THE DAILY WHIG, WEDNESDAY, MaY 7 All The Way Home. "Did your company have a good run last season 7 asked the premier dansense of the ballerina. "Well," explained the latter, "we only had to run far enough to get the | sheriff out of breath. After that, we walked." COMMERCIAL MATTERS. What is Going on in the Business World--~The Market News. Jamaica hopes to export 12,000,000 bun cles of bananas this year. Sinoel 870 France hue © spent $120,000,000 on canals, wid thers are oew schemes , in- volvivg sn expemlitare of 100,000,000 more. # noguet of pure gold, weighing sixty-four ounces, bas been uneurthied by & Chinese d 2- gor at Telos creek, Georgetown, Queers: Jand. . TheCapadian Gasetie sovs the Grand Trunk railway hes a contract for twenty-five thou. send tons of stewl rails to Charles Cammell & Co., limited, Sheflield. Eng. The Iuternutional lumber company bas closed a contract with the govermnent of Jupsn to supply it with 600.000 tea cheste to be made st the vencering factory st Sash Ste. Marie. Bakers' flour (Manitobs) bas taken ou other vise of five emis & barrel. Within the rast vight dave it has goue up foriy Cette on the barrel. Retail prices are not yet affected. © KALSOMINE, FURNITURE STAIN VARNISH, © FLOOR PAINT AND © SCREEN WIRE. ~ Mitchell has them all and the nicest assortment in town . MITCHELL'S HARDWARE. MOTHER n UCHAY'E All Healing EEN OE PRICE, 25c. Undervests Our Astortment of These Goods are Extremely Large. Styles, Everything 'I hat Could be Desired. Prices, Very Tempting For Such Values, -------- Home Production. Fresh cut, solia 'cabbage head, let tuce, every morning, at Carnovsky's. This is gram] growing, just the time to sow Peerless lawn seed, 20c. a lb, only at E. C. Mitchell's. Our bon: bons and chocolates | are par excellence, and they are always fresh. W. J. Crothers. Ee VESTS Short sleeves and no sleeves, neatly finished, ; : 106. 1ayc., 15¢., 18¢c., 20C.., LISLE THREAD VESTE No sleeves and short + sleeves, very special, 3 for $1; 2 for $1. - INDIA GAUZE VESTS English make, long and short sleeves, 6oc., 70c., 8oc. UNSHRINKABLE WOOL VESTS--Extra, light | We for summer wear, very fine qualities, 75c., 850, 95¢. $1, $15. : % They improve the appearance of your house equally as much as a coat of paint. : L es : We Have a Splendid Assortment. Frilled Net Swiss Nets, "pot Muslins, J PRENIER ROSS ADDRESS A BRILLIANT SPEECH MADE AT ST. CATHARINES, ---- Dominion Conservatives Desire to Capture Ontario, Not to De- velop and Improve the Pro- vince, But as a Stepping-Stone for Future Victory in a Do- minion Election. During the political meeting af St. Catharines, on Tuesday, premier Ross referred to the evident desire of the conservatives representing the party in the dominion parliament to capture Ontario at this election, in order. to facilitate their course to victory in the next dominion election. Mr. Ross said that he was pledged in bis Whit by adaress to oppose the interference of the dominion government in pro vincial matters; and, while arguing in favor of the most friendly relations between the provincial govermment and the dominion government, both as a matter of business and as a matter of loyalty to the dominion, he declared that every right which On tarioc had under the constitution wonld be preserved by the govern ment. Mr. Ross then went on to say: If it is reasonable that the provincial government should not enter into any alliance with the dominion govern ment which would lead to any sacri- fice of provincial rights, is it not equally fair that those who represgt the conservative party in the domiin- jon parliament should not combine against us in Ontario, with & view to securing our overthrow ? (Hear, hear.) In 18 Sir Charles Tupper, at a meeting held in the office of the Mail and Fmpire, called upon the conserva- tives of Ontario to support Mr. Whit- ney, using this language: "If vou give to our friend Mr. Whitney that loyal support which you as conserva tives are. entitled to render him and his party in the local legislature, the day is near at hand, in'my judgment, when you may wrest from the present local government the power and in fluence which has been used unserw- pulously and tremendously against our party, and you can have at your backs the support of the new govern: ment of the province at the next do- minion elections." Here was a pasipa- ble bia for an alliance betwen the conservatives representing dominion and local interests, with a. view to crushing the liberal government in the province, said Mr. Ross, amid cheers. To this proposal Mr. Whitney