a by ihited 8 Ae pried ©, which will stand any amount of wear and wash iceable, - 8x34, x4, Sixd, Wool; Jassy, Velvet. Over 300 rtd | oat. | mat left to the disoretion of i orion. who gave the requested 3 were three or "four witnesses. of whom | during the d of eo days examined, was the pri- dence will be submitted by the inspec tor to the Juthorities at Ottawa. Inspector wson states that he did not refuse to let Guard Byrne be re- presented. by counsel. He says he way informed by his counsel that Mr. Byrne was too ill to appear and he refused to hold the investigation in his absence, He insisted that the guard must be personally present. One of the witnesses came from a distance and was anxious to go home. To enable him to do. so, the inspector suggested to counsel that his evidence be taken in the presence of counsel. To. this counsel and 2 pan, was named as -the hour at which the witness would be examined. Before the hour arrived, however, Mr. Byrne was suffi.' ciently recovered to mppear with his Sounael and the investigation was LIVELY TIME AT PORTSMOUTH et) drt A Jail Delivery and General Row. \ The village of Portsmouth has been having "doings" of more than usnal interest, during the past few days, On Thursday night, during the wedding ration in the Village, several small boys and others of more mag- nitude, started in on the 24th of May celebration, by discharging a quantity S fraworks, They scattered the crack- ors aro a promiscuous manner liable to endanger life and property. G. Potter, the village constable, in to put a stop to the of the lads in charge and put him in the lock-up. His action, although ap- Pay jutified, was resented by many, feeling van high. The con- stable left the lock-up oh time, and during his absence 2 3 young prisoner's chums t together effected his release. Fhe ha on lock 4p window were bent apart the £E to t width to allow space for to be pulled through n the meantime one of fathers had squared the the constable, and the lat- came intending to release his soner, but soon discovered that he too late to execute that kindly office. The father of the boy arrested aldo made all kinds of threats of what would happen the officer of the law for his action. ges is ------ PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION For General Assembly--Want the Cars to Be Run. . The loeal committee arranging for the visit of the Presbyterian General A y to Kingston in June met last evening in St. Andrew's Hall. It was reported that the names of 200 commissioners had been received, The total will reach 500. Accommodation for about half of the latter number as so far been arranged, but it will take all the energies of the committee to. provide * for all. Kingston is a small city, and for the four Preshy- terian ch congregations to ae commodate 500 ministers is certainly Ho cadsy matter. However, it is likely that members of other denominations will offer to) entertain some of the visitors, though they ave not being canvassed, : The street car question is bothering the committee, as they feel that with. out the oars the stay of the assem- y commissioners in Kingston will not bo 3s Pleasure as it would have been had cars been running. It was decided to appoint a deputation to wait upon the city council and find out defimitely if some arrangement could not be made to run the cars the assembly's -------- Hard On The Cat. BVO Vou ever seen a cat get mix- Wp with a sheet of sticky fly paper ! Tl nut you have missed one f tho rept sights of thie life. The erified, png, spitting, mewing, -efoature presents a most Judicrous spectacle to all onlookers and causes an nse amount of laughter and fun, bit when the frantic and mad- : becomes almost The! sticky stuff, and the d damage ety curtains to be 'how fails to 5 pide of t od i se 8, ete, ete, and cannot dam- fp storie. 1 Will, | . Avoid worthless imita- . ¥ : ¥ i Veale, found it necessary to tuke one | h Com HIRAM CRONK. 'Special be Whis. 4 Utica, NY", May 13. Hiram Cronk, sole survivor of the war of 1812, died to-day, 105 y; old. ' * LETTERS THE EDITOR. Going It Strong On Fish. Kingston, May 13.--(1o the Editor): One of the professors in a local insti tution had occasion to drive down the 'Bay road, from Bath, to the city and he reports that ke never in his life, saw as many fish nets as could, he found west of Bath. Near Millhaven and towards Collinge Bay, on . the regular bass fishing grounds. Certainly something should fishing on these grounds and at the entrance to Bay of Quinte if we are to have any line fishing at all. This is one ol the cases in which the inspec tors should the alert. Yours truly, Tha : The Steam Fire Engine Trial. Kingston, May 13.