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 mmm  H  DAILY EDITION   BY MAIL  FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR  WEEKLY EDITION BY MAIL  TWO DOLLARS A YEAR  NINTH YEAE.  THE TRIBUNE: NELSON, B. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1901  PRICE FIVE CENTS  RAILROAD POLICY OUTLINED  VICTORIA   CITIZENS  INTERVIEW  THE GOVERNMENT.  Company Obtaining Charter Must Build  From the Mouth of Fraser River  ���Work of Legislature,  Victoria, March 21.���The premier and members of the executive  council of British Columbia gave  an influential deputation, headed  by the mayor of Victoria, most satisfactory assurance this morning  that the policy which they proposed to follow in connection with  the construction of a railway from  the coast to Kootenay would be  not only in the interest of the  " province but of the city of Victoria.  The deputation alluded to was made  up of the most representative business and professional men in the  city and was appointed at a mass  meeting which passed a resolution  for a competitive line. In pressing  for bonusing of an independent and  competitive line from the coast to  the interior of the province the  mayor read a telegram which had  been received tbis morning by E.  V. Bodwell, who represents the Victoria, Vancouver & Eastern in the  matter:  "New York, Marcli 21.���If you  think advisable, you may announce  that the Great Northern Railway  . and Mackenzie & Mann are equally  interested in the Victoria, Vancouver & Eastern Railway. Company stock.  "Jambs J. Hill.  . "William Mackenzie."  Remarks were made by his worship, supplemented by- short  speeches��� from ex-mayor Redfern,  Dr. Jones, aldermen Beckwith and  Bryden. In reply ��� the premier  pointed out that the policy-the'gov*.  eminent proposed to adopt was  that of making the best bargain  possible for a ferry daily from the  . mouth of Fraser river and .Vancouver island. The attorney-general  went into the necessity for the extension of the island railway and of the  " construction of an all Canadian  route to the Yukon, thus insuring  the trade of Klondike to Canadian  cities rather than Seattle, which  had been built at tbte expense of  Canada. In reply from a suggestion by Mr. Helmcken, who accompanied the deputation, the attorney-  general said that the government  was considering a proposition to insert a clause iu the charter permitting the acquirement of the  road after a term of years on certain terms by the province.  Further, they would compel auy  company which obtained a charter  from thera to sign an agreement to  the effect that if ai Dominion  charter was obtained they would  still be amenable to the railway  law of the province.  Alderman Yates expressed the  = fear that the car ferry alluded! to  by the attorney general might! be  run from .Vancouver to Nanaimo  and thence to Quatsimo.thus making  the latter point a terminal one instead of Victoria. The premier replied that all his efforts as a citizen  of this city would be employed to  prevent such a contingency.  ; Alderman Yates said that what  "might be cheapest at this time  might be dearest in the long run by  exposing the country to a monop-  ..._ oly. In reply to this the premier.  ; said , that the Victoria, Vancouver  and Eastern had furnished no-  charts, maps or profiles of their  proposed road, and all that they.  had done to date was to say to the  government, "Give us $4000 a mile  and we will build- the road, pro-''  vided we also get a subsidy from  the Dominion government." ; It  - was, he said, the intention of the  government to control rates and to  derive a percentage of the earnings.  He did not believe in What had  been-done in the past, namely, give  lands and subsidy: to these companies and not be allowed a say in  their control. The attorney-general explained the position of the  administration at some ' length,  although he said that the  government could not pin  itself down to one road  until it had heard from Ottawa,  which had been asked to -deal with  the province liberally in the matter of railway construction. Fear  has been expressed that the policy  of the government was an alterna;  ��ive   one,- namely,   that it might.  sanction a road from the coast or  one from a point on the Canadian  Pacific railway, say at Spence's  Bridge or via the Shuswap and  Okanagan railway. He might  definitely say that any road which  they subsidized must build from  the mouth of the Fraser to the  boundary, thus opening up that  whole country. Further it would  stipulate in the contract that the  company must provide for a; ferry  daily^from the mouth of the"Fraser  TROOPS TO BE WITHDRAWN  VON   WALDERSEE   WILL    ARBITRATE TIEN TSIN DIFFOULTY.  wrecked Wil-  day, tii^^^jip^J^ing been  abandoned. C5a^t'��^^,iansen and  engineer Lacy are staying by her  until the underwriters "take her  over.    She is fast going to pieces.  -    Legislative Notes.  Victoria, March 21.���[Special to  The Tribune.]���The Gazette today  contains notices of the appointment of Robert E. Lemon to be  warden of the provincial jail at  Nelson, vice N. Fitzstubbs, resigned;  John H. Nolan to be chief clerk in  the land registry oflice at Nelson ;  John D. Moore of Kaslo to be  license commissioner for the Ainsworth license district, vice Ernest  King, left the province; A. B. C.  Docksteader of Cody to be license  commissioner of Slocan district,  vice E. R. Atherton, resigned.  A notice re town lots in New  Denver appears. It provides for  the sale at public auction of lots in  tliat townsite on which back payments are due to the government.  The lands and works department  has accepted the survey made by  the city of Nelson for land at a  point on Kooteney river ten miles  below Nelson.  The school bill is in committee  and is sure to be amended.-  The bill ' increasing the provisional revenue tax from $3 to $5  was introduced and read a first  time.  Pat Burns is in the city.  In the legislature today Joseph  Martin again introduced a bill, to  allow lawyers to practice champerty. ,. Debate on it was adjourned.  From Vancouver.  Vancouver, March 21.���[Special  to The Tribune.]���The young son of  J. W. Lawrence of Hatzic fell  among a pile of burning ferns yesterday and was so badly burned  that he died last night.  It is reported here this evening  that a party of surveyors sent by  Mackenzie & Mann and the Great  Northern Railway has arrived at  Hope after thoroughly inspecting  the line of survey of the Victoria,  Vancouver & Eastern. They report  the route as perfectly feasible.  Chinese Robbers.  Berlin, March 21.���The officer  commanding the German troops in  Pekin cables to the war: office here  that owing to the complaints of the  inhabitants a band of robbers has  been dispersed by captain Periss,  "with a squadron of cavalry, at a  village 48 kilometers from Pao  Ting Fu. Seven of the robbers  were killed and wounded, the others  were imprisoned and handed over  to the Chinese court for trial.  Major von Muhlman started for Pao  Ting Fu with three companies of  infantry, a squadron of cavalry and  a train of mountain artillery for a  place to the eastward of Tao  Nakuan. He is proceeding against  a large band of robbers.  A Prophet Dies. -.'������������  London, March 21.���Ad viees from  Unganda, Africa, dated Thursday,  March 14, says that Muludzi, the  Mohammedan who recently proclaimed himself a leader of a new  religious doctrine in Uganda, died  at Dengo that afternoon under extraordinary circumstances after a  short reign as a prophet.  The Sultan of Imbego, the head  of the ' Mohammedans in Uganda,  denounced the new doctrine and a  native court declared Muludzi to be  an impostor. Thereupon Muludzi  indignantly declared he would no  longer remain on earth. He left  the native court and ascended a  small eminence outside the king's  enclosure where he knelt, called  loudly on Mohammed and suddenly  expired.      "   '  Bank of England Profits.  London, March 21.���At the semiannual meeting of the Bank of  England today the governor announced that the net profits for the  six months ending February 28 were  ��725,596, making the amount of  "rest" at the date ��3,750,341. After  providing for a dividend of 5 per  cent the amount of "rest" was  ��3,022,691.  Lord Lansdowne Explains the Origin  of the Trouble and the Agreement Reached.  London, March 21.���In the house  of lords today the foreign secretary,  lord ��� Lansdowne, announced that  Russia and Great Britain had  agreed to"' withdraw their troop's  from the disputed territory at Tien  Tsin and reserve the' question of  title and proprietary; rights  for subsequent examination. Lord  Lansdowne supplemented the announcement by explaining that the  dispute concerned an extensive  area on the left bank of the Pei Ho,  which the sRussians had occupied  in the autumn and claimed by right  of conquest. Subsequently the government was informed - that China  and Russia had reached an agreement placing -the- area' under Russian occupation. The area, however, comprised plots belonging to  the-Northern Chinese railway and  therefore was part of the- security  of bondholders.      -   -  The line was part of the_railroad  recently transferred by the Russians to marshal, von Waldersee,  who retransferred it to the British.  The necessities of the allies required the construction of a siding  on one of. the plots referred to, and  the presence of British workers on  the plot'was treated as a trespass  on Russian territory. It was sub-  ' sequently alleged that the Russian  boundary, works had been removed  by the British. "When these circumstances were reported the government on March 16 telegraphed  to its ^representative in China that  it tliought the'Vights of the'British  or Russian - troops to occupy the  disputed points could be best settled by field marshal von Waldersee, as the commander-in-chief, and  General Gaselee, the British commander, was instructed to request  the field marshal to settle the immediate difficulties, reserving for  future examination the question of  validity of the alleged private  rights. General Gaselee was also  instructed to refrain from using  force except' to - repel aggression.  On March" 20 the alleged removal of  the Russian boundary pillar occurred, and the government instructed the British minister at  Pekin, Sir Ernest Satow, that Great  Britain was ready to refer the facts to  field marshal von Waldersee On the  understanding that if either side  was found to have committed an  irregularity it should apologize to  third street, the police today became inclined to 'believe that May  Comstock, the 17-year-old daughter  of a wealthy retired merchant residing at Benton Harbor, Mich.,  who disappeared last evening, was  kidnaped instead of committing  suicide, which was at, first supposed. Miss Comstock -was studying music in this city. She left her  boarding house as usual, and later  her hat and cloak were found on  the beach at Sixty-third street.  Mr. Comstock insists, however, that  his daughter had positively no reason for selfrdestruction, and the  police today felt inclined to believe  in the father's theory of kidnaping.  KILLS  HER  SIX CHILDREN  Explorer.  21.���The    na-  expedition's  was   launched  The Discovery  Launch of an  Dundee, March  tional Antarctic  steamer Discovery  here this afternoon,  was christened by lady Markham,  wife of sir Clement Markham, president of the Royal Geographical Society.  