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* Early in the day he complained that he was not feeling so well, and 'at about 10.45 o'clock his gondition was such that an emergency tele- phiose call was sent to his physician, H. J. Hamilton, 220 Bloor Street west. Dr, Hamilton was on rounds, but was located in the course of half an hour, and hurried to 'his 'distinguished patient, who was rapidly sinking. It was already apparent that the end was near. With the Premier, when death came, were Lady Whitney and Miss Whitney. Dr. Hamilton," who has been in constant attendance upon Sir James since the Premier returned from his long convalescence in New York, stated that the fatal termi- THE LATE po mation of the. Pyardier's illness had "heen entirely unexpected. A Canadian by Descent. A Cahsidian by 'descent and by Birth, as 'well as in sympathy and sentiment, was Bir James. "He ne. of that sturdy, English stock it gave to this continent 18 ardy A oa. Ee and planted civilization in the New World. - One might trace his; ancestors : back to 1650,: when one of the early. Whitneys erased the Atlantic in a sailing ship and established the family 1 in the" Ameri- can colonies" Mr. Whitney's father choke Eastern Ontario for his home. At Williamsburg, in Dundas Coun- ty, the coming Prémief was born on an October day in 1843. In his early years he had the "advantage of that active work on the farm that devel- ops brain and muscle and gives one intensely practical ideas of life, Yet while he was still plowing the straight furrow of' boyhood his mind 'was fixed upon '. greater _-~achievements, and he knew that the golden key of 'knowledge alone could open the gate that admits to the higher walks: of life. Studies Law. Quick and 'practical, young Whit- ney soon. outgrew 'the educational facilities of his neighborhood, One morning he dréve from the home- stead to. Cornwall to study at one of the most famous of Canadian sohools--the -. Cornwall Grammar School. In this institution, where 80 many distinguished men; inglud- . Sir John Robinson, Hon. Philip ji Bou, et; Chief Justice Mac other 'emfinent sons of ) ric, received their training, the un Jud | jrom the farm devel Atel had been nine Seni in the Legislature, Mr. Whitney was acknowledged to' be in the front rank of Conservatives, A' vacancy having occurred in the leadership, he was in 1896 unanimously select ed to lead the Opposition, On that occasion the people of Dundas ten- dered their representative' a pub- lic demonstration of a non-partisan character, in which Conservatives and Liberals vied with each other in their efforts to honor the rising statesman. Becomes Premier. February, 1005, saw him as head of a victorious arty, and returned by an overwhelming vote as Pre- mier of the Province. Since ac- cepting the control of the destinies of Ontario Sir James demonstrated his remakable insight into public affairs in many instances and NES 4 PLINY WHITNEY. throughout maintained. the. same steadfast honesty and tenacity o purpose that characterized his fight as leader of the Opposition. At the Quebec Tercentenary He bration in 1908 he was knighted a King George in appreciation tod hi untiring zeal in. working fo 52 greater dominion' as a part a world-wide Empire Federation. His patriotism was not of the lukewarm or timid 'variety. In the Fenian Raid of 1866, Sir James was among the first to volunteer, and contin- | tre ued on . active seryice for five months, He served in fhe militia for many years afterwards becom- ing in his retirement Lieutenant- Colonel of the Reserve Militia for the County of Dundas. tied aif meena CRUISER BOMBARDS MADRAS. Tanks Were Set on Fire and Three People Killed. A despatch from London . says: The Official Press Bureau issued the following statement : "The - German ¢ruiser Emden fired nine shells at Madras, British India." One of the shells hit the oil tanks, firing two. The telegraph Oil office; the Seamen's Club and some | trucks were also hit. The fortssat the harbor front replied to the Em- den, which then withdrew. The af- fair was all over in 15 minutes, There was no panic and there was no material damage, the oil loss being possibly a million and a half gallons, Two Indians and one boy were killed." Madras is a seaport of British In- dia, the seat of the Gorernmdty and headquarters: of army. India, ranking after a and open. r-} Calcutta, It i 5 8i shore in coL. V. A 's WILLIAMS In command of the Canadian cone tingent at Valcartier. A es ! some small : Tittle children from |a friend of Lady GALICIAN FORT MAY SURRENDER Przemysl Believed to Be on Point | ¢ J her husband's command, '+ of Oceupation' by the Russians. » A despatch from London says: There is a report from Rome that] Przemysl is on the point of surren- dering to the Russians. Correspon- dents of Roman newspapers trans- mit rumors current in Petrograd that Russian siege guns have des- troyed two forts of Przemysl's outer ring of defences. . The resis: tance of the garrison has weakened amazingly, despite gnormous re- sources of defence guns and ammu- nition. This is attributed to demor- alization produced by troops which fled to Przemysl after numerous costly defeats. These beaten troops are reported. bo be spreading the news that the Russians are ferocious SrEatires d aided by the devil. 1] of Austria's last strong: Galicia. Rumors of broken at ness in critical situations. 