' PAGE sx. . PUTTING Up SHARE MILLIONS IN FAXES PAID. BY STEEL COMPANY, Talking -About the Railways--=Their Securities © Are Being Néglected Cin the. World's Markets. J New York, Sept. 12.--The U. §. Steel Corporation is certainly con- tributing its share to the public revenue of the country. Last year its taxes, including mllowanee for federal excise tax, amgpunted .to $9,622,347. Its gross ™ business aggregated $507,973,000, and its fel property account $1,591,276 - 000, Taxes pald were equal to 1.89 per cent. of the gross busihess and 0.60 per cent. of property valu- ation, * The. net earnings of 'the Steel Corporation in IR], Jom deprecia- tion and sinking f amounted to $4,466,000, so that the ratio of tax} dation' to net earnings was approx- imately 11.5 per cent. There has Deon no material increase in the grows revemne of the U, 8. Steed Corporationgsince 1902, but tax ation shows an L enprnoud increage. VU. B. "Railroads. The Bache Review (N. Y.) says: In the southwest, thére are .160. $00,000 seres of land more than ten miles from a railroad. and more or less neglected, and to develop these, needs 27,000 miles of new road. If expansion of the railways stops, the progress of the country becomes crippled. A blighted crop United Stafes smeans wide. We admit that Corby's Special Selected 18 sweet, golden 'Whisky-- and that is what other whisky would be if it could CORBY"S of Corbyville for over half-a-century Iskrge Bottle $1.00--under Government Seal--at best Hotels and Stores Rev. Wm. Rochester Wik Discuss it spread trouble and> hard times. Hampering «the railroads so that | {ransportation eanisot earn adequate | returns, clogs the whole industrial} machine and minimizes the benefits | of goed crops. : That is exactly what is happening | in the United States to-day. The railroads need additional | capital to prove °' facilities for | handling increasing transportations | of the country. They have a limited market for! new securities because they cannot! keep up suffelent earnings to war-! rant the confidence of investors, Consequently American railway se- curities are neglected In the mar-| kets of the world. Financial Notes. In the month of August the Por- {cupine camp. produced. well © 'over half a million dollars in gold. P. Boginean, Haileybury, and hix partners have sold one claim in the township of Gauthier, in the Larder Lake mining division for $10,000, A rumor has been current on the {mining market that the provincial government was about to reduce] ithe royalties imposed upon the Cobalt mines. iv The burean of insular affairs re- iports that the .exports' of tha { Philippine Islands exceed those of any previous year by more thdn { $10,000,000, while trade with the {United Sistes has increased fifty fold, : Sir Max Aitken and R. B. Ben- |. nett, M.P., Calgary, have purchasod | a string of eighty grain elevators in | the west, with a total capacity of 3, 600,000 bushels. . The - elevators | were owned by American interests: Last month the Nipissing mine! 'produced $226,613 net, and shipped ' $170,213 net. Of this amount only | 1236,000 ounces were in bullion, as! the high-grade mill was shut down | for ten days while the tube mill; was being repaired. The McLaughlin® Carriage Co., Oshawa, has taken out a permit to build an addition to its faetory, two storeys high, 250 ft. x 60 ft | The -present n@nufacturing facilit- ies are Inadequate to meet the in. creasing demand. The organization of a company by Montreal and Toronto interests under the name of the Montreal) Motion Pictures, Limited, with a view of establishing a chain of tres throughout Montreal 1s projectad, The estimated corn cron of the United States is 2,955,000,000 bus els, an increase of 144,000,000 bushels over August and, compar- ing" with the 1911 final yield of 2.581,400,000. Total spring and winter wheat crop is estimated af | 690,000,000 bushels, as against last year's final figures of 621,388,000, PRIEST Ww INS MASS SUIT. Sues Brookign Man for $30 for Re. cent Funeral, New York, Sept. 13.--Judgment was awarded yesterday to Myr. Thomas Toafie, pastor of St. Patrick's Roman Cathodic charch, Kent and Willoughby avenwes, Brooklyn, in & suit which he {und Rochester are having brought against Frank Balsito, of No. 08 Elmore street, to recover $30, which the priest said was due him. Ihe suit followed the failtre of the defendaty to pay to the priest com plete eSpotises for a solemn réguiem masa for Joseph Balsito, a brother. Acvording to Father Taafle, Vulsito came to him and arranged for the mass, with choir and organ service, for which he agreed to pay 5% The priest. said that only $30 was paid and the rest came out of his on poe: ket. | TALC MINE FOR MAROC. | Prope Acquired by Canadian Fale ard. Silica Company. Belleville, Sept. 13.