Senate Read §& 7 \ yt 7 . - OTTAWA g 4 > @ 4 os Fe | a ATLY EXA - _ re ee = pa a SS ee = is Trus Liberty,—when Free Born Men having t@ Advise the Publis may apdak: free ~Siuninvoun Shield. Comers cede i Vou. 8 ____ CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. ISLAND, MONDAY, DECEMBER 24 1900 No: sae. ae “stone oven THis EVENING Untic o,) LATEST FROM © SOUTHAFRICAN SMALLPOX. [> EO =F SOUTH AFRICA §©POLICE FORCE REPORTED | | Mt ENTS EACH On our second Centre You'll Find an AN iYE-OPENER Counter iy CET FO TO ee © SSG Te a | ne ; ’ BOERS CHECKED IN CAPE | DeWet Again on ‘the Run=-Pur- Men Wanted for Service under Baden-Poweli. TEMPTING OFFER TO _CANA DIANS. Reassuring Despatch From Kitchener ee oes Several Cases in New Brunswick COLONY sued by French’s Cavalry. a ee [SPECIAL TO THE EXAMINER. ] LONDON, Dec. 24.---The War'| Office has received the: following | despath from Lord Kitchener,dated | retoria, Dec. 22:-— ‘As far asit is possible for me to | 'form an opinion from the reports} But Men must know how to Shoot, LARGE SECTION OF COUNTRY | Free and Ride. __ UNDER QUARANTINE [SPECIAL TO THE § EXAMINER. | Baerga fr {s what the ladies Fee ~ Colonial” Sacpekiite ets ate Tak expecting, Don’t at the Imperial Government wil aken ion. © ds ; , | ascept, under conditions laid down en to Prevent Contagion disappoint them, | fon Sey mber of Canadians who offer | , or Service in the South Africz Moved “Police commanded by| Mr. W.J. O'Reilly today received | ; commanded Colonial Baden-Powell. a telegram from Melrose, N. B., in- Oné thousand Canadians can be| | forming him of the existence of enrolled in the force: 10 commis- | smallpox in that vicinity, and since sions as captains and 15 as lieuten-| then we hear that the country from ants will be given to officers of the | Baie Verte to Cape Tormentine is by | a Canadian militia to serve under | under quarantine. WE ( Al . o1 officers on the spot, I think the| Baden-Powell. | A man, whose name we ae not | L , Boer movement intoCape Colonyhas} "The Britf#_ Government will |/eatned, is said to have died from | ‘ 2 ~hecied 5 . been checked. furnish tradtgpertation and rations| the disease, although the fact was | YOUR + ‘Of the two forces that entered | the Colony the eastern is north of! the Zontspanberg range, while the | one that eutered the west appears to have turned in that direction of Britsiow and Preska. Troops are| to South Africa. and the men will|20t known at the time and his | be remunerated At the rate of five | funeral waslargely attended. shillings per day from the day they In this way the disease spread, land at CapeTown. The officers wil!| 44 there are now said to be two or eceive pay” pronase to their re-| three gen cases of smallpox spective rates. | while several persons who are illare sine » iit eek Tickets ATTENTION To onr splendid line of WALEING STICKS just received from New ee ae eee ne ate A RETO OBC rcange oo Het CR? m2 ae IN Hlandkerchiels _—_— | DAINTY, EMB 20IDERED HANDERCHIEFS. last of that fot < CLEAR AX fi " Al- aso Eahkhm ee A GS Includes Han upto 18c or 2: not be here long at that f* qq? Se price. 5 CENTS EACH The Busiest Store on Charlottetown’s Busiest Street. hiefs worth each, and they’ll MOORE & McLEOD, | mediateiv after I know Services are most wan ed.”’ ‘Boers have not received much as sistance in Cape Colony, so far as my information goes. "We hav- who-are assi our #; ‘“‘«tailway and telegraph communi- . | cations have been much interrupted | by very bad weather. 3; ‘‘DeWet is in the neighborhood of . | Senekal. | ‘General French, in conjunction | | witb General Clements, attacked a TOVEees 4 force under Beyers south of the | mM) Magaliesberg. The Boers broke! Ri /away ina south westerly direction | toward Pot chistroom and were fol-| fi lowed by General Gordon with olumn of ’rench’s forces. ‘Yesterday evening about five} o clock General Clements force was engaged south of Oliphan’s Nek but I do not vet know the result.” ANOTHER DESPATCH. | ce “a | | j i i | 5 Pe oe : ens , Exactly same as we've been Liwbon, Dec. 24~ The iatestaa : / tch from Lord Kitchener datec | x : e ° cember 22nd, says the western | { r25 his th a i De : selling a? 3 Tor ae + j Is Is © “9iumMn oT} Boers occupied Britstow i d cut the railway south of De Aai Junction. General French has been in con B\ tact for two days with commandoe: | #} of the Boers. He is pursuing them. The enemy has lost considerably nd Commandant Kruse and others have been captured, General Colville enga | separate commandoes Decembel ist near Vaakfontein with slight the enemy retiring. ‘ANSAS City, Dec. 24.---Captain ee artche, of the british army im) pu rchasinff fifty thousand cavalry | | horses and mules for the British | erica ; { array in South LONDON, Dec. 24.