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THE DAILY pa

JANUARY 28, | 1889.

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Gur Fire Bepartment.

Tue experience of this morning must have convinced the most s eptical of the ‘*Centlemen, [ have no right te speak o1 rt politi ~ { Lad t lo so, mb aS a insurance agents that Charlottetown has] Pally petiecs, and Edo not de

now an abundant supply of water

ly avaiiable for fire purposes. Experience:

tiremen who watched the proceedings

expressed the pinion hi if we Vere

tricted to the supply of former years,

should now be mouraing the loss of the tinest

and the insurance

building properties » agents would be drawing upon their Companies for mouny of dollars.

It is furtunate ener-

that the and

getic chief of our tire department resides

active

close to the central fire station and ia thus in a position to have the hose applied and the water turned on as quickly as possible. When our firemen

become used to the improved conditions in which they have now to exert themselves, a tire will be a matter that

W hat

the suppression of

of a few minutes is, if they are

promptly alarmed now is an hala fire alarm which will in-

is most wanted

stantly rouse the leading and most active

members of the department, and at once

give them definite information as to the locality of a fire. With this provided,

and a little better organization, a littie more in taking the

doing

discipline and special training

‘kinks’ out of hose, an? qut *k Kly, noiselessly

F re De-

partment will be as perfect as ne

everything

and orderly as possible, our

and the prompt suppression of ail fires ensured.

[t is understood that the Council of the Board of Trade had*an interview with

leading underwriters on Saturday last, and that a statement of the city duced to writing submitted to them The he. city will be distinctly strengthened by reference to the this morning.

of the improve condition

im respect to tires is being re-

for the purpose of being

to-day or to-murrow. case for

tire of

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Travel and ‘Trade by the Sianuley.

ATTENTION has been called to the fact that

issved on board

tickets sare no longer Stanley,

first-class cabin

second lass the necessary ior all to pay the fare of $3 for each single trip. Ta here 18, believe, no truthin the Patriot's state- taken from poor

Eve1

purse r

ment that watches were men in settlement of the high fare. if the must do his duty—must carry out orders;

statement were true—the

and no man of sense would think of reflect- ing upon him

But this point apart—the policy of exact- of fare nalty for

ing high rates as a Pp

trading and travelling between Prince

Edward Island and the mainland of Canada, is to be doubted. It is not the gool principle on which the Govern-

in accord with

ment has acted with respect to the other Provinces of Canada—the principle has induced them to promote interprovin- calculated tu Nor is the in-

is it draw revenue to Stanley. discriminate massing of all passengers iu her firgt-class cabin caleulated to improve the elegant fittings. More than this, a charge of $3 for ajtwo hours and a-half sail ia simply extortionate. We hope that the to Parliament and the peeple for the

eial trade. Nor

the

minister responsible

management of the Stanley will, him- se'f, personally, devote a little attention iv this matter. We are convinced that an all but prohibitory tariff of charges ou passengers and freight by the

Staunley—supplemented by the ‘* commis- sion of Messrs. Noonan & Davies—is nvither in the interests of the country at

he i ‘ é ng i ‘ WAY ¢ Oo of re af artery L large, or of this Province, in particular. s sterway as veins & i ne ners —-———-- + @ee —- —_———— ; ¢ han 1 of commerce which ikes us 2,50 git i : f this great coun- . | miles into the very centre o Faise Bee laration Refuted. ltry. We have railway communie: ation 14,000 a — ee e i : miles in axté nt nniti: fy sea wit i sea and Pus Patriot of S at tried, in a mean | e sommerc » which r aka as third

way, to discount the Doyle

cung?:

honor shown Dr. | the telegram of ‘John A. Macdon- ‘Sir John.” It had not—it could not have had—authority for

by declaring that stulation signed

aid” was not sent by

its positive declaration that Sir John did not send atelegram to Dr. Doyle ; and we cannot conceive any good motive to prompt it. It must have been moved by its natural detraction, and the instinct which makes it continually disagreeable. By the kindness of Mr. W. C. DesBrisay we are ita position to refute the Patriot's declaration by evidence the most conclu- Mr. DesBrisay received 3 letter from Mr, Joseph Pope—Sir John’s Private Thurs-

aptitude for

sive.

