TI THE DAILY EXAMINER. a MARCH 5, Z ISS Provincial Legislature. bus Provin to meet tor the Ges} ¢ Puesday, the 29th Mare h, inst _———- Falsifying Election Returns fue Montreal Star has received a_ tele gram from Prince Albert, N. W. T., ask- Inv itt » forwal ltotha pl sce the oorrect re sult the el ns Commenting upon this telegram the Star says ‘“‘It appears that ve liberal politicians are busily s x the report among the electors in the region of the Saskatchewan that the vernment have been defeated. They know t t} means of obtaining reli ble n 1" 1in that thinly settled country re few, and that if a false report gets an) thing like a good start, the truth will not| 2 likely to overtake it until it is too late to be of any use. Besidesthey no doubt pe that the first reports will be beheved ind that those which come iit r mirad in t n vill be regarded ' , ; ’ ; in N us i 1s wily i t eral ; rol a} } tate niewsp i > t making such absurd State ments with regarc to t relative strength of government and opposition f Do th y hope to influence the electors of the far west by trying to make it appear that they h ive b en Victorious m the east _— — + Mr. Blake's Supporters. L118 the H LiaX Her ud **One by vobhe Mr. Blake's conservatis ‘supporters’ in Qu ¢ are turning up as supporters of Sir John. Mr. Dupont announces in a speech , ’ th will support the government. Mr. n eS Ae : } Laerien telegraphs Sir dector Langevin that ; . e+ ’ _ . sort i . he Wii suppoTt the government. ur, Gigault has written to a friend in Ottawa that of course he will sustain Sir John. Judge Coursol is meutioned as government candidate for the speakership. Messrs. 7 , Girouard and Desjardins announced them- selves as government supporters bef« re | their election, and were in nsequence opposed by Grits. And now Mr. who has been visiting New York in com- pany with Hon. Mr. Chapleau, is heard irom He too is g to snpport the gov- ernment If this thing keeps on much ionger Mr. Blake will not have many more ‘‘ supporters” in this parliament than in the last.” ~ oliaia pilicdiieieamniniiia ihe Toronto city council is to submit two by-laws to a vete of the rate-payers, one appropriating 810,000 for a musical celebration in honor of the Queen's Jubi- lee, and the ether for $20,000 for the erec tion of a hospital to be called Vier ria. Phe show a gratifying a customs revenue continues t rease at Montreal. were $710,004, it} he receipts in February agamst $546, $47 last year, a gain ul $73, - 537. For the eight months of the fiscal year now ended, the receipts here have been 85,920,073, a gain of $1,259.383 over last year 7. ee + ——— Sir Charles Tupper has received the following letter from the Marquis of Lorne, dated from Kensington Palace on the Ist instant ‘The Princess asks me to write to thank the (jovernment of ( inada, through you, for the Diploma and Medal sent to her. It was a yreat pleasure to her to contribute to the Canadian Exhibition, as this seemed in some measure to continue with the Dominion. her connection ; Slught Hatf-Sreed Troubles. A despatch from “St. John, ** Serious dithculty is feared Dak., says: with the half breeds. There are in this settlement up- wards of 1,000 families of half-breeds. among whuim are many of Louis Riel’s ablest lieutenants, who found it expedient to emigrgte during the rebellion of 1885. They took with them a considerable num- ber of horses and cattle. They have been taxed for these animals by the local authori- ties, but have Ste idily refused to pay the tax. Writs were issued last weck directing Sheriff Fiynn to seize sufticient goods and chattels in each case to cover the amount of tax. This Flynn has been doing, and now has iu his possession quite a number of ponies and cattle, The half breeds have been holding meetings and making threats ot dire vengeance. They say they will make an effort to recover their property by force. «Zo + iawn Stringent Liquor Law. The Maine Legislature has passed its lhquor bill by a vote of 101 to 24. The irst section of the bill is intended to pre- vent the abuse of office by the state liquor Coinmissioner | not hereafter I} t