tyne THE RAINFALL VERY HEAVY O'Connor's Ladies' Exclusive SUMMER MILLINERY OPENING AND FASHION DISPLAY Thursday, May 18th and Following Days All the new Creations in Hats--All the New Models in Dresses. Come and. See These Get our prices -- We know the answer T.d. OCONNOR 260 PRINCESS ST. 3! Phone 800. Higher up street but lower in price To 71 King St. West, Toronto, for First-Class Portrature Work. Representa- tives « The Blakemore Studie have arrived in Kingston, and intend to open as soon as some live real estate man gets them a location. Home Portrafture and Wedding Groups Specialties. Phone 1002. 236 STUART STREET. Watch G. BLAKEMOR sthe Whig for all Military Photos in Kingston. SPECIAL AGENCY FOR MELBA PREPARA- TIONS No Advance in Prices. On the Level 3.74 Inches "Have Fallen, VERY LITTLE SEEDING DONE BY FARMERS AND DAMAGE THEREFORE SMALL. Many City Cellars Flooded--An Elec tric Storm Agcompanied the Del- uge of Tuesday--FPower Plant Was Struck, The city was visited Tuesday af- ternoon and night by a regular down- pour of rain. As one soldier said, it was a big cargo for the weather- man 'to hand out. The day had been' sultry and threatening and about 3.30 o'clock in the afternoon there came such a downpour of rain that it almost appeared to be a heavy cloud burst. The downpour continued for over an hour and then somewhat slackened only to con- tinue throughout the night. Accom- panying the deluge there was quite an electric storm and several build- ings around the city were struck. Many cellars around the city were flooded, particularly those near the harbor. Along Ontario and King streets many houses were quite badly flooded. The drains in some cases absolutely refused to work, with the result that there were regular ponds in some parts of the town. At the corner of King and O'Kill streets the water was over a foot deep. Some of the boys living in that vicinity tried to imitate the inhabitants of flooded cities along the Mississippi in the movie newspapers and brought out a punt which they used with great satisfaction for over an hour. In many of the vacant lots there were ponds several feet deep, al- though the actual amount of rain that fell, according to Dr. A. P. Knight was 3.74 inches. This is a certainly very heavy rainfall, Little Seeding Done. ER 8 ANSE is a reservist and was called up at the outbreak of the war. I also boast of a stage comedian amongst my drivers so we are a happy little fam- ily (I don't-think) they nearly drive crazy. "I have just had some tea in an old jam tin as we have no cups. FANS WILL PATRONIZE THE BASEBALL LEAGUE WITH THE BEST TEAMS There Promises to be Keen Compet- ition Between the City and The Kingston Organization, From present indications it looks as though Kingston is to have some | real goed baseball this season. With | two leagues, each of which will try to draw the patronage of the people there , will be a great spirit of competition. Only the best men available will be allowed to | play as the people will go to see the best teams. This will mean that if the leagues are going to get any { kind of patronage the teams will | have to practice all their spare time. { With so much practice there can be { no doubt but what there will be good | | baseball. The teams in the City | League have already started to prac- | tice for the opening game on May | 20th between Athletics and Ponies. | | The officials of the new Kingston | { amateur league intend 'that their games will start on May 27th. | diamond is going to be "skinned" on | Queen's campus opposite Victoria { school. This will be something like! {the diamonds used for the major] | leagues, It is also likely that be- {sides the three teams in the new] | league there will also be a number of junior teams.. The Kingston lea-| gue is drawing a number of its play-| {ers from the Canadian Locomotive | Works where there should be some real good material. Of course the | Kingston league will be up against lit at first when playing on Queen's | campus, but if they give us the right | {kind of ball it will not bave to; | worry, { The fans are waiting to see which { league is going to turn out the best Everybody is waiting for | material. the "big smash' next Saturday when | | Athletics and Ponies clash, OF PARCELS "Father Looks Young | PACKING | FOR THE CANADIAN WAR PRIS- xe ct a ------ The Whig learned on Wednesday | ONERS IN GERMANY. morning from several sources in the | en country that the damage was not s0| 152 Are Being Sent--Notes Enclosed great out there as might be imagined. | Agking If Any One Has Heard The rains lately have prevented farmers from seeding to any great extent and so there was not much damage done in washing out the seed. The rain broke many of the fine plants around the city. However it {| did much good in helping along the || grass. Power Plant Struck. Melba Face Powder . Melba Toilet Water Sargent's Drug Store | Cor. Princess and Montreal Sts: Telephone No. 41 | { i | ln re, A. Ar Pn rr. ear at tn Act Ae. cn Pd | | | | | To I= LARGER STOCKS THAN EVER BEFORE Dressers, Chiffoniers ang"Beds to match in Mahog- 'any, Black Walnut and 1-4 Cu} Oak. ' Some extra good values in Xron Beds at $5.00, $6.50, $7.25, $8.00 and up. > 'Rugs and Carpets