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Lot of Blue and Black Suits. They are Beauties The best desigmers and cutters--the most skillful tailors have all done their very best for you. Come in and let Our | New Suits talk to you for a few moments. They have a great story to tell of their ex- i510 100 - BIBBY CO. DY TAILORING. ele Foe la Claus Will Be Here To-Morrow Night. 1 day to-morrow to finish up ly as possible, and if not come re to find just what you want ving will remind you of some- 2 5, prettiest collection in town, 50. | y the yard. Boxes 25c¢, by the ng or short, Cashmere or Knit- hildren, 25¢ to $2.75. a present that would be appre- s, $1.75, 2.00, 2.25. rge sizes, 25c. Umbrellas, for to 4.00. . inens, lovely designs in Tray oilies, Scarfs, 60c, Toc, 90c, $1.00 SE AS Presents! in er ShoeStore | & = re appropriate Christmas present x rs. Dainty ones for Young People ¥ s for the elders. ¥ SUGGESTIONS : ® , $1.25, $1.50, $1.75. : twear of true fem daintiness. = *s avoid all appearance of clumsi- prettiest creations manufactnred. 1.25 to $3.50. i= = To eo [ rr ------ ee -- CHRISTMAS Gifts 2. Your Christmas can be made right Ly selecting a present rom our holiday stock, James Reid ; 'PHONE, M7, : | Saves Many | Costly Expe- Young Clerk at Providence, R.I., Caught in Rocks Below Water- falls and Perishey From Ex- posure. Providence, R.1 , number of opera- | View of 200 people - Bes. tions performed to Upon women in ur hospitals ore three. fourths of the ts lying on De snow-white | t are women and girls who are awaiting or recovering from operations made necessary by neglect. Every one of these patients had pl of warning in that bearing down Bay pain at the left oright of the abdomen' nervous exhaustion, pain in the small of the back, pelvic catairh, dizziness, flato- lency, displacements or irregularities | All of these symptoms are indications of an unhealthy condition of the female organs, and il not heeded the trouble may make headway until the penalty has to be paid by a dangerous oj ration, and a lifetime of impaired usefulness at best, while in many cases the results are fatal The following letter should brin; hope to suffering women. Mrs. Robert Glenn, of 434 Marie St., Ottawa, Ont., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkbam : "Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com: is =o well and widely known that it hovnd BV.--~In full wople who were powerless extend aid, Alfred Jackson, gged twenty-two, a Providence clerk, was frozen to death while standing "on a rock under the falls of the Pawtuxet nver, in Pawtuxet, late Saturday af- ternoon. y Jackson, with two companions, I, P. Mathewson, aged nineteen, of Fast | Providence, and Jackson's brother Arthur, aged twenty, had been car. ried over the falls in a canoe. The other two voung men were rescued with great difficulty and were removed to the Rhode Island hospital in a erit- ical condition front exposure. The cance drifted too near the falls and was carried over. All the ocen- pants were thrown into the water. Al- fred Jackson was able to reach a rock submerged at the foot of the falls and managed to grasp his brother. finally persons on shore threw life lines and rescued Arthur Jackson and Mathewson, who had floated down stream. Alfred Jackson, in the mean- time, remained standing up to his waist in water close under the falls. and when the would-be rescuers threw a line to him, expecting to pull him need my recommendation, but I am pleased toa place of safety, thev_found they to add it to the raany which you have in its | Wor® unable to move him In the favor. Isuffered untold agonies from serious rear of the cataract his shouts could not be heard, but it was evident that one of his legs had become caught un- der a rock or some other object under female troubles for nearly three years, and the doctors told me that Ere undergo a operation, but as I was unwilling to do this, 1 tried your V ble Compound and I am only too pleased that I did so, for it restored Water ne to perfect health, saving me the pain of | Several ineffectual attempts were an operation and the immense bills attending made to rescue him in the next half the Same: y, accept my hearty thanks | hour, Jackson