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8 3 ritish | ne YEAR 77---NO.. 295 AROYAL TINE The Engineering Society Dinner at at Queen's. ~ ABLE ADDRESSES TLIEUT.-GOV. GIBSON © WAS HONORED GUEST. AN Queen's Spirit Hak Men Known and Respected Everywhere--~The School of Min. ing Has Its Best" Advertisement in Its Graduates, Made Queen's The Engineering Society, at Queen's University, 'had = splendid dinner Grant hail, on Tues evening, able addresses by distinguished The hall was prettily decorated, platform artistically arranged wit] engineering appliances and palms. Th * tables, five stretching down the may nificent hall, and ome across the font were beautifully set, flowering glittering silver, pretty dishes glassware being very prominent. About 450 students, friends, goverpors am guests were in expanse of white shirt fronts, deed, a picture. The dinner ed in Caterer J. J. K to say that sutlicient, the key to about nine passed and the Mills, B.A. pre read telegrams the first toast, pany had time, several occupied the king's name mentioned, national anthem loudly sw With eloquence, W. F. Nickle, M.P.P.;, pro posed "Our ountry," coupling wit} it the name of Lieut. Gov, Gibson, astute able statesrpan. The fittingly honored and the governor, in a meaty speech, Canada's greatness and vastness, | was to be a lund of plenty and pros perity, peopled by the best classes o the world and standing as a leader b the world's progress. To-day me were proud to be call 4 Canadians He landed Queen's and the School Mining, and gloried in their advan ment. His honor was witty and bright in his remarks snd was heard wit) 'wbudarits. was y Prof A, Macphail and the brief, snappy re sponses of Dr. A, E. Barlow, Ottawa and Prof, H. E. T. Haultain, Toron to, thajed enthusiasm, They remark ed on Wucen's spirit and its strides © past years. After the flowery words o I. M. Meclutyre, K.C., in offering "Fh University," Drincipal Gordon, in « brief, fatherly address, called engineers and students to the higher citizenship, to that helpful socialism which tende to make living pleasap®r and hag pier, that gave succor and comfort te the down trodden and=oppressed. Dea Dupuis recalled Queen's history. an said her greatness was-due to the kind of men she turned out. He spoke o moeds and in a pleasant, delicate way suggested that more Queen's me should be on her Htaff. He liked mixes blood, but fewer Englishmen and mo Canadiang should be the instructors i her. halle, a remark that brought much applanse, R. W. Leonard, . College graduate, and a former stu dent in the School of Mining, wa heard with delight as he toasted "Th Profession." He has won fame as the chief owner of Coniagas mine, ai Cobalt, a wealth producer, and as § man who hadalwayvs been square and upright. 'He told the students the best' way to become the best engi neers and citivens, to be organizer and leaders, and to. make Canada bright ornament in the empire's crown, B. Willmott, M.A, B.Se.,, Toronto, and T. A. Russell, a motor car manu facturer, responded, speaking effective ly as to the claims of engineers too place in the world's making, Mr. Rus. sell said daily a wider fie Ad was open ing up to good men in Canada; they should strive to be the best' men, to be a little better than others and suc DORE Was assured. "The Faculty' was tersely and gene rously Jroposed by R. Bradley and Profs. Walker and M. BB. Baker recipro cated the good feeling. Quéen's spirit was created by friendly. helpful rela tions and a unity and cordiality be tween all faculties. The impress of gocind and fraterpal courtesies was seen in (Jucen's men everywhere, "The Graduates," the best advertisement the School of Mining has, was Dr. Goodwin's toast and } edsra. Bruce, of 1909 and Orr, of 1907, vepliad and said the 300 graduates 'purposed adding 810,000 to Prof. Nicol's handsome gift to give a metallurgy hmitding a place on Uueen's campus. "fietel Institutions," and "The Ladies," were toasts that were night caps for the lads, and soon fter one o'clock the fourteenth annual dinner of the Engineering Society was over. The faculty song, given by quar tette, was an uproarious airs