LADYSHITH DAILYLEDGER PUBLISHED IN THE LEADER OFFICE PRICE FIVE CENTS Russian Officials Graft Even in Supplies For Use of the Red Cross at Front One Instance Where Bribe Was Dear and Was Given to Secure Ambulance THBGRR HOLDUP Detective Barron Believes He Has Fresh Evidence on Sudject Great Britain Will Not Allow Walfish Bay to Be Used For Disembarking Purposes New York, N.Y., Oct. 21.—A London despatch to the Times quotes ihe London Times' Russian correspondent as saying that .the administration ol Ihe Russian Red Cross Society in thc Far East is the subject ol severe criticism; There has been a great deal ol speculation in tho management and little confidence is felt that the money given to the society will ever reach the Russian sick and wounded. Many charitable persons prefer to make their own arrangements, hut even these hnd the task not easy. An association of nobles wished to equip an ambulance for the war, hut when the train was ready to start the requisite permission was delayed. One ol the members ol tho association went to St. l'otursburg lie discovered that the cause ui the trouble was a certain highly placed military official who would not givo permission for the train 1.0 go out .until he received a substantial gratuity. This was provided and the ambulance was sent forward; -o WEST COAST MINES. The Nahniint milics near Alberni, have been taken over by a Portland .syndicate, which intends developing tliein and instituting operations on a large scale should the values prove what is expected. A. I'. Gabel who reached Victoria 011 the lust trip ol the Queen City, has lieen appointed superintendent. While al 'Alberni, Mr. t'abcl made a thorough examination ul the property, blasting away the surface ore for testing purposes. The result ol this inspection has been thc determination to start developing Immediately. Regular shipments will commence just as soon .as the managers arc certain that .tlicy have a paying proposition. Before the company could he sure that the mine would develop into a profitable concern there will have to he further preliminary operations. This Mr. Cabcl proposes to commence without delay. II his reports arc favorable, il is probable that machinery will be installed and a.min. ing business ol large proportions commenced. This at least is what Mr, Cahel and others interested anticipate. C.P.R. Detective R. S. Barron, of Vancouver, who has lately been in San Francisco looking up evidence regarding the train robbery ol last month, appears to be very certain that. Alt. Dennuce, alias Jerry Sullivan, was the leader of thc gang which held up the train near WI1011- uoek. Sullivan is thc man who was ; sent up for three years .by Magistrate WillianiK, of Vancouver, on a charge of theft from August Schwann's house. The prisoner had an enlarged knuckle and several other marks of thc boss of the train robbers, according to the descriptions of the train crew, but the officials were at first sceptical about Sullivan's ability lo do the job. llarron says that be has gathered enough evidence to warrant tlqe arrest ot several others. whom he believes werc mixed up with Sullivan in the deal. "I am convinced .that one oi tlio robbers was Sullivan, nuw held as a convicted prisoner on another I charge," said llarron lielore leaving Sau Francisco. "It was suspected from the llrst that he might have been a member of the gang. During my visit to San Francisco I have looked into his history and in addition have collected evidence which leads me to the certain conclusion that he was Ihe leader ol the holdup near Mission City on September Dili. The identity ol the other men in the deal is a matter which f cannot discuss." "While in Vancouver Sullivan pretended that iie could speak very little English, and had practically now ing to say. He did an exceedingly clever turn, however, in robbing the Dominion Hank of Winnipeg oi $250, and il is known by the police that he j is wanted in more Iliad one place in the State of New York. In Meantime Hottentots Are Making Things Hot For Kaiser's Men RAINDAMPS ARDOR OF FIGHTER! Neither Army Finds It Possible to Make Move ment Owing to Muddy State of the Roads Berlin, Oct. 21.—The government lias, asked Great Britain to permit Uorniany to use. Walfisl) Hay lor the landing ol troops and supplies for the war against the natives ol German Southwest Africa. The British government has refused positively to grant the request. Wolfish Bay is the only good harbor ior a thousand miles along that coast. It lies near Swakopmund, the port ol entry to German Southwest Africa. Swnvo- pniunil is a difficult harbor to enter. Great Britain will, it, is assorted, interfere .with Germany's military plans in Southwest Africa. Cable despatches nearly every day bring news of 'some small German reverses in South Africa. News was telegraphed last night that the German station at Noinlnisas had been captured by the Hottentots. (Associated Press Despatches.) Fighting has not been resumed in ) The Viborg regiment had 20 offl- Manchuria, and the Russian Goner- cors and 3011 men killed. The fecial Sakharoff reports that the two' ing is accordingly grave. No end armies maintain their respective po- is visable ol the ghastly slaughter, silions. There is desultory artillery A despatch to the Lokal Anzeigcr firing along the lines and reconnais. j from Mukden today, says the eighth ances arc continuous on both sides, I Russian army corps has arrived indicating that with rapidly drying there and Gen. Kuropatkin will mala; roads, developments may soon lie new plans immediately, looked for. While official ligures on I TOO OLD TO KEEP. the losses are still absent, St. Petersburg believes from information in hand that the total Russian casualties during the battle of the Shakhe river will not exceed twenty thousand. There was heavy losses ill officers on the Russian side, 172 killed in the fighting of Oct. 12 and 13 inclusive, one Major-general and 17 field officers. , ALL QUIET. St. Petersburg,' Oct. 21 .-(5.30 p. m.)—Gen. Sakharoff reports to the general staff late last night that the TELEPHONE TO MAINLAND Tokio, Oct. 21.—The military authorities have released the captured paymaster ol the Russian armored cruiser Rurik, who is seventy years old, on account of his age, thirty- four Russian hospital attendants and 12 battle maimed soldiers. In the i future it is probable that the Japanese will release prisoners whose wounds arc healed, and also arc ire: capable ol further lighting. FACE TO FACE. . St. Petersburg, Oct. 21.—Gen. Sa ikharolt telegraphs /that there was COLLECTING BILLS. New York, N.Y., Oct. 21.