FOR SCREEN Price ------ ye an eee mt mt -------- Automatic Door Clasp|: DOORS, STORM DOORS, ETC. Try one on your Screem Door. Only 25c. ee: Corbett's Hardware Worki Are vou keeping or are you' caring Just as as easy 10 pay ret ihe properties, and are as care ful' cont desire. D. A. 346 Ki easy 10 ¢ give Keeping Up The Home? ng for Yourself ? your own lawn order for that of sowe landlord? wre for it to vourself. terms t interests in vour own. We nt satisfy, bave vou vour CAYS, ng Street. of ag you That this cu ber of pairs of LA BALS, reg goods. Call and see " ARMSTRONG'S, "WE KNOW: t is out of season, but it 4s to draw your attention to the fact that we ave a num- LADIES' DONGO- ular $4 and $4.50 They're_yours for $3. them. 184 Princess Street is to be We Import ways have t terns to Carpenter STUDS, SASH, i" FURRING, : §ANGLIN' al card a 271 and 273 Second bel establish {oor y Al LEN TO" ) COIN Address Whatever Is Fashionable In Tweeds or Worsteds select from. 'stock is now complete. FJ, Re JOHNSTON, Or Oe COBO Orde Oofe Oe MOO COLLAR TIES, WAINSCOATING, ETC, GO 10 Foot of Wellington Street. eee OOORS®SOIOS A CABINET OF U sale. had here. direct, and al- he newest Pat | §' Furnishings FOR AT LOWEST PRICES LUMBER YARD, SECOND HAND GOODS Bought and Sold. Highest eash price paid for seoomd hane clothing, boots and shoes, furniture, stoves all kinds Yi household gi goods. nd we will ZACHS, Drop a poet call on yom. Princess Street yw Corlwtt's undertaking t's fur nad fustrume Auct ion n Sales. "Save Money by Employing & BROWN, Auctioneers. COLLECTORS. S. SILVER COINS FOF at Whig Office. Just: THE WHIG -- 68TH YEAR. DAILY BRITISH WHIG, published each ev , at 306-310 io. Street, at 36 per year. Editions 2. and 4 WE EKLY BRITISH WHIG, 12 pages, published every Thursday morning at $1 a "Attached is one of-the best .Job Printing 'ffices in" Canada; rapid, nylish and cheap work; mine impcoved pres: .EDW. J. B. PENSE. PROPRIETOR i HE DAILY WHIG. Opitsr per Orbem Dicor.' THE CAR'S FRONT SEAT. There is no place on a street: car which a women likes as much as that in the front, beside or behind the motorman. They see everything there. Sometimes - they see too much, and act hysterically. two aco a Mrs. front In Toronto a day or Thompson, who occupied the eat. became alarmed when the fuse of the motor- il w out, She jumped off the car sustaining fatal injuries, An inquest followed, and the jury, | while declaring death to be accidental, recommended that not be allowed to occupy seat of an open car. Neither allowed upon the men, unnecessarily, passengers should the = front bos J be The women men or women should that seat. of the and the men smoke encase attention motor attention of" the Both should be they safer and so engage the the it women in car. forced and 1» where will be annoying. --n SOME PEOPLE WORRYING. Some people are looking for trouble the tween militia ~ department, and be the the Lord militia will not My lord a commen-sense in minister and the command- The Dundonald er of forces. assumption is that and the minis- Ler ot agree, Why soldier, He 1708 not ? is not only a but person. real the experience, and he while he the the field there is another who is its head in. the o the has had that head of is forces in ice of covernment. ' He has, heard Hutton the olience all about likely to to the that perhaps, not is and of the case, undertaking to resented repeat run things without reference minister. The minister kind of business, and it ended in the He withdrawal of the major-general. was slizhtly too big for his office. 'I here the militia department of Canada and the of Both <erft the government, . which all the there nection As Lord act without the of Mr. Brod: co Lord Dun- is an analogy between war oflice England. repre assumes in con: Roberts responsihility is them. to with does not assume know ledge and consent the wil "ret, war secretary, donald adition and ignore" the présence and not break away from i authority of Sir #. Borland. A contemporary, - the Weekly Sun, anticipates trouble until Canada has one of her own, sons as the head of the militia. It is true that "the aver- ave British officer is not in touch with Canadian 'affairs, and does not re main in office long enough to hecome familiar with them But that is not att Fhe-dithceulty has-been the indis pasition" of - some commanders to adapt themselves to circumstances, and in their perversity they cause serious and unnecessary friction. Lord Dundonald, because of his distinction afiord to abandon and service, can some of the airs of his predecessors. ------ NO MORE DECEPTION. The law in regard to fruit. jnspec tion is this vear being: vigorously en- forced. When the law was passed in 1901 it was perhaps defective. New things cannot always be made perfect . or