+. township, and F. W. Valleau, of Cata- --- sities and defeat, i YEAR 78 R NO. 2068 KINGSTON, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, NovEmBER 17, te11. LAST EDITION As the Liberal REV. 1. P. McINNES 15 te rd Ct te Fs: fo He Was the Unamimous Choice of the Convention on ~~ Thursday---Will Resign His Charge at Karrowsmith and Throw Himself Into the Fight For Good Government. f Rev. J. P. Molnnes, pastor of the Prestyvterian charges at Harsowamith, Glenvale snd Wilton, will be she cu CRE eb Ne a ne Rea or hy TIDerT Tey; Or Ane the Tast year and a half it had been --eounty of Fromenae, to contest the election for the Ontario legishature, agningt Anthony Rankin, of Colling Bay, nominated = by the conservatives of the county. : Rev. Mr. Mcélnnes was the unani- mous choice of the rally, hid at the court house, on Thursday after noon, and he accepted. the nomina- tion. "W. J. Franklin, of Vilts'Qig raul, were nommmatcd, but both re tired in favor of Mr. Mclnnes. A. KE. Weller, the president of the associa: tion, presided at the nieeting, which whe a most enthusiastic one. The forces have rallied around their can- didate, and they will pug up one of the hardest battles that was ever fought in the bistorie riding of Fron- | tenne, Rov, Mr, Melones delivered an elo- quent. address, dealing with sdveral important matters, and took occa sion © to severely eriticize the Whit ney 'govgrament, which he charactor Sized am a government of a Rip Van Winkle variety, a as a "one-man show." He placed before his audi- ence the platform of true liberalism, and his remarks were listed to with ken interest, and punctuated with warm applause, Mr. Melhnes is a fluent speaker, and handled his ad- in a masterly way, Several other prominent liberals eof the coun- ty debvered addresses, when warm tributes wero paid to the new leader, N. WW. Rowell, K.C., Sir Willrid Laur der, Jand the reticing leader, Hon. A, Kay Fae. i vas a fine yothering Nominations Received, The president of the association, A. E. Weller, occupied 'the chair, and in + Whitney government Men sent to the government must do of fault was to be found with t premier. Great he depart- v- PRR ve ddan the bidding the very faulty, and he had special refer ence to the case of a "Tammany boss," in the person of Dr. Beattie Nesbitt, of the Fariners' bank, The speaker felt satisfied that Dr. Nes bitty had been given the wink from the attorney-general, or some other little fellow, that it would be wise for him to get away. And had there been any- thing to show that an endeavor had been made to get Dr. Neshitt ? No doubt they thought it would he better to let him stay away. as he Continuing, Mr, Mclnnes found fault with, the policy of the Whitney © gov: ernment, in not providing new settlers for Ontario and for not giving the proper protection for settlers in New twtario. The whole policy of the he characterized as of the "Rip Van Winkle" variety, tn the question of telephone service the speaker believed that the govern mént could do a great deal for the people. Steps should be taken to have the telephone placed within reach of every home, at a reasomable rate. I thegovernment wont into the question, he believed that it would be possible to get a telephone service for fifty cents per aonth, A great deal had been said about the Hydro-Bleetric Commission, and the great achievements of Hon. Adam Beck, St. Catharines, Hamilton, "Wel Hand gmnd x Tow "AAKer nearby places were a favorite few, and these were the places which were being given cheap power. Kingston was left out entirdy, What did the government care about Kingston ? fe believed that the matter should be dealt with in the sume way as the postal serviee when a flat. rele was. given all the way from Halifax to Vancouver, Kingston, Verona, HWarrowsmith, and all the places along the line should be opening the mecting stated that it ory hen called for the purpose of receiving nominations for a eandi- date, and these wera then received : Rev. J. P. Mclanes, proposed by William Pillar, Kingston, seconded by John Shibley, Harrowsmith. .W. J. Franklin, pre by Smith Elliott, Ki mn, seconded by Wil liam Reid, doputy warden Kingston township. ) F. W. Vallpau, proposed by Wiltam Pillar seconded by Joseph Hawkey, Glenvale. Candidate's Address. Rev. Mr, Molones was first called upon and in his opening remarks ho aid a warm tribute tb liberalism. rue, the party had met with adver but yet the mem- bers stood loyal. There were names associated with liberalism that had won admiration, and the speaker re- ferred to the names of Mowat, Blake, Ross and MacKay. The latter had, owing to circumstances over which he had no control, been compelled td re tire from the leadership of the liberal party, and