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Per Month jUG\nt iaila\nThe Dally News Classlfled Ms.\nare Winners. Try One. per word\nIc\nPI\n\/OL. 7\n'OWVIMCU** U***^i^QN B. C SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 27, i\u00bb09\nNO. 262\nINVESTIGATION\nInto Abuse of lhe Franking\nPrivilege\nINTHE HOUSE OFCOMMONS\nA RICH AND RACY DEBATE\u2014PERSONAL RECRIMINATIONS\u2014THE\nSOLICITOR GENERAL AND THE\nMINISTER OF AGRICULTURE\nREFERRED TO.\n(Western Associated Press*.)\nOTTAWA, Feb 26\u2014An order in council has 'been passed -defining the regulations for the sale of patent medicines\nunder an act of last session. They\nprovide that a special stamp, to be\nprovided by the department, for goods\nIn stock at the time the act comes into\n-force, will be supplied. Upon application being made to the department between March 1 and April 16. The\ncharge for these stamps will be two\ncents for 100 stamps. These stamps\nare to be attached to the wrapper of\neach individual bottle, box Or package.\nIf not covered by a wrapper, the stamp\nis to be attached in such a manner\nthat the package cannot be opened\nwithout destroying the stamp. -Medicine\ncontaining cocaine shall have attached\nthereto these departmental stamps.\nThe feature of the session was a\nlively discussion ot the abuse of the\nfranking privilege during committee of\nsupply on tho postoffice debates. Five:\ncases of franks were presented to the\n\u2022-postmaster general for judgment. In\nthree were ministers concerned. A\nlarge quantity of liberal literature had\nbeen franked after tlie last session.\nThe initials were not. clear but appear-!\netfto be R.F.C., and were believed to\nbe sir Richard Cartwright's. Hon. R.\nLemieux was unable to identify tbe\nfrank, and demurred to the Idea that it\nwas a mystery of the crown. As for\nexercising the privilege after the session, Mr. Lemieux referred to the preelection session of 1904. when the parliamentary corridors were blocked with\ncampaign literature sent by both sides\nand -which was not all sent by prorogation. Regarding the liberal weekly political letter franked by \"J.B.,\" solicitor general. iMr. Lemieux expressed\nthe opinion that Hon. J. Bureau had\nnot abused (the .franking privileges.\nIt was iparty work but not exaggerated work\nJ. id; Taylor, New Westminster,\ncalled it an \"exaggerated Instance of a\ncontemptible form of petty graft.\" A\nprivate citizen would he prosecuted for\nsending letters at newspaper postage,\nyet one of the chiefs of a department,\nwho prosecutes private citizens, sent\n\u2022political matter under his frank. Mr*\nTaylor characterized it as scurrilous.\n\u25a0Hon J. Bureau declared he had no\napology to make.\nHon. R. Lemieux declined to frame\nfranking regulations, although lie admitted abuses exist.\nMartin Burrell believed the members do the best for the country regardless of party.\nHon G. E. -Foster declared the abuse\nof the franking privilege to be the\nsame as theft nnd1 the burglar who\ntook money from the iwstofice should\nhe sent to prison He regretted to see\nthe solicitor general glorying in abusing bis privileges. Referring to the\nfranks A.F.M.A.. one election literature had been sent out which the\npostoffice declared came from the department of agriculture. Mr. Foster\nhardly thought anyone would have the\ngall to use a postoffice frank without\nconsent\nHon. Sydney Fisher stated that 'he\ngave no one authority to use his frank-\nDr Clarke, Red Deer, deprecated Mr.\nFoster's introduction of recrimination\nInto the debate. He thought Mr. Burrell should rebuke Mr Foster, and added that he would not go to Mr. Foster\nfor an example of high mindedness.\nHow about recrimination? questioned\nthe opposition.\nNor would many of the honorable\ngentlemen opposite, retorted Dr.\nClarke.\niG. H. .Bradbury, Selkirk, remarked\nthat tons of literature came into his\nconstituency and throughout the west\na day or two before election. He was\nglad to see tbe postmaster general's\nstand Inquiry should be made and the\nguilty party punished\nHon. J. Bureau appealed to Mr. Foster; Had he never franked a letter\nfor anyone not strictly entitled to It?\niMr. Foster denied having done so,\ncalling the solicitor general a robber.\nHe could not be responsible for tbe\nmanner In which some parties interpreted his speech and compared Dr.\nClarke to a fly buzzing between a\nhull's horns. The fly thought it was\ndoing a big thing, but lt didn't bother\nthe bull.\nArthur 'Meighen, Portage la Prairie,\nasked what was the minimum salary\npaid to postmasters?\nWon. R. Lemieux answered $35 per\nyear,\nIMr. Meighen cited Makaroff, In Dauphin, and said that the postmaster had\nto meet the trains in the small hours\nof the morning, and was paid an annual salary of $1 a year. This was paid\nquarterly, said Mr. Meighen and tbe\n-bank charged 25centa for negotiating\nthe check.\nWon. R, Lemieux replied there was\none postmaster who was paid only 99\ncents a year by the department, but\nwho made (600 or $700 by reason of\nbis position ln the mall service which <\ngave him a reputation, a regular dependable carrier.\nJohn Herron urged more frequent\nmail service In the west but Mr. Lemieux replied by stating increases in\nroutes had been made recently. He\nsympathized with the people and *was\ndoing the best he could*.\nOver six million dollars was voted\nbefore the house adjourned.\nIn the hour devoted to private legislation the following bill 'was given, a\nthird reading: An act respecting the\nAlberta Central railway company.\nIS A PRIMARY RtQUISITE\nREVISION OF TARIFF MUST COME\nFIRST.\nFOR THE RELIEF OF PRESENT\nCONDITIONS.\nNEW YORK, Feb. 26.\u2014Presidentelect William P. Taft declared in an\nInterview in this city that a revision\nof the tariff is a primary requisite for\nthe relief of tbe present business conditions, and he expressed the hope that\nthe revision would be accomplished by\nJune 1. Speaking of this revision Mr.\nTaft satd to a reporter: \"As this is\nthe primary requisite for the relief of\npresent conditions. 1 want to have It\ndisposed of at once. I am hopeful that\nthere will he important revisions in\nthe existing schedules made by congress In an extra session, and look forward to June 1 when most of these\nchanges will become effective.\"\nMr. Taft's opinion was given after\nan interview with James W. Van Cleve,\npresident of the National Manufacturers' association, who called to urge the\ncreation of a permanent tariff commission. Afiter Mr. Van Clove's departure,\n\u25a0Mr. Taft said that he favored such a\ncommission but did not favor its immediate appointment. He declared that\nhe felt that'the present tariff schedules\nare onerous to business, halting lt with\nthe force of a drag brake, but he added\nthat revision was all important first,\nand then perhaps a commission. Such\na commission, If appointed now, he\nsaid, might block the plan of revision\nas now cam tern plated. The commission could gather data in connection\nwith the working of the new law, and\nsuggest amendments to it.\nSOME THINGS\nAre Said to Be Impossible for a Woman to Do.\nPARIS, Feb. 26.\u2014In consequence of\nthe refusal of the directors of the\nComedie Francais to permit M. Lebargy\nto play in M. Rostand's \"Chanticler,\"\nM. Labargy proposes to leave the\norganization. Sarah Bernhardt has announced that she will appear in the\ntitle role of M. Rostand's \"Cyrano de\nBergerac.\" She was 'very much disappointed at not being selected by M.\nRostand to replace the late Coquelin\nAine in the leading role of \"Chanticler.\" This was impossible on account\nof her sex.\nFindings of Commission.\nSHANGHAI, Feb. 26.\u2014The International opium commission has practically concluded its work here. Nine resolutions were adopted. One recognized\nthe unswerving sincerity of the Chinese\ngovernment to suppress the opium traffic, and the real progress already made.\nInl another resolution the commission\nfinds unrestricted morphine traffic constitutes u grave danger, and that the\nmorphine habits show signs of spreading, and urges upon all governments\nthe importance of drastic measures to\ncontrol the manufacture, sain und distribution of morphine, and other noxious derivations ol opium.\nDies Penniless.\nLOS ANGELES, Feb. 20.\u2014Pontius B.\nWeare, at one time a power in the\nbusiness world of Chicago, and later a\nfactor ln business in the northwest, Is\ndead here. At the time of his death\nhe was virtually penniless. At one\ntime he controlled the Globe grain\nelevators ln Chicago and throughout\nthe northwest. Later he started the\nNorth American Transportation and\nTrading company. He was forced into\nbankruptcy in Seattle. Mr. Weare was\none of the first to exploit the Klondike\nwhen it was opened.\nA Chance to Reform,\nNEW YORK. Feb. 2fi.\u2014For the flrst\ntime in New York county a life sentence was imposed today on a man\nconvicted of burglary. Judge Malone, In\nthe general sessions, Imposed this sen-,\ntehee upon Samuel Greenburg, of this\ncity, who, with a pal, robbed the apartment of Charles E. Bailey, on Sept. 30,\nlast year, and was convicted of burglary in the first degree as a second\noffence. His companion received a 20-\nyear term.\nTo Regulate Naval War.\nLONDON, Feb. 26.\u2014The delegates to\nthe international naval conference, that\nhas heen In session In this city since\nlast December, today completed the\nformality of signing and sealing their\nfindings! The code to regulate naval\nwarfare, to draft which the conference\nwas summoned, will be published simultaneously ln the capital of each country represented on March 20.\nWholesale Forgery.\nNEW YORK, Feh. 26.\u2014Word was received at police headquarters of the\narrest In Milan, Italy, of four men accused of forging travellers cheques of\nthe American Express company,\namounting In all to $2,400,000. It Is\ncharged that they planned to circulate\n\u25a0the cheques In London, Paris and Berlin, but were caught before they could\ncarry but their intentions.\nPUBLIC_BILLS\nThrough Final Stage in lhe\nLegislature\nDISCUSS THE ESTIMATES\nTHE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION\nCHARGES POLITICAL MOTIVES\n\u2014IN CONNECTION WITH THE\nSUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES\nFOR 1909.\n(Special to The Dally Newe.)\nVICTORIA, Feb. 26\u2014In addition to\ngetting a large share of the estimates\nout of the way the legislature today\npassed five public bills and one private\nihii througii tne liiiai stages. the\npublic bills in question were; A bill to\numeiid tne Court uf Appeal act; a bill\nio amend the -Hlguway Traffic Regulation act; a bill to amend the Companies act; a bill to amena the Placer\n'Mining act, and a bill to amend the\nReformatory act. The private bill was\none to incorporate Westminster Hall.\nUpwards of a million and a half\ndollars in estimates were disposed of\nin connection witn civil government\nsalaries and supplementary estimates.\ntin connection with tne latter Mr-\nMacdonald, Uossland raised a protesting voice in several estimates, declaring thai the supplementary estimates\nfor the public works of the province,\nin many cases, exceeded tne original\nvotes for these purposes. He charged\npolitical motives for this.\nOn the opening of the house several\nItems in the estimates which had beeu\nalllowed to stand over from Thursday were considered- The first was\nlhe sum of $280,000, voted for surveys\nthroughout tlie province. The minister of lands made a detailed statement\nof. the purposes for which this sum\nwas intended, and added that this fiscal year 362,399 acres of land had been\nsurveyed, 070 miles being traversed,\nthe cost being $136,478. Mr. Fulton\nsaid the sum of$50,000 was to be spent\non the survey at prince Rupert. The\nitem for game protection, which was\nset down at $20,000 provoked a spirited debate, it is to be used for the pur\npose of six gam\u00a9 wardens, proviaing\nlaunches and for prosecutions.\n\u25a0Under the item of civil government\nsalaries, which included the sum total\nof $367,440, not a question was raised\nby the opposition, but when the salaries In connection with tbe administration of justice were taken up, Mr.\nWilliams, Newcastle, objected to the\nItem of $1020 under the factories act.\nThis measure, he said had been introduced In the house by the member for\nthe Islands, although It involved the\nexpenditure of money. He claimed the\nrules of the house were applied only\non the apposition side.\nMr. -McPhillips, In reply, said that\nthe criticism of the socialist members\nwas due to jealousy because they had\nnut thought of tills step to help the\nworkers of the province.\nThe house passed to the supplementary estimates, involving an expenditure of $1,030,683. The vote of $10,000,\n;in fconnt-cvlon with the tuberculosis\nsanitarium, which was in addition to\nthe $10,000 already voted, was held up\nby Haw thorn thwaite who asked what\nthe institution received from public\ncharity- He suld the sanitarium ought\nto be a public institution, conducted\nwholly by the province.\nAnother new-bill brought down yes\nterday was the VV. R. Ross, Fernie,\namendment to the Masters and Set*\nvants act. The amendment provided\nthat every workman, employed or servant (paid at the rate of $4 a day or\nless shall have a ipayday every two\nweeks- The operation of the act Is\nrestricted to companies having a payroll exceeding $50,000 per month.\nThe private bills committee decided\nto report John Hopps* application for\nthe consolidation of his mining leases\nIn the Cariboo.\nNOT JUSTIFIED.\nM, Manson's Withdrawal from the Contest in Comox-Atlin.\n\u2022fSo-eclfti tn The Dull** Newa.)\nVANCOUVER, Feb. 26\u2014At a meeting\nof the executive of the Provincial Conservative association, the matter of the\nwithdrawal of M. Manson from the contest in Comox-Atlln was considered. A\nstatement was issued later, signed by\nrepresentatives from all parts of the\nprovince, declaring the meeting could\nfind no justification for Manson's action.\nIt stated that he had the unqualified\nsupport of the members of the government, and that the support of the organization had been promised with assurances of sufficient funds for a legiti\nmate campaign.\nIn connection with the sessions of\nthe railway commission here, it is announced that the Dominion authorities\nwould bring in a hill at the present\nsession extending tlie powers of the\nbody to the White Pass and Yukon\nrailway, where many complaints as to\nrates have been made, but hitherto the\nquestion as ,to jurisdiction was not\nsettled.\nPirates Subdued.\nPARIS, Feb. 26.\u2014The governor of\nIndo-Chlna declares ln a cable today\nthat the Tonking troops have dominated the Dethah pirates at Yenithe. Two\nFrench officers and seven soldiers were\nwounded.\nATTENDANCEATSCHOOLS\nAVERAGES OF VARIOUS CLASSES\nFOR PRESENT MONTH.\nWILSON BANNER GOES TO PRINCIPAL'S ROOM.\nThe following are the attendance lists\nand averages for the various divisions lu\nthe PuBlio and High Schools doling Fehru-\nary. It \"Will he seen that the Wilson\nbanner for the highest jiureentago ot attendance goes to the principals class.\nPUBLIC SCHOOL.\nEnrol. Aver. P.O.\nDivision 1 3d Uli.tw 1W.KI\nDivision I! 3 Ul.tB \u2022111.03\nDivision 3 \u00ab J\u00bbM *\u00ab\u25a0\u00bb\u00bb\nDlvlBlon 4 45 41.7* 1*3.66\nDivision 6 4ft 43.1>7 W.W\nDivision 6 3\u00bb l*-1* 'J-'-**0\nDivision 7 37 33.57 U0..3\nDivision 8 42 3S.42 !**\u25a0\u00ab\nDivision \u00bb .... ....40 37.87 1*4.Us\nDivision 111 41 37.,1 93.13\nDivision 11 43 38.7'J IB.Ill\nDivision!!! \u00bb\" *7.17 'M.M\n4S7 37.67 1*2.36\nThe following are the names of pupils\nIn the 12 classes who have made rertect\nattendance during the month.\nDivision 1.\u2014A. Sullivan, principal\u2014Donald Cnrrle, Charles Darough, Hert Donaldson, Howarth Drewry, Amy Khlnitt, Erina\nFergUBon, John Ferguson, Harold Frun-\nclB, Phlllls Fraser, Francis Garde, Fred\nHurry, Clifford Irving, Keith Kettlewell,\nMaibie Mulmstrom, Donald MoQimrrle,\nFritz Morel, Hester Pierre, Georgia Patrick, Inn Steed, Dora wolverton.\nDivision 2-Miss K. Bcanlan, teacher\u2014\nAlice Swannell, Mary Taylor, Grace Pat-\nrich, Gertrude Annable, George Norman,\nLome McCandlleh, Helen McArthur, .lacs.\nLaughton, Fredcricn Starkey, Norm! VI-\nponil, Lewis Johnstone, Edmund 'I raves.\nWaldo Ferguson, Emma Svoboda, nay.\nWilson, Alfred Manson, Donald Hlaek,\nWilliam Oliver, Clifford Sleeper.\nDivision 3-Mlss 13. S. DoUou, teacher-\nMabel Allen, .Esther Hard, Gordon unison,\nRuth Mnnhart, May Mniison, HI a Mc-\nCnfchoon, Edna Murphy, Willie McVicar.\nA lee McGregor. Lillian Gates, Hilda Pulm-\np st, Myrtle I'almauisi, Nellie it chard-\nson Charles ltlley, Wlnnlfredo Hltchle\n(Tories Traves, Louise Waters, Hazel\nThomson, Edllh Itoss, Maude Fraser\nDivision 4,-Mlss Tho.uns. teueher-\nOeorfie Amas. Gladys Austin, lla\/e 1 oyd,\nHelen llovd, Eddie Boyes, Marjorle Black,\nm Cboute, Elvira Hall, Louisa \u25a0 orjwll ,\nLillian Hunter, Henry Johnson, K this n\nIrving Alex Lldgntc. Rebecca Jlurdouukl,\n1 on Nagle. Wilson Newltt, N\u00ab\u2122\u00bb\u00bb\nRichardson, violet Itoss, Katheme .VI-\nimnd. Doris Walker, Bertie Whitehead,\nMary Waldle, Muriel Knntl, Mlnola Wln-\n'^sCt-SbT-L. Wade, teaoher-\nml ,e Cav nangh. Willie Cameron, Myrtle\nIrvine, Marjory Ingram, Leslie .Intel IU ,\nAgnes Lawson, Eileen Mai-kci \/. < \u25a0 Horvai\nMagraf Clarence MoKeown, Gladys \u25a0\u00ab\u00a3\u25a0\nKeovvYi Paul\" Mnehin, HamiltonI Nee amis.\nSu Notman. Sam Batelffe, Jeanlo\nRohb, Bernard Scbermerhorn, LoItle: \u2022\nlor, Jtuth Taylor, Clayton Walley, Pearle\nMDSon\"\u00ab!-Mfs\u00bbr A*. H. Ross, teaeher-\nChrffle Allen, Helen Bailey, Rose uarde\nV* Qa* Bernlce rUbertml., Ernest\nMachie, Charlie Mlddleton. Ly; 1 a Murp >,\nmttin. McGregor, Victor Mastberg, lihum\nM*1 erso\" Joe Riley. M.;lcl So.ltn. Frank\nWallace, Isabel Devlin, Aggie LcBlle, Lisle Rh'hardson, Francis Wolverton, John\nWaldle, Ocorge Linton, May Cameion,\nMD'lvl\u00bb,onC'\u2122l.MI,s Mlddleton, teacher-\nJobn Ballon, Gordon Bradshaw, Joseph\nDeferro, Bernlce DeWItt, Emniltt Huml-\nton. Margaret Hamilton. HsglnaltlHa .\nWalton Hcppell. Herbert Jordan, Konald\nLldgntc, Clifford Noel, Russell Noel, New-\nto i Powell LlMle Robinson, Charles Tidy.