he went with a nomadic party about six days journey to the northwest of Reindeer Lake, and there met another party of Eski Noticing a which the the told ham years "whit an m revolver Eskimo that before a house' had descended from the sky and contained white men who had killed many caribou to supply them selves with food. They intimated that the white men wero in g half starving condition. Nono of the men were now living, they stated, but the 'while house "was still in existence and was used by members of sort of supply house which it was covered It is thought that this the disappearance of An ompanions, Andre may ed at the place indicated and per ished. F Turguotille, said Bishop Pascal, make another shortly amd dndeavor to get | facts, mos. priest carries some for rope man and his as have land ather will JOArney all the A Beautiful OGhristm Gift By superiority Nordheimer the the These | struments are exhibited in rick's art rooms, . 159 invited to see as its distinctive plano is given jot quapty tone piano them. xn West Afric Northern strike is in French the Great hmen s battie of swat Officials RR say the See | ats, Brutal ~The social Municipal Ownership|is a candidate convention HOUSE STILL THERE | FATE OF "ANDRE PARTY From Sky With White the tribe as a with explain |e in- Rirkpat- Princess street, Arab band jon about LATEST NEWS ns, Despatches From Near And Distant Places. [HE WORLD'S TIDINGS GIVEN IN THE BRIEFEST POS- SIBLE FORM. Matters That Interest Everybody --Notes From All Over--Little of Everything Easily Read and Remembered. is said the CP.R. controlling interest hotel, Montreal. official word has yet been re ceived at Montreal from the depart- ment of justive, as to the report pre- sented by Drs. Phelan and Burgess, who examined John Dillon, 10 his sanity. J. W. Hanna will be a candidate'for the Windsor mayoralty at the munici- pal ele in January. Mr. Hanna lawyer, a former member council, ameron, It the sor No has obtained in the Wind as Hons leading of the ay WW. A ron, of Marsh & barnmsters, Torowto, has appointed secretary of the Law ciety of Upper Canada. Mrs. William Puttler, wife of a mer: chant at Elberfield, Indl, attempted to witness an operation on her son when she swooned away and died before phy:ecians could revive her Toseph Hurley, twenty-five years old, an elevator the Massey Harris was Killed crushed be the Came been So- operator, at works, Brantford, Saturday be being tween his and a third floor hree seriously on gate on persons met death, two burned, and a fireman cut by flying glass, on the house Yébrk Hodgins, ex-M.P., died at his Friday night sufierer for some inflammatory rheumatism Mr. Hodgins was born in Union officials, dred thousand onferences in New York Monday to formulate their demands the railways for a ten per cent increase in for all employees Wilvam P Gentle, postmaster ° at Ransomville, N.Y., one of the wealth res Niagara county, and Wil lam Hudier killed on the New York Central railway crossing at Ransom. They were driving across the track. The explosion of a boiler in St vick's asylum, Ottawa, wrecked basement and lower floor of the build ing, but all the inmates, aged people and children, of whom there are 200 in institution, miraculously escap ed injury. Leo Barry, longshoreman; Hamilton, drowned, on = Saturday, when twenty tons of wire piled on the dock of the Mutual Steamship com- pany, broke through the flooring and plunged into the water beneath, Seve. ral others were carried into the water but were rescued I'he for late closing of the Lachine canal navigation will be cap- tured this I'he canal was due close, on November 30th, The steamer Bickerdike, however, is bound down from the west with a big grain and will not arrive at the ele until Sunday morning. more was severely Saturday storey lodging street, New William I Carleton Hazeldean been a early on top Hoor of the four at No. 83 South for in had from home He ume Ihe 1857. county, on late hun begin representing one will aly, men, on upon wages men vn were Pat. the the was record year to cargo, vator THE CANADIAN MILITIA. f. -- Council's Report Laid Before Par- liament, Ottawa, Dec. 4.