Are now holding the most important sale of Suits and Overcoats for smart dressers held this season. We are not blinded to the fact that other sales are in progress, but we have a fow remarks to make about this one. v We're not holding sales continuously, but when we: do hold them we make things move. It is not good business o nour part to-carry surplus stock until another season, so we are now unloading our Suits, Overcoats and Furnishings at a Discount of 20% $12.00 $15.00. Suits or Overcoats Suits or Overcoats $18.00 $20.00 £22.00 Suits or Overcoats Suits or Overcoats Suits or Overcoats $25.00 Suits or Overcoats | Oneifth Off All Furnishings | Made-to-Measure Clothing All Faney Suitings, value up to $30.00, for. ., .$25.00 All Faney Suitings, value up to £35.00, for .. 28.00 10 per @ent. off all Blue and Black measure. Suitings to All sales for cash, LIVINGSTON"S, Brock Street I -A little out of the way, but it will pay you to walk. " Linen Sale § Table Cloths and Napkins in Match- ed Setts, All Sizes, at Special ~ Prices. 100 Dozen Table Napkins, sizc 22 x 22, a special par- chase in dozens and half dozens. Pure Irish lin- en. Regular price $4.50. Sale Price $3 a Dozen Double Satin Damask Table Linen; full 2 vards wide. Best Trish make. Beautiful patterns. Regular price 81.35 and $1.50. : | Sale Price 98c a Yard Remnants of Glass, Roller and Hand Towelling. 'Remnants of Bleached and Unbleaghed Table Linen. Re " : Remindnts of Sheetings and Pillow Cottons 1 All at Sale Prices §, trick, | | : -- ERUPTIONS AND FAMINE EX! A HEAVY TOLL All Nature Seems in Revolt in King- |} dom of Mikado ~- Countless Dead Lie Beneath Lava -- Tokio Filled With 'Clouds of Dust and Sand. Tokio, Japan, Jan. 16.--The Island 'of. Knushiu is covered with a thick lay- er of ashes and many corpses, whose noamber will probably never be known, lie benedth the lava from the volcano of Sakura:Jima, on the small islet of Sakura, and in the crumbling town of ima, while many others were drowned in trying to Scapa from the scene of eruption, earthquake and tidal jwabe, according to official ris. | All nature seems in revolt, for to the {upheavals in the south is added the fawnine in the north and an eruption of Yarigatake, which threw a cloud of iashes over Matsumoto, while over (Toko itself swept miniature cyclones filing the city with clouds of dust and sand and creating the belief that the capital was feeling some of the ef- [A of the distant eruptions. A feeling of relief prevailed when the wind died down and ' the impression spread that the worst was over when iprominent. scientists said that the breaking out of the volcanoes had ver- (ved as vest for an acute subterrancan jactivily and perhaps 'saved the coun- 'try from even more d'sastrous. earth ' shocks. | Dispatches showed that animals and birds to the south of Satsuma were ! suffering from abnormal uneasiness. At Kumamoto, north of Kagoshima, over 1,000 refuges have arrived: and {the authorities are faced with the dif- | ficulty of housing and feeding the suf- {ferers from the disaster, the whole |tragedy of which has not yot heen jtold. " TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL Not Local Issue Bat Federal. « W. J. Driscoll, corresponding secre tary of the Traded and Labor Council, has forwarded t6 . M. Macdonnell, chairman of the Prison Reform Com- mission, the following letter, as the decision of the council on the matter of prison labor : oh an regards to your communication tre prison labor, at our meeting last | might, with the information that the 'commission were having President J. E. Walters and Secretary P.M. Dra- (per, of the Trades Congress of Can- ! ada, give their views on the question, | and, a8' they have the authority by | virtue. as executive members of the congress which is the legislative body for the organized