^mtt^mmWAWmAWmmWatX^BMWkmWimm^timWmmmmmkW^^^ THE SATURDAY Vol. I, No. '2 ROSSLAND, B. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER ta, 1903 Price Flve.Cents NEWS IN A NUTSHELL Items of Interest Round the World. LATEST TELEGRAPH BULLETINS The Doings of Conspicuous Persons Affecting Canadian Interests. CANADIAN. Bait has failed on the Newfoundland ood banks. At least 130 men are wanted in the Boundary district. The Cornwalls have defeated the Capitals at lacrosse at Ottawa. The redistribution bill has been taken up in the Dominion House. A traction engine went through a bridge at Brandon killing two men. Andrew Bryden has received the nomination of the Nanaimo Conservatives. The Clergue works have transferred their head oflice and books to Canadian soil. Robert Curtis, formerly of Phoa- nix, has been killed accidentally if the Ymir mine. R. A. Bradshaw has resigned the oandidature of the Liberals in the Slocan riding. The Vagrancy Act is to be enforced against the residents of Vancouver's tenderloin. Labor Day was observed all over Canada ezoept by the War Eagle mine at Rossland. Good old Gooderham. W. A. McLean is to be Liberal standard • bearer for the Similkameen riding, vice W. J. Snod- grass retired. It is stated that the MoBride government have entered into an alliance with the Great Northern in order to win the British Columbia provincial elections. IMPERIAL. The band of the Coldstream Guards has had a tumultuous reception at Toronto. There is an appeal in Great Britain for more money for extended university education. The Duke of Devonshire denies that he is not in agreement with Chamberlain's policy. The British Free Trade league is distributing half a million tracts weekly on free trade propaganda. Cotton growing in West Africa for the supply of the British manufacturers is assuming large propor tions. Secretary Chamberlain has authorized the loan ol $250,000 to Jamaica planters, sufferers by the recent hurricane. Germany is willing to compromise on the Canadian surtax through fear ol the success of Chamberlain's fiscal polioy. The English Trades Union Congress haB declared against Chamberlain's fiaoul policy. At the same time it wants old age pensions. FOREIGN Seattle street car men are on strike. It has been snowing heavily at Butte during the week. The British Channel Squadron will visit ihe United States. Tbe bubonio plague is epidemio in Mauritius and Hongkong. Japan's prime minister will urge war if Russia infringes on Korea. The bubonio plague has broken out in Newchwang, North China. The Emperor of Austria is to pay a visit to Great Britain shortly- The Frenoh have'been fighting Algerian rebels with brilliant success. 1 The Kaiser is interfering on behalf of his people against the military. Many officers of the Servian army are under arrest for "insubordination." A riot haa occurred between Christians and Moslems at Beyrout, Syria. It is reported that 1000 Moroocan troops have been killed by the insurgents. The EngliBh Trades Congress have passed a resolution in favor of an eight hour law. Turks have defeated the Bulgarians killing Captain Zoyan, the revolutionary leader. Greeoe is favoring Turkey in Maoedon deolaring the Turks to be better than the Bulgars. Russia and Austria propose to foroibly prevent Bulgaria interfering on behalf of Maoedon. The Australian government has voted $1,000,000 a year for ten yeaisjito the Imperial Navy. TtTere ia talk in England of recalling Kitchener from India and making him Secretary of War. The post offioe enquiry at Washington D. C. has resulted in a batch of indictments against many officiate. The Cape government has been defeated on a catch vote, and Sir Gordon Spriggs will go to the country. Colombia has drafted a Panama canal treaty which contains all kinds of impossible monetary obligations on the United States. Russia will evacuate Newchwang and Mukden under conditions whioh imply the intention of retaining the rest of Manohuria. The third trial of former Secretary of State Powers for the murder of Governor Goebel of Ken- tuokey has resulted in a sentence to death. The London water companies want $250,000,000 for their franchisee in addition to the sum wanted for their plant on handing the works over to the municipality. PEALING BELLS OF HYMEN. Espousals of Cranus P. Graham and Miss Carrie Boyd. There was a quiet wedding yesterday evening at the Methodist parsonage by the Rev. R. P. Still- man, between Cranus P. Graham and Mies Carrie Boyd, both of this oity. The best man was Frank Boyd and the bridesmaid Miss Lottie Boyd. After tbe wedding the parties adjourned to the house of the bride's sister, Mrs. E. Maston, where there was a family party. Trie bride was attired in a dark traveling suit and picture hat. Mr. and Mrs. Graham have taken up their residence in the house formerly oocupied by J. Griffith of the Josie mine. CAMP BOUNDING FORWARD Shipping at Rate of 400,000 Tons Yearly. ANOTHER CONCENTRATION PLANT War Eagle and Centre Star Are to Build Near Trail- Le Roi No. 2 Is Shipping to the Greenwood Smelter. Fatally Injured Winnipeg, Sopt. 12.—William Buckland, a Melita farmer, became entangled in a separator belt while threshing today, and was whirled around the wheel, receiving fatal injuries. The partioular news of the week is the final decision of the War Eagle and Centre Star mines to erect their concentrator on the Columbia, river, not far from the confluence of that river and Stoney creek. The plant will begin with a ■' capacity of 200 tons daily. Water for the plant will be obtained from Murphy, Rock and Stoney creeks, being teken at lower points than those rights already possessed by the oity and need not necessarily conflict with the municipality. The long standing feud is now possible of amioable settlement if this mining company is willing. As for the water rights belonging to the Trail «roe1ter these have been surrendered to the new mill on the condition that the water used be returned into Stoney creek. The new mill will, therefore, be some fifteen miles from Rossland along the .railroad track, though barely half that distance in a direct line. The railway people, the owners of the Trail smelter, are also willing to grant an exceeding favorable freight rate. What the Trail smelter is getting out of the bargain is not immediately apparent nor has it transpired. But the treating of the concentrates by the smelter and its consequent ability to produce a higher grade matte is an advantage. Also the presence cf concentrates which contain no silica, helps out the question of flaxes, and the Trail smelter will no longer be dependent upon iron ores to supply it with necessary flux, and consequently will be in a better position to demand a higher rate for smelting such ores. This may be considered another advantage. It is rumored, however, that the real reason why the Trail smelter has been bo considerate ia that the works are to be sold to the Gooder- hama, the owners of the mineB now in treaty with it. The truth or falsity of this cannot at present be ascertained. The reduotion works to be erected are in consequence of the Buooessf ul experiments carried out last year by Gerald Hopkins at Silica, and there oan be no donbt as to their commercial practicability. It is certain than $8 ore oan be suocess fully treated at a handsome profit. Beyond this Manager Kirby has not committed himself but he has openly expressed hia opinion that eventually $5 ore oan be mined at a profit. The process used is sup posed to be a secret, but sufficient of its nature was dieolosed in the action brought by Gerald Hopkins against the War Eagle to show tbat the main concentration was in the use of vanners and tables, using water freely and oyaniding the tailings. The point is how the iron and cyanide will agree. The original manager of the Silica works, Lionel Webber, insisted that he had succeeded in counteracting this by eorne elaborate process of syphoning. The Le Roi No. 2 is not shipping this week to Northport, and has in consequence of the visit of Manager MoAlister of the Greenwood smelter, transferred the treatment of its ores to those works-. The Velvet is still shipping fines of whioh there are about 1500 tons on the dump capable of yielding a small profit. The Le Roi No. 2 concentrator is making rapid progress, and the only thing delaying the mill at present is the arrival of a second Chilian mill, whioh must be installed before the concentrator can be properly at work. Within the course of a very few weeks now the capability of the Elmore process of. successfully treating Rossland low grade ores of a silici- ous base will be thoroughly demonstrated to the mining public in general, not only in Rossland but elsewhere sb the momentuous experiment is being carefully watched. WEEK TOTAL Le Roi 4493 137,820 Centre Star 1770 55,942 War Eagle 1260 42,009 Le Roi No. 2 220 18,199 Kootenay 6,298 Velvet 50 4,370 Jumbo 116 1,525 Giant 714 White Bear 250 Spitzee 60 120 Silica concentrates .... 85 Homestake 80 I.X.L 60 O. K 20 Totals 8,069 267,087 Boundary Shfpuients, Phoenix, Sept, 12.—(Special.) — For the last seven days the ore shipped from Boundary mines has run over nine thousand tone al though the largest shipping mines, the Granby group, have been Bending out but little for a week or two Still once again this week has the Snowshoe exoeeded all previous re oords for seven days ore shipping, and the tonnage from the Oro Demoro is also steadily growing each week. The following shipments were made by the different mines Granby mineB to Granby smelter, 1,148 tons; Mother Lode to Greenwood smelter, 3520 tons; Snowshoe to Sunset smelter,2880 tone; Athel- stan to Sunset smelter,180 tons; Oro Denoro to Sunset smelter, 759 tone; Emma toJNelson smelter, 264 tone; Sunset to Sunset smelter, 900 tons; Providence to Trail smelter, 21 tons. WEEK TOTAL Granby 1,148 234,196 Mother Lode 3,520 81,951 Snowshoe 2,880 46,552 B.C 19,365 Sunset 900 12,667 Emma... 264 12,050 Oro Denoro 759 4,995 Athelstan 180 1,210 Providence 21 666 Elkhorn 129 Totals 9.672 4«3.78l Slocan Shipments. The total amount of ore shipped from the Slocan and Slocan City mining divisions for the year 1902 was, approximately, 30,000 tons. Since January 1 to Sept. 6, 1903, the shipments have been as follows: WEEK. TOTAL American Boy 42 565 Antoine 212 Arlington 40 Black Prtnce 17 Bondholder 2 Bosun 30 ' 850 Bluebird 20 Dayton 4 Enterprise 20 535 Fisher Maiden 280 Hartney 42 Hamilton 4 Highland Light 2 Idaho 21 Ivanhoe 28 611 Lucky Jim 105 Mercury 21 41 Monitor 20 476 Meteor 52 Ottawa 126 Payne, 33 1714 Queen Bess 204 Rambler 40 1448 Reco 153 Republic 70 Ruth 88 417 Rio 9 Red Fox 99 Slocan Star 42 1871 Slocan Boy 16 Silver-Glance ............. 55 Surpnse 5 Vancouver 20 Wonderful 23 Total tons 354 10,109 GOODEVE NOMINATED Rossland Conservatives Choose Their Standard Bearer. A. S. Goodeve was chosen standard bearer by the RoBsland. Conservatives at their convention held last evening inMiners' UnionjHall. The vote was {practically unanimous, although C. E. Race was also proposed. Mr. Race desired to withdraw, but the chairman, A. H. MaoNeill, pointed out to him that he had not been seconded. This, however, was thereupon done. On being subsequently asked to pledge himself to to the support ot A. S. Goodeve, Mr. Race declined to do BO. Mr. Goodeve, as ia well known, is a prominent citizen of Rossland, and a pioneer, having been twice may or of the oity (before the strike) and has always been closely identified with municipal affairs. During the oandidature of Governor Mackintosh and of John McKane Mr. Goodeve did yeoman service for the Conservatives, and his present nomination is only dne him by his party. YET ANOTHER EXCITEMENT Fresh Rush Is Made to Poplar. TOWNSITE PANS ALLUVIAL GOLD No Places for the Houses-Placer Diggings Are Discovered Everywhere! Poplar, Sept. 12.