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Concluiiliiioi Debate on the _, ty oi Char- All Effor_ts_,to Cheeig ili¢_Fir_'e are _Poweriess,_tiief Péopie Flying in Thousands, Hungry, Tl_\_lrsty,.
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|°ll§i5ll_lli.B||l C|6US¢ Elg but  Passed-~ Peniiiiess, Water  teiils__a__0lms, 300,000 Homeless  _Contributions Pouring
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drrienilnient to the Pr_p_h_ibl_tld'n Act- in, U. S. Government G_ives___'p Mlilionf Los A_ngeIe_s___ Shaken Yesterday, Santa Rosa
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A iii* Estimates iéiieli iiii retiiiiy wiieiieii int iiieneiiie. ioiiee.
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‘ 'Tii‘iir~‘=i»»v. Aiirii io.ii>oo niiaeiiyiiieoit"oeiiie:iii emi.. ci Sl" Fmssfw. Avril 1i>-<sneeiei>-
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i'¢iRNiNG_»i=ssi0N- Charlottetown ii3`_"bsreny aetiiiieii W Atniidnigiittiienie is etiii engine win. _ _ Ew_ Orig, pri 19-__-( pec1a_)- e o w g g
nous, weugmm uummmee 0 H have been vvitbih'_ dllfowcr and authority h “Q h i _ ' ' -
,,fM,_ M,,,_,,,¢,,,,~, to ,answer “fo ';',‘fm‘;',‘_ eftne ceiineii entree hereby eenniniee $1: a Nnzfyfimenczand the "hm °.'°y Was received at 10.30 tonight from the Deputy Chief of the
Dsbtoi’s AobQ1873i Under the'actitwiil M)5°h.Wel’f'“.'d',°?l,°`Uil'7 C°““°m°\‘H ‘Of pm wma ' ` ' "L l' V . I '1 l l
be me ta, K omdmr to tt h, the gimp bempiufg-hgkbcgmolumly freed All the business and the most thickly San Fr aneiggg Fypg Depaytment ;
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deposited in rlehtois name in ad; bldliililiisi and dl‘°|ll§d_€¢l`!rtll_nfl_iisad etafrylinbllity-_ Settled residential riistricts are already , _ _
ri, i., peisenni ni-stiisiwiss by reiisnii nrtiiein destroyed or mining, _ The fire is still under headway, gathering force and
this province. \
Tae Aettniiieeifperste tiieirinkey nna 1‘”“"““"°""3lfl" "“‘l“' °‘ *Wd *f“°h°fl"d i Eve.-y iiniiain r i i i ii ‘ -
Nick,-,isan G°,..ntd_ and me act to amend or ordered such grantor payment.. _ (My from the :_l;el;nymr:_po:°nn<;%u:n;s; SPl'€2id\Ilg. __ _ _
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Mr. Misthieson-I understood this
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,,,,,,_ “'° we" “’°‘d “" ""5 _einuse waste be eiinnntii. 'riie 1..,gi.,. Aveiiueis seas.
_ isture is asked to put on the statute books Chinatown is wiped out and the flames
House went into Committee to consider
¢“1'l°li'»0i\lrthor hmerid the_1'fr0h|5ii,(°'n ia “’°t°m°“" °f this khld- A Pf°P°S°ll‘,are'spreadingia all directions with no
A°t.1000 and the amendments- tiiereen. ”"“°“d'”°“‘ W” WM” the hmds °m‘°ivmsi>eeteretoliiiinu mi they ieeeii ine
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promoter of this bill \I would move as
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by egggrgixxigi  wwe explnmcd an amendment that the whole clause he "_ Btmgsnug °“"°kl"t° °f l'h° °"'Y'
Debate ensued upon the methods of _struck out _aud_ this substituted. Mi-__ Thousands upon thousands of people are
8 In the mum, ra d “_ wh Matiiieson hefe submitted an alternative fleeing to the ports and open country,
D Y 8 P 0 an aiagis .
dth di ai ffl A ‘.:‘a“s.°' whmh he clalmed W°“\d “°°'mostly withoutthemeans ofsubsistenoe.