practicable, But last year this fruit inspection act underwent amendment, and the éfiect was 'a measure which is complete, comprehensive, and, (when put into operation against offenders) curative! : . Wa In essence it requires that fruit must he packed so that it can be fairly ex- amined. when it is boxed or barrelled, or-otherwize-enclosededt gnust-be-nam- ed. labelled, and Bl and the ship- must be placed upon it. per's name of or ling is particularly The manner de<tribed and a severe penalty is prd vided when there is deception and mis representation! The inspectors are competent judges, and they are stationed at shipping points with orders to be most critical When they shipment 'wanting at falsely packs exacting, apply. find the and test and any they notify owner once, and put "falsely marked™ or wl the upon the That disposes of The tor's brand carvies with ita fine The fine, cools, sham. atiempt to remove the WS] of X10, also liable for a packer the un ler- in the anvwhere ~tifi and person who the duty, takes to obstruct inspeitor performance of his and tha official is certainly free to go where the fruit is--may be muleted 'in any sum from $25 to 500. That the government is--warranteds through the department of agricul: ture, in protecting the peoples from fraud goes without saving. 'Lhe, 'éx- rt trade, if it is going to grew, must be conducted honestly. The con- cumers, generally must not "he im- posed' upon, and especially those at ross the ocean, "whose patronage is Being cultivated. The value of it has heer demonstrated during the present week, when one Canadians house re ceived from' England an"order for l,. 07000 barrels of apples. Thdse must be of the best quality, carefillv pack- ed," and if they give satisfaction _ it is = and the J reasonably to be expected the demand for further supplies will continue and expand. "Whether the fruit, of any kind, is for sale locally or abroad it must be what it is represented, or shippers and sell- ers will suffer. "Tis well. NEW CANADIAN TRUST. » the the day. combination, Combine is order of and a great affecting two of the greatest Canadian enter involving millions of the, tapis. prises, and money, is now on When Morgan, completed the financial sidé of it (Canadian had the' the merger, 5 creat American steel trust, is said that he cast envieus eyes ward, and in the direction of the coal and steel "works at Sydney. C.B." Ru mour had it that he laid his price up on them. Octopus-like he seemed to he feelihg about for every thing in sight which, whe mn he Id by the mighty would be maae tentacles of the trust. contributory to its lust: But the rumour + was not true. The Sydney concern remains outside the Ameri- can and. in its development, thas given fRAROA trust, ; speculation uu) more ui sunpauw ground for 10] wpuuw) outsice its promotors, made fortunes hy' its stock. Now comes the ref that. the Do minion Coal and Steetscompany, the Nova Seotia Coal and Steel company y come' British capitalists of emin- ence. contemplate the formation of a British-Canadian trust whose [hen] will be to produce' steel cheaply and defy conpetition in the markets It is a bold undertgking. significance. many. having ol 'the world. one "fraught On dhe completion of it depend issues with great of the most important character. What it means, in a monied way, can not be correctly conjectured. It is said to be one of the difficulties of the hour to appraise the interests ol tho: Canadian firms. What they possess above oround can be valued easily, but the property in anmined coal. and ore is beyond estimation, and can only be realized by the efflux The situation may be sur of time. mised when it is said that the mineral in the union mil- wealth of a certain state has increased by several fold, in lions, in the Jast ten vears. Whatever will develop Canadian en- be hailed with terprise will, of course, «atisfaction, though one combine only leads to another, ana eventually one trust tries to gobble another. The which made "last vear millions as it origin- American trust, nearly as many will not brook oppo- ally representea, <ition such as the new deal suggests, It will do what it can to jockey the pewer competitor aside; but' money and steel will teil, and the British- ('anadian trust nay possess the cap- ital and the goods necessary to make a name for itself, and command the trade it Ii' present plans reach a conclusion there will be' a battle of the giants. mr ---- ; is- figuring upon. EDITORIAL NOT Immigration to South Africa is not encouraged, The labour market is ghutted, and living i= high. Only. the expert mechanic or the man of monev has any show in South Africa just now. --n ~ he men returning from South -Afri- ca were paid off at Halifax bv the A few may have were not imperial government. after