I 1 *%���������   -  y-  The Ladysmith  f^EG-SLATlVB ASSKMUL**  VOL..2  SATURDAY,   FEB.   17  1008.  ac  a S. JOAN TIES UP AT  TRANSFER WHARF  The Steamship Company Said to Object to Wharfage Charged by Dom-  inio.i Government  So Have Ordered   Ships Officers to  Land Passengers at Private Wharf  Instead of Govt. Structure-  TS OF PYTHIAS  IT HOME 1  GREAT SUCCESS  :2    mvi9^'  l \~-r-r   ���������  Crf**^-       }  PR1C  Thc At. Home giver, by the Knights  of Pythias in the I. O. 0. F. longe  room last evea'ng, was an even more  enjoyable1 affair than was anticipated. The roorr was filled with  Knights and their ladies and friends  ami from 8.30 ,iM������lil midnight all  present thoroughly enjoyed themselves A fiist rate program had been  prepared and a large number of local  favorites obliged with songs and piano selections. "Mr. J. Rickle presided.        During      the   evening  those  Ell  TO MISTER 4SID  WTACT  BNT  STABBED IN  Parl_r Williams  tishaw,  bartender of the -Golden C,alc (  ding of the..Am-j Hotel,   and    son   of    the  proprietor,  The steamship Joan has BivCii    up    800, uudei  1200,   ?2, over 1200. under   who, felt so inclined  played  cards  or  ,.���������   1(0(3   $2 50   ' '*'      ' other   games,     so    between songs it  ' ' i .      .    .. clu]]j     fn fact the ;iI.  calling  at   ihe Iloininioii   whail  Friday and     Satuiday,  tying up,   in-     The .loan is a-vessel of .*������ 10 tons, :.o  stead, at the transfer wharf each  time  she   tits  up  al_ a g-.neni-  The  C.P.R.   i.s said   to base   made    'lie'"   *Alu,f lhc  slmi  ������-  >-' "'������ -     is  .,,.,- .     ,    ,       ,     .    charged.   These rates   are le-ied only  tins change on account of  ihev.haif-   Uv.|(,  .(j om  ^^ so.jf ,cVln       t,,r  age charged  by  the Dominion ������o\cm- Joan OI anv othcr _j-t _!,-���������  ���������, oV_  ment,   collected   by   the collector   of    ery day  in the  week the chargjs ior  customs.    It  is said  by  people    who . ma,' ing   use of'��������� the  Dominion,   .vhavf  claim to have then  information from j would, amount to  oiil'y  $3.00.  authentic sources, that the Company      Although objection/to. the* charge is  has ordered the steamship olhcers to  call at the Cranslcr wharf until the  rate now charged by the goveniiiiei t  is withdrawn.  said to he tlie cause ,of the Joan n<?t  lying    u;������    nt   the piirJic   wharf,' it  would  seem  highly  piobable       that  the  real  ohji'ttiuii  is'the  want of    a  Mr.  T.   I).      Conway, collect���������      oi  ioat|   to the  wharf.    As   it  i.s it     is  customs, was  interviewed  this nun n- ' better for passengers  to *,e landed at  ing uudas'ed   if the  government    in- | the  transfer  wliaif to  which  there is  tended levying tyiug-up rates upon  the owners ol all vessels, or whether  the department' would  be Ii elv     to  a comparatively , deci ut approach,  I! tin to he put off at the public  whu'rl  and te'CotopelletL.to wade  withdraw  the rate charged. An. Con-   through  mud and water  several  inch-  way    replied  that under the' present    es deep before they aie able to   gel  statutes   the dc-pai ti'ment  had   no    alternative   but   lo lew   the mte.    The  to town       So  the Dominion  whalf is  lo lemuin   useless,   but  thi-  qutsiinn  act distinctly staled, that svieli chaige   as as ed by a shipping man  th-s mor-  sliould  be levied  against owners     of  all   lessels    tving up at   government  wharves.    Mr.  Convvav produced thc  was not at r  rangcnients were perfect, an<l those  who had chaigc oi I hem are. to be  congratulated upon the pionounccd  success of the evening. About eleven o'clock mii excellent supper wa-i  ���������served, after which, and m.til midnight,  various games were played.  Pleasant little, social affairs like  that'given last evening do much towards making life happy, and tho^e  who pa'took of the Knight's- hospitality last cveiing will hope for  similar events to be given in the  near future. '   o                  I  BIC^ LAND     DEAL. *  "      Vancouvo'',   Ieb.   17 ��������� (Special)  *  * The Grand Trunk Pacific Rail   ' ���������  * way is reparicd to have made a  * deal   with   iicilhern  Tndianr   foi  * 14,000   acres    of   land   adjoining  * Kaien Island, for $7.50 an acre  At   .Thursday's session of the pro:  viucial   legislature  moved the second rea  end ment-. of   the Master' and  Servant  Act.      It  is  as follows '.     '.'���������".'  An  Act   to    Amend , the Master  And  Servant Act.   ���������  "1 lis.    Majesty,  by and    ..with.'the  (onsen.t   of the Legislative Assembly [ witnesses  ol   the' Province';.of  British  Columbia | other   po  enacts as' follows:,��������� ,..-���������������������������������������������  1 This Act 'may he cited as the  "blaster and Servant Act Amend-  nieiit Act,  190G."       ���������'-.;- ������������������'..'  . 2. The' "Master and ,Servant -Actj'  being chapter 131 of the Revised  Statutes, " 1807', is - hereby amended  by adding thereto after section 7,  'the following section:���������  7A. (I) Every"workman employee oi servant, where the rate.",of .-.wages does not exceed, four "dollars per  day, shall Le paid at intervals- hot  to exceed two weeks.  (2.) In case of ^ ' workman, employee, or servant ceasing to work  oi being discharged, ;J1 wages, due  s'ich person shall be paid',,'forthwith.  (3i). No .. contract for; wages shall  be entered into that provides for  payment T of wages at longer ���������';intervals  than .once in two weeks. '  Vancouver,, Feb.   1C'.���������William ���������������������������^Tot-  ('!.)      ;Aiiv;  n:  M-l'  or the':'agent  net,  a clause of  which  set the rates  as follows:  Steamboats    under     fifty    tons, 20  ning is:  "Will   the Dominion  government, after building a wharf   iiiir.it  the steamship company  to land passengers at, a private, wharf in  ordei  to get out of paying the toll?"  It  is meces>sarv  to raise funds    .to  NEW LIFE PRE  cents    Over     fifty tons   and     under maintain the wharf, and what means  one bundled t: -1 ty cents, over 100 ra can   the government  adopt   to   do so  der    200, 40 cents; o\*r 200,  'ind'ir if not tax  the steamboats  that call  300,  60 cents,  over 300,  under 5f0. '������'.? Three dollars- a,week is not      a  $1, over 500, under   800, $1.50, over large outlay. , .  ���������art       '  <l������ft <l'-'Mil ���������*���������Tf"" " '-    THE WESTERNER  ON MONDAY  The     Victoria     ciitics are loud in  SENIORS VS:  INTERMEDIATES  ^___ j wit In     friends  in  Vancouver and  left  in the     afternoon ior Ottawa, where  Weather    permitting ������tttere will  ������e he  v. ill     :lp,ily iC)i   li-ttcis of patent  ���������  of any employer, who controverses The  ������ 'piovisipns'y- of;tliis    section ^ shall he  ,   iiabic to a pei.alty  not exceeding fif-  *   ty dollars!." , y  |    Air. VI.  J.   Bowser,  Vancouver,   opposed  on the   ground taat there was  ( no demand on  the  part of thewotk-  CUDX/Cn    T^CT-on'"'"1"   for this niWsur^:    It invol-  Oi_J\,VcK     1 J_Oli_L/  ml 1**-"each of contract and- a cHstur-  , bance of .'��������� amicable business relations  A nie preserver that cau be foldou rt was a vlass, of legislation;; that  up and put in the pocket, taking up should not he encouraged.  ii Sj.acc staicjly'largeL than a hanu- j Air VV. Davidson, sfocan, said lhe  i^iciuei, yet which it's inventor de- member for Fernie shotVd certainly  ciaies can Le nMaiitly made icady suppoit the bill, for ^tWas endorsed  and  is so  unyant  tjut  it  will  easi-  by his constituents. ;'  ly support tiuee men in thewatei,1 Mr. W. R. Ross���������Only endorsed pv  is an invention cf Mi. John Spares, a part but opposed W another^- rt.  ol 'tomahawk lake, Wis. |    Mr.    Davidson���������Yes,   of course,   op-  Mr. Sparks in lived m Vancouver posed by the coal company. He  yesterday from Seattle, where he has strongly supported the bill. - ' l  been exhibiting his invention for a' Mr. .'John Houston, Nelson, move!  lew;     days.      lie  made a short stay Hie adjournment of the  debase  their praise of the Watson Com pa- a football ..match tomorrow after  ny's .presentation of The Westerner hoon on the Kur:kei. ground at 2.30,  and    the   Waifon     theatre has    ecn  the   Intermediates-,    vs.  the Seniors.  Teams as   follows.  Intermediates,     Greaves,    Cross:>n, i  crowded with erthusiastic audiences  every night since the play was first  produced. Thc Westen ev will be  'played at the local Opera House on  Monday of next weak by the full  Company nnd piomises to lie one of  the best entertainments given by a  professional crmpany hero fqr a  great while. In The Westerner, and  in-tho comely, Charley's Aunt, u'hicri' lett,-.and..Richards.  is to be  produced., the following eve-j n"���������~"���������"  ning, members of the"ponular troupe A Portland despatch savs that the  are seen at their best. There is no Y. Ml C. A. Tigers of that city>vill  doubt they A/ill be greeted by full  houses on both nights of their appearance here this month. Sec  program of Thc Westerner on another page. Popular pikes, 50, 35  and 25c. Seats can be reserved at  Forcimmers.  ' u ���������  for his> invention in Canada.  -During : his slay iu the city Mr.  Sparks exhibited his invention to a  number of ,riionds, who were greatly  impressed v/ith its compactness and  reliability. It is in the form of a  CUMBERLAND  NEWS NOTES  Mr:  Geo.    irottish-.iw,   was serio-.iily  stabbed"    by -a Pole   to  wlioiri he .refused  to  supply liquor.  