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 DAILY  EDITION   BY  MAIL  FIVE   DOLLARS A YEAR  Weekly EbiTioN by mml  TWO DOLLARS A YEAR  EIGHTH YEAR  NELSON:  MONDAY MORNING JUNE 25 1900.  PRICE FIVE  CENTS  X  /  THE POORMAN IS A MINE  * '���' Will be a Big Producer.  The report of Ernest It. AVoakcs  dealing with tho development of  the Poorman mine, which was read  iit a recent meeting of the shareholders of the Granite Mines, justifies'all the .predictions-that have  been made of the Poorman's producing capabilities. The engineer  in charge of the property now has  sufficient confidence to ,predict that  within a short time the .Poormau  will be producing monthly, ore to  tlio value of $22,500/of which the  company's profits are estimated at  $11,700. The report of engiueer  AVoakes follows:  **You will of course recollect that  this mine was taken over by your  company lasfc year at my earnest  request. It was bought as a partly  developed property, and no extra  capital was asked for at the time  to either develop or equip it*- It  has hitherto been worked by this  company as an adjunct or auxiliary  to tlio Granite mine. The chief  work done on it has been in the  nature of development, which cost  has been borne by the Granite company. These, development works  have proved so successful, that today 1 am convinced that the Poor-  man mine is a more valuable property than the Granite, and I am  most anxious that it should be systematically and properly developed  and equipped. Should you bo able  to see your Avay to raise sufficient  capital to carry out my plans,. I am  confident that within a year we  ' shall be in a position fco double the  capacitj' of our present, stamp "mill.  : You are aware that on the Poorman  * property there is a   10-stamp  mill,  ,   which.could bo moved and included  in  the  Granite mill.    But as there  is a great deal of work to  be  done  in connection with the miue and its  development   before   the   enlarge-  .   ment of the mill is  required, whicli  work in  itself is a comparatively  simple  operation, 1  do not think it  is  of importance'at" this  lime" to  enter   into   its   consideration.   Tn  J;h.       first     place     an      efficient  compressor      plant     is     required.  The    Poorman compressor is only  capable    of    running    one     drill.  AVe  require    at   least    an    eight-  drill  compressor for drills, pumps  and   hoists.        I    think   provision  should be made for tho  instalment  of a larger compressor at the Granite mill, where the new wheel about  to be installed will give us increased  power for this purpose.    Tho tramway aud surface arrangements will  have to be altered in order to allow  of the increased  tonnage of Poor-  man ore  beiug  transported to  the  mill.       Au   inclined   shaft   would  have to be sunk on the  lode  below  No.   .   level;   this shaft should  be  sunk   about   300   feefc,   and   three  levels driven   on tho lode from it.  ^Tho_pi'esentJe_vcls__so_utb,^nameIy,  JSo. *1  intermedfate  and  No. 3, are  ���all  being  driven  in a fine  quartz  vein, varying  from  4  feet   to* 18  inches   in   width,   and    we    hope  shortly to locate the  vein in  No. 2  south.    The  above  sinking  opera-  lions would involve a. plant A'ery  similar to that at present employed  afc the Granite mine.   The cyanide  tests just completed are very satisfactory on a laboratory scale.   A 3-  ton   experimental   plant    is    now  being put up/and should this prove  satisfactory a 50-ton  per day plant  should at once be erected, which  can be subsequently enlarged.  '���i estimate that the above Avorks,  exclusive of any enlargement tothe  present mill, Avould cost about  ��10,000. To move and re-erect the  Poorman battery Avould probably  cost about ��1000, though it would  be advisable to renew a good deal  of the old machinery, especially the  cam shafts, Avhich Avould add to the  first cost. Prom the Poorman mine  I belieA'e we can expect a minimum  extraction by amalgamation of $10  per ton, Avith a further $5 per ton  should the cyanide treatment prove  satisfactory. With the 20 stamps,  or 50-tons-a-day plant, this Avould  yield a gross return of $22,500 per  month. The cost per ton should  not exceed���mining $4, milling and  hauling $1.20, cyanide $2; total,  $7.20���AA'hich Avould leave a net  profit of $11,700 per month. This  iesn.lt I would expect to attain  within six mouths' time. Should  deA'elopments continue as in the  past, I would then proceed to double  i,he mill capacity to 100 tons per  day. The cost per ton Avould then  be less, but we Avill leave them the  same as before, to be on the safe  side.     Should these desirable fore  casts be fulfilled, of wliich I believe  there is every likelihood that they  Avill be, the net monthly profits  Avould be $23,100. At present it  Avould be premature to state when  this latter result could be attained,  but by steady and systematic work,  unattended by labor troubles, on a  mine like the Poorman, I see nothing that can prevent its developing into a large and prosperous  concern."  INVOLVED IN MANY ISSUES  Two Prominent Men Dead. ��� !  London, June 21.���Never at any  time,  iu    her   history   has   Great  Britain been involved   in  so many  diverse issues that vitally affect the  future of her empire.    And though  there  are   still at stake  in  South  Africa,    military,    territorial   and  financial considerations that in their  magnitude have scarcely  been exceeded  during ' the  century, Great  Britain is no exception to  the rest  of Europe in being wrought up to a  pitch of intense anxiety, to the exclusion of eA'ery topic, by tho drama  being enacted in the far east.    In  the excitement of the moment the.  relief of  Mafeking  seems  a   little'  thing compared'Avith' the  relief of  A*"ice admiral Seymour  and  the international   forces.       Spion   Kop,  Paardoburg and Colenso  sink  into  insignificance   compared   with  the  spectacle presented by the land and  sea forces of the six greatest poAvers  in tho Avorld fighting  side by  side  agaiust a common enemy.    AVith a  keen sense of the  relative proportion of things Great Britain quickly  turned her eyes to  China,  not  so  much   perhaps  on   immediate   developments as upon the possibility  of the epoch-making war  or  Avars  Avhich may arise out of the present  crisis.  Tho death of count ���Muravieff,"  the Russian minister of,, foreigu  affairs, evoked no canting obituaries or expressions of regret here,  for the British press,-in spite of the  equariimity^o��--tho~~foreign. office/-  A\*as unanimous in realizing the  gravity of the present, turn of  affairs. To quote a staid and humane weekly: "The death of Russia's minister removes -an obstacle  to the cordiality between Russia  and England," and though this  summarizes the comment of -the  loading papers, there is little hope  expressed that Russia's aggressive  policy toward China Avill be much  modified. Apart from the material  A'iew of tho result of count Mura-  A'ieiT's death ifc is generally referred  to as one of tho most pathetic happenings in political careers, for according to the dead man's critics he  seemed, OAving to the crisis in  China, on the verge oi, accomplishing the object to which he had devoted his life.  Lord Loch's "death, almost coin-  eiding_W-itli_count_MuraA*.ioff_'s,_also_  removes one Avhose name Avas much  connected Avith matters in the far  east. Before he became a colonial  governor, lord Loch assisted, in the  negotiations which resulted in the  treaty of Tien Tsin in 1860, and  only escaped execution at the hands  EACH TEAM WON ONE GAME  Notes on Sporting Events.  Both the Nelson and Spokane  baseball teams have gone down to  their first defeat of the season, each  winning a game. Nelson won the  Saturday game by the handsome  margin of 14 runs to 10, and* was  beaten yesterday by 0 runs to 8  after some accurate and exciting  play. Tne batting was good on  both sides, bufc Caverly proved to  be the star batsman of Saturday's  game. Rockenfield,^ who played  shortstop on Saturday, is conceded  eA'en by Spokane critics to be. undoubtedly the best player that has  been seen in Spokane this season,  both at his position and at the bat.  How Nelson won the match in  the sixth innings of Saturday's  game is thus described by  the Spokesihan-RevieAv: Caverly  opened the nightmare inning Avith  a line hit to left field for two bases.  Eacritt then hit to short, Road-  night fumbling, and, after recovering, threw Avild fco first, allowing  CaA'erly to reach home. Phair hit  to short, and AA*as presented through  fielder's choice with first. Black-  Avood then contributed a hit into  right field, scoring Eacritt and  Phair. Blackwood Avas throAvn out  at third on Mills' hit to short, and  the next moment Mills AA'as caught  in endeavoring to steal second. It  looked as if the agony, might be  over, but the Nelson aggregation  felt otherwise. Houston drove the  ball into deep center for three  bases, and Partridge duplicated the  feat, scoring Houston, and a moment later scoring himself on slow  handling of the ball. AVaters hit  to second and reached first on  Allen's fumble. Rockenfield again  hit safely and Waters moved up a  notch, both men scoring on Caver-  ley's drive to center for two bases.  Eacritt then scored Caverly with a  hit into center, and the fusillade  ended Avith Phair's strike-out.  Yesterday the game. was more  even and exciting, and it will be  observed,that.,neither side scored  'after the sixth innings. The names  of the players and the scores of the  tAvo games follow:,  the lake was dotted with the canvas of the sailing craft. The Myth  Avas put in the Avater after receiving a coat of black lead. The Bobs  was out, and shoAved that she could  sail close to the Avind. AV. H. Bullock-Webster's snug little craft, the  Petrel, made her first appearance  for the season. She is not a racing  boat, but makes up for this in  point of comfort and seaAvorthi-  ness. The Pretoria was quite the  jauntiest thing on the lake. It  was her first public appearance,  and she made quite a hit along the  water front.  ONLY SURMISE AND RUMOR  NELSON HAS MANY MINES  XKIJBOS.  Waters   Houston   Partridge....  Kacritt   Caverly   JlcLcod   Kockentleld.  ....Pitcher ...  .... Catcher...  . First Base. .  .Second Base.  ..Third Base..  .Centre Field .  . Shortstop ..  Phair Loft Field..  of the Chinese empire by  15 min  ufces' grace.  .'Like'Muravieff, he was struck  down when the dream of his lifetime seemed about to bo realized.  In his case it Avas British federation  over the Avhole of South Africa.  Lord Salisbury's entreaty this  week to the missionaries not to  have themselves murdered is one  more instance of his uncommon  frankness, as it is referred to, "his  thinking aloud phase." Among the  secular press the premier's remark  AA'ill meet Avith the approbation of  their sound common sense, but it  Avill not add church votes to the  Conservative party at the next  general election, Avhich, by the way,  is still further postponed on account of the Chinese trouble.  Blackwood .  Nelson   Spokane   Nelson   Spokane.-...  .Right Field...  FIKST CAME.   2    0    2    0  r 2   2   3  0  SECOND GAME.  ...\...  2    2    2    0   _    _    _    _  SPOKANE.   Olsen   Conner   McElroy   Allin   Marshall    Hass  ��� Koadnight   Miirdock   Cleveland  '-14  2-10  0-8  0-9  The shooting at the rifle ranges  on Saturday was fairly good. No  unusually high scores Avere made,  but the average, 62.79, Avas not bad.  Dr. Hall led in the scoring again  with H. Bird a close second. Following are the figures:  200  500  000  Yds.  Yds.  30  Yds. Total  J)r. Hall    31  2(i         87  K. Maccloniicll....   24  20  19         <��   27  2  15  2          31  12          411  J. II. Hunter    17  14  fi          37  O.scar Burden    27  23  23          78  McKcnzie    30  29  .25          84  Bird ;    27  XI  25          85  18  15          54  Casualties Near Tien Tsin.  Washington, June 24.���The  navy department this afternoon  issued the following bulletin: "A  telegram from admiral Kempff,  dated at Chefoo June 24th, says:  "In an ambuscade near Tien Tsin,  on the 21st, four of AValler's command - Avere killed and seven  wounded. Names Avill be published  later. A force of 2000 is going to  relieve Tien Tsin today. The secretary of the navy has ordered admiral Remey to go Avith the Brooklyn to Taku, and tender general  MacArthur the conveyance of any  army troops Avhich the Brooklyn  can carry."  It will be seen that J. McKenzie  scored within three points of the  top figure. McKenzie is the best  shot in the rifle company and has  improved steadily during the season. . With the same ratio of improvement he is likely to finish the  season very near the top of the list.  The Nelson tennis players avIio  went to Rossland on Saturday were  very successful, Avinning five events  out of eight, and thereby carrying  off the honors in the tournament.  on  16  The initial cricket practice  Saturday brought out 15 or  players, and a couple of hours' batting aud bowling ensued. The  turnout should encourage the club  to get into the game in earnest.  AVhen the fence about the recreation grounds is finished the local  clubs should have an inch of water  pipe put into the grounds, and a  couple of hundred feet.:.of pipe purchased. If the grounds were thoroughly sprinkled before games it  would be to the comfort of both  players and spectators. The city  has a quantity of condemned hose  which could be utilized if the city  fathers would consent to the loan.  Yesterday Avas a lively day on  the lake. The launches Flirt, Pretoria, Mischief, Maple Leaf and  Hale's 20-foot gasoline craft were  out, a host of small boats Avere on  the water, a couple of crews exercised in the four-oared shells, and  Chinese. Situation.  New York, June 24.���Cabling  the Tribune f roui London ��� at 1  o'clock this morning, Isaac N. Ford  gives his digest of the lieAA's and  rumors regarding affairs at Tion  Tsin and Pekin as they appear at  the British capital. His dispatch  follows:  "Pekin aud Tien Tsin. remain  isolated from Taku and such information as is drawn from Shanghai and Chefoo is a tissue of sur-  t  mises aud rumors. The- most  ominous report from Shanghai is a  statement that 'prince Tuan has  attacked the foreign quarters at  Tien Tsin Avith Chinese troops aud  Krupp quick-firings guns and the  latest dispatch contains a vague  rumor that the legations were still  holding out on Thursday. *  "The Chinese embassy at Berlin  has also received-a" dispatch from  the viceroy of one of the provinces  stating that the German minister  had not been-murdered but Avas  alive and Avell.  "Chefoo has a fresh batch of rumors to the effect that hordes of  Boxers Avere massed between Tien  Tsin and Takuvthat fighting Avas in  progress and that much of the foreign property had been destroyed.  Not a word has come, either from  the relief column "headed.by ad-  *miral-''SeyraourJor^;"frora.',tb.e legations. ' All the foreign consulates at  Tien Tsin are believed to have been  destroyed and the foreigners are reported to be.huddled together iu a  single quarter,'Avhere the military  force i3 inadequate for their protection.  "There is an intricate Aveb of rumors from the various provinces,  showing that there is a widespread  panic among the foreigners, that  missionaries and traders are scuttling from the iuterior to Yang Tse  ports, and that the Chinese mobs  are in a state of uncontrollable excitement between Pekin, Tien Tsin  and Taku.  "Large allowance must be made  for the feeling of. panic which pervades the seaboard towns, Avhere  rumors are brought from mouth to  mouth, and where there is no trust-  _AV.orthy_information. There. can_be  no doubt that the foreign office and  the admiralty here are alarmed at  the silence of the legations and admiral Seymour, and are utterly at  a loss to account for it.  "Information respecting the attack of the Boxers on the force of  marines and the Russian troops  near Tien Tsin and the destruction  of foreign consulate is drawn from  the Washington dispatches. No  more additional details Avere known  here at midnight.  "The railway is reported to be  open half Avay from Taku to Tien  Tsin, and the allied forces numbering from 3000 to 4000 Avere said to  be on tlieir Avay to tiie relief of the  foreign quarters.  "The situation in China is so bewildering that the officials here content themselves Avith saying that it  could hardly be more serious and  they make no attempt to explain it.  The only reassuring fact is the  heartiness Avith which all the  powers are standing together."  Another Uprising Feared.  Shanghai, June 22.���Owing to  the absence of Avarships at Kiu  Kiang Fu some apprehension is felt  there of an uprising. The merchants  steamer companies therefore have  arranged to always keep one  steamer in readiness. The British  twin screAV sloop Danube has arrived  here Avith ammunition. There are  no signs of a disturbance.  Sir Frederick Hodgson Wounded.  Accra, June 24.���Sir Frederick  Hodgson, governor of Gold Coast  Colony, was wounded iu the shoulder during a recent sortie from the  fort. It is rumored that eight officers were killed.  Kick Morning Mountain.  In spite of panic mongers, alarmist rumors, fake labor troubles and  other political devices organized by  men who should  know better as  they are making a liviug on other  people's   money   invested   in   this  country, mining in AVest Kootenay  continues    steadily    to     progress.  Work is progressing steadily in the  Rossland camp, where the Le Roi  mine alone is shipping nearly 600  tons a day;   in the Slocan, as  Avill  be seen in a letter printed elseAvhere  from The Tribune's special correspondent, there is great activity in  mining circles w'here men.mine" and'  do not talk, and the same is to be  seen in the Nelson miniug division.  Iu a recent issue The Tribune  described fully the starting up of  the Venus mill on Morning mountain, thus adding another to the list  of the shipping mines and giving  another  proof of the  richness   of  that   hill.    Morning    mountain   is  destined to become famous as a gold  producer, and it is wonderful that  it is only comparatively recently  that its richness is being proved.  - The star mine of Morning mountain so far, is, of course, the Athabasca, whose 10 stamps have been  crushing ore  regularly for  nearly  tAvo years.     The  character of the  ore is such that the mill has to be  run slowly8 but the  monthly cleanup   has   aA'eraged   about   $10,000.  Last  month  the    returns ' took   a  jump,  $18,500  being recovered  in  bullion, and concentrates, while this  month a  $25,000    cleanup   is   expected.     To these values must be  added   the   tailings   Avhich    carry  quite an  appreciable  quantity of  gold.   Thesehave been saved, and,  ifc is understood, "a cyanide plant is  about to be erected for. their treatment.    At a general meeting held  in Loudon last month a reorganization of the company was decided  upon in order to raise funds  to increase the plant, but if the monthly  cleanups continue on last  month's  basis, it looks as if that move Avould  be   unnecessary.     The Athabasca  has been making some money right  along, and.the ^profits being made  now"are very'larg'e.'-" '"*' '���  The Exchequer, also on Morning  mountain,    near    the    Athabasca  tramway, is another promising property, aud free milling, like all the  Morning   mountain   mines.      This  property, Avhich lay idle for some  years  owing  to dissension  among  the shareholders,  started  up some  two   years   ago,    and    has    been  worked continuously until recently..  Connections  Avere  made wifch  the  Hall Mines tramway, and  latterly  the property has been self-supporting and Avill  be a dividend payer  Avhen a little more development has  been   done.       The   vein   averages  about   four   feefc  of   ore  of   good  grade.    There is no Avagon   road fco  the mine, so, Avhen the Hall   Mines  smelter closed doAvn  the  ore could  not   be  profitably   marketed,  aud  -the-management_=Avisely_decided_to_  suspend operations for a Avhile.    It  is expected, however, that the mine  Avill start up shortly in  pursuance  of arrangements now being effected.  Yet another promisiug Morning  mountain  is   the   Birdseye   group  belonging   to the Nelson   Copper-  iields company,  limited, Avho took  up their  bond  on the property on  the first of the month.    This is also  a free  milling  proposition  despite  the name of the company that owns  ib.    