'THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 19ie. | | THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. | » ; = URGE TRAVERS TO TELL] 7 "= mimvone -- ' . Strong Feeling - Against a Selong, ; : ' s * 2 if Term for President. Semi - MAY GET SOLITARY CONFINE-| Baltimore, Md. Jupe 25.--Here are GIVEN IN THE BRIEFEST POS : ; i ' x id MENT IF HE REFUSES, in brief the essentials of the Semoers: | . SIBLE FORM. n . ; tic national platiorm of 1912 : -- : sever ; - ' . Taril--Such: downward revision as !Matters That Interest Everybody-- | TO-MCRROW " will not injure the legitimate business| Notes From All Over--Little of i interests of the country. Everything Easily Read and Re <wembered. * ~ = J | He Has Refused to Tell What Re- ; came of a Certain Cheque for $3. ' on , 000--To Think Matter Over in ' , Jail. ' Toronto, June 28.--W. R. Travers, former manager of the defunct Farm. | ers' Bank, refused point blank to tell | what became of a certain three thou- sand dollar cheque, given out by the bauk, and was told by Chief Justice Meredith that he might be sentenced to solitary confinement till he decided to answer the question. It was pointed out to Travers that depositors had lost money in the bank's smash and were entitled to have every facility for recovering the funds of the bank. Travers was re- manded to jail Lo think it over. ets STOCK MARKETS. F. B, McCurdy Co. Clarence Chamb- ers--H. W. Nelles, Manager Closing Prices, June 25th. New York. Trusts--Strict - enforcement of the criminal provision of the Sherman act. i (A strong declaration favorable to the' North Toroato has a new well, but people of the "persomal guilt" as 118 Water supply is still short. enunciated by Senator ('Gorman, otf Dr. John Odlam, ex-afierman, of New York, © .- ' { Woodstock, died after a year's illness. Currency Reform--Aldrich central | The Duchess of Connaught expects to batk, plan condemned. jbe able to leave' the hospital next Constitutional Amendments--One | Wednesday, Rn 3 term, for the president, election of Ln-| A German airship with twelve pass- ited States senator by popular vote. !engers made a nine-hours' flight 'over Reforms--Enactment of an income! the North sea. . : (eed tax law; declaration favorable to pri-! A merger of sixty flour "mills in mary system. Western and Northern Ontario is be- International Improvements--Liberal ing promoted. : appropriations for rivers and harbors;| Ihe report now ¥& that a commis foderal control of Mississippi levees. ~ sion will be appointed to determine Mr. Bryan had a good deal to do the sanity of Thaw. S with the building of the platform, but! The Canadian Northern railway will some of his pet: ideas were rejected. DOt pass through St. Catharines when For example, the coinmitice refused to [the new line from Hamilton to Ni- adopt a plank "favorable to an in-|agara Falls is completed. heritanc® tax as recemmended by the! Hon. W. T. White has accepted an Commoner. : invitation to be present at the formal © A strong feeling was developed in |opening of works in Courtenay Bay, € the committee against g third, or even |St. John, on July 11th. Amalgamated Copper a second term for the president. Ths! The Thomas Davidson company, of American Beet Sugar | platform declares for a constitutional | Montreal, was fined $10, on Thursday; Anaconda "ony |amendinent limiting the tenure to ome |for not allowing its men time to vote American Smelters aon - term, the length of the term being left jon provincial election day. : Brooklyn Rapid Transit Ee | to the diseretion of congress. "Skinny" Madden, whose power in . ntnip : 5 union workmen for Lehigh Valley eabane neperiinis & - Chicago among i years was practically absolute, is re- dian Toritie ; ee a ! 'BRITAIN IN CONTROL ported dying of buenos, nspire ; the C Chi Mei ty OF WORLD'S WIRELESS o "Furcal, wetents" simatic is Reading United States Rubber of Shanghai, seventy assassins . have United States Stcel, com. i proceeded to Pekin with the intention 2 : ; of assassinating the cabinet ministers. 'And Wireless Congress Finds It Can «216 | Do Nothing to Simplify Wire- . R j 3. at less Communication. Union Pacific William IH. Yandt, an employee of the Hanover Cement company, while at work, took hold of an electric wire and was immediately killed., He leaves London, Eng., June 28.