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THE DAILY EXAMINER. TRIAL OF WW. LARTE

JULY 10, 1893

THE M’PHEE-SHAW CASE

t the jury in thie case were

fore they went

‘ thie mav he, they had no

fifteet

box for more than » the High

ready with the

if i thew

tes when thev sent word t that they were r

When they are Lown

t-room their verdict was “ not guilty Mr. Shaw was thus promptly and honoratly }

The evidence in the case has been im partially placed befori the public by Tue Examiner. It certainly reveals a state of feeling in the West River settlement which With schools and church

and

' imentable

es i Christian influences around

seem to be actuated most of alf by

hatred and malice and all uncharit

sbleness it was pitiable to see man ewearing against man, not alone in respect to natters of

in respect to statements of fact easily ex

tablivhed by impartial witnesees it was

maintained by the be-

the prosecution at ginning that Mr have sworn falsely before Mr. Hackett, for

MePhees

of the trial Shaw must

(1) he could net have seen the fishing oysters off Lamont’s Cove, because ovsters there to fieh; (2)

the

there

were he

hecanse Lamont’s Cove cann

. vy from Shaw’s farm ; (3) because Shaw could not have crossed McKenzie’s Creek

The evi-

with out getting wet up to his hips. dence of the Mc Phees and others was yiven But

prev en,

to substantiate these allegation«

exch and every one of them was on the evidence of impartia] men, to be tnistaken aad false There were inaceur-

acies and (nconsistencies in the evidence for the prosecution, which Mr. Stewart, did fail to

course of his

for the lefence, not point out in the eloquent closing addres#. When, therefore, the chief grounds of the prosecution had been swept away, and the case was narrowed down to a mere question of credibility a+ Mr. Shaw and the MePhees, the Mr. Shaw’s

ttween jury had to aequit Mr. Shaw. accusers were wrong-—evidently wroug— in respect to several of their main allega- tions, in respect to matters of fact about be no doubt,—and it that

which there could could not, therefore, be concladed they were right in respect to the erucial point, viz., that Mr. Shaw had deliberate- ly committed perjury when he swore that he saw them fishing oysters on the even- ing of the 20th of August last. could have convicted Mr. Shaw upon the evidence. The jury did not hesitate about the matter. They were prompt aud they were nnanimous.

« What, then, shall we say concerning the Atworney General’s interference in the «candalous and disgraceful quarrel, and his xaddling the cost of an expensive trial,

prosecuted by Alexander McPhee with

the avowed purpose of driving Mr. Shaw |

out of the neighborhood, upon the people ot the Province? It is certainly the Attorney-General’s duty to institute suite for the trial and conviction of eriminals Nor can we blame him, if in certain cases ke fnils to obtain a conviction. But it just as certainly the duty of the Attorney

General to see to it that the grounds for his prosecution are tenable and such o- will be clearly understood by a jury. In thie ease the Attorney-General could eas ily have ascertained from men unblinded by prejudice or passion, whether or not there were really oysters at Lamont’s Cove, whether or not a boat could be seen at the edge of the channel opposite Lamont’s farm, whether or not a man could cro MeKenzie’s Creek, ae alleged by Mr But he seems to have relied wholly upon the of his clients. A lengthy and costly investigation before the Stipendiary Magistrate demonstrated that that these alatements wrong. But the subtle intellect of Mr. Fitzgerald saw some

Shaw

statements

there was evidence

were all

discrepancy in the evidence of Mr. Shaw's little boy—a diserepany whieh no jury would see or regard for a moment—and Mr. Shaw was sent up for trial. When the case came before the Grand Jury, only the evidence for the prosecution, that i# to vay only the evidence of the MePhees and those who belong to their party, was mitted to be heard, and a true

per bill wae, of eourse, found. In this way the relentless gratified and

the

fury of the prosecutors was brought to a trial by

But the Attorney-Gen-

the case was Attorney-Generai. eral was not content to press the case for

No jury |

the parties to the quarrel | Hie Lordship the Chief Justice

opinion or recollection, but }

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her father and mother,

| also purging fiequently.

| ehe took it in jam, about half a teaspoon-

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the prosecution in the ordinary way. He | must needs call to his aid a moxt expert and & most expensive counsel im the