Equivalent tb an Agreement.  London, March 21.���Lord Cranborne, the foreign under secretary,  in the house of commons today assured Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett  that the government considered the  statement of the Russian foreign  minister, count Lamsdorf, February  0 and February 17, as equivalent to  an agreement in regard to Manchuria, northern, Russia and China.  HE PULLED THE  STRINGS  HEARING    OF    LIBEL    ACTIONS  AGAINST LONDON PAPERS.  Arthur Chamberlain Under Cross-Examination" Makes] Some Rather  Damaging Admissions..  "the otheri  The government added that the  construction of the siding should  be continued under whatever conditions the field marshal thought  fit to impose. He (lord Lansdowne)  was glad to say he" had heard the  same from the British ambassador  at St. Petersburg that the Russian  foreign minister, count Lamsdorf,  had proposed���that they should  agree to reserve all questions of  title and proprietary rights for the  extension of the two governments  and that in the meantime orders be  forthwith sent for the withdrawal  of the troops of both sides from  the disputed plots. Great "Britain  had already concurred and thought  the withdrawals should be carried  out to field marshal Von Waldersee's satisfaction.  Lord Lansdowne1- added that  count Lamsdorf had expressed a  very moderate and statesmanlike  desire to avoid any cause for  friction between the two governments, and since the receipt of  count Lamsdorf's proposal the government had ordered the military  authorities to carry out the simultaneous withdrawal of the troops  to the satisfaction of field marshal  von Waldersee, so that there might  be no room for a renewed misunderstanding in regard to the matter  pf debate. His lordship expressed  the hope that the result of the  negotiations showed that what was  only a very small matter of strictly  local importance would not be  allowed to disturb the relations between the two countries.  Think She Was Kidnaped.  Chicago, March 21.���After a  thorough search with drag nets in  lake Michigan at the foot of Sixty-  London, March 21.'���In the hearing today of libel actions brought  against the Star* and* the' Morning  Leader by Arthur Chamberlain in  connection with charges bearing on  the war office contracts, in which  the defendants plead that the  articles printed were. not libelous  and were a fair comment on matters  of public interest, the . cross-examination of Mr. Chamberlain was  continued. He declared he had  formed the opinion that the main  object of the articles was to villify  his brother Joseph, in doing which  they had villified the witness. To  say, as the defendants averred, that  the Kynochs were favored by the  government, was untrue aud  libelous. Arthur Chamberlain considered that it would be dishonorable for him to obtain favoritism  from the government. ���  ���Counsel-for_the~defendants"pro^  duced letters purporting to have  passed between the Kynochs and  the Nobels by which the former had  agreed to keep up the prices of the  powder for which the latter had  tendered to the British government.  Arthur Chamberlain repudiated  all knowledge of the letters. Subsequently, there had been an agreement in 1894 between the Kynochs,  the Nobels and the Chilworths in  regard to a fixed price - for cordite.  Counsel read the evidence given by  the' Nobels' manager before' the  war. office contracts, to the effect  that Arthur Chamberlain told him  he had used his personal influence  to secure the contracts...   .  In regard to the" cordite contract secured for Arklow in 1898,  Mr. Chamberlain said he had not  seen any Irish member, of parliament, but had got local pressure  put on them by telling the workinjg  people that the shops would close  unless the contract was secured.  Here the lord chief justice interrupted, "Youpulled thestrings?" On  further cross-examination, Arthur  Chamberlain admitted that the  Kynochs had secured the government orders for cordite when their  tenders were higher than others.  The case was again adjourned;  "Wheat King", of Kansas.  The "wheat king" of Kansas is a  woman. Miss Rose Packard of  Rush connty has raised over 4000  bushels during the past year, and  its quality has given her an extra  price for a large portion of it. Miss  Packard is still a young woman and  has given her personal attention  and supervision to the work of cultivating each of her great wheat  fields.  TERRIBLE DEED OF AN INSANE  WOMAN.  With Ax and Club She Slaughters the  Little Ones and Then Attempts  Her Own Life.  Coldbrook, Massachusetts, March  21.���Mrs. Lizzie Naramore, while in  a fit of insanity this evening, killed  her family of six children at her  home, a farm house, half a mile  from this village, and then- tried to  take her own life. The children  ranged from 10 years to a babe of  10 months and their lives were  taken by the mother with an ax  and club. Then she laid the blood-  drenched bodies on the' beds, two  on one bed, and the* other four on a  bed in another room'; This terrible  sight met the'eyes of the husband  and father, Frank Naramore, when  he returned home some hours later.  Mrs. Naramore then attempted to  take her own life by cutting her  throat with a razor, and when discovered she was on tlie bed on  which the' bodies of four children  were lying.  Although she cut a deep gash in  her throat and suffered the loss of  much blood, it is believed she will  recover. ��� Medical examiner Walcott of Barre was summoned and  took charge of the bodies, while  physicians attended to the wound  of Mrs. Naramore. She was removed-to the village hospital, where  an attempt is being made to save  her life. At a late hour tonight  the attending physicians were confident she would survive.. During  the evening a number of. neighbors  of the family saw and talked' with  Mrs. Naramore and to them she was  told.how she.killed*, her,, sjbc. childr  Yen. - At the "time"the"party 61 villagers found Mrs. Naramore she'  asked how she did the deed and she  said that she took the lives in four  different rooms and as fast as she  killed one child the body, was placed  on a bed. The children were three  boys and three girls. Ethel, 10  years, .the oldest, while the ages of  Walter, Charlie, Chester, Bessie  and Lena ranged from 8 years to  10'months, Lena being the baby.  Mrs. Naramore told her most intimate friends tonight that she first  killed Ethel and then followed with  the five others, each time taking the  next eldest. Five were killed by  being struck on the head with the  back of an ax, while Lena was killed  with a club. She says she fully expected the gash in her throat would  cause her death and that when her  husband returned at night he would  find all of the bodies in__the_twO-  beds. She appears rational this  evening and displayed signs of sorrow for the deed she had committed, although she was unable to  give any reason why she killed the  children.  When Mr. Naramore reached the  house he was prostrated with grief  in the loss of. his family. Each of  the children had evidently received  several blows, as their heads were  terribly bruised and blood was  scattered in all directions about the  room.  Mrs. Naramore had evidently  made preparations for the deed as  the doors were all locked and barricaded with sticks of wood.'       -.  . Australian Nswb Items.  Victoria, March ,21.���Big bush  fires have prevailed in Australia,  according to news brought by the  Miowera, the largest being at  Myrrhe settlement, which was devastated, and not only were some  twenty homesteads destroyed, but  many lives are said to have been  lost. The noise of the coming  flames was said to have been like  thunder, and the sky was darkened by clouds of smoke. There  were many thrilling escapes, one  woman and her son having been  caught by the flames under a  wagon on a bare road, and although the wagon and contents  were destroyed, they wero un-  burned.  Reports are given of a sensation  at Newcastle, caused by placing a  living man in the morgue attached  to the Newcastle hospital. He was  brought to the hospital in a cab,  and a doctor went out and, casually examining him, pronounced  life extinct. He was then placed  on a slab in the morgue and ar-  Irish Members Again Troublesome.  London, March 22.���In the house  of commons during the discussion  of the army estimates, the Irish  members protested against the  war in South Africa as unjust,  and generally resorted to tactics  for obstructing the adoption of the  votes. Mr. Broderick, .the war  secretary, appealed to them to  allow the votes to be taken, promising that an opportunity would be  given after Easter to discuss army  matters. Finally Mr. Balfour applied the closure, the Irish members shouting, "Scandalous," "Gag"  and similar ejaculations. The vote  for army pay was adopted by 157  to 48, aud the house adjourned at  2:13 a. m.  .  Speculator Prosecuted.  Paris, March 21.���The chamber  of deputies has adopted the commission's report in favor of the prosecution of M. Jaluzot, the Nationalist deputy, who is reported to  have attempted to corner the sugar  market of Paris.  Dr. Chapot-Revost, who operated  for the separation of the Siamese  twins has come to Vienna  to study the case of the  Chinese twins now on exhibition  there with Bailey & Barnum's  circus. The doctor is prosecuting  his examination by the aid of the  Roentgen rays.  rangements made for the funeral.  Some time after he was, found  writhing and was taken to a bed in  the hospital, where he died.  An engine attached to a passenger train on the Sydney and Ill-  ware railway jumped the track  soon after leaving Sydney and the  engine and first car were wrecked.  Nine persons were, killed and  twenty-six injured.  EASTERN  CANADA   TELEQRAMS.  Montreal.���There have been  1046 cases of scarlet fever in Montreal in the last six months.  Queijec���Demers & Co.,- boot  and shoe manufacturers, have  assigned. Assets $20,000, liabilities  $53,000.  Halifax���Warrants have been  issued for the arrest of the Lantz  brothers, charging them with <the  murder of David Emeck atShuben-  acadie.  Wiarton, Ontario.���Complete returns in North Bruce bye election,  held yesterday, show the election  of Halliday (Conservative) by 14  majority.  Toronto.���Rev. F. C. Sheathote,  rector of St. Clement's church' of  this city, will accompany the Canadian recruits for Baden-Powell's  South African police as chaplain.  Leave of absence has been granted  him for three months, when he will  return to St'. Clement's. He will  leave for Halifax.in a day or two.  Ottawa.���There has been an*  other delay in the date of the departure of the Canadian recruits for  the South African constabulary.  Owing to the delay in fitting up  transports, the recruits will not sail  from Halifax till Thursday, March  28th. They were to have sailed  Tuesday. The men will leave  Ottawa on Tuesday.  Toronto���Major Hamilton Mer-  ritt, second in' command pf . the  governor general's'body guard.'.who  served in Brabant's Horse during  the earlier part of the war and  who returned to Canada a few  weeks ago, announces that, subject.  _to^the , consent ofr- the.. Canadian}'  government,'. the war office has  accepted his offer to raise a" mounted  regiment of COO men for service in  South Africa.   Vtw..  Montreal.