. Daily British Whig ~The man 79 NO. 37 KINGSTON, ONTARIO, TU ESDAY, FEBRU A RY 13, Hei LAST EDITION PURCHASE OF THE BRIDGE ------ dt------ i } By-law to Be Voted Upon by Ratepayers on the Tith of March. Gy Council Decides to to Submit th the By-law at Once---A Plan of Harbor Improvements to Be Decided Upon---A Harbor 'Board to Be Appointed. Purchase of Cataraqui bridge by the city, A Systematic plan of harbor im- ardson, FE. F. Horsey and himself had asked the finance commitice to pul to the people the question of buying the bridge. 'lhe fust thing to be done, he «laimed, was to purchase this bridge, before anything was de cided «5 to what wag to be with if. It was essential hingaton should have a harbor would enable upper Igke steamers Lo navigate here, reason it would be better new bridge at Belle's Island Whily that is the view of the board it | felt that there are otier interaits bé considered, tut he held that other interests was subordinate Appalntmcn of a permanent har. bor counmission. "The above were what the eity coun- oil decided upon last evening, after a in the council chamber with deputation of the board f trade, headed by Dr. Edward Ryan, preaident; Francis King. George X. Chown, Robert Meek, and others, At last, the council has taken forward step with reference to the improvement of the harbour for the larger traflic in these waters that will result from the enlargement of the Welland canal, Kingston is to have a done that that fruaght For that to put the i a wir i oO a 81 to every to the He prece plan' of a big national harbor did not think there was any THE BRIDGE THAT OBSTRUCTS THE HARBOR. {and delegntes from twenty-eight states | Aldrich, | Hampshire; {Nettie Bash; | Sevmour ROOSEV ELT BOOM GROWS. Eight Governors and Twenty-two States Behind Him, Chicago, Feb. 13. Fight governors met here and in an informal conference organized a permanent commitiee to push the candiddey of 'I heodore Roose velt for the republican nomination for president. The governors addressed a letter to Col. Roosevelt, in which they explained the purpose of the meeting, and asked him to let it be known that il the people demand he accept the nomination the demand would not be unheeded by him. Governor Hadley, of Missouri: Gov- ernor Osborn, of Michigan, and forme: vovernor Fort, of New Jersey, de scribed plans of campaign nearly com- pleted, The meeting was without disagree ment and the resolutions adopted de that "All are agreed Theodore Roosevelt is the one man who can at this time unite all elements of the par ty and attract a lavge number of inde pendent voters." The governors ing were : of clare attending the m Btubbs, of hansas; Michigan; Hadley, of M of Nebraska; Bass, of Glassoek, of West ginia; Vessey, of South Dakota, Carey, of Wyoming of - OUshorn, isgouri; New Vir and DIDN" 7 WEAR GLOVES. Electrician Was Killed and Gets $1,000. Toronlo, Feb. 13.---On behalf of self and two young daughters, of Campbeliiord, Power and Widow her Nirs sues the Fleetric e¢om- pany to recover damages for 'the death of her husband, William W. | Bush. Bush was killed while working | in the company's power house. The! compauy alleges that he reflved tol wear gloves, and otherwise disobeyed orders. Justice Middleton \ tioned a settlement whereby pany pays $1,000 damages. has the sand com FINE CHURCH DESTROYED, Methodist Edifice at Iroquois Gaited by Fire. Iroquois, Ont., Feb. Methodist church erected at a cost of $20,000, 13.-the firg here in 1387, wag gutted by government building What would be ; #0 would Le to have the bridge the 'ed in a general national improvement scheme. Mr, vised the council fo at once bridge, and not bother at ji sent jabout where the new bridge should be built. Iand over the bridge to wthe government and say te it to do what it wants with it in improving the harbor under on general scheme. Ald, "Givens moved, "seconded hy Ald. Rigney, that the Caturagn national Karbor, and the first for the towards securing it will be the here, chase of old Cataragui bridge, that this structure may be at of the eity. t the present time, the public works' department of the Canadian government proposes that the bridge should remain in its present site; and that a span should be placed in the | centre, the est of whieh the govern- | ut would defray as a part of the r improvement plan, Tt WF at the conference that ! he ig Wis, sl ge bridge by -lal be submitted to the » ing 8 ngston bridge as part of | Pool lo