& repuiation | iS of wren which bus been soniyeis wid pits Tor the fret tims Lo the ar _ » laws for "HAMMERS, FURNITURE STAIN VARNISH, * FLOOR PAINT AND SCREEN WIRE. Mitchell has them all and the. nicest assortment in town the lowest prices. MITCHELL'S HARDWARE. Whist Opinion, 10 wuiperous jour for sons: experi An Inginuation. Mr. Homeleigh- Yes, | prize for the funnic:t mask at fancy dress ball, i . Mr. Roastemm~What did you do? Shave yourself before vou went ? ---------------------- COMMERCIAL MATTERS, ------ What is Going on in the Busines World--Ths Market News. feeling in linens, e advencing. The Dombmdon mills have wdvanced the priges of several staph lies ol cotton gods, Northwest sivices soy cowry mgents aad clevators indicate thay weding is pow prac tically completed, The demand for semmer dress goods is be coming brisk. Mugline, oroondies snd Vie toris lawns ame povoiar : The CPR. earnduge for April 30th, are $1.400.000; wool last year, $776,000. : Broadcloth sud blind cheviots ure in rood demand. Present indications of lasbion call Yor u revival of late mitts. : Grand Trmk reilway svitem earnings from April 226d 40 30th, 1902, $760,777: 1901, $607.907. Tnovemse, §52.570. 3 Minneapolis reported mills grinding at the te of 1.280.000 bushels per week and coundry slovator stocks small An advance in the prices of hie utiflened the markets for fiber tons, Oviders are rd the de wand for goods Is areeat The eorenln (wheat, onts, barley) wdsed in the United Staten (haring the past Sve Sears represent av due to the farmer of $6.250,000.000, or an increase of near'y $1,000,000,000 the preceding the the won The the week ending for the rame raw cottons ot ag TONE, corn, rye ond over PANCY BOXES OF CAND 0. Opura All NEY w h os. Fi avery dey. 3 es layers the er. AS, 220 Princess St. five years The following sales were made on Shtur day; Bedlevitle, 73 boxes at 10ie. to 1015 1c; Cowansville, 87 bores av 100. Mor dsburg, 160 boxes ay lc: Cornwall, 253 boses ot 1lo; Cantos N.Y. 240 boxes at lle; Oudenburg, Ny] 100 boxes av 10 13 166. Watertows, N.¥..|1.500 boxes wi Ile net Flower Thieves At Work, Flower thieves gnd despoilers are again causing much annoyance to [the citizens, There wp few lawns more admired than thosd of inspector fia and the Misses Slaw, Barrie street. On Friday night vindals Visited tho fatter, and carried pil their daisies. On Saturday wight jr. Kidd's flower beds were also atfcked, and next morning he found § that his daffodils and double tulips wre gone. "If any one wants a J! said Mr. Kidd this morning, have it for the asking. | have lo\§ 'of them in the back yard that I away. But 1 don' lawn stripped of i 2.0 Pupils To duy inspector city hall:for the who will write on amination papers of and 27th. So far write have been recgved from 226 pu pile, about nineteen bi whom reside in the, country, the repninder belonging to the city. idd engaged the of the students the entrance ex- June 26th, 26th applications to I] Stock. purchased the Roche's store, eb streets, at a He may con rmanent business Purchased KE. ©. Mitchell 4 stock of drags in corner King and low rate on the do tinue to - rin & there. That corner fhas been the lo cation of a drug sto since 1519. -- No 8 Camps. It seems aow projby certain that there will be no sumer camps this year either at Niagra or elsewhere. here will, however} likely be an ar tillery camp at Dr to in June, at nasil gi Awarded The Contract. ; To-day Henry P. Sith awarded the contract for the platering of y the three Jarge porches St. Mary's ca thedral to Watson Morley. The work will be begun 6 once. Lectures Birds. Dr.- Clarke, Rockwiod, gives a talk upon "Rirds," in th collegiate insti- tate, Tuesday, Mp 6th, at 430 «o'clock, to which thf public gre wel come. » pores g Guelph, of J. d of to Ed: E. Sea- CANT OF BARLY PEACE. What Caused the Boer Leaders to Decidé For Peace--lord Kit- chener Will Also be Quite Con- siderate. London, May 5.