_TRE DAILY WHIG. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8. LEATHER 6000S ! } Fine Ladies Purses, Fine Ladies' Card Cases, Fine Wallets, Fine Bill Rooks, Fine Writing Folios. 4 PN EQN TE Cos we: sa. SECOND EDITION NEWS ALSO ON PAGE FIVE. COMMERCIAL MATTERS, Whaat ts Going on in the Busines | World--The Marzet News. The market for cotton fabries, cottons is Broer thas i was a week ago Last year 60 ocean going steamers engaged exclusively im the banana (rade The nal uawber of failures in Canada this week, was thirty-five, against twenty-eight lant week and thirty-five thin week last year. There Las buen great activity in the dry goods wade the past week or so. Liberal prints and were Beautiful Goods. "R.Uglow & Co, FINE STATIONERS, -.141-PAINCESS STREET. NEW LOT OF ¥ HOCKEY ICKS The Best We Have : Had This Season. Aor For 25¢. ordery base been placed. Values of staple and imported gouds continue firm A shoe firm is Toledo, Chiu the depredations of mice, backs aud paper money which Lave amounted 10 $20,000 ju tour years The Pennsylvavia ralirosd import ratiway from They are wade Guisna; which it is claimed, lasts Hity years, while the usudl sleopers last owly ten vears, Th: comumption of cigars the United | States for the year ending Joly 1 5,770,954,300, while tm tolal production Cuba does extised 250,000,000 per o other ise South begin America, ta then net wom. This includes the sigars sold in Europe an well as in the United States Adgording to the Daily Trade Bulletin, of Chicugo, the first cheese factory in Canada was boilt in 1864, Tn 1970 Caasda export. ad 6,000,000 pounds of this product, the Unital States 87,000,000 pounds, In 1880 Canadian exports had increased to 40,000, 000 pounds, those of the United States 137,800,000 pounds. In 1890 (he exports from Canada had etill ferther increased 94,000,000 pounds, but Unite] Siates ex ports had declined to 95,000,000 pounds, and in 1900 the Canadian foreign checse trade sthounted to the large (otal of 186,000,000 pounds, against only 48,000,000 pounds from the United States, to to Come and get your pick. SKATES at a big re-/ duction to clear them out. W. A= MITCHELL'S HARDWARE. t's ry To Cure Piles. ! It ie wply DR, © os. ail do. ie, Snling iy] Dr. huh Herba onion all o wo. Be Ointment, ---- "SALE *a This Sale means a : general. clearance in all de- 'partments and a more de- termined effort to hurry out all goods before going "back to qur naw store. This means much to Five; house-keepers of this oly. 'The-enormous busi- ness of the last few weeks Fit el 'has been our 'values. yo Ladies, buy your Linens for sping now at Waldron's and. save 20 to Per Cent. Te balance of our (12 only) Woven | They are well assorted in eked cheap. All patterns in and Tapestry Carpets one-fifth of | gt in Small Demand. A very small quantity of hay and is being brought into the city, owing, doubt less, to the bad conditidn of the roads | There is somroely amy Four fonds of straw were taken back home yesterday, the farmers who brought not receiving a single bid, Hay sells an ton down, and straw at about $4 ton -------------- That which is uppermost in the heart will be outermost on the lips Culture without Christ is thinner than a veneer; it is mere varnish. To close the door on the world to open the windows on heaven. The ascending prayer lays the for the descending blessing. ------ AUS ---------------- is track SALE. special Off has traced 10 | iveses in green: | hihk of the mora wood of Britich | THEY WERE THREE PARTIES. And Now Interesting Develop- ments Arefapected Regarding the Stock--Death of The Foun- | der Of a Business {| Monmeni, Feb Robert Forsythe, the founder and bead of a large mar | ble busines=, died this morning aften + & four months' illne 5, at the age of reventy-dour. He was born in Thurso, { Scotland, in 152%, and came to Can ada early in life and established a ! successful business. He was highly es teemed in business and social circles and was a member of St. Paul's Pres | byterian chuich. Speedin) oltwer OV Grady, of the Cann dian customs service, has soved = containing H,000 cigars, which | came from the United States over the | New York Centra¥ railway and was at Windsor stecet station. There { was no stamp of any kind on them | and they are presumed to have never | made the acquaintance of the United States revenve department. The «i | gars were claimed by three different | Italians and some interesting develop ments are expected. KILLED GUARDS. ~ ionnd Women Prisoners Escape But Are | Recaptured. "St. Petersburg, Feb. 5.