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Per Moolb JUG\n\u25a03^e Jtolla\nThe Dally News Classlfled Ad>.\nare Winners. Try One, per word\nIc\nIP#\nVOL.8\nNELSON   B. G,   FRIDAY   MORNING.  DECEMBER   31.   1909\nNO. 218\nFEELINGWARM\nBritish  Political Contest\nCauses Bad Blood\nCHAMBERLAIN MANIFESTO\n0ISPLAV8 HIS OLD TIME CAPACITY\n\u2014DISORDERLY MEETING AT\nCARNARVON-ONLY ONE QUESTION 8AY8 JOE MARTIN\u2014ABOLITION OF LORDS\n(Canadian Ass-MlstM Frew.) .\nLONDON, Dec. 30\u2014No single issue\ncan he said to dominate the campaign\nyet Mr. Chamberlain's manifesto *is\nstriking because lt brushes aside the\nconstitutional question M non-existent\nand concentrates on tariff reform.\nHere it Is recognised that Mr. Chamberlain displays his old tine capacity\nfor going to the root of things. A year\nback tariff reform would hare been the\ngreat Issue and the result, Judging by\nall signs available, would not have been\ndoubtful, the astute ministers produced\ntheir budget then and sootched fiscal\nchange for a time. Now lt remains\nfor the unionists to follow their great\nleader ln an endeavor to again make\nevery other Issue of secondary impor-\n10e liberals laugh at Mr. Chamberlain's attempt to revive the colonial aspect ot tariff reform. The liberals\nmaintain that what started as a great\nimperial movement has become purely\na domestic campaign ln favor ot protection and they demand particulars of\nthe tariff scheme, which ls to prevent\nthe dukes paying out. They also profess to be grateful to those peers who\nare defending the rejection of the budget,' for helping to keep the constitutional Issue to the fore and Jestingly declare that the government postponed\ntbe election two days to allow at least\none more speech from lord Curzon.\nBt Hon. A. 3. Balfour, speaking at\nHaddington, said that the unionists\nwere confident In their cause. It rep-\nresened the maintenance ot institutions which must be preserved and\nstood tor the security of enterprise and\nthe maintenance ot the fleet. While re-\nfaring to draw we colonies closer the\ngovernment had reintroduced home\nrulft whi-ih wiU be utterly subversive\nto Great Britain's position among the\nnations ot the world. The unionists\nalso stood for fiscal reform. He would\nnot say the whole difficulty of unemployment would be solved by tariff reform, but It would diminish the\nreally serious part, the unemployment\nof competent workmen.\nRt. Hon. George Wyndham at Al-\ntrinchan, claimed that London, the\nhome counties and the midlands were\nfor tariff reform and It* depended on\nLancashire, Cheshire and Yorkshire,\nwhether victory should be lost or won.\ntint lord ot the admiralty McKenna\nat Pontypool maintained that the Issue\nwas a very simple one, who was to de*\n' termlne now the people should be. taxed and by what government tbey should\nbe ruled.\nBari Cawdor at Haverford West on\nthe other hand declared that the real\nIssue the electors had to decide were\ndid they really wish any government\nthat might come Into power should be\nabsolutely Independent, did tbey wish\nfor religious education, did they wish\nthe license trade unjustly treated, did\nthey wish to eet up a hostile port ln\nIreland, or to see Ihe navy maintained\nat such strength as was needed.\nPostmaster general Buxton In the\nTower Hamlets, said that Mr. Balfour's\nposition as tar as tariff reform is concerned was a pitiable and Ignominious\none, He had heen driven step by step\nto aooept the nauseous food given blm.\nHe had been oompulsorliy fed by tariff reformers. He had resisted as much\nas possible, but the wardens and doc\nton, Austin Chamberlain, Chaplin and\nothers, bad been too much for him.\nLONDON, Dec. 30\u2014Rt Hon. Joseph\nChamberlain's manifesto awakens gen-\nend unionist enthusiasm, especially his\nconcise enunciation of the issue. The\nradical Leader accuses Mr. Chamberlain\nof breaking parole. It says: \"His adoption of protection ln the extremity of\n1903 was the last throw of a ruined\ngambler. There may have been greater\ncrimes In Mr. Chamberlain's career\nthan this, hls latest treason to demo-\ncracy, The evettt wilt we hope and\nbelieve, prove that in the sufficiently\nJong list of his blunders, the laat from\nhis own point of view, ls the greatest.\nThe Morning Post says: \"The coming election will provide a searching\ntest for democracy ln Ithls country.\nMr. Lloyd-George Is simply employing\nthe usual devices ot a demagogue. Will\nthe people have sufficient sense to\ndisregard unscrupulous appeals to passion and cupidity and to take a calm\ncomprehensive view of their permanent Interests. The chief danger, as Mr.\nBonar-Law pointed out U the (hot that\nMr, Lloyd-George enjoys for the present\nthe support of men who. have a reputation for moderation. In other words,\nit Is difficult to convince the electorate\nthat Lloyd-George Is a dangerous socialist while men like sir Edward Orey,\nW. Haldane and Mr. Asqulth remain by\nhis side.\"\nLast night E. E..Smith carried union-\nIsm into Mr. Lloyd-George's own constituency, Varnarvon, ln support of Mr.\ntUoydfleorie's opponent, >. H. 0. Vtn,\ncent, with the result of disorderly\nscenes. The unionists had taken the\nusual precautions. A strong ibody ot\n'300 looal stewards had been organised\nsupplemented by strong drafts from\namong the unionist quarrymen employ*\ned at lord Penrliyn's quarries at Bet.\nhesda and at tue still larger quarries\nof Ashton Smith at Llamberls. Amid\ngreat Interruption and frequent hubbub, Mr. Smith showed how, under free\ntrade Carnarvon had lost Its once flour,\nishing slate shipping and Iron trades,\nwhen finally his voice gave way and\nhe had to resume his seat. He an-\nnounced himself willing to answer any\nwritten questions.\nAmong the Anglo-Canadian Incidents\nof the fights must be counted the personal conflict at Battersea between\nJohn Burns and Shirley Benn. Con*\neluding his speech last night Mr. Benn\nsaid he had desired to confine the election to broad principles but his opponent had Introduced personalities. Mr.\nBurns had said: \"I don't go to linnet\nshows or shove a penny shows; I\ndon't tell fairy tales to boozy tariff reformers.\" He, Mr. Benn, had been to\ncanary shows, flower shows and cricket matches, and he was prepared to\nleave lt to the electors to say whether\nthey preferred their member to take\npart In the lite ot the dlstrlot or to absolutely ignore the borough as the present member had done? It went against\nthe grain tor him to take this line but\nif he were like his opponent he would\nsay: \"I don't go to pool-houses on\nChristmas day all prepared for the\npress; I don't keep poor hungry men\nand women for over half an hour from\ntheir Christmas dinner while I make\na speech.\"\nAll the same John Burns announces\nthat he ls confident of an Increased majority.   His popularity Is undobuted.\nJoe Martin puts the abolition of the\nhouse of lords ln the front of his campaign In Bast St Pancras, and declares\nhimself hopeful of victory, seeing his\nexcellent organisation and persistent\ncampaign work tor four years with\nmeetings tour times a week.\n\"There is only one question for me,\"\nsays Mr, Martin. \"TOat Is the house\nof lords. Unless we can alter the constitution or the house of lords lt Is of\nno use to discuss other matters. I am\nmyself, and practically all my supporters s\/e, ln favor of the total abolition\nof the house of lords and the substitution of an elected second chamber. I\nalso have every reason to count on the\nsocialist support. It Ib a significant\nfact that two speakers on my platform\nbelong to the socialist party. I support the budget but comparatively this\nls a side Issue against that of the\nlords. The hulk of the electors are\nCree traders.\" His opponent W. R.\nPreston, is determined to .test that\nopinion for he is a thorough going tariff reformer, . .\nSir Gilbert Parker has nursM his\nconstituency of Gravesend so well that\nhe should have a comparatively safe\nseat. Donald McMaster should also\nwin In Chertsey.\nCanadian newspaper opinions are be-\nIng freely quoted by both sides. So\nacute Is the political feeling that the\nactivities of some business houses are\nseriously affected for the moment. In\nsome cases political, discussions have\nleft the principals net on speaking\nterms. Chairmen of leading companies\nwho have referred to the need of tar*\nIff reform at annua] meetings have\nbeen sternly rebuked by free trade\nshareholders. At some city warehouses\nprominent placards announoe: \"We are\nhere for business no politics.\"\nAt the High Holborn factories ot\nWlthertee aitd company much disputation has been aroused by the following\n\"Tariff reform will lead to more employment ln this olfice;. That Is our\ndefinite opinion on a careful consideration of the conditions' governing our\nbusiness.   (Sgd.) Wlthertee ft Co.\"\nThe flood of election oratory Increases dally, the feature ot the cam-\npalgn being the large number of peers\nwno are addressing political meetings.\nT. P. O'Connor ln an Interview here\ngave an Interesting account of his\nAmerican tour. He commented, as a\nremarkable sign ot the times, on the\nassistance given the labor movement in\nthe United States especially by women\not the richest classes, and expressed\nthe belief that the United States was\ncoming to some decisive movement in\nthe direction of, a more equitable distribution of wealth.\nrCanndian Associated Press.)\nLONDON, Deo. 30 \u2014 Unionists are\ncheered by tbe news that Rt Hon. A.\nJ. Balfour will .be able to speak at Haddingtonshire today. The peers are vigorously stumping the country although\nthey are frequently heckled.\nMr. Hothouse ln East Bristol, said\nthat It was the experience of all na\u00ab\ntlons that had tried protection that the\nconsumer and not the foreigner had to\npay. The liberal alternative was the\nbudget The liberals hoped by continuing free trade to attract to the\ncountry as muoh capital as possible,\nand when It was in lull work they\nwould take from lt toll according to the\nwealth it produced and the convenience It afforded the publlo.\nSir W. 8. Robson, speaking at South\nShields, hls consistency, said that\nwhat the government had done was before the country; they had attempted a\ngood deal more than they had done,\nbut the failure of the attempts was due\nto the power and existence of the hereditary chamber, which he hoped would\nbe clipped drastically after the election. The torles said that If they taxed bread the foreigners would pay for\nIt. It was a serious charge, but he\nwas going to suggest that the promise\nthat the foreigner would pay these\ntaxes, was made by men who knew\nthat ln substance the document they\nwere holding out to the British working classes was false.\n(Continued on Page Five.)\nMAY M DUEL\nMystery Surrounds Sudden\nDeath of Earl Percy\nNORTHUMBERLAND'S HEIR\nDEATH    OCCURRED    IN    SECOND-\n1  CLASS   HOTEL   IN    PARIS\u2014RUMOR 8AY8   HE WAS  SHOT   IN\nDUEL WITH FORMER FRIEND-\nCHALLENGER AN ENGLISHMAN.\nLONDON, Deo. 30.\u2014Word was received here of the death at Paris today\nof Earl Percy (Henry Algernon\nGeorge), formerly under secretary of\nstate for foreign affairs. According to\nthe family, death was due to complications following an attack of pneumonia.\nEarl Percy was the eldest son and heir\nof the seventh duke of Northumberland.\nHe Has represented South Kensington\nIn parliament since 1895. In 1902-03 he\nwas under secretary of state for India\nand in the two succeeding years under\nforeign secretary. He was born In 1871\nI and was married. His home was in\nLondon.\nIt is widely reported here, however,\nthat the earl's fatal Illness followed\nwounds received ln $ duel in which he\nis said to have taken part in Paris\nsome -days ago.\nPARIS, Dec. 30.\u2014Earl Percy of London, a member of the British parliament and formerly British under secretary of state for foreign affairs, died\nhere today from acute pleurisy. Death\noccurred at a second-class hotel situated opposite the railroad station, and\nthe fact that the earl had occupied\nthese humble lodgings created the impression that there was something mysterious In connection with his illness.\nIt was rumored that he had been shot\nwhile engaged in a duel outside of\nParis a few days ago. These stories\nwere denied today by attending physicians. Last Saturday he experienced\na chill, which was followed by congestion and acute pleurisy. The doctors\nand three English nurses were called\nIn and attended him. A brother and a\nsister were with him when the end\ncame.\nSir H. Austin Lee, counsellor of the\nBritish embassy, declared that the story\nof a duel was a preposterous Invention.\nThe physicians state that death was\nImmediately due to heart failure following acute Inflammation of the lungs.\nDespite assurances by tliose who\nshould know to the contrary, the rumor persists today that the earl received fatal wounds In a duel with pistols. Hls challenger Is reported to have\nheen an Englishman ln whose family\nthe earl had been received as a friend.\nThe story continues that the two men\nbecame bitter enemies and left England to settle their grievances quietly\non the outskirts of Paris. A bullet, tt\nls said, passed through the earl's lungs.\nLONDON, Dee. 30.\u2014The most Interesting utterances In A, J. Balfour's first\nspeech since his recovery, delivered\ntonight at Haddington, was his eloquent tribute to Earl Percy, In whose\nuntimely death, he said, \"not only tbe\nunionist party, hut the nation, sustained\na great and for a time, he reared, Irreparable loss.\nThe other conservative speakers and\nall the conservative papers are lamenting. Earl Percy's deatli as a serious blow\nto the cause, especially in the present\ncampaign. Earl Percy, they declare,\nwas one of the most promising and\nbrilliant men on the unionist side.\nTIME IS CRITICAL.\nBritish Am bat i* dor Speaks to Student\nBody In Rochester.\n|< ROCHESTER, N. Y., Dec. 30.\u2014The\nBritish ambassador, James Bryce, was\nthe chief speaker at the night session\nof the convention of the student volunteer movement ln convention hall.\nBishop Hartzell of the Methodist\nchurch, whose field is Africa, also spoke.\nAmbassador Bryce characterized the\npresent time aa a critical and also auspicious one for Christianity, \"There had\nbeen such progress in recent years,\" he\nsaid \"that today nine-tenths of the\nhabitable earth was under the control\nof the so-called Christian powers. And\nthough vast multitudes remained non-\nChristian, there is scarcely a spot ln\nwhich the influence of the white race\nIb not felt, and ln which the uncivilized\nand semi-clvillzed native peoples are\nnot being penetrated by the ideas and\nhabits' of those more advanced nations.\"\nAttention was called to the breaking\nup of the old ideas and customs in\nbackward nations and the advance of\nwestern civilization and with these\nchanges the necessity that was laid\nupon Christian nations to \"implant a\nnew and better faith.\"\nThe ambassador then spoke of the\nharm done among umChrlstlan peoples\nby \"members of the Christian nations,\nwho disregard the teaching or their religion. The address closed with an exhortation to live lives \"In the true gospel spirit,\" whether at home or In foreign fields.\t\nFlre at Montreal.\nMONTREAL, Dec. 30.\u2014The dry goods\nstore of W. H. Roach company was\ndamaged Bf flre today to the eitent of\n114,000,.fully covered by insurance,     i\nNEWS* ANNUAL REVIEW.       <\ni On Wednesday next The Dally \u25a0\n\u2022 News will publish Its annual New <\ni Year edition, dealing with mining '\n\u2022 throughout the province and with\n> lumbering, fruit growing, etc., in -\n\u2022 the Kootenays. An effort has been \u25a0\n\u2022 made to present a number as cred- \u25a0\n> itable as was that of last year *\n1 which was generally recognized as <\n) the best advertising literature for\n> the   Kootenays   ever   published^\n> Thousands  of copies of  it  were <\n> sent by people to their friends In \u25a0\nthe old country and In the United <\ni States.   Those who desire to ae-\n) cure copies of this year's issue for <\n> the same purpose should call at '\n< The News office and leave their or- \u25a0\n\u2022 der for the number of copies they *\ni desire. In this way they will make <\ni. certain of securing them. <\ni     The forthcoming Issue, it may \u25a0\n\u2022 be said  will be 32 pages in size, *\n\u2022 and besides containing a lot  of \u25a0\n\u2022 reliable    Information    about   the <\ncountry, will be well illustrated, so \u25a0\n\u25a0 that people to whom lt is sent will \u25a0\n) be able to gain some idea of the \u25a0\nthe district as well as of the re- i\n\u00bb sources and development. <\nDIPLOMATIC QUESTION\nPROPRIETV  OF  RECOGNIZING   MA-\nDR1Z -GOVERNMENT DISCUSSED.\nCL08E RELATIONS BETWEEN HONDURAS AND ZELAYA.\nWASHINGTON, Dec. 30.\u2014The situation ln Nicaragua presents some diplomatic niceties ln relation to the propriety of recognizing the government of\nMadrlz hy the Central American states.\nIn the opinion of officials of the state\ndepartment. President Madrlz should\nreceive no recognition on the part of\nCentral American republics beyond\nthat which would be accorded to a leader of a faction.\nBecause of the dose relations maintained by Zelaya with Honduras, it is\nexpected that the government may be\nforemost in doing anything that will\ntend to strengthen the authority of Madrlz, but there would be great surprise\nshould such action be taken by Mexico\nwithout previous understanding with\nthe United States.\nIt is pointed out here that as the\nUnited States Is the only government\nthat has broken off.' official relations\nwith Nicaragua, there would be no occasion Tor special recognition on the\npart of th\u00a9 Central American republics\nwere Madrlz' elected* president under\nordinary conditions as diplomatic relations with the nation would be continued as usual. But ln view of the\nstatement that Madrlz merely headed\none of two factions and was elected\nby what has been declared to be a\n\"packed congress\" conditions should, It\nIs the opinion of the officials here, be\nstable before support ls given him ln\nthe form of any recognition as president of the republic by other Central\nAmerican governments. *\nMEXICO CITY, Dec. 30.\u2014Former\nPresident Zelaya of Nicaragua, who\nhas found refuge ln this republic, called\nupon President Diaz at the national palace today. Zelaya said that the object\nof his visit waB to express his thanks\nfor the courtesies he had received from\nthe officials of Mexico. There was little\nceremony.\nWAUHlNuYON, Dec. 30\u2014Much spec-\nillation Is current today in official and\ndlptomsMo circles here concerning tbe\npossible action of Central American republics In recognition-of the Madrlz\ngo-moment at Managua. Up to this\nmorning ths stats department had received Ho offtolal Information of such\nrecognition by any Latin American\ncountry, oaidal information that general Toledo, who Is supposed to be In\npossession of arms entrusted to him by\nZelaya -before Us departure, Is at Ma-\nnagua directing military operations In\nthe capacity of Minister of war was received at ibe state department today.\nWASHINGTON, Dec. 30\u2014Governor\nEnrique (jreei ot Chihuahua, special\nenvoy from Mexico to the United States\nln the Nlcaraguan affair, today gave to\nthe Associated Press an authorised\nstatement regarding his present mission of this country. Governor Creey\ndeclared that he had accomplished hls\ntask with gratifying results. The resignation of Zelaya and succession ot\npresident Madris had ended many difficulties and prevented anarchy, he declares and peace and patriotism were\nnow finding their way'on both sides\nin Nicaragua. The granting of asylum\nof Zelaya hy Mexico, was In no sense\nan act of unfriendliness to the United\nStates.\nLife Saving Patrol.\nVICTORIA, B. C, Dec. 30.\u2014The Cla-\ndlan government has arranged a scheme\nfor a life saving patrol on the Vancouver Island coast. Captain Murray, formerly of the ship Antelope, was appointed to take charge of four stations\nat Bamfield, Pachena, Uclulet and Clay-\nonuot, a motor life boat being on the\nway for Bamfield and surf life boats\nbelpg placed at the other station. Two\nLysle guns have been supplied to the\nlife savers.\nCloses Liverpool Office.\nTORONTO, Dec. 30.\u2014The provincial\ngovernment has decided to closer the\nbranch offices of the Ontario colonization department at Liverpool under\ncabled Instructions. The offices will\ncease operations tonight.\nFROST'S SWAY\nMany\nDeath's Caused\nIntense Cold\nby\nORANGE GROYES NIPPED\nHOMELESS MEN FOUND FROZEN\nTO DEATH IN NEW YORK\nDOORWAYS \u2014 PITTSBURG BEMOANS BITTER BLIZZARD-\nSEVERE SUFFERING\nNEW YORK, Dec. 30\u2014Three deaths\ndue directly to the cold wave that held\nthe city in its grasp, were reported\ntoday. Two were unfortunate homeless men. They were found frozen to-i\nnight, crouching in doorways where\nthey had sought shelter. The third\nvictim wag a teamster. Benumbed by\nthe cold he fell from his truck to instant death beneath Us wheels.\nPITTSBURG, Dec. 30 \u2014 With the\nthermometer registering from zero to\nseven below, western Pennsylvania tonight Is in the grip of a bitterly cold\nblizzard, accompanied iby snow flurries\nand high winds. The mountain -districts report deaths and suffering due\nto exposure. In greater Pittsburg alone\nseveral deaths have occurred. All\ntrains from the east are from ono to\nthree hours late. Mails are tied up,\ncar shortage Is reported everywhere\nand several steel mills were closed\ndown today because of this fact, throwing 500 men out of work,\nJACKSONVILLE, Pla.f Dec. 30\u2014\nFlorida experienced the coldest weather\nthat has visited this section in several\nyears. The thermometer in. Jacksonville registered 20 degrees this morning and freezing temperatures extend\ninto the orange belt. It Is not believed,\nhowever, that the orange trees will be\ndamaged.\nPOUGHKEEPSIE, Dec. 30\u2014Thermometers registered several degrees .below zero this morning and 10 below at\nVassar college and in ihe interior\ncountry. The Hudson was frozen from\nshore to shore with an Inch of ice, but\nnavigation between the city and New\nYork is still open.\nH1TTSDURG, Dec. 30The coming of\nzero weattier in Pittsburg and western\npoints has prevented a destructive\nflood here and at West Virginia and\nOhio points, bordering the Ohio river.\nThe Ohio river is practically frozen\nfrom this city to Cincinnati. Tributaries are in a like state. The weather\nbureau issues the following statement\ntoday; \"The rivers are frozen everywhere and there is an abundance of\nsnow. War mweather Is headed this\nway. Danger of a disastrous flood is\nnot imminent at this time owing to cold\nweather. It is well, however, to take\nprecautions against conditions.' '\nPITTSBURG, Dec. 30\u2014Pittsburg is\nfacing one of the worst floods of local\nhistory, due, so authoritative rlvermen\nhere say, to the unusual and severe\nweather conditions of the past two\nweeks. Conditions are such that should\na sudden thaw culminate' the extremely\nheavy snowfall experienced in western\nPennsylvania In that length of time,\nthe Allegheney river ice pack will be\nbroken with a rush, the result of which\nwould be incalculable disaster to all\nshipping interests and water front property on the Ohio river south of here.