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SATUltDAY, FE13KU ARY 27, 1904\nNO. 271\nA BIG FIRE IN\nROCHESTER\n[Retail Dry Goods District\nin Ruins-Loss Placed\nat $3,000,000\nImmense Brick and Stone Blocks Com'\npletely Gutted-2,500 People Temporarily Thrown Out of Work\nRochester, N.Y., Feb. 2fi.^-The sun set\nonlght with ten engines pouring streams\n\u2022t water on tho ruins of what waa practi-\nnlly the retail drygoods district of this\nity, for three out of five department stores\nrc.e consumed la thla morning's dlsas-\nroua flro.. the largest, of which was tho\nIbley, Lindsay & Curr Company.\nInsurance men are still figuring on the\nwhich they now place at $3,000,000.\n! this amount 1750.000 represents the loss\ni buildings and the balance tho loss on\npLocks of goods and to occupants of offices.\ni addition, It Is estimated that 2500 people\nthrown out of work, temporarily at\nAt\n|The burned district lies on tho north side\nMain street, between 8t. Paul street\nfid Clinton avenue north, running from\nPaul Btreet almost tho entiro length\n1 the block.\nI The Ore started on the eastern end of tho\nock, In the store of \"the Rochester Dry-\n>ods Company, and worked west, taking\nit ono store east of this establishment,\nmt of the Walkover Shoe Company, bore Its progress was checked ln that dlr-\nttlon. Next went the store of the Beadle,\nfierbumo Company, whioh was destroyed,\nimn the Marble block, occupied by the\nbley.undeny & Curr Co., was also dea-\n| oyed, and finally the 13-story Granite\nilldlng, the lower part of which was oc-\n| ipled by the Sibley, Lindsay ft Curr Co.,\nid -tho upper part by offices. Only tho\n\u25a0ont wall of the Marble btock building\nJ standing tonight The shell of tho amnio building Is Intact, tho floor ia In plnce,\nfat tho buldlng was gutted. On St. Paul\ntet In the rear of the Blbley, Lindsay\ns Curr Co., stood a Bfx-story building oc-\n\u25a0upicd by the wholesale department of the\n\u25a0Ibley, Lindsay ft Curr Co., which was des-\n\u25a0roped with all Its valuable contents. The\n\u25a0tables of the Sibley, Lindsay ft Curr Co.\nI\/ere also burned. The flames ate their\nIray Into the Granite block building from\n[lie Marble building and then followed a\nwt bridge across lato the' wholesale department building.\nI It la the opinion of experts that the\n\u25a0iranlto block building can safely be recalled. The frame work Is of iron and does\nnot appear to be Injured.\nT Assistant chief Frank A. Jayncs was\nBtruck by a flying nozzle and received\ntome bruises.\n1 Following is a table of tho losses:\njiite block building (300,000\nllarble building ,. 75000\nfcluollo estate 20,000\nCornwall building , 60,000\nKlrley building 35,000\nValkover Shoe Co 100.000\n(Blbley, Lindsay ft Curr Co .250,000\nt The loss on stock was as follows:\nI Blbley, Lindsay ft Curr Co., retail....1350,000\nSibley, Lindsay ft Curr, wholesale..$1,250,000\nTenants In Granite building $200,000\nBeadle, Sherburne Co 350,000\nRochester Dry good Co 150,000\nThe smaller losses foot up to nbout $60,000.\nThe flro was discovered by the night\nwatchman In the omploy of the Rochester\nDrygoods Co, It was flrst Been at 4.50\no'clock, and the watchman says lt started\nfrom a fuse which blew out ln the electric\nelevator connection In the basement. Almost simultaneously nn explosion occurred\nIn tho basement of the Beadle, Sherburne\nCo., next door. Smoke and flames poured\nthrough the elevator grating in the sidewalk and In an Incredible Bhort time the\nbulldln'-s were a mass of flames. Tho (ire\ndepm Irren I did excellent work but the\napparatus was Inadequate and requests foi\nassistance were sent to Buffalo and Syracuse, Each city responded, Bending two\nemttifb and mtn to man them. Tho Syra\ndine apparatus arrived at 9.46 a.m., and\ntha Buhalo company an hour Inter.