The ore in this mine i.s of  good  grade,  and  A'ery  handsome   specimens have been  brought to  town.  A considerable amount of Avork has  been  done  on  this group, and tlio  local management says it will   not  be  long  now  before a mill will be  erected and the Birdseye  enter the  list of Nelson's producing mines.  The Juno group on Morning  mountain has been bonded by a  Montreal syndicate represented  here by Charles Parker. A considerable amount of Avork lias been  done on this property, which boasts  a strong ledge of free milling  quartz. The owners of the  Juno, by the way, have had  the singular good fortune of  having the value of their property  proved for them, and at no expense  to themselves. Tunnel No. 2 of the  Venus mine adjoining reached the  Juno ground after running about  000 feet. In the breast of the  tunnel there .shows up a strong  ledge, between Avell defined Avails,  of at least two feet of $40 ore.  There is no doubt, Avhatever, that  this is the Athabasca ledge, Avhicli  is thus proven to run through the  Juno group, though it docs not outcrop on that property, the Avork  already done having beon performed  ou a different \*ein.    This ore body  can be easily reached on the Juno  either by shaft or tunnel. AVork on  this property is to be vigorously  prosecuted all the season.  The list of good properties on  Morning mauntain is not yet exhausted, for there remains the Bor-  nite Bank. But little is'"heard- in  Nelson of this property, as the  office of the company, for^, some  occult reason, is located in'Rossland. Mining men who. have'-, seen  it, hoAA'ever, are loud in its praises,  some going so far as to say that it  is the best property on the hill.  However this may be, there is no  doubt but that it '** possesses a  strong ledge of free milling quartz,  Avhich, as is invariably the case on  Morning mountain," carries high  values in gold.  There aire numerous other properties on Morning mountain with  good surface��� showings, but they  are still in the initial stages of development. Enough has been said,  however, to show the richness of  Morning mountain j Avhich, if situated anywhere else than near Nelson, AA'ould long ago have attained  fame in the mining Avorld.  Toad mountain, only separated  .from Morning mountain by a gulch,  seems temporarily under a cloud.  For reasons Avhich it is unnecessary  to go into here, that group of properties knoAvn as the Hall Mines  has been temporarily closed down.  That mine, however, has shipped  many thousands of tons of silver-  copper ore to its smelter by the  lake, and large reserves of ore are  knoAvn to exist in the mine. The  mine management Avas handicapped  in the past by the necessity of  immense daily shipments to keep  the big copper blast furnace at the  smelter going, and for a long time  200 tons of ore AA'as sent doAvn daily.  The result Avas that the development Avork inevitably fell behind.  The company was successfully reorganized in London .recently, and  private advices indicate that Nelson's biggest single ��� industry will  soou be in full swing * once 'more.  As showing the ..value ' of the, property it is interesting to note that  the company recently received ca  very flattering offerv���for.-the mine  from Canadian capitalists^ iinder-  ' stood to be Gooderham^and-:.-Black-  stock. "Tiie '"directors -refused it,  however, preferring to keep a good  thing to themselves.  The Dandy group, an extension  of the Silver King group, was-extensively Avorked hist fall by an  English syndicate which included  several Athabasca shareholders.  There is a large body of silver-copper ore on the Dandy, similar to  the Silver King ore. The property  is not being Avorked just now, hoAV-  eA*er, and it is understood that the  deal is hanging fire on account of  the stringent condition of the Londou money market: Those who  knoAV the property best assert that  if intelligently Avorked on a large  scale, there is big money iu the  Dandy.        Latest Chinese News.  Neav York, June 24.���At 0 o'clock  this morning Isaac N. Ford cabled  the Tribune from London giving  the latest neAvs from the Chinese  situation that had reached the  metropolis at that hour. He says :  "Telegrams from China are of a bewildering nature. Li Hung Chang  is still at Canton, and there is no  sign of his leaving there for Pekin,  yet he is said to be kept advised  daily of the latest developments of  the situation. The American gunboat is at Canton aAvaiting events  and guarding the foreigners' interests. The state of affairs at Tien  Tsin is causing great alarm Avhich  is not likely to be lessened by tho  neAvs of the failure of Americans  and Russians to raise tho siege of  the town. Nothing i.s known of  the reported attempt of the allies  to reach Tien Tsin last night."  Eossland Boy Drowned.  Rossland, June 24.���John Janes,  a lad of 14, was drowned iu the  pond in the west end of the town  today at 12:30. The lad Avas subject to fits and was seized Avith one  after he had been bathing and fell  from a log into the water. The  other boys bathing with him were  younger than he, and AA'ere frightened, and so made no' attempt to  save him. After being in tho water  half an hour, the body Avas recovered. He Avas a son of Thomas  Janes, a miner.  Life and Property Unsafe.  London, June 24.���Mr. Chamberlain, the colonial secretary, said today in tbe course1 of au intervieAv  that the government Avas not able  to' guarantee life and property in  the Gold Coast hinterland.  SLOGAN   IS   BUSY   AGAIN  Work on the Ivanhoe.  . Kaslo, June 22.���[Special to The  Tribune.]���Some parties are spreading abroad a report that there is  likely soon to be more  trouble in  the mining   districts.    Inquiry   in  likely quarters has not brought confirmation  of   the report   and one  need not hesitate to say that any  person Avho incites men, or owners,"  to a revival of the trouble of lasfc "'_  year is   guilty   of   criminal foil}'. -*������"  The. mining industry of this province is just   recovering  from   the   -  blow inflicted by the labor troubles   .*  of last year.   Take the Slocan for   ���'  example.     Previous items   in this   '..  correspondence, have   shown   that'  the great silver camp is putting on  its old-time air of prosperity.' Air~;  the news that comes from there is  'encouraging.   The  latest property  to start up is the Chicago, a near  neighbor of   the   famous   Freddie . J  Lee.    F. P. O'Neill of Spokane, and    -���'  A. C. Fry, are the owners, and*they j,,"J  claim to have the Freddie Lee ore   ' \  chute.    There are four tunnels on   ,*  the property and four veins, each ������-"'  carrying ore.    The mine is situated --\.  Avithin a mile.of the Kaslo & Slocan, i*  railway, and two miles of the C. *P; "  R.  branch.    The   ore   carries   the  average values of the Slocan, uame-    V  ly, 70 per cent lead and 125 ounces"-. c  of silver. -   r  The  Minnesota company,  Avhich s-f  owns the Ivanhoe and other claims' '<��� '-'.  near Sandon, is doing' fast Avork in  '&  more Avays than one.    For example ' -il  it is getting  its big mill put up in ;-X'r  rapid time,  and also has the dis- *v  tinction of pushing?its big crosscut..':?  on    the  Ivanhoe  faster than - any ."-ir  other similar Avorking in the prov-'-*/!*  ince.    The crosscut is now in 1250 V?:  feet.    It Avas started last November,~'--.'fi  and it is expected that the -ledge ._\  Avill ,,be   met   in   a   day   ors two.',"/*  AVhere this crosscut is expected to-/.!  tap  the ledge there is au 185 foot  winze.    By a connecting upraise of .---;���  JO feet the company will obtain a''*>  stoping ground of 255 feet from the > _?  lower to the. next level.,., The orei;/  conies down from the upper tunnels- ?|  over the Ground through Avhich the    -  crosscut has been driven.    Jt is iii-  -;'  tended  to make a raise, from 300  feet in, right to the bottom of the  ore dump, so that the dump ean be  handled  to the head of the tram  from the lower tunnel.    The Minnesota mill is expected to,,be running  by September  and   it  is  belie\'ed  that there will then be ore enough  to keep it going night and day for  some time to come.  The AVhitewater Mines Company"  is tbe defendant in an action  brought by one of its men Avho had  his leg seriously injured at the  mine sometime ago. R. A. Beamish  is the man's name and he seeks to  obtain $2100 from the company by  Avay of compensation.    Mayor  Mc-  -Annhas-his-case-in-hand  ���=*���=  W. AA7". AVarner is doing quite a  lot of work- on the No 1, adjoining  the Sovereign. He has just receiA'ed  contracts to run another 100 feet of  tunnel.     ^^^__   Lemon Creek Wagon Road."  J. Malliusou AVilliams, of tho  Chapleau Mines, and Percy Dickinson, of the AVarner Miller Syndicate,  leave for Victoria today. They  Avill spend several days there in an  endeavor to interest the government in the proposed new Avagon  road up the north fork of Lemon  creek. The building of this road is  a much needed improvement and  has beeu agitated for some time  by the business men and miners  of Slocan City. Messrs. AVilliams  aud Dickinson have a letter signed  by all the business men of Slocan  urging the government to build the  road. Mr. AVilliams Avent to Aric-  toria several months ago on the  same mission, but Avas obliged to  abandon it and return to Nelson on  account of the doAvnfall of the Semlin government. The road if constructed Avould prove an immense  benefit to that section as it would  tap all the mines in the dry ore  section of Lemon creek.  All the Wires Down.  The C. P. Telegraph Company's  Avires went down last night before  more than a quarter of the usual  press service A\'as delivered to The  Tribune. The Spokane Northern  Telegraph Company's wires were  also down, and so The Tribune is  unable this morning to give its  readers their usual quota of the  Avorld's news. The lightning last  night is stated to be the cause of  fche general failure of the wires. .  .H'.u.Ui��'.j��.u^uli.raiywi'M^ THE TRIBUNE:  NELSON B. C MONDAY   JUNE 25 1900  ^'1^-  A * 4Sf*** S&>- <3fe-'  00 .^ .00 .<*>'.<__*���.. 00 .00' .00 .00 .t_0 .00.00.00-l__f   ^-&-0*-_z^"_^-____'t__1_[i____i_  SL, z____. -_Z~ %___���-_-___r**___. __*_>*_& &&_, ggte' ����*��- G&r ��*���*��� g^ jjbs" g&- ��b��^ S^'g*'a?*--.!!?:^^"  r?^^^^-*^**^*^^-^-^*^*^*^-**��^^^^^^^^^^^^^.!.  