—Under the terms ol the commission of arbi- .t.catioii following the provisions ol •.the protocol between the United [States and the republic ot .Santo Domingo lor the settlement ot the claims of Santo Domingo Improvement Company ol New York and its allied companies', it is believed that the ciiitoin holisc in Puerto Plata will be turned over to the Americans. | The cable line to Cape Hay lieu has been hrukni and 110 cablegrams have been received lor several days except, those dated last week which wclie taken to Cuba by sailing cralt and filed there. One commission house iu this city received yesterday a cablegram saying: "The United States have taken possession of the custom house ol Puerto Plata. Stop shipments." At the office ol thc Clyde steamship Hill's, which runs between Santo Domingo and this country, no news ol any such movement has been received. -0 BOUNDARY SURVEY. D. R. Harris has returned to Victoria from the work of the survey ol the international boundary lino between Canada and Alaska. The particular part ol the line in which Mr. Harris and his party was engaged was in the neighborhood oi the Dal-' ton trail. Thc task is by no means J an easy otic,, he explains, as there arc many difficulties to overcome. If thc weather was always fine a great ileal oi trouble would be done away , with. But he explains that after ascending a 7,0011-loot mountain the party would find that the mountain. peaks werc wrapped in clouds, and 1 the work would be rendered (utile. I Often during thc summer, hall of the ascents made were rendered useless on account of the weather. Monuments were placed In position as the line was located by the survey party. THREE KILLED. Syracuse, N.Y., Oct. 21.—A special to the Herald Irom Geneva says two freight trains on thc Pennsylvania! division of thc New York Ccntrai collided a mile east ol this city today. Three of the train crew 'ore killed. Included in the cargo of the Blue Funnel liner, Teleniachiis, now, in Vancouver, was the cable to lie psed hy the. Inlci'iiiitiiiiial Telephone Company in its line from Victoria to Marietta; Wash., by means of which Vaiurmivcriles will he able to converse with the residents oi Victoria, 'he route of the line will je as follows: Starting from Marietta, Wash., about six inilon from Bcllttlg- hatii, which is.already connected v Hh Vancouver. by telephone, the line goes to tlie Luiiimi Indian reservation, where it connects with the flt'lit stretch of cable across to "Luiium Island; then tu Ulcus Island; Shaw Island San Juan Island, and from there the cable lands at Telegraph Bay, near Victoria. The total length of the cables used- is 151 nautical miles, while the land lines will he about 58 miles in length. The first section to lie laid will be from San Juan Island lo Telegraph Bay, Victoria. This is the longest stretch, being ■ about 7J nautical miles. When that is completed the section between San Juan and Shaw I Islands, Shaw and Orcas Islands, Or- cas and Lumnii Islands and l.unimi 'Island and Luninii Peninsula will in turn, he laid. Provided the weather is fine, the actual laying ot the ca- bc superintended by Mr. Thcophilus Smith, ol the W. T. Henley Telegraph Company, ol England, manufacturer of the cable, and the i.ml work will be done by some xnv1.ia ' hie men Irom the Old Country. I Although the Company has had some 75 men at work lor some time .past, the connecting land lines arc not yet completed, so that It, will I probably be the first week in November before the entire line is finished and communication established between Vancouver and Victoria. situation al the front had been relict ] fighting , yesterday. (The armies all day. The Admiralty has not re- maintained their positions. There are ceived confirmation ol the report continual rccoiinuisances on both from Che Foo that Russian ships in'sides. the harbor of Port Arthur have been I The armies laee each other across damaged by Japanese shells as the the Shakhe river, hut operations are blockade has prevented the delivery 'at a standstill. The war office hats no ol official despatches. I fresh news this morning except a list TIRED AND MUDDY. of the losses of General Ekk'y sev- Bcrlin, Oct. 21. —Colonel Gadke, enty-liist division ol thc pith Sibcr- war correspondent of Tagbladatt, j ian corps and General Morazoff's first telegraphed to his paper today from 'division of Lieut. Gen. llcmbowsky's Mukden as follows: "Have benn 1111-horns. Each lost ball a dozen olfi- ablc to telegraph lor two days ow- cers. The official list ol officers kil- ing to the absence ofthe Censor on led and wounded Oct. 12 and 13 to- iiinrlcculh and twentieth. Iloth ar-,i,als 172, including Major General inies arc much fatigued. They oc- eiipy positions in close contact. Only I an occasional shot breaks the stillness. A general Russian attack ap pcared to have been planned lor tlie 1 unreported RuilskI and seventeen Held officers killed. The wounded arc in the proportion of one to six. Thc list for the heaviest days' fighting is still "'"' lloulltlras wi" cxecl .night ol "the 20th but a freshet in thc j the losses at Liao Yang, when 500 Shakhe river prevented it. The j officers were killed and wounded. The roads and fields are drying slowly, losses among the men are not pre- lt rained again on the night ol the pared, hut they arc thought to ap- 20th. The Russian losses were proximate not much over 20,000. Irightlul. Single regiments have as | News [nun Port Arthur brought to few as 800 men left. Chee Foo by a junk which lelt there October 10th says a fierce bomba incut which began Oct. 10 was si progressing without interrupts Many buildings had been damap and tships in the harbor had also be hit by shells. The Japanese nil forces are now posted at Lulsitui They have placed guns ol large cr itre on lunkda mountain. The llu sians continue making sorties s cesslully and inflicting heavy lis 011 the Japanese, whose losses si .the commencement of the siege [said to have been 50,000. A LITTLE FIRING. Mukden, Oct. 21.—Towards eve) yesterday the fog lifted and some the Russian guns at .various ioin opened lire against the Japanese fenscs, but they did not respi either from scarcity of ammuniti or the desire not to reveal the lo tion of their batteries. The weat is fine and the roads are low dry bard, which forecasts events in near future. The war correspondr in the field are kept in the dark it is difficult to say when and 1 this dreadful slaughter will end. -WZAR. WAR. EVARY MAN HIT. Mukden, Oct. 21.—Every man ol two hundred Cossacks commanded Capt. Tourgeuieff. who on Tues night reconnoitcrcd the Japanese south westward, and who, near i dopu unexpectedly encountered a e sized Japanese force with a mac gun, was wounded and every h except Capt. Tourgcnielf's was hy the bullets Jrom thc Japanese chine guns. Tourgenicli, though 1 tally wounded, carried oil one behind his saddle, while others 1 aged to creep back to camp. Be already cabled not one man was cd on the field. There is the gi est [ear 011 the part ol thc Rus wounded of falling into the ham the Japanese, the Russians being vinced that they torture thcir • loners. SHORTSERVICE IS ABOLISHED [infantry in Imperial Army to Serve Nine Years With Colors TRAFALGAR DAY. London, Oct. 21.—Trafalgar 'lay was celehratcd today at home and in •the Colonies with the usual decorations and dinners. The flagship 'victory al Portsmouth wns decorated I wilh Hags and decked with laurel, and ■flow Nelson's [anions signal. The hasc of the admiral's column In Tra-! talgar Square here was elaborately covered with wreaths, prominent aiming tho floral tributes being one of huge dimensions, tied with the French ami Spanish colors, sent ly the Navy League, witli respect and honor to the memory of the j.i'li.nl French and Spaniards who fell at Trafalgar. 