GROWTH "AND SERVICE The constant. growth of The Bank of Toronto is a signifi- cant indication of the excel- lent banking service given to its many customers. YOUR ACCOUNT 1S INVIT- ED. N A SIX-ROUND CONTEST * PRIZE RING, Bess Martin, of Oklahoma, and Neilie Bennett, of Chicago, Mixed Things up Lively--Fought Be fore 700 Spectators, Tulsa, Okla, Ja 194 wave of indignation is sweeping the stale as a result of the six-round prize fight fought here yesterday, between Bess Martin, of Oklahoma, and Nellie Bon nstt, of Chicago. Although both wo- men fought at a fast clip, the referee declared it g draw, a decision that did not satisfy the seven hundred spec- tators who whooped amd applauded during the afray. Many of the spec- THE DAILY BRITISH WEIG, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1041 3 porters on Their Round "Buy sponges" at Gibsom's. 1 The proper name of the prison at| Portéamouthk is provincial penitentiary. | Willams Swine, Pabo tutus, Urdes | received at McAuley's. Phone 178. | Mrs. A. 8. Wright, Auburn, X.Y, is} visising Mrs. A. K. Routley, Wueen ! Germany. ; street, Mrs, Beiumish, mother of Rural Dean | , ee : team 'i i ton | New York, Jan. 19.--A special cable] ea ih, Helioitle; ie 3% Manion to the Tribune from London says: | It is expected that St ; q church enime of betls will peal out by | atmountement that Holland has dicid- | pext Asgast. Fa led to withdraw, with a view to the "Buy talcum powders" st Gibson's. modification of the defence scheme, | Littie Miss Harriott Howard, daugh- | one of the principal objects, which was! ter of Mps. G. M. Sears, is a student |to make Flushing the Gibraltar of the | at Batescourt. north. This , which was in- Stanley Vanalstine, clerk in the M. |spired by German interests, had arous- T. Co.'s oflice, is sonfined to his home 'ed alarm in Belgium, 'as it threatened i i TO THE MILITARY SCHEMES OF] © THE KAISER. Proposal 10 Erect Powerful Fortifi.! cations at Flushing May be] Abandoned--Very Unpaiatable tol Andrew's | From Amsterdam comes the important | * PITH OF THE NEWS." smn on wun ou. FIRST SEVERE CHECK J Newsy Paragraphs Picked Up by Re-, {The Very Latest Culled From All IS, } TE Over the World. Guelph commissioners make a scale for the use of gas. : Subscriptions te ontreal's me- morial 19 King Edward are pouring have mn. 5 GE The GTR. is to Bay made an offer for the Hudson Hine. Addresses of importance were de- livered at the forestry convention in 2 , attacked and killed a deer Fateid, Mass, on Monday. The plant and building of the Moose- | jaw Evening Times, were destroyed by! fire early on Thursday morning. A law to govern divorces which heretofore has pot been legalized in Panama has been Ziven othcial sane new | A large eagle, ravenous with hun-| ' near | i ito destroy the benefits of the neutral piano tuner, 21 /ity guaranteed by the jowws under tion. At Limoges, Aviator Baillod has been sentenced to a month's imprison- | ment and $75 fine for killing a girl at the aviation meeting there. The reciprocity agreement may be enacted into law by concurrent legis- | lation by the United States congress } and the Canadian parliament. { At St. Catharines, J. A. Thompson, | aged sixty vears, of Thorold, was al | most instantly killed by falling from | the top of a freight car, breaking his | neck. At Cobourg J, J. Ply» appeared be- fore Police Magistrate Boggs, charged | with setting fire to the . house ini which he lived, and was committed | for trial. : i Aviator Vanheuten, who accidental: ly killed a woman at Issy, has been | sentenced to pay a fine of $10, for! carelesspess, and $1,000 damages to the woman's husband. At Brandon, Man., the oy of | tators were women, who showed a owing to illness. sorprising knowledze of pugilistic lin-| gH. Cunningham, go, shouting to their respective favor | King street. Leave orders