-There is authority for saving that the main factor which has determined the Boer leaders to de- cide for peace, for there is no doubt that they made that decision, wae the concession concerning the Cape rebels. These men were lable to death or nnprisonment, confiscation of ther property, and deprivation of their comstitutionsl © rights. Jhe extreme punishment that ean be meted to them now, awording to the promise formally made by lord Milner, is con fiscation and disfranchisement, which, after all, ix not a very serious matter, inasmuch as nine-tenths of them are the younger sons of old farmers, who remained 'at home in order to save their property, while the boys, with full paternal approval, went inte the commando. "In addition to this concession, infor: mal promises have been given that the banishment . proclamation issued by lord Kitchener will not he rigidly en: forged, and that general amnesty will not be unduly delayed. There has never been any difficulty in regard to rebuilding the farmsteads that have been destroyed and restock- ing the farms. The general confidence that is felt here in the issue is shown by the fact that the bishops are con sidering a form of special thanksgiv ng service for the restoration of peace. * 2 ------------ OF DEEP IMPORT. ! ------ Her Death Would Convulse Continent. London, May 5.--Apart from the difficulty surrounding the question of the succession of the throne. of Holland, the déath of queen Wilbel- mina, if this should wnhappily occur, wonld tend to econvulse the continent politically. In Germany, especially, it i% a matter of deepest import. The German presse claims that prince Albrecht, of Hohenzollern, the acting regent of Brunswick, is among the nearest in the Dutch succession, and in all the European capitals nervous ap- prehension exists, that the absence of a direct heir to the Dutch throne might precipitate a struggle for the possession of Holland, which, in Ber tin, 'is regarded as Germany's natural right. the She Is Still Alive. The Hague, May 5A message, from Castle Lown, sent at seven o'clock this morning, says queen Wilhelmina is still alive. None of the doctors at- tending her majesty left: the palace last night, and neither the queen mo: ther nor the prince consort went to A bulletin, pested at Castle Loo, at two o'clock to-day, announced that the condition of queen Wilhelmina was satisfactory up to the present, HANDLED DYNAMITE. And a Lad Had His Hands stroyed. Smith's Falls, Ont., May 5.+ The eight-year-old son of William Porter, of this place, was badly injured on Sunddgy, He, by some means, got possession of a dynamite cartridge and with another small boy proegeded to examine it and then concluded to set fire to it. Porter held the car tridge and the charge éntered hoth hands. The thumb and three fingers of his left hand were blown off com- pletely, 'and the palm of the right was terribly shattered. It is thought the latter may he saved, hut it will prob ably be so contracted that it ix doubtful if it will ever be of very much use Yo him. RULED THE TOWN, Drunken Italians Terrorized the Residents. Racine, Wis, May 5.-A mob of fifty ltalians, made crazy by liquor, ruled the town of Corliss, seven miles west of here, terrorizing the people, and driving the citizens from the streets. Two women were wounded slightly by revolver bullets, and two men were cut by knives in the hands of the invaders. Help was asked from this city, and sheriff Baumann, with a posse of deputies, drove to Corliss and restored order. % De- LATE"JOHN A. SHIBLEY. His Funeral Was Attended by Many Persons. . Napanee, Ont., May 5.--The funeral of the late John A. Shibley took place here this forencon. The foneral services were condcted by archdea: econ Carey, Kingston, which consisted of a private service at the house, fol lowed by a public service at St. Mary . The funeral New York, Ki and other places. James Skinner, Hamilton, father of Dr. Alice McGillivray, and Dr. Nellie Skiminer, ix dead. The marchioness of Headfort, = for merly Rosie Boote, the actress, gave birth to 4 son on Thursday. At Sydney, C.B., another furnace bas been lighted successfully by the Bomision iron and steel fompany. Ossian Bedell, a prominent resident of Grand Island and formerly of the United States consulate at Fort Erie, died this morning. John Oliver Holsbes {Mrs Craigie) has been asked to take up the work of writing an authorized biography of lord Beaconsfiekl, Two thousand Germans and English immigrants, bound for the Qu'Appelle valley, passed through Oftaws on Sunday night -on the C.P.R. Fifty American priests from the diocese of Brooklyn have presented to the pove a chedue for $10,000. His holiness thanked them personally. In the Klondyke washing out of gold commenced on April 