East anb West Kootenay Have Better Showings for Mines than any other Sections on the Continent of America. (Capital an6 Brains Can Both be Employed to -Advantage in the Mining Camps of East and , West Kootenay. FIRST YEAR.-NO. 1/ NHLSOiY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, JVXK IS!):'!. PRICE TEN CENTS. WELL WOBTHY OF PERUSAL. THE VICTORIAN,AGE THE MOST BENEFI- CIENT OF MODERN TIMES. Anglo-Saxon Energy and Enterprise Extolled by one of the Pioneers of West Kootonay In an Address Delivered Before Hundreds of Visiting Americans. The following address was delivered by (1. <). Buchanan at Kaslo on the Queen's Birthday. Its, reading uill 'show that while our business men are devoting their best energies in upbuilding (owns and developing mines, some of them find time to develop latent resources of. the mind. The address is in exceptional good taste, and weJJ worth reading-: Dailies and (ienfclcnien : As a representative of Lhe management of to-day's festivities allow ine to say a few words��� first, as to the day we celebrate, and second, as to the pla je we are met. Today. the 21th of .May. is the birthday of her most gracious majesty Queen Victoria, a sovereign who for nearly ;")() yours has wielded ( he sceptre of authority over the mighty British empire. I do not know Llia'/ I shall exaggerate if 1 speak of the reign of Victoria as the most brilliantaiul the most beneficent that is on record in the annals of history, fu lhe catalogue of Fnglish kings and queen*; there is but one name, that of Henry VI.. whose reign exceeded in length that to which Victoria lias .already attained. and within !)() days from today even that exceptional instance will havi! been surpassed. Victoria was a girl of IS when she was . awakened out of sleep ar the request of the privy councillors of (ireat Britain lo be told that her uncle. William IV.. had breathed his last, aud she was heir to the crown that been worn by the great Alfred and the great Fli/.uboth : by the Black Prince and by William of Orange: by Riehurd deiir de Leon and by the Norma n conqueror. Since that time, the 20th day of .June, 1W7, the thronesof all other civilized nations have been Viicuiit-tnost of them more than once. Not only have individual monarchs passed away, but dynasties base perished aud forms of government have changed. If we glance aL the history of our sister nation, the countrv whose citizens are today in such numbers our'guests,''what vicissitudes'.':ot' experience has she not passed through'since in 1837, when Martin Van Buren filled the presidential chair. Generations of statesmen have appeared upon the national stage, risen to eminence and passed away. Of 10 nisn who have been occupants of the presidential chair only the present incunibentand he who vacated the position three' mouths ago are alive. Webster and Clay. Cul- lioun and Douglas, Chase and Seward. Til- den and Blaine have shone like rising stars in the political firmament, and like stars have set. But "Typosof nn iiimrirtul |irct;c|il, Tluil. lias ever stood As a bosom In I.ho nations. Knylisli liiirililiood." "Queen Victoria- and her.veteran prune minister live on, as robust and vigorous. as'' strong and as.alert as ever to conserve the dignity, the authority and the stability of the empire on the one hand, the peace, happiness and the freedom of the .people on the other. liur ('iiurt, lias liuyn inirii, lmr lift; scivino, (lod tfuvts lior pi-iii:c. her luiitl re|i(isi.-il, .A thousand ultiiiux (<��� ruvi'i'uiicu ulusuil In hi;r us iiiiifhor. wife and i| noon. And statesmen at- her eniint.-il met. Who knew I lie seasons when to lake Decision li.v the hand ami make The hounds nf freedom wider yet. Itv sliiipin^'some aUKust decreet. W'liieli kj|il h-sr tliro.ie iin-iliak :n still, llroad hiieud upon the poople.s will. And emu passed by the inviolate sea. We keep this day in appreciation of tli2 eminent personal virtues exemplified in the character of Victoria. And in gratitude for the vast prosperity, for the peace and the wealth which have come to the empire during her reign, and with the hosts of her subjects who are to be found on every continent, and on the islands of every sea, we join in the sentiment of the national anthem : (!oil save our Kriu-iiiiisi|iii'cn ; l.ontf may Vietoria rei^n : (lod save the i|iieeu. Semi her vielori'iiis. Happy and ifleiritius. I.OHK toreitfii over us; - (lod save the queen. Ill all. of her majesty's vast dominions there is no place that has greater cause for gratitude for past achievements, or better ground for brig-lit anticipations, than has the 'town in which we have invited you to join our festivities today. Twenty years ago no spot in N'orth America could have been pointed out as more inaccessible than the delta of this little river. Two years ago the prospect of bringing together here a permanent population of civilized, men and women existed only as a vision il&, the fertile imagination of the owner a'i'id the then sole occupant of this ground. .But Anglo-Saxon enterprise and endurance, which is ever the same, whether British or American, lias seized upon and followed up the traces which nature has here left exposed of her hidden treasures, until in these hills which rise around us, and on the banks of the streams which are tributary to our valley, silver and gold have been brought to light in quantities never dreamed of by Ferdinand and Isabella, when -1(H) years ago they fitted out the Genoese adventurer to go in quest of a new world, We show you here today in this prosperous and rapidly growing young city the best possible evidence of" the faith that has been inspired in the hearts of a multitude of people as regards the richness awl the permanency of the mineral deposits - that have been so plentifully found in the adjacent mountains. We have had here a multitude of men from all countries, men of scientific attainments and men of practical knowledge, aud from all sources we have a concensus of opinion to the effect that there is here in sight wealth enough to build up a city equal (o any mining city in the world. The Rocky Mountain range throughout .Mexico and the United Stales is already proved to be prolific of mineral wealth. The portion of the range that is within the Dominion of CJ.i lad i isoqii'.il in extent, to all that there is within (lie United States, and there is reason to believe has equal wealth. All that has been done in Nevada. Colorado, Utah and .Montana during the last -10 years can be duplici'.Led in Kootonay, in Jjillooot. in Cariuoo and in Cassiar, for districts of British Columbia are as large as states of Lhe Union. The mining men of Lhe south mmd not weep for lack of worlds to conquer. The Pacific, has set bounds to the advance of Anglo-Saxon industry westward, but vegetable and animal products reach the maximum of perfection uear the northern limit of their growth, and what is the law of these kingdoms will prove to be the law of Lhe mineral kingdom as well. The current of emigration must now flow northward through the vulloysof tho Kootenay and Columbia, tho Frnzerand the AleKen- i zie. the Skenna and the Yukon, until the j straits of Behriug have been reached and | the czar of liussiu has found his political j exiles liberated out of Siberia by a baok- 1 door route. i We have invited our neighbors who live i south of the line to visit us today: we welcome them to our gathering : we wish those who must needs return a pleasant journey, but we have in our minds the ulterior purpose of inducing many of you to come and live among us, as so many of your countrymen have-done, and share with us the good times coining to Kaslo. We do not ask you to change your political allegieuce: we who are British do not hold out any promise that we will-change ours. One hundred and twenty years ago your forefathers by somewhat summary measures I'vced themselves from the restraints of