= conscience 1 w - ' "_.Aee¢ » i A < f f ~i 9 0 - _ i » E 5*. i. » T . I _ _ ._ _ _ _ _ _ _gcsggggig . I ‘-~‘ ~ I- .- II"---L _ _`_.. _ ______ _. _ _E _____ ___ I _ _ '_ ________ ' ;_ ____ _ __ _ ____ _ _ :I _._________....- ____._ ' ' I _“II } _ - ~ A ---~‘ - - ' - ---~ --~~» ~~ -- *- '> ~ - -» - -"`*` TT' -ff* T--’_";-' -A-7-_"7"" rr' ' ' 'Y '~*T '“"$f €l ~ "°='~»=»'e. ~ cHARLo'1‘TE'rowN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, CANADA, MONDAY FEBRUARY EI 1905. {°'"°’~=°° WEATHER .UNPARALLELiT5`i f ‘ E The, Present State of _Affairs in Prince Edward I _ Railways __ _ The oldest residents of the province now adiuit that the present winter is the quot severe in their recollectou. ' As it is ~~ with us so it is with the other Provinces and many parts of Nova Scotia especially have reached ii. condition which must he viewed with alarm by the residents. Prince Edward island is now entering upon tho twentieth day of the snow blockade on'tlie railway line and during that time only tivo trnins have been able to make ii through trip from Sunimersiilc to Chiirlottetow ii. On Thursday last it foreign [mall was taken to the Island by the Cape and it was not till Eiiturday afternoon that it reiwheii Charlottetown, having been three days in trnnsi_t over thirty in_iles. \ Now the ice boats ure tied up and it will lieiinpossihlc to make iicrossing at the' Capes tilla heavy wind relieves the lolly that is now filling the Straits. 'l‘he winter 'stcnmern are new on the thirty fourth day of the blockade. 'l`hcro ure Sections of the province that have only received two or three mails' within the past month and they are by no ineains the most remote sections. The ootmtry roads are reported` in a _ possibility. Island _and the Mainland- Serious Con- dition is Threatened in N. S. IN EASTERN I _ ADA Tied up. l'n Nova Scotia and Cape Breton the situation is still more serious for the unusual isolation has left many towns n dire straits. Storms and lack of pro- vision iind of (ucl are told of, and in`one town in Cape Breton the clcctricliglits had to he shut ofl because no conlconld be procu veil. The \‘uil\\'ays there have suffered even more severely that in l’. E, I. The thaws have made the snow plough useless and nothing hut the shovel and pick-or the spring suii-can iiviiil, Iiiiilwuys hiivc been closer] for the time and even thc directors of the N. B. & P. E, I. Line have iicciilcd lu abandon all work till more fiivoriihle weather comes. Thus our mail service by team and the present- only piisscnger route ‘will he pm- lonired for an indeilnite time. ° iii1\'o\'nSi-otia the prevailing stitte of nliiiirs is to some extent indicated by thc following despatch: , H.\i,1rAx, Feb, 25,-The _tiglitening Snow blockade of the muw"-V `“y`“te"'s of net after considering the cusc oi Martin of the province has lirough tthc people of some v .'=.§>° ._._. ftii through to Halifax on Thursday, other- wise there would probably have been a ment famine at the weelfs end. Hali- gonians are great beef eaters nnii the con- sumption, according to population, is very heavy. 'So far'-the butchers have not made any advance ln the price. Flour yesterday advanced Rc per barrel. The I butter market/is ina ilut_ter, and only a limited quantity isgcomlngl to the city. First class stock jumped iivc cents per Dounil within ‘a week; andthe prospects are, there will still be ii further advance. _ Eggs are selling at 40 to 45 cents u dozen. --u--L_-‘i__ iiii iiw.iiusi llI(iS ITS EIIIIIISE » So the Dominion Cabinet De- cide in the Case of Mur- derer Martin of Toronto. 