PAGE YOUR. - THE WHIG, 76th YEAR DAILY BRITISH WHIG, published at 306-810 King street, Kingston, Ontario, and 4 | nt $6 per Jour. Editions at 2.30 | States, Smallpeice, The Best 'Manufactured, Only 25c, --AT-- Corbett's | his predecessor, | without Outfitted For Spring Yet? If not, come gains we offer, vou to will go SUITS $13.50 HATS. $1 SHOES, from FINE SHIRTS, RUBBERS : Me 60c. 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Insur- ance at lowest rates. Money to loan. GEO. CLIFF, Real Estate valuatior, etc., 85 Clarence street. at EVER SINCE WE STARTED BUSINESS WE'VE HAD THE REPUTATION FOR HANDLING AND SELLING ONLY THE VERY ether, with full weig patrons what we tog giving our This times treating ously is to our success. Crawford 'Phone, 9. Foot of Queen 1 courte- ascribe and | among | the eve of its special session. | publican i} 1 r nounced his plan for saving the Inter- | colonial | theeo Lever | without | radical -- | with o'clock p.m WEEKLY BRITISH WHIG. 16 pages, published in parts on Monday and Thurs- pi morning at $1 a year, a Baited charge for postage added, 'snaking price of iy $3 x; be Weekly $1.60 per year. Atteched is one of the best Job Print- ing Offices in Capada ; rapid, stylish, and cheap work ; nine 4mproved presses. The British Whig Publishing Co., Lt'd EDW. J. B. PENSE, naging Director, TORONTO OFFICE. Suite 19 and 20, Queen City Shag | bers, 82 Church 8St., Toronto, H. Representative. Dailv Whig. UNCLE Uncle i JOE SCOTCHED. Joe Cannon is again the speak- | { er of the House of Representatives, but { he | rection 'of public is not a czar any longer in his di- business. veloped during the 'years, and c¢ugtom | and precedent have been giving the | speaker a power 'that has been simply | Mr. Reed, was the first of blessed mem- | to will. despotic. rule congress Uncle Joe fol- lowed and improved upon the plans of ory, with his inflexible It became impossible for any or party to do anything He had his own method of interpreting procedure, Qne his permission. when all else failed could not sde the members who had motions to make of which he disapproved. It that the people's chamber, occupied by hundreds is almost inconceivable of men who are profuse in their exaltd- toler- "The "will could 50 long. Whitney, uprising of American liberty, the worm," tion oppression our Mr. There was an ale says last." the turn at members of congress, on The re- revolters were called *'insur they had the support pret- of the Mr. So, ats,"" and solidly democratic party, ty which civilities. Cannon nothing for house met, owes when the | Mr. and regarded the of fur- were hi there war. Cannon was re- elected was a by thirteen, intimation Reed majority. shave as an The a large trouble. rules re pudiated by I'he to | demoeratic scheme of a commit- the la ~which | i to the but the strike committees he the did were t. affront peaker carry, amended in several particu- | and Mr have i Cannon becomes what he | all the and master of hould been along, se the thouse not its t of { practice is a good one con in the speakership the man but the re-elec- | there is nothing good in tion of a man who presumes to bo the | the to himseif to the 30 of and arrogates { that legislature the members, should be- | | power long A NEW STORM My eriousty CENTRE. brooded long of | Hon | nd Graham has upon the question Hiway management, and has an- | | from frequent, if His should be control, the not annual | that the government deficits. conclusion is road kept under that of the people, to of because appears to be But ite direction | to com- | desire all detail that pertains § in to a board management, members of which shall be prac- | ical railway men and the deputy min | commission | tox is one remove only from Me. Graham Borden is which Mr. account, for declared himself, againét it on that but he | wants the govarnment made indirectly | sponsible for its success or non-suc- Mr. Graham, reasoning towards a iven ened, was progressive. The 'men | in charge of the Intercolonial, how good, may drop into a rut, and ! that to experiment in { too | | a making changes are best He transformation Lhe od past, it limited way how- | the desideratum. future more | bh freight | the convinced, er, that the of | not { only road, in the depriv than in the of throug yw freight carried part way by Canadian : | rand