workers of ghe do- minion. [- "As this is a question which affects the wiiole of the workers of Canada, organized and ynorganized, we believe it is only proper that the matter should he left in the hands of the pro- per authotities, namely, the Trades Congress of Canada, under which the . Kingston Trades and Labor Council is chartered." t The rcoupcil also asked the publica- tion of the following communication | Feceived by it from Mr. Macdonnell in Iregard to a recent letter received: hy him from W. H. Godwin : WW. J. Driscoll, Esq:, Box 213, City: | Dear Sir,~In regard to Mr. God- "win's: letter: referring to prison labor; Mr. Godwin had no intention. oi speaking for the Trades and Labor Union. 1 understood him simply to be speaking as a working man, and if his letter bears any 'other interpreta- tion; it is not his fault. The Prison Commission has been considering the 'question of employment of prisoners and the matters: which seem to be practical and which alone have been considered are making of mail bags, government furniture, soldiers' clothes, and boots and shoey for government use. .1 do not think that anything else bay beén, considered or spoken of. { Une matter we have in mind 1g, to dis tribute the prison labor in a varity of subjects as not to interfere with la- hor outside.~Yours truly, (Signed), G. Mi Macdonnpell. Prison Labor i Announcement. I. Provision Kas Rees made by the Ontario Department of Agriculture to conduct through the agency of the j district representative an agricultural (course™ in Sydenham high school. This course begins on January 19th and {contigues for six weeks. It is in- {tended for boys and young men who fare still on the farm , and who in- {send to make agriculture their = lifes iwork. The henefits derived from this course, are very obvious from the 'dirculars "distributed through the county amd as this is the first course to be conducted in this county it is to be hoped that there willbe a large attendance to show their appre {ciation of the efforts of the Ontario Department of ' Agriculture to uplift and advance 'the agricultural inter- ests of Frontenac county. Bae sure and arrange, if possible, to | have your the course. For further information {apply to FP. Sine or C. Main, Syden- ham. The Whig and W. J. Keeley, Sr. The first man to place money on the counter of the business office of the Whig,: when the new building i was opened some twenty vears ago, «came in on. Thursday ta repeat In fact, he comes in smiling overy year, and, clutching a roll of bills In his hand, approaches tie counter and asks : "Is this the Whig | ! office 1" Then he pays his subserip- { tion and deparis in peace. We refer to thut genial gentleman, known beloved by 'nearly every lv in towa-W. J. Keeley, sr. The Whig extends to this friend, who haa or to Carl Goldman. who was taken burn. from the effects of Bitrie spilling out of a betile ick 1 in hix pocket, is pro- as enn be expected, ,.in a bad condi sons take advantage of | Bishop Worrell son's. the | The Petruary motor number of Hotel Dieu, saffering with a very | < Belle ev ille. The Kingston Curling Club will be Cal notte Dati: ons ib the Con r i ames at Napanee and © Belleville today. Two senior and junior rinks will be. sent to each place. The following skips will matched : : Napanee--J. F. Macdonald and J . Hamm, E. 0. Sliter and C. Maybe, . N. F. Macfarlane and J. Fitzpat- ick, W.