\nThe official measurement of the snowfall during the past two weeks is nine\ninohes. The fall preceding the flood of\n1907 was much less. The river is now\nat a six foot stage and Pittsburg experienced \u00bbn\u00bb weather last night The official forecast suggests no rellel. River\ntraffic Ib still blocked and danger to\nbridges continues threatening.\nEMERGENCY MEETING.\nMontreal Council Will Frovlde Hospital\nAccommodation for Typhoid Cases.\nMONTREAL, Dec. 30.\u2014At a meeting\nof the ctty council this afternoon a resolution was passed instructing the\nhealth committee to hold an emergency\nmeeting and consider the means to be\nadopted to provide hospital accommodation for sufferers from typhoid fever,\nthe finance committee at the same time\nbeing instructed to provide the funds\nnecessary. A meeting is to be held\ntomorrow at which prominent physicians will be consulted ant) as a result\nIt Is expected that within a few days\nthe necessary accommodation will be\nprovided. Thirty new cases were reported at tbe city hall today, but this\ndoes not tell the exact number In the\nctty and suburbs as only those from\nthe suburbs which are taken in at the\nhospitals are included.\nGOVERNMENT ELEVATOR8.\nGrain Growers' Association to Discuss\nQuestion With Manitoba Government.\nWINNIPEG, Man., Dec. 30.\u2014Jhnuary\n5 hns been decided upon as the day\nwhen the elovator committee appointed\nby the Grain Growers' association will\nmeet with the local government to discuss the proposition and outline a\nscheme for providing a system of government owned storage elevators\nthroughout Manitoba. The Grain Growers' association committee comprises\nD. W. McCuaig, president of the association; R. C. Headers, vice president;\nR. McKenzle, secretary and R. J. Avt-\nson, F. W. Kerr, Peter Wright, George\nH. Malcolm, J. S. Wood and R. M. Wilson, directors of the association. In addition the committee has added T. A.\nCreerar, president of the Grain Growers' Grain company. The grain growers'\nelevator committee has already pre-dls-\ncussed the principal question at some\nlength and. will have something definite to present to the government, a ^\nthough no announcement has yet been\nmade as to the details.\nAll the members of the committee\nwill be in Winnipeg and there will be\na meeting on Monday night. The meeting will continue through Tuesday and\non Wednesday their planB will be discussed with the government. The feeling of the grain growers as expressed\nby members of the committee is that\nof hearty co-operation with the government in working out a practical scheme\nwhich will place the elevator system\nof Manitoba on a secure basis, where\nevery grain grower will be asBured\nthat he will secure just returns for his\ncrop.\nIS INSPECTOR\nP. A.y$ of Nelson Re-\nEXAMINERS  APPOINTED\nBOARD   OF   EXAMINER8   WA8   GAZETTED YESTERDAY.\nFOR   HOSMER,    NICOLA,   MICHEL,\nCOAL CREEK AND CORBIN.\n(Special to The Dally News.)\nVICTORIA, B. C, Dec. 30.\u2014The following boards of examiners for 1910\nare guzetted today:\nCorbin Colliery\u2014Evan Evans (appointed by owners). John McAlpine and\nSamuel Richards, alternates; John B.\nThomas (appointed by government), Joseph Slboz (elected by miners), William\nParry and Thomas Brace, alternates.\nMichel\u2014William Robinson (by owners), John Shanks and Thomas Sprus-\nton, alternates; Joseph Mason (by government), William Whltehouse (by\nminers), George Rankin and James\nSharp, alternates.\nCoal Creek\u2014David Martin (by owners), Bernard Caulileld add William\nWilson, alternates; T. J. Knox (by government, John E. Smith (by miners),\nJoseph Lyons and W. H. Evans, alternates.\nNicola\u2014Hugh Gillespie (by owners),\nDavid Gray and David Crawford, alternates; Benjamin Browltt (by government), George Hudson (by miners),\nGeorge P. Ryde and John Thornton, alternates.\nHosmer\u2014A, H. Courtney (by owners), J. McKelvie and R. Anderson, alternates; John Wylle (by government),\nJames Paterson (by miners), J. W.\nMorris and F. J. Harrison alternates.\nPREDICTS HARMONY.\nBelieves That Prospects for Harmony\nIn Future Are Bright.\nNEW YORK, Dec. 30.\u2014Harmony out\nof discord, more compact organization\nout of disruption as a new national and\ninternational birth for Bport, are what\nJames E. Sullivan, secretary of the\nA. A. M., believes the future holds in\nstore for sport In general.\n\"In all these controversies,\" he said\ntoday, referring to the breach between\n.east nnd west in golf, tennis, skating\nand some of the lesser departments of\nnational sport, \"are much to he regretted, but mark this, they will all result\nin a cleaner and broader basis for athletics in this country.\"\nIt is Mr. Sullivan's belief that the\npresent sectional division of sports will\nconstantly broaden toward the national\nIdea and one necessity to effect this\ngrowth, he holds, is a supreme court\nof appeals ln all sport. It was evident\nat the headquarters of the eastern amateur skating association today that\nthere was much indignation over last\nnight's report from Chicago that tbe\ninternational association has eliminated\nit from the governing body of skating.\nMr. Hemment was notified tonight by\nFred H. Tucker jr., secretary of the International Skating Union of America,\nthat the Eastern Amateur Skating association had forfeited its membership\nIn the international union.\nEdmond Lamy, whose disqualification\nby the Eastern association precipitated\nthe present disagreement, will start at\nscratch In races to be held January 8\nIn Brooklyn.        ,\nHEADQUARTERS AT COAST\nRecognition Unnecessary.\nMANAGUA. Dec. 30\u2014The Mexican\ngovernment in no way has officially\nrecognized Jose Madrlz as president\nof Nicaragua. The telegrams that\nhave passed between President Diaz\nand President Madrlz were of a personal character. President Madrlz does\nnot construe them as a formal recognition of his Incumbency. The presidential reception on Tuesday was attended\nby the officials and representatives of\nail nations except the United States and\nthe Nlcaraguan administration does not\nsee why formal official recognition from\nany country except the United States\nis necessary.\nWILL AT ONCE A88UME DUTIE8 OF\nBOILER IN8PECTOR \u2014 8ALARY\nTO BE INCREA8ED\u2014PROMOTIONS AT KAMLOOPS\u2014FORESTRY COMMISSION'S REPORT.\n(Special to The Dally  News.)\nVICTORIA, Lee. 30.\u2014Tne provincial executive today accepted the resignation of\nGeorge Tunstall, for many yeara government agent at Kamloops, who tetirea upon\nsuperannuation, being .succeeded in order\nof promotion by E. T. W. Pearse. Mr.\nFisher In turn Is promoted to be mining\nrecorder.\nThe resignation was also accepted of\nJ. K. Worai'old, provincial assessor, who\nretires upon superannuation, lie is succeeded by E. E. Leeson of Victoria.\nIt hus been decided tor the present to\nname but one additional Inspector of steam\nhollers, the choice falling upon P. A.\nGoepel of Nelson, who assumes the duty\nat the first of the year, making lily headquarters In Vancouver. The salary provided Is |110 per motith, but recommendations have been made by the civil service\ngrading commission In the direction of an\nIncrease, which will doubtless be acted\nupon;\nAn Influential deputation from Mission\nJunction waited upon Hon. Thomas Taylor,\nminister of public works, In respect to the\nearly completion of the Dewdney trunk\nroad upon -the lines of the old survey, from\nPitt river to Stave river and lake. This\ndeputation was headed by \\V. J. Manson,\nmeinbei-elect for Dewdney, and Included\nalso General Manager Haywurd and Chief\nEngineer Bonnycastle of the Western\nPower company, having Its Industrial\nhead-quarters at Slave lake. From Pitt\nriver the road Is already sufficiently completed to be freely utilized for general\ntraffic as far as Webster's Comers, and\nafter the interview the decision was reached by the government to complete the\nroad from Webster's Corners tn Stave\nlake without delay, the distance being tv\\_\nmiles, through connection between Ptlt\nriver and Stave lake being thus secured.\nOf tho Webster's Corners-Stave lake section the government will build Wi miles\nand the Western Power company the remainder, the total cost of the work involved being estimated at from -$2fi,oO0 to\n128,000. The entire extension will be under\nthe personal supervision of Road Superintendent Sprott, of the Dewdney district.\nThe iinal report of the forestry commission which during the late summer held\nsittings at various centres throughout\nBritish Columbia, investigating all conditions in respect to the forest resources and\ntimber trade, has been transmitted to\nLleut.-Gov. Paterson, and will be laid before the legislature at Its assembling. The\ncommission, consisting of A. S. Goodeve,\nM.P., Fred J. Fulton, K.C, {'chairman),\nand A, C. Flumerfelt, has gone exhaustively Into the question of forest conservation,\nreplanting, timber tenures, protection from\nlire loss, and ull related features of tbe\nimportant subject, and recommendations\ncontained In the report will form the basis\nof advanced legislation to be laid before\nthe house during the approaching session.\nCommission Has Power.\nTORONTO, Dec. DC-Chief Justice Fal-\nconbrltlge gave Judgment against Mra. *\nLouis Felker this afternoon In ber suit\nagainst F. H. Miegulgan & Co., C. L.\nDemurat & Co,, and the Niagara and Ontario Construction company. Mrs. Felker\nowns a farm near Welland and she refused to allow the hydro-olectric commission to put Its towers for the transmission\nline on her property, although they offered\nhBr $600 for 30-year lease. His lordship\nfound that under the 1909 Hydro-Electric\nCommission act the commission haa absolute right to go on her or anyone's land\nwithout their consent and erect their tow-\nJuvenile Act for Ontario.\nTORONTO, Dec. 30.\u2014Moral reformers\nhave decided to make application to\nthe Ontario legislature at the coming\nsession for an act bringing into force\nthe Juvenile delinquents act of the Dominion of Canada. Under this act children under the age of 21 are placed in\nan Institution of detention different altogether from the Jails and the prisons\nwhere they are saved from contact with\nhardened criminals and old offenders.\nPrinceton Oefeated.\nPITTSBURG, Dec. 30.\u2014In a closely\nplayed gumo at Duquesne gardens tonight the Yale hockey team defeated\nthe Princeton team, 2 to 1.\nCaptain Obtains His Release.\nHALIFAX. Dec. 30.-A trial held in\nCanada today . under the new Habeas\nCorpus act took place today. The case\nwos the King vb. Capt. John Smith, of\nthe steam trawler Wren. The captain was\naccused of fishing with a beam In prohibited waters this summer. It was\ncharged that Wren played great havoc\nalong the coast. A complaint was laid by\nfishermen before the fisheries department\nand Capt. Smith was arrested. Ho wos\nfound guilty and fined 1100. In default of\npayment he was sent to jail for threa\nmonths. He made application for habeas\ncorpus under the act of thla year, and the\nJudge ordered Smith's release.\nGovernment Secures Information.\nOTTAWA, Dec. 30.\u2014The government has\nsecured full Information respecting tho\nphysical condition of branch lines of railway In the lower provinces proposed to\nhe leased aB feeders to the Intercolonial,\nand the commission of management will\nconsider the matter early ln the year. If\nany lines are leased It will be only those\nwhich are In fairly good condition and\nlikely to be productive. The uct of this\nsession makes that stipulation. Considerable pressure Is being exercised for taking\nover several lines where the service is\nmuch complained of.\nElection in Ottawa.\nOTTAWA, Dec. 30.-The Liberal convention to select a candidate for the house of\ncommons, tilling the vacancy caused by\nSir Wilfrid Laurier's resignation, will take\nplace on Friday, Jan. 7. The primaries to\nselect delegates will take place In the different wards on the previous evening. It\nIs expected that the writ will bo issued\nwithout delay. .\nNine Men Drowned.\nFAYAL, Dec. 30.\u2014Nine men of tho crew\nof the Portuguese bark Fortuna wero\ndrowned In the storms which have been\nravaging the Atlantic in the past ten days.\nThe Fortuna was bound from New Orleans for Oorto and was towed into this\nport today totally dismasted. Her deck\nload was washed away and half of her\nCotton Districts Prosperous.\nBOMBAY, Dec. 30.\u2014The large American\ndemand for Indian cotton and tbe prospect of a still further increase In tho demand has resulted in the cotton districts\nenjoying the greatest prosperity since the\nAmerican civil war. At the same time this\nextra demand has brought out more prominently the dearth of labor ln these districts.\nEllzabethtown Farmer Dead.\nBROCKV1LLE, Out., Dec. 80.\u2014Edward\nDavis, a prominent farmer of the township\nof Ellzabethtown, who had been stricken\nwith paralysis while attending the municipal nominations at New Dublin, on Monday lnst, passed away today. He spent\nhls whole life of 74 years In this township.\n m_a.\n^^*\u2014\nMQI-\n\u00a9he \u00a9attjj #ew*.\nFRIDAY  DECEMBER 31\nThe Nimble Penny Beats the Slow Shilling\nHere Is a list of Investments requiring small capital whloh we consider gilt edged.   Oet your money\nworking now and reap the benefits accruing from the coming boom.\nFRUIT LANDS\n8 acres good, productive soil, 300 yards from station; lots of water, good\nneighbors splendid transportation, house 12x16; one acre cleared, wood on\nthe balance will fetch 1(2.25 a cord right on the ground, and a good man\ncan make $4.50 a flay for the rest of the winter cutting it. Price $800, $100\ncash, balance $15 a month without Interest. You will never get a pleoe of\nland on easier terms than this.\n22 acres partly cleared, with house and stable, good creek, splendid locality, dally trains stopping within 400 yards, every convenience. Owne-f\ngoing east and must sell before January 1. Price, $1000, $100 cash balance\n$30 a month.\n160 acres Immediately adjoining Edgewood townsite, close to good wharf,\nstore postofflce, sawmill and botel, over a quarter mile of lake frontage, less\n\u2022 than half a mile from land selling at $160 an acre. Owner in the east and offers It at only $12 an acre.  Easy terms.\nWe have a good quarter section of prairie land, fenced, cross fenced,\nhouse, stable, granaries and outbuildings, near High River, 35 acres broken,\nall level, no waste, to exchange (or improved or unimproved fruit land, or\ncity property. If you'd like to own a quarter section In sunny southern Alberta, here's your chance. (T  \u25a0\nA house and 2 large lots in Calgary, right on the carllne, water, sewer,\nelectric light, three minutes from tie post office, to exchange for property\nhere.\nFive lots tn Lethbridge, close in absolutely level, near the new car Hue,\nfor sale on easy terms or to exchange for property here,\nNOW IS THE TIME\ndore Street\u2014Cosey three roomed house with bath, olty water, electric\nlight, 1 lot   Price $950,   Terms one quarter* cash, balance arrranged.\nStanley street\u2014$1600 for a 6-roomed, 2-storey frame, city water, electric\nlight, 1 corner lot, large woodshed and workshop.   Very easy terms.\nVictoria, Street\u2014No. 107, 1 lot, frame house, 6 rooms, bath and conservatory.   Price $1700, terms arranged.\nFive Eagle Debentures for $47.50; par value $50, with Interest at 8 per\noent (rom March 1, 1909, payable March 1, 1910.\nWestern Canada Investment Co.\n507 1-2 Baker Street\nR. BRUCE SCOTT.\nJ. E. TAYLOR\nNelson, B. C.\nDrawer 1042..  Phone 254.\nThe Wright Investment Co.\nBaker Street\nNelion, B. C.\nHave You Secured a Few Lots Between\nVancouver and New Westminster?\nIf You Have, You H aveLaid a Foundation for a Fortune in the Future\nWhile Burnaby property has all doubled ln value during the last year and the development has been\nwonderful, tt Is nothing compared to the amount of work already planned for 1910.\nRailways, electric lines, manufacturing plants, power plants, roads, clearing of land, and many hundreds of homes.\nLots whloh can now be bought for $250 (on very easy terms) will soon be $600. They will continue\nIncreasing In value as the cities 8\">w together and will occupy the heart of one of the world's greatest\ncities.\nIt requires no prophetic vision to see this.\nLand at Point Grey, six miles from the center of Vancouver sold *>, few months ago at the government\nsale, at $10,000 per acre.   The proceeds amounted to over two million dollars.\nWho wore the buyers*?   Principally residents of Manitoba and the Northwest.\nNot as an investment, but for homes. What does it mean? It means that a great majority of those\nwho make money ln grain, land, timber, coal, Iron or other minerals throughout the whole of western Canada will live in this the mildest and most desirable city.\nThis means a wealthy city; add to this a great seaport, the largest railroad center.In the dominion, a\n\u25a0 wholesale distributing center, a mighty manufacturing city nlong the FraBer, backed by tlie richest country\nln the world in natural resources and then try to estimate what the value of property between the two cities\noccupied by transcontinental railway systems and manufacturing plants will ibe worth.\n* The time to buy is now.   Every day you delay you are losing money.   Be sure and gat our January\nreport. . ..\u201e _..\t\nPOPULAR JHE0RY GONE\nNO  INDICATION OF 8UPPOSEO CANALS ON  MARS.\nASTRONOMER SAYS IDEA IS WITHOUT FOUNDATION.\nNEW YOHK, Dec. 30.\u2014London cable\ndespatches received here Hay that skepticism as lo the eilstence of canals on\nMars was shown by several well known\nastronomers at a meeting or the British\nAstrological association there.\nS. A. Saunders exposed lantern slides of\nShotographs of Mara taken by Prof. Hall\ny means of a telescope at Mount Wilson\nobservatory In California. He remarked\nthat the canals were not shown, the explanation being that the telescope was too\nHtrong to Indicate them. Thla statement\nevoked laughter. _\u25a0-_._\nEdward Walter Maunder, of the Greenwich observatory said that there was no\nIndication on the -photographs o[ a spldor-\nllkc network. Mr. Maunder aald that there\nwas never any real ground for supposing\nthat there was any evidence of artificial\nmarkings on Mars, and lt was better for\nscience that the idea had heen disposed\nof.\nAnother Tong Warfare.\nNDW YORK, Dec. 30.-The renewal ot\nthe Tong warfare In New York s china-\ntown claimed another victim early this\nmorning. A Hung, a Chinese actor, was\nshot and killed In the hallway of his tenement house home. Just before daybreak.\nAh Hung, who was a prominent member\nof one of the Chinese secret organisations,\nwas In hls room when he heard steps In\nthe hallway outside, and then a voice demanded admission. Ah cautiously opened\nthe door a bare inch or two and peeped\nout* There was a shot and then a scamper\nof .feet down the stairs. Ah's neighbors,\nwho had' heard the shot, ran up and found\nthe body. The bullet had struck him* In\nthe forehead and penetrated the brain.\nTlie  police,   who have  been expecting a\ncontinuation of the trouble In Chinatown\nwhich resulted III two deaths on Monday\nnight, were on the spot within a few\nminutes. They arrested several of Ah's\nneighbors as witnesses hut were unable to\nHnd any tangible clues lo the Identity of\nthe murderers. Ah Hung came tn New\nYork from Sun Francisco three years ago.\nCRANBROOK ELECTIONS\nCandidates Already In Field for Mayor\nand Aldermen\n(Special to The Dally News.)\nCRANBROOK, Dec. 30\u2014It ls now assured tbat at the coming municipal\nelections for Cranbrook the following\nwill be placed ln nomination: For\nmayor, J. P. Pink, and for aldermen,\nV. Hyde Baker, Dr. F. W. Green, J.\nCampbell, P. DeV. Hunt, Dan. J. Johnson and possibly M. A. Macdonald.\nShould Mr. Macdonald not yield to the\npressure now being brought to .hear\nupon him to Induce him to run. either\nJoseph Jackson or George Johnston\nwill be nominated.\nThe entirely admirable manner in\nwhich the civic affairs have dealt with\nduring the past two years, while Mr.\nlink has heen mayor, will no doubt\nhave great weight with the voters when\nlt comes to the arbitrament of the ballot box. He and those associated with\nhim have conducted the business entrusted to them ln a quiet, businesslike\nbut effective manner without any tendency on the part of any of the city\ncouncil to pose In the lime light. What\nthe people want ls to see the citv run\non business lines and they believe the\ngentlemen whose names aw mentioned\nare those who can be depended on to\nfulfill their wishes.\nIt is greatly to be regretted James\nRyan, one of our ojdest and most respected citizens, a man who bas the\ncourage of hla convictions and the\npluck to speak them under any condl-\ntlons and ln addition, a most strenuous worker in the city's interests, has\nnot also permitted himself to be placed\nln nomination.\nThe Fink administration has to Its\ncredit the acquisition of the Cranbrook\nWater Co.'s franchise anr works as a\npublic utility. Since the purchase, of\nwhich little or nothing was said, the\nmains have been greatly enlarged to\nthe decided betterment of the pressure\non the flre hydrants. It is said that\nduring the coming year the reservoir\nand dam will be Improved to meet an\nIncreased demand necessitated by the\nrapid growth of the population of the\ncity. About $15,000 has been spent on\nthe extension of the sidewalks and the\ngrading up ot the streets and avenues\nthe most notable in this connection being the lower end of Baker street.\nKidnappers Demand Ransom\nLOUISVILLE, Ky\u201e Dec. 30\u2014A letter\nwas received today from Bome town ln\nOhio promising the return of little\nAlma Kellner to her parents on the\npayment or $5000 ransom. This ls all\nthe information the family would give\nout. Tho girl disappeared Dec. 8 and\nthe demand for ransom received today\nbrought with it the first real hope for\nher recovery.\nFrank Pehr, millionaire brewer, and\ncousin of Fred Kellner, father of Alma,\nls going to Chicago tonight, and al-\nthough he said positively his trip had\nnothing to do with possible negotiations with the kidnappers of the Kell-\nFor Women's\nNeeds\nEvery woman should fortify herself\nagainst those weaknesses and derangements which1 are usually present at times when Nature makes\nextra demands upon the system.\nFor women's special ailments\nthere is no known remedy so safe\nand reliable as\nThese pills possess corrective and\ntonicpropertieswhichhaveamarked\neffect upon the general health and\npromptly relieve nervousness, sick\nheadache, depression, backache,\nweakness and other unpleasant\nsymptoms. Beecham's Pills establish healthy conditions and furnish\nHelp at the\nRight Time\nSold Everywhere.\nIn Boies 25 cents.\nner oWld, It is believed he is going to\nChicago or elsewhere on such a mission.\nFEATURES OF LAND TAX\nArbitrary Price on Thing Nobody Wants\nDeclares  London Spectator\nThe London Spectator is the implacable enemy of socialism, radicalism and\nanything and everything that savors of\neither. Its critical articles have more\nthan an academic value, despite its\navowed prejudices (or they are written\nby keen students of the times. A recent leader deals with the land tax proposals of the budget and handles them\npretty severely. The following extract\nwill serve to Indicate the thoroughness\nwith which the weekly press Is dealing with i\u00abM> burning tople of tbe day.