According:   to   the     story    of eye  Michat  Rwinslu anil  an-  iiarned Micunski,   were  in  the    Golden  Gate  bar  on  Wednesday  afternoon;,   both    wider   ihe  influence  ��������� of liquor.      The, hai tender- told  tliem  that    they  had     all   the  liquor that  was.  good ������������������for them, and  put them  out on     -the    street. ,      The younger  man broke thu    pane  of glass  in  one  of the   outside      tloors  and   then   the  IvWi, re-entered   the  bar.      Mottishaw  got hold of them and told ithem they  would  have to  keep quiet.     Micunski  look   Motti.shaw's    hand  to his iips  and. kissed,     it and said; he would be  good....    At  the  same '��������� time  Ruzinslu  made   a   dive -,at Mottishaw with a  long-bladed    knife.        Fortunately he  lurched: just as    he   did so, and the  l.nife,      instead -.of   entering Motti-  shavv's   body,    tore a  fearful gash in  his - leg'.:,:,  ���������As. soon as possible the police: and  the ambulance were ���������'notified.' The  ���������wounded- man was taken to St ;  .Paul's hospital, where ho is now in a  precarious condition from loss of  blood and su'iiei ing:'terrible pain in  ��������� he linife. gashed leg.  When the police: arrived, Micunski  aged 37, was still in the bar and  was arrested. ; Ruzinski, aged 24,  had-.fled.. A warrant was out for  his' arrest and.-' he was found; by officer Perry ^.this home'on&Seymour  vtreet: He resisted "arrest and fovi-  a.h't the olTicer . like a demon and had  to be knocked y down and handcuffed  '.efore he cbuld -be taken to the po-  lice. station.': It will be "some /time  before "Mottishaw will le able'to  leave the' hospital to appear against  him.- :  MAY  OPPOSE TEMPLEMAN  Ledger Correspondent Wires that Vic-  tcria Lawyer May be   Nominated  by Conservatives  Miss Alice  Roosevelt   Becomesf  Wife   of Nicholas Longworth  Today  tu6  ; Victoria,  Frb., 17,   (Special)��������� The  Li'/'.'jral-('onset-vativc  Association held  a meeting here last, evening.   Although ���������'nothing  definite   is known,   it      is  rumored    in'   well    informed   circles  that the.conservatives  will   preliably  bring out  James  Taylo.", a  prominent Victoria lawyer,  to oppose Hon.  Win Templeman in the by-election for  the ������������������.Victoria  seat in   t he Dominion  House on  March'-Oth.  Preparations .for    tlie smoker lhat  is to. begiven 'here, in honor of    Mr-  Templeman upon Jiis arrival from the  cast on:Monday are being made and  the' .rece'r/cion  will ������������������be ���������������������������a rousing one.  ."������������������'. MRS.:LONGWORTH.  Wiashington, Feb.  17.���������Bishop Sat-  terlee officiated  at the  wedding here  t oday  of ���������Miss   Al ice  Roosevel t,  the  daiigiiter  of  the President of       the  United    States,   and 'Representative  Nicholas  Longworth, of Ohio.  ���������'������������������.'������������������ ������������������ o-���������-���������   the  political activity  of the Liberal  parties.     The dhcussion  has  reached  such  an acute    and  passionate  stage  in the cabinet that no other issue is  possible.  The chances of victorv in- '  cJinc to the side of Count Witte, who  insists     that  the  governor generals  must    be deprived    of their supreme  powers within a^Iortnight in order to  remove the   restrictions  upon a free  electoral  campaign.     Minister of Agriculture     Krutler,    the Associated  Press has been informed on excellent  authority, has resigned.  The  .announcement- of the acpept- ..  ance   of    hjs resignation, which ,was  due to influential  opposition to   His  project for   expropriation of private  lands  and  their  division among-' the   ,  peasants may be expected shortly. It  is stated that Mr. Krutler who, like  his predecessor M. Yermoloff, is possessed of exceedingly strong, progressive tendencips,  will leave the state    ,  service entirely if not even receiving  the  usual  promotion  to  thc council  SITUATION.  IN     RUSSIA.  St. Petersburg,  Feb. 16���������Information lva-s reached the Associated pjrcssv of  the empire, the body of which   is  that the desperate struggle     which reserved for discarded ministers.  has    been raging in the government Rumor is busy with other changes  between the reactionary and ihe pro- to follow the first break in tlie cabi-  gressive .forces- is   approaching  a culmination and must, end within a few  days in' the resignation either  of the  net of Count Witte. The, most Persistent story is directed at the Premier himself who, according to   the  THE WRECK  INVESTIGATION  AT SEATTLE  Minister of    the     Interior,  Dtirnovo, 'general report,  is credited  with  hav-  who is leading the movement for tho-   ing bluntly informed Emperor Nicho-   '  rough-going repression, or of       Pre-    las  that he must choose between-him  mier Witte and several of tlie   mem-   and  the. minister of  the  interior,  M:  bers of tlie. cabinet.-The question at    Dunoroff,  who has control of the po- ;  issue is'the withdrawal of the extra-   lice machinery of the empire and has  ordinary powers'confided in governor   been  pushing repression  to the.  ex-   .  generals throughout, the empire which treme and throwing all elements  of  in many cases, it is alleged, haSe not  society into opposition to the govern '  only political disorders;  but also   of   ment.  One    of tho most .succcsrful social  BOXERS'   ASSUMED NAMES  Many of the leading boxers of America who use assumed names ih the  prize'ring would hardly be recognized  by their family names. For instance,  very few people know that Philadelphia Jack O'Brien vvas Christened  Joseph Francis Anthony Hagan.  Herewith  are given some, of     the  ring litl&s of the famous lighters ami  the names by which they are known  in private life;  The Nonpariel���������Jack Dempsey.  Gentleman  Jim���������Jas,  J, '.'orii-tt.  John   L.���������John   Lawrence Sullivan.  Fitz���������Robert J.   Fitzsimmons.  Jeff���������Jumes Joseph 'Jeffries.  The Barbadoes  Wonder���������Joseph  \V.  Walcott.  ���������Young Griffo���������Albert Griffiths.  Australian   liilly   Murphy���������Th onus  William Murphy.  Belfast Si'ider���������Isaac O'Ne'u    ������������������������,-.  Streater  Cyclone���������William       i ,-  Brain-tree  Lad���������John Griffin.  Saginaw  Kid���������George Lavigne.  Jake  Kilrain���������John   Joseph      Kil-  lion.  Mysterious  Billy   Smith���������Amos  A.  .Smith.  Ithaca  GLint���������Michael  Conley.  Harlain  Coffee Cooler���������Frank       J.  Craig.  Barrier. Cluiuiipion���������Joe  Gotldard.  Sydney  Cornstock���������Francis Patrick  Slavin. ;  Little Chocolate���������Geo.   Dixon.  Haverstraw Brickmiaker��������� Billy Ernest.  Plviiadclphis Jack  O'Brien��������� Jack F.  A. Hagan.  Tonuiiy Ryan���������Joseph  Youngs.  ,Kid  McCoy���������Norman Selby.  Sandy Ferguson���������John Henry   Fer-  tnSFdNIin���������11o'' fS' M   (Vet,1���������1   0r   JaC,<Ct madc ������f &m lMhiK,:'  eve**ts  bf tl,e  ���������"   at' Union   Bay  son, Jii. Miniino, & iiu|,pes, jvi. u uon  _.. .<������������������*.-,i     ��������� ���������,. ���������   u i,<.  ,...,.,���������,.       \ii.���������., ������������������ ��������� J  nell   Winshv, S   Michie, T. McMillan   '"In , in,   . .       T.' it0������k P'laCe in Gco' 1Iowe's Hotel on  '  .,-     ��������� "-.'L- ., -    -   ��������� '     ���������    ..     ,.,,    not inflated   it   can be rolled  up and'  ...      , .       ,    ,  Sen.brs,    Hailstones,      Scott,  ,'1.  c^vicd .^ t]jc    cQat      cbcL     Whcn , 1 hursday evening last,  when a most  O'Connc 1, T. Leahey, Strange, -En(��������� in llS(J     thc iile.ptc,.enc.r Can  be put  enjoyable surprise and dance       was  SanderHon,     Morrison,    Adam,  Hew- Qn |il<e u   vcst_ .UI(!   is fastencd inan'given in honor of Mr.   and Mrs. Geo.  instant   by  i-  aps   set  in  the canvas j McLaughlin,   who  will  leave iu about  covering,   something   after   the stylo. fcw-������   '"weeks on  a visit to Scotland,  of a glove fastener.' Dancing  was  started  at  nine \o'clock  But   it is    in   the     inflation of the   'uul  continued   from   then; until long  "*        ��������� ' lifn m-iwnrvnv ii..,!   n,��������� ���������, ���������i.' :������������������ ���������,,: ; after    midnight,   about    fil'tv  invited  make at     trip   .into Washing ton and,l,le P'^eivei  that the most lngenui-;    . .������ ,,,-,;  ,....,       ������ .     . . ' ,    iv is ��������� ch^wii       'Pimm ...-i>'     ���������,imk>r guests   participating.    Ah    -.iiijdincht  British     Columbia  commencing  next ���������>   ^    &*'ow"-     ��������� ineie a>c a numbei  ���������? '        ,.     ,        . ,   ,  n.     . ���������,.     .    '       .���������  .      fa ���������        ������ ol  collansiblo     rubier   lifc-nresprvM-^  (lcllcIOUS     reiresiunents  were served,  Monday.      The hoys will  bo away a        tund[iMuiu     iudixi   inc piestiveis | ���������,,,-���������, ,   ,   ,.    f ,,      r -     .  .���������'-,       ;���������"-.- ' ,.   i ��������� i-     ��������� /.       