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pvERTiSERS CANADA AND JAMAICA. - DRUNKNESS INCREASING.
Notice of changes Muat be left at this The Island Perhaps Not Yet. Ready VI
TILE WINGIIAM TIMES, JIILY 13, i905a
Not for fourteen years have there been
office not later than Saturday noon- Annexation to Canada Out so many commitments for drunkenness
The copy for changes must be left Is Kindly Disposed. in the Province of Ontario as during the
not later than Monday evening.
Casual advertisements accepted up Ths Rev. C. II toles, AT. A.. Axon• year 1904. As compared with the year
to noon WetluestiaT of each week' is staying in Canada, on leave OL ay- 1903 the increase in convictions amounts
sauce from Jamaica, where he has been
.-,.--`"`-' . perking to the Church ooze
rain- to about 20 per cent, while as compared
_ -I TAgLIs13ED it172 tstry for over ten years He was in with 1902 the inorease ie. almost 40 per
rr�(r� Toronto to attend the Intercity Con-
1111LS. which organization he has This is the most remarkable feature of
Jamaica
IN IUJt T
cent.
Terence of the Brotherhood of St. An -
been
deeclosely a organ , the annual report on the Inspection of
connected in
H. R. ELLIOTT. ptrpriFlt17R ANnPIiaTltrF:Rna While in Canada he represents Tile Ja- Liquor License, issued by the Provincial
----• ---- -Y- "-'- maica Times, the leading island week- Secretary's Department, The figures
THURSDAY. JULY' 13, 1405. s bIand
t dsao closer is inquiring
onn a tion between showing the number of commitments fur
os-
-" Canada and the West Indies. a number of years past follow:
NOTES AND „oMM::N?S. "Well, what do you think are the 1904-3,590 1896-1,907
possibilities?" 1903-2,987 1895-2,287
"One is highly desirable, though not 1902-2,674 1894--2,247
Mr. McKinnon, Canada's commercial at present practicable, viz., political 1901-2,522 1823-2,652
agent at Bristol, reports to the depart- connection; the other, both desirable 1900.2,377 1$92-2,736
meat that British manufacturers have and practicable, Is greater commercial 1899-1,892 1891-3,614
intercourse. As to the former, while 1898-1 407 1890-4,513
organi7.3d all association similar to the many would like to see annexation to 1897-1,716 18$9-4,797
Canadian Manufacturers' AB-ociation the Dominion, and believe it would be
and will have correspondents in the ticulties, the e best solution
peoplf are nott retive dif- The variations are ady for b t d. over the P ovi ce prettyYork lCo , in -
various colonies reporting business con' - autonomy as a Province of the Dom- eluding Toronto, which contributes al-
ditione. inion. At present, as Mr. 'Whitney re- m
f the co
it
half haOmitm
most ents of the
in the Ds- marked to me on the subject, Crown57b m itm
The spring wheat crop government is probably the best form, Province, had 1, 1904, as against
keels, Minnesota, Manitoba And the and Canada would hardly exercise 1,286 in 1903, and 569 in 1897, which was
Canadian Northwest is generally in that." low water mark.
c hs n almost "What are the possibilities as to
il,' a commercial intercourse?"
h' h couditiou. There h
too much rainfall daring June, and
damage by that on low y- a ''Very considerable, if only there was
! there is some ldirect steamship service to Montreal.