Province. Our people have cause to re

member that costs are apt to run high when Mr. L. H. Davies, M. P., has Her Majesty the Queen (representing the tax payers) for his client; and we have no rea- son tO suppose that Mr, Davies entertains any the less high appreciation of his fur- ensic ability now that he is Leader of the Maritime Liberals. we feel sure that the people will condemn

However this may be,

their Attorney-General, as one of the coun- sel for the MePhees in a case for violation of the fishery law, for saddling upon them the great expense of a lengthy prosecution agsintt Mr grounds clearly and evidently and admit- edly untenable

The case that it was the first in Canada to be tried Never be-

Shaw for perjury, upon

ix remarkable

uader the new criminal code. fore in Canada was the defendant in a criminal prosecution permitted to give evi- Mr. Shaw gave his testimony in a must have favorably im-

dence

manner which

| but she had pain. I

Noxious Drugs

Damaris Watt Me-

Eachern.,

To

to the | OPENING OF THE PROCEEDINGS.

His Honor the Chief-Justice Presiding.

Tne prisoner Willian Larter was placed

in the dock at half-juet ten o'clock this forenoon. His appearance is not “o) rubicund as " was “| few months ago, but his demeanor wa-

ease is being tried before Mr. H C MeDonald with the Attorney-General in the prosecution of the case, and Mr L H with Mr. Stewart for the defence From the excellent pune L of jury men selected In High Sheriff Horne, the following jury to try the case was easily obtained ; The Jury.

Peter Stewart (foreman),

Charles Stewart,

Peter Donnell,

William J. Houston,

Wellington Young,

Lewis L. Jeukine,

Rebin Robertson,

John McDougall,

Robert Wood,

Angus McDougal},

Richard Jardine,

William J

composed The is “associated .

Davies is associated

Giheon The Indictment,

This document is made up of sixteen counts, in which the prisoner ix charged with administering and causing to be taken

R SECOND EDITION.

Charged With Administering

| test, introducing strong ammonia, and got

}; cype in midition to the white poison.

| Ofticer Cauapbell, to be taken to St. John

by the deceased Damarus Watt McEKachern |

a number of noxious drugs for the purpose of causing a miscarriage. Boys Excluded,

On the motion of the Attorney-General an order of the court was made prohibit- ing the admission of all boys who are not witnesses on the case during the trial.

A Poatat Taken.

After the jury were sworn, and before the prosecuting counsel opened the case, Mr. Stewart, for the defence, moved that the prisoner be discharged on the ground that the statute under which proceedings

} were taken had been repealed by the Crim-

inal Code, which came into operation on the lst July inst., and that ther? was no law to punish the prisoner if found gnilty. This contention was ably set out by Mr.. Stewart, and strongly supported by Mr. Davies, on behalf of the prisoner.

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The Attorney-General contending that the offence was yunishable | under the terms of the General Interpreta- |

tion Aet, which in effect enacts that the repeal of any act shall not effect any offence committed previous to its repeal.

| Justice reserved the point, and directed

that the trial proceed in the meantime

ee

After some further argument the Chief | }

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The Case Opened.

Mr. H. €. McDonald opened the case for | the crown. He pointed out that the ottence charged was one of the worst crimes in the calendar, and that the penalty was imprisonment for life. He then related the fucts which the Crown would prove

The Evidence,

Dr. H. D. Johnsen (sworn)—Examined by the Attorney-General—I knew Damari- McEachern. She came to my office on the 4th day of April to consult me. * was called in to see her on thel28th of April. She wae living on Richmond Street with She was about 27 years of age. I called about half-pa-t seven on Friday evening, the 28th. She was suffering severely. [ took a lamp and and looked at her eyes. They appeared to be very natural, neither distended nor contracted, J came to the conclusion that she was not dying. I found her pulse fairly strong and regular, He skin was cold aml clammy. She was vomiting a great deal and almost incessantly, She was She complained of pain in her throat and in her stomach and im the tube connecting the two, She felt a great tightness and cheking about the throat. She was very thirsty. On pressing deeply in tue stamach the sore- ness was worse. She was sick about 2 hours or 24 hours before I was called. There was a large basin of the vomit and it was pretty well filled up. I concluded she wax poisoned and I told her so. I said, “You have been poisoned,” and asked her what she had taken, She said she had taken a white powder, that

ful; and that it made her sick at once. She said that it tasted very badly, she thought something like carmphor. Cam- phor is « serions poison; it would first stimulate the brain and afterwards pro- duce convulsions. I knew that she had not taken camphor. I formed the opinion that it was an irritant poison, the ordin-