arbitrary power. We since, by milder methods, have accomplished the same object. Our institutions tire as free as yours -our government as responsive to' the will of the people. Adventure, enterprise and wealth are beacons that lure men and women of our race into ail parts of the earth; we can 'promise .you all of these in plenty here, and in addition homes among the masterpieces of Nature's handiwork, and to those who choose to join with us in -citizenship, places'in the work of molding the rude and jostling fragments of mind and mat-' ter that wo have around us into the fabric of a mighty state. been one breath against their good names!' And suppose they had worked thatway for thirty years: had been showering kind deeds along their pa.th all the time, and then a society of women would not permit them a place in their ranks because, perhaps, they did not belong to an old family: perhaps they wore not authority on fashions; perhaps they had not confined their reading to skimming the daily papers and the monthly magazines; perhaps. because of the wealth made, possibly dishonestly, by the husbands, they did not wish to associate with a woman who had nothing in the world but a, healthy and graceful body, a graceful and aggressive mind, and hail made for herself a, distinguished and honorable fame. What would each one THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS Who Annually Visit Europe and Spend Their Good Millions. San Francisco Argonaut: Jt becomes interesting to impure how many American tourists usually go to Europe every summer and return in the fall, and how much money they spend on their travels. Just a year ago, the Argonaut" collected statistics on the subject, which we published at the time of the spring hegira, to Furope, in order to give point to an argument in favor of domestic travel, it appeared that about eighty per cent of the cabin passengers arriving at New York of them have thoughti'of a class7)Tiadios 4 '"'"oni Fin-ope wove Americans returning making up that thing called the Sorosis'i \ from a foreign tour: in other words, the There is oiie"fcuLure about a, certain class of American ladies which is a strong argument in favor of the belief that the race is degenerating. Tbeaverage woman does not like any other woman who works, and some who call themselves ladies prefer to associate with women who are rich, but whose wealth was acquired in a most questionable way. to noticing a pijxir girl who is struggling to make for herself a competency and who in her heart holds all who are poor and in trouble in sym-.j pa thy. All that is a. bad sign. That.sort i of women never become mothers of great men or great women. A race made up of such women is �� tainted race. Of course I it has come, through the acquisition of ! sudden fortunes, and we have faith that a | better judgment will assert itself. If it ' does not, then this Republic will not live ; a hundred years, because no republic on earth can endure when fool women give direction to society." Fearful for the Poor Chinese. The 2Sth of May was set apart by the .Methodist church of tho United States as a day on which to render special prayers that the Creator may so order the minds of men as to secure just treatment for the Chinese in America. The 'Methodist church has the largest number of 'members in the Celestial empire, and great fears are entertained that it may be compelled to entirely suspend its work.in this direction us a result of the action of the supreme court in deciding the Ceary Act- constitutional. The leaders of thedenom- ination believe that the fervent prayers of righteous men and women avail much, and hence n day is set apart for solemn supplication in every iMetbodistchurch of the land.. Did this church ever set inlay for special prayer in the hope that it would be of benefit to the people of America who are recognized as. of the christian faith ?\ Does this church make any great effort to improve the moral condition of the peopleof the shuns of the large cities of America ? Does not this church, like all other church organizations, devote more attention to attempts to "christianize" people who have a religion of their own than to people who have no religiousconvictions whatever; or, are they not more willing to work cultivated ground than work in barren fields? The Chinese in America have not been "christianized" to any appreciable extent, even though they have been taken under the wing.of t lie churches : and they will not be, even if they are permitted to live here for centuries. Their religious doctrines are older than those of the Methodist church, and if lived up to will probably land their believers near enough heaven for praet ieal purposes. A Gospel Truth. The following from the Salt Lake Tribune is a-gospel truth, and should be read and considered by ladies residing in smaller places than Saw York: "And so the New York Sorosis has blackballed little Lottie Crabtree. The chaiicesarethatLottio will be remembered for her good-deeds after every member of the Sorosis has been forgotten. Fach one of those ladies ought to stop a moment and suppose a case. Fach one should suppose that she had been born in a- little mountain town in California.; that her parents had been poor; that she had been born at the time Uhen pretty children were badly spoiled in California, because the great bears called men in those days were extravagantly fond of pretty children and were extravagant in their presents to I hem. Would they have had the strength to have taken such gifts as the good Cod bestowed upon them; to have gone on the stage: to have sung and danced and kicked until they acquired a fortune, and have so lived nil the time notwithstanding the flattery bestowed upon them and the temptations which surrounded tJiein, that there would not have Why Are Not Tenders Called For. Hardly an issue of a government organ appears in which there is notan advertisement asking for lenders for carrying her majesty's mails over established routes in British Columbia. Bui. for some reason, no tenders are ever asked for routes in Southern Kootenay. Is this because there are no routes in this section of the province? Or is it because our towns and mining campsareephemeral ? Nelson has government offices, banks, newspapers, wholesale houses, and several large retail establishments; Kaslo claims a population of over 2000, and has certainly halt a: hundred business houses ; Ainsworth is a town oi' considerable importance ; New Den vor is on the map; Watson has a post" office.' Yet there is no regular mail route established between these town's,and .they Jill do more or less business with each other. When asked by the South Kootenay Board of Trade to establish a route between these places, the postof'fice inspector answers that New Denver has already a weekly service by way of Nakusp. Tf that postofiice inspector had an ounce of sense he would know that the business interests of the Kootenay Lake country, require prompt and adequate mail facilities, and such service cannot be given by way of Nakusp. The distance from Watson to New Denver by way of Nakusp. is 201 miles; by way of Three Forks, ten miles. The distance from Kaslo to Now Denver by. way of Nakusp is IS1 miles: by way of..Watson and Three' Forks, thirty miles. The distance from Ainsworth to New Denver by way of Nakusp is 109 miles; by way of Kaslo, Watson, and Three "Forks, forty-two miles. The distance from Nelson to New Denver by way of Nakusp is .18(5 miles ; by way of Ainsworth.