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THE DAILY EXAMINER.

READING the Gerit resolution resp R pr ind t remi hetween the nes» ' must tw concluded that ‘pp sition have mlopted the Government's be Phere io not @ word in the reece nceerning [ nrestr eted Reci prov itt Phe vl has apparently wer dropped I fact is the strongest proof of the wis- ' f the Crovernment spect fo this Hiportant matter After years of discus | n and agitation, after testing in succes Commercial Union, Continental Free

Trade and Unrestricted Reciprocity, the

have been

pponents of the Government

forced to fall back upon the policy of the Government rather than give up the hope f gaining office and power in this country

Phe frank aml manly course of an

honest Opposition would now be to join

hands heartily with the Government in

respect to this question f Reciprocity

They have taken exactly the same ground

im respect to it; and, as patriotic men,

they ought to unite with the Government in an effort to obtain a boon which ha« heretofore been repeatedly refased, first

the Liberal Party, which sent George

Brown to Washington, and then to the

Liberal-Conservative Party, which sent in easion Sir A. 7

and Sit

Galt, and Sir Charles John

ll and Foster

Tupper, Thom peon with

Messrs. Bowe But what is their course of action

They are still misrepreserting the Govern-

ment im respect to this question as in

respect to every other question, For in-

stance, the Toronto Ginbe saya:

“Conservatives try to confuse the public that favor of the negotiation of a reciprocity They have any such disposition Their declarations are like the European monarchs in favor of peace e

The

European

thev, fair treaty of shown

mind by declaring too, are in

never manifestoes of unfortunate for the

simile is

monarchs have maintained

peace throughout a jong period of years

during which there were repeated incite-

ments to war; and the Government would,

we believe, have obtained reciprocity but

for the agitation by the Opposition af

Commercial Union and Unrestricted

Reciproecity—leading on, as the United States, polii@ians shrewdly

the severance oft

- opined,” te

Canada from Great Britain and its annexation to the Republic of the Glehe’s

never

In contradiction statement

that Conservatives have shown any disposition towards a fair and reasonable treaty of reciprocity, we have the fact that Poliev

culated to inure to that end; the fact

the Natior ul was deliberately cal- that the Conservatives placed on record a standing offer of reciprocity in respect to many articles of commerce; the fact that they sent delegation after delegation tw Washington to negotiate for the purpove treaty

they

reasonable

fact

of obtaining a fair and

of reeiprocity ; and the that contested the last election on that ground

and only relinquished their efforts for the

time being when they learned that the United States Government of the day would not entertain the ide:

of a reciprocity treaty which did

not tend to restrict the trade of Canada to

the United States and to discriminate heavily against our Mother Country. As

against this record, the Opposition have only to set off the

Brown and a lot of bunkum calculated to

mission of George deceive the electors of Canada and to miis- lead the politicians of the United States But why, having discovered their error and fallen beck upon the policy of the

Government, do not the Oppositionists

unite with the Government and aid them to indnee the Government of the United States to reciprocate trade with Canada? If honest and sincere, they would now do «. The only reasonable conclusion which thai

ean be reached in the premises is

they are still acting the part of the organ-

ized hypocrisy; that they are even now prepared, should they gain office, to mak such a treaty as would certainly result = i: the restriction of our trade to the United States and in annexation

- ee —— THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA.

fae Chinese imperial! council, known a< the Teung-li-Yamen, which has charge of the foreign relations of the empire, recently

sent an important communication to the

United States’ minister at Pekin. The communication is couched in the careful and politic language of the Orient But

it leaves no doubt that the patience of

China has heen strained to the

anti-Chinese !egislation

that

ntmost by the of the United States, aad the friend ship between the two countries is in dan The Chinese

diseuss the origin and scope of the Ameri

ger of statesmen

rupture.

ean anti-Chinese laws with comprehensive

logie. The reproaches they convey are not the less severe because conveyed in a moderate tone, and they state the facts in & way that cannot fai) io command atten

tion, even if it fail to carry conviction

Treaties have been broken, the Chinese ministry declare, and the effect is to injure * both the fair fame of the United States, as well as the friendship between our re spective countries.” Then follows a stren uous protest against the Geary act, and a plain hint that, if enforced, it will be fol lowed by restrictions upon the residence in China of American citizens, and by re atrietions upon trade between the two countries

eee eee Grasped a Live Wire,

George Barbeau, an experienced line- man of the Standard Electric Company, mounted a pole on Thursday morning to- put a wire into Molson’s Bank at Ottawa. While sitting on the converter which trans- formes a strong current of 1,000 volts into the current of 50 volts which goes into the buildings, he slipped and grasped the sev- ered end of the outside wire. He already had a hold of the other end Calling out, “Rows, [ am done for” he fell back on the converter and died before he could be reached

