OTBNAY Has Mines that are Paying Dividends and Hundreds of Properties that can be Made Dividend Paying Mines. SEXTH TEAR-NO. 19.. ���*V ��>, "I vw? NELSOiNV BRITfSH COLUMBIA, SATURDAY, N"()VEMBEK 5, 1.898. TE Has a Mineral Output of Upwards ot One Million Dollars Every Month In The Year TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. GETTING AFTER THE JUDGES. Attorney-General Martin Announces that a Cut Will be Made in Their Salaries. One oi' the reform wave's of the Semlin administration reached Nelson yesterday in the form ol an intimation to county court judge Forin from attorney-general' Martin that the supplementary allowance made by the provincial government to the salaries of county court judges will be discontinued. The salaries of the county court judges are paid by the federal government, and are fixed at $200 per month, but recognizing that this amount was not a sufficient remuneration, it was the custom of previous provincial administrations to supplement the federal salary with an additional allowance of $500 per annum, which was included in the votes for stipendiary ' magistrates. More recently there was complaint made about the retention of fees by magistrates serving in the small debts court, and in some cases a set allowance was made i'or magistrates so serving, and the fees were turned into the provincial treasury. From those two sources the salary of county court judge Forin. was increased by $800 per annum, so that the intimation of attorney-general Martin means a cut of $800 a year to him. It depends very largely upon the motive which prompts this action of the new attorney-general as to the manner in which it will be received by the people ot tlie province. .If it has been taken upon the ground that the payment to the county court judges of adequate salaries is an obligation which rests upon the federal authorities, no complaint will probably be, made, provided the provincial government earnestly urges the matter at Otrawa. If, however, the provincial authorities have simply entered upon a cheese-paving policy and intend to allow the county court-judges to shift for themselves, considerable dissatisfaction may be looked for. With the present provincial allowance of $."300, tlie county court judges oi' the province receive but $2,1)00 per annum. It is plain, therefore, that at present their salaries are none too generous. Tt is a poor lawyer who cannot make more than this out of his practice in the course of a year. There is therefore little inducement for good lawyers to accept positions upon the county court bench, and if tins amount is reduced by $;*J00 the difficulty of securing desirable men will be even greater. Kit is a consideration to have good men for county court judges it will be necessary to pay good salaries. To Succeed Forbes G. Vernon. \V. Walters, of the British Columbia Land and Investment Agency, has been appointed agent-general for British Col-' umbia in succession to Hon. Forbes G. "Vernon. The office will be of an honorary nature, but the new official has announced that he will secure additional office accommodation and a room fitted up as a reading room for the use of British Columbians and others wishing to peruse the provincial papers. The offices of the B. C. Land and Investment Agency are situated in Sergeant's Inn, off Fleet street, which is the center of the uewspa- per publishing district. Being much more centrally located, the office would be much more convenient for British Columbians than the late' oue in Victoria street. The selection of Mr. Walters for, the position has also been favorably commented upon, as the appointee possesses an extensive knowledge of the province, while the company's business has naturally kept.him well posted on British Columbia affairs. Carney Made a Magistrate. .Augustus Carney has been appointed police magistrate for the city of Kaslo. If this appointment pleases the people of ivaslo they must have undergone considerable change since July last. Augustus Carney was a shouter in 1.89-1 for CI. O. Buchanan the Davie government candidate for the legislative assembly. Later he became a stumper for Hewitt Bostock, the grit candidate for member of the house of commons, and during the last general elections he blossomed out as a platform orator for Robert Green, the successful tory candidate for the provincial legislature. That he is of the stuff of which judges are made will come as a surprise to those who know him. It is safe to say that his appointment is one of those tor which the Semlin administration will have cause to regret. Victoria Child Burned to Death. On Monday the two year old child of Rev. Leslie Clay, of Victoria, was burned to death. The child had been put to sleep for the afternoon, but lie awakened and, securing some matches, set his clothing on fire. The strange thing appears to be that the child made no outcry, and the smoke issuing i'rom the room was the first alarm the members of the family had. The child died three hours after tlie accident was discovered. Ex-mayor Scott's Streak of Bad Luck. Fx-mayor Scott, of Hossland, has not been traveling in very good luck for the past few days. At Chicago some ten days ago he was run over by a cable car and received a broken hip, and at Rossland an execution has been issued against his mining stocks by A. B. Clabun. A short time ago Ciaybon secured a verdict for $(57*30.20 against Scott as the representative value of his services in securing Scott a place on the directorate of the Dundee Mining Company, and a bonus of ."30,000 shares of Dundee stock. .Scott did not respond speedily enough in the matter of settling and in consequence executions-were issued by Clabon against 50,500 shares of Dundee, -13,000 shares of Red Mountain and Ida May, and 20,000 shares of Kenneth. These sleeks will be sold by the deputy sheriff at Hossland on Thursday next. . . TROUBLE IS OVER THE SUBSIDY. Tho Act is not Worded to Suit Work Which the Railway Conipany Contemplates. ��� Respecting the delay in the matter of ii warding contracts for the construction of the Robson-Boundary Creek railway, beyond the summit to the west of the north fork of the Kettle river, the Boundary Cieek Times explains that there are other difficulties in the way of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company than those which the holders of the V.. V.' 6c E. ('barter are making. The Times says that the delay in awarding further sub-contracts arose -from the peculiar wording of the- B. C. Public Works Loan Act Amendment Act, 180S, and the construction placed upon the Act by the provincial government. It is well understoad that the C. P. R. decided to waive its right to a land grant under the Columbia & Western charter, and accepts in lieu thereof the $L000 a milo voted under the Loan Act referred to. Now the Act states that a subsidy of $���1,000 a mile is to be paid (a) For a standard guage road from Penticton to the houndary Creek district approximately J00 miles in length ; and, (b) For a stan- tun d guage railway from Robson to the boundary Creek district to connect with the railway mentioned in subsection (a) hereof, approximately NO,miles. The NO miles mentioned in subsection (b) ends at the summit. The C. .P. R. naturally expected the subsidy for continuing this road, to Midway, an additional 20 miles. But the provincial government raised the contention that this 20 miles was a. portion of the J'en tic ton road and tlie only way that subsidy could be earned was by living up to the conditions of the act which stated that work must be begun antl carried on from Penticton, and the entire road for which the subsidy is granted must be built before the subsidy can be -paid. ��� it is also reported that the V., V. 6c E. company is objecting to the C. P. li. encroaching upon its territory. The V., V. ifc E. company appears to have been incorporated aud maintains a miserable existence for no other reason than to create trouble and retard useful public works. It is difficult tu say what decision tlie government will arrive at in this matter. It is naturally anxious to see the railway constructed from Penticton, but it is not probable that it will do anything to delay- railway construction from Robson. It is safe to presume that the government will place a reasonable construction upon the subsidy act and allow the C. P. R. a pro rata share of the subsidy for continuing the road to Midway. MUNICIPAL MATTERS. At the meeting of the city council on Monday afternoon applications were read from R. E. Lemon, S. Anderson and W. H. Lacey for appointment as .-inspectors of the work of removing bodies from the old cemetery. The appointing of inspectors was left with mayor Houston, and during the week-he appointed R. E. Lemon as inspector of the work at the old cemetery and R. B. Bsnouf as inspector at the city cemetery. The matter of the appointment of a caretaker for the city cemetery was deferred till the next meeting. An offer of 50 cents a yard for the rock on Ward street was received from the .Allan Brothers, but it was declined by tl e council, as the rock is to be used in t! 3 improving of Ward street between Baker and Silica streets. It was decided to allow a rebate of 10 per cent, to the users of electric light during October, provided payment is made before November 10th. The city engineer was instructed to prepare plans and specifications for the fencing of the city cemetery. Tenders will be called for the work at so much per foot for board fencing and a separate price for picket fencing; also for the erection of buildings suitable for caretaker's quarters and mortuary chapel and tool house. Tho advertisement calling for tenders appears in another column. The current accounts were passed by the city council and ordered paid. Train Load of Sailors Wrecked. At 1.50 Monday morning, while the west bound special C. P. It. passenger train, with British government sailors and marines was passing a point JJ. miles east of JYhirgacli��� second station east of flat Portage���the tender of the engine, two baggage cars and four colonist cars were derailed. The engine, with theexception of tlie rear driving wheels, remained on the track, The tender, two baggage cars and three colonist cars went over the embankment, which is ten or fifteen feet high, and were considerably damaged. The fourth colonist car left the rails, but remained upright on the ties. The commissary car and the sleeper on the rear end were not derailed. F. Flec.kney and Wm. Miller, boy's from the training ship "Agin- court," Chatham, England, were killed, Samuel Harrison, stoker, from Edinburgh, and Thomas Burns, ordinary seaman, injured, also a man named .Samuel Smith, from Papineauvillc, Quebec, who was stealing a ride. There were lo-'! men and 12 officers on the train. THE OMINECA COUNTRY. C. E. Perry Returns From a Successful Trip in the Interests of an Exploration'Company. . C. E. Perry, the well known railway engineer, has returned from a trip to the Omineca district, where he has been superintending matters for the St. Anthony Exploration Company. lie says that his party has .taken some good hydraulic ground on Germansen and Manson creeks and ou Onacaiuga creek, a- tributary of the Nation river. The holdings include,quite a number of hydraulic propositions, and the company intends to begin operations iu the spring. The country is very mountainous, and from the Rockies westward it is destitute of plains of any considerable extent. The mountains rise,from 3,000 to 7,000 feet, but only very few of the ridges are snowcapped all the year round. .Mr. Perry went in by the Ashcroft route and made a survey of the waterways from Quesnelle mouth by the Fraser river to Fort George, thence by the Nechacoand Stewart rivers to Fort St. James, and of the Tat-Che and Middle rivers which connect Stewart lake, Cross lake and Tachla lake. , .Thus there is water communication 370 miles in length to Buckley house, at the head of Tacla lake, which, by the expenditure of $"30,000, can be made navigable for such steamers as those which' were, built for the Stickine traffic. The only obstacles to be removed from the rivers are collections of small boulders. THE JUDGE AND HIS JAG. THE KETTLE RIVER RAILROAD. Two, Newspaper Men Spend Eight Days In ' Jail for Commenting Upon It. A snub has, been administered to the judge of the Newfoundland bench, who committed the proprietor and editor of the St. John's Telegram to jail for thirty days for contempt of court: The governor, acting no doubt on the advice of his cabinet, has released the prisoners after they bad served only eight days of the time. Without entering into the merits of the case, the governor expressed his belief that the imprisonment already undergone by Messrs. Herder and Parsons was sufficient atonement for any offence which in this instance they had committed. It appears that the contempt which j these gentlemen committed against the ! court was the publication of a letter j criticising the conduct, personal and , other, of a judge and several other per-j sons nnd there-s��e\us to )mv-.