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Four Dollars Per . This is Tr —_w) bas’ gh ta eee Peers ——=—= Stee . ue Liberty,—when Free Born Men having to Advise®.the Publie may speak free —Evriprpss, Single Copies Two Cents oo Se i lliadiahihirapete ilies bai ae nena - 2 9L 86. CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. ISLAND, MONDAY, DECEMBER 17.1900. —-NO 243 pA RE CAO CGA ATR eee 52, THE S OUTH | Dec. 15.—Five officers and $16 mes IN C HINA ONLY 7 MORE DAYS OF SHOPPING Bee i BARRY es ithe ee prisoners ‘ es t have been released.” Colone] puabie FORE CHRISTMAS h Blomfield, moving on Vryheid. de-| E FRICAN WAR, feated the Boers with heavy loss, | ANOTHER DIPLOMATIC a ul Ml i i ll \ cud cootuctail aera couiper’s. Nek COMPLICATION

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FOR THAT MAN.

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| Boer Success and

MAGALIESBURG.

# Boers Divide and Re- treat Westward and Southward

H THE PRISONERS RELEASED.

Stylish Ties Satin Suspenders in Daintily Decorated Dainty Boxes

Plenty of new ties always, ot these are especially nice. = large lot of new ties o! the atest shapes and colorinygs—

Beach tiedone up in a dainty

pox.

These are put up in individ- ual boxes also. They're of satin, in assorted colors, each with a pretty decoration on the front. The trimmings are of excellent quality—the appear- ance very trimand neat.

78c, $1.15, $1.35.

And, of course, we've nice suspenders from 25c per pair up.

[SPECIAL TO THR EXAMINER. |

} 1 | Lonpon, Dec. 17.—Yesterday the | War Office, for the first time in

0c, 6Sc, 80c. Of course we've petty ties at low prices too.

We want you especially to ' note that these ties are new A Nice

throughout a Sunday in response —and stylish, as wellas cheap. Umbrella

‘to learn the latest news. How About Is always a most welcome Lord Kitchener is reported to have (Gloves ? cift. gs sent an urgent request to the Gov-

We've a line this time— We've a startler here at 50 that’s handsome and trim—as cents that’s worthy of notice. well as durahle and service- Itsofa very fair kid, neatly able. made and well lined. As :rood Don't think we charge too sas many 7dc gloves. - © high either. Our price 50c For example—nice ones at Soft, durable mocha gloves, $1.1, $1.95, $1.50, 31.08, wartnly lined at That new automatic, self- $1.25, $1.70, $2.10. etc. raising umbrella, neat handles. We've a splendid line of $3.10 men’s Reindeer Gloves, well And soon up to $7.80 each. § made, fur lined, fur tops. Handsome silk ones at $3.75, $4.75 pr .45, $5.50, etc.

|ernment to send out every available | mounted man. | With General DeWet again es-

@ | in the neighborhoed of Thaba Nchu, g| the serious affairs of Vryheld, and |Sastron and Magaliesburg disaster confronting the British people, they ‘may begin to ask, as they do, why Lord Roberts is allowed to come | home. | The Colonial Office announces its decision to enlist 5,000 men instead of the 1,000 previously asked to be recruited in Great Britainjfor Baden- | Powell's constabulary, which shows .that recruiting in South Africa is less active than had been antici- pated. | ALIwAL Norru, Cape Colony, Dec 16.—A_ party of Brabant’s | Horse, consisting chiefly of raw re- _cruits, engaged a superior force of | Boers on the 13th near Sastron, |Orange River Colony, losing four killed, sixteen wounded and one | hundred and twenty taken prisoners. | Lonpon, Dec. 17.—The following | has been received by the War Office |from Lord Kitchener: “ Pretoria,

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MOORE & McLEOD,

The Busiest Store on Charlottetown’s Busiest Street.