-The Canadiad Tale dd Silica company, which owns # tale mine and mill at Eldorado, has purchased » Bruperty just east of the village of Mwdoe, owned by J. HW. Cur ley.and known as the Conley property. 1 The president of the company i= H. Hungerford, of Chicago. The inten tions of the company regarding the wewly-acquired deposit are noi made known, but current reports state that Lamother mill will be erected in Madoc, and ground Jake cvbhifpd from there. A number of mga ve commenced work al a new mine. For some time it has been stated semi- -officially that the G.T.R. intends running*a*spur line down to the two mines. SABBATH ORSERVANCE, ne in Quebge Next Week. oionte, 13.~Rev. W. ¥. Ro- hester, of 43 Lord's Day Alliance, pov to Quelwe next week to confer with Sir Lomer Gouin, premier and a Y: neral of the proviacd, re the government's attitude to- Prope Lord's day act. Some tin ago the supreme court declared tho provincial Sabbath law ultra vices in- Behanch os as it conflicted with the dom- Lord's day act. Notices of ap was given, but action was de | dose of 125.000 units of Jaren THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, HE SPORT: REVIEW, . TO PLAY IN WATERTOWY, . N.Y. ON SUNDAY. CLC Confident They Can Yankees--News About Hugby and Other Sports. Defeat «the! Baseball. another baseball match betyveen the [CLT wam of Kingston and © the Walurtown Wain usriang Park, Watertown, N,v. on evnday giterpbon. The €.L.CCs are content they oan detent the Yan sous, withough they lost Jaz Sunday | by uve rTufis to three. They will vs mace their rignt fielder, whose ose wor: was partly responsible for their | wieat Apother pitcher may perform. | Baseball News. President Lyneh, of the Haseoall League, announces that pel has exercised his option to select au | umpire irom the lulethationai Lengu and has purchased the release of tm pire Guthrie. second Basmaan Fvers, of the Chica go National League Club, has Leen sus- prided by Freswent Lynch fo. ve days and fined 350 {or his altercgtion | ith Umpire Brevtian at Uineis nati, Kets will be eligible 10 play again next Monday. heisty Mathewson, of the New York tts, 48 fast comuug ahead to get into the very highest rapk of the ae tional Le ague boxmen. Reewntly, w ds watgquard has fallin off, Matty ben coming on apace, and pow _-- {percentage above Jul. Richie and Cheney, rol Chicagé, as well as Cran: idalt, of New Yorx, ave jand Marquard, but Cheney, who leads the three, has won only as many games as Matty and has dropped ong {less Marquard is below Sv for the Hirst time this year, and i# Sixt -sev- en poinis abead of Mathewson. Not i years has there peen such a race for the pennant as in the Inter {natipnal League this season, Toronte 4 great tus. gle, i tughy Notes. Failing to make connections Frank Shaughnessy to conch the foot ball squad, the Ottawa: Big Four club is now endéavoring to locate W. H. McCarthy, g former Cornell man. Ottawa Citizen : Well, there good feature about son of 1912. There may be a split in the Ottawa ranks and Hamiltgn may ave Jost "Bennie'* Sitnpsod, but, thank goodness, "'Jack' Ryan . need not be reinstated again, * Ross Craig, the big wing man who! played with the Hamilton Alerts last year, and who gained the distitetiop of being the greatest line plungér of the year, is out with the anncunce- | mint 'that be is through with football. He claims that rugby is no game for a married man. Hamilton Tigers have a good lot of half backs ivom vhich to pick in Mal lett, Mekelvey, Oliver, "Kidi' Smith, Dixon, Burin, Gee, Swith and Mer Nahy. Hamilton Spectator © "Dutch" Gon- ter, who was expected to lay on the hall line of the seniog O.R.F.U. Alerts, will not play here this fall, Aa de cided to enter Ottawa College, where he will likely play. Ottawa Citisen : al western authorities, the Montreal team will bear watching in the Big Four this fall. They have a great Lack division, and if theic line hives) up to expecid#tions they will just about carry off the honors. In other cities they have already favored Ottawa with the eellar championship for 1912, with is ono General