II” Y P'ar the Largest Daily Circulation H In this Province. '

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uonmvo DAILY rouuncn 1891 wnmv. (now RURAL mono 1887

EODGET SPEECH

BY MR. FIELDING

Present State of Finances. Revenue is

Over Eighty=Four Millions, Surplus is One Million and Half. Debt Ina creased F arty-Six Millions.

April 21i~(h‘1)eciuli~-InyCJY just ended would he eightyvfonr

OTTAWA. I I iiOlJlllSi, April 20.——(SpCCin1-—The amined by Mr. Mntliiesun, gnve evi(l_ the Gammon-9 this afternoon, “on. and one half millions, being n. (lecreasoll—“fll 0‘ the PICCHOU Datitiml ufiulnSt‘ ence in part as follows I Mr. li‘iE'ldinu delivered his budget of CIthn und a halt millions, or “H‘m‘ Ii‘fmcmm' Mupunul‘l .Wfls‘ b93111! I)“ you know J01,“ Kickham g; ' Tch 1 ll ‘ N I r l | i . 'lf-I‘f‘. hue before Mr. Justice bltzger- I do hlH : '“l " P” “mt r‘lm t“ W‘C‘tedmg iuld. Morson I\. (1. und Mittliies‘on K. ' . healing at the outset. with the find ycur. (‘., appeared for the petitioner, und Ftfiicnfihgoowmr 0‘ NM “mu”

:ineinl statement of the tisenl yi-zir 1007

isms he noted tliut, lllt‘ iottil revenue. oil. still he was able to promise- a

bud been $Ui;,t)5-t,uuu mm um 93pm.” sin plus of one and it half millions ov— lures 0n crinsiliduted fund $70.04],- .r the expenditures unconsolidated 151, leaving it surplus of $111,413,054. Illllll ilCNmnt.

The (.“piml “Downturn mm “wire. ’l‘lu-se expculitures :ipproxlmutlcd pitted $35,027,23X nnd the increase in eiphiyrthree millions.

the net (lent. u'os only fourteen mil- (In rnpitul account foi‘tyrnine mil— lirns ultlmurh nineteen millions hnd lltlllo' Ilittl IH‘L‘H Sill‘nl. manning thirty been expended on the Nzitiounl 'l‘runsi two millions for the Nutionul ’l‘runs- mnuuontul, I‘.illlilli‘lll.4.l nod for tuking over the

For the Iiseul your “Ink-Ii tnlml 19.1.1, Il.‘.ltllIths of the Quebec Bridge (‘om— puny.

The total addition to the net the

:ill the accounts hull not yet been cloned.

When the. accounts here completed “INN DUIHIHIUH lllll'illK u“. uould be l'ortyrsix millions.

IIIB INIININI . IN PIIISIIIII]

Canadian Had Fun Hoisting Union Jack in Honor of Patriots.

month he llutMI llllll debt year he believed the Imlzil revenue for

on [Phil m on JOHN.

Three Wards lio Dry and An- other Was Close After I Desperate Contest.

ST. JOHN, April 2077tSpeciul)»—~ I'I’l"l‘Sll‘ll'}l.l), Locnl option contests were held here (Speciall—There today in four words u‘nd resulted in a most. determined struggle by both parties.

Every possible influence was brought, forward by the cognizcd in this“coirflict-"tlm-‘npening move toward prohibition.

Despite their tremendous; ruinpuign the saloons were voted (1111, of Ilillit'n‘,

Muss. , April 20“

at the Kilowutt, u for electrical engineers, wnen “Jack”

boarding house

‘Issleworth. a Canadian, litiisted

Union Jack over the Stars and Stri- pes. ~--~7~

liquor men who rc-

, A school teuclier who first noticed the I the

ting, notified the police who told engineers to place the flag right.

lorne V‘t'v " '4 ‘1 " ' ' - ' - I ' find lll‘m“ “ ml‘ “3 IMF-L Wlllllil lifteen Minutes a Illlnll'l‘ill majorities while, liiinszlowne wurd res )xrs‘m.‘ “me “I t .

