sit Your Funds in a STRONG BANK --- THE BANK OF TORONTO 'is a Strong, Condervative and Sale Depository for your mon ey~having every facility for 'serving you promptly and well. Your Account is invited. In férest paid on accounts in our JNK OF TORONTO ASSETS - $48,000,000 KINGSTON BRANCH: 107 PRINCESS STREET, George B. McKay, gor Manager | | Received s Goods t # - BRASS FIRE SETS. DLESTICKS, JARDINEERS. SMOKERS® SETS. 'as Big Victory for the Demo» orate. York, Nov. 7.~The New York Independent), after . hearing in state the an of ly : 174 cans, re pre 14 pa. (democrat) in New York 50,000, and a dose fight for of the Ridhat; Woudrow vi capture New Jersey; republi- lose New York, Delnware and are called to make their sin in New York, Illinois, ansas, Missouri, North Caro- vania, West Virginia. pondeats were instructed in just how deeply the na- y which Taficncod the elec Massachusetts and will eut into the elec to Hincoves any great | aver the issue which marked w England elections and the tions of experienced paliticians the voters who may be "nirsing pvance" remain silent, put an ble oy mcertain into all caleula- The i prevails that cost of living and the tariff be found to have been a "burn- " fesue in the campaigns through- umes," Gibson's, revert to the ward aldermen at elections, nor TWO OF THEM, ONE AFTER THE OTHER. A High Wind Made a Fine Blaze at the Welland Planing Mills--The Loss is Over $15,000, With Small ;, Insurance. Welland, Ont., Nov. TA frame resi- dence, occupied by Charles Schram, and owned by H. U. HKobbins, wae partly destroyed by fire, early this morning, the contents Leing saved. scarcely had the firemen left the build- ing when the Welland planing mills, owned and operated by J. M. Cutler, were found to be on twe. A high wing was blowing and the whole building was soon & mass of Hanus The fire men, by hard work, saved the large stock of lumber im the yards and Lambert's. planing mill and lumber yard, just opposite, and also other buildings close by. Mr. Cutler's loss will be avout $15,000 with only #3, 500 insurance. The cause of the fire is unknown, I------ Three Houses Burned. Port Colborne, Unt., Nov. 7.~The dwelling houses of Frunk Vasbinders, Rirs. Sloat and Mrs. Doan, in Cains ville, were totally destroyed Hy fire, about ndédnight, Sunday might. It ds thought a defective light in one of the houses caused the fire. HANGING POSTPONED. Crippen's Execution Will Not Oceur Till Nov. 238, London, Nov. g~The execution of Dr. Crippen has been postponed until Nov. 20rd. This anpouncement wax mide because of senSational . cable grams which came from the United States stating the belief that Belle Elmore Crippen still lives and that she had been recently seen either mn or near Chicago. Barristers Newton and Alfred Tobin, who had apparently | abandoned hope for Crippen, when the appesl wus dismissed, Saturday, re | newed their ellorts, to-day, with re doubled vigor. They held a confer- ence with the judgessin-chambers this | morning. It is stated sufficient time ' will be given for a full investigation of all reports that Belle Elmore Crip- pen is still alive. A Silly Yarn, Chicago, Nov. 7.~Police here take little stock in the story, emanating from Philadelphia, that Belle Elmore Crippen, for whose murder Dr. Har vey Hawley Criopen was condemned to hang, in London, is in Chicago. The police here have not taken up the investigation so far abd likely will not do so. HOPES FOR RECIPROCITY. | Mayor of Boston Considers it Bene-! cial. i Boston, Mass., Nov. 7.--Mayor Fitz ald has discovered that the popu- ation of metropolitan Boston would be increased half 4 million if there was reciprocity with Canada, and he an nounced his discovery at a democratic smoke talk at the Brookline Riding Academy. The mayor said, in the same breath: "IL is hard to realize how much benefit New E nd will derive from reciprocity with Canada, | land in order to avail ourselves of the demgorats to lose Colo: i benefits that are sure to follow such qo ! course, we are going to elect our can: didate for governor, Eugene NX. Foss." / WRIGHT DENIES STORY, ---- Neither He Nor Wife Slanglered Re- oud Sm Fina. ha Regina, Sask., Nov. 7.