BOOK III. ��� __ ���-��� SANODN, JAMJARY 21 *&>. (CHAPTER 17 HAPPENINGS IM BRIEF. Influenza is prevalent in Sandon. Father Ferlaiul Will hold services tomorrow. The Payne lard off 15 men yesterday morning. Frank C. Sewell is making a few friendly mils colleeting licenses. Horns' birthday will be celebrated Nt tin* Balmoral with a grand-hall. llaiullton livers left; Nelson v��a: tertlay tu visit his old bom.* rri Nova Scotia. George Mel) maid of tire Noble Five is spsndlng a week' visiting in >|n>kaire. Th- K. A S Iras a bridge gang working between McCriigan arrd the Payne bluiT. Nelson will send a aenlor and jan ior hoekey team and live rinks ol eurler* to Russiand. A. I J. Simpson put in a tew shifts lor the Bank of H. t'. this week, dur irrg the managers illness. Alf Cool ridge, ope tit the heaviest owner* in the KaraMer-Cariboo paid the property a visit thh week. * W. W. Fallows lias been laid up with influenza for the past tew days, but is able to be about again. The Brass Hand carnival which was to have been held In tbe rink last ntgbt had to be ponfroned on ae- e.mrrt of the soft weather. lee is being shipped in from Bear l- lisherl in Upper .lirand Forks, or Columbia as tho town is now known, came to hand yesterday. It is pub lished by Nesbitt A Suudcrs, former* ly tVf the Cascade Maple l_'af. The plant has started live \m\*ov* in two years. I' tirr hotels and ����ne saloon closed their doors this week, being unable or unwilling to produce the f2.r��0 required tor a renewal for six months. Tbe Bryan, Atlas and Thistle, it is understood, are closed permanently. The Vancouver and Klondike will probably renew their licenses. One of the drawing cards at tbe Rseahttid carnival will be tlie ski performance* of a Norwegian who claims to hold the championship ot Norway. lie-will come down Red mountain, and will give an exhibition of a long jump by going over koine freight ears standing on a side traekof tin*, Red Mountain railway. SLOCAN MINES. The Washington has fllteen men at work. Six men are working at the Great Western ami pre takiug out a little ore. L. C I dine has 2d head of mules on the Wakefield trail, working on an HJU-ion contract. The Antoine has been closed down entirely and the gang ail laid off. M. R. W. KathUmrri made a trip to tlie propsrty '1 hursday. The Whitewater is making some heavy shipments agaiu. The shipments fur the week were vO tons. The Jackson sent down 15 tons. The recent strike made iu tlie Dardcnelles continues to improve and the mine fs making some heavy shipments. Five cars have been shipped this month. A deal is pending for the Sunrise claim, adjoiuiug die Maacott, on the Ruth ledge. Tim Roth company is buying the property from Mike K��r- lin. The price is stated at *1.��,000. Tom U**ier, foreman at the Rambler, had his hand Injured last week and is in Kaslo, lakl up for repairs Dick Shcy is acting as boss during his absence, and keeps the trail hot Irr regular Irish style. Dave Black, who ia intered in the Ns and Priuce properties on the North Fork of Carpenter Creek, has returned from Dawson and Is now in Nelson. He intends to do some work on his properties shortly. It is rumored in Three Forks that Mi-jor Furlong has sold a four-Hfths interest in the Black G rouse claim on tire North Fork of Carpenter creek for 1-0,000, retaining a one fifth in- it rest. A wagon road is spoken of from Three Forks up as far as the Dolly Varden. A Toton Without a Council. A very peculiar condition of affairs exists at kamloops. D, II. Campbell has been elected mayor, but tltere arc no aldermen to represent wards one and two. Nobody, apparently, had sufficient interest in tire citv. to be nominated in these wards. Ward 8 is represented by D. II. McLaren, while No. 4 hasG. Monro as alderman. The city will thus be run by three men. The matter may Ire iirought to the attention of tho provincial government. PLUMB BYLAW QUASHED. A Mistake Made in the Wording. Victoria, Jan. 19,���Mr. Justice Martin this morning gave judgment quashing tlie Sandon By-Law providing tor tbe raising of 915,000 for Hunting and making improvements in tbe channel of Carpenter Creek so as to protect the City of Sandon from floods. Section 145, of tlie Municipal Clauses Act provides for the council borrowing money for such work as "Preventing tire obstructing or foul- trig of streams, water courses and drains." The Judge held that the wording of tbe bylaw in question does not come within the terms of Section 146, and therefore it must be quashed with costs. Citii Council. Tbe new city council held its first meeting in the council chambers on Monday evening, Hith intt. Mayor Pitta was in the chair and Aldermen Atherton, Macdonald, Thompson, Hunter and Crawford were present. Certificates of declarsrron of office msde bv the aldermen were presented, signed by W H. Lilly, Police Magistrate, and were received and tiled. Tlie minutes of the previous meet- ing were read and adopted. A communication from M. L. Grimmett, City Solicitor, regarding "Creek Improvements Bvhtw, No. 11,1898." was received and Hied. An application made by J. D. Holland for a theatre license for the Central Music Hall waa considered. Ou motion of Aid. Macdonald, seconded by Aid. Thompson, it was decided not to grant the license. . Tbe following committees were appointed. Finance: Aid. Hunter, Chairmen ; Macdonald, Buckley. Puhmc Works: Aid. Atherton, Chairman; Crawford, Thompson. Tbos. Brown was recommended as License Comissiouer. The present officers with the ex oeption of the night-watchmen were retained. The Townsite Caee. William H.Houghton, acting as bailiff for John Morgan Harris, on Monday last seized the goods and chattels of G. M. Spencer for failing to pay ground rent for the premises which he occupies. The goods were taken to tlie Virginia block where they were placed in one of tbe vacant stores, and are advertised for sale on the 25th dav of Januarv, Inst., under the hand of the bailHT, William H. Houghton. E. A. MacDonald, a Nelson attorney, has been employed by J. M. Harris, and spent the early part of the week in notifying these whom Harris claims owe bim ground rent that they were expected to pay np or evacuate. Nic Parlorcia is keeping bis establishment closed from sunrise to sunset to escape the serving of a distress warrant. Immediate proceedings are threatened against a number of others who refuse to pay ground rent. In the meantime the question of title to tbe townsite is being contested In four different law suits, on none of which judgment has been rendered. There is rumor also of a bill to be introduced in tbe local house at Victoria, to make the claim of Harris and others valkl and to settle tbe question of title. Tbe townsite case promises some interesting developments. For the Roeeland Camiosl The Comique Closed. After a full year of unmitigated iniquity the Comique has been forced to close. As was expected, the new council refused to grant a theatre license for the dive and the short- frocked fairies hr.ve been forced to desist or move to other parts in tarch of pastures new and suckers green. The Comique has been a standing reproach to the city and it is only to be regretted that it was allowed to run so long. The city loses ff> a day license fees, but gains immeasure- ablv in respectability. 'fhe. proprietors ot the Comique have opened a Ave cent beer hall in the premises. This, however, is no indication that they have turned philanthropists. The Sandon curling club will send two rinks to the Rossland carnival, as follows: Wm. Karr, D. J. McLachlan, Wm. Wilson, Wm. Hood skip. A. M. Sanford, Isaac Crawford, Alex Crawford, M. L. Grirameu skip. The curlers will leave on Tuesday, the 24th, and will be accompanied by quite a party ot pleasure seekers, including tire wives of the members. The junior hockey team will leave on the same day under the care ef Andy Grierson, who will uke charge ot the expedition. The hoys are in good practise and stand a very good chance of capturing the honors. The dance held in Virginia hall on Tuesday evening realized 965, which will go toward paying expenses. If the Rossland boys teat this team it is because they are good players: W. Cliffe, captain; R. Hood, Walter Cliffe. C. Carney, J. Crawford. E. Crawford, F. McKlnnon. Roeeland Programme. The following is the programme of the hockey matches to be played at the Kossland carnival: On the evening of the 26th the Rossland and Revelstoke teams will compete In the senior championship; on the evening af the 27th the Nelson tesm and the Victorias of Kossland will compete ; tbe final game between the winners of these two games will be Slaved on Saturday evening, the 3th. In the junior competitions, the Sandon team will play