—The latest excitement at the oamp has arisen through the discovery that practically all the gravel beds in the' valley here are gold bearing, oolora being obtainable everywhere from the moss down. This was observed last Monday, and as a result over forty locations were made the first day, and about thirty since. Tbe Poplar oreek townsite has been staked not only for a preemption, mill site, half a dozen mineral claims, railway land,town- site and by applicants for purchase, but now has placer poets struok all over it. It is believed that the townsite people have the title to the surfaoe all right, but if the gravel is as rioh as it is at present thought to be, there will not be much surfaoe left. British Tourlete. Calgary, Sept. 12.—The distinguished party oi British parliamentarians and capitalists, whioh is headed by lord Ly venden, passed through the oity this morning on their way west to the Paoific ooast. Found Guilty. Winnipeg, Sept. 12.—P. Burrell, found guilty of forgery, was today sentenced by Judge Perdue to three years' imprisonment, Divorce Court*. The County Law Library Association at Toronto have passed resolutions in favor of divorce courts, increases in Judges' salaries, and consolidation ot municipal lawB each year. Liberal Members Protested Winnipeg, Sept. 12.—Protests were filed today against the election of three members elect of the legislature, all Liberals. The protested seats: St. Bonifaoe, H. Chevrier; Assiniboia, J. H. Prefontaine; and Rhineland, Valentine Winkler. TORIES AT VANCOUVER Great Struggle for the Nomination of Wednesday Next. Vancouver, Sept. 12.—Notices for the primaries are just out. The meetings will be held on Tuesday evening next. On the night following a convention of the delegates selected at the primaries will be held to nominate five candidates. Up to a short time ago the name of Broderiok Bueoombe stood well up on the list. Buncombe's chances of nomination were good, until Bowser discovered that there were too many names on the slate, and ooncluded ttiat his own should be there. There are a dozen other aspirants for the Tory nomination. Prominent among these outsiders are J. A. Russell, A. H. B. Maogowan, and D. Donaldson. 10 THE SATURDAY WORLD, ROSSLAND, B C, SEPT. ,2 1903. AUTHORS - AND BOOKS What the Magazines are Saying ARTICLES OFCURRENTCOMMENT Some Recent Books and Periodicals —Topics Interesting' General Readers. Lippincott'e Magazine for September, is an eminently readable number, and contains a partionlar good story by E. G. Stevenson, "The Blade That Won," as its chief feature. The Smart Set 1b quite up to its usual form and has some oharming verses by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, a scholarly contribution by America's leading literary oritic, Brander Mathews who, if not bo profound, is certainly more sane than Goldwin Smith and a pretty story by the ever welcome John Strange Winter. The North American Review is running a serial by Henry James, and contains as its leading artiole, a timely review of the work and influence of the late Pope XIII. There is alBO a literary oritique of Shakespeare's English by Brander Matbew, whioh will be welcome to scholars, although on so well known a subject. CaBsell's Magazine is a bright number, containing a serial by its editor, Max Femberton, and in addition a olever storiette by Clifford Ashdown, who is making his mark in the "Adventures of Romney Pringle." The Pelineator,. eminently a woman's magazine, contains its usual plethora of accurate informa tion with regard to the fashions of the day, and has several bright storiea written, of courBe, from the point of view of the ladies. Sports Afield, a Chicago publication, is written altogether, as its name implies, for the sterner sex, and appeals solely to men The current number is quite up to date and is worthy of many readers amongst those who are devoted to sport. Among the later books recently to hand is to be noted a short story by P. Marion Crawford, "A Man Overboard," which is not quite after this author's usual style, nor is it pitched in his favorite Italian background. It gains from the change and is as weird a story as any that have ever come from bis pen. The "House with the Green Shutters," by the as yet little known George Douglas, is a fine bit of character study by one apparently well endowed by nature for its delineation, and moreover the tale lias quite sufficient plot with it to carry the condemnation of W. D. Howella who is said to have been of the opinion that all the stories were told. In this connection a rather good story is told of Howells, in relation to a certain Bohemian club in New York, whose denizens kept a blank wall for the effusions of eminent literatteurs when first introduced within its hospitable doors. Howells on such an occasion was desired to contribute something, signing his name to the same, to be in company with many another celebrated name. He, puzzled, did not know what to write, and finally in desparation scrawled "I can't think of anything," and signed his name. A olub wag, noting the quite characteristic inscription, wrote below: "Quite bo!" "The Intrusions of Peggy" by Anthony Hope, needs nothing to recommend it. All know of Anthony Hope's worth and a book by him will probably be sought by all who have not read it, and by many who have,wishing to renew a pleasure once enjoyed. "Blaok Rock" by Ralph Connor, a story pitched amid the rugged scenery of the Selkirks, descriptive of the life that is passing around us in the strenuous west, is sure to find many readers in the Koote- nays.albeit Ralph Connor ia strong er aB a tale teller than as a portray er of charaoter. "The Virginians," by Owen Wis ter, is a remarkably good study of the west, by one who knows the con ditions^well; the conflict between a certain phase of emasculated Chris tianity, and that type of 'muscular" Christianity, exemplified by such a manly oharaoter as Charles Kings ley, iB well brought out. OUTSIDE MINE NEWS What Is Being Done Outside the'Province. CONSERVATIVE PLATFORM [Adopted at Revelstoke, Soptember 13th, 1902.] .. 1. That thia convention reafllrmR tho policy of the party in matters of provincial roads and trails; the ownership and control of railways and tho development of the agricultural resources of the province as laid down in tho platform adopted in October, 1899, which is as follows; "To actively aid in the construction of trails throughout the undeveloped portions of the province and tho building of provincial trunk roads of public necessity. "To adopt the principles of government own ership of railways in so far as the circum stances of the province will admit, and the adoption of the principle that no bonus should bo granted to any railway company which does not give tho government of the province control of rates over lines bonused, together with the option of purohase. "To actively assist by stato aid in "the development of the agricultural resources of tho province." 2. That in the meantime and until the railway policy above set forth can be accomplished, a general railway aet be passed giving freedom to construct railways under certain approved regulations, analogous to the system tnat has resulted in such extensive railway construction in the United States, with so much advantage to trade and commerce. 3- That to encourage the mining industry, the taxation of metalliferous mines should bo on the basis of apercentage on the net profits, 4. That tho government ownership of tele Shono systems should be brought about as a rst stop In the acquisition of public utilities. 5. That a portion of every coal area here after to be disposed of should bo reserved from sale or lease, ho that state owned mines may be easily accessible, if their operation becomos necessary or advisable. G. That in the pulp land leases provision should be modo for reforesting and that stops should be taken for the general preservation of forests by guarding against the wasteful destruction of timber. 7. That the legislature and government of the province should persevere in tho ellbrt to secure tho exclusion of Asiatic labor. 8. That tho matter of bottor terms in the way of subsidy and appropriations for tho Srovinco should bo vigorously pressed upon the lomiuion government. 9. That tho silver-lead industries of tho provinco be fostered and encouraged by tho imposition of increased customs duties on lead and load products imported into Canada, and that tho Conservative membors of the Dominion House be u^god to support any motion introduced for Hueh a purpose, 10. That as Industrial disputes almost invariably result in great loss ana injury both to the parties directly concerned and to tho public, legislation should be passed to provide means for an amicable adjustment of such disputes between employers and employes. 11. That it is advisable to foster the manufacture of tho raw products of tho province within the province as far as practicable by moans of taxation on thesaid rawproducts,sub- iect to rebate of the same in whole or part when manufactured in British Columbia. Conservative Conventions At a meeting of tho executive of the Provincial Conservative Association, held at Vancouver, the province was divided into five di visions for organization purposes. The Koote nay-Boundary division is made up of the following provincial election districts: Bevel- stoke, Columbia, Fertile. Cranbrook, Ymir, Kaslo, Slocan, Grand Forks, Greenwood, tho City of Rossland and the City of Nelson. At the same meeting the following resolutions were adopted: 1. That conventions for nominating candidates for members of tho legislative assembly be mode up of delegates chosen as follows: (a) In city electoral districts, one delegate for every fifty and fraction of fifty votes polled at tho provincial election held in 1900. and if tho city is divided into wards, the proportion of delegates for each ward shall be based on tho vote polled in each ward at tho last municipal elect 1011. (ti) In othor olectornl districts, one delegate for OVOry fifty or fraction of fifty votes polled at the provincial election held in 1900, tho delegates to bo apportioned to polling places, or as near thereto as will bo fair to tho voters of tho difi'oront neighborhoods. 2. The elect ion of dolcgatoR shall bo at public meetings, held at a designated central place in each polling division, or in each ward in oity electoral districts, if the city is divided into wards. At such public meetings only those who pledgo themselves to vote for the candidate or candidates selected at tho nominating convention shall bo ontitled to a vote for dole- gates - 3. Two weeks notice shall bo given of tho public meetings at which delegates aro to be elected, and nominating conventions shall be hold in city electoral districts two day& after the day on which delegates aro elected, and in othor electoral districts sevon days after. All nominations throughout tAie province to bo mode at a designated central place in each electoral district, and on the same day. 4. All notices of the date of public meetings for the election of delegates to nominating conventions, tho apportionment of delegates, and the place and date of nominating conventions In the several electoral districts shall bo prepared by tho member of tho executive of the division in which the electoral districts aro situate, and issued over the names of the president and secretary of tho Provincial Conservative Association A meeting of the provincial executive will be held at Vancouver within a month, and tho date for holding district nominating con volitions will then be fixed JOHN HOUSTON, President of the Provincial Conservative Association. Nelson, Juno 8th, 1903. tf Call at the Strand for a fancy drink Green & Comcrford, Props. MINING ALL OVER THE WORLD Progress of Various Countries in the Mining of Precious Metals. Katlo Sn.eltrr The lead smelter at Kaslo is assured under one condition. The mining men there must subscribe 75,000 shares of btock in the company. This they are reported to be doing already, so that the outlook is favorable. SOCIALIST 'COLUMN Wlso Counsel Tbe Alaska Perseveranoe is now looking