\nLawrence Travis, Francis Whitehead, Wll-\n\"b,ST-\u00abl\u00bb. M. Taylor, teacher-\nPauline Anderson, Violet Boyes, Wesley\nCalblek, Wilfred Carrie. Edllh CavanaU|h,\nMary Cummins, Kate Darough, LIUIe DM-\ntin Thclma DeWItt. Jessie Donaldson,\nNormaSu, Fay Hamilton, W*\u00bb\nHum. Stewart Houston. Irene Lausllton,\nCharlie Mhrragno. Bessie Made ns lo,\nWillie Maekensle, Edith M. \u00ab<*><\u00ab. __\nNordln, Willie Norman, James 'v''''\" \u25a0\nAlee Peters. Clarence Swansea. Willie\nWnlluch. John Winter, John Mack.\nDiv,ion It-Miss M. McVlear, tsaensr.-\nMorjorlc Adams, Nelson Bull. Allan 1)1 ,\n\"arlton Luck, Doris Dawson, In. I I,\n^_LsrS-S'JL&r'^\n^''Murle^Iroe^ay'ltad'^S Zi\nSh&csSorso,s\u00b0wKSL\n^KfT-Mls. M. Grant teacher-\nWill. Smith, .b'ssiv Henley, Archie Robert-\n\u00abo Irene PIUS, Katie Mclnnes, Howard\nFletcher, Howard Duck. David DougIns,\nIdun DcCcw, Hugh Richardson, Charlie\n1'nivKloii'll.- Miss Smith, teacher-Oner-\n\u00a3H\u00abkt\u00abot^-v;=r:\nBlIdE Hodge.\" Arthur Hurdle. Res .Inrv s.\nJohn Ssen! Wis \u00bb}\u00ab\u00abi,F\u2122?a''lB'\nFred Waldle. tjucenle Gosling. I. slle lull,\n\\u\u201e- Ying Joe Thompson, May .stunns,\nLouis? Shaw, Ton, ltadclltlc, Clarence\nnffiirn\"\"'.S.lss\"T!!'o,n, teaeber-ltes-\nslc Brandon, Mux Colburn, .\u2022harlot e\nDouglas\" Josephine Doglrnlamo. Jose,.IIJie\nXL, Marlon Poole, Pred F etc her, lie-\n\u00a3ey\"\"!orda^,^war^vr^g^\n0\u2022TheTffi^-^dgt,r\u00bbare^owl;\nDivision 1 \u00bb:._\u00bb S\ngaSSt:::*-..::,,..::,,....a \u25a0*\u25a0 \u25a0*\nM 15.12 91.54\nHUME SCHOOL.\nDivision 1-E. B. Bale principal. Pupils\niii niti'iuiiiiu'c i'*: average *2.\nThe Swing mode perfect attendance\n.iiii-itur tlie niontli of February:\n\u2022 \"da Hillock. Frank B.ldcott Job;.\nBildVng. vera Gilchrist, Tony Habegard,\n\"no Jerome. Ltalc Lynch. Rhdoa Meet igor, Charlotte Iilngn.se Eva Mldgely.\nF iVaIn lh He'd. William Uelr, Beatrice\nTune Ml beat Marshall, James Itlng-\n2\" Olive Bealby, Leslie Bealby, Gertrude\nfinskol H ev I lo'lgun. William Hodgan,\nISl Marshall, John Mnrojils, Charles\nHIllvar.1, Annie Crook,. Syd DosIreao,\n,'eannle Crelghton, Ethel Jackson, Earle\n\u25a0\"\"Division 2-Miss A. M. McLennan, teach.\niVdlih Couller, Jimmy Cumin, Leo\nDCS can. Sadie Goskell, Walter Ollehrlst,\nBster'Habegard, Freddy Haruvlck, Loon-\nm\"d He'hlle; Leonard Jackson, Lome\nJackson, Tommy Jerome. Agnes Jerome,\nWilfred 'Marquis, wiiiard fteye, BerUe\nMcGregor, Myrtle McPheo, Pearl Mclvlm,\nBertie McKim, tinsel Nelson, Joseph Ring-\nrose, Gladys Ren.lnll, Buddy Rendnll, Walter Roynan, Gladys Roynan Cyril Marshall, Lillian Fnhy, John Hodgon, Lillian\nVensell, John chapman, Sylvia Scott, Elsie Scott, Ester Scott, Ross Young, Percy\nCoulter,\nIS NifMRS\nAnniversary of Paardeberg\nis Celebrated\nSMOKER AT THE ARMORY\nMEMBERS OF 102ND REGIMENT\nCELEBRATE BATTLE IN WHICH\nFIRST CANADIAN CONTINGENT\nRECEIVED ITS BAPTISM OF\nFIRE IN SOUTH AFRICA.\nThe officers and members of the\n102nd regiment, the Rocky Mountain\nRangers, are to be congratulated on\nthe smoker given hy them in the armory last night in honor of the itth anniversary of the defeat and surrender\nof general Cronje aud *his army at\nPaardeberg during the Boer war. Its\nsuccess from all points of view was\nunquestionable. There was a military\nspirit noticeable throughoutthe night\nand. croakers who weep over what they\nare pleased to call decadence of the\nsentiment commonly known as Imperialism would have been convinced\nagainst their will that the magnificent\n\u25a0warlike spirit of the Anglo Saxon is\na very real live thins In British Columbia. The occasion was one of particular interest to all Canadians from the\niact that H was at Paardeberg that the\ndominion contingent f.rst learned what\nIt is to hear the bullets go \"swish,\nswish, thud, thud\" and to see their gallant comrades fall beside them.\nAmong the two hundred odd who\ncomposed the audience last night there\nwere many who are now numbered\namong the ranks of the civilians but\nwho wore as honorable and cherished\nrecords of the lights through wlilch\nthey have passed many medals and\nclasps.\nA few minutes before the commencement of the entertainment the bugle\nhand of the regiment paraded along\nBaker street ito the Bantlett house, the\nheadquarters of the local camp of the\nLegion of Frontiersmen, who were then\nescorted to the armory, Many favorable\n\u25a0comments were heard of the splendid\nplaying of the men who form this\nbranch of the force.\nThe concert opened with a ai>eefih\nfrom major L. Stewart who expressed\nhis pleasure at seeing so many people\npresent to do honor to the occasion- He\nsaid that he thought It should be the\none day which should be celebrated by\nCanadians, and spoke of the hardships\nand acts of braver)- performed during\nthe five days' hard fighting which preceded the victory.\nTne next item on the program was a\nsong by E. ll. Smith entitled \"Bander-\nHero,\" which was received with the\ngreatest enthusiasm. Mr. Smith's fine\nvoice was heard to much advantage in\nthe large hail and the audience insisted\nupon an encore. Mr. Smith's second\nsong was \"The Old Brigade,\" and it\nwas, If poBslble,.an even greater success than his first. Bugle major Earl\nsang a favorite humorous number called \"I Couldn't Go Home iu the Dark,\"\nand wns also encored, the audience\nshowing their appreciation of'his comic\nprowess by heartily joining in the\nchorus of both songs.\nThe program waa here vailed !*\u00bb* an\nexcellent three-round boxing contestbe-\ntween Messrs. Gllmour and Holland.\nThe contest was a latrly even one and\nno decision as to tiie victor was announced,\nAlter some more delightfully rendered comic songs, Sandy McTavIsh came\non in a burlesque Highlander get up\nand brought down the house with a\ncouple of vernacular songs which, together with Mr. McTavish's roarlngly\nninny appearance were more than\nworthy of the large measure of ui>-\nplause with which he was-received. A\ncomic boxing contest between Sandy\nMcTavIsh and Pat Malone was one of\nthe funniest events in the bill. Tbe\nformer attired in his \"kilts\" and the\nlatter dressed like a roystering irishman after a bad fight alter a Donegal\nfair, commenced their exhibition with\na laughable dialogue, aud alter putting\non the gloves gave an exhibition in\n\u25a0which both were apparently frequently\nknocked out and the unfortunate member of the bugle hand, who acted as\nreferee, got into terrible trouble, being\nfinally carried out of the ring by the\nBurns and Johnson of the evening.\nThis comic contest was followed by\na song by Mr. Kemp who was encored\nand then delivered \"She's a Lassie from\nLancashire,\" which was recelveed with\ntremendous applause.\nA sword exercise by five soldiers\ndrawn from the soldiers and the Legion\nof Frontiersmen was excellently performed, some of the upper cuts and\nside sweeps making the spectators\nmove back a little nearer the wall out\nof tho reach of a possibly deadly cut.\nE. Lupton sang in his usual good voice\n\"The Old Soldier\" und \"The Jolly Tar,\"\nat both of which the audience yelled\nwith delighted appreciation. An exhibition by tho members of the regiment-\"\nal gymnastic school would havo been\nwortiy of a far more public occasion\nand showed that the 102nd gave duo\nattention to the proper development\nand strengthening of muscle and sinew.\nIt should be mentioned that among\nthis team of gymnasts T. O. Ddhrlsay,\ntogether with F. Nott and the instructor, were star performers.\n\"Bill -of Tare\" and three other songs J\nwere rendered in a pleasantly humorous fashion hy the Albion quartette,\nwho showed themselves to be great favorites with the audience.\nThe boxing event of the evening was\na bout between (Messrs. DesBrfsay and\nJolliff with Mr. Boyd u_ referee. The\ncontest was one of three rounds only\nand far too short for the pleasure of\nthe onlookers. Both boxers got in a\nnumber of pretty hits, though Des-\nBrlsay carried off the honors as regards points. It was generally agreed\nthat this wa8 one of the best boxing\nmatches, short though it was, that has\nbeen seen in Nelson for some years.\nCorporal Markham sang four songs\nand every time the audience wanted,\nlike the famous Oliver Twist, more.\nHis method of singing is full of quiet\nhumor and something after the stylo\nof the, famus singer of coster songs in\ntwo continents, Albert Chevalier. Mr.\nMarkham's song composed hy himself\nand 'Mr. McKay, both of the 102nd and\nwhich was a skit on certain peculiarities and accomplishments of officers\nof the regiment simply brought down\nthe house. The ditty was cleverly composed and one verse was evidently\nwritten with a purpose In view, the\npurpose being the futherlngof the progress of the new range. This verse Is\nas follows:\n\"Captain Carrie comes next on our songi\nAt shouting lie cannot go wrong\nHe will not feA strange, whilst on the new\nrange\nSo lets set the tiling pushed along.'1\nA mandolin and banjo duet by Messrs,\nDoflds ami jfelson was due of the best\nthings from a musical point of view of the\nontert'filtimeiit and was very justly en-\nuored, The last Item on the program was\na Hulcf'tloii airs In* Wilkinson's oivlies-\ntra, The excellence of this band is too\nWOll known to need any (special praise,\nThe evening closed with the singing or\nthe national anthem nnd three cheers for\niln- king.\nThe members nt the 102ml desire to tlmhtt\nthose who sc\u00bb kindly nsHlated them In their\nNpi -iniiii entertainment and so materially\nassisted in its success.\nAfter the concert Free] Starkey with his\nwell known hospitality invited a number\nof friends to the Hume hotel where n\ndelightful little supper wus provided.\nSHOULD BE WORLD WIDE\nCONSERVATION OF THE WORLD'S\nRESOURCES.\nSHOULD BE THE SUBJECT OF CONSIDERATION.\n1 OTTAWA, Feb. 26.\u2014A statement was\nmade public today by lion. S. Fisher,\nwho was chairman of tlie Canadian\ndelegation at the international conservation conference in Washington, giving the principles agreed upon by the\nconference. Although there Is nothing,\nin the conference regulations in the\nnature of a binding agreement be\ntween the countries Interested in the\nmatter, it is generally understood that\nthey will lie accepted as the basis of\naction by the several national, provincial and state governments concerned.\nIn brief, what this conference has done\nis to lay down the general principles\nwhich, in their opinion, should be kept\nin mind In the future control, disposal\nand use of the natural resources of\nNorth America, and from the official\nstatus of the men who participated\ntherein it Is more than probable that\nthe agreement will ho followed by effective legislation on the lines indicated.\nIn the concluding paragraph tho conference declares that it Is convinced\nof the importance of tiie movement for\nthe conservation of the natural resources of Nortti America, and it is of\nsuch a nature and of such importance\nthat it should become world wide in\nits scope, and therefore suggests thai\ntbe president of tbe United States call\naconference to whioh all nations should\nlie invited to join together in considering tlie subject of the world resources\nand their future conservation and wise\nutilization.\nALL FOR PEACE.\nAn Effort to Compel Mediation In the\nBalkan Dispute,\nPARIS, Feb. 26\u2014The French parliamentary group of which baron des\nTournelles de Constant is president,\ntoday undertook an effort to arouse\nPublic opinion of (lie world and to\ncompel the powers to offer mediation\nin the event of a conflict in the Balkans becoming inevitable.\n(Resolutions were adopted and communicated to the parliaments of the\nsignatories of the Hague agreement,\ncalling attention to the fact that an.\noffer of mediation by neutrals under\nthe Hague convention \"can never be\nconsidered an unfriendly act by the\nlitigants.\"\nThe support of the United States and\nof the South American republics is especially desired by the French group\ntuul telegraphic appeals will he despatched to Washington and the South\nAmerican republics requesting co-operation. Baron des Tournelles considers it urgently important that preparations should be made for Intervention in the Balkan situation before\nit Is too late.\nA despatch from St. Petersburg says:\nA much more bopeful view prevails in\ndiplomatic circles in St. Petersburg today concerning the Austrla-Hungary-\nServian situation, due to tlie probability of the successful issue, of the\nourrent negotiations for the intervention of the powers. Russia, hi principle, has agreed to join hi the representations at elgradc for the preservation of peace. Whether the Russian\nrepresentations win go us far as to\nadvise Servia to disarm and formally\nrenounce her aspiration for territorial\ncompensation from Austria-Hungary\nis u question still being discussed by\nthe powers. As a result ot improved\nsituation prices on the Bourse today\nare firmer.\nTHE BURBANK\nBrains and Genius to be\nCapitalized\nTHE PLANT WIZARD'S WORK\nTO BE HANDLED AS A BUSINESS\nCONCERN \u2014 CAPITALISTS ORGANIZE A COMPANY FOR THIS\nPURPOSE\u2014A NOVEL SCHEME\u2014\nAND INTERESTING.\nSAN FRANCISCO, Feb 2ti\u2014In order\nthat his discoveries may be more generally distributed and incidentally that\nhis work may not he hamrperod by\nbusiness worries, the brains and genius\nof Luther Burbank. the plant wizard\nhave been capitalized for several million dollars The men who have secured the sole right to distribute to the\nworld the plant -discoveries of the\nSanta Rosa naturalist, are Hartland\nLaw and his 'brother, Herbert Law.\ntwo well known miilionaries of thia\ncity and Oscar E. Dinler, a wealthy\neastern capitalist\nThere Is no limit to the rights which\nthe men have secured, except, one or\ntwo small contracts which Burbank is\nfulfilling. Working alone Burbank b-as\nnot had time to givP the results of all\nof his experiments to the public, but\nnow a systematic effort will he made\nto distribute both his past and future\nproducts to the world\nOne of the first things to be undertaken by the new company will be the\nfuller development, of tlie spineless\ncactus, which promises to transform\nthe desert wastes into grazing lands\nfor cattle. In this connection it is \"\nannounced that Burbank has developed\na cactus capable of producing saccharine matter which will yield both\nsugar and alcohol.\nThe company will he called the\nLuther Burbank Products Incorporated\nLife Too Strenuous.\nNEW YORK, Feb. 20.\u2014Because ke\ncould not live on. a remittance of |75\na month from his relatives in Austria,\nadded Io what he could *arn as a drug\nclerk in this city, David Rufe iser.aged\n18 years, committed suicide by shooting, in the Webster avenue elevated\nrailroad station today. The boy Is said\nto be the son of a wealthy Austrian,\nwho sent him to this country to make a\nfresh start. In life, after conduct hi)\nAustria which displeased his parents.\nAn uncle in this city says the young\nman had confessed that he was hard\npressed for money and contemplated\nsuicide.\nSatisfactorily Settled.\nCONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 26.\u2014The\nAustrlan-Hungarlan-Turkish protocol,\nfor the settlement of the differences\narising out of the annexation by ihe\nformer power of tho provinces of Bosnia and Herzogovina, was signed hero\nthis afternoon by the grand Vizier and\nthe Austro-Hungarian ambassador. Under it tJie Turkish government gets\n$10,000,000 indemnity. The boycott\ncommittee announced today the suspension of the boycott on Austrian\ngoods,\nEdmonton Growing.\nEDMONTON, Fob. 26.\u2014Building permits issued in the city are climbing\nrapidly and bid fair to reach an, excellent total by the close of the month.\nUp to noon today there were permits\nissued during the present month for\nbuildings aggregating $105,200 in value\nFebruary is regarded as a dull month\nIn building circles, and ibis total is, a\nvery good Indication of the revival of\nbusiness hi all lines.\nAs a Deterrent.\n\u25a0\"Canadian AsHOcl-itert Prcssl\nLONDON, Feb. 26.\u2014Hon. H. Haldane,\nspeaking at Brighton, said he anticipated a great, strengthening of the forces\nof the empire, to be held in reserve in\nthe event of their services being suddenly requierd. Such an organization\ncould hardly Tail to he a deterrent to\naggressive action to the part of other\ncountries.\nAppeal Refused.\nLONDON, Feb. 26.\u2014Before the judicial committee of the privy council, in\nthe case of Rosenthal vs. The SHngsby\nManufacturing company, a special leave\nfor appeal was refused. Rosenthal had\nappealed against the judgment of the\ncourt of appeals of Manitoba to tho\nsupreme court of Canada, and that,\ncourt, on June 18. IMS, had dismissed\nthe appeal.\nNearlng End.\nLOS ANGELES, Feb. 26.\u2014A telephone message from Dr. Trucworthy,\nin attendance upon E. J, Baldwin loda'v.\nwas that he did not expect the aged\nmillionaire to live many hours.\nComic Artist Dead.\nPARIS. Feh. 26.\u2014Emmanuel Poire,\nbetter known under his pen name of\nCarat! Dache. the famous comic artist\nand cartoonist, died in this city today.\nB. C. Electric Bonds.\nLONDON, Feb. 26.\u2014There Is an application to the London stock exchange\nto list $5(10,000 British Columbia Electric 5 per cent, bonds.\n\u25a0^^SEB\n PAGE TV\u00bb\n\u00a9he fpaUg _\\ow*.\n8ATURDAY ..... FEBRUARY 27 \\\nPREPARING FOR SPRING\nBrown & Co.'s Great Glean-Up Sale\n\"QUALITY\"\nOf High Grade Clothing, Furnishings,\nMen's, Women's and Children's Shoes\nCome and buy while you can procure choice merchandise at the following tremendous\nreductions:\nMen's Clothing at a sacrifice. 50 men's All Wool Suits,\nnot one of them worth less than $15 and the most of them\n$20 suits, nearly all sizes. Sale price $10.\nBoys' Suits worth up to $7.50, sale price $5.\nChildren's Suits, worth up to $5, for $2.\nMen's Underwear that cannot he matched elsowhere at\nanything like the prices; winter and light weight pure wool\nUndershirts and Drawers, worth $2.50 the suit, reduced to $1.75\nAll wool ribbed Un derwear, worth $2 and $2.25 the suit,\nnow 75c a garment.\nGood Wool Underwear at 50c each.\nMen's medium weight ribbed Socks, also Cashmere Socks,\nworth 35c, now 25c.\nMen's Mixed Socks, light nnd dark colors, 15c 2 pairs 25c.\nBoys' heavy, all wool, ribbed stockings, worth 40c, for 25c.\nExtraordinary valu es in Men's and Ladles' serviceable and\nstylish Shoes. Men's Box Calf and Patent Leather Shoes,\n$5 and $&, sale price $3.90.