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 ��  Mineral Production; of British Columbia in 1900  $16,407,645  &&��  ^m  Mineral Produotlon of Kootenai \r\ 10M  $10,562,032  NINTH YEAR  -Kidgf  NELSON, B. C, FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1901  FIVE CENTS  .MINE OWNERS' MEMORIAL  ADDRESSED TO THE GOVERNOR-  GENERAL-IN-COUNCIL.  A Document Dealing in the Condition  and Needs of the Mining Industry  -   i ���  of the Province.  ,    The Mine Owners' Association has had  ; 'two meetings at Nelson within a month.  The  members -'aro  very  close-mouthed  .    as to the proceedings had at these meetings.    The  first one  was  held  on  the  2Sth  of  June,   and   the  result; of  that  meeting is given rbclow.   It is published  exclusively this morning0 in The Trib-  ���'June, for the members of the association  are beginning to admit that The Tribune is the only newspaper in the province that is !a strictly impartial authority on the economic conditions at pres-  ' ent prevailing  in  Kootenay and  Yale.  The proceedings had at that meeting in  June were in 'the- shape of a Memorial  to His Excellency the Governor General  in Council.   It reads as follows:  TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL IN COUNCIL: This  memorial of tho British Columbia Mining Association, an organization duly  incorporated and formed under the laws  of the province of British Columbia, and  representing.in its membership .the metal mining industry of the province, respectfully sets forth as follows:  That the province' of British Columbia  prior to the recent development of its'  metal mining industry had acquired n  population of only 65,000 whites.  During the past 10 years the growth  of this industry has afforded a rapidly  increasing annual .production which in  the year 1900, had reached a total of  S11.348.4S1.    .  ���.." Large amounts of Canadian and British capital have been invested in thic  new industry.  This rapid growth has stimulated numerous industries throughout the'province and the Dominion; lias brought the  physical,  geological,   and  mineralogica!  features .of the province to,the notice of  the world, and has been the chief factor  -   in increasing,its population to the-present figure of about L10.000 whites.  ��� ln  the  continent of  North  America!  4(|'he Cordilleras of the Rocky mountains'.  ��� after passing thr'ougli'j;M��xfc'6"'and tlie  United States, in their hdi'tliward course  enter the province of iaritish Columbia,  and pass through its entire length, 700  miles,   covering  the. entire 'width,   400  mile's:    From  these ' Cordilleras  within  Mexico and the United States have been  extracted   the   vast   stores   of   metallic  ..   wealth that .have enriched these countries and Europe.    There is no geological   reason  Svhy the  Rocky  mountains  should not be as prolific in mineral resources within the province of British  Columbia    as    within    the    '-countries  named;    therefore,    British    Columbia.  ''--measuring 700. miles in length and 40C  miles in ������width, and having an area of  '280,000 square miles, or 179,200,000 acres,  or. about 1630 acres'for each white inhabitant of the province, or 34 acres fo:  each white inhabitant of the Dominion  so far as is known is one vast minerai  field.   That this vast mineral field, witl  the exception of- a narrow strip  alon:  the Boundary line of the United States  ��� and a few isolated spots, elsewhere, is  ���entirely^undeveloped���and=even=unex���  pi oral..  The development of these resources  begun a few- years ago so auspiciously  has been brought to a practical standstill; and whereas a few years ago the  ���mountains were swarming with prospectors, today these pioneers of the mining, industry have nearly disappeared.  The flow of capital into the province  has been practically cut off; the metal  production is at present decreasing:  numbers of producing mines have closed  down, and,those operating have, with a  few; exceptions, ceased to pay dividends.  The working mines are struggling under  heavy burdens which are still accumulating each year. It is now frankly  admitted by mining men that the industry is prostrated in many mining divisions and; that its condition is rapidly  becomin**: worse.  This association has been reluptant to  make public these facts, hoping that  their realization by the communities immediately interested would lead to the  gradual removal of the evils that caused  the***., but it is, nt l?.st evident that  there is no chance of this ben*.**- realized,, and consequently any further con-  ee-alni'ent would be useless and detrimental to the, best ..interest of the country.  It is-believed that the only hope for  the industry and the communities interested lie's in wide and frank publicity  and .-officiaL.investigation. No other  course offers any hope of bringing about  the prompt- and radical reforms necessary to re-establish the industry in the  position it.- should occupy naturally.  Now, .-therefore.'the British Columbia  Mining-Association balls attention to the  fact that the, blighting of the industry  is not due' entirely to natural causes,  but mainly to unwise legislation. The  ore deposits of. British Columbia prom-  is�� to enual those found in the Rocky  .Mountains- elsewhere, but their development and utilization are .serious]*' retarded 1*7 br.rt !r.v/s.  In making these statements it is clearly recognized (that the growth of metal  mining, just now checked, has suffered  ���from .the infantile diseases that affect  the industr;*- in other minin--- regions' of  the world, to-wit: The ordinary elements of chance in the behaviour of ore  deposits in new fields; the difficulties of  -pioneer work in new regions; over valuation of prospective mines; stock swind  les; bad management, etc., etc. Such  evils, which always appear during the  early growth of the mining industry,  have been no worse in British Columbia  than in other mining regions of the  world, and should gradually lessen and  disappear as the industry becomes established and. permanent. These evils,  however, together with the tendency to  ascribe to each individual failure some  natural cause, have blinded the public  to the great and overwhelming burdens  resulting from legislative enactments.  With the improvement of the other conditions unfavorable to the industry during the past few years, this artificial  burden has become more clearly recognized as the main cause of the present  depressed condition, and it is believed  unless radical relief is given at. an early  day the industry will with the exception  of some rich deposits here and there,  be surely crushed out eventually.  The total-weight of the legislative  burdens bearing so heavily on the industry can only be properly seen by  viewing them in the aggregate, and considering not only those that may be  easily cured but also those which at  the present time seem permanently established. It is recognized, for instance,*  that the mining industry must bear its  fair share of the reasonable cost of government, and that it is not within the  power cf the Dominion government to  open the United States lead market to  the product of our lead mines unless it  become possible in the future by some  form of reciprocity, to be arranged for  by the representatives of both countries.  The need for radical-relief to the industry where it is possible, however, is apparent from the following summary of  the artificial burdens now imposed:  ; PUOVlN>*l.'\L    TAXATION.  Estimated    exDondlturc    for   fiscal  year   eliding   June   .'nth,   1 !),"���],   is  S2.;,.-7,87;{, ol which tno amount to  be raised by taxation is $1,394,550  DOMINION TAXATION.  Customs,   etc $3,750,000  Total, general tuxes ....* $5,144,550  LOCAL  TAXATION.  Town and  municipal,  is  omitted  for  want of statistics, but adds from.$5 to  $8 per capita to the above general taxes.  POPULATION.  Ono hundred and fifty thousand total,  or 110,000 whites, or about 50,000 white  male'adults. (Foot note 2). Hence the  above enormous taxation is saddled upon a pioneer population so small that  if collected in one spot it would consti-  -tute a town of only ordinary size, say  one-half the size of Toronto, and one-  third that of Montreal.  Taxation  per capita,  total  whites 5 1G.7"  (If local  tax included,  probably $52  to $55 per capita.)  Taxation per capita, white male adult 102.S!)  .(If local tax included, probably *"10S-  to Sill per capita.)  If Dominion census returns should  show that these estimates of population are too high tho por capita would  bo proportionately increased.  BURDEN IMPOSED UPON MINING.  Owing to the imecual distribution of  present taxation it is notorious thai  mining districts bear an excessive proportion of the-load, making the per  capita, .for. .them-more''.than the above  amount. The above .taxation is shifted  mainly to the ultimate producers. If  divided among the five industries; according to their relative importance,  roughly indicated by such statistics of  production and exports ;as exist, the  probable share carried by each is:  Industry.      Annual pro- Per ct. Propor-  .           "��� auction.' tion tax.  Metal   mining-   ....'fll,is-s1*!*l 50 5**,57**,2i.-  Coal, mining,   etc..   -1,903,270 22 1,131,SOI,  Fisheries     '..    3.SU0.0OO Ui.S 864,28-1  Lumbering-    '.   1,350,000 U 30S.C73  Agriculture and  IT WILL MAKE A BIG MINE  DEVELOPMENT    ON    THE    SPECTATOR GROUP.  nisccllaneous   ...   1,150,030  Totals  207,517   522,644,751     100   .- $5,144,550  BURDEN   OF   METAL   MINING.  Product for TJ0U   ..$11,34S,4S1  General taxation (equal to 22.7 per  cent of prod ict taken for cost'  of government)    2.572,27.)  Balance   left   for   expenses   and  profit (?) $S,77G,20fl  As a matter of fact the unequal distribution mentioned makes the real load  much in excess of this 22.7 per cent.  It is also evident that the other four  industries shift :���- considerable portion  of their taxes on to mining through the  supplies which they furnish to it. Thus  the actual load is considerably in excess  of the above fiirure.  The results of the above excessive taxation show themselves in mining communities in the form of costs of living,  in business and in mining operations,  which, in view of their distance from  supplies, are very excessive. This is  notorious and is the subject of general"  complaint. Such items as the following  list bear directly on the mines, and are  thereby clearly recognized, while the  others reach them in innumerable ways  through the gradual shifting of taxation  on to the ultimate producers.  1. Customs duties, the effect of which  is to increase running expenses by an  amount which, as nearly as can be estimated, is about 12 per cent.  2.-Tho two per cent tax imposed" on.,  the output of mines. *. The effect of  this tax is to appropriate six per cent  of the net profits on ore of medium  grade, increasing to 12 per cent and upwards on ore of low grade. This prevents the extension of mining to low  grade ores, and has led to the practical  suspension of further investments of  capital in that direction. Such low  grade ores exist in large quantities in  the province, and experience in other  regions has shown that they constitute  the most powerful factor in establishing  a mining industry upon a permanent  basis.  3. Excessive fees payable on the incorporation or registration of mining  companies.  4. Excessive and vexatious fees for  boiler inspection.  And several other matters, such as  tho fees payable for the registration of  land titles, the high rates charged in  connection with the recording of min-  The Last Payment on the Bond Falls  Due on the Twentieth of  Next Month.  J. Frank Collom is steadily making  a mine out of the Speculator, group on  Springer creek, and the indications are  that it will be one of the biggest properties in the Slocan. Since he'has had  the bond upon the property!1 for his syndicate Mr. Collom has spent upwards of  $40,000 in its development, and it haSj  opened up so well that. there is now  very little doubt but that the syndicate  will complete the purchase on the 20th  of next month by the payment of the  balance upon the bond of- $55,000. There  are two full-sized claims and two fractions in the Speculator group, which are  located on the north fork of Springer'  creek. The work done upon the property has demonstrated that it has two  good strong ledges running through it,  much of the ore from which gives remarkably Jhigh values in silver. That,  the values indicated by the assays, will  be maintained when'the property is in  shape to make large shipments is not  to be supposed, as some' of it runs away  up in the hundreds of ounces in silver,  but there* is every reason to believe that,  the Speculator will be the producer of-  some of the highest grade ore on the-  creek, which is noted 'for its high grade  properties. The Speculator will require  to be worked by shafts and work upon  it has in a measure been" delayed by  reason of the non-arrival of a hoisting  plant, which as been tied up-in one of  the strikes on the other side of the-  line.  - On what is known as the No. 1 vein  a tunnel has been run in for 250 feet,  all of "which is said to be more or less  in ore. Some 200 feet in from the mouth  of this tunnel a winze has been sunk to a  depth of 100 feet. At the bottom of this'  winze a drift' has been run for 50 feet,  in which the ore body which had been  sunk on in the winze is said to have very  greatly improved. Where this vein has  been cross-cut it has been proven to be  from 25 to 30 feet. 'The whole of the  ledge is, mineralized, but along one of  the walls is a very rich paystreak. The  ore in this ledge so far as it has been  developed appears to be very much  mixed, some of it carrying- the.richest  values in the mine, and in other portions of it the ore carries as much as  30 and 40 per cent-lead. From the bottom on the winze which has been sunk on  the Ncv'l ledge a cross-cut has been run  for 9G feet, which cuts the No. 2 vein.  This vein carries-a- dry * ore.