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Tm; Thaw trial has ended for the pz-vscnts E) It the and of justinc is no better Sav-rvml than before the trial he- gun in tht‘ oru-ly put of the your. The jm} dis wreath-:1» «~11 h L"illg‘(12"‘i~1t‘(l :1 cmwic-tion and five for acquittal. ‘Thu Judge (-hzu'gcd straiwhb against the prisoner. but the jury was not unzminmusin the opinion of the Judge pin-sent t) it the wad of justirv is no man can't long continue to sell tWtelve l) 'tter s-rwd Linn before the trial be- ounces for a pound or thirty inches mm in tir- ms-ly part of the. yin-no. Thp for a yard without being found out by jury (lis;z'_;:'cr‘il'.'il sen-n h-tu'iug‘d» ilml l somebody who will give away the dis- nn conviction and tire for acquittal. covery and the game is up with him. The Judge charged straight against There are excepthms. of course, and the prisoner. in: the. jury was not the gullibilityof the public makes the unanimous in tha- opinion of the Judge petty thief all the holder in his deal- and the case will rum? up again at a ings. The dear people forget too iater date. perhaps not before the fall. easily the frauds that are perpetrated The long weary trial and the severe upon them and the fraudulent. dealer strain to \Vhivh the prisoner was put continues to reap harvests from the for nearly a year will have a tendency poor memories of those who soon for- to _; {in hi‘n puhli:- sentiment and the [get Theft is theft. no matter wheth- general feeling and the general inter- 91' it consists in stealing the coppers wt will i): diti'crent. no doubt, when from a dead man’s eyes. 01' robbing 3' the trial comes up again. It’s a great bank Of a million (1011318, It isn’t nec- pity the matter was not brought to a essary that a man should actually steal close either one way or the other. If in the ordinary sense of the term to be Thaw is quilt)’ 0f murder in the first guilty of theft. The man who makes degree as the majority of the jurors a wilfulmisrepresentation is a liar and thought, he deserved punishment; if if the lie brings grist to his mill, he is not guilty as the others claimed, he a thief as Well as a liar, and We have should be let off and the country saved his 0f thieves and liars W110 would further expense, and the criminal and scorn ‘30 be called SUCh- The law is a his family further worry. Had the strange thing in many resrects and decisien been left to the Judge, Thaw the administration of justice is often would have gone to the electric chair. 3» strange anomaly to the Ordinary; As matters now stand he ha: to go mind. The hungry Child Who steals through the same ordeal again. the a mufin to appease his hunger is sumo! same expenses will have to berepeated marily punished but the big embez- and perhaps the jury may again disa- lzler has to 8'0 through a lengthy trial gree in coming to a unanimous verdict. ' and all the technicalities in the law Thaw’s money shouldn’t save him if books be worked in ‘50 Prove‘ihim in- he isguilty. The same crime should nocent. Business is bUSiDBSS and a 'be punished in the same way whether ‘ thief is a thief, but a big thief is called the perpetrator be a. millionaire or a. l by the more high sounding name of pauper. Only by impartiality in the 'an embezzlerfl We are told that some: administration of justice can the law : in Dmd“ 110‘? 391“” give sixteen i bemade efiective. I - > 9 ' ounces tothe pound. A SPECIAL meeting of the Council was held on Monday night to discuss the Fire By-law limits. The Council last year decided, wisely we think, to extend the limits on which. fairly fire proof buildings should be erected. Some who were ignorant of the exis- tence of the By- law decided to build frame st1uctures, hence the meeting when they found out that the By-law prevented them doing so. The meet- ing was quite spirited, but the mem-: bers of the Council with the ex :eption of the \Iay 01 and M1. (100111 ane stOod out for the By-luw as it already exists. There are V'e1 V' feVV' in town we i111- ac'ine who 0.111 e1e1t Wooden st111ct111es ‘ at anV ('11: 1.1. 1;:1111ctio11 in the cost of Mick 111111 it seems unwise to render the to“ 11 hazaulnus t1) w1v the pur- pose of one 01 two. FOR the past four weeks we have been handicapped for want of help and this explains the irregularity of the Chronicle’s weekly arrivals. Our usual stafi is four in addition to Ye Editor. For the period mentioned we have had only two girls, and one of them was off on Monday last. We have all had to work like the mischief and if our paper is not so newsy as it ought to be the reason may be in- ferred from what we have told you. We have had considerable job work as well as the work on the paper, but we hope to succeed in surrounding it as the Irishman did when he captured a half a dozen burglars at one time. DID it ever occur to you that a 25 cent can of Campbell’s Varnish Stain will restore the color and finish to the old bureau or commode? Any lady can apply this Stain as it flows out under the brush and dries Without showing brush marks. It is sold by A. RUSSELL. Durham. Ont. MRS. NEWTON will give her Spring Reeltal in the Town Hall, May 3rd, as- sisted by Geo. Fox Canada’s renowned violinist. his last appearance in Dur- ham before leavxng for the States. Dr. Brown of Holstein and others will as- sist on program. Plan of ball at