= senate Read, Koom> Tert This is True Liberty, when Free Born Men, having to advise the Public, may speak free.”—Euxipiwss AILY EXAMIN Single Copies two Cents ——— | -- : a \ O i ' »' * H ED WUT ED a . Ure EEN ENOL OES | oolnt ho Nee il li + Sauce a. AVA oa a1 s&% a a - SY Of course jour s% must be pretty. % And -Other Members of the House | a y (OUR WINTER MAIL SERVICE Brought up in the House of Commons MARTIN, BELL,{. CDONALD, | M’LELLAN, SIR LOUIS DAVIES | dress | Joinin the Discussion ae O stylish. course it mast b —_ es {[Seeciat to Tae Examiner] Orrawa, May 16.—Inthe House of Commons Mr. Martin caoved for papers regarding ‘the mail service between New Brunswick and P. E. Island. In demwg so Mr. Martin said that the winter mail communication hed never been satisfactory, but now it was worse than ever. Mr. Mulock, for the purpose of saving a few dollars, had taken the service from the Cape Tormentine railway and made a con~ be . Of course it must *give good service—but with all these it needn’t be ex- pensive. SRST BIST 2 4 Won't either if you buy it from us TS iit tract to carry the mails by team. The = Ne i catays result wes that connections were seldom ———=S= Mw é made, but sometimes athree days delay a BA You should see the took plece in carrying the mails from Aula, i handsome new effects in Mr] to Tormentise, a distance of 36 miles. | ol i ned wi | Sometimes the maile werel ft along the colored goods. ‘road in barns avd otber dumping places. Mr. Msr.in sail that the service has ; been degraded and that the whole pro- vioce hae been bumbugged. } Mr. Bell followed, claiming that the Island aS SA We'd hketo show them to you. mail never 80 . | satisfactory as itis now, but he thought fe Se SAS the Government shoud arrange seomil a | special train to make mail connection Moor & ‘between Cape Tormentine and Sackville. | Mr. McLellan, P. E. Island, eaid that | when tue present Postmaster~General took Office the summer mail bad been satifac- tory, but iast winter’s service was not ‘satisfactory. No teem service could bave been satisfactory. He held that the Island was eatitled to a ‘regular special railway train service. ; Mr. A.C. McDonald, P. E. Island, con- ., gratulated Mr. Martin ou bis statement of tbe case ahd commended Bell and Me- FOU | Lellan for j>iniog in @ protest against the M! § MARGARET ANGLIN 5 degradation of the mail eerv ce. | The course adopted by the Postmaster- Says: heard of, aod for the outgoing mails last gives the best of results for quick clean eervice was | winter’s service was the worst on record |He was giad that a new boat was to be empleyed in the winter service, but was | not yet convinced that it would be possible to establien steamship connection from the western end of be Island in winter. Tie! | route from Georgetown to Pictou would, he | | is most satis- factory and¢” dyeing.’’ -— = o washes and reat English Home Dye, DYES any material any colour. FRE thought, be always the best winter steam= shiproute; but the mai!s should be aent! to Cape Tormentiue by special train. Sir Louis Davies said that under the old arrangement the Cape Tormentine mail service was not so good as the present sys- | tem. He agreed that there shonld be a special train, but the owners of the line claimed too bigha price for such service. Sir Louis Davies intimated that the railway company might properly be de* prived of the contract for earryirg loval mail anless it ,would change its time table aud terms to meet the meeds of the pos! For sale everywhere. WU eee eee et book on Home Dyeing on application. WL Pr ak A. P. TIPPET & CO., 8 Place Royale, MONTREAL. ery sera filial ei sia eS | Yemen is gaining ground. Fads in the Schools. sion of the Ottawa Teachers’s Association, on Friday, in the Normal School, Presi dent James Thorne, in delivering his ad~ | dress, made a suggestion that there was at preseat an Overcrowding of studies on the programme of the public schoole. He intimated thai too much time was devoted | Orrawa, May 13,—At the opening ses~ | to such subjects as grammar, especially io tbe lower classes, arithmetic and history, 'while, literature, drawing, pbvsical cui- ture, elc., were neglected. Kvery one who who has a fad nowadays wants it introdued into the public schools. He also was of the opinion that the standard of 33 1-3 per cent. fer pass examinations tended to lead to inaccuracies and that the examinations were madejtoo much an end rather than a means, and pupils crammed to pass the eXaminavions rather than to attain know-~ | ledge. Civilization in the Soudan. Loxpox, May 13.