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£¢ stt3 mrekE | :.,. te & x & ;: c a ' I ‘..m ugu; nmte:'ln: A mfle uval’ Pm&}ou-;"m not 'O. ‘ eye to ": baic Sous S 2s * a Auce: than Tor Must Boar Signature of Subscribed Capital.. ... ... The Mercantile Fire ~‘ Deposit with the Dominion Government ...... ...... .. $!117,140. A.llpoud.‘utnnuedbythalnndon and Lancashire Insurance Company with Assets of $16,300,638. & ‘ _ Altred Wright, Secretary T. H. Hall, Inspector 0. A BOEHM District Agent Waterloo, Ont. _ Phone 249, Yory small nnd as casy to take as cugam C. A. BOEB! General Insurance Agont, Insurance Company NEW MILLINERY We devote all our time to Milâ€" linery and therefore can show you a very exclusive range of Hats. We receive new hats daily. No tw hats alike. We have trimmed hats for child ren from $1 up to $5. Tho Missos Febrenbach To United States Subscribers Owing to â€" the new Postal Law which came into efect, May 8, 190%, postage to the amount of one cent on eachâ€"copy: ol the Chronicleâ€"Tele graph is required ‘on all papers mail ed to United States points and W have thenmfore been obliged to in ‘érease the subscription 10 United States subscribers to $1.50 per yea‘ payable striclly in advance. Zoina‘a Gourlay, Winter & Leeming have issued a catalogue telling just how the Gourlay piano is made. A_lt gives a < clcar understanding of the care exercised in the construction of tb piano ol the highest merit made â€" in Canada.. It will be muailed to you address free on applicaticn. BERLIN PoLICE COURT NEWS The police court room . ptesents thaos and disorder. at present duc to â€" alterations being . made. Pillats have been pilaced therein to su 1 the council room fcor and 'dz"‘? arguments can now be made â€" withâ€" out feat of their Talling through and vard‘dates â€" for | pext year‘s offices will soon have a larger gallery _ to speak to ‘as more spectators can be accommodated. To be serious, howâ€" ever, heavy settlings of dust have spread over all the books and chairs in the. court, but At. was a short §2# sion Friday. Walter Fargos, after .my: juil since last We inâ€"sday app Tor sentence, which was susâ€" pundcd, however, th> Crown Attorâ€" ney contenting, (he boy‘s father lhroug an interproter,. stating he wanted to make one final effort _ to set the boy on the right path. Me is pat sixteon years of age and the only som. â€" Beott appeared before the Business Office 249, Hou CUBE §!CK HEADACHE. Bucesssor to Buckberrough & Co. Sce Fac.Siâ€"afle Wrappor Betow, INCORPORATED 18975 ad Office â€" Waterioo 23 King St., East Berlin, Ont. m when THO " %nm"m with the â€" No less than four resoâ€" lutions were laid aside by the Mayor, two of which were not even read in open Council, but were folded up by His Worship and put in b}s vest pocâ€" I rules The two resolutions which were not réead as submitted Aad~reference ~to the payment dthczmmrtmu' of $11 imposed on the Mayor a few weeks ago, and the other giving the Council power to authorize one . of its members the right to sign _ the Niagara Power contract â€" providing the Mayor refuses to sign it. _ His Worship did not give any definite reaâ€" son why he would not submit . the motions and the members ° did . not press for an explanation. d enc Py <Pâ€" 1c3 it a The Mayor also refused to submit the special report _ _s: the â€" Fimance Committee recommending a fixed asâ€" sessment for the new Hagen Shirt & Collar Co.