���The Star's London  cable says:. ��� "Mr. Muloek interviewed Joseph Chamberlain, colonial secretary, at the colonial office  this afternoon. Muloek has been  invited by lord Balfour of Burleigh  to appear before the interdepartmental committee on the cable system of the empire on Tuesday next.  He will, in consequence, defer his  departure till Wednesday, joining  the Himalaya at Marseilles."  Dunnvillk, Ontario.���Alexander  Lynch, a farmer, who has been acting strangely of late, yesterday  morning seized his wife, told hor  both should die together, then took  a king bolt of a wagon and beat  her-on-thehead-till-he-thouglit-she-  was dead. He then took a penknife, sharpened for the purpose,  and stabbed himself in the neck,  severing the juglar vein, dying almost instantly. Mrs. Lynch was  found in an unconscious condition  last night with her head terribly  lacerated and bruised.  THAT PUBLIC SCHOOL AOT  DISCUSSED BY THE COUNCIL  THE BOARD OF TRADE.  OF  No Presentment Made���Mine Owners'  - -Association Want Funds to Send  a Delegate to Ottawa.  A  the  of  l_, ^*i*  - . 'W.  ~7#p  *-! see  ,_ (... -  ;- 'is?1  . rCi-  meeting   of   the   council  board      of      trade       was  held last night, president Holt occupying the chair.   There was a good  attendance   of   members   who debated     spiritedly     the     subjects  brought under   notice.    The first  matter   discussed   was    the   new  School Act, but so evenly was the  council divided on the contentious  clauses that it was decided to make  no present'ment.   From the point  of view of those who hold that the  city councils should be represented  on the school boards it was argued  that   the   corporations   having  to  provide the funds for the maintenance of the schools should have a,  voice in the disbursement of same.  It   was   contended,    contra,   that  school trustees and members of city ',J <��|  councils were alike elected by the  ratepayers   at   large,   and   consequently the public reposed as much  confidence in the one as the other.  The  school  board, it  was  pointed  out, submitted a - detailed estimate  of the costs of running the institution,   and   the   city council  made,  provision" for same���except in the,  case of extraordinary expenditures,,  such as   school' buildings, etc., in  which case" the rate-payers would j;  be.afforded ah opportunity of "ex- '  pressing an opinion in the form of a^T^-flf  by-law.   The city ^council was  al- T~'?,^  lowed a per ' capita tax - of $15 on \'y^  the .average daily .attendance dur-  :'-y-  .ing the six months pi'eceding tho-,*-'>bS  ;,datejbf. -.submitting estimate.^ This'  -'being theVcase,-fit was' contended,  there ought to be no difficulty in-  striking a school rate to cover the '  estimate,-and no  reason ^why, the  city council should  be represented -  on the board of school trustees.-  .Clause 7 of the new act was discussed     at ' considerable    length.  This provided for a property quali- ,  fication of $500 over and above any  registered incumbrance.  Some of the members considered  this a wise provision, as it was 'calculated to secure a better class of  men as trustees than if the property- qualification were to be  lowered or dispensed with. During  the discussion it was shown that  while this provision might work  satisfactorily in some communities  it would be unfair iu others, and  that Nelson would come within the  latter category. For instance, a.  manmight-have -property��� assessed-^  at $1200, but might have his house  mortgaged for $800, which would  disqualify him. From this point of  view the property qualification was  not so favorably received.  Having discussed very freely the  pros and cons of the case, the council were so evenly divided that they  decided to leave the matter in the  hands of the board.  A communication was read from  the Mine Owners' Association re- u  questing the board of trade tb con ���  tribute towards the expenses of  sending a delegate to Ottawa to  urge upon the government the importance of legislating in the interests of the mining industry of tho  province and the bonusing of refineries. The council were unanimously disposed to comply with the  request, but there areno funds ou  hand. The secretary, Mr. Swau-  nell, will start a subscription list  this morning and hopes to be able  to raise the necessary amount.  The special committee appointed  to consider the advisability of petitioning tho Dominion parliament to  create a portfolio of mines, reported  in favor of deferring action for tho  present. The reasons assigned are  that the creation of such au office ,  would necessitate departmental  changes which might prove awk-  Avard at the present time. The  committee suggested that the matter be held over until the railway  bills and other important subject3  now before the house be disposed  of. Similar resolutions from other  public bodies, it was added, had  not accomplished the desired results. .  The meeting was not open to the  press, and the above synopsis of the  proceedings was gleaned from the n  secretary of the board. THE TRIBUNE: NELSON,-B....0,, JKRIDAY, MARCH ti, 1901  a-  Headquarters  for Novelties  FOR GOOD VALUES -. ���  FOR EXCELLENCE :OF QUALITY  FOR UP-TO-DATE PATTERNS  AND STYLES  FOR IMMENSE VARIETY TO  CHOOSE FROM  A VISIT TO THE  We have opened up a magnificent,,. ..t *.  Assortment of New Goods, Comprising  L VDIES' white wear .  LADIES' BLOUSES'.'���' "''j,������^���  LADIES' MUSLIN DRESSES  LVDiES' WRAPPERS *  LADIES'CLOTH COSTUMES  LADIES'ERMINE GLOVES  LADIES' CORSETS ' .���������  LADIES'    ERMINE    SHAWLS  AND COUNTLESS  OTHER ARTICLES.  Tor Men we have the Latest and Best  in Shirts, Collars. Ties, Cuffs,  Caps and Hats, Etc.  ---< ���-..-��� 'i .  AN INSPECTION IS RESPECTFULLY  INVITED.  THE  HUDSON'S  It is said that the smelter, which  Robert Jaffray contemplates, and  that contemplated by-"Ed"..McKay, the cigar drummer, are one  and the same.  Under the Crow's Nest Pass Coal  Company's present policy of, encouraging smelting in British Columbia, a price of $4.75 per ton is  exacted for coke. It. would, ..be interesting to compare this price, with  thatfcharged United States smelters  by the same company.  - -   .���   i  If'the   Crow's  Nest   Pass   coal  i  fields, after three years pf development, are barely able. to...meetu the  present-^demands., of Tthe^'BritislT  Columbia   smelters,, hoWi^ean, the  \ management bf the coal company  i export 6000 tons per day and keep  ?, up   with   the   growing   provincial  demand?   ==5*' After carefully studying . the  ' railway question the Siniilkatneen  Star agrees with, .the..Vancouver  World, that the provincial government should pay $4000 per milei to  _ i Mackenzie & Mann for building a  railway which the Canadian Pacific  railway offers to build without  charge.   Robert Jaffray, pf the .Crow's  Nest Pass Coal:Company,.has.giyen .  the people of British Columbia ,his  assurance that James J. Hill's,holdings,  in   the   coal ...company.,, are  restricted , to 30   per,. cent, of the,  entire , stock issue.  _This., .information would be more satisfying if  Mr. Jaffray could give some assurance that a very .considerable, per-  !           centage of 'the.���remaining ,9tQck isj  < not held by James J.  Hill's con-,  -federates.   .The suggestion, that .British, Columbia can protect its .mining and  smelting industry by the imposition  of export..duties, upon .cpaljta not  worthy of consideration. . .Th^go^;,  eminent cannot...make .fish ..of., one,  ; coal company and flesh of. another, i  If an export duty is. placed upon"  '    \.. , the output .of the, Eas.titKootenay.  mines, an, expor^ $uty ^wUlhave to  go upon the output of all the other  HULK'S BAY "STORES  WILL SURPRISE AND PLEASE YOU  coal mines in British CoUugbia.;  Does any sane person think that  the Now Vancouver Coal Company,  or the Dunsmuir companies, will  consent to have their colleries shut  down in order that James J. Hill  may be prevented from squeezing  the life out of the metalliferous  mining and smelting industry of  the province? Yet this is what the  solicitor of the Crow's Nest Southern. Railway Company has asked  the members of the legislature to  believe. . It is a plea advanced with  the certain knowledge that the  legislature will give a railway company .authority to construct its  road,, and. then prohibit it from engaging in the busiuess for which the  , road .was vbiult. It is a game in  which,,.; British Columbia's only  chance is to lose.  ;.The cities of ^Yictoria. and Van-;  couver.are at present engaged ,in  running a.bluff ^upon.t.he Dunsmuir  government. Each city has an idea  that.it should dictate the government's policy, and for this purpose  each in ]turn resolves itself into the  whpje province.,. The people of Vic-  tojia'have , some sort of. an alliance  with the Great, Northern Railway  Company, and they are bent on  making Mr.. Hill's fight in every  portion of the province, be the consequences what they may. Vancouver on the other hand has tied  itself up with the fortunes of the  promoters .of the. Victoria, Vancouver and Eastern railway charter,  and from Vancouver comes the demand, that the Victoria, Vancouver  and Eastern crowd must be given  their .subsidy. of $40.00 per mile  whether, any..necessity for granting  the subsidy exists or not.  -   The Octopus, and. the Scales.  .2.      ,. ���:     ^Similkameen Star.- ...  The destiny ..iof our. province,  should- not be crucified by the arms  of the railway octopus.. This octopus has. been Tveighed and .found  wanting, so gentlemen look well to  your ballots.  To Kill Subsidy Hunting.  ^, Toronto Globe. ,, , , - ;  It .is felt that the undertaking of  the construction pf railways by the  government is too .radical a proposal, measures less liable to awaken  opposition may be chosen.. The  objectionable feature of. the present  system is - the free - gift of public  money to private persons. A middle  way may-be found. -. A loan secured  ���by the property -which it - helps , to  create, and provision for.full knowledge of' the financial arrangements  and'expenditures thereon, might be  regarded as that middle way. We  have in the past made grants to  railways and -given them almost  whatever - bonding <. powers - they  asked for. .without .having anything  .like an accurate knowledge of the  .probable cost of the undertaking or  of its actual cost when completed.  The ��� whole system needs revision,  and.theilrst step in it should be to  kill subsidy hunting as a trade.  Why Hill Wants the Coal.  7-, i    ...    Montreal Herald., . '._���.:..:.   : .,.  ... J. J. Hill.is said;.to,have,matured  . a scheme overturning the plans: of  ithe iron,and. steel.trust, which the  ; latter, .^concern hardly,. figured on,  and the proposed, increase ..in the  Great. Northern capital   stock of  $25,000,000. is said- to have, something to do .with Mr. Hill's schemes.  The.-trust is. said-to .have left one  portion, of _ its ,far-reaching  plans,  rather carelessly guarded and it is  through this-entrance that Mr. Hill  is expected to slide in.    It.. was a  question of raw. material for. future  use*.  An official declares that Mr.  Hill has lately, secured options - on  an .immense track of mineral lands  in northern. Minnesota.    It is also  said. in.; jthat ethereal world from  which all these "straight tips" .cqrne  that Mr. .Hill intends to  build an  immense smelter on tbe Iron Range,  and ship his own pig iron  east instead, of iron ore in bis,own boats.  