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VOL 36. CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. ISLAND, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1900 7 . NO 23 VESSEL WRECKED. _ AN OPEN LETTER A CITIZEN’S OPINION. F rr [ , | First Mate Drowned—Rest of| To the Hon. Donald Farquharson,) « ae ree ® Free e

t | Crew Escape. Premi >; Sir,—In all charity it must be

4 " remier. | assumed that Mr. Geo. J. Iogers

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ure six full cups in every package.

Refined and Lubricating Oils.

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& ST. Jonun, Nov. 23.---fern schoon- s/er Lena Pickup, went ashore at | west shore, twenty miles east of St.

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: 77 3 | lone cup Ralston Breakfast Food | -ooks enough for five persons---there

John, on Wednesday night. She

My Dear Premier,—You have) !S DOU the writer of the iette: in yester- been to Ottawa on another delega- day’s Patrict to which his name is &p ion at the country’s.expense. It|Pended, for it is impossible to is tobe hoped that you will issue | magine how any person with a grain your manifesto at once explaining | of sense could write such stupid stuff. the reasons assigned for hurrying on} At the outset the writer of ihe letter

was bound from Halifax for Port) | Greville. Captain Matheson says} | that the weather was thick and he |

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so he _ stood The first thing he knew |

with one of the) hands, got a boat over,but she was | swamped and Chiffon was drowned. |

The vessel went so close to the) that the rest of the crew} went ashore by a ladder the other|

Driven From Post to Pillar.

(SPECIAL T@ THE EXAMINER.)

| Maserv, Basutoland, Nov. 23.—, | The natives report that former) | President Steyn and General De-

|ed the British line between Alexan-|

driaand Warringham's Store and at-| tacked the British post, but subse-) quently retired and took the road to) Dewitsdorp in Orange River |

| Colony. |

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WNEFOUNDLAND.

i The Last of the General Election.

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St. Joun’s, Nfld., Nov. 23.—With the declaration yesterday of the re- sult of the poll in St. Barbe district, the new legislature was completed. Mr. Parsons, Liberal, was elected: by a majority of 332; over Mr. Mott his Conservative opponent.

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A Bye Election.

[SPECIAL TO THE EXAMINER. ]

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SypneEy, Nov. 23.---The Conserva-

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|ing to havé a sinking fund accord -. |ing to law, and with the actual ex- |

; will have 55 or 68 thousand more.

the elections after you secured the | quotes two paragraphs from THE ke we ee a eh I.XAMINER the substance of which 1s fore saicailnaal S, there-\ that Hon. Mr Rogers had been re. “Ore, oO reasonable excuse to take! fuseq a re-nomination§ after he had any advantage of the people till CT es ke — a wo

our years are up. The chief reason | “!8 ed his wiltingness to contest or bringing on this election is that the election,-—and “emphatically cun you have been anxious to defeat Mr, | {'#4!cts this statement by acknowledy, Wise’s petition against Douglas and | i"g its truthfulness. After publishing prevent the further exposure of the | the hon. gentieman’s telegram trom machine. | Paris stating that he would rominate

We propose to give the balance of our stock of Bulbs

Free to Our Customers.

While the stock cf Bulbs last we will give 25 cents worth free with each $1 worth of goods bought fer cash at our store. Gustom-

The Conservatives handed up the’ if t 1e party thought it best tiie writer reins of Government in 1891 with) of the letter goes on to show that Mr | onlya debt of $53,442.21, after the | Rogers was both “ready and willing” |

side of which was placed on the|half-yearly subsidy was received,|to contest the Glacilda. seam rock. The vessel was pounded| With no Qtaxes extracted from the! the Liberals “conse uently “bought! to fragments in a _ short time.| People and no permanent debt. You it advisable t ee a ; | aoe & | started on a dash-away career,| puohes” It; 0 =Rominate ‘Mt.

| plunged the country into debt, fal-| ("8°°> It isa notorious fact tha’

whaiever he may have thought about the matter before he left the prevince- Mr, Rogers was quite willing to ac | cept re-nomination at the hands| of his party—that he cabled ail the! way from Paris to this effect~that the | Liberal Convention was adjourned | until this message was received and | when it did cme to hand Mr. Geo. | _E Hughes was nominated as “a fit!

sified the public accounts, pretend-

penditures and contracts to be com- | pleted, the countryis sunk fully one | million dollars. ~ : |

If you, views on Dominion politics are in accord with your party, you must view with alarm the large in- crease of the public debt and con-

and pruper person” to take the place |

of the man who had so unselfishly | placed himself in their hands! In| setting forth these facts Tuk EXAMIN-| ER ig neither “slurring”nor “insulting”

know that the farmers are unduly | taxed now. How are you going to| manage the business ? You must know that it is the duty of the Gov- ernment in power to provide the remedy and formulate its plans, and | Hon. Mr. Rogers, —it is merely stats | when giving an account of your | ing what is admitted to be true by the| stewardship, you.are the man re-|wiier of the letter signed Geo. J. | sponsible to the country as to your/R gers. Hon. Mr. Rogers has in my | future plans. Opinion, been shamefully treated, and

The accoumtg.are not true andj his sen, Mr. Geo J. Ro aA , oi Mr. <n gers, should | ot ‘t er ne be manly enough to resent the con- | yOu Ma eee te vake Ene People| duct of his alleged friends instead of | into your confidence and explain the somemiies Addie Wiel os ted) financial situation to the people asj *PP 4” y 8 | we have Clue Books only up to last} US¢d" by them. — December. Citizen. |

j > You have collected in taxes from Nov. 22

the people of this country from 1894) to 1899, #288,649.06; add to this the | taxes collected for 1900 and you)!