nt as early a date ne possible. tha harbor improvement seaeme, 'his brought the before" tha IL was thourht best by the eiviv feouneil in a definite way. ; : finance committee that a conference ; Rr. Mogk nd bee wan stophationlly jn hb ard of trade and the favor. of the purchase of the ridge on would be the best | rimadiately, without ny definition of thi in order to come to a imme uture loecabion, and for the reason a and final eonclusion regarding | that thy present government, ns Rell the bridge proposition. H/Kingston [us the previous government, had in harbor 8 to be included in the gov: view a plan to make a na tonal har frig 4 a1) plementary estates, W, | bor here. When the city has it as iekle, M.P., informed Mayor Hoag (its proporty it ean do what it wants nod the finance committee that the with Hand the difiealty of having city 'must decide at once upon its har jt gwped by a private company would bor plan, snd submit it. Before any- he ranoved. There must le a large thug definite ean be done, the oily [scheme of harbor improvement and must own the bridge. On March 11th, {there should be a permanent harbor the ratepayers will be asked vo vote | mmission. on a by-daw to purchase that ancient (Continued on Page 5.) structure for $14,850, and it is a fore gone conclusion that they will carry the measure by a large majority. step (dent pur | bridge a aone inclad- harbor King ad buy thd ffuestion PRIVY COUNCIL CHAMBFR. New Offices Planned on Hill. 13. Canada will soon have a new council chamber and a new round table at which the mem- bers of the cabinet will sit. Just mow the project is somewhat in the air, but it is coming into shape. When it materinlizes the present council cham. her will become the office of the prime minister. The new wing of the east block is nearing completion and, will provide housing accommodation for various now scattered branches of the financial department. There is no be Yoom in the new wing for a council chamber, but there: is still enough , on Parliament hill left for = further addition, and thus a new coun' cil chamber will be provided. In the @ssembling of offices whieh is to take Jace; the privy council, Mounted Po-{ ice and external affairs offices will all oe grouped KEEWATIN HAS NO SEPARATE. SCHOOL, Bishop Cha lobes' School at The' Pas Organized Without Public Ordinance. Winnipeg, Feb. I3.--There are no sv rate schools in the part of the Coewntin district to be annexed ; Manitoba, according to a despat from The Pax. There, is a separais school at The Pas, but it is a pris vate institution, organized by 'Bishop Ch . without a public erdin- ante. There is also a public school at The Pas. Commjssioner White, of the Norihe West territories, hns refused to grant permission for © the esfablishment ot separate sehools, pending the division raised of the territory among the provimoss, stating that it should j The law states that, "The Lieutenant: | y known where a rew bridge governor in-eouncil of the Lemritoties before the hy ldw was may grant permission for the on tablishment of separate schools," but there does not appear to be any council, the commissioner lelug the Parliament | A Systematic Plan. At the invitation of the mayor, Dr. Ryan "introduced the harbor question hy addressing the council. The doctor mid that the board of trade, after due consideration, came to the con- Slusign that a systematic plan of har. har improvements should first be de The penitentiary and, the oul + would have to be remov- harbor opened from shore to Sok Cataraqui bridge removed. , the civie findnee com- and he Ottawa, Feb. board of trade decided Td id mittes that the bridge should be removed to There seemed to nt on that question, said. However, he held that hatbhor was to be a , and as a plan of sys- Island. or, Ryan Helis br. as question of be left to the govern- the government cancelled os of accapation of lands held ; . & P, railway company, and in artillery stables up- o this, the board of Ti that the Tere de Pont be removed across the to Barriefield, and public wharves erected on th mt bar- Sahn sith | and also in front of the Fe held ihat an independent be spond office ati the whole' to ¢ until the whe i Satvied out, the same as in and other places. A valuable : of this kind should be in the of nu permanent board. There: hoard of trade suggested {o Sune that the harbor improve be as follows : the bri by the city; the two, Is; dredging » k harbor, building of large « whiteves, and the appointment or commission. question of 4 And 0 Plant is Lying Idle is {Pree Zunbarski, Primonivia, widow When discovered if had made such headway tnat the volunteer fire brigade were powerless Some valuable relles 1 st fine stained glass windows. The i5 partly covered Ly insurance, CONTRACT SIGNED, . Bur IS HELD UP fire, on Sunday. were ar loss Claim of President of the Company, JAMES CHOSEN: To Supritend New Agri- cuttura Programme. BILL PROVIDING AID TO AGRICULTURE INTRODUCED IN COMMONS, Legislation to. be Introduced to Re strict the Sale of Patent Medicine Sir William Meredith to Investi- gate Farmers' Bank Matters. Ottawa, Feb. 13. The bill providing for aid to was introduced in the Martin Burrell, Monday . James, deputy ture of Ontario, special commissioner the work The hill gives the to aid agricaltuce by direct money grants to the provinces, based upon populatic Ihe total amount was not tated Me. 5B Knowles that government agriculture Hon, o ienl- i house by afternoon. of has be#i selected niinigter ag to government power rden als My wisiton | informed sion for » pro DWIN 1. MORRIS, veErnor of Maniana ne ey es BATION of terminal elevators has n on considered formally. Important smendiy ents foods act will prohalily this the minister revenue, Hon, W. B. Nantel ot been te he the pure introduced ol inland Session In 3 Moutreal, Feb. 13.--Thomas Cozzo lino, president of the Nova Seotia Con- | struction company, which has the con | tract for the construction of one the two divisions of the Halifax South-Eastern railway, savs that cancern will bring action against Dominion government if it does noi fulfill the contract which the late gov- i ernment signed when it made the! award, | | This action will be taken on the ad- | vice of Hon. George Murray, premie of Nova Scotia, according to Mr. Coz- zalino, who is at the Windsor hotel. The Nova Scotia Construction pany, which is known here through its | building of the Northern Electric i plant, and of several sections of the N,T.R., and which . will be a tenderer for the tunnelling of Mount Royal, has! had railway construction outfit worth | $200,000 lying idle in Montreal for sev- eral months. This, it is said, 18 be eauge the new government will not ratify the contract made by the old, although it has done so as regards thé contract for the other section of the line, that running from Halifax east. Mr. Cozzolino said that the deposit of $100,000 which the Nova Seotia Construction company made along with its tenddr, five months ago, has never been returned hy the government although the custom is that such =a despot should come back ten days al- tor the awarding of the contract. The expenditure on the contract will run close to $1,500,600, THEATRE TRAIN RELEASED, ol and | his the! com- | Tyrone Power's Company Stalled Thirty-six Hours. Albany, Feb. 13. The train carfy ing Tyrone Power and his theatriea! jeampany and forty other passenger® hid was stalled in the snow on the New York Central railroad, ten miles fom: of Oswego, was released, Sunday, alter having been held thirty-six howrs Two, big rotary snow ploughs, which | were sent to the resene of the impris- | oned passengers, were forced to tun nel through huge drifts amd later the roof of the tunnel was knocked in und the suow removed. Never before jo railroad history in this state, the ofh- chads say, have such conditions exist Duchess Elopes With Massenr. New York, Feb. 13. The New fin tty tSaeie ty They will conceen pRriicutaily, "ihe sale patent medicines. At phesent the Canadian law is much less strin gent than that of the United States, and itis Claimed (hat as a result many prepevatiens debarred in the United States are being advertised and sold Canada, The = registry will he more of of preparations also striethy --enforeed. -- At present the fee is $i for every prepara- tion registered. Cue firma has been dig- t coverad which paid only a dollar for twelve hundred here are about six- thousand preparations on the mar ket, nyt more sre registered. Representing the Chinese Bepevolent of Vancouver, a delegation is {here to urge upon the government to provide for the refund of the head tax after a Chinese child has attended an { elementary school for two vears. Sir William Meredith was appointed commission»r to investigate Far- bank matters. a mers' Carpenters Ask Increase. Guedgh, Feb, 13.