DAILY EDITION BY MAIL' FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR WEEKLY EDITION BY MAIL TWOIDOLLARS A YEAR EIGHTH YEAR. NELSON: THURSDAY MORNING MAY 24 J900. PRICE FIYE CENTS MAFEKING JS_ EXULTANT o last Great Fiflht. Makekino, May 23.���-Tho whole town is animated with a keen sense.of exultation over yesterday's * victory wliich was completely decisive and far reaching. Tho ' military position shortly'after sunrise was extraordinary. All the outlying works of the town were intact, the British had lost hardly any men and yet three bodies of federals, right inside the British lines, had been surrounded, cut off find given an opportunity to surrender, which they had declined. Commandant Sard Eloff did not ..'- realize that his supports had been driven back and ho dispatched a messenger that the town was at his mercy. Toward noon there was a lull in tho fighting. Everybody at headquarters went to breakfast, and the commissary was. requisitioned for horse sausage, bread aud water for the men in the fighting line. There was no thought of half, rations, everyone got all they could eat. The British in the Staat, moving from rock to rock, gradually drew in their circle round the federals,1 whom they corralled like cattle. in tt pound.,.' Shortly after 4:30 p. m. a white flag was hoisted by the enemy and then, amid ringing cheers, the batch of Boers was dis: ������'armed and sent to town. Tho erstwhile besiegers furnished an inspiring spectacle to the townsfolk, .. .-.themselves so long cooped up. As \ , the hungry, dirty, battle-stained Boers, marched between the gleaming bayonet^ of the British, the Btiti&h population received them i espectfully, but tho Kaffirs gave full rein to their enthusiasm iu hoots, yells and similar expressions of delight. The prisoners seemed glad that the light was over. As the afternoon advanced the crackle of musketry began again, continuing until nearly 7 p. m., ~\vto��u captain Singleton shouted: "CeabO fire." A message had come lojheftdquarfccrs to the effect that Eloff, iiis officers and men, had sur-> i endured and had laid down their arms unconditionally to colonel ifore, who, with a handful of mon, had been a piisoner of Eloff during most of tho day. Shortly boforo this a iu&ilade was heard. Ifc was Kloif aud tho men who stood by him, firing on their own deserters, eighty of whom fled. As tho news spread by telephone to the garrisons of tho forts cheer upon cheer le&ounded. Sn the town some ono started "God Save tho Queen," and the strains of the national anthem mingled for a few minutes with fche hoarse shouting ot fche natives. Soon captain Singleton and colonel Hore approached, accompanied by commandant Eloff and hib officers. The meeting between colonel Baden-Powell and tho Boer commander was not dra- ���matic. ��� - - ��� '���This is commandant Eloff. sir," siid captain Singleton. "Good evening, commandant," said colouel Baden-Powell, " won't you come and havo some dinner ?" As the British had already captured 120 prisoners, about all thoy could handle, colonel Baden-Powell sent word to lord Charles Bentinek to open the way nnd allow the scattered remnants of the federals Lo be driven from the staafc. In half an hour everything was over, and in tho mess room at headquarters tho three Boer' officers were dining. Nearly every mess in town , raked up a hidden bottle of champagne in one place, a flask of wliis- \ key in another*. The town joined tho jubilation singing "God Save ,the Queen," - and other patriotic- songs all night long. The rank and file of the Boer - prisoners were lodged at Masonic hall... Most of them aro Johaunes- * burgers. Thoy seemed in excellent spirits, scrambled for the blankets, wrote letters fco their friends anil grumbled afc general Snyman. ble ear-splitting din was not lessened by numerous explosions of dynamite and C. P. R. locomotive whistles. Tho citizens of Phoenix sent ten barrels of Phoenix beer to the workmen immediately after the completion. This marks a new era here and its effect has already been felt, about fourteen lots having been sold in the three townsites' in the last two weeks. NEARER TO THE TRANSVAAL RHENOSTER RIVER GROSSED Only Success to Report. .London, May 23.���The war office this evening published the following from lord Roberts: "South Bank of the Rhenoster River, May 23rd, 1:30 p. ra.-We found on arrival here this morning that that the enemy had fled during the night. They had occupied a strong position on the north bank of the river, which had been carefully entrenched, but they did nofc think it advisable to defend it when they, hearn that. Ian Hamilton's force was at Heilbron and that our cavalry, which had crossed the Rhenoster some miles down the stream, were threatening tlieir right and rear.0 The bridge over the Rhenoster river arid culverts and some miles of railroad were destroyed.; -: . ������ ' - ���'-"-'.'���;-"���": -" Ian Hamilton's force drovie the Boers under Dewet. before them from Lindley. .to Heilbron. The passage of the Rhenoster was stoutly disputed and our loss might have been heavy, but for a well concerted plan which brought Smith-Dor- rien's brigade on the enemy's flanks just at the right moment. " The officer in command at Boshof reports that upwards _ of 350 Free Staters have surrendered during the last few days, and that they have given up 300 rifles, one hundred horses aud a large amount of ammunition. "Kelly-Kennyreports that three companies of ^Yeomanry who were sent to fche head of the line to clear the country between Bloemfontein and Boshof, have returned to Bloemfontein, having performed the duty exceedingly well." OITY LOCAL NEWS. Last Spike Driven. Phoenix, May 23. ��� Amid the shrieking of steam whistles and the cheers of assembled miners and other citizens of Phoenix, and wifch the ore bunkers gaily decorated with /lags, the lasfc piece of steel was laid fco the Old Ironsides ore bins afc noon today. Immediately after fche last; spike was driven fche deep bas- ko profundo whistle of the Ironsides shaft; house heralded the welcome news, qiiickly followed by tJie Knob Hill, and in turn taken up by ihe War Eagle, Gold Drop, Golden Crown ami other jnines. Hank Noll, the X'orto Reco hotel- kei per, is loading shot tiy foi Cape Nonio, .mil is dupoMiiff of Iii-. business lntciostbin this tlibtnct. D. R. Ker and wife of Victoria ,iio (unong ihe guests at the Hotel Hume. Mr Ki>r is fjencnil minagor of the Blackmail &. Kor Milling Co., Limited, and is visiting the flim'h NcNon btanch afloi a tour among their mills m KdmonLon and elaw here The gun club shoot thisaffcernoon open > nt 1 o'clock, und will bopiactitally tho only loe.il athnchon Tho mnjoritvof the members ttillicmdtn at home and tho shooting will be closclj cunte-led. A nuinbci of sweepstakes aie on the pi oki am The next session of the cifcy police torn I \\ ill be held in new qiim less, tho olHro ha\ing doom moicd fiom the Odd Fellows block to the old I'huir hotel samplo ioom1, utljoimntr V. ) nradl'-yi'k. Co's btoie on Josephino stieet. The new piuiuscs me J.ugei nnd otherwise belter suited to police coutt pui poses. Charles Plowman left last night for Kiv-lo v liu li he w ill make hit, headquarters An some lime Di. Ewing has .struck a rich vein ~bf molybdenum On u claim of his on Fortj Nine cieek With a little moie woik he expects to h.ncn \uluulile propcrt). .7. A. Grudge, chief clerk afc fche C. I'. 1{ freight ofllce has been appointed to the position of agont at Sandon, and leuvcs this morn- int? to n.s-iume his new post. Mr. Crudeo came to Xolrton somo iiioiilIih ago and has mado many friends hero who will bo pleiiaod to learn of ills doHorvert promotion. Wanted���by young clergyman, furiiNied 'room, with or without board, in private family. Apply stating tonus to Wm. 51., Trllmna ollice. Queen's Birthday in Kaslo, Kaslo, May 23, [Special to The Tribune]-���The eve of the queen's birthday ilnds Kaslo gaily decorated and beginning to be alive with visitor?', wlio tomorrow will give outward and visible expression to tho intouso loyal by fchafc animates thorn,' especially in this time of war. W.-.7. Davenport, secretary of the celebration ��� committee, states' that the big program has been finally arranged, and that there were numerous entries for the $1500 in prize money, medals and challenge cups. Most of the competitors are either local or,entered from Nelson and Sandon, but Trail is sending a football team and Banners Ferry will have lier baseball boys here fco represent the United States. Given fine weather the celebration of the queen's birthday will be a record breaker. Aati-Ganteen Bill. Washington, May 23.���The anti- canteen bill, which has attracted widespread attention and agaiust which the military authorities recently reported, was ordered favorably reported by the house committee on military affairs today with an amendment which will exclude liquor from fche capitol and TJhe terri-1 other public buildings. Happenings in Pretoria, London, May 24.-4:30 a. m.-r Lord Roberts is drawing near to the frontier of the Transvaal, his infantry masses are 33 miles north of Kroonstadt at the Rhenoster; river. Some thousands of cavalry are already across the river. The Boers are retiring towards the Vaal wifch their heavy baggage. They are reported from Pretoria as already across that river. Twelve thousand men and fourteen guns compose the retreating array. Trains continue to run from Vereeniging at the Vaal to Pretoria. Foreign engineers . are of the opinion that Pretoria is able to stand a year's siege. According to advices from Lorenzo Marquez, the Pretoria fortifications are described? as complete, but Johannesburg0has not yet been placed entirely in a state of defence. The Transvaal government papers and the war chest have been removed to Lyden- burg. Foreigners continue to leave the republic. The Dutch cruiser Fries- land is afc Delagoa Bay, so it is reported, to f urnishan asylum to the fleeing Hollanders and a passage to Europe. . ���-/.'..','.���' ;������,':.-.::;���:' -.''-' ���The Boer forces pontiriue to dwindle. ,". Some of the correspondents say that only 35,000 of the hardiest fighters yet remain, al- j though there are . detached parties j in various parts of the Transvaal. , ���One of the curious pieces of gossip sent froni Lorenzo Marquez is that several women tried to sjambok president Kruger, who was rescued by .his bodyguard. He rarely leaves" the presidency now, but works incessantly holding councils at daybreak and during the night. It was announced at Pretoria on Saturday that the government proposed removing the British prisoners from Pretoria. Mafeking dispatches continue to pour into London relating the events' immediately preceding the relief of the besieged troops. The correspondents agree that the Canadian artillery, Major Endon's .seven guns, did splendid work. Some of them assert that the Canadians did "absolutely essential work iu the fighting." About seven in the evening of the day befor the relief, colonel Mahon and colonel Plumer had defeated fche Boor? nine miles from Mafeking, and major Davies and nine scouts entered the town* The Boers were then retreating. At four in fche morning, 1000 men, including the Canadians, arrived. With tbem were twenty wagon*loads of food, which were received wifch wild demonstrations. The armored train and a detaehmenfc then pushed forward to Gametree fort, the scene of the unsuccessful sortie in December. The Boers had evacuated ifc on the east. They were pursued, and the correspondent telegraphing these facts on -Thursday afternoon, closed thus: "We caught up with the retreating Boers and have them now surrounded." Lady Sarah Wilson has managed to get through a message from Mafeking dated Thursday, announcing the entry of the relief column. Sho says: "The fighting before fche relief was very hard. A severe struggle proceeded yesterday (May 10) from 2 p.vin. until dusk. Tho Boors were forced.slowly to retreat, contesting every .inch. ��� Afc sunset; they still held tho lasfc position. Colonel-Ma- lion entered the town in the brilliant moonlight. The Boers were as tired out as wo were, and tliey never guessed that an attempt would be made to force an entry before morning, therefore their surprise was complete. They deserted their laagers,. leaving a lot of food which was divided up among the people of Mafeking." ��� A Daily Telegraph correspondent describing the march of the relief J small quantities,of rice and coffee irregularly. The proposed Amazon corps, according to Air. Milne, mot with little support. column says: "On the morning before the little force started from Kimberley, general Hunter wrote to colonel Mahan 'this is the most dashing exploit of the war. Every man in the column has been specially selected. I wish you God speed.' ���'The action opened at 1 p. m. Wednesday with Maxim fire, and this soon told upon the enemy who surrounded us, but who had not hindered fche forward march. The value of Boer methods of warfare when used in a flat country may be estimated by this action. LifcfcJe cover was afforded fche enemy, wifch the result thafc they fled as soon as our guns were turned upon them. ' Fischer's Excellent Advice. Cape Town; May 23,-���Ifc is reported here that' president Kruger has received a communication from Mr. Fischer, one, of the Boer dele-' gates now in tho United States, advising him to surrender on the on the best terms obtainable from lord Roberts. It is also understood that when lord Roberts crosses the Vaal river lie will issue a proclamation announcing thafc if the burghers return to their farms their property and stock will be respected. Mafeking Wild With Joy. London, Muy 23.