1 THE DATLY BRITISH WEG, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1011. PAGE EIGHT. THE MANAGER OF THE BANK OF TORONTO Is pleased to offer to all who banking transact the services and facili- this have business to ties of Bank, with its eareful management, wide con- nections, up-to-date facilities and ample funds. . $4,000,000 $4,944,777 Capital . Reserved Funds | KINGSTON BRANCH: 107 PRINCESS STREET, George B. McKay, Manager. fend him off to work with a good breakfast. "You can prepare quickly by using The Universal __Food Chopper CHOPS EVERYTHING. * Hash for the family in two minutes. Gee that Universal is stamped on the machine you buy. There is no- thing half so good it easily and $1.50: $1.75 $4.00 Family size, . Hotel size .. Butchers' size .. Sold only at There are other hotels, bul approach the Club for homeilke roundings. Located in centre of city and close stores and thoetre. are moderate. 'Epecial rates by the week. P. M. THOMPSON, Proprietor. Dr. de Van's Female Pills h snever fails. These Re Sa Ribas "8 are sold at ers. For sale at Mahood's Drug Store. OUR BEAVER BRAND ot Flour is unexcelled for bread orf erate. + A. MACLEA Serato Street. "Not Ome Article Affected. London, Emg., Feb. 9 Replying in the House of Commons to enticisms of the government's attitude on the Canadian reciprocity negotiations, Pre- mier Asquith maintained that the Ca- nadian-United States agreement did not affect a single wurticle in which Gireat Britain was seriously concerned. He ridiculed Austen Chamberlain's ut- terances.o \ Cheese and Butter. Montréal, Feb, 9. ~The cheese mar- ket is firm, at ll§e. to .13je. per pound. i The butter market is firm under a good demand, choicest being quoted at Pe. to Wie, and seconds at We, to Me. An emergency meeting of the North- ern Navigation company executive has been called, in Toromto, for to-might. 0000000000000 000000000 0000000000000 000000008 Jesssssee [BULLET ENDS QUEST THE DAY'S "BLACK HAND" AGENT FOUND LOCAL NOTES AND THINGS IN MYSTERIOUSLY SLAIN, He Bore Orders From Italy to Kill cameé Known and He was Shot. Ere, Pa, Feb, 9. Sent to seek out aadrkill some person of unknown identity, =a foreigner, sup posed to be connected with the 'Black tiand," failed in his mission and was jound dead, his body pierced by five bullets, in a dark swamp near the water front, here, From letters in his pocket his name {is believed io have heen Giovanni Bat tista Arreechi, and his intended vie tim, Pietro Licari. In one letter, dat od Fuinari, Sicily, October 10th, 1910, occurs the phrase : "Jt is a great favor if you get him to scream before 1 arrive there." Another letter, from Buffalo, refers to the disappearance of a young wo man on the day her sweetheart was arrested. : Although the police are reticent about the case, it is known that they are in touch with Pittsburg, Cleve land and Buffalo, where the man is supposed to have lived. An arrest also was made here. The police theory is that the man was in this country about two months looking for the man he was hired to kill, but that his mission was known and he was shot before he had a chance to accomplish his purpose: A NATIONAL HIGHWAY. Vancouver Club Proposes Road From Ocean to Ocean. Toronto, Feb. national highway across Canada from the Pacific to the Atlantic is the am- hitious project proposed by the Van wuver automobile club, in a letter which Mayor Geary has handed over to the Good Koads' committee of the toard of trade. The letter has undertaken to construct a high: wav from Vancouver through the Rocky mountains to the Albertan boundary At the Vancouver end the road will be joined by the Pacific coast highway running from Mexico north ward, Japan's Gift to Preston, London, Feh, 9 --The Canadian Press learns that the Japanese government has forwarded through its foreign of- fice, a handsome silver vase to W. T. R. Preston, in recognition of his ef forts in establishing friendly commer- Japan's ada. Baron Shirizeawa, written Mr. "Rothschild," has also Preston expressing appreciation. -------------- Quebec Bridge Plans. Montreal, Feb, 9. ~The engineers who were here deciding on what plan" of bridge to recommend for the new Quer bee structure, have completed their labors, They refused to divulge the result of their deliberations, leaving in parliament. To Withdraw Opposition. Vancouver, B.C, Feb, 9.