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 ,!,���. ��� i.u ij wk^i i.i ip JIM i jjm i M��i ���?" j*j 'jy iii1* ?^!^f?y??T*??yT*?^^  ;���'-;����� v-. V:.,:^>y':  ^^^^^^^^^^.,.       '  ,..-,., !^T^^' -',..-���   ���-/-..���     ..   ...... ,*���..-... '   '��� ���y,-*:  ���-������... .ir.��-.;f*. .-������ -���.'���,'--'.'     ,".,.    ��������� ������-.. *����������'��v'>*.-r-i^r-Vji??^jt*��#'i^  i*PI*g*SSiggS  ^���P����i>fis=��i*i'��^����r��  Mineral Production of British Columbia In 1900  $16,407,645      ~  xx~7y^m%m  AAy^fm^m  *������*.x .^yTS^m  Mineral Production of Kootenay lij 1900  $10,562,032  'lit  y>  NINTH YEAR.  NELSON, B. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING,  APRIL 24,  1901  PRICE FIVE CENTS  a  NELSON  JOBBERS KICKING  AGAINST    EXPEESS    COMPANY'S  COMPETITION.  Surplus  Goods Shipped  Into  Nelson  aud Sloughed Off at Prices Local  '  Merchants Cannot Meet.  The wholesale houses of Nelson  are registering a vigorous kick  against the Dominion Express Company on the ground that the company is competing with them in  trade".  Tiie charge which the wholesale  men make against the express company is that it imports goods and  retails thorn���in fact it is in the  commission business, and enters  into competition with houses making this their particular field of  operation. The Dominion Express  Company, they complain, engages  in tliis branch of business and pays  no license for the right of so doing.  The company receives large consignments of . goods for sale and  peddles them around to retailers  for whatever they cau get���satisfied apparently if it can secure a  price sufficient to satisfy express  charges iu excess of the quotation  at which . the merchandise is received by it. - If the Dominion Ex-.  press Company is to stay in the  wholesale or. retail trade its rivals  would like to have the fact kuown;  - but if so, they assert that the company should pay into - the city  treasury $250 per . aiinum, the  license fee charged to persons selling goods in Nelson produced outside the city. ��� ...  This is the contention of the local wholesalers. Instances of tin-  . due interference - with local ,trade  are quoted-ngainst the express company. A few'days "ago the com-,  pany received"a"large - consignment  of eggs and sent a man out, tb procure a customer for them. He'was,  as usual, successful in his mission,  and whsn the -firm by whom  the' establishment alluded to  was - usually supplied, called  for its accustomed order, the fact  was announced that the express  company had supplied the want.  Twelve months' ago a similar  state of affairs existed and the merchants raised a protest. The result  was a temporary cessation of operations on the part of the express  company, but now it is said to have  entered into the wholesale trade  with renewed vigor. Tliis is the  story as told by the wholesalers and  jobbers.  A representative of The Tribune  yesterday called on Fred Smith,  the local manager of the Domin-  ^ionJSxpi'ess^Gompany.^and^asked-  for an explanation.- Mr. Smith did  not deny the case as above represented.  "It is true we receive goods," said  Mr. Smith, "and that we dispose of  them in the interests of the "company and the consignees."  "What is your margin of profit?"  was asked.  "We don't look for profit ou the  goods," was Mr. Smith's reply. "All  we ask is that the price'-we get is  sufficient to pay that fixed by the  party sending them, plus the freight  charges." '  "Who are the goods consigned  to ?" was asked.  "They come to this office," said  Mr. Smith, "and we try to sell them  for the parties concerned."  "And if you do not make a sale���  if they be perishable goods and are .  lost���who suffers the loss, the express company or the parties forwarding the goods?"  "The parties sending the goods,"  said the agent. "We don't take  the risk."  "But would you recover the  freight charges in case what you  receive as<security be rendered unsaleable by reason of being too long  on hands ?"  Mr. Smith.replied that the company wouid try to "do so. He  thought it rather an advantage to  the consumer that goods could be  supplied to retailers at a lower  figure than the wholesale houses  charge.  "The wholesalo houses incur some  risk in handling perishable goods.  You run no risk," was suggested.  To this Mr,  Smith said that  his  company was not in the  wholesale  trade,   and   simply    handled    the  goods to oblige customers.  The subject is one which will be  brought under the notice of the  board of trade at its next meeting.  The attention of the civic authorities has also been called to the fact  that the Dominion Express Company is doing business without a  trader's license.  Nelson's Business Blocks.  One of the largest and best  photographic pictures taken in  Nelson is now on exhibition in  several of -the local stores. It is by  WaddsBrothers, photographers, and  represents the Kirkpatrick-Wilson-  Clements block, corner' of Baker  and Ward streets. A score or more  of Nelson's prominent citizens are  "in the group," with the tram car  iu the distance and a general air of  prosperity which would do credit  to any business quarter in the  busiest and most populous cities in  the Dominion. So clear is -the  photograph in every detail that the  names of the different office holders  in the block are clearly discernable  on the window panes. The photograph is a work of art.  GOVERNMENT'S RAILWAY POLICY  ���a                                    ������   '                                                                                 ..                                                            .-....*. ....'.-...-  ".;.       '.--.'. ���"  "   ��� \  It Provides for Absolute Control of All Rates and Takes Four Per  Cent of the Gross Earnings.  TO GUARANTEE PROTECTION  CHINESE WANT TO GET BID  OF  ,   ALLIED TROOPS.  This Is Said to Be' the Basis for the  Withdrawal   of 10,000   French     ���  Troops.  Washington, April 23.���-It is  understood here that the Chinese  plenipotentaries at Pekin, prince  ���Ching and Li Hung Chang, are prepared to give a guarantee to the  powers for the protection of ' all  foreigners in China if the ^foreign  troops now stationed there are  withdrawn. This is understood to  be the.basis of the withdrawal of  10,000 French troops, and it jsj^arn:  estly hoped among Chinese officials  that this will be followed by a similar movement on the part of the  other foreign forces in China.  Pekin, April 23.���Many applications have been made to Mr.  Rockhill and general Chafee, by  Chinese of all degrees, for the .detention in China of the American  troops until the general withdrawal  of the troops of all the powers.  Many of those who are making this  request think the withdrawal of  the Americans will make the others  remain longer. There are also  people who do not desire to see any  of the soldiers go, fearing anarchy  and an uprising against foreigners.  Field marshal von Waldersee has  made application that the gate of  the forbidden city be guarded by  jGernian=troops=after=the^departure=  of the Americans. General Chafee  replied that American soldiers will  continue to guard the gate. At  this the Germans are indignant,  saying this impugns their honesty,  and that if the United States desires to do her share of policing the  city she should leave behind enough  troops for that purpose, that merely  a few men belonging to the legation  guard should control the gate that  would be within the German  quarters cannot fee allowed. If  general Chaffee, persists in this  course diplomatic representations  will be made in the matter. The  ministers of the foreign powers are  meeting daily. They do not at  present show a disposition to reduce  the claims, which many think to be  extremely reasonable.  The Father the Murderer.  Chartres, France, April 23.���  Suspicion in the brutal murder of  five children, which occurred here  yesterday, falls ,upon the father of  the murdered children. It is suggested that the father murdered his  children in a fit; of drunken madness. The knife' with which* the  slight wounds on the father were  made belongs to the house, and a  bloodstained jacket found on the  premises belongs to Briere, the  father of the murdered children.  Briere has been arrested.  Will Ensure for the Province^All the Advantage of Public Owner-  r m  ship Respecting Roads Built Under It.  Victoria, . April 23.���[Special to  The Tribune.]���The government today introduced by message a bill  defining its railway policy. The  bill authorizes the lieutenant-gov-  ernor-in-council to borrow any sum  not exceeding $5,000,000, to bear  interest at the rate of 3 1-2 per cent,  the money so' borrowed to be used  for the railway subsidies and the  construction of a bridge across the  Fraser river.  The railway subsidies will be in  aid of the construction of the following railways/in a sum not exceeding $4000 for each mile of railway, of the uniform gauge of four  feet eight and one-half inches, viz:  1. For a railway from the Coast,  in the neighborhood of English  Bluff, near Point Roberts, via Chilliwack and Hope, to Midway,  Boundary Creek district, approximately three .hundred and thirty  miles.  2. For a railway from the present terminus of 'the Esquiraalt &  Nanaimo railway to the northern  end of Vancouver island, approximately . two hundred and forty  miles.  3. For a railway from Rock  Creek to Vernon,' to connect' with  the Shuswap & Okanagan railway,  approximately one hundred and  twenty-five miles. - .  4. For "a railway from the Coast,  at Kilimat, to Hazelton, approximately one hundred miles,  5. For a railway from Fort Steel'  tdGolderi, approximately-'oiie hun-'  dred and fifty miles;.  Section 15 of the bill reads : "It  shall be lawful for the lieutenant-  governor-in-council to cause to be  built a bridge across the Fraser  river in the neighborhood of New  Westminster, at a cost not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars,  for the purposes of railway, vehicular and passenger traffic, and for  the purposes aforesaid to enter into  contracts for- the construction of  the said bridge as may be deemed  expedient, subject to submitting  same to pubicl competition, and  after.construction to enter into any  agreements that the lieutenant-  governor-in-council may deem expedient in connection with the user  of said bridge by any railway or  ' other companies, persons or firms,  with power to fix a tariff - of tolls."  Section 10 reads: "The lieutenant-  governor-in-council may enter into  all agreements with any persons or  company undertaking the construction of any railway to which a  subsidy is hereby attached, which  may be necessary or convenient for  the due construction and operation  of such railway, which agreements  shall, in every instance, in addition  to other matters therein provided  for, contain the following provisions,  viz :  (a) That unless work is commenced on the railways mentioned  in subsections a, b, c, d and e of  section 8 hereof .on or before the  first day of July, 1902, and is duly  and diligently "prosecuted to the,  satisfaction of the Iieutenant-gov-  ernor-in-conncil, all right and claim  to the aforesaid subsidy granted by  this act shall be cancelled and  forfeited.  . (b) That the aforesaid subsidy  shall not be payable until the railway is completed ,and in running  order, to the satisfaction of the  lieutenant-governor-in-council, nor  until security or guarantees, satisfactory to" the lieutenant-governor-  in-council, is .deposited for the  continuous maintenance and operation of' the railway, and no subsidy shall be payable or-paid until  after such completion, and the  giving of such security or guarantee.  (c) That four per cent per annum  of the gross-earnitfgs of the railway"  shall be paid to the province, and  such sums of four per cent shall be'  a first charge upon such gross  earnings.  (d) -That the railway obtaining  the benefit of any such subsidy  shall be constructed wholly and as a  continuous line within the province.  (e) That the lieutenant-governor-  in-council shall have absolute control of the freight and passenger  rates or the charges by the railway  and that, notwithstanding in" the  event of the railway being or becoming subject to the jurisdiction  of the Dominion government, the  same shall be deemed a contract between the province and the company.  (f) That the railway may. be ac-  [ quired at any time by .the province  at a valuation to be determined by  arbitration under the provisions of  Arbitration Act, provided, however,  that in considering the valuation  no sum shall be entertained by the  arbitrators for the franchise belonging to the company.  (g) That the conditions of this  section may be varied at any time,  and from time to time, and as often  as the lieutenant-governor-in-council may deem advisable, always provided that control of the. subject  matters referred to in this section  by the government of British Columbia be not abrogated."  (h) That in the event of a charter  being granted by the Dominion  government for a line of railway  over or parallel to the route proposed in this act, that the foregoing  conditions shall, be assumed and  carried out by thie company so incorporated as a "contract and obligation of said company prior to  any other charge thereon.    '  (i) That such terms . and conditions for the proper carrying out  of all the clauses of any such agree-  mentand penalties and forfeitures  to arise upon failure of the railway  in respect thereof shall be imposed  as the lieuteriant-governor-in-coun-  cil may deem advisable.  .(j) That such other terms and  conditions may be imposed as the  lieutenant-governor-in-council may  deem- advisable.���'- *' / ���  - From^ the above it will be seen  that a long step iri the direction "of,  government control and ownership  of railways is made. The bridge at  New Westminster is to be owned  by the government, and ��� the rates  on all the railways bonused are to  be controlled by the government,  and a percentage of the gross earnings paid into the provincial treasury.  This bill will be opposed, so it is  rumored, by McPhillips and Helme-  ken of Victoria, Garden arid Tatlow  of Vancouver, Murphy of West  Yale, and Hayward of Esquimalt,  who, at this" session, are strongly  auti-C. P. R. and as strongly pro-  Jim Hill. The Opposition will also  no doubt oppose it.  Night sessions commenced tonight.  Marine Engineers Hopeful.  Cleveland, April, 23.���A revised  wage scale was today submitted to  to the officials of the; United States  Steel Corporation vessel interests  by the executive committee of the  Marine Engineer's Association. The  scale is now under consideration by  the steel company, and it is generally believed will be accepted.  MA��OR=Pl^rS-ON-FINANGE  Why Sandon Is in the Hole.  Mayor Pitts of Sandon was in  town yesterday. His worship is  about to sever his connection with  the city under the hills and locate  in the Similkameen country, at what  particular point he will not say.  The calendar of Sandon now reads  from the date of the recent fire, and  a sad story it tells. In speaking of  the municipal finances mayor Pitts  said :' "The chief _ source of revenue  is from liquor and traders' licenses,  which amounts to about $0000 per  annum, and real estate, which enriches the treasury to the extent of  some $3000. However, since the fire,  the whole aspect has been changed.  The city was swept by flames, and  among other important things  that were destroyed was the  assessment roll and all the public  books and accounts, A sum of $10,-  000 was subscribed by way of relief  fund for the fire sufferers, and with  this, their only available asset, the  work of reconstruction was begun.  Immediate wants having been supplied, the surplus..was applied to  clearing up the townsite and the  laying of sidewalks in the newly  platted city. The rebuilding of the  flume ran away with $2000 of this,  and the sidewalks with $1000.  Then there was nothing left���only  the mayor and board ofalderirien���  and their job was a very unenviable  one. They had to start anew, with  nothing in the treasury, and a fire-  swept waste to reorganize. J. M.  Harris.the townsite owner,had some  sidewalk built, but the main cost of  the work has to be done by the  ratepayers.   Debentures to the ex  tent of_$15?000 have been issued,  butTthislias been swallowed up in  necessary work. The city has been  run most economically, the clerk  and police magistrate offices combined receiving but $85 per month,  the chief of police a like sum and  the chief of the fire department, who also acts as policeman, $100. A new assessment  is being made, which will show a  substantial increase on the old one,  seeing that a better class of buildings are going up. But with the  fire went all the books of the corporation, so that outstanding accounts had to be wiped out, which  left the corporation in pretty bad  shape.        ������ ��� ���   ' .  Trespassers Will Be Prosecuted.  H. Watts, an expressman, was  yesterday summoned before magistrate Crease charged with allowing  his team of horses, to wander on .the  public thoroughfares, not having  any person in charge. There is no  pound in Nelson, but there is a  powerless pound, so that wandering  animals have no check, on their  depredations. Tlie owner of the  offenders iu this case was fined $10  and costs, which it is hoped will be  a warning to others.  Suspicious, of Japan.  Yokohama, April 23.���Korea, it  is understood, will pay Japan the  million yen still owing, out of the  new French loan of five million yen  incurred for railroad building. The  Japanese newspapers suspect Russia  has had a hand in the French loan,  regardless of the convention qf 189(5  by which Russia and Japan should  jointly lend money to Korea if  necessary. The Korean foreign  minister appears to have been ignorant of the loan negotiations  until the last moment.  THE COFF-BURNS CONTEST  Date Not Yet Fixed.  The Nelson Athletic Club has perfected arrangements for a boxing  coritest between Charles Goff and  James Burns of Rossland, and has  posted $000 with The Tribune to  cover expenses in connection with  the affair. The date for the contest has not yet been fixed, but it  will be on or about May 10th. The  contest is to be limited to twenty  rounds, and as the men are said to  be handy a good exhibition may be  expected. The Nelson Athletic  Club has made arrangements with  the Canadian Pacific Railway'.Company for reduced fares from all  local points, and a special train will  be run from Rossland to accommodate the Rosslanders who desire  to see the go. -.^ ���  A Dishonest Hungarian.  Police constable Black yesterday  brought over from New Denver a  young Hungarian named Rubenez,  who confesses to having raised a  check on a local merchant from $7  to ��17. The fraud was very clumsily executed . and was readily detected. Rubenez is a young fellow  of not more than 18 years of age,  and has been employed on railway  construction. - He expresses his desire for a speedy trial, and will be  accommodated.  Caught in the Storm.  A crew of the Nelson Boat Club  were having a spin in one of the  racing boats yesterday, when they  were overtaken by the storm and  obliged to put ashore at Five-mile  point. As the water was too rough  to launch their craft again, they  simply   beached   her and took to  their heels, making Nelson in time  that would do credit to professional  sprinters. They had left their  coats and vests in the boathouse,  and were obliged to make town in  shirt-sleeves.  Salvation Army Social Work,  Ensign Andrews, engaged in Salvation Army social worki is paying  Nelson a visit, and last night conducted a very successful-meeting at  the barracks. He is promoting  what in army phraseology is known  as grace-before-meat box work, but  to ordinary mortals the proposition  is one to introduce collecting boxes  and to collect therefrom, the donations of a generous public. Several  of these boxes have been placed in  Nelson and have, within the past  three months', enriched the army  treasury to the extent ot $20, which  the ensign says is phenomenal for a  city, of Nelson's population. It was  announced last night that the children's annual demonstration would  be held on Monday evening, and for  the occasion a varied and select  program has been arranged.  DEMAND FOUR MORE HEADS  HE IS A MATRIMONIAL COUNT  WIVES EANOE BETWEEN  FIFTY  AND ONE HUNDRED,  Son of a  Belgium Nobleman in the.  Toils at New York Charged  With Bigamy.  ADDITIONAL OFFENDEBS NAMED  BY  THE  POWERS.  German   Correspondent   Says   Boxers  ,_ Are Preparing for Fresh Uprisings in Southern Pe Chi Li.  . New York, April 23.���A Herald  dispatch- from Pekin says:.-"The  ministers of England, France, America, Holland, Belgium and Italy, to  whom the question of provincial  punishment was assigned, have submitted a report to, the diplomatic  corps that they demand fourmore  beheadings, and the.punishment by  exile and degradation of eighty  ^more-officials.,.; The demand was  .immediately sent by the "diplomatic  corps to the .Chinese plenipotentiaries. '-'.     _.   ._      .    "  Berlin, April 23.���The Cologne  Volks ,Zeiturig prints correspondence from a German missionary in  China, which says that in southern  Pei Chi Li the Boxers are preparing  for another uprising,, especially in  :the districts of Kuang Ping Fu and  Nai.Ming Fu, where the .population  sympathizes with the Boxers because of the famine there. The  population persistently disregards  decrees issued by the authorities.  Referring to Yu Hsuin, the former  governor of Shan Si, the correspondent says emperor Kwang Su  was fully informed on the subject  of Yu Hsuin's murders of foreigners, and ordered the provincial  judge at Kan Su to decapitate Yu  Hsien, who has since fled and disappeared.���  ,���������-^==  A Stabbing Affray in Nelson.  There was a rather serious stabbing affray in Nelson a couple of  days ago which has not yet received  the attention of the police magistrate. A number of boys were in a  boat on Sunday, while other kindred  spirits were ashore. Those on terra  firma made a target of their friends  in the boat, and several stones took  effect. The oarsmen pulled ashore  and at once proceeded to administer  a wholesome chastisement to their  wanton assailants. In the melee a  knife was drawn by a lad named  Crossett and used effectively upon  an associate named Howell, who received some half-dozen stabs, none  of Which were of any serious  moment. Young Crossett has been  in the hands of the police before���  the charge being the stealth of a  sum of money from a drunken man.  