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THE DAILY EXAMINER.

SEPTEMBER 4, 1886.

The Mayoralty.

Tue law requires that candidates for the vacant office of Mayor of Charlottetown shall be nominated on Monday next. We are, therefore, compelled to think and talk about the next Mayor, even before the re- mains of the last are committed to the grave. In many cases the law is necessarily harsh and unfeeling; but in this case it might well be amended.

As to the questions upon which it is ex- pedient to obtain an expression of the opinion of citizens, Reform in the City Council is now by far the most important. It has long been apparent that the prog- ress of the city is needlessly impeded, year after year, simply because the Council is divided into factions, and at sixes and sevens whenever anything practical is to be done. The remedy lies in the reduction of the Council to five members and the abolition of the practice of electing. half its members one year and half the next. In our opinion a large majority of the electors wish to have this remedy applied; and the popular candidate who will promise to take this matter in hand will, in all probability, gain the scat.

Our Public Garden.

In view of the admiration our Public Garden has called forth, all who appreciate the laudable efforts made by Mr. Arthur Newbery will admit that the season for practical and hearty co-operation has ar- rived.

It is impossible now to picture the dilapidated and filthy state of the Square of two years ago. Only those who have been absent during that. time,—who have not seen the improvements gradually grow —van realize at a glance the progress made.

This garden is only in its infancy; and if Mr. Newbery is encouraged and supported by our citizens, it can be made one of the loveliest spots in the Dominion, and a credit to the whole Province. Even now strangers can be heard exclaim, ‘‘Oh, ‘how beautiful;” ‘‘Isn’t it .lovely;’ “I de- clare the flowers are really more beautiful and of a richer hue than those of Boston or Halifax gardens.” Viewed from either of the public buildings or any of the walks, the flower-beds are really beautiful. Every cititizen can now enjoy the advan- tage of a flower garden, far superior to any private one. It is our firm belief that the Queen Square garden is now regarded by all classes as ‘‘an established institution,” and rather than see the Square fall into the condition in which it was a few years ago, —when to avoid mud it was necessary to shun the Square—we believe the hum- blest in the community would contribute something. Although it does not contain fountains, ponds, grand trees, pavilions, &c., as parks do, it has the greater advan- tage of being accessible at all hours of the day to every citizen—instead of lying in the outskirts of the city, as in other places, where the mass of the people can: seldom visit it.

As a matter of course, our City Council receive the credit for this work from stran- gers, wh6 think it is an old-established city undertaking such as they are accustomed to see maintained out of the public revenue in their own cities. They would be astonished if informed that the burden had to be borne by public subscription. All admit that in performing the work gratis Mr. Newbery is entitled to at least the hearty thanks, the appreciation and the encourage- ment of the public in general, and we trust that the time has arrived when a fixed reyenue will be provided to enable him to keep up permanent improvements. We learn that the City Council gave $100 the first year and promised $100 the second, but the latter amount, we believe, has not yet been paid. Our civic rulers should bear in mind that flower beds are not like cedar posts or stone culverts, which survive the severity of winter. The work in hand is of a more delicate character, and requires annual support.

What is for the pleasure of our citizens, invites strangers to our city, increases the value of property in its vicinity, and culti- vates a refined taste, should not be treated with indifference. It rests with our leading citizens and onr public men to take the initiative and help along the work.

It is not the past alone, but what must be done in the near future, that calls for aid and encouragement. | The grounds adjoin- ing the new Dominion building will require attention next season, and in order to be prepared we trust that all appeals that may be made for ways and means, will meet with a generous response.

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Meikle and Gerrior.

THousaNDSs are in daily and nightly at- tendance at ‘‘the Gospel Tent,” and hun- dreds are being persuaded by these Evan- gelists to lead the higher life. Some persons are at aloss to account for their

success: Mr. Gerriot. can sing a good spiritual song ; but some of our local singers can sing almost if not quite as well. The

eloquence of Mr. Meikle ‘is commonplace. His speech: is not like that of St, Paul, *“ contemptible,” for he has a good, high, elear voice. But there is no pathos— nothing in his discourse to touch the heart or move the fevlings. By what pdwer,

then, do the Evangelists move the masses? No doubt the fact that they are strangers and speak and sing in a tent, influences somewhat a people easily moved to see and hear anything that is new. But we incline to the opinion that the grand secret of their success lies in the earnestness and. simpli- city with which they present the Gospel message. If this be true, it follows that resident clergymen, who are admittedly not so successful, would do well to be more ear- nest in their calling and simpler in their style. Certainly there is no occupation in which a perfunctory performance of duty or merely formal or affected manner is as inexcusable and as disgusting as in that of a minister of the gospel.