-It is un derstogd here that British Columbia lumbermen will shortly withdraw their opposition to the reciprocity treaty with the United States, but the fruit growers of 'the province are still pro- testing vigorously. Cuts Off ( License, Welland, Feb. 9_-<The town coungil has passed a by-law limiting the num- her of hotel licenses to five, and shop liccnses to two. Up to the present time there have been six hotels. -------------- Some Class To, the operatic hits on sale, Kingston News Co. at Near London, Ont., Mrs, Alex. Wat- son, a farmer's wife, was thrown against a barbed wire fence, when the horse ran away. Her face was so badly torn she may not recover. - The ministry of public works of Turkey 'thas invited bids for electric street railways in the cities of Adana and' Adrianople and for the distribu tion of electric power in those "pros vinoes, Williams Nuckle, oil well engineer, of London, Ont., is under arrest at De troit, Mich., in connection with a pos wibly fatal stabbing of John Rogers, We are headquarters. THE CANADA METAL CO OFFICE: $1 WILLIAM in an hotel row Wednesday night. | MP. y STREET, TORONTO. wis \ other.dealers talk price we talk quality A man may forget what he paid for his but he'll never forget and how they wore. ; oh touch with this Clothing Store and to take what you can get, but fi tted in ve how they looked, § $12.00, $15.00, $18.00, $20.00 Overcoats, $10, $12, $13.50, $15, $18. Some Ome, But His Mission Be- from Italy 9 ~The building of a! i : GENERAL. Occurrences In The City And Vicinity Easily Read And Remembered. 4 apples, at Carnoveky's. . 'Buy cough syraps" atntiibson's. Read the story of Sh day in Saturday's Whig EPISODES VOTE NOT CHANGED|TESTING THE LAMPS : i HINCHINBEROOKE LOCAL OPTION| FOR THE LIGHTING OF ™e : i RESULT ATTACKED. But the Majority Remains Other Brief Items of Interest, Same--One Ballot on Fach Side Thrown Out--Carried by Five, Votes, it | The recount of the ballots cast "in | Valentine's the. recent * election im Hinchinbrook township when the municipality voted i CITY STREETS. 1 f the Tests Were Made at Street Corners Last Night, amd Another Test! Will be Made To-might--Marked | Results From First Exhibition. { Last night, the new magnitite arc} lamps, which the light, heat and pow- | er committee propose to install, were | ibere was no session of the police un local option, was comauetea belore [exhibited at the corner of Queen and | eonrt on Thursday morning. Limestone lodge, No. 91, AO.UW, meets to-night, at eight o'clock. Jack fren, Renfrew, is back at the jot which had bwen counted for the result was surprising by-law, and one which had been count- | the hy-law, were thrown! Kingston Business College again, Williant = saine, piano tuner, Orders od ont. received at MéAuley's. Phone 778. Alexander Milne, University avenue, went up to Toronto to-day to relatives. J. i. Thompson, of here, on & visit to his Colborne streat. Haileybury, is mother, on arrangements to go to Montreal for four days at Easter. H. Cunningham, piano ing street. leave orders \uley's bookstore. Some other oysters may be good, but no other oysters are ter than Carnovsky's, The New Brunswick government will make a grant of OOOO 10 the (Campbellton fire sufferers. The North Dakota newspaper tons are planning a trip to the Lawrence river next summer. | W. H. Carson, clerk of the division al- tuner, 21 at ug bet - edi- 'eourt, is able to be around again tc a couple of weeks' illness. Miss M. Greer and Miss 1. Jacek, of Lansdowne, are the guests of Miss Myrtle Culcheth, at Portsmouth. Prof. Lappon lectures at Judge Price, at Thursday morning. With tions, the count was correct two exoep- Ume bal- out, leaving the majority the same, The recount was by F. R. Leslie, a resident of the township, who claimed that there were grave irregularities in connection with the election, and petitioner, who was ~epresented by T. 4. Rigwey, was hopeful that the result of the election would be changed, but the majority remains the same. as { With Conspiracy in Farmers' Bank: ived a telephone message, Stratford against J. There were 304 votes cast. Of these the best light, for the city. four were blank, three were spoiled, 184 were in favor of the by-law, and 113 against it. The majority over the three-fifths majority was five. not known just vet what will be done further. The petitioner may proceed St. with other changes. J.'R. STRATTON CHARGED Affairs. - Taronto, Feb. 9.