0'i"i'A\\'A, Feb. 20- (Speciiil.)-'l‘lie Cabi» #,352 iid rf [lil] SHIP _IiUIllI[lI Ililll IN Illllilllll He Was One of Twenty'-One Children-Built the "Boat King Edward Crossed the Detroit in. A Wi.\i».~oii, ().\"r. Fi-li. 2li.-i>'pecial).- ijupi. Joseph Je-iiliiniz, it ri-tircil ship- liuililcrvfiled hero at the age of Hii. lie was one of the tvventy~one children, twenty Iioys and one girl. iii» Iiuilt his lirst bout in lri.1i iiiiii King l#"‘i'~“““"i~'~~"“=°"‘1~' SCC IOIINO i 0Vil. U0-lil BCE 0 |100 W il ’ ` ° ___ _ iisiiermge armed and fuel supply. der most brutal vircunwtunses has dr- W' " E' " ‘ " » ‘ "J "" _ _ Towns which entirely demmd on the “ded mn justice must “ke ns c0ur5e_ | Dcrcuscii nits licfurc her iiiurriuge Miss ,,¢_,,_m_n°ve,.b,f°,¢ axperigneerl, at least railway for supplies are up ready begin. Martin wmhelmneed MXL week lIli\rgai~i»i_lliidsoii. an linglish lady and in recent yerirs, and comruunlcntion by ning to fceithc pinch. trained iiiiinse. Sin- came ii. New Bm... teams luniiiny sections is almost an im- There are places, and fortunately they '"0"' __ - _ ‘iwii-li in Will ln \vi~il the lliisliop nt Campo are many, which have communication by ' l~li . SI : ' - - - ' I ' The stories of the trips of many on the “"~“-"3 “"5 “fe “Ut 5° blldly 017’ "S “"9 , ‘L 0 ll “M lneuhngly DOW M "es can he brought in by \»eSSc|g_ ,md no _ uiirl iinii reached licr 2~iI¢tltor5 iveekgil “WI U10 \l\0l‘U|"1nfS' *foci* '-if I’ i lg II ' i Conmlercialxiien have been kept hcre P on thc mainland are, unmolcsted, gather ing up the business which thty should lie At égoilfeidwh svome have waited for L ate and started for the Capes another storm tied them up in the city where they still remain. ° At. Picton many Island people have waited for weeks for ii movement in the steainers. Others after impatient delay weeks and when at last they grew deeper- Ts i have gunttothe Capes mid reachcii Char- S lottetown by team or on foot. The frequent posiipoiieineiit of the open- n ini; ol the Legislature iinii other puhlic ul affairs in tht “Gi\i'iieu oi’ the Gulf." . _ Twenty_eigM years _mo the twins on iii , prni' ich y niiiountiiig ion civil war. \00dB;-\lfi`S_ “F9 ILBITJR I‘i=\D1d_lY depielliedtj the P E 1 Ruifivily were lied up similarly I » . . Reports fi-uni all over the Empire are o 'o ace ins c een u on sior ' ‘ ' ‘ v Y P to the Minister oi Finance and . ~ . l`.~'~ 'gr' f _- ~t_ _ seeking ~_i;.tipiis,__bi1; n. \ve__ek longer! suliihto ily; tc the_prese§t time. On_1il the \\'i‘.Ht lrfi. licre Sniurdny he Minis tcr and itis iiiiilcrsiiioil this is ovi-iiing to intei-vii~\v thc Dominion (lov _ criiuiciiturgiiigiliait ncliiin iii- Iakrii io -I"':"\"""~ FUI" `-'II-_“Sll"(`Ii\I~l”Sil'U"lJ» pi'i‘\'i'iii iliioiliiig of the Assiiiiiiiiiilie \vi-~‘ii‘i'|_y niuil iiiiis-ii_\' i-louily and ii lilllc [iii-,.,. ii»\\i‘i'lciiipi-1'iitiii-i-, light snow fiills, *lil to i,c done ut :ui i-nrly dnlc. It is tlieri~f0i‘c possiiili- thai :iii :|i'i‘nii;_f'i~_ iiicnt. will sli0i‘l.I_y iw miuli- liinii-i' \vhii~ii 'i'iii~: 'ri-:.\ii‘i~;iiATUni.; CHICAGO MARKETS. meetings is familial' to nil and is anotlier effects ofthe hlocknde on the railways ac _ from iiiinting gh.