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Wilson, K. C, was to have been\nthe only speaker did not turn out at all\naccording to programme, nnd ilzzled out\nln a most remarkable manner.\nWith the speaker of the evening secreted behind tbe scenes, an expectant, It\nemail, audience on hand, and the words of\nHon. R. F. Green Introducing Mr. Wilson still echoing ln tbe hall, Mr. Houston\nwalked out on the platform nnd announced\nthat Mr. WllBon would not speak thnt\nnight, but would return to Nelson on\nMonday and hold a meeting at which Mr.\nTaylor would bo Invited to be present.\nWhen William Irvine took the chair at\nhalf past eight, ho explained that owing\nto the lateness of the Crow's Nest boat\nMr. Wilson was not on hand, but Hon.\nR. P. Green would speak in tlio meantime\ntill Mr. Wilson arrived.\nMr. Green had not proceeded far In tils\napeech before Mr. Wilson entered tbe ball\nand went behind tbe scenes where lie was\nJoined by Mr. Houston, who left the platform. Mr. Taylor came in nt the samo\nJime and took a seat In the audience.\n\"Evidently something then transpired\nwhich determined Hon. Charles Wilson nol\nto speak, for neither the chairman nor\n.Mr. Qreeti was aware of the fact. Bc-\nfildes tbe chairman and Mr. Green John\nHouston was, the only other occupant of\nthe platform.\nAfter touching on tbe difference between\nthe present election nnd all others in\nthis province which had preceded It Mr.\nGreen went on to say that the present\ngovernment were in no way connected\nwith or responsible for the \"old gang\"\nwho had been ln office before. There wns\nno doubt but that much of the hard times\nthat the provlnco had experienced recently hnd beon duo to the turmoil and\nstrife that had gone on through the pecuniar governments the province hnd had.\nTheir opponents accused them of a breach\nof faith in bringing on the elections four\nweeks before the orlgina 1 date set. In\nnettling the date forward the present\npremier had simply been fulfilling hi.*\npromise made when appointed, that ho\nwould dissolve the house und bring on au\nelection at the earliest poHstble date.\nWhen-the llrst date had been sot timo had\nbeen allowed to hear appeals from the\nrevision of the voters' list, but when\nthe courts of revision had been held and\nit wns found that there were no appeals\nfrom tho lists, then the date of the elections was changed, and set for four weeks\nearlier. Another reason for doing this\nwas tho grave tinancial condition of the\nprovince. Owing to the extravagance and\nincompetence of previous governments,\nthings were ln such a shape now tbat to\ncarry on the business of the province it\nwas absolutely necessary that the houso\nbe assembled together just as soon as\npossible. Still another reason lay in the\ntaunt that had been hurled at them by\nMr. Galliher, the dominion member for\nthis riding, In company with Mr. Wilson\nhe had visited Ottawa this pnst summer\nto ask the dominion government to do\ncertain things. Then they hud been told\nby Mr. Galllher and others that as they\nhad not beon put into power by the people they could not represent the people.\nMr. Galllher further told them to go back\nand get endorsed by tbe peoplo before they\ncame to Ottawa asking the dominion government to hear thom. If our enemies\nhad not notice of the change in date\nneither hud our friends, It interfered\nwith one as well as the other.\nSpeaking of tho necessity for tho new\ngovernment pursuing a rigid course of\neconomy ho Intimated that one exception\nto this would be in regard to the building of roads nnd trails. He then wont\non to show how ho and his conservative\ncolleagues ln the house had stood up for\nwhat good measures were passed by tho\nlate government. Regarding the charges\nmade against Mr. McBrlde in connection\nwith the granting of certain limits In Enst\nKootenay to the C. P. R.( bo would say\nthat he himself had been on the Investigating committee that went Into those\ncharges, the evidence In which had been\nprinted and published abroad. It was\ntrue that Mr. McBrlde had beon a member\nof both the governments that hod made\nthose grants. The grants had been made\non the recommendation of both tho commissioner of lands and works nnd of Mr.\nEberts, and Mr. McBride had been advised that it was something that would\nhe strongly to the interests of the province. Mr. McBrlde's disinterested conduct tn connection with this was well\nshown by his resigning shortly afterwards\nfrom the government, ns a token of hiB\ndisapproval of its courso. If ho hnd been\nmaking anything out of It he would have\nstayed on. In conclusion Mr. Green delivered a flowery eulogy of John Houston.\nthe conservative candidate for Nelson.\nHe declnred that from the day Houston\nfirst landed in Nelson till now his flrst\nand last thought had been the welfare of\nhis chosen city. When nny question affecting this city had come up at nny time\nHouston everywhere hnd been regarded ns\nthe man who represented Its Interests\nHe had many enemies, but the people of\n. this city and especially the laboring\ni classes wero the Inst to blame him for the\nI manner In which he hnd. made thoso enemies. \"In the house there wns no member who spoke so often or so forcibly for\ndifferent measures to aid tho working-\nman as John Houston. If it had not been\nfor his position in regard to the Eight\nHour law, which won for him the bitter\nenemity of the mine owners* association\nand slmilnr action in the case of other Industrial Issues which had arisen from tlmo\n:o time, John Houston would bo in a\nnuch better financial position today than\n110 In. Whenever a question hns arisen\nn which tho interests of tlio city were\nm one side and his own on the othor,\nvhlch side hns he tnken? Every man\nlere who has lived In the city for any\nlime knows that tho city came first.\"\nAt the conclusion of Mr. Green's ad-\nress there was nn awkward pause of s^v-\nral moments, nnd oven the chnlrmnn dls-\nppeared behind the scenes. Mr. Taylor\nad nrrlvcd some time before nnd hnd\neen seated tn tho audience through the\nreater pnrt of Mr. Green's address nnd\nBs he nnd Charles Wilson. K. C. the nn-\nounced speaker of the evening enmo ln\nn the Crow bont together, it wns well\nInderstood thnt Mr. Wilson wns In tbo\nipera house behind tho scones, nnd tho\n(udlence who hnd gathered to hear the\nresident of the council In tho McBrido\novernment began to manifest their im-\nattenre nt the delay.\nFinally the chairman of the evening re-\nurned to the stage, foltowod by the conservative candidate who announced that\nIr. Wilson  would not sneak.    He was\nwilling to address the Nelson electors on\nSaturday night but had already promised\nto speak at Kaslo. He would, however,\ncome back to Nelson on Monday and address a joint meeting on that evening.\nMr. Taylor would be invited to attend\nand would receive the same treatment accorded the conservative candidate at the\nflrst mass meeting.\nAfter the announcement was made the\nmeeting dispersed, but It was not difficult\nto see that the gathering had a very depressing effect on the torles present,\nMr. Taylor and his friends who were\npresent in force appeared to enjoy the\nsituation exceedingly. Discussing the\nmatter later Mr. Taylor said that ho intended to demand the same treatment\non Monday night as he hnd accorded his\nopponent at the liberal meeting. He was\nwilling to follow either Mr. Wilson or\nthe conservative candidate, or both, being willing to risk the tired out audience\nwaiting to hear him, but he was not willing to speak llrst and let the two conservative speakers follow. No doubt\nsome satisfactory arrangement will be\ncome to by Monday evening such as will\nbe  mutually agreeable   to all concerned.\nEAST KOOTENAY LIBERALS\nCANDIDATE  TAYLOR   SPEAKS   AT\nSEVERAL MEETINGS.\nJOINT MEETING FAVORS THB LIBERAL PARTY.\nSATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1903\nIS CHARGED WITH MURDER\nRUSSELL   BOLES   ARRESTED\nSAPPERTON.\nAT\nNO   MONEY   TO\nEXTRADITION.\nS. S. Taylor returned last evening\nfrom a short but very successful political campaign ln East Kootenay. He\nspoke on Tuesday at Cranbrook, on\nWednesday at Fernle, and at Michel on\nThursday. All the meetings were well\nAtended, and the liberals were very\nmuch ln evidence.\nAt Cranbrook the speakers were E.\nC. Smith, liberal candidate for Fernie;\nDr. James H. King, liberal candidate\nfor Cranbrook; and S. S. Taylor. The\nspeakers were all well received, but Dr.\nKing got tbe ovation of the evening,\nthe audience rising and cheering him\nover and over again. It was Dr. King's\nfirst appearance on a public platform\nln Cranbrook, and* many were anxious\nto see how he would acquit himself.\nHe spoke for three quarters of an hour,\ndefining his position on the political Issues in a plain outspoken manner. He\nreferred to some Btories that were being\ncirculated regarding himself, and denied the truthfulness of them. He deplored such a policy of campaigning,\nand declared that he was in the campaign to make an honest fight ou the\nissues, and not to indulge in personalities. He reviewed the governments of I\nthe past few years ln this province,\nand said that the McBride government\nwas made up of the people that had\nbeen condemned by the public in the\npast. He spoke of the record of the\nliberal party on the Chinese question,\nand labor legislation, the bill now pending providing for the construction ot\nthe Grand Trunk railway, and maintained tbat such a record was ln itself\na guarantee of what the party would\ndo ln British Columbia If placed in\npower at the coming election. In\nclosing he expressed confidence In the\nsupport of the labor vote ln this district, for the reason that he felt they\nwould stand by him ln the fight he was\nmaking for an improved condition ln\nthe political affairs of the province, and\nnot be led aside by party prejudice or\nslanderous stories. When he sat down\nhe was loudly cheered again.\nE. C. Smith preceded, and S. S. Taylor followed, the doctor, and as the opposition was not represented by any\nspeakers, the meeting closed with all\nsinging \"God Save the King,\" and!\nthree cheers for King, Taylor, and\nSmith.\nAt Fernle the speakers were E. C.\nSmith, W. R. Ross (conservative candidate for Fernle), Hugh Gllmore, ex-\nM.P.P. for Vancouver; Edward Nyel,\nwho spoke on behalf of socialist candidate McPherson; hon. Chas. Wilson,\nand S. S. Taylor. \" If the East Kootenay conservatives are as satisfied aB we\nare over the joint Fernle meeting,\" said\nMr. Taylor, \"It will be a surprise to\nme. The meeting was all our way.\nOur opponents did not get a single\ncheer at the close of the meeting. We\ngathered in the whole business.\nAt Michel the speakers were Smith,\nTaylor, and Nye, and the gathering\nwas an enthusiastic one.\nAt Cranbrook on Thursday night the\ntories had a meeting, at which Charles\nWilson, K.C., spoke. The liberals present asked that Hugh Gllmore, of Vancouver, should be allowed to reply to\nMr. Wilson, but the privilege was denied, the conservatives having heard of\ntho result of the joint meeting at Fernie\nthe previous night,\n\"East Kootenay ls liberal all\nthrough,\" concluded Mr. Taylor.\nThe Kaslo boat this morning will\ntake hon. R. F. Green, hon. Charles\nWilson, and S. S. Taylor off to Kaslo,\nwhere the three will speak at a Joint\nmeeting tonight. There is plenty of\nfun ahead for Kaslo.\n[Special to The Dadly NJWS.I\n. Vancouver, Sept. 18.\u2014Russell Boles,\nalias Bert Jewell, was arrested In Sap-\nperton late last night.\nHe is charged with murder in Denver,\nColorado, Boles had been working In\nthe Brunett saw mills for some time\nback, and has never been regarded as\ndangerous. When arrested Boles admitted his identity, and the Denver authorities were notified.\nThis morning he was remanded for\neight days to enable a Colorado officer\nto arrive with proper requisitions for\nextrrdition. Boles haB no funds to\nfight extradtion.\nIncrease, the representation ln the senate\nof the Northwest by two members.\nThis will make the unit of representation in the west the same as in\nOntario.\nSYMPATHIZED WITH JOE.\n[Special to The Dally New*.]\nToronto, Sept. 18.\u2014At the meeting of\nthe Canadian Manufacturers' Association last night, a resolution was passed\nexpreslng regret at the withdrawal of\nhon. Joseph Chamberlain from the British cabinet.\nThe resolution was not unanimous.\nRETALLACK'S  MEETING.\nTHE WINNIPEG   OUTPUT.\nFirst   Shipments    for   Sixteen    Months\u2014\na Good Force at Work.\n[Special to The Dotty Nows.]\nPhoenix, Sept. 18.\u2014For the flrst tlmo\nsince the disastrous flre of some sixteen\nmonths ago, the Winnipeg mlno, locates]\nIn Wellington camp, two miles from here,\nis now beginning to make shipments to\nthe reduction works. The flrst shipment\nwont out yesterday, nnd consisted of fivo\nor six cars, making about 1T5 tons. It being sent to tho Montreal nnd Boston Cop-\npor Company's Sunset smoker at Boundary Fulls, with which concern most favorable smelting arrangements have been\nmade by managor Plewman. He also expects to be able to send out similar shipments every few days for the present, or\nuntil the machinery at the property ls\nIn perfect working order, when tho ratt\nof shipment will probably be materially\nIncreased,\nAt the mlno Itself a force of 15 men Is\nnow busily engaged at work getting the\nproperty ln shape for more extensive op-\norations. A new gallows fi'amo hns been\nerected, a new loading platform built, and\nwork started on tho new comprosor bulld-\nlng. ThiB is expected to be onclosed by\nthe time of the annual meeting of the\nWinnipeg Mines, Limited, which takes\nplace early in October,\nJoint Political Meeting is Enthusiastic\nFor The Liberal Candidate.