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For rates of freight and other particulars apply to N. RATTENBURY AGENT Cl’town, August, 26th, 1899 Gene coumarin Leave us your order now for a nice light summer suit or overcoat of Light Weight Tweeds to select from. Qur tailoring department has been rushing all this season MEN'S FURNISHINGS See our summer Underclothing in Balbriggan and natural wool, which will be sure to keep you cool. Big Reductions on lines of Furnishings from this date - - THEY WANT BRITISH RULE. | PRICES GOING UP. — —_—-—— . $ T . An Exchange of British West Indies| Another Advance in the Price of For the Philippines Suggested | Cottons. slated sisi [SrectaL ro THe Examiyer.] [SprcrdL ro THE EXxamINer.] Maniza, Ang. 25.—A_ petition from | Toronto, Aug. 26,—Advices received the Filipinus sue way to the British | bere state that the Dominion Cotton Mills Goverument urging an exchange of the | Company have advanced the price of gray Philippines for che British West Indies. | cottons } cent per yard; bleached sheet- ee | ing, 1-8 cent, crash towelling, } cent. | These increases follow the advance of from 15 to8 per cent recently made by the coloured cotton company. Great Forest Fire. [Srecra, to Tue Examiner. ] Lonpoy, Aug 26.—A great forest fire is | Another Senator Gone. reging near Rothiemurchies, Io vernesshire | the suburb weods around Locheilien be- | inginvolved. Two hundred men are en*! gaged in an effort to circumscribe the cons flagration, [Specia, ro THe Examiyer ] Wixpsor, Aug. 25.—Setintor Temple died here lastevening. His remains will be seat home to Fredericton te-day. rt | A LEPER COLONY Crop Failure in New York Rocnester, Aug. 26.— No rain in amount sufficientto meet the needs of the dying crops bas fallen, in over two months, and the drought bas become alarming in its long continuance. The damage to the crops ‘e great. The fielda sre dry, the ground iscaked like burnt clay, and the dusty trees and all green things are slowly Sad Case of Mrs. L. M. Todd. Wasuaineton, Aug, 23 —]mmigrant ‘n- spectors sent by Commissioner Powderly have reported it as their belief that a colony ot lepers exist on the border of Canada, and this country in the northern part of yellowing as if they had been held closeto | Washington. The lepera do not live to- a hot fire. The wheat crop,| gether, as that would attract attention, but while not a failure, has decreas.|they live in the same neighboraood, and ed in yield acd value tuliy-| have an aseociaticn for mutua! defence and one-third below the average. Beans, | protection. which have been oxe of the most reliavle ; _Commissiouer Powderly orjered Mrs. L, mainstays cf the farmers hereabozts, are } M. Todd, 9 British sybj et, WhgQ is eufter- small, dry and scanty, ‘The crop is a) ing from lepro-y, to be returned to Hono-~ failure, the eat3 do nol fill out, and many, ‘ula, This woman caugut the malady grccers refuse tu buy green corn for mar | while étnp'oyed a3 a nursé at the pest- ket use. Fruits, e-pecially peaches, are | house in S.n Franciveo. After con ract small and balf-formed. Apples look well} ing the disease she wentto Honolulu anu and plentiful, and are ebout the only fruit remained there natil November 18 of last that the drought has uot injured. Many | year, when she returned to this country. farmers have been forced to reed stock on }She boarded the steamer City of Rio de the remains ot last wint:-r’sfodder whilethe | Javeris and went.to Japan. From there outlook for next nizter’s supply ie alarm~| she wentto Victoria B. C., and thencame ing. The wells aod springs sre drying up|to the United §tates, arriving at San one by Oce, anit men who own herds are| Framscisco last Dacember. Her conditiou thouzbtful for the futute. The lack of | was recently discovered by an immigrant water has caused noend of trouble along) inspector. After giving the case careful the line of the railroad, and freights have | attteotion Mr, Powderly ordered her return been stalled on account of empty tanks.|to Honolulu, ae \y4pe iano place in this Tue farniers whoee lands are bordered by | country where Mrs. Todd can be cared umber stretcher, keep watch nigbt and day, | ‘or. for a fire once started in the tinder- like underbrush would be disastrous in ite results, Old men who have lived in Western New York 4]] their lives say nothing like 1t hasever been known. if rain does not come in two weeks, they say that the seuttering among farmers aud stock this coming winter will be appaliing. This must seem exaggerated, but vue who bas driven about through the couotry will eee ite force and truth. Ee ee Manitoba Wheat. Wissipec, Man., August 25.—Wheat harverting is now becoming general throughout the country. Twenty per cent of the crop has been eut on the Mennonite reserve in Southern Manitoba, and if the weather continues favoratle for a fortnignt the bulk of the croo will be saved. The weather has been showery of ‘late, and in some localities so heavy ‘hat the grain has been lodged. Labor is scarce and wages are high. ——— — Chinese Enclosure Laws. a Eleven Vessels Wrecked he Porrsmours, Va, Aug. 24.—Eleven Warnixctoy, D. C, Aug. 23.