-which is  ofvlOO ounces silver, and is generally  supposed to be the Arlington vein. It  has been further opened up by a 900-  foot tunnel, run in through the upper  end of the Speculator, through the Speculator- Fractional, and into the Mineral  mountain. :This vein is said,to average  25 feet in width and in one place where  it has been cross-cut it has been found  to be 60 feet wide. Much of the worli  done upon the Speculator has been unr  der the personal supervision of W. Ml  Thomlinson, the'present superintendent  at the property. ��� :  admiral. In his desire to escape all  criticism on the point of bias, secretary  Long felt that these were reasons sufficient for looking out for new material  and for some man who was absolutely  disassociated from the great controversy  in any phase. Late this afternoon he  believed he had found such an officer in  the. person of captain Sam C. Lemley,  the judge advocate general of the navy,  a selection calculated because of the  rank of the officer to constitute a.full  recognition of the dignity and importance of the forthcoming court of inquiry. While it cannot be said that the  matter is absolutely settled, secretary  Long went so far as to ask Lemley if  he felt free to accept the assignment if  it were offered to him, and it is believed that captain iLemley will decide  to answer in the affirmative. Captain  Lemley- has * known j both men, Schley  better than Sampson, perhaps. He was  one of Schley's personal friends when  he (Lemley) was in' active line of service. He accompanied Schley on the  famous Greely relief ^expedition and rendered valuable service to, him on that  occasion, which service the senior oflir-  cer recognized. On.the other hand cap-;  tain Lemley has known Sampson officially in the navy department when the  admiral was at the?, head of the ordnance - -bureau and;, they were thus  thrown.into close contact in ���*. business  point of view for ��� several years.  TELEGRAMS IN BRIEF FORM  FROM   VARIOUS   QUARTERS   OF  THE  GLOBE.  Interesting Occurrences of Yesterday  Condensed and Printed in a  General Way.  Bob Nelson, who has charge of the  development on the Juno property, was  in town yesterday. He says he has about  125 feet more to go with the 600-foot  cross-cut which is being run to catch  the vein, but he is now in very. hard  rock and is not making more than, two  feet per day. The rock he. is now in  breaks well, but it requires good hard  work to get the drills into it. The present cross-cut will give the owners of  the Juno a vertical depth of 275 feet  on the vein, but the depth on the dip  will be very much -rreater.  "William as a Peacemaker.  LONDON, July 25.-PThe; rumor as to  early peace negotiations which has pervaded the house of commons for some  days, says the Daily Express, has taken  the more- definite form that emperor  William is soon to assume the role of  peacemaker. Mr. Kruger and his advisers are represented as having empowered the kaiser to act for tho Boers, and  he is considered willing to take the initiative in order to popularize himself  with the German people, who disapprove  his friendship for Great Britain. Something aparently is on'foot, whether emperor William is ia it o-- not. Mr. Kruger's arrival at The Hague is connected,  the Daily Press thinks; with peace suggestions.  .THE HAGUE, July 25.���Mr. Kruger  arrived here this afternooii and proceeded to the residence of Mr. Wolmar-  ingen, a watering- place on the North  .Ter..  ���b * -b * -b -5- <���:��� * *b -b -b -b -:*��� -J- * * -I- *b  * *  ���b       FAVORABLE FOR NELSON.  -b  -b SHAWNIGAN LAKE, July 25. ' ���*���  -1- ���To A. H. Buchanan, Nelson: -I-  ���b Boys'doing well. Prospects for -b  *b regatta for Nelson very favora- -b  -b ",ble. ' N. S. FRASER.       *  ���!���    ' _.- .���.-... ��� ���!���  ************* *-M^m4****.;.*>?.  ROBITAILLIE'S DAMAGE SUIT  HE WOULD LIKE  TO  GET  $866 00  ALL  TOLD.  Does Not Care Whether He Gets It  From Superintendent Mason or  Constable Young.  -   (Continued on Fourth Page.)  The deal which the Athabasca company had on the Venus is now said to be  hiing up. The Athabasca company has  not decided to give the property up,  by any means, but it is understood that  an effort will be mado to negotiate a  new deal under which tlie present holders of Venus stock will take more stock  and less money than was called for under the bond which was to have run out  early this month..-.  The Schley, Investigation.  WASHINGTON,' July 25..rf-Secretary  Long announced this morning that he  had selected Admiral Dewey,and rear  admirals S. Kimberly and Benham as  members of the Schley court of inquiry. The precept to the court has not  yet been published.  All day secretary Long was engrossed  in the consideration of the details of  the court, seeking particularly for a  suitable judge advocate, realizing that  upon this officer would devolve the  largest measure of responsibility for the  conduct of the inquiry to a successful  issue. It was thought that such a man  had been found in the person of commander John E. Pillsbury, a sailor who  hr..** the brightest reputation professionally, and is, moreover, regarded as  of a judicial temperament. In fact, it  was announced early in the day at the  department that he had been selected  for the place. But later, on more mature consideration, his name was abandoned. It was recalled that as commander of the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius he had served upder Sampson off  Santiago, and moreover as equipment officer of the Boston navy yard and was  now again a subordinate of the same  ��� The writs were'issued yesterday in  the cases of Regis Robitaille vs. Arehi;  bald -Victor Mason, superintendent of  the Nelson Electric Tramway Company,  =and=Charles^WriYoUng:-=3rovincial=con=  stable. . This is Robitaille's way of getting even'on the superintendent of the  tramway and the provincial constable  who were instrumental In havin**; him  arrested upon his refusal to give over  to the tramway company a couple of  landing floats which he had found adrift  in the west arm of the Kootenay lake.  When the tramway superintendent and  the police officer went to recover the  property in question Robitaille refused  to give it up. -Asa result he was placed  under arrest and as he did not take  kindly to this procedure the police olllcer thought it necessary to place tlie  hiindcuffs upon him. He was tried before stipendiary, magistrate Crease, who  set him at liberty, as he held'tliat the  floats in question did not come within  the meaning of the section of the criminal code under which the prosecution  was  laid.  Robitaille' now claims that he lias  suffered damages to the exte*rit"bf $S00,  wliich amount he would like to get  out of Mr. Mason of the tramway company, and of Mr. Young, the provincial  police officer, and_ from the summons  issued' in the case it is apparent that  he is not the least,particular which of  the two named puts up the amount  required to restore -to him the position  which he had in stieijety before his arrest upon the charge of refusing to deliver to the owners property illegally  in his possession. Of the amount claimed by Robitaille, the sum of $800 probably represents the injury done to his  feelings by reason of his arrest. Tho  remaining $G6 is made up of $50 as the  charges of his lawyer who defended  him upon his trial before the stipendiary  magistrate, three days' time at $4 per  day for time which lie lost in connection with the hearing of the charge  against himself, and another day at $1  for time lost while under arrest and  in jail awaiting bail.  The only things wliich stand between  Mr. Robitaille and the securing of.tlie  amount claimed are the tramway company, which will probably defend tlie  action of its superintendent, and the  attorney general's department, which  may be counted upon to defend the action of the police officer, otherwise he  bas plain sailing.  LOWELL,  Mass., July 25.���The Fla-  ���-herty-Gardner light resulted in a draw;  twenty rounds.  ST. PETERSBURG, July 25���The  Massachusetts state nautical schoolship  Enterprise has gone to Antwerp.  SALT LAKE, July 25.���We. E. Sam-  uelson of Provo, Utah, broke the world's  unpaced bicycle record here tonight, riding the distance in 1:53 2-5.  ������  ZERMATT, Switzerland, July 25.���An  Englishman" and two ladies, together  with their guides, plunged over a precipice while ascending the Matterhorn yesterday.   ...  NAPLES, July 25.���The improvement  in the general condition of signor-Fran-  cesco Crispi is maintained; The former premier, passed a fairly ciuiet night  last nicht.v  NEW YORK, July 25.���A strike of egg  handlers employed by a large firm, in  this city has been ordered. They demand a reduction of the hours of labor  from 12 to 10 a day.  COLUMBIA, S. C, July 25.���The state  executive committee late tonight adopted a resolution ruling senator Maurin  out of the Democratic party. The action was totally unexpected.  LONDON, July 25.���The new White  Star line steamship Celtic, which sails  from Liverpool for New York tomor-"  row. will take Reginald Ward and Fox-  hall Keene and the members of his  r>".rty.  NEW YORK, July 25��� George F.,  Chamberlain, former president of ��� the  Automobile Club of America, says there  is no possibility of arranging the automobile race for $5000 in this country, as  proposed by M. Fournier, the famous  Frenchman. '  NEWBURG, N. Y., July 25���John  Bais, who removed with his wife and  three children from Perth Amboy to  Roseton three months.a-ro, hanged him-'  self in the cellar of his house this morning. He was in ill health and despondent.  'BATUM, July 25.���A terrible explosion -of petroleum today in -th'e-most-  thickly populated quarter of Batum  wrecked the whole center of the town.  It is impossible atthe time of filing this  dispatch to estimate the loss of life  and property, but in both cases this is  very large.  LONDON, July 25.���The war office has  received the following dispatch .from  lord Kitchener dated Pretoria: Garret's  column captured a Boer convoy, taking  25. prisoners, near Reitzburg. Our casualties were eight. French's . columns  are gradually pushing the enemy north  ���in:Cape Colony.     .      7.'X.'���������..-��� ''������������'"  CHICAGO, July 25���What is claimed  to.be the biggest convention ever .held  by the Baptist Young People's Union  began at the Coliseum here today. It  is estimated that 10,000 delegates and  visitors were present and it was expected that by tomorrow half as many  more will be present.  SYRACUSE, N. Y., July 25.���With the  installation of officers the grand lodge  of the Knights of Pythias," which has  =been=H:i=session=here���for=three=TdaysT  finished its business and adjourned this  afternoon.'."':: Albany .'.was chosen as the  place of the next meeting. The date  fixed  was July 23d, ,1902.  BELLOWS FALLS, Vt.'July 25.-The  Montreal express on the Boston &  Maine railroad leaving here at 3:05 p.  m. ran into a gravel train near the  Springfield station this afternoon and  the engineer of the gravel train, George  Corliss of Windsor, was killed. None of  the passengers were injured.  KANSASjCLTY, July 25.���Fifty prominent Kansas City Republicans have organized a 1904 Theodore Roosevelt club.  Its purposes are to secure the nomination of vice-president Roosevelt for  president in the Republican national  convention in l'JO-1 and to have this  convention hold in Convention hall in  Kansas City.  LONDON, July 2C���A few days ago.  says a dispatch to the Daily Mail from  Cadiz, a battle was fought between the  French and Moors near Figug. It was  the result of the French operations to  subjugate the tribes south of the Atlas  mountains and to occupy the oasis of  Tafliet. Tlie French were victorious:  The Moors assert that the French government has 9000 troops on the Moorish,  a capital-of $20,000,000. is to take the  place of the Brooklyn Wharf and Warehouse Company. The new company, its  ritual announces, contemplates making  improvements on the water front ex-c  tending from the Brooklyn bridge south  to Red Hook. It is proposed to build a  new dock and station with greater facilities than anything of. the kind ��� now  existing in the United States. The depot will follow, it is stated, in a> general  way the plan of the Riverside station  at Liverpool, the largest in the world.  The plans of the company include the  use of tunnels to the ocean ships instead of.the present method Of floats  from  Jersey  City.  SAWMILL AND LUMBER BURN  border,  i'iv  CONSTANTINOPLE, July 25.-~Tlie  Turkish government has arbitrarily refused to permit the Greek squadron to  visit Smyrna, Salonica and Mount Atlios.  Greece sent the usual notification of the  projected cruise, but the porte declined  to entertain the proposal on political  grounds. Diplomatic officials regard the  attitude of the Turkish government in  this particular as illegal.  NEW YORK, July 25.���Dr. Felipe  Caldas, the Brazilian bacteriologist,  sailed yesterday for Cuba on the steamer Havana. He is accompanied by Dr.  Angel Bellinzaghi. Dr. Caldas goes to  Cuba to direct experiments with a view  to stamping out yellow fever in the  island. Santiago de Las Vegas, where  the fever is now prevalent, will be the  first place visited. The yellow fever exports have with them 1000 bottles of  scrum with which successful work has  been done in Brazil.  NEW YORK. July 25.���Tho New  York Dock Company, a corporation with  Free,Trade for Porto Rico. .  WASHINGTON, July 25.^-The president today. issued his proclamation establishing free trade between Porto Rico  and the United, States and declaring the  organization bf a. civil zoyernment for  the island. The proclamation Is purely  formal and only in the'1 body of ��� the  resolutions adopted by the Porto Rican  legislature does it appear that the island  is set free commercially today in com-'  memoration of the anniversary of the  planting of the American flag on the  island. -The proclamation is headed  "Cessation of Tariff. Porto Rico." It  recites that the act of April 12th, 1900,  "otherwise known as'the-Foraker Act,"  provides that whenever the Porto. Rican  legislature has enacted and..put into  operation a system of locaL taxation to  meet the needs of the government and  by resolutions so notified the president,  the latter .shall issue a proclamation,  and all duties on goods passing l between the United States and Porto Rico  shall cease. Asrthe ���legislature has complied with that reauirement of the act,  in terms ' set out in'the, resolutions,,  whicli are quoted in full in the body of  the proclamation,-that document says:-  ''Therefore I, William McKinley, president of the United States, in pursuance  of the provision of the law above quoted  and upon the foregoing due notification  do hereby issue this, my proclamation,  and do declare and make known that a  civil, government for Porto Rico has  been organized in accordance with the  provisions with the said act of congress.  