at Me: the treaty of Lopdon, in 5 ites "to put her out" and "hand ber | Ayley's bookstore. a The erection of powerful fortifica- ig right uppercut." Miss Alise Mercer, Brock street, has [tions at Flushing would have had the || Although the Oklahoma woman wad | coiurn-d from Toronto where she has [double effect of closing the Scheidt to stronger, her Chicago sister showed | pocn spending the past week. navigation at will aud cutting Ant- superior science, breaking through her | The ice which is being cut for cool- (werp off from sid by Great Britain in opponent's guard and muossing up her | 5, purposes below a Cataraqui ease of need, In this manner Belgium complexion. In the first round Bess | pridge is fifteen inches thick. | sould' have been deprived. of supplies Martin started off with 4 rush, but in| "Buy olive oil" at Gibson's. {for its army ahd inbabitents, and Pri- the second she contented berself with | The firemen were given a false alarm [tish" ships could have been prevented attempting to dodge the blows of her | 16 thé corner of Princess and Clergy from reaching Antwerp. The decision adversary. The third and fourth |streets at 11.43 o'clock last night. 'of the new Dutch war minister to re rounds were about even, but in the | Kingston is on ber good behaviour.' consider the question will be unpala- filth asd. sixth supporters of Nellie | For the second time this week there table in Germany, as it is the first flensiett cinimed that she. had a shade | were no cases before the magistrate to- | severe check sustained by" the great the better of the Oklahoman, by rea- | day. : military schemes which the kaiser is son of her Lnowledge of the Marquis | "Buy olive oil" at Gibson's. steadily developing in the North Sea. - of Queensbury's text hook. Miss R. Spooner, professional nurse, ------------ Teer rrbbbeer HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE will arrive in the city from Ottawa MOTHER BLACKHAND MURDER. to-day to purse her father, Reuben SOMETHING THAT WOULD KEEP Chicago, Jan %.--A milk- Spooner, "The Elms," who is critieal- | Fou NNTANTLY BEFORE HER? ly ill. you oo i" . y J. L. Morison, Queen's, will, : man om his rounds to-day found the body of a man, Vrof. forty years old. apaprenily a on Friday, in the Y.M.CIA, hall, Ot- tawa, deliver an address on "THe In-! fluegee of Gladstone in British Poh- well-to-do Italian citizen, with his arms and legs chop- ' ped off, and an insignia of tics," "Buy® sponges" at Gibson's. Blackhand Society near the remains. BANK OF TORONTO + Assets, $30,000,000 = Our January Whitewear Sale Is Bringing Satisfaction To Hundreds of Kingston Women. The Whitewear Sale this year is breaking all records in selling and the values continne as great as ever. : 1t's a triumph of qaality and satisfaction when women come from all paits of the city and from other towns to buy Whitewear be: cause théy liked so much what their friends had purchased. ; Surely the test of values is a gradually in- creasing sale and favorable comment created. | KINGSTON BRANCH: 107 PRINCESS STREET, George B. McKay, Manager, ---- | | | * POLITICAL SENSATION. london, Eng. Jan. 18. That Lord Northeliffe with his Daily Mail and other in- fluential papers is turning to liberalism (3 considered as indicated by the lail's authoritative statement this morning that the reported arming of Uistesmen against home rule was originated for purely election purposes. Lord Northeliffe"s sudden volte face is the political sen- sation of to-day. the Maple Leal Milling company, with] its contents, was destroyed by fire, Tuesday morning, with seventy-five] thousand dollars damage. i i A voung man named Joseph Jewitt, 3 Smith's Falls, Ont, had his feet bad- | *!ly frozen a few days ago. He was a #1 working for a farmer near Prospect. at | FEEEEEIFIL IESE HePEiPees the time and was