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Mary Johnston's New Novel AUDREY rien BY ie MARY JOHNSTON AUTHOR OF "To Have and To Hold" Like "To Have and To Hold" and "Prisoners of Hope." It is a Virginian Story, but it is laid in the 18th instead of 17th century. Cloth, lMustraied, $1.50 FOR SALE BY R. UGLOW & (0. Booksellers, 141 Princess Street. Carpenters, Machinists and Fellow Workmen We bamidle the BEST TOOLS in the city, and our prices are rock bottom. Come let us show them to you. A full and complete line of all goods in the Hardware line. W.A MITCHELL New Styles ~AND--- New Goods. Our Spring Importations of Overcoatings and Suitings is in now. We invite you to call early and make your selections. J. R. Johnston, TAILOR and DRAPER. ANS condition of ill-health the occasional use For mis by rug. bottle, 60 MARKETS. me) Mereh 3. Wheat, Os 14d.; red winter, On, Bid; y Olu; cheese, A nts F, £8 FIR *, NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. . % March 3rd. Liowe. 0 oF 64 163, 4 te ht dt 3 a2 -~ - kt 83 ESE FEE B27e38E3E SH Tri] FE! [HG PN. EOITiN 4ECOND EDITION NEWS ALSC ON PAGE MVE. COMMERCIAL MATTERS, What is Going on in the Busines World--The Market News, The price of cement is falliog rapidly in Canmda. It is offered st $1.73 per barred, Star brand The permanent organization of the $30, 000,000 cosa products company, koown as the Glucows Starch combination, bas been effected. The directors of the Dowinion and stecl company have decided to issue tem million of pew tock to the sbardbolders, all of which has been wisderwritvten. Another iron and steel enterprise is to be ontablished at North Sydoey, CB. Parties concerned with iron ioterewis in Alabama are the projectors. The conl of North Sydney produce the bewt results in the mak ing of steel. Wealthy wen of Boston ave vesting largely in the enterprise The Coal Trade Journal says that coal of all grades is still scarce in many places no ome has soy amount of coal on hand, and the mere Billing up of bing will keep all the producers busy for wome time after the pres ent rush is over. Canada is short of an thracite, and there is 8 great scarcity at mony places im New York state. Wedded At Windsor. Halifax Herald. A very pretty wedding was solemn: ized at the residence of George Allen, Windsor Junction, when his daughter, Miss Jennie M. Allen, was united iw bonds of matrimony to Johnston, barrister; of The ceremony was perform- 3 .. W. N. States, Annapolis, assisted by Rev. A. Clements, Hali- fax, in the presence of the immediate friends and. relatives of the contract ing parties. George A. Jones, King- ston, was best man, and Miss Bessie Allen, sister of the bride, was brides maid. The bride wore a costume of silk with veil, and carried a bouquet. Her travelling dress was of crushed rose cloth with lace trimmings and bat to match. The bridesmaid wore white organdie and also carried a bouquet. After the ceremony Mr, and | Mrs. Johnston left by the afternoon train for a trip through the province, The groom and his supporter are very well known in Kingston. in In Honor Of His Holiness. To-day beirfg the twenty-fourth an niversary of the coronation of pope Leo, special services were held in St. Mary's cathedral this morning. All the masses yesterday had special reference to the work done bv the holy father during bis" pontificate. The archbishop celebrated pontifical high mass eat 7:30 o'clock this morning, expressing thanksgiving to God for the bless ings given through the pope. archbishop was assisted by Rev. Frs. A. and J. Hanley as deacon and sub- deacon; Fr. Salmon and Fr. McKier- man as deacons of honor; Fr. Mea as master of ceremonies, and Fr. Kehoe as high priest. The cathedral was beautifully decoratea for the occasion, and suitable mottoes were displayed, such as, ""Vivat Leo." The choir sang, "Thou Art Peter, Upon This Rock Will I Build My Church," in the Latin version, At the conclusion the "Te Deum" was sung, the congregation | standing. 20 Labor Candidate. On Raturday night the union men of the city hela a mass meeting in labor hall for the purpose of discussing the advisability of bringing out a labor candidate to contest the approaching election for the Ontario house. The at- tendance was large,' and considerable enthusiasm was shown. A number of addresses were delivered, some favor: able to the icea, and some averse to it. For the most part the officers op- posed the idea at the present time. It wae finally decided not' to bring out a candidate. a Refused Him Information. A downtown hotel proprietor refus- ed to give the local census taker any particulars this morning. When asked how many people slept in the house, he replied : "Don't know." To the en- quiry, "How many servants bave you?' the same reply was given. The