HEN a man has cight- PREMIER WHITNEY DEAD 5 (Continued from page 1.) 30th, 1877. One son and two daugh- ters were the issue. Sir James was a member of the To- ronto, the Alfjany, and the Royal Ca- nadian Yacht Club. He resided in toronto, at M3 George street, of recent years. As with many great men, Sir James Whitney most fortunate in his vnily Lady Whitney was a old school, who prefer- reform the world through the her husband, and never jelt was life, wither of the fo een dollars to put in significant something to a suit it is that he wants to keep him well vip in the line of good dressers, Our Dollar Suits will fill his every re- Fighteen ASAAAAR SALA quirement--they ave cor- rectly and artistically cut --they are skillfully tailor- ed; and there is nothing about them that bears, in any way, the carmarks of ready made." - "Allow us fine line of Eighteen Dollar Suits, Voll atid AALAAALRLARSLLSLAMAALLS HE von] do our part hy coming in, we'll do ours by showing Vou the hest very hought. Suits the price ¢ I I and suited You can't he anything else hut fitt | here. LIVINGSTON'S | BROCK STREET | A Little Out of the Way, But it WII Pay You To Walk | vow ewww - veww CUUOTew Sr ------ SPECIAL SALF Suits and Raincoats Saturday 8.30 O'clock THE $15.00 SUIT OF THE 15TH FALL OF THE 20TH CENTURY . '..The Suit of '5th Ave., New York." In a suit you like to buy style If quality is added so much the better. If a $15.00 Suit is turned out in a $25.00 way is doesn't make it a $25.00 Suit, byt it does make it a mighty fine Suit at $15.00. We had to buy a quantity to get this suit to sell at the price. We nave it in two makes of Serges, and six colors; all the coats are silk and satin lined, all sites. This is the best value in a suit ever offered to the people of Kingston. 256 SPECIAL AMERICAN RAINCOATS, the . lat- el, when any gentle sug fgstion that he should hers eeded, re- ive the glory. cageite In Family, daughter living, Miss Nora add color to the tama portrait, isan advocate of votes for women, but her advocacy is not in any way malitant. Still, her views are sufliciently advanced to assure all other suliragettes that in his adverse , decisions Sir James alwavs acted af-! ter a full hearing 'of the argumpnts tor the sufrage party. The only sus, fiarnet Whitney, has always abjured the life. of the city and of politics. Sir James was always disappointed that his son had no interest in the! vituperations of the political arena, The son, however, was firm in an 'in- herited and is now living the care-free life 'of a country bank man- ager down near Morrisburg, where he spent his schoolboy days. To every man who was endured the outrages of public life there is some oasis to which he must turn for strength. To Sir J 8 Whitney this oasis lay in the hea of his two grandchildren, Put and Alice. These two, Pat, aged twelve, and Alice, aged ten, have lived with him since death of both of their parents. James would oftea turn from the glare of publicity to"these children, whose' small. hands would lead him through gdtes only they knew of For many years, his, friends say, these two children had been his faith in life Evéryone at the legislature knows twelve-year-old Pat, who is a page in a litle black and Eton collar To Pat his grandfather wus they law the with the gospel of appended, and whén- ver Sir spoke Pat stood mute, ta word for fu ture The only vi Whitney, to way, suit and prophet love James king in every * two children are (he only tan bequests of the dauguter who the premier's "right-hand mon until her death, some four years a Ruled With 2 Strong Hand, Sir James ruléd his cabinet, his p and tlie whole parliantient in Queen's Park with . a }. His wrath was a thing although it usually in its liRrary expression on the part of literary was emper dismay who cauld appreciate with admiration. Sir James reasin with withering" effect n delicate sensibilities, and upon ose of his who attempt- independence of view he was, it i aid, accustomed to turn it. In whe. house he positively consumed 11s opponents rather than reasoned with them, though he had in cooler moments a plain forceful way of set ing forth his case Sir James, for all his bluster, was nose tyle ised colleagnes est style in cut and cloth, made with raglan 'and set in sleeve. A Regular $12.00 and $15.00 ccal; Saturday . 