Tlie Mines In Kootenay lire Anion? (lie 111 chest in America. E N 15 1394 ** BM,������������ sjaSver, ilipsscr. :.: ��������� .-:ii3lj, and there hns linen a continued fall during tho yveek, on Thursday silver yvas quoted at (iH.j-, and yesterday the market opened at 63^-, und closed with a further- fall to (Si1-. <,'<>l>|ii-.i-. ^, Good merchantable, has receded, ae- ^���������..ording to Jit in es Lewis "- .' Instead of blindly opposing it the British Columbia Cattle Co. at Victoria are importing-Australian, mutton themselves. TheB. C. farmer is not having a overy rosy time of it one way and another. - According to the Daily Columbian the Nanaimo Telegram has suspended publication and its manager, Mr. W. J. Gallagher has assigned. But in the suit brought against him for libel by the Nanaimo Reform Club the Grand Jurv found "no bill." - Mr. Griffiths, a member of the staff of Pearson's Weekly, is travelling round the world in the "shortest on record" time. He reached Vancouver by the Empress of China on 1st May and at once proceeded on the east bounci express to New York. He expects to accomplish the circumnavigation of the globe in 63i days. At Vancouver.he yvas one day- ahead of his schedule time. An attempt has been made by the opposition press to jshow that Mr. Brown's retirement from political life yvas oyving to pressure brought to bear on Sir Adolphe Caron,>. the Postmaster General,. by the Hon. Theodore Davie and other' members of our present government. Sir Adolph now yvrit.es to say that this is entirely .untrue. The sole reason for his interference being the inconvenience caused by Mr. Brown's continual absence from his office. CANADIAN NEWS. There are 1000 men out of yvork in Winnipeg. Salaries on the Grand Trunk Raihvay are to be reduced by 10,per ceut. One thousand men in the repair-shops of the Grand Trunk Raihvay have been discharged within the last three yveeks in the attempt to balance revenue and expenditure. The lumber yards of the Ontario & Western Lumber-.Company, ''covering many acres at Rat Portage, have been totally destroyed by fire. The loss is $125,000 with $80,000 insurance. President Van" Horne, Mr. Shaugh" nessy, Alexander'Skinner, director, London; Fafrer Govett-Erskine, London; Sir Casimir Gzow.ski, and Robert Jaffrey, Toronto, have'"Jeft Montreal for the Pacific coast, v-m their .annual tour of inspection. The Canadian Pacific earnings for March, 1S94, .yvere $1,382,119; working expenses, $908,748; net, profits, $413,371. For March, 1893, the profits were $507,- 805. "For the three months ending March 81, 1894, the figures are as follows: Gross earnings. $3,927,120; working expenses, $2.950���������19G; net profits, $970,930. The debts of the Provinces are as follows : Quebec, $15,546,000, or $10.43 per head ; Nova Scotia, $1,359,000,- or $3 per head; Neyv Brunswick, $1,894,000, or $5.89 per head ; Manitoba, $098,000, or $4.43 per head.; British Columbia, $020, 000, or $6.58 per .head ; and Prince Edyvard Island, $185,000, or $1.70 per head, Ontario is in the happy position of having no debt. At St, Albans, Quebec, a landslide b'jviodeeven h'onicS;'swept a mill out of existence, killed" four people and did damage amounting'to 340,000. A later telegram says that a fresh disaster, still more calamitous than that of last Friday morning, threatens the parish of St. Albans, ia the shape of a vast lake, said to be 150 i'eet deep, yvhich has been created by the formation of a huge dyke above the parish church. If the dyke gives way, as seems probable, the consequences will be most disastrous. Iff8 OF THE WORLD. L Her Majesty the Queen has returned to London from Germany. ?���������Cholera-is increasing^in-Portugal and- has crossed the frontier into Spain. . There is great excitement in Kentucky where Breckenridge is seeking re-election to Congress. It is reported that a bill to legalize marriage yvith the Deceased Wife's Sister is to be introduced into the House of Lords. A bill providing an eight hours yvork- ing day for miners lias "passed its second reading in the House- of Commons by 281 .to 104. The debt of the united States on April 30th yvas $1,017,550,979, an increase for; the month of $1,100,971. Cash in the treasury, $790,825,050. Sheffield is anxious to folloyv the example of Manchester' and a movement is on foot to build a canal from the Cutlers city to the sea. James Spencer. Balfour the Liberator swindler has been brought before the courts in Buenos Ayres for^extradition, but he has been released on bail and is expected to try and leave the country. - The women of Neyv Zealand yvho have noyv yvon the right of voting for members of parliament are demanding as a logical sequence the right, to, sit in parliament themselves. Lord Rosebery in a speech last week at the City (of London) Liberal Club announced that the policy of his government yvould be vastly different to that of Mr. Gladstone,; Admiral de Gama has escaped from the Portugese man of war where he yvas held pending the demand for his surrender to the Brazilian Government, and it is said if he joins Mello there may be a renewal of the rebellion. The soft coal famine is beginning to be seriously felt in Chicago and some of the surrounding towns as well. Coal that ten days ago was practically a drug in the market at S3.75 a ton yvas eagerly sought for at So a ton, and it is claimed "by some dealers that as high as S5.50 was obtained for small quantities. The Captain of the TJ. S/Cruisor "Neyv York" reports that oyving to "peculiarities of construction" the compartment valves cannot be opened without imperilling the ship. The turrets yvill not revolve. Tho ammunition hoist is defective and the magazine is placed so near the furnaces that there is a danger of an explosion yvhich yvould destroy the ship every time the fires are lighted. The Heathen Chinee is hard to beat. There are numbers of almond eyed sons of paddy fields yvho are not. entitled to register under' the Geary Act, hut there appears to be no difficulty in registering tyvice. So Ah Ling who is entitled to register does so in tyvo or more places sells one of his extra certificates to Quong Tong, yvho is as like him as tyvo peas. There is a brisk trade in certificates along the Pacific Coast. t'ux'.ir'.-i Ai-miy. The American papers are still full of accounts of corninonyvoalers struggling eastwards. The movement has a stronghold in Washington and upyvards of a thousand men are, moving on Spokane from the Coast. Spokane unfortunately has hardly enough for herself at present, times are pretty bad there, and her people do not" care about having to feed a couple of thousand star boarders. The commonyvealers syvartu on every train going easUvards from Se.att le or Tacoma. A gentleman- whourrived-in Nelson from the Sound on Wednesday informed us that it yvas impossible to keep the cars clear of them. They sat on the steps, on the roofs, e.voryyvhere. As fast as one part of the train yvas cleared of them they rushed to another. Along the line of the Northern Pacific there-are some 40 marshals armed yvith Winchester's, and earning $5 a day each. At Washington D. C, after a long executive session and consultation yvith the attorney for- the district, a manifesto yvas prepared and given out yvhich calls attention to the'tact that the right of petition does not extend to the lengths the Coxeyites ,appear to imagine. Those yvho.meditate coining to tlie capital are warned that only hardship and privation await them hero. . Meanyy'hile Coxey' and Broyvn and Jones, leaders of the band at Washington, yvere-arrested on the stops of the Capitol as they yvere attempting to address their- followers.". They yvere tried on the charge of carrying banners in the Capitol grounds and yvalking on the grass. Not very serious matters apparently. Coxey and Broyvn yvere found guilty and Jones yvas acquitted. The former tyvo have applied for a neyv trial. Sickness has broken out in their camps, and if the Sanitary Inspectors find ground for complaint, Mr. Coxey yvill get into trouble on that score. -The latest accounts state that many of the bands yvhere they find food steadily refused, transport unobtainable, and the "key of the prairie" given them as a lodging house are breaking up ahd'irielt- ihg ~;i\vay". ."