r 4 X 'RUSSIA HAS CALLED , say, of St, Paul, Minn. of" water. eB QUIPPED FROM THE WHS MANY BRIGHT EXCHANGES. In Brief Form the Events In the Country Abont Kingston Are Told ~Full of Interest to Many. W. Lawson, the Eganville lawyer, is to open a branch office at Killaloe. John Laing, Athens, is shipping many cattle to the United States mar- kets, : . Alfred Laushway, a well-known re- gident of Prescott, died on Sunday evening last; : In Almonte total taKes paid up to! December 14th was $26,841, leaving | but $286 unpaid. The Women's Institute of Lanark village has -purchased 46 pairs of mackinaw socks<to fend to Lanark boys overseas, Miss Dorothy Wade, Renfrew, isi among several teachers appointed to" the public school staff in Toronto on probation. Mrs. Anna Kail, born in Brock- Ville, died in Sewickley, Pa. on Thursday last, She was fifty-nine years of age, James Malyea, BeMeoville, died gn Friday last after vine days' illness Arom angina ris. He was six- age. ntgomery, Drummond, of Clyde colts to Wiliam , a horse buyer from Alber- | AW, voceiving therefor the tidy sum | of $320. Mrs. James Kinch died at Toledo | 'on Thursday. 'She had spént all her "life In Kitley township. Her maid- | en' na a8 Mary Gray. Three | daughters\survive. Ward was "received by Chaplin, Perth, of the death of his brother Harry pt Canuck, Sask. on Dec. 15th. Thé cause of death was ptomaine poisoning. At Smith's Falls on Dec. 23rd the marfiage took place of Reginald Quick and Miss Miss Eva Cassell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Cas- * spll It was a happy event. Mrs. 8. C. McLean, Spencerville, announces the engagement of her daughter, Harriet Pearl, to Mr. Alex- ander B. Lawrence, the marriage to take place early inthe New Ne. After a year's illness, William Jo- . seph Rose passed away on Monday at the family residence, Belleville. He was thirty-fdur years of age. He was. a railroad employee and was un- married. | : eS The déhth occurred in Ottawa of Mrs. J. 8. Huntington; fotfmerly of Prescott. Her maiden name was Rebecca Levis. For a number ef years her husband conducted the Re- veir House in Prescott. The Black nald Graphite - Co., Calabogie, did™#ot operate its mines on December 25th, but will probably do so on Jaruary 1st. Demand for the mineral is heavy, and if posisble mining will proceed throughout the winter. On Saturday the Brockville friends| of A, T. Wilgress, former editor of the Brockville Times and now King's printer for Ontario presented him with, a" cabinet of silver and express- ed 'regret' at hisiremoval to Toron- to. 2 | Rev, J. W. Allen, of St. Andrew's Church, Cobden, /was agreeably sur- prised on Christmas night, when Mr. and Mrs. Moffatt and Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Parr called at thé mahnse and presented him with a fur-lined coat and a substantial cheque. The death Is announced of Mrs. Ramsay, widow of the late Dr. Ram- Her maiden name was Mary A. Foley, she being the youngest sister of Ti hy and M..M. Foley, the widely-knowg con- tractors; and was horn in Ldnark county, 3 Lionel Montrosé Parker died in LY hospital at Santourse, Porto Rica on January 1st. ~- He had been ill 'for. some time. He was a brother of Sir Gilbert Parker. A sister resides in Belleville, He was born at Camden ast on March 23rd 1866, A. widow and two daughters survive. , Messrs. Cavghey and Harnich, Pambroke, were enjoying a fast ride on an ice-hoat on Allumette Lake when suddenly the boat went through the ice into thirty-five feet Messrs. Caughey and FIVE MILLION MEN TO THE COL- ORS SO FAR. : Thero Are Still 9,000,000 In Reserve. . Says U8, Physician Who Was In Warsaw Retreat. Neg York, Jan. 3.