\n[Special to The Daily News.]\nAinsworth, 18th Sept.\u2014Last night's\npolitical meeting was a revelation to\neven the most ardent supporter of John\nL. Retallack. The meeting was well\nattended, and the supporters of hon.\nR. F. Green met with a reception that\ncould only be characterized as a frost\nof tbe severest kind. Messrs Carney,\nCaldwell, and Sanders were representing Mr. Green, and Messrs. Attwood and\nRetallack spoke in favor of the latter\ngentleman's candidature. Mr. Shannon, the socialist candidate, and his\nlieutenant, Mr. O'Brien, were also preset, and received good hearings. Mr.\nGreen's speakers got little encouragement, while both Mr. Retallack and\nMr. Attwood received frequent applause,\nand without a doubt carried the meet-\nIn the liberal interest\nThe chief contention of the liberal\nspeakers was that for many years a\ncertain political element in the province has been notorious for disregarding the rights ot the people ln handing\nover their property to rich and unscrupulous corporations and Individuals,\nand that the members of this element to\na man are' now working for the present government, whose good faith in\npromising to protect the rights ..of the\npeople cannot, therefore, be trusted.\nTbe chief contention of the socialist\nspeakers was that it was self-evident\nthat the higher the dividends are that\nOXjjo -tstw .nw.nerR.-of. ssanitnl .th\u00ab lnw.y 1\nthe wage, most be that go to the working men, and that if tbe ownership of\ncapital by individuals were eliminated\nby the adoption of socialism, all the\nprofits would go to the working men,\nas there would be no capitalist* to demand or receive dividends.\nMr. Carney said that, since Mr. Green\nIs a merchant, his welfare depends entirely on the welfare of the working\nmen who buy his merchandise, and that\nhe must in his own Interest of necessity be a friend of tbose who labor\nwith their hands.\nThe meeting closed with the singing\nof \"God Save the King.'\"\nON TRIAL FOR MURDER.\n[Special to The Dally News.]\nCalgary, N.W.T., Sept. 18.-The preliminary trial of Ernest Cashel here,\ncharged with the murder of-John Rufus\nBelt, a rancher in the Red Deer district,\nls in progress. Thfjre are twenty witnesses summoned.\nFAMILIES FLEE\nMISSISSIPPI' RIVE!\nSTRUC\nFROM FLOOD\nWEATHER BURBA'S WARNS INHABITANTS IN TIME.\nNEW POWER LINE.\nTenders Are Out For Line   To Give\nPower to the Greenwood Smelter.\n[Special to The Dally News.]\nPhoenix, Sept. 18.\u2014William Anderson,\nthe engineer in charge of the works of\nthe Cascade Water Power and Light\ncompany at Cascade and Phoenix, is\nasking for tenders for the new line for\nthe purpose of supplying power to the\nGreenwood smelter. It is understood\nthat negotiations between the power\nconcern and the British Columbia Copper company, owning and operating the\nsmelter, which have been ln progress\nfor several months, have been practically brought to a close, and an agreement arrived at ln the matter. Tenders\nare asked for a brick sub-station, for\nthe clearing of the right of way for the\npole line from Phoenix to Greenwood,\nand the furnishing of about 300 cedar\npoles to carry the high tension wires.\nTenders are to be in by September\n28th, after which time the contract will\nbe let, and the work pushed on as rapidly as possible. The distance of the\nend of the line in Greenwood from the\nfalls of the Kettle river at Cascale, via\nPhoenix, when .completed, will be about\n26 or 27 miles. When completed and\nin operation this will make the second\nBoundary smelter using Cascade power,\ndie Granby smelter having been utilizing the same for some months.\nC.P.R.  STRIKE.\nWill Likely Be Settled Today On Basis\nof Mutual Compromise.\n[Special to The Dolly News.]\nVancouver, Sept. 18.\u2014The blacksmiths\nstrike in the Canadian Pacific railway\nshops will probably be settled amicably\ntomorrow on a basis of mutual compromise.\nDONALDSON HAS THE PLEDGE.\n[Special to The Dally News.]\nVancouver, Sopt. 18.\u2014D. Donaldson\ntoday definitely refused the nomination\nas an independent conservative, and\npledged his loyalty to the government.\nIt Is understood that the truce has\nbeen sccuseu by a pledge to Donaldson\nof a government offlce, which pledge he\nhas in writing.\nMORE SENATORS FOR NORTHWEST.\n[Special to The Dally New*.]\nOttawa, Sept. 18.\u2014Minister of justice\nFltzpatrlck introduced a bill today to\nLacrosse, Wis., Sept. 18.\u2014Hundred)\nof families ln the district adjacent to\nLacrosse are Seeing with what valuables they can grasp to the hills which\nskirt the Misslsippl to escape death ln\nthe floods which are sweeping the Mississippi Valley.\nUpon advices from the U.S. weather\nbureau stationed here yesterday, the\nentire police force was detailed to warn\nthe residents ot the surrounding towns\nthat the worst flood ln the history ot\nthe state was to strike Lacrosse early\ntoday. Mounted couriers were despatched in every direction, and It Is\nbelieved that the warning was sent\nearly enough to prevent loss of life.\nFarms within 25mlles of Lacrosse\nare being deserted, and in many Instances the stock has heen drowned before it could be driven away. Miles\nupon miles ot farming land ls Inundated, and the crops and all property\nIs being flooded, but as yet no loss of\nlife has been reported.\nRoads and bridges north of here have\nbeen swept away, and it is impossible\nto drive from one county to another.\nThe weather bureau station here predicts a thirteen toot stage on the Mississippi here by Saturday morning,\nwhich will mean that the basement and\n\\-\\MMhr%-lKWti^_\\li^\ncannot be estimated now, but will probably reach several hundred thousand\ndollars before the water recedes.\nLacrosse, Wis., Sept. 18.\u2014The worst\nflood experienced In this portion of the\nMississippi valley for yearn is submerging thousands of acres of farm lands\nalong the river, sweeping away stacks of\nhay and grain, drowning live stock ln\nfields, and doing great damage. Mill\ndams at Mlsha Moka and Mondo are\nwashed away. In Lacrosse fifty families have been forced to move out of\ntheir homes. The river has overflowed the Chicago and St. Paul tracks\non the levee. Communication with the\nrural districts in the vicinity is entirely cut off owing to the bridges being carried down. The river ls rising\nhalf an inch an hour.\nGOODEVE GETS THE PLUM\nHE WAS THE MOST INSISTENT CANDIDATE.\nWILL   COST   THE   GOVERNMENT\nTWO CONSTITUENCIES.\n[Special to The Dally News.]\nVancouver, Sept 18\u2014Ex-mayor A. 8.\nGoodeve, conservative candidate ln\nRossland, has his honor the lieutenant-\ngovernor directly, and the liberal press\nIndirectly, headed by the Vancouver\nWorld, to thank for his appointment today as provincial secretary under the\nMcBrlde government, whicli was forced\nto Ah the vacant portfolio in deference\nto constitutional usage, and chose the\nmost Insistent candidate.\nHon Ml. Goodeve accepted office, and\nwas sworn in this afternoon.\nPremier McBride has been dangling\nthu provincial secretaryship before at\nleast five candidates, chief among them\nbolng Gs > deve, Ellison of Vernon, and\nClifford oi Cassiar, the latter two basing their candidature largely, on the\nprospect ol preferment.\nThe pi ess, urging the termination of\nt'-.is tibu.1 upon the electorate, bis\nb-.nbr insisted upon the office being\nfilled, una today's action resulted.\nIt wi.i probably cost the government\nat least two seats.\nNO. 131\nUl at his father's residence at New\nWestminster. Overwork and mental\nstrain ls the cause of his Illness.\nCANADIAN BANK CLEARINGS .\nToronto, September 18\u2014The following are some of the weekly clearings as\ncompiled by Bradstreets for the week\nending 17th Sept., with percentage of\nIncrease and decrease, as compared\nwith the corresponding week last year:\nMontreal 120,018,784, decrease 11.0;\nToronto (15,737,258, Increase 3.8; Winnipeg 14,666,660, increase 43.0; Halifax\n11,771,265, Increase 16.8; Ottawa 11,979,\n602, decrease 7.1; Vancouver $1,462,623,\nincrease 16.4; Quebec 11,636,365, Increase 22,3; Hamilton, $1,191,186, Increase 28,4; St. John, N.B., $995,720, Increase 23.2; Victoria $809,542, Increase\n846; London, Ont, $806,465, Increase\n10.5.\nBBITAIN'S\nCANADIAN TRADE REVIEW\nBUSINESS  IS SATISFACTORY AND\nBRISK.\nREPORTS   FROM' ALL PRINCIPAL\nTRADE CENTERS.\n[Special to The Dally News.]\nVictoria, Sept. 18\u2014A. S. Goodeve,\nconservative candidate for Rossland,\nand ex-mayor ot that city, was sworn\nln today as a member of the McBride\ngovernment\nHe takes the portfolio of provincial\nsecretary and minister of education.\nThe new minister arrived in the city\nlate last night, and was accompanied\ntoday, on his being sworn in by the\nlieutenant-governor, by hon. Tatlow, the\nonly other minister ln town.\nCOAST HOTELS GALORE.\nNew\nWestminster to Rival Victoria-\nGreat  Northern to Build. \\\n[Special to The Dally News.]\nVancouver, Sept. 18.-The Great Northern railway has commissioned John\nCrean, proprietor of tbe Guichon, New\nWestminster, to secure an option on\nproperty at least 100 by 120 feet, within\ntwo blocks of the city hall, upon which\na six story first class hotel, to be called\n\"The Great Northern,\" will be erected\nat once.\nThe plans provide for an elegant modern house, costing about $250,000.\nJohn Crean ls to be the manager.\nNEW RATE ON WHEAT.\n[Special to The Daily News.]\nWinnipeg, Sept. 18\u2014The new C.P.R.\nfreight tariff on wheat, of which the\nmain feature will be a reduction in\nrates (It is said of one to two cents),\nhas been prepared, and will be given to\nthe public in a day or two.   .\nPLAY  FOR CHAMPIONSHIP\nVANCOUVER   AND   WESTMINSTER\nTHIS AFTERNOON.\nTODAY'S GAME WILL DECIDE THE\nMATTER.\n[Special to Tho Dally News.]\nVancouver, Sept. 18.\u2014After much\njangling, Vancouver and New Westminster have agreed to play tomorrow's\ndecisive lacrosse match at Queen's Park,\nNew Westminster, under referee Ernie\nBurns.\nCullln, admittedly tbo strictest and\nmost efficient referee ln western Canada, refused to act unless the New\nWestminster club, or Glfford individually apologized for assaulting him on\nthe field In the lost match.\nDltchburn and Tile, the other official\nreferees, refused to act unlesB the association showed a disposition to protect Its officials.\nPOOR CHICAGO.\nChicago, Sept. 18\u2014At sovon o'clock this\nmorning n heavy frssst prevailed hern, ansl\nIn northern Illinois.    The local  temperature was n degrees, ,\nTHE  ALASKAN   BOUNDARY.\nAttorney-General Findlay Subjected To\nA Flre Of Question.\nLondon, Sept. 18.\u2014When the Alaskan\nboundary commission resumed its session today, attorney-general Finlay\nwas subjected by war secretary Root and\nsenators Lodge and Turner to a fire of\nquestions in connection with his attempt\nto show that the boundary should run\nfrom the head of Portland canal directly westward to tho point where\nthe mountains claimed by the Canadians as Uie boundary, Intersect, the 56th\n-passuwi ~vv sj^ttvajtas \u25a0 7X1\nThe contention of the United States\nis that the boundary continues up to\nBear river valley from the parallel of\nthe Portland canal to the 56th parallel.\nIn this connection Mr. Root called\nthe attorney-general's attention to the\nfact that Vancouver referred to Mars-\nley Pass, as the head of the canal, and\nasked if it was natural to suppose tbat\ntbe signatories of tbe treaties intended\nthe line to follow this pass to the stith\ndegree. The attorney-general replied\nthat the line under the treaty could not\nrun farther than the water canal, and\nfrom that Point must seek the mountains at the 56th parallel. Senator\nLodge suggested that this would mean\nthat the line must cross the mountains\nto reaoh thoso points described in the\nCanadian case, which the attorney-\ngeneral evaded touching upon.\nThe attorney-general passed, during\nthe afternoon, to the discussion of the\nlocation of the line from the 56th parallel to Mount St. Ellas, asserting that if\nthe contention of the United States that\nthe boundary should go around the heads\nof bays was admitted, then correspondingly Canada should gain by the tribunal decision, that the line should follow ten marine leagues from the shores\nof peninsulas.\nJudge John M, Dickinson, one of the\nAmerican counsel, said that the United\nStates was contending only for the\nheads of inlets, and not beyond, the\nattorney-general having raised the point\nthat the American claim for the tidewater as the boundary might put the\nboundary far Into tbe Interior of Canada.\nSLANDER CASE.\nThe Defendant Member of Parliament\nWins tho Case.\n[Special to The Dolly News.]\nOwen Sound, Ont, Sept. 18th.\u2014The\njury returned a verdict for A. G. McKay, M.P.P., the defendant in the slander case of Beckett vs. McKay, arising\nout of a statement made during the\nrecent political campaign.