mi  the   nnrtut   hut   ihnlf, oil   rumiim after winch ou behalf of the   friends  week,      and     during  that time they   C)"  uie   ������iaihot, put  tncy an  rciuiuo,  will play six gsnes.' Tl.eir schedi.lo,to be in"atod M'1,Cn required for use.  is"as follows: Monday night Win-,'Thc Iife . .prpsurvcr invented by Mr.  lock; Tuesday right' Snohomish; Thur .'S,)arks is * ^elf-inllater, and its buoy  sday ������i!*ht Sixth Regiment at West- :UUJ^ is S^^'-cr than that of one  inster;' Friday niglil, soldiers at 's������"i'ly inllated by air, for its inflation is accoinplishetl  by a. gas.  Kach'life-preserver of this new type  will ���������'have'  and    employees   of Mr.   Mc-Lau'ghlin,  Mr.  T.  M.utlson  presented  Mrs.     McLaughlin   with  a handsome, silver tea  service,  ajid   \Ir.   McLaughlin   with  a  'gold  locket,   both  presents   being sui-  minsier;     .��������� naay   nigui,  souuers    at     .   - ;^~ .. '^ ," " tab������y   mscrrbe,l.      The   following    ad-  Victoria,  SK<unlay night two games   ������������������'������������ ^ accomplished  by a gas. ^ ^ ^        ^   ,,,  u,cv^.id  at   Vancouver.         The. 1'ortland  men      '-f1 I'fe-preserver of this new type Tf)  Q           McLaughlin.   Dear Sir-  who -will     .make the trip.are as foi-   vVlUn'iiavci     :i* c���������    &���������  l,lnnl ������" a Realizh."* that   vou arc leaving      us  lo-v.s:   Pugh,  l-Iaitma..;  Stokes,   Mac-, ���������*������������������������������������' .s<;a,1=.      Junde "lhc rubber w���������lls rmmifUi;. C;l.,iuiu. Q(       cral lu].,I11!U1  kie,   Screeinan,  manager,  Russell   all,i   "f  the jacket  is some .hnely  powder-j of -tJl..  lllt.l|laili(.al  .u.partmeu-t  of the  t".'',,������*c.   Sl"-"''  ilH  1S ������scd welling<���������.i   Colliery   Co.,   Union, Bay,  A   few spoon- H (.__   Wp    (h(, lin,|e,-si^i������l  einplovces  Forbes.  Because of   the dispute   that  occur-  ed ealciiifn  in   ai-etylcnc      lamps-,  s  of  water  is carried  ful  liren  red  three-y.\ars ago,  no games  have  ll,"B  "'   Will{il   's oaineo  in one cor-, ;UI{|  residents  before  your dci'artu.ie  plave,!   since that time*    with  lltH'  r,f tho    '>r('-P"'-"'<''"vcr,   kept  scpn- j fmm  ���������s;   ,..lkn  t,,lis oppnrtunit.v       to  11,0 ca":Ic  "y  a  iiulojeon,vev   in   this  humble  wav our heart  pocket.       By   pressing  a  but-|ft.1L   rwrot  for  u,is separation.    The  is      released, and  on  !),I..jI-,ess.|.iiit.  \V;ly  in   which  you  have   .���������^_���������_ ,    coming  in    contact  with   tlie cm-bide  (.on,|,I(.le,|   (he  affairs   of your   posi-  Naiiainio people  who are  int-orcsl-ixl   at- ������"c'f'     develops a     gas  nearly  as   |i0n.  and   the solicitude   f������r our  feel-  "ighf.  a--'   hydrngeii.      The.   jacket  (ills1  the   Seattle     Association,   and   none  has  been, arranged   on this  occasion.  rate,     from  rubbei:  ton   this     fluid  ings and interest, in your intercourse  with us have and will at all times  reciMiiiiueiiil ou highesi respect and  adiniratio'ii. Therefore we. iu the  spirit, above stated, and with the in-  t  will liav'e an opportunit}' of liearinu  Mr.   W.   if.    Marcon,   the   Socialist,  'j^'11' ,ilc gas a..d is instantly  inflated  who has been nominated by  the Vic-|lil't' a miniature balloon.     It is very  Victoria    Socialist    party   to. oppose | |>'ioyunt,  not arone  in   the. water, but  Hon.      Mr.      Templeman    in  the  ap- [iu  the air.      In handling  the life-preproaching     bye-election.       Mr.   Mar-'scl'VCI*  during  a  test   yesteiday    iMr.  con       will      speak   in    the  Socialist.  Sparks  happ-ned  to  release  the jack-  rooms   on  SivVlay, evening.      Messrs.   et' lni' 'U1     instant,, whereupon  it im-j who, by her kindly  disposition   :ind  Hawthornthvv.ute    and Williams   will   "f'diately ro.se  in  the air  and bonne-1 ability   to  entertain   us on   many  need      down      f/om    the   ceiling  of the   casjons   which   will   -never   be   forgpt-  rooni.      Mr.   Sparks  claims  that  the  ten,  prompts us  to lender you      this  jacket  will   easily  hold  up three,  per-  small token ol remembrance for *a;.ci,  teufion   of   expressing   our   apiprecia-  j Salvor   to   the   Pacific   (  lion    of vourself and  est iniable  wife,   j; ���������*'!>   Company,   and   take  also address tlie meeting.  giison.  Tommy Burns���������iNoall Brtisso.  "Honey" Mellody���������.William Mellody   1(,-*"s to   patent  in  the  I'niled Slates  sons  in  the water.  The   inventor  has  alreadv  liled  lel-  Yoiuik    Corbctt���������William Tl. Roth-  well.  Battling Nelson���������Arthur B. M*. '^.el-  son.  Charlie Neary���������Chas Nehrin,  . Pedlar Palmer���������Thos.  Palmer.  "Cnk" .Russell���������John J. 'Russell.  Kid   Sullivan���������Harry Shehy.  Young  Erne���������Hugh   Clavin.  Dick I-Iyland���������AVilliam limine.  Hugo  Kclley���������Hugo Macheil.  Terrible    Terry���������������Terrence    Joseph  McGovem.  Young Mowat���������Thomas Munioe.,  and  he  proposes to secure  the rights ��������� beauty,  in   Canada bc'ore     he puts   the con  Irivance on Die market.  Rev.   G.  W.   Taylor  of Wejlinig'ton,  v. ho has been  spending   the past few  of you,   which   we trust   will   be   considered  in    lhe spirit,  iu  which if     i-;  ���������Ki'vcn.    They   ninv   be   "things        of  and   wc hope  they   will  be a  "joy  forever."  Mr. McLaughlin was quite overcome by the expressions of good will,  and  replied  in   the  following manner:  "I,'on   behalf  of  Mrs.   McL-auKhlin  Seattle,  Feb.  17.���������Testimony      refuting    the|   statements  of  Captain  Cousins of the Queen, Captain  Pater-  son and  Captain Oann, who were on  the steamer  City  of Topeka and all  other  masters   and  pilots  commanding the rescue, fleet, was brought ait  by United   Stales District Attorn-;/.  Frye  while examining Second   )flicer  Peterson  of  the. Valencia.    Petersen  was on the stand for three hours vs-  terday and three hours today. Peterson,   in answer  to  questions  put  him  by District Attorney  Frye, slated   that he  helievcd  that  the passeng  crs could have been taken, off the wreck1  ed  vessel by   the proper  use of    the  lifc.ib<i--its. Ha  would" have  divided the.  boats  in  two) divisions   taking     the  passengers  off    the wrecked steamer  in     the large boats and  transferred  tbeni  when  outside  the -breakers    to  the small  boats,  and  thence to   the  steamers  lying outside.    District,  Attorney Frye asked him if boats could  have reached   the Valencia,   to which  query   Peteisoii  replied ���������.that,   if could  have been   done  with competent, men  at thc oars.  The battered roiimaiit of the life  raft on which ten men :'.'fl tgc wreck  <d Valencia, and which was responsible for saving the lives (if four of  them when it was washed to Turtle  island and "m Barkley Sound, vvas  hunted by 'bo <.oIlector of customs  after being taken io Victoria by the  to the Pacific Coast, Stpam-  u to Seattle  where it. was yo.-derday tested, by  Commissioners "Murray, Smith and  Bivvvell. The test proved that, il.s  usefulness   was not yet ended. |  Tho raft ";.s placed in the water  at1 the Pacific Const Steamship dock  and twenty-two! sailors hoarded it.  The raft was submerged lo a depth  <-.? a!,ou I    eiy-'.it   inches,  but. its cvlin-  U0.1  LODGE IS IN  GBE&T DIFHCOTY  WELL1N6TII  C011 IH  great mm  New York, Feb. 16��������� With a surplus  of  but $29,000 ,and with  beneficiary  "Coal is growing scarce ami     an  advance in prices is rrcdicted by the  claims aggregating $70C,4<10, the New 'local dealers," says the Pu^et Sound  '"'���������    ' American,  published,  at  Bellingjiam.  "Nothing but  Wellington coal   from  Vancouver Island is now to  be     had  York s-latc grand lodge officers of  the- Ancient Order of United Workmen are preparing to.appeal to thc  supreme lodge for relief in ihe greatest crisis in the history of the 'Organization.   Grand Trustee F   B.      Gar-  at   the   rate   of seven   dollars  a ton. .  The Black Diamond and other   coal^  mines  in    the Puget  Scund  country  reft and   (Hand Master Workman F. jare all   owned  by  the railroad,   com-  panies  and the majority of the i oal  shipped  t-o  Eastern  A. Stein-bicker of this  city arc making   'efforts .to secure the  necessary   :is now     bcino  assistance  which  it  is claimed   is due   points    Abet  twelve hundred tons o  from   the supreme lodge,  and   to pull   the Canadian coal was consumed    m  the  state  organisation  from  its   fin-   the city last     month  and as  much  anciPi straits for the protection     of   more will be sold this month.   The  usual amount  is an average  of   200  thousands of members of d25 lodges  in the stale.    The   fate of the organization in    this state  is claimed to  be  dependent  on  securing 'prompt  relief.     A call   was  today  issued       by  Air.   Steiubicl-er  for  a meeting  of  the  grand   lodge   in   this   city   o'n   March  (I.  At   that time the order will       be  brought! to   tbe    attention   of       the  grand   ledge   oilicers   and   representatives  of all   the  lodges  of   thc  state.  A course' ot action   will   then   be   de-  tt-rmiiicd.  Acorn-ding to the claims of tbe oilicers, the gran.1 ��������� lodge of the state of  New York is entitled to financial assistance from 'the. supreme lodge to  Ihe e:iti-ul of SliUO.OOO under the rules of .the Order.  