iti  xti  xti  xti  xti  xti  Xti  Xti  Xti  OUR ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE OF SUMMER  GOODS, COMMENCING  TODAV  WEDNESDAY, WE WILL OFFER SPECIAL AND  RELIABLE BARGAINS  Hi  i.i  ib  e-jSffc*-^.**rfr*��*S*t&*rf*��fc&fc'rf^Sfr*eS-tfct^  HERE ARE A FEW OF THE BARGAINS WE HAVE TO OFFER  Our stock of Black Crepons, Poplins, Henrielas, Serges, etc., avc will offer at large reductions. Silks for Blouses at half price. Silks for Dresses at cost. Silks for Skirts at cost. Silks for Evening  Wear. Linen Crash for Suits i2}4c per yard. Large White Terry Towels 25c each. _ Large White Towels 10c each. White Linen Napkins $1 per dozen. White Table Linen 25c per yard.  White Pique 10c. Special Cruin' Cambric Prints 10c. Special Crum's Duck Prints 10c. Special Crum's Prints 10c, 52-inch. Lace Curtains 75c per pair, 5^ yards. Floor Oilcloths from 25c per  yard up.    English Moquett Carpets from $1.50 per yard up.    Axminster Carpets from $1.20 per yard up.    Wilton Carpets from $1.20 per yard up.    Brussels Carpets from $1  per yard up.  S-Ml.a.ai.-ga-.-l.-^.S.aS.S^:.-!..^  xti  Xti  Xti  Xti  xti  xti  U' K> "."FflTl  IlsTE  <fe   CO-  m ______%�� ��� ____0 ��� ____0 ��� ____0 ��� __t_0 ��� __m0 �� ____0 ��� ____0 ��� ____0 ��� ___W0 ��� ______�� ��� ____0 ��� ____0 ��� __t___f ��� __W0 * ___-0 ��� __W0 * ___V0 " _00  ~^^^     ^^^    ^^^    _^m^    0^^     ^0^    0^^    r0^    ^^^    .^^^    ^^"^    ^^^     ^^^    0^^     0^^    0^^     r' 0 r  00 ' 00 ' ^f '_ ^** ��� ^ ' 00 ��� 00  ^ ���"**��< ��� >*"���*���. ' ^ ��� W. ��� ^k ��� >***k ���^.���^���^���W.'^.-W.'^'***fcl',**k.>"*%k..**-fc,��w%te.'****-K* S��*�� 8?J *S" ���?��� ^J* <8?^ "<��������."  &  xti  to  HUDSON'S BAY  COMPANY.  INCORPORATED 1670.  If you get  your football shoes  at the Hudson's Bay  Stores, you  will do all  your kicking* on the  ball.  You will  have no kick  on the price  or quality.  ALL SIZES  s  Bay Stores  Tin-;  success  which the Granite  Mines is meeting AA'ith in the development of the Poormau and  Granite mines means much to the people  of Nelson.   For several months development Avork had  been steadily-  pushed   upon the properties,  and  from   time   to  time   stories   have  drifted into the city of the good  luck which the company had  encountered;    but    nothing   definite  was allowed to become public until  the recent extraordinary meeting  of the company, which Avas held in  London on May 29 th.    From  the  report of the engineer, Avhich was  i*ead   at   the   meeting,  ifc appears  that the company's best hopes' for  the   Poorman   property    will    be  realized,     and     that     within     a  short   time    the    monthly    yield  from the Poorman  will aggregate  over $22,500, of which sum ifc is estimated that $11,700 Avill represent  the company's profits.   The reijorfcs  from   the   Gianite   mine arc  also  highly, encouraging, and it is not  dealing in  improbable   futures  to  predict that Avithin a  feAAr  months  the tAA*o Nelson properties, which a  short time ago were comparatively  uuknoAvn,  will bo  producing each  month   gold   bearing    ore    worth  $45,000.    This Avill be-good neAvs to  the  people  of Nelson.     It is what  the old-timers have predicted from  the first, and the success AA'hich has  attended the development of the  Poorman  and   Granite    properties  will no doubt encourage  others  to  take up  other   properties   in   the  Nelson gold belt, which-are noAv no  less promising than were the Poor-  man and Granite Avhen their development was taken in hand.  In its last issue the Cranbrook  Herald giA'es the Nelson Miner a  well merited rebuke for its insinuations in connection Avith J. R. Costi-  gan's remarks, at the banquet tendered to the successful candidate at  Cranbrook. The Herald says : "In  " the opinion of the Herald, if local  " papers Avould endeavor more to  "propitiate home unity and good  " feelings instead of stirring up  " petty strifes and perpetuating  " political animosities in their ATiciu-  " ities, there Avould be more happy,  " thriving communities than there  " are, and the country newspaper  " would occupy a greater field of  " usefulness than it now does."  Death of Count Muravieff.  Pakis,' .Tune'   24.���The    sudden  death,   of    count    Muravieff,   the  strong bulwark of the Franco Russian alliance, has .caused ,deep  concern  among   the   members  of the  -French offieiaLaud-political LAvorld.  Count Muravieff was a bitter antagonist   of  England, and  in  him  France felt she  had  an  influential  friend.     The   cordial   relations  of  the  foreign  offices  of  Russia  and  France, moreoA'er, have not  rested  upon a purely political  basis.    A  great   element   of    strength   Avas  found in the personal friendship existing betAveen  M. Deleasse, French  minister       of      foreign       affairs,  and     count     Muravieff,    and   to  the    former     the     loss     of     his  friend   came   as   a   severe   blow.  Tho   removal  of   count  Muravieff  from  the  councils  of   the  czar  is  gravely commented  upon   by the  French   press,   and   in   hopes   expressed that the policy of Jtussia  Avill   nofc be affected thereby one  discerns   apprehensions    lest    the  foundations of the Franco-Russian  alliance should be rudely shaken by  the lopping off of one of its strongest   roots.    The   veil  drawn   OA'er  events  in  Pekin  by the interruption of communication serves to increase  the  anxiety  felt  here.    M.  Deleasse, minister of foreign affairs,  speaking  today on  the   situation,  gave   it   as   his  opinion  thafc  the  poAvers' first duty was to overcome  the   rebellion   aud  to   insure   the  safety of the properties and lives of  all foreigners.   The Cassiar Election.  It is usually the unexpected that  happens in out-of-the-Avay corners  of. the earth,,,and now the signs  point to Mr. Staples (Independent  Liberal) sitting in Captain Irving's  old place as Mr. Clifford's colleague  for Cassiar.   Bella Coola and Hazel-  ton, with.Dease Lake presumably,  were all the polling stations not yet  heard from yesterday; It was expected that each of these would in  crease the lead then held by Clifford  and Irving, the commodore being  three A*otes ahead of Mr. Staples.  Instead of doing so, however, Bella  Coola gave Clifford 25, added 25  votes for Staples, and divided an  odd five between Irving and Godfrey, the captain receiving four.  These additions made the totals:  Clifford, 311; Staples, 201; Irving,  244 ; and Godfrey, 188. Then came  the neAvs that the ballot boxes had  not got up to Hazel ton (and therefore not to Dease Lake, Avhich is far  beyond) and that in consequence no  vote had been polled there, so that  Messrs. Clifford and Staples may be  counted elected. The former is one  of the besb known men of the north,  a pioneer of the Cassiar district,  and its senior member in the last  parliament. His colleague represents more directly the Atlin section of the district and is himself a  practical miner. He is a Liberal,  but distinctly disavows affiliation  Avith Mr. Joseph Martin.  The Lance in France.  The question of arming the  French cavalry Avith lances is still  under discussion, and gives the following information "as to the arms  carried by the cavalry of other nations : In England 31 cavalry regiments carry sabre and carbine ; six  regiments of lancers have the lance  iu addition; seven regiments of  dragoons liaAre recently been supplied Avifch the lance for the front  rank only. Iu Italy 24 caATalry  regiments carry sabre and carbine,  the latter with a bayonet a foot  long ; the 10 lancer regiments carry  a lance' in addition. In Germany  the 93 cavalry regiments are all  armed "with sabre, carbine and  lance. - In Austria the 42 caA'alry  regiments carry sabre and carbine;  the 11 regiments of Uhlans, avIio  used to carry a lance, have ceased  to do so. In Russia the 119 cavalry  regiments carry sabre and carbine;  the 58 dragoon regiments have no  lance, but their carbine has a bay-  onet-liboutriiv*e���inches"long ; in"%8~  regiments of Cossacks the men iu  the front rank carry the lance ; the  15 regiments in the Caucasus have  no lance; all the Cossacks carry a  pistol and poignard ; in tliesix regiments of the guards the men in the  front rank carry the lance.  Dramatic Critics in the War.  It is an interesting fact that  Spenser Wilkinson, the best of all  the British AA'ar critics, is the regular dramatic critic of a London  newspaper. II. J. Whigham, already famous as a military explorer  and Avar correspondent, first sprang  into prominence as a dramatic critic  in Chicago journalism. Julian  llalph, Avho has surrendered one of  his staunch American legs fco the  glorious cause of God and freedom  in South Africa, has been for years  an able Avriter on theatrical affairs,  aud one might go on indefinitely  naming gentlemen  Avho  have  first  B. C. HOTEL   erie, b. c.  qualified for the strenuous life in  the chair of dramatic criticism. As  a dramatic critic a man requires  the keen perceptive faculty, the  ability to detect instantaneously a  false note. lie learns tho art of  disputation, ahvays with fairness  and candor, and hoAv to say a meau  thing with grace and elegance.  AboA*e everything he is absolutely  fearless, and learns to contemplate  enraged stars, threatening theatrical managers and bulldozing -press  agents Avith intrepidity and undiminished assurance of right. The  necessary preliminary training of  the war correspondents is thus perfectly understood.  ROYAL SEAli  AND    . *;;.  KOOTENAY BELLE  CIGARS     ���'.  UNION MADE  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  Bough and  Dressed Lumber  of all'kinds.  IF WHAT TO.O.AVANT IS NOT IN STOCK  WE WILL MAKE IT FOK YOU  CALL ANJ> GET "PRICKS.  kootenay Cigar Mfg. Co*  NELSON, BRITISH COLUMBIA  DR. ALEX  FORIN  Office:   Houston Br.ocic.  J. A. Sayward  BALL AND LAKE STREETS, NELSON  Porto Rico Lumber Co.  (LIMITED)  COIINER OF  HENDRYX AND'VERNON STREETS  AMERICAN  AND  EUROPEAN  RLANS  MEALS__Q_ln  25  CENTS  ROOMS LIGHTED BY ELECTRICITY  AND HEATED BY STEAM -  23 CENTS TO ��1  Rough and  Dressed  Lumber  Shingles  Mouldings  A-1 White Pine lumber Always in  Stool^.  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.  