x t . -> -> The at home to the graduates, at gn's, given last night, by Rev. I Mrs, D. M. Gordon, at the prin 's residence, was a very pleasant of course. Mrs. Adam Shortt very much at home, presiding the coffee urn, as she often has s past; Mrs. Alexander Kirkpat- poured the cocos, and Mrs. J. C. 11 cut the ices. Among the gis town who were there were Miss and Miss Phyllis Knight, the leen Richard: Saunders, Miss Fairlie, Miss Kath {Mi Kath Miss May Macdonnell, and Miss Mar- Pleugibr and ja! Frances Sullivan f : Miss Elsie Pense, Miss and Miks Muriel King, Miss Bes- 3 Miss Eva Richardson, and Miss ald Smellio. { - oo = Walter Macnee gave one of the ytest of luncheon parties, on over at the Country Club. honor were Mrs. R. T. and Mrs. C. W. Drury, the jerd of the party making up ing Mrs. EB, T. Taylor, D. R. Hemming, Mrs. Iva in, Mrs. John Bel Carruthers, bs) Frederick Brownfield, Mrs. James praleeve, Mrs, James ' m Onlvin, Miss Lois Saunders, | fleanor Macdonell and Miss Lily oh-Taylor. Some - of the party for a game of 'bridge, three being in play, and luckily and e two Drury's ably pily the prizes went to th of honor and to Mrs. fioshs Miss Macdonell. } > n= The wind and the rain and all the - Hiwehther"' turned out yesterday, failed tp, Keep people from going out to see ho es Farrand Pringle in all her dignity of matronhood. n The bride bain w a protty gown of pale blue, en ! inp, with a matrinl, and border woven in the she had a warm greet ihe for ali.her old friends. In the din- ifg-boom, Mrs. R. W. Rayson made fog and Mrs. Herbert Horsey poured @ coffee. A number of girls helped i i refreshments, sev eral be- ig pressed into service owing to the siibor of visitors there were. "ati wr » » Mes. Hiram Calvin, King vé a. tes, on Saturday, with Mrs. dam Shortt sireet, as the raison d'etre. : Alexander Kirkpatrick made the tes, which was dispensed in the draw- sit-room, Miss Lois Saunders and 44 Anna Lesslie assisting her. hang the guests were Mrs. Norton- lor, Mrs. F. Brownfield, Mrs. R. T. Walkem, Mrs. R. Waldron, Mrs. Thom- an Tandy, Mrs, He, Tandy, Mrs. Jere My Taylor, Mrs. James Cappon, Mrs. Herbert Saunders, Mrs. John Waddell, Mew. J. 8. giddn, and Miss Helen Fraser. p > ew Sif, James Weir, Alfred street, gave one jof her pleasant at homes on Fri- diy ialternoon of last week, the guests wmbering about thirty. They y at quartette tables and re whments were served by Miss Sam- le, Miss Cox, Miss Balfour and M oir, daughter ef the hostess. root 'was profusely decorated boaytiful flewers . and the afternoon was very enjoyable. : - oe - THe senior bridge club met at Mrs. Norman Leslie's, Bagot strect, last night, the "outsiders" invited being Nrs, R. TF. Walkem, Mrs, C. W. Drury, Mrs! James Gildersleeve, Miss Eleanor Macdonell, Miss Bessie Gordon, Mr. Angus Macdonell, and Mr. C. Cobbitt. - - - Miss Lilian Birley and Miss Mabel Marshall loft, on Monday, for Gren- yille, Sask. A number of their friends were. at the station to wish them good-bye. "> > -- Xe James Cappon, Barrie street, wi entertain at tea, to-morrow, in botior of Mrs. Adam Shortt, Mrs. Wilkem and Mrs. Drury. "" - oe i = Mis. H. Tandy, King street, gave a luncheon, to-day, at the Country Club, in honor of Mrs. R. T. Walkem and Mis. CW. Drury. Re Nr. J. Willison, Mr. D. Maclennan, of Cornwall, both trustees of Quéenis, are guests of Profestor . James Cappon, Barrie street. Sir Sandford Fleming, of Ottawa, is staying with Principal Gordon, at we of Toronto, and een Ss. Miss 'Alice Macnee, Barrie street, is home from Montreal. Mrs, Francis Macnee is this week: moving her Lares and Penates 'to "St. Lawrence Cottage." Dr. Victoria Reid is in town for her sister's marriage to-night. Mr. R. R. F. Harvey will sail home on Friday. "o> - -- "Mrs. J. P., French will go up Figton on . Friday. ; Mys Jessie: Smith, who has been staying with Mrs. Frederick Brown field, Wellington street, will pay a for to | week," ¢ Mrs. | helpfulness Turner, Miss Fanny Fer-} Jroistens Thy. wi ful ROYAL properties, give 4 Y Dancipal § 5 little. visit to Miss Aileen 8, tawa. She will sail, with Mrs. Bux- Gore street, before going back to 'Ot- ton Smith, for England, on May Sth, Mr: aud Mrs, James Farrard Pringle are going down to Montreal on Fri. day to stay with the groom's mothes, who is there, on their way to their new home at La Tuque, Quebec. Miss Anna Rigney, Johnson. street, has gone up to London to Mr. James Rigney's wedding, Fa rs. J. B. Walkem, B®erley street, Dr. | returned with the Rev. Ogilvie Dobbs, to Brockville, last night, and will be| there for. a few days. » - - Mrs. W. D. Hart, of Montreal, is vis- iting her mother, Mrs. 