AE ee LATE ANN, IE OT REE mien sie SO hhh bebebhehatnhade bb 0 > %% Meller tads = 5 ’ _ » —_ > . 7 2 ra > < Poorvw ; , 7 vrei - y aj £' ; ' d J ; > ‘ P < in Ye 4 4 C a #8 ~ ~ ’ ~ r . o P a 4 r . . . . 7 s 4° ; | » . ‘> ' i oo = < fh aPcS . . . : > 4 © > > ay ame ery Cerys gr - = rey » amar er a eee . + = < : , > ~ sermna eomM DHOAT : AB ES “wo & BREAD . 7 ¢ ° SEETE ORF RCN T YET TV ETE FETT TTF . P e x , e. Pow 8 f \ . 7 . x ” «4 , te . & 4 5 = =~ > <> 4 =<: © CELERY i_~ >. a2 2 4 @ © @ @ } } e | hait THE DAiny EXAMINER, CUARIVTTETOWN. OCTOBER 31 (Ko: DAILY EXAMINER rr j t HE 1, 1899. OCTOBER 3 OUR DEBT. | OUR DEBT. | An Elector Has Looked into the Mat- ter—Read Whas He Has to Say! |} Str,—Various bave been the writhing: and twittings of the present Government the indebt ‘ . - a i : tO conceal the amount of | of the Province, and no two of its mem- iis now In and Around Souris. The two-slory new built pear the old Colville echoo) building occupied, The teachers are | | Messrs Howard Les} e, Principal, Arthur | Campbell, Pius McIntyre, and the Misses | ‘op fall t \ ir deb In the olden time | bers seem to agree on the amount of O sailhcitad ei provincial burden, [n The Daily Patriot ofibe Zoth 108t, the debt Chargeable ‘ e tories wer‘ : Liberal administration is put t bi siderably « : $I 728.26. Butat the meeting he! : .. af tha ; Marv’s re ad the very Same evening < ' B aes! ellen oe which the Patrict above referred 10 was lasued, the Hon. D. A, Meck noon. ed O Df UUU, I . ecently ippornte i Attorney er y ral : 1 tow: I repeated attempts to evade answering tbe Ie weve t i ) uestions asgked by several] electors as to | ; marks of 7 | the amount of the provincia) debt, repiied | : | that on the 3lst December, 1898, the de} W : . Ay 4 perhaps | of the province amé unted lo $483,900 B né e the letter of @ correspon | a etatement submitted to the Hou e dated jer gE Examiner published today. | April 27th, i899, and sigued by Mr he writer is an elector who will ere long | Arthur Newbery, Assistant Provin ; . ‘ Lreasurer, 10 answer to A Question asked privilege of voting for or agains | by the Leader of the Opposition, we find 4 rney General McKinnon. Perhaps | that after the Slat December, 1898. the e Attorney-General or the Patriot, or the | date on whith Mr. McKinnon based his Attorney General throagh the Patriot, wi}! | figures, the Government borrowed from Feo ey . ee ee Credit Foncier the sum of $30,000; respondent right if he is wrong >} that they also increased their Loans ac~ und explain to the electorate of the Province count, which was $159,855.50 on the 31st yw, it is that, having been placed in offic® | December to $170,174.79, This on the express understanding that ai nformation Mr, McKinnon forgot to im | would make ends meet—<¢ ) that they i part to those very men from whom he was | would not at all,upon any condition, in- | crease the debt—ihe debt—which was leas | — => * > 000 at year after the than the beginning of the first party in power took fhce—is now past the halt million mark ' do we hearand see so 1 i ‘Paines’ Celery Compound it is claimed to have a certam of celery in its comp, sition, | and hy are we blowingso much ele Because we have th icle, and in order to iniro- even more thoroughly, we the following liberal offer:—- ery per bbl $2.00 for 3 bbls $3.00 fox ls $9.50~—a plan for keey ing | en* with each order; also a Se on receipt of address and | :in stamps. When ordering | {for winter keeping or present se, we ship to all the Maritime Pro- | es. an i ce'erv will be recely d OY | ] > stomers in perfect ping. also growers and shi; pers of re, beets, carrots, parsnips, tur- r auliflower, tomatoes, onions. | from unknown correspondents, ease accompany order with cash re J.J: GAY & SON Celery Specialists, Charlottetowr P. E. I il BULBS DIRECT FROM | ae) det et ERIN LD — Orc shim2at of BULBS arrived. [hey are the . + » + - st we have ever seen, Byacianth, Narcissus, Tulips CHINESE SACRED LILY, | CATTA LILY, FREESIA. Haszard & Moore LANCASHIRE Fire-~—e Insurance Company; OF ENGLAND ~ This Company is prepared to take Fire Ricks on Property in Prince Edward Is- land at very moderate Rates of Premium. -Persons haying propety to ineure wil! di: very much to their advantage to ple to the undersigned for quotations Hates.