\nSolving the Insoluble\n\"The truth Is that the land taxes\nwere passed by title house of commons\nand have been -acclaimed, with enthusiasm by a section of the country, because they have not been understood,\nTo take one of the conundrums which\nwould have to be presented to Mr.\nLloyd-George's officials the moment\nthe taxes were passed\u2014how is it possible to estimate tne Bite value of a\ncountry estate which has been stripped\nof its mansion, farm 'buildings, and\nother improvements? On what principle is any valuer to proceed in forming an opinion a8 to what this hypo*\nthetical and non-existing thing may be\nworth? Yet, tens of thousands of similar problems would have to be solved,\nand apparently Mr. Lloyd-George and\n(his friends think that the solution of\nthese insoluble problems is going to\npossess some marvellous social value.\n\"In an article contributed to the Nation some weeks ago the chancellor of\nthe exchequer made the extraordinary\nstatement that it would be 'on the\nbasis' of this imaginary valuation that\nlocal authorities would buy land for\npublic improvements, and for 'recreating rural life.' It is perhaps unfair to\npin Mr, Lloyd-George to his actual\nwords, but surely he must be aware\nthat when local authorities buy land\nthey do not buy the mere abstraction\nwhich the finance bill proposes to\nvalue; they buy the land as it Is, with\nthe buildings upon it and the interests\nattached to it, and they often have to\n\u2022pay more for the tenant's goodwill\nthan for the landlord's freehold. If\nMr. Lloyd-George's words were to be\nconstrued literally It would mean that\nall these things are for the future to\nbe taken without price at all, and that\nthe only thing to be paid for is the\nbare prairie value of the land, as assessed for the purpose of the undeveloped land tax. Of course he did not\nmean this. He was merely using, as\nhe has been -doing for six months\npast, phrases which have no definite\nmeaning.\nCharge of Blackmail.\nCINCINNATI, Dec. 30.\u2014A new indictment against Mrs. Jeannette Ford\nfor alleged blackmail was returned by\nthe grand jury today. Oliarles L. Warriner, who Is under sentence of six\nyears' imprisonment for embezzling, was\nsummoned to the grand Jury rooms\ntwo hours before the hill was returned.\nMrs. Ford is charged with having demanded 2,000 from Warriner on November 1, 1902, threatening exposure of\nhis shortage If he refused her demands.\nevent 27 birds fell. A remarkable exhibition of marksmanship was given by\nsome of the noted .big game hunters of\nthe district, among whom were Messrs..\nJ. M. Harris, Robert McTaggart, Nick\nUncovitch, Scotty Reid and A. W.\nDavis. H. A. Cameron officiated as\nfield captain.\n.The fonowing is the list of prize\nwinners: J, M. Harris, 7 birds; Robert\nMoTaggart, 5; Nick Uncovitch 4;\nSootty Reid, 3; A. W. Davis, 3; W. Tat-\ntrie, 2; Ed, McLeod, 1; W, Bennett, 1;\nD. Tattrie, 1.\nDr. Chown Coming West\nTORONTO, Dec. 30\u2014Rev. Dr. S. D.\nChown leaves on the first of next\nmonth for a trip in the provinces of\nSaskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta.\nHe will meet the standing committees\nof the church on temperance and moral\n-reform In Winnipeg,-Reglna and Edmonton and will go into the situation\nwith them and plan for advances on all\nquestions relating to better citizenship.\nHe will address a large number of public meetings, one place-being at North\nBattleford, where he wilt speak to the\nteachers of the schools.\nIt Ib Cold Aloft\nNEW YORK, Dec. 30\u2014Prof. Henrich\nHergsell, who hopes to sail from Berlin\nto the north pole ln an airship, arrived\nyesterday on the steamer Prin? Joachim, from Jamaica and the West Indies.\nProf Hergesell haB been studying air\ncurrents about the Carribean -by special\ncommission of the German emperor.\nOne of liis captive balloons registered\na temperature at 19,000 feet of 81 degrees below zero. He will remain here\ntor two weeks before sailing for Germany to report to the kaiser.\nReglna Bank Clearings.\nREGINA,   Dec.   30.\u2014Bank   clearings\nfor the week which ended today were\n\u00a5882,518.\nResfgns Presidency\nNEW YORK, Dec. 30\u2014Charles C.\nDickinson, has resigned the presidency\nof the Carnegie Trust company because\nof poor health and a desire to devote\nhimself to personal business. At a special meeting of the directors the resignation was reluctantly accepted -and J.\nB, Reichsmann was elected to succeed\nhim, Mr. Dickinson remains a member\nof the board of directors.\nBurned to Death\nHALIFAX, Dec. 30\u2014Simon Demone,\nof Lunenburg, was burned to death in\na fire that destroyed the barn of T. A.\nEttlnger of Kentlcook Corners last\nnight Demone was sleeping in the\nbarn for the night,\nSandon Turkey Shoot\n(Special to The Dally News.)\nSANDON, Dec; 30\u2014The annual turkey shoot of the Sandon rifle olub was\npulled off on Christmas morning at 10\no'clock. There were a large number of\nenthusiastic sportsmen from all parte\nof the Slocan. In the course of the\nMlnard's Llnament Cures Colds, Etc.\nHENRYS*\u2014i\nFor Fall Planting\nBulbs from the best European and Japanese growers.\nHome grown fruit and ornamental trees, grown on upland soil without irrigation in\nthe only part of the American\ncontinent not Infested with\n.art Jose scale. -\nGarden, field and flower\nseeds. Tested stock from the\nhost growers ln the world.\nWire Fencing and Gates.\nSpray pumps, fertilizers,\nbee supplies, cut flow in,\nspraying materials, etc.\nWhite labor only,\n157 Page Catalogue free\nM. J. HENRY\nGreenhouses and seedhonses\n8010 Westminster road, Vancouver; Branch Nursery, S.\nVancouver.\n\"fan roved\nChampion\"\nNo other gift will give so\nmuch pleasure, to so\nmany people, for so long\ntime, at so little a cost,\nas the\nColumbia\nGraphophone\n\u00ab%% $40.10\nIncluding your choice of\n12 selections and 200\nneedles\nFletcher Bros., Ltd.\nVANCOUVER \u2022\nSole distributors tor B. O.   \u2022\nW, a THOMSON, Local Agent\nis just\ndelicious\nUntil you drink a cup of OXO you cannot\nhave any idea how delicious fluid beef can be.\nthe year round lo the sunshine\nand fresh air. It is such cattle\nwhich give OXO its delicious\nflavour\u2014a flavour which only\nthe very choicest beef can give.\nAsk your dealer to lendyou\na bottle of OXO to try. Then\nwe believe your home will\nnever after be without OXO. It\nis a stimulating and invigorating\ndrink for young and M at any\nlime of day or night.\nOXO\n\/ai-27 L*m1\u00bbnlSt,Tw\u00bbto.\nMany people dislike ordinary\nbeef tea, and with good reason.\nBeef tea is often insipid and\nmore like a medicine than a food.\nOXO is different, Itismadt\nia a highly Scientific way which\nretains tlie delicious flavour and\naroma of prime beef steak. ,\nEvery time you put a cup of\nnourishing OXO to your lips\nyou know you are drinking real\nbeef, the test beef.\n_____ OXO is made\n_____        from   healthy\nBH        cattle which live\n^B ^W    out of doors all\nCanadian Offices:\nCommon St, Moatnal\nOXO ia sold by fell Grocers, Druggists and General Stores.\nAgency for British Columbia\u2014Little Bros., 24\nCordova St., Vancouver\nIf you had trouble with\nCake loin,\nirepared\nit Was not Cowan's.\nfven a child oan ioe a\ncake perfectly, in three ,\nminutes, with Cowan's\nIcing. Eight delicious\nflavors. Soldeverywhere.\n1st C0WM CO. U1.IH (MMM.     73.\nCELERY!   CELERY!\nWo have secured a fine lot of the\nabove table vegetable, grown by a local white rancher. All lovers of good\ncelery should try some from the little\nstore with the big stock.\nJoy's Cash Grocery\nCorner ot Josephine nd Hill Streets.\nP. O. Box 637 Telephone 11\nPLUMBING AND HEATING\nGopp's stoves and ranges.   Tlle and\nsoil pipe always on hand.\nL K. Strachan\nPlumber Etc.\n313 Baker St. Nelson, B.C.\nNotice to Machine Miners\nTenders are Invited and will be received\nby the undersigned up to the 1st of January next, at their offices at Knslo, or\nWhitewater, for the driving of a three\ncompartment raise approximately 550 feet;\nfor cutting certain stations therein, and\nfor driving, at the option of the undersigned, certain crosscuts and drifts therefrom.\nSpecifications ln detail will be supplied\non application to the undersigned at Kaslo\nor Whitewater.\nThe lowest or any tender not necessarily\naccepted.\nTHE DEEP MINE. LIMITED,\nBy John L. Rets Hack.\nDirector.\nKaslo, B.C., 17th November. 1909.\n196-23.\nNELSON   LAND DISTRICT,   DISTRICT\nOP WEST KOOTENAY.\nTake notice that I, M. A. MoKUllcan, of\nMontreal, P.Q., occupation married woman, Intend to apply for permission to\npurchase the folowing described lands:\nCommencing at a post planted about 20\nchains east of the N.W, corner of Lot\n8318, thence north 80 chains, thence east 80\nchains, thence south 80 ohalns, thence west\n80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres more-or less,\nAugust 30, 1909.\nM. A. McKILLICAN,\n4-1049-Sw.    p. H. SIEMENS, Agent.\nNELSON   LAND DISTRICT,   DISTRICT\nOP WEST KOOTENAY.\nTake notice that I, Mary K. Siemens, of\nDeer Park, B. C, occupation married woman. Intend to apply for permission to\npurchase the following described lands;\nCommencing at a post planted about 20\nchains east of the N. w. corner of Annie\nDuhler'B application to purchase, thence\nnorth 60 chains, thence east SO chains,\nthence south -90 chains, thence west 80\nchains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres more or less,\nAugust 31. 1909.\nMARY K. SIEMENS,\n4-10-09-Sw. P. H. SIEMENS. Agent.\nNBLSON LAND DISTRICT, DISTRICT\n\u2022 OP WEBT KOOTENAY.\nTAKE NOTICE that I, R. Ryley. of Robson, B.C., occupation rancher, intend to\napply for permission to purchase the following described lands:\nCommencing at a post planted at the\nnorthwest corner of lot L807O, thence 20\nchains north, thence 20 chains east, thence\n20 chains south, thence, 20 chains west,\ncomprising 40 aores more or less.\nR. RYLEY.\nNov. 10, 1909. 11-11.09-8\nTo tht Elector* of the City\nof Nelson\nI beg to otter myself tor re-election\nas mayor of the city tor tho ensuing\nyear.\nIf I am elected I sliall endeavor to\ncarry on the affairs of tie city on practically the same lines as have obtained\nduring the past year.\nIn asking for your support I stand\non my record of the past, and pledge\nmyself to conduct the business of the\ncity with .economy, efficiency and mo-\nderation.\nHarold Selous\nNelson, Nov. 27, 1909\nlM-tt\nTo Ihe Electors of the City\nof Nelson\nAt the request 08 a large number ot\nratepayers I have decided to offer myself as candidate tor mayor tor the city\nof Nelson tor the year 1910.\nEdward Kerr\nTo the Electors of the CHy\nof Nelson\nAt the request ot a large number of\nratepayers I have decided to otter myself as a candidate for Mayor tor the\nOlty of Nelson for the year 1910, representing the Citizens' party.\nJ. A. IRVING\nDecember 16th, 1909.\nMY PLATFORM 18 AS FOLLOWS\n1. Abolition ot saloons by amending\nthe Trade license Bylaw.\n2. Preventing the Illegal sale of In-\ntoxlcating liquors, and enforcement of\nthe existing laws fixing the hours of\nsale ot such liquors, ,\n3. Encouraging the early construction and early operation of the Btreet\nrailway by Improvements to the streets\nand city park.\n4. An eight hour day for all city\nemployees,\n6.  Prevention of public gambling.\n6. Improvement of the water system\n7. Encouragement oe manufactories\nin legitimate ways, subjeot to ratification of the ratepayers,\n8. Extension of the city limits to\ninclude Fairview, end the extension of\npubllo utilities to serve the additional\narea.\n9. As funds permit, to Improve the\nstreets and sidewalks,\n10. Immediate completion ot the\npower plant, and Its utilization tor ad-\nvertlslng purposes.\nPalms, Perns and\nChrysanthemums\nNone better ln Canada.   Also Narcissus, Carnations ud Violets.\nFlorist\nID. ORIZZELLI\nNelson, B.C.\n m\u2014m\nFRIDAY DECEMBER 31\nShe fails item*.\n\\\u00bb?\nPAGE THREE     *\u2022\nTrust Companies and Their\nGreat Earning Power\nThe Farmers' Trust and Loon Company of New York State Pays 40 per Cent.\nYearly Dividends on $1,000,000. The Par Value of the Shares is $25,\nand the Stock Sold at $1650 per Share on August 1,1909\nThis company stands for all that is honorable In business. The great majority of tbe stock Is owned\nby small shareholders.\nOopetatton Ib the secret of success.\nCo-operation by the shareholders, thus providing sufficient capital.\nCooperation by a* board ot directors oMnpoaed of business men of large experience.\nAs the departmental store represents the highest pinnacle of success in tbe mercantile field, so the\nTrust Company operates in the field ot Investment and finance.\nThe Trust Company has no large amount of funds tied up in goods, store, plant, or equipment which\ndepreciates, carries Insurance or interest charges.\nEvery dollar ls a working dollar Invested after careful comparison of probably hundreds of good propo.\nsttlons submitted.\nMany times large amounts ot money are earned without any Investment ot capital, simply by being\nable through connections to finance for others.\nThA Colonial Trust company's success is assured. During the next few years British Columbia will\noffer many opportunities. Millions will be made by those who combine their capital to purchase and develop her natural resources.\nSend for prospectus.   The time to Invest is now.\nThe Colonial Trust Company, Ltd.\n41\u00bb BAKER STREET\nNELSON, B.C.\nGo to Brown ft Co.'s\nThe Store Where \"People Who Know\" Buy Goods\n'Prices That Will Tell       .'.       Quality the Very Best\nDo not miss the opportunity tor saving money on tbe best quality goods.   You pay less here\nChristmas shopping made easy at Brown and Co.'s.   We invite you to our store where your dollars bring\ntheir value.\n' A Sale of Christmas Tits\nA nice lot Just arrived, usually\nsold at 16c. and \u00bb1, our price 50c.\nA big range of choloe ties worth\n35c. to 50c, for 25c\nInitial Handkerchiefs, 25c\n\u25a0Pine quality handkerchiefs,\nvalue 26c, reduced to 16c, 2 for\n26,!*\nSilk handkerchiefs, value 75c,\nfor 50c\nBraces, 35c, 50c, 75c, fl.\nBoy's underwear ot 35c, 50c,\nand 76c, extra good value.\nMen's all wool underwear worth\n$2.60 per suit for 11.26.\nExtra high grade underwear at\n12.50, $3, M, and $5 per suit.\nSweater coats, $1.60 to $4.\nMufflers, knit and fancy \u25a0 silk,\n60c. to $2.\nHen's Hats Take Lower Prices\nThe Stetson hat usually sold for\n$5, reduoed to $3.76.\nThe Barrlngton hat, soft or stiff\nvalue $3 for $2.\nAbout 100 hats, all good styles,\nworth up to $3 for $1.\nMen's hose, black and fancy\ncashmere, 26c. to 76c.\nShoe News\nA splendid line of men's shoes,\n$5 value for $3.75.\nShoes worth $3.50 and $4 for\n$2.50.\nChoice Shoes for Ladies\nA splendid shoe, worth $3.50,\nreduoed to $2.50.\nA choice line of ladles' men's\nand   children's slippers at\nlow prices.\nWe promise you by all odds the\ngreatest suit and overcoat values\nthat will be offered ln Nelson this\nseason.\nSuits valued at $20 to 22.50 for\n$15.\nSuits valued at $15 for $9.75.\nSuits valued at $10 and $1*2, for\n$9.75.\nMens' high grade trousers, $7.50\nfor $6.60.\nMen's tweed and .worsted trousers, $4 value, for $3.\nBoy's clothing at greatly reduced prices.\nMens overcoats at gre'atly reduced prices.\nvery different condition of things.\nWe find that the harbor of Victoria ls\nreceiving $65,000; that the harbor of\nVancouver In receiving $90,000, that'the\nprovince of British Columbia generally\nis receiving $226,000 for dredging; that\nthere ls a general appropriation for\nharbors and rivers of $139,650, making\na total of $418,650 in all for the province of British Columbia. That ls to\nsay that the province of British Columbia is to receive on account of these\nexpenditures a sum amounting to a\nlittle less than 20 per cent of the total\nappropriations for the provinces of\nNew Brunswick and Nova Scotia.\nNEWS OF THE DOMINION\nOTTAWA, Dec. 30\u2014Nine big bridge\nbuilding firms are out after the Quebec\nbridge contract and will put ln tender*.       \u25a0  ii i.,'\\l-m\nMONTRHAL, Dec 80\u2014Bank clearings for the week were $26,162,531 as\nagainst $28,189,600 for the same week\nlast year.\nHAMILTON, Dec. 30\u2014Thomas Tray-\nnor, an elderly man who lived alone\nIn a shack on the mountain top was\nfound frosen to death this morning.\nVANCOUVER, Dec. 30\u2014Basil Saw-\ners, the Vancouver full back, who was\nInjured in yesterday's game with Berkley was operated on last night for b\nfractured skull.   He may recover.\nMONTREAL, Dec. 30\u2014Fire this afternoon did about $25,000 damage to\nthe clothing store of M, Saxe & Sons,\not St. Catherines and St. Lawrence\nBtreets,\nOTTAWA, Dec 30\u2014Dr. W. C. Bea-\nman, one of the leading physicians of\nOttawa, died rather unexpectedly this\nmorning. He had been ill but a trip\nabroad lt was thought had restored his\nhealth.\nTORONTO, Dec. 30\u2014The temperance\npeople et the provinoe will ask at the\nsession ot the legislature to prohibit\nthe sale of liquor on Christmas day and\npossibly on Good Friday and Thanks-\ngiving day.\nGALT, Dec. 30\u2014Dominion veterinary\ndirector Rutherford has Informed the\nlocal health officer that a dog destroy.\ned here alter having bitten eight persons, was suffering from rabies, as an\nlnocculation test caused the death of\nseveral rabbits.\nOTTAWA, Dec. 30\u2014It ls probable\nthat the liberal convention to select a\ncandidate for the Ottawa bye-election\nwill be held towards the end of next\nweek, The executive of the Reform as-\nsoclatlon and of the Club Belcourt were\nfa conference with sir Wilfrid Laurier\nthis morning for the purpose of getting\na line on when the election will take\nplace. Sir Wilfrid did not tell them\nthat but he told them to go ahead and\nput a candidate ln the field and to\nstand unitedly by the man who ls the\nchoice of the convention.\nOTTAWA, Dec. 30\u2014It Is denied that\nsir Wilfrid Laurier will visit South\nAfrica next summer with the prlnoe of\nWales as cabled from London. The\npremier may pay a visit to western\nCanada after the prorogation of panlla-\nment, accompanied hy lady Laurier.\nTORONTO, Dec. 30\u2014According to\nthe annual statement of the Crow's\nNest Pass Coal company today a dividend ot 6 per cent is to be resumed.\nProduction has increased at the mines\nfrom an output of 3000 tons a day in\nJuly to an average of about 4000 In\nDecember.\nOTTAWA, Dec 30\u2014It Is expected\nthat shortly after recess a bill will be\nintroduoed providing for an advance\nof $1,500,000 to the Montreal harbor\ncommission for improvements next sea-\nson. This will be part of the general\nscheme elaborated by a board of engineers and which will take 12 years to\ncarry out ln full.\nOTTAWA, Dec. 30\u2014Chief Justice\nFitzpatrlck ot the supreme court grant\ned a stay of execution ln the decision\nof the supremo court last -Friday disqualifying for two years seven aldermen composing tlie finance committee\nof the city of Montreal for illegal payment of moneys to mayor Payette and\nassistant olty clerk Bauset for expenses\nIn connection with the Champlain celebration in France. The oase will now\nbe taken to the privy council tor judgment.   The amount Involved ls $3800.\nSAULTE STB. MARIE, Dec. 30\u2014A\nflre which completely wiped out half\nof the business section of Thessalon,\nstarted yesterday In the oftlce of the\nWilson printing company from an unknown cause. Though an up to date\nwater system had Just been installed\nthe flre department was unable to cope\nwith the flames which spread with\nlightning   like   rapidity   among   the\nframe buildings ln the vicinity until\nthe damage amounted to $70,000. The\nsevere frost hampered tbe movements\nof the nremen considerably. The temperature at the time was 18 below\nzero.\nFORTUNE BY SOLITARY PUNCH.\nFuture Welfare of Winner of Jeffries-\nJohnson Fight Assured.\nNEW YORK, Dec 30.\u2014A fortune in\none punch.\nThe winner of the Jeffries-Johnson\nfight will establish a new record In\nthe amount of money won ln a single\nencounter In the ring. The fighting\ngame .Is the most lucrative vocation\nin-the world. Joe Cans went to Fort\nErie, stepped Into the ring with Frank\nErne, shot out his right, and right\nthere was created a 'new lightweight\nchampion. That one punch netted\nGans at least $100,000 worth of engagements.\nAlthough never officially given out,\nit is snid that the gate receipts for the\nfight between Jack Johnson and Tommy\nBurns pulled off by Hugh Mcintosh,\nthe famous Australian promoter, at\nSydney last December, amounted to\nconsiderably over $100,000.\nThis will be the fifth contest in which\nJeff has engaged that broke the record. When he whipped Tom Sharkey\nin New York the Coney Island club\nannounced that the gate receipts totalled $06,000, of which the fighters received over $36,000. The Jeffries-Cor-\nbett battle ln San Francisco drew a\n$65,000 house, and their contest in New\nYork also drew a big houBe. The Jeff-\nries-Fltzsimmpns flght for the world's\nchampionship' also drew heavily, the\nreceipts being $63,000.\nAlthough In no way official, the following table of  big purses received\nby the fighters will be found very Interesting by the fight fans:\nContests. Gate Receipts.\nNelson-Gans, Goldfield  $69,716\nJelfries-Sharkey, San Francisco. (17 000\nFitzslmmbhs-Jeffrles,  Coney  Island   03,000\nCorbett-Jeffries, San Francisco.. 62,340\nCorbett-McCoy, New York  67,000\nIn San Francisco\u2014\nJettrles-Corbett   62,340\nBvltt-Nelson (1906)    48,311\nGans-Britt   38,000\nBrttt-Corbett     32,266\nJeffries-FltZBlmmons   31,800\nJeffrles-Ruhlln    30,487\nBrltt-Nelson (1904)    26,900\nBurns-Squires   25,251\nO'Brlen-Fitzslmmons   16 407\nCorbett-Nelson (1904)   14,208\nCorbett-Nelson (1905)     11,368\nBrltt-Whlte     9,180\nO'Brien-Kaufman     6,419\nNell-Tenney     6,270\nNell-Hylnnd     6,210\nHart-Johnson    6,200\nIn New York\u2014\nJeffrles-Sharkey   67,000\nJeffries-Fltzslmmons   63,000\nCorbett-McCoy   57,000\nCorbett-Shai'key     48,000\nRuhlin-Fltzslmmons   45,000\nRuhlln-Sharkey   40,000\nSharkey-McCoy   37,000\nJeffrles-Corbett   35,000\nMcGovern-Erne  32,000\nSharkey-Fltzslmmons   25 000\nJlcGovern-Dlxon   24,000\nChoynskl-McCoy   20,000\nIn Philadelphia\u2014\nNelson-McGovern    23,000\nIn Goldfield\u2014\nNelson-Gans   69,715\nin Tonopah\u2014\nGans-Herman   30,705\nIn New Orleans\u2014\nCorbett-Sitlllvan    46,000\nBRITISH   COLUMBIA   NEGLECTED\nGives More and Gets Lets Than Other\nProvinces\nOTTAWA, Dec. 30\u2014In the course of\nthe budget debate G. H. Barnard of\nVlotorla entered a (strong (tpmpjalnt\nagainst the manner in which British\nColumbia ls discriminated against in\nthe matter of harbor improvements and\nocean and river servloe. He took the\nfollowing subjects: Tonnage of sea go.\ning vessels, tonnage of coasting vessels, exports and imports, duties paid,\nexcise revenue, postal transactions.