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Dovcuerty,, S,. F.Hopesoyx,

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FaaNcit tA. Colonel,

President.

New Oxford

line Shoes, be autifully finished and well worth $1.50, which we are

of Ladies’

selling at $1. This lot was delayed, and will now go quick for this small price.

Ladies Fine Button Boots tor $1.10, regular price $1.35.

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YOU WANT

a suit of Clothes of all wool tweed, we have 50 suits which will go now for $4 to $4.50, former prices, $6.74 to $7.75. Reason, the colors are light but if necessary, will wash and stand it too—get a suit.

A choice line of Mens Ties, Shirts aud Underclothing at ridiculously low prices.

J.B. Maeda Malt

SALE OF n>

Desirable rroperty

That beautiful property oppesite Birch Grove, Freetown, at present occupied by Mrs. Crost y. Thre are about 46 acres of choice wel] cultivated land, and the build- logs, including dwelling bouse, barrs, fanary, ovtbuilbings, etc.,are in good Condition. The property includes all of that large and beeutife! grove very suit- able for picnic parties, on the north side (fthe main road, and isin a charming *pot, near churches, school, hali, stores, fe,and within a quarter of a mile from feetown Railway Station, and two miles Mom Dunk River.

€tms will be made to suit purchasers. , If not sold by private sale before Tues- *8¥, August 31st, it will then be ‘offered auction st }] o’elock, p.m.

or further particulars apply to

E. CROSBY,

Les Ry. Station Agent, Cape Traverse.

vo—6) + al Rr ANTED.— Agents for “Queen Victoria

flowin s2 and Diamond Jubilee.” Over- tains te With latest and riches: pictures. Con-

“th ne endorsed biography of Her Majesty, Nr authentic History on hee See llee oe eal account of the Diamond Jub-

Mly 31.50. Big book. Trémendous de- onauza for azents.Commission 5) per

. 7 WEEN fo a .

OUTER Y PAI!, Ceedit given. freight paid termeat FREE. Write quick for outfit aad Dept 7 exe (HE DOMINION COMPANY,

: 256 Dearbon St, Chicago, dy 6i

THE KLONDIKE GOLD CRAZE,

enveliainaiie Throngs Turning Towards the Yukon Country.

What is Paid for Food and That Sort of Thing,

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San Francisco, Jaly 28.-—-The throngs

ut everv shipping office that has ever

; abo the remotest Alaskan relations have by no It would seem that

meaus diminished.

the only cireumstan whieh prevents the wholesale depopulation of San Francisco is the |pmitto the tra: Sportation racriities Not only strong men whose broad tacks bronzed faces and work-worn hands tell or previous ¢ Xperience witt the jubor that

erally sweats the hrow, batclerks and

in huadreds trausp yria- land where pugge's are to be

: \* . , , think ,for the picking np. Every

professional men and women

eeKing for luformation or

tion to the

are &

had. they day sees some new scheme for overcoming es in the Way of tleet of } schooners pressed into the service is grow- jing steadily. The Jatest of the Kiondike trans portation COMPaDV SC Lemes is being engineered by Capt. Herriman, of the firm of Herriman and Milis, who bas out a plan for reaching the diggings by the i middle of September. He will charter a | Jarge sailing vessel, and the party will con- | sist of sixty men, each of whom will take i one ton of provisions. No one will .be | permitted to gu woless he takes hie quan- | tity. Hach one wil! be charged $225 for | the trip, and Capt. Herriman thinks that for that sum be can aod them in Dawson city before September 20. ‘The ship will carry a large lighter, and a steam lausch

} the aimecult reachinvg the

| Klondike, and the steamers and

will be used totow the lighter from St. Micheel’s to Klondike. After _reaching St. Michael’s the cargo and passengers

will be transferred to the iighter, Capt. Herriman will return to San Francisco iv the vessel, and the party wi'l be conducted to their journey’s end by an agent of the firm whois thoroughly acquainted with the river. The A'aska Commercial com - pany’s steamer Excelsion, which le:t here today, wil! not make another trip to Alaska before June of next year.

