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PRINCE
VOL. 5. NO. 100.
PRINCE   (fKOHGK,   V.C,  FRIDAY. DECEMBER lr.th, 1W2.
FIVE CENTS.
Priest Banished from Ireland by Free State
New Sawmill will be Taken Into Timber Over Snow
SUMMER LOGIGIN'G WILL BE CARRIKD OX IX THE VICINITY WHILE THE MILL IS BKIXO ASSEMBLED AND PROJECTORS ANTICIPATE I HAT CUTTING WILL COMMENCE KAIILY IX TIIR KUMMKR.
Rev.  Jolin   E.     O'Connor.
John P. Meyers, of the Critnbrank Kuwmilln, Limited, will make Prince Urorjift his ix'i'iiiiniriii headquarter* pending the completion of ihe company** urrnnjreuieittH for opening up in the mll'lii" and pinning Imslne-m next Hummer.
limber cruising of die Herman IlmJin, nud of the IhimIm in (lie vicinity, i ha* occupied the pnxt two weeks, und uttentlon is now Itclng tCiven to the | liiiilion of a  rn.-iil over wlilch lumber can be moved front the sawmill  to (lie   planer,   to   be   located   at   Mowe   i" int   ou   the   line  of   (lie  (luiiilliin j National railway.     It  in likely this rond will come out  Kometvhcre mvnr the Moore ranch,  but   before any decision. !�;  reached  In  the  matter  Mr. ' Meyer will  hnve nn engineer j�� ovVr tho proposed routes and -W- wlwii grades can !><� secured.
It its the Intention also to do some;----------------:��------------------------------';
work on tho existing road    to    the j the opinion of several of the govern-bcttei' ; limber and put it In such shape that \ ment supporters no action could  bo
TorontpTDentist has Cure for Pyorrhea
1		i. �:�. I i'�!
1		
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Women Send Petition               Leader of Soviets at
for Release of Mrs Frye the Pea^ Conference
TWO inJNDISED AXD TWKXTY-TWO WOMEN OK PRINCE GEORGE AND VKlXin REQUKST TUB ATTORNEY-GENERAL To GIVE. THE AOCTSED HER LIBERTY PENDING THE SITTING ok I UK COURT OF ASSIZE.
Dr.   Harold  K.  Ilo\, Toronto den-
known   as  Father   Dominic,   has ar-j the sawmill can be freighted in over   takon  without-submitting  tho  Issue' tist. whose declaration that pyorrhea rifed  in  New  York  after  belny  do-   the snow.    In this way no time will ! to the electors.                                       | is curable has attracted considerable
ported  from Ireland nnd disciplined   lie" lost, and the work of assembling        According lo a parliamentary rule1 attention throughout Canada and the by his superiors in  the  Church    for   the mill can be taken In hand In the j that  Is seldom  Invoked,  the govern-! United State*, his    political    nctl.vltlos.     He    was, chaplain to Terence MocSwluey/, the hunger-striking lord mayor of Cork.
COMMISSIONS OF ALL
NOTARIES TO TERMINATE
IX  FOUR YEARS
All notaries,  public     commission:) In British Columbia under the Not
spring. Mr. Meyers will not attempt to log this winter, but the . land around the mill will be Hummer-logged, and the necessary buildings will bo erected.             ,
Mr.  Meyers has boon inspecting a
line of railway,  to the oast of    the city,  with  (i  view  to supplementing
ment may permit discussion of mat-   -
ters involving  tho     oxpenditure    of   RUSSIA WANTS DOlKHOBOHS
public uiou.-y In committee, and this'        TRAINED IN FARMING TO
 It'BTUKN T<) RUSSIA
is being dTne with the beer question.                       \
While continuing his opposition to beer, the premier is exposed to with-       NELSONVDec. 14�The represent-
 milling planm along the   hold oppotdtlon to the holding of
plebiscite,   provided   the   House,     in
ntiren of the .Soviet governmont Kir   la.   who  hnve  he \i   Hooking
of
arles Public Act, introduced by At-   tho Plunu which his company has on [course.
committee,      recommends      hucIi    a( induce the.poukhoborfl to return to
hand nt Fort Steelc, und has    every.
confidence that he will be ablo have the mill in operation oarly the summer.
to
turnoy-General Manson, will expire tour years from tho data they- were issued, except commissions held by fully qualified lnwyers.