THIS SPACE RESERVED FOR THE | against alum,

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GENUINE meet EBONY GOODS

a. XMAS PRESENTS

When debating the ever present question, ‘‘What shall I give,” at this season, our line of EBONY—

Baking Powder

Made from pure cream of tartar.

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THE “SCRAP” AT

|many months, remained open|

to a demand of the public, anxious |

/caped through the British cordon|

/and capturing a quantity of arms. The Boers who attacked Vryheid | | December 10 lost one hundred kill- | Further Delay Entailed’by Great 'ed and wounded before they retired. Britain’s New Demand. The fighting lastec all” day. the| enemy drawing off at 7.30 p. m |

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[SPECIAL TO THE EXAMINER. |

Our casualties include two officers _ Perkin, Dec. 17.---Definite instruc- | who died of their wounds ons supplementing yesterday's \ iring from Pretoria on Sunday | Sea” Cacueas i — Lt Lord Kitchener Says that the Boer | rs n rece oo - y ir j “Enst force has divided into two portions, | Mason Satow, the British one moving south and the aaa | Minister,and he now demands a modi- Le : , Dee ad - : . a" west. | fication of a point in the joint note Lonpon, Dec. 17.—The Magalies. | Which the foreign envoys genera!ly lberoe affair is descrihed ae £.11,.., | regard as important. This means | berg a a is es as follows | Rach tae delay, as ali the Ministers }in a despatch to the Standard | ay, as all t Ministers 2. Ts ate ee | Must co ns . from Vietfontein :‘‘The scene of the! lonstne noe oe ) neniem was horse-shoe shaped | the nature of the objection rai oa | in a depression. , ee X als com ek ._,| by Great Britain are e Ministers The Northumberlands occupied | Aalto “a a ith co | the centre. General Clements’ l the aaa ama will involve ai | camp was pitched 10,000 yards lower | dea’ idan di cS dlntio es Ainee down at the eastern point of the| ~~‘ So aus Proceedings.

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against whom General Clements | | had fought repeated actions, were | | suddenly, unknown to General! Rey. Father McCallen’s Tribute. Clements, reinforced by 3000 men | from the Warm Baths under com- _On the occasion of a lecture de- | mandant Boyers. livered before a large and apprecia- Pas daybreak,Legge’s picket, des- a audience in Windsor ‘Hall, cried what seemed affresh force of| Montreal, in honor of the Father | British troops eighty yards distant. Matthew anniversary, Rev. J. A. Hye ——— were challenged ere - = oP —a | and they replied with a volley, re-|Church, an ee vealing 400 Baers in khaki. . | Patrick’s Total Abstinence Society | “Firing became heavy, and the! ee ae grand tribute to noise roused Colonel Legge's troops, | the value of Dr. Dixon's new dis who arrived just in time to save our comey gare 3 cure of the alcohol post from capture. and drug Aabits. :

6 toatl ; /much lately, and if T am to jud cu Ite stall sutlered severely, but | of the value af The Dixon Reedy, | charmed life. While the mounted | or by the cures which it has effect-

We mei ack | ¢d under my own eves, I must come | men weve aeeving the fous yA oe to the conclusion that what I have }along the slope, covered thickly yl i Sew Saeed sine: 4iy- aaa | with the Boer dead a deafening | sata pe or eae ‘f ats “<f | rifle fire suddenly broke out on the | Yaak Gece oe Pe: SOR / plateau above. ie Ss ms ; | ‘Signallers heliograpped that the! . Pull ae ae new wtp |Northumberlands were being a ae er Ame ne - Dy to rs

tacked. General Clements, con-, will ads Ss. AC Ter MY. aT vinced that they would easily hold! ¥¥/cocks Street, Toronto, Ont. their own,disposed of the remainder | -—

of his forces on the flanks and rear) NEWS NOTE.

of his two camps.