te of | : | come transcontinental line or be sub | the of { I'runk Pacific and acific, must become an annex oe management a com- | p t to Any jo government must provide | Intercolonial with feeders and lates it will be traffic. branch lines or handi- apped in the competitions for | | Financially, the road was ahead un- | 1908 had been fairly entered upon, -| lower other stadl as tand then by rates than roads charged and by holding the rather than sacrifice its members, there was TTOW- the the companies did; ag deficicncy in ree until pts ficit reached about half a millior Hag he followed showed Mr. mmerson disapproved of the Graham positic He the My discussion that remarkable diversity of mind. 1 i it do other ne he cart wanted a one « alt pecch mado some Hag Lrog ago 1 ant and defiant of He mplovees. n manage oO did care de- and not of litical Ir beheaded, be the no political exe My about the times could he hes wd there sion - they wi would first "He Mr re deman Foster was silent tions knowing ratnst afternoon, the house gave illuminating exhibition | he {annoys Sir 1 bg | servatives, ling {only | { cicive | =~ any | | tion. [help in his campaign, reason | and | they {to be i: : : { incurables in IT'S A FAMILY QUARREL. the conservative had gave evidence The of leaders in It the: meeting one signifi- of the atti- towards the great Bordep said little. better in the interest of He the Trunk Pacific rail- had no right to it. He had no reason to expect its hestility, nor Toronto cance. of corporations. The less the a peaceful terms of the contract, men Mr: tude mind. opposed Grand way and he {expect any favours from lis there any proof that it was shown when He with spuke hastily political animosity, {to him. charged it anid he would like, probably, to rec all {| threat. Not being able to do so will serve. his own and his party's | his interest best by preserving a dignified i silence. James Whitney made the sensa- of the hour. He has gradually Sir tion | worked himself up into fighting trim, | The rules 4 is ready for a hand-to-hamd con- [ process, | of the popular chamber have been de- flict with the Electrical Development | company. When the Whitney ment assumed to direct the electric en- {ergies of the Niagara, and to manipu- govern- not to monopolize its power, late if there was a fear of Anxiety to alarm interests. changed when 'the English bondholders became | uneasy about the money they had in the Niagara Development company, and "the transfer of a controlling in terest was gladly, and at some sacri- fico to the bondholders, sferred to | William Mackenzie, of Canadian North- Street Toronto | tran Toronto railway, radial and other It has been more that suspected for that a clash would occur ern, fame. time between the and the electric some government commission and it The company company, ap- hand. the at that cannot redeem its pledges, pears to be has intimated commission it can- the or the © that contracts with that there will be a collapse of That is the meaning of the talk. And it who told the secret not carry out its municipalities, and sooner later government's scheme, 5- sence or James, that the government stood between and will The James the company and disaster, its nonsense Sir stand no more. of men on one side are Mr. Henry Mackenzie Jegk, and Pellatt They determined and on Sir Whitney | other liam and all and are cons and re soarceful men Its a family quarrel, land it greatly. interests the people. EDITORIAL NOTES. will allow man to Mr. enter Roosevelt no the African jungle to of any with him. 8 be as secret an entrance as that lodge room, conservatives o I Jorden meet- The independent Toronto were not at the ing. 