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If you are not fully insured, insure now, I represent Fire Companies of known reputa- tion,
G. Ie. Brow
General Agent Charlottetown
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{HE DAILY EXAMINER.
NOVEMBER 18, 1897.
WASHINGTON NEGOTIATIONS. Lieur is let in upon the character of the negotiations that have lately been carried on at Washington by the publication of interviews with Sir Louis Davies and Sir Wilfrid Laurier:
“We do not,” Sir Louis eaid to a correspondent of the Montreal Star, ““we donot intend to setile the question alone. The Americans want us to arandon rights, because, under existing circum- stances, the sealing industry is net, they claim, profitable. But woy do they want us to abancon our rights of fishing in the open sea? Because by our doing so they may make mouey by killing the seals on shore. Well, now, we certainly shal! not abandon rights for money, though natur- ally it would be just to recompense an industry the business of which we stop. If a firm invesis one hundred thousand dollars to do business and, after @ number of years, the Government stopa that business which has been whoily legitimate, there is no doubt that thas firm should be reimbursed, tor it is tuereby rendered a useless investment.” “So,” Sir Louis continued, “itis with our sealing industry. But we will not grant such a request on the part of the United States, unless we get counter concessions. For instance, we want a market here for our Nova Scotia coal and our lumber and barley, etc. Then there is the vorth Atlantic fisheries. America wants con- cessions there: And there is the im- migration or alien labor question.
“We have our demands as well as the United States, and there are eo many interests involved that it seems the best plan to appoint and join the commission for the consideration of all these interests, and afier much consideration proposes the plan which shall, as near as possible, come to giving both countries just what they want.
in his report of his interview with Sir Wilfrid the same correspondent says:
“Sir Wilfrid wants the American tariff on coal lowered. Thereby he runs plump into the influential Senator, Elkins, of West Virginia, whose big coal mines have been, since the Dingley bill came into force, sending coal to New England at a large profit. Elkins whould have his New England business choked, if not destroyed, by the admiseion of Canadian coal, under a lower rate. Sir Wilfrid wants the American duty on lumber reduced. There he ruus into Hard, Burrows and MeMillan, of Michigan, and Spooner, of Wisconsin, besides the great lumber interest in general in these two States. Sir Wilfrid wants the duty lowered on barley, and thereby offenus the American farmers. Kither one of these interests is willing that the duties on the other products shall be lowered, but not on its products, And when it is ‘enggested thet it be lowered on all products, the interests combine against it, and, being strongly allied to the MeKiuley admini-tration,! hey puta big wfluence to overcome. It is in-— tended by rome -ernd American Commis. sioner Kasson, who was especially ap- pointed to arrange reciprocity treaties with different countries,is one -that the duties on the articles mentioned might be slightly reduced, 80 a8 not to seriously burt Ameri- can trade. Of course, the interest would rather have a slight reduction than a large one. But, unless the cry of the “greatest good for the greatest number” be raised, and the argument be made thereon that, therefore, for the benefit of the whole country the few interests involved should give way a trifle, and such cry and argu- ment be made pretty general and vigorous through the United Stater, it is to be doubt- ed it a reciprocity treatment of much if auy,worth can be enacted by the American Senate, let alone the House,
The prospect of improved conditions in the States in reapect to the admission of Canadian produce does not seem to be very bright; and we think that if the gov- eroment had consulted the interest and dignity of Canada they would have left the etatesmen at Washington severely alone. Still if any considerable discount on the Dingley tariff can be obtained on account of the surrender of our right to shoot seals oo the high sea, those who are not parti- cularly concerned gin the surrender wii! have no right to complain.