���8:14 p. m.���A dispatch from Mafeking dated May 17, tho first message, except colonel Baden-Powell's dispatch, forwarded since the relief of the town, tersely says the place was wild wifch joy, thafc many people cried ns they greeted their deliverers and thafc the scene as tho troops traversed the streets baffled description. The fight raged most fiercely on the left, but our guns soon silenced the enemy, who were soon flying in all directions. Those on the left flank, finding that their comrades"i iu front had abandoned their, position, ran bolter skelter. Then.ensued the finest Boer hunting witnessed during the war. The dismounted British plied the enemy with rifle fire, while the pom-poms hustled them until not a single Boer.> was left in front of us. The Canadians kept busy on the right, .replying 'with their seven- pounders tOithe etiemy'sjbiggest gun until darkness"fell upon the scene." The ensnaring of "the squadron of Bethuen's Horsel-appears to have been quite as bad-as was afcfirstreported!, . General; Bethuen, thinking that there, were !no Boers at Vry- heid, deterininedifto go that way toward Newcastlii, as a short, cut. The advance squadron whs. hurrying to make Vryheid before dark, and it lef t; the main body behind iand trotted into the ambush. The Boers had Maxinis", and the British, seeing that they had no chance to retire, dashed forward to a point ; within twenty yards of the Boer rifles. Five officers and 03 men were killed or wounded. Bethuen ordered his front squadron to retire. The damage to Laing's Nek tunnel is capable of prompt Yepair. The strength of the Boers afc that poinfc is nOfc known. ��� Probably they have from 5,000 to G,00Q> - Dr. Leyds, according to a Brussels correspondent of the Daily Express, has quarrelled ;with the Transvaal government.. ��� A representative . of president Kruger is alleged to have demanded -an', account ^respecting ��500,000 that has'passed through Dr. Leyds' hands. Dr. Leyds is said to have replied that the money had all been expended, and to have expressed indignation when asked for an itemized statement. President Kruger's emissary is described as showing Dr. Leyds certain antiwar letters in which Germany and France said they would intervene, and Dr. Leyds, according to this> account, grabbed the documents and threw them' in fco -the fire,vt having a bodily struggle wifch the emissary. These alleged incidents are cited to to�� explain fche recent reticence of Dr. Leyds. - James Milne, fche Renter correspondent who was captured on April 7th near Wepener and whs taken to Pretoria, wheie he was eventually released, in a despatch from Lor enzo Marque/, dated May 22, pays a tribute to the kind treatment he received from fche Boers. "The journey toward* Pretoria was difficult travelling. The food was tough and uncertain, as neai ly all the transports had been done away with, the federals attributing general Cronje's disaster fco his heavy transport. There were .many isolated commands, forming motley crowds among whom the somberly clad preachers circulated exhorting them with scriptural texts breath- fire and slaughter," ��� After Mr.-Milne had been in Pretoria six weeks he was escorted to Coomatipooit, where he was released, having been inforirfed that if Pretoria weie attacked the government intended to take the British officers with them to Lyden- burg, leaving the sick behind. The fate of the other prisoners had nofc been decided upon. Mr. Milne says that while the sick were well supplied wifch luxuries by British residents, tha ordinary pris*oncrs were on scanty .rations, consisting of a pound of bread and three-quarters of a pound of. meat per day and BADEN-POWELL'S ACCOUNT Boers Driven Off. London, May 23���11:50 a, in.��� The war office issues a dispatch from lord Roberts, under date of Honings Spruit, May 22nd, announcing tho receipt by him of the following message from major-general Baden-Powell: "Mafeking, May 17.���I am happy to inform y/ni that Mafeking was successfully relieved today. "The northern and southern columns joined hands, on 'May 15th and attacked the enemy yesterday,: and after a small engagement entirely defeated them with loss. The British casualties were three killed and 22 wounded. "The relieving force marched into Mafeking at nine this morning and" the relief and - defense forces combined moved but and attacked the enemy's hiead laager. We shelled them out aiid nearly captured Snyman and took one gun, a, flag and a large amount of ammunition, stores, etc. Five dead and 15 wounded Boers were found. The enemy appears to be retreating in all directions, except one commando, which is lying low, possibly to cover the retreat of the remainder. " Captain MacLaren and corporal Murray were found in the Boer hospital. They are' doing well. The town people and the garrison of Mafeking are heartily grateful for their relief." Lord Roberts' dispatch further says : " Ian Hamilton reached . Heilbron this morning after a series of engagements with a Boer force under Dewet, who is retiring before him. Bioadwood has captured fifteen Boer wagons. There have been s-eventy-five casualties in Hamilton's forces "to yesteiday evening. Wc marched here this morning." on Hidden creek, miles from Nelson by C. O. Robson; Atlantic on Tennessee mountain, near Ymir, by Chris Creamer; the Pacific, same location, by A. E^Raud; Viking junior fractional "oh'west-slope of Gold Hill on Eagle creek, by Fred Burnett; Alhambra fraction, same location by L. L. Merrifield. Willy Blair of Ymir, transferred the Blair fractional mineral claim to John Philbert and Oliver Blair. The claim is located on the north fork of Wild Horse creek. Children's Sports Today. * Although there will be no official celebration in Nelson today, the occasion will nofc pass unob&erved. TJie queen's birthday, by >tacit consent is celebrated by Nels6uites in ofcher towns of Kootenay, but there aie sports for the youngsters who cannot get away. A program for the youngsters has been prepared ami puises subscribed for, and those who stay afc home will see just as much genuine sporfcas those who go away, though the times may not be so good. E. Brisbois is manager of fche sports, and inayoi Houston will officiate as referee. The sports will take place ou Silica street;, and the program is as follows : Girl's lace under 12, prize $2; 100 yards boys' race under 15, prize $2; 250 yaids bicycle race, boys under lo, prize $1 ; running high jump, prize $J ; running broad jump, prize $1; pofcafcoe race, 100 yardfe, prize $1; sack race, 50 yards, pri/e $1 ;-bhiee-fegged race,- 50 yards, prize $2; Egg race, 50 yards, prize 50 cents, A similar program was held lasfc year, and those who stayed at home .seemed to have had just as much'fun as those who went to outside celebrations. Declared a Second Dividend. The London und British Columbia Goldfields have declared a second dividend of 15 per cent.- The company's interest in Canada'at present' comprise large holdings in, the Ymir, Whitewater and Ruth mines, and in tlio Yukon Goldfields, limited; fche Alma group, Norfolk and "Now York claims Owned outright; the Cymric and Mountain Belle groups, under option, and,' the Cascade water power and light franohisti. During the past ten months'the' company made a profit of ��27,250, of which over ��20,000 - was earned in the Ymir mine. ,Amongst the_ assets of the company their interests in the Ymir and Enterprise are perhaps fche most valuable. Jn the latter mine ifc is estimated that there is now ore in sight worth $'145,000, Assessments and Locations. At the mining recorder's office yesterday certificates of work were issued as follows: Alex. Constantino on AVhite Rose, Keystone aud Rossland claims: Oliver Blair on Blair fractional; Ned Roy on Joint;, Double and Joint; H. Mansfield on Rover; Sitt'roie Lef'ebore on Grand Junction. Locations were recorded as follows: Agnes on Grohman creek by (A AV. AVhitmore, Ella on same crook by Thomas Rendall; Agnes Xo. 2, same location by L, 11. Carlson; Blue Jay, 2\ miles south of Kric, by John McEvoy; Myrtle It. WILL STUMP THE COUNTRY Plans of Boer Delegates. .��� . AVashington, D. C��� May 23.���Mr. Fischer, one of the Boer envoys, spoke freely with a'representative of the Associated Press today as to their general plans for the future. He said that their purpose was.to visit ten or tw;elve of the principal cifcies of the United States and explain to the people whatever fchey might wish to know of. the Boer cause. They were, he said, particularly anxious to avoid even the semblance of taking any part in American politics. They came to plead with the whole American people for "sympathy and ��� support. The cities-which, they would visit have not yet been determined upon, and, in making their selections, they will be guided by friends of the Boer cause in AVashington and different parts of the country. It is probable, however, that they will reach San Francisco, stopping en route at Chicago and Cincinnati. They hope to have completed their tour in two months and be ready then to leave for Europe, They have planned to do important work. Mr. Fischer said thej'- did not contemplate making' any set addresses iri the cities fco be visited, but would give the people plain talks, the subjects of wliieh would depend entiiely on what particular phase of the question at issue' the people desired to be informed upon. He wanted it distinctly understood that he and his friends particularly wished to avoid any parfcy demonstrations that miglit be construed to mean that their sympathies wifch one political party in tho United States were stionger than with another. The time for their departure from AVashington has not yet been fixed. Famine Prices in Pretoria. AVashington, May 23.��� Latest reports to the .state department from Pretoria show that prices are soaring in that capital. Cab hire ranges from $2,50 per hour upwards, andean scsweel3r be had at any figure. Economy is universally observed from fche highest; officials down. The foreign representatives at the capital find that their salaries-are-totaliy insufficient to meet the ordinary expenses of living, A feverish activity prevails. The United States consulate is overtaxed. Seven thousand letters were received in one week to be forwarded." Many small gums of money 3iad to bo disbursed among the British prisoners of war, and altogether, fche United .States con- ��ul with his single assistant is fully employed. ' In a Hurry to Oet Away. " London, May 24.