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THE DAILY EXAMINER, CHARLOTTETOWN, FEBRUARY 27, 1600
(te Neer cnt emer I ceteedadeeteamnainenatiatieiiaietemmeneniatl
NER | meeting, in the resolution eubmitted by |
THE DAILY RXAMI | the President ofthe Board of Trade. Ia the meantime, the fellowing points
FEBRUARY 26, 1900 are to be bourne in mird : am] 1. The conetruction of the bridge and}
VICTORY! railway bas been provided for by acts of thw Legielature and Parliament. That
It took Lord Roberts only a fortn ght
to break the power of the Boers in the Wee. All true British men wll unite io j»y en | thankfulness. Having overcome
Crorje and captured @ larve part of bie army, the British forces are free to deni with Jd the
& pe edit
ubert in the East. Tne news tha Boers are concentrating betokens the r conelusion of the war.
THE BRIDGE.
tue
the recent by-election contesi, Govern ment speakers declared, again and
egain, that an agreement had been entered
iy
into bewween the Dominion aud Provia- cial Governments providirg for the com struction of a bridge across the Hillsbor- This
jms resevd upon the
cugh Rover. idea was #0 strongly
minds of the electors that many believed it. These persons—of thebetter clase of Liberals—will be eur- yriced ‘o learn that they were deceived aod misled.
It will be remembered that Tue Ex- aAmINER always treated the statement as apocryphal, and proofs that the agreement had beea enter~ s we!] as information concerning verme. But these was noanawer, It wow appears that Tag Examiner’s sus- were well grounded. The agree- meat hac not at tbat time been made.
Hit while the Government delegates were at Ottawa, a few days ago, an agree- ment was drawn up and made ready for S:ignoture.
Ic will stand to the credit of Premier Fa'qubarson that he refused to commit this Province to thie agreement until the people who are interested in the bridge | hae bad an opportunity to look iato the
repeaiediy demanded ed to,
ila
ma ter.
“sme ofthe metchants of Charlotte- two and others were, consequently, called tog+ ther yesterday afternoon and, though the proposed agreement was withheid, an im portan’ question—the questioa of luca- tiv - was submitted for consideration. Ac- | cording to the agreement, as prepared, the bridge ia to be built between
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Kensington
aud Matel’s Point, though the interests of t» va and country,preaent and prospective, | ptire that it shall, if possible, t
ot fartber up the Hillsborough River}
than the line of Cumberland Sireet. sVe shall not now diecuss this question. WV
by
ested |
e shall await the information requ he citizene, who were present at the
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' the wises of the membersof the associa-
The
may come pext year; it is}
point is gained. bri€ge may come his year; it bound to eome.
2. We are in favor of the construction
wf che bridge.
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| us supposed 3. Butthe mass of the people—all the | place the Free Staters in the most exposed They |
peo. le we believe, except a few specula- |
tors—desire that the bridge shall be placed
where it wil! do moat goed, and net outef One fellow dressed up in a Highlander’s uni the way of direct communication with | form and advanced within fifty yards of our
Charlotietuwn.
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€.M. B. A.
The annral entertainment and social of
the Charlottetown branch of the Catholic |
Mutua! Benefit Associawon was held in the hall of the Ancient Order of Hibersians last night. The attendance was large, and the proceedings were of @ most en joyable character. The literary and musi- | cal portion of the exerciees began at eight | o’clock,, and the following pregramme was rendered in an excellent manner :
Opening semarke............+6: sevobs President MacDonald i lostrumental Duett...... eats lal Miss Carroll and Mie. Kelly. Song.... Veceecees sveresees her B. ‘McInnie. Recitation. thé eek Was “Mies Fitzgerald. GOR ci aecs Scien ee iecniboipn 45.05.02 vee 42 Mra. Byrne. DORE... oeéaec eka eneen, cocesssthnedeseces< @ ee Mr. C. Hermans. Sorg...
"Miss Lucy Blanchard —
REI cictats én beens
Rev. Dr. McMillan.
BORE + x 0t0sses nigger deonsenen epececcos ccs saves Mre. Blake.
Reading....... pds tdsesne iadiiines veonsuceel's 50 Mr. Jas. H. Reddin. I OI EE AE Mrs, O’Rielly. aT EAL SE a sane
Mr. Wm. Brown. ee ey
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Prof Caven. Instrumental Duett.. The Misees Ryan. and Blanc bard. God Save the Queen.
