qooseberries, Shug, "$18,788. 0 lun. i 203: 1 tomatoes, - 040; canned' tomatoes, $16,200; other interested in the Montreal Light, , and Power company are eongraty- he did not ocunsider any agreement necessary, that the company in mak- i t of $300 and beginning oF the ublo-track instead of laying a switch, ted all the regulations in the motion of permission passed by the council. He held that this motion and its references to clauses in the old agreement was quite sufficient. "What is your intention concerning the laying of the rails? Will they be placed exactly in the middle of - the road-bed, that is between curb and curb ? "No, not exactly," he replied. They will be placed so that the distance be- tween the curb and the outer rail on the west side at its extreme point will be twelve feet seven inches, and on the opposite side thirteen feet and three-quarter inches. There is only a difference of about six inches." The engineer intends to make better tables at the curbings. The road 'will be made to curve down more, thus permitting of better drainage. . Well Worth Hearing. The real musical event of the thea- trical season will be the production of Jakobowski and Paulton's comic opera classic, "Erminie," at the Grand, on Monday night. "Erminie" is the most tuneful and the most ac- ceptable composition of its kind pro- duced in this country during the last twenty vears. For the opera has been before the public and never yet has the public tired of it. Tt combines merit with cleverness and beauty with the excellence of its music. Those who like a real, genuine comic opera should not fail to see ."Erminie" and Mr. Wilson. Kingstonian Killed. William Shaver, aged thirty-five, son of Mrs, W. C. Maxom, 12 Redan street, was killed on Thursday 'at Black ¥ Bridge, near Montreal. He was struck G.T.R. engine and' terribly { mangled, his skull also being mangled. He died in a Montreal hospital. His regains will be buried here, the body ing up this afternoon. Deceased wi Married and leaves a widow and ps children. He began railroading oh'ike K. & P. RR. and afterwards went to the Grand Trunk railway. . Shaver was formerly Miss Me. Biven, of Kingston. He leaves one bro- ther, Robert Shaver, of this city. Four Would Not Agree. At a meeting of the local Liquor Licensed Victuallers' Association, it is understood that all but four of . the members decided to keep their bars closed tight on Sunday and sell noth- ing. Four would not agreé to do this, stating that they would sell at any time that liquor was wanted. The other members threatened to keep watch on the four and to assist in prosecuting m if sold durin a ult acs oud ried hows, ( bell Bros., Kingston's best hat | If you want practical men to do sto . ; your Aig vs ing, id fitting, plumb. > S---------- ma ot water heating, ring up Get the habit of eating Tiuyler's "phone 418. Taylor & Hamilton © ' are the t. Only | Get the habit of buying face spon- 8 Red Cross drug eo at Gibson's Red Cross drug store. ou will save money by going there. ME Our $2 Derbys. Are wasy {by the upsetting of a boat while crossi pons Speakin, , last t, the future of the : Ti in red on T. FINDING OF A MAN'S BODY, CLEARED UP. Abernier Believes In Future Of ' Canada As a Confederation-- ~~ Defects Not In Constitution, But In Some Public Men. Montreal, May ~ 28~The mystery the findi a man's body. rire ry dy ago, ; The victim was Italian named Sapiro, who was near Cornwall, in December, river in company with ig other men who were glso drown- g before Club Jacques Car- "I still believe in the future of Caneda as a confederation. The defects are not in the conmstitu- tion, but in some of the public men." The said it was a great error to that the province of Que- bec will be able to influence future legislation if she has no sup from the west. If a quantity of those to the states had been directed to our own west, what a different situation we would have to face to-day. A clear majority was not required, but the idea was to establish groups throughout the west, and thus secure a concentration of force whenever the occasion demand- ed. The senator drew the attention of his hearers to What Ontario had done. That province would lose six members, but there would be nineteen from the west, and all would work in sympathy with the