A pai^t.of the, scheme is said to* be  the development of the' Crow's N^est  Pass coal-mines, in which Mr. Hiil  is deeply./interested... ..In the coal  regions;Mr. Hill can make ; his own  coke and. ship it to his own smelters  oyer;his,own lines, thereby being  independent   of   the  eastern  coal  and coke supply.  fqr. some years, lighted .with . Canadian natural gap, the importance of  this step can be. realized.  The natural gas beds of Essex  county are among the finest assets  of that most richly endowed district. In two towns, at least, Leamington and Kingsville, the industries are based upon and owe their  prosperity to natural gas. These  municipalities own their own plants,  and let the gas to manufacturers  and other classes of consumers.  Many other towns and villages also  use the gas. All the beds, however,  appear to be l'elated, and a drain  on one affects all. It is alleged that  the American city of-, Detroit has  consumed the gas at a rate which  materially affects the prosperity of  the towns on the Essex peninsula.  The supply to the city of Detroit  comes from the plant of the United  Oil and Gas Company. The gas ; is  conveyed across the Detroit river  by a corporation known as the .Improvement and Construction Company. Both corporations. . are  obliged to be bu t, , subsidiary  .branches of the famous ...Standard^ Oil Trust.. The Ontario  government owns the river bed of  the Canadian half of the Detroit  river and therefore has an absolute  right.to say what plant or pipes  shall be laid down on their side of  the river. .   American Jockeys Licensed.  London, March 21.���Join nie ai d  Lester Leiff, Clem Jenking and A.  Maclntyre have been licensed by  the jockey club for the coming sea-'  son.    Attacked by Insurgents.  Manila, March 21.���Insurgents  have attacked and burned the un-  garrisoned village of Ugias .in the  province of. South..Ilocos. A detachment of the Twentieth infantry  overtook and chastised the marauders. Colonel Schuyler of the Forty-  sixth volunteer infantry has captured eight insurgent officers and  218 men at the village of Ternato,  ���in Cavite province.  OPERA HOUSE  , . COMMENCING  MONDAY,    MARCH    25th.  AND C )NTINUINrG FOUR NIGHTS.  PROFESSOR   PAYNE  The World's Greatest Hypnotist  Will entertain the public with a  refined,. instructive, marvelous,  laughable and up-to-date performance, properly staged and presented  with unsurpassed talent. Phrenological lectures illustrated with  skulls, casts and busts.  LAUGH AND GROW FAT.  Be Sure and See Professor Payne���He  Will Please and Amuse Tou.  PRICES 25, 35, 50e.  KOOTENAY.  May Prohibit Gas; Exports.  The.most important step that the  Ontario.government has taken since  it prohibited the export of saw logs  from Ontario.is in contemplation by  the,cabinet, and there, seems .to be  little doubt that it will carry it out.  i.Tbis.iSi.in effect, the absolute,;prohibition pf the, export of, natural  gas (ifrom ithe ,,,Essex, .peninsula.  When it is remem^e^edjthat almost  half the city of Detroit has been J  "^CUFFEEnoor  tt**M*M*Me*&*tt******  Coffee Roasters  Dealers in Tea and Coffee  ���***:************.*.**.***.***.  ��� We are offering at lowest prices the best  grades of Ceylon, India, China and Japan  .Teas.  Our Best*, Mocha and Java Coffeo, per  *'     pound... f 40  Mocha and Java Blend, 3 pounds  1 00  Choico Blond Codec, i pounds ....... 1 00  Special Blend Coffee, 6 pounds  1 00  Rio Blend Coffeo, 6 pounds  1 00  Special Blend Ceylon Tea, per pound SO  ���A TRIAL ORDER SOLICITED.  KOOTENAY GOFFEE GO.  .'i.. _-.���... Telephone 177.  ........, P. 0. Box 182.     .......  WEST .BAKER STREET, NELSON.  **-       - -s-V  flew Spring  Underwear  REAL ESTATE AND  INSURANCE AGENTS  Agents for J. & J. TAYLOR SAFES  a��a  36 Baker Street.  UK"  SB*.  flew Styles  in. Collars  Latest in  Colored Shirts  -Mm*  IRISH CO.  36 Baker Street.  flew  Neckwear  :i.x.. yr;y-&  321 to 331 Baker Street. 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BARROW, A.M.I.C.E.  PROVINCIAL  LAND SURVEYOR  Corner Vlotoria and Kootenay Streets.  P. O. Rot Ua. TKIiKPHONK MO, 96  If you want all the Mining  News of the Lardeau, you  must become a paid-up  reader of the  LARDEAU EAGLE  FEROrrSON, B. c.  $2 per year. It fills the bill.  Markets at  Nelson,  Rossland,   Trail,  Kaslo, Ymir,  Sandon,  Silverton, New  Denver, Revelstoke, Ferguson Grand Forks, Greenwood, Cascade City, Mid  way, and Vancouver.  .     Mail Orders Promptly Forwarded  West Kotitenay Butcher Co.  ALL KINDS OF  FRESH AND' SALTED MEATS  WHOLESALE AND RETAIL       .  FISH AND POULTRY IN SEASON  Balier Street, Nelson ��#   p#  JRAVES,   Manager  oRnwiw nv maRi Rmnmiviri riAPwrnr, amd o��n*rpr A'rTWMi'Tnw , ���  RbS&LrAIND   ^JNQIIN^ERIIVQ   WORKS  ounlifpb|& McMillan  Founders and Maohliilsts, Specialty of Ore Cars; Ore-Bin Dpore and Oeneral Mining Maohlnery.  .    List of second-hand machinery on hand, whloh has boon thoroughly overhauled and Is as good  1 2'-H. P. Locomotive-type boiler, with engine attached and all fittings, ready to turn on steam.  1 bl"x8" Double-Cylinder Friction Drain-Hoist, built by Ingersoll Co.  > 1 Sinking Pump, No. 5 Cameron, New York..  ..    . - ,  1 Sinking: Pump, 10"x5"xl3", outside packed plunger pattern.  .-, Watch this adverti5ement for further lists, or write us before you buy for oomplete list.   We  may iavo just what you want.. .-  ���    Agents for. Northey Pumps.   Stock carried.    ..* ,    *  P.  O.  Box 198. THIRD  AVENUE,   ROSSLAND.  PLUMBERS.  PLUMBING  ���All plumbing is not alike.    See onr goods.  Same price a9 other dealers and  20 per cent Better..  OPPOSITE POSTOFFIOB. NELSON, B. O  ��� Bo  (SUCCESSOR TO H. D. ASHCROFT)  BLACKSMITHS   AND   WOOD  WORK**.*  EXPERT HORSESHOEING.  ��� Special attention given to .ill kinds of repairing  ���anaonstom work from c.tside points. Heavy  bolts made to order on shotCnoUce.  P. J. RUSSELL  Buyer and Exporter of  RAW   FURS  Highest Prices  Prompt Returns  Fair Assortment  Ship by Express.  NELSON, B. C.  J. EVANS Sc CO.���Bakor stroet, Nelson  '��� wholesale dealors in liquors, cigars  cement, fire brick and fire clay, water plpe.and  steel rails, and general commission merchants."  ELECTRICAL   SUPPLIES.      ~  KOOTENAY ELECTRIC SUPPLY & CON-  SI RUCTION COMPANY���Wholesalodeal-  ers ln 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 Kootenay Points,  Grain elevators at all principal poinCeoa Calgary-  Edmonton R. R. Mills at Victoria, Now West  minstor. and Edmonton. Alborta.   FRESH AND SALT MEATS. .  p BURN* Sc CO.-Baker street, Nelson,  �������� ��� wholesalo dealers In fresh and oured meats.  Cold storage.  GROCERIES.  A MACDONALD Sc CO.���Cornor Front and  ��� Hall streota, wholesale grooers and  ���obbere in blankets, gloves, mitts, boots, rubbers,  maoklnaws and miners' sundries.  OOTENAY SUPPLY   COMPANY,   LIMI-  TED���Vernon   street, Nelson,   wholesale  grocers.  JOHN CHOLDITCH Sc CO.-  son, wholesale grocors.  JJ, GRIFFIN Sc CO.-Front street, Nelson.  ���   wholesale   dealers   In   provisions,   oured  -meats, butter and eggs.  HARDWARETiND^MINING^SUPPLIESr  H BYERS & CO.-Corner Baker and Josephine  . ���. streets, Nelson, wholesale dealers in.hard-  ware and mining supplies. Agents.for Giant  Powder Co.  LAWRENCE   HARDWARE    COMPANY  Baker St., Nelson, wholesale   dealers ln  hardware and mining supplies, and water and  plumbers'supplies.  LIQUORS AND DRY GOODS.  mURNER, BEETON ft CO.���Corner Vernon  ���*��� and Josephine streets. Nelson, wholesale  dealers ln liquors, olgars and dry goods. Agents  for Pabst Brewing Co. of Milwaukee and Cal  gary Brewing Co. of Calgary.   ;  POWDER, CAPS AND FUSE.  HAMILTON POWDER COMPANY-Baker  . . street, Nelson, manufacturers of dynamite,  sporting, stumping and black blasting powders,  wholesale dealers In caps and fuse, and electric  blasting apparatus.  "~ SASH AND DOORS...  NELSON SAW AND PLANING MILLS,  LIMITED���Corner Front and Hall streets,  Nelaon, manufacturers bf and wholesale dealers  lu sash and doors) all kinds of factory work made  to order.    ~ WINES AND CIGARS.  CALIFORNIA WINE COMPANY, LIMITED���Corner Front and Hall streets, Nelson, wholesale dealers ln wines (oase and bulk,  anndomanMo and Ironnrtod dinars.  Home Grown  Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Roses, Shrubs  Vines, Bulbs, Hedge Plants and Seeds.  Extra choice stock of Poach, Apricot, Plum,  Cherry and Pruno Trees. New importation of  first-class Rhododendrons, Roses, Clfmatus, Bay  Trees, Hollies, etc.  80,000 to choose from. No agents'or commission to pay. No fumigation or inspection charges.  Greenhouse plants, agricultural implements, fer  tilizers, bee supplies, etc, Largest and must  complete slock in the province. Send for catalogue before placing your orders.   Address  Hi). J. HENRY, Vancouver, B. G.  White Labor Only.  NOTIOE.  To Contractors and Builders.���On and after  March llth, 1901. journeymen plasterers' wages  will be $6.00 per day of eight hours. By order of  local Union No. 172, O.P.I.A.  J. D. MOYER, President  WVice, Secretary. THE TRIBUNE: NELSON, B. C, FfitDAY, MARCH 2:2, 1901  BANK OF MONTREAL  CAPITAL, all paid up....$12,000,000.00  BEST-    7.000.000.00  UNDIVIDED PROFITS       427,180.80  Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal ...Resident  Hon. George A. Drummond Vice-President  E. S. Clouston General Manager  NELSON BRANCH  Corner Baker and Kootonay Streets.  A. H. BUCHANAN, Manager.  THE CANADIAN  BANK OF COMMERCE  WITH WHICH IS AMALGAMATED  THE  BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.  HEAD OFFICE: TORONTO.  Branches In London (England) Nkw York,  Quioago, and all the principal cities ln Canada.  Buy and sell Sterling Exchange and Cable  Transfers. ��� _       .'._,..  Grant Commercial and Travelers' Credits,  available ln any part of the world.  Drafts Issued, Collections Made. Eto.  Savings Bank Branch  CURRENT RATE OF INTEREST PAID.  Paid-up Capital,  Reserve Fund.  ���      --    -      $8 000,000  -      -      -   $2,000,000  ACCRECATE RESOURCES OVER $65,000,000.  Hon. Geo. A. Cox, Robt. Kilgour,  President.       Vice-President.  London Office, 60 Lombard Street. B. O.  New York  Office, 16   Exchange   Place.  and Gi Branches in Canada and tho  United States.  IMPERIAL BM  oif  0-A.:ct-a_:d.a.  HEAD  OFFICE. TORONTO.  Capital        -       -      $2,600,000  Rest       -      -      ���    $1,726,000  H. S. HOWLAND President  D. It. WILKIE General Manager.  K. HAY Inspector.  TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE.  THURSDAY'S  8T00K.  B. C. Gold Fields .<:....'../..  Black Tail   Brandon & Golden Crown   Canadian Goldfields Syndicate.  Cariboo (McKinney) ............  Cariboo Hydraulic   Centre  Star  QUOTATIONS.  Anked.  31  1 62  1 01  Crow's Nest Pass Coal    8u 00  , California .  - Derr  Trail   Consolidated   Kvening- Star.   < Golden "Star   Fairview Corporation   . Giant   Granby   Smelter   Iron Mask   Jim Blaine..   Knob Hill   Montreal & London   Morning  Glory.....   Morrison   Mountain Lion   Noble Five   North Star   Old Ironsides   Olive ...**   Payne ". ;���   Rambler-Cariboo Consolidated...  Republ'c ..*   ;  Slncan Sovereign   Virtue...   War Eagle Consolidated   Waterloo   White Bear.......;..... :  Winnipeg   Sullivan���   SALES.  500 Pavno   200 California   5000 Canadian Goldfields Syndicate..  1500 Golden Star.....   5  3.  8  f  JO  1)  Co  Si  !)  