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Concluiiliiioi Debate on the _, ty oi Char- All Effor_ts_,to Cheeig ili¢_Fir_'e are _Poweriess,_tiief Péopie Flying in Thousands, Hungry, Tl_\_lrsty,.

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|°ll§i5ll_lli.B||l C|6US¢ Elg but Passed-~ Peniiiiess, Water teiils__a__0lms, 300,000 Homeless _Contributions Pouring

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drrienilnient to the Pr_p_h_ibl_tld'n Act- in, U. S. Government G_ives___'p Mlilionf Los A_ngeIe_s___ Shaken Yesterday, Santa Rosa

A iii* Estimates iéiieli iiii retiiiiy wiieiieii int iiieneiiie. ioiiee.

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i'¢iRNiNG_»i=ssi0N- Charlottetown ii3`_"bsreny aetiiiieii W Atniidnigiittiienie is etiii engine win. _ _ Ew_ Orig, pri 19-__-( pec1a_)- e o w g g

nous, weugmm uummmee 0 H have been vvitbih'_ dllfowcr and authority h “Q h i _ ' ' - ,,fM,_ M,,,_,,,¢,,,,~, to ,answer “fo ';',‘fm‘;',‘_ eftne ceiineii entree hereby eenniniee $1: a Nnzfyfimenczand the "hm °.'°y Was received at 10.30 tonight from the Deputy Chief of the Dsbtoi’s AobQ1873i Under the'actitwiil M)5°h.Wel’f'“.'d',°?l,°`Uil'7 C°““°m°\‘H ‘Of pm wma ' ` ' "L l' V . I '1 l l

be me ta, K omdmr to tt h, the gimp bempiufg-hgkbcgmolumly freed All the business and the most thickly San Fr aneiggg Fypg Depaytment ;

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deposited in rlehtois name in ad; bldliililiisi and dl‘°|ll§d_€¢l`!rtll_nfl_iisad etafrylinbllity-_ Settled residential riistricts are already , _ _

ri, i., peisenni ni-stiisiwiss by reiisnii nrtiiein destroyed or mining, _ The fire is still under headway, gathering force and

this province. \

Tae Aettniiieeifperste tiieirinkey nna 1‘”“"““"°""3lfl" "“‘l“' °‘ *Wd *f“°h°fl"d i Eve.-y iiniiain r i i i ii ‘ -

Nick,-,isan G°,..ntd_ and me act to amend or ordered such grantor payment.. _ (My from the :_l;el;nymr:_po:°nn<;%u:n;s; SPl'€2id\Ilg. __ _ _

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Mr. Misthieson-I understood this

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,,,,,,_ “'° we" “’°‘d “" ""5 _einuse waste be eiinnntii. 'riie 1..,gi.,. Aveiiueis seas.

_ isture is asked to put on the statute books Chinatown is wiped out and the flames

House went into Committee to consider

¢“1'l°li'»0i\lrthor hmerid the_1'fr0h|5ii,(°'n ia “’°t°m°“" °f this khld- A Pf°P°S°ll‘,are'spreadingia all directions with no A°t.1000 and the amendments- tiiereen. ”"“°“d'”°“‘ W” WM” the hmds °m‘°ivmsi>eeteretoliiiinu mi they ieeeii ine

promoter of this bill \I would move as

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by egggrgixxigi wwe explnmcd an amendment that the whole clause he "_ Btmgsnug °“"°kl"t° °f l'h° °"'Y'

Debate ensued upon the methods of _struck out _aud_ this substituted. Mi-__ Thousands upon thousands of people are 8 In the mum, ra d “_ wh Matiiieson hefe submitted an alternative fleeing to the ports and open country,

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dth di ai ffl A ‘.:‘a“s.°' whmh he clalmed W°“\d “°°'mostly withoutthemeans ofsubsistenoe.

