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DA. FRIDAY. APRIL 14. 1905- T i J L_ 
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THE GOVERNMENT  
  RAILWAY PEOPLE
eardli Dele ati I -
ll  g ion at Ottawa Mr. Hodgson
one of Speakers in Behalf of Pension Bill __
--Sir Wilfrid Laurier Holds out Hope
f to the Delegates.
_-_.i
01'1‘Awa, April i3.-tSpeeial.l-A large
delggptlon of Inter.-olonial employes niet
Sir Wilfrid Llurier and the cabinet todny
'and risked that tho pension fund bill
which Mr. Blair had proposed some years
ago be put through this session.
They claimed that the pension system
would secure better efficiency on the road
and cost thc Govennncnt less ln the end.
Mr. Hodgson for Prince Edward ,Island
spoke along these lines us did Mr. Min-
avln of Truro and Conductor Fisher.
Mr. Power, General Secretary of the As.
socintion said all the employes were in
favor of the scheme.
Premier Laurier in reply said that the
subject was not i.\ newone. Mr. Blair and
and the latter now has the Bill ready to
be subniittcd.
Unfortunately the railroad is not in the
best position possible but if t-he Autonomy
Bill be pushed through in good time the
Pension Bill maybe dealt with this ses-
sion. If not they might leave Mr. Emmer-
son to deal with it with xensoiiuhle pros-
pects of success.
_Loc/it LEG|sLAluitE
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‘ arre:iv..voo.\‘ si'.<<io.\'.
House met at 3.3).
Mr. Eiiinieieion had given some time to it Mr. Prowse referred to the good work of
the post delegation and reviewed the his-
tory of thc agitation for continuous com-
inunit-ntion in past years. llc was sure
the resolution would incct with approval
of the country nt large.
Mr. .\;zuev\' endorsed what former speak
ers had said. The loss during the present
winter could not. be estimated and this lic
could testify to some extent from his own
experience. lf there be no improvement
in winter conimuiiicutioii tlie`_few indust-
ries that we have “ill be wiped out._ The
T delegates to Ottawa have done a great
;   I deal of good. Mr. Agnew speaking for the
‘ ,Liberal nienibcrs condemned the article
i quoted from the Ottawa Free Press in The
" ,` Patriot oi \Vednesdny. 'l`he newspapers
- here Should have one object. and that
should be to have better communication
for Prince l~.ilwurtl Island by at Tunnel or
___ - -- otherwise.
Toni A rill'i-` ciali- is
Hon. Simpson gnve credit to past
Governments for what tliev had done ii
I ___ "0, p' -. tape' . lt'. learn- _ ‘ i
In Moncton Baptlst  ed here that the Russians are continually keeping “P °°m‘”““i°‘“i°" 1"" ”h°“`“`l
that such had not been done yet Thi
 C0unC|| Denounced increasing their gitrrisonat. Vladivostock Dominion Government hwe alliuittmi
atid strengthening their fortidcatlons
that all has not been done that could li
, _ . . . 0
_ Children Given They contemplate having tliereonehuir done to maintain enlcicut winter coin-
drcd thou~uud menvith tive hundred
municatiori This was the that time that
Liquor' T “B T i T amemorinhwus passed by the Legisla-
HU
tune taking such strong ground as the
M ____ Many ndditionnlbatteries areundercun- presem one mkm we nm asking fm.
struction and the Russians will make the
better communication in the interest
Mono-ron, April 13,-(Special)-There pmce capable of withstanding asiege of not alone of P. E. I._ but of thi
was some plain talk atamnss meeting in lung dumgtom `-'hole 'D°‘“|“i°P- H° WPS h“Pl’~"
to add his word of praise for the work ul
the Baptist. church hcre last night. - me een d E _ Otmw". Tha!
