{ WHIG, SATURDAY, MAY (3, 1911, i -- os - -- ME ------ . a or MANY meena PASE SEER. 3 : phy ---- oe THE FIRE AT LAVANT. Reductions On System in the! be-: UNDER CONTROL: WHEN FIRE. ® ' the | MEN ARRIVED THERE, Oo ar rincess ' un of the council, to see that the y 1 ; Jon wen is investigated. | --Wilbur Miners Fought the 1 1SI1C 1 Flames for Two Days, ; Gra-! At the police station. a great complaints are being received It was a wearied party of fire fight |For the balance of this week only we will ers who struck Kingston, Saturday clear the following vocal numbers at day about the men neglecting to call morning, about 6:30 o'clock, after hav 25¢, 5 for $1.00 It was stated that as many as sixty complaints had been registered with NE ky myth. the awe The Riding Lesson 2 Love, Love, Love Gold in Guilight Reliable Fur Storage Telephone 489, Our Waggon 1 Will Call. JOHN McKAY, 149-135 Brock Street a About the Garbage City. That the garbage system is not ing carried out as required, is gener complaint, and Mayor : ham 'stated on Saturday morning that | yop of the Wind Saved the Village he woula 'bring the matter to the at Chat Baghre Pit' to' Work The ' en agement is announced of Fithel E., second youngest daughter of Mrs. A. Williamson, Rideau stréet, to Mr. J. Rockwell Briden Gage, young- est son of Mr. Richard Gage, St. Catherine street. The wedding will take place quietly, the third week in June. many | every d g Drifting, by Gordon V. "Thompson ne Golden City : other's Story : Somebody 1 Oc Per Step Out for Jesus Copy Remember Me Bo Eaowe : $1 0 Per Anchored + ® Set aren uw Getzlen Save seid Life Songs are meetirig with tremendous Harry J. Bonnett, of White = Kiver, success. They have been taken up by the fut, Shtsm Jon u of I tu leading choirs and soloists and are mak- Wiss Ida May Cotton, of Garrettown, ing the most favorable impression wher- Out, on April 2lst. ever they have been used. These selec- tions have piano accompaniments. Chor- uses are arranged for four part singing and thoroughly harmonized. # Phone 919 SILVER ON ARTICLES SERVICE. Earthenware Tea- and Stands, eriously men, having tracks also happened tty A couple of [seo eectsscnsssetsseee Protect Your Furs BUY A MOTH-PROOF BAG. the police. in the*rear of Frontenac county, but y bovs declawed that with all the work ized on Wednesday. April 19th in . The first word of the fire came to Dollar Princess Quartette Burke, sr., became the wife of Frank 3. city, Friday afternoon, about two Swain, of Kingston. Precisely at half ,'Jock, from Lavant station, a small past three the wedding party entered Paragraphs 3 sage stated that a bush fire was rag street, announce the engagement of «2'b; Mise Edna Warren. The bride, firemen here, after obtaining the neces- sary permission to go, hustled to load such equipment as they Thought T e lle e 5% St r he Colleg ook ore, Cassels. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. (George Swain, of Glenvale. After the railway train, chartered for the occa : . THE FINEST BOOK STORE IN EASTERN ONTARIO, i» Hamiltin A to Mr Spencer Dale- ceremony, which was performed by sion, when another message came, 260 PRINCESS STREET : THE fs HOUSEFURNISHING MONTH Harris, Montreal: will take place on | Rev. A. Edward Smart, the wedding stating that the fire was under con Our stocks are epial to the demand. Many costly word should come, and sure enough it ore of them ) were We can help in Carpets, Rugs, Cur- : wrestle near : swile no matter what goes, and the A very pretty wedding was solemin- north for anything. be, daughter of Mr., and Mrs. Jos Inspection f s y iles f the city. The mes - w. J. J. Crawford, Alfred . : - eventy miles from Me. and Wes J. J. Crawiond,. 