*"" The Chicago Tribune publishes a roster, made up to April 25th, of the number of comnionyvealersin the different auuies marching to Washington. There are fourteen armies, actually in the march, composed of 7,054 men, in Ioyva, California, Maryland, Color-ado, Massachusetts, Ohio, Neyv Jersey, Washington, Indiana, Montana and Wisconsin. Illinois, South Dakota and Oregon are preparing to start their contingents and organization is actively progressing in several other states. A report has just reached Nelson to the effect that matters have reached a crisis in Washington. No (letails'have yet arrived, but in consequence of some action of the common yvealers the military yvere compelled lo tire on them; discharging over 400 rounds of amunilion. firc-mon, conductors, brakemon, boiler- makeis, t.aokmen, section men and blacksmiths. The reduction iu the cases, of those men yvas 10 per cent. TJie committee tuolc up the cases of the car inspectors, car repai:ors, oilers, operators, elc. In these cases the wages of the men yvere practically restored, there being only minor points of difference on yvhich there could be no serious disagreement. The final settlement arrived at by the committee, on the cases of the men which President Hill yvas not yvilling to concede yvithout argument, yvas (hat 75 per cent, of the reduction in yvages since August should be restored. More (rouble "Feared. circles and on the members of the Union it is stated ing in bad faith St. Paul, May 0.���������The Globe says all is not harmony in the Great" Northern authority of leading American Raihvay that company is act- in not wailing for a complete adjustment of the differences by arbitration before beginning to follow the same course that led up to the strike in some particulars. It is quietly suggested the road could be tied up again in a few hours' time. The Great Northern employes' conference committee is said to be again assembling in this city and the officials and committee yvill go over the ground upon yvhich the neyv disputes have arisen.- The <:<>.-kl SIrliie. The number of coal miners out on the present great Sti ike, as given by an eastern authority is as folloyvs: Alabama, S,009; Tennessee and Kentucky,. 0.000: Indiana. 5,000; Ohio, 25,000; West Virginia, 4,800: Illinois, 28,000; [own. 1,-. 300; Indian Territory, 2,000; Missouri,. 4,500; Pennsylvania, 05.000; Colorado, 1,500; Michigan, 300. Total, 152,000. ��������� Birmingham, Ala.. May 4.���������The coa* miner's strike is unchanged. Both.sides are firm and thc coal supply is very loyv. DuLUTir. Minn., May 4.���������There has been no further outbreak at the Messa- ' ba-range today. Non-striking miners aro yvorking in the mines under the protection of the deputies and the militia. Roslxn, Wn., May 4.���������Work at all the mines on the Northern Pacific hast been suspended indefinitely. lire.U Voilherii Kail way. As yve announced last yveek the strike on this line, is over, but traffic has not got altogether into yvorking order yet. The settlement of the dispute yvas accomplished by the adjudication of the claims of the employees and the read rather than by- arbitration, the court being a joint committee of the' representatives of leading business organizations. This committee yvas organized at a conference of St. ''Paul and Minneapolis business men held at the Commercial Club in this city last Sunday- night. President Hill, of.the Great Northern, at once expressed his yvillingness to leave the settlement of the strike in the hands of these men. The strikers at first demurred, but finally agreed that they would meet Mr. Hill before the committee. The conference began ^ shortly after 4 o'clock in the rooms of the St. Paul Jobbers' Association. .President Debs, Vice-President Howard, of the A. R. U., and L. W. Rogers, editor of the official orcan of the American Railway Union, yvere present ou behalf of the strikers. Tlie result of the conference, yvhich lasted until late in the evening, is that the strikers gain nineteen- twentieths of the points made. President Hill conceded without argument the restoration of the wages of the engineers, Diamond 1Hiii:ijj.:) The De Beers aud the Kimberley mines "are probably the tyvo biggest holes which greedy man has ever dug into-the earth, the area of the former at the surface being 13 acres, yvith a depth -of 450 feet, the area and depth of the latter being even greater. These mines are uoilougeryvorked from the. surface, but from shafts sunk at some dis. tance from the original holes, andpeuetrat-,. ing to the blue ground by transverse drivings at depths varying from 500 to 1200. feet. The blue ground when extracted is carried in small iron trucks to the "floors.'* ��������� These are made by removing the bush and grass from a fairly level piece of ground; the land is then rolled and made as hard and as smooth as possible. -These. "floors" are about "600 acres in extent. They "are covered to the depth of about a. foot yvith the blue ground, yvhich for a time remains ou them yvithout niiiflh manipulation. . . The heat of the situ and moisture soon have a yvoiiderful, effect upon it. Large- pieces yvhich yvere as hard as ordinary sandstone yvhen taken from the mine soon commence Lo crumble. At this/stage of the- yvork the yvinDing of the diamonds assumes more the nature of farming than of mining. The ground is continually-harrowed to.assist pulverization by exposing the larger pieces to the action of the sun and rain. The blue ground from Kimberley mine becomes quite well pulverized in three months, while that from De Beers requires double that -time. The longer the ground remains exposed the better it is for washing. The process of exposure being completed, the blue ground is then carried to very- large, elaborate and costly washing machines, in yvhich, by means of the action of running water, the diamonds are separated from the ordinary earth. It may be mentioned that in this process 100 loads of the blue ground are conceu- j tiated iulo one load of diamondiferous ! stuff. Another machine, the ''pulsator." i then separates this latter stuff, which ap- j-pears to be a mass of blue and dark pebbles | of all shapes, into four different sizes, ' ; yvhich then pass onto the assorters; ' The assorting is done on tables, first while < ��������� wet by yvhite men, and then dry by natives. ' ; The assorters work yvith a kind of trowel, | and their accuracy in detecting and sepa- :. rating the diamond from the eight different ! kinds of mineral formations yvhich reach them is almost unerring. KwsirxBvzr.Z"z:zzz:r���������rrx:zziz: THE MINER, NELSON B..C, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1894. ���������Zt.