Dr. McMillan’s address wasa masterly exoosition of the otjects and benefits of taeC. M. B.A., and he strorely urged every young man present who was not siready a memberrto sendin his apppli
cation at once. The opening remarks of the President, Mr. Alexander MacDonald, were of a similar character.
After the entertainment dancing epjoye several hours, the music be- ing f irnished by a email orchestra.
An excellep1 supper was provided ‘y
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Before dispereing the company joined in slehies the National Anthem.
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Have You Seen Our. New Silks at
50, 55. 60 cents yd.
7 | iengths, —_
pretty plaids and stripes.
inand see them.
pleasure for Mother likes.
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Give my Tove to Mother, Ellie, Gladys, l re and yours if, and remember -me to Harvey, » EI I} ritlge and others. i your loving son NRO { Mr. A. R. Dil len writes frcm Belmon
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FROM THE “OTHER SIDE,
The Late Roland Taylor Writes |
from Belmont -The Doings of the Islanders.
The following letter, dated Belmont, J anu- ary 19th, is from Roland Taylor, reported killed in the fighting of the 18th:
DEAR FATHER, The war is likely to last longer than any of In a great many cases the Boers
places, and thus save their own trcops. are mostly on the defensive and thus have the advantage, ‘They are up to all sorts of tricks.
pickets, then suddenly dropped down behind a rock and firea-on the British. He escaped. Another tried |to drive a herd of cattle through the British lines, dressed in Scotch uniform, but he was stopped.
We hear that a second contingent is coming from Canada. If this is so and Kitchener and Roberts do not bring the war to a speedy issue, which I think is impossible without great 16ss of life, we will stay out the year.
We have a regimental canteen, where every- thing good is kept, and airuit veudor who sells grapes, pineapples and peaches, imported | from Natal; so that the prices for everything is high. Iam unable to save any wages out of Is. 3d. per day. Ihavea box under my head in the tent which belongs to Fred Furze and me. _ It contains four pounds of rice, sugar, treacle, salt, raisins and _ oat- meal. Sometimes we get jam. Oatmeal is sixpence per pound; rice Sixpence, sugar sixpence, raisins one shilling; beer is sold every other day or So, and costs sixpence per quart. I had some once, but not any since. 1 have received a receipt from Cape Town for snbscription to the Weekly Times, so let me know if you do not get it.
For a1 onth now there has been great talk of a box of chocolates which was to be given from the Queen to the troops, and at every train which arriv os, the boys exclaim, ‘“‘Here comes the box!” Fred Furze found two pack- ages of cordite while he was in the advance guard on one of our patrols. I was with him at the time, and shortly afterwards we started up adeer, but we were nvt allowed to dis-
cherge our arms, except on business, Last night our boys were on Sugar Loaf Kopje. We saw bright flashes
continuously through the night and flashlights likely in Kimberiey, We hea:d that the kopje which the Boers occupied near Magersfontein was blown to piecesy and that 5000 Boers were buried or killed by lyddite. The victims of lyddite are killel by concigssion mace by the explosion. They turn black In the face
ways. Some of the dead have been found with One eye closed, as in the act of firing. I have not picked up any diamonds yet !
On Wednex hada
lay the Australians and Canadians
day for field sports, but the Australians got most of the first prizes. Don’t tell any- body. * * = ®' The Canadian -iorses looking tip top, while the Australians do not look so well.
are
'. limited number received each week.
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Alan Cle
If you desire to be an sh riser, but fail to awake, we would advise you to enlist the services of one of our alarm clocks.
Two good 4merican styles (not German ) to select from,
.at$1.25 and $1.85 respectively.
G. F. HUTCHESON,
QUEEN £TREET. Jeweler « Optician.
OPENING
—OF THE—
New Prince of Wales College,
The formal opening of the new Prince | of Wales College and Norma! Schoo! will
take place in the Assembly Hall, on
Friday Evening, March 2nd, 1900
A good programme, consisting of speeches bv our leading public men and choruses by the Prince of Wales Students will be carried ont.
The public are cordially invited to be present,
Boors open at 7 p. m. Chair to be taken at 8 oclock. dy & wklv tf.
War Pictures War Piciures
Call at our office and see a serics of most interesting pictures connected with South Africa and the war
These pictures are issued in weekly | parts price ten cents each part. If you're interested call and see;
they’re weil worth the money. Only
The complete series will make a valu- able book when bound.
Explanatary reading matter ac- companies each picture.
The Examiner Pub. Co.