8" B Spas o nes. _

allow the acts of past councils to be

H . . . °“ M' D°“Eli19l»l1°\lZht it Was n0ti Bm d Hn th f tu u , Famine and thirst stare them in the

rmhgthntoharlotwmwn h Id i con ere apreceiien o u re. n ,

é 5 ou tele v° did not wish that councillors should f“°°~ Mimml “"“°*` 15 the °l\iY "fluid [stunned and it _seems impossible to remove the bodies ofthe dead from the

so iarg a proportion as one third of the _ . . _ fun,” derived from Hmm , _ _ :g;T;r;i;;\_t_e:ldt not “gals legislation to_ available and is selling at twenty-live freallze the extent ofthe calamity. ruins and pestiience is feared from the

0 even ‘mg pu" "°' l'° “Dil tl BUSH- l Contributions ,are pouring in from all _putrefying remains.

HOU. lli_Ir. Hughes thought that all the th u _ fines in Charlottetown should by ~p',',|,‘| i5'.Y 'ft'-‘ lihllif “W5 d°“°la “H right] -There is uc panic; the people are,_over the world. Bofarit is impossible to Los Angeles was excited this afternoon

into tm (my M Charlottetown when the _And further he did not want to sanction __“_ _ __ _ __

allsuch acts in the future, It was had _ _ _ i - _ _ _

prosecutihgis conducted by the city of Charlottetown.

Mr. Macdonald thought it was by no

means proper that such a plan should bo followed. ' _

Mr. Mathleson-Let the Government

enforce the machinery and impose no speoialoost upon the towns. If pilices are to he selected they should be taken in asa class. All towns should then be iriven an oahdrianltv "tn becéme incorporated-there should be no discrimination.

This Act to further amend the Prohibi-

tion Act now provides that all fines and penalties recovers_d»uiida'r tile' Act ‘shall be paid liito_ the :_i‘r_ea‘enry` line for eireneee committed in Charlottetown or any incorporated townoule third of all lines nnfi penalties -siisii be nerd ee the Treasurer of slid city or town. It also

states that any person who shall un1aw~ _

fnliy procure for, or offbrforsale to any other person or ‘persons any liquor contrary to provisions of the Prohibition Act 1000, may lie dealt witli, etc.

The Speaker resumed the chair The act tofamend the Act to prevent peddlers selling in the Island without ` license was'rcnd is second time. It impos- es a- license fee of twenty dollars on sucli pciidlcrs. -

Ai<"rl~:RNooN session.

The Act to amend) the Public Schools

Act was read a second time. ‘ This Act is to exempt cheese factories from paying school taxes.

The Act to amend the Act Incorporatingh

the City of Charlottetown was then taken up. _Clsusb 8, at which point the bill was hold overliast night, was read by tie chairman. This is the “white-washing'

as it stood-it is certainly made worse by clause B. ` '

lion. Mr. Hazard-I do not think

remarks of Leader of Opposition are

_justified. Whatwasthe decision of the

Judge in this maitel' when brought be- fore the Court. He said that if any fraud had been done he would quickly punish lt. ltiippears to me there is nothing wrong ih this hill. The men wht! are being harassed have n right to be justified. It is gi-oss injustice to say that a man should draw them into Court and

`t.ry them for something. they have done.

‘ miie biiiiwne f_ni-titer diienseedny Hen.

:Premier Peters, "hlrf Warliu’il.on', Hon. TMI. Gallant. Hon. Mr. Simpson, Mr.

jKirinon, Mr. Fraser, Mr. Monson. '

_ Mr. Mathieson's amendment tofclause 8 lwas put to the vote and lost. The clause was then voted on and carried. The whole hill was next reported agreed

’:nnen 'eiia peieea en aivieinn. i' The Act to amend the Assessment Act

was considered; This 'act 'provides for .adyfertisingdcfilulters who are in arrears 'foi-_*land tor. ‘ if - ' ` The Act to amend thc County Courts' _Amendment Act it/'as read 'a second ltiine and will be read a third time tomorrow. ,

_’ nviminc ssssros.

i An Act to amend an Act respecting

,Witnesses and Evidence was ‘considered ;_nnd agreed to. and will be read a third -time tomorrow. i House was then moved into supply and thc estimates taken up. These were the "sement ef spirited aienieinn by the l_mnJortty of the members until the hour `iof 1.00 a. m. when the House adjourned.