well. Copper deposits have been discovered in Michoacan, Mexico. Enormous coal fields have been discovered upon Peace River. The Klondyke mines are suffering from want of water. Tin has been discovered in paying quantities in tbe Transvaal. The Broken Hill mine, N. S. W . is shut down for want of water. Enormous ore bodies are being opened up in the Waihi mine, New Zealand. Radium has been discovered in Ontario. It is worth $150,000 an ounoe. A railway is being finished into the new Selati gold fields, Transvaal. The Alaska Mexican gold yield in July was $68,475, making a profit of $30,468. The gold output of Queensland for the month of June was 78,687 ounoes. The Palmarejo and Mexico gold fields yielded $62,500 in July, giving a profit of $18,300. Great strides iu mining have been made in Eastern Spain during the past year. The Cherokee Proprietary, Mexico, yielded $4500 for July. The oro is averaging $9 to the ton, The El Oro, Can., mine produced $116,800 for the month of July olearing a total profit of $71,644. The discovery is reported of a nine foot seam of peacock copper ore in the Mountain Chief, Lewis- ton, Idaho. The fight between the rival Mount Lyell mining companies in Tasmania has resulted in the victory of the North Lyell. The advance in silver and present comparatively high prices are creating great interest in. the silver distriots of Montana. If the present price is maintained, a number of silver lead properties that have been a long time idle will resume work in the near future. Once again the Empire State- Idaho and the Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining company have become involved in litigation. Suit has been brought by tbe Empire State- Idaho against the Bunker Hill company to recover $75,000 for ore which, it is alleged, was unlawfully extracted from the plaintiff's ground. The ownerB of No. 13 Eldorado, are feeling very jubilant. The last cut was supposed to be groucd that had drifted out, but when the scraping waB finished down to pay, it proved to be virgin ground, and very rioh at that. This claim belonged to Swiftwater Bill. In view of the hostility of the labor unions to the Los Angeles Times, says a writer in "Printers' Ink," referring to the latter's list of the three dozen best dailies in the United States, the Lob Angeles Herald, with a somewhat smaller circulation, should be put in tbe list. Organized labor has deolared its purpose of warfare against the Times, with a threat to include the advertiser who shall use that paper. As it is not part of an advertiser's programme to become involved iu a quarrel in which he oan have no possible interest and would doubtless be put to some loss, it would seem better policy to choose the paper not engaged in strife. Linton Bros., Books, Stationery, Newsdealers, Toys, Fishing Tackle, Kodaks and Supplies. ROSSLAND, B. C. »♦♦♦♦♦»♦•♦»»♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦»♦+♦! Interesting Items of Social Reform. PROGRESS MADE BY NEW PARTY holding a stronger influenoe over tbejwides affiliated- with it. It is above all a striotly secret organization. Northwest Land Heavsn and Ordar Husband (irritably)—It isn't a year since you said you believed our marriage was made in heaven, and yet you order me around as if I wasn't anybody. Wife (oalmly)—Order isheaven's first law. Specifications Clerk—What kind of hammock do you wish? Summer Qirl—It needn't be double size, but it must be double strength. PROGRESSIVE PLATFORM 1. No candidatejwill be accepted or endorsed by the paity unless endorsing the platform and placing his undated resignation in the hands of the endorsing body. 2. Government ownership of transportation. 3. Compulsory arbitration of labor disputes. 4. Absolute reservation of portions of coal landB by the government. Coa leases must have a clause inserted governing coal prices. 5. Conservation of forests so feet on each Bide of the quartz, is also very rich, averaging about $93 in gold. A tunnel has been driven for 20 feet on the vein, and numerous open cuts across it, thus proving its continuity. CARIBOO. Alluvial mining on Thibert creek, Cassiar, is prospering. One property has yielded 800 ounces in 20 days. COAST. The first work to be done in oon- neotion with the Brittania exploitation will be the construction of an aerial tram from the Jane baBis, or thereabouts, to salt water on Howo Sound. ISLAND E. Dewdney is building a wharf on Sidney Inlet, preparatory to shipping 200 tons of ore from his mines, looated there; assays of the ore from which have given $37 to the ton. KAMLOOl'S. The Aberdeen's shipment of two or three tons to Tacoma smelter proved satisfactory, Sir J. Beaven Edwards, chairman of the Slough oreek mines ia pa) ing a visit to their properties near Ashcroft. Work on the oopper prospeots. has and is beingpursued witb more or less assiduity, both on Ten Mile and Coldwater. LARDEAU. , Work on the new trail to the Beatrioe mine has at last been commenoed. A deal is on for the sale of the Heola group at Poplar, to Spokane parties. BeBides the plaoers at Second Crossing, some very rich ore has been struok on various quartz claims. The greatest exoitement prevailed in Trout Lake last week, oaused by the discovery of free gold in large quantities on the Winslow olaim, five miles from Trout Lake. On the Luoky Jaok the lead has been stripped up the hill for nearly the full length of the olaim, and it is even wider and more clearly defined than where the first strike ww made. Cochrane Brothers, of McLeod, Alberta, have paid Eric LarBon $35,000 cash for a olaim lying between what is known as the Swede group and the celebrated Lucky Jack group. A find has been made on the Gold Park group, consisting of a piece of quartz the size of a man's two fists hanging to the rock by stringers of gold that ran through and around the ore. Marquis and Gilbert are sinking on their property, and the ore they are hoisting muat be very rich, as I saw, sayB J. Dover, of Nelson, dinging to the lioieting bucket quantities of fine gold which they were apparently making no effort to save. YMIR. E. M. Wilson has purchased a ! half interest in the Emerald claim from Mr. John Walbeeer of Salmo, the price being $2000 cash and l$2000in six monthB. The claim in question is situated on Lost creek. The Hunter V. ore, which iB found in immense bodies of lime, forms a.valuable flux for smelting operations, and arrangements are being made for quarrying out the great surface deposits and supply ing the smelters. A trial shipment of one and one- quarter tons of ore from the Alpine group at the head of the south fork of Lemon creek, near Six-Mile, was run through the Hall Mines smelter this week, and gave an average of $25 to the ton. SIMILKAMEEN. A great strike of coal has been made on the Coldwater by several prospeotors who have located claims. The strike is about 12 miles from Coutlee. A good strike has been made on Sixteen Mile creek' The ledge has been crosscut and proved to be at least 60 feet in width and in some places fine samples of bornite and grey oopper were encountered. SLOCAN. The Speculator has reduced its force somewhat. The Idaho mine will put in a new tramway to its concentrator. A few sacks of ore have been packed down from the Winifred group, on Dayton creek, owned by the McMillan family. A fine strike was made this week on the Antelope, one of the Rambler-Cariboo group. It oonsists of a foot of clean ore. Eight men are working at the Alma group, aorOBs the lake from Lardo. The Alma runs high gold and oopper and is worked by a Boston oompany. The Star group on the weBt side of Morning mountain has been sold for $30,000 and 10 per cent of the amount paid the owners. A 40 ton mill will be ereoted on the property. Since commencing work on the Cbmstock Group, Four Mile oreek, thia season, new bodies of ore have been found and developed, resulting ready on the dump for shipment, with much more in sight. The Payne Mining company has got its zinc roaster to work, but the magnetic separator has not yet been received. Several hundred tons of zino concentrates are piled around the mill ready for treatment. SOUTH EAST KOOTENAY. The Kootenay Perry creek company have sunk a shaft 20 feet striking the rim rock. On the Robin olaim a shaft is down 25 feet. The lead at this point is fourteen feet wide. The Perry Creek Mining & Hydraulic company, have completed the grade for a ditch, and are putting in a flame one mile and a half in length. The Badger and Red Mountain group of mines are now the soene of much aotivity. Buildings are now being built for the accommodation of a large force. A large bed of good paying gravel has been worked this sum - mer by the Thompson oompany on Wild Horse creek, and the indications are favorable for a large and profitable clean-up. THOMAS STOUT, the First Avenue Druggist, has resumed charge of his business and will be pleased to meet all his old customers as well as many new on?s. NEW RAILWAY POLICY How Laurier Will Meet the Grand Trunk Claims. Before the close of the present session legislation will be introduced whereby a fund will be created from the sales of Dominion lands for the purpose of satisfying all the obligations of the government in connection with the Grand Trunk Pacific line. The intention is to permit settlers who take up homesteads to'purchase an additional 160 sores adjoining their locations at $3 or $5 per aore, or whatever the price may be. The lands in the Northwest are rapidly rising in value, and the influx of the settlers continues to increase. Before very long the fund will have reached a handsome figure. Thus, instead of tbe poliey that prevailed under the old regime, of giving the lands to railway corporations without benefit to the country, the lands will hereafter be disposed of and the proceeds turned into the public treasury. TissuePapers Crepe and Plain All Colors Best Quality OVER 50 SHADES to select from Note Papers All the newest things in shape, quality and colors. "Gibson Girl" & "Coon" Folly and Dinner Cards. The very latest New York fad. Goodeve Bros. Druggists and Stationers. When you get it at Goodeve's it's good k LUMBER Mine Timber* Specialty II I GOOD WOOD in large or small quantities. H R.L.Wright H A.R.S M. (Assayer for Le Roi No. 2,) WILL TAKE iCiistom Assays | »♦«»»•••»»♦« Atlantic S.S. Sailings C.P.R. ATLANTIC S.S. LINE From Montreal M't Temple Sept n L.Champlain.Sept 17 ALLAN LINE Fiom Montreal Paristan Sept 12 Pretorian.. .Sept 19 DOMINION LINE From Montreal Southwark Sept ig Canada Sept 26 From Boston Mayflower. Sept to Commonw'lth Sept24 AMERICAN LINE New York.. .Sept 16 Philadelphia Sept23 RED STAR LINE Finland Sept 12 Vederland.. Sept 19 CUNARD LINE Ivernia Sept 8 Ultonia Sept 15 ALLAN STATE LINE Lanrentian . .Sept 17'NuMidian... .Oct 1 WHITE STAR LINE Cedric Sept 11 Mai estic Sept 16 FRENCH LINE LaTouraine.,Sept 10 La Savoie. Sept 17 Continental sailings of North German Lloyd, H. A. P. and Italian lines on application. Lowest rates on all lines. W. P. F.CUMMINGS, G. S. S, Agt., Winnipeg I O. W. DEY, Agent C. P.R. Depot, Rossland. 