���-The Daily Telegraph has tho following from Newcastle^ dated .Monday, May 21: "When the Boers passed Newcastle their wagons raced over the veldt fifteen abreast in their hurry to get, away. A Boer remarked: 'If we shoot one British soldier, one hundred pop up to take his place.' Several, rebels were starting to- trek when the British patrol arrested them. They had plenty of money."' , , . Bough Eider Killed. Nkw York, May 23.���Another accident occurred this morning afc Morris Park, which resulted in the death of a man and a horse. Otto Maiden was schooling Ting Bon over fche jumps when he bolted, crashed through fche fence at tho head of fche stretch and fell heavily. The man was so badly hurt fchafc he died shortly afterwards and the horse had to be shot. Reported Mining Explosion. AsnEvir.r.K, North Carolina, May 22.���lb is reported here afc midnight that an explosion occurred in fche Ournmock mines near Charlotte -tonight. The news comes that between 50 and 00 miners were killed, but this is nofc contlrta��d. POLITICIANS AT CRESTON Spellbinders on the Stump. Ckeston, May 22.���[Special to The Tribune.]���Candidate Fletcher, spellbinder Macdonald and advance agent Burt arrived here yesterday and held a meeting at the town hall, with Fred Little iu the chair. The weather was bad, aud the crowd was small although fairly representative. Mr. Fletcher got his cut and dried speech off pretty well, and was apparently sincere, but he did not go into local politics quite as much as he should have" done, consequently his remarks called forth nothing enthusiastic in the way of a demonstration, except from advance agent Burt. A. McLean followed on behalf of candidate Houston, and in a few remarks scored Fletcher . and his party, and it was evident from the way in which his speech was received that the Houston men were cutting quite a swath in ^ this locality. His reference to local requirements elicited applause, more especially when he dealt with the shady transaction in which, all of . the available laud in the Kootenay valley- was gobbled up by companies. ' AV. A. Macdonald then spoke, and in his usual. fluent way ' gave his reasons for supporting Mr. Fletcher. He was frequently interrupted in a good-natured way, but kept on with his theme nevertheless until he hod "said his say." At the close of his speech he was accorded hearty applause. 1 Following Mr. AV. A. Macdonald, AVilliam J. Dow addressed the meeting and kept the house in a roar from the beginning. He dealt mainly with monopolies, the alien labor and eight-hour laws, and laid par-", ticular stress upon the plan of operation whereby the Kootenay recla-" matron company obtained an extension of eleven years on their option. The audience was decidedly of opinion that no attempt would be made to dyke or reclaim this land. What has already been at^ tempted iu this direction has proved a miserable fiasco���the money lias been spent, the company have got their crown grant; bufc the laud remains today^ in worse shape than when they commenced operations. Nothing has been accomplished. Mr. Fletcher pi oposed a vote of thanks to fche chairman, after which the meeting dispersed in a very orderly manner. Took a Working Bond, Mr. A, E. Vernon, representing at syndicate of English and eastern capitalists, accompanied by Neil Cochrane, superintendent aud engineer of the Oro Denoio mine, last week examined the Big Four group" of claims on Porcupine creek, and as a result *Mr. Vernon has token a working bond on the property on behalf of his syndicate, says fchea - Ymir-Miner, The Big Four group^ lies on the summit of "the-noiifch range of Porcupine creek. Ifc is traversed by an immense bed of , calcite, in many places over 100 feet wide, and interspersed withdesposits of rich galena ore. A large amount of surface work has been done on fche .. group, by means of open cuts and shafts, and in each instance a fine showing of ore lias been obtained, gomo of ifc running as high as $33.' On the Hercules claim a shaft has been sunk on a vein of arsenical iron pyrites, rcvqaliilg about 18 inches of solid ore, A force of meu have already been sent up and are now employed Jn erecting cabins and-other camp buildings. As soon as the camp has been got into shape - ���it is proposed to commence development- by means of a itunncl to be driven in on the contact between fche calcite and country rock, where it is expected the richer deposits will be found. Saved the Deeds. , An interesting little story is told in connection with tho .Sandonfire. Hendryx, of the Last Chance mine,. had placed the crown grants to the property iu the Bank of British Columbia's safe for safekeeping, but the safe was not fire proof. The documents wore in a tin deed box and when this was taken from tho ruins the papers were charred to a crisp. The writing was legible, however, and Mr, Hendryx posted off to Aricfcorift wifch the outfit. Afc tho land office the cover was removed and copies made of tho deeds as they lay. AVhen fche documents were taken out one by one they immediately loll to pieces, bufc the copies having already been made fche Last Chance company was saved vexatious delay and possible complications. THE TRIBUNE: NELSON B. C THURSDAY, MAY 24 1900 eu/ Kerr & Co. STORE CLOSED TODAY 24th MAY To celebrate the birth of Her Most Gracious Majesty Long may She Reign KERR <& CO. S rANl>ARD PATTERNS ICKI'T IN STOCK. Madden Block, Baker Street The Very Best Suits There is no store where good clothing can be bought to better advantage than here For Men, Boys, and Children A'most beautiful collection in plain and fancy worsteds, in neat checks, stripes, clays and serges made in single and double breasted sack style. A big assortment of hats, shoes, ties, shirts, underwear, hosiery, etc. Prices ,the lowest. BROWN & CO. Hall Block, 269 Baker St. m m ���&L_A$ 5��1 r_iicz>.i_i. w % We have sold 75 per cent of all the {�� Portland Cement J Fire Brick and Fire Clay 1m w Used in Kootenay. �� W We also handle Steel Mining Rails, Blacksmith's Goal, Sewer Pipe, Etc. M H. J. EVANS & CO. % NELSON, B. C. JS95 y-t_3.__i'e_?-c-i-G_>'is) ���c^'d'Gi'e^'C- M w o5. Young Man... '# We do not want,you to get the impression that our Ties are loud enough to talk, but the fact remains that their values speak for themselyes, and we would advise you to drop in and listen to their special whisper on Monday, when the following prices will tell the story: �� W HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. SNGORPORATEO 16?��. ^ �� Tub men who conduct the Nelson Miner have never lost an opportunity of slandering the officers of organized labor. They arc not prepared to admit that labor's repre- seittatives should have either a voice or a vote in determining the laws under which they shall live. This explains why the Miner applauds the attempt to disfranchise ���ISO electors without a hearing, and also explains the gross insult which it tendered to Ralph Smith, the labor leader, in yesterday's issue, lt is "safe to say that there is no man in British Columbia who is held in higher esteem by the wage earners of the province than Ralph Smith. Yet the editor of the Miner has the presumption to say that Ralph Smith's endeavor to organize an independent labor party in the next legislature would result in placing the legislature of the province under the control of Edward Boyce of Montana. The insinuation of the Miner was communicated to Ralph Smith at Revelstoke yesterday, and his reply is appended : Kevei.stoke, May 23rd. To the Emtou 01.' the Thibune:���In iny opinion there is more danger of American interference in British Columbia politics if Martin is returned than if there wero thirty labor men in the house. I admire .Mr. Houston's straightforward stand against Martin, which is the only guarantee of our position and cause. RALPH SMITH. Pertinent Questions Answered. A subscriber of The Trihunb at Kitchener asks the following questions, and as they are of more or less interest to '1S9 residents of the riding, they are answered as fully as possible: 1. Can you tell me the names of residents of Kitchener taken off the voters' list? Answer.���No names were taken off the list. Objection wa.s made to placing the following residents of Kitchener on the list, namely, John D. Eldridge, Kenneth Morrison, Robert Dixon, Archie Matthews, John A. Currie, and Andrew Oman. The question of whether they shall go on the list will be ' decided by the supreme court at Vancouver ou May 28th. Good lawyers at both' Nelson and Rossland are of opinion that/ the court .will order the names placed on the list. ������ 2. Why were the Kitchener men objected to? Answer.���Because they were supposed to bo supporters of John Houston, the Provincial Party, nominee for member of the legislative assembly. 3. Who caused the objections to be made to the - Kitchener men ? Answer.���The men who are supporting Frank Fletcher, the" nominee of the Conservative association at Nelson for member of the legislative assembly, appeared in court on "behalf of the objectors, and it is only reasonable to suppose that they were concerned, in the conspiracy. Xo member ' of the association lias' publicly declared that the action.wns an outrage. 4. Who is making the fight in the supreme court on behalf of the men objected to? Answer.���The supporters of the Provincial Party candidate, have -employed-S S.Taylor, Q. C, to appear on their behalf and have given a bond for costs. The costs of fighting ease will amount to $1000. * 0g0 * figjtf ��� 0/0 * ^0* 0L0 * 00* ^_\0 * ^0* ^0 * 00* ^_\0 * 0& * _^_0 * _^_0* _^_0 * _&0 Xli Xit 36 Baker Street Xit Xit Xit Xii Xli Xii Xit Xli Xii Xit Xit Xli xli xli '^__- Annual Spring Sale House Furnishings, Carpets, Oilcloths, linoleums, Window Shades, Lace Curtains, Portieres, Poles Now is the time for Spring House Cleaning and replenishing new for old. We will offer special reduction in this department for the next ten days. it) it/ \i) vi) ti) ti) ti) Tapestry Carpet from . . 50c up Brussels Carpet from . . $1.20 up Axminster Carpet from . $1.25 up English Wilton from . .$1.50' up Ingrain Carpet from. . . 50c up Floor Oilcloth from Window Shades from Curtain Poles from Lace Curtains from 25c up 40c up 40c up 75c up xit Xit Art Rugs and Squares at all prices All Carpets sewed and taid free of charge RED IRVINE & GO. fc* ^^ * ��� ^^ *^^ ��� i ��� ^^^ *V^^ ��� Xii xli Xit Xli Xit \iti Xli intendents of public schools have been invited to attend. A temporary organization has already been effected with mayor Hoos of Jersey City as chairman and Conrad Ott, Camden, as secretary. Kruger Has Not Sued for Peace. London, May 23. ��� Enquiries made by the representatives of the Associated Press today confirm the exclusive announcement of the As-. soeiated Press yesterday that no peace proposals or communication of any kind from president Kruger have been received as reported in the press dispatches hei e. League Games. Toron to 9, Worcester S. " Montreal 7, Hartford 0. . Buffalo 5. Kansas City 11. Providence 2, Rochester IJ. Ghicago 5, Philadelphia 10. Syracuse 7, Springfield 1. . Detroit 7, Milwaukee 7. Pittsburg 8, Brooklyn 5. Public Holidays Government agent .lohn A. Turner lias been notified by wire'that Thursday and Fiiday are both declared to be public holidays, and that the provincial government offices at Nelson are io remain closed both days. Palace IV|eat Wjar^et Headquarters for all kinds of Fresh and Cured Meats. Saw & A featuro will bo mado of tho poultry and game trade. They will always bu on hand during their season. J. L. PORTER, Prop. 169 Josephino St.. between Baker and Vornon. Telephone 15!). Contracting Painters, Decorators, Paperhangers. Full line of wall paper, mouldings, ere, Katso- mining and Tinting. Strictly first-class work. Estimates furnished. Residence Mill Street, TU17T CAM R P Opposite School IloiibO lililjOUIt,-JJ�� V. W. Starmer Srnith & Go. PAPER HANGER, GLAZIER, PAINTER, ETC. CHIMNEY SWEEPING Office Ward Street-' Opposite Opera Honae Fruit and Ornamental Trees Ehododcjidrons, Hoses, Fancy Evergreens Alex Stewart Room 3, Turner & Boeeh Block. NELSON. - the -To fee to Kerchiefs DerfoyS (flowing ends) Regular price 65c, Saturday '* 40c. Lombards - - - ��� Regular price 40c, Saturday " 30c. - - Regular price 35c, Saturday " 250^ ^ Regular price 50cs Saturday " 35c. ��� - Regular price 50c, Saturday " 45c. Regular price 30c, Saturday " 20c. m Knots m m # m 'm m m �� Special prices Ladies Neckwear. Stock Collars, with flowing ends, regular price 75c and 85c, Saturday price 45c. Regular 35c, 40c and 50c at 30c on Saturday. Neck Scarfs Bows - - - # Collars m We have just opened a nice assortment of Chiidrens' Underwear. 