The Ashburton Guardian.

Vol xxi e no. 5258

Ashburton / Monday, Noyember 12, 1900

price : One Penny

Plot to Sill President M'Kinley

» — . The San Francisco papert contain the following telegram from Oantop, Ohio, dated October 2 :—United SUtet Secret Service agents believe a plot t« I assassinate President M'Kinley ii afoot. Men are laid to be in Canton, or on the way here, with the purpose to kill the nation's chief Mr M'Kinley wns induced to refrain from taking hit usual drive to-day because it wm feared an assassin might be waiting on one of the country roads. There ii a strong guard about the home of tbt President to-night. All trains enter ing the ci'y are watched and extra policemen have been detailed to enforce an order issued today by Major Robertson, reading as follows : "To all policemen: Keep a clow . watch on all strangers who are seen in the city. Be particular to watch foe two Italians, who will probably .bo accompanied by a tall man who dreuei like and passes for an old soldier. If these three, or either of them, are found, arrest them on a charge of suspicion. Watch all incoming and ongoing trains," President M'Kinley as yet knows nothing of the plot to assassinate him which hits guardians say existi. Nothing has been published of it here, and every effort is to be made to keep the knowledge of it from him, until the men suspected have been placed under arrest. Notification that there was a plot on foot to kill the President here to day or to-morrow came from the Chicago branch of the Secret Service. Government detectives in that city have bean working for days on the report that thero wag a conspiracy hatching there but they were unablt to place their men until today. Then they used the telegraph in urgent hasfe. It is understood that the plan wat for the men to divide up and watch the principal roads leading out of tba ciiy,atdto waylay tho President on one of his lonely drives, The read leading to the President's farm near Minerva was one of the roads to bt watched.

THE GALVESTON HORROR.

. ■ AN EYKYVII NESS'S ACCOUNT Writing to a friend in Canterbury, Captain A Watson, of the s » Wood leigh, says :— "We have juat come up from Galveslon, Texas. It wag while we were there that the whole city wa« destroyed hy the. hurricane which swept over it, It blew the houses a boat M if they were made of puptr, the ses> rose seven feet above the land the city was built upon, and the people,who when the water came into the lower storeys, took refuge in the upper one*, were many of them drowned like rati in a hole when their homes fell down. About 7,000 people were either killed or drowned that night, and until we sailed all the boats were busy taking the bodies out to sea and potting them overboard. You may be sure we law some fearful »nd very sad sights. Out of fourteen steamers there ours wm the only one that held to her moorings and escaped damage Two Wbitby boats are up in the country, with the grass around them, for they broke adrift when the water was so high ttafe they floated on to the mainland, and vow the water has gone back one won ders however they could get there. A third Whitby boat, the Whitehall, is all smashed up through the elevator blowing on top of her, and the chief mate of another steamer w»s blown on to the Whitehall^ decks, and picked op dead. No one knows what wind is until they have been in one of tbete tropical hurricanes. Plenty of people who were rich on Saturday morning, September 8, were not worth a five cent piece on Sunday morning their money being in house property, and no insnr* ance company covers this kind of risk.

News in Brief.

Mil? Isherwood'rt resignation has created » vacancy in the High School Invereargill. There is said to be a likelihood of the Date of Argy'e beinj; appointed the next Lord Lieu'enant of Ireland, A carpet used in a room of an Atrioaa mint, after being in wear for some years, wm burnt recently and yielded £510 worth of la Africa wifes are often sold for two Dec kels oE hairpins, and they are sometime* deaf at that. . A scientist declaras th&t, in the course •! cenburie*, blue eyes will be eliminated from the human economy. A new scot that has sprung up in »«■«• holds that h»ir is sinful, and that baW headedness i« the mark of tancitty. A cow whioh is given warm water te drink will give a third more milk than It it drank cold water. .