\nMen's Dongola and Calf Shoes worth $3.50, reduced lo $2.90\nMen's Box Calf Shoes, worth $3.25, reduced to $2.50.\nLadles' Dongola Bluchers (high shoes), worth $3.50, now\non sale at $2.50.\nChildren's Laced Shoes 75c.\nMen's Trousers at 25 per cent, below regular prices.\nMen's Soft hats worth $3 reduced to $1.50.\nSpecial bargains In Heavy Rubber and Leather Boots and\nMiners' Supplies.\nMen's Soft and Stiff Bosom Shirts at 50c.\nFlannel Shirts worth up to $1.75, reduced to $1.25.\nBARGAINS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS.\nThis announcement should be of particular interest to all who wish to secure good goods\nat prices far below real value. .\nBROWN <& CO., 405 Baker Street\n\"QJJAUTY\"\nnn\nOrder Now\nWe are working full time on boats for spring delivery. Get yoar\norder now and don't be disappointed.\nThe Kootenay Motor Boat Co.\nTESTIMONY AS TO\nNature's Fertilizers\n\"The most valuable sources of organic nitrogen, from the standpoint of uniformity In composition, richness in the constituent, and\navailability are DRIED BLOOD, DRIED MEAT, and CONCENTRATED\nTANKAGE, which are produced In large quantities in slaughter houses\nand rendering establishments.\"\u20141\\ S. department of agriculture, Bulletin No. 44. Are to had from\nP. BURINS & CO., Nelson, B. C.\nROUai-l and\nDRESSED\nLUMBER\nDoors, Windows, Mouldings, Shingles, Turned Works and Brackets. Complete and up to date stock always on hand. Mail orders promptly attended to.\nA. O. LAMBERT & CO.\nNEWS OF THE DOMINION\nMONTREAL, Feb. 26-\u2014The tower of\nthe ice aplace collapsed today and two\nmen were burled to the ground but\nwere not seriously injured.\n\u2022WELLA.ND, Feb. 20 \u2014 Diphtheria is\n\u25a0epidemic at Fonthill, for miles from\n(here, and the village school Is closed\nas a result.\nHALIFAX, Feb. 26-\u2014Mabel Little, 21\nyears old. took carbolic acid in mistake for medicine last evening and\ndied 20 minutes later.\nCHA'ROLETTBTOtWN. Feb. 2C\u2014Premier Hazen has entered action for li-\nljel against the Examiner Tor alleged\ndefamation of character. The Examiner Is the conservative organ.\nOSKAiWA, Feb, 2(1 \u2014 George Hunt,\nbetter known as \"Shorty\" Hunt, was\nsentenced to three years in the penitentiary today, for attempting to fire\nthe Christian church yesterday,\nWINDSOR. Feb. 26\u2014The young ladles of iBssex are frightened to go on\nthe streets after dark without an escort ou account of the activities of\n\"Jack the Hugger,\" with' \"Peeping\nTom\" proclivities. The police have so\nfar been unable to discover the culprit.\nOTTAWA, Feb. 2fi\u2014William Scott, ji\nC.P.R. fireman, slipped on the Ice i\"\nthe railway yards at Carleton Place\nyesterday and broke his neck, resulting In instantaneous death\nOTTAWA, Feb. 26\u2014ThP justice department was today advised' of the cap\nture at Mount Vernon, Wash,, of a\nburglar named Clarke, who escaped\nfrom tlu? New Westminster penitentiary with Bill Miner In 1907.\n\"EDMONTON, Feb 26\u2014Premier Rutherford Introduced a resolution last\nnight calling on the dominion government to give the province permission\nto erect an elevator system to store,\ntransport and grade grain.\nOTTAWA. Feb. 2C \u2014 Tlie supreme\ncourt wag today engaged with a dispute between a farmer and certain\ngrain dealers at Winnipeg. The -case\narose over margins on charges In the\nmatter of 4000 bushels of outs.\n-MONTREAL. Feb. 26\u2014It was stated\nat the head offices of the Grand Trunk\nPacific today that the company will\nundertake the building of the Quebec\nbridge, and that It would agree to complete the structure to the general sat\nisfaction of tiie government within\nthree years.\nPORT ARTHUR. Feb 26\u2014Friends of\nHugh -F Rowe. found dead from alcoholic poisoning, have demanded an,inquest He is a relative of the Goschen\nfamily of England.\nFORT WILLIAM, Feb 2fl\u2014Tlie employees of the C.N.R. simps have called a mass meeting for tomorrow night\nto form a federated union of all the\nemployees of the railway previous to\npresenting a new wage scale.\nVANCOUVER. Feb. 26 -~ A large\ndeputation, headed by mayor Douglas,\nleft this afternoon for Ottawa where\nthey will Interview the government In\nregard to improvements to False creek\nwith the purpose of incraslng the harbor facilities at this port.\nWININIIREG. Feh 26\u2014The CP.R. today posted notices In their shops here\nthat the rates established by tlie board\nof conciliation In August last, will hold\ngood until April 1, 1910. The notice was\nwell received by Ihe men and gives\ngeneral satisfaction.\nWA1N1WRIGHT. Feb 26 \u2014 O. W.\nSpeers, general colonization agent for\nthe dominion government, let the contract today for the erection of an immigration ball here to cost $35,000 and\nto be completed by April 1. Settlers\nare already arriving in large numbers\nand citizens are malting every preparation for their accommodation.\nMONTREAL. Feb. 26\u2014The CP.R.\ntoday derided to let a contract for\nthe erection of a new grain elevator\nat Victoria Harbor on the Georgian\nbay. to the 'Metcalfe company of Chicago. The capacity of the new elevator will be two million bushels and the\ncontract, price is $1)00.000.\nOTTAWA. Feb. 26\u2014Hon. Clifford Sit\nton and Hon. Sydney Fisher returned\nfrom Washington last night Mr. Slfton sustained a fracture of tbe collar\nbone while in Washington His horse\nstumbled aud he was thrown to the\nground. He received prompt medical\nattention but. will be laid up for a few\ndays,\nOTTAWA, Feb. 26\u2014Anions Hie bills\nfrom the commons which were given\nu first reading in the senate last night\nwcra Brandon Transfer railway company; Canadian Western railway; to\namend the ' Dominion Ijind act; to\namend the Railway act respecting the\nKootenay Central railway; Edmonton\nand Slave Railway company; to amend\nthe p.(X act; to amend tbe Animal\nContagious Diseases act.\nOTTAWA, Feb. 26\u2014The Canadian\nSouth African Veterans' association\nwill hold their annual meeting at Ottawa tomorrow afternoon Delegates\nwill be in attendance from the marl-\ntime provinces, Quebec. Ontario, Winnipeg and Calgary. Associations in\nother district centers of population\nwill be rerpesented by proxy. Among\nHENRYS*\u2014i\nfor the\nSpring trade\nTested stock, seeds for\nfarm, garden or conservatory\nfrom the best groovers ln\nEngland, France, Holland,\nUnited States and Canada.\nFruit and ornamental trees,\nsmall fruits, home grown;\nfertilizers, bee supplies,\nspraying materials, cut flowers, etc.\n140 Page Catalogue Free\nM. J. HENRY\nGreenhouses and seedhouses\n3010 Westminster road, Vancouver; Branch Nursery, s.\nVancouver.\n-Vnurseries\nthe matters to lie discussed will be\nthe Volunteer Bounty act of 1008- the\nCanadian patriotic fund, and the running of volunteer homese.ekers* excursions to the western provinces this\nspring for the benefit of volunteers\nwho desire to locate laud given them\nby the government for services in\nsouth Africa.\nPUBLIC jERVICE ACT\nAPPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS\nTO BE MADE.\nHOW GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES\nWILL BE GRADED.\nThe Public Service act, more generally known as the Civil Service act,\nwas brought down in the house yesterday by the provincial secretary,\nsays the Victoria Colonist of Tuesday.\nIt repeals the bill Introduced last year\nand modifies It In certain particulars.\nThese changes are the result of a careful study of the subject during recess.\nThe superannuation measure which\nwas dropped last year will shortly be\nlaid before the house\nThe members of the public -service\nare classified for the purposes of the\nact- as deputy heads of departments,\nofficers, agents, chief clerks, clerks,\nstenographers and permanent employees. An officer is defined to mean\nany member of the public service, including accountants, who, for the Performance of his duties requires literary, technical or scientific character.\nThe term agent, includes all govern-\nm\n!'.\u00a7'\nment agents, assessors, collectors, recorders, registrars and chief clerks.\nOfficers, agents and clerks are graded into four classes, according to. skill\ntraining, competency and length of\nservice, and provisions are made for\npassin-g from on\u00a9 class to another with\ncorresponding Increases In salary.\n\u25a0Hereafter clerks will be appointed as\njunior clerks or stenographers at the\nage of lfi. The initial salary Is $.15\nPer month, Increasing automatically to\n$47 at 20. Thereafter the annual increase of $48 per annum Is given until\nthe mafxmuin salary of $900. per annum\nis reached.\nWhen a position Is to be filled requiring .a greater skill and competency\nthan is required from-a junior clerk.\nan outsider may be appointed. But\nsuch an appointment will be made by\ncompetitive examination which the junior clerks may enter. Generally\nspeaking, a successful examination Is\nrequired to puss from one class to another, and the rise in Balary and the\nordinary rate of promotion may he increased by exceptional merit Junior\nclerks must pass the qualifying examination for third class clerks by the\nage of 27 or retire.\nTh0 salaries In the various modes\nvary according to length and quality\nof service, a clerk of the third class\nwill receive from $960 to $1200 per annum, a clerk of the second class from\n$1272 to $1500. and a clerk ot the first\nclass from $1584 to $1800 A chief\nclerk's salary runs from $1900 with biennial increases of $100, to $2500. although in tbe larger departments with\nexceptional responsibility a larger sti\npend may be placed on the estimates.\nThe power or dismissal is retained!\nunimparied and the act provides for\nthe appointment of civil service commissioners and examiners.\nGood Cough Medicine for Children.\nTlie season for coughs and colds Is now\nat hand and too much care cannot be used\nto protect the children. A child is much\nmore likely to contract diphtheria or scarlet fever when he haa a cold. The quicker\nyou cure hla cold the less the risk. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Is the sole reliance of many mothers, and few of those\nwho haive tried It are willing to urn any\nother. Mrs. F. F. Stnrcher, of Ripley, XV.\nVa., says: \"I have -never used any other\nthan Chamberlain'b Cough Remedy for my\nchildren and lt has -always given -food -satisfaction.\" This remedy contains no\nopium or other narcotic, and may be given\nns confidently to a child an to an adult.\nFor sale by all druggist* and dealers.\n SATURDAY FEBRUARY 27\nffihe fpattg Item*.\n\\9&\nPA6E THREE\n15\u00a3 EDISON\nPHONOGMPH\nEntertainment is the first\nrequisite of hospitality\nA guest either enjoys himself or is\nbored. The Edison Phonograph is an\ninfallible ice-breaker. It brings people\ntogether, opens up conversation, paves\nthe way to enjoyment, and in itself furnishes the entertainment for the evening.\nAnyone can operate an Edison Phonograph. Anyone can buy one. The cost is small, and many dealers\nsell on the easy-payment plan. There is a long list of\nattractive selections from which to choose.\nEdison Amberol Records\nMr. Edison has perfected a new invention for the Edison Phonograph\u2014Amberol Records. These are four-\nminute Records, playing twice as long ns the regular\nEdison Records, and can be played on any Edison\nPhonograph (except the Gem) by means\nof an attachment which any dealer can\nsupply and which will not interfere with \/1*\nplaying the Records you now have.\nFREE. Ask your dealer or write to us tor illustrated catalottue\nof Kdison Phcnceraphs. also catalogue cunlaininc complete\nlists of Kdison Records old and new.\nWe Want Good Live Dealer. .0 .all Edison Phonoffraph.\nin every town where we are not now well represented. Dealers\nhavins established stores should write at once to\nNaUonst Phonograph Compsnjr.100 Lakeside Ave., Orange, N.J., U.S.A.\nDr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription\nIs the best of all medicines, for the cure of diseases,\ndisorders and weaknesses peculiar to women. It ia the\nonly preparation of its kind devised by a re-goto-ty graduated physician\u2014an experienced and skilled specialist in\nthe diseases of women. $, -\nIt is a safe medicine ia any oooditioo>of tiie <\nTHE ONE REMEDY which contains i\nand no injurious habit-formin-4 drags and which\ncreates no craving for such stimulant*. t\nTHE ONE REMEDY so good that its makers\narc not afraid to print its every ingredient on\neaoh outside bottle-wrapper and attest to the\ntruthfulness of the same under oath.\nIt is sold by medicine dealers everywhere, and any dealer who hasn't it can\nget it. Don't take a substitute of unknown composition (or this medicine op\nknown composition. No counterfeit is as good as the genuine and the druggist\nwho says .something else is \"just as good as Dr. Pierce's\" is either mistaken\nor is trying to deceive you for his own selfish benefit. Such a man is not to be\ntrusted. He is trifling with your most priceless possession\u2014your health\u2014\nmny be your life itself. See that you get what you ask for.\nWILL APPEAR IN NELSON\nFLORENCE ROBERTS, TALENTED\nACTRES8 IS COMING.\n8HE WILL PRESENT \"THE HOUSE\nOF BONDAGE.\"\nThe following criticism of \"The\nHouse of Bondage,\" wlilch will be\npresented In Nelson on April 16 by\n(Florence Roberts, one of the 'best\nknown American actresses, is from the\ntLoa Angeles Examiner of Feb. 1:\n\"A problem play not too problematic, but an Interesting exposition of\nI CURED THEM FREE\nLet Mo Cure You\n-I Will Send You\nFree Treatment.\nIhavotiRtandlnpof-\nfer ln this paper to\nBond a tree treatment\nto any -sufferer from\nktilmiy trouble, blad-\ntier trouble or rbeimiii-\ntism wiio will fiimd rae\ntheir name and address. If you upccI lt I\nurjio you to take ml-\nvantaxo of tlio offer.\nThose diseases nro my\nspecialty. 1 have been\nwettln* children own their present trood\nhealth to 1\u00bbti; winy old peoplo who hail enlarged prosmio and luid to get, up n:i mutiy as\nten times a nicli.:* are now cured of ton\nfrequent deslro to urinate: niniiy men and\nwomen no longer sutlerf rem rain in tlio back,\nterrible rheumatism, etc., filaoo taking my\nremedied.\nSEP.DFOBMYFBE\u00a3THEAraS?iT\nIf you suffer from any form of kidney or\nbluddur troublo or itieumiulsm, no matter\nhoc old you arc or how Ions nnd severe you\nhavo had It, write me today describing your\ncondition and let me scud you a free treatment to show you I can euro you In your own\nhome. I want to enow you ond your neighbor\nthat I eon und do euro these diseases. Address\ntt, T. FUH LWOTT.E-m OecMlilil life. Cfclclp.\nprofessional honor rising above the\nbarriers of love and haired, is 'The\nHouse of Bondage,' .presented at the\nMajestic theatre last night by Florence 'Roberts unci company. Despite\nthe fact that the cast Is small, aud that\nthere is absolutely no comedy to\nlighten It, the play is not so aobre as\nto pal! upon the audience, probably\nbecause the lines are exceedingly\nclever and give food for speculation\nand deep thought.\n\"The story is of an eminent surgeon\nwith a high sense of honor, who. despite his desperate fight to prevent it\n'has fallen in love with a married woman -whose titled husband neglects\nher. She attempts to get a divorce,\nhut finds herself confronted with tho\nBngiish law that allows a man to divorce a woman -for infidelity, but does\nnot grant the same -right to the woman. About the time that she makes\nthla discovery her ihusband Is sent to\nthe surgeon for treatment for danger-\nous brain trouble. He knows of the\nInfatuation of his wife for the surgeon\nand before submitting to the operation\ncompels tne surgeon to confess, The\nsituations that arise ore naturally extremely dramatic and tene, as may be\nImagined.\n\"\u25a0Miss Roberts, always clever, was at\nher best in the role of the wife striving to be a good woman while her\n'heart is filled with hate for her husband and love for the surgeon. She\nwas dignified, intense In bhe scenes\ndemanding it and particularly strong\nIn the opening of the third act. where\nshe demands that the surgeon shall\nremember his professional honor and\noperate upon her husband*.\n'IMr. Arthur Forrest n8 the blase\nEnglishman did one of the most remarkably finished pieces of acting\nthat has been aeon upon a Los Angeles stage for some time. He was\nthe part in every act and word. So\nmuch cannot be said for Mr. Thurlow\nBergen as the eminent surgeon. Mr.\nBergen probably never met many emi-\nnont surgeons, they of the quiet mien,\nsoft voiced and cheerful air. He was\nvociferous, annoylngly declamatory,\nstagy and melodramatic and in the\nsplendid ending to the; second act\nnearly ruined it by compelling Miss\nRoberts to meet him on even shouting\ngrounds. Mr. Bergen, nevertheless.\nhas some good moments, and maybe\nthis hint will serve to help him.\n'Wiss Ann Warrington was a clever\nduchess and Miss Mary Bertrand an\nexceptionally attractive young society\nwoman The staging is new and Interesting and the -production one that\nshould draw full, houses for the rest\nof &e week.\"\nCOMMUNICATIONS\nThe Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition.\nEDITOR THE DAILY NEWS\nSir\u2014Just before I left Nelson tor\nVictoria, about the end of last month,\nI heard Mr. G. 0. Buchanan announce\nat the banquet given in connection\nwith the visit of prominent lumbermen to Nelson what the committee appointed at the recent convention of\nthe associated boards of trade of\nSoutheastern British Columbia proposed to tlo to secure for the Kootenay adequate representation at the\nAlaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition, to\nbe held at Seattle, Washington, next\nsummer and fall. Probably your readers will have since been Informed what\nthat committee is doing and what the\narrangements of the dominion government are towards insuring Canada's\nbeing worthily represented at that important exhibition. Many residents\nin the Kootenay may not have read,\nthough, what is being done in the\nUnited States so that the mining Industry of that country may make a\ncreditable showing. It occurs to me,\ntherefore, to ask you to publish the\nfollowing excerpts I have just made\nfrom an influential journal published in\nthe states. Of course, much more is\nbeing done\u2014these extracts are but\nexamples of the interest being taken\nin the exposition. They are as under;\n\"An exhibit of the mineral products\nof the United States, similar to that\nmade at the Jamestown exposition, is\nbeing prepared by the geological survey under the direction of J. S. Diller\nfor the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition. The collection will be on a larger\nstale than formerly, special attention\nbeing given to an exhibition of fuels.