- Kaslo, Watson and Three Forks, seventy-five miles. There are no places of importance between Nelson and New Denver by way of Nakusp. not even a wayside letter-box in which to deposit mail for isolated claim owners. By the Kaslo route there are the postof'lieos of Buifour, Pilot Bay. Ainsworth, 'Kaslo and Watson, and numerous wayside letterboxes. The bulk of the business of Now Denver is with tho towns on Kootenay Lake, and not with Nakusp. Fven if the Nakusp route was the better one, a weekly service js wholly inadequate. The people 'of the Kootenay Lake country know what they want and what they are justly entitled to. and theirrequests iiiiisLrooeiveeon- sideration. even if incompetent civil service servants and self-seeking members of parliament are made to walk the gangplank. Settled to tho Satisfaction of Both Parties. The only civil case of importance tried before .Mr. Justice Walkem was the milling case ol* Patrick S. Byrne against I*'. II. and (J. W. Hughes for an .undivided one- fourth interest in the Best group of mines in Slocan district. The Byrne interest was a "grid) stake;" one and the Hughes party contended that Byrne was not entitled to an interest until he paid his share of all the expenses incurred in developing the property. The Hughes wens ordered to makcan accounting of their expenditures and Byrne given ten days in which to pay over his proportion of the money expended. Will Turn the Money Over to the Hospital. Nki.so.v, May27t.h. ISO."}. To Tin-: Foitok of Tin-; Tidiuwi-;: Lust fall, while editor of the .Miner. 1 was made the custodian of money subscribed for the purpose of fencing mid otherwise caring for the grave of .Jack Fvans at New Denver. The amount subscribed was not sufficient for the purpose and nothing was done. | now learn that the Fvnns estate will do the work. If so. the money in my possession ($2:'>.?>0) will In- turned over to the trcasurerof the Kootenay Lake Hospital Society if objection i1* not. raised by the.subscribers within thirty r on the boulevards, only a i'c.w have seen Niagara, still fewer have crossed the Rocky mountains, hardly any have visited the 'Yellowstone or tho Yosemite. Yet those natural beauties are as well worth seeing as the ruins of antiquity or the splendors of modern art. Tho American who visits Italy with no knowledge of the language and a limited acquaintance with the history of the spots to which his guiele takes him. conies back very little wiser than he was when he left. But no human being can contemplate the wonderful work of nature'On this continent without feeling his mind enlarged, nor can he analyze the work of man without requiring a- newand just appreciation of the normal working of free institutions. The World's Fair will teach thobostclass of America nsthat their country is worth seeing that American travel may not be as fashionable to Furo- pean travel, but is quite as interesting and possibly more instructive. Van Home's Visit. It is claimed the object of W. C. Van j Home's visit to the Pacific coast means ' the inauguration of another independent j transcontinental line of communication, I with Seattle as the western terminus. In ! a I'cw days the new service is to be iiiau- j gi i ra ted. and for tho present two steamers ! have been contracted with to handle the | railroad's iniptirtaiit business from Seat- j tie. At no distant day the Canadian Pacific trains will he rolling into Seattle over a roadbed, owned in fee simple by the conipnuv. The vessels chartered are owned )>v the Pacific Navigation Company. The two boats will run alternately and a trip will be made each way every day, connecting with Lhe ('nnadiaii Pacific train at Whatcom. During the early'part of the month tin; Canadian Pacific 'over- rath er than to take him deliberately and kill him by any of the means prescribed by law. When men stop Lo reflect that except in the ca.se of mental monstrosities the acts of men, as a. rule, are in a great part measured by their educations and surroundings, it takes a very strong sense of duty or an absence of pity on the part of a mortal to bring him to the conclusion that it is a good thing to kill a man for his crimes. It is better to put him away where; he can do no more harm,, whore his memory will most certainly perish, where his influence will cease at once, and leave his death to come by natural causes. This certainly should be the ruledn Christian nations. The old '"eye for an eye and tooth for tooth"doctrinehaspassed away. If, in lieu of execution there could be j prisons fixed for the solitary confinement of murderers, and penal colonies established so that a. man should forfeit'his right to libortycould no mo-re contaminate his follow men, the results would be infinitely more satisfactory than the present results are. MINING NEWS OF THE WEEK. A CAMP THAT IS FORGING AHEAD BY RIGHT METHODS. , Railway Men Take Kindly to the Mines in . Ainsworth District, and Several of Thorn are Acquiring: Interests in Good Properties With the View of Developing Them. land time will be shortened 21 hours. Capital Punishment Should Be Abolished. The Fastern papers are lilted with the accounts of the execution ol'Cnrlylo Harris, with discussions as to whether he should have bee killed or not. The impression that strikes almost any one in A Practical Man Snubbed. Michael iMcAndrews of Kaslo was in Nelson on Tuesday, and like every other man with a grievance called at Twz Triii- unk office. Mr. Al (-Andrews' grievance is against the Kaslo members of the South Kootenay Board of Trade. Believing that they were imbued with a desire to aid any enterprise that would be of benefit to Kaslo. Air. AIcAndrews laid a, proposition before them for the establishment of a. brick yard at or noarthattown. Tho proposition.was recoived and read, but no other action taken. Air. AIcAndrews claims to be a practical man. and is of the opinion that a brick yard, and like industrial enterprises, would be of great benefit to Kaslo, and was willing to go before the members and explain what hein tended doing. lie claims that there is a bod of clay close to Kaslo from which a fair brick could be made, and that there is clay about eight miles up the wagon road which would make a first-class brick. The town has arrived at that stage when brick buildings would bo erected if brick could be procured at a reasonable price : and what is true of Kaslo is true of Nelson. Air. AIcAndrews is of opinion, from their actions, that the Kaslo members of the board of trade are more disposed to waste their energies in wrangling with Nelson and plotting for political advantages than taking up and furthering enterprises that would give steady employment- to a. number of men. He believes he was snubbed ; and he is not far astray. Two Inefficient Public Servants. At no time since a 'postofiice'was established in the Kootenay Lake country has the mail service been worse than at present. Complaints of inefficient service are made by-people in every section of the country, and no attempt, apparently, is made, to bettor the service. As an instance: The News-Advertiser of Vancouver is mailed to Tin-; Tkihunk six days in the week, but not more than three copies a week ever reaches this office, and often not more than one. What is true of the News-Advertiser is true of the-Victoria Times. -TiibTiiihu.vk is mailed regularly to New Denver, less than seventy miles distant from Nelson; yet it seldom gets there, and when it does is always a week or two old. This is mainly because of the .inefficiency of postofiice inspector Fletcher, who is well aware that no has the backing of Air. Mara, the district's representative in the Dominion house. Air. Alara is notoriously averse to giving the people adequate mail facilities, and no one knows it better than postofiice; inspector Fletcher. The Nakusp & Slocan Railroad. Three years ago. when building the Columbia 6c Kootenay railway, "Dan" Aled'illivray was considered one; of the youngest men in the work. Today, when in Nelson on the way back from taking a look over the route; of the projected Nakusp 6c Slocan railway, "Dan" looks as if he was growing aged. While not knowing anything definitely. Air. AlcCillivray is of opinion that the Nakusp tv: Slocan road will be built, from Nakusp to the head of Slocan lake this year, and to the; forks of Carpenter creek by.Inly. ISO I. The road from Itewelstoke to the Upper Arrow lake will, he thinks also be built. At any rate, he looked tin; former route over with a view of putting in a tender for the work. The road is not beting built by (hi,' Canadian Pacific, but- when completed it will lie leased to that company on a rental basisof Id per cent of the gross earnings. The tenders are to be opened on t he 7th instant. 