assisting until cold ren- wishes. dered him. unconscious, or at least Just as surely as Mrs. Glenn was cured helpless. Dr. Clinton Westcott and of the troubles enumerated in her letter, | Adelard Potvin attempted to reach ost so surely will Lydia E. Pinkham's the perishing lad and almost lost egetable Compound cure other women | their lives hy a boat upsetting. who suffer from female troubles, inflam- Nothing further could be done, and mation, kidney tronbles, nervous excita- bility and nervous prostration. Mrs. Pinkham invites all women who are ill to write her for free advice. She is a daughterdn-law of Lydia E. Pinkham and for twenty-five years has been adviging sick women free of charge. Address, Lynn, a large crowd on a bridge nearby was forced to stand idle and sce Jackson freeze to death, RETURN ROUTE UNDECIDED. Official Announcement Made By Navy Secretary. Washington, Dee. 23.--"The pro-. gramme for the return of the battle- hip fleet is a matter that has been >| discussed among -the officials of the Arrested In New York. New York, 'Dee. 23.-- Robert well, the American, who fig now famous Druce ca London, | navy department, but as vet no deci- was arrested upon the arrival of the!sion has been reached. and will not steamer ~~ Kaiserin, Auguste Victoria [be for some time tp come," said See- here. on Saturday, on a charge of per- | yetary of the Navy Metcalf. wry. Bail was furnished ani the old! The secretary's remarks were owing man was taken to his home on Staten}to a wireless message from the flag- Island. ship Connecticut that Admiral Evans authevizedhthe Associated Press to say ------ George Northedge, an obscure real | jt was: his personal belief that the estate man, and hermit of Marinette, | navy department's present intention §., has become heir to two great was to have the battleship fleet re tes, one in. Montreal, the other in| turn by wav' of the Suez canal next summer or pext fall. A< the president, through Secretary Beh, had previously spoken to the | same effect, it scems clear that Admir- al Evans' statement was not suggest- ed by any definite steps so far deter mined upon by those supreme in au- thority. Weatherproof _ Dominion Am munition stands the severest ex- tremes of weather without change Welcome Awaits Fleet. Rio Janeiro, Dec. 23.--When the United States fleet of warships reaches this port it will be given a royal wel- come. It is not intended, however, that the welcome shall be demonstra- tive, but that all shall be | paid the visitors as though the visit vereign™ Shells-- Sh Powder) are not. only walerproof, but are loaded with damp proof dev. No matter how courtesy were expressly made to Brazil. | The fleet is expected here about Jan 11th, and it will remain at Rio Janeiro for ten days. Officers and men alike will be given plenty of oppor tunity to see the country and enjoy the entertainments being prepared in their honor ane ---- SICK OF MR. SAMPSON. p the weather you 1 always rely on their peifect and instant action -- their accuracy and great stopping power uary Made in Canada and guaranteed by the Dominion Cartridge Co. Ltd, MONTREAL. 1907 ) to Be Unburdened of His Wants Name. "ih : Waterbury, Conn., Dec. 23.--Mrs Diamond Rings Amanda Peters Sampson, aged fifty- six. wants an annulment to her mar riage because she says her husband is in prison in Manitoba. He eloped in 1867 with her, the daughter of Ben- 4 7 nett Peters, a wealthy man ol Ply mouth, who, to his dying day, wanted to get at Sampson. Mrs. Sampson wants to die unburdened of her faith- less husband's name. In her young days she had a pretty tough time ol it, with him, so it appears, and he deserted her after many hardships. For Xmas A GIFT SURE TO PLEASE Diamonds cutters. We buy all our direct from the This enables us to save you all middleman's profits and to give you the finest quality stones at the most moderate Give This To Yourself. who have long suffered from and stomach troubles Jcome relief by taking a ingredients of whidh x : : m are as follows: Compound tincture of Diamond Tiam Bane rhubarb, four drachms fluid Jxeract of - Mandrake, two drachms,--heparidin, never before had Such ah €x one ounce bottle. Shake well and take juisite showing as at this a teas oonfui before