Daily British Whig (1850), 7 Feb 1902, p. 1

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a. LAST EDITYOX "DAILY BRITISH WHI 9, 1v02. .. 8 Root of Wellington St. Ly 1 You will be delighted © Ss with it. ~ TIME 1s slipping away and eo are our "Hho is whet we call a bargsin. {9 JENKINS i aaa a] Our System --OF-- : Cutting And raking suits ensures a per- 'fect: fit, mo matter what price you pay. . This is '& broad statement, but .. one we are prepared to back up to your satisfaction. J. R. Johnston, _ /TAILOR AND DRAPER. ~ AREMINDER. Now is the time to have your ' Waggons, Carriages repaired and painted and the place to get "them done is at LATURNEY'S, . whayé every thing is done under his own supervision. itd 0000000000000 '$° TRY OUR {Wood & Coal. 4 Ry HC HA 2S. ANGLIN & CO, ® Tele ne 66. i 33 ie Siri i LOCAL MEMORANDA The Daily Note Beok For Whig Readers to Post Themselves By. A fierce foo is Setter than a false friend. Trusting others makes them trustworthy. The wifts of hemven are the graces of earth No return tickets are lssued on the round to perdition Conoert by house, 8 pm. How much ground doss u hen wight 7 A perch, YMCA. judsions, concert, in building, 8 p.m. The sun rises Saturday st 7:09 am, snd wits at 6.20 pom. Hockey matches, Queen's ve. Cadwis, ang 9.30 o'clock, Kingston rink. What part of speech iv » kiss? A noun, Levatise it is both common and proper. This day in she world's history: British, under Gen. Buller, retire to south side of Modder river, 1900; Charles Dickens, novel: iat, born, 1812; British proclaim protector ate over Ashuntes, 1896. Fine Belgium Crystal Glassware. See the handsome pieces ofthese goods in our A line we always carry and can be matched at any time. students of Queen's, opera occupy at Association ROBERTSON BROS. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. In the matter of the estate of Alexander O'Brien, of the City of Kingston, Merchant Tailor, Insolvent. A MEETING OF {E CREDITORS OF the above nosed vert will be held st the stom lately occupied by the sad Alexan- der O'Brien on Princess stewet, Kingston, on Momdgy, the 10th day of y, 1d at 9 am, All ereditors are to file their clatms with we, duis vert by affidavit, on the said date or telore . ys FEowamp T. STEACY. nee. a Kingwion, this 7th day of Febru Dated DOUBLE~-HEADER Hockey Match 0. MH. A. Intermediate Series. R. M. C. Cadets vs Queen's. Junior Series. Beechgroves vs. R. M, C. Friday, Feb. 7th LOST. L PAIR OF MEN'S MOCHA" MITTS. MINED ith White Fur, on ' " won (oa Waugh's and Carnoveky's fruit wore. Finder us to HALL'S Plumbing Shop. SCHULTZ WAS HANGED. m---- He Did Not Give Right Name For Sake Of Friends. Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Feh, 7. Frederick Schultz was hanged in the jail yard hefé this morning by hang man Raaclifie for the coon By of Mrs, Craig, on Angus hh last. He went to the scafiold with Same composure that he had shown all through. On the way from the jail to the scaffold he met constable Pearson. and said : I hope to sec you some time again." On the scaffold he said, "Here goes an inn» cent soul into eternity; that is all 1 have to say." The drop fell at eight o'clock; ten minutes after Schultz was pronounced dead hy jail surgeon Adams. "he man had heen known as Lindsay ua will as Schultz, but confe before diuth that neither was his real wame. This, however, he declined to tell on ae count of friends. The black flag was [displayed from the cotrt house and the town bell tolled fifteen minutes by fore and after the drop fell. NO DEMAND AT HOME, And Its Products Sold At Price. | Berlin, Feb. 7.~The annual report of the Trades Guild, the chief cor ration of busines men in the city, Any TAMWORTH N FLARES Thirteen Baildings Reduced to Ashes. A WHOLE BLOCK FIRESWEPT. LATE XINGSTON MERCHANT A HEAVY LOSER. Fire 'Started In Barber Shop--No Appliances. Available--Only the Most Desperate Fighting Saved the Village From Destruction. © (By Our Owa Reporter). Tamworth, Feb. 6.