pat 10. == ‘ a a eha* oe OOO ee secgenent ccc DEAT omen cen — Four Dollars per Yea nr” Terras et rik =6DAILY EXAMINER a mn ——aih This is True Liberty, when Free Born Men, having/to advise the Public, may speak free.” —Eoripwxs S‘ngle Copies two C:a ——— CHARLOTTETOWN P: E. ISLAND" THURSDAY AUGUST 2. 1900 _ * ny VOL 36 LEADERS OF LOW PRICES ITHE SOFT SHIRT — >~<—_ <> > ?—-- toa necessity. We want everybody to know what real shirt comfort is—- wiling to give extraordinary values to do it. There’s the comfort of fit and the cemfort of looks. Some men can’t be happy without both. We give both to them when we sell them a soft shirt. Has progressed from 4 luxury Some of these soft shirts have cuffs attached, some have separate cuffs. A few have two extra collars—not many tho’, for nearly everybody uses a white collar with his colored shirt. Prices—well we etart at 55c. The nicest lines are 84c, $1.10,$1.15 and $1.30 Those ‘ots at $1.10 and $1.15 are “all wants a stylish colored shirt car right.’ No man who aflord to go anywhere else for it. NORE & MCLEOD The busiest s'ore on Charlottetuwn’s | | | \ | | | yusiest street, j COME DOWN WITH BOTH FEET. and you will be {fitted with the latest and most fash- onable toot or shoe to be fuund in the city, for the f) ‘east money and guaranteed the best of satisfaction McQUAID'S, LOWER:QUEEN'STREER HOGS OS UIE 3% OOS OSes Ss are a = — Hich Grade English ;Fertilizers i all” goods of English manufacture ARE THE BEST, IN THE the 16 They are true to name, always RELIABLE and during oe Ps ors in use here have NEVER FAILED TO GIVE SATISFAO- = ae Our m st progressive farmers are using larger . , eens year with paying results, They are applic: a 2 84 crops, cn all soils, with or, without stable manure, amy, LHE CHEAPEST FERTILIZERS ONJTHE MARKET. The World’s best iy every test.” TWELVE HUNDRED PRISONERS Surrender to General Hunter RIFLES AND PONIES GIVEN UP. Boers Have Evacuated Machadodorp And Are Going to Lydenburg. (Seeorat to Toe Examiner.) Lonpox, Aug. 2.—Lord Roberts has telegraphed the War Office as follows : “ Prerozia, Ang. 1.—Hunter reporte 1200 more prisoners surrendered yester- day with Commandants Rouse and Fon- teoal,whilet Cummandants Deploy, Potgi« eier and Joubert surrendered to Bruce Hamiltos, who collected 1200 rifles, 650 ponies and an Armstrong gua. “Lieut. Anderson, a Danish offiter in the Staate Artillery aleo surrendered. “Olivier,with five guns aad a number of Burghers, broke away in the Marrismith district but Hanter expects the total prisouers will amount to 4,000. “Ap uofortnoa e accid pt occurred near stroom railsway. The enemy bad torn up the raile, and a supply train esccrt'd by and 2° injured. IMPORTANT CAPTURE. Lenpox, Avg 2.~A correspondent with Genera! Hunter’s foree at Slapkrang sayr: “ W indburg and Senekal ccmmandoes are now arriving,— about 600 men. General Roux has arrived, and also the commandant of the Wepener commando. It will take days to get all in. There is a continuous stream of waggous for seven mile3 up to the valley roais. All the leaders have surrendered. The prisoners include the foreign artilleryistee BOERS RETREATING. Lorenzo Marques, Aug. 2.—The Boers have evacuate! Machadodorg and it 18 re~ ported are prepariag to retreat to Lyden- burg. STARTLING DEVELO? MENTS. Lospon, Aug. 2.—The Daily Telegraph, on the authority of its Cape Town corres* pondent, asserts that documente of the highest importance, emanating from Eng~ land, have been discovered in Preotria implicating members of the House of Commons and other prominent persons in England who have agitated in favor of the Boers. It says that startling developments may be expected shortly, —Dr. Ferguson will lecture in Marsh- field Hall, this evening at 8 o’clock, on ‘Rambles in the Old World.” —It is now stated that 25 per cent. of the wheat crop of Manitoba will not be cut and for the rest, the yield will not aver- age tem bushels per acre. Not more thea ten or eleven million bushels of wheat will, it is said, be produced in Manitoba this year, and not more than seven miilon bushels will be exported. ——— RoYAL Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum. Auld ros powders are the greatest YOuK. GREAT TROTING. me seen | Mr.W.8,McKie’s Horse Wins First Heat in Free-for all in 218 1-2 (Srectan to Tee Exautwer.] St. Srepaey, N. B., Aug. 2.