provides that he shall ‘Oany municipal officer any intoxicating liquors except those pro- nounced pure by a competent assayer; he is pla ‘ed under a bond of $10,000 for the faithful discharge of his duty, and receives $1,500 and six per cent. of his sales for salary and expenses. It is also intended by a further section to prevent the delivery of liquor within the limit of the state ab any other than regularly established depots and offices by railroad and express companies it also prohibits the s if Wine, ale, por- ter, strong bee r, lege: r and other malt liquor in any quantitic also constitutes the penaity for the first cilence of sale equal : i “o that of the present second olfence ails ania Me oa : Dy Ueeists are prohipited from kee plog any intuxicatin hiqu rs other than alcohol, and or having in possession any ‘KyUOrs 18 prima facie evidence of sale. peyment of or application for a United the keCeping othe r The mtatles license ig aleu pilus lacie evidenve of Sa. h of business on | ~~ oe, 1K DAILY | THE FIRE LAST NIGHT. yw iWARK WRIGHT & Co’S, FURNITURE FACTORY, | «wo DPWELLING-HOUSES AND A MBAT | <HoP BURNED DOWN—A LIVELY BLAZE SCARCITY OF WATER AND INFERIOR FIRE APPARATI THE INSURANCE THE ORIGIN UNKNOWN, uture is summoned | ue alarm sounded about eleven o'clock last night —the anniversary of Younker & Otfer’s blaze—for a fire in the furniture lfactory and steam laundry of Messrs. Mark Wright & Co., King Square. Not- withstanding the fact that the night Was lhitter cold, the thermometer being below there large turnout of _ fire- other citizens—-among the latter the usual number of females with attachment. Before the fire was discovered it had obtained such head- lway that when those who were early on the | scene at tempted to save any of the articles in the factory they were driven back by the ismoke and flames, and were forced to retire | without rendering any material assistance. | By the time the different engines and fire- | men on the scene and got to work, ‘the entire building was a mass of flames. The fire, fanned by the westerly wind, vl with alarming rapidity, the flames The heat from the | burning building was intense. The hose- imen were unable to get near enough to it to be of any great use, and were forced to leave the building to the fate which speedily overtook it, and turn their attention to the neighboring houses, several of which had already taken fire from flying embers. | To the west of the burning building was situated the butcher shop of Messrs. Saun- | dere & Campbell, owned by the Lepage jestate. This building was the next to catch and was levelled to the ground before | its occupants could remove all their stock. } Mess Saunders & Campbel! estimate ' their loss at about $200; we do not know } whether the building was insured or not. From this building the flames communi- was a 1} Z2oryu, hie and i | being } hustie rived lenre spre . | roaring like thunder. rs. cated to the double tenement dwelling- house adjoining owned by Messrs, Blake Bros. and occupied by Ralph Crock- ett, watchmaker, and by Wil- liam McGarrigal, baggage-master of the isteamer St. Lawrence. Messrs. Blake Bros. had no insurance on the building, which was worth about $1,000. The fire in this building did not make any very rapid progress until the wind changed to the north-westand freshened up somewhat, when the flames spread rapidly, soon raz- ing the building to the ground. The furni- ture of both occupants was quickly removed, litte damage being done thereby. Mr. Crockett had $300 msurance on his furni- Mr. MeGarrigal was not insured. The double-tenement dwelling house on Hillsborough Street, to the north of the factory, owned by Mr. John McLean, and by John To and Mrs. Ander- succumbed to the devouring fhe furniture of both occupants ; ture. occupied ALSO SOL, element. was saved, The house was insured for S400 The store and residence of Mr. Charles Davy (the Rennie estate) on the eorner of Kent and Hulsboro. Streets, as well as several houses adjoining, caught fire times, but exertions of the Chief Engineer and other men, who pluckily battled with the flames until