On that occasion he refunded the  stolen cash and was let off with a  caution. *  -   Nelson Quoit Club.  The final game of the first draw  in the button series was played  yesterday between J. H. Wallace  and W. Telford, resulting in favor  of the latter by a score of 31 to 28.  Owing to unfavorable weather only  oue game has been played in the  second draw, Purdy defeating  George Thompson by a score of 31  to 13. All members aro expected  to playoff their games in the second  draw as soon as possible.  Looking for the Assassin.  Berlin, April 23.���Emperor William regards the news of the plot  against his life as Tartar news, but  he approves of the comprehensive  steps now taken to forestall the  alleged plotters.   The empress saw  New   York, April 23.���A   man  who called himself count Leo de  Melville, who is said to be known '  also as Leo Talquin, was arrested ,  here on Friday night last at the  request of the Chicago police.     He  was arraigned before a magistrate  on Sunday aud was remanded until  today. A Chicago detective searched  this   city   today   with requisition  papers, in which the man is said to  be wanted iu Chicago for bigamy. -  The   New   York   police   say.   the  prisoner was employed as-a waiter-.'  under the name of Talquin.  Chicago, April 23.���Count Leopold de Melville, otherwise known  as Leo Talquin, is held by the New  York police on the charge of bigamy''  sworn to by a brother of one of his ":  Chicago   wives.   - His   arrest   has',  brought   to   light   in this   city a-  romance   whose unfolding  reveals  the count as a hero of more than  one hundred love affairs.   He is declared to be the husband of   an  assortment of wives who number a  recently deserted��� wive in Chicago,,  estimated last night at "fifty or so." V  As   a duellist on   many a blood-,  stained  field  of honor  in  Europe,- <���*  the count became celebrated nearly;  a generation ago.   His duels were ^  always  fought   for love, and the  '  wounds received in the onsets he '���  probably ��� bears , on   his  face arid'-"-  body.  , He at last broke altogether ^  with his father, a nobleman high in .  the court arjd councils of the king "'  of    Belgium,   and   came   to   this '  country.  '. Sucli was this narrative rendered  last evening at his residence in this  city "by Mrs. Hannah Hensonde -  Melville, who- married count de  Melville on August 21st, 1900, aud  lived with him until about three '  weeks ago. .A- few days bef ore-  April 1st the count eloped with a-  young woman from Riverdale,  whom it is alleged he married in  this state and then took with him  to New York. Within a few days  of the elopement the young lady's  brother discovered that de Melville  had a wife in Chicago���Mrs. Hannah de Melville���with whom he had  been living at the time of the elopement. His sister in New York was  made acquainted with her brother's  discovery. There was a scene be-  tweenJihelelouers. after whicli the _  "ill  Iff  f  r   ��   *J.i  '- -4 r  ";.�����  %  ~-'Xf.-.\\  - Mil  �� rrs'l  *���   r i**   ���  .   .��^j-i  ���-Jftl  young woman returned to Chicago.  When placed under arrest in New  York the count was reported to  have told detective Burke that he  had so many wives that he had not  been able to keep track of their  different names and could form no  idea as to their realnumber.  To make such an admission, the  countess thinks, would have beeu  unlike the count, who is said to be  habitually cautious and taciturn  in dealing with strangers. But she  freely vowed that in her opinion  he had several wives living, and  added that she would not be surprised if the number should be  found to reach fifty. With this  latter number to his credit the  count would be found to have  thrown into the shade the records  of the two most celebrated Chicago  bigamists, Bates and Farnsworth,  siuce Bates was able to muster only  five at his trial, and Farnsworth  about the same number, although  Farnsworth told the police here  that the number of his living wives  here was forty-two. Before the  end of the week the count will be  brought to Chicago to face his  accusers.  .  Sandon Picking Up.  Recent arrivals from Sandon report that business is picking up in  that city owing to renewed activity  in the mines. Tlie Slocan Star is  now working 130 men, and turning  outsome good ore. The Wonderful,  which has been idle for twelve  months, has again resumed operations, and the American Boy is going full blast. At the Reco the  showing is reported to be better  than ever, and a busy season's work  is looked for. There is said to be  an all-round improvement in the  camp.  - THE  TRIBUNE:  NELSON, B. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1901  lit.-  FISHING   TACKLE  )N   ENDLESS   VARIETY  Fly Rods for boys and girls from $1.00 upwards. Fly rods  which will delight the heart of tha genuine fisherman from  $4.00 to $12.50.  FLY BOOKS  REELS   .  MINNOWS  SPINNERS  LANDING NETS  COTTON LINES  WATERPROOF LINES  GAFF HOOKS  CASTS  SILK   LINES  SPOONS  SINKERS  And  everything   required  by   disciples  of  the   late   Isaac  Walton.   Prices are right.  THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANT  the man who created it, and that  for several years thereafter it was  used as a political club over the unincorporated and incorporated centers of the interior which failed to  bend the knee to the political  power of the day. These things  are not soon foi gotten, and the oflicers of the board of health should  not be impatient, if, having changed  its spots, the people of the interior  for a time continue suspicious of an  organization which they know best  as a political engine masquerading  as a board of health.  Baker   Street,  Nelson.  The Dunsmuir government's railway policy, which was transmitted  to the legislature by message yesterday, will take'British Columbia  farther along the road to government ownership of railways than  any of the  other Canadian prov-  ��� inces.    It is a policy designed to  ��� promote legitimate railway construction through, districts in which  ���    the demand for railways  suggests  the probability of their ultimate  ��� successful operation after they are  built, and as such will commend  itself to all save the salaried shout-  . ers of railway bonus hunters. By  it the government provides liberal  assistance for such lines of railway  ' as the present requirements of the  province seem  to demand, and in  . return for such assistance it stipu-  ��� lates  that  it  shall  have   absolute  " control of the freight and passenger rates, and also receive four per  cent upon the gross earnings of the  . road. " When .it    is'  remembered  -��� that transportation  companies ai e  , essentially   monopolistic   in   their  ,' nature, the importance of govern-  , ment    control    of    transportation  rates becomes  obvious if the systems in question are to be operated  ;' with any regard to public interest;  ' nor can'it be shown that a govern-  . ment, representative of the people  of the province, would be  more in-  ��� clined to deal harshly with the  transportation company accepting  public assistance, than  would the  . officers of such company deal with  the people of the province iu fixing  the rates they should pay for the  use of their state-aided railway. As  ,   to   the   government's proposal  to  ^_take_four_per cent upon the gross  '   earnings  of such state-aided  rail-  ' ways, it is worthy of note that all  of the objection comes from the  men who are boosting Jim Hill's  railway enterprises. No doubt it  ���would please Mr. Hill beyond measure to take from the government of  British   Columbia $1,320,000, as a  .. cash bonus for the building  . of his projected railway from  Midway to the Coast, without conditions of any kind, but the desires  of Mr. Hill must be subordinated to  those of the people of the province.'  He is not the only railway builder  in the province, and if the terms  proposed by the government of the  province are not acceptable to him  he is under no necessity to accept  them. In the railway programme  outlined by tbe government that  portion in which Mr. Hill appears  cuts a comparatively small figure,  : and it is up to him to do business  upon a business basis or quit.  British Columbia is tired of being  gold-bricked by charter mongers  and speculators, and its people will  welcome the new railway policy of  the government from one end of  the province to the other.  The Dominion blue book dealing  with tlie last general elections furnishes much interesting information concerning the voting strength  of the several provinces and their  representation in the federal parliament. If the vote cast may be  taken as a fair approximate of the  yoting strength of the respective  provinces, the most striking feature  of the government return is the excessive representation of Quebec as  compared with every other province in the Dominion save Prince  Edward' Island. Whether or not  there were local conditions which  accounted for a light vote throughout the province of Quebec, the  fact stands out that, based upon actual voting, the other "provinces  would be entitled to increased representation aggregating 44 seats, or  close upon GO per cent of the entire  representation of the French province. With five elections by acclamation���three in Ontario, two  in Quebec and one in New Brunswick���there were all told just 952,-  496 votes cast, or an increase of  110,896 over the votes cast in the  preceeding contest. The vote by  provinces was:  Ontario 426,083  Quebec 237,239  Nova Scotia .< 107,836  New Brunswick  G8.3I!)  Prince Edward Island "  21,129  Manitoba :  41,789  Hri' ish Columbia  20,451  Northwo t Territories  23,018  ' These figures show that, with  three elections by acclamation in  Ontario, as against two in Quebec,  the premier province polled 4631  votes ��� for each of its 92 members,  as against 3050 votes in Quebec for  each of its 65 members. The votes  throughout the other provinces per  member were: Nova Scotia 5391,  New Brunswick, with one uncontested election, 4882, Prince Edward  Island 4261, Manitoba 5969) British  Columbia 4408, and the Territories  5904, Based upon the vote cast  these figures would entitle Ontario  to twenty-four additional members,  Nova Scotia to nine, New Brunswick to four, Manitoba to four,  British Columbia to one, and the  ~TeTritories_to_two7 It musfbelcoii^  fessed that the showing made by  British Columbia does not come up  to what was expected of it, but the  fact that two out of the six seats  in the province were contested  some weeks after the general result  was known no doubt tended to keep  the total vote down to lower figures  thau would have been attained had.  all the contests taken place at the  samo time.   