Kelson Saw &  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 Posts,  Turned Veranda Posts, Store Fronts, Doors,  Windows and Glass,  Get prices before purchasing elsewhere  Office Corner IJall ar\d Front Streets  Factory Hall Street Crossing C. P. R. Track  Mills Hall Street Wharf  P. Burns & Co.  Heap Office at  NELSON, B. C.  Wholesale and Retail  Dealers in Meats  321 to 331 Baker Street, Nelson.  QUEEN'S HOTEL  BAKER STREET. NBL80N.  Lighted by Electricity and Heated with Hot Air.  Largo comfortablo bedrooms and   flrstholasa  dining-room. Sample rooms tor commercial men.  Contractors and Builders  - WILL DO WELL TO-  Buy Their Lumber  G. 0. Buchanan's  First-class in evory roflpect. Cholcost wines,  liquors and cigars, livery comfort for transient  and resident guests.  HEADQUARTERS FOR UNION MEN.  JOSEPH CAMPBELL, Proprietor.  RATES $2 PER DAY  SLOGAN JUNCTION HOTEL  J. II. McMANUS. Manager.  Bar stocked with best brands of wines, liquors,  anrt Cigars. Deer on draught. Large comfortable rooms.   First-class talile board.  RESTAURANT  OPEN DAY AND NIGHT  IY|rs. E. C. GlarKe, Prop.  LATE OV  THK K07AL IIOTKt,, CAW3ABY  MEN WANTED  1000 men wanted to unload Curran's  BIG SCHOONERS  or Half-and-half  10c  Beer or Half-and-half only  COOL  FRESH  AT THE  CLUB HOTEL  The only good' Beer in Nelson  IV|adden House  Baker and Ward  Streets, Nelson  &ttr��2ofeHaUSte- JR. WW Pr��P-  Tho only hotel In Nelson thatf has remained  under one management since. 1890..  The bed-rooms are well furnished and lighted  by electricity.  The bar is always stooked by the. best dom 9-  tlc and Imported liquors and cigars.  THOMAS MADDEN. Proprietor.  A large, stock of first-class dry material on  hand, also a full lino ol sash, doors, mouldings,  turned work, eto.  Factory Work a Specialty  Yardt   Foot of Hendryx streeb, Nelson  Telephone. 91    Jof]H   Rae,   AgCtlt  W. Starmer Sn)ith & Go.  PAPER HANGER, GLAZIER,  PAINTER, ETC.  CHIMNEY SWEEPING  Office Ward Street Opposite Opera Honse  Arthur Gee  MERCHANT  TAILOR  Removed to Baker Street, opposite tho Qucon's  E. P. Whalley, d. P.  NOTARY PUBLIC  Offlco with C. W. West & Co., corner HaU and  Baker streets.  City office of tho Nelson Soda water Factory.  DOMINION DAY BANNERS  Markets at Nelson, Rossland, Trail, Kaslo, Ymir, Sandon, Silverton, New  Denver, Revelstoke, Ferguson, Grand Forks, Greenwood, Cascade City, Midway, and Vancouver.  Mail Orders Promptly Forwarded  West Kootenay Butcher Co.   = = ������ ALIrKINDS-OF = ��� *= ^   FRESH AND SALTED MEATS  WHOLESALE AND RETAIL  FISH AND POULTRY IN SEASON  Baker Street, Nelson ��.   Q    TRAVES,   Mail*  ORDERS BY MAIL RECEIVE CAREFUL AND PROMPT ATTENTION.  Kootenay Steam Laundry  BLOMBERC & SWEDB��(*C  PttOPRIKTORS  The only steam  laundry in Nelson employing union labor  T. O. Skatbo, sign painter for W. J. Murphy,  requests all who intend to take part in the  Trades Procession on Dominion Day to send in  their orders as quickly as possible. Last year  many wero disappointe! through not placing  I their orders early enough. Shop in the rear of  (ho Burns Block.  A. LARSON, Manager  H. D.  ASHCROFT  BLACKSMITHING  AND EXPERT  HORSESHOEING  Wagon repairing promptly attended to by a  first-class wheelwright.  Special attention given to all kinds of repairing and custom work from outside points.  Shop:   Hall St., between Baker and Vernon  R. REISTERER & CO*  BREWERS AND BOTTLERS OF  FINE LAGER BEER, ALE  AND PORTER  Prompt and regular  delivery to the trade  Brewory at Nelson  Nelson   Wine   Oo.  CHOICE WJNES AND LIQUORS  Special attention given to family trade  Telephone 93  Baker street,  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 of the general  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.  COAL!      COAL!  GREAT REDUCTION  $9.65|&sNe8t   $6.15  Hard Coal  Anthracite  DELIVERED  Nelson, B.C.  mm��.���am-l-ST" CW.West&Co.  HAtrAGKB THE TRIBUNE:  NELSON B.C., MONDAY; JUNE 2o, 1900  _0. 0B0 . 00 '00.. 00 '(K0 . 0t>' '00 ��� 00 .00 . 00 '00 ' 00 <  . , fjgp. __-_    ___.   ___    ___.   __-     *-_.    ���     ___    ���     _._.    ���     ���^  4~  ^���^���^���^���^���^^^^^���^���^���^���^���^���^���^���^���^���^���^���^���^���'^���^���'^���^���'^���i^*'^;^,^(.  xti  xti  xti  iii  iti  iti  -6,  DRINK  Vi  UHi  CHARLES  iti  Xti  xti  xti  Xti  xii  xti  iti  Xti  xii  Xti  Xti  Xti  iti  iti  iti  iti  iti  iti  iti  xti  XM  iti  Xti  Xti  Xti  iti  xti  xti  vw  ^���a-a-a-A-a-A-A-&:*&:  ^B**k ��� ^B*--h * ^(^^ *^^-^ ��� ^M^ *^^ ��� ^^^ *^^^ * ^k ��� ^fc-k ��� ^^^ * *^t_i ,��� ^^^ * ^^^ "^^**k * ^^-k * ^^ ��� ^^t * ^^k-���' ^^^ *^^k ��� ^^k *^T�� ^^^�� ^^" * ^^^ * ^^t * ^^^ * ^^^ *^^^  BANK OF MONTBBAL  CAPITAL, aU paid up....$12,000,000.00  BEST  7.000.000.00  UNDIVIDED PROFITS *    427,180 80   ,  Lard Strathcona and Mount Royal ...President  Hon. George A. Drummond Vice-President  K. S. Ulouslon General Manager  THE BANK OF  BRITISH   COLUMBIA  NELSON  NELSON BRANCH  Corner Baker and Kootenay Streets.  A. H. BUCHANAN*, Manager.  Branches in London (England) New York,  Chicago, and all the principal cities in Canada.  'Buy and sell Sterling Exchange and- Cablo  Transfers.  Grant Commercial and Travelers Credits,  available in any part of the world.  Drafts Issued, Collections Made, Eto.  Savings Bank Branch  CURRENT RATE OK INTEREST PAID.  MINING   PROSPECTUSES.  A discussion is going on respectful ^the^meti ts^of _m iu in g.exchan ges..  Like most other institutions, these  exchanges have good and bad  points, and to the degree iu whicli  they induce capital to seek undesirable investments in mining stocks  tliey are certainly an evil influence.  ]5ub the disposition to buy mining  stocks is strong among many classes  of capitalists. There is an element  of the lottery about the average  mine that undeniably attracts many  a man who would scorn to place his  money on the turn of a wheel,' and  if such a man wants to buy he has.  little difficulty in finding other men  equally willing to sell. It is difficult to feel much indignation  against the sellers of mining stocks  of dubious value when the purchasers, with a thousand warnings before their eyes, deliberately bite at  the glittering bait. When tlieir  toeth grate on the gilded file, the  i inpulse is not to pity their shattered molars and bicuspids, but to  ejaculate, Serve them right.  The chief responsibility lies on  the men who permit their names to  bo used as the officers and promoters of mining companies. It  has come to this, that the experienced dealer pays little heed to the  names on a prospectus, but investigates the proposition for himself.  Other men, of less experience, invest tlieir money on the strength of  their confidence in the honor and  business capacity of the.oflicers of  companies, often to find .that these  officers have given' their names and  little else to the concerns. Ib is  said that most of the losses'made  by British investors in Canadian  mining securities have been occasioned by a too-confiding trust in  the value of the names on the execu-  Is now prepared to issue_Drafts and  Letters of Credit on Skaguay, U. S.,  Atlin, B. C, and Dawson City, N. W. T.  tive. Tt is evident that there is  not a keen enough appreciation of  the responsibilities of their position  by Canadians of good business  standing who permit themselves to  staud sponsors for new mining en-*  terprises.  OLD-TIME WITCHCRAFT.  When superstition is so far moribund that the death penalty for  witchcraft' has long since been  erased from the statute book, and  the impostor who trades on the  ^fatuity^qf^is^or-her^fellow-ciqizens  is subjected only to well-merited  punishment as a rogue and vagabond, it is interesting to look back  upou the beliefs of our forefathers  and note to what excess of cruelty  popular prejudice and credulity  could force even wise and good  men.  And no more remarkable instance  can be given than that which took  place at the spring assizes held by  sir Matthew Hale at Bury St. Edmunds in the year 1070, when two  old widows, named respectively  Rose Cullender and Amy Duny  wero indicted for bewitching their  neighbor's children. The evidence  for the prosecution went to show  that the prisoners, who* were poor  and gained a precarious livelihood  by hawking fish, had an evil repute  for witchcraft, in the place where  they lived, and, it was alleged, were  heard to use threatening language  to the parents of the prosecutors,  because they would not deal Avith  them. Shortly after -the threats,  the children, who were evidently  weakly and neurotic, if not deliberately malicious, were seized with  fits, in which they swore that they  saw the two prisoners urging on  their imps to torment them; and  on one occasion Deborah Pacey, a  girl nine years old, falling into a  swooning fit, after much pain and  straining, vomited up a two-penny  nail with a broad head, which she  said a bee had brought and forced  into her mouth.  Numerous other incidents of an  equally veracious and probable  character, extending over several  mouths, were also sworn to by the  parents and friends of the interesting sufferer.   The other children  Imperial Bank of Canada  HEAD  OFFICE. TORONTO.  Capital Authorized    $2,500,000  Capital Paid up $2,458,603  Rest   $1,700,000  D. R. Wilkie, General Manager.  E. Hay. Inspccter.  Nelson Branch���Burns Block, 221 Baker Street  J. M. LAY, Manager.  seem to have experienced similar  tortures, and Elizabeth Pacey,  sister to Deborah, who distinguished  herself by scratching Amy Duny's  face till the blood ran down, as  soon as she came near her in the  court, seems to-have been a girl  of brilliant but unregulated imagination, and not too fond of-her book,  for credible witnesses averred that,  owing to witchcraft, whenever  asked by her father to read the  New Testament, she always bun-  =gled=at=the=name=off=Eordr-but-atthe word Devil clapped her hands,  crying out: "This bites but makes  me speak right well," which agreeable little episode seems to have  finished Scripture lessons for the  day. It wa9 also deposed, with  most damaging effect to the prisoners, that one of the children,  after being speechless for some  time, suddenly ran about the house  holding up her apron and crying  '���Hush, hush!" as though there weie  poultry in the house, though the  deponent could see nothing. ���  Another little innocent called  Jane Bocking, after vomiting lath  nails aud pins, affirmed that the  prisoners, presumably their astral  bodies, had got into her bedroom  aud were standing round her bed  for the purpose of tormenting her.  