\nThe exhibit will Include models, transparencies, etc., together with a special\nexhibit of panoramic viwes of Orator\nlake. One of the features of the exhibit will 'be a large-scale map of the\nUnited Slates, showing the distribution of our mineral resources, especially of coal and iron ores. This exhibit will be in the federal building.\"\n\"A cartographic exhibit, composed\nof maps and diagrams illustrating the\noccurrence and distribution of the\nmineral resources of Alaska, is now\nbeing prepared under the supervision\nof A. H. Brooks of the Alaska building at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition.\"\nFrom the foregoing it will be seen\nthat the mineral resources of the better known states will be well represented and that Alaska will also have\nprominence given to its mining industry. 1 have no doubt the metalliferous mines of the Kootenay and Boundary districts will be given due attention hy the fully competent and active\ncommittee having the matter of a district exhibit In hand. May I suggest\nthat coal, coke and marble from East\nand West Kootenay, respectively, also\nhe given prominence ln the Kootenay\nexhibit. Practical results might follow such a display, particularly if suitable information relative to quality\nand quantity of such materials be\nmade readllly available to possible\nbuyers. E. JACOBS.\nVictoria, fl. C, Feb.. 25, 1909.\nDr. Wolverton Takes Issue.\nEDITOR THE DAILY NEWS:\nSir\u2014In my judgment you are assuming entirely too much when you\ninsist that a vote for city time means\na vote for double time. Should the\ncity continue its time and the large\nmajority of our citizens loyally adhere\nto it. there is no reason to doubt that\nin a very short time the CP.R. will\nmeet the wishes of the city thus forcibly expressed.\nFor a considerable time the C.P.R.\nchanged lis time at Brandon, Man', and\nthere were two times in the city, but\nhy general consent the easterly time\nwas adopted in tbe city and the\nC.P.R. followed by changing its time\nat Broadview.\nThere can be no objection to the\nN0II0NIN6-N0GRINDING\nWHY DO MOST\nRAZORS PULL?\nBecsuso they are tempered\nunevenly by fire and,\nwill not hold an edge.\nCAKBO-HlfiNETIC RAZORS\nare tempered as hard\nas flint by our exclusive\nprocess of electricity.\nFor Sale By\nCANADA DRUG AND BOOK CO.\nSpecial Notloo.\nBETTER THAN SPANKING.\nSpanking does not cure children of bed-\nwotting. There ia a constitutional cause for\nthis troublo. Mrs. M. Summers, Box 33\nWindsor, Ont., will sond froo to any mother\nhor successful home treatment, with full\ninstruction!), Bond no money,but write her\nto-day if your children troublo you in this\nway. Don't blame the child, the chances\nare it can't holp it. This treatment also\ncures adulta and aged people troubled with\nurine diffloultiMby day ox night.\nBuffertd From Constant Headaches\u2014\nCured by \"Fruit-a-tives\" Whan\nDoctors Failed.\n\"I was a sufferer from fearful headaches for over two years, sometimes\ntbey were so bad that I waa unable\nto work for days at a time. I took\nall kinds of medicines, waa treated\nby physicians, and yet the headaches\npersisted. I waa rarely free from\nheadache. A short time ago I was\nadvised to try \"Fruit-a-tlves\" and I\ndid so with, I must confess, very little faith, but after I had taken them\nfor three days my headaches were\neasier and in a week they left me.\nAfter Z had taken a box of the tablets my headaches wero quite cured.\nMy appetite was always poor and my\nstomach bad, and now my appetite Is\nsplendid and my digestion ia excellent. I had become thin and weak\nfrom the constant headaches, but\nnow not'only have I heen cured of all\nthese awful headaches, but my\nstrength is growing up once more,\nand I feel like a new man, I have\ntaken In all throB boxes of \"Fruit-a-\ntives.'* I am exceedingly grateful to\n\"Fruit-a-tives\" for curing me, and I\ngive this unsolicited testimonial with\ngreat pleasure, ns I hope thereby\nsome other sufferer of headaches will\nbe Induced tn try \"Frult-a-tlves\" and\nwill be cured.\"\n(Sard.) B. Cornell.\nTaylorvMie, Ont.\n\"Fruit-a-tlves\" is now put up In the\nnew USc trial size ns well ns the regular 50c boxes. Write Fruit-a-tlves\nLimited, Ottawa, if your dealer will\nnot supply you.\ni*iiiKtt-ft\nBUSTS\nand\nOVERCOATS,\nto Measure from\nmi to $20\nCut in Latest London\nand New York style,\nwhichever preferred,\nNo matter what part\nOf the dominion >mi live\nIn, we undertake to -.apply yon with a smart,\nComfortable Suit, filling\nyon perfectly, or otherwise to refund your\nmoney ln full. The\nprocess is simple.merely\nfill In a post card and\naddress same to us as\nbelow, asking im our\nlatest assortment of materials. Together\nwith patterns, we send yon fashion-plates\nand complete instructions lor accurate self-\nmeasurement, tape measure, nil srtit free\nand carriage paid. We dispatch your order\nwithin seven days, and if yon do not approve,\nreturn the goods, aud we will refund the\nmoney.\nSUITS & OVERCOATS to measure\nfrom 96.14 to \u00a320.\nTho World's Measure Talton,\n| (DePt. a i, 60\/62 CITY ROAD, LONDON, j\nENGLAND.\nAddrosBeD for P&Herni 1\nTor Toronto and East Canada \u25a0\nCDttSOM BROS., co MI*tV\"~\n\u2022cjnEnToniES, vsn. iiii-pi 2 .\n\u2022tO 73 Clmreli Strr>At, -.'On.01o.-U,\nONTAItlO.\nTor Winn!?rs a-.iu tho Welt 1\nciiTino:* naos.,\n-o\/o iiend-k-oi; nr.oa. in-apt, & ).\n379 Garry Street, WIWNIPEU.\nPleat* mention IM* paper.\nC.P.R. changing its time at 'Nelson\ninstead of Kootenay landing. Trains\ncould arrive on one time and depart on\nanother, the same as is done at Fort\nWilliam, Broadview aud many other\npoints.\nHowever, I am creditably informed\ntnat there is now an agitation in Green\nwood. Phoenix and Grand Forks looking toward the adoption of our city\ntime in those -cities, which, is practically the same that is In use in the\nGranby smelter.\nI am not responsible for tbe contraction of the C.P.R. time tables,\nyet it seems to rae that the most natural poins where it will cause the\nleast disturbance for the change to be\nmade, are the Arrow lakes and Midway, tlie end of the track\nIt should not be forgotten that our\ncity time differs from true local time\n'by less than 20 minutes while C.P.R.\ntime difers by more than 40 minutes.\nThis point is aptly illustrated by the\nwell known fact that many of the\nmines and most of the lumber camps\nin the district especially in the Slocan\nvalley, find it practically necessary\nto disregard the time of the rahvay\nrunning by their doors, and to work\nupon our city time Furthermore, 1 do\nnot think we should assume that the\nC.P.R. runs this whole country; although it perhaps thinks it does.-\nWe all know that it is Impracticable\nto drive or to run an automobile in\nNelson If we take a walk we soon get\nout of breath climbing a hill Our' only\nfield for pleasant reoreatlon Is the water, Nielsen's magnificent asset. Nothing should nrevent our citizens making the most of our beautiful lake as a\nspot for their own pleasure and as an\nattraction to visitors The lengthening\nof the delightful summer evenings by\nthe universal adoption W city time\nwould enhance this magnificent asset\nto a very great extent.\nIs this country serving the C.P.R.\nor is the C.P.R. serving it? If our\ncitizens will 'firmly make ft known on\nthe 4th of March that they want one\ntime, and that city time, it will not\nbe long before city time and C.P.R.\ntime will be the same.\nN. WOLVERTON.\nDouble Time.\nEDITOR THE DAILY iNEWS:\n\u25a0Sir\u2014Referring to the double) time\nquestion letter of Dr. Clayton in your\nissue of yesterday: It is true of Nelson, as of elsewhere that \"One half the\nworld does not know what the other\nhalf lives,\" This applies to the question of double time\nThe inconvenience of having two\ntimes, is largely composed of apparently trivial circumstances to the one not\naffected, and the inconvenience of one\nis no inconvenience to tlie next. But\nthese trivial Items taken in the aggregate, are a menace to peace of mind\nand strength and are especially discouraging when no hope of remedy is\noffered. It is for this reason that the\npeople of Nelson 'are hailing with delight, mayor Selous* action ln redeeming his promise, and giving an opportunity for the majority to decide where\nthe majority are concerned\n\u25a0Re Dr Clayton's letter; I wonder is\nthat gentleman aware of his resemblance to the great Diogenes? He says\nin effect, and this appears to be his\none request: \"Let the sun but shine\non Dr. Clayton and I will concede all\nthe shade to others.\"\nThis is considerate of Uie doctor,\nbut he is. I think, a little unfair in\nhis letter, both to The Daily News and\nto the intelligence of the rest of us.\n'He appears to have lost himself In\nruminating happily upon the privilege\nenjoyed hy Nelson mothers in preparing a meal at 7 o'clock aud calling it\n8 Now. sir. Dr. Clayton has a -point In\nfavor of city time on tiie breakfast\nquestion, and having found one good\npoint, he hugs it. after the manner of\na child with a new top, to the exclusion of all other points, good, bad or\nindifferent, with tlie exception of lunch\nand dinner, his reference to which,\nhowever; carry no weight,\nMost people could mention more\nthan one good point in favor of city\ntime, but they could also arraign had\npoints lo the tune of five to one. The\ndoctor evidently did not get as far as\nthis before he dreamed.\nThis is the substance of his dream:\nThat no election promise is binding;\nthat if Imposition is suffered in silence\n110 imposition exists; that if there is a\nprivileged minority. the majority\nmust suffer in silence: that if medieval\nmethods are satisfactory (?) one year\nthey should be continued for all time;\nbut the dream of one has proved for\nothers a nightmare.\niDr, Clayton admits there is some\ninconvenience In the dual time system for some people. Now, if the\nC.P.R. persists in retaining standard\ntime and the city in keeping Nelson\ntime, when in his opinion, will the inconvenience cease?\nThe Jdoctor thinks Nelson citizens'\nare too wide awake to stop progress.\nThey are, and as an Instance of their\nalertness, they -are welcoming the opportunity of giving a vn-icf* to their\nconvictions on next Thursday.\nWhy is I>r Clayton so averse to them\nhaving the opportunity?\nThe doctor is satisfied; that is refreshing to know, but judging by tho\nexpressions of buiness and working\nmen. he will have the benefit of seeing\nothers satisfied next Thursday, which\nwill be more refreshing still.\nCHARLES JIORR1S.\nDEBATE TINti QUESTION\nHIGH SCHOOL ADVOCATES OF C.\nP. R. WIN.\nLITERARY SOCIETY HOLDS SUCCESSFUL MEETING,\nAt the meeting of the literary society of the high school yesterday afternoon the main interest centered in\nthe debate, though the other numbers\non tlie program were equally enjoyable. Piano solos were contributed by\nMiss Blna Taylor and Miss .Maud Simons. The readings from the Mountaineer consisted of a poem \"A Query,\"\n\"Contrasts in Rhyme,'' an article on\n\"Photography.\" and a story \"A Swiss\nHero.\"\nThe subject for debate was \"Resolved that city time is more satisfactory\nthan railroad time.\" The affirmative\nwas taken by A. Turner, R. Deeew and\nC. 'Emory, while S. Newltt, C. Pearcy\nand A. Poupore supported the negative\nThe principal argument brought forward by the affirmative was that by\nusing the present city time everyone\ncouid make more use of the hours of\ndaylight. This was applicable to the\nscholars going to school as they had so\nmuch more time to get out in the daylight after school, to business men\nas in the winter time they could get\nalong by using much less artificial\nlight, and in the summer they had a\nbetter chance for recreation in the\nevenings; to the working men as they\ncould more readily work the full day\nin winter time and get a full day's piy;\nto miners as they have a longer time\nabove ground In daylight.\nThere wns no valid reason why tlie\nC.P.R. should not change lo city time.\nIt would simply make Nelson a divisional point in time Instead of Kootenay landing. They have divisional\npoints at larger places as the Soo and\nat Windsor, the one 70 miles west of\nthe other, and no particular troublo\nhas been produced. Even if the C.P.R.\nwouid not change no particular harm\ncould como. They have more than one\ntime In places ike Detroit nnd still\nmanage to get along. In fact it was\nbetter in mauy cases, as children going to school can now readily have\nbreakfast with the father working on\nC.P.R. time. In Great Britain and\nother countries of Europe they are arranging; for a change of time to set\n9\na\na\n1\n1\n1\nh no re.\n\u25a0M\nPriced\nCream\nBaking.\nvPoWdei>4\nYou\nmil\nUse it\nto make Delicious Hot m\nBiscuit\u2014tempting, appe- I\ntizing, light, wholesome. \u00a3\nMakes the best food to _M\nwork on\u2014the' best food\nto sleep after. No alum\nno fear of indigestion.\ni\nmore use of the daylight. Why should\nNelson be behind?\nThe principal argument for the negative was that a great deal of contusion existed in having two times. The\nhotels found it very inconvenient as\nthey were compelled to serve two,\nmeals, at railroad time to catch the\nlarge transient trade and a-*, city t me\nto catch the regular hoarders, Thei\nhousewives were bothered with gelling\ntwo sets or meals through tlie day and\nso found little time to do anything else\nThey always seem to be getting meals\nready- Confusion was great In making\nappointments, as two might keep the\nsame appointment but he an hour\napart. This was especially so In the\ncase of merchants dealing with commercial travellers. No matter what\nthe advantages of city time it. should\nbe changed to avoid this confusion as\nthere was no probability of the railroads changing. If they did, Nelson\nwould be a divisional point in time and\nthe train despatches would have to\nconsider a different time for the ei'st\nand west trains and there would be\nmuch danger of mistakes causing disasters. Railroad time is more nearly\nsun time its it is only 12 minutes slower than sun time, while city time Is\n48 minutes faster than sun time.\nTlie extra hour in the evening was\nsaid to be advantageous for recreation\nbut that is scarcely so. An hour In the\nmorning when the air is fresh is really\nworth more than an hour in the evening for any kind of recreation.\nThe business men were better off\nwith railroad time as the time during\nwhich tbey kept their places of business open corresponded to the time\nduring which they could get their express, freight and telegraph messages.\nThe teamsters were better suited, as\nmuch of thlr work wag dependent on\nthe freight that was handled. It was\nevident that it suited the working men\nbetter as several conractorg who tried\ncity time for a while at first soon\nchanged back to railroad tfme,\nThe judges, Messrs. R. J, Clegg, W\nPoupore and E. Matthew, gave their\ndecision in favor of the negative\nTRADE REPORT.\nBradstreet's Weekly Review of Canadian Business.\nNEW YORK, Eel). 26.\u2014Bradstreet's\nstatement of trade tomorrow will say:\n\"Trade In Canada shows a broadening\ntendency, though things nre not so active in the east as in the west. The\ngeneral outlook is bright and much\nbuilding is projected. On the Pacific\ncost business lias an excellent tone,\nand the demand for goods is brisk,\nwhile money Is in a satisfactory supply. Business failures for tlie week-\nnumber 40, compared with 48 last week,\nand 35 ou this week last year.\nWill Be No War.\nBERLIN. Feh. 26.\u2014The foreign office has not yet received any word\nfrom St. Petersburg or Belgrade that\nthe Russian government has declared\nthat Servia cannot hope for support\nfrom Russia in the event of an out\nbreak of hostilities between Austria-\nHungary und Servia. Servian students\nin the Polytechnic school at Coethen\nhave received telegraphic orders to\njoin the colors, and it is reported that\nmany Austrian students iu Germany\nare homeward bound in the expectation of war. So far, however, the opinion continues confident that there will\nbe no war between Austria-Hungary\nand Servia.\nMlnard's Liniment Cures Dlstsmper.\nT h i a happy mother, like\nthousands of other:-, believes i:i\nnothing so much as Mother\nSelgel's Syrup. The days when\nhousehold work was a burden\nond the least exertion painful,\nwhen even her own children\nIrritated tier, nre a ln-ng way\nbehind, So arc the headaches,\ntiie nasty taste, lite heartburn,\nthe dizziness ami the constant\nfeeling of fatigue. They\nvanished like a bad dream the\nday she first bought Mother\nSeigel's Syrup, and they will\nstay away as long as Mother\nSeigel's Syrup has a place in\nher Clipboard. It is tlie standard\nremedy lor Indigestion and\nLiver Disorders, and lhe regular\nfamily medicine in thousands of\nCanadian homes.\nGood for mother. Good for\nfather. Good for all ihe family !\nlicit ir. Sold everywher<\nA. J. While & Co. I,til, Montreal.\nj-oS\nMOTHER\nSEIGEL'S\nSYH.UP\nParivIHe, Sept, 30, 190B.\nM1XARTVR LINIMENT CO., Limited.\nDear Sirs:\u2014We wish to Inform you that\nwe torisider your MINARD'S LINIMENT\na very superior article, and we use It as\n11 sure relief for sore throat and chest.\nWhen I tell you that I would not be without lt If the price was a dollar a bottle, X\nmean It. Yours truly,\nCHAS. F. TILTON.\n\"When watcher disagree,\nike hands thai set them right\nare the handis of the\nWATCH\nthe timepiece\nthatls ever right\nEvery Elffin Wntcli is fully gnnran-\nIced. AlljcwclcrslineeKlplnWnlcheM.\nAn interesting, illnstniled booklet\nabout watches sent free on request to\nELGIN NATIONAL WATCH OO.,\nElgin, III,\nP*\n\/0 '\/\nJ- *\n: wmaBaa*iwtw*mifaaBSK^a\\\\fai\u201e^j\u00a3:*\u00a3z,\n \u2022AC* FOUR\n\u00abtw gMtig glen*.\nSATURDAY ...... FEBRUARY \u00ab\n************************************\nA Fish Story\nAll who during the present season are abstaining from flesh meat\nas well as all who are not abstaining, are invited to come and examine our selection of Eatables for Lent,. It will be pleasant to find how\neasy it is to abstain and be good, and to feel satisfied with one's self\nas well as with that most important person, the cook.