And I do further declare and make  known that the legislative assembly of,  Porto Rico has enacted and put into  operation a system of local taxation to  meet the necessities of the government'  of Porto Rico."  NEAR GRAND FORKS WITH LOSS  OF $30,000.  Will Have Permanent Racetrack-Large  Clearing House Returns at Vancouver���Other Notes.  GRAND FORKS, July 25.���[Special to  .The Tribune.]���Spraggett's saw mill at  Smelter Lake, three miles from _Gran'd  Forks, was totally destroyed by fire last  night at midnight. The flames also  spread to the lumber piles and nearly  a million feet went up in smoke. Two  loaded cars at the mill could not be  saved. About $4000 worth of lumber  owned by the Granby smelter was also  burned The total loss will be about  $30,000; partially insured. The origin  of the fire is unknown, but is thought  to, have been accidental. Mr. Sprag-  gett will rebuild. * .  Eastern Baseball.  National���Boston   5,   New   York  0';  Pittsburg 9, Cincinnati 5;  Philadelphia  7, Boston 3; St. Louis 5, Chicago 2.  American���Detroit 4, Philadelphia 3;  Chicago 4, Washington 1;  Baltimore 5,  Cleveland 1; Milwaukee 6,-'Boston-2.-- ���  Eastern���Worcester   5,   Hartford   4;  Buffalo 1. Montreal- 4.  EASTERN CANADIAN NEWS  Wired in Brief.  ,-, HALIFAX, N. S., July 25��� Lonl and lady  Minto .-i)iU party arrived.here this morning and' received a warm welcome.  .QUEBEC, July 25���A remarkable chnnRO  ln the weather has occurred here, from  intense heat almost to frost last night.  MONTREAL, July 25.���The provincial  government has established an assay ->f-  Trce in Montreal and placed M. L. .1-lersey  in  chai'tre.  .'OTTAWA, July 25.--A mrretlns .,1 tin  cabinet today decided -that O'Brien shall  hung: on jYugus.t .'3rd for the triple murder committed by n.i.m on the; Yukon trail.  1 OTTAWA, July 25.���The master bakers  are talking: of formlnfj: a co-operative purchasing- ass relation and  will I'riv all  their  supplies thronf-li the���association thus.  . making. Ills' savinys. ,  l.OUlsbuaG, C. B., July 25.Lord .ind  lady Minti.' and party an I veil here yesterday morning-, but recelwd no official welcome, because the '��� governor-Bonerd had  announced his  visit, was not ofhclal.  GLjVCE BAY,. C. Ti., July 25.���This plaoe  narrowly escaped ilestruciion by tire (his  rnor nlnpf. a heavy' downpour of rai'V savins It. P W. A.'J-Iall, the Gunn * i-hilley s  auction room, a residence owned by John  Carmiehael and the stores of John McNeill, Mc Isaac and Cassldy were destroyed.  Loss  is  well  covered  hy  Inaurunce.  m'0XT111''AI,, July 2--N'cws of tin; den-.h  t<r fiev. A. 1.1. .McKay, pastor of the Crvs-  c'l-m-stroot church ot fioyerr islands, below Quebec, was received today. No particulars were (-Ivcm, but It Is reported lire  rewn-nd .treiilli-m.'Jii met his death iii a  yachting: accident. The Crosceni.-street Is  orre nf the largest Presbyterian churches  In the city.  MONTP.Ii'AIj. July 2...���T11" first race tor  the S.'nwniihaUii i*.iis> \wis sailed today rud  re.srrlterl ln an easy victory for Iho Koynl  St. Lawrence Yrivlit. Club's defender Hen-  novllle. over the l^nglisli ho-it. Gray Friar  The Sennovlll-j won by nearly twenty minutes. The race was sailed over a sixteen-  mile course, tv.o mlloy to windward and  return, In a light and fluky wind which  veered completely round before the raee  was  finished.  TORONTO. Till*. '���!'>������By a vote of SO to  37 the grand Grange iodjre of Uritish America yesterday dooldod nol to exclude  person:! ons-nRGd in tlie lliiuor trade. The  followinB officers were elected last iii'-lil:  Grand sovereign, jinn. 'Jlarke Wallace;  deputy grand sovereign. Dr. Sproulo, M.  P.; grand chaplain, Rev. XV. AValsh,  Brampton; grind secretary, XV. T.ockhart,  Alllston: grand treasurer, W. J. I'arklit.'l,  Midland; grand lecturer, AV. Cook. Men-  ford; grand director of ceremonies, R. II.  Watson. Toronto'.  Grand Forks' News Quota.  .GRAND FORKS, July 25.���[Special to  The Tribune.]���At the annual meeting  of the Grand Forks Libeial Association  held  last evening a  resolution recommending  the elevation  of  Dr. -Sinclair  of Rossland to the senate was adopted. *  The   following   officers , were   elected:  President, Dr. Westwood; flrst vice-president,  James   Anderson;     second   vice-*  president, P T. McCallum; treasurer, D.t  D.   Munro,   executive   committee,   Alex  Miller, Fied Wollaston, G. TV- Parke, and  William Graham.  A permanent race track here 'is now  almost an assured fact The preliminary  steps were taken by the race track com-'_.  mittee   of  the   Dominion   Day   celebra- ~,  tion.    The  membeis   met^last  evening  and considered two pioposed sites, a 25- -  acre plot owned by Mr. Ruckles adjoining the eastern limits of the city,;  the-  othei   a  tract   of   townsite   land."' Mr. V  Ruckles  wanted  ?200  per acre,  or  ?25 -  per acre more than the townsite compa- '  ny.    The  meeting appointed  a perma- '  nent   co-r.nittee,   consist'ns:   of   E.   S."  Biden, J  A   Smith, James Anderson, ,A1  Trannwciser, and A. M. Dunham, to negotiate with  Mr.  Ruckles" for  the yul*-,.  chase of his land, and to organize a racking  association.     This   committee   will  report from time to time  --'-The *-V. V.--&- E.-*raihvay has -made-* a*'-"  survey for  depot grounds on  the Van  Ness addition,  midway between  Grand  Forks and Columbia  The Giand Forks foundry, established   <  here two months ago, is so crowded with  orders   that -it   is   compelled   to   work '*���  overtime.' Recently it has been casting-  iron   12   feet   long   for  structural .purposes.  *r,.v��-.  1 t  w  *->;  "A  4  -lit!  Deadlock Broken.  IjON'OON. July 25.���The deadlock of the  ministers of tile powers lias '.-ruled, says  tho Pekin correi-pondent ot the Daily  Mall. Russia has withdrawn her proposal  to increase the duties to 10 per cent and  lias accented witli important reserv.-.t'ons  Great Britain-.- counter propositi that th��  source of ro-viMiue adopted now shall be  considered inadi-qu'ite, tire powers providing for the shortage if it arises.  Vancouver Jottings. '  VANCOUVER, July 25.���[Special to  The Tribune.]���The clearing house: returns today amounted to $1,258,000, the  largest on recoid in the histoiy of Vancouver bpnks. . >  Machinery and apparatus have ar-,  rived for the Dominion government assay office and business will be opened'  Mondpy                                                    .    i��  Chief justice Falconbridge ofiOntario  arrived today from Toionto on, a west-,  em iileasure tn*.i.  Suicide while temporarily insane is  =the^-verdict of-the-jui y���in_the_case-of���  William Young, who, was found dead ���  near Lytton. Young was part own.er,.  of the Lome mine and the statme'nf:  -was lecently made that he met 'with  foul iilay. i i, .    <  A  young  son   of  T.   M.y Barker v/as*  badly injured in a. iuna\vay Una morn-  Inz. '      ''  Reorganization Plans.1 '>       '���  NEW YORK, July 25.���The board of '  directors of the failed Seventh National'  Bank met today and decided upon a plan  of  reorganization   for   the  bank.    The  plan provides that the capital stock be'  increased fiom $500,000 to 52,000,000 of  new stock, to be sold at ?130 per share.  The plan of reorganisation includes an    "  undcistanding  that  all  depositors  will  be  paid   In   full   on   demand      William  Nelson Ciomwell stated that a substantial amount of the new stock had been  already subscribed    Edward R  Thomas,  Edwin Gould. William Ciomwell, Frank  Ray, Willaim  11   Taylor and Edwin IC  Stallo weie constituted a committee of  reorganization.    The  present  directors  will, accoiding to the agicement, immediately place then   i es'fjnations  iu the  hands of Mr   Cromwell piehminary to  the election of officeis.  Over Fifty Homes Burned.  DAVENPORT, La., July 25.���Fire last  night destioyed an area of sawdust and  residence propel ty in Da\enport equal  to 20 ordinary city blocks, causing a  loss of $700 000. The flames started in  a big pile of kindling wood of the Rock  Island Fuel Company on the levee. A  brisk breeze was blowing, whicli carried tho iiames duectly across the immense lumber \ards of Wcyerhauser &  Denkmann. which were totally destroyed. The spiead of the lire was so rapid  that workmen baiely had time to escape.  The (lames pushed then* way into- tho  adjoining lesidence district, closely settled with middle class homes, the average \iiluc being a few thousand dollars  each, fiom which the occupants escaped  only with their lives and the clothing  on their backs 0\cr 30 homes were  thus binned, some of them tenements,  resulting in a bundled families being:  rendered hoireles1*.  ��l i  i  ~'-J.,.'.A-'-r'^.-  dee tmmm * mso^,b. c.; smmI; jul^ ������$,  ���a^E  �� i  Si i  ft  /?? -  "  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  Special Sale Gotten Goods  /\T LARGELY REDUCED PAIGES.  500 Yards of Cood Prints, 27 inches wide 5 cents.  800 Yards of Crum's Best Prints        10 cents.  250 Yards of Charnbray, handsome designs..    15 cents.  200 Yards of Fancy Muslins, former price 25, 35 and 50  cents Your cljoice at 20 cents.  300 Yards of Fancy Dress Coods for summer wear, including many all-wool goods, 42 inches wide. .25cents.  200 Yards of Wash Silt\s, fancy and plain 45 cents.  $10.00 Crash, Costuines.     For $8.00  $12.00 Milt Costumes....  For $9 00  $7.50 Color Costumes For $5.00  TBE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY  BAKER STREET, NELSON, B. C.  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  *fee-6-^eiee-e.-e��* m ^^999999999^  ^\xz ^xxbxxnz  ���>:- * �������� -1- 'b -b * "b 4- * * v -b ���*��� �����- * * -b  -:- ���"   *  ���b Display    advertisements    run  '-fr  ���:- regularly will be changed as of-   -b  ���b ten as required and will be in-, *b  *b sertcd in the Daily Tribune for   -5-  *b $4   per  inch  per  month;   if  in-   *b  ���b seited for less than a month, 25   -b  *b cents per inch each insertion.      -���b  CATCH  FISH  ,<A  M"'  '>  &  h.7��  *{-(  m  lis*-'  p*1  I-.V'  There seems to be trouble in the labor  unions at Nelson, as is always the case  when r.n attempt is made to  organize  small numbers of men, not permanently  employed,   into   unions.    A    wave   of  vrionism swept over Nelson a year ago,  '���wnen  building operations were unusu-  ' ally '���ris!*:.   Hundred** of mechanics and  laboicrs were employed, and all the dif7  lercnt    trrdes    *'*ere    organized    into  unions.    Now that building operations  havo practically ceased, the members of  th'e   different  union1*   have  had   to   go  elsewhere fo- employment, leaving some  cf-t!*e unions with not dough members  to form a quorum, and others with so  few members that factional fights have  broken out as to who will hold the of-'  fices of honor and occupy the seats of  trust in the labor council.   What is hap-  "no-".i**g  i*i  Nelson  in   this  respect has  happened in hundreds of other places;  and will continue to- happen.    Nelson  has had no end of societies and organi-'  zations  of "one kind and  another, and  how many of them are in existence today?   So with its trade unions.   There  arc but three trades, miners, carpenters,  and printers, with a membership sufficiently large to  keep up  a union permanently.   The others, until their membership   can  be retained   at  twice  the  number required' for a quorum, should  return their charters and affiliate with  unions   in   the   nearest   city   that   has  permanent unions.   This advice may not  meet with the approval of local labor  leaders, but it will  meet with the approval of all men who have had practical   experience   as   members   of   labor  union0.    ,  Nothing is so disappointing  to tho angler as to return  home after a day's fishing  Vith~an~empty c7eel~You  may make elaborate preparations and take apparently everything  that Is necessary, rod, line, reel, casts,  flies, troll, bait, net and gaff, hut unless  they are ' made of the right stuff. it is  money thrown away. Vexation and often'  profanity follows We are careful In the selection of our Ashing tackle and know  something about It, too. If you buy your  fishing tackle off us you will CATCH  FISH, but, if you don't, well perhaps you  might get a sucker.  A Rossland mineimanager vwrites_The  !  Is i ;  Tribune, under date of the 24th instant,  as follows: "Your articles regarding the  " situation here are correct.. The red  " rag was waved;so continuously before  "'the men that' a' strike had to come.  k " Tho Gtrike was brought about to satis-  "fy the real 'agitators' and stock job-  ".bers in London, and it is being used  " as a lever to bear the share market  "]there, to serve the ends of the cor-.  " rupt men who absolutely stole the  "���money of the B. A. C. shareholders,  "'and are using it in vain efforts to buy  " ':r> all the Le Roi No. 1 and Le Roi  "���No. 2 shares offering. They hope to  ".accomplish tliis with the aid of their  "hirelings here. I have but recently  " returned from the Old Country, and  ".the people over there feel very bitter  ".indeed at the way they have been  " trertcd by these mine manipulators.  " Stock jobbing, pure and simple, has  " given mining in British Columbia a  ".black eye. I am in full sympathy with  "tho men in their fight for ?3 a day,  "-and the mucker that cannot earn that  " wage should not be ..employed in a  " mine at Rossland. John McKane's iri-  *' tervicw is cood, but ��� it does not go  " far enough. The Tribune articles  " **hoi'!d bo reprinted !n the London  "���pa ess."  There ic an element in Nelson and  in the Mine Owners' Association who  arc opposed to the effort that is being  made to build a lead refinery in British  Columbia. They claim the refinery  "honld '*? l**:i!t by the government or  by somo one other than the owners  of tho Trail smelter, and they have even  rtonc co far as to write letters to the  members cf the Don: in ion government  advising them to discourage private  capital fiom undertaking the enterprise.  The Mine Owners' Association, r.t the  jr.oct:.*g   held   in   Nelson   this   week,  THOMSON STATIONEBY CO. Ltd  Pianos to Rent. NFXSQN. R C  placed itself on record ��>s in favor of  the refinery being built at once by any  company with sufficient capital to successfully carry on the industry, which  was (-"linently sensible.  