(-> bcf>!i -tn iv: '< timation that while on his travel to hi.s ' circuit the judge took more liquor than Was good for him. As a matter of fact, the letter was a criticism of public expenditure, the persons criticized being barristers and the judge, who were on their way in a government steamer tb hold court at some coast town. It does not appear that the article interfered with the course of justice in any particu-. lar case, or that it was calculated in any way to interfere with the proper administration of justice. There was therefore no excuse for the exercise of the barbarous power possessed by judges in this country as well, to commit persons for contempt of court. The power, was meant to enable judges to maintain their auth- oiity. and dignity during the sitting of the court; but to say that a judge may get drunk publicly and bring disgrace on the administration of justice, and has power to send to jail any person commenting on the exhibition, is a proposition it would be difficult to maintain in Canada. It .was maintained, however, in the Hawke case iu New Brunswick, but the public treated the prisoner with, every mark of consideration, and showed that they did not agree with either the law or its representative. , lu the Ellis case in the same province,-where -Mr. Ellis was committed to jail and fined for criticizing a judge who made an illegal order in an election case, the public treated him on his release as a hero, made a demonstration and subscribed more than sufficient money to pay his fine and all tho costs. The parliament of Canada fritters away enough time on trivial matters to justify the suggestion that they might devote a little time to this subject, and by legislative enactment confine the power of a judge to commit i'or contempt of court within proper bounds. Cariboo Mine Turns Out $12,500 in Two Weeks Robert Ja'Tray, of Toronto, who is not only president of the Crow's Nest Coal Company, but of the reorganized Toronto Company which controls the Cariboo, camp -Melviuney mine, reports tliat the first two weeks run' of the 20-stamp mill resulted in the saving of N70 ounces of gold, valued, at '-i12,."300. These figures represent the work for the first two weeks in October, and even better returns are anticipated for the latter half of the mouth. The Proceeds of Free Trade ? The customs revenue still continues to grow. The collections for the month of October amounted to $1,09"',27.1, as compared with $1,711,127 for the same month iu.l.8!'7: an increase of $210,000. The revenue from Yukon is also satisfactory. A sum of $7"3,*300 wn.s collected during the month of September, but this amount will be included iu the November returns. The Imperial Bank Opens Up. The -afe for the branch of the Imperial bank has arrived, and the bank will probably lie doing business on .Monday. The Promoters Should Not Overlook the Advantage of a Provincial Charter. "Jn their efforts to secure a charter for the Kettle River Valley railway, the promoters of Lhe scheme should not this time overlook the advantage of securing a provincial charter. There can be no question but that the present legislature will grant a/charter whicli will .secure a railway without further cost to the public treasury, and thus endorsed, tho hands of the promoters would be considerably strengthened at Ottawa. That no attempt was made last year was evidently due to the strong hold which the Canadian Pacific Railway Company held upon the Turner government, which was fully disclosed by the policy adopted with respect to the Helmcken resolution". That the Canadian Pacific Railway Company will again make strenuous efforts to defeat the scheme may be expected, but there is little probability tliat the Canadian Pacific will again receive such signal assistance from the legislature or from the boards of trade of Victoria and Vancouver. There is another reason why a provincial charter should be sought. There is, a feeling of resentment in the minds of some public men against the pursuit of a policy which in a measure ignores the provincial legislature by the building of railways within the province under dominion charters. There is no excuse this year for the promoters of the Kettle River railway .scheme allowing the allies of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company to fight them under the mask of provincial rights. They have it iu their power to so nurse their scheme that' it can be presented as a provincial issue, and in. view of the forces which they must fight at Ottawa, they should do so. Jn discussing the probability of the promoters of tho Kettle River road making a second application for a federal charter, the Toronto Globe says: "There is little doubt as to the course which parliament ought to pursue. It will be urged, and with some force, that the retention of the trade within Canada will benefit the whole country as well as the Canadian Pacific railway, to whose influence the defeat of the bill last year was due. But it must be borne in mind that a great deal has been already- done to .protect the interest of the Canadian railway and of Canadian trade. The tariff gives a decided advantage to the Canadian manufacturer and trader, and the Canadian Pacific railway is heavily subsidized in money and land, and enjoys other special ���:'. :d VL"I'.u:b!e priviieg''-' To say th:v besides all this we shall adopt a policy of exeludiug other railways in that district, and preventing a company from building a railway with its own money and without favors or privileges of any kind, seems tons to pass the bounds of reason and justice. No matter where the money for the railway comes from, it must be to a large extent a Canadian enterprise, involving considerable expenditures in Canada, aud providing additional railway facilities for a large and important district of Canada. '*' The 'question is really not so much one of the rights of Mr. Corbin and his associates, as against the C. P. Li., as of the rights and interests of the people of the territory to be served.' It is they who ought to be consulted mainly, and it would perhaps be better if the matter had been finally decided in the British Columbia legislature. But if the question comes before the dominion parliament .it must be decided, and we think it would b'e'adopting-a very dangerous and unjustifiable course to forbid a business investment by unprivileged persons in a railway which will undoubtedly be of great benefit to the district. It may be argued that the..trade of older Canada would be benefited by shutting out the great mining region from intercourse with the neighboring states. We think our traders are pretty well able to hold their own, aud in any case it would be too much to ask the people of the district, for the sake of the eastern provinces, to forego that railway connection with the United- States which all the eastern provinces enjoy. We should grumble pretty loudly in Ontario if it were proposed to shutus off in a similar way from connection with the American railways." Customs Returns for October. The following are the customs' returns from the port of Nelson for the month of October : I.MI'oltTS. Duti.'iblu floods .... Free good* s:i:..si;:_ i*i 1.711 "0 Total imports. . Duly colle.cli.d.... KXIHIIT-. :<..-.,.;:m on ........?ni,-_'.'::! 71 Tlio mine Tin; fore-it ..,.. . . Maiiul'iic'u.res S!.I,___H 00 i:i i'pO 07(.i 00 Toinl exporl* .. . ��� i:i:.*i.mi no The Little Giant. The late l!ev. Dr. Cochrane, of Brant- ford, when ordained to the ministry weighed only ninety pounds. Although he increased a little in flesh as he grew older, he was known as the "Ninety Presbyterian Pounder" by all hi.s older friends. His small stature and his remarkable vigor made the nickname peculiarly suggestive of his personality. Valleau'i. Report on Omineca. Fred \V. Valleau, formerly of Nelson, wliol'ifsiiiiiii mouths past has been .acting gold commissioner' in the Omir.eca country, has returned to the coast, from Manson creek, lie predicts a great future I'or the Omineca country as a liydraulic- ing district. On Manson creek the Forty- Nine Company, of Ottawa, has all its machinery in, the cost of which with the work done upon the ground represents an expenditure of 880,000. Recently some big quartz deposits, said to be rich have been located on Ivis-pyas river, near the confluence of the Babine and Skeena: while a free-milling proposition, said to assay high, with placer diggings in the neighborhood, yielding- about $S a day, are also reported. During'the past five months 7;"3 hydraulic leases have been granted, carryingSO acres of ground each. On the Stranger and Osilinea rivers which flow into the Omineca a parly of Fnglis- tuon have secured several hydraulic propositions which are reported to be very rich, and there is abundance of water to work them. FOR THE REIGN OF PEACE. OL the Czar's proposition for the beginning of universal peace, the London Chronicle says: "The one point to be noted by every man is that if the'idea embodied in the Czar's receipt cannot be carried out, the basic ideas of our civilization are lost. We iriay as well throw up the sponge���we may as well cease to prate about civilization and progress���for our .talk will be as the idle wind." c That is the point exactly. Who says that the powers of the old world would not be just as strong were they to all divide their armies by five and were they to dismantle four-fifths of their navies ? That would have another effect. Three millions of men. in their prime," would be taken from the ranks of consumers and made producers. It may be said the ranks of the producers are over-crowded now, and that many live by supplying the food and clothing of the consumers. That is true, but, after all, there i.s nothing that does not come from labor, and it is the army of laborers who pay the bills, and the true theory would be'to push these men, as they left the ranks of war and entered the ranks of peace, out into lands where there would be room for their work. Transfer them to Central Africa, and in twenty years they would create a new nation. Brazil would welcome them all, and iu twenty .years they could thus' give the vitality to that region which would amount to a new creation. ' < British Columbia could absorb one million of them, and while they could be making homes for themselves, they would add immense power to the dominion. Argentina needs a million of them. There is another feature to the business. Most of these soldiers are unmarried, for most of them young women at home are waiting, "aud in i-lie meantime are exposed' to all the dangers that come through temptation and the necessities of life. There is still another thought.' Most of the nations of western Europe are professedly Christian nations. Looking over their mighty armies and tremendous fleets the first question that a skeptic, would ask would be: "Is this the best showing that can be made for the Prince of Peace after nineteen hundred years of trial ?"' Finally, is it true that in bauds entirely great the pen is mightier than the sword ? if it is, what an impeachment of the intelligence of civilized men is tbe constantly Increasing armies and the