~The main busi- ness section of this vill lies in ashes and ruins, This A etnaon it was fireswept, and in two hours the unsubstantial frame structures were burned to the ground, with almost all their contents. It was not Tam- worth's first bitter ewperience of a conflagration. On April 20th, 1895, the village from the present post-of- fice building to the river, was con- sumed, though the loss was not so great as in the present case, where much valuable stock was burned, A Whig reporter reached the vil lage at seven o'clock -in the evening, and witnessed a scene of desolation. Three-quarters of the block on the east side of Concession and Bridge streets was in ruins. At the corner, in the section occupied by D. E. Rose's store, the fire was still burn- being so much oil and coal among the debris. The snow mniantled streets were black with the charred remains of wood and merchandise, and the scene was sad in the extreme. Well was it, however, that the fire ocour- red by daylight, as such a conflagra- tion in the hours of darkness would have wrought far greater lose of pro- perty, and possibly also of life. The origin of the fire is unknown, However, it started in the rear of the barber shop of Bruce Richardson," on Concession street. Discovery of the blaze was made by Mr. Rose's won, who smelled smoke in the store short- ly after one o'clock. At first, the fire could not be located, but it was soon found to be in the barber shop next doar, The alarm was given, and L. Way broke into the tonsorial place, which was closed, Mr. Richardson being at dinner. But the blaze had gained much headway, and when dis- covered, was eating its way into the store-house of Mr. Rose's place of business, which was stocked with bustibles. There could be no tem- porary check, and the residents saw at once that it would be a strugale to save the village. There are no fire appliances in Tamworth, which is not an incorporated village, so the fight was with the bucket alone. Fighting The Flames. Vigorously diel the people attack burning buildings. The church pealed. out an alarm, and soon the farmers of the district came in hot haste to assist in saving the vil- lage. Everyone worked with a will, and presently saw that their labors were pot in vain. The farmers' large sleighs were used to cart away quan. tities of stock and household effects, principally from the surrounding buildings. The fire first spread from the bar: ber shop to Rose's general store, ad joining, and then, after making its way through Miss Donaghue's dress' making establishment, leaped acrosi a gateway, to the general store occupied by James Johnston, formerly of King- ston, and owned by H. E. Thornton. Thence it spread to John Floyd's' dwelling, and then to the general store of the latter, whére its progress was stayed, by hard work. After Mr. Rose's store, at the corner of Brid street, had become well ablaze, the fiery element continued down Bridge street, sweeping everything before it. Mr., Rose's storehouse was soon a roaring furnace, and Likewise the dwellings of veterinary Rowsen and William Rose. At that point there was nothing more to burn, and the eastward limit of the fire was reached. In rear of the contral portion of the block were several storehouses owned by H. E. Thornton, which likewise went up in flames. Beyond the store of John Floyd & Son, damage was done to several buildings. York's shoe and barber shop, Barrie' rocery, and Michael Donoghue's dwelling "were greatly wrecked in the efforts to save the contents, Then directly across Con- cession street, where fire occurred. several other buildings were more or less damaged J. Taylor's dwelling, L. P. Well's harness store, and a va- cant store owned - by John Cunning- ham. Ringonaily across from Rose store on Bridge street, C. G. Coxall's Sonera] store, 2 htiek structure, re cei some wi ing. but no damage wan done 05 the stork. It was feared that the latter building was doomed, but a hard fighting brigade of vil lagers saved it from destruction, sag ir 2 H : $853: ! : itl ir of J li i HE 3 e : g i : ; id " ar £ t i i ' for a time, in the vacant store owned | by John Cunningham, and in the spring will build. Today he was in Kingston purchasing new stock in | drugs and general merchandise. He | had only recently purchased the drug stock of C. R. Jones, valved at $2. 