'W. H. Savage, Montrea! street. : Mrs. Con Cartwright, of Van- couver, yi g her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Matheson, in Ottawa, for some time, is coming, next week, to Kings- ton, to visit Mrs, Ven Straubenzie, and will later visit her daughter, Mrs. Tetford, of Glenarm, Kentucky. Mr. - Alfred Ostler, of Vancouver, B.C., {gr three weeks with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. Ostler, University avenue, jf cturhs to the coast this akin person of Miss McMichael, of Catara- qui. The marriage will occur to-mor- row. -> oe -> Miss Macaulay, King street, will be home from Stratford on Friday. Mrs. George Creeggan and her grand daughter, iss Annie Creeggan, left for Ottawa on Monday, regretiul friends being = she station to say od-hye. re. Creeggan's ntle Belpfuli will be much mi _by her many fiends, and her bright young granddaughter, too, has left hind many who wish her back. is home from New York. Mr. Justice and Mrs. Maclennan, of Ottawa, are the guests of Mrs. Mac lennan's brother, Mr. John Strange, Barrie street. ; "- Mis Mildred from Ottawa. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Ransom and their children will leaye to-morrow for Deloro. ¥ i Miss Etta and Miss Kathleen Kirk- satrick are. mow boarding with Mrs. {ane, Bagot street. Mrs. J. E. Bromley, of Saskatoon, Sasle, 18° hege with her mother, Mrs Henry Merrick, Bagot street, and wil probably spend a couple of months at home, - Macmorine is home -> -- -> Mrs. R. T. Walkem is again back with Mrs. Claxton, Union street, and will go shortly to visit Miss Etta Callaghan, at Mrs. Calvin's, Garden Island. "Mr. and Mrs. John Tett, of boro, are with. their daughter, R. J. Gardiner, Bagot street. : Mrs. I. S. Scott, wife of the cently appomted assistant city engi neer, of Toronto, and a former tingstopian (Carrie Bentley), is with Mrs. 315 FeMboms, Barrie street, for a few days. New- Mrs ro- "oe wr or . » The engagement announced ' 6f Miss (race Louise Connor, M:A., daughter "the late Mr. and Mrs. James Connof, Kingston, to Mr. Wil liam Walker Swanson; M.A. Ph.D. of political science, Queen's The marriage will take place in" July.~ is Reports From Inverary. Invernryys April 26.--The two fac- tories" averfunning full blast with a large amount of milk daily. L. Hol lingsworth, Athens, is maker in Duff's factory and McKnight Bros. Lake purpose going to Cobalt soon. Mrs. A. Lake is absent on a lengthy visit at her father's, T. Dixon, Sun- bury. Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Holmes were "At Home" to a num- bor of their friends on Thursday night. James Smith is engaged with Thomas Thompson for the season. W. Aykroyd has purchased the lot of land adjoining the Su A. S. hall and will move a house off his father's farm * upon it, and fix it up for resi- dential purposes. C: Drader has built a fine henhouse and will go ex- tensively into the poultry business. M. W. Lake has purchased the farm of his father, the late RR. P. Lake. Allan Mains, Sweet's Corners, accom- panied by Rev: Edwin Claxton, re cently visited this neighborhood for the purpose of purchasing thorough- bred Holstein stock: Karle Lake, Battersea, spent Sunday at W R. Folk"s. Miss Nettie Johnston is pre- paring a large:class of pupils for the entrance examinations in June. The many friends of Miss Laura Hughes are pleased to hear she is recovering from her serious illness. Miss Mabel Caverly has gone to Cape Vincent and will remain for a length of time. Archdeacon R. Renison, of the dio- cese of Moosonee, left Toronto to ac- cept an important charge in San Francisco. Ripe bananas, two dozen for quarter; Thursday and Saturday, Carnovsky's. To complete the South African war memorial, $17,574 is required, in addi- tion to $16,214 already received. For house cleaning, use our Furni- ture Restorer. At James Reid's. Mrs. Frederic Nicholls, Toronto, died suddenly of apoplexy. "a at its t It is economy to use Royal Baking Powder. It saves labor, health and money. Where the best food is required no other baking powder or leavening agent can take the place or do the work of Royal Baking Powder. WHERE With him a bride ih 'the' 1 Miss Ethelwyn Loucks, Barrie street, | irk] Morel. W. Teppell and family and J.A beth Bridge, Haileybury. 