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~ To the Electors of the City of Kingston Ladies and Gentlemen: At the request of several hundred electors of all classes, and irrespec- tive of politics, I have decided to of- fer myself as a candidate for Mayor for the year 1914, as an Independent Candidate, free from political afillia- tious or party ties. If elected; 1 promise to safeguard the interests of the city generally and to serve all the people to the best of my ability. J. W. LITTON, To the Electors of ST. LAWRENCE WARD Having been requested by many #f the electors of your ward to rep- resent them, I beg to offer my ser. vices. In consenting to be a candi- date for Alderman, it is only because of my desire to see ¥ingston w grow | and prosper, and take her place with other cities of Canada many years younger, and if elected 1 will devote my energies, in assisting to accome plish this work, 'Wishing you all a Merry Christ. mas and Happy New Year. W. J. FAIR, To the Electors of VICTORIA WARD Ladies and Gentlemen: ---- As a lifelong resident of Victoria Ward I respectfully solicit your votes and influence to elect me alderman for 1914. If elected 1 shall work for your best interests and fhe city gen! erally. HW NEWMAN Victoria Ward aaudies and Gentlemen: As_ the result of the waiting upon me of a strong deputation of work- ingmen, I have decided to offer my- self as an aldermumic candidate in Victoria ward. If elected I shall al- ways act in the best interests of the workingmen and of the ward in gen- eral "Yours sincerely, MARSHALI/P. REID. Rideau Ward To the Electors: Acceding to the request of many ratepayers of Ridean Ward, I am again a candidate for alderman. I trust that my service in the past has commended itself to you, aul would ask a comtinuance of your - confidence. D. COUPER. 6.0) SUGGESTION TO : STON PEOPLE" ¥ It is surprising the amount of old, foul matter the simple mixture of buckthorn bark, g @, ete, known as Adler-i-ka, drains from th system. This jemedy Yscame fan ous curing appendicitis an on A the upper and lower how el so thoroughly that ONE DOSE re- | started by General Felix Diaz. lieves sour stomach, gas on the and constipation almost Frnts of The Big Happenings of the Past Year, from a Canadian Stand- point, Chronologically . Reviewed \ JANUARY Jan. 1--John 8S. Willison, Toronto, and Hon. A. R. Angers. Montreal, were knighted. The first trainload of wheat was run over the Transcontinental Rail road from Saskatchewan to Port Col- borne. 3 Turkey offered to cede to the Balkan allies the bulk of her European ter- ritory, Jan. 2--H. M.S. Natal, bearing the body of Whitelaw Reld, U.S. Ambas- sador to Great Britain reached New York. Jan. 3-- Tle Balkan allies gave Tur- key three days to accept peace terms or face a renewal of the war. Jan. 4--President Taft declared him- self in favor of arbitrating the Panama Canal tolis case with Great Britain, Jan, 6 Senator Archibald Campbell dled at Toronto. Jan. 6-- Twenty-four Ontario muni- cipalities voted In favor of local option. The Turks and the Balkan allies reached a deadlock 'n their peace negotiations at London. Jan. 7--The tank steamer Rosegrans was wrecked off Astoria, Oregon. Thirty-three persons were drowned. Jan. 8--The Duchess of Connaught was taken seriously ill with periton- itis, and was removed from Ottawa to the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal. Jan. 11 --Great Britaln was swept by a flerce storm. A Jan. 12--Turkey and the Balkan allies falled to agree on peace terms, and the negotiators prepared to leave London. The Burns Packing Plant in Calgary was burned with a loss of two million ollars. The steamer Uranium was 'wrecked near Halifax, her $80 passengers belng landed in safety. Jan. 13--The Irish Home Rule bill passed its report stage. Jan. 14-The Dominion Parliament reassembled after the Christmas holi- days. ? Lord Lansdowne and Mr, Bonar Law abandoned the food tax policy and elected to remain at the head of the British Unionist party. Jan. 16--The Home Rule bill passed the British House of Commons, Jan. 17--Raymond Poincare was elected President. of France. Jan. 18--Bulgaria gave her delegate in London power to the war against Turkey if he thought further negotiations useless. Jan. 20--Lord Curzon presided at a big anti-suffrage meeting in London. Jan. 21--Senator Elihu Root made a vigorous plea in the United States Senate for abitration of the Panama Canal tolls controversy. Jan. 22--The Turkish Cabinet de- cided to accept thé recommendations of the Powers, surrender Adrianople and end the war, Jan. 23--Nazim Pasha, the Turkish Minister of War was murdered, the Cabinet resigned and the cession of Arianople was repudiated by the Young Turks, Bishop O'Connor of