Death on the Kalil,

While Nellie Henderson, aged four vears, and Isabella Early, aged twenty, living at Renfrew, Ont., were returning from berry picking along the C. P. RB. track at that place on Thursday morning taat, a local train struck and killed beth of them. Little Nellie, confused by the roar of the train and the shriek of the whistle, ran right before the train, and Miss Early was killed trying to pull her away.

Tue Gvoriovs Fovrru.~A great day iu the States.

USE SKODA’S DISCOVERY, the great Blood and Nerve Remedy

‘THE PERJURY CASE.

Evidence at the Trial in the Supreme Court.

An Interesting and Important Case.

‘

Tur cas f Alexander C

River, charged with conmmitting perjury in | the course of a trial before Edwadl Hack- | ett, 1. P., in Septem! last, is now

the attention of the

iv Supreme Court c

Shaw, of West |

msiderable interest ix tuken in

the ense , and the evidence is listened to with great attention Phe evidence given | by the plaantff, Alexander S. MePhee. and by other witnesses wil] be found below :

Avexanpen S. MePuee, (sworn) Shaw was present at the trial before Mr. Hackett and he wax sworn, and he cle posed as follows

“On the 20th of August last I had Archd. Darrach and John Darrach work- ing about Jumbe: [vave mv horse to

Archd. Darrach to vo to Appin Road, Lot 30. John Darrach and J had a ehat and he left. When he had gone I went my own fields to have a look at the ovste: beds, the tide being low When I vot in

down

sight of the river I saw ..e most of the best beds, Long Creek, Clyde River, and part of the West River In looking up

the West River I saw a boat and two men

in it, fishing, as I believed I at once made up in that direction and recognized Alex. S. McPhee with kis nephew Wil- liam, tishing, oveters clo-« ma on the south exule of the river I waited there a little time and starte «l fu byevvnne ° and I aw tonite of thern had a bucket and the other a bay, eo faras 1 conld se | lost sight of them Went down to the boat used by them and vot some smal! ovsters that I still have I went home then and kept

the matter quiet; but told my boy to watch if he saw them going into Ch’town But he did not see them So | come plaint, as I felt it my duty to do so Question bw Mr. Peters—What time did John Darrach leave you ? Answer—He left about a #ix. Archd. left a few minutes before When I went down the river after John left me [ could not distinguish the color of the boat, but she looked dark in color. i recognized the men in the boat and saw they were fishing. They fished about ten or fifteen minutes with a kind of tongs. I azaw Alexander on a lump that was raised by a mud-digger, fishing with his hands It was then twilight. I did not notice that they had more than a bag and a bucket when I saw them. To all appearance thev had oveters in the bag. I do not recollect that they had tongs with them. When I went to the boat I eould not find any tongs. I do not know who owned the heat. | could not identify the boat, as it was pretty dark before I reached there.”

made

quarter-past

Shaw also made a further statement that he had waded McKenzie’s Creek. He sail that he <aw the Lamont’s Cove, close in on the southern side. The day was Saturday, the 20th of August, 1892. I was entting barley ina field on the north side of the road—between the

boat in

road and the West River My nephew, William MePhee, was with me. We worked. there till about six o'clock. Then we sat down and took a rest at the

reaper. I went down to the next field for

the cows and took them home and milked |

them. Then l went to a field of white omits to straizhten up some stooks. When Tcame back my nephew asked me to go

to the shore with him. It was then late in the evening—zetting dark. I took a pair of oars and a hatchet. He took

We had a new boat built the

' cleets and an anger

on the shore She was week

previously

our Own farm—next the line of Mr. Mc- | Favden. She was finished with the ex- ception of the row locks. She had never

been used. We went down to put on the row locks. We found the boat afloat at the slip, a couple of yards from high water mark. She was fastened to a small bush, bank, by a chain The chain was and 50

growing on the between 40 long The h les had bored

previously. We did cleets on that night because it was getting too dark to do it rightly. Then we pushed the boat afluat and my nephew got her and he rowed two or three strokes [stowl on the shore. [ am prepared to ewear that I did not vet

heen throngh the

cleets

She was lying at the foot of |

not nail the |

| Cove to the other and found | to fourteen feet of water.