| I seut six packages to Mr. Best contajning

}aterus and

ary arsenic antimony or mercury. And from the symptoms I coneluded that it was eptupony or mereury. I en-

couraged the vomiting; gave her large quantities of warm water, At first she eould not take it on account of the con- traction of the throat. I then gave her salad oil which had the effect of soothing her throat and she could take the water. [ yave her morphine to ease the pain. Shortly after I also gave her 5 grains of

bismuth. This was about 9 o’elock, I think that bismuth has no corrosive action. It ix commonly given. She was

sti]) vomiting and purging up to 11 o’elock. She had ne convalsions or cramp, left her at that time aud gave instructions con- cerning her. I went back about « qnarter- past seven nextevening, She was still dangerously il but not vomiting so fre. quently. She was rather weaker. She thought that she was getting better, but I thought not and told her so. She was showing symptoms of fhe absorption of the

potsen She thought -he woul get better

| if her misearriage were complete—if the

medicine acted. She thought that she would be better, Later on I found that she was =til] getting weaker, J called on Dr. Warburton. We made an examina tion. At three o’elock we found her ; pulse 230. The other symptoms were those of weak nese. She told me that she had vomited three times between

from the fact | was there.

pressed the jury; and we are bound to ad- |

wit that the Attorney-General did not un- luly prolong hie ecross-examination. But Mr. Shaw effectually removed the seuppos- ition which might have arisen that he was perhaps deceived as to the identity of the men whom he saw fishing oysters on the evening of the 20th of August. On this account, he made it more difficult for the jury to come to a decision in bis favor than iv he had not testified—he compelled the jury to decide upon the point whether he or the MePheey had sworn to the truth.

} so far as © kaow,

The Nowa Scotia Game Society has im- |

ported a score of English phea-ants and

distributed them over the province with |

the idea of progenerating thi: prolific gune bird in our forests. The soviety are alsw importing some Newfoundiaad grouse, aud have made an arrangement with the local government of that province to itn port a herd of red deer from the forests of | New Brunswick

3 oelock. She vomited while I I came to the conclusion that she would die, At about 5 0’elock I found her still weaker, and told her that she wax going to die, At 7,30 o'clock I called again, and stayed with her until she died at 8 o'clock, She was siek about twenty- seven hours. After her death | called im the coroner. J had ordered the vomit aad everything to be kept. This order was disobeyed. ae

After recess

Il and

the examinatiun of Der.

of the matter yom ted by her about thre hours before ehe died, aud preserved it myself, That was all that was preserved I did not expect to find yison in the , and so long

much traces of en irritant vomit shortly before she di after was taken ill.

but I gave noother medicine than I } ave previously stated, A post mortem exam mation was held by Dr, Warburton tad myself. (Witness here detailed his m tes of the post mortem examination wri:tey immediately after.)

For the remainder of the evidence, ap to adjourament, see Second Edition,

It is always pleasant tc meet good peo ple, except when they are se good that everybody else appears to them bad by contrast,

USE SKOD4’S DISCOVERY, the great Blood and Nerve Remedy,

| I gave her port wine | and ordered that she should have beef tea,

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| same way as they came.

| more likely to cause death than to cause

| want to find out something about the case.

| by the Attorney-General — ither 1: Johnson was resumed : I took away sone | -- ¢ Attorney-General —I am either 13

| I went out to the fields sometimes. My

DAILY EXAMINER,

The Evidence at the Larter Trial Continued,

After this we made a test to discover | We tested part of the vomited matter which [ had taken away by Marsh’s | text We found no trace of arsenic or antimony. This was not surprising, be- canse the poison would by that time have ieen extruded. A great deal of the poison would have been thrown up by the first vomit. IT poured out about a tablespoon- ful of the contents of the stomach and scraped some off the bowel. Submitting this to a test, we got a slight trace o arsenic or antimony on porcelain. W: did not proceed to test whether this wae We made a

the pulson

arsenic oF antimony second

a slight white deposit. I could not sey From the symptoms | saw while treating the patient I judged that ti was poisoned by tartar emetic She told me that she had taken other medi- | She did not mention the ot anything; but said that she had taken a powder lik« flax seed. She told me where I wonld on

some bottles of wedicine.

what it was

woman ates

I got some ta- tween the ticks of the bed, and one [go under the bureau. I vot another betth

from her mother at the girl’ request I

did not keep that bottle. It was a larg one, holding Ss to 12 ounce. I sot | nething elm« I formed an iden as to

} marked

gave them to

what had been their contents. the bottle=, sealed them and

for analysis.