rush to build and arm more ships ! The Age of Mining in Greece. The mines of Laurium, Greece, now' worked for zinc, lead and iron, are the same mines from which Themistocles drew the silver supply to fit out his fleet and drive back the Persian invader at Salamis (-190 to -'180 B.C.), and so lay the foundations of the Athenian hegemony. It is thought that the Phrenicians delved there before the Greeks came; so that the mining industry at iJanrium may boast an origin as remote as thirty centuries back, while in full blast today. In walking through the French company's great mine at Ganieresa, in the lieart of the Laurium region, one traverses a gallery in active exploitation for zinc and lead close by another worked by the old Greeks two or three thousand years ago. For such a " transient industry," mining seems to evince some permanent characteristics.' Ready for Any Emergency. i If France will cast her eye out to sea in either direction, she will see something rather impressive, .lust off the coast, about where Trafalgar' was fought,, she will see eight great battleships and five cruisers the British channel squadron- all ready for business, anil in quick communication with- the .Mediterranean squadron of nine battleships and fifteen cruisers. Those thirty-seven fighting ships can all be concentrated in three day- tipon any desired point on the coast ol France. I tis said, too, that there is perfect quietness in the ship yards and naval stations of Great Britain. This means that her reserve ships are all iu perfect order. Great Britain is all ready for whatever'may come. Le. Rot's Groat Record for October. On Tuesday the Le Hoi established another record bj* loading and shipping .72*3 tons of ore. The output of the mine for October was I2,7."iO tons. The month's output, giving the Le Koi ore an average value of $"*"0 per ton, would therefore aggregate $.\'S2,"jO(). Whei'o Honors Come Easy. Hamilton Spectator: A reporter has been arrested for oflering his arm to the (Jueen of Holland. We know a . reporter who has handled as many as four queens at a time, and he is still at large. THE BOARD OF TRADE. A Meeting of the Council that May Bring About Results. On Wednesday evening (he council of the board.ol trade held a regular monthly < meeting. There were present:''President Robertson, secretary Turner, and Messrs. Thompson. Fletcher, De-Bri-ay, Proctor,- and Houston. The following questions were discussed: 1. The improvement, of the Lardo river from Trout lake to its junction with Duncan river. 2. Malting Nelson a division point for the Cananian Pacific railway. S. Reduction of fares on railways running into Nelson. ���1. Obtaining specimens of minerals i'or a permanent mineral exhibit in the board rooms. ii. Keeping the registry wicket of the postoilice open until G o'clock p. m. G. A public building in which to trans- , act business with Dominion officials. These questions will all come up for discussion at the regular meeting of the board of trade on the 1-1 th instant. A number of accounts were passed. The secretary was voted an annual salary of $250, to date from July Isr,, hist. The room now used by the board will be retained until such time as one better suited for the board's requirements can be obtained, the rent being $10 a month to ���, date from October 1st. The Patriots of Vancouver. ' On Wednesday afternoon the merchants of the city of Vancouver field a meeting in the board of trade rooms for the pur-, ' pose of- coming to some arrangement whereby they will secure a direct aud permanent, line of steamers between Vancouver and San Francisco and Vancouver and Alaska, A year ago several of the merchants who on Wednesday sought to secure these transportation facilities for Vancouver met in the same board of trade rooms and denounced as unpatriotic t he efforts being made'by the people of J3oun- dary.Creek to secure railway connection with the systems in the United State.-. The merchants of Vancouver will,confer a favor upon the people of Boundary Creek by explaining to them why it is less patriotic to have intercourse with the people of the United Slates by way of the Kettle River Valley than at Vancou-' ver through the medium of steamers to San Francisco and Alaska ports. It would also be interesting to know why so many merchants ou the coast take their le.s-.ons iu patriotism from the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. ' Two miners Kinea at Rossland. William Cain and Patrick Nolan, two miners employed at the Sunset ,No. 2 at Rossland, were killed in. the Sunset shaft Tuesday evening. The men went into the shaft before the air was purified, and in trying to get out. fell from the ladder, breaking their necks. Fred liolt, a mucker, had a narrow escape, being rescued by George Ore wry. As there was no,steam up.it was impossible to rescue Cain and Nolan by means of the hoist, and they met their death through falling from the ladder. Quartz Discoveries in Cassiar. Among the arrivals from Cassiar on Tuesday was J. If. Rose, manager of the Alaska Mining 6c Commercial Conipany, who lias had charge of a prospecting party in Northern British Columbia. The party went in over the Ashcroft trail, and Rose claims to have found both rich quartz and gold placer diggings. He also reports that a party sent out by Frank Ca I breath made a placer discovery northwest.of Teslin lake. The Earnings of the Grand Trunk. People are accustomed to think of railways as vast earning corporations of immense wealth and profit. In the case of the Grand Trunk for the year 1S07 the ratio of expenses to earnings was a little over OS per cent, or something about what it is in an insurance company. In'LSDOthe system failed to earn its lixed charges by $*(_(.."3,000. In IS07 there was a surplus of $210,000. and for the year ending June Mth, IS!IS. the surplus rose to $1,!) 10.000. Tlio Golden Smelter to Resume. II. I". Alexander was in Golden Inst week, when he made the announcement that negotiations were then iu progress with a view to the purchase and 'operation of the smelter at Golden. The enterprise will be worked as a copper'smelter, and the purchasers will give every assistance to the development of copper properties which will be in a position to ship ore to the smelter. Drydon Won His Seat in South Ontario. In the by-election in South Ontario on Tuesday lion. John Dryden, minister of agriculture in the Ontario legislature, was returned with a majority of about 100 over Calder, the Conservative candidate. In the general elections Calder defeated Dryden with a majority of 00, but he was unseated by the courts. Dryden has been a member of the government without a seat for the past six months. Leadville Mines to Resume. It is announced that the properties of the Leadville mining companies will resume operations. It is predicted that the resultant tonnage of silver-lead ore will in a measure renew the required smelter supply, for which the Co-ur d'Aleut's, the Ivootenay aud Mexico have for the last two years been drawn upon. m THE TRIBUNE: NELSON B.C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER m*0 ts no ~\ <*t, what, your bill of fare may be, you can never have, a good appear- r/ ,w, :,y ing table without suitable table- ��� />x%fc. ware, and a few, articles .for .table V * f ''if til}' j ' * ._ , ^ ^Itl decoration. Gall and see my stock ^N^.<^^^^; of' Forks, Spoons, Knives, Napkin ^m^y\,,^&S^Ml Rings, Salts and Peppers, Cream JP^^".: ,,j and Water Pitchers, Sugar Bowls, I'liouc In, Haker ^livel, KII'KI'ATI.ICIC & WILSON, I'urveyors In llie I'cople nf O'l-oeei'li;", Crockery, iunl (!ln.-..Mwnro Berry Dishes, Bake and Soup Tureens in Sterling Plate. All latest de signs for holidays. Vegetable '. Silver and and ladruple o VVi In Noah's time, In other clime, :n mslled for their food. 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JOHNSON, B.A.Sc. <-�� ��� ���_Mining Knginccrs and Analytical Chemists, Slocan City, li. C. LODGE MEETINGS. NELSON LODGE, NO. 23, A. F. & A. M. ."Meets v-v w second Wednesday in each month. Sojourning /\^��\ brethren invited. KNIGHTS OK PYTHIAS���Nelson Lodge, No. io, Ivnights of Pytnias, meets in Castle hall, JMacdon- ald block, corner of Josephine and Vernon streets, every second and fourth Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. All visiting knights are cordially invited to attend. Gkokok Ross. IC. of R. & S. It. G. Jov. C. C. he ��ribxtttu* SATURDAY MORNING NOVEMBER o. 1SJ1S The suspension of police magistrate ��� Macrae, ot Victoria, by attorney-general Martin seems to have been a rather dramatic ail'air, in which the attorney-general appeared iu the role of the oppressed sailor's champion. So far but one side of the case has been presented, but the circumstance that the magistrate was relieved from the further discharge of his magisterial duties on the afternoon of the' day upon which the complaint was.lodged against him, is rather good evidence of ~ the energy of the new attorney-general.-'. Joseph T. Liddy is the name of the sail or who has caused all the magistrate's trouble., He was a seaman on the steamship Tartar when it went into dry dock at Fjsqiiimi.il t, and by reason of illness was discharged. On the following day he went to the chief officer'.to be paid off' when he was informed that the captain had changed his mind and that he would have to resume duty. The sailor replied that he had been discharged and would not con tin ne on the ship. He was then arrested for refusing duty and brought before.magistrate .Macrae. According to Liddy's story the magistrate browbeat him and did not allow him to enter his defence. When the case was closed the magistrate said that he would impose the full penalty of 2S days. To tltis Sergeant Langley who conducted the prosecution saifl that there wtis no.desire to press' for the full penalty, and the magistrate then reduced it to li days with hard labor. Liddy's time expired on Friday last, when lie applied to the court for tho restitution ol'$0.2*5 whicli was taken from him. The refund was denied him by the police..and he then sought the magistrate, who also turned him aside.. Some one then told him to see the attorney-general. The result of this was that Liddy appeared before the executive and stated his grievance, after which things began to come liis way. He received hi.s money Lmck and hiter on in the afternoon was a party to a conference between the attorney-general and the magistrate, in which the .������������'tornoy-generaI informed the latter that j he con.-i'dered his action a. travesty upon ! the administration of justice, and fr.rt.li- v/iih -uspended him. Magistrate Macrae will.probably insist upon an investigation by the executive into the whole mutter. IX Li. Keu of Victoria has a letter in the Times in whicli he states tliat should the matter of the Kettle River railway charter come before the Victoria board of trade he will bring all the force he can bear to oppose it. Mr. Ker gives tlie reasou why he will do this. He says that the time is not ripe for permitting any American railway to tap Boundary creek. It evidently does not strike Air. Iver that the people of Boundary creek are probably better judges of what Boundary creek needs in the way of railway facilities, than is the man whose feed mills are served by the Canadian ^Pacific Railway Company. It is just possible that in this matter the interests of Boundary creek antl the interests of Mr. Ker clash to some extent. This being so Air. Ker could scarcely be looked upon as an unbiased and safe authority in determining tho railway facilities for Boundary creek. It maybe interesting tothe people of the province to learn Mr. Ker's views upon,, the matter, but his opinion should carry no more weight than his opinion as to tlie best brand of rolled oats on the Victoria market. There is one other thing which should be borne in mind, and that is that the people of Boundary creek indulge in a greater hope for the future of their district than in having it exploited for the benefit of a few ambitions traders. tt -****���** "Cw^-h n ^-Wu* m m ^*MJ*"rl ^*t^r a I ^*W__^ U <��__v*rqw D p"*^** B i if" ^^f* *4w* ��� ��� ^*r ^a*tfppr ^^atr HUH |>W' ^w^w ��� ��� W B Capital $1,500,000. Head Offices Toronto, Ontario. All types of electrically operated mining* and power apparatus Sole agents for complete Victor Blasting' Machines We also sell the g-enuine Bell Telephones Oi-jinvilli' .Slivnl��� V.WnoHVUK P*R. A TSTFT British Columbia Branch Offices Granville Street���VAN CO b'V 10 R ICootenay District���NKLSON E'K.