Kossland on Friday morning, the 27th, and the winners will play the Nelson juniors on Saturday for the champion ship of all Kootenay. Thb Paystreak. A Chemical Punic. Experts in gold mining agree that pretty much the bottom fact now known about such metal is, briefly, that all original pyhrites of small grain texture contain gold to a greater or less extent���this, of course, not covering such secondary large crystal pyritous deposits derived trom . veins. It is not yet known, however, whether the gold in these pyrites is in chemical combination with the sulphide of gold or whether each minute particle of gold is simply covered with a coating of sulphide of iron���or. finally, whether such particles are in the metallic state, but alloyed with silver and other metal, which combines more rapidly with sulphur than gold does, and, conse- Suently, forms a coat of sulphide of Iver over the gold. Tlie particles of gold are so minute, and the combinations follow so rapidly during the splitting up ot these pyrites that the finest instruments and tests known to chemistry have as yet been unable to settle this part of the question to the satisfaction of all concerned���this fact showing how easy it is to pnt in a mill that will not save the vain The Standard Buying Copper Mines. The New York Herald says that negotiations looking to the consolidation of the copper mining interests of the United States have been in progress in that city tor a week. With the reputed backing of no less powerful a company than the Standard Oil, the copper mining company, in Its combination of six plants, expects to revolutionize the copper mining in dnstry ef the world. The Boston A Montana and the Butte A Boston mining companies, the Old Dominion conitNtny of Arizona, and the Arcadian, Tamarac and Osceola mining com|��nies of Michigan are named as the component parts of the new organization. It is understood that the American company will reach into Canada and absorb important copper mines there, thus making the combination international, but the Calumet A Hecla company, the largest producer in the Lake Superior region, has so far declined to enter the combination. Interested observers of the tra natctions of mining stocks in 189*1 declare that a small coterie of men have added $50,000,000 to their wealth through this channel. The combination springs trom the recent upheval in copper, and the prices have soared to the higeest figures known, in face of unprecedented production. The increased employment of electrical energy has caused an enormous demand'for copper. European countries alone laat year need 466,7ti9,7ti0 pounds, and Jt is considered that the American mines supply most of the foreign requirements In addition to home demands, The possibilities of tbe copper situation become apparent. Ancient Mines In Greece. Tbe mines of Larium, Greece, now worked for zinc, lead and iron, are the same mines from which Themis- tocles drew the silvery supply to fit ont bis fleet and drive back the Persian invader at Salamis (490480 B. C.) and so lay the foundations of the Athenian hegemony. It is thought that tbe Phoenicians delved there before the Greeks came: so that tbe mining industry at Larium may boast an antiquity as remote as thirty centuries back, while in foil blast to-day. In walking through the French company's great mine at Cameresa. in the heart of Larium region, one traverses a gallery in active exploitation for zinc and lead close by another one worked by the old Greeks two or three thousand years ago. For such a "transient industry," mining seems to evince some permanent characteristics. Prospecting for Oil In Michipicoton- Manitonlin Expositor.���Mr. Booze* of Warren, Ohio, representing the Standard Oil Company, Mr. John H. Fraser, of Petrolea, Ont., driller, and four men passed through here last Saturday on their way home. They will return in the spring to Msnitowaning to continue exploring for petroleum. Wells Farp,o Statement John J. Valentine, president of the Wells-Fargo A Company's Express, has issued the usual annual statement of the production of precious metal in the states and territories west of the Missouri river, including British Columbia and the Northwest Territories, for the year 1898. The ���CTTregate values are shown as follows: Gold. |78,4fil.202 ; stiver. 139,010.- 564; copper, Wfi.200.��48; lead, 113. 314251 ; total, fl 19,022,64$. The commercial value at which the several metals named have been estimated are: Silver 58 cent; per ounce, eoppar 12 cents per pound, lead 13.65 per cwt. The gold production ot British Col umbia and the Northwest Territories is given as 811,975,000, and the value of the other mineral products at 817,663,200. Johannesburg is Silent Cape Town. Jan 15th.���No news has been received from Johannesburg since yestcrdsy afternoon, when word was received that a public meeting ot British residents convened with the object of protesting against the grievances of the Uitland- era had broken np n a free-for-all tight, involving Boers, Afrikanders and Britons. Telegraphic communication is closed down, and there is much uneasiness here. Another U. S. Trust The Chicago Post says: "Official announcement has been made of the completion of a deal which will give the American Steel & WJre Co. ���> practical monopoly of the wire business of the United States. Already controlling 14 large plants, it has concluded negotiations for the pur* chase ot 12 more. "The agreement provides for the reorganization of the American Steel A Wire Co., with a capital stock ot 190,000.000. The present capital is 124,000,000. Of the new stock $40,- 000,000 will be culmlnative preferred and $50,000,000 common." A rate war from New York to Hong Kong seems probable. A Montreal C. P. R. official charges the Great Northern with cutting rates by f20. Victoria Is to bave another dailv by February 1st, to be known as the Daily Globe. C. A. Gregg, formerly of the Victoria Times will be managing editor. n. l. GRinriETT LIB. Barrister* Solicitor. Notary Public, Etc. 3ANOON. B.C. NOBLE FIVE HOTEL OOOT.B.O. B0NGAR0 4 PICCKART, Proprietors. The first Class Hotel of Cody. Kates: *s.��s> p*r ttoy. Special Bute* by ths Week APPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LICENCE. Now K U hereby given thnt st thv etplrn- tioo of thirty day* from dnte baraottht under .l_ii��l will apply to th* Licence (Vmwiwin ���r�� of th* CI y ot Sandon for ��� licence to ssll liquor by retell nt their hotel known u�� Us* TUUtle" idtuated on Bene Aveuu* la tbt elty ofSandon. If<-!.��> >tt* Thowi-os Sandon. December l.t'i, ISM. Application for Renewal oi Liquor License. NOTICE 1* hereby given thnt st tb* �� th* Lit**** Commls��h>n*rs of th* City ��f ���tendon for n r*n*wal of our rk-ent* for th* Palace H��t*>. sltuat* on Beeo Avenue in Ih* City of Sandon. v W.��i.��si_v* Bkukkit. Snndon.tWenilwr 17th. IM. NCfTIOK. JfnTM-K i*> hereby given that apptlrat bin will h* and* to tb* UgUUf iv* A*��*mbly of thm Province of BrOW* Columbia at it* nmtt mm Ion hy th* Brit i.h Columbia T*t*pfaon*s. Idas- lt*d" (a Company incorporated iu Knglund nnd*r theCompanie* Acts IM to vas, Imperi- nt) hereinafter eallod **lb* company" or "th* aaid company." for an not confirming nnd conferring upon it tb* power* of the mi id company ns tb* snm* appear in tb* Memorandum of Asportation depodtol in Knniand with th*K*gi*trar of Joint Stock Coaipenle*: nnd giving th* said company pow��r to acquire, ���serais* and Ink* over nil right* powers, privileew*, rmnchUes and ammtm held by th***Ncw Westminster a Barmrd Inlet Tel' ���phone Compnny. Idmitcd" nnd "Th* Vernon A Nelson Telephone Company." nnd testing th* samein th* said company nnd to aseum* th* lialdliti*. entered Into by tb* afore mid companies and for tbe conferring apen th* said Compnny th* powers to parch***. le*** tok* ov*r or otherwise acquire th* rfathts, privileges, franchises, powers nnd *��*���*��� of any compeny In nny part ef tb* Province of British Columbia bavin** similar objects to th* compnny, nnd to amalgamate with snch other compnny or companies and to operate nnd entry on the business of th* afore* ��nld company or companies so acquired, or to be acquired; and for tb* conferring upon th* Mid compnny of nil such powaisasmuy It* n*ce*sury to fully and completely entry on nnd opernt* the works aforesaid, or nny of them, nnd of other powers. tinted this SJth dny of November, A. t>. IMS. Il< Phillips a Williams. Solicitor* for Applicant ************ ��� ro ro ro ro ro ro sr* ��o ro *-J��-J< ****>S^^^**#*, 'rv*ror^rt>roro/Oro/OfOfOr J THE PAYSTSEAR, SANDON, B. C, JANUARY 21, 1899. SLOGAN MfNBBAL FLOAT. A foot of ore is showing on the Convention. Boms work Is being put upon ths R. D. Fraction, situated close to town. Rumor hss it tbst another deal is about to be consomsted on the Mollie Hughes properties. 