"Notaries In this province are performing Important   work, and     they frequently undertake moro than they Hhould,"  Hon.     Mr.     Manson    said. ��Some of them have tried to become       VICTORIA. Dec. 14�Ian Mackeu-gnneral conveyancers, and to do le-: Z|Oi Of Vancouver, succeeded in get-1 Kal  work,   which   00  per    cent,     of ( tlnR the  legislature  to  discuss    tbe! them are unfitted to undertake.    As   |IDer clause,  which     was    advanced!
 Mr.  David  Whiteside.   Liberal  for  New Weistminster, and two or three
UISER CLAUBJS HAS SHOUT LIFE BEFORK IT CiKTS
In j other government supporters are bo-I lleved to have stated they were pre-i pared to go so far as to withdraw I their support     If    the    governmont
THK  KNOCK-OUT!
; adopted a beer policy.
TKIiEORAM WIN'S I'OIXTS
IX   UIO  LIllKIi  ACTION
BY K. W. UAC'KLS
TORONTO. Dec.  14�Tho move of
a result many of them very seriously; w|ln ft  view  to securing an amend-   e. W. BackUK, plaintiff In the $100.-Jcopardlze their clients' rights.    Too] ment" to the liquor act to permit the, ooo libel ac;lon brought against tho
sale of beer by the glass, but    the I Toronto Telegram, to    exclude    tho beor-by-the-gla89  13  no  nearer than j evidence of Premier Drury and    At-
inany notaries public have been appointed, and there should be aome Hort of test before an appointment Is made."
(LARK sciiki i;i:i;
NAMED AS PRESIDENT OF
SWISS  REPUBLIC
BERNE, Dec. 14�Clare Schourer, vlce-profltdent of tho Swiss republic during the past year has been eloct-ed preB'deai of tho fodoral assembly.
It was before. Thb clause hold the house for a short time on Monday, but yesterday It was got rid of by a vole of 23 to 17, which deferrod action upon tho questiou until the next session    of    the    legislature.    The
torney-Ofiueral Raluey, was topected by the court yesterday.    The feature!
RiiEfda, have made quite an Impression upon a^number of the sect resident In thlu fllatrict. Just what the connection is between tho represent-1 i;fives and the Soviet 13 not vory clear, but they profess to bo uble to assure Canadian Doukhobors, if they consoijt to roturn to their native countr/, they will ba exempted from military servlco for twenty years, enjoy religious freedom, and bo given other Inducements. The members of^the colony are said to be about evenVy divided upon tho question of returning. Thoso who go may be forced to leave empty-handed as all the property of the Beet Is held on the communistic plan, with the title registered in the name of Peter
lite pelllloii of the women of Prince George und vicinity, a-ldresie to tlie mtorney-ncnernl, the prayer of which is (hat Mr;. F. Frye, who I in Oknllii prl.son awni'liiK trial ll|H>n (lie charge of murder, he given |,r libeiIy until her coho is called ut the spring assizes, hax been dispatched t. Victoria.
Few   murder enne*  in   llrl.ish  Columhtn  have creu(<\l  m> much  publii Intercut a.; tlio liM^edy which was enacted on the Frye homcstcul,, when the wife ftiid  mother, driven to dcsperatfpu by the threats of the drink- � traced liu-li'iml, seiU  a  bullet  tliroimti his heart.