re t el gation to
R’<W- w~ Af B055: “id th" he l’°“°“’d P. w.  their work has resulted and will result
that chllt!ren'inMolict.on were beiniz lI|"°“ in great--good throughout the Dominion
f  lic had no doubt The time he thouzlii
liquor for nothing for the purpose o H d_ t -t I ld h
- , ` ‘ _  b \\'1\S DU X\l` I8 l\l\ \\' IEII \’\`€ \\'0U R\`t
um-'funsap Tppetlm so than “ou e no at better stcan~e'~ and later the complete
f"""‘K'°n°E° nw liquor businws' _ ,Um P into of wales “mum Concert fultllment ofthe it-rins hy direct Stczini
Rov.Mc0druin had heard Of llllfl DUDE 'ML “mat was n great, success in Avery cqmniuniciition \vitli the railways of
d°"°'_ ' ' respect. Besides the musical program Canada'
Hon Mr Hughes reviewed the losse~<
Rev.D. H\ll.Ci\ll1S0l\. Fpeaklllll Uf |Cil».Y two scencsfroni thc Merchant of Venice mst 'caugnd thou ht the claim should
- . . ` Y Y
Councllsaid that of all tho weak-ltueeil were put on m.a\\ny that would do ere- he pm in for the mst ‘our yems “long
fc al A t d d
men he hadmet thc Aldcrini.-n were the ‘mr l° Pm S"‘°" 5' n ‘ix 8" e- '“`"` with 0u,~L-lagmfor the T\mn,,|_ \\'|,,m wt
wakes" _ tique, crowded out will appear tomorrow. succeed in getting the Tunnel good “DNN
At the last business meeting of his   "TILE miflomg 'md ‘_“` ‘L “ge” Pm' "*P“`i
_ dl. _ ~ sen on inc again y n increasci
church ten nieinbers lnidbcen c_\pclle oi V populmiom Sc believed me Tunmq WM
drunkenness. , practicable and it will eoiuc in a short
Tono\'1o April 14.-(Special)-Strong
---- ‘ ’ ‘ time, whilein thc meantime a powerful
 \\'lrldS M1dll10d¢l”HU= F103. 6115550 “0¥`ihi steamer will assist in giving us butter
C00] and Shown;-y, communication.
. B"m°“m°'3| '§¥:r'mTT,!;'_g3xgTy THE TE“PEuTURE_ Mr. McDonald eulogiscd the earnest
ness with which Capt Bead had
_   ` Yesterday mild weather replaced the worked and spokem He' was not ,go
The non-irritating cnthartlc. Price cooler of Wednesday. snnguine as some of the nicinbers
hi Bbwnte. Of all drngglsts or by mall
that the Tunnel would be con-
. U 0- L H000 U0-i IDWFH MP5" GMCAGU “ARKE'|'S_ structed shortly. ' Thirty years ago
s m ’ '
Cnicaoo, April 13 - (Special) -
however, efficient steam communication
was thought impossible here. If thc
, I l nd hows tl e same curnestness tl nt
   Mm' Com 485 M3’ com 48; sa sw d T ' n did, the Tunticl
H when an what 111
H Pork sl'.i.i1i “ Slwlli
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CARPETS AND RUGS.
the Otta a clegatio
however may shortly come. \Ve have ii
good illustration in the ugitationof British
Columliin years ago for the building of the
C. P. R. which was pronounced nn im-
Slatef Shgg COTS Ag£I1Cy _ i possible (eat. With the same enrncstness
displayed the present. people ol the pro
in Ch3l']0tTet0Wn is transfer' Just. now we call your attention espec- \.i,,Cc may soon be cmwinz tothe ,m,i,,_
fed to illlll’ iD0‘"‘i'“m¢““" “°“` “'°"k “T nw" hind hy means ofthe Tunnel. Ile disciiss-
We have about $2000 _W01’t
of these Shoes in Pictou and
expect them here at any time
no .
C'
ui.; ...U ...  .. ti.; §iiL%%’§€,»f§?°“ii°-”f?ii° The Eii1ploycrs’liability
refs o  __ _  '.»,1:'§. .
zpghlzrnlitzidvgashoe at our MASS MEEHNO. \ '   
s re. ' "`”
All the footwear will be A public meeting will be held in gf |_0ND9N_ ENGLAND
n=w.1»wf'n==l=<= “<1 =P=§i“l° Pi' “§‘*_j*§";t°;o£'§§c°g 3°? eiipmu. - - ~ ss.ooo.ooo
1 , ' s stam e 0:14118. P" » ~
y ml\d§ ix Price V P igglve the report of the delegates Accident’ Heamh Liabimm and Fidelity Guarantee
eve-ny' Pa- _ appointed at a general Convention “ ' .5 » . 1_5,-“mum
0155’ f°b° had ”°"' “E f at the people of Prime gourd srituzns Finsrinuie iibmiity of as policy miners,
_ . . _ I _
“had on the “bled of mmmnni in Einnctal strength and in the liberality of its loss sett e
C I  mum with tile Montana. and Ft?-~~?-'~< 4  
. ‘ Ma ch iotb, and considerallother Prince Edward lolqnd Aloncyi Charlottltown.