--Dr. Phillip Newton, of Washington, who return- ' ed yesterday on the Baltic wearing the uniform of a brigadier-general in the Russian army and the Cross of St. Anne, which was bestowed upon him by the Czar, said' that Russia had just drafted 5,000,000 men for , War service and had 9,000,000 more _4n reserve ready to be called up. The ptor said he went to Russia at the beginning of the war to offer his ser- vices and was attached to the Forty- second Regiment of the Sixth Army and took part in the retreat from AW. £ 1 ~ "We rted with 45,000 offigers and men and only 3,600 suryived the march. All the rest were either killed ded. or captured," hé said "With the 5,000,000 troops recently drafted Russia, has put altogether © 9,000,000 men into the field afd has . an equal number of good troops in reserve. She is receiving plenty of |' \{ PLL LY Pe WANTED | Mervyn | Harnich did not go down with it, a next day recovered it. The some of Mr. and Mrs. George Bellamy, B 6, was the e-of a wedding on Dee. 26th en their eldest daughter, Miss Ad- | die Buvetia, was whited n the bonds of matrimony to m ry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hen. | ry, North Augusta Road, Brockville. "Thomas Cardiff, Admaston, who {owns good horses, 'lost his best team {on Tuesday owing to thin ice on the | Bonnechere. His sons were engag- | od with the team cleaning off a road jon the icea for hauling across the | stream, and had crossed and re-cross- ed with the séraper a number of times, when suddenly the horses | broke through. REV. J. FERGUSON DEAD, . Was Outstanding Figure In Bay of Belleville, Jan. 4.--Rev. John Fer- guson, one of the outstanding figures of Bay of Quinte Methodism, passed away on Saturday at a ripe old age at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A, F. Sherman, John street. He was born near' Renfrew, the eldest of | fourtegn children. © Some sixty-four i years ago he married Catherine M. Pomeroy; Camden East, ~ Entered the ministry and wag ordained in 1857. He was an evangelist, a good | singer, vigorous speaker and a true | pastor. 2 . . " { Mr. Ferguson's first circuit was in Hallowell, Prince Edward County, { Going from there he successively | held charges at Seymour, Tamworth, {'Napanee, Shannorville, Lonsdale, Morven, Aultsville Lyn, Athens, Iro- quois, Sydenham ayd Cannifton. The latter circuit he held for a double pastorate of six®years. About 1886 | he superanndated owing t "with his eyes. - Five children survive: Frank (C. Ferguson, B.A., B.D., recently callgd | to be Counsellor to the State of | China, Mrs. Sarah Anderson and Mrs. { A. F. Sherman, Belleville, and Mrs. Taplin, Wellesley, Mass. » He ig also survived by one brother, Duncan, of Idaho, and two sisters, | | | Mrs. 'Blakely Shaw, Hastings, Ont.,1 | and Mrs. Thomas Wilson; Ontario, | Cal, Perth's Tax-paying Qualities. Perth, Jan. 4.--Monday, Dec. 27th, was the close of the allotted time for Perth citizens to pay their taxes, and roughly estimated, $51,365 in taxes was paid up to that date, leaving in the neighborhood of $1,800 in taxes still unpaid. Five per cent. inter- est will be charged on all these out- standing taxes. (ollector Jamie- son reports Saturday and Monday last as about one of the biggest tax- paying rushes he has experienced in his twenty years on the job, $22,000 in taxes being paid to him during these two days. Mr. Jamieson is undoubtedly one of the most efficient town tax collectors in the Dominion. May Go to Cairo, Renfrew, Jan. 4.--Clyde Shearn returned to town from Kingston on Wednesday evening after having successfully undergone a medical ex- amination for overseas service. He | went out with the idea of joining the {artillery, but while there was half | persuaded Xo cross the Atlaptic as a | fecruit.for Queen's Military Hospital | at Cairo, for which his training as a (chemist would well fit- him. } Damaging a Fence. Brockville, Jan. 4.--Homer Kel- sey," Lyndhurst, was charged in court' by William Sdoan, of the same place, with damaging a fence. he fence fronts upon an old unused con- cefsion, and theré is a dispute be- tween the men as to the right of maintaining a fence there. Kelsey was found guilty and fined one dollar with damages of four dollars and costs of $15.11. > ; Grew Thickly. Carleton Place, Jan. 4. --Richard Scott, Black's Corners, did a r@mark- able thing on Friday last, one which possibly can have no parallel on this continent, namely: He cut down nine 'large trees, the smallest a foot in diameter, and he could reach all nine without moving an inch in any direc- tion. . Ae