8  40  4  85  85  12  45J  29  4l\  GJ  2G  42  Si  4i  7...  11  Bid.  ��  ':.**7*  34  1 52  1 00  73 1/0  ���*   *4J  2*  5  3J  2a  4o  35J  ���4  82  ���?  8  15  781  78  ': 10  41}  29  a-i  ���li  25  40  *'2i  3j  .    -.4  .  Hi  43  SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT:  Interest allowed  on doposits. - Present rate  three per cent. i-:-L  GRANGE V. HOLT,  Manager Nolson Branch. '  THE MAID OF PODUNK.  Ambroso Biorce in N. Y, Journal.  Of the girlhood of Mrs. Nation  (wrote the historian of the future)  little that is authentic can is known.  She is commonly believed to have  been born in Podunki where as  lately as the year 2730 a monument  stood inscribed with her name, her  virtues and her deeds. In that  year it was destroyed by a great  earthquake ���, that- overthrew the  famous city, which was then the  national capital. It is known that  she was of humble origin and was  brought   up   (her   mother   having  . died in giving birth) "on the . bottle." The meaning of that phrase  much in use among her contemporaries, is not accurately understood,  for it is obvious that, unless the  ardent spirits pf that day were materially different from those of our  time they would not have served as  the sole diet for infants. To the  deleterious effects of "the bottle"  on the child's ^health we can perhaps trace that passionate antagonism to strong drink which was the  keynote to her character and career. When little Carrie was eleven  years old, say about 1830, her father removed- to Wihitehita, or  Whickity, a frontier town ih Kansas, or Vermont���authorities disagree. It was here that she began  to hear the mysterious "voices"  that moved her to take up arms  against the "joints." These, it appears, were places in which   strong  jirink^wereniade by daring crimi-  nals and-forced down the throats  of persous who had been seized on  the highways and carried into them.  The evolution of the word "joint,"  as given by the learned and ingenious Potwin Dumbleshaw in his  great work on the philogy of the  ancients, is interesting. A man  who had been carried into one of  these places and made to swallow  the noxious liquid there produced  was singularly affected by it; he  , was so limber as to be unable either  to stand or sit���it was ns if he had  joints all over him. Hence he was  known as a "jointer." Now, in the  ancient Americanese tongue  "horser" was one,who, rode the  now extinct animal called a  "horse," a "schooner" was one who.  sailed in a ship called a "schoon,"  and so forth,..the termination "er"  implying always a certain relation  to a place or thing. So, by an odd  forward-and-back analogy, the  word "joint," meaning originally  a point of flexion in a limb, came to  mean also, through its own derivative, a place where the "jointer"  was joined. "I know not," says Professor Dumbleshaw, "a more curious  instance of the perversion and shifting.of words from thing to thing."  It is only fair to explain that Dr.  Nubler, professor of extinct languages at the Seacaucus University,  holds a different view, to the effect  that Professor Dumbleshaw is an  ass. Por many centuries there has  been much controversy regarding  the "voices" said' to have been  heard by the young Carrie Slupsky  (that was her maiden name), and  many duels are said to have resulted from the conflicting opinions.  The   chief protagonists of Miss  j^lupsky���the men most solemnly  convinced of her veracity and good  faith in affirming her guidance by  the "voices"���are.Bastien Lapage, a  famous author of the nineteenth  century, and Mark Twain (or  Duane), a painter of great renOwn.  Both these worthies, each in his  way, have put upon record their  profound persuasion of the maiden's  actual inspiration by audible voices  in the air, and both were her contemporaries and compatriots. Not  much of the work of either has  come down to us���a few leaves from  the book of Lanage, a fragment of  a painting by Twain���or Duane.  . An odd circumstance is that in one  of the former, Mrs. Nation's birthplace and home of her girlhood is  mentioned as "Domremy." The  same name occurs in several fragments of European literature of  even an earlier date, and these facts  have given rise to much discussion,  evolving more heat than light.  Professor Clambuck, writing in  the year 2641, explains this apparent discrepancy somewhat as follows: In the Pottawottomy dialect,  which in the nineteenth century  prevailed over the greater part of  America among the illiterate "po"  and "dom" meant the same thing���"  a cow. . Now, "dunk" meant a place  of refreshment, or entertainment,  and "reray" is the old Algonquin  word for salt. Having these meanings in minds, it is easy, says the  learned professor, to see that the  names "Podunk" and "Domremy"  are virtually the same: they signify  a place of refreshment for cows, a  place where those animals go for  salt���a "cow lick." It is not, generally speaking, within the province  of the historian to utter dogmatic  judgment in such matters, but this  seems to be a :pretty flagrant: instance of ingenuity. I mention it  only to show to what lengths the  learned will sometimes go in ex;  plaining what is obviously a grammatical error (like the "ablative  absolute" in Latin) or a mere slip  of the pen, as when it was said that  Edwin Markham was born in Bethlehem. ;.-*;  There can be no reasonable doubt  that Mrs. 1 Nation was . born in  Podunk, nor that the writer who  first used the name Domremy did  so in a moment of abstraction. As  to the cows coming to Podunk to  lick salt, the acute reader will hot  sail to observe the similarity in  sound between "lick" and "liquor,"  the ancient .Americanese word for  strong drink���a significant circumstance, though it is not the business  of history to inquire what it signifies. At about 13 years of age  =Miss=Slupskysaid"that=the="voices'A  directed her to go to a certain  place where she would find a  hatchet���a small axe, sometimes  called a "sword"���suitable for  smashing joints. She did so, and,  finding the implement, tried its  edge on a cherry tree. Asked by  her.father if she knew who had  felled the tree she replied: "I. cai^  not tell a lie, father, you know I  cannot *tell a lie; I don't know a  thing about it." The reception accorded to that statement is believed  by Geezer ("The Ministry of Pain,"  iv., 327) to have had a stupendous  effect upon the course of history.  It gave the beautiful Maid of  Podunk a distaste for a sedentary  occupation and urged her forth to  the tented field. Prom that day  the demon Drink trembled in his  frail glass armor, and when in 1904  the lady was caught and burned as  a witch there was not in all Topeka  (says the Future Historian, in conclusion) enough wine to christen a  canal boat.    Great Men Are Smokers.  The king of England has never  attempted to hide the fact that he  enjoys his whiff. Once a certain  well-known society lady, a violent  anti-smoking nuisance, said to his  majesty: "Sir, as the leading gentleman in England, do you not  think that you ought not only to  refrain from smoking yourself, but  encourage others to give up smoking?" "Madam," frigidly and emphatically said the king, "many  years ago I commenced smoking. I  smoked ever since. I enjoy smoking. In all probability, madam, I  shall keep on smoking as persistently as Charley'3 Aunt keeps on  running."  The duke of Connaught, on being  . SAVIN03   BANK   DEPARTMENT.  THK   CURRENT   BATE   OF    INTEREST   ALLOWED.  ^5^ !-^t^S i^^' ^ T-S^' ^ ��� ^5i�� ^ ��  ESTABLISHED    IN    NELSON    IN   1890.  pi a TvrojsriDs   -ajstid   j-jsrw~J3iJL_\Rir  HIGH GRADE WATCHES AND CLOCKS  BOARD   OF   HEALTH  REGULATIONS  For the Prevention of the Spread of  Smallpox in the City of Nelson.  All passengers arriving at tho City of Nelson  from all points east of ttie Kootenay River will  =berequired=tofurnish-the inspector or=oftlcer^in=  charge of the carrying out of those regulations  with a certificate from the health ofilcer of tho  city or town from whicli ho or she has left, containing the following particulars:  _.l. (a) That he or she has not* been in any place  or building infected with smallpox.  (b) That he or she has not lived in any place  or building whioh lies dangerously near any infected building or district.  (c) That he or she has been successfully vaccinated since January, 1901.  2. If the inspector bilioves that any person is  in'ootod, or tliat his or her clothing or' other  effects contain infection the inspector', shall detain such person and his or her clothing and effects  as aforesaid, until the period ot incubation is over,  and such person and his or her clothing and othor  effects shall be at onco disinfected.  3. If he only suspects that any person on board,  or the offocts of any such person havo boon ox-  Eosed to infection, ho Bhall notify the medical  ealt.h ofllcor of the locality to which tho porson  is going to meet the'train or boat, and to keep the  porson thereafter under observation. .  4. In the event of nny passenger bringing any  baggage (hand or otherwise) or whether tlio same  shall bo forwarded by express, the followiog  certificate may also bo required from tho health  olllcer of the town or city aforesaid: *  (a) That the said baggago'(hero give a full  description of said baggago so that'there can bo  no question as to identidcation) has not been in  any place or building infected with smallpox.  . (b) That tho said baggago has not been stored  or used in any place or building which lios dangerously near to any infected building or district.  5.-''All railway and steamboat companies must  ' ictly adhere to tho followii  (a) All mail and baggage  strictly adhere to tho following regulations  (a) All mail and baggage from poin's a  mentioned destined for the City of Nolson, on or  before leaving the last point of call^on Kootenay  River must furnish the inspector or ofilcer in  charge of the carrying out of. these regulations,  with a certificate from the health ofilcer of such  points whore fumigation takes place that same  has been done.  (b) All cars or steamboats on which have  been discovered lnfecLed persons, baggage or  mail, will not be permitted to again convey passengers, baggage, etc., into tho City of Nelson  until disinfected  and fumigated  to the satisfaction of the medical health officer of this city.  ' (c) No Indians shall bo allowed to land in the  City of Nelson under any conditions.  This proclamation goes into effect immediately.  FRANK FLETCHER,  .    Mayorof the City of Nelson.  D. LABAU,'  Medical Health Officer.  Nelson, B. C, March 2nd. 1901.  Notice of  Application to  License.  Transfer a  Notieo is hereby given that I intend to apply at  the next sitting of tho Board of License Commissioners of the City of Nelson for permission  to transfer my retail liquor license for the premises situate on tho south end of Lot 1, Block G, in  the City of Nelson, and known as the Manhattan  saloon, to Charles II. Ink and Siegel Boyd.  CHARLES A. WATERMAN.  Dated at Nelson, B.C., this 15th day of Febru  Nelson Branch���Burns Block, 221 Baker  Street.  J. M. LAY, Manager.  