There are no two opinions* of�the" killing. Isolated. a� Mra. Frye was. there wa� no one to help iu>r. Her husband had loaded the hIioI-kuii for the oxpressed purpose of killing off the entire family.     It was his life or
of the cu8eso"far has 'beeiTthe" re-1 V^gIn! tm| leadpr-cltal of tlie plaintiff as  to how    he| had got hiB start in the lumber aud pulp  business.     He  told   of starting
 bien
by
Verlgln, although ho is said to have had an interview with  tho eniissar-
 part of the government fol-I in without capital of any kind. Other   leH' but mG�tInKH of tho Doukhobors  was iuOavor of another year's | than his labor and brain.    He began' aro boin* heltl at tno Varlou� settle-
trial of the present act beforo oven a plebiscite Is taken on tho matter.   In

Cabinet Played Both Ends in Division on Beet oi
MESSRS HART MANSON. 8IX>AX AXD I�ATTULLO LINED UP WITH Ti,K S AND BEST OF CABINET FAVORED EXISTING ACT r^^                   P.RUV CAST HIS VOTE WITH BEER
b7woVklnK"for"aVuge"of iT.Bo"po'r, mcat8 -throughout the district to dls-day and  gradually climbed up until i CUBa thu Prapoaala._________
he became a big factor in the lumber and pulp industry of tbe dominion.
PERRY WANTS INFORMATION OX LOCAL PULP AXD PAPER
-H. a
PATRONS.
VICTORIA, Dec. .8-The hopes of the beer by glass � daahod yenterO-o afternoon when a rc.o'.ution put forwar,  b>�*   * hue,  neSber for Vlctorla^larlns the time luop,>ortune for � -on   ho sale of beer by the *U� �� c-t                                    d      d
 tabHshn.entH approved
�ventecu voting for hoc; and twenty-five against
Those voting for beer by iWVaf"* f t0UipUlcd the prime minister would the motion  were:     R.   �*�  Notjlu!1U8> i ,.,.ce|V0 ut least thirty thousand mes-
SKVKN PERSONS KILLED
AXD OTHERS INJURED BY
 'HIDE SWIPE OF TRAIN
 la tho ra�:
fcouth Vancouver: Sam Gu.hrle, Newcastle; Thomas Uphill. Fer.nle; J. H. Schptleld, Trail; Major J. H. Burde. Alberni; Win. Hunter. Hlocan; �. �� Ferry. Prince.Ooqrge; K. C. MncDon-\\\ Ander->n.  Farris,
ald. North Okanagan; F �on. KamloopH: J. W. . Vancouver; Hon. John Hart. Victoria; Hon. A. M. Manson, Omlneca; lion. William-Sloan. Nanainio;  Ken-
 sag
M�or\ftumuer
 ^ ^ nQ reaHOn l0 doubt  ,        ot lne    0Hti-
H. Q. Perry .has boiuu iiucbuuu. -..
the order paper in  the     legislature   wheu a Houston, concerning the pulp and paper mill. swiped  a switch which  the  Fiaser Timber Syndicate   way -varils-projected for this city.    Ho wants to, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO know If negotiations have been brok-i        BORROWS MONEY AT FIVE en off and what the concessions de-j             AXD ONE-HALF PER CENT.
sired  by the coropauy were,    which                           !__,__.
the government would not accede TORONTO, Dec. II�Tho province to. He also wants to know If the ' of Ontario has disposed of an issue government intends to advertise tho of $5,000,000 5% per cent. 20-year local pulp area, as promised by tho bonds at 09.oil. The entire Issue minister of land.s.                                    was placed with a To;onto syndicate.
Dick Wo Kee Exhausts His Remedies in the Courts
 AI'PLIOATION
TORONTO HAS GREATEST
MAYORALTY CONTEST
,          "-IN ITS HISTORY |
TORONTO, Dec. 14�Conservative Toronto Is to have a battle royal for j the mayor's chair between two Llber-n 'i. i-lio  present   mayor; Alfred  Ma-;nil   Robert    John    Fleming,
� for writ of prohibition, to prevent police ate from imposing sentence ix liquor case, is :mf. court and accused will now
MAG1STR
REFUSED BY THE SUPRE
COME UP FOR SBXTEXCE.
I ho. lives of all the children, and her own as well, and Mrs. Fryo steeled herself to end it all, and did so.