\nUnder each of these heads he showed\nthat on the figures ot 1908,09 British\nColumbia is far ahead of both Nova\nSootla and New Brunswick. For example the exports and Imports of British Columbia in that year amounted to\n$43,000,000. as against $36,000,000 in\nthe case of Nova Scotia and $30,000,000\nin the case of New Brunswick. British Columbia paid $4,400,0.00 In duties\nas aganist $2,100,00 by New Brunswick\nand $1,600,000 by Nova Scotia. The excise duty paid by British Columbia was\n$663,000, as against $232,000 by New\nBrunswick and $166,000 by Nova\nScotia. The seagoing tonnage of British Columbia was 6,300,000 as against\n4,300,000 for Nova Scotia and 2,100,-\n000 for New Brunswick. The coasting\ntonnage of British Columbia was 8,800,-\n000 as against 4,100,000 for Nova Scotia and 1,700,000 for New Brunswick.\nYet, despite these circumstances Brit*\nish Columbia gets very much less than\nher fair share of the money designed\nto improve the sea going trade of the\ncountry. In the last ten years the sum\nof nearly $1,700,000 has been spent on\nHalifax and up to the end of 1910 very\nnearly $2,000,000 on St. John. During\nthe present year the province of New\nBrunswkk is to obtain $1,241,000 for\nharbor and river Improvements and\ndredging, Nova Scotia for the same\npurposes Is to have $1,076,000 spent on\nlt \"But when we come to British Col-\numhla,\" said Mr. Barnard, \"we find a\nA HIDDEN FORTUNE\nFound In House of Old Woman Who\nAffected Poverty\nStocks and shares to the value of\n\u00a35600 were found ln the home at Dal-\nston of an old lady of 70 named Mrs.\nEmma Tomlinson, who died in the infirmary at Homerton, England and a\nsearch is now being made for her heirs.\nMrs. Tomlinson carried on a small\nbusiness In Dalston lane, where she\nlived quite alone in a comparatively\nlarge house. Seventeen years ago she\nseparated from her husband who went\nto Manchester and was lost sight of.\nThere was no family so far as was\nknown and slnoe that period the woman led a very secluded life, her only\nassociate being Florence Risley whom\nshe employed to keep her accounts.\nA tow days ago Miss Risley found\nthat she could not enter the house as\nusual and on the polloe forcing an entrance Mrs. Tomlinson was discovered\nlying ln a passage very ill. She was\nremoved to the Infirmary where she\ndied. The relieving officer found the\nplace in a very dirty condition and the\nold woman herself was much neglected.\nA search, however, revealed hidden\naway ln all sorts ot old corners and between the leaves of books, stocks and\nbonds to the value of \u00a36500. In addition a quantity ot jewelry has been discovered. No will has been found and\nan effort ls being made to find out if\nthe husband is still alive.\nStrikers Return to Work.\nBUTTE, Mont., Dec 30.\u2014The strikers who as members of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen went out In\nsympathy with the local members of\nthe Switchmen's union, returned to\nwork at the Northern Pacific yards\nhere today. As the Great Northern\nmen went back several days ago, the\nsituation ls now normal here.\nA sprained ankle wUI usually disable the\nInjured person for three or four wees.\nThis Is due to 'lack of proper treatment.\nWhen chamberlain's Liniment Is applied\nn cure may be effected In three or four\ndays. This liniment Is one of the best and\nmost remarkable preparations In use Sold\nby all druggists and dealers.\nMlnird's Llnament Cures Dlitempsr.\nScotch Whisky\nA Brand to Depend on.\nIs there anything more annoying than to\nfind, after acquiring a liking (or a certain (ood\nor beverage, that while occasionally good, it\nis not uniformly good.\nThat often happens in the case of whisky.\u2014\nIt cannot happen with Wat-son's whisky.\nUniform high quality is ensured for this\nbrand, by the most rigid care in distilling,\nblending, ageing and bottling.,\nThe flavor and the mellowness that commend Watson's to you when first you try it,\nnever are allowed to deteriorate or to vary in\nthe slightest degree.\nContinued use of Watson's Scotch confirms\nold friends in their liking for it, and the\nexpressed opinion of these old friends of the\nbrand is continually helping to make new\nfriends for it, the world over.\nInsist    on\nWatson's\n\"THREE STAR\"\u2014A mild, thoroughly matured Scotch.\n\"HO. IO\"-A loll.hodi.J. richly ll.vorcd Scotch.\nJAMES WATSON & CO., Limited - Dundee.\nTHIRD  ANNUAL   INLAND   EMPIRE  SPECIAL TRAIN\nEXCURSION\nTo Los Angeles, cal.\nVia O. R. & N.-Southern Pacific\nLeaving Spokane Jan. 17\nThe $99 rate from Spokane includes railroad ticket for the round\ntrip, which is limit-ed to three montiis. with stop over privileges returning. Also berth in Pullman car, meals In diner and hotels, side trips\nand every expense of the going trip of six days. Two tickets entitle\nholder to a full section and there positively will be no crowding.\nA special train baggageman will be In charge of all baggage so\nthat members of the party may have access thereto at their pleasure.\nMake your reservations as soon as possible, as only a limited number\ncan be accommodated.\nW. R. SKEY, Travelling Passenger Agent O. R. & N.( Spokane, Wash.\nHealth and Happiness\nwill come with the New Year to everyone who drinks Nelson Beer because\nit is tlie purest brewed beverage to be\nfound. Not only are pure Ingredients\nused, but the process of brewing is conducted under the most strict sanitary\nmethods. In cases of one or two dozen,\npints or quarts; large and small kegs.\nNelson Brewing Co., Ltd.\nPHONE 24\nBy 8peelal Appointment Purveyor! to H.E. the Governor General.\nHere We Are Again With\nSomething New\nJams of exquisite flavor made   by    combining   the    following\nfruits:\nStrawberries and Plums. Strawberries nnd  Apples.\nPlums and Apples.\nAll are guaranteed to be of the finest and purest quality. Put\nup In 6 lb. pails only by.\nKootenay Jam Co., Ltd. Neison. b.c.\nWESTERN CANADA'S GREATEST SCHOOL _\nVancouver. B.C.\nR. J. SPROTT, B.A., Mgr.\nSend for catalogue\nBeBt equipped school west ot Toronto.   New Year's term opens Jan. 3.\nSprott-Shaw\nBusiness Institute\n}tmW!Wrltfmf^j___fes___^\nROliai-I and\nDRESSED\nLUMBER\nCERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS\nBullion   and   Hideaway   Mineral Claims,\nsituate In the Nelson Mining Division ot\nWest Kootenay district.\nWhere located: On Wolf Creek, near\nTAKE NOTICE that I, F. C. Greer, acting ae agent for William Waldie, Free\nMiner's Certificate No. B. 32S20, intend GO\ndays from the date hereof, to apply to\nthe Mining Recorder for Certificates af\nImprovements, for the purpose of obtaining Crown Grants of the above claims.\nAnd further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before\nthe Issuance of such Certificates of Im\nprovemenis.\n8-12-M-8w.\nF. C. GREEN,\nNelson, B.C.\nNELSON    LAND   DISTRICT,    DISTRICT\nOF WEST KOOTENAY\nTake notice that I, Angus MacNeish. of\nMontreal, p. Q., occupation solicitor. Intend to apply for permission to purchase\nthe following described lands:\nCommencing at a post planted about 60\nohalns east of the N. W. corner of T L.\nNo. 30062, thence north \u00ab chains, thence\neast 80 chains, thence south 40 chains,\nthence weBt 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 320 acres more or\nlees.\nAugust 31, 1909.\nt ,\u00ab \u2122 _ ANGUS MACNEISH,\n\u2022MO-09-8W. V. h. SIEMENS, Agent.\nNEH\u00b0\u00a3   k*ND   DISTRICT,   DISTRICT\nOF WEST KOOTENAY.\ni T2ke \u2122tice that C. P. Ryan of Ross,\nland, B. C,  occupation  clerk,   intends  to\napply for permission to purchase the following described lands:\nCommencing at a post planted at the\nN. E. corner of Lot 8141, thence west 80\nchainB, thence north W chalnB, thence east\n80 chains, thence south 40 chains more or\nless on lake shore to point of commencement, containing 320 acres more or less.\nC. P. RYAN,\nxt      M  ,\u2122   J- H.  FEENEY, Agent.\nNov. 23, 1909. 4-12-Oe-Sw. \u25a0\nNELSON   LAND   DISTRICT,   DISTRICT\nOF WEST KOOTENAY.\nTAKE NOTICE that I, G. A. Konning-\nton, of Salmo, B. C, occupation, blacksmith, intend* to apply for permission to\npurchase the following described lands:\nCommencing at a poBt planted about 14\nchains north of the S. W. corner of R.\nNo. 927. thence south 20 chains, thence\nwest 80 chains more or less, thence north\n20 chains, thence eaBt 80 chains more or\nless, to point of commencement, containing 160 acres more or less.\nGl. A. KENNINGTON.\nOct. 12, 1909. 10-11-09-8\nNBLSON   LAND   DISTRICT,   DISTRICT\nOF WEST   KOOTENAY.\nTAKE NOTICE that I. C. Clark, of Nelson,  B. C, occupation grocer,  intend   to\napply for permission to purchase the following described lands:\nCommencing \u00bbt a post planted at the\nS. E. corner of Lot H10. thence east 40\nchains, thence north 40 chains, thence west\n40 chains, thence south 40 chains lo point\nof commencement, containing 1G0 acres\nmora or less.\nC.   CLARK,\nROBERT THOMPSON,   Agent.\nOct. 2, 1909. 22-10-09-4\nNELSON    LAND   DISTRICT,    DISTRICT\nOF  WEST   KOOTENAY.\nTAKE NOTICE mat I, Lome Thompson,\nof Salmo, B, C, occupation, teamster? Intend lo apply for permission to purchase\nthe following described  lands:\nCommencing nt a post planted at the\nS. E. corner of P. R. No. 847, thenco\nsouth 40 chalnB, thence west 20 chains,\nthence north 4(1 chains, thence east 20\nchains to point of commen'cement, containing 80 acres morn nr Icsb.\nLORNE THOMPSON,\nBERNARD  FEENEY.  Agent.\nOct. 13, 1909. 6-U-09-8W.\nDoon; Windows, Mouldings, Shlnglei, Turned Worka md Bracket!,   Comitate tod up to date stock ilwayt on hand.  McJl ordera promptly attended ta\nA. Q. LAMBERT dk CO.\nNELSON    LAND   DISTRICT.    DISTRICT\nOF WEST KOOTENAY.\nTake notice that 1, Sarah Mclnnes, of\nMontreal, P.Q. occupation mar.led woman, intend to apply for permission to\npurchase the folowing described lands: ,\nCommencing at a post planted about 20\nchains east of the N. E. corner of Lot\n8318, thence east 60 chains, thence north\n80 chains, thence west 60 chains, thence\nsouth 80 chains to point of commencement,\ncontaining \"240 acres more or less.\nAugust 30, 1909.\nSARAH McINNES,\n4-10-09-8w. P..H. SIEMENS, Agent.\nNELSON LAND DISTRICT DISTRICT\nOF WEST  KOOTENAY\nTake notice that I, T. O. Ollls, of Rossland, B.C., occupation clerk, intend to\napply for permission to\" purchase the following descrihed lands: '\nCommencing nt a post Planted bt Hia\nS. W. corner of Lot 9881,. thence oust. bO\nchains, thence couth 20 chains, thence west\nCO chains, thenco north 20'ihains to point\nnf    commencement,    containing  o)   acres\nm<\"e \u00b0r *\"*\u25a0     J.   II.   FEENEV.  Agent,\nT.  11.  OLL1S,\nNOT. 24. 1909. MMM*\nNELSON    LAND    DISTRICT.    DISTRICT\nOP WEST KOOTENAY.\nTake notice that I, Charles Masorolis,, ot\nSnlmo, B. 0., occupntlon sawyer. Intent!\nlo npply for permission to purcnase tlio\nfollowing described lands: _\nCommencing nt n POStplonteflI \"MS _\nW. corner of P-R. No. TO tlienco south\u00bb\nchnins, Ihence enst 20 chains, thonce nortli\n20 chains, thence west 20 chnins to point\nof commencement, containing W acres\nmore or loss.\nNovember 30. 19JJ* *   .,.\u201e,., __\n9-12-09-Sw CHARLES MASBKAl.ua.\nCERTIFICATE  OF   IMPROVEMENTS\n\u25a0Hnn mineral Claims, situate in tne J**1-1\nson  Mining Division of West Kootenay\nWheTe'' located: On Wolf Creek, near\nTAKE NOTICE thnt I, F. C. Green, act-\nIngns agent for Charles Lewlston. Free\nMinor*\u2122 cerltllcato No. B. 160S6, Intend, M\n\"ays from the dote hereof, to apply to\nthe Mining Recorder for Certificates of\nImprovements, for tho purpose of obtaining Crown Grnnts of tho above c alms.\nAnd further tnke notice that action, under section 3?. must be commenced before\nthe Issuance of such Certificates of Improvements. _\nDnted this 3th day of December,   A.D.\n1S09' F.  C.  GREEN,\n9-12-09-8W. Nelson. B.C^\nCERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS.\nClvdo and Belt Mlnernl Cln'ms. situate In\nthe Nelson Mining DlvHlon of kootenay\ndistrict. ..      ,,       .\nWhero located: On the north sltle of\nSheep creek, about II miles from Salmo.\nTAKE NOTICE that I, F. C. Green, acting as agent for W. H. Willson. Freo\nMiner's Certificate No. B. 15.38**. nnd G.\nR. Devlin. Free Miner's Certificate No.\n82,619 B., Intend, Blxty days from the date\nhereof, to apply to the mining recorder\nfor a Certificate of Improvements, for tbe\npurpose of obtaining Crown Grants of tne\nabove claims.\nAnd further take notice Hint notion under section 37, must be commenced before\nthe Issunnce of such Certificates of Improvements. ,-_\nDnted this 16th dny o!_.'\"_\u25a0'J__^_\nIMd. Nelson.  B. C.\nCERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS.\nSkvlnrk and Ranger Mineral Claims,\nsltunto in the Slocnn Citv Mining Division\nof West Kootenny district.\nWliero located*. On First North Folk\nof Lemon Creek. ., \u201e      ,,\nnrtng us agent for N. J*. McNaught,\nFree Miner's Certificate No. B. 1722B; .Ins.\nMcNaught. Free Miner's certificate No. B.\n1722f>, nnd R. W. Hannington, l*reo\nMinor's Certificate No. B. 31317. Intend,\nsixty days from the date hereof, to nnply\nto the Mining Recorder for Certificates of\nImprovements, for 'the purpose of obtaining Crown Gtrnnts of the nbovo clttlms.\nAnd furthfu* take notice that action, under Bectlon TT, must bo commenced boforo\ntho Issuance of such Certificate of Improvements.\nDated thlts ltth day ot Juno, A. D. 1003.\nF. C. GREEN.\nM-OD-Sw,     *s   u Nelson, B. C.\n PAGE FOUR\n~Wt SMUg Hen*.\ni\nFRIDAY   DECEMBER 31\nI ********************************************** *********\n'! * >\nit \u25a0 , ,\nSanta Qaus is Here\nNew Importations Just Arrived\nTom Smith's Crackers\nTom Smith's Stockings\nCadbury's Chocolates\nRowntree's Chocolates\nPasealls Toffees\nCrosse & Blackwells Plum Pnd-\ndings expected daily\nAll other lines of Chistmas Good\nCheer complete\nj The Hudson's Bay Stores ||\n*** i iiiiiiitiimttff*ttT*f *************1M***************\nImperial Bank of Canada\nHF**S> HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO\nCapital Authorized   110,000,000\nCapital Paid Up   15,000,000     Reserve Fund  15,000,000\nD. R. WILKIE, Prealdent        HON. ROBT. JAFFRAY, Vlce-Prei.\nBRANCHES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA:\nArrowhead,  Cranbrook,  Fernle, Golden, Kamloope, Michel, New Michel,\n^ Moyie,  Nelion,  Revelstoke, Vancouver and Victoria,\n8AVINOS DEPARTMENT \u2022\nIntareat allowed on depoalta at current rate from data of deposit\nNEL80N BRANCH J. M. LAY, Manager.\nCanadian Bank of Commerce\nHEAD OFFICE, TORONTO ESTABLISHED 1867\nB. _,. WALKER, Prealdent Reaerve Fund     6,000,000\nALEXANDER LAIRD, Sen. MM.      Paid-up Capital  110,000,000\nTRAVELLERS' CHEQUES\nThe new Travellera' Cheques recently Issued by this Bank are 1\nmost convenient way ln whlcli to carry money when travelling. They\nare Issued In denominations ot 110, (20, $50, $100 and $200 and the exact\namount payable in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great\nBritain, Holland, Italy, Norway,.Ruaala, Sweden and Switzerland ls stated on the face of each cheque, while ln other countries they are payable\nat current ratea.\nThe cheques and all Information regarding them may he obtained\nat every office of the bank.      ,\nNEL80N BRANCH -J. L. BUCHAN, Manager\nBANK Of MONTREAL\nEstablished 1817\nCapital All Paid Up ..$14,100,000   Rest   ..812,000,000\nHEAD OFFICE: MONTREAL\nRt. Hon. Lord Strathcona and M ount Royal, G.C.M.U., Hon. President.\nHon. 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,  Nelson,  New  Denver,\nNicola, New Westminster, Rossland, Summerland, Vancouver, Vernon,\nVictoria, Chilliwack,  Hosmer....      _...__ '\u201e\" _\n' NELSON BRANCH L. B. DEVEBER, Manager.\nThe Royal Bank of Canada\nINCORPORATED 1888.\nCapital    14,800,000      Reserve    85,600,000\nTotal Asset*   $58,000,000\nA general banking business transacted.   Savings Bank Department\nat all offices.\nSavings Bank Department -at all\noffices. Interest allowed on de-\nposits ot one dollar and upwarda\nat highest current rates, compounded half yearly. Honey may\nhe withdrawn without delay.\nNelaon Branch\nWe receive Accounts of Corpora*\ntlons, firms and Individuals on fa.\nvorable terms and shall be pleased\nto meet or correspond with tbose\nwho contemplate making changes\nor opening new accounts.\nA. B. NETHERBY, Manager\nSUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION\nWE WILL SELL\n500-2000 Black Horse. \u00bb  .32      1000-3000 Rambler-Carlboo 01 tt\n50-300 B C. Copper     8.12% 600-2000 Nugget Oold Mines ..     .62 tt\n6-20 Con. Smelters   80.00        100-600 Snowstorm    IBB\n2-10 Oranby  OHM      1000-3000 Diamond Vale      -08 tt\n600-1000 International Coal ..     .82        20O-2000 Missoula Copper 06tt\nMIGHTON & CAVANAUGH\nDR. WER 1088\nBROKERS\nNELSON, 3. O.\nFEEBLE OLD PEOPLE\nhave strength and renewed vitality.\ncontains the elements necessary to nourish every tissue and\nreplace weakness with strength. Should it fail to do so in any\ncase we reUJ the money paiS is for the medicine used Please try it.\n| Wm. RUTHERFORD, Druggist, -  Nelson, B.C\nNew Year Cards and\nNew Year Post Cards\nProfiting by the experience of\nprevious years we have provided\nan ample supply for your selection. Prices 3 for 10c, 5c. eaoh\nand up.\nSee our Squeeker.   New Tear Post Cards at 10c. each, 3 for 25c.\nThey tickle the children.\nW. O. THOMSON %&__\nBookMllar -and Statlonar\n\u00a9he SMUg $*\u00ab>*\u2666\nPHONE 110\nPublished at Nelaon Brery Horning\nExcept Monday, br\n\u00bb  Newt Publishing Company, Limited\nW. O. McMORRIS   Manner\nPROVINCIAL RIGHTS.\nOne of the most lnterestnlg public\ndocuments issued in this country for\nsome time is the answer of the government of Ontario to the applications\nfor disallowance of the power legislation of tho -session of 1909, prepared\nby and submitted to the government at\nOttawa by Hon. J. J. Foy, attorney\ngeneral for Ontario. The answer, it\nmay be said, is In reply to applications\nwhich have been made to the government at Ottawa asking It to disallow\nan act passed by the Ontario legislature\nat Us last session confirming agreements which certain municipalities had\nmade with the Hydroelectric commission for a power supply, These agreements were declared by tiie courts to\nbe irregular, owing to some ambiguity\nIn the provincial statute under which\nthey were made.\nHad this decision stood it would have\nmeant that the tying up of' the whole\nwork of the government's Hydro-Electric commission, the object of which Is\nto supply Ontario municipalities with\npower from Niagara at cost, that Is,\nthe government buys the power outright from one of the companies having plants there and distributes It to\nthe municipalities at the same figure\nplus the cost of transmission. The\npower companies have fought this legislation from the start and It was as a\nresult of their efforts that the agreements referred to were declared Invalid. The effect of this decision of\nthe court was that the whole matter\nhad to go before the people of the municipalities affected a second time for\nratification, which meant more or less\ndelay and with lt the tying up of the\ngovernment's whole scheme which had\nbeen entered upon with the assurance\nthat it would have the municipalities as\ncustomers.\nUnder these conditions the legislature last session passed an act declaring the agreements valid, or in other\nwords carrying out the Intention of\nthe original legislation, which had contemplated but the one submission to\nthe people of the question as to whether\na municipality should enter into an\nagreement with the commission for a\nsupply of electric power. The companies, through some of their friends,\nhave now asked the government at Ottawa to disallow this act, something\nwhich it has some months yet in which\nto do, Following the receipt of the request for disallowance of the measure\nthe Ottawa authorities asked the Ontario government for its side of the\ncase and this is contained In the communication of Attorney General Foy\nreferred to.\nWhile the matter is one which wholly\naffects Ontario, Mr. Foy, in his communication, goes Into the whole question of provincial rights, a very-live\nIssue in several parts of Canada,\nparticularly in BritlBh Columbia. He\nshows that the provincial legislatures\nare supreme in matters which were\nplaced under their control hy the Brit\nIsh North America act and quotes in\nsupport of this view such well known\nauthorities as Sir Oliver Mowat, Hon.\nEdward Blake, Sir John Thompson,\nHon. A. B. Aylesworth, Sir Charles\nFitz pat rick, as well as several court\ndecisions, including one from the privy\ncouncil.\nThere   has   been   practically  since\nconfederation a well denned tendency\non the part of the government at Ottawa to usurp the functions of the legislatures of the provinces ann the present administration has been quite as\nguilty In this respect as any other. One\nof the provinces most directly affected\nby this attitude on the part of the present government at Ottawa Is British\nColumbia. There are at present several\nimportant questions In dispute between\nthis province and the Dominion authorities. One of these arises out of the\nclaim of the Dominion for control over\nthe water courses in the railway belt,\nanother relates to the fisheries of this\nprovince, and a third is in connection\nwith the title to Indian lands abandoned\nby the aborigines.\nBut while these three are Important\nin themselves, there is another matter\nwhich more directly affectB the future\nof British Columbia and that relates to\nthe exclusion of Asiatics. Several measures with this end In view passed\nby the British Columbia legislature\nhave been disallowed at Ottawa upon\none pretext or another, The first three\nquestions, it may be said, are at last\nto he referred to the courts for settlement, but the fourth, and most important, will still be left in dispute.\nThis matter of provincial rights fs\none In which the provinces should stand\ntogether. As a matter of fact, Sir\nJames Whitney, the conservative premier of Ontario, and Sir Lomer Gouln,\nthe liberal premier of Quebec, have already given evidence of being in alliance on the matter and there Is\nreason why they should not be joined\nby ail the other provinces affected in\na flght against federal interference In\npurely local affairs, no difference from\nwhat party in power it may come. In\nthe Interests of the country legislatures\nof the various provinces should be allowed to discharge their full powers '\nwithout any fear ot interference from\nOttawa. This is Just as important as\nthat the legislatures of the various provinces should not interfere In matters\nwhich properly come within the scope\nof the Dominion parliament. There is\nof course, this difference, that ln thea\ncase of any measure passed by a provincial legislature which infringes federal authority the latter has an opportunity of disallowing It, while In tbe\ncase of Infringement of provincial\nrights by the Ottawa government the\nprovinces have no such safeguard, but\nhave to flght for Justice as best they\nmay. This can best be done by the\nprovinces combining tn defense of their\nrights, and this, It is hoped, tbey will\ndo.\nEDITORIAL  NOTES.\nPoor old 1909 is on his last legs.\nHave your New Year's resolutions\nready ror the striking of the clock at\nmidnight.