J At Cape Vincent, N. Y., on Sun-] day, Bishop Fisk confirmed a large class in the Protestant Episcopal Church. At Cape Vincent, N. Y.,, William Graves, Watertown, has been ap- pointed. agent for the American Ex- press Company. On Monday night fire destroyed Johnson's livety stable in Belleville, as well as damaging adjoining prop- Six horses were suffocated. Ed erty. Clarence McMurter was appre hended in Belleville on a charge of | obtaining by false pretences a bug- gy, harness and other articles from {| R. B, Wiseman. H Samuel -Douglas, who resides at il] Ivanhoe, Huntingdon Township, re- fijports to the police that on Friday ii] night last a chestnut horse was stol- ilen from his barn. tf On Nigger Island, W. A. Rod- {| bourne, F. C. Sharpe and a friend jij succeeded in landing seventeen fine ii] speGimen of black bass. Four of the samples weighed 3% pounds each. -. Y Mrs. William Rathwell, a resident of Brockville the past fourteen years, died on Sunday following an illness of three weeks. She was aged thirty-five years. Her husband is at the front. Two sons and three daughters survive In St. James' church, 'Eganville, Voice nd C rgan on Sunday Rev. Thomas Brady, only Organist and Director Broek St. son of John Brady, received ordina- i Methodist Church tion as deacon at the hands of His of Dr. A, S. Vogt. In Plane, Lordship B hop Ryan. On Tues- prepared top all examina. day the youhg man was elevated to fine the priesthood, adi y 449 Johnson a vriif of efficient ser- , Phone 1944. vice on the Smith's Falls police $1,000.00 RIE SIT force Sergeant Sydney Morris has ER OD, resigned and will go back to Eng- land to take a commission as cap- tain with the Royal Artillery, with which he served eight years: Word has been received of the death at Los Angeles, California, on August 1st of George A. Smith, the husband of Calista Merriman, young- est sister of G. I. Merriman, Colborne. : l Deceased was a native of Hastings For information that will lead to County, and at one time a well the discovery or whereabouts of the | known 'merchant in Trenton. person or persons suffering from Septet Nervous Debility, Diseases of the Mouth and Throat, Blood Poison, Skin Diseases, Bladder Troubles, Special Ailments, and Chronic o1 Complicated Complaints who can- not be cured at The Ontario Medi- cal Institute, 263-265 Yonge St., Toronto. Correspondence invited was 63 years of age, and highly re- = a spected. Heart failure is supposed v to have been the cause of his pass- x ing. He leaves a wife and two : or e daughters, 1 Good trame altng, TEN APPLICATIONS MADE 4 bedrooms, B. & C.; also hen house and FOR "STANDARD HOTEL" LICEN- small orchard; Albert SES IN CITY OF KINGSTON, ° St. 3 sesueens. $1,800 Doubtful What the Other Five Hotels . Firs class modern Will do at Present Time -- One brick dwelling; loea- May Keep Boarding House and tion exceptionally And Give Stabling Accommoda- good - ...¥....$3,400 tion, x 3 Kingston has fifteen licensed ho- 3. Double brick, nn good tels and the License Inspector, Wil- repair, 8 rooms each, liam MeCummon, has' received ap- : plications from ten for the 'Stan- pou mm dard hotel" licenses, These applications will be for- ~/ I. J. LOCKHART, warded by Inspector McCammon to Toronto, and it remains with the On- lario License Commissioners wheth- Real Estate & Insurance Clarence St., Phones 1035 or 1020. "od er all are granted licenses, under new regulations. Don't The hotels which have not put in an application for the "standard ho- about your digestive troubles, sick headache, tired "#80 acres of good plow land about 8 miles from Kingston. 160 acres, 4 miles from cit bulldings, bank barn, Pearl A. Nesbitt, : LT.CM, . "oy Farmer's Sudden Passing. , Cobourg, Aug. 16.--Edward John Hovey died very suddenly on Friday evening at his home at Oak Heights, Perey Township. He had been work- Ing in the harvest fied all day and was on his way to assist in the milk- ing, when he fell to the ground and almost instantly passed away. He tel" licenses are the Yattny, sor, Queen's, Imperial and \Royal. Actording to the Toronto Tele- gram, ~ the time for the receiving of applications has been extended till the end of the month. The Ontario Board announced that they would like all the applications td be in their hands by August 15th, but are now allowing the extension. It is not the intention of the Board to be at all arbitrary in regard to the re- ceipt of them. : On Saturday, the Board will re- ceive a deputation from the Com- mercial Travellers' Assiciation, who | have asked that they be allowed to! present some of their views and sug-| gestions as to the regulations gov-| erning standard hotels, { The "standard hotel" licenses have been sent rourid to various hotels. They are lengthier than the old. The | fee is $1 per year, which is a big | difference from $500 the present fee in Kingston, : | Just what the hotels not making application for this new license will do is not known, but it looks as if some at any rate will close up alto-| 'BREMEN 18 SAFE, Wind- | . ar opi ern THE LATE R. R. GALLAGHER He Was Formerly a Resident of Leeds and Grenville. Brockville, Aug. 15.