Sbo wan without friends or money, and In due legal process win committed to stand hor trial upon the murder . charge. She cannot be cleared of this charge until a court of competent jurisdiction sits, and this will not be until next summer. Had' Rhe friends, ball might have boon arranged, but is it was, she was placed In a position In which she was forced to spend upward of six months In prison before she could hope to secure her liberty.
When tho facts bocame known, tho ivomen of Prince George and vicinity ntoroeted themselves and decided. >y mcanB of a woman's petition to in- attorney-general, to request tbe iberatlon of Mrs. Fryo upon her own recognizance, pending the siting of tin- asiize court. All told 222 women of tho city aud district :iave signed the petition. The signers can fairly be said to be representative of the women of the entire community. The membership of ov-ry woman's organization In tho dls-rlct is represented on the potitlon, as well as all creeds and national)-les.
It required no urging to secure he signatures, and the women have .sent their petition forward with every hopo that, following due enquiry by the attorney-general as to tho ucts, Mrs. Frya ' will be speedily given her liberty.
LABOR LEADER OBJECTS
TO SHOWIXG HONOR TO
1)1 lit: OF YORK
Dol-
 GLASGOW, Dec. 15�Uallllo uproar uy oppoinrs � *.-<-?.-..��� in confer~the freedom of the city upon the Duko of York. He said meroly political and royal personages were not worth the honor as such. After the lord provost had promised an economical entertainment, of the Duke, Dollan withdrew hla remarks, and the corporation asreod, 150 to 28,  to  go   through   with   tho     cero-
mony.
ATTEMPT MADE OX   LIFE
OF HOME SECRETARY WITH
POISONED CHOCOLATES
LONDON, Dec. 14�It is officially announced that an unHUccesaful attempt has been mnde to assassinate Home Secretary Brldeman by meaus of poisoned chocolates which were Eont to him through tho mall.
iisdall 18 again
elected mayor of city
of vancouver
FARM Lit  PARTY   IS
BREAKING UP IN THK
FEDERAL   ARENA
<;. I'chhcherln, heat! of the Soviet dolo-galion :it Lausanne, who presented Htissia'a case to tho confer-ence ilim week.
�� OTTAWA. Dec. 14�Disintegrating influences are at work In tho ranks of the. Progressive bloc. Gossip in capital circles Is froe with tin* names of some twelve or fifteen members of tho Farmers' group, who. It Is claimed, will crosfl the House, when tho session opens.
The fusion  failure and  tho resignation of Hon. T. A. Ciorar as lead-
L'Xl itili STATES WILL
COLLECT FIC3M ALL ALLIES
WHO CAN PAY
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14�Official emphasis ha> been given by administrative officials in tlio lemurks of Ambassador Harvey In Londoa that the United Slates Is dotormlnod to collect war debts from all war allies
cr, together with tho Inexperience of Robert Forko, hls-Buccossor, are the! wIl� can P�>*-   Tt la f'irthor statod by
chief  reasons    for    tho    threatened   Ireasury officials that    the    Unltod
breaking up of the agrarian element.   States will not consent to any mixing
Then, too, tho fiasco of tho    wheat   <>f  reparations  payments  with    war
board  has caused much harsh crlti-   ll"l)t:f' llt;i1 !h;U tho two mU3t be keI"
clsm at homo for many of tho Far-   absoluloly    Beparate    and    distinct,
mer members who see In the hostile   TlllM announcement may not bo very
attitude of their Grain Grower    sup-   welcome  to tho  French government porters tho certainty that  they  can nevor  be re-eloclod  as    Progressive farmers.
BONAR LAW SAYS
GERMANY  OX  VERGE
OF COLLAPSK
wiiicu, ut	Hit: pieaom	time,	is    tho
heaviest	doblor     :c	tho	United
States.			
