NINDSOR HOTEL Large, Airy Rooms STEAM HEAT AND ELECTRIC LIGHT The best yard accommoda- _tion in the city First-class Cafe in connec- Frank McCue, Pro. ~ Anglo American Hotel | | TERS WAS SH AND DROWNED THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1914, | SHI IN VAAL CHRISTIANITY AND WAR. The Tragic End of the Big Prof. MacNanghton Sees Some 'Good Boer Rebel Loader SHOT FROM HIS HORSE AS HE REACHED MIDSTREAM IN ATTEMPTING ESCAPE, Grabbed Tail of Another Horse, But Carried Away in Cwrrent -- His Followers Fought Hard to Cover His Escape. Pretoria, Dec, 9.-----General Chris- tian Frederick Bevers, leader with General Dewet, of the South African rebellion, is dead. With this official announcement to-day' came the story of the terrible end to which General Beyers came while endeavoring to escape from the column of the loyalist troops. which had overtaken him and fifty of his followers on the bank of tho Vaul river. 3 General Beyers and his followers had been pursued since Saturday. Yesterday they were overtaken along the Vaal near Greylings Captain Viljoens, commending the pursuing troops, demanded the surrender of the rebels but the latter promptly refused, and prepared to make a last stand. The rebels formed along the river, and sharp fightine followed, as the men Gen. Beyer: "was=lead- ing, endeavored to cover the fiight of their commander and the other offi cers with him. General Bevers and others plung- ed 'their horses {nto the river in their effort to escape, but in mid- stream, the general was shot from his mount." He managed to grasp the tall of another horse, but thi animal, caught in the swift current, ogan to drift rapidly down stream General Beyers could be 'heard eall- | Ing loudly for help, but disappeared during the fighting in which his men were endeavoring to make his es- {and the swollen condition cape possible, ' The field glasses and revolver car {ried by the dead rebel leader were | found, but it was impossible to re- { cover his body owing to recent floods ov ! Vaal. OPPOSITE THE GRAND | TRUNK STATION | General Beyers was formerly com- mandant-general of the citizen forces of South Africa, but resigned his i place at the opening of the European | war, in the Conflict. Montreal Gazette. That the temple which Christ suid He would build would once again snd out in its majestic simplicity 4s the result of the war wasone of the points advanced by Prof. John Mae- Naughton in addressing.the members of the Presbyterian Ministerial asse lation at their monthly meeting held in the Edinburgh cafe, on Monday. "The war is no doubt a horrible and deplorable business," the profes- for sald, in part, "and is likely to make it harder for poor people to live for fifty years to come, not te speak of the death and suffering it is causing at this moment, But the peace which preceded it was not with out its drawbacks. If we regard the development of human character as the measure of good and evil in all outward circumstances, then 'that Peace. was, perhaps, even more des- truetive in its effects than the war itself, It was a carnival of greed, frivolity and falsehood." It might be found that there was a good deal to be said for the war, Prof. MacNaughton continued. It had revealed a latent capacity for noble and heroic conduct in all clas- ses of our people such as made one proud to belong to that race. "The very best proof and example of what I say." the speaker pursued, "will be found in last Saturday's Gazette. Clifford Wallis tells us there of his own personal experience in this connection. He said his two partners in business made such ar- rangements that the young men in their employment 'could hardly be re- strained to wait until- other people could be got to fill their places be- fore they enlisted. The employees in the factory started of their own accord a fund to supplement the miserably scanty allowance (one dol- lar and seventy-five cents a, week), which an economical government al lows for the support of each reser- vist's wife. Each of the three part- ners contributed a sum equal to the total raised by hands, thus bringing the fund ava pectable amount Ther one of wives, and then all the others came 'by stealth' to Mr. W allis, declaring that they could make a shift to s along on their own seven shillings, and begging him to 'divide. their chares among those whose necessity was greater than theirs. "If this record on the part thei of FROM THE COUNTRYSIDE. Notes From McLean. Mclean, Dec. &.--Rural mail started on December .1st, with A. Chariton as courier. Mrs. George Sills has returned home after ghending some time with her daugh- ter at Moscow. Miss Florence Ab- bott spent the week-end at her home at Mountain Grove. William Row- ley and H. Smith are spending some time at Eagle Lake fishing. Rev. Mr. Stanton gave a fine ser- mon on Sunday merning on 'The Life Beyond." The appearance of the school room has been improved by new window blinds. At Lower Lavant, Lower Lavant, Dec. 7--The snow is all gone once more and Robert- son's lake is open again. Mrs. Joseph Bartran and little Gladys visited friends at Mississippi lost week. The box of quilts and cloth- ing got ready by the women here for the Belgians, is all ready to go, but no information can be'obtained as to where it is to be sent, Mrs. James Percy visited her sister Mrs Charles Kennedy at McLaren's de- pot last week. H, Robertson spent the week-end in Lanark. F. Reid as returned from James Fair's camp where he was working for a few days. Joseph Bartran sold: his golt to G. McDonald, of Conanto. Long Point Toeals : Long Point Dee. 7.