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Held in the B.l.S.», Hall
Yesterday.
Officers Elected and Resolu-
tions Passed by the
Electors Present at
the Meeting.
’i`l\t-re was rr lnrgu attendance at the ,
l.it.l-ral Conservative Corricrcnco yestcr-,
any in the B. I. Sf llall. Queen's County
it -is well represented by prominent mera-
itl-| \ or the party but the number present
lnnn the outlying cuurlties was small.
Fin- t-hair' \ras occupied by Dr. McNeill,
l‘lr~ll|t-|\t of the t.‘on\'entlon and J. J. -
.ioirnstun wan Sccrelarv. ,
'l`ne President in his annual address
-.|.n|;<~ r-loqlrcrrtly and forcefully and vhiluf
ln- intimated his lnta-ntlnn to retirc from l
rin- prwitlracy, he proposed a in-.ltcr
ll-mrrrimttiorr and int-.reased_cner|;y in com
l» ii ing the evils of luis-government. ‘
_\i its close tx vote of thanks was passed |
\ vunrrnittee on resolutions wasf
than appointed. alter which A.’
,\.)i¢>lleun, M. 1'., rnovcd r||\ n.rncnd-
in-,-nt' to' clause »l of the bye-la\\'e ‘pro-`
riding that a Provincial Conference
.hail only he hcld when the Central
t'n|nrnittee shall deem it expedient.
lil- explained that he intended to`
rnorcu further amendment providinlz
ini-:L t,)ueen's County Convention and
the estnblisltrrrcot ofa central corn»
nlltire consisting ol' the President, Vice
i'rl-,~irient and Secretary of each of the
t‘.n\nl-y organizations-whiclr comrnitteei
only would have power to cull a General
V lnfrrrrrtze oi' the Party. . i
"i'|\o motion was seconded by Mr. Mell I
i,i», snplrortt-.il hy lion, \Villiarn Campbell
and unanimously carried. \
Hrrlrseqrreritly Mr. Maclean moved an
:lrnentlment of clause sevcn of thc bye,
in-.is in .itcvvrdanos with his previous ex-.
Mdn. This rrfbtiorr also passed unani- _
inously. i
After in-lei spcecires had been made and
|»i.iit-r routine business transacted the
t‘nnvemion adjourned till hall past. onei
.fl-lack.
'I’hr convention rc-met at half past one
.fl-inric.
'|‘ho first ii.om of business was thc elec-
tion of oiiiecrn, thc president and secre-
tary declining ro election. It resulted as
llrliows :-
President-Simon VV. Crnbba. _
Vice l’resldent-Donald Nicholson.
.\`ec'y-1l'<lrrea\ A. McDonald.
rlreeirtive-Alrorc oillcers and John A. y
.\lnll\ieson ; \\'illiam Hogan, Hopo River;
,inhn Fraser, Avondale.
un motion tho quorum was chaurred
Innn live lo four members.
A rrrniicn, to place the power of calling
rt.~n\'errt,ions etc in the hands of the
executive, instead of in eouvenors as
irnrnnlly, was discussed at some length
hut. defeated.
lluuvcnors were then chosen as follows:
ourzr-iN:-r.
lfirst District.-\V. C. Hogan Hopo
i°§l§*§li?QEi SEQ-Q iii
ARGAINS IN
TUUT-WEAR
Boys’ Buff Lace Pegged.
lloot, $1.40 now $1.00.
Mcn’s Bull' Lace Pegged
Boot, $1.50 nowl1.25.
Women’s Box Calf Lace,
Nailed Tip $1.50.
Women s ‘Pebble Lace, Nail-
ed Tip $1.15.
Wo1nen's Felt Cong 65c.
Misses’ Lace Strong Boots
Nailed Sole 69c.
Clrild’s Lace Strong Boots,
Nailed Sole oc.
Inf:-1nt’s Iild Boots tan and ,
black 3 
Save gdtoney by buying
\l()W Rt
Gail Bros.
Dil. Rt]l)Eilli)i{ MCNEILL.  Toronto  MacKenzie andll
Retiring President of the Liberal Conservative Association.
sid on of A Young english
"D`_ii`lSil|1 .