30. DOZ. EXTRA QUALITY WHITE FLANNEL- ETTE-NIGHT GOWNS, a Manufacturers over makes; nicely trimmed with embroidery, both high neck and low neck. Goods sold regular, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75. Saturday 98c. 15 DOZ. WHITE LA DIVA FRENCH MODEL CORSET, made with high bust and low bust, with long hip, rust proof boning. Six hose sup- posta, colonial hook and draw strings. This a corsét always sold at $1.50. Saturday ..98c SEE THEM IN THE WINDOW jliked by reporters, who could always make copy out of his remarks, whe | they were satisfactory answers t( the questions put or not. They be accustomed to his ferocious man yner, and Sir James® rather liked t | have them speak up boldly, unabashed Vv his grufiness. On one io a blustering session of, this sort, a reporter appealed to the premier .on | behalf of a widow whose husband had { been murdered, and whose story = the | reporter had written for his paper lhe premier's roughness didn't alto gether depart, but he handed out { tive-dollar bill. ame occasion ai Deputations Oiten Non-plussed. Deputations who were not so accus 'tomed to Sir James ways, used to be |non-plussed at the uncompromising replies to their reception. Sir James | usually' received them in his private odice, backed up by Mr."Hanna andl one or two of his ministers. '| he depu tation would be introduced enotigh, but no smiles were forthcom- ling trom Sir James. He sat as in stern Judgment waiting to hear what {was the and the busimess ot their descent upon the majesty of On tario s government. Silent he would sit through all the talk His ministers | mgr parley, ask questions, and ay gue a little, but Sir James held him « self absolutely reserved. genially occasion The Death of Premiers, {Of the fourteen premiers who have held oftice, either for the dommion or in the, provincial house, only two have died while still holding office hese two were. Sir John A. Macdonald whose death otturred at Uttawa 'nu | 1891, and. Rt. Hon. Sir John.N. ij. Thompson, who died _sudderts in Windsor Castle, aiter being sworn in as a privy councillor. Of the other dominion = premiers, Hon. Mackenzie died in 1892, in To- ronto; fon. Sir John J. CU. Abbott died in Montreal in 1893; both in pri- vate life, while the remaining fous are still living. They are: Hon. Sir Mac kenzie Bowell, Sir Charles Tupper, Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Sir Ro bert 1. Borden. Of the men who have held the pre miership of Untario, not one is living: Hon. gohan Sandfield Macdonald, died in 1872, Hon. Fdward Blake died in Toronto in 1912, Hon. Oliver Mowat died while holding office as lieutenant governor, Hon. Arthur Sturgis Har- dy died in 1WI1, in private Wife, and ow Gi. W. Ross died in March, 1914 W. F. Niekle's Tribute. W. F. Niekle, M. P,, said: "4 have kmown Sir James Whit- ney since the days when he was in opposition," 'said Mr. Nickie, "and: although tempermentally we were vastly different,yet 1 have always eu- 'joyed with him intimate relation- *hip. His outstanding characteristic was his unflinching houasty ju con- duet and expression, az? although! his personality dominais. the party, vet he was always ready to discuss with care, any matter that was thoiight to be either of public, party or personal - interest. Until one knew him well, the veness Special !| Uolored satin underskirts, be' showed, when matters were regular $1.25, for 65c. Dutton's, op at by posite Geilin's 'Theatre, § brought to his at _.._THZ DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, SEPTENTER 25, many, thought necessarily io mean deliberate opposition, instead of be- Ing the man's method of te sting the Sbansor of the scheme by making Justification essential. Once con- vinced, he was enthusiastic; and his word given, nothing more was de- sired. \ "As leader of the heuse, - n- loved to dispateh business, and was loathe to brook mere idle speech- { meking, although he never denied a member the opvortunity of full dis- crssion if he was convinced of his *incerity of purpose. As leader of the province, he hgs done much for our public life. Without discussing the merits of party conflict. it will be admitted that weakening govern- ments, unwilling to abandon office, are often driven to desperat~ straits "a that when Sir James atthined nower hv an overwhelming major- i. he startled 'the province, by the 'nr of his political Dinlomacy as the wbrd is eommon- = understood, gave place to fear- ace frankness, and that his methods hod the approval of the people is reovan hy "the loyalty with which "ov sunnorted his candidates. With- ot distinetion of party. I helipva jt "™M be anid that Sir James did a "reat work thr Ontario at a eritieal "me in her histarv and that cha ig t's poorer to-day hy hie death." THINGS THEATRICAT,. ire Ee Notes Ahount Plays, Players and Playhouses. Jeffersan Angelis and' Fa Daveén- Port are appeacing