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THE DAILY EXAMINER.

APRIL 1, 1897.

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THE EXAMINER—ENLARGED !

We anticipate by a few weeks the twen- ¢ieth anniversary of the first issue of Tne Darty Examiver. and hastev to fil the present requirements of our town and Pro vince with a paper thatis enlarged, im- proved and upto thetimes. To those who, twenty vears ago, predicted the apeedy failure of a daily newspaper ip Charlottetown, the continued success of ‘Tre EXAMINER must be a surprise. The fact proves that, in spite of all the croakere, this country has _pro- eressed and that the people appreciate & ood thing when they have it. We need not say that Tue Dairy Examiner has

not been made what it is in the community |

without energetic and persevering care and tabor on the part of its staff, But this care and labor bas been lightened by the continued appreciation of the public. Cowparing the tone and character of the Press of this Province now with what it was in the ante-confederation cays, we think that the judicious reader will admit an improvement quite as marked as that which appears upon the face of Tue Examiner. We hope that the improvement effected will be maintained, and we shall spare no painsto make Tue Examixver a creditable representative of the intelligence and culture of the people by whom it !: supported.

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MR. PETERS’ RETURN.

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Tee Welcome Home ” extended to the Premier by his Party must have been highly pleating to the bonorable gentle- man. Itshows that his absence is felt and that bis presence is appreciated. While he has, as ‘ealing counsel for Canada before the Behring Sea Commis- sion, won golden opinions and golden

dollars in the West, it has been demon”

strated that his dominating iofluence is -esseatial to his party bere.

Mr. Peters has been, in this sense, peculiarly fortun- ate. He has gained in every way by his absence from home and duty; and his party hasten to welcome him home as one without whom they can do nothing. We lave no disposition to detract from the Wremier’s personal triumph. Indeed we are as interested ss any in dispelling the dea that governments and people must <0 to Montreal or Toronto, or some other big place, when a man is needed to accom- plish any important undertaking. There ‘2 po reason why Prince Edward Island cnould net inthe future supply a fair proportion of those who are required to take leading parts in the service of the country; and we hope that Mr. Peters» success ag a lawyer in the Behring Sea case will make this epparent to men of all parties throughout all Canada. At the same time we must condemn the lax- morality which permits a politician to accept duty under the government of this Province and to desert it for more lucra- <ive employment under the government of the Dominion. Mr. Peters would lose his lawyer’s gown if, having taken thejretainer of one client, he deserted his duty in order that he might profit by the larger fees of a wealthier client. But sat which Mr. Peters would not do,, or ‘are to do,as a lawyer he has done asa olitician. We note that he soothes his yecience with the reflection that the airs of the Province have, in his ab- sence, “ been carried on just as they bould be carried on.” How does he

t now that this is true? He cannot know, ecause he bas been away—absent from is duty—with his back turned upon the nterests which the people ot this Pro- nee confiled to his care. It ia his office

o guard the temple of justice in this Province. But in his absense, falsely dated receipts and rdad orders have been ‘esued by his officere, Money received at the treasury in this year bas been credited to the receipts of last year, and esoney that ought to have\been paid out of the treasury last year isdebited in the accounts of this year! The\ consequence

THE DAILY EXAMINER, CHARLOTTETOWN,’ APRIL 1, 1897.

is that the public accounts, as made up for last year, are false and misleading. In point of fact, they are fraudulent in that purporting to be true, and supposed by the public to be true, they are all wrong It Mr Peters had not deserted his duty this vaght not tohave happened—perhaps it vould How does Mr. Peters Province

not have happened. know that the has not sutf-red substantial loss while he was away making money and reaping glory in the West? We know that this Province lost a very becan-e Mr. L. H Devie, while Premier here, accepted the retainer of the Dominion

large sum of money

Government in the Fisherv Claims Arbitration; and how does Mr. Peters know that a similar loss has not been

Suffered asa result of bi-

absence? Rumor says that be had difli- culty in keeping some of his retainers in order while he was at home; how dces be know what they have done while he has been away ?

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KING’S COLLEGE.

