~ - f ~ ,-~\ . .. , _ , \~ if _ _. _ . /9 ¢_» ,_..,,_»_ _, __,. ,_ . ,_,;__ i » ., , ,-,_-, -';~ » . 1 .- -1 r \ _ iv, I ,_... _ _ .. -Hi. . ' _ APRT'L_I,'!9`rx “THE LATE _ *_ , . _ _ ST News THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN FIRST 0,, ALL.. PAGE NINE IIIH HEEIIIIINING THE GALENNAII Qw- An International Conference Will Meet to Consider a Change- L special to The Guardian. ' LONDON, March 31-The British Government is _takingl immediate revenue of 'the Doni ‘ f - steps .to ascertain the views of thel Hmm or the U commercial _community of the King dom on the question _of revising the calendar so that a given date shall hlways fall on the same day of of the week. ' The action was taken in consequen- ee of the invitation from the Swiss Government to take part in un inter- national conference. That invitation is in turn the result of a propossl approved by the International Con- gress of Chambers of Commerce sit- ting in London. The proposal is that the first day of the year shall be a bank holiday, which shall not count. This leaves for the rest of the year 364 days, which divides exactly into fifty-two weeks of seven days each. IIII. H088 IIEAII. M().\'("_l‘ON, March 31-Dr. J. I). :, one of the oldest llractitioners in the qrovincc, was found dead in hed this morning. Dr. Ross was remarkably active for his years and was daily seen about the ci1~y~ Whrii he retired last night he seem- ed in good spirits. AGNIIGIENT GAPITIIL _ [II NEW IIINK STATE A PNEN TN ELAAAES Al.ll.»\NY, N. Y., March 20-Fire swept, smoke strewn, and water drenched, New York stnte’s magnifi- cent $27,000,000 capitol stands this morning ii partial wreck by flames thnt started in the assembly library, burned :iwiiy the entire west wing and did damage estimated nt between $ll,000,i|||0 and $10,000,000 before the flames were declared under control at seven o'clock, after raging more than E LAIIGE INGHEASE » . Thirteen Millions' of an In Year. Sbecial to The Guardian. - - B. the I' “WE are in. show' an increas 0; over thirteen millions as compar 0 with the preceding year. l`°C¢1Dts of $72,343,866, an increase 0 $12.280,939. This increase indicates the largest growth in imports in any yeiir in the Dominlon’s history. .' For the past month the increase has b - being e;?_4$41g_l__6744,_485, the total receipts KILLED Ill IALL _+ _ Slzciiiiz to The Guardian.' i.‘E BAY, ivi ~i ai_~.,, of Miss Birdie Haflilililgisn, qw|f,,b,`f,‘;,f, reported nllsslnlf since March 3rd was l0“Hd lylni; on the shore st Nm.; Aberilcen_ It is thought sho fell Over while on _her way to church which is quits , near. I There is a drop of about 25 or 30 Hifi; to _ghe shurc from the edge of the C' _ HD the HIFI was probably kill- ed instantly. She was 22 YUHFS Ulilfaiid p daugh- ter of John H9,ri‘ingl;0n_ New Ahe|_._ decn. _-_4._;l______ WILL EINAIN LAKE IIE ENNIIA AGNES RAI-El(-lH. N- (7-. March 28-There _was 3 con_fei~ence here yesterday he. tween BoSt0n capitalists wliodioiighit from the State the hed oi Lake Mat- tumuskecl, covering 50,000 acres, an-ri _control as much more land around , thu lake. and the Roper Lumber Com- DHDY. a subsidiary' company of the _Norfolk & Southern Railway. Within _00 days contracts will be ict for the drainage of the lake and adjoining four hours. _ Ilands. It is believed that the fire wasl A canal eight miles long, 60 feet started by a fused electric push but- _wide and 12 feet deep will receive the ton becoming electrified. 