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THE DAILY EXAMINER, CHARLOTTETOWN, FEBRUARY, 28 1898

THE DAILY EXAMINER.

FEBRUARY 28, (898.

THE 3UILDING BUNGLE.

iieiwedion ‘ Tue Patriot, a few days ago, recklessly

charged Tor !xaMINER

becaise we bai stated that the government

borrowed money with which to build » proposed add} to the Hospital for

I Sane a j anew Prit ce of W ] 3 C

building, ane «sed it in ordinary revenue

Our contemporary demandel the proof. This Tue'Exauiner promptly produced. The Patriot is now constrained to admit that the governmen borrowed the money,—up-

wards of $50,000—while it cannot deny that

the money was used as ordinary revenue, as Stated. Upon the Patriov’s admis3ion, then, the

money was borrowed and has been spent, while the liability entered into by the government,to «rect the buildings,remains. In other words, the buildings must, of necessity, be built, and aa additional sum of $50,000 or $60,000 is tobe borrowed to pay for them.

We are eurprised that the Patriot should, while admitting the main facts enter a plea on behalf of the goveroment which bears trickery upon itsface. The Patriot says:

“We have no knowledge account for loans stands under the Temporary Loans Act, but as the exten- tion (statute) ot 1896 did not mention the annex tothe Hospital for the Insene as one of the objects for which the money was to be applied, the law bas not been violated though the money was otherwise used, ~ Sojthe letter of the law has not been violated ; and therefore the using as cur- rent revenue of $50,000, the consent of the legislature to borrow which was obtained upon pretence of erecting an addition to the Hospital for the Insane and

a new Prince of Wales College building, is

how the

justifiable. The letter‘of the law has not been violated; but all the same the Legiss lature and the country have been deceived’ When the bil) authorizing the borrow- ing of $75,000 additional under the Tem- porary Loans Aci. was brought down, the preject of buildiag an acdition to the Hospital for Insane persons and a new Provincial College Building ‘had both been discussed in and out of the Legislature; plans of both had been prepared; it was expected that the erection of both would be proceeded with that year. There is no official record of what the Leader of the Government esid when he brought down the bill; and therefore we shall Gispute the Patriot’3s assertion he did not specially mention the Prince of Waies College building» as he almittedly did the Hospital for the

not that new

Insane, when the mmended joan bill was

before tue Legislaiure. But we are pre- pared tosay that it wae «xpected and that of Wales College building would be proceeded with

borrowed ehould go

understood the Prince and that the movey towards defraying the cost of it as well as of the Hoepita! for the Insane. It was upon that expectation and understanding that the permission of the Legislation to borrow $75,000 was obtained. The

buildings it would cost

two was estimated about $45,000 and the balance wou!d cover the $18,000 already borrowed in excess of the provisions of the law,|caving $12,000 tr. wards current expenditure if needed,—and eo the bill to amendthe temporary loans But neither of the build~

A rid‘culous, unwork-

act was passed.

jugs were erected, able contract for the erection of the Asy-~ lum addition was entered in‘o. But nothing the promise to build anew Prince of Wales College in consideration of which fees had been taken from tLe stuients. Last year, therefore, — the borrowed money having been expended in some other way —it was enacted that “it shall be lawful for the government of Prince Edward Island to erect a new building to be used for the Prince of Wales Co'lege and Nor- mal School” and to “issue debentures for $13,000,” **to run for thirty years,” etc. So the matter stands while the incapacity of the Government to carry out its engagaments ig apparent and the Province stands com-

mitted to the work. ————_ > 4 <a NOTES AND COMMENTS

whatever was done in falfiimevt of

~The Provincial election in Ontario will be heid to-morrow. —Threaieved with war and beset by

famine, Spain seems to be in a bad way.

—Mr. Osler is credited with saying that ifa litle of what Mr. Ogilvie said abont of the gold fields was true, Canada had in that country the Hidorado of the world, and yet nearly four millions ot acres of this mineral land was to be given away for the construction of 4 tramway.

—Having discovered that some one else wants the Senate vecancy,the Guardian withdrew it advocancy of the Hon. David Laird for that position, Stiil it will com- tort Mr. Laird to know that The Guardian .+eeS po reason (just now) why he should

not he Lieut. Goveraor of the Northwest Territories. Are we to infer that no other rflaential Liberal wants the position?

