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Camefis, Eémds, Curtains, aggg Wm“.â€" M‘wm-“mm - fond dead in his bed in Toronto. '11! um spread like wildfire. and on :21 flies were heard expressions of m regret at the demise 0! one SUBDEN DEATH OF MR. CHAS. FAIRBAIRN PfaSSEB EAWAY EN TORONW TO-DAY From Wednesday's Post. The catizcns of Lindsay were shock- ed this morning to hear the announce meat that Chas. Fairbairn had been so prominently in the history of this county. R manly last week that Mr. Plinth was seen on the streets of Links: and left for Toronto Tues- day Mug lost. He was in excellent m and chatted with his many fields in the sake jovial and lightâ€" hearted manner that has always writ“! his hearing. Mics Fairbazrn was one of Nat- 0. which gained for hint a M 01 friends throughout the coun- u finiPaget left on" more for the The Chief Justice said the” law no“; country. and she had Paget fol- : could neither condone or justify the In! “February. Apparently not un- 5 act of Paget. but the verdict could “to :21 Paget reached Porcupine did the reduced to that of intent to do bodily ‘2ch d the past five years completeâ€" harm or of manner: assault. A ver- Zy wold “Sam Comments on his dict was returned on the least minor figs character were common in Por- : charge of common assault and the ac- mm. She was cgnducting a small 3cpsed was sentenced to ten days in restaurant. a Mind pig. etc. and jail. ‘ mury. 0111 \prl 23%..“ the D r Chief lus- "i295 here bcio e ”gimme: the first indictable '12 t was charged with the at- ;urder of his wife in Febru- t “a the marriage of the coupic eight :1 11 Lou ‘25::31': a baker's wagon; of their ’ P ~ tion to Cnnada five years ago “is“ t teen-111v work as a farm and Paget Manotick near Ottawa,t t 3:12;: child dying while there and of Mrs. Pazet leax mg the farmi It was not; grew weary {0de int the \illage. gong before Mfr faoet 11 : 1t3ny of the \1 - 1111: 21mm m0“ 19f: for Ottawa where; 329 life and be geared work as a Waitress in sev- and hotels. From there she driltcd; into the north country. For a )ear; 32d 3 2131! no c: rrespondence passed 1 between them hz' t “as then resumed hyme wife and last (‘ihr stmas she I his wife, when on Fe . 11th last he discovered as he thought. embracing the bin-tender. Wm. Reise there was a row. The quarrel was resumed in the rooms and grew so loud that Reise went up to interfere. As he opened ast- The story unfolded started ' the door of the room he found Puget l holding his wife with one hand and don. England where flaws 8 “WM!“ from his hip with (the other. The Opening of the door attracted the attention of hoth fer the moment. and Mrs. Paget escaped. while Reise grappled with the accus~ ed. ’l‘wo shots were fired in the direct t' on of the fleeing woman, one of which went through the roof and the other plowed the cheek and car of Reise. ‘ Mrs. Paget at the trial swore she 1 did not know whether he had intended to kill her or kill himself. R. R. \chessock, in asking for ac- quittal, admitted the shooting and said the majority of the men in the north and also he thought, in the 19 once more with Pag- jury would have been handicr With «turned toubm where he had . {the gun and had a better aim and atlgnalcceémém as a machinist's ‘ still would have thought their act 13:11:?5111'8 than a mouth the rests 37393? justified under the circumstan- .~:e spirit again exhibited itself and “S" . . - ms Paggt left once more for the The Chxef Justice said north country. and she had Paget [01- i could neither condone or Scâ€" the law justify the fligflfiofl to ”“5““ ”a P8!“ scouring 1! W at Manotick. w want child (13' and of mg. Paget 1e {0134‘ int the villa long more Mfs- Page “- the apparent monot‘ 88¢ life and left for she W work as a ‘ a.