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NEWMARKET ERA FRIDAY MAY e s flout Advertisements Now Goods Patent Fence Toole 4 Elmer A Free Office J Grand Conccrl J- Notice Court of ItavtttifiJpAVJ Hughes Your Portrait Notice for Sale Win Wanted A Murom of Thanks Scott Wanted David Lloyd RAND TRUNK RAILWAY MM op a 4 S 5h- o S Tub Bulletin to hand enlarged columns It front rank with newspapers of County of and la credit to Col li Lieut of US Army first American to mako a flight tlio air by aid of Mice In on artiolo haft written for The Youths Companion May ho the lion of kite from a toy to a In strument and explains some ot nacs to which It can bo put In modern warfare- Tint death of Alton McCarthy at Toronto on Wednesday evening last from a runaway on Sunday will bo felt as a great loss to this Dominion by all of politicians Ho a bravo public a of British fairplay lover of truth and Ho will bo mourned all over Dominion fc H ft a a a Christina and the had long burned fiercely and the- vessel to bo abandoned was Bon Antonio which gavo a lurch and sank tub white Spanish was hauled down and at a white flag took Mb place Petrel was signalled to destroy all vcssole in tho inner harbor and Hughes an armed crew fired the Don Juan Austria Marquis del Isle Cuba and and the tran sport Manila and many smaller craft wero captured seven hours tho action was over Towards the of fight a boat dash toward but was hit twice by sljqts from vessels and had only to turn and for shore in time to save crew from drowning Two morn torpedo boats also a move towards American float but one was sunk and other abandon ed attempt THE Tub rodent appointmont of Laura of Rat Portage to tho of a Court of Die- protorn during oo through illness of Mr regular la an innovation which hue rise to augeetive in radical notions of IVomlor aro not the country will aurvlvo Innovation to r to 5 a o a A cABLtoaAU from London dated May that Bank of last had from Chincae Minister covering amount Japanese indemnity The cheque drawn for nearly 18000- and largest drawn upon the Bank of England- are now settled China la entitled to demand the withdrawal Japanese from Wot I Wei She Swmw1tet r 9 ttBVKR MOWS WITH J Thecals Printed all FRIDAY MAY IB 1898 The Witti whining about the in to Deputy PoetmasterOenorale It was of the political friends of ourcotem that such an There should been a superannuation fund Employees of tho Government get good pay they are not to outer the service very in other rail ings in life they should live within the means and up for old people Statistics From the report of Municipal Statistic just issued by the Depart ment of Agriculture we are in a position to furnish our reodcrft mi in- flreating collation relating to matters of this province who take Alt active pare in It stated Toronto papers bat the President and Council of the Canadian In stitute have addressed to ibe Council a memorial signed by many of the moat prominent men in the Dominion ask ing for aid to enable Dr Kingaford to complete history of Canada Tbo ques tion arises why dont these many prominent men put their hands their own pooketa and help the enter prise instead of appealing for aid from a paternal Government to a private municipal life are aware that a j to make a personal gain If this of statistics has to furnished author is by the country why nut yearly by Municipal Clerks to the Local Government and these in turn are compiled Department of The Engagement DETAILS QY THE FIGHT Agriculture and published for the in- Wat formation of the Legislature and the country During year there has been an increase of our population of or about one per cent is considered very good as it would show an increase of ten per cent in a decade According to as sessment returns the population in hundred and fifty Spaniards wero killed and ninety wounded on Christina Admiral flagship Five wore killed and twenty nine wounded on the Juan de Austria Four killed and fifty wounded on Don Antonio de The commodore closed day anchoring city of Manilla and Bonding word to GovonorGeneral that if a shot was fired from at tho ho would lay Manilla in ashes As refus ed to deliver up the cable station as demanded Dewey out tho cable and messages sent by the tug lo Hong Kong Hence delay The Spaniards lost ten warships several torpedo boats two transports navy yards and batteries In cluding losses ashore about twelve hundred Spaniards woro killed or wounded INCIDENTS Several noteworthy incidents