romain as a humble len- tenant in the ranks, However, the voters in his constituency, had shown their confidence in hit, as he had been nowinated for North Grey, and the sposker would veRturs to By ThaE oni the. night of the election; he would be elected, (Loud cheers.) True, thete was an' old saying, that was mot advisable to swap" horses when about to cross op strea but the lester had been forced to said that he knew the N. W. Rowoll, K.C., aud in many him, and regan would undoubtedly the lea i al had wevod hoo IV! character y 40 Wad the l¥ dopart- | dorship of | Messrs. given power at te same price. There should be no favoufs shown, but all should have equal rights. (Applause.) School System Bad. The school system established by the liberal government had been al- lowed to vanish with the result that today one half the teachers in Fron- tenue eounty alone were claalified. The price cf school books had been re duced but the copper plate was done By the government, but a certain departmental store supplied the pa- jer and had their names stamped upon the books. Was that a square deal to the storekeeper? The pre sant © administration was afraid wo tackle the bi-lingual school fuestion. He would say, let French be taught nthe schools, but like Mr, Rowell would also say, let English be the language of instruction, so that we might form Oge mass and not be severed hy ties. Touching on the loeal option ques: 'tion the candidate said that he was firmly convinced that in this connec tion the majority of the people should rule. It wonld be unreasonable to say that local option could not. be offtained until we had a three-fifths vote of the people. The speaker also touched. on. se other matters ol interest and was warmly applauded taking his seat. Meni, 'Franklin and: Valleau then endled upon, and asked bp withdrawn, were that no of ._ declared Rev: the candidate, amidst PR Li J. Vair « J. Frank- ' made a una- dent, Ji 0. Ellerbeck, 'seconded: b Bslward | An oN knew too much about certain things. [+ latiorg of the new leader, N, W. owell, K.C, and tenders him its united support." "The meeting adjourned after hearty « had. been given Jor ~the King, the county candidate," and leaders of the liberal party. The Liberal Candidate. Rev. J. P. McInnes hes under his care the Presbyterian charges at Har rowsmith, Glenvale and Wilton, being a member of the Kingston presbytery. He was born at Vankleek Hill, Pres- colt county, Ontl, in 1865, a son of John Melnnes, farmer, and Mary Cur rie. He attended the public school and' Collegiate Tnstitute at Vankleek Hill, and then attended McGill Uni versity and' the Presbyterian College at Montreal, gradfiating from these institutions in 1895. Afterwards, he settled in Essex county, in the pastor- al charge of Puce, and was stationed there from 1895 until 1899. He was engaged" ip mission work in Northern Ontario, from 1599 uhtil 1005, - and from that date until, 1908 he had the charge of Cedarville, in {gress -essses 31 i tot charge since December 6th, 1908. He was married to Margaret McLennan, of Port Find: lay, Algoma district, in January, 1897. AROBBER WITH CHOIR BOY FACE Young Lad of Fourteen Confesses to a Long Series of Burglaries Without Parallel New Yorv, Nov. 17.--The choir-boy face of Raymond Beck, a fourteen®oar old Brooklyn boy, blue eyed and gold- en haired, made burglary so easy that he told the police he had robbed so many places he could: not remember them all. When the poliee find a buried . can of jewelry to which the lad has directed them, they expect to learn about his exploits. Raymond was arrested last night in a theatre. His loge for footlights cansed him to use a stolen ticket, and this Ix to his detection. Between sobs the boy confessed a career of thiovery which the police say is with- out paral'sl for one so young, PUBLIC REGRET, Board Regrets Salutation of British Flag. New York, Nov, 17.--The New York city board of education has given out a public expression of regret for the action. of Pr. Stuart I, Wowe, princi pal of the Wadleigh high school, in ordeving his ils to sndute the Brit: ish flag at exercises held last June in suppovt "of the proposed Anglo-Ameri- can arbitration treaties. The matter was brought to the attention of the board by the United States American societies, It appears that the priuci- pal's action was in violation of a state law and a dty school law. A Tiny Baby. Wingham, Ont,, Nov. 17.