“ ”3315.. From 111 Mom north countr! 5x Mars ‘3 .7 yards in 30‘} 5.119 Brusse. n: dam; R02 in fawn a Euler $21,.oo S ale ӣ1113; {WWW LAW IN THE PORCUPINE HUSBAND TRIED TO KILL HIS WIFE CNN! .5c. 5118.. in green and 48: 533C111 showing of Tapestry Rugs. in 9.2!: Ah 3'4 Tdflestry 53 R“ “3“!“ 7k: ms or £768“, fa 9er and mind tihtS. 2 1'4 X 3 4 colorings, reguiar "5'0' 00. Szie .....»5 03 : have some Victoria Jan 1‘ e‘tU'Rug. in4colorings, 3 x 4 yards. 51075. Sale $923 :- with genuine good hu- Vt“? (‘fi‘ u. 2 SD (.022! wins in the. e goods [bra-esp 92c als m Hemp Carpets, 10c, 2.2.ng 25cUaion Carpets for 30c 40c 3 Fald‘, reg ular $9 50. Sale ...... =: x: U” Li H. O N "I '0 do H D 'Q N. 1'3 00 '1 0 ('0 .‘3 N :3 ‘u-‘L in fawn and green, 3 x seamless medahon Tapestry 0- b:ie............. "$5.0; possessed The late Mr. Fairbairn was in his seventy-fourth year and was born near Lakefield, Smith township, Pet- erboto county. He was ason of An- drew Fairbaim. and at an early age moved to Verulam township. He married Esther Fee in Omemee. who still survives him. As a. resident oi Vcrulam township he took an active part in municipal aflairs. and served in the capacity of Councillor and Reeve for a number of years. He was also a member of the County Council and was Wardgn of the County Counâ€" cil in 1879. He was remgnized as a most capable Warden, as well as an authorLty on municipal matters. Mr. Fairbairn was a Presbyterian ":1 religion, and was a member of the I..O.L. and the A.F. AIM. Two yurs ago Mr. and Mrs. Fairbairn lhis wife, as he thought. embracing f the bartender, Wm. Reise there was a raw. The quarrel was resumed in the rooms and grew so loud that Reise went up to interfere. As he opened mour and with a warmth and sincvr‘ ity in his actions which made him most agreeable. He had a kind word for everyone. and was sympathetic and chantablc towards the unfortun‘ ate. R. It. McKegock. in asking for ac- quittal, admitted the shooting and said the majority of the men in the north, and also. he thought, in the jury, would have been handicr with the gun and had a better aim and still would have thought their act amply justified under the circumstan- ces. .3 ‘00 S, F103: Oilcioth in on) mtg}, two vards .md two anda hzf Vards wile;i m Cmadian Otis 3r squire yard 28: and ........................... 30¢ SI 13:) II Mint, in gem and crimzon grounr’, Spam-31:5: and .V 2“- . . ........,......... 51“ 221:- 4 yard Fin: ”31313:: tn, floral and bk}: {pf/$111433, 55: and .................... gator .nes 92,12 1 2: and Shade B inis 33:. 40:: and ................. 5! 33 Curtain; for.... .. $173 Lace Custams tor............ .......‘f Scrims at 8:, $2 50 Lace Curtains hr ace Cuvtuns, 35c. The late Mr. Fairbairn also took an active part in Federal and Pro~ vinclal politics. In 1882 the deceased ran against Mr. D. J., (now Judge McIntyre). and was defeated ‘hy 36 votes. In the fall of 1890 South Vic- 'toria was declared vatant owing to the death of the sitting member, the late Adam Hudspeth. Mr. Wm Lawns- } borough was nominated in the Liber- 3 a] interrsts, while the late Mr. Fairâ€" :bairn was the Conservative nominee 1 He carried the riding by about 200 of -n.-..... m.......- a. majority. However. before he took his seat in the House there was a general. election (1891) when Mr. Fairbairn again contested the riding, defeating Mr. The-s. Walters by 24 votes. He was unseated on a protest but on the bye-electiorx again carried the riding by 230 of a majority. He rem-(seated the riding unti! May 1896 when Dr. V'rooman was nominated as the standard beJrer of the Liberalâ€" Conservatives. m<a~ Colbome, April 25.