--The crown auth- ofities have lodged two charges R. Stratton, M.P., in con- in the Coliegiate Institute, on Friday, nection with the Farmers' bank case : the court house, Omutario streets visit made ns the re-- sult of-o petition, which bad been filed | Salvatis . that several people.in the illumination of the city should | The Salvation Army band has made had voted who hat no right 10. The (attend the test. i It is | Firemen Were Given a False It is understood the two sizes of lamps were tested, four | ampere and six ampere, and that the | The six ampere | lamp gave marked results. i The lamps will be tested, to-night, in | competition with other lamps, that of | the Canada General Electric company, | at the corner, of Queen and Ontaro | streets, and the Westinghouse com- |pany's, at the corner of King and iueen streets. All who are interested | The lighting of the city is now: the | fquestion of the hour, and the hight, { -- {heat and power committee is putting {forth every effort possible 10 secure i WHO SENT THE ALARM? Run at Noon To-day. A joké is all right ia its place, but when it comes to calling cut the fire | department, when there ix no fire, it 1s {certainly no joke. | At 1255 pm, today, the firemen statimy that they were needed at the station | hospital, Queen street. The depart: ment got to the scene as fast as pos sible. Arriving, they were much 'sur {prised to find that there was no fue, states that the Hon. Thomas Taylor, minister | f public works for British Columbia, | cial relatioms between Japan and Can- | that for Hon. G. P, Graham to make, and that their services were not re quired. Chief Armstrong find the guilty party. The chief says {that the authorities at the station hospital declare that they did not send in an alarm, while the report | "central" gives the chief, is that the| call came from the station hospital building. There is a severe penalty of v térm in prison for any person found guilty of sending in a false alarm to the firemen, and people who think this is a joke should the great risk they running. on "The Classical and Modern in Arr." Mr. and Mrs. W leaving shortly on a hey will probably Ideals First, of conspiring with Dr. Beattie i Nesbitt and the provisional directors Givens inten of the bunk to obtain a treasury trip to Florida, board certifieate by false representa wil leave in two tions, deceit and frawd, and, secowd, weeks time. ; of receiving in pledge or hypotheca : yapo Srolives ad - aon 8. | tion motes of the Farmers' bank to ir. R. FE. Sparks has sold his resi- the extent of $55,000. Mr. Stratton is} dante on University avenie to ne president of the Trusts and Guarantee JB ague, manager of the or company. » a > 2 chants" bank. : . wo . | H PB Rose, KC. pleaded not guil : Aired R. Murtin and wife, Barnia, ty for the four provisional directors, formerly of Kingston, were in the when the first charge was réad aloud city for a few hours yesterday while iy court. aE oe de Pttana. ni called | On the oxiginal charge 'of conspiracy i re hoard ol - Hgation hh od 10 jour provisional directors, Pr. Fergu- meet to-night bat there wi ee nO com, Messrs Lown. Fraser and Wat session as there is no business ready. We mil 4 he Soardanle organized Jast week. som, were committed for trial, this I: Yesterday was Ah etirg Fong , | morning. They will be tried at the him LY oma ee But us her next sessions court on charge of con | © " se : : 1 'wis no business on hand for the spring to, dituin 319,900 Sh lls . * - " - 8 ers, * committee there was no session. convicted ex-manager of the 'bank ~ "Buy shaving brushes" at Gibson's. . er a iy i i ae = Inspector of Detectives Duncan, were {| Miss Minnie Ruttan, of Belleville, the 'brincipul: Witqetses came to. Kingston, yesterday, for the ie } pa . . lengincers' ball and was the guest ot Travers told the story of the trans- {Mr: and Mrs. William Laird, Brock "chon a8 he rem edit, after five istreet. vears. According to his story, the | Hereaiter the C.P.R. telegraph office provisional directors hae Been prime {will be' kept open until midnight on Movers yw Pepitet. fap SemuUnery all nights, except Sunday. This Sham or their services in getting the charter. {puts _Kingston- in "line with other . eit- CENSUS COMMISSIONER. is endeavoring to R remember are -------------- LOOKS FOR GOOD SEASON, New Manager Pleased With Fleet of Vessels. * Douglass, the new manager of the St. Lawrence River Steamboat company and the Thousand Island Steamboat company, is now "in har- ness.' : Speaking, to-day, to a Whig repre sentative, Mr. Douglass said that he was looking forward to a good