their ne blistered, would have been burned down. Mr. Davy’s furniture and water and in removal}, and gutted. surance. The fire is supposed to have started in was in that quarter many and for the severai gentic- ks and faces were tock suffered somewhat from : the house was ry , } fie naa ne ne ehngine-room, as it that the flames were greatest when first discovered. Its originisunknown. At six o'clock in the evening the employes left work. \fter tea as usual the engineer went back to clean up and prepare the eucine for the following day. After deing this he left ibout & leaving everything as straight as usual behind him and locking the door. The insuflicient water supply and the unsatistactory state of the fire apparatus was painfully apparent. The tanks at McPhail’s and Dawson’s were both dried by Rollo, and the only source of supply left was Quirk’s, upon which Silsby drew largely until after five o'clock this morning. Shortly after Tremont got to work one of ,* 1. O CIOCK, her pumps broke and she was left with but one to work with. Her leading hose next gave out jand not being able to get another from any of the steamers she was withdrawn from the contest at a time when her services }were most required. Silsby got stuck in | the snow while ex rowte tothe fire and _ it was not until a change of horses was made that she was brought to her place at Quirk’s. The stream thrown by Rollo was very poor, not being at times more than five feet from the nozzle. Comment is needless ! Messrs. Mark Wright & Co., although severely scorched, are not yet out of busi- ness, and will attend to the immediate car- rying out of any erders with which they may be favored. They estimate their total loss at $20,000, and are insured to the extent of about 87,000. The members of the different Fire Com- panies feel deeply grateful to the residents in the vicinity of the fire who so generous- ly supplied them with hot coffee and other refreshments. Without Foundation. New York, February 25 —The chairman of the MeGlynn fund to-day paid over to Fr. McGlynn a further instalment of $2,500. Fr. MeGlynn refuses to accept any more contri- butions through the fund, and he says he has enough for his wants. At a meeting of the McGlynn committee to-night it was asserted that Bishop MeIntyre, of Charlottetown, P. K. L., had sent out a secret letter to the clergy of the United States in which he re- quested the American clergy to denounce a certain Catholic newspaper which advocated the cause of Dr. MeGlynn In order to asceriain the truth of the statement contained in the foregoing tele- gram, we enclosed it to Bishop MelIntyre’s Secretary yesterday, and have received the following reply :— TH PAY i “0 { ACE, Charlotte March 4, 1887. |} Dran Sir,— Inxeply ‘vo the enquiry made | by your letter jvst reevived, T have only to j@iy that Il drew His Lordship’s attention to |the enclosed item, and was assured by bim that the statement it contained was entirely | Without foundation. His Lordship has every | conudence in the watehfulness and prudence of the prelates and priests of the American ; Church, and is not at all desirous of interfer- | lug lu their behalf. Vury respectiully yours, A: B. Bouse, Priest EXAMINER, - | were in a sitting posture and supposed to 7" THEIR The Irish Situation. ARMS TO HOMES TAKING UP DEFEND The break down of the plan of campaign prosecution in Lreland is a great nationalist victory. The prosecution has failed in’ spite of the open efforts of the. crown to pack a jury and in spite of the bold defence of the same jury packing which the gov- ernment ventured to make in the House of Commons. This is a proof that the public opinion aroused by the debates on the jury packing in Parliament has begun to work in lreland, and | think the break down may be taken as the death knell of the jury packing system, The government, how- ever, will seek to turn it to advantage. They will pretend it is a proof that the or- dinary jury has broken down in Ireland and that consequently it must be strength- ened by cvercion ; for to this the govern- meut ave now hopelessly committed. ‘They have embarked upon