that: and under military dis- misbehaved They soldiers then, cipline, ---- The Mail calls the redistribution of parliamentary representation ing to the "outrage." does not believe the plan of presentation for which the constitution ace wd It census an in provides. Is that it? meen The Spectator rejoices in the drop- ping of the Latin fxom the high school course of teachers. It thinks that miore every-day' English time on common will do .the teachers good. There is force in the contention, ---------- The Toronto T&Egram advises Mr. Balfour to take a leaf out of Sir Charles Tupper's «book if he would avoid a political crivis on the educa- and tion question. Sir Charles emedial bill can never be forgotten. Se The commercial ficn of the United States are clamoring for one cent postage. ~Will- they get it? Not this vear. The postoflice department of the United States is very progressive, but it cannot be too radical in 4Ats non- paving schemes. i The United States has almost a mik lion pepsioners--one for every seventy- five people, men and women and ba- bies in the country. Is that not sur prising 2° Had. America a war like that iti South Africa it would take the en- tire revenue 'to. pay its pension ac counts. - air The Ottawa Citizen repudiates the idea that Winnipeg will,-as a contem- ' suggests, become some day the porary centre of the 'dominion and its capi tal, Ottawa will probably always he the seat of government, though not designéd « hy nature for such a dis- tinction. Leather: Belts. black Bibby Leather Belts. olive; and D. white The H, B TOW, tar; ok. [Cl and 75 Patent Leather Boots. cost 'at For Tadies and gents at Abernethy 's, -Saturddy, Augiist 9th. his | THE DAILY WHIG, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8 THE NEWS OF THE WORLD. TELEGRAMS FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH. Matters' That Interest Everybody --Notes From all Over--Little of Everything Easily Read and Remembered by . the Dear . Public: Hamilton's celebration will include fireworks on the mountain, corona- tion day: The British rifle team to compete at Ottawa for the Palma trophy will sail for Canada on Tuesday: next. While Henry Scott, Lindsay, was handling a Mauser bullet it exploded and" blew off part of his finger, ss The failure of the many Whitaker Wright flotations is said to have re: sulted in a loss of $100,000;000. Sergt. George Armstrong, whose next of kin lives at: St. Mary Ont. died of enteric fever in "South Africa. The London 'Fimes says that "Lord James, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, has resigned from the cabi net. R An application has been made at Toronto for a winding -up order against the Montreal Woollen Mills company. Astronomers at the (California announces of of University the discovery 100 pairs of double stars never before catalogued. ; Sir Thomas Shaugiinersy says the running to possibility of the . P.'R. noth- Midland has been discussed but ing has been decided. It is understood the king looks for- ward _ to receiving the premiers at Buckingham Palace, probably on Mon- day er Tuesday next. The Grand' Trunk railway has made a contract with the Logansport Coal for half the out (o., of Pennsylvania, ut of Tts mines, until Aprilfnext. The London Daily Mail repeats the prediction that the Right Hon. C. T. Ritchie, secretary of state for home affairs, will succeed Siv Michael Hicks Beach as chancellor of -the exchequer. Sir Wilfrid Laurier arranging to for Paris and Rome on August thus missing the naval reviews and Mr. Chamberlain's reception on the * Elder-Dempster boat at Ports mouth. Gen. Lucas Meyer vited to the Boer held August 31st, because Kruger can- not forgive his. behaviour while in London, where he dined: several times with Viscount Kitchener. The announcement from Belfast that the admiralty had made terms with the Morgan combination was not con- firmed in parliament. Equally un- trustworthy are the premature state ments respecting the colonial fast line for the Atlantic trade. is leave 13th, has not been in: conference to he The newly organized T ilgrims" Club will give a dinner in honor of Earl Roberts at the Carleton hotel, Lon- The guests will include Sir Charles "Dilke, Judge Rear-Admiral Lord Gen. Joseph Wheel Choate. assuming don, to-night. Lord Kelvin, Sir Francis Jeune, Charles Beresford; er and Ambassador The Canadian arch new dress, and is resplendent in crim son and purple, with the motto. *('a- nada, Free Homes for Millions." Tn or- pleasant a der to leave a impression with the police, who. after. Chamber lain's accident. objected to the - arch as an obstruction, the ( ('anadian gov: ernment has given $250 to the police orphanage. PRESS CLIPPINGS. Or History Lies. Toronto. Mail Joan of but still she day. may not be canonized in - her Are was a great gun Don't Mention It. Ifamilton Spectator. r Fhe more-voi enjoy. the holiday the less voul enjoy the following working day. The Only Unterrified. Ottawa: Citizen. Ihe barbers may threaten to put up their but the bald:headed man never turns a Char rates An Unhappy Outlook. Tosote Gldbe, ; lhe aavs are not very, far ne an we will be willing to trade ham mocks and fly-screens for coal. S0 oft Why Did He Die. London News. A minister who never collection nor®aceepted a just died in Baltimore. truly wonderful man. took up salary He was a hax a Mental Arithmetic. Peterbaro Examiner The Mail and piajority of one North Renfrew." will wake up twe the election. "that Empire says will not survive Certainly. not; it the "morning after Erinsville Notes, Ar --A number af regis stored at the Lake L View Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. McDonough and family, after a, couple of weeks outing at Lake View resort returned to Toronto last week. John Mahoney, wife and family, . Langdon, Dakoth, left last week, after 'a. week's with the former's father; Re of the Commercial Hotel. Miss Quinn is dangerously ill. Ambrose 1 of cattle to Erinsville, tourists are Mahoney: Annie Kil W. loran sold a carload ep -------- Raising 'The Fallen. Spans. slant and eniployecs of "in 'Rafting Co. - left this | morning for Cornwall to resume the work of raising and removing the spans of the Ottawa & New, York railway bridge, which fell into the St. [Lawrence two ago. It a dif- { ficult as 'the current in 'the nt The boats, | the. Collins years 18 work, pel ' piece of that s verv swilt, river at Hat Bargains On Saturday: visit Reid. Kingston, to-day. Visitor Charles Noll and family, Berlin: ] ] A. Crawford, Watertown, Miss Annie Hughes, Ottawa, Miss Catherine O'- Neill, Rochester: Misc Maggie. KE. Mur- phy, Enterprise, William Reid; King- «ton, Hector McKay. Montreal, 'A. Stewart, student of Queen's, Kin toh. 50 and 81.25 hats for! 81.5 at «(ampbeli Dros. i oa tine The best fitting shirts at The H.. D. WELL ATTENDED. The. Inauguration of the Assouan Dam. London, Aug. is stated that the Prince of Wales and Gen. Kitchen- er will be present with the- khedive of Egypt at the forma al inauguration of the great Assouan dam in December. The vam at Ascouan, the last coping stone of which was laid with suitable ceremonies last week, marks the ¢dm- pletion of the Nile reservoir, which, with the exception of the Suez canal, the greatest of all the Works constructed in Egvpt the British occupation of that It is but fitting, therdfore, that its inauguration Pshonld be attended hy the hei to the throne and the general Who did so much for the pa cilication the upper "Nile region. The new reservoir will enable wide tracts of land to bear two crops a vear instead of one, will bring waste districts into. tillage, and "will greatly increase the area of sugar' cultivation. The reservoir will supply 1,006,000,000 cubic meters of water annually. The dam at: Assouan is one and one-cuar ter miles long... It is pierced by 150 openings, which have steel "sluice gates, I'he news that the Nile reservoir was to be begun was contained in an an- nouncement on February 2th, 1898, to the effect that the -khedive in coun cil had approved a contract with John Aird & Coo, which settled the much debated question. The contract called. for the completion of the two dams in five vears' from July lst, 1808, and the contractors agreed to accept © payments by. annual instal ments of $00,000; beginning on the completion of the dams and ex®nding . R.--It is consiaered public during lana. of over thirty years--a total of 824,000.- 000. Work was begun immediately after the contract was signed, and about a vear ago it was stated that progress haa heen so much more rapid than had been expected that there was reason to believe thatethe undertaking would be completed six wonths carlier than was originally thought possible. Continuous em- ployment on the Assouan dam. has been given for the last ecighteen months to 16.000 operatives, ninety per cent. of whom are Egyptians. : IN OUR OWN CIRCUIT. News Of The Districts On Both Sides Of The Line. A. C. Osborne and wife td reside at Alliston. Henry Hudon ana wife remove from Gananogyue to Woodstock. leave Tweed C. D. Clow. formerly of Athens, has disposed of his grocery 'business in Lisbon, N.D. " Miss Beeman, Newburgh, teacher in the junior department of the public school at Enterpris has resigned. Won, Stoodley, Smith's Falls, was instantly killed while workifig on a gravel train on the C. P. R., Merrickville and Smith's Falls. A wedding took place on Wednesday evening at Cannifton when Fred. Sloan of Thurlow, was united in marriage to Miss Carrie Davis, also of Thurlow. Gananoque"s rate of taxation . twenty mills on the dollar. On the as «d valuation of 81,106,153 (out of exemptions) this will give in taxes. : Mrs. J. W. Totten, ceived word that her loughby, wife, of Rev byv.