--The wireless ' ' 149 © nIress now in progress h ro, finds it! can do very little toward simplifying | wireless. communication. around the a widow and seven children. Steps are being taken by the mayor of Montreal to break the McGuigan faa { globe, because of the cast iron agree- All Leading Stores Will Close Early ! ment which the Marconi Wireless com- During July and August. | pany has with the British government I arasols x Co. contract of one milfon dollars for filtration plant. It is said the | All the leading merehants of city, have signed an agreement, to! : n Many novelties now ready, with only one company was not paying union wa- . > > x close their stores at 5 p.m. daily, | es. ; each of same style, $1.50 to 5.00 with the exception of Saturday, dur- F. P¢ Gutelius and' G. Lynch-Staun- . ing the months of July and August. | ong 1 . oves ton, commissioners investigating the 'Intercolonial railway, have returned | The first day, tor the early closmg, will be on Tuesday next, and it i . . ' Long Silk Gloves in White, "" " ' Black, from a trip of inspection of the line in | , Quebec Ne swic i on the Dritish Columbia coast, for | WUeDe and New Brunswick, and leave | that citizens will ui elp- breaki . Irse rec enty a stores in every -- i | here that the British government has He ky Tey pr ord ui i 3 p3 y k R : n rs - " & : A the wireless system of the world tied! June. in Vrly-three, alton ui avery "jtian, the ently Slos. Isn't it high time the heaten third | WNOrRing, ier Shey. had burglarized ' gm & @8real |i ermers abandoned their claim to hold 'DhCrey 8 Store at annifton village, Grey fe : 'so . SD , which monopoly, it is ascertained, the | OP unday for the west. ! During the warm weather, jt is a | . the second in thirty-four, { up under its own control. 1 sucess, |a mandate from divine Providence for | have been committed for tstal. 50c, 75¢, 99¢, $1.25. Prepare for the Hol- iday, as Store will be Closed all day Mon- day. For Ladies and Young Girls White Dresses » - A number of new designs just received that will surely interest you, and the prices are less than you could possibly get the mate rial for in some cases, . . 6.25, $3.50, 3.75, 4.59, 5.00, 7.50, 8.50 and up to $25.00 'HE SALE that an army of Clothing buyers always wait. for, is billed to com- 'mence on Tuesday, July 2nd. - A a------------------------------------------ Every article of Men's, Boys', and Children's Clothing, ' in fact everything in our Ready- to-Wear Department will be offered at one-fifth less than regu! r value. The eyes of huadreds of buyers are watch- ing for this announcement, all eager to save a fifth of their Clothes Money. Remember this and act quickly. Montreal Power .. Hichelieu ..... .. Dominion Steel TTI Spanish River, com. : we OHY Toronto Rails ........ | Ric ....... . . - wt ® . Sale lasts 15 days only. Goods marked in plain fig- ures. All Sales for Cash. FOR AN EARLY CLOSING. fon'a complete chain of wireless sta- tions on British territory, including one at Glace Bay, N.8., and others the ! coni company three million dollars Ks | the iteriovn golf links, on Friday, a matter of fact, it is now admitted ' Made the eighteen holes in sixty:seven, managers of the stores, to leave an Armageddon andl Holy Work {two desperadoes whom the Belleville hour earlier, and with the combined i Naw York. Herald ' : 1 police had a tussle with on Sundav "" ¢" PE : C F slee, i g { { Brit sh government has paid the Mar- "oF: Inslee, in & match game on great help to the tired clerks, aud | James Berry and Joh Brady, the " evervthing they do ? The four men whose military * can- LIVINGSTON'S ||| wows At the qutset of the Chicago conven- [teens were raided by License Inspector William "Harty Home Frou Lon their leader said, "We stand atiJohnson, of Centre Huron, at Goder- Hon. | Armageddon and battle for the Lofd." jich, last week, appeared before Ma- - BROCK STREET a ------ -- } ! k 'BIG SACRIFICE ~ SALE A New York Wash Dresses SATURDAY, 8.30 O'clock. $1.98, $298, $3.98. . Owing to the backward Spring, we find our Ready-to-Wear Depart- ment greatly over-stocked in Dresses, and will sacrifice 200 of them Satur- day. This means a big loss to us, but we are compelled to make the sacri- fice to reduce the stock. The regular price of these Dresses are $4.50 to Saturday Price : $1.98, 2.98, 3.98 an # ---- A Bargain in Every Dress. ~ See Them in the Window. Jily use. Trip to Chicago. Hon. William -Harty has returned home from a trip to Chicago, where he went on private business. He was in Chicago, during the time the ex: jcitement was on, over the nomina- tions for the elections. He says it was quite a sight to see all the lead- ing politicians of the American side, assembled in that city. : The Windy City Was in a great state of excitement, during all the time the proceedings were gu. In the hotef cor ridors, iu places of business, and on the street, the one topic of conversa- tion was. politics. Politics were in everything. The Late Mrs. Edward Lawless. The death of Margaret English, aged fifty-five