\nCrosse & BlackwelTs Goods\nIN GLASS\nPotted Lobster, Shrimp, Prawns,\nAnchovy, Yarmouth Bloaters, Sardine Paste, Salmon and Shrimp,\nAnchovies in olives and oil.\nIN TINS\nFrench Sardines in oil and truffled, Norwegian Sardines, Canadian Sardines in oil, American\nSardines, Mayonnaise, Sousod and\nin Tomato, Blue Point Oysters,\nCove Oysters, Shrimps, Crusader\n& Fleur do Lis Salmon, Little\nNeck Clams, Scotch Kippered Herrings, C. & B. Kippered Herrings,\nplain and in Tomato Sauuce, C. &\nB. Bloaters, Scotch Devilled Herrings, Golden Haddles, Canadian\nHerrings, plain and in Tomato\n-sauce. Oyster and Real Turtle\nSoups.\nSALTED\nAcadian Cod, in 2-lb. box; Blue- i I\nnose, In 1 and 2-lb. bricks; Whole\nCod, Labrador Herrings, Mack- \\ [\nerel, Smoked Her rings,Herr ing In \u25a0 .\npails and half barrels, Mackerel\nln palls, Salmon Bellies In kits,\nLoch Pyne Herrings.\nSAUCES and RELISHES\nC. & B. Lobster Sauce, C. & B.\nShrimp Sauce, C. & B. Anchovy\nSauce, Lea & Perrin's Worcester\nSauce, half pints, pints and quarts, ] I\nLazenby's, Hudson's Bay Co.,\nRowat's, Yorkshire, Tarragon &\nChili Vinegar, C. & B. Vinegar,\nCurry Powders, Tabasco Pepper\nSauce, Chill Sauce, Blue Label\nTomato Catsup, C. & B. Walnut\nCatsup, Salad Dressings.\nThe Hudson's Bay Stores\n****************************************************\nImperial Bank of Canada\nHEAD OFFICE TORONTO\nCaplUI Authorized |,0,000,M\u00ab\nCapital Paid Up $5,000,000 Rest $5,000,000\n0. R. WILKIE, Praaldant HON. RORT. JAFFRAY, VlM-Prta.\nBRANCHES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA:\nArrowhead, Cranbrook, Golden, Kamloops, Michel, Nelson, Revelstoke,\nVancouver and Victoria.\nSAVING'S DEPARTMENT\nInterest allowed on deposits at current rate from date of deposit\nNELSON BRANCH 3. M. LAY, Managar.\nCanadian Bank of Commerce\nHead Office, Toronto.\nEstablished 1867\nPaid up Capital $10,000,000\nReserve Fund 6,000,000\nB. E. WALKER, President\nALEX. LAIRD, General Manager\nBranches throughout Canada and tn the United Statea and England.\nSAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT\nDeposits of $1 and upwards are received and Interest allowed at\neurrent rates. Accounts may be opened In the names or two or more\npersons, withdrawals to be made hy any one of the number or by the\nsurvivor.\nJ. L. BUCHAN, Manager Nelaon Branch.\nBANK Of MONTREAL\n(Eatabllehed 1817)\nSnpltal All Paid Up ... .$14,400,000 Rest $12,000,000\nHEAD OFFICE MONTREAL\nRt Hen. Lord Strathcona and M ount Royal, Q. C. M. \u25a0. Hen. PreelatoM\nHen. Sir. George Drummond, K. C. M. G., President\nSir Edward S. Clouston, Bart., Vice President and Gen. Manager.\nBRANCHES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA\nArmstrong, Enderby, Greenwood, Kelowna, Nal-.on, New Denver,\nNleela, New Westminster, Rossland, Summerland, Vancouver, Varum,\nVictoria, Chlllawack, Hoamar.\nNELSON BRANCH L. B. DEVEBER, Manager.\nThe Royal Bank of Canada\nINCORPORATED 186\u00ab\nCapital $3,900,000 Reserve Fund $4,600,000\n2- ?' S=hJi P\"slden,t \u201e HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL\nE. L. PEASE, General Manager.\nPROGRESS OF SIX YEARS\nCapital and Reserve DepoBits. Total Assets\n1902\u201445,000,000.00 $14,000,000.00 $22,000,000.00\n1908\u2014$8,500,000.00 $37,000,000.00 $50,000,000.00\n8AVINGS DEPARTMENT\u2014Accounts may be opened with deposits\nof One Dollar. Interest allowed thereon at current rate. Depositors\nare subject to no delay whatever In the withdrawal of the whole or\nany portion of the amounts deposited.\nNelson Branch G. A. SPINK, Manager.\nSUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION\nWe Will Buy\nWe Will Sell\n2000 American-Canadian Oil Offer\n2000 B. C. Amalgamated Coal ....$ .04\n100 Jewel Syndicate Offer\n200 Western Oil, Ord'y 1.40\n100 Western Oil. P'fd 2.25\n1000 Rambler Cariboo 15\n100 n. C. Copper \t\n10 Consolidated Smelters\n500 Diamond Vale Coal ..\n1000 International Coal ..\n350 Nugget Oold Mines ..\n100 Le Rol Mining\t\n.$ 7.12V4\n. 89.00..\n.. .14%\n. .73\n. .80\n. 3.00\nNOTE\u2014We are In the market to liny South African Scrip, and will pay\nthe highest market price. At what price will you sell. Please call or use\nthe wires.\nMIGHTON & CAVANAUGH\nType-writers\nWe are Agents for\nTHE \"EMPIRE,\" Visible Writing, price $G0.0D\nTHE \"NEW FOX,\" Visible Writing, price $125.00\nTn their respective classes, these two machines are not surpassed in\nany* particular, and they stand unequalled in many points.\nIf you contemplate the purchase of a typewriter Investigate the merits of these two machines before you buy. It will most certainly well\nrepay you.\nW. O. THOMSON KStf*\nBookseller and Stationer\n\u00a9he \u00a9atljj $Uw0*\nftbUtM at Nelion Mvery Hernial\nKKJ*8\u00bbt Monday, fcv\nNewe Publishing Company, Limited\na? Q McMORRIB Heat-far\nTHE CORRECT TIME.\nA correspondent, who signs himself\n\"Inquirer,\" but who Is in reality one\nof Nelson's best known business men,\nwrites as follows In regard to the\ndouble time question:\n\"To the Editor of The Dally News:\n''Sir\u2014(Might I ask you to kindly inform your' readers how tire two times,\nwhich are being kept in this city, compare with God's time, as regulated by\ntlie sun? I am sure this information\nwould interest many.\"\nWithout desiring to appear sacrellg-\nious in dealing with the matter, The\nNews ventures the statement that tlie\nC.P.R. time is by all odds the nearest\nto \"God's time, as regulated by the\nsun.\"\nOn receipt of this letter yesterday,\nTlie -News consulted a man who should\nbe In a position to speak with authority on tho question and the reply was\nthat the C.P.R. time waa within a\nlittle over eleven minutes of being the\ncorrect sun time, while there is a difference of a little over 48 minutes between the city tim0 and the correct\nsun time.\nAll time in this country, it may be\nsaid, is figured from Greenwich, England. As a person travels west from\nthere the time varies, but in order to\navoid the confusion that would follow\neach -place having the exactly correct\ntime for the locality, what Is called\nStandard time has been adopted, and\nchanges are only made on the meridians which count an even hour, all\nthe time between these two points being the same as that of the even hour\nmeridian to the east. It therefore follows tlmt In some places there may be\nalmost an hour's difference between\nthe time in use and the correct time.\nIn Nelson, for example, were the\nchange made in this particular division\nwnere it should be, at the 120th meridian, which runs along the eastern\nboundary of British Columbia In the\nnorth and through the southern portion to the International boundary line\nsouth of Keremeos. the difference between standard time and the actual\nsun time would be a little over 48 minutes. The result of moving tlie point\nof change from the neighborhood of\nKeremeos to Kootenay landinK Is that\niwhat is known locally as \"C.P.R.\"\ntime is a little over 11 minutes from\nbeing correct sun time.\nIn regard to the C.P.R. time system it may be said by way of explanation that west of Winnipeg there are\ntwo changes of time, one at Broadview\nand the other at Laggan on the main\nline and at Kootenay landing on the\nCrow's Nest line. To he correct the\nC.P.R. should change Us time about\nBrandon and ut Ducks on the main\nline, the corresponding -point in the\nsouth being about Keremeos, The\nC.P.R. receives the correct time every\nday from Greenwich through McGill\nuniversity and it is flashed all over\nthe system at a -certain hour, every\nagent being required to set his clock\naccording to It. The time secured ln\nthis way is what is known in Nelson\nas C.P.R. time.\nBROKERS\nNaUtON, \u25a0. 0.\n\u25a0hone 111\nCIVIL SERVICE REFORM.\nPremier McBride and his government are to be congratulated on the\nadvanced legislation they have introduced dealing with the civil service of\nthe province. By putting the service\nunder a commiEsion and providing for\nqualifying examinations for entrance\nand promotion they have eliminated\nas far as possible politics from the\nservice. This Is as it sbould be.\nThe act which Is now before the legislature, provides that once a man baa\nentered the service his -position is assured and his promotion guaranteed\nhim providing he can meet the tests\nImposed by the commission' In this\nway every, man entering tbe service Ib\ncertain of advancement If he can earn\nit. No man can reasonably ask more.\nProvision for old age is also made\nin the shape of -pensions, after the\ncompletion of a certain number of\nyears' service, based upon the salary\nthe recipient was receiving at the\ntime of his retirement. The benefit of\nthe pension scheme is twofold. It is\nan encouragement to men to remain\nIn the service, for they will know that\nthey will be provided for in their old\nage, and it will also make it \u2022possible\nfor the government to keep the service\nup to its proper standard by retiring\nmen who have passed the prime of life,\nwithout doing injustice to old and\nfaithful servants of the province.\nThe result of the reforms introduced\nby the government will be to place the\n\u25a0public service of the province on a\nbetter footing, ail round. In this matter, as in so many others, premier McBride and his colleagues have shown\nthat they are a government that does\nthings.\nEDITORIAL NOTES.\nThere is a time limit to the discussion that is now agitating Nelson. It\nis Thursday evening next.\nNine years ago today the final\ncharge of the Canadians at Paardeberg\n\u25a0brought tlie surrender of general\nCronje and his army of 5000 Boers, and\nwith it the beginning of the end of the\nSouth African war. Today Boer and\n\u25a0Briton are working together toward\nthe upbuilding of & United South Africa, owning allegiance to the British\ncrown. Time, sometimes even a short\ntime, works great wonders.\n\u2022So frequent have been the fatal accidents on tlie government section of\nthe Grand Trunk Pacific line east of\nWinnipeg, that the Fort William Herald, a strong liberal paper, culls for\nan investigation. The ground for this\ndemand for an investigation was the\nrecent killing of seven men in one explosion.\nA glance at a return recently submitted to parliament throws some\nWhat Our\nTrade-Mark\nMeans to You\nTT means that the flour contained in bags and barrels\nso trade-marked is decidedly\nwhiter, a great deal stronger\nand more nutritious than\nother flours.\nIt means that the flour has been\nproperly aged to mature its\nlull strength.\nIt means\n\"More bread\nand better Bread\"\nand better pastry, too.\nIt means elimination of uncertainty\u2014' 'your money back\"\nif Purity fails to give entire\nsatisfaction.\nCosts more than the other kind,\nbut worth the difference.\npuRiry\nFUOUR\nWestern Canada Flour Milla Co.,\n\u2022Mwr Tint, that Wwr,' ,\nTbe Fame ol\nipoons, forks, knives, etc.,\ntearing the trade mart\nfor eioulsile designs, slyle,\nfinish and long wear\nIs World Wide.\nj The standard lor 60 rears.\n' la buying frays, laraaas, coffM 1\nsell, ale., as. tor feeds atadaef i\nMIRIDtN BRITS CO.\n^E8T EQUIPPED UNDERTAKING\nAND EMBALMING PARLORS IN THE\nKOOTENAY.\nW. J. BOYLE, UNDERTAKER.\nNight Phone 252 Day Phone 85\nStandard Furniture Co.\nnelson, b. c.\nlight on the manner in which the Intercolonial railway is being operated\nat the present time. Ordinarily there\nareabout 800 extra men employed on\nthe road, but hist summer that number went up by leaps and bounds as\nthe 'date of the election approached,\nthe total for October, election month,\nbeing 2922. Is it any wonder that the\nroad does not pay?\nHOCKEY BY WHOLESALE\nWANDERERS OFFER INTER TEAM\nTO HAILEYBURY.\nFIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IS THE\nPRICE ASKED.\nMONTREAL, Peb. 2fi\u2014All offers, real\nand Imaginary, for hockey players to\njump to tlie Temiskanilng league were\nput in the shade by a counter offer\nwired from Montreal to Halleybury\nyesterday afternoon, when the Wanderers signified their willingness to send\nthe whole of their Stanley cup seven\nto represent Halleybury against Cobalt\nin a return match to be played In Co-\nbnlt this evening.\nRidiculous stories of clearly imaginative origin hnve been published regarding offers to players of Montreal\naud Ottawa to jump to the clubs in\nthe silver country league, but the offer made by the Wanderers yesterday\nwas a genuine one and up to midnight\nlast night the players and executive\nwere prepared at a moment's notice\nto make tbe long jump from Montreal\nto Cobalt. Tlie offer was wired to Hatley-\nbury, the Wanderers stating $5,000 as\ntheir price to play their team In Cobalt\none match and meet all expenses. The\noffer, however, was declined.\nDORANDO'S FIRST RUN.\nIt was to Post Urgent Letter for His\nEmployer,\nIt is a curious fact thnt most of the\nmen who have found famtf and comparative fortune in footracing discovered their talent in an unusual\u2014If not,\nIndeed, a dramatic\u2014manner. Another\nInstance of this Is the circumstances\nwhich prevailed on Dorando to don the\nracing shoes and his efforts have been\ncrowned wtth such success as to gain\nhim a world-wide popularity (with, perhaps the exception of America.)\nNearlng the close of a certain day\nnot long before he was the hero of the\nmoment In London, his employer, who\nis a confectioner, gave to Dorando a\nletter to posit, acquainting hlni at the\nsame time that the letter was urgent.\nTlie post in Dorando's native village\nconsists of a mail which has a large\ntract of country' in its care, but the\ntime that it Is due at the different stations Is well known. When Dorando\narrived at the mall station, he was annoyed to find the mail gone. He had\nbeen informed that the letter was urgent, and, rather than cause his employer any inconvenience, he decided\nto hasten with the letter to its destination\u2014a village about IB miles distant.\nHe set off at a brisk walk, which soon\ndeveloped into a trot, which he easily\nmaintained until he reached the village,\nand personally delivered tbe letter.\nHaving experienced very little fatigue,\n\u25a0he decided on making the return Journey right away, and the racing spirit\nwhich so impressed the thousands at\nthe Olympia now asserted Itself, and\nhe arrived ln his village in a space of\ntime that was remarkable.\nThis, Dorando's Inital feat of endurance, soon became known, and he was\nadvised to try his pace in open competition.\u2014Scottish Referee.\nSAME OLD JOHN L.\nFamous Fighter is Holding Forth In\nVancouver.\nJohn Lawrence Sullivan, once king\nof all prize-fighters, Is holding forth\nat the Pantages theatre this week with\nhis old-time ring opponent Jake Kllraln, and the pair promise to do some\nbig business during the week, says the\nVancouver Province. The veteran is\njust as willing as ever to talk of the\nring, and he holds court dally to a multitude of admirers.\nThe veteran's proudest boast Is that\nhe was never knocked down in a fighit,\neven when he lost to Corbett. Said\nhe last night In reply to a question:\n\"Was I ever knocked down by Corbett?\nI was never knocked down in my life.\nIt wns claimed that Mitchell knocked\nme down,'but that was more of a slip\nthan anything else. Corbett. did not\nknock me down, it was a collapse on\nmy part. I just sank to the floor, ami\neverybody knows It. The blow that it\nwas claimed that Mitchell knocked me\ndown with, landed on my chest. I had\nboth feet (close together. I was not\ndown a second, but jumped up and\nwent nt hlni.\"\nCurlers Start Home.\nCanadians Are Bringing Handsome\n.Trophy With Them.\nLIVERPOOL, Peb. 26.\u2014The Canadian\ncurlers who have had a highly successful tour in Scotland and England, left\nhere tit home on the steamer Empress\nof Ireland.\nThe silver trophy presented by lord\nStrathcona and Mount Royal to the\nRoyal Caledonia Curling club and\nwon by the Canndinn team touring the\nOld Country, Is about 20* inches iu\nheight and 14 1-2 inches in diameter.\nThe decoration, which Is chiefly Cel-\nTbls woman says she was saved\nfrom an operation by Lyditt E.\nPinkham's Vegetable Compound.\nMrs. Frank Kinsley, Lindsay,\nOntario, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:\n\" When 1 wrote to you some time\nago, I was a very sick woman suffering*\nfrom female troubles. I had inflammation of tbe --feminine organs and could\nnot stand or walk any distance. At\nlast X was confined to my bed and the\ndoctor said 1 would have to go through\nan operation, but this I refused to do.\n'' A friend advised Lydia E. Pinkham's\nVegetable Compound. After using\nthree bottles of it, I feel like a new\nwoman.\n\" I most heartily recommend Lydia E.\nPinkham's Vegetable Compound to all\nwomen who Buffer with female\ntroubles.\"\nFACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.\nFor thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made\nfrom roots and herbs, has been the\nstandard remedy for female ills,\nand has positively cured thousands of\nwomen who have been troubled with\ndisplacements, inflammation, ulceration, fibroid tumors, irregularities,\nperiodic pains, backache, that bearing-down feeling, flntulencyfindiges-\ntion, dizziness ornervous prostration.\nWhy don't you try it?\nMrs. Pinkham invites all sick\nwomen to write ber for advice.\nShe hns truided thousands to\nhealth* Address, Lynn, Mass.\ntic, in character, is most artistically applied. A band of runic entwined work\nencircles the upper part and Is continued on the handles, while going\nright round the top is the wording in\napplied letters: \"Presented by lord\nStrathcona and Mount Royal to the\nRoyal Caledonia Curling Club.\"\nThe arms of his lordship and the insignia of the club are chased In bas-\nrelief on opposite sides of the\nbody, which Is screwed to a silver\noctagonal base of eight panels, on the\nmost important of which are chased\nrepresentations of Harvey'B famous\nScottish curling scene, a Canadian\ncurling scene, and also representations\nof Edinburgh and Stirling Castles.\nOn two minor panels are shown a\nbeaver and maple tree, and a Scotch\nfir with thistle foreground. The two\nremaining panels are reserved, one for\nthe winners' names and the other for\nan inscription which reads: \"Present-\n(Contlraied on Page Five.)