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It tor wat here to get , and she nt ood Coal i teil CRAWFORD, all druggists or mailed §- | # THE WHIG, 76th YEAR DAILY BRITISH WHIG, published at 806-810 King street, Kingston, Ontario, at $6 per year. Editions at 2.80 and 4 ou .m. VEER BRITISH 16 pages published in parts om and Thurs: day morning at $1 a year. 'To Waited States, charge for pos Las to be y 82 ond of added, making price of Weekly $1.50 per year. : Axtached n one of She best Job Print- ng ices in anada ; rapid, lish, and cheap work ; nine improved ne The British Whig Publishing Co., Ltd. EDW: J. B. PENSE, Managing Director: TORONTO OFFICE. Buite 19 and 20, Queen City bers, 82 Ohurch St. Toronto, Smallpeice, J. P., representative. Daily Tibi aile Wibig. DUTY OF THE PROVINCE. Statistics may show, as Dr. Osler contends, that tuberculosis is on the His formidable array of to prove that in the larger cities of America and Europe the percentage of deaths from phthesis is very much lower than it was ten years 'ago. What does this indicate? Not that the of combating the disease have been improved, but that the people have become general- ly to avoid the contact and contagion which are so danger- WHIG, Monday Cham- H. BE decrease. figures goes methods educated ous. Common intelligence and com- mon precaution are doing their share towards the most desirable results, but before progress made in «till further lessening the mortality and in eliminating the gublic measures must be more effect ive, The latest fad (and it is only a fad) is that each municipality should have its for the treatment of consumptives, The most each municipality can offer a shack, and it fis better than nothing, and the poorest protection from the inclement The provincial government can Very well gfiord to lead in the establishment of hospitals, on high ground, away from the popu- in the take his can be the disease isolation hospital weather, lous centres, in several places province, and it will probably action when the premier urgps antiquated theories and becomes some- what up-to-date in his ideas. SHUT OUT THE FREAKS. the Dowieites, or section of them, in Can- not !| They had pear Chicago. Under the in- Do we want any branch or ada ? Certainly a lodgment spiration of the leader they were given They made religion. On the that Canada has no this particular sect Their failing is to various extravaganzas. a travesty of then, freaks be shut | ground, | room for should out. not polygamy, but they are generally as objectionable as the Mormons and Doukhobors, and of the last-named the country has surely had en The idea that the troublers of lands can be calmed and made for party ough. other useful in this, that, given far room themselves and away from other they can be tamed and | people, made | serviceable, has been completely | No more wrecks from the un- invited. In addi- the North-West, or and ex- { ploded. | civilized should be | tion the what remains of it in the name of the crown, should be reserved The colonization land of | care for actual settlers. | schemes of the past have been Not according to expectations. Over great failures one oi them has work- ed out of them there were serious dis- were law- some over others there putes; over them all there was the feel- suits; government had been For the double reason, therefore--that the are undesirables and that there is no com- that the grossly imposed upon. mg Dowieites land for any more colonization panies--the govemyment's duty seems to be quite clear. LIMP IN OWNERSHIP. Sir William Van Horne has been call- that iransportation services cannot be run efficiently by public as by private { management. The of New | York exploitation is quoted as | argument the railway mag- The subway, meant to the traflic, and costing many millions "was practically built to the state- ed te account because he says as result an against { nate. re- [lieve surface by the. citizens and presented monopoly." Is that fair ment of the case ? The Whig remembers that the large Me- Donald, a contractor, who associated He and a scheme was engineered by one with. him many men of capstal. for the work, but not the wha, put their millions hazard which the All it did was lend to borrow He for had the genius the = experience, money. Those into i it would not. city its | the assumed a credit to the contractor, and extent to large sums at a limited interest, was to have control of the road of enabling him | i i la certain number of years, but was to {run it to meet the convenience of Indeed the subway is now of the and | the needs of