each meal and at holiday Season. inki: bedtime followed by a glass of water. Whather JOU ate thinking These harmless vegetable ingredients = giving s Diamond ) have given excellent results in mane as a 'Xmas present or not, cases. and are highly recommendec by we ould like You. to drop eminent physicians. They can be pur- : Jost he same and Ste rd | chased at any drug store, and ar rea: ariety. A ye ge tant prices, but well 'worth trying. ive ou honest RE values ir ais purchase. {Bryan's Daughter To Be Chosen, Furthermore = we guarantee Denver, Col., Dec. Bll a wo > every stone we sell, and ment started by women VO iT i when purchased have you are Colorado succeeds, two woes will be assured of standard quality. among the delegates to t # ow, We especially advertise a tic pational convention, and oe 3 ; Mys. Ruth Bryan Leavitt, eldes teautitul Diamond Ring at R00 AR Ct William J. Bryan. Mes. Leavitt has been a resident of Denver for five years and is president of the Jane Jefferson Club. She is now In Europe with her mother erect Many constipation will obtain we rices. : prices j prescription, the Our 'Xmas display of we do $25. KINNEAR & d'ESTERR _ Diamond Merchants Princess & Wellington S's - : ~tor's Employment Bureau OPEN BYENINGS Rector's Emp Eu ea ol RE EEE mR London, ¢ » Hinton: Martell (Dorset) announces ii I ------------------------------------------------. { {the parish magazine : "We are ready MEN AND W seers [At BUY time to find places for a Ae ama {boys who may find it diffienlt lo ge Yq owi r rion. Sams, SES | omtlarment, ong Vos nit ion, an i Wetlind par neighbors py i ee [aoe us in this matter, and it 18 t oF PoiscLoey. f ing : ¥ fia uy fhsipin place fongh steady PITH OF THE A heavy snowstorm is tawa, u. '8. January 13th. was wrecked near Sunday night. Neo but reported the fireman hundred enlisted into an open Ga., on Sunday night, ing two firemen. through at Ottawa. Ald. James H died Saturday night, ago to inspect. of this district David Boyle, vincial museum, Toror a coveted distinction, k>norary member At . Wilkesbarre, Pa., were injured tent of $250,000 which originated in t store day. near Bolivar, Pa., Democratic convention building is being rushed wide and 260 feet long be ninety-three feet high Mrs. J. P. Wiser, wife er, of Prescott, died at after a brief illness mourn her loss her sons and one daughter-- and Isaac PB. Wiser, of t P. Wiser and Brown, all of this town. Funds of Soc Arthur, formerly a minister of Society for the Preventi to Children, for which he er. In his cell this mor fessed to the directors ¢ of collecting about failed to turn into the is thought, however, th stolen will Ix amount Arthur came to ronto about two been prominent in is married and home with the money w from the society. nearly this « chur Winnipeg, Dec. 23. ston, One., who 9th, blew out his brains cona Hotel, It is sad t love affair came Smith, Ark, destroyed the Fort yesterday, Toronto, Dec. 23 nominated for mayor of worth and William A not run, so that the fie to five Steel Mills Close Fo Joliet, Hl, Dec. 23.- have a vacation week, most January 15th. date is promised. will be affected. Resumpt Abou Very Little In Ottawa, Dec. 23.- election, any of the fifty-four cighteen. Black {not hard to get a . : t in plain wr 1° tous erty will be wr sent in pl no us lin yon {boy wherp his relight wo peau | vespected. neer Downey, of Atlanta, She hushand, Syracuse, N.Y., Dec. 33 to-day, by its shows the interest in the contest. Two hours after the polls had opened th highest number which was polled a The Name of + T of On » Tag on 2, Plog NEWS. raging Senator Mallory died on Sun- day night at Pensacola, _ The Canadian Club, Montreal, has invited Hon. Adam Beck to speak on Florida. A train on the Northern Pacific RR. Beach, N.D., passengers hurt, 1 was killed. One feature of the sailipg of the Pa- cific fleet not "played up" by-adminis- tration newspapers is that fully seven men deserted after the vessels reached Hampton Roads. A train on the Southern railway ran switch at Tallapoosa, killing Engi Sir Wilirid and Lady Laurier have broke their usual habit of going to Arthabaskaville to spend their Christ- mas. They will see the festive season Starling, Prescott, aged fifty-one. He was