' I c .‘ .' ' '. 1' ~ v turns the license syslt'm by only 1mm" “1“ Drum flea “mm to tmr twenty-three votes I V H “g.

‘ , ' ‘ lssleworth Hit 113.; v '

’l‘hc (‘lVlC elections were also held L , y mm hdu'ed it

dou-nl, but only uftc'r n threat wus mode by (‘uptuin Nicholson to Cull . l . ‘ out the. lllllltlil. ’l‘lie (‘nnzidinn said he \vunted to hrip ('rlehrutc I'utriot's lhly.

Lmd aroused unusual interest.

the. twintywiizhi,

At. three o’cloe‘: this morning thermometer rr -' ' v.1 degrees nbovt “lli‘

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\

Minna] _. 14mm...“ pun-t 11,; o 1,. no, .‘lmuid a I.lilllll(‘lll (luresGui-get in cow

¢_':,:""' '2;- - ~ - >—~ »-«-~

rue Eltidil‘ Jam LADIES

lint although the revenue luul fallen ‘Al-ml'm‘y litllel‘ul “11961110 and John-

After|

was almost :3. riot:

the

THE . canton G

CHARLOTTETOWN, "PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, CANADA, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 21, r909.

I

ELECTION TRIAL IN

181’ DISTRICT KINGS

iston Ii. t‘., for the respondent. There What Is the value T

, , . . ,Iwas u lzirfzt‘. attendance of court of‘li< (lofifggem mo and “"00 thousand ciuls, witnesses and spectators, filling . '. v »

{the court room to overflowing. gesmc property “who” 7

l The Attorney lienernl moved to (113-. ‘miss the cone on the ground that it ,‘wns not properly before the court. :Thr t'riul‘ had been set down for 3rd ~ - February last, but wus postponed. 1mg; ¥0u take an Mtwe part m e180. ‘An application should have been then I do

‘mnde to the Judge to have the ease‘ Did 'you do .my mm.“qu in lpostponed in the proper way. This last provinciai elec‘ti,n;7.

How long have you known him 7 As long as I can remember. Cross—examined by Mr. Johnston:

he said, had not been done, and he, I did

'contendetl 111m, the case could not; be. Wheré o

.he‘n‘d “'mw‘“ “‘0 “"“b‘e‘” 0‘ “‘9 At 1.01347 Fnirfield Bi" Pond and respondent. The (‘ourt must keep New anmm']. ' b

.within the statute. Ho contended that the court find no power to ail—x .journ except from day to day in the Inninner prescribed by the stilt-lite.

‘1 At th close of Mr. Husxtu‘d‘s nr— 'moment the Judge intimated that he lmd already made up his mind that: the course tumen had been the. sensi- .blo and entirely correct one and cited 'the provisions of tlhe statute. ‘There bud been no commencement of Ithe trial on February 3. He there—I You were canvassing through New .forc dismissed the application and Zealand. Were you with Mr Mc_ tthe taking of evidence was at once Lean? '

illegun. i 1 think not.

Did you canvass in Souris?

I (lid.

Mr. Morson objected to the line of cross-exmninution the Judge ruled that the cross-exam- ination must be contian strictly to the cuse before the court.

Ih‘d you during the last election bribe, treat, intimidate, corrupt or attempt to corrupt uny voter 'I

I positively did not.

It is hard to remem-

Mr. Mathieson . briefly Opened the her, as the two elections came so case for the petitioner and called the close togethw, first Wltness- Do you know Joseph McIneac?

mun [illllllN

9"; Does he owe you any bill? Did- you " see him on election day 'I.

2 o

a When did you see him ? Perhaps a week before. i Did you threaten him ? | I did not. I .l. illnhon was next called and er lnmined by Mr. Mathieson.