in a great variety of quality and prices. New T.F. Harrison Co. Limited. Phone 90 a Finoleums for the Bedroom, Kitchen and Bath. Shoe Co, Limited : Fredericion, N.B, "Canada's Best Shoemakers'* During the electric storm the city | power plant was struck. The cur- '| rent travelled to the generator and | proved | quently the street cars were put out | of eommission about i| The manager of the electri¢ depart- too strong for it. Conse- four o'clock. ment put on a squad of men and b; 7.30 o'clock they had everything go- | ing smoothly again. There could have been no worse time for the pow- er to have gone off, as the rain was coming down quite heavily when people were going home from work, and it made it very disagreeable for them. People who live in Ports- mouth were hit the hardest as they had a long walk in the pouring rain. Portsmouth Suffered, Kingston was not the only place] | which suffered from the big rain- storm, In Portsmouth the water drain was not large enough to con- tain the volume of water, village hall, family, who live there, were forced to go upstairs for the night as their | beds were floating in the houses flooded out, particularly Rev, J. H. Dawson and C. V..F. Southcott. WITH" BRITISH FORCES THAT TRIED TO RELIEVE GEN- | ERAL TOWNSHEND James Kelly, Brother of Thomas Kelly, 145 Ordnance street, Writes a Letter from Mesopotamia, Thomas Kelly, 145 Ordnance street, has received an interesting letter from his brother James who is serving on the headquarters of the 4th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, Indign Expeditionary Force, "D" at Mesopotamid. This force has been endeavoring to relieve Gen. Towns- hend who has since surrendered at Kut-El-Amara. The letter dated March 15th, reads in ' part as fol- lows: "You must forgive me for the de- lay in writing but since my arrival in ng man's land the opportunities for letter writing are few, 1 have seen more and expierenced more ac- tive service in the few months that I have been here than I did all the time 1 was in France. This is war as you read about it--all open air, rain, wet or shine we are out im it. 1 am nearly black, as the sun is very hot and there is not even a shade tree to take cover under. Still I am happy. I generally manage to wash and shave once a week except when it rains and then we get a bath without changing one's clothes. Water is as precious as gold and I often think of the water I bave wast- ed in my time. "1 get an occasional letter from the boys. They are all well except Willie. . Unfortundtely he has been wounded again. He is having rotten luck since this war started but 1 sincerely hope that he will pull through. I have had lots of narrow shaves myself especially since I came out here but I always come up smil- ing for more. sergent-major was wounded and I am in charge of a rare little family of twenty-six horses, twenty-five mules and as » WAUY men. X ng all sorts and equ » ditions men. a chap a Kingston iii, H busiaess ia Winnipeg, He The flood | came from both sides of the hill and | rose to a height of two feet in the | The caretaker and his | water. | There were also a number of other | | About Private W. Kelso. | 1 All day Tuesday the American | Consulate looked more like a huge { packing house than an office. Boxes {of all kinds were piled high and wide. | The floor was littered with packages | and parcels of all kinds. Every- | thing for the biggest shipment of goods to the Canadians who are pris- oners of war in Germany was there, and Mrs. A. P. Chown, Miss Rogers and others were assisting Mr. John- son in the packing. It is an im-| mense undertaking, and time and en- | ergy are required to get 152 pack-! ages filled with fifteen different kinds | of things packed so that they will i stand the long trip to Germany. In every package was a tin of corn beef, a tin of salmon, a tin of pork and beans, sugar, salt, evapo- rated milk, tea, cocoa, chocolate, to- bacco, soap, socks, soup, gum and a towel. In some of the packages sent was| enclosed a note asking for any infor- mation that might be known of Pte. W. Kelso, who has not been heard from since the 2nd Battalion went | into the battle of Langemarck on April 23rd, 1915, . One of the articles that should | certainly be appreciated by the sol dier prisoners is a pair of socks which were sent to the Consul by the local Red Cross Society in recognition of what Mr Johnson is doing in the in- terests of the prisoners uf war. Two of the latest donations received is {$10 from Sydenham Street Method ist Church and $4 from a club made up of girls from Newman & Shaw's store, | {| At noon on Wednesday American Consul F. 8. 