5 'Trade has Not Re DF.Cl:MBER 31, 1909 THE IIATIBT .. , . _ ,_ _ . _, . ,f . .. _ _ . ‘ . . ..,`v_`.'i . . .' A of ._ Nnlws "-"-` THE CHARLO'l`TE'I`OWN GUARDIAN ` _ ‘"" , .inner or ms ' 'Pwgell//.NE _ - . . sd# JAPAN S Manufacturing I Gloomy. We _ UI"I"ERS BIG DEPRESSIO vivcd as lioped For " and Agriculture are aving Trade Dull. special to The Guardian. TOKIO,"Decemoer 30-'l‘he econon ltions throughout are gloomy., _ lic The weaving indu`tr' ‘ t‘ i situation in Japan is not encoiiragdngiliaril hit b th h S is par mu M and the looked-for revival has arrived. There is depression in the mann turing and the great agrieulturnl ,_..__-~--.--;- _ AL .._____>i_ FHE EIIHEIINIII SIIFIIEII IIYIN ll His Valued Life on|_y'Pro|on ed by the Administering of Oxygen. Special to The Guardian. ROME, December 30Y(‘urdinul iflzlt- NEW YUNK, Decemhcn 30-Lond 31. dcspatclles say thnt skc ticigm . olli is 'ill with nephritis and is fu ing rapidly. His life is being prolonged by the was shown by several well known. artificial administration .of oxygen, PIllIF. EIIIlIlIE UF PINE HIE ,__- Deada* Ripe Old Age. Was VF. s Old Testament Scholar. ` Special to The Guardian. HAIJIFAX, December 30--i’l'of Joh (‘iirrie .of Pine Hill, died today nite qu illness of_neariy a yonr, _ "He had 'teen Professor in the l’ri-.s byterian College for thirty-seve years, and had reached the 81st yi-a of -his age. Dr Currie was one of the ulos eminent Hebrewists in the World. Hebrew and Old Testnineiit liitcr ature was his subject at the <‘oll.~;;¢ 1828. in iiiiiv ii ii ii :LI |_f“1 C/"J W _'Z This morning at two thirty the Minto arrived in port from Summer side. She will leave this morning at ten will lllliisiiis uni FIVE FUFIEIGN PIIIICIES PARIS, Dec. 28. ~- Replying in the Chamber of Deputle.~rto M llc if-'s sins, who urged a more active for eigu policy, M, Pichon,~ Minister wnu forced to lace stern realities. 110 ideas. Her ozbllect was. Whilil Strength enlng her defenders, to preserve PBMC by -all means in her power. M. Pichon reviewed theintcrnationnl CFIHCS Ol the past five years, the l)o_<;i:rr liiirik affair, the Persian .und 'l`\\1'l\lSl\ N volutions, the situation in l‘ret~,nn \ Fil” iii IS Ululllllit .a greater degree of c c_ Eminent Astronomers lVle ir’ ivlli ilni 8 uf Foreign Affairs, declared .that the situation in Europe, tliimks to the policy of ententes, was better than for yoars past. He said that France I Y edepression. oti Iniinediatc release from this iharrussment is not looked for IIIIIIIIS' IIIINIIIS _ Ii IHE IN Illlllli ,___ ing In London are Dub- 'ious ofthe Story. Special to The Guardian. D as the existence of the canals of M trouomers at the meeting af the B II FIRE III FHE Firemen Had Long Run La Eiening Fhrough the Snowllanks- , Lust; night at abcut 6.30 tire broil :nut .from some unknown cause in an ‘oil shed belonging to and lying just il ulongside the main buildings of th i L‘ll`arlottcto\\'il (Jorldensed Milk Fa tory. - 'rue fire was noticed by .a part n who hap elicit to»he assing an jpromptniess ersonified in replyingt lllc call. /P 'l'hc building was one that contain- Hc was horn at Tataniagroiicllc in led the gasoline apparatus .and tank |.ll-~ .firemen streams were directed u ll d coiitaiuin about twent liv "' removed ,from the building before nu usoline were `ust outside of the nbc distance. The coldest temperature recorde six above up till nine D- H1- ninc n.nl. the mercury stood at twicut .ive above. in F,-nnce and the whole of Europe . i»li.of ententcs." ._____,___-__--- .