1 F©R SALE On e hundred new and second and stoves. Now is the time to get a bargain in a good stove. „.THc... Rossland Bazaar Alhambra Hotel IoIr^rs $6.50 per week The only hotel in the city having a dry room for miners, Free Bath Room. Curse ************************** * # * # * # # # # # * # # # Huirniture... Special offering for next week in Furniture, Carpets, Linoleums, Oil Cloths, Etc. Below are a few of the lines : : : BED LOUNGES, from $10 00 to $20 00 DINING CHAIRS, 1 00 to 3 00 CENTRE TABLES, 1 50 to 7 SO MORRIS CHAIRS, 10 00 to 20 00 TAPESTRY CARPETS, 50 to 75 BRUSSELS CARPETS, 1 00 to 1 25 LINOLEDMS, 50 to 1 00 OIL CLOTHS, 30 to 40 MATTINGS, 20 to 30 If you don't like paying cash I will sell you all you want on the little- at-a-tiine-payment plan. J. M. Jordan i * # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # * * # # * # * # # # # ******»**********»######S P. BURNS & CO. WHOLESALE MARKETS Rossland, Nelson, Trail,Sandon,Revelstoke,Green- wood, Grand Forks and Vancouver. RETAIL MAHKETS-Rossland, Trail, Nelson, Ymlr, Kaslo bandon, New Denver, Silverton, Cascade City, Grand Forks. Greenwood, Phoenix, Midway, Camp McKinney, Revelstoke, Ferguson and Vancouver. Fish, Came and Poultry In Season, Sausages of All Kinds. WM. DONALD, Manager Roaaland Branch -OP— DRINK CURED BV COLONIAL REMEDt Iff Taste. No Odor. Can io then in glass <" water, lea or cotUe without fallout's knowledge. Colonial Remedy will cure or destroy the diseased appttite lor alcoholic stimulants, whether the patient is a connrme 1 inebriate, "tippler," «ocial drinker or drunkard Impossible lor anyone to have an appetite for alcoholic liquors after using Colonial Remedy. Endorsed by Members of W. C. T. U. Mrs. Moore. Superintendent of the Woman's Christain Temperance Union, Ventura, Cal., writes: "I have tested Colonial Remedy on very obstinate drunkards, aud the cures have been many. Iu many cases the Remedy was given secretly. I chetrfully recommend and endorse Colonial Remedy. Members of our Union are del'ghted to find a practical and economical treatment to aid us in our temperance work." Sold by druggists everywhere nnd by mail, Price $'. Trial package Iree by writing or calling on Mrs. M. A. Cowan, (for yeais member ol the Woman's Christain Temperance Union) 2204 St. Catharine St., Montreal. SHIS T. R. MORROW c^ For Lunches and Picnics:: r; Libby, MoNeill & Libby's and Armour's CANNED MEATS Try MELROSE PATE. i I ^ COLUMBIA AVENUE mmjimmmmikwut O. M. FOX & CO., Griefs TELEPHONE 65 I Fresh Fruitsjj Received Daily. Apples, Crab Apples, Phims, Watermelons, Muskmeloiis. Peaches, Greapes, Etc.jg^^ :: All Preserving Fruits:: Paulson Bros. :THE GROCERS SOLE AGENTS—Chilliwaok 1 rea mery Butter. •xxxxxxxxxtx XXXXXXXXX9 PRESERVATION of the TEETH Is an important matter. There are hundreds of Tooth Powders, Washes, Etc., but the production of an article that is harmlesp, effeotive, antiseptic, and pleasant is really the work of a chemical expert. Creme Dentifrice Tooth Paste W^AW PRICE 26 CENTS EACH We have it in tubes Morrow's Drug Store ESTABLISHED 18 GEORGE GREEN. ITHE FOUNDRY. AL.-'RVSTWYTfl, -:- ENGLAND. Manufacturer of Concentrating Machinery. MEDALS—Royal Cornwall Polytechnic; Gold medal International Mining Exhl bition, Crystal Palace, 1890. Only award for Concentrator*. SPECIALTIES: Stamps with latest improvements, of up-to-date design, and with wearing partso- 'field's steel, from 2 cwts, to 10 cwts. per head, Stone-breakers, Crushe ructed in sections for facility of trans| fand Amalgamating Pans tor Prospe up to five tons erected at the works by which Hadheld's steel, from 2 cwts, to 10 cwts. per head Trommels, Vanners, etc., all constructed in sections for facili Stone-breakers, Crushers, Jigs or facility of transport if 3e sired. Patent Portable Crushing and Amalgamating Pans tor Prospecting, A commercial results can be seen by intending purchasers for a merely nominal coi Estimates for complete plants on application. Special attention given to stlnlag engineer's specifications, Telegrams—"JIGGER." Aberystwyth. THE SATURDAY WORLD, ROSSLAND, B. C, SEPT, 12 .(,03 The Saturday World BrJOw World PublUhlng Company. Entered at the Rossland, B. C. poatofllce for transmission through the mails,Ma; i,t.i9°" M secoud class reading matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATKE-$i,oo per year Invariably In «d»«nc». Ad rettilng rata made known on application. LONDON RATES-9 s. per annum JAMES H. FLETCHER. GENERAL MANAGER P. O. Box;802 Rossland, B. C. be increased by about the capacity of the new mill. GOVERNMENT SMELTER. TRAIL SMELTER NOT IN FAULT But United States Smelters ara Much Cheaper THE NEW COMBINE. The new combine between the C. "P. R. and the War Eagle-Centre Star, whioh has been so lucidly expatiated upon by our contemporary, the Miner,this week, despite of the alleged fact (not real fact) of its being owned by its editorial writer, will prove of some interest to Rossland people. Briefly it may be said to be an arrangement arrived at between this oompany and the Trail smelter, for the erection of a concentrator, and the possession of certain water rights. Whether that paot was arrived at through the rumored possibility of the departure of the mine manager, or whether through the open hearted' ness of the Trail man, is beside the mark. The parties to the agreement have nothing for publication, but it is understood that the' dispute for the water rights on lower Murphy oreek has been settled in favor of the mine, as long as it returns its water into Stoney creek, presumably above the smelter flume. The smelter also claims to have the first right on Rook creek, but has never as yet produced documentary evidence of the contention, so that the water of Rock oreek likewise may be used under similar conditions. The smelter also conoedes a favorable freight rate for the ores of the mine. On the other hand the mine will erect its concentrator on the Columbia, presumably, again, near Stoney oreek, and will send its product to the smelter. How the arrangement will work, remains to be seen in the future. The mine will now probably . drop its claims to water rights on the upper portions of the streams. It must either do so or use tbe water. This latter it cannot do unless the concentrator were nearer Rossland. But the dispute with the oity will probably assume its old form once again. At present the city is taking water from Rock oreek, and letting the overflow go down Stoney oreek and Trail oreek, via the Centre Star gulch. This does not affect the smelter, but might affect the concentrator, if it draws water* from Rock oreek. The olaim would be set up that the city has the right to take the water whioh it requires for city purposes, but not a drop more. Hence water taken from Rock creek would have to be returned, if not used. Then the question again arises, what are "city purposes"? Do they inolude industrial purposes, or do they not? Forewarned is forearmed, but at the same time it is no use begging trouble. That the War Eagle and Centre Star seem at last really about to begin work, is a distinct source of congratulation to the camp. It is true that the concentrator will not be in town, yet the ore for that concentrator must be mined in town, aud therefore just as soon as the concentrator gets to work, the foroe of men on these mines must People in general, despite the success of the experiment of a government smelter in New South Wales, think that any reference to a government smelter is wholly wild talk. Why? There have been two instances of late in this proviuce, which show at all events, the evils of the present system. And when there is an evil, some remedy for it ought to be sought. The one instance is that disclosed by J. C. Drewry, of the St. Eugene. He deolares that the mine is ready and willing to ship. But he says that the Btnelter at Trail now wisbes to oharge $3 more per ton than it was ready to accept the ore at last Maroh, before the bounty had been secured to the production of lead. As the World said at the lime in discussing the question of bounty, that it ought to be so paid that the bounty should go to the mine. If the rate which the Trail pmelter quoted last spring was one that would ensure the smelter a profit, and there is absolutely no reason to suppose that the smelter would treat the ore at a loss, then the extra charge of S3 is simply an attempt to gain an additional and an unfair profit. To satisfy these demands the smelter is closing one of the best lead mines in cimp. Now a government smelter would relieve the situation inasmuch as it would be worked to pay expenses of operation, and a fair interest on the capital outlay. Hence it would tend, not to supplant private smelters, but to maintain smelting charges at a fair level. Manager Cronin of the St. Eugene has made a complete denial of the interview published a.few days ago with Mr. Drewry in the Roasland Miner. The interview in question stated that the St. Engene mine would be running full blast today if the Trail smelter had been willing to grant the same rate they offered in March last. That the smelter was now trying to hold the mine up for $3 more per ton than they offered at that time, and that the St [Eugene company wonld not be held up by any railroad corporation or smelter. Mr. Cronin contends that the Trail smelter is dealing fairly with them, and that the rate offered last March was not by the Trail people but by some of the [United States ••••••• smelters. Mr. Drewry says he was not cor- reotly quoted and that the interview was a rehash of a conversation which several mining men had at the Rossland club one night in the presence of the Miner reporter. NOTE AND ;COMMENT Another American invasion is feared in England, according to United States press reports. The clay of Devon and Dorset is to be all bought up. Unfortunately the chief clay deposits are in the Midlands not in Southern England. The Miner is weeping over the amount of patronage that it cannot obtain, and ends with the tear ful desire that those business peo pie who do not patroni/.e it, should not be patronized by the public Considering how much the publio is indebted in the present condition of things to the polioy of the Gooderham Blaokstock [syndicate, the owners of the Miner, the public ought to look askance upon all those who do patronize it. All kinds of summer drinks at the Strand. Green & Comerford, Props. Same Old Story The oft bruited rumor that the Gooderham Blaokstook syndicate have purchased the C. P. R. smelter at Trail, is again abroad, and seems this time to have some coloring through the result ol the late negotiations between the War Eagle concentrator and the Trail reduction plant. Of course it is well known that the Gooderhams have for long had a longiug eye on this fine plant, and as their representative here is just aa obstinate an the Trail representative of the C. P. R. works the only chance of peace ie the surrendering of the whole authority to one man. Either the C P. R. had to buy the mine or the Gooderhams the smelter. Two prizes will be given at the Alhani- bra Bowling alley, every two weeks for the largest score made. Ymlr Polling Station No provision has as yet been made for polling stations for the Ymir riding in Rossland suburbs. Thos. Embleton The Grocer ?! The Madrigals The Madrigals had their first meet of the season on Tuesday last, the occasion being the reoeption of the Rev. J. A. Cleland, the new incumbent of St. George's Church. TENNIS TOURNAMENT State of the Games in the Principal Series Now Being Played Off. Men's Open Singles. Rose Lewer Phiop s Anderson — Grant Ouimette Hamilton.... Davis Macdnnald.. Dewdney . Rose , Phipps .... ' Ouimette .. Davis Dewdney.. Buckingham „ ,. , Eden.. Buckingham. McNeill . Morkill.. Claudet Bye McNeill. Phipps. Davis. Buckingham. McNeill Phipps. Buckingham , Buckingham... Men's'Open Doubles. Eden & OuimeUe. Davis &Rose. Bye Bye Falding & Dempster. Bye Richardson & Fraser. Grant & Morkill R. &F... Dewdney & Phipps .. . ; Macdonald & Claudet ». « r. Viets & Kamm. Bye Lewer & McNeill .... Bye Buckingh'm-Carmc'l. Bye D.AR. R. &F. D, & P. B. &C. D. & R . Mixed Open Doubles. Miss Fraser & Richardson Miss Falding & Dewdney . F. &D. Mrs. Richds'n & Bucking'm _ Miss Boultbee & Fraser.... K- & B. Miss Homer & Ouimette . Miss Shrapnel & Phipps . Mrs. Scott & Coulthard . S. &P. F.