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& C. A;RBOEHM â€" _ "@ sheral Insursanee‘Agent, _ Bnbgeribed Capital ........ _ $t0,l00.0 _ * Peposit with the F on inion â€"~ ~Go " mt 222. ..,... . > ©117,140, Ayiday "e .,‘y .uuanueqbythelmdm ind Lancashire Insurance Company ste ‘of $16,306,038. â€" :W‘Wflcht. :Secretary ;"g. Mall, Inspector ; . &A" BOEHM _ _ District Agent _ Waterloo, Out. _ Phone 249, [he Molsons Bank _ SAVINGS BANK _‘ _ DEFOSIT _ _ INTEREST CRBDITED EVERY 3 M CHTH JACOB: HESPELER The Mercantile Fire _ COME AND SEE _ OUR STYLES. ‘The Missos Fehronbach Py .: ¢ * 3 _ Merohant Tallor, Waterloo‘ _ King Street Insurance Company ‘‘~â€"â€" _ JNCORPORATED 1975 . Sukcerror to Buckicrrough & Oo. %‘ J "\ \â€"â€" Srtablished 11644 / 4 ffice, Wai prior Mutual Building 8. ¢ ing St * ju 6e 249, How â€" 200. simess solicited for first clas : ~ * *Compunies. > * % ,-' ?dlnt Milliners i. _A s _ * ~Twin City . â€"â€" See Facâ€"Sivite Wrepper Betom Af You Desire A â€"Well Made Suit Kead Office â€" Wateriooe Must Bear Signature of OUBE #!CK HEADACHEL stal amd «s oney take as sagam. Rev Wgt nt‘s furnishirg Kept in stock *~ Bypert Usderiaking Co, rts k ire spd Ex beix ors. &.”é‘;‘%’m‘“ i â€"eq e. WAterioo Branch 1 Repay You to G Liver Pills. of FOk TORMD LIYER. R visit to us tk, who «is . > well ople s a Methodist merit, has n up nohee ind aovepted L FEHRENBACH Berlin C bict "Q‘Neiil ,ssisted by High Conâ€" stable . Huber and P. G‘d“‘--‘ an â€" important . capture on Sunday night when Athey arcrested â€" Heutry Schacfier at Copp‘s farm between Berâ€" lin and Petersburg. _ Suheilef is a notorious thiel, % ing: served a fil‘ in w .. for rln ago and at the present time he wan.cd for crimes commit Windsor, S,rmia, Stration!, °C b and other plates. Chiel O‘Neill in h s office. a notice sent Out High Constable . Mereweather a reward : of m alfences _ comâ€" mitted in the ty of.: Guelplyand Blora. ‘ The polite ane confident that in the aftest of Schaeffer the ringleaders of the gin; of" thieves or burglars who have been operating throughout Wesâ€" tern Outario ‘during the last year has been captured and evety effort will be made to have ‘him convicted. The arrest of this notouious char acter is an interesting story. _ Last ‘Tuesday evening ‘the house of Angus McBain, on Tuerk street, was enter ed during the absence of the family and was ransacked from cellat to garret. Quite a number 0 articles were t=*"n bu. the thieves left behind them two pairâ€" ofâ€" clippers which had been stolenâ€" in Stratiord several weeks.ago and these were taken chargs »C by «MefO‘Neill. Kor Several weeks th: Chiet has belore â€" Police Magistrate Wet on suspectrd _ that â€"a: gang of thieves| charge . of theit and _ remanded . lot a were making thein beadquaiters in a| week. e % barn on Copp‘s larm about two miles| _ Chiefl O‘Neill is confident Schacie west ‘of Berlin about half way up| broke into the five housts on Benton the gtade on the G.T.R. and _last| and Queen streets recently: as he am weekâ€" he | decided to make anm invesâ€"| swers the description given by severâ€" tigation. He consulted with . «Clfiet al who saw him. It is also thought mecarthy. and found out what was that he w,s ons of the two persons stolen and then paid two or â€" three who attempted to Tob the G.T.R. de visits to. the Copp farm | and found pot and smashed the windows â€" by several ",rticles ‘that have â€" been throwing stones through them but. stoltn at Stratiord and other