\nIn a letter published in today's Issue\nMr. R. G. Joy, a member of the Nelson\nschool board, makes the claim that\nit Is to the school trustees of the province that credit ls due for the Introduction of free text boobs and the\nproposed measure for the medical' In*\nBpectlon of schools because they declared in favor of both theBe measures\nat their annual convention and afterwards presented their views to the government. All that Mr. Joy says may\nbe very true, but would there be free\ntext books ln British Columbia schools\ntoday or would there be a measure in\npreparation providing for medical inspection of rural schools if the minister\nof education Were not In Bympathy with\nthe trustees on these matters? Whatever credit may be due to the trustees,\nand The News doeB not desire In any\nway to detract from it, the fact remains\nthat during the,short time he has been\na minister of education, less than three\nyears, Dr. Young has introduced more\nadvanced measures in regard to educational matters than any other minister\nwho has ever presided over the department.\nThe World's Work for January, Just\nto hand, contains an Interesting article\nfrom the pen -Of C M. Keys, entitled\n\"American Builders In Canada\" and\ndealing with the work of Sir William\nVan Home and Sir Thomas Shaughnessy on the Canadian Pacific railway\nand of Mr. C. M. Hays on the Grand\nTrunk and Grand Trunk Pacific railways. The article tells uie story of\nhow these three men have worked their\nway up to leading positions tn tbe railway world of the continent, and affords considerable Insight into the character of -each. The writer, however,\nmakes one error, due doubtless to a\nsuggestion which waB made in several\nquarters but never carried Into effect.\nThat ls when he says that Sir William\nVan Home is chairman of the Dominion\nRailway commission. Sir William's appointment to this position was at one\ntime urged, but the government took\nno action in the matter. In his article\nthe writer pays a tribute to Mr. William\nMacKenzie and Mr. D. D. Mann and\nalso to the many Canadians who bave\nachieved success In the railway field\nln the United States, Including Mr.\nJameB J. Hill and Mr. S. R. Calloway,\nlate president of the New York Central\nrailway. In concluding he remarks in\nthis latter connection: \"On the whole\nIn the merry game of reciprocity, it is\nprobably a safe guess that the United\nStates has gained In the commerce of\n. railroad brains across the Canadian\nborder.\" This statement is undoubtedly\ntrue, for In the years gone by young\nCanadians looked to the United States\nas offering the best scope for their en-f\nergles but that day Is now gone and\nQanadfans   young and old, can now\nAnd In their own country all the scope\nthat they can desire for their energies.\nDissatisfied With Executive.\nHAMBURG, Dec. 30.-The concluding\nsession of the International Zionist congress waa held today. A resolution was\nadopted in favor of the operation of the\nJewish Colonial trust and the utilization\nof funds in Jerusuiiim. Much dissatisfaction has been expressed by the delegates\nat the present executive, and Prof. Warburg of Berlin lias been proposed to replace David Wolffsohn of Cologn, president of the International Zionist committee.\nCase Reopened.\nNEW YORK, Dec. 30.-An application of\ncounsel respecting Mayor-elect Gaynor for\npermission to reopen the $100,000 libel action brought against Judge Gaynor by\nformer Police Commissioner Bingham-, for\nstatements made during the recent municipal campaign, was granted today In the\nsupreme court. The mayor failed to file\nan answer to Gen. Bingham's complaint,\nbut under the application granted today\nhe will have 20 days lu which to do so,\nIf you want a delightful mid-winter trip\nwhy not go on the third annual Los\nAngeles excursion via the O. R. & N. from\nSpokane on -January 17. See advertisement on another page. 216-11\nMINARD'S LINIMENT CO., LIMITED.\nGentlemen,\u2014Last winter I received great\nbenefit from the use of MINARD'S LINIMENT in a severe attack of LaGrlppe, and\nI have frequently proved It to be very\neffective ln cases of Inflammation.\nYour-s.\nW. A. HUTCHISON,\nFred Irvine & Co.\nCHRISTMAS\nBARGAINS\nWe are selling our Xmas stock .at prices away dowtt, Ud we have '\na splendid stock ot goods which will make a good serviceable aad use-\nful Xmas present lor ladles and children.\nLadles' and Children's handkerchiefs at all prices, (rom, 5c.\neach up to |6.\nLadles' tancy silk collars, ties,\nscarfs, belts at any price.\nLadies' silk umbrellas, gents'\nsilk umbrellas, gold and silver\nmounted handles.\nLadles, silk, muslin, net lace all-\nover, liberty satin waists,\nLa-ies' fancy dinner and even.\nIng dressee.\nLadles, opera cloaks, net and\nlace dresses.\nLadles' tailor made suits, coats,\nskirts and capes.\nWe have a beautiful lot of linen table covers, sideboard cloths, tea\ncloths, Damask napkins and cloth to match. Drawn linens, cushion\ncovers and centerpieces.\nSnaps in Ladies' Fur Collars, Stoles\nand Muffs.  Bargains in Children's\nFurs, White and Grey. A Fine\nLine of Ladies' Kid Gloves\nLined and Unlined\nThis week you will find our prices low.  We Invite inspection.\nStore open to 10 o'clock each evening this week.\nFred Irvine & Co.\nTurkeys! Turkeys! Turkeys!\nCHICKENS,  DUCK8,  0EE8E,\nSUCKLING PIGS AND RABBITS __\nSpecial Christmas consignment.    All fresh goods.   AU   kinds ot\nfresh and salted meats.\nOlympia and Eastern Oyster...\nFresh and Cured Fish.\nThe West Kootenay Butcher Co. \u00b0 %SSm\nA LUCKY DOG\nIs ihe man who finds the right kind of glasses nowadays.\nDon't you trust to luck in such a matter, but come to us\nand have your eyes examined. We will then prescribe the\nproper glasses for you to wear, and fit them ourselves. We'\nare specialists in this line, and know exactly what your\nvision needs. Do not go to buy glasses where the eye and\nits functions are not thoroughly understood. We guarantee our work, and we do not charge fancy prices.\nJ. J. Walker \u00ab\" \u25a0*\u00bb\u25a0\u00bb\nGraduate Optician and Jeweler\ni^-s!**\u00ae--^^ i\n FRIDAY  DECEMBER 31\nShe 0rt\u00ab8 Iteww*\nW>\nMtriva  \\\nHOTEL ARRIVALS OFADAY\n****************************\n_ *\n\u2022\u2022I \u25ba\n\u25a0i\u00bb\n--1.\n|  The Hume\nHUME-H. Giegerlch, A. Carney, Kaslo;\nB. Bt. Denis, Slocan: J. D. Lawson, Proctor; N. E. Falrhead, Pullman, Wash; J.\nB. Wlnlaw, Wlnlaw; C. F. Sherwln, Rlon*.\ndel; S. F. Shepard, Calgary; J. \\V. Heed,\nEholt; T. H. Crump, Grand Forks; John\nMcLaren, Grand Forks; Mrs. H., N.Galer,\nSpokane; J. L, Ratten. Enderby; J. A.\nKinney, Castlegar; F. L. Hay, Mrs. E.\nM. Klmfton, Vancouver,\nSTRATHCONA-Mru. F. C. Blrks, Robb-\nland- -Lenox McClure John, Mr. and Mrs.\nH. R. Patton, Harrop; R. R. Hedley,\n?Rlond\u00abl; Mrs. EJ. C. Mclntyre, Paris; T.\nZanlsses and wife, Winnipeg; \u2022_. Pratt,\nE. A. Parker and wife, Vancouver.\nf\u2666\u00bb\u2666\u2666\u2666\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u00bb\u00bb\u2666\u2666\u00bb*\nQueen's Hotel\nBaker 8tre\u00abt\nA. LAPOINTE, Proprietor\n$       Rates: $1.50 to $2.00 per day.   J\nBpecla' rates to City Boarders.\nQUEENS-C. Turner, Blue Bell mine; C.\nPatey, Slocan Junction; V. Anderson,\nRossland; R. R. Hamilton, Hanley, Sask.;\nA. C. Burton Burton; K. Hayman, Greenwood;  Miss Gordon, J.  N. Martin, city.\nBrand Central Hotel\ntmtm ran -met\nAMrim ut tmtm tint t\nt.\u00ab. niciiN *\n^\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u00bb\u00bb**\u00bb*|i***>i\nGRAND CENTRAI\/-M. Murphy, Kaslo:\nJ. Toye, A. Macdonald, J. Black, Slocan:\n*_. A. KennlnKton, Salmo; H. Tatturrln,\nfit.; W. Mitchell, city: c. Bunting, W.\nMcNee, R. C. Fife, F. Kennedy.\n_*************************$\n| The Royal Hotel\n- > Mrs. L. V. Roherti, ProprletreM\n\", '. Oor. Stanley and Silica Su.\n* > Electric Piano\n;) Free carriage or hus trom all,\n- * hoats and trains.\nRatee. II and 11.50 ner *\u00bb\u25a0\u00bb .\n; | Remember our 25 cent Turkey \u2022\n< > dinner every Sunday. '\n\u25a0 't***********************i - -\nROYAL-W. Carter, Portage la Prairie;\nJt. Hughes, Kaslo; X Prud'homme, Bt,\nBoniface, Man.; V. A. Martin, Kochs; B.\nTrimble, Beaaley.\n1   Tremont House   f\nBaker St, Nelson\nHelen k TregtUu. Vtaa.\nSuopaan Flan, floe* at\niMriai PUn.ll.H ultUI\nBPBOIAL UIB PUR MONTH\n%**i**t4*M**?#************t\nTREMONT-nE. Morton, Lancaster; W.\nHooper, R. B. Thompson, D. Brrington,\nI>. Fulmore, W. Craig, A. Barclay. Rlon-\n-del; B. Behrena, Spokane; W. H. Cawley,\nSalmo; A. Barker, O. Qutteson, Granite;\nM. Thompson.\n^\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u25a0m-H.+m-f,\nLtkeview Hotel\n_    Corner Hill ud Vernon\nN. MALLITT1, Preprietth\n1       .wo blooke trom etty whirl I\n\u00b1    The but doUir i diy toM ii  \u00b1\n.Nelson.\nAll WWU Help,\nMontgomery, Creston.\n1 \u00bb\u2666\u00bb+\u00bb\u00bb\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u00bb\u00bb\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u00bb,\njj The Klondyke Hotel ii\n< > Vernon Street ! I\n*.'. \"\n;;    Headciuarters tor minora, amel- * >\n< >    termen, loggers, railroad men. ',,\n', |        Rates: 11.00 per day up. < >\n;    NELSON * JOHNSON, Props. ;\nHmm%*t*%vioii^mi**i\nToondran, Salmo; O. Shatlebo, E. Wat-\nland* M. T. Marteren, J. Mutlne, E. Juer-\nesce, w. Mlns.\nKOOTENAY-W. Bewick, Barrow in\nFurness; A. Fergo, Montreal; Mrs. D. A.\nMacre, Halifax; Miss Jessie Fraser, Spokane; W. F. Strobel, F. Strobe), Rosthern;\nG. Peloso, A, Ceremellal.\nNEL80N-W. Ii. Stone, Gerrard: D. P.\nWilson, Marcus: L. Lapheel, Eholt.\nBARTLETT-6. Skllfen, St. Martins,\nN.B.; W. Crake, Spokane; E. N. Windsor,\nTarrvs.\nCLUB\u2014B. B, Green, Cranbrook; T. Y.\nCraighead, Grassy Lake, Alta.; W. Small,\nGreenwood; A. R. Francis, Eholt; O.\nQmdler, Midway. _  .    \u201e\nSILVER KINO-Jafon Ryan, Ymlr; W.\nF. Hamilton, city.\nBUNUBHT\nALL OVER THE WORLD\n' thousands ol housewives 1\nuse Sunlight Soap In prater-nice to sny other, because\nIt denies the clothes more\nthoroughly, and it hilt the\ncost without Injury to\nhinds or fabric. Follow .\ndirections.\nf*t&**4******************\ni    Madden House   f\nT    Thoi. Madden, Prop.   Biker St,\nWell turnlshed rooms with hath\nBest Board ln the City\nA Comfortable Home\n4*************************i\nTimbrldge, Birmingham, England: K. J.\nCarson, J. Summers, C. A. Ross Phoenix;\nE. Q. Daniels, Vancouver.\nSHERBROOKE-N. D. Graves, Cranbrook; J. P. Guimond, Koch Siding, p. J.\nButler, city; J. Mombro, E. Querlno.\nNAMES NOT PiACED ON\nARGUMENT BEFORE JUDGE FORIN\nIN CHAMBERS.\nACTION  OF COURT OF  REVISION\n13 UPHELD.\nThe chambers held yesterday by his\nhonor Judge Forin were especially Interesting. It was sought to secure the placing\non the civic vlters' Hat of nearly a dozen\nnames that had been placed on the list by\nthe city clerk as qualified by ownership\nof property, but later removed by the\ncourt of revision as not qualified under\nthe act.\nJames O'Shea argued ln favor ot the\napplication at some length, and A, M,\nJohnson, city solicitor, opposed It.\nHis honor held that the persons applying were not entitled to have their names\nplaced upon the list on the qualifications\nclaimed.\nAT THE THEATRE.\n\"Paid In Full\" Played to a Good House\n\" \u2014Tonight's Bill, f \"\nA large and very appreciative audience\nwitnessed \"Paid ln Full\" as produced by\nthe Allen Players at the opera house last\nevening. The play la a strong modern\ndrama, which gave excellent scope for the\nexercise of the company's fine talent. Miss\nFelton's acting, as usual, was the feature\nof the evening's performance, She faced\nthe domestic troubles forced upon her by\nher thoroughly selfish and unmanly husband ln a manner that won for her repeated applause. The rest of the company\nably seconded the leading lady and the\nplay ran smoothly and satisfactorily, like\nthe other productions this well balanced\nlot of entertainers have presented to Nelson audiences for the past two weeks.\nTonight a farce will be given, \"Who's\nBaby Are You?\" At the matinee tomorrow \"Caprice,\" a very charming comedy,\nwill be given, and in the evening the ever\npopular \"Sherlock Holmes.\"\nThe pictures for tonight at the Gem\ntheatre are very good. Foremost on the\nprogram Is \"Fighting Bob,\" a Selig film,\ndepicting the fighting ability of an American naval fighting lieutenant, In a most\nentertaining manner. \"Ellen\" Is the title\not a neat little story fllmanised by the\nEclair company- of Paris. \"The Gambler's\nVow\" Is a flue trick picture by the same\ncompany,' \"The Gipsy's Warning\" Is a\ngood drama, showing some clever dissolving views. \"Buying an Auto\" Is a\ncrackerjack comedy subject. \"Pride of the\nPrairie\" Is the title of an Illustrated song\nfor tonight.\nAn excellent program is provided for\nNew Years at the Empire theatre. \" Lost\nNew Year's Dinner\" tells of the penalty\nE&id for fast autom obit Ing driving. \"The\nIttle Soldier\" Is a beautiful colored Pathe\nfilm. \"The Dairy Maid's Lovers\" ls a very\nhumorous picture. \"The Sandman\" is a\ndelightful subject, showing the sandman\nputting people to sleep, \"Little Miss Mnf-\nfltt\" and \"Siamese Stone\" giving some very\nclever performances by an ape conclude\nthe bill.\nFrultvale Notes.\n(Special to The Dally News.)\nFRUIT VALE, Dec. 30.\u2014Christmas was\nspent very quietly heie, nearly everyone\nspending the day In their own homes, A\nChurch of England service waa held on\nSunday at 3 p.m., conducted by A. Hull,\nlay reader, quite a goodly number were\npresent. New Year services are being arranged for Sunday, -Jan. 2, as follows:\nHoly Communion at 8 a.m.; morning service and Communion at 11; children's service and baptism at '& p.m.; evensong at\n7 p.m. The Venerable Archdeacon Beer\nof Kaslo will conduct the services for the\nday. This being the archdeacon's first\nVisit to Frultvale it lu hoped everyone will\navail themselves of this opportunity and\nendeavor to attend the services. Christmas carols will be sung at the evening\nservice.\nA very pleasant surprise to the Church\nof England friends was a Christmas gift\nin the form of a handsomely bound edition\nof the new church hymn book, with tunes,\nbeing the gift of the senior branch of the\nWomen's Auxiliary of St. Saviour's church,\nNelson, to whom warm thanks are extended,\nMlsa Margaret Neith of Waneta was in\ntown a couple of days last week tho guest\nof Mrs, N. J. Bush, and left on Friday\nmorning to spend Christmas and the New\nYear In Spokane.\nJ. N. Hammond, the postmaster, is In\nFrultvale for a few days.\nH. Graves of Cranbrook came in on'\nTuesday and had a look round his property.\nMiss Ruth Wllllama arrived home from\nschool last Thursday to spend the holidays\nwith her parents.\nBorn, on Christmas morning, to the wife\nof H, C, Gerrard, a daughter.\nW. Hogarth Is clearing the Presbyterian\nchurch site.\nThe weather la very mild here, but Ib\nsnowing heavily today,\nA meeting was held last week to discuss\nthe advisability of starting a co-operutlve\nstore, and lt ls still being discussed.\nThe greatest danger trom influenia ts of\nIts resulting ln pneumonia. This oan be\nobviated by using Chamberlain's Cough\nRemedy, aa It not only cures Influenia, out\ncounteracts any tendency of the disease\ntowards pneumonia. Sold by all druggists\nand dealers.\nFEELING WARM\n(:3o_ 1H4U-I U10.1J psnupuoo)\n\u25a0P. E. Smith, speaking at Llandudno,\ndeclared that those who ln the name ol\ndemocracy, were attacking titled and\nhereditary honors were ln a very difficult position when they were brought\nface to face with the admitted fact\nthat the rich men of the liberal party\nwere falling oyer each other in an en*\ndeavor to get Into the house of lords.\nBonar Law at Dulwich, said that\nWinston Churchill had written his\nmanifesto under Influence of a nightmare and had not taken the trouble to\nread lt over when he woke up.\nLord Winchester at Chrlstchurch remarked that tbe burning question of\nthe elections, If they were to believe\nMr. Churchill and Mr. Lloyd-George\nwas the veto of tbe house of lords. He\nfound audiences on that question aB\ncool as cucumbers. Tbey had shown\nno enthusiasm whatever on the subject.\nTbe lords had never refused to bow to\nthe expressed will ot the people. If it\nremained as at present constituted lt\nwould never do so foolish a thing as\nthat.\nLord Portsmouth, speaking at Credit-\non, said he thought that the .best way\nto reform the lords would be selection\nby qualification. He desired to see the\nsecond chamber remodelled on a representative elective basis.\nSir Gilbert Parker, at Aylesbury today said that since Canada gave us a\npreference, Great Britain had doubled\nits shipping with her and last year\nBritish workmen got nine millions in\nwages out of the purchases ot Canada,\nThrough the death of earl Percy,\nwho was a candidate ln South Kensington, the conservatives havie found\nthemselves in a somewhat difficult\nposition, but another candidate will be\nchosen Immediately, the secretary of\ntile conservative association said.\nLONDON, Dec. 30\u2014In his reference\nto home rule for Ireland, Mr. Chamber-\nlain, In his manifesto, contends that it\nls undoubtedly a danger to this country all the greater, as we are now\nthreatened by foreign nations as we\nhave never been before. He describes\nhome rule as the gravest danger to\nwhich the United Kingdom has ever In\nits history been exposed. The govern-\nment ln advocating home rule, he de-\nClares, ls instigated only by a wish\nto capture Irish votes, and he concludes\nhy declaring that so great, so urgent\nis this danger that even if lt stood\nalone every person who cares for the\nBritish name ought once more to render the conspiracy impossible.\nLONDON, Dec. 30\u2014The British Empire club *ield Its Inaugural today with\na luncheon at which many prominent\npersons were present. This function\nopened the club which was formed to\nprovide a home for officials and leading residents of different parts of the\nempire while they were in London. The\ncommittee of the club Includes lord\nStrathcona, high commissioner of Canada in London.\nJ. B Willlson, editor of the Toronto\nNews, acknowledged the toast to the\npress. He said that Great Britain need\nnot be anxious about Canada. \"We on\nthe other side.\" he said, \"are not anxious on account of Great Britain. No\none thought that Great Britain was a\ndying country And while Canada had\n.been slow to move she would do her\nduty to the empire.\"\nIX>NDOi\\ Dec. 30\u2014The sudden demise of earl Percy leaves the conservatives without a candidate for South\nKensington. His election address was\nIn the hands of a printer and he had\nplanned to open the campaign in his\ndistrict next week.\nLONDON, Dec. 30\u2014Baron MacNaugh.\nton, ex-lord of appeals in ordinary, Is\nmentioned as likely to be delegated by\nking Edward to Investigate the respective cases of the United States and\nChill in the AIsop claim dispute, of\nwhich his majesty is the arbitrator.\nChilean minister Gana Is busily engaged in the preparation of his country's\nbrief.\nBIRMINGHAM, Dec. 30\u2014The Blrm-\nIngham Post says that it Is understood\nthat the government will shortly announce its approval of the revival suggested by the dominion government\nof three old Canadian Infantry regiments. The most noted of these ls the\nold hundredth.\nLIVERPOOL, Dec 30\u2014The flre which\noriginated among bales of cotton in\nthe hold of the White Star liner Cel-\ntio when the steamer was at sea on\nDec. 22 was extinguished today. The\nvessel was not much damaged.\nLONDON, Dec. 30\u2014It is understood\nthat Dr. Ludwig Mond, the well known,\nchemist, who died on Dec, 12, has bequeathed hia fine collection ot pictures\nto the British nation.\nj-Msesweesewseswsee******^\nf %\nj The Daily News Annual I\n!  Illustrated  I\nDental Pedagogues.\nTORONTO, Dee. 30.\u2014At the seventeenth meeting, last session, ol the\nInstitute of dental pedagogics, the election of officers resulted as follows:\nPresident, Dr. J. Q. Byram, Indiana\nDental college; vice president, Dr. Gal-\nHe, Illinois School of Dentistry, Chicago; secretary and treasurer, F. W.\nGethe, Northwestern university, Chicago; executive board, Dr. H. F. Frle-\nsell, University ot Pittsburg, Pittsburg;\nDr. H. Squire, University of Buffalo,\nBuffalo, N. Y.; Dr. B. E. LIscher, Wash*\nington university, St. Louis, Mo.\nReview..\n32 Pages, To be Published Jan 5,1910\nv\nW Will contain a complete review for the past\n\u25a0$ year of\nI Mining\n1 Lumbering\n1 Fruit Growing\n|jj And other industries in the Kootenay and\n$ Yale districts.\nijfy The illustrated portion will contain six\n# full-page half-tone reproductions of scenes\nW connected with the various industries men-\nH tioned above.\nW This number affords an excellent oppor-\n% tunity of informing your friends and ac-\n# quaintances elsewhere of the wonderful\n^ natural resources of this district.\n| Send a Copy to Your Friends. Order Now\nI 10c the Copy \u2666 News Publishing Co., Ltd.,\n1 Nelson, B. C\n&99999999S99&&-998\nS_\\\nA\n_\n#\nn\nI\no\n_k\nA\nColonial Trust Company, Limited\n33RS3E'i\nNEL30N, B. C.\nIncorporated Under ths Laws of British Columbia.\nAuthorised Capital, (900,000.\nBOARD OP OIRECTORS.\nA. W. WRIGHT, President\nW. P. ROBERTS, Vice President.\nR. S. I.ENNIE. S. M. BRYDGES.\nE. B. MCDERMID. W. G. McMORRIS.\nJ. D. ANDERSON. L. E. BORDEN.\nT. D. STARK.\nA.  W. WRIGHT,  Manager.\nW. R. AUjEN, Secretary W. N. POOLE, Treasurer   -\nTbe Company acts as Agents lor clients residing elsewhere, ln the\nInvestment of moneys, care of securities, loans, mortgages, etc.\nOffice, 419 Baker St., Nelson, B, C.\nTrain Hands Suspended.\nQUEBEC, Dec. 30.\u2014The Investigation\ninto the recent collision at St. Anne de\nla Capetlere, on the Intercolonial, which\nwas conducted by L. A. Dube, superintendent of the Intercolonial at Levis,\nbas resulted In the suspension of two\nof the train hands H. Lebel and K,\nCote. The men did not run on orders,\nlt ls alleged, hence the collision.\nWAYSON'S LATEST IDEA\nTHINKS   PHILLIPS   GAVE    HIM   A\nHUGE CHECK\nJAMES   KIRKLAND   IS   STILL   AT\nLARGE\nAfter three weeks of confinement In\ntbe provincial Jail, while awaiting his\ntrial on the charge of attempting to\nmurder Frank Phillips in Nelson on\nDec, 8, Joseph Wayson, the aged miner,\nls apparently rational on all ordinary\nsubjects. His demeanor has never revealed that he has any hallucinations,\nthough he ls more solitary than tbe\n-average run of prisoners. The Jail officials, of course, do not question him.\nOn the one subject of bis financial\nrelations with Frank Phillips, however.\nWayson is apparently as excited as\never. It will be recalled that some\nseven times he accused Phillips of\nstealing money from blm, the alleged\nthefts being three in number.\nJohn Grant, one of the proprietors of\nthe Club botel, where Wayson used to\nstay, recently paid the prisoner a visit.\nWhen the subject ot the attempted\nshooting was raised, Wayson said:\n\"Well, It made Phillips come through\nand settle with me. He gave me today\na check for $10,000. I took it up to the\nbank hut they said lt was no good.\"\nIn tbe opinion ot many, It will not\nbe surprising U Wayson 18 undeniably\nInsane on this subject by the time his\ntrial Is reached.\nIt was only two weeks ago that warden Jarvls took to the asylum John\nSaltmarsb, the man who was arrested\nIn Nelson in fair week tor uttering\ncounterfeit coins. Saltmarsh had\nbeen a dope fiend, and ever since be\ncommenced his 23 months' sentence\nhe had displayed symptoms ol Insanity.