^.cr'.J^.-JT:'^^ taaaaaaasrsss^sisi ���������Tr-frr-gTr-.-w.ja-TFpfMy; ���������>upjr^f*i.'7jmrrr:^ I I. THE ELECTION OAIPAM GKEAT RATIFICATION MEETING AT KASLO. Mr. ltiieliniian Receives Universal SiinjMtrl KASi.fi, May .8, 1894. Tho most enthusiastic meeting ever- held iri Kaslo took place here on Friday night, in the Presbyterian Church. . The occasion yvas the ratification of the nomination of G. O. Buchanan, as Government candidate for the South Riding of West Kootenay in'the coining election, and it yvas done yvith an enthusiasm and unanimity which portends an overwhelming majority for the candidate. The house yvas filled to overflowing, there being over 200 people present, and all true supporters of Mr. 'Buchanan and the present Government. The meeting was called to order by John Keen, chairman. H. Byers beingelected Secretary, a numerously signed requisition, asking Mr- Buchanan "to accept the nbin matron yvas read and Mr. Buchanan invited to reply. This he did in a half. hour's speech', filled yvith facts and reasons yvhy the Government should bo, supported and why he endorsed their actions. He re- . pudiated the idea of being nominated in Victoria as alleged by the opposition, and said, he yvas much, (and liiorej the nominee of the people as the candidate . on the other side. He. thought-it, on a calm revieyv of the .yvhole situation, certain that the present govern merit yvill be returned, so, even for business reasons, not to mention the services in the past, Kaslo should support them. He said, if he told them hoyv poor the opposition's chances in the country yvere, .they might send one from here to cheer ���������them up. It yvas not foi past or present .but future reasons yvhy yve should send a Government supporter- to Victoria, for he expected a great future for this clis- ��������� trict and a heavy legislation iuits favour. In concluding a clear and forcible speech, , he heartily accepted the nomination, and pressed upon all the necessity of combined effort; and believed that yvith their assistance he yvould be returned ..'.with a.large majority. The folloyving resolutions were then read by the Chairman: 1. That the present government has been vigorous and progressive in Provincial " affairs, and has done yvell for this Riding, generally, in the past. .2. That for- this reason, and as representing a poyverful united party, the Government should receive support in the coming election. 3. ThatG. O. Buchanan, Esq,, J. P��������� is a fit, and proper person to be recommended to the electorate as a candidate. 4. That a general committee of Government supporters should be formed for Kaslo locality, composed of those now present yvith poyver to add to their number, and that the officers of such committee should be a Chairman, four r.VicP-Chaii-man, and an Honorary Sec- retarv, to be =noyv appointed, or to be elected at a meeting of the Committee convened for that purpose���������as the case may be. . 5. -, That an Executive Committee of :' fifteeen supporters, and its Chairman, be appointed, yvith poyver to its Chairman to appoint, four additional Committeemen, and that the Chairman of the General Committee be ex officio ah ordinary member of the " Executive 'Committee. * ' ."-���������' Moved by D, C. McGregor, seconded by J. L. Retallack, that "the resolutions as read be adopted en bloc. Carried. An opportunity yvas -noyv given to all supporters to express their vieyvs, and . the following responded: Mr. A. Carney said, that after hearing Mr. Buchanan's speech, he yvas certain "of election, arid . thought he needed no parrot to do his talking. He yvas. curtain the candidate yvas honest and honourable, ��������� and his interests yvere those of the toyvn and tho district so it yvas "sufficient guarantee" that bin-cause yvould be safe, in his hands. On behalf of the electors the most encouraging speeches yvere made by Messrs. Retallack, Stone, Fletcher, Wright, Goodwin, McGregor, Perry and Walker, Mayor Kane said that, as our American '-friends were, so deeply interested yvith us in all business relations, and forming ��������� a greater part of our population, that they be alloyved to speak their vieyvs on ' the present situation. In response the folloyving gentlemen, Messis^-Davenport, Erwin, Eyvart and Goldstein gave t heir- assurances of hearty support of the candidate. These, gentlemen . all thought it ex- - "tremely ill advised to antagonise the - government at the present time. An executive committee of Government supporters composed of the following gentlemen, yvith poyver to add, were appointed to . act in conjunction with the Nelson contingent: J. L. Retallack, O. T. Stone, J. Fletcher, A. W. Wright. G.0 T. Kane, W. Good- yvin, C. E. Perrv, A. Carney, E. F: Smith, H. Ingram, D. C. McGregor, T. A. Garland, B. R. Atkins, D. P. Kane, D. C McCalum; James Gillis, J. F. Kennedy, Henry Cody, A. McKenzie, J. D. Marsden. I Mr* LOTS A new Raihvay ^mder Construction.- Buy before the Market rises in the Raihvay Centre and Seat of Government of West Kootenay. Choice Building and Residence Property. REBATE ALLOWED FOR THE ERECTION OF GOOD BUILDINGS Also Lots for Sale in NAKUSP DAWSON and ROBSON. Apply for Prices, "Maps, etc., to FRANK FLETCHER, Land CominissioncrC. & K. lly. Co., Nelson', B.C. Eteefloii \eyvs. Messrs. Tully, Boyce, A. Shayv. and C. C. McKenzie have been nominated as opposition candidates for Nanaimo South. Mr. Sword has been selected as opposition candidate for Dewdney. Ex-mayor S. D. Curtis is standing for Neyv Westminster iri the government interest; Mr. J. B. Kennedy, the opposition candidate for Neyv Westminster' City, addressed his constituents' on Saturday last and a committee yvas formed to secure his election. Mi'. J. W. St'x'uiith has retired from the contest, for tho Richmond seat and Mr. John Hendry has consented tostand in his stead in'tho government, interest. The right man has been selected in the South Riding of Kootenay, in the person of Mr. G. O. Buchanan, of Kaslo, '"to carry the government standard on to victory. Mr. Buchanan has long boon indentifiod with the district of yvhich he is one of the most enterprising citizens. He has gained fame as the silver-tongued orator-of the interior.,"and has a reputation for trustworthiness that cannot be gainsaid.