1s< , ������ \ ������ V \ \ NUMBER 14. AINSWOBTH, BRITISH COLUMBIA, DECEMBER 12, 1891, TEN CENTS SIBKKIA SOT SO BAD A * M r������#1'���������* HOT SPEDJ&S HEWS: ADTSWOETH, B. 0., DEOEMBEE 12, 1891. ' ��������� !' ���������- tt- \f V>lt i l >M',> Hit ������-' f ^f~{. ��������� ��������� .' -i 1?������, P'iiLi'" X' A- '. THE HOT SPRINGS NEWS IS PUBLISHED ON SATf urdays, and will be mailed to subscribers at the following rates, payable in advance: One year $4, six months $2.50, three months $1.50. Advertising; rates given on application, 1������0 communication or letter over an anonymous signature will be printed. ^ HO USTON & INK, Proprietors. ot brings ������,ztos. THEY HATE HIM BECAUSE HE IS AN AMERICAN The English and Canadian press are of one mind in attributing: to mr. Blaine no higher motive, when dealing with affairs of state, than a desire to please the Irish people and influence the Irish vote. They appear to believe the Irish vote controls the United States, and that without its aid no political party could retain office. If the Irish vote had the influence claimed for it by the English and Canadian press, is it not strange that more Irishmen are not returned to congress from districts peopled largely by Irish? In the last 20 years, at no one time has there been more than 3 typical English- bating Irishmen in the congress of the United States. This fact alone is pretty good evidence that the Irish vote, in national politics, has as little influence in the United States as it has in England, where it has never been able to return more than 2 members to parliament���������one from ; a Liverpool district and one from a district in Manchester. So in the United States, the Irish vote-influences the; election of congressional candidates in one or two of the large cities���������like "New York and Bostbn^-bnt its influence in the .country: districts is so small as not to effect -presidential elections. Then, is it likely that an acknowledged shrewd politician would be always seeking to win the support of a vote that is without overshadowing influence? Mr. Blaine is hated by the English and the people of Canada for no other reason than that he is first, last, and all the time an American, whose statesmanship tends to advance and protect the interests of his country and its people. THE "BACKCAPPER" AND THE "BOOMER." What is known in mining camps as the "back> capper" is very justly an object of abhorrence. He is a man who if not allowed to> "stand in''on sales will use any means to give a "black eye" to a property on which a deal is being made. These men are the greatest pests of mining camps, and so far the lake districts have been pretty free of them. On the other hand, are men who think they are in duty bound to recommend any and every claim offered ..for: sale, regardless of its character. The argument they use is that it brings money into the country, an argument that is fallacious. The fact is that such sales, more than any other cause, tend to keep money out of a district, Such is the uncertainty regarding undeveloped prospects, that one or two conspicuous failures surely result in discouraging and turning from their purpose scores of intending investors. A FREE TRADE ARGUMENT The Kamloops Sentinel, in discussing the lead question, says: "It is a well-known and accepted principle " that when any country has a surplus of any " kind of produce, for which it must seek a for- " eign market, the price obtained for that sur- " plus regulates the price paid by the home eoii- " sumers. Take, for example, the wheat crop " of the United States. A tariff of 20 cents per bushel is imposed on imported wheat, but it cuts no figure' at all, because they have a sur- (t a t "plus for exportation, and the price obtained " at Liverpool or Mark Lane, England, for this " surplus, fixes the price at home, which is the .*���������' Mark Lane quotation, less the cost of sending " it to that market. The same principle pre- " cisely prevails as to Canadian lead. The entire " production will be worth to the producer the "net price obtained for the surplus which is " marketed abroad." The argument of the Sentinel does not hold good. The price of lead in the United States is not governed by the London price; if it was, according to the Sentinel's argument, lead would be selling for less in New York than in London. The latest obtainable New York quotation for lead is 4J cents a pound, as against 3j in Montreal and 3������ in London. ���������=~- BOUNDARY LINE DISPUTES, There appears to be no end to the disputes likely to arise over boundaries. The boundary between Alaska and British Columbia is in dispute, as is the boundary between Ohio and Indiana, and Indiana and Illinois. The latest is that the international boundary line between the United States and Canada is a quarter of a mile too far north. Twenty years ago the owners of farms in Canada were in a continual sweat over "line fences," many farmers being required to move these evidences of property rights every time a new surveyor settled in their neigblxM^. hood. Finally the question became one that required legislative action, and the legislature very wisely passed a law making all existing "line fences,"] no