THE DAILY BRITISH WHI Phone 603 ===) WCOENTS OF THE DAYWOLFE ISLARD HISTOR 1! LocaL XOTES AND ITEMS OF Maximum Protection to your Furs is assured if they are placed in our Cold Storage before the advent of warm weather. The most modern facilities for collection, cleaning and storing, at the minimum charge is made possible because of the vast and extensive volume of Storage entrusted to us from year to year. John McKay, Limited 149-157 Brock St Kingston His Master's Voice VICTROLA X, $185 Records You'd Be Surprised A FOX TROT WITH LOTS OF PEP AND GO Here is one of the lievelist numbers éver put over. "IN. PIGO BLUE" on the reverse side compiéte a pair of Fox Trots by Coleman's Orchestra that will be hard to beat. His Mas- ter's Voice Record 216091---81.00. OTHER "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" DANCE HITS KARAVAN--Fox Trot--Coleman's Orchestra MY CUBAN DREAM--Coleman's Orch. SWEET AND LOW---Waltz-----Henri's Orchestra BOHEMIA-One Stép---Van Hps Quartette PLEASE----Fox Trot--Henri's Orchestra TUMBLE --One Stap--Henri's Orchestra THAT NAUGHTY WALTZ--Coleman's Orchestra $1.00 218087 WHILE OTHERS ARE BUILDING CASTLES IN THE AIR-- Coleman's Ta. . MAHOOD BROS. | "THE HOME OF THE VICTROLA" o if | McAuley's, or 'pnone 564w. I} | street, will be held Thursday evening § | instead of Wednesday. '§ | day, aged eighty years, '#1 A. Wood, of Queen's University, is GENERAL INTEREST. Happenings in the City. and Vielnity ~--What the Merchants Offer te the Readers of the Whig. Go/ to church tomorrow. W. Swaine, plano tuner, orders at "How quickly the weeks fly by," | said a citizen, "I will be dead before | I know it." {© Kingston is calling strongly for | the resumption of work on the new Welland Canal. | © J. M. Campbell is humping in his | endeavors to locate some new indus- tries in Kingston, Service at the Mission, Montreal Mrs. Mary Troy passed away at | her residende, Wolfe lsland, on Fri- | assisting at the Prescott High school | (§ | during the illness of Miss Golding. | Baseball will "soon be enjoyed | here. The outlook is good for a fine | |} | grade of ball. The fans are priming | i} up. * ! i} | anniversary sermons in the East End i | Methodist Church, Montreal, on Sun- | She was ninety years old. | plano tuned. We carry two expert Rev: W. T. G. Brown is to preach day. The southerly dnd westerly winds are keeping the harbor filled with broken ice. It moves slowly down the river, Just now 'the ladies are busy house cleaning and trying on hats. They cannot really tell which is the most tiresome. ] Quite a number of families are making arrangements to move on May 1st. There has been a marked advance in rents. And now to find a good lot for the location of the. new' public library. With $80,000 a real up-to-date build- ing can be reared. Martha Ann Gibbs, widow of the late Robert Hamilton, of Portland, passed away at Inverary, on Friday. Now is the time 10 have your | tuners and will assure entire satis- faction. C. W. Lindsay. Limited: Chief Armstrong and his men did splendid service at the Newman and Shaw fire last night. They saved the city from a serious conflagration. The painters and carpenters are on the rush these days. So are the carters. Tons of ashes are being transferred to the city dump. Lt.-Col. Andrew Gray, M.P.P., of- ficer commanding the 47th Frontenac Regiment,» was in the city Saturday in connection with military matters. Notice--The "High Cost of Liv ing" ean be lowered. See top of co lumn (1) page (5). Continued daily. The block pavement on Wellirig- | ton street, between William and Eael | | streets has been upheaved by the | frosts and many yards will have to] | be relaid. Superintendent Phillips is making | ready to begin work in the city park. Sand is being drawn for use and the | cleaning process on the grounds is if | under way. i ig! If the watér works plant were | placed at Ontario Park, and the in- { take ran out into the lake pure wa- i§ | ter could be secured with a mini in which delay is so dangerous jf as in Eye