\nINSTANTLY KILLED.\n[Special to The Dally News.]\nMlnnedosa, Man., Sept. 18.\u2014On the\n(arm of R. Watson here last evening\nthe balance wheel on a wood sawing\nmachine burst, and one of tbe workmen named John Mollne was Instantly\nkilled.\nFOR SAFER NAVIGATION.\nChicago, Sept. 18.\u2014Navigation on the\nGreat Lakes ls to be made safer, as tbo\nresult of Improvements now being made\nor projected by the weather bureau.\nAmong tho Improvements ordered is\ntho ejection of a storm tower in Chicago. This tower will stand fifty feet\na-ovo the water level, and will bo fur-\nnishs'l with a steel most twonty-flve\nfeet Igh for tbe signal lights. In the\ntower an electrical plant will be Installed.\nPREMIER McBRIDE ILL.\nVictoria, Sept. 18.\u2014A special to the\nVictoria Times from Vancouver states\nthat hon. Richard McBrlde Is seriously\nMontreal, Sept 18.\u2014Dun & Co.'s\nweekly report of trade tomorrow will\nsay: Business has made moderate progress during the past week, despite unusual opposition from the elements.\nThe traffic was Impeded to some extent, especially by water, and in some\nof the large cities there was more or\nless Interruption to trade by storms.\nLnbor troubles have diminished in\nthe east, but new ones are threatened\nin the west.\nTbe car shortage is beginning to be\nfelt, especially in the Pittsburg district,\nwnVe sufficient labor cannot be secured\nfor handling freight\nManufacturing plants are well occupied as a rule, even the textile mills\nreroitir.f less idle machinery.\nLumber ls ln better demand as\nstructural activity reveals. Payments\nare seasonably prompt except where\nlate crops delay settlements, and the\noutlook for fall and winter business is\nencouraging. Well-known shipping\nconditions produced a poor statement of\nforeign trade for August, yet exports of\nmanufactured products were larger\nthan a year ago.\nRailway earning thus far reported tor\nSeptember show an average gain ot 10.3\nper cent, oyer-laat-jraais..\u2014\u2014\nouuumons ln the iron and steel Industry were succinctly stated by s> high\nauthority when Jos. C. M. Swank announced that \"The end of the boom\nI. does not mean the end of prosperity.\"\n' Quotations have been declining tor\nsome months, and a large 'tonnage ot\nbusiness is held back in the expectation that better terms may be offered.\nPrices have held fairly steady during\nthe past week, although there were numerous rumors regarding prospective\nreductions.\nAgricultural and structural steel\nshapes are moving freely, with mvmral\nnew contracts about to be placed.\nNo developments of Importance occurred ln the dry goods market\nFor Canada the review will say: Trade\nIs well maintained, collections satisfactory, and crop prospects favorable.\nVisitors to the exhibition have purchased freely of merchandise at Halifax,\nespecially ln the grocery and provision\nlines. The lumber market is active, a\nlarge fruit crop is anticipated, and\nthroughout the province a hopeful feeling prevails. Trade at St John ls\nadversely affected by the local exhibition, but millinery openings are well\nattended, and prospects for fall and\nwinter are encouraging.\nAfter the exceptional activity trade ls\nmore quiet at Toronto, while the\nseason's turnover has been more satisfactory, and the outlook is encouraging.\nFine weather has favored harvesting\nln the Quebec district, most houses\nreporting a fair volume of business, and\ncollections are up to the average; unseasonably warm weather has not been\nfavorable for dry goods and footwear,\nbut on the whole trade Is satisfactory,\nand collections fair to good.\nWhile rain has interfered with crop\noperations ln Manitoba, the yield ls not\nreduced, and trade is satisfactory at\nWinnipeg.\nVancouver reports wholesale trade\nbrisk for outside sections, and collections prompt\nWintry weather In the far west Ib the\nonly unfavorable development this week\nIn Canadian trade. The demand at\nMontreal Is reported satisfactory, except from the northwest. Montreal reports a good volume of business, and\nsals of winter goods     ahead of last\nChamberlain's  Resignation\nCausing Trouble\nThe Han Has Gone But His\nPoliqy Remains\nKING PETER IS SAFE.\nRumor That He wns Assassinated Proves\nQuito Untrue.\nParts, 8ept. 18.\u2014An ssneonnrmed rumor\nwns related on tho isssssrso hore today thnt\nking Peter of Sorvla had been assassinated.\nLondon, Sept. 18.\u2014While deflnllo Infor-\nnsatloss Is still lisckltsK. that rumor in\nParis of the assassination of tho Servian\nking Is regarded here as a bourse canard.\n[Pssrls. Ssspt. 18.\u2014Tho foreign office hns\nno information regarding tlso rumorod as-\neiissiiitstlssn ssf tho klsig of Servlsi. The\nreport roocllOd hero through an ssgenoy\ndlsiints'h front Antwerp nisd It caused considerate excitement and depression on the\nbourse, owing to tho nbsence of official\nInformation. Tho report was eventually\nattributed to the excited conslitlons prc-\nvalllisg ut Uolgrude.\nSPENCEK'S AIR SHIP.\nLondon, Sopt. 18.\u2014Stanley Spencor, the\naeronaut left tho Crystal Palace last night\nln ills airship, mado n half circuit over\nSt. Paul's church, and wont northwards\n'to Trent park, whero ho descended. He\nhnd desired to roturn to the Crystal\nPalace but was obliged to land olght miles\nfrom thero.\nLondon, Sept 18.\u2014The Associated\nPress Is informed that Lord Lansdowne will remain secrtary tor foreign\naffairs.\nThe persistency with which it ls rumored that Austin Chamberlain, the\npostmaster-general, will succeed Mr.\nRitchie as chancellor of the exchequer,\nemphasizes the extraordinary nature ot\nthe relations whlcb Mr. Balfour still\nmaintains towards his colleagues.\nThe liberal organs point out the flc-\ntitiousnesB of any supposed change ot\nheart on the part of a government\nwhich Includes Mr. Chamberlain's son,\nwho has been almost as active as his\nfather ln organizing the preferential\ntariff agitation.\nThe criticism of the small effect on\nthe government policy caused by Mr.\nChamberlain's withdrawal, and of   the\nretention ot his son, is not confined to\nthe opposition.     The St Jomes's Gazette warmly supports Mr. Chamberlain's\nprogramme, declares that the result Is,\nthat the unionist party will face the\nelectors disunited, and open to all the\nattacks of the free fooders.   As It will\nbe perfectly apparent to the electors\nthat the return of Mr. Balfour involves,\nsooner or later, the return of Mr. Chamberlain and the triumph ot his policy.\nMr. Balfour has reiterated to friends\nthat his letter to Mr. Chamberlain accepting his resignation was not a formal expression regarding Mr. Chamberlain's policy, but that he meant what\nhe sold.\nOn the tone, of if,  Mr.   CbJUsalwWktii\u2014'\nana Mr. Balfour will continue to work\ntogether, but the former colonial secretary is free from governmental obligations, and will be able to conduct his\neducational campaign along the Un* ha\nhas all along advocated.\nLondon, September U.-ConsternaUon.  -\nand excitement caused by the annouoe-\nment of the resignation ot Jos. Chamberlain ot the secretaryship for the colonies prevails among all classes ln the\nUnited Kingdom, to the exclusion of\nevery other topic.    The Pall Moll Gazette this afternoon aptly sums up the\ngeneral feeling by describing the present crisis as the most extraordinary in\nthe whole history of constitutional government.     It states tbat premier Balfour will fill up the vacancies and carry\non the government until he meets parliament in   1901.      Mr.  sChombhrloin,\nalso, does not look for an Immediate\ngeneral election, expecting at least a\ntwelve months' propaganda before tin\nelectorate can decide upon his proposals\nOther rumors are current that Mr. Balfour is unable to find men to fill tbe\nvacancies and tbat he will be obliges!\nto hand the king his own resignation.\nThis, however, does not appear to be\nlikely.     The Westminster Gazette and\nother paperB forecast Lord Mllner, the\nhigh commissioner in South Africa, succeeding to the colonial office, and it is\ndefinitely announced that lord Stanley,\nfinancial secretary to the war   office,\nand probably James    Lowther, deputy\nspeaker, will be among thoso promoted\nto tbe cabinet, but the details of Its reconstruction are not likely to become\nknown until Mr. Balfour has seen the\nking.\nTbe Associated Press learns that there\nls good reason to believe the report\nthat war secretary Brodrick will be\ntransferred to ,the Indian office ls correct The new cabinet ls expected to\nmeet within a fortnight The prediction that the markets will not be\naffected by the cabinet crisis has been\nfulfilled; indeed, consuls exhibited a\nfirmer tone today.\nFrom all parts of the United Kingdom nnd the empire editorial expressions of opinion on tbe crisis are pouring ln. The government organs frankly\nadroit    that Mr. Chamberlain's    withdrawal came as a bombBhell.    The liberal organs, though announcing    the\n\"wreck of the tory party,\" nearly all\nagree In saying tbat Mr. Chamberlains\nresignation does not mean o victory for\nfree trade.     \"Though the man    has\ngone,\" says the Star, \"his policy remains.\"    This is borne out by the reports from Birmingham, where    tbV\npowerful organization In favor of preferential tariffs Is centered.\nTHB EMPERORS MEET.\nWilliam and Francis Joseph Greet One\nAnother Most Cordially.\nVienna, Sopt 18-Emperor William\narrived here today from Hungary,\nwhere he had bees, staghuntlng with\nArchduke Frederick.\nEmperor Francis Joseph met him at\ntbe railroad station, and thu two mon-\narebs greeted each other most cordially.\nAfter an Inspection of the guard of\nhonor, the emperors drove through the\ncrowded and decorated streets to the\nHofburg, meeting everywhere with\ngreat enthusiasm. The route was lined\nwith troops.\nMORE FROSTS IN THE STATES.\nPoorln,  Sept.  18.\u2014During tlso  night  the\nthermometer registered 39 degrees.   There\nwas a heavy frost which did considerable\ndamage to crops.\n teWsM.lttlteiiiiy\nTHE DAILY NEWS: SATUKDAY. SEPTEMBER 19, 1903\nMHUOSON'S BAY\nCOMPANY.\nINCORPORRTBD   1670,\nTo make room for new goods\nwe are offering our\nWhole Stock of Ladies' Costumes\nand Mantles at Largely\nREDUCED\nPRICES\nLOOK AT THIS\nRed Homespun Costumes, Eaton Jacket, satin lined,\nbeautifully trimmed and finished, regular price $27.50\nreduced to $15.\nGreen Mixed Tweed Loose Jacket, stitched, regular price\n$16.50 reduced to $8.25.\nLadies Capes, regular price $12.50 reduced to $10.50.\nAbout 30 Suits offered at similar cut prices\nWATCH OUR WINDOWS.\nTiie Hudson's Bau Stores\nThe Canadian Bank of Commerce!\nWith whloh la Amalgaittfctiofl\nThe Bank of British Columbia,\nHHAD OFFICE-TORONTO.\nPaid up Capital, (8.700,000.  Reserve Fund, 8.000,0*1.\nAggregate Resource* Exceeding ire\u201e0Q0,0QO\n\u25a0OH.  QII9.  A. COX,  President,\nSavings Bank Department\nf Nelson Branch,\t\nB. a. WALKSH, General Hunter. \u2022\nDeposit* Received and Intense! Allowed, f\nBRUCfl   HUATHCOT*.   HanafW.. f\n.^iiOii\u00bbiioii\u00bbii#ii*jii\u00bbiiaii*jii*jii*jiit\nWE CARRY A COMPLETE 8TOCK OF\nPipe and Pipe Fittings\n1-8 TO 8 INOH, ALSO PIPE TOOLS\nRubber and Leather Belting, Packing, Mill Board, Mill Hose and all\nHill Supplies, Wagon Material, Hardwood Lumber, Corrugated Iron,\nCement, Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Steel, Iron, Steel Plates, Coal, Mining\nRails, Ore Cars, Paints, Oil, Glass. A full line of Shelf Goods and\nGarden Toob. ________ \"     '\nAGENTS: QIANT POWDER OO.\nCANTON DRILL 8TEEL\nH. 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DEANE.\nSUBSCRIPTION RATES:\nDally, per month, by carrier I 65\nDally, per month, by mail    60\nDally, per year, by carrier 7 00\nDally, per year, by mall 5 00\nDally, per year, foreign 8 00\nTHE WEEKLY NEWS:\nWeekly, per half year tl 26\nWeekly, per year , 2 00\nWeekly, per year, foreign 8 00\nSubscriptions invariably ln advance.\nADVERTISING RATES:\nDisplay Advertisement, 54 per inch per\nmonth; Display Advertisement*, 25 cents\nper inch each Insertion less than a month;\nLocals, 10 cent* per line each Insertion;\nClassified Advertisement* 1 cent per word\neach insertion; Wholesale Cards, J2.60 per\nmonthB; Society Cards, $2.50 per month.\nLONDON AGENCY:\nThe Dally News ls on file at the office*\nof E. A 3. Hardy & Co., Advertising and\nPress Agents, 30 Fleet Street, London,\nE. C, England.\nLAST NIGHTS MEETING.\nLast night's conservative mass meeting was a peculiar one ln many respects,\nparticularly In the manner in which It\nwas wound up, and tho audience dismissed.\nIt is not usual for conservatives to\nfunk meeting their political opponents\nin the open, and allow the electors to\ncompare the showing made by the respective candidates. It ls still more\nunusual for the true tory to accept an\nInvitation to appear at the liberal mass\nmeeting and at the first opportunity to\nrefuse bluntly to return the compliment\nIt was probably for the announced\nreason that the liberal candidate had\nnot been invited to speak last night,\nthat the audience which fathered to\nhear Mr, Wilson barely filled one half\nof the Opera House,\nMr. Wilson, although a little late in\narriving, was behind the scenes long\nbefore Mr. Green had finished his\nopening remarks, and It ls to be presumed that what followed was the result of a hurried conference with the\nman who was to have been the chief\nsneaker ot tho evening, and It is greatly\nto the credit of the cabinet minister ln\nqswitlon that -hs> slecllsisvl tr, o<> \u25a0.