â€"â€"The prelim-1n- ary examinaticn of Leslie Burk on' the charge of setting fire to the You» mans and Burleigh blocks (:1 the morning of April 17 win open beiore Mr. R. Snetsinger, JP. to-morrow morning. The prisoner adheres to his story of being assaulted and tied by a robber, who then fired the build- ing. Progrm of Salada Tea Co. The Salada Tea (30., so far this year, have made the greatest gro- gress in their h.story; their increase alone 11:. Canada and the United States, amounting to' more 'than the total businxis they did ”durng the first. five years of the (”ompzng’s existence. WILL BE TRIED 0N ARSON CHARCE The late Mr. Fairbairn was attach- ed to the Reading Room of the Pro- vincial Legislature. and while in To- ronto resided at 65 Grasvenor street, where his sad death took place. removed from Verulam to Lindsay. and resided at 25 Wellington-st. The late Mr. Fairbairn leaves to mourn his loss his sorrowing wife, three sonsufour daughters and three sisters and four brothers. The sons are Thomas, of Bobcaygeon; Milton of Massey; James, of Daniels, P. 1.; the daughters. Mrs. Andrew Braden, Bobcaygeon; Mrs. Lizzie Kelly, Lind- say; Mrs. Carlton Bellamy, Lindsay; Mrs. G. H. Magee, Omemee. Iiis bro- thers are John, Andrew and Alexan- der Fairbalrn. of Lakefield, and NM? olas, cf Webbwood. his sisters, Mrs. Geo. Johnston, Lakefield; Mrs. Wm. Falls, Lindsay: Mrs. James Falls. of 305031786011. He had seven grandsons and two granddaughters. In -3: ' , 13c and ........... 25¢ .I‘ LQNDSAY, ONTARIO. FRIDAY. APRIL 28 1911 U! C) 00 Sr The writsr of these letters has rep- leseutcd biz-self to be an expert en- graver, formerly employed by one of I the bank note companies, and that he {had produced plates duplicating one Hive, and ttn dollar bills. He would E try to make an appointment with his intendcd vict'm. Should he succeed ._ in doing so the procedure is for the writer of the letter to meet his vic- tim at some place over the line. and show him a genuine. bank note as a. sample of his work. If the victim decides to purchase a quantity of these soâ€"called “duplicate notes". he is shown a package of genuine bills cr 2. package faced with a genuine bill which is afterwards exchanged for anâ€" other package of worthless paper. In the event of this game succeed- ing there is no redress for the victim as it an offence against the law for a person to attempt to purchaee coun Eterfeit money. The fact is' that the green goods man conducts his oper- ations from points outside of Canada covers his trail very completely, and w- â€"-..-1 a“-.. l The decaas’e'd lady was a daughter 3’0! the late Michael Cabin, who was :at one time aresident' of the East 3Ward. She is survived by her hus- band, (who on account of illness ,was unable to accompany the re- lmanna) Lina. a daughter, and 92:26er. com: and Albert, his gsons. Miss Lina Mach-m and her brother, Albert, accompanied the re- . mains to Lindsay. A sister of the dc.- ;ceased, Mrs. Gray. who resides in the Ottawa district, arri?ed in town on the 9.15 G.’I‘.R. train. From Wednesday's Post. The funeral took place" this mornâ€" .aâ€"po. no: gmgfirom the early C.P.R. train of a. 3 305 Mrs. M. Meehan, who passed away former Lindsay resideut in the person {in Boston a few days ago; Interment Hook place in the Raman Catholic cc- ; metsry. “GREEK GOGRS” {EAR A warnLng is issued to the public by tha Provincial Police Department against a system 0! sn'indling which is be ng operated m various parts of Ontario by max who are commonly known as ”fire en goods men 'A large number of communications have been received by the department in the last few months from