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coming Sunday brings tresh reminders of some thing for which “I must go

down to Moore & McLeod’s’

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n w veiling, may- be it’s » bit of ribb n—maybe it’s a new pir o: gloves, What ever it is, ‘t's j sca little bet- ter-here thin the price

would l-ai you to believe.

Just study these values:-— Sailor Hats

Pleaty to choose from atall sorts of prices.

Corre ct Corse ting

Corset eatiefaction HERE is only a mat i of choosing—your shape—aci! your gayle is bere wattiog for. you.

White sailors in new shapes oo. .-2U0C, 226, 258, 303 up straw sailors .. .b5¢e, 42¢ and 45c

Pretty colored

Bown jear corset, fair quality ......: Oe

? OOOO eee Hee tee Var cice line of we!! male grey jean Very dainty styligh lines at ....65¢ & 72c MEE ditcncs gcneade see enue 50c Arpeciaiy vice, weil made grey jean, — | Gloves of Good Sorts tatieen facirg, wualetone filling... .55c | ; | Anew special—the “Palms” is made i ofgres or Eciw j an, faced with Kid gioves and contrasting #hede of satteen, Jace fabric gloves, well fio'shed op, *poon b OC ic cbdbdeckinal 75¢ —_ all of them— Very cho 2 | ght weight, grey Fr och goo for their price Couti! cor-et, “ET” make, otcel Gives —each one BU Bisccooe nin ceeau: cba #1 00 Blick, tao sod r : white lisle gloves,

oe eece soocesees 10c pr Imitation Taffeta gloves in black and CO0l....» »» docemee e Nice plated taf- feta glove in black 5 so Sebecsone Ree Ue

plla:s ae Cuffs

Vine difierent shapes of Ladies’ Linen Gillere, «vervon: new end stylish bigh

, white or tan..........

{ wd} : ; lare - . : : “see . pe coliars, u um ¢o lare, low collars,. laffeta in black, tan, crea or white, 302 Tiatmew, sy i-h, hb gh front shape with g taod cor: ers i@ here . oe or we

. ' Kid gloves im black or colored.......75¢ Collar pric °s 12c and 16: for cur kind \ Nicer grade at............ .. $1.00 and $1.15

Thenew cuff styles ave verv swell .-.- 16°, 20:,25¢ per pair

Dainty Belts

Very choice, Perrin’s beat quatity, ail rew shades...... New fusteniogs, 2

or lice.

Ven’s Shirts

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or three push bu‘ton

An absolute nec- essity to this sun.- m rs going about

costumes, y : W’ve some nice _ ones; for example:

Ladies’ belts ‘n b'ack,tan, red,greep and ox blool,

12c, l6c, 20¢ up B ack elastic belts,

We're proud of our reputation § in shitt selling -- aod think we have every reason.

For example try there—

Fine strong well mate shit: tn’ un’

20c up dered....«.50c each

White elastic b+l-s, Finer grade, Irish

a 21le nj; linen bosom acd

Neat whit. kid bel'e......... oshdaaaaeel bands, fu'l size, wel

White ew.broid red imsertion. ...........38¢ Wasbat |! pique belte « seeeee 446 and 553

ladies’ ‘Yies

Avery pretty lice of Sco'ch Git gham

Uring ties in pretty colors......10s & 12. ty little tucked silk bow, m pale Hue, | ack, white, cerise, scar et

WEEE... «.. + «ncccsncosssesesics s+ bss OO CREM Lauadered shirts, good grades

Open fronts and open backs. A lot of handsome new thir's just iv, notably those with slk body seni silk

front.