enumerator had to hand in a card with- "Don't know" written across - it. Every other citizen expressed a will] ingness to give all possible informa tion, L Le New Buildings For Wolfe Island. A new presbytery will be built for Fr. Spratt, Wolie Island, at a cost of about $5,000. Some changes in the church will also be made. Either a temporary addition will he made, or a new and larger edifice erected. Ib has not ye been decided just which course will be adopted. The new preshytery will be ready for occupation in the fall. Henry P. Smith, architect, is now at work on the plans. $26,000 Now Subscribed. The subscription list for the Grant convocation ball has now reached the £26,000 mark. At first, 820,000 was the amount asked for. Then to make the building complete, the limit was $30,000. If subscriptions continue to come -in as they are now, fully 835,000, or perhaps $40,000, will be scoured. However, every cent of it i -------------------- Merchants, Tailors, Milliners, Ete. The Whig job department has anti- cipated your spring wants and has ready for your inspection a splendid fine of cards and folders for spring an- nouncements. The prices are excep tionally low; for the quality of stock. Call and see them, Only Two More Required. Sergt.-Maj. O'Hagan, who did such successful recrviting for the R.F.C.A. dwming the Jot six weeks, returned yesterday Belleville, bringing four recruits with him. Two 'more the establi t The? | which small-pox is sui crossed the LIEUT.-COL. ANDERSON RE- LATES PARTICULARS, He With Nine Officers And 245 Men Have Reached Kraaipan-- The Boers Were Driven Off Se- veral Times But Returned Fiercer Than Ever. London, March 3.--In a despatch from Pretoria. dated to-day, lord Kitchener sends details of the disas ters 20 the escort of the convoy of empty waggons at Vondenop, south west of Klerksdorp, Transvaal Col ony. The British casualties in killed, wounded and men made prisoners, reach the. total of 632. In addition the Boers captured two guns. Lieut.-Col. Anderson, who commanded the British | force ana who has returned to Kraai- pan, Cape Colony, with nine officers and 245 men, reports that when his advance guard was within teh miles of Klerksdorp, during the morning of February 25th, the Boers opened a heavy rifle fire on the troops on the serub. The burghers were driven off and the convoy resumed its march, whey, a more determined attack was wade on the convov's left flank, the Boers getting within 100 yards and stampeding the umules harnessed to a number of waggons. The attackers were again driven off. About one in the morning the . rear guard was at tacked by a strong force of Boers and | simultancously another body of Boers holdly chargea the centre of the con voy and stampeded the mules in all directions, throwing the escort into confusion, -- during which --~ the Boers charged and recharged, riding down the separated British units. The fight ing lasted for two hours, during which time the two British guns and a pom-pom almost exhausted ammunition. A detachment' of 200 mounted infantry from Klerksdorp at tempted to reinforce the British, but were held in check bv the Boers Lieant.-Col. Anderson adds that the strength of the Boers was estimated at from 1,200 to 1,700. Commandants Delarey, Kemps, Colliers, Lemmer, Wolnrarans and Potgieter were all present. Commandant Lemmer is said to have been killed. Question Of Peace. New York, March 3.-The correspondent of the ribune as follows : "Upon "the really pressing question of an Honorable peace, lord Rosebery differs at least as much from the gov ernment as from any liberal Mr. Akers-Douglas, the latest member the cabinet to speak on this point. ae clared at Haduey, on Thursday night, London cables that thé only terms which could be | accepted from the Boers were uncondi tinal surrender, "Lord Rosebery, denounces this as a mination, and favors a mutual arrangement. The govern ment scornfully rejected: his sugges: tions, the support ofall liberals: if he drops them he will be left by himself." on, the contrary, ¥ TRIED TO BRIBE THEM. What Witnesses Declared In The | Court. Montreal, March 3.--ihe charge of conspiracy against A. E. Brunet, in connection with the St. James divi sion federal bye-election the hearing of which was commenced in enquette some time ago, was continued to-day, | and two witnesses, for Mr. Bergeron, who preferred the charges, swore that | Brunet had tried to bribe them to per sonate voters in the election. Can Identify Them New York, March 3.--District attor ney Jerome has received a letter from a Rrooklyn woman who declares posi tively that James McAuliffe, who tes tified against wardman Glennon, and who was a witness against other indicted policemen, was murder ed, and the writer declares she can identify. the (two men who committed the decd. The writer will Le locked up. to be Was Heavily Fined. Ottawa, March 3.