engaged in chopping | WHEAT ON FREE LIST? : ! Teer b ede d The late Justice MeMahcn was the presiding judge at the trial of John weginald Birchall for the murder of *. C. Benwell, near Woodstock, in 1890. A young man named Spider, of Jracckridge, joined the Northern Crown bank staff, in succession to Reginald Crawford, ' transferred to the account- ant's desk at Brockville, "Buy sponges" at Gibson's. Rev. A. E. Smart, of Sharbot Lake, accepted the invitation of the reétor, und preached in St. Thomas church, Rochester, N.Y., Sunday evening, Jan. 15th. "Buy sponges" at Gibson's, Dr, F. H. Kyle, a graduate Queen's, died at Hornell, N.Y., on l'uesday, of pleuro-pneumonia. He was a former resident of Athens and Just a hint as to the variety and price. Drawers PEER PIEOOE ESR POPPER EPIL RPE OIL RS | | | + |W . i The Cavedian Pacific railway is! | growing according to the latest report i jfrom the audit and operating depart: | They are now operatihg 16,000 | { ments. of | miles of road, they have sixteen ho- | to | tels, employ 75,000 people, carried 11, 2 Sc to $ | i 3 White Underskirts | 50c to $9 All Canada is Exercised Over th Report. Toronto, Jan." 19~The 'whole Canada to-day, from the Atlantic the Vucific, is much exercised about | 000,000 passengers last year, and are the repurt from Washington that wheat {only twenty-five years old. will be put on the free list by the ---------- trade treaty, which is in course of WISHART MAY RETURN Sens preparatios at Washington to-day. The report is not definite, but the | To Toronto to Face Farmers' Bank Charge. rumor is sufficiently verified to set the | dominion talking. : New York, Jan. 19.--While it was' Free entry of Conallian wheat into | i. ted at the office of George Wis- | the United States was one ob big |}. broker, that he might have gone | things asked by the farmers' delega- |, Toronto to anibwer the charge of conspicing with Dr. Beattie Nesbitt tion, the other day. Canadian millers on the other hand are pot favorable, | ond others to defraud the Farmers' Bank, his relatives at his home in on the whole. Robert Neighan, of Lake Woods mill- | portchester ure not aware of it, they haaing been communicated with by! ing company is reported from Mon treal this morning, as saying that telephone this morning. When a press | free wheat would be the most disas- representative called at noon at Wis- | trous catastrophe that could happen | part's office, No. 11, Wall street, the | this country. ' employees there said they bad not Sjr Wilfrid Laurier] when Seem this heard from him this morning and morning, said that all power was ., [thoucht he must have departed for the hands of Hon. Messrs. Fielding {some outside point. and Paterson, in Washinton. As for Dr. Beattie Nesbitt, he may mts Ste: be swallowed up in this great Goth: MORMONS SEND CONVERTS. um, and he may not be pear the § place. No information ean be ob- Serions Charge Regarding Illegal {sined from the police as they have Passenger Trade. not been asked to look for him New York, Jan. 19.--The charges | and have uo -- Chemi official interest in the €IMISEs made by - English authorities: that | case at all. ao i agents of Mormon colonies in thy |. (ur correspondent in his search for est are bringing hundreds of young Beattie Nesbitt and George Wishart, girls to this country, are being inves- to-day, ran across several people, tigated by Commissioner Williams, of | Whose information regarding Cobalt tH Insigration re § properties, was independent, but valu- ' Following the attack on Mormonism able; and the consensus of opinion by the Bjshop of Liverpool and the | was that the shareholders did the best complaint against Mormon mission: thing possible for themselves in re- aries in England, Commissioner Will solving to carry on the exploitation iams has called the attention of the | and