Searrie, July 28 —The Alaska Search- light publishes a letter from William Moore, at Fourteen mile camp, Kagwa, \laska, stating that the White Pase pack trail to the summit of the pass was opened for travel July 16. On reaching the sum mit the traveller steps on an almost level country, the grade to the lakes being twenty feet to the mile. The distance from salt water to the Toochi lake is 30 miles and f:om salt water to the head of the Lake Bennett, the distance is 45 miles. Both routes from the summit are through rol- ling country forthe most part Open with plenty. of grass for feeding stock, water and sufficient timber for all purposes. From salt water to the summit siock and pack horses can be driven through easily.

San Franscisco, July 28.—Returned Yukonites deny the story told by Frank Most, of Great Falls, Mont., to the effect that two thuusand graves at Forty mile pos. tell of the terrible sufferings of gold seekers. F.G. Bowker says that so far from being over two thousand deaths on the Klondike during the past three years there was nobodv there to die until eome- tbing less than a year ago, and since then there have been three deathe in that whole district so far as known. In the grave- yard at Forty nile post, which has se-v-d for all that section for some years, there are only between thirtv and forty graves.

Orrawa, July 28 —It has been decided by the Government to make special regu- lations for the control of the Yukon mining region. In addition to the twenty mounted police sentto Fort Cudahy the government will immediately send up 80 mere, making a total forceof 100 men. The officers of each detachment of police wil] be appointed stipendiary magistrates, so that means will be furnished for the administration of law and order promptly and satisfactorily. A custom aud police established a distance north of the 60th degree of latitude, just ; above the northern boundary of British Columbia and beyond the head of the Lynn canal, where the Cnilkott Pass and White Pass converge. Tl is post will command the southern entrance to the territory. ; Further on emall police posts w lt be es- ablished about 50 miles apart upto Fort Selkirk. These will be used for the pur- pose of opening a winter road over wh ch monthly mails wili be sent by dog trains. Mincs will be able to use this road to walk out by inthe winter. From Fort Cudahy the distance would be about four hundred miles. The posts will also serve the purpose of rescue in the event of be- coming exhausted or crippled but they will in no sense be used as provision sta- tions. If itis impossible to construct @ telegraph line from the heed of Lynn canal over the mountains to the first post just north of the British Columbia boun- dary, it would overcome the obstac‘e in the winter of communicating with the Klondike. The government propose getting at once approximate cost of 4 waggou road, and also a@ narrow-gauge railway over tie-cerritory between the coast and the post beyond the mountains. The distance would be abont 70 or 80 miles,49 of which would be over the mountains. The Government will extend the provisions of the real property act of the Northwest Territories to the Yukon eountry, appoint a registr:r an‘ establish a landtitles office. The surveyors there now have all ‘the necessary instructions for eurveying. It may be taken as settled that a royalty {will be exacted on all en gold taken from streams which are - ready being worked, but in regard to a future discoveries tbe Government pro-

oa post will be short

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THE DAILY EX

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pose that upon. every

where miniuy low rtions

creek

stuked tne properly of the Government, and shall be reserved for public purpose aod sold or worked ont the Goverument for benefit of the public revenue,

Vieronta, B. C., July 29. —Io purenance of instructions Uttawa, Collector Milne will send an experienced customs othicer froin the statl of the Customs house to Dyea, whose duty it will be to explain to all partie~ going to the Klondike district that duties wll be gools at Lake T:

*£ yr. oeer paripy

river shall every altenate elaim snali be

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collected) on foreign in pre-

paper: and im otherwise h ‘Iping the

gish, and assist

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miners in making iheir eniries and passing the Customs. At or near Lake Tagish a

MHS Port Will be established, at which two otficers, Messrs. Hinds and Hall, will be elationed. Their duty will be to collect the.duties imposed by the Canadian law. Chey will be hipan ed by one or two Pie cu-tomes post will

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be aut of the province’, where pr vinetal otfivers have no jurisdiction, so that the propo-al to send p oviscral officers may not be acted up? Mounted policemen, however, wiil be sent tothe post, and until they arrive provisiosal Donsinion oilieers will ve provited

Moncronx, July 28.—-A letter was re. ceived yesterday from Dr, P.J.B LeBlanc, a Monectonian, who bas reached Kloudike On January %h he left Detrow witha friend for Seattie, woere thay took & beaut ior Juneau. From dJdaneau they went partiv by boat and party by deg trainer.