-H, Wormwith and M. Gra ille~W} RB. Sills and | J. Davidson, De. Clarke, Dr. B a % : : Three gi were played at the curl ing rink, on' ay. In the afternoon series Skip J. Wat- [by 13 to y io to SR he y! Pla the Whig' soos Ski LW. Gil won from Skip W..B. Dalton by 13 to 9. LE In the ¢lub sere, Ship A. H. War A, BoWil wick won from jams' by 19 to 3. fe Ft Queen's Basketball Team The following will t Queen's university in game of the intercollegiate - series against McGill, "in Mon! "on Saturday - Menkp Hill, nd, Watts, and Laird; spa Bate' and Buchaonon. The girls' university, M #8 the Momn- ing 'Gloties, practiced at the risk, on Frida, y aHeraoon. i---------- Invitation From Syracuse, N.Y. The senior Frontenac hockey squad has been invited to play exhibition games in Syracuse, N. Y., during the mouth of February. Queen's to Play New Edinburgh It is altogethér likely that the Queen's senior 'hockey team will play an exhibition game with New Edinburgh team of Ottawas in King- ston. W. R. Dick a Little Better W."R.. Digk, bursar of Rockwood asylum, who hss been quite il for some time, was a Httle improved on Friday. It fs expected that he will be 'around again after a time. Y.M.C,A, Notes. The junior Boosters. will play theit lirst. game in the juvenile hockey series with the Rideaus, at the Palace rink, on Saturday, at 11 a.m. Both junior © and | senior teams will practice at the Victoria rink to-night, at ten o'clock, when the junior cap- tain will 'be elected and on Saturday, Fat-1.30° p.m., when the senior. captain will be chosen. At their ular meeting the Boost- ors elected arty Twigg, president; Cecil Beardsell,. secretary, and Robert Irwin, treasurer. Mayor Shaw wiil address the boys' Bible class gext Sunday nideming at 09.30 o'clock. ; A 14th ni Shipatiog "A" and "BY comp contested in the gallery -rifla shooting compet;- tion of the: 14th Regiment .at the Armouries on Thursday evening. The possible 'score was 98, seven shots. The following were the scores : "A" company--Col.-Sergt. Sherbino, 23; Secgt. Williamson, 22; Pte. A. Harris, 14. ¢ "BY company--Lieut. HH. W. Mar- shall, 18; Corp). Clench, 15; Pte. Fleet, 21; Pte. Potter, 26; Pte. Walker, 14 Pte. Ramsay, 1k Pte. G. Bell, 19; Pte, E. Clark, 13... ¢ tr -------------- INCIDENTS OF THE DAY. Newsy Parsitapts hs Picked Up By Our "Chamois vests," 81. Gibson's. Major UH. T, Hughes left for Brock- ville 'and Montreal on Friday. : Best Suitcase ever offured for $1.50, Jutton's. MA F About 100 -éxoursionists accompanied | Queen's hooké$ team to Montreal on Friday noon. # Rev. E. Li'Rlibe wert to : Montreal on Friday. (He. will preach in Calvary church, Westmount, on Sunday. "$1 bath sponges, 50c."' Gibson's. Main Johnson, 'of - Toronto, secre tary to Hom, N, W. Rowell was in the city to-day for & few hours. "Ladies' chamois vests, $1." Gib- . 20st at Trinity College, Toronto, the of B.D. and D.D. will :he. conferred on Rev. G. L. Starr, dean of Ontario: ; "21 bath s anges; 50c." Gibson's. A. B. Farmer, of Toronto, seore ary cf the Ortario tax reform league, lec- tuted at Queen's Friday afterncon on (he single tax, : a Boys' Fleece lined Underware, Dutton's, 2 After spending a faw days®with his sowin-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. C. 8. Kirkpatrick, Frontenac street, of Nova Seotia, left for Montreal on Friday. "Chamois vests," $1. Gibson's. _ A lecture on 'Single ' Tax" was given at Queen's to-day. A young girl student said bachelors should alone be taxed zs the married men had plenty 6f troubles otherwise. "81 bath 'sponges for 50e." G.b- 35¢, Seritmer's hus many tdautiful color: pictures_g front'spiece "An Interna: ional * Difficulty," - "The New Ro- mance," and Earle miere pf , notably a sceme of the Grand €gnyon which has all ths charm of a painting. "4711 Col "at Gibson's. button, wepular S30 Ton EO or button, or ST Dutton's. : Y There is much futerest in railroad drelgy as to how the Canadian Pacific trains Will run afiler the new line is completed, e will likely bell through trains to the city from Otawa . jor Montreal, and a rain from King- commiecting ] th's Falls for F. Do-} {Coppers .... - | Smelters Skip 8. F. Kirkpatrick | téam of Queen's] 1 covered general hospital for treatment of eyes, has returned home. : i - Ve ®. 