500. This is what causes Mr. Rose's chief loss, as it was not insured. Mr. Johnston has not vet decided what to do. He opened business in Tamworth only six weeks ago. As Tamworth has suffered so disas- trously in recent years from confla: grations, no dopbt the residents will now think more seriously than ever of getting some fire-fighting appliances. The Losses Given. It is estimated that the loss wil emount to $30,000, a low figure, be cavse of the cheap frame structures. The greatist loss is in stock, and the beatiest losers are D. E. Rose and James Johnston. The insurance is less than hall the loss. The compan- jes jnvolied are the London Mutual, the Me cantile, the Caledonian and the Perth. Mr. Rose's buildings were worth $2. 000 and his stock $5500, He is in- sured for about $3,000. Nothing in his store was saved except a few show cases, and 'some deeds, mortgages, books and other papers from his safe, in which are still some other impor tant papers, if the safe is intact in the ruins. Mr. Rose had just finished anditing the township books, which fortungtely were saved, Mr. Johnston's stock was valued at £7000, and of this about $1,000 worth was saved. The insurance am- ounts to about hall. The building oc. {eupied by Mr. Johnston was owned by B. Thornton, whose insurance on it and his outbuildings amounted to $1,200. John Floyd thinks that his loss will be very small. He was insured jor £3.000, and saved consiaerable of his stock. Miss Mary Reid, who owned the builaing occupied' by Miss Donoghue and Bruce Richardson, had but $200 insurance, far below her loss. The lat ter two had no insurance on their goods. The house occupied by Mr. Rowsen was ownea by Mr. Rose. The surrounding buildings, damaged to a small extent, are insurea. BRITISH CASUALTIES. The Returns During The Progress Of War, London, Feb: 7.--~The war office re turn of casualties, in South Africa, for the month of January, published yesterday, is. unusually heavy. Four officers and eighty-two men were kill- ed in action, five officers and sixty- two men died of wounds, ten officers and 526 men died of disease, twenty- one men were reported missing and sixty-seven officers and 1,937 men have beet invalided home. Up 10 Jan- uart 3lst, the total reduction of the forces, from death to permanent dis- ability was 25.305 men. The total of the casuslties, including surviving wounded, was 5,240 officers and 100,- 701 men, 4 Dewet Surrotirided. London, Feb. T.--The correspon- dent of the London Times at Pre toria, in reviewing the war situation, says that British operations north of the Delagoa railway have resulted in rounding up scat ered groups of Boers at Pilgrim's Rest, under Schoe- man. Commandant Irichardt lies to his men about the independence god the supremacy of the Boers, and thus holds 250 of them at Sterkamps- berg. Commandant Muller has 200 men near Belfast, and Beyers, with a few burghers is east of Pietersburg. South of the Delagoa line the Boers under Viljoen and Prinsloo occasional ly penetrate the constabulary lines. Iu this district . ten armed burghers make a town unsafe at night. There are shall commandos in the eastern Transvaal. The lafrest consists of 300 men, under Brite. The Orange River Colony line of blockhouses is complete from Heilbron to Botha's Pass, and from Kroonstadt to Har- rismith. The Boers are heing con- stantly harassed. Cen. Dewet con bring together about F000 men in twonty-four hours. The completion of the two blockhouse lines is important, inssmuch as thev, with those already bui't, enclose Dewet and the burg: hers still holding the billy country in the north-eastern part of the Orange River Colony, in a encircumscribed south, and west, and the mountains to the east and render their capture much more probable. WEDDED AT FRANKVILLE. Dr. W. H. Bourns Married To Miss Floy A. Edgers. Frankville, Feb. 5.-A quiet werd: ding took place February 4th, in St- Thomas' church, Frankville, when Rev. G. Swayne united in marriage William Henry Bourne, M.D., and Miss Flo Adell Edgers, only danghter of «Mrs: W. A. Edgers. The ide looked very handsome in a suit of brown broad cloth with white duchess satin waist © trimmed with applique and hat to match. The bride was un- attended and after the ceremony they repaired to the bride's home where a sumptuous hunch was pertaken of by a few of their most intimate friends. The bridal couple left for Ottawa. b. County Down Bye-Election. Dublin, Feb. 7.