Secretary—written at Montreal on day last, of wh’ch the following is a quota- tion:

Leame dow. here with Sir John to attend the banquet of the Board of Trade. We re- tura to Ottawa te-night. Sir John sent Fathe: Doyle a nice tolege am of cougratula- tion to-day. Us struck me that the date *Moutreal’ might lead to some as to whom it was from. You can teli him trom ine that it was sent by the Prime Minis-

instant- hav ce re- we one of

in the city,

thousands

making it |

which | ¢

rH YAILY KX

and Wer

Great Britain

Tue Governor-General was particularly

happy in his speech at the ba we riven by the Board of Trade of Montreal. Here is what he said a to the reiatiol shup of

Great Britain and her colonies :

. . Be’ sae i sho has mixed for twenty years tu Migyiish

| , . shia i. . al life, I will venture to say that there

brat pont I UI

s no feeling which strikes one nore n the entire alteration in the relationship be tween

mother country and the Dominion and ther distant possessions. The present day it is the entire reverse. At the present time me party vies with another in the leclaration that on the prosperity of the

and of this great Dominion, Knglish prosperity, English happiness is wound up. (Cheers.) That feeling, no doubt, is reciprocated in these shores ; indeed, 1 would venture to argue that from the manner in which the wish that Britannia should rule the wave was taken up over and over again feeling is that these waves iur toe passage Oi the com the two nations. (Cheers.) Day by dav, while the connection between the

great colonies

+ } ‘ rl tO-niwoL, vi oOurut Ver to be free

more ol great

two hemispheres grows closer and more im- portaut, so we hope in proportion that 1s effects may be great upca the fortunes and

pr osperity of these to whom I have the honor

of s Spe aking.

———— Po Gog The € ommerce of Canada.

Tar Minister of Fina (Hon. George E. Foster) delive red a very able: nid elo- quent speech at the banquet given the 23rd imst., by the Board of Trade of Mon-

We

from the Gazette s

treal. quote the following passage

report? :— ‘“*] wish to make this remark, that we not help two things in Canada—we

can- annot

help, in the iirst place, being par ex: € lience a cominercial people, and we cannot he Ip. in the second place, being a people who intend to hold the spot of ground, so large and magni ficent, which our tathers entrusted toour are. (Loud cheers.) It is true, and it alway will that a pero; le cannot be created A

people has a growth; it hasits birth, it has its infancy, ae it has its manhood. He who would gauge the measure of a character and the tendency of a people must be content to go back to its origin ; to watch the influences which presided at its birth and mark its pro rress. lf we do that with regard to the Pro- vince of Quebee and the Dominion of Can wa, grrive at the two c meclusions which I nave alrea ty stated. Down to the south o

us the u wnked ds xl whe i th y lands i on rocks of Plymouth. They came to have

ml where I live in couson-

MACE might >with

ile

Puritai came across the sea and

they

their religious aba poillicar cor

Further tu

7 o.d

south the Spaniard wonderful in order to rain gold

grasp, anda for the

the penetrated to the und tion « f Mexico snd Peru, which lay udy to

iections.

civiliz

there re

love of glory in itself. The ola Roman yun juered the habitable werld for the me: ory of proud’imperialism. In Canada what was the beginning of her civilized career? Here was a domain broad aod wide in which there was no civilization or no feats of im glory to be gained, bat a virgin soil which had stores to be delivered up to patient tojl. Thus was Canada conquered by the prowess of New France as aland ¢g usin the future for com mercial supremacy and commercial prosperity. fe spirit of commerce breathed into the in-

fant C snada hi 43 sunk into the ve

- . ) F P of the Canadian people, and 16 will tollow us 30 long as we are true to our traditions (and we intend to be true to taem); and it will

comilierciai pe ;

naKke us a [ 3

strongly to the trust which was put in ow harge in these old and bygone day it is in working out this'destivy that Canada in the twenty-first year of her united existe stands in the proud positi m of being a coun-

try unsurpa assed for three things, viz.: for the

Api lit y of ner comm reial progres 88, fur ni present facilities for comm relal enterpri and for a prow land hay PY future for her com- mercial pros] yerity. No . 1 will tr y to prove these three assertions. What is the element if commercial greatness? Is it not, first, that we should have the mechanism of commerce;

