MANY BRIGHT EXCHANGES, in Brief Form the Events In The Country About Kingston Are Told ~Full of Interest to Many. The tax rate of Cobourg is thirty- two mills on the dollar, The home of Hubbard Garnsey, mail carrier between Clayton and Grindstone Island, was destroyed by fire, Fifteen hundred dollars per year is the rate fixed by the Peterborough Utilities Commission to the city for water service outside of fire protec- tion. : The unveiling of a tablet by Nor- wood Lodge A. F, and A. M, occur- red in memory of the late Russell S. Pearct, who died of wounds in France, Suffering from poor health since before Christmas, H. J. Murney died in Goderich on Thursday, Mr, Mur- ney was born in Cobourg, Ont., fifty- five years ago, and had lived in To- ronto for the last seventeen years, DEATH OF W. P. NILES. He Was Leading Resident of Wel. liggton, Ont. Wellington, May 12.--W, UP, Niles, one of the oldest and most prominent citizens of this village, dled suddently on Thursday while at the telephone office, He was for Years reeve of the village, was pro- prietor of a large seed business, and also owned and operated the. elee- trie light plant of the village. He ran for member of the provincial house in 1908. He was 68 years of age, a Conservative in polities Gnd & church warden of St. Andrew's Anglican Church. He was also a member of the Orange, Masonie, Mystic Shrine, 1.0.0.F. orders. He was very charitable and contribut- ed liberally to patriotic and causes. He leaves a widow and one Sister, Mrs. W. J. MacDonald. FINE MINSTREL SHOW GIVEN BY THE 146th BATTALION AT THE GRAND Wheh Was Filled to Capacity on Friday Night--The Programme Presented Most Entertaining ! The minstrel show under the aus- pices of the 146th Battalion was one of efforts of its kind, ever presented to the citizens of King- ston. The Grand Opera House was filled to capacity on Friday night when it was produced and everyone in that large andience was more than ple , as shown by the applause that folowed eah number, The first part wos a series of jokes from the endmen, played by Messrs. Smith, Hackett, Vickery, Shaw, Fis- her and Fergpson, and all went to produce. that spirit that caried the whole play, Miss Phyliss Devlin sang 'Coming Through the Rye,' Miss A. Suther- land gave 'An Irish Lulaby," Miss Irene Hoag renderel "'Supposing' Miss Florence Valleau "The Songs My Mother Used to Sing," Miss Timerman "Dry Those Tears," Wil- lam Mack 'Roses,', Mr. Vickery "My eet Adair," James Saunders other," Mr. Shaw "I've Had my Fortune Told," George Allen "When the Dew is on the Rose," C. F. Smith "Oh! Oh! My," George Graves "Hymns of the OM Church Choir," Sergt, Mayer "8.0.8." and W. Hac- kett "Down Chesapcake Bay,' lead- ing the chorus. =~ Sime second part of the programe was entirely different but equally as geod from an enterainment point of view. Ths violin selections by Miss Norma -'Telgmann were even better than that talented violinist has played befere in public and she Wis repeatédly encored, The Toronto entertainers, White and Brazil, add- ed greatly to the programme by Pn, ul SEPARATION QUESTION Town May Withdraw From Counties of Leeds and Grenviile. Gananoque, May 13.--The ques- tion of whether Gananoque shall sep- arate from the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville is still a live topic. It came before the Board of Trade on Thursday evening again, when the report of the special com- mittee appointed to look into the matter of profit and loss which would result to the town in the event of such a step, was discussed. This report shows that the net gain to the town would be $1,624.91. . It would appear that the town had something to gain and nothing to lose by withdrawing from the coun- ties, but the dispositaion of the meet- ing was that action should not be too hastily taken, and the discussion was adjourned until the June meet- ing. DECKHAND WAS SHOT BY HOME GUARDSMAN. Pte. Collison Was Arrested Following Encounter Near Cornwall. Cornwall, Ont., May 12.