and t applause. The stu Ber yo and songs, made ~ the gh a merry ie rs appy one, DAILY MEMORANDA. ER by those na have lopked around gi I Witt 0 ints plant and attendance Ihe vi was, was soi best style for hold appetite hn It is good wi o'clock when ciga were tons ident of ot regret "The King." The been augmented, by hundred ladies, whe galler Loyally th and tl tinaster, the aml offeres con thi by was wt toast wa lieutenant spoke © out a Royal Militar a at Campbell's the. Rreatest Bargains are found. i lose to-morrow, © Band on the Palace Rink te- a SU Masked Stuek Lo. 3p thi.) Grand} INCIDENTS OF THE DAY. Newsy Paragraphs Pic ked Up by Re- porters on Their Hounds, ittee rooms and nd elé nt strong tior for itizens' hard to 1c, iar qu Bell) was ward nm H. Cataraqui a mavor 10 oh X22 a Mavor 1.0660 nof-pol , Sold onl Gish "Cert . Ald Me y | riieoss afreet the best will wet I'm sr mayor," hant man every my support going for old ty anda without lo vote said an 8 mer vesterday. y for Me Kan hing "Huyler' 1k Hef, 4.000 S On f the h thong time, « Christmar sweets," She, 1.20, 31.60 Gibson'r, stormy conditior were very fox town last al adhe merchants. ha ope hr. Cond equently th closed at an early hour. sweets," f0e., 60c. $1.60 pad Sold onl "Oly, and 'oid only at the thete weourit of weather, wppers down evening, kt nearly their stores shops were "Huvied We. 21.90, it Gibson's Before leaving for their homes | spond the Christmas holidays, the student. boarders living with. Mew. Arittan, corner of William and Rarrie strects, presented her with a hand inrdiniére as an appreciation of her kindness to then: 20¢ 83.20. ie EARL 'GREY TALKS HOTLY. Parts of Ontario With- out Manners. Children in BARL Dee, 21 of Ontario children in without Your are Toronto, some parts mann rs. Na said Earl Grey, governor anada, addressing ing of influential citizens Hall, here; movement, for ( for a Canada. when a gather in the Usty relative tothe Boy Scout of which he the Chief wnnda. "Arrangements were central organization foy SCout made BROOK STREET STORES. Some of the Qld-time Ones and What They Contain. The Brock street merchants have fine Christmas displays Just drop _into McKay's fur store and get a view of things there, and also have a talk with - the poming mayor. Then con tinue on down street to Waldron's hig dry goods store, a popular place for the ladies who love to be waited om by thos handsome men clerks. Then make . bee line across the road to Carnovsky's, "on the corner," where holly and mistletoe are usually to be found. Take another jaupt to the other corner and view that grand old Golden Lion groeery,- where Christmas fs in the air. Oue's next move is a dagh for Livingston's great clothing store, whose windows are full of choiee things for men... MeKelvey's hardware and tinsmith store is next, and where would the housewife be happier than in there ? Just below is Henderson's famous" Italian warehouse," where vour mothers bought groceries forty years ago, and whose window is fall of Christgas things. After reading the Whig bulletin, drop over and see Gilson, the Red Cross drug man, whe will discuss anything from hockey to Sabica' soothing syrup Five Years for Theft, Paronto, Pee. 21.--~Five vears in] nitentiary. wae the sentence passed Judge Morgan, on Anthony Mite KINGSTON, THEY DEMAND - Tha: Government range Reciprocity THE FARMERS INSIST - SAY THEY WILL STAND DELAY. Interview With Wilfrid Laurier and | Sir Richard Haddie Classification. Al THEY NOT! Goes Back An General Special to the Whig Ottawa 2, Dy c. Richard Cart wright, of Kingston, has taken a pro mringnt part in the conferences the members of the National Council of A ulturists have had with the gov- ment. The mimister of trade ag commerce s at the first session when | the big delegation filled the House of Commons. chamber, and at ones the! executive had Members of the committees of the Grain | -Associatiod of Manitoba, Al | berta mnd Saskatchewan have just had | a conferemee with Sir Wilfrid Laurier | wi Sir Richard Cartwright with re- | wed to the proposal that the govern- | shouki take over and operate the | terininal elevators. Subsequently