Senate Read Reon A OTTAWA

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We've a millinery de-

partment here whose object 18 to please you exactly.

We know you want nothing but the best—in style and workmanship— and we provide it. :

Our prices for high

class work —are as low as

usus! prices for the ordin-

ary, sort of work.

WORE & MeLEOD.

THE MILLINERY LEADERS.

Bulbs ! Bulbs !

Our shipment of Bulbs, Direct from Holland, bas just ar-

rived. and are now on sale.

BAYA TINTHS-—Named Waristies.

Single and double, white, red and _ rose, blue, violet, mauve and yellow.

ZU UPS. _ White, sc wlst, red and gold, tinest named varieties and mixture extra.

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This is True Liberty, when Free Bo

HT’S GREAT GALE

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Much Damage is Today Reported

SCHOONERS ASHORF, WINDOWS BROKEN, TREES DOWN.

The Storm Was The Severest For Many Years,

Ever since Tuesjay, with the exception of @ tew hours yesterday, there has been a steady downpour of rain, the fall on the level being 5} inchee, the greatest for « good many year. Lasi'eveaing "between fix and eight o’clock, the wind, which had bee» freshening up for an hour or so bz fore, tookon greeter speed, and soon & clip cf forty miles an hour was attained. Tais rate wa; continued during these boure, the wind being northeast. Subse: quently the wind freshened up again, this time from the southwest, when a velocity of thirty.two miles was attained. Today,

however, the clouds have rolled by, and there is a decided improvement in the weather conditions.

The storm plaved bavoc with the elec- t-1¢ Jight wires, many of which were either blown down or croseed’ ‘he cure rent had to by ehut of about hal:spast seven, and the streets were thus Jeftin darkness, adding to the disagrees ableness of the situation.

A good many live elecirie wires were lyimg about the streets, and in the darkness several personas came in contact with them. Ovoe young medica! map, it is said, bai his bands severely buroed in

his way.

Vuriug the storm trees were blown down, feuces ecaitered, shingles removed from the roofs of houses and sent flying in all directions; in fact nearly everytaing (hat was not firmly attached to immuv- able properiy cuftered, Some of the trees were (orn out b- the roots afier with- standing the gales of years.

The trlepnone lines throughout the city ure badly “‘crossed,” asd connection with the outlying sections was this fore» noon entirely out of the question. But meno are Out endeavering to right matters, and with all possible despatch the liaes will be maie ready for use.

The telegraph wires were also icterfered with, but linemen are out makiog the Lecrssary repairs as fest as they can.

The tide during the wight was the highs est for years, mos. of ine wharves being fl oded.aud considerable property, largely lumber and coa! , weshcd overboard,

The tide came up over Connolly’s wharf and entering a shed owned by Mr. James Barrett, iu which lime was stored, started a fire which destroyed the building and its contents. Mr. Barrett had no insur. ance,

The effect of the storm is plainly mark. ed on Richmond Strest, west of Queen. During the ptriod when the wind was at iis highest velocity the ancient etockade surrounding the jail blew down for neariy its entire length on the north and south sidesof the building. Lower down tbe street hait adczen large rees were blown down, s:veral neat Mr. Tait’s hothouse, tortuuatcly falling witsout doing apy in~ jary. ‘Lhe kitchen chimney of the house owned by Mr. Thomas Csmpbell and oc- cupted by Mr W K Rogers and Mr Alrwin

Finest Hyacinths,

No finer bulbs can be hai in Canada. Our prices are fWer than these ot any Canadian firm for equal quality In- lection iny ited,

r ® . . , ' , \. B.—Special attention to mail orders. Send for catalogue.

CEO, CARTER & CO.

Direct Importers of Bulbs, Seeds, Books, ete

hummer Suiting

mixed varieties. A'so Freesias and Roman

broke « ff shor: and feli on the roof kaock- ing down the plaster of the ceiliog in the Ai twelve o’clock the high lide iore several rowboats away from their moorivg*®, washing one of them up on the street.

One of the largest and fisest ornament- al trees in the provirce, the largest and fioest in the lawn of Mr. Tnomas dandra- van, Rochford Square, was blown down during the storm.

A chimney in the Newson block was also blown down, crashing through tke roof and damaging several hundred dollars worth of furnilure,

T'he Princess did not Jeave Pictou until well on towards midnigh!, reaching Char lottetown ubout half-past five. The Northumber‘aod came over from Point du Chene as usual, and the express reach~ ed the city about 10 45.