—Lord Kitchener | rnest appea | has cordently made e a ito the British government to de- ™ |} spatch immediately large draits ol #4 ount2d l’antry to end the Jguerila | aaa Some sao he has asxed 101 | 4000 me New Teta d i ged tw Bees, . i 1s } ie i is sending another | contingent and Anglo-Canadians | | here are wondering whether, 4s | | Canada has no national force in lSonth Africa now, Strathcona’s| | Horse being the result cf private | | munificence, Canadians may not} | wish a second corps of 500 mounted | Paar from the Northwest to be! iraised and equipped by Canadian | | Government. | NOTICE! | “The Royal Bank of Canada,” ‘from and after the second day 901. | January, EL, PEASE, General Manager. | Halifax, lst Nevember, 1900 ng jinos nwt getting around both bodies and a | Canadians — anxious to join the suspected of having contracted it. | York. special column is also being org: a-} So The . f th fected dis- nized which will be despatched im- men, in sound bodily . ‘alt bh. trict to this province, and the! The latest design, Silver and Golé where its armed some colonists) (SPECIAL T@ THE EXAMINER.) tan Road. Sunnyside. Hawuirax, Dec. 24.—The Chronicle office in thls city was burned ed ' early on Sunday morning. The fire > Boe SQ - “ . : > 5 os > ’ started at midnight but was extin- Sess ° Ss ‘guished and a_ policeman put on | guard. The latter went to sleep, iand the fire started a second t ae ilmost costing the policemap ] ; life. The damage was conside rata’ it | Clans’ | whelesome fruit you can buy for} This evening, and we want everybody to visit it. Goods deliv | ities barrel of our American | promptly to all parts of the city. | Notice is hereby given that in) Palette or Northern Spys would | | virtue of the Act of the Dominion | | be a very nice thing tosend to your | ee Eeeament (Ga, Ye home , "y ss hi eee at the Merchants’ Bank of Boys’ Shovels. George Carter & Go Yrs | | Halifax will be changed to | Wereceived today five dozen In- ‘dian made snow shoves, suitabie fo of | boys and girls. and | i abie to shoot and ridé. The period | | of service is five years. Full parti- | Cape Tormentine and Summerside culars of the offer of the Imperial | make it necessary that the author- | Government will be announced in a| ities should act promptly wita a \day er two, as soon as points at | view to preventing the spread of the tipped. Prices right. act that the Stanly is to ply between vur perfume sales are very satis factory. We have always had a large whic enlisting will take place have | disease in this direction Xmas trade in this line, because we ‘been Lecided upon. | are known to sell cheaply. 2 EE ——— ———— Ebony goods, Pipes, Ladies’ and Gént’s sets, etc. No reasonable offer offer reiused. A. W. Reddin, Phm. B. The Square Druggist, Since writing the above we’ hear | that there are in all some eighteen cases of the disease. Some ot them | are severe, but the majority are of the type knownas varicloi |. The near- est case to Cape Tormentine is two or three miles distant, on the Grat- * HALIFAX CHRONICLE | Office Burned on ‘Sica Morn- ing. ri he RETURNING SOLDIE oe en Halifax Yeslerday--- | Arrived at | j Our Boys Home Tomorrow. _—— j | a Pow et > . i. ice MESO ONE ALPS ROLE OE LILO, fc PN BBR. A, iT mds A mauler “ , . [SPECIAL TO THE EXAMIEER. | \EFTAX. Dec. 24.—-The Canadians HALFIAX, Dec. 24.—-The (¢ anadians Sy me ots . 8 reached here early yesterdvy an 2 rR a a i ea ; entrained nitera few hours ona : : special train for the west. i The Charlottetown men leave for | home today. | Follow the crowc tonight to Santa | headquarters. Xmas Gentdctionery } Our stock of Xmas Confectionery | The rus toS santa Claus’ Headquarters On Xmas Eve is — ell i? is large and varied, and ranges in} known. Nothing like it in the city. Crowds upon crowds of eage ant i price from 10c to 4c per Ib. We | happy buyers fill the store to its utmost capac ‘ity upst. 1irs and down Fo i | have some very nice fancy boxes oi | don’t stay away on account of the crowds. There is alwavs recn .f1 ii 1G. B. Chocolates, Bon Bons, etc. | one more.’’ We have plenty of goods for all. and enough o ati e ; p suitable for Xmas gifts. clerks to wait on everybods, so noone will be kept waiting long. \ I fi make it a pleasant evening’s buying for our customers. We have ; s t ORANGES suitable to all purse s, thousands of articles at 5c and 10c each, and « p ‘} Our California Navel Oranges are | to expensive articles worth dollars, and all suitable and attractive 2°: :s @ \the finest flavored fruit in the city,| presents. This is fi Good Valencia Oranges only 1l5c ‘al dozen. APPLES | Apples are the cheapest and most ae EVERY BODY’S STORE They are well made The Authorized Agents of Santa Claus. | and nic ely finished. PE Oe é GROCERS.