ammunition from England, France, the United Stites and Japan. "Russia is-getting a supply of big guns from Japan, and the irony of it is that she is sending to Moscow over the Trans-Siberian Railway the Krupp guns that were originally shipped from Hamburg to Japan, The outlook for Russia was better when I left Petrograd three: weeks ago than it has been during the war." ¥ z ' "He said he was attached to the big military hospital at Kiev, which was equipped with 600 beds and had treated 6,500 wounded men in ten months. After spending a month with his family in Washington; Dr: New- ton will return to the War Office in Petrograd for orders. Another passenger on. the Baltic was Captain. Norman G. Thwaites, who was, wounded' in the neck' at Ypres and came over to consult spe- clalists. When the war started, the Captain, who was on the regerve list, said that he rejoined his old, regi- ment, thé Fourth Dragoon Guards. Captain Thwaites said that he was with his company im the trenches when a bullet struck him on the point of the chin and then glanced off and passed down into his neck. After the wound healed King George decorated him at Buckingham Pal- ace with the Military Cross for valor. "The»wound in my neck is not troubling me," Captain Thwaites said, "but before 1 Was lifted out of the trench it caved in- on me and caused internal injuries and -that is what I have come over to consult the specialists about," 2 ; Shows An Increase. United States Consul F.! 8 8. Jonson reports that the exports from this port during 1915 amount- ed "to $1,201,000 as' againsp $867, 000 in 1914, v b o trquble | i ---- ® : (From Our Sun Cotgabandent] } Gananoque, . 4~~The executive | committee of the Gananoque Branch | of the Patriotic and Red Cross so- | cleties met last evening. ovo The Young Mens' organized Bible | class of Grace Methodist Sunday | School are furnishing the entertain: | ment for the men of "A" Company | of the 59th Battalion at the recrea- | tion rooms of Grace Church this | week. There was quite a large num- | her present last evening. | The funeral of the late Mrs. Joseph | White was held yesterday morning | from the: fam¢Ph residence Stone street to St. John's Church where | mass was sung, and 'her remains conveyed to Howe Island for inter- ment, s { Miss - Nellie Lake, who has been | holidaying here for the Ohristmas | vacation, has returned to her duties | as teacher at the public school at Sydbury. Miss Kathleen K'rke left yesterday for Delta to resume her dutieg as teacher at the public school in that vicinity. Miss Ethel Pennett, trained nurse, who has been spending the past few months in town, left yesterday for | her home in Winnipeg. Miss C. M. | Wright, Stone street, left yesterday | to. resume her duties. as teacher at! the Eden Grove public schpel. Mr, and Mrs. Robert Edgeley, Gra- bamton, spent the week-end in town guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Latti- more, Stone street. Miss Pearl Web- ster, Charles street, left yesterday to resume her duties as teacher in | Leeds & Lansdowne Front. LING IN FAR NORTH. a The Mén Like the Pla Back. Lanark, Jan. 4.--Hugh son of Michael Murphy, Arnprior, | and formerly of this vicinity, who had been away to Port Nelson for the | past eight months, has arrived home. He has been engaged in Harbor work for the Department of Railway#and Canals on the Nelson River. The climate there is very cold, the tide bringing in' ldrgeedpebergs from the north. THe river. is ffozen , very nearly all summer, Joi breaking up | until some time in July. The walk from the end of the steel is a dis-| tance of 220 miles. Dog teams were used for-drawing in clothés and pro- visions. It is called "the land of | the midnight sun." Im=dufly read- iz a book at eleven o'clock at night was 'quite common. Wages were very reasonable -- 40¢ an hour for | common labggers and G60c. an houf | for carpenters. The boys all seem to like the place and intend going | back in. the spring. There are about twenty-five from Arnpriér and others from. Ottawa and 'other paris along the line, the total number out | there-being twelve hu Hugh | was one of the last to get home, He | left Port Nelson on the 16th of No- vember, but was delayed at Le Pas| and Winnipeg for a few days, arriv ing in Arnprior the 23rd of Decem- | ber <= just in time for Christmas? Married in Peterboro. Peterboro, Jan. 4.