development of the Keeley mine. impuigration departmert in Wash- ington to certain information which he has received. Word has also been sent to the officials in Salt Lake City from the local bureau. Richard H. Farley, of the White Star Line, to-day expresses the belief that Mormon agents are working ac- tively in Europe, but denied that the White Star Lino had been bringing over objectionable converts. In his opinion any illegal traffi¢ is conduct- EET SI Eb eee bE O er Is a Household Companion, and can | used every day, and can't help be + rat Chops everything i §in Bize 1. 75¢; Size 2, $1.00. | NEW MILL AT COBOURG. i And lots of other things. | s BRASS GOODS, Beautiful Selection. Safety Razors, Hockey '| Provincial Steel Company Putting iv i Rolling Plant, Skates, i Cobourg, Jan. 19.-- A new mill has | been erected for' the provincial steel ! company, here, and the machinery is | now being installed. -It is stated that « Bob Skates and Wide Runner for) when the mill is completed the two |" wills aid was forty-six years of | mills will be worked night and day age. lon three shifts of eight hours each.| 'rye Bell Telephone company is be { This will mean a large increase in the | 40 piled with orders for telephone { number of men employed. A. L. Read: | service by farmers resident about {ing ix general manager, and S. J. Me | Kingston" and as far as fifteen miles FOR SALE. { Crudden, general superintendent. As|away.' The service is regarded as : Albi Hotel | this is the first Canadian re-rolling véry satisfactory. Hear aod than strane, Hingaton en. with few ox.| DEATH OF JAMES TOMPKINS ! i , '| ations. The employees, with few ex- 4 3 NS, Will sell at a sacrifice. For particulars | Soptions. 'are. local men, and it is ---- Son of the Late Ald. Tompkins, of , Kingston. Syracuse, N.Y., Jan. 19.--Overwork proving a highly-valued industry for Cobourg. a . during the strike "of the Western Un- won telegraph operators in 1907 was ssponsible for the death of ' James Edward. Tompkins, a son of Mrs, Henry F. Kidd, of this city. Mr, Tomp- kins died at the Ogdensburg state hospital, Monday, after an illuess of more than three weeks. When the telegraph operarors' strike was declared Tompkins was one of the few operators who did not walk out, remaining at his key up un til a week fore the trouble was settled. y : For more than a month he worked cn an average of twenty hours a day. the strain finally proved too severe ard he sufferdd thrée paralytic strokes within as many w . The total .-aralysis which followed affected his orain. ; His wife died early in 1907. They had no children. Ile was born in aingston, Ont., fift years ago and remained there until 1881. He then went to New York, where he entered the employ of the Western Union Tel graph company. At different times ne was connected with the New York Sun and the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. M Tompiius made his home at Hasbro Heights, New Jersey. ed through Canadian ports. Mrs. Kidd went to Ogdensburg to take charge of the v. It was DROP IN COST OF LIVING. olaced In the receiving vault at Og- densburg uatil spring, when it will Ermine . Furs White Fox Wil » taken to Chester, Mass., for burial - Not be High. beside his wile. Deceased is survived by two broth- ws, Samuel R. Tompkins, of Chicago, and William Tompkins, of San Diego, Cal., and one mister, Mrs. H. C |W Black, of Prescott, Ariz. -, , in prices of furs. Common foxes, AB, need was 3 son of the late ecinings, matiens and white foxes are 4 ompkins, of Kingston. | abundant. Squirrels are 1 leartied_ telegrapiry in the Old Bum in I : inion Ti which wes quoted al the Y under R. J.] Ermine, Le Eilbeck, now sheriff of the Yukon. beg of the winter at 2.75 roubles e---------- (81.385), fallem to 125 rubles IN SPORTING CIRCLES, (81.13), n with 2.90 ($1.45), me wae 1 RR ticles in ¥ was quoted at 13 rubles (26.50), as compared with 19 ($9.50) the previous year, and white fox at 15 roubles, ($7.50), as i in 30 roubles ($12.50 to $15) Submarine Disasters. 