secondly, iat we should have the materials for commerce; and, third, the brai this mechanism Let me speak of anism of commerce which is under our control, We have a coast line which is superior to that of any country in the world, stretching on both Dominion, with made to ships, and its harbors and rivers and buoyed in the manner ty to the toilers of the

vs and soul :

and develop com-

to direct I the

merece? mech

sides our its bays shelter 1s +

lighted

best render safi have a mere fifth among nations —for the for which we have fall returas, 14,090,000 tonnage seagoing aad more than 17,500,000 tonnage vessels. We have ci snails and channels all

3122 TO hant marine ranking ss

more th

li land ane

i" re» ye

; vear tine yer,

for coastil iv

i ito 34 aL

uncertainty |

through the country connect ting with our great

rying a ¢ mong the nations of th per year per head of the people

and small in this wide Dominion rs.) But we have more than that to supply the ra chanism of commerce. Com- merce 4 different now from what it was 100 years ago, and to-day in this Dominion of Canada we heve a telegraphic service the eighth in extentin the worid, and wi ith a telegraph oflice to every 2,000 of the popula- tiou, which is more than is to be found any- where else in the world, except in one or two small countries in Australia. We have a com- plete and growing postal system, to which is attached a savings bank, where the industrious workingmaa, who wishes to save his dollar or two, can find a safe repositery and have iuter- esr on his money; we have a banking system which may have some defects—and what ha- man system has not its defects —but which has many excellences, and which, if we read its history for the last 25 years, side by side with thas of any other country, compares more than favorably. We have a great aid to commerce inour currency eirculation which is practically as good as gold, as ine xpensive us + possible and whieh is adapted to suit the

e earth, and amounts tons gre

(Chee

wants of the smallest or the damands of the most extensive requirements it may be called upon to supply. That is the mechanism which is at the commandipf the people of C ana da for the developm nt of their commercial iif

ife. Nowwhatare the resources for commerce. We have seas, lakes and rivers; the habitat

ter of Canada.”

tie German Emperor's a of dieski irg- wig ali the French cooks of the palace tust because they are French is about on a level | with that of the statesmen of the Kansas!

Legisiature who proposed to change the |

titles of the chancellor and regents of the State university just because they happen to be similar to those borne by men in like positions in England. Neither French couk« ry no English sebolarshi vip is likely to ‘trom the execution of these designs uf littie men in high ptaves.

for fish unequalled in any other country in the world for their number, their variety and their quality, out of which we tock aepenanptiee of the people of Canada and for xport from $6,000,000 worth in 1867 up to | $22,000, 000 in 1888. MWe have forests, ont i of which, since the time of Confederation, we

' ; . ; :

r tha ' ful € ‘

-AMINER : 4 eae

Colonies

In Bri’ 4]

mine.

almost from the mouth of the

ish Columbia we have our coal with almost |

similar facility, and Providence has provide i! i the interior with coal b la for the cointort

CO} le who will set al wealth |

and use of the million

tle there by-a d-by, Qu vast miner ts only now beginning io be realized ancl utilized. ‘These are our resources Now let

me ask where ave the bt Lins and where are that shall take

the stont and strong hearts hold of this mechanism ond deve lop those re sources? Look around this room and read

faces of the members ol Look in Berento, leok all over the Dominion, and ven oe find men ready and willing to make » best of the heritage that is left them, <i who will trans- mit the same energy, the same honesty, the same moral principles to those who come after them, to maintain the commercial supremacy of Canada.”

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. Memory or trobert

Scotiand’s Poct.

your answer in the

this Board of Trade.

The Burns,

Sir,— loa common with fellow clansinen the world ov er, it is pleasing to read in the columns of your widely circulated Hxam- INER, that, under the auspices of the Cale- donian Club, the celebration of Burns’ anniversary will take place on Tuesday evening next, at the Club Rooms, (Jueen street, when, no doubt, Scotch sentiment will be prominent. Scotland’s bard, who sang upon the banks of Ayr in a lonely cottage songs which he intended only for

his fellow countrymen, but because of the natural genius of the author, songs which touched the chcrds. and entered into the

hearts of the foremost mee of all nations, and thrilled the world with theirtenderness and their truth.