memchiefiy farm- u-s, who have had letters sent them by some person in the Unitzd States oft-ring to sell bundles of counterfeit bank notes \thl ch, the writer said, he had made. “ Mr. M. Mcehan is a brother 'of Messrs. John and Joseph Mechan, of Liadsay, and is well-known through- out the district. MRS. M. MEEHAN ME!) IN BOSTON “The agreement," he said, “is en- dorsed by more t‘hm three quarters of the people, bug: an Increased pre- ference and free agncultural imple- ments are also (issued. Dunng the recess some of the Opposition mem- bers have been holding meetings but they were essentially party a!- falrs. Beyond a doubt. they all have many friends. who will, for political reasons, stand by- them, but there is no questioninglth-e fact that reci procity is stronglfi favored all over the West." WEST IS STRONG FOR RECIPROCITY Ottawa, April.i25.â€"-"There is no change in (h: West thh regard to the reciprocity §itxxation," declared Mr. Roderick Mchenzie, Secretary of the Grain chwers’ Association, who returncd toiOttawzi th.’s morn- ing, after spendm‘g several weeks m that country. : Peterboro, Afitil 25--(Special).«A by-law to authqrize the loan by the city of $40,000 to the Independent Tire combany 9! Toronto to assist in establishment of a factory here, was voted on taâ€"day with this resuit: 1,231 {or and 9? against; about 490 short of the legal requirement. FAILED TO PASS THE TIRE BYLAW WORKERS EN GNTARIO m .IZEE‘EEEEEEFEREM Mrs. Fred Rattle and family. of Hagerman's Corners spent the, East- er holidays' with frxends here and at Coboconk. Miss Ruby Wil=on of Fenelon Fale sre'g t Sunday 11: (let the parental robf Miss Cecil Swanton left on Monday for Midland. (Special to The Post) ‘ Mr. John Wilson, sr., had the mis- fortune recently to have a bone .11 his arm fractured while working with the sawing machine. On Wednesday, April, 19, to ?. and Mrs. Robt. Graham, a daagh- Miss Jessie Spence, of Rosedale ru turned from Petcrboro or: Friday. Dr. D. Gould took abusiness hi to Toronto this week. Master C. McGregor, and Leslie Goo‘dhand, of Camerbn, sp:nt the hohdays in Baddow. Mrs. Ann McDonald is» visiting with friends at Burnt River this week. Miss S. McArthur spent Friday in Lindsay. J. H. Cameron, entertainer, assistâ€" ed by Dr. Harvay Robb, pianist, will appear in Dickson’s Hall Thursday, April 27th under the auspics of the Ladies' Aid of St. Andrew's church Loczzl talent will also assist this; ta}- imted entertainer, who is well-known l‘as an artist of the A I class. Irs. R. Storey and daughters, of Miubrcok, spent Easter the guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. Corbett. Mrs. Gibson and three children,‘ of Victoria, 3.0., are visiting Mrs. Gibâ€" son’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. Gillis in town. Miss Ada Gillis, who 1163.; been vis- iting her sister, Mrs. Gibson, at Vicâ€" toria, B.C., returned home on Friday Mr. and Mrs. George Goodhand vita: ited them son, Arthur, of Fen-zlon, on Sunday. Mr. D. Roberts-3n spent Easter with Warkworth friends. Mr. J. Twomey and Mix thevic-Vc Twomey spent Saturday in Lindsay. Mr. O. Stimson, of Toronto was in town this week. Mr. and Mrs. Sadlgr of Brantiord, are vislting Mr. and Mrs Thos Sad- ler this week. Mr. Roht. McGregor of Toronto, visited Mr. and Mrs; T. Sadler; last week. His Honor Judge O'Leary of Port Arthur, visited his sister, Mrs. J. Berry and other relatives in town on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McKose of Pet- er’boro. spent Easter the guests of Miss E. Robson. Mr. Btrt McCérthy spent Easter. with Lindsay friends. Mr. Norman Martin, of Tory Hill, was in town on Tuesday. Mr. H N. McDougall, of Toronto. spent Easter in town. Mrs. Pattie. Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Innis and Mr. E. Jackson, of CObb' conk, motored to the Falls on Tues day. The: Foston tea and apron sale on Wednesday last, given by the Parish Workers of St. James’ church was well patronized, the sum of $30 being realized. makes it almost impossible for the Doha: to secure an arrest. “In Messrs. H. Sharpe and C. Kellly were in Lindsay on Saturday. At the Board of Trade meeting held on Wednesday evening the ques- tion of better'railway service was discussed, and Dr. Mason, Dr. Sims, and Mr. W. A. Bishop were appointed a committee to correspond with the G.T.R. regarding better train serâ€" vice. _The improvement of the grounds near thfwharf was admitted to he necrssary and the subject was discus sed at some length. Messrs. A. J. Gould, M. H. McCallum and Dr. Johnstone were delegated to lay the matter before the Council. The regular meeting of the Womens Inst tute will be held on Friday, Ap- ril 29th at the home of Mrs. Walter 1’. Jordan at 5 o'clock. The subject chos- en for this meeting is "Fault-Find~ ing." It is expected that papers will be given on this subject which should prove very interesting, Several mush cal selecticns will be given. All lad- ies are invited to attend, whether members or not. Happening: at Feneion Falls The Provincial police wish any} persons receiving communications of‘ this nature to mail them immediate-I ly to the Superintendent of Provin- cial Police at Toronto, being careful to send the envelope in which thet letter was received. BADDOW n WINTER FAIR WILL BE HELD DEE. 19 ; SPLENDID MEETING HELD LAST EVEELNL: V . 1.x": 5mm nommw BANK Hot Seriously Hurt Sunday afternoon, near Omemee, Dr. Thompson's horse took fright at an automobile on the Lindsay and Peterborc road. The horse ran away, throwing the doctor out. With the ei- cepticn of a few bruises the Doctor was not Sariously hurtâ€"Examiner. Ath'etic Conm;tteeâ€"Harry Palm, William Par-kin, and Arthur, A!- lin. ’ - From Wednesday's Post. The first regular meetng of the 0.11.8. club was bcgd at the harm of Mrs. Wm. Flavelle on Tuesday evening, A fair number Wtfé prli sun. and all were very enthudasdc over the n-w club. The constitution for this club, as revised by s. Acum- mittse was submgttcd and was adapt- ed in its amended form. The elect- ions thcn too: macs, the results of which were as follows: Soc.al Camrnitfeeâ€"Holmrn Jordan Arnold Stinscn, Cyril Moore.; The officers for the Sunday school 1 class were also elected elected and were as follows’ ' Prcsdentâ€"Albez‘t Bnmmell. Secretaryâ€"Garnet Corley. Committee Man.â€"-Clarence Spence. A Iurthar report will likely appear. in a lafér edition stating the' ob- ject and organization of the club. ~_«.-. Literary (Tcmmltteeâ€"Earie McGiil, Harry Palen. 0. R. B. CLUB ORGANIZED IN LINDSAY FIRST MEETING HELL) LAST EVENING Honorary Presidentâ€"Mrs. W..ii;xm Flavelle. Presidentâ€"Stuart A. Flavzl'e. }s:. Vic: Pres.-William Pan-km. 2nd. Vice Pres.â€"Albcrt Brlmtuzl;. See. Twasâ€"Arthur M. Allin. The Committees are as fofilowsj Musxcal Committeeâ€"Jack Newton. (conwnct,') Clannce Srence, Arthur Perkfns. ' “Departing from the home of his‘ EMMETT J KELLY, parents, as John Meehan did when Ed. Nilgs Daily Nch, Niles 33. W‘W f‘Such was my experience during: the past week, when I had the pleas- ure of meeting the peerless John Meeâ€" han, a former Lindsayite, who has made good, and is reCOgnized as one of the leading American actors of to~ day. To gaze in a retrospective mood upon the past. it is certainly refresh- ing to have a sociable chat with a. native of your home town and dis~ cuss conditions as one has met and mastered them. some there “When one is absent from Lindsay Town eighteen years, as I have been, it renews within you fond recollecâ€" tions of your boyhood days to meet some one who has also been raised To the Lindsay Post: }'r(s_dent-Johu (.