SIT AW.. SAVlIi'- *NO. n.BIQN COMPvSY, UMITRD, FOR LONDON. JgfcvV OOYAL MAIL BTBi fPl^P^, 1 MTfiBS, withanportor Accomsnodatlonforallolasse? K«-.-;:..••■»:■■•■■ --v-_«u> o j p MSen jj erflj culling at Monte Video oir Rio, Tenerlffe *nd Ply. moqth.,., r . Vflsiel Ton Oommstnder From Date. K»r»meft 5464 Rarton ... Lytb'n Sepfc 22 Gothic '_TOoKidley Wel't'nJan 31 " ~ OARGO STEAMERS. Knmara !6000RcRtlaad Oot 25 Tokomura 6238 Msictfell Nov Maori ; i -Hawjlfoffftt^ : Nov " ' ' "i. W. HANMEi^ Agent. J&MKfit' NEW ZEALAND SB^P-"' %s\ui ppingoo.'s "**^"^ LINE "^ IofXL MAIL STE4MERS FOR LONDON, t« Vide*, IBeneriffe & Plymonbb. : Probable final itwunerß. T»n*. Porb. ™*!___ Waimnte 5610 Welling 1 on N"ov 8 Wakannl ' 5706 Aucklani !^ov 15 Paparoa 7000 — December 6 Rsk»U : 5628 •— December W*ik»to 4767 — To follow Tekoa 4050 — „ Papuan! 6372 — „ 3tar«m& 3808 —  Rimnt&ka 7700 — n W*k*tane 5715 — „ PiHjgitikei 7700 — „ Rnspeha *Btoo — „ . fer further pariloalara apply te FRIBDLANBES BROS., Lain. U".NK>frifIIMSH[IP COMPANY. Og* NiBW ZEALAND. Limitbb STEAMERS* FAII FRCMLITTELTON AS UNDER: For We«bp«r() and Greymonth^-Weekly Wellington— Monday, Tuesday, Thure day and Saturdays NOTE—For extra sailings see advertise ment in Ohriatchurch papers Dunedin — Mondays, Fridays and alternate Tuesdays and Saturdays Nelson and Ploton, via Wellington— Tuesday and Saturday Sydney, via Auckland — Alternate Thursday! The. above are subject to alteration; . eference shotxld therefore be made to Ohriatchurch daily papera for dates and honr of Bailing l^lFor farther particulars apply to F FERRIMAN, Agent, Ashburton HENRY. STBPHBNBON, (eaooassor to Alfred Harrison.) Established 20 years. AUOTIONSER, LAND ESTATE AND COMMISSION AGENT AND VALUER WEEKLY SALES of Live Stock Produoe, Furniture, etc, JSVKRY BATURDAY. at 12 o'clock. Clewing Sales of Stock, Household Furnl tare, etc., as per arrangement) in any part of tho county, Advomcea made on all goods placed in my bauds for Sale. Regular Consignments of Colonial Grown sod Island Fruit sold pivately through the week, and at Auction on SATUBDYB. AfIIBKT: Norwich Onion Fire Insurance Company ft; Dresden Pianoforte Manufactiuring and Aganoy Company. PIANOS and ORGANS on time pay monta from J3Oh per month. HENBY s¥iPHINSON, AUOTIONEER, A CA.BD, \ Branch Office has been opened.by the sinderefgned ttfe Mesbbs Nicoll Bros. , Eas Street, where they will carry on practice as Barristers and Solicitors. AUDE&HARMAN, Solicitors, Chris troh cb Money to Lend at Lowest Current Kates' ©a Freehold Security. No Procuration *co, MAUDE & HARMANI, 12 48 Aohhurton. G. JFSSON, PRAOHOAL WATOHMAKIE & JEWELLEB, TTAS BEMOVED to temporary premises NEXT MEBSBS J. SBALY & 00. East Street. Manning frGo's NEW SEASON'S BOTTLED ALES AND STOUT, IN QUARTS AND PINTS, THB BEST IN THE MARKET Equal to the Leading Brands of ENGLISH ALES. Agents for ABhbnrton—Miessr«^Sekap, MAW BBOS.