the ites discussed with the prime min- | Hom. Sydne; the re-| | Sir since executive Growers' ment deleg ster and Fisher of the Yo delepation | last on the abattoirs and improved sportation for the dead | The officials of the { to communicate, conferences, lution of Friday of state means of subject | owned { tray trade. ciations déchned pre meat A880 the | as | talk to-day They will Graham and lay | before him personally the general ad- | vantages which would accrue to the | North-West from government operation | of the Hudson Bay railway. At a meeting of the farmers' repre- held in the Russell house, ning, Sir Richard Cartwright's draft of the proposed amendments to the grain inspection act were discussed | in detail. The executives are believed | to have put up to Sir Wilfrid and Sir | Richard Cartwright pretty strongly their demand for reciprocity with the United States as set forth in the reso- lution which is now in. the hands of the government. They insist that the rternntions} negotiations 10 be resum- ed at Washington next month shall pro-| eved on the part of the Canadian.com- | with a view to immediate practical results, and that no account be taken of the tariff reduction move- ment supposed to be in the ascendant in the United States as an excuse for postponing reciprocal conce: At a meeting of the railw mission, Chairman Mabee declared illegal the action of the Dominion Atlantic Railway company in taking finan haddie from the general ¢ fication and making it a special com- It ad that it be re to classification ceedin f° these wre to have a further the government. Hon, P. us with also mifsst George rentatives last ev missioners as lassi- was order the general modity. stored list. It are, understood that" Kingstonians Christmas, sending to rela' friends in the British lslos | countries, $1.48, compared | $1 they to them last | Christmas. The money order stafis throughout Canada are busier than | ever before and enquiry at the post of fice department here, to-day, elicited i the information that in money orders postal notes, etc, about 875,000 is be sent from Canada daily--to Eng Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France, Russia and other countries. | The officials "say "this is about forty-eight per cent what it was last. year, while the pos- tal notés, ete., reaching this country from foreign ones represent at least as wl as they did A year This is an undemable evidence prosperity throughout the Canadas. The amounts of re sent out are particular m the western provinces nd from | the Toronto post office district. Daily | workingmen = can .be seen at post offices sending money to Fuglish friends and thus indicating that they are living 'in a' country where men can get o fair living. When workingmen can afford to send money to relatives in a distant. country, it is "generally taken as a barometer of * prosperity. this { and tives in ad other with every sent ng land, Germany, als business in excess of ago. of | whole of | ooney ar y heavy de rugged i if so, Canada is prospering at present. | STRANGLED THE COOK. Deaf and Dumb Mute Was Evidently Murdered. Prighton, Ont, Dé. 21.---A woman bv the name of Joey Primicomb, who was deaf and dumb, and the cook of the Hotel Bristol, Colborne, was found dead in a room of the hotel, under pe- culia circumstances. Developments | ¥eem to pont to the fact that the ger prints have been found on her; neck. The woman was apparently int good health. The coroner has issued | warrants for an inquest. | | Sem -------- STEPPED OUT OF WAY, Toronto, Dec, 31.