LACIIIXU	CANAL		
HAD	BUSIEST	YEAH	IN
	GRAIN TRANSPORT		
LONDON, Dec. 14�In answer to an Interrogation upon the subject of reparations payments in the House of Commons, Bonar Lau said he way in a position to glvp very little Information other than that In " the opinion of British experts the financial system of the German nation was very near to a collapse. It Is announced that tho government will call a showdown with France before j CONSTANTINOPLE, Dae. 14�The January lpth ou the matter of occu-; Kemalists have announced their wlll-
MONTREAL, Dec. 14�The U-rhiiiK canal was closed today after tbe busiest season In Its history. During thu year thpre we.o movotl llirough llio canal 83,731,211. buah-ol'i o'. grain In addition to other freight.
KEMALISTS READY TO JOIN
�THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
patlon of the  Kulir section  by French troops.
tliu j !ni;tio3s to en'.er the league o�    na-i t Ions.
Liquor Board Operators wE�fed4ke,Tqwn Quietly
MATTHEWS  WOULD HAVE  BEEN   IN  THK LIST  HAD SITC XVr~ JUMPED HKR BAIL ON PREVIOUS CHARGE.
Then- is another batch of llqnor cases due for u hearing in the pr>bc�
It     �IUi
Thottc are cases with which Chief of Police Cm-low knows nothing nil   news   to   him   nnd   the  other  city  officials  until   Wednesday,
when the operators for Ihe liquor board made themselves known.
From the developments,  It would
seem the peoplo of the town    outer-  STlvANGMSR LEWIS talned "the liquor board officials un-
GETS   RICHARD   BELT
FOR KEEPS
_______ us fur back  an    September
23rd.    They are Messrs. Ijickson anil Harrison and spent some time in tin city .without  their connection the board being Buspocted.    A they  got  five casns.   four   of   them
being-whisky soiling chargea and one   :" lun  "�""�  �..... �.....
In which the charge is the    sale   <>'   former champion, who dislocated his
 Wo  Kc<5 hus
lost  the legal fight,   which   W-   solicitor   W.   I*
I beer.
Only four of tho caaoa will come to trial as otn> of them Involved Volma Matthews, the colored lady who was caught some time ago    In
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 15�Ed. "Strang-wlth   lir      Lewis    regained    tho    world'x All tohl   heavyweight c'hamplonsh'p wrestling "ielt, getting two out of three  falls his  bout with Stanlslnus Zybitco,
shoulder in the second fall, but    insisted on finishing the bout.    Lowls
neth  Campbell, Nolson;   H.  ^.  Kc>" glii; Atlln;    Capt.    Inn    MaeKeaila..
Vancouvor; Hon.    T.    1>     PfttlnUo. VlU^ and  Robert    John    Flemg, Prince Rupert.                               .         hnhniicer of tho Toionto sireet rail-
In   the  course   of   the   debate.- _nj.�"��-*iitj m;iyor in j913, 1316    and number of points of ordur were lak-,      *� .'ii and  Chairman   >.V.  B.   Jackson si         -   ouUook \s for the hottest mu-
 anJ il  i
VANCOUVER, Dec. 15�Mayor C. j Chler curloWs drag-net, and rather :. TUdall haa been re-elected mayor thttn sltllu, hlM. lr,.ll( llUltlt. nor KCt. ly r.44 votes oveV L. I). Taylor.   Me-  away nnd caused her bondsmen    to
rullrig was enco defied by . Major Uurdo. The Speaker wa� calod ln and he decided with tho chairman. Ham Outhrie, the Lahor momhor tor Newcastle, warf uIko denied the right of speajtlng. becauEo lie'V'bnld np� �keep to the subject. For a few minutes tl.e House seemed out of hand.