Dr. Pagan of the provincial  board of health does not like the  manner in which the Nelson papers  have criticised his actions as secretary of the health board. The  doctor demands a triple-headed  apology from the Nelson Miner,  while the correction of The Tribune's article is left to the finer feelings of.the editor of this great family journal. ^  Dr. Fagan may be all right as a  provincial health officer, but the  people of Nelson have no confidence  in the board whose servant he is,  and its secretary can please Nelson  best by confining his meddling in  health matters to other portions of  the province. From the time of  its inception there has been friction between Nelson's people and  the health board, and recent experiences have not tended to remove it. Nor is this difficult to  understand, when it is remembered  that the board was created chiefly  for the purpose of discrediting the  political opponents in Victoria of J  Just 500 More Chinese.  Victoria, April 23.���The steamer  Empress of China, due tomorrow  from China and Japan, has on board  500 Chinamen. To guarantee ttie  head tax of $100 on each, the  C. P. R., owners of the steamer,  have deposited with the ��� Dominion  government $50,000. For each  Chinaman who can prove he was in  Canada before, $100 of this amount  will be returned to the company.  This is the first large crowd of  Chinamen to arrive since the head  tax was increased. Some of them  are bound for Mexico, and no.doubt  many will make their way to the  United States.  Government Elevators   for ; Montreal.  Montreal, April 23.���The harbor board has received a telegram  this morning from Ottawa saying  the government was prepared to  loan the board one million dollars,  at 3| per cent, interest, for the  erection of elevators. The government refused to guarantee the issue  of three-quarters of a million  dollars bonds for the erection of  elevators by Wolvin, of Duluth,  but' .offered the money for the  board to build elevators. The  board met and accepted the offer.  Two elevators are to be started as.  soon.as the plans can  be prepared.  . 0" .00 . 00 .00 . 00 .  aiiniixixiini��xiiixxxniiiri:c  LADIES' SAILORS  SPECIAL  PRICE 50c.  ^XXIXXIXIIIXIXr-VIXITXIIXXTIITXrCXXXXt  Co.  36 Bakep Street, Nelson.  xxxxxxixxxxxixxixxxxstxxxxxxxxix:  SUMMER CORSETS  SPECIAL PRICE  35c.  and 50c,  xxxxxxxxxxzxxxrxxxxioxxxxxxxxxxxrxx  to  to  to  = to  L       Special two day's sale.   "We will offer the follow- ^  i(\ ing- "bargains for Monday and Tuesday only.  ���Ji   4 doz. Print Blouses  '?*     75c. quality ........  to -  50c  g&k  20 pieces best Fnglish   4 fl 1 _  JJJ     print 18 and 20c qty.. I _L<i U  2 doz. Ladies' print wrap-     d*4  pers regular 1.25 to 2.00. .(pi  9 Ladies' black Alpaca <fcO  skirts reg. 3.00 to 4.50.., $��  12 pieces Bngligh print   -i A ~  W  regular 15c. .....*. I Ul*  ff\  ________ :__: (f\  9 pieces English print  12 1-2 quality   8c m  /fl���:���    *.  .. .   -���;,   ,  : *.    ������ ���. ---���--������������^-_:���-r:  i]t\       Remeinber this sale is for Monday and Tuesday  9\ only.   We will offer many  other bargains in other:'/|\  ^departments which will surprise yon. W  ���*���  .  '* __ ��� ._���          .*.  mTTTTTtTTTTTTtrmTltllTTTTTTm'  TRUNKS AND VALISES  AT SPECIAL  PRICES.  -Itiiiixinimnmnixii:  Fred Irvine & Co.  36  Baker  Street  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxixxx:  SPECIAL PRICES  ON ALL  CARPETS.  KOOTENAY/...  COFFEE CO.  ���a****-**********.***.*.**.*.*.*:  Coffee Roasters  Dealers in Tea and Coffee  *3***-****-******.***.***.**.*.  Wo aro offering afc lowest prices Iho best  grades of Ceylon, India, China and Japan  Teas.  Our Bosf*,"Mocha and Java Coifee, per  pound $ 40  Mocha and Java Hlend, 3 pounds  1 00  Choice Blend Coffee, 4 pounds  1 00  Special Blend Coffee, (i pounds  1 00  Kio Blend Coflco, C pounds  1 00  Special Blend Ceylon Tea, per pound 30  A TRIAL ORDER SOLICITED.  KOOTENAY GOFFEE CO.  Telephone 177.  P. 0. Box 182.  west;baker street, nelson.  m^-J*^^�� ^& ��� 0^0 m00 ��� 0^ *^&:* 0^ *^& ��� 00 ��^0 ��� 00 *00 ��� ^^ *^BF * ^& *0^0 ��� ^0 ** ��� ^5^ ��� ^^��-^^ * ^^�� ^^^ * *^^* .^5^ * ^^^* ^5^ * ^*^* ^^ * ^^�� ^^ ��� ^^* ^^^ ��� ^^fc J^TjrM  ^k * ^^k ��� ^^^ ��� ^^^ ��� \k^ ��� ^fet. ��� ^^ * ^Mt. * ^^^ " ^toh * ^^^ * ^tok. * ^^k * ^^^. * ^^k. * ^^L. * ^^^ * * ^^0 * 00 * ^^0 * ^^0 * ^0 * ^^0 * 40 * 40* ^0 * ^0* * ^^0 ' 0^0 * ��0 * 00" 00 * ^0 * 00  GARDEN SEEDS  We have opened up the largeRt shipment of  bo^t quality, fresh garden seeds ever brought to  the Kootenay country. We are selling large  quantities already and you will note our way is  ^different fromjthat_of,o_tlior_dealera_iii this dia-  trict, in that . '  WE SELL BY WEIGHT  As well as by package, aud though the quality  is the best the price is the same as in Toronto.  Make out a list and send to us and we will guarantee satisfaction.  IN FLOWER SEEDS  We also havo a large assortment���10 different  varieties and colors of Sweet Peas to solect  front and an endless variety of other kinds.  CANADA DRUG & BOOK CO.  IC.-W.C. Block.       Cornor Ward and Baker St h  MILLINERY   DISPLAY  The ladies of Nelson can now  have the opportunity of seeing  the latest and newest designs in  HATS AND SPRING GOODS  Ladies genuine Hair Switches at  the lowest rates.  MRS.   BNFIEUD  OI'ERA HOUSE IU.OCK.  Mrs. CARR  LATE OF VANCOUVER  LADIES' TAILOR  Parlors formerly occupied by Miss MacMillan,  Victoria Block.'   ��� ���--  Tho patronage of Nelfidn ladies solicited.  TO RAILWAY CONTRACTORS.  Spring  Suitings  All the fashionable creations  in Spring and Summer wear  are included in my'last.con-  - .signment of Scotch and Irish  Serges, Tweeds and .Worsteds, and  Fancy Trouserings  E. Skinner  Neelands' Building, Baker Street).  FRED J. SQUIRK, Manager.  ARTHUR   GEE  MERCHANT  TAILOR.  TREMONT  HOTEL BLOCK.  Large stock of high-class Imported goods. A  specialty of the square shoulder���the latest  fashion in coats.  Ward Bros.  REAL ESTATE AND  INSURANCE AGENTS  Jielson Saw and Planingl/|ills  Limited.  CHARLES  HILLYER,   , "'     "HARRY  HOUSTON,  President and General Manager. Secretary-Treasurer  All Communications to be addressed to either of the.above "  Agents for J. & J. TAYLOR SAFES  "We 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  PINE and CEDAR CASINGS  DOOR JAMBS, WINDOW STILES  TURNED WORK, BAND-SAWING  BRACKETS, NEWEL POSTS  TURNED VERANDA POSTS  STORE FRONTS  DOORS, WINDOWS and GLASS.  Get Our Prices before  purchasing: elsewhere..  OFFICE: CORNER  HALL AND-FRONT STREETS.  FACTORY : HALL STREET C. P. R. CROSSING.   MILLS: HALL STREET WHARF  Desirable Business and Residence Lots  ==in(Bogustown)=Fairview=Addition.^=  Office on Baker Streot, west: of Stanley Street  '     NKLSON.    '���  Drink  the Best  Beer -vaa:::/^....  ANHEUSER-BUSCH  ST. LOUIS LAGER  TO BE HAD WHOLESALE   AT  NELSON.  A. B. GRAY, Kootenay Agent  BAKER STREKT. NELSON.  R. P. RITHET & CO., Ltd.  R. REISTERER & CO.  BREWKB8 AND BOTTUEB8 Of  FINE LAGER BEER, ALE  AND PORTER  Bids will be received by the Arrowhead &  Kootenay Itailway Company for the building of  a railway from Lardo to Trout lake, in thu  district of Wost Kootenay, B. C. This work will  include clearing of right of way, grading, bridging, tracklayifig and surfacing foratolalaistunou  of about 35 miles.  Plans, spccillraitions and formsof tender will he  furnished on application, or may be examined in  tho olllce of J. O. Sullivan, division engineer,  Trail, B. C. Bids for this work to be Fent to tho  olllco of AV. F. Tye, chief engineer, Winnipeg,  Manitoba, and must reach theio not later Limn  12 o'clock, 'Monday, April if.ll.li. Tho lowest  or any tender not necessarily accepted.  -J. G. SULLIVAN,  April 16th, 1901. Trail. B. C.  Prompt) and regular  dellvorv ho tihn t.rada  Brewery at Nelson  FREE   HOT   LUNCH  321 TO asi BAKER STREET, NELSON  AMERICA^ AND EUROPEAN  PLAN3  MEALS 25 CENTS  Rooms Lighted by Electricity and Heated by ���t*am 25 Gents to $1  QUEEN'S  FROM 12'to 2 O'CLOCK  AT  THE  ATHABASCA   TODAY.  Everybody    Welcome  A. R. BARROW, A.M.I.C.E.  PROVINCIAL  LAND SURVEYOR  Corner Victoria and Kootenay Btreeta.  P. O. Box m T8UDPHONB MO. K  BAKER STREET. NELSON.  Lighted by Electricity and Heated with Hot Air.  Large comfortable bodrooms and^. flrsb-olasa  dining-room. Sample rooms for commercial men.  RATES $2 PER DAY  [tyrs. E. 0. Clarke, Prop.  LATE OF THB ROYAL HOTKL, CALGARY  BOOMS TO LET  ltf|adden l{ouse ^^Ms^  WHOLESALE TRADE  CRATED AND MINERAL WATERS.  THORPE & CO., LIMITED.���Corner Vornon  and Codar streets, Nelson, manufacturers  of and wholesale dealers in derated waters aud ���  fruit syrups.   Sole agents for Halcyon Springs  mineral water.. Telophono 00.  ASSAYERS*   SUPPLIES.        ~  WF. TKKTZKL Sc CO.-Corner Baker and  ��� Josophlno streots. Nelson, wholpsalo deal  ors ln assayers supplies. Agents lor Donve.  Fire Clay Co. of Denver, Colorado.  COMMISSION   MERCHANTS.  HJ. EVANS Sc CO.-Baker stroet, Nolson  ��� wholesale dealors in liquors, cigars  cement,' flro brick and flro clay, water pipe and  steel rails, and general commission' morchants.  ELECTRICAL   SUPPLIES.  KOOTENAY ELECTRIC SUPPLY & CONST RUCTION COMPAN Y���Wholesalo dealors in telephones, annunciators, bells, batteries,  fixtures, etc., Houston block, Nolson.  FLOUR AND FEED.  BRACKMAN - KER MILLING COMPANY  ���Coroals, Flour, Grain, Hay.. Straight or  mixed cars shipped to all Kootonay Points.  Grain elevators at all principal points on Caljjary-  Edmonton R. R. Mills at Victoria, Now West  minster, and Edmonton. Alberta.   FRESH AND SALT MEATS.  P    BURNS &   CO.���Raker   street,   Nolson,'  ���   wholesale dealors in frosh and cured meats.  Cold storage.  GROCERIES.  A MACDONALD & CO.-Corner Fronb and  ���**"������ Hall stroets, wholosalo grocers and  Jobbers in blankets, gloves, mitts, boots, rubbers,  maokinaws and miners' sundries.   KOOTENAY  SUPPLY   COMPANY,   LIMITED���Vernon   streot,  Nolson,   wholesale  grocers.  TOHN CHOLDITCH & CO.-Front street, Nol  **    son, wholosalo grocors,  T Y. GRIFFIN & CO.���Front street. NoIbou  " ��� wholesale dealers in provisions, curnd  meats, butter and exes.  HARDWARE=AND=MINING=SUPPLIES[=  H BYERS & CO.���Cornor Baker and Josephine  ���   streets. Nelson, wholesale dealers in hard- -  ware and mining supplies.    Agents for Giant  Powder Co. ������ ..    LAWRENCE   HARDWARK    COMPANY  Baker St., Nelson, wholesale   dealers In  hardware and* mining supplies, and water and  plumbers' supplies.      ' /  LIQUORS AND DRY GOODS.  TURNER, BEETON Sc CO.-Corner Vernon  and Josophlno streets, Nolson, wholesale  dealers ln liquors, olgars and dry goods, Agenta  for Pab8t Browing Co. of Milwaukee and Cal  gary Brewing Co. of Calgary.  ~ SASH AND DOORS.  NELSON SAW AND PLANING MILLS,  LIMITED���Cornor Front and Hall streets,  Nelsou, manufacturers of and wholesale dealers  ln sash and dooraj all kinds of factory work made  to order.  WINES AND CIGARS.  CALIFORNIA WINK COMPANY, LIMI  TED���Corner Front and HaU streete. Nel  don, wholosale dealers ln wines (case and bulk,  ��nd rtnmnsHn anil itnoortioil olttars.  Two   Large  Rooms 'joined by arch.    Very  suitable for ottlcea.     Rent (20.   Houston Block.  Apply   ,  D. J. DEWAR, Madden Block.  The only hotel in Nolson that haa remained  undor one management since 1890.  The bed-rooms are well furnished and lighted  by electricity.  Tho bar Is always stooked by the beat dom a-  Uo and imported liquors and olgars.   ���  THOMAS MADDEN, Proprietor.  SLOGAN JUNCTION HOTEL  J. H. MohfANUS, Manager  Bar stooked with beat brands ot wlnea, liquors,  and Cigars. Bear on draught. Large comfort-  ablq rooms. liratalais table boa d.  ���������is*  NELSON LICENCE  DISTRICT.  Notice is hereby given that E. M. Peters of  Ymir has made application under the provisions  of tho "Liquor Licenco Act, 1U0O," for permission  to transfer his hotel licence from tho Palace  hotel at Ymir to the St.. Charles hotel at Ymir.  A meeting of the Hoard of Liconce Commissioners of the Nelson Licenco District will be  hold to consider such application at the Court  House at the City of AcIhoii on Tuesday, the  thirtieth day of April, 1U01, at the hour of ten  o'clock in the forenoon.  W. II. BULLOCK-WEBSTER,  - Chief License Inspector.  Chief Constable's Ofllce Nelson, B. C.  April 15th, 11)01.    '  NOTICE TO DELINQUENT CO-OWNERS  To T. A. Stkvknson, or to any person or persons to whom ho may have transferred his  interest in the Lila mineral claim, at Morn  ing Mountain. Nelson Mining Division:  You are hereby notified that I have expended  the sum of One Hundred and Fifty-Seven Dollars  in  labor and  improvements   upon   tho abovo  mentioned mineral claim, in order to hold nuid  mineral  claim  under  the   provisions   of   the  Mineral Act, and if wiihin ninety days from the  date of this notice you fail or rcfufc tocontribut,  your proportion of Riich expenditure, togetlio.  with all cost* of advertising, your interest in faid  claim will become the properly of tlio subscriber  under section four of an Act entitled "An Act to  Amend the Mineral Act, 1900."  DANIEL  HERB,  Datod this 12th day of Fobruary, 1S0L THE TRIBUNE: NELSON, B. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL U, 1901  BANK OF MONTREAL  CAPITAL, all paid up....$12,000,000.00  RBST     7.000,000.00  TJNDIVIDBD PROFITS       427.180.80  Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal ...President  Hon. George A. Drummond -..Vice-President  E. S, Clouston General Manager  NELSON BRANCH  Corner Baker and Kootenay Streets.  A. H. BUCHANAN, Manager.  THE CANADIAN  BANK OF COMMERCE  WITH 'WTIICH IS AMALGAMATED  THE  BANK  OF  BRITISH COLUMBIA.  HEAD OFFICE: TORONTO.  Paid-up Capital,  Reserve Fund,  .      .      $8,000,000  -      -      -   $2,000,000  ACCRECATE RESOURCES OVER $65,000,000.  Branches In London (England) Nkw York,  Ohicago, and all the principal cities in Canada.  Buy and soil Sterling Exchange and Cable  Transfers.  Grant- Commercial and Travelers' Credits,  available in any part of tho world.  Drafts Issued, Collections Made. Eto.  Savings Bank Branch  CURRKNT RATR OK INTKRK8T PAID.  TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE.  TUESDAY'S    QUOTATIONS.  ���stock.                                        Asked. Bid.  B. 0. Gold Fields �� 2i $    IJ  Black Tail  11.      3  Brandon & Golden Crown            5 3  Canadian Goldfields Syndicate...         6i 5}  Cariboo  (McKinney)  30 31  Cariboo Hydraulic      155 145  Centre  Star   40 3!)  Crow's Nest Pass Coal    86 OH     80 00  California......'...-;.           5J IJ  Deer  Trail   Consolidated          2j IJ  Evening Star...          (i 3  Golden Star...          li 7  Fairview Corporation           3J 23  Giant           H 3  Granby   Smelter...   ol 18  Hammond Reef  2    '      1}  Iron Musk  33 32  Jim Hliiiue..* ."          !) 4  Knob Hill  55 li  MontrcolS: London....  5.(2      3  Morning   Glory���          9 0  Morrison           5 3i  Mountain Lion.  10 15  Noble Five          8i (i  North Star.  78 , (IS  Nulson-Slocan   101 9  Old  Iroimides".......:". .."���"   85 78  Olive          7J: 0  Payno  39 33  Ramblor-Cariboo Consolidated... 25 23  Ropublic  2U 1!)  Slnoin Sovereign.       ;   0} 4\  Virtuo ;.. 15 10  Victory-Triumph.........          24 1}  War Eaglo Consolidated          31 27  Waterloo...........................          2i 2  Whito iBear  -,     3J  Wiunipog  8  v      *, SALES.    ...  1500 While Bear..   1000 Republic).;   IS'lfl Golden fetar   25C0 Cariboo-MeKinney  21  20  7  35  EASTERN CANADIAN NEWS  GALT, 23.���Tliis .town is to have  a Victoria memorial park.  RICHMOND, Quebec, 23.���John  McMorine, a pioneer of this place,  and father of Alexander McMorine,  Victoria, B. C, died this morning,  aged 79 years.  BROCKVJLLE, 23.���Henry Lombard fell into a vat of boilinj? maple  sap at Bellamy's yesterday and had  his arms and shoulders terribly  scalded.-  HALIFAX, 23.���The mail steamer  Lusitania, which left St. John Friday with the mails, reached here at  8 this morning. She has been outside the harbor in a dense fog since  Sunday morning. Her non-arrival  had caused some uneasiness.  QUEBEC, 23.���A public meeting  of the citizens was held today and  a big deputation appointed to go to  Ottawa and "urge the government  to purchase the Plains of Abraham,  in spite of the objections of Hon. R.  R. Dobell,  0 WEN SOUND, 23.���The fishing  tug Heather Bell has been .stuck m"  the ice field since Sunday morning,  seven miles from the harbor here.  Her owner, D. McDonald, and crew  of three men, though hot in immediate danger, are iu a precarious  condition.  RAT PORTAGE, 23.���Jake Gau-  daur, champion sculler, has issued a  challenge to all aspirauts for the  "titie'of-elfanTpi6n"_oarsm"an^ef7tircr  world to meet him for the championship and a side bet of $2500,  the race to be three miles with a  turn, and to take place at.Rat Portage.    .*.'...  ARTHUR, Ontario, ��� 23.��� The  crown authorities have ordered an  investigation into the circumstances  surrounding the death of Mrs. James  Gardiner, of West Luther, five miles  from here. Death was due to septic  poisoning, as the result of alleged  improper care at the birth of a  child, the family, it is said.belonging  to a sect which is averse to engaging physicians. - . ...  MONCTON, 23.���A daring robbery of the mails occurred at the  postoffice here last night. The robbers went through . mails which  arrived from St. John and Halifax,  taking registered letters and everything of value. The thieves got at  the mails by climbing over a partition.dividing the public and private office.  OTTAWA, 23.���The United  States.government has informally  agreed to Canada's proposition to  1'e-siu'iY.ey and define the boundary  line between British Columbia and  Montana, Idaho and Washington.  Tlie preliminary work of the survey will be commenced immediately.  McArthur of the survey branch of  the Interior department will leave  in a week or two.  True Bill Against Patrick.  Nkw York, April 23.���When the  grand jury which has been considering the charge of murder against  lawyer Patrick adjourned today it  was said that the case had been  finished, and it was reported that  an indictment had been rendered  for murder in the first degree.  Hon. Qeo. A. Cox,  President.  Robt. Kilgour,         Vice-President.  London Office, 60 Lombard Street, ��1. O.  New York   Office. 10   Exchange   Place.  aud Si Branches in Canada aiid the  United States.  IMPERIAL BANK  HEAD  OFFICE, TORONTO.  SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT:  Interest allowed on deposit*.    Present rate  three per cent.  GRANGE V. HOLT,  Manager Nelsou Branch.  UNITED STATES HAPPENINGS  PITTSBURG, 23.���Colonel Chill  W. Hazzard, editor and proprietor  of the Monongahela Republican,  and one of the most forceful citizens of western Pennsylvania, died  last night of paralysis.  NEW YORK, 23.���According to  a morning paper Frederick P. Fish  will take office as president of the  American Bell Telephone Company  and of the American Telephone and  Telegraph Compauy on July 1st  next. His salary will be $100,000 a  year.  NEW YORK, 23.���According to  a Herald despatch from Buenos  *Ayres,'Dr. Villier, an army surgeon,  announces that he has discovered a  serum to prevent tuberculosis. He  says that fifty experiments have  been made and have given good results. . '.  ROCHESTER, 23.���Two unknown  men were instantly killed iu.the  New York Central, yards at East  Rochester last night., They had  the appearance of,tramps, aud were  walking towards the train when  struck. The head of one man was  completely severed and the body of  the other was cut in two.  PHOENIX, Arizona, 53.���News  has just been received of the  murder of Frank and Charles Leal  by Francis Valdez, a Mexican  bandit, at Hardshell mining camp,  near Nogales, a few daysjigo. The  Leals were Americans, employed at  the Hardshell mines. Valdez started  Capital        -       -       $2,600,000  Rest       -      -      -    $1,725,000  H. S. HOWLAND Presidont.  I). It. WILKIK Oenoral Managor.  K. HAY Inspector.  SAVINGS   BANK   DEPARTMENT.  THK   CUKRKNT   HATK   OF    INTEREST   ALLOWED.  BUSINESS   MENTION.  Apply  Wanted���A female cook  Slocan Hospital, Now Denver.  'For Sale or Rent.���Piano at the  Old Curiosity Shop. ���  Furnished rooms to let, with  or  without boiird. Prices moderate. Mrs. Reilly,  Ward street, next to Post Oflice.  Lost���On Stanley street yester-  dny, a pocketbook containing a sum of money.  Finder will please return to the telophono office.  Lost���Black cocker spaniel, answers to name of Toby. Reward at Tribune  olllce.  To rent���Office in the   Turner-  Boncko block, cornor 'Ward nnd Baker. Apply  to John A. Turner.  Western Canadian Employment  Ofllce. P. O. Box 711, 'Phone 270. Male and  female help of all kinds furnished free of charge.  Two large, well-furnished rooms  to let. 1 and 5 Macdonald block, corner Jose-  phi no and Vernon.  .. For sale.���A good paying grocery  and bakery business. Only baker? in town. For  particulars apply to Stoin Bros., Sandon, B. C. .  To   let���Furnished   front "rooms  over Vanstone's drug store; $2.50 per weok. Also  six-room house to let.  A large, pleasant, furnished room  with all modern Hnproyejnent8._northea9t cor-  hcr;0ake~and=Cedar streets,-Nelson;     ;   "~   ;  We   have buyers   for gold and  copper mines, Tho Prospectors'Exchange. room  4, K-W-C Block.   Tolephono 101.   Nelaon, B. C.  Japan Tea of all kinds to suit  your taste. Sun Cured, Spider Leg, Pan Fired  In bulk or packages.   Kootenay Coffee Co.  Furnished house toletoncornerof  Mill and Ilall.streeta; seven rooms. Possession  can bo secured on or about May 15th. Apply on  tho premises.  That fine blend of Ceylon Tea we  are selling at thirty cents per pound is Riving  the best of satisfaction to our many -customers.  Kootenay Coffee Co.  If you have a mine or prospect for  sale, fend samples of ore and report to Tho Pros-  poctors' Kxchange, room 4, K-W-C Block. Tolephono 104.   Nelson, B, C.  ���We   have   Indian,   Ceylon    and  China Teas in great variety, choicest quality.  We make a specialty of blending toas and Bell  them in any quantity at lowest rates. Kootenay  Coffee Co -.**.'  First-class hotel property.,in  Nelson, for rent. Business gives  big returns. For particulars  address P. O. Box 719, Nelson.  THQMPS0N& DOUGLAS  . Victoria-Street.  PAINTERS  Decorators and  Paper Hangers.  NELSON BUSINESS COLLEGE  SPRIHC  TERM   BECINS APRIL  1st.  Bookkeeping, shorthand and typewriting  thoroughly taught. Do not miss this opportunity  of acquiring a business education. Note address.  