--Char- les Lavigne, fireman on the freight steamer Saskatoon, which passed up the canal yesterday, was shot at Farrans Point by" Pte. Collison of the Home Guard, and is now a pa- {tient at the General Hospital here. | Lavigne, with others of the crew, {left the steamer here and came to {town. They did not get back in {time to catch the boat before it left {and took an automobile to Mille | Roches, Not catching the 'boat | there they took a livery rig and {drove to Farrans Point. The shot | was fired by rte. Collison at Mille | Roches. He was engaged to drive other {the livery rig to Farrans Point and tdowne, jon arriving there the men got into tan altercation, when the shot was their very humours and entertaing duets and monologues. Brazil is par- ticularly geod on the piano. James Saunders accompanied by Prof. Miller sang "Somcwhere in France" in a way that delighted the audience. One of the best parts of the varied programme wis a Spanigh dance by the ladies in the play. This was giv- Telgmann and proved one of the prettiest ever scen here. H. Singleton, C. Smith, J. Saund- ers, S. A. Salsbury, H. McAuley, H. lin and Guitar Club that gave sev- eral appreciated numbers. J. A. Ferguson algo gave an exhibition in baton and fire whirls, 3 The splendid programme was broughtt to a close with a suitable finale, all being on the stage and singing the National Anthem. The event 'was under the patron- age of Col, T. D. R. Heming, D.O.C. ¥F. Joanston, A. L.€/M., was the con- ductor, Mrs. O. F. Telgmann direc- tor of dances, William McFedridge stage director and Capt. Jawes T. Sutherland was interlocutor. The following ladies and gentle- men assisted: Miss Florence Valleau Miss Anita Sutherland, Miss Phyliss Devlin, Miss Francis Devlin, Miss Muriel Metcalfe, Miss Mabel Tim- merman, Miss Ethelmay Suther- land, Miss Florence Lyons, Miss Anna Timmerman, Miss Rose Comp- ton, Miss Ailsa Eve, Miss Lillian Haokett, Miss Majorie Devlin, Miss Alice Gibson, Mics Norma McFed- ridge, Miss Florence Sthofield. , William. Mack, George Graves, George Allen; Sergt. Roy Gibson, Pte. Pardoe, Pte. Buntlin, Sergt, Mayer, Mr. Edmonson, Sergt. Leo- nard, Pte. Harriton, Pte. Strapp. Assisted by an augumented orches- tra composed of the following: Band Sergt, Granger, Frank Sals- bury, H, W. McAuley, Sergt. Hughes, A. 8. Salsbury, James Foden, James Robinson. en under the direction of Mrs, O, F. | Hogle formed the Kingston Mando-| Ruth Lyons, Miss Irene Hoag, Miss | oats J THE DAILY BR Points fired. The bullet entered the cheek and came out below the ear. Gananoque (From Our Own Correspondent). May 13.--About 110 officers from the Officers' Training School, Kings- ton, made a route march to Ganan- oque yesterday, accompanied By their guns. They arrived about 6 p.m. and found the town all micely deco- rated with flags to welcome them. Headed by the R. C. H. A. band, which came down by train, they marched tothe armoury for supper and bivouacked there for the night. During the evening they held a well patronized assembly in Turner's Hall They left during the morning for the return. trip. A number of military men came down from Kingston on { the evening train to participate in | the doings. | At St. John's Church on Wednes- | day morning, Miss Amelia Burridge, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bur- ridge, North street, was united in marriage to Samuel Turpin,of Kings- ton." The nuptial mass was cele- brated by Rev. Father Kehoe, after which the bridal party repaired to the home of the bride's parents, where a dainty breakfast was serv- ed. Mr, and Mrs. Turpin will re- side in Kingston, Frank Reid, of the staff of the Bank of Toronto here, has joined the 'Army Service Corps in Quebec with a lieutenant's commission. Miss Sadie Lee, spending a short time here with her sister, Mrs.George Little, Charles street, hag returned |to her home in Smith's Falls, Lightning Fired Barn. Brockville, May 13.--A severe electrical storm passed over this sec- {tion and reports indicate that con- | siderable damage was done by light- | ning. A large double barn with | contents, belonging to Sandfield Me- | Donald, a farmer living near Lans- was destroyed by fire. Live stock stabled in it were saved with THE WORK OF RELIEF in Kingston is Growing Very | Heavy. PATRIOTIC COMMITTEE TO APPOINT SOME ONE TO MAKE INVESTIGATIONS, | | The Officers Elected--The Grant and the Number Receiving Ald--200 Wives to Be Added When the Camp Opens, A meeting of the Patriotic Fund Committees, for the election of offi- cers, took place on Friday affernoon in the Board of Trade rooms. It was pointed out that this election of officers was necessary through the changing conditions of the Fund. It | originated with the