0——— St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 21.-A light earthquake was felt here to-day. POLITICAL JOTTINGS Mr. Ralph Smith was to have, '.po [ken at the big Liberal meeting in he hall ol Mr. Macpherson last night but thc lug Czar, by whicli in wa STUDENTS PLEASED. St. Petersburg, del. 21.—Permission has been accorded the students ul Dorpat University to resume tho wearing of caps ui the colors which were forbidden to such corporations under Alexander III. This step is .considered to constitute another ovi- I deuce of the conciliatory policy ot London, Oct. 21.—Thc British army council has Issued an important order under which instead ol entering three years with the colors and nine in tho reserve, infantry of the line will iu future enlist lor nine years with the colors and three in the reserves, thus practically abolishing the short service system. War Secretary Arnold Pursier foreshadowed this change in a speech last July in which he declared that thc 0:- istlng system had proved a failure, because so lew men volunteeied to extend thcir service with the colors. Sonic critics, however, declare Ihe existing difficulty ol obtaining recruits will be greatly enhanced under the new order. THE NEW WHARF. Some one said at one of the public meetings during the week,"the sound of the piledriver is plcasantcr than Ithe voice ofthe tax collector." Certainly there was a larger audience out today to bear the hearty "plunk, plunk" ol the driver as it smote piles on the head, than would gather to the dulcet request of even the unliable gentleman who just now is making the request lor "A dollar please" lor road las. The wharl is under way, and Mr. Thomas looks tor good progress lo be made. to have crossed the Gull, met with' the whole government which 1,1s an accident to her machinery a short marked Hie inauguration ol the regi- distancc Irom Burrard Inlet and had mc 0! Prince Svialopolk Mtrisky, ,to return. Mr. Smith went down to minister of the interior. Despatches Victoria today and will for thc next!Irom Dorpal say the announcement lew days hold meetings In the lowir. was greeted with Ihc greatest rc- VETERANS OF RED RIVER. Winning, Oct. HI,—Twenty-two ol [Wolseley's Red River expedition, dined lust evening. All that could lie gathered nut ul the fifteen liuu- Idred that marched to lower Fort Garry In 1871. A letter was read lorn Lord Wolsclcy. SCHOOL CONCERT TONIGHT This evening the concert and dance in aid oi the school library takes place in the Opera House and the rapid sale ol tickets gives promise of a neat success. Mayor Cobum will be iu the chair and the concert opens at 8 o'clock sharp. The pupils who take part in the Ian-drill arc: Nellie linurlay, Viola Hutchinson, Maggie Robertson, Evelyn McKinnell, Elizabeth Cassldy, Agnes Orossan, Agnes McMillan, Ethel Orossan, Sarah Dunsmuir, Dolly Kerr, Dora Cobum, Maggie Gafliiey and Jennie Michic. The dialogue will be presented by Mamie Little, James McKcnzic, Louis Colic. RICH ORE ON VICTOR] Mine Near Town to J Anitier CartoSmelte: Next Week Development work is proceedin tlie Vancouver Island Bxplon Company's mines near Ladysmitl der the superintendance of Mr. and one of tlie latest bits ol ne the striking olore at thc surlac saying as high as an ounce of to the ton. The tunnel cros the ledge at a distance of 120 fee' now a drift is being continued 1 thc ledge to a point below wher outcrop ol rich ore was found, general prospects ol thc mine, Cecil pronounces very satlslai There will be another carload .< ready to ship to the Tyee Sir from the Victoria, one of the pany's group ol claims, In an week. part ol this constituency MINISTER TO RESIGN. I Toronto, Oct. 21.—Tho Globe ihi. morning publishes a rumor that J.u'ii E. J. Davis, J. Strallnn and •'. J. Latchtord arc to retire Irom the Ontario government. i TO OPPOSE LAURIE!'.. Montreal, Que, Oct. 21.-Mirbel Fiset, M.D., has been (literal the Conservative nomination lor Bast -in opposition to Sir "iflid Laurier. He will likely accept. Pa- got Conservatives have nominated .1. X. Lajoire as candidate. juicing among lire students,, 0— INHALED GAS. Sau Francisco, Cal., Oct. 21.—Rev. Charles G. Adams, formerly an Episcopal minister, hut more recently a lawyer, has committed suicide by Inhaling illuminating gas. Two years 'ago Adams shot and killed Dr. Jcs- , . sup, an Oakland dentist, lie was dc- 'clarcd Insane and sent to an asylum. Alter being released be began practising law. Despondency is llie sup-1" ,, „ 7 , ,, , ,. 'from tbr posed cause uf the suicide, 11ARMSWORTH'S PURCHASE Winnipeg, Oct. 21. — Harold S llarmsworlh, one ol the owners ol thc London Mall, and llarmsworlh, PEMBINA FIRE. Winnipeg, Man., Oct. 21.—The business section ol Pembina, just across the border was almost, wiped out by tire yesterday. Loss sixty thousand dollars. Light insurance. SENTENCED TO HANG. Woodstock, N.B., Oct. 21.— Tlie trial ol Thomas Onmmack and his son with murdering Will Dohcrly early in the summer, has resulted in and other magazines, lielore leaving conviction ol the former, who has [or New York yesterday, purchased been sentenced fo be hanged on Jan the Naliton Block, Main street with a frontage ot fifty feet, for $110,000, lie has other large realty investments here. 13. The jury disagreed as to young Cammack. WHAT DR. EATON RAISE: Toronto, Ont. Oct. 21.-Dr. C Eaton, ol Cleveland, formerly i ron10 pastor, addressing the Bi Union ol Ontario and Quebec night on evangelism, declared the secret ol Baptist success belief in the necessity ol convi To preach conversion, Dr. said a man must he man enoug stand up and raise hell among pic lo save tlienu KILLED BY TRAIN. Alvinston, Ont., Oct. 21.- Cook, a retired farmer about live years of age, was instantl ed yesterday by a freight trail walking on the track. RICH MINERAL STRIKE Rev. 0. E. Cooper, ol Nanaimo, I Q«»to/,Oot. 21.-A rich strike ol has succeeded Rev. W. 1). Barber, Ml,»^. "s m[ "s, °°>W. f«»« who has retired owing to ill-health »«'° "™ *M ten struck nt the rectorship ot St. Saviour's h™'1 *alots ot l,,c Noltaway river, Church, Victoria. iabont 1110 miles from Roberval. DRUNKEN FIGHT. Parry Sound, Oct. 21.