The call was issued by Mr. Stein-  bicker upon the petition of ten lodges in five counties, and provides for  the consideration of the financial con  dition of the grand lodge and its rc-  lalio-ns with the supreme lodge. It  also provides for a revival of the.  rules for the purpose of reducing expenses  and increasing the  income.  n week,  but owing to the scarcity  of  the  other  varieties 'the  demajad  far  the  Wellington  coal  has increased.'"  |  *��������� '���������  WITH  A YELL!    VH-EY  DEPARTED.  A    BANK    F.(VI LURE  dr  i-rieain ���������''    above    water.     The  i-ofivi  s'orf.rs o- |V (.i-c-0,1  them  as  v.vl!  K'.i 's'Vd  v i '������������������    h   'r,:'  days'on   the Fraser  river   iiivestigat-' and   myself,   tnke   with   the  greatr-.st  ing      conditions  there   in  connection     pleasure!  this   opportunity   of   than1  with the  fisheries at   Lytton  and Lii-  looet,  has  returned  to  Nanaimo.  He  will i".ii-c hi.s report, to, the fisheries  commission,   which  will convene     at  Victoria at an early date. Next week'*  lie will  visit  ShuswaP  on the same  errand.   ing our many fiends for their kii .  ness and affectionate, hospitality 1o  us tonight. I thank- the Welii-n|gll.on  Colliery Company employees, nnd  the residents of Union   Bay  for  the  ".n-f.,-;.     In'"lis     of .'.-.oo'!   '"-ill  will   el wav s   l-e   rcnion-^i-rril   bv  vvifh   1't '-���������������������������i"i'est  fprlii-<���������-.''  The nf'ii'r **'aR a'rilii-ni s-  and a'l v ho were present ai"' !  tln-ir jn-.-Use of the ar aiig"-..  wl.Tcli  were  |icrfect.  ess,  -���������I in  :ilS,  Chicago, Feb. 10.���������A crowd of depositors crowded around the door of  ihe Bank of America as early as 7  o'clock today, in the hope of securing  their money,  the    assistant  1    Sari     Francisco,    Cal.,    Feb.  16.���������  Most of the mombors  of the Vancouver-team left  here last night        for  home.    They -will'spend a day      or  two    in Portland.    Charley Worsno-p  goes south lo Los Angeles to spend  a short  holiday.   The  remaining play  ers will r-o north tonight.  The  All-Blacks left on  the Sonoma  for New Zealand at noon today.    A  great crowd gathered to see them off  and " "vv'n's treated to tlie Maori   war  cry-which has  made such a hit here.  Members     of both    clubs    expressed  themselves    as delighted  with      the  treatment accorded  them here,   especially at    the hands  of the Olympic  club and the press.   It   is already certain that the games played here will  result in Rugby being played in San  Francisco.    A club  will be organized  at once.    The  general  public       was  much interested and seems to favor- a  trial of the English game.  to '10    per   cent of your money,  and  the   balance    within a few days' after  that.     All      depositors   will   be  paid  When S. R. H. Howe,  jn   u,n.   Ti,ei-e   i..    not the slightest  cashier,   opened   the J ������ear   that   any of the depositors will  doors and a crowd of depositors hose aI1y 0f their money. The��������� cavfic  swarmed after them, Mr. Howe made 0f failure is injudicious loans. Re-  a speech lo them, saying: "Within ceiver Haley cenfirmed the state-  a week     you will receive thirty-five   merits. .       : DAILY LEDGER  IHE DAILY LEDGER  Published    every   day except Sunday.  BY        THE       DAILY        LEDGER  COMPANY.  OFFICE  AT LADYSMITH  SUBSCRIPTION  ?RICE  flO  cents  a  month;    **5  per  year   in  advance.     Advertising rates on ap.  plication.  a*. fYj* *.I '.WW ��������� ir^ ��������������������� ir11��������� ici^  ^~AV!0SPENCER  ���������a*:'-  (Nanaimo) Ltd.  SATURDAY.   FEB.   17  lCOo^  ARMY  HORSES  IN   HATTLK  Nothing seems to operate to reduce  the number of lovcis of the horse. Ho  may  not be  in as common   use  as    be  was before they  introduced, multiplied  over and  over again  and  brought  electric railroads  to  their very high  state ol perfection,  and  since, thc coining of the autoniolnle and     the wide-.  spread   popularity   of  themi among the  clas.se-.   who   posses   them; but,      lie  illII  holds    his      place,  and a warm  one it is  too,  in   thc affections  of las  udmiiicrs.    But  this is not to be   a<>  essay on  the horse   , and his lovers.  Thcobjecit  is to      present interesting ,  stories about horses.  fii  1900,   when  President McKinley  selected Geii. Ana R.  Chaffee^  then a  colonel   of regulars   and    avoluntcar  brigadier,   now   lieutenant  general, io  join  the  powers  in  tht expedition t<  Pekin  for   the purpose of rescuing th.  i :iprisoned i.nd  endangered foreign officials on  duty there when the   Boxer  troubles    broke out,  he asked the  general   what  regiment\;he, would prefer, to  have accompany Trim.  He replied promptly that he. would  like 't  have Iris old legiment, the Sixth cavalry,  which, when a boy of 18,      he.  joined as' a private, and remained with  it, thirty years or more:  In   the shortest possible, length   of  time.      that  regiment,   with "its'  full.  equipment   and   its carefully   selected  and   finely   caied-for  horses,   was    assembled ai Sjn Francisco. Two large  iranspcrts   had   been   fitted  up       to  lake the horses  to  China,  while Gen.  Chalice ami  the lcgmient,  tlu.-n ������������������ commanded  by Licit.   Col. Theodore   J.  \Mnt,      now biigadier     general  and  commander or thc department -of the  Missouri,   embarked on the transport  Grant.     Horses   and   men   parted   a*.,  tiie -Presidio  the  last week  in  Juv  of that year,���������: and did not meet; arii  until   the      first 'week  in   August,    at  Taku,- China.    Indeed,  all  but  .-two  'troops  of the regiment had     gone lo  Tien Tsin   before  the horses       were  landed;' ' ���������   ���������  No one,  who had never before, wit-  'ricssed - such  scenes,  will forget  what  happened   as those  horses,  that   for a-  -���������"Vripnth- had, keen   on the  water      and  standing      still,   . ��������� un.stto.dily   walked  from   the point  of  landing  to'   where  'the two troops, of -men  were stationed.     Those     -who, know  what  close  friends  the good  cavalryman  and   iris  horse, are can well understand      that  these Yankee troops, who had   parted from their four-footed friends six  weeks  before-,  scrutinized  each horse  as      it passed  along  in front   of him.  On  the other band the horses looked  as earnestly   at the soldiers  as      the  OUR FEBRUARY  ������     WHITEWEAR SALE  ^5 Is Now in Full Force,   Many people wait for; this: from one  year to the other.   They buy enough to last them the entire year.   Look what you save���������no doubt about it-  you save $3.00 to $4,-00 on a $10  purchase.   Can  ; you afford te miss it?j  A few items taken at random.  J.  W.   COUURN.  > n      TMro'-toT  ���������Ladies , Fine Oftinbr i Drawers Uml.rella-."style,. ; wide hem,  aad  Hemstitched    tucks,   splendid quality���������special  per. pair���������''���������Jfk'jy���������;''. ;     ���������/"'  .^-..-^ '.V.:..'-^^-..:v...:;:;..^v....J;:^w...:..^.r:.;.;;25C'  We have     drawers  from per .pair' '15c'��������� tii>  Jl;5������   ���������  ���������nnsscaucain  Ladies' '.(.'aniline.'  Sale  price,  Corset   (.'overs,   plain,   neat fitters-  regular  20c  , i ��������� i    . .: ;������������������  . IOC.  65c  ~^& Ladies'     Nighi.   Dresses,   yoke and  sleeves  trialined   with embroid  ���������^2   cr>  and corded  lucking,  a 90c gown Tor  "pm Ladies'  with   uii   1 ^-iiich.  Iroidery,  a, ?l-2">   Skirt  for  Gowns  from  25c.  to -$3.f)5  White  Skirts,   wonderful  value,   mad* i ;��������� ot   Rood cotton,  ounce  of  lawn,   tuckeii  and      trimmed  with  eni-  WM, MUNSIE, President  ���������'.���������',., ' TelnpnorH';4f5.  The   Ladysmith   Lumber Co   Ltd.  MILLS   AT. FIDDICK   AND  LADYSMtTH-Shingles  a  Special-  ���������Manufacturer"     of���������  Rough and Dressed Fir and Cedar Lumber, Laths,  Shingles, Mouldings, Etc., of the Best Quality.  Seasoned  and   Kiln   Dried   Flooring    and  Finishing.     Limber  ia    Stock  ���������OLLAltS W  cTVlONEY TALKS*--  AS. LOUD  TO US   AS  ANY8NE.  IF YOU ARE PAYING CASH FORYOUR  MEAT  YOUR  ILL   GO.FTIRTHIJR   IF   YOU   BUY FROM US    .  Our Cash Prices Cannot Be Beaten   PANNELL  &   PLASKETT  stkam heated  WKt,!,j'FURNlSHHD ROOMS  BAR SUPPLIED WITH    FES  WINKS, LIQUORS, CIGARS  ABBOTSFORD HOTEL  85c.  Cash or Cure  ���������  If Shiloh's Consumption Cure fails to cure  your Cold or Cough, you get back all you  c paid for it.    You are sure of a  Cure or  lhe Cash.  If it wasn't a sure cure,  this offer  would  not be made. c  Can anything u_- fairer ?  If you have a Cold, Cough, or any disease  of the Throat, Lungs or Air Passages, tiy  5HILOH  25c. per bottle.    All dealers guarantee it.  Wiip5a    -        ���������  ...u'iiiers. did at  them.  Pretty'     sooii;,.  there was ...a "Hello,-Charlie,       old  ,.oy."   A (iiiiclc response with, a whin-  :iey,  and soldier and  horse met���������lhe';  ; ii-mer's head /on   the latter's   shoul- ;  :tei:" with a pair., of soldier arms about  tho animal's neck.    I could not     say  Lhat  there -were ...tears- in  the .eyes' of  die horse,  hut I can  say that there  ���������were  tears,,in  the eyes ; of the   American1 .cavalryman.   Probably.,the , sol-'  .lief.-, boy was thinking oi the far-away  ;ioinc country and his'dear ones when  ,his  arms twined  ahout the neck     of  ,his good American friend.   