= {INT INSTALLATIONFRE | DEPOSITORS Will find in the Bank of To- | 1 ronto that seeurity for their money and convenience of de- || and withdrawal posit that anakes the Savings Accounts in this Bank so great an aid toils many depositors. ii] Cobet; hall trustee, J, Hey THE lH fstreet, | ucsday evening. il] Sarles; chaplain, G. Clanagl || cording secretary, H. Graham FOUR ORANGE LODGES OF THE CITY } BES RD Was Held on Tuesday Evening--Ofs cers Were 'Installed by Master W. J. Saunders, 'A joint installation of the District officers fol the four Orange lodges of the city was held in the Urange hall, I'rincess District Mas: ter W. J. Saunders was the Instatliog allicer. 'Ihe ofliecrs instajled were : | LOL, No. 6-Worshipful master, James MeCammon; deputy master, T, MebDganiels; chaplisn, C. Wolls;: re cording secretary, U. Ackerly; financial secretary, MH. Free; treasurer, J. Wat- i | som; director of ceremonies, W. Mulli- ~ xem death, fire was caused by the explos - Lion MW a coal stove in the parlor. The f. [total loss is placed at about $2,500, gan; foreman of committee, 1. 1 Go No. 316-- Worship} ter, W. Ferguson; depuly mal LOL, | cial secretary, C., Ferguson; tréas 107 PRINCESS ST. GEORGE B. McKAY, Manager. i | reco 111 dneial secretary, W. Hanson; ics, W. HH foreman of committee, W. Sade; hall W. Dien; director of ceremonies, Harris. lecturer, B. McCorchell; fore. man of eommittee, J. Purdy; ball' trustee, J. Berry. L.O.L., No. 352-Worshipful mas tog J. ( Saunders: deputy master, J. Birmingham; chaplain, W. McCammon; ing secretary, .J. Bulloch; © fim tris urer, BH. Eetles; . director of eercmon- Cronk; lecturer, W. Cullen: trustee, W. Cullen. LOA. No. 577---Worshipiol = ss ter, W, Chapman; deputy smester, HB. Davy; 5 Clarks ngoording chaplain, ( i |oceretary, W. J. Saunders financi secretary, J. Bennett; treasurer, "| hompson; director of ceremonies, GC. Webster: lecturer, HH. Huhter; foreman of committee, W. Webster; hall trustee After "he installation light refresh: ments were ferved, g HA i A Lecture on Feland. - Rev. W. F. FitzGerald gave his lect wo of "Ireland and the Irish," to a crowded house at St, George's hall on Tuesday evening, The lecture was even Al | Stter than on futdre occasions on ac: W. A. MITCHELL . a - Ask for Book on Treat- ment of Floors and Sample of Restorer. A new steamer is to be built for the Niagara, St. Catharities and Toronto line. h count of it being - somewhat longer. The lecture 'was given under the aus pices of the Woman's Association of the church and the ladies neted a {vient sw for their wndertaking. At times ihe lecturer had his atdience on the verge of tears, and the next mom- ent of laughter. At the close of the lecture the Bishop of Ontario moved a vote of thanks, seconded by the Dean of Ontario. The warm weather such as we have been experiencing for the past - twa divs has dampened the bopes of those who were anticipating the early ar vival of dee. Last - year on: December 10th, ice war here to stay. "Premo" canferas; very compact. Mahood"s Drug Store. It is said the Borden government will declare a bounty of $2 per ton on Ng ron. NaF chet powders. Mahood's Drug Store, 1 beds, AND MEMBERS oF Fav NARROW ESCAPE. Coal Stove Exploded the Contents, In a fire which broke out shortly al- ter six o'clock on Wednesday morn. ing, the home of Mrs. Margaret 0O'- Neil, at 263 Sydenham street, was' al- most totally destroyed hy five, with all its contents, while Mrs, O'Neil, her daughter; 'Miss Kate O'Neil, and son, Joseph O'Neil, had a narrow escape partly covered by imsarance. : Miss O'Neil, so it appears, happened to be awake at the time, when she heard the noise of the explosion; and Nhe acted promptly. Getting out as quickly as possible, she went to the room where her mother was slesping, close by, and got her out into safety, and in the meantime, her brother, the other member of the family home, had also been awakened by the noise, and was. astic. The building, being' a frame were able to make their escape way- of the back door, in the wick of time. The house quickly, and had mot Miss O'Neil act- ed promptly, in a few minutes all might liive been suficeated in their Mps. O'Neil is an aged lady, and it was & great shock to her apd also to the other members of the fam- weaks. being sent in, the first coming Bay streets, a telephone call coming in about the same time. plosion, the coal over 'on itd side A portion of the totally destroybd. rest was almost article, and the ruins. bers lost all their wearing apparel. of the pet dog of the family. ment. The dog was in the kitchen, un- and thus it died from suffocation. oy HAY {reoar at Home 0f{Otemrrénces in the City