THE DAILY WHIC, MONDAY, JULY 28. Cor LT | IRON FOR SLEEVES AND ~ FLOUNCES. Nikled At 86e. A trial will convince and please you. CORBETT'S Corner of Princess and Wels ington Streets. | EVERYBODY KNOWS That our stock is new and up-to-date, but . everybody doesn't know that this week we will run off all Canvas Boots At a Discount of 20 PER CENT. . ARMSTRONG' 184 Princess Street. Made by IMPERIAL OIL OO, Is Fashionable Ja Tweeds or Worsteds is to be had here. We import direct, and al- ways have the newest pat- terns to select from. Our , stock is now complete. J. R. JOHNSTON, TAILOR. YOU TRIED OUR BETT'S THE WHIG -- 68TH YEAR DAILY _ BHITISH WIG, published it B08- i Street, ot # yor. Biiions 4 2.90 asd # © WEEKLY BRITISH , wHIG, i2 published every y mormag pages. st il a of the best Job Pristies rapid, stylish and cheap od presses B PRNsE PROPRIETOR, Actached ie ove Uffices in Canada; ; mine improv ow. J. I'HE DAILY WHIG. Opiter per Orbem Dicor.' A SILLY REGULATION. One of the silly regulations of the customs department was made mani fest at the sale of unclaimed goods to- day. HH the bidding doesn't *qual the duty and charges on the goods, the price offered is refused and the goods wre destroyed. Thus, if there were $10 auty and charges on an article, and the highest bid was 39.95, the money would sot be taken and the goods would be destroyeyl.--Hamilton Times. People are not inclined to bid quick ly upon something which they have not seen. Valuable goods are not always done up in big parcels, and the best things are apt to be lost be cause they do mot, in the bidding, promise to reimburse the government to the extent of the charges upon them. But what is to be gained hy the destruction of these goods 7 Is it not better to wmecept what can be | sealized by the sale? It is presumed that no parcel is in value under the charges of the department, and these would be collected every time if the goods were exposed. Ome thing is certain--that nothing should be con sumed or destroved because the hid- ding upon it is not satisfactory. Peo- ple do not like gambling as a rule, and am auction such as the customs department annually conducts, to rid itself of the unclaimed and dutiable goods, is only a gamble without the stimulation of the gambler's acces- Sorin. ---------- DEVIL AND HIS FIRE. The Brockville Times has made an end of the Mail's fine theory, that the conservative party did import men for service in the election but to protect the poll: and not pollute them. The Mail says that these forty men, who were - specially commissioned for special work, were detectives, Pinker fons at that, and. they were hired to detect the wrong-doers. The defence of the street railway conductors in To- ronto is that a Pinkerton detective came among them and showed them how to the "digger," and that when they showed 5 willingness to see or try the operation they were pounc use ed upon. Taking the Mail's theory at its full value--and its appraisement is not very high--it may he that expert cor were employed to entice the innocents of Canada and inveigle them into trouble. They were hired for some purpose, and it yet remains to he proven what that purpose was. The Brockville Times has it that the grits were very bad, and that it was "necessary to fight the devil with fire." Which means that if the grits were corrupt the tories were corrupt too, and that one side was as bad as the other. This is decidedly loose talk, and re flects upon Mr. Whitney, who profess et to be g purist of the highest {vpe, and to bave a holy horror for the un- clean things of an election. The idea of his party being as bad as the party be condemned is simply awful ! rapters PUSHERS FOR OFFICE. Sir Michael Hicks Beach, against his inclination, has been for eed back into office 'as the chancellor of the exchequer. . It is an office that requires rare qualification. The questions of. re-y venue and taxation are complex, and it is not every one who can present his plans in a popular and plausible much way. There is not much romance about financial statements, though Mr. Glad- clone, in his day, is credited with in- serting into his statements thoughts that were of entrancing interest. On the conservative side Sir Michael Hicks Beach stands practically alone as 8 master of finance. He has had no understedy, no one who has been qualifying for his place. Hence, when he tendered his resignation as Mr. Baliour became premier, there was a serious difficulty. It was made inténse by the pressure of jncompetents. How is it that some persistent, however, and only the men who resist them fully appreciate thar nerve. Me. Balfour all too soon realized hat Sir Michael's retirement meant. = os ¥ g A CRITICISM OF MEN. Collier's Weekly has an idea of its regard to Mr. Chamberlain and .Rir Michael! Hicke Beach. When Ford Salistiury decided to retire from life--leaving the government cares of office though still re- in the Sir that he would own in public and th taining his seaf lords- Michael deciaed office. Then began the his place, by a host of people, many of them, it is said, without any quali fication for it. It has been alleged that the solution of the difficulty lay in the recall of Sir Michael, and that he was obedient the demands of the house, That is one side of the case, and one explanation. Another is that Sir