GHODRTUGGEEENUGSUCLAAESOEOEUREUORDUURE RS
z ait
on the 19th of Js nuary:
I ebould have written to you Jong be- fore thie, but reslly there has been very little of interest to write about. Long be- fore you cou'd get it from me you would |
anal :
see the correspo pdence from the front ot the other Canadian papers, with their | gluwirg accounts of the Cavadian con |
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tingent, for every paper we ge be full of our doing.
The Island boys are all well at present wr.ti-g, aod we are in good spirits —very auxiou3 to get intoa fight. But that event is being put off from time to time, the au thorities teiliog us that we are to go inty the firipg- ine “next week ;” but next week hag not errived yet,
IT think that it is very probable we sball be in the next fight at Modder River; and then if lcome sately through it I will write you @ good account of it the first opportunity ‘afierwards.
There is some talk here now to the effect that we sha!l ‘eave for home about the end of March. The authorities are | offering ten ehillings a day, each nan to find hisown grub, for recruits who will join tbe South African Mounted Police for a term of two years, and I think that, some of the Canadiaus wil] j»ia this force.
Are they doing anything tn Charlotte- town for the [-land boys? We hear out here that all the other provinces are gett- ing up fub-cription liets for their men, and wedo not thiak our Island will be behind anyoftbem. Our pay out here is £1.18.9 (about $9.38) per month and the grub is so poor, compared to what we have been used to, that it takes all our pay to feed us,
Well, slow work is being made of the Boers out here,and I think 't will be some time before this war.is ended. Mail ia very much deiayed ; we have received only one lot of Island papers out here, and you do not know how we miss them. We have not got our box from the Island, but we expect it every day.
We have not y*t had any wet weather. | Must close hurriedly as I hare just been ordered to go out on outpost duty.
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— Japanese im ports are rapidly y decreas: ing under her new protective tariff, whch went into effect at the beginning of 1899, while her exports continue increasing. The total imports of Japan during tie first seven months of 1899 were 1(1,531.~ 744 yen, against 177,074,378 yen for the corresponding mouthe of the previous year, while the exports at the same time | were 106,770,121 yer, against 82,188,791 | yen in the corresponding months of the | previous year, eo that while her exports have increased 25 per cent h-r import: | have decreased,
t eeem3 t? |
“BALM OF HURT WOUNDS” Shakespeare terms sleep, bu: irritated breathing tub-s preveat sl-ep, threw .t- desire to cough. b.jsem is the ran? word as balm, and the balm for wounded | Botanic Cough Bal- 25c. all druggiste.
| £0 | 2
Sam.
Strawberries Raspbetiries
FOR EXCELLENCE IN
Watch Repairing and Engraving
Send your work to this store. We can please you. We can give you satis- faction—that’s our busi- ness.
~
W. W. WELLNER
Jeweler and Engrave-.
ae
& lb tins —25c, 2 1b tins—17c
AND
Plums 2 lb tins—13c
A nice line of prunes at § Hf ":
| p2r 1b.
SANDERSON & 0 |
Our Big Guns
FOR
This Week
WHITE GOODS DISPLAY
Some of them were in our window—they sre the cleanest of the lot. .Some of them want to go to the WASH, but who is going to pay the WASHERWOMAN? We will,
We willallow 25conevery dollars worth bought to-night
One lot we will allow 50¢ on the Dollar,
One lot of soiled Slankets go at 25 per cent off,
All Table Linens soiled on the double edge go at 25 pe: cent off.
23 Bed Covers white Grevian go at 25 per cent.
163 Pairs of Corsets go at 24c, “45e, 65c, and $1.00, They were marked 25 per cent more,
50 White Lawn Aprons were 50c now 39c.
235 Pairs of odd sizes in Ladies’ Kid Gloves, Colored at § of.
:8 Colored Sateen Bed Comforts at 25 per cent off.
These goods will not be sold at the above prices ufter March Ist.
Black and
JAMES PATON & CO
DON’T MISS
The Great Shoe Sale
i.
There is but little to tell and nothing to cyaceal about this reduction—our store is small our new spring stock is extra large—we must make room for it.
We offer our WHOLE STOCK of BOOTS and SHOES at
20 to 33; per cent
discount— Some lines at even better discount—Our bargain boxes contain many snaps. xemember this is a genuine clearance sale. A great chunce to secure Boot Bargains.
¢ Many Money cent } Here for You é
i i te i i on or oe
nh. K. JOST,
STAMPERS’ CORNER.