NEWS NOTES,

The

Rothschilds, it is announced, have

| commenced a suit against Sir Tatton Sykes,

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with recklessness, |

1 Belleville, has

ensational

as the recent action of Jay v. Sykes.

aa which it is expected will be as

J. Leiter, the new “King of the Wheat Pit,” has purchased a pair of fast pacers at the special Newgass sale. Red Leaf, a seven vear old chestnut gelding, was bid in for Leiter at $1,375,and Alzymont, a

bay stallion, cost him $1.075. Red Loaf has a record of 2.11, nains of Arcn bishop Cleary were nto tne pa i ) Friday jast and hundreds viewed Today the body was taken to St.

b ] ima W room O! them. Mary 7 cathedral to remain there until the funeral tomorrow Tuesday Mor. Farrel]

morrow, uesday. Mgr. Farrelly, been appointed adminpis= trator of the diocese.

There is a great boom in the Clyde ship- building industry, 50,000 tons having been ordered in February, against 26,000 tons in January. Builders have raised their rates for new work, and will not promise any delivery within eighteen months. They bavealso made extensive purchases abead in order to protect themselves against a rise of prices,

A late expedition to Southern British Guiana to punish persons w:@ had beer treating the rativis unjustly, has shown the region

to be posseased of a rich soil and a fine climate, where both stock raising and agri- culture can becarried on with profit. The process of learning all that is good in the Empire is along one. The popular idea has been that Guiana was a swamp.

A count has been made, which shows that in Oaotario there are 7,133 ofticials drawing public money appointed or paid by the provincial ministers. They get something like a million and three quarters & year of the taxes. They are an important and impertinent part of the biggest politi= cal machine ever devised in Canada. They are among those who do not think it time for a change.

An Ottawa despatch reporta that there is sincere sorrow in No. 6 room, where the eonservative members meet, over the accident that has befallen Mr. Dupont, the respected member who was ore of the victims of the railway accident near Sherbrooke. The latest message in- dicates that his injuries are serious and may be fatal. Dupont is an earnest and sincere man, strongly attached to his church and his race, but highly respected by his colleagues of all faiths and races.

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ESTEEMED EXCHANGES.

Montreal Gazette: The discussion by the Presbyterian ministers of Toronto of a plan for limiting the period of the pastor- ate may be a significant sign oronly a passing fancy. It is noted though, that some of the ablest members of the church’s ministry deplored the “restlessness” that was said to be behind the desire fora change, and which the authorities seemed to think was not always in the congregations. The ideal Pres< byterian ininister has, in the past, been an old man who stayed so long wiih his congregation that he was expected to be present at the burial of those he married and at the marriage of those he baptized; or @ young man, taking up an old predecessor’s duty and expecting to become oli in the discharge of it. It wasa grand

relation that thus grew up between minister and congregation. Muth that is

inspiring and good would go if such an ideal, which is yet often realized, were get uside as of the past. :

PERSONAL

Mr. Paton and Mr. Queenstown ou the 27th.

All well.

Capt. Fred. Curtia, son of W. F. Curtis, of the Custom Department, arrived home ioday after an absence of seveu years.

Leigh arrived at Rough voyage.

Lyman Dartt, who shot an Armenian pediar, last autumn, inthe vicinity of Truro, has been pardoned by the Govern— ment on the ground that the shooting was accidental, that there was veither motive nor evidence of murder.

Mr. A.M. Burgess, Commissioner of Crown Lands—lately Deputy Minister of the Interior—is dead.

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SHM TMACH RRS’ INSTIITUTE,

Interesting Paper by Mr, L.W. Watson, M.A,

The fortnightiy meeting of the Teachers

Institute took place inthe Kindergarten Schoolroon on Saturday evening beginning at 7.39 o’elock. A numbzr of laties aud gentlemen besides the city teachers were present,—several, probably, to hear the pay r read by Mr. Watson.

Usually at these meetings, some ques-

tions specially related ‘0 schoolroom work ire submi!ted for dise on. The ques- ms presented iis evening were; —H can C’ammine preve ited ? ;Ow can bonesty be secu ed in €X:mipations? A how can terdiress be overcome? These |

questions, particularly the first one were discusse.! by Supervisor Stewart, Principal Seaman and T.C. James Erq. Written answers by sume twachers were read by he Chairman, Prine’pal Landrigan.