agreed. In reply to Sir Charles Tupper he said : "In the years that have gone by, we have not had the unitea effort of the conservative party of Canada to help us in the elections, and we must bave it now." Bir Charles Tup per was evidently, in 1896, making a bargain with Mr. Whitney for his in- fluence as leader of the opposition with the undd{rstanding, of course, that when the provincial elections would come on, as they aid come in 1808, Sir Charles Tupper would re turn * the compliment. Sir Charles Tupper failed in 1896, as Mr. Whitney did in 1598, Not satisfied," however, with the rebuff received in both cases the leader of the opposition has re- newed the mode of warfare advised by his predecessor. In a speech delivered at Toronto on the 28th May, 1901, Mr. Borden said: '""And so 1 say to you there is no greater task the con- servative party can set for themselves in Canada to-day than to win this great province of Ontario, and I bhe- ileve, if you sel vourselves to the task as you should, that the province will be won, and that it will be but a stopping stone to the winning of this whole dominion at the next general elections." Why Conservatives Want Ontario. From this quotation you can see the standpoint from which the con- servative party views the provincial election. It is net to win Ontario, that Ontario may be developed and improved, but it is to win Ontario as a stepping-stone for future victory in the next dominion election. (Hear, hear.) Allow me to say that 1 de- clime most emphatically to allow this great pFovince to 'be made vither 'a stepping-stone or a donkey engine for the conservative party at Ottawa. (Lowd cheers.) The very suggestion, that from the vantage ground which they assume this province would ai- ford them in order to step inte pow- er at Ottawa and not upon their mer- its, is repugnant to me as a citizen of Ontario. (Cheers.) Why should we be t in that humiliating position to and carry for the conservative party at Ottawa. (Hear, hear.) Do they want to use the resources and the revenues of Ontario, for the next dominion election? Is there a veiled suggestion here that if they carried Ontario .the surplus revenues of - the province would be applied for politi: cal purposes ? (Applanse.) When they held illegal. control over New Ontario they parcelled out our forest land in sections of fifty square miles among their followers. If they were estab. lished by the electors in our timber reserves would they re- feat the conduct of fifteen years ago? srairl} il kre fir 4 2 ; t i 1H PITH OF THE NEWS. The Very Latest News Culled From All Over the World. Hamilton cemetery workmen are out on strike. E. H. Paton, of Toronto, died of enteric fever ay Pretoria. Bret Harte will be buried to-mor- row, at Frimley, in Surrey, Eng. Carabine won the Chester cup at the Chester, Eng., meeting, to-day. Syracuse capitalists may establish a large smut waist factory in Water town, N.Y. A, D. Pierson, Maitland, CM.R., is dangerously ill maritaburg. : The published statement that the United States president had made ob- sections to the declared purpose of the rench government to bestow the de- eoration of the Legion of Honor up- on admiral Dewey and Gen. Miles is sachoritatively deuisd at the White with the at Pioter- onse. Archbishop Corrigan's body wilt lie in state in New York cathedral. The ward of honor, consisting of uni: armed companies from Catholic so- Cieties' and representative citizens, will stand vigil, the funeral services to begin to-nibht. Archbishop Ryan will conduct them. The ('Okiep, western Cape Colony, which was bésieged by a Transvaal force under commandant Smuts, has been relieved by a British force under Col. Cooper, the garrison was in good health, and only a few of the troops were wounded. The Boers retired south. Lord Kitchener, in reporting the relief of 0'Okiep, adds that the Concordia district is clear of Boers. FRONTENAC RURAL DEANERY. Semi-Annual Meeting Held at St. James' Church. The semi-annual meeting of the ru- ral deanery of Frowtenac opened with divine service in St. James' church lass eveming, Rev. J. 0. Crisp, preaching from Phil. 1., 10; "That ye may approve things that are excel lent." The business meeting was held in the wehoel-room this morning, at which the dean, the archdeacons of Kingwton and Optario, the rural dean, Revs. A. W. Cooke, Stearne Tighe, J. W. Forsythe, J. 0. Crisp, J. . For- ster, C. BE. Cartwright, and the in- cumbent were present. The rural dean reported as to the state of the vari ous missions under his supervision, three of which he had visited