��������� Vancouver World. GOLD IN MONTNA. Have IToU Seen, Tke New UNCONDITIONAL NONFORFEITABLE s ACCUMULATIVE POLICY. ISSUED BY - CONFEDERATION LIFE ASSOCIATION. ��������� TOEOITTO, OISTT.A.'R.I^., It is a simple promise to pay the sum insured, in the event, of death. It is absolutely free from all restrictions as to residence, travel and occupation. It is entirely void of all conditions save the payment of the premiums. It provides,for the payment of the claim immediately upon proof of death. It offers six modes of settlement at the end of the Dividend Period. It is absolutely and automatically non-forfeitable after tyvo years. The insured being entitled to: (a)'Ext ended insurance yvithout application for the full amount of the policy, for the further-period of. time definitely sot forth in the policy, or on surrender to a (h) Paid up Policy, the amount of yvhich is yvritten in the policy, or after live years to a. (c) Cash Value, as guaranteed in the policy. Full information furnished upon application to the Head Office, or'to any of the company's Agents. See this policy before insuring. <������������������ W. A. JOWETT, J. D. BREEZE ������Seiicrnl Ajse.nl fin- it. ������;. Agent for Kelson, til Cordova Street. Vancouver. V An OUl Time Hush. A special to the Anaconda Standard says: "It is a yvell-knoyvn fact that many years ago Silas Ivies discovered.gold in paying quantities at a point about fifty miles from Glasgoyv. The Indians yvere so numerous at that time that Ivies was driven ayvay, and some say he, yvas killed by the redskins. At all events, trappers and hunters have spent years in searching for those mines yvithout success. "Last January S. E. Alexander, one of the oldest miners ifi the. country, in crossing the bad lands, discovered gravel that bore traces of gold. He tested the ground and found that it gave from lli ree-to-eighteeh-colors-to-tlie-panr���������He- built a shack, came to Glasgoyv for flour' arid bacon and then secretly returnedto his discovery, yvhere he has worked since with" gratifying results from a financial point of vieyv. Alexander yvas discovered yvhile at yvork by cowboys and at last yvas forced to admit that he'had struck rich pay ground. "The neyvs was brought to Glasgoyv and an old time stampede resulted. The mines are located on Box Creek, and a. thorough search of the country resulted in the finding of an old shack." Parts of firearms, and even the holes dug by old man Kies, and the scenes of "the latter's operations are noyv being inspected by hundreds of anxious people. The country around the discovery is being taken up for-miles and the stampede is growing daily, yvhile the excitement is intense and. a thousand and one rumors are floating around regarding tho richness of the' discoveries. The inhabitants of the newly found mines have named the camp-Alexander City in honor of the discoverer, and many Glasgoyv merchants have already established branch houses that are doing a rushing business. "There, are also rumors current that the yvhole thing is a huge, fake, hut I have seen and conversed with several reliable men yvho have visited the new camp, and they have all assured me that there is- every reason ..to" believe that a large section of the country is rich in gold, and all that'is needed to yvork the claims successfully is an abundance of yvater, yvhich can be secured from Box Creek, a good-sized stream. Mr. "Alexander is looked upon as a cool and conservative man, yvith large experience, atid he claims,that he can, and has, made as high as 812 per day yvithout going to bed rock. A number of miners are now ppeniug up Alexander's claim and if the results are ���������satisfactory the work on adjacent properties will be pushed yvith vigor. "Meantime the people, are flocking in from every, direction and -the country yvill be thoroughly prospected for the first time. I shall return to Glasgow tomorrow and from there yvill leave at once for Alexander City. If any new developments occur I will advise the Standard of the facts as early as possible." HE SUBSCRIBER HAS IN STOCK or en route from the Goast: '' 1 Carload Glass, Paints and Oils. 2 Carload Sash and Doors. 2 Carload Dry Char Fir Flooring, 4- inch. j Carload Dry Clear Fir Ceiling, 4 inch I Carload Factory Cedar, ��������� .An Immense Stock of Common Lumber, Shingles, Laths Mouldings, Etc., as usual. G. O. Buchanan, Kootenay Lake Sawmill^ NELSON AND KASL O.. VANCOUVER, B. C. Buxton & Rodney ���������yVIIOLISSALE AND RETAIL��������� ^TOBACCONISTS^ Agents for. the celebrated L. & CO. (Loeyve & Co.) B. B. B., and other best English Briar Root Pipes. Spokane Falls & Northern R'y. Nelson & Fort Sheppard R'y. All Rail to sjiobui; Wi, Leave 7.00 a.m.- NELSON Arrive 5.40 p.m. Commencing January 8th, 189-1, on Tuesday and Fridays trains yvill run through to Spokane, arriving there at 5,:$0 p.m. same day. Returniiig yvill leave Spokane at 7 a.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays, arriving at Nelson at5.40 p.m., making ,close connections yvith "SteaTner"Nelson-for~all���������Kootenay-"Lake points. ^ A large stock of " OWN MAKE " Pipes, Tobaccos of all kinds and all smoker's requisites kept on hand." country oiciti:it* icr imist prompti-v atti:m������i:i������ to. THE T"R-A.:D"E STJ."F"FI-.I"E]I3 >V.Vki;i li:i,l������ .HIXI'RAL CLAIM. rpAKE NOTICE that "I, as agent for; the' J- Canadian Pad tic ^lining and Milling Company- (Foreign) Free "Miner's Certificate No. 51730, intend, 00 days from the date hereof, to apply to the Gold Commissioner for n Certificate of Improvements for. the purpose of obtaining a Cro'yvn Grant of the'above claim; And further take notice that adverse claims must be sent to the "Mining Recorder, and action commenced before the issuance of such Certiticate of Improvements. A. D. WESTBY. Dated this 21th day of April, 1891. rr\ P. O'FAKRELL, ' SOLICITOR FOR PATENTS. Nelson, B. C. Drawings and Specifications made in the Oflice. All matter strictly confidential. WANTED.���������Situation in up country store. Thorough knoyvlege of dry goods, two years experiencein B. C. Indian and general trading. Apply to AI. A. H.} P. O, Box 252 Victoria, B.C. TAX NOTICE; "VTOTICE is hereby given, in accordance yvith -^ - the ..'Statutes,"' that Provincial .Revenue Tax, and all taxes levied under thc "Assessment Act," arc noyv due for the year ISfll. .All of the above named taxes collectable yvith in the Nelson Division of the West Ivootenay District are pay able at my ollice, Kaslo, 13. C. . Assessed Taxes arc collectable at the following rales, viz: ������������������/ ��������� - If paid on or before .Tunc 30th, 1S9I:���������Provincial Revenue, ������3.00 per capita ; one-half of one per cent on real property. Tyvo percent on wild land.' One-third of one per cent on personal property. - . One-half of one percent on income.- ��������� " If paid after" June 30th, 1991:���������Two-thirds of one per cent on real property. "- Tyvo and one-half per cent on yvild land. Oiiehiilf of one per cent on personal property. Three-fourths of one per cent on income. " - 0. G. DENNIS, Assessor and Collector Jan, 2nd '1891." WEST KOOTEXAY DISTRICT. c ANADIAN * PACIFIC RAILWAY The Cheapest and Most Direct Eoute, From NELSON, KASLO and all Kootenay Points J To tlie PACIFIC COAST and to the EAST. TIC HNS TO AXD l-'lUMI MC&SOX DAILY. conncc- ustbound Direct Connection at Robson every Tuesday, Thursday ami .Sal unlay Even Ing, With Slcnnier for Ukvki,stokk, yvhere ( tion is made with Canadian. Pacitic Easi and Westbound through trains. .TUKOU'GlI TICKETS ISSUED, BAGGAGE CHECKED TO DESTINATION, No Customs Dikeiculties, Equipment Unsurpassed, combining- Palatial Dining and Sleeping Cars, Luxurious Day Coaches, Tourist Sleeping Cars and Free Colonist Sleeping Cars. For information as to rates, time, etc., apply to nearest agent. il. II HUM OX, Agent., Nelson, Or.lo ������W������. 