'BEECHAN'S PILLS = zr The haphazard use of a remedy will never discover its efiicacy. Try Beeckam's Pills morning and night, and note the improvement in your ath, ast Tring BEECHAM"S Night PILLS Bok. "verywhere. Ia boxes £5 cents. Beautiful Wall Paper. Every Room, in Every House--mow in stock ready for your inspection. A pleasure to show you. We believe it should be a pleasure for you to leok through this stock. Even though you do not intend to decorate now it is to your in- terests to find out just what we are offering, so that when the time arrives, you will know where you may obtain at right prices, that which will make your walls look most beautiful. Let your own good taste judge, THERE IS NO BETTER WALL PAPER LINE IN AMERICA. W. H. Medley, Cor. Clergy & Princess Sts, A Paper for be Cinderella Shoes for Ladies Are comfortable Shoes, un- der all circumstances, and yet: wear longer than the average footwear. EVERY SHOR is fluished is copes | Termes thie best urakers cand 'do it. Made of excellent material, handsome and sby- dish, $3.00, 8.50 and 4.00. " H. JENNINGS, King St. EDUCATIONAL. Pen wish to be successful mt "YOU WIR ona "Ine Limited, head Of Queen 'street, f 3 + CAVADA'S HIGHEST GRADE : busi school, Bool s . a TR graphy, all com 1 ® subjects thoroughly ® Sampetant experienced ° Day and night classes. say time. Rates very 8 opi mF. . J.B. CUNNINGHAM, + POG SOGOGOGOIOIOGIOIOROIOIOIORS Eater st moderate; 'METOALFE, President. ¥ : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Day ad Evening Classes at the © Frontenac Business College, Barrie and hl Oletyy Sta, T N. STOCK STOCKDALE, SPlobe, 680, E THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, BABY LOST IN FIRE CHILD'S BLACKENED BODY | RECOVERED BY FIREMEN. |" the Family Home is Destroyed--Three- | 8. Carman, editor months-old Infant of Mr. and | vith Ontario, is a visitor in the city Mrs. William Dishaw Meets a! H. Howarth, agent of the N.Y. & 0. Horrible Death. {railway, at Moira, N.Y. is visiting | : . fin the city, Ogdensbury, N.Y, April 4.--Yes {| The condition of Mrs. A. W. Rich- { terday, the house of Withiwm Jhishaw, | ardson was unchanged this afternoon. | at the commer of Mechanic agd Ficker- i8he is very low. Mig Streets, was destroyed by fire and | * Miss Fita Sherman," 27 Wellington | a baby three months old was smoth tron arrived from Watertown, to- ered and burned to 4 crisp. day, to visit friends. Mrs. Dishaw hed gone to the neigh- George Hazlett, of Kingston, is engi- bors for 4 pail of water and in her | yeer of the big new ferry steamer absence her two-year-old baby lighted | | Charles Lyons, of Prescott. some matches, and the curtains tak-| R. McLaughlin, has gone to Johns ing fire, every thing was destroyed be- {town, NY., to join High Henry's fore help could be obtained. minstrels, for a short season. 3 When the firemen arrived at the | William Kelly, of this city, house they were informed by Mrs. [appointed as an outside representative Dishaw that the baby was in one of | for the Kingston Granite company. the rooms. The firemen rashed the! Mrs. Charles Ewdrt, Vine street, re- hos: to the setion of the house nam- | turned home, on Sunday, from a very ed and one of the firefighters succeed | pleasant visit with relatives at De ed in crawling along the floor until | troit, he remched the child. When broaght | The friends of little Miss Lillie out it was found that it had bean | Gould regret to hear of her serious hurned to a crisp, The fireman had no | illness, and sincerely hope for a speedy sooner reached the window when the | recovery. floor over which he had crawled felf| Mrs. H. in. { a former Kingstonian, Mes. PERSONAL AL MENTION. | Movements of T The Pecple--What | They Are Saying And Doing. city, W. Chekaey, Merrickyille, city on business. is in | has been i F. Wilmot, of Vernon, B.C, is on a visit ---- ito her mother, John Gillespie, Princess street. PITH OF THE