—Io.. free-for~.11 race, trotted last evaniag, % W S. McKie’s chestaut stullion Provider woo the first heat in 2.18}, taking second money in the rac2 and beating the crack trotters and pacers of New England and the Provinces, ASSASSINATION IN THE AIR Attempt on the Life of King Aler~ ander. USrzoran To Tae Examiner.]} Loxpon, Aug. 2.—The Vienna corres» pondent of the Chronicle, wiring yester- day,says: “A rumor hes reached here from Belgrade that an attempt was made MORE NEWS FROM PEKIN I ag ernment, CHINESE TROOPS FIRE ON FOREIGNERS. Prompt Action Only Will Avert Terrible Massacre, (Spectra. ro Tae Examivar, } Lowvon, Aug. 2,—At last the atory of Pekio base been told. Dr. Morrison,iu today’s Times, holds up the Chinese government before the world a8 guilty— and to a degree of infamy and duplicity that exceeds the surmise of ite wo ret detractors. 2 Shinese. Gove: " Beco They’re Better, and nxre econemical That’s why our Metallic Ceilings and Walls are being used by proc{ ive 2 people all over the country : table far ony rope of anytioaia. suitable as a any limild- ¢ mouldingi etc. Prices are moderate—df you'd Hike an «stim- J to assassinate King Alexander yesterday afternoon, while he was driving through the town. It is said he was shot at but was uot injured, King Humbert’s Assassin, In the same despatch he gives a moe hopeful view of the prospects of the be- sieged thar nas b3en expected by eny of the othere who have beeu heard from. Simultaneously there comes from the B-lgian charge de affairs at Shanghai aa New Yorx, Aug. vice consul general, Captain Usher, of accompanied by the West Hovoken Frede:ickstadt on Krugersdorp-Poichef | poles, vesierday called up Mra Suphie Breesi, who is supposed to be the wite of King Huwbert’s assassin She very nervous condition and was ina was put Shorpshires was derailed, 13 being killei through a searchiog ezamiaation regard - |ing her husband. She related eubstantia!l~ | ly the same story she told the newspaper tea, aud,wbich was printed in the moru- 'g’s papers. Tue police captain searched tar houre, but found no evidence to show ‘heteither the woman or ber busband Were connected with a plot for the assas- aiion of King Humbert: Se consul had a conference with Captain Usher, as a re- sult of fwhich, it is sid Mr. Bressi, will be kept under ecr- veilance untileuch time ag the Italian governmen: Can be heard from. Rome, Aug 1.—A Tuscan named Guiste, who lives in (he house ofKemala, in Milan, and Oiher suspects have been arrested there. The assassin speaks Boglish, French and Spanish. Railways in the Stat:s. Oa June 30th, 1899, the towel single track mileage of the United Sta'es (dtaled 189,895 miles, an increase during the year of 2,898 wiles, which is greater than that of any other year since 1893 The total number of locomotiues way 36, 703, 0n increase of 469 over last vear. The total oumber of cars of all c'asses inthe service of the railways was |,375.