\nCO A L\nICC, COKE\nand WOOD\nWe \u00abm la ilwt ul Cu. mm rmitlr tit Will Hum MIT CPU\nlhe Kootenay Ice & Fuel Co. N.K.S\u00abkh,r\u00bb\u00b0JwM*\nMills at St. Boniface, Godirich, Brandon,\nOffice, Winnipeg. Manitoba\nEverybody Will\nWear Specs Some Day\nPresent statistics show that there is a wonderful increase in \u00bb\nthe number of pt-ople who depend on glasses for good\nvision. Take enlightened Boston, \"The Hub,\" for instance. There are more people wearing specs there than\nin any other city of its size. Wheie learning and progress\nare, you will find the most people wearing glasses. Are\nyou going to stay behind till you have to have them and\nthen maybe find you have waited too long, that some\nsmall trouble has grown on till glasses won't remedy it.\nIf You Don't Need 'Em We Tell You\nDon't fail to see our bargain window this week\nJ. J. Walker401 Baker st\nGraduate Optician and Jeweler\n SATURDAY ...il FEBRUARY 27\n\u00a9\u25a0he $ cxuy $terw.\niffl\nf ay Lore. Strathcona and Mount\nRoyal to tlie Royal Caledonia Curling\nClub to commemorate his presidency\nof the club and of the first visit of a\nCanadian curling team to Scotland,\nJanuary, 190ft.\"\nToe Hold Proves Fatal.\nIn the presence of cheering spectators a wrestler in the Hull House gymnasium, Chicago, attempting to struggle out of a \"toe hold,\" strained so\nthat his heart became affected, and\ncaused his death while he still lay In\nthe grip of his adversary.\nRoth were excellent wrestlers, and\nin previous contests won an equal number of falls. Their bout, as they jokingly explained to their friends, was\nto \"settle the championship,\" Many\nfriends of the two gathered at the gymnasium to see the contest and wager\non their favorite, Barber Eusain began bygettln a knee hold and for several minutes the contest was furious.\nThen John, who was slightly heavier,\nescaped from Barber's grip and secured\nthe \"toe hold\", made famous by Gotch.\nBarber kicked and fought, but was help-\nleas, and John won, when Barber went\nlimp. John Busian Is held at the Maxwell atreet police station to await the\ncoroner's Inquest.\nNo One Wants Medal.\nThere are many men who want to b?\nbilliard champions of the world, but\nthere Is not one of them who wants\nthe medal which Is emblematic of the\ntitle. The piece of jewelry Is too big\nand heavy to wear. It is too costly to\nput on exhibition, and It. becomes a\nconstant worry to the man who owns\nIt.\nAll Favor Tecumsehs Trip.\nTORONTO, Feb. 26.\u2014Manager Quer-\nrle of the Tecumseh lacrosse team,\n\u25a0has returned from his visit to eastern\nmembers of the National Lacrosse\nunion nnd reports having found the\nNationals, Shamrocks and Montreals a\nunit In the opinion that the Tecumsehs\nBftould go to New Westminster In an\nendeavor to capture the Minto .cup. .\nNotes of Sport.\nA return match for the world's wrestling championship will probably be ar\nranged In a few days between Frank\nGotch, holder of the title, nnd Hacken\nschmldt, the \"Russian Lion,\" who was\ndefeated by Gotch in the last meeting.\nCharles A. Bender, the great Indian\npitcher of the Philadelphia American\nleague, announces that he has quit\nplaying baseball. Pie says be Intends\nto devote his time to match shooting,\nwhich he finds is more agreeable to\nhis health. Connie Mack, manager of\nthe Philadelphia Americans, said lie\nthought Render meant what he said.\nProviding nothing interferes with the\n\"Philadelphia\" Jack O'Brien-Stanley\nKetchell six-round bout March 17, boxing critics will have a good opportunity to judge Stanley as an opponent of\na really skillful boxer. He has already\ndemonstrated that he can bit as hard\nas any man of his weight and assimilate punishment as does a sponge water,\nbut how he will stand before a past\nmaster of ring science remains to be\nseen.\nOld Jake Kllraln avers that, the fighters of today are in danger of becoming\nmollycoddles of the worst kind, ln support of this he cites numerous instances of the days when they wore spikes\nIn their soles and jabbed each other\nplayfully in the calves when the referee wasn't looking. Jake has numerous\nunkind things to say about tiie present-\nCUSTOMS SALE BY\nPUBLIC AUGTI0N\nTo be sold by public auction under\nthe provisions of the Customs act at\nNelson, in province of British Columbia,\non\nSaturday, Mar. 6,2 p.m.\n(Cily Time)\n'the following goods which have been\nforfeited or which are in default for\npayment of duties under the Customs\nlaws, viz.: Packages of freights and\nexpenses\nFREIGHT\n11. C. Riblet, 1 steel plate.\nC. P. R., order H. E. McDonnell, 1\nbath cabinet.\nAgent C. P. R., 1 castings.\nC. P. R., order II. E. McDonnell, 2\ncastings.\nW. G. Adams, 1 pair oars.\nP. Burns & Co., t roll paper.\nC. A. Barton, ti brake shoes.\nNelson lion Works, 6 bars steel.\nJno. Furnlss, 1 old stove.\nD. McLennan, 1 wire mattress.\nE. Valade, 1 case hats.\nC. E. Alexander, 1 roll carpets.\nAgent S. F. & N. Railway, 1 cabinet.\nR. Dalzlel, 3Mr Oct. whiskey.\nR. Dalzlel m Oct. gin.\nLa Plata .Mines, 5 bundles mining\nscreens.\nOred Nelson, 1 bundle steel,\nG. C. Bowler, 1 table cruet.\nXV. G. Thomson, 1 case printed matter.\nB, F. & Co., 30 cases whiskey.\nE. F. & Co.,1 case advertising matter.\nAgent W. C. Bowles, 1 small desk.\n13. A. Isaac, 2 bundles rawhide belt-\nlug.\nNelson Iron Works, 1 bundle castings.\nC. E. Little, 1 phonograph.\nAllis-Chalmers-Bullock Co., 2 bundles\nsteel screens.\nC. P. R., 1 box lantern parts.\nE, F. & Co., 40 cases gin.\nEXPRESS\nJ. Laird, 1 steel screens.\nG. F. Yahnra, l musical Instrument,\netc.\nD. O. Johnstone, 1 dental goods.\nThe Royal, 1 shoes.\nCity of Nelson, 1 machine parts.\nCrawford Aerial Tramway Co., 1 machine parts.\nJ. A. Gilker, 1 electrotype.\nJ. Lepakowskl, 1 musical Instrument.\nW. McNus. 1 tobacco.\nday generation of fighters, but tt\ndoesn't really hurt except when he de-\nrtdeB those pretty crouching attitudes\nthat look so well In pictures.\nA'LBUQURQUE, N. M.\u201e Feb. 26.\u2014\nWillis Britt, manager of Stanley Ket-\nchel, middleweight champion of the\nworld, announced that upon Jack Johnson's arrival from Australia he will issue a challenge to him on behalf of\nKetchet to battle for the heavyweight\nchampionship.\nMarket is Weak.\nLONDON, Feb. 26.\u2014The news Is officially confirmed that 77 1-2 per cent,\ncf the new Grand Trunk Pacific $7,-\n000,000 issue has been left on the underwriters hands. The bonds are now\nquoted at a discount of 1-2 to 2 1-2 per\ncent.\nGunboat Ashore.\nNEW YORK, Feb. 26.\u2014A United\nStates gunboat went ashore on Hogs\nback, in Hell Gate, early tonight. A\ndozen tugs have gone to her assistance,\nand several ot them are trying to tow\nthe vessel Into deep water. The weather Is calm and clear and the crew Is\nin no danger.\nThe 1)111 al the iiiime Cafe today Includes\nFresti Carp, Pike, Perch, Shell Oysters,\nCrabs, Steamed Clams, Redsnapper, Fresh\nBlirlmpa, aii-;t\nThe Particular\nHousewife\ndemands the best to be found on the\nmarket.\nWe have the good things that will\nhelp her to make the daily fare more\nnearly ideal.\nEvery meal will be a satisfaction and\nevery purchase an economy, if you do\nyour shopping here, where tbe stock\nIs \"turned\" so often that goods are always fresh.\nGive us a trial.\nJoy's Cash Grocery\nCorner of Josephine and Mill Streeta.\nP. O. Box 637. Telephone 19\n\u2022JhJ. \u2022j..j\u00bb.*\u00ab.'j. aj. ,*. <$, \u25a0{\u25a0 \u2022*\u00ab\u00ab$\u2022*;\u00ab \u2022$>\u2022{\u2022 .j. *j\u00ab iJmj* \u2022{\u25a0\u2022j. -j. \u2022*\u00ab *$\u2022 .j. .j. \u00abj*\n1 Three\nSplendid\nColumbia\nDouble-Disc\nRecords\n(Play on any Disc Machine.)\n,A 587\u2014Herd Girl's Dream. Invincible Eagle March.\nA 595\u2014Sing Me to Sleep.\nWhere Are You Going My\nPretty Maid.\nBoth of these are 10-inch\ndiscs.\nPrice 85c Each\n5083\u2014Rainbow. Kerry Mills 5\nBarn Dance. \u00a3\nT\nThis is a 12-inch record.\nPrice $1.25\nt\n$\nNo better or more popular \u2666\nrecords have ever been made. 4\u00bb\nSend for one. You will be sure\nto like It.\nFLETCHER BROS,, |\nVictoria, Sole Distributors.\nW. G. THOMSON, local agent\n\u2666^\u2666^\u25a0*J*'^'><'*^*-*f<\">*M'**<\">'I*'^4'*^\nNOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.\nTenders for Shops East of Winnipeg.\nBBAIiETD TENDERS ndressed to the undersigned, and marked on the envelope\n\"Tenders for Shops,\" will .he received at\nthe office of Tlie Com miss Ion era ot the\nTranscontinental Railway nt Ottawa until\n12 o'clock noon on the 10th day of March,\n1W9, for the construction and erection\ncomplete, in accordance' with the plans\nand specifications of tlie Commissioners,\nof shops east of Winnipeg*.\nPlans, details and speculations may be\nseen at the onice of Hugh D. Lumsden,\nchief engineer, Ottawa, Ont., and Mr. S.\nR, Ponlin, district engineer, Winnipeg,\nMan.\nPersons tendorlng are notified that tenders will not lie considered unless made\non the printed forms supplied by the\nCommissioners, which may he had on application to Mr. Hugh D. Lumsden, chief\nengineer. Ottawa; Ont.\nEach tender must ibe signed nnd sealed\nMEAGHER & CO.\nNEW SPRING\nDRESS GOODS\nWhat about your new dress for Easter? Have you been to look\njver our fine selection of dress goods? Have you decided what It Is\nto be yet? Dressmakers are getting awfully busy now, it won't do to\ndelay, better come in right now and decide, if you want your dresa\non time. i\nSatin Cloths\nare still to the fore as the popular material, and they are certainly the\nswellest things out. We have them In large variety, plain and striped, the striped being the more fashlnable; in colors browns and tana\nare perhaps favorites, hut we have any color you wish.\nSatin Broadcloth\nis a sure winner, and a dress of tbis made to fit you properly after\nthe latest models will make a sensation, the new Taupe shade is\nparticularly effective, and the green, and wood-brown shades are also\nvery sweet in this cloth.\nWe have the following materials for you to choose from, everyone is the very latest thing out, you can't fail to be pleased with them\nBROADCLOTH\nDUCHESS SATIN CLOTH\nSTRIPED VOILES\nPLAIN CHIFFON PANAMA\nVENETIAN\nSTRIPED SATIN CLOTH\nSTRIPED CHIFFON PANAMA\nFANCY WORSTEDS\nCome down this morning and have a nice quiet time looking them\nover, best not delay.\nPrices from 65c to $2.00 per Yard\nThe Store of Quality Kg\nSnaps in Dried Fruits\nEvaporated Apricots, per lb *$G\nEvaporated Peaches, per lh -|50\nCooking Figs, per ib t ioc\nSeeded Raisins, *J packets for 25c\nChoice New Cabbage and Rhubarb.\nQUALITY GUARANTEED.\nA. S. HORSWILL :: Phone 10\n

\\\ned to ih\nreject any or\nBy order,\nP. !\u2022;. RYAN, Secretary.\nThe Commissioners of the\nTranscontinental Railway,\nDated at Ottawa, 30th, January, IDOff.\nNewspapers inserting this advertisement\nwithout authority from tlie Commissioners\nwill not be paid for It.\nIn the Supreme Court of British Columbia.\nin ihe matter of Lillian Keating, deceased, mill in the matter of Uie \"Official\nAdministrator's Act.\"\nTake notico that by order of His Honour\nJ. A. Porln, Local .lodge nt Nelson, made\nthe Sill day of February, A. I>. 11109, 1\nwas appointed Administrator or the estate of Lillian Keating, (Incensed, and n\\\\\nalnst the said es-\nnte\nel iv\nuln\nfur\nIsh\nllled lo in\n30th day (,r March, 1900; nnd nil panics Indebted to the Bald estate are required to\npay the amount of their Indebtedness to\nme forthwith,\nS. P. TUCK,\nOfficial Administrator.\nDated tlie 19th day of February, a. i>.\n1900.\nNOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.\nNotice is hereby given that we, s. s. Taylor and James O'Sliea heretofore carrying on business as Taylor and O'Shea have\ndissolved partnership to take effect Wednesday, Ferbimry the 17th, 1909.\nS. S. Taylor will leave Tor Vancouver,\nB. C. after tbe May Asslies Court Is concluded! snd unlll that time will engage In\ntiie winding up of the business to dale of\nthe firm of Taylor and O'Shea; he will also continue tbe existing* Supreme Court\nwork of the llrm and until Ids removal\nengage in practice as to Supreme Court\nand General Counsel work hut nothing\nmore,\nJames O'Shea will continue the business of Taylor and O'Shea under his own\nname.\nDated this 16th day of February, A. D.\n1909.\nS. S. TAYLOR.\n252-20 JAS. O'SHEA.\nNOTICE\nTo the Electors of .the Municipality\nof the City of Nelson:\nA poll will he held on Thursday the 4th\nday .if March between the hours of Ha. m.\nand t; p, m.. city time, at the office of F.\nis. l.ys, 316 West Baker street, on tho\nquestion nf whether the city shall contlnua\nthe use of \"Mountain Time\" ns the standard nf time or revert to \"Paclllc Time'' locally known as c. i\\ n, time.\nOnly those whose names appear on tha\nvoters' list for lOOil will be allowed to vote.\nNo action will be taken by the City Council unless the votes polled number at least\nBy order,\nXV. E. WASSON, City Clerk.\nNelson, n. C. February 23rd, 1909. 26U-S\nNOTICE\nIN THE MATTER OP AU APPLICATION\nfor the issue of a Duplicate Ccrtiftoata\nof Title to Lot 1, Block IS, Nelson City.\n(Map 268.)\nNOTICE IS HiERIDBY G-IVBN that it la\nmy intention to issue ut the exjilraUon ot\none month after the flrst publication\nhereof a Duplicate of the Certlilcate of .\nrule to tlio above mentioned Iah in oia\nname of August Engle, which Certificate\nla dated the 19th Of June and numbera)\n515A. H. P. MACLEOD.\nDistrict Registrar,\nLand Registry Office.\nNelson, B. C,\nNovember 21st, 1*8. 9-l-'0*Mw\nNOTICE\nIn the matter of an application for \u2022\nDuplicate Certllkate of Title tor Blocfc\n\"A.\" Subdivision Lot 791, Group 1, Kootenay District. British Columbia, Map 813.\nNotice Is hereby given thnt It is my Intention to Issue nt the expiration of oat\nmonth after the first pubication hereof, a\nDuplicate Certlilcate of Title to the noava\nmentioned lands, In the name of Thomas\nEdward Wilkinson, which Certificate of\nTitle Is dnted the 12th day of June, IM*\n\u00abnd numbered S980A.\nH. F. MACLEOD.\nDistrict Kagiitrtr,\nLaid Registry Office,\nNeloon, B. C.\n^^^^ November Mth. 1MB.\nCompanies' Act, 1897.\nNOTICE Is hereby given that Hugh A\nStevenson of Alnsworth, In the provinc*\nof British Columbia, has been appointed tha\nnew attorney of tho Highlander Mill and\nMining Company, In the place of Henry\nM, Stevenson.\nDated nt Victoria, this 12th day ot November, A,D., 1908.\n8. Y. WOOTTON.\nRegistrar of Joint Stock CompantMt\n_-_\n *>MI SIX\n\u00a9he \u00a9atljj $len\u00bb.\nSATURDAY FEBRUARY 27\nToye, Taylor & McQuarrie\nA Beautiful Suburban Home\nNew 2-storey frame artistic dwelling; large hall, parlor, dining room,den.\nbathroom, kitchen, pantry, linen closet, and china closet on first floor; three\nlarge bedrooms with closets in^every room on second floor. 6 lots, perfectly\nlevel, all under cultivation and planted with fruit trees and small fruits,\nfenced, woodshed, chicken houses and runs, n.iso Zyphers egg Incubator and\nbrooder.\nSituated in Fairvlew, within one mile ot city post office,\nelectric light.\nCity water and\nPurchase Price $3,300\nTerms Arranged to Suit Purchaser\nToye, Taylor & McQuarrie\nRed Estate and Fire Insurance Brokers Nelson, B. C.\nI****************\nCANADA'S GREATEST WESTERN SCHOOL\nSprott-Shaw\nBUSINESS\nINSTITUTE\n(Vancouver, B. C.)\nHad fifty-four applications this term. (R. J. SPROTT, B. A., Mgr.) |\nUnable to supply thirty-eight of tliem. Send for catalogue. *\nPOLLY'S REBELLION.\nBy Sydney Dexter.\n(Copyrighted.)\n\"'Ebullition of pique!'\" Polly\npuckered her pretty face into a scowl\nand jabbed in her hatpin viciously.\n\"Temper, lie meant! As if I hadn't\nreason, and more! And he'll come tonight as usual, will he. in spite of my\nnote, which lie Is sure BayB much more\nthan I intended.\" glancing at an open\nletter on the dresser.\n\"Sure, are you, Mr. Htgh-and-\nmighty? Well 1 guess you'll see\u2014and\n1 guess when you arrive with your benignant favor all ready to hand out\nand find no little sinner anxiously\nwaiting foi- a you'll begin to think that\nmy note didn't say an atom more than\n1 meant!\"\nShe giggled a little, dashed her\nhandkerchief across her eyes, adjusted\nher veil and slipped out quietly. Very\nquietly, for not a soul should know her\nwhereabouts until she hart Indited and\ndispatched an epistle to Mr. Fred Han-\nion, giving liim to understand thoroughly that their engagement was forever at an end.\nThis epistle should be very dignified and emphatic, leaving no possibility of Hs being attributed to mere\npique.\nShe had been merely amusing until\nnow herself with that, new, Spanish-\nlooking young man who had such a\ndelightful accent and a gratifying admiration for Miss Polly.\nIt was great fun to engross him entirely and render him oblivious 'o the\ncharms of tho other girls. She had\nmeant nothing more at all, but now,\nsince it was to be all oft witii Fred\u2014\nto reign in the ancestral halls lie bad\nMr. Roiierique was very wealthy\u2014\n\u25a0perhaps she would eventually consent\ndescribed so glowingly.\nPolly was swiftly pursuing her way.\n\u25a0mindful that there was need of haste\nif she would reach her destination before it was \"scary\" dark, when a\ncouple of tlie girls appeared around\nthe corner and hailed her.\nShe shook her head and passed on.\na little vexed, for she was obliged to\nmake a long detour to avoid their\ncompany and her own inclination to\ntell things.\nNobody should know of the rupture\nwith Fred until she could exhibit the\nRoderique diamonds In her engagement ring. Then if Elsie Wilson, who\namired Fred openly, could capture him,\nlet her! Anybody was welcome to\nFred. Nevertheless, she felt a twinge\nof jealousy and sneered at. herself\nfor it.\n\"Wait. Poll, wall!\" She turned to\nsee three of the girls this time hurrying toward her with \"news\" on their\neager faces. She coolly deflected from\nher course again, but with a little\nBhrlek Annabel Hanlon fell upon her.\n\"Oh. Polly, isn't it awful!\"\n\"I should think so by your looks.\"\nPolly smiled, though she hearily disliked Fred's cousin.\n\"You've been so thick with him I\nthought you'd feel sort \u00b0f disgraced\u2014\nor 'mortified, anyway. I'm thankful I\nwas never intimate with him\u2014gambler, blackleg, thief \"\n\"What are you talking about, Annabel?