8" B Spas o nes. _
allow the acts of past councils to be
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°“ M' D°“Eli19l»l1°\lZht it Was n0ti Bm d Hn th f tu u , Famine and thirst stare them in the
rmhgthntoharlotwmwn h Id i con ere apreceiien o u re. n ,
é 5 ou tele v° did not wish that councillors should f“°°~ Mimml “"“°*` 15 the °l\iY "fluid [stunned and it _seems impossible to remove the bodies ofthe dead from the
so iarg a proportion as one third of the _ . . _
fun,” derived from Hmm , _ _ :g;T;r;i;;\_t_e:ldt not “gals legislation to_ available and is selling at twenty-live freallze the extent ofthe calamity. ruins and pestiience is feared from the
0 even ‘mg pu" "°' l'° “Dil tl BUSH- l Contributions ,are pouring in from all _putrefying remains.
HOU. lli_Ir. Hughes thought that all the th u _
fines in Charlottetown should by ~p',',|,‘| i5'.Y 'ft'-‘ lihllif “W5 d°“°la “H right] -There is uc panic; the people are,_over the world. Bofarit is impossible to Los Angeles was excited this afternoon
into tm (my M Charlottetown when the _And further he did not want to sanction __“_  _ __ _ __
allsuch acts in the future, It was had _ _ _ i - _ _ _
prosecutihgis conducted by the city of
Charlottetown.
Mr. Macdonald thought it was by no
means proper that such a plan should bo
followed. ' _
Mr. Mathleson-Let the Government
enforce the machinery and impose no
speoialoost upon the towns. If pilices
are to he selected they should be taken in
asa class. All towns should then be
iriven an oahdrianltv "tn becéme
incorporated-there should be no
discrimination.
This Act to further amend the Prohibi-
tion Act now provides that all fines and
penalties recovers_d»uiida'r tile' Act ‘shall
be paid liito_ the :_i‘r_ea‘enry` line for eireneee
committed in Charlottetown or any
incorporated townoule third of all lines
nnfi penalties -siisii be nerd ee the
Treasurer of slid city or town. It also
states that any person who shall un1aw~ _
fnliy procure for, or offbrforsale to any
other person or ‘persons any liquor
contrary to provisions of the Prohibition
Act 1000, may lie dealt witli, etc.
The Speaker resumed the chair
The act tofamend the Act to prevent
peddlers selling in the Island without `
license was'rcnd is second time. It impos-
es a- license fee of twenty dollars on sucli
pciidlcrs. -
Ai<"rl~:RNooN session.
The Act to amend) the Public Schools
Act was read a second time. ‘ This Act is
to exempt cheese factories from paying
school taxes.
The Act to amend the Act Incorporatingh
the City of Charlottetown was then taken
up. _Clsusb 8, at which point the bill was
hold overliast night, was read by tie
chairman. This is the “white-washing'
as it stood-it is certainly made worse by
clause B. ` '
lion. Mr. Hazard-I do not think
remarks of Leader of Opposition are
_justified. Whatwasthe decision of the
Judge in this maitel' when brought be-
fore the Court. He said that if any
fraud had been done he would quickly
punish lt. ltiippears to me there is
nothing wrong ih this hill. The men wht!
are being harassed have n right to be
justified. It is gi-oss injustice to say that
a man should draw them into Court and
`t.ry them for something. they have done.
‘ miie biiiiwne f_ni-titer diienseedny Hen.
:Premier Peters, "hlrf Warliu’il.on', Hon.