matter how crooked, the boundaries between farms. So with the present boundary lines between states, provinces, and nations. Let them stand as they are, and no one will suffer any great wrong. HA VE CONFIDENCE IN ALL HIS INVENTIONS. Edison, the wizard, is one of the most remarkable personages that has everappeared upon the stage of human life? In the field of inven- tion he has so far distanced all competitors that he stands out as a unique personality. It is characteristic, too, of his inventions that they are not mere displays of mechanical ingenuity, such as often enables men to make useful improvements upon machinery constructed upon principles about which they know little or nothing. Edison's inventions, on the contrary, are in the main applications of the laws and forces which the science of the age has brought to light, to such practical uses as add very greatly to the comforts and conveniences of human life. He is, from this point of view, a world benefactor. A remarkable token of the triumphs of his wonderful inventive genius is seen in the confidence which has been implanted in the public mind that whenever he puts Brain and hand to any new project, his success is as good as assured. If it be true, therefore, that he has now undertaken to provide an electric motor which shall not only take the place of the smoky and noisy steam engine on long lines of railway, but at the same time increase the rate of speed of ordinary passenger or mail trains to one hundred miles an hour, without diminution of safety, the public generally will expect it to be done. It is said that the new invention is now in the hands of the Edison General Electric Company, and that negotiations are already in progress for the application of the system at an early day to one of the long lines of railway in the United States. Such a consummation would be, of course, far less wonderful than many of the achievements which are now matters of history and of daily convenience. But should the expectations that have been raised be realized, traveling by rail bids fair to become In the future a luxury in itself, apart from its objects. The removal of the smoke and the noise would relieve it of the chief causes of its present irk- someness. It seems probable, too, that the new motor, successfully applied, may be much less expensive than steam. There is at present, we believe, a well-founded and growing impression that the expense of railway travel is out of proportion to its cost on well-patronized lines. With cheapened motive power it seems, therefore, not unreasonable to expect a material decrease in the rates, a decrease which would of itself so greatly increase the volume as to go far even now to counterbalance a considerable reduction of rates, if only railway companies could be brought to see it. But traveling bids fair to become, in the good time coming, a universal luxury. Attention, Prospectors! Inn ������ i.f The undersigned is prepared to pack fftipplies for mine owners, miners, and prospectors FROM KASLO CITY TO THE 8LO0AK MINES, and to the mines on the headwaters and tributaries of Kaslo and Schroder crccka. Saddle horses will at all times be in readiness for travelers bound for the eldorados tribu- tary to Kaslo City. All orders left at Green Brothers* stores at Kaslo City and Ainsworth will receive prompt attention, ^ . HUGH MCL&OD. Kaslo City, B. G��������� December 10th, 1891* II " ' v ' ���������m.'L������imMlmM^M������M^���������WiM.m, , T *"M������-'rl" ���������" -*������ w|immnhhhi^.|H n iMiia,MMmttwvw inwmia f mm The Kootenay Smelting and Trading Syndicate, Limited, of BeveLstoke, B, 0. are prepared to sample and purchase all kinds ot Gold, Silver, and Lead ORES Prices and all information furnished on application. J. CAMPBELL, manager. Henry Andekson. Notary Public. John L. Uktali^ok. & Retallack, Real Estate and Mining Brokers, Conveyancers, Etc, Crown Grant* obtained for Mineral Claim*. Agent* for Absentee Claim Ownm. Collection* .Hade. Correspondence Solicited. Office in Townsite office, Sutton street, Ainsworth, B..'C. BREMNER & WATSON, AINSWOKTII, B. ���������. PACK AND SADDLE HORSES FOR HIRE. Contracts taken for hauling HUpplicH, machinery, ore, etc., to and from mines in Hot Springs district. ALL TEAMING WORK UNDERTAKEN. Agents for Itavi^H-Say ward Sawmill Company s Lumber, itloltling*, and Shingle*. \r I' A ������������������H K k ��������������� ^ HOT SPMHGS HEWS: AIHSWOBTH, B. 0., DBOEMBEE 12, 189L XMAS PRESENTS / i������fz < ��������������� consisting of Ladies Toilet Sets in plush and silver, Manicure Sets, Ladies Work and Jewel Boxes, Glove and Handkerchief Cases. Also, XMAS CARDS, Gents Smoking and Shaving-Sets, Fancy Goods of all kinds. Prices reasonable. Inspection W. F. Teetzel & Co. \* Telephone 36. <> > r Chemists and Druggists, Nelson, B. C. A QliEKR STOKY. Just to the south of where the road between Leesville and Hurdy, in the state of Missouri, crosses the east fork of May creek stands an abandoned house. Nobody has lived in it since the summer of 1879, and it is fast going to pieces. For some 3 years before the date mentioned it was occupied by the family of Charles May, from one of whose ancestors the creek near which it stands was