- 916, an increase of 49,742. Of these 33, 850 were passenyer cars, 1,295,510 were freiget cars snd 46,556 were devoted to the direct servi eof railroads. it muet be remembered, however, that carsowned by private companies aud firms, need by 1a! way @ ere not included 'n these ret urns. The aumber of «mployess was 923 ,- 924, an increase of 55,366. OF trim total number the service ef 549090 wa- required for general administration, 287,- 000 for maintenance of way aud «truc tures, 181,000 for maint-nance of equip- meot, and 418,000 fer conducting trans portation. Tbe total amount of railway capital Outstanding was over $11,000,000,0090, representing a capitalization ot $50,566 per mile ofline. The total amount of dividends declared during the year was $111,300,822, which would be produced by an average rate of 4.97 per cent on the stock on whichsome dividend was de. clared. The gross earnings were $1,313,610,118 an increase of over $65,000,000 for the year. The operating expenses were $856,- 968,999, an increase of $39,000,000. The amount of dividends declared during the year was $111,000,000, leaving a surp!us of $53,000, the corresponding surplus of the preceaing year being $44,000,000. i> 2-44 —— ESTEEMED EXCHANGES. Montreal Star: “I consider a yearly expenditure of $40,000,000 or $38,000,006 altogether too large for the present re- sources of Candis. | sayit is a shame and adisgrace to the Government that have been entrusted with our afairs that they come down to us and ask for an ex- pesditure of $38,300,000 a year for feder- jal purposes.” Thus spake Sir Richard Cartwright in Perliament in 1896. Since that we have it onthe authority of Sr ment to preserve barmony in the pariy, and now the expenditure considerably ex- ceedsa million dollarsa week. “@ive us harmeny.” as awallowed the frog singing out of tune. , atm eee... a or a 1.—The Ltalian Wilfrid Laurier that Sir Richard isa man! who yields against his own better judg; the ee] said when he ' pected to reach Pekin in about a #eek,— they being eighteen miles from Tien Taia y esterday. | Awother letter has been received at Tien i Tin from the British minister, Sir Clauce | Macdoaaid, dated July 24, “We are sur- | rouoded by imperial troops,’ he writes, “sho are firing ov us contiuual)s, tbe | enemy is enterprivinz, but cowardly. night aud ate eating cur ponies. Lhe Chinese government if there be one, sas | done NOtni ig W ist-ver to beip ua. Chinese do o» pressthe attack we can hold ou: fo (<ay) ten days, No time should | > lowif acterr.ble massacre isto be ' averted.” MORE HELP. Simia, Aug. 2 —Anether brigade bas been ordered to China tomorrow. oo URETEAG Dads ad TDUCEEEREAEERUEREE EEN ae: FIVE YEARS ‘IN BUSINESS. What we've accomplished, what we've yiveu vou. Av up-to-date Pharmacy, second to none. THE BRITISH REMEDIZS— Valuable wedicines tried and true. Our Motto—The best in our line at lowest prices. We want people to know that s+lling largeiy means gelling cheap< ly—th ava us, It will pay you to stop here for y our drug wants. We thank you for kind patron- age and look for still greater thinz:. A.W, Reddin Phm B Central Drugstore. Sunnyside. Lf i = = om = - a oll m ce oF - - =a a sll Sl Seal = = te -” - = all = - - - - - oll - - ww -_ - a ad oo 7 = ~ - “~ —e -= all - Lal -~ ~ = - - - = -— all - —- - ~ — ma - 7” ail = = eal - o - r MP . ' PRINTING, Go0D PRINTING, I NEAT PRINTING, TASTEFUL PRINTING, , These are the things that Tue EXxaMINeR Job Print turns out, and then the prices are so low that they'll surprise you. lf you want printing that you'll be proud of, come to us. The Examiner Job Print, London House Building, Queen Street, Charlottetown, Official statement tbat the allies are ex- | “We have provisions for about a for. | [f the ; ate mail us as outiiee the shape and 4 : and measursments af yout andcellings. 2 : METALUG ROGFING CO. Limited ~~, | af aad | oe 3 | = Se \ a 3\ hh Powe) Ly x 1m “a e ‘\ <4 » \ : Deen er em \ , Ag Hammocks. Another lot of those One Dollar biz value Ham. mocks just received by ex- press. Come quick if you want one, GEO. CARTER & G0. Books and fanev gois, Insuranee Fire, Marine, Life en a All British Companies, Risks taken low rates. HYNDMAN & CO fe ALUENTS Telephone 67. WHY $1.60 fo $4.75 Per gallon for mixed paint when We can give you “Crown and Anchor” Pure mixed paint for $1.40 Per Gellon Money refunded or; house painted free ef charge if our paint 19 not as good as the best —uwe