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i Bavipgs Accounts, Household Accounts - and Bosiness Ac- counts are all luvited at The and courteous officers will give your business careful attention. '| Maud Ella Ma and won't éut, we can one cheaper than you one fixed. We have selling below cost | {mony was ® [ton and the ome and this made comvenien attend. p | This afternoon the [by George Da fretary, who ound ' {were well delegates will return home to-night. ---------------- gra: J.! the shoulders of the religious people of '| to principal stores and m---- MARRIED THREE COUPLE IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS. Kingston Minister Had a Very Busy Time---The Parties United Were an Attraction for Wedding Parties. ue Rupid's Sasi ns hem yp. in this district the past wes ad as a result some of very: few the in tieing knots. Not only has there 'been many local' marriages, but a large number of outsiders have come! to King to get married so this goes ito show that the old historic city of Kingston has some attractions ~even though we have no paved street as yet, © Rev. T. EB. Bourke, pastor of Brock street' church, has been called upon to perform six marriages this week, and three of these occurred between 1 hurs- {day noon and Friday noon. all From Outside City--Kingston| have been working overtime thro THE VARS TRAGEDY THE PATIENT PERSISTS SHOOT- ING WAS ACCIDENTAL. And Some People Think His State- ments May be Trae----An Inquest is Now Being Held: Vars, Ont., Aug. 19-The inquest the chief interest, this merning, of the aftermath of 's trage dy, in which: Dr, lost. his life, a: shot fived Albert Blon- din. was discovers; Sosiny, that only one barrel of the gon had been . Blondin still sticks to bis story that the shooting was accidental and exhibits .a bruise on his abdomen where he says the gun kicked him. There in a feeling in the village that his: story may be correct, this give color by the entire absence of motive for murder. 'rown Attorney Maxwell, of 1'Orig- nal, arrived, this morning, and took charge of the adjourned inquest, it he ing resumed on the arrival of the marriages were solemnized Kev, Mr, Bourke. iy sonage, occurred ihe marriage of Mise Eva Hill and James Kelly, both of Clayton, N.Y. ; At the parsonage, on Thursday even- ing, the marri t , of Newburgh, and Le Roy Jacob Wartman, of Sydenham. Friday morning another ha; cores performed, when Miss Flor- ence Nettie Ramsay and James Leg: gett, both of Syracuse, were united. "TWAS A GRAND SUCCESS. The picnic held at the Orphans' Home, Picton, on Thursday, under the auspices of the True Blues, was a grand success, The delegates who went up from Kingston, after attending the convention, report having had a splen-! did time. Although it rained heavily in Kingston almost all day Picton es- caped and there was no rain until the delegates were about to return to Kingston, The had the weather man with them right. : it is estimated that there were four thousand people on the grounds. The Kingston contingent left here via the Sonor Bfgieei] e al nine o'clock and ont return trip about ei o'clock, ' ight A fine programme had heen prepar- d for the oceasion, including vaude- ville sketches by Toronto artists, and a fine ramme of music was also " by Oddfellows' band, of Belleville. eals were served on the grounds by the members of the Wo- all On Thursday afternoon, at the par- he ook place of Mise! 10" True Blues evidently} morning train. Larry Grosbouis was first witness examined. Beyond ought out nothing new, He was fol- by Rev. J. Cormack, who told of taking the dying doctor's ante mortem statement, and by the sister of the deceased, who related the inei- dents leading up to the sending of her brother to the Blondin home. The in yuiry is. proceeding this afternoon. THE BISHOP OF LONDON. Way to Aylmer to See Brother, On His man's Auxiliary. Special attention had been paid to the lighting of the grounds for the evening, and they pre- sented a very protty appearance. = All day long boats were run between Pic it to t for all who desired 40 the' » them passes to go through the penitentiary and they looked after by him. The White honey, in spetions, 15c. The house with a reputation for pure ice cream, also the way it is dispen- sed, with nothing but the very : fruits and syrups. Gibson's Red Cross Aig Mate. : ¥T steamer Rochester is to run: from Charlotte to Rochester i the exhibition. H. Cunningham, piano tuner from] Chickering's. Leave orders at Me Auley's bookstore. Clover honey, 15¢. J. Crawford. BOOTH & CO., FOOT WEST STREET. WELLINGTON ST., near PRINCESS. ------------------------------. There are other hotels, but none approach the Club for homelike sur- roundings. Located in centre of city and close theatre. Charges are moderate, taken v the recording sec-| during RIGHT REV. A. FOLEY WINNINGTON- INGRAM. Aug. 19.