-A.nSratS: 3_D_A.E,XjI3STC3-, Koolenay A {font UMCXT KOH WIUK ItOI'K AND G T.N'HkA 1. MACIIIXKItV That the feeling in favor of the establishment of a Canadian mint is growing is shown by the remarks of IX Li. AVilkie, president of the Canadian Bankers' Association o,f'Canada, at a bankers's conference held in Toronto last week. In his address to the association president Wil- kie urged the establishment of a mint, either at Vancouver or Victoria, as a stimulus to trade in connection, with the Vukon gold discoveries. Given a few more years' agitation, there yet remains come this disadvantage by having a steamer fill in the gap of two and a half miles between the railway .townsite and Aioyie. It is said that the railway company will build a spur into Aioyie for the ore tonnage, and, this done, the people of Aioyie profess to have no fear for the future, as the mines in the vicinity of Aioyie already have a payroll of $10,000 per month, while at the railway townsite there is nothing save the company's depot. Tlie grievance of the people of Aioyie against the railway company will, however, be presented to the authorities at Ottawa, with a view to compelling.the railway company to erect a depot and make and take delivery of freight and passengers. Till-! Conservatives of Rossland have organized and declared themselves in favor of conducting the next provincial contest in that city along party lines. From the names of the officers chosen, and those appointed as members of the executive, it appears that the Conservative: organization has drawn very strongly from tlie forces which in July last returned the present member. Curiously enough the executive contains the name of John Ale- Kane, the defeated government candidate, as well as those of David B. Beagle and J. A. Kirk, who contributed so largely to his defeat. & NELSON BRANCH MARKETS Rossland and Trail, in Trail Creek District Three Forks and Sandon, in Slocan District Kaslo in Ainsworth District Prepared to supply consumers with everything in the way of fresh and cured meats. Orders bv mail carefully filled and promptly forwarded. J. B. AlcAuTiruK. of Rossland, expresses the opinion that if the members of the Quebec conference arrive at any determination with respect to commodities to he selected for reciprocal treatment, that the. lead ores of Kooteuay will be included. He says that the Canadian commissioners are in possession of every fact which bears upon the cfuesbipn. They are, he says, in favor of reciprocity in lead ores, as advocated by the Kiislo ,. ,..,_,. ,,-.. , ,, .. , board of trade aud attorney-general Alar- some prospect of the great Liberal states- .-; u,,*. j.i,���(- p���;i; ��� <.^ +1 ��� i 1 ' .������,��.��� tin, but that tailing to secure this end, the members of the federal government in from the .surface to catch the raise, and this has :n go but a few feet further. Tin! piopt.'i'ty will (hen be in grand shape. Palestine as a Railway Center. Within three years a man will be able to get into the train at Ostend ami travel straight through io l'mT. Arthur, in five years a person will be abm '<) travel in a railway i-arrhige. from 'he Cape to Alexandria. There is y��M. n ihiid gicat world line froiu Couslaniiiioph'. via falesline, Persia. India ami Burmah. to llongKong. The importance of thc-e three great, lines of communicat ion <-a mini, be sufficiently dwelt upon : il can i-c: lainly not, be exaggerated. With regard in two of these railways there is this In be noted���they both of them .tneei in Palestine. Palestine is the great center, thf meeting of the road^. Whoever holds Palestine commands the great lines of communication, not only by laud, but also by sea. Providence Protects a Southern Editor. Atlanta Constitution : '" During our absence from the office on last Wednesday evening,"' writes a rural editor, "some evil-minded person, thinking that we was seated at our desk, fired a load of buckshot through our window. But as a kind, protecting Providence would have it, the entire load was received by a stranger who was waiting for us in our office. There is no trace of the assassin, and at this writing the stranger who so fortunately filled our place at the time is too weak to talk.-' ���>*������*���*, <& %0 Just received a consignment of Harris home made tweeds from Talbot Harris, Scotland. The supply is limited, so call early and examine this stock .(I i-sr HAk'KR STIiKKT N'KLSsON \ g 1 Received Daily from Spokane at the TJIF. (JIIKAPI-JST PLAUK IK THE CITV KOR KKUITS OK ALL KINDS. MILLS & LOTT, Cop. Baker and Ward Sts., Nelson. men at Ottawa taking the matter up. Attornkv-general AlAimx will ������personally conduct all... criminal prosecutions at the assize courts at New Westminster and Vancouver. This action is commended by the admirers of the attorney-general on the ground of economy. Dr. ���Far'rish, of -Kamloops, died in the Jubilee hospital at Victoria on Alond.-iy. lie was formerly physician to the provincial government's institutions at Kamloops, and while lying ill in the hospital was dismissed by the new government. By his death Dr. Farrer has rebuked the indecent haste shown by the Bostock push in the matter of his removal. Tiik prohibitionists are having a heartbreaking time of it. No sooner does the majority in the other provinces begin to creep up again than a backwoods district of Quebec is heard from and immediately the fig ores dwindle like the magic skin described by Balzac. The Iateststatisl ics show that the majority for prohibition will not be more than eight or nine thousand. This is a shrinkage of i>0(\0 in a week. ��� I.v 'Michigan legislation for the purpose of checking the inordinate greed of corporations has been so perfected that corporations which offend in this respect are brought up sharply. This week the state commissioner of insurance cancelled the license of the Liverpool, London 6c Globe company, it being specifically charged that the company had violated the anti- compact law in entering into a scheme with four other companies to fix a table of fire and marine insurance rates, thereby preventing competition. Till-: Aioyie City Leader say>. that the people of Aioyie will make a fight with the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Theiailway company will not give the town a station, but they intend to over- will adopt reprisals in the form of an export duty. Reciprocity in lead would doubtless be of immediate benefit to lead mines, but it means nothing short of the abandonment of the smelting industry of the province, since if, with the advantage of the heavy import duty imposed by the United States it is impossible to profitably treat lead ores in Canada, it will be rendered manifestly more so by the removal of such duties. That the proposal to surrender the smelting of British Columbia ores to American smelters is the easiest way out of the difficulty is apparent, but this does not dispose of the fact that it would be better statesmanship for the public men of Canada to seek first for some market for Canadian lead, tmd then regulate the tariff so that the smelting industry would be encouraged. SLOCAN MINING NOTES. If you desire anything*-in the way of Smokers' Supplies, it will pay you. to look over the .new stock of Pipes, Tobacco Pouches, Cigarette Holders, Cigar Holders, Cigar Cases, and other smokers' requisites which are included in the new stock of goods just received at the Postoffice Cigar Store. /\ $1000 Stock to Select From j^xjca:io3sr_H]__B_R,s INT! BAKER STREET, NELSON Li II Kootenay Lake Sawmill, G. O. Buchanan, Prop. "he Postoffice Cigar Store First ngnt prices S. .1. MIGilTOX Tlie total shipments of ore from the Bosun mine up to date have been II. carloads or 220 tons. Six shipments were made- iu August and September aud five in October. The mine will do much better this mouth. Two carloads are already out or on the way to the wharf. The ore shipments last week from Sandon were : Payne SitO, Ruth 71, Wonderful Bird v, Slocan Star 120; total "ill:,1. From Three Forks for the week: Idaho, 1S2, Queen Bess 2H: total 20.U From New Denver: California 20, Bosun 10; totai 00. In all, S0").[ tons. All the men on the Galena Farm were sent down the hill last week and work- stopped, only enough being kept at work to keep the pumps running. The shut down is supposed to be only temporary. The Knterpri.se. on Ten Mile, will soon have a large force of men working again. The long upraise between the No. 2 and No. ,'j tunnels was finished a fortnight ago, and as soon as the one now raising to the No. I is completed the force of men will be increased. A tunnel is being BAKER STREET I lai'ing .secured tlio more commodious .i.nd coiir' voiiieni. quju-lcrs of lhe above hotel, Mrs. K. C. Clarke lakes this opportunity of thankin},' her former patrons al. tho Clarke FTotu! for their' palrotmxc in the past, ami for soliciting a continuance of the same. class lumber at right Doors, Turned Work, etc., Yard: Foot Hendryx Street. Also a full line of Sash, constantly on hand. JOHN RA'E, Agent. When Requiring Thoroughly Seasoned Lumber Call and Inspect Stock. Rates $2 per Day * Clarke,- Proprietor Notice of Application for Certificate of Improvements. UI.CK KVKIi NELLIE JII.VKIIAI. CLAIM. SITCATE IN THE XELSON .MINING DIVISION Ol' WEST KOOTENAV 1IIS- TlilCT. AND LOCATED ON I'OKCL'I'INE CHEEK. AHOUT TWO MILES KI.O.M THE NKLSON AND KOl.T SI lEI'l'AliD I_AII.WAV. NOI.'TII OE AND NI'.AK TIIK .1 Clill.KE .MINKKAI. CLAIM. Take nol ice tliat I..S.S. Karwell, acting as a;_c(..n|. for the I'.lue Kyed Xcllie .Mining Company, Jamilefi Liability, free miner's cerlilicate Xo. ioti'.iA. intend, sixly days from lhe date hereof, to apply to the mining recorder for a certificate of improvements, for the purpose of ohtain- iiuc a crown grant of the above claim. And further lake notice Mint action, under section 1(7. must; lie commenced before the issuance of such ccrl ilieale of improvements. A. H. KARWKLI.. Dated lliis I lib day of October, ISflS. |Xov. ath, !),S| The Tribune will buy old rags In slock llooriug, lining, mouldings, doors, and sashes. Every deseriplion of joinery, doors and "windows made .to order. ��� ; ' OFFICE AND MILLS CORNER HALL and FRONT ST. II II sJ-*3 BLACKSMITHING AND T Wagon Repairing Promptly Attended to by V First-Glass Whseiwright Special attention given to all ^incls of repairing and custom worl^ from outside points C. W. West & Co. have been appointed agbnts for H. W. McNeill & Company, and are now ready to receive orders for the delivery of Anthracite Coal at Nelson or at any point in the Slocan. Terms are cash before delivery. SHOP: Cor. Baker an;d Hall Sts, Jtelson. Baker Street, Nclsoi), British Columbia. d THE TKIBUtfE:-NELSON, B.C. SATURDAY, XOVEAII3ER r>, 1X98. •7 ft m &M i'Ifiyiuiiimu Capital,a Best, all paid up, - $12,000,000 6,000,000 LOI.D'riTllATIK'OXA AXD JIT. ROVAL, President lion. GKO. A: IJUUMIUOND ' Vice-President 10 S. CLOUSTON General Mriimgor M. W. Cop. Baker and Stanley Streets. IlllAXCHKS IN LONDON (England), NEW YORK, CHICAGO and in Uio principal cities In Canada. liny and sell Sterling Exchange and Cable Transfers f! HAN'T COMMKKCI.U, AXl> TKA VKLMillS' CKBOITa, available in any pari, of Llie world. DK.W'TS IKSUKI) COI.f.KOTJO.N'S MADK; RTC. SAVINGS BANK BRANCH. OUKRKN'T RATIO OF 1NTKIIEST PAID HIS TRAIN GAMES OVER. Why the Traveling Man Quit Card Playing- on° Cars. "T haven't played any cards on railway trains, even with friends lor the past seven years,'' said .'Joe Pinckney, the Boston traveling- man who sells bridges and trestles in every land, at a hotel here tho other night, "nnd it's more than certain that, for the remainder of my string, 1 shall novei* again set into a train game, whether it's old maid, cassiiio, whist or draw—especially draw. 1 used to phiy cards most of the time when I was on tho road just to relieve the monotony of traveling. 