Daily British Whig (1850), 31 Mar 1914, p. 8

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f WAIG TUESDAY. MARCH 51 1014 ALD. RAWAM ANGRY[UTILITES CON padi -- THE AT A STATEMET MADE BY Ath. WiLL NOT GIVE ¥RER an LITTON. | TO THE SCHOOL 3 || PRESENTATIONS MADE BY WATRR CURLING CLUB ed * - There May be Another Team in the Concerning Plumbing Inspection-- | Local Electrical Inspector to be Sent n You're invited to call and. talk spring © tailoring with us. We'll take pleasure in showing vou all the new spring woollens, and" thes are certainty ° heautiful, We'll post you in regard to the: correct spring cut and tell you anything vou wish to know . concerning vony Easter Suit. - - We desite to eall your at- tention to the fact that the best dressed men vou meet come here for their clothes, They eome. here becaus- i they know that we're Try our sort of tailoving this spring. We he- il lieve we'll be able to please and surprise you, and il then you'll come again. i Moderate prices alwavs -- prices vou will be | willing to pay. "oy : Suits to measure, $25.00 up. Spring Overcoats to measure, $22. x 50 up. ways welcome. de | LIVINGSTON'S BROCK STREET A little out of the way, but it 'will pa Er 1 New Scrims For Curt al ns AT WALDRON'S We are showing over 50 different patteris in this pepular curtain material suit- able for any room in the house. The colors are white, ivory and Arabian. and they come in plain,. hemstitehed and faney designs, . Prices 10c to 60c a Yard Madras Muslins . A large assortment of pretty patterns in different widths. 20c to 60c a yard >, Casement Cloths, Art Muslins : Spot Muslins, Art Sateens : and Cretones Suitable for Curtains and Draperies, from. ~ 10¢ to 40c a yard. : : I Socer . League -- City Baseball League Meeting Wednesday Even- ng. The members of the Kingston enr- jjling club gathered at the rink on Monday evening for the final meet ing of the curling season. The pre- ||| sentation of the prizes won during ifthe winter took place. The British Whig trephy, which was won by the rink skipped by Prof. J. F. Macdon- ald, the president of the club, was presented to the winning skip by Ww, R Sills. J. A. McRae, H. T. Wal- lace and R. McCannell the other members of the rink were given -in- dividunl prizes, the gift of the chub. The "club" trophy, which was eap- ijtured " by R. N. F. Macfarline's |jrink, was awarded to the winning 'kip by Prof. J. ¥. Macdonald. The three other players, Messrs. Chap- man, Frizzell end Kingsbury, 'were | presented with individual prizes, | Capt, W. Leslie, the senior skip, | | | presented the District cup to the president of tne club. This is the second time that the local club wen the trophy. T. M. Asselstine Ogilyie shield to Prof. - Macdonald, the Carruthers' uiedal to Marshall P. Reid and the Stewart cup to Don- ald MecCannell. ; : The winners of the trophies gave {|short addresses. presentéd the riven. The president was empow- ered to appoint a committee to re- || vise the playing rules. City Baseball League. | Stanley Trotter would like 'a large |; turnout to be present at the Opeging meeting of the City Baseball league to ¥. held in the Y. M. C. A. parlor jor. "Wednesday 'evening at eight i{ o'clock, Everybody is welcome. | Belleville vs. Kingston | The Belleville senior basketball team Hwill come to Kingston on Saturday, Ito play the return game with the lo Hou YMCA. team. When the local [1 team played in Belleville it received a {ect trimming Portsmouth Curling Club It is expected that in the course 110° 2 few weeks a number of the {young men living 'in the village of Portsmouth will form a wcurling club. For some years the young sen who are interested, in the game have been playing games at the {| Rockwood rink, Some of these men have become so fascinated with the game that they have decided to call @ meeting for the purpose of organiz {{ing a club. Queen's Rughy Meoting | { At a meeting of Queen's senior rugby players, held on Monday after: Roon, several very important mat fers were' discussed. be ar 20th, *n could go in training. it is impossible for the players to ar- rive at any