5I������I1.,K1B������WX. District Passenger, Agent,Vancouver. COLUMBIA & KOOTENAY STEAM NAV. CO. (LIMITED) TIME TABLE NO. 3. In KflVcl Tuesday, .M11.V Isl, I8������4. Rkvklstok'k RouTi:, Stka^iku Columiua. Connecting yvith Canadian Paeilic Raihvay (Alain Line) fin-points East ami West. Leaves Revelstoke on Tuesdays a.iwl Fridays at 3 a.m. Leaves Robson on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8 p. m, . NoilTIU'OKT RouTis, Stkamuk Columiua. Connecting at Northport for points North and .South "on the Spokane Falls and Northern Railway. Leaves Robson Wednesdays and Saturdays at o a. in. Leaves Northport Wednesdays and Saturdays at 1 p. in. Kaslo Route, Stkamku Nklsox. Connecting with Nelson and Fort Sheppard Railyvay for Spokane and points East and " West.' _ ��������� - ��������� Leaves Nelson, " - Leaves Kaslo, Al'ondays at 9 a. ni. ' - Sundays ut 8 a. in. Wednesdays at 5,'10 p. ni. .Tuesdays at 3 a. in. Thursdays at 5 p. 111. Thursdays at 8 a. m. Saturdays at 5M0 p. 111. Fridays at 3 a. in. BoNNi-m's Feiuiv .Uoutt-:, Steamer Si-okane. Connecting yvith Great Northern Railyvay for all Eastern Points, Spokane and thc Coast. Leaves Kaslo at 3 a.-in. and Nelson at 7.15 a. 111.. on Tuesdays and Fridays. Leaves Bonner's Ferry at 'i a. m. on Wednesdays .. and Saturdays . ". ' The Company reserves- the right; to change this schedule at any time without notice.. For full information as to tickets, rates etc. apply at the Company's otllees, Nelson, B. C. T. Allan, ' J. W-. Taoui5, Secretary. Alanr^or. Great Northern Railway. ALL PLACER CLAIAIS in this District legally- held may be laid over from the loth day of October, 1893, until the 1st day of June, 1894. N. FITZSTUBBS, Gold Commissioner. "S'clson, 10th October, 1893. A Short, Fast, Scenic Route TO ! Seattle, and all Pacific Coast Points. St. Paul, Chicago, and Points Beyond. o .Modern Equipment. JCocli-liallast Itoarthcd. Over the Cascade and Koi-ky .Mountains hy Daylight. Direct Connection via Velson A Fort Sliep- ward Itailyvny, :il Spokane; and via C. A K.S. ST. C. at IConner'.s Ferry. For maps, tickets, and complete information, call on or address: 1 C. ii. Dixon. C. 1". *t T. A. 1*. Casey, Agent, Spokane, Wash. Bonners Ferry, I. F. J. Wbitiie}-, O. P. A T. A., St. rani, Mln. THE.MINER, NELSON, B.C., SATURDAY, MAY 12, [894. K^&K&TBxrsmnuuusvaemiaaRsv ���������zxxsiKfl<32a*Kiwwa=ncaK5rjs2x: Wxt ������* , THE MINER is printed on Saturdays and will he mailed lo any address in Canada or the United States, for one year on receipt of two dollars. Single copies fen cents. CONTRACT AD VER'TISEMENTS inserted al the 'rate of $3 per column inch, per month. TRANS TENT A D- VER ITSE MEN! S inserted al the rate of /j cents per nonpareil line first insertion and 10 cents per line for each ��������� subsequent insertion. Advertisements running for shorter periods than three months ' are classed transient, ALL COMMUNICA TIONS to the Editor.must be accompanied by the name and address of the writer. fOB PRINTING turned out in first-rate style al the shortest notice. s. A'boRESS the Miner Printing & Publishing Co. NELSON, B.C. THE PEOPLES RIGHT. Ever- since King John signed the Magna Chart a, yvhich makes the "British nation to-day the freest in the world, the people have maintained and insisted on their right to manage their own affairs. Any attempt, hoyvever' cleverly veiled at first, to interfere yvith their right has been promptly squashed. And in the seven hundred years that have passed since that memorable day a resort to violence has only once been necessary, yvhen Oliver Cioniyvell stood forth and saved the country from despotism. In the election of representatives to parliament the people have alyvays been rightly jealous of interference, and the highest stage of national freedom in this matter' yvas reached when the ballot yvas introduced to do ayvay yvith the intimidation and corruption that existed under the old system. The plain ballot, however, does not suit the party yvire pullers, boodlers and log rollers. It inter-feres yvith their schemes to control legislation. - They do not care to see the people voting straight for and returning .the candidate yvho appears to be the best in the eyes of the electorate. All sorts of devices are introduced to hood- '���������*��������� wink the electors and toalloyv a minority to elect their man and to make it look as if he was the choice of a majority, This vicious system has been allowed to grow up. to large proportions in. the United States, but the people there are getting heartily sick of caucuses and conventions, and are not slow in expressing their desire to vote straight aud direct ������'oi-,the man they like best. Of all ihe traps and snares to catch the umvary elector, the plan of double voting is the -^-most -dangerous.--Under���������it-thej-voters- are asked to hand over their political consciences to delegates "yvho again are usually only the tools of one man, or one ring, yvhich is thus enabled to return anyone it pleases. This may lead to the peculiar position of a district having a man to represent it, .yvhich did not . yvant him at all. In British coun- c tries and especially in the Australias, which appear to be foremost in the great yvork of individual liberty, straight voting, is the. rule. A candidate, announces himself. His supporters form a general committee from yvhich an executive committee is appointed to superintend the business part of the election, to arrange meetings, etc,, and through his committee the candidate is in direct touch with his constituents, and all the voting they have to do is to vote straight for him at the polls. An attempt has been made to introduce the machinery system here. First the people yvere asked to vote for delegates t to a convention, yvho by the by bore transferable commissions, yvhich they might (and did) hand over to anyone. At the convention these delegates again voted, under careful supervision, for a candidate. And yvho yvill say noyv that that candidate is not entirely the tool and nominee of one other, man. And if we mistake not, the free and independent electors of this district very much object to hand themselves and their interests over holus.bolus into this one . man's hands.; Electors of Kootenay, you do not want any conventions, or delegates,, or machine politics of any kind. Listen to what both candidates have to say for themselves, give them both fair play, and then roll up and vote straight for the man whose political views are the best for the province and the district. EIRE. There are several lessons to be learnt from the recent fires in Nelson, and if they are not learnt at once and the knoyvledge they bring promptly acted upon, serious disaster may be expected at any time. Nor are these lessons neyv ones, they have been pointed out often enough, but yvhen people knoyv that an insurance office yvill bear' the pecuniary loss, they are apt to get careless. All they suffer from a (ire is the probability of having to paddle about' in their night clothes and the exposure of their household goods to the critical scrutiny of a curious public. By. the yvay yvhat a very poorshoyv the contents of a yvell furnished room make yvhen they are pitched out into the street from a first floor yvindow. The first thing yve have got to learn now is that the ordinary stovepipe, especially yvhere it passes along horizontally, is a source of the greatest danger, and yvhen it is passed through a yvooden yvall or roof yvithout adequate protection