ling lands, especially in the Red River The present West Indian service with
!valley, but ou the great rolling prairie Halifax is quite inadequate, and almost
Ne
lands to the westward, where the Boil Nallel
the present trade is done through
Xork or Boston, withhobvious ex
,is lighter, the rainfall has not been so tra expense for freight and duty. Flour
!large and the conditions have been Is already being sent in large quanti-
not generally known on either side,
t billrenlers a trading because the business is done through
t0 a merchant liable to a years vies' flour 1\Iilis no�v supply all the
to this dale, ties to Jamaica, though the fact is
about ideal up
A trading s �ainp was
stamp company or dealer who sells agree b/vc rprised to find th'atlOgil-
stamps
,imprisonment or $300 penalty. The mer- chief bakeries of Kingston and the oth-
chant who gives them to a customer is er t
flS with lenora flour,thandrtrade
hope
pliable to six months' imprisonment or stillNova Scotia sends large quantities of
4200 penalty, and the customer who re- salt fish, which is a staple dish for all
'ceives them is liable to $20 penalty. The classes in the island, and also a grow -
;executive officers of a company, if they ing amount of butter. As to further
extension, cheese and salt provisions
aid and abet the commission of an offence could follow, and boots and perhaps
under the act, are liable to the same some other ]manufactured goods."
Fruit and Sugar. 677.70 went to the Provinoe, and $257,-
punishment as the company. "In return the West Indies could
supply fruit and sugar, especially with 356.64 to the municipalities.
At the recent annual meeting of theThe fines collected during the
ar
.Fire Uuderwritera' Association, it was the
it preference
sugar?ed by Canada to amounted to $20,465, as compared with
decided to take off the extra tax of 15 "Quantities of both commodities al- $16,5b9 the year previous.
4cente on every hundred dollars luaus- ready come north, and especially
of
the
o which was added to all towns, la i preference was granted; Prohibition either in the form of local
Although there was a marked increase
in drunkenness, there were fewer licenses
by 45 in 1904 than in 1903 the figures
being 2,548 yearly, ordinary licenses in
1904 and 2,593 in 1903. These figures do
not of course include the reduction of
May last, which Mr. Eudo Saunders,
chief officer of the License Department,
estimated would be about 100 for the
whole Province.
If this rate of reduction is maintained
there will be prohibition in about
twenty-five years, and if last year's in-
crease in commitments is maintained by
that time a big proportion of the popula-
tion will be serving terms for drunken-
ness.
The total collections made by the
State from the liquor trade in the year
1903-4 were $649,412.90, of which $304, -
iter since
t a vin, what comes through Amer- Dunkin Act, for the current
ono
(villages, etc., indiscriminately, for con scan ports is oversighted by ordinary
$agration hazard after the big fire in Halifax
&MOUS-PIOPLE
BY FANNIE M.1.OTHR
CUCLIELMO MARCONI
The Father of Wireless Telegraphy
This is the age of the �li.rri'nation of the essentials. We have horseless
carriages, trackless trolleys, inkless printing, loveless marriages, grapeless
wine, clocks without hands, apples without seeds, and, greatest of all, teleg-
raphy without wires. Marconi, who succeeded in performing this miracle of
science which has been the dream of electrical experimenters since 1746, is
a, young Italian, born at Bologna and not yet thirty years old. His father
is an Italian landed proprietor and his mother is the daughter of James
Jameson, the famous Irish whiskey distiller.
At eight years of age, Gugli• elmo showed the first faint buds of F one of his
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HERE ARE
ESome Bargains
`' You
►0. t dor
C NEM,
TAKE ADVANTAGE OFT
► Dress Goods to be cleared out: -Black, all wool
• Serges, 54 inches wide, at 6oc, 85c and $ i.00 per yard. 4
i All wool Serges, brown, green, blue and black, for 25c per ;
► yardop., regular 35. Lustres, Cashmeres, etc., at less than s
4
• COSI.
► A big stock of Prints, from 8c to i 4c per yard,
wide, mercerised effects, in the fashionable swell check for s
Shirt Waist Suits. -
ioc to 2 . Fine India Lawns for blouses, 1
▪ special, from 5
P. pretty muslins for dresses and blouses, special price 7c. i
P. Fancy Muslins worth Ioc, for 6c per yard. Handsome 1
i.
White Figured Madras for Blouses and Shirt Waist Suits. 1
4
i. Embroideries, very cheap- TO inches wide, 12 %c. �,
▪ Insertion for ioc, etc. These goods are selling at half '2_
Eprice. 4
Heavy Ducks, plain and figured, fast colors and 3
► very durable for shirting or skirting.