When the  horses     that .belonged   to - the   two .  troops came alcng   there was   upp.ix-  enliy a= joyo.us a reunion as,.soldiers  ���������sver.. parcipitatcd   in.    1-Ioiscs     were ���������  talked  to'as   tlioiigli.'they  were   long  absent  friends just returned,  and     I  guess every horse ; belonging to     the  two  troo' swas 'given a genuine sol-  ���������"i.r-r' hug.   Sohiicrs  aiid  horses looked  l'-ir happiness at the glad meeting.  ������������������������������������,- cjeicties for     the prevention      ,.or  cruelty to animals  need  waste      no ;  sympathy.-on-.cavalry'horses,- for the-  avsrage cavalry man thinks; of     bis,  horse before he thinks -of himself, and  is as gentle    with, him as if he -we're-  a brother instead   of lii������ hcrso.-      .-���������������������������'.',  f recently: met  my former  comrade.';  of the old days, Capt. Lloyd G. Harris,  a private in 'CI and; a captain 'ji  '(55,  now a prominent .St.  Louis business man.    He told mc a story which  lie . had   been!     called  upon to repeat  several  times by  his  little  girl.    It-  was about a horse-'in the first   New'  Hampshire,   battery.   Just before the  cam])aign which  ended   in  the second  battle of.I'iiill Run and the retreat lo  Washington   began,   an   order was  issued   to condemn   such   of   the.  horses  as were disabled  or too  old  to do full  duty in the coming contests. The battery  had  one. very   old  horse       that  was a great:  favorite with- all       thc  men.    A board  decided that "Old Billy"���������that   was  his name���������should      bo  condemned and left  when  the brigade  moved.   The night  before the  troops  were to'move, every man .in . the  nat-  tiM-y palted   "Old   Billy's"   neck,  talked to him, nnd  bade him  a sorrowful  farewell.     Early   the   next .m orning  the-    .brigade  started   for   Culpepper  Courthouse.    After  it had   been     on  the road'an hour   "Old  Billy"  came  up with the.battery,  and, though wea  ried   and      rather   wobbly,' snickered  his .'delight at ^meeting his old fi units  That   noon:   when  the battery horses  ���������were fed,-a little tol, was taken from  the ...rations, of a do? en  horses,      and  "Old Billy"  had  a good  feed.  One of  tlie''men was'.instructed to ta'. e hi m  to a field half a.niile away and leav'2  ���������him, but when night came "Old  Billy ".was in camp;., he had .-thrown rails  from the fence, made his escake, and '  gone on after the' inarching army.  Without     any  preconcerted  action  tilers seemed  to ���������be enacted a law  on  ���������the part of the .officers and men     of  tlt'c  ���������battery- --whereny,-"Old  Billy"  could  have his sweet will;  lie could  follow on or remain tehind, but if he  followed on he should have enough to  eat   and receive     proper care.   That  night ,   the rations "of ."a dozen  otliar  horses were reduced just a. little     no  that "Old  Billy."   had  full   rations.  MMM^Mr������MHHHM^^^H|MHM-*^-M-ilMMMilM  Contin-.ied on     Page Three  A. J. JWcMURTRlE, Propriitor  Newly fitted up and  Furnished  LADYSMITH, B. C  Good tables and food  Rooms  PORTLHND  ������AV1������ IIYNB-S,  Propric^r  Board at reasonab'.e  Rates  The bar is extra well  Stocked .  NOTICE  From     this :dat* tbt uaatrsigBe*  will  not be  responsible lor aiy  ii  deb tednest     incurr*d������x������ept ������������������      *  written order, signed ky Wia seecetarj  'Rowland Machin.  V. I.  EXPLORATION A MVBL  OPMENT CO., LTD.  Non Pergonal LlabiCty.  Victoria. B. C. lla-i l������U. lias  A Habit  to Be Envouragvd.  The  mother who has acquired  the  hah I  of keeping on  hand a bottle of  Cliamberhiin's Cough Remedy, saves  herself a great amount  of uneasiness  and  anxiety.    Coughs,   colds       and  croup,  to which children, are susceptible,  are quickly cured  by  its  use.  It counteracts any tendency of a cold  to result in  pneu aoiiia, and if given,  as soon  as the first  symptoms       of  croup  appear,  it  wi'l prevent ���������   the  attack.    This remedy contains nothing injurious and mothers  giTe it to  little ones  with  a feeling of perfect  security.      Sold by th������    Ladysmith  Pharmacy.  Dr.ILB. Dier  Surgeon Dentist  All work guaranteed, and at reason  aW* rates.  RESIDENCE AND OFFICE  Gatacre St. Ladysmith  OPEN AT ALL HOURS.  This  Hotel  has    been completely    Board aad lodging 51.00 per day.  U^j; ���������   renovated.  Bar Supplied   with  the  Best  Liquors and Cigars.  JOHN TKA, Proprietor  *-1  Wines, 1st Avenue :-: :-: :-  Ladysmith B.C.  Esquimalt   & Nanaimo Railway  Time Table No. 51  Traius  laare Ladysstith f������r Victoria and all  intermediate stations    at  9.1# a*a. daily,  aad at 4.00 p.m. on   Wednesdays,     Saturdays   and   Sundays.  .....  Trains leare'Ladysnith for Wellington and all intermediate stations  at 11.57 a.m. daiiy," aad at C.80 p. m. on Wedn������ days, Saturdays aad  Sundays. ,  Excursion Tickets  ', ON SALE TO AND  FROM- ALL STATIONS  (������������������4 far, gaing journey  Saturdays and Sundays, returning not later thasi  the fellewiag 'Moaaay. fclil-ki J ,, ....    j, i i i  '    i  Steamer Joan  I ! ,       "      '    I    ';  Sails Iran Latysiiuth for Vancouver every Saturday at 6.00 a.a>. and  returning jiails |r������m .Vancouver    for  Ladysmith at 2.30 p.m. -  ���������  GEO. L. COURTNEY..  C*r. Fert iu��������� 0������Ternment Streets.,  Dist.   Frt. & Pass. Aft.  Best accommodation for transient  ind permanent boarders and lodgers.  GRAND       HOTEL  This new Hotel has been comfort-  a dy furnished and the bar is up-to-  d������te. Rates $1.00 a day and ������ip-  WArds.  WM. BEVERIDGE, Prop.  t>Itlaaaa* :*-: '.���������: '������������������ '������������������ T^adrainltk  THE JONES HOTEL I  ���������WHITE   COOK���������  and  -WHITE   LAJ30H-  Employed Only  (Half Block from Depot.)  GATACRE   STREET-     Ladysmith.  ii  ALED0KIANP  Leads Them    All  in:quallty  -:o:  R. P. RITHETI  & Co., Ltd  Pacific Coast-  Agency.  VICTORIA. :-: :���������: :���������:.-: :���������*B.C.  HOTEL  DOMINION  ���������Rates 1*1.25 and$1.80���������  Free bus to all steamboat landing! nnd  railway depots.    Electric care every live  minutaB to all parts of   the city.   Bar  and tablejinexcelled.  F. BAYNES, Proprietor,  ABBOTT   ST.,  VANCOUVER B, C.  Under New Managment  Hotel Wilson  Nanaimo, B. C.  Jas. R. McKinnel  Proprietor.  Commercial Mens' headqiarters.  Modern  and     Strictly First Clann'.'  Fire Proof    Building.  WANTED���������By Chicage wholesale  house, special representative (man er  woman) for each province ia Caaada",  Salary ' $20 ������0 and expeases pai<i"  weekly. Expense^ meney aiTancedi  Business successful;     positiea pernaa-  nent.   No  investment reiquired.   'Pre-  ���������       ^ "���������  vious  experience net essestial te ea--  ga-EinS-. '���������������������������.  Address Manager, 132 Lako Street^'  Chicago,  111., U.S.A.  I  TO FERN IE,  Read ������Owa Read Up  4 *���������������������������**��������� r,v.. Victoria. Arr. 4.00 p. m.  I.wp.a. Lv, Seattle Arr. 9.00 a.m.  9.11 p. ta, Arr. B-rerett Arr. 7.30 a. m  ������.3������a. a. Arr. SPOKANE Air 7.45 p.m  i.ijy.m Arr.   Rexford   Arr u 3* p. iu.  B.i* p, at, Ar. Elke Arr. 10142 a. m.  9.00 p.m.   Arr.   'Pernie   l.v.j.55 a   m.  ONE NIGHT  To ail Keetenay Points  TWO   NIGHTS  Te    Wiknipeg and St. Paul  Close Coatiectiens  ��������� Fez    'Chicago, Toronto.  ' Ifontreai and  All Points East & West  Acetylene:.   Lighted     Cars.  Family Tourist Sleepers.  ' Palace Sleeping Cars  Dining    Cars (Meals a  la  Carte);  Library Observation     Cars  . Through     tickets and ' baggage checks to an points.  Steamship Tickets  For tickets, maps, berths  -reservations and complete  information- can on or address;    '  .  ������. fl. YarUe E. R. Stephen  A.GiR.A. , GiA.G.N. Ry  Seattle Victoria. B.C.  TICKET   OFFICE  Cor. Government and Yates Sts  VICTORIA, B. C  Transcontinental  Trains Daily  3  3  6  I  fJ*&iiiAitii&^  3  l  fl  ISH  LF  By buyinf- ill-rOiapeil footwear ? " LECKIE  BOOTS'' require no  brcittiii^ in. They fit  lil<e. a f*'ovc the first  time they are tried on,  and will sland mi ore. hard  Avear than any oilier  li'oots sold in Canada today.  They arc made-over  fool-forin lasts, ih .all  q.ualilies, from the heaviest hoot for loggers,  prospectors and miners  to smart city hoots for  business mens street or  rainy day  wear.  Ask for Lcekie Boots  at your dealers and look  for the trade mark on  the sole.  MANUFACTURED  BY  LTD.  dvstmih  YUEN  Merchant Tailor  '   ~m    w     b. c  i. J.  NURSERIES,   QREEN-  H0USES AND SEED  HOUSES  ���������010 Westasinster Road,  TANOODVEfi,  \*:>:<U'WA3. ':v:"    ���������  lleadtiUarters Ior������������������  PACIFIC dROWN Garden, Held  Hudllawer 3EBD5  loV distrilyution. ;  Large- stipek of Home  G.rowii/'FRUIT, and OR-  NAM-ENTAL TREES  now matured. Ior Spring.  No expense, loss or delay of fumigativw or inspection.        .���������. ...���������;.    '  .Let nio price your list  before.placing your   or-  'der. Greenhouse Plants,  Floral Pierages. Fertili-  zers, etc. ���������  .3010 Westminster Road.  .^Vancouver, b. c.  ONE   IS THE  "NORTH   COAST   LIMITEB."  The Electric Lighted Train te the  East ������  , Tickets on sale to ai: Eastern and  Southern points at lowest rates. ���������  Up-to-date Pullman and Tourist  sleepers on ail trains. Dining Cat  service Unsurpassed.  