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Here Engraved Free.

W. W. WELLWER, Jeweler and Engraver.

NORTH BRITISH

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HERE’S SOMETHING

You Should do Immediately

HAVE YOUR PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN AT WESTLAKE BROS.

Christmas is coming. Coming only too soon. A photograph is the most pleasing present you can offer a frend. Come now before the big rush is on. We can please you. That’s what we’re here for.

WESTLAKE BROS., The Photographers.

Sunnyside, Charlettetown4

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(Three British Officers 4 were Killed,

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CLEMENTS HAD TO RETIRE.

[SPECIAL TO THE EXAMINER. |

LORENZO MAarRQi British troops at Koomatipoort ar: standing to arms in expectancy of

jan attack by the Boer iorce fifteen

be the intention of the force to make a dash upon the town.

ous. LONDON. Dec. 'reports after

14—Lord Kitchener severe fighting at

| Nooitgedacht that Gen. Clements’ | retire by |

forces were compelled to

to sink. | Commandant Declary with 2,500; Over two hundred persons were ‘T atisnat men. Three British officers were | drowned. saben banc sheners killed. The other casualties are| Toronto, Dec. 12.—Rev. Principal

not reported.

The officers killed are Col. Legge, | m of the 20th Hussars, Capts. McBean | mand Murdock Elkins. ‘ Lord Kitchener also reports that | | the

Boers attacked Liechtenburg and were repulsed, the Boers losing ten killed and fifteen wounded.

#\ Vryheid was attacked Dec. 11.

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ROYAL.

Baking Powder

Made from pure cream of tartar.

Safeguards the food } against alum.

A. 4 (pei at

Aksm baking powders are the greated menacess to Jealth of the oresent day.

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GENUINE EBONY GOODS

..-FOR.... XMAS PRESENTS

| | | When debating the ever present ' question, ‘‘What shall I give,’ at | this season, our line of EBONY— cloth, hairand hat brushes, mir- rors, ete., will appeal to your good taste and appreciation of the useful.

Your inspection is respectfully asked.

G. F. HUTCHESON,

Jeweler and Optician. Sunnyside.

NOTIGE!

Notice is hereby given that im virtue of the Act of the Dominion Parliament, 63 and 64 Victoria, Chapter 103 and Chapter 104, the name of the Merchants’ Bank of Halifax will be changed to

“The Royal Bank of Canada,”

from and after the second day of

nuary, 1901. oe E. L. PEASE, General Manager. Halifax, Ist November, 1900. ng 3mes mwf

WARFARE

howe, Esq. | ; J EZ, Dec. 14.—The|!

AS peeved to}

The situation is regarded as seri-|

| SCHOONER 3 OF BORDEN, LOYAL TO LAURIER.

Honor of the Premier.

tion~Captain and Crew at | Liverpool, N. S. |

us [SPECIAL TO THE EXAMINER].

| [SPECIAL TO THE EXAMINER. |

Hairax, N.S., Dec. at ena in honor of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, last trying +. eighty-fivejdays to reach} hundred ventlemen. [ed schooner BG. begets Mest ministers were present, and. many |abandoned when almost in idiet of | a _— Say high places in the her destination, The schooner sail-|/ yeep il oe 8 2 ed from Cadiz Sept. 26. Nothing | was heard of her until Nov. 17, when | she was spoken with her boats stove | and sear ee Yesterday | Garrisonfat Halifax to be Asked d Gloucester fishing schooner put : into Liverpool, N. S., Saha a) to Re-Enlist. | -:-.~ be ard the captain and crew of the! . Borden, which was abandoned on | suesday 60 miles south of La Have. | Dr. Bagnall and Captain O. F.

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| [SPECIAL TO THE EXAMINER. ]( OTTAMA, Dec. 14.---Orders are zs being prepared at the militi: ae Ping ‘ i e militia de- | Feb of ‘ harlottetown, and A. B.} partment to ask the members of the ‘ - 70 y “0 } . 9 ai wie & € ~ of Halifax, | were the | carrison battalion at Halifax to en owbers of the Borden. The _ insur-| list for another year ance on the vessel and freight was 2 oy) ‘ . ° . ° 315,000. Captain Rowe is a_ native | of Charlottetown, a son of John T.|

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CORRECTION.

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TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. LONDON, Dec. 14.-- The statement

|that Sir Michael Hicks-Beach

Passenger Boat Sunk---200 People | been elevated to the peerage turns

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wne | out to be incorrect. Geo. J. Goschen

Drowned. acid Sie Beatie Whidin Gilbane

‘Semele ir Matthew nite-hidiey are

'the two members of the Cabinet

[SPECIAL TO THE EXAMINER. | upon whom peerages have been be- cet ei a io stowed. CANTON, Dec. 14.---The falling showed

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passen- | boat on the West River, near |

Hokan, caused a rusk of four hun-

dred passengers to the side of the :

vessel. which her Principal Grant’s Opinion.

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A LETTER FROM KANG.

| Grant, of Queen's | livered an address last night before

| note of the future relations, he de 'clared, must be unity and self re i spect.