Mac- Farlane’s. THE young people of the Presby- terian church will give a. musical pro- gram and refreshments, in the church on Tuesday evening the 30th inst. Silver collection. WE have just learned of the death of Mrs. Saunders at the House of Re- fuge. She went from here a little less than three years ago. HORSE FOR SALEâ€"Choice of three, â€"â€"Apply to ROWc and Hughes. Dur- harmâ€"453d. WE understand that Rev. McGregor has left Park Hill, and accepted a. call at Brighton. BARGAINS in everything at Grant’s. N EWS t: it"! *4! BUSINESS is business, but a business man has to be careful in how he hand- les his affairs. The dishonesty of some is so transparent that an onlooker stands in amazement at the suicidal methods adopted by those who would be big rogues if they knew how, but they lack the ability to formulate a scheme and carry it out with the ap- pearance of being honest. A business Emily Augusta Leeson, second daughter of Mr. C. A. Crawford, Inger- Isoll, Ontario. Born April 26th 1861, at Ingersoll. She was educated at her home school and after graduating at ithe Ottawa. Normal followed the pr 0- fession of teaching for several years. .On November 1895 she was united in marriage to Dr. Geo. M. Leeson, and moved to Wanahta, Indiana. where she resided until December 1906, when on account of failing health they de- cided to retire to the farm at Varney, since which her health rapidly declin- ed until the early morning of April 12, when she was taken to rest. To this union were born four children three of Whom with the sorrowing husband, survive her. Her husband is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Lee- Son. Mt. Forest. late of Varney.â€"Con. , IF the 24th of May is to be celebrated in any way it is time to begin prepar- ations. Once upon a time the Queen’s Birthday was the big day of the sea- son, but Durham has not been in the habit of making much use of it. We presume the Sons’ of Scotland will hold their annual games on Dominion Day though we are not aware that any action has been taken in the matter. THAT silver service we referred to last week came to hand in due time, and it's a. beauty. \Ve are told it is of the latest design and quadruple plate. We are confident it IS not an inferior article as the Toronto News, think too much of their reputation to send out a. poor article. As we intimated a week or two ago Rev. Newton sold his residence to Mr. Robert Burnett who is to get posses- sion shortly. Since selling, the Rev. gentleman has purchased property on on Albert Street and is erecting a snug little residence for himself and family. ° THE large 12x14 Photograph that we have been giving with each dozen of our best cabinets has taken so well, that we intend to continue making them for a while longer.â€"F. W. Kel- sey, Photographerâ€"bf. PLOUGH SHARES and Sole Plates for the various ploughs in use kept in stock at the Durham Foundry. SOAPâ€"Mr. Hugh Rose wants the man who borrowed his soap kettle last fall to bring it back'at once as he wants to use it. SEE the silk and muslin waists at; Grant’s. 2*. m fiafi “.3” $3 A handsome gold watch and chain to the most popular lady was a feature of special interest to the citizens, and an ever changing record of results showed the varying popularity of some of the young town ladies. Miss Vaddie Caldwell was the winner. LENAHANâ€"On Friday, April 12th 1907 tom. and Mrs. J. Lenahan a daugh- MCKECHNIEâ€"VESSIEâ€"At the Manse, Dornoch, on Wednesday. April 17th 1907, by the Rev. N. A. McDonald, Miss Jean, third eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Vessie, Bentinck, to Mr. J ack McKechnie, Glenelg. Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs and Mr. and Mrs. Ritchison gave good exhibitions in their respective parts. Mr. Gibbs is a good Irish Comedian. Mrs. Gibbs presided chiefly at the piano, and M r. and Mrs. Ritchison gave a number of their singing and dancing specialties at each evening’s entertainment. Mrs. Ritchison delighted the audience in her manipulation of the banjo and as a bell ringer and Dr. De Alva himself gave a few comic songs and well as ex- plained the merits of his medicines. During his stay here he removed a very large tape worm from a promi- nent resident and in this he establish- ed a large degree of confidence in the claims he put forth at the earlier meet- ings. Ritchison’s Dog Uircus was a splen- did part of the program, and the in- telligent little animals gave a good half hour’s amusement. The Gibb sisters, two little girls of ten and twelve years respectively gave some very clever specialties, appear- ing in different roles each evening. Their dancing was perfect and the children were not struck on them- selves so as to spoil their talents by a. show of boldness. The entertainment portion was of the kind that seems to suit the popu- lar taste and was enjoyed by all who attended. Some parts of the progaam were very clever and some very fool- ish and nonsensical but on the whole it was considered good by the large crowds who attended. During last week a. series of con- certs and medicine talks were given by Dr. De Alva. Sutherland and every night the hall was crowded to the door. DeALVA’S MEDICINE COMPANY. Mr. W. D. Connor is busily engaged on a house on Garafraxa Street which he intends to have ready for occupancy at an early date. Principal Allan has the contract