'l`hc iirc was discovered by a night_ wntcliiiiiiii and the alarm was sound- ed at 2,40 o'clock. Before the iiremen_ reported the massive structure, with priceless documents, books and re-’ cords stored in the assembly library, had been destroyed and other depart- ments ivcre being threatened. On the third floor, where the flames giiined their start, the departments wholly or partially destroyed by fire or seriiiiisly damaged by water were; -The state library, containing 400,- 000 volumes, among them the most valuable geographical works in the United States, together with price-_ less docuinents, some of them datingi biicli to 1770, and irreplaceable; thc’ siiseiiibly and senate libraries, stored' with tlioiisnnds of volumes ' of law and code hooks, also a number of| iiociinii-nts and manuscripts that can iie_ver be replaced; the finance com-| mittee rooin in which were stored drafts of all the appropriation and other bills of the present session. The senate and assembly chambers were flushed with water that has rilined their rich furnishings and the ceiling of the latter hanging in waste Blmirirliiig shreds of half dissolved. Pfiller. 'l‘his ceiling with its hand- B0me iidornment, is said .to have cost “ Zreni. sum, and was one of the show sights of the capitol. On the first, second and fourth floors of all the departments were mike or less damaged. Sainuel Abbott, of Syracuse, night Watchiiiiiii in the state library, is Still missing and ia believed to have been liurned to death. His body is gi__i_i_liiihly buried beneath the mass of FIB. THE COMPANY YIOLATED LAW GLAi‘i<1 BAY, March 29-The report Oitlic hoard of conciliationdnto t-he riiiisc of the dispute betwe;n the lllorirn miners and the North Atlan- llc l‘oIlici-ies company was 'received here today from Ottawa. The report flfillns that the company has violated "Plain claims of the Industrial Dis- PIIAUS act in so far as they made a reiiiiction in the rates of wages paid Allcmiiii-rs without first notifying the men. A number of other matters are ilealt with by the board, which re- °0_mmc-nds the department that per- water from 10 pumps on the lake edge and take it to Pamlico Sound. The contracts call for the completion of all drainage work in two years. The company will expend .$500,000 on thc drainage as announced by officials. TWO MORE CASES 0F SPINAL MENIHOITIS ON. NEW YORK LINERS NEW YORK, March 20-Two cases 05 spinal meningitis were discovered among- the 1,478 Steerage pass-angers of the Fabre line stcamsliip Wcuezia, which arrived today from Marseilles, Naples and St. Michaels. The pat- ients were rcinovcd to Swinburne ls- lanil for treatment, all tlic steerage passengers who were exposed had their temperatures taken, and after the steerage qiinrters were thorough- ly disiniected, the vessel was allow- ed to dock. There were only 25 cab- in passengers. ANOTHER MARINE DISASTER REPORTED Ml°lliH()lIItNE, »Mni'ch 20-'l`l\0 steaiiicr Yongnla i_t is feared has gone down at seg with all on board. T e vessel was last seen off BOWCU '&\]\censland, with a severe gale l'0-il’ ing. Pieces of wreckdgc have si_ncc been washed to land in that _neigh- borhood and the only concliision is that th-ey belong to the ill-fatcil ship. There were in all 160 souls aboard. and it is generally believed that_not one remains alive to bell 0 disaster. _ Captain Scott, who has arrived at Half Moon Bay, New Zealand, com- plains that Captain Ammundsen, con- trary to etiquette and fairl>l“Y 00' served in such matters, has decidgd to make an attemllt to reach___f_._ - South Pole by the same route as at mapped Out by the Scott Expedi- tion. Capt. Scott declares that “ns rival should have lai-d his_ow_n plans and followed them out without bor- rowing those of other 1160910- Neve* theiess the explorer is quite confident that the British party will win the contest and plant the Union Jack on the Southermost point of the world. ___________ :_”_:_F*Si'1n he granted for a filrtllef ln- ’Y- i ~\i»~’ “l“"‘l'° ’“"“”‘_°;‘?E.FE'1‘3‘I.l{ll2lf`1‘_!__fff' .