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Ir is aunounced that non-resident stu- dents will, in the future, be admitted to The scheme will tome into op:ration at the beginning cf Michaelmas Term. It has been truly remaiked that “ there are many young men and womes in the Maritime Provinces who are anxious to obtaina University degree, and who are intellectually qualified to do so, while from lack of means or various other canses they are prevented from taking a resident Col- lege course.” These will, under this arrangement, be able to obtain their desire at little cost,

The King’s College Record reports that at the close of the present year in Jane,the Collegiate School is to be reorgan- ized. Whatever changes are made will no doubt be for the better, and will tend to increase the usefulness of the insti- tution. The general management will be in the hands cf the President of King’s College as Rector. Dr. Willetts’ experience as Head Master for twelve years, 1876-&8> cannot fail to be of advantage to the school» and the combining of the two institutions under cne head should have tie

the College course aud graduation.

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PORK PACKING.

Sin,— How is the pork packing e+tab- lishment progressing ip tne city? It is to be hoped your City and Council will! enconrage the venture to the best of your abiliiv. Now that we see the way to the United States complete'y blocked by McKinley, the necessity of the meat pack- ing industry and cold storage is apparent if we wish to place onr bacon, hams, mut- ton (fresh), egg*, poultry, butter and cheese on the (only) English market. This is our only market now. In order to place our goods on this market we must bavethem placed there in the very best condition. The sinequa non is (a) weekly steamship transportation with co!d storage, (b) cold storage ‘rarehouses, (c) pork, mutton, beef and poultry slaughter and packing bouses. Come, Messrs. Rattenbury, make the packing house arealitv. Come, capitalists and others, and make cold sioragea reality also.

Yours truly,

A Hoperct Farmer.

March 29, 1887.

COLD STORAGE.

Sir,—In regard tothe formation of a company to perfect a system of cold etor- age in Charlottetown, I beg to offer a few remarks. The agitation was gotten up principally by the business mew of Char- lottetown, and they have displayed a liberal spirit in pledging themselves to take such a Jarge amount of stock in said company. They now call upon the far- mers of the Province to take stuck, and i: is to be hoped that they will respond to the callin asubstantial manner. Was there not a mistake made in placing the shares at $25? It practically prohibits many of our farmers from taking any action in the matter.

Why vot place the value of a share at $10? Then the moneyed men can atil! have the same amount of stock, and many of our farmers will be ina_ position to assist. Asa farmer, I feel that were the shares reduced to $10 there would be no difficulty in getting the farmers to sub- scribe ove-balf the amount of capital stock. This, with the stock already taken in the city, would complete the amount required. Is it too late to consi- der this matter? Farmer, King’s County.

—Does Premier Peters wish to get out of local politics, and is Le yearning for a larger field ?

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Two hundred and ninety-tbree Popes have succeeded each other, and only eleven of them including the present ‘Pope, bave reigned more than seventeen vears. Leo XII. has reigned nineteen years, IX. reigned thirty-two vears, thereby stul- tifying the popular superstitioa that no Pope would reign more than twenty-five. Leo owes his fine health and astonishing powers of work, firstly, to his fragal up- bringing in the Ltalian hills, and in the next place to his regularity of life-long abstemiousness. He lives on less than five francs a day.

Bicycles made ready for the road at the Quick Repair Shop.—J. Birch,

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INTERESTING NEWS NOTES SELECT- ED FOR THE EXAMINER.

Tue Swi-s Bundersrath has made a pro- po-al fo purchase the principal railways ip the couniry,

The Coloralo State Senate hae passed a bili prov ding tor the abuintion of capital puutshmeat,

— The Karl of Ranfar y has been appointed (Fovernor cf New Zealend, te -ucceed the Karl. f Gla-,ow.

The Gorman Reichstag, by a vote of 179 10 49, ba-edopt d the proposal for (he pavmient ot the memly rs of that body.

Admiral Besnard, the French Minister at Marine, will shortly ark the Chamber «f Deputies tor a credit of eight bundred mi- Lou franes to build new ear veseele.

There are+eves hundred men of the Briti-h fleet now at Simonstowr, South Africe, soft ring frow dtalarial fever, con- tracted during the 1ecent expedition to Benin.

Mr. Gladstone, notwithstanding his great age, has joined the ranks of the wheelmen. He has writtea to a friend in London vay'ng that he has farrly mastered the machine.

The Missouri and Mississippi rivers are stillrising. <A great deal of suffering is occasioned by the floods, In some places peop'e barely escape with their lives. Boats are busy rescuing families and stock. Hundreds of wen we working strenuously to keep the |-vees in their locality from breaking.

Newhere ie there a happier, more cheer fal, more cheery man than Sir Mackenzie Bowell. Relieved of the cares of cflice after having filled the nost distinguished positions in the country, full of honors, comfortable as regards his mesns, in ex- cellent health, he is still duing work in the most fascitating field wh'ch can occupy the human mind—that. f an editor. He is hack again at his old de-k in Belleville. He takes a very cheerful view of life gen- erally, and is particularly happy over the unique place which he will occupy ip Canadian history.

