\y. You'll want to look your best, no detail should be neglected. Easter : de this week. ue and Black Semi-Ready Suits, Overcoats, three different lengths, English Street Glove. Derby Hats. 25¢c. and 45¢. den of Spring Neckwear. Everything did eed in every home for OF RED SPRUCE Gum it sign of a cold, bo allay all throat e inflammation reeness--check t off the cough. curative properties of Canadian S ics, Pleasant to take, 25 cts, Boctie. Hil ASSORTMENT i Chocolate Eggs from 1 cent icks, Baskets and' Eggs, Motor er than ever. I -------- 166 Princess Street RIFF EINIIIIIIIIIIIY Cessrssvssverrsese rgnchin there about the close of the South Airican war. Last year he came at home on _leave of absence, and return- ed to his miktary life in the best of health. Lionel Ridout is an uncle is d- {a brother of the deceased, and Perci- od | Val \Ridout is an uncle. His grand- yn | mother, Mrs. Joseph Ridout, who is Id | over ninety years of age, is still alive. d Non-Jury County Court. t. The®non jury county court will be as | held in Kingston, before Judge Mad- he | den, on Tuesday, April 2nd, at 2 p.m. a- | The docket 'will be light. ce n, | Dent's English Gloves, at Bibby's. 5 n Alcohol Ayec's, Sarsaparilla has rom %lcohol, "If you weak, pale, nervous, ; out: taking this non- j alterative, rsaparilla COHOLIC edicine, take his. Get his is our advice, ntains no alcohol ---------------------- ; to hide! We pub- of all our . medicines. 'Beecham's Pills When lack of appetite is caused. overeating, take Beecham's Pills to relieve the feeling of heaviness. When a sick stomach takes away all desire for food, use Beecham's Pills. They invariably tone the di- gestion and Create Good Appetite Sold Mverywhere. 4 Rn LJ "anada Life Assurance Go'y. ESTABLISHRD (1847) This greet Cavadian Company made for Canadiun people by Can adian people 60 years ago has Riera Amounting to z In boxes 23 cents. Nothing Else FFIIFISIIIF IIIS ws 0,518.00 rance in force $112,573,028,00 urplus (or Pro Account) a $1,882,750.00 position alt Fadow- vhe n Stands in a Fnique along the lin Have the hest Life or ment Assurance by selecting ANADA LIFE, oN vou call in . the Office, 18 Market street you will be cheer fully shown the 20th Century «Policy issued by this Company, the Annual Guaranteed Divi dead Policy. which is modern to moment; also actual results Ye Kingston policyholders. J. 0. HUTTON Manager 'elephone 703. * J. BR. URQUEART, 153 Alfred St, Special Agent. PE wh Th Frontenac Business College KINGSTON ONTARIO Day aud Evening Classes Moderate® Rates. Ts Ne STOLEPALY., "Phone, 680 If you wish to be successful at- tend The Kingston Business College Limited, head of Queen street Canada's Highest Grade business school. Book-keeping, shorthand, fypewniting, teles aphy, and all com- mercial subjects thoroughly taught - by comptent, experienced teachers. Day and nicht classes. Enter at any time. Rates very moderate, "Phone, 440. H. F. METCALFE, President. J. B. CUNNINGHAM, Secretary. th wi a les we is de as We James Williams, Wales, Eng., i Visiting his step-daughter, Mrs. W. B Shuffebotham, Montreal street. It is. seventeen years. since Mrs. Shuffle hot hm last saw her father 1 i {caim® f= ou grént Sulf se to | | | Curious to Know What Donnellys in the Ne os pul a ge be bu th ho | th A The Montreal, Transportation business, on land this Country and COLO EOetettttta |r TY concerned in the announce went, are" to be responsible for the head tax 'which has been raised to 34. are fiftyfive companies directly cerned whose operations extend from tions of these compunics - passenger transportation. he is financially Messrs. ol. John Shanahan has been the conservative mavoralty next H. N the liberal association executive as a the, a upany, Who bys been in Buffulo for , city everal weeks in releasing of bidhv om wall, ing there is nothing mysterious concerning here which the Donnellys intend to use in changes wrecking job. the ;manner in 'which they rel at the head ofgSt. | are experts in this class of work situation of the heen carefully plete arrangements plant necessary to float the steamers. some days cutting the ice AHEAVY HEAD TAX INFORMA TION TO HAND . FROM WASHINGTON Transportation Companies Will Be Held Responsible--Will Take Action Over 'the Demand Made on Them. March 26.