it is as bad as suicide. .We do not knoyv yvhether criminal negligence has the same effect on a charge, of arson as it has on manslaughter, but if it has about half the citizens of Nelson are liable to go behind the bars. All stovepipes in the city should be rigorously inspected and dangerous ones abolished. During the yviliter a large quantity of soot accumulates in the horizontal portions, and this may catch lire at any moment. The iron of the pipe is very thin and instantly gets red hot. Any yvood yvork near-, naturally as dry as finder, forthwith catches and the damage is done. Not only should all dangerous pipes be removed, but those that' are left should be thoroughly cleaned. Unfortunately the burning doyvn of a mans hotis does not injure himself alone. With the totally inadequate yvater supply yvhich Nelson possesses, a central fire and a fair breeze are the only agents necessary to burn doyvn half the town. Let our people remember this, and if individual good feeling, or public authority fail in remedying the evil yve have pointed out, let them try the effect of personal (and forcible) persuasion, The second lesson yve have been taught is that the.yvater supply and appliances are childish and absurd. Within a feyv hundred yards of the centre of the toyvn there is yvater poyver enough to flood it, but under the present arrangements, there is not force enough to supply tyvo hose at once, and the hose itself is of a clumsy and old fashioned sort. At a time yvhen things are not very bright it may be difficult to remedy these defects, but that is all the more reason to remember that the criminal carelessness of a feyv individuals in the stovepipe matter is noyv endangering the safety of the yvhole city. But fortunately Nelson possesses. ine.n_of_t he.right-stamp._With the yvretched apparatus they have they successfully beat .out the fire., at the Nelson House and on Sunday last, yvhen their attack looked almost like a forlorn hope, they showed that they yyere made of that same stuff that all over the world has over and over again turned a forlorn hope into a victory. - -A SCREW LOOSE. There is something wrong sonieyvhcre. In the coal states there are from 150",000 to1175,000 men on strike for higher wages, yvhile an" undisciplined "army" of men, in bands of several hundred strong, each is marching or pretending to march to Washington to demand yvork. If things ate really so bad yvith them that they are yvilling to undertake a, tramp of tyvo or three thousand miles, surely they should be content to step into the shoes of and earn the yvages refused by the miners of Ohio and Pennsylvania; But it appears to be doubtful yvhether the men that comprise Coxey's Army really yvaiit yvork. The general opinion' of the United States press is that they are tramps aud vagabonds" of the yvorst class. It yvill be easy to find employment for them in detachments at various points, and if they are yvorthless loafers they yvill fly at the sight of a- pick and shovel. But if they are yvhat they pretend to be, honest yvqrkmen out of yvork, they yvill gladly accept employment at yvages somewhat beloyv the standard temporarily, yvhile the Government casts about for some remedy to the evil yvhich it yvill then really knoyv exists.. Meamvhile the congregation of many thousands of men yvithout food, yvithout money, and yvith a grievance against society real or pretended, is a source of the greatest danger to the community at large. As long as they are in the yvest, and in comparatively small bodies, theopen handed generosity of the people prompted by a desire to get rid of their- visitors, enables them to get supplies as they pass along. But as they pi'oceed eastyvards, and band joins band, and hundreds syvell into thousands, the difficulties of supply yvill become intensified. Nor yvill the inhabitants of the older and more settled districts, yvho are not so yvell off as their yvestern brethern, be able or yvilling to keep them in food. Unfortunately in the States the mob is only too apt to take the law into its own hands. This horde of several thousand starving men yvill find itself in a country not accustomed to. part yvith its goods except for cold cash. Having no cash the horde will be only to likely to help itself, and yvhen the spirit of loot once gets abroad, heaven help the country in yvhich it starts. Our neighbors not nnfrequenily boast that their country is the richest in the world, yvhich it probably is, and that their laws are so made that every individual has the greatest possible benefit: under them. >Hoyv conies it then that ten thousand .men are starving in this land of plenty? We have to contradict a- statement yvhich appeared last yveek in our local contemporary to the effect that one of the owners of The Mixeh hissed Mr. Gladstone at the opening of the Imperial Institute. The statement of coul'se referred to Mr.-Olive Phillips-Wolley, yvho yvrites to us as follows: "Though 1 yvas there I neither heard Mr. Gladstone hissed nor did I hiss him. I believe that it'is true that some people did so far forget themselves as to hiss the great liberal leader, but their action yvas condemned by men of both parties. I fancy our contemporary yvill have the courtesy to acknowledge my answer and to believe that I have too much admiration for "brains" either in a political or journalistic opponent to resort either to hissing or mis-representation. Yours truly, " Clive Pi-IILLIPS-WoL'LEY." The neyvs of the Bi-AIefallist Conference noyv sitting in London, is reaching us in a very fragmentary manner, but yve shall presently give our readers a condensed summary of the yvhole proceedings. "Theie cannot hoyvever be any doubt from the position in the political and commercial worlds of the delegates yvho are attending it, that the result of its deliberations yvill very materially affect the future course of this question. We publish today as a, supplement to The Miner, the revised list of voters for the-West���������Kootenay���������Electoral���������District,- of yvhich the official publication. yvas made in the British Columbia Gazette of the dOth mst- Every endeavour has been made by the collector to make the lists absolutely correct. Any persons who may find that their names have been incorrectly dropped have an opportunity of applying for their replacement at any time before the Court of Revision to be held on the 10th June. Xew Zealand and Samoa. The proposal of Neyv Zealand to annex Samoa is likely to rival in interest the recent Hayvaiian question. In tlie House of Commons the Under Colonial Secretary has announced that the proposal has the full support of South Australia and Tasmania, but it appears that there is some objection on the part of the other colonies, Victoria; Ninv South Wales and Queensland, to tlie acquisition bf the rich islands byo Neyv Zealand. . The rivalry betyveen ������ New South Wales and Neyv Zealand is deep rooted and keen and has burst, into a blaze more than once, particularly so yvhen a feyv years figo, Neyv South Wales yvr'ithing under its iiuncouth and meaningless name, attempted to arrogate to itself the title of "Australia." :-=-^TiBi7ffiv-fafiaf-- CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY. KOOTENAY TRAFFIC. CARD OF THANKS. I have to thank the members of the Fire Brigade aud the citizens yvho responded so promptly to the fire alarm on Sunday the 6th inst. I consider the exploit of extinguishing yvith so little damage a fire yvhich had obtained such headway as one of yvhich any Fire Company might be proud. I appreciate very highly the kindness of all those yvho assisted to save the property of myself and my neighbours. G. O. BUCHANAN. -TO *T*PI*E!