asked by an American beauty  whether he approved of smoking  answered: "Yes, indeed. There are"  two things which I trust I will  never lose���my honor and my tobacco pouch!" . ~'   '  When the khedive 6f-Egypt visited England some months aigo he  suffered, it will be remembered,  from some throat ^trouble which  kept him on his yacht for a few  days. After a careful examination sir Douglas Powell, the great  throat specialist, said: "I believe  your highness does * not- smoke in  any shape or form?" ?"You are  right, sir. I do not smoke. Well  indeed do 1 remember the first and  only time I was ever persuaded to  try a pipe. After the experiment I  reclined in.a most undignified' manner in a certain room in my palace,  making most unkindly gestures and  grimaces. You English people are,  I believe, great smokers, are you  not? Ah! well, you in England  never do anything iu a half-hearted  manner."  During some recent internal disturbances in Turkey.the sultan was  very much worried. ��� One day he  sorrowfully said to his leading  physician: "Ah; how awful are my  troubles, to be sure! Life would be  quite intolerable if it were not for  my cigarettes and my wives!"  The duke of York is, as every one  knows, a great cigarette smoker.  He once said to the young 'czar of  Russia: "A short time ago I had  an idea that cigarettes were bad for  me, so I determined to limit myself  to five a day. The first day I was  successful. - The second day I  smoked all five before lunch and  felt very miserable during the rest  of the day. - The third day il  smoked the. "five judiciously, but"  still; felt a, great wanting. The  fourth day I couldn't stand it any  longer and so smoked 15 cigarettes  to make up. for my self-denial  during the other days."  A short time ago the queen regent  of Spain was telling her son, the  young' king, how .very poor his  country was becoming and what  heed there would be of reform and  economy in many respects.  "Mother," said the young monarch,  "I have quite made up my mind  that we must all give up something  for the sake of my ��� country���some  luxury. I, for. my part, have determined to give up smoking."  Are you needing goods In our line? If  so, why not send a trial order, and we will  convince you of the superiority of our stock  and facilities for supplying your wants.  OUR   WATCHMAKING   AND   JEWELRY  DEPARTMENTS   HAVE   NO   EQUAL  IN    BRITISH   COLUMBIA.   ALL  OUR WORK GUARANTEED.  -' V "K^OOOOO  PROMPT ATTENTION TO MAIL ORDERS  Our Mail Order business  constantly growing,   because  .goods at right prices, and give  prompt and careful attention.  is  large and  we have the  each order  m  OUR   WATCHMAKING   AND   JEWELRY  DEPARTMENTS. HAVE   NO   EQUAL  IN    BRITISH   COLUMBIA.    ALL  OUR WORK GUARANTEED.  Jeweler   r^>^>���j^f^f^g^4j_?_:<g__7��  ��  M  >C=3'C=3'CZ3>C?  TENT AND AWNING  FACTOEY  Tents, awnings, and all  kindsof canvas goods made  to order.  THE0 MADSON,  Prop.  Baker Street. Nelson  f\ FULL LINE OF  //    Front Doors  Inside Doors  Screen Doors  c  "Windows  Inside Finish  *��� local and coast).  Flooring1,  - local and, ooast. ���>-��� -    �� -   .  .  Newel Posts '  Stair Bail  Mouldings  Shingles  Bough and  Dressed Lumber  of all kinds.  IF WHAT YOU WANT IS NOT IN BTOOK  WE WILL MAKE IT FOB TOU  CALL AND QflT PRICES.  $500 in Prizes  ***************&:<:  The census of Canada will be taken in April, and the population of the. several incorporated cities will be known a short  time afterwards. The Tribune publishes' Daily and "\Yeekly  editions at the following rates of subscription by mail: Weekly,  one year $2; Daily, six months, $2.50; one year, $5. The' Daily  is delivered in Nelson by carrier at the following rates: Three  months, $2.50; six months, $5 ;'��� one year, $10. A large number  of subscribers are in arrears, and a large number of subscriptions  are about to expire, besides a large number of people in Kootenay .  and Yale are about to renew subscriptions for newspapers for the  year. In order to make it an object for all these people to patronize The Tribune, the following sums are offered as prizes, on  the following conditions: - ���-  Canada  $100  British Columbia     25  Northwest Territories ..    25  Manitoba     25  Ontario      25  Quebec ."..   25  New Brunswick .:......    25  Nova Scotia        25  The subscriber remitting  Nelson $50  Rossland     25  Kaslo        25  Sandon        25  Revelstoke     25  Grand Forks .'     25  Phoenix....     25r  Greenwood     25  $2 in payment of either arrears  J. A. Sayward  HALL AND LAKE STREETS, NELSON  Porto Rico Lumber Co.  (LIMITED)  CORNER OF  HENDRYX AND VERNON STREETS  Rough and  Dressed  Lumber  Shingles  Mouldings  A-1 White Pine Lumber Always in  StocK.  We carry a complete Btock of  Coast Flooring, Ceiling, Inside Finish, Turned Work, Sash and Doors.  Special order work will receive  prompt attention. -  Porto Rico LumberCo. Ltd.  O. W. West & Co.  COAL!      WOOD I  or advance subscriptions to The Tribune will be entitled to give  an estimate on the population of any two places in the list named  above ; $2.50, to three ���estimates; $5i00, to five estimates ; $10, to  ten estimates. Fill out blank below, in accordance with above  terms, and remit amount of subscription to  The Tribune Associations Limited  NELSON.B.C.  rmmmiiiiniiiMi.��i.Mii.iii.nMlj>��,.i,.���,iM���miT  Ant.hracito ...  Crow'H Nest..  Blairmore    810.75       (1.15       (i.75  JDEXiirsrEJREJD  AGENTS IMPERIAL  OIL COMPANY. Ltd.  No order can be accepted unless accompanied  by cash.  Office:   Comer of Hall  and Baker Streets.  TELEPHONE 33.  H. E. T. HAULTAIN, C-E,  MINING  ENGINEER  OFFICE-8. 0. 10, ��� MCI cnu  K.-W.-C. Block - "      HCUOUN  THE  CREAT LABOR  SAVINC  INVENTION  INVALUABLE TO  BUSINESS  .MEN  AND   l'ROFESSIONAr.  ary.1901  Wi  itness: Arthur K. Vauohan,  '  The Can-Dex Copying Book arid InK.  Letters and other documents can be copied perfectly and quickly without the use of water,  press, brush or moisture pad.  JOHN BLANKY. Agent. Nelson, B. 0.  ���   I !N ** ��� Il C        ������������������������������    ���^������������t    �����������������������������.,�����������,   ia,'.,�����,   ���������������������������  ���   OSt  V^TTICc* ��� ������������ ������������������ ��� ��� j ���'������������ ������������*��������� ������������������������������ ������������ ������������  riOVinCC    *�����������������������   *    �����������   a   ,   .   ,,   .   ,   .    ���'������-���'.   .��   ���   ,   a    ���������   ���   ���   .   ���   ������   ��   ���   ���   ���   ���������  Amount enclosed $....................".'  Subscription to.................. Edition of The Tribune  Estimate as to population of  .vsanaoa   ....'���.������.*���.'���.   British Columbia     .    North-West Territories   Manitoba  ._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.__  Ontario  . ,   Quebec      New   Brunswick   Nova   Soctia   City of Nelson.......  City of Rossland   City   of Kaslo,....:.  City of Sandon..   City of Revelstoke...  City of Grand  Forks.  City  of Phoenix   City of Greenwood .���'..  This offer holds good .until the 1st of April, 1901.  teaD.-iixirirtxin3xiiriiixxixxiiiTriiS3i2Xxiiiiiriiiixixixiir��Jixi��iMiixnxxxxxiinixxxxirtn:  fyORRISON & CALDWELL  GROCERIES  AND  PROVISIONS  OUR LEADERS���  The well-known Newdale Creamery Butter  In all sized pe.ckag'es And 1-pound bricks  September Selected Ontario Cheese  Choice Matured Canadian Stilton Cheese  Fresh Bogustown Ranch Eggsv-  Sole Agents for Regal Brand Tea, Coffee and Spices  Morrison & Caldwell, Baker Street, Neison  TRADES   UNIONS.  T AUNDRY WORKERS' UNION���Tho re��u-  ���*-���   lar meeting of the Laundry Workers Union  is held the last Friday in every month at tho  Miners' Union Hall at 8 o'clock sharp.  Mrs  Marshall, president; C Larsen, secretary.  XTELSON    SOCIALISTIC     EDUCATIONAL  ���*���*   CLUB meets e\ ery Sunday at 3 o'clock p.m.  in the Alinors' Union Hall.   A cordial invitation  is extended to every ono to come and tako part  -  in discussions.   John Roberts, secretary.  NELSON MINERS' UNION NO. 96, W. F. cf  M.���Meets in miners' union rooms, northeast corner Victoria and Kootenay streets, every  Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. Visiting mem  bers welcome. M. R. Mowatt. President. .Tame  Wilkes, Secretary. Union Scale of Wages  for Nelson District��� Per shift, machine  men, $3.50: hammersmen miners, $3 25; muckers, ���'  carmen, shovelers and other underground laborers, $3 00v ��  rpRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL.���The regu-  x lar meetings of tho Nelson Trades and Labor ~  Council will be hold in tho miners' union hall,  C. P. R. building, corner B.ikcr and Stanley  streets, on the flrst and third Thursday of each  month, at 8 p, m. C. J. Clajton. President.  A. T. Ourlo, Secictary.  rpHE regular mootings of the Carpenters' Union  ��� ���*��� are held on Wednesday evening of each  week, at 7 o'clock, in tho Miners' Union hall cor-  nor Victoria and Kootenay streets. Charles  Clayton, President.   John MeLeod, Secrotary.  ARBERS' UNION.-Nclson Union. No. liW. of  tho IntornationalJourncymcn Barhors Uii'  Ion of America, meets ovory flrst and third Mon-  dayof oach month in Miner's Union Hall, corner  of Victoria and Kootenay streets, at 8.30 p.m.  sharp.    Visiting   brothers cordially invited to -  attend.   R. McMahon, president; J. H. Mathe  son. secretary-treasurer; J. C.Gaidnor, locording  ��  secretary.  Baker and Stanley streets, every Monday evening  members of tho Amori-  Visitm  ,can   Federation   cordially  invited   to attend,  A.   .T.-Curlo, President.    John    Roberts,   recording secrotary.  regular   ���   -     -          Is held^  the flrst and third Fridays m each month at Miners' Union hall at 7:30 sharp. George Eacritt,  President; Heniy Bennett, Secretary.  at 7:30 p.m. sharp,  F< ���       '  NELSON PAINTERS' UNION-The  meeting of the   Painters'  Union  PJOOKS* AND WAITERS' UNION���Regular  v-' meetings cveij Tue=dny evening at 8 30  oclock, in Minerh'Union Hall, corner of Baker  and Stanley streets, j Visting brnthren cordially  invi'ed. Chiib Luft, president; H. Smclscr, financial and recording secretary.  PLASTERERS' UNION-Tho O. P. I. A. No.  x 172, meets overy Monday evening in the  Elliot block, corner Baker and Stanley streets, at  8 o'clock/ J. D Mnvfir. oresident; William  Vico, secretary, P. O. Box GIG.  FRATERNAL,   SOCIETIES  NELSON-AERIK.No.22. F. O. E.���Moet second  and fourth Wednesday of each month, at  Fraternity HaU. George Bartlett, president;  John V. Morrison, secretary.  A  NEL80N LODGE, NO. 23, A. Y. Sc_A. M  Meets second Wednesday In eaob month.  Sojourning brethren Invited.  KNIGHTS OK PYTHIAS- Nolson Lodt  25, Knights of Pythias, meets in I. r  Hall, corner  Tuesday ovoning at 8 o'clock,  oordlally Invited to attend.   H  A. T. Park, K. of R. & S.  :e. No  ��� O.K.  aker and Kootenay streets, over  Visiting Knight's  M. Vincent C C.  KOOTENAY TEXT NO. 7, K. O. T. M.-  ~ Hold thcirrcgiilar meetings on the fii'hlnnd  third ThursdajH of euch month. Visiting Sir  KnightH are cordially invited to attend. O A.  Brown, R. K; A. W. Puidy, Com.; R. J. fateol.  D. S. O.       ESTATE OF FRANK S. CAMPBELL.  In the matter of tho Estate ol Frank S. Camp-  boll, lato of the City of Kelson in tho I'rovlnco  of British Columbia, deceased.  Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the "Trustees and Executors Act" of the rovistd (���Ututet  of the Provinco of British Columbia. 181)7, Cni>.  187, to all creditors and others -having claims  against the estate of the said Frank S. Campbell,  who died on or about the 23rd day of December,  A. 1). 