NEWS. John McGuire, late of 'Kingston i post office, bas been appointed honor- The Very Latest Culled From All | ary president ex-officio of the Liberal Over The World. | Association of Alberta. The lake engineers of the Mrs. William Land died, in Aylmer, States will fight "open shop." Ont., on Sunday last, aged eighty-four Richard Bracken, a Toronto house- | years. She was the grandmother of breaker, was sentenced to two years (MI A. Low, Union street, in' Central prison, less a day. The marriage of Miss Jessie Ellis. Toronto caterers have been asked to| daughter of Principal Ellis, Alfred assist in the feeding of those who at- | street, to Lindsay Malcolm, M.A. i ra or 7 4 tend the tercentenary celebration at | B.8e., will occur on May ith. Quebee ' | Saturday Night, Torento, has a fine Jd. H. Churchill, Walkerville, Ont.,|cut of Major T. C. Skinner, an RM. { badly injured hy a Wabash express, on € . graduate and a Kingstonian. He is Monday, died at Hotel Dien on Mon- | O0¢ of the Canadians serving the king. Slay night, { Rev. R. NS. Forperi," B.D., rector of { . Me Andrew, registrar of the court 1 ae Joke : pare h, _Ringstan, ithe ol . eal and official referee, tendered | 5° 3 et, in Ee his a to the government on Wootten, 400 Palmerston Boulevard, Tuesday, Toronto. J A lettor received in Major E. that | Canadian eapital Military College, establish an electric article in lyieen's Arequipa, Peru, Artificial Crisis, ) The C.P.R*bas notified western ship- Canada's relation to Great pers that consignments by lake and | ENTS -- rail for dime be accepted after | INCIDENTS OF THE DAY. Saturday newt, The Atlan 88. Grampian, from Glas- gow, arrived at Halifax, on the 13th, with 20 first class, 286 second class 467 "steerage passengers, ¥ dor $10,000 for slander a, Avon E. Moffatt against D. W. Karn, was settled at the Wood- stock assizes, each side paving its own costs, The crown "quit further investigation into an alleged attempt at robbing the Sterling Hank at Thorshill, as v e Was no evidence to substantiate hang Roy aid statements. "is ar Blleged shortage in the a of Chief of Batis Harrison, : 'dle resigned his posi- hl erom # ago and now: the city council is inVestigating Kis books. Cornelius V. Colling, of Troy, N.Y. republican, was nominated by Gover: nor Hughes, and immediately confirm- ed by the senate, by a unanimous vote to succeed himself as superintende ent of state prisons. Major Nicolas and kovitch, Buda Pest, committed sui- cide in their dressing room to-day They were twin brothers, members of an aristocratic but impoverished Hun- garian family, Governor Hughes has signed the bill providing for an investigation in- to the government of New York eity, #he law authorizes the governor" to appoint, within thirty days, a com: mission 'of fiéen Beteonsy, A party of 150 farmers from differ- ont parts of Quebec, comprisine the home-seekers' excursion of the season to the North-West, left Montreal on I: vesday morning in special cars, at- tached to the regular C.P.R. express. Captain Colin? Harhottle, the de faulting secretafy of the Toronto club, has been captured at Havana. fle has waived exitadition proceedings and Detective Joseph Rogers will leave for Havana temorrow to bring him hack to "lorosto. i Tha coach sheds of the Now York & WOttawn railway at Santa Clara, N.Y, were destrovedy by. fire on Monday, land. in guother part of the village C 8. Dumphey's boarding house was badly damaged. Both fires are he lieved to be of jucendiary origin. Thamas Southworth, director. of volowine cEeent un Tetter to the Raves Boronto, to-dav, formally withdrawing from the contest for parks. comeaigsioner. Mayor Oliver is said to want to have appointed to this position George Wilson, his secrp- ry. Ree axe No DUTY JUTY CHARGES. ap Will Not Pass 7 Just Yet it is « Thought. oy iets April 1A Wash- says, for many vears Odnadde' and the United States hy ating a tarifl of fifty