named. Mr. May's family consisted of a wife, an adult son, and 2 girls "in their teens." The son's name was John���������the names of the daughters are unknown to the writer of this sketch. John May was of a morose and surly disposition, not easily moved to anger, but having an uncommon gift of sullen, implacable hate. His father was quite otherwise; of a sunny, jovial disposition, but with a quick, hot temper, like a sudden flame which is kindled in a wisp of straw, consumes it in a flash and is no more. He cherished no resentments, and, his anger gone, was quick to make overtures for reconciliation. He had a brother living near by who was unlike* him in respect of all this, and it was a current witticism in the neighborhood that John had inherited his disposition from his uncle. 'One day a misunderstanding arose between the father and the son, harsh words ensued, and the father struck the son full in the face with his fist. John quietly wiped away the blood that followed the blow, fixed his' eyes upon the already penitent offender!, and said with cold composure. "You will die for that." The words were overheard by 2 brothers named Jackson, who were approaching the men at the moment; but seeing them engaged in a quarrel they retired, apparently unobserved. Charles May afterward related the unfortunate occurrence to his wife and explained that he had apologized to the son for the fiasty blow, but ���������without, avail": the young man not only rejected his overtures, but refused to withdraw his terrible threat. Nevertheless there was no open rupture of relations; John continued living with the "family and things were very much as before. One Sunday morning'in June, 1870, about 2 .weeks' after-what has been related, May senior left the house immediately after breakfast, taking a spade wit.lvhi.in. He said he was going to make an excavation at a certain spring in a wood about a mile away, so that the cattle could obtain water. John remained in the house for some hours, variously occupied in shaving himself, writing letters, and reading a newspaper. His manner was very nearly'what it usually .was--perhaps he was'a trifle more sullen and surlv. At 2 o'clock he left the house. At 4:25 he returned. For some reason not connected with any interest in his movements, and which is not now recalled, the time of his departure and that of his return were noted by his mother and sisters, as was attested at his trial for murder. It was observed that his clothing was wet in spots, as if (so the prosecution pointed out) he had been removing blood stains from it. His manner was strange, his look wild. He com plained of illness, and, going to his room, took to his bed. * . ' May pere did not return. Late that evening the nearest neighbors were aroused, and during that night and the following day a search was prosecuted through the wooa where the spring was. It resulted in little but the discovery of both men's footprints in the clay about the spring. John May in the mean time had grown rapidly worse with what the local physician called brain fever, and in his delirium raved of murder, but did not say whom he conceived, to have been murdered, nor who he imagined had done the deed. But his threat was recalled by the brothers Jackson and he was arrested, on suspicion and a deputy sheriff put in charge of him at his home. Public opinion ran strongly against him, and but for his illness he would probably have been hanged by a__mob. As it was a meeting of the /neighbors was held on Tuesday and a committee appointed to watch the case and take such action at any time as the circumstances might seem to warrant. On Wednesday all was changed. From the town of Nolan, 8 miles away, came a story which Sut a quiet different aspect upon the matter, olan consists of a school-house, a blacksmith's shop, a "store," and a half dozen dwellings. The store was then, and possibly is now, kept by one Henry Odell, a cousin of the elder May, On the afternoon of the Sunday of May's disappearance mr. Odell and 4 of his neighbors, men of credibility, wTere sitting in the store smoking and talking. It was a warm day, and both front and hack doors were open. At about 3 o'clock Charles May, who was well known to 4 of them, entered at the front door and passed out at the rear. He was without hat or coat. He did not look at them nor return their greeting, a circumstance which did not surprise, for he was evidently seriously hurt. Above the left eyebrow was a wound���������a deep gash from which the blood had flowed, covering the whole left side of the face and neck and saturating his light gray shirt. Oddly enough the thought uppermost |n the minds of all was that he had ���������been -fighting and was going to the brook that ran directly back of the store to wash himself. Perhaps there was a feeling of delicacy���������a backwoods etiquette which restrained them from following him to offer assistance; the court 'records,- from which mainly this narrative is drawn, are silent as to anything but the fact. They waited for him to return, but he did not return. Bordering the brook back of the store is a forest extending 6 miles back to the Medicine Lodge hills. As soon as it became known in the neighborhood