--Steppi the way of one train, Allan ) aged thirty, of London, Ont. foreman | of a section gang, hers, jumped in front of apother train and had hic Yogs ground off. dying in the hospital! this morning. ; } The marri of Huw J Junta O'Neill, daughter oi. and Neill, of Betas --_ Pat . convicted of stealing 1.775 plee fie from the Niew Edwant | dit ath ONTARIO, "John Cartw right--Finnan | | vieted of taking bribes { | under weiy does not remarry: and is not guilty of | MR. ASQUITH'S PLANS woman was choked-- to death, as fin- | him. f= at 1 RICH FATHER'S WILL. Allows His Daughter Some $60,000) a Year, Dec 21 wr-old for welve- must manage only $60,000 a vear. { Despatches from Michigan City, Ind, late father of the heiress, H. Barker, stipulated in the deed, conveying virtually his en- S150,000,000 - estate to the First Trust and Savings bank of this city, that his ds shall have $50,000 a year to maintain the 'two residences j and the farm, and X10.000 a year for { her personal expenses and education. President James B. Forgan, of the bank, it was said, will be guardian to the girl. Chicago, athe ¢ Barker Dvn to, live on % say the {trust i tire iter 1 i aise | Ten Months Yin Prison. York, Dec. 21.--Charles G. and Charles H. Wardwell, former weighers, who were con- in the sugar last September, to serve ten penitentiary on Blackwell' leland. Judge Martin granted a stay for sixty days sb that the convicted men may appeal. New Drew i government hing "frauds, ttiave been . months each em tence in the Ww EDN ESDAY, ] DEC EMBER 21, 1910. PEATH OF MES, ART WALSH -- Soe i 4 Likely To Join hi x, Wied ut & Co.'s Staff. December. 20th TONER. From Heart ase of five vears of TO ADVERTISE SPECIAL SPORT- ING GOODS. re we g in best who age, the band, years ago, ; Pittsburg and the and her plac | these two IMothodist in ftive part in able, and in the from one " Go to Ottawa, amd ome daught Special to the Whig. | Re . huster, Ottawa, Dec. 21.--""Marty WE Da oa the pride of Kingston, who ago, led the goal-getters in tional League, will likely position with Ketchum & sporting goods dealers, Mr having offered to place the Limestone | and Well-to do Faraier. City youth in his establishment, an iT h i lesidents of th Hage « Wi offer that the executive gladly accept 4 Reside nt i ti y 2 i v wl : {were shocked to ed. FN It is Proven a Myth That Civil Ser- fs en vice Jobs are Open for Hockey evenly Players at the Capital--Cadet to * Walsh, two years; ba the Na: | accept a Co. Ltd. | Ketchum dence Rev. SUDDEN DEATH AT WILTON a Of Overton: Well-known € Ite } Hurd's | | | i | upon { | | J. A. M'CURDY. A wejl known Da enthusiastic aviator | MRS. JACK CUDAHY | Is to Receive $5,000 a Year For| Life. Los Angeles, Cal, Dee. 21.--Mrs. 'Jack' Cudahy will get $5,000 a year | for the rest of her life, provided sho | proven misconduct," according to the | fterms of the agreement made ween | her and' the late Michael Cudahy. In| addition, each of the four Cudahy chil- | dren is to be educated hy the Cudahy family, and on his or her twenty-first birthday is to receive $150,000 in cash | from the Cudahy estate. The agree | ment is in the hands of a trust com- | pany, which is bound to carry out the terms of the contract, | HAVE BEEN LAID BEFORE KING GEORGE. | The Coronation Patio Will be Tided seast Possible Up- Premier To- Over With the heaval--King day. - Met Dee, 21.--The con- and Pre London, England, ferences between King George Asquith, for which the premier came down from Scotland? this morn lasted just three-quarters of .an mier ing, hour. It is understood that Asquith fully advised the king of his plans for the future rnment and an arrange ment was made that the coronas- tion period will be tided over with the least possible upheaval. GANANOQUE IS EXCITED gove BO Over the Local Option Campaign W. R. Acton IIL | Gananoque, Dec. 21. ~The town is | being fairly deluged with literature, this week, by both anti and local op- tion suppariers. Hand bills, cartoons, placards, et are being posted all over the town, while newspapers are (being distributed from house to house. Never in the history of Gananoque thas a hotter campaign ever been oar- ried on, and both sides claim to be | confident of winwing out. A young man employed by W. K. !Cronter, painter, met with a mishap {that might easily have been attesided {with serions = consequences. While {painting from a ladder outside of the vew Bank oi Toronto, the foot of the ladder shipped, and man and ladder came down together, the paint can (striking him on the head. Outside of | a good shaking up, nothing mors seri- | ous could be found the matter with | W. R. Acton, proprietor of the Gana- | ue harness works, is in Toronto, treatment for a growth in the throat. It is t the {case is quite seripus, > Miss Mand Barnes, trained nurse, of § 4 { bee with her parents,'Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Root, Brock street, left, vester- day, to resume ber duties. Music Sale, Six copies for Be. This week oie Sn News Co., opposite Y { is proven a myth, | via lin | 8c hool | 19th and 20th, | discuss forestry problems, i sul having permitted | auction of the property of a Russian | lege, | No English Advisors Permitted the court With Lake and Overton Bahcock sporting lime, ami "Marty" nesday dishing up the hockey sticks chum's, the Ottawa team will advertise the sporting goods for 'their respective houses. The story that the Ottawa Hockey Club depends entirely civil service jobs for its players Efipath in Walsh, Ket- surely in Odessa, acting business, 11 as anyone at as we stricken at ing and passed ton Babcock wealthy farmer li north of Wilton, for many years. up-to-date farmer thing ~ of modern | premises. He was { ligion and took | church work. [Deeside daughters he is brothers and Reid, undertaker, an ear AW wa Fight or ten Ottawa boys, cadets in the Royal Military College, will ar- rive home to-morrow by special - car C.P.R. PITH OF THE NEWK, survive i | The Very Latest Culled From All Over the World, At Ford de France, charges of gross charge of the remains | frauds in connection with the elections ------" the sevéral cantons are made. | MAY BE MURDER. A committee of the St. John, N.B., board has reported in fayg, { of medical inspection of the city to Produce schools. Montreal, Dec. 21. A Canadian forestry convention will. storage agen driver, held in Quebec on January 15th, opened a box, contain under the auspices of turkeys, he was to find Association, to the body of a man detompo The box had been « med- to N.B. local produce firm from country died from injuries received at Hills- spme days ago, 3 boro plaster quarries. In the same; The police believe it. quarry, where he was hurt last Tues | case and are investigating. day, three men-were killed on Friday.| It developed later that the A serious controversy has arisen at shipped from Jarvis, Out, Harbin, between the Russian authori: | to J. Bonsfield, ties and the Austrian consul, the con- Toronto, but the sale by addressed and = Montreal, which n | passed out of existence sisters Body of Man Shipped Firm." Whe Decomposed morning be supposed to there the Canadian Forestry the John Woodworth, Albert Mines, is a murder body was wddres Mar} was subsequently St. Lawrence et pped to Bishop's has lon -- HIS L AST $10, 000,000. subject, Austrian. CHARGED WITH SPYING. which was mortgaged to Rockefeller Has Concluded His Uni- © versity Scheme, Prisoners, Leipsig, Dee. 21.--The trial of Capt Bernard French and Lieut. Vivian Brandon, the English officers charged with spying upon the German fortifi cations at Ro began to-day be- fore the supreme court of em- pire Aside from their English counsel, Sir William Dull, English advisors will be permitted the prisoners, nor will any Englishmen be allowed in the room. In the event of tle con viction of the men it is believed that they will be kept in prison until the | information they gained will no | longer valuable to England the no be HIS SECOND WIFE « harges s of Against Him. Hamilton, Dec. 21.--Five years in the penitentiary was the sentence imposed by Magistrate Jeff to-day, on John Martin, aged twenty-one, found guilty on a charge Wf bigamy, preferred b+ his second wife, Frances Shepperd. { Preferred Bigamy \ Made Another Convict, Torento, Dee. 2] ~James Shaw, who shot two wailrédses in a King street Chicago, restaurant, was sent to Kingston peni- | feller has « tentiary . for three years, by Judge | for himself in Morgan, this morning. x University f Se ---------------- | nouncement 1s ide of a SWEPT THE DISTRICT. | final gift" of £10,000,000, | cludes all t « Rockefeller ha the university be paid in te ginning Ja tal of apr Mr. Rock umversity, Rocke he set o of the Public an "single une which in Mr make which nstalnenta, make 5 235,000,000 that mated to the Great Damage at a Fire in Cincin- | to nati. Cincinnati, Ohio,; Dec. 21.