\nJames O. Klrkland's recent doings in\nNelson class blm, in the opinion of\nsome as a monomaniac, and in the\nopinion of others as a clever scamp.\nJudging by the ease with which he\nJuggled marriages, deaths, and legacies while here, it may be presumed\nthat he has at least one other good\ngame to hls string, which no doubt\nhe will utilise at the first ..opportunity.\nCertainly, to play the heir of a family\nin Washington state would not be in\naccordance wit h his apparent good\nsense.\nOne ot Klrkland's Identical claims\nwas tbat he had witnessed the Thaw\n.trial In New York, in discussing his\nalleged relationship with Harry Thaw\nKirkland sometimes assumed a defiant\nattitude, saying that the fact of the\ncrime was not going to deter him from\nadmitting tbe relationship. He also\nread to various persons 'n Nelson, let-\nters he claimed he had received from\nbis mother. One of these letters told\nhim that Canada was not good enough\nfor him, that he would ruin his life by\nstaying there and that his mother was\nsending him a few pounds, which she\nwanted him to use In purchasing a ticket for Scotland. The letters seemed\nto be Just the sort a mother would\nwrite, but they are now believed to\nhave been faked. At the time they\nwere useful In corroborating his story.\nKirkland has been definitely traced\nto Spokane. It he stopped there, his\napprehension becomes only a matter ot\ntime.\nExpress Office Burned\nN-W YORK, Deo.30\u2014Flre early this\nmorning destroyed the offloe building\not the American Express company,\nnear tbe Grand Central station The\nloss is roughly estimated at 1100.000.\nTwo porters were severely burned ln\nsaving a consignment of furs.\nBig New Bridge\nNEW YORK, Dec. 30\u2014The fourth\nlink between Manhattan island and\nBrooklyn, the new Manhattan bridge,\nwill be opened to publlo traffic by foot\nand vehicles tomorrow. Exclusive of\nexpenses for land approaches the\nbridge cost 115,000,000.\nSweaters \u00a7 Skating\nThere's nothing so nice to skate   In as a sweater.   Light as    a\nfeaUier, they are comfortable and allow plenty of freedom of movement.\nWe have them in white and colors.    Get one today and try It.\nYou'll agree there's nothing like them.\nPrices $2.25 to $10.00\nDON'T   FORGET   OUR   8ALE  OP\nRemnants and Oddments\nis now on and there are lots oi useful bargains.\nMEAGHER \u00ae> CO\nSTAND FOR RE-ELECTION\nTRUSTEES   ARTHUR,  AND   JOY   IN\nTHE FIELD\nStviALL   DEBENTURE   ISSUE   WILL\nBE NEEDED\nThe announcement Is authorized that\nDr. B. C. Arthur and R. G. Joy, the\nretiring members of the school hoard\nwill stand for re-election. So far no\nother citizens have announced an Intention of seeking election to the\nboard. It Is some years since there\nwas a contested election ln connection\nwith the school board ot Nelson.\n\u25a0The last meeting of the board for\nthe year 1909 was held In the office\no\u00a3 secretary Arthur on Wednesday\nnight, when the business of the old\nboard was wound up. The final estimate of $1180 In connection with the\ncontract of John Bums for the torlck\nand carpenter work of the new public\nschool, was passed. This leaves a balance of some $1200, from the debenture\nissue of |75,000, which provided the\nfunds for building and equipping the\nnew school.\nIt Is estimated that the refurnishing\nof the four empty rooms In the old*\nbuilding will cost approximately $5000,\nwhile the ventilating system for the\nnew building will cost about $2400. It\nis probable that a debenture issue of\n$10,000 will be required to complete\nthe job. This matter will not ibe taken\nup till tne 1010 board takes office.\nThe Ernest Gamble Concert company will give an entertainment in\nNelson about the middle of February\nunder the auspices of the high school\nliterary society. The board confirmed\nthe contract.\nA carload of coal was ordered from\nthe Crow's Nest Pass Coal company.\nThe board decided to have tungsten\nlights placed In the high school laboratory.\nThe full board was present consist*\ning of R. J. Steel, Dr. B. C. Arthur, A.\nD. Emory, W. Irvine and R. G. Joy\npeasants, including IT young women,\nwere drowned in a boat accident near\nKarlowitz in Austria-Hungary on Christmas duy.\nWill Copy Documents.\n(Cnnadlan Associate*! rrt-ss.)\nOTTAWA, Dec. 30.\u2014The Canadian\narchives department is figuring' largely\nin the settlement by The Hague tribunal of the fisheries question raised\nbetween Canada and the United States\nand Newfoundland, and as a result of\nvaluable assistance it has rendered,\nrecommendation lias been made that In\nfuture copies of all documents deposited in European archives bearing on\nCanada, especially those relating to\nboundaries, commerce or navigation, be\nmade.\nPresident's Niece Married\nNEW YORK, Dec. 30\u2014President\nTaft bustled Into town today for the\nwedding of his niece, Miss Louise Taft,\nto George H. Snowden, took dinner\nwith his brother, spent the evening at\nthe theatre and whirled back to Washington again on the midnight train.\nCardinal Satolll In Extremis.\nROME, Dec. 30.\u2014Cardinal Satolll,\nwho Is HI with nephritis, is falling rapidly today. Life Is being prolonged only\nby the artificial administration of oxygen.\nChristmas  Tragedy.\nLONDON, Dec. 3.\u2014A Vienna special\nto the Standard says that 23 Croatian\nChild  Needs  Its  Mother.\nRKMO. Dec. 30.\u2014Mrs. Kosler Kip, prominent in New York social circles, the wife\nof Henry Spies Kip, was grunted u divorce today on the grounds of desertion.\nMrs. Kip made no claims for tho custody\nof the 5-year old boy and slated to tho\ncourt thut she considered Unit the child\nneeded Its father. The Judge said that the\nchild undoubtedly also would need tlie attentions of its mother and refused to sign\nthe decree until a clause was inserted\ngranting Mrs. Kip permission to see her\nchild at any time,\nNot III But Hunting.\nPARIS, Dec. 80.\u2014The report that Af.\nFalllerea, president of France, wus 111, uik!\ntliut a specialist hud been culled in consultation, were officially declared tonight\nto he absolutely false. The president spent\nthe day in hunting with friends at llam-\nboullei.\nInsurance Mananer Dead.\n\"WINNIPEG. Dec. 30.-H. J. Lipsomb.\nmanager of the British American Assurance company here for the last eight\nyears, and formerly manager of the Western Fire Insurance iu Toronto, died this\nmorning, aged '\u2022'\u25a0\nSteel Magnate Drops Dead.\nNEW YORK, Dee. 80.\u2014P. B. Smith,\npresident of the CruclMe Steel company,\none of the largest Independent steel corporations in the United States, dropped\ndead  here tonight.\nWill Be Grand Vizier.\nCONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. ;50.-Hakka\nBey, ambassador to Italy, hus accepted\nthe office of grand vlier. He will leave\nRome for Constantinople Immediately.\nDocks on Flre.\nNEW ORLEANS, Dec. .Irt.-Il Is reported\nhere that tha cotton docks at Galveston,\nTexas, are burning. The report is being\nInvestigated;\t\nNorthampton Wins,\n(Western Assocluted   Press.)\nLONDON,    Dec.   80,-Ilt    the    Southern\nleague,   Northampton   defeated    Southend\nUnited by 9 to t.     .\nEarthquake in Oregon.\nPORTLAND, Ore., Dec. HO.'-A slight\nearthquake shock Was felt here at 4.40\no'clock this afternoon.\nThe peculiar properties of Chamberlain's\nCough Remedy have been thoroughly tested during epidemics of Influenza, and when\nIt waa taken In time we have not beard\nof a single case of pneumonia. Sold by all\ndruggists and dealers,\n MQE SIX\n\u00a9he fPaUjj llenw,\nFRIDAY ,   DECEMBER 31-\nI It Pai\nIt Pays to Deal at This Store\nFor Drugs -and Medicines,\nlight.   Our prices are lower.\nOur stock Is large, our expenses are\nSend your Doctor's Prescriptions hore and save money.\nto have such big drug bills.\nNo need\nSee our big line of Rowmtree's Throat Pastiles,\nOur Wild Cherry, Spruce and Tar ts the best cough syrup, 25c. and\n50c. bottles.\nMail orders titled Promptly.\nWM. RUTHERFORD\nWaid Street DRUGGIST Nelson, B. C.\nof exchange trade. She supplies us\nwith fruit in our off season, and in return buys our apples in her off season,\nthe seasons being opposite, so each of\nus gets an all-year-round supply.\"\n\"Before we leave the Question of investment, would you tell me whether\nthere is anything in rumors that have\nreached us that the fruit lands north\nof the Thompson river were being overdone and too highly valued?\"\n\"No; I consider there is no foundation\nfor the report. A very high grade fruit\nIs grown in this district, and I look\non it as one of the. coming fruit producing centers of the province.\"\n\"I hope you are satisfied with the\nprovince's success at the exhibition.\"\n\"The British Columbian exhibit is the\nlargest apple exhibit ever shown In this\ncountry. The fruit exhibited was picked\ntwo and a half months ago, and you\ncan see for yourself how perfectly fresh\nit looks, though it has traveled 6,000\nmiles. A great part of it has already\nbeen exhibited more than once. There\nare 4S0 cases on show\u2014these at 40\npounds a case represent 19,200 pounds\nof fruit. This is the fifth year in succession that the province has won the\ngold medal of the Royal Horticultural\nsociety\u2014the blue ribbon of fruit growing. In addition to this we have secured\nthis year seven silver-gilt and sliver\nmedals for individual exhibits,\"\n\"How do you select the fruit?\" i\n\"Fruit growers' associations and individual growers are requested to furnish\na certain amount of fruit for exhibition\npurposes. All this fruit is bought by\nthe 'government, whose exhibit it is,\nthough of course, credit is given where\ndue to the grower himself. Perhaps\nyou do not know what care tne government takes to encourage fruit growing.\nIn addition to the dissemination of\ngovernment bulletins bearing on agriculture and fruit growing, there are\nstrict inspection laws, and inspectors\ntravel through the fruit lands to see\nthat they are properly enforced, and\norchards kept free from pests. Every\ntree that is imported ls fumigated and\ninspected, and if there is any trace of\nSan Jose scale or codling moth or other\ninjurious nest, the consignment is cremated. The same rule is applied to\nfruit that ls imported.' It is alt inspected\nand if It -is not free from pests the\nwhole cargo is either cremated or deported to the place whence it came. By\ntliis system we have kept San Jose\nscale and codling moth out of the province. Up to now we have heen successful and have thereby saved the\nprovince several hundreds of thousands\nof dollars. The loss in the United\nStates from San Jose scale and codling\nmoth amounts to millions. By adopting\nthese methods we have established a\nname for British Columbia fruit which\nis second to none, and which has enabled us to put before you this exhibit\nat tlie Royal Horticultural society's\nshow. We are exhibiting this year at\nno fewer than 26 leading centers\nthroughout the United Kingdom and\nhave met with great success everywhere. By means of cinematograph\nviews of the different industries of the\nprovince we have been enabled to give\nthe public of Great Britain a practical\ninsight into life in our great and.fair\nprovince of Brltsh Columbia.\"\nHOTEL DIRECTORY\nThe Office\nWard Street\nNelson, B. C\nDrop In and sample the newest importation.\nKing William IV.\n(v.o.p.) Scotch Whiskey\nThis whiskey is guaranteed 50 years\nold before bottled at Lelth, Scotland.\nRemember we serve nothing but the\nbest liquers, wines, whiskeys, beers,\nand cigars on tiie market\nYOUNG A BOYD, Proprietors.\nSilver King Hotel\nBaker Street, Nelson, B.C.\nRegular Boarders, (6.00 per week\nRates: $1.25 per day\nBest 25 Cent Meal In the City\nWM. NEUENDORF, Prop.\nNelson Hotel Bar\nBaker Street, Nelson, B.C.\nINK & WARD, Props.\nTry a \"GIN RICKEY\"\nMade (rom California Limes, specially\nImported\nFor a cool, satisfying smoke\nTry a Savannah Cigar\nBUSINESS DIRECTORY\nPAINTERS AND OICORATOM\nTHOmTpBON^&'^IX^\nSign Painters, Paper Hangers and Decorators. Shop 614 Ward Btreet, Nolson, B.C.\nAUCTIONEERS\nCHAS. A. WATERMAN & CO.-\nPUBL18HER8 AND  PRINTERS\nNEWS PUBL1SHNQ COMPANY, LTD.-\nPubllshers of The Dally News; subscrio-\ntlon 10.00 per year by carrier: $5.00 per year\nhy mall. Commercial Job Printing of aU\nkinds neatly and promptly executed, 216\nBaker street, Nelson, B. C, Phone 144.\nHAIRDRESSING   AND   MANICURING\nMME. KATHLEEN NOAH, liAlKUHESB-\ning and manicuring pallors.   Room -38,\nW. W. C block.\nCOLLECTION   AGENCIES.\nW. CUTLER-COLLECTIONS OF ALL\nkinds. Returns promptly made. References given. Office- ai3 Baker street,\nNelaon, B. C.\nBOOKBINDING ANO RULING\nNEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY, LTD.-\nAll kinds of office forms ruled and punched for loose leaf binders. The most complete book binding equipment In the Interior of Britlfih Columbia. 216 Baker St.,\nNelson, B.C., P. O. drawer 1119, Phone 144.\nBartlett House\nG. W. Bartlett, Prop\nThe best $1.00 a day bouse ln town.\nA Miner's Home\nKootenay Hotel\nMRS. MALLETTE, Proprletreu\nA home for everybody.   Every convenience given to the travelling publlo.\nElectric   piano.     Cuisine   unexcelled.\nRates |1 per day.\nSherbrooke House\nNelson, B.C.\nOne minute's walk from C.P.R. station. Cuisine unexcelled; well heated\nand ventilated.\nBOYER BROS., Proprietors\nINTERVIEW IN ENGLAND\nDEPUTY   MINISTER   OF   AGRICULTURE ON  FRUIT GROWING.\nTELLS    OF     BRITISH    COLUMBIA'S\nIMMENSE ADVANTAGES.\nW. E. Scott, deputy minister ot agriculture for British Columbia is paying\na visit to England in connection with\nthe exhibitions of colonial fruit that\nare taking place in different parts of\nthe country. During the time that the\nexhibition of the Royal Horticultural society was taking place at its hall in\nVincent square a representative of Canada met him and had a talk with him\nabout British Columbia's exhibit, and\nabout fruit growing in the province.\nIn reply to a question, Mr. Scott said\nthat tlie object of sending British Columbian apples to be exhibited in Eng-\nland was not so much to try to establish\na market in the old country for the\nprovince's fruit, but rather to put before tbe people of Great Britain the\nclaims of British Columbia as a field\nfor emigration of tne right sort.\n\"What kind of emigrant ao you wish\nto attract?\" asked our representative.\n\"For men of small means there are\nexcellent opportunities in the province\nto engage in fruit or mixed farming on\nthe lower mainland in Vancouver island or in the interior valleys. I have\nbeen a fruit grower for many years my-\neelf, and I can therefore speak with\nsome knowledge on this subject. I do\nnot think that a man with \u00a3200 or\n\u00a3300 a year could do better than live\nin British Columbia. Even if a man,\nsay a retired officer, merely wishes to\nlive on bis pension, the province is admirably suited to him. He will live\never so much more cheaply in the\ncountry on a small income than lie can\nln England, and lead a very happy life\namongst congenial surroundings in a\nmagnificent climate, with plenty ot\nsport If be be so inclined, and by means\nof a few acres of ground he can reduce\ntbe cost of living very materially. Then\nthere are magnificent opportunities for\ngood Investments In town property and\nin our different industries\u2014investments\nthat will bring in 6 and 7 per cent\nwith safety. When I tell you that In\none year the population of the city of\nVancouver haB increased by 20,000 you\nwill understand how rapidly land values\ngo up.\"\n\"To the young man with a little\nmoney who wishes to go in for fruit\ngrowing what advice would you give?\"\n\"I would begin by pointing ont tbe\nmistakes that some young men' from\nEngland make. They come out to tbe\nprovince, and before they know anything about the conditions prevailing\nIn the country they buy land. They\nask no advice, and they naturally know\nnothing themselves, with the result that\nthey are disappointed. They most likely\npay too much for their land, and when\nthey get it do not know how to make\nIt profitable. The first requirement of\na settler is that he should not be above\nlearning. Before buying he should work\non a fruit farm for a time, and so fit\nhimself to manage a farm of his own.\"\n\"What is the price of land in the\nfruit growing districts?\"\n\"Everything depends rfn the position\nof the land. The nearer to a city or\ntown, and the nearer to lines of communication, the more expensive is the\nland. For instance, in the Okanagan\nand Kootenay and other interior valleys\nfruit growing land commands as much\nas \u00a360 an acre. That sounds a high\nprice, but in Oregon similar land\nfetches as much as double that amount.\nIn more remote parts of the province\ngood fruit growing land can be bought\nat from \u00a310 to \u00a320 an acre.\"\n\"With regard to a market for the\nproduce, you said just now tbat the\napples were not exhibited with the idea\nof opening up a new market. Does that\nmean that you have already a sufficient\noutlet for all your fruit?\"\n\"Yes; the reason why there is no\nnecessity to seek for a new market is\nthat we have already an excellent market in the three prairie provinces of\nAlberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.\nLast year these provinces increased ln\npopulation by over 200,000 people. Owing to climatic conditions tbe prairie\nprovinces will never be able to make\na success of commercial fruit growing,\nwherefore they will always afford us\na ready market for our produce, British Columbia, being just alongside these\nprovinces, is their natural source of\nsupply, for, though Oregon, Washington\nand California may strive to compete\nwith us, we have in our favor cheaper\nfreight rates and the duty against imported fruit. The very large shipping\ntrade of the Pacific coast has to be supplied, also the mining, logging camps\nand canneries, not to mention our own\ngrowing cities such as Vancouver, Victoria, Nanaimo, New Westminster and\nLadysmlth, and the coast market right\nup to Dawson, Including Prince Rupert,\nwhich is going to be a big place.\"\n\"There is not much fruit canning\ndone in the province, is there?\"\n\"No; there Is comparatively little\ndone, and there is room for development\nalong this line, Naturally one would\nnot oan flrst rate fruit which will travel\nwell, but a lower grade frutt could be\nutilized for this purpose. By the way,\nI forgot to mention the Australian mar-\nI ket. With Australia we carry on a kind\nLINES  8T1LL   DOWN\nNewfoundland Recovering From Severe\nStorm\u2014Seals Numerous\nST. JOHN'S, Nfld., Dec. 30\u2014The telegraph lines are still down as the result of the recent storm. The steamer\nHome which arrived .from Labrador reports tempests in tbe straits of Belle\nIsle. Seals are numerous in tbe straits\nand 700 have been taken ln Battle Harbor. This is said to Indicate a good\nspring fishing. The board of trade at\nlast night's meeting decided to establish a large cold storage plant next\nspring. Premier Morriss attended the\nmeeting.\nEmpire Hotel\n(Late Punnyslde.)\nBaker Street, Nelson, B.C.\nTbe house is thoroughly remodelled\nthroughout.    Clean rooms.\nWeekly boarders, (6.00.\nRates |1.00 per day np.\nTemberance house! home comforts;\nbest cook ln ihe city.\nMRS. J. E. HARRIS, Proprietress.\nAthabasca Saloon\nCor. Baker and Kootenay Sts.\nNoted   house   for Big Beer.   Best\nbrands of Wines and Liquors and Union\nCigars In stock.\nIVENS * PHILBERT, Props.\nA88AYERS\nB. W. WIDDOWSOnT^ASSAYJSH (PRO-\nvinclal) Metallugical Chemist, Charges,\nOold, Silver, Copper or Lead, 11 each;'\nGold-Silver, (1.60; Silver-Lead, (1.60; Zinc,\n12; Sllver-Lead-Zlnc, $3; Gold, Silver-Copper or Lead, (2.60. Accurate assuys; careful sampling, and prompt attention. P.O.\nBox A1108, Nelson, B. C.\nASSAYERS' SUPPLIES\nTHE B. C. ASSAY AND CHEMICAL\nSUPPLY COMPANY, LIMITED, Vancouver, B, C\u201e Aasuyers' Supplies,\nChemical and Physical Apparatus, Balances and Weights of precision, etc.,\nSole Agents in British Columbia for the\nMorgan Crucible Company, London, England; F. W. Braun, Los Angeles; tbe\nBraun-Knecbt-Helmann Company, San\nFrancisco; the J. T. Baker Chemical company's Analyzed C.P. Adds and Chemicals; Way's Pocket Smelters; write for\npamphlet describing these smelters. Complete assay outfits furnished at short\nnotice.\nTips\n\u2014On Finding or Renting\na Good Room\nHome is a magic word. If you hare\nnone, the next best thing is to snare the\ngood home of some one else. This is a\ncity of good homes. Many have an extra Boom. Do you want one ? Our little\nWant Ads will Snd what you wtnt. And\nif yon who read this, have an extra\nBoom to Bent\u2014use a little Want Ad In\nthis paper to tell the scores tbat want\none. Choose ths one you want to take\ninto your home. All for a few pennies!\nAnd yet\u2014to make dollars to help pay \u25a0\nyour cent.\nRead and Answer\nToday's Want Ads\nPROFESSIONAL CARDS\nS. S. FOOLER\nMINING ENGINEER\nNELSON, B. O.\nPRIVATE  MATERNITY HOME\nNICB\nforts.\nP. O.\nLOCALITY AND HOME COM.\nFor terms and' particulars write\nBox 763, Nelson, B. C.\nHOUSE AND SIGN PAINTERS.\nHARTMAN & BENNETT, House and sign,\npainters, paper hangers and decorators.\nShop, Stanley St., next door to B, C.\nTelephone office, Nelson.  B. C.\nGRAFTING\u2014PRUNING.\nbTBaYOiTcONt\"^^\ngardner.    W. H. Thorp, Chatham street,\nFairview, Nelson, B. C. 217-26\nWM. S. DBEWBI\nA. It. Can. Soo. O. E.\nDOMINION AND BRITISH COLUMBIA\nLAND SURVEYOR\nMining Work a Specialty\nOffice: Room 10, K. W. O. Bioek.\nP. O. Boi 434.\n.   Baker St, Nelson, B. O.\nW. J. fl. HOLMES\nCIVIL ENGINEER AND   MINE   SURVEYOR, PROVINCIAL LAND\n8URVBYOR, KASLO, B, O.\nTen years' experience in   the Root*\ntnaya.  Honor graduate 1891, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston.\nEx-Police Chief Dead\nBUFFALO, Dee. 30\u2014Col. John Bryne\na former chief of police of this city,\ndied today as the result of a stroke\nof apoplexy. He was father of Byrne,\nthe West Point cadet, who died recently from injuries received in a football\nMlnard's Liniment Cures Dlphththerla\nLOST\nLOST\u2014Oold pin, enamel flower with silver\ncharm  attuched.    Finder  please  return\nto Dally News office. 217-2\nCLUB HOTEL\nCor. Stanley and Kootenay Sts.\nNewly furnished, renovated throughout. The hest dollar a day house vest\nof Winnipeg. Big schooner Beer or\nHalf and Half 10c. Special rates to\nsteady boarders. All white help employed.\n'JOHN GRANT, Prop.\nHotel Castlegar\nCASTLEGAR JUNCTION\nAll modern.   Best accommodation for\ntravellers.\nNtLSON CAFE\nLarge, Commodious Dining Room,\nPrompt and Courteous Service.\nMeals Served at all Houra.\nElegantly  furnished   rooms  ll\nconnection.\nA. AUDET, Proprietor.\nPhone 27*.\nPRODUCE\nSTARKEY & CO., WHOLESALE DEAL-\ners In Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Produce and\nFruit. Houston Block, Josephine street,\nNelson. B. C.\nGROCERIES\nA. MACDONALD & CO.-WHOLESALE\nGrocers and Provision Merc hunts\u2014Importers of Teas, Coffees. SplceB, Dried\nFruits, Staple and Fancy Groceries, Tobaccos, Cigars, Butter, Eggs, Cheese and\nPacking House Products. Office and\nwarehouse, corner of Front and Hal]\nStreets.   P. U.  Box 1095.    Telephone 28.