1!KX), to KCtul by post prepaid or delivered  to Messrs. Galliher &'Wilson of tha said city of  Nelson, solicitors foi Glenn M. Benny, the administrator of the personal estate and (.-fleets of tho  said deceased, or lo tho said Glenn JI, Bonny of  tlio town of Sirdar In the province of BrilNh  Columbia, their Christian and surnames, addresses, descriptions and full particulars of their  claims, statement of their accounts and tho nature of the security, if any, hold by them, on or  before tho 1st day of April, A. D. 11)01.  And further take notice that nfter such last-  mentioned date tho said administrator will proceed to distribute the assets of tho deceased to  tho parties ontitled thereto, having regard only  to the claims of which he shall then have notice.  Tho said administrator will not be liable for I he  said assets or any part thereof lo any person or  persons of whose claims notice shall not have  been received by him at the time of such distribution. GALLIHER & WILSON.  Solicitors for   Glenn M. Bonny, administrator  for Frank S. Campbell, deceased     ,o,  Dated this 26th day of February, 1901.  NOTICE TO DELINQUENT CO-OWNERS  To T. A. Stkve.vso.v, or to any person or persons to whom ho mnv have transferred his  Interest in the Lila mineral claini. ut Morn  ing Mountain. Nelson Mining Division:  You are heroby notified that 1 have oxpendod  the sum of One Hundred and Fifty-Seven Dollars  in  labor and  improvements  mentioned minoral claim, in order  upon the abovo  rdcr to hold said  mineral claini under the provisions of tho  Mineral Act, and if within ninety days from tho  date of this notice you fail or refuse to contribute  your proportion of such expenditure, togeth-.  with all costs of advertising, your interest in Paid  claim will become tho property of the subscriber,  under section four of an Act entitled "An Act to  Amend the Mineral Act, 1900."  DANIEL   HERB.  iBated this 12th day of February, 1801..  ��� f-Z  _ --J-  r,'A,\  "���-i.* THE TRIBUNE: NELSON, B C, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1901  Assayers Supplies  We c^rry in stock a full line of Assayers' and Chemists'  Supplies. The quality of our goods cannot be excelled  and  our prices  are   reasonable.         ���==  We are British Columbia Agents for���    j  THE DENVER FIRE CLAY CO.'S GOODS  WM. AINSWORTH & SON'S BALANCES  SMITH & THOMPSON'S BALANCES  BRUNSTON'S POCKET TRANSITS  ~     & CO.  NELSON,  B. O.  W. F.  VICTORIA   BLOOK  TEETZEL  NELSON CLOTHING HOUSE  NO.   219   BAKBR  STRBET,. NELSON.  W-A-USTTEID  One thousand men to ' purchase  Ready Made Clothing of all descriptions. Our stock comprises  a good assortment of the nobbiest  and up-to-dateclothingto be found  ln the Province.   Among1 our lines  will be found^the' following articles: Gents' clothing, hats, caps,  boots, shoes, underclothing and  shirts of all shades and sizes, collars, cuffs, neckties, handkerchiefs andnumerous other articles  THE  Mansfield Manufacturing Go.  nelson, b. c.  Builders and  Oontraetors  Having taken over the business of the West Kootenay Brick &  Lime Company, Limited, of Nelson, I beg to .ask for a continuance  of the patronage which you. have heretofore extended them. Hy  aim will be at all times to supply you with.our products at lowest  possible prices. Being ih a position to manufacture goods in larger  quantities than before, we shall be able. to supply the trade at a  lower figure.  It Is our Intention to install machinery to manufacture our  marble products, and next season we shall be In a position to supply  these products at reasonable rates. ������  We shall also seep on hand a stock, of Fire Brick, Fire Clay,  Tiles and Cement "  Our'Bricks and Lime Book have ..taken the First Prizes .at ttie  Spokane Industrial Exposition in 1899 and also this year. We also  secured prizes last year and this year for Ornamental and Building  Stone. -''";'  are prepared to offer special rates , to. Contractors and  ERNEST MANSFIELD,  o for The Mansfield Manufacturing Company.  ��� Successors to  The West Kootenay Brick <�� Lime Co., Ltd  CITY LOCAL NEWS  The Terpsicborian club intend  giving a grand ball on April 11.  Arrangements for the event are  progressing favorably.  Nelson is a sober community. By  way of illustration, it may be stated  that there has not been an arrest  for drnnenkness since Sfc. Patrick's  day. ������;;       ���  The lire department has not yet  secured a team of horses to take the  place of those at present in use,  and which are condemned by the  chief.  Tho meeting of the Nelson Curling Club,'announced to be held this  evening at the board of trade  rooms, will be held at the Hume  Hotel instead. The chair will be  taken at 8 o'clock.  The arrangements for the settlement of the Chapleau indebtedness  were amicably arranged yesterday  and the matter taken out of the  hands of .the sheriff. Checks will  be issued today to all claimants  and the balance.will be paid within  sixty days. It is the intention of  the company to continue work on  the property.  Police constable Pitchford has received a letter, from "Percy Switzer,  who left here a year ago for service  with the Strathcona Horse in South  Africa. Percy has given iip fighting and is engaged in more congenial work on a railway, earning  '��8 16s. from January Hi to February l.: He speaks well of the  climate. ���  A BIG MINING PROSPECTUS  NEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH  We  Builders.  FRESH VEGETABLES  Are still   in   the  market if you  know where to  look for them. We  have some of the  nicest cabbage,  carrots, and parsnips that we have  ever handled. Also    a   complete  stock    of   green  vegetables arrive daily, consisting of lettuce,  onions, asparagus, spinach, rhubarb, and ripe  tomatoes. Other  vegetables as they  come in  season.  KIRKPATRICK & WILSON  The Leading Grocers.  Telephone IO K-W-C Bakep Street  MURALO  MURALO  As housecleaning will soon be the order of the day we would  invite your attention to bur stock of PAINTS and VARNISHES.  For kalsomining there is nothing that gives better satisfaction  than MURALO.   We have twenty-five shades to select from.  Ask for color card. "''..-.- . :.  Lawrence Hardware Co.  Explained at New York.  There is somewhat of a falling; off  in that mining' excitement which  was characteristic of the Kootenays  not long ago.    Various reasons are  assigned, but the fall in the price of  silver and the smelter difficulties  are no doubt at the bottom of it.  Several properties have been closed  down of late, and others that used  to be worked vigorously are now  kept going with a small staff of  men..  The agitation for a refinery  is growing at a wonderful rate, and  once   this   point  is   satisfactorily  settled there will no doubt be a renewal    of   that    activity   which  demonstrated the great mineral' re-  sourcesofthecountry. The tendency  to exaggerate the richness of properties put on the market is on the  wane.     The   truth is   quite good  enough,* and when misrepresentation is made, at this stage-of the  country's  development;   it is   not  .productive   of   good  results.   The  prospectus of a local company���at  least a local property���is now in  circulation, all communications concerning which are to be addressed  to a firm of brokers in New York.  In the document alluded  to there  are reasons assigned that the stock  of this company will make handsome profits,   among these   being  that the property is located in one  of the best mining districts in the  world (the Nelson mining division),  and in support of this assertion it is  set forth that the Le Roi (Rossland)  stock   was placed on   the market  at two and a half   cents and is  =today^selling=air$40=per share;=that=  the War Eagle, another Rossland  property, is paying 12 per cent oh  a capital of $10,000,000;  that the  Center Star was sold for $2,000,000  before a pound of ore was shipped,  and other such startling statements.  It   is   further set forth that   the  company . has    no     indebtedness  whatever,   that   it has an actual  working    mine,   with    machinery  bought and paid for, on the ground.  Those who know the property say  that it might turn out all right but  they do not know of tons of ore  being taken put or of any reasonable   machinery   on   .the    ground  to .take it out.    In addressing communications to New York intending  ipY^jj^wiZwould do well to ascertain.  Somtf reliable information.     People  nowadays^'won't buy a pig in a7  poke.        " ,-v. ��� i  '";  To Be Built in Nelson.  7A congregational meeting of .Sb.  Paul's Presbyterian church was  held last evening to consider a proposal to secure certain lots on Carbonate street and thereon erect a  more commodious edifice than that  in which divine service is at present  held. vFor some time past the seating capacity of Sfc. Paul's has been  overtaxed and it was a debatable  point as to whether the present  structure should be enlarged or a  new church erected. At a recent  meeting of the members it was suggested Jto purchase five lots in the  locality named and build. This  suggestion was approved last night  and preliminary arrangements made  for raising the necessary funds. Ifc  was- also decided to ask the sanction  of the Presbytery to sell the present  church and ��� grounds���this cou rse  being necessary as the property is  jit present in "the hands of trustees.  It transpired that the two- lots adjoining the church belong to the  Ladies' Aid, but that in drawing  out the deeds they were included in  the general. church ho'.dings. The  ladies seemed to think that these  lots''should be treated somewhat  distinct from the rest and that  when sold the proceeds should go to  their fund. They were informed  that before any sale could be made  it would be necessary to secure the  consent Of the Presbytery, after  which their claim, would be considered. No time will be} lost in  perfecting arrangements and starting the new building.  .   Professor Payne's Entertainment."  '���The demonstration of hypnotism  and phrenology given by professor  Payne at* the opera house proves  that he is a skilled exponent of  these arte," says the Nanaimo Free  Pre3s. "He exhibited remarkable  powers in producing the hypnotic  condition, and his tests were all  most instructive, .interesting and  amusing. Professor ^.Payne is a  graduate of the Fowler and Wells  Phrenological Institute, New York,  and is one of the best practioners  iri the country." The professor will  appear at the Nelson opera house  on Monday,' 25th inst.  '/'-'      Passed Over the Divide.  A. ���Cross, who represented the  Rand Drill' Company, the Jenckes  Machine Company, and had several  other agencies in Nelson, is dead.  Deceased'has been in business here  for a considerable' time, and during  this time made many. staunch  friends. He was an elderly gentleman, and leaves a wife and family  to mourn his.loss. For some weeks  past deceased had been in declining  health, but his demise comes as a  surprise to all. . The remains will  be taken to Sherbrooke, Quebec,  Saturday morning.  A Railway Smash-up.  At 12:30 yesterday while a ballast  laden train from Gunn's spur was  clearing out, a huge rock rolled  down the hillside, knocking half a  dozen of the cars off the track.  The engine was at the rear of the  train, which comprised a score of  carsl"and^escaW  was first to observe the rock slide,  and he promptly jumped, escaping  accident.     