(ioe wal ee ee MA ge oe Oct 12 wy THE DAILY EXAMINER CHARLOTTETOWN, OCTOBER I7, 1899 : . : j 8 : . Se r . 3 | yorywilere . < + - 2 k-ca * F 4 L.QU ot 2 b 2 re try } you want oe TCH CAK E. Oure can t be 2 ar } ve want you to know 4 e make itevervy day. Prive g . : {Gc PER L3. F : F + LEPHONE +S B * 3 D.STEWVART : . 3 ECLIPS BAKERY . < BAKES BSST BREAD . * | ‘eT ewvrwey — —_—— — ee , NM ate. sl S12 5% SAU SZSeM . Sh 3 Fone s “@ . —: oS lp @e New (Cathedral ~@—— BAZAAR EXCURSION RATES —ALL OVEBRB-— P BE Iscanp RAILway) Crowds of people coming to town | og Bazaar Week, Oct. 16 to 20th During this SPECIAL week we offer SPECIAL inducements to CASH BUYERS Booxs, Stationery or should call on us. HASZARD AnD .... MOORE eae DE. Somat \ OU THE LEADING MUSIC HOUSE CAN [) ||) aA AAA ASE LOTS... Fancy Goods i f pretty things at . the BIG BAZAAR , i out you may not »e able to buy any MUS [CALs LYSTRUMENTS Jurs is the place to buy anything in that line. We want you to call and see our stock whether you wish to buy or not Ate. u =, ie - Yuu’re always wel- some, Miller Bros., QUEEN ST. EET ConNOLLY’s BUILLING EE FE SE ES SEES ——— Prepare ior Provincial Ixhibition of 1900 Important Sale of Improved Stock. SESE SE ES et Fe eS EY AABSARAAAAAAAR a | I will cell by public auction, on the premises of F G Boyer, Esq.. Brudenell Station, eo. Town soyalty, on Wedresday. November 15th at 12 o’ciock noon, the following superior stock A choice lot of registered Oxtord Downs and and Lincolu Ewes and Rams, all successful show anima(s. : Als e nuwoaber of short horn bulls and heif- ers of the maost useful and improved type— prize winners at the late Maritime Shows; one registered A yrshire, heifer, several grade Ayr- shire cows in milk, andcalf by Cruicksank’s Bull, silver Chief: a number of well bred, un- registered sheep, and oue good carriage mare. Terms, 12 months eredit on approved joint notes, a liberal discount for cash. JIM AITKEN, Auctionee? Montague, Oct 12, 1899. 242-3 14, 25, nov && w3i ———— - ‘WANTED. A Redor Roan DURHAM BULL, not over 18 mos. old. CHAS. R B BRYAN, Sec. Agri. Soc., Durham, NS Anycne wanting} THE DAILY BXAMINER OCTOBER 17, 1899. W EBATTLOES IT ALL MEAN? AuLry died early iu May; and no appointment was made ir his place for three monthe, Attorney General McDonald was made Judge early io August; but no Attorney General was found unti!l the end of fs ; Belfast and Murray Harbor, do your | Septem ber. bated duty ! It is now the 17th Octoberand no writ are rs. ' 1 18 sued r an election in Marray | 1 iS issued {Or a0 é€iection A & BETWEEN TWO FIRES. Harbor. Se i _ , | Jt is nearly two years since Mr. Freder- | ick Peter ts ; hie departure for British | THe news from Scuth Africa is indefi- ss woah 4 VA 118 4 pte. © ‘ ‘ ‘ Cclambia, and Fort Augustus has remained | nite and unsatisfactory because telegraphic | al that time without representation, | communication ‘with the Mafeking dis» aii Lua vi iit MU t ’ land yet no writ is issued for that constit- | trict has been destroyed. I: isclear, now~ ' nn lever, that there is a double invasion of T Attorney General, Mr. D. A. Mc- Free State Boers? he Attorney Urenberai, sss. . » me Kinnop, bas called a series of meetings in Murrav Harbor ; but he does not say when t2e election will be held. | For nearly three months a vacancy has existed in the Belfast District, but no writ has yet been issued for that constituency. Weask what does allthis mean? | There can be only one reply. The Gov- ernment is doomed,—and How can it help knowing ? | Look at the result of the bye-elections. | Take Tignisb. | In 1898 tbe vote stood: Gallant, CLAD. ). oo. csccccsccccccsees JOG Buote, (Cdn. )rcccccees 823 | Majority for Liberal....... 240 | In 1899 the vote stood : SN Rs ct iddciiends . 904! I RO iin ccs pave bibne 935 Maj rity for Conservative..........+ 31 Take New London. In 1897 the voie | stood : | ee CO vi a wenn bees &43 S ORI, CUI pov cccccscccctesees nscvecees OG Majority for Liberal.............00e0 298 In 1898 the vote stood : i Roberteon, (Lib.)****.....- <<o ae CRUST COR. ).. ..