- 'YEAR 78 NO, CANNOT TELL Where Power Wil Be Secured to the eost for power. The cos would nll depend number places taking the p were 'sitnated, mad would use. I would sheurd say just at present, the would be, as it was so interwoven, on the be what of where they umount they to cost Mr. Beck pointed out the greal swe cess of the power in Uttava, and the t WORKER WEDS She Married Her First Convert For Kingston HON. ADAM BECK SAYS THIS MUNICH References Made to Criticisms From Kingston--Impossible Definite Application Rate TIN Made. "on long to /the peopl the people, for a declared Hon. Ax DEPENDS . ON VYOIE PALITIES, to Give The waterways of this country are among its greatest assets, e, amd will be il time to lam "OF they be de- veloped for the people, and owned by come," Beck, chairman of the Hydro Electric Commission, at the close of his address, in the city council chamber, Wednesday night, He great reductions made in the eet, Jy the first year 190K, there was a sm plus of $18,000; in 190Y, over ¥23. 000 and: in 1910, over ¥21,000. And this was' alll after a reduction of one half had been made in the former rates of the company, selling the power. It had been cut from fifteen cents to seven and one-hall cents per kilo-watt, and from sixty-five to forty per street lamp, Still further recluctions had been made last Octo- ber of pearly thirty per cent. The eae said that the whole question was as to whether the city would have a public owned concern or one owned: by a company The city was not forced to sign a contract, I'he matter wos left in the hands of the people. The commission did not skep in to make negotiations until the people voted to do se. London reports showed that the.city, after using the power for nine months, had a net surplus of $13,200. If taken for the year, this would easily he a is $15,000. And this was most geatify- ing. London formerly had 2,500 tsers; to-dgly over 5,000 customers, and with {new applications wénld {In cottages, the power was used {it was costing all the way from twet [ty=five cents to ninety esnis per month, Romance Began When Labored to Rescue From the Life He Was Leading. New York, Dec. the Fowery when Miss Anna Butler mm marriage to berg, the first of her converts. Six months ago Miss Butler appear- at the Rescue Hall, told Callahan, the felt there must be some part his cifeult eould help him in: Miss Butler eft. a home where every luxury reach 6,000, money could buy was here In Bowery SHE -LEFT HER HOME TO AID THOSE WHO WERE VERY UNFORTUNATE, She "Sunny Jim" 25.2-A romance of reached a happy stage gave herself Charles H. Kronen- John that of woman had that for the dir. Callahan welcomed her the superintendent, work that a KINGSTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, A NATI VE APPOINTED. Sir Krishna Gupta to of " Wes London, Dee. 27.--~A despatch the baily Mail from Calcutta thé rumor that Sire Gupta, will be appointed governor of new province of Bengal. A native has never before held such an important post. MAY GET $25,000 Girl's Attorneys Won't Accept Less as Compromise for Outrage it Is Said Lincoln Centre, Kan., Dee, 28.--Miss of the will receive not less than $25,000 as "smart mon- ey" for the outrage committed on her. Miss Chamberlain intended to bring suits for damages against all the par- ticipants in the tarring, but proceed: ings are now under way for a com- ber Mary Chamberlain, the victim Shady Bend "tar party," promise and $25,000 is the least attorneys will accept in settlement. E. C. Clark, Jay Fitzwater and Wat- son Scranton, who pleaded guilty, and John Schmidt, who was convicted, are worth in the aggregate $100,000. Their pleas of guilty and the conviction of be Governor to giv Krishna - Gobina member of the India council, the 1911. ATIGER SPRANG Upon Elephant Caming King George NERVE OF THE KING REMAINED FIRED INTO ANIMAL. es Two Marksmen on Either Side of His Majesty Put Two Bullets Through the Tiger's Head, Killing It. Bombay, Dec, 28.--A sensational re- port that King George had a narrow escape from death while {iger-bunting in Nepal, was circulated here vester- day. The story was told by a native who had accompanied the royal ex- pedition as a game beater. Although every precaution possible had been taken to protect the life of his majesty, an enormous tiger, streak- ed wit blood from several wounds, and frantic with pain and rage, leap- ed upon the elephant from whose back King George did the shooting. Two of the best shots in India were UNSHAKEN AS HE hig SHOT MASKED ROBBER. A Success Until He Started to Leave Shop. Hoboken, N.J., Dec. 28.