\nj The Gas company has been unable to lo-\naab) the gates In the maina and gas If\n! paurlrg Into the ruinB. Practically m>\nsteps have been taken as yet by the busi-\n1 ness men burned out to obtain quarters.\nThe total value of property burned foots\n\u2022 up to $2,935,750, and the insurance $1,350,263.\nThe only property saved from the buildings\n. destroyed was a few bolts of Bilk from the\nSibley store and $40,000 in cash which was\nremoved from the safe.\nRochester ts the retail trading centre for\nan Immense territory hereabouts, notably\nIn the line of drygoodB.\nTARTE 18 MAGNAMWOUS.\n\"Will Not Insist Upon Being Named Tory\nLeader at Once.\n[Special to The Dally News.]\nMontreal, Feb. 26.\u2014Le Canada says\nthat as a result ot an interview Pelletler\nthe conservative organizer, had with\nTarte, the latter has agreed not to insist\nat present on being named conservative\nleader.\nTarte, who had written to Ottawa\nasking that Monk's seat, next Borden,\nbe reserved for him, has countermanded\nthe letter and notified tbe sergpant at\narms that he will be satisfied with a seat\nnext to that ol Costlgan.\nTHE LATE FRANK CROWE.\nResolution of Condolence Adopted By Ymlr\nMiners' Union No. 86, W. F. M.\nCSneclal to The Daily News.]\nYmlr, Feb. 25.-The lato Frank Crowo\nwas a respected member of Ymlr Miners'\nunion, and on the occasion of his death a\ncommittee was appointed to draft resolutions expressing the regret of the members of tho organization. The committee's\nreport Is as follows:\nTo Ymlr Miners' Union No. 85. Vf. F. M.:\nWe, your committee on resolution on the\ndeath of Bro, Frank Crews, respectfully\nsubmit the following: r\nWhereas, it has pleas*! the all wise\nProvidence and Ruler of all things, In His\ninfinite wisdom to take from us our beloved brother, Frank Crowe, be it\nResolved, that we submit with sorrowing hearts to the removal and irreparable\nloss our union has sustained In the death\nof our beloved brother.\nResolved, that we recognize ln our departed brother every true trait of character and uprightness.\nResolved, that wo deplore the loss sustained by the family of our deceased brother, and we hereby extend to them our\ndeepest sympathy.\nResolved, that out of respect to the departed brother, the charter of Ymlr Miners'\nunion be draped In mourning for a period\nof 80 days.\nResolved, that these resolutions be spread\nupon the records of Ymlr Miners' union\nand that they be published in The Dally\nNews, Nelson; Miners' Magazine, and that\na copy be sent to the wife of the deceased\nbrother. (Sgd.) Miles Mclnnls, W. B, Mc-\nIsaac, Chas. Northrldge, commltteo.\nDISSOLUTION IN SIGHT\nBALFOUK GOVERNMENT MAY BE\nOUT IN SIX WEEKS.\nSWEEPING LIBERAL. VICTORY ANTICIPATED ON APPEAL.\nLondon, Feb. 27.\u2014The Associated\nPress Is in a position to declare that\nthere will be a dissolution ot parliament within six weeks, and lt is expected If the liberals are returned to\npower that king Edward will summon\nlord Spencer, liberal leader in the house\nof lords, to term a cabinet.\nHis majesty, and all prominent politicians, are fully awaro of the situation\ncreated by the irremedial cleavage of\nthe conservative ranks by fiscal and\nother differences, and they are all preparing for a speedy fall of the government and a consequent general election.\nThe government's majorities have\nbeen dwindling gradually ever since the\ncommencement ot the present session\nof parliament, while on the other hand\nthe opposition factions have been gradually healing their differences. The\ndecision ot the government against the\nIrish university bill completed their\nalienation of the nationalists, and John\nRedmond's followers decided at a meeting yesterday to vote with tile liberals\nto turn out the government nt the first\nopportunity. Those who are best Informed In political matters, Including\nmany persons ln close touch with Joseph\nChamberlain, anticipate that the liberals\nWill not only win easily at the forthcoming general elections, but estimate\nthat their majority may be as high as\n150. \u2122\nAUSTRIA MAY INTERVENE\nSITUATION IN THE BALKANS IS\nAGAIN CRITICAL.