~The small est baby ever born in Huron gouty was left by the stork at the home of Ernest Aneell amd wife near St. Louis. H ix a bog 'and weighs only 1} pounds. Its hands are no larger than a man's thumb. Aside from its diminutiveness, it is a normal, healthy child, so it is said. N0 mn Seman i a Leader Rowell promises considera- tion of the woman's suffrage plea. The property owners of the city re sponded nobly to thé appeal that was made to them on Thursday m the in- terest of the new hotel. They realized that the ecivie spirit was asserting it- self in a remarkable and very worthy manner. They had faith in the board of trade, whose members had antici pated the time when this project had 10 be launched, sud so purchased the only available site and held it for a specific purpose. The electors realized that these men had the city's welfare at heart, that they laboured for it unceasingly, that some of them made sacrifices for it, and that the city council endorsed the scheme, and sup- ported it at the polls. The result was a greater activity than usual, and a splendid poll of the free and independent 'voters. Granted that the organizption was not as good Jas it might have been, that there was bya manifest see SIBLE FORM. Matters That Interest Everybody-- Notes From All Ovwer----Little uf Everybody Easily Read and Re- membered. 4 ® At Hagersville, Pres "Whitney id 'wad no such t as bi lingual schools in Ontario. Ex-Manager Travers, in the witness box, at. Toronto, defends Stratton and Warren in the Farmers' Bank case. Daniel Nims, a red-headed 0, was arrested in Montreal, on Th Ys charged with committing a murder at Falahassee, Florida. Bishop Alexander Mackay-Smith, head of the Protestant Episcopal dio- cese of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, died, on Thursday, of heart disease. The American federation of labor in session at Atlanta, Ga., announced that £250,000 had been raised for the defanse of ihe McNamara brothers. The closing down of thé three tex- tile mills in Mexico City, has thrown out of work 3,500 operatives. Over- production is given as the eaunse - of the shut-down. "Ethereal asphyxia' is what caus ed C. P. Rodgers' fall just as he was completing his coast-to-coast flight, he says, and is responsible for the death of many aviators. . 4 Peter Lenane, a wealthy New York saloon-keeper, was shot apd killed at the threshold of his home by a man whom he refused to serve with liquor several months ago. His alleged as: sailant was arrested. President Taft will wait until Jan- wary 1st before naming a successor to Associate Justice Harlan, on the United States Supreme eourt bench. Three or four other judicial nomisg- tions 'Will be made at the 'sane time, including a successor to Circuit Judge Grosscup of Chicago, who resigned re- cently, . * Pekin, Nov. 17.--A despatch from Chentu, this morning, says that two missionaries there, ong Canadian and one United Stateser, have been assas- sinated by stabbing. There are no further details. Quebec to Imitate Ontario. Ottawa, Nov. 17.-It is reported that the Quebee government is likely to appoint a commission with similar powers to the Ontario Hydro-Eleotric Commission, and Hon. 8S. N. Parent, Inte head of the Transcontinental rail. way commission, will be chairman, Sittiinrrararantensc@rrtatatssss santana { KINGSTON'S ADVANCE STEP. Gress rasssssssssssss tres ssssssssssseacag present any causé but a selfish one. necessary that the Whig should offer any apology for ite ac- tion. Tt has the consciousness that o public duty was performed fairly, free ly, and faithfully, It has nothing to recant or recall, It is not In view of all the circumstances it is really" surprising that the result was #0 favourable. There were those wha remembered that some enterprises which the city #voured had not turn ed out well, that in conaestion with a certain by-law which passed not so long ago there had been proceedings that could not be approved, and there 'were some who, for personal and busifiess reasons, wore not only frac tious themselves, but were inclined to influence as many others as they could: Then there was a distinet loss of votes through the use of an old voters' list, ope prepared last year, and the number of absentees, of per- sens disqualified through the sale of real estate, ele, was larger than any one can imagine. At the close of the polls the total pnumber of votes cast for the bylaw was 1,450, and against it 297. 'MH was LES TONGS $has-been- decided: BECK ASKS FOR LEASE Of Power Rights on Trent Valley Canals, : Ottawa, Nov. 17.--The Borden gov- ernment's policy with regard to pub- lic ownership was called into question this morning, when Hon. Adam Beck, representing the Hydro-Blectrie com-' mussion, together with a big deputa- tion from Peterboro, asked that the dominion lease to the commission the power rights on the Trent valley can- als. Existing owners of the power rights opposed the request. Mr. Beck said that. according to the decision-of She privy council, any waters of navi- gable rivers not necessary to maviga- tion; belonged to rove ae the dominion had no right to oppose the use of them by the province. Hon. Frank Cochrane promised early decis- ion. k a Coaling Depot. London, Nov. 17.