a polhey whose first phase will be to exasperate Ireland and plunge her into a state of disorder which they will allege as an excuse for coercion. They will then ask the House of Commons for a Coercion Act. Meantime they are passing the new rules of procedure in order that when the time for asking for cvercion arrives discussion may be choaked off. Events in Ireland show that a troublesome time is aheadof us. The government have shown by the despatch of troops and police that they will give the reactionary land- lords every help in carrying out evictions. A sort of eviction campaign headquarters has been established in Loughrea, Galway County, and a gunboat has been sent round to Dingle in County Kerry with troops and supplies to co-operrte with the crowbar brigade in the wholesale extermination Lord Cork threatens on his property in Bodyke, County Clare, all of which points are on the Atlantic coast. There is, I fear, likely to be bloo ly work. The people have } armed themselves with ;ikes and Snider! rifles, uf which they became possessed two years ago, and they have barricaded their houses, thrown obstacles across the roads, broken down the bridges, and . are, | in fact, iu every way preparing for a defence of their homes against the large force that is being concentrated in the locality. Tenants elsewhere are also preparing for resistance, though nowhere on so extensive a scale as at Bodyke. The forced retire- ment of Sir Thomas Edmonde, M. P., from the shrievalty of county Waterford because he attended a nationalist demonstration will prove one of the many fertile causes Of trouble outside the actual land question. Sir Thomas, who has already appointed a sub-sheriff, who is not an Orangeman, is resolved tu contest the legal Qnerits of the action of the goverament in appointing a successor who has made an attempt to summon a diiferent panel. This will give great confusion at the coming assizes for | the county. Besides this the nationalist | ratepayers of the county Waterford are | likely to resist payment of the county} ‘‘eess” which wil! be imposed by the new | grand jury, and I would warn you not! to be surprised in case the govern- ment should persist in their policy of harrying the country a refusal to pay county ‘‘cess’” becomes as general during the coming spring as resistance to the ship money tax was in the days of John Hamp- den. The contest between the rate payers of New Ross and the officials appointed by the government to supercede the elected poor law guardians grows daily more acute. The rate payers, acting upon the principles of no taxation without representation wil] pay no rates levied by any but their elected representatives, and as these representa- tives have been suspended by the govern- ment for granting a better class of food to the families of evicted tenants, the rates continue to be unpaid and the government are getting heavily into debt. The report of the land commission is likely to have a sensational effect upon the crisis, for it not only admits to the full the gravity of the agricultural depression caused by reduc- tion of prices, but it also recommends Mr. Parnell’s plan for a revision of rents every tive years and the admission of the lease- holder to the benefits of the land act. In the face of this report how the government is going to defend its wholesale evictions, its suppression of tenants’ mectings and its prosecutions of Irish leaders for helping the tenants it is impossible to conceive. I be- lieve that the report, when it is thoroughly discussed, will have a tremendous effect in England. One hopeful sign of the whole situation is that day by day opinion in Great Britain is turning steadily on our side. A conspicuous proof of this is the recent election at Burnley, where a home ruler was elected by a majority of about five hundred to a seat for which a_ liberal- unionist was returned at the last general election.