Toey had twenty-two dogs aid two horses fifteen tons of Che weather was dreadful and the trip rag zed aod cold. ihey had to keep their faces -coua-taucy

They did not travel more than ten milesa day. On,June 28th atier almost five months travel, they reached Kiondike. Dr LeBlanc says imagination cannot concetve the richness and beauty of the country. Shortly after his arrival beeecured a claim and he speaks very encouragingly of his prospects. He says provisions are extremely bigh and in fact necessary articles to life are very costly, The wages of a miner are $15 a day and board costs $14 a week. The custom is that a man working a claim must provide board for Lis men. When leaving Detroit he took with him 500 pairs of snow spec- taclea, which he purchased for 14 cents a pair and he was nota week in Klonkye before he had disposed of them all at $2 a pair, quite a remunerative speculation. Dogs come high in the new gold region, but they must be had at avy priee. Dr. LeBlane says that he sold a pair of dogs for $500. The fair sex are very scarce, but juet previous to writing he learned that a pumber of young women had reach- ed the gold fields, though he had not eeen iny of them. Medcal practice, he says, as profitable business. While crossing the mountains he states he made enougb money by his practice to pay the expenses ot hie traneportion. From the fifteen tone of provisions they cleared upwards of $15,-

provisions,

covered.

G0u. He says the climate is a very healthy one and he never felt better in laix lite.

Rosstaxp, B.C., July 28.—The Miner publishes a long )2tter from Hart Humber to Cnarlie Collins, of Rossland. Humber left Rossland for Klondike last March, on receipt of the first news of the discoveries there. His letter deals with all the phases of life at the mines. It is dated Dawson City, and among other things saya: Ourtrip from Dyea was full of hair breath escapes, and took seventy- five davs. I arrived here on June 9, and started work at wages ot $1 50 per Lour. After two or three weeks work with pick and shovel the same ontfit will give me a@ job at an ounce per day. There are at least, 50 men going out tomorrow. They all a-rived here broke and are taking out from $10,000 to $100,090 each. At this season of the year the best time to travel i8 at night, as it is cooler and as light as

day. The ahermometer. was ©. 82 in the shade teday. Mosquitoes are awful. Tiere is more money

spent at gambling and for whiskey here in o e night that in Russland in a month. (‘here are more ways cf making money here than any place ever saw. Meale (bacon and beans) are $1.50; drinks, 56

cent*; haireut $1; shave, 50 cents. Flour was $1.25 per pound last winter, and

Present cost, flour 125 cente§ bacon 75 cents. Packing,to, mine costs 25 cents per pound. >The best wav io come is by St. Michael's. It costs $150 and you can carry 150 Ibs. of -baggage, but no supplies,which can be got here. This is the richest camp ever struck, The miues aré fifteen miles from Dawaéo§. One Montana nan took out $95,000 fromm 45 square feet,

bacon $2.

and another $130;000 from S5.equare feet.*

Dozens of others here have dome nearly as well, (Old-timers’expect to strike pew digzings this winter.”

San Francisco, July 28.—The latest rumor from Alaska isto the discovery of wonderfully rich quartz in large quanuties onthe Stewart river. farticuiars are vague and beyond the fact that the ledge is a large one and that the rock assays $300, nothing can be Jearned. Thi-, if true will mean much forthe Kh o dikedistrict. The Stewart river runs into the Youkon not far above Dawson, and, it is reasonable. ty suppose, that the placer, gold. new . being found below may have> its origin, in the mountains at the head of the Stewart river and neighboring streams.

