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Ha,-v¢5t'|nsb¢~‘~Ue,neral In a few Days----Maslslrate-Orders Mllmamen, Crop*(`lr€a`te"!sta in Canad’s History,--AI- if t° 'I°"‘°"° "°I'“°lS““ '

Tempest in a Teapot.

ready Farnr_ers'__are1Scwing for Next ___ -

I Tmwsro. Aer. 1-(Special)-ra the

over thc Northwest. _ .

|,,,. ,waved a great success.

\\'|.\'_\'ri-mi, Aug. lv-(S|1¢el1\l.)-Wllullfl [uw rlays harvesting will tlelltml

.ilu-arly Alberta farniers are sowing

.-1- win-at and wlthoixt exception this

|r;\-.- yr-are ago there, was practically np.

winter wheat grown, but it is so pror-

,mlsing that it will become almost the sole

crop of the new Pmviacel. f Reports from all sections arc brigliter than ever previously received and the `yn|a nas season will be nie greatest and _best in Clmudafs history.

A _ aw-ial meeting of the City Council

i,_-hung; coaii-act and matters' _in cert I with the street.`s`. The Mayornnd

lla: Councillors but Messrs. Prowse.

ami Alley were preson`t.

Uaun. l’atun suggested ,that the work ilae street between Queen and Pownal Kant street had better be stoppcdfor

the work between Prince

llrllsboro on the same si'-rect ilnislied. would allow more work on concrete

for which these are`,-n.Iany"re-

all the

but

that the

This was agreed upon. i 4 i‘u\m. liiicy than introduced the electric

vraiir-act questiprf arid moved the

, rcsolntlon, seconded by Coun.

iii-.~.oi\'r-rl-tlrat the eity of Charlotte-

r-nn-,r imc a contract witl\ the Char-

Lightand Power Co for light- slrcets for n. term of five years

llii-.iexpiriition of the pneaent con-I npaatlre following conditions. To' tin-oughout the city not lcss thanl

Terms Agreed upon-Subiect to the

Approval ol the _Citilens 'at a Public Meet- ing i0i~h_e, Held Next Tuesday.

~i I in-l-l last night to consider the elec-

@gEwEn

cent onthe price of illuminating gas as soon as tho present consumption is ln- creqsod one half. Further details to bo, arranged to the satisfaction of thouounoll. Before this agreement _is finally ratified the matter to he submitted to a public meeting for the endorsatlon of the citizens. -

Conn. Hooper reviewed the history of

the electric light question, Ile thought notwithstanding thu verdict of the city for municipal electric light p_lant it would b`e a bo_ld councillor- that would undertake an issue of debentures in thelprcsent in-, dobtodness of the city.'l.‘he matter _laid been given uiuch consideration and if there were any mistake it was an error of judgment. Then there wus the question of destroying the value of thc ComDN\Y'S plant bylcrectlon of n. city plant.

Conn. Paton had given the matter- much

eonsicleratlori _and aft_er_wrltlng , to many: cities had como to tke conclusion that tliof present offer was a very reasonable om-.Inf live years timcn: plant could bo* built lunch cheaper. There is also the question f responsibility which the city would I)xave to boar in case ofa municipal plant. ' Conn. Stewart regretted the haste and the absence of some of tho Gouncilors.

peered to receive a soldier who had been arrested for drunkenness. - ' '-U10 lllvuxbers of tho escort were

ordered by Magistrate Denison to remove their helmet-s and were also reprimanded for having failed to do so ,without orders.

The niiliiary men claiin tlnit the sol-

diers should not have obeyed and a tem- pest' in a teapot is the result of the incl. dent. I

IIIIIMII Illllllsli

HIIISBIIHII Sl!-Hillll

'Tm-1 formal opening of the Macdonald Consolidated School. Hillsboro, will takc

place at 4.30 p. m., on Tlrursday, Aug. Zini._' ills llxcellcncy tho Governor General is expected to be present. Ilis Honorthe Lieutenant Governor will preside and the speakers will include Dr. James W. Rob-

ertson, Dr. Anderson and Principal Rob-

ertson. Ilia Excellency will probably inspect the School on Thursday, previous to the opening ceremonies.