\nTURKEY MASSING TROOPS ON\nSERVIAN FRONTIER.\nNew York, Feb. 26.\u2014According to a\ncable to the Herald from their Berlin\ncorrespondent, Austria expects to bave\nto Intervene ln the Balkans in co-operation with Russia. Orders have been\nIssued to prepare for the mobilizing of\nthe army. Commanders of the army\ncorps have been told to grant no leave\nto officers, and horses liable to requ'sl-\ntlon have been called in, and military,\nrailway and transport officers have\nbeen already appointed.\nTelegrams received in Berlin today\nfrom Belgrade announce that there is\nno truth in tho Constantinople dispatches announcing that the Albanim\nrevolt has been crushed. On the contrary lt Is spreading dally.\nTho news that the Turkish government is again concentrating large\nmasses of troops on the Servian frontier\nhas caused groat excitement in Belgrade.\nTHE MISSION TO THIBET\nLORD HARDWICKE TELLS WHY IT\nWAS UNDERTAKEN.\nTHIBETANS' ERRONEOUS NOTIONS\nMUST BE DISPELLED.\nLondon, England, February 26. \u2014\nLord Hardwlcke, under secretary for\nIndia, replying to the request of lord\nReay, liberal, for further information\nregarding the British mission to Thibet,\nsaid the government was determined to\nInsist on a final settlement regarding\ncarrying out tho terms of the convention of 1890. The Thibetans had refused to have intercourse with Great Britain, and the result of their relations\nwith Russia had been to inspire them\nwith the feeling that they had Russia\nbehind them and therefore they nred\nnot fear the British. This situation, the\nIndian government, rs well as hfs majesty's home government, 'could not tolerate for a moment. While lord Hardwlcke refused to pledge the government\nregarding the limit of colonel Young-\nhusband's advance Into Thibet, he said\nthe mission was friendly and colonel\nYounghUBband would do nothing to promote hostilities.\nC. P. R. SUMMER SERVICE.\nMontreal, Feb. 25\u2014The C. P. R. propofios.\nIt Ih understood, to put on a double dally\npnsflenRcr servlco between Montreal and\nth,? Pnrifl,' const during the eomlnR surtii\ntrior, two trains will be run, ore of which\nwill be Known as the Imperial Limited.\nI Both will make tquslly rapid tlmo. Tlis\nnew Mr vies will (o into effect June next.\nTO EVACUATE PORT DALNY\nRUSSIANS BEING FORCED FROM ANOTHER\nSTRONGHOLD-HAVE ONLY FIVE MONTHS\nPROVISIONS AT PORT ARTHUR\nLondon, Feb. 27.\u2014Official Russian and\nOther dispatches say that there has been\na succession of attacks or demonstrations by the Japanese at Port Arthur,\nprobably undertaken with the view of\ncovering or preparing for a Japanese\nlanding elsewhere, and possibly with the\nhope of Inflicting further damago on\nthe Russian warships and Increasing the\ndemoralization of the Russian forces. It\nwould seem apparent that little damage\nwas Inflicted on either part, although\nthe dispatches leave the exact eltuat'on\nat Port Arthur tn some obscurity. The\nreported landing of Japanese at Poslet\nbay, near Vladlvostock, has not yet\nbeen confirmed. Tbls movement, however, Is considered not improbable.