City Council in | teh appointment of a committee | which was to administer the fund of $5,000 voted for patriotic purposes. This committee was the start of the later proceedings which culminated in the establishment of a branch in Kingston of the Canadian Pariotic Fund, with headquarters at Ottawa. At the end of two years after the fund subscribed by the citizens had been pretty well collected in, the Fi- nance Committee felt that its work Was completed, especially as the City Council had undertaken the raising of $60.000 by general taxation. The matter was referred to ' the City Council, and so that it might deter- mine whether it desired to continue the service of the old Finance Com- mittee, and if so under what circum- stances The response was the ap- poltitment of a new and enlarged Fi- nance Committee, which met yvester- day with the members of the Relief Committee and with the former gen- eral officers for business. -- Officers Elected. The Mayor was elected the presi- dent for 1916; Abraham Shaw, vice- president; J. H. Macnee, secretary, and O. V. Bartels, treasurer. 'The Finance Committee is composed of those named by the council as its re- presentatives, and the Relief Com- mittee remains as it was, subject to such changes as the committee it- sell may make from time to time, Next week a very important con- vention will be held in Toronto com- posed of representatives of all the branches of the Canadian Patriotic Fund in Ontario. Sir Herbert Ames will be present. At this meeting. the general routine of the fund will be discussed. Some very important questions will be up for considera. tion. It is deemed expedient that the Kingston branch should be rep- resented, and its delegates will be Mayor chard and Ald. H. C. Nickle. Finances and Dependents, The treasurer's report showed that | of the amount subscribed by the eiti- zens of Kingston towards the Patri- ed, and $47,500 had been remitted 10 the headquarters of the Fund at Ottawa. Of this amount still to be collected there is about $3,000. th | Of this amou 2,406 ts the | jhe DA Seman Sein Aid @) 1 he amount SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1016, : ization of the Fund in Kingston, 644 persons had been upon its books. At the present time there are 372 receiv: ing ald in Kingston, The Mayor's report showed that of these there were 328 wives, 36 mothers, one sis- ter and two sons. Of the dependents of soldiers at the front there were 714 children. The contribution for May is $5,800. Since the Relief Committee began its work it has dis- tributed $89,000 in twenty months. It began with a list of 92 wives and 171 children. Now it has a larger number already referred to, and at least 200 more wives will be added when they follow their husbands to the summer camp here. The work of the Relief Committee has become so great and onerous that the chairman was authorized by the meeting to look up and secure a com- petent person who would relieve him of his investigations. This person will be appointed at a subsequent meeting of the Fund. A ------------ SCOTLAND IN NORWAY. Famous Quarter of Bergen Has Escaped Destruction by Fire, At last news has arrived of the escape of the notable Scotch quarter of Bergen in Norway from destruc- tion in the terrible fire of January 29th. " The business part of the city has gone, ousting some 2,200 houses of commerce, The connection between Norway and Scotland in days gone by was very close, Since the sixteenth century an important portion of Ber- gen was called the Scots town, and a4 good portion of that quarter has now been swept away by the fire; but the important part, Scots street, and Scots Guild Pend, and the old Scots Guild Hall, have escaped de- struction. The fire broke out on the one side of Muren, and Scots Street takes off on the other side, the side from which the wind blew. On the Toro-Almenning, across which the fire leapt in a sheet of flame 100 yards wide, there stands the statue of President Christie, who guided the proceedings of the Stor- thing which drew up the Norwegian Constitution in 1814, and sécured the independence of Norway from Sweden. The Christie statue has not suffered, and the Scots in Bergen and at home have reason to be glad, for Christie traced back his descent to Andrew Christie, who came to Ber- gen with Montrose in 1647. The buildings on the north of the