~Right Rev. A. Winnington-Ingram, Bishop of » akvived, last night, on the Empress itain special, leaving for Toronto almost immediately. He aid he was going to visit his brother, who has for some years been living near Aylmer, - Ont. Later he goes to Hali- fax to take part in the Anglican church celebration. Alluding to the horde of immigrants now pouring into Canada, the bishop id a ve responsibility rested an Montreal, Fol Canada, as so many were leaving for finden where church opportunities were hi 5 WERE BADLY HURT, Scoop Was Made of the Engine's A Tender. Rridgeburg, Ont., Aug. 19.-X seri: ous nr occurred in the New York Central yards, at Black Rock, last night. The M.C.R. transfer, from rg, in charge of Conductor Putney and ineer' Foakes, had de- I a train of cars to the N.Y.C. RR, when a N.Y.C. train ran into them, making a scrap pile of the ten: der, Com Putney was seriously, if not fatally, injured and Fireman Thoma of the M. C, engine, was badly hurt, and were both taken to the emergency hpspital, in Buffalo, Fi : as' home is in St Thomas; while Conductor Putney lives with his parents heve. Assistant Chief Elmer Home. Assistant Chief John Elmer, of the Kingston. fire department, returned on ursda; A from Watertown, Every private house and ing, as well as all public with bunting, ete; Special rates by the week. | P. M. THOMPSON, Proprietor. Everything Easily Read and Re membered. Natural gas has heen struck at Mal ton. " At Alexandria, Ont; eight hundred and forty-seven boxes of cheese, all white, sold at Mg. Gen, Richard Fitzgerald, who served in Canada at the time of the Fenian raid, is dead in London. All the building trades in Winnipeg threaten to be tied up with serious trouble between the masters and men. Mrs. J. 8. Baker, Sherbrooke, es sister-in-law of the late Senator . fell downstairs, at her home, and was so badly injured that she died with- in an hour 7 88. Corsican, inward, at Quebec; SS, Ionian, abeam, Belle Isle, inward; SS. Lake Erie, inward, at Montreal; 8S, Sardinian arrived at London; SS. Pomeranian cleared from Havre, John Thompson, Portage de Fort, Que., acting for the conversation com- mission, is in Ontario making en- quiries into_the causes and extent of forest fires and the system of protec- tion adopted. : The Toronto street railway concilia- tion board will have ils decision ready to-night and it is believed the mass meeting of the men, called for mid- night, to-night, will. accept the award as well as the railway. CHARGED WITH SHOWING MOV- ING PICTURES, Li Quebec, Aug. 19.~L. Heurex, the manager of the Olympic theatre, has been arrested by onder of the attorney- general, for giving au exhibition of moving pictures representing the Jel Tuesday. The exhibition will not interrupted, but will continue until to- morrow night. It is a test case. The police magistrate will decide if the provincial authorities have the power, or not, to stop the exhibition of these pictures in the province of Quebec. FOR PENITENTIARY, A Pembroke Man Found Guilty of Thefts. Special to the Whig. Ottawa, Aug. 19.-Francis Collins, aged twenty-two years, belonging to Pembroke, Ont., was, to-day, here, sentenced to the penitentiary for two years. There were six charges of thelt against him, A G.T.R. train crew, this morning, found an Italian, named 0. Eishiair, lying, apparently dead, beside the tracks at Rock Lake, on the Parry Sound division. He was placed on board the train and recovered eonsci- ousness before he reached Ottawa, but Hifteen soldiers ave reported to have been buried by a premature explosion of dynamite during the manoeuvres of joneering troops at Sechizheimerberg, jermany, on Friday. The pioneers are | practising blasting operations. Mayor Gaynor's condition was so greatly improved, on Friday, that his physicians amou that he would be allowed to sit up, "lI am cer tainly glad of that," said the patient when he was informed of {heir decis | jon. "Jack" Morgan, the champion cadet ! shot, of New Zealand, is to attepd the Dominion: Rifle Association matchbs, at Rockliffe, next week. Morgan comes to Canada at the expense of the New | Zealand government, He has been shooting at Bisley, Werd T. Rosenheimer, millionaire, was arrested in New York, accused by Coroner Schwennecke and the ice, of driving the auto, which on Friday night ran down and killed Miss Grace Mough and severely injured George Wodder and Mise Anna McCabe; in the Bronx. "Yow do noti need a knife ito cut the | loaves with now, the makers make them so small," said Magistrate Deni- son, of Toronto to Artario Piena, an Italian, char, with carrying a dirk. Piena ple he needed the weapon to eut his bread with. He got a short sentence for being drunk. | John Sloan Cox, principal of Oak- wood Collegiate Institute, St. Clair | avenue, Toronto, died on y morn ing, in. the Western hospital, of ty- phoid fever. Mr, Cox taught in Col- | lingwood collegiate, then came to { Harbord collegiate, and was finally ap- i principal of Oakwood. He was i fifty-five years of age and ia survived ' by a. widow. and ome son, J + A. H, Weekes, Toronto, engineer, whose wile. and baby arrived from { England a few days ago, and have heen hunting for him, has turned up. He [is at Sida md. He came to Toronto to meet his family but missed' them. } | Edward Brockwell, a deck-hand on | the Niagara Navigation Cos steam- ee Chicora, fell overboard and was drowned when the steamer was hall | way to Toronto on her Niagara trip| on Friday. 