- D.D., died last Sabbath at the residence of her son, Dr. H. Willough hv. Saskatchewan, N.W.T. At Arnprior, the resignation of Chief Mattson has been referred to a special committee of the council. If satisfactory arrangements can be made with Chief Mattson, evervhody would he glad to sce him remain. An efficient, zealons ---- r. he has render ol the town four years ofl sev vice. ; between 18 side $22,219.02 Tweed, has re sister, Mrs. Wil N. R. Willough- good Mr. Whitney Is Now Cornered. Toronto, Aug. 8.--Nelson May and A. J. MeCracken, deputy returning of- ficers "in" North™ York, have challenged Mr. Whitney to prove the following charges made hy him at Holland Landing: "In everv one of the ninctv- eicht constituencies. an organized at- tempt was made to steal one or two ballots in every polling subdivision: In every eonstituency a great deal of looseness and carelessness prevailed among the deputy returning officer." He is also asked to apologize for the alleoed stander: Father And Son Decorated. Pandsmen . JJ: D: Shea, of the 14th reciment, has bedn gazetted for a long «rvice medal, having served: the pres- cribed number of years in the Cana dian militia. His father, Bandsman William Shea, already wears "the de coration, having about thirty vears service to his credit. Not in many instances wither fo amd in Canada where father-and son wear long. ser vice medals: and both still-serving in the ranks. ------------------ Not Enough To Go Around. Ahout 500 are printed. by the department for distri ution at the focal office. The number altocither too small to meef post office guides Carnoveky Wood Manufactu ing company, is now filling the re sponsible position of first in the Minneapolis (Minn. office of the Crescent Creamery Coo, the largest company of + its kind in the north western stats 'He it delighted with the city, and is rapidly foriring to the front with the -------- A Chimney On Fire. Shortly before five o'clock vesterdav afternoon the fire brigade was sum mone to the residence oi A. £. Eln er, Division: strecty where a chimney had eadght fire. The was Tex- tingui<hed before much damage déne, . \ blaze was Bargains In Hats To-Morrow. (reat clearing sale of all summer hat See our windows, Campbell Pros. ----e fee ' : Garters And Armlets. "Boston gs. 25¢.: 'others. at : 1k 15¢. The H i= now the 'demand. Nearly every day. citi sens call at the office and enquire for ws copy. of the guide, only to be told | that "they "arg all gone. * Citizens would be pleaked if the department would issue a larger number. ' yo T---- » : Is Now. In Minneapolis. Rk. W. Nishet, formerly book-keeper accountant © The best and most economical on the market. For sale by all the principal dealers. Use Eddy's Toilet Papers, Kingston Agency, No. 75 Princess Street. J. A. HENDRY, Agent. BLACK BEAUTIES ~~ o- BLACK SUITS A BLACK occasions. Black Prince or a relatives funeral. all elegant line Sacks wdding, SUIT 'We ! Beautive Alberts. Black as $20, with a girl, von have to take her out now and then, the the stern to take a party or a praver a suffrage THE H. D. BIBBY CO., ONE PRICE CLOTHING HOUSE, 0AK HALL. When vou keep company or even is a necessity on these are showing of in Cutawayvs, if vou have married girl and settled an to face expected down realities of life, vou and in a while to the are her once 88.50, high or at lots of prices between, theatre suits as low ax or as to meeting, to or to woman's gathering, a AUGUST SAL Furniture ~~ Carpets Many ol our customers are buying the We store the ready for them. You cot the uptaims ¥ for goods until youn ot are We future. the reduction cafh. | | | iY | En This chair, spring scat, ami easy; usual price, yp while they last, CARD ETS=€lenring ~omt=tuil--tmes of ~ Ax minsters, Wiltons, 'Brussels, etc.. at cost. Our K. Tavlor is in England buying our fall stock We wish to clear before the now gods come to hand. Odd paifs of Lace used as samples, at le and Japanese godd cover, large $5. For August, $25. price usual Solid Ouk Bed August price, Suites, Our $19. Curtains, also some than eost. Mattings, 813, 841, we that is great worth for Our Hardwood Suite, offering this §month value. T. F. HARRISON CO. ak EVERY DAY GAIN DAY ERNETHY'S. Shoes, Trunks and Valises. are Chinese 10c. up. "Phone go and 9I. Boots, FOR PICNICS Clark's Canned Meats and Clark's Pork and Beans are perfect in quality and reasonable in price WwW. CLARK, MONTREAL. $335 P29 34PEP PPPFPFTePe Metallic, A B BIT" mired Hercules, Star. 'For all work, All grades. They are the bast. THE CANADA METAL co, TORONTO, ONT. & TePTITIIYY id - Bibby Co. pore POPEYPIID PEEPPIILTLETPTY <