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$2,500,000 Burned up.....
ne night in the town of
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he insurance was only $500,
000, four fifths of all that property is a total less.
If you are not fully insured, insure now, | represent Fire Con panies of known reputa
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Re. Brow
General Agent
Charlottetown
[HB DAILY EXAMINER.
DECEMBER 2, 1897.
Y.-B. C- A,
ir is to be regretted that another appeal wo the public has to be made on behalf of this excellent institution. The following questione have been submitted for serious consideration :
l. It the Young Men’s Christian Asso- ciation is allowed to close, will it ever re- Open again ?
2. Would it be to our credi:, as citizens, to have it said that there was not enongh public —not to say Christian—spirit in the people of Charlottetown to support a Young Men’s Christian Assoc’ation and Reading Room ?
3. If so many young mea now spend theireveniogs in the building, many more would do it if it were made more attrac- tive?
4. Have not the young men a strong claim upon us that calls Jondly for our best endeavors for their good ?
5. If the Young Men’s Christian Asso ciation is allowed to close at the end of tk is year, Can we, as individuals, clear ourselves ofall responsibility inthe matter, feeling as we must, the great need of such aa in- stitution in the city ?
6. If it isa fact that the temptations for young men to spend their evenings in questionable places of amusement have of late increased, is it not important that something be done to provide wholesome recreations under such auspices as the Young Men’s Christian Association ?
It appears that the committee need about $800; and this amount ought to be forthcoming in view of the proposal, if it is obtained, to carry out the following programme:
|. A Devotional Meeting every Sunday afternoon.
2. ABible study one weca.
3. A course of lectures on current pics.
4. A reading room open every day from 9.a.m.to 10 p. m., supplied with the bes: literature,
5. A musical evening once a week dur- ing the year.
6. A good gymnasium,
7. A young men’s club room, open avery night urtil 10 o’clock. ;
5. A boys’ club room, open such hours aa deemed wise by the management.
It will be disgraceful to Charlottetown
night of each
to-
Hf, while maintaining athletic clubs and skating rinks, not to speak of drinking saloons we are unable to keep in operation the Younz
Men’s Christian Association as a means of religious, moral and intellectual elevation aad improvement. We sincerely hope that the public spirit and the religious spirit of the Protestants of Charlottetown will again. rise to the occasion and that the Y. M.C. A. will be made what it ought to be.
THE PRICE OF THE PRINCIPLE,
Taz Montreal Witness (independent Liberal) has protested against the election of Mr. Bertram as a Liberal Protectionist whose platform is “the present protective tariff to remain unchanged for ten years to come.’ It says
“ A Libera! victory in Centre Toronto would be dearly bought at the price of priociples tor which the party has fought for seventeen years, and in defence of which defest throughout the Dominion was accepted as an honor. Mr. George H. Bertram, the Liberal candidate, may pro- claim himself a free-pro -tra-tectionist, a Laodicean aa tu economical principles, but therein he differs from the Liberals and their leaders. Sir Wilfrid Laurier and every .eader of the party, as wellas the
party itself, in convention st Ottawa, denounced the principle of pro- tection. ve ae, hile
perity, tLe revenues are likely to ex- eeed the needa of the government and give au Opportunity to the government very shortiy to still further reduce the heavy burden of taxation which presses heavily Ou the farmers, Mr. Bertram is therefore talking nonsens when he argues that the tariff should stand as it is for ten years, A rev-oue tariff must be altered te -ording to the necessities of the revenue and the need of lessening taxation. The idea that
THE DAILY EXAMINER, CHARLOTTETOWN, DECEMBER 2, 1897
the tarifshould be stationary out of regard
‘for the protected mavufacturers is wrong jest as it is wrong that attheir demand i should be altered almost every vear, as it | has been during the conservative regime.’
The expectation of the Witness that good not
'tmes will give too much revenue, is
| likely to be realized. There is an assured | prospect that Mr, Tarte and Mr. Blair, and l the re st, will keep expenditures to the level the We are not
' , , of the revenue, no matter how large
trade of the country may be.