______.__-=- (THINIESIB RECENT. _-___ /’ t ly wounded .while leaving his carr near the Palace at Pekin ‘ in tlic Imperial hoiisehold. il Til : lr `: lil jnli'-I ll-li* Gdflfl ‘""0“' isis ----»- |910 UNE IEFIFSFEIIIW. ‘St:\ililiiii: at 'Lili' 19""-l\1 UE ‘mon your tndny. 'miiilc upon Ii.. \'-‘RY iu.'>f.ti> for ills _. 1. lfiistcrls service hcrc. things to do and siiyi, ii enter work In d the .Om U, M, r ularm was immediately rung ,in. The looking l°"""'“"1 to 8 ma] y ' ll..@|nen had .1 ham road to get over . the Commons wnne Chamberlain '. iii the storm, but, as usual were n ,_ 0 _ropes for 100, ,as the result of tit used for supplying gasoline through _ont the factory. On the arrival o ii the building, und the tank in th e , ' s l- c i;z\lIT.ns"r|I the combustible liquid,\va,s‘ Y danger of explosion. Five barrels ox iz ' J 1 i-.nil thesawerr also rcmovcd|to a ‘-ilfc l 'rue damage will bo probably he two;-.n,“.hree and four hundred dollars ( yesterday was seventeen, degrees a- bove zero and the highest _was twenty At _ __ _ __________k_____5iI\lEElS SIIIE FllE other important matters which .gu;ve` rise to anxiety, and pointed out that the recent agreement with Germany with reference to Morocco had re moved ri .great source of couccrn,hoth `He referred especially to the ,solution - if the Balkan difficulty ns a "trluln- Mlnard's Llnimcnr cures dtstcmpei ` s`i1ANoH.ii, nec zo-Prince olnm, Regent and father ol the EmWi'°f Hsuan-Tung, was stabbed and slight- ag. - Pills assailant was formerly a .COOK '~i' liliui in .I \-or-.4 '.i'.t’-- `~ if* Y°“' |_ni it make you truly earnest in th iippnriiinitics will meet Y0“» ‘midi 'l`a:lie ihviu promptly, iisc them wIsc~ lt, for ihcj: .iuickly liilsfi “""“y‘ n... 10;.-.~ them, idly wishing yo llilil .~l` ' ' ' ‘ ‘ 'Fnkc thc- work the Muster cllooscrl -rg _ - _ - . ` . ,_ _ II IN UNITED KINGDO -~ Balfour and Chamberlain are Confident. Altinging Addres Gilbert Parker’s Plea. Mystery Attends Earl Percy’s Death. Wales Iieartily -Supporting Lloyd=George ly LONDON,'Decembar 30-The electio _int ide CHIHPBIED iS llgllll in full Swing- Hin address to the electors awak- em- The Unionlsts endeavored to hold a ens Unionist entnnsinsm, egpeniaiiyltheffdoptlon 0' the policy 0! but demonstration at Carnarvon, Wales, his ccilcise enunciation of the issues, perm" Prelerencen' U _ nn- but the Chancallor's supporters re- He Says, “You will decide whether; l.ON'D()N, December 30-Word of .~.t-c- 'ti-n' will be .brought about by opt-i,,g_ luced it to an uproar. _ you wish to he governed by one Cnnm |.1,.n¢n of Earl Percy, fm-meriy Un ' ~ . Lord Rothschild, to reassure the ber or two; to destroy the .Union of»Secretary of Foreign .Affairs nng elder voters, has personally ,guaran- the Kingdom or maintain it; to nnvelacned here, He nie.-1 in, i1>a.~iS_ feed an the Um 88° De“BiUD9 in BUCK- the national defences strengthened or According to the family his death January 2, 5.24 p. m.-False .nl inghamshire if the¢Unionists are re- ,,,._;1..~¢,_,|_ {,_._,.