-The carpenters' executive have notified the master builders that they want a substantial increase in wages for the coming season. © Last season from 25¢. to 274¢. an hour was paid, and they have decided to ask for Bie. an hour, The demand will probaily Le acceded to. CHURCH MUST FIND FOUR NEW PREACHERS Entire Pulpit Staff of St. George's in New York Resigns Owing to Nervous Strain New York, Feb. 13-8 the Jargest 1 rolstanr chunh in New York, finds itself sad. derly ealied upon to obtain dour clergymen to Hill vaeancies cavsed by the resignation, of ta eative pulp stall. The parish has more than 5 000 wembers and ancludes among its supporters J. PP. Morgan and a sec ore of other millionaires and notables. Nervous siraim @ipon account of ths vast amount of work conmeted with the parish is given ax the enuse for Gecrge's, Episcopal Yerk 'Herald publishes tne following {London cable : "A tremendotiz sensation has caused hore by the rumor that Hnglish. duchess has (doped with a massenr. All day promivent os have heen frantically trying to locate all the ducheswes in the peer: age in efforts to disprove the story," The identity of the duchess has not bean 'disclosed Jespendent been over loss her continved of her hus ill-health, the noted by Russian statesman, kill: of an | Tehureh, ai Baltimore, the cesignaiion of Rev. Dr. Hugh 'direk bend, the rector. ff his assist ants; Rev. Carald Cumingham, senior tenrate, ofll Lake a church ak © Wap bast gi. Pingers Falls, near Poughkospaie; Gov. iGeorge BE, Norton will accept a callino ¥ Lencie, and Rev. Robert MeKay will xlsh go to 8 western church. I'v. Pirckhend hae recently been considers ing thred = offers--ooe Irom. a Cipein- ati chureh, wnidhir frong Pittsburgh apd & third from the Fwmmaouel He will pro bably 'aedepd the alter. Peach Crop Ruined. Feb, 18 Pench grow distriet declares thal the slmow. SmPlete fauil- d weather un} as aj superintend | +1 than a Lifth of which |, Ilotston snl Tancreds Bienveou, MOTOR BOAT RECORD VOVACGE Covered 4.500 Miles in' 34 Days in Internal Combustion Test. London, Feb. 13.--News has been re- teeived of the safe arrival at Pernam- {buco, Brazil, of the motorboat Lin- gueta, after crossing the Atlantic in thirty-four days, for the purpose of testing the availability! of the inter- nal combustion engine for ocean-going boats. 5 The Lingueta, which sailed from Weymouth, December 28th, is sixty- five feet long, is propelled by a thirty herse-power engine, and earries a crew of five men, under Capt. Neilson, 'the only stop the ship made 'desing its 4,500 mile voyage was at Las Pal mas, for provisions. The Lingueta {rough weather, tance in six mated time. encountered auch yet covered the dis days less than the esti gin FIND SEA OF HOT WATFR. Vessels Encounter Strange Phenou- enon in Gulf of Mexico, Galveston, Texas, Feb. 13.--Fhe oil {steamship Luckenbach and other ships report having run into a hot water sca in the Gull of Mexico, #0 miles | south-east of the Louisiana coast, Feb- truary Sth. Thousands of dead fish led to an investigation, and the sdilors were surprised to find the water hot {with a r running. The tem {perature of the water "varied from al | mest boiling to lukewarm, and covered {an area over a half mile tong smen say they experienced | such a phenomenon in the gulf, and at {tribute it subterrancan explo discharge from the ough sea never to some | sion or bottom of the sea. BAPTISM FOR NEGROES. Dipped in River Temperature Near Zero. Pa., Feb. 13.--With the [thermometer registering four degrees {above twenty-seven negro con [vert 8 to the Mount Zion Afriean Meth adist J piscopal church, of Brownsville, hers immersed in the {waters of the Monongahela river, | terday immersions were {ed by several thousand persons, who {shivered on the river bank and huddhed to fires built by small boys. For | the ceremony it was nee to eut hole in the ice CY |€ onverts With Pittsburg, zero, {ne ar were icy ves The witness | close sS3ary a MINES WERE EXPLODED DURING THE BATTLE Republicans Lured the Imperialist Troops Onto the Prepared Field. - Feb, 13.--The imperialist the command of Gen, which been in con troops for with serious the neigh- the pro- London; under Hsun, the republican routed army, Chany tact with some davs, loss by the republicans in borhood of Su-Chow-An, in vinee of Anhwei. | According to a special despateh re jeeived from Shanghai, the republican troops mined the ground in front of their entrenchments. Then by feinting a retreat they inveigled the imperiahsts into following them over the mined ground, and when a large body of them were assembled they set fire to {the fuses and exploded the mines, | The imperialists army sustained heavy casualties and lost 8 number of field guns, Gen. Chang Hsun, commander, took refuge in has wns | their | their railroad ear, Fhow-Fu. FRUIT TREES INJURED By the Extreme Cold Weather in the West, Ont., Feb. 13.