1 A Prosperous Bank. .1. Afv (I'reata, assistant inspector of tin; Bank of Montreal, was in Nelson this week to see; if the boys in charge of the Nelson branch had bee;n running things according to Boyle. He. no doubt, found everything as straight as a siring, and if reports are correct, the; stockholders of the bank will at the end of the next six months draw an extra-large dividend, the money therefore coining from the earnings of the Nelson branch. Alive and Well. I.v (.'.-\.Ml'. IIoesKit Dakk. Alayi'Ird. ISO.'!. To thkFihtok ok Tin-: Tiu'iu'NK: I had my attention called toan article in your columns, which stated that a note had been nicked up on Duncan river stating that I was perishi dug for want of provi- ren< ling one of those accounts is that, it is i sions. Allow me to say (hat the note must time to cease executing men for crimes, j have been the work of sonic practical Is it not better to build safe cells, small in joker, for I have; not been without pro- size and dimly lighted, and there confine :iny one who has been guilty of murder, visions since my arriva here. B. J eenls n line each insert ion. JOB I'UIN'I'INU at. fair rules. All accounts for job printing ami advertising -payable on lhe lirst. of every iiiont.li; subscription, in advance. A JIKANCH OKKICK, willi Mr. Ii. II. Kemp in charge, is esliiblisheil al Kaslo. Mr. Kemp is authorized lo receipt, for subscriptions and contract, for advertise- inenls. ADDUKSS-all coininiinieations to TiriC TUIIUKVIC. Nelson, H. O. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. D. Ii.iHAU. M.I >.���Physician and Surgeon. Rooms.'! and I troiiston block. Nelson. Telephone 42. RANDALL II. KICMI*. M.K.���Examines and reports on mines and prospects. Twenty years'continuous experience. Independent of any mine or works. Not in- Mrested in the having or selling of mines or prospects. Kaslo, H.C. " L. It. HARRISON. H. A.���Uiirrisler and Attorney al Law (of the province of New Hi-unswiek). Convey- sincor. Notary I'ublie, Commissioner for taking Affidavits for use in the Courts of lirilish Columbia, etc. Olllees��� Rooms (land 1(1, Houston block, Josephine St., Nelson, H.C. ��he ffirttntm TirtfKSDAV MORNING IUNIC 1, ISM THE EXPULSION OP THE CHINESE. The press of Canada, like the press of the Eastern States, believe the Chinese are cruelly treated by the people oL' the Pacific Coast, and that the supreme court ol' the United States made a wrong decision in declaring the Geary Act good law. The press ol' Canada, aside from one or two high-class papers like the Toronto Week, is either controlled by politicians so intensely partisan or by corporation." so entirely self-seeking that its opinion on any question carries but little weight. Of the Chinese question it knows nothing, and very naturally takes its cue from the expressions of British Columbia politicians like our own saintly .John Andrew Mara and from Canadian Pacific organs like the 'Winnipeg Fiec. Press. The following from the San Francisco Argonaut voices the sen timents of IM) out every 100 sensible men on the Pacific Coast, whether they live to the south elite) the north of the boundary line: "The decision of the United States su- '��� preme court affirming the constitution- " ality of the. Geary Act must gratify ������ i>very man who thinks With his own '��� head, and who founds his .judgment on '��� knowledge instead of consulting edi- '��� torial or ecclesiastic ignorance when in '��� want of opinions. The decision is good "law and good sense. Whether it shall '���result in any extensive-deportation of '��� Chinese or not. it will stand as a prece- '��� dent of immense value, and that it on- '��� force's anew the fact that the govern- |; inent of the United States has an nidis- ������ putable right to dictate the terms upon '��� which aliens may come to or remain in '��� the country. The arguments -made " against the Geary Act have been absurd. -.'��� This applies as well to the pleas of the '��� attorneys hired by the Chinese torepre- '��� sent them as to the intolerable flood of '���twaddle that has been poured out by '��� the press and clergy of the east. Our '��� friends of the Atlantic pulpit and edi- '��� torial room seem to be incapable of " reasoning when the Chinaman is in '��� question. They proceed on the assuinp- '��� tiou. which they regard as an axiom. '��� that a Chinaman is a mild, unoffending. ������ innocent creature, eminently desirable '���as an immigrant, and disliked only by f ignorant and brutish persons who, 1111- '��� dor the impulsion of a revolting race , '��� hatred, persecute him cruelly. In this j " view it has appeared a shameful humil- '��� iation. a, wanton outrage, to require the " Chinaman to provide himself with a '��� paper that will establish his legal right '��� to be in the United States. It is not "needed to inform anyone who has en- '��� 'countered the Chinaman of reality how '��� grotesquely unlike him is the Chinaman '��� of the pious eastern imagination. Nor '��� is it necessary to say to those who are '��� familiar with the laws and practice of '���civilized nations that there is nothing '��� novel in requiring foreigners to carry '���about them certificates of identity. '��� Kvon the natives of many countries are '��� registered from the cradle to the grave?. '��� Kvcry child born in hYauce, Germany, or '���any other country where the conscrip- " tiou system exists, is registered, and the '���authorities can put their hands upon '��� him wilh inexorable certainly whim he " arrives at the military age. Is registra- '" tiou more humiliating to the Chinese " than to those; of our own race? Why ,; should the United States deny itself any " of the powers of sovereignty, all of "which are necessary to its own well- ;' being? "The hubbub that has been raised in "' the east over the Geary Act has come " from a body of men and women whose '��� ability to make themselves heard is out " of all proportion to their importance, ���'either numerically or intellectually. '���'They have the pulpit and enjoy access " to the press, but their zeal in behalf of '��� the Chinese is not tempered with " knowledge of either their proteges or " the laws of the land. Inclusion of the ���' Chinese is the settled policy of this "country. The great mass of tho people " north, south, east, and west approve " that policy, else congress would not " have legislated as it has done. The " system of registration is merely a plan " to secure exclusion. Without such a " plan, exclusion is impossible. The coun- " try can not guard her thousands of " miles of frontier by laud and sea. "The Chinese opposition to registration. :i has arisen froni no feeling that to take ������ out a certificate would be degrading. '��� but from a. lively perception on the part '��� of the heads of ot the Six Companies '��� that the device would put an end to the " large and highly profitable business of ".smuggling in Chinamen in defiance of " law. No Chinaman -who has complied " with the laws of the United States is in - " the slightest peril of molestation; any " Chinaman who has not so complied I; should be treated like any other law- " breaker, and made to suffer the penalty " provided by the law he has broken. l'il.V lo lhe undersigned. The above reward will be I lit id on lhe return of lhe book lo The Tribune nllice. Nelson. (I. K. LICICSON. Nelson, May Willi. I8'.