-The election for a member of parliament in the enst di- vision of county Down, 6 succeed Dr. J. A. Rentoul' (conservative, elected without opposition in 1900), recently appointed a § of the city of Lon don, bas resul : James Wood, (land Raechase candidate), 3576; Col. R. H. allace, (unionist), 3429. Mr. Wood's majority, 147. The result is that the opposition gains a seat in parliament ---- ---- Read This For To-Morrow, Satur. day. area with blockhouse lines to north, | EXTRAORDINARY TALE, Over 100 Convicts Said to Have Escaped. FEMALE PRISON IN RUSSIA. THIRTY-EIGHT GUARDS WERE REPORTED MURDERED. Bloody Fight Between Conviéts ' And Keepers--Latter, Taken by Surprise And. Poorly<Armed, Were Quickly Overcome--Many Prisoners Recaptured. St. Petersburg, Feb. 7.---Novoe Vremya tells an extraordinary prison delivery at the prison for females at Smolensk, in which all the guards, numbering thirty-eight, were murder ed and 112 convins escaped. Two of the inmates, Jekatorina Michailowa and Xenia Loginowa, who were in for theft, organized 'a re volt. When everything was in readi- res a siznal was given and simul taneously an attack was made on the warders and guards, all of whom were quickly overcome. The crudest kind of weapons were used by the revolt ing convicts, the paper says, but the guards were inadequately armed, and taken completely by surprise. After the fight, the scene about the prion and in the corridors resembled a shamble. Walls and floors were smattered with the blood of the offi- cials who had been killed and several of the escaping convicts who were in- jured in the melee. Many of the con- victs were later recaptured. In relating the story of the uprising Novoe Vremya fai's to explain mystery of how the women obtained the weapons and tools with which liberty was obtained. Prisoners Get Away. Colon, Feb. 7.--Ninety-four insur gent prisoners, confined in Fort Boco Chica, at Cartagena, surprised and overpowered their guards, Tuesday, and killed seventeen of them. The pri sohers then escaped. The flibustering has left Savanilla. A decree has been issued in Panama requiving passports from those who travel through thé department. Street traffic will be suspended if the insurgents threaten to attack Col on or Panama. PITH OF THE NEWS. The Very Latest News Culled Frow All Over The World. Conductor Allen, London, was kill- ed by a train at St. Thomas. The United States senate has ap- propriated $2,500,000 for a post-office in New York. Fast York conservatives haye minated J. W. Moyes, for the Foci tive assembly. Bagler Tott, of the 3rd R.C.R., Hal ifax, N.8., died to-day. He was a na- tive of Picton, Ont. ------ A warrant has been issued for the arrest of coromer Boller, Buffalo, N. Y.. for misappropriation of funds. James. E. Shatford, a prominent re- sident of Indian Harbor, N.S., died this morning. He was worth $100,- 000. Miss Grace Houley, an actress, sing: ing "Dolly Gray" at the Lyceum thea: tre, Birminghamy on Thursday night suddenly fell across the footlights and expired. Hugh Armstrong conservative), was elected to the Manitoba lerisla ture in Portage La Prairie. The liber- als took no action claiming that the proecedings were illegal. The offer of Dr. James E. Russel, a Brooklyn physician, to give himself a subject for vivisection with but one reservation, has practically been ac cepted by the medical staff of Bush- wick central hospital. | The famous library of the marquis Pe Jerse, at adrid, consisting of 20.000 books, has heen sold to an Am- erican for £40,000. The collection in eludes five first editions-of Don Quix- {ote and manv other rare specimens. The steamship companies have not found business at Portland what they expected. The Dominion line will re turn to Montreal this summer, and the Elder Dempster company will ab- andon its Portland, Bristol line. The Toronto World's Ottawa cor- respondent says it is John Charlton's intention to introduce a resolution in the session, declaring for reciprocity of trade in natural products of the United States and Canada, or failing that a reciprocity in tariffs. "The Sovereign bank of Canada will open its doors for business in Mont real, Toronto. amd elsewhere about the first of May," says H. 8. Holt, president of the new fmancial institu tion. By the charter of the Sovereign, the head office in in Toronto, but the president and general manager will hoth be in Montreal, the executive of: fice. ' J steamer Libertado no sla: HAD NOT SMALLPOX. Servant Sent To Hospital--Mis- tress' Trade Suffered. Montreal, Feb. . 