ene THE DAIL Senate head Reom re TTAWA, VOLE36 Wk DNESDAY, MAY 16th, -tF “S Uae! Wt as ? e ees es JAPANESE HABUTAIS 25 CENTS THE YARD. That's to-day» bargain in the silk department. New plain habutai silks, in a score of the wanted shades go on sale to-day at aoc the yard. These are the pretty, thin silks for which you've been paying 30c and 35c per yard, We have white, creams, pinks, reds, yellows, heliotrope, pur- vle, blues and a dozen others They’re great value at 25c. Come quickly—for they'll soon go at this figure. MOORE & McLEOD. The Busiest Store on Charltotetown’s Busiest Street. EE ees solid rings. cold The deep finish, fine quality of gold used in making, and rich appearance, 1aake them totelly diff-reat from other wed- ding rings Your ring will be admired if we have the opportunity of W. W WELLNER. showing you our rings We are showing a very Jarge assortment of different widths in Here Are have to show you satisfaction to our customers. its healthfulness. made to use with cold water. It can be applied ems the gat It is never sold in bulk. That ers pays us, and ‘ ALABASTINE. The (6 Tints. Church's Alabastine comes in 16 beautiful tints and white, too—kere is the tint card that all up-to-date dealers @ sell Church’s Alabastine because it gives universal It won't peel, rub off or scale, It is recommend- ed by eminent physicians om acaceat of It grows harder with age. It is the only permanent water color wall and ceiling coating that is cont over cnet aan SS that is another reasom why we Kalsomine, Beaver Mixed Paints, Enamel Paints, Geld Paints, Brushes All,our paints are guaranteed. DODD & ROGERS: This is True Liberty, when Free Born Men having to advise the Public, may speak free.” —Evziprpes ~ CHARLOTTETOWN P: E. ISLAND: WEDNESDAY MAY 146: 4900 THE SITUATION” AT MAFEKING | | | py | ENOUGH FOOD TILL THE 10th ——$——— ee JUNE, The British Relief Column is Due Now. re Pretoria, SITUATION AT MAFEKING, Loxpox, May 16,430 a. m.—*“Oar supply of food will Jaet until about June 10th” is the latest official word from BadensPowell at Mafeking, seat to Rob- erts under date, May 7ih. Five daye later the Boers attempted to }etorm the town and itis possible that | they may suceeed, although nothing is ; knewn of the attacks or results, except through Pretoria sources which have no couatenance here. The British relief columa is due there now. Tem days ago, General Snyms was having difficulty in keeping the Barghers together owing to the approaches of the British, and when the last associated press despatcn left Mafeking (May 7th) | the Boers had killed, on the previous day, | one of the horse guards and had captured several of Baden-Poweli’s few remaining ' horses. A RUMOR. ’ Liezex, May 16.—Itis rumoured here that President Kruger has ordered the Portuguese Consul t> leave the Transvaal Republic. BRABANT GAINING GROUND. Macerw, Basutoland, May 15.—A per- tion of @eneral Brabant’s horse occupied Ladybrand today and another portion is pushing onto Clo ‘non, Loypox, Mey .—According to latest reports the Transvaal army have taken a position at Blaauwaschdoorpt Pass, near Heilbron road station, fifty mi'es north of Krooastadt. Ite rear guard is etill heldiog the hills north of the Valeeh River, while the Boer scoate sre in toueh with the British reconnoitriog parties twenty miles north of Kroonstadt. The Boers have held a Councils of-war at Lindley, and Britiah spies have jearned that the Boera decided to hold Harri- smith as loog as possible. Lord Roberts’ infantry are still at Kroons‘adt. Railway laborere are hard at work and the engineers hope to have the line re- paired within three days. The prairie has put on ite russet wiater coat. Nights sre bitterly cold; but the days are het. The Free Staters are surrendering in jarger numbers thax after the occupation of Bloemfonfein. Qne officer of the Transvaal artillery eays there will be no serious fighting this side of Pretoria, as Beceering=on-the~Vaal is indefensible. Heavy gups are being mounted at Pretoria, but Generals Botha and Lim- mer are agreed that ulsimate success is impossible. President Kruger is obstin- ate, and the majority of the Transvaalere hold firmly with him and estimated that Tranevaalers can still muster 36,000 men ow the fighting line. @eners! Buller’s advance was by the instractions of Roberts, and it will cease or go forward as Lord Roberts may di- rect. |[Rumor Regarding the Portugese Consul—Brabant Gaining Ground—Boers Decide to Hold Har- rismith as Long as Possible—Heavy Guns at SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE EXAMINER. Ladybraud almost without opposition . lied with cattle, horse feed and flour. General Rundle is reducing his transport and feeding his men and animals largely off the country. Boers in that quarter surrender daiiy on the spt that the eastern section of the Free S:ate will soon be as tranquil as the western. Tae War Office, last evening, ispued an ulstract of the British casual- ties since the begianing of the war. This shows a totai,of20,036, exciusive of sick in field and invalide, including wounded who number 8.901. A GREAT FIRE. Half a Millien Gees up in Smoke. [Speciat ro Tas Examiner. ]} Sr. Carmerixes, Ont., May 16.