“A=BII)E WITH ME” . _ (Hy. Margaret H. Barnett.) The niithor of the hymn, "Abidc Wh Me." was Rev. Henry Francis LVN. minister -of the Church of Eng- land. It was written but B short time before' his death, which occurred in 1547. at Nice, to which place he had 5°” In the hope that the climate "dsht benefit ins heaitii. within two months of his -death, knowing that he “H suffering from s, fatal melody. and realizing that the and was near, N0 wrote a poem, which is in real- IE7 8 prayer, part. of which is as lflllows: I Want not vulgar fame- I "ck not to survive in brass or stone; llurts may not kindle when they hear N my name, 0|' tears my value own. . ' h- l behind ‘eau '.i':..i.;iii .-. i t t 'ro gfiliile. nl; cheer. to elevm my kind, _ When I was in the dust.” .. ~ . f 'n inspire NOli5iE]t\'i‘rT:liis;u: arinrl'l.eone hlSl1 Vesolv” i tc ` Light Illilmcgne drooping €0“l 5 hal' lowed fire, Or bind one broken helflii’ . est r then. Illlfggg xgilgdnll; Ellimlfer 'heath the silent sod,- ' _ Might thus I live to bless IDY l°ll°W men, H or glorify my Gflill IN THE GNSTIIAAS THE HOUSE DEBATE AND - c,,.,,,s,, 0,,,,._,,,,, Previous _'Many Bills Advanced. The Jiiil Site Agiiiii Discussed- und ii Newspaper Bill Held Over. Budget Debate Continued iii the Evening. House Sits Agiiln this Morning. __ 4 1_l_l_?l__l;l_;1UH€_ ~JD<*ued to tl‘e public at:given was on the same terms as the MR. WYATT on behalf of some MR Cdx re _ __ ___ ___ _ _other lsncis for _the farm. He depre- present shareholders .objected to - Mex .l_________tl_;__:en__;e__ the pe it_:on of _cated raising this question afgr the clause 4 which would take away their Th _ g__a__~__ ____ __ en a od er? as in__g a _contract for the jail h_ad been let. right to sell or transfer their shares e istums up to noon show total Black Pondpt the rua __ rom Last il-Ie contended that a_ residential part without the consent of the directors. _ MR PROWQE d?_S€;_1§ Dtréa. ______ _ [of _the city was an improper one for TI-IE PREMIER thought there was _neon-_plete retur ie_c e a en n 01a JaiI._ T_he citizens had objected_to nothing properly before the House to expenditure GTB In Fegizrrh to the _the building of a jail on the oid site. substantiate these objections, and the HON MR 0\2_U_vff_\_;I\'é\;£?Il;__. ouse. d_He contended that the new site|bill submitted comes from the com- me i___~Om_a£___ Dr0m1Se alongside the railway was in every_pany. I-Ie had a letter fromrmie MR KENNEIBY K _ __ M way suitable, as prisoners could be shareholder making some objections De______.__y Mr M__DO___;:_n_sing]_;1n__,_ r. |__l;rought there from any part of the to the bill, but_this could not weigh “ml 0tll9fB .PYODOSGCI vllrioud qiigl Ill(/l)lF,tl.mIHATHIESON said the amend- Eigcrllmcllft thlhecgglgiyzliyof those In cow g_<_>_I;_a. _u{_hich Hwere answered by Mr. ment did not.mention the jail site. _MR. MATHIESON thought any ac- ____e _i)r;i:___Ty, on. Mr. Richards and It referred to the lands proposed to tion to amend the act of incorgora- The bm _ __ __ _ ibe conveyed to the Experimental tion should emanate from the s are- (_________ P_____r_J _incorgora e t e Prince Farm. _ \ holders and not from the directors. a thirll timesalilligpalhri-E1eIEl!EnHnwiE}i$olt?gi(lImglH:e;lI1l)€lTew(EahvNEJ;‘E:an'llntEI;eo*l‘E;EHgl &Jtns1iElll;td.the shareholders should be Ufnl;/l_I‘-wlVl__‘_Ked--OEF;-__T64__~__ uiiusiii siiiiiiii __._,.,_.__,._,_._____.;;-,,._.___.__,_._.,._,, ____ iiiii iiiiiii iiis up remarkably well in the total. 