points, were frightened away. â€" . including a small grip containing two Chief O‘Neill and High Constable pair ‘of clippers, a dozen razors and Huber went to the Coppalarm â€"â€" this a pipe which were taken from a barâ€". afternoon and will search the enlure ber shop in the Classic City. premises in o:«or to secure evidense, Chief O‘Neill also eonierred _ with it will be inlcresting to note that Mr. Copp, â€" the ownsr of.. the farm the ‘ihang out:‘ of â€" these men and ‘his two sons and secuned _ conâ€" was very convenient. ‘They ~were able sidetable â€" information â€"of â€" importance to board freight trains while g«in. and also enlisted their â€"coâ€"operation up the grade and when returnify ts in the arrest of Sthacfer and . the‘ articles secured by the thieves wou:q 0 e s ce C DL hsn A04. hi Last Wednâ€"sday and Thursday night back, ppniogre Hioe i the Chief ‘spent in the vicinity _ of ~~ Sthaefier is a _Yery toughHooking the farm and his theeks were frostâ€" perscn, about 83. years of, ag¢, medâ€" bitiem, but the burglars did not turn jum‘ height and fair complexion. "He up. > ‘is â€"very talative and stated on ‘They were seen in Berlin, however Monday that the police will find it on Thursday by the night police whol very dilficult to comvict hu. Th $90,000,000 IS AT STAKE IN SPRINGER ESTATE Interesting ‘Story of a Valuable Property in Which Berlin and Western Ontario Heirs are Interested.â€"Meeting at London. The tincst sites in the whole. city, on which are built theâ€"most costly styictures in its limits! Ninety million dollans‘ worth â€" offormation ofâ€"a republic; others â€" said giltâ€"edged real estate, right in the to stick to England. John _ Springâ€" very beart ofâ€" the thriving.city _ of _ er sided‘with the republicans, whJt Witmington, Delaware! his ~ bachelor brother; was equally ‘The tncst sites in the whole city, | strdag for the British: .. > Twelve whole city blooks worth exâ€" ery cent $90,000,0001 Just think of it! That is why thirtyâ€"two persons livâ€" ing wichin a few â€" miles of Lomjlon met in the front room of~ the . City Hotel all day last Friday and formuâ€" lated plans by which the estate way beâ€" divided among them, and _ some olber â€" persons .living in Mamilton, ‘Torcnto, Berlin, Cleveland and _ De Aroit. the In al‘, it is likely that there ,may be aout a thous&nd relatives everyâ€" one of whom is entitled to an equa) share â€" in the vast estate ofâ€" Carl Christopher Springer, who died _ w Wilmington, _ Delaware, in the yeat 1776, â€" "Lhris." Springer, as he was known to his fricnds, was a bachelor, and the cldest son of â€" Wiliam Springer, who had come to Wilmington â€" w 1696. k He had (two sons, Christopher and John. ‘The yourger one matried, and it is his u‘:m-t who are scatâ€" tered all over America, many of them in this vicinity, who are heirs to the immrense fortums left by their bache 10¢ ~uncle, "Chris." ~ ~â€" American : Revolution. + ‘There were stirring times in the states mlong the const in those days, the.latter part of the cightcenth cenâ€" tury, and opinians of the stromgest rature were Tormed .and held by the people. noa es yo% Prychine. 1 have a child afiicted with tubsrealosis,â€" and have beenâ€" advised a'try yout medicine by our family tor, as ho says he cannot do.amy» thing mote for my child.