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IIIHIIIEI .IIIIUBIS

of -THE SINIIEIIIII

or-annul

Pants, July 31.-The activity of the

floruran commercial agents ami oiliclals with reference to tho Moroccan situation is causing grave doubts on the part of the French people as 'to Germany’n good faith. Despite the decision oflthe two rgoveruments not to interfere with the

. , ‘ . . .tt tan it-t'i -`

_ live il,ila|npero improved?encloa- On the reil°\`I'°flfl\<1l‘1n>¢ll10L’l`i\ DlUI1lS‘~'II-0 S u us_ quo un 'le H mm' 10"" _cull it l n" n bo was taken ami though the vote was ["°"'“° m°°I'S' "he G°"““““ “"3 uyhlg '""I’°‘ ““‘ “E "1" y‘“°'°“s I" y ‘ their' utmost to extract commercial con

_.' llit"t~ |if'rofl.hc ` n‘|yt;I~l\eoI\l:~iI€;ep|I:;nvlg§ gx\:;*I:'<ll); Zxdtion of“an;laSI\t.m:l¥hI;x lI»va;“fHliowed up “°5s‘°“S mm me s“"‘“"’ hqpmg ‘hereby

. V p, V . vanilla pnwur i\\co,;_x<l`escei1t1 lamps as are- at rar-.~<-ntinstalicd at $l8 per lamp and. ici-airy further 32 candle power lamps as are ri‘r|a|\ed at the l‘dl'A!0f$20 lI!0.¥".‘It\lllP-I ic rrdiu-e the cost of commercial and; rlnna».~lic lighting to li. cents not per; kilowatt hour; tho ‘Company to guars' autvo that- tho above rate will not

no lnnnlate tom t e c zona o r ` ~ o

by legislation tp erect a plant. 'l‘here was

l I h ltl t cncw

the contract but if the present oiler is th best for the city he would approve of it if endorsed at the punlic meeting.

The ruotion was carried and llis Wor-

ineri-ruaal during the odntinuance of th _ r-cali-acl. about to be entered' into fo, slrrri lighting; the Company' 'Also to; arzrra-, ic do away with the mlni'rnu`rn rata’ clan-rgc :nal to supply.gi\s__for heating an_ . power at $1.50 pc;-`M. rnidjtho Cqfppaliy td aarlcrralrc tcna'rk'e`o rctfuctiiinof 20-pc

(IRQ =

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mg 1 v

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__ te, ._ ,A-‘rf ,

ladies! ff, r the

The latest and best produc- tion in the artoi shoemclv

insii. "X%,, “°‘ 8° abfasdiéf HW.-¥ubf~

°‘>’I°» if and treat..-Lavlirxa/y°\\-. can buy the 'gg _

So e Shoe idx-

jarrangerl. _ ' It was agreed that the citizens' meeting

1 I

as possible, carly next week if it can be

be held next-Tuesday.

A motion was passed that after the con-

crete work on .Prince bo`iinishod work be commenced on Sunnyside.

The Council their ad,jo`urned.

Mechanics. Farmers, sportsmen! To heal and when the skin and remain

grease. oil and rust stains. paint and earth. cle. use The "Maller Mechanic's" Tar BMD Alben Toilet Saw un.. M11

to strengthrn Gcrmany's position at the conference. Inquiries in well-informed circles, however, show that it is not b_e- lieved that Germany is officially authoriz- ing thesoeiforts to secure advantages, though diihcultles are likely to arise from this action with constant protraction of

.ship suggested that the meeting of the [citizens for consideration bo hchlas soon ° °M“u°"B‘

a s

Count Von Tattenhuch Assholrl is fur-

thering the efforts of German agents, which already have resulted in securing a concession for the construction of wharves, while strong efforts are being mario to obtain a cable concession and the acceptance of a German loan.