1 don't recall that it ever cost tne m.uch, for J generally broke even tmd often a lil (le ahead on a y-iars play. I very rarely ever sat into a game in which all of the other players were strangers to me, especially when the game was draw or something else at so much a corner, and so I never got done out of a cent. "1 know so many traveling men that a drummer friend of mine lias an even money bet with me that I won't be able to board a single '.rain, anywhere in this country, for a space of a year, without my being greeted by some traveling chap with whom 1 am acquainted, and he wins up to date, though the bet was made more1 than eight months ago. So that, when r used to be in the habic of playing cards on the trains, I .always had some fellow or fellows ou Lhe other side of the table that I knew to be on the level. Hut I had an experience on a western train seven years ago that sort 'o soured me on the train game: in fact that experience knocked a good deal of the poker enthusiasm out of me, and since then, whenever I've got into a game witli friends fir acquaintances in a hotel room, I've sized them up pretty carefully to see if thcy wci'C all robust ■ men. Maybe you don't understand what possible connection there can be between physical robustness and the game of American draw just now. but you'll understand it when I tell you of this experience. "In the spring of 1S91.1 got aboard the night train of the,'Q," Chicago to Denver. The train left Chicago at 9 o'clock at that,, time. When I was seveu years younger than I am now I never sought a sleeper bunk until 1. or 2 in the morning, and when I fouud that there wasn't aman on this sleeper with whom I had even a bowing acquaintance I felt a bit-lonesome. I started through the train to hunt up the candy butcher to get from him a bunch of traveling literature, and.in the ear ahead of me I found Tom Danforth, the Michigan stove man, an old traveling pal of mine. I sat down to have-a talk with Tom, when along came George Dun woody, the Chicago perfumery man, who had also parallelled ine a lot of times on trips. Inside of four minutes I had. pulled both of 'em back to my car, and sve had a game of cutthroat draw under way iu the smoking compartment. We started iu at quarter ante and dollar limit, but when I pulled 'way head of both of them within an hour or so, and they ■ struck for dollar ante and five dollar limityl was agreeable. • ■" We were plugging along at this game. all three, of us going pretty slow, and both of them gradually getting back the money 1 had won in the smaller game, when a tall, very thin aud very gaunt- looking young fellow of about thirty entered the smoking compartment aud dropped into a seat with the air of a very tired man. I sat facing the entrance to the compartment, and I thought when 1 saw the man's emaciated condition aud the two bright spots on his cheekbone-;: 'Old mail, you've pretty nearly arrived at your finish, and if you're making for Denver now I thiuk you're a bit too late.' My two friends didn't, see the consumptive when he entered the room, for their backs were turned to the door, but when, while I was dealing the cards, the new arrival put his hand to his month and gave a couple of short, hacking coughs, Dun woody turned around suddenly and looked at him. "'Why, hello, there, Fatty,' exclaimed Danwoody, holding out his hand to the emaciated man, ' where you going '. Denver? Why. I thought you were there long ago. Didn't .1 tell you last fall to go there or to Arizona for the winter ? D'ye mean to say that you've been iu Chicago all winter with that half a lung and that bark o'yours? How are you now, anyhow, Fiit?' "The emaciated man smiled the weary smile of the consumptive. " 'Oh, I'm all rignt, (.Ieorge,' he said, sort o'hanging on to Dun wood hand 'fining out to Denver to croak this trip, I guess. Didn't want to go, but my people got after me, and they're chasing me out there. I wanted them to lot me stay in Chicago and make the finish there, but they wouldn't stand for it. My mother this b^istiei OF* Are now prepared to issue Drafts and Letters of Credit on Dawson City, Yukon District. and one of my sisters are coming along after me next week.' "''Finish? What are you giving us; Fatty?' asked Dun woody, good-naturedly, but not with a great amount of belief in his cwn words, 1 imagine. ' Vou will be selling terra cotta tiles when the rest of us'll be wearing skull caps and cloth shoes. Cut out the finish talk. Yon look prettv husky all right.' "'Oh, l*m husky till righl,' said the consumptive with another weary smiie, and then he had another coughing spell. When that was over Dun woody introduced him to us. " ' Ed, alias h'atty Crowhurst,' was Dunwoody'.s way oi' introducing him. 'Sells tiles, waterworks pipes and conduits. Called Fatty because he's nearly six and a half feet high, has never weighed more than thirty-seven pounds (give or take a few), and has never since anyone knew him had more than half a lung. Thinks he's sick and has laid himself ou the shelf i'or over a year past. ,, No sicker than 1 am. Used to have the record west of the Aileghenies for cigarette smoking. You've cut the cigarettes out, haven't you, !.<"at?' "For reply the consumptive pulled out ' a gold cigarette case, extracted a cigarette therefrom and lit it, it was a queer thing to see a man in his state of health smoking a cigarette. Dunwoody's eyes stuck out over it, " ' Well, if you ain't a caso of perambulating lingering suicide, Fatty, I never saw one,' said he to his friend. •"It's all one,'was the reply. 'Ifs too much punishment to give 'em up, and it wouldn't make any difference, auyho.w.' •*1 had meanwhile dished the hands out, and after my two friends hail drawn cards find I made a small bet they threw '"Draw, eh?' said the emaciated man. addressing Dun woody. 'How about making it four-handed?' . '""Oh, you'd better take it out in sleeping. Fat',' replied Dun woody. 'You look just a bit tired, and we're going to make a night of it, most likely, with whisky trimmings. You can't do that very well without hurting yourself, find if you came in and we got into you, you'd feel like playing until you evened up, and you'd get no rest. Better not come in. Fat. Better hit your bunk i'or a long snooze. We'll have breakfasb together when they hitch on the dining car at Council Bluffs.' "'! haven't sat into a game of draw for a long while.' said Dunwoody's friend, 'and I'd rather play than eat.' •'There was a, bit of pathos in that remark, I thought, and 1 kicked Duuwoody under the table. '"Well, .jump in then, Fatty,' said Dun- woody, and the poor chap drew a chair up to the table, and with a look of pleasure on his drawn, hollow face, with its two brightly burning spots ou tlie cheekbones, "it soon became apparent that Dunwoody's fear about our 'getting into' the consumptive didn't staud any show whatever of being realized. The emaciated man was an almighty good poker player, nervy, cool, and cautious, and yet a good bit audacious at- that. I caught him four-flushing and bluffing on it several times, but he got .my money right along, in the general play, all the same, and after an hour's play he had the whole three of us on the run. I was about $100 to the rear, aud. Dun woody aud Danforth had each contributed a bit more than that to the consumptive's stack of chips. The fact was he simply outclassed the three.-of us as a poker player—and, by the way, I wonder why- it is that men that; have got something the matter "with their lungs are invariably such rattling good poker .players ? I've noticed this right along. I never yet sat into a poker game with a man that had consumption in one stage or another that he didn't make me smoke a pipe for a spell. That would be a good one to spring ou some medical sharp for an explanation. "By the time midnight came around Dunwoody's friend witli the pulmonary trouble had won about half as much again from us, and Duuwoody began to look at his watch nervously. The three of us were taking a little nip at frequent intervals, just enough to brush the cobwebs away, but the sick-looking man didn't touch a drop. Lie smoked one cigarette after another, however, inhaling the smoke into his shrunken lungs, and the sight made all of us feel sorry, I guess, for the foolhardiuess of the man. Finally Duuwoody looked at his watch and then raised his eyes and took a survey ol the countenance of the consumptive, which was overspread with a deep (lush. The consumptive's eyes were extraordinarily bright, too. "■' Fatty,' said Duuwoody, 'cash iu and go to bed. You've had enough of this. Poker and 11*2 cigarettes for a one-lunger bound for Colorado for his ileal th ! Cash in find skip !' . "'No, 1 don't want to quit, (ieorge,' said the consumptive. 'I haven't had anything like enough yet. What's more, I've got all of you fellows too much in the hole. I only wanted to come in for the fun of it, anyhow, and here T am with a lot of the coin of the three of you. I'll just play on until this paystroak deserts me and give you fellows a chance to win out.' " When he finished saying this tho man with the wasted lungs had another violent spoil of coughing find Duuwoody looked worried. But lie gave iu. "'AH right, Fat.' he said, 'do as you dei ned please, but 1 don't want to be boxing you up and shipping you back to the lake front:.' "Then the game proceeded. 1 don't think any ol: us felt exactly right, playing with a man who looked as if his days were as short-numbered as a child's multiplication table, but maybe the fact that he was such a comfortable winner from us mitigated our sympathy for him just a little bit. lie'kept on winning sieadily for tlie next hour, and about half-past one in the morning there wa^a good-sized jackpot, ft went around half-a-dozen times, all of us sweetening it for five every time the deal passed, and finally, on the seventh deal, whicli was the consumptive's, Danforth, who sat on his left, opened the pot. 1 stayed find so did Dun- woody. When it was up to the dealer he nodded his head to.indicate that he would stay. We were all looking at him, and we noticed that he had gone pale. Jt was noticeable after the dee]) Hush that had covered his face when he entered. "Danforth took two cards. J drew honestly and to my hand, whicli had a pair of kings in it, and 1 caught another one. Duuwoody asked for throe and then the dealer put the deck down beside him. "'How many is the dealer dishing himself?" we all happened to ask in chorus. "'None,' answered the sick man, who seemed to be getting paler all the time. "Tat, hoy, Fatty?' said Duuwoody. 