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1
A job lot of Lawns, 42 and 45 inches wide, very
4
its Under -
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and 75c4
ones for 4
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of inventive genius; at twelve his tutor attempted to rob him and lovef his C A beautiful assortment of Ladies' White
devices; at sixteen he was absorbed in chemical, electrical and mathematical
pe
mother with over fields. without wires, through hills and forests, ac
When he was twenty-one he went to England and somehow managed to 4 &
interest Sir William Preece, engineer of the British telegraph system, suffi-4 4 Best D A Corsets, worth $ I.00 for 85c,
ciently to secure his co-operation. When Marconi succeeded in sending a meg- : for 6oc.
irrit t him by the golden visions of 1
ev ccs;
problems; and at twenty he was almost taxing the faith an o
theseemingly insane proposition of attempting to telegraph ► wear at very reasonable prices.
rose streams and ld
sage two miles -a success sufficient to a e
greater distances yet to master -he was like Moses viewing the Promised Land
which seemed impossible for him to enter. It seemed hopeless to persist
further and he was discouraged almost to despair, but stuck loyally to the
high-water mark of conquered distance rose to one hun-
pro blem
dred and twenty-five miles.
On December 13, 1901, the scientific world was astounded by the news
that Marconi had succeeded in talking to England from Newfoundland across
ilex of air and water. There was a smile of compassionate doe notolerance
option or an in c , z,uuu m the
r prevails in fifty municipalities, of for the inventor who imagined he had donethis,
hi ss ofsa pleasant observers, and what comes to
Toronto It was considered by many usually stays
d with the fresh roe
t
fax Sea o'wish
dream. But
lace which twenty adopted the former Act in soit wasusdeuce that faw awoke to the realization of the marvel, and he fresh
there or is sides or
le rices. Besides these, January last. morning newspaper printed from news carried to eves e
to tax at impracticab P
is on the breakfast table in midocean,
i Counterpanes, worth $I.00 for 75c; larger
C$I.50 -reduced price.
► Lace Curtains from 35c per pair up. A special 4
line, at $1.25 and another at $2.00 per pair.
to.►Nice wide Turkish Ching: for comfort for i5c. 4
IP
4
it Come in and see these goods and you will be glad 4
-that 't was manifestly unfair f are being ship- grams' and serve
' greaterits field broadens and develops. ►to
t hundreds o cocoanuts
towns and factories for a hazard which p thousands could proves anew the wonder that grows a through space by electro- ►you come
did not apply y them, bat only to those
in more closely built cities, where the
'circumstances are by no masse parallel.
ed, and hundreds or 4
follow; and coffee (of which the Blue t.ivo steak 11laricete. Marconi was the first to send a recorded message r 4
Mountain blend ranks among the fin- (i 1894)' the first to telegraph from a moving ship (in
est three of the world), oranges, gin- Toronto, July 11 -Trade was weak _ 1
er and pimento or allspice could also and demoralized in the cattle section of
Mr. W. A. Campbell, Deputy Minister fo"Hassniotr the Government dropped
the city yards this morning, and the
of Public Works stated the department the idea of a direct service?" general average of values was easily 15c
'has 2,000 men at work in New Ontario "No, 1 think not. Mr. O'Hara, De- to 25c lower. Sheep and lambs were
`on colonization roads. They are all puty Minister of Trade and Commerce, unchanged, with weaker tendency, and
settlers, who at this season of the year Year a line toe that Cuba, with anit iserinextensiothn hogs were 15c per cwt. lower. Receipts
`are able to turn an honest penny by to Jamaica, and perhaps next year a were 35 loads, 1,360 cattle, 1,500 sheep
working for the Government, and inti- line connecting with all the West In- and lambs, 400 hogs and 156 calves.
dently improve their means of commnni- dean - islands. The Royal Mail Co. and Butcher cattle -Offerings were very
cation with the outside world at the Elder -Dempster Line both made at -
large, e, the demand was indifferent and
tractive and like proposals for the ser-
same time. This year $175,000 is beim* vice. The West Indies have great pos- a sharp reaction was registered in values.