'They were not invited. This is the approved way of consolidating the tforees, that his vengeance will see no The people who waits to wreak on great and common carrier is Mr. office, a the opportunity. Jorden is clos himself out of The of Ontario is not the premier and in of is not O'Brien, use keen In the James one who can language. use caus in the K.C tic phrases Sir ame class with Henry Borden hasten® to correct him that he a great it and Mr wolf and has not made threat But say against I corpora- not sulk dud he we suspects is ing ever it, railway commission has to the If the any and vicinity « i learp something visit Kingston scheme they will this see new railway Crossings Nothing invented like new scheme has been ever cherries" thi of the under the the law their it distillers constantly under supervision "Brandy are lidwest confectionérs and Ii on invention these they are ban. violators of keep will hurt wil business since have like the tobacconists and the legisla part to There demand ture for the retail 15 a upon permission on the of sell Who is the line should be want general stores remedies." Where The people they 'harmless household to them ¥ 9 is define drawn to except allowed buy what any- where- poison. raised the | payment of a per diem allowance for | the These {the unfortunates that should be cared Objection has been to hospitals. are They cannot be abandoned, and Osler not flor | the | life | | The theory of ending a useless has vet been adopted, teachers have had the Watertown \ of has been yaised in X320 2400 a readjustment salary he CHrs three the S36 minimum from to and | maximum to 60, chools has been raised from I'he receives superintendent $2500 a vear, but the is a brilliant man and an inspira- tion to all who serve under him | | Many a seli-made man expec | tailor to make the most of him his he ' | forestry bureau reports, to have reach- | injury to private |! fe ™] | they of THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, THURSDAY, +15 OF SOME VALUE MAY TURN SC SCRUB PINE TO GOOD USE. Experiments Lead to the Belief That Long Useless Wood Can Be Manufactured Into Paper. Washington, . March 18.--The long ne- glected scrub or Jersey pine, growing on abandoned farms and eat over land | | | ed its rightful place as a material of alue, according to the results obtain- ed through recent pulp and paper making tests at the forest service lab- oratories here, Scrub pine might have been used to {good advantage long ago, but it did {not seem to the practical papermaker worthy of trial. By K only slight changes of the treatment ordinarily accorded pulp wood in the sulphite it has: now yielded a pulp product' which it is thought can be used as a substitute for spruce sul- | phite in the manufacture of newspaper- [print paper. One advantage for papermaking { which scrub pine is said to have is in the factgthat there is less loss in bark- ing it thap with ordinary spruce. The wood yields quite easily to the sul- |rhite treatment. The fibre is strong and durable, The |vields obtained by the forest service | are about the same as those obtained jizom woods now in general papermak- | {ing use. | Practica] papermakers who have cen this product are almost unani- mous in claiming it to he a strong, ong fibered, and hard wearing pulp, which seems especially desirable for { making bag, news and wrapping pa- pers. Several even went so far \V int it would make fine bank or ledger papers when properly handled, and that this wood gave one of the [ best fibres which has been prepared 'from pine wooils. | as to of the east, seems destined at last, the | MARCH 18; 1909. DIED IN CHICAGO. Milton Bates Was Napanee. Napanee, March 17.--Sad, indeed, was ithe news received, yesterday, from Chieago, announcing the death of Mrs, Milton Bates, (formerly Florence Ming) only daughter of, Dr. amd Mrs. E, Ming, Napanee. Deceased left here less than two ydars ago, a bride. On Monday a telegram . wa$ received star ting she was very ill and Dr. and Mrs. Ming left on the neon train. The deceased had been ill for about a month, but! was thought' to be im- proving when the trouble took a fatal tury. Decpased had many warm friends in Napanee who will be pained to hear of her sudden death. The remains will be brought here for. interment and will arrive at noon, Thursday. Be sides her sorrowing husband, one brother, 'Louis, and her father and mothir mourn the loss of & loving and only daughter. The remains of the late Mrs, Russell arrived here, yesterday, Carrington, North Dakota. whose 'maiden: name was Tressin Russell, danghier of Thomas | M. Russell, Selby, died last week of | pneumonia. Her brother, Joseph Rus- tsell, of Carman, Man., accompanied the remains wad brought her three motherless children home to live with friends. Two girls, © aged ten and twelve years, and a baby boy, aged eighteen monihs;, are leit to mourn. Deceased was thirty-four years Mrs. From Perey from Deceased, Margares of age Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mitchell and family 1oft, yesterday, for Reston, Man., where they will reside. -------------- Be Rid Of Boils. any other skin eruption, acute or chronic, will be cured by Wade's Ointment. a magical . healer that gives prompt relief wnen other yemedies fail. Cures eczema (salt rheum), pimples, scald head, piles, dandruff and all sealy or itching eruptions of the skin. In big boxes, at Wade's Drug lore. » or | whether promptly It is | | A boil 25c¢., mah | given | TOSEPH Of New York Detective Bureau, wh PETROSINO o was shot near his hotel, in Italy. where he went to run down members of Black Hand Society. Sympathy With The Girl. Standard the authorities can find no to the crime than what it seems te hope to oblain from torturing this oir] mn the witness box the autheritics at 'fault. Hi the is conducting this keenly search- enquiry, or if aily other man of world--«ince we speak impersonal- subjected to this form of ex- amination, under the same circumstan- as to the details of his past lil might be incapable of telling more coherent and © convincing than that which has been wrung from this distracted girl in the witness box [i she is suspected she should be in custody and exempt from inquisitorial Ii not she is all' the: move to protection. The methods cross-examination are repug nant to Canadian ideals of justice and reflect little credit on anyone [nected with them, Watertown Lf clue lare who ling | the ly--were ce he is torment entitled f her con Snubbing Mr. Foster. Journal. Tha Journal has that point. But the work of the Ottawa | desire to there is evidence that government for the | improvement of the status of the civil worvants approved in its general bearing by sreat bulk of tha mem- thership, of Civil "Service! Aseocia- tion. Ther: the other hand evidence that the ministers have aimett tat anything but the. improvement « f the efficiency of tha sers No ernment, however could worked out which anomalies wou selves no pre 1s the the no 1s on ice inspired, plan under have pre for ti 0 | sented them redress of than the upon and no plan 1 grievance could better the individual should have tunity of pre his case, merits, to ¢ independent tribunal. be extended Peterboro, Ca he senting his n 1 by to tharines will nt, and nvitat ie ns me the 57th Reg Brantiord to vi when re 24th St. the 1¢ monies it or on May, militar the armourics Sir Wilfrid from atta il 1d it 1s propoced hold demonstration 1 oni with formal opening i wes recovering an lumbago other \ crown counsel have | no | that | oppor- | Lhe « \ Americans Going Some. | Watertown I'he of the batfge I makes mor water necessary for eanal and, therefore, a great ro to be constructed near It will take 1,000 acres of land weribed as the finest farming and will wipe out Delta, containing 265 "he homms of about 500 ol ) people have their Div do not hould be disturbed, but do not understand the impor- of a canal cleven feét decp 1,000-ton barges from Buffalo to roy. The reservoir will have a dam 600 feet lon and 100 feet high and will cost 81,000,080. The property owners of Belta will probably _not put damages of having to abandon homes and farms at a very small sum. Times building canal | purposes, | servoir 1S Rome is de the state village of buildings and people? Some lived there all » why they and land in tha tance to ewTy | ther s The Greater Delineator. The April Delineator marks another "tep in the progress of the foremost of magazines. In enlarged form, sumptuously illustrated, it offers a fascinating table of contents. One of the most interesting articles of the {month is by the famous producer Oscar Hammerstein, who "The Future of "the American | Prima Donna" and. predicts. supremacy » her. "The fiction conforms with the gh literary standard of the Delinea- There are three short stories, Acquittal,"" by Theodosia Garri- "King James of the Strawberry Patch, by Mary' Tracy Earle, and A Case Nervous Prostration,'" by | Margaret The fashion sectior the best can be supplied. the heart, nervous- tremblings, nervous headache, hands and feet, pain in the back, forms of weakness are re: Carter's Iron Pills, the blood, nerves | wome n's ol {| operas, dis- Hig tor Fhe. son; Hannis S thmt P | ness, { cold Ipitation of and other by pecially complexion The: first { lio | for and the old | JE