- Electors of tire Sontk Rifling: -OF- WEST KOOTENAY, Gentlemen,���������Having been requested at a large and influential meeting of the electors of Nelson, and also by a requisition signed by a large number of the citizens of Kaslo, to stand as a candidate in the Government interest at the forthcoming Provincial Election, I desire to signify my acceptance of the nomination and to thank those yvho have proffered me the honour. To them and to the electors generally I yvish to say that, if elected, I yvill give careful attention to all matters coming within the sphere of legislation and to the best of my ability protect and promote the interests of the district and the province. I am, gentlemen, "Very respectfully yours, G. O. BUCHANAN. MAIL NOTICES. Until further notice mails will close at Nelson as folloyvs:' For Canada (including Vancouver Island and Vancouver City) via Revelstoke, on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2-p. m. Money Orders and Registered Matter 1 p. 111. For the United Statej, Vancouver Island and Vancouver City, via Spokane, Mondays and Thursdays, at 8 p. 111. For Kaslo, Watson, Three Forks and Kootenay Lake Points: Mondays at ^. 9 a. in. Wednesdays and Saturdays at op. m. _.rJ,l)iirsdays_at_._._............. _._._._,_._._._._.i._._........... 4.30_p._m' I.-O. O. F. HOLIDAY EXCURSION���������������-r The S.S. NELSON", has been chartered for - an excursion to KASLO on -24th OF MAY- KoiiimI Trip Tic! .Meals 011 Itwaril. .30 30 TOILET. Tjif -Bar at Stanley House, Nelson*, T5. C. Apply lo Mrs. McDonald, Proprietress. ROYAL COMMISSION. Ix the Matteii or the Nakusp and Slocan- Railway Co. To all vjho'm ii may Concern. ���������OK��������� PROVINCIAL VOTERS. SOUTH RIDING WEST KOOTENAY ELECTORAL DISTRICT. ^OTICE'IS HEREBY GIVEN" that in accbrd -^1 ance yvith the. provisions of Section' ltTof the "Legislative Electorates and Elections Act, 1891,", ������((00,000 . $3,920,000 ftt'itli power to increase.) ' " itiMitvi; fu\i>, A!.������������o,o\~\'x\r\nct iNJntnripc Pn*hliV j such Commission might issue, yvhich Resolution : ^OIIVCA dnClHg,. IN OtarieS I UD11C j was approved by an Order in Council dated ihe i Kith April, instant. And all parties interested in I such inquiries, or the matters in such' Resolution ! referred to. and who may yvish to bring forward ; charges or exculpations, or evidence relating I thereto, shall be heard. Dated at Victoria, B. C, 2oth April, 1S91. oMATT. B. BEGBIH. G. \V. BURBIDGK. Commissioners. ARMIT & RASHMLL, Mining Brokers. Mining Abstracts! Complete lists of existing Mining locations NEW DENVER. B. C. THE MINER, NELSON, B. C, SATURDAY, MAY i2; 1894. Bl-MEIALLISM. Conference in London. London, May 2.���������The international bimetallic conference under the auspices of the Bi-Metallic League, yvas called to order at the "Man pi on House today. Lord Mayor George K. Tyler yvas president. The proceedings opened yvith an address by the lord mayor. Professor Shield Nicholsen read a paper on trie fall in general prices in relation to the ap- ��������� preciation of gold and the divergence in the relative value of gold and silver. This afternoon the Right. Hon. A. J. Balfour conservative leader in t he House of Commons, made an address yvhich yvill be folloyved by a paper by Mr. Leonard Courtonay, M. P., on the practicability of maintaining aratio betyveen gold and silver under an international bi-metallic agreement. This yvill be folloyved by a discussion. A banquet yvill be given this evening to the English and. foreign members of"the conference. "There yvere about -LOOdelegate.s present at the. opening session today. Among them yvere Brooks Adams, Boston; Mr. "Vanderberg, president of the Bank of the Netherlands, Amsterdam: Henry Gerluschi, president of the French Bi- Metallic League; David Murray, president of the South Australian Bi-Metallic League; Thomas Salt, late president of the Bankers' Institute: Sir ' Malcolm Frazer, general agent in London for Western Australia.; Right Hon. W. Lidderdale, ex-governor of the Bank of England, and prominent foreign and British financiers, .as yvell as many members of parliament. The object of the Bi-Metallic League is to urge upon the British government the necessity cf cooperation yvith other leading nations for the establishment of the free coinage of gold and silver at fixed ratios. Archbishop Walsh yvrote that he yvas glad to see the conference discuss the aspect of a case in yvhich Ireland yvas most deeply concerned, namely: The ruinous effects of .the present artificially . created dearth of money upon husbandry and its interests. "I can only say that the experience since a year ago yvill but serve to deepen conviction of the'irresistible strength of the cause of international bi-inetallism. The practical features of the recent experimental tampering yvith the currency in India ought surely to be" sufficient finally to check the further development of the d isastrous doctrinaire policy yvhich has so long held ground in England." The governor- of the Bank of France, M. Magniii yvrote: "The silver question impresses itself more every day upon financiers. The yvhole yvorld requires its solution in ils general interest. Its in terests are bound up yvith the commercial and industrial prosperity of all nations. I am a resolute partisan of the rehabilitation of silver." Francis A. Walker yvrote. applauding "the gallant, gaining fight for the restoration of silver to its historical place in the currencies of the yvorld yvhich the Bi-Metallic League is making." President Andrews of Broyvn University yvrote: "Our cause is making rapid progress and we are' certain to succeed." Dr. Arendat, member of the Prussian Diet, a decided bi-rnetallist, thought that "another in ternational--conferenceyvould- have very different results from' the Brussels conference. Mr. Balfoursaidthatthemanyyvhoyvere suspicious of a double standard and a bimetallic system noyv recognize, in view of impending dangers, that the.best safeguard is to rehabilitate silver as one,,of the great instruments of the monetary transactions of the yvorld. It yvas-abso- lutely necessary that the monetary functions of silver be restored iftjtisiness yvas to be carried on on a solid basis. The difficiiltiesof an international agreement, he insisted, were merely as to details, and if any question should be settled by an international agreement, surely this one should be. London, May 3.