The front gable end of Worth’s livery steble was blown compleiely out by a gust of wind.

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SIGIR IARI TS Our importationsjof clothes for spring and summer is now pate, and we invite inspection of the !azzsct amd xobbiest Xk of suitings, overcoatings and trouseri2z, i? be seen in city. Correct style, perfict fit and beet workmanship saranteed. Always on%hand, a jull ling of gsate’ furnishings

JOUN MLEOD & CO!

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The large iron smoke stack of Ratten- bury’s pork packing factory was blown across Grafton Street.

School Street is blocked by some trees having fallen across it at Euston Street. Another tree fell, Wacross ater Street by the roundhouse. It stood close to one of the houses which in that. part of Water Sireet are much higher than the street level, and in its fall took away some of the foundation stones of the house.

One of the large windows in Messrs |

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“~XAMINER

he Public, may speak free.” —Eveirines

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CHARLOTTETOWN P. E. ISLAND FRIDAY OCTOBER 12 1900 NO 237

| Drake Bros’ siore on Hillsboro Street was

| blown in. The chimney ef the bouse also fell. The chimney of the residence of the late Thomas Dcdd was biown

aown.

t hroughout the ci!y windows in stores | and private houses were broken by the | flying debris,

The _ range lights at Brighton and | Tracadie were blown down during the storm. They will be put up again as soon as possible.

McLauchlan’s bridge on the St. Peter’s Road i+ reported carried away.

/he barn of Tobias Coady, at Alexan- drig, Lot 49, is reported to bave been bluwn down and the stock injured.

The tide at Montague was the higbest ever experienced there, being about six feet over the wharf and causing damage to property in the vicisity as well as to the wharf. The extent of the flow was so great thst the working of the electric light plant was interfered witk and dark. ness prevailed.

In the height ofthe storm and the darkness a echooner of Captain Porrior’s went ashore at Montague, and is reported danaged.

The railwsy wharf at Georgetown was carried eway, trees were uprooted and other damage done,

The wharfat Lower Montague is re por ed badly damaged.

At Souris there was considerable dam- age. Part of the warehou-e of Archibald Currie, in which there was a large quan - tity of flour, molasses and other goods stored, waa Overturned, and the coatents damaged considerable. The east end of the railway roundhouse was blown down. Mr. Geo. Kuight’s steam launch is re- ported asbore; and all the snow fences on the Souris braneh are down,

The barracks of Mr. Michael Coady, at North Wiltebire, wes blown from its usual position to cne near a barn.

A house owned by Mr. Thomas Mc- Quaid, Kelly’s Cross, from which the foundation had been removed, was blown into the cellar.

A barn belonging to Mr. Irving at Ver- ncp River Bridge was destroyed. It was ebouc 3100 leet long, and had just been re- fitted.

Cardigan Bridge was completely carried away by the storm.

The bungalow atthe Cliff House,Stan- bce, * as blown several feet.

Mr, Jobn Kiley, of Stanhope, had his couch bouse blown down, and its contents damaged.

The barn of Mr. Wiiliam Hodgson, of Stavhope, was blown down. The stcck therein was damaged, one cow beivg killed and another seriously injured.

A new pighouse recently erected at S auhope by Dr. McLaughlin #as blown down,

Mr. David H. Auld, merchant, Stan hore, mourns tne loss of his warehouse, which was blown over by the wind.

Mr. William Crockett, Tracadie Road,

| traffic. «

also Jost a barn with all ite coatents, ex cept three horses, one ot which was pull

4 RUITER AND CHEFSE sei] ss

frem under the failen timber, i al A vessel owned by Mr. Jumee Mac:' donald, loaded with catil+ nie ather | Pointers For Dairymen-?. EB Is~ freight, and all ready tora }, broke her | moorings during the ecorm «and is piled | bigh auddry on the shore at Cardigan. | She put her boweprit through Captair Ives “store, causiog cons derable damage. Summerside bad a very bigh tide which made the railway wharf unsafe for trains.’ Orrawa, ‘Oct, 12,—Reports received The railway track just weet of Summer-| at the Department of Agriculture from

side was alao damaged, and the train! ’ j b from ‘he west could not get to 90 apna seunrnene eis: : the station until about neon The tide {cites of Great Britain state that severa rose{ nearly a@ foot over the floor of the | shipments of Canadian butter have been warebouse on the Summerside wharf and | janded there without any shipping marks oun some of the goods stored] 9. the bags which cover the packages.