-- David Townsend made a business trip to Kingston on Thursday. Miss Lenna Bryan, of Soperton, spent the week- end at her home here. Miss Made- line O'Connor has returned from visiting friends in Kingston, Wolfe Island and Gananoque. Mrs: James Townsend is very ill of quinsey. Miss Rose Fodey, Outlet, visit- ing her sister, Mrs. A. Slack. Georgé wright, Wright's Corners made a business trip to this place on Satur- day. H., A. McArdle is visiting at Charles O'Connor's. Recent = visi- tors: Leonard Sterry, Lyndhurst, at Philip Kelsey's; Mr. and Mrs. Geo Peton, Dr. Fergus O'Connor and Miss. Margaret O'Connor, Ganan- oque at C, J. O'Connor's; N. Griffin, Marble Rock at Harry Beven's is Reports From Elgin « Elgin, Dec. 7---Mrs. C. Smith, who spent the summer months at Ed- moriton, Alta., has returned home Dr. Gordon Hamilton made a busi ness trin to Cornwall last week. Dalton Halladay, Athens, spent his vacation in this village. Bernard Murphy, Delta, is clerking in the village. George Howard spent Sun- day with his family. jeorge War ren has improved his residence with new verandahs. Joseph Prior's horse made a dash for liberty on Saturday while being hitched to to the mail cart, but was captured TE EE RR EE PRE PP RN ES ERE RP RRP PPR BEART RB EDR EPO Fhe eB b GT | | BERR PEERS SFL PF FPR EPAPER ESI H LP LASSI PEER PPE P FIED DD WAR BULLETINS. 5 -- It is officially announced at Berlin that the kaiser is ill with bronchial catarrh, and cannotre- turn to the front at present, Count Annesley and his as. sistant, Lieut. Beevar, were killed reconnoitering over Os- tend on Tuesday. Their ma- chine was shot down. Annesley was one of England's. wealth. iest landlords, The German government has iaid a protest at Washington against the British ordering the Winchester rifle, claiming its cartridge is anuncivilized weap on of 'war. German acroplanes on Tues- day dropped bombs on Rheims, destroying considerable proper. ty. The Japanese government declares that the Japanese navy will stay in the war till Ger many is crushed. The allies have advanced to their best positions since Octo- ber. General Beyers, leader of the Boer rebels, is believed to be drowned while attempting to escape, Two German trains loaded with: shells collided and blown up. Two hundred were killed. The British government an- nounces that the capture of Ger- man Togoland cost three hun- dred thousand dollars, which the gold coast colony has paid to Britain. "we are sober and content," said the Russian minister of finance on Wednesday, speaking 4 of the Russian attitude. * Fa 3 * deleted db ddd bb lb Tbe REMARKABLE REDUCTIONS. +» The Provincial Government's Power On. The Wane. June 1014 and 1914 Nov. Dec Hamilton, Maj County, Maj 763 West Con. Dundas Con 1411 2174 98 This short mathematical table, showing the results of the two bye- »lections for the Ontario house since Hon. Mr. Hearst became premier, WILL RETAIN THEIR RANK. Officers Do Not Lose It While On Ac- tive Service. Ottawa, Dec. 9.--That all Canadian militia officers will go to 'the front and are thus "Seconded" as regards commands in the units to which they | formerly belonged, will retain: their | rank and resume it over the heads of any junior officers who may have been | promoted in their absence, was made | clear by a statement made by General | Sam Hughes. } The matter was drawn to the atten- | tion of the minister of militia at a.| meeting of the Cavalry Association, | which he attended. As a result, Gen- eral Hughes i# making it clear that officers who go to the front will be given brevet rank so as to retain their seniority over any officers junior | to them who may be promoted at : hame during their absence. The militia department has recived | applications from two lady doctors to | go to the front. One of the appli- cants is from Winnipeg and claims that she is qualified in every way to go. SURE WAY T0 BET RIO-OF DANDRUFF End Itching Scalp And Stop Falling Hair -- At Once. There is one sure way that never fails to remove dandruff completely and that is to dissolve it. This des- troys it entirely. To do this just get about four ounces of plain, ordinary liquid arvon; apply it at night when retiring; use enough to moisten thé scalp and rub it in gently with the finger tips. By morning most, if not all, of your dandruff will be gone, and three or four more applications will eom- pletely dissolve and entirely destroy every single sign and trace of it, no matter how, much dandruff you may have. You will