} How

1 Souris '1’ I About tlve years.

i You are a druggist ?

long have you lived in

I

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, April 20-— Yes

(Special)—Five thousand bales of, D0 vou keep liquor in your drug. cotton, Value $250,000, were burned in store ? .

n tire which for hours threutlenud toi Eek h d l e‘ u keepI . ow muc o 01 new totally destroy tiie plant of the ‘51:. on hand .2 y g y

Louis Compress (loinpnny,

Between $50 and” $100 worth. I $1,000,000.

valued uti How much liquor did you have

w—W the store between 10th October and

" 18th November ? I

’ I could not tell execpt‘ by working i up.

will you swcur you did not have ov- ‘

or $500 worth: The witness after being pressed ad- :mitted he had this much; but as. ' , how much more, he had no idea. Nor

had he any means of reference as he kept no proper amount. Wus 1.. McDonald in your store dur— OTTAWA, April Ell—(SDBCIHLIJFIIOling the last Provincial election ? Ilalilwuy (.‘cnnmission hus do dud; He may han been once and Mr. that not more thun three dollars can ,Heaptz once or t\vice_ put n(y more, 1m Charged by a railway ConlpafiYI In answer to another question, the where u shipln‘l‘ 01181111505 the “GSUM'iwitncss stated, that he was not sure “0110‘ i" 9"" 1“ “am-“it- Iwhether Mr. McDonald took anyone The ill‘flcucc Of the Companies has ,into drugstore with him‘ or not. He 119011 t0 Charge 11 CC!“ 11 h‘m‘l‘md lluid no charges of any kind a- ponnds for u change in the dustinne lgnmst ML McDonald, though he may “1011 Di it 01”- .liave bed a memo on a slip, which he kopil in the cash drawer.

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: u

Wild; iiREATLY ENJOY

t l l 1

Their Visit to the Fin-si Chinese Restaurant in America,thet Chinese Theatre, Chinese House of Worship, (ILO

‘uliuoiy uppeurui in this paper, und

I :zreut Cli)’ of

11mm: of people. in

‘li‘zirtholdi, tit III‘hdthHly and 23rd St. g'i'liis Littei trip

give an idea of life umng the poor

‘\\lII he hill” the finest (‘liinesc restr

lIIlllt‘St' storm nnd markets, and all iothcr q'lnint scenes in China- ‘town, it»; well as li‘Ic on‘ :the thorny. 'l'hese tours nre moreI

extensive thun those given by n‘nyl ‘othci hinht Seeing (‘ompuhyg but at» \I'f' some time tzniln‘tice no tIlSl‘Cfl)llt—‘, able pluces, the object being to show“ the New \ork "Exist Sidcr" in IilsI home, at his business end annismnenh wltlnyut exhibiting the immoral phases oi metropolitan iiic. The trip com- prises un (ll‘ientn-l supper including 5 {mm the innious Chop Suey, a visit 1|) the

vmmltfhlnene Theatre,I and to the Joss House. u souvenir of no trip and other interesting features.

MISS MARY DOUCETTE, New Acadia, one of the popular young luili‘e

Kings' lonnty DIstl‘iCt, in Guardian's content for the “Big Free Trill" In New ork (‘ity mid return. When 0. A. i‘nlrinson, the conrte "115 and obllglng proprietor of the Green Car or Swnutikul- Sightseeing (innlpnny,plnnncd his trips through New York City by automobile he knew that. his enterprise would be Krently appmi-lmm' put was not in the limit month of the year? aware that. it uould meet with such M159 “'m'i'nco Smith. 45 BMW!” general recognition from all quarters. SIN". “‘35 N‘Fntf'mdtThe Gumdian's A 1th of a few of the plums which ml; Free “In “mt-95¢- wlll be been 011 two of the tours hus (“mum‘sd 0n l’nl'e 3‘)

puny The Guardian's party of ton (.n he trip so that it can he thor— oughly enjoyed.