~(L1tm.e and industry de_ These pensions are one of the Lib- capital and enterprise discouraged nn. F ' ' ' ;' ' , th T °""f` s"’°""g °“"l_“~ _ le-nu>I0i'n1ent aggregated .and dimes.. the rrarrs illness followed npr... Februar-y 4, 2 p. m.-Michael ic [Mi Chamberlain. P€\`m‘H119lll'»ll”C\`lD- increased, whether you accept or re- wounds received in a duel in Paris Gt George St, caused by thawing p ei, remains the most confident and ject the invitation .of your kinsmeulscme days ago. el- BALl"0UR’S PREDICTIONS ARE FOR - - ' A SUBSTANTIAL MAJORIT . MR.BAL`F`UUR 5PE'Al(ING AGAINST 'THE BUDGET. B _ Special to Th” C"‘ardl°'“ LONDON December 30-Balfour -oniing elections. S Sin Gilbert Parker snid that since unada gave .lsnglaird the prefercuc I _ nglaud has doubled its shiplllllli e with her,aud last y021l` Eflilllsll WDW’ 'len got ninofnillions in wages out of nnada f 'Row- 'VME _ |i..\.uxrRM'ED MMUUN NEVVS. 1 ' AYLMER, Que., Dec 29-In‘ iilcnti- HEI) I)ls‘.l~lil., lleoe-nlber 2” A tru- cnllv the same way, in the some rum- gcdy was enacted Xinns _nur ilu: bc- herrcamp, and within a lcv: days of_twcen l’cullold nnd Innisf."i§`_ fifteen the onine time of the year as his fu-imiles north of here. A farmer na.ned ther met his death four years M10.-Jolinson, from near llarkerviie, was Louis Gauvreau, of Aylmer, aged 13.ldriving towards Penllold. where, it is wns crushed to death by a. fall-lnglstated, he was to have been married. use mf, Cedar Lnke. lwhen hc met a team driven nt a furi- Deceaned was nn employee of ihe.nus pace by two men, who it is al- Ritchie Bros, Lumber Company, Oflleged were under the influence of li- Aylmer, and went to the woods ia-\qucr_ They_ ran into Jol:inson's rig, 'Dont two months ago. He ivan eu-,throwing him out and causing him to gaged in his usual occupation of 105-Isustain n fracture of the spinal cord, rolling and did not move out of the which proved fatal last evening. One danger zone when the choflpors calledlnf the men, nnnied Wilson, an ex- -itree falling," Thinking hc was 0\\€§mnuutcd policeman living at Red nf dnnger, young _Gauvreau kept right,Dcei~, nftcr seeing the accident, corn- von working. Tile fn-fling tree plI'mc_ll‘mittei>ll¢B5l0l\S for positions in the Canndilnn Navy. Men who served in the British _ .___-_»n_..-_-1u_ . "ch ii . *'45* oi Q. ,_ _ `Y lib.-.f.. hundred Canadians have _sent in av- 1./ ~" pilcations. Until the ships are com- --- <’ ~.¢, _'.. misslnned nothing can be done. ' _,ii » . ““' ping swamps our 'rl-lESSAl.oN \,~;-\\' will ...II i..in~ .I =~»==~ =" "" ""‘ "’“‘ snulrr sie limit, ont. occ. an-~ V Q I Half of the business section of Thes- salon is laid in ruins as the result e of a disastrous fire. The loss is 5100.000. I _-4<'---1-°“”"“' Y iuin..r.i's i.inlmeni.c.u-.-s Canis me .__..__--_-- . cmclico Mniixmrs, _FAIR M C'°LD, Special to The Guardian. “ ruicaoo, Dec. 30-¢dnl-)- ' Der Wheat . 117* rtccriiou clinrliou I 1 SINCIBI t0 T110 GUBTMB0- ]most aggressive |fighter on the Union-,across the sen to join in prompt F1 5 - mutual trade and common power, turned to power. veloped' and employment extended, or pneumonia. _ IIIEF- IJFIIIH IIN iHI|SIlIIIlII IIIII] WIFE I -IS HIS FIIlHEIll, WEDDING Illl ‘IIIEII IUBEIHEHI .