---An investi: gation of the report, published by a! news agency yesterday, that there had been a wholesale jail delivery at the female prison at Smolensk, and that the women had killed = thirty-eight guards while escaping, converting the prison into a shambles, turns out to have been a gross exaggeration, The facts in the case are that two of the female prisoners at the Smo- lensk prison, on January Sth, killed two of their female guards and escaped in the latter's clothing. The two wo- straw | oo here. | demand for it here: | po ye Democratic than in i from | a | from Washington where he went men have since been arrested. TOM JOHNSON TRAINING. Presidential | Candidacy. Feb, S.--~[rving anti-imperialist Boston, the Winslow, of league, back to is { convey a Filipino petition to senator | i< authority | the paramount issne | | | | ! | cause Patterson. Me brings important news According to Winslow senator Jones for the statement that of the democra party "will be anti imperialism be this is the only one upon which the party ean be united. Further, Winslow says, mayor Tom Johnson, Cleveland, is in training for the pre side 'nial nomination, and Johnston is | Bryan's choice@ WATCHING FOR NILE FLOOD. Lie Egypt's Irrigation Department | Anticipates A Small Rise. Cairo, Feb, 8. ~The Nile, on the flood of which the erops of the coun- try depend, is causing anxiety to the farmers and fellaheen. The rise is | considerably lower than that of last | vear, though slightly better than that of 1900, when the inundation reached its lowest record. The irrigation de partment fears the water will be in- sufficient for the next cotton crop, and contemplates measures for dis couraging the. cultivation of rice and other summer crops, hoping to save the larger part of the cotton. -------- > A Graduate Was There. Woodstock Sentinel Review, Maj. Leader, whose force is reported | by lord Kitchener to have captured a | part of Delarey's commando, al Canadian, and a graduate of the Roy } al military college at Kingston. Maj. Leader is now with the 6th Carbineers I. ! | ! | i and is operating against Delarev. Ho distinguished himself by aking 131 prisoners and killing ven the | enemy, without losing a man. Maj 'Leader is. a great personal friend of | Maj. W. M. Davi, formerly town en gineer here, and i: known to many in Woodstock of Complaints About Meat Contract. London, Feb. 8.-The conduct of the war office; in giving a meat contracu for the troops in South Africa to Bergl is exciting a g8od deal of com ment, It appears that the tender-was accepted om the understanding that some company would carry it out, and exception is taken to this trans fer. Bergl has strong financial back- ing, and an effort will be made to as certain who are the chief promoters of the company that is to take up the contract, He Isn't A Candidate. Dallas, Tex., Feb. 8. --~In an inter view at Fort Worth, Henry Watter son, of the Louisville Courier Journal suid : "I would as quickly try to predict crop conditions of 194 as to predict political conditions of that year. T emphatically and positively deny any intention of being a candi date for the democratic nomination for president." -------- A Maritime Problem Solved. i London, Feb. ' SThe British ad- | niiralty reports that successful = ex- periments have been conducted in coaling battleships at sea by the new appliances, and that the problem is considered to be solved. "Twas All A Bluff. New York, Feb. 8. ~The vivisection sensation, due to "the announcement that Dr. Russell would allow himself 16 he ent to Re Ti the interest of science, has all been dispelled by the doctor's announcement that it was all Carroll Will Succeed Fitzpatrick. Ottawa, Feb. X<Lord Minv. will, doubtless, be asked to approve of the RK of Heory Seutgre Carroll, CLAIMED BY | | ft rostang | yesterday. | rptary -- ™ LABOR'S INTERESTS. {A Bill To Facilitate The Settle- ment Of Strikes. Toronts. Feb. 3. --There were two in the settlement of labor of the on the re which has in view tke Preston's bill facilitating of dispute hy ol the Guest of parties Phe minister of pub premice heartily endorsed the bill. Mr. Whitney" and several of his followers, | the intervention Soe labor bureau i while not opposing it, declared that | | benefit measure would be of no practical | to the working classes, al the | though, us Mr. Pueston pointed out in | that for his own | ning to %€ a convert to the idea that would not agree fea seriously | of all on beard. 