of the missing man's dwelling that he had been seen in Nolan, there was a marked alteration in public sentiment and feeling. The vigilance committee went out of existence without the formality of a resolution. The deputy sheriff relaxed his solicitude. Search along the'wooded bottom lands of May creek was stopped and nearly the entire male population of the region took to beating the bush about Nolan and in the Medicine Lodge hills. But the missing man was not found. One of the strangest circumstances of this strange case is the formal indictment and trial of a man for murder of one whose body no human being professed to have seen���������one not known to be dead! We are all more or less familiar with the humors and eccentricities of frontier law, but this instance, it is thought, is unique. However that may be, it is of record that on recovering from his illness John May- was indicted for the murder,-of his missing father. Council for the defense appears not to have demurred, and the case was tried pii its merits. The prosecution was spiritless arid perfunctory; the defense easily established���������with regard to the deceased���������an alibi. If during the time in which John May must have killed Charles May, if he had killed him at all, Charles May was miles away from where John May could have been it jte plain that "the deceased" must have come to his death at the hands of some one else, J John May was acquitted, immediately left the country and has never been heard of from that day.* Shortly afterward his nipt her and, sisters removed to St. Louis; The farm: having'passed into, the possession of, a man who owns the>land adjoining and has a dw^liinjg^bf ^his own,:?the: May house has ever since ;b$en vJacant^ana'Bas^ the sombre reputation ,of being'i'hauntSd,'V[-.iAsii extraordinary fact in its .later history is \tfiat within its walls death* has overtaken no fewer than 3 of the 5 men who testified to the presence of Charles May in mr. OdelTs store at Nolan.* Two of them, Abner Gray and Parker Robinson, took shelter in it from a storm, quarreled���������about what no one knows ��������� and fatally shot one another. The other, Axnasa T. Filder, entered it one dark night in a spirit of bravado and was found next day in the principal room, stone dead of what the coroner s jury was pleased to name "a visitation of ������ God. But that is later history. One day in September, 1879, directly after the May family had left the country, some boys playing in the woods along May creek found concealed under a mass of dead leaves, but partly exposed by the rooting of. hogs, a spade nearly new and quite bright except a spot on one edge, which was rusted and stained with blood. The implement had the initials C. M. cut into the handle. The discovery renewed, in some degree, the public excitement of a few months before. The earth near the spot where the spade was found was carefully examined arid the result was the finding of the dead body of a man. It had been buried under 2 or 3 feet of soil and the spot covered with a layer of dead leaves and twigs. There was but little decomposition, a fact attributed to some preservative property in the mineral bearing soil. Above the left eyebrow was a wound���������a deep gash from which the blood had flowed, covering the whole left side of his face and neck and saturating the light gray shirt. The skull had been cut through by the blow.- The body was that of Charles May. But who was the man who passed through mr. OdelPs store at Nolan? i a". ���������.: - 'ft !*'.' HENRY & ADAMS, PIONEER DRUG- STORE, AINSWORTH, B. C. Drugs and Medicines, Wall Paper, Paints and Oils, Tobacco and Cigars, Fishing Tackle, Stationery, etc. W-1. jii'lj-fe -���������v. 'yl 1? .y S' *x ;j "is* "'$!���������;.' -if, Mi lW>" '������-J -. iV-'i 12 "/������������������", ���������hi . "K" -J v j. A ,rjy ., X * .J - '���������'-ft > ' i ���������- ;i" .'W.-B ,5-" 1. HOT SPBINGS MEWS: AINSWOBTH, B. 0., DJGOEMBEB 12, 189L o \ ..,. \ \ , it - : tX - ���������"''��������� *&.-:* v nj-",- V y Fletcher A to.) CREAM OF THE WOKLI������'& XKWVS. Bar silver was, quoted at ������ML| cents an ounce in ' ������New York on tlie 5th. The Democrats elected to the fifty-third congress, in caucus, have chosen Crisp of Georgia for speaker, and as that party has a large majority in the house, mr. Grisij will be the next speaker..0 His selection is a victory for^the anti- Cleveland wing of the Democratic party, mr Cleveland favoring the selection of mr. Mills of Texas. It is also a victory for tlie."protection wing ;of the party, as mr. Crisp is ii moderate protectionist, whu$ mr. Mills is a radical free , tra&er. -.; '.. . >-\../ ' ' ' ,'", ���������' \\ '/It;is believed that Arizona andl New Mexico ;willi' both be, admitted into the Unipn as states atjxthe' present session of coiigress., Utah will , not be admitted, because that territory is still tainted with Mormon ism; .A dispatch ou the, 5th from North Dakota states that the greatest snow blizzard that ever struck thai) blizzard-tossed country was then raging, and that more snow had fell than in the preceding 3 years. Doru Pedro, late emperor of Brazil, died of diabetis at the hotel Bedford in Paris on the 4th