--Large: fruit growers here report their orch- ards show over half the apple trees split from butt to fork by the extreme cold. They also fear that much dam- age has been done hy mice girdling the trees under the snow. Pears and plums are affected, while the peach and raspberry crops are all killed. Three years' time is necessary for the recov- ery of the trees. Yhomas, St. Hurls Stone to Get Shelter. New York, Feb. 13. After medita- ting about his being without a warm fireside, Frederick Kurtz, fifty-three years old, arose from the bench about the Lincoln monument in front of the court house in Newark early, yester- day, and crossing the street, hurled a stone through a window in a Market street store. The crash brought policemen to the plate and Kurtz willingly went in a patrol waggon to first precinct ata- tion, where he was recognized as an applicant for a .ight's Jodging who had been turned away the night be fora when he admitted that he had a little money. Kurtz said that he had been turned away from two other police stations and he was inclined to attribute it to the fact that the police eaptaing were Irish while he was a German. Wife Shivers; Husband Dies. Toronto, Feb. 13.-After turning nis aged wife out of a house at 95 Munro street, last night, James Prescott, sixty-five vears old, locked the fromt door, wentoto his roum, where be was found a vouple of hours alter- wards by Policeman Harger. It ofp pears that the desd man had seg HE rnding over some flingacial ° deal {and drinking heavily for the past two weeks. mld King Edward Fund. Montreal, Feb. 13-Sir Fdward the henorary-treasurers of the King Wd: ward Vil memorial stutne fund, ac the 2oceipt of 85.000 for the The tofal to date | government's proposal as being in dis and escaped toward Su- [« Higher Tarif MOVEMENT IN DISGUISE IS THE TARIFF COMMISSION PROPOSAL Wilfrid Laurier's Trenehant Criticism pf the Bill--He An- nounced Himself as a "Tariff for Revenue Man." Feb, 1 proposed Sir a 3 Whether the duties of the tarifil commission would be to aet, Mr. Ames says, "in sympathy?" with the protectiomst views of the government, or, as Mr White proclaims, simply to collect ac curate and comprehensive data for the information of the government, was in essence the puint at issue in Monday's continuation of the debate on the bill creating the board. The house went into committee on the bill, and spent most of the sitting in discussing the clauses ®deflining the duties and scope of the commission Willrid" Laurier took part in the discussion the first time, coveriig succinctly the eriti previously directed against the Ottawa, batt for Cisms a movement for higher protec He announced himself as a "tar man," and aptly applied | declaration of the minister in favar of 'moderate protec tion," the old squaw's e¢ ent whiskey : "A hule cnough. When the ly before midnight the ander discussion. In re to the minister of perscnnel of the vet bern con "Hq ave the ered 7 and Mr guise, ton, iff for revenue to the hazy on ch is just sh 1 house too srt stili rose clause wa Mr. Fa said Hon ance s0on, that the mn had ponse met un tarifi commissic not d rier, been cor id La to be of nd upon its per ualifications 1 Wally ing S11 COORS Sr w hat White Sh be the dutics for the wk cial and adminigirat Rir Wilirid Laurier pointed out that under the interpretation of his bill, which the minister had sought to upon the house, the: members would be simply statisticians to col loct information aud report to the minister. This, of eourse, could best be done by: the stall of the depart ment. The real purpose of the com mission, us he s ib, was a brief for the minister and information for him along the of his conception of political eco nomy. The minister had declared him self to be a moderate protectionist "What is his definition of moderate?" asked the liberal leader. "What is the difference moderate and im moderate I never heard of a protectionist calling himself im moderate. He is always moderate, no matter how high he wants taxation, line of distinction is hazy and difficult to define, It is as indetermin ate as the