official- ly. Only Amherst Island is vacant, but served by an efficient lay read- er. The clergvinen present stated that the offerings made on behalf of dio- cesan missions during the past win- ter 'showed an increase upon last year's giving all along the line and especially in the cathedral. The agent of the Ontario Chuech- man, now in the city, desired that ef- forts should be made to increase its circulation, it being now the official organ of the diocese. he next meeting will be held in October, at Sharbot Lake, when a paper on Sunday school work will be read by canon Muaemorine. a -------- A PEASANT REVOLT. -- In Poltava, Russia--Rebels Bent on Destruction. Vienna, * May 'Fe--Advices from St. Petersburg report a peasant revolt in the district of Kenstantinograde, pro- vince" of Poltava, Russia. The rebels according to the report, destroyed hundreds of farms and threw a million pounds of sugar into the Dnieper, at Ivanovka. Troops engaged the insur- gents at Vashilovks, and seventy-six persons were killed and 200 injured. Subsequently the leaders of the peas ants were arrested and "Sentenced to 200 strokes of the knout each. Thirty-five of the prisoners died | from the flogging. The priests, the advices state, support the rebellion. Old Parliamentary Table. London News, The old table of the house of com- mons was rescued from the great fire which destroyed, in 1834, the chapel of St, Stephen's. It has been for the last seventy years reverentially pre- served, and is now located in the mem: bers' tearoom of the house of com- mons. It has lately been converted every afternoon ifito-a-teatable, and is decked with a white tablecloth on which are placed a hot-water urn and a tray containing teacups. The table from different sides of which Pitt and Fox thundered, and on which Burke placed his notes when he pleaded jor conciliation with America and de nounced the excesses of the French revolution, surely might have been spared such degredation. What Lieut. Carruthers Reported. In reporting the death of his son to Janes Evans, Port Hope. Capt. Elmsley wrote : "Lieut. Carruthers, who was with him when he died, stated that he be- haved in a most gallant menner. Be- ing twice, he still continued fir- Ling, and though his troop was over powered by a large party of Boers he broke his rifle before he surrendered." In relating the death of Corpl. Al fred Sherritt, of Brantford, Capt. Elmsley wrote : "Lieut. Carruthers, who was near him when he was shot, w , be ly, and assisted hi he was shot a second time and killed." -------------- Salisbury's Address. 7~Lord Salisbury, ad- habitation {longing to WAS A PAPINEAU VETERAN DIED TO-DAY IN OTTAWA AGED EIGHTY-TWO. The Ottawa River is Again Ris- ing -- Drives of Logs Are Now _ Qoming Down--To Conduct Service. Ottaws, May 7.--Stirring events in Canada's history are recalled, by the death of Edouard, the Grandpre, a vet eran of the rebellion of 1837, who died to-day in St. Charles' home, aged eighty-two years. He was born in Berthier, Que., and fought as =u tien- tenant of Papineau in the able rebellion. He bad lived in Ottawa for five years. Mgr. Falconio, papal delegate to Canada, will officiate at a service in the Roman Catholic cathedral here, to-morrow, Ascension day. Reports received at the head office of the Upper Ottawa improvement company go to show that water in the river is again rising. After the early spring freshets it was high, but the level subsequently became lower. Now the ice and snow water from the more northerly lakes and rivers has added to the volume of the main stream. The release of the water on many smaller streams, which are dammed to permit of log driving has also had a tendency to increase the flow in the river. The first logs of the présent season's cutting are reported afloat. A raft of 32,000 pieces, token out by the Pembroke lumber com- pany, has just passed out of Petewa- wa river into the Ottawa, A drive of 30,000 pieces has also been run from the Indian river, near Pembroke. It belongs: to Thomas Mackay, M. P., ang the logs were cut on his limits during the past winter. A raft be John MacLaren, East Templeton, has been moved out of the Coulonge river. "The logs are part of the cut of 1901. Gillies Bros., Brae side, have also moved their first raft off this river. Robert Hurdman's first raft of square timber, the first of the season, in fact, is expecled to pass Ottawa in about thrée weeks' time, | ------ Says Men Were Discharged. This afternoon organizers Flegt and Holmes met the striking machinists at Jabor hall, and had a lengthy con- ference with them, When asked if there was any change in the situation Mr. Flett replied: * Yes, there is. Four or five of the iron workers' help- ers were discharged about ten o'clock this morning, without even waiting till noon. 