COURT DECLINED 0 TAKE Bank Officials Are Still Tell- What G St. Paul's Church Pyosperous. St. Paul's church vestry meeting was held lastanight, and the reports ted showed the congregation to be ina condition. The ro- venue was more than last year, the largest in ten years. In view | this, was presentyd as the 'rector, in Carey, with a purse of £50. Go bd Coot: Gaski inted £0 5 Mm Was re-appoin ie to ih Ontario synod. R. people's warden lay del ; F. Elliott was chosen reetor's warden. Secured His Degree. George - F. Moore, son of Edward loorg, of the eloctric lighting com- pany, bas graduated from the Royal College of Dental Surgeons for to io: torin day. They will likely be asked "| the conviction that Gamey was guilty. not being a court uiry. ht The matter. with. the commission. If pa- Hon. Mr. Stration what, he asked, was mmission 7 The matter was gained by private was not taken in evi that hat in justice to (Johnston) had not been ewed and he denied the correct ness of one report attributing to him What he had said, and that was not for publication, wes that if the bank's statement. were true certain charges: might be laid, The Mail and Empire's case was postponed till to-morrow and the World's case till Thursday. The first witness called was F. Ho- warth, teller of the Ontario Bank, who was in the box at adjournment. He was questioned at considerable length as to the marks or initials on the deposit slips returned to the bank by Mr. Gamey on April 18th. His evi- dence was not conclusive as to wheth- er or not the marks formed his owe initials, James 3 accountant, swore that after Mr. G first visit at 10/a.m., the teller called his attention to the substituted slip left by Wr. Gamey. Brown then sent the messeager Barton after Gamey, and the lavier returned to the bank with Mr. Cros. gin. Mr, Gamey said "That is the slip 1 got from you," and persisted for some time that it was so; finglly he k n told Brown he had found the missing slip in his glove. ; He asked to have back the one he had left in the morn- ing. Brown replied that it was not then in his possession. Gamey asked him to get it and send it to McPher- son's office. Gamey returned again the fourth time with J. M. Might and said it would be all right to send the slip to McPherson's office. . Brown swore at first he thought the slip Ga- mey gave him was woe original, Coun: sel in the cross-examination sought to know how these slips were not copies of the original, but the chancellor said this was immaterial as the com- migsion. is not conducting a criminal ifivestigation. J 3 A. W. Barton, bank messenger, said that when he went to the factory al- ter Mr. Gamey and asked for the origi nal bank slip, Gamey said that the slip with the four denominations was the one he had got out of the bank. Witness agreed with Mr. Brown 'that Gamey came to the bank later and said that he had found the missing original in his glove. Witness swore that at the factory Mr, Crossin had said that the slip in four denomina- tions was in bis (Crossin's) handWwrit- ing. Walter Barwick, K.C., counsel for the bank, said that as soon as he learned of the aflair at the bank he asked Mr. McPherson to get the slip back and he also told Mr. Johnston. , The defence next put in witnesses to show Mr. Gamey's political attitude. Neil McDougall, of Providence Bay, swore that at a meeting, in May last, Gamey said he would support what ever government was elected. W. J, Beattie. i Providuws Pay, corrobor- ated this, so did Samuel Sinclair, a liberal of the same place. T 'gen- tlemen said Gamey got liberal votes as a result of this speech. e 7 ---------------- Leased A House And Lot. Murvale, April 27.---Baxter Guess has leased his house and lot on the Portland road to W. Emery. Our school teacher, Miss F. Brown, has returned after spending Easter holi- days with friends at nomic. Mrs Jantes Cutran was on Wednesday the guest of Mes. Morris Trayner. Mel ville Bennington, Glenvale, called on friends here last week, Miss EB. Guess and her friend, Miss F. Asselstine Moscow, paid a flying visit to the Simestone city on Saturday. F. Wal lace and sister, Gloria, visited friends at Verona on Sunday. Those who spent Easter holidays in othyr places and have returned to their tive homes are: G. Irwin, Mrs. B. rdy, Hits Atiuje Judy i] KN. Orser, Miss 30! vans, Mrs. M. T and Miss: Edna Guess, Visitors; Mrs. H. Hanson, Kepler, at W. Irwin's: Mrs. J. Thompson and Mrs. D. Snider, Ma- ple Lane, at James