\nThe Shanghai correspondent of the\nDally Telegraph has sent news of Ja|>:\naneso military operations. He asserts\nthat Port Dalny Is being evacuated by\nthe Russians, who boast that they have\nmined the breakwater, wharves and railroad sidings there, in order to prevent\nthe Japanese from making use of these\nfacilities. The correspondent reports\nthat the Russians have only supplies\nfor five months at Port Arthur and siys\na large number of Japanese transports\nhave returned to Nagasaki, where they\nare busily engaged in embarking more\ntroops to be taken to the vicinity of\nPort Dalny, and a still larger embarkation has been proceeding from UJlna,\nnear Hiroshima, on the Inland sea. UJIria\nand not Kyoto, the correspondent concludes, will be the army and navy headquarters during the war. This correspondent has recently been ln Nagasaki\nand is probably well informed. In any\nevent, it is taken for granted ln London\nthat admiral Togo's recent operations\nhave been devoted to facilitating Japanese debarkation on the Llao Tunk gulf\nor elsewhere.\nRussian and Japanese scouts, cables\nthe Toklo correspondent of the Times,\nsighted each other Thursday morning at\nSukohena, 25 miles north of Ping Yang,\nbut did not come In contact The Russians are now moving southward of the\nTumen river, where the roads are extremely bad.\nFRESH ATTACK ON PORT ARTHUR\nSupposed to Be for Purpose of Covering\nJapanese Landing.\nSt Petersburg, Feb. 26.\u2014A dl'pitch\nreceived here from Port Arthur, dated\nFebruary 26th, says: At 1 o'clock th's\nmorning several torpedo boats were\nsighted from here with their sails set\nfor the purpose of disguising their character. Tho battleship Retvlsan and the\nshore batteries opened fire on them and\ncontinued firing till daybreak without\nany visible result. After daybreak a\nJapanese squadron apparently convoying transports was sighted at a quarter\npast 11. This squadron came near, and\nan engagement, which lasted 40 minutes, followed. There was no dimige\nfrom tho shells falling in Port Arthur.\nIt is stated here that Japan will attempt\na landing. An Inspection of the Japanese fire ships sent Into this harbor February 22nd shows they were loaded with\ncoal and rosin, and that electrical Infernal machines had been placed ln the\nmidst of the cargoes.\nThere Is a difference of opinion among\nthe naval and military authorities here\nin regard to the purpose of the Japanese at Port Arthur, but the prevailing\nopinion is that lt Ib to effect a diversion\nto cover their operations elsewhere.\nIt is understood that the battleship\nRetvlsan remains anchored outside the\nharbor acting as a guardshlp.\nThe remainder of the Russian squadron Ib Inside to avoid a torpedo attack.\nThe idea that the Japanese contemplate\na bombardment of Port Arthur, Involving exposing their ships to a plunging\nfire from the guns on Golden hill is considered by the military experts here to\nbe absurd.\nGENERAL PFLUO'S REPORT\nOf Bombardment of Port Arthur on\nThursday Morning.\nSt. Petersburg, Feb. 26.-6 p. m.\u2014A\nlong official telegram giving details of\nthe attack on Port Arthur February 25th\nwas received here this afternoon and Ib\nnow ln the hands of the military censorship committee. The correspondent of\nthe Associated Press learned that the\nattack developed Into a general engagement between tho Japanese shipi\nand the Russian squadron and forts,\nwhich continued for three hours ond\nresulted In the repulse of the Japanese.\nAS TOLD BY ALEXIEFF.\nSt. Petersburg, Feb. 27.-2 a. m.\u2014A\ncopy of a telegram from tho viceroy of\nthe far east, admiral Alexleff, to his\nmajesty the emperor, haB Jnst b en. gir n\nout. It Is dated February 25th; the\nplace whence It Is sent Is not stated, but\nis supposed to be Mukden. The message\nis as follows: \"A squadron of tbe\nenemy's vessels numbering 16 approached the narrows at about 11 o'clock this\nmorning and opened a bombardment on\nthe cruisers Askold, Bnyan and N vlk,\nwhich were In' tho outer harbor, and\nalso on ths fortrew. The firing lasted\nfor halt an hour. Then our cruisers\nwent Into the harbor. The enemy fired\nfor several minutes on one ot our batteries and began to leave. They stopped\nwithin sight of the fort but out of range\nof fire. At this time tour of the enemy's\ncruisers detached themselves from the\nsquadron and proceeded to Pigeon bay,\nwhere they quickly opened fire on our\ntorpedo boats that were cruising there.