°m§;gi,dn15 0 n' Attend tho Funeral
Sr. Jomv, Jan. 30-(Special) -A trmzlc ,
suicide occurred today when Mabel Bell,
agen 15, lnstlmtly klllell lie,-self l,y B Corn-;.\~rra<:r-:,\r, Jan. Sill.-(Special)-'i‘lie
remlver shot, ln the bl-em;t_ King Frerlcr-ick llighth now reigns eve;
She wash young English girl brought D¢DmB¥'|l» I
hers two years ago from the Mlddlgmqre His accession has been hailed with all
Home and was employed as adoruestio Bl>Dl`0Pl'il\iB Eni-huiilihl and ¢¢l‘€l1l0l\y»
wltll wlllllm|5nlm°n_ but sorrow for the death of Christian
Recently gl", allowed sly... 0|- mental Ninth is the predominant sentiment.
weakness but her condition was not such Th” °VB¥‘\\'i\¢lmlDif ill‘iCf Of NIB ilDlhB~
ng to gauge alarm, diate members of this remarkably united
she was A m5y,cl,¢¢l;¢d_ lmglthy gl,-l fsmilyis reflected in only slightly lesser
and her sad and has come as a great’dl’Kl‘¢€ in WNY 710155 ill U°DH1h"il€“.
ghqck gg her friends, from the richest to the poorest, and only
words of kindness are heard when the
dead_monnrch is spoken of.
In the chamber of the Amalienbor
NTION 0F LIBERAL   siinl iitiisrit ‘splzlzow |=plz QLD ltllvq
CONSERVATIVE PARTY   iiiliiit iiiiiii .LOYALTY TO THE NEW ONE
Divide the Emotions oi Denmark’s People-Emperors, and Kings, will
a Fortnight Hence- Royalties Keep Walch
-_ in the Death Chamber, Amid a Wildernesss of Flowers,
modest bed In which he breathed his last. drni of lloskilde, beside Queen Louise in
Followiolg the wishes of King Christian the Chapel of Frederick the Fifth.
his funeral will be attended with little King Haakon of Norway, Queen Alex-
oeremonial. sndra of England and King George of
The body which will be placed in a cof~ Greece, are expected to arrive in a law
lin tomorrow, will not actually lic ln days, as well as a nuniner of other
state, but prior to the cntombment, which princes and princesses from thc contin-
is expected to tslrc place in about a fort- cntal capitals.
night, it will be visited by the chiefs of It is thought that the Emperor of
state. iiussia will attend the funeral but this ia
Today the nrernbers ofthe family walcll- uncertain.
ed in the death chamber continually nn It is announced llrnt lilrnlrer-or \\‘llliam
enormous number of magnificent wreaths will be present In person, coming in a
coming from evorydireotion. ivhrshlp which he \vill'occupy during hi-
ll ti intein
Mann Who Are Buying
River. i .
Second District.-Albert, Tr-ernere,    Trnn Mines
North Wiltshire.
Third Districtt-Freticriclr Ilorne, \Vin
  e  Bill EllllNilllilHS
Eldon.
Citnriottetown-P. S. Brown.
ruxirs. ---
First District-A. L. Fraser, Sourls. The fonowin
_ _ _ gis the text of the docu-
,,iec°"d m“"‘M'_I" R Hayle' 5'" ment served by Lewis 1*. Tanton on the
°Tfr,“', W ,_, L D , H C M _ lliayor and rnernhers of the City Council.
"“ I” "C ` "“""‘ ' °‘5°"‘ Mr. Tantun holds that he can commence
 DMrM,__Murdcck McKhm0n, an action at the end of thirty days timez-
Mmm, “__ To thc City of Charlottetown, the Mayor
1’liiN“U- 1<`redor|ck P. Kelly, Esq. Mayor of the
11;,” m,`t,,.,c,__I),._ M,,,.,,|,y_ T|,zn,s,,_ City of Charlottetown, Messrs IJ Lemuel
s.».-.nur iran-ict-~1\1r¢lt Mt-Pace, cars i,*°"l;3"- =l““;°“bl’;}°"» 142';-i"“‘,i“ SR°i1@f“»
,,,,,,,_ . r., anjaln n ‘. rowsc. un ei tewari,
T|,i,.d Dist, |(,L_“v_ “_ Dame' 1.0", i Gordon T. Alley, Daniel Riley and Dennis
nm !()'l\i Reddin, Councillors of the City of
l-‘n-urtll I)istl'iCt~])r. Sutherland, Bcde- Cl‘""l°"t°t"“'“'
,,,,e_ I. rlohereby on behalf of myself and
S,,,,,,,,c,.si,|,,___J,,,,,.,,, A_ M(,Ne,||_ otlrers`,rr\tcln;ye,rs of the City,of Charlotte-
_ _. town t ernanr t rat you return or cause to
“I2 ‘;§§:;,u°;,e;f°l;:;§e;l:emI,';f$fr,gi be refunded to or deposited in the City
Alumr Slmpsony seconded by ‘VI E lreaihry alltnoneys paid out byynu or
Bentley brought out cluiteahenteddis- Wm' your uuthomy “nd came” durlng
cusslon`on the Salary Grab but. was car- M-'G YQDT H04 “nd 1005 to the ‘allowing
ricrl after R. B. Norton, J. P, Tunton inslutnlgns or mrsur ffllotgnlg p“rp;,se°‘
Senator Ferguson Hon. \Villlam 'mme y",umm" G an ° canoe' ro'
C m ,,e,, um, “J C Ho nn h d vinclal Riiie Association, Provincial Ex-
°\ D ’ ' ' 3 ' u hibition Association,Sehool Board, Music.