per cont. on repairs of vessels made in United | C. | St. the Royal has an interesting Quarterly on "An having reference to Britain. N. Mozey, of ' N. ozey, ol Toronto states wanted to service in car Newsy Paragraphs Picked Up Sv Reporters On Their Rounds. Your Easter Lat, Thomas Mills Co. John Baker and family, of Déseron- to, are removing to this city. F. A. Vanluven and family, of this city, will move to Toronto, shortly The residents of Ueorge street ob- ject to a boardwalk, They petitioned for a concrete walk. Children's tams, 23. & Co. Several new members will be initia- ¢ ted at the gular meeting of Court Earl Roberts, LO.F., to be held to- night. The sum of $30 was cleared at the recent production of "The Far West" at Queen Street Methodist church, This amount will be devoted to mis- sions. During the past week a great many have gone through the marsh spearing pike, and have had good sport. On Monday a large number went down, one getting seven, and two others getting eleven, fine big ones. Packer's tar soap, 2c, not 3fec., at Best's, Nearly all the companies of the 14th Regiment are organized for the sea. son. The reeruit drills are on three nights a week and are well attended. The trip to Quebec hat brought out a large number of the old soldiers, and they are welcomed back to the ranks, Xa Thrown From Horse. Driver MeKerracher, of the R.C.H: A, was thrown from his horse on Tuesday morning, 'while out on parade and received serions injuries; - which will confing him to the station hospi tal. He had a very narrow escape from being run over hy one of the gun carriages. Hix hip was injured and also several severe bruises about | the body. & Mills Thomas Paul Yon Pal: To Put It Into Shape. D. EK. Ryan, manager of the roller rink, arrived in the city to-day from Toronto. 'A force of men will} be put to work to-morrow to remove! the ice from the rink and get the floor in condition for the spring see son. It is ef pected that the rink will open during Easter week, In Active Preparation. civic works' department preparing for a very Road scraping - is. going ahead. Belore that is completed, the work of concrete walk construction will begin. Completed A Course. Lieut. Hetsberg, and Capt. Barker, of the 6th Field Battery, London, t., have returned home alter com- pleting a most stecessful course at the barracks here. i tn A Conductor Killed. Birmingham, Ala. April 14-A South Bessemer electric car was held up by a negro highway man, bevoml Powderly, shortly after midnight, and. Conductor Adams was killed, The Welland canal opened on Tues. day morning. No westhoend boats arrived to go up yet. The # Wahcondak is the only one coming down, bound for Oswego. --- local 1 1s busy The actively season: the 'other countries. Recently Canada removed this duty =o that Canadian ; owls repaid in the United States , home without paying anv duty nd mn Denby, Detroit, bas a Will. extending a like Ratrodue to the Canadian ship yards. The bill will, probably. not pass at this | hut will doubtless do so iw revised | Board of {of the TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1908. THE BARBER SHOT ALPHONSE MARTINEAU. ---- of the Belle | While Disputing Over Payment Hor Oswego. Yor Cigarettes One Man Got! to the Till-Mr, Martineau Hit | Him With a Hammer and Re- ceived Shot in the Breast. Montreal, April 14.