and Vicinity Mrs. PMargaret O'Neil, 263 Syden-| hai Street at Six O'Clock Wed- nesddy Morning--House Was Al-} most Totally Destroyed, With All structure; the fire made great head: way, but the members of the family, A i hy [the police station. filled with + smoke ily. Miss O'Neil has been confined 'to the home through illness for several The firemen were called, two alarms from Box 4, at .the. vorner of Rideau. and The fire, however, got a good start before the coll was sent in, and as it was ja frame building the flames did not take very long in' spreading over the en- tire building. As a' result of the ex: stove was' tarned roof was saved, with one side of the house, but the The family bad not time to save one house, which was well-furnished, soon became a mass of A fine piano was included jin the loss, while in addition to the loss of all the house furnishings, the mem- One life was lost in the blaze, that The poor canine had been suffering ifém a broken leg, and was undergoing treai- able to get out, and the members of the family had no lime to take it out, The house destroyed was one of the oldest homesteads in the city. Mrs. 5 i DAY'S EPISODES NOTES AND THINGS IX 7: GENERAL. «Other Brief Items of Interest Easily Read and Remembered. - Kodaks, all prices. Mahood's Drug Store. Japies T. Suthefland left, to-day, for 'eterboro. : Ls Uoumt oysters, the big Kind fry. ing, at Canovsky's. ia ] ber *Chs charch . sale, Thursday, Dee. Tih, at 3 o'clock. the report of the. W.C.T.U. meet- ing, will be published on Thursday. illiam Swaine, piano tuner. Urders received at McA gq, Phone 778, Court Froptenae, No. 59, 1L.U.F., will elect' its officers, to-morrow evening. A Christmas suggestion : Subscrip- tion 'the public library for your iriend. William Bailie, Barrie street, who has been quite- ill, is improving nicely now, De. J. NH. Bell, who has been visit- ing in the city, returned to Hamilton on Wednesday Navigption just closing on the great lakes unsatisfactory. » Men !, Call and sep our Perfect Com- fort Boot; just arrived. Store open at nights. Duttgn's. . The police return thanks to citizens who have contributed magazines to piano 21 King street; Leave orllers av Me Auley's book store. 4 "Bert" Revell, who has been sailing on the upper lakes all summer, is ex- pected home this week. Mr. and Mra. George F. B. Ruseell, of Ameliasburg, celebrated their golden wedding on December lst. Sheriff Henderson, of Brantford, ar- rived in the ¢ity, this afternoon, with 'Thomas Fitzpatrick, sentenced to three yeary for theft, "Mac" MacDonald, formerly connec ted with the street railway company, here, is now might foreman in the street railway barns at Calgary. Music for Christmas; great variety; 2,000 copies, 10c., by Chopin, List, Wagner, Verdi, ete. Dutton's music store, 209 Princess street. ; The police have received no informa: tion whatever, considering the where abouts of Bernard McColl, Camden East, who was reported missing. ; Miss Bessie MeGall, Queen street, left the Hotel Dien Tuesddy aiternoom, having been there for, three weeks suf- fering from an attack oi appendicitis, Dutton's store open at nights--for Christmas presents, Underwear, sweat: ers, boot, music. Men and women, call. 209 Princess street. There: was: but one drunk, in police court, Wednesday morning, and he was fined $1 %ami costs, with the op- tion of ten days. He had the money to pay. Prevost, Brock street; has received all his fall and winter goods for his onder slothing department, also in ready-made clothing and gents' fur- nishing 'department; 'they are all well assorted with new for "men gay the season was BC tuner, ¥ A Fine se ii Collection of Linen Now awaits your choosing. PURE LINEN TABLE CLOTHS mew and pretty patterns, $2:00, 2.50, 3.00, 3.50, 3,75, 400, 4.50 and up through al NAPK INS, over 50 distinct makes to select from, $1, 1.25, 1.50, 2.00, 2.25, 3.00,.3.75, 4.50 otrup through the list. > WINE TABLE CLOTHS and Napkins to match each set putin Gift Box, $4.50 sett, 5.50,4.00. 