‘s factory, claiming that it was illegal, and he also refused to was illegal, and he also refused to put the motion to pass the accounts recommended to be paid by the Fin ance Committee unless the account of Allan Shoemaker & Co. for tile. amounting to $302 was deducted pebâ€" ding an investigation. After considâ€" crable manoeuvering on the part of the Council the report was adopted on condition that the Mayor‘s chargr of fraud against the firm was investsâ€" There was considerable _ business transacted, however, notwithstanding the obstructive methods adopted by the Mayor, the principal items. be ing the voting of $200 to the Fernie sufferers and the adoption of various committee reports. _ ‘The Council was honored by the presence during the .enrlic: sh_g of e esn 424 1 4 Hon. Adam Beck, who was a visitor in the Twin City and took advant age of the opportunity to call _ on the Mayor and urge the necessity of signing the Niagara Power contract as â€"soonâ€" as possible.â€"The â€"honorable gentieman was asked to address the Council and bricfiy spoke of the proâ€" gress that is being made by the Hyâ€" droâ€"Electric â€" Commission _ for _ the transmission of power. He was > acâ€" companied by Supt. E. J. Philip, of the Light Commission. The members present were, _ the Mayor, â€" Reeves . Cochrane, Habn, Campbell and Gardiner, Councillors Asinussen, Deitrich, Dunke, Lang, (Gross and Winterbalt. The Finance Committee recommenâ€" ded that the assessment of The Hagen Shirt & Collarâ€"Co. on Ml proposâ€" ed new factory building on Wilmot street be $4,000 for a period.of ten years, and that future Councils â€" be recommended to continue this nomiâ€" nal assossment for that period, _ The Mayor refused to put the moâ€" tion for the adoption of the report on the ground that it was illegal to grant a fixed assessment _ and the report was thrown out. Court of Revision. The Court of Revision for Assessâ€" ments recommended as follows:â€" .â€":l:i;t no action be taken on the reâ€" quest of A. 3. Gabel for a _ refund of his garbage tax. TWe oue e uen ce 4 P P Un aresety That $1.00, the ist instalment of business tax, be refunded ~to Louis Hagen, and the 2nd instaiment _ be struck off the roll, That the 1st instalment of business tax amounting to $3.63, be refunded to the estate of the late J. E. Neâ€" ville and that the 2nd instaiment be struck off the roll, â€" _ .> _â€"__ _ That the 1st instaiment of business tax amounting to $2.00 be refunded to C. S. Kertchic and that the 2nd instaiment be struck off the roll, That sinte the garbage systom did not touck St. George St, for the first four months of the year, the amount ol 60¢ be relunded all the residents assessed for garbage on that . street and that the Garbage Committee deal with their request for a discontinuâ€" ance of the service. _ That the gecond instaiment of the assessment â€" of the lands of m Schuétz, amounting to. $5.52 be stt offâ€" the roll. E. That J. H. Bact: be refunded $7.00 income. tax and that the 2nd instalâ€" ment be struck off the roll . _ _ â€" That G. R. Dolan be refunded $3.00 income tax and that $3.00 be stfuck off the ind ifstaiment of the foll,, â€" ‘That all requests for farm exempâ€" tions be held over until next meeting of this committee so that they can all be dealt with at the same time; Elfamm' i is respectfully submitâ€" <_~"C, B.. DUNKE, Chairman The report was adopted. ‘ The Was Thrown Out. Board of Works did airship. After. a Aot an ex* vplanaticn, he said while ;; at Berlin they saw a big light . right above b::nw-oa?h‘ ster direction. â€" Later : onI leatued the train men saw it ~moving movle the Tmdp ies & ing fioticed .?“b «_ Be paper I© thought ‘that noue of town people were disturbed by it at that hour of the night, henge Mo refort. I arrived here op the Colling waod mountains â€"â€" Tuesday evening. ‘Toâ€"day (Wednesday) s company‘ of us are going some â€" exploring:. Toâ€" morrow _ we ate going with another company ~and will spend the day in Orillia, We will leave giving .. Abe fish storiesâ€"until some other _ 06Ca~ slon. â€"A muchâ€"needed rain made â€" its appearance â€" here ‘last night. 