0. H. Dawson has purchased tbe Fidelity Fraction, adjoining the Fidelity. It has tbe best timber in tbe vicinity. Messrs Hicks snd Welsh, of Slocan City, are developing the Mary Durham, adjoining the Mollie Hughes group. Tbey report a good snowing. The Wakefield and Vancouver, the big shipping mines of Fodr Mile, together shipped five car loads of ore last week. The late heavy fall of snow has put tbe roads in excellent condition for ore hauling. Tbe deal that has been pending In London for tbe Blsek Grouse property, owned by Msjor Furlong, eitusted on tbe north Fork of Carpenter creek, is off The negotiation* were being conducted by London sgents. A carload of ore will this week be on the wharf from tbe Msrion to be shipped to the Trail smelter. This ore runs 114 oss. silver and 00 .per cent lead to tbe ton, and the owners hope tn realise a neat sum out of tbe shipment. The result of the smelting operations at the Hall Mines smelter for tbe four weeks ending December 80th, 1998, are as follows; During the il days and 18 hours of actual smelting 2,676 tons of ore were treated, yielding 48 tons ot copper, and 42,780 ounces of silver. Last Saturday, at Nelson, Sheriff Robertson sold by public auction the interest of (taudkw Besudoln in the following mineral claims: Gigantic and Grant on Wild Horse creek; York, in Hall creek; Yellowstone, Bearer Hill, Derby, Golden Grove snd Golden Slope, on Murphy creek, in the Trail mining division. TV properties were sold under a writ of execution issued at the suit of Nuyine Simon sgsrnstGsudsis Bnaudorn. The price paid for the claims wss $260, the purchsser being Jos. Sturgeon. W. If Sandiford has purchased from Geo. H. Dawson tbe Fidelity Fraction for the Northwest Mining Syndicate. There is on this ground tbe best timber for mining purposes tbst csn be secured, snd (the acquisition of the property is evidence thst Mr. Sandiford is looking ahead to the day when tbe Bosun mine will he operated upon s very Urge scale Col. 8. W. Ray, of Port Arthur, spent a few days in town this week in the interest of the company that he represents. While in the Slocan he arranged for extensive operations to be pushed on the Mollie Gibson and other properties be is interested in, and incidentally made an effort to get hold of Silver mountain properties. An effort is being msde to form s syndicate to operate all tbe properties on this mountain. NORTH FORK SALMON RIVER. The B. A. C. hsve obtsined crown f rants for sil their property on tbe North or*. A huge tunnel scheme is talked of to cut the immense ore bodies discovered four years ago on Donadson mountain, The Second Relief has doubled itsore hauling force and the road is in fine condition for quick trips and heavy loads. Kane Bros, hsve disposed of their Craigtown business to R. E. McGanghey and have concentrated sil their business st Erie. The Ontario, on Donadson mountain, has been working steadily all winter, and the shaft is down 40 feet on a tine ore body, three*feet wide. The Belle Singlehnrst will resume work on the 1st of February. This property lies to ths north o* tlie Relief, snd is a valuable gold proposition. Tbe Arlington, three miles above Erie, continues to ship stesdily. The new machinery works smoothly snd stoping will soon be commenced on the 300 foot level. Another permanent shipper has been added to the North Fork, by tbe recent developments in tbe Waffer claim,which adjoins tbe Second Releif on the east. Tbe energetic president and manager of tbe Lucky Boy Mining k Development Co., S. L. Myers, Las been concentrating most of his efforts on this property for a year and is to be congratulated on bis success. A new tunnel is to be started immediately below the present workings which will cut tbe ore body at a depth of 400 feet, thos affording ample stoping ground. Its close proximity to the wagon rosd ensures cheap transportation. ROBBRT JAMIBSON SUICIDES. A despatch from Seattle says; Grown despondent because of bis belief that be would lose a 826,000 suit, which be had Instituted against Sir Charles Ross for yrofessional services rendered, Robert amieson, the noted mining engineer snd expert of Vancouver, took bis own life. Room 208 of the Rainier-Grand Hotel one of tbe first-class hostelries of Seattle, was the scene of tragedy. Lying upon his back in bed and with his head and shoulders slightly elevated by tbe prop of a pillow on either side, tbe deceased pressed the muzzle of a Smith and Wesson revolver against his temple and sent a 88 calibre bullet through tbe brain. Mr. Jamieson was a man prominently known in mining circles throughout tbe Province. Mf-LTKB FOR CASCADE. W. H. Aldridge, manager of the smelter at Trail, has been to Cascade and completed arrangements for building the new C. P. R. smelter for tbe Boundary camp at that point. Surveys have been made and the site chosen. The cost of building the smelter will exceed $500,000. and will give steady employment to upwards of 600 men when completed. Tbe stack alone will require 800,000 brick and the buildings in connection in proportion. The works will have a capacity of 1,000 tons per day. It is the plan to have extensive refineries and factories in connection therewith. WORK ON TUB RNTBBFBI8B. Paddy Stratford and Eric Ferguson have been let the contract to push work on the Enterprise. The No. 1 tunnel, now in 25 feet with ore in the face, will be pushed 200 feet further, and the main raise between the intermediate and No 4 tunnels will be continued to connect these openings. The work pro* tiosed and now under contract, will not be finished until late In May. Eight men will be employed. ��� Enterprise Deal Is OF. The Britishers who have been dickering for tho big Errterprise mine, on Ten Mile, have come to a full stop and the deal is off. The reason for this is not known here. So far as the assays and reports were concerned, everything was distinctly favorable. This is only one of several attempts made to secure the property, but the would-be purchasers always dunk at the critical moment. Tbe owners of the Enterprise will work the mine themselves, though with a small force Operations will be confined to tho No. 1 tunnel and the raise (rom No. 8, and these will be extended under contract. Much had besn expected of the present negotiations, the successful termination of which would have set the whole creek and vicinity in motion. NEW DBNVBR NEWS. G. H. Dawson left on Saturday for tbe coast. Arthur Dick passed through here on Friday on his way to the Atlin country. Many New Den verites are suffering from the annual visitation of la grippe epidemic. Tbe steamer Slocan is making nightly trips from Rosebery to Slocan City to handle the freight barge. Capt. J. Troup came up from Nelson to superintend the launching of the new tog host Sandon at Rosebery Saturday. H. H. Knox has gone to the Boundary country, taking a portion of his jewelry stock with him. He will be away some time. The new C. P. R. boat Sandon msde her initial trip on the lake Wednesdsy. The finishing touches are yet to be put upon hsr. Word* has been received from Los Angeles stating that Harry Pyraan is much improved in health, but he must remain under the doctor's care for some time yet. W, H. Aldridge, manager of the Trait smelter, was married last week at Rossland to Miss Tnttle. The affair was the most brilliant function ever held in Kootenay. By tbe present route of travel over Slocan lake, passengers to the coast save 12 hours over tbe old route via Robson. Pressure is being brought to bear to keep to the Slocan route in the future. The union church services, held Sunday in Bosun hall, by Revs. Clelland and Powell, were largely attended and greatly appreciated. Rev. Cleland presided in the morning and Rev. Powell in the evening. Fred Fraser, J.P. of Revelstoke, wss in town on Friday. He is going to join J. D. Graham, in Atlin City, early in March. Politically. Revelstoke is in a bad muddle, and be says J. M Killie's seeing his last session at Victoria, as he will be asked to resign by his friends. The incorporation question is making bad matters worse. The New Festal Bete. The new two-cent rate of Canadian postage is available to the countries mentioned in this list: Letters addressed to places in Canada and United States, 2 cents per ounce or fraction thereof: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, British India.New- foundland, British East Africa, Uganda, Jamaica, Bahama Islands. Zanzibar, British Central Africa, the Niger Coast Protectorate and Niger Company's Territory, 2 cento per half ounce All other foreign countries 