« . vocscecsneiceesen.: We Msiority for Conservative... af ae | If anything more is needed to convince anyone that the members of the Farquhar | con Government know the people are | against them, let vs recall] the spectacle of Mr. Frederick Peters coming al] the way from British Columbia and the Govern- ment steamer going to Pictou for him on the Lords Day,—all to prevent a vacancy in Fort Augustus. Notwithstanding al! thie, the Govern- rent organ pleads for the unopposed re- turn of the Attorney General. | Including Mr. Wise, who voted straight | want of confidence near the close of last eession, the Opposition number 13. At the present moment the Government sup- porters in the Aseembly, exclusive of Mr. Frederick Petere, only number 14, includ- ing the epeaker. The people of Belfast and Murray Har- bor have now in their hands the power which the whcle Island possesses at a General Election. Let them exercise it, and then we sha)! have honest Governmient, All of asudden, the Grits of Charlotte- town and Ottawa authorize borings for the Aillsborough Bridge, although the Minister of Railways eaid in Parliament that it was rot proposed to build a bridge immediately, owing to an advance in the price of irop. Iron has gone up fully 25 per cent since Mr. Blair made that etate- ment,—and it is still rising. Yet, now, there szeme to be hurry in locating the bridge ! Alternate routes for the Belfast Rail- way are laid down and appeals are made to different sectione of Belfast to support the Government so as to secure the railway. While Rome was burning Nero fiddled. legal —— : and sleep on f | MARK . A knows it? bile Premier Farqubarson is trimming, and halting, and dodging, and echeming ‘the debt, is growing every day, and every to the statement ~ $127,000 when hour. Tt was only —according Liberals’ own a! the Conservatives went out; now it $600,000. Up to the incoming of the Grits we hat no direct taxation. [n five years they have taken a quarter of a million of do!lars in taxes; and like the from the people | horse leech’s daughters, they are cryiog for more. Natal—by the Orange. 1° s i | 12000 strong, on the one side aad :he Boers | from Transvaal on the other side, the object being to get the British between two fires. It ie this situation that causes the anxiety |in England. The'British may of course But the chances hold their retire towards the coast. own until The first attack are that they will reintforcementsS come. has been repulsed. Colone! Baden Baden-Powell in com- maid of the British forces at Mafeking, is an experienced and capable officer, and his force will, without doubt, give a good ac- | count of itself. But the Boers are in vastly superior numbers at this point and Cronje, heir leader, is known to be a great fighter. His force is variously estimated at from 4000 to 9000 men while that of Baden- Powell cannect be more than 2000. Mafee king is on the line of railway’ from Cape Town to Buluwayo, 875 miles north of Cape Town and only twelve miles from the western border of the Transvaal —— —_——_—_—— NOTES AND COMMENTS. ~ Schreiner and Laurier seem to be “all same one brother.” —A prague of hoof disease prevails Germany. The largest cattle market of Budinpgen, north-east of Frankfort, has been closed on account of the plague. —The London Times’ Cape Town cor. respondent asserts that the so-called Irieb brigade which is fighting for the Transvaal is afraud, and that scarcely any men woo are in it. The correspondent adds that Irishmen in the colony strongly resent the formation of the brigade. What have Irishmen to gain by helping the Boers, anyway ? —It is said by The Montreal Star that the Lazaretto at Tracadie, New Brunswick, is the saddest spot in North America. But our asylum under present conditions over- crowoed by insane men and women with Out a hospital, all of them eubject to the changes of heat and cold which result from a bad beating apparatus, cures under such conditions being all but imyossible, is almost as ead. The door of our asylum might be inscribed with the words of the immortal Dante over the gates of Hell : ““Abandon hope al] ye who enter here. ——_____ A ——— 9008 OOOO CSOE SG “” 00067 6000 New.... Magazines When out shopping to-night better call in and prccure one. Plenty of other reading matter as well CHAS. J. MITCHELL, Bookseller & Stationer 145 Queen Street. Opp. Prowse Bros...... GAO 8 616 199098009 C208 POSS 0966 OOO! 060006804 6908 0964 SOOOSSCS “O41 F +e OO 60006068 = Satisfying Sati sfaction.... Is afforded to those who buy the Fiercules_ ~~ WIRE MATTRESSES Our stock *of tuff mattresses— in mixed, ali wool—-m |--hair, etc., is a arge one and the prices are iht as usua WRIGHT AND CO HomejMakers among the beef cattle in some parts of | St. Saree sack; Ever vic'o jous Over the world; Honor it, stick to it, Keep it unfurled; Itehall not be beaten, Around it we’ll stand, The flag of our fathers, Our Queen, and our land, For centuries noktly It’s floated on high; U’er earth and on ocean Against the blue sky. True so!diers ard sailors lt never shall Jack, Our country’s dear banner, The old Uniaao Jack. — Katherine A. Clarke. i Toronte, Oct 12th. Mrs, Housewife Used to Wort Because the grocery mon ey did not go far enough on Saturday night NOW SHE DOES NOT WORRY Because she gets so much for the same money and such good groceries at *” John McKenna’s QUEEN STREET THE QUESTION [S$ OFTEN ASKED, HOW IS THE ASCENDENCY OF ROYAL OAK SOAP accounted for? The answer is simple enough, viz:—Be- cause there is none equal to it tor intrinsic merits, firm ness, purity, combined with great lasting and cleansing pro- perties Send for premium list. J, D, LAPTHOKN & C0., Charlottetown Soap Works «Vi aes The Annual Meeting of the Y. M.C. A. will be held in Ladies’ Parlor on Tuesday evening 24th inst, at 8 o’clock for transac- tion of all pertinent business. J. N. ROBERTSON, President Oct 16-- —_— WE WANT HOUSEKEEPERS To come in and leok over our groceries. Our stock is fine and fresh and guaranteed to be satisfactory. We keep every- thing in our line that is neces- sary. FOR HOUSEKEEPING The prices—well, that is wuat we want you to see when you are looking at our goods. [heir lowness will surprise DRISCOLL and ELORNSBY QUEEN STREET | : : : : (Mail orders promptly attended to) The Daily Examiner for the latest WAR news, race news and all other news. , Twenty five cents @ mooth will have it sent to your home every afternoon, Drop me a cavd and I'll call round, anytime, for your subscrip- tion, or telephone Tuk Examiner office. @O@® 22%M68 2060686 @ ®@ £24954 4O2746 0968 R. L, COTTIUN AGENT © P O. Box 84.... ¢ Charlottetown. eee eae] 4 O2OC6 2084 at BY 6£4OBF OS BO 2H O4.-44 822282 BUDS BOSD FoR-—~— ——— THE NEW Tuga’ GOLE CAPES TAILOR-MADE SUITS, SKIRTS | Departnent, we extend an invitation to the l-dies Visiting the Grand Cathedral Bazaar, tocome and sea the Greatest Stoek in Ch’town cf Ladies’ and Misses’ Ready-to-Wear Garments, We ask you to come to thie ever busy department, that wa may show you our immense purchases, that bring yon thege garments for less than similar goods would cost youin ap other house in Ch’town. We want you to come with the gs. surance that you will get the latest styles, the finest qualities the best assoctment, at the lowest prices. | CPARAKRAAAAD Cheap Dress Making... Save a dollar or a dollar and a half and get fitted at once, Not made to order, but made te fit. Codurey $2.66 $3.00 Silks $5.98 Lustres 51.95 Cashmeres $1.95 Skirts $3.50 $6.00 Plain Velvet Blouses in black, green, brown, Garnet and Mauve, Blue and Navy, $265, $3:00 and $3.25. Corduroys in the same shades. Also turquoisand a splendid range of Silk Waists in Red, Blue, Purple and Black, and a big range of Lustres and Cashmeres and Flannelettes, Don’t waste time getting one made, but save money by buying one ready to wear. Save one dollaron a Skirt. We _ have over 75 ready to wear Skirts, made from Lustre, Serge and Blister Cloth, also a new Plain Costumes. The prices, ready to try on, $3.50, $4.00, $4.50 and $5.00, Blisters from $509 to $8.00 and $9.00. A Full Dress, ready to wear, of Black Lustre, or Lustre Waist and Black Serge Skirt, for $5.45. Never in the history of the Dress Goods trade has there beer such an opportunity to buy such a garment under a third more. Full Dress Only $5.45 Ready to Wear \0 Plaid Waists, made to our order, made from our own cloth, at 85¢ a yard, pure wool, pretty effects, some plaids. 2 yards stuff, at 85¢ - $1.70 Trimming - - - 25 Making . - $1.25 $3.20 $2.29 Our price only Saving 95¢ . - - 95 All on the making—see! ee JAMES PATON & Co. FOUR ..... INTERESTING -- » e THINGS The "Transvaal War The Big Bazaar The Yacht Race The Highland Range We can tell you a)l about the last, FENNELL aso CHANDLER a <a LL | o Wednesday To those who do nct know this great Ready-made Floor a Se: ; . we