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Editions at 2.30 #4 o'clock p.m. - : WEKKLY BRITISH WHIG, 16 208, published in parts on Monday and Thurs- day morning at $1 a year. 10 United States, charge for Postage has to De added, making price of ly $3 and of Weekly $1.50 per year. Attached is one of the best Job Print. fng Offices in Canada; rapid, stylish, and cheap work; nine improved presses. The British Whig Publishing Co., Lt'd EDW, J. B. PENSE, Managing Director. TORONTO OFFICE. Suite 19 and 20, Queen City Cham- , 82 Church St., Toronto, H. E. Smallpeice, Representative. Dailo Whig. GRAND TRUNK SUBWAY. The verdict of the coroner's jury, in the written and leaves such resort to,the law as there evi- Spooner. fatality was carefully the way open for | dently will be in the case. The railway | company will probably have the best {of the municipalities in any demand, | for a construction The which may follow of | leasily recalled. the subway. facts will be | The county olicithd the co-operation {of the pity in petitioning the railway commission for The Having experts in its ser- protection at the crossing. city responded most cheerfully. vice it rendered signal service by sub- mitiing plans which showed the loca- The objeot lesson was a complote one, and tion of the tracks and crossing. the dommission had no difficulty in de- ciding that.a subway should be built. le, on the side of the municipalities, however, by ruling It surprised all hand that the city and county should ac- quire the land and build the approach- os, and that the bridges, gpanning the and the tracks, should he provided by the company. street supporting IL is a question whether, if the pro- ceedings were to be taken now, the ing about. $5,000 to the city, 85,000 to the county, and perhaps $10,000 to the railway company. A watchman to passing, would answer the and bars, provent traffic when {trains were { purpose, The annual expense would represent large capital investment, it a and i# doubtful if there would be economy in the change. The 0 far as the Whig so. much | company has never, refused to ) | understands the case, ¢ | 1 pars when the municipalilies | on with the subway. 14 has been ready | ton do its | | | | | we ready to do theirs. SCOTT'S SENATE REFORM. Hon. Mr. Scott has revived the ques tion of senate reform by suggesting a plan by which some change in the up- will Mr. de= | per house may be secured. There | be some curiosity as to whether Scott is in any way, and to. any gree, reflecting the mind of the govern- | mete The liberals, when they took of- fice twelve years ago, had reason to { : | foel that they were handicapped by a istile senate. The majority was con: orvative, and there can be h | { that | that has swung on cer- | | legislation, majority tain occasion against government in a partizan spirit. The next government, coming to of | fice when it may, if conservative, will | find a senate which may be hostile to { Its majority is whelmingly The ould call a conservative €o office oc its legislation overs liberal. government f | easionally, but it might get no credit A liberal government of of conservative for its action. did | fering a judgeship to the exceedingly just thing a | that an attempt was being made to opponent. Yet some- | thing should be to the | enate a really live and useful institu | of | fair and impartial way. Mr provinces shelve an able done make | tion, with an exercise power in a to divide the into electoral districts, and Scott's idea is ion one each of the present mem bers to these districts. The balance | would be | presenting the provinces, I senators at large, and re- wlding ap- pointment from the crown and serving With a governor- | lit as the present senators do. the not less than {changing government general may, appoint nine members, in order to balance the but they vinces, and their number count in any subsequent elections which take place The proposition may not be the best, but it is helpiul the parties, must represent pro as \v acancies occur. towards a settlement of one of oreatest problems of thé day. ISSUE AT THIS SESSION. | The time is not ripe for the sale or the may be a deficit this year | | lease of Intercolonial railway. { There | half a million 'dollars, and a contem plation of the fact is not pleasant | But the | | froment owned and operated : one the | { many line is the only federal gov- clamouring for public mediate beneficiaries, the only upon Intercolonial remaining u g We carefully screen it before delivery. We fill all orders promptly and always guai- antee full weight. CRAWFORD, oot of Quaen St. Phone 9 ler the government's control. voice. of many in Ontario and Quebec, | andl even of the western provinces, raised in the same strain. | *The have which alleged the with regard compact beeii made at tinie of | federatiop, and to } | { Int | does not mean, however { that ereolon shall be