-- Another shoot | ing affair took place, last night, at! 1 Antoine street, when Alphonse | { Martinean was held up 'in his store | Mr. Martinead, who keeps a he | and barber shop, was closing up, for | the night, when two men came in and | asked for a packet of cigarettes, He was counting his cash at the time, | and was alone in the shop. Mr. Mar. | tineau gave the man the cigarettes, but he refused 10 pay for them, and while a dispute wa™oing on the other man went behind he Soult i and tried to rob the till. Mar- | tineau picked up. a hammer or "threw to strike the robber. The other man then drew a revolver and fired, the bullet hitting Mr. Martineau in the right breast. Poth men escaped, leav- ing the contents of the till behind. My. Martineauw, who will recover, was taken to the general hospital. He states that one of the men is known to him. : SLEEPING PRINCESS' GIFT. -------- St. Pretty Incident in Connection With Daughter. Paris, April 14. ~The Princess Yo landa, the five-year-old daughter of the King of Taly, was, says Gil Blas, recently the letine of a pretty inci- dent. An old woman, who had long vaink attempted to obtain an increase of pe nsion, decided to address a petition to "Her royal highness the Princess Yolanda of Savor at the Quirinal.' The letter® was handed to the kin~ who read it and, with imnertarbable seriousness, ordered his chamberlain to take it to the princess. The cham- berlain proceeded to the princess' cot, where the child was sleeping soundly, and, to the astonishment of her nurse gravély read the petition to her. Then, he returned to the king. "Well," said Victor Emmanuel, "wit did the princess say 'Nothing, your majesty. asleep.' : 'Then silence gives consent," sai the king, and he ordered the petition to be granted. ARRESTED WHILE IN PRAYER. She is Woman Caught Stealing a Pocket- book in Church. Chicago, April 14.--As she knelt prayer, last night, at St, Roman Catholic church, a woman, for whom the police have been searching lor Several weeks, wag caught in the act of stealing a pocket book by Sergt. Timothy | Ditlon. Dillon told her to rise from her Knees and accomPany him. She did so with: out those near her knowing that she was under arrest, At the police ition she was identi fied as Mary Miller, thirty-seven years cli, who, the police say, served one year in the house of correction for stealing a 'pocket book at St. James' Episeopal church. A starch of the woman's rpom vealed thirty pocket books and small handbags. in Elizabeth's BIG IRRIGATION CONTRACT. Corey to Work on Langdon-Crow- foot Section. Alta, April 14-W. W Ogden, Utah., has been awarded another large contract on the Canadian Pacific , Irrigation and Col onization company's irrigation canal The contract calls for the digging of 1,500,000 yards of earth in the district between Langdon and Crow- foot, a distance of fifty-four miles. Mr. Corey has leit _ for Ogden for the purpose of securing the necessary out fit for rushing the work. This will mean an expenditurbdof some $30,000 in Calgary distriet during the coming | summer. Three hundred teams and 150 men will be employed on thé work. Calgary, Corey, of some 1S VERY HOPEFUL As to the Future in the United States. Londos: April HM.--Seymour Bell, commercial British agent, in the Un- ited States. in. a report issued by the) Trade, takes a hopeful view future. He savs the farmers who form the backbone of - American prosperity, have not been affected by the financial erisis, and" that the coun- try is producing crops valued at nearly §7.500,000,000. The country, Mr. Bell thinks, is not likely going to suffer from industrial stagnation. Mrs, Sherry Sues For Divorce. New York, April 14--When Mrs. Louis Sherry's suit for a divoroe, $100,000 permanent alimony and #500 monthly attorneys' fees came before Justice Dowling, to-day, neither party was ready for trial and a postpone ment was taken until to-morrow. The names of the litigants corres pond with those of the Fifth avenue restawrantéur and wife, Sherry, the ressatranteut, is the son of a French carpenter of St Albans, Vi. He be gan file as & waiter in the Hotel Brunswick aid later as steward at Long Brauch. Won Commodore's Cup. densburg, N.Y. April 14. Joseph Oe the bout builder, from James Cor that his wpe had won, the May Be, Strained Relations. Baton Hayashi, | some Lime yet | shortly, { tiary | with MARINE NOTES. What is Transpiring About arves. i =r Farley, Newburgh, is visiting in! TWO MEN ATTEMPT TO ROB| The tug Froutensc is