5 cents per half ounce. Get There Rll Working. W. Harrington, of Sandon, passed through here on Friday, having been down to the Get There Eli group, on Twelve Mile. This property has been leased from Mr. Harrington by P. Noonan snd N. Sylvester. Supplies are being packed in and four men will work the property all winter. As much ore as possible* will be shipped and the lessees expect to mske money. �� Another Construction Fatality. Peter Gaetano, an Italian employed on the R. A P. railway construction, was instantly killed in his cabin Thursday morning, by a piece of flying rock from a blast, some 600 feet distant. He was employed by A.Scarpelli, who bad a piece of work near McKae's Landing. The remains were taken to Cascade for burial. ___________ Hiram Walker, Canada's princely whiskey man, died last week st Detroit, Mich. Q ��_~B* mflif_ef?qs* Wholesale Wine & Liquor Merchants of SANDON. Carry the finest Stock of Liquors in the Kootenay Country. it if i* **T**T****T�� Orders by mail or wire promptly attended to. INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION & TRAOINCJJ., LTD. Sanuner Tim* Card effective June to, una Subject to chance without notice. SS. INTERNATIONAL. Scot- Bound Forth Bound Bead down. Bead up. s_nr*o_ Trsin Ivs DaMy, 1.00pm Train ar dally H_�� t ���* ar ����� 3.45 pm Train It " S.OOi CBoatlv3.St)am -Ksslo��� Boat ar 8.30 j S. - 4 JO am Ainswortb " TJOi 5 * 50O*m Pilot Bsy " Ampm* - " SAO am Bar/our - 8.10 pm* , 5.33 pinS rum a "Boat ar��.*> am, five Mile Pt ��� " US am Nelson gTralnariaiSam Northpart Train rrlA��pm_, - ������ 1130am Rossland ������ U_6pnr9 *e 310 pm Spokane 88. ALBERTA. SMam�� Bead down. Read up. Sandon Daily train lv LOO pro Daily train arlOAO am " ar 3.43 pm Boat It 3.00 pm Iv 8.00am MoST Boater 1.00pm 0M ��*v-i- ��� *��� -*.w Bwmmm mrnvmrn* *-_-������ ana a.aw uw ._ " SJ0pm Ainsworth Boater 1L40now fa? " 7.00 pm Pilot Bsy UOOpmS H " looopm Kuskonook " 8.00 pox* " H.Ortpm Goat River ���' 8.00 pm* A " ioo am Boundary ����� 300 pm?, ���9S " ar 8.00 am Bonner's Fry ��� It 3.00 pm*? *Zx>Train It 11.40 am " Train ar l_5pn��9 > ** sr 3.45 pm Spokane ** It 7A0am�� SPECIAL KOOTENAY LAKE SERVICE, . Cfcmniencing June 30,1888. On Monday, Thursday and Friday m Alberta will leave Kaslo 5 p. m. for Atnswortt, Pilot Bay, and Nelson. Leaving- Nelson at 8 a. m., Tota* day, Friday and Saturday, colling- at PUot Bar. Ainsworth aud Kaalo, and all way points. GEORGE ALEXANDER, Oeol Mar P. O. Box MS. Kaslo, B.C KASLO & SLOCAN By TIME CARD Taking effect 1.00 o'clock a. m. Sept 1, 18981 Pacific or 120th Meridian time. Subject to change without notice Lsev* 8 so A.M. Kaalo Arrive, S 30 P.M '��� 8 55 ������ South Fork *��� 3 05 - ������ ��� 45 " Sprooto's " 3 W ������ " io oo ������ Whftswatar " s oo ����� '���10 0S " BearLaks " 1 60 ������ ���' 10 80 '* MrGulgan " 1 38 ������ ���* 10 34 " Oudy Junction " l fS ������ Arr. 10 45 " Snndoa Leave 1 15 ������ OODY LINE. Leave, ll.ooa.aa ��� Sandon - Arrive, ll.a����.m " 11.10 " Cody Junction Leave, 11.50 a.m Arrive. ll.*5 " - Cody - �� ll.tts.m ROBT. IRVING, Traflfe Mnjr. GEO. P. COPELANIX Superintendent Por caeap railroad and steamship tickets to and from all points, apply to a CAMPBELL, Agent, Sandon. R. S. Gallop reports the Duncan river free of obstructions for a distance of 15 miles, and small steamers can ascend from Kootenay lake for eight months in the year. This is the result of Government work for tbe past three years. THE PAYSTREAK, SAhlPON, B. C>, fANUABY_21_Jgjg^ The Paystreak. Is Issued every Saturday In Sandon, In the heart of the greatest White Metal campou earth. Subscription ��� - ��� StOOayear ' SMcUy in advance. Address: The P_T*mi*uJU Sandon, B.C. SANDON. B.C., JANUARY 21, 1899 Nelson Dinoley, the framer of the Dingley tariff bill, and Republican leader in the House of Representatives, died in Washington last Friday, after a lingering illness following * pneumonia attack. Fighting Joe Martin succeeded in getting his Election Petitions Bill through tiie House by a comfortable majority, and Messrs. Deane and Prentice are safe in their seats for a short season. The. Opposition did well. Messrs. Hall and Ttedall. members of the local legislature for victoria and Vancouver respectively, have resigned, because of selling supplies to the Government. Mr. Hall is an Opposition man and Tisdall, Government. This sort of business is becoming tiresome. -������������_��� m my It Is proposed by some prominent Canadians to make Canada "a Link of Love" between Great Britain and the United States. No serious objection can be raised to this proposition, but if Canada is to be the link then Canadians ought to have something to say abrxit how that link is to be welded, and what this country Is to get out of the love match. Victoria got excited last week and held an indignation meeting to protest against tbe passage of the Election Petitions Bill. It was a huge affair, but it remained for MrrSpeak er Foster to utterly squelch the whole business, and, incidental (y, the torchlight procession. Indignation is a cheap commodity in the Province, and attempted coercion of tne House wont work; The revenue of the Dominion for thesis months ending.Dee*21 waa $22,113,378, compared with $17,083,- 974 for the aame time in 1897, an increase of overH000.0CO. The en- penditure increase^ trom $13,488,000 to $14,811,044 an Increase of $1,323,- 000, so that the exact betterment of revenue, taking into account the expenditure, was $2,r36o,000. . The expenditure on capital account was $6,214,829 for 1898 as compared with ���2,362,255 for. 1897, an increase of $2,850,0001 i* Another member of the Legislature hru resigned his seat and will stand for re-election. This time it is A. E. McPhillips, fourth member for Vlotorin, and he gave up bis seat because his law partner, earned a fee for personally arguing a ease in court for the Crown. If Joe Martin's mother-in-law raised hens and sold eggs to the Attorney-Generals secretary's wife, brother-in-law the Attorney-General give np his seat and election, or would the the eggs be killed? stand tor re- hen that laid The Toronto Telegram looks with halt-hearted approval upon the action of the B. a Legislature In puch-ng through the bill to shut aliens out of the benefits of the placer gold fields. It says: "If the proposal ot tbe British Colombia Government to shut aliens out of the benefits of the min ing districts makes it harder for the Dominion Government to secure a treaty with the United States, the country generally will not regret the assurance that the Semlin-Martin ministry hasassfe msjority. This boldinining policy of the coast Government is timely. It comes at a moment when it has federal as well as provincial interest and significance. It is a hint to the Washington Government that Canada is not 'easy,* that a bold national spirit is spreading over Canada, that we believe we can live, and thrive without the grace of the republic, and that we mean to go right along in tbe way of prosperity. Canada for the Canadians, no matter what Uncle Sim thinks or does. It is plain notice to the United States that Canada Is not on Us knees to, an unneighborly neighbor. we wonder If Asiatics are not wanted here, and would have to should the Federal authorities permit sentimental reasons and mutterings of unwise missionaries prevail to the detriment of the rights and feelings of the people of the Pacific coast, they will be working to the moral undoing and curse of this fair Province. British Colombia should be permitted the same scope as In the several provinces of Australia. They are nearer the source at Immigration and have had ripe experience In tbe matter. They found a simple but effectual remedy for the evil in high taxation. If the unwelcome Asiatics can not be exclusively debarred, then lei them be taxed to tbe fullest exteut, and this system will soon work to the redemption of the situation. Tne Slocan may be a despised silver camp but It hss no Chinese. THE CBlKKSa QUESTION. . . The Dominion authorities have written the Lieutenant-Governor of the Province, upon the representation of the Mikado of Japan, asking for the repeal of all legislation restricting the employment of the Japanese in British Columbia. In addition to this tbe Federal Government would also like to see the Chinese similarly treated. As if in direct opposition ro this request and as an intimation to the Laurier Goverment to mind their own business and permit British Columbia to run its own affairs, the Legislature adopted the following resolution unanimously, oo motion of Messrs. Helmcken and Dunsmuir: "That an humble address be present* edby this bouse to the lieutenant- governor, praying him to move the