5. Mclurdy & Co., 80 and 88 Brock StH. W. Nelles, Manager. Closing Prices, Jan. 16th, Cement pid. Cement com. Toronto Railway Brazilisn CPR. . Reading A Union Pacific United States Steel "rie. ., Soo ... Atchison .. : Roy thorn Pacific ... rooklyn Rapid: Tr; Rubber ..: mn Lehigh ' Valley American Can, {New Haven' Railway Southern Pacific ©... .. .. Woman 'Seeking Boarders May Be Heir. Burlington, N.J., Jan. 16.-- Mrs. Beatrice Gordon, a widow, was for: ced last mouth to advertise in a loc- al newspaper for boarders in order that she might support her family and 'continue to send her two little sons to school.: Ckance threw the newspaper carrying the . advertise. ment into the hands of a Byrlington man now in the west. Glanding ove er the home paper his eye caught her name in the advertisement. He was searching the legal columns ot a wesfern paper at about the same time. In a corner was an advertise. ment inserted by Pierce & Pierce, a law firm of Homesville, Neh., asking for information regarding a 'Mrs. Beatrice Gordon, of Pennsylvania or New Jersey.' He called the attention of the law firm to the advertisement. Thus it came about that Mrs. Gordon receiv: ed a leiter from the Nebraska law. yers suggesting that she was the long sought heir of a portion of the estate of Sarah Jane Sparks, a weal. thy widow who died last year im Nebraska, leaving properties valued at several hundred thousand dollars. -------------------------- Working On Jee. The ice freezing over in the hat- bor has made possible the work of sounding the 'bottom near theb hy engineers and men of the public works department. This work ia being done in connection with the building of the new causeway. Annual Sale of Oranges Sweet oranges, for 12¢. dozen. Carmovsky's. init Mayor Truman S. Baxter was re- elected mayor 'of Vancouver, defeats L.'D. Taylor, editor of the Worl ; and forraer mayor, by the! largest majority the city' ever gave for may- or. . A Oranges, 10c, dozen: 'Carnoveky's. Charles Becker, former New York police lieutenant, in Sing Sing death honse for Herman Rosenthal's mur- der, was willed part of his mother's estate. She died unknowing his crime. There were 68,337 persons convicted of crimes in New York state during 1913 up to Decembet lst, marking ap increase of 19,494 over the same peri- od of 1912. J London, regular 30c, All this month, size, at Ethel Avge Sanderson, has been granted a divorce frém Leo- pold Sanderson, who deserted her af- ter both lived some years at Moose Jaw, Sask. Pomegranates. Carnovsky's. Prince William: of Wied, chosen for the throne of ' Albania by the great powers, refuses to accept the offer un: til 'satisfactory financial arrangement have beer made. "471 Soap," at Gibson's. Manitoba legislature decided on Thursday against taking a referandom on the question of abolishing the bar in thig province. "4711 Soap," at Gibsons. J. H. Stewart, Gananoque, at the the Until the A Special purchase enables us to offer you To-Morrow one of the most timely bargains . this season. Good quality : coverings, neat designs, filled with White Manitoba Down, which is very much better and more serviceable than wadding or batting, Ay 2 Sizes-- 60 x 72 inches, worth $3.00 Yours To-Morrow for 66 x T2 inches, worth regularly $3.50 Your Choice . To-Morrow, 200 Pairs Grey Flannelette Blankets Good size, with neat blue br pink borders. The aker. usually sold at $1.50 pair. ali. $1.19 Pair 100CopiesButterick's New Spring Fashion Book This is the large Quarterly Book, 600 distine- tive designs, chic, smart, fascinating, new tunics, dainty lingerie dresses, Tuxedo blouses, short euta- way coats; This large book is always sold at 25¢ » copy. To-morrow we will offer 100 copies atlBe a copy. Each copy includes any Butterick Pattern of your own choosing. Tonk er