30th. It is estimated that there are fifteen mil ion dollars in the winter dumps. Wiliam Redmond, M.P., wha has retwrned to New-York from a tour of toe states, says he has organized many branches of the United Tridh lege. Archbishop Corrigan is much better this morning, according to report of his physicians, thon not out of danger. © The archbishop is slowly rallying. Three masked and armed gnen blew open the safe at the lake shore freight depot at the foot of Watson ~ street, | Cleveland. early. to-day, and secured about 3§00. ; Two hundred and fifty fisermen are reporied to have been drowned in a gals which has made havoe of the herring fishing fleet on tie west coast of Japan. It ix possible there may be another big strike in Montreal in o few days The iron moulders are determined that $2.30 a day shall be the mini min rate. A man hamed Cooney, foreman in Simnet's tie camp, at Danphin, Man, wae taking dinner in a tent whén a tree fell and crushed his head. He died three hours later. A magnificent silver "service made from wilver coins taken from the Spanish erniser Christobal Colon, is to be presented to admiral W., 8. Schley, by ais friends. This morning's express train for Berlin was derailed near Leipsic, and Herr Friedel, a member of the reich- stag, and two other persons were killed, and six people injured. A govérnment decree has heen sign: ed granting to the Boer delegates Messrs. Baumann and Reichiardi, sev- eral leagues of land in the Chubut, Argentine territory, for purposes of colonization. The trial by court-martial of Jacob H. Smith has ended at Manila. The findings of the court will be forwarded to Washington. The general impression is that he will be aaquitted, At the closing session of the sa- preme court, L.O.F., at Los Angeles, an ineraase of $2,000 in the salary of Dr. Oronhyatekha® was declined by that officer, The grand officers also declined to gecept increases in salar 1e8. In military circles, in London, the question of earl Roberts' retirement from the post of commander in-chief, immediately after coronation, is freely discussed. It is looked upon as a cer- tainty that the duke' of Connsuyht will succeed him. Tae French minister at Pekin, M. Beau, is sending a secretary of lega- tion to investigate the murder of a French priest at Chen Ting Fuge pro vince of Chi Li. The rising there, which is serious, wax caused by at tempts to collect heavy Catholic in demnities, The hody of a newly-born baby was found in the Lovers' Walk, Ottawa, which skirts Parliament hill, on Sa tarday. It was taken to the police station and = coroner Baptie notified. He considered an inquest unnecessary and gave an order for its burial. The body was very small and was rolled up in thin wrapping paper. Gen, An Australian Bank Teller's Crime On January 21th Norman Brown rig, the teller at the Queenstown {Tasmanin) branch of the bank of Australasia, was found ving on the floor of the bank bound With a clothes line and gaggod. The safe was open, and on exasimution it was found that £5446 had been stolen. : rs statement was that a little after 10 pon, while engaged at office work, he heard a knoek at the door, and, ex peetihg the manager back, opened the door, and was at once conironted by two men. One of them placed a re volver at his head and. told him not to speak a word. He was overpowered men, who quickly and One of the burglars immediately ga- dhered up the contents of the safe and t them in a bag be had with him. or sume time the police could find i mo clue to the thieves, but about a month after the robbery they arrested Brownrigg. and the local postmaster, a man named Leeming, Both prisoners confessed, and. Brownrigg admitted that his story was a fabrication. Smallest Watch On Earth. COMPANY BY ANOTHER. Various Parties Ask for the An- nulment of the Resolutions, etc., Which Brought About the Transfer. Toronto, May 5.