3Hre Voice that Breathed O'er Eden," play- ipe » village. The it would wipe out the village. The $1.00. To clear, 35¢. . . ald The groomsman was of loading it on a special KR. & PP Marguerite Balderson. g sasssesnsessesasesssses | Ihe marriage of Miss parents, where all partook of & sump- selves in readiness in case further The marriage is announced to take | tuous wedding supper. i a : ps I , 3 ; nd place on June 14th in Ottawa of Miss { and beautiful gifts tesfified. to the es did come. About 3 3 o'slock, he v friendly Katharine Macpherson, daughter of teem in which the young people are third message came, saying the win the late Colonel John Macpherson, to held. Among the guests from a dis. was blowing the fire toward the vil Mr, Cecil Burn, of Ottawa | tance lage. The firemen made all possible ; } . ; : > . » - . were Jas. Swain, Kingston: 1 I | Messrs. Swain, Glenvale; Mr. and Mrs. haste to get the Chatham engine and of Miss Kathleen Henry Erwin, Fallbrook; Mervyn Bell, the old hose waggon loaded upon - a Percival Tur- Baldersom: Mrs. Townsend, Harrow. flat car, and took 1,200 feet of poe has, been arranged smith: Joseph Burke, Clyde Forks, Mr, along, Chief Armstrong was in charge * {and Mrs. Swain have taken up resi- of the brigade, and with him were En- | scious when he . . | dence, on York street. {gineer Hall, Fireman Cockade, Luts hut could not talk, Alice street, ! and i two fell ha the raul, The two men fell, ing the smaller of the striking his head or rendered him insensible fo taken to Sharbot wttended him. Ho got offi the train and it was fear Married in Oso. Kingston's fire laddies always wear a 3 they would not have missed the trip Christ church, Oso, when Miss Phoe- My Dream of Love red place near the Wilbur mines, about thie church to the strains of "The | their daughter, Edith Lorena, to Mr ing there, and the inhabitants thought 'InStrumental Selections, regular price Allan oy aon of Mr. and "Mrs. p. who was given away by her brother i 2 L. Brown, Galt. Ontario. The marri- Richard, was prettily attired in a F 've will take plage the first week in ¥O0Wn of cream eolienne, trimmed with : wo 3 ¥ - jace and hat to match, and was at- June. . . ¢ 'tended by her cousin, Miss Bell, of would be useful and were in the" act a June 11th | party drove to the home of the bride's trol. The fire department held them- + 9 tains, Furniture or Repair Work, , thock Unconscious DEPOSITED OF remained three ard was where a 'doctor The marriage Drennan (Conia) to Mr. ner, of Winnipeg, for June 21st, . Hrown pots We have them ®in" different On sizes from the short jacket size . to the long Ulster {and Tugwood, a couple of civilians 4 (hat he hatt Jock-jaw iand a Whig man. The special train, On Tea Caddies, Nr. Edward Goodwin, ! " = Carpets, Rugs, Curtains, Draperies, and Verandah Chairs, £1.00, Dinirfg-room Suites, Bedroom Suites, Cloth, Linoleum, il ele Shades, Lawy who £2 been camping at Kingston Mills as returned home. . Bishop Farthing and Mrs. Farthing will leave Montreal, on Tuesday, 1 Ottawa, where they will be the guests of Archbishop and Mrs. Hamilton. on Thursday. They will remain with | Mr. and Mrs. MacMprchy over Sun- day and then take up their residence in Kingston. Mrs. Henry Cumningham, Earl street who has been visiting in Toronto, re turned home to-day. The Misses Macpherson, who spent the winter in Washington returned to, town on Thursday. t - - > - I Sir 'George Gibbons left for London | on Friday. | Mr. and Mrs. Seay, of Richmond, ! Virginian have taken the apartments at {on the aims of ------------ } A Gathering of Scouts, The Boy Scouts, of Sydenham street evening for held an informal banquet in the. lec- Methodist church, on Friday ture room of 'the church. There were about thirty-five present, provided by the Scouts, few were detached to wait on tables. Rev. T. W. Neal, T. F. Harri son, Scoutmasters Law ana Atkins of the Y.M.C.A. Scouts and Scoutmasters Pense and Light of the Sydenham street Scouts spoke briefly the movement, anc what the Scouts were doing. Seout | master Ward, of the Sydenham Scouts was chairman. Important to Ladies and Bald Men. | Prof. Dorenwend, of Toronto, including Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Mudie returned | guests, and a good time was provided. to Gananoque from their wedding trip Everything in the way of eatables was | and a the Assistant will ! village had been swept bj be at the Randolph hotel on Friday, which was made up of & number of éempty flat cars, a few loaded box cars, a coach and caboose pulled out of the city about 4:30 o'clock, drawn by two engines. At Sharbot Lake the hungry fire fighters raided a store there and cleaned out the fruit line Lavant about 7:30 the situation | They arrived at o'clock and found that was not as