--(To the Editor): Tir common with other - citizens 1 am sure that the t you gave of the trial of old "Merryweather"' engine is valuable reading and if everything, is as rosy' as it a) on the surface at first reading, oh would seems well but there is an undercurrent of state ment and opinion about the matter that it would be well to look into so that the firemen will not be in a fool's paradise and look: for results that will not mature at time needed. The question arises : t are fire engines for ? Putting out fires. Then on what does thelr utility depend? Un the pres- sure they sah produce in such an em- ergency as a fire often causes. Now 1 ave it on very reliable authority that the' engine when started up had 140 pounds of steam, but that in 4 few minutes of runming this had Jow- ered to eighty pounds-- rather too quiets a drop for efficicncy. Suppose that 1,000 feet of hose had been used or that it was neeessary to use four streams, how long would the pressure necessary be retained or would it throw any one of the streams sixty feet horizontally or forty feet perpen dicularly ? 1 venture to say no. The pressure of eighty pounds would cer- tainly be lowered in using such streams and the friction developed on the hose would use up all the power supplied and the pressure gt the nozzles would hardly be noticable. Cer- tainly it needs something stronger than either rubber or leather in the repair of holes in the boiler to resist the predsure required at a fire, Hoping the aldermen will continue their ex periments till they result in the pur- chase of a new engine. 1 remain yours, TAXPAYER. A LADY BADLY INJURED. Thrown From Rig--Horse Fright- ened by Fire Crackers. A serious accident occurred Eriday evening abaut hall past seven o'clock at Wishart"s Corner, Portsmouth. Mrs, Frank Grass, Albert street, was driving out alone to her husband's farm on_the Front Road. -Boys dis- charged firecrackers, and the horse took fright and ran away. The ear- riage collided with a high portion of the railway track and upset. Mrs. Grass was thrown violently to the road and rendered unconscious, She also sustained a severe cut across her forehead. She was carried into Mrs. Drysdale"s house and attended by Rockwood doctors, who were has- tily summoned. Wes, Grass was un: conscious for some hours, but this morning was somewhat improved. The carriage: was badly wrecked, The use of firecrackers on the streets has long become a nuisance, but ne attempt seems to be made to stop it. Both Portsmouth and Kingston have by-laws declaring it illegal to shoot off any fren rhs, crackers, ete, ' on the streets. Why are these by-laws not enforced ? On Thursday evening a Portsmouth councillor complained to the village constable about the nu and showed him the by-law concerning the matter. The constable soon afterwards arrested a lad and mt him in the guard rooms, but the ittle fellow escaped while the con- stable went after another offender. 1f the local slice would arrest a few offenders, the use of firecrackers on the streets would he greatly: lessened Succession Duties, Ontario. done to stop net * + brought forth another Despatches and Cullings Telling of Events Transpiring in All Parts of The Edrth. W. J. Fairburn has been appoint-. el raiser of customs for Ottawa, vice the late A. °H. 'Taylor. { Andrew Carnegie presented a cast of the skeleton of a diplodocus, found in Wyoming, to the British museum, It has been decided not to: engage the Newfoundland steamer Neptune for g trip this swomer to Hudson's Bay, but to hire a vessel at Halifax. The Explosive company of Cana da, {composed of Montreal men, is incor- porated with 8500,000 capital stock t to manufacture all vinds of explosives ! at Montreal: It lis beligved which has Junction, for all attempts to finally squelched. | New York and Rontreal capitalists have been incorporated as the Domin- ion Park company, with power, to es- that ffourishet several close the pool room, at Toronto years, despite it up, is now tablish pleasure resorts, = Capital stoek. $250,000. 