| than : | a few oyster would be brought up on the a feet | first forkfals from the chanuel at depth of I went to drive nails into the cleets. |

j cove. MePhee hes one pair of oyster | tongs. These tongs were on the fence all

inte |

held the chain in my hand while he rowed |

We pulled the boat ashore leaving the boat afloat tree. It was then home. Mrs. McEachern Flora and my wife wert Flora had seen me at supper at 4 milked the cows. no bag with us

up an i down amd went home fastened to the dark We went and my sister

there o's Jane k and also when I

We had no bucket and

Mabtne

|} was then perfectly clean. If there had been ) mud or oysters in «the

| Mr. Hackett.

| brother. T saw Shaw that day on the j; way home, about the middle of Me- Lanchlan’s farm. He was walking east towards home. Dr. Taylor was with me.

| [It was then in the dusk of the evening

| in the third field from the | 20th | West River road.

We did not fish or attempt to fish for oysters, There were no oysters in the | boat. The boat had never been used for fixhing oysters There were no marks of oveters on her. The hoat wae not taken out further than the chain would let her = go. We were not fishing for fish of any kind I saw no ovesters or shell fish of anv kind on that

oceasion, There were no small oysters in the boat when I left to go home. The boat was painted dark brown with a coat of metallic paint. I did not stand on a lump raised by the mud digger, nor fish with my hands. I never left the shore that evening. We had not a kind of tongs. 1 swear on my oath that I did not fish o attempt to fish that night. [lit the lamp in my wife’s bedroom before I went to the shore. When the tide was nearly high MeKenzie’> Creek would be pretty nearly full. It is a wide creek, and between four i and seven feet deep. At the mouth I would think it would be tive feet deep. I have lived in that localiiy all my life. I have never found oysters in front of my shore or in front of Lamont’s farm. I have dug mud, but T have not seen oysters

| ite where I worked would be

own |

there, and [ have never seen anyone fish- |

ing there. It is not true that Mr. Shaw

>

saw me fishing oveters on that evening, or |

atall. It is not trne that one of us had a bucket and the other a bag. If anyone says that he saw me fishing at all on that evening, it is false. My relations with Shaw have not lately been of a friendly character. It is nearly two years now since we became bad friends. We dis- agreed about ‘some schools matters first,

: | painted inside. into the boat Tj i

DAILY EXAMINER

n Welock

a litthe rain, but not

went down about sev it was a dark day Paere wa- enough to ston work We stopped eutting i perhaps a quarter or twenty minutes before The

tide was about a three “quarter tide—not

six, and binding about six o’clock

quite a full tide When I made the measurements | took Mr. MeKenzie and Mr. MeFadyven with me It was in the} month of November I made mweasure-

ments at low tide

bk I think i

Wiae~

and al<o at three-quarter |

in November Phere only a week or two between the twe W her

the water wax clear oft

the tide was iu the flat It wa

not, f tink, in om the that tt

Miea-uremetit=

Wits ib the uf the ahac=

coytlarter Cit mitiwo tious before high tid vi The Sane as when v went to the bot We in some other places, al the beds Outside we tom at all I said before the Stipendiary Magistrate that [I never saw ov-ters taken out of Lamont’s Cove. | did not see Neil MeFadven fixh oysters there }did not hear Samnel all, jr, swear that he and his father had } fished oysters out of Lament’s Cove j

heard him say that he had tried there, ba

don’t remember that Ball said he got then

wtf MecFadven’s Point, or in deep water

cat twelve and four teen feet, ated iéss

eize of

om yet tot

last Saturday

Shaw and I were good friends until after the affair of the bridve i might have asked him to settle a seduction ca~« i

Magistrate

swore before the Stipendiary that [ couldn't see Lamont’s Cove from the road; I went there on Saturday last.