Under the heading “ The Orphan Boy Swindle,” the Russland Mirer comes very heavily down upon the directors of the mine of that name tor repudiating shares soll by Whitney, their secretary, aud bearing the company’s seal. Thue : “The worst outrage which has yet been perpe- trated on the investing public, and one which throws all other disreputable ept- sodes connected with the flotatiun of British Columbia mines into insignificance, is the action of the directors of the Orphan Boy company of Revelstoke in turning their secretary loose with the seal of the com- paovtoruo around the country setling what they are now pleased to term forget stock certificates.”

In the course of a recent discussion in the British Honse of Commons, Michael Davitt declared the memters of the secret rervice plotied the dynamite scare, the prosecution of Edward J. Ivory for com- plicitv in which alleged plot resulted in a complete fia-ce. Sir - Robert. Fin'ey, Solicitor General, denied Mr, Davitt’s statemenis, adding the prosecut 01 of Ivcry coliap ed s>l+ly trom the lack of evidence. Sir Matthew White Radley, Home Seci- tary, stated there was convincing evidence of the existence of aplot. If Ivory, Tyvan and other conspirators bad not been arre-t- ed great damage to life and property would have been done in Great Britain Jobn Dillon asserted that the secret service has long been n-ed to entrap men innocent of crime. James C. Flynn, anti Parnellite, moved the reduction of the vote owing to the proseention of Ivory. This was re-

j cted, 107 to 50.

The March number of the Nineteenth Century contaios ab interesting and valu- able »rticle by Sir Julius Vogel, formerly Premier of New Z-ajanp, on the growth of the colonies during the reign of Queen Victoria. The figures given are sugges- live, perbaps tbe most noticeable of them being those which show that while the population of Great Britain and Ireland is less than 40,000,000, the number of per- sons living op British territory is 305,31 2,- 000, or nearly a third of the total popula-

tion of the world. Moreover, these millions are not only content and prosper- ous, tut are enthusiastically loyal.

Australia, and not Canada, is, according to Sir Julius, the premier colonial possession. The population of Canada, inclusive of Newfoundland, was 1,690,000 m 1840; in 1-95 it had risen to 5,225,000, which is quite a respectable showing. But in 1840 the population of the Australian coloniss was nu more than 200,000 ; in 1895 it was 3,200,000. This is a phenomenal growth. In 1840 the commerce of the Canadas, inclusive of Newfoundland, was valued at | $6,200,000, and that ot Australia at $3,- 200,000; iu 1895 the figures stood at $48,660,000 for the Canadas, and at $114,837,000 for Australia. The puble revenue of the Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland was $7,367,000 in 1895, that of Australia was $28,571,000.

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The winter is over. At last the signs of spring appeared on the streets yesterday All the signs of spring are complete now for yesterday a lady appeared on the streets clad in one of Weeks & Co’s new spring prints. Wgth spring weather comes a demand for sprivg goods, and Weeks’ store is the place to get the newest aud best

oods. We-ks haye just received their

new kid gloves in immense variety and a'] the very latest novelties direct from Perrin

Pius { Tyrires, manufacturers of the finest kid

glove made. Ask to see ladies 2-button kid gloves and our €9¢ black and colored indressed kid gloves with contrast pear] buttons and points to match. This is a famous line and worth $1.20 a pair. While they last 89c a pair. Weeks have a fine display of early spring flowers, voileis, roses, forzet—n e-nots, etc., etc. When in locking at our fine disp'ay of kid glove:. ask te see our new blouses and shirt waists, also new black goods just received The People’s store for your éry gods.

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We will Continue our Great Carpet Sale ten days more.

<% Brussels Carpet, 55c¢ ae Brussels Carpet, 50c ° “gay ALL ENDS AND —»> 5)

Brussels Carpet, 60c.

285 vds Crossley’s goods at special prices. _ HEMP Carpet at 8c, 12c, lde. + MATTING, 15c, 18c, 22c. SCOTCH

OILCLOTHS, 18c, 32c, 25c. STRAW TAPESTRY UARPET, 3Cc, 35c, 45c

CARPET, $1 25 goods for S5e, and 90c.

and 49¢, worth 40c, to $1. COTRTAINS—39c, 55c, 65c a puir; above prices will stand till the 13th, or

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