\nThey directed all cannonade against the\nshore. The commandant consequently\nsent troops to Pigeon bay. The firing\nthere lasted far 30 minutes but no landing was made. The Japanese cruisers\nthen departed. Several measures hare\nbeen taken to oppose a possible e.fo.t\nupon the part of the enemy to creep up\nby sea. Our losses this day were but\none man wounded at the battery, I\nrespectfully report the above to your\nImperial majesty. (Signed) Alexleff.\nLondon, Feb. 26.\u2014A dispatch from a\nnews agency in St Petersburg says the\nofficial report of major-general Pflug,\nchief of staff of viceroy Alexieff, on the\ndetails of Port Arthur during the morning of February 25th Is as follows: '\n\"The enemy's squadron of 16 warships\napproached from the Dalny Bide toward\nthe harbor of Port Arthur about II\no'clock this morning, and at once opened fire upon our cruisers standing outside the roadstead, namely, the Askold,\nBayan and Novlk, and also against the\nland forts, the bombardment lasting halt\nan hour. At the conclusion the cruisers\nretired Into the harbor. The enemy\nthen bombarded our1 land battery for\nsomo minutes. Then the enemy also\nretreated, remaining out of range of our\nguns. In the meanwhile four Japanese\ncruisers separated from the enemy's\nsquadron and went Into Golublns bay,\nopened a heavy fire upon one of our torpedo boats stationed ln tbe bay and also\non the coast batteries. Consequently the\ncommander of the fo.lj sent troops .to\nthis point No landing took place. The\nbombardment there lasted 21 minutes,\nat the expiration of which tlmo the\nJapanese cruisers retired. The lo:s on\nour side this day was one man wounded,\nof the land batteries.\nThe officers commanding at Vladlvostock report that on the evening of\nFebruary 24th, 10 ot the enemy's ships\nwere sighted, but they disappeared\nbeyond the horizon before dark.\nWashington, Feb. 26.\u2014The Japanese\nlegation has received a cablegram from\nToklo under today's date giving an account of the ineffectual attempt made\nby the Japanese to blockade the mouth\nof the harbor at Port Arthur, and also\na brief account of the attack by the\nJapaneso on Port Arthur yesterday\nmorning. As a result of the attack yesterday, the cablegram adds, ono of the\nRussian torpedo boats was destroyed.\nThe text of the cablegram Is substantially as follows: \"Vice-admiral Karoi-\nrura reports on tho 26th of February\nthe following: According to the report\nfrom the torpedo flotilla, which was\nsent for the purpose of rescuing the\ncrews of the steamers sent to block up\nthe harbor of Port Arthur, the Hokoku\nMaru, on tbe left side ot the entrance of\nthe harbor near the lighthouse, and the\nBushln Maru, outside of the entrance,\nwere sunk purposely by the Japanese by\nexplosion. The Tenshln Maru, the Buyo\nMaru and the Jinsen Maru sunk themselves on the east of the Lao Teshan.\nAll of the crews of these steamers were\npicked up safely. Our destroyers and\ntorpedo flotilla are unharmed. On the\nnight of the 24th, our destroyers aga n\nwent on a scouting cruise hear Port\nArthur, Dalny and Pigeon bay. On the\ndawn of the 25th our main squadron ap\npreached Port Arthur and bombarded\nthe enemy's men of war and forts from\na distance. Wo saw the Novik, the\nAskold and the Bayan fleeing to the\nharbor It being apparent that the blockading operation has not much effect.