From no point along the West River roal could Lamont’s Cove fo Judge Hensley : 1 could see tue channel outside. but not the

Laventan MeKenziz, exaniined by the lived at West

| ace cove

Attorney-General :—I have

River about twenty years. I remember the 20th of August last. Me Kenzie’s Creek goes through my farm. On one side is MeLauchlan and on the other M,

Fadven. 1 was entting grain that day on the we =t sick at the (Cre kK, in a fell nerth

of the road running down to the river There is wood on the point,about five acres. It runs up five or six chains. I eut and bound that night till after seven o’clock— after dark. The land on the point is about forty feet high. and slopes to the east to wards the creek, I have travelled up and down the bridge road, I was there last Saturday. I walked from the bridge to where it strikes the road. I couldn’t see Lamont’s Cove from the road at all. 1 can see the outside of the channel. On the 20th Angust I was cutting and bind- | ing til) about dark. I used to "oO down to | to the shore. When I was last down, just | before we stooked the last round, the water was only a yard from high water mark. | The tide was then rising. At high water the water is right upto the bank. I had } a view of McKenzie’s Creek from where | I was working, but did not not see anvbody cross. Alexander C. Shaw did not ‘ ross, I did not As to the depth of water opposite the field where | worked, a servant of mine waded up to his middle when he crossed it. The first time we went to take measurements of the water in the cove, Arch. MePhail and John Duncan MeFadyen were with us. The two McePhees went to the shore with us. Alexander didn’t go with us. The first time we took a pole with us and went out te the edge of the channel till we found hard bettem. We sounded as we went out till we came to a sort of brow, on the edge of which is mussel mud, and then we came to the edge of the channel. We sounded from end of Lamont’s from twelve At one part it was eight feet where a mud pile had been raised. It would be impossible for a man out there to fish oysters with his hands. We went again about a week or =o after and sounded at low tide. Wm. McPhee, John D. McFadyen and Alex. McPhee were with us. We went over the same ground again. We found eight and ten feet of water, except on the mound, where we found four feet. It would be impossible for a man to fish oysters with his hands at the shallowest place. I never saw oysters in the cove or handier the channel. When digging mnd

see him.

one

25 to 36 feet, but not on the flats or in the

summer and they were there after the 20th of Angust. They had not been touched. MePhee had a new boat. I saw the boat the day it was launched. It was not , A fortuight after the 20th, the dav on which I heard that MePhee had got the summons from Mr. Hackett, I went down to see the boat. Her inside boat it must have shown on the clean boards. [remember the dev on which the trial was held before The day before that I] was in town, and took Dr. Taylor up to see my

Cross examined by Mr. Stewart—I was shore on the The creek crosses the

A man crossing oppos- up to his

August.

hips in water. We made the measure- ment of the water in the cove about the middle of the mouth. The oyster beds

are at the bottom of the channel, but none |

in Lamont’s Cove, There are no beds there, but in the channel. I never tried to fish there,

THE B. |. S. LOTTERY.

The drawing of prizes in connection with the above lottery took place in the Lyceum last evening. A large number of ticket holders were present, The drawing was conducted under the supervision of A. MeNeill, Esq., and John feSwain, Esq. The following is a list of the successful ticket holders and numbers :

lst, Wm. Daly, Sturgeon, No. 2270.

2nd, F. Rattray, City, No. 7606.

3rd, Willie E. Sheehan, City, No. 7850.

4th, J. P. Dorion, Cavendish Road, No. 9599,

Sth, Martin Blanchard, Kildare Capes,

6th, Isaac Davet, Highbank, Lot 64, No.

| 8747.

and also about the inspection of a bridge ;

for which he was the contractor and I the inspector I have not seen oysters taken out of the deep water at the point referred to I fixhed oveters for two. or three fa'ls down at Clyde River, also at Long Creek, opposite Clyde River, about two miles from Lamont’s Cove. We went to Lamont’s Cove and tested the depth of the water at low tide. It was from four to seven feet. hummocks or mud hills. such hills visible at low water now. We

We couldn’t see any | There are no |

had a pole in the boat and the feet marked |

on it. We tried all along in the mussel beds ontside the flats. We went out till

we lost bottom—our pole was about six feet long. We crossed the river on the fi,lowing day (Sunday) in the boat. John McFadyen came and sat by onr beat about an hour talking.