—Yesterdav’s news in the Time statestbat over 200 dervishes have surrendered in the Soudan. This empbasizes the fact that the Soudan is rapidly becoming civilized. Lord Lovat, travelling on @ scientific and pleasure ex- pedition through Abyssinia, has reached a point fifty miles from the Egyptian outpost on the Blue Nile, and is waiting for the Sirdar’s authority to get the party through. Ina few days he wij] be on his way to Khartoum. Thus an English pleasnre party can travel through the Soudan where! only a year ago no Kuropean could pass. } The Pacific Cable. Victoria, B. C., May 13.—Commander Smith, of ber Majesty’s survey ship Egerta, now attached to the Pacific »quad- roo a: E-quimalt, bas received orders from London to prepare for the survey of the route for the Pac:fic cxble from‘ Victoria to Sydoev, via Fanning and Fizi Islands and New Zealand. This istaken tomean either that the Imperial Goveroment recedes from ite former position on the catle proposals or accepts the cft-r of British Columbia’s Government to contribute $1,000,000 to- wards the coat. . Turkish Insurrection Grows Aven, May 13.—The insurrection in The Turkish commander, Abdulab Pasha, has been forced to retreat on Sana, afier baving sus~ tained great Josses of men from arab night atiack~, desertion and famine. His | force has been uiterly demoralized. The Combine in England. Lonpox, May 14.—A combiration of Bradford wool-combers base been formed, with the object of putting a stop to the cutting of prices. Itis rumoured that @ combination has heen arranged, compris- ing all ot ihe British firmsin the wall paper trade, with w capital said to reach millions of pounds. Cure a Cold in a Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinive tab'ets “ll druggis's refuo d the mouey if it fails -e'ieve. S2c. een ats aoe i a GHEAP FOR... { nmrreerertneernnnnrennnneetenetrtes eer office service. a Sir Louis Davies added that he waa hav- I> ing @ survey made to ascertain whethera {jp steamship covld be run by the Cape Tor- Paris Green — [I> | mentive route in winter. ‘There’s ove brand of Par‘s Green that’s always been oked upon sy standard—It’s “Berg:r’s Pure Paria Green nade by Lewis Berger & Scns, Lul, London, Eoglend. i caused more delay in the west bound mails! that it bastened east bound mails for Charlottetown and eastern parts of the I-land. Tie change was made on the eve of the New Brunswick local election because the . directors of the Cape Tormentine Railway The reason it hes acquired such a reputation is that it yas always been kept up toa high uniform quality—-al- IIb» ways deep io shade and strictly pure. The farmer finds it kills S re and kills Quick and were peneees Caenerrennsts and for the ‘ills Always. Soli by principal dealers. Better than ill» benefit of a zp neeen ann family. : ‘ver thie year. Be sure you get ihe genuine, made by To serve the epurpose of this Sackville | man the mails were carried from Cape Tor- | men tine to Sackville instead of to Aulec, give four mi'es extra haul’ and causing | the mails to miss the treins. LEWIS BERGER & SONS, Ltd. LONDON, ENGLAND is - b> Mr. Powell declared that the ra‘iway | company’s price demanded fora especial train was lower than the Gevernment paid | for asimilar service avywhere in Canada, | and not higher than the Postmaster Gen- eral paid to the Government's own 1ailway in Prince Edward Island. a Te \MAAAAAAAAALAAAAAA bh AAA AG | em $BB.0OO HAVE YOU SEEN THEM 2 ||» Mr. Powell spoke of the inconvenience | ie and delay by the stage svstem which | Those women’s American Boots THE PONSEO They are different from the ordinary run, there’s a special snap—style and finish about them—the kine - that fit yeur feet and are extremely fash- ionable at the same time, made in three different shapes in widths © D & E GOFF BROS a RLOTTETOWN P. E. ISLAND, TUESDAY MAY 16. 1899 BRITISH MOVE AGAINST CHINESE, An Expedition Has Leff Hong Kong. TO ADVANCE ONTHE CHINESE REBELS AT TAIP9. The Chinese Causing Trouble in the Newly Ceded Territory. (Speciat ro Tus Examiner. ] Hore Kove May 16.