Young's; James Graham, Verona, at W, Wallace's; Mrs. John Taggart at A. Irwin's: D. Kenyon, Verona, at M. Trayner's Mr. and Mrs. John Young at John Talent's: Mr. and Mre. Danford Buck, Harrowsmith, at James Curran's, ---------------- Want To Come Here. The Montreal field battery desires come to Kingston . to spend V to come estate. Ny of the debate, the city that the wall had the property. who had continued, un- til recently, to keep it in repair. Ids. McLeod, Behan and Mowat fa- vored a refgrence to the courts to de termine who ghould keep the walk in repair, It was shown that the reason re- pairs had not heen made, as agreed upon by the propert - cepting the city's offer, was $ the owners would not trust the city far enough to go ahead with the work before receiving the deeds of the land. As a final move, Ald. Tait said if the city solicitor would deposit = the deeds with the manager of the On- tario bank, with an order to hand them over Yb the property owners when the wall was rebuilt. he would go ahead with the work. This surges- tion was received 'with applause, and it is honed that the last has been heard of the "beastly wall question," as an alderman expressed it. Nearly every alderman around the board had a motion or an amendment to one, before the council. surgesting a settlement. Nearly two hours devoted to a discussion of the trouble - | some question, which has heen hang- ing fire for five or six years, DOWN THE RIVER. Water Very High--New Library Buil Thousand Island Park, April 27. -- The weather during the past week has been fine, "although it freezes nearly every night: Work is progressing fine- ly on the new hotel. Plastering and pmishing is now being done. Quite a number of cottagers have arrived during the past week to look alter repairing, etc., to be done to their cottages. J. W, Williams, of the Otis Brooks Lumber company, Clay- ton, will superintend the. building of the new library donated to the park by Mrs. Holden, New York. Work will be commenced on it this week; it will stand next the band stand, néar the baseball grounds. _ Bert Tidd, of the Fine View store, has arrived back from Brockville, where he spent several weeks in the hospital. William P. Kepler and Car- rie 3. Moore, Fine View, were married last week. Albert Robbins, accillentally injur- ed in the eyes while carelessly hand- ling a gun, is getting better. Several new cottages will be erected this spring at Grenell Island Park. Samuel Simmons, contractor, has purchased the Baker cottage and is occupying the same. Capt. E. G. Robbins, Clayton, will again be man- ager of the Pullman house. The water is getting so high that it is tting into a number of boat houses. No services yesterday, the minister being absent attending conference. ST. JAMES BRANCH Of The Women's Auxiliary Elect Officers For Year. Yesterday afternoon ' the annual meeting of the Bt. James' church 'Wo- man's Auxiliary was held in the par- ochial school room. After the yearly reports were read by Mrs. Dowsley, the election of officers for the year fol- lowed: President, Mrs. Tandy; vice president, Mrs. Dowsley; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Genge; recording sécre- tary, Mrs. Jackson; treasurer, Miss Dupuy. Mrs. Alexander K. Kirkpatrick will go to Prescott as delegate, in June, to the annual convention. Miss Macmorine was elected superin- tendent of the C. C. M. G., and the election of the officers of the juior branch was approved of. For Good Roads. The Pennsylvania legislature has famed a bill by which $6,500,000 will expended on the highways of the state. It is significant that, after thorough discussion, the measure went through almost unanimously, the vote being 173 to 4. This is the first defi- nite result of efforts in Pennsylvania in kehali of good roads reaching back a generation. The appropriation is for road improvement within six years, and it is the largest ever fhanted for the object by any state. s sum, with the addition of $3,- 250,000 to be raised from local sources, should, recire the improve ment of 25,000 miles of main high- ways. Our neighbors are going the rig t way to make their country one of good roads, somethin, that will lead to an cnormous deve opment of trade and to a large influx of visit- ors. ' The Late Mrs. Farrell. The remains of the late Mrs. J. W. Farrell arrived hy the 3:35 o'clock G. T. R. train this afternoon from Smith's Falls. The funeral took place from the junction to Cataragui cemetery. Rev. Mr. Macgillivray, of