TMI. Gallant. Hon. Mr. Simpson, Mr.
jKirinon, Mr. Fraser, Mr. Monson. '
_ Mr. Mathieson's amendment tofclause 8
lwas put to the vote and lost. The clause
was then voted on and carried. The
whole hill was next reported agreed
’:nnen 'eiia peieea en aivieinn.
i' The Act to amend the Assessment Act
was considered; This 'act 'provides for
.adyfertisingdcfilulters who are in arrears
'foi-_*land tor. ‘ if  - '
` The Act to amend thc County Courts'
_Amendment Act it/'as read 'a second
ltiine and will be read a third time
tomorrow. ,
_’ nviminc ssssros.
i An Act to amend an Act respecting
,Witnesses and Evidence was ‘considered
;_nnd agreed to. and will be read a third
-time tomorrow.
i House was then moved into supply and
thc estimates taken up. These were the
"sement ef spirited aienieinn by the
l_mnJortty of the members until the hour
`iof 1.00 a. m. when the House adjourned.
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clause, which has`a.lrei\dy been pi‘etty__, , .
thoroughly discussed. It reads as follows:
8. .,A1i,grant._s and payments heretofore
NE EEE Diliiii-s`i`
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Will clear outa lot of nice
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Cmoaao. April 10. --( Special) -
2Com, April., 46) Corn, May, 452
iwasnt ‘» fiaoi Wheat ‘t 808
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Two-thirds of the business section is devastated.
The life is heading for the__residential district.
All eEorts to iight the flames are futile.
Three hundred thousand are homeless tonight.
By Saturday San Francisco will be an ash heap.
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by heavy shocks. but nogreat damage is
reported.
Reports from the interior are most
alarming. Santa Rosa is a meal wreck
with its total population of 10,000 homeless
msn, women and children huddled to-
igcther.
_ The loss of life is not to beestimatc
It will probably reach thousands.
Messengers bring the saddhst tidings of
destruction of Heildsburg, Geiservilie,
Cloverdale. Nopland and Uklah.
This report takes in the country as far
north as Meudociua and the lake
counties and as far west as the Pacific
Ocean.
These are frontier counties and have
not as large towns as farther south.
Menlo Park, Burlingame and other
fashionable suburban towns have also
suffered.
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‘SPii1r1`orir:1.D, Mo.. April I8-=Last night
a negro named Burns was shot and
_killed by a young white man who was
escorting a you_ng woman to her home
wbentiiey were held up by two' néiiroes
i"l'he white man"dre`w a pi_s'tol'and 'lived at
tile neiiiblil, who lieu, as he supposed. He
rsh after them, not knowing he had ishhi
one, and sturublcd over the dead body oi
the man he had shot. The other cscapedf
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Lonisvi'nn'ii,Ky.,'A1'ii-ii is '~Li`itaei- 'rey-
lor, nisrshhi of* Oampbéllsyliie; Taylor
county,” Kentucky, is 'fatally' itroundetl.
Andrew Davis, colored, isdsad, and a
brother of Devin is dsngeriiiisiy inlet, tae
i-esiiie or sn sinirt iiist nigiit ee ‘arrest
Andrew Davis and recover $1,500 in gold
which was found by the negro while ex~
'clfllilig fill' a building at Fourth ave~
nuc and Chestnut street on Thursday
afternoon. Fortys-two $20 gold pieces
were-recovered from the pockets of the
_dead negre. lt isiikeiy tiiiit tae nnnttei
will be taken into the courts by
Peter Lee Atherton, owner of the lot
on which the money was found, and
Henry Bickel,who had the contract for
the excavating. -Andrew Davis, afncr
finding the nioncy-fled from the site and
wantto ’the home of his m'other near
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New Yonir, April 18 _England is
Nova Si.-otian apples eellfrom $0.08 to
$5.82 a barrel. In these lines the
Waguérs are the cheapcstanfl the Russets
$6.78 per barrel
limited production of apples this season
from Australia will not have the slightest
influence in theiowerinir of prices in
England. Late NovaScotiau and other
Canadian apples should obtain somewhat
higher prices in England during May,
owing no the curtailment of shipments
usually placed upon the British market at
that: seasonal the year. When it is
generally known in London that the
imports fromTasmania willhe about 50
per cent. less than usual, the immediate
effect will he to harden prices.