On the other hand, it may be urged that Messrs. Meikle and Gerrior have faults, weaknesses and idiosyncrasies like other clergyman, and that if they were resident here they would not be more successful than other clergymen. This may be so. At all events, they will soon leave us, and we can only hope that the fruits of their labors will remain and appear in the pure, and right, and kindly lives of their converts.

—‘* An Englishman,” writing to the Lon don Daily Telegraph, predicts for English manufacturers a keen competition with Canada. He says Canadian agricultural implements are better than those of Great Britain, and cheaper too, the difference in price being as much as £3 on rakes, reapers and mowers, and £15 on threshers.’ He proceeds: ‘‘Then again as to furniture, We have for long imported wood from Canada for cabinet-making, but the colo- nials are now sending in increasing quanti- ties well-finished desks, and such furniture as may be now seen in the Canadian section of the Colonial Exhibition. Some specimens of milling and wood-mortis- ing machines shown are declared to be ahead of anything at work in England. So also with regard to pianos ~ and organs. There are not less than twenty collections of those in the Central gallery, and the tone of the instruments by some people is preferred to that of English organs and pianos. It needs only for this preference to become general to create trade, and Can- adian makers are seeking agents in view of it.” The same writer thinks that sashes and doors now imported from Germany might as well be drawn from Canada. Here’s a hint for our Messrs. R. Palmer & Co.

— The Philadelphia Record remarks :— ‘*Senator Frye is not by any means as violent on the fisheries question just now as he was when Congress was in session. The reason of this is that the capricious mackerel have brought about a great change of opinion among New England fishermen on this question. For a number of seasons the mackerel were so scarce in Canadian waters that it did not pay the New England fishermen to go after them. Then the fish- ermen were loud in their denunciation of a reciprocity treaty which admitted Canadian fish into American markets free of duty, as the Americans could catch all the mackerel! they wanted in their own waters. But thi season the mackerel have taken a new course and the inland waters of Canada are

swarming with them, but the New England fishermen are prevented from catching them there by reason of the expiration of the reciprocity treaty. Now, the treaty is by no means so bad a thing as Senator Frye has pretended that it was, Another mackerel season. like the present one and the New England fishermen would take quite kindly to a renewal of the treaty.

—The Chicago Tribune thinks the most annoying of the Canadian fishery restric- tions is the three-mile limitation. Yet this is the limit which the Americans did not wish to fish, as the privilege was not worth acent. But if the limitation is annoying, why, asks the Toronto Mail,—not negotiate for its removal ?

The Funeral of Mayor Beer. Tue funeral of Henry Beer, Esq., Mayor of Charlottetown, took place this afternoon and was one of the largest ever seen in this city. At twenty minutes past two o’clock, after services by Rey. Messrs Harrison and Smallwood, the mournful cortege left the house in the following order :—

Platoon of Police. Band of the 82nd Batt, Military. City Cornet Band. Members of the Fire Department, City Councillors and Civic fficials, Members Masonic Fraternity. Clergymen and Physicians, a A. B. Warburton, | a | Patrick Blake, L. H. Davies,

Géo. Mason, R. R. Fitzgerald, Dr, R. Johnson,

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Mourners, Citizens, .

The route of the procession was from the deceased’s late residence on Water Street uptoGreat George Street, along Great George to Richmond, down Richmond to the Metho- dist Brick Church on Prince Street, where the services were. conducted by Rey. Messrs. Harrison, Smallwood, O’Meara and Carruthers. At the conclusion of the ser- vices the procession moved up Prince to Kent Street, along Kent to Weymouth and up Weymouth to Euston, thence to the railway crossing on St. Peter’s Road, where the train was in waiting to receive the casket and convey it to Sherwood Gemetery.

On arrival at the Cemetery the remains were interred in the family plot, and. ser- vices held by Rev. Messrs. Harrison and Smallwox weli as by the Masonic fraternity. Three rounds of blank car- tridge were also fired by the military pres- ent.

Crowds of people assembled all along the route of the procession and almost all the

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principal places of: business were closed, j out of respect to the memory. of the de- ceased, :

| securely moored with chains to the wharf,

PROTECTING THE FISHERIES.

CAPTAIN LORWAY IN TOWN—AN EXPLAN- ATION.