Cross-examined by Mr. Davies—I had been the physician of the girl, and attend ed her prevously. | attended her for different | complaigt-—I attended her on a previous

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care of miscarriage in Charlottetown -ome- time iri October la-t. | don’t know how it was brought about. She came to me in April te preeure a miscarriage. She cried a good deal. She was urgent and persistent. 1 told her that 1 would not do it. I gave her powdered sub-uitrate of bismuth—tive grains, [ ordered four 5-grain doses, but only gave her one dose. That was about 9 o'clock in the evening. T don’t know what took place during my absence, J gave her a j of a grain of morphia, | made a test of the contents of the stomach and tested the vomit. The white deposit that I got might be white precipitate of mercury. The pow- der was a sediment in the test tube. =. that [ gota black stain upon the porcelain. nothing in the vomit. if arsenic were im the stomach it might be stuck to the coatings. After I got the trace from the scrapings I did not test the contents of the stomach, which I took out with a spoon. 1 did not apply the stomach

i got

pump, because I feared that in her condition it might kill her.

Her throat and stomach were in such a state that I was afraid to try it, She was vomiting freely. Fluid extract of ergot is a beneficial medicine and largely axed by the profession. Oil of cedar is not official. Ido not know what its effects would be in such a case. Such drugs are

abortion. I do not know what caused the previous miscarriage. She had previously been doing some heavy lifting.

To the Attorney-General—I got a powder from Mrs, McEachern. I: was

carbonate of soda,

the stomach and other organs, except the the bottles and boxes of medicine,

Arthur Johnson (sworn)—examined by the Attorney-General—I am a chemist. I don’t profess to be an expert, but I am competent to make a test for poison. | assisted Jr, Johnson to perform Marshes’ test on the seraping of part of the stomach, [am sure that the agents contained no arsenic or antimony. We tested on poi

celain. We got a positive result from the test. It was either antimony or arsenic. Iam positive on that point. 1

examined the bottles simply by smell. Smelling is one of the tests for oil of juni per, ergot aud other drags. I came to the conclusion that the contents of ons of the bottles was oi) of juniper.

Cross-examined by Mr. Davies.—I simply came to the conclusion, as a result of Marsh’s test, that arsenic or autimony in some quantity was there.

Charles Cameroun (*worn)—Examined by the Attorney-General—I am City Mar- chal, | was present at tho examination before the Stipendiary Magistrate ax formal prosecutor. {Bottles and boxes exhibited), i received those bottles from Dr, Harry Johnson and returned them again to him. While I had them I kept them locked up. I received this box. The pil) box I received from Mrs. McEachern. I also got (he syringe and box from Mrs. MeEachern.

Dr. Warburton (sworn)—examined by the Attorney-General —I live on Kent St. and know the prisoner. I was examined before the Stipendiary Magistrate, [> saw the prisoner sometime between the 4th and [th of April. He sad that there was a girl in trouble and he wanted something to bring her right. These were his . words. sani that I couldy’t give him — anything. He told me that the girl’s name was Me- Eachern, He said it was the MeEKachern who lived across the street, in the other end of the house where Steele lived, He said that she had already taken, or been given [said if she had been taking that she had better Jeave it alone. I would not consider myself justified in

giving it to @& pregnant woman. He eked me if it could be done in Halifax, He asked if there

was anyone in Charlottetown who would do it. [said “no.” He asked if it could be done in Boston. I said that I didn’t know. He did not tell me who got the girl inte trouble. J] was called jn on Saturday, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, to

see the McEachern gil. I considered that she was dying. Her pulse was very weak, small and quick, Her skin was meist and clammy and cold.

Her breathing was rapid and labored. She was all more or less cramped. When I was in the wext room I heard her vormit- ing. Lasked her what she had taken. She said she had taken a powder. She said that she felt sick as soon as she took it. Teame to the conclysion that she had taken an’ irritant poison. Tartar emetic is such a poison. The smallest dose that is*known to be fatal is 2 grains. As an emeti¢ two grains of it are some- times used, Never more than that, J only saw the girl alone upon ofe occasion, I war at the post mortem examination, What Dr, Johnson has said about it in cotrect, J have no doubt that the girl was poisoned. Larter came to my ottice, = [ went to the formal investigation, and after that the prisoner came to see me. He seemed to

He said if she were poisoned it would be

~ from Slate or from Dodd’s Medical ail.