--Prdi. Dorenwend, Toronto, a dealer on hair goods, was fined 850 and colts in the police court | to-day foran offence against the tran sient traders' act. have had a license to tradé in Ottawa, which costs $250. years. Jealous Of Another. Elgin, Hl, March 3.--Benjamin F. | Ellsworth, an influential man of Wood- | stock and owner of extensive machine shops, shot and killed Amos Ander son, Mrs. Ellsworth and himself. Ells worth was jealous of Anderson's at tentions to Mrs. Ellsworth. Well-Known Engineer Dead. Hamilton, Ont., March neer and vessel owner of this city, was found dead in bed at his board- ing house. Apoplexy was the cause of | was sixty-four death. Mr. Fairgrieve years old and unmarried. George Mackie, manager of British-American hotel, i=. still very low condition of health. in who long ago attended Mr. Mackie, was called last week to consider Mr. Mackie's ease. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mackie and James Mackie, Oshawa, are at the bedside of the sick man- American consul Carter, of Yar- mouth, N.S, has just ryveived a tele phone from port, sta- ting that the American fishiog schooner Reliance, with a crew of eirhteen men, i: ashore about eight miles off that port and would prob ably be a total wreck. Boats have gone out to the assistance of the crew, The Ont, been advised that thirty lumber camp in Quebec province, in exist provincinl Ontario at Moose Lake will be held pending de velopments. Remember the A.O.UW. concert to- night in city ball. Come and secure seats. old before she lets anybody else their ! of | Wicy of exter- | reasonable If he renews them he will have Dorenwend should | He has been com- | ing to Ottawa periodically for many | 3.--Hugh | Fairgrieve, a well-known marine engi- | EE A ------------ 10 LEGISLATURE. ---- The Lieut.-Governor Will Attend House This Afternoon. ' i Toronto, Ont., March 3.--An unusual | event was scheduled for this afternoon | at the Jocal legislature. In order that the estates' act and the statute of re vision act, two bills prepared by at- torney-general Gibson, may be pu into effect immediately, the lieutenant governor, Sir Oliver the house and gave his assent to the appeal of certain laws affected by the new measures. On only two instances in the history of the legislatuie has the lieatenant-governor been summon ed on a similar mission, one the year | following coniederation, and the other in the summer session a few years ago. The supplementary estimates will contain $40,000 for the vote on prohibition referendum, $5,000 for a sile for the new Macdonald buildings in connection with the Ontarih ag cultural college at Guelph, and ¥2,000 | to send an expert chemist to Germany ww investigate methods of sewage dis- posal for the beuefit of several towns in Ontario. WHAT COLLINS SAYS. His Instrument Was Open And Re- ceived No Message. New York, March 3.--Martoni jubilant over the results of tests wireless eelegraphy, which prove that wire takping is impossible in bis sys tem. Damel Collins, the operator. on the Umbria, which arriv ed yesterday from the. Mersey, that at no time his. instrument record any signals from the Poldhu station in Cornwall "The Umbria was in the same receiv 1s ing scene as the Philadelphia, all the | "Not | way across," said Mr. Collins only that, but the Umbria was near er the Lizard than was the phia. 1 had the open all" the way across, and there was 10 reason why I should not have | my | received the Poldhu instrument had been sending apparatus." messages, if attuned to the To Prepare a By-Law. The gnly business of importance dis- cussed at Saturday night's meeting of | the civic committee on finance was the | the | proposed by-law dealing with question 'of exitsgfrom public build ings. The city engineer and city soli citor were present at the request of the committee. It was reported that the opera house exits were all satis factory, with one exception, that lead ing from the top gallery, at the west ern end of the house. space, there being a drop of about twenty feet from the to the ground; ous trap. The city solicitor was in structed to prepare a by-law govern | ing the approaches and exits of public buildings. The city engineer will prepare plans of all large build- ings, showing means of exits. door Personal Affairs. Cape Vincent, N.Y., Feb. 25. Porter, for many years chief and con- | seed fidegtial clerk of the Cleveland company, has accepted a responsible | position in a bank at Lowville. Rich- ard Trumgpour, another trusted and skilliul employee of the company, is offered a position of responsibility with the Leonard seed company, but has not yet accepted. George Phil lips, for fourteen