bad as they expected to find it. The high wind, which had sprung up in the afternoon, had died, down, and by the combined efforts of * about 150 men, the fire had been!' re duced to subjection. The arrival of 1 the fire crew was hailed with a rousing "cheer, and the settlers breathed a sigh of relief for they knew that whatever { contingency: arose, the fire could not get beyond their control. sutrounding the small the fire for The extreme dry and for two «| The country the past two days - With these bags there is no danger from moths, roaches, dust, vermin or mice Offers to Get Hears, . ago, Postmaster asked to supply a Some few davs ames Stewart was uple of female bears to Youngstown, Ohio. Thd item in Whig caught the eagle eve oof Josepl Franklin, commission merchant, Winnipeg, formerly of this city, and Le has written to Mr. Stewart, stat wg that he can supply the bears need ed, and the postmaster is thankful t him for his kind offer. Mr. Franklin will make a deal with, some of the Indians who into Winnipeg regularly He referred the fact that quite a few bears could be picked up on the grain exchange. hut, of they being all two le rd bears, would not. fill the hill, thus he to do busi ness with some of the Indians No pasting, gluing or sewing is required; the patent fastener is sécure a man Patent Clothes Hooks inside Try Moth Proof Sheets for wrapping dp bedding or lining trunks or boxes. These are 40 inches x 48 inches, and are only be each. ---- Dr. A. P. Chown, Optician, 185 PRINCESS STREET. 'Phone 343. 000000 00000000000000000000' endeavor lo come ---- course, they woald thave 90004TGCOOIIOOOETOINOIOOIROOSOYY an ------ -- Money Had Rotted, On Sugar Bowls and Cream Jugs, On Butter Dishes and Sandwich Plates, Any many other useful articles takes our and well Deposit all The Silver graceful form showing of these goods each piece makes a gift worth having SMITH BROS., Jewellers, . Opticians, 85¢ KING STREET. e Issuers of Marriage Licenses, over Great Need of Cleaning Up. Constables McCarey and Timmerman, Over a igo a Maberly inspec lost a pocket. book on the C.P ntaming SH, ever found of it whet workmen tracking ths 1 which was ness aided it considerably days and one night: the residents thers including the force employed at the | been fighting it, | $1.50 up. Repair and and well dome. (228 King street for the winter, May 19th, with complete samples *nf Word has been received from Eng- 'hair goods, latest London, Paris and land that Mr. Hugh Macdonnell has! New York creations. You are invited been usher at the wedding of Miss|to call and inspect hiz goods. | Wilbur mines, had Fanny Field, and also at the wedding {not knowing' what moment it would of Professor W. Grant, both of inter- | beyond their control Many est to Kingstonians. anxious hours had been spent by Honorable Adam Beck, who has those who would lose all they owned been a guest in town for a few days, yin this world, * should the fire get be : returned to London on Thursday. yond the borders.: Had the wind not [large piles of Mrs. R. C. Carter, West street, left died down, the chances are that the |and many ent to-day, for Montreal and Sherbrooke. {entire village would have heen swept | to get it all rem: : In Montreal she will visit her son, Mr. {off the map. Right behind the village, given ample time to da the work, but A. Reginald Carter, and in Sherbrooke {a mountain rises to' the height of seve |if Upholstering promptly year are making the sanitary the city, having started om their rounds, Monday state that therg is great cleaning up responsible who fion of tra and no » , w . Electric Vacuum Cleaner will do mt! un few d your house cleaning for you. Is Still Missing. I'he whereabouts of Sergt. Kennedy, | who has been missing from "B™ Bat- tery for a few days, are still un known. Outside places have heen no- tified to be on thé lookout for him. -- 12 1.3c--Bacon Rolls--12 1.2¢, on morning f get rag \ a newd for ragtd or has been weumulation of found The long winter » found a for the ashes rotted awa dollar bills baldnes cleaner, most Or you can use our small $1.00 per day. and other refuse, | Tas of two wn i t hex aisle Wl that was lef } en will be zens have no ed. Citizens latins been 12 12c--Bacon Rolls--12 1.2¢, half it is not done within the required | T. F. HARRISON GO. Choice rolls or rolls bacon, a ---- Phone 90. Lace Curtains | Our showing of Lace Cur § tains in Irish Point, Brussels Net, Marie Antoinette, Arablan and Nottingham qualities, in White, Ivory and two tone ef- fects are as exquisite in design as the most fastidious could desire. NUTINGHAM -- Special values at $1.26, $1.50." © IRISH POINT CURTAINS, $3.50 to $8.00. ' MARIE ANTOINETTE from $6.00 upward. ARABIAN POINT, $3.50. Srrtrrrrrrrerrrrareee R. McFAUL, Kingston Carpet Warehouse. 