—The} State Depertment has been informed through a diplomatic channel tuat General Otis bas applied the Chinese exclusion laws tothe Philippines. The information | yegsel- lie wrecked on the streten of wild was @ surprise to (he sutboriies here, both | ahore between Cape Hatteras and New state and military, as the matier has been /[plet. [tis known that several lives were under coasideraiion for some time, and it; Jost, but how many 1s uncertain. Toirty- was not known that General Otis bad put | twomen who escaped drowning when the the exclusion laws into force. various vessels went ashore in the storm Tbe Chinese Government has ehown | arrived here today, more auxiety a8 to the course of this Gov- eroment toward the Chinese in the Phili- pines thao towards those io Cuba or other | parts of the world, mainly because the Philippines are .o nesr Cbyva, and Jarge| Manyiva, Aug. 25 —The transporte Val- pnutubers of Chinese are already establish- {encia and Z-aiandia with 798 men of the ed there. Montana regiment and 400 men belonging They carry on the bulk of the reta ltrade.}to other organizations on board, sailed have ao exieosive quarter in Manila and | yesterday for Santranscisco, send out travelling salesmen, carrying packs, to the remote interior of the islands. The only action taken here as to the Chinese |a*s bas been in ruling that they are not a part of the immigration act aud do not ayply to Cuba or Porto Ricos Coming Home. The Old Story Sypyey, Ang 25.—Some ot the land owners are very much diseatisfiet at |awards made by appraisers. They ciaim \thatexorbitant prices were paid to some , and vot enongh to others. — A German Opinion — Beruiy, Aug. 25.—The Cologne G izette } homes referring tc the recent developments in| Paris, says that the affairs of the Republic | are becoming more and more entangled } and fast approaching anarchy. The play | being enacted at Rennes, it says means— ° Baking Powder nothing else than a solemn affirmation of | contempt for the Supreme Court of Jus-| Mad: from pure } creatn of tartar. | tice. The convocation of the Chambers, whict is being clamored for on all bands, | 4 Safeguards the food against alur :. is equivalent to an avowal that the Repub- | lic 18 in danger and a ministerial crisis | provoked by the Chambers would have | the effect of precipitating anarchy gener- | ally. “Only a few steps further,” the Gazette | concludes, ‘‘and no government based on | order will be disposed to assume responsi-! bility for the course which events may | take. i Alum bakin: powders are the g, -atest menacers to health of the preseat 2y. When you are nervous and sleepless, | take Hcod’s Sarsaparilla. It mekes tho} GORDON & MéLELLAN ne>vee strong and gives refreshing sleep. ROYAL BAING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. 5 : Sanderson & Co. ferms | rs per Y« : aye. se 3 is True Liberty, ek Free Born Men having to advise the Public, may speak fren‘ ceases | 8 fOoL 35 CHARLOTTETOWN P: E. ISLAND, SATURDAY AUGUST 26, 1899 iii Reading Room WELSH COLONISTS FOR CANADA | A Large Migration to the Dominion in the Near Future. Lonxpon, Aug. 25 —The Welsh may in vade Canada in large numbers, In the sixties 3,000 Welshmen went tu Pata- gonia, and, in spite of the sterility ‘of the country they triumphed, and now send 10 Europe some of the finest wheat grown in South America. The Argentine Republic which, until recently made no clam on Pa'‘agonia, now demands military service from the! settlers and compels them to drili op Sun- days. They are beginning to look ts Great Britain for assistance. Other Weishmen who desire to emigrate have been looking about, and following the invitation of the Canadian High Com~ missioner, David Lioyd-George, member of Perliament for Carnarvon, and two othere are to sail on ‘'bureday for Canada. Mr. Llord George said be and bis com- panions were going to apy out the country and that be could say nothing further until the end of the visit. — Cartwright Apologetic. Toronto, Aug. 25.—The Cartwright meeting in Toronto last night was fairly well attended, but the crowd at Massey hall did not -nearly correspond with the attendance at Tupper’s last meeting. Mr. Bertram, who was the only other speaker announced, failed to putin an appearance. These who expected a rousing speech were sadly disappointed, Cartwright being main~ ly apologetic throughout. He was frequent- ly interrupted with cries of “What about free trade ?” and how about the sixty- million expenditure? His reply war: “Better a large population and a large ex- penditure than a small population and staal] expenditure.” The meeting was over at ten o'clock. Canadians Defeatrd, Teronto, Aug. 25.—The Genessee heal - the Beaver yesterday by ten minutes, and now takes the Canada cup, having won three races. The Canadians are chag- rined over the result, but say the weather happened to be constantly light, and this suited the American boat. We x7 CooDs IN =. Belt Buckles Waist Sets Neck Clasps G. H. TAYLOR UNION ASSURANCE SOCIETY Of London. Eng. ESTABLISHED - - FIRE INSURANCE On every description of pro- perty at lowest rates. 1714 Assets $15,000,000 h. W. HYNDMAN, General Agent for P. E. I, W hite’s Caramels and Snowlake Chocolates <—~ Can be had at any of the following first class store T. J. Morris D. L. Hooper W. Pickard & Co, W. A, Hutcheson W. F. Carter Stewart & Gates China Chance 20 Dozen 20 Fancy Cups and Saucers Just opened A Sampte Lor at less than half price. They are worth from 20c to 50c each, We have placed them on our counter and marked them at 15 cents 20 cents & 25 cents snap for early buyers Pag, Carter & Co. 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