Peterboro died. Jan. 24--A resolution looking to the granting of tén million dollars in aid of agriculture was adopted by the Canadian House of Commons. Jan. 256--Cal. A. J. Matheson, Pro- vinelal Secretary for Ontario dled at Perth. ow' dan. 27--The Franchise Bill with all amendments which might have en- franchised women, was withdrawn by Premier Asquith. Jan. 20--The suffragettes started a fresh campaign of violence in London because of the withdrawal of the Franchise Bill, Jan. 20--Hon. James Young died at Galt, Peace negotiations were finally broken off between the Turks and Balkan allies' delegates at London. Jan. 30--David Hogg, a Home Ruler, was elected in Londonderry. Jan. 31--Dr, W. Beattie Nesbitt dled at Toronto, : x . se FEBRUARY Feb. 1--A single presidential term six years was approved by the United States Senate. e! Hon. John Haggart, M.P. for South Ama), an, 2 .] perty. Canada. Dean W. 8S. Eilis of Queen's Univer ton. EINGSTON, feo, his brother and several members of his Cabinet, were arrested by his own followers and delivered over to the revolutionists. General Huerta was appointed provisional president. R. C. Miiler was called before the bar of the House of Commons for con- tempt of Parliament in refusing to an- swer questions in committee, and com- mitted to the custody ¢f the Sergeant. at-Arpis, thus becoming Canada's first state prisoner. Feb. 19 -- Saffragettes partially wrecked Lloyd-George's summer home at Walton Heath by the use of a bomb, Gustavo Madero, brother of the de- posed President of Mexico was' exe- cuted. Feb. 20-Londen suffragettes burned @& tea pavilion in Kew Gardens. Feb. 23 President Madero and Vice President Suarez were murdered in Mexico City. Feb. 24-The widcw of Cabptain Scat, the Antarct'e ex->lorer, was honored with the title of Lady. Feb. 25--D:. Friedmanw" arrived a! New York ith kis antituberculosis serum. Feb. 27 The second reading of th Naval Bill was moved in the House of Commons. . MARCH Mar. 2-Big forgeries in land title Were reported in Alberta. Mar, 3--The suffragette parade it Washington was mobbed. The Ngval Bill w taken' up b, the House of Common in committe of the whole, brizging about a dead lock and dn unprecedented continuod sitting of the louse. Mar, 8----The Turkish fortress o Janina was captured by the Greek: 32,000 prisoners taken. Mar. 7--Paulire Johnson, the In dian poetess, died at Vancouver. The British steamer Alum Chine was- blown to pleces by Her cargo oi dynamite outside cf daltimore har bor, - Fifty persons were killed and one hundred injared. Mar. 8--The House of Commons ad- Journed after the first week of block ade on the naval bill, the sitting hav- ing lasted 129 hours. Mar. 9---The suffragettes were mob bed in Hyde Park, London. Mar. 10--Six wee killed and many fhjured by a dynamite explosion at Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. Mar. 11--Dr. Friedmann treated many tubercular patients in Montreal Mar. 12--Announcement was made in the British House of Commons of a plan to reform the House of Lords The abolition of the hereditary prin ciple was forecested. The foundation stone was laid of Canberra, the future federal capital of Australia. Mar, 13--British naval estimates ealling for $221,546, 500 were brought down. and the ol0est meniber of the House of Commons, died. Mar. 44--Dr. Friedmann treated up- wards of one hundred tubercular pa- tients in Toronto. The Naval debate again raged at Ottawa. The Government gave notice of its intention to force members to | confine their remarks to the clause under discussion. Mar, 15--Dr. Michael Clark of Red Deer was "named" in the House of Commons by Mr. Speaker during a heated discussion of the Naval Bill The second wéek of deadlock ended. Mar. 17--Charges were made against Hon. Messrs. Coderre, Rogers and Nantel in the House of Commons by L. J. Gauthier, M.P. for St. Hyacinthe. Mar. 18--Senator McMullen died at Mount Forest. - King George of Greece was assas- sinated at Salonika. Mar, 19--Five were killed in the Malcolm Tanneries fire at Medicine Hat, Alta. Mar. 21--A flerce gale of wind swept over Ontario. Much damage was done, Mar. 23--Omaha, Neb, and other tities in that state, Jowa and Indiana were swept by a tornado. About three hundred lives were lost. Mar. 23--The Great Powers stipu- lated terms of peace between Turkey and the Balkan allies. J Mar. 25--Dayton, Ohio, was over- whelmed by a flood from the Miami River. Peru, Ind, Columbus, Ohio, and other towns were inundated with the loss of many hundreds of lives and millions of dollars worth of pro- Mar. 26---Mr. Churchill. proposed a year's naval holiday. Adrianople was captured by the Bul- garians and Servians after a long sie; ge. : . Mar. 27--The floods were receding in the Ohio