---The death took place suddenly at High River, Alta, on July 31st, of Robert R. Gal- lagher, a former well-known resident of this vicinity, at the age of about fifty-four years. The deceased was born at Harlem, in the township of Bastard, and re- sided there until about the age of twenty, when he removed to Néw- boro and took a position as clerk in the store of his brother, James T. Gallagher, now Registrar of Deeds for Leeds County. He remained in Newboro for about two years, and then took a position as traveller for Shorey & Co., of Montreal, which position he held for about two years. The deceased then went to the Green- shields Co., of Montreal, and opened up the northwestern business for that concern. He was manager of their western branch at Vancomver, B.C., for a number of years, until he was appointed manager for the Stobardt Co. of Winnipeg. He remained with that firm until about four years ago. and practically retired from the bus- iness world, but being connected with the Great West Permanent Loan Co. he removed to Calgary, Alta, at which place he died. The late Mr. Gallagher married a Miss Wools, of Sherbrooke, Que., daughter of Col. Wools, and she lost, her life in the Empress of Ireland! disaster about two years ago. t One son. Cydric, about twenty] years of age, is at the front with the Canadian forces, and one daughter, | "Betty," eight years of age, resides! with her mother's sister, Mrs. Fes-| sendent, in Montreal, Two sisters and six brothers survive, as follows: Mrs. C. M. Singleton, Soperton; Mrs. M. Derbyshire, Vancouver, B, C.; John H. Gallagher, Toronto; Josiah Gallagher, Vancouver, B.C.; Dr. Mor- ton Gallagher, Bay City, Mich.; W. H. Gallagher, Kingston; James T. Gallagher, Brockville. In religion the deceased was an Anglican. A Happy Farmer, i _ Belleville, Aug. 16.--A Tyendin-| aga farmer, with a happy smile, walked into The Intelligencer office | to pay a gmall account, explaining: | "This money is a part of what I have just received from tlie sale of my hogs, for which I received 16 cents per pound, live weight," He also added: "A few years ago I realized only $4.50 to $5.00 per hundred weight for dead pork, dress- ed and ready for the butcher's stall." Trenton Business Places Burned. Trenton, Aug. 16.--On Saturday | Plumbley's bakeshop, Murphy street, | was destroyed by fire, and the flames | extended tp Lafrance's barber shop| and Mrs. Harry Lowe's apartments] above. The hake shop was destroy-| ed, and considerable damage done to| the barber shop and Mrs. Lafrance's apartments. The loss amounted to several hundred dollars, partially covered by insurance. A A DOG JUMPED ON CAT |LIEUT. A. W: McKNIGHT KILLED IN ACTION [| Graduate of R. M. C.--Carried [i AND BROKE ITS BACK Pussy Had to Be Shot at Police Station by a Con=- stable. A crue] little boy was responsible for the death of a cat. In fun the youngster set a dog on to the cat and the canine jumped on to the poor helpless pussy and as result the cat's back was broken. The affair took place on Alfred street. Constable Arniel was notified, and acting for the Humane Society, he took the cat down to the Police Station and shot it. , BERLIN REPORTS U-liner "a Considerable Dis tance From New York" at This Moment. Bandon, Aug. 16.--The following despatch from Berlin, dated August 14th, was received yesterday by the International News Service: "The , submarine merchant ship Bremen is perfectly safe, but at this moment she is a considerable dis- tance from New York." RUSSIANS ADVANCE Their Lines on a Seventy-five Mile Front on Tuesday. - (Special to the Whig.) |in the 59th Battalion in September | some years a representative of Bald- win Ward, in the Council. place quietly early in September. ---- ; (From Our Own Correspondent) Laue. 18th patristic Works o nanoque } a special mee Monday evening, at which it was planned to hold a garden party in the near future. The Gananoque-Clayton ferry steamer Yennek and the motor boat Idufine were in collision Monday. The Yennek was quite seriously