--A quiet but pretty wedding was solemnized at the home of Mrs G. S. Armour, | when her eldest daughter, Gertrude | May Elizabeth, was united in the] bonds of holy matrimony to Arthur T. Rice, Kingston. The ceremony | took place December 30th. After a| dainty repast the bride and groom | left on the 9 p.m. train for Kingston, where they will reside. The couple were unattended. * The Sale Upheld. : Lindsay, Jgn. 4.---An action was] tried here brought by John W. Lo-{ gan, Gananoque, against Herbert W. Elliott, Lindsay, to set aside the sale of the barber shop 'and tobacco busi-| ness on Kent street. Mr. Elljott sold the barber shop fixtures and tobacco stock to Mr. Logan in September last after certain extended negotiations. | Mr. Logan gharged misrepresenta- | tion, but his claims wepe not proven The sale was upheld. Paying His Way. In a rural courfrtlje old squire ha? made a ruling fo uifair that three young lawyers at once ° protested) against such a miscarriage of jus-| tice. The squire immediately fined each of the lawyers $5 for contempt <f court. There was silence, and then an older lawyer walked slowly to the front c¢ the room gnd deposited a $10 bill with the clerk. He then ad- dressed the judge as follows: "Your honor, I wish to state that] I have twice as much contempt for] this coyrt as' any maa in the room." ~--Youth's Companion. ° . Doing Good Wark. At a meeting of the teachers and officers of Sydenham Street Methodist Church Bible School: it was decided to send a consignment of socks to Capt. Harry Pense and Capt. George T. Hichardson for the Kingston men who are in the trenches in France. These socks wil] be sent direct to thé officers, and. will be distributed to the men. For some months the Bible School of Sydenham Street Chureh contributed ¥,000 bandages to Queen's Stationary Hospital. Had Rough Trip. ¢ Mrs. Eva, 3§9 Johnson street, re- ceived a cable message from England on Tuesday morning from her son "Jack," who is attached the C. A. Dp. C. He reports a safe bug rough trip. . : / Returned To Oswego. . John Corbett, arrived with his four children from Oswego a 8 time ago, aud got stranded at Madoc, The immigration agents took up their Cage... They were sent. back to Oswego on Tuesday. : 7 1 the in deed sincerity of words are proven 8. . ! - { ' { | ce and Will GO "The Sum of | to, Mo T. Eaton Co., Toronto... cegter, if he "were here to-day with. x PAL BIBT - Reave--C. 'M. Forbes. Conucillars--Nejson- Affleck, Arch. bertson and MacDonald, RB. W. Ro James Watt, x . Bath Village, + Reeye--Parker Waite, J. Calver. Ray Township of Loughboro. For Reeve--John M. Blake, 240; J. M. Stoness, 227. For Councillors--Edward Law- rence, 279; J. F. McRory, 239; Da- vid Walker, 190; Bdward Sills, 173; R. H. Smith, 146; W. E. Ennis, 139; George Green, 105, are elected, ; Township of Oso. For Reeve--T. J. Munroe, 1 obert McVeigh, 86. For Councillors--Archibgld Gray, 115; Jerome Thomson, 10%; H. Sar- gent, 100; 8. C. Bourke, 99. a 1: R Township of Sheffield. For Reeve--J, KE. Harrisow, 304; Bernard O'Neill, 188 For. Councillors--B, A. McGuire, 296; H. York, 264; J. B. Palmateer, i; John J. Neville, 239; John Mor- rison, 238; Robert King, 233. The first four are elected. Township of Kingston. Por_Reeve---John A. Redmond (acclamation). Deputy Reeve--RBenson C. er. Councillors--John Heaton, Stover and A. E. Weller. + p-- ) Coul- Elgin Reeves Elected. Camden---Archibald Phillips. Front Leeds and Lansdowne Daviq' Dempster, Kemptville--iA| Maijoc--E. C, Tufts. , Merrickvile--Mr. Tallman. Langstaff, HOW THE MONEY GOES. $40,000 Squandercd, A Big Divide. Murphy, | Montréal Herald Sir Charles Davidson's © Commis- sion - has unearthed an interesting list, showing how the people's money is bethg squandered "on, war - con- tracts. Some time 'ago the Militia Department required ' 188;000 pairs of trousers for Canadian