taking on a} of withes for Garden Island steambarge Navajo and the will clear, to-day, {he he { schooner Kitchen, The | ably steamer clear for | 1B upper: Inkes { Wednesday . The steamer Ames will not clear for] The: crew has been | laid off fos-a while. ! Capt: Shaw cleared to-day with the | schooner Bertie Kalkins for Oswego | to load coal for Sowards. It is said that the ferry boat ques- | [tion will form a lively topic of discus | sion by the Wolfe Island council, very The steambarge Hinckley tourhed at the dry-dock, Mouday night, on her way from Oswego to Alexandria Ba? with coal. Capt Oliver cleared with the Trade- { wind for Oswego on Monday, but for Spme reason tied up at the peniten- dock. He cleared again this morning. The spring auction sales are now be- ginning. People should beware of pickpockets. Several vears ago, there was quite an epidemic of pickpocket work at sales. Three good hoxing bouts have been arranged jor the assault-at-arms at the Ontario hall, this evening. One wrestling bout will also be pulled off, between two members of "A" battery. The schooner Ford River cleared at ten o'clock, last night, for Oswego, but was waiting at Four Mile point this morning, for wind. The schooner Tradewind is also at that point. The steambarge Robert Macdonald, is unloading coal at Sowards'. She left at seven o'clock, Monday mom: ing, for Oswego, was loading there at three o'clock and is unloading here to-day. The steamer Holcomb and equsort Warrington have heen chartered, along with the big steel steamer Horton, to Lilenmount will prob on | carry lumber, lath and shineles from Grand Valley and St. Ann Demonts, | Que., to Oswego. ! The high water is causing a ~veat | deal of trouble to the coal dealers in | the east end of the city. At Sowards' | coal yard the water is three feet deep | in their coal sheds and great dJiffi- | culty is experienced in getting out the | coal. | The government. steamer Reserve | passed down on Monday afternoon, | the large float used to fix the | gasoline huovs. A log cabin is built | | on the float, so hat the lmovs are filled after. they are placed in posi- tion in the water, greatly lessening | the danger of an explosion The Port Colborne harbor master | states that the lake is at its hichest level since 1591, caused by land drains | into the lake, The government engi- neer states the lake is a foot higher, due to the prevailing west winds. The canal water book gives the average | or the first twelve dave in April, | 908, as 15 1-3 feet, and for April, | 1907. twelve days, 14 56 feet. This is at the entrance to the canal. Cigar Touches Of Ether. Bellevue; 0., April H.When B. 8. Viall went into the basement of J. H. Brinker's drug store, last night, with a lighted cigar in his mouth, | fhe spark ignited a quantity of ether. Viall was knocked into a front room { in the basement by the ¢ xplogion and { was pried out through the pavement by friends. The . store's plate gluss doors were blown off, gas in a pool exploded, nearby were injured 8 cess and sheds and fences wrecked. Viall was not NEW YORK STOCKS. Prices Furnished By W. Hector H. Hume, Clarence Chambers. April 14th. Stocks. Opening, Close. Amalgamated Copper 57 78 American Loco., com Am. Sugar Retin, Co Am. Smltg. & Refin, ( Am. Car Foundry Anaconda Min. (0 Atches., Top. & St Brooklyn Rapid 1 Cen, Leather Canadian Pacilie Chgo. Gt, Westn Ches, & Ohio Chie. & NW. C., Mil. & St. Paul. . Colorade Southern Gons, Gas. N. %. . Col. Fuel & Iron Delaware & Hudson ... Distillers secs. Erie Railroad 6. North: Ry. pref Kansas & Texas, com. . Missouri Pacific .. .., Min., St. P&S. St. M. National Lead N. YX, Central . Northern Pacifie Peon. R. R. Reading Rock Fsland ' Roek Island, pref Southern Ry.. com. . Southern Pacific ..... Sloss Sheffield ...... Twin City von ev U. 8S. Steel, com. ... U. NS. Steel, pref, Union Pac., com. West Union Tel. oO Fe CHICAGO PRICES, April 14th. Bi