appointed about five months + position of fish and game he pro as received being made an of the Societ of Anthropology and Ethnology of Joly. nine firemen and damage to the ex- was done by a fire goode of Langfield brothers on Suns he dry An extra freight train on the Penn- sylvania railroad struck a broken rail thirty-eight miles east of here, Sunday night, and twen- ty cars were wrecked and piled up over three tracks Denver, Col., auditorium will be ready by June Ist, for the National Work on . When com pleted the auditorium will be 168 feet | The walls will | which It will sea 11.500 people, by utilizing aisle space of J. P, Wis her residence Messrs. E. F. he firm of J Sons, and Mrs. W. ( ARRESTED AT SYRACUSE Is Charged With Misappropriating | iety. Charles W, Congregational Toronto, was arrested in this city, charged with grand larceny, in misappropriating the funds of the on of Cruelty » was a work ning he con ff the society | $1,000, which he treasurer. It at the double money ity from To- years ago, and has h circles. He it is said bought hich he BLEW OUT HIS BRAINS. Student Commits Suicide in Win- nipeg Hotel John Herald, a medical student from King- | December | | here in the Strath o be due to Ask For A Stay wider Burned To Death. Dee. 23 Haglin offic building, the American National Bank and two other idings. The, dam age is said to be $175,000, J. A. Mc Vitty, a cotton buyer, and a man named Kaufman, who slept in the Haglin building, are missing, and are believed to have been burned Nominations In Toronto Seven men Toronto, to day, and there are fifteen candidates for controller, four to be elected of the mayoralty candidates, Mr Coats Douglass will old is reduced r Holidays. Nearly the en-| vonry represented the county of Two tire force of the Joliet steel mills will | Mountains in ! during the departments closing until | that | men | won at it 3,000 terest Voting in the bye | lassitude, | statipns wa in Ot and injur- leaves to two that a took Grafton {that a good one has been discovered. were | of small articles from the' dlore of the holiday { died Sunday, after a long illness. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1907. mere MET HIS DENANDS Over The World. WEALTHY CONGREGATION REBUKED BY DR. AKED. After Plain Talk Fifth Avenue or Demands $7,000 and Gets It. on | New York, Dec. 23.--Addressing his wealthy sation at the close of the formal sérmon, yesterday, Dr, C, F. Aked, who recently came from Liv- erpool to become pastor of the Fifth Avenue Baptist church here, declared not contemplate a permanent ministry in the church if the system of finance the| = -- AKED, . PR. C. F. made possible a deficiency at t| the end of the year was continued. "1 | want $7,000 from you," said Dr. vked, "before you leave this church this morning." He got it. He said the fact that some members of the congregation were wealthy had led others to put the burden of the sup- port of the church on them. HAS SEVEN CASES. Smallpox Spreading, But All Cases Isolated. Brockville, Dee. 23 --There is a mark- ed spreading of smallpox in Brock- somewhat emphatically that he would | {with his parents, University avenue. { Odessa, to spend the holidays with his jville, N.¥ Ea 5 a fs | afovements Of The People--Wiak *y with his parents on Queen . Tl nd wil Ontario street, left to-day for Wilbur to visit friends 2 Capt. G. Macdonald returned from New York, to-day, after visiting k William Mackie, of the K. & P. rail: , way office, is visiting his parents in Ottawa. ' Arthur Raven, Montreal stregt, will spend Christmas © with relatives in Brockville. . Henry Bailey, Union street, returned, from the west, to-day, to spend | Christmas with friends. | Miss Fannie Montgomery, Montreal, lis spending the holidays with her pa- rents, Princess street. | Mrs. Little, King streot, left, this morning, for Buffalo, to spend Christ . mas with ber daughter. | Allan Lemmon, rl street, is able to be around again, after being oper- ated on for appendicitis. Miss Lottie Timms' many friends will be pleased to hear she is rapidly recovering from her serious illness, "Jack" Williams arrived from Ot- tawa, to-day, to spend Christmas C. W. Timmerman, of Montreal, was in the city, to-day, en route to family. Mrs. W. Stevens, Pine street, leaves, this evening, to spend a month in Niagara Falls and Bulialo, visiting re- latives. Miss Viola Armstrong, Johnson street, returned Saturday after a two months' visit with friends in Dans. Cadets T. D. Ringwood and Har croft, of the R.M.C., left, to-day, to spond the holidays at their home in Winnipeg. Mr. and Mrs. James Acton, Earl street, left for Buffalo, this morning, to spend Christmas with their son, Capt, Acton, Lieut. Nellie Pollitt, of the tion Army, Berlin, Ont., will the Christmas holidays with her ther, 40 Quebec street. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Gray, Ba- got street, left on Saturday, for Montreal, to spend Christmas and New Year's with relatives. Miss Daisy Eveline Carroll is down from St. Margaret's College, Toronto, to spend her Christmas holidays with ber uncles; William and J. K. Car Salva- spend mo- ville, five. cases baving been reported since Friday last, which, with two previously pest. house, makes a total of seven. A strict quarantine is being observed on the two houses, where the disease | broke out. One family has four cases, a father and three children. : To Have A Senior Team. The 14th Regiment has taken their two teams out of the O.H.A., but Kingston will have a city team in the The team will likely be {managed hy George Richardson, last | vear's captain of the 1th team. The | team will he made up of the best eity | players, and althotigh thre positions are vacant, there is every promise of {a good seven going on the jee. Craw- | ford, of last year's juniors, will likely { replace Potter at centre, and Constan- { | ine senior series will replace Vanhorn at cover: point. The point position will then be | the only one open, and it is rumored The citizens should turn out and help | the boys, who are not going to see the old town without a decent hockey team under treatment at the giate Institute, on Thursday last, said Bade Good-Bye To Him. Capt. R. H, "McKay, who for the! Ottawa, Dec. 23.--The Railway Com- | past twelve years has spent the larg- | mission re d judgment, to-day, in/er part of his time in Kingston, left ar om by the GTR. for a|this aiternoon for Fulton, N.X., to s w effect of its order for a|spend a short time with his son. Then two-cent-a-mile-third-class fare, pen he will proceed to South Carolina, to ing an application to the privy cour spend the winter months in that wan cil. This appeal, if the pro wv | limate The captain was born in granted, would be from the judgment | Kingston in 1823, but, though eighty- of the supreme court cénfirming the [four years of age, he is not yet too Railway Commission's ¢ id to run foot races. There were a large number of his friends at Fol- | ger's wharf to say goodbye to the | veteran, and three cheers were given steamer pulled out into | him as the | the harbor. | { Stole Small Article. | Toronto, Dec. 23.~Lottic Scott, a sixty-five years of age, of Prince Edward County, and worth twenty thousand dollars, was con- | vieted heore Judge Winchester, this | morning, of stealing a dollar's worth | widow, | T. Eaton dpmpany. On account of her | previous good character and the state {of her health, she was allowed to | go on suspended sentemee, and $500 surety for future good behaviour. Judge Champagne Dead. | | | Montreal, Que, Dec. 23,-Judge | Champagne,, who for a number of { the Quebec legislature, Alaska Sable. | Neck pieces, ¥6 up; muffs, 39 up, at {Campbell Bros', the store of big val- ines mn fine furs. Many people who were down stfeet on Saturday night had very narrow o/ escapes from serious injury from ice t and snow falling off the buildings. On o | Princess aod Wellington streets the {snow fell in large cakes and if it had {fallen on any person would have in- {flicted serious damage. i The heavy, dreary rain to-day, put {quite a damper on the business _pec- { tions of the city. The nsual Christ { man shopping crowds were missed on | the streets this morning. The rain had one good effect, as it made the walks {so that the ' merchants could clean | them off end make them fit to walk combination of a Kingston {bank veolt went out of order, and they had to send to Toronto for an expert wale-breaker. This is bringing coals to Newcastle