1 Wants an Answer at Once. Pout ihuij, Idaho, Mivy 22.- thc Editor of The Tribune: I an article in your paper of May 10 stating of the dismissal of Gordon Cameron, who was appointed health inspector at Jtykerbs. I am Gordon Camoroii, nhd' still 'occupying the same position. If dismissed, was never notified by the government, and will demand of yon the name of tiie party that had ifc inserted. If not receiving tlio name of the party will begin proceedings against your paper, for I am still health officer on the boundary- 'Jine, antl not at Uykerts. Plca&e answer at once. G. Cameron, Creston, B. C, care E. Mallend'aine. [If the above named Gordon Cameron has not been notified of his dismissal from the position of health inspector, then the jiostal facilities between Nelson and Uykerts are at fault; but as he has been dismissed, and for cause, The TrihuxI'; is nofc disposed to devote further ftpace to discussing his dismissal.���Editor Tribune.I Mines Real Estate Insurance Loans Notary Pftblie and Conveyancer. Rents Collected on Commission. S200 c.isli foi lot On CurbonfU c hi root, SU7WI w ill buj I lots nnd residence Hume addition SKXXHcixy lornH will buy flho corner on linker stieet, Rood hotel bite. $!(K)0 (easy terms) will buy flue corner on Vernon sheet, good hotel site. ?1 AH) (easy terms) will Imy lot on Dakar street none Khcrlirouk it'nisc, .?(V) (hnlf cash) will buy a lol*. in IJOKUstown. ^iiO lo ?L?75 apiece for choice lots on C'.trboimtc Mi uct, $.'.": per month will iciil 8-i-oom<:d house, Immediate po-Mixsion. S8jU, p.u t c.isli, will buy house and lot ou Robson street near Stanley street. A. R, SHERWOOD REAL ESTATE INSURANCE AND GENERAL AGENT or bend for catalogue. Addroas at the nursery grounds aud greenhouse. M. J. HENRY. 8006 Westminster Road. Vancouver. B. O. St. JOSEPH'S SCHOOL NELSON, B. C. A boarding and day school conducted by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, lt is situated at the corner of Mill and Josephine streets in ono of the best residential portions of Nelson, and is easily accessible from all parts of the city. The course of study includes tho fundamental and higher branches of thorough English education: Business course���bookkeeping, stenography and typewriting. Science course���musio; vocal and instrumental, drawing, etr. Plain art and needlework, etc. For terms and particulars apply-to the Sister Superior^ H. D. ASHCROFT BLAGKSMITHfNG AND EXPERT HORSESHOEING Wagon repairing promptly attended to by a nrst-clKRd wheelwright. Special attention given to all kinds of repairing and custom work from outside points. Shop: Hall St.. between Bakor Bad Vernon llelson Planing IVJills, Limited Are prepared to furnish by rail, barge or teams Dimension Lumber, Rough and Dressed Lumber, Local and Coast Ceiling, Local and Coast Flooring, Double Dressed Coast Cedar, Rustic, Shiplap, Stepping, Door Jambs, Pine< and Cedar Casings, Window Stiles, Turned Work, Band-sawing, Brackets, Newel Postst Turned Veranda Posts, Store Fronts, Doors, Windows and Glass. Get prices before purchasing elsewhere Office Corner ((all arjd Front Streets Factory Hall Street Crossing C. P. R. Track Mills Hall Street Wharf ���>a--a'a��^'a>,is"a[,a>,at'a,a"a' _"-^_*-i��__-.__\ii-'-<��:-i&-i*-<-*���&���**> Bargains in Jewelry For the next two weeks, wo will offer afe sjierifice_ prices E. P. Whalley, J. P. NOTARY PUBLIC First door west of Bank of British Columbia building. GENERAL BROKER Silver Service Por Battleship. Xkw Yohk, May 23.���New Jersey's 200,000 school children are preparing to provide a $15,000 silver service for the now briltle&hip New Jersey, recently authorized by congress. A conference is to be held today in the state house at Trenton to talk the matter over. AH the mayors of .New Jersey eities and all the country nnd city snper- Thrce dwolling houses for sale on coay terms. One lot on Stanley fltroet, opposite Royal hotel, for ^alo at a bargain. One sevon-roomed houso and ono throe-room house for rent. See ANNABLE I COAL! GREAT REDUCTION Hard Coal A ntliracito TKU'rHONE 33 $9.65 DELIVERED Crow's Ncnb Coal $0.15 m fix w m 9\ the stock of silverware, cut glassware and novelties which /$\ ' avc purchased from the Canada Drug & Hook Company. T. H. BROWN 178 Bakep Street fix m M Opposite the Lawrence Hardware Building. (fi Ollleo with C. W. XVahl Si Co., corner Hall and linker struetn. - City ollleo of the NeKon Sodawater Factory. Corporation of the City'of MeJson COURT OS REVISION. Notice U hereby given that tho Court of Revision of theCiiy ot Nelson, for tho purpose of hennnff nil complaints against tho assessment for the year I!K)0 will he held in the city hall, Nel- ton, on Mondaj, June lib. IfJOO.at 10 oclock a.m. W. K. WASSON, Acting Clerk. Nel-on. May 1st. 1900 Nelson lee Company WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN General agents for Mirror Lake Ice Company. Ice delivered in .my p.irt of tho city. Office at Grand Central Hotel, Vernon and Ward fctreets Phone 148. P. O. box 13P. M ���i*_- '0.0-s0'0' _&r&T&-&rz&fp- LAND NOTICE. Notice li hereby given, tlfr.l after one month I will make application to the Chief Commissioner of Lands nnrf Workb to pui chase one hundred amlmxty uuics o�� Lind in the district of West Kt ot jnny, in the Province of Hntish Columbia, dhuiited on the wchb side of Kootenay lake, on Boulder creek, about two miles souih of Balfour- Commencing atinitinl Post marked "John Uurk. N: E. Corner," thence west snxtj-four chains, thence <>ouih Iwcnty-flva chains, thence east sixty-four chains, thence north twenty- five chains to the Initial Post. JOHN BURK. Dated at Nelson this 7th day of April, 190ft. Hkad Office at NELSON, B. C. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Markets at Nelson, Rossland} Trail, Kaslo, Ymir, Sandon, Silverton, New- Denver, Bevelstoke, I'erguson, Grand Porks, Greenwood, Cascade City, Mid-- way, and Vancouver. Mail Orders Promptly Forwarded' West Kootenay Butcher Co.. ALL KINDS OF FRESH AND SALTED MEATS WHQLKSALB AND KETAIL FISH AND POULTRY IN SEASON Baker Street, Nelson ��. & TRAVES, BffUiager ORDERS BY MAli EECSSTB CARESOT. AJtTO PROMPT ATTENKHter. THE TRIBUNE: KELSON B.C., THURSDAY; MAY U, 1900 3 BANK OF MONTREAL CAPITAL, nil paid up..$12,000,000 REST 6,000,000 Lord Strathcona and Blount Royal ...Presiflont Hon. George A. Drummond Vicc-Presidont K. S. CIoiiAlon General Manager. " ��� NKLSON BRANCH Corner Baker und Kootenay Streets. Branches in London (England) Nkw Yoltrc, Chicago, and all tho principal cities in Canada. Buy and Transfers. Grunt Commercial and Travelers' .available in any part of tho world. Drafts Issued, Collections Made, Etc. sell Sterling Exchange and Cablo Credits, THE BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA NELSON Savings Bank Branch CUKKB.VT 1CATK OP IXTEHKST 1>A1D. A LAND WITHOUT STEIKES. The compulsory labor disputes in arbitration of effect in New Zealand has been investigated by Marry D. Lloyd, who is well known to the public through his exposure of the Standard Oil company in "Wealth Against Commonwealth." I ti an interview published in the Sew York Herald Mr. Lloyd describes New Zealand as ft country without strikes, and is unstinted in his praise of the system of intervention by conciliation boards and .���in arbitration court. The system is still regarded as in the experimental stage, both by its author and the public, but its work has been so far satisfactory as to Avar- ranfc the arbitration court in gradual fy extending its authority. The ; ohief aim is the settlement of disputes by the intervention of conciliation boards, aud it is only after such'have proved unsuccessful that an appear can be taken to the arbitration' court. The only disputes recognized are those with trades unions registered under the a':l", and a conciliation board does ��� nob intervene unless appealed to by 'one or both the ��� parties!. There is a board of icuueiljiaiion foj.- each industrial district, the division of the island into iNiitricts being a matter for the governor-general in council, and but one arbitration court for the avhole country. If one party to a dispute appeals to a board of conciliation the other party is cited to ��� appear and must obey the snimnons. \lothen becomes a punishable offence ,for the workmen to quit work or the employer to shut down 1ilL,v'ae matter is decided. Both -must keep on until the board or court has rendered a,final .decision. Iu the event of failure by ihe board ' ot conciliation the dispute is taken before the arbitration court, which is composed of throe persons, one -appointed by the governor-general from nominees by workmen and i.nefrom nominees hy employers, :uid the third being a judge of i lie supreme court. It is a court with ordinary and " extraordinary ' powers, it can summon any party ;<> a dispute which is before it, and, if he refuses to appear, ca,n proceed without him. It can enter ,-iiid investigate any premises and question* *��� any persons' there without warrant, ' It tan permit any party who might appear to have a common inteicst in the. matter to be joined in the proceedings. It can receive such evidence as ib sees fit, "whether strictly legal evidence or not." 