spent on this work. Of this, $20,000 has sibilities for tropical produce if pro- The bulk of the best offerings sold at $4
been appropriated to Temiskaming Ms- perly worked. If Canadians would take to $4 50 per cwt. and perhaps a shade
them up as the States have taken up more was paid for a few extra Choice
trict, where $8,000 will be required for Cuba or as the United Fruit Co. has
bridges alone. Jamaica, the results might be as pro- picked lots. Cow stuff was exceptionally
fitable as in the other two cases. As weak, and the very best lots would not
Canada is now receiving more immi- It is, Jamaica at any rate seems sinking Command more than $3.75 per Cwt.,
gration in proportion to population than down for want of capital and enter -
for United States, but we arocfar more prise,
wn and
olr else,either
like Cuba and Por reported at $4.25 per cwt.rt animal
fortunate in respect of the class of im- to Rico, fait under the Stars and tion, however, is no criterion of the migrants. The arrivals ,for the period Stripes. This consummation is feared stat market.
gen-
ending Jane 3, 1904, numbered 133,330, by almost all classes of inhabitants,
and of these over 73 per cent. carne fromand assist Jamaicaay be ble moreless effectivland ely; nese Exportu thertsectiionssprices the weak-
thehe British isles and the United States. caor, better still, as ft seems to many of were relatively steady, and sales were Another satisfactory feature is that all us, Canada can stretch out its strong
re-
but a fraction went to one land, where young hand and push it along, commer- - ported of a few pinked cattle as high as
there is room for all. The immigration ciaily, agriculturally, and perhaps ul- $5.25 per cwt. They were stall -fed, of
timately politically also:' very choice quality and very few in num-
into Canada during the present your On the other hand a large number CLAIM OWNERSHIP OF PARK. ber,
equals or surpasses last year's in nam-
'hers, is of
of very useful animals off the grass sold
WeWe aveohs same character.30 per
have and
evee ry preaa son to congratulste . Descendants of iF fen $1 00 000 anadions Sue good cattlelow as 4 at that cwt., and they were
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ourself, therefore. We are not growing Montrea or ,
so fact as the United States by the over A series of remarkable actions are Stockers and feeders -Trade was fairly ne unn . �uuu�
flow from the old world, but our growth facing the City of Montreal, involving active in this section, but prices were I still prepared to repair your boots at your own prices. -
1 London Advertiser• the title to a park valued at ;1,800,000 weak and lower. A clearance of enp- MMr Wises I got my boom mended at AbrWhat has happened to cause ahams, •
and I am so delight d with •
is healthful. -London d present claim of ;300 000 by the 1• s easily effected at the lower and cost that I won't show you a town for the neat year.•
- ed a range. Mrs. Wise -1 w Y head.
magnetic waves n r
897), and the first to speed a wireless message' across
the Atlantic.
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Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year 1904, by N.E Produce
Taken �1s A. MILLS.
► As Usual.
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WINCNAM'S MILLIONAIRE.
Mrs. Wise (to her worse half)-E1ow comes Abraham to be the only million -
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Couches and
Parlor Svits I
1 In Conches and Parlor Snits our stook is strictly up-to-date- that is
why we have sold so many lately. We have a number left yet to choose
1 from. They are excellent value.
Our Sideboards are the best.
c` Our Mattresses and Springs are great sellers.
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Don't fail to get prices on all kinds of Furniture.
Window Shades and Curtain poles.
WALKER BROS, '& BUTTON
Undertaking promptly and carefully attended to. W I N G H AM. •
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giro in town ?