-Jos phy is lodged in jail here 1 with cutting and badly wont man at Byng Inlet. Both m under the influence ol liquor time. UDYSMITH LEDGER LADYSMITH LEDGER Published every day except Sunday at The Ledger Building, corner ol First Avenue and French street, Ladysmith, British Columbia, hy the Ladysmith Publishing Company. SUBSCRIPTION! RATES. By mail in Canada and United Stales. One year (In advance) $3.00 Six months (in advance) 1.50 Delivered In the city (per month) .50 ADVERTISING RATES. Transient—Including "business notices, calls lor tenders, applications for and transfer ol licenses, legal notices, etc., 10c a line first Insertion; 5c. a line each subsequent In* sertlon; 12 lines measure to the inch. ', i rpr COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING. Rates on application. Cuts for regular use should he ell metal. Advertisements not Inserted for a specified time will he charged for until paid nnd ordered to be discontinued. All chances of advertisements must be received at this office on the mnrning of the day of Issue. Subscribers not receiving paper regularly please report to this oflire All job work must be paid for on delivery. . Transient advertisements must be paid In advance. cornered and tlie extraordinary ad- "There i| a pitcher ou exhibition vantages that modem methods of dc- at the st:? Louis fair that is 2,000' tense give against what seems to be vears °™'" overpowering numbers. ' I "That family must have had a jewel of a hired girl. NORTHPOKT SMELTER. The machinery for another fifty-ton The __a(_vsmsth concentrator is now being installed Oi">er« I-T - - -f» al the Portland-Velvet mine, on So- _____ Ila mountain, 15 miles west of North- Can _,. sec_rcd for Theatrica, port, on Big Sheep creek. This ma- purposes, Dancing parties or Enler- chiiiery will double the capacity ol tainments generally the plant, a 50-ton concentrator haj ing been installed in August, from ——————————————— which thc must satisfactory results p. _V_C_$,. YOUNG D. NICHOLSON, Prop. have been obtained hy General Man- MINING ACTIVITY. From all parts of the province reports of the greater attention being paid to the mining industry go to show that for the present year a new record will lie made in the mineral output. One of the most encouraging signs for this part, of Britisli Columbia is the renewed interest in thc mines ol Vancouver Island. Every now and again wc hear of some new .property being developed or ol the intention to do something in places where the mines have lain dormant for a long lime past. Particularly is this the case with the West Const. Tho men who have all along held faith in Alberni and surrounding districts seem at last to have regained attention to Ihc properties on lhat part of the island and the results of a more systematic attempt to push lorwaid the industry there hid fair to do a great (leal of good. Our oWn district, too, is likely to t.ivc a satisfactory account oi' itself in Ihc general increase. In the inlciior ol the Mainland one of Ihe chid features is the .revival in the silver lead mining, and the fact that the price of zinc has reached the highest point on record lu the United Stfltos, hails the Nelson News lo note that now tho Joplin district iu Mi souri, the chiel source ol zinc in the United States, is becoming exhausted, thc time has come when the immense zinc ore bodies in thc Kootenay can he handled with profit. Until recently, practically no attempt has liecn made lo market this resource, but on Kootenay and Slocan lakes a couple of magnetic separation plants are being placed at work and the News advocates that llie government should lend its assistance by having an expert in zinc to examine and report on the zinc resources and the lieiit method of treatment. This course seems very desirable, for there is no reason why Brltisl- Columbia should nut he given an opportunity to pro- lit by what is, under present circumstances a new and apparently eslen- sive natural resource. This, however, is but one branch ol the subject ol increased mineral production. What the people of Vancouver Island need is In lake greater interest in Hie minerals in their particular part ol the province and to use their own efforts more largely in seeking to benefit hy the stores of natural wealth awaiting the ingenuity of man to turn into use. PORT ARTHUR. II thc reports from Chee Foo of the condition ol affairs at Port Arthur are correct, Ihc oft' repealed story of the immediate tail of the fortress seems at length about to he 'realized. II appears almost incredible that the defenders only number live thousand men, fur wilh the large ' force of besiegers daily 'harassing them, this comparatively small body j ioiiIiI hardly bold out longer and bit hack with the vigor that they do v/hen any particular position Is assaulted. The siege of Port Arthur will take its place In history as a remarkable mm, and shows Ihc lena- cfly ol the Russians when they are ager Thompson, from a combination 1JAKKI3J CK flflU lest o[ water and fire concentration. SOLICITOR. . . . This is the first application of water Nanaimo • - B C concentration to Rosslaiid ores and its success opens large possibilities ' lot successful treatment of other properties in this vicinity. A good profit," said General Manager Thompson, "is being realized on $8 ore now on the dump. Concentration costs us 75 centc per *'"■ r .. . , and we save .5 per cent, ol the vnl-jThe Variety Store The City Market ! R. Williamson, Prop., ;lst Ave, Ladysmith ues. Ore from the sorting table runs as high as $75 per ton." NORTHERN PACIFIC RY. CO. Corner Government and Yates streets Victoria, B. C. THREE 3-TRANSCONTINENTAL-3 TRAINS DAILY. It You Are Going to the ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION, Take the NORTHERN PACIFIC RY., cither via St. Paul or Billings. New Tourist Cars on all trains. Fine connections made from Victoria by night or morning boats. Only line havlug through service to St. I Work done properly and at right Louis without change ol cars. Tick- j prices. Shop and residence in rear IB tAveriue. It will pay you lu go there lor Household goods, nr inont anything. Alro get vour Sewing Machine repaired. Oil anil needles for machine?. T. W. Fletcher. Best Kcon,.,in,|»ii,,n f.,r irjtuajwit sii.i pernmni-ut hoarders an ' I.xU-.t? GRAND HOTEL This ii(.»i hotel haH Own loiiii.iri.lllv [urnishr-.l mi.-! iln. bar i, mV.io.VI ie Riten (I Oil and nnwi'd. War. Bfivsniniie P. p. K planed* Udiniiii'1 [squimalt & Nanaimo Railway! Time Table No. 50. 4 THE FRANK HOTEL Etplanad*, Ladysmilh Effective April 14, 1901. 5\W Train? U'te' ■«»>* I THE TYEE COPPER CO., Ltd. PURCHASERS AND SMELTERS OF COPPER, OOLD AND SILVER ORES. Smelting Works at LADYSMITH, B.C. Convenient to E. & N. Ry. or the Sea CLERMONT LIVINGSTON, General Manager. THOS. KIDDIE, Smelter Manager. •J v--- wiuviivi milliagBli £ Wlt«iHn««WWUrKiaM«*YUWtWbn frnKirnktWetrnKtlMttKIUrU-imi RATHSIl.ool'KRDAY SAMI'I.K ROOMS BAR fitlrr-UKD WITH Mt3T s WINKS, LIQUORS, CIGARS ABB0TSF0RD HOTEL BesLccoruodation in town. Splendid hunting and aiM«. i».. A. J, M.MURTRIE. Proprietor """J _* ""'JlIS? !""■■■«■■■■■■■«»■■■■■■■■■» (-ADYSMITH, B. C. ISLAND HOME HOTEL BATES A KNIGHT, P,opr|,„.„? ,V ■ »-L. First Avenue, . . . Ba.t anpplUd bar in Udyimllh. Pinent nccornmodellnn lo. ^y*"11™ well a. lo, regular boarder.. Oomptet.ly „_TdT.n3^J!_i___,,,,rtr*tM""1"' and hou.ekeeping in charge ol Mr. Tat. I",d• Du,ta« """* NOTICE. The iinderai^ned llrm ha. opened a manufactory and are now making Ihe celebrated Empire Cigar. Stock will be r lady for the market about Oil. 10th. THE EMPIRE CIGAR CO. IHE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE WITH WHICH IS AMALGAMATED . The Bank of British Columbia J| HEAD OFFICE: TORONTO. Capital Paid Up »»,700,000 fleet 3.000,000 Ar . rgate resources exceeding , 83,000.000 Hon, Gun. A, Cox, President. B, E. Wai.kir, General Manner, London Office, 60 Lombard St., E.C. The Hunk lion 100 Branch., well dl.trlbuled throughout the' Dominion ar.J elsewhere, Including the following in British Columbia and the Yukon Territory; ATMN GREENWOOD NANAIMO VANCOUVER OKANKKOOK KA.VH.OOP8 NELSON VICTORIA DAWSON LAItYSMIM N, WE8TMINTER WHITE HORSBj Brunches In tlie United Slate. | "Tttat Idlow In the back hall NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO PORTLAND SEATTLK SKAGWAY roora is bcl11'"1 in ">ls reBtt" 8ttl'' Every description ol banking bo.luess transacted. Letters ol credit on any Mrs' "««liciii, "and they say he part of the world. • Won't work." Saving! Bank Department. I "Oh, well," said the boarder who deposit, ol one dollar (f 1.00; and upwards received and Infereat paid at cur- gives occasional ailvlcc, "I Wouldn't nl rn'er-. II iiiHiiom »n> hii'.j 'lit to no delay in depositing or wiilnlrnwlngfuml, worry about an Idle rumor."