--International companies, "doing and water between the United States, from Washington, that they There con: e Atlantic to the Pacific ill shorily be taken by the Action associa which rale Sit William Van Horne left for Guatemala, Central America, to look mt> "Some railway matters in which interested. PERSONAL MENTION. Movements of The People--What Are Saying And Ppoing. Warden Platt is quite ill Prof. Walter Dyde preached in Ot tawa on Sunday. B. Cooke returned, to-day, from business trip to Ottawa. Edward, Sutdard and Karle Ashley ave to-morrow for New York. Morris and .J. Dougherty nt to Cape Vincent, yesterday. Frederick H. Pope, M.A., New York, a visitor with his father for a few AVE, { appointed sistant in the roam of Rock: asylum Alderman Givens, engine oul it is said, will Te eandidace for the Jamnary. Robertson has been added to representative of Frontenne ward. Capt John whegan, customs officer, has returned from Point Alcxandria, where he has 1 sta tioned, the past two months The genial captain is looking well, and is id to get back to Kingston again A WRECKING JOB. Will Do. Buffalo, N.Y., Express John Donnelly, Kingston, Ont., of Donnelly Wrecking and Salvage mection with the the 'giranded steamyrs and Smith, which are ie bewhe ppposite' the breuk- Fa pulling the sy touch. to the lighter Sofia) which , was rchased from the Great Lakes Tow- company some time ago. While >tting Via cir¥les methods wrecking are job, still 'marine curious about the tting the big light boats 'off the ach. The hrm has a plan; no doubt, t owing to the possible difficalty.or which may be ebcountered; e public has been loft out of thi It is certain that the nnellys need no advice, judging from handled the r Zimmerman Joseph lsland, in last spring; they The stear easing of the eo St. Mary's river, stranded steamers has looked over made for all the and com gang of men has been at work for on the out lo of the wrecks for feet, The sic many recent severe cold weather has helped to delay the work, the ice being from fifteen to twenty inches thick near the shore. ™ ~ | Sulphur and molasses, 15c. a bottle | at Best's. y x ; | See Bibby's line of I nglish golf caps, 50¢., 75c. and #1. Kentucky lawn grass seed is sold only at Gibson's Red Cross drug | store. See our fancy worsted trousers, at $4 and $4.50. The H. D Bibby Co S#lect oysters at Carnovsky s. Hata are no side show at Bibby's STREET CONTIN NUATION Ss. Ie Ful! Report of the Board of Works. The following is the report of the hoard of works upahisttect continua: tions, adopted last evening by the city council : at upon the report of the city engineer upon the condition of the Earl street slip; your committee pe commend as follows : That part of Far! street lying east of Ontario street, and west of the Gram Trunk branch railway track was, by by-law duly ratified by aot of the provincial legislature cl weed up and divested of its character as a street and leased to. the Canadian Locomotive and Engine company, (Limited), and their successors for the term of ninety-nine years from the Ist May 182, at a yearly rental of five dollars. Under the above lease the city may at any time take possession of the leased land, upon giving twelve moni previous notice; if possession ig taken within the first twenty-five vears the eity must pay for the build J ines on the leased land at a price to | be fixed by arbitration, but if posses sion is taken by the city after the ex- first twenty-five years building must be. re- of the piration of the of the moved at pany, The slip and a portion of the har bor lying east of the land covers! by the above has been filled in by the company, notice or the withorizytion of the city and is being possessed by the company for ite purposes Tease. the the expense com- lease without used and The city is, your committee are ad- vised, the owner of the slip and por: tion of 'the harbor so fillad in and tnken possission of by the companv and deri its title tarde T the act 9. Vie chayper 75, which vests the harbor in 'the city council except that date (1546) al- those parts at ready granted to private persgns or held for military purposes. Your committee is advised that "if the company ted to remain in undi uted possession of the slip and portion of the harbor so filled "in, the company may acquire a title by Possession to the city, one of the conseauenevs of which would be {tha t on the expiry of the company's 1 le mn v reverter of the leased J arrion of Karl street to the city, the is perm adverse least and if that street would be fore over cnt off from the waters of the harbot Your committee do not recommend the immediate ouster of the company from the slip and portion of the har bor =o filled in and taken possession of, provided the company acquiesces following arrangement which vour committee recommend be entered into for the purpose of preserving the { title of the city to the slip and por tion of the harhor in question. A lease be entered into botween the and the company for a period of vears coterminus with the unexpired jterm of the above mentioned lease of a portion of Earl street the condition of the slip and portion of the harbor fto Bd as in the existing lease of n of Farl street and the rental $5 a vear until the expiry or proposed nortior to be {sooner determination of \Se I'he sanetion