ou to- neat a 1 pat- -mOorrow Mar values ¢ JOHN McKAY, ® '149-155 Brock St, : Kingston, A further list of helps. Pearline The branch of this Bank at corner of King and William Sts., Has Moved TO CORKRER OF KING AND CLARENCE STS. If you wish to be successful at- tend The Kingston Business College Limited, head of Queen street Canada's Highest Grade business school. Book-keep! ' shorthand, typewriting, teles graphy, and all com- mercial gbjecte thoroughly taught by comptent, experienced teachers. Day and night classes. Enter at Any time. tes very moderate; Phone, 440. H. F, METCALFE, President. J. BE. CUNNINGHAM, Secretary. Life Producers Chatham Incubators Life Preservers Chatham Brooders The only machines that 'rival the mother hem, Automatic in action, perfect in construction and a sure hatcher. Sold on timg, of with a five year wuarantee. D. J. HAY, T. E. HUGHES, Agents, 42 Princess street. VARNISH STAINS The Canada Paint Co's, Varnish Stains are ready for use and when ap- plied, will nrod: clear and rich shades true to nature, SOLD ONLY AT STRACHAN'S HARDWARE. For every variety of Real Estate Bargains and Insurance; go to SWIFT'S REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENCY. TAKE NOTICE Between Season's we sell Goods on very small profits. That is what 258 like. Try us for the fun. TURK'S Second-Hand Store, 898 Princess St. Chinamen Paid Head Tax. Victoria, B.C., May 1.--During Ap- ril eighteen Chinamen were admitted to this province. These are the first Chinamen to onter the province for two years, and since the head tax was imposed only one had previously come in. Eighteen Chinamen bring to the tis an up-to. date street shoe. Price $3.00 and $3.50 H. JENNINGS, KING ST * NEARLY BURNED U.. What Might Have Happened Barriefield. Barriefield, April 30.--The historic village of Barriefield came very nearly being wiped out on Saturday after- noon by fire. Mrs. Lotto, on her way to the city, discovered flames coming from the roof of a large, wooden building on the corner of Drummond street. . She innnediately informed the residents, Mrs. Turner and Miss Maud Turner, who got a ladder. Several men and women arrived with pails of water from the other end of the vil- lage. The flames were extinguished. J. Esford chopping the burning parts out, while plenty of watér was poured on. Had it not been Saturday and the men home on their half holiday, half the village would have been swept, away. No fire was inside the building. It was a mystery how it started, until it was remembered : that" about fifteen minutes before a large engine, draw- ing several cars and stone "Hiking outfit had passed, throwing out clouds of fire, as there was no cap on the smokestack. The Seale farm, on the Front road, has changed hands three times, each time at a large increase in price. 'The present owner, Mr. Gardiner, has im- ported two fine strings of bronchos, whict arrived lately, two cowboys, in fuli reealia, in charge. One rode in front, one behind the horses, which drove as quictly as sheep. On Tuesday morning half the resi- donts of the village will have all their belongings on the road in process of exchanging dwellings. James Ksford has bought Mrs. Bellwa's stone house and: is moving in as Mrs. Bellwa leaves. Mrs, Cherrie is movine into Grange"s house: Me. Muller is moving in as fast as Mrs. Cherrie moves out of the Batton cottage. Such an up- heaval never struck our quiet village it is safe to say. Furniture will be on every street, and will not be a surprise if they are hlocked.. . On Monday Miss Lulu Ryrnes left for Chicago to train as a nurse, in the branch of the Hotel Dieu, lately start. in that city. There are forty res at present in that institution. Many people from the city are enquir- ing for shacks or places to camp. for the summer, along the Ridean, from the village down. Mr. Boswell, late of England, has hired five acres of land and a cottage from J. Woods. He intends starting a market n He understands the business well, is a worker, and has the best wishes of all for success. -------------- For impure blood, boils and pimples take Purdock with Sarsaparilla. = 75e. a bottle, at Gibson's Red Cross drug store, : The Ontario" 3 which_he dwelt: on the lumping," oreign. coun : commaditivs into Australia, ly i icultural implements States against w he said, protective meakures had been taken. Mr. Deakin had not concluded when the conference adjourned, The debate will be resamed this moraing, : was a brilliabt gathering, last night, at Prince's restqurant, Piccadilly, when the Canada Club en- terbined Sir Wilfrid Laurier and other premiers; Lord Strathcona pre sided, i The Duke of Argyll, | : 'the han now. - That," however, 'was considered that in the last ten days they had made a big step forwand. Sir Frederic len, who also re- sponded, agreed with Mr. Haldane that a foundation had been laid for better understanding. He emphasized . the danger of legislation exacting terms from anybody. He said: "By rely- ing upon the bond of friendship, affec- tion and loyalty, you have the safest, and in my opinion, the only guaran- toe necessary for absolute co-opera- tion. Lord Strathcona, in proposing the "Promirs and ministers attending the conference," said the empire was only beginning to realize its destiny. He declared there was a strong feeling for imperial unity in Canada. "Me paid an eloquent tribute to the dominion premicr. . Sir Wilirid Laurier, alluding to the presence of the Japanese ambassador, said Canada's nearest neighbors east and west were Britain and Japan. He anticipated that Canada might be a highway of communication between the two lands. He dealt with the larger aspects of immigration, re- marking that Canada was profiting by the mistakes of her neighbors. There was no fear to be apprehended from the influx from the United States. Concluding, Sir Wilirid claim- ed he was not speaking boastfully at Ottawa, when he clgimed that the twentieth century bglonged to Can- ada. No S Mr. Brodeur, replying to the 'toast, "The Dominion of Canada and the Governor-General," spoke of the loyalty of the French Canadians. SOCIETY STIRRED Marriage of a ' Wealthy Brewer's Widow. Pittsburg, Pa., April 30.--Society was deeply stirred by the news that Mrs. 1da Wainwright, widow of Edwin Wain. wright, millionaire brewer, had eloped to New York and been married to Willard Hay Bratton, =» handsome young New Rother, who had been an instructor of skating in the Duquesne Garden here. Mrs. Bratton is forty years old, has a fortune of $2,000,000, and has & son nineteen years oid. <d- win 8. Wainwright, student in the Shady Side academy. Bratton, not yet thirty years old, is an athlete of striking appearance. He is a son of William L. Bratton, a wealthy New York business man. In college he de- veloped remarkable skill as a skater and "tennis player. After he came to Pittsbung to be an instructar he moved in the best adciety, indicating that he had a large income other tham derived from his skating. He gave exhibitions of fancy skating, which won applause from the women specta- tors. His graceful movements sind handsome face strongly attracted these feminine visitors, Over Killed By Auto. ¥ New York, May 1.--Michael Mooney, six years old, was killed, Saturday, by an automobile 'in which Mary wer, daughter of a Wall street broker, and a nicos of the late Gover- Fa) not Flower, was riding. The boy was playing in the pont Riss Flower machine over to a police and Paul Keller, the chaufieur, WEDNESDAY, [ONS STARVE hina Likely to Be fxha uted. va, May 1.--This is gn the sypplies on the ected to be exhausted. pitifully insufficient all ow there is practically the poor wretches could. Money will hand to last until the the harvest will commissioner especi- f canned milk, and says children in Samasrd } ave no milk and are it {coarse bread made of wood and cumbers, sands of death and commissioner ap- Anglo-Saxons for two iE hundred thousand dol- venty millions of hu- 0 are dying lingering Rarvation. ATTAINED, C. F. Murphy Bury Hatchets. p 1.-"Peace has been ; leader of Tam- { six months of war- AR Rorn open the democra- he city and the state, 0 was arranged by unsel Ellison and lallivan, the latter act- The mayor's alliance Featherson, leader of district, to overthrow . General Bingham is head of the police de- H. O'Brien, commis- , gas and electricity tary to the mayor in is to become police i The ficht to oust Bors Ahearn by showing up ition in his office that thes would remove him MINERS ALIVE. ty Trying to Save of Seven Men. Pa., May 1.--Still Bb. report brought to the rescuing party that has to reach the seven men imprisoned in the Ber- ine. at Foustwell since by a rush of water that known that they were not drowned, by tapping on compressed air pipes, signals that but renewed the vigor of the men working at pumps to empty the mines sufficiently to enable the men to be brought out. RHODES' ASPIRATIONS For Recovery of United States By Great Britain. London, April 30.--The Standard says this morning' that among the as- pirations in the will of Cecil Rhodes to which Earl Grey, governor-gemeral of Canada referred in his speech at the national arbitration and peace congress banquet in New York, on April 17th, were the ultimate recovery of the United States by Great Brit ain, British occupation of the whole of Africa and South America, and of the sea board of China 'and Japan. Must Submit To Veliva. Chicago, May 1,--This is the last ay on which Zion City people must tender their submission to Veliva. If they do not by to-day, he will take radical action himself. Veliva has de- nouneed everybody who has opposed him, taking the occasion for his ulti- matum an anniversary of his ejec- tion | of the late John Alexander Dowie from the church. The oversee: declared he had made Zion City what it was, and predicted that he would make the community the wonder of the age, and get it on its feet finan cially, Of the fifteen hundred persons present when he made his declaration, twelve hundred said they would follow Veliva, who then launched into a de- nunciation of those who would not submit, Fifty Licenses Terminate. Toronto, May 1.