spoken, thc first two in condemning the
i re:c(lutl:n iltoverl b Jtkiilgwxnflorson moneys for “H Omer pumuse mr
am, sewndcdl; lmlerniucoun, was ca", which rnonoylms been paid contrary to
y . the rovislon of the Act ineorporatinlz tha
eddenouneing the passing of the large Cu pufC,"_w,n,,,M0wn ,md G, an Act to
e tr er f 1 c sr r Y
gran” “ le BTG ° as ses on mu consolidate and amend thc several Acts
endorsing the position oi' the Leader of ,ncmpurnunu me Oily uf Cmmouewwn,
tho Opposition in approving of thc re- LEWN 1,/I.AN,mN_
opening of the question oi' the grants to _ ,nth ,900
tho members, Lender of the Opposition, Chml°“em‘m‘ January
ex-ministers etc at next session of
Parliament.
A votc of thanks moved by Michael
Ready, Irlshtoivn, and seconded by John
A. Mnthieson, was unanimously carried.
'A resolution, moved hy Austin Mc-
Donald. seconded hy William Campbell,
was carried endorsing the local branch
railways proposed by the Conservative ,
government. _.__
A rrrotlon, movotgby Fred. Pprlrirrs,
seconded byAr!hur itnpfromconrernner ,y _ _ ,, _ _
the losses on the I. C. R. and canals of #Minh ,'T‘;"“':,;y ‘;,",;;A;‘,,(?‘[,E,°I";‘,‘;;w5f;
Gunudn owlnlg, to ,exun‘;,aKnnc°“:;|,,,¥,‘,x1r'  tiixtlnly fdr? the \var from the be-
e
chase of supp s, e c.. an recom it g
_ iuniuit of hostilities to its end in Septem
thai gbeyizié Dclaced rigritrr; tho control of get lust was’ for me Mmy, $4,,5’0w‘0m
anin open on comm s . , ,,0,,w0(,0_
, md fort me navy 8
A "Solano" was calf;-iefl’ bmolgidl  . Tire dowagcr cmprcss'of Chinn has sent
John Fraser and sccon er y era , _ b P H
RendY» asking that the Local arlrd Ftiderril :',"\’|“‘=Z;‘; ‘;;"‘:$:1£,mE“;;;‘"; ,of {,,,?,£
:rt-’avtll:\ntTrl:‘i,l‘r!ist;lrf<iavisri§t?:T :intl-$1! usliathilllm Alice Roosevelt. They consist of costly
' ~ d ‘ i bes.
Stack Farm be re-organized by placing it Jw em' “uk” an elm “B to
in control of a commission and better, ‘wh ‘ '
stock be procured; and endorsed the 6eI=l|l'.Nl4l.|l°l"°'l°”- I” °' "'”
_ tg l lrly relieved by Orelolsm
movement for better terms of winter com amz, w:|;n‘a‘;" box. Audruzdlu
municniion. _____i1_
A motion, moved by W. C. llogan and
seconded bydohn Saunders was carried
condemning the hlph tsridrntes batwocn .
the P. E. I. Railway and the mainland.
A vote of thanks was passed to the
retiring Secretary J. J. Johnston.
A resolution moved by Donald Nichol
son* and seconded by Thomas Doyle. con-
flgmngd the growing debt of Canada and _
the increasing expenditure all the -"
' h bil I .
degnngdledlifizrrglvtaiisdlgo pT\:i:.\r`i clan appre- Nr-:\v YORK, Jan. 28.-Colonel W. D.
l Jen ofthe reprclcniativos of Queens Mann. Editor of Town TOP|°l» W" *“”°“'
;:n|\1y and in Prince County in the ed late today \‘Y fl d*’»¢°uV° 'Wm "W
Federal House and the Leader of the otricoof lllstrietattor-noyJerams. He is
llocnl Opposition and his followers. charked with having committed p0rJ\ll'!