Mr. Conger, the United States; Asa step towards}the latter, hs States minister, and the other for—| urged that Canada,, which had 39 eign envoys, recently received a let- | !ong profited from the military pro- ter signed by Kane Yu Wei, the tection of the Motherland, shoulc well-known Cantonese reformer, who/| pay all the cost, not oniy of sending was formerly an adviser of the Em-|the contingent to South Africa, peror Kwang Su, and who has al-| but of keeping the Otroops there ways been favorable to foreigner. | during the Campaign. Canada should | Kang Yu Weisays that great calam-| also release Imperial treops from | ities have befallen China through | the necessity of garriscning the} the Dowager Empress, and also in| strongholds on the Atlantic ans. consequence of her advisers, Prince | Pacific, and he urged that the Domi. Tuan. Prince Ching, Yung Lu, | nion Government make an otier t Yank Yi, Chae Shu Chiao, Muang} permanently man the forts at Fu, Moyn Kuen and Hsiang. He Esquimault and Halifax with Cana- says that he is thankful that the| dian regulars. : foreigners held out in the legation, He considered tht preferentiai buildings in Pekin, and all the Chin-| trade, the Pacific cable, and the in ese who understand the law of na-| creased influence of Canada in

Advice to Foreigners.

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tions regret the murder [of Baron| treaty making cot ferences, as von hkhetteler. He then savs |Shown by the membership of the he desires to make | boundary Commission, were all suggestions which ‘will ensure|things tobe valued as_ evidence the just punishment of the real| that Canada was securing self-re. culprits, satisfaction to the different | spect with unity.

courts, and a permanentsettlement| The address, and particularly

of the international relations of| those portions referring to the gar- China. | risoning of Halifax and Esquimault, He urges: First, that the Em-j| was received with frequent outbursts press and her advisers should not be} of applause. allowed to negotiate the a eee eanednet tt terms. _| GERMANY’S POSITION. Second, that the Emperor, who is | 2. friend of the foreigners, should be} restored. | Minister of Interior Explains why | Third, that all the reactionary | Kruger was Turned Down. officials should be arrested,and that | a careful watch should be kept ener the so-called friendly viceroys in the | answering Herr Bossicke's interpel- south. : ; lation regretting that Mr. Kruger Unless Yung Lu,Prince Tuan and | had not been received, but had been the others are severely dealt with, | turned away from the gates of Ger Kang Yu Wei contends that they |many out of regard for another will continue to say that the for-| power, contraryto the feeling of

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In the Reichstag a few days ago,

Abandoned Close to her Destina-/ Great Banquet in Halifax in|

HALIFAX, Dec. 14.--The |banquet

| night, was attended by nearly five | Five Cabinet| #ieS

eigners are powerless.

The foreigners should not rely upon the viceroys, continued the Cantonese reformer. ‘They send men money and armament to the Empress, and her obedient servants. Should the Emperor be restored the Empire would rejoice. The Em- peror’s party consists of the most | enlightened men, who are friendly to the foreigners and desire to in- corporate western civilization and | culture in an ancient country.

Kang Yu Wei points out that he) was appointed for the task by a se- cret edict of the Emperor in 1898, when he made his appeal on behalf of the Emperor to the foreign! powers. ‘An appeal which, had they listened to, would probably have prevented what has happened.

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HE BEST should be your aim | when buying medicine. Get | Hood’s Sarsaparilla and have the |

best medicine MONEY CAN BUY.

the nation, the Minister for the In- | terior replied that it was compara- tively easy for irresponsible deputies to give expression to certain popu- lar currents of opinion. But aman occupying the responsible post of Chancellor of the German Empire, who was answerable not only for the peace of Germany, bnt also, | under certain circumstanees, for the peace of the whole world, could not allow himself to be influenced by such popular and continental

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A Contented WOM

is’nt contented simply because she uses SURPRISE Soap; but the use of this scap con- 1 % tributes largely to her content- } B ment. In proportion to its cost, | i it’s the largest factor in housc- hold happiness,

It is pure, lasting and effect- | a ive; it removes the dirt quickly @ and thoroughly without boil- ing or hard rubbing.

SURPRISE is a pure hard Soop.|

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A Xmas === Talk

FROM.....

SANTA GLAUS’ Caress. OME ADQOUARTERS

the Canada Club on the reiations of | | Cantonese Reformer Offers Some} Canada to the Empire. The key-

OUR GREAT CHRISTMAS

SALE goes merrily on; daily getting

larger andlarger.

The fact is we have a great stock of goocs, nothing of the kind like itin the city. It is not merely a few fancy goods and toys used to help tell other lines of goods, but a GREAT BIG STOREFULL of Toys and Fancy Articles, all suitable for Xmas Presents. No job lots; no damaged goods. Santa Claus does not want his little friends to be put off with trash or damaged things. We try to please the kind old gen- tleman by keeping the newest, nic- est and best of up-to-date ‘goods. That is why Santa Claus makes our store his headquarters, and that is whv it is the busiest store today in the city.

Ceo. Carter & Co.,

Purveyors of Xmas Presents.

An ideal Preparation

For chapped hands, roughened skin,

etc., cic. British Almond Pink Its emollient properties will be qu ckly discovered, even after one apy |icston the skin is remarkably nice and smooth. Gloves can be put on imme lively

afte: using.

Every lady who has bought it ts» loud in its praises.

It has travelicd to New York, |irit ish Columbia and England, «:.. is still the favorite toilet article.

Price 25c per Bottle

Prepared and sold by

A. W. Reddin, Phm. ”°.

The Square Druggist, Sunnyside.

McEachen & McC: °,

BARRISTERS, SOLICITO!. NOTARIES PUBLIC, &c

waves of opinion. For him there was but one course, to preserve the peace, safety, welfare and interests | of the Fatherland.

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