--Over fifty liquor licenses terminate throughout Ontario to-day, the majority of them in local option districts. As indicated yester- day, Hon, Mr. Hanna stated that in the new districts over which the gov. ernmont had control, itY was not the intention to grant licenses where the local option hy-law had carried hy the three-fifths clause, and been quash: ed on a technicality. It is anticipat- ed that in older Ontario, where the boards of license commissioners have jurisdiction, that the government's ex- ample will be followed. : Restore Duty On Wheat. London, May 1.-Sir Charles Tup- per has expressed himself quite satis- fied so far with the proceedings of the colonial conference. He thoroughly eoneurs in the attitude of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, but, said Sir Charles, "to cap the whole thing they should re- store the shilling registeation duty on wheat, and 'it could be done without any infringing on free trade princi ples; put it on foreign wheat and ex- empt Canadian." a Kings Meet Again. Rome, May 1.~King Edward, while passing outside of Rome on his way ® London, Bray, was met 4 ng Vietor anuel av a country station. Their majesties remnined in conversation for about fifteen minutes unde es tions were moss cordial. Fie MAY 1, 1907. EST ds Distant Places. THE WORLD'S TIDINGS GIVEN IN THE BRIEFEST POS- SIBLE FORM. Matters That Interest Everybody ~--Notés From All Over--Little of Everything Easily Read and Remembered. The coal fleet arrived at Port Arthur yesterdyy. : Mrs. vane Lampman, aged ninety- five years, is dead at Welland, The C. P. R, shops at Winnipeg have Pelosed down for the want of fuel, Three steamers are at Sydney, each seriously damaged by ice in the Gulf, Southern Italy is enjoying a cow bination of snowstorm, earthguake and voicano. Iamigration returns for the nine mopths ending with March, show g to- tal immigration of 126,667. A Sydoeéy cable states that Charles Towns, if he is then champion, , will row Durnan in England in 1908, * A bonus above the cost price must now be given with orders for lumber at Calgary, the material is 80 soarce. The St. Lawrénce river is now open to Montreal, the ice bridge "at Cap Rouge having moved away yesterday. . Five thousand cotton operators in the mills of the Dominion Textile com- pany have announced their intention of striking, A Montregl man, Jacques Gustavus Marcotte, is dead in St. Paul, Minn., as, the result of scalds received in a Turkish bath room. Constantin Brun, minister of Den- mark to the United States, will re- present Denmark at the coming peace ¢en'erence at The Hague, J. Hogan, hotel keeper at Actinolite, was found guilty of three violations of the liquor act, and Joseph James, J .P., imposcd fines and costs amounting to ouer $100. Chancellor Von Buelow announced in the reichstag that Germany would take no part in the discussion of the Belleville has been notified that the C. N, R. will appear before the rail way commission on May 5th to ar range route of the line from Brighton eastward. : The Prince of Wales, through Lord Strathcona, has accepted, on bebalt of the three princes, the three lacrosse sticks presented by President Tasse, of Capital lacrosse club, W. G. Brownlee, superintendent of the ' middle division of the Grand Trunk at Toronto, has been appointed general transportation = manager with headquarters' at Montreal C.P.R. officials, who recontly met President Roosevelt in Washington, ex- press themselves as greatly impressed with his personality and the amount and accuracy of his information on matters 'connected with Canadian rail- way afairs, KILLED BY CIJAR. Man Tried to Light it at Electric Street Light. Ogdensburg, N.Y., May 1.--Joseph Gogllon was instantly killed by an ejetric shock while he was attempt: ing to light a cigar from an electri arc in the street, With several com- panions he was returning from a dance, when in a spirit of bravado, he lowered one of the electric street lamps and placed his cigar against one of the carbons. He received a shock of 2,000 volts. A ROYAL BABY Expected to Be Born at Madrid, Spain, To-Day, Madrid, May lst.--Hope deferred tds calmed the feverish anxiety of the Ma- dridenos concerning the royal baby. However, the physicians are i with predicting that the child will be born "to-day. Canadian Appointed To Cornell. Halifax, N.S., May 1.--News has been received here of the wppointment of A. R. Hill as dean of the faculty of arts at Cornell University, an ap- pointment of a very flattering and important kind. After completing his course at Dalhousie, he entered Comn- ell receiving from that university the degree of PhD. He is at present dean of the Teachers' College, Missouri $3,600, St. Mary's The Good. St. Mary's, May 1.