6.75 and many others 6u up to 24,00 sett. - L ong assortment. FANCY TOWEL dainty patterns, At per yard; 20c yard 45¢ yard, 25c yard, , 30¢ yard, 30e yard; » ip 60c yard, 35¢, 400. : FINE PURE LINEN Fine Linen Huckaback, Af per yard, -25c, ~ 45e yard, 35¢, 50¢ yard, 40c. For making' Gift Towels, new and EMBROIDERED TOWELS New .and pretty patterns. make a most acceptable (iift. Prices Toe, 90¢ 95c. FINE LINEN DAMASK | TOWELS Each at 30¢, 75¢, 60c, 90c, $1 each. TONELS STAMPED READY YO EMBROIDER Size 44 inches long by 24 inches wide. Price H0c cach. B SHEER HANDKERCHIEFS LINEN, 50¢, 60¢, 75c, 90c, $1, 1.25. WAISTING LINENS, Fine Makes, Medium Makes, Round Thread Makes, 45¢ to 90¢. LINENS FOR FANCY WORK, in many makes and a variety of widths. O'Neil owned the house, and had liv- : sider oF His ed there for upwards of thirty 'years. Embroider or Initial. The house was a landmark of the city. PILLOW LINENS, for making up Pillow Slips to Widths 42 inches, 45 inches, 50' inches, 34 inches. PURE LINEN SHEETINGS, 72'inches, 81 inches, 90 inches. PITH OF THE NEWS, The Very Latest Culled From All Over the World, A. L. Beck, principal of the Cali- fornia, Ohio, public school, died of in- JH juries received in playing football when he joined with the students in kicking the ball in the school yard. Playmg with a revolver * whieh he found under his father's pillow, Paul, the fourteen-yedr-old son 'of 'Charles | Peters, of Slatington, ' Pay accident: ally Blow of the top hia had. v Jo , the seven-month-old son Savannah yesterday. Mr. and Mes. J.-P. Razskas, Shenan- b > doah, was given #4 piece of meat to "leat. Tt lodged in his throat, choking him to death before medical sid ar ASKS (HAT - ved. Lg "A twelve-inch fall kjjled John Den} y DECLARED NULL! vo. a New York factory watchman, He fell over backward while adjusting % bar at the elevator well, which is Mrs. Herbert's Latest 'Aeticn on" foot deep. His skull was frac' The Forerunner of An Montreal, Dec. 6:~There was avoth- THE INHUMAN WHITES, Memphis, Tenn. Dec. 6. As a warning that they want- od all negroes to clear away from their district, a white mob burned two negroes and one negress to death in a waggon load of cotton near All our Ladies' Winter Coats, Reversible Cloths, Twaeds, Fur Collar Coats, no reserve, every coat op Sale at ; i me | HALF-PRICE | | BLOUSES SUMABLE FOR uh GIFTS | Ferree Seeds deit Linen and Lace Doylies Linen and Lace Table Squares, Sideboard Runners, Embroidered Table Mats, Hemstitched Doylies, Hemstitehed Tray Cloths, anda. great variety.of Fine Qur directimportations from Belfast, Ireland. ured. : : om While. temporarily insane as. the. re- Linens for Table sult of desponding over a fancied wrong, Hugo Malone, aged thirty. a sawyer at acmill near Scotia, Pa, . hurled himself in front of a revoly- Hi pe a the Tees Jas ing saw and almost instantly his head n ase yesterday, en 3 ve hi Mrs. Hebert, asked that the judiment and right arm were severed from is hullifying her marriage be declared | x¢ K ha 5, 20 in the mall and void: 1t i understood this ie Jt Kanane Clive, a Hav orerumner of an action to definitely ,, lapsed, three children, Flossie test in the courts the right of ecclés- Pe Hebel Hutchinson, fourteen = amd iastical canons to declare MArYIAge |oleven years old, _ respectively, and null. i Roscoe Sparks, ning years ald, were |B killed and two others seriously in- is Jured. i To save a pet dog which he feared Linen Handkerchiefs for Men. Special Value, 10¢, 12}c, 15¢, 20c, 25e. : Special Value,-8 for 50c, a aidlaw & Son. ze aif rt Pt - ready-to-wear department is filled with pret- ty Blouses for Xmas. ... H. W. Richardson spoke at the in- : Mterview with the government re Wel: was drowning, Herbert Johrson, the Net and Silk blouses in all colors, Kimona and ping. I vi ten-year-old . W. Johnson, Saud anal don lng Tn ne at oom s Jong sleeves. Regular $450 to $6.00 a ursc ay : $2.98 : of jee coating the treacherous nd jo sank dH a an wr | 2 4 ing & : p m en ge an was Linen and Vesting {Blouses in Tailored Btyle ka foto, Mol | Regular $300 to $550 amp 2 $0seeeciegseny jessssee 0000000008000 00000000 wsBrs CHRISTMAS | SUGGESTION ' HOW ABOUT A NICE HAND BAG "°.. OR SUIT CASE? We Have Our Christmas Stock All Here. Que Prices Are Particularly Low "4 4Qur Goods All 'The Newest Styles AR FO 4nd Best, Make 'We Would Like To Have You Call " 'vAvrd Bee Our Nice Display. : aK The Lockett Shoe Store PENS00S000000000000R00000000000500009000000 b Seana a. 1 EE THE MATTER POSTPONED ; 198 Cy : tically "| rhe steamer Sowards was exposted [Until the Kingston Parties Can 'bel 8 . 3 Ke . Wi , . ive at Bath, (kis afternoon, with Heard. Se 5 a lieved th dm ui + rom Oswego. The Sowavds has A special from Ottawa tothe Whig stonisns are i | was up. Sowards: is always one of | E> of the local coal fleét to be id up, bc s The schooner Abbie L. Andrews is amdive this®: afteroon, with gif Sowards, : jh + pe 2202000000000 0000000000000000000000000 000000 { fal til the anh Ts. wil probably. be belpre the . t will y be board at the January session. . pe er Fy Ww an's fountain pens is a * ta Claus box," 82.50, - Mahood'sD Stare. : 5 a Rar 1 Burt Bennett, J. C. $0! { McPherson, of the nahn i 3 Torome, wets arrested with forgery t sachet powders heft. . Mabhood's Drug 2d i Sesencssssescinsesdanasincensstessecee