--A Canadian-Brit- ish syndicate is reported to have pur chased the Fanning and Washington Islands, in the mid-Pacific, for the pur pose of a coaling depot, in view of the opening of the Panama canal. JORN HAYS HAMMOND ABMS Scie The Famous Engineer Gives Up gation Plans. St. Petersburg, Nov. 17.~1t is offtici- ally announced here thet.John Hays Hammond has definitely abandoned his vast irrigation scheme, in which he has been interested in Central Asia. A great amount of work and money have been expended in experiments. But after unfavorable results of trials in certain districts of Turkestan, it ¢ ~abaudon thew tire scheme. A ---- WAR IS NEAR, Castro Will Have No Part in Move- ment. Willemstad, Curaeno, Nov. 17.--Au- thoritative advices from Caracas say that a serious state of unrest prevails in Venezuela, The y enosuelu overn® ment iu efiraged at' Colombia because Colombia declines to place ex-Presi- dent Castro under arrest and deliver him to the Venezuelan authorities. Castro is said to be on his estate at Cucata, a town of Colombia, in the department. of Santander; on the Vetiezpelan frontier. Venezuela believes that Cofombia 'Sympathizes with Castro because of | his extreme anti-Americanism, dent Gomez has 3,000 men near the frontier to fall upon Castro if he invades Venezuela, Ever since the first reports of Castro's , return from Europe the Venezuelan government has been taking precautionary mea- sures to prevent his obtaining a foot hold in that country. § Presi- BOMB THROWN IN NEW YORK. Exploded in Street Cleaning Depart. ment Stable, New York, Nov. 17.-The work of clearing the city's streets of the masses of refuse which piled up dur- ing the strike of garbage cart men, now admittedly broken, procesled rapidly, to-day, with more than a normal ¢omplement of carts out in the principal boroughs, resulting in the rapid dwindling of the refuse piles. Police guards were still with the workers in some sections, but there was a marked thinning down of the protective forces. The nearest ap proach to trouble came when' a bomb of some sort was thrown into the cellar of a street cleaning department stable on the Upper East Side. The missile exploded without harming any- body or doing any damage, but a panic ensued among the strike-brenk- ers in the place. rolice reserves had to be callbd out to restore order in the neighborhood. FIGHTING IS SUSPENDED. Seasonal Rainfall Holds Up Opera. tions in Tripoli. London, © Nov. 17.--Operations at Tripoli practically are held up by a prodigious seasonal railfall which has swamped the wenches and con verted the roads into impassable quagniives. The troops are undergo- ing considerable hardships. Condi: tions became worse to-day, a nowh- erly gale compelling the warships and trasspurts to put to sea and safety. The usual desultory artillery hos continued all day with no portant result. . KILLED MOUNTED POLICEMAN. bn 1 Fritz Eberts Committed for Trial at firing imn- Preliminary Hearing. . Macleod, Mita, Nov. 17.--Charged with the murder of Mounted Police: man George E. Willmott, at Frank, in 1909, Fritz Eberis was a trial at the imi i there before Ss Primrose, of the R.N.WL.P. Mathias Jasper, ac- Jeused of complicity, turned King's evie wrote a confession acous- AWFUL SCENES Witnessed by Returned Ref BEHEADING OF CAPTUR- OF THE 3 ED MANCHUS, Foreigners' Goods Were Executed shooters Crucified -- Refugees Arrive at Vancouver, B.C. ? Vietoria, B.C., Nov. 17.---A large number of refugees from China, in- cluding some United States mission aries, arrived here yesterday, on the siepmer Canada Maru, and tell start- ling stories of bloody scenes at Shang- hai and other places where the rebels secured the upper hand. Ay Wa Chang, a smaller city, representatives of the foreign powers went to rescue missionaries and others, and the rebels opened the gates to them, bringing out Manchus who had been captured, beheading them in front of the rescus ers and telling the latter to report it to the world as an evidence of what would happen to all Manchus in the Chinese ompire, . One wealthy Manchu paid eighteen thousand dollars for his liberty, but was oaptured again and beheaded. Policemen who failed to proteet for eigners' goods and stores were oxecu- ted and their heads mounted on posts,Y and lgoters who attacked these stores were erucified to the doors as & warn- ddd EROTIC A] erally is that the rebels will agree to! nothing less than making the empire an out-and-out republic. ------ A MANIAC ABROAD. Ladies' Dresses Cut to Ribbons and Police Baffled. Sydney, N.S.W. time, past "there been an extraor- dinary mandi prevalent in Syduey for the wanton destruction of property, personal and otherwise. For the first time, the mania made itself aggravat- ingly evident, in the form of the smashing of plateglass windows in some of the big stores. In this way, damage to many thousands of dol lars has been suffered. © Follpwing tis, ludies attending theatres and other places of entertain. ment, would turn and fmd their dress es had been slashed in ribbons, as with a razor. The third form the mania has taken is the throwing of vitrol. So cunning. ly have the offences 'been committed, that the police up to the present time have not succeeded in capturing any of the offenders, MILITARY UNITS, © What Is Proposed With School Cadet Corps, Toronto, Nov, 1T.--Inspestor Hughes is in Ottawa, to-day, to see his broth er, the minister of militia. Ii is said they will talk over the proposal that the public school cadet corps, of all cities, be made part of the Canadian military system by the government re cognizing them as a military unit and furnishing them with uniforms, arms, amniunition, bugles and drums. . RUSSIA IS FACING A SEVERE. FAMINE fight Million Persons Already in Actual Want--Government Will St, Petersburg, Nov, 17.--Eight mill- ion persons are in need of immediate relief owing to the failure of the crops in twenty Russian provinces. This startling announcement was wade in the Duma by Premier Kokoviofi, in reply to interpellations concerning roe ports that famine threatened a wide area, The premier explained that the crops had failed completely in twelve pro- vinces, and partially in eight others. Of the 12,500,000 inhabitants of the affected territory, 8,000,000 were in need of immediate relief, The necessary measures would re- quire, the premier said, the expendi ture of $60,000,000, of which amount the imperial exchequer would have to find $44,000,000, "SENTENCED TO BE HANGED For Murdering a Man on the Street © in Teronto. Totonto, Nov, 17. Ji min was sentenced ustice Riddell to be hanged on 2nd, for murdering a man named Lougheed on the street. An appeal will be taken to the minister of justice on the ground Jessa- that Jessamine is a pargunoisc. C.N.R. in the West, St. Catharises, Nov, 17.-1t is an derstood here = that the Canadian Northern will commence early next rion on the construction of ibs branch through this fruit-carrying country, abd one of the eumpany"s survevors told loeal people thai the continudtion of the road through Wedtern y vin, Woodstock and ara vo, Winds; was, Suton Sale of toques for 19; 'dlonds, 2e.. STARTLING STORIES Policemen Who Failed to Protect] Nov. 17.--For somey- -------- WEATHER BILITIRS. Toraogto, Ont, Nev. 17th, 1% am. Of. tawa Valley and UppervSt: Lawrence Winds Increasing to ghles; past to south: snow th-night, turning in some focalities to rin. A T----A FOREARMED | Your Christmas shopping may become a heavy burden if neglected until the crowded days, just before the holidays why not do it now? UNDERWEAR ROR 7 | mc, DRY 600DS STORE PRICES All the good here, including Stanfield, Ellis, ote, oe ART RT IS Te WE makes aro Penman's, Turnbull's, We especially feature the cele- § brated : PENMAN'S | "ATT WOOL GARMENTS. Special lines at 78¢ and $1. All glgos from 36 to 44. "PENMAN'S" RED UNDER. WEAR For Men. Special at $1.85. "PENMAN'S" UNDERWEAR D For Hoys. Sizes, 20 to 82 FLEECE LINED GARMENTS From 25¢ to Abc, BOYS' WOOL GARMENTS, "Penman's" at 50c¢ to 90c. See thie underwear before | purchasing. They are all great value for the money. ] STEACY'S THE PEOPLE'S STORE. BPFARKS---On November 16th, 1811, to ww dnd Mrs. J. PP. Sparks, 4 daugh. Ler. + MARRIED, FARKIN--PAPPA--In Kingston, Ont, Nov. 10th, 1911, by the Rev. T. W. Neal, Miss Hazel Pappa, to Alfred C. Parkin, both of 4his elity DIED. LEMMON-~-In Kingston, on Now. 1911, Joseph Lemmon, -- ° 17th, aged 54 Years. Funeral from his Iate residence, 181 Alfred Street, on Monday, at 23.39 p.m Friends and acqusintances ure respestiuily requested to at- tend. - ROBERT J. REID, ~ The Undertaker, 'Phone 577. Princess Street, a Ra Sa Pre "Phone 147 for Ambulance. : TAKE NOTIOR. the Agency of ri ao ot Cy 00d. heaters, ne COS. Also a jot ol - Pond Hand, which. we: wits sell at. reduce ed prices. Don't walt till they are ail gone. Turk's. Phone 705 Rowntree's Chocolates 5 New Fall Fmportation has just arrived. Jas. Redden & Co P.8.--New Table Raisins. The Genuine Scott's, © Buckley's, Christy's, We have Stoves," "Royal the d modern Heath's famous hats at Ca 1 iProv', Kingston's only exclusive hat land fur store.® a 'You cannot afford fo be without ome of Uitdon's gusrantead' hot wa ter bags those days. The Toronto seizes greand jury re commended th of losnses of i