d 2tision until the ex faminations at the University are oVer [ with, A. meeting of the hingston Soe. cer league was called for Monday vevening, but owing to the absence of feortamn officials no work could be (transacted. - 'Another meeting has heen { called later on in the week. Considerabie enthusiasm was shown a8 to the best Possible way of run- | ming a successful league, w G. Ferguson read a communication which |B had received in commection with | Soccer Executive the affiliation of the local league with the Ontario Football Union. iA | meoting is to be held in' Toronto dur- ting the course af a week or so and It wus proposed 10 have a delegat. "of the Kingstdn soccer league in attendance at jt. This meeting wil) be held Faster week, and as W. H Dalby, the president of the local league, intends heimg in Toronto at that time, it is more thaw likely thi | he will represent - his home league, and bring | back the full particulnrs, to have them discassed nt the eur) iest possible date. The soccer wenson this' simmer iy {going to be a hummer. A bw fo rival made bis appearance at = the meoctivg on Monday night in the per- son of G. Brown, who came to 're present a newly-formed * team which Proposes to join the 'league ranke this semson. This. team will be | known as the Lancashires. The Whig was also informed' that the C.1.C. Shipyard and R.C.H.A. are also go jing fo enter teams. The Departmen. | tals of last' season are talking plow joining the ranks of the R.C. {HA Mask of Death London, March 31.--A curious sk of death - Was described by | Eaptain 'Nugent in rglating to the : Royal Geographical society some of iis experiences as a member 6f the Anglo-German commission which marked 'the boundaries of Nigeria 'and Camteroons.. Among the numer dus "jujus" found in the desertea buts was & grotesque mask, which was apparently kept to frighten wo- men. Any woman seeing it must (die at once. - The local witch-doctor {pit on the mask 'and ran about the ills" untit he met a likely-lookiny vietizp, who was then killed. ' Describing 'one tribe of hilltop Pagans, Captain Nugent said: "The villages consist of little beehive-shap- ed huts of mud and grass, perched on apparen.ly inanccessable heights or cunningly hidden away in mazes of dense, tropical vegetation. The in- | nabitants bear a great pesemblance to monkeys, being small in stature, {out extraordinarily active. They only jcome down from their rocky fast- nesses to cultivate their fields, or to 'make war on their nei ard. arn : , frohi whieh it is never sdfe "thie 16 "be working in the Alelds." ; - a Cp - - - ¥ > "®Digestive Tonic," at Gibson's, A couple of notices of motion were The meeting R "bess and drove at a reckless speed. parted, even "when Now Houses He is Frecting --He ' to Toronto to Receive Instouction Was Called to Order by the May-; From Hydro-Eléctric Experts, {on The Utilities Commiss'on, on Mon- ! There was almost war to the! day alternoon, shelved the requests mada by the separate school 'hoard knife in the City Council meeting ars Monday gvening hatween Alds. Gra. and he Board u Netacation for free ham and Litton. The former had a ali bi ily Father asked the latter regarding fhe chool boars, nan Ioh Na arate duties of the city enginder as inspec- so ry ane ohn Macdonald, tor of olumbing; his contention be. | vePressnting the Board of Education, (ing that the foreman of streets dia jot Aton the commission, and: pre. | most of the inspection. To one of fave oe order fo hig RE fod. Graham's questions, Ald. Lit-| 50" Were ordered fyled, which means fon replied that, there "was enough | badly-done plunibing in Aid. Gra- |. f th vhissi i ;ham's new houses to requife ihe 1n~iof taxes which munioin a Tntiun Mhoctor to visit them three or four nn, longer to pay. In view of the fact l h » ithat the City Council loses $5,500 in This brought Ald. Graham to his taxes, his worship thought that ihe feet in a flash. The Victoria ward | commission anight meet the city in representative demanded a retrac- {some way. The other 'members were tion from Ald. 