~ ._.,t,» . _ ---- . . - 1 .K _~!' , / W Navy und are now in 080359- xhmel \ €,.f,f;» \ ___- \\ ‘ odcred their services again ani onei @ _;_.,» ‘T1 km. ' 'P-:~`.':" ° _ ~ tl en. _ _I __ --.\.'_._;. .f__ FIRE BRlGADE'S M EFFICIENT WORK s. Twenty-five ‘Alarms 'During the Pact Year and a Low Figure Would Cover the Losses. Im by fire in this city was not larger is and to .the promptness and efficiency the if the Fire Brigade and the excelence ie- greater share of the credit. » iil`l\`i is dile tu complications following nt Charlottetown Foundry January 27, 2.15 p. m.-House et Douglas Street, slight damage. 01'] It is widely reported however, Him. out water pipe. 2.35 p. m. second alarm, :J same house, slight damage. V February 7, 11.430 a, m.-Fire ' Miss McEwen’s, Queen St. caused Y damage. " February 10, 7 p.m.-'Llion Church, caused by Hot air .Furnace pipe over- heated. Gousiderablc damage. February 18, 2.30 p. nl.-George Hcddin’s residence, Grafton St, 1-lot ashes. No damage. . February 25, 8.50 p. m.-House on King,Street, owned by Michael Kelly. ‘Caused by explosion of lamfp. Slight damage. ' _ April 27,' 4.20 p. m.--Fire on Sir H. Davies jawn. No damage. May 5, 11 p. m.-Fire at Jo White's, Richmond Street, .'1amp ploded. No damage. May 12, 2.40 .p. rn.-Old Engli Church Bury-ing ground grass on fi No damage. May 21, 10.50 p. .m_.--House on Wey- mouth Street owned by Mrs G. ht by overheated stove pipe. Considerable I. hn ex- sh l`(:. I/`\lN'6 `l~`.1`)I/‘\`A`R.D Vi I . FIINE WIHFIHE . ing Appended below is a list of fires'Jury. No,damage. ' hy during .the past year. That the lossl May 22. 9.15 u- IH- HOUSE 0!! King Street, owned by H. Monaghan. V certainly- a maltter for congratulationll-7Hm8E€ Slight- I June 4, 1' a. m.--House on Dorches- lter Street caused by sparks from der if the Water Stsyem belongs tneluhininey, ocrilpied by Mrs Jones. No Edanlage. | Jilne ii, 5.50 a. m.--Fire in Queen ylriotel, cowsiilerallle damage. Cause un- lknown. ` .func 18, ent house damage. June 18, 10.15 a. m.~Huuse vii Crm- herland Street 'occupied hy ,l`ilcui=..'d Power. 'Slight damage. August i., 5.30 u.m.--1-‘ire in sch- Iioncr May J. anchored in fstreuin. Coinbustio of Lime. tlonsiderahle damage. Augiist S, l 9.30 a.iil.-Vacant tenem- on Rachford St. ;L\‘ii;ll`t .40 p. nl.»Fire on S`~ alth- port side of Hillsboro Bridge. 'Zhiee planks burned. September 13\, 2.30 p. in.-lflre in Elm Ave. .Tenrinent occupied i~_.< Mrs Gay. I October 11 Hallway yard. No damage. November 20, 9.20 a. m.-Alarm fcr tire in Souris--Silsliy E-nginc and fif- teen men sent by special to rclicf. November .23, 12.35 p. m.-Fire in Pity of Ghent, at Pownal/ wharf. No , 4.35 p, m. Fire ut Tar pot overll living. - damage. December 19, 1.45 p. m. Fire at W. Mclunis, rcsiuenie \v_st Street. No ilairiagr. December ilu, i;_'l3 p. in.-i<‘i:‘e at (londeniicd Id il‘. lfncttry, (jii shed G. burned. (Rx: _L..Irnble damage. i-ltr.-__...m*-*,x";._i'-t';‘._"1-_.‘-;;f;;;*;'.. . . . __ _- :__ _ ;'. _ :crm L`IlA.\ll3l'fIil.\iI\' lH.*`.UI§.\` AN .\1ll>ILl€.\‘i>‘ TI; l<3l.bl(lTOIiS, iiniiiiiiwii Goes on Despi e Precau_ tions- A Chinese Actor ` is Killee- ..-~_ . Special to The Guardian. I NEW YORK, December 30-The re urwal of the` Tong .warfare in Chin- :atowu cliiiiiwil another* victim this mornin: I Ah Hung, n.C`ninese actor was shot Iiind killed in the hallway of K(-_iciur»nt home. .