the constituency { the people. | under the direction public meet | | utilities corporation, must which it was projected to serve. | | In due time it will become the pro- {perty of the city, in fulfillment of the well New York, with all its experience, 'fi {it | { age | Progent. for a chance to apgquire acreement, and it will be for | is able when called upon to man- as it' is at | the subway as well wn i I'oronto for years hungered its street | and finally became the onl trai'way, i ol own | er it, to hand over to al te i nv with which it bas | B. {Use only Putnam's | 27th, leaving at 6 a.m. 1 THE DAILY BRITISH WHICG WEDNESDAY, age municipality is a believer in pd lic ownership--in theory only. EDITORIAL NOTES. Americans, as colonizers, are They have failed to in- stall home rule successfully in Cuba. The Philippine - Islands it dare not let go, or the semblance of local govern- Won't Face A Show-Down. Hamilton Times. e observe that Rear-Admiral Sig bee still pretends to think that ¢ Maine was blown up by Spaniards. We also observe opposed to permitting the v be raised. The not 'a success, ment would speedily disappear. Professor Is Batty. Ottawa Citizen. Anyone who ever tried to open up communication with a heliograph at thirty-five miles will appreciate the chance that Harvard astronomer would have in throwing a flash on to Mars at a distance of 35,000,000 miles, and even if he succeeded the Martian in charge of the signal 'sta- tion might be away at lunch. Saskatoon's new hospital, a civie venture, costing $60,000, will attract a good many who travel for their health. A year from now the experi- ence of the municipality in regard to this phase of public ownership would be interesting. The expenditure of forty-six millions in railroad building, in the Canadian North-West, is the best evidence of the marvellous development that is now going Canada, when fairly occupied, as it will be in a few years, will be the greatest country in the A Hint From Goldwin Smith. Bystander, in Weekly Sun. The inquiry at Hamilton seems to have been conducted with remarkable ability by Mr. BI gon the part oi the crown. The shanee of discovery appears to be small. Some day there may be a confession. The number of bullets seems to indicate hatred rather than robbery as the motive. In England a good many years ago an infant was found mur- dered in its bed. There was absolute ly no clue. But many yeabs after- wards the' murder was confessed by a step-sister, who had been a child at the time. on. world. Home rule is a glorious thing, aca- demically. Cuba was given home rule or the Unit- od States tired of supervising it, and Cuba is in a state of anarchy to-day. The Cubans may be able to govern themselves, but until they have spent a longer time under tutelage. a The Canadian Courier is correct Americenn millers, self-government when not Mr. Hosmer Is Busy. Canadian Gazette. C. R. Hosmer left London last Fri- day for Montreal by the Empress of Bitain, after a three months' sojourn in Europe. With characteristic ca- tholicity in matters of politics he spent a good part of his last days in London in the company of Mr. Asquith, while Lord Milner, Lord Rid- ley and Bonar Law were among those with whom he spent a part of the rest of the day. Mr. Hosmer touch- ed on a subject in which he is much interested just now--the development of water-power in Canada. "Much," he remarked, "is said about the tre- mendous asset Canada has in her wa- ter-power, but, of course, it has to he remembered that a mere volume of water is useless unless a local mar- ket is provided. Water-power securi- ties are fast beginning to be known and appreciated at their full value. The fundamental truth is now recognized that, with a market, in supposing that the the capitalists in this line, must Canadian os- tablish mills in Canada. wheat they must have, and if there is any bar to its exportation they will go where trade will not be hampered. More to them. Toronto has no special reason to re- of bonds in power ioice over its sale Eng- The four yrought 102%, or penses figured off. cents, have land. per par with the ex- Ten years ago To- conto's three and a half per cents. A financial eritic does finesse about the sold at par. not see groat last transaction. any Am- insurance companies total The aggregate reserves of the wrican life the enormous sum of over $2,650,000, 0. No wonder onsiderable freedom in the matter of investing. Without hindrances ind limitations the companies have all their money to wa vevenue; and there is plenty of it in | the country, Did you ever realize {that the