'Litton. The latter willing to meet a committee of the replied that he secured his Informa- | iy Council to discuss a readjustment) ction from the streets foreman who | of afrangements between the two 'aid he had to make séveral visite | hodies as to water and light, but the 0 th houses in question. He did impression prevailed that the commis- not knoyr of the trouble Bra would be the gainer. Mayor Shaw brought to the atien- and would, therefore, withdraw his Mr. Toye asked Dr. Ross if it was | remark to that extent. : true that -he had made the statement Then Ald. Graham demanded that! last. week, on a public platform, that he be given a chance to expla. lin a vear the Hydro-Electric Commis- The imayor said that as Ald. Litton 'sion would have something good to had withdrawn his remark, that was; olier Kingston. Dr. Ross replipd that I all that was necessary. This did not he had, and Mr. loye said he was satisfy Ald. Graham who said that glad to hear it. : J ia wrong impression would be crea-| On the advice of Chief Engineer ted by the statement concerning his Gaby, of the Hydro.Electric Commis. "onges. The mayor ordered Ald. sion, it was decided to send I. A. Graham to take his seat but the Hanley, electrical inspector for the | latter refused to do so, and continu- city, to Toronto for a few days to re- | od to explain, ' His Worship said he ceive Instruction on the fine points of , { would "have to take means to com. | electrical mspection from "Hydro . ex- pel 'Ald. Graham to-stop. It looked perts. i : ud as if Police Sergeant Nesbitt would Three pet itions were received fd gas be called upon to act. Ald. Richard- main extensions Victoria street, from son interposed that it might be well Brock to Princess; Centré street, from to give Ald. Graham a chance to de Union to King, and Pine street on to heard later when hie could rise tn|Lansdowne. None of these contained speak on a question of privilege. the required numher of sigratures, and This satisfied Ald .Graham, who they were held over. The commission then sat down. | does not intend to expend money on Shortly afterwards he had a Sensi where a good retenue will chance to make a. statement. which not result, ee the oftect that the plumbina | 2 A Tepart was ordered made of the in his houses was not dono by him-/°#Pita _eXpenditure for 1912 and ¢elf, but by a plumbing contractor.|1913 with a view of issuing deben- 1i it was not right, it was up to the tures on amounts which showed the city' inspector to see that it was Necessary revenue. made right, and he himself would) ; Mr. Birkett suggested in connec- see to it too. He did not, want th tion with the proposal to appoint a im pression left hat he was instal- Plumbing inspector by the City Coun- ar defective plumbing in houses(Cil, that the utilities manager could lie. was erecting. He declarel Me|use such '@ plumber for parts of the n od houses as Ald. day, and thus kelp pay his salary. hile wrest Se 9 Mr. Birkett asked for Engineer] Evans' report on the Killey pump at ARKRETR T= the waterworks. The report pre- STOOK MARKETS sented was not what was desired, and : 3 (|Mr. Evans will be asked to. report FB. McCurdy & Co.. 88 and sw again as to whether he would: re- rock StH. W. Nelles, Manager commend the proposed changes in Closing Prices, March 31st. the pump As William street is likely to be {paved shortly, it was decidea to lay 59 Inew gas and water mains in the 91 thoroughfares from King to Bagot . 103% | streets. 138 | A petition was received for water 81% jin Adelaide street. There is as yet: 32 Ino sewer in that thoroughfare, and {the utilities manager will arrange to thave water-and sewer pipes laid in the vame trench. The manager was instructed to see il mrrangements could be made (with Queen's university to supply the general hospital with direct current in"order that it could retain its X-ray motors. = 9s: 1-71. J. Rigney (chariman), Mayor 114% Shaw, BR. H Toye; Dr. A. E. Ross and | $24 J. H. Birkett were in attendance. 2 = . Montreal Lanners .;oiseei...... Cement pid. o 8 a Brazilian 5 Dominion Steel 764 697 207} wee 1664 . 