—Clew- MDYSMITH BRANCH - - OEO, WILLIAMS, Manager. Iu,ld Utin- Wheels! Yea, mt'.ve all kind, ol wheels; we are agent, for the Canada Cycle and Motur Co., of Toronto, and carry their 'Pel- lect wheel In stock," We also repair wheel.; If yours doe• not run to suit yon, tend It up to un. All kind, ol light machinery repairs, We are gasoline launch expert. R. J. Wenta Fimier Street, Nfthrtliin, Or- W. J. Quiolaii; DENTIST Steven. Block, UdysmU»hB.O: Deototrjrle .lilt, branch* rem/foe* M. .R SIMPSON solicitor, Etc. Noiiiy fo Loan 1st Averme ... UDYSMlTh W. SILEIl. GEHEBAL EXPRESS AND DELIVERY WORK PROMPTLY DONE. Leave orders at tho Abbotalord. , i/1"i:j:^i iihjp LADYSMITH FIRE BY-LAW, 1904. A By-law to regulate the erection and construction ol wooden buildings and to regulate the removal of buildings wiuhin the limits herein after descrilied. Be it therefore enacted by the Mayor and Aldermen o! the City of Ladysmith, as follows' 1. Every person Intending to erect a building in the City of Ladysmith, shall, before commencing the excavation for the erection of any such buildings, deposit with thc City Clerk a plan or plans of such oro- posed building drawn to a scale of not less than eight feet to one inch and a copy of tho specifications. No deviation from tbe plans submitted to the Council shall be permitted without the consent of the Eire Wardens Committee having been first obtained. 2. After the passing of this by-law, all chimneys or flues shall be built of kick and the walls thereof shall be not less than four inches in thickness exclusive of plastering and shall be well pargeted on the inside, ami the top ol every chimney or flue shall be carried at least three feet above the building in which it is constructed. Flues for stoves must .be constructed in such manner that when a stovepipe is inserted therein it shall be at least eighteen inches from the celling of thc room. , 3. Any removal or raising or enlargement ol any frame building shall ,be considered a re-erection and subject to the terms ol this by-law. 4. No alteation shall be made to any existing wooden building unless thc authority in writing of the Fire Wardens be first obtainod for alien alteration. 5. Any owner, builder or other person who shall build, or aid in the erection of any building or part of 'building within the said liniil/r, contrary to -or i.n any other manner tha11 authorized by this by-law, or who shall remove ,or assist in removing a"y such building from without the .city limits ;iilt,o ,tho same, or ropair o' assist In repairing any damaged wooden .building contrary in either case to any provision in this by-law, shall be subject to .a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars together with ■costs of prosecution for the first offence, and to a like tine for every forty-eight hours such person shall fall to comply with thc provisions of this by-law or continue in violation thereof. C. Any wooden building which may ee erected, enlarged, removed or repaired or in process of erection, enlargement, removal or repair, contrary to this by-law, shall be deome1! a nuisance and upon information it shall be the duty of the Fire Wardens Committee, alter twenty-four hour's notice to the owner, occupant, person in charge or builder thereof, to abate thc same, to raze such building to the ground, the expense thereof shall be collected from the owner of such building by suit. 7. Every person keeping or occupying a shop or other building wherein shavings or other combustible materials are accumulated or may be contained, shall forfeit the sum ol Two Dollars for every neglect to clean or remove thc same out ol such building and the yard belonging thereto at least three times in each week provided such buildings are .situated within two hundred feet ol any other building, and no stove . shall be used in any such shop or building unless thc same shall be set in a box surrounded witli Are proof material, with the, pipe carefully set up according to the provisions of the City by-law, and no lighted candles ■. shall be used iu any such shop or building except they be placed iu a .candlestick, made of material not liable to take fire, under penalty ot 'Two Dollars lor each offence., 8. It shall be the duty ol the Chief of tlie Fire Department to examine all public buildings in this city and sec that all pipes and apparatus used in beating uud lighting, and all lights are protected to ■ |'t satisfaction and shall have all such fire service and apparatus for the ,", -uisliincnl of lire as he may deem necessary; and all exits from any I lie? I ''"•""W s',a" ,,c opened lor the use of any departing audience. It shall bii ,,'sll,ll>r tu scc t,lat a" llutl!'s a'"' P"""0 """'''"SS shall lie cnuinned with * •,t"|,cr flrc K*a|K!' ** upii ,puu wi' •,„, |)lissj„g through roofs or outside walls will he per- mittal "and where *"t* c!fist thB>r mu"1 be rc',lace<1 b? brick chimneys a'lV™f bHaw S^^rtW""* •» """"^ as * Ladysmith Fire BYrM% the Municipal 0#! P" *» >'"' *W f^Y, W*_ ' a,inpted on Hie lOth-day of July, 1904. JOHN W. COBURN, Mayor. ,1. STEWART, C.M.C. The expedition appointed by the I It Is thought that the Panama ca- Zionist organization at Vienna to ex- !»»• commission will procure from plore the land in South Africa of- ithe Columbla river tlle 4(1>000 Piles fered hy thc British Government for a Jewish settlement will start next month. The expedition will consist of three Englishmen and two residents of South Africa, and tlicy will probably make their report March. Uliat will be needed in the construction of the canal. That will be equivalent to 32,000,000 feet of tlm- j ber, or equal all told to four of the huge raits that are built on the Colombia river and towed to San Fran- j cisco at the rate of three each sum- Seattle's Great Papers THE daily SlMD/tY TWICE A WEEK ?5c ii i) N THE PSST- INTEU.IGENCER Samjile Copies Free Write fer One ************x*^^ Dally PosMntellljeireer, l» to 20 Palm Publishes the iullwt telegraphlo news from all part, ot the world. All the state and local new.. Dally and Sunday edition, 75c par month. 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St. Petersburg, Oct. 20.