1904--Submarine 'A 1 run down by ol Snow Shoes. Snow Shovels. Skels. Corset Covers 20c to $2.50 mA Nightgowns Miners Lose Savings. Cobalt, Jan. 19.--~The Keeley mine is closed up as all the employees ex copting two engineers and the cook refuse to return to work, Wages were feut 28¢. a day all round. Many of the miners had their say ings in the branch of the Farmers' Bank situated at the mine. 59¢c to $5 ' 55c to $1 FRONTENAC LOAN & INVESTMENT SOCIETY. ESTABLISHED 1563. President-Sir Richard Cartwright. ity and Farm Pro- on © pene. Municipal and fares. Mo and County Deben- A purchased. Deposits ved and | t allowed. [1] _. THOMAS COPLEY, Prone 987. work also 'will reselve ins 60 Queen A ; A SPECIAL DEMONSTRATION FRIDAY NIGHT --IN---- BIJOU HALL for the ladies who are unable to attend during the day. =3 Beginning at 7.30 Sharp. No Children : Free samples of cookery will be served with a delicious cap of Rideau Hall Coffee. Will Pay Deficit. Montreal, Jan. 19.--At the annual méeting of the Royal Vietoria hospi tal it was announced that James Ross had agreed to pay off a deficit of ¥14,79Mon the year's work. Mr Ross has been a generous contributor to th: work of the hospital. nce Street. Princess Slips - $1.35 to $3.50 nr TRICK GIVEN AWAY. Liquor Bottles in Barvels of Frozen - Water Seized. Cobalt, Ont., Jan. 19~Chief of Po- lice Coldbeck returned yesterday after- noon from Kelso, where Constable Le- febyre seized sixty cases of liquor be- ing shipped into the gold country. A very ingenious method was used for concealing part of the shipment, con sisting of five cases. The bottles were packed in straw in barrels, which were filled with water. This was allowed to freeze, the barrel hend was replaced and the whole painted over. Lefebvre discovered the goods because--the ba of a barrel was forced out by the venting ob the water. This was consi from Tor- onto to the East ithey Mining company. | The balance was packed in cases and addressed to fictitious names in sigall lots. Samuel Morgan, of Co halt, was summoned to explain the matter, as he was said to be en deavoring to get the shipment through "Buy shaving soaps' at Gibson's. ------------------------------ -------- Special Values in White Cottons Soft and fige for family sewing. 10c, 12 1-2c. Paris, Jan. 19--Pleasant news for wealthy women is contgined in report from the French Consul at St. Petersburg to the effect that the returns for the last few -- Left Matter Over. The Kingston Presbytery met this afternoon in Chalmers church to dis- cuss church' union. AMer an hour's Siscusyion it as Sorided to leave the ma over till t ion i in |X : a regular session in The man who always "hews to the line, fet the chips fall where they may," mat get struck in the face oe Rok ial ose a Foe000000( 600000000000 ~~ Economy for Men. ' Beonomy looms largely and genuinely these days throughout oud entire stockof : ne dong | th rei Cale of to Nab, nd aly: RAL Sia c Ie ; ths. 521 As plan the programme for t Ready-to-Wear Clothing, ral eat Rl cia. AN dar" Sond tir Hos Fag bring ~ oR lig : m the 1905_Submarise A 8, sunk off Ply. is Furnis hings, . Lundy Teland; Ceinty YO Torpedo Boat IV. apd Afty-six TR wT Bh Curlers Here. Barriefisld will tussle with is will try first All This Week Cheap Shoes. Tors DOROTHY DODD, EMPRESS AND OTHER FINE SHOES, on tables, at great reductions. MOIRE SILK PUMPS at $1.25. : $3 50 EVENING SLIPPERS, in Beaded and Patent, $2.25. ; : Rubbers at Reduced Prices. -20 per Cent. Reduction on Trunks and Bags go Do Your Buying Now. |THE LOCKETT SHOE STORE : 1905Battlship Nontag wrecked on Sime will soon be over IAW, + Fou * Sa " : : at Port Said; seved drowned.