= aeineinmemner © d "ear 4 Trim pla a satin bow, in whine, red Cooler Un erwea mm 000 black... ...... inctamns ee

Time to change your heavy winter nnderwear for something light and cocl. Plain light weight underwear, 17c garment Ribbed cotton underwear, ,..,39¢ per enit Plain fair weight cotion...,;,50c pereuit Similar goods, finer make (cotton -

ee cccccce ces seceesscsccccceees O00 POF Suit Fine nicely made balbriggan. .85c per euit Better grade of same goods.. $1.10 suit

WVayewe'l line of new spring ties, red, bla sk, purple,navy, new blue, ,25¢

About Your iNew Shirt Waist

Stylish, well made

wel] fitting garments, | Heavy imitation merino......... .$1.10 suit wade by the beet . makers in Canada, Collars, Cuffs & Ties | neat striped cotton

waist, fairly wrll

pag made... 38c Like a comfor-

Very nice waist of blue or bink cotton, neat plaid patiern

table collar— or sty - lish collar - or both —we can please you

be Pate Wecoscesepecieens sigan 4 MY white lawn blouse. .......$1. 25 up

WHAT WE ADVERTISE WE HAVE

Maybe it’s collars and cuffs |

sesseeeed DC, $1.€0, $1.25 |

eotesesecces.e os sn 1 - Check and plaid | Wuaae 4 Palate With self collare and cuffe.......79c | ches, 3 for 25c and | We've a hpecially nice wais:, fine print 20c each. — : Rewest cut, with collar end self New ties just TEIEIG} “thinnoes » vaio op'beenuiinle aia came in Thureday. Kk mo-Jia waist, foe grade, flower- See them.

MOORE & McLEOD

‘SIR WILFRID'S GERRYMANDER

A Most Outra

Submitted Yesterday

Ze STRANGLE THE CONSERVA- TIVES IN ONTARIO

einen | Creates Constituencies Varying from

50,000 to 12,000.

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Orrawa, May 20.—The Government |Scheme for the gerrymander of the con- stituencies was brought down by the Premier 5 esterday.

Before Sir Wilfrid Laurier had proceed~ ed far with his explanation he dispelled from the mind of Opposition members any hope they may have felt that it would be a fair measure,

The bill is evidently designed and in- tended to strangle the Conservative party in Ontario.

It sets at naught the priuciples of repres- entation by population, as it creates con~ stituencies varying in popalation from ‘£0,000 down to 12,000. The measure ‘does not touch Nova Scotia. Io New Brunswick it rearranges St. Jol.n, giving ‘one member for the city and one for the | county outside of city. In P. KE, I+land | the country lines are restored, Prince and. |Queen’s each returning two members | running togther, and King’s retarniog oe. /Ia Quebec certain parishes are removed ‘from one constituency for the alleged

p irpose of restoring manicipal boundaries. West of Toront> it is that the bill gets in ‘itswork, Sir Wilfrid Laurier explsiaed ‘that the principle regarded-io this ar- ‘rangement was respect to the county _ boundaries of constitnencies.

| Itappears, howev>r, that this dostrina ‘isonly applied where the Government | finds it advantageous to do so, | Many constituencies will the municipal boundaries. The act provides that the constituencies of Cardwell, Bothwell and West Oatario shall disappear and Middlesex shall lose | one seat. Two new members are given to Kent in } eae the greater part of Bothwell aod a ‘small part of Elgin is merged. Dufferin, that is in part made out of Cardwell as | well as out of Simcoe, is given a member, | and one one is a!loved to Parry Sound now joined to Muskoka. | he bill provides that Cttava and Hamilton shall each return two members | and London ciiy and one as now.

Toronto, which coutains one distric: el cting two members, and two others ‘which retura one member each will res ‘ceive portions of the municipality now in- | eluded in East York and West York adding 30,00 to the population.

The city wil! still have only four mem- bers and will be carried into @ riug'e member district.

The bill then gives a list of the counties which will rctura one, two, or three mem- bers each, every county gbeing treated by itself, having ase ganed to each county & niitiber of sepresentatives.

The bil provides a couri to divide the | several counties into ridings,

This is to be done by a commission of three judges of the Superior Court, to be appointed by letters patent, who are in- structed to make adivision on the basis of population and convenience.

A change of representation is to come

‘into effect on the expira:ion of this Parlia- ment, Sir Chas. Tupper protested against the ‘adjustment of the constituencies at other times than after a census wheo the constitution provides such readjusiment.

He charged that Sir Wilfrid Laurier was afraid to appealto the conetituences to which be owed his present position. Notwithstanding the successes obtained by the government in the bye elections , through the cosoperstion of two govera- ments in wholesale corruption, ministers

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[ Boston, May i$.—The Herald says!