Strangely enough, the above evidence,* though conclusive to every  right minded person in court, was  regarded with disapproval by. sergeant Keeling, one of the leaders of  the circuit, who had the temerity  to say that he thought it was insufficient to convict the prisoners  upon, even if the children were bewitched, on the ground that "it  could not be applied to. the  prisoners on the imagination only  of the parties afflicted; for," said he,  " if this be allowed, no person  whatsoever can be in safety." Fortunately, however, for the interests  of justice, one Brown of Norwich, a  person of great knowledge, at this  stage informed the court that quite  recently there had been a great  discovery of witches in Denmark,  who afflicted people with crooked  pins and needles, identical in character with those produced in evidence, and it was his opinion "that  the Devil in such cases did. work  upon the bodies of men and women  on a natural foundation,", which  evidence beiugvery Relevant to the  issue, appears to have given the  court the liveliest satisfaction.  But   some officious person, still  unsatisfied,   that as contact with  the supposed witches produced such  strong signs of aversion in the little  victims, it would be well to bandage  the children's eyes with their aprons  and see what the result would be  if someone touched them.    In compliance with this suggestion, at the  desire   of   the   judge,   lord   Corn-  Avallis, sir Edmund Bacon, find the  still sceptical serjeant Keeling, "attended   one   of Jbhe   distempered  children in the farther part of the  hall, whilst she was in her fits, one  of the prisoners being with them at  the same   time.     An apron   was  placed over the girl's eyes, and one  of   the   gentlemen   touched   her,  producing the same effect, scratches  and    all,     that     the     touch     of  the witch had done."    Whereupon,  curiously   enough,  the   gentlemen  returned   openly   protesting   that  they believed the whole business  was   an imposture.   As   even the  court seems to have thought tho  evidence rathei' shaky after this,  some other Avitnesses were brought  in Avho knew nothing about   the I  charge.       However,   one    Robert  Sherringham swore that two years  before   Rose Cullenden  was   very  angry   Avith him  because  he had  accidentally knocked  part of her  house Avith his Avagon, since Avhich  time   he   had   .suffered  great   loss  through  his  cattle dying,  "for as  soon as ever his sows pigged the  pigs would leap and caper and im-  Palace IVjeat IV|ar^et  Headquarters  for all kinds of  Fresh and Cured  Meats.  mediately fall doAvn and die."  Corroborative o evidence of this  interesting natural phenomenon  having been given, the case for the  prosecution closed, and the judge  charged the jury, avIio, after half  an hour's deliberation, brought in a  A'erdict of guilty. The witches  Avere duly hanged on the folloAving  Monday, having, strange to say,  confessed nothing.  A. R. SHERWOOD  REAL ESTATE  INSURANCE AND  GENERAL AGENT  A feature will bo made of the poultry and  game trade. They will always bo on hand during their season.  J. L.  PORTER, Prop.  1G9 Josephino St., between Bakor and Vornon.  Tolephono 159.  Kootenay   Coffee   Co.  NELSON, B. C.  Coffee roasters and dealors in Tea and Coffee.  Offer fresh roasted coffee of best quality as  f ollowa:  Java and Arabian Macha, por ponnd $   40  Java and Mocha Blend, 3 pounds  1 00  Fine Santos, i pounds  I 00  Santos Blend, 6 pounds  l oo  Our Special Blend, 6 pounds  1 00  Our Bio Roast, 6 pounds  1 oo  ���'��� Atrial order solicited.   Salesroom 2 doors oast  of Oddfellows block. West Baker street  First door west  of Bank of British  Columbia building.  Baker Street  MONEYTO LOAN  AT 7 PER CENT  ON BUSINESS PROPERTY  f    Apply G. L. LENNOX, Solicitor, NclHon B. C  ^xzzzxzxxxxxixixxxxzzxzxxxzzzzzzzxzxxxxxxxxxzxix-xii:  JUST   ARRIVED  A Car Load of  Allen's Apple Cider.  THORPE & CO.  t_zz_ixzxzzzzzzzzzxzzzxxzxzzzzxzzzzxzxzxxzz_zizzzzz.izzi  J. M.JLUDWIG  Manufacturers of and  dealers in Harness, I'ack  und Stock Saddles, Apara-  joes, Collars, Bridles and  Whips.  Nelson Harness Shop  HaU Streot, Nelson.  St. JOSEPH'S SCHOOL  NELSON, B. C.       *  A boarding and day school conducted by tho  Sisters of St. Joncph of Peace. It is situated at  the corner of Mill and Josephine streets in one of  the best residential portions of Nelson, and,is  easily accessible from all parts of tho city.  The course of study Includes tho fundamental  nnd higher branches of thorough English -duca-  tion: Business course���bookkeeping, stenography and typewriting. Science course���music;  vocal and instrrunental, drawing, etc. Plain art  and needlework, etc.  For terms and particulars apply to the Sister  Superior.  The Nelson plumbers, gas and steam fitters  union moots every second and fourth Friday at  tho Miners' Uiiion hall at 8 p.m. i,  D. WKSK3, Secretary pro tern.  Alex Stewart  Boom 3, Turner & Boeeh Block.  NELSON.  Mines  Real Estate  Insurance  Loans  Notary Public and Conveyancer.  Bents Collected on Commission.  $200 cash for lot ou Carbonate street.  $���4000 (easy terms) will buy flhe corner on- Baker _  street, good hotel site. '���  $4000 will buy fine corner on Vernon street, good  hotel site.  $1200 will buy lot on Baker street nearSherbroofc  house.  $450 (half cash) will buy 3 lots in Bogustown.  $250 to $275 apiece for choice lots on Carbonate-  street.  $20 per month will rent 8-roomed house, immediate possession.  $850, part cash, will buy house and lot on Robson  street near Stariloy street. .      I  Cottage and nice lot with fruit trues, 5-mile point I  Ranch at Pilot Bay, UO acres under cultivation.  $1350 will buy cottage and lot on Stanley street.  Ik  FRATERNAL   SOCIETIES.  NELSON LODGE. NO. 23, A- F. tc A. M.  Meets second Wednesday In each month.  Sajoorniiitr brethren invited.  ItpiNG STOCKS  BOUGHT AND SOLD  Referendum Treasury Stock  Exchequer, 1000  Big Horn. 5000  Peoria. 5000-500  Richelieu, 1000  WANTKD  Uamblcr-Cnriboo and Giant  Kor sale���(i-rooni house, Hume addition, $850,  14-rooin houso, cheap; teiins easy; close in.  CALL ON  H. A. Prosser   BROICKR. WARD STRKKT   Ward Bros,  REAL ESTATE AND  INSURANCE AGENTS  KN10HT801T PYTHIAS��� Nelson Lodge, So,  25, Knights of Pythias, nioete in 1.0. O. V.  Hall, corner Baker and Kootenay streets, every  Tuesday.evening at 8 o'clock. VisitiDg Knights  cordially invltod to attend. R. O. Joy. K. of K.  & 8.   Leonard Scott, C. C.   NELSON L-O.lu, No. l��tt, meets in L O. O: V.  Hall, oornor Baker and Kootenay streets,  1st and Srd Friday of each month. Visiting  hrethern cordially invited. R. Robinson, W. J__  W. Crawford. Recording-Secretary. .  NELSON MRIE, Number 22, Fraternal Order.'  of Eagles, meets every second and fourth  Wednesday ineach month   In  Fraternity Hall.  Visiting brethren welcome.   W. Gosnell, Presl .  dent.   Charles Prosser, Secretary.  TRADES  UNIONS.  NELSON MINERS' UNION NO. 96. XV. V. of  . M.���Meets in miners' union rooms, northeast corner Victoria and Kootenay streets, every  Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. Visiting members welcome. M. R. Mowatt, President. James  Wilkes. Secretary. .   TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL.���The regular meetings of the Nelson Trades and Labor  Council will be held in the miners' union hall,  corner of Victoria and Kootonay streets, on the  first and third Thursday of each mouth, at  7.30 p. m. G. J. Thorpe, President. J. H. MaUio-  Kon, Secretary.   THE regular meetings of the Carpenters' Union  ���are-hold-on���Wedncsday-oveniiig-of-eacu,���  week, at 7 o'clock, in tho Miners' Union hall cornor Victoria and  Kootenay streets:   R.  Robln-  son. President.   James Colling, Secretary.  BARBERS' UNION.���Nelson Union. No. I!��i. of  the International Journeymen Barber's Union of America, meets every first and third Holiday of each month in Miner's Union Hall, corner  of Victoria and Kootenai* streets, at 8:30 p.m.  sharp. Visiting brothers cordially invited to  attend. J. H. Matheson, President. W. S. Hel-  vllle. Secretary.   B1  Agents for J. & J. TAYLOR SAFES |  Bogustown)   Fairview   Addition.  Charles St. Barbe  Stock and Share Broker  General Agent  Charles D. J. Christie  GENERAL BROKER  4 doors west of Dominion Express office.  P. O. Box 523.   Phones: Office 147, House 152  Throo sir room houses foi rent.  Real estate in all parts of tho city for salo  AGENT FOR S. S. KLMBALL'S SAFES  INSURANCE. LOAN&J)  RICKLAVERS AND MASON'S' UNI^N.  The Bricklayers and Masons' Interninional  Union No. 3 of Nelson meets second and fourlh  Tuesdays in each month at Minors' Union hall'  J. W. Etcher, president; Joseph Clark, rccoiding  and corresponding secretary.  T -ADORERS' UNION���Nelson Laborers' Pro-  >LJ itoefivo Union, No. 8121, A. F. of L.. meets in  ftlincrst Union Hall, northeast corner of Victoria  aiid -KooUsnay streets, every Monday evening  tul-8 p.m. sharp. .Visiting members of tlio Amori-  cuai (KcdcraUpH cordially invited to attend. John  Mullen. Prcsid��jit.,'tJorc)" Shackclton, Secretary.  BLBON PAINTBRS', UNipN-Tho regular  mooting of  tho .l^ain.ters" Union  is held  ti*.e ftrst amiiihird Krldaj-sin.ca.ch inonth at Miners' Union ,h��*!ijit 7:30 sharp.    '  T. O. Skatbo. President.  Will J. Hatch. Secret .��� ry.  ���     ���     ���  ���   ���        ���   w*WWwW-^i**> mi ��� ��� ���  ���  ABQglTECTS.  EWART  &   CARTUE-^rchitccts.    Rooms 7  and 8 Aberdeen block; Baker stroet, Nelson.  ENGINEERS.  CHARLES PARKER���Mining.aad muling engineer.   West Baker street. Nelson.          ���'���������������-������   .   ���  NOTICE.  A special meeting of the Bricklayers* and  Masons' Union, No. 8. will be held in the Miners'  Union Hall on Monday, June 25, at 8 o'clock  p. in.   Business of importance, and all members  aro requested to bo present.! ___  JOE CLARK. J. XV. ETCHER,  Rec. and Cor. Sec. President.  Lethbridge Gait Coal  The best value for tho money In the market  for all purposes.  tbrmb cash     W. P. Tikrnet, General Agent  Telephone H7.    Office with C. D. J. Chrintie.  GOSTELLO'S EXPRESS  AND TRANSFER  Baggage and express moved to any part of the  cits*.   Special attention given to heavy teaming.  