'It ���has-the power of-other-magistrates" to take evidence at a distance. None of its awards can be set abide i'i��r an informality; it is required time they be not framed in a technical manner., They cannot be "challenged, appealed agaiust, re- ���\ iewed, quashed or called in ques- tion by any court of judicature on any account whatsoever." The decisions of the court are more than advisory, and public opinion is by no means the only force employed * io secure compliance wilh them. An award settles wages or other conditions for two years, if it does nob specify a shorter time. Any workman may stop work or any employer, may shut down during arbitration or after an award1 if he ran show the court a good reason, 'but if he wants to resume during the life of the award lie can-do so only by obeying its terms. A violation of the award is not l.eccessarily an offence. St As left to tho court to decide whether it shall bo punished or not, but the court does make such disobedience punishable offense, and trifling with its decisions is likely to prove expensive. A penalty of $2,500 may i ie imposed for violation of an award. Xo additional penalty can be laid mi any party, and no greater a mount can be exacted under any award from all tho parties to it; bub should a business men's association, trust or monopoly, or a great Uade�� union attempt to secure permanent immunity for a continued violation of an award of the court, it could be brought up before the court again and again subjected to a s many awards as necessary to enforce obedience. Such fines can be ollected ia other courts as judg- Is now prepared to issue Drafts and Letters of Credit on Skaguay, U. S., Atlin, B. C, and Dawson City, N. W. T. monts, and if the property of a trade union or association or association of employers is not sufficient to pay the fine, individual members are liable, but only to the amount of the fine. Mr. Lloyd recounts many advantageous ��� results whicli he attributes to the New Zealand system. There has not been a strike by organized labor, with one insignificant exception, since the law came iuto force. It lias harmonized all the labor troubles brought under its cognizance. The courts have been constantly strengthening themselves and the act by their administration of it. Capital has nob fled, but, on the contrary, industries of all kinds have been flourishing as never before. There have been a few attempts to evade or disregard the decisions of the courts; these the judges have proved themselves fully able to control and punish. Although the decisions have almost all been in. favor of the ; men, because it is a time of prosperity and their demands have been made on a rising market, the employers have found no serious i embarassment in complying wibh them, and some of the employers are- the strongest supporters of the law. This is a favorable showing for a system that has been iu -force for five years, but there may, be room for a difference of opinion as to how far the system of conciliation and arbitration has contributed toward the industrial conditions of the| island. New Zealand has made other and more momentous changes iu laws regarding industrial and economic conditions. She has grappled with problems which other colonies and nations scarcely mention above a whisper. The forces of competition, are so directed that there is not always a residue of population seeking leave to work and unable1 to obfcaiu it." Wages are not affected by, a continuous downward tendency toward the point of bare subsistence. Intervention iii industrial disputes is but one of many experiences in legislation that tend to equalize distribution and lessen economic evils in -Yew Zealand. Imperial Bank of Canada HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO. Capital Authorized Capital Paid up Rest WAE PARAGRAPHS. Military authorities consider thafc dog scouts, such as are trained in the German army, would have rendered invaluable service to the British troops in South Africa. They point out that had colonel Broadwood been in possession of a pack of trained war dogs he would never have met wifch the disaster he did at Korn Spruit, as fche animals would have discovered the proximity of "the Boers and thus' warned our soldiers of fche ambush. An Irish officer, addressing his men, who had just returned from a somewhat fruitless expedition, said : "Fou were, no doubt, disappointed because the campaign gave you uo opporbunifcyto fight;_b��t_if there had been any fighting there would have been many absent faces here today." Private AV. Savage, now serving in the 1st Coldstream Guards, and formerly in the Norwich police force, writes fco his sister afc Caws- ton thus: "Ifc was a treat to see old Cronje and his better half come in. Our people brought them in a cart almost similar to a hansom cab. She looked rather rough* at a distance. I was about 200 yards away, so I could not get a good look at them. 1 saw all the other prisoners. They looked a rough lot. I should think old Cronje picked his men, and he could not have picked a better-looking lot if he had tried. I had a good chat with some of them, and one of them said it was not a fair fight, as we got them in a hole and would nofc let them come out. It was a clever move on lot d Roberts' part .when we took Bloemfontein. The Boers did not fchink we would come the way we did. There are two forts round the place, and they thought we would go that way. That was their front way, but lord Roberts is not a proud man, so he went round to the back way." According to a letter received from South Africa by Mr. Pafcer of Aldershot, sergeant Greener, formerly of the balloon department, Aldershot, who was captured fighting for the Boers, was shot after trial by court martial. The writer, who was present at fche execution, says: "After the finding of the court martial, two pioneers proceeded, with. the sanction of the commanding of-- ficer, to dig a grave. After a brief lapse of time the condemned maim took his stand by the side of the $2,500,000 $2,391,863 $1,554,710 D. R. Wilkie, General Manager. E. Hay, Inspector. ���Nelson Branch���Bums Block, 221 Baker Street J. M. LAY, Manager. open grave. In the meantime the color sergeant had taken out twelve men from various regiments, and proceeded to load the weapons of the firing party. Eight were loaded with ball and' four with blank cartridges. These were then handed to the men, but none knew who had the ball or blank, and thus none knew who fired the fatal shot. When all was ready and the men were at the present, the sergeant let fall-a handkerchief and there were twelve bangs. The brigade surgeon went up and examined the body, and had there been a spark of life remaining the brigade major was ready, revolver in hand, to have stepped up and blown out the brains. The body was at once put in the grave, covered up, and that was the last of Greener, the traitor." Corporal F. Greihslade, of the 1st Devon regiment, writes from Ladysmith on 10th March to his brother; and sister at Blaina. In the course of his letter he says: "I expect you two have been'wondering how we are getting On in Ladysmith. T need not tell you we have had a a rough time of it for four'months,, but I am glad to say that we are relieved at last. The first of the relief- were vbwo squadrons of_ cavalry. Theycaine in on the lastday of the month about seven;p."inland we did give them a cheer, arid' the troops have been coming in for days now with stores and provisions and I Can tell you we wanted them. We have been living on ground Indian corn and horse flesh; and we look very thin against the troops that relieved us. Wer have had a very hard struggle to hold Ladysmith, but British pluck can still hold its own, as I expect you saw by the fight we had on Oth January and we had a very hard fight on 9th November, when the royal salute was fired on the battlefield. The Boers are a , plucky lofc of fellows, and they fight bravely, They have kept us pretty well . shelled in here with, their big guns. ���' The worst of ali was-'Long Tom,' on a very high hill, and the shells were 95 pounds each. I have seen as many as .18 killed and wounded with one shell, so you can guess it would make you shake every, time it was fired. We had to sleep iu the trenches by day and work building the fortifications by night. I have plenty of food now and I feel liko a new man. The worst thing, I think, was the want of tobacco. We had to smoke the bark and leaves of trees. I suppose you have seen by the papers that the Devons have done good work out here, and so has our 2nd battalion. All the generals are proud of our regiment. You mnst excuse a poor letter from me, as the things I have to say are stale to you. I have not seen a paper since the 2nd November until now. /I have not received any letters yet, but I am expecting them daily. I don't know whether we go on or stay where we are yet, but I am glad to be able to walk about in peace, and I am also glad to tell you I have been promoted corporal, and jumped five senior to me, so you see T am getting on as well as lean." Young men' who study the styles at all will tell you it is a toss between blue serges and decided checks for first place this season. The new styles are very strong on checks, and the young chaps that cannot be perfectly suited in these goods are few indeed. Those who do not favor ���checks will find my range of summer serges the most ���complete in the city* M. VINCENT Bakes* Street. Kootenay Steam Laundry BLOMBERG & SMBEIjG PliOPRIBtWJta The on!y steam laundry "m Nelson employing union labor ,A. L&.RS0N, Mamig-er Stopped to Drink Bum. London, May 23.���A dispatch from Vredefortweg, without date, via Lorenzo Marquez, May 23 says: "Some American scouts, before leaving Kroonstadt set fire to the goods sheds after . having had trouble with the British residents. Hazell's American scouts have suffered more heavily than any other, corps during the war. In the past six weeks out of 100 strong, they have lost thirty-seven in killed, wounded or captured. Their storming of the British position at Toba- berg was grand. They captured captain Cheyne "and six men. Melan's cavalry added to their laurels last week^but lost heavily in proportion to the burghers. It is believed that Blake's Irish corps, captured at Kroonstadt were ordered to retreat, but remained drinking the rum left by the commissariat." - Having Purchased the Business Of Fred J. Squire, merchant tailor, Nelson, I intend to , continue the business so, as to keep the patronage, of all Mr. Squire's old patrons and get a share" bf~ the general ' i trade. * I am now - prepared to show the latest styles in * all lines of spring goods. A special line on hand at $25 per,suit All other lines at low rates. None but Union labor employed. E. Skinner Neelands' Building, Baker Street. FRED J. SQUIRE. Manager. Under th'j immediate patronage of their EM'cI- leuofaa the Uovcrnor-Uenei.il anil Countess of Minto. KOR THE CANADIAN PATRIOTIC FUND HEROES OK THE HOUR LORD ROBERTS GENERAL BULLER CANADA'S IlltAVK SON'S On the perfect moving pictuies of the BIOGRAPH War scenes in South Africa. Parades and departure of Canadian' contingents, All the great generals and crack regiments of the British army. Her majesty the queen saying good bye lo the household troop*. II. 11. 11. tho Prince of Wales. The world famed views of Pope Leo XIII. .Through tho Rockies on ti C. P. H. engine. All the groat events and personages of the day. MR. OWKX A. SAIILV Canada's greatest elocutionist and liuinonut al Nelson Opera House MONDAY TUESDAY WKDNKSDAY and THURSDAY May 21st, 22nd, 23rd, and 2Ith, (Queen's Birthday) Reserved seats COe, admission 3."5c Plan now open at the usual place. Doors open at 7:13 p. in., performance at HMO. ins Tailoring CLEANING AND REPAIRING YOUR OWN GOODS MADE UP OLD CLOTHES MADE GOOD AS NKW ARTHUR GEE Opposite Clarke Hotel. MKRCHANT TAILOR A FULL LINE OF Front Doors Inside Doors Screen Doors Windows Inside Finish local and coast. Flooring" local and coast. " Newel Posts Stair Rail Mouldings Shingles Rough and Dressed Lumber of all kinds. IF WITAT YOU WANT IS NOT IN STOCK WE WILL MAKK IT FOR YOU CALL AND GET PRICES. Wholesale Houses NELSON B.C. AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLANS M EALS 25 CENTS J. A. Sayward HALL AND LAKK STREETS, NELSON Porto Rico Lumber Co. (LIMITED) , Successors to J. A. DEWAR & CO. ROOMS LIGHTED BY ELECTRICITY AND HEATED BY STEAM 25 CENTS TO ft 321 to 331 Baker Street, Nelson. QUEEN'S HOTEL V BAKER STREET. NELSON. Lighted by Electricity and Heated with Hot Air. Rough and Dressed Lumber Shingles Mouldings A-1 White Pine Lumber Always in Stocl^. We carry a complete stock of Coast Flooring, Ceiling, Inside Finish, Turned Work, Sash and Doors. Special order work will receive prompt attention. Porto Rico Lumber Co. Ltd. Contractors and Builders WILL DO WELL TO Buy Their Lumber G. 0. Buchanan's Large comfortable bedrooms and flrst-clasa dining-room. Sample rooms for oommerclal men. RATES $2 PER DAY flf|rs. E. 0. Clarke, Prop; LATE OF THE ROYAL HOTEL, CALGARY DID YOU SEE Guppan'sNew B FRESH COOL Schooners TRY ONE; OH, MY! A large stock of flrsfc-olass dry material on hand, atom full line ot sash, doors, mouldings, turned work, etc. - Factory, Work a Specialty Yards Foot of Hendryx streeb, Nelson '' Telephone. SI Joljfl RaG; A^tlt The only Good Beer in' Nelson CLUB HOTEL fyadden House ^"Kss1 The only hotel in Nelson that has remained under one management since 1880. The bed-rooms are well furnished, and lighted by electricity. 