\u00ab\u25a0 \u00ab\"\u00bb>*\nhis meeting under tbo announced conditions.\nThe real meeting is to be held on\nMonday night, and Mr. Taylor has been\ninvited to attend and speak.\nMr. Taylor ls to he pulverized on\nMonday night, but If this ls to be done,\nthe two tory speakers of the evening\nmust get Mr, Taylor between them, and\nnot as suggested last night, when It\nwas said that the libernl candidate was\nto open the meeting, and be followed\nby Mr. Wilson and the conservative\ncandidate. Mr. Taylor naturally asks\nfor the samo treatment he offered his\nopponents. He will follow either or\nboth, and this ls the only fair arrangement under the circumstances.\nThere should be a well attended\nmeeting on Monday night to hear both\nsides of the political questions of the\nday.\"\nTURN THEM OUT.\nOne of the. results of the action of the\ngovernment in changing the date of\nthe election will be a great deal of\ndamage to the Westminster fair. There\nwill be nothing like tho attendance of\nformer years from country districts,\nelectors preferring to lose the fair rather than lose their votes.\nThe people of the royal city made an\noutcry against it, and the premier went\nover to try to fix things. In a way\nhe succeeded ln satisfying some at\nleast of the directors that the association would not be allowed to suffer\nfinancial loss because of his trickery.\nThe manner in which he proposes to do\nthis is characteristic of tho party of\nwhich he is a member. Tho official announcement made by the directors says\nthat if tho association should suffer\n\"financial loss over the clashing of\ndates, the government would Indemnify\nit.\" ln other words, tho government,\npremier, McBrido, coolly proposes to\nmake tho people of British Columbia\npay out of the general revenues for\nthe loss Westminster fair may suffer\nfrom his fault. If this is a sample of the\ngreat fiscal reform McBrido intends to\nInaugurate, to Indemnify losses caused\nby his tricks and blunders, there will\nbe precious little left in tho treasury\nfor public works or anything else. It\nls more than all a flagrant piece ot\nwholesale bribery and corruption against\nwhich the people of tho province\nshould assert themselves with no uncertain sound. Of a verity, the rascals must be turned out, and the sooner\ntho hotter.\nMUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.\nownership of public utilities ls to be\nfound In the good work dono by the\ntown of Port Arthur, whioh has pushed\nmunicipal ownership much further than\nis usually tihe case ln Ontario, the town\nowning a street railway system, a telephone service, an electric lighting plant.\nand the means of developing a considerable quantity of electric power. It is\nalso Installing waterworks and a sewage\nsystem. The street railway Is seven\nmile long, and connects the town with\nFort William and West Fort William.\nAn extension of a mile and a half has\nheen authorized to a large park which\nrecently has beon acquired. The original investment was $115,000, and the\nrailway for some years was operated at\na loss. Latterly it has begun to pay.\nThe earnings last July wore rather over\n$4,000, and the operating expenses during May last (the last month for which\nfigures are available) was less than\n81,700. To operate the cars the miinl-\npallty has erected works on Current\nRiver, which give 750 horse power, and\nan amount which can be increased to\n1,000 horse power. The Canadian\nNorthern has asked the town to quote a\nrate for a large quantity of power for\nuso in Its elevators. Some energy is\nsold at S25 a (horse power per year.\nThe town owns its lighting plant,\nwhich has cost it 125,000, and ls installing a waterworks system whlcb will\ncost about $100,000. The water will be\npumped from Lake Superior. Sewers\nwill he laid concurrently at a cost of\nover $60,000. The taxes at present are\n25 mills on the dollar. The people feel\nthat while they have invested considerable sums, they have value. They also\nfeel that they will profit by any Increase ln profits. They expect ultimately to have \"the lowest rate of any\ntown ln Canada.\"\nWorn thin ?\nNol Washed thin 1 That's so\nwhen common soap is used.\nEDITORIAL  NOTES.\nThis is nomination day all over the\nprovince, and election day, October 3rd,\nIs Just two weeks off. Two liberals will\nprobably go ln by acclamation, and\nsince Dr. Sanson has retired in Llllooet\none conservative will not be opposed.\nAs the fight grows warmer there is a\ngeneral coming together of the liberal\nlabor element, who are combining ln\nmany places against the common enemy, and who will be found fighting\nside by side on this day fortnight. It\nis worthy of note that while several\nliberal-labor combinations have been\neffected, In no single instance have the\nconservatives succeeded in doing anything \u201ef th\u00bb Hnd. On the contrary,\nat the Victoria convention a conservative labor candidate who sought to\nget ln on the tory ticket was promptly\nturned down. In the Slocan riding\nthe liberals will support William David'\nson, and the combination will probably\nresult ln the defeat of William Hunter,\nthe tory candidate, and at other points\nthe great majority of the labor organizations are supporting the liberal cause.\nIn Rossland labor ls strongly arrayed\nagainst A. S. Goodeve, and just as a\nliberal-labor combination elected Smith\nCurtis at the last provincial election,\nso the same combination will elect J.\nA. Macdonald on October 3rd.\nLike the people of New Westminster,\nthe people of Nelson, who are deeply\nInterested in making the flrst exhibition ever held in the Kootenays a\npronounced success, are blessing the\nprovincial government for changing\nwhat it is pleased to call Its mind, and\nforcing on tbe elections a month, earlier\nthan announced last June. In the\nhurry of election times here there ls\na danger of the local fair not receiving\nthe amount of attention that It otherwise would, and It means that an extra\neffort should be made to help on the\ndirectors of the Agricultural Association ln their laudable enterprise. The\nexhibition will be on next Thursday and\nFriday, and whatever remains to be\ndone to make the fair a success should\nbe promptly pushed along. Politics or\nno politics, we all want the fair to succeed.\nCRAiSS STUPIDITY.\nThe McBride government has been\nbut a short time In office, but it has\nalready established a record for blundering incapacity and crass stupidity\nalmost without parallel ln the history\nof British Columbia. That Is a strong\nstatement It Is warranted, however,\nwhile making due allowances for the\nunique records of all the governments\nof which that of McBrlde Ib tbe \"lineal\"\ndescendant\nThe electors are being drawn to tho\nmen selected by the liberals, because\nln every instance they represent character and responsibility, qualities which\nguarantee after the elections are held a\ngovernment ln every respect the antithesis of that of hon. Richard McBrlde.\nAccording to the strength of liberalism ln British Columbia becomes apparent, the state of demoralization in the\ngovernment ranks increases. Mr. McBrido is aware of the conditions. He\nknows that his only hope lies ln an\nappeal to the people, If possible, beforo\nthe great stampede-occurs. The hope\nIs vain. Liberals have but to pursue\ntthe course to which they have set their\nfaces tn order to achieve a notable victory ln the flrst flgbt under \"party\nlines\"  In British Columbia.\u2014Times.\nAn example of what can be done by\nsmall towns ln the way of municipal i\n\u2022WiiaIi groutsy dishes, pots or pans witii\nLovor'H D\/y Soap a powder. It will remove the grease with the greatest case. 30\nSoap\nREDUCES\nEXPENSE\nAsk for the Octagon Bar \u25a0*.$\nAROUND SLOCAN LAKE.\nThe Enterprise Will Worw a Big Force\nThiB Winter\u2014Bad  Roads for  Shipping.\nA big force will be employed at the Enterprise   this   winter.\nThe owners are prosecuting development on the Neepawa.\nW. .W. Warner is again ground suic-\nlng on the Wonderful.\nAdditional supplies were Bent up to tho\nRiverside this week, and development resumed.\nA raise has been comonced on tho\nBlack Prince. Ore is being taken, both\nfrom It and the drift.\nNew outbuildings are being erected at\nthe Bank of England and everything\nmode snug for winter.\nRegular shipments of oro from the Bosun pass through Slocan for Trail. The\nmine has close to four feet of ore showing ln the lower tunnel.\nHoward Thompson and G. McLeod\nhave struck 14 inches of high grade galena on the Mountain Con. English experts had condemned the mine.\nOscar White, one of tho owners of the\nLady Franklin group, Lemon creek, has\ngone east on business.\nThe owners of the Myrtle group have\nlaid out plans for a big winter's work.\nThey have installed a whim, which will\ngreatly facilitate hoisting, and are now\nhauling ln a plentiful supply of timber.\nBad road s have mitigated strongly\nagainst shlpmonts from the Enterprise of\nlate, but this week they managed to get\nout a carload. It went to tho Trail\nBmelter.\nCon Murphy got back his quarter Interest in the Black Prince group from A.\nYork and turned It over to W. T. Shat-\nford. The force on the Black Prince was\nIncreased to three men this week.\nTho pleasant purgative effect experienced by all who use Chamberlain's Stomach\nand Liver Tablets, a*nd the healthy condition of the body and mind which they\nereate makes one feel joyful. For sale\nby all druggists and dealers.\nCASCADE\u2014the Beer that Ib Beer.\nA PEW\nTIPS ON\nTEA!\n\u2022 a OTNT8 will buy ONB POUND\n\u2022 of pure, clou, line flavors*! CBT-\nl LON-INDIAN   TKA.\nt to cents will   buy oa*   pound\n\u2022 Standard    BREAKFAST    BLACK\n, TEA.   Purchaser* of ten Bound* or\n\u2022 more, will receive on* Bound extra,\n\u2022 for each ten pound* purchased.\na   Equal to an allowance of TEN\n\u2022 FEB  CENT DISCOUNT, OB tksWB\n\u2022 extremely low price*.\nJ    Price* on our   regular   Un** of'\n\u2022 CHOICE TEA, No, Bo, ete, tea) He,\n\u2022 and 60c per pound for Black, Grow\nJ udl Blended.\n\u2022 Telephone 171 r. OL Mat IB\nI KOOTENAY COFFEE CO. .\n\u2022 \u2022\nANOTHER BOUNDARY SHIPPER.\nGrand Porks, Sept. 18.\u2014The Hesperus\ngroup on Hardy Mountain has joined\nthe ranks of the shippers.\nThe Granhy smelter Is now treating\nconsiderable Hesperus ore, the flrst\nsmelter return from which gave values\nprincipally in copper of ?16 per ton.\nThe properties ar,e located four miles\nfrom Grand Forks. They were acquired last spring by the Hesperus Gold\nand Copper Mines, Ltd., a Chicago corporation, of which Chas. Magee is president. The development work is in\ncharge of Bert Rea, formerly of Ross-\nlnml\nA MICHIGAN WRECK.\nPolland, Mich., Sept. 18.\u2014The steamer\nJoe, bound from Seugatuck to Holland\nwith a cargo ot fruit, broke down ln\nthe heavy sea, and went ashore 11 1-2\nmiles south of this harbor. Life savers went to the steamer's assistance,\nand rescued Captain Upham and the\ncrew. The deckload ot the steamer\nwas washed off, and her upper works\nare breaking up.\nGOLDHILL\nDOWNES'   HOTEL.   CRANBROOK.\nNew, up-to-date sample room*.\nThe best hotel ln Midway la Crowell's.\n\u25a0Let the GOLD DUST twins do your work,\"\nGOLD DUST\nwill take every particle of dust and dirt from your\nfloors and woodwork\u2014makes them as clean as a\nwhistle, neat as a pin. Nothing to good for washing\nclothes and dishes.\nMade only by THE N. K. PAIRBANK COMPANY,\nMontreal, Chicago, New York, Boston, St Louis,\nMakarsolCOPCO SOAP (oval cake).\nCRAND CENTRAL HOTEL\nOpposite Court Home aad new Postofflce,\nBest Be meal In town. European and\nAmerican plan. Only whit* labor employed.   First claa* bar.\nTHOMAS * ERICKBON. PROP!.\nMISS ZARA LANE\n(Pupil of Herr Peje Storck and Angelo\nM. Read, of Buffalo.) t\nHas opened a class ln Music-\nInstrumental Onlv.\nTeaches   the   Leachetlzkv   Method,\nTERMS  ON  APPLICATION.\nAddress Post Office Bos D!M,  City.\nGOLDHILL\nThe new town of the Lardeau Oold\nMining District, situate at the Second\nCrossing, about three miles south of Poplar. This new town offers all the Inducements of Investment and the best of prospects back of it. The townslte le now being surveyed and already several lots\nhave been reserved, ^^\nGET IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR\nAND MAKE YOUR SELECTION AT\nONCE.\nApply to\nW. H. DOWSING\nBAKER ST., NELSON, B. O,\nTHE\nNELSON\nHOUSE\nTHE ONLY\nEUROPEAN\nHOTEL IN\nTHE CITY\nCentrally\nLocated\nACCOMMODATION\nUP-TO-DATE\nBRIGHT  AND   WELL  VENTILATED ROOMS.\nThe meals served ln th*  Cafe\nsecond, to none.\nBar In connection with all the\nchoicest wines, liquor* and cigars.\nBus meets all train* and boat*.\nA WINDOW\nFULL OF\nVASES\nYOUR\nCHOICE FOR\n25\nCENTS\nREGULAR 3Gc TO COc VAULES.\nOUR .VHttNITURE LOOMS UP\nclearly and temptingly. Those of ordinary\ndiscernment can aee that this la not or.\ndlnary furniture, although the price mmi\nto be about tbe same.\nDut th\u00ab vnluo is different   TWe\nFURNITURE\nwill be still beautiful and yet ln active service when the-other kind has Joined the\ngreat army of \"has-beens.