3 BERLIN MAYOR SERYED : wWiTlt WRIT FOR SL ANDER Mayor Huber â€"will now . have & Seebach, c chance to prove his claim that Allan Koehier, c Shoemaker & Co., have defrauded the G. Englert, â€" ;......... 4 L 170 0 0 tows by selling an inferior article gou mm sbot mne e se oltib,'iuh_lllllnfifl.'- t 85 T10 w 9 1 eral meetings of the. Town Council â€" Score by innings:â€"â€" On â€" Saturday the Maydr. .. va* Beavers ..................... 0000212100 â€" 6 served with a writ for slander. by _ Hits ............. ...... 1100220200 â€" 8 Messrs. Clement & Clement, on . _beâ€" 'l'ign arsitctirscs»:: <»s*< 0010800001 â€" 7 half of Allan Shoemaker & Co., askâ€" its ;........ ............ 0211800111 â€"10 mg for unstated damages. Summary: | ‘The case will be entered at the â€"Earned runs, Beavers 2, Tigers 3; forthcoming> ~sessions of the High 2 base hits, Shafer, Murphy; first on Court of Justice. ‘ balls, â€"off Cochrane 2, off Bauer,â€" 1; In conversation with a Telegraph struck out, by Bauer 9, by Cochrane representative on Saturday â€" Mr. D. 11; left on bases, Beavers 9, Tigers 5; Shoemaker, a member of the firm, passed balls, Bauer Â¥, Kochler 1; ist stated that the firm is supplying tile on errors, Tigers 4, Beavers 6; stolen for all the towns an?.mu in this bases, Tigers 8, Beavers 10; sacrifice vicinity and is givingevery satisfacâ€" hits, Weaver, McGinnis, M. Cochrane, D lion. ‘The price paid by Berlin is Wray, Seebacn. Umpite, Saunders, In conversation with a Telegraph representative on Saturday â€" Mr. D. Shoemaker, a member of the firm, stated that the firm is supplying tile for all the towns u?.qne- in _ this vicinity and is giving every satisfacâ€" tion. The price paid by Berlin is the wame as that paid by the other towns and is not excessive." The fact he claimed, that it was possible to break olf pieces at the end. of the tile put down on Queen street this week, did not signify that the tile was an inferior article but on account of it ‘having been made only two or three days ago and did not get a chance to dry. Stratiord, Aug. 6.â€" William Henty, ‘h> employe ol the Bell Telephone Ca., who _ fell from the top of _ a post at Goderich on Wedwesday, dicd an hour â€" afterwards. â€"Hisâ€"skullâ€"â€" was fractured. _ Mr. Henry was well know hoown in this city baving been omâ€" ployed about a year ago with the la:al electric light company as . & lineman, for _ about three months From here he went to Berlin and for a time â€" was employed in the Beet Sugar .actory there. From there he went ta Detroit, returning here _ &# short time ago and accepted a posâ€" ition as lineman with the Bell Teleâ€" thone Co. o ~a He left the city just a few days ago to accept a â€" similar position with the Bell Co., in Goderich. He is the young man whose cloth:s were found on the banks of the lake and who it was thought had committed suicide. _ Later the mystery was solvâ€" ¢d when it was learned that he bad changed an old sult for a new cne and being in a burry forgot the old one and left it lying on the ban‘s. permission to erect a veranfah across the sidewalx on King street in front ol his premjses be granted on â€" conâ€" dition that he enter into such agree ment or bond as is necessary, SaYyâ€" ing the Town harmless in case of accident, such verandah to be accord~ ing to specifications submitted _ and to be approved by the Town Engiâ€" neer and Fire cul a* wWAS EMPLOYED IN BERLIN That the following