Who would not ‘enjoy such a trip on one of the longest summer evenings

the University of l'nris for the scholustic yenr shows that Paris bus I' "m, “‘1‘” "‘11 W (‘nloycd during one :Iost none of its traditional attruc- “‘ “"3 1"“1. eilmmcr UV‘tTilll'lAS in that Itions lor the, students of 10m and one hull mu. 1 tries. of n totul of 17,000 I A ull roses [helmutriculnted, over 3,000 are foreign- the mm)“an "m1 will proceed .Hiiill in Hindu from In front or Hutullers,

_ will he even more ,from ltussin. Higher education scean imtercstlng thou the others no it will lip possiss little attruction for

,I‘urisiinnu “us well us the (lrit‘ntuls. On this «Ixip'studenux registered, 1161 urc foreign ,ers. mount in .‘inicricn, the L‘hinese ’I‘hcu lill‘c‘mnt'ol ‘trv, .loss llouse (House of worship), whose number incremseu every your.

MINI nun v. i STUDENTS n PlHlSlEAHNEGIE WM 3

l l

Ill

y

l‘AllIS, April lily-The report of

' 'J ‘u. , Dust . (11111.1.TA, 0nt., April 1 i_ ll

(lollutt has received from Andrew .thrrnetie un offer of $12,000 to build 1'

H ' 'I ‘ ' n I U"- “n mum fret public 11 many in the tow o Studentsl 'l‘hc coufic‘ll has decided to accept with the building as quickly as the pious

ure provided.

PHIPIHINB IUII ' III FISHING LAWS

S'l‘AMFORI) UNIVERSITY, (‘31., April lflr‘l‘rof. E. 1“. Prince, who re.-

lly fur the lurpeot contingent. Comes

the

for of the. 1400 women

These r'.t_,urcs of course take no nrt unil inusicnl students

lllllll Kliiliifi’i 'qu

presents the British Government on he lnternntlonal Fish Commission has arrived to confer with David

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Starr—Jordan, the United States Commissioner. The twu commission- ers ill compnre the results of their investigation. preliminary to the preparation of a final code of laws governing the international fishery relations of the two countries. Each . . rcprescntntive has drawn up n sep- m’: the wm‘l" “um” 1“ England' and arate set of laws. The tlneb code will will therefore travel to Europe by he mm to president Tan! who Wm “my “tuges' “0 Wm pml'm’ly Witness submit: it to congress. The code also

LONDON, April ill—«Lord Kitchener will resign his command in India at the end of August, according to a report in Calcutta (says the Times). On leaving India, he will visit China und Japan. He desires to ovoid spend—

Two competent guides will accom-‘the grand manoeuvres of the Japanese will be presented to the Brmsh PM“

,al'mY- liament. 1f the combined code is rati— jfled, its provisions will apply to all ‘the fishing writers contiguous to the

United States and Canada.

CHICAGO MARKETS.

CHICAGO, April 20~(Speclal)-— lApl‘II Wheat. . . .... .. 11” FAIR AND COOL. ‘Apl‘il Corn . .. Elli __.. IMBY Wheat - 125¥I TORONTO. April 21—(Speciati— M“ (’"m ' 70? Northerly to easterly w nds. fall-4pm

May Pork .. 018.201cool.

Technical Objection by Attorney-Genernal Overruled. Tak- ing Evidence Begun. Some Interesting Incidents Disclos- ed. Many Witnesses Yet to be Called. Some Absent When Called.

the

being pursued and:

UNIIHIIIlIIWN $12.5lllli

Christians

An interruption occurring; due to CONSTANTINOPLE. of discussion based on a point of tec- (SPECiall—Ali the linicality though after u few minutes C the examination was continued.

‘ Did you give on person li uor, -, . . ,.

,during the election to}; which yohJ did‘lmu“s hlfpholting the Young Turks ure

I‘not get paid by the person to whom advanc‘ng U90" “10 Capital.

'wlu glivlcttlw mum. I" No was mun 5.000 Persons lost their - v2. ' -

CHILI}: 13,0585“ I ves in the massacres in Adena for the answer ? last eight days, on the result. of the I cannot. outbreak of Moslem fanaticism.