Steamship Tickets  on sale to  and,  from all European Points.   Cabin accommodation reserved by wire.  For     further  write the ollice.  A.  D.  Chariton  A.G.P.A,   N.P.,  Portland, Ore.  particulars    call ot  Phone Main 4*6.  E.  E.  Blackwood  General Agent  Victoria, B.C-  :  TH6CITYM  R. Williamson Prop  1st. Avenue Ladysmith B C.  Are You  Going- East  Then he sure your tickets read  tbe  "  Tl������  ���������|- Ask   for.  -'BiffiSS':  VANCOUVER.  B. C.  i'lUiitfHJtfjW  SON'S  DEE  KEY-  ������������������������������������������������������������������������<>���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������  lhe Cream of Scotch WMiskies-  Ageiit������ for B  AY GO,  C.  ^^.^^^-���������^.^^.^���������3.^-*3.^"ftS^^.'������ff-'n-."<-^.-4ft'^r;-&  I     THE TYEE COPPER CO, Ltd.      I  i - -   {  J.  ���������\  J  PAINTINa,       PAPEkMANOiNO  -������������������jBTC..   ���������  Work done properly and at    rlftbt  prices.     A  full line ef Wall    Paper.  and Painter's Supplies   Residence en  Roberta Street  J. % SMITH.  Pro-  The only line now making UNION  DEPOT connections at ST; PAUL  and MINNEAPOLIS with the  through trains from the Pacifii  Coast.  THE     SHORTEST     LINE, TE"!  FINEST  TRAINS,   THE   LOWEST  RATES,  THE FASTEST  TIME.  BETWEEN  MINNEAPOLIS,   ST.   PAUL,   Gift  CAGO,    OMAHA,    KANSAS .CITY,  and ALL POINTS EAST.  For complete information ask youn  local agent or write,"  F. W. PARKER  General  J feat,  7������0 2nn* Ave., Seattle,    '.  -���������'*������������������������������������  fl-  .9  %  PURCHA5EKS  AND SMELTERS OF COPPER, QOLD AND  SILVER ORES.  Smelting Works at  LA DYSMITH  C.  HlUl eFRI������E  I DUNCANS .STATION.  Vancouver island. 0. 0.  %  CLERMONT LIVINGSTON  General Manager.  i  j    Ul    Ul v������ii������i������i   iiiauugvii  :   *  ei'4t#>i'-y:-f';ferft'-Wr'^'i^"^''^Pv'i^'^l>-������^  If yeu like���������  A  sinoeth, easy  share,  ai  even,  well-lBislled     heard trim, a jeod  bath, er a stylish Hair-cut.  Teu will %��������� to���������������������������������������������'  LADYSMITH SHAVING  PRIORS  HI������H STREET.  .Oea erg In  ITH  LADYSMITH BAKERY  HOP LBS * 00.  ���������N.TH������; ESPLANADE.  PAS,������y ������F ALL KINB������ NEATL1  BAKED AN! FRE������H.  Ceafectleaary - ef ail kimes.  Orden take*..far,Paetdee.,te he de-  llTered at any time.  ��������� JJmpley-nent Agency.  Pianos and  Organs ..  Ladysn.ith, B.C  manai uu>. ^^������a  Cor, 5th. Avenue & Baden Powell Street  Open night and Day. A good meal at any kiour  Meals 35c: and Upward  Dr. Dier can be round  at  anytime  at hie office oa Gatacre ;;[.  Hif   '4^,  tal   work  is  g\ aranteed   t������   *������������������ 1kmt  class and raites reasoaalrfe ai.  Manniicturtrflofthe Famous  CUBAN BLOSSOF1  N������ne ������*   Wmien L.a������er   Knplejed  ri, J. BOOTH, Prop       j|  f^ M  DAILY LEDGER  ���������4*H *l; ���������* ���������:M I,', I"> 'HlVl 'S-. I' f'J-*I*+^*4**> ���������!' ������������������ 'I1 ���������'I' ��������� 'I' ��������� '?.-*.  Union  Brewing Co  NANAIMO    B. C.  ilanufacturers of the  4-  In  British Columbia  Lager Beer   and Porter      Guaranteed  Brew  dfrom the Best Canadian Malt  Run  Hops  4 ���������!��������� ��������� ���������!��������� ��������� ���������!��������� ��������� ���������!��������� ��������� ���������!��������� ��������� ���������!��������� ��������� ���������������������������<h.+.k~i*'H- ���������,*i*'H-  I  I  *  .|.+.*.������~K-.-<v  I LAC/SMITH TRANSFER  ���������* ���������  X   PIANOS,     ORGANS    AND HOUSEHOLD     r UKNITURT MOV-      ,   '  t ED PROMPTLY  AND SAFELY. J  Stables in the rear of the Lai'ysroith hotel.     Lease orders at   tbe  Abbot* fo?<1.  A. J. VYASKLT, PROP  Miners' Drilling Machines,  Will Only Last a Few Days Longer.  Here is an Opportunity only Offered to the Public Once in Ten Years, to Buy all  K^X^'^ WHOLESALE PRICE.  Our Reason for Doing this is; We have Just Finished Taking Stock and are Over Stocked, so wa Must  Reduce It to Raise Money Therefore We are Giving the Public the Benefit of Buying Goods at  FIRST COST OR LESS.  READ THE FOLLOWING -'.BARGAIN'S AND YOU'LL BE CONVINCED.  -COME EARLY AND YOU'LL GET   BEST CHOICE-  Made to order and Repaired at sliort   uotice.    Drill Sharpened by jjs *'  ___ _.._  ..__... . . m y;,     '"^'������  SliipsmitliirLg    in    aJ1     its   Branches  ways gives satisfaction.  Picks hand! ed and repaired.      .,,,  psmitliing    in    aJ1     its  Horseshoers an.! Uenere! Biacksmitns.  FLANNELETTE  350 yards Flannelette, splendid pat-1  t  terns, regular 12Ac.   :      F0R7 l-2c.  .300    yards   CanaUian    Flaimclctle,  newest stripes and colorings, fast dye!  regular i5c. Special Bargain, lOc.y'd.  PRETTY WAISTS  Just ������'    few left   to be cleat ed     at  1 Ia'f' Price.  WALKING SKIRTS  Dark mixed  Tweeds,   FROM $2 TO $6.95  SILKS  New China and Taffeta SillVs for  Cluldrens' dresses, Ladies: Waists,  etc. Taffeta Silk, 27 in. wide, regular 50c. < for 35c. China Silk, 22  in. wide, regular 36c.,   rflOM 20c. M  R. LAW SON  Bulter Street   -  -   Lady������mi tli, h C  im*-������**������*������*������*-������*������*������*������*������^^  a  *  EXPRESS WORK   A  SPECIALTY. *  $ nmiiii     iff i������������������������������������ i*ti-*���������**������.������   ������������������-%��������� *  A <^ ��������� ���������������-���������- ���������������������������-    *������- ��������� -  ��������� - ������������������v.��������� -���������,       , ,k>    ,,  ^  I PHONE 66 LAOYSnir     2  316  LIVERY, BOARDING AND  SALES STABLES  EXPRESS WORK   A  SPECIALTY.  DAVID JOHNSON  t *  i  ���������  ���������  ���������  ���������  >  Express Work  LIGHT TEAMING  Woodland Bark for Sils  8KB J.   KEMP.   OR  LEAVE    ORDERS   WITH  - W. CARTER,-  L A DIES' ������> CHILDREN^  COATS, BIG REDUCTION  BLANKET SALE.  CANT BEAT OUR PRICES  ���������  ���������  ���������  ���������  ���������  ���������  I  FIRST  AVENUE  PHONE      6-0  w. siler:���������������������������/'  GENEKAL LXPRESS AND  DELIVEEI  WORK PROMPTLY DO v "J  Leave orders at the Abbotsfore".  UNITED   ANCIENT      ORDER   OF  DRUIDS  Meets   in the I' O: O   F. Hail, La-  \Te������iin������toa Grove No. 4 U.  A.  O. D  eysai'th,    the   Second   and     "fourth  Wednesdays of each month, commene-  Ladysmith Temple No.  5 Rath'������one  Sistert meets at the Oddfellows' hall.  aid  and Atkl.Tujtaday, at   7.30  p.m.  Mrs.  Kate Tate secretary.  LAME BACK .  This ailment 'is usually caused by  rheumatism of thc muscles and \may  be cured by -applying Chanrberlain's  Pain Balm two or three times a day  each application/ If this does not af-  atid  rubbing  the  parts  vigorously at  CORSETS  The .best to wear, now'  506,75c, $1.00, $1.25 Pair  GREY FLANNEL  Fine Canadian All-Wool Grey Flan ,  nei, light,    medium    or. chirk shades,  was 30c. per "yard,   Sold at 22 l-2c. Yd.  BOYS' SUITS-  to be cleared out less than $1.00 a  garment, as we are going out of the  clothing business.  200 pair of Pants, worth $2.75, to  he solil at   $1.10   a Pair  WOMEN'S SPE.  Fine Dongola Boots, with extension edge and-meat Cuban heels, selling price $2.25........ Special $1-50  MENS BOOTS  regular-$2.00  to $6.00  FROM  $1.25 to $4  Space Won't Permit Us to Mention all the Bargains We are Offering  COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELF  tag Wednesday. l?.th.. 1905  Visiting Druids     are invited te at-   ford relief, bind on apiece of flannel  Und.  By Order.  WM. RAFTER, Reef Secty.' Pharmacy.  PATRICK BURK; N- A.      '  slightly'.dampened with ���������'Pain Balim  and. quiek relief is":almost; sure to  follow.     For sale* by the  Ladysmith  < '*   ���������'',;   - ' ��������� i' ���������  ������������������'ii;..   \  ���������WBWSTK  sax .v    ra  1 iM  3 Ii  Bpsa  Stoa  Lax*  n%  RUB ON SUNLIGHT SOAP  LEAVE 30 TO60 MINUTES  RINSE    WELL  Sunlight Soap is better than  other soaps, but is best when  used in the Sunlight way (follow  directions).  Hard rubbing and boiling are  things of the past in homes  where Sunlight Soap is used as  directed.  Sunlight Soap will not injure  even the daintiest fabric or the  hands, and the clothes wiK be  perfectly white, woolens soft  and fluffy.  The reason for this is because  Sunlight Soap is absolutely pure,  contains no injurious chemicals  ��������� indeed, nothing but the active,  cleansing, dirt'removing proper^  ties of soap that is nothing but i  soap.  Equally good with lard or  soft water.  YOUR   MONEY    REFUNDED  by Uio dealer from whom you  buy Sunlight Soap if you find  any cause for complaint. 155  LEVER BROTHERS LIMITED, TORONTO  Continued :      from   Page 2.  The old fellow seemed to  renew his  youth, as'the .days  passed.    He  was  iiino .sense a skulker or. a "coffee cooler"  When  the  fighting- beg-an  "   Old  Billy"  was at 'the front  with     the  battery. ���������  At   Bull      Run,   when   tbe  first, horse became disabled,   lhe  harness  was  removed  and put. on      "Old  Billy,"   and  lie took   his  place      and  did   faithful     service throughout ami  until    another      iior.se was supplied,  when he was   again turned out to do  as he pleased.   lie pleased   to  follow  the army  to  Washington, through the  'through   the city  an A  out into  Maiy-  laiul    10   South      Mountain- and      to  South     Mountain   an.l   A:i:.'iL 1.   .11  the  time    growing   fatter  and   .������|i,..'i-  .