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clause, which has`a.lrei\dy been pi‘etty__, , .

thoroughly discussed. It reads as follows:

8. .,A1i,grant._s and payments heretofore

NE EEE Diliiii-s`i`

Mill

We got too many

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Will clear outa lot of nice

Dongbla button 'and laced

A CHICAGO MARKETS.

Cmoaao. April 10. --( Special) -

2Com, April., 46) Corn, May, 452 iwasnt ‘» fiaoi Wheat ‘t 808

Two-thirds of the business section is devastated.

The life is heading for the__residential district.

All eEorts to iight the flames are futile. Three hundred thousand are homeless tonight.

By Saturday San Francisco will be an ash heap.

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by heavy shocks. but nogreat damage is reported.

Reports from the interior are most

alarming. Santa Rosa is a meal wreck with its total population of 10,000 homeless msn, women and children huddled to-

igcther.

_ The loss of life is not to beestimatc

It will probably reach thousands.

Messengers bring the saddhst tidings of

destruction of Heildsburg, Geiservilie, Cloverdale. Nopland and Uklah.

This report takes in the country as far

north as Meudociua and the lake counties and as far west as the Pacific Ocean.

These are frontier counties and have

not as large towns as farther south. Menlo Park, Burlingame and other fashionable suburban towns have also suffered.

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Bi WHITE Mill

, i , » . ‘SPii1r1`orir:1.D, Mo.. April I8-=Last night a negro named Burns was shot and _killed by a young white man who was escorting a you_ng woman to her home wbentiiey were held up by two' néiiroes i"l'he white man"dre`w a pi_s'tol'and 'lived at tile neiiiblil, who lieu, as he supposed. He rsh after them, not knowing he had ishhi one, and sturublcd over the dead body oi the man he had shot. The other cscapedf

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Lonisvi'nn'ii,Ky.,'A1'ii-ii is '~Li`itaei- 'rey- lor, nisrshhi of* Oampbéllsyliie; Taylor county,” Kentucky, is 'fatally' itroundetl. Andrew Davis, colored, isdsad, and a brother of Devin is dsngeriiiisiy inlet, tae i-esiiie or sn sinirt iiist nigiit ee ‘arrest Andrew Davis and recover $1,500 in gold which was found by the negro while ex~ 'clfllilig fill' a building at Fourth ave~ nuc and Chestnut street on Thursday afternoon. Fortys-two $20 gold pieces were-recovered from the pockets of the _dead negre. lt isiikeiy tiiiit tae nnnttei will be taken into the courts by Peter Lee Atherton, owner of the lot on which the money was found, and Henry Bickel,who had the contract for the excavating. -Andrew Davis, afncr finding the nioncy-fled from the site and wantto ’the home of his m'other near

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' insure With The

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The Standard provides in Life Insurance the

sizes 8,9,`1o, old price $1-0°

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New Yonir, April 18 _England is

Nova Si.-otian apples eellfrom $0.08 to

$5.82 a barrel. In these lines the Waguérs are the cheapcstanfl the Russets

$6.78 per barrel

limited production of apples this season from Australia will not have the slightest influence in theiowerinir of prices in England. Late NovaScotiau and other Canadian apples should obtain somewhat higher prices in England during May, owing no the curtailment of shipments usually placed upon the British market at that: seasonal the year. When it is generally known in London that the imports fromTasmania willhe about 50 per cent. less than usual, the immediate effect will he to harden prices.