0 The bar is always stocked by the best dom s- tlo and Imported liquors and cigars. THOMAS MADDEN, Proprietor. B. C. HOTEL . EKiE, b. c. First-class in every respect. Choicest! wines. liquors and cigars. Every comfort for transient and resident guests. HEADQUARTERS FOR UNION MEN. JOSEPH CAMPBELL. Proprietor. MOYIE LOTS FOR SALE. Lot 9 Block 1, Lot 9 Blocks Lot 11 Block 6 Lot 7 Blocks Cash Offer Fop AH Four ADDRES3 , W. F. Teetzel, Nelson. ���j^DW|jj Manufacturers of and dealers In Harness, Pack and Stock Saddles. Apara- jocs. Collars, Bridles and WUi,w. Nelson Harness Shop Hnll Street, NeUon. Notice of Application for" a Certificate of Improvements. HltOKR*. Hll.l. MlMtlC W, Cl.lIM, sf'i IMTi: IN TIIK AlNHWOIMH MtNIV. DIMUION OK WlJST Ktmn.NAv DiM-itrcr, ani> iocvit.d Atioi'T TWO MIMM S01"l !JWI'��r 01' Al.VSH OKI li, All- .loi.viNC 1111: Auka.nsii, UNin:i> ami Union Mi.vr.K ti. Claims. Take notice that 1, 11. E. Young, meting as agent for IC. .1. KohMts, freo miner'* cortillcitt�� special Xo. MSI, awl Anna C. Duckloy. free uiinur'b ci-rtiliciiiu No. U. Il!i')71 two miner's our- tiliualc No. li. i:i,ll<i, iiitaid, si\ly days from the diifo IicreoMo ti)iply lo the mining; rccoider for ii ucrllllcute of iiriiirovunients.foi* tlio pnijiose o obtaining n novvn want of the above claim. Ami fiirtlior take nitlirc Limit m>tiun< under see tion^i. miihiliocoiiiiiiciicucl licfoie the issuance of such ccrtlii'Mtu of imjiioveilienU. Dated this 2ltli day of A owl. A. I)., li**). - K. K. YOUNG. i'.L.S. LAliD NOTICE. Notice in hereby given Hint nf lor ono month I will make application to tlio Chief Cornmliwioiior of Lawls and Works lo purchase fortj acres of land in Iho liihlriet of Weil Kootenny in the province of Hritlnh Columbia, iltuated on the eiihlMdo nt ICuolqnny lake, between i.orkhart and Lufraiice creeks ��h followh: CoinmoncltiK nia rest on the beach m.irki'd "Initial Post John i^iidliivv's .V, W. Corner," tlmncc southerly along the lake 20 chains, theneo eastedy 'JO chainH, llicEice northeily 'M chiini*^ thence westerly 20 chains to tho [ijaco of beginning. .lOllX hAIDLAW. Dated at Xclton, B. C, this' 3id day of April, IBOO. ICootenay Coffee ' Co. NKLSON, B. C. Coffee roauters and dealers In Tea and Coffee. Offer fresh roasted ooffoo of best Quality es follows: Java and Arabian Macta, per pound. 9 10 Java and Mocha Blond, S pounds 1 00 Fine Santos, 4 pounds ��� 1 OG Santos Blond, 6 pounds...................... I 00 Our Special Blend, 8 pounds 1 00 Our Rio Roost, 6 pounds t 00 A trial order solicited. Salefiroom 2 doors eapfc of OddfollowH block. Want Bakor BtreeU MONEY Td"LOAN AT 7 PER CENT ON BUSINESS PROPERTY Apply G. h. liKNXOX, Sohcitor.Nelson^ B^ NOTICE OP MEETING. Tho Nulion plumber'., giw and Mown litters' union imtrtHOi cry second and fourth > riday at thoMlnere'UiiicnlijUUUpjn. H. WKKKS, Secretary pro tern. f��al��> SPAHM/M Vernon Street, Nelson, SMOKE" ROYAL SEAL AND KOOTENAY BELLE CIGARS Kootenay Cigar Mfg. Go. kkibox, lmrrigH coLOMiirA ' R. REISTERER & CO' BRKWKRS AND BOTTLBRS Off FJNE LAGER BEER, ALE AND PORTER '^y W&do Brewery at Kelson Nelson Wine Go. ��� CHOICE WW��S AMIS liqUMS ��� Special attention ffivon to family trade T��rHUV FRAHKA TAT Nolson. B. C. MANAOXB Portland, Oregon, Postoffice Box 484 Holders of Hall Alines, Limited, Ktock, either preferred or common, will please communicate with me, as J am instructed to buy "P same in any quantities. Wire me at my expense. O. AI. Rosendale, P. O. box ifl4, Portland, Oregon. Flowers arjd Plants Palms' fix foot high. .W tokcm, pot grower in ���JO varieties. A choieo collection of houso and bedding plantM. Thousands to no!oct from. Ont flowerh and dorficni. .Inspection invited. The Nelson Uroon IIouhc Front Hlroct, two blocks ea��t of wharf. 15. MoOUKATH. Ordere by snail ptxinipUr filled. DERATED AND MINERAL WATERS. rpHORPE & CO., LIMITBD.-Corner Vernon * and Cedar streets. Nelson, manufacturers of and wholesale doalers in aerated Waters and fruit syrups. Sole agents (or Halcyon Sprin(?8 mineral water. Telephone 60. 7 ASSAYERS' SUPPLIES* WF. TEETZKIi & CO.-Corner Biker anfl ��� Josephine streets, Nelson, wholesale dealers in as say ers supplies. Agents for Denvor Fire Clay Co. of Denver, Colorado. ~ CIGARS. XTOOTENAY CIGAR MANUFACTURING *^ CO.���Corner Baker and Hall streets. Nelson, manufacturers of "Royal Seal" and "Kootenay Bello" brands of cigars. COMMISSION MERCHANTS. " HJ. EVANS & CO.-Baker street. Nelson, ��� wholesale dealers in liquors, cigars, cement, fire brick and Ore clay, water pipe and steel rails, and general commission merchants. ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES. KOOTENAY ELECTRIC SUPPLY & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY���Wholesale dealers in telephones, annunciators, bells, batteries, fixtures, etc., Houston block. Nelson. ��� FLOUR AND FEED. RACKMAN-KER MILLING COMPANY 1 ���Cereals, Flour, Grain, Hay. .< Straight or mixed cars shipped to all Kootonay Points. Grain elevators at all principal points on Calgarj - Edmonton R. R. Mills at Victoria, New West-, minster, and Edmonton. Alberta. . TAYLOR FEED & PRODUCE CO.-Baker street, Nolson (George V. Motion's old stand), Flour, Feed, Grain, Hay and Produce. Car lots a specialty. Correspondence solicited. Phono 26. ' FRESH AND SALT MEATS. P BURNS & CO.���Baker street, Nelson, ��� wholesale dealers in freehand cured meats. Cold storage. . GROCERIES. A MACDONALD & CO.-Corner Front and ��� Hall streets, wholesale grocers and jobbers in blankets, glovos, mitts, boots, rubbers, mackinaws and miners' sundries. OOTENAY SUPPLY COMPANY, LIMI- TED���Vernon street, Nelson, wholesale grocers. . ������ ���-.l.-.'..- -. -V.v,.'; TOHN CHOLDITCH & CO.-Front street, Nel- " son, wholesalo grocers. f PR. STEWART & CO.���Warehouses on C. P. ��� R. track, foot of Stanley street, Nelson, wholesale dealers in provisions, produce and fruits. Cold storage. Agents Armour & Co.'s bacon, hams, lard and other products. Y. GRIFFIN & CO.-Front street. Nelson. - ��� wholesale dealers in provisions, cured meats, butter and eggs. ������ ��� HARDWARE AND MINING SUPPLIES. H BYERS & CO.���Corner Baker and Josephine ��� streets, Nelson, wholesalo dealers in hardware and mining supplies. Agents for Giant Powder Co. LAWRENCE HARDWARE COMPANY- Baker St, Nelson, wholesalo dealers in hardware and mining supplies, and water and plumbers'supplies. '_.. . VANCOUVER HARDWARE COMPANY - LIMITED���Baker street. Nelson; wholosale dealers in hardware and mining Bupplios. plumbers and tinsmiths' supplies. Agnnts Ontario Works. LIQUORS AND DRY GOODS. rpURNER, BEETON & CO.-Corner Vernon ; A and Josephino streets. Nelson, wholesale dealers in liquors, cigars and dry goods. Agents for Pabst Brewing Co. of Milwaukee and Cal- gary Brewing Co. of Calgary. PAINTS AND OILS. NELSON HARDWARE COMPANY-Baker Street���Wholesale dealers in paints, oils, and brashes of all kinds. Largest stock in Kootonay. H^ POWDER, CAPS AND FUSE. ���AMILTON POWDER COMPANY-Baker ��� street, NolHon, manufaotureis of dynamite, spotting, stumping and black blasting powders, wholesale dealers In caps and fuse, and electric blasting apparatus, SASH AUD DOORS. NELSON SAW AND PLANING MILLS, LIMITED���Corner Front and Hall streets. Nelson, manufacturers of and wholesale dealers in saflh and doors; all kinds ot factory work made to order. > _ TENTS-AND AWNINGS. NELSON TENT AND AWNING FACTORY- Bakcr street. Nelson. Manufacturers of all kinds of tents, awnings, and canvas goods. P, Q. Vox 76. Thco. Madaqn, proprietor. WINES AND CIGARS. CALIFORNIA WINE COMPANY, LIMI- TKD���Corner Front and Hall streets. Nelson, wholesale dealers tn wines (case and bulk) and domestic and imported cigars. . ENGINEERS.* f^HAR&KS PARKER���Mining and milling en- *-/ giticor. West Baker btreol^Nclaon. " '"fbatebnal societies^ NELSON LODGE. NO. 7$. A. F. & A- K. Meets second Wednesday In each month. Sojourning brethren invited. > "A KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS- NcIboji Lodge, No, a5, Kulghta of Pythias, meets in I. O. O, F. Hall, oorner Baker and Kootenay streets, every Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. \ isiting Knights cordially Invited to attend. R. G. Joy, K. of R. & 8. Leonard Scott, C. C. NELSON L. 0. L., No. 1692, meets in I. 0. O. F. Hall, corner Bakor and Kootenay streets, lab and 3rd Friday of each month. Visiting brothorn cordially invltod. It Robinson, W. M. W, Crawford, Recording-Secretary. TSJKLSGN ^KRIB, Number 22, fraternal Order <L^> of Eagles, meets every hecond and fourth Wednesday luoaob month in Krai-ertiltv HalL Visiting brothran welcome. W. Gosnoll, Preel dent. Charles Pro����cr, Secretary. TRAMS ~UNZQNff ~ NEU30N MINERS' UNION NO. ��$. W. F. of M.���MeotA in miners' union rooms, northeast cornor Victoria and Kootonay streets, ovory Saturday evening nl R o'clock. ViwiUng members wofcome. M. It MowaU, Proi-ident. James Wilkes, Secretary. NELSON PAINTERS' UNION-Tho regular meeting of,tho Painters' Union is held ovory Wediiei-day evening nt 7.SO, in the iJftin- tors' Union hnll. behind tho 'Jlarke hotel. T. O. Skatbo. president. Alfred Turner, i.ecrctan. TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL.-Thc regular meetings of tho Nelson Trades and Ijilxir Council will he hold in the miner*' union hall, corner of Victoria and Kootoiiay iitrcets, on tho first and third Thursday of each month, at 7.30 p. in. G. J. Thorpe, President. J. H. Mat ho- aon. Secretary. THE regular meetings of the Carpenters' Union aro held on Wednesday evening of each week, at 7 o'clock, in tho Minors* Union hall cornor victoria and Kootenny street*. It Robin- son. President. Jaine�� Colling, Secretary. BARBERS' UNION'.--Nelson Union. No. Ul.ot tho International Journeymen Harlxsrs Union of America, fiiootK every first and third Monday of each month in Miner's Union Rail, corner of Victoria and Kootonay streots. at 8:30 p.ui. sharp. Visiting brothon' cordially invited to attend. J. H- Matlioson, President. W. &. ilel- ville. Secretary. CIGAR MAKERS' UNION meets l.-t Tuesday in every month in tho W. V. M. hull, Kmjo utivo board meets every Saturday. B" HicKLAYKKS AND MASONS* UNION. The Bricklayers and Mus-ons' International Union No. 3 of Nelson meets .second and fourth Tuesdays in each month at Miners' Union hall J. W. Ktcber, president; Joseph Clark, recoidiug and eornwponciing srprntnry. LABORIOUS' UNION.���Nelbon Laborers' Protective Union, No. 8131, A. V, of L., nteetbin Minors' Union Hnll, northeast cornor of Viotoria and Kootonay stroct��, every Monday evening at 8 li.ui. sharp. VtmUiig members of the Aiuen- can Federation cordially invited to attend. John MuIVbb, President, Percy Shackelton.Sewetaspy. s-i>s.B $ THE TRIBUNE: NELSON, Ii C, THURSDAY MAY 24 1900 Rubber Gloves FOR WOMEN AND MEN The proper thing for spring house- cleaning and gardening Furniture Polish To make your Furniture look as good as new, try our �� "FRENCH FURNITURE POLISH." W. F. Teetzel & Co. Victoria Bbck, Corner Baker and Josephine Streets DRUGS AND ASSAYERS' SUPPLIES /^-.���^���^.���^���^���^���^ "*�����*�� ���^^�����% -0-_9-0-0^^.0.^.^.0.0^^ 5f?e... Uf xit iti iti xti Hi Hi Ui ��� ��� ��� Wfe_\d\T)<^ Bells \ti ���jii-zy.zxzxz_-ixi_Tz.zi ilXXXZIXXZIZXZTZXZXXIXXZ'.l-IZ: xti xti _ . m of Jur)e u/ill xti iti Ui iti iti xti iti xti iti Ui xti iti Hi xti soot) be r\T)(^iT)^ . tixxxi: :iKxxxrnxxnxri2rxsnmxxrixx-.{xxr:xxx zizxr. This will mean an increased demand for high-class jewelry, and we have prepared for it. We are offering the best values in Kootenay in suitable Wedding Presents. Jacob Dover Hi iti Ui Hi iti iti Ui Ui iti Hi Hi xti Ui iti xti Ui Hi Hi Hi Hi xti iti xti iti Ui iti Ui Ui xti Ui iti iti jjf Nelson, b. c. The Jeweler % ^���-S'-S'-S'-aA'-S'^'-S'ia'-S'-a <_t-_t-_t"_x-'_x-'_t-'_x-is!-<-<-^'-i*'4^ ���^s-0^W^i9.0^S-0-0-0-0-0-0 C'<C.<C.