&D. S 6c P. Bye Ladies' Handicap Singles. Mrs. Hunter 1-6 Bye Mrs Hunter. Miss Fraser 1-2 30... Bye Miss S.. Mrs. Richardson Miss Homer 15 -I5-. Bye Miss Shrapnel POWDER SMOKE—Did it ever give you headaohe? Dr. Sootts headache powders are a qniok and sare cure. Sold at Morrows Drug Store. MissShrTpne?il6I5-MissShraPnel Mrs. Mackenzie 30 .. Bye Miss Boultbee 1-6 15. Bye Mrs. Scott -30. Mrs. Scott. Miss Boultbee . Mrs. Scott.. Bye Miss Falding-15 Mrs. Scott. Bye explosives: The Colton Powder Gomoanv. Ltd 32 Queen Victoria St., LONDON, B. C.» MANUFACTUBH Faversham Powder On the SPECIAL LIST of Permitted JExploBivee.; October, 1901 -p •"V K I I -T- f*» the best explosivelfor underground.work ei I ^^1^1 I CL clusively used in Severn and Mersey tunnel Cordite, Gelignite, Gelatine Dynamite, Blasting Gelatine, Detonators for all classes of Explosives, Eleotrio ApplianoeB, Submarine Charges for the removal of Wrecks, Etc., Eto. ! a a a a ] HAS taken the premises lately occupied by Vaughan & Cook, corner Columbia avenue and Spokane street, where he is better than ever prepared to attend to the wants of his numerous cu stonier s. Fresh Fruits for table and preserving arriving daily. All kinds of Vegetables in season. Best Vinegars and Pickling Spiceo kept in stock. Ranch Eggs and Best Creamery Butter. Fruit Jars, pints, quarts and one-half gallon sizes. IS ?rW"*i LlZ.kJ/l me. Thos. Embleton The Grocer !! • a m» aa aa • • urn aa aa aa •5 aa • • aa aa aa • • aa *>• aa aa aa aa aa *>• aa aa aa • » aa aa aa aa aa • *> I I * " * I THE I * * * * * * * * * * # * .PALACE I RALPH HARRON, PROP. fM§#$## Rossland's Leadinq Hotel.. *###*# Sample Room For Commercial Men. Finest Grill in Kootenays IN CONNECTION. FIRST CLASS Bowling Alley AND * * * 4 * 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Works: Faversham, Kent and Melling, near Liverpool I BILLIARD ROOM | * 4 THE SATURDAY WORLD, ROSSLAND, B C, SEPT. 12 1903. 13 MINOR MENTION James Breen is paying the camp a visit. Robert Lennox is leaving for the Lardo. The baseball team are practicing assiduously. Governor' Mackintosh haB returned to camp. The Rossland baseball team will go to Colville fair. Mrs. Albert Barrett is visiting friends in Spokane. J. S. Clute left for the ooast on Thursday morning. Harry Daniel has been paying a brief visit to Spokane. The Woodmen's dance on Monday last scored a success. The Liberals had a well attended meeting on Thursday last. Nomination day is September 19 and election day Ootober 8. Jim Wardner is reported from Milwaukee as convalescing. The school trustees are doing away with one of the teachers. The Knights of Pythias had a suocesBful meeting last evening. A. C. Gait has has been giving a dinner to the War Eagle crowd. A wagon road ia to be built from Gladstone into the Burnt Basin. Harry Mcintosh's Dr. M. will show himself at the Colville fair. Last Sunday and Monday were far too wet to suit local sportsmen. Mrs. Leslie, mother of Rosooe R. Leslie, has left for Sun Franoisoo. Charles E biers and John Working will open up a business in Poplar. Premier McBride is expected in the camp on electioneering business. The next sitting of the Supreme 0 >urt in Rossland will be on Oot. 13th. J. Thorna, formerly of the Le Roi, is now manager of a mine in Korea. The betting in the oity is on tha election of J. A Maodonald if nominated. The Bank saloon was opened today by John Jacobs and George Gefford. The West Kootenay compressor has leased the Nickel Plate compressor. After a week of altogether too previous weather the skies appear to be clearing. The licence commissioners have turned down the petition of the liquor dealers. T. Corsan haB returned to oamp and has no intention of going out for the winter.' The government road between Gladstone and Burnt Basin will be started next week. The Private Secretary will be the next play by the Rossland Amateur Dramatic Club. Much survey work is being carried on in the vioinity of Violin Lake by H. B. Smith. Miss Van Sickle ia resigning her position on the tohool staff at the end of the current month. Rossland may have to entertain about 160 tourists of the Canadian Manufacturers Association. - Snow was observable on the high peaks near Roasland early in the week. It has not since disappeared. In sentencing the gamblers Magistrate Boultbee inflicted the light- eat penalty possible under the law. The Josie haa shut up its boarding house. The next to follow suit will neoessarily be the War Eagle. The tennis matoh between Roasland and Spokane did not come off on Monday owing to the inclement weather. The salaries of Miss Shrapnel Miss Elder and Miss Urquhart have been raised from $55 to $60 per month. There was a successful danoe on Thursday night in Miners' Union Hall, given in benefit of John Mackintosh. In attacking the Grand Trunk itB opponents will necessarily And many supporters among the C.P.R. folk. |fc The Bank of Montreal is about to foreclose on the mortgage given by the Rossland Bonanza upon its property. The aohool board anticipate a deficit of $3000 this 5 ear which will have to be made up out of the general revenue. There was a slight accident to the machinery on the Niokel Plate compressor during the week whioh has since been remedied. R, R. Leslie haB been examining the ore in the Cliff, City of Spokane, Mugwump and Monita, none of whioh mines have been working for years. John Blaok, formerly of the Nick- el,Plate has been appointed master mechanic of the Cornuoopia, Ore., under the charge ot Bernard Maodonald. Herbert Goodeve of Nelson and Miss Aileen Shea, formerly of thiB oity, were married on Monday at the Churoh of the Saored Heart by Father McKinuon. The proprietor of the Palace haa been fined $15 for allowing gambling and the man that gambled haa been fined $20 for doing bo. Charming all round. Tne oity solioitor in prosecuting the gambling oases said that there would probably have been no action taken had it not been for the oivil case inaugurated over a gambling cheque. Quite unexpectedly the oarnival committee thinka it may have a surplus. Might devote the amount to the taking down of those triumphal arches, UBed to shelter the viaitora from the wet. The Miner Bays that tbe Le Roi No. 2 concentrator will have to be moved when enlarged to 500 tons capacity. The wish is father to the thought and shows plainly enough the ownership of that estimable paper. THE STRAND is a good place to spend yonr spare time. Good music Green & Comerford, Proprietors. AT THE CITY COUNCIL Question of Liquor Licences Brought Up by Hotel Hen. MARKET REPORTS The oity council had a quiet time on Tuesday whioh was an innovation on recent practice. The matters dealt with were the filling up of the north swamp whioh is again urged on the Great Northern Railway oompany; a scheme of reduoing the interest on the overdraft by making the bank concerned take debentures to that amount, the interest on debentures being half that of the overdraft; and a petition presented by the liquor sellers whioh was referred to the oity aolicitor and polioe commissioners. Tbe purport of this petition is to have a number of licenoes out down from the 40 permissable under the present bylaw to 24, the actual number now issued. It is urged by the presenters d the petition, whioh is baoked by the signatures of several merchants, that the oamp cannot support more than the present number and that as the saloons and hotels petitioning have kept up their lioenoes and consequently contributed to the revenue of the oity while times were dull they ought to be protected when times are improving. In order to deal with this the present bylaw will have to be altered and the question immediately arises should hotels be included Retail Prices in Rossland Stores. GROCERIES AND MINE SUPPLIES 7i timwret ^^^ Corrected Up to Date by the Lead' ing Merchants of the Camp. MININO SUPPLIES. Axes, per doz $7.50-10.00 Candles, per case $5 50-6 50 Caps, Bennett, per box 75c Coal, blacksmith per ton $22 50 Dynamite, 60 per ct, per lb 19^0 Dynamite, 50 per ct, per lb 18o Dynamite, 40 per ct, per lb 16ic Fuse, Bennett per 100 ft 75o Hammers, per lb 15c Iron, per lb 3i 5o Nails, base, per keg $4 Shovels, per doz $7.50-10 Stael, Canton per lb 8.4c MEAT AND POULTRY. Bacon, per lb 18-20o Beef, per lb (side) 9 10c Chickens, each 50-90o Fish, per lb 12f 15o Ham, per lb 18-20o Mutton per lb (side) 13-16o Turkey, per lb 23c Veal, per lb (side) 18o PROVISIONS Almonds, per lb 256 Apples, per 501b box $1.25$1.50 Bananas, per doz 40c Beans, per lb 6c Blackberries, per bnx 15o Butter, per lb 25 35j Cheese, per lb 20c Chocolate, per lb 40-50o Coooa, per lb 40c-$1.00 Coffee, per lb 25 50o Condensed Milk per can 15c Dried Peas, per lb 80 Eggs, per doz 30-40 Flour, per 501b $1 50-1.65 Grapes, per lb 15o Honey, per lb 25o Jama and Jellies per lb 12-13o Lard, per lb 17^o Onions, per lb 5o OrangeB, per doz 40-50o Peaches, per 201b box $1,25 Pears, per 401b box $1.60 Pickles, per qt 20o-25o Plums, per 201b box COo Potatoes, per 1001b sack $1.00 Rioe, per lb 8c Rolled Oats per lb 5o Sugar, per lb G.Jc Vinegar, per gal 50c-75o Walnuts, per lb 25c Watermelons, each 50-60o FEED Bran, per ton $27 Hay, per ton $27 Oats, per ton $32 Shorts, per ton $30 MISCELLANEOUS Coal, per ton, Gait, $8.50 Kerosine, per gal 50c Soap, per bar 5c Wood, per oord $4.50-15.50 or should the restriction apply wholly to saloons. The whole matter will be brought up at a latter date—unless the mayor chooses to deal with it summarily. For tha balanoe of the season we offer our large Btook of Women's Oxford Ties at greatly reduced prices. NOTE THE FALL: Fine Pat. Colt Oxford Ties, welt, Pine Pat. Kid Oxford Ties, welt, Pine Pat. Calf Oxford Ties, welt, Pine Dongola Oxford Ties, welt, Pine Vici Kid Oxford Ties, turn, Pine Vici Kid Oxford Ties, turn, Fine Vici Kid Oxford Ties, turn, $4.00 now $3.20 4.50 now 3.50 4.00 now 3.00 3.00 now 2.00 3.00 now 2.40 2.50 now 1.75 2.00 now 1.60 Do not miss this chance to get nice Summer Footwear at low prioes w.f. mcneill FASHIONABLE FOOTWEAR. .*?♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦,♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦£ j Watches;: X ■ OF ALL SORTS and at all prices for man, woman or ^ child, all alike, however, in being good timekeepers—we in- ♦ sist on that. We have low priced watches which are not ♦ toys but good timekeepers. From these our assortment - runs up to the most beautiful examples of the watch makers art, JEWELERS AND ENGRAVERS. ROSSLAND, NELSON AND TRAIL. : EWERT BROS. t ?!♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦?♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦£* Fresh Bread PIES AND COOKIES Home Bakery Columbia avenue, next dior to Empey's, Was&ingfcon St. and Second Ave. Petch & Schwartzenhauer, Props. GO TO THE Royal BarberShop For a first class line of BARBER SUPPLIES A fine line of Razors and Strops always on hand. W. J. PREST, PROP ALLONS TO M. W. Simpson's Magazines, Novels, Newspapers, Stationery, Office pr School Supplies, Crepe and Tissue Papers, Maps, Blank Forms, etc., etc. LABOR UNION DIRECTORY Officers and Meetings. NELSON MINERS UNION No. 06, W. F. M. Meets every Saturday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Thos. Roynon, Pres., Frank Philips, Sec. Visiting brothers cordially invited. YMIR MINERS UNION No. 85, W. F. M., meets every Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock in Miners' Un ion hall. Robert Elliott, Pres., W. B. Mclsaac, Sec. GREENWOOD MINERS UNION No. 22, W. F. M., meetB every Saturday evening in Union hall. H. R. FarsonB, Pres., Geo. F. Dougherty, Seo.-Treas, |pvw WWWWMSIEXKSSW NEW FALL GOODS One of the largest consignments of imported goods that ever came to the city has been opened up at our store. Everything new and up-to-date. Come and see the new goods. We will be pleased to show them to you.