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THHHU CHUHEH

Tmmo, N. S., April i2-Oneof the finest

sets of chimes in Nova Scotia has been installed in St. John‘s Episcopal Church

P .

Anglican Church. The work of instal- lation was ilnisiherl at 6 o’olook Saturday night,-when a prvirraru of s dozen hymns was rendered. A thousand people flocked around the church to hear the first chimes in Truro. 'On Sunday the Bishop 'of Nova

bells did not ringffor the day. .,

tablets. een each por bon All gint.

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A LITTLE OFF

“ms a Mnel ordlnny o““'““°"‘-pm°°‘ commons would vote for the Fitlpatri from various sources, brIng'1roin$-1.60 to L°,,d.s Day bm, as it ,ww ",mds_ The

iPPiiSSiiL illllitlilli HIH

Hi iliiiliiii illH|]'S illi Hill

MUN-ram. April 18-In an address

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importing on-an average a little over Summa ’ __ , .. , ., _y night to agathering of French 1_`;0`ux)£rb"5I';_;‘°‘,E¥ arfpyg p".w°°k', Thr’ .Canadian labormen, Alphonse Vervills, ° me °m ° n B tal” “nd (’°‘“"‘“' labor-lV[.P.,for Maisonusuiic, said th

not twenty uiemborso! the house

biii, ne nodeii, weniii nreiinniy be ineffective one. when the committee

the dearest. Sornc of thc latter sell for `wh~0m it was referred brought W back t

l°` mere bringing together of the heavy

wooden doors and the barring of the

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THE [HHS [Ii - Piiiii Bill

Louiios, April is-To this any tae ,ri-est gates iulthe walls of Pekin are closed

as the closing by no means signifies the

. Emperor's highway against ull comers.

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f Lii_li:_iSi till

In Carliiorndia-A Popuiaiioh

i of About 360,000, anda ‘

Great Seaport-

New Youx, April 18.-&n Francisco is

the largest city in California and the largest on the Western coast of America. or in the United States, west ofthe Mississippi River, ninth in rank as to population in the United States, and seventh seaport in commercial impor- tance. It is situated on a very hilly

peninsula between the Bay of San Fran- cisco and the Pacific Ocean. on the south side oi the Strait known as the Golden Gate. It is the principal seaport un the Pacific coast of the United States,

possessing the only commodious harbor excepting that at San Diego, south of Puget Sound. The hay of San Francisco ioiniug this harbor is entered by a strait about three miles long, and oneto twtf and ahaif miles wide, navigable for the

largest ships regardless of tides. The harbor itself is completely sheltered from

dangerous winds on all sides. it is about 90 miles long, and from 5 to 15 miles wide.

By rail it is 3269 miles from New York.

Tun Conmnaciar. Disrmcr.

San Francisco, has 17 square miles of territoryor about 30;00(l acres within the municipal limits. Many of the streets, especially in the northern and western ` part of the city, are very steep, and the hills are mounted by cable cars, the present total mileage uf street car tracks being M) miles. The fiinest residences are on Nob Bill and Paciilclileiizhts, and Van Ness Avenue, a broad street, 125 feet wide The commercial district is in part ou made ground facing the harbor on the eastern sidc of the Peninsula and, on the

“_ °7°"'Y °"°“l“3 “nh me ‘l“°°‘° °°‘°°“’°“l°°l comparatively level ground to the South

that have been observed for oenturi

°! past. The daily performance is niarke °k with a due ceremony which is quaint and

full of interest to intelligent onlookers.

_elst. The Mission District in the south and in the centre of the old Spanish Mission situated there, is siso a favorite residence quarter.

Market street, a broad thoroughfare,

120 feet wide, runs from the water front by n gradual ascent into the interior of the peninsula in it southwesterlydirection.