--The annual réport of the m litia. council covering the last fiscal year has been presented to par- liament I'he report shows that Can- ada"s permanent force on March 3st last totalled 2,588, a decrease of 288 durngz the tear, principally due té falling off 'n the strength of the Roy- i] Canadian Regiment, which at the of the year numbered 860 of all ranks, The total msumber of the ae tive militia trained last year was 45, 523, leaving only some 7,000 of the to- tal establishment who did nat take part tn the militia camps. I'he report of the inspector-general, Majof-General Sir Perey Lake, calls attention to the special nevd of train ed ofheers to command the corps. He suggests that the of an officer be made more by making his pay sulhicient all expenses, and by relievng him of all olerical labor outside of annual drill. The force during the year, he Save, an appreciable . "progress efficency and readiness for the field. With regard to the infantry he notes that in city ¢ ris too much attention is usually p id to puraly ceremonial drill, and that there is a tendency to perform ll movements stereotyped manner. The most pressing need of the militia, he says, an engineer and a telegraph and telephone unit, with a good practicable field telegraph 'equipment, both cable and wireless A balloon umit and Palloon 'equipment wodld be especially valuable in a country =o thickly wood eastern Canada. Red end various pon on attractive to cover made towards in a ed as is ston at Gibson's (ross drug Christmas fresh and good All of our new soaps for on exhibition: All snd low in price. Mecleod's drug stores, corner King and Brock and corner Montreal and Princess streets. "Hudnat's shampoo," in King: store James A sold was in Brockville Fhursdav, attending the funeral of the late C. G. Griffin, Brockville Matthews' Pork Sausages and Head- | Cheosp, at Gilbert's Nee Livingston s innes $12 Duplex over coal WHOLESALE ARRESTS. Police Are Papeeting Another : Wave of Bloodshed St. Petershu p Dec, 4.~The inaugur- ation of anot n of terror in Russia is believed To foreshadowed in the accumulating evidences of the widespread nature of the revolution: ary plot discovered early in the week, which resulted in the closing of the seminaries at Taganrog and Zitomir, where the plol-is supposed to have had its inception. Three hundred arrests have been made at Odessa, 500 at Kiefi, and a total of probably 500 at several other towns in the affected region. The authorities fear the plot is se widespread, that it will be impossible to check it until it has run the usual course of assassination. Reports received from the secret police show that nearly evety revolu- tionary body in European Russia was aware of the movement. TO PLAY IN NEW YORK. Will Give Exhibition Game Week, Special to the Whig, Ottawa, Dec. 4.--The Hough Riders, of Ottawa, and the Tigers, of Hamil- ton, two of the finest Canadian rugby football teams, leave for New York soon and will, at the Columbia Uni versity field, there, next Saturday, play an exhibition game. A New York paper is paying all their ex penses, and it is understood it will $1,800 to take them there. It id possible arrangements may be made to have two American teams give ex hibitions of the American game at the same time. The Canadian teams are giving exhibition of the Canadian game. Arrangements for the trip were made to-day. Next cost GAVE LIFE FOR WOMAN. Threw Her Out of Danger, But Died Himself. Dec. 4---Dennis Kelly, a flagman for the North-Western rail way, at Kenosha, gave his life, yes- tevday, to save a woman who was stanthng, bewildered, on the track be- fore an approaching train. The flag man shouted to the woman, and when he failed stop out of danger he leaped forward and threw her to one As she did he lost his bal ance and was unable to jump from the path of the train. His body was thrown forty feet and when the police arrived the woman was standing over 1 weeping bitter ly. Chicago, to side 80 Will Abolish Football. Walla Walla, Dec. ~Following the Thanksgiving Da) the faculty of injury of two football players of Whitman College, yesterday, officially announced that the game would be bali at that instlufon next year unless mass plays were eliminated. Whitman College is the first institution in the Pacific Northwest to take such action. Bellringers' Strike London, Dee. 4.