soldiers, and -calted for tenders. The lowest tender was T. Eatoni& Co., of Tor- onto, at $3.20 a pair. Instead of awarding the contract to the lowest tenderer, however, the Government split up-the order, for political effect, bétween ten different firms in Toron- real and Hamilton in lots of about #2,5600 pairs to each, and gave then in each cas& tHe highest prices at which they had tendered. The pri- | ces paid were as follows: -- Price per pair. $3.20 3.28 A. Kilbert & Co. Montreal 3.43 Crown Pants Co,, Montreal Copley, Noyes & Randall, Hamilton' vo +d us. Cohen & Sons, Meutreal. . Punchard, Burrill _& Co. Toron(G. ... .. ys... s- Canada Clothing Co., Mon- treal. . 3.43 3.50 < 3.58 { Empire Clothing -Co., Tor- onto eee W. E. Sanford Mfg. Co., Capital Brand Trousers, Toronto .. .. nec. +s 9. It will be noticed that they were all paid different prices for the same work. For instance, the. Capital" Brand Trousers Company, of Toron- tg, received $5,625 more for making | 12,600 pairs of pants than the T. Eaton Company got for the same work. - It was figuréd out that the 188,000 pairs of pants cost toon. try $40,000 more than, they wpuld had the lowesd.tender been\accept-' ed. The reputation of the Eatqn firm is such that there could havé béen no misgiving as-to their capacity .to handle such an order, nor their abil- ity to give satisfaction. In this case $40,000 of the ratepayers' ' mopey .was squandered for political effect. And that is emnly one small instance of what appedars to be! the general rule. Admiting the monkey was our an- he niight not be proud of the progress some of us have made, - It is always 'well to remember that ite (need ight weaken under the purden- ihe other True charity never seeks spacé in a newspaper, 1 If an advertiser could make. every advertise: ' ment, and every word in it, do its best work for him, he would make a record and invariably hit the buil's eye. Perhaps ble, but the rifle with which he shoots, may be the thus enhancing his chances for a best possible, perfect score. : The one best rifle, the "vertising, is the newspaper. tried and are being tried by new and eapetie ed adverti ; but as grog in wisdom, the 'new enced ones 4 Councillors -- Robert Stevenson, | Charles Rose, George Davy, William' The first four fellow Wtaggers y they put their faith The example of is worth following. I extend thanks to those of my friends who Supported me in the mavoralty election, and while I regret that the result is a disappointment to did my best. TI retire from municipal Retivities feeling that IT have given to the city all the service that conld he reasonably expected. J.8.R. McCANN. FRONTENAC WARD Ladies and Gentlemen: I wish to thapk the electars of Frontenac Ward for théir gplendig support in electing mé Alderman, and I assure them theil trust wil) not be placed in vain. Sincerély yours, S. 8. CORBETT. / them, I assure them that P| Amn, IRELAND IN' THE WAY OF THE ADOPTION OF $( HEME OF CONSCRIPTION. Erin's Young Men Could Not Be In. cluded In Bill Providing For Com. pulsory Service, London, Jan. '4.--Ireland"s * atti} tude makes a sharp complication if the path of even the limited mea ure of conseription which Prémier Asquith proposes to ask Parliament to adopt. Earl Derby's enrollment of recruits was not extended to Ire- laid; therefore Ireland's young men can hardly be included in g_ bill for thercompulsory enlistment of unmar ried men who failed to present them- selves. Nevertheless, the Nationalist party in the House will fight dny compulsory scheme, as John Red- mond and John Dillon have already announced. Conscription with Iréland left out, and left out principally because the authorities fear to attempt to enforce it there, will have an important bearing on the home rule issue, which j§ merely dormant during the war by general consent, hut if is by no means dead. Ulster's ° determination to- fight home rule, when its enforcement 1 attempted, remains as strong as ever Both Irish factions desire to be in a position after the war to point to their services in the struggle, and if the Nationalists fight universal ser- vice the