\"\nMuch to admire In this line of\nWOOD ROCKERS\nbesides the   handsome   design  and fine\nfinish.   The prices are attractive.\nD. MoARTHTJR & Co.\nINCOHPOMTID TORONTO \u2022'\u25a0'\u2022 *' \u25a0\u2022\u00a5\u00bb\u25a0\niod\u00ab _      H.C.m.et,\nPresident,\nDr.   Edward Fisher, Musical Director.\nThe best equipment and facilities, and\nstrongest faculty in Canada,\nA thorough, artistic and finished\n. MUSICAL, EDUCATION.\nLocal center   examinations   held every\nsummer In Manitoba, N. W. T. and British Columbia.\nSchool of Literature and Expression.\nMrs. Ines Nicholson-Cutter, Principal\nPull Faculty.   All Branches Taught\nCALENDARS AND SYLLABUS FREE\nWhen writing,  please   mention   Nelson\nDally News.\nMORTGAGE SALE\nMortgage Sale of property ln the City of\nNelson under and by virtue of Power of\nSale contained ln a mortgage which will\nbe produced at time of sale.\nThere will be offered for sale by public\nauction by Walter J, Robinson, deputy\nsheriff, at the premises in the City of Nelson on the 30th day of September, 1903, at\ntwo o'clock ln the afternoon, the following\nproperty, viz.: Lots 17 and 18 In Block 2,\naccording to Map 2MB of the City of Nelson.\nTERMS OF SALE.\nTen per cent of the purchase money at\nthe time of sale, the balance within ten\ndays thereafter.\nFor further particulars apply to\nMACDONALD, McMASTER & GEART.\n' SI Yonge Street, Toronto.\nFOR SALE\nHotel Criterion, Camborne\nFirst class hotel free from all encumbrances In one of the best mining towns\nln the Kootenay. Over fifty first class\nrooms all furnished ln best style with up-\nto-date furniture. Oood piano. This hotel\nas a business proposition has no equal In\nthe Kootenays. Doing good business the\nyear round, but compelled to sell owing to\nill health. Will eel for cash or half cash\nand easy terms on balance, Carries 19,000\nInsurance. Apply at once to Hotel Criterion, Camborne, B. C.\nTHE LATEST OUT\nTHE GLOKAR\nThe Celebrated BBB Pipe.\nW.A.THURMAN\nTOBACCONIST\nBAKER STREET, NBLSON, B.C.\nCanada Drug & Book\nGo., Limited.\nAPPLES\nBOTH EATING\nAND COOKING\nKokanee Creek, tyancrt\nC. W. BUSK, Prop.\nOffice and depot Baker Btreet,\nPHONB 213.    NBLSON\nBteSW              *     IT   \\\nKi^8!*r-Ux''*^\u00bb_c3J\n<_ti_\\ \"W^\nfp\nSI\n^\nsliRv^\ne_W&\nj[l\nTIP\n!#W\nTffi\nfeP^sb\n''-V*mS\u00bb ltT-^M\u00bb~-\nWHEN YOU GREET YOUR BEST GIRL\nyou should always be well groomed and\nwell dressed, and have your linen Immaculate ln Its snowy whiteness and exquisite\nfinish. You can keep It that way constantly at a small cost when ybu have it\nlaundered at Uie Kootenay Steam Laundry.\nKootenay Steam Laundry\nBAKER 8T., NELSON, B. C.\nINFANT'S\nBROAD\nTOE\nIS THE\nSENSIBLE\nSHOE\nCan show you sensible shapes In all\nfine goods.\nI carry only first class quality of rubbers. Don't forget this when you need\nthem.\nFRED L IRWIN\nChadbourn & McLaren\nREAL E3TATE\nIN8URANCE AND MINES\n8AMPLING AGENT8\nOta \u2022kipped to Nelson will be carefully\nlooked after. NELSON, B.C.\nH. D. ASHCROFT\nMINERS' LIVERY AND FEED STABLE\nTeaming and  Packing    done.     Saddle i\nHorses (or Hire.   Hacks and buggies on\ncell day and-night.   Stables on Stanley '\nstreet,   between    Silica  and   Carbonate.\nTelephone 67.   P. O. Box 11% Nelson. B.C.\nNelson Steam Laundry\nWork done by hand or machine. Dye- j\nIng and Cleaning done, flannels, Blan-J\nkets., Curtains, Etc., a specialty. Goods j\ndelivered on short notice.\nWhite Labor Only.   Satisfaction Guaranteed,     Office   Baker    Street    opposite I\nQueen's Hotel.   Telephone 14GB.\nPAUL NIPOU,\nPROPRIETOR AND MANAGER.\n THE DAILY NEWS: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19. 1903\nCRANBROOK BUSINESS DIRECTORY\nLEADING BUSINESS FIRMS\nBOABD OF TRADE\nHOSPITAL\nW. F. OURD. Secretary.\nST. EUGENE, (Stater* of Charity).\nBAKEBIES\n\u2022;\u2022\u25a0LEliLmKs     \t\nCRANBROOK  BAKERT,   A.  Cnartraisd,\nCITT BAKERT, C. W. Wilson, Phone 64,\nP. 0. Box 166.\nE. H. THOMPSON.\nHEAT MABKETS\nOOKrEOTIONEBS\nP. BURNS & CO., P. 0. Box 3, Phono 10.\nKARRIS A JOLIFFE.\nO. P. TISDALE, Phone 66.\nBBAY AND EXPBEBS\nMEBOHAHT TAILOBS\nPBRRT & FITZGERALD.\nMcSWEYN A GRIFFITH, P. 0. Box 66.\nLEASK ft HENDERSON, P. 0. Box 156.\nDBESSMAKIHQ\nPHYSICIANS AND SUBQEONS\nMISS A. E. CARDIFF.\nIOUHDBY\nDR. 3. H. KING, Phone 2, P. O. Box 28.\nDR. F. W. GREEN, Phone 2, P. O. Box 28.\nTHE BTEEL AND IRON WORKS.\nPH0T09BAPHEBS\nGB00EE8\nPREST PHOTO CO, P. 0. Box ISS.\nKINO MERCANTILE CO., Phone 8, P. 0.\nSEAL ESTATE AHD IHSUBAKOE\nBEALE A ELWELL.\nHOTELS\nTJNDEBTAKEBB AHD EMBALMEBS\nDOWNES' COSMOPOLITAN.\nWENTWORTH, Rollins A Dickinson, Proprietor*.\nCANADIAN, a. Brault, Proprietor.\nCHAS. CAMPBELL, Phone \u00ab.\nTHE   MACCONNBL.L   FURNITURE   ft\nUNDERTAKING COMPANT.\nJEWELEBS\nWHOLESALE LIQUOBS\nW. F. TATE, P. 0. Box 106.\nW. H. WILSON.\nphone 17.\nFERNIE BUSINESS DIRECTORY\nLEADING BUSINESS FIEMS.\nBoots and Shoes.\nFERNIE.   S. Manahan, Prop.\nQUEEN'S HOTEL. Chenette ft Roe*.\nMUSKOKA HOTEL.   J. Bulko, Prop.\nH. A.  SENKBEIL.\nHardware, s\nBreweries.\nELLIOTT ft SHEPPARD.   Box 276.\nFORT STEELE BREWING CO.\nLegal\nCigar Factories.\nROSS ft ALEXANDER.\nCROW'S  NEST CIGAR  FACTORY.\nMerchant Tailors.\nDrugs and Stationery.\nF. J. MITCHELL.\nFERNIE DRUG STORE.   N. E. Suslslaby.\nA. W. BLBASDALE.   Box 2C3.\nMillinery and Fancy Goods.\nMRS. B. TODD. Box 828,\nDentists.\nBeal Estate and Insurance.\nDR.  BARBEIt    Opposlto  Rssytil   Hotel.\nCREE & HUTCHISON, P.O. Drawer 17.\nDry Goods and Groceries.\nCHARLES RICHARDS.   P. 0. Box HS.\nCROW'S NEST TRADING CO.\nRestaurants.\nT. H. ELLIOTT.   Opposite rear of Depot\nHotels.\nkawis, Prop.\nALBERTA HOTEL. J. L. Gates, Prop.\nVICTORIA HOTEL.\nC. H. DEMAUREZ.\nHENRY M. STANLEY\nWho Rescued Livingstone in thr\nWilds or Africa.\nRheumatism,\nNeuralgia,\nDyspepsia or\nNervousness,!\u2122;\nPAINE'S CELERY COMPOUND.\n3\nVictor Evaded Cream\nFor Household Use\ntakes t'.ie place of fluid\nmilk or crenrn.  Never\nsours or causes disappointment at the last\nmoment.   It is handy,\npure, digestible, nutritious and appetizing..\nMakes   delicious   ice\ncream, custards, puddings, etc.\nAsk yoar\nGrocer lor It,\nMfd. by The Charlottctown Condtnud Milk Co., Charlottetown, P.E.I.\nANOTHER TRADE  RECORD\nTHIRTEEN   MILLION   INCREASE    IN\nTWO MONTHS.\nTHE FISCAL YEAR HAS BEEN OPENED MOST AUSPICIOUSLY.\nOttawa, Sept. 18.\u2014Canada's foreign trade\nlast year exceeded all previous records,\nand the current flacal year has opened\nmost auspiciously. For the two months\nending August 31st our Imports totalled\n142,8411,3130, an Increase of $9,890,192 compared with the same period of last year. The\nexports of domestic produce aggregated\n.$39,855,302, an increase of .$3,108,448. For\nthe month of August only there was a gain\nof $4,478,831 in imports, and of $2,364,814 in\nexports. Tho following Is a comparative\nstatement ln detail of the imports and\nexports for the two months:\nImports,\n1903 1903\nDutiable   goods     $21,124,285  $24,890,146\nFree  goods    11,327,545    16,141,193\nTotal    $32,451,830  $41,031,9^9\nCoin and bullion         501,284     1,811,367\nTotals    $32,953,114 $42,834,306\nDuty  collected       5,626,141 U.7^0,777\nExports, domestic only\u2014\nThe  mlno    $6,009,404 $7,184,116\nThe  fisheries       1,658,588 1,1*0,158\nThe   forest       8,478,376 8,034,548\nAnimals   and   produce.. 14,050,621 13,883,444\nAgriculture       3,956,652 5,974,701\nManufactures        2,570,144 3,087,505\nMiscellaneous    ,.   ..       17,069 4,831\nTotals    $36,746,854   $39,855,502\nRevenue and Expenditure.\nThe revenue and expenditure statement\nfor the past two months has also been\nIssued, owing, however, to the fact that\nthe auditor-general refuses to give credit\nto the departments, and will not certify\nto disbursements that have already been\nmade, the showing is more favorable in\nregard to expenditure than It ought to be.\nFor example, there Is nbout a million and\na half of dolars advanced by the banks\nduring August for purposes of the public service, but until tho auditor-general\ncertifies to it, the amount cannot be entered up ln the books as a part of the\nAugust outlay, neither can tho bank get\nits money. Nevertheless, taking the figures us they aro, the revenue for the\ntwo months Is given ns $11,520,992, as\nagainst nn expenditure of $4,102,809.    For\njw.'itaAwisi'11-\nDIABETES\nIs a Fast Wasting Form of\nKidney Disease\nTHAT BABY SHOW.\nAdmittedly the Most Interesting Exhibit\nat the Fair\u2014The Prizes.\nThe prize list for the baby show will\nbo as follows: Lightest baby under six\nmonths old, child's mattress and pillow\nby the Kootenay Wire Works; fattest\nbaby under six months old, ham by the\nWest Kootenay Butcher Company; best\nlooking baby under a yenr old, 1st prize\ngold watch, value $15, by the St. Charles\nCondensing Company; 2nd prize, box\ncandy, value $5 by J. A. McDonald, confectioner; 3rd prize, child's silver bracelet,\nby J. J. Walker, Jeweler; 4th prize, child's\n(liver table set by Canada Drug and Book\nCompany; best pair of twins under one\nyear old, child's toilet set, value $8 by\nCanada Drug and  Book  Company.\nAll babies must be on hand by 10:30\no'clock, and the judging will be held from\n10:30 to lit after which the doors will be\nopen to the public to inspect the young-\nasters and crltlslze tho decisions of the\njudges. As mentioned before, the show\nwill be held on the first morning of the\nfair In the Ferland building on Baker\nstreet, second door cast from Stanley\nstreet.\nBE  QUICK.\nNot a minute should be lost after a child\nshows symptoms of cholera Infantum. The\nflrst unusual looseness of the bowels\nshould be sufficient warning. If Immediate\nand proper treatment is gven, serious consequences will be averted. Chamberlain's\nColic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Is\nthe sole reliance of thousands of mothers\nand by Us aid they have often saved their\nchildren's lives. Every household should\nhave a bottle at hand. Get It today. It\nmay save a life. For sale by all druggists\nand dealers.\nDrink CASCADE Beer.\nBREAD   GOES  UP.\nToronto Bakers to Make a Raise Next\nWeek.\nToronto, Sept, 18.\u2014Toronto people may\nhave to pay moro for bread during the\nnext few days unless there is a sudden\ndrop in the price of flour, which there is\nat present no indication.\nOwing to the .wet weather, which has\ndelayed the Manitoba hnrvost, and to tho\nbelief that the world's .wheat crop lu\nsmaller than last year, the price of wheat\nhas risen, until from $1 to $1.05 per bushel\nhas been paid by mllors for wheat which,\nPOLLING DAY.\nA Public Holiday and Four Hours Off\nMust be Allowed.\nBy the amended provincial election act\nIt Is provided that: \"Poling day in any\nriding shall be a public holiday, and every\nregistered elector of tho riding who Is\nwithin the riding on that day and who\nIs a workman or employee for hire shall\nhe allowed by his employer to bo free\nfrom his employment on that day for nt\nleast four consecutive hours between the\nopening and closing of the poll, und every\nemployer who offends against this provision, without reasonable Justification,\nshal be llablo to a penalty of not mora\nthan one hundred dollars, to bo recovered under the 'Summary Convictions Act'\nand amending acts,\"\nTHB   PROPER   TREATMENT   FOR   A\nSPRAINED ANKLE.\nAs a rule a man will feel well satisfied\nIf he can hobble around on crutches two\nor three weeks after spraining his ankle,\nand It is usually two or three months before he has fully recovered.   This Is an\nunecessary loss of time, for In many cases.\nIn whloh  Chamberlain's  Pain   Balm   has\n'been promptly and freely applied, a complete cure has been effected in less than\n> one week's time, and in some cases within three days.   For sale by all druggists\nland dealers,\nHOUSE FOR RICHARD.\n. The conservative Journal the Rossland\n(Miner published in a camp whero no fall\nB fairs are ever heard of takes strong\n_ ground on the trouble at New Westminister. The Miner says: Premier McBride\n\\\\ has promised tho people of New Westmin\nster that he will indemnify them for any\nloss they may sustain through the elections interfering with the success of their\nfair. It is also reported that he will have\npolling booths erected on the grounds so\nthat all the farmers may cast their votes\nwithout returning to their constituencies\nfor that patriotic purpose. To our mind\nthis Is all tommyrot. If tho people in and\naround New Westminster are so childish ns to vote for or against a man\nsimply because the day sot for election\nhappens to occur at tiie same time ns\ntheir agricultural fair, they aro not worth\nserious consideration, and a British Columbia premier who can find time to pander to such Inconsequential sentiment\nsavors more of the village politician thun\nof the statesmanship that is necessary\nto head the government of a great province.\nKidney-Wort Tablets\nQuickly Arrest the Disease\nand Rebuild the Whole\nSystem\nDiabetes is a fast wasting form of kidney disease. In Hs advanced stage it Is\nmarked by the passage of un excessive\namount of urine containing a large proportion of sugar. Other prominent signs\nare, great thirst, loss of strength, harsh,\ndry skin, swelling of limbs and physical\nweakness.