Dominion Government to take Into consideration the desirability of Increasing the per capita tax on Chinese coming Into the Dominion, snd urging that In the opinion of this House three-fourths of sil moneys received in British Columbia ports from the present tax, or (If such tax be increased) tbree-ftartnsof such revenue so Increased should be paid to this Province, as the chief injury from the presence of the Chinese Is sustained by the Province, and not by the Dominion." There is no doubting the feeling of tbe people of this Province on* the Question of Asiatic, lahotveod the legislators are but voicing the sentiments of their constituent* As citizens and follow laborers, the PKRPLKXITV. A sur ones sought lo shed upon the eight * feeble ray, . . . But, peeplogour, she soon was lost tn heavens pathless may. Vet on she went, illumlutn* the clouds which Until the darkest nunc���alas! she could n<4 thsn shrne thronirh; Perplexed, she hid her faee and wept behind hss- sable veil, To think, her mission scarce begun, was destined thostoCsS. A tittle stream did onward wend Pa Journey lo the em. Aadtmbbhag'addtf th* pebbled sands sang all soch*rrTtv, It brushed ths ferns, and gUdad round the curvse upon as way, Uallla boulder rock It tutt, and then It went astray; Tot urginsfitlll tta troublous enures to pleas* Uarteeaead marsh' twas swallowed np snd sank A hawthorn bud entered to b pa*rrim*s war. AndttmUly dtsehmd Itsrtf But unsre assumed to rhe fhx ed In vein. A hawthorn bud catered to broom and cheer Ihe on* Bleak inld-wTn- frosts its haves unfurl PorhUahtod In'ihe morn, si art It folded up agam: And aa tt closed IU weary eyes nnd bowed it�� drooping heed. Swset Hope, the emblem of IU ills, fovevermorr was deed. Thus, like tbe star ebnsa Srst bright rev dbtpere- edth* lesser rtoud, -#���-_ TO, too amldtlotts Its elm, 'twas wrsppsd In Ssspmt shroud; Or Has the stream whom eager Sow to reach tbr mighty am. Thos b_*fe*M��l Us tod. tmimi ear* Inioetsrolty: Or Hke the bud whom swset Intent to cheer snd toreSne. Bat Quickened Its too early birth on lonsweet decline- So life oft proves Its chsrlsbsd alms tt* sorest, aed We wake und our hopes have been hat dreams deet within a night; Bat when at last amUtlonecaaasd, TtouahonAto earth we ne'er amy know whom Messina end rspoe* Beyond aU tears then is n Ood who notasour gonq Intent, And not alone Uie good we've done, hut, too. the good we meant. -lira Cornelius Hardy. David Bremner, who resigned the msnsgeinent of ths Wakefield nine, will lesve shortly for the Atlin lake. *���"- l - llll IIUII���SISW���������������_��� POINTS ABOUT ADVERTISING. Economy is to be preached In advertising. Economy is to be preached in everything. Advertising need not hsve all tbe economy. The only business maxim, that "thst which is worth doing is worth doing well," spplies In its full strength to ad- vertising. Better not advertise at all than to ttrtch it Ho sensible merchant would think of crowding 40 cubic feet uf mods in 30 feet guide feet of storsfs, yet the sums merchant oftun attempts to draw trade into his |50^ business with advertising spses a 15,000 man woold be ashamed of. One may advertise too little and lose money. One msy sdvertiss too much and loss money. Advertising expenditure should he followed and resrulat- ed and every advertising experiment tested snd re-tested. Every dollar pot oet in advertising should be watched from the time it got* out until It begins to eesss In swain. Let your advertising space be ss large ss your business. No more think of crowding your advertising space thsn of crowding your salesroom space. Customers sre much more important than spacious warerooroe. Better have plenty of wareroom spues snd plenty of advertising. The sneceesfal advertiser invamhly has plenty of space, and usee few words in it; and what ia more, be never cuts his advertising seriously during theslkgetl dull thane. Ek|*erirnce has taught him that about the best time to advertise ia all the time. _____,,__,_,__ CANADIAN raim arm in isss. R. G. Den k Co.�� Financial Renew sure* that Canadian failures io im hsve been 1,305, or tt per cent, (ewer in number than iu 1007, or in either of the three previous tears. The amount of liaMlitiee was ���4.S30.000, or 81 per cent, less than in 1007, or in either of tlie three previous years. The decrease of Hsbilitiee was about 4* per cent in Ontario, and �� per cent,, but little Iras than the average decrease, io Ouelnv, while in Bhmv Brunswick aud British Columbia some inervase appears. The deceases iu manufacturing failures is oonstderabie iu number, but far more striking io amount, being 00 per cent, compared with last year. 01 per cent, compsred with 1000, snd Ot per cent compared with 1005 er HUM The dscrises in trading failures is relatively smaller, ss might he espected, In amoent of liabilities 25 per cent, compared with last year, 35 per cent, compared with 10M or 1004, and 24 per cent, compared with 10W. 11 HOTEL la the Pioneer House of the City R. CUNNING, Proprietor '���-U 111. HP UHSHi IU!'M Hunter Bros. Are selling the choicest Staple & Fancy Groceries that can be obtained anywhere. Mail your orders v. if you can't visit our store. riftNnorc =ROSSLAND <*. M llll II _����� THE PAYSTREAK, SANDON, B, C., JANUARY 21, 1899. =_=_ ___ !>'ili^-J DAN MANN ON L-AD. He Advneatee Absolute Free Trade In the Article. D. D. Mann, the welt-known railway contractor, was in Toronto recently, and in the course of an interview with a Globe representative, expressed himself thus: ''Canada Is in a flowing tide of commercial and Industrial prosperity. New districts are being opened up, and extensive areas are being developed, and railroad facilities are increasing rapidly. Of course British Columbia take* the lead tn mining, but there are big developments going on in the Rainy River district, and the future there is of the brightest promise. Idonotssy that* it will prove a Klondike or a Kootenay district. That is too much to expect, for southern British Columbia stands alone in the mining world. It is not only rich tn gold, but it Is equally rich in coal, in copper, in silver and in lead Up to this time the want of railroads snd transportation facilities prevent tbe copper mines of British Co luinbia from becoming known, bnt that country will soon take its place as one of the great copper-prwiucing countries. Its vast copper deposits will do just At much to enrich British Columbia as her gold mines. % Ami her lead mines are almost equally valuable, and white 1 am referring to British Columbia lead mines 1 would like to call the attention of the public to the manner in which tbe lead mining industry is being hampered and crip- Eled bv the tariff legislation of the tales. Canadian rrnne-owners are compelled to ship thjir lead ores to American smelters fur reduction and refining. A crushing tax of lft cents a pound Is levied, and this lft cents a pound is charged on all tbe lead,thougb the smelter only pays for 00 per cent, on the lead. The duty really amounts to 100 a ton on the lead in tbe ores of Canadian mines In 1007 000,000 was paid by British Columbia miners to Americans for the privilege of having its ores admitted to the United State* for treatment. Be tween ���OOU.uou and t0_VK�� will be paid bv the mine-owners this year for a like {privilege. This Immense revenue ex rat-tod from Canadian industry does not find its way to the treasury of the United States, for the duty of lft cents a Kund is remitted, or rather never col leu, when tbe lead, is re-exported from American smelters to either Canada er England. By this system tht* Canadian mine-owner is forced to sell his product for about 090 a ton for the lead contained in the ore. It is then taken over to the United States, affords big profits to the American transports tion and smelting companies, snd large and profitable employment to American lalior.. And when that 1s done the Canadian consumer buys back nearly all this lead and pays from 100 to ISO a ton for It. This tremendous crushing tax of 100 a ton should be abrogated It is crippling the mining industry woefully. The silver lead mining Industry oi Canada if properly fostered will give more employment, pay bigger wages and enrich more people than the lumber, fishing snd sealing industries of the Dominion combined. It Is a far more urgent and important subject for reciprocity arrangement between Canada and tne States thsn any other subject now under discussion before the Joint High Commission. 