Canadian Pacific railway { have enough power of this kind with- {in reach of their line to run the 'en- | tire system from St. John to Van- couver, excepting, perhaps, in por- he little Dutch princess tions of the prairie ?"' Snows where, |The Business College Students fs filling with ozone the sluggish Dutch | Have a Contest. air. . Ihe wooden shoes In a game of baseball, at the cric- heads bow, ket field, yesterday afternoon, the And vrow smiles at mynheer, and Frontenae Business College succeeded at vrow, . . . -. Gl : in trimming the Kingston Business College, to the tune of 18 to 13. However, the Kingston Business Col- lsge boys are still champions, hav- Ling captured two games out of the J three played, and feel confident that they can take the scalps of thar brother students in.the next match. SN Yesterday's' game was a warm one Chey shake up the dikes with theirhurly- but, the" umpire managed to escape. baloo ! ------ Ihéy're all taking Hollands to honor the | heir-- Che little Dutch princess from knows where. the companies want any hey can do to place the best advantage. The Little Dutch Princess. Cleveland "Plain Dealer. GAME OF BASEBALL. from no one clatter, the wooden mynheer faster, the sunny The windmills whirl sea smiles ; hey dance in the meadows Dutch miles. stout burgomaster puts long stafl, I'he schnapps are all schnapping in tune with his laugh. for many Fhe down his Chey carol in Antwerp, in Rotterdam, | Y.M.C.A. Notes. one | To-night the seniors and interme- idiates of the YM.C.A. will hold their sports at the athletic field and i time is being looked forward i to. The programme will include { sprints and jumps, throwing the ham- | mer and putting the shot. The baths at the no B. A. Hotel Arrivals. la fine R. G. Wright, Napanee; William Me- {ntosh, John McIntosh, Belleville; A. N, Benjamin, Mrs. Benjamin, Miss Ben- amin, Yarker; W. E. Chadsey, Peter- | yoro; S. R. Wilkie, 0. P. Hamilton, | heen closed for the week owing to the \. E. Skinner, Toronto; C. M. World, |fact that some painting and . other foronto; W. D. Hanery, W. R. Dieton, | alterations are being carried out. Belleville; J. N. Young, Brockville; J. es H. Brownlee, George A. Ewan, Mont- veal; E." McCaffery, St. Thomas; M. | Foster, J. Kirkpatrick; Phila- lelphia; Samuel Myers, Ottawa; Thom- ws H. Dalby, J. S. Cassidy, Cin- sinnati, Ohio; E. E. Chisnall, A. Farmer, James Robertson, J. P. Mor- ison, Montreal; J. B. Watson, S. B. 3rush, Toronto; George King, * Corn- vall; O. M. Thomson, Montreal: | ieorge Barrager, Belleville; J. H. Fro- nanhauser, M. Connolly, Toronto; J 3. Wheetly, B. BE. Parkard, Montreal. | Will Train Steele. "Con" Millan will take charge of [Joe Steele, the runner from Hinchin- | brooke, who made such a good show- B |ing in the Victoria Day race. He will - | likely enter him in some of the races | the coming summer. Steele was given a great reception when he - returned to Parham. His work was exceedingly good, consider- ling the fact. that he had practically no training. Sporting Notes. New Westminster outclassed Regina the series for A Word To Conductors. | There are frequent complaints about |. local street railway conductors not be- [11 the second game of the Minto cup, 12 to 2 ng onthe alert to notice when pass- = > | nc of 18 to 6. mgers desire to get off the cars. Fre gnu ; : . ently people have to pull the bell- Cincinnati has secured the services of word themselves because the cf ductor | Pitcher W. H. Chappélle, from the Bos- is attending to everything else but his jlo Nationals, for the waiver price of buginess--gaping at the surroundings | $1,500. The Bostons recently asked or talking with those on the rear of | lor waivers on Chappelle, but Cincin- the car. It is most annoying for pass- [nat declined to waive. engers to have to wait until near | ' v their corner to gain the attention of | the bunting line, and one reason the unattentive conductor. The street i that too many batters don t pick out railway management the right sort of ball at which to of- is, no doubt, | po eager to please, so here's a text for «o |fer when they bunt. The ball to be has to be selected with lecture to conductors by Superinten- { bunted dent' Nickle. y | greatest of care. "Jack" O'Brien and Stanley Ketchel | are matched to fight six rounds before his | the National Athletic Club, Phila- 18 Killed By Blood Poisoning. Used an old razor, for paring : ; B o g ¢ eorns. Foolish, becinke a 25¢. bot- fcletphin, on June Oth. i tle of Putnam's Corn Extractor will | 19 WHER in at 160 Pore 3 at ig = cure all the corns in the family for a Lach fighter