'Must be pretty well'lixod, or, say, are you gaily enough to try a bluff on this? You don't expect to bin"IT .Danforth out of his own pot?' "The consumptive only smiled a wan smile. "'Well, 1 hope you are well fixed," went on Duuwoody, 'i'or it's your last hand. I'm going to sund you to your bunk as soon as I win this jack.' '"The limit,' said Danforth, the pot opener, skating live white chips into the center. "'Five more,' said J, putting iu the chips. "Til call both of you,' said Duuwoody, shoving ten chips into the pile. "It was up to Dunwoody's consumptive friend. He opened his lips to speak and little dabs oi: blood appeared at both corners of his mouth. His head fell back and at the same time the cards in his hand fell face up on the table. The hand was an ace high flush of diamonds. Dun woody was standing over him in an instant and Danforth and I both jumped u^. Dun- woody wiped the blood away from the man's mouth with his handkerchief and then put the back of his-hand on the man's face. "'It's cold,'saidDuu woody with a queer look. "Then he placed his ear to his friend's heart, We waited for him to look up with a good deal of suspense. He raised his head after about thirty seconds. '"Crowhurst's dead,' was all he said. "Duuwoody telegraphed ahead for an undertaker to meet the train at Omaha. He gathered up the cards too, aud the chilis. '"Crowhurst won that pot,' he whispered to us. "Jlis pat flush beat all of our threes." "Duuwoody was banker, and he cashed all of the dead man's chips. When he took Crow hurst's body back from Omaha to Chicago in a box. Duuwoody handed ihe S-jcSO the dead man had won from us to his mother, telling her that her son had given him the money to keep for him before turning into his sleeper bunk*. "That," concluded the man who sells bridges and trestles, 'is the reason I've cut card playing on trains for the past seven years."' WHAT ROYALTY COSTS. The Sultan of Turkey Heads the List of Expensive Rulers. Those who rail against royalty as a useless and costly luxury will, find food for reflection in the fact that the rulers of Europe are a burden on their subjects to .the extent of from a .forty-second of a cent to fifty-two and a half cents a head. The thrones of Europe require every year for their maintenance a sum of ijv30,- 000,000, or three times the annual income of the richest man in the world. In view of this display *of gold, it. certainly seems scarcely credible that it only represents a yearly contribution of seven and one-fourth cents for each subject throughout Europe. As might, perhaps, be expected, the Sultan is the costliest of monarchs, but even in his case a contribution ot fifty- two and a half cents from every subject would furnish his annual exchequer. The kings of Belgium and Greece rank to the sultan in costliuess, but fit a great interval. Ten cents a year is all the claim they make on each subject's loyal generosity. ,- Austria ranks next, with a contribution of nine and one-half cents each toward maintaining its imperial throne; Italy is fifth on the list, with nine cents ; Sweden sixth with eight; then comes Russia with fi modest seven cents for the Great White Czar; Germany with six and one-third cents for its almighty emperor, and the L'nitod Kingdom, with an individual four and two-thirds cents. Between the cheapest oil sovereigns and the dearest of presidents there is a great gulf. Two cents from each Frenchman would meet the yearly cost of three presidents, and each Swiss with the same modest coin could secure the services of twenty presidents. Victoria is thus tiie cheapest of all 'European sovereigns if a tax were levied on the United Kingdom alone: if, however, it be distributed over the whole oil her empire, the tax would amount to half a cent for each .of her subjects. As Victoria i.s the ieast costly of monarchs, she is. also among the poorest. Her total income available for'private purposes i„s not much more than $1,000,000 a year, or $115 an hour -a revenue less than some of her subjects enjoy. Her entire private fortune is roughly, $10,000,000-a capita! whieh, converted into sovereigns, might be stowed away in a trunk six feet long find t.lnee f'eeb in height and width. Compared with these modest sums the Czar's income find fortune are alike stupendous. Mis priva to fortune, iiieiuding liis mines, forests and his l,000,Ou.) acre-:, may safely be estimated fit $150,0(10,000, and his total yearly revenue at $ lid, 500.000. The emperor of Austria is "passing rich'' on $7,500,000 a year. His daily allowance is $20,550, or a pile of sovereigns three and a half times as high ashimself. William, the German emperor, has $2,500,000 .a year less than his imperial brother of Austria, but even this limited allowance admits of an expenditure every "two days of as many sovereigns tis a strong man could carry to his palace at Potsdam. ' . All these incomes, however, look foolish and small when compared with the$*-i0,- 000,000 a year which the sultan is credited with spending. This sum, by the way, is more than ten time' as much as his official, income: a fact from , which some idea may be gleaned of tlie .vastness of his private fortune. This monarch contrives to spend twice his own weight in sovereigns every day. For pocket mouei* he allows himself three hundredweight- of sovereigns a week, and the same amount for delicacies for his acres oi tables. Four and a half hundredweight oi sovereigns vanish every week in presents, and the same weight of gold is required to clothe the many beauties of his harem. Compared with this lavish expenditure, it is really wonderful how the, poor man com trives to clothe himself on a paltry $7500 a week, to which sum he rigidly limits his tailors. NOTES ON THE WEEK'S NEWS. The legal heir of a man lynched in Champaign county, Ohio,'has secured a verdict of $5000 against the municipality. The common pleas court reversed the judgment, holding the law unconstitutional. The circuit court then upheld the original verdict, and the case will go to the supreme court. A verdict for plaintiff in a few such cases from the supreme court would probably make lynching less fashionable, ami the municipal authorities less passive in impending ceremonies of the kind. Preparation for emperor William's visit has completed the destruction of Bales- tine's sacred relics. The house of Simon the tanner, where St. Peter lived, has been painted a bright blue, and the floors have been laid with colored tiles. An iron screen oyer a dome of rock dating back to the days of the crusaders has been painted yellow. livery villiagehas had a bargain-day renovation. There are few things the emperor and the sultan do not feel capable of improving, The Sfi'inimalt Case Postpojiecl. The trial of the election case against YV. F. Bullen, one of the ^members returned from F-quimalt, which was to have commenced on Monday, was postponed owing to the absence of the defendant, who was in Ontario on business. CORPORATION OF THE GiTY OF NELSON Tenders for Cemetery Buildings and fence. Tho Cily Council arc prepared to receive londc I ho erection of cemetery building.-, mid fence at, lh< comolery. cemetery. I'lans and specifications can be seen and forms of der nnd other informal ion obtained al Lhe ollice ol cily engineer. . lor cily teu- llio III .MIVCllllKT 111-111111.. The cily council do nol bind themselves to accept lowo.-l or anv of the Lenders which may be sen I in. order. .1. Iv. STI'ACIIAX the Hy Xel.-.on, B, C. November 2nd. 1SHS. City Clerk. CORPORATION OF THE GiTY OF NELSON ROAD *17\X NOTICE. Sections 1 and i of "The Uoad Tax Hy'-law, No. "li. I WIS." read as follows: ,-. 1. IL is hereby levied and imposed and there shall be raised and collected an eo,mil rale of two dollars per head, per annum upon ail male persons between Lhe at_;e of twenty-one and lifty years residing within ihe municipality *o£ llie Cily of Nelson. ■■-,'■ i. -Tlio said rate shall. be due and payable Lo the city collector, at his olliee in the. Oily of Nelson oil the'lOlli dav of November, lS'JS. T. U. WARD, Collector. Nelson, B. (,'., October 2'2nd, 1.SDS. ■ . ' ■ NOTICE l.v tiik Matter of -ran Coi.iwiiiia a.vd Ivoot'-.nay St*:am Navigation" Company', Limiticd Liaiiii.itv. Notice is hereby given that tbe creditors of the above- named conipany arc hereby required on or before lhe "lb day of December, ISflS. to send Llieir names and addresses, and l,ho particulars of t heir debts or claims and the names and addresses of llieir solicitors; if any, toil. ol. Rogers, Ksq., Hank of Montreal Chambers, Victoria, H.C, the liquidator of Che said company..and lliat at. llie expiration of the said Lime the liquidator will proceed to distribute tlio assets of the company or any part thereof amongst the parties cnLiLled thereto, having regard only to tlio claims of which'the liquidator has then notice: "and the liquidator shall not be liablo for the assets or any part thereof as distributed to any person of whose claim he has not had notice at the time of distributing the assets or a part thereof as the case may be. Dated at Victoria, R C, this 27th day of October, A.I). INKS. ■ ■ Mel "HI LI A 1'S. WOOTTON & BAKNAUI', Hank ol" Montreal Chambers, Victoria, II. C, Solicitors for the said Liquidator. MILL PROPERTY FOR SALE. Tenders will be- recci\cd up to noon of the Mull November next for the purchase of the estate of T. W. (fray consisting of twelve lots in the town of Nelson. H. (.'., saw mill and planing mill, with machinery in running order, ulso large slock of lumber. This is a going concern in the most suitable local ion in ICooteiiuy. Favorable terms. Kor further particulars apply io Thomas Jl. Wakd Nelson. H. ('.. October, IS'.IS. Assignee. r-J :.%['/.;r-Jx -v >..) :-*,-•-~i'T") '■'■?-. '&0?-l^i0^?}\Js' A silting of Ihe supremo court for lhe (rial of civil mailers, will he held a I. the court house. Nelson, on Jlon- dav, the iit li dav of December. A. II. I.S!i-S. _■_. T. II. iSI.MI'lviN.S. District 1'egislrur. Diiled thi.-__i.th day of October, l.S!)>. Notice of Application for Transfer of Liquor License. Notice is hereby given that Ihe uniler.-igued. .Mary Jllilleth:, will apply lo Iho board of liccii>iug cniuniis- .-iouers of the City of Nelson al their next -ill.ing for (he Inuisfer of license to sell liquor by relaii. at prc-enl held by her. to Abraham N. .Johnson, nnd Iho undcr.-ignc! A'hrnham N. .Johnson will apply to I lii.-sii.ifl board nt their nexl selling f'tr I hr I ransfer of Lhe licen.-e now held by the said .Mary Jlallelte from Iho prcmNc-. known ns llie K'ooteiciy hole!, on Vernon si reel. In Ihe building on promises"ooiiliiineil inthecasl J of lol !i blocl: I. on Haker street in the -aid cii V. .Signed! J1AUV JI A I.I.KTTK. A. JI. .lOHS'.sON. Dated al Nelson, II. C, dclobe:' llth. ISiK. Hotice of Application for Liquor License. .Vol ice i> In■reliy \-iven | li.it the under, igiled will apply f ii tin.- hoard of iiciiisin;; cnmiui-sioiiers of lhe cily of Ncl-ou al I heir next -ill ing fora license to -ell liquor at retail al l|i-i- hold, known as tin: ICooi en;iy hold, sit ua|c ou the v.cs-i \ ni' lol ;i. nnd the east _ .of lol I, in block I,on Vernon si reel, in the City of Ncl-nn. (Signed) J1AKV JIA I.f,.-.TTr_. Haled al Nel-on, D, C, October lllh, IM« LICENSE AUTHORIZING AN EXTRA-PROVINCIAL COidPANY TO CARRY ON BUSINESS. ' (.'OMI'ANIES' ACT. 1S1I7." lU.VAUA : | I'noviN'ci: ok I'icitisii Coi.I'.mhia. )' X". II'.'. rpilIS Id TO CI-'IMTKV that the "Vmir Cold Mines. •"- Limited,'' is authoi-incd and licensed Lo carry on busine-is wilhin the Province of Hrilish Columbia, anil io carry ouL or ell'ccL all or any of lhe objects hereinafter set forth lo which the legislative authority of lhe legislature of Hritish Columbia extends. Tho head ollice of tbe Company is situate in Kngland. Tlie amount, of the capita! of the Company is J*"'UU,UU0, divided into -_'00,WW shares of one pound each. The head ollice of the Company in this Province is situate in N'eison, and James Kudcrick Robertson, manager of companies, whose uddrcss is Nelson aforesaid, is the attorney I'or Lhe Conipany. Theolijccls for which lhe (,'ompanj has been established are: (a.) To 'enter inLo, and carry into ell'ecl, with »uch modifications (if any; as may bu ilgreed upon, an agreement, to be made with Tho London and Hrilish Columbia Uoldfields, Limited, of the one part, and tbe Company of llie other purl, for Iho purchase ol the. Vmir Cold Jliiies, situated in Wild Horse Creek, West Koolenay, comprising four claims, known as the Vmir, IJockiand, Mugwump, Uolden Horn, and sundry fractions nnd rights appertaining tberclo conslilutnig the Vmir group: 10.) To search I'or, win, get, quarry, reline, amalgamate, smell or otherwise clreos anil prepare lor market, mineral substances of all kinds and iu particular gold, silver, and other precious miuural.s and precious .stones: (c.) To buy, sell, reduce, deal in, and feline bullion, specie, coin aud precious mcials: (d.) To locate or otherwise acquire mining claims, mining rights, and metalliferous lands in HriLisli Columbia or elsewhere, and to explore, work; develop, and turn to account the same: ie.) To acquire by grant, selection, piirclia.se, lease or otherwise, and to develop the resources of and turn lo account any lands and any rights over or connected wilh hum belonging to or in wnich the Company io interested, and m particular by laying out town silos and preparing tlie same I'or building, letting on building-lease or agreement, advancing money to or eniering into contracts wilh builders, lenanls and others, dealing, draining, fencing, planting, cultivating, huilding, improving, farming, irrigating and by promoting iiunii-, gration and lhe establishment ol* lowns, villages and seLlIemeiiLs: \l.) To acquire and carry on all or any pari of ihe business or property, anil lo undertake any liabiliiies of any person, linn, association or company possessed of property suitable i'or any of t he purposes or this Company, or carrying on any business which this Company is authorised to carry on, or which cm be conveniently carried on in connection with llie same, or may seem lo tlie Company calculateu directly or liiuirectly lo benelit lliis Company, and as the coiisiiierat ion for tlie same to pay cash or lo issuu.any shares, stocks or obligations of the Company, and to enter inlo working arrangements, contracts and agreements wilh oilier companies and persons: (g.) To promote any other conipany or companies for the purpose of acquiring all or any of the property reliabilities of this Company, or of advancing directly or indirectly ihe objects or lnloresls thereof, and lo pur- ciiase, subscribe ror, or olherwiseacquire, audio hold ihe shares, slocks or obligations of anj company in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, and upon, a distribution of assets or division of prolits, to'dislribulo such shares, slocks, or obligations a.mong.