~Word was, re- ceived, lait night, from Gordon Wright of London, Ont. deny that either himself or his wife had made any charges against Regina as having a tion ares. Sir Wright states that both himseli snd his wife have been misreporied by St. Thomas and London newspapers, and regarding an alleged interview himself by a London advertiser; he had placed the matter in the hands of his solicitor, and failing an apology by the newspaper, would at once eater proceedings against it. Methodist Ministers Meet. The monthly meeting of the Meth- odist Ministerial Association was held, i Rev. T. E pa; on "The Teach ings of Isaiah." very helpful dis. cussion followed. At the December meeting, Rev. Dr. Ryckman will be the speaker. ------ ~The Last of the Quinces, Red Roger grapes and The Duchess # at 50c. basket that are worth , This week will see their finish at Carnoveky's. "Drug store wants." Gibson's, young men. whort gospel THE DAILY FIRES AT DAY'S EPISODES' LOCAL NOTES AND THINGS IN GENERAL. Occurrences In The City And Vicinity wOther Brief Items of Interest Kavily Read And Remembered. "Cough syrups," Gibson's. Poe. he 0 Christmas. William ine, piano tuber. Onlers received at oley's. Phone 778. Rain, hail and snow fell at inter- vals on Sunday afternoon and even and the weather became much 21 H. Cunningham, pisso tuner, Me King street. leave orders at Auley's bookstore. Don't forget the promenade concert, by the 14th band, in Armouries, Thurs day evening, in aid of general hospi- tal. "Huduut's cold cream," toilet water and taleum at Gibson's Red Cross drug store. bE 'Ihe more freedom, patriotism, ac- commodation ond broadness of mind in any place the better for every one and the home town. A splendid suit or overcoat made to order for S18, at Prevost's, Brock street. All new goods to chose from. Also a splendid stock of ready-made clothing. "High-class perfumes," Gibson's. It the draft contract for power supply by the Seymour company ar- rives this week a special meeting of the light, heat and power committee will be called to consider the ques- tion. "Hot water bottles."" Gibson's. Rt. Paal's church was crowded the doors on Sunday evening, number of men being present was no- ticenble. Rev. W. VF, Fitagerald preach- ed the first ol 4 serie of special MrmOm, "a "Cough syrups," Gibson's. A do pn, disturbing the slumbers of the residents in the vici- ity of Beverly street, near Union. Both J. B. Walkem and Lieut.-Col. A. 8, Cunningham state that the guilty canine does not belong to them. "Hadout's toilet water," cold cream and taleum. Gibson's Red Cross drug store, if the board ofl works don't hurry up the Princess street roadway will Le frozen hard before the repair work is completed. The stone supply has been coming painfully slow. At the rate it has nm delivered this fall it would take about twenty-five years to mnacadgmize the streets. AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. Rev. D. Laing Enters Tweénty-second Year of Pastorate. Sunday was -a day of much inter- est, to the congregation of the First Baptist 'church, pastor centered upon the twenty-second year of pastorate, and at the morning ser- vice made lyriel reference to some items of interest conbeeted with the work of the church, during the past twenty- one Fears. Fitting reference was made to t oct harmony which has ever prevailed in the con , During the early years of the pastorate the work was © on _ Union street. Two church buildings have been erect ed, and three hundred have been (rer ceived into the membership of the First church. e ave now two churches and two Sunday schools, where there was but one of each twen- tyone years ago. The Baptist mem- bership has more than doudled, and the value of the church gronerty held has more than trebled. A service of praise was conducted by the pastor in the evening at which two n's students, gave addresses. There was a good attendance, and the service was very much' enjoyed. -------------- STEAMER WASAGA UNLUCKY. Ran Aground om Her Last Trip to . This Port. The steamer Wasaga, burned on Lake Huron, had considerable trouble, on the occasion of her last trip to King- ston. She ran aground pear Swift's whatf, and the steamer Donnelly had to work at her for a day. Previous to this she was in the government dry- dock for several days. She was looked upon by marine men as an unlucky vessel. She was known in marine © circles as the "Brooklyn Beaverton 'cleared this afternoon for the Welland canal and will await or: ders there, : The barge Hector is loading grain at Richardsons' elevator for Montreal. The tug Edmond and the barge Columbian arvived from Bedford Mills with a cargo of wood for Booth's. The schooner Ford River cleared this afternoon for Charlotte with feldspar. The Late Thomas Orser. Thomas Otwer, a well-known resi- A away at the "the city, passed ug it the SELLING. Chief Campeatn Says the Policemen Do Not Overlook the Offences and the Law. Montreal, Nov. 7.