province many of them had left behind. He warned the province of Quebec of the danger that awaited it if the people did not come to realize that the future of the race was to be found in the plains of the North-West. : The Iron Moulders' Union, a strong labor organization in the city, is ina ating a demonstration against the Domi tion policy. They allege that the jail is full of immigrants induced to come to Canada and unable to find work. They are desirous of locating Graham Hunter, who, they allege, got a lot of English iron moulders to come to this country, but who have not been able to do work. The To- ronto union has been trying to find Hunter, who is said to have acted in the capacity of a dominion officer. They threaten proceedings if they find he over-stated his official position. IN CRITICAL POSITION. Capitulation of the Russian Di- vision is Expected. Berlin, May 28.--The Tokio corres pondent to the Tageblatt sends the following under date of May 27th : "It is" generally believed here that Gen. Rogi (Oku) succeeded on May 26th, in cutting off a portion of the 4th Russian shirpshooters" division under Major-Gen. Fock, having taken the heights between Port Arthur and Kinchau on May 21th and 25th, and that the capitulation of this body is expected. The fight was most bitter and stubborn an both sides; and the losses were severe." The Tageblatt's military critic sug- gests that Lieut.-Gen. Stoessel sue- ceoded by a rapid march in freeing Gen. Fock's troops from the trap. Fhe Militain-Wochenblatt estimates that 'the Russian field forces, inclusive of the Siberian reserves, number 190,- 000 men with 430 guns, and that the European re-inforcements now mobiliz- ing will bring the total up to 250, 000 with 63S guns. The Japanese field army, inclusive of the reserves, numbers 226,000 men with 780 guns, but the Militair-Woch- enblatt says it does not know precise ly how many have been landed. TERMS ARRANGED. ---- All Conditions For Tin * Soo" Condgied With. Special to the Wiig Toronto, May 25.--Robert W. Mill er, Toronto, emvicted of incest, was sentenced, toda, to seven years in the penitentiary. The Ontario government, at a spe- cial cabinet council meeting, to-day, declared that all the terms and con ditions necessary for the Soo guar- antee had been fulfilled. The govern ment now will advance the loan of $2,000,000 'to the Algoma Central railway and allied interests and, it is expected, that all the industries will be in operation shortly. . GIGANTIC FARMS. A Huge Land Deal In Eastern . Assiniboine. Special to the Whig. Winvipeg, May 28.-The largest land sale of the season wat closed, vester- day, when 400,000 acres in eastern As siniboine were purchased by Chicago capitalists, It is the intention of the new proprietors to put the whole tract under cultivation at once," and they say that the land will be under crop by a year from this spring, apd that this is but the start of a series of such giganto farms. The highest market Priké was paid, the total transaction involving an outlay in the neighbor hood of $500,000. The work will "be carried through on a scale never be- fore attempted in Canada. ---- Eat Horse And Dog Meat. Tacoma," Wn., May 2%. --Miners on the Tanana river and its tributaries have resorted to steaks of horses and dog meat during the last few weeks, while awaiting the arrival of . sup all the winter on Tanana. "Early in oats twenty five ants poupd at Fairbanks. Ham, bacon. sugar, rice and lard were entirely out. ---------- . New York At Half Brice. This is what is told The Somerville Co. every day in regard to cost of their artistic millinery. George Mills & Co. For young men's straw hats. ° gems are properly applied to nion government's immigra- challenge the winners cathedra), preacher. SATURDAY, ---- 3 Newsy 'Picked Up By Reporters Their Rounds. "June 7éh. Keep this date open." G. C. Cummings, Lyn, was in town to-day. E. J. Sarle and wife, Montreal, are at the British, Walter 1. J , Montreal, was a city visitor ; Dr. Charles A. Hodgetts, Toronto, was in the city to R. H. Gamb! Brockville, were in town to dav. Miss Lily Burr, formerly of Deseron- to, died from pneumonia in Linden, Mich. Dr. Reid, M.P.P., has taken over the steamer Dean, which he will use as a pleasure boat. * Jaf Dr. J. A. Bell, Watertown. N.Y., and Dr. B. McKechnie, Pittshurg, P'a., are visiting John Bell, Pine street. Lever"s Y-Z (Wise Head) Disinfect ant Soap Powder dusted in the bath, softens the water and disinfects. ] Miss Edna Thompson, B.A., of this citv. has secured a first-class certifi- cate from the Regina Normal School. Ald. Toye will bring before the civic finance committee a scheme with re- ference to the work of city commis- sioner and the enforcing of by-laws Mrs. A. C. Mackay, of Renfrew, en- tertained at afternoon tea on Wednes- day in honor of Mrs. Goodwin of Kingston, and Mrs. Mulkins of Otta- a. 