Chalmers church, conducted the buri- al' service. Relatives accompanied the remains from Smith's Falls. . ------------ Will Go To Montreal. The members of the senibit class 'of cadets, Royal Military College, at present in Toronto, will leave that city Sunday night and proceed to Montreal, where they will inspect the ring department of McGill Uni- versity. vw be in cha : Prof. Butler, ge ol Married In Kingston. A quiet but pretty wedding took place on Tuesday i at the resi dence of William McCartney, Sr., Uni- versity avenue, when his young est daughter Esgher, was united. in marriage to William Groves, of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Groves will re- side i metropolis. slong and will be given » oy good were |. tregl is growing in violence. | Charles Walters, postmaster and G. N. W. operator at Brighton for thirty years, is dead, after a long illness. Hudson Bay company employees will receive a bonus of ten per cent. on their salaries for the past year: Sir Thomas Lipton hopes to have Shamrock III refitted by next week, and trial races resumed by May 6th. The Allan line steamer Sarmatian from Glasgow, for Quebec and Mont. real, passed Cape Rosier-at 7 a.m. to- jilliam Bell, while working on_the new dam at Peterboro, was struck on the head, and his injuries may prove atal. The officials at the Vatican are busy arranging the details of reception to be accorded King Edward when he vis- its the pope. vi, : 5 The Russian minister of war, Gen. Kuroptakin, has started for Manchuria where an uprising of the natives is xpected. It is estimated that 400,000 people lined the streets of the route followed by King Edward on the occasion of his arrival at Rome. China has given Russia what the of- ficials describe as: a final and a defin- ite refusal to accept her demands re- garding Manchuria. A grain storehouse occupied by Hindle & Sons at Harriston was burned. The Deering Harvester com- pany lost some implements. King Victor Emmanuel and King Ed- waed, of England, partook of an eat- ly "breakfast to-day in Rome, and lat- er visited points of interest. In the anti-Jewish riots in Russia, the Jews were slaughtered like sheep. The horrors attending the massacre were beyond description. Abergwili palace, the residence of the bishop of St. Davids, at Caramethan, Wales, was destroyed by fire to-day. Most of the library, however, was saved. The steamship Breakwater, from Pu- erto Cortez, Honduras, brings news that former President Sierra was cap- tured by the revolutionists on the Sal- vador frontier and summarily execut- ed. . Count Escosura, the morgantic hus- band of theen mother of Spain, was found in his bed this morning suffer- ing from a dangerous pistol wound. The shooting was accidental. The Albanians, at Lumina, and a large portion of those at Ipek, the centre of the dissatisfac: tion, have agreed to live up to the forms vronosed by Russia and Austria through the porte. The denuty game warden of Frank- fort. Mich., shot and killed Chris. Mc- Lean, who with several men, was smearing fish put of season. McLean had resisted arrest, and speared the warden to the ground. The boilers of the French steamer Guadalquiver blew up just as the ves- sel was leaving Salonica, European Turkey, and the. steamer broke in two. Several engineers badly injured, The passengers are safe. Westport Is Booming. Westport, April 27.--Westport is booming; and evervone is on the alert. The two daily trains are giving satis- lJaction. A number from here attended the funeral of Miss Killeen, Burgess, on Sunday. Arden Dier, Brockville, spent Sunday at home. James L. Me- Cann spent Sunday in Newhoro. Messrs. Robért) Bolten and W. W. North left on Mohday for Edmonton, N.W.T. Miss Mollie Cahill and Miss Elecia Murray have gone to Newboro for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Breakenridigé have returned from trip to Lansdowne. Mr. and Mrs. Rich- ard Hogan returned from Brockville on Saturday, where they spent their honeymoon. We are pleased to see Miss Lela Dier out again. J. H. Whe- lan is building an addition to his house. 