4 CURTAINS. $1.00, rm EER RRR REESE. 000s escesscsscsese u are the Man! 5 S0coo0vcnscsessssoce S000 0000000000000 000000000 o | Lithia tablets" Eve grain. Gib | a son's. ft. Mr. Clare Carter. {Continued on page 6.) IN MARINE CIRCLES. Arrivals and Departures of Vessels at This Port. The steamer Mississiquoi from Gananoque on mg. The steamer Sowards arrived from Oswego and is unloading coal at So- ward's. The schooner Ford River arrived from Charlotte, with coal for the M. 7. Co. The steamer Alexandria was up from Montreal on Friday night and dis charged freight at Folger's wharf. M. T. Co's elevator: The steamer Fairmount arrived, Friday night, from Fort William, lightered her cargo of wheat and cleared for Montreal; the tug Thomson arrived from. Montreal with three light barges, and cleared for Montreal with three grain-laden. barges. The Oswego Palladium savs: The Sharples docked at Ogdensburg for repairs still held 10,000 bushels of corn which is being sold to farmers near there for feed. One farmer near King- ston, who fed a quantity of the sour grain to hogs, declares that the herd developed a fine "Jag," and cut up high Jinks because of it. , The sail barge Maize made one of the quickest trips between thid city and Oswego that has ever been made by a vessel in some time. The speedy little vessel, with Captain Ashee in charge, left here, Wednesday morn- ing, at four o'clock, and arrived in Oswego at four in the alternoon. She loaded her cargo and was back in the city at four o'clock Thursday afternoon. This is regarded as mak- ing unusually good time for a sail boat. ' His Hands Severely Burned. Friday evening while trying to ex- tinguish a gasoline lamp which had become ignited while bei cleaned, George Newlands a bank k, nd son of W, H. Newlands, Ba, was up Saturday morn- \ his hgnds 'at outdoors that it house afire. He will be unable to at work for some time. on pees or Library for the Blind, Of "all our public Hbraries one " the most interesting and" ry. ing of public support i i Free Libra be City Dairy ice corsets, special value, Choice rolls or half rolls bacon, ral hundred feet, and when the dark- time, there . i 124c. J. Crawford. "Strictly high class," Neilson's and cream dispensed at Gibson's Red Cross drug store. Special sale now on. New spring B50c. Dutton's. There is, I firinly believe, such a thing "as irrational goodness For first-class printing at reasonable prices try the Whig office. For suit marvels at 815 try Jen kins'. Kingston's Famous Fur Store. New Linen Goats and Wash Skirts Prices are $5, $7.50, $10, $12.50. Wash Skirts of Indian Head, White and Natural Linen. | Prices, "10 3. $2.75 up (to WATCH OUR WINDOWS! Experience will teach you Che best place to buy your straw or felt Kat is 6E0. MILLS & GO 'at Jenking'. i > + . SF PRINCESS ST! Thin and deflected the aim and the | ness settled down, the huge hill was | dotted with small fires. On the other! side of the village is quite a large tknoll. The village of only a few | | houses lies in this hollow, and the | 'wind when very high sweeps through | | there with great force. If one house ! caught fire, ali the residences wonld have been burned. When the fire was | jat its worst on Thursday, all the em ployess of the Wilbur mines were or- {dered to drop their work and proceed | | to the village, and do what they could | {to check the progress of the flames. | The mining people were very mu hij | alarmed over the progress the fire! was making towards their huge dyvna- | {mite shed and added their force of | men to the fire fighters All Friday | | afternoon they sprinkled the buildings + and grounds in the village to keep | them from igwiting, and bv the