\nDr. Pettingill's Kidney-Wort Tablets\nquickly arrest tho progress of this frightful disease and rebuild the whole system.\nThey have saved thousands, and can save\n'you. Fully guaranteed by druggists everywhere. Price 50 cents per bottle or six\nbottles for $2.50.\nMechanics. Farmers, Sportsmen 1\nTo heal and soften the skin and remove\ngrease, oil and rust stains, paint and earth,etc.\nuse The \" Master Mechanic's\" Tar Soap,\nAlbert Toilet Soap Co., Mf rs.\nMANITOBA FIELD TRIAL&\n'Carman, Man., Sept. 18.\u2014The seventeenth annual Held trials of the Manitoba Field Trials Club began under favorable auspices today on the preserves near\nthis place. Many dogs, the product of\nyears of careful breeding and training,\nare entered tn the various events that\nmako up the programme. Some of the\nbest kennels In America are entered. The\nentries for the Derby alone number sixty-\ntwo dogs, and judging from the outlook\nthe event will be one of the most successful of its kind over pullod off in the dominion,\nT HEY MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD\nDysentery causes the death of more\npeople than smallpox and yellow fever\ncombined. In an army It ls dreaded more\nthan a battle. It requires prompt and\neffective treatment. Chamberlain's Colic,\nCholera and Diarrhoea Remedy has been\nused ln nine epidemics of dysentery in the\nUnited StateB with perfect success, and\nhas cured the most malignant cases, both\nof children and adults, and under the\nmost trying conditions. Every household\nBhould have a bottle at hand. Get it today. It may save a life. Sold by all\ndruggists and dealers.\nCASCADE Beer gives you vim.\ncents per bushel. Flour has been advanced from 25 to 30 cents per barrel,\nand further advances are talked of. Bakers complain that not only has flour advanced, but also the cost of labor, yeast,\nsalt, and other Ingredients, so that the\ncost of producing a loaf uf bread has increased fully 25 per cent or over.\nIn view of this advance- In cost, the\nbakers appear to bo unanimous In the\nopinion that the price of bread will be\nraised ono or two cents per loaf.\nCASCADE Beer brewed from mountain\nstreams.\nGOLDHILL\nDOWNES'    HOTEL,   CRANBROOK.\nNew, up-to-date sample room*.\nDOWNES'    HOTEL,   CRANBROOK.\nNew, up-to-date sample room*.\nTho best lintel ln Midway ls Crowell's.\nH.&M. BIRD\nREAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE\nBAKER STREET.\nFOR SALE.\nTwo good building lots on Victoria street\nwest of Kootenay street, In tbe best residential part of the city.\nSeven roomed house on Carbonate street\nand two lats. Terms Cash deposit and\nmonthly   payments.\nFOR RENT.\n$10.\u2014Four roomed cottage on Stanley\nstreet,   close  to  Obesrvatory.\n$8.\u2014Four roomed cottage, corner of Ward\nand Gore streets.\nFOR SALE\n10 LOTS\nIn the new townsite of\nPOPLAR\nRight in the business\ncenter. For price and\nlocation see\nR.J. Steel\nOutlet Hotel\nTHB SUMMER RESORT OF\nTHE KOOTENAYS.\nPROCTER, B.C.\nPOR FISHINO, BOATINQ,\nBATHING.\nRates 12 and 12.60 per day.\nSpecial reduced rate* tor families.\nSTOP\nAT\nTHB\nMel Allan\nLEADING\nHOTEL\nOF\nROSSLAND.\nMcLeod Hotel\n\"CPHNBK fn.-giMLiwsap\nSECOND AVENUa\nYMIR. B. C.\nCentrally   located,   return  ul   ref*r-\nnlsaed throughout\nAll modern Improvement*.\nSample room* In connection.\nT*e only flrst-class hotel In Yattr.\n\"\" RATES FROM tl.SO UP.\nFINLAY MoLEOD, Proprietor.\nBaku St.\nMadden Mouse\nDo you need a comfortable home? If so\ntry the Madden House. Well furnished\nrooms, lighted by electricity; flrst class\nboard. Ut the bar you will find all the\nbest domestlo and Imported liquors and\noigars.\nTHOMAS KADDBN, Proprietor.\nDiamond Dye\nFAST BLACKS\ngEg BLACKEST\nNEVER FADE OR WASH OUT.\nSee lhat You Get the \"Diamond\"\nSilver King Hotel\nUsder Old Management\nRATE8 SI PER DAY AND UP\nF. a GRBBN.    F. E OLBMBNTa\nGREEN & CLEMENTS\nCItII HoflnsMn  and  Proruolil heat\n\u25a0arreyorf,\nT. O. Box Ml    'FkOM ML\nCor. KooUnty eat Victoria It*. Nairn.\nJOHN McLATOHEE,\nDOMnflMf AND FROTINCIAII\nurn mntviYsM.\nrmsoN, b. u\nWHOLESALE HOU8E8.\nFRODUCB.\nSTARKEY A CO., WHOt.KSAI.il DIAfc-\nere In Butter, Hn, Che***, produ** ul\nFruit. Houiton Block, Juepkln* Street,\nNelson, 8. a  '   -\nAKRATBD AND MINERAL WATBR8.\nNELSON SODA WATER FACTORT-M.\nIf. Cummin*, Lessee-Every known vo~\nrtety ot solt drink*. P. O. Box 88, telephone No. tl, Hoover street. Nelson. Bottler* ot the f arnou* at Leon Hot Spring*\nMineral Water. \u25a0\nHARDWARE.\nMCLACHLAN BROS. \u2014 WHOLBBALB\nHardware Merchant*. LofflnC nnd\nMill Supplle*, Stoves, Tinware, Asrate-\nware, Iron, Pipe*, and Mining Supplies.\nPrompt attention to mailed org***.\nORO0HRIB8.\nA.MACDONALD * CO., WHOLBBALB\nGrocer* and Provision Meronaata-Im-\nporter* or Tea*, Coffee*, Spice*, Dried\nFruit*, Staple and Fancy Orooerle*, Tobaccos, Cigar*, Butter, Eggs, Chee** and\nPacking House Product*. Oslo* and\nWarehouse, corner ot Front and Hall\nMreeta  P. O. Boat Ht Teloptono B.\nCAMP  AMD   MINERS'   FURNISHINGS\nA. MACDONALD A CO., WHOLBBALB\nJobber* ln Blanket*, Underwear, Mitt*.\nGloves, Boot*, Rubbers, Overall*, Jump-\nare, Mackinaw, Oilskin Clothing, Camp\naad Miners' Sundries. Ofllce and Warehouse, cornel of Front and Hall Btreet*.\nP. O. Box. M2.   Telepkone 28.\nWANTED\nNBLSON    EMPLOYMENT   AGENCY. -\nWfrUtsHl--Swiunpors,  men |to clear rlsjiit-\n\u25a0 of way.  Contractors for wood chopping,\nminers, muckers, waitresses.       m\nWANTED\u2014A  flrst-clasa baiter;  must be\ngood    on  plssterles.    Apply    Cranbrook\nbakery, Cranbrook, B. C.\nParties contemplating bssllsllssir \u00bb\u00bb\nmills would do well to communicate with\nthe best up-to-dato mill builder ln Kootenay.   Apply Z The pally News\nPosition as engineer or steam fitter. B.\nC. papers.   Apply Z The Daily News.\nNelson Electric\nTramway Company\nLimited\nNELSON, B. C.\nN. B. T. CO. TIMETABLE.\nSTANLEY STREET-\nCM    7.40    1.20 a.m.\n9.00     I.M   10.20\nEvery 40 minutes until 10.20 p.m.\nBOGUSTOWN-\n7.20     8.00     8.40     9.20 a.m.\n10.00   10.40   11.20\nEvery 40 minutes until 10.40 p.m. .\nREAL     ESTATE\u2014Lots.       warehouses.\nOffices.   Apply A V. MASON, Man. Sec.\nThe Car Barn, Phone 162B.\nTICKETS\nTO ALL POINTS\nEast and West\niTIA\nSHORT LINB\nTB\nST. PAUL,   DULUTH,   MINNEAPOLIS,\nCHICAGO, AND ALL POINTS BAST\nSEATTLE, TACOMA, VICTORIA\nPORTLAND AND ALL\n. PACIFIC COAST POINTS\nThrough Palaos and Tourist Sleepers,\nDining and Buffet Smoking Library Oars,\n2-FAST  TRAINS DAILT-J\nFor rate*, folder* and full Information\nregarding  trip*, call on or   addre** any\nagent & F. A N. Railway.    \u2022\nA.  a  C.  DENNI8TON\nG. W. P. A. Seattle, Weak.\nH. BRANDT.\nC. P. * T. A,   701 W. Riverside At*.,\nSpokane, Waah.\nCANADIAN\nPacific\nRAILWAY\nWANTHD-Experleneed    Waitress.       Ad-\ndress Proprietor Armstrong Hotel, Armstrong, B. C.\nWANTED-At  Kootenay    Lake    General\nHospital, a probationer nurse; for form\nof application apply to the Secretary.\nWANTED-Ten     flrst-clasa    bush    men,\nlog cutters, and swampers.   93 per day.\nP. B. Winlaw.\nWANTED\u2014A competent concentrator\nforeman who can take care of machinery\nSix months steady employment to capable\nman. Address Minnesota Silver Co., Sandon, B.C.  F.  J.  Hickey,  Manager.\nEXCURSION RATES\nPROVINCIAL -\nEXHIBITION\nWESTMINSTER\nSELLING DATES\nSeptember 26, 27, 28\nRETURN LIMIT\nOctober 5\nFOR SALE\nFOR SALE-Thlrty hens and chickens,\ngood laying hens. Apply to Silica street,\n-second door wes tof Ward.\nFOR SALE\u2014Two Locomotive boilers on\nskids, GO h.p., complete with mountings\nand ln good working order. Manufactured\nby the James Cooper Manufacturing Co.\nWill be Bold at a bargain. The Hall Mining and Smelting Company, Limited, Nelaon, B. C.\nPIANO TUNING\nR. Reisterer & Co.\nBrewers of Fine Lager,\nBeer and Porter.\nDROP IN AND SEE UB.\nLatimer Btreet   \u2014    \u2014   \u2014   Nelson B. C-\nA rare treat lies in storo for any smoker who Indulges In a Morena cigar. Don't\ncare whether you aro young, middle-aged\nor old you will Iko the Morena becausu\nthey are tasty, pure and wholesome.\nTREMONT_HOUSE\nEUROPEAN AND AMERICAN PLAN\nHEALS 25o ROOMS FROM 26o TO ILOt\nMALONE ft TREG1LLUS, Proirlttoi*\nBaker Street. Nelson.\nWALDORF HOTEL\nYMIR, B. a\nO. S. COLEMAN . . . Proprietor.\nHeadquarters tor Mining and Commercial Men. Most comfortable bote)\nin tbe District Sample room In connection.   Everything flret-cUas.\nPIANO TUNER-A practical piano tuner,\nMr. James R. Mull, employed by the\nMason A Rlsch Plan* Co., vrtll attend to\nall orders left at Money ft Co.'s. Hs 1* a\nresident ot Nelson.\nNURSE\nNURSE\u2014Open   for   engagements;   mater-\ntitty cases; do not mind light work besides,   charges moderate.   Address, Box\nA. B., The Dally News.\nRATES  FROM  PRINCIPAL  POINTS\nNelson, Kaslo, Sandon, Robson, Slocan City... .$16.55\nRossland, Trail $17.20\nGrand Forks $18.25\nGreenwood    $'9-35\nCORRESPONDING   RATES   PROM  ALL\nSTATIONS   IN   KOOTENAY\nThrough Coaches\nand Sleepers\nwill bo run from Arrowhead.\nReserve  berths  through  local  agents.\nVictoria Exhibition\nOctober 6-10\nWestminster tickets will be extended 8\ndays on payment fare Vancouver or West*\nminster to Victoria and return.\nFor complete Information write\nE.   J.   COYLE,   Vancouver.\nJ.  S.  CARTER,  Nelson.\nMUSIC LESS0N8\nWhen you do not relish your food and\nfeel dull and stupid after eating, all you\nneed Is a dose of Chamberlain's Stomach\nand Liver Tablets. They will make you\nfeel like a new man and give you an appetite like a bear. For sale by all druggists and dealers.\nCASCADE\u2014the Beer without a Peer.\nTO WELCOME CARDINAL GIBBON8.\nBaltimore, Sopt 18.\u2014Cardinal GtbbonH,\nwho sailed from Havre last week, Is expected to reach homo tomorrow. Preparations are being made by th eCatholtc\nBenevolent Legion, of which the cardinal\nwas ono of tho founders, and by other\nCatholic societies In Buttlmore to give\nhis emlnenco a public reception upon his\narrival   in   Baltimore.\nCASCADE Beer\u2014there's none Just u good\nDiarrhoea   1\nWhen you want a quick cure without any lost of time,\nand one that.it followed by no bad results, use\nChamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy\nIt never fails and is pleasant and safe to take.   It ii\nequally valuable for children.   It is famous for its cures\n* over a large part of the civilized world. I\nBAETLETT   HOUSE\nFormerly Clarke House.\nThe best 11 per day house In Nelson.\nNone but white help employed.  Th* bar\ntbe beat\nV. J. PAINTON, plano.-Royal Conserra-\ntory ot Leipsis. Method after Bruno\nZwlntcher, also McDonald Smith's system,\n\"Prom brain to keyboard.\" \"The most\nstriking discovery of the present generation\nfor practical musicians.\"\u2014Musical News.\nComplete couth 110. Corner Hall and\nfllllca street\nG.W. BARTLETT - Prop.\nFOR SALE.\nTwenty-seven thousand three hundred\nfeet of best patent Improved crucible steel\nwire rope, one Inch diameter, 6x16 Manila\neore Lang lay. This rope was Imported\nunder specially favorable opportunities ln\na car lot and as It Ib not now required, It\nwill be sold at a sacrifice.\nHALL MINING A SMELTING CO., LTD\nNelson. H   C, June 20th, UOt.\nSILVER KINO MIKE\nWill pay the highest cash price for all\nkinds of second hand goods. Will buy or\nsell anything from an anchor to a aeedlt.\nFurniture, Stoves, Carpets, Cooking Utensils bought ln household quantities. Also\ncast off clothing. Cal) and see me or\nwrite. Address Silver King Mike, Bee KM\nHall Btreet, Nelson, B, C.\nSirs. Winter, holding certificates from\nthe Royal Academy of Music of London,\nEngland, for pianoforte playing and singing, and pass and honor certificates from\nTrinity college for theory and scholarship from tho London conservatory for\npianoforte and singing, will take in pupils\nfor singing and piano. Address, Nelson\npostofflce.\nKOOTENAY    RAILWAY    ANfc)    NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.\nOPERATING\nINTERNATIONAL   NAVIGATION   AND\nTRADING  COMPANY, LIMITED.\nKASLO ft  SLOCAN RAILWAY.\n9.00 a.m.  Lv,.KASLO...Ar. 3.15 p.m.\n1.00 p.m.Lv.SANDON.Ar. U.26    a.m.\n(DAILY)\nINTERNATIONAL   NAVIGATION   AND\nTRAD1NO COMPANY,  LIMITED.\nKASLO-NELSON   ROUTE.\n6.00 a.m. LV...NELSON..AT. 7.15 p.m.\n8.40 a.m.  Ar...KASLO..Lv. 3.36 p.m.\nTuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays the\nsteamer  runs   through   from   Nelson   to\nLardo and  return.\nTickets sold to all parts of the United\nStates and Canada via Great Northern and\nO. R. ft N. Company's Hnes.\nFor further particulars call on or address.\nROBERT IRVING, Manager, Kaslo.\nG. K. TACKABURY, Agent, Nelson\nAtlantic S.S. Sailings\nC.  P. R. ATLANTIC SS. LINE.\n(From Montreal)\nALLAN LINE\nLake Champlain S 17 Mount Temple.  S. 11\nParisian   ....   Sept LJPretorian   ..   Sept 19\nDOMINION LINE.\n(From Montreal)\nSouthwark   ..Sept ISCanada       Sept 26\n(From   Boston)\nMayflower  ..   Sept 10 Commonwealth   S. 24\nAMERICAN   LINE.\nNew York .. Sept ^Philadelphia ..Septa\nRED  STAR LINE.\nFinland   ....   Sept 12vaderJand ... Bept if\nCUNARD   LINE.\nIvcrnia        Sept SURonfa       Sept 1ft\nALLAN   STATU:   LINE\nLaurontlan    ..Sopt 17NumId)an   Oct 1\nWHITE   STAR   LINE\nCedrlc       Sept UAinJtwUc    Sept 16\nFRENCH  LINB.