C0RNEB WARD AND BAKES STREETS  Nelson Branch���Burns Block, 221 Baker  Street.  J. M. LAY, Manager.  a row with them in a saloon and  then shot them both. After they  had fallen he shot each one again  through the heads and then battered their skulls in with the butt  of his revolver.  HUNTINGTON, 23.���The Ohio  river is 55.2 feet high and rising an  inch an hour. Guyandotte river is  rising again at headwaters. One  foot more of water is expected here.  News of great suffering comes from  the interior counties.. No fatalities  have been reported today. After  an almost six days' continuous rain  the weather cleared up at midnight.  HURON, South Dakota, 23.���  News was received here yesterday  of a disastrous fire 14 miles southeast of Washington. A broad  stretch of country was burned, and  much farm property consumed. I.  W. Hanks and P. Raymond were  caught in the flames, Raymond's  clothing being burned off and his  body fearfully scorched.  Irish Troops Mutiny.  London, April 23.���Two hundred  of.the Royal Munster Fusileers refused to parade at Carlisle fort,  in Cork, yesterday, as a mark of  their disapproval for being transferred from Spike island to Carlisle  fort. As a precautionary measure  the officers of this battalion locked  up the arms, and notified the military headquarters at. Spike island  of the occurrence. It is understood  that soldiers from another battalion will be sent to Carlisle fort to  bring the insubordinate soldiers  under control.  Pennsylvania Collieries Gave In. ���  Scranton, April 2.3.���The mine  cave-in of the Glen wood collieries  surface at Mayfield, Lackawanna  county; continued today. Already  over twenty houses have been  damaged, and the Greek Catholic  church continues to show evidence  of great danger. The house of  Lavon Hutick, which went down  four feet during the early part of  the day, caught fire and was  burned, there being no means of  fighting the fire owing to the broken  water pipes. The people of the  place are wildly excited today.  Ti-'''  m'  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  Good Advice  ������������  A FULL LINE OF  Front Doors  Inside Doors  Screen Doors  Windows  Inside Finish  local andooasb.���~ "  Flooring  local and coast.  Newel Posts  Stair Rail  Mouldings  Shingles  Rough and  Dressed Lumber  Of all kinds,  U WHAT YOU WANT IS NOT OT STOCK  WE WILL MAKE IT COR TOU  CALL AND GET PRICES.  J. A. Sayward  BALL AND LAKE.STREETS, NELBON  Porto Rico Lumber Go.  (LIMITED)  CORNER OF      r  HENDRYX AND VERNON STREETS  Roughand  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.  9)  Can be given, taken and used without  spoiling it. Just as good after using as  before; and it makes no difference how  many use it, it is good always. The best  advice we can give our customers in  the Kootenays is to send us their mail  orders, and be sure and see our new  Spring   lines   when   they  visit   Nelson.  **?*******.**.******  JACOB  DOVER,  The  Jeweler  NBLSON, B.C.  All watch repairing guaranteed,  as we employ none but the best  workmen.  Mail orders receive our prompt  and careful attention. Our prices  are always right.  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  /��  ITS*-'-  THE  Mansfield Manufacturing Go.  NELSON,  B. C.|  Builders and  Contractors  Porto Rico LumberCo. Ltd.  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. My  aim will be at all times to supply you with our, produets at lowest  possible prices. Being in 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 Keep on hand a stock of Fire Brick, Fire Clay,  Tiles and Cement.  Our Bricks^ and Lime Rock have taken the First Prizes at the  Spokane Industrial Exposition in 1899 and also this year. We also  secured prizes last year and this year for Ornamental and Building  Stone.  We are prepared to offer special rates to Contractors and  Builders.  ERNEST MANSFIELD,  tor The Mansfield Manufacturing Company.  Successors to  The West Kootenay Brick tf Lime Co., Ltd  IS  P. Burns & Co.  Wholesale and Retail  HRiNE~B. o. Dealers in Meats  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 Kootenay Butcher Co.  ALL KINDS OF  FRESH AND SALTED MEATS  WHOLESALE! AND RETAIL  FISH AND POULTRY IN SEAfiON  K. W. C BLOCK  WARD STREET  E. C. TRAVES, Manager  OKORRS BY MAIL RECEIVE CAREFUL AND PROMPT ATX MOTION  pnnmininniinigi��iIiimnmmiinimiiiriimiiimriTni��rffmTrTiirT;ini^ri��"am'  THE   PROSPECTORS   EXCHANGE  No. 4, K. W. C. Block,  NELSON, B. O.  Oold, Silver-Lead and Copper Mines wanted at the Exchanf ce.  Free-Milling Gold Properties wanted at once for Eastern In treBtors.  i Parties having mining property for sale aro requested to send samplos of .their oro to the  : Exchange for exhibition. We desire to hear from all prospectors who have promising mineral  ���J  claims in British Columbia.  Prospectors and mining nri>Vrare requested to make tho Exchange thoir headquarters/when  in Nelson. .**.'���-  All samples should be sent by express, Prepaid.   Correspondence solicited.  Address all communications^ to  Telephone 104     ;,; ANDREW  F.   ROSENBERGER,  P.O. Box 700 Nel'siw, B. C,  ixxxxxxxxirxxxzxTxrxxxxxrxxxixroxxxccr  I  DfrogXTiitrxixiiixTuxtii mmnmim -tz*i  ���W.'P. TIERNEY  Telephone 205.  AGENT FOR GALT COAL  Office: Two Doors West C. P. R. Offices  FURNISHED   HOUSES  Wo have sororal good furnished houses to let  for the summer months.  H. &   M.  BIRD  BROKEN HILL BLOCK.  WEST TRANSFER GO.  N. T. MACLEOD, Manager.  All Kinds  of Teaming and Transfer  Work.  Agents for Hard and Soft. Coal. Imperial Oil  Conipnny. Washington UWclt, '..itnc & Mauri-  factoring Company. Oeneral coi nmci"ciftl agenta  and brokera.  All coal and wood strictly camh on delivery.  BOARD   OF   HEALTH  REGULATIONS  For the Prevention of the Spread of  Smallpox in the City of Nelson.  All passengers arriving' at the City of NelBon  from all points oast of the Kootenay Hiver will  bo required to furnish the inspector or' ofllcer ia  charge of the carrying out ot these regulations  with a corl iflcate from the health ofllcer of the  city or town from which he or she has. left, containing the following particulars:  1. (ai That he or she has not been in any place  or building infectrd with smallpox.  (b) That he or fhe has not livod In any place  or building which lies dangerously near any infected building or district.  (c) That he or she has been successfully vaccinated since January, 1901.  2. If the inspector believes that any person is  infected,- or that his or her clothing or other  effects contain infection the inspector siiall detain such person and his or her clothing aud effects  asaforcsaid, until the period of incubation is over,  and such person and his or her clothing and other  efl'ects shall be at once disinfected.  3. If he only suspects that any person on board,  or the effects of any such person have been exposed to infection, he shall notify the'medical  health ofllcer of tho locality to which' the person  is going to meet the train or boat, and to keep the  person thereafter under observation.'  4. In the event of any passenger bringing any  baggage (hand or otherwise) or whother t he same  shall bo forwarded by express, the following  certificate may also be required from the healtn  ofllcer o' tho town or city aforesaid:  (a) That the said baggage' (here give a full  description of said baggage so that there can be  no question as to identification) has not been in  any place or building infected with smallpox.  (b) That the said baggage has not been stored  or used in any place or building which lies dangerously near to any infected building or district.  5. All railway and steamboat companies must  strictly adhere to the following regulations:  (a) All mail and baggage from poin's above  mentioned destined for the City of Kelson, on or  before leaving the last point of caU'on Kootenay  River must furnish the inspector or ofllcer in  charge of the carrying out of these regulations,  with a certificate from the health ofllcer of such  points where fumigation takes placo that same  lias been done.  (b) All cars or steamboats on which have  been discovered infected persons, baggage or  mail, will not be permitted to again convey puh-  - sengers, baggage, etc., into the City of Nelson  until disinfected and fumigated to the satisfaction of I he medical health olllcer of this city.  (c) No Indians shall be allowed to laud in the  City of Nelson under any conditions.  This proclamation goes into effect immediately.  FRANK FLKTCHER,  Mayor of the City of Nelson,  D. LA 11AU,  Medical Health Ofllcer.  Nelson, 13. C, March 2ud, 1!��1.  PROS-  CLASSKS   OF   INSTRUCTION   FOR  PKCTORS AND OTHKRS.  Nc  OTICK is hereby given that classes of instruction for prospectors, miners and ol hers interested in mining are being held in KosHland, H.  C, under the control of the Rossland School of  Mines, assisted by a grant from the Provincial  Governments  The Instructors are J. M. McGregor. B. A. Sc,  V. Ij. S., and H, K. T. llaultain, II. A. Sc.  The course extends over the months of January, February, March and April, and consists of  a series of lectures and classes on five evenings of  each weok.  The course covers:���  Ciikmistkv.���A short course of lectures preparatory to the course in mineralogy and blow-  piping.  Mi.vkkai.OGV AM) Hl.owi'11'I.vo.���Lectures on  tho elements of mineralogy illustrated by hand  specimens and a course of blowpiping.  Gkoi.oo v.���Lectures on clement.') of geology as  illustrated from the geology of llritish Columbia,  and tlie mode of occurrence of ore deposits, vein  formation,    Assures,    faults,   etc.,   and   Held  methods. ,.. n       . .���,,  Piiosi'Kctino and AViN.vixo okOitKS.���Tho application of the principles of mineralogy, geology,  and mechanics to the discovery and winning pf  valuable minerals, and the methods and appli-  aoccs in use to open up the deposits, and tho various methods of oro treatment.  Mechanics.���Tho elementary principles or mechanics and thoir application to mining, dealing  with strength of iron, steel and timber, and machinery. . ,  Dhawing.���The dements of drawing, such as  fvill enable the student to mako serviceable  dtetches in tho field, the free-hand sketching of  machinery, and tho principles of reading maps  and plans and surveys. ' " ��� -  Thero will bo a small reforenco library.  RICHARD McMUDR,  Ministor of Mines.  TELEFHQ NK117.  Office 1M Balder St.  NOTICE.  Town Lots, New Denver.  Notice is hereby given that, in pursuance of  tho notification published by this Department,  nnd datod 22nd June, 1899, under section 38 of the  "Land Act," agreements for the salo of Lots in  the Town of New Denver, which were purchased  from the Government at public auction on 20th  July, 1892, and upon which iho balance of purchase money and interest, is not fully paid up by  the 30th of April next, will bo cancelled and all  moneys paid thereiirwill bo forfeited.  W. C. WKLLS,  Chief Commission of Lands and,..\Vorks.  Lands and Works Department,  Victoria, II. C, 21st March, 1901.  DISSOLUTION   OF  PARTNERSHIP.  