Caprain Lorway of the cutter L. Hou- lett, arrived in Charlottetown this forenoon, and in conversation with one of the staff of | THe EXAMINER made an explanation which should, in justice to him, be published. He says that he has been stationed on the North and Hast sides of the Island, between North Cape and Souris. It is not, there- fore, his duty to protect the fishing grounds off Miminigash and: West Cape. How he came to be on the West coast on Saturday, the 7th of August last, is thus explained : On the evening of the 6th of August the L. Houlett was close to North Cape. He saw a fleet of seiners eight to ten miles away west of the Cape. Thinking that if he made a seizure, he might be excused for leaving his station for a short time, he sailed around North Cape during the night and was with the fleet at day- light, on the 7th. But he found all the United States fishing schooners well out- side the limit. Several Nova Scotian and P.-E. Island schooners were, however, fishing Swithin the limit, and he ‘‘ spoke” five of the Nova Scotians. The L. Houlett proceeded along the shore towards West Point with the fleet, but was off Mimini- gash again inthe afternoon. The number of vessels then in sight was forty-four, and no United States vessel was within the limit. This was the first and only time Captain Lorway left his station, and he only left it as before explained—in the hope of making a seizure.

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. (St. John Sun.)

The Captain of the Highland Light makes an ad misericordiam appeal. He admits that he was within the limits, but says he drifted there without thinking. Surely there has been enough said on the subject to enable our Massachusetts friends to keep the three-mile limit in their mind. _ These vessels have been dodging the cruisers around the Prince Edward Island coast for some time, and the men on board would not be likely to forget where they were. Capt. Ryder could, it appears, easily have kept his vessel off shore, and even if he

could neither work himself out, nor anchor outside the limit, he could at least have stopped fishing. One

cannot help, however, feeling sorry for the captain and other owners of the High- land Light. They are the victims of Senator Frye and the fishery © politicians, and were no doubt made to believe that the United States would help them vut of any difficulties in which they might get involved. It would be much better for all concerned if these United States fishermen would accept the position in which their professed friends have placed them, and avoid Canadian waters. Canadians do not want their ships and would be glad to find no trespassers. The best news is not an ac- count of the seizure of American schooners, but intelligence that. the Americans ‘are respecting t reaty rights, and are not ex- posing themselves to capture.

(Halifax Herald.)

Although many charges have been made against the fisheries department at Ottawa, alleging that the protection given to the fisheries was uneffective and that the Americans were fishing within the three mile limit in open violation of the treaty, we have yet to learn of a single authenti- cated instance of such a flagrant violation of the convention when a Canadian ‘cruiser was near enough to have seized the offender. It was manifestly impossible for the gov- ernment to line our coast so closely with cruisers that every violation of the con- vention could be witnessed and punished, but judging from all the reliable informa- tion which we have been able to obtain we believe that the Americans have been forced to fish outside of our territorial waters, and that the pro- tection accorded to our fishermen is on the whole adequate and eflicient. It appears, however, that on Wednesday last three or four score of American fishermen were engaged in mackerel fishing off Hast Point, P. H. Island. Their cupidity over- came their caution and they followed the mackerel as they schooled inside of the three mile limit, when the Canadian cruiser Houlett, commanded by Captain Lorway, appeared upon the scene and captured the Highland Light, a ninety-ton fishing schooner from Wellfleet, Mass. This capture is important as she is the first American captured during the present season for actually fishing within the three mile limit. Just as the seizures for purchasing bait and the fine for customs violations had a salu- tary effect upon the. American fishermen, the Houlett’s capture will teach them to re- spect the imaginary line drawn about our coast.

For some time past the Grit press have been violently abusing the Government for their failure to capture alleged offenders. They have even resorted to falsehood and misrepresentation in asserting that the cruisers had received secret orders that they should not make any captures, even if they found Americans violating our statu- tes by fishing within the limit. The fate of the Highland Light will furnish a full answer to all these base charges; but the Opposition press will not lose the oppor- tunity to change the basis of their com- plaint in order to shed crocodile tears of sympathy over the disastrous results which have attended Captain Ryder’s present fishing voyage.

NOTES.

The Highland Light’s sail, gear, and stores have been taken off and stored. Captain and crew are now at an hotel, and will remain until Wednesday, when they will proceed to Ch’town and go home by the Boston boat.

The Highland Light was handed over to Collector Owen to-day, (Saturday) and

and anchors tothe shore. She is guarded by two watchmen who will be supplemented by 28 many as necessary, should emergency require it,

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Linear Persp2ctive.