Almost every poison may be used as a

medigjne, Arsenic, strychnine, al] these

are nsed,

William H. Murphy (sworn)—Examined or 14 years of age. I know William Larter. I worked with him — last winter. I went to work with him about the Ist of Angust, and I stayed with him until he was arrested. I slept at home with my mother. I tended the bar. T have been in the bar by mipsel.

step father is Peter Trainor. I remember the Sunday before I was examined before the Stipendiary Magistrate. I know Charles Slate to see him, 1 saw him on the Sunday before the examination. Ef saw him near the street that runs up from McKinnon & MeLean’s foundry, Another man was with him. Mr. Larter was with him. This was on Sunday beforedinner. Mr, Larter waited

till Slate came down. I left them. They walked down the other side of Mr. Leigh’s, near the Kirk. I can’t say what they said to each other. Slate

and Larter tarned and walked back the

| when about

| do this,

IT walked back

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on the other side of the street: Slate went round by St. Peter’s church. We parted at, Weeks’ corner, Slate going to where he came from Pownal

and we going down i i

street. Weturned the next street below | Richmond Street, and came to the! Main street, where we met Donald

MecEachern’s brother. We met him some |

the Londou House corner, | There was some talk between them. I dow’t know exactly what it was. We | went down by Dodd's corher and into Pownal Street again and walked up towards were we had seen Slate. Larter told me to go up in that direction and see if I could see Slate. I went and found Slate in Mrs. Croshy’s house. — I

tuld him that Mr. Larter wanted to see him. He came with me and we walked up towards Mr. Larter’s house,

ear Gallows Hill. Sjate turned out the lalpeque Road past the Woolen Mill. J ent to Mr. Larter’s house. He was sit- ng in-the kitchen. I walked up and wh. He saw me and came out 1e front door. I told him that was out the St. Peter’s Road— fat made a mistake. I went after Slate to tt) him that Larter wonld be ont in a few vinntes, T think that Larter told me to | I canght up to Slate and told hin We walked out a piece on the road backward and forward. Mr. Larter came vat and met him. I went up to my aunt’s. They were together when I left them.

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| saw Mr. Larter afterward= on the street going to his “house. don’t remember what was said. Tf saw Slate again that day. It was on the

Steam Navigation wharf after dinner. The steamer went out that day. Mr. Larter told me togodown to buy a ticket for

| Slaje to Boston. Mr. Larter gave me the wmoney—three five dollar bills. He gave it to me that | same day down on the wharf. J don’t

think any one was near us when he gave | me the money. I don’t know that Thomas Coyle was there. I went on board the boat. Slate also went on board the boat. One of us asked whether or not the | prisoner was on board. [ did not buy the | ticket. I gave the money ‘te Slate and | did not see him any more that day | Mr. Larter while on the wharf vave Slate a flask of liquor, IT knew the McKachern’s | but not very well, Tused to go over to

see if they wanted anv water. I sometimes

got hot water from them. They got cold | water from Mr. Larter. I remember the day on which Miss McEachern took sick. Part of Larter’s honse is used as a saloon and part was empty atthat time. There | was a lounge in it and achair and | a bed. The bed was upstairs,

There was bed clothing on the bed. Mr, | Larter slept there at times when there | would be a big crowd around. We got the cold water down cellar by going through the vacant part, I never saw Miss Me- Eachern going for water. [ remember see- ing Slate on the day that Mise MeEachern took sick. About that the Slate was in Larter’s shop or in the room next ‘to it. ] suw Mr. Larter the day after he was ar- |

rested. Mre. Larter brought a paper from | Mr. Larter and gave it to me.! The writing was on the edge of

a piece of newspaper. It ap- paw to be in Mr. Larter’s writing, I voked over it carelessly. She took it away again. I just made it out by guess. The writing on the paper was: “If you go up to the court say that Charles Slate bronght Miss McKEachern the bottle of medicine, and told her not to take too much of it, and that you were standing at the corner of the house and heard him say it.” That was not true. | didn’t swear tothe story that he wanted me to tell. [am telling what istrue now. Mra. Larter was in the vacant part of the hoyxe when she gave me the paper, Mr. Larter used to go over to the MeEacherns’ pretty often.