‘arew. (n fair day wasmzrzrmzs, an"! the \‘ice-Prcsldcnt.-â€"J. A. ‘Jiniams:;n. whole town benefittcd grcafly {war SCC.-~D. A. McKenzie. the enterprise. â€"â€" ~ FBRMER LiNDSAY EITHER PAY A TRIBHTE. T0 THEATRICAL ABILITY 0? JOHN MEEBAR From Wednesday's Post. A most enthusiastic meeting of those interested in the Winter Fair was held last night in the Council Chamber. Over fifty business men, reâ€" presenting all the important interests of the town were present’ and those who had come to the meeting a trifle skeptcal as to the good derived from the Fair were impressed with the fact that everycne of them benefitth in one way or another. It was unanim- ously decided to hold the fair again next winter on December 19 or the first Tuesday before Christmas. Mr. John Williamson occupied the chair. The (.ld o‘licers who still retain thcir positions are as follows : Presidenthohu (Iarew. Vice-Presidentâ€"J. A. Williamson. Scc.â€"~D. A. McKenzie. APH'AL STUCK PAiD UP - 3 4,300,000 Niles, Ohio, April 24 a...--o-M~ ~-..~- I‘mâ€"n...” case in the House recently, and ex- plained that he hzd not in my: way sought to “mate the passionsotl he jury as had been suggesbed. but had merely sclght to illustrate“ condition of 1175 client's mind .4288 thereby show that there was no at licicus intent. C0,. Hughss thong“ the explanation was due t3 them izing the Mayor to sign a lettsr pr:- pared by the Town Solicitor refiner ages which ‘may be sustained by ”~- pecties within the Corporation 0% to the building of the Georgian Hg and Seaboard Railway. The letter was signed and forwarded to the 612' R. authorities; MASONIC CASE UP AT HWSE HAWK AUTHGREZE) Y6} SEQ}! LEH’ERI me Wednesday’s Post; A special session of the Council as held last evening 3125.30 o'clock- It was called for the purpose of Leanne- visit from the Counsel who defendâ€" ed the man accused of steakng fizz Masomc papers at Montreal. '1'” latter had come to s;e the Golan! smut the latter's comments on the Ottawa, April, Iiiâ€"Before the or. ders c! the day ware clued”: Par liament yesterday, Col. Hughes tea the House that he had received a. masse and pay aworthy tribute to this young man of Whom Lindsay; may well be proud. “Mr. Mechan informed me at our last meeting at Youngstown that he was- scheduled te appéar With "The Man on the Box” (‘0. in'LindSay on May 2nd, and I hope that the people of Victoria county will turnout atâ€" “The fact that he has been sum in! gives opportunity for additional praise due this young man for has. ing arrived at the goal of his anti. tion and obtaining for bimsei’f an. putation in his chosen professing which the grcatsst of the country mght well envy; « * quite young, he showed :1 data-urine! attitude to do for himself and if pos- sible to rise to a place of premium: in the world. The discussion which took place during the evening emphasized the very important fact that the fair was of the utmost mine to the tour. The merchants present bore Strung testimony to its importance as abu- iness bringer. It attracted not only large numbers from the county, but Peterbcro and other centres contribâ€" uted the‘.r quota of visitors- Other places had inaugurated winter (airs, and there was not 3 cas: on resort where they had been discontinued. The amount of money left in turn Board of Directorsâ€"Jas. Begg. B.‘ L. McLean, W. W. Jordan, W. 621- braith, Geo. Jordan, E. H. Hopkins, W. Channon, Jos. Hickson, A. Robâ€" crtson.’ PAGES ONE TO HIGH? 17