years in charge of the printing department, is going to the Stetcher lithograph company, of | Rochester, and Miss Gloyd, the steno- grapher, and Mr. Skinner, another ex- pert seedsman, are already filling ex- cellent positions with prominent firms, Peter Wiley has purchased the resi dence of Bert Githo, who has gone to take charge of a seed house in Michi | gan. Largest Carpet Loom In World. | Worcester, Mass, March largest carpet loom in the world is being built here for shipment to Eng | land. It is of the Moquette-Axmin- | ster type, and will weave a carpet twelve feet wide, which is said to be three feet wider than anything ever | before attempted in a power loom. The | ordinary carpet loom is narrow, one { vard being considered wide, but with | the new loom it will be possible to weave rugs twelve feet square. -- Home From the Shanty: Flinton, Feb. 28. Claude Jerome has come home from the shanty, sick with inflammation of the bowels, Frederick, York is recovering from an attack ¢ typhoid fever. Miss York, principal of the school, ill for the i past week with measles, is able to be around. Mrs. Frederick Blakely has moved to Deseronto to be with her husband, who is employed in the | smelting works. More Data Wanted. Phitadelphia Times 3 Archinshop Ryan's friends tell this | story of his grace: The archbishop was about to take a train for Pali more at the. Broad street station, when a voung man accosted him, say. ing : "Your face familiar, Where in h----have | seen you *"' "I really don't know," said archbishop, blandlv. "What part | bdo you come from 7" 18 the of the | .) Dr. | Burtless, Sinclair, Mich., a specialist, | Had a Duel. Budapest, March 3.--Count Steffan Lisza and M. Radovsky., both mem- bers of the house of representatives, fought a duel with' swords to-day, M veky was somewhat severely wounded in the arm after an unusual ly fierce encounter. The duel was the in the Diet. The combatants refused to be reconciled after the fight. The flood of the iehesmmre river at Rochester, N.Y., this forenoon, burst the Lebizh Valley railway embank- ment and the water r nto Mount Hope avenue, filling that street to a depth of about four feet. Resi dents of buildings on the avenne and leading into it were reseued with great di ty in boats. We expect all mothers to deal with for their boys suits this spring, Mowat, visited ! the | in | wireless | said | during the trip did ! Philadel. | Umbria's receiver | This leads to | it was considered a danger | all | John | 5.~The | outcome of a change of vituperation® | » - oS FROM G.T.R. TRACK IN SEMI- | UNCONSCIOUS STATE. | At The Hospital He Lapsed Into { a State of Insensibility--Said to be a College Student. Toronto, March 3.--Thomas ard, who is supposed to come | Kingston or Kingsville, N.S. by something he said, and who bad a student's badge with the word "Aca. dia" on it, and is believed to have been a delegate to the students' volunteer convention, was picked up | on the Grand Trunk track, on thé Es | pianade, shortly after nine o'clock | this morning iv a semi-conscious con dition. leonard has a bad scalp | wound n his head, and several bruis- es which suggest that he fell of a | truin that went east a few minutes | before he was found. At the general hospital he relapsed into insensibility and has not been able to give an ac count of himself. . Victoria umiversity is now in a | stronger financial position than ever | before. At a board meeting last week a very satisfactory condition of finan | ces was shown. According to Chan- cellor Burwash, it was the most grati fying meeting of the board of manage ment ever held. The endowment of the university was announced to have reached hali a millian dollars, and | henceforth the college will be as | strong financially as any educational institution in Canada, As a result of the satisfactory st we of the finances the salaries of the Victoria professors | were increased, that they range Hrom $1,700 to $2,200 per anown. Seon from 50 A SONG WRITING PRINCE. Duleep Singh, Whose Grandfather Owned the Kohinoor. | Saturday Eveniog Posw Prince Duleep Singh, succession entitled to the throne of the Maharajah Rumjeet Singh, is a | song composer of more than ordinary | merit. He inherits the talent from | his father, who left among his by right of pa | pers the manuscript of an opera which | prince Duleep Singh has declared his | intention of having scored for | chestra and presented at Covent Gar- den, London. . The prince, who leads the life of an English country gentleman at Hock- | wold Hall, Norfolk, and who is cap- tain in a volunteer regiment, was edu- cated at Eton and Cambridge, and married some three years ago, the youngest daughter of the earl of Co- | ventry. 