Mr. Wise -Abraham's great wealth was acquired thron;rh, •
upright dealing. •
ted the boot and shoe business for 39 years in the same shop and is •
more an ef
descendant of a French settler named plies wa the work the
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Jean Baptiste Poirier, who ownfah au had gone to Abraham years ago with your boots; I •
Man can excuse a woman for wearing farm which to -day is ia. , city park Sheep and iambs -Trade in this divi- might now be wearing silk and have fewer gray hairs in my
false hair, false teeth, and false every- known as Fletcher's field. Bion was inclined to be slow, but valves Mr. Wise -My dear, don't you know it is never too late to mend -"boots"- •
He died in 1772, leaving his estate as a rale were about unchanged, with a As
ears in n one spot raham is clear thes uses golden
of testimonial is
with ones eye as 39•
P P nnnrA has no conal in •
thing else, but he can't excuse her for
ringing in falsetto notes when she tries
to sing.
Apropos of the "race suicide" theory,
modern men and women doubtless can't
see the good of raising boys and girls
merely to help support the divorce law-
yers.
1
9
Ayers
You can depend on Ayet's
_. Hair Vigor to restore cololi .to
your gray hair, every time.
Follow directions and it never
fails to do this work. It stops
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great satisfaction in knowing
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The actual ownership seems to have weaker tendency in the lamb market. be can work cheap; he is under noto be divided between his six children.
expense. Abrahams r _
been lost during a century, and in 1875 Hogs -The price of hogs has .dropped Wingham.-Neither the Governor General nor the Prime Minister can boast of so
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Stanley Clarke Bagg appeared to own 150 per cwt. Receipts were light. long a term of office.
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the place, when it was expropriated by A wooden boot sign hangs at the door-Wingham's land. mark -Victoria •
the city for park purposes at a price _ The following are the quotations: street. •
of $11000 To -day, 30 years later, it is Exporters' cattle- Per 100 lbs Boots repaired while you wait. THOMAS •
ABRAHAM. •
v
$4 75 $5 15 . •
slued at $endants heavy 300 3 50
The descendants of the original Light WINOSAM MARKET REPORTS
Residence Phone No. 55. Office, No. 64. Mill, No. 44.
Poirier have long claimed that the Bolls 3 50 3 75
family, and as a. group of 40 have each Feeders-
Wingham, July, 12th, 1905
250to300
COAL COAL COAL.
We are sole agents for the .celebrated SCRANTON COAL,
which has no equal. Also the best grades of Smithing, Cannel and
Domestic Coal, and Wood of all kinds, always on hand.
WeZ:117: LUMBER,SHINGLES, LATH
full stock of
(Dressed or Undressed)
Cedar Posts, Barrels, Etc.
ger Highest Price paid for all kinds of Loge.
4►
1 A McLean.1
title was still legally vested in their do., light 2 75
3 °° FARM FOR SALE OR RENT.
taken action against the city claiming. light, 800 pounds and up- 4
ownership of their portion of the park, wards
and each demanding a twelfth of its _ Stockers
present value to settle their claims, a 900 lbs
3 75 00
3 80 103 acres, adjoining Wingham seventy -live
300 barn u Splencultivation.
id opportun opportunity lExceptional
bargain. Address
450 ALFRED E. ELLIOTT, Thedford, Ont.
400
4 65
3 50
3 50 +4.4-14++4.44 1 1 1 1 E t 16+'T••A•b•t•3••3 T4
250
.......... 3 50
2 50
total of $300,000.
A curious feature of these actions Butchers'-
Choice
is that had they been delayed until Medium
the 17th of this month they would leave Picked
been legally proscribed, and the• city's Bulls .
title become nnaa••ailable. `.Clie expro- Rang,
prlation flies 7nade on June 17, 1875, and Light stock bulls
the law only allows thirty years in Milk cows
which to attack 'a title in such cases. Hegs-
Best
At Sir John Macdonald's Grave. Lights
A few years beneath the pines of Sheep-
Cataraqui have erased hien from the Export ............... 8 75
memory as a party leader; and Cana. Bucks...... 300
Marts of all stripes and opinions and spring Lambs $ 50
predilections now think of him as one Calves, each. ....... 2
of their greatest, forgetting with whem
he worked and with whom he battled.