--~A masked and armed gobber, who held up father and son in their undertaking estab- lishment, last night, was shot and killed by the son while the man was engaged in a desperate struggle with the father for the possession of a re volver. The pair, Charles = Hofiman and Charles Hoffman, Jr., allowéd the robber to go through their pockets, but as he started to leave the elder Hoffman seized the hand holding She revolver before he could fire. Tg A TOWN AGAIN BURNED, Golden City, Poreupine, Again Suf. fers From Fire. Golden City, Porcupine, Dee. 28. -- Nearly half the town had to be dyna- mited to stop the progress of a fire which "broke out at two o'clock this morning, in the Roumanic saloon Nearly every building which escaped fire last July was destroyed, to-day, including the Lyric theatre, where the relief committee directed operations at the last fire. The total damage is fifty thousand dollars; insurance prae- tically nil. Hundreds are living tents again, with the around the zero mark. in thermometer BURIAL BY INSTALMENTS. Victim of Acgrident--Mourner at + LAST EDITION WEATHER PROBABILITIES. Toronto, Ont, Dee. 38th, 10 am. --Ot- tawa Valley and Upper St. Lawrence Strong north-westerly winds; fair and much colder, with jotal snow flurries to-day and on Friday. 3 THE NEW EMBROIDERIES ARE HERE aid apd she became a regular work-| Nchmidt leave them exposed for dam- | 1 ages, and upon the advice of their at- torneys they are attempting to com- promise rather than to go into court where they might be stripped elean. Clark has transferred his flour and feed mill and other property worth $50,000 to his business partner, and is preparing to leave town. This action edn be wet aside in the courts, if neces- sary. ; Theregig, talk also in Sandy Bend of changing the name of the village. The almosf' wnknimong condemnation of the fidgss, isllen upon the town and work and she made -him stick to the | he people are eager to get from under iob, For weeks she rarely let him it: They say that so long as the town out of lux sight and gradually Ter retains the name it will be held up to hg wopked on the man. until | scorn, and . its inhabitants marked about } mohth ago it was clear that | Wherever they go. The better people "Sunvyl Jim" Kronenberg was roally of the town are saying they have a pernijnently reformed man. smelled all the tar they want to for Ahouffthis time the Bowery begat the next hundred years. to sus joined iy rE EARTHQUAKES UNDER SEA IMPERIL VESSEL S---- thodist bhurch, to which Miss Butler belongs, and he took the little mis- Series of Upheavals Mark Voyage of the Pennsylvania in Pacific sion wirkér to and from service re stationed on thé elephants on each i side of the king. Each had fired upon the tiger when it wae driven from cov- er by a horde of game beaters, but their bullets missed a vital spot. King George fired first, that hor being accorded all guests of the ma- harajah. He missed, and after the beast had been wounded in half a dozen places, it made the leap that landed it on the elephant just back of the royal howdah, ~ The king's nerve remained unshak- en, and as the tiger fell to the ground with two bullets through its head, fired by marksmen on either side of the king, his majesty cooly pumped another shot into it from his heavy express rifle. {and in many cases this included the {ironing done by the women. London iwas the chegpest lighted city on the | eontinent Mr. Beck referred to the power from the Trent river, stating that the cen itre of Canada was under one interest. { The scheme of the government was to {have the entire system on a line, in- | eluding Windsor to Cornwall, Ottawa and North Bay. It was not possible to say that the power for the eastern section would not come from the Trent, but that it must come from Waddington, N.Y, Ottawa or High Falls. The action of the government in the matter depended entirely on the action of the municipalities in voting on the by-laws. If the people answer ed in the afirmitive, then it would be the duty of the government to inves tigate and acquire the whole of the Trent district. He was not coming out with any imaginary schemes. This was not speculative, but an accomplished fact, The eastern section was well situat- ed for cheap power, and the farmers would get the use of the power cheap er than the farmer in the west. It n 1%: Iwas 8 question of whether there would Mr. Beck wad jutrodaced by Dr. Ed- 1p, es between two parties. ward Ryan. Loe fattor explained that How did the people look upon the de- th hdd been "wathes hurriedly | Chaysting. Corl Rion wrially laprient-of tho resources of the colin: Funeral of Leg, Minneapolis, Dec. 28.