R. H. GREEN is preparing a class for a M course of practical instruction in the above.

PERSPECTIVE DRAWING

is essential to Artists, Engineers, Surgeons, Architects, Builders, Designers, &c., and will be found a most Facinating Study. The class is intended for adults. A junior class might be taken separately. 'n view of a large class the terms w Il be moderate. :

The Terms will be arranged to suit the conven- ience of the greatest number.

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Apply to fe H. GREEN, Sept. 4. Kent Street. For St. John’s, Newfoundlavd “As =e

Our Autumn Stock now o Ex “ British Queen,” from Londen. — :

FELT HATS, FELT HATS, FELT HATS,

RUBBER CIRCULARS, RUBBER CERCULARS, RUBBER CiRCULARS,

NEW FLANNELS NEW FLECY COTTON, NEW WHITE COTTON,

NEW SHEETING NEW PILLOW COTTON,

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HARRIS & STEWAR

SUCCESSORS TO ; GcEC. DAVIES & CO.

Ch’town, August 23, 1886.

A New Lot Just Open.

mes . a TEAMER“BONAVISTA,” for St. John’s, N‘fid, All Qualities and Prices.

‘Ywiil be due here, TUESDAY morning, 7th September. For Freight or Passage apply to PEAKE BROS. & CO., Agents,

Sept, 4—2i

BILLIARD TABLE.

BY Auction, WEDNESDAY, September 18th, at 11 o’elock, at Queen's Building, Queen Street,—

1 Billiard Table,

size, 12ft, dinx6ft, Gin, with Cues, Balis, &c., com- plete—made by Burloughs & Watts, Soho Square, London.

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1 office Stove and Pipe. 2 large Cupboards.

A. McoNEILL,

Sept. 4. Auctioneer,

SPECIAL CIVIC. ELECTION.

j N pursuance of an act of the General Assembly

oi this Isiand, made and passed in the forty- third year of the reign of Her present y Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled : “An Act to amend the Act ot the eighteenth Victoria, Chapter thirty- four, intituled ‘An Act to Incorporate the town of Charlottetown and all Acts amending the same,

We do hereby give Public Notice that an Election of a Mayor for the

DORSEY, GOFF «& CO.

Ch’town, Sept. 2, 1886.

sald City, in place of Henry Boor, aS n : — a HOUR FALL STOG

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Gents’ Hard and Soft Felt and Silk Hats, —

Just Opened direct from CHRISTY’S, the famous, world-renowned Hat-mak <2 No Better Value can be shown in the city,

JAMES PATON & CO,

MONDAY,

the 18th day of September, A.D. 1886,

At the several places, that is to say:

In Ward No. 1, at or near the store of Messrs. . & T. Morris, corner of Queen and Water streets. aay In Ward No. 2, at or near the house of ‘Thom 2 : as ioe a ae Mr. = Heartz’s Warehouse sydney Street, between Great Geor: i See oa ge and Prince In Ward No. 3, at or near the Market H. é f the } st House. In Ward No. 4, at or near the Fire Envine House, fronting on Kent Street, east, between rw oe eee Cumberland Streets.

n Ward No. 4, at or near the carriage shop of Carroll & McAleer, corner of Euston and Ge. Shoteie Sirens. uston and Great

And #t the said Eleccion the P at nine o‘ciock in the forenoon, until five o'clock in the aftern day.

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44 CASES AND BALES OF

CANADIAN AND AMERICAN FALL GOODS

now ready, all bought for cash, will be sold at Lowest Prices.

Bear in mind we buy everything for spot cash, and in large quantities, and can afford to sell at very BOTTOM FIGURE 9 1

JAS. PATON & 00., Successors to W. A. WEEKS & 00., =

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STREBT. SARGAINS | BARGAINS FOR SEPTEMBER ONLY-

A Large Lot of WOOL TWEEDS, * = ULSTER CLOTHS,

oll will be opened and continue open oon of the same

DESCRIPTION OF WARDS.

Number One shall comprise all tl é r ‘ hat part Charlottetown which lies south of Dorchester Street, and the parcel of land formerly known as a ieee Barrack Ground.

Number Two shall comprise all that vr Charlottetown Which lies south of Richio Street and north of Dorchester Street.

Number Three shali comprise ail that part of Charlottetown which lies south of Grafton Street ae north - Richinond street.

Number Four shall comprise all that Charlottetown which lies south of riveree: aaa north of Graiton Street. :

Number Five shall comprise all that Charlottetown which lies north of Fitzroy Birch including the Common of the said Town, :

NOMINATION DAY. MONDAY, 6th inst.,

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