'nearly England came I king. | saved all, {we have ity, | The { escort him up the river this year will | in years | working for Jabez Stoness | mica mines. | Stanton, | Bros, | load in the spring. | has retired from merchantile life, lay { score standing as cal police corpses from St. volice haye given the detectives much | having Lhouts in a snow' bank between Cape | Vincent and Watertown, at the close of the game. answer to this reflection, it was cor dially supported by several labor bo- | dien. The other measure of interest was the evty of Toronto hill, introduc od by Mr. Crawford. Speaking on this measure, the attorhev-general said | part he was hegin- | Toronto should have a special charter He intimated: that the | government | to the provision seek: | ing to give the city council power of | revision over the school board esti mates, | God Save The King. At a dinnet on the yacht of a prom- | {inent member of New York society an | Englishman who was present on Sir! | Thomas Lipton's vacht when he was | entertaining king Edward, was ais { cussing the aceldent which on that oc threatened the lives | "People little know," he said "how | to losing her | It would have been impossible come to the worst to have and if it had become neces sary to make a choice, whom should | saved, the ladies of the par or the king ?"' All were silent, pondering on the | ethics and morals of the question. No one ventured to offer a solution of the difficulty, The continued silence began to be embarrassing when a young Am- had it | erican woman relieved the situation by | proposing : 'Why not let God save the king Gay Times In New Orleans. New Orleans, La.; Feb. 8 --Every ho tel in' the city is crowded, or has its rooms engaged in advance, every ar riving train J» packed, and the pro mise. is for the largest crowd ever | present in the Mardi Gras season. carnival this season has heen made to extend over six days. | The parade of Momus Thursday night and the festivities of yesterday, were ex ra events, King Rex will make the city Monday The into | that will his entry fleet be larger and more imposing than any | Many new features are al #0 promised for the military and civie | pageant, which will escort the august | personage of Rex and his retainers to | the city hall, where he will receive the keys of the city ana formally declare a carnival of three days { chronicle, | cation. Newboro Notes. Newboro, Feb. 5.---James has moved back to Newhoro: heen keeping the Vallier | he had | boarding house and at his time ago William firm of Stanton | merchants, returned home from Edmonton, Man. ey have 640 ac ces of land and seventy-five head of | cattle, and intend putting in 'a car Sanford Vickery and E dward Pinkerton has opened up a neral store in his stead. Mrs. Dor- way, an old lady living at Nelson Clements, is very low in health. Some of the Gain From Money Orders. Boston Daily Advertiser Ope of the most in connection with the partment is that every vear hun dreds of drawn money orders are not | paid, Those to whom they are made payable for one reason or another fail | to present themselves at the paying | office, and as a result the money re- vert to the government, after one | vear has elapsed. Last year the de partment realized nearly $500,000 from this source remarkable things i post. office de- Defeated At Watertown. At_eleven o'clock last night, been installed for several after | the ¥.M.C.A basketball team reached the city. in | the game with Watertown on Thurs night they were defeated, the | twenty-six to forty- | two. 