line bétween moderate immoderate drinfing." Bir Wilfrid was inclined to that the government's position similar to that, of Dr. Johnson, declared his reports fair and accurate, but he always took 2 @! sare that the weak dog got the worst of it. At night the are said the the Id dep wanted SOM n wot men quali sonnel fied for 1 al at h ¢ ral apti wi tude Wi and, rior judi YORE LW to prepare secre lines bet ween protection ? I'he and think was who were tariff discussion , was continued till nearly midnight, when adjournment was taken The debate will be continued, to-day. Dr. Clark, of Red Deer, a vigorous address, arraigned the government for relega ting itd authority and responsibility, "What will the ministers do to earn their salaries," he asked, "when! all these commissions are appointed 7° He could imagine no more ignoble course for young country like Can ada than borrowing the discarded ideas of other countries, mn a Snubbed by Princess. Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 13. Princess Patricia has snubbed the society folk of Vittsburg by declining their invita. tion to attend a hospital benefit there. The daughter of the gover hor-general of Canada refuses to 3 come a drawing card for the pro moters of the scheme dnd they re offended, : JAPAN IS ACCUSED 7 OF ABUSING CONVERTS finance | APPARENT AIM. Of Borden Government Is NEW SPRING ARRIVALS Nt bons BLACK SILKS AND SATINS Will be much dressy Coat in vogue ¢ Suits and Stren Gowns for the coming seas and hére is a most unusua) chance to become the owner of a really neat Black SIIk Dress at a nominal cost We Just received and placed stock some very fine ye FRENCH SILKS, Suitable for the makin these garments of At Very Reasonable Prices, 75¢c and $1.00 the yard. Warranted to Wear We are also sh wing the cele brated SATIN CHARMEUS The have you fabri a smart richest f could it pn tt Po yr Coat 8 See Our Range of New Natural and Colored PONGEE SILKS, {0c to $1.15, ets AAA Beautiful Embrolderioes, New Scotch Ginghams, New Puglish Prints, New Dress Lineus, New Silk Batistes, New Tub Silks, ete. AT STEACY'S THE PEOPLE'S STORE. A -------- ROBERT J. REID, The Leading Undertaker, 'Phone B77. 230 Princess Btreet ar-- JAMES REID -- The Old Firm of Undertak re, 254 and 206 PRINCESS ST "Fhone 147 for Amiputane e, BLACK WALNIT © HAIRS, Twel rene ud DUERR'S JAMS RASPBERRY. STRAWBERRY, PEACH. APRICOT. BLACKBERRY. STONELESS DAMSON, STONELESS GREEN GAGE. 1 1-2 1b. Glass Jars, 25c PURE AXD GOOD. Jas. Redden & Co. BURGLAKS GET FIVE YEARS. Berlin Magistrate Passes Heayy Sone tence, Berlin, Feb. 18. ~AMred Coc jer and President Taft to. to. Hear the Charges Missionaries Have Made Complairts. | New York, Feb. 13 Rousged byt charges from stores of American mis, sionaries in Northern Korea, that Ja: | pan is making efforts to stamp out Christianity by torturing end inpris- | oning converts, Rev. Dr. Arthor J Brown, president of the Presbyterian board of foreign missions, will go to Washington to-day, and make an ap | peal to President Taft for United | States govermment interference The charge is frequently roade that | converts are burned with bot ions | and bung up Ly the thumbs under pre | tence that the suthorities want to obs tain confessions © corey rning plots kill governor-general. Motor Cars Camse Paralysis, 'London, Feb. 13. There wae 5 mo imarkahle increase of infantile par alysis In. Devin and Cornwall lest! year. Jr, Rese, reporting to the lo eal govecnment hourd; wugzeste the | to} { the i i i i mas be associated with the dust reais 'prevalence of the diseass in inte ie | sentenced De. (ieorge . Preuss, youths who plesded {guilty to 'burglarizing Lardy store, and Cooper to hav and slightly wounded who tried to prevent thes were caught roht Vacifie railway tool Magistrate Wier, penitentiary. BOUSe, by Years in the Milk Producers Boost Price. Hamilton, Feb. 13. -Milk produesra have advanced thé price to the re tailer fropy sixteen to eighteen ents & gallon from May Oetober, from eighteen {0 tweniy rest of the year. They say there no resson why the pricp to the sumer should be sdvaneed ag the retailers put it up belo and the i= con ai to cents Exempt Small Estates. Quebes, Feb. 13. Hon. Mr, Macken. zie, pratineial trepatrer, will present ta law to exempt from the succession, iduty tax estates under $15,009. MeLeod's tooth paste, 2 tubes, 25, Meloond's witch hal érenm, 2 bottles Mek ood 4 # drug store, corrner Ring's Broek streets. "Phone 819,