-���������111ly  happier.        But   ulu-n   t!n������ army  returned  to. Virginia,  alter  Anteita'.n  "Old   Billy"  disapiie.i.-i.\I.      'lb-  ������������������ ���������> s  in   the bn.Uery always sir.peetcd  that  someone  had  stolen   iii.n.  and  rti������ay~  hoped    that  the  thief  won id   !.e   sruod  to him.  At the   same battle of Ii:i!l  Run a  J, PIERGY & GO.  Manufacturers  Of.���������  IRONCLAD    BRAND  CLOTHING,  OVERALLS,  TOP SMRTS,  ETC,  WHOLESALE DRY GOOD  horse, belonging- to Lieut, .'as. Smw- tension of interests that can be  art, of battery B. fourth artillery,', pointed out. Thc firm of ti. Leckie,  was struclci by a cannon ball wir.ch & Co., . have been for some time in  carried away his tail and gouged out wholesale trade in .V ancouvcr, and  many pounds of his flesh. "Tar- have liiiailc a record c-f. which n������y  tar," th-at was' this war horse's Rrm might well be proud. They rcc  name,  had bc2ii     with the battery  a' ogiiized    thc    fact  some    years  ago  long    time. lie    weni  in   to  Salt  ,,     ,     ,       ,     ���������   ,   , .  ,  ,        ,  ',,.-., ,, the  trade    demanded a special  brand  Lake City mi lSI'fl when the Mormons <   .    , ,.    . , ,   , , ,  ,   .   ,    , . .,      , ... .01  shoe,  uiio    tiii.it- co  uld  be sold  at  needed   looking alter  by  a detachment '  of thc United Slates army under j '*��������� Pi'icc within the reach.of all, ami  (Jen. Johnson, mid naturally was a yet a good shoe. The public is now  favorite, hut e\erybody in Battery ' getting three thousand .pairs peril, could sw lhat his days of usp-' |110n(ill <lf the kinil Ulat lrade caIIs  fnlii.-ss were over. lie was lurnett^ foI-F a (i,.in> ,���������cdium heavy, broad toe  out, as  while   flic  in   a   hiivrii'ii   retreat   lu   Washington. ' (,  While   the  hrigade     lo   wlsu-li   Mattery  P..     was  Hall's Mill, ., few miles fiom Wa'O:- J 0,| a year ago, thirty bands .ve em-  inglon, "Taiiar" n-an-ln-d into eam|i I ployed, is seen much curious nia-  iind   rondily    I'oun.l   his   way   into  his  ehineiy. The lap    iron     and  hand  old liutU't'y. The brigade heard n li.Lmiiiar have gone forever. A ;i>oe  lusty cheer over in Battery I'.. .Sonu\��������� nowadays is run >r 11 >ji {'e-':ii  one wondered what general was pas- i.nui'chiiir-s. mo-re 01. less, and s.> rap.-  sing. A inessi'iigcr was sent out 10 jdly i.s (he wcrk done that it might  find out. He came hack wifh the he said there is a boot,in the air all  remark:     "Something    better   than   a  the. time     "Moving on from   lhe Hiird  NOTICE  LADYSMITH   WATERWORKS  Consumers are requested tt- eall at   the oftite     em Roberts   Street and  pay Water     Rate*,' between the  10th    aid Hit 25tk ������f tach month.  it   was  supposed,   to ilie-M'sho,.,  ���������,.uie ���������f ]PllUier -that is as near  ballei.v      joiiievi   (lie  army   |y   u..l((,1.    pro(,r as  a,iy.   leather  boot  an   be,  and      every  yu'w of (he same  gradi;.    At       their     factor)-  on   Howe  attached   was   in  camp  near   street.,   where,   though  only establish-  Offica Hours I P. M. 4.30  M BLAND  genera! caused flint cheer. Old Tartar has joined the b;itt<-ry. and Iho  boys say- he shall go with them if  they have to make a horse amibulai ce  for him."  ��������� Q   A few days ago while in Vancouver, many improvements which ha e  hewi introduced within (he past ve. r  were   noted'  !v   the      writer.      N.   :  VICTORIA, B. 0.  lines of! business engaged in by sc--v  firms, others hake largely in ere; ���������.!  liic-ir stocks or extended (heir business. The shoe manufacturing esl-  ablishjiicnt of J. Leckie &��������� Co., on  Howe street, near Dunsnuiir, ' is  one of the    best examples of this ex- .Leckie A   Co's., shoes a trial.  to (-he second xo<>r, and on io Ihe  main workroom on the ground floor  one sees where the goods a'e finished  and packed. The firm of .1. Leckie)  A i''o., are en lit led to the best, wish-  is of the community by investing in  j, plant and b-'ginning the manufacture of slo'-k. They are eat i, I,��������� ' io  lh:> good will of (he Ir-.le. for lb -y  are a \\ hcdes.i !e firm wniih sill- ;'i3  kind of goods ihey a<l' ej-fise, -,\n.i ev-  ei-y customer is1 I real "d wiih i :��������� aet-  ly the same courtesy and ei ' "'U-ra-  f ion. The slock used an:! I',;- stylo  in wlihli the shoe is mad., i ,, eom-  meii'.ls it.  If will  pay  yo"  'lo Lrjve  J.  SUPERINTENDENT.  i23SaSJfi!S������2aE  Public  Notice  Attention is called t* the   fact that tis  Ogilvie Flour fiills Co,   Limited |  makers of ROYAL HOUSEHOLD FLOUR. haTt for soma Bim������  past been producing floar in a vastly improTed and parlfl " form  by tho aid of ELECTRICITY  and having secured coatrol of   all *h������ basia *������at������*mt������ relating thereto, take this opportunity of ������ dTieing  tka  piblle  that any  orized users of tho electrieal   flo������r purifyiag prooessw  will he i*c������-  "*ecnted.  Ogilvie Flour Mills Company limited  are the    only    miliars in. Osua������MlK wkoift  Flour  s purified by the Electric Process THE    DAILY ��������� lEBOltm  sasss:  ^SSSSSSSimm  m irons  as  gg  Miss E. Dofbeson will be at the Ab-  botsford Hotel' every Saturday afternoon to give lesson������ in .Vocal Culture. Phrasing, management and control of breath, tone production, 'efficiently taught. For jjarticulars apply Box 12, or Phone 1-1G, Nanaimo.'  Don't  forget  the usual  fortnightly  dance of the    City Band takes   place  in the    Opera    House on Sat-, 'Feb.  17th,  starting at 8 p. m.   ,  Attention    is  aflveirtjsejmeift,  in this issue.  called   to  Pet?rson's  appearing .elsewhere,  ���������J*S"2225BEataSgSS  THE'''  WHITE  SWAN  SOAP  SEWING  MAeHINE  WE."ARE RIGHT IN LINE FOR THE  Mi S. Weaving left on a visit  down   flic line this morning.  ' Mr, and Mrs. V.'. Deeming were  passen;ers to Nanaimo at noon today.  JmliTC Harrison was a passenger  through on the nine o'clock morning  train. s '  !     -  ���������  Capt.   Mcintosh  of Winnipeg,' who  is on a visit, to  the Island cities, arrived from Victoria on ,-lhe noon train,  I Tie  will make i/.toricf Ptay in .,    this I  city.        -  Will take place a,  on miDAT 25 inst.  Save y* ur Wrappers for Premiums  with  FULL DRESS SHIRTS  WHITE KID GLOVES  WHITE BOW TIES "  Hook on and hand  ���������������������  What it is   to Move and Get Things  ���������   broken up.  LADIES' EVENING GLOVES  Full and Three Quarter  t  All Col������r.s  EVENING BELTS  a  House  .���������������������������������������������������������������'  enday  and  Tuesday  WEEK  SPRING  COMBS Ell,  ���������-a-ftncu-M t������������ ������t *r������i������wr <���������������  FOR RENT  The Bar of    the Well Known Hotel  Ladysmith,   thoroughly  furnished.  Kor further particulars apply to D.  C.  White, at the  Hotel.   o   J  Miniature Book  of H.  Knight's Book Store.  C. Views at  Tp avoid this I have decided to sell out my  entire Stock of Furniture, Glassware, Dishes,  Cooking utensils, at a Great Sacrifice, from i0  \o 20 per cent discount for fash Only.  SHOES,        SHOES,        SHOES  :,!ic   hundred, fairs of (Maple Leaf)   MINING   SHOES,   with  or   without  Mails.  ..'.".      . ���������-���������'   :'-;,   " '"'"'-. "    ...        :. ' ,'" ..; .'...'���������   "r^|  More than three hradred  Pair   of   LADIES',     MENS 'ami      CTIILi)-  REN8'  SHOES   will   he  sold   Rl-Kl A HDLESS 01? t'OST.  Thei.  sale will   continue, from '' S'a'iunlay the 17th to Saturdav the 2-1.  CHAS,   PETERSON,  EVtRYTHINQ  REQ-iUAE  Walters &  Akenheaci  YOUR  ATFENTIflr  200   SI     of SHEET MUSTC'."Regular   ET     2fic. &  'llic. While they last  ���������AT���������  5C. EACH  KNIGHTS BOOK STORE  are constantly arriving and wc can  showyou some Nice Lines iu  MUSLINS      DRAWN LINEN  PRINTS       SILKWARE  BLOUSE SUITING NECKWEAR  We Guarantee Satisfaction to alj  our ^customers in regard to Price  and Quality of these Goods  I'URNITURE STORE  ;.5th AVENUE- fc ROBERTS  Street.  FOR SALS  U'lie Candy mid- fruit St0re of Colin,;  Ma/iVo, on 1st.     Avenue,  La-ilvsmitli,  B.  C. - ���������'..;��������� ���������"��������� :"���������.     ,. '-  ������������������������������������o������������������.-_.- ; ���������'  -.  Mis.   Cornish ..went up  to Nanaimo  on the noon  train.  t<fe'.ti������'������.^^'4if-i^--irA",^'giiriii?f^i,-.  if tlure is anj thing   you    want  in  Jie, Drug or patent medicine line you  .-Jill   lincl   it a.L    the Ladysmith  Duig  itore.  "iss. M; Thomas-went-up..to  Bren-  ,'fi  Crossing: at moon, today.  BOYS IRON  CLAD   m arc  Sizes from 10 to 5. SPECIAL  95c a Pair  CHILDRExNTS*  Mr. ��������� and Mrs. Irvine, were among  tli.os'e -who' journeyed to- Nanaimo on  the noon train.  Mayor   Nicholson   returned   on  Joan last evening from a '.visit-  i Vancouver..;        .-'.'..'.'_.���������_..  Rofc-ert Strang was  the   victim   of  an accident  in  the Extension '    mine  last evening,   and was  taken  to; .the-  Xaimimo hospital  on  the noon  train  today' wil.li- at'iroken   thifth-.        Mr.  Strang has been working in- the mine  only a-liout  a week,  and  his  injuries   '  were caused -bv a fall of coal.'    The   '  hone -is broken  in one  place only and  it is Imped his illness will  not be a  very long one.  -SPECIAL   95c, a Pair  MARINE..  ���������J.  Picrcy &  Company,  the       well'  known Victoria wholesale firm whose  goods    have the reputation  of  being  among    thc'best, have an advertisement in this issue.   