let to Hugh McDonald, for the erection of a two storey brick residence on the lot adjoining where he_ now lives. We understand that Mr. Christo- pher Sparling has decided to build a residence on Bruce Street opposite the home of his brother, Mr. George Spar- ling. Mr. George Ryan. SP... is putting an addition to his residence at the corner of Lambton and Countess Streets, Mr. Michael Ryan is having brick delivered on his lot near the Furniture Factory Where he intends building a residence right away. Mr. and Mrs. John Henry, of Shallow Lake, are visiting Mrs. Henry’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Meeken,~of the Corners, and Mr. Henry is visiting Dromore friends also. Mrs. B. F. Warner, returned Mon- day night from a two month’s visit with friends in Park Hill and, Port; Huron. Miss Warner remains in Port Huron, Where she has secured a position. Mrs. (Dr.) De Alva Sutherland is spending a few days with her mother Mrs. Sutherland. She regrets the loss of her fine home which was recently destroyed by fire in Meaford. Miss Florence McGregor, daughter of Rev. McGregor, late of Park Hill, is in Stratford, training for a nurse. Mr. and Mrs. Whitchurch have re- turned from their trip to New York. Mr. Will McKay, left on Monday. to take a position in Hespler. Mrs. McDonnell, of Palmerston, spent Sunday in tofivn. .5 . BUILDINGS DECIDED 0N DURHAM, 0NT., THURSDAY. APRIL 18, IBM. PERSONAL. Two Mammoth Stores DURHAM AND WE] Come with the crowd and you will also save money. We show you the very latest patterns manufactured by the Menzie Wall Paper Co. of Tor- onto, called the Menzie line. All that is new and up-to-date, manufactured by the Watson, Foster Co. of Mon- treal. These are two of the best wall paper manufacturers in Canada, and we show you J aneway Carpenper’s newest patterns manufactured by the above firm in the United States which are the largest makers of wall papers in America. By handling these three lines we have the strongest line of papers ever shown in this part of the country. Come and see the new goods, it will pay you well. R. B. Keeler 8: Sons \Ve now have on display the larg- est stock of Canadian and American Wall Papers that has ever been shown in Durham. Our stock for this spring is all brand new as we had a very large . wall paper trade last year which cleaned up our stock, and for this spring we are showing every- thing brand new in wall paper and will ' sell you the brand new goods cheaper than you are asked to pay elsewhere for old stock. This is the Noted Store for Wall Paper New Wall Papers At Keeler’s UORRESPONDENTS will help us by getting their budgets in early. Ad- vertisers, too, could just as well get: their change of copy in Monday as to wall: till the last, minute Tuesday as a number are in the habit of doing. In the News of Saturday last we notice under the heading of “Stand- ard Stock and Mining Exchange” that National Portland Cement Stock has 921:0 bid. How does this compare with 160 in November 1905? Did the agitation to hold the mill here and to work it in proper shape, have any- thing to do with the change? “We think it had, and we think the citizens and stockholders think so too. We believed in the latter part of 1905 and said at the time that stock should go to par. We believe so still and we hope our belief may soon be verified. The mill has been much improved dur- ing the winter months and has again started in for the season’s work, with bright prospects of placing the entire output on the market at a good price. We understand that a large portion of the season’s production is now con- tracted for. I A year ago last November National Portland Cement Stock was a drug on the market at 16c a share. Many of our readers will remember the fight The Chronicle made for the saving of the mill, with the belief, then as now, that it should be a paying concern if properly managed. We remember the circumstances quite well, and we tolda whole lot of trurh about the way things were going. Some didn’t‘ like to have the truth told so plainly and sued us for libel, winning the suit which cost us fourteen hundred dollars before we got out of the hole. Only those who were in the game will say it served as right, but the majority are of the opinion that it comes high sometimes to tell the truth. The town and stockholders came to our assistance in part and we received about $750.00, to defray the costs. We are still out $650 and the share“ holders are getting the benefits of our enthusiasm. They got two five per sent dividends last year and we hope they’ll get a similar return this year. but on our stock it wiil take some time before we break even on that $650 we are still out. THE CEMENT MILL. 0 «Q 0.0 Q»... New Spring Dress Goods The Millinery Question Easily Solved . F. MORLOCK We have the very newesn werves and latest shades 111 New Spring Dress Goods and Suitinrrs. We consider: it a pleasure to show them. That hat problem will be easily solved if you visitour Millinery Show Rooms. The most extensive millinery assortment is here for your pleasure. You Will find we have the very newest designs in Sum- mer Hats and Ready-to-Wears. No thought or fancy has been overlooked; no W01 thy styles neglected; and no mat- ter how extreme or modest your taste our show rooms Will gratify it. Spring Millinery CASH AND ONE PRICE. $1.00 PER YEAR