time the Kingston contingent had arrived | ; they were beginning to breathe easier, | | When the train halted willing hands | {assisted the firemen in getting the! {Chatham off the flat car and placing | jit 18 position beside a small creek, | jclose to the tracks. Others pulled | the hose wagon off and took it where! {it would be of the most use In a {few minutes Engineer Hall had stead up and half an hour after their ar | rival there the firemen had twelve hundred feet of hose playing on the! flames which remained, and the old] Chatham engine doing her prettiest. | It was surprising to even the fire- | men to see the wav the old veteran! [took to the job and stuck it cut | Inever once failing Ihe men' sprinkled | ithe buildings and grounds and put | out the fire in the immediate vicinity | jof the village, and then weny in and had supper. They sprinkled across the tracke after supper and about eleven o'clock, with the assistance of those | who had stuck by the firemen all the evening, the steamer and hose wagon were loaded on the car and the train pulled back for town. The trfin loft | the scene of the recent conflagration | at twelve o'clock but owing to al number of delays along the road and | {several stops the train did not ar-| rive in the city until the time above | mentioned, i The trip was not without Sicilement | and humor. The miners who were | there fighting in the afternoon. had | somehow or another managed to get | pretty well loaded and their "Jags" were all "fighting jags."" While Chief | Agmetrong was manipulating the nove zie one racter who h an enor: mous "load," began to int with the movements of' the chief. He, was warned several times to get out of the way, but kept "butting in" untj! at last as he was about to hit the chief over the head with a pail which be, had in his hand, the three-inch hose wis turned on him. This staggered pail hit the chief on the shoulder. The mk endeavored to withstand the stream, but eventually ha¥ to turn tail and rvn. He came back few minutes and commenced again and onte more the stream was played on 'him. This time the force of the wa- jter completely upset him and be was kept. away from his fellow workers {ie haw promised to meet the chief in the city on May 24th Another accident which may end he will be trouble - . 1. Crawford The Finkle ccampany intend starting the motor car :o Uataraqui, ! mencing Sunday, Hth, and ee pecial sale now on tinuing for the season, leaving Oxfords, £31.25 Clarence street, 2 p.m waiting try ' The stickler for propriety is uever ng in Al a friend getter or keeper . 'For the sick person.' bricks. Sold only About the only skill in ing an awful nerve Bull dog caps for boys at Jenkins' cream bricks," Gibson' Dutton' le vou are $ mind for be res cabbage, turnips, beets n. Crean at Gibs 8 elpfuls 2 £ A lving is haw | fd ogun for Kent any home a icky lawn gr Men's 8&5 tay } o-Night RE a a / 10 Dozen Ladies' White Waists, neatly made, with Allover Embroidery Fronts and with Tuck- ed Sleeves, finished with deep cuffs and lace. All sizes, 34 to 42. A bargain lot we got hold of and pass them on to you at a big snap. $1 Waists To-Night for269c Each a i tn A i : 5 Dozen Long Silk (iloves, elbow length, ex- tra fine qualities, colors Navy, Tans, Browns and King's Blue only, all sizes. $1 quality To-Night 49c Pair. -------- are 23 Dozen Ladies' White Embroidered Hand- kerchiefs, assorted designs, 15¢ and 20¢ quality ToNight 10c Each. Ne ~~ Monday Another big drive in Lace Cartains at 750 $1, $1.35 and $2 a pair. These are for Monday's shoppers and are leaders at the price, Any of our Ladies' Suits'at Half Price. them early. See ---- SS ------ Newman & Shaw, THE ALWAYS BUSY STORE. : i MADE OVER AND REPAIRED W. F. GOURDIER er s------------------ I That Desirable Double Stone Dwelling orper William Wellington and ts, containing % rooms . 9 9 MULLIN, THE REAL ESTATE MAN, ! Corner Johnson and Division Sts. 'Phone 539 i Bese Washers; Hest Best Wages: Best Ironers: Machinery, guarantees hest ip and explain the hest trade doilien ta tabldcloths 'nighties to cambrie work- why we From from dresses We Launder In the Best Manner. We're just best in every. thing except In prices-- There's where fall down. stonLaundry we