-~To be chief monurner at the funeral of part of him- self is to be the novel experience of John Moes, of this city, who was run over by a street car and injured severely that the amputation of right leg was necessary. By Moes' direction the limb will be placed in a vault, placed in a come tery and when he has recovered, it will be interred with the customary burial rules. eo. | Mise Butler, an unusually pretty girl, thad no difliculty in making friends with the men. None was so low, To We announce for to-morrow a splendid showing of beautiful Embrolderies which we knaw will please everyone who likes { dainty needlework. g REFINED ELEGANCE is .the strong feature of thekc lovely pleces, besides every pattern is absolutely exclusive, and they will not be duplicat- ed. Switzerland's Best Needlework. IN EDGINGS, 80 much of a backslider, but what she had encouraging words for 11h. And so she came to know Kronenberg, a great, burly fellow of forty-five years, who had run the ga- mut of the life which men fall into ulong the Bowery. Miss Butler made Kronenberg's re- form Wr special work. She labored with hin incessently., She got him 80 his Suicided on Christmas Eve. Beauce, Que., Dee. ~~ With the sound of the Christmas bells ringing in her ears, Angelina Roy, . eighteen years old, jumped to death from the river pier in the village of St, George on Sunday evening. No motive for the girl's act is known. GIRL LTS SWEETHEART; HANGS ONTO PRESENTS Disappointed Lover Has Whole Fam- ily Arrested for Obtaining Goods ag INSERTION, BEADINGS, GALOONS, PDEMI-FLOUNCINGS, CORSET COVER EMBROID- ERTIES, AND FLOUNCINGS. Don't fail to see the 27 and 40 inch widths for Dresses, Tunics, etc., because we have never before gathered together such a desirable offering at such reasonable prices. OTTAWA KIDS DELIGHTED BANDINGS, HON, ADAM BECK. With Entertainment, Given Them at Ottawa, Dec. 28.~Their Royal High- nesses the Duke and Duchess of Con- naught and Princess Patricia are ver: itable Santa Clauses in the opinion of the children of New Edinburgh, which is the ward where Rideau Hall is lo- cated. These children were entertain ed at Government House last evening in the truly royal style, Prince 'atrigia pulling cratkers with the mer- En The duke himyelf die dealt with the power question, at some length, belere a joint méoting of the city council and the board of trade, and prominent citizens, the meeting being nade a public one, and the chamber being woll filled. Mayor Graham presided, and Hon, gularlyh, Then the two began to go to the losoue Hall together and go away together, Linst week the news of the engage ment gat out. Alter the services tho usugl testi was given by the - . "on men, Bhd one old {imer rose and children "an morning, that Jp 0 ck, would available, How y the city was glad of having an opportunity of wel- coming the speaker, who would deal with a question of wiiwersal interest to the present, and future interests of the city. : Mr. Book explained at the outset, that he was not in Kingston as a power vendor, He wished to point out that where the power scheme had been carried out, it had proven to he an unqualified = success. 'There been an idea in the eastern part Ontario, that this section had = not! received due consideration on the ped of the hydro electric commission. Per: _ haps there were mimy reasons for Shia doa Jetting abroad, There was the fact Lt &t was a new project; that it had pever heen put to the fest. Results would first waut ta ho soon. 1 the oastern part of the provinge de sired to go into the undertaking the same us in the west, then ways and means woul! be andlor lana to expro priate property aud go on with the work, The speaker then went on ta speak of the prheiple of the project, refer ring to the securing of power at the Niagara Falls, how it was a great re velation to the people, und & great boom to the industrial world. None of the corportions; seearing the pow- er, had asked for a change, and should not this be taken as a guaran tee that it was acceplable to the people ! 