years, wife of Edward Law- less, Montreal street, occurred on Thursday evening, in the Hotel Dieu. The late Mrs. Lawless had been suffer- ing about one month with pneu- monia. The deceased 'was born in Bar- riefield. She is survived by her hus- band and one sister, Mrs, M. Hopkin- son, of Kingston. She was a Roman Catholic in religion. The funeral will take place on Fridey, at 8 p.m., from the undertaking parlors of Thomas Renan, Bagot street. Camp Ground About Deserted. The corps left behind after the regi- ments struck their * tents and quit camp on Thursday, have pearly all left Bacriefield. "The Army Service Corps were out hy Friday, and the de- { tachment of the RC.R. feave to-night, part for Niagara and the other half for London camps. The stores finished this afternoon. ordnance Running Too Fasi. Complaints have been made about a number of automobiles in the city running faster than the speed limit. The ajtention of the Whig was drawn to the fact that there is a law which states that no person undor the age of eighteen shall drive an automobile, and it is alleged that this law has been violated in Kingston. / Has He Accepted It, + Toronto, June 28. Corporation Counsel Drayton, to-day, still deelin- ed to say whether or not he had ac cepted the chairmanship of the Do- minion railway commission as rumor- ed a week ago. There came word, to- day, from Ottawa, that he had ac- cepted. -------------- Great Call for lee. The hot wave of to-day resulted in 8 record rush of orders tor ice, from j the Kingston ice Sompany. The office | was all day long with spe cial Se ice, and the iceman was about the busiest man in the city. i . fa th. Dominion Day Celebration. Gananogue, horse show, ball games races, field sports, steamer America, 8.30 a.m., returning, leavés Ganagoque 7 pom. Sle. W -------- The steamer Alexandria, expected up this evening, will not arrive watil Saturday moon, owing 10 an accident at Farran's Point, near Cornwall. There is such a thing as paying an extortionate figure for quegtionable Jopularity. : 'It is well to remember that the Lord will never be misled by false in- ventories. Have a care lest you crowd im too much business before pleasure for fam- 5 ; ' Corona. passed down, Friday mornifg. : 5 i At the close of the convention Gov- 'ernor Johnson, of Califorhia, in ask- | ing his delegation to reassemble on | Sunday, said, "I know it is Sunday, | but we are doing holy work." | It would not be more ridiculous if | "Tiny Tim" Woodruff should abandon his fancy waistcoats and _ assume a curate's surplice if William Flinn {should stand on a soap box on the jeorner and lead the Salvation Army jchorus--no offence being intended to the warthy Salvation Army--and if George W, Perkins should get him gone to a monastery. The livery of heaven is a beautiful thing, but it should not he worn by delegates at national gonventions un- less they can learn to chew cloves un- ostentatiously, | Ed } The Late Mrs. John J. Stuart. | Deseronto Post Tragic in_ its suddenness was the death of Mrs. John J. Stuatt. She arose as usual on Saturday morning last, to prepare breakfast for Mr. Stuart, when she suddenly collapsed and passed quietly away. Her maiden name was Margaret 1). Grant. She was born Dunham, Que., in tho year 1845. She was married to Mr. Stuart in St. James' church, Kings- ton, and four years later Mr. and Mrs. Btuart moved to Deseronto, where they have since resided. There were born of the union ten children, nine whom, 'with Mr. Stuart, survive, The children are : William E. Stuart, Toronto; Mrs. H. E. Fowkes, Arkon, Ohio; Mrs. J. B. Huff, Glen Park, N.¥.: John MH. Stuart, Philippine Is lands; Mrs, 'Afoxander Stuart, Deser- onto; Mrs. J. W. Cornoir, Detroit, Mich.; Florence H. Stuart, Cleveland, Ohio; Anna B. Stuart, at home. Mrs. Stuart is also survived by twenty grandchildren, in oO Copied From Indian Moccasin. The first type of baby shoe made in America, and also, by the way, in Rochester, N.Y., was a moccasin. This was copied from the Indian moccasin and whs almost identical in character amd footwear of the aborigines. The moccasin. is less costly and is carried in most stores, its popularity not hav- ing diminished since it appeared on the market in 1590. Various attempts have been made to popularize beaded moccasing, made to more closely resemble the modern shoes of South-Western Indians, but obably because of their expense they Pr not gained widespread popular ity.