SEEDS. SEEDS. SrCBDS| 1900. - - SEASON. - i- 1900. Nimmo and Blair's FAMOUS STANDARD SEEDS VEGETABLE SEEDS" FLOWEH SEIiDS 3d. PER PACKET. Id. PER PACKET. NIMMO AND BLAIR'S SEEDS GROW. FEW EQUAL, NONE BETTER* ALL THOROUGHLY TESTED BEFORE BEING SENT OUT. , OKDER EaRJjY - - And have your Seeds in hand wberj it is [time to bow. 3 CATALOGUES O&N BE HAD ON APPLICATION, JfLUWEB SEEDS in one hundred varieties This llsd Includes the moat hardy varieties «s well as the showiest, and each packet j contains more than sufficient Seed to plant I ■ in an ordinary garden. | SOW THEM AND YOU WILL NOT HAVE ANY DISAPPOINTVIKNT. SHEARMAN BROS., GROCERS, IROB MONGERS, WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS Market House, Ashbarfcor, " jZZ 30,000 Wm u^^a Y^^ll Cooking* Bapgeft 1 ' Sap^- ,„ >*»?«*■ -ibe burn L'gnite, Trae Coal, or Wood up ft kft ')> (ff -~^\ ■ to 2fb 6in Buii^S <^<S fe No SETTING REQUIRED. * B S§H*il«& '-/^sl'^. With Stove Pipe can be worked out in the . V t^S^it ®W»> open. Splendid Bread Bakers fein With CMb iroD or co PPer boi! ers- :f he cSr^v^3 *2 copper boilers are large and tin lined inside ( (tMnvmsio 1.. li r^ Repairs Rie a Minimum, IBS s^ @ p IllPb^^^ 1 Mads in all biVb, single cr doubl ovens ■■' * " r^}j^.-\l£^!£JL£^£L* High or low pretß«re boiler '<§ eoSffil gold by all Ironmongers, from whom Cata lognes can be obtained, or from the makers, H. E. SHACKLOCK, LTD., SOUTHEND FOUNDRY, FbinoksJjtbeet, p^*"yi N NOTICE TO FARMERS. toe ABE CASH BUYERS OF PRIME MIS LING WHEAT | IN AMI QUANTITY Please take your Samples to the Mill We can supply Oornsacks at coat price, GRISTING DONE ON FARMERS ACCOUNT. CANTERBURY ROLLER FLOUR MILLS. (ROLLITT AND C 0.,) D. WOOD, Manager 17th Marsh. 1900. CROWDED WITH NEW GOODS FROM FLOOR TO CEILING. Having just opened 25 casea ex s.B« 4 Gothic' and ' Bangitira,' we are now able to ask oar Olienta 1 inspection o! a WONDERFDL VARIETY OF FRESH NOVELTIES 1 OOMPRISING ;—New Mantles, New Jackois, New Skirts, New Blouses, IN DRESS GOODS We have bhe latest Blackjand White Effects, Lustres and French Fot»)ls. In BLUIISE FABRICS We show Fancy Muslins, Valenciecnes Muslins, Organdie Stripes, Mercerised Sateens, Silk Zephyrs, Crepe and Chiffon Stripes. a's<> a very pretty range of NEW PKINTS. NEW MILLINEBY ! NEW MILLINERY i Musb be inspected to be appreciated. (We make a Speciality of Ohildrep'a Head Gear.) WHITE AND CREAM PIQUE COSTUMES In the Latest Shapes, Oowes, Marlow, Keawick, etc. LOVELY LACES Very choice"; injValenoiennea, Torohon and Oriental,'and;iosertioca]to mafcah, FANCY OVERALL LACE (very chaste) UP-TO-DATE VEILINGS In Magpie, Oream, White and Black), finest lot yet shown at The^Oorner. NEW BLiAID TRIMMINGS (specially selected) The LateEt in Fisohus, Soarfe, Kuffs, Bowa, Yeats ana Fronts. A smart ;iot ot; Child KHAKI BLOUSES and CAPS to match. NEW Pretty White Kid Boots and Shoes lor lofsntß, Tasst<ul Tun Bhoee in Straplfor Lace Misaee Ladies' Glaoe Kid Shoes (French and American), in Lace, Button end Strap 3UST ABBIVBD from the femous Mosgiel and Wellington Factories.— BOYS CLOTHING 0! Khaki (regulation oloth), Serge and Tweed, in Transvaal, Baden-Powell and Sailor Sbapftß LADIES NOTE THAT «OUR DRESS-MAKING DBPARTMNT, 1'" der Miss Cdbbib (from Wellington), is now In fall swing* Kindly place yoar Ord xa for the Snow and Baeeu EABLY, to avoid disappointment ■ (o)'" i"'*""'"" NOBTHCOTE & HEFFORD, "THE CORNER,^ EAST AND TANOBED STBEEI)