trouble. mum of filtration. An automobile. collision oocurred at the corner of Brock and Division streets on Friday night in which a Woman was injured, and both cars were badly damaged. The Canadian National Railway has a splendid service to Ottawa and Toronto from Kingston. The equip- ment is first class in every detail. The patronage is good. The Whig has not been able to handle all the copy coming to hand as expeditiously as it could wish ow- WAS RESSURBOTED AT HEARING | OF MUSKRAT CASE A Baron Once Owned One-Third of § the Island--Two-Thirds of Island Church and Crown Reserves. i In connection with the Wolfe Isl- Bb and muskrat case heard at the court | ji house on Thursday, many interesting things were brought out in the evi- dence. The patent, which the late Willlam Grant received in 1823 from | the Crown, when he received one- | third of Wolfe Island was read. The | i late William Grant, who was at the | § time of his death, known as Baron de | §§° Longdale, leased certain lots on |§ Wolfe Island to farmers for a period | fi8 of ninety-nine years. Since that time It most of this land had been bought || outright from 'the lessee. Some of the land was leased for periods o | twenty-one years with the option o i extending the lease. Rev. J. A. Allen, who former! preached on Wolfe Island, was a son { in-law of the baron and the late Grant Allen, the famous author was | a grandson. 3 The other two thirds of the land | on the nd was church and crown rescore. ih sSome of the older men who reside |} on the island remember the time af- f ter the digging the canal that por-. § tions of the land on the south shore of the island where the canal entered the main water, would drift out in- to the main stream, due to the cur- rent, On Friday one islander told the Whig he could remember Sun- days when the old steamer Pierre- ront would spend the day towing .ac- res of this floating land out into mid stream. * CANADIAN JEWISH + RELIEF FUND% All next week a campaign to raise funds for the relief of mil- lions of starving children and adults in Central sud Kastern Europe will be carried on in Canada and the United States. Kingston is asked to aid in this. humanitarian work, and on Sunday, at 3 p.m. a meeting of citizens is called at the Jewish Synagogue. on Queen street. Humanity's needs know neo creed. A large attendanca is desired to consider the mater. All who have compassion for $ those in distress aro earnestly # + invited to attend. + * PEPER PIPIDEPP RPI PL LIPO BP Married at Cornwall. The marriage of Miss Lena Blan- chard, daughter of Alexander Blan- chard, Cornwall, to. William Shaw, formerly of Leigh, County Lanca- shire, Eng., and son of Henry Shaw, Kingston, was solemnized at the Church of the Nativity, Cornwall, on Monday last by Rev. Ewen McDon- old. Only the immediate friends of the young couple were present. Mr. Shaw was a member of the Canadian Siberian force, and saw sarvice in that country, returning to Canada last fall. That the young couple may have a life filled with happiness and prosperity is the sincere wish of many friends. They will reside in Cornwall. x ---------- PEPVLBEEPPEP REPPIN PIPPI PBOPOPP Hb HY Principal Taylor of Queen's Uni- versity salle for England on Mayp-25. re ------ TO-NIGHT ; : Get a Copy of Toronto Sunday World and Star Weekly---the two pa- pers, 112 pages, for 10c., Sc. per copy. CANADIAN PAPERS FOR CANADIAN PEOPLE 16 pages of Comic Sections, 8 pages in illustrated ections (the Star Weekly has inaugurated the Rotagravure work sim- ilar to the N. Y. papers selling at 15¢. per copy), reviews of the Mov- ies, Theatres, and Fiction; Magazine and special feature sections; the latest Sporting News and the latest Telegraphic and General News of the world. : Saturday book and music specials Latest Popular Music . .:...,... sex sesee ess. Iwo for a Quarter Latest Popular Copyrights ........... ...... Ninety Cents Each Hear the latest popular dance music, played by Salsbury's Or- chestra--the only rho which played for the Prince of Wales