damaged, but was repaired and ready for her regular trip Tuesday morn- ing. On Mopday evening, Miss Bessie Rogers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Charles Rogers, Charles street, and Ross Lloyd, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Lloyd, Garden street, were uxited in marriage by Rev. Mr. Lennon at the parsonage. Pte. O. A. Brown, of the 156th, Barriefield, spent the week-end at his home here. Miss Jessie M. Gould, King street, has returned home after spending the last two weeks in Brockville, the guest of her cousin, Mrs. C. N. : Patner. Mrs. Joseph Meggs| and .son, Joseph, have returned home after holidaying with her sister, Mrs. R. Miller, at Mallorytown Landing. M. Harding returned to-day after spending some time in Pontiac, the guest of. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Shirley. Misses Edna and Alberta Goulette, Syracuse, N. Y, areyspending some time with friends in oe Fatally Hurt Practising Bombing Campbellford, Aug. 16.--Mrs. Wil- liams, of this town, has been inform- ed that her husband, Pte. Harry Wil- liams, who was seriously wounded while practising bomb-throwing suc- cumbed the day following the ac- cident. He was a Londoner of birth and was in the Royal Army Medical Corps before coming to Canada with his family ten years ago. He enlisted last with his son, Pte. Jack Williams, and son-in-law, Pte. A, H. Cowan. A memorial service was held for him at Christ Church yesterday. He was a member of the Ancient Order of For- esters. His wife, one son and two daughters survive. Belleville Grocer Dead Belleville, Aug. 16.--Archibald Wallace, a well known grocer of this city, died Sunday night aged sixty- four years. Deceased was an ex- alderman of the city, having been for He was also prominent in Masonic circles, and a member of Bridge Street Meth- odist Church. Of three sons sur- viving two are members of the 155th Battalion at Barriefield. Mrs. A. Hi Taylor, Brockville, an- nounces the engagement of her daughter Gertrude to Elton Beal, Smith's Falls, the marriage to take ' 'London, Aug. 16.--Lloyd's reports the sinking of the 2,600 ton Italian steamship Teti in the Mediterranean. (Part of the crew was landed at . | Genoa. The Italian steamer San Giovanni Battista, of 1,067 tons gross, and the Italian sailing vessel Rosario have also been sunk. GEl S TAKE OVER The Defence of Trieste in Response » to Austria's Call. (Special to the Whig.) London, Aug, 16.--A despatch from Milan via Paris says the Ger- mans in response to Austria's call for help have taken over the defense of Trieste in expectation of early as- saults by Italy. To Confer With Wilson, (8 1 to the .) New Fork. Aug. I orectuta: tives of the four hundred thousand disaffected trainmen to-day form- ally voted in favor of going to Wash- ington to confer with the President. No other action was taken, REMINDER that we are Neadqudrters for seed things to ent and drisk C. H. Pickering Grocer and Meat Dealer 490 and 492 Princess Street. Phone 530, : es rai JOHN M. PATRICK ~ Sewing Machines, Um- brellas, Suit Cases, Trunks, repaired and re-fitted, Saws filed, Knives and Scissors Sharpened, Razors honed. Al makeé¥ of fire- arms repaired promptly. Locks repaired; Keys fitted. All makes of Lawn Mowers sharpened and repaired. 149 Sydenham Street Wounded Sergeant Off the Field. force McKnight had been killed in laction in France on August 11, Lieut, § McKnight was a brilliant graduate of the Royal Military College at Kingston, and after his graduation was assistant engineer on a Hydro project in the Kenora district. He afterwards went to Prince Rupert, and later became town engineer at Port Moody, B.C. When the war opened he immediately. entered the engineers corps and went to England, and was soon sent to, the front. On November 5th he had an exceedingly close call from a shrapnel wound. On his recovery he came home on fur- lough, returning again in April. He was employed as instructor, but on his request he went back to the trenches. A letter received yester- day stated that he had just carried his sergeant off the field wounded. He was 27 years of age. NO WORD HAS COME FROM THE DEUTCHLAND Capes Fourteen Days Petrograd, Aug. 16--Despite stub- born enemy resistancesat some points | the Russians advanced their lines on | a 75-mile front from the Carpath-| ians to a point southwest of Lanopol | in yesterday's fighting, taking two | villages. South of Brzezany anothe: | Russian detachment forced its way across the Zlota Lipa River. Watertown Yachtmen Here. | On Tuesday the sailboat Ontario Ago. (Special to the Whig) London, Aug. 16.