-l tlie members of this Company in specie: (n.) (iunur.illy. lo distribute among the niembeis any properly of the Conipany in specie: (i.) To borrow or raise money tor any purposes of the Company, and for I he purpose of securing the same and interesi, or for anj oilier purpose, lo moi-igag'c or charge the undertaking, or all or any pari of the properly of tlie Company present or after ac(|uirod, or its uncalled capital, and to create, issue, make, draw, accept, and negotiate perpetual or redeemable debentures or debenture slock, bills of exchange, promissory notes, or other obligations or negotiable instruments: (j.) To sell, let, develop, dispose of, or otherwise deal wilh the undertaking, orall or any part of lhe properly ot lhe Company, upon any terms, wit h power to accept as the consideration any sleires, slocks or obligations of any oilier company : (k.j To pay out of lhe funds of the Company all expenses of or incident lo the formation, registration and advertising ot the Conipany, and t he issue of its capital, including brokerage and commissions foroblainingappli- cations lor or placing shares: (1.) To make donations to such persons and in such cases, and either in money or kind, as may seem expedient: (in.) To actus mint ccs, anil undertake the obligations of any trust: (a.; To carry on I all or any of lhe foregoing objects as principals or agents, or in p.u tuei'.-hip or conjunction wilh any oilier pur.-on, linn, as-ucialioii or company, anil in any pari of Lhe world : (o.) To procure lhe Company in be registered or recognized in any foreign country "or place, or in any colony or elsewhere: (p.) To do all such other things us are incidental or conducive io the attainment ol tlio above object-'. Uiven under my baud and seal of ollice at, Victoria, l'rovince of Hritish colli in bia, this,"jib day of October, one thousand eight Hundred anv ninety-eight. li,.s.| 6. \. WOOTTON, I'egi-lrar of Joint mock Companies. Notice ol' Application for Certificate of Improvements. wiiitk tn.oui). ni.i;i:.i.\(.'K", vki.i.ow .r.u-ic, sittini: iii'i.i.. lil.Ui: JACK 1-Mt.lCTiUN", Vlil.I.OlV JACK l-'ll.\CTION*, AXU SlTTtXt; HULL KUACTION" .MINIJIIAI. CLAIMS, SITl'ATK l.V THIS NKLSON" MINIM! DIVLSION OF -KOOTKNAV IJIS- TlitCT. AND LOCATKD ON TIIK NORTH SIDK OK SIIKKI' C.KKKIC, NKAH liKAllCKKKK. Take notice that L.-.I. A. Kirk, acting as agent for the Salmo Consolidated Cold Jlining & Development Company, Limited Liability, free miner's oortiliealo No. I.'i,l-1()A, intend sixty days from the date hereof, to apply lo the milling recorder for a certiticate of improvements, for the purposei'of!'obtainilig a:crown grant of theabove claims. ■-.-._ -■■.■■<■ c : And further take notice .that action, under section 1(7, must be.commenced before the issuance of 'such cerLili- eate of improvements. J. A. IvIKIv. Dated this -.'7th day of August, 1S9S. ■ [Sept.'3rd | Notice of. Application for Certificate of Improvements. KINO Ol-'THK KOKKST MINKKAI. CLAIM, .SITl'ATK IN TIIK NKLSON MINING DIVISION OK WKST KOOTKNAV JJ1STJJICT ANDLOCATKD ON1C MILK WKST OK 01 VKOl'T UUKKK AND KOl.-U MILKS SO'L'TIIW.KST OK NKLSON. 'Take notice that I. .I.-'M. It. Fairbairn, of Ivaslo, li. C, acting as agent'for II. T. -Aitkin, free miner's certilicaie No. liiS.'', intend sixty flays I'rom the dale hereof, lo apply to the mining recorder for aeertilicate of improvements for the purpose of obtaining a crown grant or-.the above claim. Ana further take notice llint action under section .')7, must be commenced before the issuance of siloh certilicaie of improvements-. J. M. It. I-'AlUHAIItN. Dated this iSth day of August,'ISDS. Notice of Application for Certificate of Improvements. •'WIIITK." " IIAl£l.t;i\" "KLKCTION," AND " ,MV KM Kit"' MINKKAI. CLAIMS HITUATK IN TIIK NKLSON MININfl DIVISION OK WKST KOOTKNAV DISTKICT. AND LOI.'ATKP NKAK TIIK I'OflK.MAN CLAIM ON" KACI.K CKKKK. Take notice that J. A. sj. l-'arwcll. agent for the Nelson. I'ooruiiiii Cold Mining Company, Limited, frv.o miner's certillcate No. _J.V_i;.\, intend -sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the mining recorder for a cerliilcaii- of improvements, fori In: the purpo.-eof obtaining a crown granl of I lie above claims. And furl her lake nol ire I hat action, under section .'',7, must bo commenced before Un issuance of such cert ilieale of improvements. A. S. FA l:\VKLI.. Dated this iinl day of r-'cplember, I>!i5. [.Sept. :i.) Notice of Application for Certificate of Improvements. .ii.-no mini:i:al claim. sVi't."A-ri; i.v Tin: nki.son minim; DIVISION Of WKST KOOTKNAV DISTKICT, AND l.ni.'ATKD ON WKST SIDK HI-' ClVKOl.T CltKKK. FOCI; AND A IIAI.f MILKS Sl'll'TIIWKST OK NKLSON, A'DJOININfl KINO III' Till-: KOKKST .MINKKAI. CLAIM. Take notice Ih.'il I. .1. M. I.', l-'airbairn, of Ivaslo. !*.'('.. tiding ns ngi-nl fur.I. M. Vcss, free miner's cei-tiiicnte No. _.'.-,,"iii. imi-iifl sixly days from lhe dale hereof, to apply to I ho mining recorder for a ci-ri illcalo of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a'crown grant of lhe above claim. And further fake notice thai act ion. under section :;7. inu.-l he commenced before the i. --uniu-.c of such ccrlilic.ile of improvements. .1, Al. It. I-'A 11.ISA IllN. Dalcd this 1Mb day of August, |S!i.S. Notice of Application for Certificate of Improvements. KIKKWAI.I. MINKKAI. CLAIM. sllfAli: IN Till: NKLSON minim; division nf wkst khotknay DisinicT, and LOCATKD ON .Mf IKNINfr MOl'NTAI.V. l-'OCi: M 11.Ks sot "I'll- WKST OK NKLSON AND IS SOI TIIWKsT (if ,11'M.l M. C. Take notice I hut I, .1. Al. IJ. l-'airbairn, of Kiislo. I!. (_'., aclirig as agent for T. Kendall, free minor's r-er; ilientc No. 'Js.'li, intend sixty da\- froin I lie flute hereof, loapply lo ! In- mining recorder I'or ,i certillcate of improvements, far the purpose of obtaining a croun grant of the above claim. And further take nol ice I but act ion under section I!?, must be eoiiiuieia-cd In fore lhe issuance of such o.-r- I ilieale of iiiiproveiueiil--. .1. M. K. I-'A I K HA I UN. I Li led I Iii:. 1Mb day of August, ISIis. THE TREMONT " ~":~~~ nsrELsonsr AI.A1.0NK & Til KOI LLC'S. Proprietors. Is oneof the best, hotel, in Toad Mountain district, and is the headquarters or prospectors and miners. Between Dulutii and,Buffalo' via lhe mag*nificent passenger steamships "North West " and "North Land." ' Touching en route: llT\u-:i Soo," Mackinac Island, Detroit, and Cleveland. Connecting- at Buffalo for New- York and Boston. Also at ■ lake ports for all points East and South. Two daily Grout .Noi'thorn ti-iiin.s ( I'jjLslcni Railway of Minnosoui), from SI,. Paul and Minneapolis connect, with steamers at Oulutli. Before deciding on vour tome Lu the East call on agents otv Ciivafc Northern Kail way, rir write. F. I. WHITNEY, G.P. & T.A.,- St. Paul (Handsomely lllusti-al ive dcscriplivc matter scut on rcipiu.st.) CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY AND SOO PACIFIC LINE Tfye Direct and Superior Service Route from the Kootenay Conn-try to all Points East,. West, florth aqd Soutl]. Tourist Cars (Models of Comfort) Pass Revelstoke Daily to St. Paul. Daily Except Wednesday lo Eastern Points. COWIMECTIONS Rossland and Main, Line Points. Leave. DAILY Arrive. 0:10 j). in.... NKLSON Ii>:.*'(l p. iu. Slocan City, Slocan Lake Poinds and Sandon, Leave. lJaily l-.xf-cpt Sundav Arrive:" IliOtlii. in NKLriO.V i:'M p. m. Kootcttay Laka-I^aslo !}oute--Steai_ier Kokanee. Leave. Dailv Kxcept Sundnv Arrive. I:t). m. 8:30 a. m '.' .SPOICANE .'':to j,. m. The train that loaves Nelson at Cr.id a. in., makes close connections at bpokauc with trains for all I'acilic Coast points. Passengers for Kettle River and Bounilary Creek con nect at Marcus with stti^c daily. - (.,'. O. IMXON. G. I'. S: T. A. nsr rrn T /"""^ Owners fit lnuiit fide iniiicr.-il claims, tin- surfs ice nt" which • belongs In this C'nuijiaiiy, wlui flfsiii- in ;ii-i|iiirc title tn such Mirftici-, should make application fur s.-mie at mice, as the Company is now reeei\iiiur numerous applications for-the purehase of land in tin- vicinity uf I'o.ss'iuul, and alunt: 11 it- lint; of the Nelson it- Fort .Shepparu Mail way. and it is tlio. desire of the Company to tfive the owners of bona lido miner;)] claims the- first privilege of purehnsinir the surface oi such claim. jtalson & Fort Sheppard Railway. Co. STEAM TUG FOR SALE BELOW COST. One I UK about lu I'eet huiir >>>' 7 fuel Ijcimi, frame of natural oak crooks, floiililc fr.-uned and mil. toLTcthcr at the coa.-t. nlankcl and liuislu-il at Ka-lo wilh special 111" timber. Has one water tube boiler of-.'O II. p., tested to iSO pounds C. W. 'I'., fastened lliroiiuliout with K'llvitn- i/.efl iriui; two double reciprocal int." reversible engines: one special Alar.-h -team pump; one double tulie metro- . pulitini injector: brass side lights: bra.-.s ..leering wheel, etc. Kilted ami finished I broii-thoiit and within in lirst- elass order The Following Machiriory at a Bargain;. One-1 eel upright boiler with littinj_-s eoniplele. 12 II. I'., bill little used ; one iloublc reciprocatingsipiar'-piston stationary cni_rine. 7-10 II. 1'.. trimmings complete; lly wheel, ii by ;">\. revolutions -JI" x HI", but little u.-ed : sectional, can be broken into li<;lil wo-kIiIs for packim:: t wo drat,' saw.- complete. I wo saws each: one heavy adjustable wood splitter; one lol of .-linfiiiii,, hearings, wood- spli! pulleys, bcltiiin. i-lc. l-'or pariicciarv' appl> lo HAMILT0"' BYERS, Kaslo, Snn,doq, Nelson, B. C. Tenders Wanted for Ore Hauling Tender-iirr in', iled for o conduct for hnulin.: l.'i tons of o'-e daily from the Oneen lies- Mines to the .M.'imo cone,-n! raior dnrini: I he sieiu'liiiiK sCa-oii. The company does i),,: bind il-i-lf lo accept Ihe lowest or any tinder. Aildri--. bv letter in the lirsl place. The (,lueeii Hc.-S I'ropricl.iry ''■>. I.I il.. Three l-'oll.s, H. <'. ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP TICKETS. To and from Lurnpeiiii points via Canadian and American line--. Apply for -ailiiar date-, rales, tickets, nnd full informal ion to anv ('nnndiau 1'acilie railv.av a Kent or l.'ICO. S. IlKKK. (.'. I'. 1*. A«.Mil. Xelson. WILLIAM STITT. Oem-i-al S. .<. A^-ul, Wiunipc;.. ■Vf-v ■"^■••^■H-1^-^^^ ■.• .■t-*^?