Conductor   Morval    at  HI.  iriEIEiS   Sc   OO,  3STB3LSOIT  BT-A-SLO  ^S-AJIsriDOIT  STOVES!   STOVES!    STOVES!  HEATING STOVES, COOKING STOVES, AND STEEL RANGES  Sole Agents for % Original Cole's Hot Blast Coal Heaters  SEE OUR GUNS AND RIFLES  HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL KINDS OF AMMUNITION  TELEPHONE fc Storo. Corner Baker and Josephlno Shoot  ther F. Morley, W. P. P.; brother  McGuire, W. P.; brother J. W. Ast-  ley, V. P.; brother Blaney, chaplain; brother Akehurst, treasurer;  brother MeLeod, secretary; breth-v  ren Watoroft and Deacon, committeemen; brother Dart, inner.guard;  b efchren Crease, Newling and  Srott, trustees: brethren mayor,  Fletcher and Lay, auditors. It is  usual with the society to hold their,  annual banquet on: installation  night but owing to the lamented  death of her majesty the queen it  was decided to postpone this pleasurable event. Brother Kelly, who  has served with the Strathcona  Horse in South Africa, and who has  joined the ranks of the benedicts  since his return, is expected to ar-  rivo in Nelson at an early date,  when the Sons of England, of which  he is a popular member, will entertain him in an appropriate manner.  personal:  A.  Dell. of -Winnipeg is . among  yesterdayVt arrivals at theQueens.*        "  ������;'. Otto, Pelereit, came, in from Kaslo  last night. .Hois at the Tremont.  Norman McMillan is in-town from  Brandon. He saya thoy have had-a very severe  winter there.  E. R. Purdy, Bradstreet's representative, who was in Rossland and Trail during  the past few days returned to Nelson last night.  W. Gill, inspector of' inland revenue, who has been paying an official visit to the  Kootenays during the past ��� two weeks left for  Victoria yesterday.  A. H. McNee is registered at  the  Hume Ho spent samo tim? at the coast and is  now touring Hie Kootenays before returning to  his home in Havana, " ��� ..-  R. T. Lowry,'the editor and financier of tho Now Donver Ledge,-, is agnin in  Kelson. - R. T. L. is becomirigquite attached to  the capital of tho Kootenays. -  Alex (Donald and John McDonald  came in from Fernie last- night. 1 hey report  that there in no longer a- smallpox scare in the  coal city of the Crow's Nest. Pass.  BUSINESS  MENTION.  once stopped his'train, no one being  hurt. An" hour later a wrecking party cleared the track, so that  the ordinary traffic was in no way  impeded.  Cellar.to RentU-Apply The Royal  Bank of Canada.   . .  To let���Furnished rooms in Carney block.' Apply Miss Garrett..  Go to the Old  Curiosity Shop if  you want to buy or sell anything.  Hack   calls left at   the .Pacific  Transfer  barn on Vernon street.    Telephone  call SS.  Lost���Canary,   dark  green   and  yellow.   Apply Mrs. Poguo, Victoria street for  reward.  For   Rent���Two-room  house on  Victoria street.   Apply Matheson & Graham's  barber shop.  For Rent.���Two fine offices centrally located. Apply to A. H. Buchanan, Bank  of Montreal.  Two large, well-furnished rooms  to let.   1 and 5 Macdonald'block, corner Josephine and Vernon, c' -  Store to rent in the Madden block,  fronting on Wa��d street.   For particulars apply  to Thomas Madden.  ==i^WantedssPosifcionias.bookkeeper.,  Practical experience;' Highest references. Apply  32, " "' ~  COME  GARDEN   AND  FLOWER  SEEDS  Steel Briggs and  D.M. Ferry's  ARE THE CHOICEST   VARIETIES.     MAIL   US   YOUR  ORDERS.   WE ARE HEADQUARTERS.  William Hunter & Co.  GROCERIES AND CHOOKKRV.  BAKER STREET, NELSON.  xjittirrgiiTXgrixjuiiiixiiziixixDtixiitriTTTrrTTrrigixixxxxxxxiziraxrixxzixxiiiniixgxxTxixixiixxigaiiia  THE   PROSPECTORS   EXCHANGE  No. 4, K. W. C. Block, NELSON, B. O.  Gold, Silver-Lead and Copper Mines wanted at the Exchange.  Free-Milling Gold Properties wanted at once for Eastern Investors.  Parties having milling property for salo are requested to sond samples of their ore to tlio  Exchange for exhibition. Wo desire to hear from all prospectors who havo promising mineral  claims in British Columbia. ... .  Prospoctors and mining men aro requested to mako tho Exchango thoir headquarters whon  in Nelson.  All samples should bo sent by express, Prepaid.   Correspondence solicited.  Address all communications to '  Telephone  104 ANDREW  F.  P. O. Box 700  ROSENBERGER,  Nelson,  B.C.  XQZZzrtzzxzzizizzxxxzzzzxzxxxxzxizznzzzxzxzzxzxzxxxizxitzxnzxxzzzxzzTixzzzxxxzxzzxzxinixnxxzzuznncxzxz'i  Ii., Tribune office.'  Japan Tea of  all kinds to suit  SEEDS  ALL KINDS OF FLOWER, VEGETABLE AND GARDEN SEEDS  Houstm BlocK  Telephone 161.  P. O. Box 176.  JOHN A. IRVING & CO.  J     Mining Becords.  The following mining transactions were recorded yesterday:  R. R. Shoern of Ymir transferred  to Joseph Bourgoine his interest in  the Big Joe mineral claim on Quartz  creek. John McKane of Rossland  transferred a 9-20th interest ih the  Wasco on Beaver creek to Charles  R. Hamilton, and John Adams gave  over to H. Rodenberg a half in-,  terest in the B. C. mineral claim on  Rover creek. The locations were  the Lilly D., on the divide between  Eagle and Forty-nine creeks, by  Bella Devlin; the Sunnyside adjoining the Golden City on Forty-  nine creek, by Larry Galligher; the  Golden City by William Murphy.  Certificates of work were granted  to W. J. Hughes on the Pilate  Fraction, to Martin J. Crahen on  the Rob Roy, Maple Leaf and Garfield.  Funeral Procession.  The remains of the late  George  McNair, whose death was announced"  in yesterday's Tribune, were carried  on their first stage to the grave'  yesterday afternoon.    At 4:30 the  funeral cortege assembled at the  undertaking:  parlors    ony Vernon  street.       The/"pall-bearers    were  Messrs. .George^' Steele  and. John  Bell,   representing    the     Masonic  fraternity, H. M. Vincent and. J.  Malbfie, on behalf of the Knights of  Pythias, and H. McKenzie, H. Mc-  Dermot   and   Charles   Hillyer, as  representatives   from   the   Nelson  Saw & Planing Mills.   In the general procession the two orders above  named   walked in the procession,  headed by the mill hands.     The  casket was brought into the Presbyterian church, where an  impressive service was held, after which  the procession re-formed and headed  for the C. P. R. depot, where the  mortal remaihs of a good and true  man were put on board consigned  for their last resting place at New  Westminster.       Charles      Hillyer.  accompanied - the   corpse   to    the  Royal City.  Sons of England.  At the regular meeting of Nelson  Queen Lodge,-Sons of England, the  following officers were installed for  the ensuing year by district deputy brother Fred  Starkey:   Bro-  your taste. Sun: Cured, Spider Lei?, Pan Fired  In bulk or packages.,-, Kootenay- Coffee Co.  Nelson     Employment     Agency,  Baker street. J. H. Love. Phone No. 278. P.  O, box 4G5,   Help  of  all kinds furnished.  Wanted���A" first-class   foreman  for granite quarry. One used to taking out dimension stone.   Apply to John Gunn, Nolson.  ��� To   rent���Thi,\ee   rooms   and    a  kitchen, furnished. 'All modern conveniences.  Rent low to a suitable party. Apply S, Tribune  office.    , T-^'-.-yx-.   For fresh candies, fruits, nuts, &c,  cigars and tobaccos of the. best brands, call at the  Bon Ton Confectionery,' 'Baker 'street, Alias A.  L. Kllnkwitz.  Furnished Room to Let���Large  front room to lot: centrally located. Apply to M,  M. Fraser, Kast Victoria street, near corner of  Hendryx,  *  . That fine blend of Ceylon Tea we  are Belling at thirty cents. per pound is giving  the best of satisfaction to our many customers.  Kootenay Coffee Co.     "���  Six Room House To Let.���With  bath and electric light, on Victoria streot, three  doors in rear of the Are hal!. $20 per month.  Apply to T. H. Roberts.  Hotel for Sale.--$7000. Best road  house in Kootenay.' Well stocked and furnished.  83000 cash, balance six months. Thorpe Sc Co.,  Limited, Nelson, B. C. ���  To   Rent���One    furnished -room  and 3 unfurnished ; to be let cheap. Front and  back doors, all conveniences. Apply Mrs. Knapp,  oppo3itePhair Hotel. -: :'. ~:  For Sale���Barber shop, fruit-and  news stand. Close to steamboat landing and  station. Cheap. Satisfactory reason for leaving.  Apply T. Pinniche, barber, Nakusp, B. C.  Western Canadian Employment  Office���Male and female help of all kinds furnished free of charge. Vlotoria street, noxt door  to Public Library,  phone 270.- P.O. Box711.  Copper, Copper, Copper. Copper  mines and prospects wanted. Send'samples and  report to Tho Prospectors' Exchange. Room 4,  K-W-C Blook, Nelson, B.C. Phone 104.. P.O.  box No. 700.  We   have   Indian,   Ceylon-   and  China Toas in great variety, choicest q"ali*fy.  We make a specialty of blending teas and sell  them In any quantity at lowebt rates. Kootenay  Coffee Co.  Gold,   Gold,   Gold. Free   milling  gold mines and prospect a" wanted. Send samples  and report to Andrew F. Rosenberger, Room 4,  K-WO Block, Nelson.  Telephone 104   P.O. box  NO. 700.  WALL  PAPER  Wc have just opened up our spring  consignment of wall papers, which  compiiso all tho latest patterns, for  1901 As we do the bulk of tho wail  papering business in Nelson, wo know  the patterns which commend them-,  selves most readily. You will be're-**  papering in a few weeks. Call in now  and miiko your Fo'ection while the assortment is comploto.  F. J. BRADLEY & CO.  (���ELSON.      J0SIPHINE STREET  REMOVAL  The Gait Coal office has been  removed to tlie Ward building, on Baker street���two  doors west C. P. R. offices.  A full supply of Gait Coal  now on hand.  W. P. TIERNEY,  Telephone No. 205     General Agent.  REMOVED.  The office of the Arlington Mine of  Erie,' B. C, and Hastings (British  Columbia) Exploration Syndicate,  Limited, are now in room 9,  K.-W.-C. Block.  H. E. T. HAULTAIN, Manager.  THOMPSON & DOUGLAS  Victoria Street.  PAINTERS  Decorators and  Paper Hangers.  Wo hnvo opened up tho largest shipment of  be't quality, fresh garden seeds ever brought to  ^the Kootenay   country.    Wo jvre selling^large  -quantities aIr6ady"and"you~will note our way is  different from tliat of other dealors iii this district, in that ���'���.'������  WE SELL BY WEIGHT  As well as by packago, and though tho quality  is the best tlie price is tho samo as in Toronto.  Slake out a list and send to us and we will guar- '  anloe satisfaction.  IN FLOWER SEEDS  Wo also havo a large assortment���10 different  varieties nnd colors of Sweet Peas to select  from and an ondlcss variety of other kinds.  CANADA DBUG & BOOK CO.  K.-W.C. Blook.       Corner Ward and Baker Sts.  MRS. CARR  LATE OP VANCOUVER  LADIES' TAILOR  Parlors formerly occupied by Miss MacMillan,  Victoria Block.              ;  Tlie patronage of Nelson ladies solicited.   THE GRANVILLE SCHOOL  1175 Haro Street, Vancouver.  Will re-  For term i  Boarding and Day,School for Girls,  open January 15th. Terms moderate,  and prospectus apply to  MADAMOISELLE KEEN, Principal,  All the fashionable creations  in Spring and Summer Wear  are included in my last consignment of Scotch and Irish  Serges, Tweeds and Worsteds, and Fancy Trouserings  E. Skinner  Neelands'Building, Baker Streot, ������' '  FRED J. SQUIRE, Manager.  ARTHUR   GEE  MERCHANT TAILOR.  TREMONT HOTEL BLOCK.  re stock of high-class Imported  specialty of the* square shoulder���  fashion In ooata.  latest  NELSON BUSINESS  COLLEGE  Removed to Cornor of Ward and Baker Streets.  i.,  Day and Night Classes in Session.