'lhe hill governing the work of the commission was most deastic, giving it power to axpropriste lands generating plants, ef. This was a great power to place ih the hands of three men: if abused, it would work the greatest injusticé, but if used right would be a great benefit te cor porations. : Mr, Beek pointed out how the en- tive scheme brought no prefit to the province, There wast no other object, other than to asstt munizipalities, No attempt was made to induce a cor poration to take the power. Reference was made to the amount of Worse power being nvel by the different municipalities January Ist, thicty-nine municipalities would voting on the hylaw, There Thum be sams gend reason for this, & to cost power, it depended ou three or four things; the cost of , interest amd sinking fund in transit. be set, they belo people for all applause.) RH was time to come. our pride in our own people. meant to them, even the smallest ferests would be unanimous in in it; mes, In London there bad bebn rent many political strilg@hos; bat this power question politics were be ing drooped, and he hol would also be done in Kingston. polities should noi enter into it. a national issne, for power would be of power used. to the municipalities. Reference made to the villages being supplie with power. all this. very attentivply throughout, and ing with the power is also ell ak of vote of thanks was t by ried by a standing vote. stated that 4 fais 4 ics will eut no figure in this,' he said. sible ain we can for the city," . it in the store of M The waterways were a great as <10 the people, and would be developed and owned Ly 'the (Loud this country country that our pulp should not only be made into paper, but that it should be made in our own country, and by If the people of On- tario but understood what this power the 'of passing of the by-laws on election day. . He wished the people to remember that he was not a vender of the pow- or; was not urging the city to take 4 ho felt that he was but only Fdoing + his duty ws a poblip wan; in placing the facts before the people. @ brged the people to forget party lines . that this It was purely a matier of business, and It was more than a parly issue; it. was Mr. Beck pointed out that the tates adjusted from time to time, according to the amount All the surplus went wah As to the cost of equipment, ete. the saving in five years would cover Mr. Beck's romarks were listened to at the close, on motion of Ald. BR. F. El liott, chairman of the light, heat amd power committee, which has been deal) ion, and who h cudtern section of municipalities aiter cheap power, a to the speaker, The resolution was seconded Mayor-Elect ¥. J, Hoag, and car- In moving the resolution, Ald. EI Hott, ay on his own behalf, (question would cer- not be made a political one. "We will make the best pos- pointed out that the Ottawa, + Dec. 28.--Elizaboth Mas sey, a widow residing on Bell strest, {was arrested about pine o'clock Sa- "Wo all have got to thank the Ford for one thing to-day, and that is that Sunny Jim and our dear friend, Niss Butler, are going to be married. May the Lord bless them and keep them happy." There was a chorus of ""Amens" at this. Then Dr. Verth invited everybody who cared to rémuin to stay and see the wed: -{ding. Not a man left the place. There will be no wedding trip. Kron- enberg will go right en with his work and he and his bride will give all their spare moments to 'the work A the Hadley Rescue Hall, Miss Butler is twenty-one years old Kron- enberg is forty-five: * Dir. Sun Yet Sen will probably be the first : president. of the Chinese republic. Mongolia is to become a Russian San Francisco, Coby Dees. ~Barth- heavy seas marked the voyage of the Pacific Mail line steamship Pennsylvania, which ar- quakes and unusually rived in port from Panama. J. E. Keenan, chief engineer, the Gulf Pennsylvania off the deed feet along the deck. He bruised: The earthtjuske zone was entered at De- upheavals con- tinued until three o'clock in the after- about 'The Pennsylvania eight o'clock on the morning of cember 17th, and the noon, coming at intervals of wenty minutes, 3 was off Acapulco at the ti hag spending Lawrence Fitzgerald to Montreal after Christmas holidays Mr. and Mrs. James King street. was caught by a huge roller that boarded of Tehuantepec and was swept one hun- was dashed against a winch and seriously returned. his with his parents, Fitagerald, 194 YOU CAN VOTE YES! : How. Adam Beck scored a distinct sucess last evening when hé defined the present status of the Hydro-Elee tric Commission and its ability serve the people with regard to ¢heap power. He was heard in Kingston be fore, on two occasions, but not to the Advantage with which he was hosed in this last visit, and simply because he was in a position "to deal more particularly with his work, A new and satisfactory meaning hos been given to the enabling bylaw upon which the people will vote on Monday. 