��. TAX NOTICE. Notice is hereby jc'ven Ibal assessed and provincial revenue laxes for lhe year ISiKiare now due and payable ill my ollice. If Paid on or Before the 30th June- I'rovineial revenue tax ��,'( per capita. One-lialf of one percent on the assessed value of real estate. One-third of one per eenl on the assessed value of personal property. Two percent, on the assessed value of wild land. One-hall'of one iier eenl, oiftbe income of every person of lll'leen hundred dollars and over. If Paid on or After the 1st July��� Two-thirds of one per cent on lhe assessed value of real estate. One-half of one per cent on the assessed value ot personal property. . Three-ipiiirlei-sof one percent, on lhe income or every person of llfteen hundred dollars mid over. . ��� ., , Two and onc-balf per eenl. on the assessed value ol wild land. T. II. (MI-'KIN.. Assessor and collector southern division ol West Kootenay district. Nelson. Kebruarv lilt b. IS!��. TO THE E/1SJ ar?d The Kootenay Country is 300 Miles nearer the Eastern States and Canada via Bonner's Ferry than any other route. U/ESJ arjd S0 Ai>IK UOIIKIIT KKLIUK. Nelson, April -..nil, IS'.IX Boat connections are made at Bonner's Perry with trains I On tho I GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY l-'or Spokane. I'li^ct Sound, St. I'liul. ('biciiK<> and points in Canada and the Kaslern States. l-'or further information, apply to the ollieers of the boats on lhe Honnei-'s Kerry run ; to .1. A. McNab, aifeiit. (irent Northern llailway. Hinmei-'s Kerry, Idalui; 11. II. SI. .lohu, general iiKent, Spokane, Wash.; II. A. .lulinsoii. division passenger and freight agent, Seattle, Wash.: II. <���'. McMieken, general agent, I Palmer House block, Toronto. Out.; or K. I. Whitney, gi neral passenger anil ticket agent, SI. Paul, Minn. John M. Ki:ki--i:i(. J.vmks W. Sk.m.i:. KEEFER & SEALE TEAMSTERS. Job teaming done. Have several hundred cords uf good wood, which will be sold al, reasonable prices. I.HA VK (lltllKI'.S AT J. F. Hume & Co.'s, Vernon Street, Nelson. APPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LICENSE. Nol ice is hereby given that thirty days after dale I in- lend lo apply In tin: slipenilary magistrate of West Koolenay for n license In sell lii.uijrut my hold, known as the Halfway house, situate on Hie N'akusii-Sloeini Irnil. A. H. liin.SMALK. Nelson, May, LSI li. 1SW. ESft rw.1 ��������� li^.W _ Uil.ii -l * j, _���" T^ry^-n-rrv^r ;,,W';w?TWf THE TRIBUNE: .NJSLSOff B.C., THURSDAY, JUNIW, ISO? o. s GENERAL MERCHANT. AGENT FOR GIANT POWDER AMOHOITBEAL Capital, Host, all paid up. ���$12,000,000 6,000,000 Sir DONALD A. SMITH Hon. (,'h'O. A. DliUMMNND... Iv S. CLOUSTON President Vico-Proiidoiil (icii-i-al Miinager ANK OF ritish Columbia (Ineoi-poi-aled by Royal Charter. ISIK.) $2,920,000 $1,265,333 Capital (paid up) ��600,000 . (U'illi power lo increase.) Reserve Fund - ��260,000 . KTELSOW _3DR^.3STC._a: N. W. Cor. Baker and Stanley Streets. c uit.\.\-<-iii:s i.v LONDON (England), NEW YORK CHICAGO, and in lhe principal cities in Canada. Huy and sell Sterling Kxchange and Cable Trunsfer- iiuAX-r i.-o.M.Mi:i��:i.\i. .\xn tka\'i-:i.i.i-:i��k' i''ki-:mth. available in any part of the world. iihikts issi.-kd; l'(ii.i.i<:c'i-ii>xs MAiii-:: lore,-. SAVINGS BANK BRANCH. IIATI-.' OK INTKKF.ST (at. presenl) .'ll I'er Cenl. THE LAW OF THE PLAINS. A Figrlit to the Death With Knives a Horrible Scene to Witness. The outfit, of twelve; wagons hnel slopped Mt :i point on the IV'eos river itlxntl st'veii miles iiliove; the town of .Anion Uhieo. \W hud sii|)pei-Miicl were sinokiiii! our pipes, anil it was between sunset tuiil dark when a yoiiiifc fellow about 20 yesar.* old came i-i the death with knives is a horrible tiling to look at, and yet there is a magnetism about it which forces you to stand and look till the end comes, Boxers move about���.feint, advance, retreat, rush at each other, and grapple. So it is with men who light with knives. Back and forth across the circle, round and round it, their knives now aud then clashing together, and it was ten long minutes before blood was drawn. With the lirst drop came death. No man called out. No man in the circle moved out of his tracks. Some of the horses came nearer and whinnied softly, as if asking what it was all about, but this we remembered afterward. Big I'ete was working to make his great strength bring him an advantage. If he could sie/e that boy's right arm with his left hand and hold it for five seconds the duel would be ended. Thrice he attempted it aud thrice he failed. Suddenly the boy found the opening he had been seeking. So swiftly that none of us could follow him he sprang i'orward under the uplifted right arm, there was the flash of a knife, and Big Pete uttereel a groan and sank down. "i'ou ju'o witnesses Lhatit was a fair ^IBLSOTNI" BEANCH, Cur. linker and Stanley Sts. /"Nelson, M.C.. Vielnria. MX'., n i I Vancouver, M.C.. Nanaiino, 11.C. Ml'flnRJlfiS- Xii��' Westminster. U.C.. Kamloops,M.O. Ul UHUilUO s.(|1 ,,-l.lul,.isc.���i (;._!���,.. |>(...i.i.u..|. Ore.. V. Seal tie. Wash.. Taecmia, Wash. IIKAI) OI-'KK.'I-;.- (Hi Lombard street. LONDON', ICng. Agents and Correspondents CAiVAllA ���Hunk uf .Montreal and hraiiehes; Canadian Hank of Commerce and branches; Imperial Hank nf Canada and branches. Commercial Maul; of .Manitoba: and Malik nf Nova Scotia. UXITI0D .STATKS-Agenls Hank Muntre.-il. .Vow York : Mank uf Montreal, Chicago. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. On and after .laiiimry Isl. ISI.'t. the rate of interest on deposits will be.'!.. percent, iinf.il further notice. light-." said the strtinger as he stood over 1'eie and looked around the circle. It was fair, but no man answered. He called his horse b.v a low whistle, slipped on the bridle, and half a minute later was cantering away to the east. Big I'ete had wronged him. The law of the land would mt give him satisfaction. The law of the plains had a vesngi'd him. A grave beside lhe I'eicos- a gneiss or two as to the si ranger's identity -that was all. She Was a Widow. It was at a circus in au Ontario town. The performance had begun when a littli >ld woman wearing a poke bonnet, white' -<>tton gloves, and a blue calico dress -leppcd up to the ticket wagon, laid down .'."i cents and held out her hand for a ticket, "h'il'ty cents, ma'am." said the wagon man. "I'm a widde.'iv' she replied. "Can't help that." ���"Bin a wi.deler lor-thirteen years." "Ves. hut the price of ;i ticket is fit) cents." "Buried two .children sense I was a wielder." "J'liat makes no difference."-. She picked up her-;") cents and took a walk around au'd stopped at the wagon again to hand it up and say : "(limine a ticket to the show?"- ���-..".Fiftycents, ma'am," replied! the ma-ii. "But I'm a widder." "Voit told i.:e that before, but ..we make no discount to'widows." "They never pass the contri'bushun box to me in church 'cause I'm a wielder. Bin a widder for thirteen years." "Well, you couldn't buy a. ticket for 25 cents if you had been a widow for,thirty years," he said as he turned away. She picked up her two bits and travelled around the circus tent and stopped at the wagon for the third time. .."Ticket fur a widder," she said as she 'handed up her 2o cents. "Look here, ma'am!" shouted the man, "haven't I told you that; the price was :">() cents, and that you couldn't buy a ticket for lessr" "Bin a. widder for thirteen years," she calmly, implied. "1 don't care if you have been a widow from the cradle up! Don't bother -me.any more!" She took her money and went off in the direction of the side show, where the fat boy was on exhibition, and I entered the circus tent. I had not been seated ovei live minutes when something' from be ne.