\nLIQUORS\n3. FERGUSON & CO.-WHOLESALE\nand Commission Merchants\u2014Importers\nand Wholesale Dealers in Wines. Liquors\nand Cigars. Kootenay agents for Fabst\nMilwaukee Beer. Agents for the Bruns-\nwick-Balke-Collender Co., Billiards and\nPool Tables and Supplies, Bar Fixtures,\nCigar Counters,' Bowling Alleys, etc.\nPrices and specifications on application.\nOffice and retail department, Vernon\nSt., Nelson, two doors east of post office.\nTelephone 260.   P. O. Box 1020.\nA. L. MoOULLOOH\nHYDRAULIC ENGINEER\nPROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR\nP. O. Box 41.\nOffloe Phone BBS; Residence Phone B74\n, Office: Over McDermid & McHardy\nBaker Street     Nelion, B. C.\nHELP WANTED\nNELSONH\u00a3fipl\u00a3Ylvii1$^\nC. F. Hutton, Manager\n(Successor to J. H. Love.)\nWANTED\u2014Engineer for sawmill,  men to-\ncut logs by contract, axemen, blacksmith...\nbolt and post cutters,  waitress, girls for\nhousework.\nWANTED\u2014MISCELLANEOUS\nWANTED-Men and women to learn bar*\nber trade In eight weeks* tools free;\nsecured over 10,000 positions for graduates'\nlast year; unable to supply the demand;\ngraduates earn $15 to a weekly; Catalogue free. Moler System Colleges. 40*\nFront Ave., Spokane, Wash.\nWANTED\u2014Ladles to do plain and lighti\nsewing at home, whole or spare time;,\ngood pay; work sent any distance; charges-\npaid; send stamp for full particulars, National Manufacturing company, Montreal,\nQuebec. IH-Sw.\nWANTED-Teacher for Trail school; duties\nto commence next term.  Salary (65 per\nmonth;   Apply to secretary school board.\nTrail, B. C.\nT. O. Oreen.   F. P. Burden,   A. H. Green\nGreen Brothers & Burden\nCIVIL .ENGINEERS\nDominion nnd British Columbia Lend\nSorreyors\nP. O. Box 145 Phone B261\nCor, Victoria and Kootenaj 3ta.\nNELSON. B. O.\nH. 0* BUCK\nB. O. LAND SURVBYOR\nOffice:   Oter Royal Bank\nP. O. Box 147 Nelaon, B. C.\nLOST\u2014Monday, gold chain and locket with\ntwo pictures, between Nelson Studio and\nMountain station.    Reward if delivered to\nDaily News. 218-3\nLOST-On Victoria street,  \"Flyer'\nPlease return it to Mr. C. J.   *\nSilica St.\nsr\" sleigh.\nArchibald,\n218-3\nNOTICE.\nIn the Matter of an Application for the\nIssue of Duplicate Cettitlcates of Title\nto the following lands;\nLot 6, Block 24, town of Nelson, Certificate of Title No. 6723A. dated the 4th day\nof June, 1900, in  the name of Robert  G.\nLot 6, Block 41, town of Nelson, Certiil.\ncate of Title No. 549TA, duted the 18th day\nof April, 1906, in the name of Robert G.\nJoy.\nLots 16 and 17, Block 26, town of Nelson,\nCertificate of Title No. 7374A^ dated 12th\nAugUBt, 1907, In the name of Robert Wet-\nmore Hannington.\nLot 6 and the east _ ot Lot 6, Block 39,\ntown of Nelson, Certificate of Title No.\n6350A, dated the 30th October, 1906, In the\nname of Jesfiie Emma Francis,\nSubdivisions 1 and 16 of Lot 306, Group 1,\nKootenay district (Map 7*31), Certificate of\nTitle No. 63O0A, dated 8th December, 1906,\nIn the name of James Wharton Ford.\nNotice Is hereby given that lt is my Intention to Issue, at the expiration of one\nmonth after the first publication hereof,\nduplicates of the Certificates of Title to\nthe above mentioned lands,\nT^M. BOWMAN,\nLand Registry i\nDecern tier,  16,\nDeputy District .Registrar,\nOffice, r \"\n1909.\n* Nelson, B.C.\n\"\u25a0 R08SLAND\nTHE HOFFMAN ANNEX. ROSSLAND,\nB. C.-Oreen & Smith, Props. Centrally\nlocated. European and American plan.\nCommercial travellers will find light,\ncomfortable sample rooms, a special dining room and excellent accommodations\nat the Hoffman. Baths, bowling alley,\nsteam laundry.\t\nPHOENIX\nHOTEL BROOKLYN, PHOENIX. B. C-\nThe only up-to-date hotel in Phoenix.\nNew from cellar to roof. Best sample\nrooms In the Boundary. Bath room ln\nconnection. Steam heat. Opposite Great\nNorthern repot.   James Marshall, Prop,\nARROWHEAD\nTHE   UNION   HOTEL,   ARROWHEAI>-\nSpfcclal attention given to commercial\nmen and tourists. First class sample\nrooms. Finest scenery ln British Columbia, overlooking Upper Arrow lake. W.\nJ. Llghtburne, proprietor.\nMINERS' FURNISHINGS\nA. MACDONALD & CO.-WHOLESALE\nJobbers In Blankets, Underwear, Mitts,\nGloves, Boots, Rubbers, Overalls, Jumpers, Macklnaws and Oilskin Clothing,\nCamp and Miners' Sundries. Office and\nWarehouse, corner if Front and Hall\nstreets.   P. O. Box 1095.   Telephone 28.\nMININQ MACHINERY\nWASHINGTON MACHINERY & SUPPLY\nCo.\u2014Dealers ln Engines, Band and Circular sawmills, Atkins' Saws,- Wood and\nIron Pulleys, Leyner Compressors and\nDrills, Pumps and Hoists, prompt attention. Reasonable prices. Courteous\ntreatment,   Spokane, Wash,\nNotice    of\nApplication\nLicense.\nfor    Liquor\nNotice Is hereby given that I, Henry\nAlbert Matthew, intend, thirty dayB after\nthe date hereof, to apply to the Superintendent of Provincial Police for a liquor\nlicense for the premises known as the\nSheep Creek Hotel, situate at Sheep Creek,\nB. C.\nHENRY ALBERT MATTHEW.\nDated at Sheep Creek, B. C, this 30 day\nof November, 1909. 1-12-09-4\nPublic Stenographer\n109 Baker St, Nelson, BC. Phone 171\nWANTED\u2014Logs and logging contractors,.\nwill purchase   cottonwood,   larch,   pine,\n.hemlock  or  cedar   logs,      A.   E.   Watts,\nProctor, B. C. lM-tf.\nWANTED\u2014Woman for general housework.\nMiddle  aged  woman  preferred.     Apply\nbetween 3 and 5, 624 Victoria St. 220-tf.\nWANTED-Good woman cook for hotel ln\nNelson.   Apply P.O.  box 171. 207-tf.\nWANTED\u2014Invoice clerk, typist with stenography preferred. Must be accurate and.\ngood penman.   Box 891. _________\nWANTED-Teacher tor Michel school;\nduties commence Jan. 1,; salary $75.   Ap-\nply E. K. Stewart, Michel, B.C. 211-10\nWANTED\u2014To   buy,   good   second   hand\npiano, cheap for cosh.   Apply to P. McGregor, Kaslo.      212-tf.\nm*\nhousework*.\n212-tf,.\nWANTED-Posltlon    as    bookkeeper    or\nstenographer by competent man, experienced ln lumber and mining business.   Ad-\n\" '   2134\ndregs P. J., care Dally News.\nWANTED-Teacher   for   junior   division,\nSlocan   public   school.     Duties to commence Jan. 3.   Salary |56 per month.   Apt* .\nEly   Thomas   McNelsh,   secretary   school\noard. 214-tf.\nWANTED\u2014A man to take contract to haul\n2W cords dry wood, 8 per cent cedar*,\nthree mile haul, all down hill but 400 teet\n4 per cent un; or will buy team and outfit on installment plan, $100 per month.\nAddress P.O. box 37, Rossland, B.C.    215-6*\nWiliamKilbey&Son\nPiano and Organ Tuners, Repairers\nand Regulators, date ot Mason ft Rlsch\nCa., Ltd., Gerhard, Helntzman, R. 8.\nWilliams ft Sons, and Gourley, Winter & Learning, Toronto.\nThe only authorized tuners for the\nMason ft Rlsch Co., Ltd., tor the Kootenay and Okanagan districts. Address\n80S Stanley street or Mason ft Rlsch\nagents, the Standard Furniture Co.\n\" I T. GEORGE\nTEACHER OP MUSIC\nThorough instruction given on violin\nand cornet   Phone 217.\nWANTED\u2014A girl for cooking and general\nhousework.   Apply Mrs. H. A.  Stewart,\nphone 228. 215-tf.\nWANTED-Posltlon as bookkeeper or correspondent; 6 years experience.     Apply\n\"Bookkeeper,\" Empire hotel. 215-6\nWANTED\u2014Chef seeks engagement, hotel\nor restaurant;  good allround man.   Re-\nplles, P. O. box 1158, Calgary, Alta.    217-10\nWANTED\u2014Pupils  taken  for dancing and\ndeportment.   Apply 023 Vernon Bt.    218-6\nWANTED\u2014Three    pairs   flrst    class    log\nmakers.   J. B. Wlnlaw, Wlnlaw, B.C.\n218-tf.\nGRAND FORKS, B.C.\nPROVINCE HOTEL, GRAND FORKS,\nB. C\u2014Is the newest and best appointed\nhotel in the Interior of British Columbia,\nand offers to tho travelling public the\nbest accommodation obtainable. The\nbuilding Is all newly furnished throughout and Is the only flre proof hotel in\nthe city.   E. Larsen, proprietor.\t\nAPPLICATION  FOR WATER\nLICENSE.\nNotice ls hereby given that thirty days\nfrom the date hereof we, Lionel Arthur\nBennett, of Nelson, B.C., rancher, and\nClaude H. Phllpot, of Fort William, Ont.,\nnccountant, Intend to apply to the Gold\nCommissioner at Nelson,* B.C., for the\nright to take from Cariboo Creek half a\ncubic foot of wator per second for Irrigation purposes on sub-lot 8 of lot 76W, group\n1, Kootenay district\nDated at Nelson, B.C., this 13th day ot\nDecember, 1809. \t\nLIONEL A. BENNETT.\n1W2-0M CLA-UpB Vt,FT\t\nCOMAPLIX\nQUEEN'S HOTEL, COMAPLIX, B. C-\nChlef Young, Prop. Best of wines, lWiora\nand cigars. Travellers to Fish Creek will\nAnd excellent accommodation at this\nhotel. Sample room for commercial\ntravellers Is 16 x 66, one of the largest In\nthe Kootenays.  ,\nYMIR\nYMIR HOTEL, YMIR, B.C.-Most modern\nand up-to-date hotel In Ymlr\u2014located\ndirectly opposite depot\u2014Best accommodation possible-Dining room In connec\ntlon.   J. B. Bremner, Proprietor.\t\nLAND REGI8TRY ACT.\nTake notice that an application has\nbeen made to register Alfred Hill as ths\nowner ln Fee Simple, under a Tax Sale\nDeed-from R. J. Stenson, deputy assessor\not the district of Slocan, to Alfred Hill,\nbearing date the 2nd day of August A.D.\n1806, of all and singular that parcel or\ntract of land and premises situate, lying\nand being In the town of Sllverton, in the\nprovince of British Colombia, more particularly known and described as: Lots\ntwenty-three (23), and twenty-four (24),\nBlock 32, town of Sllverton (Map 674.)\nYou and those claiming through you and\nall persons claiming any Interest In the\nsaid lands by virtue of any unregistered\nInstrument; and all persons claiming auv\nInterest In the said land by descent, whosn\ntitle is not registered under the provisions\nof the \"Land Registry Act,\" are reaulred\nto contest the claim of the tax purchaser\nwithin forty-five dayB i from the date of\nthe publication of this notice upon vou.\nand IndefauH of a caveat or certificate of\nlis pendens being filed within such oerlod,\nor in default of redemption or In respect\nof the said land, and X shall register\nAlfred Hill as owner thereof In fee.\nDated at the Land Registry Oftlce, Nel.\nson. province of British Columbia, this\n22nd day of February   A.D., 1009.\n*    M. JOHNSON,\nAn Exceptional Offer In\nCity Property\nA 7-roomed house and one lot on\nCedar street, close to Baker street.\nNo hills to climb. Modern and thoroughly renovated Inside this fall.\nPrice only $8,000. Term, can be arranged.  Full particulars ot\nR. J. STEEL\nHudson's Bay Block\nFOR RENT\nFOR RENT-Bmall cottage.\nGosnell, Nelson brewry.\nApply  Wm.\n168-tf.\nFOR RENT\u2014Nice large warm front room.\nIn private family, alt modern conveniences,   centrally  located.    No  children,   taper month.  Apply P. O. box MB,      166-tt,\nFURNISHED   ROOMS-For\n411 Silica St.\nr^nt.\nAnnly\n198-26.\nFOR RENT\u2014A comfortable house, corner\nMill and Stanley.  Apply to Mrs, Hipper-\nson, corner Hoover and Stanley.        210-tf.\nTO LET\u2014Furnished rooms,  centrally located, warm and comfortable, with bath;.\nbreakfast if desired.  Apply GOT Carbonate\nstreet or phone B390. 215-6-\nWill Sdl 20,000 Shares\nStock ln Amalgamated Oold Hlnes ot\nSheep Creek at 10 cents a share. Vlll\nyou investigate this Information. Box\n44, Nelson, B.C.\t\nTo John Cummlngs,\nDeputy Dlstrlot Regiatrar.\n- Now penver,__*___\n\"WM*\nRead Dally News Want Ads\nOBSTETRICS.\nMRS. KENNY will be pleased to receive\nmaternity patients at her home.  Bxvel*.\nlent testimonials.   Hi Observatory street.\nP. O. Box IM, telephone Ml.    ,,      .\nOrchestra Orchestra\nMr. Irvln Johnson of the Arcade, Ib\nprepared to supply an orchestra to any\nnumber of pieces for dances, socials\nor parties. The best of compositions\nplayed. Reasonable terms. Apply box\n348, or 616 Victoria street\nCLKANtNG AND PRBJ8BINQ\n_\\_m called for ud delivered\nA. J. DRISCOLL\nnam ill  BUot itreet, opposite Ae\nQttMtfl Hotel\nFOB RENT\u2014Three unfurnished roomB for\nhousekeeping. Apply Roche's house. Falls\nSt., C.P.R. Flats. 218-6\nFOR RENT\u2014Nicely furnished rooms, with\nevery   convenience;   board  If required..\nVery central.   614 Victoria St, 218-fi\nFOR SALE\nFOR BALE\u2014Al chicken dog, one. year old;,\n110.   R. H. Robs, Blrdar, Witt\n  _    __!agot\nstrawberry plants. Apply Boswell Ranch,.\nBoswell, B.C. * 200-tf.\nFOR SALE\u2014A sub-division of excellent,\nfruit land ln the famous Kaslo district,.\nln 6 or 10 acre blocks. Abundance of\nwater, close to railroad and steamboat-\nlanding, navigation the entire year. Fine-\nhunting, fishing and wonderful scenery.\nDirect from locator to purchaser. See or\nwrite H. L. Llndsey, Llndsey Boat House,.\nNelson, B. C. 206-tf,\nFOR SAUE-Large self feeding stove, steel,\nkitchen range, and piano.   Phone A348.\nFOR SALE\u2014Chiffonier for sale, quartered.\noak, good aa new; price $15.  622 Carbonate street. M8-6-\nFOR SALE-Canoe, In first class condition,\n^20.   Apply box MS, city. 215-6:\nMISCELLANEOUS\nMRS. J. P. WINTER, TEACHER OP\nMusic, Certificated. R.A.M. and L.C.M.\nfor Singing; T.C.L. and Honors for\nTheory, and R.A.M. and L.C.M, for\nPianoforte Playing.   615 Mill street.\nMOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES-E. D. Messen-\nger Co.   P. O. Box 172, Nelson. B, O.\nFOR LEABB-Concrete store, 16x60; |36\nmonth.   Apply Cree ft Moffatt, Fernle,\nB.q , mm.\nDaily Read News Want Ads\n_\nm\n fRIDAY  DECEMBER 31\n\u00abhe fPuUfl Slew**\numr nOTJIPPBD tJNEDRTAKIWU\nfcNDRMBAUnNQ PARLORS  IN  THS\nB^wMgre*w\u00bb\nStandard furniture Co.\nMBL8QN. a. C.\nCarpet Cleaning\nBsMln* owpett by hand spoil, the future and does not remove the dirt.\noSrw-to-date \u00abeam CleaniDg Process\nremoves \u00bbH the Impurities and restores the\nmods to original colors.      '\";-' >\n\"^    Ito PBR SQUABB TARD.\nW\u00ab* called for and delivered prompW.\ncSSm ot all kinds cleaned, renovated.\n\u25a0SS^aX'&ed and -pre-ed. TEe to\n\u2022uilS^lrtfolffl.o'. \u00a3.\u00bb; oy*X n*.\nSSSu'SSJf' * Hotoi IWUwanti\nwttam  ~-\nNebon Stum Laundry\nNt-m votnon wmagr.,^\nTelephone Ml. P. \u2122F___ _____\nJLootenay Lake Beneril Hospital\nMMtrnlty Branch\nMttente *.'\u2022 \"o* \u2022few!\"61' \u00bbt the 6*\ntewing rata,:     .. ,\u201e._-\nPrivate m*4 patlwiU. *\u2022* .-.-WW\n\u25a0\u2022ml-printe ward patlenta. week *1S.OO\nAddress apslloatloni ta matron at\nkoepltal. ^^^^\nJOHN BURNS\nCONTRACTOR AND BUILDER\nSash, Doer ind Office   rittlng\nFactory.  Brick and Lime for eale\nOffice end Factory\nCarbonate Street,     Neleon, B. 0.\nLarge    qusntltloe of  shavings,\nsuitable for stable bedding ein be\nkid for hauling away.\nCANADIAN\nPACIFIC\nANNUAL\nEASTERN CANADA\nEXCURSIONS\nlow Round Trip Rales to\nOntario, Quebec and\nMaritime Provinces\nTickets on saje Deo. 1 to Doc. 31, inclusive, good to return within three\nmonths.\nTickets issued in connection Atlantic\nsteamship business will be on sale Irom\nNov. 21 and limited to five months\n\u2022irom date ot issue.\nIFneet equipment, standard first claBS\nend tourist sleeping cars on all through\ntrains. Compartment-library-observa-\ntlon cars on Imperial Limited and Atlantic Express.\n3\u2014Through Express Trains^Oally-3\n..   THE TORONTO EXPRESS\nleaves Winnipeg daily at 22:40, making\nconnection at Toronto for all point*\neast and west thereof.\nThe Imperial Limited leavea Winnipeg dally at 18:15 and the Atlantic Ex\npress at 8 daily, making connections at\nMontreal for all points east thereof.\nApply to the nea est C.P.R. agent tor\nfull information.\n(Bubject to change without notice.)\n.   -R-notsf From MONTREAL\n.UVBKPOOL *\u00bb\u00bb QUEBEC\nST. IAWBENOB ROUTE.\n.not B Lake Champlatn  Nov. U\njSi\u00bb. j Lake Erie Nov. 20\nLIVERPOOL AND ST. JOHN.\nNov. 13 .... Chartered steamer .... Nov. M\nNov. 19 .... Empress ot Britain .... Deo. 1\nNot !4   ... Like Manitoba   Deo. 11\njBec   it   Lake Champlain   Dec.\u00ab\nDeo. 10 .... Chartered iteomer .... Deo. \u00bb\nDeo. 17    . Corslcan (chartered)     . Deo. n\npa*, 2,   Chartered Bteamer  Jan. 7\nDeo, n \u25a0\u2022\u2022\u2022 EmpreM of Ireland .... Jan. M\nj-n, j Chartered steamer Jan B\nJan. 14 .... Corslcan (chartered .... Jan. \u00bb\n. Jan. a  Chartered ateamer Feb. 4\nJan. 28 .... Emprera of Britain .... Feb. 11\nFeb. 4 .... Chartered ateamer .... Feb. 1\u00bb\nFeb. 11 ....Empress of Ireland .... Feb. a\n\u2022Feb. 18 ....Chartered eteamer ... March 4\nFeb. JS .. Empress of Britain .. March ll\nMarch J .... Lake Champlain .... March 19\n- March 11 ..'Empress of Ireland .. March as\nMarch 16 ....Lake Manitoba   April I\nMarch IS .. Empress of Britain ... April 8\nMarch \u00bb Lake Brie ......... Aori 1\u00bb\nApril 8 ... Empress of Ireland ... Apr   a\nApril 18 \u201e..7Lske Chsmplsln  April \u00bb\nApril 81 ..,. EmpreM of Britain .... May \u00ab\nChartered--AMAN LINE ateamer, sail\n. on these-dates.\t\nNOTICE.\n< ' Provincial Legislative Assembly.\nPrivate Bills.\nCopies of Blue, Petitions, and notices ss\npublished must be deposited with, and all\n- fees paid to, ths Clerk of the House, not\n' lated than 13 January, 1910.\nPetitions for Bills will not be received\nby the House after 81st January. 1910.\nBllla nuiat be nremnted  to  the Houie\n\u2022 not later'thsn* 10th February, 1919.\n-Reports   from   Standing committee on\nSills will not be. received by the Houss\n. after 17th February, IMS.\nTHORNTON FELL,\nClerk, Legislative Assembly.\nVictoria; let November, 1809. 176-tf.\nMUTILATED!\nTORN TO PIECES!\nWe are offering the few things we have left of our Xmas stock at\nTremendously Reduced Rates.     ____t___is___ ^....\nWhether for presentation or not it will pay you to inspect our\nbargains. >\nAll Xmas Stock at Cost\nA very limited mimbsr ot the following: : *'\nSewing Sets, Hand Bags.\nFancy Work Basktts. Mirrors, etc.\nRemember!\nThere's no Immense stock left to choose trom, only a few articles\nof the same quality as our Xmas stock.\nWe Are Almost Completely\nSold Out\nOur show window contains tbe articles at your disposal at prices\nthat are astonishing. atttSta- -, \u25a0 *\t\nPick Them Up, People\nIt's *a chance of a life time.   Don't let some one else get here be.\nfore you. _._\t\nPATRONIZE  NELSON'S  LEADING DRUGGISTS.. WE ALWAYS LEAD\nWE NEVER SLEEP.\nPoole Drug Co. Ltd.\nBaker Street* Nelson, B. C.\nPbone 25  Day and Night\nAN ECONOMICAL TEA\n$___&________\/\nWmmmmmmammw      mt*a___am__ammmmtmimm\u00a5\nTea selling at 86c. or SOc a pound la not really cheap, hat 1, ei-\n' travagantly dear.\nBecause so much ot tt Is isually required that the cost per cup ll\nactually more than lt a good tea like Blue Ribbon were used.\nA pound of Blue Ribbon Tea will make 260 cupa of good rich tea,\nso, even at 60c a pound you would get four or Ave cups tor on, esnt\nNot a very dear drink, la ttt\nAnd as for flavor, there la simply ao comi-.-Mann between Bias Ribbon and the \"cheap\" teas.\nJust try a pound, and sea.\ni *mri*yiT,>vts Trrri\u25a0*********..:\u25a0\u00bb..\u00bb\u00bb.imem*on11,\u00bb\u00bb\u00ab>>,\nFor New Year's Day\nyou will need something special for\ndinner. The geese we have are exceptionally fine this year and we can give\nyou Just the bird you want. We also\nhave turkeys, ducks and spring chickens, in fact, anything that you may\nfancy in this line. We are here to\nserve you. .\nP. Burns & Co. Ltd.\nSUN FIRE\nThe oldest Insurance Olllce ta ft; world\nrOUNDID A.D. IflO W-XEPITENAI* IBIO\nHome OrncGi London, England \u2022\n____,._ Bnaeh. Son BulldlorJ. Toronto. H. H. Blackburn, Muatfer.\nISRYO0E8, BLAKEMORE t CAMERON, NELSON AGENTS\nMETALS\nNEW YORK, Dec. 30,-SiIver, 62%; standard copper, 13.40 to 13.70; firm.\nLONDON, Dec, 30.\u2014Silver, 24%; lead, \u00a313\n13b 9d.\nThe annual meeting of the Nelson board\nof trade will be held on Jan. 15.\nH. Y. Anderson, one of the owners of\nthe Eureka mine, U In the city.\nThe nubile and high schools of Nelson reopen on Monday for the winter term.\nJ. J. Malone returned to the city lust\nnight from an inspection of the Vancouver\ngold ir.iiit at Sheep Creek, with which he\nts now associated.\nThere will be no meeting of the 1.0.F.\nuntil Friday, Jan. 7, when lt will meet In\nthe  I.O.O.F.   hall.\nA game was curled yesterday afternoon\nbetween picked teams skipped respectively\nby Judge Wilson and Chief Guthrie, tho\ngame being won by Judge Wilson's team\nby a score of 11 to ..\nAll barber shops in Nelson will remain\nopen tonight till 10 q'clock, and  will be\nopen tomorrow morning, closing at noon.\nAH barber shops In Nelson will remain\nopen tonight Ull 10 o'clock, and will be\nopen tomorrow morning, closing at noon.\nFOR BADE\u2014A few pure bred Buff Orphlng-\nton  Cockerels,    April    bred,   from  prize\nwinning   strain.    Also   White   Wyandotte\nCockerels.   Apply B. K. Devlne, Tarrys.\nCOMMUNICATIONS\n\"Honor to Whom Honor Is Due.\"\nTo the Editor of The Dally News.\nSir,\u2014I notice in reading your -valuable\npaper, that you praise Dr. Young, Minister of Education, for the good work he\nhad done whil'st filling that office. Very\nfood!\nBut d\u00b0 Pot forgftt the humble School\nTrustees Of British Columbia, the part\nthey have taken in educational  matters..\nThe Free Text Book Law, and the proposed law making the medical examination\nof school children compulsary, were both\nbrought to the notice of the McBride\nGovernment, in the first instance by resolutions made and punned unanimously at\nthe conventions held annually by the\nSchool Trustees of this province. They\nappoint a committee to bring forward such\nresolutions before the provincial Legislature, and that body has shewn their\nwisdom by fralming laws In conformation\nwith said resolutions,\n!l. Or JOY.\nNeleOll.  B,C\u201e  Dec,  30,  1000.\nMR. TAlT'fi WORK IN AUSTRALIA.\nGood Showing Made by Victorian Railways Under His Management,\nThe report of tho Victorian .Australian)\nrailway commissioners, of which Thomas\nTalt, formerly ot tlio Canadian Pueiii\u00ab\nrailway staff, is chairman, continues to\nreflect the executive ability of the man\nfrom Canada.\nA noticeable feature of the roport ls the\nreduction which has been accomplished in\nthe ratio of working expenses to gross\nrevenue. For six yearn up to 1903 this was\n59.83 per cent, while for the following six\nyears this was reduced to 64.41 per cent.\nIt Is but natural that this ratio should be\nlower than Canadian railways cun show,\nIn vlow of the fact that they have no\nsuch winter climatic conditions to contend against or snow-fighting apparatus\nto main lain.\nDuring the past fiscal year the Victorian\nrailways earned S20,;U2,84U, while tiie working expenses, Including a Bpccial payment\nof (340,519 to railway accident and tire insurance fund, were (11,725,536, giving a net\nrevenue of (8,007,305. After the payment of\nintetfst charges, pensions, gratuities, etc.,\nthere was a surplus of $143,837 creditable\nto consolidated revenue. For the past six\nyears the amount placed to the credit of\nconsolidated revenue was (3,779,047, while\nfor the preceding six yearn, that is from\n1897 to 1903, there was a deficit of (7,767,537\npaid out of that fund.\nThe gross revenuo for the past six years\nshowed nn increase ot (32,4*43,685, compared\nwith the previous six years, with an increase for the corresponding period of (7,-\n394,866 in working expenses. The balance\nof net revenue In six years likewise showed an advance of (12,431,810.