' coneperenstocememnstiitatin: ;

SUPREME COURT. |

. The Court yesterday on motion of | Add to this the expenses of collect-| yr Stewart, Q ron a the defend-|

ing the tax, 5 p.c., and the salaries of your tax officials, fand the total!

ant granted a rule nisi to set asice} ; the verdict in the case of Simon| will be further augmented as money Joseph vs John Simon tried at! the people receive no benefit what-} Geyycetown last July. : ever from. You must, therefore,) yfcixinnon vs. Heater. This case

tive have nominated Henry McDon- ald of Grace Bay,and Cclin MacKir- non, of Sydney, to contest the vacant seats in the bye-election for the local legislature.

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Sliced dates and Ralston Break-| saiiae vessels and steamships b- last Food make a delicious desert. | oq dur “Little Book of Ralston Re-| @ipes’’ tells of ether dainty dishes. | HYN DMAN & CO 4 cupon in every package secures 4— . opy. For salejby |

= JENKINS & SON AGENTS

St. \C(ORNER GROCERS. | 33 Queen

Teleghon2 76' handsom bonus.

see that the running expenses 0f| was tried last July at Charlottetown | the Conservatives for their last) pefore Judge Fitzgerald when verdict | nine years without taxes was a very | found for plaintiff. A rule for a| good record,+-while your expenses, | non suit was afterwards granted on notwithstanding the borrowed) the ground that the puaintiff was| | money and over three hundred |not registered as partner. This | | thousand of taxes, shows increas-| pyle was argued on Tuesday last. | \ing deficits. What have you done| phe court this morning discharged | | with the money? There must bea! the rule with costs, holding that the | \leak somewhere? There must have | qnestion of the non-registry of the’ been extra oil for the machine and) }a;tnership should have been raised | | boodling Sapees On the road at | oy a pleain the record. The ver- | election times to keep yourselves in} aj-t stands for the plaintiff. | power. Come out with the truth. | Stewart, Q. C., for the plaintiff ; The people must extort the truth) yorson, Q. C., for the defendant. |from you, and I would suggest to] : 'you that you audit your accounts eee. | for 1900 up to the date of dissolu- | Better Artillery. | {tion, sothat we may see what you) : |have been doing with the people's (money. Don’t imagine that you are | Sir Louis or Sir Wilfrid Laurier or plain Mr. Joseph I. Tarte. When

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Lonpon, Nov. 22.—Lord Salisbury | has decided that the Government) must spend £12,400,000 in addition |

to the cost of the Transvaal war, to three-fifths of the electors of P. E. | bring the British artillery to a higher standard than the German. |

Island declared against them, four- '

‘fifths is a reasonable estimation | lagainst you. Thoayh hand join in ‘hand, the wicked shall not escape | punishment.

TRUTH. | Noy. 22nd, 1900. } a

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Sr. PererspurG, Nov. 23.---A bul-|

Ms tnd Pete Homemade, cannot be beaten. Lavadia indicates that

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Big Profit Out of Our Farmers. Fiala nti

BRANTFORD, Ont., Nov. 22.—At/ the annual meeting of the Farmers’ | Binder Twine Co., a dividend of ninety per ceut. was declared. Last year the concern paid one hundred per cent., and for five years before that ten per cent. The officers de- elared that the three extraordinary dividends were due to the purchase of raw material at the right time and wise speculations. Joseph Strat- ford, general manager was voted a

Tanned from 8 to 11 months. Will wear better and turn water better than the cheap and quick tanned leathers.

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N. B.—Look up your want; in Books, Stationery, Fancy Goods, Toys, &c. Buy quickly and get a lot of Bulbs to produce beautiful fiowors in winter or spring, for AB, SOLUTELY NOTHING.

Geo. Carter & Co.

Hol-

Direct importers ot land Bulbs.

Our British

Enriches the blood,overcomes weak-~ ness, tones up the system. A big, A bottle at this, season of the year enriches the blood and fits you to meet the cold weather. Our own make is a par- ticularly good tonic. We sell it at 75c per bottle.

A. W. Reddin, Phm. B.

The Square Druggist, Sunnyside.

NOTICE!

Notice is hereby given that im virtue of the Act of the Dominion Pariiament. 6% and 64 Victoria, Chapter 103 and Chapter 104, the name of the Merchants’ Bank of Halitax will be changed to

“The Royal Bank cf Camada,”

from and after the second day ef

| January, 1901.

E. L. PEASE, General Manager. Halifax, lst November, 1900.

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To secure one of the fine<t properties in P. E. I.

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land, 80 acres cleared and in prime ¢ »mdi- m. There isa fine belt of hard ars soft wood (which is very ¥ tiuable, now tlic coal sso high) oyster mud withinafew io 5 of the shore, abundence of marsh mui, well watered, two mills nvr 1] hous:, vood buildings, basement stable, 6 m» rome town, one mile from Pownal vil age, mal aext the farm, thiee churches within « «4 ius $144 miles, cheese and butter factors car af farm, a large and heavy bearing ovis vet of varieties of apples and plu CS, raspberries, strawberries, etc. Jor son and beauty of scenery this property sire passed by any on the Island. It is tasy fa place, fiut there is not a daisy » i Only reason for selling— going imto tw -) 1285 n the Northwest witn ny sons. Swot vith w without crop, stock, and imo:1: ts. -erms on application to my solicitos A. McLean, Barrister, Charlottetown. or to

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