-ith the seats pulled at my leg anil a voice whispered: "Stranger, hitch along to the left and give a wielder a show!" I not only hitched, but assisted the little old woman in the poke bonnet to climb up beside me. When she had got her breath I asked: "Did the man sell you a ticket for two bits?" "No. lie; got no compassion on widdcrs." "Then how did you get in ?" "Same as I always do. Bin a widder fur thirteen years, and I've crawled undei1 the canvas twelve seasons. Do you feel like btiyin'a lone widder a glass of that air lemonade ?" An Unpaid Debt to a Dead President. When president Garfield died civil service reform was born. He was the victim of savage passions engendered by a pernicious political system, (.uiteuii was no more insane than Havaillac, the murderer of Henry IV., or Bellinghani. the assassin, of Percival; and no more rational than the; rattlesnake; or the tiger. The beneficiaries of his bullet wisre neve r suspected of complicity in his crime!, but such was the inflammation of the public mind that, had vice-president Arthur attempted to exercise executive functions, as he was plainly warranted in doing by the constitution, during the interval of inability while Garfield lay for weeks unable'to sign his name, there might have been a revolution. The country owes an unpaid debt to (he incomparable' grace-, tact, and propriety which allayed the resentments of a crisis that threatened social order with vengeance and reprisal. Conscious of the hostile scrutiny to which he was exposed, Arthur walked with constant circumspection. Had he been tin actor upon the; stage, each step, word anel gesture could not have been more appropriate. Compelled to choose between loyalty to 1'riendsliip and fielelity to official trust, having discharged his obligations to one he remained unflinchingly faithful te> the other.. He disarmed censure by the irresistible charm of his de- memcanor and conquered respect by the exhibition of intellectual powers that wovo equal to every exigency. He was" fortunate in the possession of patience that was imperturbable and temper that .was always serene. There have; been 'presidents who granted favors grudgingly, resenting civility as an intrusion, repelled companionship by formality that froze the genial currents of the son]. Arthur could deny with a smile that soothed the pang of disappointment, and no visitor ever left him after the most casual interview without sentiments of cordial adnii ration and personal regarel. How to Determine Distance at Sea. The rules for determining the distance of objects seen at sea are very simple and should be known by all. Suppose that the eye of the observer is IS feet above the level of the ocean. In that case wo double IS, which gives us W, the square root of which is 0. Therefore, the horizon lies at a distance of six miles when the observer sees it from an elevation of IS feet. From a height of oO feet (which is about that of the eye of an observer on a vessel the size of the City of Home) we double the distance! of the eye above; sea leve.'l. which gives us (i(), the square root of which is 7.S. Hence an object may be seen at a distance of 7.S miles from a steamer of the size mentioned. If the depth of the part of a distant ship's hull below the horizon is known, the distance of that ship beyond the horizon is obtained in the same way. Then, suppose the depth of the part concealed to be 12 feet, then we take the square root of twice 12, or 21, giving-IS: showing that the ship's distance beyond the horizon is -I.!)'miles... Hence, if a ship is sem\ with 12 feet of the hull down (that is with 12 feet of the hull invisible.'), we may correctly infer that its.distance is -l.i) miles beyond the distance of the horizon which, b.v the figures alone, is proved to beat a distanceof 7.7 miles). We add the two sets of figui-(!s together and find that the incoming or-outgoing vessel is 12 -"i-.l miles a.way.. maliagerof the Metropolitan Underground railroad. The fact that they should have been so munificently provided for by lord Derby will certainly tend to increase the inqj ession that he considered himself as responsible for their existence. Between the now widowed countess of Derby and the present marquis of Salisbury the bitterest animosity exists. Its origin dates back to the time of her marriage to his father, whom she embittered to such an extent against him that he was not only driven from heiiicath the paternal roof, but also had hisallowaucestopped. which rendered it necessary for him to do newspaper writing for a living. It was in those days that he tried his luck asagold digger in Australia, but without success: and the only venture from which he derived any .profit was that of literature!. Lord Salisbury not only holds the countess responsible for lhe hard times which he suffered during his younger days, but also detests lior for the dishonor which he considers her to have brought upon his family name and escut< heon. Indeed, to such tin extent does he cany this animosity against his stepmother, that the reason why he made so little protest against the expulsion of lord Saekville from Washington was because the envoy in questiem happened to be the favorite brother of the countess of Derby. Nelson, B.C. 'uU(3!.!!''.u"llli-.L'.;���'iUiH..UL'l-.��H��^ Billiard and . Pool Room. Hot and Cold Water. Electric Bells. Baths. Flush Closets. ?E. E. Phair, I'l-opriulor. 00DLE-D0G RESTAURANT. Q3ur d'AJene HOTEL JOHN F." WARD j FRONT STREET MANAGER. I KASLO, B. C. The Very BEST OF Everything. Next Door to the Madden Hotel, NELSON, B. C. Mrs. W. C. Phillips, PROPRIETRESS. ILVER KING HOTEL PRIVATE BOXES FOR LADIES. HOTEL Front Street, Near the Steamboat Landing-, KASLO, B. C. Devlin & McKay, Props. TIIK I MOST CIMSIXIO. 'I'IIK HKST IIIODS. TIIH HKST OK lOVKIiYTIMNO. rand Central HOTEL The only Restaurant in Nelson that keeps open DAY and NIGHT. ERCHANTS HOTEL John Johnson, Proprietor Extensive Improvements Now Completed. All Rooms Refitted and Refurnished FINEST WINES, LIQUORS, AND CIGARS IN THE MARKET SOLD AT THE BAR. Special Attention to Miners. KOOMS l-TKST-CKASS. RATIOS MODI0D.ATI0. RESTAURANT and LUNCH COUNTER. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. Corner Front and Fourth Streets, KASLO, B.C. Was Atlantis America? Ignatius Donnelly finds a supporter of his Atlantis theory in sir Daniel Wilson, president of the I'niversity ��� of Toronto, who declares, after <-i ^roa-t dual of search, that the lost Atlantis was not a myth, bill that it was really the'continent of America. He accounts for its disappearance from view in a different way. lint that is merely incidental. Donnelly's theory was that the land was submerged by'some #reat yoleanic upheaval, and that from those who escaped to the continents of Europe and Asia came the tradition of the deluge. Sir Daniel rejects this explanation as beiiitfdisproved by the fact that there are no traces of such volcanic action either on the continent or in the ocean bed. lie believes that the ancient Kgyptians. the most progressive and adventurous people of ancient times, discovered the continent, but that in the decline both of their learning and power it became lost to yiew and existed at the time our knowledge of lOgypt begins merely as a shadowy tradition. It is his opinion that traces of the Egyptians of. those days ire to be sought in the ruined cities of Jentral America whose origin has ntiver been determined or even been made the basis of any reasonable theory. Such a discovery would furnish a substantial basis for the legend of the lost Atlantis and the theory invests those wonderful ruins with a new interest for the antiquarians. Lords of Doubtful Paternity. It has been alleged that the father of lords Arthur, Saekville,'and Lionel Cecil, the half-brothers of the marquis of Salisbury, was not the late marquis, but lord Derby, father of the present governor- general of Canada, and color wascerfainly lent to the statement by the fact that the old marquis was going on toward seventy at the time of the birth of the children of I is second wife, a lady alino.