1t clothes the council with ah authority, which it has not mow; to 'consider # contract for power. To | watrants the counsil in considering how jt may utilize its plant, and how far it may have to atid to the eyuip- ment, in order to receive the hydio current and distribute it at a profit, The, and only then, it seems. the commission will be justified in propos- ing a 'binding agreement. : Sines Mr. Betk was last here tondi- tions have changed in Eastern On tarfo, The Waddington option for power rémaims. At Ottawa, and at Chat's Falls 'is the prospect of an elirly flevelopment of power. On the Tieni, of dems 4 and 8, the to mission and the i" yuite been ini Western Ontario. One thing more is outlook' for Eastern assuring. timates of cost, and that there is municipalities, which are using sOme cases, - az in Galt, expenditure is heavy tetiance and sinking fund ean Kingston is peculiarly placed. tership in which it has embarked. did the proper thing in buying at is prepared to supply power, Ontario as bright as the outlook has The latest reports from the commission il dicate that it is well within its es handsome surplus in its transactions to date. The latest returns from the the Hydro power, some twelve in number, show thaf generally there is a balance on the right side, and fhis balance in London, Guelph, and Woodstock, is very large. | The cost of power is cheaper, and the] Hlumination of the towns and cities © s all expectations. This is very satisfying. It means that if the initial the guarantes follows that all the charges for main- be readily met, and that the project from the start is not regarded as a bur may not be handicapped by the own- valuation the plants of the gas. and power company, The council will "do the proper thing in seeing how it can Vert its power site into a receiving ion, and how much it will vost to provide the appliances that will take ry mantling the Christmas tree for their benefit. Everybody got away with some momentos of the occasion, as well as a liberal supply of sweets and oth- er delleacies for the folks at home. ------------ DELEGATES TO % The Monarchy in China is Tikely 0 Soon End. Pekin, Dec. 28.--It is understood that the imperial family, after a long conference with the ministers, in which the dowager empress fought hard for a war on the revolutionists to a finish, have deciled to allow the gues tion of abolishing the monarchy to be setiled. by delegates from all =~ the provinces. This practically means their abdication and arrangements are already made to prepare for them their palace at tains of Mongolia, a fifty miles from here. hundred and ee ------------ " SIXTY.FIVE DEATHS In Berlin From Eating Diseased Smoked Herrings. Berlin, Germany, Dec. 28.-More deaths occurred (at the municipal pdor houses, to-day, bringing the total as result of eating disease] smoked her- rings, up to sixty-five, with eighty others still in hospital in a eritical condition. The civic authorities have been ordered by the government to take drastic measures, and fourteen sf arrests of civic contractors and offi- feials have been made. Another G.T.R. Strike? Montreal, Dec. 28. Officials of the Grand Trunk Railway company de clare there is no chance of their con ductors and engineers going oul - on strike on January dst, as alleged by an article in Le Canada, this morn- ing. Members of the men's unions will not discuss the matter. According to Le Canada, the men will demand that their wages equal those on the Cana- dian Pacific railway. a Solendid Heroism. New York, Dec. 28. The fourmasted schooner Randall was driven on the rocks near Rhode Island, early this morning, and sank partly. All the crew took refuge in the cross trees and could .be seen from {he shore waving frantically for help.' Seversl life boat crews have tried to make the wreck and rescue the sailors, finally saving them after all splendid heroism. Cased Her Deuth. Windsor, Unt., Dec. 28 While feel ing her 'way across the Kitchen floor, Mrs. Matilda Guichon, a blind wd man, eighty-two, thro a man, ghd ¢ the cellar that had been loft open by her daughter, and sts tained injuries that causkd her death almost immediately, , It I a Munich, Dasani, yh 28, ce Regent lLuit varia, now in his ninety-first year, if suffering, it is feared, from serious injuries. re gent recently fell from his horse. Since then he has shown symptoms which