The cross-examination was postponed until to-morrow.

Court adjourned.

THE BEST PICNIC,

That's what everybody is reckoning on, aud all that is required uow is a fine day.

The Second Methodist S. $. Picnic

will be held at NORTH WILTSHIRE on THURSDAY, [Sth inst, Special train leaves the city at 9.45 a, m. (local). Return fare 35 cents, with special rates for families. A table loaded with the delicacies of the season will be provided for visitors. 3i—jy lo

BARGAINS.

--- IN

BOOTS

Great Clearing Out Sale.

| working will produce a small amount and

removing to our)

i

Before NEW STORE we will sell off our entire stock of Men’s, Women’s and Children’s Boots '

and Shoes.

GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES.

Ladies’, Misses’ and Chil- TAN SHOES very} the DOMINION | BOOT & SHOE STORE.

dren's

cheap at

| ered.

| time was 2.35,

| incessant

>

TELEGRAPHIC,

Tue Examiner. |

Struck by a Thunder Shower.

Loxpoy, July 10. |

SerectaL Desparenes ro

The yacht Stanton with a party of | thirty railway builders and their wives | was struck by a thunder storm off Skig- | ness and overturned. Twenty-seven were | drowned. Twelve bodies have been reeov- |

The World's Feir Stakes.

Cuicaco, July 10. | Foxhall Keene’s colt Eltelegrapho won | the $25,000 World’s Fair stakes at Wash- ington Park on Saturday. The race was five and a half furlongs, The time was

1.13.

Freight Shed and Cars Burnt.

New Havew, July 10. |

The New York and New Haven Rail- road freight sheds and sixty cars, mostly loaded, were burned on Saturday. The loss is about $175,000.

Orangemen Attend Church.

Hauirax, July 10.

The Orangemen to the number of one hundred, marched in procession here last | evening, and attended divine worship.

» Young Clay the Winner.

Hauirax, July 16. Theimatch race between young Clay and Topsy on the riding ground, on Satur- day, was won by the former. The best

Drowned on Lake St. Louis.

Monrrean, July 10. On Lake St- Lonis on Saturday last, a yacht upset and Charles St. Levin was drowned. The deceased was a wholesale furrier.

The Bebring Sea Court.

Paris, Jnly 10,

The Hon. E. J. Phelps finished his clos- ing address before the Behring Sea Com- mission on Saturday. The arbitrators are having a private sitting to-day.

The Lobster Fishing Season. | Orrawa, July 10. Richard Hunt, of Summerside is here to

urge the Government to extend the lobster fishing season on the south of the Island,

LETTERS T0 THE EDITOR.

THE GEORGETOWN RACES.

Sik,—In your report of the races on Georgetown Driving Park on the 6th inst., I notice that you state, regarding the 2.40 class, that in the first heat Lady Hilda distanced the field, that the other two horses were allowed to “trot off” for second money, with the result that Clem- mie B. won the first heat and she in turn was distanced in the next heat by Aimost M. I beg to state that in thix matter the decision of the judges was, in my opinion, grossly irregular.

In the first heat of the “ trot off” Clem- mie B. fairly distanced Almont M,, but the latter is a Georgetown horse, and the action of the judges in permitting him to start again is being severely criticised by local horsemen. In the next heat Clem- mie B. threw her overdraw, after which she acted badly and was distanced. It seems strange to me that I did not receive, at the hands of the judges the same cour- tesy that was extended tothe owner of Almont M, The race was declared ended, with my mare distanced, after her having in the preceding heat distanced her com- petitor. Surely this is not British fair

play !

Jouxn Murpny.

A PLEA FOR OUR CLERGYMEN.

Sin,—The time of recreation for our hard mental toilers has about come. The law gives a long recreation to our teachers, who do not work nearly so hard as our

clergymen. These wen, especially during the last winter, have worked excessively

hard. They should and must have some recreation in the country, The names of Messrs. Hamlyn, Sutherland, Simpson and Brewer (I will not mention Mr. Gordon as he is going away) oceur prominently to us.