--The bellringers of Capel, near Durking, have struck be- cause the vicar insists that they shall attend the services which their peals announce. URGES UNITY IN RANKS THE PREMIER'S DAUGHTER TURNS INTO A POLITICAN. on Work Ac- Miss -Asquith Speaks Liberal Government Has complished. London, Dec 4. Miss quith, the premiers elder delivered her first political speech at the Broadway Hall, Hammersmith, yesterday afternoon, when she opened a bazaar in aid oi the funds oi the Hammersmith Liberal and Radical Association y "It is. a great pleasure to to make the acquaintance of so many en thusiastic workers in the liberal cause," she said. "lI enthusiastic advisedly, because nothing but the impetus of enthusiasm could have brought this splendid display into be ing. "1 believe it is sound economies that supply is no good without demand and it is our business to create a de mand. The end View and that lies your hearts that it does not my faltering advocacy--is to equip the forces of liberalism in Hammerse ith against all emergencies. And this moment when all emergencies are ripe. "1 cannot overestimate the para mount importance of that somewhat unromantic factor in electoral contests known as the party machine. You should see that your machine is in perfect order. You might be chal jenged it 'auy moment Jo fight io your cause und safeguard your creed The present is no time for ac ademi liberalism. It is a time for putting your convictions, if* you have into practice. have a very slender and unoffi cial connection with the but think I might say the government has dpne well during its four years of office. It has revitalized and resusecit ated thé army: it has united South Africa, and it has, by its gound fin ance, and careful husbandry of re gources, been able to introduce and carry that Utopian measure whicl many thought would be relegated t the millennium==oll-age pensions. "You are now like crusaders in sight of the Holy City, but have arduous work in front of before you scale its walls and its eitadel. "It is-in the full confidence that you are journeying to a common goal and united in 8 common purpese that J have the greatest pleasure in declaring the bazaar open." Violet As danghter, me say you have u near to sO need moa any government, with y Ou you storm \ ; Salid Oysters at Gilbert's. » LAST EDITION WEATHER PROBABILITIES. 5 Toronto, Ont, Dec. &.~Ottawa Valley and Upper St. lawrence © (10 aid Cloudy today and Sunday. not much change in temperature. a few local showers of sleet Sunday. > Is the Time to Do Your' Xmas Shopping. Christmas giving is in greater vogue "than ever. FASHION IS LIKE LOVE one does not explain it, one § submits to it. However the market may vary, happiness is purchased at the same old price ; the greatest happiness in life has been in seeing the happiness we give to others ! without that incentive the world would be like a watch robbed of its mainspring. So do not forget the Christmas gift giving and do not forget that useful things make the best gifts. TAKE ADVANTAGE Of the largest open stock of § useful and reliable gift re. quisites ever offered in King- ston. Every Section in this store is teeming with them 4 Good warm, loose fitting coats for women, well made of English Tweeds. Regular prices were $12.50 to $18. SALE FRICE, $5. 8 BORN. Ottawa, 1909, the Boy of a daughter, BIBBYM-In Kingston, on Friday, Jrd, 1909, at 201 Brock St. te and Mrs H. D. Bibby, a daughter. noy of Ir Nov wile iturday 2 Walter DIED. In Kingston, on De Joseph Campbell, aged CAMPBELL 1009 or Funeral THOROGOOD ~Ih Toronto 1st, 1909, Mary Jane loved wife of Joseph daughter of the late Williamy Follest. Funeral from her mother idence, 170 Nelson street, Monday rngon, aft 2 o'rvlock ith, thirty Ont Iharogood, be Torogood, and Dee IN MEMORIAM. Robb on who entered Dec. 3; 1908 John Kingston, In memory nto in of rest ROBERT J. REID, The Leading Undertaker, "Phone, 577. 227 Princess street. New Crystalized Fruits Just arrived direct from France. Glace Cherries, Crystalized Cherries, Assorted Fruits. Angélica Batons. Cherries, in 1 Ib. boxes. Asst. Fruits, in 1 1b. boxes. Jas. Redden & Co. Importers Of Fine Groceries. TO GET RID OF. Our big stock of Heaters, Sookatovhis Box and Pug Stoves, 1 sell 'at & great sacrifice price. TURK 8, 'P 705. ARNST TO ROW BARRY, Race Take Place on : Africa. London, Pec. 4.--Efforts have bean made to arrange a match for the sculling championship of the world be- tween Arnst and Barry, the purse to be a thousand pounds, the race fo take place on the Zambesi river in Africa, August, 1910. "Tom" Sulli- van accompanies Barry. Zambesi Deputy Sheriff Walker died suddenly at Kenora, } in.