5 : Coldwatér township. ~ 'THE ea RECENT MASSACRES OCCURRED. ----iaie i DAILY SRITISH WHIG. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1009. in the vicinity of Amtioch. | Moslem populations. } of order. Many people are leavin, LOCKED UP WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER. Was on Way to Kingston--Climbed --Was Taken Oht Half Dead at Elmira, N.Y. Elmira, N.Y., April 28. --Locked in a box car filled with barley for four days and nights, without any : food or water, Charles dian, looked like a ghost when in the local yards, yesterday noon, by Lackawanna Detective Gor- man and Police Patrolman McCarthy. Connors had been working in Chi- cago as. a laborer. On Saturday night he had something to eat i Chicago about six o'clock. He went to the railroad yards and climbed in- to a box car partially filled = with barley. He intended going as far as Kingston, Ont., where he has rela- had: héen . locked and sealed. In, the meantime the car was taken to Bufiglo and stafted, on its trip to" New York. At Bath the brakesman heard hammering and shouting inside the car and reported it to the conductor. When .the car door was opened the vietim of four days' haraships had to be helped out of the car. WEDDED IN MORNING. A Happy Event at Home of Ald. McCartney. o'clock," Jon Wednesday morning, one of Kingston's fairest daughters was united in marriage, when Miss Ethel N. McCartney, eldest daughter of Ald. and Mrs. William McCartney, Earl street, was married to Elwin Ira Mooney, of the local Bell Telephone company. Rev. Charles A. Sykes, pastor of Syden- ham street church, officiated. ceremony was performed in the spa- cious drawing room, beautifully At 10:30 lax, ana petted flowers. The bride and groom stood under a floral ca- nopy,_ {rom which was suspended. . a large bell of flowers. The young bride in her directoire gown of crepe Paris, over silk. Her bridal veil, an heirloom, was of real Brussels net, hand embroidered, and was caught in her fair hair aith a wreath of orange blossoms. The bride carried a bou- quet of bridal roses. The i bridesmaid, Miss Edith Carney, sistor of the bride, wore handsome directoire 'gown of eolienne over silk. She carried a bouquet of pink roses. The groom's gift to the bridesmaid was a de: Me- a John McCartney, brother of the bride, was best man, and dainty little Vivian S. McCartney, sister of the bride, dressed in a simple frock of white embroidered... mull, was Hower girl. She carried a basket of sweet peas. Mrs. McCartney, mother of bride, wore a. handsomé¢ gown black voile over heliotrope taficta. ~ After the ceremony the guests sat down to the wedding breakfast. Ths bride wore a handsome brown trave ling dress with hat to match. . Mr. and Mrs. Mooney left on the noon train on an extended trip to Mon- treal, Boston and other cities, fol lowed by the best wishes of all their friends. Upon their return they will take up residence at 159 Alfred street. Mrs. J. Smallridge, grandmother of the bride, aged eighty-six years, was present at the wedding. Among the out-of-town guests were . Mrs. Adam Meiklejohn, Ottawa, and Miss Eliza- the of pMany beautiful presents were receiv- by the bride, including an handsome Sbinet of silver from her two broth- ers, and a substantial cheque from her father, Baseball On Tuesday. National League--Philadelphia, 3; Brooklyn, 2. Boston, 10; New York, 0. Pittsburg, 7; St. Louis, 6. American League--New York, 4: ton, 3. Chicago, 1; St. Louis, 0. Eastern League--Providence 7; Bufia- lo, 4. Rochester, 10: Newark, 2. Jer- sey City, 4; Montreal, 3. Baltipore, 8: Toronto, 2 : Bos- 'A decision in the divisional court v in at Ohicago and Fell Asleep | Connors, a Cana- | he | was helped from a Lackawanna train | after- tives. He fell asleep fof a short time | and when Ké awoke he found the car | final | The | decorated with white carnations, smi- | looked charming | hand- | some gold chain and amythest heart. | kh ATINPDRAL UTR OF BETIDIHT SVT Beirut, April 28.