<C-C'<5-'CCr-'5-CS?.5��- Our Clearance of Dry Goods Sale is still on and will be continued until ali is sold. Linen for skirts at 10, 15$ and 20 cents per yard ; White Dress Duck, regular 20c goods, sale price 124c per, yard; regular 25c goods, sale price 15c; White Pique at 15, 20 and 25 cents. A large range Of Underskirts from $1 up. Ali other dry goods sold at proportionate prices. A. FERLAND &; CO. ELLIOT BLOCK, BAKER STREET. SPECIAL HOLIDAY GOODS We are mindful of yonr many holiday needs and have many striking" novel creations in Blouses, Ties, and" Tailor- mades, which we think are specially good for the coming holiday, May 24th. We would like you lo compare our Silk Blouse values at $4-50, $5.50, $7, $10, $12, and $15. Our leader in Tucked Taffetta Silk is very special value at $10. , Our assortment of Percale, Pique, Muslin and Gingham, Shirt Waists-is- the largest���ever- shown_in���NeIson7~_When~ you come note these: Our new Muslin Blouse at $r. Our Fancy Tucked Blouse at $2. Our special Percale Blouse with y Fancy Yoke at $1.25. MARTIN O'REILLY & OO. Houston Block, Baker Street IT That wf itrc (lie i-Clokiii/ucI Iciwlerw in di rylf'ff Uic choicohl mut besi gnuluH ol Tout nml Coilue-i. Tins fact ha* boon I lioroiiKlily pio veil by tlio public apjucciaf ion uf the hiitiic, uhull has caused our salo, to incrcas-o in .bv- above Hiioh fiillj HI j)ti icnl. To UiohC wdo Innc nut litod 0'ir loufloi* , m��j uio .itwuvs pUiim il to M'lbmit sainplet, after vihiutiyoii londifj mo lliul jniilift)ubC(,n im> i/i(j tlio same for uiihHjoIo whicli f ould not fur u momuit bpcompiiicd witli it, Woiuu suro to please yon, as oiir*<tock in complete and the best thai >F)OllOJ Ctll bi!}'. uiiw.mii The Western Mercantile Compaqy, limited. BAKKK STttKKT, XKI.SON. B. O. A large consignment of the latest styles of hats, union and custom made. Clothing for bargains at GITY LOCAL NEWS Magistrate Crease held a session of the small dobls court yesterday at which twelve cases came up for..disposition. The actions wore, as usual, of no public interest. Mrs. AVhite, wife of Siev, J. Colter White, JI. A., has arrived in Nelson with her family and is comfortably settled in tlieir home on the Hall Mines road, recently vacated bv J. J. Campbell. The 1200 feet of Paragon hose, recently purchased by the city for the lire department, was shipped by the manufacturers on the 12th instant, and is expected bore daily. R. S. Lennie and R. M. Macdonald leave tonight for Victoria to attend the full court of-British Columbia. S. S. Tat lor, who has a number of appeals to argue baforo the court, leaves for llie coast tomorrow. \ The contract for the erection of G. L. Lennox's now houso on lots 3 and I. hlork JO. has been let by architect Curtis to W. G. ffillctt. The contract price was ��2,020. The meanest man in the ICootennys was in Nelson yesterday. lie went out on the Nelson & Fort Sheppard track and saw a can' e belonging to a poverty sti icken Sitva-h named Jack. The mean man robbed the canoo of all its paltry contents, including Jack's blanket, camp outfit and extra overalls. Tho Si wash will take tho thief s scalp on sight. "With favorable weather today the number of Nclsonites who take in the celebration at Kaslo will be very large. The steamers Moyie and International leave about 8 o'clock and will carry tho Knights of l'ylhias, Oddfellows, the Rifle company and tho ball club. Together with tho citj hands and citizens genpi- allv. it is believed that o\ ei 100)people will take in tho trip. J. A. Stewart, who has the con- li.ict forlhc .Vclson-Piciclci road, says that tho ti.ick is icady for the steel in niant places. In thiec oi lour weeks ti ne all the ties wi 1 bo got out and tho io id will be lendj lot the company totukootci. The news of the death of Dan Mctiillviaj, the wrllknmtn contiactoi. was con- tinned testeiday by a prn.ito message. He died of sm.illpo\.it Sault Sic. Mane, and the news li.isbioughtgie.it sorrow lohisniimcioiwfriends in Nelson. The Rifle company had a splendid dull 1-it.t/night and aie in (list class condition for toda>'s tup lo Kaslo. Tlio coiupanv foimed up at the ,1111100 and m.uchert to Ihc lecie.ition grounds headed by the municipal band, which plated the militiamen back agun in good sr.tle. Befoie the parade was dismissed the following oideis were lead. To bo coipoial from date, private James Wadds; to be lance coipoi.il, pii- vato D. Porter. A larger audience greeted the biograph show last night.md the entertainment von lonnd aftei round ot applause. Owen Siiuly was in good form and amused the audience clot cilj. ThebiOijiaph will exhibit for the last time tonight. The in.itinee testeidat afternoon was great lj eniotedb.t a huge ntimbei of children ns well as adults. J. E. Lackey states that his pocket was picked of S7 at the opcia hotise last night. He has no idea as to the identity of the light- fViufOicdgcmlcin.nl ' Tho mechanical stafi' at the C. P. P. roundhouse < oiiulinled tho iofltling of llie big s'eam shovel last night.and toduj the apparatus will be sent out past the junction md sot upon tlio face of the bluff which is to be let oiled. The "WestKootenay Butcher company deliver} tv agon came to grief jestoidaj. Tho hoi so took flight at tho steam lollui on Stan- Icy s'lectaml i.in at top speed to llie coiner of W'nwl and Vernon sheets, wheie it i.tn mlon h>- drant. Tlio harness was loin topicces, the ���stngon biokcn and choice roasts filled the .urfora tew seconds, but the animal was iimniuied. The hy- diant ciacked and a lively mreamof witcr cs- (aped | The baseball team goes to Kaslo fotUj. The m.ittcl was notconcludid unul yos- toidayafloriioon, and about noon the announce-., mont was made that tho K\s]o coniiinlteo had withdiawii its oiler. A < ouple of hours; latei manager Wateiman reccn ed a, message oifeiing ,l purou of STfl for a game, w bu li he nu ep*od. Accoidingiy tho ball pl.ijoi-. itiil go with the crowd this morning. Tjic team ih as follows- Houston, Waters, 'So��|iin(K Fbair, Stills, Kinoi- Hon, Kacritt, Kockenfield, MeLeod and Qateilo}. i'atsy Gilcliiist is the mascot. Dr. Armstrong has received an appiopnation of SoOO fiom the Dominion gotern- ment for thoestablishtnenr in Xelson of a <iu.ir- atitino station for stock of all kinds. ,-The doctor lias not i el decided whether he will erect his quaiiiniintmo barns aflthe mountain station or at the Nelson & Volt fehepjiard depot, HOTgL ABBIVALS. Ar mr. Pn,\lit--.T. P'led Ritchie, Rossland; A. J. I)ro��rv, ItoBsland: Ij. A. Campbell.-Kosslind; "T, Hilli.inl, Ten Mile; K. V. Hums .Martin Weicli, 1'rocloi; A Logan. Xlonlicnl; John Lan- ',on, San Kiimcisco. W. U London, I'oiUniid, Or. Ai 'ml lit mi .-il. A. hmall, Vunoouvei. 11 HiiiIk k. 13 Blue roiut; Alev. Fraser, London, Kngluid,-\. Moskey, Nakusp, II. i|. Slonc. II. Hatfield, Spokane, (.'. 1"). Hunter. .Sandon, J. i>. Conklin, K. If. Lewis, J.M. Woi th, K ('. Dickson, Hov, J. Alunro, W. �� Scilli, Tnul; .1. Trotter, McLean's Tiitmcl; W. It. Woom, Hobson. ... TffEO MAOSON'S BAKER STREET, NELSON. CLOTHING HOUSE. BUSINESS MENTIOST. To Lot���N"ew five room cottage. Hot i..;id colli watei, bath ioom, nnd Mswor ton- mction. Kitoinitiiili'i from pusf ofllce. Kent $2V per month K. T. II. hiinpkln!>. Coin t House. Wanted���a yoniif? giil for light hoiisework. Apjily coiner Onlionnto and Cedar Mleols. ( To rent���live-roomed furnished Itonw, with piano, on Mill street, Ihioc Iiounoh west of Cedar. Apply at Ihc pi onuses in tlio morning. AVanted���position ns a wire jiplluor, Understand* the ciro of tiaiintnttj. .Mile io Kko full cuiiiof iiamwajsaiid iikki. (Jn. dorstjindhall kinds of iigKing w'oik. .\pply lo V. W. Jtrcx k, lo< Ic box ",\ (icin, Idalio. A good opportuniby for man and wife. Home and good piying business. Capital i)c<ess.ii} $.W8. Appl} ��. Kn-h, I'ostoflh c. Man and wife wants to manage, icut, oi Ioauehotel or liis.ii'diiig house an} where. Fully competent and icitable. Addresfa ilib. Hadlc}, I'ost Ofhce. Gardening���lOmploymen t wanted by a praellcal man. Residential yioundslaidoul, etc. Addroitii, W, W. WiJsoti, Nelnon Wanted���Position as stenographer and t} pew riter by Jidj of oxporicnrc���He- feroncos.. No ob|cctmni to going out of city. Addi en Stenographer, Ti ibunu. For sale���Black Minorca eggs for hutching, $2"0i) per sitting. I3o\ i>S.i. .Volson. Hack calls left at the Pacific Transfer bam on Vernon stieet. Telephone cal! &>. ��� Por Sale.���One-third interest in Mineral Claim near Ymir, for $100, monoy to bo expended m develojimont. Apply In AIck Stewart, Turner St lioeckh block, ^o3s()1l. For sale���the north half of block 100, Xelson. Address P. O. Box Tt_, Xelson. Spot cash paid for second-hand foods of all kinds at llio Xelson Ba/^iar, Malone ��� Tregillus block. Houses furnished with new and Rccond-hatid furniture, or mixed new and secondhand jfu.-niUimJ. on the installment plan, by the Xe|Hon Hazaar, MuIone& TjckjIIsjh block. SLOGAN RIDING To the Electors of the Slocan Biding: Gbxti.kme.v-With the dissolution of the legislative assemblv, the duty again devolves upou the electors of the Slocan riding to choose a mem ber to represent thorn in llie provincial legislature. It is my intention to become a candidate at the forthcoming election and' with full confidence in 1 tie result I again respectfully solicit the suffrages of th�� electors of tho riding. While I may point with pardonable satisfaction to the manner in which I have conserved the interests of the riding and sought to meet, local requirements so faras practicab'e, I have earnestly endeavored to forward legislation in the interests of the whole province, and such as would tend toward its material development. Constant in attendance at the sessions of tho legislature. 1 have been watchful that no vote of mine should bo wanting for any measure beneficial to my constituents-, or the provinco as a whole; nor have I been neglectful of the interests of the wage earner, but havo, in sonio degree at least, been instrumental in placing their fair demands amongst the principles to be advocated by a great ijolitical party, Jt is well perhaps that 1 should briefly stato some of tho principles which I have advocated and shall continuo to advocate until they are incorporated in provincial legislation. (1) lam in favor of an equitable redistribution of the scats in the legislative assembly, based gonorally upon population, but with duo regard to tiie interests and circumstances of outlying and sparsiey settled districts. {���.) 1 shall advocate tho government ownership of railways and other public franchises so far as may be practicable, and a'gencal enactment by whicli companies desiring to construct railways may be incorporated without special legislation,, and that railways bonused by the province may be under government control as to their, rates and subject lo purchase ait government option. ; (3) I shall do all in my power to assist and support the advancement and development of ti.o mining interests of tho province, upon tvliich its prosperity is so malerially dependent. (I) 1 believe in tho principle of the eight-hour law and shall permit no interference with the law as ir, stands, aiid s\-ill insist upon the retention of the penalty clause. (;)) I shall advocate a liberal expenditure upon trunk roads and trails in the various districts of the province, believing that upon such expenditure tho development of the vast resources of the country materially depends. (ti) I shall advocate, and if elected assist in, the enactment of laws for the proper adjustment of disputes between labor and capital, by a well digested and equitably arranged system of eom- piusory arbitration. (7) 1 believe that Asiatic and other cheap labor is detrimental to the best interests of British Columbia I shall therefore advocate its restriction so far as it mat bo intia viresof piotin- cial lcgi-I.ition, and shall assist m bunging such pressiuc lo bear upon the fedeial government as may induce that government to assist in the work and will most emphatically insistlh.it no sin h class ot laboi shall be cmplo} cd upon any public tt oiks undertaken by the piovince oi upon such woiks as arc subsidized bt,or in an} tvay suh)ccl to the contiol of the government (S) I behcte that the educational 8} stem of the ptotince may be matenalJy liupiotcdnnd shall give in} heaitiest assistance in bringing it to the highest stnloof ofllcH'iicy by the establishment of noimal H.hools and olhei instrumentalities that may lend to the accomplishment of that object. (')) I shall also advocate and asbist m llie de- tclopmcnt of the agiicullui.il icsomccs of the piot nice. (Ifi) I believe that the monovs of the piovince should be expended upon some broad and gencial system whicli would ensure the greatest amount ol benefil from such c\pendituio. In thisnding I hate cndc.it oi cd lo lnangtu.ite such a s}slem b} having the it ork upon roads and trails placed umlci a lesjionsible head, so that Ihc appiopnation, nicossanly inadequate under existing circumstances, might be bciicliciall.t and economical!