de- | the day of the fight. vear. Safe, because purely vegetaie, | Poste] a forfeit of 81,000. { At London, "Sam" Langford, the colored heavyweight of Boston, knock- ed out lan Hague, the heavyweight | champion of England, i ) ys OB DP CE gland, 1n pr dha - Provincial | round at the National Sporting Club N , 2 8 M my R : kon billet BO oli | Monday night. The fight, which was : auLOomo A'ists ore °€ [for a purse of $9,000, was scheduled to Magistrate Plumb for rumning their |. twenty ro X oh VB 3 unds. car on the road between Brockville | and here at a furious rate of "speed on | Sunday evening. They were twenty dollars. Automobilists Fined. Prescott, Constable party of i od | 2nd "Digger" ned! the bantamweight championship | England, was declared a draw. My Valet. French cleaning, dyeing, repairing, pressing. Ladies' or men's garments, {can curtains, | rugs, furs, ete., etc, cleaned or dyed|from a seven-foot circle at the Pastim by experts. wick Bros., 'phone 650. arse was 81.750. Martin J. A.C. | I world's champion disen | new world's record of 133 Kingston And Ottawa. Ridean Kine will make her trip through to Ottawa on Thursday, |ed, because the J. Swift & !ed officially. | ments as "to i : 3 | were carried out, and the record wil {oval, Sheridan Sadimday all the require Co., agents, SPAT OF THE PRES that he is stronglv fo being : | ter-power is a never-ending source of | Y.M.C.A. have | , making the ag- | Baseball isn't improving a bit along | the | The men agree the fourth The bout between "Jimmy" Walsh, the American fighter, Stanley, of Toledo, for of | E The {fight went the full fifteen rounds. The Sheridan, the Irish-Ameri; draperies, feathers, gloves, | thrower, sent the newly adopted def Prompt delivery. War-| Athletic Club's oval, New York, for a feet 113 {inches. Three weeks ago on the same i threw the discus 138 first {feet 3 inches, but this was not allow- scus was not weigh- governing and weighing * MAY 26, 1909. Single Tax View Versus the the Sdcialistic View. Kingston, May 25.--~(TPo the Edi- tor): In your issue of the 17th inst. Mr. Aykroyd criticizes my letter of the 14th inst. He argues from the socialistic views, They deal more with the production of wealth, such as trade unions, co-operative socie- ties, etc. I reason from the single taxers' view. We deal more with the distribution of wealth, During the year 1907 the United States produced $107,000,000,000 worth of wealth. This would be equal to $1,337 per capita or ' say 3.700 per family. A" ccording to statistics procured by T™ G. a G. K. a, and N B. Spahr this vast amount of wealth is practically owned by 250,000 per- sons. (Great Britain contains 000,000 acres; "76,000,000 acres owned hy 183,000 men. In 1907 this land value was esti- mated at 194,000,000 pounds, say $25 yearly for every human being in the kingdom, and all going into the pockets of 183,000 persons. ! 1 have statistics in my possession which will show about $27 a year land value, for every person in the United States, which is being ket- ed by about one in sixty. quote these facts to show you what a revo- luton will be produced when land value is taxed for the benefit of all the adult population. We single taxers are the only so- cial reformers who know what we want and how we are going to get it.--A. HOPPINS. Ln hy are CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY Stir Up Discord Between Britain and Germany. Loudon, May 25.--A party of civic officials of Berlin, numbering thirty- five, andl including Chicf Burgomaster | Keischnor, arrived hero, last night, as the guests of the London corporation. | They will be entertained and feted during the week and received in audi- by the king at Buckingham pa To 1 neo | lace. Herr Keischner, in an interview, de | scribed the attempts to sow discord hotween the two countries as nothing chort of a crime againgt humanity, "It | | is the deepest and dearest wish of tho | y {German people," he said, ™that any | clouds. believed to exist should be dis | persed." i | Seeing Is Believing. | A United States ageney that fs sell ing books has a man who ought to [write folders. Here is a sample : [| "A tour of the world! What a ' fascinating prospect those magic words conjure up! A tour of { the world ! The first enchanting ielimpse into the lands that lie be- { vond our doors; the mingling with {entirely new peoples, the viewing of | | strange scenes and customs; the | phenomenal mind broadening its ei- | fects; the liberal education it con- veys. Perhaps you have longed many | times to make this marvellous trip {voursoli, only to be obliged to dis- | Ipel the idea because of business, health, family ties, or the question of finances. 