season on the river. He had been making an inspection of the company's fleet of vessels, and he was well pleased with all of them. The company has not vet secured its new boat for the Cape Vincent run, to replace the steamer Ut- tawa, destroyed by fire, but one "will be secured in due time. The steamer New Island Wanderer is at present in the dry dock, undergoing some neces: sary repairs. t Mr. Douglass was stationed at Og- densburg, N.Y., for some time, and while there first came in touch with the boats now owned bythe company Le is now identified with. W. J. ies. i ®fvery time a Portsmouth girl mar ries an outsider there is an economic loss to the village by the transfer of says the Portsmouth phil John M. Elliott Has the Appoint. ment. ' osopher. | John M. Eliott, of the firm of * Portsmouth's leading residents arc Elliott Bros. has been appointed cen- talking of presenting the Portsmouth sus commissioner for the census to be philosopher with a fur coat. The taken in June next. The government cheap sales are now on in the fur has chosen a capable man, one who stores. Iwill be extremely painstaking in the The many friends of Miss Grace work, and the result will be that Hrouse, Stuart street, are pleased to every schedule will be found when for {hear that she has been accepted as warded to headquarters to be ac nurse-in-training in St. Luke's hospi- curate and intelligent. tal, Utiea, N.Y. Mr. Elliott has divided the city in-' "Buy shaving soaps' at Gibson's. to thirteen divisions. and over enumer- George Lemmon, of Collins Bay, is stor w ill ha selected for each divi able to be out aguin, after a sbvers gion. It will take several days to com- attack of grippe, which he contracted [ise the work, as the department is while working at the wreek a couple submitting a variety of schedules for of weeks ago. | enumeration. Portsmouth also comes Mrs. John Nicolle, Union street, under Mr. Elliott's jurisdiction. left, to-day, for Toronto to attend the | Mendelsshon Choir concert. She was| joined at Whitby by her daughters, at- tending college there. Kingston fruit merchants are watch- ing with interest the anti-reciprocity { hor dowry," Snow Dangerous an Roofs. During the soft weather," there is a great deal of danger with regard to mow falling off the roofs of the | buildings along the principal thor- | oughfares. After a period of soft wea- | ther, such as today and yesterday, | the snow becomes loosened and falls to the sidewalk. The snow 1s falling a great deal to-day, and many pedes- trians had narrow escapes from being | coversd with the quantities which fell Merchants should see that the edge of the roof protruding over the sidewalk is cleared of snow, else they may have damages to pay should anyone be hurt. A local scribe" had a very narrow escape at noon, when. a piece of ice fell off the roof of a store m-------- Unique Hotel Situation. T. E. Connor, proprietor of the | Nevens House, Jasper, has purchased | the Fitzgerald hotel' there and will conduct them both, The Nevens house movement of the organized 1,000 fruit is in Wolford township, which carried growers from the vicinity of St the local option by-law the first of Catharines, to Ottawa, and will be | January and in consequence after the eager to Jearn results. first of May this well known hostelry The junior members of the Y.M.C, will be deprived of the license. The A. are having a gymnasium exhibition Fitagerald house which is directly this evening at 7.30 o'clogk, to which across the street is in Kiley township, their parents are invited. The pro. which is not a "dry" township, and gramme consists of apparatus work, Mr, Connor will hold the unique posi tumbling, marches, drills, ete. i tion of being proprietor of two hotels Medical men in the Ontario legisla- in the one place one of which will be tare favor the abolition of the double a local option house and the other | set of examinations for medical stu will not. dents who graduate, but agree that the medical council should set the "The OM Homestead." standard and all exanunation papers That quaintest and most delightiul for the various medical schools. of home plays, Denman Thomgson's "The Old Homestead," is a coming attraction in this city. All the same | features that have 'marked "The Old ' Homestead" as a success in the past [are promised, including the famous | quartette of farm hands which will be | 9 heard in some new and effective num- There was much exitemment wut the