—1350 infantry soldiers, artillerymen, eogineers and five hundred marines have gone tethe Kow- loon hinterland. The greatest secrecy is observed aa to the plansof the British authorities, and nothing is definitely known regarding ihe actual destination of the troops but it seems evident that two detachmenta of troops will advaace on Taipo Fa and cut off the rebelaand drive themfrom the ceded territory. The gun vessels engaged :m the opera~ tion have been provisioned for eight days. The troops are patrolling the European quarters of Kowloon. lt is reported that Chinese rebels from Tung Kuog invaded British Territory yesterday evening and that twoarmed gangs robbed the city of Kowloon. Houg Kong itself is quie’. eed IN THE PHILIPPINES. British Property to be Safeguarded. Loxpon, May 13.—lo the House of Commons yesterday Rigit Hon. William St. Jobn Broderick, Parliament Secretary of the Foreign Office, replying te a ques- tion by Captain John ft. Clair, Radical member for Forfarshire, relative to des- truc‘ion of British property by the bom- bardment of Iloilo, said that the Govera- mept kad 00 information with regard to the intentien or the United States to compensate traders. “Tue question of these clsims.” the epeaker said “is under cons:deration by the British Government, and will not be lost sight of.” Out With the Jews. Sr. Pererssunc, May 14,—The Gov- ernmenthas forbidden Jews to reside in the citv. Several French Jews are ; | } | | i | ! i leave. among those who will be compelled to | Paul’s charch at 7.30 p.m. Ruby is that great stimu- lating tonic -— fine old port wine and Peruvian Bark in proportions pres- cribed by the French and En- giish Pharmaco- poeias. Wilson's Invalids’ Port... Its prompt beneficial ef- fect places the question of its efficacy beyond For Sale by A. W Reddin Geo. E Hugbes and Reddin Bros Major Marchand is Safe. Ps Paris, May 15.—A deapstch has been received atthe Colonial Office from the Governor of Jibutil saying thai there is 00 foundation for the alarmist rumours concerning Major Marchand, M. Cu’lain, Minister ofthe Colonies, received a tele- gram from Marchand, which was seat from Harrar at the end of April, predict~ ing the arrival of his mission on May 20. oe Coal Production of 1898. Loxpox, May 15.—The official returns of the coal production for last vear show that Great Britain produced 202,130,000 tons, the United States 178,769,000, sod Germany 91,055,009. The values by the top atthe pits’ month were respectively 33 44, 4s 7 1-2d, and 7e 1 1-2, Filling Up With Galicians. Montreat, May 15.—About 1,500 more Gelicians have been added io the Galicien colony in the Nort-West during the past two days. There are more coming, 80 that itis anticipated that before the sum- mer is through there will be fully 10,000 Galicians in the country. Things to Make a Note of. The Women’s Auxiliary Missions of the Church 27 England in Prince Edward Is< laod will hold their annual meetings in Charlottetown, on Wednesday, with the following services :—Holy Communion in St. Peter’s Church at7 45a. m; Public meeting in St Paul’s echoolrxom at 3.30 >.m; Annual service asd sermon ia St. All are cor- dially invited. Makes the food more delicious and wholesome ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK, ——t ——— oo Genuine Full Weight Seldlitz Powders ‘Lhese wa put up in imper- vious boxes to protect them * . > rom moisture. They are useful in the house. AAAAARAAAAAARAA We sell them 25c per box. Include a box in your next order, A. W. REDDIN, Pha, B Certral Drug Store Sunnyside, PEERS SS SS SES = SE The P,E Island Magazine AAA AA A | is out, and on sale at the ur- AHAAAAAARAAAS | SWEET = PBAS Sweet Peas are broaght out and boomed at high prices every season by American and those have extra merit and others have not. We choose the best, tried and tested kinds “the cream of the new vurie- ties,” and sell them at 5c per pkt; 6 pkts for 25c, 10c per oz., 20¢ per qr. lb, 75c per lb. Qur trade in Sweet Peas is immonse. RIMM Geo. Carter & Co. SERDSMEN ual places, tr ania Scores of new varieties of English seedsmeu. Some of CO A BER RE we: get meters a inal di iat eat \ Agee ae cy ee = aes ant eo es eee read oo armies ey Pe " it Baka, " pee ee ee ld . 7 iJ a. ao ROR ER Ee Ne Semen ERR PERT Ny Tee RI Ee A TS ee ae RE LE ARNE NT ETN A RET TR ceo ‘ akan ei = ost sausamaa a AC. tie i St ROMS AS PERO RITE AOR I EL SE Adal ON OS Ba NB RR RNS ea - anni LEAL ALE OUR IE SS RE AAAI. BE