__|,.__--2- IEEE EUPE Fllll LUNDUN, Dec. Z9---The southern hemisphere is very badly oil for oh- servatorics, and many problems of stronom depend on a chain of nment frcm one celestial pole to the I.UI~'Di'.§-I,.['. f 3. ...loseph Cham- hcilain .has issued all address to the eli-<'t~=l'~', in which he advocates tariff .r.Iul'l.i ;i.d reciprocity with the colo- nl'H H0 ittilvlis tlli; Hllilget as placing licnvy _burdens upon the people ann increasing the number of unemployed. _,__ lFTiis ni/.iliiall ll December 1846 L63 Years Ago. _ HonorTlles_l`h_iIr1es Hensley, Daniel Hodgson and George llirnie ,are ap- pointed n coiiiiuitlci- by Sir Henry I\'cre liirntlcy. l.icut. Gov. .of 1'. E. I. for the piiriirlsv of oximiiiiiilg into the currency, and ure asked to express their opinion nsdo the policy or im- policy of the said systeiil. . I _ 'rue new brig Amelia of charlotte- ;--__--f__.---_-_-a;1.=1_-4-;-._-_._;1;;-.._._____;<~.-j<;fn<_11;.:;_::;_:;f.__-----:_4--1; -;-:r-~ »--1::-::_:_-_-=1T;_~,1-_-_:.--_____ _ ' town the property of William Hodges , » . Esq and F. and i.. Auld of this town was destroyed by tire off the Harbor of (lliarlottetowll on the afternoon of Thursday'24th Dcceinber, while under wcigll on her honicward voyage. “ Y 'rl t '. A ~ ti properly equipped observatories com-i ‘E C°;‘bfé* t”£d°*:‘gl ixamiuat °“5 mending the whole of the stellar firm- are 95",, e, 8 na , e qu? e as follows: His .Excellency the Lieuten- PIQRTH JUNCTIQN .Q B Deé 29 othen ,nut Governor was present and re- __D,,,m, Came with ,,,’,p‘,,».i“n`g’ s,,d.,',,,,,_| _____..__._.._- -nlainwi lor seine l\'>\1r~“- TWH Of the Mrs Everett, who was unaware cf- MOl\"I‘REAl.., Dec. 29-Mrs. H. B. scricinsly liftee_n'n1inutes later while ment, wnn is iii w`ith typhoid lever Mr Everett was eighty years Oldside todny. sue is in daily touch with and Mrs Everett ninety. They had him by wire. _been married sixty years. Two dau-`, Dr Alexis Farrell, who claims that ghters, one sun. and tive orphan death is gradual and not instantane- grandcllildren are left. Only louu one and that the argans of the body weeks, ago a non died. leaving flveldic one after the other, is spending completely orphaned children. Much the Christmas week in Montreal, the sympath is expressed for the lnmllv. guest nf Dr Adelstan De Martigny. Mr mid Kira Everett were two of the may give an exhi\i,tion nt one uf the ' kept from her. oliiest and most -respected residents hospitals of infusion <.f blood from a of the country. Iieaimlly person or ri grafting, which are his specialties. KING EDWARD MAY ------°-- A"--\-1. I VISIT VANADA. The temperature at three o’clnck this morning was seventeen degrees. OTTAWA, Der, 30.--- 'lhat King Ed- _ ward would visit Canada and the - - - ` United States in the ncal future, _Condensed Advertisements was the hipe expressed by Senatori _ . __ Beicuxirr ut the (lttnwa Board oil I1-nf. inf. 19.- n|ng|m¢ny,i0n,) Trade banquet lust night will," said Mr Belcourt, "the result ’ $2.50 per week will be paid insure the peace of the world." person at The Guardian office. 12-29dtf. that destroyed his home at Bridge- Qnml; F in, W, paw M,,nt,.en\_ town, and n man named Dumont per-I “il “° “" L .in _ n_27dS6"szi . _ 1._ t 4 t <1 n nl- ____ . _._-__-.