run forever ¢ link and the 1c It 1s political a connecting in yvstem, demand would be for a subway, cost- | | no doubt | of in| dominion, and when there are so | owner- | | ship it does pot do to talk of a sur-| render Nor Tre the people of the | maritime provinces,, the direct or ita- | insisting | he | the | t a ee - settled provinces into closer relationship, Lut these provinees should do more than they have tg The provinces should not, sparsely maintain it. for local purposes or accommodation, to meet the burden of deficits. The mooted revi- sion of both passenger freight tariffs is, therefore, in 'order, and there be ground for the leasing contribute to be required successive and would of branch lines which can the traffic of the would certainly do under private man- agement. f Mackenzie & Mann will not now, in the immediate future, get hold ol | the Intercolonial, but something will {have to be done to make it self-sus- | taining, A commission is reported as impracticable. It might not be any better than the department, save that it would be non-political. A manager who is experi: or would be better, one enced in the railway gervice, who has given evidence of his capacity; ang one who would be unhampered in the enforcement of his plans. Evidently the Intercolonial will*be the piece de this session of parlia- ment, and it will be worth all the it demands if the outcome of aking the resistance at thought it is a feasible scheme for m line both popular and profitable. a EDITORIAL NOTES. with elections as « a Senate reform, probable accompaniment, is a popular proposal. Now that Raffles has ceased his perc- grinations, some people will get down 10 work or business: ---- Well, is the subway to be built now at the Grand Trunk depot? The sub- ject hase had a rude and sensational revival ---- Mr. Haullain will presently learn to confess that he has erred instead of re- limit {pudiating the press. There 18 a Ito the forbearance of the press men. | snsh-- The people and press that thought it was time Mr. Jorden should go, will have to be patient a while Borden, and Borden longer. {Tt ist Foster | bas thes pole. or he the will not of | The settled at' to-night's Loss of licenses means loss of This ous side of ihe question. license question meeting council. | civic revenue. is the most seri | Haldimand refuses to build a refuge, but some of its poor, according to the Hamilton Herald, jnil.- Surely this, as our contemporary tanding disgrace ! are in the county avers, is a -- Foster only Ii we will not. need to worry any the their Fulis wants from the Globe for. libel. George 1 $100,000 | her wine 1 | more about the paper towns in North-West, corner lois. and the prices of com What right has undesirables Canada to be ship to the United take erring chil ping her States ? Canada should care and reform if she can, her dren. Uncle Sam hac enough trouble [7m children of his own. | "No one responsible for the editorial | inagemient of the paper," says tho "tampered with Mn respecting Asiatic then ? Ha what | Victoria Colonist, i Borden's telegram, | { immigration." Who did it, the printer's devil been showing [ho could do ? Mr. Macleans is nol particular whether any parliamentary The less more he is on committe te | : | committees or not. time the big things he He'll not knowingly lel anvoune blow his bugie. the | think out usually {has on hand. the and Hosmer is one of financial Montreal, Mr. magnates busines of men lake time to read whatever he ha The Whig remembers him as a Montreal to say. telegraph operator in the old Telegraph. company s office, then a manager of the Dominion of More the first fice. His rise. has been steady. power to him. To Cure A Cold In One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab- lets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signa- ture is on each box. 25c. i § § \ i | amount in wages the firm had | | i rooms of 8. | correspondent | , quirements of the by-law." SPIRIT OF THE PRESS » It Surely Is. Toronto Star. The poor man is often exhorted to save money, but tb save at three per cent. and to borrow at fifty is a hope less business. ? It Japs Them All Toronto Globg. be story of a woman who forgot main line, g¢ they lher baby out in the cold, shows that | shopping is a more alluring dissipa- tion thaw wine, bridge, cigarettes, or the reform of the franchise. i You Think So. London Advertiser. A year ago this date the Lake On- tario water level was twenty-two What He Hears on His Visits tof i "Other | Kingston, Jan. 30.