Such proceedings, it is believed here, do

not tend _to lrftstqil a friendly understand. ing, but the approaching interview bc- tween Premier Rouvlor and Prince Von lladulln, the German ambassador to France, is expected to result in the dis- poliing of doubts and the conrpletion ofa satisfactory arrangement.

Summer Goods I

Hammocks,

. lcpnis llacquctsl I

Cl1illlt¢ll’S WZIKMIS. .

Japanese Silk -F3115,

, _.lap __llmbrcllas.

EIIHIIIH Ill

.IUII WHIII I IS lllllll

Wmnrrno, July Ill.-Tho' “corner” in .luly what ended today with the close oi' the grain exchange at Winnipeg. This terminates for tho time being, at least, the first successful comer ever engineered in Canadian grain. The agony is over, and those who sold wheat \vhicl\ they did not own know approxlmatelywhat thc amuse- nient cost but the public will never know as there have been private settlements

. 1.21’ .CUPS all Sam" "‘;f:;;“’..f'.‘2.";.?s h.‘i:’..:.°.‘;'.‘.°f.'.f.‘:.‘;.2‘;.§

idea abroad among men that them is _also 'li vlry conliclnpnhln short interest -in Au-

d P gust, which. however. has been accumu-

an _iating in u different way, as August is not

what is known as o speculative option

fupnth such as July. The August silos of

New Mols Late! Mésallifs

wheat, especially to eastern and foreign millers, who must have the wheat for mining purposes, In reported tobeeeniii- lcrable. but its these sales were mule n the way of supply and demand, .md though large in the aggregate, yetln

small lots, it is not likely that any len- uuansl advances will again be recorded,

Police Court today a military escort ap-A ,Q lil-.

Ai -lliltinuunl-I* I I L|NEv|rc;l1 an Mlilanllir.

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KARL CRIY.

Who Will Arrive Ilcrc With Party Tomorrow Morning,

Crrrsrmn, Mass, Ang, 1__(3pec|,\p_

After nine hours of hard chase over rocks 'nnrl hills ami Llirouith woofls Charles Tieclrnaa was captured by a crowd of cp, lzens and constables today and brought back here for murdering his wife.

Tiedmanis twenty-live years old and

has been married two year-\s. ‘

Ile has been drinking and for the past

EXCITING CHASE

AFTER IVIURDERER

Who had Killed. His Wife and Escaped to Woods

Captured in Dense Thlcket-'-Another

‘ Crime Sprung from the Whisky Barrel.

year lms not lived at home. : Today he returned, opened a window of

the house and shot his wlfo with u revel'

VL‘l'»

llc then fled to the woods and citizens

started in pursuit.

During his nine hours flight he had

covered only three miles so dense was the I woods.

until the last fcwduys of August draw near. A general review of the situation brings out the following points: that there is scarcely u bushel of rmntract wheat In the farmers' hands, and prac- tically all ihe high grade wlicut is now owned by thc Ogllvic company, and the Ontario millers and foreign companies must cornc to them for what wheat they require.

IIIISSIIN IIPINIIINE

UN FEIEI PIIUSPIEI

Czar’s Assurance Says He Will Never Conclude Shamefui Peace. M. Witte Talks.

Lorman, July Ili.-The Daily Toiegrapli

correspondent on board the Kaiser Wil- helm Der Grosse, on which M. Witte. the Russian peace plenipotcntiaryls a pas- senger, semis an interview which he hits had with M. Witte in which the latter said that if Russia and Japan had agreed upona common basis before ap- pointing peace plenipotentarlcs it would have been much better. As it was. M. Witte said he regarded himself rather as an imperial courier sont to ascertain the terms of Japan. llc was Drei>Bl'°d W make peace, nevertheless, he added, as his powers were very complete. MMI iw would discuss tho demands based on Japan's actual military and naval sueces~ esina buslnesadikc spirit of give_ and take.

"But I cannot and will not," continued

M. Witte, “entertain demands based apea expected military successes in the future. I am conversant with the humane inten~ tions of my imperial master and I will do anything compatible with Russian: honor and dignity to establish that work of which I have been an unswerviag advo~ onto. My first task. however. lu the new world will be to sesmhlfor I bull 0! fruit »ful discussion.