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THHHU CHUHEH
Tmmo, N. S., April i2-Oneof the finest
sets of chimes in Nova Scotia has been
installed in St. John‘s Episcopal Church
P .
Anglican Church. The work of instal-
lation was ilnisiherl at 6 o’olook Saturday
night,-when a prvirraru of s dozen hymns
was rendered. A thousand people flocked
around the church to hear the first chimes
in Truro. 'On Sunday the Bishop 'of Nova
bells did not ringffor the day. .,
tablets. een each por bon All gint.
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A LITTLE OFF
“ms a Mnel ordlnny o““'““°"‘-pm°°‘ commons would vote for the Fitlpatri
from various sources, brIng'1roin$-1.60 to L°,,d.s Day bm, as it ,ww ",mds_ The
iPPiiSSiiL illllitlilli HIH  
Hi iliiiliiii illH|]'S illi Hill
MUN-ram. April 18-In an address
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importing on-an average a little over Summa ’
__ , .. , ., _y night to agathering of French
1_`;0`ux)£rb"5I';_;‘°‘,E¥ arfpyg p".w°°k', Thr’ .Canadian labormen, Alphonse Vervills,
° me °m ° n B tal” “nd (’°‘“"‘“' labor-lV[.P.,for Maisonusuiic, said th
not twenty uiemborso! the house
biii, ne nodeii, weniii nreiinniy be
ineffective one. when the committee
the dearest. Sornc of thc latter sell for `wh~0m it was referred brought W back t
an
l°` mere bringing together of the heavy
wooden doors and the barring of the
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THE [HHS [Ii
- Piiiii Bill
Louiios, April is-To this any tae ,ri-est
gates iulthe walls of Pekin are closed
as the closing by no means signifies the
. Emperor's highway against ull comers.
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In Carliiorndia-A Popuiaiioh
i of About 360,000, anda ‘
Great Seaport-
New Youx, April 18.-&n Francisco is
the largest city in California and the
largest on the Western coast of America.
or in the United States, west ofthe
Mississippi River, ninth in rank as to
population in the United States, and
seventh seaport in commercial impor-
tance. It is situated on a very hilly
peninsula between the Bay of San Fran-
cisco and the Pacific Ocean. on the south
side oi the Strait known as the Golden
Gate. It is the principal seaport un the
Pacific coast of the United States,
possessing the only commodious harbor
excepting that at San Diego, south of
Puget Sound. The hay of San Francisco
ioiniug this harbor is entered by a strait
about three miles long, and oneto twtf
and ahaif miles wide, navigable for the
largest ships regardless of tides. The
harbor itself is completely sheltered from
dangerous winds on all sides. it is about
90 miles long, and from 5 to 15 miles wide.
By rail it is 3269 miles from New York.
Tun Conmnaciar. Disrmcr.
San Francisco, has 17 square miles of
territoryor about 30;00(l acres within the
municipal limits. Many of the streets,
especially in the northern and western
` part of the city, are very steep, and the
hills are mounted by cable cars, the
present total mileage uf street car tracks
being M) miles. The fiinest residences are
on Nob Bill and Paciilclileiizhts, and Van
Ness Avenue, a broad street, 125 feet wide
The commercial district is in part ou
made ground facing the harbor on the
eastern sidc of the Peninsula and, on the
“_ °7°"'Y °"°“l“3 “nh me ‘l“°°‘° °°‘°°“’°“l°°l comparatively level ground to the South
that have been observed for oenturi
°! past. The daily performance is niarke
°k with a due ceremony which is quaint and
full of interest to intelligent onlookers.
_elst. The Mission District in the south
and in the centre of the old Spanish
Mission situated there, is siso a favorite
residence quarter.