--(To the Edit- fork 1 Jue read quite a number of s ine the newspapers deal wit | the Wormwith aps el Y | have not seen ome that treated the by- | law froin tho standpoint which 1, as a | commercial traveller resident hers, am lin a position io do. Im the represen- {tation of my house, I visit cities, towns and villages, butween London | and Cornwall, and as you can imagine {it is the business men these | {which I meet in. conversation, conse- {quently what I have to say represents | the views of those who are shrewd and {include the business judgment of the | community in which reside. I am not exaggerating when 1 state inches above zero; to-day it is but | that since the Wormwith fire, I visited hali an inch above. Pretty nearly time to put in the cork. No Hurry Now. Montreal Herald. » Sir Charles Tupper begins to think he will live until the Canadian liber- als lose office. He claims that his health is getting better all the time so there is no hurry. : The Third Party. Hamilton Spectator. Mr. Russell, M.P., of Toronto, was not asked - to 'attend a conservative caucus at Ottawa. It is said he would have been willing to come in but, as he was not asked, we may now ex- pect to see him joining himself to the third party, of which the Maclean is honored leader. LETTERS-TO THE EDITOR. The Wormwith By-Law. Kingston, Jan. 30.--(To the Edi- tor) One of the strongest reasons why the Wormwith by-law should carry is the unusual activity displayed | western cities in efforts to secure in- dustries which have not been located Organizations are being formed for the special purpose of seeing that monu- | facturers are interviewed and that the advantages of the places referred to are given prominence where the best results can be obtained. Tn other words, . western towns are now being boomed as manufacturing centres and most liberal inducements are ng held out to all who care to uepotiate. With such competition as this Kings- ton should not fail to be alive to its own interests when the opportunity to vote on the Wormwith by-law occurs. The Board of Trade said in its official document : "The proposed bonus is a necessary "and proper business invest ment promising profitable returns. failure to seceure a favorable would result in' a loss to. the which would! be greater than the ex- penditure required: to ~ meet the This pro nouncement by practical business men should dispel any doubt citizens 'may have as to. whether they will support the by-law. --~VOTER. vote re- Wormwith Co.'s Wages. Kingston, Jan. 30.--(To the Eudi- tor): In a discussion concerning the Wormwith by-law, I was asked what paid to Kingstonians since the factory was established' here. = 1 remember seeing the figures in print, but I have forgot- ten them. Will yon kindly state the amount MECHANIC. (The Wormwith piano factory established in 1892. From that was vear up to the time of the fire the wages | to | paid out by the firm amounted £307,404.19.) Funeral On Saturday. The funeral of the late Mrs. Lydia Adams, who died in the hospital, on Friday evening, took place, on Sat- arday afternoon, from the Corbett. Rev Sparling conducted the service. The following acted as pall-bearers : Dy Edwards, M.P., John Draper, Androw Craig, Henry Sears, Michael Daley and Nelson McAdoo. s-------------- The Statement Denied. 20. (To the Eai- 26th vour Plevna that Miss Veness were quiet- This 1s who 'the WwW. H o. Jan. On January said Wood and Seymour married last week. I 'do not know Plevna, tor) ly not true. cor { respondent is and 1 would dike if you this.--ONE INTER would ESTER publish Lowest Temperature Yet. Dr. 'Knight reports the perature on Sunday morning as zero I'arly Monday morning the mercury dropped to 11.6 degrees below the lowest of the winter. ina -- Mass., was visited by storm. Two large were completely demolished and merous = other buildings unroofed. tonrential rain followed. The opening of the Ontario legisla- ture, on February 16th, is announced lowest ero, Bassfield, disagtrous nu- A | not, it is not | household and is city | undertaking | Mary | tem- | hardly a place whose morchants did | not allude to the catastrophe, and, since the beginning of the year, to the | manner in which the ratepapers of | Kingston ¢ doalte with the by-law. In no single instance did onc ol my cus- tomers, approve of the vote which was 'cast, but all expressed surprise that | the city did not cagerly accept tho i terms offered and thus retain an insti- | tution, tho success of which was bo: vond peradventure. And the peculiar part of all my conversations regarding | the matter was that invariably = my | friends closed their remarks by saying lin offect, "But.l am not surprised at | Kingston; it only sustained its reputa- tion." Some went so far as to say 'that {bey could not understand how | Kingston prospered as well as it did, | secing that the people refuse io help | themselves when an opportunity oc | curs. | I mention these facts not to reflect upon anybody, but mercly to plainly |lay before yotir readers the reputation | which Kingstonians have for handling | business enterprises, which may come | before them for discussion and | approval. Whether it is deserved or for me to say, but 1 {stato frankly that Kingston has a re putation for being obtuse in dealing with