The witness eluinml the protection ()1 th' - ~ ‘of the (lourt, us his evidence might cit . OIISAZOtal 2'000 were kmed m “M make him liable. to u. penalty. I mm mm more than 2'000 I The court udjourned till two o'- we” MOSIC‘mS- rclock, BEIRUT, April 20—(Speciall—Mos-

lem fanaticism has broken out. in the

immediate vicinity of and great. excitement pl‘evnils. Houses in tlames run be seen from

April

the constitutional troops and the sol

uny more definite

AFTERNOth SESSION.

i I The. first half hour of the afternoon twas taken up in the continuution of

. . Alexamlretta .11. J. Mubon's exuminution. In one . . ' . . .. ,swering question after question LONbTANTID‘OPLE: A1’111 20—- put' to him by Mr. Morgan, :i:;:~::: . r . 7.-...1:

his story may be briefly summarized us follows:—

I know Alfrrd l‘uquc‘t, but do not remember givicu ll'Inl any liquor on election duy. ->|‘ 1 don’t think he was in my store. I govt: McDonald some liquor on election day, how much 1 don't remember. i don t think he ever took people in‘ my store .to treat them.

‘After being asked it several other people were in, the witness stated Ithat his memory again failed- him.

I I did all 1 could to help Mr. Mc- Donald, during the election, but I Can- not remember anyone Leanvassed‘, I never gave Wm. Poole a flask of

(Continued on page 3.)

111111] inhibit *' MAKES A SPEEHC

of Navy There Would be a Panic.”

LONDON, the country knew the real truth re— garding; the present rontlition of the

LIE. dlnlniii - EIIS IHI SIII invent:

I Lord )has. Bereslnrd, read at u. I meeting of the Navy League.

To this Lord‘ Charles added, “I Wish you every luck in trying arouse the people to a grave danger arising from our unpreparednoss for war.”

ENGLISH Hill IIIIH HIHIILIIJH 'CINIIII

April 19v—W. Dad, representing the London Zoological le‘dcns has left. here on an expedi» ‘tion to capture white beur cubs in .the north. Several small herds of Apr” 20_(spwial)_ English Red Deer will shortly be im- dcstmwd Rockmnd ported for breeding purposes, accord— :ln' to the provincial game warden,

0“ the Mr. Williams. “Fifty years ago,’ Suid the warden The inmates narrowly escaped. 'I‘hen'g, hem of one stag mm Six binds hoilel owner is Charles Stevens. were imported into New chland 1from the Old Country. The herd now number neurly 30,000. There is no rea- .son why similar results should not be )linnrd‘;Liniineul Cures colds etc. ~ luttuincd new 0,”. must (“Strict h,

m 7' " intlmirnbly suited for red deer. ’

Condensgéfirfiscmgng 1MIIIIIIII BEGINS HIS

HIGH RIVER, Alto, April 20— (Special)—A recount in this constiitu- ency gives the seat to Roberts, Liber- al, by eight majority over Dr. Stan- ley.

The seat had the election.

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INUIHIH Bill HUIIL BLAZE

been in doubt; s‘incc

VANCOUVER,

HALIFAX, Fire completely Hotel, at Windsor Junction Intercolnniznl

I

4&7» Line for Chsslflcatlon.

good business stand

.d with Post ()tllcc. House will _ store heutcd with hot wutcr, nil in P Never failing well of

good condition. ' I wuter at the door. Uut buildings lll

good repnir. Near to Shipping, schools, churches cte. Apply to R. Warren, North River. 4—-21dtf. i IAN—TED, a girl for gencrul house- l“.wnrk. Apply to Mrs. l). A. Bruce, 170 Sydney St. t—Zldrfl.