In this connection it isto be remarked that Sir Louis Davies has made ne men- tion of potatoes, horses, lambe, poultry and Such other thingsas his constituents in
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Prince Edward Island are interested in. It would be as easy—easier, we believe— to obtaiawa concession from the Americans in respec. Jp these things as in respect to barley, lui .ber, coal and such other things a3 Sir Louis Davies has to,
called attention
WANT IN THE MAGDALENS,
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Apvices from the Magdalen Islands report that the lobster and mackere! ishing has completely failed there this year. The people are, in consequence, ip
very distressed circumstances, They are
without fuel or provisions. In view of the hard and lorg winter that is approaching an urgent appeal was, sometime ago, made to Sir Louis Davies for permission to fish lobsters in September. But this request the Minister, fresh from his feasting iu
London, deemed it his duty to refuse
point blank. It must have been the same sense of duty that led the Minister to refuse the service
ofa Government steamer to convey to these Islands the few hundred barrels Of flour which the Merchand Government of Quebec has given for the relief of these poor people. But the circumstances of the case might, we think, have jus'ified the Minister in relaxing the rules of the Fishery Department and in promoting, as far as possible, all reasonable measures of assistance for the unfortunate Magdalen Islanders. We hope that tne ery of dis- tress which comes tous from the Mag- dalens will not go unheeded. sasnemesiemliinaiiiiadiial
Rememarr the date (Tuesday next) of Rey. J. T. Bryan’s profusely illustrated lecture in St. Peter’s*Hall upon “Things which interested our forefathers.”
—Mr. Chamberlain recently exvressed the opinion that “a really nnited Empire is becoming a question of practical poli- tics.”
Le-rure.- Rev. J. R. Bryan’s lecture in St. Peters’ Hall next Tuesday will be illustrated by over seventy stereoptican views.
The Rev. John Watson (Tan McLaren), pastor of the Sefton Park church JIiverpool, has received a call froma Presbvterian church in Kensington, the fashionanle dis- trietim London, He is ‘considering the offer, and will probably accept it.
A remittance of $20,000 was received at Ottawa from the Canadian collector of customs at Lake Tagish which he had collected on American ontfits destined to the Yukon. The commissioner of customs thinke this wilLrepresent about one thou- sand four hwndted yersons from the United States who have paseed through that way. :
A heavily-armed body of men are search- ing the woods inethe vicinity of Megantic, for Ladoncenr, a game poacher who defied local anthorities to arrest him at the point of a rifle’s muzzle. He ehot deer ont. ot season and then defied the anthorities. The Qnebec government, which has tro provincial yolice in the party, ordered his arrest dead or alive.
New Aunuals.— Our large stock of new season annuals has arrived. Boys Own Girls Own, Sunday at home, Leisure Hour, Quiver,Chatter Box, Our Darling ete. Onr holiday gooda are‘daily arriving JBig sto-k, Best value !—Haszard & Moore, Sunnyside.
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Bargains in underwear for men—see our ad.—Moore & McLeod.
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EXAMINER, CHARLOTTETOWN. NOVEMBER 158,
THE HIGHLANDERS BRAVE kKkUSH. Details of the Capture of Dargai Ridge by the Gordou Highlanders,
Loxpon, Nov, 16.—The newspapers of this city have received graphic details by mail of the recapture of Dargai Ridge by the Gordon Highlanders on Oc ober 20tn, during which that regimeut exhibited re- markable dash and courage.
After the fighting on Monday, October L8tb, betweea the coiumn of British troops commanded by General Sir Yeatman Bizgs and the tribesmen from Chagru on the Sammana range, the British retired upon Shinware, and the enemy, greatiy reinforced, re-vecupied Dargai Ridge,
Ou Wednesday foliowing, General B ggs sent the second division to di-lodge the tribesmen. The position was a very the encmy veccupying the
strong one, ‘The top of
summit of a precipitons hill, the hili could be reached only by @ sing!e path along whivh the attacking force at first, cousisiing of a Ghurka regunent, the Derbyshire regiment, and the Dorsetshire Indi n file, woe three batteries of artillery shell- ed the trenchmeonts of the bill men.