made a vigorous reply, - 67% 813 637-64A 13.30 13.20 Canada Metal Co.Ltd ' | New ' Scientific il is also a demonstrated fact that { bro's 54} | germ | would { hghtful har dressing mac | wes the { Ask for save discount, E Faster shaistiv. the Suit In 4 Hand at Best's. 1 i | the | Just Three More Shopping Days-- Choose the Easter Hat To-Mdrrow T= ST ORE FAIRLY j teems with new things. Everything that is fashion= able and correct being repre sented, and in a variety of choice greater than will be found anywhere elsewhere in Eastern Ontario. Make it a special point to see the new cos« tumes, coats, skirts and 'Meatherbloomy' taffeta underskirts on second floor. David M. Spence, The Leading Millinery and Mantle Store. ABERNETHY"S Easter Footwear. After a long and dreary winter comes the opening of Spring with Easter Tide. Everything with new life and vigor. Same with Footwear. Now is the time for New Bhoes. Shoes different from those of a few months ago. We have everything that is up to the latest notch of style. Tan Shoes, Brown Shoes, Vici Kid and Gun Metal Shoes and Patent Colts. In fact, everything in Shoes. For Men, Women, Girls and Boys. i O@® bi We also carry the largest and best ® $ assorted stock of Children's Shoes. 3 weassosel i. Abernethy"s PIG METAL We are headquarters. Copper, Lead J Zing, us your inquiries, 31 WILLIAM ST, «+ TORONTO ONT REAL ESTATE {| Now is the tine to dispose of that ' property of yours. WE CAN SELL IT. Better let us book it. J.R.C. Dobbs & Co 171 Wellington St. Typewriters and HAIR SOFT AS SILK. Kills | Makes | Treatment Dandruff Germs, and Hair Soft. It is an accepted that dagurufi is a germ dise nse, fact, and New dandruff hate | the falhug. hair kill kills dandrufi thin only Heroieide Without stop, and thicken, Herpicide dandrali germ but it also makes It is the most ey hair de It clean [and keeps Itching Relieved, or nothing no Aubstitate not as soft as silk, scalp from dandr t clean and healthy rritation are instantly privanently cured, 4 'fust-as good Fake ""Herpicide," Sod by leading druggists. . in stamps for sample to The Her | Detroit, Mich. Two sizes, G. W. Mahood, special | and and 8 Fire Insurance. Send A GOOD SYSTEM. Hon, Frank Oliver Said it Better Selection. Ottawa, April 13.-The immigration Gave policy of the government was again under criticism, to-day, the whole ses sion' being devoted to a debate, not | yet concluded, arising out of a mo- | tion by Mr. Monk calling for he abolition of the bonus system. Monk claimed that the bouus -- had not been justified by results, and | P. Walsh, Coal Dealer contrasted the Canadian immigration | BARRACK STREET. policy generally with that of the Un-| ited States. Hon. Francis Oliver | Pearsall' in the course | $ ol which he emphasized fet that | - the policy of the governint was to] Je are 4 "Bowing specially bonuses only on a selected clas paw gS attractive ideas wr immigrants, among. whom Italians | EX EASTER DISPLAY, were not included. He maintained AL E and ORIGIN. that the aggressive immigration cam- | i their DESIGNS, paign carried out by the gov ernment | <3 2h 3 he shar acteristic been of i alt i ° ore), a at had Produstive E000 Tet 18. prices so arranged to meet "i you are not feeling just night" ever buyer, eall at Gibson's for your spring to! Those who can find it con- nie. M pays to go there. venient kindly come in the Mrs. Francis Ivor, Strathroy. was forenoon. ; attacked by a dog and badly bitten Pearsall' i Electric elevators are to be installed | S in New York's tallest structure. + 3 Kingston and Yarker. The Allan at Rardinian, from | Bt. John, arrived at London, on 13th. | The sities of Boston and Chel Walter Holmes. 5 Ahirteen- year-old! have searly 0 children whe cannot of lockjaw. find their parents. Most of the shi and electric accounts deen are under ton. yenry of age. snd not a are babies om find the misspelled worl in Beat' Best's adi 2 wanes Se : Lh 4