The bs !f bour a signed to the discus- sion of these having elapsed, Mr. Watson began the reading of his in- teresting paper Plante. Afier a few well introductory sentenccs, descriptive of the ft>ra! beauties encountered during an excursion, and of the points in which animals and plants agree Mr. Wavson entered upon the princi- pal matter of his paper—an account of the plants known as carnivorous or insectivorous. The Sundews, one of which, as Mr. Watson stated, is in- digenous, namely, the round leaved Sundew came upfirst for consideration. The principal organs employed in the capture of insects and the process by whichthe capture is effected were min utely described and ilinstrated by well executed drawings; the Dionaea or Venus’s fly trap, the Side Saddle flower; Nepeuthes, a native of the Hast, and ope of the Blad derworts followed in the order named; and the action of the organs of these diffrent plants by which insects are made captive were clearly explained by theaid st the drawinge previously mentioned. Two of these piants,—the round leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifclia) and the Side saddle flower (Sarracenia purpurea) may be met with in our swamps and peat-bogs,

A disevssion on the paper by Messrs. Newson, McSwain and Prof. Shaw, was foilowed by a vote of thanks to Mr. Watson for his well written and entertaining paper.

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Local Council of Women.

The Women’s Local Council of Charlottetown met Saturday afver- ngor’>at the Prince of Wales OAS. the President, Mrs Ander- son, in the chair. Brief but interest- ing reports were read from the twevle federated societies, showing in a con- cise form the nature of the work engag- ed in by each. Formal! notices of aftilia- tion were read from each and the fee of one dollar paid into the treasury.

Lady Davies and Mrs Sullivan were #ppointed Vice Presidents, the former as & provincial oflicer, and the latter as an oflicer cf the Local Council. Letters were read from Lady Aberdeen ex- pressing her great pleasure in the formation of a cvuncil in this province, anda formal notice of adoption with the Nationai Cou: cil.

The subject ot ihe Curfew Bell was discussed, wid 1 r solution was passed appointing « celegation to present a petition to lis Worship the Mayor and City Councillors regarding the better enforcing of the Curfew law. The de- legation are. Mesdames Anderson, Red- din, Johnson and Bayfield. The same

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delegation were also empowered to wait upon the Post Master re the child- 1en loitering about the post office in the evenings.

The subject of a bureau of informa- tion for labor was brought forward and after some discussion the following re- solution was adopted: «In view of the difficulty that exists here in regard to employers obtaining proper help, end also emplvuyees often finding it hard to obtain work, the Local Council recom- mends that a bureau of information for labor be instituted. Further that as Mr Irwin of the Examiner has kindly offer- ed to undertake the duties of such an office, we the women of the Local Ceuncil unite in promising our hearty co-operation in advancing the objects of such an institution.” A hearty vote df thunks was passed to Mr Irwin for his kindness and timely assistance in the organizing of such a needful insti- tution.

The President read a letter from Mrs Tilley of London, Ont, asking for stat- istics of unmarried idiotic or imbecile women from 14 to 40 years of age in P EI. The object is to learn the neces- sity of an institution for such uofortu- nates. The President volunteeered to do what sheeanin gathering the re- quired information.

It was agreed that the next meeting should be held at the call of the President through the press.

The names of the oflicers and the federated societies of the Council are as follows:

OFFICERS.

President, Mcs Anderson.

Vice Presidents—Luady Davies, Bayfield. Mrs Macdonald, Mrs Mrs Sullivan.

Cor-Sev’ y—Miss Rosa Stewart.

Ree-Sec’y—Mrs McCready, pro tem.

‘Treasurer —Miss Weeks.

Mrs Beer,

FEDERATED SOCIETIES,

St Vincent de Paul--Pres, Mrs Reddin,

St Paul’s Chureh King’s Daughters— Mrs Davies.

First Methodist Church Epworih League—Pres, Mrs Large, Missionary Society ; Rep, Mrs Campbell.

Baptist Church—Pres, Mrs Desbrisay

Grace Church Missionary Society— Pres, Miss MacRae.

St James’ Church Benevolent Society

-Pres, Mis Lord.

St Peter’s Church Womea’s Auxiliary of D and F Missions—Pres, Mrs Bay- fiela.

Women’s Christian Temperance Union—Pres, Mrs Johnston.

The «Y’s” W C T U—Pres, Ashley.

Ladies’ Aid of P E 1 Hospital—Pres, Mrs Hodgson.

Teacher's Institnte—Rep, Miss Scott.

Miss

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