\likely to see a reduction of the tariff be. jeause the Government have too much | revenue, All the same the Witness is tright in denouncing the scandalous aban / donme ntef al ng fougnt for
princip.¢ ’ ; . .
| tue price of which was the election of Mr. | George H. Bertram in Centre Toronto.
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ie | “ When the Devil was sic K
The Devil a saint would te; f When the Devil got wel!
The Devil a saint was he.” So the Guardian, feeling pretty well just now, imagines that itcan efford to an-
tagonize “‘the doctors” and poke a little to
the extent of a columa and a half upon the
fun at them. It dilates, this morni:
ie? stupidity of doctors in general. We have heard many persons rail at physicians as
stupid and useless; and we have seen many such persons pray for the arrival of It possible that atime may come—we hoye be
Guardian also wil] appreciate the value of our skilled physicians.
the doctor to relieve their pain. is
it may long in coming—when the
nen
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
—The St. John Sun remarks that there is ene condition on which Canadians might agree to sten killing seals at sea, namely, that the United States will stop killing them on land,
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—English comment on the reduction of Canadian postage is summed up ina sen- tence: This is the beginning and end of a long battle for Imperial postage unity. If Canada, with a small revenue, risks so much to create a new link in the chain of the Empire, how casa England hesitate to co-operate? The question however, arises whether the international postal union, of which Canada and Eng- land are members will not prevent the reduction of the present rates without fall and formal notice. In any case, Canada’s action will prebably force the hands of the British post offise and exchequer as the new tariff forced the hands of the foreiga office in respect to treaties with Germany and Belgium.
— Who played “The Cock of the North” at Dargai? Private Milne has been widely reported asthe brave bagpiper. But the Times correspondent says it was a piper named Findiater, who, blowing loudest and best, was among the first to show the way across that deadly strip of ground, and when after traversing but a few yards he was laid low, shot through both legs, he managed to prop himself up against a boulder, and continued with unabated energy to play“The Cock o’ the North,” animating his comrades by the familiar and stirring music of Lis beloved pips. This hero has been recommended tor the Victoria Cross, and we all sincerely hope he will get it, for it has been grandly earned.
—The name of Sir Henri Joly de Lotbi- niere is being mentioned for the lieutenant- governorship of Manitoba, in connection with a deal that will put into the cabinet a man of practical methods and who will be more in touch with the workers of the party. But itis stated that the Montreal Gazette tha: the makers of such arrangements may, meet an unexpected obstacle. It has been intimated that Sir Henri Joly holds that his duties require him to remain where he is. If such is the case, it will hardly be the salary of a lientenant-goveruor that will draw him away. He is very unpracticable in his political methods, and itis this, among other things, that has made him so geuer- ally respected.
—Mr. Foster’s reputation as a campaign speaker did not suffer by his address in Massey hall, Toronto, on Saturday even
ing. The Toronto World says: The effort of the evening was, of course, made by the greatest of Canadian platform speakers—
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the Hon. Seo. E. Foster. The ex-finance minister excelled himselfand even the few grits iu the building who were at first in- clined to disturb the meeting became silent aud listened as if spelibound. His terrific
arraignment of the present voyerument, and the dramatic force with which he
presented to public view the real situation of affairs in this country today so held the thousands before him that they still yelled for him to “go on” after be had spoken close upon two hours. From abeut half- past nine o’clock the great man held his wudieuce and then his hearers were not } satisfied.
little Jups are yearning | sweets of ization. ‘They are their women, teaching them | for their
y avd importing ugly Evropean costumes for their delectation. The men, as their share of the “sweeter,” | sre gral fied with conscription, By the in imitation of German methods, every mate Jap between the age of {7 and 40 is liable to military service. At 20, three years have to be spent with the colours, then come four years with the Firet Re then five years with the Second Reserve, after which every able- bodied man wi.! be called upon upto the age limit in case he is required.