159% 63% 292 Coppera Smelters CPR i Reading | Union Pacific : United Stated {Steel Erie .. . Atchison Northern Pacific . . Brooklyn Rapid Transit | Rubber ..:..."% .° een Lehigh Valley ........ American Can, New Haven Railway Southern Pacific Cotton Best on this Continent Fancy Northern red-cheeked fruit | novsky's, "ou the corner.' Spy apples, large, |! See them at Cae- | y { "Syrup of Figs." Gibson's. During building alterations, James | MeParland will temporarily occupy the promises on market square adjoining Gibson's Red Cross Drug Store, on or iabout April 6th. "Phone 274. Fred. Pelion, negro, sentenced af 913 Little Rock, Arkansas, to one hun- 862 dred and fifteen years, was -pardoned, jand immediately put to death in an 67% electric chair for murder. 67% | "Ekovah Health Salt," 3 tigs 250. = Gibson's. 38%{ Alice Heynos is under arredét at '| Philadelphia for stealing jewels val ved at $10,000. She was taken as she was leading a grand march at o "hall. "Ica eream bricks." Gihson's. May March July Wheat Ma July Corn-- July WHA, SUR FOR DAMAGES Thomas White, Injured on the C.PR.Will Take Action s The Whig. was' informed op Tuesday 1 Lanark and Renfrew presbytery dee mormng, by 'thomas White, who met clined to answer the 'questions i E with an aeeident last 1 hursday, when Mitted by the Union SI tog Jeg a motor car and a sleigh collided near Have 10 a SUVey of church Son ations. Jackson's Mills, that he would sue the | Musie, new Sit. a ull' for the Canadian Pacific Railway company for 8" bore," 13c, I utton's, . damages. He suffered severe frac- | Mrs. A. Parks, Plainfield, died on ture of the {eft leg. He declares that | Sunday. She was born in 1850. 3 the driver of the ear sliowed carveless- | "Phone 230, Gibson 8, for drugs. An investigation was held on Mon- day mor ning, by Roadmaster M. Long | and Charles MeCullagh, foreman of the section, who claim - that the car was only runuing ton miles an hour. Mr. White 'takes cxopption fo this and | told the Whig that the car was going not less~than forty-five miles an hour, "MOVE ON" CRUSADE AGAIN. Police Out With Big Stick After' i 'Corner Lodfers." ' | Spring is here or af Teast it looks rn' if it bus arrived for goad, and with | [it comes the wusuil trouble with , "corner lomfers."" | The police are out with a big stick {after the-offenders. True, it is most (tempting to stand on 'the corner, in the sun, but it must no the allow- ed. From now on it will be a case of "move on™ or answer a police court summons, 1 OUR NEW Are Re i Edward Snider, Belleville, a young man cightesn years old, is under ar | rest on a charge burglarizing Smith's hardware siore on the night <, Septous lth last. England's first icewoman was ap- fared in alice Monday. She # widow named Hughes, and thirty-five vers. Gf nun. Aad "MeConkey's sweets." Gibson's, er slo | far to-day. - Very pl 19] "The medicos re 'on examinations. The petitions, how- | "NEW SPRING SUITINGS THE New Materials are wonder- fully attractive and quite a num- ber of new things shown by us this Spring are exclusive. 54 inch Honeycomb Cloth, Black and White, Tan, Grey, 75c¢, $1.49. 94 inch Wool Eponge, Purple, Nut Brown, Black, Copenhagen. Two Tone Tweeds, Brown, Green Grey, $1.00, $1.25. na 54 inch Wool Diagonal Serge, Alice Blue, Copenhagen, Purple, Taupe, Tan, Brown, Navy, $1, $1.25, $1.50 Yard. Brocaded Wool Suitings, Brown, an, Navy, Copenhagen," Purple, $1.25, $1.39, $1.95 yard. Black and White Check Suitings, 75¢, $1, $1.25, $1.95. Cream Serge, Cream Cheviot Serge, 50c, 75¢, $1, $1.49. cream Serge, with Black, Hair Line Stripe, 50c, 75c. $1, $1.49. : Navy Serge, 50c, 75¢, $1.00, $1.50. Black Serge, $2, $2.50. v New Cloth for Sport Coats In plain shades, all the newest tones. x Tango, Beet Root, Copenhagen, White, Oleander, Purple, Mauve, Navy, Paddy Green, Scarlet.- $1.49, $1.75, $2.00, $2.25 yard NEW SHOES FOR SPRING The Empress Shoe, the. Dorothy. Dodd, the Walk-Over, and other good makes. The best ave can buy. All sizes and in By C ands . D widths. We ean fit vour feet properly. cased to show you our new styles whether you intend to buy or not.

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