oc curred in the fight As tho fleet two powerful Bubmarine mines exploded in front of the flagship Olympia without doing any damage tlio Spaniards having mis calculated the distance of tho vessel No other mines exploded and these appear to boon only ones laid in the harbor A Spanish boat surrendered and then fired on a boats crew sent to take possession She was promptly blown to pieces by the American guns and sent down with all aboard Dewey has not yet effected a land ing at Manilla as food is scarce there When tho Antonio Utloa found he could not keep his vessel afloat he bis colors to the mast and went down fighting to the last with crew The ports at entrance of Manilla Bay been dismantled after capitu lation Our Society PERSONAL POINTS Mr Carl Lloyd la homo from Toronto Mr Jack Hodge has gone to to a situation Key was in Town Tues day vUUing mother Mr and Mrs Morton spent Sun with friends at Button Mrs of Toronto daughter of Mr Is home a vlait Mr Graham homo from Toronto Hospital today Mies returned homo on Mon day alter a days visit in the city Miss Ida Williams of Toronto daugh ter of Mr Geo Williams is homo on a visit MJ8aModora Smith has returned after spondingamonth visiting in To- Mrs Prior left for on Monday to visit daughter Mrs Harry Willie Mr and Mrs Brooke Millard of Mrs over Sunday Mr Fred of Toronto Police and spout Sunday rotative Town Mr and Mrs and child of Montreal vfoUlog with Mr Millard Sunday A juvenile birthday party took place on afternoon at residence of Mies Bbarpe has returned homo after an absence of a year with her sister Miss in Minnesota Mrs Vernon and her two of Oxbridge are visiting this week at old Rogers homestead on St Mr and Mm of Hunts- returning alter their wedding trip spent Monday at Mr A Smiths Mr John Hicks of North Dakota left for home on Wednesday after spending all winter with friends in North York Dunn from near Trenton mother of Mrs Dr and Mrs P Cor of Riverside California formerly Miss Aud rey Dunn aro on a visit Rev Hill of Toronto took din- with Mr J P Belfry on Monday on his way to Newton Robinson to join Mrs who is visiting with her mother Mr of Bradford who 9 Remember we never sacrifice quality for price but guarantee to sell you a good suit for as little money as some would ask for shoddy badly- made or out of date goods and you have a much larger stock to choose from here than elsewhere One special lot of Mens Suits the prices were 7 8 and any of this lot on Friday and Saturday at Mens Very Nobby Tweed Suits wellmade special at V Fine TailorMade Suits made of pure wool Canadian Tweed in neat terns best trimming and very best workmanship all sizes at Fine Blk Dress Suits the kind you would pay a tailor 1950 for our price A Big Snap in Mens Tweed Pants at he Finest Range of Boys Suits from 150 up to f5 10 00 00 I and Curtain We arc doing an enormous Carpet trade this season The stock is larger and such prices as these make things brisk Good Union Carpets yard wide at 20c Handsome Union Carpet regular price at 39- Good Wool Carpet regular price 75c at 50 Handsome Tapestry Carpet regular price 65c at Our Special line of Lace Curtains at 125 is a wonder they should be 1 Lace Curtains from 25c up to 00 Roller Window Blinds from up WED LARGE LOTS OF HAVE JUST OP NEW BLACK DR NEW COLORED NEW PARASOL NEW BLOUO We will pay top price for ten thousand pounds of Farmers Bacon The Canadian Pacific shipped from Owen Sound to Montreal in iwo baa won a player I flays Cars of corn for export now engaged at Messrs J A Allan At am the first shot was fired at the Spanish ports from the star board eightinch gun in the forward turret of the the Baltimore and Boston following suit townships now number 1112900 fragm0nt3 of cities in incorporated were falling around and narrow villages compared with j escapes were numerous on the flag- ship a fragment of iron passing under neath Commodore Dewey and leaving a hole in the deck Having reached a point opposite the center of the Spanish line the order Open with all guns was given and in a few moments the engagement was at its height The Spaniards fought gallantly Their ships sailing back and forth behind the Castilla and their fire was hot One shot struck the Baltimore and passed clean through fortunately hitting no one Another ripped up her main deck a sixinch gun and ex ploded a box of threepounder am munition wounding eight men FIRE OK BOARD The was struck abreast the gun in the wardroom by a shell which burst doing