We can to -day all join in laying wreaths
upon his grave, and then march In An
unbroken processlOn to decorate the
equally honored graves of George
Brown end Alexander Mackenzie,
''
These men tought for the Dominion in
different camps; but the little rival-
ties, which seemed so important when
they were alive, ere now seen to lis
but the eompetitlon of regiments of
the same nag, trying to outdo each
other in the eervies of the nation.'"
Montreal Stat.
400
3 75
4 50
2 50
300
2 00
30 00 50 00
6 25
6 00
3 90
325
5 25
1000
Caneuses of both parties at Ottawa
concurred in the proposal to increase the
sessional indemnity to $2,500, and to ad-
vance
dg
cot
the
salaries ofJ
g
es.
The essential lung -healing principal of
the pine tree has finally beensuceessfnlly
separated and refitteda into perfect
conch medicine ---Dr. Wood's Norway
�ranteepof smai sfaction.l dealP ice n25
cents.
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FOR SALE
A SMALL FARM.
close to Aringham. A
most desirable property,
and
*ill be
right.sold
A number of town pro-
perties also for sale.
ABNER CO SENS
Flour per 100lbs..-
Fall
bs....Fall Wheat ...
Spring- Wheat
snenranee, Loan and Estate
agent.
WI Gi AM.
144444+1444+++.444.444.4444444
Barley .... ..... ........
Peas
Buckwheat
Butter ...... ........... .
Eggs per doz
Wood per cord .......... .
Hay,per ton . ....
0 90 to 0 95 •••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••N•••••••••••••
0 85 to 0 90
0 36 to 0 37
O 45 to 048
055 to 060
055 to 055
O 16 to 016
016 to 016
2 50 to 3'00,
6 00 to 700
Potaoes, per bushel 0 40 to 0 46
Tallow per lb 00 01 4 to 0 014
Lard .
Dried Apples per Ib - 0 03 to 0 03
Wool 026to026
Live Hoge, per cwt. -650t0650
CANADIAN
PAGI i -I c
WILL SELL
HOMESEEKERS'
EXCURSION TICKETS
TO TUB
WINGHAM '.NORTH AW WEST
WinnipegMowbray....Detoraine ...Machille Shop »)
80uris Regina "••.I 08,75
Brandon • 01.55 Lipton a 84.00
slaving purchased the above business, Btnseatth 02,25 Macleod 88.00
Moosomin,.... 82.20 nalgart 418.50
attend
t
0 the a
d to
to now
re
Ia prepared
p 1 kinds Of Areola
rrz.6o Red
Deer x:.50
wants er the Repairing, Steam, sitting, eto. atratheona..$40.ti0
Machin6ry Repo g, Going untie 18th, returning until Miguel 14th..
Going June 27th, returning until August 28th.
Gettig July Pah, returning until Sept, lath.
Lyleton Moos i w......
Lenore...,)} 02,00 1laskatoon 35.25
Miniote ) Prince Albert.. 86.00
We S. ESTES
MNACHINIST. l'nll particulara frtnu Ctanadiall rA61io
1 Agent, or write
Successor to W. G. Paton. 0, B. FOSTER, 1).P.A., Toront
minuaggved
To Summer and Tourist
Resorts
Muskoka Lakes
Lake of Bays
Georgian Bay
'Upper Lakes
Temaganti
Magnetawan River
Rawarthit Lakes
Thousand Islands
Quebec, Portland and Old Orchard, Me,,
ntains
White MOu
All reached via the Grand Trunk Railway, the
"Tourist route of America."
Direct connection with all boat lines.
Tourist tickets on sale daily to all resorts.
Nomeseekers' Excursiofls
$30.00 to $40.50 to pointb ill Manitoba, Asslnt-
bola, SSskatchewen Miler/A,ggood going July
15th returning until August ith.
For tickets and information call on Ages%r
et by addressing J, D. lteD*l7A1D, Ditties*,
Passenger Agent, Toronto.