Nofes, If St. Catharines win jhe C.L.A. championship they will.go to the coast after the Mann cup, emblematic of the amateur lacrosse championship of the workl. Govanor Dix, of New York, vester day, took steps to prevent the pro posed ten-round boul hetweem "Ad" Wolgast, the light-weight champion, and '"'Packev" MeFarland, of Chicago, at New York. London Sportman : For causing suf fering to sparrows by fixing tha to] the ground in braces as decoys for other birds a Sydesham man was fin- ed 208 and costs at Gwrethwich, an fine of 2s. with costs, he- for using nets, a trap obby™ Kerr, the former champion sprinter, who a few weeks ago an nounced his retirement from the cinder path, has been appointed conch for the Hamilion Amateur Athletic Asso- ciation. This includes the Tiger sen- ior, intermediate and junior teams, afd "Robby" will devote all his time fo training embryo champions in foot- ball, ru and other sports. #or Skins Aflame. Many of the itching and burning Seulitions of the shia. canse Bs mcute as though the skin was ac tually amy Boek, : Ordinar: remedies give no relief but Wade's Ointment om the burning instantly. Positively caves Rerewn (Salt Rheum), Uleers, Piles, Catawh. Dandruff. Fil all sels on jlching eruptions of skin. In ne un on. Me. at Meleod's Drug Store, street, ome door above King Merale Dase Saves ir . Logis. Sept.' 13. The unusual itoxin Has been wiven to Br. ( Pierce. of O'Fallon, | a. who is in a critical St. will be prayed a1 Nationa: | between him | the football sea According to severe FRIDAY, THE GAEKWAR'S HUNT. 1 His Highness of Baroda Does It on | ? a Big Scale. : His Highness the Gaekwar of Baro t da is known cbroad as a ruler with advanced ideas, and when we are giv- jenngl limpse of how he does things at | home we are convinced that ha is a Fv ry upusagl person. The pomp and splendor of his court make it one of the wonders of the East, and his pri- vate sports and amusements are in due keeping with the resf of his cus- toms { A tiger hunt of the Mabaraja Gaek- | war, the Maharani, and the Maharaja of Rewuh, is described by Rev. Edward | 8t. Clair Weeden, an Englishman who stayed in the royal palace of His { Highness for some time, in his book, "A Year with the Gaekwir of Baro- da." says Mr. Weeden: This particular shoot had been ar hiarajs of Rewah, a Rajput chief of the ol school who had ev idently deter- i mined to do the thing really well; and Her Highness who, as | have al- ready told you, is one of the best shots | | among the Indian ladies, and +s keen on spor ss soy man, English or In. | dian, was specially invited to take part in it {10 shoot a tiger, and he was now ! Isoking forward with the keenest en. Joyment to the opportunity of doing | i after spending a {fw days in Bom- bay, we set out on the lung railway journey, His Highness being accom- Pattied by his private secretary Nim- | ker, and another officer, who is one "of the | ést shots in the Baroda army; Dr. Jadhav Turnbull, who had given Shivajirao a holiday for the occasion, and thyself. Two chauffeurs in charge of their cars, a couple of clerks, and our personal servants completed the party, with, of course, the women in | attendance on Her Highness. { We arrived on the evening of the second day at a station about fifty miles from Rewah, where we spent : the night in bungalows which had been specially prepared, and st off | early the next morning in motor-cars | 10 our first halting place, where break- [-fast was ready, after which we went on to the first camp, about thirty miles farther on. he road lay principally through jock} jungle, over high ranges of hills, | which were - so steep that in some places the cars could not climb them. 'hat do you think they did. They | had dlephants waiting, which were harneséed with strong repes to. the "cars and hauled thepi over. It was an extraordinary sight, and I wish I had been able w get a snap-shot of it Throughout our visit, cars were | { sent in daily from the camp to the {town to bring in ice and fresh meat, fish and vegetables; and two bundred | | coolies were kept night and day at the | steep places to pull the cars over with' lon, ropes. e_foind the Maharajé of Rewah waiting to receive us at the camp, a | fine-looking man, with his black, bushy beard parted in the middle and ! brushed wp on either side, making |. him look very fierce. He is very strict in his observance of Hindu customs and has three wives, whom, of eourse, we