little dam age The signal halyards were cut from Lieut Brumbys hand on the afterbridge A shell entered Bostons quarter and burst in Ensign stateroom starting a fire and firo also caused by a shell which burst in the port hammock I the there was ah increase in all the above classes of municipal ities except villages where fall ing off numbered about Towns increased a ratio higher than the cities The total municipal assessment of the Province given at allowing an increase of seven and a half millions The total taxes levied for figured up 10 or some per head- The total assets of townships is given at 9G3 and liabilities Assets of towns 10025675 liabil- litics 10105 Assets of villages liabilities Assets of cities 530144959 The grand total of municipal assets of the Province is I liabilities From the report before us we learn Ithero is no reduction in the debenture lather increase of This brings the municipal bond ed debt of Ontario up an average of per capita of population This presents The outlook for cheese has great ly improved during the past few weeks Recent reports from England indicate a largely increased consumption Frank Walker Parry Sound was killed and John Ot tawa injured in an accident to a Parry Sound freight train at Depot Harbor Barbie May Frank Atkinson pleaded guilty today to stealing two cows in Township two weeks ago He sold the animals at each He will be sentenced on Fri day Sax Francisco May Word has reached here that on Monday last the ice covoring a stream in a defile near Lake gave way under a passing throng of Klondikers who were precipitated into the water and drown ed Washington May The Senate passed a resolution authorizing the President to present a sword to Dewey and medals to officers and men under him who were in the battle Man ila It appropriates ten thousand dollars for the purpose London Eng May A special despatch from Madrid says muni cipal buildings at Linares twenty- three miles from have been sacked by rioters The troops fired on the mob with the result that four teen persons killed and sixty wounded another important matter for con- of municipal men for we Another shell passed through learn from this report that the interest of on this nearly fiftytwo million dollars debt amounted to cent Soon after having four runs of the taxes imposed When the rate along the Spanish line the flagship payer are thus brought face to face fifth run at a distance of with the fact that one dollar in five range at which even small of the taxes paid by them has to be P effective and throe of devoted to the payment of interest on borrowed money will twice before voting for luxuries rather than conveniences bordering on business that go to increase munici pal burdens has forgotten by many A who ha written graphic on The Polar for Youths Companion of May owes hid mono from starvation the to Coin now the a short Spanish flag had squadron appeared from every vessel The from until the American vessels withdrew to give their breakfast the action being resumed with Baltimore in lead Spaniards after a time began to reply slowly and the Boston and Concord wore- signalled to enter harbor and destroy all enemys The Petrel being of light draft steamed to within a range of yards and effective work In Toronto Markets Toronto May 12 Wheat per bushel a White Wheat per bushel a Goose Wheat per bushel I a per bushel a per bushel 042 a 0 Oats per a Peas per a to per bushel a 10 a 014 a Potatoes per bag a Apples per a 4 i a Wool per lb a a ft a forcers CO a a Geeseperlb a per pair a 0 a Turkeys per lb oil a and will play with this sum trier Mr Walter is hero from To ronto Junction with die intention of assist ing Mr painter who is with orders Thai speaks well for business Mr Chris of Mr A was here over Sunday and rendered Valuable assistance in the Bong Service in the Methodist Church with bis piccolo The many of the family will regret to learn that they are having a terrible siege of Mr and Thompson were worse on Wednesday and very much worse Harvey slightly improved but extremely weak Mr Gray of Ellenville eldest son ot Mr Gray of this Town borne a of days this week on a visit He is an electrician by and after examining the Newmarket plant came to the conclusion that we had an ex cellent Mr Phillips who has been in the Southern States for several months has returned to the parental home on Yon go St and will spend the summer here The climate did not agree with him at St Louis and he has just recovered from