~Writs were issued to-day on behalf of Allan. Mackav and Mrs. Robert 8. Low, Sydoey, C. B., and Mrs. James W. Edwards, Glace Bay, C.B., on behalf of them selves and other shareholders in the Montreal loan and investment com- pany against the Colonial investment company, Toronto, and G. N. Du charme, Alfred Joyce and Alfred Belfrey, the latter three as liquida tors of the former company. The plaintiffs object to the absorption of the former by the latter company. The suit is to set aside the resolution to agreements for the sale and trans fer of the Montreal Joan and invest ment company to the Colonial invest- ment company and also for an ac counting of assets of the company. In case this je set aside by the courts they claim a declaration of rights of the plaintiffs and other withdrawable shareholders, and of the interests of the shareholders under the agreements for the transfer and sale of the Mont- real company to the Colonial com- pany. They further claim that other adisstments should be made. Letters received in the city. to-day explode one 'more legend of a huge fortune in the motherland. The fami- lv of Cronk, or Kronk. which is largely represented in the Bay of Quints district; and which iz also lo- cated in the state of New York, has been prosecuting enquiries as to a large sum said to be lying in Hol- land ready to be acquired when cer tain legal points had been establish- ed. The United States representatives, in Holland, were induged to make in- quiries and they have received a sweeping denial that there ever was, or under Dutch law could possibly he such a fortune. Arthur Sweatman, son of bishop Sweatman, of this city, was instant lv killed at the entrahee of High Park. near Mimico, by the fast Grand Trunk train fram the west due at 12 15 o'clock to-day. Mr. Sweatman, ab out thirty years old, had just come home from California, where he had beer ranching. He was seen to walk out from the park entrance and de liberately throw himself before the quick moving train, It is said that a note was found pinned to Sweat man's clothing avowing his intention to commit suicide. a IN MEMORIAM. The Late Shirley Going, Kings- ton. The late Shirley Going, death occurred on Friday last, was bormy in 1836, at Cranagh House, near Rinagh, county Tipperary, Ire. hut came to Canada in 1848; with his father, the late Henry Going, who, with his family, settled on Wolfe Is land in that year. Mr, Going's early lile was spent there on their farm, "KErina." In 1878 he went into the hay and grain business on the island and was the first to open up a trade in compressed hay with the markets in the eastern states. This has since become a very important branch of the agricultural interest in Ontario. Mr. Going moved to Kingston about nine years ago, and has since that time been manager of the Canada hay company. His two elder brothers, the Rov. John Going, some time rector of Si, Paul's, Torrinor Square, iondon, Eng., and Henry Going; Tilsonburg, Ont., who died some little time ago. Of four sisters, one survives, Mrs. Wm. Perceval, Kilmore Hill, Water ford, Ire. Mr. Going was one of those fortun- ate men who, while gbing quietly ab- out doing the thing set before them, succeed in winning the sincere regard not only of those who know them well, but of all who come into touch in any way with them, and his death, therefore, is not only a private, but a public loss, i --_------------ Institute Directors Meet. The directors of the Frontemac larm- ers' institute met at the Windsor ho- tel, on Saturday, G. V. Stuart, pre sident, in the chair. Those present were: H. Rankin, Thomas Sproule, J. F. Knapp, A. J. Sharpe, Dr. Bell, V.8., William Guthrie, J. Knight, G. Lampkins, W, J. Saibley and G. Rut- tan. The annual meeting will be held in the court house on June 12th at 14 a.m. whose Principal Grant Very Ill. Dr. Grant passed a critical period yesterday and the doctors were much concerned about him. od was quite restless much of the night till this morning a more favorable turn came. He is still a very sick man. His former trouble has appeared on the oposite side so that affected last fall. Dr. Garrett reported the prinei- pal to be slightly better this after noon, but not out of danger, Pare's Sister Arrives. This afternoon, Mrs. Saucier, sister of George Pare, the dead prisoner, ar: rived here by G. T. R., having come i anchester, NH. (1 1b. and 2 W. cons) is selected from the very highest grades grown. It is HIGH GRADE PURITY--its fragrance proclaims its excellence. CHASE & SANBORN, MONTREAL ano BOSTON. ALL GOOD GROCERS. EE -- LTV IA LVL MM AVL WE ~3 Floor! i __ i Oilcloths. { verserassrsssnaashe English Oilcloths, For Halls, Kitchens, Bathrooms, 30C.; 35€.; 400, 456 Got, By Oilcloths $ For Kitchens and Halls, 25c. per yard. 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