91'. Pnfnsuulra, July ll.-The emperor

has issued the following note in _reply to an appeal from ths_clergy of Orenbjgrg not to conclude a shameful peace: .‘"l‘lre Buruianpeopio can rely on mo Never will Iloonclude n shameful pence or

but this we cannot be ac-tuallydeterminerl

IIIIIIIIUW

Illllll NEWS

Wu.r.ui1a J. Camrhenr., A. B., will

preach (D. V.) on Sabbath ilth at Kinross 10.30 and at Birch Hill 3.30. On the 7th at Point Prim, on the iith Plnctio, the ilth Belle River' at 7.30 p. m.

Gu:~.'s'|'.\|u.i: I). 1'. lilvll/ii-1 of the S. A. G.

who arrivorl home rr week ago after an absence of four and a half years in South Africnlcit Canada in Mare-lr lilli_|wit'\ 1200 Canadians to join the Ne\v Iu\per'lal Force which was to police tho new Colonies when the war would end. llostilities continued for fifteen months alter their arrival nt the front during which time Mr. Mellae was stationed. at lleidciberg in the Southeastern Transvaal after' t.hnt his troops were transferred to }hl_vlsir'oom in thc northern district and latoron l.o1’rcI.orIa. He says tho liners are setilngdown to the new conditions as well as can bo cxpcctcrl and that very Ilittle discontent is noticeable. Those that “l.rekerl" away lo German territory are .‘trcking" back again preferring 'British to Gorman rule. While on his

:way from Africa Mr. McRae visited Aberfeldio in Scotland, thc homo of his ancestors from this Iplncc. ills great grand father' ami family started on their journey for the new world lust one hundred years ago. ilu was en- tertained while thcro by tho Rev. John McLean, a Pwsbytcrinn clergyman and

Pownal, and u nephew of the late Major McGregor of the 42nd illghlanders. The Iiev. Mr. McLean’s mother was n sister of the into Dr. McGregor of Bruckley Point, who it will be remembered, was trrtacherously murdered in Ci\llf0rnla during the gold fevcrdnys. D. P. la the third member of the Mcliac family to serve in the South African war, Robert having served n your In the 2nd Mounibd Rifles and 1-`. D. a year in the lst Con- tingent. Their combined service totals six and n half yearn and tholrthrce medals have a total of eleven clasps. Mr. McRae ratums to South Africa in October and will continue In the S. A. U.

WEATHER TODAY.

winds. mostly northeast and northwest,

slew local showers but partly fair; not much dhcngo in the temperature.

k one unworthy of Great Russia." Thursday -Fine and n little warmer. and Hrs Campbell, law of Bedequel a ` , -,I , ‘ .

cousin of his father, Alex. M. Mellae ofl,

, - I

Tonnrrro Aug. 2 -( Special )-Fresh

and Cant Approach

S'r. l‘1-zrlmsmrun, August 1-( Special )- General Llnevitch telcgraphs elnpllutlc- .ally denying the published reports that his army has been surrounded.

Ile declares the liussiau force has never

been In n. dangerous positlon,nor have the ilanks been turned, although the Japs attempted to do so.

The Japanese, he adds, have unsuccess-

I sr£‘ic'ihf‘c"<*lpl§'ll'yli>°»5‘%rs

SAYS ‘

HE’S QUITE SAFE

.Japs Attempted to Turn His Flank but Failed

llrs Main Positron-

I laps Win Another Fight on Sakhalin

Island.

fully ends I to appro.. ` -- Yusslan main position.

Tomo, August l-( Spams. -Oiiicial

reports from Sakhalln Island state that on Friday the Japanese army defeated Iiussians south of Rykoil ami later occu- pied Pnlem.

After hard lighting the Iiussians retired

southward.

