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To-day (Thursday) evening from half past seven nine—we’re holding a rece ption at our store.

You are especi: ially invited. We want YOU particularly, to drop in and see the handsomest Millinery display t held in C \arlottetown. We are especially anxious to have you see the large designs by our Milliner.

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yl be an exhibit of untrimmed goods that will be worth all the time you'll take.

There’ll be hundred after hundred of elegant trimmed

untrimmed Sailors

Ladies who have been in our Millinery room—say «also --that no store in town can for a moment compare with our stock of Children’s Millinery.

Besides all this there'll be an elegant display downstairs of New Dress Goods, Silks,

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At Kensington Tannery, two journey- men curriers, steady work to the right

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dated Bloemfontein, April 25, 3.25 p. m.,

| But did not do it widely or quickly enough to catch the elusive enemy.

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BEEN RELIEVED.

— THE ELUSIVE ENEMY ESCAPE # ROBERTS’ NET

End of the Boer Raid Into South Eastern Cape Colony.

‘An Artillery Duel That Continued for Hours — Boers Evacuate a Position After Considerable

Loss— No Casualties on the British Side—Bra- |

bant’s Work—A Boer Report.

SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE EXAMINER.

LORD ROBERTS’ REPORT.

Lonpon, April 26.—Tbe War Office has iseued the following from Lord Roberts:

“The enemy retired from ihe front of Wepener last night and this morninog fled northeasiward aloog the Ladybtand Road. Their number was between 4,000 and §,000.”

THE BOERS RUN THO FAST.

Lonpon, April 26.—Wepener’s hard presced garrison is saved; but the Boer beceigers have apparently escaped.

This is the finale of the Boer raid into B} south Eastern Cape Cclony.

The attempt of the Boers to tura the Beh position at Bloemfentein asd in- | tercent Lord Roberts’ communication have But they bave not been brought to a stand or s irrounded by the British.

What was feared by military critics has came tv pass, Lord Roberts’ operations have cleared the enemy away from Wepener ard Dewetsdorp sure enough. but they have escaped capture cleverly.

The British cemmander spread his net.

jailed.

SMALL CASUALTIES.

Lonpoy, April 26.—The War Office has issued Lord Roberts list of casualtias to the occupation of Dewit’s Dorp, show-~ ing that Capiain Deuny of the Thirteenth Huesars was killed aod that a captain, two lieutenants and twenty-two men were wounded,

Captain Prothero, who was wounded at | Kaaerefontein, has sinze died.

BOERS BEATEN BACK,

Warrenton, April 26, - The Boers’ hav- ing become emboldened, shelled the vil» lage and the British trenches, and it be came necessary to give them «.lesson and t> ascertain their strength.

On Monday night, Colonel Paget placed several guns on the river bank, under cover of darkness, within a 1000 yards of the Boer trenches across the river. The borses and carrisges were withdrawn beyond range, end at daybreak the Bri: tish opened a heavy bombardment mosily with shrapnel and lyddite.

The Boers were taken completely by |

surprise, but they replied with five guns. 7 pom

A heavy rifle fire was opened at the same time. The duel continued for many hours. The Boers finally evacuated their position with, it is believed, a considerable loss. There were 20 casualties on the British side. Durivg evening the guns were safely withdrawn,

While Roberts’ object was primarily to relieve Wepener and ciear the southeast corner of the Free State of the Boers peresence generally, he also sought to bring Boers to an engagement, surround. ing them or inflicting serious losses upon them. With this object in view he had been drawing « circle around the Boer position, the western semi-circle was com- plete. On the other side the southern segment was closed by the Basuto border, but the northern segmeut remained open.

was drawn somewhat lighier. General French’s cavalry went arcund to close the open gap. The Boers, however, took fright and fied through the opea gap,—prob ably succeeding, as usual, in taking all their, guns with them.

A BOER REPORT

Loxpon April 26-——A special despatch from Pretoria, dated Tuesday, says that the Boers have re-occupied Boshop the British retiring.

BRABANT’S WORK.

Capetown, pri] 26,.— Relief of Colonel Dalgety was accomplished by Genera} Brabaot-

Aldermen Elected.

[SpecraL To THE ExsMINER }

Hazirax, April 26.—ln thecivic elec- tions here yesterday, R. I. MclIlreith was elected alderman for ward 2 and Jasces Haliday for ward 3.

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Probably Shelved.

(Seectat To Toe Examiner.)

Orrawa, April 26.—The resultof the adjournment’of Mr. Flint’s Provincial Pro- hibition motion is that its stands in the public bills and order paper, after 40 other,motions, most of them debatable.

P| ain Talk by Emperor William.

| Loxpox, April 24.--The Daily Expre-¢,

[the new London paper, sevs: ‘Emperor William bas sent through the German am- bassador, & “message wishing us success

av@ adding

*<*Tell the British people that mv first hore, now and always, is ihe preservatoin of international peace, and my second, the consolidation and maintenance of good relations between Germany and Great

Britan,

In the operations of Tuesday the circle

« «Between these two nations, ro essen~

| tial cause of difference exists nor ehould

one arise between them. There should be no rivalry other than t:i ndly competition in furthering the economic and social pro- press of their peoples.’ ”

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At Stanley Bros Last Night.

The ladies who braved the elements last nivh! to vieit Mes-rs Sta ley Brcs. saw a dis iy ubique in the showdom of Caar-

» elown etoree. On double rows of fixtures at the back of each counter were dr rap ithe silks, dr-+s goods, mtsrlins, meriawnr, eee die, eic jin bewildering assortment be kinda and colorings. In the annex a ivory pretty show of London trinmed mil) nery,together with * pecimenstof Misa

D.lon’s w.rk,apd the many uotimm d nate ani millinery novelties, fi» vers, feathers, ec. undoubtedly showed the ex- cellence of taste in selection for whica this firm is noted. Tonight they wil! re- peat the show, and invite ail the ladies to attend,

Australian Federation.

Lonpon, Tuesday, Apri!25.—The Gov-~ ernment has published despatches ex changed between Mr. Joseph Coambers lain and the Australian Premiers on the Federation bill. These show that with @ view of meeting Australia’s objection to the jurisdiction of the Privy Couacil — ‘vvhich Mr.Chamberlain admits is prac- tically the only matter now deiaying federation—the Government proposes to amclgamate the Privy Council with the House of Lorde, so far as judicial work is concerned. In this way the Goverament would create one Court of Appeal for the whule Empire, and, at the same time, in order to strengthen the colonial element ia this Supreme Court, several colovial lawyers would be appointed to life peerage.

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