-.. -' wliiiliii()grrbiliiallFllc(dFi;\i]eeri`sIi3iE ixleliileililndatcfiiiblc tgi;rne:Eq-lltiiiiiionz libs (`llRl1 W-\N'|`l'3U- Wi*-\\ B lil' °‘l“°“‘ no where he hns need for you. when H1," “_ nd Colm in the ham in B ¢1\-nnlqn gtnpnr, \ lv tion to learn the type setting A 'flAl“l’Y NNW YEAR 'l‘O ALI. Corn ' ..... 62}| avphg imgth of many will be nin-ni,_ .__._..--¢---- Apply in .person between li and 10 . RON vol’/\ui~‘. H. S. 9. nun Corn “lil hours mul illtY"“l“" minutes, Mlnnrira ldnlmrnt 1*-urns l‘ii\l.hi‘rl»\- n. ni at fhlardinn office. 12-filutl 'A ' ' .i ___ __ _ _ ._ . .,,,__...,...s...._.....--,.._.,,_ .` .. ._-s....., ... "lf he comes, and fl believe heI.BOY WANTEDF tl’ 1'3"” B t"“d§t~ wil; ne n close alliance between Brit-‘tile beizlnninir- Boy must barn _R nin and the United state.. which will fair edueatlfrn. Apply at Once in 'rwo .MEN PERISHED .'.AN'rl~:n, ladies to <10 plain and TN THE FLAMES _ I light sewing at home, .whole ul' . __ I _ '* _ _ spare time, good pay, Work sent any Nfl( I HALIFAX, Tire. 30-Beniamin ("l»_\ di3mnc,,. clm,.ge,, pmpam_ Send l“"“i5 “'89 i“’"“"i i" ‘F""‘F‘ m “ m°` 1 fy r full pnr`ticiilurs. .\'utional ness and `swiftness to thc home of' “WPS show” niwlved 5 1“rg° share "f itichi.rd'l£verett of Carllngford yes-i approbation-those' of Master Culn- terday, both husband and wife pa-ss-I dsllhiilzid Mast? “mf :'h“°d°““ ' “ e s ory c ass o e m~=+ .mm ing away \vithin fifteen minutes oil I- I _ . . each other, i I , fn" YOUHE KPUUEMHI1 nnrtinulnrlv ~ - ; i_ i \ distin u'sl-led . M1 verttt had leen .l for soime, E I tllellwelvel, 'Mash-rg time, but had partially recovercd,‘. _.__-. David Hill' Robe" 50055011. John and died suddenly while sitting inf Hensley and Maurice Swabey. ln the his chair. I recitation classes there .wail much to approve and Masters W. Mackieson, her husba.nd's death was strickenilimes, -.vile of the member of parlla- Francis Longworth and Peter Little deserved and obtained the highest She too. nrt in hvr chair- lac Port Said. will leave for -his bed- eommendstiens. The district teacher Mr Strung Hart comes in also for much praise, Among the names 0| prize winners in the different ,classes were as follows: Frederick Bracken, John Hansley, Edward Riley, John Dall and Joseph Ptppey. In the junior classes, Israel Longworth, Francis Beer, Robert Sneeson and inthe-rs. Mr Edward R. Humphries Ihnad masiter. The Colonial and Am were received via Wood Sunday last. Exchanges lticulnr news. erlean mail: Islands on had no par- The hrig Drave,I’erkins, Sunderland, foundererl miles from the Banks of on ,passage from Prince land, and all of the crc perished. The surviver, it _native 0( Sunderland reports being picked up by the Colonist of Ballyshannon, .and taken to Richiqucto. ,Three water- logged vessels, two of .them from Newcastle were passed on the return. ...iv - _ Charlotte- nmeiter, of about 700 N. F. while Edward ls- w but .ons The following were the |t\J\vn markets: Pork-2\ to Md; Flour~2 to 2}d; l.ard-ii to .8iI; But- ter (fresh)-1s to ls and 2d; Butter (tub) 10d .to ls; 0ata~1s Bd to ls, 10d: Eggs-Sd to 18d; Hay-60l»to"l5s;. _ Tiirkeys---3s to 4s; Wool~is to ls, Gd; Turnipa-ls; Ducks-ls to ls, 3d 3 _l‘otntoes- ls, llil lfi 2#