Michael! Hicks Beach was the only effectual brake up on Mr. Chamberlain, and that with hin gone there was no one really able to bold the colonial secretary in check. This is Collier's idea. The absurdity of it is illustrated by our contemporary, and thoughtless way. It points out that Mr. Baliour is an eaucated man, but unfitted for the premiership because he iz not familiar with commercial questions. Mr. Chamberlain sented as all business and as prepared to sacrifice some of his pet theories in order to make it 4 go. Yet the man of energy, of sagacity, of intuition is held in restraint canse of personal gr political gniwosi ties. It ix apparent that the critics have aoing Mr. Chamberlain an in jury, But he is not much concerned about their opinioks and promises to outlive and outdo them all. leave wild scramble for to in a very is pre be been MONDAY MUSINGS. The London News is looking for a new general election in this province, next September. The Whig looks for one in about four years. That great organization, the Broth- erhood of Locomotive Engineers, is against compulsory arbitration. It does not favour compulsion on any account, and it represents a high type of industrial ability. Mr. Bryan has set out to destroy Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Hill, and put them aside as party advisers. In oth- er words Mr. Bryan is a political des- troyer, but like some torpedo boat destrovers he may buckle and destroy himself. Military life has had some tone lent to it by the appointment of Earl Dun- donald to its head. But there is snobbery about him. He represents the up-to-date commander. He has lately returned from active service South Africa. no but in - -- Fitzsimmons has learped what he ought to have learned before--that youth, in prize fighting, as in almost everything else, usually wins. Fitzsim- mons made enough in the prize ring to keep him economically, and he did not know enough to leave well ough alone. en According to the Journal Montreal is seriously afflicted with social clubs, occupation is gambling, with disastrous effects. Men--younng and old, single and married, "ruin their health, compromise their future and corrupt forever." lsn't that pretty rank for Montreal ? whose and become NEWSPAPER HITS. Well To Know That. Ottawa Journal, The Munroe doetrine is not needed to protect Newfoundland from Europe. 'the British fleet will do. Don't Like It A Bit. Hamilton Herald. The men who went to South Africa to chase Dewet have returned to Ca- nada only to find "de wet' chasing them. The Fool's Equipment. Toronto Star. In the opinion of the Montreal Star, a revolver is so useful a thing for a man to carry around with him that no fool should be without one. Unwarrantable Omission. Buffalo Express. A Milwaukee newspaper tells of a man who was hurt by a hair-pulling machine in an upholstery factory, but it fails to give the lady's name. Doing Him Justice. St. Catharines Star. Apropos of fruit, is it not time for the Ontario growers to take drastic measures for their own protection? The trickster in packing should be caught and pounded and pulverized, as he common enemy of the craft. It's Coming Our Way. Hamilton Times. E ' Uncle Sam is said to be casting co- NGOTIAT.ONS CONCLUDED FOR TREATY BETWEEN BRI- TAIN AND CHINA. All the Articles Save one Have Been Accepted by the two Powers -- Anxious to Adopt Radical Fiscal Retorms. Loudon, July 2%--A despatch to the Times, irom Shanghai, states that the negotiations for a commercial treaty between Great Britain and China are now practically concluded. The Chinese government has accepted al! the thirteen articles, and Sic James Mackay, the britwh commis sioner, has also accepted them on be half of England with the exception of one providing for the abolition of the likin, which awaits the approval of the British government. This article provides that in return for a surtax, equivalent to one and one-half times the duty that can be lavied in accord ance with the protocol of 1901, China wiil abolish the likin and every form of miernal taxation on British goods, and will guarantes them against ex actions and delays. The Times says it regands the treaty as a striking proof of the earnest de sire of the Yang The vicerqvs aml other progressive officials to adopt vivlieal fiscal reforms. By the thi tenth article of the treaty Great Britain agrees to take part in 4 joint commission, if such is formed, repre senting China and the treaty powers, with the object of investigating the missionary question and devising means to secure peaceful relations be tween Christians and non-converts, ne care THE CASE DISMISSED. End of What Seemed a Sensation~ al Case. What gave promise of being a sen sational case was suddenly dropped at the police court this morning. It was the sharge preferred by John Whelan against Robert H. Wylie. The alleged assault was an incident of the strike of machinists at the locomotive works. It is alleged to have taken place on Saturday night, June 20th The case was several times called in the police court, Wylie, the defendant, having been arvested in Montreal and brought, up here for trial, Three witnesses were called by prosecution this morning, but only one who responded was J. Hayward. The prosecution at tempted to show by his evidence that a conspiracy had been entered into by Wylie, Hayward