—The entire plants of the Welland Vale Com- pany’s Worke and the Canada Cycle Com- pany Works were destroyed by fire this morning. The loss is balf a million. RoYAL Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum. A Alum powders are the greatest menacers te health of the present day. RO ‘AL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW —— —~ . ere SPUUMUSEEHOOOUSERECUCORUEUOOGEEROOUEOOPOOES fe Choice line Confectionery Received bécdeees ne: CENTRAL DRUGSTORE, A.W, Reddin Phm B -~ Generals Rundle and Brabant are tak- i wsSUEROURRADERDESROEESELDGOESS Central Drugstore. Sunnyside. ing possession of wide regions around They find the country plentifully sup and itis the expectation of correspondents Y EXAMINE ‘T0 THE ELECTORS OF THE | SECOND DISTRICT OF QUEENS | COUNTY. ' GENTLEMEN :—On the ninth of this ; month Mr. Speaker Cummiskey,of Fort session ordered me,your representative, (to be forcibly dragged from the seat which I have held from you for a great number of years. This order was promptly carried out in the presence of the members on both sides of the House by the officials, whose pay as well as that of the gentlemen who com- manded them depended on my expul- sion from the Chamber. Why was this done? In the summer of 1897 you elected meas a supporter of the then Peters gov- ernment in conjunction with my then colleague the Hon. Donald Farquiar- son. He and I fought that election side by side, as we did many others ; and you know I did all in my power to to elect him, Mr. Peters, as yeu will remember, promised us an arbitration with the Ottawa Government as a re- sult of which our treasury was to re- ceive a very large amount of money from Canada, ridding us of taxation forever. Seeing that Mr. Davies oc- cupied a protiifent placein the Do- minion Government, I had every faith that Mr. Peters’ promise would be ful- filled. I confess however, that when I found Mr _ Peters’ shertly after the election leaving the Proviace and settling in British Columbia without moving his Anger to make his promise good, my confi- dence became somewhat shaken. Notwithstanding, I was willing that his successor, Mr. Warburton,skould re- ceive a fair trial and I gave him a cor- dial support. He remained premier but a short time and went out without accomplishing anything, having taken the first vacancy in the judiciary ef the Province. In the meantime our affairs were becoming worse and werse, heavy taxes, large annual deficits, the debt mounting higher and higher, weakness and incompetency in the governmert, and dissatisfaction and disappointment ameng the people. In- spite of all this I was loathe to leave and vote against my party even when Mr. Farquharson became Mr. Warbur- ton’s successor, always heping that semething would turn up from Ottawa to relieve our distressed circumstances. But the only help from that quarter that has appeared on the herison is for Mr. Pineau, and not for the province! But when I saw Mr. Farquharson who had been for years obtruding himself in the very front ramk of extreme tem- perance men, denouncing license as a thing morally wrong and accursed ef God, suddenly jumping jim crow aad carrying into law a license act for Char- lottetown, and a little ever a year ago when a vacancy took place in the Gov- ernorsbip, striving with might and main to get it, imploring for the sake ef tem- perance, the family, the home and God himself that he should be appoint- ed, I was ferced to the conclusior that I was supperting a pack of political theives, devoid of honer and principle, whose cenduct was only actwated by the basest and mest sordid of motives, and so I gradually and reluctantly came to the conclusion thatI must come out from among them. Reluct- antly,-yes. I had loyally supperted the party all my life,and there is no one who has had te de with pelitics but understands how strong party ties are. But knowing‘and feeling that these men were utterly incempetent, and that they were only holding on to power to premote their ewn selfisa aims, 1 was overpowered with the conviction that the sooner they were driven inte pri- vate life the better; and solI deter- mined to vote, and did vote against them at the last session of the Legisla- ture. This did net acemplish very much, because the government had a majority without my vote. Butasa result of the bye-elections, my vete would place them in a minority at this session of the Legislature. Under these circumstances, and as I helieve | > now, prempted by the leader of the govermmest, two or three of the electors of my district came to me early last winter and represented that, inasmuch as I had been elected as a liberal by liberal votes, I should resign Agustus, while the Legislature was in if ] i QUALITY fs the secret of the great succeas of SURPRISE Soap. —" " Field Seeds, Imported White Oats, ee Imported Black Oats. ——— White Russian Wheat, White Fife Wheat. Duekbill (2 ~a one rowed) Barley. Mandscheuri (6 rowed) Barley eae Timotby Seed, Clover Seed. mwa eens penne meseece --- Vetches, Fie!d Peas, Wholesale and Retail. GEO. CARTER & (0. Seedsmen. —— Our Plow — Boots HOME MADE.— That means made right here in Ch’town, n.t imported ones, that’s the kind that wore you so well last year. We're making them just a little better this year, and the price is just the same, We have cheaper one’s when you want tuem. Price $1,090 and $1.10, and good for the price, GOKF BROS The Home Shoe Factory. CEMENT! CEMENT! my seat and give the people an oppor- tunity of deciding between the govern- ment and me. I at ence recognized the force oftheir contention and con- (Continued on page 3.) ci 50@ barrels in stoek and to arrive. Wholesale prices. CARVELL BRO>. Ch’town May 14, 2 aw, 2w. eshte ae a alana 8, Al ach Te OC ld le Fs Mea sm i MOR ne ECE KALI Nea Se ee iN 8 ce stem snege esmme Se ea EY AONE RSET RRS NRE ANRC EMR SOU CRI Ma RRRRNPRS IC JR I A ome PLE te EIR SE ERR BE GOREN NS SOE LLM PES EIN NENA NN AERIS HH EEN RS I A dO, PRR aS MBN Me PL ED OE Be ALO LE Nek RE Na CRON ENT A ek OEM COE A INR REI UE AR ES EN AE eR On were oo SO IRR eR OF Bt Te. 4 Me BRR REL RE A's RAC ACT PE ah 9 a eter cen a “ ent Oe PI pli PO ee PO ee Te et rene enone one oa sone Am eR NET SOE ear en 7 ea Sa na LL A SR ete me mmm, . ag SITS LR OP