nuiters connected with this im-
portant inission- H n d _ & G
...   yn man 0.,
Chairmen _of Convention and “Presi General Agents_ _
   lgdigilt of Board of Trade. v n
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Sole Agents.
century, he surely knows the wants of
this community. Our new lines must be
act-n to be appreciated. The most. ex
ruinltc colorlngs, lrtietlc d°8|B'¥\S “nd
C' \ ,
‘_
And in the Meantime a Powe ll Winter S
1
~ » Winter Communication-Li' als and Co
it on Common Ground for the Good of
Memorial Passed,
_WILL AUTONOMY BILL 5  
E A TUNNEL YET UNFINISHED
tame,-. 'to give Better- Long Discussion on Contract at Fort William-
nsewatives Stand _ Conservatives Trying to Malte Capital out
the pmvincz __ ofit-_-Minister llyman Offers to Ex-
wiiitur und summer freight rates :ind
in :inswcr to the statement that
the Tunncl would cost too much for
this province showed that if no had the
Tunnel the revenue which would result
would more than be a full ju~titiv.-ation for
its cost.
Dr. \\'i\rl»urton said the delegzition inusr
be prepare-i to meet wings" and "objec-
tions" and, it vvoulit&|»c much better to
meet them here thu ut Ottawa. If he
were iii‘n\vin;.: up the rt-solution he would
put the steamer-powerful and built re~
ggardlcss of expense-llrst and the Tunnel
Second. lf we getasutlicieiitly powerful
steainer wi- dont need the Tunnel. Let ns
next get all the estinuiies etc. on thcTun»
nel.
Mr. “Orson felt he could hardly agree
with all thc hut speaker had said. There
wzi.s' no time to oxporiuieut with boots
which had proved uhiostatotut failure.
By the time the experimenting was over
ali-the people will hare left the province.
This year the whole Island has been direct-
l_v atfected while in other years it was only
the urban population that was affected.
The influence was (elt also inthe other
provinces and now we li:t\'c u united peo-
ple on our behalf.
[To be Concludethl
Ri»t\'. DR. Do\'i.i-;.. Vern-_in River, proceed
ed from Kiiikom to Vernon River yester-
iluy. _
Tits McKinley property did not sell by
auction Wednesdiiy. llighest bid was
51:00.
A. L. and Urs. Beer and Miss Vnniders
line. sisterof the latter, left lust night for
C'.\l;;:iry.
Miss Sami: L. H.uin:'ro.\'. St. John, has
accepted a position wltli D. G. Cameron.
Montague, as uiilliner.
Piti.\'ciP_\i. FAi.co_\'t:R, Halifax, has dc
i.-lint-ii the invitation tothe I‘rof¥:ssoiship
of Knox College, Toronto.
ilaiuzv P. Dt'cni-:mx read an interest-
ing paper on Development of the English
Novel l>et`iire the Epworth League of Syd-
ney Methodist church recently.
Jotix and James McFarlane. John Mc-
Lauglilin and John Symonds :ill of l\Iar'sh~
tlelil;Lt-.slie Bryentoii, Union lioad, and
Elliot Bain. Cornwall left last night for
the .\'ortliwest.
Sr.\.\'i.1-:v G. Perry. son of the late S. F.
Perry. M. l’. who left here on the fifth
for ii. visit to Ottawa is now lu Boston
‘on his way hoinc to Tignish where he
spent the winter. Mr. Perry has been a
resident of Boston for the past, twenty
years.
A viiitv enjoyable social was held by
the K. O. P.'s in Castle Hull last night.
'l`lie progrnin included remarks by the
chairman, J. H. Williams; Scotch songs,
C. l’. Fullerton; reading, Mrs. T. A. Mc-
Lcnii; music, .\Inster At.vrood;solo.Miss
Stl-wart; solo, Mrs. Moore; readiug,'l`. A.