\nA notable feature of the portion of the\nreport which compares the.two periods of\nsix years In the operation of tho system\nis the Increase ln the number of passengers carried. The commission now operates\n3,414.91 miles of track, which is but a comparatively small increase over the past\nfew yearB and for the past six years there\nwas an increase In tho number of passengers carried of 99,974,678, the total handled\nIn that period being 405,170,581. There was\nalso a large Increase in the number of\ntons of gooda carried.\nM\nnuiinn\nSURVEYORS AT WORK.\nBusy Making Line for New Overhead\nTramway at Alnsworth.\n(Special to The Dally Newa.)\nAINSWORTH, Dec. 30.\u2014Surveyors are\nnow busy making a straight line Irom the\nUnited mine to the Highland concentrator.\nThe object Is an overhead tramline, *tlie\nlength of which will be about three miles.\nFred Jex has returned from NelBon\nwhere he spent Christmas with friends.\nHe has secured a contract for supplying\nthe timber for the Highland mine.\nDr. Henry spent Wednesday In Nelson\non business.\nMisses Tena and Annie Olson left on\nWednesday morning for Nelson. They expect to spend several daya with frlonds\n*T*0 our friends and patrons, one\nand all, we send\nA New Year's Greeting!\nWe are very thankful for favors\nshown us during the past year, and\nwe feel that Our efforts to furnish the best of Outfitting,\nat the lowest prices consistent with good quality, have\nbeen fuliy appreciated. It affords us the greatest satis*>\nfaction.\nWe are not content with battles\nalready won, however, and during\nthe coming year we shall press forward to still greater achievements.\nWith malice toward none, and with best wishes for\nall, we say once more\u2014\nA Happy New Year!\nEmory & Walley\nThe Htdb Furnishing House\nday Wednesday.\nT?ho Blue Bell boys have announced a\nbig dance for New Year's eve. Rlondel\nIb becoming famous for its genuine accommodations and spacious hallti for\ndancing purposes.\nThe Highland-United Mines company has\nplaced a new foreman in charge at their\nconcentrator In the person of Mr.  Brown.\nNew Method of Planting.\n(Special to The Dally News.)\nCRESTON, Dec. 3D.-C. O. Rodgers is\nabout to Introduce a new system of planting fruit trees next spring. He proposes\nto first plough the hind, then follow up\nwith a sub-soil plough which will give a\ndepth of 1G inches, then dig a hole two\nfeet square by two and a half deep, and In\nthe centre of tills square hole sink a small\nshot of blasting powder. The explosion will\nloosen up the ground all around so that\nthe roots of the tree can spread and take\nroot and hold the moisture. Mr. Rodgers\nalso believes that some crop should he\nplanted on tho land the first year and before trees nre planted. Mr. Rodgers\nstronglv recommends the Wlneunp, Spitzenberg,   Jonathan    and   Roman  Beauty  as\nvarieties especially adapted to the Creston\ndistrict. Showing the scarcity of good\napples in the eastern states, Mr, Rodgers\nhus recently received a letter from u\nfriend In Philadelphia in which It wns\nstated that Spitzenberg apples were selling\nat ten cents each and the .Delicious were\nBelling at two for 2_ cents\nSuperintendent Rescued.\nM'ALESTER, Okia., Dec. 30.\u2014After having been entombed for 28 hours in the\nsmoke-tilled cut of the Bolcndarnell company's coul mine near here, Supt. Julin\nBrown was today rescued alive hut unconscious. Brown risked his life in a\nheroic attempt to rescue a shot flrer who\nwas entombed following an explosion in\none of the lower levels on Tuesday. Brown\napparently had not leached even close to\nthe point where the shot flrer had been\novercome when he himself succumbed to\nthe foul gases and smoke that tilled the\nnarrow passagees. The shot lli-er's fate is\nstill unknown. Brown's condition is serious.\nARCADE\nSteady, Fllckerless Pictures\nFRIDAY AND SATURDAY\nAmong others are:\nThe lost New Year's Dinner\nThe Little Girl who Didn't\nBelieve in Santa Cbus\nMaking Pottery in Japan\nFor other subjects see boards.\nOpen every afternoon and even*\nIng, 2:30 and 7 p. m.\n\u2014\u2014\u2014i\u2014\u2014 tf\nTo All Our Friends\nand Patrons    .\nA Merry Xmas and Happy New Year\nis the wish ot\nE. \u00a3. ROBINSON\nWMtlMllwr \u00bbnd Jeweler\n417 1-2 Baksr Street     NELSON. I.O.\nOpposite fllvtr King Hots)\nMlnard's Llnament Cures Diphtheria.\nWILL PLAYJOR RENFREW\nFRED TAYLOR GETS FOUR THOUS-\nAND DOLLAR SALARY,\nGUNBOAT SMITH HAS FIERCE BOUf\n.WITH BURNS.\nRENFREW, Ont, Dec. M.-Fied Taylor\nof Listowei, Ont., the greaiwut Hockey\nplayer lu tne game, struck a uiuw luuay\nthat Ottawa enthusiasts, and pu Secularly\nthe officers of the Stanley cut* team, will\nnot oecover from for quite a while; After\ndefinitely announcing late last week that\nhe had finally decided to stick Wiui tne\nOttawa team, Taylor sprung a big surprise\nthis afternoon hy throwing uohiuuie ottawas and Jumping to Renfrew.\nIt appears that Renfrew otf.eers went to\nhim on the quiet this week and lifctdo hlni\nan offer that fairly took his breath away.\nTaylor Is said to have heen Quered tho\nmagnificent sum ot 14,000 for one season a\nwork with the Renfrew team, tu- accepted\nthe terms und this afternoon wrote a note\nto L. N. Bate, vice-president ot Hue\nOttawas, stating that he had decided to\nplay with Renfrew.\nOTTAWA,  Dec.   80.\u2014It   is   probable   that   ,\nOttawa will seek by injunction to prevail',\nFred   Taylor   fiom   playing   hookey   Wltl)\nRenfrew.\nSAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 30.\u2014\"Gunboat\"\nSmith,' sailor pugilist, who is scheduled IO\nbecome Jack Johnson's chief span m;;\npartner when the negro goes Into training\nHi!* his tight with Jeffries, fought a -\"-\nround draw with Juck Burns hist night,\nthe battle involving the heavyweight\nchainplunshlp ol  tlie  Paciiic  const.\nThe light waa one of the tie. rest ever\nseen between heavyweights in a Sim\nFrancisco ring. Smith led up lo the\ntwelfth round and Bums was groggy when\nhe went to his corner. He came oack in\nthe thirteenth with a rush that carried\nSmith to the ropes, and from that tnuu\nto the end of the twentieth held hia own\nwith the former navy champion, at times\ndriving Smith around the rliiy before a\nwhirlwind of blows that the sailor had\nhard work to guard.\nMILWAUKEE, Dec. 30\u2014Battling Nelson,\nlightweight champion pugilist, sa d today\nthat U Wolgast will not tight before\nHester's flhb 111 San Francisco there will\nhe no light Taking issue with Wolgast,\nwho expressed the Cear that a 45-round light\ncould not be held in San Francisco, Nelson\nsaid: \"l hnve assurances from Hester that\nhe has secured permission to hold u long\nbattle lu San Francisco, and I'll lake Ida\nword  for  it.\"\nMONTREAL,    Dec.    30. - lu\nBchoduled game of the Canadlui\nassociation at the Arena rink tiei\nAll-Montreal defeated the Natlo\nby a score of 7 to :'.\nhe    llrst\nHockey ,\n.'   tUNiRIlt\nial   {cam\nBig slaughter sale; goods must he sold\nat cost; no bluff goes here; must dispose--\nof this stock, ns I am going cast. Don't\nmiss these bargains. Clothing, cunts' furnishings, men's, ladies' and children s\nboots shoos and rubbers. Full stock of\ntrunk's, suit cases, linoleums, Ince curtains!\nbed quilts and blankets, below cost        ...\nH. OINSBERU, Sliver Kinu M'ke.\n2ifi.3, 411-415 Hull street.\nS P. Pond, who haB opened a flour arid\nfeed store on Front street, between i. Y.\nGriffin's and Ashdown's. are now ready\nfor business with a full line of whetit, oats,\nbarley, bran and shorts, and will carry all\nlines pertaining to the flour and feed business. IM-tfl\nA High-Class Investment\nWe have tor sale a,few Eagle Debentures bearing 8 per cent Interest,\n\u25a0which we are offering nt par.\nIn view of the fact that these debentures are secured by a mortgage on\nthat well known property, the Eagles' Hall, we have no hesitation In recommending them to our clients.   We consider them absolutely good.\nWe also have 700 Shares Nugget Stock which we will sell at 02 cents\nper share. ...\u2022\u00bb.'._< *\n\u00a3. B. McDERMID\nChartered Accountant\nand   Financial Agent\nNelson, B. C.\n MOI IIQHT\nWtXt 9&U$VXWeX\nFRIDAY ..\nDECEMBER 31\nBuy $1000 for\nFive Cents a Day\nA life policy ln the Royal Insurance Go. for $1000 costs from\nB to 7 cents a day. Too cheap to\ngo without Isn't lt? See us for\nparticulars.\nW. F. Mawdsley\nH. E. Croisdalle A Co.\nBuilding Sites\nFor residences, factories, warehouses, eta\nHouses\nFor rent or tor sale.\nF. B. UY8\nReal. Estate Agent. .316 Baker St.\n***************************\n\"Unequalled \"or Qenersl Use\"\nW. P. TIERNEY, General Sales Agent.\nNelson, B.C.\nOan shipped to all railway points.\nCrow's Nest Coal\nMore heat, less ash than any\ncoal on the market\nFurniture Moving Is a specialty\nwith us.       '\nCity Transfer Co.\nPhone 179 P.O. Box 94\nTHE\nEMPIRE\nPictures the  Best\nTONIGHT\u2014FRIDAY\nAdonis Loses his Clothes.\nThe Little Soldier.\nThe Dairy Maid's Vow.\nThe Lost New Year's Dinner.\nThe Sandman.\nLittle Miss Motfltt.\n7;00 open every evening 7:00\nADMISSION   10   CENTS\nNelson Opera House\nTO-NIGHT\nMiss Verna Felton\nand\nThe Allen Players\nWhose Baby\nAre You?\"\nPRICES: 25c, 50c. 75c.\nSale at Poole Drug Co      \u2022\u00bb\ntt\nNew Year's\n! Photos\nCampbell's Art Gallery wishes\nall a\nHAPPY NEW YEAR\nAlso wishes to have the pleasure of taking the family\ngroup, as a remembrance, not\nonly ot their new studio, but\nto the dear friends far away.\nMake an appointment today.\nWe will be open on New\nYear's day.\nCampbell's\n| Art Gallery f\n715 Baker 8t.\nPHONE 46\n\\*t^***********ttf**A*******i\nMtL50N NEWS OF THE DAY\nWhose buby are you?\nThe provincial government offices will be\nclosed  today  and  tomorrow.\nA special service -for the New Year will\nbe held in St. Paul's Presbyterian church\nhall op Saturday at 11 a.m.\nThe annual New Year's eve ball of the\nofficers of the 102nd Regiment, R.M.R.,\nwUI be hed thts evening In the armory.\nSome up-to-date youngsters at  the east\n>' end of the town use a light on the front\nend of their set of bobs when they coast\nut night.\nThe Sacrament of the Lord's Supper\nwill be dispensed In St. Paul'B Presbyter-\nIan church at the forenoon service on\nSunday, Jan, 2.\nThe city books arc now being closed,\nand the financial statement will probably\nbe submitted at the final meeting of the\nretiring council, on Jan. 10.\nTom Peck the well known C.P.R. con-\nductor, who deveoped a case of pneumonia\nan -Monday while on his train, and who\n-was taken to the Qreenwood hospital, is\nreported to be worse.\nI H. R. Cramer of Calgary lias moved to\nNelson this week, and will make this city\nhis  permanent headquarters.    He  will be\nr the   representative    for-   thla    district   of\nI Oeorgeson   &  Co.,   the  wholesale  grocery\nI house.\n-'\u25a0 The boys are cautioned that this is the\nlast day on which  they can make their\n- entries for the dog races which take place\ntomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock on Vernon itreet. Entries must be made with\nthe Nelson Transfer company. The races\nare three In number, aa follows:   Class A\nTtifcianaiiiKaiiiXiaii\"\"\"^\nStores for Rent\nWe have for re-fh (two stores\nin the West block on the corner of Hail and Baker* streets.\nEach store Is 32x19 teet, and\nhas a stone basement. These\nstores are ln a brick block and\nthe insurance rate Is very low.\nFor full particulars apply to\nIh. &m. bird\nNebon, B.C.\n\u00ab \u00bb **\nThe J. H. Ashdown Hardware Co., Ltd\nThank' their many customers for patronage during 1909, and extend to\neach and all their sincere wish that happiness and prosperity may be\ntheirs during 1910. .\nThe J. H. Ashdown Hardware\nCo., Ltd.\nNelson Branch     .*.     Nelson, B. C.\nWHOLESALE RETAIL\nmB969e*Bsacaeaes6seMMae*MC9i\nCome On, Boys!\nDOG   RACES,  JAN.  1,   1910\nVernon  8treet, 2 p.m.\nClass A, Hounds\u2014First prize, $2.00;\nsecond prize, $1.\nClass B., dogs over 50 lbs.\u2014First\nprize $2; second $1.00\nClass 0., dogB under 60 lbs.\u2014First\nprize $2; second $1.00\nAll --entries to be made before Jan. l.\nNEL80N TRAN3FER CO\n\u2014bounds, jBt prize, $2; 2nd prize, Jl. Class\nB\u2014doits over .\u00bb pounds, 1st prize, $2; 2nd\nprim, ?1, Class u\u2014dogs under 50 pounds,\n1st prize, J2; second prize, tl.\nC. E. Hace, former proprietor of the\nRossland Miner, was blown to fragments\nby a premature explosion u few days ago\nut the .oa.i.\nThe store of tbe Wood-Vallance Hardware company will be closed this afternoon and evening, out of respect to the\nmemory of George Vallance of Hamilton,\nwlio died there on Wednesday.\nJohn Kelly arrived from Cranbrook on\nWednesday night, to serve ln the provincial jail a sentence of six months for\ntheft, imposed by his honor Judge Wilson.\nThe prisoner was brought to Nelson by\nConstable Morris of Cranbrook.\nThere will be a watch night service at\nSt. Saviour's church tonight. At 11.-30 the\nservice of the litany will be said followed\nby a short address, And Immediately after\nmidnight there will be a celebration of\nHoly Communion.\nA. Carney of Kaslo, timber Inspector,\npassed through Nelson on a return trip\nfrom Cranbrook. He will make a trip over\nthe Crow about the middle of January,\nHe describes the season as a record one\nfor logging. Mr. Carney Ib Interested In\nthe formation of a hockey league among\nthe towns of West Kootenay.\nThe eleventh annual convention of the\nAssociated Boards of Trade of Eastern\nBritish Columbia will be held In Nelson\non Jan. 20, the first session opening at 10\no'clock in the morning, jt will probably\nlast two days. Delegates will be present\nfrom the boards of trade of Trail, Rossland, Grand Forks, Greenwood, Cranbrook,\nMoyie, Creston, Fernle, Kaslo and Nelson.\nThe joint funeral of the late George\nNorthern and the late Herbert Cole, who\nwere drowned off* Proctor on Sunday, took\nplace ln Nelson yesteiday afternoon, about\na dozen fellow employees of the two men\ncoming ln from Proctor to attend the\nobsequies. The services were conducted in\nSt. Saviour's church' by Rev. F. H.\nGraham. The pall-bearers were James\nKayton, P..Scott, W. HolHs, H. Richard-\n\"Little Clinchers\"\ndefy the ice    *\nNo matter how slippery the roid or\nhow steep the hill they'll carry you over\nit safely.\nYou should have \"Uttk CUnch-\nan\" on your winter shoes, and especially\nshould you see that the old folks have\nthem on theirs. Half:: minute for adjustment-no nails, screws, rivets or straps.\nThey're invisible, comfortable and durable. Keep them on indoors\u2014simply snap\nthe heel-plate under the instep and the\nspikes will be entirely out of the way.\nand floor;, and carpets safe.\n\"Little Clinchers\" are better than\naccident insurance. They jrevtnt Ihe\naccident and save you from pain and loss\nof time and money.\nSteel, with specially hardened points.\nPrice 30c.\nm ROYAL\nShoe Store\nSOLE AGENTS FOR NELSON\nMill   orders promptly   ud\ncarefully looked after.\nThe Cabinet\nCigar Store\nWholesale\nand   Retail\nO. MATTHEWS\nProp.\nson, T. Chattorton and John Smith.\nWreaths bore the names of Frank Head,\nJames Galbraith and J. Chapman, all of\nProctor. The late Mr. Northern wai 32\nyears of age, and had served ln the Boer\nwar with the Kettering Volunteers of\nNorthamptonshire. The late Mr. Cole was\nbut 21 years old, and hailed from Camp-\nbellton, N.B. Both had been ln this\ncountry about four yearg.\t\nEdinburgh in Flames.\nPITTSBURG, Pa\u201e Dee. JO.-Edlnburgh,\nPa.t Is being destroyed by fire. Heavy\ndamage will result.\nANNOUNCEMENT\nIn wishing our many patrons\nA Prosperous and\nHappy New Year\nWs wish also <to express our gratitude for the very liberal share of patronage we have received and encourages us to make greater efforts for the\nfuture. The Increase of business has\nmade It necessary to add to our staff\nof experts, the latest addition In the\nperson of MR. F. M. DENNENV of\nMontreal, who will be In charge of the\nOptical Department.. What doee thla\nmeant. Simply this: Henceforth the\nhead of the firm can give to each department hie personal services and to\nthe * patrons two persons thoroughly\nposted In their respective duties.\nBear ia Mind\nThat you have the\nAdvice cf Two Experts Jn\nEvery Department\nthe head of the firm and the man In\ncharge.\nJ. Oe PATENAUDE\nManufacturing lewder, Watchmaker,\nand OpticUa\nEvery Lady\nlikes ber table decorated with nice\nChina and everybody likes to see a\nlady bave ber table nicely decorated.\n\u25a0mat Is what we are here for. We\nhave tbe finest line of China ever\nshown ln our city. We are sure you\nwill be suited.\nWe have all kinds ot China.\nWe have all shapes of China.\nWe bave all decorations of China.\nWe have all grades of China.\nWe bave a few sets of tbe celebrated\nOrendley Dlnnerware of the latest decoration, wblcb are going fast Don't\n(all to sea them.\nOld Cariosity Shop\n613, 815, 517 Josephine Str-et\nPROSPECTSFORTHEROAP\nGOVERNMENT  SECURING  REPORT\nON SUBJECT.\nPROGRESS     WITH     ADVERTISING\nLITERATURE.\nThe Nelson board ot trade haa received\na reply from the provincial government\nregarding the Improvement of the road\nalong the north aide of the Weat Arm.\nThe matter haa been placed In (he hands\nof the chief engineer, who haa referred It\nto the government agency hen for further\nparticulars. The board Ib now ascertaining details for use In this connection, and\nthere la every prospect of tha work being\nundertaken, The distance covered le about\n20 mllei, and the preaent mileage of road\nalong the route amounts to over half that\ndistance. The Unking up of these mileages\nby a modern road is what Is desired,\nW. T. Robson of Montreal, head of the\nCP.R.'s advertising department, haa\nwritten to the board stating that he is\nmaking good progress with the Kootenay\npamphlet. He states that he still desires\nunique views showing particular charac-\n. terlstlcs of this district, whloh he will pay\n[ tot.   Those having views of unique In-\nYou Will\nFind\neverything in tbe way ot candy,\nnuts, raisins, fruits, etc. at our\nstore.\nNew Laid Eggs\nPHON2 223.\nStewart A Co.\nIf It's from Stewart's It's good.\nChicken Feed\nWe have No. 1 Wheat, Feed Barley,.\nOats, Groats, Bran, Shorts, Feed Flour,.\nCrushed Bone, Crushed Shell, Beef\nSoraps, Myers' Spice and Pratt's Remedies. J\nBaled oat straw for Utter.\nThe Brackman-Ker\nling Co., Ltd.\nA Chance\nfor\nNew Year\nShoppers\nThe balance of our Christmas 'stock,,\nconsisting of Ganong's celebrated\nChocolates in fancy boxes, Christmas\nCrackers, and Harry Webb's Plum\nPudding\nPRICES CUT CLEAN IN TWO\nBELL TRADING CO.\nProvide for Your Old Age\nBuy a lot In New Westminster elty where all the great movement\nIn real estate will be In 1910.\nThe eyes of the Investing publlo are now turned to New Westminster where the prices of all property are away below tbe surrounding\nlocalities. The Canadian Northern railway is now surveyed to New\nWestminster and work will commenoe shortly.\nWe bave a subdivision facing on Queen's Park and the exhibition\ngrounds which we were successful .in buying away below the market,\nand we Intend to give you the advantage. We are selling these lots a!\n1250 for Inside and 1360 for corners. The terms are exceptionally\neasy, (10 cash and (10 per montli.   No Interest, no taxes.\nGet a couple and lay tbe fotmdatioi tor a fortune.\nMcQuarrie (k Robertson\n41) Ward (treat,\nNetaon, M.\nChinaHall\nIs now well stocked with glassware, China Lamp Ooods, Toiletware and Crockery of every description. We are ottering special BARGAINS ln Dlnnerware.\nSee our open stock patterns,\nwhere you oan get any number\not pieces you require. __\nSecond Hand Ooods i\not every description. We might\nhave the very thing you want.\nOood warehouse lor storage.\nMUNRO k NELSON\nLI\nDakar St.\nP.O. Mt 888\ntareet should send their negatives to SI.\nK. Beeston, secretary of the board of\ntrad*.   '\t\ng Helreii Mlsslnq.\nFHILADEl^PHIA* Deo. 10-Mlss Roberto\nB. Dejanon, the 16-year old daughter of\nFerdinand Dejanon of New Tork, and tho\ngrand daughter and sole heiress of Robert\nBuilt, a millionaire seed merchant of this\ncity, has been missing . since yesterday\nfrom the hotel whero she was stopping\nwith hep grandfather her*,\n.   San Francisco Converted.\nSAN FRANCIBCO.  Dec.  BO.-Aftsr declaring -agftlnst municipal owned and'\nerated railways three times in Ave y\u00ab   __\nvoters of tM cltfcmt a special bond elm*\n\u25a0       ^\u2014 Ht will ftoWliWy ta fav3*\nThe Husband\nfully realises the Intrinsic value of a\nBisseli Carpet Sweeper as a strength\nsaver to bis wife. No home is complete without a. Blssel. It more than\npays the cost In one year by saving\nthe carpets.\nIt keeps the home free from dust and\ndirt and so not only lightens the house\nwife's work, but adds to the comfort\nof the borne and makes the entire\nhousehold happier. Don't delay. Buy\na Bisseli today.\nOUR PROCES\nCyco Bearing, Parlor Queen     14.00\nCyco Bearing, American Queen    4.35\nCyco Bearing Boudoir 3.75\nCyco Ball Bearing, Grand Rapids     8,15\nCyco Ball Bearing, Grand Rapids, Nio 8.25\nCyco Bearing, Graad Rapids, Jap  8.00\nbq\u00ab63i Nelson Hardware Co. ___\u00ab___\u00bb\nI \u25a0AHILT0H  =\nWINNIPEG\nShavers Supplies\nGillette Raxora,     Ever Ready Razors,\nWilliams1 Shaving Sticks\nRubberset Brushes\nSwaty Hones\nStrops\nFinest Assortment ln the City\nWood-Vallance Hardware Co., Limited\nNELSON, B. C.\nWholesale\nRetail\nT0I0HU\nMNCOUttl\nNew Goods!   New Goods!\nAt the Store of Quality\nNEW ORANGE8    COCOANUTS CURRANTS CANDIES\n8PICE8 NUTS PEELS       RAISINS    MINCEMEAT\nGRAPEFRUIT BANANAS XMAS CRACKERS\np.o. bo\u00bb 54  A. S. Horswill   ________jo\nThe Store of Satisfaction\nWaterman^\nIdeal      _\nFountain\nPens\nAmong, our many, beautiful\nand useful Christinas gifts you\nwill find a full line ot Water-\nman's Ideal Fountain Pens,\ntanging In prloe trom\n91.28 up to 410.0Q\nCanada Drug & Book Co., Ltd. ___\nNelson's Up-to-Date Stationery House\nHi\nI\n?!\n","@language":"en"}],"Genre":[{"@value":"Newspapers","@language":"en"}],"GeographicLocation":[{"@value":"Nelson (B.C.)","@language":"en"}],"Identifier":[{"@value":"Nelson_Daily_News_1909_12_31","@language":"en"}],"IsShownAt":[{"@value":"10.14288\/1.0383732","@language":"en"}],"Language":[{"@value":"English","@language":"en"}],"Latitude":[{"@value":"49.493333","@language":"en"}],"Longitude":[{"@value":"-117.295833","@language":"en"}],"Notes":[{"@value":"The Nelson Daily Miner was purchased by F.J. Deane in April of 1902 and renamed The Daily News. It changed hands again in May 1908 when it began to be printed by the News Publishing Co. managed by W.G. McMorris.","@language":"en"}],"Provider":[{"@value":"Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library","@language":"en"}],"Publisher":[{"@value":"Nelson, B.C. : News Publishing Co.","@language":"en"}],"Rights":[{"@value":"Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Touchstones Nelson Museum of Art and History: https:\/\/touchstonesnelson.ca","@language":"en"}],"SortDate":[{"@value":"1909-12-31 AD","@language":"en"},{"@value":"1909-12-31 AD","@language":"en"}],"Source":[{"@value":"Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.","@language":"en"}],"Title":[{"@value":"The Daily News","@language":"en"}],"Type":[{"@value":"Text","@language":"en"}],"Translation":[{"@value":"","@language":"en"}],"@id":"doi:10.14288\/1.0383732"}