LUNDON, April 20, Joe Martin be- gins his cumpaign in Stratiord-mr AVUIl m high hopes, not of winning, hill of :hznving the English politicians

{MA

20— '(SpccinIJ—There . forts surrounding attacks on the Christians in Memh, Onstnntinople are now Occupipd by uhuut eighty miles northeast of A1-

Almondm’ttu:

t0]

:Gilmun, a drunk what he blasts of medicine. He arose early this

w’l ORNING Daily Catches All Early Morning Malls.

MONTH BY

m v :10. PER YEARBY 3L fiv‘n’hocllc

CONSTANTINOPLE IS SURROUNDED

“I

Young Turks Hold the Forts. Awful Massacre {at Adana Where Eight Thousand Perish, Including Both

and Turks.

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have been renewed

lexand retta. I (‘onsulur advices describe the aim- -ution to be extremely precarious.

Ext'iboment is intense, although the ,prosenee of the British cruiser Luna ,is expected to have. u tranquilizlng Iefiect. I A despa-tch from Vienna says at ro— rport is published that two hundred and tWenty Young Turkish oflicuf‘s. , including all the officers of a: Cavalry regiment. were murdered last week.

if that is true the ulleged demands [of the committee for punishment of the authors of the mutiny may ac- quti a grim significance.

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townie“ llllSl HILL

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“If People Knew Condition Against Deadly Weapons, In-

decent Books and Photos lmposes High Penalties.

April 20»~(Specia1,;-—“III OTTAWA, April 20-iSpecial,)-——Hon. IA. Il. Aylesworth has given notice of

u, bill to amend the criminal code, the chief amendments being designed to stifien the low -with respect. to carrying offensive weapons and the 'proeur flail of indecent literature and ' photographs. '

The present penalties for these 01-

rfenses are increased and the wording

of the act changed in order to make the enforcement more easy.

It is made an oflence to have in- decent post cards, pictures or litera- ture in one‘s possession for sale, whether :1 sole is effected or not.

lllfll rural” or MEDICINE

TlLTON‘, N. H., April ill—Before retiring Saturday night Frank A. contractor of this town, supposed to be I

... _v.\~

morning in great pain and fell to the cor unconscious, dying, Sunday after— noon. lt. was found that. Gilman had accidentally taken a dose of chloride of potassium. He is survived by a. widow and a daughter.

IIINEBIIII IIII , SHHJBB MIIIZHII]

TORONTO, April 20~-Lung’uont and Hhrubh have signed to run 15 and 20 miles in about a month, providing the doctors pronounce them fit. A deposit of $500 cut-h .iinds the bwr~ guin.

that he menus business nnd run tight. "lh enrliest possible tlnte Itl' the cit-C» tion is the first week in May.

r ANTED, a girl for general house— I‘ .work in small family. REferenccs requirei Apply to 7 Elm AWNChM' Mr. Martin is dead against prefer~ lonemwn' , __._____4__30d§1pg‘.— ence, contending that \‘unedn does ’ ‘OR-SALE. a pure bred Yorkshire not want it, and that all protection 'mr- Apply to Neil MCNWlnv 15 buser corrupting. Canoe Cove. 4*}E4ipfl~ Much will he mum- mnuinst him of r I" V" E his udvocucy of (lnnndinn reciprocity with the. United Stutes. A hot, light. is certain, but Unlonist. organizcrs assert thut. the victor wlll be their man, Foster, who is a strong cundi- date and a former member.

PUNISHMENT FUR Sl‘IT'I'lNG.

MONTREAL. April lib-Eight more cases of spitting on the sidewalk were brought before the Recorder's Court recently. The young men who 1 ~ were taken into custody on this - . r. .V . charge all plemlul guilty nnd were >‘"' ' I . each sentenced to pay $3 or spend ' . {teen fifteen diin in jail. '3 Two cases of spitting in street card were also heard. Each had to ~ pay '3] or eight days' imprisonment. Af- Iter the sentences were won‘ounced, IMr. Gn‘noury, Superintendent of the tMontrcal Street Railway Company, limited that: hereafter the Company will themselves prosecute any mnn found spitting in street ours.