Notice Is heroby given that the partnership  heretofore existing between Lewis Noll and  Wcsloy K. Cox, carrying on business as hotol-  *keepcrs in tho premises known as the Porto Kico  hotel at Porto Uico Siding, H. C, under tho firm  n lino of Noll & Cox, has this day been dissolved  by mutual consent. For the future the Porto  Uico hotol will he conducted by Lewis Noll, who  will assumoall liabilities of the lato firm and to  I whom all accounts owing said tlrm are herewith  payable. LOUIS NOLL,  P J WESLKY E. COX.  Witness: Robt. Rknwick.  I     .Nolson, March 38th, 1901.  TRADES   UNIONS.    .  TVTELSON     SOCIALISTIC    EDUCATIONAL  ���L'1    CLUB meets every Sunday at 3 o'clock p.m.  in the Miners' Union Hall.   A cordial invitation    <  is extended to every one to come and take part)  in discussious.   John Roberts, secretary.  AUNDRY WORKERS'UNION OF NELSON  -No. 8591. A F. of L.���Meets in Miners' Union  Hall, C. I'. K. Mock, corner of Baker nnd Stani  ley streets, on fourth Friday in every month afc.  7:30 p.m. sharp. Visiting membfrs of American  Federation cordially invited to attend. C. Fredrick, president; A. W. McFce, secretary.  XT1CLSON MINERS' UNION NO. 96. \V. *. if  ���L'1   M.���Meets in miners' union rooms, northwest corner of Baker and Stanley streets, every  Saturday evening at 8 o'clock.   Visiting mem  bora welcome. M. R. MowAtt, President. Jamo  Wilkes,   Secretary.    Union Scai.k of Wages   -  kok Nelson*    District���Per  shift,    machine  men, $3.50: hammersmen miners. $3.25; muckers,  carmon, shovelers and other underground labor- '  ers, $3.00.  TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL.-Tho regu-  lar meetings of the Nelson Trades and Labor '���  Council will be held in the miners' union hall,  corner Baker and Stanley streets, on tho first and  third Thursday of each month, st 8 p.'m. C. J.  Clayton, President; A. T. Curie, Secretaiy.  rpHE rogular mootings of the Carpenters' Union  -*-   are hold on  Wednesday evening of each  week, at 7 o'clock, in the Miners' Union rooms  corner of -Baker  and  Stanley streets.   Charles ���_  Clayton, President. George Broadlcy, Secretary.  T5ARBERS' UNION.-Nclson Union. No. 19G. of  ���**-* the International Journeymen Barliers Cm  Ion of America, meets every flrst and third Monday of each month in Miner's Union Hall, at 8.30  sharp. Visiting brothers cordially Invited to  attend. R. McMahon, president; J. H. Mathe  son, secretary-treasurer; J. C. Oardnor, recording  secretary.   ' ** ���  ABORERS' UNION.-Nelson Laborers' Pro "  toctivo Union. No. 8121, A. F. of L., meete in  Minors' Union hall, C. P. R. block, corner of  Uukcr and Stanley streets, every Monday ovening  at 7:30 p.m. sharp. Visiting members of the American Federation cordially invited to attend.  A. .T. Curio, President. John Robeits, recording secretary.  ELSON PAINTERS' UNION���The regular  meeting of the   Painters'  Union Is held  the first and third Fridays in each month at Minors' Union hall at 7:30 sharp.   George Kacritt,  Presidont; Henry Bennett. Secrotary.  COOKS' AND WAITERS' UNION ���Kegular  meetings every Tuesday evening at 830  o clock, in Miners'Union Hall, corner of Baker  and Stanley streets. Visting brethren cordially  invited. Chris. Luft, president; H. Smelscr, financial and recording secretary.  PLASTERERS' UNION-Tho O. P. I. A. No.  172, meots every Monday evening in the  Elliot block, cornor Baker and Stanley streots, at)  8 o'clock. J. D. Mnvor. oresident; William  Vico, secretary, P. O. Box RIO.  A  FRATERNAL   SOCIETIES  NELSON LODGE, NO. 23. A. F. & A. M  Moete second Wednesday ln eaoh month  Sojourning brethren Invited.  NKLSON ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER No. 123  G. It. C���Mee'w third Wcdne-dnv. Sojouin-  iiig"coni'i)anioiw"invitcdrGoorgc~Johnslone,Z.rEr"  W. Mutthows, S. E. ��� *  NELSON AERIE, No. 22, F. O. E.���Moet second  and fourth  Wednesday of each month, at  Fraternity Hall.    Georgo  Bartlott,  president  John V. Morrison, secretary.  KNIGHTS OK PYTHIAS��� Nolson Lodge, No  25, Knights of Pythias, meete ln I. O. O. V.  Hall, corner Bakor and Kootenay streets, ever/  Tuesday ovening at 8 o'clock, visiting Knights  cordially Invited to attend. H. M. Vincent C. C.  A. T. Park, K. of R. & 8.  OOTENAY TENT NO. 7, IC. O. T. M.���  Hold their regular meetings on the first and  third Thursdays of each month. Visiting Sir  Knights are cordially Invited to attend. G. A.  Drown, R. K.; A. W. Purdy, Com.; R. J. Steel,  1). S C.   R. B. REILEY  (SUCCESSOR TO H. D. ASHCROFT)  BLACKSMITHS   AND   WOOD   WORK***  EXPERT HORSESHOEING.  Special attention given to all kinds of repairing  nnd custom work from o'.*isrtde pointe. Heavy  Kbits mado to order on shott. notioe.  removepT"  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.  NOTICE.  Conrtsof Assize, Nisi Pri us. Over and Terminer  and General Gaol Delivery will be holden in tho  Court House at. 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at tho  places and on the dates following, namely:  City of Nanaimo, on tho 23rd day of April, 1901.  City of Now Westminster, on tho 23rd day of  April, 1901.  City of Nelson, on the 7th dap of May. 1901.  City of Revelstoke, on the 7th day of May, 1901.  City of Vernon, on tho 15th day of May, 1901.  City of Kamloops, on the 23rd day of May, 1901.  City of Vancouver, on the 21st day of May, 1901.  City of Victoria, on the 28th day of May, 1901.  Town of Cliuton. on tho 2Sth day of May, 1901  By Command.  J. D. PRENTICE,  Provincial Secretary,  Provincial Secretary's Office,  poth March, 1901.;  '*'  -���'I THE 'TEIBUNE:'-NELSblSr, B C, WEB^ESBAY, APRIL U, 1901  1 . ������ i ��� .  \_.;tt_  Remember Ferland9s Sale  When you set out on your shopping- tour today, and your money  will go much farther than in any other store in town. There are very  few articles in the Dry Goods, frothing, Gents' Furnishing, or Boot  and Shoe lines that I am not offering at Eastern Wholesale Cost to  clear. Attention is directed to to following special bargains in Silks  Dress Skirts, White Muslin Wear and Shirt Waists :  Shirt Waists  Print Shirt Waists, tlio regular $1.00 line, $  Print Sliirt Waists at   White  Muslin   Sliirt  Waists,  the  regular  $1.25 lino now offered for  Colored Mercerized Shirt Waists, tlie reg  ular $2.50 line oil'ered at  Black Sateen Shirt Waists         G5  50  90  1 50  75  White Muslin Wear  Corset Covers at 18c, 25c, 40c, aud 50c.  White Skirts at 75c, $1.00, aud $1.50.  White Drawers at 25c, 50c, 75c, $1, $1.50 and $2.  White Night Gowns at 50c, 75c, $1.00 and $1.50.  Dress Skirts  Regular $10 Black Creponne Skirts, to clear $7 00  lingular*$7.50 Black Creponne Skirts nl ���. 5 00  Regular$4.50 Blue and Black Serge Skirts 3 00  Regular $4.50 Black Lustre Skirt's, to clear    2 50  Silks  ehjna Silks at 25c per yard. ,,    ���  Black Tafetta Silk, the $1.00 line for 00c.  Black Peau de Soie Silk, the $1.50 line for $1.00.  Black Satin, the $1.50 line, to clear at $1.00.  Large range of Fancy Colored Silks for Blouses at  all prices.  TRAIN ROBBERS GET $3000  SIX MASKED MEN PERFORM TBE  JOB NEATLY.  Hold Up an Arkansas Train and Rifle  the Express Safe of the Valuable Contents.  REMEMBER THIS IS A GENUINE  CLOSING OUT SALE.  A. FERLAND  Assayers Supplies  We carry in stock a full line of Assayers' and Chemists'  Supplies. The quality of our goods cannot be excelled  and  our  prices are   reasonabie.^^s     - =7=  We aro British Columbia Agents for_  THE DENVER FIRE CLAY CO.'S GOODS  WM. AINSWORTH <& SON'S BALANCES  SMITH & THOMPSON'S BALANCES  BRUNSTON'S POCKET TRANSITS  W. F. TEETZEL & CO.  VIOTORIA   BLOOK  NELSON,   B. O.  m  '(z>'(.  ���^^  :��:?  >m  #  m  m  MORRISON & CALDWELL  PROVISIONS  AND   PRODUCE.  OUR LEADERS���  The well-known Newdale Creamery Butter  In all sized packages and 1-pound bricks  . September Selected Ontario Cheese  Choice Matured Canadian Stilton Cheese  Fresh Bogustown Ranch Eggs  Sole Agents for Regal Brand Tea, Coffee and Spices  DEMANDS ARE TONED DOWN  RUSSIAN   STUDENTS   GIVE   THE  GOVERNMENT TIME.  Belief lhat Exiled Members Will Be  Recalled During the Summer by  the Authorities.  Bakep Street,  Nelson. B. C.  Morrison & Caldwell  m  *��Z����2��G2*$  '?m  ROSSLAND   HNQIINBBRIINQ  WORKS  cuNiiiFFB, & McMillan  Founders anQjachlril8te,^pj^l^fff_0re^Care, Ore-Bin  Doors and -General Mining Maohlnery.  Li^tToTsecond^Eiin^^  1 25-H. P. Locomotive-type boiler,"with engine attached and all fittings, ready to turn on steam.  1 0}"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 advertisement for further lists, or write us beforo you buy for complote list.   We  may have just what you want.  Agents for Northey Pumps.   Stock carried.  P.   O.  Box 198. THIRD  AVENUE,   ROSSLAND.  STRAGHAN  BROTHERS  PLUMBERS.  GOOD GOODS.  REASONABL PRICES  Will call at your residence or place  of   business   with   catalogues   and-  prices any time if dropped apostcard.  OPPOSITE POSTOFFICE.  NELSON, B. O  CITY LOCAL NEWS  The remains of the late Harry  Flanagan were yesterday interred.  All attempts to communicate with  his friends in the east failed.  There were two drunks before  police magistrate Crease yesterday  morning, and a fine of $5 and costs  was imposed in each case, with  the alternative of one month's imprisonment.  A regular northwest blizzard held  sway in Nelson yesterday afternoon for half an hour. The wind*  blew high aud low, the rain fell  charged with snow, and trafiic to  and fro, it ceased; pedestrians  shelter sought, who mackintoshes  bought, that they should not be  caught, and fleeced.  Professor Payne, the hypnotist,  will open a three nights' engagement at the opera house tomorrow  night under the auspices of the fire  brigade. The professor invites professional and representative men  on the platform so.as to prove the  genuineness of the performance.  Ohio Strikers Win.  COLUMHUS,   Ohio,   April    23.���A  /strike of 2500 miners over the dead  work scale in Ohio sub-district No.  75, which commenced yesterday was  practically ended by the signing of  the miners' scale by Schenick & Co.  of Bellaire, Belmont county, today.  This action it is believed will be  followed by the other operators  along the Ohio river.  Plenty of Money Offering.  London, April 23.���Applications  for the new war loan continue to  pour into the Bank of. England.  The subscribers today though numerous, were mainly small investors.  It is estimated that the loan was  subscribed for six or seven times (  over, and it is expected that the  list will be closed tomorrow as it is  not desired to lock up too much  money. Iu the house of commons  today various members sharply  criticized the budget increase of  the income tax, and tlie chancellor  of the exchequer, sir Michael Hicks-  Beach, replied that more money  must be raised somehow. None of  the objections suggested a better  way. He hoped that the additional  taxation might bring home to the  country the virtues of economy.  The income tax resolution was  adopted by 30(5 to 88 votes.  St. Petersburg, April 23.���The  universities were reopened yesterday. With the permission of the  minister of public instruction, general Vannovski, the students held a  meeting, and after a four hour's debate adopted the following resolution by a vote of 1501 to 228: "The  students, confiding ih the government's benevolent intention, and  desiring to give time to accomplish  necessary reforms, resolve to beg  the ministers not to - begin lectures  in the spring, and therefore the examinations in the autumn, when  they could be attended by comrades  who are now excluded; because, in  the contrary event, difficulties  might arise in the universities  whicli we wish to avoid."  