--Archbishop Bru- chesi having made the charge, in a sermon, yesterday, that the police were aware that the sale of Hquor was going on after the legal hour . for closing of saloons, Chie Campean, to- day; made a statement to the efiéct that the police did not ignore illegal selling when they saw it going om, and that he was doing the best he {could to enforce the Bow with the number of men placed at his dis | posal. Ax the result of the dangers of ARCHBISHOP BRUCHESI, roadhouses, apropos of the Michaud murder mystery, the chiel has ordered police captains to make a report on such places. Miss Shackleton, mous explorer, has treal on her way to Winnipeg to open a nurses' home for the North- West. She says if none of the present South Pole expeditions succeed, her brother will make another dash for the Pole. i Stedmer Prince Adelbert, of Canada line, collided with a barge in Lake St. Peter, on her outward passage, Saturday, and had fo return to Mon- treal, She sustained damage to her rudder, which calls for repairs. ( ommittees, representing the G.T.R. and C.P.R. conductors and trainmen, ave here interviewing the mana; nt of the respective Bn 3 the former with respect of getting more of the strikers back, there still being many upemployed, and the C.P.R. with re- ference to modifications in the agree ment drawn up last summer, Dr, Labarge, city medical health of- fieer, reports that measles are epidemic in the city. He blames doctors for not reporting many Several schools have been ed, BADEN POWELL'S REPORT, On the Boy Scout Movement in Can ada. Special to the Whig. Ottawa, Nov. 7.~A report has been received from Lieut,-Gen. Sir R. Baden- Powell, the distinguished: head of the Boy Svout movement, relating to his Canadian visit, and it tells what he saw, He tells of visiting fifteen scout- ing centres; endorses Canadian Clubs as patriotic associations with branches in almost every city; says that though there is not in Canada the need for scouting ak an educative in fluence that there is in England, but that it still exists; and adds : "The racial French-Canadians and those of Brivisn descent, andl the influx of foreigners of all kinds, call for some practioal welding of the whole in spirit for forming the rising nation. "In view of the proximate forma- tion of a Canadian navy and of the exceplicnal facilities for instruction afforded by the great lakes and rivers, sea scouting promises to be of value to the country in sounding the eall of the sea to the boys and in teaching them the elements of sexnanship." sister of the fa- arrived at Mon- SUES TLI-DRESSED WIFE, Her Unfashionable Garb Embarrased Him. Sterling, H., Nov. 7.--James Conk- ling, of Bureau county, Saturday, filed a petition for divores, in which sels forth that hid wife refuses to ple of af borhood, and that the much em- adopted by her causes bdrrassment. He alleges that she has refused to with the weasen's siyles, but at his wile maintained that it was Tsayw that whe has deserted ¥.. NOVEMBER 7, 1840. BRICIESTS CHARGE THAT POLICE KNEW OF BABEL Were Doing Their Best to Enforce' | tion, and one that ought to win difference between | be 'ing in their hall, when addresses were dress. like other women in the neigh-! He, 1 LEFT HIS MARKS A MURDERER PUT UP A GOOD r CLUE. i {Colored Man Shot--The Finger { Prints Have Been Identified by i the Chicago Police. , Bpecial to the Whig. . Ottawa, Nov. 7-At 1.837 West , 104th street, Chi , on September 19th last, Charles Miller, colored, was shot and killed." The man who shot him put his hand on a beam over head, leaving an imprint of four fin- 'gérs, three of which were very clear, the left, index and middle. The Chi- engo police aphed these und {found the exactly compared with one they had of the fingers of Thomas Jennings, of Chicago, who had served two sentences. Inspector Foster, finger print expert, in jon with the inion po- lice, Ottawa, and bly the great- ost authority on this continent op this question, has just given impor- tant' evidence at a Chieugo trial. Foster considers the finger prints the same. Jennings' trial is to start this An Honorable Figure. Toronto Star. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, on this day al- ter the defeat in Drummond and Ar- thabaska, occupies an honorable posi the all patriotic Canadians. | sympathy of i For fourteen years he has borne the brunt of the battle for unity. Imper- inl questions have in his time arisen in such numbers and importance as they never arose before. Imperial idegs have made greater progress under him than under previous Cansdian leaders. During all this time he has met with the opposition of the forces represent. | ed by Bourassa in Quebec, while he | has met with scant sympathy in those | provinces where imperial sentiment was strong. He has dond his duty. He has faced the problems squarely, He has fought the battle of a united Canada. In defeat he is a more com: manding figure than those who have won over him a temporary victory. Conservatives Supplied Fund. Toronto Star, It has heen a matter of wonder to the liberals all through the campaign as to where the nationalists were get- ting the funds necessary to condpet their campaign in Drummond and A-thabaska. It casts money to pay fifty or sixty speakers per dev, not tg speak of the huge livery bills, hotel, and railway transportation. It is be ing freely stated, to-day, that conser vative purses were well opened to- wards nationalist support and that | $5,000 in one lump came down from | Montreal. There has been a certain amount of corruption ery from the na- tionalists, but most of these stories will require substantiation. The issue was a clear cut one, and it did not need money to persuade the electors to 'go to the polls, : CL.C. Beat Queen's II Queen's 11 and C.1.B. soccer temms 3 an. association football game at the athletic grounds, Saturday af ternoon, The game was put on at 1:30, before the big game between Queen's and Varsity. After a very hard battle, Queen's was defeated by 1 to 0. The grounds were very slip pery, and this made it very difficult for the players to do justice to them- selves. However, Queen's had to sub- mit to the irony of defeat. Probate of a Will Toronto, Nov. 8.--James Mooney, a late resident of Buffalo, whose "will was filed in the surrogate court, to day, for probate, owned 10,000 shares of Temiskaming Mining company stock valued at sixty-three cents g share. He also owned 1,600 shares of Hailey- bury Silver Mining company, valued |at twenty-five cents a shared, The] rector of Si. Joseph's cathedral, Bul-| falo, receives a bequest of $1,000, and the rest, under the will, amounting to $143,202, passes to the widow. Got Away With $2,000, Toledo, Ohio, Nov. 7.-{racksmen blew the safe of the Home Savings! Banv, at Mattamore, Ohio, twenty-two miles west of Toledo, early this morn | | ing, and got away with $2,000. The jexplosion aroused the sheriff, who, with a posse, started after the rob | bers, who got away in a rig they had stolen. Several shots were exchanged. Orangemen Had Meeting. Sunday afternoon, the members of 'the local Orange lodges, neld a meel- | given by James Berney, grand master {for Eastern Ontario, and Dr. H. W. i Richardson. To-night the members Twill have a comcert in their hall to] {celebrate November 5th, and the Gun- powder plot. Going Mack to Collingwood. James McKellar, superintendent, and Jong McKellar, foreman, of the King- ston i fhe company, are to ! return to Collingwood shortly to taka "charge of the worl there, which is of gs, They will be sue The Only Advertisement That Ever Paid Us is the One That Benefited the Customer Also. NEWEST MODELS -- attractively priced. This store has always been headquarters for Separate Skirts and it is more so now than ever be- fore. meot of New Dress Skirte; graceful in cut, carefully and pecfectly tailored The materials inclode I MPORT- ED SERGES, PANAMAS, CHEV- 10TS, VOILES, EPC.,in Black, Navy and other favored colors. 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