--The German merchant submarine Deutschland wf has not been heard from since she|. cleared the Virginia Capes on the night of August ' 2nd, the Times learned from reliable marine sonrces to-day. . Sixteen days were required for the Deutschland to cross the Atlantic on Owen Sound, Aug. 16.--An official |§ notice received from the record office [# yesterday by his father, Robert Mc- |§ Knight, registrar for North Grey, an- |§ nounced that Lieut. Augustus Wilber-|§ Since She Left the Virgina. exhibit for Kingston early in October, of which due notice will be given. Keep it in mind; also that right now Weese's is the place for pictures, pianos, photos, frames. 168 PRINCESS STREET Black, Green, Mixed. Packed if King: ston by GEO. ROBERTSON & SON, Limited. | #1 There it ho substitite for the refining influence of music, just as there is no substitute for the Firintzman & Go. Player - Hiann "The Different Player-Piano." Its remarkable expression capabilities--its wonder- ful tone---its artistic appearance -- its ease of operation--its fiew aluminum action place it in a class by itself. . ia C. W. LINDSAY, LIMITED, 121 Princess you. _rer ~ Do You||Want a Star Salesman? GOOD PRINTING can be your Star Salesman if yon will us eit. A well printed booklet, for example can . (get admittance to the busiest man in the most inacceativity office. It will tell your story, and your whole story, where} no salesman could get a hearing. It will plant your best selling arguments in the prospect's mind and will cause him to regard you and your business favorably. Often 'it will draw from him a request to have your salesman call, and when salesman eall by appointment, they arc not obliged to ~ waste time on preliminaries. They are ablc to get right down to b usiness and bring back the order. We can plana job that will please Our time is yours anytime you say. : her trip to Baltimore. The fact that fourteen days have elapsed and she has not been heard from indicates that she has been gether, as the men claim that with=\called at the Kingston Yacht Club out'a: beer and uwine license, they ghar from Watertown, N.Y. on a would not be able to make it pay. cruise around the lakes and rivers. "I don't know just what I will do "| Among the party were two men by said Frederick Whitney, proprietor | the name of Lansing,and it was for| compelled to take a round-about of the Whitney Hotel, when asked by | 5 time thought one was United States | course to avoid British and French the Whig. I could not make the Secretary of State Lansing. Enquiry, | warships, it she had not met with a business pay unless I had a beer and | however, showed that they were only | mishap. . wine license and sell cigars, Still, I| relatives of the secretary, { J may keep on by giving stable accom- | i i modation and running a boarding | General Williams in Aachén Hospital| Washington, Aug. 16.--The fall of Bouse. Just at present Icannotsay! ; ..4on, Aug. 16.--GCeneral Victor | the Persian mMistry was announced what I wil deo. PN | Williams in reported to be lying seri-| in a brief state Wopartment despatch Ear ak. pe | ously wounded in the Marjhe Hospi- which said that former Foreign Min- ned its eh ital at Aachen. : . { The British Whig "Go'den Rule-Service" Phone 292 Business Office 243 Did you get our Folder? "A New Man and A New . Service" ; - id Persian Cabinet Falls, ister Wassough-El-Dau-Leh had heen nn [ordered to organize a new min- Col. J. Lyons Biggar, director | istry Pes : "In-| cemeral of transport and supplies in| OMclals asd' Hplomatists are at a that | to Militia . Department, has been {Joss for an explanation of the de- promoted to the rank of brigadier-| velopment, as It was thought that general. | recent Anglo-Russian . agreement x Sr { with Persia has removed the main a The British King has visited France | causes. of friction, » taining division, Shorncliffe, Las |, pq finds the British soldiers iu fine | Pen been promoted majorgeneral. He | foyqte, ( The total cosy of the war to France is a brother of Mrs. A. K. Kirkpat-| The Russian southern army fs'still {up to August F was £9,000,000,000 risk, Kingsfon, making great progress. . a lifrancs. SAE The Model School of i tion in Louite School on 'Wednesday | afternoon, with PHucpal oy | man in charge. Ro there will be a good attendance. Made Major-General, Brig.-Gen, acdougall, G.0.C. | Small fmpfovement in Mail, London, Aug. 16. There will be Canadian mail out on Friday, The r improvement in incoming has been, short-lived, as the St Canadian papers received here of July Slat. EX