\nLa Touralne ..Sept lOLa Savole  ...Sept 17\nContinental   Sailings   of   North   German\nLloyd, H. A. P. and Italian lines on application.    Lowest rates on all  lines.\nJ. S. CARTER,     W. P. F. CUMMINS,\nD.P.A., Nolson.      Gen. Agt., Winnipeg.\nSPOKANE  FALLS  ft  NORTHERN   RY.\nLOW RATES TO THE COAST\nand Return\nNEW     WESTMINSTER     EXHIBITION\nSelling-Dates, Sept. 26, 27, 28, 29.\nReturn Limit October 6th.\nFrom Nelson, $16.55; Grand Forks, 118.25;\nYmlr, 116.65; Sandon, 916.56; Rossland, $17.20;\nKaslo, $10.65.\nTickets will be extended eight days for\nthoso purchasing round trip tickets. New\nWestminster to Victoria account exhibition\nOCTOBER 6th to 10th.    *\nPassengers leaving Nelson 7.20 a.m. arrive\nNew Westminster 4 p.m. next day.\nBuffet and Sleeping Car service from\nNorthport.\nH. A. JACKSON. Gen. P. A. Spokane,\nG. K. TACKABURY, City Agent, Nelson\n THE DAILY NEWS: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19. 1903\n\u25a0 ************************* :\nTRUNKS\nGRIPS\nVALISES\nNEW   STOCK JUST ARRIVED.\nCanvas Valises for  75c\nHand Satchels for $1.25\nMORLEY & Co.\nBOOKSEIXBRS 4 STATIONERS\nNELSON, B. C.\n__'._ . _ \u2022   AND WOOD OF ALL\nn AIT:     kinds.\nUAL I \u2022 \u00ab*\u2122,B\u00bb\u00b0tcu*'\nGOAL\n: W. P. Tlerney\nTeleshoiMlW.\nBtker Street,\nPRICE OF MEtALB.\nNew York,  Sopt. lS.-Bar silver 67 1-4;\nelootl-olytie copper 13 6-8 to 3-4.\nLondon, Sept. 18.-Load \u00a311 2s.  6d.\nNELSON'S NEWS OF THE DAY\nMrs. P. W. Pettit, of Ward street, who\nhaa been spending the summer at the\nconst, returned on Thursday evening to\nNelson,\nA, F. Rosenbergcr, who has been away\nfrom tho city tor the past six months,\nreturned last evening, and will remain\nJiero for a few days. Mr. Rosenuerger\nis now located at Chicago, looking after\nthe affairs of tho Mines Exchange In that\ncity.       1\nAs a number of outsldo parties have\nannounced their intention of entering\ndogs for tho show, the executive committee havo arranged to have a man on\nhami to look after the animals on their\n.it-rival and care for them till they ore\nshipped home again.\nand parts for the tram at the Nelson factory.\nThe C. P. R. tolegraph company ls having hard luck with Its wires of late. Lust\nnight the Associated Press report came\nin very slowly and only a portion of the\nreport was received up to the time of going  to press.\nBrigadier McMillan and staff captain\nTaylor wilt conduct special meetings at\ntho Salvation Army barracks tonight and\nall day tomorrow. The brigadier is no\nstranger In Nelson and the impressions he\nmade on his lust visit will mnke all who\nheard him anxious to do so again. The\nmeeting tonight at eight o'clock will he\nproceeded by an open air meeting.\nA prospector who went up from this\ncity last week to do assessment work on\na claim above the Lucky Jim, near Bear\nlake, returned yesterday in deep disgust.\nOn reaching tho neighborhood of the\nclaim he found tho mountains there covered with from two to three feet of\nsnow, and after nearly three days search\nwas unable to locate the claim, a slide\nhaving apparently swept all Identifying\nmarks away the previous spring. The\nearly snow is being cursed by the prospectors everywhere, but ls now fast disappearing. Except In a, few places It did\nnot come down below the six thousand\nfoot level, and now It ls almost up to the\nseven thousand foot line again.\nMrs. J. Jackson who waa taken seriously III at Vlrden, Manitoba, while on her\nway east, has recovered sufficiently to\nbe able to continue her Journey. Mrs.\nJackson loft hero on the 17th of August for\nLondon, Ontario. Tho news of his wife's\nrecovery was received by Mr. Jackson yes-\nterday.\nThe steamer Nelson yesterday took up\nthe usual heavy consignment of general\nfreight for the Lardeau, as well as a large\nnumber of passengers bound for one or\nother ot th\u00ab mining towns. Antuner *\u25a0\u00bb\u00ab*\npassengers were a number of Minneapolis men, who ore interested ln some properties near Camborne, and will spend a\nweek or moro there Inspecting them.\nGeorge Ward of Vancouver, Inspector\nof the British Columbia Permanent Loan\nCompany, paid his tlrst visit to Nolson\nyesterday. After spending tho day In\nlooking over the company's properties In\ntown. Mr, Ward expressed himself as\nwell satisfied with the outlook for Nelson which he says has an air of solidity\nand steady progress that augurs well for\nits future.\nTho change of routo by the C. P. R. between Nelson and tbe main line, by which\npassengers wit go through by way of\nSlocan junction Instead of Robson Is not\nlikely to go into effect until after winter\nhas set in. It is understood that the\nreason of the proposed change was simply to prevent the delays that occurred\nJust winter owing to ice in the narrows\nbetween the upper and lower Arrow lakes.\nAfter a long and painful Illness Mrs,\nJohn Myers died yesterday afternoon at\nhor home ln Falrview. Mrs. Myers was\n\u00bb(J years old and has been a resident of\nNelson for the past three years-. She\nleaves a husband and four children and\ntwo brothers, Patrick and Thomas Moran. The funeral will take place on Monday morning at half past eight o'clock\nto the church of St. Mary Immaculate,\nand thenco to the cemetery. Father Al-\ntholT will hold the service.\nResidents of the enst end of the city\nnre complaining of the action of some of\ntho milkmen of Bogustown in permitting\ntheir cows to graze both night and day\nin the park lying Immediately to the east\nof tho hospital. Tho constant clanging\nof cow bells all night is a nuisance alone,\nand tlio park is rapidly being put in\nBuch shape by the animals that it-will\nsoon be anything but a desirable place\nfor children to play or for adults to walk\nin.\nAt the record office on Friday the following locations were registered: Summit\nand Forest on Porcupine creek by Augustus T. Pullett, September 5th; Oregon on Porcupine creek by Charles E.\nBenn, September 6th; Queen Annie on\nWild Horse creek by Ennls Williams, September 10th. Certificates of work were\nissued to Samuel Marshall on Chantal,\nE. N. Chesmitt on Oversight, Q. H.\nBotherham on Lincoln and to D. J.\nSteele on Delaware and Komoka. A working lease of certain levels of Oro Hilt\nmineral claim on Sheep creek near Salmo,\nuntil May 1st, 1804, was. granted by Godfrey Blrtsch to Walter J. Hughes, H.\nH. Dlmock, J. E. Cronin and John Hag-\narty.\nIf sufficient business men decide to tnko\nthe trip through the Lardeau which has\nbeen described ln The Daily News the\nparty will leave Nelson this evening at\n6:40, returning to the city next Tuesday.\nTho trip Is a magnltlcont one, and every\nbusiness man who can possibly go should\ntake advantage of the liberal rates given\nfor the round trip by tho railway company. The names of all who intend going\n\u25a0should be handed ln to the ticket office\nof the C. P. R. before noon today, so that\nthe necessary arrangements can be made\nIn time. A number have already signified\ntheir Intention of taking In the trip, nnd\nIt ls not likely that there will bo any difficulty in bringing the list up to the necessary proportions.\nIf the salo of tho city debentures Is carried through, as Is now thought to be ,as-\nsured, the first work taken up will be\nthe extension of the wagon road from\nForty-nine creek to ,-opposite Beasley,\nwhore the plant is to be constructed. It\nwoul be possible to ship all the material\nalong the opposite side of the river by\nrail, and thence carry It over by barge,\nwith a large portion of the lighter pieces\nthis will probably be done. The wagon\nroad will save a lot of expense ln the\nwork, however, and It is likely that it\nwill be constructed jointly by the provincial and civic authorities. If the road\nls built as mentioned, Nelson will then\npossess one of tho prettiest drives In the\nKootenays, commencing at city and extending along the river to the Upper\nKootenay falls, about ton miles altoge-\nthrsr.. _ ,\nAt the Eva mine at Camborne the de-\nlay In tho work through a shortage of\nlumber has been overcome, and both iiumo\nand mm will bo completed next week.\nOwing to the rush of work at the mills\nIn the vicinity it was found necessary to\nsend out to Arrowhead for lumber, but\nIt lias been rushed ln to tlio property as\nrapidly as possiblo, and is now on tho\nground. At tho mine everything la awaiting the completion of the plant, tho or0\nbeing  piled  high   ready  for   treatment.\nA contract was closed on Thursday\nnight for tho erection of a gravity tramway from the Hunter V mine to the Nelson & Fort Sheppard railway track. The\nlength of the tram will bo two and ono\nhalf miles, and the work will be rushed\nthrough as rapidly as possible. As an\nexample of no tlmo being lost a gang of\nmen wero sent out from the city yesterday morning to commence work, and more\nwill be probably bo sent up today. B.\nC Riblet, of this city, who has the contract  will   manufacture    the    machinery\nQ. O. Foss, of tho firm of Foss & McDonnell, of Morrlssey, Is spending a few\nday In the city. Ho ottvtor. that the work\non the coke ovens at Morrissey mines,\nwhich hia firm Is erecting for the Crow's\nNest Pass Coal Company has been greatly\nretorded by the shortage of bricks\u2014the\nbrickyards ln that vicinity being unable\nto meet the immenso demand poured in\non them. The ovens aro now nbout three-\nquarters constructed and as soon as the\ndifficulty about brick has boen overcome\nno tlmo will be lost In completing them.\nThe government Is cutting a wagon road\non the west bank of the Elk river from\nMorrlBsey north, and It Is understood thnt\ntenders will be called for next Monday\nfor the erection of a wngon bridge at\nMorrlssey. At Michel the ovens aro nearly completed, a better supply of brick\nhaving been available there.\nSee Wallace's window of underwear nnd\nsox, cheap and good.\nFIRE AT THE VENUS.\nA flre at the Venus mine at 10:30 o'clock\nlast night Is understood to have destroyed the bunkhouse and adjoining outhouses. \"How the flro started is not yet\nknown, ns It was impossible to get communication with tho mine by telephone,\nand til! some one comes down this morning from the property no details can be\nlearned. The fire wns clearly visible from\nthe city, and for twenty minuteB or half\nan hour Morning mountain had the appearance of undergoing a volcanic eruption, tho column of flame and smoke\nfrom the flre shooting straight up for nn\nimmense height. Tho buildings of the\nJuno mine are about half a mile further\nup the hill above the Venus and are not\nlikely to hnve met with any damage from\nthe flro.\nNOMINATIONS TODAY.\nToday at 12 o'clock noon tho proclamation of the tleutenant governor will be\nread from the steps of tho court house\nand Immediately afterwards nominations\nfor the coming elections will be received.\nIt Is known of course that two candidates\nonly, S. S. Taylor and John Houston, representing the liberal and conservative\npartleB respectively will bo nominated in\nNelson as neither socialists or labor men\naro putting up a candidate. This being\nnomination day throughout the province\nIt will be possible tonight when the returns come In to give out for tho first\ntime definitely tho condition of tho parties\non going Into tho fray.\nPASSING QUIETLY AWAY.\nSan FranclBco, Sept. 18.\u2014Mrs, Elizabeth\nSaunders, the old actress well known to\ntheatre goers of decades gone by, Is\npassing quietly away at her home here,\ndeath being only a matter of a fow days,\naccording to tho statement of her physician. Mrs Saunders appeared before the\npublic 60 years ago. Her name on tho\nstage was Anderson, and she Is a cousin\nof Joseph Jefforson and of William War-\nren, the character nctor.\n3\n3\n3\n3\n3\n*\n|\n3\n3\n3\n3\n3\n3\n3\na\nJewelry Repairing\nI> an important branch of our buslness-we give careful, painstaking\nattention to it. We give especial attention to repairing fine watches\nHie kind that need extra careful adjustment. We try to nave our\nwork give satisfaction\u2014such as will win your confidence if you leave\nyour repairing with us.\nWo want you to be sattelted, first, last, and all the time.\nEWERT BROS.\nNelson, Rossland, Trail\nJUST\nRECEIVED\nA\nNICE LOT OF\nFANCY\nEATING\nAPPLES\n$1.75\nPER BOX\nT. S. McPherson\nTelephone eall No, 10.\nA WAR IN THE BALKANS\nDEPENDS ON STATE OP A PRINCES\nMIND.\nFERDINAND'S      FEARS      FOR      HIS\nTHRONE THE DANGER.\nBerlin, Sept. IS.\u2014The Gorman government holds Jn view four points on thu\nBalkan situation:\n\u2022First-:Does Russia regard that the timo\nfor tho break up of European Turkey\nhas arrived?\nSecond\u2014if prince Ferdinand ls pursuad-\ned that his throne Is dependent on a war\nwith Turkey, then war is certain. Every\neffort should bo mude'to tranquillze prince\nFerdinand's mind.\nThird\u2014Tho meetings of the sovereigns\nattended by their foreign ministers are expected to clear up the obscurities of the\nsituation and enable German statesmen\nto  forecast the  future.\nFourth\u2014The project for an Austrian-\nRussian joint occupation of Macedonia\nhas been wholly abandoned and thero is\nnot tho least likelihood of a renewal of\nthe proposition.