NEW PREMISES!! NEW PREMISES! im^mmmm , lm i m _ Tot i ii SEASON 1900-1901. Sheep Sh ars, Sheep Shears. Sheep Shears. A< : Mi <rthe Favorite Brands, and the Finest Stock iv Canterbury to JL-L select from. TURKEY & WASHITA STONES specially pitched nnd guaranteed to give satisfaction Oall and see for yourselves at our spacious and up to date Premises in East Street W. H. COL LIN S &CO,. IKO MONGERS, PAINTER?, ..TIMBER AND COAL MERCHANTS. 'AKK YOUR fHOE DEALER FOR EVERY (^~// . . ENCOURAGE I PAIR / COLONIAL GUARANTEED. J^QQ'pft &r SHOES i il^o US T BY» | MANUFACTURED BY I S. ANDERSON, TIMARTJ. i H. M. JONES, H. M. JONES. STATIONERY BOOKS. - ACCOUNT BOOKS. 9£\A (\i\C\ ENVELOPES, imported direct. Commercial Envelopes ' £*O\J%\)Vj\! from 3s 6d per 1000; 5000 at 3s per 1000. Boxrd StaJonery, latest styles, from 6d, 9d, Is, Is 6d, 2s box, PIANOS, ORGANS. 44 payments of £1 each will purchase a splendid overstrung, full trichord, masßive iron-frame Piano, up-to-date in every particular. ( Only £1 required to be paid at time of purchase. Oall and see this before you buy elsewhere. ! Organs from lCs per month; Pianos from* 20s per month. CRICKETING AMD LAWN TENNIS MATERIAL Just arrived, ex Gothic, from Wisden and Son's, London. RACQUETS, London inlaid, Victoria, Invicta, Champion, Match Popular BALLS, Plain and Covered, Slazenger'e, Silvertown, Wisden's. CRICKET BATS, Waroopp's, Wisden's all cain, Duke's, Union, Hearne 8 and others. - BALLS, Hearne's, Duke's, Wisden's, Craven, Match, and Practice Balls; H. M. JONES. LINOLEUM. LINOLEUM. JUST ARRIVED PER • S.S RANGATIRA,' AT T. H. UNDEILL & CO.'S. LINOLEUM. LINOLEUM. NEW k CHOICE DESIGNS AND COLOURS. LINOLEUMS AND OILCLOTHS, The Largest Stocks to Choose from, at Prices to sait all, at T. H. UN DMT L & CO.'S. Also, Some Remnants at; greatly reduced prices; also, a Large Assortment of Oilcloth for Dados. bedsteadsTbedsteads. We have just opened another Large Shipment of Brass and Iron Bedsteads in the latest designs, direct from the Beat Manufacturers in Birmingham, which enables us to give yon the best possible value. BEDDING & FURNITURE of all kinds made on the premises from the beab material. We invite all to inspect our Stooks. No one pressed to buy. T. H. UN DRILL & CO., ! OABIHETMAKER, UPHOLSTERERS, PICTURE FRAMEKSI & UNDERTAKERS,^ TANORLx) STREET, Next Building Society a Office i o i*h i MRg JOHNBTON , J£SSEZ2L -*, r iOHER - - "—* "a "**• tlon w wwTtmiwAV Birring. g FERRIMAN • Haveloek Street. FOR SALE—S| aoree at AHentoa, * very ALL Loasby's Preparations—Cinnamon desirable block of good land, capital ±\_ Cure, Koolibah, Wahoo, and Benjaman , rootage, and well watered. -. urn—at JOD Goooh Storekeeper i. F FBBRIMAN