--The Armenian population of Antioch and the ed out.in the massacres of the last few days by fanatical Moslems, There are thousands of destitute Armenian widows and orphans still in the district, unable to. get away. There is no security anywhere Troops are arriving here and the authorities are taking energetic measures for the'p g Beirut for the Lebanon. The British cruiser Diana came into port to«day. STARING IN A CAR ANNUAL MEETING 4 | Street Church. | The Sunday school board of Queen | Street Methodist church met on { Tuesday night for the purpose of re- | | ceiving reports from the various de- partments and electing officers for the ensuing church year. Before considering business workers sat down together and joved a friendly chat at the supper table, over the good things provided by the lady teachers, under the direc- tion of Mrs. W. H, Asselstine. After supper the superintenaent re- ferred to the fact that the school was about to lose the services of Mus. | H. Squire, who for twenty-two years had been associated with the school | as a teacher, particularly with the young men's clags, now organized as | The Young Men's Club. The oppor- tunity was taken to make Mrs. Squire a presentation of books. Hopes were expressed that before long she would | be welcomed back. After the presen- tation the gathering sang "Blest Be the Tie That Binds," with feeling. The reports of treasurer, ' seeretary, librarian and superintendent of howe, primary and | kindergarten departments were read and adopted, showing a year of suc- cessful work "all 'round. | It was noted that the library . is | now 'one of the best in the city, con: | sisting of 1,134 volumes, for all clags- es of readers, and, in many hranches of literature, including also a valu- able teacher's reference library. The | issue per week averages sixty-five volumes, frequently reaching 100. On the election of officers for the year, the forther workers were all re- instated, Mp. Bateman being added to the number of "assistant superinten- | dents. W. FH. Warren was elected' te the position . left vacant by the re gretted removal 6f W. Manhard from the city. The list of officers now re- mains : Superintendent, E. W. Skin- ner; honorary assistant = superinten- dent, J. A. Gardiner; assistant su- perintendents, Messrs. Joseph Clarke | and G. A. Bateman; treasurer, Dr. R. E. Sparks; secretary, W. H. Warren; | assistant -seeretary, W.. S. Gordon, | Miss L. Lambert; librarian, Capt. R. Crawford; superintendent pifmary de- partment, Miss = M. Meek; superinten; dent kindergarten department, Miss M: Day. " " Before the conclusion of the busi- ness, a resolution of appreciation of | the splendid service rendered to the | school by Rev. W. H. Sparling dur- | ing his pastoral term, was moved by |G. A. Bateman, seconded by: the | superintendent, regret being expressed | | that this would be the last occasion lon which Mr. Sparling woula preside | over the Sunday school board as pastor. The resolution was carried | with enthusiasm, and the | losed withthe benediction. STOCK QUOTATIONS. and Leading Stocks Listed. The following = quotations are sup- plind--by --the--City - J. Q. Hutton and J. R. C. Dobbs), ence street. Telephone 480 A : Cobalt Stocks. April 28th. Sellers. Buyers. $ .18) 72 Cobalt Canadian Beaver Baillie Cobalt .... Chambers-Ferland . Cobalt Central "..... Cobalt Lake ... Crown Reserve Foster Gifford ...... ...os Green Meehan . La Rose Little Nipissing Mc¢Kin.. Dar. Savage Nipissing ...... coos . Nova Scotia Ofisse ... ... .. Peterson Lake Rochester Silver Leaf .. Silver Queen Temiskaming . Trethewey ..... oe sii» Watts ......0 aid Senne wnsiians CANADIAN STOCKS. Dom. Steel, Com. Twin City 163 a1} i 0 ln Ee Dio 1S es RS ho 3 ft OF Ww Moth Proof Bags. We have the very latest in moth proof and dust proof bays for putting away furs, clothes, etc, All sizes, at Wade's drag store. # New cabbage from Somth Carolina gpholds the local option hy-law in due on Thursaay at