harbor have quite escaped, ameng them the well-known Hanseatic Mu- seum and Haakon's Hall. It was here that Isabella Bruce, sister of King Robert Bruce, resided during her brief marriage with the Norse King Eric, who died in 1299; and in Ber- gen she remained until her death in 13568. The great fire began opposite Mu- ren in Strand Street, Muren is a stone house in the middle of the Street, with a passage way through it. History tells us that "the Scot- tish lady" once resided in the house. The Scottish k was Lady Anne Bothwell, the«fe 'wife of James Hepburn, Earl well, whom he married in and afterwards deserted. But a weeks after Bothwell's marriage to Mary Queen of Scots and the defeat at Carberry Hill, Bothwell had to flee. His two ships reached the coast of Norway near Bergen, and as the ship's papers were suspicious a Com- mission was appointed to investigate the case. ' Meantime Lady Anne Bothwell put in an appearance, summoned Bothwell before the Court, produced her marriage certificate and obtained judgment in her favor, whereby he agreed to pay her an annuity to be sent regularly from Scotland, and to hand over the Pelican, one of his ships, to her in name of expenses. Bothwell himself was ordered by the Commission t@ be sent to Copen- hagen that the Danish Government might decide his fate. And these days in Bergen were his last days of liberty, for he died after a long. ill- ness in a Danish prison in 1578. And thus ended the romance of the Scet- tish lady, 5 And the house she occupied Th Strand Street still stands, scorched, indeed, by the flames of the Bergen fire, but intact, for it is of stone. Thus, although part of the Scots quarter in Bergen has been burned, the part that matters, with its his- toric houses, still stands, and the Scots associations and Scots place names will continue to make Bergen of special interest to the Scotamen. Colonial Force in Egypt. The three Southern Domin- fons have contributed largely to the making of the new Levant army, Australia pervades Egypt. In Cairo one might suppose that it was the Commonwealth rather than the Old Country that occupied the land. The big men with the rising sun badge and the tunics with pleated backs are everywhere in the town. And their numbers are rapidly growing. The Anzacs landéd on Gallipoli two divi- pions strong, and now every other day ships arrive bringing drafts for the depleted battalions of the old First Australian and New Zealand Divisions, or fresh units for the new formations, New Zealand is dou- bling er trebling her contingent. The South African force has already been engaged in the Western Desert. The South African, the majority of whom are of British birth, are all infantrymen. Many of them, from their past training, would have pre- ferred a Colonial cavalry regiment to foot-slogging, bu otic Fund, $47,700 had been collect. | ju | being estimated '| results. SAW BATTLE FROM HILL. Aberdeen Doctor Describes a Modern Battle on Western Front. The following extracts are from a letter received from an Aberdeen man, who is a medical officer attach- ed to a brigade of English artillery, on duty in France. The writer says: "All morning the Germans were | attacking fiercely. In the afternoon we beard that a whole Freuch army corps, 40,000 men, had come up, and a whole fresh division of British. Colonel L---- had to find positions for the new batteries coming up, so the Vet. and I accompanied him, and by Jove 1 was glad I went, too. What a magnificent sight! We went up under cover to the top of & hill, and lay in long Indian grass watching a huge battle in progress quite out of range of the guns. "The Hum was attacking most fiercely.' Away in the valley below was the peaceful river, with its marshes and poplars and bulrushes lit up with a clear wintry sun. On the other side pandemonium reigned. What a time the poor French were Baving. The skyline was obscured with volumes of smoke and flashes of fire from shells bursting over the French trenches, which I could see plainly without field glasses. "The battle was most easy to fol- low. During the short lulls one could hear the rattle of rifie and machine gun fire showing the infantry were attacking, and when that occurred it was fine to hear the pom-pom-pom of the French 75 mm. field gun. Most splendid of all was the great roar of the British "heavies" supporting the