TO STAND AT ALLINTON AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT Thb Beautiful Bat Horse (I6£hda) .-, GENERAL TRACEY. h (Record 5.4.) By Berlin—Jenny Tratfey (both imported - SIRE of Viptory if, General Grlgg, Experience, General Standish, Tr&cey Belle, General Shaf ter, and many others too numerous to mention For further particulars, appy to THOMAS HAROLD, 9 173 Groom in charge lUWFILYH OWEN. M-C.S.M. CERTIFICATED TEACHER. LOCAL Representative of the 3.ondon College r.f Music, and cf the Mcuica Internatioi &1 College, PIANOFORTE, ORGAN, VIOLIN, MAN DOLINE, SINGING, HARMONY AND COUNTERPOINT. in ; * IIAEER BROS., IJIURNISHJNG TTNPRRTAKBRB ■ URNISHIKG UNDERTAKERS, DIRECT Importers cf Best and Latest Designs In FUNERAL FURNISHING?. FUNERALS condnoUid with the greatest care and satisfaction, it moßt reasonable charges. Corner of Wak»ntti Road and Crbb Streets, and Baker *rjd brown's Coach Factory. J. V. DX BEER WATCHMAKER * JEWELLER HAS just received a Large SMpmen ■ ■■•'. , ■::. . ■ OF WATCHES. WATCHES 6 Dozen Nickel Levers ab 2?S 6d Specially made to order, Strongly built j to suit hard wear, 2 Years Guarantee. 8 Dozen NICKEL WATCHES at 20s v The beat value in the Colony. 1 years Guarantee, A New and Full Stock of Gent's and Ladies Gold and Silver Watches to hand. SPECTACLES New Frames and Lenses on the Interchangeable System. To meet the requirements of^those using the famous "LAZARUS' Spectacles a special importation of his Frames and Lenses to hand. SICS-HT TESTING A PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED, J. V. DE~BEER WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER, . Aahburton | A PECULIAR CASE UNDER TREATMENT In the Blenheim Hospital, BUT IT TAKES PLANTEKOA TO EFFECT A CURE. Read the following. It will interest you :-- Beaver Road, Blenheim, June 21ab, 1900. To Proprietor of Plantekoa. Dear Sir,—Kindly permit me to add my grateful testimony to the value of yoar Great Remedy Plantekoa. My wife was Buffering from a decayed jaw and FOVBKTY OF blood, and was treated for a month in the Blenheim Hospital, Your Representative recommended me to get Plantekoa for her. Almost from the fikst dose she commenct d to mend, and is now quite herself again. I consider it the best Medicine I have ever known, and shall recommend it to all who suffer. Believe me, yours sincerely, W. Day, Junb. If you are eick or suffering, TRY PLANTEKOA. Ifc will cure you. Does your Chemist or Grocer keep it If not, call on OARSON AND C 0... , Or Austral Botanic Company, Plantekoa Proprietary, Wellington.



Smoke Dunlop's —Tin DERBY m* TOBACCO. I'—-.. m '' AH Tobacconists. _.'_■_ ■: " " . __^,™ i .. ..., 'iii ii ;i 1 i*~ "7 i,  - . . 1,, i-. _~-. - .. - " i I