---St. Mary's will have no billiard parlors rooms for the next twelve months. At 80 decided, the matter being brought up by requests from the W.C.T.U. and the Citizens' League, both of which organizations asked the board to cut out such licenses. -------------- Baseball Yesterday. * American le New York, 3; Bos- ton, 1. Washington, 2; Philadelphia 3. Cleveland, 4; St. Louis, 2. Naticnal league--Philadelphia, 3; Brooklyn, 2. Chicago, 4; Cipeinnati, 3. Eastern league--Baltimore, 2; New- ark, 1 (11 innings). Jersey City, 6; Providence, & § § tation bl srmaments gt. the Hague | labor | The Bronx decided yesterday University, which carries a salary of nor pool the last meeting of the council it was of other Asnie hich had been by private individuals running to possibly exaggerated igure. of a ton. In spite of the et al mining operations ve a3 yet hardly , except for the sinking n of some shafts, people have crowded to the gold field in large numbers, and every bit of land is said to be staked off for a distance of about fif- teen miles west of the lake and the same distance north, MONTREAL MAY DAY, The Socialists Decided Not to Parade, Montreal, May 1.--May day in Mont- real did not open very auspiciously, but as the hours go by the weather conditions are improving with a clear- er sky and rising temperature. Heavy leaden clouds with light snow flurries were the first greetings, Mon seom to more concerned about household flittings than they do about socialistic propaganda or labor dis- turbances. As a matter of fact, the labor atmosphere is perfectly clear here now. The only cloud on the horizon was the threatened strike of the employees of the Dominion Textile o that has been repoved, The 5 odd hands have accepted an increase five per cent. in wages. They had ask- ed for fifteen per cont., but in view of pa cent., thoy deci t are going through tne peaceful ey of consideration and nego- tiation so that no trouble is presently impending. So far as the socialists are concern: ed, their only gathering will bo a mass meeting on e Champ De Mars to- night. They will hold no parade, in the interests of peace and quietness, MOVE LEO'S BODY SECRETLY Commission to Convey It to Last Resting Place. Rome, May l.--It has finally been decided that the body of Pope Leo 'will be transferred to the Church of St. John Lateran at night, and as privately as possible. The idea of ask- ing the government to assist in the ceremony and to guarantee the safety of the procession conveying the mains has been abandoned. The pope, Satolli, said should be im sor"s wishes if privacy Dardinl Sutolls and the 'bers of the sa comprising the funerul commission, concurred in this, * -------------- COAL PRICE RAISED. The Citizens of Hamilton Will Pay $6.75. ' v ton, it will go still 'higher before fall, "ine Teason given 1a thet, so much coal is bein, pped into the North-West that the dealers have to pay moro th they used in ol to a y The dealers also claim © is a dan- ger of a coal famine, . Magistrates To Wear. Gowns, New York, May 1.--The beard of | city magistrates of Mknhat Dad af ter June 1st, the trates shall wear hlack gowns. Magistrate House said that the bers of the sup court, particularly of the appellate division, recommended gowns for the magistrates and that business men had suggested io him that ofall courts the magistrates' courts should have them. All Pay Him Tribute. Halifax, May 1.--- Archbishop McCar- ty (Roman Catholic), President For- rest, of Dalhousie, Archdeacon Armi- tage, Rev. Dr. Madioan; editor uisthe Wesleyan, and Dr, av, superinten- dent, all pay tribute to Rev, Br. Fal- coner, the Preshyterian p en as president of Toronto Univesity. They sav he ig not only scnolarly, but ipal chos- | welted pleats and : pj models, from $2.50 to $22.50, : CAMIO-SLIMMONS, --In _Kingstor A J., second daughter a it 3. William. MORAN.~In Kingston, on April 1907 Marchand, wife Charles , aged ners private, brother" Pu Mg from ao hs mo! . mass fo POS of "han Soul wt. SE. Mary's Cu edral a a . : 3 SNIDER CAT Calgary, Alt, on FRE, per 27 2 Sir Henry Irving's atest St THE BELLS | The Most Powsldl Drama Bees Wren, Dc Sou. Toe. at. ta dow on sale. nay 'May 7Tth--"IN THE ATLLS To Work At Cobalt. A large nimber of Queen's science students have secured employment the summor months 'at Cobalt, in silver mibes. The training received n Quer's School of Mining enables dents to fill positions that will them in their course the folowing gion and go a long way toward ing the expense incurred winter. The Queen's com ng Cobalt at t numbers neard graduates and students. ------------------ broad minded and has the qualities of ih a statesman. : -------------------------- T J. W, Chowen, of Stratford, Ont., is in the city on business. Mr. Chosen is president of the Stratford Hoskar Club, and a popular resides of the Classic City. recived, Beautiful patterns, . . ' aus SLeream 4 A new shipment of fancy vests just | Gib from ' 31251550, 815, $16.50, "The proper RY