'ather . McWilliams, Spencerville, is at Burlington, Vt., his old home, for rest. Father Trainer, of Kingston, will have charge of the parish during his al Otto James has been engaged for instructional purposes by the choir of St. Mark's church; Barriefield, as the choir are desirous of attaining a high standard of proficiency. Thomas Pope, Colborne street, yes- terday found a coin of the time of Queen Anne in front of A. E. Herod's shoe shop, on Princess street, in the excavation being made for the street railway double-tracks. A lI match was to he played this afternoon, ' between the Black Watch and Battery teams, and in all probability the Y.M.C.A. team will of this after- noon's game to a match next Satur- day. In men's and young men's suits we show a finer class of goods tfan any made by the best ready made manu- facturers. We import the goods direct and have them made to our special order. "Come in and see them. Roney & Co. Oscar Telgmamn, of Kingston, will be busy until June 15th at Prescott, drill- ing local talent for the presentation of the military' operatia, "Leo the Royal Cadet." There will be seventy people on the stage, augmented by an orches- tra of twelve pieces. Last evenine. the Methodist Sunday school at the junction gave an enter- tainment and social. R. D. Anglin pre sided. Some boys created a hit of a rumpus by shouting and exploding fire-crackers in the building. However, the chairman stated this morning that they became like lambs when the refreshments were passed around. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. Would Like To Know. Kingston, May 28.--(To the Editor): 1 should like to ask why the commit- tee 'elected at the Teachers' Associa- tion and read out by the president, Mr. Fleming, was not retained. The names were Misses Cox, Chatterton and Barclay and Messrs. Rielly awd Boyce. Can the teachers who have been previously on the committee ask the teachers to nominate and second and then go to the president and sub stitute other names? 1 do not be long to either committee of 1903 or 1904, and 1 simply want information on this point.--A TEACHER LOOK- ING FOR FAIR-PLAY. A Baseball Game. An interesting game of basehall was played this morning at the Cricket field between twa junior teams, the Capitals of the K.C.I. and the Y.M. C.A. team. Tne wack on both teams was good at times, but apparently many of the pk vers lack practise, be fore they are brou At up to their us ual form. Tht Y.M.C.A. won out hy a large scora, 35 to 13. The teams Y.M.C.A.--Carson, c.; Offord, p.; G. Murphy, 1b.: J. Williams. 2b.: Martin, as: 8, Wilson, 3b.; Fegp, 1f. : Me Mahon, c.f; Bennett, r.f. Capitals.--Lockett, ¢.; J. Murphy, p.; KJ Williams, 1b; V. Crawford, 2b; R. Crawford, s Strachan. 3b-; Gaskin, Li; MeGil ay, cf; Cook, rf Umpire.~H. Forsythe. In A Padded Room. Paris, May 28. Mlle. Fleury, the young lady candidate for the Prix de Rome musical contest, which enables the winner to be sent to Rome for three years to study at the French government's expense, has successful- ly passed the semi-final examination at Compiegne. She is a tall, hand- some blonde with a '"far-away" look in her eves, induced, no doubt, by her extraordinary experience. She was shut up in a padded room for fifteen dave, only leaving ity to take her meals in common with the other can- didates, who are all of the male sex. Boys Have A Row. There was a commotion on Princess street, near Barrie street, last even- ing. One boy was wheeling on the sidewalk, when another boy seized the front wheel of the bicycle and knocked the rider off. The latter got up and attacked the other and then sought shelter in a house, while the "other fellow™ dared him to come out, offer iny