3 The 'Barbers' Meeting. The local barbers' union held a meet- img last night. The question of raising prices was discussed, some wanting a hair cut to be twenty-five cents and a shave fifteen cents, while others, favor: ed the present price of ten cents for a shave, and an increase to twenty cents for a hair cut. No definite action was taken, the matter bein Jeft till an other meeting next week." One promin- ent barber outside the union states that he will keep his prices at the vg rate no matter what others lo. No on® was surprised to see the city filled with dust today. It's the plan to a large extent, on which the city does all its business. Never have a service when required. Soda mint' and chlorate potash tablets in Sc. bottles. McLeod's drug store, Where were the watering carts to- day ? Are they to be housed when the wind swirls about the streets ? onkey Brand makes co like gold, tin rir crocke! Fike marble, aad windows like crystal. NOTICE 10 CREDITORS Estate of E. L. Ebbels, late of Kingston, Druggist, Deceased. PURSU NT TO REVISED STA- tutes, Ont, 1897, Cap. 129, Notice is hereby given that ail Creditors and oth- ers having claims against the estate of the above named Deceased, who died on the eighteenth day of February, 1908, are required on or before the 30th day of May, 1903, to send by post prepaid, or deliver to. Hubert L. Ebbels of the Village of Port Perry, Ad- ministrator of the said + + thein Christian and Surnames. addresses and descriptions, together with full particu- lars of their claims, a statement of their accqunt and nature of the security, if any, held by them. i And notice is further given that after such last mentioned -date, the said Ad- ministrator will proceed to distribute the assets of the said estate 'among the persons entitied thereto, having regard only to the claims of ich notice shall, at the time of the tribution, have been given: 'and the said adminis trator will not be liable for the . said assets or any part thereof to any son or persons of whose claim he n nat have had notice. Barrister, Deceased en's, strike in How: iE +6 «..JOHN LAIDLAW & SON.... ARE BUSY This store appeals' to common sense. It > Ladies' Costumes Made from fine quality Cheviot, Dark Oxford Grey, plain coat style with strappings of silk, bell sleeve, skirt 7° gore, full flare, trimmed with strappings of silk. Price for This Costume Only $9.75. Ladies' Costumes Made from fine quality Navy Blue Venetian Cloth, jacket collarless and with full front, silk 'pipings and silk lined, pouch sleeve, skirt and yoke 7 gore and full flare, drop underskirt. Price for This Costume Only $18.95. We mention only two of the many we can show you when you call. Walking Skirts | In a great variety of new makes just received. Prices from $2 to $6. = » SLATER $5 Patent Leather Boot $5 Is made ot Patent Choice Calf, Corona Colt Skin or Patent French Calf, and - are as good as skill and money can produce. THE SLATER $3.50 Patent Leather Boot _ Is made of Patent Cordovan or Horse ° Hide, and we believe will give most satisfactory. wear. A number of new lasts and C.D. & E. widths to select from. .. ¢ *$ 2 THE LOCKETT SHOE STORE. } ted at Port Perry. April 28h, 1903. £ 2D. A UIVERS. 4 or Ad The new tight skirts demand that you wear it. These are the pumbers- and prices : Dep: Por sale by all leading Dry Goods Modses. Slr ire eee ENDURANC BOYS' SUI Built to wear. Fashio ' 'cording to the/ newest ides folks, Sailors, Vestees Tweeds, Worsteds, Serges, $2.30 1 $Y JENKINS 114 Princess Stre HO C000000DVOP000 Hinman For Style, Comfort And Correct Price In Tailoring Try Crawford & W TAILORS. IA Cosy Bright Fi F 'Is an attraction for e " felt with pleasure durin; weather. It's just the I cook with, too. Let us bin with i BOOTH'S C Phone 133, Foot of W TO BREEDE DEVERAS, 2:114,, A SO rect, 3:054, will stand for m steed at the Windsor Hotel, days of each week. communicate with owner fo tion. oe A. 'WENDLING, | FOR SALE OR TO R FURNISHED, CUT STON) No. 57 George Street. ossession. Apply to Jonuces 212 King Street. WANTED. PLAIN COOK. APPLY WR 86 Johnston street. A HOUSEMAID. APPLY Nickle, 180 Earl St. VETERAN SCRIF TO PUR S. R. McCann, 51 Brock A GENERAL SERVANT. the evening to Mrs. K King street. 30ARD, SITTING ROOM room. Apply to E, L. tario Bank. GOOD MACHINERY MOUL ply Canadian Iron & F Limited, Hamilton, Ont. Ff SESOND-HAND BICYCLE, «inch frame. Call at Wb , address " G.H.,"" Whig ( ston f MAN OR WOMAN OF GOOI to interview mothers School children. Very -n Apply at ence, to Box : GIRLS FOR STEADY EM to hire at improvers. tions to those anxious ment. Apply Imperial L LATCH AND SPRIN ters and wind Go steady work guaranter Capron Knitting Co., 1 U.S.A. NEE MASONS, APPLY AT Ti + 'at Raven Lake, near Vi or to Raven Lake Port Co., Limited, 18 King , + Toronto. NOT FAKES household needs body. INDUSTRIOUS SEVERAL in each state