They had altered the frauchise, placing the coutrol in the hands of their friends in Proviuces, and siill they foual necessary to vio'ate the principle of repre~ sentation by populaticn.

The Opposition leader showed that the whole operation of the bill was to reduce the representation of Counties.

For instance the grit county of Bran was allowed ove niember for each 16,000 people, while. Conservative Toronto ouly had one for each 50,000. Thirty thou- sand people have been added to Toronto, anc it gotno more members, while Kent, a strong grit county, was given large

the Conservative

THE TRANSVAAL.

Alleged Revolutionists in Court.

—The eight alleged revoluationists, who presented the appearance of ordinary loafers, were arraigned yesterday in cour: and were charged with the capital offence

Parroria, Transvaal Republic, May 18.

VOL 30 CHARLOTTETOWN P. E. ISLAND, SATURDAY MAY 20. 1899 “Oe ——_ — i Pee Sect peetrnetta rt Ee aap EERE ARE

SWEET = PEAS

Scores of new varieties of

of high treason. They were remanded tor a fortnight.

Sworn affidavits alleged that 2,000 men | have been enrolled for military serv'ce, and | that it was intended to arm them in Natal. to returo them to the Rand, and at a given signal to seize and hold the fort of Johan nesburg for 24 cours, pendiog the arriva! of British troops.

The Press says the Goveroment re- gards the matter as ‘‘an anfortunate local incident, which will not affect the genera! political situation.”

additional representation, making it, pro- portionately to population, three times as large ae that of Toronto. aq

Clarke Wallace, from whose conetit~! uency a large body of Conservative voters | will be taken, declared that this was @ more iofamoas gerrymander then either of those perpetrated by the Ontario Government to keep itself in power.

In the course of the discussion that fo!» lowed it was pointed out that Simcoe, a conservative county, was only allowed one member for each 27,000 peop'e; while Kent, a Liberal place, bad cne for every 19,00; Brant, a Libderal place, one for each 16,000.

Co). Tisdale begged the Government to reconsider their action and withdraw the bill and proceed fairly to give representa. tion according to population.

Sproule, Clancy, Montague, Bennett and others offered their protes*,

After dinner Sir Charles Hibbert ‘Cup- per made a few remarks,when the bill was read a first time.

It is not often that a bill is discussed to this extent on its fivst realins, aal the tone of the opp sition members indicates a rather bitter debate at subsequent stages.

GRASPING RUSSIA.

Insisviug Upon Further Grants From China.

Loxpon, May 19.—The Pekin corres. pondent of the Times says : “M. de Giers, Russian Misister to China, declines to ac- cept the refusal of the Chinese Govern- ment to grant a railway concession to con~ nect Pekiu with Ruysia’s present railway sy-tem in Manchuria. He will insist upon the grant. Unleas supported by some other power, China will yield toRaseia. She is. surrounded with calamities, brought upon ber by Italy, France avd Germany, while Eugland’s hands are tied by the Anglio- Russian convention.

A Test Case.

Orrawa, May 19.—Tbe Government has decided to throw a sop to the temperance people of the Esstern Townships to as- suage their wrath over their treatment on the } rohibition question. In the’Dunkin Act case of Wentworth v. Mathieu, the former being agent for the alliaace, avd the latter a druggist of Sherbrooke, the case was loet to the alliance on appeal, on the ground that Mathieu, having paid his fire of $100 on the 29tb charge against him the other 28 could not be proceeded with. The Government has decided to pay all the costs of a further app2al to the Im- perial Privy Council.

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Steamship Consolidation,

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| President Kruger and the Government of

The Government also confirms the report that the arrangements between

Cape Colony and the High Commissioner of South Africa, Sir Aifred Mil-er, for a. meeting at Bloemfontein, capital of th: Orange Free State, are nearly cempleted The cresident’s proposed reforms wil] be presented to the Raad prior to the meet~ ing.

Kruger Prisoners

Loypoy, May 18.—Allthe morning papers devote their principal editorial to the arrests in the Transvaal, counselling a, post ponments of conc:usions until the facts , of the case are ascertained, and declining | to belieye tnat English officers or subjects | have been guilty of what the Standard | terms “such treasonable folly.”