Clearlhue-fl negative    motion
present  act  hnd  not   been   given
fair trial  yet,  Flnce   the    P.leb!BC"0l,,0
hnd been taken only eighteen months j
ago.
liiipal fight In many years, turning .ir in whether the. city is to allow a .rec-slx-truck. light of way for hydro-radlnla jilmi;!; the waterfront to tho I rovTiicial hydro .domralsa'.oh. Mr. Klcniliig. who Is a-member of the To-ronto harbor commission, has stoutly opposed giving anybody not con-city u    franchise    on
fav-ivay.
consented loTThe people" vote on the  oues-
was waiting on hU beh.iJf before the
SINN FEIN BRANCHES
IX DUBLIN WILL STRIVE'
TO SECURE PEACE
r.lUTI.SH   TROOPS MOVING (ll'T  OF TERRITORY  OF IRISH FREE ST
IRISH FRfiia STATIC
j5�With    bands flying,  and  bayon
supplying liquor to a the case broke down by reason Inability lo ulibw the person receiving llio liquor \sus an Indian within j the meaning of the act.    Another in-   SHRINKAGE  IX   TAX   COLLECTIONS BRINGS  COUNCII
formation was then laid charging Wo i Kee with.an infraction of the Liquor Act, ami on this charge the , police j maglsitrjito  expressed   his   belief     '"
 *15'000
 THIVYKAK'S OPKRATION8,    HUT
 THERE WBItN  irKDUCTIONS IX TAXES AMOUNTING  AS .COMPARED AV1TI1 PREVIOUS YKA1U
 OUT SHORT  AGAINST    THIS  TO $17.(K)(i
I      The proBfCtitioiis in tho three can-I es will be in the IiuiuIm of Chief Car-low and City Solicitor 1*.  E. Wilson. The cases were culled in the police
Kola Hie Rlckard bolt for keeps, having won It tin eo times. Zybeco got the first full with the "flying mare," Lewis got the second with deadlock, and tho third with toe holds.
CAPETOWN  WILL HAVE
WORLD SERVICE STATION
roll MARCONI WIRELESS
(APRTOWN.   Dec.    14�(Engineer
Mcl.ellan,  of  the  Marconi company,
: Is hero to tnko charge of th'o    cbu-
Isiruction  of the now  South African
wireless station which, whuu
pleled, will b
com-
iiii-ii..........  the  largest In oxlst-
enco unit will give direct service with ...w       . _..     country    In    tba Hid.
The   agreement     with    tho
maglstr4Uo  expressed   h!s   belie
tho Kuill of the accused hut granted
his  solicitor  a stay  of     proceedings            Deaplto n pei IimI <>r ii�h� money and di.sup|M>hue�! 1io|m>s, the property-
until  ho  could  make  application  to   owner* hi Prince (ieorjje Uiivo kept   level with tln> previous ycuir in tho
tho supremo court for a writ of pro-   ����.,. ot ,�,P ,,llJIIlell, ,lf ,llX(^.    t'p lo the eud of November tho oolIccUous
hibitlon.
-_i.   ,,.,t   on  nccount   of  tiixo  luiiounUHl  to >^t7,:t5U under a  tj\x  levy  ot $ll,1,l!7l),
The cases were called in ihe police   worm.     nic   uhi. . .... ...
court yesterday, when nn adjourn-   company has been ratified by parliament was granted for eight days,    ment and tho work will be started! Uail was fixed in the whisky hoIHur   Immedlutely. The station Ib expect-casea at $1,000 and two sureties of   ed to lie ready for service In eighteen $"i00 each, and in the beer soiling   months. All materials possible will case  at   $500  and   two   sureties     of ; be purchased In South Africa.
Tho application for the writ waf. mado by \V. P. Ogilvie on behalf of W     Kee    on   Friday,  hut  was     dls-
LONDON,    Dec.  14�Encouraging news Is received  from Dublin  In dispatch  which   Intimate Kntos of all the Sinn Dublin City nnd cou conference on Sunday, to bringing about peaco Freo State governm rebels.
urill.lN.     Dpi
�ySd!?SS British
SrS out of Dublin todjr.^^
Wo  Kee.  on   Friday,  hut  was inland on a  technicality       By arrangemen
\\bl<-h makes the collect ions Just under sixty per �*nt. The showing would have been oven �
rather than under the mark.
 a  technicality       By           better but   for thn ncilon of one of j bo over rather man uuuei mv lu......