San Francisco, July 28.—The Mining Record has the following :—* It is stated on good authority that one claim yielded %90,000 in 45 feet up and down the stream. Clarence Berry bought out his partoers, paying one $35,000 and the oiher $60,000, and has taken up $140,000 from the winter dump alone. Peter Wilborg has purchased more ground. He purchased his partner’s interest in a claim, paying $42,000. A man by the nameof Wall has all he thinks he wants, and is coming out. He sold his interests for $50,000. Nearly all the gold is found in the creek bed on the bed rock, but there are a few good bench diggings. Cordwood is worth $25 a cord. Lumber at the mill in Dawson is worth $130 per thousand feet ; slabs, 50 cente each; saw-

—

‘well tatgeke sufficient supply. to last him

dust, ten cents per sack, busines< seems to pay.”

Perbaps the most ictetesting reading in the Mining Reeord is the letters written tym'nin the Klondike to friends in J neau. Here is one from “Casey” Mor- ani-—

“Dawson, March 20, 1897: Friend George—Don’t pay any attention to what anyone says, but come in at your earliest opportunity. My God! it is appaling: to hear the truth, but nevertheless the world

has never produce | its equal before. Well, 22

come. That’s ail. Your friend, Casey, Burt Shuler, writing from Klondike

under date of June 5, says : ~

“We have beev here butashort time and we all have money. Provisions are | much higher than they were two years ago |

and clotuing is clean out of sight. One of the A.C. Co’s. boats was lost in the spring, and there will bea shortage of

provisions again this fall. There is nothing that a man could eat or wear that he cao- | not get a good price for. First-class rnb- ber boots are worth from an ounce to $25 a pair., The price of flour has been raised from $4 to $6, and it wa when we arrived, as it was heing freighred | from Forty-Mile.

Ooms ac Ho |

sellin a

y Big money can be made by bringing @ small outfit over the trail this fall, Wages have been $15 ner day ail winter, though asefuct on to $10 was attempted, but the miness quit work. . Here is a creek that is 18 miles long,

as far as is known, withouta miss. There are not enough menin the ¢ yuptry today to work tue claime. Sev.ra'o ber creeks show equal promise, but very little work has been done on the latter. I bave seen gold dust until it seems almost as cheap ux sawduat. If you are coming

and

in come

prepared to stay two years at least. Bring p'enty of clothing and good rabber boots.

Uscar Ashby. fears that gold will have to be demonetized for he says in a letter dated May 18 from Ci-cle City: —* Hereafter address ail letters to Klondike, N. W. Territory. 1 would have staved bere in Alaska, but when I heard of McKinley’s election L pulled my freight, for I knew that meantgold.l tell you one thing.if they fiad)a few more Eldorado and Bonanza Crecks they will bave to demonetize gold. Some of the kings here are hurrying out to spend their money before that is done. However, ] am going to take chances on mine,”

MowrreaL, July 28,—Sir William Van Horne stated 10-day that the Canadian Pacific Railway had already discussed the extension of the Edmunton branch to nothern points so as to give a rail and water route to the Yukon country, and the discoveries might lead to the work being carried out. From Arthabaska landing there is a complete route to Fort McPher- son, o¢ar the mouth of the Mackenzie

river. From here with a portage is a barge and. canoe route open to the Klondike. The distance from Edmonton

to Fort MePherson is 1,800 miles, and is the rout used by Surveyor Ogilvie in 1887.

Lexpox, July 28.—The colonial office has warned intending gold seekera that it wili be useless to start for Klondike before spring as the journey is only passable in eum mer time.