1s this so?" Our answer to the question is, call upon: Mr, Conway, city passenger {agent of the Canadian Pacific rail yway, get the tickets and see the things as they gre, instead of staying at home and thinking how they may Ibe, One thing is certain. Wherever "you want to go, whatever port of | the 'continent or of the world, no company can take you as far or look after you as well as the C.P.R. Bridegroom Charged With Perjury. Windsor, 'Ont., May 25.--Mabel Cue- tis, aged seventeen, eloped with Ed ward Northrupp, thirty-two, from Flint, Mich.,, and came to Windsor, where the two were married after Northrupp had made a false affidavit as to the girl's age. The girl's mothor promptly caused Northrupp's arrest, and in the police court here he was charged with perjury, bat pleaded not guilty. Ho will be tried later. "Think of the years of reading' you can enjoy if you are a member of the Tabard Inn library at Gibson's Red Cross Drug Store. Books can be ex- changed all over the world. Life mem- bership $1, for the month of May. Tho death took place at Hotel Quinte, Belleville, Saturday, of James Lowrie, one of Bdleville's most es teemed old gentlemen. For some timo he had been in poor health. He was cighty-seven years of age. Phone 147 ai have your furniture repaired at James Reid's. The fires of scli-love never die from! lack of fuel. ; | | Proves Nerviline Cures Chronic Sciatica. { + | Solemn Statement of a Well | Known Newark Merchant i Establishes That Sciatica Can Be Cured Quickly. It was four years ago 1 first was attacked by sciatica. The pains came and went, and at first were not se- vere. I took no precautions against relapse and the conditions grew perm- dnent. Severe grinding pains like | points of steel being forced through | my flesh, affected my left side. 1 be- | came almost a cripple, and on a| damp or stormy day was afraid to! leave the house. f*'Nerviline" was recommended and I rubbed on lots of it. In a week I im- proved, and by persevering with the Nerviline, rubbing and taking it every night, twenty drops in hot sweetened water, I finally got the disease under control. In eight weeks 1 was cured. I have never since felt a twinge or an ache, and for those affected with neu- ralgia, rheumatism, lumbago, sciatica, or any other scular ailment, 1 /can conscientious[¥ recommend "'Nervi- line." ForPfity years Nerviline has been a standard household remedy all over America. Many doctors and druggists use it in Sei own families: because it is t t, strongest, most trat- ing liniment pn J pene Beware of the unscrupulous dealer that endeavors, because of the extra profit on an inferior article, to induce you yo take anything in place of Ner- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. | S Young as You Sombre things are all right for the "old fellows,' but you, well, we've a choice selection of garments, that passes style and character without being "giddy."' Side step the Clothing of doubtful merit and worth. Come, see the choice Suits we're showing. They are suitable for Young Men, or for Men who want to look young. It is a pleasure to show you our styles, See Our $12.50, $15 and $18 Suits, they're beauties. New Straw Hats New Shirts The H. D. Bibby Co. New Panama Hats New Hosiery is made from the finest care- fully selected. cocoa beans, roasted by a special process to perfect the rich chocolate flavor. Cowan's is most deli- cious and most economical. THE COWAN CO. LIMITED, TORONTO. Special for Men Regular $3 and $3.50 Box Calf and Patent Colt Skin, Blucher Cut Boots, Narrow, Medium and Wile Toe. All New Stock. See our Bargain Tables. Now $2.25. Reid & Charles. BUFFALO MARINE AND STATIONARY Engines Cannot be surpassed. The above cut shows a station- ary, suitable for operat- ing bakery machinery or any other purpose where cheap power is required. Operates with Gasoline or Coal Oil. ASK FOR CATALOGUE. Local Agency : HALLIDAY ELECTRIC CO., 345 King Street SOME SNAPS IN BUFFETS AND DINING ROOM CHAIRS Handsome Polished Oak Buffets, only 315.00. Dining Room Chairs, 5 small Chairs and 1 Armchair, only $10. Polished Oak Extension Tables, in Round or Square, only $12, Also Brass and Iron Beds, Springs and Mattresses at a snap, Use our Furniture Restorer for viline. Large 23¢. bottles at all deal ers, . woman can always be depended | be allowed. The former record of 132 feet 11 inches was held by M. E. Horr. 'Fhone, 9, Foot of Queen St. pi compa A "we 3 2 The aver- upon 'to keep a secret--going, i X . 'heen scrapping ever sauce.