1 cannot help noticing now completely this most vital question is being ignored by the news* papers, while they devote column after column and page after page to the discussion of subjects that are small and paltry beside this. There never was exacted a more perfect contrivance for fleecing industry than this teed tariff, and it Is all done to benefit not the American customs but ths American lead smelters. They take It all. Surely it Is time that Canadian statesmen should take a hand in the game and obtain or make a remedy for so great an evil. America permits copper ore to enter free of duty. She must let our lead ores also enter free of duty, or else the Canadian Government must put up the barriersagainit American lead, and by bounties and other favors contrive the building of Canadian smelters and Canadian refineries for lead ores. I am in favor of absolute free trade in lead and lead products between Canada and the United States. Canada produces more lead than she consumes, while tbe United States is a large im- porter of lead. Canadian export trade tn galena ores amounts now to fully 07,000,000 yearly. It is a growing and expanding trade, snd it would be enenSous if a reciprocity arrangement were made with the States, by which our ores would go in free of duty, and we would admit their lead products also free. I fear the people of Ontario and Quebec don't understand tbe magnitude snd importance of this silver-lead Industry. But if not hampered and crippled hy injudicious tariffs and by cold nv-gloct on the part of Canadian statesmen it will rank among the greatest and richest Industries of the Domin ion. of the Whole confederation, as is fairly possible, for nowhere else in Canada are rhe natural resources and capabilities of the farm, forest, fisheries and mine so well combined, and generously, not to say lavishly, disposed. Loyalty to our country should also operate, to incline the people of the Province to trade the one part with the other., in preference to buying in other countries what can be supplied as well by our feHow-citisens. It is well-known, however, that patriotism cuts very little, figure when dollars and cents are under consideration, so thst in the esse of extending trade between the coast cities and the towns of the interior, the competition of trade centres across the border most be met." Goto rOTA COURT SITTINGS. Severe! I --portent Week Kootenny Cnees Disposed ef. At tbe regular sittings of the Full Court in Victoria, last week, several important West Kootenay cases were disposed of. In the Centre Star vs. Iron Mask case, the Court last month refused the Centre Star appeal, asking for leave to do development work on a vein it claims under the Iron Mask claim. The Court refused leave to appeal to tbe Privy Council as it would put off the trial, which has already been adjourned. In Connei vs. Madden, the Full Court dismissed the appeal from the judgment of Mr. Justice VValkem, who held that the location of the Sheep Creek Star mineral claim was void, as the initial post was planted in foreign soil, viz , in the State of Washington. The opinion of the, Full Court is as follows: I *igree with the learned Trial Judge,that the initial post of the Sheep Creek Star claim having been planted in the United States ofAnserica, instead of within the boundaries of this Province, the whole location is invalid. The Mineral Act of British Columbia does not con template the existence of a claim which takes its root, i.e., has its initial post, in a foreign soil, and, as I regard it, the whole location is void ab initio, or. to put it tu another way, there never was in law such a claim as the 'Sheep Creek Star " The appeal must be dismissed with costs. In Da vies vs. Le Roi, the Court allowed the defendant's appeal and refused a new trial. The action waa -brought under the Employers' Liability Act and the plaintiff obtained damages in the Court below. The Full Court held that the plaintiff was not under necessity to use the skip In qnestion and from the rising of which the accident happened. -KTTKR TKADK RELATIONSHIP. MONOPOLY OP. COFP_B MINES. The New York Herald says: Negotiations looking to the consolidation of the copper mining interests of the United States have been in progress in this city for a week. With the reputed backing of no less a powerful company than that of the Standard Oil, -he copper mining company, in its combination of six plants, expects to revolutionise the copper mining industry of the world. The Boston and Montana and the Butte and Boston mining companies, the old Dominion Copper Company, of Arizona, and the Arcadian, Tamarac and Osceola mining companies of Michigan, are named as the component parts of the new organization. It is undefstppl thst the American company will reach into Canada and absorb important copper mines there, thus making the combination international, but the Calumet and Heda company, the largest producer in tbe Lake Superior region, has so far declined to enter tho combination, Interested observers of the transactions in mining stocks in 1898 declare that a small coterie of men have added $50,000,000 to their wealth through this channel. The combination springs from the recent upheaval in copper, and the prices have soared to the highest figures known in face of unprecedented consumption. The increased employment of electrical energy has caused an enormous demand for copper. European countries alone last year used 456,700,760 pounds and it is considered that the American mines supply most of tbe foreign requirements in addition to home demands. The possibilities in the copper situation become apparent. On and after Monday next, John Houston will be editor and business manager of the Tribune. His salary will be 0166.60 a month.���Nelson Tribune. Store for the best obtainable in the Haberdasher line. Our stock of.. ���'* Gents' Furnishing Goods its not behind that of the big city stores... Ladies' Footwear as dainty as the daintiest and as serviceable as the best. Mail orders, E. R. Atherton Co., Ltd. Sandon If yon are��� T or Call at the Hotel Ivanhoe. NEW DENVER; R C. ,11* III! . Provides ample and pleasant accommodation for the traveling public Telegrams for rooms promptly attended to. STEGE k AVTSON, ..... Proprietors. The British Columbia Weekly, a trade paper published at Vancouver and Victoria, hss many good things in it relating to trade between the coast cities and the interior. As proof that it understands the condition of things we quote from it: "Probably the greatest movement necessary hi business cireke in the Province of British Columbia to dsy is towards establishing a better and more intimate trade relationship between the Kootenays snd the coast. That both are in one province and that the whole lies isolated���to an extent���from the rest of tho Dominion, is one cause making for a community of interests. Natural loyalty to the Province in whioh we live should ��� be s strong incentive to sil to work to-1 gether to build up the banner Province I BANDON, Dealer ir\ MEAT AT: SANDCN, ROSSLAND, NEL80N, KASLO, PILOT feAY AND THREE FORKS. 8LOOAN CIT- MINING RECORDS allvH*ort�� Mid tta ^ gold for 1898, approximately 0980,000,- __&ta__!_S��_ 22SI? J_ri�� IH Th! StoUle increases have been S_^tiK^!n4^ in South Africa, 026,000,000, the British 27_k_*__^ tG_? ^i-?-^0���!1 possessions of tne northwest 06,000,000. the 8k__- Tt��� _�� were Xirtralasia, $6,000,000, and the Unite- States of Amenca,i$8,o00,000. The exports of silver during 1898 to Japan, China and the Straits Settlements were as follows: From London, 027,404,623; from San Francisco, $5,217,000, making a total of 002,622,082. The total for 1897 was 048, 412,009. THE PAYSTREAK, SANDON, B. C, JANUARY 21, 1899. . -w__. t, ��� ��� ���������0 UlflOl the Slocan. Those of New Denve as follows :��� asssBBSDnnte. Jan IS���Hew Kohlnor. ^^^^^^^^^m Wot k done on tbe Shania and Rushford to apply on the General Sherdan aod Snowstorm Fraction, to enable owners to obtain crown grants for all. CERTIFICATE OF nTPBOVSMKimi.' Jam 10-Dorothy, to tbe Ruth No �� Mining Go, Ltd. wm^ Jam ]S-AUtcash, to tbe BC Gold Trust, Ltd. ^^^^^^^^^TJUJIS1_BS. headed, brave, cowardly, Independent, boss-ridden, wise, frivolous, hard-working, fun-loving, steady, siiiy, white-faced, black-raced, cop r_ti>.__l<_>__ _��_n ��� ��� - " per-colored, well-dresseri, unwashed, gentlemanly, rowdyish, all- round���American Citizen. A BAR TO ALIENS. roil Tsit or rrosKMoa _�������� ������ -���* *��� Commenting upon the pressing need of a railroad into the Trout Lake district, the Topic says: Trout Lake is to-day in substantially the same condition In which Slocan was before the N. A S Ry. was built. * I* * Were h mil road in running condition to-day in the Trout Lake district, twice the present amount of ore from the whole district would be shipped by tbe Silver Cup alone. Then there is the Broadview with 800 tons of ore lying on the dump, the Great Northern with 200 and the Bad Shot with 80. The True Fissure has an immense ore body in sight but until a railroad is built there is no nossihle chance of its ever being worked. The reason being simply that it is too low grade to be able to stand present transportation charges. Thousands of dollars have been expended on nurds and trails In the neighborhood and every year the maintenance of these is becoming more burdensome with the wss !