= Come and see us at the Strand, you will be treated right. Green & Comerford Whltaker Wright The investigation of the charges against Mr. Whitaker Wright has been resumed in London. Council for the prosecution after stating the circumstances of the defendant's arrest in New York and his extradition, described the operations of the defendant as managing director of the London and Globe, British American, and Standard Exploration companies, and alleged that he had manipulated the balanoe-BheetB so as to show large profits and cash balances which had no real existence. Council estimated the total loss to tbe shareholders in the three companies at £5,000,000. Evidence is support of oounsel'B statement waa then taken, and the case was adjourned. If your want to bowl try the Alhambra Best ally in the city, New Fall Dress floods New Fall flloves New Fall Silks New Fall Handkerclfs New Fall Trimmings New Fall Umbrellas New Fall Laces New Fall Linens New Fall Allovers New Fall Napkins New Fall Ribbons New Fall Draperies New Fall Hosiery New Fall Towels The Grescent THE SATURDAY WORLD, ROSSLAND, B. £, SEPT, 12 1903 OUTSIDE POINTS OF VIEW i; What the Outside Newspapers are Saying. TRADES UNIONS It has been charged that trades unions, says an exohange, have not bettered the conditions of the workers, yet Btatistios Bhow that wageB have been doubled in the past fifty ye»rs, with the hourB of labor considerally reduced, and the cost of living only advanced C per cent. During this period working conditions in factories and workshops have been vastly improved, eduoation has been made cheaper—in some instances free— and parliaments have been com pelted to pass legislation protecting workmen in many ways. All of whioh, and more besides, has been accomplished by trades unions. Therefore the statement that the workers are no better off by reason of trades unions is not in accordance ^vith faots. It is not claimed that trade unionism is a cure- all for the thousand and one sooial evils, but it isol&imed and has been proven, that trades unions lighten and brighten tbe homes of those who toil for a livelihood, now it's done. As far as Wall Street is removed from lawn tennis, says the New York Times, as far as the Times, of London, is removed from Mr. H. L. Doherty, so far are two recent criticisms of American traitB removed from each other; yet in effect the two are identical. Apropos of recent failures, in Wall Street, the Times, while admitting the wonders sometimes achieved here in finance, comments: "It is one of the weak points of the Amerioan mind that people have never learn ed that the rules of safe conduct in business cannot be disregarded with impunity." Apropos of the American tennis players he has met (and vanquished) Mr, Doherty, while admitting that they reach heights of brilliancy beyond his countrymen, aays that they do not pay attention to the rudimentary principles of the game." There is more than a coincidence here. Frequently as we startle the world and dazzle ourselves with our achievements, the solid Briton has a way of pegging along so as to keep up pretty well with the procession. I'lUVATU OWNERSHIP. The Dominion Coal company, says the Toronto Telegam, has encountered misfortunes which would have been charged op to the principle of public ownership if the en terprise had been a municipal work or service. Private ownership handled the Dominion Coal properties so that the capital was .$18,000,000, tbe stock was selling at $1.40 1-2, the net earnings were $1,555,000' or 8 5 per cent on the par value of the stock which had a selling value of $25,000,000. Pri vale ownership is still in control of the Dominion Coal property which has a capital of $18,000,000, with the stock selling at 80, with net earnings which must pay S per cent on the par value of stock which has a selliug value of $15,- 000,000, and shows a shrinkage of $10,005,000 in the selling price of the Block within tbe last two years. No journal advocates the public ownership of coal mines. There is nothing in,the principle of private ownership which ensures efficiency. There is nothing in the principle of public, ownership which entails inefficiency. Every mistake that is made in experiments with the principle of publio ownership is used to discredit the principle. If public ownership is to discredited by the occasional Iosb of taxpayers who own a municipal enterprise, why should not private ownership be discredited by the losses of investors who own industrial stocks. LEAD FURNACE SLAGS Their Composition Must Be Accurately Known at All Times. The greater part of ores are smelted in order to separate the valuable metals from the valueless earthy gangue. The oreB which are not smelted are treated by some chemical process, such as the cyanide and the chlorination processes for the silver ores and several others. The various processes of concentration in concentrating mills, where the Wifley, Calmett or Bart- ett tables, Prue vanners or similar devices are used, are simply a preliminary operation whioh renders the ore more valuable and able to stand the cost of smelting. But all, or nearly all, of the ores concentrated in mills have afterwards to be smelted either in a lead or in a oopper furnace. In Colorado the ores of most of the districts, such as Leadville, Aspen and the Ban Juan, for instance, are lead ores and smelted in a lead furnace. In smelting the various constituents of the rocks containing the values have to be eliminated as slag, and for that purpose have to be combined in fixed and well known proportions. There are three main types of slags, according to the proportions of the compounds, called eingulo silicates, bi- silicates, and Beequi-silicates, according to the various proportions of oxygen and silicum combined in. the slag. Good slags ought to contain no more than three-quarters of one per cent of lead, or half an ounce of silver to the ton. Numerous assays are made all the time, and smeltermen know exactly and continually the compo sition of their Blags. The fusibility of a elag depends on the percent age of silica and on the character at the base. Well composed Blags have a decided tendency to crystal lize. An iron flux actB in three different ways: It gives* base for the silica in the ore, next liberates lead oxide from its combination with silioa, after which it is reduced by means of the carbon, and, lastly, whnn reduced to metallic compounds by means of carbon, it acts as a precipitating agent. Alumina has generally a subordinate place in the lead slag. When it is present in large quanta ties it is a question if it acts as an aoid or as a base. It is known in a general way that with a high percentage of silica alumina acts as a I)»eo, and with a low percentage it acts like an acid. POWDER SMOKE—Did it ever give you headache? Dr. Scotts headache powders are a qnick and sure cure. Sold at Morrows Drug Store. MILKAMEEN CITY, I C Now Is the Time to Buy Lots in Similkameen City, B. 6. CAMP HEDLEY is the most talked of camp in the provinoe, and situated in the centre is Similkameen City, surrounded by rich mines whioh will shortly have large payrolls. Over 200 lots have been sold to business people who realize that Similkameen will become the metropolis of thiB distriot. The Nickel Plate mineB have expended $300,000 in development and are at present building tramwayB and a 40-stamp mill. Arrangements are being made for the erection of a large smelter ac Similkameen City which will oost about a million dollars. Besides the Nickel Plate group of claims being developed by one of the richest mining companies in.North America, there are several other groups and properties which will shortly be developed, among them being the Kingston Mines, Rollo, Wellington, Winnipeg, Red Chief and Pollock. Situated as it is in the beautiful Similkameen valley, midway between Princet n and Keremeos, and protected from all opposition in the valley by adjoining a large Indian reservation, this townBite will become one of the prinoipal mining camps of the Pacific Northwest. It was only a short time ago that lots in Rossland, Nelson, Greenwood and other mining oentres were selling for the same price that they are today being sold for iu Similkameen, Come in before tbe boom and double your money. Similkameen City to Have Two Railways. The Victoria, Vancouver & Eastern and the Canadian Paoifio railways are starting immediate construction for the Similkameen, which will make thiB town a railroad oentre and divisional poiut, and when these competing lines are completed through to the Pacific coast they will become tbe main through lines, being the shortest route from tho interior to tbe coast. A large sawmill is running steadily on the west addition, the only available timber for miles around. The main street is 90 feet wide, being all cleared and ready for building purposes. All railways, roads, telegraph and telephone lines will have to come through this townsite. which is located in the centre of the whole Similkameen valley and will become the largest distributing point and mining centre in British Columbia. Similkameen City Lots Will Make You Rich. A large agricultural area to draw from. Pure water, fine climate, rich mines, big payrolls. Lots for Sale $2 to $ 10 Per Front Foot, jggjin I *""*'"* c. For further particulars apply to FRANK BAILEY & CO., Greenwood and Similkameen J.;H. YA.TES, Empire State: jBuilding, Spokane. JAMES H. FLETCHER, 120 Columbia Ave., ROSSLAND NOTIOK. The Gordon and Texas Fraction Mineral Claims, situate in the Trail Creek Mining Division of West Kootenay District, , Where located: North slope of Red mountain. Take notice that I, Kenneth L. Burnet, Prov. Land .Surveyor ot Rossland, agont for F. R. Blochberger, free miner's certificate No. B57494, Andrew Sutherland.free miner's certificate N0.B73315 and Ner Smith, free miner'B certiticate No. B75408, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim, And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such Certificate of Improvement, Dated this 21st day of August.A.D. 1003 KENNETH L.BURNET AT THE CHURCHES TOMORROW Churches desiring special mention of their seryices must present the notices for publication on or before Friday morning. Salvation Army —7 a.m., Knee Drill; 11 a.m., junior meeting; 3 p.m., Free and Easy; 8 p.m., Salvation meeting. Church of the Sacred Heart.— Rev. M. W. McKinnoniin charge. First mass 8:30 a.m.; Second mass 10:30a.m.; Sunday School,2:30p.m. followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. St. George's Church—Rev. J. A. Cleland, rector Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity. 8 a. m., Holy Communion; 11 a. m, Matins; 2:30 p.m., Sunday School; 3:30 p.m., Holy Baptism; 7:30 p.m., Kvensong. Baptist Church—Rev. M. Van Sickle, pastor. Services at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday school and bible class, 12:15 p.m. Methodist Church.—Rev. R. F. Stillman, B.A., pastor. Services 11 a.m., and 7:30 p.m. Class meeting at 10:15 a. m. Sunday school and Bible class at 2:30 p.m. St. Andrew's Church,(Presbyterian.)—Corner First avenue and Queen street. Public worship at 11 a.m., and 7:30 p.m. Sunday I school and Pastor's Bible .class, I 2:30 p. m. THE SATURDAY WORLD $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE CHIEFLY DEVOTED TO Mining and Social Matters Special Columns Will be Literature, Current Topiop, Canadian, Imperial and Foreign Affairs. A Serial Story Will Run ALL THE LATEST NEWS OF THE DAY. Eight Pages! Eight Pages! GOOD SUNDAY READING. THE SATURDAY WORLD THE SATURDAY WORLD, ROSSLAND B.C., SEPT ti, 1903 *5 Le Roi Feed and Sale Stables John F; Linburg, Prop. Best Turnouts in the City. Saddle horses for fishing'and hunting parties a specialty. Telephone 39. Rossland, B C T leKETS TO ALL POINTS EAST and WEST VIA SHORT LINE TO St. Paul,Duluth,Minneapolis,Chic?go and all points east Seattle, Tacoma, Victoria/ Portland and all Pacific Coast points Through Palace and Tourist Sleepsrs Dining & Buffet Smoking Library Oars 2-Fast Trains Through Daily-2 For rates, folders and full information regarding trips, call on or address any agent 8. F. & N. Railway. H. BRANDT, C P A T A, 701 W Riverside, Spokane ABC DENN1STON, GWPA, Seattle, Wash. H. P. BROWN, Rossland Agent Nelson & Fort Sheppard Railway Red Mountain Railway Washington & Great Northern R'y Vancouver,Victoria & Eastern R'y & Nav. Co. PHRA :I The Phoenician. EDWIN LESTER ARNOLD •• AKJNUtiK I*. • ~ T~~ "* —~ •» •• s•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••; The only all rail between points east west and south to Rossland, Nelson, Grand Forks and Republic. Connects at Spokane with the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and 0. B. & N. Co. for points east, west and south; connects at Rossland and Nelson with the Canadian Pacific R'y. Connects at Nelson with K. R. & N. Co. for Kaslo and K' & S. points. Connects at Curlsw with stage for Greenwood and Midway, B. C. Buffet cars run between Spokane and Northport. Effective June 14, 1903 NORTHBOUND. Leave Spokane 8:45 a.m. Arrive........Rossland 4:35 p.m. Arrive Nelson 7:20 p.m. Arrive Grand Forks.... 