8. Johnson and his staff | completed the packing of 152 per- | cls for the Canadian/prisoners of | war in Germany, he packages | were sent to the Post Office at noon | after a great many were inscribed | | with names. and addresses of boys | who have already acknowledged the | receipt of parcels from the city. | On Wednesday a cheque for $22 + was received from C, E., Chapman, | treasurer of the St. Stephen Branch, No. 41, A. Y. P. A, at Bedford Mills | is practical assistance in the work. | This money will be used in the next shipment. { In an interview the American Con-| sul expressed the desire that any] citizen who knew the names of pris- oners-of-war should send them to the Consulate so that the names might be put on packages. { The death occurred, in Pembroke, on May 5th, of Jessie Ratpray, be- loved wife of Dr. S. M. Snedden, Cob- | den. The deceased, who had been | ailing for some time, was only thirty-' seven years of age and was a daugh- | ter of the late Dr. Rattray, Cobden. | : Hood's Sarsaparilla, the Reliable | Tonic Medicine, Builds Up. | & { The reason why you feel so tired: all the time at this deason fs that! your blood is impure and jmpover- ished. It lacks vitality, It is not, ---------- Men's Black Calf Lace Boots--tan calf laced boots with white and red rubbed soles and hetls :......... 1... ear sara 300 Men's Low Shoes, Tan and Black Calf --rubber soles and heels ... ..... ..... «i .-$0.00 Rubber Soled Shoes promise to be very popular this summer--come and try a pair. FeirteittammiitomereN vivre FARRER ERRATA in His New STETSON" [t's a Stetson knack --one of the many that have made Stetson a world-wide term for HAT. Many a "Dad" appre: ciates how the youthful styles of Stetson hats aid men who won't grow old in looks or svirit. The New Stetsons are now to be had at Home-Made Candy and Chocolates Fresh Made Every Day SAKELL'S Next Opera House. ~ Your Labor Phone $49 Seemsin Vain If you do not add some- thing to your household after house-cleaning. We have what you re- quire, from a bottle of Li- quid Veneer to a Chester- field. Dressers, Chiffoniers, In any style or finish, Campbell Bros. SRE REARAORO | EL Pineapples ! Fine Quality--Good Color Lower Prices This is the season for preserving | pineapples; we are offering a very | fine lot of Cuban Pineapples, ripe, | juicy fruit--the price is low. | Don't wait. The season Will be short. ! BUY NOW!! BUY NOW! | Henderson's Grocery 59-61 Brock St. Phone 279. LEAVE OF ABSENCE HAS BEEN GRANTED TO REV. M. N. OMOND, PICTON. | 1 | So That He Can Take up Y. M. C. A. Work at Petawawa--His Pulpit Will be Supplied by Dr. H. T. Wal- lace of Kingston, The congregation of St. Andrew's Presbyterian church, Picton, have granted leave of absence for the summer months, to their pastor, Rev, M. N. Omond, who wili at the re- quest of the National Council of the Young Men's Christian Association, take charge of the religious and so- cial Y. M. C. A. work at Petawawa Comp for the summer, says the Pic- ton Gazette, Rev. Mr. Omond is well qualified for this work as during his attend- ance at Queen's University he took a We can help by using Furniture Restorer. | --At-- | | James Rei Phone 147, and have us call for your Repairs. ni | | | | | BELONGING TO THE ORDER) OF FAIR AND SQUARES (7 My ADMITS You TO THES carp' BEST CIRCLES! =o -- --C A Specials At HOOD'S 50 DRY PICKED CHICKENS AND FOowls, 500 LBS. FARMERS' BUTTER In Rolls and Prints. Also a Large Stock of HAMS AND BACON, Our Own Curlag. SPECIAL PRICES TO CLEAR THE ABOVE LOT. West End Meat Market BARRIE STREET. FAIR AND SQUARE The fair and square goodness of our Groceries and Fruits is their card of admittance to the best circles. We will look after your fruit needs this season. : Pineapples and Oranges, all sizes; Fresh Lettuce, Celery, Tomatoes and Pie Plant. EMPIRE GROCERY. Phone 349. You Can Improve Your Position Have you heard of the Sales and inteliigence Departments of the Canada Life? They give special assistance to the Company's representatives. They teach a man the insurance business by and personal assistance free of charge. > Then they place him in a position and help him' to make good. The first two lessons of the Company's cor the rich red blood that gives'life to] great interest in this line of work the whole body, perfects digestion) among the students, and was fore- and enables all the organs to Pper-| most not only in religious effort but form their functions as they should.| in the athletic side of this splendid Get Hood's Sarsaparilla from any| organization. In this Y. M. C. A. druggist. It will make you feel| work he will have a great opportun- better, look better, eat and' sleep ity during the summer months among better. It is the old reliable tried | the thousands of men who will be at and true all-the-year-round blood | Petawawa Camp. purifier and enricher, tonic and ap-| Since taking chargé of St. Andrews petizér, It revitalizes the blood, and| Presbyterian Church, A is especially useful in building Wp| Mr. Omond has not only gained the the debilitated and run.down. loyalty of his ceungregation, but the Hood's Sarsaparilla is helping| respect and esteem of his mapy ae- thousands at this time of year. Let! quaintances in the town, who wish it you. Get a bottle to-day and him every success in the work in porn akine it at once. Be sure to} which he will be engeged. Hood's, Nothing sise acts like it.) During his absence the Rev, Dr, H, HUTTON, 0. General Agent, Kingston. T. Wallace of Queen's College will supply his pulpitand will spend Sunday and part of the weeks in town Mrs. Omond will reinain in for a few weeks and later Theol pars of May, be the Nt an iatter friends in the western part of (he : provi i nce. Mr. Omond expects to leave as '| soon as the Petawawa Campisopened town | which will probably