also to lick the whole family. plies. Staples have been very short | Quite a crowd gathered to witness the sport. The lad who upset the bicycle May flour was £10 per hundred and threatened to have the other summon: ed to the police court for illegal rid- ing on the sidewalk. No Danger Of being charged a big price for' your hats and bonnets at The Somer- ville Co. On Monday night Synod service will' be held in St. George's at which Rev. Dr. Symonds, vicar of Christ church Montreal, will be the 100 rats killed for 25¢., Rat-Biskit. Perfect the Somerville Co's shirt waists, Y : s hould See thes 8 on Sold wt Gibson's Red Cross drug today A. Stephens, MAY 28. NEWS OF WORLD NEWSY ITEMS FROM MANY ~ QUARTERS OF EARTH. ---- ' Matters That Interest Everybody --Notes From all Over--Little The SS. Hurona, from Middleboro, passed Father Point inward, 9:05 a.m. The New York police raided & prize fight last night and made sixty-two t. arrests. Marshal Su, inprisoned by Chinese empress for pro-foreign proclivities, is released. Mrs. Kate Carroll, New York, mar- ried on Saturday, has developed lock- jaw, and wav die. The SS. Manchester Corporation, from Manchester, passed Father Point inward at 9:10 a.m. + Miss Rayfield, New York, is elected grand chancellor of the Pythian Sis- terhood at Rochester, N.Y. Senator Quay has arranged his worldly affairs. His condition is such that he may succumb at any time. President Knowles, People's Savin Bank, Pawtucket, Conn., who is ill, confesses to a defaleation of $20,000. William Lang and John F. Garvin have been appointed examining offi- cers in the customs office at Peter- boro. Daniel McSweeney, inmate of Sol- diers' Home, Bath, N.Y., gets eight years at Auburn for killing a vete- ran, Fearful of being put in an asylum, Mrs. Yawger, unsound mentally, Union Springs, N.Y., committed sui- cide, George J. Gould is about to enter politics, and will try for a seat in the House of Representatives from New Jersey. ba} A tornado is reported to have de: stroyed the village of New . Liberty, Pope county, Ill. No fatalities are re- ported. ' A Hawley, Pa., youth, mentally un- sound, attecked four of his family with an axe) "crushing the skulls of a brother and sister. Lake Carriers' steamer Joliet, clear- ed from Cleveland, with coal for Fort William, but masters and pilots still say traffic is blocked. Peter Mcintyre, Balderson, sold his farm on the 8th concession, Bathurst, to John McTavish, of Beckwith. The price paid was $7,300 for 100 acres. At Los Angeles, Cal., T. S. Ingra- ham, first assistant chief engineer of the International Brotherhood of Lo- comotive Engineers dropped dead of apoplexy. At Los Angeles, Cal, by the vote of 141 to 188, the Methodist general con- ference decided not to make any change in the church discipline in the matter of prohibited amusements. The Buffalo Times is authority for the statement that "after August 15th no free transportation will be given by any of the roads running to St. Louis during the exposition." King Oscar, of Sweden, is not al- lowed to travel free with his suite on the Swiss republic's ralways. He and his retinue were held up at Lausanne till they paid their fares. Commissioner Williams, New York, has decided in the case of Carlotta Fragana, a maiden of Sunny Italy, accused of flirting by jealous woman co-immigrants, that the practice is not a crime. James Hickey, G.T.R. employee, Montreal, has given a portion of skin to graft on the leg of Roy Banks, the seven-year-old bov run over by a lorry. It would have taken a year to heal, but for the grafted skin. The French Chamber of Deputies, by a vote of 427 to 95, approved the re- call of M. Nisard, ambassador to the vatican, and rejected all propositions for an immediate dissolution of the relations between church and state. At Ogdensburg, N.Y., the Standard Oil tank steamer Imperial dracged her anchor, during a squall on the St. Lawrence, tearing away the telegraph cable crossing the bottom of the river. She barelv had sufficient steam on to keep off the rocks. A PATIENT PUBLIC. It Endures Brooklyn Rapid Tran- sit Company. Special to the Whig New York, May 28.