-t halfacen- ury his junior, and that she was known to be the Kgeria in those days of lord Derby, or. as he was then, ord Stanley, a young fellow under thirt\ years of age. Indeed, the intimacy be wwn the marchioness and lord Stanley created something very much akin to." public scaidal. which only passed into < blivion wnen. a lew months after becoi- ing a widow, the dowager marchioness o. Salisbury became the countess of Derby. Whether the old marquis had any doul ts as to the paternity of the (hree bo\ s with which his young wife had presented him. is not known, but the fact , eniains that he left them entirely uiipn vided for, and the nresenl niaster of I'atliiild has refuseiNo have anything wlatsocver to do with the.ii. Indeed, so .- traighfened have been their circuinstaiiei s, that they have been obliged to work b r their living, the two younger boys as farmers up in Scotland 'mil the eldei of the three as assistant A. & J. Fletcher, Props. ACCOMMODATIONS FIRST-CLASS. .St ago lwiviis ("ii-ancl Cent ml fur Wutson, Hear l.ako City. Tliroii l-'nrks. Xuw Iioni'cr and all points in the ICaslo-SIocan district. BEN EDINGTON, PROPRIETOR. HE PALACE HOTEL Corner Front and Fourth Streets, KASLO, B. C. MAHONEY & LUNDBURG PROPRIETORS. hree Forks HOTEL E. C. CARPENTER, Manager. Drop in and See Me. Hot and Cold Lunch. HE MADDEN HOUSE At Corner Baker and Ward Streets, NELSON, B. C. East Baker Street, Nelson, otel Victoria NELSON The VICTORIA is pleasantly situate on Victoria street, and is one of the best Hotels in the Kootenay Lake Country. ALL THE PRINCIPAL MINES in Slocan dislricl ran ho reached in from I wo In seven miles from Mils lintel, which is localcd al Three Forks on Carpenter creek. THE DINING ROOM is under the immediate superintendence of Air. I.'. Howuii. formerly til' lhe Windsor Hotel. Untie. .Montana, and lhe Holers Hotel Missoula. Montana, who will sec lo if llml the cuisine of the Three Forks is not excelled Iiy ���llml of any hotel in West Kootenay. SPECIAL RATES will he made for weekly hoarder.-. I'rivate rooms for I riinsienl kucsIs, he Bolander HOUSE ('oriu-i- F.ldorado and Slocan avenues, npposilc ollice. N'l-.W IlKXVF.K. ���ord Restaurant in Building on the Corner. Bedrooms newly furnished. A shar roiia^e solicited. of Mm- public p,-il- J. C. BOLANDER, Proprietor. Slocan Trading & Navigation Company, Ltd. P*3T$23*23^S'" (I. I, I.KAVF.S I SEW DF.XVKK The company's .\ I passenger and freiKht -learner W. HUNTER I-:.ST.\ HI tOOIC AI.-isI t-r for head of Slocan lake daily al I p.m. for Four Mill: City and fool of Slocan lake on Wednesdays and Saturday- I. at I! a. in. Leaves haul of Slocan lake for New Denver daily at ."> p. in. Leaves fool of Slocan lake for Four Mile f'jly and New Denver on Wednesday.- and Sal urduys al ila.iu. NOTICE. To Wkh.m it M.w Co.stkun : All persons arc hcrchy warned iij,'ainsl nc^ol ial iiiK for lot-L'.'i and L'li. Iiltiek l.'l. and lot- I and-J, hlock 7. in lhe I own sile of Knur Mile ('iiy. I lie iiKrccnienl of sale lieinif made in fiii-iii-of Heiijaniin II. I.ee. as the same was ohlained wilhoiil lhe consent of I he tii-iuiniil town-He owners. JOHN HOUSTON & ('(��. XcI.'kjii, .Mai l:;i h, IH'Xt. .\i;en!:; fur oi'if;in:i) on ner., MILLS & REVSBECH, Proprietors "he^grand HOTEL THOMAS MADDEN, Prop. THE MADDEN is Centr.illy Located, With a Frontage Towards Kootenay River and is Newly Furnished Throughout. THE TABLE is Supplied wilh Everything in the Market, the Kitchen Being Under the Immediate Supervision of a Caterer of Large Experience. THE BAR IS SUI'I'I.IF.D WITH Till-.' HKST HKAMi.S OF ALL KIXI IS OF WIXK.S. MO I/O liS. AND CK.'AKS. HANSEN & BLOOMBERG Proprietors. TIIK Cl.nSF.ST IIOTF.I.; TIIK HAD ('AICIIIKSTHK ill Xel.-on to the hoat Landing- Itc.-l llrands of l.iipior- iiml Cigars. House. Lardo District. Special Attention to Miners. ^ot��nay HOTEL Situate on Vernon Street, Neap Joseohine. The Hotel Overlooks The Kootenay. Its Guests can Obtain Splendid Views of Both the Mountains and River. Axel Johnson, Proprietor THE ROOMS AUK COXVKXIKNT AND i CO.MFOI.'TAHI.K. i THE TABLE TIIK IS TIIK IIKST IX .MOUNTAINS JUNCTION I.AHDO AND 11 UNTAX HIV Kits. NOWOI'KN AND KKADV l-'OU HUSINKSS, Best oi Accommodations. A. C. PEARSON, Prop. T;HE GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL COHXKIf OF SIXTH AVION UK AND MAIN STKIOIOTS, I.AHDO. li.C Best of Accommodations. ItATKS: SI.;Vl TO $2 I'lOK DA V. FINE BRANDS OF DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED WINES, LIQUORS, AND CIGARS. ALLEN & GARVEY, Proprietors he Tremont. East Baker St., Nelson. Is line of Ihehcsl hotels in Toad Moiinlain di-lricl. anil is lli coiin- Irv. Anil the remark, lo a loo ^reat i-xtenL. is true. If a competent, man is found, in nine Limes in ten. he ir.ii drunkard and cannot be depcnde.l on. The country seems to be overrun with inconipelenl workmen. Wilson 6c I'erdue Ijroujrhl in <-i r.irlond of slall-l'ed beeves litis; week from Ki-iiiiiluii, Manitoba, that, dressed over l.'IIKI pound.- each. Ordinary rantfe ealtle dres.-, about SHU ponnils. The beef was llieliucM e\erexposuil for sale in the lake country. "Mike" .Malloy returned to Nelson on Monday ni'^il fri):n San.lei-s-m's lint -.jji-'iiil;-s. on L'pper Arrow lake, I.won ly-;. wo miles above Nakusp. wh ;ro be put, in three weeks. The reason be t;ive.~ for siayiiiK -o Inns? i-*. that tie; sti-ainh:riI s will not -);il 1 at i bat place for passengers. Captain l.indqnisl. keep your larboard eye wide open, for the buy.- know thai you are in command of the only pas^eiiKerboal plyiiiK nn tin." Arrow lake.-. The railways may all be in operation. but freight, is a lonjj tiun- in transit lor roads in thai condition. Not a pniinil of freight is ruining in over the Oreat. S'orLliern from the ou-l. and .jtnUi��K from the cn- euses i;iven by our merchants when-tuple nrlicles are asked for. the Canadian I'ncitic (,-uiinoL be in much belter shape. Why is ,-t .judgi: on the bench permitted lo use lan^ua^e lli.il would be coii-idered libelous if ullered by an onlinary individual or primed in the columns of a newspaper.' H. A. (.i':ill)raitli. representing the Taylor safe works of Toronto, arrived in Xelson this wi-i-k. When not talking safes he isdiscnursin;,' on morality. The tfraiid jury, sitting tit Nelson, returned three I rue bills, namely, l!e},'uiii vs. David, manslaughter: Ke.^ina vs. Lawrence, indecenl assault; Ke- jdna v.-. Ilayue.-. keepine; a bawdy anil disorderly hou.-e. In Il0!,'ina vs. I'orry. i.Miili'-x-'.leiir-nL, "no bill" was Ihe re- 1111*11. Iiavid. on trial, was dismissed, I lie .jury ret iirnini; a verdict of ju-liliable homicide. The evidence went to show Ibat lie killeil another Indian llii.-brolherl in self defense. The Lawrence anil Ilayue- i-a.-c- were postponed uiilil Monday. "Alike-" Wallace, of the Neosho mine in A ins worth di-triel. is making preparation?, to proceed to liuncan river to get bonils on several f^old claim-, in lhe inlere.-t nf Seattle parties. A. W. AIcMorrowol'the Highlander, one of the best-known claims in Ainsworth dist rid, i^. out at Spokane makinjf arrangement.- for the pu-bini; of work on the lower tunnel on thai properlv. bl. IL. X'tinl'atten of Davenport. Iowa. ha> taken up bis residence at Ain.-wiiilb. Mr. Van ratten is a capitalist who has large interest-in Aiuswnrl li anil Slocan dUlricls. A. W. .McUune of Salb Luke City is expected at. Ainsworth next week, when it will he settled as to what wi I be done with Ihe Skyline mine. Assessment work is bein.ydoneoii a lar^e number of claims in Ainsworth district, all of which tends to increase the volume of business transacted by local merchants. Mr. .Justice Walkem of Kiiinloops, atlor- nev-general Davie of Victoria, chief of provincial police jlussey, and H-iri'ister Wilson of N'cw Westminster wi re the only outside heavy weights in attendance al 1 he .-it- ting of the assize. F. C. Limes ol' Vancouver is looking over bis real eslale interests at .Vel.