while in Kingston. ; LATEST MAGAZINES RECEIVED : . Family Journal, Top Notch, Cemapolitari, American, . Short Stories, Field and Stream, Picture Play, anity Fair, McClures, Mo- tor, Macleans. The College Book Store Teleph Open Evenings Store closed on 2 account of fire BEAR SS ES Sp ---- sn ing to a shortage of men due to ill- | [| ness and other causes. | Thomas McAuley Teel quite lone- i Some as he is almost the only busi- [ll ness man who has kept store for over | || half a century. He has seen many i business changes in his time. The automobile business in King- | i ston is keen. Many new machines |i Hil are being added to the long list of || fl: those owned here and not a few have i! I} exchanged or sold old autos for new | ii ones. i "I thought I would have a ton of |i coal over to start next winter with," said a citizen, "Instead of that the [i weather has conpelled me to invest a | lI handful of bucks in an additional il ton." > i | We will rent you a plano, and at end of six months if you feel like ||| When you consider that you ii can get along fairly well with- I out any sense except sight, you will understand how important it is to take no chances with your eyes. OUR BIG STOCK OF FURS AND HATS, UNTOUCHED BY FIRE The fire next door last night came perilously near to us, but a big fire wall fortunately kept us free oven from smoke. In all Newman & Shaw "The Always Busy Store" | EARN WAGES NOT ENOUGH MEN WILL NOT WORK FOR $30 A MONTH AND HOUSE This Business is to Tell You When You Need Glasses ' DON'T STARE UP THR STEPS OF SUCCESS. BUT STEP UP THE STAIRS BEVERLY gas; improvements: hot sir heating; 4000, 8 rooms; i yard; gateway; verandah. UNIVERSITY AVENUB-Brick; electric Nght; gas: 3 bath; Scotch Farm Hands Who Came Here hot water heating; excellent p= bg iY thane Statin) Prefer Laboring Work--Outside ! wood floors; everything In first class state of repair. Places Ask For Laborers. $ Allan Stroud, local agent for the wood } § rooms downstairs; B. and aariwend dof tel hea i $48: electric and stadrs; a i fire place; { Ontario Employment bureau, .when (-way: yard and garage wae fae Bas just been | speaking to the Whig stated that decorated. $10,500, i | many "out-of-town firms are asking || for men to work in their plants but E. Ww. MULLIN & SON BUYBRS -and painstaking. The a J st far he has been unable to get any oF ron were adepts in bu- local men to leave the sity to accept 4 ha Sho Cér. Johnson ick; electric Mght: rie ¢ gh purchasing instrument we will allow | lI [ li | the six months, rental on purchase i Hats for Everybody i! price, a atraife easy terms on dal- | Ji ance, C. W. say ] MEN - { A citizen recalled to the Whig, on ||| HATS FOR . { Saturday, that it was just a year ago || HATS FOR LADIES p---- | Monday (April 19th), the girl street | | | car conductors finished their work in || HATS FOR CHILDREN fii | i} | Kingston and he added: "And how i we miss them too." aa | : The loss of Waldrons" dry goods i house will be seriously felt. They con i jf ducted an up-to-date establishment ; and the firm and staff were extre- | mely obligi Messrs. Wal, siness. Thomas Jordon, son of Rrof. Jor- don, Barrie street, has returned from Toronto. While in that city he at- tended a session | these positions. The I ra not anxious to leave. 10c. Ib. Mr. Stroud said that the Dufferin a Construction Company which has the s y.. aavaivnesee ass 10c 1b. i 8s. ; | contract to do some construction Roast . | E- : gston-Gananoque lature. He | work on 'the Kin road about five miles anxious to Ms aksinins vena} 5 id HY Although there is no official state- that 1h nev mete iis 10 floubt ected at. Queen's raity 1 ii 60c. Chocolates . ........ .... .. 39 Ib. (Friday and Saturday only) Page and Shaw Chocolates ......$1.25 Liggett's Chocolates, "Elect" . ....$1.25 Liggett's Hard Centres ET SLID 'Mahood's Drug Store £5 gre purchased 'owned by Robert Orwell as ad- onal ground is needed, It's time to buy that new Spring Hat, so come to "the Hat Store" HH let 5 "KF : » : 2 fit