In New Orleans-_Death

I -Great Heat Preva

Authorities are not

NEW 0n.|.r.‘ANs, Aug. I-(Special)--Owing

to the intense heat during the past few

days there wore more deaths than usual' from yellow fever today and many new cases developed, the greater number' of the patients being Italians. I

Scientists are not alarmed 'over theI

situation, claiming that it is still possible I

YELLOW- FEVER

PLAGUE GROWS

s Mostly Among Italians ils-Still the Sanitary Greatly Alarmed.

to trace all the deaths to tho origins centre of contaglon.

ily the first of next week, when the

Deriud of germ incubation expires tho experts wilibs able to tell whether the disease is breaking out in new districts and whether or not they will be able to control it.

KlISi|l'S VISIT lil

Klllli IIHHISIIIN

Monarchs Embraced and Got a Great Reception From the Populace, Long Conference Fol- lowed.

Cor-usirmlun, July :i1.~'l‘he meeting he-

tween Emperor \Villlan\ of Germany and King Cliristiarr today was of o very quiet and informal clmraetcr but the cn\peror's absorbed demeanor seemed to show that he attached great importance to the visit.

The forts und worships fired royal

salutes on the arrival ofthe imperialyncht Ilohenzoliern. `

King Christian was nttircd in the uni-

form of a German lfhlan, and in company with the crown prince and the other princes, Prcmir-,r Chlstenscn and Foreign

WILL G0 T0 KINGSTON.

K_INllB'l0N, July ll).-Oupb. It. H; V. De-

Bury of the Royal Garrison Artillery, ad- jutant at the Wlnrlwarrl Islands, has been appointed professor of artillery at the Royal Military College hem.

QUARANTINED AT CUBA.

}I<1Us'roN, Tex., July 20-The Southern

Pacific received rr cable from liavana, Cuba, stating that Cuba has instituted rr rigid quarantine against all Gulf ports from Topeka to the Swunea ltlver.

Mlnurd's Llnimenl Relleves Neuraigla

TOUKISTS

and

VISITORS

to CnAaLo'rTu'rowN

lillnister Count Levertzau, welcomed the emperor, \vho wore the uniform ofa Dan~ Ish admiral. There was no forinnlrecrp- tion. The monnrclts embraced and Ern- pcror' \Villlarn conveyed to Kiln; Chris- tian the grretlrrgs of llurpcror Nicholas of Russia. The party immediately entrr- ed carriages and drove to Bcrnstolf castle umldstmueh cheering by the spectators.

Throughout the drive the emperor was in eamcst conversation with tho'klng; and took little notice of the decorations or the populace.

Themonarclis walked Loizciher in tho palace gardens this afternoon anil l,hisI evening (here was a slate dinner' at which' forty mlm-sta assembled. King Christian briefly thanked the emperor for his visit, and the laitcr expressed his thanks for, having been two years ago appointed a I Danish admiral.

-_»,¢l.

-TRADE AND SHIPPING.

.PORT 0F CIIARLOTTETOWN.

Aug l. nr-Diplorna, Williams, Port

lluwkesbury; Stanley Mac, Whil.l.lc, North Sydney. |

Aug l. cld-Parthenla,I1laokmore, Picton;

S. E. Cove; Fongere, Sydney.

CHICAGO MARKETS.

Ornoxoo, August 1- (Special) -, July Corn Aoi Sept Corn:| 52|

" Pork ll8.40 “ Pork li3.47

BORN

At-Fleming Alla olhluly 9th,toGeerge

" Wheat Hi “ Wheat 84| .

will find at CARTERS’

Booxsroas a large and beautiful line of

Souvenir

G0. » fs

in View Books ton- taining hundreds of beautiful scenic views in and about CHAR- Lorrsrrown, also u souvenir b o o k o f PMNCE EDWARD Is- LAND containi.~_-_‘ 16 - Vrsws throughout the Island.

Souvsura Carna-

wase and Gtasswaart, sterling silver goods in Spoons, etC.,efc. GLASS Paras W E 1 o xr r s, S1-IELLS of P.E. Island, Patriotic Goods, r tc_, etc., in great vaxir y.

See our beer-iiul

line of New Sour. :ua Posr Cairns.

CARTER & C0., Lid., Qwv Scum- -

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