did notisee. One of them is said | to be very young indeed, and is call ed "the Toy." Everything in his state is very primitive and old-fashioned, and there is always a crowd of people with petitions hanging about. Jn the camp all had been prepared on the most laxish scale. A few weeks before it had been jungle, with tigers | roamis 3 through it; now two bunga- lows had been built for Their High. nesses, surrounded by small gardens, gaily planted with flowers, and mag nificent tents, one of which 1 shased with Turnbull, put up for the rest. of the party. Sumptuous dinners were prepared by special cooks, and un. limited champagne of the best brands flow for those who wanted it. We stayed for three days in the first camp, and then moved on to another equally well appointed, where we re- very much alike, and it fs hard to re member details; so I will give you a ral idea. Except for the great st which was alleviated in every poseible way, we suffered no hardships at all; it was, in fact, tiger shooting made easy All the morning we stayed in the Sump. | for even on this expedition for accustomed thoroughness, EO a | daybreak to read his correspo and dictate letters an affairs of state to his secretary, and then reading solidly for two or "three hours with me or Turnbull. At noon we had breakiast and start. ed at about three o'clock for a Siteen miles' drive by metor cer into the jungle. We hal ten cafs Tt. and a hundred miles of new road had been made for them, so as to avoid thes tiring journey on elephants or in carts over the rough oountry owever, within a mile or two of out ation the cars were stopped, for fear of startling the tigers, and we mounted elephants, which took us y the machane-- --Biattorms built on trees, ten or feet above the ground. Those were placed fifty yards sway from one another, their Highnesses and the. Mabatsja of Rewah occupying the three central ones. The tigers were driven toward the machans by a large army of beaters, and would sometimes come within a few yards of them. When the beat began a bugle sound: ed. and a tiger would generally make Bis Appedrance every half hoar or so. Qecasivnally a tiger would be wound. ou i escape, nig much excite t . The beaters warned by the he a ie & a him up until he was found and killed, et si SEPTEMBER ranged for the Gaekwar by the Ma- It bad long been her ambition | maiued for a week. The days were all | e and sport the Gaekwar had | town, Plantar work to do, and did it with his | dead m bed. 13, . 1912, 'DATES OF FALL FAIRS {To be Held at Various Points Here Centreyille Cobden ...... Cobourg Delta {Addington . Sept. 26, 27 . Sept. TY aM, Vemorestville - a ot 12 Frankfo™ .. Frankviile Kemptville Lombardy London | Lyndhurst Maberly . Madoe Marmora ... Merrickville . a Sept. ii, 18 Sept. n 2 Sept. , 20 . Sept. 16, 17 ' Rept. 15, 8 N " 4 Supt. i6 to 20 Canada) Sept. 5-16 Len. Sept, 19, 0 . Sept, 25; 36 Sept. 18-2 wri Oph. 14 . Sept. 26, 27 a . Qet. 2X Supt. 17, 1 i [Osis i Ottawa (L entral - Parham Pieton ... Renfrew - Shannonville . Stirling Tweed { Wolle Island . MAKING ENGLAND SECURE, "Naval Partition of Seas Places Germany at Disadvantage. Paris, Sept. 33.-The gotiated Framoo-Russian vention and the older iconvention relating to the Mediter- ranean seaboard wht be brought into practical operation. within a few days. when the Fremeh fleet will be persian ently trandferred to Toulon from Brest. This naval meve will give to France complete control in the Mediterranean over any possible combination of the Triple Alliance and will leave to Eng- lond the defense of the North Sea while Russia guards the Baltic Sea. Experts point out that with the Rus- sian fleet in the Baltic the strength of the British fleet will be materially in creased against any contemplated Ger wan attack, recently ne naval con- Anglo-French SINGS GIRL TO FREEDOM. Lawyer Renders "Everybady's Doin' It" for Jury. Ossining, N.¥Y., Sept. 13.