There isa small washeut oevr Mount It would be to the iaterest of shippers Stewart which detained the trains ebcut|to put shipping marks on the outside of so heur this morning. _ the bags as otherwiee the bags have to be

Details of the damage in the different r*movedon the wherf, thus exposixg the sections are difficult to ob.aia because of isk iage 20iled the interruption to the telephone lines. | psc ¥ages to the risk of being soiled.

There must also have been consideratle| Another report saya that the P. E. [;- damage to shinviar. jard abippers end the best made boxes

THE FLOODS. for both cheese ani eggs. Cheeee boxes from P. BE. Island are

Aa made from birch instead of the easily Great Damage in’ Mow-Beanswick: splintere.{coft elm ueed in many other

[$pecian ro Toe Exawixen.]

St. Jouy, Oct. 12,.—Tne entire prcee vince of New Brunswick resembles a lake. At nine o’clock last night it bad rained steadily for 118 hoars, and ten inches had fallen.

No train is moving on the OC. P. R. be. tween St. John and Vanceboro, or on the branch line road to St. Andrew’s and S:: Stephen.

The Fredericton and Woodstock cour.e j8 au aggregation Of washouts, caused by rain which has fallen eteadily since Tuec~ | *patch bas been day night. Streams which crossed the! Roberts : road have been so swollen that culverts’ Pretoria, Oct.11.—An engine, with which have carried freshets for twenty. track, conveying a party of Engineers be- five years have this time proved inade- | ‘ouging to Paget kotle Brigade, while pro- quate, aud the water has ove? fl wed. co alog to Koop Muden, was ambushed

The bridge at Hoyt on ‘he main ¥ in¢ Boers, Captain Stewart,with forty line was dsmaged, its abitnient being Wcu of the R fle Brigade, went to their swept from under it. Between St. Jot *vpport. 4 ue casualtics, unfortunately, and Vancrboro, and including the C PR Ww re heavy. Stewart and one private were branch lines, there are twenty-five weshe, Silled Capi Poge’,Lt Stubb and 5 Engineer@ outs, thé greatest being n ar St. Jobu,; were wounied, aud Lieut. Sewell and ten where there are two 150 feet long and 20] privatee of the Rifle Brigade were made feet deep. prisoners.

The conditions are the worst which haya! Dz lisle’s mounted men and Colonia's existed in the road’s hirtory, aud the raic | afier three days tigbting, have driven De-

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still falle steadily. To-night there mM2Y/wett north of the Vea! near Venters be even more damage.

Thousands of dollars are represented in| room. the damage already done and inthe loss of| D-wett kas been assuring the Burghers

that Europe would stop the war in Oc»

land Scores as Usu él.

[SrectaL To Tae Examiner |

places.

THE WAR.

Boers at Their Oid Tactics—A Bloody Fray.

|SpecraL To TAH ExaMINER. ]

Loxpon, Oct. 12.—The following de- received from Lord

No other aid so great to the housewife, no other agent so useful and certain in making delicious, pure and wholesome foods, has ever been

There are imitation baking powders, sold cheap, by many grocers. They are made from alum, a poison- ous drug, which renders the food injurious to health,

ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 100 WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK.

a ltober. The Boers were thus buoyed with hope that eomething would intervene to end the warin theirfavor. I trust they now see how futile were their expevtu« tioas.

THE HALIFAX TRIBUTE,

Freedom of the City and $5 to Each ofthe Boys.

[Specist to Toe Examiner] Ba.irax, Oct. 12.—The Canadians, when they land in Halifax, will r-ceive the freedom of the city and five dollars each, and each man wil] be crowned with maple leavee: A big banquet has beemp arranged.

HALIFAX CONSERVATIVES

Nominate a Winning Team.

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[SpeciaL To Tue Examiner. ]

Hauirax, Oct. 12.—Mesers. 1 irdea and Kenny were nominated by the Uai- fax Conrervatives yesterday.

devised. Curese.—The Cheese Board met +) afternoon. There were 368 whie anil 5608 colered cheese hoarded. Th- eles were New Perth, 175; Hazelhrook. | 20; NorthWiltshire, 150; Vernon Rive 4/0 Orwe!l], 26@;—to Mr. Baszard for 1. } ets All the sales were of colored cheese. The pext meeting will be held on Oct. 26th.

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At Charlottetown, on the llth October to Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Reddin, a son.

Remember the auction sale of choice Gravenstein apples by R. Beairsto tomor- row morningat 10 o’cleck at his cffice, (Jueen street,

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