4:00 p.m. Arrive Republic 6:15 p.m SOUTHBOUND. Leave Republic 8:30 a.m. Leave Grand Forks 10:35 ajn Leave Nelson 7:20 a. m Leave .*... 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CHAPTER I (continued) Yet even these cruel rovers did me a good turn. We were short of water, and had run down along a lonely coast to a green spring we knew of to fill water butts and skins. When we let go in the little inlet where the wsll was to be found, another vessel, and, moreover a pirate, lay anchored before us. However, we were consciously virtuous, and, what was of more consideration, a larger vessel and crew than the other, so we went ashore and made acquaintance round the fresh water with as villainous a gang of sea robbers -as ever caused the blood of an honest trader to run cold in his veins. The very air of their neighborhood smelled so of treachery and cruelty we soon had but one thought—to load up and be gone. But this was a somewhat longer process than we wished, as our friends had baled the little spring dry, and we had to wait its refilling. While we did so, I strolled over to a group of miserable slaves turned out for an airing, and cowering on the black a :d shudelees rocks. There were in that abjeot group captiveB from every oountry that fared upon those seas, and some ethers besides. The dusky peasant of Boeotia, that fronts the narrow straits, wrung her hands by the fair cheeked girl snapped up from the wide Gulf of Narbo; the dark Numidian pearl fisher cursed his patron god; and the tall Achaian from the many islands of Pelopon- nesian waters grit his teeth as he cowered beneath his rags and bemoaned the fate that threw him into the talons of the sea hawks. I looked upon them with small interest, for new taken slaves were no great Bight to me, until I chanced, a little way from the others, upon such a oaptive as I had rarely or never seen. She struck me at once as being the fiercest and moBttbeautiful creature that mortal eyes ever lit upon. Never was Umbrian or Iberian girl like that, never was Cyprian Aphrodite served by a maid so pink and white. Her hair was fiery red gold, gleaming in the sunshine like the locks of the young goddess MeduBa. Her face was of ruddy ivory, and her native comeliness gleamed through the unwashed dust and tears of many long days and nights. Her eyes were as blue under her shaggy wild hair as the sky overhead, and her body—grimy under its sorrow stainE—was still as fair as that of some dainty princess. Knowing the pirate captain would seek a long price for his property, I determined to use a little persuasion with him. I went back to my men, and sent one of them,- proficient in the art of bowstring, to look at the slaves. Then I drew tbe unsuspecting scoundrel up there for a bargain, and, well of out sight of bis gang, we faced the red- haired girl and discussed her price. The rascal's first figure was three hundred of your modern pounds, a sum whioh would then have fetched the younger daughter of a sultan, full of virtue and accomplishments. As this girl very likely had neither one nor the other, I did not see why it was necessary to pay so much, and stroking my beard in an angered signal, with my hand, as my man was passing behind the old pirate he slipped a length of twisted cloth over his wioked neck and tightened it with a jerk that nearly started the eyes from his head, and brought him quickly to his knees. 'Now, delicately minded one,' I said, 'I don't want to fight you and your crew for this maid here, on whom I have set my heart, but you know we are numerous and well armed, so let us have a peace- ul and honest bargain. Give me a fairer price;' and obedient to my signal the band was loosened. Not a sesteroe will I takeoff,' spluttered the wretoh, 'not a drachma, not an ounce.' 'Cornel cornel think again,' I said persuasively, 'and the oloth shall help you.' Thereon another turn was taken, and my henchman turned his knuckles into the nape of the swarthy villain's neck, until the veins on his forehead stood out like cordage and the blood ran from his nose and eyes. In a minute the rover threw up his hands and signed he had enough, and when he got his breath we found he bad knocked off a hundred pounds. We gave him the cord again and brought him down, twist by twist, to fifty. By this time he was almost'at his last gasp, and I waB contented, paying the coins out on a rock and leaving them there with the rogue well bound. ■ I was always honest, though, as became the times, a trifle hard at bargains. Then I cut the red maid loose and took her by the elbow and led her down to the beach, where we were secretly picked up by my fellows, and shortly afterwards we set sail again for the open main. ThuB was acquired the figure head of my subsequent adventureB —the Siren who lured me to that coast where I have lived a thousand years and more. It was the inscrutable will of Destiny that those nhining ooins I paid down on the bare hot African rock should cost me all my wealth my cash and credit at many ports, and that that fair slave, who I deemed would serve but to lighten a voyage or two, should mock my forethought, and lead my fate into the strangest paths that ever were trodden by mortal foot. Iu truth, that sunny virago bewitched me. She combined suoh ferocity with her grace, and was so pathetic in her reckless grief at times, that I, the immovable, was moved, and softened the rigor of her mischance as time went on so muoh as might be. At onoe, on this, like some caged wild creature, which forgives to one master alone the sorrows of captivity, she softened to me; and before many days were over she had bathed and discarded her rags for a length or two of cloth, had tied up her hair with a strand of ribbon she found, and, looking down at her reflection in a vessel of water (her only mirror, for we carried women but seldom), she smiled for the first time. After this progress was rapid, a nd, though at first we oould only with difficulty make ourselves un derstood, yet she soon picked up something of the Southern tongne from me, while I very fairly acquired the British language of this oomely tutoress. Of her I learnt she was of that latter ooun- try, where her father was a chief;) bet baok, and a bystander had glistened in unoared-for brightness upon her shoulders like a tissue of golden threads. Her mother was loth to part with her, and fought like a tiger when we separated them It was only after the dealer's lash had out a dozen red furrows into how their ooast village had been surprised by a Southern rover'a foray; she knew not how many of the people slain or made oaptive, and herself oarried off. Afterwards she had fallen into the hands of other pirates by an aot of sea barter, and they were taking her to Alexandria, hoping, as I guessed, in that luxurious oity to obtain a higher prioe than in the ordinary markets of Gaul or Italy. What I heard of Britain from these warm lips greatly fired my curiosity, and, after touohing at several ports and finding trade dull, ohanoe clenched my resolution. We had sailed northward with a oargo of dates, and on the sixth day ran in under the high promontory of MasBilia, whioh yon moderns oall Marseilles. Here I rid myself of my fruit at a very good profit, and after talking to a brother merchant I met by ohanoe upon the quay, fully determined to load up with oil, wine, stuffs, and suoh other things as he recommended and aail at onoe for Britain. Little did I think how momentous this hasty decision would be I It was brought about partly as I have explained, and partly by the interest whioh just then that oountry was attracting. All the weapons and things of Britain were then in good demand: no tin and gold, the smiths roundly swore, were like the British; no furs in winter, the Roman ladies vowed, were so warm as those; while no patrician from Tarentum to tbe Tiber held his house well furnished unless a red haired slave girl or two from that remote plaoe idled sad and listlessly in his painted porticoes. In these slaves there was a brisk and increasing traffic. I went into the market that ran just along inside the harbor one day, and saw there an ample supply of Buch curious goods suitable for every need. All down the middle of a wide street rongh booths of sail oloth had been run up, and about and before these crouched slaves of every age and condition. There were old men and young men— fierce and wild looking barbarians, in all truth—some with raw, red scars on chest and limbs they had taken a few weeks before in a last stand for liberty, and some groaning in the sickness that attended the slaver's lash and their condition. There were lank-haired girls submitting with sullen hate to the appraising figures of purchasers laughing and chatting in Latin or Gaulish, as they dealt with them no more gently than a buyer deals with sheep when mutton is cheap. Mothers, again—sick and travel- stained themselves—were soothing the unkempt little ones who cower- ed behind them and shrunk from every Roman footstep as the quails shrink from a kestrel's shadow. Some of these children were very flowers of comelinesB, though trodden into the mire of misfortune. I bought a little girl to attend upon my ship who, thongh she wore at the time but one sorry oloth, and was streaked with dirt and dust, had eyes clear ad the southern sky overhead, and hair that beat her on the head with the flat of his sword, that she gave in and swooned, and I led the weeping little one away. So we loaded up again with Eastern things, suoh as the barbarians might be supposed to like, and in a few weeks started onoe more. We sailed down the green ooast of Hispania, through the narrow waters of Herculis Fretum,and then leaving the undulating hills of that pleasant strait behind, turned northward through the long waves ot the blaok outer sea. For many days we rolled up a sullen and dangerous ooast bnt one morning our pilot called me from my breakfast of fruit and millet oakes, and, pointing over the green expanse, told me yonder white surf on the right was breaking on the steep rooks of Armories, while the misty British shore lay ahead. [To be oontinued.j FUN AND FANCY. Could Trust Him Johnny—Grandpa, have yon any teeth? Grandpa—No, my child, they have all gone. Johnny—Then I think I'll let you hold my nuts while I run an errand. Completes th* List An Indian man committed suicide beoause his wife went home to her mother. This probably completes the list. Men have now committed suicide for everything under the sun. He Knew Better "I want to get some bird seed," said the customer in the seed store. "No ye don't, smarty," replied the new olerk, recently acquired from the oountry, "ye can't joke me. Birds grow from eggs, not quite Relief to Her Bargen—Yee, my wife's happy this morning, Asoum—I heard she was Buffering from the grip. Bargen—She has it, but she is not suffering. She bought a 50 oent bottle of medicine for 32 cents some time ago and she was begin- ing to fear she'd never have a ohanoe to use it. Advice to the Widow Widow (tearfully) — Yes, my daughters are now my only resources. Friend—Take my advioe and husband your resouroes well. Harry Mcintosh DIRECT IMPORTER OF 'PERFECTION' SCOTCH Vintage^ 1878 Guaranteed Absolutely Pure Bass' Burton Ale on Tap —at— l£ Hoffman House 16 THE SATURDAY WORLD, ROSSLAND, B. C, SEPT. 12, 1903 THE LOCAL EXCHANGE Quietest Week Recorded to Date. RAMBLER-CARIBOO ADVANCING The Latest Quotations and Sales Locally Upon the Market. The week just past has been even quieter than last, stocks in general finding few buyers. Despite the depression, however, shares are firmly held, Rambler Cariboo, Payne and others showing an advance. Today's Local Quotations.: Asked Bid Amerlcsn Bov —... 