\"\n\"Then you haven't heard\u2014and they\n. trailed him here, arrested him and\ntook him away handcuffed\u2014that fine\nSpanish gentleman, impostor, fraud,\nyou've gone to such length with!\"\nAnnabel laughed maliciously.\n\"And with whom any of you girls\nwould have been glad to go greater\nlengths if he had looked at you!\"\nPolly flashed and marched on.\nShe was intensely shocked and\u2014and\nFred had been right in Ills estimate of\nthe fellow. He would lw justified In\nhis position now; he wauld be more\nautocratic than ever! She simply\nmust assert herself and break the engagement, even if she afterward forgave him.\nAs she finally boarded the car she\nrecalled, with a throb of dismay, the\nlong country lane she would have to\ntraverse in the gathering dusk from\nthe trolley line io. her aunt's home.\nThe car was filled with suburban\nlaborers and she did not notice a trim,\nstraight young man who had persistently but cautiously followed her,\nswing himself on behind, where he\npresently appeared to be arranging\nsomething with a rough but honest-\nlooking man. who nodded and winked\nknowingly as lie pocketed a generous\nbill.\nThe young man squatted on the car\nstops out of sight; the other crowded\ninside and seated himself close to Miss\nPolly. She glanced at him anxiously\nas the men dropped off one by one,\nhoping he, too. would leave, but when\nshe alighted he sprang off and\nslouched away.\nShe looked doubtfully at the darkening road, half determined to go back\nwith the car. but discarded tlie idea\nwitli a toss. \"Run away aud turn\nright, around and run back. Polly\nPaget! Well, I guess not, miss! I\ncan sprint like a deer and in ten minutes I'll be in Aunt Marjarie's house.\"\nShe caught up her skirts and skimmed away, stopping suddenly with a\nfrightened squeal; the rough man had\nstepped into the road before her with\nan offer of his comapny.\n\"No! No! Thank you! I'm not\u2014\nat\u2014ail a\u2014fraid!\" cried Polly with\nchattering teeth. Even at that fearsome moment It occurred to her that\nthis was to lie expected, runaway heroines always have adventures. \"But 1\nnever meant to lie in the dark\u2014the\ngirls hindered me so,\" she moaned inwardly.\n\"Let me pass, sir!\" she demanded,\nstriving to be haughty, but quavering\nwoefully.\n\"I shall walk with you miss!\" He\nput a hand on her arm, and Polly\nscreamed wildly.\nSome one dashed up. knocked the\nimpertinent fellow down (with surprising ease), and she found herself\nclinging frantically to Fred.\n\"Why, Polly, darling! Is It possible!\" ho exclaimed simulating great\nsurprise.\n\"Oh, Fred, Fred! I should have\ndie if you hadn't come,\" Polly panted\npresently. \"But how\u2014how did you\nhappen to be here?\"\n\"Oil. I've been out to see a man.\" he\nsaid lamely. \"But say, kittens, 1 want\nto tell you that I was idiotically jealous of that Roderique fellow, that waB\nall. I was as much taken in as anybody\u2014I only let on different because\nI wns jealous. I thought him the sure\nthing, and was afraid he might \"\n\"Oh, but he couldn't, Fred!\" Polly\nasserted, promptly forgetting certain\nthings. \"And Fred. * I was running\naway because \"\n\"Never mind, little girl, who cares\na hang! If anything's said on account of your little flirtation with bint\nWe pay Special Attention fo Mall Orders\nPure Leaf Lard\nRendered In open kettle. Beef, pork\nand mutton; lhe best on the market\nAll goods bear the government stamp.\nWest Kootenay Butcher Co.\nI'll take the brunt of it. Yonder comes\nthe car and we'll go home and arrange\nour wedding.\"\nThey had the car to themselves, and\nwhen Polly essayed another embarrassed explanation of her running\naway. Fred laughed, softly whistling\n\"Pretty Polly Oliver.\"\nLOCAL MARKETS\nAs reported by P. Hums & Co unci\nJ. a. Irvine\nNBLSON, Feb, X\nMEAT AND POULTRY.\nMiiiiis. per lb 18 to .18\nBucon, per ib n to .no\nImperator Bacon H'J\nImporator Hum 22\nHref, per lb 8 to .30\nl\\ii*l(, dressed 12^ to ,18\nM'Jtttm, dressed, per lb 19 to .20\nVeil, per lb 12% to .30\nTurkeys, per Ib 36\nChickens, ppr lb 33 to .25\nGeese, per lb 20\nDucks, per lb 23\nFISH.\nHalibut, per lb.. v 12% to .16\nSalmon, per Ib 12% to .15\nManitoba White Fish, per lb lu\nBloaters, per lb If.\nSmoked Herring, per lb .....li>\nSmoked Jlnllbut, por Ib 2\\)\nSmoked Snlmop, per lb 30\nFitman Haddie, per lb 16\nHerring, per Ib 12%\nSmelts, per lb 12% to IB\nMackerel, per lb IS\nFresh Muddle, per tb 15\nShrimps, per lb 20\nI'rulbs, eueb 35\nFlounders, per ib u\nMINCE MEAT.\n9% lb pfiils \u00bb>\nW% lb palls 1.7b\n28 lb pails 3.60\nOYSTERS.\nEastern, per quart f.. .76\nOlympla, per quart .W\nFOODSTUFFS.\nLake of the Woods, per bag 2.00\nRoyal Household 2.00\nPurity Flour 2.00\nRising Sun 1.00\nGold Drop 1.76\nDAIRY PRODUCE.\nButter, crenmery, per lb 40\nButler, bulk, per lb 34\nButter, dairy, per Ib 30\nCheese, Canadian, per lb HO\nCheese, Swiss, per Ib 32\nEggs. Kansas, fresh, per doz -to\nEggs, ease, per doz 49\nLard, per lb 10 to .18\nVEGETABLES.\nPotatoes, ppr bag i.-\nAil kinua oi oilice iunua ruled and punch*\ned lor luo&u leai bludeis. ihe niosi complete book- binding euuipinuut in tlie In-\ntenor ot British Columbia. \u20149 Baker Bt.,\n\u25a0Neison, B. C, P. O. drawer UU. Phone 141\nASSAYfcHS\nMl. W. W11HKJW80N, IbaAXEK tPKO-\nvlncial) Metallurgical chuuibl. Charges\nUoia, Silver, Cupper or Lead, |1 aaon;\nGoia-BUver, \u00bbL6u; bUver-Lead, JLoO Zinc,\nU; Bliver-Lrtad-Zinc, S3; Uold, Silver-Copper or Lead, |2.&u. Accurate aaaays; ceroid! umpung, and prompt attention. P.O.\nBox Alius, neleon, B. C.\nASSAYERS' SUPPLIES\nB. C. ASSAX A CHiSAUCAL SUPPLX CO.,\nLtd., Vancouver, B.C. Agents ln British\nColumbia Ior tbe Morgan crucible Company, London, Jrdnglanu: F. W. Brauu,\nLos An-gelea and San Francisco; Baker\nand Adamaon'a C.P. Adds and Chemicals;\nWay's Pocket Smelters. Write tot w-\nformatlon about these smelters, invaiu*\nable to the prospector, assayer or miner.\nComplete assay outfits turnished at \u25a0hort\nnotice. ,\nDRUGS AND ASSAYERS' SUPPLIES\nWholesale and Retail\nWM. UUTHEKFOKD. WARD STREE-T,\n..Nekon. Laigest and best stock i\" U-oot-\neaay of UrugB, Medicines, Aesuy Supplies and Garden Seeds, Makers of Wild\nCherry, Spruce and Tar, the best cough\nsyrup Cuscara Tablets, the best laxative: Carnation Cream, Wltcii Hazel\nQrewn, i'erlect Cold Cream, Headache\nTabu-w, Kidney Tablets, Toothache Jeiiy,\nCom cure, \\*> tote uu, rtneuiuauo uu,\nCarbolic Ointment, Pile Ointment, Chilli\nblalu Cure, Condition Powdera, Bug\npoison, Hod Mite Killer tor Poultry\nHouses. Tree Spray, etc. Prescriptions\na specialty. Mail orders flUed promptly.\nLADIES CAN MAKE MONEY\noy selling to their friends Swiss Embroideries, tiimmngs, blouses, costumes, hand-\nKerchiefs] spiendid novelties, oiiered by\nin-ei-class .Swiss factory, uootia aunt by\nleiuni, tree of oi.arge. no pusluad nor\nauty, no trouble with customs house. 2a\npercent commission, payment by reiiu-\noursement on receipt ot goods. Write for\nsamples to Za Q, 2191, Rudolf Moose, St\nGull, Switzerland.\n' PRODUCE\nITABKBY * CO., WHOLESALE DEAL-\n\u00abrs in Butter, Eggs, Chee-se, produce and\nFruit. Houston Block, Josephine strest,\nNeison, B. C.\n- -GROCERIES\nA. MACDONALD A CO.-WHOLESALE\nGrocers and Provision Merchants-Importers of Teas, Cottees, Spioee, Dried\nFruits. Staple and Fancy Groceries, Tobaccos, Cigars, Butter, Eggs, Cheese and\nPacking House Products. Office and\nwarohuuse, corner of Front and Hall\nStreeta. P. O. Box 1095. Telephone as.\nLIQUORS\nm tbrouson * co.-wholkbalb\nand Commission Merchants\u2014Importers\nand Wholesale Dealers In Wines, Liquors\nand Cigars. Kootenay agents for pabst\nMilwaukee Bear. Agents for the Bruns-\nwick-Balke-Collender Co., Billiard and\nPool Tables and Supplies, Bar Fixtures,\nCigar Counters, Bowling Alleys, etc.\nPrices and specifications on application.\nOtflco and retail department, Vernon\nSt., Nelson, two doors east of postoffice.\nTelephono 260. P. O. Box 1020.\nMINERS' FURNISHINGS\nA. MACDONALD A CO.,- WHOLESALE\nJobbers In Blankets, Underwear, MiUs,\nGIovcb, Boots, Rubbers, Overalls, Jumpers, Maaklnaws and Oilskin Clothing,\nCamp and Miners' Sundries. Office and\nWarehouse corner of Front and Hall Sts,\nP. 0. Box 1006. Telephone 28.\nMINING MACHINERY\nWASHINGTON MACHINERY A SUPPLY\nCo.\u2014Dealers In Engines, Band and Circular Sawmills, AtklnB' Saws, Wood and\nIron Pulleys, Leyncr Compressors and\nDrills, Pumps and Hoists. Prompt attention. Reasonable prices. Courteous\ntreatment. Spokane, Wash.\nNURSING\nNursing maternity cases ln town or out of\ntown. Mrs. B, Herrmann, Phone ASJ3,\nNelson, a a\nFOR SALE\nPETERBORO MAdT'mXJTOR CANOES.\nWe have them in stock made of cedar\nand cypress wood, painted or varnished.\n18 to 20 feet long, 44 Inch beam, 20 Inohee\ndeep, witli or without engine. Beau*\ntlfully made, staunch, sea going motoc\ncanoes. Prices reasonable. Come and Inspect or ask ua for quotations. Lindsay\nLaunch and Boat Compony, Limited, suo-\ncessors to il. L. Lindsay A Sons, foot of\nJosepnlne street, .Nelson, li. -L*. u. L.\nLindsay1, managing director, J2. L. smith,\nsecretury-treasurer.\nFOR SALE-The best land, in an old\ntried and well Improved district At\nMirror Lake, which has proved what other are only trying. Four boats dally to\nKaslo and Nelson. Land cleared! or uncleared and orchards in bearing. 2% miles\nflrom Kaslo; plenty of water; no summer\nfrosts; prices reasonable. Raw lands on\nKootenay lake with good roads and best\nof transportation at sio per acre up. K.\nK. BJerknesa or E. Norman, Corner Ba-\nker and Ward streets. Nelson. W-tt.\nFOR SALE-Several blocks of choice fruit\nands, .very easy to clear, In Kaslo district, on Kootenay lake. Lake frontage and\nbench lands; prices ranging from |t\u00bb f> S20\nper acre. Greatest snap ever offered in\nfruit lands In this famous fruit district.\nFor further particulars apply at Lindsay'**\nboat house, foot of Josephine street, Nelson, B. c. 152-26\nFOR SALE\u2014Gasoline launch\u201428 feet long,\n6 foot beam, 12 h, p. engine ln first class\ncondition. Price 1150.00. Address Launch,\nThe Dally News. ltttt-tf.\nFOR SALE-Forty-live minutes from Nelson. Excellent fruit land for sale at a\nsnap. Apply owner, Lawrence Delbrldge,\nBox 1661, Winnipeg, Man. BZl-it.\nFOR SALE\u2014Furniture of flrst class Nelson rooming house, with, long lease on I\nroom house und basement, centrally located. Furniture the best procurable and\nIn first class condition. All rpoms well\nrented. Address \"Snap,\" The Dally News\nNelson, I *KU-tf.\nFOR SALE\u2014Half interest in a fruit and\n\u2022 poultry farm; near town; or would leaae\nthe whole lot for live years. Apply Fruit\nand Poultry, Dally News. *4-ti\nFOR SALE-Or rent Helttsman ulaao.\nApply P. O. Box SUa, Nelson, U. C.\nFOR SALli>-Good violin, cheap. Box M.\nDally News oftlce.\nINVESTORS\u2014Shares for sale ut a bar-\nguln in a concern that will pay splendid\ndividends and double your money in a\nfew months. Absolutely safe and legitimate. Investigation solicited. For full\nparticulars address F., Box 0S7. 263-tf.\nFOR SALE\u2014Buck Criterion range nearly\nnew. Apply 313 Robson Btreet. \u00bb'\/-\u00bb\nFOR SALE\u2014$1,000 house and lots for Bala\nfor *j:i,ooo; $1,000 down balance on tlms;\neasy terms. Apply W. Hancock, Fair-\nview, xo-o\nFOR SALE\u2014One bedroom suite.chlffonier,\nwashing muehlne, ull nearly new, Apply\n313 Robson street. ttKJ\nFOR SALE\u2014Residence containing parlor,\ndining room, kitchen, pantry, two bedrooms (1 double room) and bath, electric\nlight, water, sewer. centrally located,\nwithin few minutes of schools, post ofllce\nor station. Apply F. B. LyB, 316 Baker\nstreet. hum.\nFOR SALE\u2014Young hogs, six weeks old;\nfrom pedigree sire; price $3,150 each. h.\nNixon, Perry siding, B. C. Kl-4\nessssag \u2014 i\nFOR RENT\nFOR RENT\u2014Furnished rooms and board\ntor gentlemen. 607 Carbonate street or\nP. O. Box 333. Uf-tf.\nFOR RENT\u2014Three furnished bedrooms\nwith bath. 7M Victoria street. 204-tf,\nFOR RENT\u2014Warm^ nicely furnished\n.steam heated front room in private family, all modern conveniences, centrally lo*\ntated. Apply P. O. Box 443. 221-tf,\nFOR RENT-Nicely furnished rooms, well\nheated, with bath. 214 Victoria, St. SM-tf.\nFCR RENT\u2014Five room cottage on Rob-\n' son street, $15 per month. Apply to\nBrydges, Blakemore and Cameron, Imperial bank block. 837-tf.\nWANTED\u2014MISCELLANEOUS\n10,000 POSITIONS FOR OUR GRADUATES\nlast year. Men and women to learn bar*\nber trade in eight weeks; tools free; mors\nim.sltiuii,- man We ran supply; graduates\nearn $16 to $26 wee'clv. Catalogue free,\nMoler System Colleges, 403 Front Ave.,\nSpokane.\nWANTED-At Uie Ymir General Hospital\na duly qimlllied doctor and surgeon. For\nfurther information write lo W. B. Mo-\nIsa-ac, Secretary Ymlr General Hospital,\n itflHf.\nWANTED\u2014To buy South Africa Scrip.\nWill pay $476 cash. Box 47, New Denver. 040-12\nWANTED\u2014Work ox or strong horse. H.\nG. S., Dally News. 264-16\nWANTED-At once, at the Tremont hotel, an experienced waiter. 25*6- tf.\nWANTED\u2014By well educated young .English lady the post of companion; good\npianist; would not object to travelling.\nAdress R., Post Oftlce, Castlegar, B. C.\n \u00bb7-S\nWANTED\u2014Situation as engineer and me-\n- chanlc. 3rd class B. O. papers, can install. Address E. L-, P. C. Box m, Nelson. 001-9\nWANTBD-$3,000 on llrst mortgage Improved ranch and $10,000 for a $12,000\nworth agreement of sale which will be\npaid in two more years; over half of purchase price paid; good interest allowed.\nApply S., Dally News. 260-8\nWANTED\u2014Pure bred Minorca pullets and\nmale bird, trio geese, trio ducks, threo\npair of squab pigeons and a reliable Incubator, State lowest price and all particulars. Box M. R. K., Dally Nowb. 260-B\nWANTED\u2014200,000,000 feet timber, with or\nwithout plant, logging and transportation facilities, muBt be good and price\nright. Also 100,000,000 feet with or without\nplant on royalty basis. Address Timber,\nNews Oftlce. 261-8\nWANTED\u2014Pupils for pianoforte und Organ by experienced teachor; elementary\nnnd sight reading and advanced pupils;\nlerins moderate. Hardy, DOS Gore street,\nP. O. Box 277. i 202-K\nWANTRD-Girl for light housekeeping\nand to help, with two children. Apply\nSOT) Stanley street. 292-3\nWANTED\u2014Edgerman; only llrst class experienced man. Apply J. B. Wlnlaw,\nWlnlaw, B. C. \u00bbM-tt.\nWANTED\u2014Young man wants situation on\nranch;, good-references If |ieedod, L, Hi,\nGuteltua Post Office. J *i*a\n SATURDAY FEBRUARY 27\nRhe \u00a9aH3j glettft.\nPAGE SEVEN\n^ti&i\nKootenay Coffee Co.\ndealers in all grades and varieties ot\nTeas and Coffee\nBoasters ct high grade coffee.\nThe '\"best in these household lux.\nurles at moderate prices.\nFresh roasted coffee at 35c to\n20c per lb.\nTeas, all, grades and varieties,\nat %2 to 25c per lb.\nPure ground and whole spices.\nBaking powder, cocoa, cream tap\ntar, baking soda flavoring extracts.\nKootenay Coffee Co.\n306 Baker Street\n.\nI.CS. Trained Men Win\nIf you're the untrained man and\nwant to advance, write to the International Correspondence school\nand learn how you can better\nyour position\u2014how you can have\nyour salary raised.\nOffice, Room 1, Wood-Vallance\n\u25a0lock, R. LAWRENCE, representative. Address: Box 741, Nelson,\nB. C. Phone B369.\nCarpet Cleaning\nBeating cairpeta hy hand (spoils the texture and does not remove the dirt.\nOur up-to-date Steam Cleaning Process\nremoves all the Impurities and restores the\ngoods to original colors.\n10c PER SQUARE YARD.\nWortc called for nnd delivered promptly.\nClothes of nil kinds cleaned, renovated,\ndyed and repaired. \u201e\nGents' Suits cleaned and pressed, 7oc to\n\u00bb2.00; dyed, $3.00. , .-'-\u00ab*,\nUndies' Skirts cleaned. $1.00; dyed, $2.00.\nGloves cleaned, 2iic to 50c.\nSpecial Rates 'for Hotels, Restaurants\n.and Steamers\nNelson Steam Laundry\nC01-603 VERNON BTREET.\nTelephone 146. P. NIPOU, Prop,\nKoitenay Lake General Hospital\nMaternity Branch\nPatients are now received at the foi-\nlowing rates:\nPrivate ward patients, week \u2014$20.00\n8eml-prlvate ward patients, week $15.00\nAddress applications to matron at\nhospital.\nCANADIAN\n^PACIFIC\nSpend tbe Winter\nIn California\nOr the Orient\n-Reduced Round Trip fares to Cali-\nfornian and Oriental Points\nFor further Information as to rates,\n\u2022flleepln-g car reservations, etc., call on\nor write\nW. H. DEACON,\ni. Agent, NelBon.\nJ. E. PROCTOR,\nD. P. A., Calgary\nCANADIAN PACIFIC\nATLANTIC STIAMSHIPS I\n\u2022From St. John. N. B. From Liverpool.\nFeh. 6 Lake Champlaln Jan. 20\nFeb. 12.. .. Rmprens of Ireland.. ..Jan. SK*\n(Feb. 2C.. ..Empress of Britain.. ..Feb. 12\njfar. 6 Lake Brie Feb, 17\nMa 12 Empress of Ireland Feb. 20\nMar, 20... Lake Manitoba..\u25a0 ....Mnr. 3\n\"Mar. 2fi.. ..Empress of Britain.. ..Mar. 12\nAp.r 3 Lake Champlaln Mar. 17\nApr. 9.. ..Empress of Ireland.. ..Mar.JW\nApr. 23.. ..Empress of Britain.. ..Mai*. 31\nFor further information regarding rates,\ndates of sailing, etc., apply\nW. H. DEACON. C. P. A., Nelson, B. 0.\n<3. MoL. BROWN. G. P. A., Montreal, P. Q.\nWANTED .\nLive Rocky Mountain Goats for zoological purposes. Permits to catch and\n\u2022export these anlmalB will be isBued by\nthe provincial authorities. Address:\nDr. doll French, Naturalist, Washington, D. C.\nFor Carnations\nLilly of the Valley and other cut flowers, Cinerarias, Cyclamen, Palms and\nFerns. Send to\nFRACHE BROS. Columbia, B. C.\nFloral designs (or uy purpose oa\nabort notice.\nDo You Shave Yourself?\nRemember-\nWE ARE HEADQUARTER8 FOR ANYTHING IN THE TON80RIAL\nLINE\nRazor Strops\nRazor Hones\nShaving Mugs\nSafety Razors\nStraight Razors\nShaving Soap in Cakes\nShaving Soap in Sticks\nAnd everything to make shaving a pleasure.\nAfter-Shave Lotions\nAfter-Shave Creams\nAfter-Shave Powders\nCosmetics\nBrilliaotines\nHair Dressings\nEtc. Etc. Etc.\nWhat Do You Intend Doing\nAbout Your Camera This Season?\nWE KNOW WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO.\nWe are going to add to our now complete stock a range of goods\nthat have no equal. We are going to revolutionize the photo business\nIn Nelson. We've made a careful study of this art. If your camera Is\nout of commission bring it to us we'll attend to It. If you don't understand developing we'll show you how to do the trick. If you can't get\nthe proper tone on your papers, ask us, we know how.