No event would bring more outsiders  from a distance to Nelson than the regatta of the North Pacific Coast Rowing Association. This year the regatta  is being held on Shawnigan lake, thirty-  odd miles or.t from Victoria on'the Es-  ru'malt & Nanaimo railway, and the  following boat clubs are represented:  Poitland, Victoria, Vancouver.,and Nelson. An effort is", being made to get  the regatta for Nelson next year, and it  may be successful. The Nelson Boating  Club has a crew at Shawnigan lake, and  tomorrow they will contest in the junior four race. If they win, nothing  will be too good for them when they return; but if they win both the race and  the regatta meeting, then they can have  the freedom of the city for at least a  The Mine Owners' Association has  drawn up a "Memorial to His Excellency the Governor General in Council,"  in which is recited all the troubles of  the association and some troubles that  are not of the association's. The burden of- the plaint' is that-taxation���pro-  =vincial=and^Dominion���is^so^excessive^  that the mining industry in British Columbia is being strangled. The text  of the Memorial is printed in full in  today's Tribune. This will enable the  people of Kootenay and Yale to judge  of the questions at issue for themselves.  In the opinion of The Tribune, un-  proven contentions r.re so sandwiched  between statements of fact that the  Memorial will not have the weight at  Ott^ya that it would have had had the  truth been strictly adhered to.  A Pauper Prince  VIENNA, July 24.���Not only has baron Wall burg had all his household furniture and effects seized and sold at  public auction for the benefit of his  creditors, but he, his wife and their  six choldren have become inmates of  the poorhouse at Pesth, and. in spite of  their membership in-the imperial family, figure today on the municipal registers of the Hungarian capital as paupers, depen'dent on public charity. The;  baron is the son of the late archduke  Ernest by his actress wife, who was  created baroness Wallburg on his marriage. This marriage was regarded in  Austria as morganatic, and as such the  baron was debarred from inheriting any  of the enormous wealth of his father,  the archduke. The latter, however,  made his home in Hungary, where most  of his property was situated, and, according to Hungarian laws, all marriages are equal, and archduke Ernest's  son was, therefore, entitled not only to  his royal honors, but likewise to a considerable share of his property. This  the imperial family declined to admit,  and consequently the baron began legal  proceedings, not for any recognition as  a royal prince, but for tlie share of his  father's property, to which he was entitled by Hungarian law, Owing to this  the emperor cut off tlio small allowance  which lie had been paying him, thereby  reducing the hnron aiid his children to  de.-*t:t'.:tio::. When the emucror was  last In PeBth the baron in vain sought  audience of him, and at length threw a  petition into tho imperial carriage, be- j  ing in consequence thereof arrested. He  was, however, released after a few hours'  detention. His wife is a Woman of humble orisin.  A Cairo Hasheesh Joint.  A German physician describes in a  medical journal his visit to a. den of  hasheesh smokers in Cairo. His guide  was a donkey boy, who could speak  German. In a dark and dirty alley they  came to a lighted doorway. Entering,  they passed through a room filled with  men playing dominoes, to the smoking,,  room. "Here," says the explorer, "we  were welcomed like old acquaintances.  The room was filled with smoke of peculiar aromatic odor and the smokers  were in a very happy mood. On the  walls were Arabic inscriptions and pictures of European beauties. In one corner was a stone bearing a mass of glowing coals. A man cut up some tobacco,  another filled a clay pipe bowl with it,  a third bit off little pieces of brown  hasheesh paste and laid them on the  tobacco, a fourth added some glowing  coals and attached the bowl to a nai*-  ghileh, or water pipe, which he then  handed to his neighbor. The pipe passed from mouth to mouth, each man taking a few whiffs and expelling, the smoke  from nose to mouth." The German physician declined the proffered pipe and  ordered coffee. All the emokers talked  and laughed incessantly. Most of them  were young or middle-aged men. Suddenly an elderly man rose to his feet  and stood staring at the floor, with a  vacuous smile. He was a hasheesh  wreck, ah imbecile. "He is a philosopher," said one of the others, and a  general laugh followed. . The German  visitors did not stay long. Their guide  told them that the pipe would circulate  until midnight, after which the smokers would fall into deep sleep.  ^jtf��^��.��MG&A����,*lWMMfcM��&i^  ^^SC&cuw^^  f. ��-yiv iViAaa'fti  yBr-^tS'-tag*-ii8*Tia&*5IE*-i5ft'-w*-i?'^* w*���uB'*-S*���Si'* Si * ���Si'*iri*   fttih   00-00 -00-  ^A'f*'0^'00'00'00'00'00'00'00'00'00'00'00'00'00'0W0'00~1^}'    ^.*S?JS��?.  h LADIES' SUNSHADES 8  W AT HALF PRICE. S  H UMBRELLAS AT CUT H  B PRICES. \\  L I  axrxz3-.zzxxxxxxzxxzzzx*xx*xxxxTxizxzjxr.xixx_v_  36 Bakep Street, Nelson.  S ,  LACE ALLOVERS, ��  I RIB RONS, VEILINGS, I  \ DRESS TRIMMINGS  i AT REDUCED PRICES. -  !tl:lllnliiiliiiiijxixnii:iuillliiixiilin  to  9\  9\  q\       Our Annual July Clearance Sale has been up to  to our   expectations.   We will have BARGAINS in a  Few.Linesfor the remainder of this week only.  to  (ft  to  9\  to  '. Traffic.'StiJl Suspended.  NEW  YORK,  July  25,���No  attempt  ���was made today to resume a full ser-  .vice on the Brooklyn bridge, on which  .several girders Were found to be broken  yesterday.   A 10-minute car service wis  permitted by the police early today, out  it could handle but a small percentage  of the traffic and the majority of  the  persons who live in Brooklyn and conii*i  "to New York for business were obliged  to walk across the bridge oi; cross the  river on one of thp ferry lines.   Engineers examined the bridge thoroughly  today and It is expected that full repairs will be made in a day or  two.  About noon an order was issued stopping all street car and vehicle traffic on  the  bridge.    This  caused  much inconvenience and delay to business, as the  'ferries  were  unable  to   carry  all  The  wagons   and   carriages   whicli   usually  ci'oss this bridge.  to  m  9\  #  to  *XXXZ]  1  BARGAINS IN  VALISES, TRUNKS  AND  TRAVELING BAGS.  llll����.IiniIlIIIlIITTIIIHITTrTTTTTT-rTTTTT--  Go.  [zxxzzxxzzzzziziixizzxxzxi:  5 LADIES' KID GLOVES  l\       50 CENTS PER PAIR  6 SEE OUR WASH  KID GLOVES.  36  Baker  Street  ;xzzxxxzxixzxxzxx  MS?--5^^'^'^:'^_t'^S_'^t'^_m'mi''!��L''2rl'Sj,*0'��Zs**'<*' \.k\  '^'mt' ^^Si ^ j��fe ^--���S'^5'��� Sfr-^g-^2^^^^^^^2���>l*"^  ^'V'V'^'V'W'^'V'^'^'^'^^'^^'^:^:    X9f    '^^^0^'^0'^l'^0l'00^00-00' -00'00 '00-00 ' 00' 007^0' 00^0"  HM B. CAMKHUS  INSURANCE,  REAL ESTATE     ���  and MINING BROKER  TRANSFER   OP   LIQUOR   LICENSE.  NOTICE OP APPLICATION POR  TKANSFJ-jR OF RETAIL LIQUOR LICENSE,���Notice is hereby given that wo  intend to apply at the noxt sitting of the  board of license- commissionors ior tho  City of Nelson for tho transfer of tho re-  tall liquor license now hold by us for tho  premises known as the "Ofllce" saloon,  situate on lot 7 in block 9, sub-division of  lot 93, AVard '-treet, in the said City of  Nelson, to William Robertson Thomson,  of the said city. JAMES NEELANDS,  S. E. EMERSON.  Witness:  CITAS. R. McDONALD.  Dated at Nelson, B. C, this 17th day of  July, 1901. ,.  We are showing a large  variety of enamel * wood  clocks ranging in price  from $7 00 to $12.00. Ai  8-day and half hour strike.  Also bronzes and fancy  clocks.   New styles.  FOR SALE  The voii J-ncwn proporty known as Roberts' rii'ieh h:ifc boen placed in my hands  for disposal. Propel ty must -ro. T'or price  and other particulars call and sec  BROWN BROS  Opticians and  Jewelers  BAKER STRKKT  500 MEN WANTED  H. R. CAMERON  AGENT. BAKER STRKKT.  K FULL LINE OF  Front Doors  Inside Doors  Screen Doors .  Windows '  Inside Finish  , local and const.  Flooring  local and coast).  Newel Posts  Stair Rail  Mouldings  Shingles  ,   Rough and  Dressed Lumber  of all binds.  IF WHAT TOU WANT IS NOT IN 8TOOK  WE WILL MARK IT FOK TOU    .  CALL AND GET PRICKS.  Carpets  We have just received a Consignment of  CARP  Auction Sale  HARDWARE,   TINWARE,  CROCKERY, GLASSWARE.  J. A. Sayward  HALL AND LAKK STREETS. NBL801V  Porto Rico Lumber Co.  (LIMITED)  CORNER OF  HENDRYX AND VERNON 8TRKKTS  On the construction of the Arrowhead &  Kootenay railway ln the Lardo district.  HIGHEST WAGES PAID  In order to secure men without delay  ordinary labor will be paid $2.25 per day  and axemen $2.50 per day.  GOOD STATION WORK  CAN BE SECUKKD.  Rough and  Dressed  Lumber  Shingtes  Mouldings  A-1 White Pine Lumber. Always in  StocKa.  We carry a complete stock of  Ooast Flooring, Ceiling, Inside Finish, Turned Work, Sash and Doors.  Special order work will receive  prompt attention  Acting under instructions from. A. P.  Hay. assignee of tlie estate of George M.  Kronk, tlio 'undersigned will offer for s;ile  by public auction, on the premises on  Dm ker street on  Thursday, August 1st,*-  at 2 p. in. Sharp.  Tho whole of the stock in trade of George  AI. Fronk, goneral marcliant, consisting,of  SJIEI.F HARDWARE i.  COOKLNO STOVES find    .  . "...  I-1I5ATBRS  TINWARE                                   V  GRANITEWARE      '         -f.  HOTEL,   CROCKERY  LANTERNS and LAMPS   '���������>  DINNER  SETS                          ���;..   ,  TEA SETS                                     .k  FANCY  CHINA ���'.  GLASSWARE           i.         '       '��� Z ���  CHAMBER SETS     '.      .\ '  EARTHEN WARE ������-.y-r. r*  TREMONT HOUSE  321 TO 331 BAKKR STREET, NKLSON  AMERJCAfJ AND EUROPEAN  PLANS  For   further   particulars   apply   to  Nelson  Employment Agencies  or to  tho  CARLSON & POSTER  Porto Rico Lumber Go. Ltd.  Ward Bros.  REAL ESTATE AtfD  INSURANCE AGENTS  MEALS 25 CENTS  Rooms Lighted by Electricity and Heated oy Steam 25 Cents to $1  EMC.   STRACHAN,   PLUMBER  [Successor  to  Strachan Bros,] ,  Having hbiight out my brother's share of-the business, I atn still at the  old stand and continuing to do flrs;t-ciass work and will guarantee satisfaction in all brancnes of plumbing.   ;.  The above goods will be offered for sale  in parcels  to  suit intending purchasers.  Terms Cash. Goods on view on Wednesday, July ,'Mst, and on the morning of the  sale.  FOR PARTICULARS'APPLY. TO  C. A. Waterman & Co  IVjadden House  CONTRACTORS.  Agents for J. & J. TAYLOR SAFES  Desirable Business and Residence Lots  in (Bogustown) Fairview Addition.  Baker and Ward  Streets,   Nelson.  The only hotel in Nelson that has remained under one management since 1S90.  The bed-rooms are well furnished and  lighted by electricity.  The bar is always stocked by the best  domestic and imported liquors and cigars.  THOMAS MADDEN, Proprietor.  SLOGAN JUNCTION HOTEL  J, H.  McMANNUS, Manager.  HOTEL  Ofllce  on   Raker  street,   wost   of   Stanley  Street, Nelson. . .  Ear stocked with best brands of wines,  Ikiuor*-, and cigars. Beer on draught. Large  comfortable rooms. First class table hoard.  AV ANT ISO BO YS.-GOO D.~ACT IV1 *TaN V>  reliable boys lo act as selling agents for  The.Dally Trihune in every town in Kootenay and Yale--districts.-  BAICER    STREET,    NELSON.  Lighted by Electricity and Heated with Hot Air0  Large comfortable bedrooms and first-  class dining room. Sample rooms for commercial  men.  RATES %2 PER DAY  B|rs. E. G. Clarke, Prop.  Late of the Royal Hotel, Calgary  aTr. BARROW, A. iML.LC.fi.'  PROVINCIAL  LAND SURVEYOR  Corner of Victoria and Kootenay Streets  P.  O.  Box 059. TELEPHONE NO. %.  AUCTIONEERS.  ROOMS U and 15.  K. AV. C. BLOCK.  (No. 178)  CERTIFICATE  ���OF THE���  Registration of an Extra Provincial Company.  "Companies Act, 1897."  n^il,.eroky cfirtify ft"1 tho " Gorman Mining and  Millin�� Company." has this day been registered  as nn Y xtni, Provir cial Company, under thn  - Companie- Act*. 1897," to carry oxxtltA- effect all  or any of the objects hereinafter Bet forth to  which the, lei-iclatiw authority of the Legislature of British Columbia extends.  ,, The head office of tho Company is situate In  US a J' 0t ,-l'aooDla'  state   of   Washington,  The amount of the capital of tho Company Is  one hundred thoti-juid dollars, divided into one  hundred thousand Phwes of one dollar eaeh.  . '��� he head office of the Company In this Prov-  ince in situate at. Nelson, and Richard Pape, Labourer, whoso address is Nelson aforohaid, is the  actorne*- for the Company.  The timo of the oxistencc of the Company is  fifty years.  Given under my hand and sral nf offlco at  Victoria, Province of British Colombia, this 10th  day of June, ouo thousand niuo hundn d and  one.  lu s.] S. y! WOOTTON  Registrar of Joint Companies.  Tho objects for which tho Company has beon  established are thoso set out irr tho (Jertiflciiiu ot  Kegistrdtion granted t,o tho Company un tho lut  February, 189!), and wliich apppars in the British  Columbia Gazette ou the 18th February, I8!i7. rdtfaauatMK-kMM  iIr-wtf''i*Ati--f-Vv' '-^'-^"'''  AAyj.f^VrrSiVrrtH  ^^A">VVy^*^^>^-,J^OT-.v/��?>  -      _       "*"*f _... ..^.^^-.m .._,i__^.__n-_____.________ .._A__.      ��� ______ ..    _._       ,-"t  ^ :   BAffi OP MOMIAL  CAPITAL, all paid up....$12,000,000.00  BEST     7,000,000.00  UNDIVIDED PBOFITS       427,180.80  Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal ...President  Hon. George A. Drummond Vice-President  E. S. Cloi'dton General Manager  NKLSON BRANCH  Corner Bakor and Kootenay Streets,  A. H. BUCHANAN, Managor.  BrauohoB ln London (England) New York,  Chicago, and all the principal cities in Canada.  Buy and sell Sterling Exchango and Cable  Transfers. ���    -  Grant Commercial and Travelers' Credits,  availablo in any part of the world.  Drafts Issued, Collections Made, Eto.  THE CANADIAN  BANK OF COMMERCE  WITH WHICH IS AMA1GAMATED  THE  BANK  OF  BRITISH COLUMBIA.  .   HEAD OFFICE: TORONTO.  IAL BANK  Paid-up Capital,  Reserve Fund.  "-      ���      $8,000,000  -      -   $2,000,000  AGGREGATE RESOURCES OVER $65,000,000.  Hon. Geo. A. Cox,  President.  Saving's Bank Branch  OOBBKNT BATK OF INTEREST PAID,  SIEGE OF PEKIN ROMANCE  Reward of a Dashing Lieutenant.  Blood and fire, long-drawn-out horror  and suspense, famine and fear of death  ���these and many other terrors shadowed'the historic siege of Pekin, a-year  ago.    