'a§,,At 4.30 a.m. a heliograph from | : See es 'the western peakis announcedthat! Paddy Ryan, at one time cham-

| the Boers were about to overwhelm | pion pugilist ot the world,is dead. into action the Boers had overlap-

BOOTS entangled in the _ bushes and | ammunition lasted. Boers pouring over their heads and | from Lorenzo Marques assert that |

the Fusiliers. The General was un- |

ped the Northumberlands and were}

boulders. a General ;Clements, now left with

managed to save his gun and camp |

all the Boer forces are pientttally |

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able to send adequate help, but| despatched the Yeomanry to| climb the percipitous _hill-| side and create division. | Before the Yeomanry could come} in possession of the entire horse- shoe firing down on the Yeomanry '|

The Northumberlands made a/ Pfomemade,cannot be beaten. magnificent defence as long as their only 700 men, made superhuman | Made out of the efforts against the bullets of t e! Best equipment. Reti ‘ed in splend‘d order.

Lonpox, Dec. 17.—Wespatches

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supplied with ammunition but are Tanned from 8 te I : reretly in want of food and cloth-| wear better and turm water better

a then the cheap and quick tanned - . cS ee leathers. SHIPFOUNDERS. (GOFF BROS.

CHARLOTTETOWN

Forty Persons Drowned.

[SPECIAL TO THRJEXAMINER. |

Maprip, Dec. 15.—The German training frigate Gueisenean has foundered off Malaga.

Despatches say that forty persens are drowned.

NOTIGE!

Netice is hereby givem that im virtue of the Act of the Dominion Parliament, 63 and 64 Victoria, aca iehe Chapter 103 and Chapter 104, fhe

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NEW ANNUALS FOR

CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.

Boys’s Own Girl’sOwn * Leisure Hour Child’s Own Magazine The Infant’s Magazine Chattersox Our Darling Little Folks Sunday The Children Hour

Christmas number London News, Graphic, Pears’, Holly Leaves and others. Great supply of Christmas vards, Calandars, Toy Books, Book- lets. Call today and inspect.

Ceo. Carter & Co.,

Headquarters for Xmas Presents.

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THIS WEEK

OUR BUSY WEEK.

We have an unexcelled display of perfumes.

We have already put away many pieces, and would ask you to look over whilst stock is complete.

Our prices are clearing them out.

Military Sets—Hat Cloth ard Hair brushes in Ebony.

Pipes-~—the finest display we ha-e ever shown.

Cigars~’-Cigar cases, Tota-:-o Pouches, etc.

We always do a large Xmas trade, because we sell cheaply—Weaie « -- ing to do beter than ever.

A. W. Reddin, Phm, &.

The Square Druggist, Sunnyside.

Prince Edward Island Rail. ay,

CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS.

Excursion return tickets at one way first class fare will be is» Dec. 21st, 1900, to Jan. Ist, 190). in clusive, toand from all stations wd to return until Jan. 4th, 1901, and

name of the Merchants’ Baak ef THE BICYCLE. Halifax will be changed te

“The Royal Bank of Canada,”

from and after the second day ef New York, Dec, 17.—In the six; Jamuary, 1901.

days’ bicycle race the Canadian; E. L. PEASK team, Pierce and McHachern, got General Manager.

(SPECIAL T@ THE EXA MINER.)

ion } cloth, hairand hat brushes, mir-

rors, etc., will appeal to your good

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Mek See Oe is Your inspection is respectfully.

Soh? asked.

: G. F. HUTCHESON, Pe fe tongs . 2 Jeweler and Optisian.

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Sunnyside.

second money; Elkesand McFarlaie,, Walifax, Ist Neveémber, 1900. first. 9 3mes mwf

for students during school vacation. Dec 18th to 3lst, inclusive, good to return until Jan 3lst, 1901. Tickets not gooc for going journey aiter date of issue. No stop over during

journey. G. A. SHARP, Supt. Railway Offices, Ch'town, Dec. 15th, 1900. 417 eod&wli

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