—The Russian authorities have been officially assured that the report that United States contemplated tendering its good offices in thc interest ot the restoration ol peace iu the Far •East is untrue. The Hourse Qareette correspondent at Mukden sticks to the story that the Japanese ate slowly retiring. Ou the other hand, several correspondents telegraph that operations have been suspended, owing to the rain, The}' #ay the armies are controlling each other across the Shark- lie river and add that nothing im- jmrt.uit is expected fur several days. Tbe Russian correspondent says a ceur guard engagement has occurred .east, but gives no details, possibly tlie correspondent relcrs to the report Irom Tokio of tlie Taitsc River engagement. BREAKING THE RULES. Washington, Oct. 20,—As indicated in the Tokio despatch, the Japanese government, through Minister Takhi- ra, here, has entered formal protest against the line by certain Russian troops, of Chinese clothing, the offending troops being specified in the complaint. The United Stales department having assumed at thc beginning of the war care of Japanese interests, have transmitted the Japanese protest lo llie United Stales embassy at St. Petersburg for presentation to the Russian Government. It is understood here that Chinese clothing was nol used by the Russians to deceive tlie enemy but . simply to make good the failure ot thc Russian quartermaster's department to supply much needed warm clothing In the cold weather in Manchuria. Nevertheless, it is believed here that tho wearing of Chinese clothing constitutes technical violation of thc rules of war. o BANFF ANTHRACITE. Mt. Vi"' A. Aldrldge, manager ol Hhe'C.P.K. smelter at Trail, and who looks aflor tho work In tho con! mines at Unnlt, now being opened up by the metallurgy depart meal of the C. P. R. Company, said in an interview In Vancouver a day or two ago. r.ago. "Wc are shipping over 200 tons -daily ot Banff hard coal, the going to the territories. The demand has been mo much greater than expected that we shall send only a the I small tonnage to Manitoba. Vancouver is not a favorable point for hard coal on account of the mildness of the climate and because ol the excellent jjiality and comparative cheapness of the Vancouver Island soft coals. However, in the course soft coals. However, in the course of a lew years, there is likely to be a greater demand lor hard coal for domestic purposes, especially as tlie price is likely to be less than it can lie economically delivered for this season. "The expenditures at Banff have already reached several hundred thousand dollars, and the total capital invested will probably be in the neighborhood of one million dollars. The plant, buildings and town are being established after the most modern Ideas, and every effort is being made to enable the cheap production of coal. The sale of the small size)! of anthracite is somewhat difficult, as the boiler plants of this country are all designed for wood and soft coal. Changes are being made in thc way of larger grate areas and stronger draughts, so that in another year a large part of the small coal which Is now being wasted will be utilized for steam purposes." "Via Niagara ralta." 'TO to BOSTON Tit, ttt Important btulaeM eentree ot CANADA and NIW ENGLAND for time table., (to., Uijmi - QUO. W. VAUX, teat Gen. Pas. ft Ticket Aft., Ui Adam. Street; Chicago. SPOKANE FALLS AND NORTHERN RAILWAY CO. LADYSMITH CENSUS. All subscribers to the Daily Ledger are invited to guess what are the returns ol the census, as shown by our canvasers ot the Cily of Lady, smith. $20.00, $10.00 and $5.00 in prizes will be given those making thc best guesses. Make your estimate, write it down on the slip furnished you by the canvasser, or call at the Ledger office and obtain one if a sub- acribcr and you bad not made a guess. All guesses should be scaled, the writer's name and address given, and mail it, or leave it at the Ledger office. Mark "Guess" on the outside of the envelope. All guesses must be in this month—see page two of this issue. TEN DOLLARS REWARD. The Union Brewing Company will pay $10 reward for information whicli wilt lend to the arrest end convict'on of any person or persona 9 destroyiui! Union Brewing Company's kegs or bottles, or failing to re* 5 turn the faun-. m Miners' Drilling Machines, Made;to order and Repaired at Abort notica. Drills sharpened by oe alwayptiives satisfaction.. Picks handled and repaired, Shipsmithing in all its Branches. Horseshoers and Genera! Blacksmiths. David Murray Buller Street -"-'-- Ladysmith, B. C Carpenter, Builder, Contractor and General Jobber Many English queens have chosen oak trees In Windsor [orcst whereon their names, witli the dates of thcir choice, have been commemorated by means ol brass plates. In different parts of the forest, with scats around them, are oaks bearing the names of Queen Elizabeth, Queen Caroline, Queen Charlotte and Queen Victoria. o "Bill-" "What is It, Sue?" "I'm going to tell you one thing h-an1 that Is this: El you've got airy razor or gun on you, an' go' cuttin' an' slashin' folks at the social, I won't go to the hangln' with you next Friday."-Atlanta Constitution. o They paused at the door of high society. "Why nil this demonstration?" one asked. "It Is a wedding?" vToo much celebration for that," bulk responded the wise man. "It must * I be a divorce."—Chicago Dally News. LADYSMITH AERIE NO. 080 - Meets in the Opera House 1st and 3rd Tuesday at 7.30 p.m. Worthy President, A. A. Davis; Worthy Secretary, C. II. Riimmings. . i W.G. Fraser Merchant Tailor (ist Avenue) Fall Stock Just Arrived. Call early and get your pick of tlie largest and best stock in town. LIVERY, BOARDING AND SALES STABLES DAVID JOHNSON, PHONE 66 LADYSMITH, B. BARBER SHOP & BATH ROOMS, j The ESPLANADE,? between the Grand and Abbottsford, William Powers, Prop. -V. Mosgis, Secretary. John W. Couuiix, Manager, Telephone 40. The Ladysmith Lumber Co Ltd. MILLS AT FIDDICK AND LADY SMITII-Shingles a Specialty. —Manufacturer, of— Rough and Dressed Fir and Cedar Lumber, Laths, Shingles, Mouldings, Etc., ofthe Best Quality. •Seasoned and Kiln Dried Flooring and Finishing Lumber always In Stook, We Are Slaughtering: All our Choice Assortment of Beef, Mutton, Pork and Veal ourselves and can guarantee everything to be the Nicest, Freshest and Cleanest on the market PANNELL & PLASKETT LADYSniTH, B.c SfEVENS BLOCK, QATACRE STREET, AT LAST We are among you and shall be pleased to see all our friends at our new store on First Avenue. H.&W. MEAT MARKET x LADYSMITH TRANSFER CO. x 1'IANOS, ORGANS AND HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE MOVED PROMPTLY AND SAFELY )H l\ II ■% iBBnnBaRHBBBBHMH ? **************************************************** KYNOCK& VULCAN8HELLS Arc the BEST. We have them. BROWNING AUTOMATIC SHOT GUN Is a PEACH. We have it. SAVAGE & WINCHESTER RIFLES EVERYBODY knows them. We have them E. ROLSTON Ladysmith ****H***+******************H***************+***+**l* PRICES ARE RldHT SATISFACTION GUARANTEED I Delivered in Any Part of the City f Every Afternoon The Daily Ledger! * 50 Cents per Month •X*X*X*X*X*X*X»X*X»X*X»X*X*X»X*X*X*X*X*X»X»M X X X DAY SCHOOL. Usual subjects taught; also languages, drawing In pencil and crayons, painting In oils and water colors, pianoforte and vocal lessons, given In classes or individually. MISS BERTRAM. Ladysmith, B. C. NOTICE Messrs. Blair and Adam hay* secured the agency ol the Chrystal Laundry Co. to Victoria. All parcels and orders left with them will receive prompt and careful attend"!, LADYSMITH DAILY LEDGER BEST BATH ROOMS IN THE CITY-Ladysmilh Shaving Parlors, High Street. 