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PRs F #357 PAFIFESS Church, New row, N.S., deliv» de bis farewell sermon. h Vontms HOPE PASTOR RESIGNS Owing to ll hie a Rev, H. D, rg , who has been pastor of ul's Presbyterian Church at 'Port Hope for the past two years, has tendered his resignation to the 'Presbytery of Peterboro', Mr, Cam- 'eron preached his farewell sermon yesterday. te te go tion will be necessary. , TRANSFERR) RANSPRRRED lo were ch oten by amilton, arrived at turday pati W ond Bomination on (he Go Taos Boxwood finished, eggs There Se 'Tarket La to sue Congested quar. RR Line ay a to dot hos; . . otte ii removal, i" an. small offering of po- |; lamb, 30c. H 14¢ per TE ag ------ APPOINTED Official notification Saturday by Rev. . . Woodcock, rector. he SSHOVRG FINE FIRE LOSS f the Cobourg Fire |of Leeds and Grenvil TL Ty sented to the Town | Seager, of Kingston, 'Council by hief T. J. Turpin, Woodcock entered the tatoes at $1.75 per bag, Chickens, Boot lot, pound, 3a ide Spriug y : dressed, 13 to ARCHDEACON was received Canon F., D, of Trinity Church, Brockville, since 1903, that he had been appointed archdeacon le by Bishop Archbishop ministry 25 to 30¢ a vacancy in the eship and a councilorship, and a third outa er io Senior by Clay. ton Froates; Junior Stewart, Leslie Mussell; Inner Gaurd, H. C. Keel- |r Tyler, William Stevens. At the regu Port Hove, Fan Fea others from A President, A. Waller; Chaplain, W Craig; Secretary, W. urer, R. "Austin, First Guide, J. to] Holgate: Second, H, Barber; Third, . 'Throop; Fourt Inside Guard, J, Guard, G Nichalls, H Siuningham, BE W. Thompson; Auditors, Hiscock, PETERBORO' MARKET Many people went to market in in | Peterboro, Saturday morning, but at 45e. orion were on sale at pound. en, and b ' a 40c per pound. There was cream to be had at 300 a plat clover; 50c for mixed homey, $75,000 FIRE BY -- of Co- of En d, the 'were i led by uty Bro. W. Tickle of meeti whole town of Nananse had . ennie tically demolished t dent, W, Ray- Hall; Viee- .|at $75,000, would t, Perry; Treas- seemed to be a vast furnace, rth, G. Brooks; ; 'Sixth, H, Miles; Barr; Outside Nicholls; Trustees, a. . Friend, B. |special precautions G, Rothwell, brick structure erected in three stor p-- Our Greatest Annual FEBRUARY CLEARAN SALE of FURNITURE You Cannot Afford to Miss This Tremen- dous Slash in Prices---Buy Now J¥sHere Again. 'Hundreds Availed Themselves of the "Opportunity Atforded > the Citizens of This "fi Last Year-- Now Bigger and Better Opportunities Await You Here thisYear LUKE F URNITURE COMP _63 King Street East Phone 79 3 'to™ honey, 70¢ for a five-pound pall, ) aT / ames e SOR," sky, casting a ruddy How ov over the prac- Block in the centre of the business dis- trict at one o'clock this (Monday) morning. The fire was then still blazing and firemen stated that the building and its contents, valued a total loss. Shortly after midnight the roof cav- ed in, making of the building what heavy metal cornice, weighing between two and three toms, came hurtling three storeys to the side- walk. No one was hurt, however, | firemen and police having taken to keep the gathered townspeople well back from the walls, The hullatngy Jd was occupied on the main floot hy ; the H, W, Kelly gro- pf ---------- > a two-pound at' "se a dozen this price later dropped to 40c a dozen Jug Sun continued at that price until the close ofvthe market, Ap- es ver plentiful and prices were rious, some selling at 50 and ca peck or 01:6 a bushel. Ham- riety sold for 76¢ to $1.25 a ham- per, Cel went at 16¢ a head, and the lettuce at 16 to 20c a head. Cabbage sold at the regular price of § to 10c a head, and phy + at 30c a peck. Paaton sol at $1.75 for a 90-pound bag. Parsnips at 30c a peck, onions at 60¢ a peck and carrots at 30c a peck. Sauer- kraut brought 15¢ a guart or two quarts for 26c. Vegetable oysters sold at 10¢ a bunch, beets at 40c a peck and citrons at 5, 10 and 15¢ each, Beans sold at 15c a qaurt. In the fish line Mud Cats sold at 50c a dozen or 20¢ a pound. There were a few pumpkins and squash in the market, but the season for these is about over. Pumpkins, asked, 10 to 26¢c each with the squash asking 20 and 25¢. Popcorn went at 16¢ a dozen ears. POINT DISPUTED BY FOX'S' JUDGE Who Will Try Hickman is the Basis for Pending Los Angeles, Jan, 15.--Tt is not unlikely that a hot legal battle is in the offiing as to which judge of the Los Angeles Superior Bench | will try William Edward Hickman t for the kidnapping and murder 9f Marian Parker, it was learned sday, Thus far, proceedings have been anducted by Judge Carlos Hardy, residing judge of. the Criminal i Division, but under precedent of the local court, the presiding judge does not try cases, but con- fines his work to arraignments, pleas and the settling of. cases. Under normal procedure, when the case is called on January 25, Judge Hardy would immediately trans- fer it to some other court for trial. During the last few days, howev- er, there has been a report that Hardy proposes to try the famous nase himself, { In this event, there Is every pos- sibility that the defence may de- mand a change on the ground that Judge Hardy was the jurist who heard Hickman"s forgery case last summer and who admitted him to probation and that he is therefore disqualified to hear the present case, around what the terms Hickman's pretence of in- sanity has been found by the alien- ists who are making observations for the State, They now go to Hiekman's cell while he is sound asleep, awaken him and immedi- ately. begin to bombard him with their questions on the theory that in this way they can get true re- actions before he has time to as- sume his asserted pose of insani- ty. Beginning tomorrow a new corps of defence mental special- ists will be sent into the jail to observe the slayer, Defence At- torney Cantillon anounced. So far, 8 half dozen doctors have made reports in behalf of the de- fence, but Cantillon proposes to assemble as formidable a battery of mentalists as possible and will have as many of them called in as can be accommodated between now and the time the case goes to trial, Statement of Motive Los Angeles, Calif.,, Jan, 15.-- Another statement of motives in the kidnapping and slaying of lit- tle Marian Parker has been added to the already bulky collection of confessions pencilled by William Edward Hickman, The latest document was scrib- bled by Hickman in the presence of one of his alienists, one for the prosecution and the county jail physician, It immediately drew fire from the prosecution eamp, representa- tives of the District Attorney's of- fice hailing the new work of Hick- man's pencil as a defence plan to tear holes in the wall of confes- sions previously made by the young slayer. pers of apples of the smaller va-, Solv We are ed murder," Throughout his new confession Hickman wrote of a "kind of a providence," which he declared directed him in what he called "this terrible crime." "If they had hindered me, 1 would have done it, namely, kill my mother or anyone else who stood in the way of this providence which was intending this," Hick- man wrote, when asked if he ev. er had threatend his mother, And later he added: "In the pursuit of this great calling the murder of my mother would be only incl dental, The life of one person is of no value when the property and lives of millions of people are to be considered." A new way of getting prosecution » DIXON'S ay Coke Jeddo Premium Coal The Best Produced in America ii General Motors Wood ~~ All Fuel Orders weighed on City Scales if desiree. 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