— Unecrnpulous Agents are en- deavoring 'o pursuade persons from in- euring io the “Lancashire” by circulating a report that the company never pays ite Loeeee.— This gives us the opportunity of stating that during the Twenty-Five Years n which the “Lancashire” bas been oper~ ating in the Maritime Provinces it has ever hala Law Suit therein, and further more that on the occasion of the Great Fire of 1877 in St John N. B. the “Lan- cashire’ was the first Company to com~ plete payment of its Losses, baving paid, tbrowgh ue, nearly Half a Million of Dol- larsin Claims, within 28 days after the Fire. (Bee St. John Daily Telegraph, 19th July, 1877.) The only ( utetanding Losses which we bave ip our books are for Fires occuring within the last four weeke; and which will bea)) paid before 24th inst. It is :o be regretted that the representa~ tiveot any Company sbould consider it necessary to resortto inaccurate state~ xoents in the hope of being able to retain bis business at rates higher than those which the “Lancashire is prepared to JM &CW HOPEGRANT, (cen, Agente for Maritime Provinces | | ' | | ~ to &f ; | condition fr | ‘ | alternative, in justice and reason, but to vote | words | | lady, en ronte for Hespeler, Ont. ithe terrible scenes which and on the borderland of $600,000 ? lt the Patriot or the Attorney General ~~ : . ° . | Should answer this question—particularly the latter part of it—satisfactorily, perhap® the electors of Murray Harbor and Belfast may be able to fiud some excuse for voting confidence in the government, by voting for McKinnon and Irving. If the Patriot or the Attorney Genera) annct, or will not, 4o this, then there is no the corresponéent, “turn the for Prowse and McLean, and so, in of our rascals out.” a ——— ~——— eee A SCOTSMAN ROMANCE. en Passenger Marries the Girl He Twice Saves. Hesperer, Ont Oct 29.—The wrecking } of the Scotsman on on the the coast of Belle Isle morning of September 22ad wasthe means of creating a romance, Among the vassengers on the steamers were Henry Swarty,a German bound for the United Statee, and Edith Davis. a young English During followed the wrecking of the boat, Swartz saved Mies Javis’ life twice at the risk of losing bis we. Instead of going on to the States the the < gallant German, accompanied Miss Davis to Heepeler, and yesterday at 4 o’clock. the life which he saved twice was, > « “> by the holy bonds of wedlock, unite.’ to hj8 until death doth pert, ~—The forces of the South African Re~ public are armed with the syorting mode] of tpe Marnlicher rifle, probably the most dead}y weapon of its weight and calibre in ‘he world. The Mannlicher rifle weighs about eight pounds, and its barre! is about thirty inches in length. Its calibre is 30. It hase killing range of 4,000 yards, at that distance a bullet wil! go through two inches ofsolid ash. The bullets used by the Boers are ful!-mantled,that is, entirely covered with a thin coating of copper or nickel. Ifthis bullet strikes at a range of 1,000 yards or under it will pierce a bone without splintering. At longer ranges, however, itis apt to spread, making a soliciting support. He also omitted to remind the electors that they passed an additional debenture bill amounting to | $17,000 for the construction of the new | Prince of Wales College and aleo anuther for $26,000 forthe Annex to the Asylum. He also forgot to remind his hearers that |} the week the session closed $10,500 was | paid for Legielation and paupers, When | we reflect that their deficits were in 5 ccaniellil $ 30,439.20 RGA, 00 « bencnpoctseoesetes » kha 37,651 29 § BOOS savede soc. seccees cnece eoooee 119,942.33 WADA <.isniesssessmiercebinkdia AES RIB... ocncuseseosnsecensosencalan. amen ae UE i vss occ wee 14,135 35 SIE aks innsoa dovsieie cas eee 38,201.65 BWP Ds cpccsccscees coeneese ccoeseseceee 30,016.17 Amonnting ip all to the enormous sum of $528,893.60, in eight vears, notwith- standing that they collected $235,292.77, In taxefsthe most unbiassed mind must see that our indebtedness at the present time has passed the $600,000 mark,—over and above the $400,000 voted last session toward the construction of the Hillsborough Bridge. W hen we recall to mind that during the first session