-on. Ueis of opinion that there will be one large city in the Kuulenay Lake couu- trv. a citv .thill, will be a distributing and supply point for the many .smaller towns that must of-necessity grow up as the mines are developed. There are at present in Kaslo twenty- nine places where liquor is so d and three more places being made ready to handle lhe ardent. About thirty men are tit work on the ICaslo-Slocan watio'n road, aud should the weather keep dry for a couple of weeks, a team cui be taken through to' Watson. Kxcept one land slide, lhe road is in fair condition to the Ten-mile house. ��� ll. F. Green. (..'. T. Kane. William Bail- Iie anil John I.. Ilel.ail.-u-k of Kaslo and C W. Musk of Halfour were the "foreigner;-;" in attendance at Nelson a; grand jurors. The Nelson jurors whngoto ICaslo are I.'. K. Lemon. (!. O. Buchanan, l-'rauk Fletcher. W. X. 1,'olfc. Harold Scions. (I. A. Iligelnw. K. Applewhaile. A. I-:, llndgins. and .lohn llniiston. The steiiner State of Idaho made her lirst trip to Nelson on Wednesday. She is a trim built boat, nicely finished, anil lighted throughout with electricity. If provided with a larger boiler there is no doubt she would be the ������('anipania" of Kootenay lake. The steamer Spokane has been made a British bottom and will hereafter ply In-t ween Ibis place and lake points. Reports from the Duncan River country arc to the eti'cct that the boys are Hulling promising ground. A good strong ledge carrying galena ore has been discovered on the east side of the river, a short distance below the Big .lain. Samples assayed al Nelson indicate that the ore will pay to wurk. The Van Home party arrived at Nelson on Wednesday, and after staying a feu- hours chartered flic. Spokane For a pleasure trip around Kootenay lake. Besides Mr. Van Ilorne. the only well-known mcniberof the party was .1. If. II. Molson. tlie Montreal hanker. Dan Dunn came down from Nakusp on Sat nrdnV to take his family hack to llml place, lie say* the right -nf-way is being cleared for I lie Nakusp .K: Sin- call railway. The Stage From a Moral Standpoint. Several noted actresses inadespeechcs in Chicago ;i I'ew da.\'s ;ik<> on the theme ol" "Women anil tlicKtap-e." Someol' their remarks were most appropriate, but flit! shrewdest remarks by tiny were made by Miss (.'ayvan. who said : ''The real elevation of the future must come from the public, not from the profession. It must come from the purification of public .sentiment, which shall refuse to accept women whose onlr qualification as stars is an appeal to morbid curiosity." That is the true basis. As Ioiik as a woman like the ".Jersey Lily," without any talent, with nothing to recommend her except some physical beauty and a damaged reputation, can draw crowded houses at double prices, the women of this country have no right to say that stage influence tire bad or the characters of actresses are sometimes under a cloud. We think there are a good many woinyjn in the world who blush now when they think that they insisted upon going to see .Mrs. hangtry'. Still, they knew just as much about her when they'wentas they do now. exee|>t at that time she had not become so coarse as she has since. What the artist said who spoke- in Chicago was true, aikI that is. that a lady is as much of a lady on tin; stage as anywhere else, and that the influence of II trite ttlld splendid j |llls received his stock uf Spring and Summer SuifiiiKs, woman for good call be probably Used i anil is prepared In turn nut suits ns well made and with ...ore ell'ect on the stage than in al- I ">���"*" ��" "-v M,M'H"" ""' '" (!,l,"l,l��� llll.ist ail.V of licr sphere of life, I linker slrccl l.iilsl wesl oflln- bridge), Nelson. ��� Double Dressed, Single Dressed, Shiplap, Rustie, Ceiling, Flooring, Laths, Shingles, ALL DIMENTIONS OF ROUGH. nVLZEZROZHZ^JSTTS: Having bought tin; slock nf the Davie.-Sayward Saw- mill Coinpany I am prepared lo furnish builders with lumber of the above line.-. Special Rates to Building Contractors. GEORGE H. KEEFER, Corner l.ake'and Ward streets. NcImiii. flotsam Groceries, Provisions, Hardware, Stoves, and Tinware. Plumbing and Tin-Roofing a Specialty. Stocks full and complete in every Department, and the Public will find it to their advantage to inspect Goods and compare Prices. John A. Turner, Manager. East Vernon Street, Nelson. (1. W. lill'II.WMISdX. NeNon. li. .1. Bkai.kv. Ka-lo. " Drugs, Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Perfumes, Soaps, Brushes, And Toilet Articles of Every Description. m* Central Offico. of the Kootenay Lake Telephone. A lai'Kc and complete slock of WALL PAPER Richardson & Bealey REAL ESTATE MINING BROKERS. Offices in Nelson, Kaslo, and Lardo. Real Estate and Mining* Brokers. AttKXTS l-'OIJ TOWN OF SEATON. Office in BANK BUILDING, KASLO. ^ZROUSTT STEEET, KASLO. Ms, Boots, Shoes, Groceries, Hardware, Iron and Steel MINING COMPANIES, MINERS, AND PROSPECTORS FURNISHED WITH SUPPLIES. .1. WILLIAM COCKI.K. li. A. OOCKliK COCKLE BROS. Boat Builders. Down the Grand Stn.lrw.-iy, KASLO. BOATS for HIRE. Boats of Every Description Built to Order. Shelf and Heavy Hardware, Stoves, Ranges, Tinware. Coal, Iron, Glass, Powder, Fuse, Caps, Steel, Nails, Paints, Oils. Miners' Lumbermen' and Blacksmiths' Outfits in Stock. ZF^OZEsTT STIREZET, ZK^-^SX^O, -B- O. jas. Mcdonald & co. JOSEPHINE STREET. NELSON, - - - Carry full lines of all kinds of l-'nniil are for residences. Iiolels. and ollices. Mattresses made lo order, and at prices lower lli.-in eastern and coast iniiniil'aclnrcrs. TIIKV AUK ALSO .M.-KXTS I'olt Evans Pianos and Doherty Organs ll.ate from Victoria. M.C.I FK,OnsrO? STREET, KASLU. MILLINERY AND FANCY DRY GOODS TIIK I.ATIOST STVI.KS IX LADIES' and CHILDREN'S MILLINERY A I.l. OKHKIIS HV POST 1'liO.MITI.V l-'l I.I.Ki). ! i ! i I I irjela-IDi :r,:e^.:di '�� W. .1. WILSON. \v. i-i:i:i>ii:. NELSON SHOE STORE Our second consignment has arrived, and il contained men's turned DoiikiiIil jailers and lialmo- rals, men's donfinla and carpet slippers, the cele- hratcd 77 hiihnoral for men's medium "ear. a line men's (I. W. linsshi tan pointed toe. Tu-olinesof voiilh's lialiiiorals, hoik I lookers and Kood wearers. A heaulifnl line of Misses' jjmin school liool.-. Mens checked canvass for the ilusly season. Our porpoise. i-IIIe. silk, and Mat Incus. Iilackine; kits, cork and premier insoles are also here. More lo GRAHAM k TAYLOR. Maker streel. n|. oust end of bridge. Nelson. SUITINGS. ���W. J". SQ-CriJRIE] iviE!E.ci3:^.asrT tailoe, WILSON k PERDUE. EAT Markets AT Nelson and Kaslo. Will coiil met to supply mining companies anil steam- limit.-, wilh fresli meals, and deliver same at any mine or liunliiiK i'1 tlmti Kootenay Lake country. NELSON Ollice and Market, 11 East Baker St. KASLO MARKET, Front Street. JOE F^JEttZZTJST NELSON, B.C. Plasterer, Bricklayer and Stone-Mason, C.'onlracls taken for work uf all points in Wesl ICoolenuy GEO. N. TAYLOR, ^ZROIBIIETIEOT AND SUPERINTENDENT. I'liuis, Specifications and Detail Drawings l-'urnislied. Ollice: Josephine street, near Maker, Nelson. M.C, LANGTON W. TODD ^IRO-HZ! TIE CT AND GENERAL DRAUGHTSMAN. Comfort, and artistic ed'ccl K'"n'iuileed. Ilitildi-rs'i|iiaulil ii-s made mil. l-'ronl street, Kaslo Oily. Kooleiiay, M.C. Dealers in Musical Goods of all kinds, Newspapers, Magazines, and Novels. Staple and Fancy Stationery, etc. Intending purchasers of Pianos, Organs, or Sewing Machines will find it to their advantage to write us or give us a call. We represent the best makers only and guarantee satisfaction on good terms. No. 2 Houston block, Baker street, Nelson. T^EJ^^^IK-I^STG- .^ R. STRATHERN, Agent at Kaslo. P|lPECTORsysuppLiE| gjQ JAM, DUNCAN RIVER. Do you want a heavy or light flannel shirt; or . a piire silk or silk-mixed shirt; or a percale shirt; or a white dress shirt; or a pure white flannel shirt; or anything in the way of collars and cuffs? If you do call at the postoffice store. $$i��