of the governor-gene- ral-in-couneil be obtained tb the fll- up of the slip and the portion of the @warbor in question. If the letting of the slip or portion of 'the harbor at a nominal rental amounts to a bonue to the less then the lease would be required to be sanctioned by the ratepayers as in the case of all municipal bonuses to manufacturers, ing Upon the report of the city engineer respecting the protraction of Ontario street, King street, Bay street and North street into the harbor, your committee recommend as follows : That it is advisable that the city equire the land and the land cover- td with wrter as shown on the accom- panving plan of the city eagineer for the purpose of extending the said street as shown on 'said plan. : That with 'a view to acquiring title to the said land and land covered with water rs shown aon said plan, snd n cancellation of the lease of the Kingston & Pembroke rauilwav com pany, as to said lands, be entered into at ner department of the negotiations + with 'the pro government st Ottawa, and thet Mr. Harty, the member for the 'city, in the dominion house, be asked to co-operate with this council Buy Pe drug" stor runa at Gibson's Red Cross It's fresh there. Fowne's English gloves, at Bibhy's New England Chinese Restaurant 331 King Street Open from 10.30 a.m. to 3.00 a.m. "INE beat pot. an a found Lunch in eo Meals of ell kinds on shortest notice; English and Chinese Dishea a specially. 'Phone, 655. NewYork Chinese Restaurant | | 83 Princess Strect Open from 10,30 a.m. to £.00 a.m. { The best plack to wet aw al round | Eunca i= the citys Meals of ull kinds | on shortest notice; Emglish and Chines | Wghes a soecialts | { Py. FRONTENAC - Praeident--i Richacd Onsvwright | i arm_ Pro- | parties ey i i epost | Deposits purchased. received Not interest allowed. B.C. MoGill, Director. | Office, 87 Th Janaging Kingston, "'he sudden changes in Weather ought to suggest the wisaow of putting | | | Ne CUT OFF SERVICE -------- LIGHTING HIT TO THE TRANS- MISSION CABLE And Toronto's Street Railway Service Was Disorganised *For Some Time--The License En- quiry is Resumed. Toronto, Unt., March 20.--Lightaing struck the transmission cable of the 'Loronto Street Railway company at the Davenport distributing station, shortly. after six o'clock, this morning, off 'the service with Niagura Far or fully two hours the suet Id service in Toronto was come pletely demoralised. In the railway committee of the le isjature, this moming, the chairman, on. Mr. Hendrie, intimal that W. R. Smythe's bill w lucorporate the Silver t Electric Light Railway com- pany will be allowed 0 pass if * the committee so decided. The measure was held over a few days ago, as the government had doubts ubout agreeing 10 the incorporation of a road which, in part, would parallel the Temiskam- ing & Northern Ontario railway. It has been decided, as the federal gov ernment already granted four or five charters for lines in almost identically the same sections, the provincial gov- ernment may as well do so for one road over which it would have con- trol. When the license enquiry, before Com missioner Starr, re-opemed to-day, there were further recitals by hotel men regarding the conditions of their houses a few years ago. Some of the hotel men admiteed that they did not: think the places fit to hold a license, but that improvements had been made since. How the breweries control oer- tain hotels was als .gone into amd one witness, who keeps a small hotel, admitted that the breweries practical- ly owned him. The enquiry was ad journed till to-morrow morning when ex-Inspeetor Hastings will be called to the stand. It jslexpecied that to-mor- row will se¢ the conclusion of the evi- dence, The Ontario legislature will adjourn to-morrow night until Wednesday of next week. A winding-up order tosday, in. the case of the Stratford Cordage Co., on the application of the Traders Bank, which holds a judg- ment against the company for $445, The company had an authorized capi- tal of $40,000, 21.700 being paid up. It is lensed to the Perth Flax and Cordage company for $%,000. The winding-up order is not to issue for a month. The London and Western company. is liquidator. -- was granted, REJECT THE DEMANDS And Will Let Labor the Same. Chicago, Murch 26. The demands of 50,000 employers, of move than forty weitern vYailways, for an increase in wages; will be rejected as a result of a confdfence of rpilway managers, yesterday. The intention of the rail way officials, it is stated, is so place the leaders of the unions in the posi: tion of. rejecting a substantial wage advance, already tenderetl by the rail- ways, thereby losing the sympathy of the public in case of a strike, FELL ACROSS HOTZ STOVE. Leaders Do Leeds Farmer Seized With Heart Failure. Ont., March 26.