A   ghastly   atmosphere   for   romance to hlossom in���yet, as has long  been surmised hy many wise singers of  songs and tellers of tales, romance has  a way  of  doing  that  very  thing.    So  it  happened   that  while  the  group   of  young    American.; women ��� under    the  charge of United  States minister Conger were suffering thoseoften-descrihed  days of mental torture and bodily privation,   they  were   also,   in  the  most  natural   way   in  the   world,   falling   in  love.   The romance of Miss Mary Con-  dit-Smith, sister of Mrs. Leonard Wood,  who -was  one of the  besieged  colony,  and who has since become" a bride, is  one instance.    Now conies the news of  the betrothal of Miss Laura Conger, eld-  daughter of Mr. Conger, and, before.affliction' fell  upon  it,   the  belle  of the  United  States legation  in Pekin.'   The  young man who was fortunate .enough  to form, one of the relief expedition and  to play a hero's part in the eyes of the  rescued  Americans, .and  who has  now  reaped so rich a reward, is lieutenant  Fred B. Buchan of Troop K, Third cavalry, one of the fighting young soldiers  whom the country sent to China.    It is  believed   that  the   wedding  will    take  place  at an early  date,., for  lieutenant  Buchan  has; all  the traditional  impatience of lovers, and  Miss Conger,  in  spite of her all-to-close observation of  the horrors of war, thinks nothing can  be more desirable than to be a soldier's  bride.;. The  secret  has   been; kept  for  .   ��� a year, but since the recent announcement of the engagement the details of  .the pretty  story have leaked  out one  ,i.by'one.    The time was ripe for heroes  .'"'when lieutenant Buchan first Hashed his  , sword in Miss Conger's delighted sight.  Week after week the distressed foreigners had huddled .within  their ���insecure  shelter.   Day by day slaughter ��� fire and  'Quillets became more and more familiar  spectacles'. iBoxer horrors -were- as common  as  summer  showers:    Daily  the  specter of death'strode hearer. The food  , supply was practically gone, hope was  dying and communication with home or  with  any part of the  world  had  Long  been   impossible.  - So   familiar,   indaod,  had the thought of death become that it  seemed far less horrible than the possibility   of   capture   by  the   Boxers.     To  avert all chance of this one unspeakable horror the women of the colony were  daily schooled  in methods  of suicide,  that  they  misht  die  rather   than   fall  victims to the brutes from whom they  could expect no mercy.    And the strain  of   this   horrible   situation   had   beg.m  months before the siege actually set in.  "I tell you, they (all hate us," Laura  Conger  wrote  home  some weeks   pre-  ; yjous, "and'would be glad to see every  ���white uerson out of China."  Then, one heaven-sent day, came the  rescue party, and, well to the front of  jt, a tall,  fearless figure of a certain  young lieutenant. The way bristled-.vith  ^^-j'er-il^yet^lieutenantJJuchan^strode^ov-ir^  . .   .Robt. Kilgour,         Vice-President.  London Office, 60 Lombard Street, B. O.  New York  Offloe, 16   Exchange   Place.  aud Ua Branches in Canada and the  United States.  of  o.a.:n\a.:d.a.  HEAD  OFFICE. TORONTO.  Capital  Rest  ^M^^^^^^^^^^^aUu^AkttfS^&S*^  .r-c-s:  i��<T*"-,_(r~:[j'rrr-'-' -^~,'.  9i r :��������� ��� ��������������� 1 I-  ; . ^  $2,500,000  $1,850,000  H. S. HOWLAND President  D. U. WILKIE General Manager.  E. HAY..- Inspector.  SAVINC3   BANK   DEPARTMENT.  THE   CURRENT   RATK   OV    INTEREST   ALLOWED.  SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT:  Interest allowed on deposits.   Present rate  throe por cent.  GRANGE  V. HOLT,  Manager Nelson Branch.  home.   The Congers have a special reason to delight in the affair, as they regard it in the light of a compensation  to Laura for a tragedy which she has  already   suffered.     Miss   Conger   is   29  years old, tall, graceful, fair-haired, a  singularly gracious and lovely girl. But  the sad look that you will sometimes  notice iri~ her eyes is the result of an  unfortunate marriage which she made  as a young girl.   Her husband, George  Londrum,   whom she  had  loved  devotedly, proved altogether unworthy, and  the  marriage  turned  out a  deplorable  mistake.'    After several   years  of  misery,   therefore,  the  girl   secured   a   divorce  and  the right to- return  to  her  maiden name.-   Since then she has lived  with her own family.    George Londrom  enlisted  during the  Spanish  war,  was  wounded and died in a southern hospital.   Wherever she has been, Laura Conger has been regarded as a brilliantly  accomplished   woman.    She   has   been  froni childhood something of a. mathematical   urodigy   and   was   for   several  years head bookkeeper in the Iowa state  treasurer's office.   She is a close friend  and  companion of her  father and  accompanied him on his last trip to.Brazil, when he was minister to that country.    In Des Moines, where the engagement was announced, Miss Conger was  very popular and the announcement of  her happiness has been followed by a  chorus of congratulations.  Special Bargains  IN  Boots and Shoes  Notwithstanding that there are  two bankrupt stocks of boots and  shoes now being offered in this city,  T am prepared��� to meet the prices  listed for same, and as my**, stock is  fresh���just opened up���from the  manufacturers, I would solicit an'  inspection before purchasing.  The results that I have obtained  since advertising my discontinuance  in business have been most satisfactory. The great variety of my  stock of clothing and gents' furnishings, with all prices marked iu  plain figures, has proven an irresistible factor in securing sales.  Those who have not taken advantage of my reductions should  call and compare prices and quotations with those offered in any  other store in the city. Everything  is offered at eastern wholesale cost.  Nelson Branch.���Burns Block, 221 Baker  Street. .  j. M. LAY, Manager.  KOOTENAY...-.-..  COFFEE 00.  ************************  Coffee Roasters  Dealers in Tea and Coffee  ************************.  We are offering at lowest prices the best  grades of Ceylon, India, China and Japan  Teas.  Our Beaf*, Mocha and Java Coffee, per  pound... |  40  Mocha and Java Blend, 3 pounds    1 00  Choice Blend Coffee, 4 pounds    1 60  Special Blend Coffee, (i pounds    1 00  Rio Blend Coffee, 6 pounds .' 1 00  Special Blend Ceylon Tea, per pound     SO  Established in Nelson 1890.  to  to  'torn  to  to  torn-  to  to  9)  TIME  TELLS A STORY  For more than ten years th*- goods nf J icob Dovor hivohoon made on honor, and sold on- merit   Onr lino today is larger  and better than before.   Onr stork ot 1)1 uuonds and Precious Stones is the largest in lire Kootenays.   We solicit your pr-tron-  aire.   Hy bu>ing from me you will saWi aO per cent on each dollar, and yon will be getting quality as will ns quantity, as I guar- '  anteo all goods bought from me. ���''-���������'������  OUR WATCHMAKING AND JEWELRY DEPARTMENT HAS NO EQUAL IN B. C.  JACOB  DOVER,  THE JEWELER  C. P. R. WATCH INSPECTOR.  NELSON, BRITISH COLUMBIA.  to  Mail orders receive bur prompt  and careful attention; Our prices  re always right.  to  to  (ft  to  to  to  to  to  to.  to  JK  A TRIAL ORDER SOLICITED.  KOOTENAY COFFEE CO.  Telephone 177.  v P. 0. Box 182.  v  WEST BAKER STREET, NELSON.  PUBLIC AUCTION  OF VALUABLE REAL PROPERTY,  PLANT, STEAM TUG, BAR.CE, MATERIAL AND FIXTURES.  OOILVCIP.A-JSnX'"  OFFICE: BAKER STREET WEST, NELSOfJ, B. C.  TELEPHONE flO. 219.    P. 0. BOX 688.  THEO  MADSON  Saker Street. Nelson, B. C.  FISHING TACKLE  dangers as if he did not see them. Whilo  not actually engaged in obeying the orders of his superiors, his only thought  peemecl to be the succor of the women  of the legation. And such comfort as  one young soldier could give them lieutenant Buchan saw to it that they  promptly had. Lieutenant Buchan is a  Kansan, His father is W, J. Buchan,  a well-known lawyer and politician cf  Kansas City. But Frederick Buchan hud  never a fancy for the dusty stillness of  a lawyer's office. Kansas is a state of  dauntless men, and young Buchan's particular hero happened to be a doughty  little man of the name of Funston, who  )ias since become famous as a general.  In Funston's footsteps, therefore, he was  determined to tread. And his hei/oic  conduct at the siege of Pekin was the  . flrst step toward that career. Miss Cogger was not the only American who admired the lieutenant's bravery. And no,  when the horrors of war had subsided  somewhat and a few; wjeeks of comparative quiet having "made a nearer acquaintance possible between the two,  lieutenant Buchan asked for Mr. and  Mrs. Conger's sanction to the engagement. It was cordially given. Laura  Conger's friends now laughingly relate  how promptly she recovered from the  hardships of the siege as soon as she  had met and known lieutenant Buchan,  for it was a love-at-flrst-sight affair, and  file young people did not confide their  ^ec-'gt at first. Indeed, Miss Conger's  raditiflt, manner was noticed by her own  ���iamiiYj who attributed it to the fact  jthat she had been relieved from hunger. "La-.im is not strong," wrote minister Conger abjjtijt this time, "but much  ���j-ettej* than when the trouble began.  Horse meat and rice was the diet she  needed," Which was, of cpurse, simply  -jr. Quaint instance of parental humor.  "Both the Buchans and the Congers are  delighted with the engagement, and interchange of family felicitations is now  well under way] Minister Conner  stopped at Kansas City recently on his  -yay to visit his brother in Arizona be-  fWP sa.iling on the 15th from Sn.n Fran-  cistw for China, and he visited the Buchan family at the same time. Miss  Conger paid her first visit to the family  ,of,hor betrothed soon after her return  from China in May, when she spent  several days   at the   Buchan   summer  WIS HAVK  THK BEST  FLIES  AND   THE  BEST LEADERS  MADE.  Minnows, silver and gold and Phantoms  "Silk  Linos  Landing Net**  And a p'ondid line of nil fishing requisites.  CANADA DRUG & BOOK CO.  K.-W.-C. Block.       Corner Ward nnd Baker Sti.  IH. H. PLAYFORD & CO.  ^t*****.************.*.*.*.*.}.  91  m  T��  9.  ST.  ��  91  Oi  Hi  Hi  CIGAR 1  MADDEN   BLOCK  NELSON.  ��TOBACCO   AND  MERCHANTS.  $ P. 0. Box 637.  Telephone 117.  Hi  Hi  m  9)  !����  !T\  91  The undersigned have received instructions from the Ontario Powder  Works to offer for sale by public auction  in the stable building on Hall street)  bewteen Baker and Vernon streets, and  known as the lleynolds stables, in the  City of Nelson on :  i:  TUESDAY, JULY 30th, 1901  At 1 O'Olock F. M��� Sharp. . \  the following desirable improved real  estate, steamboat and barge, plant, etc.',  Site, comprising 125 acres of land,  opposite Five- mile Point, with.about  500 yards of water front, and *������ good  wl arf,12 by 24. feet, with 108 feet of  tramway.  Six hundred feet of pipe line, .with  water right to 21 miner's inches of  water.  Buildings, eight in number, connected by private telephone line with the  City of Nelson, and described as follows: One building 16 x 40 feet, 1 building 16 x 40 feet,: 1 building 20 x 20 feet,  1 building 24 x 60 feet, 1 building. 20 x 30  teet, 1 workshop 20x20 feet, dwelling  house 14x24 feet.  Steamboat "Red Star" and scow.  One 12-horse power boiler and engine, on wheels. ���  One upright. boiler with engine and  fittings.':.       '  -=,About=100-cases^of=gutta^percha=fuse,=  125,000 detonators, etc.  About 90 iron drums, used as oil  tanks, culverts and sewage purposes.  Two Fairbank scales, of one ton capacity, also tools, household utensils,  and other articles too numerous to mention, a list of which may be seen at the  works, at the Nelson office of the company or at the office of the auctioneers.  Office furnishings consisting of one  roll top desk, one J. & J. Taylor safe,  ten foot length standli.g desk, letter  prrsses with stpnd, office counter with  twelve drawers, stools, chairs, etc.  Intending purchnsers may inspect any  of the above articles by consulting with  H. Maepherson. Nelson agent, at his office in the Madden Block. Ward street,  Nelson, or with the auctioneers, or at  the works at Five-mile point.  TERMS.���Cash ;on purchases of $100  or under, on purchases over $100 terms  will b-i announced at time of sale with  other <*ondUions.  ��� For further particulars apply to the  undersigned auctioneers, or to  H. MACPHERSON, Madder-.; Block,  Agent Ontario Powder Works4'.Nelson,  iqARBLE, BUILDING STONE,  BRICK AND LINIE   The Mansfield Manufacturing Company  have the above mentioned building materials  for sale at reasonable prices. Special quotations to builders and contractors for large  orders.  ORDERS BY MAIL PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO  MANHATTAN SALOON  Domestic T "SSI?8 1 Domestic  and  Imported  WHISKIES  WINES  ALES  STOUTS  CIGARS  and  Imported  B  E  E  R  S  ANHEUESER-BUSCH  St Louis.  .    PABST  Milwaukee.  CALGARY  Calgary.!  REISTERER & CO.  Nelson.  GOSNELL  Nelson.  ���  B  E  E  R  S  JOSEPHINE   STREET.   NEAR   BAKER.  R. REISTERER & CO.  BRZWXBS AND BOTTLmBBO*  FINE LAGER BEER, ALE  AND PORTER  NOTICE TO DELINQUENT CO-OWNER  To John J. McAndrews or' to any'person  or-persons; to whom he may have" transferred his interest in the BiaeK Diamond  mineral Claini, situate on the; north side  ol' Bear creeK.-aoout three miles from the  town- of *tmir; lying south of aml'ad-  ���olruner the Kvenins Star mineral claim.  Nelson imniri*-- division oi "West J.vooii_iru>  district, and recorded in the recorder's  .7 ojiice for the Nelson rhlnine division.'  "You and each of you arc Hereby* 'noti-  . fled that 1-have expended two, hundred .and  twelve dollars -uid twentj-iive com-, ($ii_t -  ai' in labor and Improvements-upon the  above mentioned mineral claim in Older  to hold said .mineral-claim under'' the provisions of the Mineral Act, and it witliin  ninety days from the. date of this notice  you tail or refuse to contiibute joui portion ot such sxpei.ditjicb together with  all costs of advertising, your interests in .  said claims will become tne property of the "  the subscriber under section 4 of an act  entitled, "An'Act to; Amend the-Mineral  Act, 1UU0."    . .JOHN DEAN.     '  Dated at Nelson  this 7th day of April,  HI  Prompt aud rennlur  dellvnrr bo lih��.tTiu**,��  Irawnrv ��t Nelson  OFFICE:   BAKER STREET; WEST, flELSOf*, B. C.      -   TELEPHONE NO. 219.    P. 0 BOX 688.  P. Biirns & Co.  ;   Wholesale and Retail  h'an��3otiab:o. Dealers in Meats  '****.*.***.���*���*���****���**.***.*.*.*,*.*���&���'  THE BRITISH COLUMBIA  PERMANENT LOAN  AND SAVINGS COMPANY  DIVIDEND  NO.  6.  Take notice that a dividend at the rate  of S per cent per annum for tin; half year  ending June 29th, 1901, has been declared  on class "A" Permanent Stock, and that  tho said dividend will be payable at the  head olllce of the oompnny, Vancouver,  B. C, on and after July loth, 1901.  THOMAS IjjVNGLAIS, President.  E.  J.  FLATT,  Agent,  Nelson.  Vancouver, July 13th, 1901.  GHAS.A.WATEPAN&GO  AUCTIONEERS.  ROOMS U and 15.      K. W. C. BLOCK, Nelson  Markets at   Nelson,   Rossland,   Trail,   Kaslo, Ymir,   Sandon,  Silverton, Nev  Denver, Revel8toke,}yer|--iison Grand Forks, Green-wood, Cascade City, Mid  way, and* Vancouver.  '      Mail Orders Promptly Forwarded  WestHKpotenay-Buteher Gor  ALL KINDS OF  FRESH AND SALTED MEATS  WHOLESALE AND RETAIL  FISH AND POULTRY IN SEASON  ^b��s?REEf E. C. TRAVES, Manager  OKDJ-IRS BY MATTj RTOOKrvB OARSlFUrj AJTO PRflVPT ATTKWTION  ROSSLAND   EINGIINEERIIVO   WORKS  CUNL.IFFB & McMillan  Founders,  Boilermakers  and Machinists.  ORB OARS, nkips, engep, ore bin doors, chute* nnd (zcneral wrought iron work.    Our oro cara are  tbe bout on ti������ market.   Write ua for references and full parUcu-ii.ru.  SECOND HAND MAOH1NKHY FOR SAljK.-One 5-foot Fcltorr wntcrwheol, width000feet., "8 tOlB"  spinal riveted pipe.   Ono 10x5x1.'! outsido packed plunder, sinking pump.    Kock drilln, stoping  bars, &c, Sec.  AGENTS NORDHEY PUMPS. STOCK  CARRIED.  P. "O.   Box  198. THIRD  AVENUE,   ROSSLAND.  D.IV|cARTHUR  & CoV  RALPH CLARK,      .   I. G. NELSON,  ..Undertaker, Night Call 238. '    .Manager  Furniture Dealers  Funeral Directors  and Embalmers  Finest Undertaking Parlors in Gity.  Only .Hearse in City.  The Reliable House Furnishers.  A complete line of all kinds  of  Furniture.      Our   warerooms   are  now' overstocked   with   high-class  goods of all kinds. Carload of cheap  Bedroom Suites just received.     To  make room for our fall goods  we  are selling at Eastern prices :  Veranda Chairs $4.50  Baby Carriages, from $10 up  Go Carts from $2.50. up  Reclining Go Carts from $12.50 up  Reception, Easy and Large Rockers  Ettrlor-Suites-=Leather-Chairs  NOTICE TO DELINQUENT CO-OWNER.  To Herbert Cuthbert or' to any person or  persons   to   whom   he  mav   h,v\e   traiib-  ���   ferred his interest in  the Blend-mineral  claim/situate on the west fork of Ko'ver  - creek,  in  the .Nelson  mining division oi  West Kootenay district,   ind iccorded in '  the recorder :j olllce���;��� tor the Nelson min-  ��� lux  division. ,o *  You and each of you are hereby notified " "��� ij  that we have.expended four hundred and  eleven dollars In labor and  improvements    i  upon - the above  mentioned  mineral  claim  In order to hold said mineial claim under .,  the provisions of the Mlncrril Act,  and if      _X*_.  wiihln   ninety   days, ot   i,,e   date   of   this    "~ *  irotice you fall or refuse to contribute jour  portion of siich^expendituies together with  all   costs  of  advertising  your  Inteiost  iu        ���.  said claimswill:becomo,me property of the      *  subscribers, under,section 4 ot an act entitled "An Acl to Amend the Mineral Act,  FRANK    FLETCHER, '  J.   J.   MALONE,  H.    G     NCELANDS,  K.  T    H    ShMPKrNS  Dated at .Nelson this 3rd day of June, 1901.  VI  SALE OF REYNOLDS' STABLE.  At the close of the sale of the realty  and effects of the Ontario Powder Works  the undersigned will also offer for sale  the Reynolds stables. This building is  on leased ground, with a three year's  lease yet to run, at a rental of ?10 per  month ground lease. Terms cash.  CHAS. A. WATERMAN & CO.,  Auctioneers. Nelson. B. C.  ARTHUR   GEE  MERCHANT  TAILOR.  TRK   ONT HOTKL BLOCK.  Larue stock of biRh-clasa imported pcodn. A  specialty- of the Bqnara shoulder���the latest  fashion Inoo*w.  WiP. TIERNEY  .  . Telephone 265. ���  AGENT FOR GALT COAL  Ofllce: Two Doors West C. P. R. Offices  CERTIFICATE   OF   IMPROVEMENTS.  NOTICE.���THE CHAMPION MINERAL  claim, situate in the Nelson ���niiilng division of West Kootenay district. 'Whore  located: On Forty-nine creek about 200  yards from hydraulic dam. Take notice  that I, E. W.; ar.'Uthews, acting as agent  for Henry Samuel Crotty, i"ree minor's  certificate No. b-19,970. Intend, sixty days  from the date hereof, to apply to the mining: recorder for a certificate of improvements for the purpose of obtain hi*-: a  crown grant of the above claim. And  further take notice that action, under section .'17, must be commenced before tho issuance of such certillcate of Improvements.  Dated this lSth day of July, A. B. 1901.  WEST;TRANSFER CO.  N. T. MACLEOD, Manager.  All Kinds  of Teaming and Transfer  Work.  Couches, Lounges and Divans ���  Iron Beds $5 and up  Brass Beds $25 and up.  Carpets, Rugs, Floor Matting,  Linoleums and Oil Cloth selling at  almost cost.  We can furnish your house 10 per  cent cheaper than elsewhere.  Sole agents for the Marshall  Sanitary Mattress.  NOTICE.  CANCELLATION     OF     RESEKVATION  KOOTENAY"  DISTRICT,  .Notice is hereby given that tT*o reservation placed on iliac particular pai eel of  land, which may be described as commencing at the northeast corner of Township  10.1.1 ijignt A, Kootenay district, which is  also the nortneast corner of blcck 1-.  granted to the Nelson & Fort Sheppard  Hallway Company by crown grant dated  8th March, 18U5: thence due east 10 miles,  thence due south to the international boundary; thence due west along said boundary  16 miles; thence north to the place of commencement,, notice whereof was published  in the British Columbia Gazette, and dated  ,7th May, 18UG, is hereb>  iet,clndfd  W   S   GORE  Deputy Commissioner of L.mds & "Works.  Lands and Works Dep.u tment  Victoria, B.C, 23rd May, 1901  NOTICE   TO   CBEDITOES.  Agents for Hard and Soft Coal.   Imperial Oil  Company.   Washington Brick, Limo & Miuiu-  fiicltiring Company.   Goneral commercial agents  and broke* s.  .. All coal and wood strictly cosh on delivery.  TKLKPHOMK U7.  Office 1:84 Baker St.  NOTICE.  Any persons nel ins-: a* t.nickwnlkfir�� or special  rnnstrililei) tor l.ho I'mi-diaii lJac (Ic Railway  Company during t.ho Trackmon'H Uriko are  respectfully notified that Ihisy are acting against  .tho bestintoros'i of orr-nniz-rl labor.  T. G. McMANAMOM,  Organizer B. of U. T. of A.  Nelson, Juno 25th, 1901.  NOTICE  OF  ASSIGNMENT.  Notice Is. hereby given that George M.  Fronk, of the city of Nel.son, In the province of British Columbia, merchant,  carrying on business on Baker street in the  said cily of Nelson, has by deed bearing  dato llth day of July, 1901, assigned all  his real and personal property except as  therein mentioned to A. P. 1-Iay of the city  of Nelson, In the province of British Columbia, accountant, in trust for the purpose ol paying and satisfying rateably and  proportionately and without prefero'iee or  priority the creditors of the said George  il. Fronk.  The said deed was executed by the said  Goorge M. Fronk and the said jV. P. Hay  on the 11th day of July, 3901, and the said  jV. P. Hay has undertaken the trust created  by trie said deed.  All persons having- claims against the  said George M. Fronk arc required to for-  ,ward to the said A. P. Hay, Nelson, B. C,  particulars of their claims, duly verified,  on or before the lath day of jVugust, 1901.  All persons Indebted to the said George  M. Fronk are required to pay the amount  clue by them to the said trusteo forthwith.  And notice is hereby given that after the  15th day of August, 1901, the trustee will  proceed to distribute the as.-ets of the estate among tiro parties entitlnd thereto,  having regard only to the claims wliich  the said trustee shall then have had  notice.  And further take notice that a meeting of the creditors will be held at the ofil-  ces of the undersigned on the 20th day of  Julv. 1901, at 10 o'clock a. m., for the giving of directions with reference to the disposal of the estate.  GALLTHER & WILSON,  Solicitors for Trustee.-  K. XV. C. Block, Baker Street, Nolson.  Dated this llth day of July, 1901.  NOTICE.  =In=tho matter oMheeslate of-Gharles^DavisMc--  Kenzie,  lato, of  tho City of Nelson,  British  Columbia, deceased.  Notice Is hereby givch pursuant to tho  "Trusteesand Executors .Act that all creditors  and others having claims ngainst the estate of  the faid Charles Davis McKon/ie, who died on  the llth day of February. 1001 or required on or  beforo tho lOthday of August. 1901. to send by post  prepaid or deliver to the undersigned, administrator of tho estate of- tho said deceased, at)  Kftslo, B. C, thoir Christian anil surnames, addresses and descriptions, tho full particulars of  their claims, tho statement of their accounts, and  tho nature of their securities, If any, held by  them.  And further tako nolico that after such last  mentioned dato tho undersigned will proceed to  distribute tho assets of the sard deceased nrnorig  iho parties ontitled thereto. Imvirit- regard only  to tho claims of which lie i-hall then havo nolico,  and tint he will not bo Uablo for the said assets,  or any part thoroof, to any person or persons of  whose claims nolico shall havo not been received  by him at tho timo of such distribution.  Dated the 19th day of Juno. 11*01-  NK1L K. MacICAY,  Administrator of tho estato of tho said deceased.  NOTICE  TO  CREDITOES.  Notice Is horeby given that all persons  having claims against the Iirm of Emerson ,*c Noelands, saloonkeepers. Nelson,  llritish Columbia, are hereby requested  to send tho same In to the said llrm on  or before the first of August next, the  said llrm having disposed of their business here, and being about to dissolve the  partnership existing between them, the  business of the said Iirm will be wound up  Immediately after the said 1st dav nf Aug-  JulV.   J901.       EMERSON  &  NKBIjANDS.  Dated at Nelson, H. C, this 23rd duy of  July. 1501.  In tho mattor of tho Estate of Marmaduko  Bennison. lato of Nelson, B. C, deceased  Notice is hereby elvcri pursuant lo statute that  all creditors and others having claims against tho  estate cf tho said Marmaduko Ilcnnison, who  died on or about tho 27th dny of March, 1901, aro  required on or before tho 1st day of August. 15*01,  to sond by-po<t prepaid or dt li\ or to Geo S ile-  Carter ol Kevolstoke, solicitoi t or Albert Ldw ard  Bennison, tho administrator of the estato of faid  deceased, their christian amlstirnames, addresses  ��nd descriptions, tho full particulars of their  claims, the statornent of thoir accounts and the  naturo of the securities, if auy, held by them, all  duly voriflcd.  And notieo is furthor given that after such last  mentioned date the said administrator will proceed to distribute tho said estate of the deceased  among tho parlios entitled thereto, having regard  only lo the claims of which ho sli-,11 then havo  nor ice and that the said adininistratot will not  bo liable for the said assets or any part thoreof to  any porson or persons of whose claims notice shall  not have boen received by him in the timo of  such distribution.  Bated the 20th day of Juno, A D 1901.  GKO. fi McCAKTl.I*:.  Solicitor for Albert .VA ward Bonni-on, rdmin-  Istrator of tho estate of Marmaduko ISeiinison,  doceased.  NOTICE.  Notice is hereby given that I Intend to  applv at the next regular sitting of the  board of license commissioners for tlio  city of Nelson, to be held Ulct the e\.plia-  tlon of thirty days from the ditto hereof,  for a transfer of the retail liquor license  now held by me for the premises known  as the Glue Pot Saloon, situated on the  west half erf lot 4, blook :!, sub-division  of lot U3, Nelson, to William Wulmsley  and James Bowes. THOMAS SI-ROAT,  Witness: THOMAS M. AVARD.  Dated this 28th day of June, 1901. .,w THE  TRIBUNE:  NELSON, B C, FRIDAY JULY 26, 1901  J-*!'  1 !  ,f  ��'  it  m  fc  i��-  ''!���]������  I :!  J:' :. 5;  ������Ml  l! .  It iii  Bear in P^ind that we Carry a Full and Complete Lin,e of Battj Requisites  Which  Includes  SPONGES      LOOFAHS      BATH BRUSHES  GLOVES     VIOLET AMMONIA  FLORIDA and TOILET WATERS  And in fact everything to make one feel comfortable and refreshed these hot days.  W. F. TEETZEL & CO.  VICTORIA   BLOOK  NELSON,   B. O.  NELSON CLOTHING HOUSE  NO    219  BAKER   STREET,   NELSON.  BOOTS!       BOOTS!       BOOTS!  For a few days only we will hold a slaughtering'  discount sale of boots and shoes.  J. A. Gilker, Proprietor  TELE��H3NE 39.  P. O   BOX 527.  elson Saw & Planing Mills  JLiI^IT-ErJ-  CHARLES HILLYER, President  HARRY HOUSTON, Secretary.  TTr. .*p ju-tiecoivrd 3,00.000 feet of log-' from Idaho, and we aro prepared toout tho largct bills  of lirrine" of iiny "li"ont-i"rr-i urliiiigthti. ICHtiiuates given at any time. The largest stock of sash,  doors, .-.rid muuUiugs in'Kootenay.  COAST LUMBER OF ALL KINDS ON HAND  OFFICK AVI) YARDS:   CORNER HALT, AND FRONT STREET.--.  W  ���t=>-(^>'GP .tz2.��2.'G_'0_'i  SCSI'S:*  m  lb  MORRISON & CALDWELL  PROVISIONS   AND   PRODUCE. ���  OUR LEADERS-  The*well-known Newdale Creamery Butter  In all t-izud packaged 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  Faker Street,  Nelson. B. C.  Morrison & Caldwell  ���<=*���*  rr, ���*7l^"frK"'  M  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, but a call will convince you that it is  the most complete in the city.  LAWRENCE   HARDWARE  Imnorters and Dealers in Shelf and Heavy Hardware.  CO.  llIl-TrTTIIIIIlJZXIJIgiiriliaiXIMrlJlITlIIlIIlJIXIItl.-IIirilllllTlIITITirriTrlTTTTTTTIT'ITTTTTrTTTTTTTTTTTVTTTTn  THE   PROSPECTORS   EXCHANGE]  No. 4, K. W. C. Block,  NELSON, B. O.  Gold, Silver-Lead and Copper Mines wanted at the Exchange.  Free-Mlllinj*- Oold Properties wanted at once for Eastern Investors.  Part'os having mining-property fnr unlu aro requested to Hinrd samploH of their ore to tho  KxciianKu tor exhibition. We demro to noar from all projectors who have prominlng minoral  ciuims in JJritiah Columbia.  Prospectors aud mining mon aro requested to mako tho Exchango their headquarters when  ln Nolxou.  SIX (Wimples Hhould be Hent by exprusi*, Prepaid.   Correspondence solicited.  Address all corumunicatiuud to  Telephone  101 ANDREW  F.   ROSENBERGER,  P. O. Box 700     - Nelson, B. C.  tlTTrlTirTririTirTrTITtTrTrllTIIIITITTTIITrTTTTTIIIItTTTTlTTl-TTTTTTITTTTTXITIITIIIIirTITTgtXIlIIrllXIIIriltnxXt  CITY LOCAL NEWS  The   attention   of   local   contractors   in  called   to  an  advertisement  in  this   issue  of the Ymir Gold Mines, Limited.  .   *   *  E. Rammelmeyer will take his family  to the En.ily Edith mine today, where  they  will  spend  the  month  of Augus..  * ���   *  R. J. E. Scott of Montreal, who is at  present stopping at the Phair, is the watch  inspector for the entire C. P. R. system.  He is at present taking a trip over the  company's  lines.  * ���   *  P. E. Wilson yesterday secured an order  for letters of administration to issue to  Benjamin Reeves of Egansville, Out.,  ln the estate of the late Herbert II. Reeves,  formerly  of  Silverton.  * ��   ��  R. AV. Drew, the C. P. R. company's  popular freight agent, will leave next  week on a six weeks' vacation. He will  take In the Pan-American as well as other  points of interest in the east.  * *   ��  The sawmill at the Granby Company's  smelter was destroyed by fire on Wednesday as well as two of the C. P. R. company's freight cars. The value of the mill,  which was totally destroyed, is not known.  .     k     m  The Swedish gospel meetings will be  held'-in the Congregational church in future instead of In Miners' Union hall.  The next meeting will be held in the  church on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.  * *   *  In the case of Allanberg vs. Benson, A.  D. Whealler yesterday secured an'order  for summary judgment from judge Forin.  The action is on a promissory note for $GS,  said note being the amount of a premium  upon an insurance policy.  * - *   * ^.  Jock Noss, one of the locators 6f the  . Juno property, is back in Nelsmi after a  trip to Scotland. lie will leave on-Monday  on a pi; ispecting trip to the Lardeau. Jocic  was married while in Scotland and he intends to return for his bride this fall.  * *   *      .  In the case of Allanberg vs. Ritchie an  application was made for summary judgment upon a-promissory note for J4S, but  the application was deferred until the 29th  Instant in order to permit the examination of' the defendant upon an affidavit.  J. G. AVhiteacre of Tjronto Is registered  at tlie-.Uume. lie is tlie agent of the wen  known piano firm of Mason & Risoh and  is i". Nelson for the purpose of opening  up n supply depot for his firm in this -ity  from which will bo forwarded all the  pianos sold in Southern Kootenay and  Yale. Two carloads of pianos arrived In  Nelson yesterday,.  * *   *  W. A. McL-an, provincial road superintendent, has a crew of forty men at work  ���on the wagon road which is to give Nelson district connection, by road with the  May and Jennie, Poorman, Granite, and  rtoyal Canadian mines. In the first two  miles >of the road there, is considerable  rock-work., It will, probably take six week'*  ,.to complete the road for six miles decided  upon  for this summer.  * *   *  Mrs. B. R. Athertrsn cf Sandon arrived  in Nelson last eve:ilng for the purpose of  m^eling the w'dovv of the late Ja:nr.s \\ il-  liamsun, ,vho died in Sandon Monday.  Mrs. Williamson was on her way across  the continent at the lime of her husband '���  death, and c..d not l.-a-.-n th'j news ot hor  bereavement until shi reached Nel ton last  evening. The funeral will take place at  New Denver tomorrow. *>  ���   ���   *   ���  Yesterday The Tribune stated the paint-  ,ers had withdrawn from the Trades and  Labor Council. This is denied by the president of the Painters' Union, who says that  the union is still in fellowship with the  Trades and Labor Council. The question  is merely one of veracity between individual' members of the union, which the  minute books of the union will settle if  the case gets into court.  .*���*''��  The trouble on the C. P. R. steamer Slogan, by reason of which. five of the deck  hands-quit work, was not over the wages  paid as was at first reported. It now appears that the deck hands were asked to  handle a quantity of steel rails and they  considered that this was work that properly belonged to the trackmen and they  accordingly quit. New men have been secured in the places of some of them.  * *   ��   The shoptlng__in*_the Dominionl^Rlfle^  NEW DENVER REALTY SALE  DELINQUENT   OWNERS GET   OFF  VERY EASY.  All but Two of the Nineteen Lots Sold  Were Bid in at an Advance  Above the Upset.  Charles A. Waterman returned from New  Denver last evening where he conducted  a very successful sale of the government  town lots which had been sold at the first  salo of-*lots in the government townsite,  but the bidders of which had neglected  to complete their purchases. There were  all told 4S lots offered for sale, the upset  price of which aggregated $S400. Upon a  number of them the original purchasers  had placed improvements, the value of  which the auctioneer appraised at $11,760.  There were just nineteen lots sold, and  the prices realized show that no' hardship  was worked on the original purchasers,  who were compelled by the sale to buy  in for the second time the same lots, as  the prices realized yesterday were in many  instances loss than one-third of the prices  paid at the original sale, so that those:  who purchased in the first instance and  lost their first payment in the end got their  lots cheaper than ���; those who made all  their-payments due under the first sale.  The lots were all offered with an upset  price of $100, and the terms of the sale  were that no bid of less than $5 would be  considered. Of the nineteen lots sold all  but two were bid in at $5 advance on the  upset price, and with but one or two ex-.  ceptions the persons who had the improvements upon the lots bid the lots in. The  provincial revenue will be swelled by $2193  as a result, of yesterday's sale. The purchasers were:  Gething-   &   Henderson,   lots   1   and   2,  block G, $105,each.   '���..  Donald  McLaughlin,   lot  4,   block  G,$105.  .H. Stege, lot 5, block G, $105.  Donald A. McDonald, lot 12, block 5, $105.  Ella Brown/lot S,1 block 10,-$105.  Alexander Sproat, lot. 1, block 11, $105.;  Andrew Jacobson, lot 7, block 11, $105  J. C. Butler, lot 8, block 11, 5105.  Fred "Williamson, lot 2, block 12, $103.  E. Shannon, lot 7, block 12, $250.  ' E.  Shannon,  lot 8, block 12, $HJ0.  J .C. Harris, lot 10, block 12, $105.  Harry Sheran, lot 12, block 12, $103.  Pat Angrignon, lot 9, block 13, $105.  Annie Egan, lot 10, block 13, $105.  Amos Thompson, lot 11,' block 13, $105.  J. P. Delaney, lot 10, block 14, $105.  George Thompson, lot 4, block 15, $105.  TELEPHONE 37  ZE3I.    IB^^EIIE-IS   &  CO.  8tore, Corner Baker sod Josephine Sti 08  PAINTS, OILS /\ND GLASS.  GARDEN   TOOLS.  REFRIGERATORS     rubber and cotton hose.  POULTRY  NETTING  Sole   Agents   for   Giant   Powder   Company    and   Truax   Automatic   Ore   Cars.  JSTEZLiSOZEST  STORES   AT  S-A-DsriDonsr  MINE OWNERS' MEMORIAL  PERSONAL  B. C. Riblet is slopping at the Phair.  * *   *  Neil  Mclnnis   of  Sandon  Is  slopping at  the, Queen's.  * ��   ���  Henry   Roy  and   R.   Robinson  of  Rossland are at the Phair.  II.   Flanagan   and  XV.   B.  kano are at the Tremont;  Muir  of  Spo-  J, XV. Markoman and E. B. Hazon of Fe-  oria are registered at the Phair.  * *   *  Coli.-i C. Brown and James Rutherford  of Rossland are at tha Queen's.  * *   ��� ..  F. A. Whito of Toronto and \V. H.  Leckie of Vancouver are at the Hume.  ������'�����**.7  H. S. Jones of tlyj Silver King, Matthew  Walls of the Granite and H. Porter of  Erie are registered at the Madden  * *   *  L. L. O'Sullivan and wife of New York.  W.-D. .������Wrighter and wife of Spckane and  J.  L.  White and  wife  cf Greenwood  are  registered at the Hume. .  - ���   *   *  Barclay of Sllvertonl-Iumowkrer shrill cm  Mrs. Barclay, W. Barclay and the Misses  Barclay of Silverton are at the Queen's.  They are on their way home after spending some time at Medical lake.  IN HALF GALLONS, QUARTS AND PINTS.  WE ALSO HAVE ALL KINDS OF FRUIT.  H*>cu>ton Block, Baker Strnet.'  T��l��phone 161    P. O. Box 176  JOHN A. IRVING & CO.  R. B. REILEY  '     SUCCESSOR  TO   H.   D.  ASHCROFT.  BLACKSMITHS   AND    WOOD   W0RK--r.o  - EXPERT H0RSESK0E1MC.  Special attention given to all kinds of  repairing and custom work from outside  points. Heavy bolls mado to order on  short notice.  THE ATHABASCA |    !P  Yesterday wo recolvod a fresh lot of JJJ  Limi'H and tnday are prepared to mako !"  all kindiof Hickojs. J   -~ 9.  Roast Tenderloin of  Beef JJJ  Today. *  fit*: "��"  League match will commence at 9 o'clock  tomorrow morning, when the members of  the first team will shoot. The members of  the second team will commence shooting  at 2 o'clock. Any member of the first team  wishing to shoot in the afternoon or any  member of the second team wishing to  shoot in the morning should make their  wisht known today to George M. Phillips,  range ofllcer, so that matters can be arranged to suit them.  , *   ���   ��  J.   Mc  Manus  of  the Junction  Hotel  at  Slocan  Junction,  was employed  yesterday  in   circulating  a  subscription   list   in   aid  of James  C.  Burgos,  an  old  time bridge-  man   who  is  well  known   to  most  ot   the  'pioneers  of  Kootenay.   Burgos  in   now  In  the hospital undergoing Ireatrnont fnr lhe  preservation of his eyesight, and as a result of the .subscriptions  reed veil yesterday   by  Mr.   McManus   he  will   be   helped  "nut  to tin* extent  of something over *10O.  A list of tlio subscriptl',n�� tv the rip.ij will  appear In tomorrow's lsf.ua ot Tho Tribune.  ���   ��   ���  The. children of St. Saviour's Sunday  school had their annual picnic to Procter.  It was well attended by the children and  their parents and friends. The children  marched from the Sunday school to the  boat with Drury Nickerson at their head  carrying the handson-o silk banner which  the diiferent classes in the school are now  Competing for. This banner is certainly a  ���vork of art. It' is of blue satin upon which  the words "St. Saviour's Sunday School"  have been very neatly painted in gold,  and in the conler appear the crown and  cross, the whole, being handsoiioly set  off with gold trimmings. Thepainting on  lhe banner was the work of Messrs.  Thompson & Douglas, and furnished convincing evidence-that Nelson is hard to  beat for its painters.  *b *b  4.^^Eaid==Locals,==T=-vv:o^CEN'TS-a=-'-fc  *b word each insertion. No local ac- �����  ���b cepted' for less than 25 cents. . -j*  ���b ..-���"'*  ���J�� >|�� �������� �������� ������� n|�� .J* �������� �������� �����* �������� *>J�� �������� �������� ��J�� ��J* <�������� ��J��  PAID LOCALS.  Nelson   Hotel   Bar.    Try  Club Punch." On today.  the   "Nelson  Prompt Settlement Acknowledged.  A. R. Sherwood,, local agent for the  Phoenix and Western insurance companies, has received the following letter  from J. Henry of Ainsworth, whose place  of business was destroyed by fire on the  9th instant, in which the following compliment is paid to the companies mentioned for the liberal manner in which the  loss was adjusted and the prompt manner  in which the claim was paid: "I wish to  thank the Phoenix and Western 'Insurance  companies through you for tho very fair  and reasonable adjustment of my loss  and  the  prompt payment of  the  same."  He is   "Boston" O'Brien.  Much has bei-n written, in the press of  the United States and Canada concerning Edward O'Brien, the man who now  awaits the death sentence in Dawfon upon  charge of murder. Notice was first directed to the case of O'Brien by reason nf the  heavy expense Incurred by the Canadian  government in the fastening of the crinio  of murder upen him, it boing g-merally  known that the conviction of this raur-  ���dcrer in the fnr north was not secured until an expenditure amounting up into the  hundred thousands had been incurred.  This was cited all through the press of  the'United States as an evidence of th"*  thorough manner In -v,"Ch the criminal  law of the Dominion is administered. It  now transpir-is, howei'e.-, that O'Brien is  none other, than the celebrated '"E-rstoa"  O'Brien.r who is known from one end of  the Dominion to the other as an old tun--  sprinter.  Eighteen years ago O'Brien was a  resident o*; Ottwa. Ho was a bnckiayi*.-  by trade. His'.claim as r. celebrity, how-  eve.-, rested on his speed. lie wis reputed to be able to cover a h-iU mile in  better time tWin any other sprinter in  lhe country. In yie^arly ill's there was a  hose team in-Ottawa, a volunteer organization that cuuld cover ine ground faster  than a cyfl"nc. O'Brien was on the team,  so was Sam Cassidy and several others  who were speedy in their youth. The dj-  ings of this bunch of world heaters an?  still fresh in the mind:* of many.  Mining Records,  There was but one location recorded at  the Nelson record oflice. yesterday: The  Free Gold, on the north fork of Quartz  creek, and two miles from Ymir. being a  relocation of the Glasco, by F. S. Clements.  Certificates of work were Issued to  Francis O'Reilly on the Pearl and Mima  mineral claims, and to Alexander Long on  the Good Hope Fractional.  (Continued from First Page.)  eral claims and transfers of the same,  the unfair imposition of timber dues and  the tax for free miners' licenses tending  to discourage prospecting for minerals.  OPPRESSIVE   LEGISLATION.  1. Eight hour law, the effect of which  has been to increase the* cost of underground labor by about 16 per cent, which  was passed by the provincial government during the last two days of a  session; without any previous notice to  the general public, the mine managers  or the miners themselves.  2. Severe struggles between capital  and labor originating through the eight  hour law. These struggles accompanying the decline of the industry have  changed, the former friendly relations  to class antagonism, which leads to incessant urging of class legislation dangerous to the industry and communities  dependent thereon.  3. Extension of the eight hour, lavFto ���  certain surface employes.  4. Unreasonable demands by the provincial government for information concerning private business for alleged statistical   purposes.    .?.'���  5. Unwise technical provisions In  Mines Inspection Act, one instance-of  which is the new code of signals for  shaft hoisting. This unnecessary interference with the most delicate and dangerous technical operation of mining  was not asked for by'anyone or . justified on any grounds, and was framed by  parties not practically acquainted with  mining. It endangers life and restricts  the-hoisting capacity of mines and was  passed against the official protest of this  association.  