The pli ‘ k y for the emincipatipg
to bike,
Civil 17 » construcipg colleges
rner education,
! ; ‘ new reguikWiiOns, id
serve,
—A correspondent of The EXxaMINer projests “against the self-adulation of our neighbours across the Tweed’ —the protest being stirred by the genersl and extrava- gant laudation of the Gordon Highlanders. All we have to say about this protest is that it is addressed to the wrong quarter. The accounts of the fight at Darg:i bave produced something very like national hysteria, but in Eogland, not in Scotland. For ninety-nine hundreths of the glorifica- tion of the Gordons the London papers are responsible. They have published column upon column of rhapsody, of description, end of versa. In Scotlanda little of this has been reproduced, at first with perhap, some complacent satisfaction, afterwards, as the spate went on, with mild wonder. At present an outsider might be excused if he came to the conclusion that the Eng iish public is mortally surprised to find
that the army still can fight. In this Is- land it was taken asa matter of course | that one of the natidnal regiments should, do its duty.
—In view of the gravity of the situation at the Yukon gold fields the North-Western Trust and Development Company of America has been formed in Chicago with the primary object of equipping an emer- gency expedition and seaoding supplies to Dawson City. The expeditionary outfit will consist of a full complement of dog- trains manved by Indian and half-bred packers and drivers. The company’s transportation business is under the direct management of Mr. Walter R. Nursey, a traveller and explorer of 17 years’ ex- perience in the far North-West. He will be accompanied by Dr. George A. Bayves, who is a graduate of McGill Un versity, of Montreal, president of the com- pany. Dr. Baynes, it will be remembered, spent several years in Charlottetowne A few trained nurses will also be taken. The strength of the service will be at least eight separate brigades of dog-trains fcr the initial trip, to be followed semi- monthly by outfiis of increasing carrying capacity starting simultaneously every two weeks from Dawson City and the Pacitic ccast. These treins will form the nucleus ofthe winter transport service of the Yukon Express Company,which enterpr se will beconiro'tled by the North-Western
established en route at intervals of 50 mils or so, and will form sites for permanent telegraph,mail,andtrading stations. Trans- port operations will be carried on under the protection of the Canadian Government, and the company have power at ali times to call upon the North-West Mounted Poliwe for escort service. In the summer the overland route to the Alaskan gold~ fields will be conducted by a regular stage service, aided, where necessary, by a fleet of auxiliary canoes until the Trust Com- pany obtains a railway charter from the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada, which is being arranged for.
Three men who represented themselves as detectives entered the home of Mrs. Mary Eppenstein, Wabash avenue, Chic- ago, a few evenings ago, and after beating Mrs. Eppenstein with reyolvers and lJock- ing her ina room they made away with her diamonds, valued at $4,000.
Blankets awful cheap. Cotton or wool, grey or white, large or small,
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Montreal Gazette: Mr, Hardy, of Ontario will note that the people cf Manitoba are acting op his poliucal theory that it is not well to have the provincial and the federal } goverament under the same party control. It wil] be his turn next.
St. John Suo: The that Mr. Bertram pays for success i+ not high for himself personally. He bas been a com- mercial upjonist and is vow a pri teetionist? at least so far as his own industry ia concerned. He helped make the tariff, so he says, and took care of his Own interests, Now ‘be declares that the tari{l must etand as it is for ten vears. This is all right for Mr. Bertram. But how about the premier, and how about the party which came into power the watch wor 9 “death to protection?” Lhe good Montreal Witnes*, with its free trade record, de- clares that the party has paid high for its victory, by the abandonment of its prin- ciples. The St.John Globe traly eays that the platform of Mr. Bertram was a concession to local interests and was pure The Moncton Transeript
price
vith
opportunism.
saye the same, and going to Western Ontario we read a Jike rebuke In the Owen Sound organ of the party. But the
ministers have not felt discredited in the least. They are apparently as wiiling to be protectionists in Toronto as to Le free traders in the Cobden Club.