Every genius has a special mission. The aim of Burns was to brea sk down pre} dice, —— and eve arythiny z Which kept men

f kindred spirits apart, and to hasten the

oe when the scala of man should

} } prevail, And ‘* Pray that come it may As come it wili f »’ that, ‘That man to man the world ove Shall brithers be for a’ that

Supreme Court.

SATURDAY, Jan. 26.

Howatt vs. Lea—This suit, which has

, - ‘ ’ days, was terminated

occupied nearly four

to-day. The jury retir d about 2.30, and after a half ax deliberation returned a unanimous verdict for plaintiff for the whole amount claimed. Pet & Peters for plaintiff; Davies, O. C., fur defendan A. A. McDonald vs. Patrick Trainor Confs ased a Peters & Peters Morson hor de-

i@NCAnC, ‘ ; : Sk ae James E. Grant vs. Edward Kickbam—

Action of trover now before the court. wr . ao . te : an . W. 3. Stewart for plaintiff; Morsoa for rena a¢wl

»

Monpay, Jan. 28.

The case of Grant vs. Kickbam occupies

the attention of the court to-day.

The Short Line Question.

Monte EAL. Jan. 27.

~ “Lessrs. Harris & Stevens, of the Moncton Short Line delegarion, left this city last evening, for home They stated their

mission to the capital was satisfactory. Suddeu Deaths.

S{ALIPFAX,

Dr. J. Simpson Lathern, aged

son of Rev. Dr. La:hern, editor Wesleyan, died suddenty last night.

Jan. 27. 29 years,

of the

New York, Jan. 27.

. . , aS Austrian Consu!-General Hugh Fritach died suddenly to-nigh*

The Statement Denied.

Orrawa, Jan. 27.

»ostmaster-General deniés the state-

The

ment of the Toronto World that the Gov- ernment have decided to adopt the two cent letter postege. Ex-Chief Justice Richards Dead. Orrawa, Jan. 27. Sir Wm. Bull Rich: srds, ex- Chief Justice of Canada, died yesterday, aged 74. He

. , f Be, bess bi + Was a native o! es Ont.

Storm.

y avivak- Jan. 77. A very heavy easterly snow storm set in to-night and washed omar the little snow that had fell, and left the streets as slippery

as glass.

The New Collector. Orrawa, Jan. 27.

of _ Halifax, was

of Customs

Alderman Harrington, yesterday appointed Collector at that port.

Weather Bullctin.

Toronto, Jan. 28,.—-10 a. wm

East to souta and south-west gales; cloudy with rain or snow turning to rain.

1 ~aahllineeileeelitaitaie Boors ! Boots !—The stock is too large and must be sold off to make room for spring

goods. Great bargains at the Dominion Boot and Shoe Stere.—J. B. Macdonald, Proprie-

dec 244d w

— “me

tor,

BIRTH.

At Moncton, N. B., Jan. Staff Captain and Mrs. Southall, Salva ution Army, a daughter,

24th, to

Young Men's Literary Sociaty.

wa ‘ na eniieenameaaienaiee

JAN sAL a4 2s, 1889

TELEGRAPHIC

Special Despatcones TO ‘THE EXAMINER,

FRENCH POLITICS

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BOULANGER LECTED.

———-—

COMMENTS OF THE PRES).

or

Paris, Jan. 27

81, 550, large. The best of order prevailed at the

266 balloting stations, due, in sume Cexzrec, to the knowledge that the whole +f ary force in the city was at the back of (ue police to suppress the slighvest manifest a- tions of disorder. Complete returns shbw the following result: Boulanger, 244,07); Jacques, 162,520; Roule, 16,750; other can- didates, 10,358; Boulanger’s plurality, 81,550; Boulanger’s majority, 54,452. Paris, Jan. 27. The Cabinet sat from 11 p. m. until | a. m. Premier Floquet informed Presi- dent Carnot that the Cabinet was prepared to resign if the President considered it advisable. Several ministers advocated reconstruction of the Cabinet ona wider basis. Carnot awaits the results of to-day’s motion in the Chamber of Deputies before coming to a decision. The Boulangist organization was marvellous, For the fir t time in the history of Paris carriages weis largely employed to convey voters to the polls. Jan. 28.

upon {

LONDON,

The Standard, commenting Paris election, says wonderful things, but never anything mor wonderful thau the election of Boulange?, never anything more ignominious or insane. Paris made the war of 1870, and it probable she will make another. New YORK, The Sun says the election of is a serious, perhaps ominous, France, and for the vee sce of Europe.