It is now nlinostva certainty that the are hause' » _

l‘i at a cost of $4,001 They are only equallec Tasty, nourishing and enjoyable meal .in thc rcvince by those in the Lunenburg

Sfotia consecrated the chimes. The Blhhop preached, also addressed Sunday school atil o'clock. All the other church

liisiiji_i_Piiiii|i=s

Tonoivro, Ani-i119 -Phillips' case will

come up again Thursday. It is probable that Phillips wili then besent up for trial. Curry stated today thitit he will not con- sent to ball under any circumstances. He hopes as a result of the investigation to secure assets of 875.000 to $100,000 for the 'York Loan creditors.

The shareholders of the Traders bank

at aspccial meeting today unanimously passed a resolution to increase capital from $3,000,000 to $5,000,000.

ciliiics qugn ivir/ns.

can be served with Clark's Canned Meats The quality is assured by Ciark's label."

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illiliiiiil

t¢¢¢\s,‘i»rs», muTn;*.§g`m6f direct -- eiinieniii mrnniesiy ieiimiidrifa rqeienel

Tad closln meeting of tlic Shakespear

An atl7rlinive"lU“h\’e was the menu card

apropm of gdslilunumlc endeavour we

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study oiuswsigrisiii ettiieiienie ni Mi-e_ W ‘ries-Doug-tiiestsnstieetinet nigiit, ina eleven iwirisaiifl with beth im waso‘elU%t§téd'l1Y""|s sumptuous supper. sewemge' Apply M’ mi" °m”e'

wa`s"won‘_'_by"‘l’.llllc Picknrd, the hooby

r,;“°"°‘:s.;“i**““.,'°“. xi. rg: °;“‘“- Wow?-t~..#:.v°.f;‘.;°;;°.'i.~.;:;..°

emec cose wi. u ng yne, lm Y° I' -

_nd God Sue me K,ng_ N_ B_ GM ,,,,,,,:,___,,1_,...,,__,,,i,_}“_e,,_,_.._,.,§_. 60 separate colors) now

ggid. Apgiy nt c 1. ready at

At the appointed hour a. preliminary sign

to defy calculation, and this is followed by one hundred double strokes commenc- ing' slowly and dreamlly for the first half and gradually increasing to iialf hurricane rapidity; and this set of one hundred

fashion three times. When the third and last cycle of gong strokes is entered on,

be shut out, and this combinationo

people from both directions.

'Sore Throat and Coughs

, Cresolgne Antkeptic Tablets

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is given by s large gong or iron shield i being struck with ahlg iron bar fifty times in such quick succession as almost

blows is repeated in precisely the same

number of old and, at this season, very , much bewadded and muffled up old Cbulies start a series of discordant yells to all and sundry to hasten or they will

signals is followed by ajbstliug stream of

. entre cf- -si ef -" ~i-~

They oornlziuntbe geflnicidal value of Ci-enoiene wid: I _lussoothmgpeopertieuot slippery elm and licorice

|011. All Drulllstl |00

Men’s sweaters stStaa1ey Bres-

The streets to the north of Market street running north and south und cept and west, hence at acute angles to Market street. Those to thc south of Market street ara parallel to or at riizlit angles to that street. The city is thus cut into two district portions locally known as South of Market Street, and North of Market Street.

The district to the south is occupied by

manufacturing establishments, and the homes of laborers, and to the north is occupied by shops of the beticr sort and by the homes of thc clerks, the uierciiants and the capitalists.

The largest and ilnest par): is tiieGolden

Gate Park, which occupies 1,014 acres. It begins about the centre or the city and extends in a broad sweep to the ocean on the west.

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world. See them. zod zi ‘

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Early Planting.

Early varieties for the Hut

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bed.

Cabbage, (best early

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lntarpessed *ith the courses. A musical Mild reasonably. App y at this office. 20d

program viii bldllsntly carried out nn

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foilowed“‘W\ioi’§'a\es the Cake" the prize _ ' ‘ _ ry; , _ _

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