4K 4 , Ben Hur SK >/■ Payne....... ,6% 15 Sallp 3o ambler-Cariboo 38 35 Ban Poll 5 3 Sullivan SK '% Tom Thumb 4K $H War Bagle Consolidated 13 11 Waterloo (Assess, paid) 7 sK White Bear (Assess, paid) t)l 3% No Bales today. Week's Quotations. * . Highest Lowest American Boy s% 4 BenHnr $% 4# Black-Tail nU 3}i Canadian Gold F. S 5 4X Cariboo, Lamp McK 11 Centre Star 24 20 Fairview „.. 5 4 Fisher Maiden... 3Ju 2 Giant 3 2 Granby Consolidated $4.50 $3.75 Morning Glory 2 iX Mountain Lion 24 20 NorthStar 1,% a'A Payne 16^ 15 Quilp 20 Rambler-Cariboo 37 32 'A San Poil 5 2 Sullivan $% 4'A Tom Thumb 4ki 3H War Eagle 13 n Waterloo 7 5K ' White Bear 4% 3'A Showing highest asked and lowest bid during the past week. The Week's Sales. Rambler-Cariboo, 1000, 34o, 1500,1000, 37o, 1500, 37ic; Sullivan, 2000,15.00, 4|c; North Star, 2000,1000, 10£o; Fisher Maiden, 3000,24c; Morning Glory, 3000, 2c; War Eagle, 1000, 12c. Total, 18,500. Certificate of'Improvement. NOTICE. The Gordon and Texas Fraction Mineral Claims, situate in the Trail Creek Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located: North slope of Red mountain. Take notice that I, Kenneth L. Burnet, Prov. Land Surveyor of Rossland, agent for F. R. Blcchbe'ger, free miner's certificate No. B57494, Andrew Suth- erland.free miner's certificate N0.B73315 and Ner Smith, free miner's certiticate No. B75408, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder tor a Certificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim, And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issnance of such Certificate of Improvement, Bated this 21 st day of August ,A,D. 1003 KENNETH L. BURNET Newfoundland Sealskins The success of tanning experiments has made a great demand for Newfoundland sealskins. Orders are in for about 500,000, while the total number 'available will be materially less. Although these seals have beeu taken indiscriminately for 300 years, there ie no sign of depletion. The annual catch for the past ten years averaged 2G0,- 000. A Pleasant Reception A pleasant reception was ac- oorded to the Rev. J. A. Cleland, of St. George's church, in the Masonic Hall on Tuesday evening last, by the members of his congregation and their friends. The Rev, J. McNeill of St. Andrew's ohurch was present and the Rev. Father McKinnon of the Church of the Saored Heart sent a letter of regrets at having had unexpectedly to defer his attendance. Some music and an informal dance made the evening go very pleasantly. PROVINCE ELECTIONS Nominations Hade Up to Date in the Various Ridings, PYRITIC SMELTING How Applicable to Rossland Ores. GREAT SUCCESS IN MEXICO Metallurgical Work More Difficult Here—But Smelting Is Easier. Loch Lomond If the canal across Scotland is to be constructed the "bonny banks of Loch Lomond" will be oanal banks. POWDER SMOKE—Did it ever give you headache? Dr. Sootts headaohe powders are a qniok and sure cure. Sold at Morrows Drug Store. The following nominations have been made over the province. A full stli is inoluded of all ridings in the province. The list will be kept standing and added to from to time as further nominations are made: Alberni—one— Atlin—one—J. Kirkland, Progressive. Cariboo—two—S. A. Rogers, W. Adams, Conservative. Chilliwack—one—C. W. Munro, Liberal; J. L. Atkinson, Conservative. Columbia—one—W. C. WellB. Liberal. Comox—one—F. MoB. Young, Liberal. Cranbrook—one—J. H. King, Liberal, T. Cavin, Conservative. Cowichan—one—J. Evans, Liberal, E. M. Skinner, Conservative, Delta—one— De wd ney—one— Esquimalt—one— J. Jardine.Lib- eral, C. E. Pooley, Conservative. Pernio—one—E.C.Smith.Liberal, W. R. RosB.Conservative, J. R. Mc- Pherson, Socialist. Grand Forks—one—G.A. Fraser Conservative, J. Riordan, Socialist. Greenwood—one—J. R. Brown, Liberal, E. G. Spankie, Conserva tive. Islands—one—T. W. Patereon, Liberal. KamloopB—one—F. J. Deane, Liberal; F. J. Fulton, Conservative. Kaslo—one—J. L. Retallack Liberal, R. Green, Conservative, S. Shannon, SocialiBt. Lillooet—one—Dr. Sanson, Liberal. Nanaimo—one — E. Quennell, Conservative, J. Hawthornthwaite, Socialist. Nelson— one—S. S. Taylor, Liberal, J. Houston, Conservative. Newcastle—one—D. W. Murray Liberal, P. WilliamB, Socialist. New Westminster—one—J.Keary Liberal, T. Gifford, Conservative. Okanagan—one—T. W. Sterling, Liberal, P. Ellison, Conservative. Revelstoke—one—J. M. Kellie, Liberal, T. Taylor, Conservative, John W. Bennett, Socialist. Riohmond—one—J. C. Brown, Liberal, F. Carter Cotton, Conservative. Rossland—one—A, S. Goodeve, Conservative. Saanioh—one—A. Bryden.Liberal Similkameen—one—W. A. Mao- Lean, Liberal, L. W. Shatford.Con- Bervative. Skeena—one—C. W. D. Clifford, Conservative; P. Herman, Liberal. Slocan—one—W. Hunter, Con- servative.W. Davidson, Progressive. Vancouver—five—Ernest Burns, A. R. Stebbings, Sooialist, J. Edwards^. G. Perry and F.Williams, Progressive, J. Tatlow, C. Wilson, J. J. Garden, Conservative, J. Martin, A. Neelands, T. Baxter,Liberal Victoria—four—J. C. Watters, L. O. Charlton, Sooialist. Yale—one—Stuart Henderson, Liberal, T. G. MoManamon, Conservative. Ymir—one—A. Parr, Liberal, H Wright, Conservative. One of the great experiments lying before this camp, to which little publio attention has hitherto been paid, despite of occasional newspaper comment, is that of direot or pyritio smelting. This is a method of smelting whioh mixes the ores in suoh manner as they are self fluxing and consequently but little coke has to be used and no dead flux, For in a furnace of 150 tons capacity il 25 per oent coke is used and 15 to 20 per dead lime flux in addition, the capacity of that furnace is reduced one third while the costly of handling is equally great: while large sums have to be paid for coke and for lime, the former being especially expensive. Tbe trouble, is of course, in the getting of the proper ores together. Where this is attempted from widely separated points there is a ohanoe for the railway to get in its deadly work and "charge all the traffic will bear." Then again there is trouble in the marketing of the ores to the refineries and the transportation of kthe matte in which the railway have yet another opportunity. Then again there iB the nuisance of the necessary water under the present conditions where a dog in the manger can get in and hold-up a whole camp. But pyritic smelting in itself is a success and one that is famous in Mexico, notably in the Sierra Madres. There it is claimed, and the claim is well authenticated, that direct smelting has been done as cheap as 90 cents to the ton and a usual figure is $1.50. And, oc- oording to the London Mining Journal, the ore treated does not run more than $9 or $10 to the ton. And the mines here spoken of are laboring under several heavy drawbacks. In the first place they are 50 miles from any railroad whioh when reached is 400 miles to the nearest refinery where the Guggenheims apparently have the full control and are tho only buyers in the market. Moreover the railway iB by itself and the charges would make ShaugbneBBy's hair rise on end. The coke used is 8 to 10 per cent instead of about four and that coke has to be transported for half a hundred miles by pack train. Such being the conditions in Mexico where pyritic smelting is carried on most advantageously it would seem as if there would be an opportunity right in the Kootenays. It iB true that the chemical analysis of the ores is not the same and there would be some greater difficulty in tbe metallurgical work,but Kootenay could give Mexico points on smelting. There is the question of the water supply which could be arranged if an all wise government could only see that it would be to tbe advantage of a oamp to have the first right to all water inasmuch as it would be to its advantage to let that water equitably in its own interest. And to protect munioi palitieB from hot headed mayors and stupid aldermen it were well to make that first right inalien able. If the government would build a refinery as proposed much transportation would be saved and much of ' the inordinate charges. Similar effects would follow from the erection of a government railroad. The greed of the monopoly holders iB driving many people into the socialistic theory of the government exploitation of all natural monopolies. They may be mismanaged and they will be mismanaged just as long as tha accursed doctrine of "to the victors belong the spoils" prevails but suoh mismanagement will not be a circumstance on the present holdup grafts that are cutting the throats of this camp, and of many others. LIBERAL CONVENTION J. A. Macdonald Likely to Be the Choice on Monday Night. until 7:30 o'clock on Monday evening, anybody signing up to that hour being entitled to a vote. In the case of more than one nomination ballots will be taken and if no member gets a majority of the vote of the whole meeting voting, balloting will proceed until suoh time as suoh a majority is held by some person who will thereupon be declared the Liberal standard bearer. After the second ballot is taken with no result the nominee having the smallest number of votes cast for him will be dropped from the roll upon the third and each succeeding ballot. It is generally understood that popular feeling is in favor of J. A. Macdonald, who, aa head of the East Kootenay Liberals, stands a chance of being tbe premier of the province, supposing that- the Liber- ale win out over the province. The Liberals held a BucoeBBful rally at their campaign rooms on Thursday evening. Speeches were made by several of those present, including Dr Kr lo give the greatest possible publicity to the convention the roll will be kept open at the Liberal campaign rooms The Baseball Club. The Baseball Club will end this year out of debt, thanks to the management of that optimist, Al. Davis. Al. has been hard up against it of late but is not a whit discouraged. Tbe boys are going down to Colville towards the end of the month and are practicing strenuously in the meantime so as to give the WashingtonianB a surprise. The material is here but praotiee is sadly laoking. There is a game in sight for Sunday, September 27, but there will be nothing doing before that date as Northport do not oare to play again this season except, perhaps, one game at home. Dominion Sulphide Smelting. The Dominion Sulphide Smelting Company of Toledo, Ohio,, olaim that they are able to reduce refractory ores of copper .silver or gold at a cost of $1.55 per ton, taking the value of ooke at $20 per ton. The ores they lay themselves open to treat are iron or copper pyrites or pyritiferous ores of email values in precious metals, provided oopper, dry silver or gold ores are available. The oompany has a 40 ton furnaoe in operation for two years and a 60-ton furnaoe for one year. THE STRAND is a good place to spend vonr spare time. Good music Green & Comerford, Proprietors. AU kinds of summer drinks at the Strand. Green & Comerford, Props. 1 The Big Sale & Season sp at the Big Shoe Store On TUESDAY, September 8th, and following days we will offer the balance of this year's styles ol Ladies Extension Hole Low and Hifrh Shoes in Patent Leather. Patent K'd.Viei Kid. Box Calf. etc, AT COST AND BELOW COST. Come and see for yourself \ O.O.Lalonde ? THE SHOEMAN :! :i •1 :i •IB • 1 • i :@ :i :| :i 1 :i :i :i :i •pa •1 •1 II mi BIG STORE Biq Remnant Sale! We have a large quantity of short ends and odd lines in our Dry Goods Department which we are oftering at ridiculously low prices to clear. Biq Reduction Sale! Thirty-five Eton Jackets and Short Coats, regular prices $10, $15, $18.50, Your Choice, $5 NEW FALL GOODS „BBBBBBBjBBaaBBaaaaaaaaaaaaaaitm■aaaaaaaaaaaaaaiaaaaaabmmbbbbbbMMpaaaaap New Fall Goods are arriving daily. We have something now to show you every day. Call and examine our new goods. Everybody welcome. 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