After some further discussion the in his tesilmonyin the trial of Norman
Convention adjourned with cheers. |I|'*P8°“‘| 0" ° °\’"3° °' °"l‘“|“"l "bc"
' , . r
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. `T.&".§‘t“EM%~=“?’-A
Tormrvra, Jan. 30.-(Special)-It is un-
derstood Macliencle and Mann have se-
cured a ton thousand dollars option on tin
iron mines nt Hutton, Ont. and that a
hurze smelter will be erected in Toronto
for the treatment of ore.
The location ofthe smelter will be at
Ashbridne Marsh and at this point the
James Bay branch of the Canadian North-
H
G L , n J , _ _ of the City of Qlrarlottc_t_o\vn§§1 C m n _n_m_yyll,l__gpt_g},,_',§Q]g3j51,e,_, ,,.,.__.. .. . _...-
beorgc can pérn W M0Pi1.€0 .~ - Ub1,\@n,¢i-| 'gf Chliriotwf0W".  Five million dtiliars will he exllendcli
for plant. ` _ _
ill|Ni Nllii .
ill Viiillllll
Oanavas, Jan. 26-Via Port of SDM".
Trinidad, Jan. 28-Twenty-five members
ofl the diplomatic corps today delivered to
the Venezuelan Government a forma
joint note stating that they could not
accept Venezusla's position that M.
G_.b lu In Lame 0,, ,_ Refreshments and Boating and all Tnlgny, the former French Charge del
Affaires here had been deprived of hi
olllcisl character, and tlrnt he ranked
only as n French citizen at the time of
his forced departure from this -country
The diplomats have communicated the
text of this note to their respective
Governments.
@41-
Mll. PHilUNillNi _
Lili Nil Will
Molvrlurall, January 20.-The fact that
lion. Raymond Prefontnino should have
left no will is argued bythe late minister-‘s
personal friends to mean that up tothe
time he was stricken down in Paris there
was no idea in his mind that his end
might he sudden. A close friend of Mr.
Prefontaine, in discussing the matter,
stated that it would be months bo-
foro the estate aiiairs cohld be
straightened out to on extent which
would allow of a close estimate as
to his wealth. Contrary to general
opinion, Mr. Prefontaine was not wealthy
as wealth goes now a days. "When the
estate is settled up," said a friend, "lt will
he found that $150,000 w“\ more than
cover all of his wealth which is mainly
made up ofreal estate. Contrary also to
the general impression, the late minister
had little or no money tie up in stocks,
and while a keen politician and
a man of undoubted capacity ha was
not what could bo called a good business
rnan,sofarns his own personal affairs
was .concur-ned. Mr. Prafontaine had
made A marrilw contract, and his widow
and his children will benslr. by hir entire
estate while whateverit ll. it will be
ouqoienttoksop them beyond tha lul-
ploloh of want-.", .
A GUARANTEED CU“£ FOR P\LES
itching Blind, Bleeding, Pmtrudina
Pilar. brulqllta an authorised to refund
moncyif Z0 QLNTMBNT falls to
onreln ilwld days. 19-lil drnwfiltn.
CHICAGO MARKETS.
Murano. January il) -(Bpooi\l)-
Clkm Doo., 44| Om-n, Hay, Mi
what “ us; Want " at
ki. lu. tml ~ Park. In-. |14
;,‘;fI  ** ‘ ..;..';..
‘tosayis tbntlam absolutely innocent
E
Palace the body of the King lies on the
The burial will take place in the Cathe-
stay.
Ilitlllil SiiiVlS
MllNiIillli'S Miiilil
Mor-w'roN, Jan. 30.-( Special.) - Little
interest was taken in the Mayoralt-y elec-
tion hers today.
Dr. E. G. Steaves was successful, dc-
ieatlnlz Ilctsford by 207 votes.
c. L. iutlu His
lliill Silliiillill
Caruultrnmt, Mass., Jun. 27.~Clras. 1'..
Tucker, convicted of the murder of Mabel
lunge, of Weston, March 31, liltli, was to-
day sentenced in the Middlesex Superior
Court, to death by electricity during the
week of June 10. When asked if he had
anything to say, Tucker addressed the
court as follows; “Your honor, all I have
of this crime."
iPli|L WillHill
iii llllillillliliili
1"1ranrrrrrc'rnN, .lan. 29.-Fredericton
horsemen had a sporty tinrc ofii: today.
The river opposite the city presented a
lively appearance, all the fast ones were
out and there were some pretty interest-
ing brushes. large numbers enjoyed
the racing.
Tire weather here continues remarkably
mild, more like April than January.
Soma of the trees are allowing signs of
budding and shrubs like the lilac are
quite budded. lt is feared that the un-
seasonsble weather is golnk to have dis-
astrous ei'i'ecti-r if the thermometer again
goes down.