7.--The city is threatened with a suit for damages in consequence of the precautions taken to guard against the spread of small pox. On the 15th of January, Miss Charbonneau, a servant to a Mrs. Stuart, who a small shop at 267 Craig street, was sent to the Notre Dame hospital, here a rash de veloped and the board of health pro- rg io en thin hehdt de it disappeared | ter thirteen devs she was discharged, the doctor admit hat buing drives away. Malt heeakfnst food at Redden's. Vanilla chocolate cake and fresh fruit cake by the pound. W. J. Cro- 2 raising buckwheat Sour at Red den's. : k HE SOLD PASSES. | | i i A Railway Man Has Gone To The States. § Quebec, Feb. 7.--An employee of the | wecharical department of the later colonial railway, at River Du Loup, is a fugitive in the United States, He is | charged with purlvining passes from | the official pass book, ifing them in and then selling them tw any person | be could find to purchase them. The | number Of passes taken up by the) conductors, on the diffe ent trains, | was so largely out of proportion to | the usual issue that the passenger de partmert made an inves igation with the result that it was disCovered that | )usses, not authorized by the proper | authorities, we. e issued from the of fice of the mechanical department' One of the officials, a married man, with a family, who evidently learned of the investigation, suddenly took his departure and crossed to the Uni: ted States. Since his departure thir teen stolen blank passes, that were afterwards filled in and forged, were | traced to him by parties who state that they purchgsed them from him. A Cargo On Fire. Portland, Ore., Feb. 7.--The Port. | land and Asiatic steamship company's liner, Indravelli, which sailed from | Portland on Wednesday noon with a $400,000 cargo is back in the harbor | with her hatches battered down and decks piping hot, the result of a | smouldering fire which started yester- | day. From' present indications the | ship has suffered but little damage, | but the loss on the cargo will pro- | bably be quite heavy. a The President's Son Is Ill. Washington, Feb. 7.-Owing to the illness of Theodore Roosevelt, jr., who, it is said, is suffering from pneumonia at Groton, Mass., Mrs. Roosevelt will | leave for Groton' to-day. Mrs. Roose- | velt has been obliged to cancel her | invitations for a tea next Monday and | to cancel the engagements in Wash ington for the present. It is not yet known whether the proposed trip of | the president to Charlestown will be | abandoned. ---------- Knows Nothing Of It. Windsor, Ont., Feb, 7.~Rumor has | it that in the event of solicitorgene- | ral Fiwzpatrick being made minister of | justice, K. Cowen, member for South Essex, would be appointed soli citor-gencral, Mr. Cowen seid, last | evening, that the subject had never | been broached to him, and that if | such a shift was contemplated by the | domi ion government he thought he | would have been advised of it before the matter was made public. *® The Oldest Academican. London, Feb. 7.-Thomas Sidney Cooper, the painter, who had exhi bited at the Royal academy for sixty; seven oonsecutive years, died to-day, | at his residence, Vernon-Holme, Har bledown, the spot near Canterbury, | immortalized by Chaucer. Mr. Cooper, | the oldest academican, had been ill for some time. Hé was born in 1803. | Waggons In South Africa. Ottawa, Feb. 7-The minister of militia has received a letter from Jord Strathcona enclosing reports from British military officials testilying to the efficiency, durability and suit ability of the Canadian light wag gons used in South Africa, hy Strath cona's horse for transport purposes, Officer Of Imperial Yeomanry. Halifax, N. 8., Feh, 7.