Crossexamined by Mr, Stewart-—1 was up before Mr, Hackett on the 6th Septem- ber. I think in the first part of November. Pm not sure that it was not about the end of November. [admit that Iwas at the shore that evening, but I «wear that I did not take a bucket down with me. I did not hear the girl Robertson swear that she saw me take a bucket, or Mrs. William Hodgson swear that I had something like a bucket I had no bucket. It was not quite dark; you could see across the court- room. The chain on the boat was forty or fifty or sixty feet loug. It had been used for tethering horses. It was a chain for digging mud, but a very light one. My nephew is about? twenty-one. I held the chain and walked up and down- © I was tired, g= if was dark, Ithink the sun

I laid the information against Shaw, |

16th, John Whelan, Freetown, No. 1 1018,

lith, R. T. Delaney, Miminigash, No. S063. { 8th, Edward Lynch, Montrose, No. | 9325. :

19th, Mrs, S. P. Cheverie, Souris, No. 1424.

20th, Martin Connick, Baltic, No. 921—A

No. 5609. | | |

ith, Frank Croken, Lot 30, No. 559.

Sth, John Ferristal, Burlington, No.

S97—A.

9th, G, C. Green, Miminigash, No. 5637,

10th, Felix Wedge, Alberton, No, 1155—A, }

lith, Seymour Cardiff, Lot 48, No, | 4279.

12th, William Cremer, Kelly’s Cross, No. 314.

13th, Robert Doyle, Stellarton, N. S.,

No. 976—A. 14th, Edward Martin, City, No. 2038. 15th, Terrence Farrell, Sea Cow Head, No. 8642.

USE SKODA’S DISCOVERY, the great Blood and Nerve Remedy.

oe em 6 ee ee

Liverl-Conservatie Convention

A Convention of the Liberal-Conservative Delegates of the Third Electoral District of King’s County will be held at Cardigan Bridge in the Warerooms of James E. McDonald, asq., M. P. P., on TUESDAY, the lth inst, at 3 o'clock, p. m., to select Candidates to con- test said District at the next General Election.

Chairmen of Delegates will see that their respective Boards will be fully represented, Any vacancies having occurred should be supplied in the proper manner.

| viding coal and the

| wife

| other.

Hard Coal

‘done here.

J. M. McLEOD & C0.

CYRUS SHAW, jyi—dy li wy li Vice President,

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.

' The Question of Two Dally Sessions. j Phe regular monthly meeting was held |

last night. After the usnal routine of

receiving reports; hearing applications for | positions and other correspondence, the question of twe | ms daily came

Board is

arrangements

; and as the In favor of HM,

up for disenssion nhaninous will likely be made at next meeting of the effect. The hours suggested are 9.30 to 12 a. m., and 1.36 to 30 p. m., without any intermission other | than that for dinner

Board to carry it inte

Representations were made te the Board should be allowed he pupils, and it was agreed that in future

that the front entrance

Principals be instrueted to allow pupils to | « admitted by the front door. | Plans have been submitted for the im- |

revement of Queen Square School, which ferred Pro- whitewashing of the tmildings were also left to a committee. After bills the

meeting adjourned.

is been re to a Committee

pas-ing a number of

Teacher and Pupil Elope.

Joshua Miller, of Mecklenburg, N. Y¥.. a Justice of the Peace and teacher in the public school at Perry City, has eloped | with fifteen-vear-old Estelle Upkike, one | of his pupils. Miller is 50, and-has a sick

i and three children. . Estelle is the | daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Updike of Perry Citv, highly respected people. Should Miller return, the citizens threaten to treat him to a coat of tar and feathers

LOCAL NOTICES. eee eee Advertisements under this headif, chided for at the rate of ten cents perfline. ,

100 new pictures opened to-day at the Bazaar Store. Call and while the | assortment is good.

St John, Halifax and American and magazines for sale at the Store. ‘

select

papers } Bazaar |

Foolseap and school supplies, cheapest at the Bazaar Store.

Like evervthing else that is good, the Christie Bread Knife has its imitations, When you want a bread knife. see that the blade is stamped Christie and take no Cali and see them at R. BONorton & Co’s,

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LANDING TO-DAY,

PER BRIGT “ ZENITH,”

350 Tons Hard Coal,

In EGG and CHESTNUT sizes.

Cc. LYONS.

Charlottetown, July 4, 1893—]w

LYCEUM HALL

Two Nights, July 6 & 7.