‘‘ _â€"__â€" MRA H. STEPHENE Arthur, Ont., July 14, 1908, Some |favored‘ revolution, and the **Pleass sond Like to Try Psychine Very Many Relatives. ch:scd them but they could not (iw it Schmidt‘s jewelry cd and twenty watches stolcn. : This was sufticient evidence that the butâ€" glars had not gone out of ~Berlin and ihe police decided to leave no stone unturned unlib the thieves were arâ€" rested. Const, wu:fi‘ . .C. â€" Walker started away about nine o‘cluck ~and whinâ€"they ~were near the farm they were met by one of : the Cobb 4 who told them Schaefier wasâ€"in thei house. sgobaefier saw High Conâ€" stable Huber â€" through one of the winlows . and while P. C. W ‘ guarded the fromnt door and ~Mr. Huâ€" Saturday night <a sharp watch on the Copp farm was kept but < there was *‘nothing doing."* =..._ â€"~ ~ of ver the rear, the Chicf entered . ‘the house and Aound Schacher in a das» r6om and . ofdered <the prisoner ~to throw up Bis bands. _ K2 â€" Fortunately for â€" Chict . O‘Neili, Schaeffer did not have any . frearms as the prisoner has asscried two Of three times "aince his" awrest that he would have shot the police 4s _ weli as bimself, & Schaefier. ‘offered no resistance <nâ€" der . the circumstances‘ ‘ard Was brought to the : police si,tion about 11 o‘clock and this morning appearéd belore â€" Poli¢e Magistrate Weir on . a charge of thelt and remanded . lor a articles ‘ secured by the thieves would be ° thrown out atâ€" the farm while they would come to Berlin and walâ€" ., This: difference of opinion was . the eause of straincd relations between the two, and when, in 1780, just in the middle of the batticd, the elder Springerâ€" was taken ill, he madeâ€" a most â€" myterious awill. 7 Not wishing his brother‘s children to come into his property, and ye unwilling that it should leave . the {amily entirely, be directed in â€" his will: that the Swedish Church of Wile mington should take: charge of the property for 99 years, at the ... enu of which time it should be equally divided among whoever of the family should survive. «‘Chris‘" Spt.:ffi died, the revolu tioh came > ~ went, Wilmington, Dela ware, grew rapidly, and (he matâ€" gotten. of the best business plocks : in â€" the Eastern States now cover the. land once owned "by **CUhris" Springer. In 1879 the Swedish Church was in a dilema. C The board controlling it found that the control of* the land hadâ€" passed from them. : 3 > Property Leased. .. °/ The Swedish Church, unable w pose. of the land, leased it,and twelve â€"The family of Springer were scat tered, no. one knew where, in ~the hundred yeats / .c 00. 0090 D .9 Some ol the relgtives at that tim1 made an attempt to locate the other heirs, and divide the estate, â€" which was Yalued. at $70,000,000, but after some years ol fighting among themâ€" selves gave it up. Now, however, the matter has again peen taken up and it looks as tmm‘ in a foew ”35 at the very least, H.filh will be around witk about $100,000 gpiece a < xt «h to have ten dhaldren ‘The board appealed to the United States Government to settle the matâ€" ter share the Springet | estate was forâ€" to an by three children by m d“idhgu ‘! ‘ two daughters by the (hird marriage, Geo. â€" Steehle and Miss :lnel. ot© Berlin. HMeâ€"is also surviyâ€" by two nephews, John Ruppel,â€" of Wallace, and Casper Ruppol, of Rochâ€" ester, N.Y. The decreased has been living with his children since the %Ad his wile nine. years ago, Ahe Tuneralâ€" will take place on Monday afternoon at & 0‘ciovk 10 the Zion Evangelical Church and fron. llh nce â€"to the Waterido cemetery. ~_ WAS FOUKD GUILTY . ‘William Bochmer appeared._ before Police Magistrate. Weir fon Thursday tharged with breaking into the house: of Mr. M. Cressman, King . street, east, early last Sunday morning and stealing the sum of â€"$2.00.