--Charles Ste- | wart, son of Col, Stewart, of Hali fax, a retired imperial officer, has been granted a commission in the im- | perial veomanry of London. He was mounted police. Manchurian Treaty. Pekin, Feb. 7.--The British, Ameri can and Japanese ministers here have | renewed their opposition to the Man- | churian _arraggements between China | and Russia. It is probable that this | action will result in the further post | ponement of the consummation of this | treaty. Mrs. Soffel Worse. i Pittshurg, Pa., Feb. 7.-Word comes | from Butler to the eficct that Mrs | Soffel, the accomplice of the Biddle | brothers, is considerably worse. Her | mental condition described as ap proaching collapse. is Miss Branscombe, a_ native of Pie- | ton, now living in Chicago, is mak ing a name for herself in musical | compositions. She has written a num- | ber of dainty songs which have taken | well, The notorious "Comte" Nicholas de | Toulouse Lautree, who styles himself | "Erasme, Prince de Savine,"" was ar rested on a demand for his extradi tion that came from Bremen. { J. Sinclair, Winnipeg, was commit- ! ted for trial on Thursday on the | charge of shooting 'a man named | Smith with whom be had some bick- | erings over a coal mine. | It is said that the Ban national | park is to be extended into British | Columbia. The park will be stocked | with specimens of all the Canadian | animals known The debate is 'still dragging along in the Ontario legislature. | i | i § i i i FOR PERFECTION IN LAUNDERING Shirts, | - Collars, Cuffs, BAKER'S STEAM LAUNDRY, Corner Princess and Syden- ham Streets. 4 formerly a member of the northwest | - | who soncunced in the | mons, | curate | had any communication with the ad said the WEATHER PROBABILITIES, Toronto, Owt, Feb. 7. (10 aw) ~Light focal snow fells, but portly fair smi cold Sacnrday, cold with porch westerly winds. BARGAIN EXTRAORDINARY [o_o : SILK | DEPARTMENT. TO-MORROW and SATURDAY WE OFFER Yards Colored SPk Crepe de Chens, For 35c, yard. COLORS -- Light Blue, Heliotrope, Cream, Black, Pearl Grey, Pastel Green, STEACY & STEACY 106-108-110 Princess Street. UNDERTAKERS. 75¢. S. 8. CORBETT, FUNERAL _ DIREUTOR, a8) Sweet, Kingston, Successor JAMES REID, THE LEADING UNDERTAKER, 14080 Bringcss Street. Tolaphone 1474. Ups PRINCESS ww KR T. ¥. HARRISON CO. Undeftakers, 233-236 Princess 84, Quality sad eficiency the best. Prices he Phonee--~Warercoms, 90. Night } I. ¥. HARRISON, 91, Calls, BE Sills, 93. DIED. DONEY«-At L'Hotl Dieu, Kingwin, on Feb. 6th, Mary Sullivan, rebel of the late Luke Doney, aged 53 years The funeral will fouve ber lute rowidence, 88 Brock Street, on Saturday at # am for St. Mary's cathedral, send thence to the cutnetery. Frioods and sogquaintences fe spectiully dnvited to attend KEEGAN Iu the Hotel IBeu, om ith, p02, Mary Maotee, beloved wile Burney Kiegon Funeral notice later BLOONFIELD-in Ningwton Georgina Alma Reid Capt. William Blount Funeral from her late ham Si Monday ne Friomds awd acqguainianoes vited. (0 attend. Febraary ol Fos. 7th, 1902, beloved wile of 166 Byden~ ®. st 10.30, reqguotiuily oe res ", Lee Sticks To It. Feb. 7.-Maj. Arthur ' Les, house of, com Monday night, that the British army officers purchasing horses in the United States could have had the ser: vices Of the "chief horse expert" of the United States army, said to a repro sentative of the amociated press, that mdjotant-general Corbin was quite ac- in saving he (Maj. Lee) never London, departinent on the subject of horses. At the same time, major, He had nothing to withdraw in his statoment. jutant.general 's A Canadian Il. Ottawa, Feb, 7.--The following mes: sage has been received by lord Yeinto, from Mr. Chamberlain : to in- { form you Thomas Trickey, 'KE' division {| B.ALC., in dangerously ill with enteric fever, Bloemfontein. Notify his father, Henderson Trickey, Beulah, Manito. ba." Brandy snaps and erumpets all fresh for Baturday. W. J. Crothers.. Repairing Watches. Clocks. Jewelry, Spectacles. Skilled Workmen, Best Material. Moderate Prices. .C.JORNSTON § BAS

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