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THE DAILY EXAMINER, CHARLOTTETOWN MARCH 29 1898

. ) . : | 7 Ee semen ee, + aT ¥ them, and as citizens ther must of neces- ESTEEMED EXCHANGES. ; er Ty a THE DAILY RX AMINER Sity be of more trouble avd expense than —_——-~ ae ei " ee er | profit. If peace for the Cuban rebels be British Colonist: Sir William Van : MARCH 29, 1898, | desired, it is evident that this can be | Herne is credited witi the statement that am

‘bout much more easily and

| brought

THE ESTIMATES.

effectively by peaceable and friendly wedi- It is pleasing to note that the news of today points to the eon

ation than by war.

Tue preliminary estimates for Canada» tabled up to but $40,000,000,a considerably greater sum than was ever expended on consolidated

last night, foot al! | clusion that the better way will be chosen.

We believe that the sober second-thought of the American people is all for peace , fund account by any Liveral Conservative | and that there will be war only in the When to this

added the supplementary estimates,the pub

Government ! amount ia | last resort and icr sufficient cause.

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

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lie will be able to form an idea of the value

of Liberal promises of “‘Retrenchment and Reform.” —The question now is, what waz pro- mised Mr. Bruneau to induce him to withdraw his resignstion,—and has he got it down ino black and white?

One feature of the estimates cannot fail

to be noted by tbe thrifty people who have

. ‘ ’ . > } money ia the Governments Savings Bank. “th. —Mr. Haycock, of the Patron fraternity,

Tha i 23 maid at Lo ese ankse is to be). ‘ : : :

Phe interest paid at th bank ‘has solid views on the Yukon rai!wav reduced to 2) percent. So much for the | deal. He calls it an atrocions propositia Liberal Government. an I ad is a It is &Q bad that Our voc ibu

It is lucky for West Prince that there is | ‘8'Y 18 not Bearty resourceful enough to } I eee M give the deal the shady character it de, to’ be a bye-eleetion there this year. Mcre lo’ be @ bye-eleetion ti ns serves. Let the men whose statesmen! ike than a third of the whole amount to! minds committed this innocent young

country to the bargain beware the tale of the ballot boxes. The anger of an indignant people shall crush the evil-doers.”

~—-We publish in another column a long and very interestiag letter from Daw- son City. This letter will, we feel sure, be doubly interesting to readers of Tas I:xsaMINER from the fact that it was writ- ten by a native of Charlottetown,—a sor of A. W. Owen, Esq., now accountant for the Marine and Fisaeries Department at Ottawa—and is a record of actual experi- ence and observation. We clip it from the Ottawa Citizen.

be expended next year in this province is to be expended in West Prince. It is evi_ dent that noeffort will be spared by the Government to keep Mr. Hackett out of his seat. Kast Prince “ sings small ” be- | side West Prince, but the supplementary | estimates will probably provide for her As for Belfast

and Murray Harbor, the Government has

needs—in the nick of time

appareatly overlooked them in its anxiety about West Prince and the Yukon Railway Not a dollar is found in the estimates tox

ot the Southern Ontario to

— There is a movement in substitute district for county | number of county jails have no inmates while others have but oneor two. Yet each of there jails has to have a jailor, be kept in repair and heated. etc., involving a very considerable cost. It is proposed to group a number of counties together with one jail for the group, thus saving expense.

wards the construction

Railway or Hillsborough Pridge.

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GREAT BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.

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Wuar Russian diplomacy can expect to ach ieve by forcing Britain to over-step

the bounds of peace it is hare to say. Not | The suggestion is applicable to this provi- : , nce, and when we have prohibition will be once, nor twice, but many times, have

still more so. One Provincial that P, E. Island needs, nie -ib> -~—e———.

— Hackett was “ acquirrep ” ofall but one” “trivial” and “unimportant ” charge. Put him back into his seat again. The government will be no worse off than they were after the general election; and the House of Commons will have gained an able and experienced member who will do the country good service.