} expended. Yours respectfully, * R. F. GREEN. Kaslo, R. C., Mil} 10th. I'WO. Ward Bros. REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENTS Agents for J. & J: TAYLOR SAFES Bogustown) Fairview Addition. Charles D. J. Christie GENERAL BROKER 4 doors west of Dominion Kxpross ofllce. P. O. Boxr 523. Phones: Office 147, House 152 FOR ItRNT Tlnoe, sly and seven room houses VOR SAL.K AT A BARGAIN1 5 room house and 2 lots ? room house, furnished, and 2 corner lota Also set oral good lots. INSURANCE. LOANS. G. A. PROULX BEfflfflAL MERCHANT LARDO, B. O. Hating built a new stoic and received a now stock of goods. I ani in a position to outfit all piOspectoisgoingii.totheL.irdo Duncan coui.fry as cheap iw any merchant iu Kaf-lo or Kelson, JJi ly Haley isalwa,\r.at Lardo wiHi animals, aud ihiuudy to undertake any fi'QighI!uglhatiJia> he oil'eicd him. Give moa trial. NOTICE. All (iti.i!I,v men uic hciobv notified that (he following i-calc of wage* hat, been odopied by Die Lfiliurci-i' I'tot-eciito Union. N'o. $IU, A. V, oM.. Hand dnllei s. SX'A") for S hours. yunri'} lnborei 4. $'.no foi fUiourc. JOHV MUf.kKN, I'loMdcnl. I'. ('. SIIACKI.KTO.V, Secretary. TbN scale of wages has been ag'-cod lo by the following: William Shackleton, .). 1) Mcflhie, \V. II. U'ebb, K, C.iiiik'IIi Joseph Uiiins, T. .V. Stevenson. W. Mai (in, H. l'nlimini-,1, John KSlis, ChafloH 11(11}<ii, Tom Wilson, John Oughton, fe. ICillinid Sc Oo. ESTABLISHED 1892 H. BYERS & CO. ESTABLISHED 1892 HARDWARE Garden, Mill, Steam and Suction Hose. Crucible Cast Steel Wire Rope 5-16 to T-in. in stock. Leather and Rubber Belting. Sheet, Square and Round Rubber Flax and Garlock Packing Pipe Fittings, Brass Goods, Rails NELSON RIDING TO TIIE Kl.KCTOHS OK TIIK NELSON KlDIXO : Gentlemen���As the unanimous choice of a duly constituted convention of the supporters of tho Provincial Party in tho Nelson riding, I am before you as a candidate for representative of the Nelson riding in the next, provincial legislature. In this connection I desire to solicit your votes and inlliience in my behalf. Believing that every man aspiring for membership should place himself on record on tho main issues I take this opportunity of stating that 1 am in favor of legislation upon llie following lines : 1. Representation in the legislative assembly should be based on population, tvith such modifications as will give sparsely settled districts proportionately larger representation than cities and thickly settled farm ing districts. 2. All legislation should be general, and not special. A beginning lias been made in this direction by the enactment' of laws, under which cities can be incorporated, companies'formed, and water records obtained. These should be added to by the passage of a geueral railway incorporation act, and one giving municipalities, the same powers to acquire water records as are now accorded private corporations. 3. Public lands should be kept foractual settlement, and land subsidies should not be granted to aid the building of railways that When built aro owned by corporations. ��� i. Government ownership of railways is no more a theory than municipal ownership of public utilities. Both have been tried and found io tt ork foi the public good when capably and honest 1} managed ; but m making a commencement in got eminent ownership of lailtvajs in tins province, a section should be selected in it Inch tho government would havo a free hand, and not in sections wheie competition would be met. 5. Pi ot ention of the landing in this piovince o! (JhinchC and Japanese laboreis, and the discouragement of the cmplo.i merit of those ah cady hcie b} every fair means possible. B Positive, not negatite, laws should only be passed. If the principle of a Ia\t is good, the law should be ellecnve. The cight-houi day for men tt ork' ng undci gi omul in metalliferous mines is now geneially accepted as legislation in the right ducction. I it ould oppose any legislation that wouldiepe.il the penalty clause, oi m any othci way impair the eilectiveness of the law as it now stands. 7. To git e immediate eflect, bv legislation, to a icsolution similar to I hat known as the Muloch resolution, reccull} passed by the Dominion lionise of Commons, w Inch proi ides for the p.i}- inunt of fair wages on public ivoiks or works aided b} government subsidies. All contiactors doing tt oi k for cither t he pi ovmcc or foi municipalities should be icquned to pa,\ labor the into of wages ruling in the municipality or neighborhood in which the work is to be done, the nuin- bei of hourt. to constitute a da.t on all such w oi k lo be fixed bt statute. 8. loitits have been established in which in- dit iduals and coipoialions nic compelled lo settle disputes, howcvoi tntial. disputes that, seldom have an} bearing ou the gencial prosper-' iby of the cominiinit} in which the du��putanU> resile : and couils should bo established for tho coinjJii'soiy settlement of disputus between tho iepi(Jsuitatiios of capital i.i.d lalior, disputes Hint too oftim ate far rciiuhiug in I lieu damaging eflects on tlio gencial prosperity of whole communities and districts, !), Mi.iing foi the precious incl.ils is the one industry it liicii is benefiting, diteotly or induectly, every community in the piot nice, nnd legislation iiflectmg the inditsiti}, m thettay of taxation, should be based on the treatment and manufacture within the pionnccof the pidilui-t of the nuiies. rather than on the outp.it of fbc mines as at present. 10. The establishment of a buicau, tilth hend- qunitcis inliiitish Columbia andnotiiiGre.it Jintiun, lo systematically adieitise all the iiatuial icsouices and scenic attinclions of the pioiinuc." 11. OiganiiScd municipalities should be given the contiol of their public schools, leaving to tho province the cue of pubiie schools m unuiQnn- ls-ed districts and the maintenance of noimal and technical schools. 12. Ti link loads and Wvuls should be built and maintained at-public expense, and the cost of loads and ii ails to isolated minos and conununi 'ies should be boi.ie in pait by the firot incc. vl."{ (Jeneinl hospital* should be under government contiol, and tho government hhould help maintain physicians in bp.usely settled sectioio of the pi ounce. U. The government in power Should wake official announcement, fora reasonable time be foie the legislative assembl} meets, of all pio- nosed legislation. Weie lhis done tliQio would be few cr hastil} passed laws, laws which .lie too olteii against the public miciortt. All ol which is ies|j(>clfuU} Wilaillttofl for j our consideration. JOHN HOUSTON Black and Galvanized Sheet Iron i Soft Steel Plates 1-8, 3-16 and 1-4 x 72, 96 and 120 Agents���Truax Oro Cars, Giant Powder, and Metropolitan Fuse, elc. H. BYERS & CO. NKLSON KASLO SAXDON Refrigerators Prices from $10 to $30 .. LAWRENCE HARDWARE COMPANY' 185 Baker Street. Telephone 10. Fishiflg^Season of 1900 We are selling the fishing tackle which entices the fish. We have the most complete line of flies and trolling baits, See our fishing rod complete with - line, leader, reel, and flies for $5. s Canada Drag & Book Co, NKLSON Opposite Postoffice STRACHAN BROS, GET YOUR GHANDEUERS WIRED FOR NO MATCHES REQUIRED, ALWAYS READY Xoclsi-jay Electric $nppfy& Construction Go. JOSEPHINE STREET NELSON Headprters fop Portland Cement, Fire Brieks, Fire Clay, American Cumberland Coal [Blacksmiths] Special quotations given for carload lots A. 11, GRA Y, P. O. box 521. Nclaoa, P. C. Kootenay Agent B. P. BITMET & m., UL, Yiotoria uf Hi xti. it KIRKPATRICK & WILSON. Hi xti xti xti Ui iti iti Ui iti xti iti xti xti iti We have removed our place of business for the next few months to the old Burns shop, next to the Nelson Hotel, where we hope to see all our old customers and many new ones. Give us a call. V xti Ui xti xti Hi xti Hi Ui xti KIRKPATRICK & WILSON 185 Baker Street iti Telephone 10 SSL l;^Si5s^ft^^6^S-at^a^^^2s^a <-t_'��_:l-_\_-_\--_^_?j._Z_tL-t-\SL. **^&'0'0^m-0-0.0>0'0-0-0 ��r:5'.4P-'3;-��?<C.'C-'5MC-'����> ili \* xti xti xti xti iti W ?m^ * ��Jg5 -<-r- Some Plain Facts About Clothing #- We are iiow showing the finest stock of Spring and Summer Suits in Nelson. There are several points of merit in our Suits. They are, all of the latest cut and are lined all through with the best linings. They are tailored Tbetter than Suits oifer- ed elsewhere at much higher prices. The fahrics are the best in the market. We lead all others for values m Gents' Furnishings Hats and Caps Boots and Shoes % We know that our values cannot be equalled by # ^ any other house in Nelson. We are so sure of f�� this that we will give money back if it cannot be 217 and 219 Baker Street. ^f^-^'&'(Sj.(=,.^'S:''^'(-_'&..^-_ti_t We have just received a fresh consignment of Christie's famous Fancy Biscuits and Cream Sodas. Also McCormick & Company's Jersey Cream Sodas. P. O. BOX 176. HOUSTON BLOCK. Telephone 1C5. D. M. Ferry fc Company'? Scefe Froah Erks Kcceived Daily John i\. lrvii\gi. Qg Lethbridge Gait Goal The best valuo for tha money Is the market for all purposes. tkkms case W. P TiHKNEy, General Ageat Telephone Ul. Offloo with G, J>. J. Ciaistfe. A. R. BARROW, A.M.I.C.E. PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR ��� Cornea.- Victoria and Kootenay Streets, P. O. Box iB9. TBLSPHONB NO, 9.3
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Title | The Nelson Tribune |
Publisher | Nelson, B.C. : Tribune Publishing Company |
Date Issued | 1900-05-24 |
Description | The Tribune was published in Nelson, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, and ran from November 1892 to November 1905. The Tribune was published and edited by John Houston, an outspoken journalist who would later embark on a successful political career, which included four terms as the mayor of Nelson and two terms in the provincial legislature. Houston had established the Miner in Nelson in 1890, and, after leaving the Miner in the summer of 1892, he established the Tribune to compete with his former paper. In August 1901, the title of the paper was changed to the Nelson Tribune. |
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Language | English |
Notes | No paper 1895-1896, 1897-1905 Frequency: Weekly Titled The Tribune from 1892-12-01 to 1901-08-14. Titled The Nelson Tribune from 1901-08-15 to 1903-12-19. Published by John Houston & Co. from 1892-12-01 to 1894-12-29; The Tribune Publishing Company from 1897-01-02 to 1898-12-31; an unidentified party from 1899-01-07 to 1901-08-31 and from 1902-08-30 to 1903-02-07; The Tribune Association from 1901-09-02 to 1902-02-25; and The Tribune Company from 1903-02-14 to 1903-12-19. |
Identifier | The_Tribune_1900_05_24 |
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Source | Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives. |
Date Available | 2012-12-18 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
Rights | Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/ |
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DOI | 10.14288/1.0188064 |
Latitude | 49.5000000 |
Longitude | -117.2832999 |
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