cities, but fire, famine| Connaught arrived In Liverpool from t Rome. . ~The Canadian House of Commons mpproved 23 bills of divorce passed by the Senate. i 0 : . APRIL : . Apr. 1--The Ontario Government fajgeted the womal suffrage. bills. Apr. 11--Hon. 8, C. Wood, former Provincial Secretary for Ontario, dled at Toronto. Apr. 12--Mrs. Pankhurst was re leased from prison as the result of a hunger strike. Apr. 13>Three shots were fired at King Aitonso of Spain in Madrid. Séven persons were killed in the wreck of an excursion train near Montreal. Apr. 14--A nation-wide strike for manhood suffrage was begun in Bel glum. Apr. 15--Sir Wilfrid Laurier intro- duced an amendment io the "Closure Bill" In the House of Commons. Apr. 17--Liberals were returned to power In Alberta. Apr. 20-Sir Charies D. Rose, mem- ber of the British Parliament, a Can- adlan by birth, dled suddenly. Ex-king Manuel's betrothal to Prin. cess Augusta Victoria of Hohen- zollern was announced. « Apr. 21--Home: Secretary McKen- na's "Hunger Strike" bill was dis tussed in the British House of Com- mons, Apr. 22--8ir Wilfrid Laurier spoke in the House against the "Closure BL" ole The Belgian strike was seffled by the granting of manhood suffrage. Apr. 23--8ir Richard W. Scott, for- mer Secretary of State, died at Ot. tawa. Scutari was captured by the Moute- negrins. Mr. Wm. Proudfoot, M.P.P., charged Sir James Whithey and Hon. H. J. Hanna with political wrong-doing. Apr. 24---The "Closure Bill" passed the House of Commons. Austria pressed for the evacuation of Scutari by the Montenegrins. Apr. 25--The Duke of Connaught, speaking at London, England, advo cated the developing of great high. ways by the Canadian Government. Apr. 26--Churches throughout the world offered prayer for the Chinese Republic. Apr. 28--An earthquake shook Mon- treal, Ottawa, and other points in Canada and New York State. Apr. 20--The Committee on Privi- leges and Elections ' of the Ontario Legislature started the hearing of the Proudfoot crarges. . MAY May 1--Dr. Friedmann returned to Canada to treat his tubercular pa- tients, after the sale of the American rights of his serum cure had been announced. May 2--Norway granted the full franchise to women. May 4 Disastrous fires occurred at Englehart, Ont, and North Sydney, N 8. The Alien Land Bill, aimed at the Japanese, was passed by the Califor nia Legislature. May 6--The Woman Suffrage Bill again rejected by the British House of Commons. May 7---An attempt was made to wreck St. Paul's Cathedral, London, by a suffragette. bomb. The Ontario Legislature cleared the Premier and Provincial Secretary and censured Mr. Proudfoot for bringing! his charges. i The Home Rule Bill received its first reading in the British House of Com- mons. Hay 8--Tae Underwood Tariff 'Bill was passed by the United States House of Representatives. May 10--The Naval Aid Bill passed its second reading In the House of Commons after the application of "closure" rules. May 11--A foreigner was killed by a police volley in the Fort William street car strike riot. May 12--Knox Church, Stratford, was burned, the falling steeple killing three men. Hon. Alex Murray, Speaker of the Alberta Legislature died at Winnipeg. May 15--The Naval Ald Bill passed is third reading In the House of Commons. - May 16--News reached clvilization of the loss of the Norwegian party in the Arctic ice. May 19--Emperor Willlam pardoned three British sg'es serving terms in German prisons. ; May 21--King George and Queen Mary were given a big ovation at Berlin. May 23 --King George made a plea for world peace at Berlin. May 24--Thirty-three former British subjects were killed by the collapse of a pavilion at Long Branch, Califor- nia. Prince Ernest Augustus of Cumber- Jand and Princess Victoria Louise, daughter of the Kaiser, were married at Berlin with great pomp. May 27--8ir Geo. W. Ross moved the rejection of the Naval Aid Bill Hn it was submitted to the judgment of the electors. ~ May 28--Lord Avebury died. May 30--The Senat> rejected the Naval Ald Bill , The Balkan War was ended officially by the signing of a treaty of peace. May 31--The big Presbyterian Con gress convened in Toronto. t { =e so Rt JUNE June 1--Cobalt miners voted against going on strike. 5. ; June 3--General Otter, Hugh John Macdonald, Judge Barker of St. John Judge Davidson of Montreal, J. M DECEMBER 31, 1913 % London, Dee. 30.---A Canadian min- ing fusion is in progress according te the Times, which states that a meet ng of shareiolders of the Northern ntario Fxploration company has boey called for next Monday to consider a proposal for tho absorption by the California Exploration company, in which it has a large interest. Porcupine Output. Toronto, Dee. 30.