find, too, that all itching and digging of the scalp will stop in- stantly, and your hair will be flufty, lustrous, glosgy, silky and soft, and look and feel a hundred times better. If you want to keep your hair look- Ing rich, do by all means gét rid of dandruff, for nothing destroys the hair.so quickly. It not only starves the hair and makes it fall out, but it makes it stringy, straggly, dull, dry, brittle and lifeless, and 'everybody notices it. You can get liquid arvon at any drug store. It is inexpensive, and four ounces is all yon will need. This simple remedy has never been known' to fafl. . Don't Miss This Chance Owing to the mild weather we have decided to make a big reduction in the prices of all our men's and boys' overcoats. Regular $12.50 for $7.00 $16.50 for $12.00 $20.00 for $15.00 $25.00 for $18.00 We also have cut the prices on our hats, caps, and the rest of our gents' furnishings. It will pay you to come to fuspect our goods and see our prices. Big Reduction on Furs BARNET LIPMAN 107 Princess St The Up-to-date Clothing and Gents' Furnishing Store. COAL we kind you are looking is the hind we seh Scranton Coal Is good coa' and we guarantee prompt delivery Booth & Co. Foot of West Street. pe III hasta anna i He was opposed to the Propos- { al that South African forces should {invade the German provinces in Af- hefore getting out of village limits, W. C. Stevens, Philipsville was in tiie village Saturday with his auto BARRE self as -- masters, men and women is at all speaks for itself. There has been a dpproximately representative of the This hotel has been refur- +hese two elections of over 2,000 ~ nished from top to bottom and is modern in every de-| rica, as well as the loan made by the Dritish government. He then took the field at the heed of the rabel for- tes with General Dewet, who was captured recently. Dewet is expected | to be court-martialed and shot. } SPECIAL RATES | BY THE WEEK Compelled Bar stocked with choice lig- uors, cigars, etc. * during M. J. LAWLESS Proprietor. Revere Hotel King and Queen Sts. American Plan Large, Well-heated SPECIAL RATES Good Rooms BY THE MONTH Yard and Stable Ac- commodation, Bar stocked with first-class Wines and Liquors, LOUIS MARTIN Proprietor. Phone 834, 3 For Your Xmas Rum, Brandy Sherry & Cider From The Th Manufacturers of English Gin. Beer, Dublin Ginger Ale, etc. for Dow Ales and Stout Pilsener Lager Clearance Sale s and teil AH shapes as mmings to ICE AT G! NOQUE ------------ Manufactoring Plants to Close Half Day. Gananoque, Dec. 9.--The loeal manu- facturing plants along the line of what is known as the Spring and Axle canal, for the first time this season were compelled to close their works vestérday morning, on a count. of anchor ice. This was a seri- ous thing to some of the busiest fac- tories in the town. However, every thing was cleared ready for a start after noon. Mrs. E. H, Hurd is confined to her home on Brock street, quite seriously ill. Frederick LaFrance, who left here some time ago to accept a situa. tion in Ottawa, has bhoen compelled to return account of illness. James Kenny, spending the past sum- mer and fall at New Liskeard, has ro turned to town to spend the winter at his home, Pine street. 8. D. Pen. nock is fn Brockville as a juror. J. Arthur Jackson went to Brockville, yesterday, to attend the court pi tings. At the home of William Salter, cor- ver of Garden and James streets, a surprise party was held on Monda, evening, when the choir of St. An- drew's church 'took occasion te dron in and present to Mr. and Mrs. Wil lism J. Kelly a very handsome mis- sion rocker, The ladies of the Gananague branch home on | of the Leeds County Patriotie Sociatv and Relief Association have this week forwarded © to Montreal four large cases of goods for the relief of the Belgians. ily. The Retort Of The Pacificise. Torbnto Globe. Alfred G. Gardiner, editor of the London Daily News, has evidently be- come tired of being held mp to con. femnt by the Northeliffe papors as o paeificist and a false prophet of peace His retort is to the point. Of North- cliffe's Journalistic nrethods he says: "Ii 1s always easter to appeal to the lower passious of man than to hi: better instinets. A student of your career would find it difficult to point to anything you have done, and say: 'Here Lord Northcliffe sacrificed his journalistic interests for. the common good, Tor the cause of peace, or for some great human ideal that brought no grist to his mill; here he used his enormous power not to enrich him- self, but to enrich the world.' But lie would have no difficulty in point- ing to the wars you have fomented, the hatreds you have cultivated, the causes you have deserted. You have been in incendiary of journalism for twenty years, a man ever ready to Fol the world fn a blaze to make a newspaper placard. This war will wake an end of many things, and among them may we not hope that it will make an end of the most sin. ister influence that ever has corrupt. ea the soul of English journalism" Canada's journalistic