'The American team entertained | the Kingstonians to an ovster supper Difficult To Solve. The Pinkerton detectives have not yet advanced further than the lo discoveries in connection | disappearance of the three | Mary's vault. The | with the information. The latter recognize that wolve, but will continue their search. the robbery ix a difficult thing to | ------------ Officers To Be Decorated. The undermentioved officers of the | Canadian forces will) be recommended | to have conferred upon them the eol- dnial auxiliary foroes' officers' decora- tion : Lieut.-Col. T. Bog, 16th regi: ment; Picton; Lieut. -Cot RR. Cox, 47th regiment; Lieut. Col, yi "Hunter, late i7th regiment; Maj. J. E. Mabee, 47th gi Wants To Come Here. Thomas G. Love, Cement City, Mich.. who claims to bead a syndicate hat parposes erecting a smelier in Kingston, again written = mayor Shaw with respect to the proposal, giving assurances of his abilit to carry out any promises made. yor Shaw ie in correspondence with Mr. On The Wrong Track. Principel Grant's second letter ap- {un in Fn Hake. We will pub- sh it ie con- rir "he ek he probit are on the discussions in the legislate i The first arose ot of Me. | interested or affected. | works and the | | province | present { ronto on | wholesale | and the public | hevond ioved until a late hour. { New | terday in his lecture | Ethical of | motions of | pose 1 Fite." | things in life, | significant and some are | ceseary, { principle i good for all, INCIDENTS OF THE COAY. | PARAGRAPHS PICKED -UP BY OUR BUSY REPORTERS, The Spice of Every Day Life- What the People are Talking About--Nothing Escapes At tention. The quick witted man to anger Reputation the nature. The phonograph with a broken re cord isn't much good. Even a smallpox sign won't the wolf from the door Try Charm coffee, put up in one-half Ih. packages, guaranteed pure Senator MeMullen is a brother Mra. R. Bowie, University avenue Freeman Pritton bas been elected chairman of the Gananoque board of will be slow is the name; character keep of { education Ihe Allan line stemmer Ionian, irgm Liserpool, arrived at Halifax 10 pm on Friday. Coupons good for double stamps on Friday and Saturday this week at Mullin's grocery. The preliminary trial of Walter Gor don, the Whitewater murderer suspect, will commence at Boissevaine next | Tuesday. Miss Smythe, pretiy blue gown, | funetion in Osgoode last night. Miss Frances Sullivan, in a tucked | gown of mousseline de sole, was at the children's hospital ball, in Ottawa, on { Thursday night. 3d : . William Drury, coal and wood, mer- chant. has purchased from William Carroll the large house and. lot at 200 Queen street. The Hamiton, Ont. | bor council has de ded the government against assisting migration to Canada. Owing to the attitude of the powers and the Boer leaders, the Dutch ernment is now firmly defermined abandon the Boer cause. The hoys had a lively key this morning on the The Maple Leafs defeated rocks hy eleven to dix. A convention of prohibitionist of the of Ontario to consider the situation will be held in To February 25th. Particulars not yet been annougeed. i= anndunced that A. Macdonald, of Winnipeg, has purchased the wholesale grocery store of Thomas Earl, Victoria, B.C'., whe assigned recently The amount paid was elgse on 850,000 We are having a very successful brush sale, the inducements are large, are taking advantage of it. 20 p.c. discount from our al- ready low prices on all kinds of hair, tooth, nail, shaving brushes, etc., BE. of Kingston, in a was at a gay social Hall, Toronto, trades and la- petition im to gov to of hoe- front Sham game lake the hav ° It grocer, | C. Mitchell. Current History sents a record of for February pre the world's events during December last, and closes the eleventh volume of this valuable Sample copy free on appli Address Current History com Boston, Mass, annual assembly of the Manda club, conducted by 'the Misses was held in the Whig hall last The - attendance was large, decorations and refreshments criticism. Dancing was en pany, The mux Daly, evening and the The Manitoba government has de cided to appeal to the country at the same time as it takes the referendum, probably in May. Hugh Armstrong will be taken into the new cabinet af ter the election as provincial seeretary and the Hon, Dr. McFadden, will re | tire as provincial veterinary. i Foolish Social Reforms. York Tribune "The social form that compels a | woman who does not want to call on | & woman who does not want to see ber is