\nOur squadron fired into the harbor and\nsaw flames and considerable smoke. We\nwithdrew after firing 15 minutes. While\nour cruisers were thus engaged ln firing\nwe saw one of the enemy's torpedo\nboats destroyed. Our squadron received\nno damage. Admiral Togo Is still on\nthe scene.\"\nALEXIEFF'S REPORT\nOf Recent Movnmenis of the Japanese\nFleet Off Port Arthur.\nBt. Petersburg, Fob. 26.\u2014The following telegram from viceroy Alexleff lo\nthe czar is published here. It Is dated\nFobruary 26th, and says: \"On Fobruary\n24th, 17 of the enemy's warsh ps, with\n12 torpedo boats and steamers, were\ncruising outside Port Arthur, keepln;\nout ot range. On the Bamo day the\nRussian crulBcrs Bayan, Askold and\nNovlk left tbe roadstead. Two Jap^nece\ncruisers advanced towards tho Novik.\nwhich returned to Port Arthur, accompanied by our torpedo boats from\nPlegon bay. The enemy's cruisers wee\nleft far behind. In the evening our\ncruisers returned to the rood 4 ad. On\ntho night of February 25th our to polo\nboats proceeded eeaward. The tame\nnight tho Japaneso torpmja boats again\nappeared ln the roads, an \"no battleship\nRetvlsan and the fort batteries opened\nOre on them. Battery No. 18 reports\nhaving sunk one ot the enemy's torpedo\nboats. At 9 o'clock tn the morning, a\nsquadron of 14 vessels was-sighted ln\ntbe distance.\nMaps of Port Arthur and Port Adams\nand a chart of the Yellow sea were discovered aboard' the enemy's vessels\nwhich were sunk in the night attack of\nFebruary 24th. Conducting wires and\nelectric batteries were found on the\nvessels which caught fire. The wires\nwere cut by port miners. The fire has\nbeen extinguished.\"\nLIKE A KNIGHT OF OLD.\nGeneral Kouropatkln Performs Religious Rites Before Going to War.\nSt Petersburg, Feb. 2G\u2014Like a knight\nof the olden times before going to battle\ngeneral Kouropatkln today performed\nthe most solemn rites ot tbe mother\nchurches. After- fasting this week he\nwent to the church ln the Cadet corps\nacademy, made his confession, and partook of the sacrament A touching ceremony followed. The officiating priest\nholding up the sacred Image of St\nSergtus, which has Just arrived In Moscow, blessed the commander and bid\nhim God-speed. The general was shaken\nwith emotion and embraced many of hla\nassembled comrades.\nThe metropolitan of Moscow, who accompanied the Ikon of Serglus to thla\ncity, has received a letter from the czar\nrecalling the overthrow of the Tartar\nhordes under Its auspices and prophesying that lt will also lead the Russians\nto victory over the Japanese.\nWITHOUT PARALLEL IN HISTORY.\nPatriotic Sacrifices.ot All Classes tn\nJapan for War Fund.\nNew Yp^..Fel^.J6.-aa\u00bbBjin, acojufe\ning to a cable to the world from Toklo,\nIs already taking precautions to Insure\nthe strength of their war chest ln the\nevent of war being prolonged. The far\nsighted financial policy is to be seen in\ntbe announcement that negotiations are\nto be opened simultaneously ln London\nand New York for loans. The Japanese\npeople aro ready to sacrifice their blood\nand treasure with an eagerness which\nfunis but few parallels lu history. To\nthe national war fund nearly everyone\ncontributes, be the amount large or\nsmall. Feudal families are unearthing\nancestral hordes of gold and Jewelry\nwhich they have been accumulating\nthrough centuries and which were sacredly guarded by their owners for use\nin times of national stress and strife. It\nis Impossible to tell the worth of these\ntreasures. Probably their value exceeds\n(500,000,000. Every woman Is sacrificing her Jewelry and other costly adornment to swell the national fund, which\nis growing beyond all anticipations.\nMeasures are being discussed by which\nIt Is hoped that the fund will be raised\nto $5,000,000,000, without borrowing.\nKOREA'S ACTIVE AID.\nHer Troops Will Join Those of Japan\nIn the Field.