have given the Jehol on the moun- | attending physicians {bard Inn Under False Protonces Wilkesbarre, Pa., Tho. M8. -- Charging that Miss Anna O'Sada, of West Hazle ton, has jilted him and has refused to return the valuable presents as well as the wedding trusseau that he. .pro- vided for her, George Michaelwich, of this city, had warrants issued for the arrest of the girl and of her parénte He charges them with obtaining goods under false pretenses, and Ald. Brown will ive them a hearing. to day. Michaelwitch declares he was to have been married to the girl within a few days, but that last week she jilted him and when he found she would not change her mind, he decided to have the whole family arrested Short of Candidates, Prescott, Omt., Dee. 28-~Prescott is in the peculiar position of having only one candidate for the town council, instead of the necessary seven. John Smythe in the only. citizen aspiring to that honor. The two eandidates for the mayor's chair as well as all the others who were nominated for aldermen resigned at the last moment. As the school board is elected by acclamation the only question to be decided by the electors on Monday will be the hydro-electric power by-law. NO QUARTER GIVEN IN PARAGUAY BATTLES Wounded Killed After Each Fight--- Five Factions Seek Control of Government New York, Dec. 38 Interesting de tails of the revolution in Paraguay were related here, today, by a New York lawyer, who has just returned after a five montns' stay in Paraguay and Uruguay. According to this man the published reports of events in the civil war, which hegan last January, fall far short of showing the real na- ture of the revolution. In a battle in Mirch near the city of Asuncion there were 900 dead\ and no wounded, It is stated as a set that after this battle the victorious army went through the ranks of the vanijuished, bayonetting and cutting the throats of the wounded. There were no hospital arrangements on either side. The situation ih Paruguay has been brought about chiefly through fhe struggle oi five factions for the con- trol of the government. Martial law provails and has prevailed for many months in the capital. The churched sre used for basracke. The business of the country has been brought to = standstill. Every man 8 Habld iol serve in the army, amd few trouble to | take up regular occupations Every. | where, according to the American vied | tor, the women do the hard work. | They man the shops, the farms, and) even the slaughter houses, : Only a few days \ more to join Ta J library, $1. "Gibson's." Sale' of corsets, special value, 50c 'TAGGART "ATIP FROM PARIS How to make up these pretty things. We will tell you if you call. SEE WINDOW DISPLAY AT STEACY'S THE PEOPLE'S STORE. ~~ MARRIED, JAWSON---~AL the Parsonage, il surg, Ont, Dec, 27th, 1811, by tev. I. W. Danby. B.A, Wellington Orser, son of Ambrose Orser ep fer, Ont, to Velma Lawson, daugh- ter of Edwin Lawson, Kepler, Ont CAMPBELL--1In Kingston, 28th, 1911, by the Rev, Mr Gertrude B. Campbell, daughter of 'Mr, and Mrs, fohn Campbell, 292 Barrie Street, to Jas. G. Taggart, of Toronto OMtawa and Toronto papers please copy. CORNE PARTRIDGE-~In Kingston, an bee. 27th, 1911 in BL James Chureh, by F T W. Bavary "lorence Emily, oldest daughter of Mr. and rs P, Partr age, 1" Collingwood Streel, to William Sidney Corner, Toronto NICHOLS WILSON--In Bt. George's i and Mrs, Walter njinmin DIED. BURTON-In Kingston, on Dee 27th, 1811, Martha Dunseath, wife of J. V. 15. Burton, aged 72 years. Funeral from her late residence, 210 Queen Street, on Friday afternoon, at 2.30 Service at two, Friends and acquaintances are respectfully respuasted to attend. ETEACY In Kingston, T 27th, 1811, William H Bleacy, brother of Mrs. EJ. Taylor, fred Street, aged 0 years, Funeral (private) from 8 8 {indertaking... Baplors, morning, ten ek OHSER on Lec SBellery third daughter of Mr Wilson, to Nicholson Ont, on Dec, Corbett's Baturday "Phone for Ambulance en PAT EA, > per Amber TAKE NOTICE. . We have the Age of the "Roy Stoves," good ki : modern a lot of good heaters, , which we will sell st re@uc~ Don't walt till they are ail gone. Turks. Phone 706. OUR COFFEE The people who drink a.cup or two of our. Java and Mocha Blend Every morning feel well---180k well--w- work well. © od prices. The price is 40c per pound, Jas Redden & Co. Order vour dorset at Dutton's, 20 Princesa street, y for your winter's abard Inn, $1. "Gibson's." Aa Rev, W. F. Anderson, of Toromio, has recived a call fo the Orillia Pros. byterian . .