petitions for improvements be granted and the , Engineer instructed to proceed with the work: c & . B4 Draining, grading amd macadaimniz« ing Frederick St. from Poquegnat Ave. to Lydia St. Frederick St, roadway from Lydia street to the easterly limits of" the Bcavenger Committee. Theâ€" Scavenger Committee â€" recomâ€" mended and report as follows:= _ :° That in view of the many _ come E;ht-mluttvodth drivers, gebel _ and which . comâ€" plaints have been it _ . the salary of these two men reduced to $10.00 a month, from the first of August, and it their work in _ future is not satisfactory that they be disâ€" That the garbage tax be refunded ::.all-n‘rwfi mmt rommho: ‘in w have z;fi.-ntu residents on street, between. St, . George and Countland Ave.. have their garâ€" hg.ht refunded in Tull. t no action be taken on a peâ€" :'uo- : Arthur _l'u:r ‘and â€" others a vrbagoe . sor« MiCs on Bt. theorgs stroet, _ during â€" There was. considerable . dfscussion (Grading Bramm street. ‘The report was adopted, the comiplaints agains\ the ten â€" ot the Tigers as & 2 "of the Beareis.. fThe Weting of of. the Tigers was‘a wonder.. He at bat fAve times and had.five: hits to his credit, . one‘a twinâ€"sacker.. Oud»mmlmmtlu;‘r(. even fair fielding, would have ~Olf.. Boavers. Most of the liquid medi¢tines adverâ€" tiscd to cure . stomach and bowel troubles and summer complaints zonâ€" tain opiates and are dangerous. When the. mother gives Baby‘s Oun Tabâ€" lets ~to her little ones she has the guarantee . _ of a government analyst that this medicine â€"contgins no opiate ot narcotic. And she has the assutrâ€"| coten after a three woeks‘ stay .nte that no other medicine will #q| there. speedily _ cureâ€" ~stomach #8d boweli Mr. L. .J. Breithaupt bhas returned troubles , if they come «unexpectedâ€"|from his trip to England, "where he ly. Give the well child an otcasionâ€"| attended the _ Angloâ€"Franco :exhibiâ€" al dose of _ these tablets and they tion. m 3 A will prevent sickness by clearing the | _ Mr. Louis _Siess, ofâ€" Cinzinnati, The late Mr. Erb was the only sur viving son of the late Samuel Erb, formerly merchant of Watlerloo. â€" He was born on March 20th, 1861, and is survived by his mother and two chilâ€" dreB, Anfi@a and Elmer; his mothar and ane sister Mrs. Moses Eshelman. , _ Prior to coming to Berlin in 1892 | Mr. Etb carried on a chemist aud stomach and _ bowels of offending . Ohio, is spending a few woeks at his matter. Mrs. Wilbert Bone, Carrâ€" home on Duke street. > ‘ ville, Ont., says.â€"‘"Iâ€"have, used Ba~ On Aug. 6th, Emma Marie Bessra by‘s Own Tablets for stomach ind infant child of Mt. anl. Mrs, Wilâ€" bowel troubles and krow of no Othet liam Bessra, 159 Wilmot street, aged medicine so satisfactory." Sold _ by 3 months and 13 days. Death was medicine dealers or by mail at. 25¢| due to broncho pneumonta ol whic a box from The Dr. Williams‘ Mediâ€";the child hadâ€" been sick for som* cine Co., Brockville, Ont. lweah. k95 SUDDEN DEATH OF . Citizens of _ Berlin in general will be pained to hear of the sudden death of Mir. Samuel Nelson Lin; which took place at his home, 107 Benton St., on Sunday night as 9 o‘clock, _ his demisc being very sudden. drug business in Rochoster, N.Y. His demise was due to heart trouble from which _ he had been suffering acutely for the past week; . _ â€" * FAMILY REUNION, Fortyâ€"seven BorHnites attended the Jacob Cook family reunion â€" at the ;M bo-:::ud néar ;rmoa m onda a‘very enjoyable was -;mt. Among those lnm- ance wore Mr. -E Mrs. E. Bt * Mr. and Mra, J. B. Weaver, Mr. and Mrs, Saml. Woelffe, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Woelde, M+F. and Mre. »â€" H. _ J. The