--Fire, which swept the manufacturing district here, today, caused damage in the neighborhood of two million dollars,. One fireman was killed, another fa-| tally burned, one citizen was killed by | falling pole, and several firemen more | or less injured. 1s % has d MIGHT MARRY. Woman Charged With : Bigamy. |. Peterboro, Ont., Dec. 21.--The pre Bminary hear in the case of Har vey and Haur Ellis, charged = with bigamy, was heid in Havelock, ves terday, before County Magistrate Ed | mis Mrs. pper, the, mother of | Mrs. Ellis, t od that her daugh ter was nol fteen years of age at the time of her first marriage Her hus band deseriad her, and evidence was given to the effect" that she had legal | advice that she was "free to marry | again. TOLD SHE { {Plea of . #30 Monthly for. Each Child. Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 21.--By the {will of his brother, filed for probate here, Orrel Parker, New York, and his wife, will receive 830 a month 'each for each child that is born to them, The document also provides that another | brother, who lives here, shall be en tithel to a similar bonus for per-. tuating the Parker family. Mr. and he Parker, who have been married four years, have no children. Man Who Vanished Turns op. Beovkville, Ont., Deg.' 21.--Peter Ye. | Guirk, whose disappearance from | | Brockville over two years ago ot & Cla AN INSANE MAN. Hirpow Residents Upder Cover. 21, --Inhabitants village near here, the | {Has the Ali ! subject of much Shauiey on the) part! tof relatives rach the fice, 1 w | 3 yesterday. . He was Hely advertised. Windsor, Dec. - trace of him was obtained. ! Harrow, = small | rairk eCnirk says he had been living at} have telephoned to | points i Western Ontario. { ste. all bewieged in. 'A woman's fingers are ¢ insane man noted Herman " thins | aged twenty seven, who when she stiempts to gel money out of har purse for the purpose of paying Crisotnes by the streets, armed with Two revolves | * everybody to look' and rng have been seat from exe, LAST EDITION _ WE. ATHER, PROBALIL Frys \ Has "SPECIAL NOTICE] This Store Will Be Open Thursday, Friday and Saturday Evenings days and three evenings to Christmas shopping --anota o you'll have to hurry iopping in the morning > it, so will Christmas Hints for Men Gloves, Neckwear, Cuffs, Socks. Cardigans, Ete, For the Ladies: Waists, Kuttted Jackets, Kid Gloves. Handkerchiefs, Bedroom Slippers. Beaded Purses. Scarfs, Neckwear. Umbrellas, Dressing Sacques, Fite, NEW SWISS JABOTS, We have just recelved from Umbrellas. Handkerchiefs, Collars and Mufflers, Underwear, Collar Bags. a Petticoats, Kimonos, Hosiery. Handbags, Relts, Lu the an EMBROIDER- Switzerland UTIFUL in assort_ makers f BEA ment bk ED JABOTS just in time for gift giving Call and see them * + ¢ STEAGY'S DIED, fence M ROBERT J, REID, The Leading -Undertal 'Phone 577. 230 Pri ~~ JAMES RI The Old Firm of Vos 204 and PRINCES "Phone 117 for AJ a LE NOT Tom S : Smith's CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS gr EOures never-er ; Idren We hs Are a light for the ( sizes Stockings Stockings Stockings Stockings at Stockings at Stokings at Stockings at ¥1.00. Stockings at 81.25. , Stockings at $1. 75. Jas. Redden & Co. In a Worthy Cause, Ww. Carroll, who is acting treasurer and received of cont butions for the family reported in Monday's Whig, re norte having received 821.50 to date, a lot of clothing, etc. contributors will not be but & receipt will © be seni by m=il to each from Rev, R. 8. Forperi "He b gy to state that mon- ev is mot essential in this Particular case. Mr. Carroll desires to ackno wl edoe receipt of $1 left at Fix store by LSerents, 10 cents. 20 cents, 10 cents, 56 cents. 75 ernts, at at nt Meo: quite Names of made pr ni { eoramenced at the court iw city that they | aE Wright, | Price, iw parading | Couper, City Treasurer Ireland, © only out. | Whi : § plete in duties, on Thuesday, a i I: ale a mail contribution of ; d "AW." out of town, Selecting the Juniors. work of selecting jurors was house, on The boned earryipg Judge avyor The Tuesday morning. on this work, is composed of Warden Thompson, Tros:arer David Purdy and J, tiny, RoC, The boned will com.