5 There is war in the econsorvative party because Dr. Sproule detects a movement to freeze him ont of the ranks. There is also a manifestation of rebellion on the part of a number of "conservatives against the Jeader- ship 0, Mr. Borden. THE SATURDAY MARKET. Prices That Ruled To-Day, on Market Square. balmy weather of Saturday large attend- ance at the usual week end market. In some lines of produce there was an abundance offered, but in others there was a dearth. In the latter class were included poultry, spring lamb. and mutton, a Beel was conspicuous by its ahsence, none being on sale, but dealers quoted these prices: Live weight, $£50 to $5.- 50 a owt.; carcase, $6 to SR. Lamb, $1 to $5 each, live weight; by the quarter, $1 to $2.25. Mutton, scarce at from To, to Ye. live weight, and Se. to 120. by the quarter. Veal, hy the quarter, 3e. to 7c. Hogs, scarce at 38 to 836.50 for selects, and $4 to $1.50. for inferior grades; by the carcase, $7 to $9, Fowl brought from. 5c. to 81.25 a pair; spring chickens, 75¢. to 9c. a pair, Of geeso-and turkeys there was a scarcity; but dealers quoted 1c. to 12c. a pound for the first named, and 12ie. to 15e. for the latter, Batter was plentiful at from 18¢. to 20c. a pound for prints, while rolls could be purchased at 18c.; there was an unusually large supply, Eggs brought de. and 15¢. a dozen, and at that price the heavy stock bought up. For potatoes, from bag was demanded; most sales were eficcted at 5c. Oats brought from 40c. to 45¢.. and the supply was none too plentiful, Of lettuce, - rbubarb, onions. ote. there was a plethora, selling at 5c. a bunch. The was 0c. to She. a ------ POSITIONS SECURED. For Graduates of Kingston Busi- ness College. Leroy Theriault has accepted a position as assistant stenographer in the office of J. 8. R. McCann,' real estate broker, city. Miss H. Asselstine has been ap- pointed private secretary to the Dominion Cement company, Montreal. D. 'A. Gray leaves for Hamilton on Monday to accept a position with the International Harvester company. Miss Minnie McArthur has gone to Lachute, Que., to take the position of stenographer for the Hamelin-Ayers company, limited. Last week a student of the short hand department was appointed to a position as stenographer for the dom- inion government, "Ottawa. Miss Celeste Sherbineau, a graduate, has taken a position as stenographer in the office of the city clerk, } Two graduates, one of the short- hand department and the other of the commercial department, have accept- ed positions in New York and Chi- cago respectively. orb Jamieson, of the commercial department, has opened a general store at Hartington, Ont. An Extra Attraction. Visitors to the Wellington street jumble sale, this morning, were pre- sented with an extra attraction, in the form of a dog fight in the door- way of the store where the sale was held, The contestants in the fight were two mongrel dogs, owned by small boys. The larger of the two animals was somewhat handicapped by a mug gle which enclosed his Jaws and kept him from getting in his jaw work. The other animal saw the difficulty under which his enemy lal 1, and "dug in" accordingly. The two were v separated, and the youthful owner of the muzzled doo removed the strap in order to see fair plav, but the smaller dog got wise, and heat a hasty retreat before hostilities were 9 £1,747; John T. Taylor, $461. Renirew--J. W. Munro, $14,000; J. 0 "Munro, $630; Albert Small The few 1 mounts in other Fr a here S18: Edmund Hall Lambton $4.08, on, L185; amilton, $5,699. 1 Sweet poas and _nasturtiums, tall a arf, mixed, and soparate Chown's deng store. Aptis sit dos. pune overnmen r were : Eiger 1 Waldron, $75.38. Hastings--Harriott A. Bogart, $1, 971; Charles E. Parker, $140. - lanark--J. A. Burgess, $1,207; George Thotnton, 2 : : Leeds and Grenville--Samuel Finley, 1 For big hat values to-night. Camp-, bell Bros. the style centre in Kings- ton for men's hats, -- M. Maybee, Madoc, has sold his furniture te Thompson & Tufts. Try lemon or Orange phosphate at Gibson's. Red Cross drug stove. . ' p- parilia. Mends shattered nerves. Gives a healthy red to pale cheeks. Puts good flesh on thin chil- dren. he off pimples, r your NEWS OF THE WORLD, popular style, easy to put on and comfortable. 