3 "That Cracow has been occupied by German troops, that the town 1 | Has been put under a German mili- tary commandant; and. that the: "A sit riéin © civil adminidtration ihas heen displaced is' the gist of the latest advices received here,' says the Petrograd correspondent of the a| Morning Post, 'All the original 'administration of the town and all civil officials of "the "Austrian Gov- ernment have left, and the residents are fleeing in a panic." The news from the eastern thea- tre of war reinforces public belief that Germany within a week will be facing a more dangerous situa- tion 'on: her eastern frontier than now 'exists on her western battle line, = Military writers predict that the Kaiser will be called upon, far sooner than he expected; to find not less than 1,000,000 trained soldiers to protect his Prussian and Silesian frontiers from veritable hordes of Russians. In addition, vast quan- tities of heavy guns, as well as field batteries, will have to be found, nd ares INDIAN STATES READY T0 AID Troops Already Have Been Aceept=| "ed From Fifteen. A despatch from London says: Offers of assistance from the many states of India continue to pour im. The Viceroy reports that conitin-| gents of the Imperial service troops have already heen acceptet-from fif- teen states and that similar offers 'all except two officers and thirty children were stuck be taken to the south of France os two or three: families, similar- ly situated. Lady French lives neat Lo and devotes her time » good OFFICER'S BRAVE DEATH. ---- All But Thirty Under His Command Had Fallen. «A despatch from Angouleme, France, says: The family of Major C. Dupont, of the artillery, has re- ceived news of hig heroic death in a recent action. With a regiment of! d Y00 men strong he received orders to take a position in a meadow near a town. There was a dense fog at 'the time, through which' ominous 'rumblings were heard, but Major Dupont's. instructions: were urgent. All his men stood at their posts waiting. Suddenly the fog lifted and revealed-a company of German 'quick-firers within 1,500 yards of the French position. In a few seconds err had fallen before the storm of shot, Major Dupont was among those' 'anscathed, The German captain | sa; approached him and asked for his surrender. Major Dupont declined 4 give it and sprang to a gun be- Si his gunners lay dead ad a i : bn across tive wounded. 5 GERMAN GENERALS KILLED." Vou Wroohem, Non "Arbon, and Yon! -~ Throtha Perished: despatch from Berlin, via | © London, says: The latest casualty] list shows the death of two German generals in the western camp, Gen- erals von Wrochem and von pend k and Major-General von Throtha, The votal losses so far published 10,086 dead, 37,769 , and 13,621 missing. The list. shows. the heaviest losses sre sustained by the 174th Infan- | their governess, em the threatening movement of the 'allies, and two strong forges were engaged at close quarters to-day, between St. Quentin and Tergnier. Meanwhile, at other parts of the battle "line; which is about 120 miles long, fighting continued in dogged fashion, The allied troops followed the = example set by the Germans and dug themselves deep- ly in, The artillery of both armies kept up an incessant fire, while French and. German aviators re- connoitered from- above. The com- manders of the allied forces have found reason for the wonderful pré- WIRELESS STATION CLOSED. Yr Marcon Compiny Fails to Give | Satisfactory Assurance. A' despatch says: Secretary of the Navy Dan- iels ordered the Marconi wireless station at Siasconset, Mass., closed in consequenge of the failure, of the, any to give assurance that it ld Somply, with naval SeugoEeRip /I'mored cruisers in: the' North 'A despatch tom Ottawa says; An order-in-Council extending. the Government's power of censorship to telegraphs and telephones. has been passed. The property of any - telephone | or telegraph company may be taken 99nd. This regiment losb its colo nel, 17 officers, and 195 men dead ; twenty-one officers and 1,002 wound. ed; and 50 men missing. He 7 Soclallist Decorated, : despatch from Copenhagen say a, The Kaiser has for the first time "decorated a Socialist. He has conferred the Iron Cross on Herr | ~s Schwartz, president of the Social- | © ist Uniong of Bivatle, for: braver; on He Sattleneld, se, 1 6ver by the Government. Power of censorship is assumed over all tele: grams, as well as authority to di: rect that all telegraph and tele. |r 'phone messages passing out of Can: ada be transmitted through of Can named offices aly. for emvloyes. of Yelegraph and tele- phone companies. is pravided, un: der; which they. essage of from Washington i A form of 'oath by the rush of vas "| traops from" that position to meet | carcely ing TiS off A lay man 'infantry when Sind British battalion held: hands in token of oho. y British approached to take them prisoners, when, it is 8 the Germans re-opened fire. The Brit- igh officers ordered their men to lie 'down, which' they did; Then three = British machine guns were brought intp action: and killed every Ge man in that portion of the field. : SUBMARINE ESCAPED. Cow Wher -- Destroyed British Ships Received Iron Crosses.' - A despatch from Berlin Tt is officially annotnced that unterseeboot (submarine) commanded by Lieut-Com: "Weddigen, which successtully- pedoed .and sank three British he on Tuesday, escaped unhurt from the. guns of the cruisers and Leis [-onment, or: both, is oeoviied. Another order-in-Council passed prohibits - the publication of mi tary or naval information of a kin likely to be useful. to the enemv. avon from the enemy ; 'spreading in the pei igtibothond. of a. ord harbor likely. So create disaffection or alarm. It is pro vided that all visible lights in +h 'neighborhood of a defended may he ordered Rept! exti 'be | between 'specified "hou inhabitants may | keep within their hous 7A penal 'of $5,000 fine or five years' bis fixed. from. ten other states will be ac- cointh cepted if the need arises. The 'offer- of four olber stabes, the It is the third seaport Ei 8