—T. P. Grut, M. P, | i > Three children near Emsley, Minn. ,start- ed to go home from school on Thursday night. They got lost on the prarie, wan- dered around for several hours, and when they were found on Friday night one was dead and the others fatally frozen. John Monroe, a Georgia farmer, living with his widowed sister, had a notion to dig in the cellar the other day and see what he could find. Jt was a good notion, for he unearthed $1,480 which his sister’s husband had hidden there twenty years ago. A New York musician has been awarded $1,000 damages against a railroad company for the loss of his first finger, which pre- vents his playing difficult pieces on the piano. His neighbors are rejoicing that the company could not restore his finger. A Nebraska farmer who lost $300 in cash offered $295 to the finder. It was restored by alawyer, who hung around for half an hour and then mustered up courage enough to ask if the loser couldn't split the difference on the $5 and make the reward $297 .50. Ballard County bids fair to be the banner County of Kentucky, for there were re- cently born there in one week, to the wife of Patrick Clark, three seven-pound boys ; to the wife of Tobel Elliot, three vigorous children, and to the wife of James Law- rence, fine twins. Two human skeletons have been found imbedded in solid rock in Arizona. Both have been females. It is thought they be- longed to some prehistoric race, and sat down by the bed of a lake to talk over the new fashiuns and did nvt motive the Hight | of btm. | | MORTGAGE SALE, ana. i lia SATURDAY, ae AVE YOU EVESIC BY using a pair of our {3 7S ME? i, Colored Spectacles or Foggles. OTILER Spectacles & Eyeglasses ia stock, for both Near and Far Sight, FROH 5ecis. TO $12.60. a Spectacles Repaired Lenses Fitted, E. W. TAYLOR, CAMERON BLOCK. eed & wky 4 wks KINDS OF March 5, 1887 CARD OF THANKS. mn THE undersigned desires to return his sincere thanks to those persons who kindly assis‘ed him last nizht inremoving his furniture, also to the Firemen who so nobly, by almost super- human efforts, sacceeded in preventing the burn- ing of his dwelling house and thereby saving the entire block from total destruction. JOHN BALL. Ch'town, March 4, 1887—1i SALE OF LAND. mo be Sold at Public Auction, on the premises, At St. Mary's, Lot 22, —ON — Saturday, the 26th March, 1887, AT 12 O'CLOCK, NOON, all that tract, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being on Lot Twenty-two, in Queen’s County, commencing at a pointon the east side of St. Patrick’s Road andin the southwest angle of jand now or formeriy in the possession of Juin Doirant, thence running east along the southern boundary line of the said Joi:n Doirant’s land, fifty-two chains and seventy links, until it meets Sc. Mary’s Road. or the division line between Townships ‘Twenty-two and Twenty-three, thence south along“said Road or division line a distance of nineteen chains. thenee west along the Mill Vae Road to St. Patrick’s Poad aforeszid. thence north along said last-mentioned Road nineteen chains to the place of eommence- ment, containing one hundred acres of land,a littie more or !es3, And also, at the time Siock. Farming [mpiements, &c. Foc further particulars apply to Bridget Peters, on the premises, or to George Smith, New Glas- w samc and place, the GEORGE SMITH, Auctioneer, March &, 18&87— cod wky & her ti sale TO be Sold by Public Auction, on WEDNES- DAY. the Thirteenth day of April, A. D., 1887, at the hour of ‘‘'welve o'clock, noon at the Court House. in Charlottetown, in Queen’s County, undera Powerof Sele. con- tained in an indenture cf Mortguye, dated the twenty-seventh day of December, A. D., 1872, and made between Michae] Landrigan and Margaret Maria his wife. of the one part. and the Right Rev. Hibbeit Binney and Benjamin Gerrish Gray, G ( Trustees for King’s College, Windsor, Nova Scotia, of the other part. A LL that tract, piece or parcel of land, situate - on Lot Thirty-four, in Qieen’s County, and bounded and described as follows, that is to say: Commencing at the southwestern angle of jand owned by Edward Auld, thence running along the southern boundary line of said land east- wardly for the distance of thirty-four chains, thence northwardly along the eastern boundary of said land twelve and one-half chains, thence westwardly parallel with