'tor owners registered under Chapter _ - nos ANGELES, Cai., March 28- 4% Of the Am Of 1907 1" the Pro- ALBANY, N. Y., Marci. ze-'riiers Nine clergymen of as many different vmce of Nova smug' Amherst shows will be a bonfire in Westchester denominations preached practically wolfvme claims H lady change,”-_ county, a few days when the State the some sermon from nine different Miss Nellie A. Porter. department of agriculture burns 3000 piilpits in this city Sunday night and prayers. ii sermon, selected hymns and decided on the general tenor of the prayers. BIO R_U,SH_ BY MAIL TOOET MARRIED LONDOE, Ont., March 28-All mail received at the post-office for the Mesdames Gall, of Piccadilly street because of the matrimonial bureau episode from whiii it was received. This statement was made today by Inspector Campbell, of the Post- oflice Department. The inspector asked the postmaster to hold all mail coming for the women and requested that it be turned over to his depart- ment. This was donc for the first day and in the meantime the women in question were communicated with, and they agreed to have the mail rc- tiirned to' the people who sent it. ‘Since the matter came to light the Post office Department has been able to get some idea of the size of the correspondence cal'l‘ieiioiiiiici=: iuio iiiirii iiiiiiiiiinii Yesterday thc Minto left Picton at 7.00 a.m. and docked in Georgetown at 9.43 a.m. She had 50 passengers, 19 tons freight, express and Thurs- day’s mail, consisting of 90 sacks. 'l‘he'passengers, express and mall were brought to this city by special train which arrived at 11.55 a.m. The Minto leaves today at 7.00 a.m. for Picton with passengers, » 6 cars mixed freight, 2 cars D0f»aI~0@S. 20 horses, express and thirty-five sacks 4- ear-old ine trees 'usti orted _ . . ` y P J mp ;»_1_';_§ef‘_1_‘;'_<;§§_';¢ °g‘_§§_f§_g_;'f_‘_§>"S t=;_f;"l;a§§§ A NOTABLE DEM(=l_!_S;¥llTl0lI from oermeny. The trees are indicted with blister O . The services were the outcome of an rust, which is fatal to white pine evangelical movement that has been ST. JOHN, March 29-What is saidifoi-eggs, It destroyed the white pine ly rescued by a friendly policeman, under way in this city and the sur. to be the largest gathering of chil- of certain parts of German and bible. The children assembled in King Square and head-ed by detachments of Boy Scouts, the boys’ brigade and the Scotch pipe band, marched to the church. It was a unique procession and -something never before seen in this city. At the church there was a, program of choice music by 9, mam- moth choir of children and ad-dresses were delivered by Rev. G. M. Camp- bell and Judge Forbes, dealing with the work of the Bible Society. $100,000 SPEHT TO ELECT A U. S. SENATOR Sl’llINGI~‘IELD, Ill., March 29-H. H. Kohlsat, piiblishor of thc Chicago Record-Herald, told the senate inves- tigating committee todaythat he knew 9100,000 had been used to pro- cure the election of William Lorimer to the United States Sienate. He re- fused absolutely to`give the commit- tee the source of his information, notwithstanding tho commission has the power to imprison him because of his refusal. WEATHER FORECAST TORONTO, April 1-Fresh north- westerly winds, colder, with local snow flurries. The coldest temperature recorded last night and previous to three o'clock this morning was thirty-five degrees above zero, but at that hour it had moderated to thirty-seven de- grees above' zero. The warmest re- gistered in that period was forty de- grees above zero. The lowest temperature recorded yesterday was thirty~four degrees above zero and the highest was forty-six above. The coldest recosd- ed the previous night was thirty-tive d b v zero At nine m _ ~ _ _ ~ ~ - _ v. .ac- i§.l’.§“‘.‘.-’Z.i “..‘i.`.f-‘.§Z..l‘Z.¥.“.§’§“‘i.."‘£-3‘7“£?.'.iTl.‘l” 2‘.»‘.i.‘t..‘.‘§§§ .'I.e.Ifl.i."li.f§".i‘..‘.§li.’....`.i“.5i.Z.