nt   with  John  Oweu  Wll- Luo  inrge property holding  Interests   This overdraft does not Indicate any  d f      th    city   the  |    diding to puss up payment  for ; laxity in tho managumont of affairs
 il        the deficit
and
CONCERTED MOVE TO RECORD
regiments I Hon. who appeared for the clty^the | ,�
 propery
 ng to puss up payment  for ; laxity in tho managumont of affairs  nt     Includod In the current j by the present council as the deficit  |                        i            d      tho lovy tor
son, who appeared for the city,          |n deciding        p
application waa allowed to be heard   ,no l)rosent.    Includod In the current j by the present council as the defic  it         Tuesday upon the j yoar'8 ,ax    colleltlons    are     $1,346 | In tax collections undor tho lovy tor
Hie buildings ------
OBJECTION TO RECF.IPT TAX j ,oagOi uow the residence ot
----------�                   ., � ! rinor-genoral.                 '____
OTTAWA, Doc. 15�Premier Mac-                                   �-
upon Us merits on Tuesday upon the understanding the accused would abandon his right tojipply for a writ of habeas corpus.
The argument advancod  In     sup-rt of tho writ was that the accused ,a     �...   should   not   bo   placed   In   Jeof^d>' ,   .he Free State troops. � twlco for the same offence, and tnat haBdedbvertothe^e^ v|c(j.regal �� fae ha(, boen airoady tried an^.ac-
r's tax    colleltlons    are    $1,346 th waa recolvod by reason of the
 -1 quitted  for tho offence now  . �                        lh        llce ma
kenzle King had tho greatest dolugo j oyTARIO of telegrams yesterday In the history \           C1X)SE8
of the capital.    The retail merchants j of  the  dominion  organised  a    tele- j Rraph barrage, and from every cor-1     \\ bw ner ot the cou/try  came telegrams j BockeU; protesting against the bringing Into, charged force of tho government stamp    taxjIMltz ai
 Doc.  ;    wa8
 n
oa receipts.
The oreanizerB of tho move
 suicide
BY HANGING
14 � Charles In jail here of Dwlght or on Nov. 23, yesterday      by
 1,,,rt.ed    suicide    yy
 ' canu  ." "� njelt   in the county Jail- (
being
^.is'dered by the police magistrate. Tho dismissal of this application oxBausta Wo Keo's remedy and it will remain now for tha magistrate to impose the sentence.
WOMEN NOW REQUIRED
TO BO JURY DUTY
VICTORIA, Dec. 10�The legislature voted 28 to 14 in favor of women being engaged In Jury service.
uble from the government under the samo heading, the further num of $1,098. This may not he brought to account before tho close of the year, diit. If not, it should come to hand early In January.
At tho end ot November last year. the collections upon taxes amounted to $19,820. These collections, however, were \ipon a total tax lovy of $80,643, so that the total, while greator, la nnout tbe same percentage of the levy.
,Wlth tbe close of tbe year but two weeks off. It would appear that the city clerk's estimate ot a $15,000 deficit upon tho year's operations will
thp year In Bornethlng over $26". and on top of this the council .ou pared Its expenditures that It was enabled to reduce the rate of taxation by 2Vd mills and, all told, there waa a reduction In taxation upon real property amounting to close upon $17,000.
FORKS SAYS CANADA'S
NI.1CI> AT PRESENT TIME IS
BRANDON, M.P., the House
LITTLE MORE THAN  HALF MONEY  SPENT ON   P. G.  K.
WENT INTO BUILDING
VICTORIA. Dec. 14�Out of all the maze of controversy about the }\ O. E. and what the contracts have cost, came  the cloar cut  statement
BRITAIN  MUST BE  PAID
BEFORE SHE CAN  I>A1,
THE UNITED STATES
LONDON,  Doc.    15�Bonar    Law  emphaUcaUy stated ln:ttej Houieo?
nothing  from    Oer-Italy.    Ho said oo �h  a  policy  would of HviuK in thU for goDoraiJous.