French--their shells roaring over the hill like a railway train and echoing down. the valley. Down behind in our town one of the bands was play- ing faintly in the distance the '"Mar- seillaise"--in fact they are at it as I write now, "Word has come through that the enemy have captured quite a long line of French trenches, but are held fast, and simply cannot come through because of the British support. "Up on our hill we are affected by the 'weeping shells," which made our. eyes smart and water, but if it had become worse we had our gas hel- mets, of course. I don't think there is anything very territying - about such a battle. The effect is more thrilling than anything else." A Hindu University in India, India bas already university educa- tional advantages under Christian, or Mohammedan management. But the Hindu University, of which the foundation stone was laid at Benares a short time 2go by Lord Hardinge, marks an epoch in the progress of the Indian people, Rajahs, noblemen, landholders, middle-class men, and even poor per- sons have subscribed no less than Rs9,000,000 ($3,000,000) to estab- lish a university to give education to young Indians in Hindu religion and philosophy, in addition to teaching Occidental literature, arts, and sciences. Never before in the annals of British-India have Indians shown 80 much initiative, industry, and re- sourcefulness to establish an institu- tion, The Hindu University marks a new departure in Indian educational me- thods, All the universities so far in existence are Government institu- tions, fight shy of giving religious, or even moral, instruction, but are examining bodies, like the London University, and not residential uni- versities, as Oxford and Cambridge are. The Hindu University is being speclally founded to. provide instruc- tion in Hindu theology, and is to be an Indian replica of Oxford. The Government, in granting a charter, have reserved powers of supervision, and intervention in case of mismanagement. While Indian ex- tremists find fault with such reser- vations, the moderate section of In- dians think that the Administration has not acted arbitrarily. Ruses of Sailors. The ruses employed by the British sallor during the present war, when they come to be related will make one of the most fascinating and rom- antic chapters in the history of the Sea. A good sample of the sort of thing may be segn in the latest re- port from the Cameroons. The enemy was very aixious to board . some 'wrecks in the river which promised | to yield a good- supply of useful, stores. To prevent this a large nym ber of empty petrol cans patty cig lected on the British flagships, and in due course several picket-boats were despatched to lay these out around the wreck. The crews made the utmost show of the business for the benefit of the spying eyes ashore, with exactly the result anticipated. The Germans, quite persuaded that a very dangerous minefield had been sown, gave the spot a wide berth, Old Dining Club. The oldest dining club in England --older even than "The Club'--is the Dilettanti Club, founded in 1734 by Sir Francis Dashwood. Prominent among the original members was Lord Sandwich, whose name is crys- tallized in half a dozen languages through his ordering a 'waiter to vlace some meat between two slices of bread and bring it to him as he sat at the gaming table. Since 1784 the Dilettanti have dined together on the first Sunday of each month from Feb- ruaty to July, inclusive, their present meeting place being the Grafton Gal- lerles, where their magnificent col- lection of pietures is housed, . Lord Rosebery, who was elected in 1870, is now the senior member of the Di- lettantl.--London Chronicle, Mining Is Active, Increasing activity in the gold mining industry of Western Aus- tralia is reported from practically all fields, and the output gf gold for Jast month from the Murchiron Goldfield was a record one 6,949.25 fine ounces being recovered from 11,341.88 tons treated. From Fei level, the stone, ---- Fear of alimony is one redson Why some men are shy about mar- ! FOR SATURDAY mer AND SHAPES The last Hats word in Ladies' Headgear to he sold at two different prices. All Hats worth f for All Hats from $2.75 $1.50 to $2.50 98c COME IN NOW When your choice is greatest at MENDELS Opposite Opera House. 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