and one other man, union machinists, to thrash Whelan, a non-union machinist, The story, as told by the county crown attorney in his examination of Hayward, was that by pre-arrangement, the, parties here named met near St. George's ca thedral and lay in wait for Whelan; Wylie committed the assault and they then separated and joined Wylie at his hotel, in front of witnesses, so as to establish an alibi. Hayward nied the story almost in every detail, except that he called for Wylie at three minutes to eleven o'clock that night to notify him to attend a drill of the army medical corps The county crown attorney informed the magistrate that he had head from Whelan, now in Nova Seétia, who found it impossible to get here in time, so he asted for the dismissal of Wylie, which was done the the Henry de STRANGLED BABES. Insane Deed Of a Mother Delirious With Drink : New York, July 28.--Richard Meade, a nightwatchman, on return ing to his howe in Brooklyn, found his two little daughters dead from tran gulation, - caused by twi wound tightly around their necks. A third child was unconscious from the san cause, and his wife lay in a comatose condition on the floor, apparently suf fering from alcoholism. combined with poison. According to the police the woman was of intemperate habits, and the supposition is that she strangled the children while in a delirious con- dition. The oldest child was three years of age. The surviving child was removed to a hospital with the moth er. The baby's injuries are probably fatal, for the slender cord bad cit deep into the throat. Dropped From a Bridge. New York, July 28.-George Stough ton. aged fifty-three, and his ten-vear old son Claude, have been killed, says a Burlington, Vt. special to the World, by dropping from the railroad Tridge which trosses the Winooski river, Stoughton had heen out of everal weeks. He and the bov were sitting on the outer edge of 'tin bridge as the train passed, and al though the place is wide enough to admit of persons remaining there, both fell to the river below, the fa ther's arms wound around the son The water where they struck in only a few feet deep, but both were drown ed. Another Prosperous Kingstonian. Armour D. Reid, New York, man ager of a large insurance company, was in the city to-aay visiting his mother, Williamsville. Since going to New York two years ago Mr. Reid bas prospered, and he bas made he Lusi ness which be so capably manages, advance phenomenally. He is now ca route home after g trip to Denver, Cals Captain Saves Boy's Life. Clayton, N.Y. July WJ ames Ratchford, eclovenyearold son of James E. Ratchford, Syracuse, fell off the yacht Janne, on Saturday, into the river and was saved from drown i by the captain, who dove after his and brought him to the surisce. Under Surgeon's Knife. Loadon, July 2S--Lord Methuen captured vanded the Boers hy and sud whe THE EMPIRE'S SONS. A Magnificent Spectacle of Broad, United Empire, By an Eagle Banker Perhaps the mo unpressive mili tary displav--though from the point of view of pumbers, for there scarce four thousand in all which bas ever taken place in the en history of the world, has been the on two successive aavs, of re presentatives of the Colonial and ln dian forces of the British Fmpire From almost every appanage of the empire came the brave men, to do honor to the king-emperor, but who, alas ! from his sick room could only hear the enthusiastic shouts of his people's welcome to them Here were gallant, undaunted Cana diane, recalling vivid memories of Paardeberg, and many another hard fought conflict; heroic Australians, New Zealanders, Natalians, ana Cape Colonists, the recital of whose intre pid valor has thrilled the great heart of the empire with a throb of pride that she possesses such lion hearted sons. Here courageous, jet black troops from various Colonies of West Africa, who have oft times shown their prowess agninst their sa- vage | brown Fijians, in quaint umdform: dark-skinned Malavan sol diers from Singapore; vellow, glinowl eyed British troops from Hong Kong and Wei Hai Wei, who also well hore their baptisan of fire; with representa- tions of many other colonies and de pendencies of the empire, in varied uniform, and of still wore varied san tanned hue. put still more gorgeous and resplen- dent, as gu spectacle; was the assem hlage our magnificent Indian troops. Even the splendor of the Household Cavalry, in their scarlet and their blue, with their mirrored steel cuirasses and beplumed helmets, waned in the presence of these vet more gorgeouslv-apparelled dusky war riors; some in vermillion and gold, or green and purple, or snow-white and bullion; or scarlet and sapphire-hued or orange-red and emerald green; a very blaze glowing brilliancy of transplendent coloring. Splendid men; not , few covered with medals, of many a hard-fought battle in Uganda, in China, in Afghanistan, in the Soudan, in Burma. Heroes of the great march to Kandahar; the san guinary fight at Dargai, where Briton and Indign so vied with each other in dauntless bravery, cismayving their re doubtable foes with their desperats heroisin; the fierce struggies at Mala kand and Wano, and many another blood-bought fight. And as. side by side with their Fng lish officers, they marched, head ered in air, as if they cared nought for any man on this earth, the