§»°°“‘“1g. °° R”'“°"d A- P°“"°“» secretary of the local Young Men'd the school children of the city to the lcqmmlssloner of Agriculture' would Christian Association The pastors niifnlier of 4 000 attended and heart- wma o“t~ tml m-agnmcem' pine groves met last Wednesday I chose a text ily joined iii the celebration of the 3; énllentca It It got a start' .The and after some discussion, composed King James version of the Englishluffsgrsfsnfgnfrees belong to H' private CASE OF SMALLPOX IH RICHIBUCTO RICHIBUCTO, N. B., March 29-A C886 Ol Smallpox has been discovered in town. The man who has it, _Joseph Cormier, a sboemaker. Dur- ing the past few days those who havei called to see Cormier have been told that he was at th-e beach preparing for shooting. t:oii;iien,si:n~ iuianrissiisiiis (Too late for Classification.) 4 R SALE at s. bargain an I. O. _»` S. Scholarship. Write "X" Guardian Office, Charlottetown. - ____L*__,§:€5_flf§L WANTED, second hand express ipole. Inquire at Mclnnis Bros., City. 4-1d3ipd. _ WR SALE, rubber-tired baby-car- rings, good as new. Apply 214 Weymouth St. PWR SALE, a two wheel high cart Q in good condition. Apply 202 Richmond St. 4-1d3l. FOR SALE, thoroughbred register- ` ed Chester white pigs (2 to 5 weeks old). Apply to T. W. Prowsej U.ei°“_.B9e2- L .__;*r_1il2iPd- NOTICE-Ernest Warren, North _ River, Will run his mill Wednes- days and Fridays to crack grain for his customers. 4-1d6ipd. __ FOR SALE, 13 pure bred York- ` shire pigs, sows and boars from best prize winners. Apply to W. H. Pope Cooke, York, P. E. I. ` ,___ ._ akltfll Pi; -__ V110 LET, house on King St., near _ Railway Station, City with B rooms and hot water heating. Apply '?P__@‘i__I”_`AB.E‘? Sfz _4_'."1‘l6ll"l_-_ °.ANTED-A capable girl for gen- rnall- egress-3 B' 0 e `- D' ' LWN.eral house work, in family of The present arrangements are for 18511 flight ll? WGS f»l1\1‘f-Y'f01“‘ d°Z\`e°3 three_ Apply evenings to M1.s_ D_ A_ Elhe Mmtqto hl‘tllIe2Picto1;¢§;:llisIieS;lil1d alllglllis zleclllzest temperature recorded M°Kl““°“» 23 Fllilrcy St. "4-ldtf. ornin w cars " '"" “vw” ‘“ “""*~'“"_' ay m E _ W 7 ;_l;‘°a_I’;'_"1y§;;;¥d_1;,ft Esgriztgivlg 'E ?§r(?yEth§-330 déagllmss gboveg 1?;-0, WRT bull Itwo or'three years old. State . _ . _ _ _ _ Picton at 9.30 a.m._She had 20 pgs- nine p. m. 'lhursday night it y_v_i_:a ¥_f_l<_:_:___end age Milton H___iI__i;i_~gi_iie sengers, 25 tons freight, express and fl1ll'i»Y-Ulm’-‘ “H995 8l10V° e_1_¢f<:_~ 9 _ -.,~n._.________._._._____._.__k_ 40 sacks mall. She leaves at_7.00 a. col-dest t¢;_l':_lP¢l'Bt\l__1‘e r?_cor;i____1;d_;a N'O_'_l__ICE-_-If apt I0; Y01\_I' 3_WD_?&_0 m. today for Charlottetown with pas- VIUUS HIS W” WSH YU 8 E ___ _ ben DE e BQ ,G Il; 0 M dn sengers, freight, express and yester- above ago. ___ __ ___ __ ____ m0_______ Bnei_s_ uy ameson Bl _Omg &_ ““*"“ “‘““~ r“`.".°=§- 3 `” .. 2. 02......" A 125 ..E°n.."Ti‘.Ii‘.‘i..‘.’I.‘ °e?2’L..2‘* ’i..i.I."oT."i.i A special train left this city yes- a --,,- omod o ___ __ on_i_1 12- J __ whg tl N_ __ _ __ terday at 9.00 p.m. for Georgetown 24 and M011 BY B 0 H000 8 -' $01; all ___ 9% 95- _~ 0B0__- taking a number of passengers, ex- 58. __ _ _Gd ___ _ ___ __ ema ;i_v_0i_?_ .__ Cl‘0l1él.m RPI? S press and thirty-five sacks mail. The lengt 0 “Y W b¢ We N; 500h_;`Y_. Y C OM 0 _;\ A _JIL- Ycsterday the southern and eastern hours and forty-three minutes and o _rnd_e s ___groce_i-y, .Ran Si- nccommodiition trains arrived in the tom0'l‘\°0W twelve l10\1l‘S and f0l'©Y'“\X, _$00 _Tu l'€_~ l'“l“i""- 0°l1f_0\'H - city on time. The western accommo- minutes. _ 0 0 ll 0¥_`H On ln -'2\m€l`0\'\ B Ome datlon one hour and nfteen minutes The sim sets_thls eveplng at 6.26. Made B"°ad*Al>B0ll\¢€lY l>\\_\‘¢~ late, the Siiminerside accommodation tomorrow evening at _i..27 and Mon- _*__ _____ ____________,_4j;1§l_Ql>jl-______ twenty-five minutes late and th-e Caps day evening at 6.29; it rises tomor- BOWLING, Burke’s Alleys, under Trsvcrse accommodation ten minutes row morning at 5'” and lVl0“