Northeliffes would do well to ponder over these words; ---------- -- Greater safety, Hes in leaving foot prints on the s#ds of time than or the soft mear the ne'zhber's pouitry roost. Once (ried always used, White Rose flour, . Ian' itt dy unless You are a English people, then 1 do not think we need be at all afraid of the Ger mans or of anyvhody else. A common able where each is too proud to eat ne crumb more than® his or her hare! Here at last is true Chris- Uanity, "And this, I think, is the greatest thing the war is going to do for us- {0 uncover before our eyes in its true proportions the religion of Jesus Christ. The great temple which He said He would build will stand out nce more in its majestic simplicity. It had to a large extent been hidden from ew by the booths of the mo- ney ec doves, « no peac It had become the abode of doleful creatures. "Christianity, the religion of hero- ism, had come to be a school of the prudent self-regarding virtues and conventional respectabilities The innumerable prohibitions had taken the place of the one great. 'Thou shalt.' The war may help us to a irue perspective." WAR IS NOT OVER Japan as a Final Object Yet to At- tain. Tokio, Dee. 9.--The the diet' was a brilliant The chamber was crowded. Emper- Yoshihto's address dealt in part with the war, and requested the diet to pass the legislation requested by the government, "1 am happy to announce," emperor sald, "that opening of function the the friendship growing In cordiality, and that the alllance with Great Britain and the entente with France and Russia have been cemented in the present critical stage by stronger bonds of amity. Our army and navy have crushed the enemy in co-operation with our ally. and peace in the Orient is gradually being restored. But the great war is not vet ended. We rely on the loyalty and bravery of our subjects. We wish to attain the final object as quickly as pos- sible." The emperor, in concluding, - re- quested the diet to co-operate har- moniously with the programme of the administration and pass its finan. cial budgets 'and necessary political measures, Honesty With Limits. + Somebody on the back platform dropped a bundle. A woman saw it woman: nevertheless she opened the package Ht contained a waist pat- tern of very pretty silk. When she "aw that she thanked her guardian angel she had been created honest. "If I had been an ordinary dishon- ast thing," she told her husband. "1 should keep this silk as sure as any- thing and make it up myself." "But since vou aren't," said the man, "what are you going to do with | & di "Oh, rake it buck to the lost and found department of the store where it was bough! The pure arebably inquire Tor it there, One evening abont two weeks later the woman appeared oi dinner ina new Waist * y "Helle," (oid the nan admiringly, Cerms 10 we § lave seen that before Lm't #t something like the piece of Hk yey tennd 1 MU de just Tike it" sighed the weo- man. © Tis the same piece, 1 took ft to the lost and found department, but I--1 couldn't stand it. 1 went around Bind next day and asked for it angers and 'those that sold) ing peace where there was! of the empire with treaty powers is! and picked it up She was an howest | Harris P. Del.ong, who spent thé summer at Manitoba, is home for the winter. Bills are out for a poultry fair in the village on - the 9th inst. Dr. Coon, Kingston, was in the village last week. --e Wolfe Island News, Wolfie Island, Dec, 8.--James Daw son, Calgary, is visiting relatives and friends here. Clarence Kenney has purchased FE. Crawford's Wild Brino yearling stallion colt, for a handsoms igure. He a thoroughbred and promises to be speedy. Mr. and Mrs, James Conley, who have been visiting relatives and friends in Brownville, N.Y., have returned home. F. Con stance, Cape Vincent, purchased a car. lond of cattle for New York market last Ernest Crawford has pur chased a croseadore colt from O Hawkins, which promises to he speedy John Cleary held a successiul sale on Tuesday afternoon. Everything was sold and brought good prices. Tho mas Fawcett auctioneer I. i Briceland shipped a ecarload of cattle I'oronto, and also a consignment hogs and cattle to. Montreal Hall intends to till Henry Hinckley's farm for another season l.. Larush, D. Larush, and R. Me (Gregor, who have been sailing out of tufialo for the past turned home. No tface week, Was to of John season, have re been found of John Shea, was accidentally drowned, 'about a month ago, al though diligent search has heen kept up by his parents and friends. Part of the boat seat has been found, and also the gasoline tank recently. De ceased was insured for $2,000. has vet who GERMAN COPPER MINES | Worked More Than 500 Years, Are Still Productive Berlin, Dee. 9--The famous Mans- now working day and night shifts to turn out all the copper possible for Germany's military requirements. . Under normal circumstances Ger- many produces only one-fifth as mich copper as it consumes, the mines at Mansfield yielding nine- tenths of the 45,000 tons annual