\nSeoul, Feb. 26.\u2014The Korean government has decided to order the Korean\ntroops to join the Japanese ln the field.\nThe port of Wiju was opened to foreign trade last night Tbe limitations\nto be placed on trade and other Incidental matters will be published later.\nThis action necessitates a harbor. Yongampho has been decided on.\nThe statesmen's year book for 1903\ngives the following details of the Korean\narmy: Tbe standing army now consists of about 17,000 men with European\nmethods. In 1896 It was taken In hand\nby a Russian colonel with three commissioned and 10 non-commissioner efficers\nwho retired in 1898. A royal bodyguard\nof 1,000 men was foimed and has been\nwell drilled, and periodically a draft ot\nwell trained men Is transferred from lt\nto other regiments of the standing army.\nA police force of about 2,000 men has\nalso been formed and Is under the police\ndepartment\nWEDNESDAY'S ENGAGEMENT\nFurther Particulars of Togo's Attempt\nto Bottle Up Port Arthur.\nLondon. Feb. 20.\u2014The Japanese legation today gave out the following offl-\ncln.1 dispatch dated Toklo, February 26:\nEarly In the morning of February 24th,\nfour oid vessels, escorted by some torpedo boats, were run into the entrance\nof Port Arthur for tbe purpose of blocking the mouth of the harbor. Tbe object\not sinking ihe.e vessels was attained a-d\nthe ot'ftcors and crews retired safely.\nAlthough there Is no report regarding\nour licet direct from admiral Togo, no\ndoubt can be entertained as to Its\nsafety.\nWashington, Feb. 26.\u2014The Japanese\nminister lias received the following dispatch from tho Japonese minister for\nforelini affairs, dated Toklo, today:\n\"Beforo dawn on the 24th instant, four\nold ships, under escort ot torpedo boats,\nProceeded to the mouth of the harbor\nof Port Arthur, where they were sunk\nwith success ln order to close'It The\nofficers and crews of the vessels returned safely. No official reports bave\nas yet been received from the admiral\ncommanding the squadron, but there is\nno doubt that the squadron Itself is all\nsafe.\"\nToklo, Feb. 26.\u2014Vice-admiral Togo's\nattempt to bottle up tbe Russian fleet at\nPort Arthur by sinking a fleet ot stone\nladen merchant steamers In the mou'h\nof the harbor evidently failed, thou-*\ntbe venture caused nol as of life and th >\nvessels lost were not of great va.ue. Five\nships were prepared by vlce-adm nl\nTogo for the attempted blockade. Four\nare reported to bave been sunk, but tbe\nfate of the fifth Is unknown here. It\nIs presumed that It withdrew with tbe\nother Japanese vessels. The five vessel!\nwere filled wltb stone so as to make tbe\nobstruction permanent, and were manned by volunteer merchant crews.\nIt was Impossible to select naval officers and sailors on account of their\ngreat rivalry to participate in the daring\nventure.\nAccompanied by four battleships, nine\ncruisers and numerous vesse.s of the\ntorpedo fleet, the stone laden steamers\nreached Port Arthur on Wednealay.\nWhile the fleet engaged the shore batteries, the steamers made a dash for\nthe mouth of the harbor directly under\nthe Russian guns. Details of the attack\nhave not been received, but it ts ev d-\nent that the Russian fire tank the\nsteamers before they reached the points\nplanned for their foundering by the\nJapanese. It Is said that all the crews\nof the tour vessels escaped In boats and\nwere picked up by the Japanese torpedo\nboat destroyers. The report that two\nof the torpedo boat destroyers were\nsunk Is denied. The naval depa: intent\nhas received a brief dispatch from tbe\ncommander of one ot the torpedo b:at\ndestroyers saying that no lives and no\nwarships were lost and that no damage\nwas Inflicted by the Russians. Pending\nthe receipt of the official report of\nvice-admiral Togo the naval department\ndeclines to make any announcement regarding the affair.