Mi~l.ci\n; solo, Miss Down; reading, Miss
Rattrziry: reading, \\'. 'l`.\\'ellner. Coffee,
cake and it-c cream wr.-re also served.
The new spring coats are lo.
A case of handsome new
coats from Germany will
°I""°"h'F“' 0'" buyer “'h° has meemly ed the probability of a more powerful ‘be :Opened Il1iS il10t!1Tl1g
Wi-“med ‘mm market’ "°'"°d [h”.“"md` steamer and acknowledged the good work
  est collection ever. offered here. of the oth” de|cg“k,,,_“
' Hflvinll 5”" b“YlP8 “mem 1"' l{on.Mr. MeNutt spoke of the excessive
h this market for over a inverter °f 11 ______ _,_ ____ ____
and ready for you by noon. Call
today and secure early choice.-
Moore & McLeod. i4d1i
THE ST.LlWllEllEE
is itil iiiiiii;
The ice Bridge Gone-Good
Work of Steamer Mont-»
calm is Noticed.
Mo_\.'1i»<i-:.\i.. April l3.~(Specii\l.>-Tile
it:c-britigi-nt Capo Rotiizc. wliich usually
i_l».-lnystlie opening of navigation on the
St. Lawrence Rivergnve way today and
the river will be opened to Montreal on
Sunday instead of early in May me is
usually thc case.
This is due to the work of thc Steamer
Montcalm which kept the river open inter
than usual last full und prcvcntcd such ai
heavy formation of ice.
Ellll EIVE MUNTHS
UN THE llllllllll
.\`i;w Yonit. April 13.-iSpet-lab ~The
little New Brunswick schooner Lnt-ouin
Hrrived here today from llt\ltslord`s Hole.
X. B., after being dve months on A pass-
age which should have taken five days.
She had been blown half vvuy across the
Atlantic mid inter had to make repairs at
Barbados.
Iron-Ox Tablets arc for sale at the
Apothecarics Hall. Tdtf
imc'
:ce :WB
WA-B.\\¥.\\¢
tend
l..i_.__-
l}rr.\W.\. April l2L-tSpe4:inl.i-A lot of
time was spent to dt\_v over the iii<L-ti<sioii`
of the dredging coiitiucl at Fort \\'illium.
The Conservatives trit-_il to make capital
‘out of the fact that teinleni were onli'
called for April Zlst ni.d that the con-
tntetoi' must own the pluut and have it nl
Fort \\'illixni on the iilli. tliut Coumcc of
Siiitcoe owns the entin: drt-ii;:\~ which is
Puiisiiissiii;
Runs, April i:<_-lSpecinl.>-Bi.~li~i;i l‘.i~‘
moron of Aiitigotiisli was rt-ce-in-ii in spe-
cial audience by the Pope tcdi\_v.
Lalerhe introduced Sir. Chas. Tupper-
tu the Pope. rcciilliiigliis coiistiint defence
ofthe riglvs of Caiiiaulinu Czitlioliccliiitvli.
_The Pope slid lie knew of the stiuggliw
sustuiiied hy Mr. 'l`u|\pei‘. pmiseil him
warmly and ga\'c him his special bit-_~_~
EUITSTHUETIUN UE
THE Elllllll llllllll(
Losnotv. April 13.-iSpet-i.ii.i-Ax a
to-day Sir lflturles liivt-rs Wilson un-
iiounccd that the constrizctioii uf the Luke
Superior hrancli will coinnienee in June
and thc Prairie section in July next.
Qt‘i1r:.\.' Burnt.-\V. Conway. Toronto:
(leorge _\. Blcwett. Geoiirc \\’.` l’;ii\'ou.~.
Toronto: J. W. Jones, t`liarlotteto\\-n;2 ti.
S. Lee. Soiiicrvilli-1 .laincs McDi\ui.'1\ll.
`Soint‘rville: ll. ll. .\lcl‘l\\'cii; Morell. J. H.
Sill lIHllllES GETS '
ing. `
l
meeting of thc tininil Trunk stock holders
5:. . .- _ _ _ . ., -
chester: W. Hunt-yivell, Hunter River; l..‘
TC. Stewart. R. J. .\Iz\tlie.~on. Stelliirtoii.