It  is   only  fair  that ii a good grade of goods       are  manufactured by   a local  firm that a  firm such  as this should have      the  preference,     till     tliimgs   hcing  eqltial.  This  being  irue,c J. I Mercy  &   Company arc fairly entitled to the good  wishes   of  the Ladysmith community  ���������and to be  remembered  when  orders  are given to the /inns with which you  deal.    The firm has been long established and   have advanced with ���������   lhe  times-.   Among local dealers th'ir.e-  mtation. for selling goods  of       liio  cla-vs     represented     has  always been  maintained. v.  SIMON LEISER & CO Ltd.  GATACRF. ST  LADYSMITH  i  i  * Govern ment Inspector of Boilers  Raster, with ono or two assistants,  is in Ladysmith today for the purpose of inspecting the tug Ox.-ar and  Transfer, both of which are at the  Colliery wharf. Tlnis is the Czar's  ���������tinual  inspection.  I"  nm.m (o  IN TFE ROMANTIC COMEDY  The Westerner  (Dongola   Kid)  ���������'SPECIAL  75c.a Pa������~  Sunlight Soap is "better than otiier soaps  but is best when used in the Sunlight way.  Buy Sunlight Soap and follow directions.  Smoke Bin;  b. cigars.  M. B. SfiPSS  Solicitor,   Etc.  Rcnay   i������    lean  ���������* -��������� n* .    ' \) f ���������  CAST OF  Jim  Erroll from Nevada   :..  Martin   Ferris, from San DiaibJo Min  Harry Lawlon,  a   scapegoat     CHARACTERS.   .....Al.tert .   J.    Watson    -      Richard ���������' Booth        Allyn   Lewis  EARN CASE  In Your Leisure Time  If 3'ou could start at once in a business which would add a good round  sum to your present earnings���������WITHOUT    INVESTING    A   DOLLAR���������wouldn't  you do it?  Well, we are willing' to start you in  a profitable business and we don't ask  you to put up any kind of a*dollar.  Our proposition is this: We will  ship you the Chatham Incubator and  Brooder, freight'prepaid, and   '  You Pay No  Cash Until  After 1906 Harvest.  Poultry raising- pays.  People who tell you that there' is no  money in raising- chicks may have tried  to make money in the business by using  setting hens as hatchers, and they  mig-ht as well have tried to locate a  gold mine in the cabbage patch. Tbe  business of a hen is���������-to lay eggs. As  a hatcher and brooder she is outclassed. That's the business of the  Chatham Incubator and Brooder, and  they do it perfectly and successfully.  The poultry business, properly conducted, pays far better than any other  business for the amount of time and  money invested.  Thousands of poultry-raisers���������men  and women all over Canada and tb'e  United States���������have proved to their  satisfaction that it is profitable to raise  chicks with the  JT?T3o id ������akkVr> '���������   p >  n������ tii������c|l.r������*������ T /**���������������        JT\  ���������mSS$* G- rraser  Merchant Tailor,  ��������� - . (ist Avenue)  Fall'Stock  on   hand. Call early and  jet your choice  Stoves  Wc  are making them oijths Newest ^Pattern ancl^Late.s-  Styles.,  WE DO ALL KINDS OF FOU NDRY WORK  ,' :   ������ur Prices art Reasona ble  SEE OUR   NEW. STOVES IN BLAIR AND ADAM'S WINDOWS.  \:nd at LsdysmithiHardware'j|Ccrripsny  LADYSftltH   IRON & STOVE WORKS CO^LTD.  Matlicw-Luwton. a heavy holder in S an Diablo ,   Ermine Sea-vcy  Simon   Dean,  from New Hampshire   Andrew  Burke,   a  shrewd  speculator,    'Aliss Reed, a lool in evil iiands       Mary Lau-'lon,  ,  Mathew's daug-htcr, .......;........  .Mrs.   Sinuwi   Dean,  on her   first   visit, to  N.   V.,  Jessie Dean    ���������   ffi������S  ...M. J. I-Ioolcy  ..'....-......Arthur     Cyril *  ...Miss  Sadie Reynolds   Mif;s Elizabeth Hale j  .Miss      Aline      Wallace*!   Miss   Adelaide Keith '  i   I  f'ei.'inn'.cr  I Ik;      nlacc  ing  mi.r.i-rial is   K'ni^hi:;  ��������� ���������o--���������  l-o  gv  Jh.o!  Wl'il -  SI ore  SV3USIC  SYNOPSIS.  x\V'Y   I.���������Matliew   Lawton's 'Drawing  Room.    San Diablo above Par.  ACT.I!.���������A  t!arret   in  N'ew  York fit, y.   Sun  Diablo   Wavers.  ACT   III.���������Luwton's Ofliec.   San  Dia bio'Falls.  ACT   IV.-- Lawton's   Dininji.   Room.     San  Diablo IT;".  Tbe entire  action  of  the   play   trail spires in  New'Voik.  Time,Aug list,  of the. present.  TUESDAY   MlfirfT  Charley's Aunt  SPECIAL   $1,35. a Pair  MEMS'  Rox  Calf  SPECIAL���������  !$1.65aPair  PiMiioforU' and    Vocal   Music   llior- \  onghly (auii,!it  i,y  Friink  CI. AshUui of , ..  the Ouildliall School mnl Tri; if.y C<>I-|m  le.������e     of      Music,   Lo.ikIoii,     i .upland, fg  njiil   of   Ibe  late  Tliomtis   Win^nun,  Mns.   Doc, ������i-p;.'in:st,     J*n.-:iii>toii,  Oraiol-j    London.  Mr. Ash ton is now resident in La-  lysmitli and (ireparcd to Like pupils . Harmony and Theory a Sj-'e  cialty. Terms, etc., on applioatLcii.  O.  BOX  223.  ���������o-  tsmsz  l\  After f.bis date the price for bread  delivered at my Customers' houses  will be FIVE CENTS per loaf��������� 20  loaves for a dollar. My read is  guaranteed the best made. Shops  rim by white help should receive  vrliite peonies' patronage so long as  they are properly conducted., a si>-  lieit a Dial as your Baker.  C. R. DOCILE,  ' THE WELLINGTON BAKERY  WATCHES  We  are  now  showing  a Large  Handsome Watches, Ladies and Gents  Stock' of p j  i  ft i  and Other Jewelry of First Class   0  B.FORCfMHES  WATCHMAKEH.   JFWFLER,  OPTICIAN  First Avenue,    X   X    X      Ladysmith,  Hy  !B. C  EES  uf^r^^j^^^msssm^m^iism^^mmsimm  CHATHAM INCUBATOR  AND BROODER.  "Yours is tho first incubatorl have  used, und 1 wish to utiito I liad 52  chicks out of 02 c^ffs. This wus jny  fli-st lot; truly ii lew per cent, hutch.  I inn well pleased with my incubator  iirid brooder. Tfioa. AIoNauoiiton,  Chilliwiick, li.C"  "My flrst hatch catno off. I sot  170 lino chicks from 1110 egg's. Who  can hcut that for thc rlrsl trial, and  no envly in the spring-. 1 am well  pleased with incubator, and if I  could not frofc another money could  not huy it from me. Every fanner  should havo a iVo. 3 Chatham Jncu-  bator.���������F. \V. ltAMSAV, Dunnrillo,  Ont."  "Tlio incnhntoryou furnished mo  Trorks exceedingly well.   It ia easily  operated, and only needs about. 10  minutes  attention   every  day.   R.  McGut-inE, Moose Jaw, Asaa."  The Chatham Incubator and Brooder  is honestly constructed.    There is no  humbug-about it.  Every inch of material  is  thoroughly  tested, the machine  is  built on right principles, tbe insulation  is perfect,   thermometer reliable,  and  the M'orkmanship the best.  The Chatham Incubator and Brooder  is simple as well as scientific in construction���������a woman or girl can operate  the machine in their leisure moments.  You pay us no cash until after 1906  harvest.  Send us your name nnd address on  a post card to-day.  Wo can supply you quickly from our  distributing warehouse.') at Calgary, Brandon, Kesrhut, Winnipeg, New Westminstor,  I'.C. jMo'ntrenl, Halifax. Chatham. Address  all eoiTOiHondeiico to Cliathanj. 3U  -^Manson Campbell Co., Limited  Depf. 15 ACHATHAM, CANADA  Factories at Chatham, Ont., and Detroit.  Let us quote you prices  on a yooci Fanning Mill  or flood Farm Scale.  COMMERCIAL HOTEL  MR. aad  MRS. Ti-J. THOMAS, late  of   Mount Sicker Hatel, and  of  th'  Palace  Hotel,  Naaaino,  have  cJta&Ml ��������� the  ���������COMMERCIAL HOTEL   on Douglas Street, Victoria, opposite  the city  hall, and inTite  their    old  PATRONS AN������ FRIENDS TO VIS  :.-:-;' V- i-t THEat when ;in VIC-  y>*.  ;.  ������������������^'TORlii'"'^'"-"'-  Smoke Big  B. Cigars.   -0���������:���������5  Prescriptions filled promptly at the  Ladysmith  Pharmacy.  NOTICE  GRMtJ  TRUNK  l.'.M^'^'  ���������������������������'   ^s-rt',1*-  EXCELLENT  Train Service  ���������CTWCCN  CHICA60,LONDON,  HIMILTON, TORONTO,  MONTREAL QUEBEC,  PORTLAND, BOSTON,  Aad th* Prlicl������tjiBu������lnen Cuten ������f  Ontario, Quebec, and the  Maritime Provinces.  AL59 TO IUFFALI, ������W VIRK AND  ^Immmtmmk kiaqara falls.  F������r Tine TtblM, etc., Ulrtii  OIO. W. VAUX,  AttliUnt Ccn'l PMieiger imd Ticket Agent,  ���������13B-JMft'M������:t*T.. eMIC*������0, ILL.  New";   Pictbrilar    P������st    Cards  at  Knight's. .Bopk Store.  Notice is hereby given that I will  apply at the next sitting-'of the Municipal Licensing Board for the trans  ter of the retail     liquor license-, held  by me for the Portland Hotel, sitoua  ted on Lot 10, Bloet 4, First Avenue, to David I-Iynes.  JOHN  GOOO  Russell Simpson, Solicitor.  notice .;��������� ,  ���������o��������� -  j     Notice ia' hereby given that I;  Agnes Knig,nt,      will apjily at the next;  ���������regular sitting of the licensing- board  for the ti'a'*fer    of the retail Iitruor  j license held     by me for the premises  , lately known as the Island ���������Home Ho  tel, located    on lot 3, block 20,     in  j the city        of   Ladysmith, B. C. to  1 George Han nay,    the above hotel  to  j it*, known as Tlie  Hotel Cecil.     ,  ���������3ign.fi,  AGNES  KNIGHT.  ')  Diaries  for  lflOC  at  Store.  Knight's  Be������)k  Notice  U*i  A. HOWE, of CHEMAINUS, has opened the iYiBAT-  (VIARKET lately   run by W. Ward, on Roberts street  WITH A FULLjLINE OF.PiRST GLASS MEATS  r.d SfUffgea ������recialty  A TRIAL SOL ICIfED  A.   HOWE  iaa  PAINTING   AND   PAPBRHANG^NG  Neatly and Artistically Done  S. ROEDDNG  **   m   **  Orders  Promptly   Executed  -   LADYSMITH