--One of the most remarkable phenomena of American civie, particularly urban life, is the wonderful patience with which the public endures the most outrageous impositions by corporations and the most glaring imcompetency in the management of public institutions. One of the most remarkable specimens in the line of angelic patience under the most aggravating conditions is and absolute lack of common sense in the management of the Brooklyn Ra pid Transit company. It is true, the bridge problem is not simple and easy to solve, but the methods em ployed by the company are so abso lutelv inane and rideulous that it is difficult to believe that sane men ori- ginated them. Persons who are com pelled to use the bridge trains every day, never know where to go to met a train. One day they walk. up two flights of stairs to the accustomed platform, and when they reach the top they are informed that they have to go to some other platform. That means of course loss of time and climbing stairs. Next day the arrange ment may have been changed again, perhaps to the former platform, per haps to a third one. Sometimes the regular bridge trains run. at other times, absolutely without definite rule or system, the bridge passengers are crowded into the last car of some re gular train. But. no matter, what the incompetent management does. the patrons never lose their temper and accept the tribulations cansed by the stupidity of the management as « matter of course and without a growl. -- You can buy your bov a good suit cheap at Livingston's to-night. Messrs. McCoy & Milford, Napanee's local contractors; have secured a con tract on the Electric power canal at St. Catharines. y Twelve pints of household ammeonin from one 10c. package of powdered ammonia from Gibson's Red Cross drug store. x Boys' knee pants, cheap, at Living- If You Ask For DEWAR'S "Blue Label" Why shouldn't you get it? You pay for it? Don't you ? Make sure you getit to ! 33 different styles to select from. Nightgowns, soc, 65c¢., $1, 75¢, $1.25, $1.49, $1.63, $2 and on up io $4. Chemises, 20c., 23C., 25€. Drawers, 29¢., 25€C., 33¢., 35¢, 39¢, and up. 45+ 55¢.» 756 Corset Covers, All the new ideas shown in each of the above garments. 10c, 12%c, 15¢, 20c., 2§C., 35C., 50C., 65¢., 75¢., and on up. New Shirt Waists Just received some of the very latest American designs. Prices range from $1.25, $1.50, $1.75, $1, $1.99, $2.25 in White Organdie and Wh'ie Lawn; also in Champagne Linens. White Shirt Waists Made ot fine French Lawn with Mexican Drawn Work Fronts. Price only $1.49. OHRLABLAVES) Boys' and Girls' Low Shoes 75c¢., 8sc., $1, $1.25. Large new stock just in. ston's to-night. the meekness and good nature with which the travelling public of New ' LOCKETT SHOE STOR York, endures the utter incompetency And | Laced Boots F. G. LOCKETT. Trunks and Valises on Second Floor. The immense Louis "'growed, suggestion mad souri Historical tion of the cen April 30th, 180: parte to Thoma try west of the land known in | ana Purchase fourteen states kansas, Color: Dakota and No dian Territory Louisiana, Neb souri, and Okls deep root; the with far-reachin lead the moven the states and chase was aro al encourageme it should be world's fair. T gave $5,000,00( tions; the city and half the b a site; Congres lent $4,600,000 000,000 has ber grounds, buildi inducing co-ope ing the fair. 1 moreover, spen exhibit; the Ph represents £104 and territories prehensive exhil them have buil tions of these Missouri's $1,00 000, amount to Many foreig large exhibits & except Russia, | priations of" 0obd -meven mill and France hav million each. E pan have spen show places on t in thei Aips and. * $750,000, as has counting .the these concession construct their foreign govern their participat; $35,000,000 mor teen million ds paid for the tory, and twice the ordinary When expenditw tors is added tl 850,000,000; the to $100,000,000. The Whig ma Canadian Press sion to this gr and in its revel outsiders met o) up as journalist: He could do t sure if he felt class are read. upon a trip to t exceptionel cir study of the gion and for th ation. He pres interest in the. Iv trip, reviving of old friends ti and recording p an inspiring n erners whose tr ests are allied prospects ofthe the time half a « dened the pages actually spoken existence, and away asked for was not lost sa ing revelations Rockies, lost no ties of the Roge propelling impul of pencil, paper vrovidentially sf -------- oe