The students were entirely alone  except for the presence of the chief  Beadle. Ten addresses were made,  most of them moderate and the  temper- of the meeting was distinctly conservative. The meeting  in a certain sense, was a continuation of that held Saturday, ,the  same students presiding.but the more  radical resolutions adopted Saturday  were not accepted. The Saturday  meeting had been forbidden but the  rector eventually opened the hall,  and four hundred students were  present. They demanded the recall  ^f'the^^b^nt^studeutsr^lt^is^be^  lieved that the resolutions adopted  yesterday'will render those passed  Saturday nugatory, and will receive  respectful consideration by the  government.  One of the speakers yesterday related a conversation he had had on  Sunday with senator Aescbaninoif,  and the new assistant minister  Meshcauinoff, who had emphasized  the statement that the government  could not receive categorical demands from the students, but had  expressed the belief that if the  students behaved moderately the  absentees would be recalled during  the summer. The university students will meet again today to receive the answer of the authorities  to the resolution.  Little Rock, Arkansas, April 23.  ���It is stated that over $3000 was  secured in the hold-up of the Choctaw, Oklahoma, & Gulf passeuger  train last night near Iron Mountain  crossing, four and one half 'miles  west of Memphis. The train reached  Little Roek half an hour late, at 0  o'clock this morning. Sidney Drew,  the negro porter, who was shot by  the band its j was taken to the St.  Vincent's hospital, where his wound  was dressed. His condition is serious. O. T. Meader, the express  messenger, was badly beaten over  the ��� head and shoulders with a  pistol, but was.able to continue his  run. The . passengers were not  molested.  Six masked men boarded the  train at Bridge Junction, half a  -mile west of Iron Mountain crossing. Messenger Meader started to  pass from the first car to the second,  when he was confronted by four  men, in whose hands were two  revolvers and two shotguns. Oue  of the gang grappled with Meader  and secured the pistol he carried in  the belt around his waist.  About this time the train began  to slow up, aud soon came to a full  stop. Then the shooting began.  The two men who had boarded the  rear of the. second car captured Sid-  new Drew, the porter, and made  him uncouple the cars. Under orders from two of the men who had  mounted tho cab, engineer Johnson  pulled the two baggage and express  cars about a -,mile away from the  train. '   '  When the engine stopped, George  Ward, a boy,, who had beeu riding  on the blind Jbaggago, car, sprang  off, aud started into the woods. A  shot from one of the robbers brought  him back to. the train. 'Open the  local ,safo)(or we will kill you,"  shouted the leader of the gang to  the messenger. The messenger  obeyed, and one of them placed the  contents of the local safe in a sack.  "Now you and the kid get into the  car ahead," was the order. Meader  did'not seem to move fast enough  to suit the bandit, who had him in  charge, and he - fell upon Meader  with the but end of a revolver, with  which the express messenger was  severely beaten over the head and  back.  The boy,frightened almost.out of  his senses, cowered in the corner of  the car aud was not attacked.  Meanwhile four of the gang were at  work on. the through safe in the  second car. About a pint of nitroglycerine was poured into the ed ges  of the. door.... When everything  was ready, a fuse was lighted and  all left the car. A terrible explosion followed. The door of the  safe was~blo^n=^ff=^nlI=^liuT"led  the car. The  the  was blown c  through the side of  robbers   then   re-entered  car,  Fashionable Wedding at Three Forks.  Three Forks, April 18.���[Special  to the, .Tribune].���Arthur Mullen  and Mrs. Ellen Burdick were married here today 'by Rev. father  Qote. The groom is one of the pioneers of the Slocan and is rated as  a millionaire mine owner, in addition to whicli he. owns one-half of  the site upon whieh the town of  Three 'Forks is built. Champagne  was drunk all day to the health of  the bride and, groom.  Infantry Recruits Are Scarce.  London, April 23.���The annual  returns of recruiting for 1900 shows  a total enlistment of 98,301, against  42,700 in 1S99. The recruiting for  the infantry is regarded as unsatisfactory. In spite of tlie impetus of  the war and the reduction in the  standard of height, the number of  enlisted infantrymen is below that  of 1899, the recruits generally having preferred'the" "ahowierbrttuches  of the service.  m  4.  1.  9.  9.  m  m  m  m  9.  ��  9.  m  9.  9.  9.  9.  9.  ��  9*  m  9.  *  9.  9.  9.  m  9.  9.  9.  9.  Iff  Iff  Iff  Iff  Iff  IP  t.  Iff  Iff  <ff  Iff  Iff  Iff  Iff  Iff  Iff  Iff  Iff  Iff  if.  Iff  <ff  IP  Iff  <ff  Iff  Iff  Iff  Iff  Iff  Iff  Iff  Iff  Iff  *iii*.  OPERA HOUSE  BACK AGAIN  PROFESSOR    PAYNE  20th CENTURY  HYPNOTIST.  Commencing  Thursday, April 25th  "....and Continuing  3-NIGHTS-3  Matinee on Saturday  at 3 o'clock.  SPECIAL   FEATURES  UNDER AUSPICES OF  NELSON FIRE BRIGADE  POPULAR PRICES  ***  %  Iff  Iff  Iff  IP  Iff  IP  IP  IP  Iff  Iff  Iff  Iff  <P  (P  IP  IP  IP  IP  IP  Iff  1��  Iff  iff  Iff  Iff  IP  Iff  IP  IP  IP  IP  IP  IP  IP  IP  (P  <ff  IP  f>  iff  Iff  iff  iff  iff  Iff  iff  *  iff  iff  IP  iff  IP  iff  Iff  iff  Iff  Iff  iff  iff  Iff  Iff  9.  Iff  Iff  Iff  Iff  TELEPHONE 27  s.   zB"3r:E:R,s <& oo  Store, Corner Bakor aud Josephine Sheet  PAINTS, OILS \m CLASS.  GARDEN   TOOLS.  REFRIGERATORS    rubber and cotton hose.  POULTRY  NETTING  Sole   Agents   for   Giant   Powder   Company    and   Truax   Automatic   Ore   Cars.  STORES   AT  jsnEnLsoiEr  s.A_2sr:Do:isr  and it was the work of a few  moments to transfer the contents  of the safe to the sack. Everything  waa taken. The robbers then  jumped off, and with a parting  shot disappeared into the cane  brakes. Engineer Johnson ran  back to the rest of the train, and as  soon as the couplings, were made,  pulled away for Edmunston, the  next telegraph station, twelve miles  distant. Here the affair was reported L to superintendent Harris,  who immediately secured a pack of  blood hounds and hurried to the  scene.  Whyte to Visit Russia.  Montreal, April 23. ��� The announcement is made that the first  task of Mr. ^Vhyte, the newly appointed assistant to the president  of the Canadian Pacific railway,  will be to take a trip over the trans-  Siberian railway, with.the object of  studying the.opportunities for an  extension of the" Canadian trade  with that region. If prospects are  reported good tlie establishment of  steamship service. between Vladi-  vostoek and Vancouver will be  likely to follow. Mr.. Whyte will  leave for St. Petersburg shortly,  and will be accompanied by a civil  engineer.  .  No Friend of the King's.  London, April 23.���Mrs.Hartman,  to whom king Edward has granted  the use of the White Lodge (Richmond), is not an American, and has  no,,connection with America. The  fact is Mrs. Hartraan. has taken a  long lease of . the White Lodge,  which has been a sort of white elephant on the hands of the royal  family since the death of the duke  and, duchess of Teck. Mrs! Hart-  man is exceedingly rich, has a handsome house in Berkeley square, is a  sister of the countess de Jacquorfc  of Paris, aiid is not a friend of the  king.         '.-.  Canadians Secure the Cross.  London, April '23:���The Gazette  this afternoon announces that the  Victorian Cross has.been conferred  on lieutenants H. Z. C. Cockburn  and R. E. W. Turner, aud sergeant  E. Holland of the Royal- Canadian  Dragoons, for cohspicious bravery  at Kqomatispoort river, on November 7tb, iu protecting the artillery  from capture. The Gazette also  makes the announcement that Robert Gunth and Wyndham S. "Portal  have been made baronets.  ii  n  $100  the City.  $550  sold.  A  month  will rent a first-  class    Furnished    Hotel    in  Will buy a' nice property in  Hume    Addition.    Must   be  App'y���H. R. Cameron  New Bakery  The Star Bakery has opened  a branch store on Josephine  street, next to F. Irvine & Co. 's  millinery establishment.  BREAD  REDUCED IN  PRICE BUT  NOT IN  WEIGHT  5  see  Sold at  Come and  cakes, etc.   -  R. G. JOY^  cents  the  per   loaf,  display of  Proprietor  NOTICE.  Notice is hereby given that I Intend tr> apply at  the next sittings of the Board of Licence CotE-  iiiisr-ioncrs for the City of.Nelson, to be hold after  the expiration of thirty days from Iho date hei oof,  for a transfer of Ihe retail liquor licence now held  by me for the Grand Central hott'l situato on lots  23 and 21. block(16, subdivision of lot 95 in the  City of Nelson, lo Gust Ericaon of the said City of  Nolson. . .  F.SIMPSON.  Witness, \V. C. McDonald.  Datod tbis twenty-second day of April, 1901,  ��� ���     ������  FRESH  VEGETABLES  are still in the market. We  have some of the nicest  cabbage, carrots, and parsnips that we have ever  hand led. Also a complete  stock of green vegetables  arrive daily, consisting of  lettuce, onions, asparagus,  spinach, rhubarb, and.ripe  tomatoes.  KIRKPATRICK & WILSON  Telephone id  The LEADING   GROCERS  K-W-C Block, Baker Street  FISHING TACKLE  IS NOT A NEW VENTURE WITH US.  We know your wants and have what you need-. _ Our line is  too large to enumerate, b>ut a call will convince you that it is:  the most complete in the city.  LAWRENCE   HARDWARE   CO.  Importers and Dealers in Shelf and Heavy Hardware.  NELSON CLOTHING HOUSE  .   .     . NO.   219   BAKER   STREET,   NELSON.  TOO   Is/L^JIsI^r  SHOES'  25  Per   Cent   Discount.  From thi9 date I will give 25 per cent discount on all boots and  shoes in stock. My stock is complete and very large, and in order  to reduce same I am offering the public this great chance to secure new  and up-to-date goods at these extremely low prices.  J. A. Gilker, Proprietor  E. FERGUSON & CO.  WHODHSAEE LIQUORS^AND^CIGARSf  ...*���'���       NELSON, BRITISH COLUMBIA.  I  DOMESTIC CICARS  Amongst a large assortment we carry the following brands: El Cielo, FJor  de Melba, La   Marea,  La  " Veda,    Rosebery,    Buena.  - Galana.  THE CRANDA HAVANA CICARS  A full line ranging from  .$50 to $120. A declaration  accompanies each box, certifying that the finest  Havana tobacco only is  used by this factory. We  recommend them.  Our  Special Canadian Bye is the Most Palatable Whiskey in tbe  Market.   We have it in bulk and in cases 5's and 6's.  PERSONAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO MAIL ORDERS  J  Fishing Tackle  We carry in stock Hardy Bros,  steel-center and green heart fly  rods, reels, flies, casts, traces,  and bails. Our line is very  la'ge and complete. Mail orders receive prompt attention.  TISDALL'S  GUN STORE  VANCOUVER.  ALL KINDS OF FLOWER, VEGETABLE AND  GARDEN SEEDS  Houston Block-.  Talephone 181.  ft O. Bok 170.  JOHN A. IRVING & CO.