public affairs, and certainly the | recent, treatment of the Wormwith by- law leads me to suppose that there is considerablo truth in the charge. One wealthy merchant in particular, | whose municipality is in communica- | tion with Mr. Wormwith, stated to me | that he would rather aid a piano fac- | tory to locate in his town than any | other industry that he knew of, bo | cause the instruments were circulated | throughout the dominion and conse | quently advertised the place as hardly {any other product could. The piano is {constantly before members of the generally seen by [visitors who call at. the home. The | name of the maker and the city in { which it is mado is as prominent as a picture on tho wall." This fact com- | bin « with others in showing that the by-law . deserved 'special treatment at | the hands of Kingston clectors. In | stead of it being necessary to lay its | claims bidore the people to such an | extent as been done, the electors should, as soon as possible, place it beyond a "doubt that the factory will remain, and this van only be done by orranization that will bring all voters to the poll. It is most humiliating indeed for a Inative of this city in my occupation | to go from place to place and hear | { | { | { i has Kingston getting knocked for its want of enterprise. You may not believe me, but the reports about our city do not make it any ca ser for me to soll goods, I suppose 1 am looked onl as a back number when 1 get tarn- | ak downy, but up to the present I have | managed to hold my own and also © | wood opinion of my native place as well. T would like to have it to sa on my .next rip that Kingston has the turnpike and cafried th sir, | crossed | yv-law. ; Before concluding, Mr. Editor, I mo cay that in my opinion Kingston lians have now a good opportunity to remove the stigma that resis upon her as being a nom-progressive city and a ptace that will allow valuable indus {tries to go elsewhere rather than ex | hibit a little enterprise and action. 1 lwould advise every voter to be Joyal to Kingston on Thursday next. On it will be too late in this one articular. A vote for the by-law or Thursday will rebuke those who sneer at Kingston and will led outsiders se in. the running when FB let that Kingston is the prize is to her benefit. --W MWDONALD, Traveller. ------ Notice. You are invited to see Nordheime on view in Kirkpatrick's Art Gallery, 159 Princess street. Also Ca- nadian representatives for Steinway & | Son's, New york. Catalogues on ap | | | { { | pianos | 1 | plication. eet te Ine Connecticut, all the shops which were recently struck by the United | Hatters of North America, will be | started up om February 9th as "open | shops." i 8 3 3 John, N. B., had a £20,000 fire. tries; The illustr brings jon™is that of the officer \ Ty tenegrin army at Cettinje. Montenagro and Servia arg bitterly hostile to Austria and the war spirit is most intense in both coun- s of the standing battalion of the Mon- Regular values $1.00 and 75c. : best Shirt Makers in that we are going to Shirts at such We have 100 dozen Shirts made by the Canada, Tooke Bros. and Crescent Brand sell in a h ' to'do it by offering such urry. We're going low prices, 'that every Man, who wears ood Shirts will be tempted to buy all the'SRirts he can use. Bae The Patterns are the new est. They're handsome. Separate Cuffs, or Cuffs attached. 5, Ge sizes, 14 to 18." Genuine a a olotns, Seaton Zephers, Potter's English Cambri, Blue Chambrys, ete. Regular $1.00 and 75¢ values now 49c¢. Stiff Fronts, Regular $125 and 1.50 values now 69c. Soft Fronts, Negligee, Soft Fronts, Stiff Fronts, Coat Shirts, Colored or White. I'lannel Shirts, ete, , FOR BOYS. 20 dozen Boys' Soft Bosom Shirts, Cuffs attached. Regular 75¢. and 90c. values FOR 49c. The H. D. Bibby Co. FOIIIIIIPIVIIIIIIIIGY smn rer or better made than Nothing pu Milk Chocolate Sticks, Medallions, Croquettes, Cream Bars etc. Have _Aou tried Maple Buds? THE COWAN CO. LIMITED, TORONTO. 2 re re Panacea E ARDC Aa BEEF PEEP EL EH EEEETSR Take Advantage of Sawyer's Shoe Specials Men's Tan Blucher Bals, £4.00, 3.50 and 3.00, now going at $2.00. Men's Pat Lea. Congress, a few sizes, $1 and 8.50, clearing out at $1.50. All Felt Slippers Reduced +4440 4 ttt Et tATEE LEAD Our Big Furniture Sale A bargain for everybody. Buffets, China Olosets and Dining Chairs, Pedestal oak Extension Tables, round cor square ; Hercules Woven Wire springs to fit; Sani- tary, Wool and Felt Mat-' trasses; Dressers and Stands in oak and mahogany ; Brass and Iron Bedsteads, at sale prices. JAMES REID. Phone 147 FOR SALE. Farm of 480 acres, near Broadview, Saskatchewan, 150 acres ready for erop, fully equipped with machinery, | buildinge, and horses. Apply for particulars {o J.O.HUTTON, 18 Market St, Kingston, Ont. Freight paid. Packing free ! Something New. A Clearing Sale of Hardware. It will pay you fo investigate, a hy |