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Algernon G. Swinburne, the poet, hav. ing been named in the Academy as one of a selected forty to form an English Acad- emy of Immortals, wrote a furious letter to the Times, saying: ‘* The notion of an English Academy is too seriously stupid for a farce and too e-sentially vulgar for a comedy. ” In conclusion Mr. Swinburne remarked: “ It seems to me that the ful! and proper defisition of so preposterous an impertinence must be left to others than the bearer of a nam: se’ected forthe ad- ulatioa of such an insult.”
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Mr. J. L. Smith discovered the famons Galeua farm, in the Slocan district of Brit- ish Columbia, and while he received 4,300 dols. for his great find, an Eng'ish company was floated to take over the pro- perty, and the men who purchased from Smith, it is said made their fortuues. Smith has been exploring on the Stickeen River. He returned last week with—a sack. “I have something better thana Galena farm here,’ he remarked, as he opened the eack ani skowed 42 Ib. of o:c covered with free gold. “It is not from Klondyke,” he went on, “for I never heard of the region till I gotto Fort Wrangel, after my prospecting tour. This gold is from Salmon Creek, in the Stickeen River district. I discovered the float rock in the stream, and followed it up for five week finally discovered its source ina 5-ft. ledge, a contract between porphyry and slate, traceable on the outcrop a distance of 300 ft.” This find will make the all- Canadian route to the Klondyke more pop- ular than ever next year.
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Auction Sale.
I am instructed by Mr. Edward Harring- ton tosell by auction, on his premises, Nine Mile Creek, Lot 65, on Monday, the 6th day of December, 1897, at 12 o’clock, noon, the following:
Twenty acres of freehold land, all clear, well fenced and in good beart, also2 acres of land at Nine Mile Creek wharf, a good stand for c%al and Jumber business; also 3 milch cows in calf, 1 newly-calved cow, 9 pigs, 1 filly 14 years old.
Crop.—15 tons of pressed hay, good quality, 200 bushels MelIntyre potatoes, grown in new land, 200 bushels turnips, 100 bushels mangles.
{mplements.—1 buggy, nearly new, ] cart, iron axle, l trnck wagon, 1 Spring- tooth harrow, 1 epike harrow, | gang plow, | plow, I driving sleigh, 1 trucy sulky, 1 self binder (Massey-Harris), ] wheel rake, 1 roller.
Terms for land at sale. For the moveables, 11 months credit on approved paper on all sums over $5.00: under $5.00,
cash. F. H. Horyz, Auctioneer.
You aré thinking of ordering Overcoat, Suit or Ulster from us, ang expect to have it for Xmas Eve.
WON'T DELAY
busy in our tailoring department—good tailors are and if you expect to have clothes made by us for the time mentioned above, please order soon as possible. $14, $15, $16 ig the price we will ask you fora good tweed or serge suit. $14. $]5 $16, $17, is the price at which we will make you a first-class Ulster. $16 is the price of our leading overcoat, made from blue beaver, indigo
We are ext remely always busy
dye, made double or sinwle breasted. silk velvet collar, made to fit, and fit to wear, will wear longer than any 38 readymade coats at $10 that are advertised.
Beautiful Gents’ Furnishing
opening every day. Prices in everything at our store away down,
McKay VYoolen Co,,
High Class Tailors and Furnishers. 5
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is deper.daut[}:n furnishings; a soft easy chair to drop into when the day’s work is done, makes a more amiable individual of the bread winner. A pretty rocker gives rest to the household.
We cou'd suggest many such articles from our stock, beautiful solid, yet niexpensive, any of which would make
Useful Christmas Presents,
“Sellers of good furniture.” “Strangers to poor furniture.”
JOHN NEWSON. |
Yewson Block, Victoria Row
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in 26 and 28 inch size, a lot we are clearing out.
It’s resources are marvellous. No eost beyond the price of the Piano charged for the additional value given.
Their new patent Agraffi Bridge piaces this Piano Ten Years in advance of any other Piano made, It will pay to call and inspect the Heintzm
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