in vaudeville, George Broadhurst's latest drama is called "The Taw of Land." Nut-Goodwin * is senson in a play melo- the this Po- to appear called "The hemian," by Jack Tait. Fdward Sheldon's dramatization of "tdermann's "Song of Songs" is to bo called "The Songiof the Soul." \ dramatic version of Farl Derr Niggers" new novel, "Love Insur- has been © made hy A I homas. De Wolf Hopper is to give "Trial v Jury," by Gilbert and Sullivan, the Greek theatre in California nest month. It is said that BE. H. Sothern 'and Iulia Marlowe have reconsidered plans and will retprn to the, lage before the end of this season. Gates' play, "The Poor Little Rich Girl," has arranged to its third season in Rochester ihout the end of this month. Laura Hope Crews is to he the lead ing woman for Leo Ditrichstein when » appears in his own adaptation of Volner's play, '""The Legend of the 1 their Ileanor Ivgin Yolf.} Chrystal Herne, daughter of late James A. Herne, is to he red next month to Harold S, Wd, an editorial writer on a Verk newspaper. | Muriel Starr, a young tress, who went to Australia ear, is said to be creating a ition! there by her work in dame X." Charles Frohman has engaged Flor ence Fisher for the leading female role in the new play, "The Candle of Faith," in which Otis Skinner is to appear next month. the mar Pol- New American last fen- "Ma- TO AVOID CONTEST Rector of Edinburgh University. London, Sept. 25.--To avoid a slitical contest at this time for the rectorship of Edinburgh uni- ersity, for which Sir Edward Car- mn and Sir John Allsebrook Simon had been chosen candidates Lord Kitchener was invited to become the cetor and accepted. Kitchener Is ord ABDUL HAMID'S WARNING. Russia, Petrograd, Sept. 25--Abdu! Ham- d, former Sultan of Turkey, has warned the Committee of Union and Progress that Turkey will be lost if it enters upon a war against Rus- sia. Word has reached here from Con- fantinople that Adrianpple is short cf .provisions. Selby Tidings Selby, Sept. 23.--A number from here attended Picton fair on wWed- nesday. G. Paul left last night for Chicago. Misses Libbie and Mable Anderson attended Shannonville fair last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. J. Gonu and Mr. and Mrs. F. I. Amev attended the funeral of Mrs. Loury 'ast Thursday. Mrs. Hunt is. spends ing a few days at Sharp's Corner. Rally services will be held in the. Methodist ehurch a week from Sun- Mrs. Armstrong of Forest Mills spent a few days recently with mother, Mrs. Wood, who is ill Mr. and Mrs. D. Valleau and daugh- Kingston, spent Sunday at G Valleau's, dav hop far Frankville News, Frankville, Sept. 23.--Silo filling i= the order of 'the day Miss Hazel Holmes is still a patient in the St. Vincent de Paul hospital, Brock- ville, Frederick - Pattemore sent Sundav in Brockville. Mr. and Mre, M. Jelly, of Rock: Spring, apent Sunday at the home of William .John- son, €'.-M. Denaldson, of Oliver's Ferry, "spent the week-end at his home here, Mr. and Mrs. Ogear Scott spent Sundav in Athens. Fred. Stew- art motored to Ottawa -last week accompanied by his mother, - nnele' and aunt. : Atkinson Notes, Atkinson, Sept. 23.--Nrs, McCormack has returned home, alter attending Toronto evhibition, Miss Molise Madden and Miss | otetta Keyes Cleorge are spending a week at Sydenham, the | gests of the former's sister. Mrs, Richard loyee, W. Murphy and family, Storrington, Spent Suenday at Tho mas Shortall's. Threshing 'is the or- der of fhe day: William Maitland has sold his farm to George Mol ormack, who will take possession in the near future. King or AM. The king of all two dollar hate is the "Waverly." (George Mills & Co. are sole agemts for Kingston. nnd i W. B. Boshford, M.P.P., for methods. | no market when the war put an 1914. = NEWS. PITH OF THE Presented In the Briefest Possible Form. il Cheese sales: Vankleek Hill, 143c.x Brockville, I144e. Fourteen thousand million dollars is the vearly cost of the war = (or 838,356,154 per day) to Germany. Austria, Belgium, France, Russia and England. . Heinit Bacon, the seven-year-old son of Mr, and Mrs.