3 His annual pension from the British government is £50,000 (about $250, 000). He belongs to several fashion | able clubs, and for two years was honorary aide-de-camp to Lieut.-Gen. Ross, when that gentleman was in { command at Halifax, Nova Scotia. The famous Koh-i-noor diamond, now one of the English crown jewels, | was the property of his grandfathee, Runjeet Singh. This extraordinary { personage, whose sole legacy from his father was a troop of cavalry, ac quired the vast territory hounded by | | the Indus and the Sutlej and became owner of Cashmere to the snowy | range and beyond. His treasure in | cash, jewels and horses ani clephants {was estimated at 350,000,000, Prince Duleep Singh, {rank and de- | mocratic in manner, js a wusical en thusiast, and travels up to London for every concert of importance. Dur | ing the past winter he has bean en gaged on another volume of songs. | now nearly completed. There is noth | ing of the oriental 'n his music which savors rather of the Frenwm | "school. o ------------ Is Doing Good Work. | To-day Robert Allen, son of R. | Allen, collected the census returns in | St. Lawrence ward, He got over a | | large portion of the ground, and did | { "w | good work. The people on all sides or | | | readily supplied the information re | | quired. He is obliging and courteous, | | and is making a success of the work. | {The returns are also being collected in | i the other wards. It will be over a | week before the returns will all be in | | { A Month Of Sundays. | | Detroit Free Press. 4 { | As each day oi the week is observed | as Sunday by.some nation, a month | | of Sundays is just an ordinary month. | | The first day of the week is our chris | | tion Sunday; Monday "is the sacred | day of the Persians; Wednesday of the | Assyrians; Thursday of the Egyptians; | | Friday of the Turks, and Saturday is | "the Sabbath of the Hebrews. ! -- -- ---- The swift current of the swollen wa- | | ters of Saddle river, which separates | { Passaic, N.J., from the village of Dun- | | dee, carried away a bridge early this | { morning and six persons who were standing on the structure at the time | | are believed to have been drowned. | The situation on the Mohawk divi {ion of the Central Hudson RR. is the | | most serious in the history of that | road. It ix believed the road may be | opened at Syracuse to-night, but be- | | tween here and Albany several days | will elapse 'before the road is open. | It said that Gen. Miles, com mander of the army of the United ! States, will request the 42nd separate | company to act as escort and body- | guard to the prince while the distin: guished visitor is at Niagara Falls. | At least two persons were killed and ten injured in a fire in the build- | ing from No. 206 to 214 Canal street} New York, this morning. The dead, | { } | as reported at this hour, are: Mrs Durot_and Mrs. Lordeni. } Alexander Watts, Queen street, is at the Hotel Dieu, suffering from typho- pneumonia. He bas had a relapse and his condition is quite serious. Give and take is good advice, pro- vided you don't take more than vou give and things that don't belong to you. Bronson C. Ramsay. one of the old est and most prominent citizens of Buffalo, N.Y. died ibis morning. The Frontenac hockey team will practice to-night if the ice is in con dition. SALT RHEUM 3 YEARS L . ich : " DR. SINGE YOUR HORSE? THIS IS THE "ECLIPSE" Singing L FOR. 250 amp At Corbett's Hardware. ao Tr SAA SUT There is' a Sew Time as Well as a Show Time for These SUMMER- TIME Fabrics. The success of your show time depends largely on the work done at sew time. There is a choice in our store now with a great variety of Summer Dress Material, Sheer, Crisp and Charming, Plain or Fancy, in pretty designs. Silk Finished French Muslins,' Swiss Muslins, Organdies, Chambrys, In Light Blue, Pink, Ox-blood, Cardinal, Dark Blue, Greys. Linen Batistes in fancy designs, Mercerised Linen Effects, American Printed Lawns, And a great many other materials. Walter, Crum & Co's. ha ish PRINTS. We are how showing over 200 -patterns, suit- able for Shi Waists and complete Dresses. Many ot these pateps it will be impossible to secure later. i JOHN LAIDLAW & SON. SOME BIG DEALS F. ¢. LOCKETT ught the Shoe Stock of W. the sh f this city, whois retiring fiom chased It week a Toronto stock of over usiness. Mr. Lockett also pur- $2,00) wth and a lot of 800 pairs of Men's, Women And Children's Sample Boots and Shoes. f The Sale (These Goods Will Be Announced Shortly So 5 [SUNLIGHT | COAL OIL i Is thiest grade made in the world ; in other words you canf get better anywhere, and judging by ¢ quantity ¢ have sold during the past few months i. filling a 8g felt want with the citizens of Kingston and surroundg district. If not already using this brand try Mo 5 ELVEY & BIRCH, 59 and 71 Brock Street,