U
Get My l-'ree Book - ilheumatism
It tells boat Rhsumutism. a nt the cuuu tho
way to Tm as nom and tnsslilts system onine-
matlo poisons-non in desperate cuss-with
Dil. SHO0P’S RHEUMATIC
 TABLETS mah
liiftlt
League Match
Crystals of Summcrsidc
.-.VS_'
Arseolverrs
'Hillsborough Rink
FRIDAY EVENING
Feby 2nd, |906
This will probably be the
match of the season and the
ktenest of keen hockey may
be expected.
Passengers Shed New
Sr:a'r'rr.x-:, Jan. 2l0.-,-(Speclal.)- At. to-
dny‘s investigation of the steamer Valen-
cia disaster one of the passengers named
Allison created a sensation.
He said the sea was not running high at
t e.tlme of the wreck but the great loss
Tdiawg was caused by everyone stunning
the steamer.
Other' vessels came in sight but never
lowered a boat, and small boats might
~- I
THE VALENCIA
CASE EXPOSED
Light on ihe Disaster
Heartless Conduct oi Crew and Passing
Vessels-All Might Have been Saved.
easily have corne alongside and saved the
helpless men and woineu.
Those who got nslrore on rails irnine
rlintely went away without ranking any
elTort to snvc the others rernuirrlnl;
aboard.
The cre\\',,,(¢$.»p6HT"-‘r.iP"i.lre init.-
and boats as soon as the siearrn-r si rut-ir.
Other passcrrgers vcrilh-ri lin-so .stare
menls and added that llrouglr the \\'t=itt|lcr
was fussy ¢f|\<‘r~~ was no \\-intl.
season the Viet-oriasin Hillsboro Rink
score of7 bod. The game was fast from
start to tlnlsh, there was not n rnornont's
lull and the contest was marked through-
out by gentlemanly playing with one or
two exceptions. '
The attendance was not as large as
at the previous matches but the good
number 'present were enthusiastic and
were kept aglow vritlrexcitement through-
out.
It was twenty minutes after ei;1irt.wl\en
Rosy Bakerlined the teams on the ice.
Bourassa was at cover for the Victoria
and Frank Gaudet, whose place he took,
was rover succeeding Rice who .was
injured at Summersltle. These changes
considerably strengthened thc team.
In the Ahegweits Lowe played wing msn
and Gormley centre instead of vice versa
as in last game.
After fifteen *minutes siitl' playing
Toby McMillan t-ook the puck up th rink
and Batt scored. Half a minute later the
trick was repestedr
Abegweits 2, Victorian 0.
'i`hen the contest waxed warm and In
fire minutes the Victorian scored and
shortly aficr Bourassa again found the
uct with a lift from cover.
Ahezweils 2, Victorian 2.
Soon again Frank Gaudet madea goal
and this Toby McMillan by a long run up
thc rink nndlpretty combination avened a
moment later.
Abegweits 3, Vlclorias 9. '
Thus the half ended and speculation r s
to the :winners :was intense. The Vic-
torian proved themselves _equal to the
task. First McLeod and than Gaudet
added one each to the Victorian and on
top of these the former placed a third.
Abegweits 3, Victorian ll.
Still the Abellwelts fought. desperately
hut Houraoim scored another. Then Toby
whose hand was badly cut necessitating
A number of stitches, retired and Mebood
want ok to oven.
Five minutes remained during which
Gormley once on n long shot placed the
ilsnal prices. , Plan at
I-Inghes.’
_3 |631.
puck lnmidl the net and temporarily nir-
erl the hopos of his admirers, which were
short lived however no the hell soon
l Maoazrnes
i lllrmssv,
\
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THE VICTORIAS
WERE V|CTORlOU:.s
Defeating Abegweiis Last Night By Score oi-7
to 4-Best oi the Season-Swift From Start
to Finish
announced that time \\ is n »
s _ - '= l-
In undoubtedly the suiftest and most A\,e,,wE“s ,_ \-|,__,0,_,“S ,_
keenly contested hockey mstehof the Features of the ,¢.\|,,,. wc,-0 11,0 ,,,,_
proved combination work oi lioth trains.
last niuht defeated the Abesweits by stand tha rims nf 'rosy all-sittin.. \\1....t..t
llerculean work for his team.
Gaudet, Blake, Lilghtizer and l\lt-l\llllar\
had seats on the prorneriarlc for hrl-al.-In-s
of the rules. Their oilcnccs were lnielcnnl
and tripping.
The Intermediate panic rw-srtitmi in n
Eictory for the Vit-torlas by n .\t<l»l-.- ot 5 to
Minard'| Llnlment Reliever Neuralgiil-
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