bers. The cast is practically the same | jon in the second district of as seen for the past ten years and | Queen's County, vesterday, when the comes to the Grand, on Tuesday, Feb, liberal candidate, Geo. Wi Wether, & 14th. tes ) Y.M.C.A. Field Sunday. is the Y.M.C.A's field speakers will Next Sunday day and these local pulpits. In the morning Archibald, dominion parole will preach in Svdenham street Metho- | dist church; J. R. M. Glassford, tra-| ivelling Sunday school secretary, im} 'Cooke's church: (. M. Copeland, pro- | vincial Y.M.C.A. secretary, in the] First - Congregational church, and A i J. Kneale, general secretary of the | IY. M.C.A., Orillia, in Brock street Me thodist ehurch In the evening Mr Glassford will speak in Queen street Methodist church; Mr. Copeland in} {the First Baptist church, and Mr Kneale in the Princess street Metho- dist church. : Waiting for New Agent. Prof. Alexander Laird, president of | | the Children's Aid Society, is waiting | { the arrival J. C. MoConachie, the | new agent of the society for the King- | { ston district. AL present, Mr. Me { Conachi# is in Toronto, working in | conjunction with J. J. Kelso, the head ! of the organization for Ontario, and who is well pleased with Kingston's choice. The travelling expenses of Mr, | MeConachie will be paid hy the pro- vincial government. The new agent | { will begin work here on March Ist, Portsmouth Concert. occupy ¥. Pp, officer, } BROKE THE TIE, Liberal Wins Bye-election for Prince : Edward Island Seat. Chazlottetown, P.EL, Feb. oh rvalive. 4 Réduced Pullman Rates, on, sto, iy 3 Fe th votes, the total vote being > McPhee lado tly, ket spun ~ $20 and Mr. Burton 387. Previous to morning, of the reduction of Pullman this election the standing of the pars! gion. which wi on ties was--Liberals, 14; comservatives, 4}, j5th. The charge for upper berths to Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto, from Kingston, will be $1.25, and for lower berths, $1.50, a reduction of twenty per tent. The rates to othe | places will be in proportion 6 the! above figures. i Gave Card Party. Miss Jessia Halliday, of Portsmouth, entertained at a card party, at hes home, W ov , and the event was a most enjoyable ome to all who were present, In the euchre games, Mrs. B. Culchoth won the ladies" prive, and the gentleman's prize was captured by Frederick Den. mouth, held a most enjovable concert, J evening. There was & good at ance, and the programme, which Sansiettd of wougs, fediations, -_ aud readings, provided a fine trept. Kev. | F. H. Sproule was the chairman of the | évening, and Mrs. Sproule favored with | some recitations. Members of the | choir at Princess Street Methodist ETNA ENEItTIANIIEELLEELILLLTLLATELLLLLLRERERERS SLT LLELLETLLLLE TLL ES SLAY - | ied di dhe dh hh hhh he hl iii icin hh tod We Make a Specialty of LINENS And there are many things in the Linen line you can purchase from us at a lower price than you can get elsewhere. a surmise but a fact brought to our notice by cus. tomers, who time and again have been fair enough to give us this information. , Towels. Towels 25 Different Makes to select from. Towels av 10c and 12i¢ Towels at 15¢ and 18ec, Towels at 20c and 235¢, And so on up to the dainty Embroidered These prices mean little until In compare values, and this we ask you o do. This is not And many othe Table Napkins Special make at $1.50 dozen $2.00 dozen $3.00 dozen " Tray Cloths In a great variety of makes. FINE DAMASK LINENS by the yard to make Tray Covers, nea , small designs, jost the width for Tray Covers. and several others. I rs from $1.50 to 4:50 dozen Special makes at $5.00 to 8.00 dozen All Napkins put up in ! dozens or 1 dozens as you wish. 30¢c yard, 49¢, H9¢ | 200 New Linen Table Covers Just received and now on sale, a great as- sortment. $1, 1.25, 1.50, 2.00, 2.50, 3.00, 3.50, 4,00 up to 8.00. Everything in Linen At prices that mean a saving to you. be - SL crsnmassssssans BUTE RUT LTVRLTTTLTLTLTT ERR VRLTATLRATALTCLLTA TRL TLTAARTTVL TAR LTTV EAL TVRLRRL RATA LSI TBA Teseeset BOSH ATRLRLRLBANLIEN py VVVVVVLVVVRV EVLA A BATE RRES BOVRVBVERRNN » : : THE LOCKETT SHOE STORE a SEER sttttsstassss terse tstettsttststsss Bootsand Rubbers For $1.88. All this week we will sell a pair of Ladies' Fine Kid Blucher Cut Lace Boots and a pair of Rubbers to {it for If you want the Boots only $1.50. ~ If you want the Rubbers 48¢c. v Buy both for $1.88. $1.88 VIII IIL III II IP IR IIIIVIIIIIII IIIT III III |