production. This, it is thought, will be almost doubled by pushing the tuining at Mansfield to the utmost. These mines have been worked for more than 500 years. The. ore is very low grade, seldom running above three per 'cent. and the ore vein is nct quite two feet thick, The ores would normally not even pay the expense of mining but for the fact that they contain a small per- centage of silver. Germany in times of peace ig the langest consumer of copper in Eur- ope, importing more than 200,000 fons a year in addition to the home supply, and ranks next to the United States in world consumption. Forseeing the interruption of im- ports from the United States: and other cbuntries, the German govern- ment at the beginning of the war pre-empted for military purposes all the copper in the country but now, notwithstanding the British at titude on contraband, sees its way clear to liberating small quantities for commercial consumption, giving first consideration to such enterpris- es as are d ent upon a supply of copper for the continuation of their operations. i ------------ No Peace Prize This Year. field copper mines, near Kiseben, are | votes Several causes are being assigned vy political observers who are tak- ng a keen interest in the, turn-over. The death of Sir James Whitney is mdoubtedly responsible for a part af the change. It was obviously his sersonal influence and prestige which was holding the government togeth- er during the last few years, Hon. \Ir. Hearst does not seem to be in- spiring nearly the same support or :nthusiasm. Of course this could ent condition of affairs is inevitable. ¥ however, does not reduce iis significance, An equally subtle influence at work is the traditional feeling mani- 'esting itself periodically in politics time for a change." It is difficult o put your finger precisely on when ind where such a cry arises but it has arisen in these bye-eleciions, Such a movement, when once it gets , start among the people, usually spreads rapidly. In the Dundas election the great ersonal popularity of the liberal andidate, backed by hard work 1zainst all the forces of conservative irganization, assuredly was a strong factor. Mr. Campbell's progressive rolicies, however, on agriculture, aducation and social reform made a ide non-partisan appeal. Dundas, like many other counfie:, seem= to we particularly opposed in the . gov- 'rnment's general edu al rolicy 1nd especially to the reduction of the grants to rural schools. Of the issues in the contest, this was one of the nost effective in bringing about the emarkable result. National Affairs. Financial Post The story is revived that a gener- election will be held early in This will meet with decid- ed opposition from business inter- ests of the country. This includes e'oployees as well as employers. For the last two weeks the first eviden- cet in many months of an improved undertone to business have been felt, but conditions are so delicate- ly adjusted at the present time that an election campaign would not on- iv stop any progress towards a re- iru of confidence, buf would be (he cause of or excuse for further econo- mice, reduction in wages and ais- missal of workers among the scores of concerns who are to-day forega- ing part, if not all, of their profits in order to maintain their business connections and carry through their organization until conditions im- prove and sales improve. ' Seeing Stars. A party of young ladies visited an observatory to have a peep through the monster telescope at the new comet. The astromomier conducted them to the instrument, and they looked through in turns. "Oh, isn't it charming, heavenly, enchanting, wonderful?" "and so ad libitum. After a while the sly astronomer observed: = "Now ladies, I shall remove the cover and place the instrument in position if you will allow me." Origin of Word "Bayonet." The Pathfinder. : The word "bayonet" comes from Bayonne, in France --a troop of sol- diers in that region having, in the seventeenth century, run out of pow- der and stuck their knives into the al spring. i eduction of government majority in | 4! i | } 10t be expected and in fact the pre-| PARKER BROS. 'Brookfield Creamery Butler - - 33 Lb. oid Leaf Lard, in packets, - - 18¢c Ib, { Fresh Boiling Eggs - - - 3c Doz. KINGSTON'S LEADING BUTCHERS, | 217 Princess St. Phene 1683, Opposite Opera House, BARGAINS! BARGAINS! IN CLOTHING, GENTS' FURN- ISHINGS, BOOTS AND SHOES We have decided to turn over our stock and to show the customers what we can do. We need $5,000.00 by Dec. 31st, 1914, and in order to get this money .we are going to give the people very low prices, We do not intend to advertise our prices in the paper as other merchants are doing, but all customers that call in our store will be surprised at the very low prices we are offering in Clothing, Gents' Funishings, Boots and Shoes, Best value in the city for your money. H. Rotgauze, T FORGET 232 PRINCESS STREET Military Officers NYONE WISHING REAL BARGAINS, DO ee "SAM BROWNE BELT | | barrels of their guns and victoriously