Office corner Victoria and Ward streets. Telephone 192. W. A. COSTELLO. Manager.  >.K^^fi ���tiMamnuniwurK*'*  p��w*iw^MM'��*wf^ffw.r��!^;^ THE TPJBTTNE:  NELSON. B. C, MOKDAY JUNE 28  1900  Rubber Gloves  FOR WOME//-J 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 Block, Corner Baker and Josephine Streets  DRUGS AND ASSAYERS'SUPPLIES  ^ &&&&&&& SL*jg**.��**.fl��: ' S^S1*^* S'�����*������� S'TS**g*'T&'3"^  /j:>��r:*<��.'*��**'^-^**^'~*5^^:5^^ .__t-t_t-0_*-__''!_w-^-0_'.00-f0-^"0��-l_::^l  iti  ffl  ffl  to  to  to  ik-  to  iti  to  to  to  "WaysThatltPays"  bu  y  In going* direct to the manufacturers to select and  all   the  latest and up-to-date  goods.  Protecting  jo per cent on every  my,.customers and saving them  dollar.      I   invite you   all   to   come aud   inspect, my  goods,   and   am   confident  you   will   be satisfied with  lies' and gentlemen's jewelry in  ith precious stones.  ���kiV    quality and price.     Ladie  Jf?    different patterns/set wit  Xti  to  to  to  iti  to  to  to  iti  to  iti  iti  to  to  iti  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  Watches  Brooches  Earrings  Bracelets  Scarf Pins  Belts  Buckles  Garters  Purses  Blouse Sets  Girdles  JJJ   Cuff Links, etc.  Jjj   Meriden Britannia Silver Plate and Rogers "1847"   Jg  xti  to  iti  ffl  Bicycles  J{>  Field Glasses  Jg  Austrian Art Ware  Brass Goods  Machines  Pianos  xti  ffl  ffl  ffl  ffl  ffl  ffl  ffl  ffl  ffl  ffl  ���    Our   watchmaking  equal.    Give us a trial.  Flat Ware.  and -jewelry   departments  All work guaranteed.  have   no  Jacob Dover, Jeweler  Baker*   Street,   Nelson.  xti  ffl  to  to  to  to  to  to  ^���jfe'S'S 'a'S'S'S'S'S'S'^'-a      g,g'g,sl'tf"g'fr^'i'frtf'v*^  WE RECOGNIZE THE FACT  That in entering to the people of Nelson  and district in the lines of <-���  Teas and Coffee  AVe must-have an article first-class in every respect. Wc have given these lines our uiulividel  attention, as a icsult, of which we have succeeded in securing an article in both linos, which for  quality, flavor and excellence have no equal. We defy cotnpirison, they cannot be surpassed and  cannot b ��� duplicated. After a trial you will have no other. For good goods at reasonable iigures  try us.   QUALITY ������"IKS'!'. LAST AND ALWAYS.   Yours for business.  The Western Mercantile Company, Limited  BAKER ST.  GROCERS  NELSON  Just Received...  A large consignment of the latest  styles of hats, union and custom  made.   Clothing   for bargains  at  BAKER STREET, NELSON.  . THEO MADSON'S  CLOTHING   HOUSE.  WHY BUY CANNED FRUITS ?  g ' ���    - -.   We Have the Strawberries, Sugar,  and Fruit Jars.  P. O. BOX 176.  HOUSTON BLOCK.  Telephone 161.  Car Load of Lake of the Woods  l'lour Just Received.  John ^. Irvirjg & Co  Don't Imbibe Snakes  Lots of them In the oity water.   Get one of oup niters  on trial.   Prices 40 cents, $1.25 and $1.75.  opposite posTOFKicK STRACHAN   BROTHERS.  ASK  YOUR GROCER FOR THE CELEBRATED  Rolled  B&K  Oats  The Best,that Money can Buy.      Take no Other.  Manufactured by the Brackman-Ker Milling Co., Ltd.  Victoria Vancouver. Westminster, Edmonton, Rossland, Nelson.  ILLUMINATIONS  FOR  DOMINION DAY  Colored Lamps    '���_  In  Red, Blue, Amber  and Green.  l(ooteriay Electric Snpply &  Construction Co. streeKlJon  JUST ARRIVED  IN NELSON  CARLOAD  CANADIAN WHISKIES  CITY LOCAL HEWS  Tlio rotary mill at tlio Venus  initio continues to give* splendid  satisfaction itnd is running*as nicely  as could be desired. Unfortunately  the stream of water whicli was to  havo supplied tho mill is rapidly  drying up, but the supply will last  until.the pipe line from the north  fork of Sandy creek now under construction is completed. The carpenters are still at work on tho mill  building, temporary arrangements  having been. made to handle the  ore necessary to keep the mill running.  Miss M. A. Keen of the general  hospital nursing staff, left yesterday for Strathcona, Alberta, on  leave of absence, haying been notified by wire that her father was  critically ill.  The funeral of the little daughter  of A. Ii. Sherwood took place on  Sunday afternoon. Service was  held at St. Saviour's church after  which interment was made at the  cemetery. Rev. H. S. Akehurst  officiated.  Kootemiy Tent��No.'-7, Knights of  the Maccabees held its annual  church parade yesterday afternoon.  The members of the order gathered  at their lodge room aud marched to  the opera house headed by the  Citizens' band. Rev. William Munroe preached au able sermon on an  an appropriate theme. The band  rendered an appropriate selection  during the offertory, which'is''to.-be  devoted to the relief of orphans  and widows of the Canadian contingents on service in South Africa.  The C. P. R. steamers on the Arrow lakes are now running through  R. P. RITHET & CO., Ltd.      a.  Including bulk and case Seagram, 2,  and 7 year old.  Cases���Club rye. flasks  rye. Goodorham & Wo��*ts Special: O. &  W. ordinary���White Wheat Whisky.  B. GRAY. Baker St., Kootenay Representative  from Robson to Revelstoke i'or the  first time in several years. The  Columbia has risen in its might and  is now 25 feet above low water  mark at Robson. The railroad line  between Arrowhead and Revelstoke  is deep under water at several  points necessitating the steamers  making the trip. The up trip is  only a triple longer than by rail,  and in coming down stream the  steamers make better time than  by rail.  New tenders will be asked today  for tho construction of the Kirkpatrick - Wilson - Clements block.  The tenders opened a couple of  weeks ago were not satisfactory for  various reasons and the contractors  will be requested now to make their  bids for the various sections of the  work and for the entire building as  well. The owners desire to have  tho tenders settled and the contract awarded in time for the  building to proceed as soon as the  foundation is completed. a  The rifle company's parade on  Saturday night was just an even  Maxim gun squad. Under the  directionofsergeantKnightthemili-  tiamen were taken through the gun  =drillf=The-parades=wilR*e=continue&  every night this week, after which  drill stops until the autumn. /  It is understood that recent  changes in the establishment of the  first Canadian contingent on duty  in South Africa have given captain  Hodgius his step aud that he has  assumed his substantive rank as  captain of "A" company. Prior to.  this captain Hodgins was in�� command of one of the Maxim gun  squad:  Word was received yesterday  from Ottawa that the now celebrated case of Callahan vs. Copleu,  involving the ownership of the  Joker Fraction mineral claim in the  Slocan, was argued last week before  the supreme court of Canada and  that judgment was reserved. The  appeal is by the defendant from the  judgment of the full court of British Columbia in favor of the  plaintiff. Counsel appearing in  Ottawa were A. B. Aylesworth,  Q. C, for the appellant (Copleu),  and sir 'Charles Hibbert Tupper,  Q. C. for the respondent (Callahan).  The legal long vacation commences on July 1st and last until  August 31st. During the interval  uo courts sit aud the registrar's  office only remains open from 10  a.m. to.2 p.m.  Dwight Braiuard, treasurer of  the Hamilton Powder Company, was  registered .at the Hotel Phair yesterday. Mr. Braiuard has been  making an inspection of the company's agencies in this rpovince  and left last night for his home in  Montreal.  A souvenir postal card of   Grin-  dewald, Switzerland, was  received J  pastor of St. Paul's church, who is  touring the continent. Mr. Frew-  has been taking in the famous  Passion Play at Oberammergau.  The crown grants for blocks 88  and S9, which aro required before  tlio C. P. R. can proceed to build  their new depot and other buildings, have not arrived as yet, but  superintendent Troup has received  a telegram indicating that the completed documents will bo forwarded  this week without delay. Captaiu  Troup states that the company will  not lose a moment in getting to  work on the grading. The plans  and specifications for the eight-stall  round house are about complete  and, tenders for this building tire to  be secured at once.  Tho stampbooks issued by the  postoffice department containing 12  stamps enclosed in waxed paper are  now on sale at the Nelson postoffice.  TJie books are very handy, their  special feature, being that the  stamps enclosed are in no danger of  becoming stuck together.  The Ontario Powder Company is  adding "a carpenter shop to its plant.  This makes six buildings in all at  Powder Point. The concern is  averaging a ton of dynamite daily.  The Trebelli Concert.  Mademoiselle Trebelli's concert iu  the opera house on Saturday night,  was attended by a select if not  very large audience, which included,  unfortunately, a number of dogs,  whose presence did not contribute  to the harmony of the proceedings.  Mile. Trebelli has a vei'y charming  soprano voice which she manages  wi'th. consummate skill.. Her technique was a revelation to her audience who accorded her several well  deserved encores. She was perfectly accompanied by M. Eugene  Bernstein j- whose selections on the  piano also> received au ovation.  Haydeu's "My, mother bids me  bind my hair," and Luber's "Laughing Song," sung by- Mile. "Trebelli,  aud one of Chopin's valses, perfectly played by Mr. Bernstein,  were perhaps the gems of a thoroughly artistic entertainment.  BUSINESS   MENTION.  thoroughly   corn-  One who has had a lonf  , Wanted ��� A  potent mine foreman. One who has had along  experience in. copper ore mining,-, raising ana  general development. Must show boat of references as to ability and character from two last  appointments. Apply Copper, care Tribune  Offlcc. - .��� -       -     .  To 'Let���neat cottage; four rooms,  garden,    cheap, ' partly    furnished.     Enquire  Tribune.  Wanted���situation by a  competent genoral servant.   Good'cook. .Address M.  , Tribune oiliee.  ..Wanted���by  a   young   lady,   a  position as stenographer and typewriter. Good  experience. Apply Stenographer; postolHcc box  E, Nelson.  Wanted���fdr sawmill and factory  a shingle jointer, lath man and factory machine  hand. Also a good turner. Apply to G. O. Vw-  chanan, Nelson or Kaslo.  Five-room house and lot for sale.  Price $150. Apply to Nolson Bazaar, Tremont  block.  