--Shoe Retailer. I -------- Rare Birds Slaughtered. A strong protest is being made in South Australia against the contin- ual Maughter of such rare rds as e the e, Cranes an 3poo bills to supply the demands o! mil- lioners. : The slaughter is objectionable not only as destroying some gf the most beautiful: and interesting creatures of ra, bit, according to The Jou of Agriculture, also as ren- dering South Australia even more prone to plagues of grasshoppers and Is a prime cause of the decline of its fish resources. As the wandering birds disappear the crustaceans that destroy fish Spawn increase in multitude. 'Japanese Warship Wrecked. Tokio, June 28%. The Naniwa, which was the Ragatip of Admiral Count i i ogo in the China-Japan 1894, has been wrecked off the imthe Moro Pacific. All the crew were saved, hit {he ves! je probably a total loss, war j Kuri {erop 'needlessly. gistrate Reid, Clinton, and were fined $100 and costs. Farmers of Sidney township, just west of Befeville, are greatly excited | over inquiries made by a so-ealled | Intercolonial railway purchasing a- gent as to right of way, and predict that the government is contemplating a line along the lakefront. The Sania Gas and Fleetric com- | pany's plant was destroyed by fire, | on Thursday morning, and is now a beap of ruins from shich no part will | be of value. The street railway loses | $150,000 and the electric company $300,000. 3 i i The dominion government has or- | dered food supplies to be sent to the | thousand people rendered homeless by the fire in Chicoutimi on Tuesday Col. the Hon. Sam Hughes has also | sent 200 militia tents to give tem- | porary refuge to the fire sufferers. The little son 'of Arthur Heyworth, Madoc, was the victim of a serious accident, when he was viciously at- | tacked by a neighbor's dog. He way thrown down and his breast was bad- ! ly lacerated by the dgg's teeth. The | wounds were so serious as to require | to be stitched br a physician. | John B. Griffiths, of Utica, N.Y., his wile and Miss Sarah Faton, their | guest, are dead, as the result of an automobile accident at Poland, N.Y, on Friday evening. The automobile | was struck by a ssenger train of the New York Central. Miss Griffiths, duughter, was 'driving the car, but es- caped serious injury, : iit Not a Good Rider. | "The general public has a wrong notion about the equestrianship of Col. Roosevelt," said a cav alry officer on duty in the office of the chief of stall at the war department in Wash ington. "People that don't really know think--and it 1s only natural § they do--that the third-term candi date is an eipert horseman. As al matter of fact, he is no such thing. Of course he can sit in a saddle fair ly well, but he is not what a riding- master would call a good rider. Many army officers insist Col. Roosevelt is awkward in the saddle, and has uno mercy on horses. If 1 had any respect at 'all for a horse--and 1 have for every aninal | ever rode except one--1 wouldh't allow Col. Roosevelt to sit on his back, 1 have seen him in his rides around Washipgton, when he occupied the White House, dig his spurs into the sides of his mount, and if the horse happened to shy or he come frightened at some object at the roadside, jerk the reins and apply the "It isn't generally known that Col. Roosevelt, when he was president, exerted a strict eensorstup over photg- graphs that were taken when he was horseback riding. | remember. one day a camera operator for a ' prominent Naubington Photographer Sappod Ihe colonel when approached a hurdle near the Uld Pierce mill, In = Roek Creek park. The horse took the hedge badly, and sdol. Roosevelt all but lost his seat. He insisted that the of the picture be shown him be- the plate was retouched. Tey cpurse, the photographer consen A and when Col. Roosevelt saw the unfinished picture and the unmistak- able evidence of his poor horseman- ship, he ordered that the plate he de- stroved. His wish was complied with. Any who bas seen Col. Roowe- valt astride his mount, and has loped ide of him for ten miles or so, will tll vou that he is far from baing a good horseman." ud 4 I -------------------- "Fly poison pads." Gibson's, °° al- |" Long Lisle Thread Gloves, Short Lisle Thread Gloves, Short Silk Gloves in all wanted shades and sizes. Summer Underwear For Women and Children Cool White Vests, 10¢, 121c, y 15¢, 20c, 25¢. HHT EA and many other prices High Neck or Low Neck, Long or Short Sleeves or without Sleeves. Also Cool White Combination Suits, . J9¢, 49¢, 69¢, Toc, For Boys and Girls Fine White Cotton derseys, with Navy or Light Blues, around sleeves and neck. . 25¢ Each. FOR THE HOLIDAY Misses' and Boys' Tan Barefoot Sandals - Price 85¢ Sizes 11 to 2. Good style and quality. 6c | 65¢ 50c Children's sizes in the same shoe," % to 104 = Infants" sizes in the same shoe, 5 to 7! - Babies' sizes in the same shoe, 2 to 5 - COOL AND COMFORTABLE. ---- THE LOCKETT SHOE STOR ne es