The Daily Mail says :—“The conditions are that of a boiler with furnaces at full | blast and safety valves screwed down. No conspiracy can flourish while freedom existe; and the Kruger policy will inevit~ ably produce reistance.”

The Times, which repudiates the idea that the prisoners are of weight among the British Uitlanders, or represent important intereste of any kind at Johannesburg, , suggests that President Kruger bas been imposed upon by his own detectives. |

The papers publish an interview with Mr. Chamberlain, who apparently depre- ciates the seriousness of the arrests, but says he does not recognize the names of prisoners or understand the causes ef arrest.

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Cheese ard Futter.

Hawtrax, May 18.—New cheese has, been on the Halifax market for eome time and is selling for 11 cents wholesale. September cheese is quoted at 10) cents. In Montrea) there is quite a big move~ ment of cheese just now, and 16,421 boxes went out from Monirea! the past week, against 5,532 boxes ayear ago. Butter is aleo forging abead of the 1898 figures at a good price, and they total 7,757 pack~ ages, against 2.789 packages for 1298.

ROYAL. Baking Powder

Made from pure cream of tartar,

Safeguards. the food

against alum.

“It is reported that negotiations are under wav locking to the coneolidajion of the three steamship lines now operating be- tween Bo-ton and provincial porte. Two lines are competing for tke trade between Boston and Yarmouth, including rail points to Halifax and other eastern cities and towns, while the third, running to Halifax direct, bas its business redaced somewhat by the competition of the Yar- mouth concern?. To stop rate cutting and reduce expense is the object of the consolie dation.

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28 Called Him Father.

Guetru, Ont., May 18.—The familiar countenance of Mr. Robert McConachie, watchman at theG.T.R. cressing, Gordon etreet, was beaming yesterday morning on account of the arrival of a young son which makes, as Mr. McConachie said to a reporter: “Let me see; wait till I count them ; well, 2880 far.” McConaebie is 61 years of age, or will be on the 24th of May next, and was born in the northern part of Scotland. He has been married three

times. There are seven children in the last family. Of the 28 cnildren 19 are living.

The P,E Island Magazine

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Alum wders are the menacefs to a Ede oon.

ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.

The Standard Life

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Py all leading plans of life, and inVe>tci:cnt insurance.

* Standard Of The World”

Insure in the Standard, and you have the best Policy contract, and the strongest company in the world.

Standard Life Agency, 33 Queen St,Ch’town

Fred W. Ayndman

GENERAL AGENT JOHN 0. HYNDMAN

is out, and on sale at- the us-

were afraid to trust theiy future on a ual places.

| ARTHUR G. PEAKE.

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Sw2et Peas are broaght out

‘and boomed at high prices

every sea-on by American and English seedsmen. ‘Some of those have extra merit and others have not. We choose the best, tried and terted kinds “the cream of the new varie- ties,” na sell them at &c per pkt; 6 pkts for 25c, 10c per oz., 25¢ per qr. lb, 75c per lb. Our trade in Sweet Peas is immense,

Bee Geo. Carter & Co.

SEnDSMEN

AAAARAAARAAA REAL GOOD VALUE IN

Fishing Supplies

Reels from 15¢ up,

A nice heavy brass click reel 20c.

Lines from 5c to $1.50

Casts 10c up.

Rods; ete 20c

Fitted rods 50c upwards.

The beauty of our fishing gear is that it is all brand new

Not 10c worth of last years goods.

No old lines or rods,

See our fishing gear and prices.

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> Ks Sunnyside.

ePEUE EVEN EE

Cood « TEA.

There’s tea —and tea, There is tea of fair appearance that never grew on a tea plant, and there’s genuine tea,

The teas we sell are all genuine. ‘lhey’re nothing but tea They're pure and whole. some and appetizing.

Driscoll & m— Hornsby QUEEN STREET——-

$ LITTLE : PRICES

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Central Drug Store

Infants boots, soft soles, in colors white, pink, blue, tan’ chocolate, ox blood and. black, nice for iittle ones. Price 50c¢ to 68 cents.

Children’s strap slippers, tan and black, 39 cents Childrens boots, spring heel, good solid soles, tan and black, good for sum- mer wear, from 50c up-

Special Agents.

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