DON'T Natdbk may cure you NEGLECT cough without »id, but yon COUGHS, can't afford to ohanoe iti fTA cough that irfofb to cure itaelf U slowly overcome at best, and there is apt to be tome weakness left to make the next cough come easier. We have two really good remedies for oought and nhin. 9 BENJAMIN GUM is specially Kuitable for receuii chilh. It it pleasant to take, cures very quickly, pre- I vents ioflamaiory symptoms and allays ' annoying tickling and hacking cr,U(jh°- TOWNEND'S CINNAMON CURB is oppciaily suitable for chronic coughs, though it will break up a recent atUck as quickly as any other medicine made—Ginna ! mon has been proved in Pasteues Instituta to possess great" destructives power over all bacilli, whilst being perfectly harmless to human beings. vVe have received some flattering letters as to its effioicy in con sumption, bronchitis, asthma, dveentry, and ! in typhoid fever. • Benj>min Gum Is 6d nnd 2i bd Cm mon Cure 2s 6<it Obtainable everywhe solproprietorsandmannfacturers —Loasby Wahoo M.PG. Coy, L'd, Dunedi. BUY Direct From England—Famous ' Khaki" Cycler. Gre»b> cut in the trade ; first'olasc quality at bedrock prices for cash ; single machines at £4 18a; two machines, £8 lls ; three machines, £12 2b freicht and duty paid to Welington ; Ladies' cyclists lOa per machine extra ; Quo' tatifne for ten bicycles and over on applioa lion.—John Htrßsr. Khaki Company, Stedali'a Buildings, Portsmouth, England. fe»..Bfo'BRIDE t Monumental Sculptor, 60 Stafford Sr, Timar _A A LWAYB in Stook—A first l 7 . J\. class selection of Marble «^~~ZT^ »nd; Granite Monuments, y^\ r"*H ■ .. .. ' ; II Designs and Estimates for- II warded on application. ' Letter Cutting in any style. ESTABLISHED 1879. F. FERRTMAN, LAND & ESTATE AGENT, LICENSED LAND BROKER; TT^OR SALE—Brick Houee, on J acre, ' Nelson Street, Hampstead, within aaay distance of the School, and in a direct line with the Railway Station; a sound investment for the price required, £220, C*eh jr terms F FERRIMAN FOR SALE, Aehburton Suburbs—B acres 32 perches of land, possessing ample frontage en good roads, with mbstantial buildines, consinting of a good 6 roamed Bouse, Shop, Workshop, excellent Stables, I and Cow Sheds; first cl»»s orchard well supplied with water. The land is well situated for subdivision F FERRIMAN FARMS FOR SALE— 84 acres, capital investment, would let to pay 8| pec cent on price required 500 acres, £10 per sore, within 2J miles o Railway Station. 600 acres Several Blocks of Good Shesp Country from 1500 acres upwards F FERRIMAN FOR BALE WINTER'S ROAD, ALLENTON, An Opportunity to Erect Your Own House I HAVE been instructed to Bell Lots 24 and 25, containing one Acre situated as above. The Piles suitable for a new house and als a chimney with fire place are already on the Land, as is also a pump with abundant supply of water. The only other thing necessary is a Carpenter with timber »od iron to make a comfortable borne F FERRIMAN PERPETUAL LEASE FOR BALK at Hinds—An exceptionally favourable opportunity of securing a comfortable borne, with 44 acres of good grazing land; small yearly rental. Inspect this property before buying your home mm m^ FOR SALE, BAVELOCK STBE IST WEST. rr^OWN SECTION 1171- A splendid JL opportunity of securing a building site in the favour' [portion of the Towp. F. FRRRIM&N. ILIOR BALE-Several Sections at Fair ton F FERRIMAN T H UNDKILT, , B GWDRUX. T H UNDBILt & CO FURNISBING UNDERTAKERS TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON EVERY REQUISITE ON HAND. PoUshed Coffins a Specialty. A Choice Assortment of Artiflolal Wreaths 11 Private Addrens, Peter Street, directly behind Oddfellowi* Hall j afoo owe •! Mr T. Andrews, Easb Belt. S "IoSRNARD ifc WHITE, City Pork Shop, Haveloek Street, HAVE iu«t opeued New Business in the Pork 'tine." Small goods of all description* alwayi on hand The public «« specially invited to oall and inspect PorkWige", (tre^h.) Daily oa.h buyer, ofjaryled Pork. Smoke New Venus



A Rbmindkb—We with to remind ihw who may require new suits 4c, •• before tt Show," that we have Already opened oat » large variety of New Goods for the Spriag and Summer seasons, comprising the most "up to date " beat quality worste aaiting*, *o, imported dlreob from the manufacturer*. For a number of years we have always had such a " Ru«h " of orders ju«b before the holidays, that we found it impossible te exeoute all by the required time. We would therefore respectfully urge all our friend (both old and new) to kindly o»ll and faroot ua with thnir esteemed orders as e*rly aa poßsibte to prevent disappointment, m 4 oblige Craighbad & Birbtman, the leading Tailors and Outfitters, Aihburton Stooke New Vena*