Market street, a broad thoroughfare,
120 feet wide, runs from the water front
by n gradual ascent into the interior of
the peninsula in it southwesterlydirection.
It is now nlinostva certainty that the are hause' » _
l‘i
at a cost of $4,001 They are only equallec Tasty, nourishing and enjoyable meal
.in thc rcvince by those in the Lunenburg
Sfotia consecrated the chimes. The
Blhhop preached, also addressed Sunday
school atil o'clock. All the other church
liisiiji_i_Piiiii|i=s
Tonoivro, Ani-i119 -Phillips' case will
come up again Thursday. It is probable
that Phillips wili then besent up for trial.
Curry stated today thitit he will not con-
sent to ball under any circumstances. He
hopes as a result of the investigation to
secure assets of 875.000 to $100,000 for the
'York Loan creditors.
The shareholders of the Traders bank
at aspccial meeting today unanimously
passed a resolution to increase capital
from $3,000,000 to $5,000,000.
ciliiics qugn ivir/ns.
can be served with Clark's Canned Meats
The quality is assured by Ciark's label."
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t¢¢¢\s,‘i»rs», muTn;*.§g`m6f direct --
eiinieniii mrnniesiy ieiimiidrifa rqeienel
Tad closln meeting of tlic Shakespear
An atl7rlinive"lU“h\’e was the menu card
apropm of gdslilunumlc endeavour we
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study oiuswsigrisiii ettiieiienie ni Mi-e_ W
‘ries-Doug-tiiestsnstieetinet nigiit, ina eleven iwirisaiifl with beth im
waso‘elU%t§téd'l1Y""|s sumptuous supper. sewemge' Apply M’ mi" °m”e'
wa`s"won‘_'_by"‘l’.llllc Picknrd, the hooby
r,;“°"°‘:s.;“i**““.,'°“. xi. rg: °;“‘“- Wow?-t~..#:.v°.f;‘.;°;;°.'i.~.;:;..°
emec cose wi. u ng yne, lm Y° I' -
_nd God Sue me K,ng_ N_ B_ GM ,,,,,,,:,___,,1_,...,,__,,,i,_}“_e,,_,_.._,.,§_. 60 separate colors) now
ggid. Apgiy nt c 1. ready at
At the appointed hour a. preliminary sign
to defy calculation, and this is followed
by one hundred double strokes commenc-
ing' slowly and dreamlly for the first half
and gradually increasing to iialf hurricane
rapidity; and this set of one hundred
fashion three times. When the third and
last cycle of gong strokes is entered on,
be shut out, and this combinationo
people from both directions.
'Sore Throat and Coughs
, Cresolgne Antkeptic Tablets
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is given by s large gong or iron shield i
being struck with ahlg iron bar fifty
times in such quick succession as almost
blows is repeated in precisely the same
a
number of old and, at this season, very
, much bewadded and muffled up old
Cbulies start a series of discordant yells
to all and sundry to hasten or they will
f
signals is followed by ajbstliug stream of
. entre  cf- -si ef -" ~i-~
They oornlziuntbe geflnicidal value of Ci-enoiene wid:
I _lussoothmgpeopertieuot slippery elm and licorice
|011. All Drulllstl |00
Men’s sweaters stStaa1ey Bres-
The streets to the north of Market street
running north and south und cept and
west, hence at acute angles to Market
street. Those to thc south of Market
street ara parallel to or at riizlit angles to
that street. The city is thus cut into two
district portions locally known as South
of Market Street, and North of Market
Street.
The district to the south is occupied by
manufacturing establishments, and the
homes of laborers, and to the north is
occupied by shops of the beticr sort and
by the homes of thc clerks, the uierciiants
and the capitalists.
The largest and ilnest par): is tiieGolden
Gate Park, which occupies 1,014 acres. It
begins about the centre or the city and
extends in a broad sweep to the ocean on
the west.
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world. See them. zod zi ‘
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Early Planting.
Early varieties for the Hut
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bed.
Cabbage, (best early
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