. ? 2 - Paris has doit mand:

Jan. 28.

TH

SAMOAN Af AR if ALb

rT FT iil we

G8

4S TOLD BY THE CONSUL.

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San Francisco, Jan. 26. The German side of the Samoan affair, as related in a clrenar letter sent out by the German Consul at Ania is quite at ‘variance with the other reports which have reached this cou try.

the I16thof were

trouble of Americans wounded ou the about

Speaking of the December, when two ported assaulted aud 8 enn the streets of Apia by German sailors, circular says: **On Sunday, 16th, 120 German sailors received liberty to ashore. While amusing them- selves in various ways, a_ half-casie

re-

oO so

named Geo. Scantlen, with others, who pretended to have American protec- tion, provoked the sailors to such an extent that a street row oc-

Samoans joined issue throwing stones at the

curred. Several with the half caste,

at anchor for some time. The consul goes on to refer to two “of the reports of fur- ther damage done by the rebels, aud how the captains of the German vessels, after consultation with the consul, finally decided that the German vessel Adler, with the

consul on board, should proceed to Mata-

European troops had they pot been drilled and led by an American nained Kulein. OCcntinuing, the Consul gives his version of the eng igement which followed in which 15 Germans were killed and 38 wounded.

& Railway Seized.

Or TAWA, Jan. 27.

The Department of Customs has had telegraphic notification of the seizure yes- terday, by - Inspector McLaren, of St Jobn, and Surveyer “Hill and Special Officer Shaughnessy; of St. Stephen, of five miles of the track of the St. Croix and Penob- squot R nite ay W hich runs on the Canadian side of the St, Croix River. The road when built was apparently overlooked by

our customs officials, eut having been re- fitted with new rails, fastenings and teie-

phone service, the materials for which were brought from Calais, the vigilance of the Canadian officials has been equal to the oceasion, and the line is now in quod, The seizure is estimated at $30,000. There will be no interference with running operations at. present.

The Emperor's Birthday. BERLin, Jan. 27. The birthday of the Emperor was gener- ally observed to-day. The Emperor receiv- ed in the white hall of the Castle many German sovereigns. Bismarck, the Minis- ters, Count von Moitke, the Knights of the Eagle and foreign diplomatic representatives felicitated him on’ the occasion. The Em- peror issued an order eulogizing the achievements of the guards, and expressing the hope that they would maintain their

sp. JAMES’ CHURCH. | Fourth Cou

rse of Lectures,

2TH LECTURE of the Course JAMES’ HALL,

on

‘—§ HE FOU! i will be delivered in ST. by MR. A. A. BARTLETT,

‘have taken for export, in addition to what we |

sed ourselves, $22,000,000 per year. We ste lands of every variety, from ‘which the | export of agricultural products every year since Confe der ation has been $17,000,000 or $18,000,000. We have coal beds in the Lower Provinces, so situated that the ship ein come‘to the wharf and take her supply

See

i ae.

QE G5 Sy ALPE RADE ORIG LEESON og CGE FE ol

Tuesday Evening, Jan. 29th.

; Sc heme in

Subject. “The Coaquest ef Mexico.”