Now, the plan of allowing these men to cease from their routine labor for a few weeks is not only advantageous to the workers themselves but it brings advan- tage to the people as welj. The brain, which is the organ of the mind, cannot work satisfactorily if it be compelled to work incessantly. A brain constantly

a poor quality of brain force, On the contrary, when the brain ie allowed rest from its neual laborious occupations, and the spirits recuperated by change of air, scenery and by rest, the thoughts which are roduced are always brighter, more bril- iant and more instructive,

The people ‘generally think that their ministers are like machines, and all they have todo is to open their mouths and thoughts clothed in words wil! flow forth like water from a fountain. There never was a greater mistake. Brain, far more than any other part of the body, requires rest, Jaded brains will not work satisfac- torily. Recuperated brains will do twice the quantity und quality of work.

If the people want goed sermons and useful work from their ministers they must give them rest. The advantage of this is reciprocal. Besides, the — people have no right to force so much and such toil from their ministers, |

| would suggest that the ministers shall be

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J. B. Macdonald & Co.

Charlottetown, July 8, 1893—<dy

CARD.

’ | MISS MELLISH, M. L. A. of Mount Allison Ladies College, will Open classes in this city } about the first of September next in Elocution and Physical Culture. The method of instrue- tion will be the same as at the Emerson

School of er Boston. Miss Mellish will also take a limited num - of _ in Musie, | _ for terms, ete., apply at Residenee, corner | Great George and Ring Streets, — jys |

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; . . | ministers

| meet Mercier’s loan of $4,000,000 falling

| to ratify the agreement.

| pears to be that it will enable the Govern-

| demoralized

allowed at least six or eight weeks of a

} | holiday in the country. ! |

A Puysiciay.

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Arrangements For Mereier’s Loan, A cablegram received by the Quebec informed them that Hon. John 8. Hall, Treasurer fur the Province, had succeeded in making arrangements with the Credit Lyonnaix, of Paris, to

due on lath July, This arrangement ex- tends the duration of the loan for two years more upon the original conditions, and the meetmg of the Cabinet was held The advan- tage of this temporary arrangement ap-

ment to make | sach

1 ruianent arrange- ments as are not corals

in the present of the money market. we ety ‘ eee USE SKODA’S DISCOVERY, the great Blood and Nerve Remedy. ?

Charlottetown Board of Trade. QUARTERLY MEETING.

The General Quarterly Meeting of this Corporation will be held in the Guardian Office, Cameron Block, this city, on the evening of WEDNESDAY, 12th July, inst., at 8 o’clock.

B. D. HIGGS,

jy lO—3i Seeretary.

MONDAY, JULY 10, 1893.

To-morrow and To-morrow and

To-morrow

and after that we will sell Rainproof Coats at our

POPULAR CLOTHING STORE.

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Ladies’ Distingue Waterproofs in Latest Styles.

JAMES PATON & CO.

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Notice of Assignment and Meeting.

Notice is hereby given that Mr. William L. ,

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Sterns of Souriy Fast, in King’s County, Mer- chant, has this day assign tome for the benefit of his creditors. Ail debts due to the said William L. Sterns are required to be paid to me forthwith at my office in Charlottetown.

Creditors of the said William L. Sterns are requestéd.to file their claims with me imme- diately,

A Meeting of Creditors will be held at my office in Charlottetown on MONDAY, the Seventeenth day of July, instant, at 12 o’clock, noon,

A. A. MCLEAN, Assignee, Charlottetown, July 7, i8k@3—dy li wy li

House to Let.

A DWELLING HOUSE on Baytiel! Street, containing nine rooms, stable and coach house. Heated with hot water, and is in good condition. Possession given ta | on once. Inquire of

A. HERMANS, Queen St

TO-DAY George, Duke of

ILI, weds Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, grand-daughter of the Duke of Cambridge, brother of Edward, Duke of Kent, father of Queen Victoria, and son of George HL — The line of George III. is thus again

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FIRE LiFe ACCIDENT

Good Business

man always insures his property

vm &. WC. Brow

CHARLOTTETOWN

OFFICE, BROWN': BLOCK.

York, grandson of Queen Victoria, great-grandson of George

brought together by the marriage of

grandson and great-granddaughter.

{t is a Royal union, but there is another union of greater consequence to our people,

namely, a union of High Quality and Low Prices. They are certainly handsome, or we would not keep them; they are

class of goods.

We excel in bargains in the above

cheap, or we could not sell them; they are bought because we get customers for them, An early call will convince you the above are facts. In the TAILORING DEPARTMENT everything is running at high-water mark,