SARAH LORD BAILEY,

THE QUEEN OF ELOCUTION,

Will Appear in Her Famous Recitals.

Change of Programme 2nd Night.

Tickets for and Davies’ jy4

Prices, 25, 35 and 50 cents. sale at Watson’s, Reddin’s Drug Stores.

A Family Consultation

on the Shoe question usually

results in the buying being

Kach one finds that our | Shoes have more wear for | | the money than anybody | } ; y |

else’s,

Charlottetown, July 3, 1893—dy

Unlike the Dutch Process oh No Alkalies >) Other Chemicals —

ae used in the

preparation of

W. BAKER & C0.’8

BreakfastCocoa

which is absolutely

pure and soluble. | | Ithasmorethanthreetimes , = porenate of Cocoa mixed

Sold by Grocers everywhere.

W. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mase

| Warden; Daniel Macleod, Con;

Wants, Lost, Found, &¢

Advertisements under this heading charge five cents per line.

WANTED.—A Nurse by the 10th inst. ply to Street,

Ap Mrs, Morson, at Mrs. Hodgson’s, ~~ ¥

LOST.—A doctor's visiting book. . The finder | will be rewarded by leaving it at Dr. Dodd’s | Drug Store.—F. P. Taylor. 3i pd—jy4

LOST.—In town, on Dominion Day, a large

sum of money in bank notes. Finder will be | rewarded by leaving same at this office. j jyt—2i pd

TO LET.—On the first of September next, | the Store on Queen Street at present oceupied by the subscriber as a Boot and Shoe Store. Apply to J. B. Macdonald, N. B.—Wiltl not be e

for Boot and Shoe Store. j

is3—2m ext & wky

By a Clever

| years and one of the

‘Horrible Railway Accident

| yesterday.

. town near Anstin,

few days ago, however, a letter came jfrom his sister that chilled the blood in his veins. Mrs. Wende begged that her brother would

| twovor three times the children have had | to dlean the blood from his clothes when he returned from his murderous excur-

| notify all the militiamen that may be de-

| retary before & o’clock,

| Lawrence Lodge for the ensuing term were

| AJ Houle, NG; H 8S Coffin, V G; J D | Macmillan, RS; J S Nelson, PG PS; J

| entertained the brethren at Carter's res-

| fiseal year ended the 30th June amounted | | to $43,212, as compared with $39,871 in

TELEGRAPHIC.

|

EXAMINER

Robber Discovered

oneness i

Post Office Official.

Seeciat. Desparenes ro THe

A Mail

Cuicaco, July 4.

For two years there has been a loss of mail upon the Grand Trunk Railway, including 4 number of pouches ¢on- signed to Canada, and mail from Montreal and Toronto consigned to the Western States. This has been a source of great

annovance to Canada and the United States, and a post oftice inspector in the guise of a tramp, worked on the case. Chas. Bord, superintendent of repairs for the Grand Trunk Railway at Port Huron, Mich., ex-president of the town council for most trusted em- Grand Trunk Railway, ears and renroved valuable letters from the pouches and resealed the pouches. He was arrested and on his person was found some 338 letters.

ploves of the entered the

At the C. P. R. Depot, Ottawa.

Orrawa, July 4.

A horrible accident oceurred at the Canadian Pacific Railway depot -here A woman named Martin, wife of a French emigrant, and her four vear old son, fell under the cars while attem pt- ing to get on board the train and were cut to The child died immediately and | the mother lingered only a few hours.

pieces.

Importation Prohibited of Canadian Cattle |

Lonvox, duly 4. |

Herbert Gardner, president. of the Board of Agriculture, stated that micro- | scopic examination Of animals landed from

. TUESDAY, JULY 4,

To-morrow and

To-morrow and. To-morrow

and after that we will sell Rainproof Coats at

POPULAR CLOTHING STORE.

Ladies’ Distingue Waterproofs in Latest Styles.

ALSO :

1895,

our

See Our Dry Goods, Mantles & Millinery. JAMES PATON & CO. This Month for Bargains in Men’s, | This Month for Bargains in Men’s Cloth- Women’s and Children’s Boots, Shoes and|ing. This Month for Bargains in Boys’ Slippers. Extra low prices to reduce our) Clothing. Bargains in Men’s Summer Under.

steamer Lake of Winnipeg, from Montreal, | Don’t forget we will sell you cheaper than | Trunks, ete.

proved the animals to be affected with contagious praro pneumonia, and prohibi- tion azainst the importation of Canadian eattle must, therefore, be maintained.