Chair taken at 8 o cloek jan26-

Admission, l5c.

glory here was much enthusiasm in the city and provinces... he Emperor received messages cf congratulation from his mot her, the Emperor of Austria, the King of Italy and the Queen of England. Railway Scheme, we ame (QUEBEC, Jan. 27. Taites sudden return to Paris appears to have something to do with the railway +} which the railway contractor, is interested. Their

Beemer r, also

| friends say the Quebec Bridge is sure to be

built, the Interevlonial to be purchased, and provincial wonders to be performed

‘ r 7 in town. No washing. Apply immedia‘te- gene ally ly at this office, uf-janis - 5 3 ? si : ace ee is eet a a

VEWS. |

Carpet Remnant:

—__—_—{s}_—_———-

Boulanger is elected by a plurality of The vote was unprecedented/y

seems

Boulanger event for

German Side of the Story

men- ~ot-war's men. Shots were fired, one | of the sailors being wounded in the hand. The half caste and Samoans. als» received rough handling. arly next morning the Olegar left Apia for Saluatata, where the Eber had beea

wafa's headquarters at Saulii and request |

the chief to throw down their ‘ arms. The consul says further that the; rebels would not have dared to attack !

In One

ellin

1

-cod&w kly.

janis

150 REMNANTS,

and a Half Yard Ends,

—--——{x] —-——

HARRIS & STEWART,

LONDON

Cheap.

HOUSE.

rn.

ae

rHe COUDS ARE FIRST-GLASS,

Prices Low and Variety Great,

vical Tl lacie

PERSINS & SLERNS.

pone

a’ Te,

A Large Stock of Grey Cottons,

Table Linen, Towels, Toilet 3

Charlattetawn, Jan. IkKG—dy & wky

23.

The above bought at the right time and place, sold as we always do sell—CHEAP.

PERKINS &

A Large Stock of White Cottons,

ENGLISH, CANADIAN AND ARIERICAN PRINTS,

Canadian Shirtings and Ginghanis, Black and Colored Dress Goods,

Towellings, Bad Tickings, Hessians, Counterpaneg, Govers, Cretonnes, Sheetings, Table Napxius.

——— 10: -————

‘VERY BEST VALUE IN CARPATS AND OIL CLOTHS.

————:0; ———

and will be

STERNS,

mos os

Do not wait and let some one

hours’ notice.

Menus’ and Wowens’ OVERSHOES ; 4,:

BOOTS ; 4,000 Pairs Womens’, these at low prices.

Misses’

20, IRRR—eod & wky

Charlottetown, Nov.

(x]

Merchants

id scan eS is THE MONTH FOR SELLING BOOTS, and you require them at once. else take your trade.

We have received 3.900 Pairs of Mens’ 269 Sides SOLE LEATHER.

Orders filled in twenty-four

RUBBERS ; 700 Pairs of

and Womens’

Also, in cur own insnufacture, we have about 600 Pairs Mens’ and Boys’ LONG and Childrens’

BOOTS. We are selling

GOFET BROS.

—— i mere

ee ee ee

TENDERS FOR HOUSE.

undersigned, at this offi:e uatil noon the 12th day ol February,

will be received

on TUESDAY, prox., for the

| i | 7 a JERS, adidiessed to the i

Ereciion of a Dwelling House for the Enzineer at the Pamp- ing Station.

Plans and specifications ) Commissioners’ Office. Each tender to ba accom p wmied by a eerti- | fied cheque for $100, which will be imme. diately returned to unsuccesaful ees Satisfactory security will be required for | the due performance of the contract,

ean be sean at the

The Commissioners do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or aay tender, D. LAIRD, Chairman. Water Commissioners’ Office, Jan. 28, eae -eod

W: AN TED.—A good general Servant, by aledy

WATER WORKS. iW. c. T.

/ poor of the Society.

i

| Koelish and

_—

UO. Lecture by Rev. John Read,

NDER the auspices of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union of this city, the REV. JOHN READ wil! deliver a

Lecture in

Y. M. C. A. HALL,

6S vie ns

Thursday Evening, January 3ist.

Subject—A Trip to Thunder Bay.”

proceeds of the Lecture will go to the

ae "=

Adinission, 15 cents. Doors open at 7.30 o'clock, Bay

ANTED.-

Lecture at 8.

_Sp cial News Corres respon “dents to represent le Ameri icah papers. Previous - net absolrtely necessary. Most liberal

good service. Address, with stamp,

» risnees terms tor

| HUROPRAN- AMERICAN PREss AssoctaTiON, No. T | \) pton Screet, Boston, U. S.A. 2i—janze

reer enuninnetaneatntinena SS

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