â€" Crown Attorney Bowlby prosecuted and Mr. A. B, McBridsâ€"conducted tne case for the accused. M ‘The evidence for theâ€" Crown showed that Mr. Cressman‘s house had been entered ~between twelve _ and five o‘clock on Sunday â€"morning that the monsy . had beemâ€"stolen, that footâ€" ptints were traced by Mr.â€" Cressman and P.C.‘¢ Heiser and Morris from Cressman‘s house toâ€"the fromt door and it was found .that . the rubbers wotn by Bochmer fitted the footprints and that when the constables entered For the defenceâ€" members â€" of tln: houschold deposed that â€"Bochmer came home on Saturday night and . was halfâ€"intorxicated andâ€"slept on â€"a couch all night and did not leav? S%he house after that time. & Bochmer‘s house his rubbers were The prisoner .also gave evidence and stated that he never Jeft the house after he entered it at midnight on Aiter bearing the arguments ofâ€"the cotnselâ€"the Magistrate _ found _ the prisoner guilty of the offence . and remanded him until Tuesday for sentâ€" To prevent rugs curling, sew some stiff material, like buckram or hairâ€" cloth, on the under side of the corâ€" Delaware; Gonzelle Hannan, Unicn | ing to there being mo telepbone _ ir Daniel Ashwell, London, Frankâ€"Benâ€" z building hett, ‘Tempo, Edwin Osborne, Ingerâ€" ' menl mss soll; George T. Wilson, Ingersoll, Mrs. % S. Dale, Lambeth; John Auld, Delaâ€"| Minard‘s Liniment Co., Limited. ware; mirs. E. Dale, Glendale; Chas:] ° f Stiltz, Mount Brydges, William Lo: | Gentlemen.â€" My daughter, 13 yoa â€" weod; â€"â€" Melbourne, James Lockwood, | old, was thrown from a sleigh and in â€" Meibourne; ~ Mrs, _ Joseph Wellman,| ured he. eibow #so badly it remain Melbourne; Daniel B. Lockwood, Delâ€"{stif and very painful for three yoats. aware; David Welich, London, . Thos | Zour ~bottles of~ MINARD‘S LIN: 1.. Kcnnedy, Lambeth;~ T. H. Scott,] MENT completely cured her ard s :« Tlowlett;. ~W. Patrick, Falconbridge, | has not been troubled. for.two yc.«». Archie Seabrook, Ninette, Manitoba; Yours truly, 7 ‘Benjamfu Kennedy, Calder; F. A. Kern.dy, _ Calder, Mrs. Elicn. M. J. B. LIVESQUE, o ‘Smith, Komoka; Mrs. T. N. Duane,|3t. Joseph, P.O., 18th Aug. 1900, rStnthroy; H. J. Sc:::‘,] l;:lawtlt; H ¢ s Mrs. W. Bowey, Lam ; Mrs. * garct McCauley, Calder; D. H. Reyâ€" PLEASANTLY SURPRISED nolds, Birmingham, Michigan; and Bd. 1N BBmN Lewis, Nannister, llich‘l‘nn. + ons + § Objects _of the Meeting. Ft vent s 2 Mr. S. Lockwood ekplained the obâ€" Iu?;u' :-”m n Sn Fewtt Lo jects for which they had met, andf 22 Church, was called to his hom: stated that the aroveâ€"mentioned BAQ] omm "~a meeting of . Sundayâ€"school claims in the division of ‘the ©8tate: P workers in the chiurch and on his &râ€" ~A most interesting document . was tead showing the origin of the Sprinâ€" ger fwtully.ss 0 . . }us _0 5. > According to the document the fa< mily derived their name in the cighth. century fmm a inan who had _ been taken prisoner in tn> of the fights that were tommon at that time. He made a dating escape from (the dun geon in the castle whore he â€" was confned, but in omler to ¢= ane hai to leap across a wide and dangzerous thastm. _ performed the deed successfully eluded his pursuers and ‘ Was the name of . ‘"Springer‘‘. by his couUntrymen whon they learned of lis escapeâ€" 1 tixaa Where ‘They Reside, Many of