6. The steady increase of taxation and  the continued urging of oppressive legislation so that mining capital is kept  in constant apprehension and uncertainty as to further burdens.  7. The provincial "Master and Servant  Act," which practically prohibits the  employment of labor in any other province, notwithstanding the fact that labor for a new and unpopulated province  must come from elsewhere.  8. The Dominion "Alien Act," prohibiting the engagement of labor in the  United States, notwithstanding the fact  that Canada hasonly a small supply  of skilled miners and that the men required for developing the mining industry therefore must come mainly' from  the mining regions of the United States.  ''���-���   UNITED STATES-CUSTOMS.  .    United. States   tariff   duties   on   lead  in  ores  and   bullion,   thereby  shutting  off the United States market for this  product.  We call attention to the fact that the  sum total of these artificial burdens,  due to human enactment, is not equaled  in any mining region of the world.  In individual capacity, and as an association, we have repeatedly informed  the provincial government of our distress and petitioned for relief. These  requests, together with those for a commission to investigate the industry have  ���HitlTefto'per^  ignored. So far, from having, any prospect of relief every session of the legislature sees new additions to the load,  and still more severe.legislation is being- ursed.  Generally speaking, there is little hope  for proper security for investors in British Columbia mines until this policy is  changed and radical measures for relief  adopted.  We beg to record our appreciation of  the fact that the special difficulties affecting the silver-lead industry, recently  laid before the Dominion government,  were by it afforded a' measure of relief, and trust that the present petition  will receive no less favorable consideration.  Your memorialists therefore humbly  pray that, in,'view of the vast sums of  Canadian aiid British capital now involved, the 'very existence of which is  imperiled,, a royal commission be appointed to inquire into the conditions  set forth herein with a view to recommending measures for relieving the mining inflhstry of British Columbia from  many grievances complained of.  The Sheriff Was Eight  The last Issue of the Monetary Times  contains the decision of the Ontario courts  upon a question as to whether the sheriff  could seize the proceeds of a bank check,,  which had been placed on the bank counter  and appropriated-'by the sheriff's officer  before the execu'fibn debtor could get his  hands upon it.i The case came up in Toronto. The debtor Called in at the branch  of the Bank of Montreal and handed in a  check for payment.'amounting to $63. The  teller in the bank laid tho amount the  check called for on.fth'e' counter in front  of the debtor, but "before he could get his .  hands upon it the sheriff's officer had it  in his possession. The "debtor then sued  the bank for the amount of-the check as  well as the sheriff, butMthe case was given  against him. ��� ���-a : ���"'  ���I* ���"I* ���!* *b *b *b *b *$* *I" "I* *��* **���* �������� "I* "I" -b *b *b  'b *  ���i*      Classified    advertisements   in-   -i-  ���b  -b  ���b  *  ���f. .j. .��- .j. .j. .j. .jj .j. .j. .j. .j. -j. .j. .j. .j. .i. .j. .j.  Classified advertisements inserted for ONE-HALF CENT A  word each insertion. No advertisement accepted for less than  25 cents.  ARTICLES FOR SALE.  SEWING  MACHINES  OF  ALL  KINDS  for rent at the Old Curiosity Shop.  FOR   RENT.  FURNISHED FRONT ROOMS AND  sitting room to let; over Vanstone's drug  store; $2.51) per week.  SEVEN ROOM HOUSE ON CARBON-  ate street, between Stanley and Kootenay  streets; bath room, hot and cold water.  Rent $25. Inquire XV. P. Robinson, Nelson.  FURNISHED FRONT ROOM WITH OR  without board. Apply four doors above  City Hall,  Victoria street.  SEVEN ROOM AND BASEMENT  house on the corner bf Victoria and  Cedar streets; modern conveniences. $25.  Apply to J. Coxhead, Cedar street.  SIX ROOM COTTAGE .AT BALFOUR  to let by the month or for tlie season. Immediate possession. Good fishing. Apply  C. 'VV. Busk, Kokanee creek. Phone ,(ilia.  Or to R. 11. Williams, Baker street, Nelson.  FOR   SALE���REAL   ESTATE.  FOR SALE, RANCH ON KOOTENAY  river; improved. 'Inquire VV. P. Robinson,  Nelson.  ���        ������rr      ~LOST.  LOST���ON AVEDNESDAY AFTERNOON  between boat house and Phair Hotel two  photos in pocket album. Finder will be rewarded on returning same to office of  Hamilton Powder Company.  '     FOR SALE.,  FOR SAL.E���THREE PACK HORSES,  three pack and one riding saddle. G.  Fraser, Falls street, after ti p. m. ��� ���  '  SITUATIONS WANTED.  WANTED LABORERS AND; ..TEAM-'  sters for railroad construction. Help furnished free. Apply at Western Canadian  Employment  Oflice,  AVard  street, .Nelson.  WANTED���MINING PROPERTIES.  FREE MILLING GOLD PROPERTIES.  Wc are anxious to secure a few free milling gold properties at once. The Prospectors' Exchange, Nelson, 13. C, Room 4,  K. W.'.C. Block. v j  GOLD. COPPER, SILVER, LEAD  mines and prospects wanted. Send report:  and samples to trie Prospectors' Exchange,  Nelson,  B.  C.  Room ���), K.   \V.  C.  Block.  '  ��� f.   ... '.. ~     TEAS.      '        ...'���".  WE HAVE INDIAN, CEYLON, AND  China teas in great variety, choicest quality. AVe make a specialty of blending teas  and sell them in any quantity at lowest  rates.  Kootenay  Colfee  Company.  JAPAN TEA:OF ALL KINDS TO SUIT  your taste. Sun cured, Spider Leg, Pan  Fired; in bulk or packages. Kootenay Coffee Company.  THAT FINE BLEND OF CEYLON TEjV  wo are selling at o0 cents per pound is  giving the best of satisfaction to our many  customers.   Kootenay   Coffee   Company.  .  ^FURNITURE. ������: ���       ~  ' . . ���      . t ;  D. J. ROBERTSON & CO., FURNITURE  dealers, undertakers and embalmers. Day  'phone No. a)3, night 'phone No. 207. Next  new postollice building, Vernon street,  Nelson.  ~~~-      DRAYAGE.  FURNITURE, PIANOS, SAFES, ETC.,  moved carefully at reasonable rates. Apply J. T. Wilson,'Phone 270, Prosser's sec-  -oii'd-Han-d-s tore���Ward-street-������=   CHOP HOUSE.    -  PIONEER CHOP HOUSE. JOHN  Spear, proprietor, opposite Queen's Hotel,  ���Baker street, Nelson. Open day and night.  Lunches a specialty. Picnic and traveling  parties supplied on shortest notice.  HARDWARE AND MINING SUPPLIES  H. BYERS & CO.-CORNER BAKER  and Josephine streets, .nelson, wholesalo  dealers in hardware and mining supplies.  Agents for Giant Powder Company.  LAWRENCE HARDWARE COMPANY���  Bakor street, Nelson, wholesale dealers in  hard war-* and mining supplies, and water  and plumbers' supplies.  FRESH AND SALT MEATS.  P. BURNS '& CO.-BAKER STREET.  Nelson, wholesale dealers in fresh and  cured meats. Cold storage.  GROCERIES.  A. MACDONALD & CO.���CORNER OF  Front and Hall streets, Nolson, wholesalo  grocers and jobbers in blankets, gloves,  mitts, boots, rubbers, mackinaws and miners' sundries.  KOOTENAY SUPPLY COMPANY, L1M-  Ited.���Vernon street, Nolsou, wholesale  grocers.  JOHN CHOLDITCH & CO.-FRONT  streot, Nelson, wholesale grocers.  J. Y. GRIFFIN & CO.-FRONT STREET,  Nelson, wholesale dealers in -provisions,  cured meats, butter and eggs.  ARCHITECTS.  A. C. EWART.���ARCHITECT,' ROOM'S,  Aberdeen-Block,  Baker Street,  Nelson.  -b -J- *b *b -!** -1- *!��� -I* "b -b -b -1* -b -b -I* -I- ���!���*  ..>!���  Trades Union and Fraternal ���!���  Society Notices of regular meet- -1*  ings will be ��� charged 25 cents a -l-  line per month. No notice ac- *b  cepted for less than $1 per month,   -b  '-b  -b -b -b -b -b. -!��� ���*��� -I* *���!- -J- -I- -J- -I- -b -I- -b +  TRADES AND LABOR UNIONS.  MINERS' UNION. NO. 9'i. AV. F. of M.���  Meets in Miners' Union Hall, ��� northwest  corner of Baker and Stanley streets, ever/  Saturday.���-evening at S o'clock.. . Visiting  members, welcome. M. R. Mowat, president; James Wilks, secretary. Union scale  of wages for Nel.son district per .shift: Machine men .fo.SU, liamniersmen $3.26, cmuck-  ers, carmen, sliovelers, and other underground laborers $o. .  . , A  LAUNDRY WORKERS' UNION, NO.  S5U1, A. F. of -L..���Moots in Miners' Union  Hall oii fourth Friday in:everv month at  7:30 p. in. sharp. Visiting members .of  American Federation invited to attend.  ���C. Frederick, president; A. AV. McFee,  secretary.  '���'���.CARPENTERS' UNION MEETS WED-  nesday. evening of each week at 7 o'clock,  m Miners' Union Hall. C J.- Clayton,  president; Alex.  B.  Murray,  secretary.'' "  7 BARBERS': UNION, NO. 19G, OF THE  International Journeymen Barbers' Union  o.f America, meets lirst and third Mondays  of each month in Miners' Union Ilall at  SiyO sharp. Visiling members invited. K.  McMahon, president; J. 1-1. Matheson, secretary-treasurer; J. C. Gardner, recording  secretary.  PAINTERS' UNION MEET THE FIRST  and third Fridays in each month at Miners' Union Hall at 7:30 sharp. Walter R.  Kee,  president; Henry Bennett,.secretary.  PLASTERERS'  UNION MEETS EVERY  Monday  evening in  the Elliot Block,1 at 8  o'clock.   J.   D.   Moyer,   president;   William���<  Vice, secretary. P. O. Box 101.  FRATERNAL SOCIETIES.  9     . NELS  ���iftw   A.  M.  Wj.JZ   each  NELSON LODGE, NO. 23., A. F. &  meets second  Wednesday in  *-SW%   ��"-*a   month.   Sojourning   brethren  ' v *>   invited.  NELSON ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER  No. 123, G. R. C���Meets third Wednesday.'  Sojourning companions invited. George  Johnstone,   z.;  E.   VV.  Matthews,   S;  E.  NELSON   AERIE.    NO.    22   F.    O.    E.���  Meets  second  and  fourth AVednesdays' of  each   month   at   Fraternity   Hall.   George .  Bartlett,   president;   J.   V.   Morrison,   secretary.  KOOTENAY TENT NO. 7, K. O. ���'!.'.' M.���  Rogular   meetings   first   and   third  Thurs-.  days of each month.   Visiting Sir Knights  invited. G. A. Brown, R. K.; A. W. Purdy,  Com.; R. J. Stool, D. S. C.  ���I- 'I- 'b -b -b -b -b -b -b -b 'b -b -b -b -!- -b *b-b  ICE CREAM AND FRUIT.  FOR COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE  go to- the Ice cream parlors of J. A. McDonald, Baker street, where every attention and requisite is supplied.  ���I* "I- -I- -l- -l- -b 'b ���'.' -b -b -b *b -b 'b 'b 'b ���>!*���  Cards of Wholesale Houses, un- -J*  tier    classified    heads,    will    be -I-  charg-ed    50 - conts   a   line   per ���!-  month. No advertisement accept- -i-  ed for less than ?1 per month.' -j*  'b *b *b 'b ���{- -b ���*.* 'b *b *i* -b *b *b 'b 'b *b *b ���I*  AERATED AND MINERAL WATERS.  THORPE & CO., LIMITED.���CORNER  Vernon and Cedar streets, Nelson, manufacturers of and wholesale dealers in aerated waters and fruit syrups. Sole agents  forxtrjijicyon .Springs mineral water. Telephone 00.     -  '." ' ASSAYERS'  SUPPLIES.  XV.-F. TEETZEL & CO.���CORNER OF  Baker and Josephine streets, Nelson,  wholesale dealers in assayer's supplies.  Agents for Denver Fire Clay Company if  Denver, Colorado,  +  -I-  ���+  *���!-  -I-  ���J-  **!���  ���!���  ���*!*���  ���I-  All Dominion government, pro- *b  vincial government, and legal ad- ������>  vertisements, : such as sheriff's  sales, etc., will be charged ONE  CENT A WORD for the flrst insertion and ONE-HALF CENT  A WORD for each consecutive  subsequent insertion.  COMMISSION MERCHANTS.  II. J. EVANS & CO!���BAKER STREET,  Nelson, wholesale dealers in liquors,  cigars, cement, ,sfire brick and fire cday,  water pipe and..'steel rails, and general  commission merchants.  TENDEES   WANTED.  For the erection of a cyanide mill building for rhe Ymir Gold Mines, limited,  plans and specifications may bo-Seen at  the Nelson ofllce of the companv on or  before Monday, 29th July. 1901. All materials are to be supplied by the company.  The lowest or any bid not necessarily accepted. All bids to be in by Tuesday, SOth  July.  ELECTRICjKL' SUPPLIES.  KOOTENAY ELECTRIC SUPPLY &  Construction Company:��� vvnoiesale dealers  in telephones, annunciators,, bells, batteries, electrlo fixtures and appliances. Houston Block, Nelson.      ���      ...  LIQUORS~AND  DRY  GOODS.       "  TURNER, BEETON &. CO.-CORNER  Vernon and Josephine streets, Nelson,  wholesale dealers in liquors, cigars and dry  goods. Agents for Pabst Browing'Company  of Milwaukee and Calgary Brewing Company of Calgary.  wineeTand cigars! ~  CALIFORNIA AVINE COMPANY, LIMT-  ted���Corner of Front and Hall streets, Nelson, wholesale dealers in wines, case and  bulk, and domestic and imported cigars.  *!" "I- *b *b 'b *b -b -b *b 'b *b 'b *b '$- *b -b *b 'b  DISSOLUTION OF CO-PARTNERSHIP  NOTICE IS GIArEN THAT THE COr  partnership existing between the undersigned, doing business as hotelkeepers at"  the town of Erie, 11. C, is dissolved. All  debts owing by the firm will be paid by  David Church, who will also collect all  debts due the llrm.  Dated at Erie, iB. C, this 17th day' of  July,  1901.  DAVID  J.   BROWN,  DAVID  CHURCH.  NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE copartnership hitherto existing between the  undersigned by the style of Uce & Burnett,  as green grocers, has this day been dis-  solveu by the retirement of Harry Burnett, who has transferred to Herbert F. Lee  all his interest in the '> business, assets,  good will and book accounts. !|  All persons indebted tb.tho said partner- if  ship are hereby requested ��� to make payment to tlv.- said Herbert I-*.- Lee, who has  assumed and will pay the liabilities of the  partnership, and who will continue the  partnership  business.  HERBERT   F.    LEE,  H.   BURNETT.   ���     ���    ���  Witness: R. A.  CREECH.'  Nelson, B.  C, July 35th, 1901. 7  CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS.  Tiger, Kitchener and Last Chance mineral claims, situate in the Nelson mining-  division of West Kootenay district. Where  located: On Morning mountain on the east  side of Sandy creek about one mile from  the Kootenay river. Take notice that: I,  II. Smith, free miner's certificate 55,702b,  acting as agent for A. Thorn, free miner's  certificate 55,670b, Henry E. Hammond,  free miner's certificate 55,0tii)b, and An-  nandale D. Grieve, free miner's certificate  fiS.lifiSb. intend sixty davs from the dato  hsreof to apply to tho mining recorder  for a. certificate of improvements, for the  purpose of obtrining a crown grant of the  above claim. And further take notice that  action, under section 37, ���.���iu?t be commenced before the issuance of suoh certificate of improvements. R.  SMITH.  Dated this 25th day of July, A. Ij. 190L   .  ��  ij