of the Peters administration, er of the opposition as to the balance against the Province at the banksastate- ment was tabled signed by the same Mr. Arthur Newbury above referred to, show- ing, on the 9th day of July, 1891, the to be $53,000—that was the only debt against the Province at thatdule as we bad no debentures or provincial loans and in view of the fact, as already shown, that the present party has increased that amount to the alarm/ag sum of over $600- 000, notwithstanding the taxes obtain- ed,it is no wonder that the people of Murray Harbor and Belfast are aroused toa sense ofthe duty that they owe to themselves andto their children, and are determined when the first opportunity offers “to turp the rascals outer” SovTHern Erector. Oct. 28,°1899, ¥ oe Rio Jaygiro, Oct. 29.~—Twelve cases of bubonic plague are now under treatmect in the Iaolation hospital at Santos. Ons of the patients is a physician, There bave been no deaths from the disease since Saturday. The best place to buy Lad- ies’ Capes aud Jackets is at terrible wound. es ——— st = ; — > J JJOHNSTON, Barristersat-Law, Special Agent Charlottetown PE Island 245 - 6: { : : i , Prowse Bros. Boards in this line our stock is very complete. PRICES RIGHT MARK WRIGHT AND CO HomeiMakers balance against the Province at the “banks | \ Prowse Bros, me. A butter plant will be put in- tothe one at Lakeville this fall. The farmers in that section are highly pleased | } with the result of last summer’s cheese making. Scme of them will make as bigh as $200 outof the season’s milk. This is surely better than bauling potatoes | sixteen miles to market over ove of the ithe Transvaal :— . ; | dian in answer to a question atked by the Lead. | fine echool house j ; i ; i , Walsh and Dumphy, John T. Mellish, E- q. has | here for the days, His son, Arthur J. B., will be much missed in the village, vy een lnet few Aili bonor 1s do to him for the eelf- sacrit ig *pirit which be has displayed aving his comfortable home and going (to tar away Africato fight for Queen sna Country And thesame may be said e other two volunteers from here, 8s Leslieand McCarthy. There is no that the noble trio wi! do credit to | their native place before returning. ° Che cheese factories are still running | hiiliest roads on the Island. The bene- fits arisiog from the new eystem of farm- ing are being felt there as elsewhere. The two enterprising blacksmiths and carriage builders, Messrs Timothy Cheverie and A. R, McDonald, returned from ibeir annual trip to their customers in the Magdalen Is!ands oa Wednesday last. They report trade in those Islands as fairly prosperous, and have taken a large number of orders to be filled for next spring’s shipments, A new platform has recently been placed in tront of the station. the ground levelied off and other improvements made which makes the place look up considerably. —The following reply was sent to Mr. Chamberlain's cable thanking Canada for its manifestations of loyalty and patri_t. ism in sending troops to assist Britain in “The Right Hon. Joseph Chamber- lain :— M _“The peopleof Canada received with it Re Se Sik es ps, 2s ow sincere gratification the meessage from “aS SEE xe Y AY JS Her Majesty the Queen, conveying her f thanks for Canada’s contribution to the | = ee British forces now en route for South Africa. “The good w'shes expressed by their | sovereign for her Canadian troops will inspirethem with deep sentiments of loy- alty and patriotism: and with a determina tion to eustain the reputation that Cara- volunteers have earned in the past history of this part of the Empire. (signed) “MINTO,” IT’. e best plac2 to buy men’s Kid Gloves and Mitts is at The only tailor mide, ready to wear suits in the city are at | Prowse Bros. : = aaa RoYAL Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum. Alum baking powders are the greatest menacers to of the present day. ROYAL BAKING POWDER 60., NEW YORK. 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GRANT & CO’Y. —BUY YOUR FALL REPAIRS FB0M— —ALSO— General purpose and other plows in Spri Harrows. We have a large stock to be ¢ this fall cheaper than ever, at W. GRANT & CO’S., LE PAGES OLD STAND—— if PERV R EEE ENE EE Fee OEE a et A cc A NGO LE CE Ae — ne bg Tooth wi leared out z=