To Rent���House, and two lots on  Carbonate street, next door to mayor Houston.  Seven rooms and bathroom, hot and cold water,  baths, etc. It lias just been repa!rcd and kal-  "somined. Thirty dollars per month. . Taylor &  Hannington.  For sale���Stqck. and fixtures of  the Nelson Bazaar amounting to about four  hundred dollars. ��� -  Furnished . rooms   to let���Apply  Carney block, one door cast of Oddfellow's hall.  Hack   calls'left at   the   Pacific  Transfer barn oh:-Vernon street. Telephone  call 35.  Lost���Black cocker spaniel answering to name of "Jack." Kinder p'eaiJe return  to George A. Stewart Potts, W iillaco-Miller  block. -.       ~ ���  For Rent���Dwelling on Carbonate  possession"  street, next to ox-mayor Neelands,   .  July 1st; rent ��25.   Enquire Mrs. Robinson.  BUSINESS  Can only be carried on successfully by catering to the  needs of the people.  We are endeavoring to meet  the demand for up-to-date  goods of the best quality.  ESTABLISHED 1892  H.   BYERS   Sc   CO.  ESTABLISHED 1892  HARDWARE  Garden, Mill, Steam and  Suction  Hose.  Crucible   Cast   Steel   Wire  Rope  5-16 to 1-in. in  stock.  Leather and  Rubber Belting.  Sheet, Square and Round Rubber  Flax and Garlock Packing  Pipe Fittings, Brass Goods, Rails  Black  and Galvanized Sheet Iron  Soft Steel Plates  1-8, 3-16 and 1-4 x 72, 96 and 120  f,  Agent-i���Truax Ore Cars, Giant Powdor, and Metropolitan Kusc, etc.  H. BYERS & CO.  NELSON KASLO SANDON  JEWELER  178 Bakor Street  Nelson, B, C,  yesterday from Rev. Robert Frew, j  To   Mine  Managers  and  Ore  Shippers.  W. Pellew Harvey, V. C. S., assayor in charge  of the provincial government a��say oflicc, will  act as shippers' repr-soniativo at, any Coast  .smelter, to receive, weigh, sample and check  pulps and to generally look after the interests of  tlio miners. Terms made on the basiH ot tonnage  handled. Apply for particulars to him at  Vancouver, B. (J.  Notice.  A meeting of the Trades and Labor Council  will be hold in Minors' Union hall on Tuesday  evening next at 8 o'clock, for tlio purpose of  electing oflicers, arranging fo<* the DoinJujqn  Day celebration aiid other important busiiiou'.  .... J. H. MATHKS|ON, Sec.  ���      - -   G. J. THORPE, ��� i res. ���  We are now booking  Orders for  Decorations  For the Great  Water Carnival  Lanterns,    Flags,    Colored  Fires, etc.  Canada Drug & Book Go.  NELSON  -A_..   _E}_JSri3_T:_ElJ__.__D.  Contracting Painters, Decorators, Paperhangers.  Full line of wall papor, mouldings, ere,   Kalso-  mining and Tinting.   Strictly first-class  work.  Est imates furnished.  Residence MU1 Street, ,MPr CrtV    *p    /**  Opposite School House   JNJiLiOUJN, D�� L��.  Wholesale  Houses  NELSON  B.C.  CRATED AND MINERAL WATERS.  THORPE ft-'CO.,'LIMITED.���Comer Vernon  _and Cedar streets, Nelson, manufacturers  of and wholesale dealers in terated waters and  fruit syrups. Sole agents for Halcyon Springs  mineral water. -Telephone 60..  ASSAYERS*   SUPPLIES.  WF. TEETZEL & CO.���Corner Baker and  ��� Josephine streets. Nelson, wholesale dealers in assayers supplies. Agents for Denver  Fire Clay Co. of Denver, Colorado. .���   - ,  CIGARS.   "  KOOTENAY CIGAR ��� MANUFACTURING  CO.���Corner Baker and Hall streets, Nel  son, manufacturers of "Royal Seal" and "Kooto  nay Belle" brands of cigars..  COMMISSION MERCHANTS.  HJ. EVANS & CO.���Baker street, Nelson  ��� wholesale dealers in liquors, cigars,  cement, fire brick and fire clay, water pipe and  steel rails, and general commission merchants.  .   ELECTRICAL   SUPPLIES.  KOOTENAY ELECTRIC SUPPLY & CONSTRUCTION COMPAN Y���Wholesale dealers in telephones, annunciators, bells, batteries,  fixtures, etc., Houston block. Nelson.  FLOUR AND PEED.  BRACKMAN - KER MILLING COMPANY  ���Cereals, Flour, Grain, Hay.' Straight or  mixed cars shipped to ,all Kootenay Points.  Grain elevators at all principal points on Calgary-  Edmonton R. 11. Mills at victoria,,New Westminster, and Edmonton, Alberta.  TAYLOR FEED & PRODUCE CO.-Baker  street, Nelson (George F. Motion's old  stand), Flouri Feed, Grain, Hay and Produce.  Car lots a specialty. Correspondence solicited.  Phone 26.  FRESH AND SALT MEATS.  P    BURNS &   CO.���Baker  street,   Nelson,  ���   wholesale dealers in fresh and cured meats.  Cold storage.  -GROCERIES.  A MACDONALD & CO.-Corner Front and  ��� Boll streets, wholesale grocers and  jobbers in blankets, gloves, mitts, boots, rubbors,  mackinaws and miners'sundries.  KOOTENAY SUPPLY  COMPANY,   LIMI-   -TED^Vernon _8treet.^Nelson. -wholesale  grocers. .    ,   "  JOHN CHOLDITCH & CO.-Front street, Nelson, wholesale grocers.  tp R. STEWART & CO.���Warehouses on C. P.  ���*��� ��� R. track, foot of Stanley streot, ��� Nelson,  wholesale dealers in provisions, produce and  fruits. Cold storage. Agents Armour & Co.'s  bacon, hams, lard and other products.  JY. GRIFFIN & CO.���Front street, Nelson,  ���   wholesale   dealers   In   provisions,   cured  meats, butter and eggs.  HARDWARE AND MINING SUPPLIES.  H BYERS & CO.���Corner Bakor and Josephine  ��� streets, Nelson, wholesale dealers in hardwaro 'and mining supplios. Agents for Giant  Powder Co. ___   LAWRENCE HARDWARE COMPANY-  Bakor St., Nelson, wholesalo dealers In  hardware and mining supplies, and water and  plumbers' supplies.  ANCOUVER   HARDWARE    COMPANY  LIMITED���Baker streot. Nolson, wholesale  dealers in hardware and mining supplies, plumbers and tinsmiths' supplies.  Agrints Ontario  Works. :      _^^  LIQUORS AND DRY GOODS.  rpURN^R, BEETON & CO.���Corner Vernon  ���*��� and Josephine streets; .Nelson, wholosale  dealers in liquors, cigars and dry goods. Agents  for Pabst Brewing Co. of Milwaukee and Calgary 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  Kootenay.   POWDER, CAPS AND FUSE.  HAMILTON POWDER COMPANY-Baker  street, Nelson, manufacturers of dynamite,  sporting, stumping and black blasting powders,  wholesale.dealers in caps aud fuse, and eleotrio  blasting apparatus.  ~        SASH AND DOORS.  NELSON SAW AND PLANING MILLS,  LIMITED���Corner Front and HaU streets,  Nolson, manufacturers of and wholesale dealers  in sash and doors; all kinds of 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. O. Box 76.   Theo. Madson, proprietor.  WINES AND CIGARS.  CALIFORNIA WINE COMPANY, LIMI  TED���Comer Front and Hall streets, Nelson, wholesalo dealers In wines (ease and balk  and domesUo and imported dears.  Refrigerators  Prices from $10 to $30  LAWRENCE HARDWARE COMPANY  _.<_r��;��_i��L__L:&��__iS_;SZ;��_;S__:& -_-*���-_*- *���*->��������������>���>������.��� **��-'j-*'siS"^'j&>  /������������..<��*.��*.��*:<��..'T^^-m.-^?'- -__>-_Z-_2-__i-7-i-__i-_2-^-i->-^-^^.^  Mr  to  to  to  to  to  to  185 Baker Street.  Telephone 10.  KIRKPATRICK   & WILSON.  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  xti  to  iti  to  We have removed our place of business  for the next few months to the old Burns  shop, next to the Nelson Hotel, where we  to   hope to see all our old customers and many   to  to   new ones.   Give us a call. ffl  ffl to  to ��������� to  ffl KIRKPATRICK & WILSON ffl  ffl to  ffl ~ .    .        _ ffl  to   Telephone 10 185 Baker Street   to  ***j'.''3>'i?'S'8"3''8'm"3>':S'B''S *���������"'���*���*���"'���'*"'���___: S__^'���___: tZz^'���___i*"- __14r-  m~-_9- **���-*��� _*:_9"i*'_9-_9-0*-_*-_*'      5t,.5".^.^.5r.^*.5j.i3;.i5r.^.'Sf.'Si-  HATS! HATS!  We have just received a large consignment of Stetson hats in all the latest shapes and styles, also hats from  some of the best English makers, includings Christy's celebrated hard hats, which we are selling at prices to suit  everybody.  The  Nelson  Clothing Bouse  Place Your  Orders   for  WE MAKE A SPECIAL   FEATURE  OF  DECORATIVE  SIGN. PAINTING  Dominion Day  Sign Painting  Streamers  Banners  Signs and  Mottoes  When turned out by our artist are works of art. They will add to the appearance of your display. Poor work will detract from it. We will assist you in  determining- what you want.   Give us plenty of time by placing orders at once.  F. J. BRADLEY & CO.  Onmrr Josep'iinn and,Victoria.Streets.  Nelson, British Columbia.  A. R. BORROW, A.M.I.C.E.  PROVINCIAL  LAND SURVEYOR  Corner Ylotorla and Kootenay Streets.  P. O. Box ��5fl. TKLKPHONB SO. 95  NOTICE.  Notice is hereby given that I intend to apply at  the first meeting of the board of license commissioners for the city of Nelson -held--thirty days  after tho date hereof, for leave to transfer the  license now hold by me for an hotel known as  the Velson House, >-ituate on lot 10 block 1, to^A.  H. Clements and Itobert Itcisteror.  S. WHITE.  Dated this 2nd day of June, 1900.  NOTICE OF MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS.  J. E. ANNABLE  GENERAL BROKER  Notice is hereby given that upon the 23rd day  of July, A. D��� 190.1, at 10 o'clock a. m. at the company's ofllce in Nelson, 11. C. there will be held a  meeting of the stockholders of tho Goldendale  Mining ('ompany, a corporation, for the purpose  of considering a proposition to soil the Golden-  dale and Young Dominion mineral claims (crown  granted), situate about f our miles south of Nelson,  British Columbia in West Kootenay Mining District, British Columbia, to pay tho outstanding  indebtedness of said company.  GOLDENDALE MINING COMPANY,  By K. D. IDE, Secretary.  Dated this 11th day of Juno, A. D. 1900.  Three dwelling houses for sale on easy terms.  One lot  on  Stanley  street, opposite Royal  hotel, for sale at a bargain.  One seven-roomed house and one threo-room  house for rent.  See ANNABLE  Notice of Application for a  Certificate of Improvements.  Broken Hir.r, Mineral Claim, situate in the-  ainsworth Mining Division ov Wkst'  Kootenay -District,' and located about'  two miles southwest ok ainsworth, adJOINING tiie Arkansas, United and Union  Mineral Claims.  Take notice that I. R. E. Young, (acting  as  agent for K. J. Boberts, free minor's certificate-  special No. 081, and   Anna  C.  Buckley,   free  miner's certificate No. B. 113D7) free miner's cer  tificate No. B. 13,4-iG, intend, sixty days from tho-  date hereof, to apply to the mining recorder for   .,  a certificate of improvements, for the purpose __^i-M  obtaining a crown  grant of tho above claim.  And further take notice that action, under sec:  tion 37, must bo commenced before the issuance-  of such certificate of improvements.  Dated this 24th day of April, A. D.. 1S00.  R, K. YOUNG, P.L.S.