Dargai Rdge, from the direction cf the assiu', presents @ frontal of about a mile, the jefi ead of which is reck for 200 yards. in spite ot ihe d fienlty of the ascent, the inovements of the British troops were fair- lv well covered, except in the case of & dip, ov simall valley L100 to 150 yards wide, about half way up the ridge and exposed to dir-ct fire from the el ffs. When the (Fnurkas reached this fire zone, imime- diately the top of the cliffs burst out into flame, for a thousand tribesmen had resery- ed the fire of their rifes until that -mo- ment.
regiment, was Ovliged to climb in
Though decimated the little mountain- eers struggled across the dip and reached the shelter of a few rocks. Then, led by their wfficers, they made a dash for the cover of the cliffside. But the others con!d not fullow and the enemy, with true military in tinct, reserved their fire. Though the remainder of the Ghuikas, the D-rby- Shires and the Dorsetsbires, appeared on the fringe of the dip, yet to step into the fire zove meant deatb.
But the Dorsetshires again tried to ad- vacce to the support of the Ghurkas, Thirteen men streggled into the open space only to drop before the other side could be reached. Already tbe little dip was strewn with corpses, and so blood-thiraty were the enemy that a wounded man had but to move & limb to become the target of a dozen marksmen. Reluctantly, the senior officer heliograpbed down to the main body of the British troops that the passage could not be made,
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At this juncture General Kempster or dered the Gordon Highlanders to the front It was then four o'clock in the afternou, and over 100 men had already fallen. The enemy wereshouting their defiance and waving their standards, confident of. their
position, and ceriain of success,
Bat the Gordon Highlanders hal yet to be reckoned with.
Rapidiy torming his brave men, and af- ter his now historic speech ** Men of” the Gordon Highlander:, onr General says that position must be taken at all costs; the Gordon Highlanders will take it *C1- Ovel Math as, the commander, dashed out ai the head of his regiment. In a mo- nieatihey were across, carrying every one with them in their cnrash, storming the ridge with a resolution that was resirtless, and beating down all opposition.
When Coloiel Mathias gave theorder to advance the Highlanders followed striking up “Cock of the North” and with a shout the leading company of kiited men was ito the fire-zone. A stream of lead sw ept over,through and past them, bullets churn- ing up the dust which half hid the rushing men.
Piper Findlater was among the first to show the way across that deadly strip of ground, and when, after traversing bit a few yards, was laid low by a shot through the legs, he managed to prop himeelf against a boulder and continued with un- abated energy the stirring music of his pipes. Men kept pouring into the passage, aud the leaders siurgg'ed across to the cover then there was a Jull,and, as one paper remarks. ‘“Qne had time to see how cruel bad been the slaughter.
Then with a second cheer, the mixed troops streamed across, and the enemy, s eing the barrier swept away, left their loop-holes and rock barricades} and fled precipitately down the reverse slopes, without waiting for the line of cold steel which was then nearly on the crest of the ridge.
Captain Robinson, of the Ghurkas, acted with the greatest gallantry. After leading bis men across the fire zone to che cover and findi: g the force there insufficient, he returned over the death trap alone and was mortally wounded while leading the second rush of Ghurkas to support the first body
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Farm For Sale.
The undersigned offers for sale hi: farm at Souris River, Lot 45, in King’s County, consisting of 74 acrex, 50 of which are clear, and in a good state of cultivation; the remainder is covered with hardwood, the property is withina shortce distant of churches, schooi, mills and cheese factory. There are on the premises a good dwelling house, barn, and other outbuildings.
For further particulars apply to the owner on the premises.
JOHN McCORMACK.
Souris, November $th 1897.
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Men’s, Youths’, and Children’s Suits, Overcoate, Ulsters and Reefers. The best assorted stock in the province.
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a Good Time to Buy Watches NOW.
In spite of the acvance in price at the Factory, I havt
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