'The men claim that this was done because of their ayowed sym- pathy with the machinists. I regret this very much, because I had hopes that we might soon settle this little affair. This late action, however, but adds fuel to the fire." When Mr. Bermingham, managing di- rector of the locomotive works, was sven, he made the following statement: "1 heard of only one man being dis charged, and that was because he was not at his work this morning, and it was not for anything else. The state ment that four or five of the men were discharged because they symps thized with the strikers is not true. The men in our works are at perfect liberty to sympathize with whoever they like, and it will make no differ- ence to us." ---- We Allow All To Speak. Because the Whig opens its columns to the publication of letters is no an- thority for any citizen to say that the proprietor and staff endorse them. The Whig's owner and its staff are alone responsible for the views it ex- presses editorially. Any properly con- ducted organ is a vehicle for the ex pression of men's views and we would be unworthy of our position as jour- nalists, if we refused to allow all classes to air their opinions. «Jt was only last February that«the Whig al- lowed the conservative association to publish its resolution condemning the holding of the bye-election. We could not be held to endorse the view of the association, but we published it as news that our readers--of whom scores are conservative--were entitled to know. The Whig is the organ of all free citizens. The charge shall not be made that it refused respectful communications. Resolution Of Condolence. At the May quarterly meeting of the Bath Methodist church a resolu tion was adopted recording profound sorrow * in the death of our beloved brother, Henry Huffman, who, for about half a century, had been a faithful member of our church and for almost forty years had held the posi tion of recording steward. His zeal, uprightnoss and unswerving faith in God Kes left us an example that we revere. To the sorrowing relatives we offer our warmest sympathy and con- dolence. We pray earnestly that gGod may sustain them with hike faith to his, in their Hour 'of trial, and thank Him for 'a full assurance of hope.' " Sighed on behalf of the board by H. nce, pastor, and N. H. Peter Proder. son, Millhaven Musings. Millhaven, May 1 Frank Collins had the misfortune to lose two of his best cows. Bartie Franklin, has taken a position in Cobowrg Mrs. John Fleming, Stella, is visiting at George Fleming's. Miss Demorest, who spent last week with Mrs. Charles Collins, has returned to Kingston. Mr, and Mrs. H. Mahal, Stella, spent Sunday at George Fleming's. -------- Condition Unchanged. This afternoon Dr. Garrett stated that principal Grant was holding out fnirke . There was little change since morning. | Hix condition is still eritical Prof. Eliott, Montreal, city last ni Crawford. was in the the. ent of Toronto. y For three Jaze at Mullin's, Tua pounds uncolored Japan a To 2c, The Safest and Most Reliable Household Aperient. WATER in natural salive aperients The RICHNESS of APENTA laxative and purgstive. renders it the moct valuable and safest miiY. % 3 000 Yards White y Yictoria Lawns. These goods were purchared st One-shird off Regular Prices and there is quite a history beck of this trangactipn, because it is only once in a long while we oan secure any concessions on White Lawns. However enongh to know they are here and will be ready for TO-MORROW, sud any not sold Tomorrow will be sold on Friday. Fully two hu ¢u tomers have been waiting for this chavoe. The quantities sud qualities as below --: i 100 Yards Victoria Laws, ' 13 1.3¢. Quality 'tor 8l4¢. 760 10c. 380 3c. 875 7c. 650 20c. { 40 Yards Victoria Lawn, 40¢, Quality for 27c. Yards Victoria Laws, ! 15¢. Quality for Yards Victoria Lawn, 20¢c. Quality for Yards Victoria Lawh, 1 25¢. Quality for Yards Victoria Lawn, 30c. Quality for Sale Opens at 9 O'clock and Lasts as Long as the Lawns. ---- J. LAIDLAW ER & SON. IN Ma ---- When Ladies Talk It's Usually Something Worth > Listening To. : Just now many of them are talking of the Empress Shoes And those who have seen the new arrivals at Tue Lockerr Suoe Store talk the most. Low Shoes Oxford and High Laced. Prices, $2.50. $3, $3.50, dsssb pt. THE LOCKETT SHOE STORE Sovereign Brand