*';-J THE TRIBUNE: NELSON B.C. S/-.TU RDAY, NOA'KMnET ��� �����, 1898. I'or the purpose of speedily clearing off our stock of Children's Jackets, Capes and Furs, we are offering* the above discount. ���Remnants fpom all depaptments at half price This evening* will bring" to'a close the special sale which we have been holding* for the past three davs in our Lathes' and Gentlemen's Furnishing*s and House Furnishings Departments It is a new breakfast cereal -which is rapidly growing1 in favor. If you have grown tired of oatmeals and rolled oats try Whea- tine. This week we opened up a Complete stock of new groceries It includes everything1 which pertains to the grocery trade. All our goods are fresh and the prices are right. THE Aberdeen Block Baker Street NELSON LOCAL NEWS AND GOSSIP. The Fort Steele Prospector say a that tlie Regina claim, owned by Bracebridge, Denby and others, has been bonded to Mr. Thompson, of this city, for the sum of $12,000. It is a copper property, with a ledge varying from 10 to 20 i'eet in width. The ore i.s a copper pyrites. The idler mineral claim, the property of the Teller Mining Company, was sold by deputy sheriff Robinson on Monday to satisfy a judgment debt of $210.00. owing to William Hunter 6c Co., of Silverton. The property wa.s purchased by J. 11. Bowes, of this city, for .J. S. Clute nnd others, of Rossland. The property realized S300. It is reported that the Crow's Nest railway will issue a new time card immediately. Speed between Macleod and l^er- nie is to be 20 mile's an hour: from Furnie to Cranbrook 1*5 miles an hour. Trains- will leave Macleod about two hours Utter, connecting witli main line trains from Medicine Hat. As a money making venture the bazaar held by the ladies of tlie Roman Catholic church was a marked success. Its chief feature was the voting contest to determine who was the most popular young lady of Nelson. It cost just ten cents to cast a vote, and the electors were permitted to exercise the franchise so long as they had the price, and as Ki.l.S*) votes were cast, the receipts from this source were exactly $ 1,0JS.HO. Of the whole vote cast Miss Agnes Campbell received S.')0."> votes, as against 7,580 cast for Miss Simpson. Miss Campbell, therefore, won the gold watch presented by Jacob Dover. During the progress of the contest there was a most persistent canvass made. Ilev. C.-11.��� Ross of Nova Scotia will supply for the present the Baptist church in this city, and will be permanently located shortly in a pastorate somewhere in the province. In New England it has been found necessary to put a check upou the medical men operating upon patients for appendicitis. An insured risk cannot now be operated upon without the permission of liis insurance company's representative. In response to the appeal of the Nelson Miner to its readers to be sure and pay their road tax, 130 Chinese residents have contributed the required fee to the municipal exchequer. Thus the Miner's good preliminary work of turning the rascally city council out goes merrily oil. J. Roderick Robertson, manager of the Loudon, & British Calumbia Gokifields, Limited, has commenced tlie erection of a $.'3,000 residence on the northeast corner of Baker and Falls streets. This evening the local Orangemen will commemorate the 203rd anniversary of the visit of the late Mr. Guy Fiiwkesto . the parliament buildings of Groat Britain. For an unsuccessful mission M.r. Paw ices' exploit has received considerable commemoration. The regular meeting of the hospital ladies aid society will be held in tlie schoolroom at the rear of the I.Yesby- terian church on Monday afternoon at three o'clock. Collector Ward will next week make a round-up1 of ali persons doing business without a license. Fuiiy one -hundred are delinquent. This week Latimer street, between Stanley aud Ward has b(itiM graded. Mat Kelly doing the work. Slowly but surely Kootenay is cutting loose from the coast. Recently oneof the largest lire insurance companies doing business in America, appointed agents in .N'eison with authority to issue policies direct. On Wednesday an alarm was sounded for the purpose of testing the efficiency of the, lite ljiiga.de. The boys were called lie fin mo buildings on Vernon street. I', tmiciI y i.i-cupicd by .1. Fred Hume 6c Co.. anrl Jive minutes after the alarm was sounded they had two streams of water Ltd. HEAD OFFICE, LONDON, ENGLAND. All communications relating to British Columbia business to be addressed to P. O. Drawer _ 505, Nelson, British Columbia J. RODERICK ROBERTSON, General Manager S. 3 FOWLER, E.M., Mining Engineer { NELSON, B..C. playing on the roof of the building. Mayor Houston and alderman Malone were present at the test and expressed themselves as well pleased with the promptness of the brigade's response. A FRANCO-GERMAN WAR AVERTED Aii extraordinary story in the Loudon Daily News tells why president Casimir J'erier resigned, and by resigning saved France from war with Germany. The details of the narrative are of the most sensational description. The incident is connected with .the Dreyfus case by tlie circumstance that the robbery of documents referred to was made with a view to getting evidence against Dreyfus some time after his conviction. "vvbout the middle of December, 1801, count Minister addressed to the emperor of Germany ii detailed report on the developments in tho Dreyfus affair, his condemnation, the reasons assigned, and everything connected with the affair. This long and complete report, addressed to the emperor personally, was put in a special envelope, sealed with the arms of the em bast-ay and placed among other official despatches in a bag entrusted to the usual courier. This document was intercepted on French territory, photographed by the pxyiiydrogeiv light, replaced in the envelope and the valise, and it reached, the emperor without any delay. ..-.' The German government at once gave instructions to Count Minister to demand liis passports, basing this action on the principle of ex-territorial ityy and con- sidering. this act of the French government as a robbery similar to one ���committed In Germany itself, and a personal offence against the emperor. The scene which took place at the Ely- see in the grand .salon of the ground floor about January 1st, 1S95, was, it seems, of the most extraordinary description. M. Casimir-Perier,overwhelmed with the suddenness of the revelation of Count Minister, and his grave and threatening demeanor, muttered excuses and gave his word of honor that he repudiated all connection with acts of this nature, and solemnly undertook to exert his influence find his authority as president to prevent their repetition in the future. Count Minister, who was won over, desired nothing better than to be convinced, and left the president, assuring him that he would give liis sovereign an account of the interview, and would endeavor to satisfy him. As soon as ho reached tlie Rue de Crenelle Count Minister drew up an account of the audience and sent it the same evening by special messenger to Berlin. This second document was, like the former, intercepted, photographed and the negative arrived within -IS hours at the French, ministry for foreign affairs. Some days passed, and then Count Minister one evening called suddenly on llie Flysce. It was'.January 12th, IHOii. Lie declared to M. Casimir-Perier that Germany, in order to avenge this insult, would at.once mobilize if a sufficient satisfaction were not given immediately. To make amends M. Casimir-I'erier resitrned. United States article? Or is he exhibiting the old Liberal tendency to give the preference to the republic?" The foregoing is the comment of the Toronto Star, a journal favorably inclined toward premier Laurier and his government and deals with an incident which will probably be kept from the faithful Liberals. Let One Claim in Lays. It is reported that the manager of the Yukon Goldfields has let the whole of one claim for the coming season in i en lays. A.s each lay employs throe men who presumably calculate on making a minimum of .^K) pur day each, tlie claim should yield a good return to its owners, especially as lay-holders are not in the habit of risking the loss of a year's work on a poor claim. Tesla's Electric Transmission. Tesla's system for transmitting.electric power through the air is similar in many respects to Marconi's system of wireless telegraphs'. Tesla's scheme is described with more or less detail iu the current number ot the LOleetrical Review. The inventor has covered his discovery with patents. Mr. Tesla's system is not difficult of apprehension. One does not require much technical knowledge to grasp the idea. Electricity, he has discovered, can readily be transmitted through the air, provided the pressure of the current is high enough. The higher the pressure and the aiore rarified the atmosphere, the less will the leakage be. Mr. Tesla's object is to create as strong a current as possible and to transmit it as high up iu the atmosphere as possible. By means of an apparatus he has invented Mr. Tesla is able to produce an electrical pressure of two million volts and over. One may get a fair idea of the invention by imagining two aerial shafts, one situated, say, at Niagara Falls, the other at Toronto.' On the top of the former is one of Mr. Tesla's transformers or oscillators, by iueans of whicli current developed at the falls may be transformed so as to have an effective pressure of two million volts. Having passed through the transformer, the current takes a straight course for a complementary apparatus stationed on the top of the shaft in Toronto. This apparatus picks up the current, which, coming down the shaft, is re-transformed and made suitable for ordinary use. Mr. Tesla has proved his theory is correct, and he has expectations that he will be able to apply the principle in a commercial way. It goes without saying that if his invention is a practical one a marvelous revolution in electrical 'development will be the result. to fit your feet at 0-4 COAL COAI COAL <��> Coal heaters suitable for home, office or hotel use. A new line'of cooking- stoves" and i-ang-es ��� to burn either eoal op wood. Also a complete stock of fancy heaters for wood only. We eappy the -best. Come in and examine oup g-oods and get our ppices. We handle Anthracite coal. NELSON, B. C. KASLO, 8. C. SANDON, B. C. This week we have opened out a new consignment of Toilet Soap, which includes all the favorite brands, and offers better values than can be secured elsewhere. JfirvA Mead �� JZL~ & Prescriptions Carefully Compounded Baker Street, Nelson Contractors can save money by securing' our prices on builders' hardware. We make a spec ial feature of this branch of the trade. KVICUYTIIINO IN* TIIK iiai:i)w.m;i-: LINK MM^ni SB ��5 f"SS ra *" 9ftJ\5l* @ t*S C()i'(Io\ ii oivoct, Vani'oi'.vcr. liiikiir Sli-eol. N'ols-oii. Is something new, stylish, and strict' ly up to date fop fall wear. E' S 18 ai^d 20 Baker Street, Nelson. Baker Street Are offering special bargains in Fine Furniture, Carpets5 Linoleums v "H. -&���**: < ��1 ��� - -- K r5"-3 ������v/^ cM*"* o-- m?ortJy WOMAN h H n O 51 to suit your pocket Minister Blair " Looking" to Washington lion. Mr. Blair has gone to the United Status to let contracts for palace cars for tlie government railways. Canadian shops can build and equip palace cars .juntas well as shops across the line. They may be busy just now, but probably they could increase their facilities and staff's if assured of government contracts. In any case, the intercolonial is not so rushed with traflic that it could not wait for Canadian shops to do the work. It is not so long ago tlutt Mr. JJIair sent to the I'nitcd Suites for locomotives. Does he mean to say tliat Canatla cannot turn out reliable rolling stock as cheap as the 5 P seem mysterious to the ordinary man, but when it comes to knowing" .where the best shoes for the least money side of nentlv AND dfl OF NELSON e io be had he practical her nature stands out prorni- Vv'e haven't advertised a but it has become known thai we arc'selling* a. particularly Hue lot of ladies' shoes at very moderate prices. That is enough to i THERE WILL BEAN ECONOMY THIS WINTER IN THE USE OF GOAL AS FUEL THOSE WHO DECIDE TO USE COAL SHOULD SEE THE LATEST ��� DESIGNS IN COAL BURNING-' STOVES _iyKyysfaiiii^rtir Daro-'on o Dniip* those who like ��*ood stvlish footwear. We g'ive a Few pickings from the larce nnd varied stock. THIS CAN BE DONE BY CALLING AT THE LAWRENCE HARDWARE COMPANY'S NEW STORE arge AUKiu-i-m* m.ook* b_k; IPs :���-.��_# ;**..*"' s.*X kg. .-if ���.-.wiv- '5 _!