1111 ITEMS Hon. Edgar Dowilney returned to Victoria to-day. John H. Feasor, Vancouver, is at thc Abbotsford. Mr. Justice Martin returned today to Victoria from Nanainio whore lie presided yesterday at the assizes. Mayor Cobum, who has been at Victoria on business, got home today. Rev. H. Iluwcn returned today From "Victoria, where bho Diocesan Synod was in session. The fifth annual convention of thc British Columbia branch of the International Sunday School Association will be held in Victoria on tho 28th, 20th aud 30lh of the present month. 11. Dallas llelmclien, K. C, was a passenger tin this morning's train to Victoria from Nanaimo, where he represented the Crown at thc assizes- Thc Fifth Regiment Hand, of Victoria, which gave a concert in Nanaimo last night, returned home this morning. The jury in tiie Soutliin case at the Nanaimo assizes yesterday dit agreed after being out from half-past live till neaily midnight. Mr. Justice Martin then discharged the jury and Southin is now released on $3,000 bail to attend tlie next assizes, the case being continued till then. I MARINE 1 ;H • H-. • ;K • ?K • ,i-, o ;U • ;i-' • ;H • H;, • >H* >K • >H • Tug Kscort is in port with the barge Henrietta lor coal for Alaska. * * * 'I'he Oscar arrived in Ladysinith today anil lifl for Texada to load ore for the Sinellcr. Collier Titiinia arrived from Na- naiimo today and after completing her cargo, sailed for Man Diego * * * Two tugs are being constructed on the ways nf the Vancouver Shipyards, Limited for the Fraser river Oilcry, one. to be used for river work and the larger for lowing outside. The latter will he fin feet in length, '13,(1 beam, wilh seven feet depth of hold. Thi' cos! will be between five and six thousand dollars. Tbe machinery will be that taken out of the tug Kric. The other boat will be 45 feet in length, 10-0 beam and t.fi feet depth of hold, costing about $.'LII00. | SPORTS \ <..H+H.|.!.m«|H-I-| M-M-I-H••!••. LADY BASKETBALLERS, Tlie lady basmitlmllcrs were out practising Inst night lor the llrst time anil Mr. .1. Adam, who Israeli ine; them III tlie science uf the game, says' tlicy ale apt pupils anil made famous progress. Anyone who has seen tlie Vancouver or Victoria lady teams knows what a graceful sight tlicy i.rescnt nnd bow cleverly they play. Tlie l.adysinilli teams will no doubl this winter be able loget on a match with one uf the sister ciUes rami try for liie;lici honors alter the game between themselves next week. AMERICA'S CUP, In view of the reluctance of the Now York Yaclif club to formally announce under what rules Ihc next competitions lor the'trophy will lie sailed, there is no sunrise due tlie public in the delay of llie Ilritish lo conic out Willi a challenge lor a race next summer. There seems to he a general understanding Hint the cliul- . Itnge will Ire made,, bill the predictions have been so long unfulfilled, that a growing tocling of uncertainty is beginning lo be rife. As a matter of fact, the Britons have a license to feel rather doubtful about the advisability ol cliallviigiiig in the present circumstances. The New York Yacht club lias adopted a new set of measurement rules, putting tin- premium on seaworthiness and stability. It seems to be generally thought that, under Hie new rules, ia yaelit oi greater displacement mould be hotter adapted to hire conditions, ami this is the plan under (which the British would like to trballirnge. The. failure ul .the Anierl- [rnn organization fo announce whether or not the cup contests arc lo lie governed by the rules lhat now maintain over lli(",;lili races, bus made the woilldbc challengers wary, however, lor it is now conceded that, under the old rules, the Islanders have scant opportunity ol successfully competing with the American designers and sailors. The New York Yacht club has some time since established a reputation lor immobility in the face of criticism, and it seems probable that llie announcement of rules under which tlie cup will be placed in competition will bo reserved until "there is a challenge forthcoming. The Britons claim Unit this will delay their plans to an extent that would mean a defeat on the llrst venture, as thc designers will be necessarily limited in time, hut this is a difficulty that the American designers will be iore- ed to lace equally unless some 'enterprising American yachtsman has tho courage to go abend nnd order a 110 footer under the new rules, regardless ol the probable action ol thc club. Such a course would be a simple gamble, however, anil this the Britons have shown their disinclination to risk. MCLEOD WINS. Vancouver, Oct. 21. — (Special) — The wrestling match last night be tween Dan McLeod and thc big Indian War Englc, was won by McLeod. Thc Indian was to throw Mc- I.eoil three times in nn hour, but science fold nnd the Indian failed to carry out his contract. KICII1T IS OFF. St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 21 .-Thilight between Joe Ohoylnskl and Philardcl- 1 lira .lack O'Brien, scheduled for next Tuesday night, has been declared oil. The reason was a telegram irom Cboynskl, which said: "I call light oil. Am out of game lor good" A committee, consisting of Rev. W. W. Bolton and Messrs. Rcnacle and Wilson, has been busy during the past lew weeks revising the consli- lutioii of the British Britisli Columbia League. It is announced that it lias been completed! says flic Yic- 'ori.i Times, and scut fo llie print- ors wilh the amendments, and will ,,e forwarded lo each ot the clubs interested. This is being done so that .lie revisions may be con ideted pre- .ions to tbe next meeting of the association in December at Nanainio. I'lius delegates will be prepared fo liseuss the proposed alterations al llie meet ing nieiitiones. Tin* same committee was entrusted villi another matter by the Britisli oliiinliia Associnlion-lliat ol securing flic consent of W. l'cilin to allow tlie Provincial Intermediate League to come under thc management if the B.C.A.I'M,. Mr. Pedcn lias ilaccd ihe control of the iiileiinc- lialcs in the hands ol the association without any reservations. There is therefore now no doubt that the Association will look after the drafting of the schedule and other Important details in the competition among Intermediates for the British Columbia dvampioiiship. SMELTER RETURNS During ihc month of September, the Tyee Copper Company's smeller at Ladysmith run lor 21 days. The statistics lor the month show that 1,081 Ions ol Tyee ore wns smelted in this time, giving a return after deduction ol freight and refining •lunges ol $52,033. For late papers, magazines and stationery, go to Knights, on First Avenue. -li lt. S. 1RRICIATION. Active investigations are being carried forward in each of the western 11 stales and three territories By, the United stales government iu its policy ol irrigating the vast tracts ol arid lands in that country. "Construction has been under way for a year on the vast Salt river pro- joct, in south central