-~John a well-known farmee, township visiting his brother, was seized with heart failure and fell across the kitchen stove, in which a hot fire was kindled. Though quickly moved by parties close by, his head and face were somewhat burned. Efforts to revive him failed, and in a fow minutes hé was dead. He was abont fifty vears old, and a widower Brockville, Avery, of Yonge, while Resiens After Long Service. New York, March 26.--Maj. Anthony J. Bleacker, who has been in military service for some twenty-three years, has resigned from the Tlst Regiment, and quits the service, to-day. Capt. Beekman has received the appoint: ment in his place. Color-Sergt. Bu. ford has received the brevet of second lieutenant after. twenty-six years of service, and has been retired. Trouble In Persia. Teheran, Persia, Murch 26.--Serious disorders have broken out at Scheawar necessitating the intervention of Rus- sian troops. The lawleda natives of the vicinity have risen and are at tempting to foree an entrance nto the city. Two Russians have been killed and a number wounded. Rein- forcements of Russian troops are re- ported to have started for Sebezwar Threw A Bomb. Bialystoke, Russin, March 26.--A bomb was thrown, to-day, at Gov.-* Gen. . Bolfwaski, while he was out driv: The governor-general was uninjured, . but his coachman was slightly wounded. The bomb thrower excapuxd London Man Gets It. Que., asking that a tax be imposed on bachelors resident in that city. The petitioners are the young ladies of Hull "Qiiaker Bitters," the great stomach clednser, $1 bottles for G0c. at Best's. Hats that R hats, Bibby's. In hot countries meat exposed fo the direct rays of the moon putrefies much more gapidly than if kept in the dark Hoo Tonic and spring medicine. 81 bottles, 35¢c.. Only at Gibson's Rerl Cross drug store. Hundreds of 'patteras, fancy hosiery hand 'clothi matter of pride, but yet Jiang Pble content to wear opinions of the Woodstock, Ont.» March 26. Alexan- x cont capa der Borlamd, of London, has been fying plant of the net, le appointed chief © of the fire depart, of turning out one gross howe of anent. cod liver oil emulsion. This is a pow- erful' machine for opuaition a Ie 3 ducing the globules t on In Pineapples, bananas, Carnovsky's. ot rs 8 particles so that it can be "Yolande," the most fragrant and | readily assimilated by the most deli- lasting of all perfumes, 50c. oz., at cate stomach. 5 th ; / Best's. The company has au orired us to Nobby Brownie suits, Bibby's. ' say that any persons sending name A petition, unanimously signed, has | and address, with this article clipped been 'received hy. the city clerk, Hull, | from this paper, mentioning the name LETTERS To THE EDITOR. & Dlsertation on 3 Second Hand Creeds. Kingston, March 2.--(To the Ba. tor): ln a tissue, Creed: : Ee ont a Hand, Covedn," are not popular, _-- a in religion are, stra Ray, Yate the past." So far the writer on the Subj, ks of the third person oi he Lfiguralively) wheels Td Pod anil says : 'Where did you get that creed? Did thus Lou make it?" addressing the second person with three Questions at once. There are not two persdus who wld give the same answer, yet in the main trath they would be exactly, identical: ly, the same, for it roquires different bait for different fish; and the master Said, "1 will make you fishers of py second question asked by the writer is: "Was it made to order, to fit the facts, ahd fancies of your own brain ?*' Well really I think it must have been, since it is so simple that a way-faring man tho af may not err therein. | take it that the writer attacks Christians as a body, since he does not mention any in particular, and that is well, for of all the unprofitdble arguments a doe- trinal one is the worst. Toplady and Wesley, once had a heated argument, and "settled their dispute, by 'wach composing a hymn, "he one wrote, "Jesus Lover of My Soul," the other "Rock of Ages." / The third question is: "Was it just handed down from some other person who had worn it ¥' Oh, no, it would be a decided misfit. But lest the sha- dow of a spot should on the soul be found, truth, takes the robe the Saviour wronght, and casts it all around. This may not be popular to his or her pride, but, there are thous: ands who gladly pour contempt on all their pride for such a garmént. How do we get it, that strange mysterious joy ! Maria Countess Huntington said, "By the letter M, the for that letter, the word would read. Not any rich, not any mighty, not any noble are called, hut God hath chosen the weak and foolish things of the earth to confound the wise. An- other, by just one note of an organ, and he, wrote of it thus "It was but a note of the organ pealing, a strange sweet sound like a spirit's call but it filled my soul with a new-born feel: ing, and bade the evil from its cham: bers fall. They told me the sermon that followed after, was grand and polished like gold refined, and _ high resobpded from floor to rafter, the sg words of a master mind. But only on that note could I ponder, that strange, sweet wound with its meaning, deep, and I know, that the music from over yonder was sent to awaken by son] from sleep. Another by one word, Emanuel." Do you know ita meaning when you {alk of old fashioned creeds ? Tis good with ws. We don't wart ang thing of a newer or better design, such a thing' would be impossible to have. And with Emanuel's love comes Sn infinite issue of feeling. Crowning the glory revealed, is the gory that crowns its revealing.