rather serious Mr Hill who came to New market about three months ago and bought out the Advertiser changing its name to the Express returned to Toronto this week having sold out again During short he made himself very agreeable and became acquainted with a good people in this seolioD of country We regret to learn that Mr about to remove to Ottawa having been offered a more lucrative situa tion though he is to be congratulated on his preferment For the six years Mr baa been Superin tendent and Draftsman for The Wm Cane Mfg Co and has proved himself master of his position As workers in the Methodist Church and citizens generally himself and bis estimable family will be greatly here May continued pros perity attend them His handsome new residence on Main Street is for sale Rev Locke Is a popular pastor in Bradford The Witness says We are pleased to learn that Rev Mr the devoted pastor of tbe Methodist Church here has been invited by the Quarterly Board to remain a fourth year We are not surprised at this Mr Locke has served faithfully and well and we are pleased to know that the very beat feeling prevails between pastor and people An evidence of appreciation of earnest effort in the Masters cauee is manifested in the invitation extended Mr Locke has also endeared himself to many of the members of the other congregations and his warmth of feeling and generous spirit accorded the Presbyterian Church on will not soon be forgottenby members of that denomination in particu lar We sincerely hope that Mr Lottie will remain with us An ex ton si occurred on the lino of the P near Glacier House and broke through feet of snowsheds Luckily the evening train had passed The Cradle Hkisie In town on the the wife of Mr of twin boys In town on the inst to Dr and Stephens a In town on the to Mr and Mrs Starr a daughter In Whitchurch on the 28th of April the wife of Mr of a In Whitchurch on April the wife of Mr Monkman of a eon In Aurora on April the wife of Mr Bodkin of a daughter In Town on the 12th the wife of Mr of a daughter Blue In Town on the wife of Blue of a eon Leading Furniture aud Undertaking Mouse How to Get Modern Furniture Lacks the features of the old style The atrength and durability are as great You do not have to employ an army to move a modern across room and yet it looks much better than its ancient and heavyweight predecessor The new styles of are charming are almost works ot art The possession of them is a proud pleasure but not neces sarily expensive J Opposite Royal Hotel Newmarket In the present War Excitement nothing is equal to accurately drawn and well printed pictures of the events as they daily occur Leslies Weekly of New York Is the only illustrated weekly journal that always has its artists on spot in Havana at Key West and aboard the Flying and Fighting Squad rons Weekly photographs of the Maine wreck were used by the Navel Board of Inquiry to illustrate its report to the President thus plac ing the official stamp of approval on Leslies Weekly enterprise and pat riotism Leslies Weekly Artists and Writers will illustrate the great Naval Battles of the War from its own War Yacht as well as from sketches furnished by its representative on one of the battleships The regular prece of Leslies Weekly is a year We have arrangements with the publishers of this excellent periodical to supply Era and Frank Leslies- one year for 4 -OR- Era and Frank Leslies 6 months for CO Subscribers who have paid in advance for the Era and who desire to take advantage of this opportunity will forward Si 50 and get Frank Leslies for months Now is the time to Subscribe Remit cash to ERA OFFICE NEWMARKET at which J Hammond will stand second trial for the alleged murder of his wife Kate Tough Hammond will open on May and a specialty Night calls attended to at residence s Fife Spring FOR SALE V The Milne At Mmnesing on April at the residence of the bridVa father Mr Herbert Wilson of Montana formerly of East to Mies Florence Milne daughter of Mr Peter Milne The Tomb In on 1st lost Joseph Ranter In his year Peasi At residence her daughter at on the Castle wife of Edward of To- aged year St J ROJltHOUSH gRHITURE JlW Main St North Newmarket All will receive Careful and -FQR- FIELD GARDEN Our Stock is fresh and from the best growers Thus you will find our stock Tried and True Bentleys Pharmacy Lehmans Drug Store fa Spring Medicines a loulo COMPOUND EXT a bottle a box of Pills with each bottle Wilmol E Lehman Chemist and Druggist