\nTin; German ministers have been unublo\nto penetrate Russia's ultimate intentions\nand note with displeasure the concerted\nattacks of the St. Petersburg papers on\nGermany, which is described in the background and taking pleasure ln tho extirpation of tiie Slavs ln European Turkey.\nTho emperors of Germany and Austria\nmeet at Vienna today. The czar meets\nemperor Francis Joseph on September\n29th, and will then visit the kng of Italy.\nEvents are expected to remain until after\nthe 29th unless  Bulgaria refuses to wait.\nIn spite of the fact that the Balkan\nsituation has grown worse, Turkish funds\nrose again on the bourse today.\nLondon, Sept. 18.\u2014The Porte has ex-\npelied tlio Doily Mall's correspondent at\nMonastir, who has appealed to the British   ambassador.\nSofia, Bulgaria, Sopt. 18.\u2014The German\nrepresentative here has addressed a note\nto tho Bulgarian government In 'accord-\nanna   tirtCU  lUa   dss.l....,.!.,,,.,   wt  rtllbOla.  auu\nAustria, saying that Bulgaria cannot expect any assistance from any power in\nthe event of war with Turkey und thut\nthe Austro-RuBsIan reform plan will be\napplied.\nTho Austrian representative, In Insisting on tho necessity for Bulgaria remaining calm, declared the principality was\npowerless to exorcise hor rights and defend her territory against foreign Incursions, and maintain order In tho Interior,\nSoda, Sept. 18.\u2014Further reports from\nKastoria say that the city ls burning and\nthat the massacre of Its population, (estimated to have numbered 10,000 persons)\nwas indescribably terrible. The Turks\nslaughtered indiscriminately, Bulgarians\nand Greeks, men, women nnd children.\nLondon, Sept. 18.\u2014The Westminster Gazette says a well known London journalist cables from Belgrado as follows:\n\"Starting with pro-Turkish sympathies, 1\nhavo found overwhelming evidence, convincingly proving that the Turkish atrocities  are- rather  underestimated.\nSalonica, Sept. 18.\u2014Threo hundred Bulgarians have been killed in a light between Insurgents and Turkish troops between Okeydu and Duba. The Bulgarian\ndead Included many officers, one of whom\nworo a Russian decoration, A bnlullion of\nRedifs attacked tho Christian gendarmes\nat Mitrovitz on September 10th, and several of the latter wero killed and wounded.\nThe rest of tho gendarmes took refuge\nat the Russian consulate, where they uro\nnow besieged,\nNew   consignment   of  up-to-date   pants\nto lit young men at J. H. Wallace's.\nLIPTON'S CONDITION.\nSlept Well and ls Now Nearly Out of\nDanger,\nChicago, Sept. 18.\u2014Sir Thomas Lipton,\nwho Is Ul here, enjoyed a refreshing\nslcop last night and his friends were greatly pleased at his condition this morning.\nThe following bulletin wus issued: \"Elgiit\no'clock a. m.\u2014Patient slept six hours, no\npain, temperature normal, pulso VS, condition favorable. (Signed) Ii. Af. Thomas,\nM. D.\"\nINTERNATIONAL CRICKET.\nPhiladelphia, Sept. is.\u2014The cricket\nmatch today between tho Philadelphia\nColts and tho Kont team of England, tho\nPhlladelphlans wero all out for 79 runs\nand the Kent toam had scored 47 runs for\ntwo   wickets.\nFOOLHARDY JUDGES.\nParis, Sept. 18.-Tliere was trouble at\nthe baby show in Touriolng. The\njudging of 150 babies had been timed\nfor 2 o'clock, but tha judges didn't\ncome till 4. That was bad enough, but\nwhen the judges arrived and said the\nbabies were all too ugly to deserve a\nprize the insult was too great, and\nthe mothers made a violent attack on\nthe judges. The police marched the\nmothers, judges, and babies to tho station.\nJewelers and Engravers\nGOMPERS AND FEDERATION.\nAre Defendants In a Big Law Suit For\nDamagea.\nBridgeport, Conn., Soiit. 18.\u2014In tho\nUnited States District Court D, E.\nLoewe & Co., of Danbury, hat manufacturers, have Instituted suit against\nthe national officers of the American\nFederation of Labor, the national officers of the United Hatters of North\nAmerica, and 250 members of \/these\norganizations, residents of Danbury,\nformerly ln the employ of the plaintiffs.\nThe plaintiffs allege that because they\nrefused to employ    only union labor\n9\nTwo Dollars I\nib\nib\nib\nib\nib\nib\nib\nw\nib\nib\nib\nib\nib\nib\nib\nib\n'^*.\u00abecee6C;f\u00ab\u00ab\u00ab * m33\\9333m33$\nWill secure by mall\nor express one of our\nBoy's $2.00 Watches.\nPATENAUDE BROS\nJewelers and\nWatchmakers-\nD.J.Robertson$Go.\nOur Picture Moulding ls up-to-date and plenty of It   Call and see It,\nIt Is new and nice.\nFURNITURE .  FUNERAL\nDEALERS     DIRECTORS\nPhone 292 Day, 142 Night\nQUALITY\nIn buying Jewelry quality Is more Important than cheapness. We nppreclato\nthis fact and have nothing but the best In\nour stock.\nBesides, owing to our large business and\ncapital, wo are able to sell the best the\ncheapest.\nFine watch repairing. Mail orders a\nspecialty.\nJ. J. Walker\nThe Leading\nJeweler\nAntl-\nIn their factory, upon demand of the\nunion in 1901 their goods were boycotted, both In the United States ami Canada, and ln 1902 the union men employed by the plaltlffs were called out\non strike. Damaees nf tun fislfl\nasked for under the Sherman\nTrust Law.\nA similar suit has been instituted in\nthe superior courts of Fairfield county\nagainst the same parties, ln this suit\ndr.mage of $100,000 are claimed, and an\ninjunction restraining the defendants\nfrom prosecuting the boycott Is sought.\nTHE PACIFIC CABLE.\nOttawa, Sept. 18.\u2014George Hlloy,\nM.P., left for Victoria yesterday.\nSir Horace Tozer, who represents\nQueensland in London, Eng., ls in the\ncity. He is a member of the Pacific\ncable board, and met Sir Wm. Muloek\nand Lord Strathcona here, and talked\nover the cable business.   -\nGOLDHILL\nHOTEL ARRIVALS.\nJohn W. Palls. Ymlr; Leo Steers, Crlple\nCreek; Peter Jones, London; J. J. Grant,\nGladstone; Mrs. J. W. Wolf, Halcyoss.\nBiii'tlsm-J. Kllcek, Slocan; J. Johnson,\nSlocnn; L. Roland, Medicine Hat; T,\nRounce, Lardo; p. Wilbur. Ymlr.\n. Tremsint-A. h. .nlssms- \u00aboS.s usss ms\u00bbQ,\nJames Kelly. Gold Hill mine; J. Hughes,\nGold Hll mine; J. Thatches-, Gold Hill\nmine.\nNelson\u2014Prank   Brnmlem,   Macleod;   W.\nE. Hlncell, Rossland.\nMadden\u2014P.    James,    Atlssihnsca..  mine;\nMr.  and Mrs.  Smith,  Lytton.\nMARRIED MANY WOMEN.\nBoston, Thursday, Sept. 18.\u2014Dr.\nClarence Colgrove Perry has been arrested at Cambridge on the charge of\nbigamy.\nIt is asserted that the prisoner was\nmarried to Hannah Louise Pratt, of No.\n18, Dupont Street, San Francisco, in\n1877, and deserted her in Chicago; to\nIsabella Jane Wood in New York, 1883;\nto Adeline C. Colgrove, of Boston, 1893;\nand to Annie Marie Brett in Cambridge,\n1902. Two of the women confronted\nPerry when he was arrested.\nRETALLACK'S DATES.\nJ. L. Ituallack, the liberal candidate\nfor Kaslo electoral district, will address\nelse electors at the following places on\ntha dates given below:\nKaslo, Tuesday, 22nd Sept.\ni'ersur.on. Thursday, 24th Sept.\nTrout Lake, Friday, 26th Sept.\nThe Whitewater date has not yet\nbeen decided upon, but due notice will\nbe given.\nW. A. Galllher will speak at these\nmeetings.\nHume\u20143. A. Jackson, Brockvllle; R. II.\nMcintosh, Cascade; C. F. Caldwell, Kaslo;\nR. Welch, Seattle; R. Saunders, Portland;\nMiss Pearl Saunders. Portland; c. C.\nCulberson and wife, Sisokane; Miss Sarah\nEnglish, Spokane; R Rnsskelly, Spokane;\nR. J. Rosenberger, Chicago; H. C. Allen,\nSpokane; C. H. Spencer, Monti-eat; T.\nTownes, Montreal; Mr. and Mrs. J. Crowley, Victoria; P. Bell, Wlisnlpeg; A. Pred-\nerlckson, Winnipeg; Mrs. R. Matheson,\nGreenwood; Mrs. K. C. Macdonald, Gland\nPorks; J. A. Mngee, Comaplex; C. M.\nKlngstonc,   Gs-and   Porks.\nTHE STRATHCONA\n(FORMERLY HOTEL PHAIR.)\nP.V\n1  '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0^$_y-_eWsWa\\m\nK**i '    ^^^T^BP*****.*t.,|'Tk? \u2014\nsetS\u2014emo\u2014\u2014'    '     !T^^^^^t**Mi\nfpWffl\n\u2022{,'.\ni Js^feitw-Js'-'is.'Sr   .i\nStrathcona\u2014R. F. ^Greon, Kaslo; Geo.\nWilliams, Spokane; T. A. Ungor, Fisrgo;\nAlexander Sharp. Rossland; E. II. llnr.\nsrls, Rossland; W. O. Miller. Vancouver;\nS. Wilson. Grund Porks; S. F. Buller,\nGrand Polks; John Manly, Grand Porks;\nN. T. Plko, Knmlcsops; Miss T. Fletcher,\nArmstrong; S. W. II. Woods, Armstrong;\nJ. O. McLennan, Toronto; P. Burns, Calgary.\nGrand Central\u2014H, Perkins, Sandon; F.\nF. Foster, Snndon; B. B. Scrogglns, Snndon; R. Dnnby, Snndon; A. Bcgg, Canyon City: G. F. Jackson. Council Blurts;\nJ. C. Main, Sandon; R. T .Scott, Sandon;\nB. A. Lamed, stenographer, office Room\n10, K. W. C. Block; telephone AtW. All\nkinds of correspondence and mlmcograplsic\nwork executed.\nLitha carbonate ls strongly recommended for thoso having a gouty tendency and\nIb especially valuable in preventing the\ndeposits of snlts of uric acid ln tho bladder, kidney or Joints. It ls best glvon in\nsssda water. Every small bottle of Thoi-pe's\nLithia Water contains live grains of lithia\ncarbonate.\nGOLDHILL\n. Shorthand and Business School, Victoria\nBtreet, opposite City Library. All branches of Business Education taught thoroughly. Custom Typewriting, best work\nin the City.  M. L. Rattray.\nWheat! Wheat! Wheat!\nWe have just received a carload of\nChoice Chicken Wheat\nand will be pleased to have your orders\nPHONE, WRITE OR WIRE\nThe Brackman-Ker Milling Co., Ltd.\nWholesale and Retail, Hay, Oats, Wheab, Feed, Etc.\n|        BARTLETT PEARS        1\n| PLUMS and PRUNES |\ng; ARE NOW COMING IN FREELY.    PRICES RIGHT. ZS\nI BELL TRADING CO. 1\nB PHONE 56   FOR   PROMPT  DELIVERY. __\n^uluilllUllllUlulUUIItiislilllUllilUIUUIUIIUluUllllssilUIUUlK\nFUEL SAVERS\nBuy your heating stoves early.   Wo have   newest    improved    heating  stoves\nIn the market.\nHOT AIE BLAST FOR COAL.\nHOT AIR BLAST FOR WOOD.\nWe would be pleased to show you how simple It la to manipulate our heating\nstoves  and   how   economical   they are.\nMcLachlan Bros.\nlt***sV**w*W*te*teAitttii*Vsi**^**i(*Vi ******v****m    ****M^**t*l****Ms****Hft**^*A*H***^tt*****^\u00ab*ft**^****i\u00ab****M***Mt\nNELSON FAIR\nSeptember 24 and 25\nFirst Annual Exhibition of the\nNelson Agricultural and\nIndustrial Association\n2pm\\    \\m__    wse_       v       of Sight Seeing and\nZ)OllU     Da LIS SP\u00b0rt- Magnificent\nta\"\",U    rHSJa Display   of   Fruits,\nVegetables,   Farm Produce,  Flowers,   Horses,   Cattle,\nPoultry,, Dogs, and the Greatest Collection ot Minerals\never Exhibited in British Columbia.\ni\nLacrosse\nShamrocks of Montreal. Champions of the World, vs, Nelson,\nChampions of the Kootenay,\nRock Drilling:\nNorth Star Team vs Ymir Team\nfor $1,000.\n$500 in other prizes for rock drilling.    Placer mining in\noperation each day.\nBALLOON ASCENSION\nand Parachute drop of 2000 feet each day.\nBaby Show on First Day. Grounds\nand Buildings Illuminated Each\nEvening. Band Concerts. $1,000\nProduction of the Opera \"\u2666Mikado\"\nin the Opera House Each Evening\nJAMES JOHNSTONE, Pres.\nJ. E. ANNABLE, See.\nNOTICE\nH. Johnson begs to notify the publio\nthat no has opened a restaurant to be\ncalled the\nROSEMONT\nCAFE\n'.\"\u2022\u2022.\"l? Carney Mock, next door to tho\nAthabasca saloon.\nMeals served at all hours. Open day\nand night.\nA call solicited.\nPfiHniinnimmniiHHifittifmiHinmwHiiHmniinniminK\ntz\nB\nB\ntz\nB\ntz\nB\nB\nDress Goods Specials\n56-Inch Black Serge, good, heavy weight, suitable for Suits or\nSkirts, at the low price, SI. 00 a yard.\n66-inch Navy Blue Serge, suitable for Suits or Skirts, at the\nlow price, $1.00 a yard.\nBlack Vicuny Cloth, heavy weight, specially good for tailor-\nmade Suits or Skirts, worth$2.00 a yard; our low price, $1.60 a yard.\nHarris's New TWeeds and camel hair effects\u2014Suit lengths at\nthe low price of $7.00 and $7,60 a Suit.\nA. G. GAMBLE I\nWANTED\u2014Threo furnished hou*e\u00bb\nTurner-Boeckh Block,\nWAB.D STREET, NELSON, B.C.\nKERR 8 CO.\nCorner Baker and Wand Streots, Nelson\n3Wiiii.ai....iiiiii.iiiuu.. iii iiiiiiaiiiuiimtiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiir\n3\n3\n","@language":"en"}],"Genre":[{"@value":"Newspapers","@language":"en"}],"GeographicLocation":[{"@value":"Nelson (B.C.)","@language":"en"}],"Identifier":[{"@value":"Nelson_Daily_News_1903_09_19","@language":"en"}],"IsShownAt":[{"@value":"10.14288\/1.0381540","@language":"en"}],"Language":[{"@value":"English","@language":"en"}],"Latitude":[{"@value":"49.493333","@language":"en"}],"Longitude":[{"@value":"-117.295833","@language":"en"}],"Notes":[{"@value":"The Nelson Daily Miner was purchased by F.J. Deane in April of 1902 and renamed The Daily News. It changed hands again in May 1908 when it began to be printed by the News Publishing Co. managed by W.G. McMorris.","@language":"en"}],"Provider":[{"@value":"Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library","@language":"en"}],"Publisher":[{"@value":"Nelson, B.C. : F.J. Deane","@language":"en"}],"Rights":[{"@value":"Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Touchstones Nelson Museum of Art and History: https:\/\/touchstonesnelson.ca","@language":"en"}],"SortDate":[{"@value":"1903-09-19 AD","@language":"en"},{"@value":"1903-09-19 AD","@language":"en"}],"Source":[{"@value":"Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.","@language":"en"}],"Title":[{"@value":"The Daily News","@language":"en"}],"Type":[{"@value":"Text","@language":"en"}],"Translation":[{"@value":"","@language":"en"}],"@id":"doi:10.14288\/1.0381540"}