Arizona whoeo P'00,000 acres will he put under wa- Icr. There is a very long growing season in that belt, and production in alfalfa, fruits and vegetables should lie immense. "Work is under way on ihc Tuck- ce-Carson project, in Nevada, which will dually reclaim 2110,11(111 arrrcs. Contracts have liecn let for work at lioswell, N.M. Similar progress has lieiill made on llie Miuadoka project io water 100,000 acres on the Snake river, In southern Idaho. Bids have been opened for the great tunnel, 12 lect square and 5J miles long to bring walcr on to the 80,000 acres in the Gunnison pvojert, in Colorado. "Al the rcer'iil agi'lculliii'al convention in Casper Wjo., tlie aiinoun- colnciil wns made that the North Platte project would soon be under construction, This contemplates Irrigating 150,000 acres or more on the Norlli Platte river, In eastern Wyoming and western Nebraska. In each case the cost of the Irrigation works Is charged pro rain against the acreage which Is Improved, and the Bottlers pay the expenditure back to the government in tea instalments.' , — ■.,-, g,y,_ _y _„ _„!, King Robert the Bruce, according to thc well known story, once owed his safety to a spider. Among tho Tartars of central Asia there is a belief that one of their khans or chiefs was preserved, long yours ago, by the grcnt horned owl. Ho had bidden In a thicket to avoid capture by some one- nylon. By und by his pursuers came to this spot. Tho llrst thing they snw wns nn owl sitting on a bush. Whnt did this iiicini? It signified In their, eyes that this bird would not rest quietly there If any mill) wero lying concealed close by. Therefore they argued that the khan could not be there, and so tboy hurried on to senreh for him elsewhere. At night fall the khan made bis way to tlie cnnip of hla men and told thorn how be had been saved from certain death. His story caused them ever afterward to look upon the owl with reverence and lovo. They wore its feathers In their cups as a pledge of victory. 11 would be a fine thing to have a new court house anil other provincial buildings, Then everybody could get bisy sitting on the new wharf or on the court house steps talking about the proposed new post olljcc and customs bouse. With public buildings, it is.generally a case of ask repeatedly ii ye would receive. ' Judging by the numbers of Japanese fishing boats iu the harbor, it s evident that they arc successful in their fight lor dog-fish as their brethren back home arc lighting lor Manchuria. FRESH FISH At the Ladysmith Fish Market, next to Opera House- open morning and evening. A Alunluu'. Poem. Probably tho mnss of prison poetry I which has been written on stools and bedposts und scratched on prison walls far exceeds thnt which has found expression on paper, aud many a "mute, Inglorious Milton" has begun anil finished his poetical career with these "lost to sight" productions. There is in existence a short poem, Bald to havo been scratched by a luaniuc ou tbe wall of bis cell, which runs thus! Could I with Ink the ocean fill, Wero nil tho world of parchment made, Were every reed on earth a quill Antl ovory mini a scribe by trade, ; To wrlto the love of God alone Would druln thnt ocean dry! Nor could the scroll contain tho whole. Though Btretched from sky to sky. The authenticity of this being tlu work of a maniac lias often been questioned because of the beauty of Its expression and its Bound reason, but tho story stands.—All the Year Bound. *V^^rW^^^rW*rV*_ *»«!• btrect, l.6««e». B» to the seventeenth century Orrnb rtjisl. was oe. the outskirts of London, ft wns a street tenanted bv bov. jers, dotchei's, milkers of bowstrings and everything else that appertained to irchery. Later on John Vox lived lu trub street, tbot_h be diet not write his famous "Book of Mui'tyre" there. Fox's residence lu Grub street occurred diout 1572. John Speed, the tullor uelucologlst, was a resident of tlruli street, where he was famous as- the most responsible parent, having a family of twelve sous and six daughters. Urub street of uld and Millou street to- luy Is noted for Un great number oi .llcysniul courts. I'T'om drub street Issued such fa- moil" old literary skits ns ".lack the aiinil '■;■: v." "Tom Hlekutlirltt," "The Vise Ai.ii of llothuio" and scoies of .hers now il part of every boy's libra- ■f. Probably literary men Iirst begun io populate drub street lu any numbers during Cromwell's time. Then a treat number of seditious and libelous pamphlets were circulate.], and as the authors for surely bad to seek obscure living places tlicy fouiiu a fitting retreat in tbe maze of alleys which webbed the Grub street section. At any rnto, by tbe commencement of the eighteenth century Grub street had become quite iiutorlous as the poor authors' quarter of Loudon. The Finest Range ever showt. in Ladysmith. Electric Seal, Opos< sam, Flink, Bear, Per- sian Lamb, Wallaby, Sable, etc., from 25c to $35. DRYSDALE- STEVENSON Co., Ltd. ®* ttooooeoooooooooftPO0* SS' SWEATERS BOYS' SWEATERS! ® Fall and Winter Ur. derwear for Men, \ Women and Children. LADIES'GOLF JACKETS [Hosiery for Men, Women and Children. MENS' HEAVY TO PSHIRTS \ Gum Boots, Rubbers, Graniteware,! [Lamps, Tinware, Crockery. FAMILY GROCERIES Simon Leiser& Company, Ltd. a/VTACH£ STREET LADYSMITH GEORGE YUEN Merchant Taylor AU kinds of clothing cleaned and i cpaired. Take a Trip East OVER THE Canadian Pacific Now Is your time to net your winter supply of wood, we will delivtr you tour- font dry wood, which is hiuhI to three ricks ol 16 Inch wood, for f2.B0 J. Si'. LEIGH, *A*VS»WS*\*rV**r>A>V*» ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ For $6.oo Man nnd III. Chin. In man the front of the lower Jaw- bono possesses n well marked projection, known ns the cblu or mental prominence, covered by a fleshy pod of corresponding shape. In all other backboned nnlmnls the Jawbone slopes back without any such protuberance. It is a singular fact that tho prefceuce of a well marked chin Is associated wltb firm character and well marked Intellectual qualities. This Is one of the best founded rules In character delineation by physiognomy. The late Professor Huxley used to Illustrate the matter by drawing a profile with good chin on the blackboard and then wiping out the chin and replacing It by a receding curve. Any one who repeats the experiment will be surprised at the result The reason Is not clear, but wo may perhaps say that a well developed Jaw Is associated with good digestive powers, which have more to do wltb character than one might at hist sight sup. DOM, Too Good lllalilniiuerl. Borne years ago a vote was taken among the men nl' a cei'laln highland regiment (at that time not wearing the kilt) to find out bow many would be In favor of wearing the highland costume. In due time the sergeant major up- peered before the commanding ollicer with the result of tho voting. C. O.—Well, sergeant major, how many ore lu favor of Hie kilt? 8. M.—Two men, sir. O. O.—Only two. Well, I'm glad there are at least two good highbinders in. the regiment. What ure thcir names, sergeant major? S, M.-Prlvntes Patrick O'Brien and Michael Itouuey, sir. We will give you a genuine 7-J