Ulster leaders will use that fact as an argument that Ulster: is more loyal to the empire, and there- for'deserving of mpre consideration. It is still 4 tful whether there will be a great battle in the House of | Commons over compulsion. The anti- | conscriptionists claim to have 200 members determined to fight to the last what they . de- liberal he Irjsh Nationalists may be counted upon to oppose Premier As-| quith's bill, but whether: they will | use filibustering- tactics, as Mr. Dil- | lon has threatened, is doubtful. They | will be supported by some Labotites and an uncertain number of Liberals, Respect Old Age. A {venerable negro 'who had lived throggh the picturesque slavery days, Jbut whose mind continued clear and Rhetive, despite his age, was} brought before Judge Broyles for locking his sister 'up in a corncrib and keeping her there over night. ~ "You are 'entirely too old to be brought before this court, Uncle Henry," said His Honor, "and 1 will see that you are treated leniently on that aecount, but will you expldin why you treated you sister in such La cruel manner?" v ' _"Jedge Briles," .returned the an- | cient negro, running his "fingers through his white hair, that 'ooman done try ter interfere wid me marry- in' my ninth wife."--Case and Coni- ment." -------------------- - Prayer is often made, a direct form | of demanding a lot of things thaby you are not entitled to. such a score is not possi- nearest to perfect in ad- Others have been ienc- its and primarily in these exper- they watch res - TC Ameri . " ¥. A est REL : VICTORIA WARD ELEC" OF Ladies and Gentlemen: : ! 'RIBEAU : J 1 greatly appreciate the splendid YN Lr \ vote adetorded to me in the above] 1 taWe this opportunity of nk- ward and will do all fn my power on |ing you, especialy' the Indies, for the behalf of the truest interests ofthe honor you have bestowed in electing me your representativefor Rideau Ward. LA 1 assure you T shall do all in my municipality. Sincerely yoursg pafer te-advance, not only the in- ___ PERCY B. CHOWN. VICTORIA WARD = | erin of Bidets Wari bot the 1 wish to thank the voters of ¥i¢-| Kingston generally. toria Ward who yesterday elected | [ again thank you, most heartily, me school trustee, I will try to|and wish y one and all a Very merit their Yonfidence. Happy and Most Prospefous New Year.. Yours cincc.oly, ; GEORGE LATURNEY. FRONTENAC WARD Although not successful in my can didaey for Fronténac Ward, 1 wish at (he same time to thank the many who did vote for me. _A better New Year for al. ° Sincerely, oJ. W. SMITH. J. F. MACDONALD FRONTENAC WARD To the Eléetors of Frontenac rd: I wish to take this opportunity of personally thanking the elettors for their hearty support tendered me in my aldermanic campaign. 1 regret that T was unable to make a general canvas. Yours truly, , | ! canvas, Yours truly, GEO. CLARK WRIGHT. mmm Sy Coats ° Pure Wool Coat 'Sweaters, Shawl Collars, $4, $4.50 Other lines $1.00 to $3.00. 127 Princess St, - - 'Kingston Years of Scientific Study and Experimenting have produced : . the : hei & Go. Feintzman & En. § I x : ayer -Piann a wonderful musical instrument--easy to play, and on account of its aluminum action and ether exclusive - features, * weather-proof " : . and * wear-proof." They / world's best musicxépay be interprefed istically and naturally without the opér- ator knowing a note of music. Brings the great composers right into your home. ' CG. W. LINDSAY, LIMITED, - Princess St., Kingston. SUNKIST RAISINS = APRICOTS « PRUNES PEACHES Insist on "Sunkist" T haps you don't miss much." "That's just what -a'body tells me,' was the disconcerting reply, ~ = 5 'Only four municipalities the Hydro-radial by-law all others carrying ft with large majo ties sh E » ¥ A policy is Blways ahead of a sue- cessful life. Es 5 . Janet And Her OMimister. A Perthshire parish minister was vigiting oné of his parighiopers, an woman, afflicted of years with deafness. * "The fac' is, when 1 gang to the kirk I canna hear ye, sir," she said. to be sym pathetic, and to say con: soling, he replied, with unnecesgary self epreciation, "Weel, Janet, per-