a foolish and wrong crystalli zation of an originally praiseworthy desire to maintain friendly relations with society," said Prof. Griggs ves on Spinoza be conference of the society. He : waa philosopher's "rules living," "and had just quoted Spinoza"s maxim that ' "On® should speak and act in accordance with the the majority, insofar as they do not interfere with the pur to progress toward a higher fore the women's culture speaking of the "Blind fanati ism," said the lee: turer, "is one of the most injurious A wise conformity in non-essential is the basic of strength when non-conformity in efentials be- comes ne essary. Some social rules are hurtful and wrong: some are jn- wise and me but if one break all rules he is regarded as a crank, and when real i involved his attitode has no influence upon others. "Modern socialism might well take a hint from Spinoza's idea that the social organization-and body politic should exist for helping each indivi dual to each perfection," said . Mr Griggs. "To help all to realize the highest in each is perfect socialism, combined with absolute individualism. Analyzed further, iy means that there can be no\geod for one - that is not and that nothing is good for the community that is not good for every man, woman and child composing . the community. Any philosophy opposed to this is false, and must end in a hopeless pe simism.™ ------------ Blue Gum Timber. ; A great deal of interest centres in the cargo of blue gun timber which har wrrived at Dover, Eng. . from Au: stralia for the national harbor works Most of the baalks, or sticks, as they are termed, weigh as much as ten tons each and range between 100 fest and 200 feet long. This kind of tim- ber has been chosen for piling work, owing to the fact that it will not Moat, so that, in the event of the piles being washed away in heavy gale they go to the bottom, and there is no danger of their rnmming a ship like ordinary baulks of timber. i ail 8 # yards wide. wide. 12%c. - Boots NOW $2 Boots. duced to $1.25. Boots Good-Year NOW $2. Reduced to 75¢. Social For Young Men. A social and concert for clerks and young men was held at the YMCA building last evening. A large nom: ber were in attendance. The poo gramme consisted of phonograph se eotions, solos, ete. Cake, coffee. etc, avons served hy a nomber of the mem bers of the ladies' smxiliary. The of fair was under the suspioes ®of the young men's gynmasivm class. To-Night ! To-Night ! We expect to have. the new Royal blue and ox blood shirts. Special and lexclasive, $1. Bibby's, Maple syrup at Redden's. PILLOW COTTONS -- Circular Widths as follow8, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50 inches. Price, 10c per yard and up according to wiath, TICKINGS--10c, 12%¢,, 15¢C FEATHER TICKINGS---20c, 25¢., 30c. FINE WHITE COTTONS 8c, and joc. makes you will be pleased with. WHITE COTTONS--At 5¢., 6¢., 7¢, 9c. NIGHTGOWN COTTONS--For Men's Night- gowns, very strong and not too heavy, Sheetings, Pillow Cottons, Tickings. We Have Now Exceptional Values In These Three, =» TWILLED OR PLAIN PURE BLEACHED SHEETINGS--2 yards wide, 24 and 2% EXTRA FINE TWILLED SHEETING--- A few pieces of 24 yards wide and 234 yards or Plain. Price JOHN LAIDLAW & SON. etm ASN SEPA AAA srl SATURDAY ATTRACTIONS .AT THE LOCKETT SHOE STORE. Sale of Odds and Ends. A table of Empress $3 and $2.50 Laced and Buttoned A table Ladies' Fine Dongola Kid and Box Calf Lace All sizes reduced to $1.50. Another table splendid Kid Lace Boots, all sizes. Re- A table Ladies' very stylish Box Calf and Kid Laced Welted Soles, all sizes. Price $2.50. Misses' Box Calf Button and Lace Boots, all sizes, A table Ladies' Fine Kid Oxford Shoes and Slippers. Size 23 to 4%. Price 31.50. NOW $1. EVERY BARGAIN TABLE FILLED UP SPE- CIALLY FOR SATURDAY. » F. G. LOCKETT > Sand Hill Heraldings. Band Hill, Feb. 6. Measles are rag- ing. Joshua and Robert Cox have re tarned to the shanty, after vonding a ed gaye at home; also H. Godfrey. Mr. You mill agent, passed Fehrongh py way to Tam worth. umber of teams from the Rathbun shanties have returned hte. Farmers are bury draw hay. Manse Gray one, Bins after a ing a few weeks in Perth. Miss Jone nw Lewis, Sharbot Lake, is visiting her parents. aS iiohn's breakiaet food at Red- i Pals. Dibly™s.'