instant; aged 65 years. According to a census bulletin, the total population of the Blaak Hills countiosof South Dakota is 33,259. Lawrence county is the most populous, having 11,673. The town of Dead- wood has 2366 population and Rapid City 2128. New Westminster is in the throes of a municipal campaign. Of course "Billy" Townsend is a candidate for mayor, so is "Jim" Cunningham and a small potato "named Walker. The office of Russell Sage, one of New York's wealthiest bankers and brokers, was badly shattered on the 4th instant by an explosion. A man called at the office; wanted $1,200,000; did not get it, arid dropped a leather hag which exploded. Several clerks and callers were killed, among those killed being the man who wanted the money. Russell Sage was also seriously injured*, : A special to the Toronto Globe from Ottawa, the 4th instant, states the impression is gaining ground that the Abhott government must go to the people; that its reorganization on satisfactory lines is hardly possible. It is reported the Canadian Pacific will double track its road from Port Arthur to Winnipeg, a distance of 431 miles. The Dnminion government has decided to construct a new canal on the north shore of St. Lawrence river, about 40 miles abdve Montreal, in order to avoid the Cascade rapids. It is estimated the cost will be $4,750,000. Tenders will be invited at an early date. Cyrus W. Field, through whose persistency and enterprise England and American were coiir nected by cable, is dying in New York city at the age of 72 years. His only son was the man- 0 agin^ member of a firm that disgracefully failed a few days ago, and the old man feels that death would be a welcome solace to him. He feels that his name has been tarnished, notwithstanding the fact that he has sacrificed his all to keep his son from bankruptcy. The Canadian Pacific intends putting on a line of fast steamers between Quebec and Plymouth, England, so that passengers can be landed at the World's fair in Chicago fully 48 hours earlier than by any other route. Ex-secretary for Ireland Balfour, in a speech at Huddersfieid, Yorkshire, on the 1st instant, stated that it was the duty of the government to give Ireland local self-government if it could be safely done, but only on lines that would protect the loyal minority. kusto City. Passengers that came down on the Galena this afternoon report the men who were lately with engineer Keen surveying a route for- a wagoii road up Kaslo creek to the mines in the Slocan district now at work clearing the tovvnsite at Kaslo City. The trail builders, are still at work. Before leaving.for-.Victoria erigineer Keen stated that the distance from Kaslo City to the mines was not as great as at first believed. He made the distance from Kaslo City to the forks of the creek 3^ miles, and the distance from the forks to the lakes on the divide about 11 miles. MM AL AKIfc I������ttltSO.V4L. i It is understood that work will be* returned at once on the United, under the forinauship of Thomas Lister. Dr. Campbell, the manager, leaves Ainsworth oh Monday for the outside, ���������The Methodi&t church was dedicated on last Sunday, rev. mr. Turner officiating,'Sam Green taking up the collection. The attendance was large. o E. R. Athertnn.iwho has sold more goods than any other man in Nelson, started on Tuesday for his old homeat Woodstock, New Brunswick, where he will put in the winter teaching the boys "Mineralogy and Metallurgy; or How to Become Successful Prospectors." lie went, by way of the Northern Pacific, The merchants of Ainsworth are rustlers, and are corralling about all the trade there is on the main lake. They say the Nelson 'merchants are not in it with them. A. B. Hendryx, after taking a look at the smelter site at '.Pilot Bay, left for New Haven, Connecticut, on Tuesday. He is reported as well pleased with the site'and the progress made in clearing it. The work of sinking in the Krao shaft is making good progress. A number of Ainsworth/s prospectors will be fixed for the winter7-if a certain high-roller's checks and drafts on a Spokane bank are honored. After a week's sojourn at Spokane, John L. Retallack is firm in the belief that the future of Ainsworth is as bright asa new-minted 20-dollar piece. He reports Spokane stagnant, but that the site is an ideal one for a gr-eat city. The Ainsworth .Miners' Union has rented the second story of the Wilson ���������& Perdue building for a hall, which proves that the boys mean /.business. ������������������ The steam hoist on the Tenderfoot works-to perfection,; The engine and boiler were.manufactured in -Toronto, Ontario, by f he Joh'iv Dot v hngme Company.";'.' Although the pump was - ��������� purchased; from the same company-.-it is of American rnanui'acture, nod no doubt paid duty even though it is now used for mining purposes. Wright Street, AINSWORTH. Wright Street, AINSWORTH jDIE^XaEIRS MST Miners' Supplies, Iron and Steel, Hardware, Groceries, Provisions, Boots and Shoes, Dry Goods, Clothing, Men's Furnishings, Etc., Etc. 1ST. IB- Having bought the stock and book debts of the late firm of E. S. WILSON & 00., all parties having outstanding accounts are requested to call and settle them as soon as possible.