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; ‘ : jail is all Russian demands in regard to China been J

prociaimed in a way that has been specially aggravatiog to the Britis people. No occasion hae been spared by tlhe Czar’s ad- visers to interfere in matters that concern ea Great Britain and China alone, and English remonstrances have in every ‘ins- tance been treated with insclence. Th® Russian attempt to have Mr. M’Leavy Brown dismissed by the Korean Government, and its partial sucess, was particelarly bumili- ating to British statesmen, and this is only one of Ruassia’s effortsio obstruct Brit- igh influence in the far east anc aggrandize herself at British expense. The lates; action in regard to Port Arthur and Ta Lien Wan bas aroused a furcre inthe old The bitterness of feeling seem to be more intense than it has been since the Crimean War. It actually appears that the long prophesied conflict is nearing its begivning and that China, and not India, will be the seat of war. Of course it is just possible that Russia may be satisfied with

W.P. Colwill has opened up a nice Crockery avd China store in th> building formerly occupied by Miller Bros. 2w dw.

Carter's for Wall Papel NOTICH!

Application will be made at the present session Of the Parliament of Canada, for an actto incorporate the eubsiciary bigh court of the Ancient Order of Foresters. in the Domision of Canada; a friend]y ‘an Benevolent Society, with all other neces- sary power, incidental thereto, to carry ont the said society’s objecta, an! for other purposes,

Daied 23th March, 1898.

D. F. MACWATT,

Solicitor for applicants.

country,

having gained an outlet oo the Yellow sea, and with strengthening her position there» but those who have watched her ceaseless advance over every obstacle are inclined to hold the opinion that in time nether fleet» nor armies will be able to stop the onward movement, During fifty years of buey diplomacy, the arms of the Muscovite have been stretching out east aud south. Thoee arms sre so long aad 80 powerful, and are actuated by such uncorquerable

ambition, that, ‘f not checked now, we may, |

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before long, see the attempt made to draw them together and embrace in their hold the greater portion of the Eascern World, The situation indicated by the telegrams of to-day is acutely critical.

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the Canadian Pacific is about to build three great ocean sieamsbips to take the piace of the Empressea on the Asiatic route, when the latter will be put into the Australian trade. Thies is pot wholly news, for a report to that efiect has been in circulation for some time. The further “Mounouncement attributed to the knightly president of the Canadian Jine,tbat a fast lime will be established between Liver poo] and Quetee and Halifax, whereby the trans Atlantic sailing time will be reduced to 35 day. is decidedly new, and some- what startiing. Ths is tu be ascomplish- ed by the vea 1900. If the whole plan is carried out we suppose it wil§be possible by increasing the epeed of tue tr ons-econtivental traing to make the rceupied to Coming frem

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London to Victoria to eight days, whichif we aed ien davs for the trans=Pac'fic voyage will

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rive ejahter n lays trom Londen io Yi ko- nama, W hei the Siber an railway i8 ompleted, kt to he pocsible to flv

rl’ in thirty days, creviannnsemrmatecieninagie inital es dct

It may be of some interest to our read- ere to know what gold mining really is and how itis carriedoa in ctber countries. Returns from the Tranevaal last y>ar, Ls97, for the twelve months ending De. cember 31st, for the district of Jobannes- berg alone, shows the following : Number of companies crashing 5] Number of stamps working....

obo7 Number of tons crushed........ 5.325,255 Nuw ber of ounces gold.......... 3.034.678

Value in dollars at $5 to the £ $52,918,080 Average vie'd per ton.......... . 11397 dwts Total dividends for the year... $13,567,900

This is an enormous amount of wealth to be taken in asingle year out of an area ro larger than the district between Char: lottetown and Summerside,

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CHOTOWN MARKETS. TUESDAY March 29.