funeral will be held Tuesday, 3 o‘cieck from his home Bentorn St., to the Waterloo ‘vemetery and will te conducted by Kev, D. B. Sheck. Sims bedhin t B tds nds sanar Wonisnin M en P. H. Sims, of Toronto. A TORONTO WEDDING A wedding was solemnized in Wesâ€" 4 Jey church, Dundas street, Toronto, â€" on July 15, when Miss Alice Maud : Bean was martisd to Mr. Arthur â€"J. Aigate by the Rev. J, D. Fitzpatriok. ‘The bride, who was given away . by her trnile Mr. Owen . Bean, of . Borâ€" lin, wore> wa Empire gown of white silk mulle and Valenciennes lace, with hat to match and carried a whower teaquet _ of. brida} roses. Sho _ was atiended â€" by ber sister, Miss Bthol Gladys . Bean, who was gowned in pale â€" allk voile with f:« hat ui' Was Mr. ml- Afer the| reception held at the home of ihe bride‘s um. Argyle Mr. and Mrs. &Q & "oF, DANGEROUS OPIATES S$. NELSON ERB 0000212100 ‘â€" 6 1100220200 â€" 8 0310200001 â€" 7 0211300111 â€"10 __Rev, F. A. and Mrs.» oo( '.lum,‘::-n thm of their " ‘daughter, Mary Fowler, } to Mr. Milton J. Beatty, of Fergus. | The marrlage is arranged to take place in Londoi, on August® 18. ! Mr. Lorne MeCartney, of the _ St. Mo.po,' ‘::oo-pnht“m " the Thomas Bros. excursion ‘to Retlin <aâ€" | Aurday â€" and renowed. u!!dli(ucu.i Mr. and Mrs. 1. 8. . ir> bave returned from their jto Muskoka and other â€"northern te. .. Mr. _~and â€" Mrs. J,. H, Wiederboid returned ~from a three weeks‘ vSH.ln York ‘City : and the se ~~Mr, Wiltord 1. Marr, arcotntant in . th> Union Bank at Asquith, a Wes‘ tern mushroon. on the newly opened C.P.R., north of â€" Saskatoon, is _ in ‘Berlinâ€". on a vacation.â€"Asguith â€"bas ; ‘& . Fopulation.of . 500 and. is rapidly growing. Mr. Matr: says probably | mbout 15 per cent is the increasethis yzar. in Western acreage, 1h: cto>s are _very good but -q;muou 1 as *they are reported to be in dispatches â€"whichâ€" are usually sent out by. broâ€" Mr; P. Dingman, of Berlin,;. has been reâ€"appointed physical director of the Galt, Y.M.C.A. . The â€" Reporter says:â€"Mr, Dingman was very : _ popâ€" wlar with the boys and the physical Amprovement â€" which> was . : so â€" very ‘marked in ‘his pupiis ‘bore testimony to his knowledge of his gohulu Mr. T. Mussclman, of Toronto, is spending a woek with Berlin â€" friends previous to leayving for: the â€" North west. Rev.â€"and Mrs, A. Eby, ofâ€"Vineland, are spending a week with friends in town. : . Mr. and Mrs. A. Meyers of Olathe, Kan., are visiting relatives in town. Miss M. C. Garden is ~holidaying for a few days at Jackson‘s . point, Muskoka. Mr. J. W. Berry, accountant, Bank of: Nova Sootia, St. Cathatines, is! in Berlin on @‘short visit. Misses Clara Schwartz and Amelia Knapp areâ€"spending a two _ weeks‘ holiday in Muskoka. â€"~ Mr. D.â€"B. Detweilet â€" has returned to Rerlia from the Soo uwnd Michipiâ€" coten _ after a three woeeks‘ stay there. after spending the summer _ vacation in Cargill with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Detwiler. % The Misses Florence and Nora and Master Ivan Kaufman have returned Mr. and Mrs. Albert Musselman are spending a few days in Galt. * _ _ Miss Gertrude Sherer of Berlin is visiting Mrs. Sidney Barrick, Bond street.â€"Toronto Globs. Mrs. (Rev.) J. T. Marshalt _ and daughter left . for. Sarnia ‘Thur.day where they will spend sevetal wee s. Mr. and Mrs. F.‘ G. Chase, of this town, Mr. and Mrs. John Yale and Mrs, Inglehart, of Houston, Texas, are spending the day at the Guelph Old Home Week.