- -M. A. A PROGRESSIVE CONCERN. ts Quarter Century's Progress Mark. ed By Important Milestone. Among the evidenoms of recent a vancement in the business world has the reorganization and extension Jdl-known propr irtary medicine T. A. Slocum, Limit od, of Toronto. Its progress has been so rapid that it had outgrown a capital, consequently the company has taken out u new charler, with - tended powers and enlarged capita On the board of directors and among the sharcholdors are some of Toron {o's most preminent citizens. The company has built up an en: been of the we business of Dr. viable reputation for int Pity ol business methods and excellence ol products. That great and popular tonic and curative remedy, Psychine, has stood the test of more than a a century's public use and criticism, and is unquestionably the most effective successful, and largely used of all remedies for the prevention and the cure of coughs, culds, bron- chitis, eatarrh, la grippe, oummanion stomach troubles, and incipien} cases of tuberculosis or consumption, it has completely proven Dr. Slocum's theory that while the safest And best consumption cure is by preventing and curing the troubles that god to jet cons tion in ite early stages avd _ its advanced quarter of and in many cases in stages, can be cured by proper treat ment and the use of Paychine. Thou- sands of letters on file in the offices of the Scmpuny prove this. These let- ters are always open to inspection, Among the 'other popular and valu- able preparations put up by Dr. TA. 'Sloown, limited, are Slocum's cele: brated Coltsloote Expectorant, Oxo- mulsion, Dr. Root's Kad Pills and Oxojell. These with a n other remedies make the largest and best line of proprietary icines in Can- ada. Their plant is modern and com- plete. One Bee is. an automatic bottling machine that will fil 6,000 bottles of Psychine per day. They hive also the - finest electric omulsi- of this paper, and the nature of their trouble, will receive by return mail ou large sample bottle of Psychine ab- solutaly free of charge. This is an ex- cellent opportunity to test a valuable medicine, and those who ' are suffering from throat, long or stomach to. " bles should 'avail themselves of offer. The gomvanv's address is: Dr. T, A. Sloctan, Limited, 179 King St, Went, Toronto. -------------- It has becn decided to send French fooim do ona Oe iba. Boteith rn in oroc the, Bf + | at_ Bibb; Ra at | "TH GOREN OF TABLE ATH" HAS CONSTANTLY. and STEADILY . in Popularity and Esteem, and is. 'ACCEP THROUGHOUT the ENTIRE C D V as possessing all the _properties of an IDEAL PERFECT TABLE WATER. APOLLINARIS is a digestant, mildly stimulatiog ¢ acid secretions of the stomach. 5 APOLLINARIS should be the habitual beverage | those suffering from chronic gout, rheumatism, ¢ or excessive uric acid. A GREAT DISPLAY OF NEW GOODS FOR EASTER COSTUMES SKIRTS COATS MILLINERY NEW FANCY TWEED AND COVERT CLOTH COA I newest style, at $5, $6, $7, $7.50, $8.50, $9, 0 and COSTUMES, in pretty fancy tweeds, also in black, | no, ONE 15.80. $15 and $17. NEW BRILLIANTINE SUNBURST SKIRTS, in' black, 'navy and cream. MISSES' SKIRTS, in prety: fancy tweeds, 'etc. EN _ Easter full of millinery trimmings. it's new, we have it." There's Health in its s aver, . And Strength in its Flavor is mature's nerve restorer. It's a stimulant for the enervated ; and a delicate tonic for all. Bluok, green, mixed --86e. to §1 a b.--All grossrs Only lasts a few days longer, as we intend begi building" operations. What goods remain on the oe are closing out at less than cost to save expense of me 4 JAMES REID "Phone 147. Our Coal oil Is the best that money can buy, it burns clear, white and 3 clean. i : *h Order by 'Phone No. 223 : Have you ever used CHARCOAL for Broiling, Toasting, Light ing Foren, ste . i TRY A BAG FOR 15 Soon be time to tale down your Stoves. We do _ 4 move and, store for the summer too, if you wish. we é Please note that our fire is a thing of the past, now fitting up new stores. We are already reaiing good. express to replace burned .ones. All our wo! } going full blast. Send in your orders as usual,