Mutter, Gesh, per tb codecs ccc ss. VU 1E to 0 21 Butter, tub, per Ib ...... covcest 1410018 Beef, per quarter ...., 008 deeeey 0 04 to 0 06 Beef, small, per Ib,.... 600 beet -C 06 to 010 Cabbage, per head,..... ......0 02 to 0 04 CO OE Ek obese cawcbibes 012 to 014 Ce: FOE GUS, occ ecncedes 0 30 to 0 40 UNNEEDED, cineoe ccccakul 1} 25 to 0 30 A5Gte, DOP OMNOR., . 6c nsceccaval 0 05 to 0 08 Calf Skins aeeen daved escsns Ota 007 Ducks, pe? pair. ..cesssevccsecs 0 50 to 0 60 EQQS..++ 06 ebeb ocdennds esses. 0 OD to 010 a ee eete ive 0 30 to 0 40 Pees, Per Wet... isceas blu 0 00 to 2 25 Geese eeeeeeee oe 2 09648 646 Ws as 0 5O to 0 75 Hides, pes Ib ...c0e -. 000-0645 to 0 07 Hay “creer e oe eeeees eeeee 0 35 to 040 Lamb per Ib. ........00sceessee003 to 008 Lettuce, new, Dee init, ,46.c 000 to 0 09 Mangels ..... ebenus - eeeeV 12 to 010 Ree hits ene § see ceeetoOWE Oatmeal, per cwt...... cove ooee2 00 to 2 55 i. ere cwrsecséssce VU ZOO 0 MD Pongll 2 ee Ree coveee-U Sito 0 0? Sheep pelts tees eee ese 0 40 to 0 65 oiraw, Cwt,. ..... evehosnel ee OBWto O Tarnips, per bushel.... ......0 10 to 016 SON vidi oun. (eben evews 060 to LS

THE > PHOENIX of Hartford.

Assets over $5,000,000

ALWAYS PAYS.,... FIRST

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wr E. H. BEER,

CLEM. BENOIT, Authorized THE UNITED STATES AND SPAIN sila Eureka Hotel. AgENT For P. E. Istanp Tuese countries seem to be Jikely to ‘ — LIFE. ACCIDENT avoid war. It is difficult—looking at the | = —— ng matter from the point of view of reason, | TS) ava ee ao justice, and charity, or even of mere

expediency —to cee why they should not do 80. The idea that the loss of the Ma:ne can be avenged by war has been given up by everyone. The cause of the disastrous explosion is still ia dispute and will pro. bably remain a mystery. But even though the Spaniards did the dastardly deed, even though it were known to have been done with the knowledge of the Spanish author- itiea, what is the use of going to war with a bankrupt nation like Spain? No money compensation can be obtained unless it be forced from iuvocent private individuals; | 4, i

and the enlightened people of the U nited 1898 Massey Harris,

States cannot have any desire for such | 1898 Gendron.

work. As for the lives of the unfortunate 1898 Rambler. men, nothing that can be done will restore

them or make up for their loss.

If there is nothing to be ga’ned by going | S30 to S85, to war on account of the Mame, what is) there to be gained by the States on any! other account? They may take over | Cuba ; but if they do, they will only weaken | tne republic. A wiilion and a half of | added ‘citizens,—Spaniards, = mulattos negroes, etc.,—caunot possibly prove a souree of strength to the Great Republic ; for the republic cannot make slaves of

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Surgeon-Major Warburton, of the 82ad Battalion, will deliver a lecture on the Queen’s Jubilee, including the yarioue funciions at London, Windsor, Aldershot, Spithead, etc, As Surgeon~Msjor War- burton was one of the staff accompanying Premier Laurier, he hed exceptional chance of seeing all the eveuts connected with the Jubilee. Parts of the Jubilee procession will be shown oy the aid of stereoptican slides,

Surgeon Major Warberton has kindly consented to deliver th‘s leeture in sid of the funds of the Artillery Orderly Room.

Doors open at 7.30 0’clock.

Lecture at 8 p.m.

Admission 25c.

Tickets for sale at Dodd’s, Rankin’s and | A. W. Reddin’s Drug Stores.

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LIBUT. A. G. PEAKE,

LLEUT. A. A. BARTLETT, Committee.

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TOO MANY OF ONE SIZE

Women’s Samples are all size, 4 and 4}. Men’s samples are al] size 7 and 8. Boys’ samples are ail size 4. tL Small Boys’ samples are all 12 and 13. Fr Girl’s samples are all size 38. tt Child’s samples are all size 6, 7, 9 and 10. -

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