the said boundary line till it strikes the east boundary line of thirty acres of land recently sold by Edward Auld to Lawrence Whelan, thence at right angles south until it strikes the southeast angle of said thirty acres of land, thence along the south boundary of said thirty acres until it strikes land held by James Landrigan, thence south to the place of commencement, containing twenty-seven and one-haif acres, a little more or less. ALso—All that other tract, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being on Township num- ber Thirty-four aforesaid, bounded as follows, that is tosay: Co nmencing at a stake fixed on the east side of the road leading from Char- lottetown to Stanhope, thence east seventy-two chains, thence south ten chains, thence west seventy-two chains, and thence north ten chains along the said road to the place of commence- ment, containing sixty acres of land, a little more or less. And also that other tract, piece {or parcel of land, situate on Lot number Thirty-four afore- said, having a front of six chains on the west side of the Covehead Road, and running west by parallel lines tothe boundary line of ‘fownship number Thirty-three. containing fifty acres of land, a little more or less. For further particulars apply to Edward J. Hodgson, Solicitor, Charlottetown. Dated ith March, 1887. HIBBERT BINNEY, BENJAMIN G. GRAY, ‘i Mortgagees. March 5, 1887~—eod tl sale AUCTICN SALE Apples, Lemons, Grapes, Fish, &e., BY AUCTION, MONDAY, MARCH 7th, AT ll O'CLOCK : 25 barrels Apples, in prime order. 10 boxes Lemons, » kegs Grapes, 50 boxes Boneless Fish. WO quintalis try Codfish. 100 barrels Choice Labrader Herring, 50 do do Cape Breton do, To close consigaments, A. McNEILL, Auctioneer. March 4, 1887—2i ——s = ee = Se a) 1009 Bbls, Re be : Matchless, eg ge MATCHLESS F i Kont Mills, f City Mills, % FLOUR. c Saye &e., &e., te ‘ fs 5 aoe AT —— BEER & GOFF’S, Dot. & IBBB. MARCH ‘ ‘gq HE people are sick reading advertise- ments al about Big Discounts and void of meaning ; but what L. E. PROWSE adver. tises to do, you may be sure he will do. PLEASE READ: A lot of Remnants of Dress Gvods, about half price. A job lot of Corsets less than half price. A magnificent lot of Embroidery, 20 per cent discount. Job lot of Dress Goods, 20 to 25 per cent discount. Black Cashmeres and Merinoes, excellent value. Gray Cottons, White Cottons, Sheeting, Shirting, Ticking, &c., very low. “IT MUST BE DISPOSED OF.” a. —O- , ‘two Thousand ($2,000) Dollars’ Worth of Hats FROM 20 TO 50 PER CENT. DISCOUNT, FOR 15 DAYS ONLY. 0 NOWIS THE TIME TOBUY HATS CHEAP WE MEAN IT EVERY TIME, TRY US: o— —- SIGN OF THE Ch’town, March 4, 1887—-eod & wky THE ONLY COMPLETE — CARRIAG: GOODS WAREHOUSE AND LARGEST STOCK IN THE PROVINCE. 202 Over 100 Buggy Tops Sold for Spring Delivery, BIG HAT, 74 QUEEN STREET. ould =y com > Si = os — i nA gS > oS 3 Sto = FA = = es as = v3 es wo rg a = Ss Se guns = Ss o = mo 3 | 2A = Bs 2 3° —H GR oS = Cc ~— ee aq} 0 WORTON & FENNELL, CITY HARDWARE STORE, QUEEN STREET. March 4, 1887.—2aw & wky S i i ! 30 PER CENT DISCOUNT |! =-0— -—= E will Sell our MAGNIFICENT STOCK at the above discount, for cash, to clear by the Ist of April, This is a Genuine Sale, as we want to commence in our new premises with an entire New Stock oo ee QO this Discount is for Cash Only. — oD : oD «SOHN «MAGLEOD & CO. Ch'town, Feb. 19, 1887—eod & wky james Paton & Go, 390: Those who have not inspected our Stock of Dry Goods and House Furnishings should do so at onee. 20% Remember, the time for buying all kinds of House Furnishings will soon be at hand, and bear in mind we lead in this line. De ee Gur Carpet and Oilcloth Show Room is loaded with nice new pat- terns. for Spring Trade, from the cheapest fiemp Carpet to the best Velvet Pile. We have the Largest Stock of Carpets and Oilcloths on the Island. ———aemman SOS Also, a large assortment of Sheetings, Pillow Cottons, Tickings. Gray and White Cottous and Print Cottons, at Lowest Prices for Cash JAMES PATON & CO. Successors to W. A, WEEKS & 00., Market Square. Ch’town, Fubi 17, 1887.—ly wky , & & “3B «< me L E PROWSE, ae oe PRE he oe, BA