- Hower Bacon, Massena, N.Y., died as the result of lock-jaw setting in following vae- cination. Ros- thern, Sask., is suing the Regina Daily Province for" $13,080 damages on the charge of libelling him in ac- cusing him of bribery. A retired French-Canadian medical man, whose name ig withheld, has promised . $50,000 towards the cost of -eqiipping a French-Canadian re- giment for war service. Father Edgvard Doe, assistant par- ish priest at Immaculate Conception church, Windsor, has been selected as Roman Catholic chaplain of the Canadian troops for active service in Europe. Many million feet tish Columbia, for which of logs in Bri- there was end to exporf trade," were set free by the action 'of the federal government in removing the export duty on logs. The lumbering industry at the coast has bgen greatly stimulated. READY TO RESPOND, With the Foggy Weather, Trouble May Be Feared. Ostend, Sept Last night's raid ove city by Zeppelins which dropped r bombs, one exploding and demolishing one of the biggest fish depots and killing a watchdog, helieved to be the forerunner of a Zeppelin raids along the also feared that ihe mane are trying out. their greqgt hips in anticipation. of a raid across the channel on Haglish terri- Lory With the coming of the autumn season, danger from i ; in to be acute. A officials of the British been liere for two weeks 'They Lave a* fleet of ar- sored biplanes in readiness, pre- pared to take the offensive when the are zgent into action series of coast It is umber: pf viation have dirigible Old Tunes Preserved, One of most interesting re ports to be presented at the general conference of the Methodist chureh, will be that of the hymn and tune book committee, which was formed four years ago for the p ose of preparing a new Methodist hymn- the Look A handsome book, privat circulation, contains the committee's report Full, words and music of come of the best hymns reproduced More than 7,000 hymns were ex amined, and a list of 575 hymns and 191 tunes are the result of the delj herations of the committee. To some commitiee of the Presby terden church engaged in revising their book of praise collaborated with the Methodist coipmittee, While some of the hymns select ed are new and still undef coypright, a good proportion are old favorities The old tunes are preserved in the ew book. intended for are extent the Helping The Fund. Jethel, Sept. 24.--A number at. tended Napanee fair from around the day being. beautiful, making occasion twice fair. Mrs. S has returmed from Torom where she has heen visiting her daughter, 'Mrs, James Gibson. GQ: Rose is spending a few days about Selby, Mrs. J. Geehen and Mrs. I. It. Stover were through here in aid of the Red Cross fund. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Salgbury were in Ottawa attending the' wv Mra, WF Black, Napanee, visited with Mr. and Mrs. John Jayne recently. Elyir McWilliams - is attending the assizes in Napanee. here, the Hamilton to, R. C.-H. A. Band Returning. A report was received in the on Friday to the effect that band of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery would return to the city on Saturday night and take up hw ters al Tete de Pont barracks- It is expected that four iof the non- commissioned officers who were turn- ed down on account .of being medi- cally unfit for service, will return to the city with: the band. city the The distributing system of the Pe- terboro Light and -Power Co. passed into possession of the eitv on Thurs- day and the Utilities Commission took charge. The right to expro- priate the plant 'was "given to the special act. Sir H. Montagu Hugh Allan, Montreal, city on Thursday. Golden Heart Celery, Carnovsky. city by ; Allan and his son, were in the ed by war. {| Queen Mary Street." {1 Probably no er way could Patterns. now Queen o ing supplied fl One of the fm -- 21,000 requests following this appeal. N the 10th of August the Queen of England issued an appeal to tne women of Great Britain to make garments for hospital and army purposes and the relief of distress caus- 's appeal appeared in all British newspapers. One paragraph of it reads as follows: i "It-should be remembered that suit- able paper 'patterns can be obtained from the Butterick Co., 175 Regent such signal honor has ever been freely bestowed by royalty on a manufacturing firm -- Nothing this firm did or could have done through social influence or in any oth- ever have procured it for them. One thing justified it, practi- cal personal knowledge of the excel- lence and accuracy of Butterick's {| Butterick Patterns were regularly used by the Princess of Wales, who is f England. They are be- to Buckingham Palace at the present time. § No other pattern, British or foreign, is mentioned in the royal appeal. branch offices received within a few days John Laidlaw & Son | Sole Agents in Kingston for the Butterick Co. ae A Young Man's Shoe Snappy New Shoes Black Russia Calf and the new shade in tan Walk-Overs at .... .Regals at $6.00 Other well-known shoes . . Also a Black Calf Boot for boys, same style, : . $4.00 sizes 3to 5, at . ... i Tho Locke Shon Sore i 4 ny %