Sir Adolphe Caron Back Again.

Orrawa, duly 4.

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Sir Adolphe Caron has returned from Europe.

PERSONAL.

Rey. Mr. Hamlyw has gone to Quebee .

Dr. Murphy, of Alberton, ix in the city.

Mr. J. 8. Brierley, editor of the Journal, published at St. Thomas, Ont., and Miss Brierly, have been spending a pleasant holidaysat the Hotel Acadia, Tracadie Beach.

Lizzie Borden, since her acquittal, is almost overwhelmed with sympathetic and congratulatory. letters, of which she

has received as many as 200 ina’ single day. lhere were registered at the Hotel |

Davies this forenoon: M Stephens, Or- well; P C Murphy, Alberton; S C Clarke, Mount Stewart; H H Harvey, Montreal; J Heber Haslam, St John; J M MeLeod,

Orwell. There were registered at the Queen Hotel to-day: L Anderson, St Peter’s

Bay; P McLaren, M D, Brudenell; W Mutch, Eldon; T B Morris, Wallace, N S; H A Flynn, do; Geo W Fisher, Powna); | Mrs Fisher & son, do; W Honeywell, M D, New Glesgow; M Anderson, Belfast; John Anderson, Kensington,

SEVEN WOMEN MET DEATH.

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Astonishing Story of the Work of Masked Assassins.

A letter containing startling -informa- tion which has at least perplexed the police authorities, has been received by John Wanner, a butchershop keeper, of Louisville, Ky., from his sister, Mrs, Mayg- dalene Wende, of Bluff Springs, a sma!] Tex. Influenced by letters from his brother-in-law, Pau! Wende, about the ease arid rapidity with which money could be made in Texas, Wanner sold out his business at Louisville and intended to go to Texas in a few days, taking with him an unmarried sister, who possesses a neat sum in ready money. A

never show the letter, as her hus- band would kill her if he found out that she had written to him. | She then stated that her hnshand was the leader of a band of assassins called the Black Agents, who operated in Travis county, and had long been aterror to the peaceful residents. They had mee several trips to Austin and had chlorofermed seven women and murdered them. Then they robbed the houses and at this time some of the booty was storedin their home. These were only a few of the murders they had com- mitted. They were sworn by oath to murder anyone who betrayed them. In the role of a quiet farmer she said her husband was able to carry on his bloody

work and was never suspected by his neighbors. She wrote further that when

her husband learned that Wanner and his sister were coming he sent for another member of the gang, and while she was in another room with her children they deliberately Jaid a plan to murder and rob them. The Jong letter was coneladed with: “For God’s sake take sister and go asfur north as possible and never come baek here, as you value your lives. He treats me and my children frightfully, and

sions.” It was signed: “Your loving sister Magdalene.” General Taylor, chief of police Louisville, has telegraphed the substance of the letter to the chief of police of Austin. He regards the informa- tion as deserving of serious consideration, andthinks it a possible clue towards clearing up some mysterious murders | which have been committed in or near | Austin,

“Drui,.—No. 2 Battery drill to-night. Regruit¥ uniforms issued at 7.30. ince ‘Mitirtaven, Arrenrion !—For want of time the committee have not been able to

sirous of attending the banquet in honor of Lt-Col. Irving to-night. Militiamen wishing tickets will please notify the Sec-

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Oppre_Lowsnip.—The officers of St.

regularly insta}led Jast evening, as follows:

F Whear, P G, Treas, Robert Rattray, William Small, P G QOG; James A Ross, 1G; A D McLeod, P G RS NG; Sydney B Enman, LSNG; Alex Bruce’ R S V G; Ewen Cameron, LS VY G; Alex McRae, RS 8; John F McKie, L S 8 W A Hawley, Organist; Arthur Fulton, Chap; F H Sel- ler, J PG; HM Davison, P G Marshal. After the installation, Noble Grand Houle

tanrant, storia Moxcrox, July 2—The customs co'- lections atithe port of Moncton for the

the previous year, an increase of over three thousaud. habitat

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forward movement of enlarging their valuable paper,

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thanks of the public is due their energy and enterprise, and we hope its many readers will appreciate the interest manifest-