3 i IT 18 ADVOCATED, Benefits of Sleep in the Open Alr-- Feed Your Lungs. Technleal World Edwin m, famous poet, ad vooates and praetices outdoor sleeping. He said : "It seems that people are just be- lungs and that their lungs have to be fod as well: as their stomachs." No one who has thoroughly enjoyed his bed in the open, night after night, and summer and winter, ever willingly relinquishes it, and js generally eager to get back to it. And here are some of the reasons : sweet feeling of naturalness and i thought that ginning to discover that they have jyeats, : that time. is unable to tell how he came by the sovere injuries to his head. It is the man was wounded by fellow-workers on a ballasting gang. His condition is serious. The authorities of Wright county are making a big fight against "blind pigs," 'and Andre Lachappelle, Mont- ceil, a merchant, was, to-day, fined $250, by Judge Goyette, of Hull, for illegally selling liquor. Several other prosecutions are ng. Competitive examinations for cadets for the naval college will be held by the civil service commission in various sarts of Canada in October. The col lege, at Halifax, will open near the end of the year, with thirty cadets, and fifteen will be added yearly. Mayor Hopewell has called a public meeting for Monday night, to arrange the financial end of sending the vic torious Ottawa Rowing Club eight to Henley next year. There is no donbt that the crew will be sent, but it is desired to give immediate assurance so that the boys will have an incentive to keep in 'training. -------------- RECORDS IN LOADING GRAIN, Some Remarkably Fast Records at Fort William. Fort William, Aug. 19.-Two pecords were broken this week at Fort Wil liam grain elevators. Two hours after it had been tied under one of the big terminal elevators, hers, on Sunday, the steamer Kenora, a double decker, was loaded with 70,000 bushels of grain, a feat that is said to have been unequalled on the Great Lakes. Not to be outdone, a party of grain trim- mers on Monday put 74,000 bushels of wheat in the holds of the Stormount, a single deck steamer, establishing an- other record for these ports at least. Under ordinary conditions it requires a trifle more than three hours to pour into and trim 75,000 bushels in a two-deck vessel and only a few min- utes less to put a cargo of similar size into a single decker. Membership Returns. Victoria, B.C., Aug. '19.--The report presented to the general conference by the official statistician, Rev. Dr. Corn- ish, contains the following figures : Total church membership 340,000 Number of ministers" 2,580 Loeal preachers Class leaders ..... .... ie su Preaching appointments Sunday schools The increase in the church member- ship for the quadrennium totals, 22,- 874. There are 35T more ministers, but there is a serious decrease in the number of class leaders and local preachers, 2 To Sammon the Company. Toronto, Aug. 19~Mr. Brown, freight inspector, was, for the C.P.R., served, to-day, with a summons «larg. ing him with cruelty to animals in that he left a car load of cattle in transit from White River, to W, . Smith, Holstein, sixty-five hours without water. 'The bhevring in (be information agaist Mr. Brown being withdrawn and the company will be summoned instead. -------- The Ex-Treasurer Dead. Hamilton, Ont, Aug. 19.--Alexander Stuart, exwity treasurer, died this morning, ek 4 eighty-nine vears. Nr. Stewart was born in Seatlang Ld - employed by the city for forty ing only two weeks during was city Areasumt._jof years, retiring in 3 ive one danghter survive. Vonk ywias this TO-MORROW We have secured the following spe cial bargains and will offer them To- morrow from ¥ a.m, as long as the lot lasts. Special Sale Of Liberty Silk We will place on sale To-Morrow one of the best Silk bargains the women of King- ston have bad in many a day. Thélotis not large so come early. 450 yds. Liberty Silk White with Black Hair Stripes and Checks and White with Navy Blue Hair Stripes and Checks. This silk is the soft make of weight that will not cut or crease. Excellent value at 50c yard Yours To-Morrow while the lot lasts 28¢ Yard. Ladies Wash Dresses All this season's latest designs in Repp and Indian Head, semi-fitting with lace yoke. TO-MORROW $8.95 for $4.50 6.95 for 3.95 7.25 for. 4.25 "5 Only Pongee Silk Coats Made semi-fitting, withshawl or lapel collar. Regular $11.25. $7.50. "es 3 Wash Coats 1 Linen, Made Semi-fitting, $5.75 For $3.99 1 White Repp $1.50 for $3.99 1 White Linen, Trimmed with Tan Linen and Braid, $6.95. $4.25. | There are no Patterns 0 perfect as BUTTERICK | PATTERNS | ai] GIRLS. food soles, Patent and Tan Calf Pomps,, leather bows. Regular $2, foi $1.25. Size 1-t0 2 2 Children's Canvas Low Shoes, leather tips, good leather soles, 8,.9, 10, . : : - For 35¢c. x i A Ladies' $2 Patent Oxfords, Now $1.68. Ladies' $2.50 Patent Oxfords, Ladies' $2 Patent Pumps, $1.88. $2.50. ; 000000000000 0000000000000000000008 '10000000000000000000007000008000000000008