Time. ~
there ready (or work.
lion. Mr. Hyman offered to extend the
time so that any other teudenrs who
might .~i-cure eontnct would have n
chance to prepare. _
The _\utououiy Bill debate was cum
tinued by Hon. Sidney Fisher. Ames ol
Montreulend Crockett ol York and the
llnuse adjourned ai. eleven ddock.
ClSHlEH .|llHllS
WAS Alllll|llllEll
Yesterday Charged with Mak-
ing False Returns -The
Teslimony Against
Him.
\`.\\=Mui'1'ii. April l:i.-tSpeeli\l.i-
Cashier .lohns of thi- Bank of Yarmouth
was arraiirned to-day on a charge of
making false Bank returns to the Finance
Depnrtuient.
T. P. Stnvort swore tbat Johns in his
statement had placed in the current loan
columns _several large sums which should
have been in the overdue columns and
that had the statement been correct the
Bunifs insol\'ent~_v would have been
slitm ii.
_-\'r ii very large and enthusiastic meet.
ing of the Golf Cluli last- night the follow-
ing ofiit-ers were elected :
President--A. H. lugs.
Secy.-Dr. Blanchard.
Tre-as.-D. B. Stewart.
Excl-uti\'e-ll. VV. Longvvorth, Pewy
Pope, \\'. K. Rogers. “'. A. \Veeks, jr.
Ten Coinmittce--.\Irs. F. \\'. Hymiiiian,
in-in viotnn \ii.i..n~ ta ti 1i.>.~i.~~\\'..r’1Io< -\- -\- .W1-¢°“~ Mm H- W- Lune-
wortll, MIS. \\'. \\'. Clark;-, Mfg, B,
Rogers.
V _
SUPERB NEW SWEET PEAS
Fashions Fragrant, Favorite Flower.
Headquarters for Swcct Pcas in P. E. island
Our Collection Embraces over Fifty Best Named
Varieties Besides Novelties of |904.
§\?“ To get their full beauty. both on the vine and in bnnching.
SwHr_"t Pitas should bc grown in separate colors. This list coni-
prises a few of Vrzitv Bi:s'r in cultivation today.
Our Sweet Pens are all imported from the great Seed Houlc of
James Carter, Dunnettc Sr Beale, the King‘| Seedsnien, London,
England, and are selected from a list of over two :huukred named
varieties. \Ve are ronlitlent that no liner strains can bc procured
anywhere. \\`c have this season. in order to encourage a tnoreex-
tensivc growing of this lieautiful and fragrant flower, decided to sell
all the latest named varieties at the small price of 5 cents per packet.
A partial list is given below (more to follow.)
IlliCl-[ESS OF WES'I`i\lI.\'S'1`ER. Apricot Hushetl. Pkt 5 cents
DFCIIESS OF YURK. \Vliitc with dclici-ite purple. Pitt 5 Celts
1)L'CHl'ISS OF SLT'l`lIl€RLAND. Ilriglit intligo and flushed tt|ll'00l1
Pkt cents
DUKE  YORK. Rosy pink and light grimrosc. Pkt 5 cent!
EARLIEST OF ALL. Pink and white. kt 5 cents
ETNA. llrownish-crimson and violet. l‘kt 5 cents
GOLDEN GATE. Pink, lavender and mauve blended. Pk! 5 cent!
GAIETY GLl~IAll{. Primrose. Pkt 5 cents
HER h1A_[l€S'l`\'. Soft rosy-pink. Pkt 5 cents
l.\lPliRIAL Bi.l'}~I. Purple-blue. Pkt 5 cents~
l.\'l')lli0 KING. Purple and indigo. Pitt 5 cents:
LADY Bl<2ACO.\'Sl"IFILD. Salmon, rose tinted. and pale yellow.
Pkt cents
LADY GTIISEL HAMILTON. Shining pale lavender. Pkt 5 cents
LADY NX.\'A B.-\LF0l'R. Delicate mauve, with dove grey. Pkt 5
Cents
LEMON QUEEN. Pink and lemon. Pitt 5 cents
LOVELY. Soft shell pink. grand form. Pkt 5 cents
MAH) OF HONOR. Light lue on while ground. Pkt 5 Celtia
MARS. Intense scarlet. l’kt 5 cents. ‘
Seedsmen to the People of P. E. I. Island.
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