Carnovsky's. Of Sunday School Board of Queen the en- | the superintendent, | meeting | 41 Clar- | "vicinity has been practically wip The situation at Alexandretta continues critical. Beilan is still holding out against the tribesmen that surround it. Beirut is quiet as yet, but there is great tension between the Christian and the reservation : | PITH OF THE NEWS, The Very Latest Culled From Al Over The World. Lee Ling, a Chioaman, stands ac cused of perjury in a Toronto court He is out on baal. 3 ,. The jurors in the Kinrade case have { heen kicking about long hours. Their fees are likely to be doubled. The Grand on a new lend of the Maissonneuve. i Alex. Weckerle, Hungarian minister, has fesigned, signifying a {serious breach. of relations between | Austria anu Hungary, At. The Hague doctors were hastily i summoned to the palace to attend Queen Wilhelmina, whose aceouche- ment is expected to-day. The Monaco police, arrested a man | who they claim was about to de- part for Paris to assassinate Presi- dent Fallieres, of France. Matthew Astor Wilkes {wife, formerly Miss Sylvia = Green daughter of = Mrs. Hetty Green of New York, are in Toronto. : The anthracite mine owners and min- ers will sign a three-year agreement | practically the old agreement with a few concessions of importance to the miners. 1t was disclosed in Judge Cannon's court of enquiry that Montreal saloon keepers who paid into an : election fund had : charges of illegal selling withdrawn against them. Two Kemptville men charged. in To- ronto court with cruelty to animals. I'he charge was dismissed and now a Foronto butcher will be accused. hav- ing bought the calves on arrival. At Saskatoon Fred A. Lee was sen- fenced to a term of four years' im- prisonment in Prince Albert 'with hard labor, on the charge of stealing + 600 from the Northern Crown bank. The Ottawa order of the American Federation of Mubicians has taken ac tion forbidding -any of its members from, henceforth, playing in any ° of the city churches without remunera- tion. v With all of the party, that will accompany Col. Roosevelt through- out his : hunting trip, now in goo shape and on the ground, it is of- ficially announeed. that the real lion hunt will begin to-morrow. E. B. Greenshields, one of Mon- treal's best known . wholesale se<mer- { chants, and a director of the Bank of Montreal, is to be president, it is un- derstood, of a new $5,000,000. com- pany organized to develop bituminous lands in Albtrta. A flicker of flame, on an accumula- tion of dust in the feed house of the Husted Milling and Elevator com- | pany's giant elevators on Elk street, | Buffialo, N.Y., on Wednesday morn- ing, burst into a bustling blaze, | which shot like forty separate thun- Ldorbolts into the forty. bins--eof the | elevator and started. as many inter- nal and unquenchable fires which will cause a loss of between $250,000 and | £300,000. | | Trunk railroad will put branch line from the west Island of Montreal to prime and his NO FURTHER NEWS Find 'in the Kinrade Residence. Hamilton, .Apiil 28.--No further in- | formation has been given out {the evidence discovered at the Kin- | rade home on Monday afternoon. Pro- | vincial « Detective Rogers, Detective | Pender, the Pipkerton man and De | tective Coulter were the officers who {paid the visit to the house. but they fare not saying what they found. : { It is understood, however, they' se- cured evidence which will tend to co- | roborate reports received from the oth, and it is expected thers will be | sensational developments wheo their | About the ¢ | find is made public at the inquest. At Bicknell's Corners. Bicknell's Corners, April 27.-Mr. Sexsmith, of Selby, has moved on his farm, lately purchased from J. Lang- { more. John Judge and Edward Ham- {ilton have been fixing damaged fences ton their farms. -Miss Lizzie McDonell, | Tamworth, is visiting her uncle, P. McDonell. Earl Salisbury is drawing hay to Yarker. Percy Scott put up some wire fence for George. Wilson. | James Sewell is building a new con- j crete hen house. | prise, is visiting his sister,- Mrs. W. | Simmons. Miss Olive Emberley at- tended the party at the home of J. i B. 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