flamin pennons of their glittering lances flut tering in the breeze, their unsheathod broad -sworas, which have struck such terror, as, swiit as lightning thes have been launched against the foe the heart beat quicker at the thougnt that, if necessary, hundreas of thon ands of these brave Sikhs and Mah rattas and Gurkhas, would respond with wild acclaim to our call to gms, reddy to fight for the honor of the empire in any part the whol round world, and ready to share with our home in all the danger and in all the hardships of warfare Women And Jewels. Jewels, candy, flowers, man--that is the order of a woman's preferences Even that greatest of all jewels, health, is often iuined in the strenuous efforts to save the money to purchase them. If a woman will risk her health to get a coveted gem, then let her for tify herseli against the insiduous con sequences of coughs, colds and bron chial affections bv the regular use of Dr. Boschee's Gurman Syrup. It will promptly arrest consumption in its arly stages and heal the affected lungs and bronchial tubes and drive the dread disease from the system. It i* not a cure-all, but it is a certain cure for coughs, colds and all bron chial troubles. You can get this reli able remedy at Wade's drug store. not were Tire review, were foes; of of of troops Found An Old Friend. "I've just returned from a week's trip through the west," remarked Capt. Thomas Donnelly, to a group of citizens, Saturday afternoon, "and the most pleasing incident I met with on the trip was a copy of the Whig, which I received from Alexander Milne, en gineér of the steamer Toronto, 1 met him at Charlotte and he had with him three copies of the Whig which he was taking across to friends in Rochester 1 was famished for news of Kingston, and 1 never appreciated anything in my life time half as much as I did one of those papers; it was like meeting an old friend." Trips Well Patronized. They ferry steamers between the city am! Cape Vincent are being remark ably well patronized of late. Un Sa turday afternoon a large crowd eross al to the Cape, including a number of Ringstonians, who went over and back for the enjoyable trip thus fur nished. Cana sailed Lieut.-Col. Turner with the dian coronation contingent from Quebec on Saturday. "We just had o "call for IRON-OX SE TABLETS ------------ heroes | sxror EB EDDY'S HEA ) Parlor LIGHT" Matches The best and most economical on the market. For sale by all the principal dealers. Use Eddy's Toilet Pa pers. Kingston Agency, No. 75 Princess Street. J. A. HENDRY, Agent [Men's Perfectly - Tailored SUITS IN FINE TWEEDS, WORSTEDS and SERGES. Everything new is here, and as much custom-ma(fe as though you had left your measure for it. Same style, same fit, same hang to our suits at $12 $10, and $14 That a tailor gives you for double. THE H. D. BIBBY CO, THE CLOTHIERS, OAK HALL. EVERIBODY'S SHOES Are Here. Every kind of shoes for everybody --men, women, children and the babies ; for every business, every dress and every sport and pastime walk or ride, Whether you use. fish or hunt, or whether you like to be dressed up and kept so, we have shoes for all these uses and all these purposes, and cheap. our prices are very SUTHERLAND' SHOE STORE BABBIT Metallic, Imperial, Hercules, Star. For all work. All grades. They are the best. THE CANADA METAL CO. TORONTO, ONT. a ---- TASTE SWEET DROPS. Because of the Conduct of Boer Women. Cape Town, July 27 tha aad Defarey, the Boer leaders, their speeches to their have insisted upon the preservation of their nationality. Gen. Botha declared that darkness was in front of them, but said that faith would carry then through, Africa, he added, was their fatherland, their birthright, and in beritanoe. General Delarey said he te- siwcten his British opponents, but grieved when he thought of the bur ghers who surrendered and became Na- tional Scouts under the [ritish conduct of the Boer women through out the bitte®etrugele had made the fighting burghers taste many swest drops. @ The Royal Canadian Humane sso ciation bas unanimovsly awarded me dels to Joba Carnie, David Mots, Robert Hamilton, George Wentworth and George Blanchard, for consincu one persevering bravery in risking their lives to rescue Joshua Sawfora, who was entombed for over four days in a cavediin well, pear Paris. The beginning of the eleventh week of the anthracite miners' strike finds no change in the situation, the ramor has been revived Generals Bo in compatrn ns, The ! nn, i Malt Breakfast Foo Constantly Receiving Most Flattering Indorse- ments. None of Greater Value Than That of the President of the Widely Known Ralston Health Club, The Ralston Health Club is the Jargest organization thet has ever ex- | inter for the purpose of isculcating | correct methods of living. Theie books relating to dwt, excrviss, bathing, ete., are followed bv thousands. The Prosioent, Webster Eagerly, writes as follows "We have been wsing your breakfast ereals and bave @iVen your' Malt Breakisst Food 5 thorough test. After consulting with 4 ading chemist who bas avalveed it, we gre about to eall ihe attention of the Ralstonites to the Vow, which will probably increase the sale many thovsands of dollars. We do this freely and will not any resonerntion, directly or ind iy, our sole purpose being to help the public to get pure goods." the _