--Figures now available make certain tho fact that the gold production for the. Porcupine camp for the year now ending will he nearly 84,500,000. This compares very favorably with the production last year, which was about $1,700,000 for Sha whole of Northen ntario. Of the otal for the year the Holling ming has produced considerably rd half, the production being about £200,000 worth of bullioy per month. May Reduce Dividend. New York, Dec. 30.--~In declaring the usual semi-annual dividend of five cent., the directors of the Wells-Fargo Express company issued a statement i to stockholders asserting that the von: tinuance of the present dividend rate is uncertain because of the rate reduc tions which will go into effect Febru ary lst, Some Fine Dividends. London Dec. 30.--Premier Diamond mines pain a dividend of 350 per cent. for the last six months. With the 400 per cent. dividend declared in June for the first half of the year this makes a record of 750 per cent. for the year. The dividend in 1919 was 630 per cent. Financial Notes, The five-year coupon notes of = the Westinghouse Electric and Manufae- turing company, due Jan. lst, will be paid by the Chase National Bank at maturity. The syndicate which purchased $10,- 000,000 State of Louisiana bonds re- cently announces that they have all been sold. F. T. Bediord will resign as presi dent of the Corn Products company at the close of the present month to give more time to other interests. Owners of automobiles will be par- ticularly interested in the report that, a $900 cash dividend has been dealared. by the Standard Oil Co. of Kentucky. Wigh the first of the vear .C. How- ard Lewis will retire from partnership in McCuaig Bros. & Co., Montreal, to engage in another line of busi- ness. Gerald Lees, manager of the firm's Ottawa branch, will be taken into partnership. The gross 'eatnings of the United States railways for the month of November show, roughly, $30,000,000 which is a decrease of 0.3 per cent. ag compared with the same month last year, but a gain over the cor- responding period of 1911 of 7.9 per cent. F. A. Delano elected president of Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville railway succeeded | Fairfax Harrison, new president of Southern railway. More United States Steel stock is request. 86-88 BROCK, 7 held by investors now than' ever be fore. It is hard to see how the ap pearance of their names on the list of stockholders can be an unfavorable sign. On Dec. 30th, '41,000 shares of common and 27,000 yhares of pre ferred stock ofthe Spanish River Pulp and Paper Mills were called on the Montreal Stock Exchange. Application is being made to par Hameat for incorporation of the United Empire Life Insurance com: pany. Jamnary United States dividend disbursements estimated above $260, 000,800 compared with $250,000, 000 a ybar ago. The new Toronto Stock Exchange is to have its formal opening on Satarday, Jan. 3rd next. A company has been organized to develop deposits of copper at Black River, within a few miles of St. John, NB. Organization plans of the Canada Steamship Lines, Limited, are now said to be well under way, and the personnel of the new board is ex: pected to be announced within a few days. It is proposed to form an amalga- mation of the Powell River Pulp & Paper company of British Colum- bia, the Crown Paper company of Portland, the Quaisino Sound Pulp company and the Ocean Falls Pulp and Paper company. The holding company would be in control of the entire pulp and paper indusfry of the Pacific aoast. Some servants of the Lord seem to do His words mighty unwillingly, it at ail. The devil always shies at the man who keeps truth and honesty on his sida, RI TR IRR. We Offer ONTARIO TOWNSHIP DEBENTURES TO YIELD 5 1-2 per cent. ONTARIO TOWN DEBENTURES TO YIELD 57-8 per cent. WESTERN SCHOOL DEBENTURES TO YIELD 7 3-4 per cent. WRITE FOR LIST Brent, Noxon & Co. Canada Life Bldg. C:P.R. RIGHTS We buy and sell CP.R. rights to new issue on commission. We will forward circular letter on new debenture issue, upon / F. B. McCURDY & CO. > PHONE 1225 (Members Montreal Stock Exchange and London, England. H. W. NELLES, Manager, - $6.50 to se.50 Dats to sell at $4.50 to $6.00 hats to sell at "$3.50 Felt shapes to clear at half rice. ' Saturday. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday only. MISS E. D. HAMILTON « 870 Princess Street. Opposite Y.M.C.A. Phone 120 ----WE . SELL ---- Scranton Coal Co's Coal Selected from the celebrated Richmond No. 4 and Ontario No. 1 Mines, the best Anthracite Coal Mines in Pennsylvania Place your order with THE JAS. SOWARDS COAL C0. North End Ontario Street. You have tried the rest; now try us for the best at the low- est prices in the elty. 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