���������At the morning session of the international bi-metallic conference at the Mansion House,. Sir William II. Houldsworth read a paper on " the effect upon agriculturists, manufacturers, wage earners, merchants, bankers and investors . of all general level, prices." M. Therey, the French .delegate, warmly urged the establishment of an international bi-metal- . lie league. The proposal was cordially supported. A pamphlet upon the silver question just, published by &>ir Joseph ' .McKenna, ex-director of the National' Bank of Ireland, is creating a sensation in financial circles, and at the bi-metallic conference. > It showed that Lord Liverpool's legislation of 1816 yvas simply a ' fraud. It ~~is added that Lord Liverpool made a paltry . gain, not for himself, but for the treasury. Sir Joseph McKenna acquits Lord Liverpool of intentional dishonesty and attributes the fraud to his stupidity. The silverites claim that yvhen this is understood it-will strongly influence public opinion in favor of the re-establishment of bi-metallisrn. The folloyving cable message yvas read to the conference : "We desire to express our. cordial sympathy yvith the movement to promote the restoration of silver by. international agreement. W,e believe the free coinage of both gold and silver by international agreement with a fixed ratio* would secure to mankind the blessing of a sufficient volume of metallic money, and, what is hardlv less important, secure to the world of trade immunity' from violent exchange fluc- ���������luations." The document is signed by the folloyving United States senators, who voted for repeal of the Sherman layv: John Sherman. AY. 13. Allison, ID. W. Voorhees, George F. Hoar, Nelson W. Aldrich, David 13. Hill, Edward Murphy, A. P. Got man, O. H. Piatt, Calvin Brice. Joseph M. Carey, William V. Frye, 0.- K. Davis, S. M. Cul- lmn, Henry Cabot Lodge. Tin; message yvas received yvith prolonged cheering. Sir David Barbour, ex-secretary' of the Indian council,.dyvelt upon the injury yvhich India had sustained in consequence of the fall iu the price of silver. The council adopted the proposal of IT. R. Gronfell that a deputation of bi-metallists wait upon every candidate at the general election in order to ascertain the opinions i,f such candidates ou the silver question yvith the view ot supporting or opposing them. CK������W.\ WK.fcXT TLICATaO.V. Mr. Flint (liberal for Flintshire) brought up the subject of bi-metallismin the House of Commons with this motion : " In view of the continued depression of trade and agriculture, aud the restriction of exchanges betyveen gold and silver using countries, ih is desirable that a standard par exchange between silver and gold be established by international agreement.'-' While Mr. Knox (anii-Paruelite for AY est Cavan, yvas speaking in favour of the motion, the House yvas counted out. TABLE Shoyviug the Dates and "Places of Courts of Assize, Nisi Prius, and Oyer and Terminer, and General Gaol Delivery for the year "1894 Si>icix������; assizes. Nanaimo Tuesday 1st May. New Westminster. .Tuesday 8th May. Vancouver Tuesday loth May. Clinton. .- Monday 2Sth May. Victoria Tuesday 2i)thMay. Kamloops Monday 4th June. Vernon., Monday loth .) unc. "Donald Friday 15th June. "Nelson Tuesday ]9th J unc. -Special Assize. Provincial Sechbtaky's Okkick 22nd March, 1S91. Pursuant to thc poyvevs conferred in that be- , half by section 22 of the "Legislative Electorates" and Elections-Act, 1891." His Honor thc Lieutenant-Governor in Council has been pleased to order, that it is hereby ordered, that the form of claim to vote hereto appended be substituted for Form A in the Schedule to the "Provincial Voters Act." By Command. JAMES BAKER, Provincial Secretary. REGISTRATION OF PROVINCIAL VOTERS. XOTICK OF,CLAIM TO UK GIVEN TO THE C0LLECT0U To the Collector of the Electoral District of I, the undersigned, claim to have my name inserted in the Register of Voters for thc Electoral District, in virtue of my being a British subject of the full age of twenty-one years, luiv- ing-rcsided in this Province for tyvclvc months, and in the said Electoral district for tyvo'months immediately previous to the date hereof, and not being disqualified by any layv in force in this Province. Dated at in the Province of British Co lumbia, this day of ��������� 18 . - Signature :���������������������������������������������. (All Christian names and surnames to be given at full length.) - Residence, (Full particulars to be given, such as number of house, if any, name of street, if any, etc., so that applicant's usual place of abode may be easily ascertained.) Profession, trade or calling,.. Interrogatories to be answered by claimants for enrolment as Provincial voters. 1" What is your Christian name, surname, place of residence and occupation? . 2. Are you of the full age] of twenty-one years? 3. Are you a natural-born or naturalized subject, and yvhich? ��������� ; ���������1. Have you ever taken the oath of allegiance to any foreign state or been naturalized as a snbie'ct of a foreign state, and if so have you since been naturalized as a British subject, and when and yvhere?, 5. Have you resided in the Province of British Columbia for twelve months prior to the date of yonr application to be registered as a Provincial voter? . J. (5. Have you resided or had your chief place of abode in this Electoral district for a continu- - ous period of*tyvo months prior,to this date? If not in this" district, in what (if any) Electoral District? 7. Are vou noyv registered as a Provincial voter in any" Electoral District in British Columbia? (If the ansyvcr be yes.) In yvhat District? 8. Do you noyv. reside in thc District for yvhich you apply to be registered as a Provincial voter? On yvhat premises do you reside? "VTO'ITCE 18 HKRI'IBY GIVEN, that Thomas ,i_^ MeGovcrn has liierl the necessary papers and made application for a Crown Grant in favor of the mineral claim '���������Little Phil," situated in Ainsworth Mining Division nf West Ivooleiniy. Adverse claimants yvill forward their objections within sixty days from the date of this publication. N. PITCSTUBUS. Cold Cuinmisnioiier. Dated, Nelson, II. C��������� 2!lth of March, 1891. m^������.u..;.i\i;rA������;Ti;ati!'-:iic.s <������r the; Kendall Band Mill, B. C. Shingle Machines, Steam Log Hauling Machines. Wc keep in stock a full supply of Engineer and Mill Supplies, such as Pipe and Fittings, Br;Jss Goods, Shoot and other Packing Rubber Valves, Rubber and Leather Belting, Oil's, and Lubricants, etc. HOISTING ENGINES and SINKING PUMPS FOE MINES Corner Alexander Street and Westminster Ave., VANOOTJVEK, B. 0. D. CARTMEL, ��������� J. W. CAMPION, J. E. W. P/SAGFARLANE Agent West Kootenay. Secretary-Treasurer. Manager Beware of Cheap Chinese Sugar, First-Class Goods Only at the HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY, BAKHR ST BE HIT, NKLSON. AGENTS IO 11 Hiram "Walker & Son's, .Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. Fort Garry Flour Mills Distillers Milwaukee, U. S. "Manitoba P. 0. box 09. Telephone 21. API S. E. corner Baker and Josephine streets, XELSO-V, B. C. CO REAL ESTATE, FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE AGENTS. Loans negotiated on Nelson property. Collections made. Conveyancing documents drawn up ��������� Town Lots Lands and Mining Claims Handledon Commission. ��������� NEW, SUITINGS. NEW TROUSERINGS. Fred. "J". Squire, the Nelson"Tailor, has just received a large consignment of Spring Goods Calk and inspect the New Patterns ���������''"��������� -, "and Styles. ' * ��������� Fred. J.0 Squire, Bakor. Street, kelson. H AVE YOU SEEN THE TEMPTING DISPLAY bF ^^aVcheSj Glocksj Jewellery, aijd Silverware, SkoWi) iij Ike \A/arerooi}is oi JACOB DOVER The Jeweller. o Great Bargaiit can be had for Cash. NELSON, 1 B c BAKER STREET, NELSON. B. G. t