Searrie, Wr., July28.—Io en interview with th~ Axsociated Press correspondent, L. M. Turner, who spent eleven years in Alaska and the arcvic regions,in the employ of the government, said: “It is about time to call» balt on this mad rush to the Klondyke gold fields. Hundreds of men are going as far as they cau, relying on others to help them. ‘That help will be meagre enough, and scores will certainly endure hardship=.that death alone will resieve. The transportation companies cannot possibly accommodate the number goiny by way of St. Michaels. The small river steamers will not afford room for one- third .of the: number going bv that ronte. The provisjons will have to be furnfshed by the trnspertation companies, and two- thirds, of the passengere will board at St. Michael’s or along the Yukou, aud they will,not see Dawson City until next spring. Many of those,.who go by. way of Dyea will, be compelled ta.winter at the head waters of the Yukon.”

Tacoma, Wash., July 28. —The Alaska papers are calling upon the gold hunters whoare rushing upon the Klondike to bring a sufficient supply of food to nourish them for six menths. The Junea (Alaska) Searchlight, one of the most conservative of the Arctic publications, tells the adven— turer and impecunious gold-seeker to keeo away, and adds:

“There, is a strong probability that there will be a,ghort allowance of provisions'in the Yukon the coming winter, even if there is no actual sufiering from the want of food, and every one doing: it will do;

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See the shirt waists at the Always Busy Store—60c each forall, worth 85c and 90c each; and 90¢ each for all worth $1.45 and $1.25, Anelegact assortment and all sizes. —Stanley Bros, 175--21.

A satisfactory beverage for outing arties is unquestionably Sovreign Fruit | yrups. Among is great variety in flavors all tastes are suited.

Prince Edward Island Hlns- trated is for sale at all the. Bookstores, Priee 25c.

AMINER, CHARLOTTETOWN, JULY 3u, 1897

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merchandize never so cheaply bought. While we will

welcome better prices, until they come we sell as now. rae a

chase; goo2s eloquently tell the story of value.

Waisis

Each for all Shirt Waists worth ‘85e and Joc; this includes all sizes in light and

each for all Shirt Waists worth $1.45 and $125; a very large assortment of all

Possess yourself of some of these.

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a copy of “Prince Edward Island,” is about the best thing for the pvrpose of giving strangers an. ideaof our beautiful Provinces. It con- sists of 100 pp. printed on the best paper. The engrav- ing are numerous and first class. The price is 25¢ a copy. They are for sale at

all bookstores in Charlotte.own, at Summerside, and Souris and on the

trais1. They may be obtained at this office securely wrapyed, re:dy to mail to frinds abroad. Write or call,

THE EXSMINER OFFICE.

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EARLY CLOSING

We, the undersigned merchant tailors and clothiers, agree to close our respective places of hasivess every. evening at 6 o'clock, except Saturday, for the moath: of Ju’y and August.

JOHN T. McKENZIE, S.A. McDONALD, JOHN McLEOD&CO. PROWSE BROS.,

D. A. BRUCE,

McKAY WOOLEN CO.

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SCOTTISH GATHERING

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The Annual Scottish Gathering of the Clans, under the auspices of the Caledonia Club of P. E. Island, will be held at

SUMMERSIDE DRIVING PARK

Wednesday, Aug. 18th.

Train leaves Charlottetown, at 8.15 a. im., local, Tignish at 6 a. m., local, and Cape Traverse at 7.55, a. m., Jocal stopping at all intermediate stations.

Return tickets from Charlottetown, 75c; from Tignish, 95c, and from Cape Traverse, 60c; intermediate stations at proportional rates,

For train arrangements, prize list, and full particulars, see programmes and advertisements in newspapers later

A. McNritt, Jonun 8S. Macpenapp ec, Secy. President.

168—d 246 & w

oGill University, Montreal

SESSION 1897 98

ee

The curriculum comprises course in Arrs, (including the Donatpa Spectra, Covrse For Women), Apriiep Sorence Mepicixe, Law, and Vererivary Sciexce Matriculation, Examination and Scholar- ship Examination wil] be held:—Arrs AND Mepicine, 151H Sepr.; Appiiep Science, l6ru Serr; Law, Trn Sepr. Vererinary Science, 22np Serr.

Copies of the Calendar, containing ful

information, may be obtained on applica tion to the Secretiry.