-_ S;|\-pl-...,;,, ,,e,.,|c(| in ml, “___ __ S_____________ _"___ _____S_c__d__y the w(____ cviilciicc ol’ the unprecedented condition we" ,W the ;0wm.i1;hi»0nglinut the proviir *UW WM’ i'I‘“"\"-`f'I’i‘"'“"‘ ‘lf -"""l’ °“I""" b-7 business of the rounlry while _\iiu-rii-:iii HN.. _ » _ _ _ _ Cuicuoo, l<'elirniii‘y ‘.15 -(Specinl)-- all twisted out ot shape ivithfncial paraly- , . . . I f b f the iniirket nt the pic _. 5 _ _ :éqietxiatl ng; (lgliiiorgifxiggehz L33 00`i'mI)“il‘i 22335151- lgc5¢|;n1||||||¢¢] “gm ni mlvgm M0\( Ton' I Cb 7 (succml ) Mxtchell To cure ii. licii'li\t'lic iii lcii niiiiutis use REWARD I. es_ which have [men iqolnted for (lays thc Ciiiiiidnin iiii~iinc\~ public fiom Aiiici ._ »_-E---_-___ The problem now faces the trades people, - ii-an pulilic. and is fnst.hecoinini.1: it serious one, ixiiii Mn W,\]kc,._`|\_\._, HN, ];i,m,,L_,, 1)clm,.t_ FACIAL PARALYSIS unless conditions change within ii few _ __________ ____ wim_____ to _I____` with the “mm_____S Mr. \\'. .li Brii-:NN,\_N, Wi-stern Hill, St. days the people of this city will lmw to . _ Untliiiriiics, Out., writes:~- “My face was my “m_mmm_ priccq fm. pm\.isiU,,., The -- soon as coinplctc nriruini-nt is liiiil liefiirc med outweeiv Tl\=1'f°llW“¥“J“S°“l’°“” d ke,,,,,sS io 4.ifini»,ooo min. iii 1ao> iiiiii - llstraight-. W" ' ._ . , . ~ i » get the train service fairly we _ _ _ be _"___ _cd ___ one ,,_uL|,Ld 4,,_4_»;0_000 tom, m 1_;i;,; ened out, when the snoiv, ruin and slcet H” “Pi’”“"~" ° D y ‘ ‘I '|'|,¢ _i;|ii(U(1 Slums simiiis at Lim oriu of yesterdiy set ini, and marie con side iii-.iii will ii pi oiliiction ni 18,010- , . .. _ _ _ _ . _ .__ - ` ‘ ; ` v ~ lit l l i" 'Prince Edward C » . P go Ghas:`s Nerve Food l have lieelken_tircly cmg and buttel, is s°,,,.in“. high it tramp .sa i o ui o ioni _ Kumfort [{c,\.|,,,_-he 1 0“(\.,,-S `__`\_ _ Q) “f :‘i:.°S.:ii'“i‘i:x¢.“::.::;':.“ is '::°;...:‘."sr.fi »»~¢»i<=~i». rw IM. we cf-»=<\ A-can °" .,. . ,_ in ~ A ,.» I feeli:ii`n.t'Il\nveii.ncwlense ofliic.” railways out of business nltogctlieriindit SMU,-.|ny_ He had been locked “D in Pl.mh_c,_ion of rmv i,.0,,_ “,hi,.|, in Q; `\__ Ii \ ' _t_ yy ______. will be some time beforethcyuipstraiglit. M0n___0__ on the previous Tuesday for mm “_____ 3___9_l0_0_‘O to_____ _____r____S____ _`».`\ .__ ¢_»` ({_i_/_ it i , -_ - i 4 ‘ \.\ ca/(a Q)-/@'i@1_P; ' _ .',».~.~.l r,.» , f , Q _ ~ ‘ ' - » ~. - -.._~ \ .ls "/ " "Hi - ,,,~ . ._. .=- _ v _ -. ~ 1. - _ _ __; _ /.,_._ . 1- _ ...__ -_ ,_A . _, (A, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _~`~_. :~3” §»'_ _y_. _ ._ /__ I L ‘ . ' ' ' _ _ j > _ _ ` J ./‘ __,___, ,__ , _ , ` ' ' " "" Ti ,A ,» _ _ _ _ tions bud, if not worse than ever. 000_ tons, aéniiist 17,820,000 tons in "E '/‘.> ,-,__=f?_-_'-if/,___//<»,_§» , ___,* _f\_`\,"`_ Q L_. \h, I The butchers had difficulty in getting (i__9<_fi__::_;Uf» Of 3.910.000 €0ll5» “EU\lY1S'< ' -_ ' ...ea ..i Ti-iii-ii on Wednesdfiv “nfl ,Mr i,i.'i.i.ci¢ Dccun, Pigeon niii,Mis- s,5zo,ooo tons in 1902 ...ii 7,850, -2 io wveiieiseif with hcr hi\nj. __ _ Carter & C0., . IIIII..§'ii..,,~.I;,_ i) l ~ir‘_"‘.€*»§_ _iff-=‘= if . _ .\ . I _ \_, _ 7 ss LIITED ' ` ."l3».,_ Importers of Artistic Wall _ _ " Paper \ » SALES ARE INCREASING as the sales _of any good article are i. i ii i 2 a Ii . fl iii _ ,‘ " o _ _ _ _ - bound to increase. / '. \ 1 I ' 'fm