���_____ ~������_- 8. Fred Hume, Minister of Mines, has introduced the following bill Into the House, as air amendment to the placer mining act: ��� 1. That every person who is not less than 18 years of age and is a British subject shall he entitled to all rhe rights and privileges of a free miner under this act, and shall be considered a free miner under this act,upon taking out a free miners' certificate, as long as such certificate remains in force. t. No joint stuck company or corporation shall be entitled to take out a free miners' certificate unless the same hn�� been incorporated and not simply licensed or registered under the law's of this Province, and unless such com- Crny or corporation fs authorised to ke out'a miners'license by the lieu tenant-govenior-in-council the wonl "peroorr in this section shall inrlude only such companies or corporations as aforesaid. 8 A miners' license taken out by anv person not authorised so to do by this section shall be null and void. 4. This section shall not affect free miners' certificates issued before the coming into force of this section, and in ease any person or corporation not allowed under tbj* section to take our a free miner*" n��-��i��_* k__ ���*__.��_ *< with __��� _��_?___* "'""' ouru��n��ome arrowed undo of heirhSS"iSK ��Vl_J_r7W *Jrmminern UxAi^e has prior to the ance thu? ��s^__%t__! 1? .W �� Ul; c*5__r int? ***** * lhj* ****'<���� *< - were built ��_..F!KL,,__U _lf ��� r��i,ro��d Quiretfaiiy interest or anv claim under iS!LrvlhJV^^ ���***��� ��* -he provisions A the placer miZgti I Mni*h !(<____. r___ ..-. _ - _ a ���,K.v_u3ii,oi��Teii��- ronce. ��#___ Fargo A Company's Express, has issued Jam the man who sank the Merrinsae. '������B" �� v��ssi|iwsj o ^_F����_, ���_<,���_-,���<_. j ftm jndigpenaaoie and irrepressible the usual annual statement of the pro- Nothing caVlbTdone in these states aod duction of precious metals in the states territories and outlying islands with- and territories west of tht* ___�������� ���* - and territories west of the Missouri river, including British Columbia and North-West Territories, for the year) ending 1896. The aggregate valuations I are shown as follows: I Gold, $78,461,202; silver, $89,016,585; copper, $46,200,547; lead, $18,841,251; total gross, $177,022,666. The commercial value at which tbe several metals named have been estimated is: Silver, 56 cents per ounce; copper, 12 cents per pound and lead, $8.65 per cwt. Classified, the production of gold dust ana bullion in the several states and territories, based on shipments handled by the express company and other conveyances is shown as follows: California, $15,402,658. Nevada, $2,798,785. Oregon, $2,142,869. Washington, $820,590. Alaska, $8,158,991. Idaho, $2,487,000. Utah, $2,168,280. Montana, $4,690,680 Colorado, $28,177,262. New Mexico, $804,866. Arizona, $8,167,625. Dakotas, $657,520. Texas, $5,200. British Columbia and North-West Territories, $11,975,000. Total, $78,461,202. The production of silver, copper and lead in tbe several states and territories | during 1898 wss divided ss follows:! California, $18,103,861; Nevada. $8,595,- 612; Oregon, $2,216,119; Washington $457,956; Alaska, $8,821,491; Idaho, $11,648,205; Montana, $48,898,090; Utah, $10,481,888; Colorado, $41,816,044; New Mexico, $1,704,866; Arizona, $15,675, 820; Dakotas, $6,704,420; Texas, $281.- 100; Wyoming, $52,275; British Columbia and North-West Territories, $17,688,200; total, $177,022,666. The year's combined production of the metal named is the greatest in the history of the countries���United States and British Columbia and North-West Territories-thst of gold, $78,461,202, being above any previous record oflici- .....g v_n uc uuue in mese states am territories and outlying islsnds with out me. The millionaire can* get his stuff to- f ether in such large piles without I elp him. He can t build a house or run a railroad, or open a mine, or start the oil well spouting, or make the electric wires talk, and work wool into clothes, or ideas into bank notes, unless I say so. The missionary can't go unless I send him mmmmw 1^��� _______ in condition to use these trails to ad vantage and to pay back, in taxes on tho ore shipped, the money expended to build them But so Ions: as tne railroad remains at the distance of 40 miles from the mines then just so long wilt the development of this district eoMSst of yearly assessments conducted by the original owners Reeloveoltj* lo foetal Matter*. Superintendent Metcalf, of tbe Money Order Bureau of the United States Post- ��� office Department has returned to) Washington from Ottawa, < nit, where he msde arrangements with the Canadian Government for the mutual reduction of money-order rates. "Under __���aaR uucuon or money-order rates. "Under ThelegWator cant legislate and the ft"���rrsngement," said Mt. Metcalfe, magistrate cant enforce the law "this government will issue orders pay- without my consent. sole at anv tw��i.��* ;�� ��' ��� ��� -��� . - ���- rm.wwmm "i �������f |PMS*C~r lilt nt II*? SCt. such license mav be renewed from time to time, but such renewed Iic*����e shall not entitle the bottler thereof tn holder acquire any interest In any claim under said placer mining act, except ��urh interest so acquired prior to tne coming into force of this section. 5 No free miner after the coining into force of this section shall bold any claim under said placer mining net, or any Interest therein a* trustee or other wi��e for any person who is not a British subject or for any rnr'Miration not authorised to take out a free miners' certificate as above provided. ON OK.ISOUAN LARK. __,. .--** vnil �� VJIJ without my consent. Not even the boss can boss things unless I let him. I'm wonderful. You can't buy anything unless I sell. You can't sell anything unless I buy. You can't teach anything unless I learn. You can't learn anything unless I teach. I'm something surprising. The Greeks and the Romans, and Nebuchadnezzar and Pharaoh and Xerxes never saw anything like me. I'm English, Irish, French, Spanish, and Portuguese: German. Dutch, Russian, Polis and Scandinavian; Italian. Greek and Turk; Chinese, Japanese and Hawaiian; Australian and Canuck: Afro-American and just plain nigger; cowboy, Indian and Mexicano and a lot more. I'm simple and I'm complex. I may not always be right, but Ialwavs come out right in the end r and I'm pretty certain to iret what I want. I always want something, and generally know exactly what it is. You never heard of me ? Well, you have. And you'll hear more of roe for a long time to come, for I am here to stay. WhoamI? Whoop! I'm a horny-handed,kid-glove-'.knlcker- bockered, silk-stockinged, swarthy cheeked. eve-o*u____ ��** ���ht_ -7 _ ������������� -mi limit* oroers nav- ?ate L S���Ei?V" C,,,,,ld,l 3 the sKne ���_It "att,r��d for any order pavab �� ___,&_?____>?&?�� __st^-_8__2r _KW:.fta_ ft_**s?s��-:, This makes the domestic rates of each apply reciprocally for these International orders. This arrangement contein Elates the transaction of money order usineas between Canada and all our territorial acquisitions on the same domestic basis as is to apply to the United States proper. The arrangement also provides reciprocally for raising the maximum amount of orders from $50 to $500. The latter will take effect very shortly. Other matters will require some correspondence before going into operation, which wi'l probably be by Aprillst." Uo��on.moolr Klen Ore. The Rat Portage Miner of Dec 80 states that the screws have been put on the employes of the Mikado mine and any one who is known to blab is to he discharged without ceremony. It is stated, however, by very competent authority, that, notwithstanding the ban of silence and secrecy imposed by the management of the Mikado, $800). 000 worth of ore has now been taken out of the rich chute, which Is carefully broken and sacked, and Is being as carefully milled h�� k_i~ ��� An important transfer of mining sto. k was lately made by the Camp Hewett Mining A Proopecting Co. to the Can atlian-American Gold Mining Co. The* eornpanies are operating in tlie vicinity of the Okanogan lake. The Camp RoomSm ���"M*��n ���������� ine lamp Th�� ftl__ ' * ?"