* Mrs. I» Sattier and two _ children lefy ‘Thursday for Milwau‘ce, Wis., where they will spend several ‘weeks Visiting relatives. Cw & "Mrs. H, Eby left _ Thursday, for Chicago where she will visit: her daughter: Mrs, J, W. Foster for some o on oo Linkk "bi are r ys _ wit Triends in Port Dalhousic. y Mf. and (Mrs. Percy Pearce . have returned from Toromto alter a visit of a lew _ days. s â€"Miss Mabel Bean and Miss Cornish of Berlin, are visiting Mr. and _ Mrs. L. Peine, New Hamburg: . _ _ _ Messrs. i. Blake and W. Barrie, Visited the latter‘s brothor uncat CGalt on Saturday. * Miss Pearl Bucha®in, of Toronto, is spending aâ€" week with her aunt, Mrs. J. H, Roedding, 123 Young =1. ~ Miss Leona Scharlach, of this town, is visiting frionds in Wellesloy. Mrs. H. Tolton and little .son of Beorlin, and> Mrs, 8. McLean and daughter Margaret, of Montreal, are spending a week at the Del Monts, who has been spending her vacation with relatives in Berlin, . returned Miss Winnic Jackson, of Hamiiton, on Thursday.â€"Toronto Nrw' w 4* i C cno««~* Cleari in on aâ€"visit to _ friends. | "n nd._?ln.‘l.‘s. K. Wdfr bave ie returned t» FRUIT JARS! Successor to J. A. GOOD & Co. BERLIN, l SIMPSON FURNITURE (0. UNDERTAKIN G, ETC. â€" BF We Have Reduced ‘our Prices on f Rexnrssrssersescsscssscsserses se _ Misses® Carrie and Louise . Sulter, of this town, spent a few dn‘r with the Misses Hartmeler, at Milverton this week. s Mr. Ollie Mitchell, of Berlin, last week visiting in ~ and ~â€" Rita, have returned [ an able holiday at ofâ€" Bay gonguin Park, Musko‘@ / © Mr. Chas. w.a Branchton ,is spending. a with frisnds = in Berlin and vicinity. k NMr. R. Norton, of the Mergenthaler IAnotype Co., Montreal, paid a visit to the local newspaper offices © Mr. and ~Mrs. OChas. Tolton, "of Strattord, are spending the day in The Guelph Old: Home Week regisâ€" ter showed the following old . boys and girls from Berlinâ€"to have .been zhi In the city;â€"Mrs. C, Axt, Â¥. Clemens, A . Felton, J. Damm, Chas. and Alfréd Helt, Chas,. Klinck, K. Muldoon, All. Mandelston, . Rd. Drs and Mrs. Karn and Do you want fruit jars?© We have them in :hfi% Bottom Prices. ho . Cig o o C Just a few prices to let you see what we are doing.. | . & 3'piece'!gi'rch Mahagony Parlor Suit,-$14.50,'f§ tss il + V;{lal:':‘ut F:l'amc ©ou 0; A16ao..s Sss attan Rockers, large size 2.75, 3.00. $3.25. _ . Extension Tables, (best Slides) from $5.75+ _ _ _ Six wood seat Mirrors, high backed, $5.25, o 3d Bedroom Suit, royal oak, 3 drawer bureau $14. Ed,’;;, Sideboards from $10, Verandah Chairs of all kinds, . All goods are being sold at bargain prices,. _ .. +. . Hardware Stoves,Tinware,Plambing and _ Pipe Fittings » â€"â€"~Btore near Post office, Phone 142, Berlin. 90 King St, Kast. Dictrich‘s Block Berlin, Ont, â€"_ BOTTOM PRIOBHS G. E. POTTER Lawn Mowers, Screen Doors, â€" â€" Screen Windows Gasoline Stoves, Coal oil Stoves, Gas Plates, Ice Cream Freezers. A. S. HALLMAN, Grocer, FURNITURE VINEGAR Jacob ig. _ Mr. Wiltred Cober, of & Y boys ited Borlin friends o:m s .aley io. hn o. Coate Axt, N . a. at_ mm. ~Of | Mrs. B. D. Lins, Watet : FRUIT JA AT â€"â€" Roedding, Jobn Cohn, Ira â€" Betx John Waldschmidt, Miss Julia. | big, Doc. Beilstein, Harry E; , Frank Schwartz, Adam HMer, . Watner, Mrs.. W. Cuttendon, Davis, Chas, J. Moser, 8. Missâ€"Lizze Koy, Allan E Jessic Kemp. § X%. Miss Olivia Weseloh, of Zurich, spending . hor holidays at the h her uncie, Mr. A. Weseloh. s .. Mr. Fd. Snydor of Buflalo is ing friends in Bertin. < : ~~ & _ Miss â€"â€" Elsa Holman is ho!d in ‘Tavistock. * 44 Miss Priscilia Schactfer, of, is visiting her parents, MÂ¥. Joha Schaelér, Bingeman % Mr. John Traplin of Guélphy . Sunday in Rerlin.. â€" =â€"___. ~Miss ‘Anm. Good, ~of Toront spending a week with Rer R. Sider, 18 Kaisor street.". & Mr. Jobn Yale, of Houstdn, T !h:!g'_ bflm}"" VINEGAR B ERLI yB