as Tr destination, wd the experimental shipment is said been in every a great | to Teave Canada for the its of flour I ached to have sense HOCeSS ¢ ) ATL VLTVRRTLBTBRY I Want Style. And you're right. It is style in Clothes that shows the difference between the Prince and the Peasant. a! A 'smart, Spic-and-Span, Stylish. Suit is a business asset. Your Clothes. Money is. wasted, il (you "don't get good long service out of the, Suit you bug, That's whad gol get here: From the lowest to the highest priced Suit the fabric is all-wool. Then the tailor ing that goes into our Suits means long wear, for it is thoroughly well done. | All the striking new fea- tures, are here, as well as the more conservative cuts, everyone in exactly the right fashionable lines. But best of all, this style and shapeliness is tailored into each garment. It will have that stylish appearance until it is worn out. Where a hot iron shapes most Suits long enough to sell them, our Suits are, per- manently needle-moulded in: to shape. The Man, who buys his Spring Suit here, Style and Service at such modest Suit Prices $12, $15, 818, $20. See Our Swell $2.00 Hats. The H. D. Bibby Co | cas sessssassses will get both as $7.50, $10. Nii | ¢ ¢ ¢ i i 1 "Caloric" Safety. Lighter All dangers attached to common ways of : lighting . gas ranges unknown in the : . experiences of a "Calo 5% user. 'Caloric" equipped WHY? with a perfect safety lighter. This lighter zollects gas from each burner' bar, en directs same to the a holes in the bottom . of the oven. The moment the burner jet is turned on and the lighted match applied, the gas is [it evenly. ' No accumulation of gas, no puffing, no explosions. M¢Clarys "Caloric" Gas Range 10 THOUSAND 0° THOUSAND wis EXTRAORDINARY WATCH SALE "varces During the recent Panic which continued for over a year, in the entire Upited States, a great number of Watch and Jewellery 'Manufacturers, were compelled to dispose of their stock far below the cost of manufacture. Our well Known firmy was thus able to and did buy from various Manufacturers Over Ten Thous- and Beautiful, as well as First-Class Make Watches. We bought' thege watches so cheap that we are enabled to sell them at extremely low prices, wany io- stances at } the cost of making. NOTICE: We have one lot of fihe Gent's and Jadies', 14 Karat Gold-Plated, Husting- Case Watches, Excellent Movement, 7 Jewelled, of fine make and good time keepers, which we Guarantee to keep in repair for two years Free of charge. These Watches are Kqual in value™o any $15.00 or $25.00 Watch sold. Our Sale Price for These Watches Is $4.05. With each Watch we sond you a HANDSOME CHAIN AND LOQCKET FREE.DK CHARGE. When ordering either a Ladies', or Gent's Watch, send us . we will sepd you a Watch with a Chain and Locket, and the balance of $3.93 you can pay after you receive the goods. If You Are Not Satisfied With the Watch, You May Return It to Us Within 90 Days and Your Money Will Be Refunded. As thousands of people will avail themcelves. of this E XTRAORDINARY SALE it will be advisable for you to ORDER AT ONCE. You ma never again get another opportunity to secure a watch like this wilh a handsome; chain and locket ALL FOR THE PRICE OF $4.95. SEND ALL ORDERS. TO: AMERICAN WATCH AND SALES COMPANY DEPARTMENT 154. 31-32 Park Row, New York, N.Y. All that are lefk in-the vici- nity of Dawson - are some straggling be- | bands. Indians have. followed them yond Sixty Mile River and the vast|apd are bringing some of the meat Big Caribou Herd. wide. Dawson Correspondence Nome News. A herd oi 500,000 caribou is made | band "is travelling toward the Tan- | to Dawson, but on the whole the herd ana River. The news was brought to lis getting too far away to get car Dawson by Chris Williams," who says [casses back to Dawson with any pro- that last year and during the 'sum-'fit mer the herd trampled down forests | and went to the White River glope. io "Any nurse" calling at Gibson's Red | Later it turned back and passed across | Cross Inug Store ay securs free of {upper Sixty Mile and then seemed to charge a pad of bedside notes.' | turn westward" toward the head of| The Ontario government will sell the Tanana slope. They are travel-| 130 Gowganda town lots for a total (ling in a procession twenty miles | sf 817,664. a 5, Good Tea' NOTICE ™, BRIGHT Oe COLOR