��� tmm th* *** ����wre. ��� ne t *nar of the of^^i��ro|h���ol���^V���rno,,��� ���* President u v ^S?1* He**���� comjiany, and was of frriSr ^Z!-*** ItoTterm* imjSmVmVmAV'S *ml 8*!*��� oul��"��l _ mr as FITZUKRALD A BAY. Prapa. CO. ....-.->coning, ennreb going, oireetly Into the battery, so that no loss whiskey-drinking, law-abiding, * is liable to occur. The minors are also negro ��� lynching, philanthropic, (stripped and carefully searched so that tnoney-grabhingf sentimental, hard ! none pf tbe rich ore is stolen. *���Rantifatonrs <4 ag��� Kinds of CARBONATKD DRINK8 8yphon^ Ginger A^ owMparilla, Etc, Etc ���gsurxgoTft, MCf _rri,_fatrontze horae indumry when you want the best The Paystreak. ,!"*��� *> T Z Barnato's Wealth Diatributed. Oire hundred and twenty-five tlKiusarirl dollars whs recently distributed among a hundred various charitalile institutions in London and vicinity in aeeor'dance witlr the be- q treats of tire late W��M��lte Joel, nephew and heir of Barney tomato, and who was murdered in Johannesburg, '<*ottth Africa, a year ago. The sums were distributed by the firm of Barnato Brother's, who, in order that the Itencficiarres might receive the bequests in full, them selves paid to the government the 10 |ier cent legacy duty. The bequests ranged from $10,000 roe_S0. The institution*) receiving aid include homes lor the afflicted, poor and friendless, wlrhout discrimination as to nationality or re* linious be I it ft. The Difference and Wh East Kootenav Miner: Tfle New York Sun calmly assumes that everything it knows is important, and that everything it dues not know is un hir|*��rtaiit. (ts statement that Canadians know more about the United States than Americans do about Can ada is quite accurate' it baled true, but the Sun does n����t say so, that the [Canadian'8 knowledge of the world, outside of the United Stat**, is greatly in excess of the American's know liilge of anything except Iris own jutivale business and the oftlee grab liing |K>lk'ies of the petty factions which are competing for the right to ob the American people in Uie name of Democracy or Republicanism. If medians know more about the [United States than American* know ��bout Canada It Is due to the superior lteiligeiHseoftbe CauadUu people. Kipling to Pightinfl Bob. o Kipling sent Cent. Robley I). Mvarrs ut the Iowa a set of his works, mil with them these verses: ogbaum draws with a pencil, aid 1 do thing with a pen, hit you sit up iir a conning tower, ling eight hundred men. loghnum takes care of his business, Lin! I take care of mine; Jut you take -care of tun thousand tons Iky hotting through the brine. Xogltaiun can handle his shadows, uid I can handle my style. But vou can handle'a ten inch gun "* *��., w Atlantic Steamship Tickets. to and from European points via Canadian and American lines. Apply for sailing dates, rates, tickets and full information to any C. P. Ry agent or A. C. AlcAKTHVK. C. P. R. Agent, Sandon. WM. STITT, Gen. S. S. Agt., Winnipeg. . A. 8. MARSHALL You cannot find any better goods than toe can show you. Remember this when you want a good suit of clothes. DENTIST. KASLO, B. 0, Will Im> mt the Hotel Balmoral oner h month. J. R. & D. Cameron. KOOTENAY TAILORS. Canadian Pacific Ry. AND Soo-Pacific Line. Tho foot and Superior Service Root* To Eastern & European Points, To Pacific Coast, Alaska, China, Japan and Australian Points. Baggage Cheeked to Destination and Through Tickets Issued. Tourist Cars Pass Revelstoke: Daily to St. Paul. Monday for Toronto. Thursday for Montreal and Boston. CONNECTIONS. Daily to Points reached via Nakusp. Daily excepting Sunday to Points, reach ed via Rosebery and Slocan City. Daily Train. 9:00 k Ive. SANDON ar. 16:55 k (I'ntil Further Not loo*) Ascertain RATKS aiut full information b- adtiressiiiK nearest local agent, or A. C. MeARTHUR, Agent, Sandon. K. J.OOYLK, W. F ANDERSON, Dist. Pom. A*t., Trav. Pass. A*t Vancouver, Nelson. Be sure that vour ticket reads via tho CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY ? The Paystreak. Tha Ibex Case. The fall court at Victoria has al lowed the appeal in re. the Ibex Mining company rand as a result Messrs. Tretheway. King and O'Brien will be struck off the list of contributors. The Ibex mineral claim is situated near Whitewater, and Messrs. Tretheway, King and O'Brien were pro* ���moters in the company. Mat) be Disallowed. Ottawa, Jan. 18. The anti-alien mining bill is attracting great attention here and may be disallowed by the federal government. Ogiloie'a Recommendation. A Dawson man now in Ottawa says Ogilvie has sent a recommendation to Ottawa to reduce the royalty to i per cent on the net output of the Klondike placers. An Increase Both Waqe. ' Ottawa, Jan. 17.���The mining fees last year were $400,000 as against 13,000 for the year previous. The large increase is the result of tbe mining boom in the Yukon. Tbe mounted police last year cost $864, - 415. the highest in ten years. Yukon Precaution* Tbe Commissioner of the Yukon territory has issued orders that no person will be permitted to enter the territory without satisfying the North West Mounted Police officer at Taglsh or White Horse Rapids that he, or she, has two months' assorted provisions and at least $503 in cash, or six months' assorted provisions and not less thsn $200 cash, over aod above the money required to pay expenses from the'border to Dawson. This rule will not apply to residents of the Yukon territory returning, if they are identified and prove their competence to pay tbeir way into the country. A Big Scheme. New York, January 18.���It is stat ed here to-day that all tbe important companies iu the world which sre engaged in the production of borax and boracic acki bave Joined in a trust. The combination includes the owners of the msin depos ts of borax throughout the United States. England, France and South America. tt will control the world's supply of the product. It Is expected that an announcement will soon be msde In London of tne details of the new company, which will be known as the Borax Consolidated, Limited. The leading constituent companies are tbe Pacific Borax and Redwood Chemical company, tbe Borax company of England and Soctete Lvonn- alse ot France, and tbe various Sooth American companies, which are chiefly engaged in supplying raw material to European refiners. The capital Mock will amount to $7,000,- 000. and there will be an issue of $^000,000 of bonds. A Toronto paper observes that though confidence in Kootenay mines has been a plant of slow growth In London, It has proved a hardy one. Two big end promising companies were floated there last year, and Kootenay shares have been rising in London. It Is expected that the year 1899 will be a bright one in the history of gold and silver mining in Southern British Columbia. D. R. Young, whose fame as a poet extends wherever the English language is spoken, has removed his interesting publication, the Mining Standard, to Rowland. Nelson can ill afford to lose a poet at this time, especially one of Mr. Young's transcendent talent���Economist, Capitalists ot Montreal, Boston and Paris propose to Invest $1,000,000 in the manufacture of calcium carbide on a large scale. The factory would be at Shawinigan Falls, near Three Rivers, Que., and the waterpower if the falls would be utilised. The total gold production of tbe Transvaal for the year 1898 was $78,220,950. The December production was tlie largest monthly oat- pot yet msde. The Rossland defeated tire Vie* torlas last Monday evening in Rossland after a hard fought battle with the puck by a score of 2 to 1. Tbe Brokers' Protective Association ot Spokane has been disbanded.. A post office is to be opened in the Atlin district. In Spokene. last "Oh, Lucy, since I saw you week I've been married !" "That's nothing. During that time I've been divorced again." Trmmm b Ayaymm f�� JOS* Tttr Eyti. iM ym sh���Mtake Mifrtm ���fit. Isrtfclng puts Orow'e Foot qolokly than my strafe It makes ynkMk ��M Hawea pair mi pirspsrty fitted Eyo ai������km G. W. GRIMMETT. A Deluge. A Great Inpouring of GROCERIES and SHELF NOVELTIES. TWO THOUSAND CASKS (a train load) of ntos. clseo. fresh packed groceries received daring the past two weeks; besides, several carloads of fine fresh vegetables, representing not only a cataract but perfect avalanche British (Gambia. of goods from all 0k^3& jnTnJTi m\\ W�� ���**������*-a-11-* parts of the world ^^f^^^^lffn nk* "���* ***-*-*��� pouring down upon ffSyljjSy fiffSltit *�� **' lnd dr *k the good people of frffiyW^titofnll&SSm thl>( U *��*14 " __F _v_2^___s m_PU # mr jc0tfmr\*f T ^____T_B _B And whv not ? flF/^2 Iwf IpgrYiflH W ******** teM * when we hsvt* the 9itfK^j\ijQv'lyK deseriV inrm -������ best Mines, tht* f3Rfl^^^^^fiW| ��� ** w* ittvH* T