\nFor Elegant Smooth Results\nUse Elegant Smooth Goods\nllford Plates, llford Papers, Paget Prize Paper (self toning)\nWellington Papers (self toning), Gaslight Papers, Printing Out Papers\nDevelopers, Fixers, Etc., Etc.\nWe Are Photo Specialists--Ask Us\nWE LEAD OTHERS FOLLOW\nPoole Drug Co. Ltd.\nPhone 25 Day and Night We're Always Here\n\"THE ARK\n90\nM. E. HOLMES, Prop.\nDealer In New and\nSecond Hand Goods\nIf You Want to Buy, Sell op Trade\nSee \"THE ARK\n99\nTURNER-BEETON BLOOK VERNON STREET NELSON, B. C.\nP. O. Box 937. Phone A395\n=TYSON BROS.-\nNext to Ewert's Jewelry Store Baker Street.\nDealers in Fresh and Cured Meats.\nGive us a call, Phone 8.\nJOHN BURNS\nContractor and Builder\nCabinet and turned work, office fittings, snsh and doors, brick and\nlime (or sale.\nB\u00bbtlmatct> Cheerfully Submitted\nOffice and Factory: Carbonate Street, Nelaon, B. O,\nMETALS\nNew York, Feb. 20.\u2014Silver, 50%; Electrolytic Copper, I'M to 12^, dull.\nLondon, Feb. 26.\u2014Silver, 2:1 5-116) Lead,\n\u00a318, 11a ad.\nFeb. 2G.-ClOHinR quotations on tlie New\nYork curb and Spokane exchange, reported by Mlghton and Cavunmigli.\nH.,i. Aski-d.\nAlberta Coal 0b .<>'J\nB.C. Copper 6.id T.w\nCan. Con. Smelters \"o.OO Ito.-U'J\nCopper King nt% .u^A\nDominion Copper tyi\u00a3 .i-n\nGertie 01% .i.,Vo\nGranby Uj.wj\nHecla :\\.w !).5il\nInternational Coal \u00ab*-> :,2\nKendall Uj l.uU\nMissoula Copper \\>.% m^\nNabob o-ijii .Uj\nOom Paul Ot .i\u00bb\nRambler Cariboo u% , iui4\nRex Loa .ti.,8\nSnowsboc w .<\u25a0 -n\nSnowstorm.. I..2 1.,;.\nStewart\t\nTamarack-Chesapeake ,.> .w\nOpening Copper Quotations Reported bj\nMcDermld and McHardy.\nGranby tw.w Wf.uu\nB. C. Copper 6.76 7.00\nDominion Copper 99% .ia%\nNELSON NEWS OF THE DAY\nThe Western Federation of .Miners meat\nn Miners' hall this evening. i\nThe seat plan tor the three days' visit\nof ihe Ban Fritnciseo Opera company will\nbe on view at Rutherford' this morning,\nThe Amalgamated Society of Uarpenterd\nana Joiners will meet ihis evening in Millers' hall at 7:30 C, P. R. time.\nRoy Sharp of the Wood-Vallance store\nleft yesterday morning for a short vacation tii]> lo Spokane.\nR, Lawrence of the international Correspondence Suhoul has returned from the\nBoundary and will be in the city for sonic\ntime.\nIn addition to the usual program tonight\nthe Arcade arc showing a hand colored\nHim entitled \"Enchanted Glasses,\" Miss\nMackenzie will sing and there will he a\ncandy matinee for Uie children al 2:39.\n3. XV. Holmes, Sr. who recently disposed\nof his interest in the Kootenay Wire\nWorks factory, has taken over the stock\nof the Si | un re-Deal second hand stoic. In\nthe Turner-Hetoii block, Vernon street,\nana has ictiaiued It \u25a0\u25a0The Auk.\" Blnce\n\"The Ark\" was \u2022\u25a0launched\" a large collection of new and second hand goods hits\nbeen gathered together for the benefit or\nthe thrifty buyer.\nThe county court opens in the new court\nhouse on Monday morning. The various\ngovernment officials Were busily engaged\nin moving into their new quarters yesterday anil hope to in- fully installed bv noon\ntoday. VV. W. Bradley,, acting government\nagent in the absence of Marry Wright,\nwill be located on 'the right hand side of\nthe building fiom the entrance, Full particulars of the positions of the various ot-\nllves will be published later.\nSpring Arrivals\nRtMorm Suits\nThe new suits for spring are full of\ncharacter and correct In every detail.\nTo the man who Is particular as to\nwhat he wears we would suggest to\nnote the snug fit of the collar, the way\nthe shoulders set and are shaped, and\nthe care given to the general finish.\nAll the little niceties in style quirks\nin make and trimming are honored;\nthe smartest styles going if you are\nlooking for dash or more modest styles\nIf you wish to tread the conservative\npath.\nWe take the greatest pleasure In\nshowing the new style features and fab-\nbrics to men who are Interested In and\nappreciate good clothes.\nRemember that tlie Hume Cafe is open\nfrom G a. m. until midnight. Watch for\nthe specials offered each day. We are\nserving the best Table D'Hole meals for\n60 cents for each meal of any cafe In tbe\nwest. 34S-tr.\nLondon Stock Market.\nLONDON, 'Feb. *_1S.-Tlie closing of\nLondon Btock market today was as\nlows:\nAnaconda\t\nAtchison i\nAtchison, pfd l\nBaltimore mid Ohio i\nC. P. it i\nChesapeake and Ohio\t\nChicago and Great Western\t\nChicago, Milwaukee and Kt, Faul 1\n1 Jei-ieers '.,. \t\nDenver and Rio Grande\t\nDenver and Rio Grande: pfd I\nErie :\nErie, 1st pfd\t\nErie, 2nd pfd\t\nGrand Trunk :\nIllinois Central 1-\nLouisville and Nashville 1!\nMissouri, Kansas and Texas\t\nNew York Cent in 1 1\nNorfolk and Western 1\nNorfolk and Western, pfd !\nOntario and Western\t\nPennsylvania\t\nRand Mines\t\nHeading\t\nSouthern Railway\nSouthern Railway,\nSouthern Paclllc.\nUnion Paclllc \t\nUnion Pacific, pfd\t\nUnited Slates Steel\t\nUnited States Steel, pfd\t\nWabash\t\nWabash, pfd\t\nSpanish Fours..., \t\nAmalgamated Cupper\t\nBar Silver, steady, 33 5-Hid, per\n- R%\n. lto%\n>\u25a0%\n. pfd,.\nThe South African war raised the national debt of Great Britain from 835 millions to nearly i!)< millions sterling. Tim\nfamous \"Saloda\" Tea has raised tho\nstandard uf tea consumption throughout\nthe entire American continent, iir\n$15.00 to $35.00\nrnfuu\nEMORY & WALLEY\nNelson. B.G\nTlie Hume Cafe have ex\ntuents for serving afterno1\nler the show parties.\nsalient arrange-\nn teas also af-\nLtii-*j.\nFIVE MINUTES LATER\nSEE IF THERE IS ANY STOMACH\nDISTRESS.\nA DIETED STOMACH GETS THE\nBLUES ANO GRUMBLES.\nThen- would not be a case of Indigestion\nhere If readers who are subject to Stomach\ntrouble knew the tremendous digestive\nvirtue contained in Dlapepsin, Tills harmless preparation will digest a heavy meal\nwithout the slightest fuss or discomfort.,\nand relieve the (tourist, acid stomach in\nlive minutes, besides overcoming all foul,\nnauseous odors from the breath.\nAsk your pharmacist to show you the\nformula plainly print.-d on each Wi-cent\ncase of Pape's Dlapepsin, then you will\nreadily understand why this promptly\ncures indigestion and removes such symptoms as heartburn, a feeling like a lump\nof lend in the stomach, belching of joh\nand eructations of undigested rood, water\nbrash, nausea, headache, hllioimnuss ami\nmany other had symptoms; und, besides,\nyon will not need laxatives to keep your\nStomach und Intestines clean and fresh,\nff your stomach is sour and your food\ndoesii't digest, and your meals don't tempi\nAmu, why not get a SO-cent case today\nA Woman's Sympathy\nAre you discouraged? Is your doctor's\nbill ii heavy tinnncUl load? Is your pain\na heavy physical burden? I know what\nthese mean to delicate women\u2014I hove\nbeen discouraged, too; but learned bow lo\ncure myself. 1 want to relieve your burdens. Why not end the pain and stop the\ndoctor's bill? I can do this for you and\nWill if you will assist me.\nAll you need do is to write for a free\nbox or the remedy which has been placed\nIn my hands to be given away. Perhaps\nthis one box will cure you\u2014ii pns done so\nfor others. If so, I shall be happy and\nyou will lie cured for 2a (the coat of a\npostage stamp). Your letters held confl-\n.letiliallv. Write tn-dnv for mv free trout -\ntient. MRS. P. e CCiULUI, Windsor, Or*\nfrom your druggist ami make life worth\nliving? Absolute relief from Stomach misery nnd perfect digestion or anything you\neat is sine to follow Use minnles after.\nand. besides, one ease Is often sufficient\nto cure a whole family of such trouble.\ntlon like ptapepshw which will always,\neither al daytime or during the night, relieve your stomach misery and digest you:\nmeals, Is about ;ls handv and valuable a\nthing as yon could have in the house.\nMurdered, Then Cremated.\nBAKBRSFIELD, Peb. 96.\u2014Mrs, M.\nEmpire Theatre\nIn quality of pictures we lead.\n, TONIGHT\nOpen 7 to 10.30, continuous performance.\nPROGRAM\n\"Blackeyed Susan,\" The well\nknown drama.\n\"Head Dresses.\"\n\"Daughter's Honesty.\"\n\"Music and Poetry.\"\n\"Double Suicide,\" (two very\nfunny pictures.)\nMr. E. Lupton will sing \"The\nWhite Spuall.\"\nMatinee today, Saturday, 2 to 5.30\nADMISSION:\nAdults ise\nChildren 100\nAlan Block.\nBaker St.\nARCADE\nNELSON'S POPULAR\nPICTURE THEATRE\nOur Reputation is Established\nPROGRAMME\nFriday and Saturday\n1. Farman's Aeroplane.\n2. Explosive Calf.\n3. In a Bogle-Man's Cave.\n4. Illustrated Song, by Miss MacKenzle.\n5. Two Orphans\n6. Wet Paint.\n7. Nobleman's Rights.\nCandy Matinee for Children\nat 2.30\nwhen special pictures will be\nshown.\nAdmission 10c and 15c.\nCommencing at 7.30.\nv \/\nWhite House\nCafe=\nIn conjunction with Turkish BaUl\nhouse. \\s\nALL WHITE HELP\nOpen night and day. Next\ndoor to post office.\nChimney Sweep\nCleaning furnaces, pipes and stoves;\nalso putting up stoves. Phone A114.\nJ. RADCLIFF\nNOTICE.\nKcotenay Lake General Hospital Society,\nNotice of Annual Meeting.\nIn nceonlmiufi witli the by-laws of tlio\nBoelely, iln* annual general meeting will\nbe in'itl in tiie board of trade room, on\nTuesday, (ith March, ut 3 p. in. Membership conditions\u2014all annual subscriptions of\ntbe sum \u00bb( jl*> nre niembura ot tlie society eligible to take part in the election\ndire\n; ii! |i>\u00ab' Ikj:\nmilled n> fro\nand In\nO. JOHNSTONE, Sec\nBeomau, a widow, anil her four children, residing seven miles from this city,\nlost their lives today in a fire that destroyed their homo. It is believed they\nwere murdered and the luuise set Are.\nMlnard's Liniment Cures Colds, etc\nWe Have for Rent\nFurnished House, Carbonate Street, five rooms, modern im=\nprovements, $30.00, including water.\nOffices, Alan Block, Baker Street.\nWe Want to Bay\nSouth African Warrants.\n$600.00\nMcDERMID & McHARDY BWSStVU,\ni\n*****< ******************************* tH4\u00ab\nZZZZi..\n. nvwiimm\n t \u00bbAOt IIQHT\n\u00a9he \u00aeau% Heme.\nSATURDAY ..... FEBRUARY 27\nFOR SALE\n22-foot launch, with 6 h. p. engine, speed S% miles per hour.\nGood, roomy, seaworthy boat, ln\nfirst-class shape.\nBox 626, Nelson.\nWANTED\u2014South African war\nscrip. We can get you top prices.\nWe have client who wants to\nrent small 5-room house.\nH. \u00a3. Croasdaile\n(8b Co.\n\"Unequalled (or general uhc\"\nGALT\nBurns AH Night\nCOAL\nMINES: LETHBRIDGE, ALTA.\nCars Shipped to all Railway Points\nW. P. Tlerney\nGeneral Sales Agent \u2022 Nelson, B. C\nLOTS\nHOUSES\nLAND\nF. B. LYS, Real Estate Agent\n315 Baker Street\nPlana of city and suburbs and full particulars on application.\nMaple Syrup\nand Sugar\nSPECIAL SALE\nWe are now offering our entire stock of Maple Syrup and\nSugar at greatly reduced prices\nwhile they last.\nMaple Syrup In Bottles at 40c\nand 25c.\nImperial Gallon at $1,75,\nMaple Sugar 5 pounds for $1.\nI \"\\>n't miss this opportunity,\n\"^\u25a0pto are also offering Nuts\nand fruit at remarkably low\nprices.\nRemember our Cakes are al-\nthe Best.\nChoquette Bros.\nNELSON, B. C.\nNelson Opera House\nReturn of the\nSan Francisco\nOpera Co.\nAll the old favorites and many\nnew ones.\n3 Nights 3\nand Wednesday Matinee.\nCommencing Monday, March 1st\nMonday\u2014\"Dolly Varden.\"\nTuesday\u2014\"The Strollers.\"\nWednesday Matinee\u2014\"Wang.\"\nWednesday Night\u2014\"Boccaclo.\"\n42 People 42\nStronger and better than ever.\nPrices, night\u2014$1.50, $1, 75c, 50c,\nMatinee, adults 75c, children 25c.\nSeats at Rutherford's Saturday.\nNELSON NEWS OF THE DAY\n.TampH Kay of\nHume.\n[rami Porks Ih at Uie\nNell Getlilng or slocan city is a guest at\ntin- Strathcona.\nI Johnson haa severed liis connection\nWilli the Arcade theatre.\n3. A. Fraser of Ymlr dame In yesterday\nana registered at tlie Hume.\nThe BOhools of the city, both public and\nhigh, will open at 9 o'clock Monday Instead or 9:39.\nThe temperature In the city yesterday\nranged hetween 'lii nnd 42 degrees above\n\u25a0 *xeco,\nE. K. Beeston In expected to return from\nWinnipeg about the middle of next week.\nJ, T. Black, provincial constable, of New\nDenver arrived last night with two prisoners, J, 3. Smyth and Arthur Branch who\nLenten\nSuggestions\n >\n1 > .\nFor Rent\nFive-roomed cottage on th\u00a9\ncorner or Stanley and Observatory streets, all Improvements,\n:: lao. .^.Ai-iE-a :\nFive-roomed cottage on Rob-\n! soil street, close to Stanley, all !\n; Improvements, ?20. \u25a0\nFive-roomed house and two <\nlots on Latimer street; all Im- !\n. provements, $20.\n1\nFive-roomed house ln the '\nHume addition, $15.\n1 * \" \u25a0\n\u25a0 \u25a0\nCodfish Acodla, per box % .35\nSalt Herrings, per doz 60\nSalt Herring, Holland, keg.. 1,25\nHerrings, In tomato sauce,\nC. A. Benedict\nGrocer\nCor. Josephine and Silica. Phone 7\nNEISON, B. C.\n1\nH. & N. BIRD\nNelson, B. C.\nPendray's Lime and Sulphur Solution\n\"Every Drop an Insect Killer\"\nTrees must be sprayed o r cut down. The season Is near when\nit is necessary to spray the fruit trees. This year we are handling\nPendray's Lime and Sulphur Solution a terror to Insects.a tonic to\ntrees; recommended by Mr. Thomas Cunningham, provincial fruit inspector.\nThe J. H. Ashdown Hardware\nCo., Ltd.\nNelson Branch\nWHOLESALE\nNelson, B. C.\nRETAIL\n35\nfo Oar Phone Number\nSingle or double cutters for hire,\nalso sleighs on call day or night.\nNELSON TRANSFER CO.\nnre committed tp ths\ndays on a charge of\nreturns to New Donv-i\nil jail for 80\nMr, Black\n(fill ni;.\nThe 1. O. Q. T, banquet In honor or thu\nfounding of the lodge will be held on Wednesday evening next.\nj. P. Swedberg and M\". Monalian ara\nleaving this morning for Halcyon not\nSprings. .1, U. Devlin Ih already at this\nhealth resort.\nWilliam )\u25a0:. Unrralne. manager for Lena\nDutnle, the well known singer of Irish and\nScotch songs, arrived in the city yesterday and registered nt tlie Strathcona.\nThe Empire will run a matinee this afternoon. Tonight B, I,iiiiton win Blng\n\"True Till Death\" nnd Messrs, Uollflway\nund Lupton will give the duet \"Nocturne,'\nWallace Murphy, representing Barber,\nEllin and company, Toronto, arrived on\nthi' train from Proctor Inst ntght, He Is\non hi-\u00ab periodical trip through British L'oo-\nlumbl'a.\nTlie voting on tlie double time Question\nwill take place on Thursday next between\nthe hours of i\\ a. m. and 9 p. tn, city time,\nm tbi< offices of l*'. B. Lye at 316 Baker\nBtreet,\nThe attention of the directors or tbe\nKootenay Fruitgrowers' association m\ncalled to the rail that the meeting originally culled for Monday next has been postponed until March 10,\nThe committee In charge of the arrangements for tbe social which Ih to be held\nin the k. of P. hall on Thursday evening\nr.ext by tbe local lodge of tbe Sons or England, Is actively engaged in the preparation of a program which promises to\nprove most entertaining. The members\n,of tlie lodge are requested to avoid\nmaking other appointments for that evening and to invite friends to accompany\nthem to tbe social which will commence\nSubdivision\nof Lot 3333\nEight miles weBt of Nelson, on\nwagon road.\nPer Acre\nLot No. 1\u201427 acres $50.00\nIM No. 2\u201423 acres 50.00\nLot No. 8\u201420 acres 60.00\nLot No. 4\u201417 acres, about 4\nacres ckcred, ploughed and\nharrowed 8\u00b0.00\nLots No. 6 and 6\u201423 acres.. 50.00\nLot No. 7 50.00\nWrite owner\u2014\nCabinet Ggw S^\nO. I. MATTHEW\nnt S:30, city time, while the business meeting of the order will commence at 7:!SU.\nTlie Dnlly News received last night too\nlate for publication In today's Issue a letter dealing with tbe double time question\nTrom the standpoint of a mother. It will\nbe published tomorrow.\nProvincial constable A. K. Macdonetl or\nGrand Forks came in from that city last\nnight having In custody a man named\n.Rlebuse sentenced to 30 days for assaulting\nB. H, Bennett, a c. p. it. brakeman at\nFife, B. C.\nJ. Dancy, who has the contract roi* the\nnew school at Fruitvaie, leaves this morning to begin building operations. The\nbuilding will he u a* by it structure and\nconstructed nn the same lines us the Hume\nschool at Fairvlew.\nThere will be a church parade of the\n102nd regiment at St. Saviour's church tomorrow* afternoon, This is the anniversary of the relief of Ladysmlth Iby aen-\ncrul Dundonald in 1000, the day after the\nbattle of Paardeberg celebrated so suc-\ncessfully by the smoker at the armory\nlust night. Members of the regiment must\nbe at the armory ut 2;80. l,leut.-t..'ol. W.\n,i. ii. Holmes of Kaslo will be in the city\nfor the occasion and Will take command.\nPercy Cove and XV, F. Claphnm who nre\nresponsible for tiie idea of arranging a\nchess tournament in this city are meeting\nwith most gratifying success. Already\nthey have some 18 names on their lists ut\ncompetitors among whom are his worship\nmayor .Selous and Drs. Hml'.h and Wolverton. A meeting will he held at S p.\nm. city time tonight in Dr. Wolverton's\noffice, Baker street for the purpose of arranging the tournament, prizes, etc. All\ninterested are Invited to attend.\nTomorrow being the last Sunday thai the\nMethodists wll) worship In the present\nchurch a special evangelistic service will\nbe held in tlie evening when Rev. It. Newton Powell, the pastor, will take as bis\nsubject \"A Great Choice.\" A week, from\ntomorrow the new church will be dedicated by Rev. William Spnrlinir of Grace\nchurch, Winnipeg. The following evening\n,a banquet will be held in the basement\nof the new church followed by a meeting\nIn the auditorium.\nFor Public Ownership.\nWINNIPEG, Feb. 3j.-The executive of\nthe Manitoba grain growers yesterday\nWe have a large assortment of\nQ. B. D.\nPIPES\nin all sizes and shapes and at all\nprices.\nWe still have a few boxes of\nRosebudfl left at $1 per box.\nQueen Cigar Store\nBUSH BROS., Proprietor*\nBaker Street Neleon, B. C.\nmmtmmm*\u2122*********************^\nTake the Trouble\nDo you ever go to the trouble of looking over the Prices placed\non Watches shown In our window?\nYou Should\u2014It Pays\nThe values shown we guarantee you cannot get elsewhere. Our <\nwatches give the best results. ___*?. __\nJ.O.PATENAUDE\nMANUPACTUIIINQ JIWILM, WATCHMAKER AND OPTICIAN.\nBaker Street\nNelson, B. C.\nweasssKsmessaasMsaMttai-^^\nTO RENT\nSeven-room all modern house, with large garden; close In. Immediate possession.\nWOLVERTON A CO., Baker Street\nNO\nMORE\nHALF\nSOLEING\n CHICAGO c