the rélatives livc in Deâ€" Wroid, Hamilton, Toronto, Cleveland ‘und this vicinity and meetings are being held in those cities where comâ€" mittees ate appointcd to reprosent The family can be . traved right down to the present time when it is estimated there are somewhere about a thousand â€" descendants. The where abouts _ of all ,re bot known, but every effort is being made to â€"find Ahe following wore appoint‘d . ve: terday aftermoon to represcnt those in this district, Daniel Ashwell, Lone don, ~chairman; F,., Bennett, Tempo; K. Osborne,â€" Ingersoll; ani C. H. Lockwood, Delaware. It is the plan for @ach group to appoint its com mittee and then for the vario~s comâ€" mittees to meet and appoint. on â€"the: committee composed du; man> from each former committce, in this waÂ¥ matters will be expedited (a Mr. §%. Lockwood stated that in ‘a +short timé he thought the moncy would be them OF TREFT first A very enjoyable promenade conteri was %:: by the boys to fieg:: and ol the school in the ol a Leapâ€"Year At Home. The boy: looked â€"after> ~all the arrangements, and every number passed off very suc cessfully. The following is the pro gramme, the special feature of whic was a Yery interesting Grumbler b; Miss J. Wells. Orchestraâ€"B.â€"C.T.1. Orohestra. Readingâ€"Miss Huftman. Waltzâ€"Miss Dover. . An â€" @nfontunate â€" accident occurrec in the chemical laboratory of the Col legiate Institute on Friday afternoy in consequence. of which one of t: students. Mr. â€"Walkson, was badly cu. about <the fhce . with fiying bits â€"¢ glass.~ â€"=. _ .+ > P o Ftals A*flask ofâ€" acid and Iron chion‘c exploded as he was in the midst o anm ‘experiment â€" and pieces . ol glas were â€" burried in the unfortunate stiâ€" dent‘s hends and face amd. one â€" eytc was badly cut.. A physician was callâ€" ed and attended the injuries all o‘ which exceptâ€"that of the eye : wer. put slight. It was unfortunate, however, tha; considerable time was â€" lost in â€" the case in summoning medical help ow ing to there being mo telepbone _ in the building Boys‘ Chorusâ€"Form IV. Promenade 1.â€"Miss Oberhoitzer. Speechâ€"Hawkesvilleâ€" H. Anderson Speechâ€"Haysvilleâ€" Miss Master. Promenade IIâ€"Miss Dingle, Somgâ€"Miss Scott. Promenade 1l1Iâ€"Miss Hutton. eran Church, was called to his hom-:l from ‘ a meeting of . Sundayâ€"school workers in the church and on his arâ€". rival there found that several hundred women: of â€" the congregation had . takâ€" en possession of the parsonage. He was agreeably. surprised and â€" alter: inviting the S. S. workers over he gave them the freedom of the house. "During the evening‘s procecdings an address of 2ppreciation was read by Mrs. John Zieglet,. which was accomâ€" panied by a silverâ€"mounted purse ol gold â€" and a beautiful . bouquet of white roses presented by Mrs. M. Poets and, Mrs, Lamer, respectively. The recipient wasâ€" visibly effected by the unexpected presentation hgt very feelingly thanked the donors for theit kindness and for .the splendid assisâ€" tance he © has received at their hands in promoting‘ the wellare of the Speechâ€"New Dundeeâ€"G. Hallma: Speechâ€"New . Hamburgâ€"Miss Cl: Promenade IVâ€"Miss Bradley. Orchestra. Promenade Vâ€"H. ~Brandt. Grumblerâ€"Miss J, Wells. Promenade : VIâ€"Miss Rohledér Twoâ€"stepâ€"Miss . Noscker. Threeâ€"stepâ€"Miss Wells. We heve no sscrcte! We the formulas of all our me yers y is best for Biscuits â€"best fo. Cakesâ€"best for Piesâ€"best for everything you bake that requires Baking Powde,‘Z $ ««One can to try, thake you buy St. G e will say about t old family medicine. B.