--Stuari Bakey, an Ossining lawyer, yesterday 'sang Miss Grace Williams, a New- castle school girl, free, when she was arraigned before Police Justice Wil liam J. Chodeayne, at Millwood, drarg@® with disorderly conduct Miss Williams was arraigned on a charge by "Squire" Bradley, who tes | tified that she passed his house ever L night singing FEverybody's Down' {11> He also said she danced what he heard was the "Turkey Trot." Mr. Baker ingigted upon a -un trial. Six men Were called and afte: | Baker bad sung the first verse and chorus of the song they prowmpily ac quitted Miss Williams. Would You + Fire? Wher vou pay a company to assume vour risk you want to be sure that the company iw financially able to take gare of it. Do not be satisfied with a statement that shows enough assets to pay any loss vou may in dividually sustain. If a conflagra tion occurs at the time your own fire comes along, and fhe company 1» heavily involved. you may find as thousands of others have found before vou that your policy is of little val ue. Make youwrsel secure by taking a policy of the Manitoba Assurance company, which is conflagration proof. . Agents, C. W. Wright, E..B Thompson. : A Big Showing. Campbell Bus., the Princess street hattors, have an immense showing of new fall hats from the leading hat factories of the world, and they are offering some exceptional values, Where <4 . Pied « of a Broken Heart. "Prampton, Sept. 13.-Mrs. Thomp- son, widow of the late A. D. Thomp son, who committed suicide at George- two weeks ago, was found The shock of her hus "hand's death was felt very keenly by the deceased who Nterally died of a | {he de heart. Spend Sunday in Watertown. Good going Saturday § am. or 2.30 pm, Sunday 7.30 a.m. and 2 .m., reburning up to Monday might. 1.68 retucn. New Fall Caps, At "The Hat Store." (George Mills & Co -And DONT 0.) Sept. "a 18, 194 25 | With that old €oat and Vest which are yet too good to throw away, would make the whole look almost like a hew git. An extra pair of Trousers is a good thing to have around the house, for Trousers need rest as well as man, and then, do you ever think what would happen if the pair in use should ever get lost ! We sell Trousers that Fit and Hang well and aid never lose their identity. $2.00, $2.50, $2.75, $3.50 and wp to $5.00, And the best Trousers you ever-saw for the money. The Best Working Pant in the city for: $1.45. ' : ' RONEY & CO. 127 PRINCESS STREET THE STORE THAT SETS THE PACE. FTA a A FEW SPECIALS in REAL ESTATE a a A ANIA $8 the very best grades of coal. | This is a good time to putin your supply for next winter. P. WALSH 5 55-57 BARRACK STREET. 25 for a Frame House, with good deep lot, yater in the house. $1,200 will buy a fing S-room Frame House. not far from YMCA; a bargain. : . $2,800--8olid brick, with all ern conveniences; mod- centrally locat. | We deliver at latest prices = aw $3.700--A fine stone residence, with be in Case ol store attached; electric lighting; bh. & ¢.; In first-class condition; a splendid place for a bakery and fruit store or grocery; plénty of 'barn accommodation, $3,700---A splendid double stone re+ sidence. 4 minutes' - walk from post office; gas, b. & c., and good cellar; this is a soap and Is only Lo be on the market. for.a few days. See me at once. Kingston Business College Limited) Mighest Education at Lowest Gest Twenty sixth year, Fall term begins August 30th.' Courses Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Te raphy, Civil Service and Kage Our. graduates get the best positions. Within a short thme over sixty secured positions with one of the largest raliway cor. +porations in Canada. Enter any ime. Sh or write for Informa- AA NI Lp AE Nt BN R. Chas. Bell 4 on. Real Estate & Fife Insurance Agent Metcalle, Principal Kingston, Canada. 239 BAGOT STRERT, li "ok's Colton Root Compound The great Uterine. Tonic, nnd wily wale eifectual iulgior on which wom § oad epee Hold in three degrees of ia ngth-No, 1, $i 3 0 degrees stronger, 4 h , 45 pr hot Ss ot 3 Wien v ai nnd ------------ Thomas Copley, Telephone 987 Drop a card to 19 Pine St wanting anything ddne in the er line. Estimates given - of repairs and ne Hardwood Wicors of po in orders will receive prompt a 'hop, 40 Queen Street. when Tes pain ox Morons Cr ToRouTs, ton. one the Mie Buck Ganda! Shopping is only half done if you forget the Maple Buds. Children must have sweets. Their little natures crave for dainty sweet things. Bad for them? Not Cowan's Maple Buds. pure chocolate. --_ |THE QUEEN MILLINERY |x Desire to announce their ---- FALL OPENING | Of LADIES' DRESS and TAILORED HATS, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday September the 12th, 13th and 14th 174 WELL'NGTON STREET MA s Pure milk, pure sugar, € What could be more I Jen and wholesome ? What else could meade them : such favorites with intelligent mothers? Make the children happy. Give them sweets you know are good. Put Maple Buds on your shopping list