with a vengeance. |The 'talent' will. leek: slighted." So me the Ottawa € tizen | after the roll, this city. The scholars of the Stratford Colle- good-bye to A. Stevenson, the popu- lar English master ol the school, who leaves for Kingston in the near future to assume similar duties here, and presented him with a handsome sec tional book case. The funeral of the late Mrs. M. B. Baker, Wellington street, occurred Monday morning. Rev, C. A, Sykes, conducted the service, Printipal Gor- don offering the prayer. The bearers were: Drs, Ross, McIntyre and Sparks; Messrs. G. Mahood, G. Rob- ertson and N. C. Polson; Jr. | HELD UP AND ROBBED, | J. Moran Claims He Was Relieved of $12. A man giving the name of James Morran claims that he was hela up by three men, on Ontario street, on Sa- turday night, and robbed - of $12. He says that he was walking along Ontario street, when between Princess and Queen streets he was attacked by three men, who dragged him into a laneway. He says that one of the men put a hand over his mouth so that he could make no outcry, and dhat one of the others went through his pockets and took the' $12. Alter securing the money the three men Christmas Day After To ~Morrow. Pretty short time to wind up your purchasing Xmas. visit us To-Night and We can | snappy Xmas Goods here. J. H. Sutherland & Bro. The : : : Christmas Hints Cutlery and Kitchen Goods are always appreciated by re- lations and friends alike. There are Sauce Pans, Kettles, Meat Choppers, Table and Pocket Knives, Pans, Food Choppers, Bread Boxes, Coffee Pots and the hundred and one things that are shown in this big store Open Monday and Tuesday Evenings. Take peep at Our Windows. But if you To-Morrow. welp you out wonderfully, Lots of Home of Good Shoe Making. Bread Makers, Roast Jelly Moulds, Tea and 69 and 71 Brock Street. 000000000000 000000000000 | McKelvey & Birch 3 : their escape, has been reported to the police. Mor- ran, so it is undersjood, is a new- comer in the city, made good The case Better Mail Service. Col. J. P. McMillan has reported to the Cornwall board of trade that fur ther benefit has followed the delega-| tion, which waited on the postmaster | general last - summer. Then their re- quest for two mails a day, each way, along the line of the Ottawa and New York railway, between the capital and Cornwall, was acceded to. Another change in the postal system, in which they were deeply interested, is about to be made, and would materially fa- ci itate and expedite mail matte pass- ing between the capital and points in the United States, by the Ottawa and New York railway, and its connection at Utica, with the New York Central system. The Nurses' "Bill" Glenn. William Glenn, of the general hospi- tal staff, has been forty years in that institation, and is again wishing his many friends the compliments of the season. Sagta Claus does not forget the faithful™hospital attendant, who ix always so ready to do little favors for his wide constituency of friends. The nurses know hun as "Bill, nnd they wouldn't part with him under any consideration. Hundreds of times his message through the "phone brings gladness to friends of the sick. No, doubt Santa Claus will pay him his | usual visit, | The High Court Sittings. Kingston, jury, March 31st; non- jury, May 26th. : Napanee, jury, March 9th; non-jury, | Mav 11th. 5 Brockville, non-jury, June 9th; jury, April 21st. Picton, jury and non-jury, May 26th. Perth, jury and non-jury, May 11th. Belleville, jury, March 31st; non- jury, May 18th. Many Came Over. PRRARRRENOIINIINE § DON'T FORGET) ERARREY EER RE IIS Get It for To-Morrowm's Breakfast *" THE Canada The steamer New Island Wanderer | Profits brought - about seventy-five passengers . from Cape Vincent to-day. The ex- I you would this yeac is' heavier then it| office--18 Market been in some years and the mes-| can be mse, sengers busy for: some hours bh GANONG'S G. B. CHRISTMAS None better, The finest in the City. Also CADBURY'S & ROWNTREE'S A. J. REES, 166 Princess St. SIXTY YEARS OLD Sa Assets (OVer) <==c--css--asaunca sexsnso-x § 32,000,000.00. Insurance in force (Over) ~««--- sseve «= HAT BOX OF CHOCOLATES Fancy Boxes. 'PHONE 58. BEST OATMEAL MADE." Life Assurance Company nan $115,000, 06. 0.00.