~C. 1. NOTES St. George‘s Baking Powder it «lways ut this store and a cordia‘) in MRS. C. STEUERNA( We have received z large shipment of Coffee in four extra fine I qualities are the very best; we sell quality, our famous Gold Seal C and Mocha and Rio Coffee,. â€" We have .dticd another line of extra fine blended with extra fine flavors, We are going to sell at a special 3 256 for 20¢; our reg. 15¢ roasted Rio, whole or ground, 2 lbs. for 256; on 256. Java and Mocha the very best value for 400. We will be show you these goods. Give us a trial order. 20¢ for 20¢; our reg. 10¢ roasted Rio, whole or ground, 2 ibs. for 20¢ Seal the quality that wouid cost you 30 cents at auy other Successor to J. A. GOQD & Co. BERLIN, away down. BIG BARGAINS *~‘_If you require anyffurniture, it will pay you to call and see us. Several lines of goods are being sold at less chm What we want is a big turnover of goods, and have _ BIMPSON FURNITURE 60. _ UNDERTAKING, ETC. > B ERL STOLTZâ€"HAMILTON, A > very > interesting event took place on . Wednesday at the residence . of _ Mt. â€"James> Hamâ€" ilton, Aberdeen, Waterloo Township when their second ~daughter, Emma Roberta, was united"in marriage to Mr. Josech â€"Taylorâ€" Stolz, of New Dundee. There was &a, large gathering ol relatives and friends from . Galt, Preston, Berlin and other places, and the presents wote namerous and costâ€" Iy, testifying ito the great populatity of the young. â€" people., The groom‘s g:iomuflowubrkhqt of wnd (to the bridesmaid,.. Miss Annie~ Ham{lton, ;‘:N brooch sct Te se ( n deemnome m oream orepe embroidered _ lace and white chiffon. Her going awey dtoms was _ brown N us Li“;:ifi.fi An excellent . .. Stbps them right off, ‘The first teasp #ul . â€"K*» does good. In a few hours you notice that 1 Z "tight feeling " disappearâ€"the coughing spells | grow farther and farther apartâ€"the throat is casierâ€"and the soremess rone. / 8 â€" Cure yourself at homeâ€"for 2s0â€"with Boles‘s Preparation of Friat‘® Cough Balsam. Sold by all druggists. fx$, c NATIONAME DRUG & CHEMICAL CO.,Limirzs â€" _ LONDoN,Owr, . _ Any farmer in need of a first class stove welwill take sugar ‘n payment_ of same. s > veue 6 Parlor Stoves . Hardware Stoves,Tinware,Plumbing and Pipe Fittings Store near Post office, Phone 142, Berkin. A. S. HALLMAN, Grocer, _ g 90 King St., Kast. Dietrich‘s Block Borlin, Ont. â€" Coffee! G. E. POTTER R. Weber & Co. to dispose of. â€"Prices $12 to $36 FURNIT URE Red Ticket Sale of BOTTOM PRICES NUPTIALS WE HAVE BIG DISCOUN Friar‘s Cough Bolsuug Cures Coughs : _ KING ST. WATERLOOQâ€" Bole‘s Preparation of the Re Baden Machinery Co.â€"W. B Middleaton, K.C.,, tor Charles Hoos and Androw J. Snow, appealed from . teport of Chisholm, local ;m t â€" Berlin, upon the mattetrs to him by the order of Mabes J., dated . Nov. 6th, 1906. ‘The question was as to the amount of , liquidator is entitled in priotity t Messrs. Hood and Snow for realiting . the sum of $800 in the Ton of : the assets ol the Campany. The i pelliants contended that the local Jue had allowed a sum Tat im *,.?;5 the ambunt required forâ€" realizing this couple great . prosperity and ness. 2 k AT OSGOUDE HALL ‘The ceremony‘ Wa$# 'fl Rev. J. R. Johnston, B,A., sum, and included costs of flfl1 other assota the estate, J.. â€"C: Haight 0'52' 0). tot liquidatot, cvontra. . Reserved. . Their many friends wish the Coffeel