3 Very Stylish Shoes Special Announcement --PFOR Monday Afternoon On Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock: we will place on sale 16 Dress Patterns from Paris at less than actual cost to the importer. The facts are these: The wholesale firm of MacIntyre, Son & Co., of Montreal, the leading wholesale importers of French Dress Materials into Canada, just received from the Paris office a small case of French Novelty Dress Pat- terns for spring wear, but ow- ing to their late arrival, the wholesale trade for this season now being over, the firm de- cided to face a loss rather than hold them over for another season. We secured one- pe third of the case at about one- half regular wholesale price. These we will ofter on Monday afternoon at 2:30. 1 FRENCH DRESS PATTERNS With Trimmings to match. all complete. Each Dress Pattern contains 7% yards Fine All-Wool Panama:Voile,full 42 inches wide, divided as follows : 5 yards Plain Material and 234 yards Embroidered Material of French design. The colors are 3 Cream, 3 Light Green, "Black, 3 Navy, 3 Light Grey, 1 Brown. The wholesale price of these was $15 each. Our Sale Price Monday will be $8.50. A sample can be seen in our show window on Monday morning from g vntil 12 o'clock. 3 If not prepared to buy you can secure one cf these and have it placed aside at time of 'sale by paying one-half down, JOHNLAIDLAWESI WE HAVE THEM All Shades, Styles and Prices. This cut represents a very Dorothy Dodd, Chocolate, $3. Dorothy Dood, Tan Calf, $3.75. Doris, Tax Calf, Turn Sole, $2.50. t dw Shoulder braoss," B00.. New York » -- Tans, Chocolates, Tans NEAR DYING ; z : ot From an Awful Skin Humour -- Scratched Till Blood Ran--Wasted "to Skeleton--Hands Like Claws * --Cuticura Brings Blessed Relief and Speedy Cure. "WOULD HAVE DIED J BUT FOR CUTICURA" "When my little boy was three Ts old bis head broke out with a rash, which yas' very itchy and ran considerable watery fluid. We tried everything we could, buthe got worse all the time till it spread to his arms, Jegs, and then to his entire body, an he came near dying. - It itched so he would scratch till the bloed ran, and a thin yellowish stuff would be all over his pillow in the morning. had to put mittens_on his hands to keep him from tearing his skin. He got so weak he took. fainting spells, and we would think him dying. He was almost a skeleton and his little hands were thin like claws. # He was bad about eight. months when we tried Cuticura. I had not "Haid him down in his cradle in the daytime for a long time. He had got $0 that he just slept in our arms all e time. "I washed 'him with Cuticura Soa and put on one application of Cuti- cura Ointment and he was so soothed that I put him in the cradle. You don't know how glad I was when he felt better. It took one box of Cuti- cura Ointment, one eake of Cutieura Soap, and about half a bottle of Cuti- - earn Resolvent, to cure. I think he would have diced only for the Cuticura, =Mrs. M. C. Maitland, Jasper, Ont." No return in 14 years: Mrs. Mait- land writes, under date of Fcb. 24, 1903: 'It affords me picasure to say that it-is fourteen years since my boy was cured of the terrible skin disease. He has been permanently cured 'and is hearty and strong." be Soap, Ointment, wad Pills are sold throughout Es: Be worid. Depots: London, 27 Charterhouse Sq. ; Paris, g: ds in Paix; Australia, 0. 7 & Co., Sydney. Drug & Chem. Corp, Roston. Sole Prope. WF dated Frec, - How io' Cure Baby Humours No Breakfast Table An admirable food, with all its natural qualities intact, fitted to build up and maintain robust health, and to resist winter's ex: e cold. It is & valuable diet for children. COCOA The Most Nutritious and Beornomical. FERROVIM i A TONIC FOR ALL. It makes new blood It invigorates it strengthens It builds BONE AND MUSCLE Used with the greatest advantage by all Weak le. Prevents fainting, makes pallid Seeks into rosy ones. Davis & Lawrence Co., Ltd., Montreal. ICE "Phone 686 ICE Red Ice Waggons Our Trade Mark. Baton SSpectiully announce to t Lawrence Ice Co. and J. Gleest feat the two companies are all o _-- now, We trust to retain all t hs of the old firms--and to acqui 3 Many new go 08. E oe im. will be to give ' the be and he service and to have courteo By obliging drivers. You will oblige uit reporting any hiattention or a ¥0Us treatment on the part of o ! & Lawrence Ice Co 82.83, 118-122, 256-267 King Street, West Pou SMALL, H. W. NEWMAN, Manager. Kari Srawer. Secretary ers bY 'Phoue, Mail or given to ven To Meat Market, Brock S U prompt attention. } "NOW! a Is the time f ~ spring renovati ang every ove Ww intends to build remodel i bi ty practial suggesti *3pert advice and detailed pric material is first class and « are killed mechanics. David Hall, kK £1. Kingston. Phone GARDINER' _ Tisurance and Real Fstate