\nThe Ave merchant vessels which were\nprepared for sinking were the Jliscn\nMaru, 2,331 tons; tho Tien Tsin Maru,\n2,942 tons; the Hokuda Maru, 2,776 tons;\nthe Buyo Maru, 1,609 tons, and the\nBunshtk Maru, 1,399 tons. Each carried\nAve men, two steering and three firing\nand running the engines.\nSPOKANE SHORT OF ICE\nIS LOOKING TO KOOTENAY POR A\nSUPPLY.\n1 A LOCAL COMPANT HAS PLENTY FOR\n*^ FOR^BALB.\nWithin tho past two weeks 72,000 shares\nof the Yalc-Kootenay Ice Co. havo been\ndisposed of at par by Msessrs, McDermld\n& McHardy. The stock of the company\nwas withdrawn from salo at a meeting held\non Saturday last. In the previous week\n53,000 shares had been sold. The option\nheld by McDermld and McHardy, however,\ncalled for 19,000 additional shares and since\nSaturday last these have been disposed of,\nmaking a total of 72,000 shares sold in two\nweeks. The only stock of this company\nnow for sale are small lots held by those\nwho nre compelled to sell.\nWithin the past few days the company\nhas had Inquiries for Ice from Spokane.\nOwing to the midncss of the winter the ice\nhas not formed on somo of the lakes north\nof Spokane and that city In seeking a sup*\nply elsewhere. Prices nt which ieo could bo\nfurnished have been forwnrded to Sroknnc\nby the Yale-Kootcnay Co. and It Is anticipated thnt Beveral thousand tons will\nhave to be sent from here to the Falls\ncity. It Is claimed that 20,000 tons can be\nput up by the company at Mirror lake\nalone. At Eholt the company his another\nplace whero largo quantities of Ice-can be\nharvested. As the outlook Is that there\nwill be u big demand for Ice for export the\nIntention of the company in to ntore ns\nlarge a quantity ns lt cnn. As the com-\npnny hns warehouses nt Nolson. Mirror\nlake, Trail and \\l< Bnland It hns n large\nstorage capacity and tho Intention la to\nsecure such warehouses as cnn be rented\nso aa to bo in n position to silpply the\ntarge demand which is occasioned by the\nsmnll supply available In the vicinity of\nSpokane. The warehouse near the Orand\nCentral hotel has already been secured for\nthis purpose.\nSpokane, Feb; 26.\u2014\"If Spokane is not\ntreated to Just one more long spell of cold\nweather tho olty will be forced \\o face a\ndire tee famine,\" said Ed Bowers of the\nCocalia Ice Company this morning. \"Our\ncompany now has but 20W or 30011 tons of\ncle In the, sheds and ns It will require about\n20,000 tons to carry Spokane through tiie\nhot weather the chances seem good that\nice will have to be shipped Into the city\nfrom a colder zone and at a heavy expense. No ice has been cut this year.\"\nSuch a calamity ns an Ice fnmlne may\nbe avoided, however, by the completion\nof tho plans of the Diamond lee & Fuel\nCo. for an artificial lee plant which It is\nhoped will be In operation by Juno 15. The\nbuilding will cost about $10,000 and the\nplant 140,000.\nSWITCHED INTO JAIL.\nPeculiar Accident to the Grand Trunk\nExpress From North Bay.\n[Special to The Dally News.]\nToronto, Feb. 2C.-A peculiar accident\nhappened at Central prison this morning.\nA switch runs Into the yards from the O.\nT. tracks, leading through heavy wooden\ngates. Theso were closed but by some mistake the switch was open and mt the G.\nT. R. express from North Bay wns coming In lt turned into the switch and run\nthrough the gates ami brought up In Central prison yard. No one was Injured,\nC. P. R, ARMED CRUISERS.\nVictoria, Feb, 2d.\u2014Hy nn order Just received from tho British admiralty the Canadian Paclflc steamships of tho Empress\nline, plying between Victoria and the\nOrient, have shipped their six Inch guns\nand aro now armed cruisers.\nDEATH OF E. N. HENEY.\nMontreal. Feb. 26.-E. N. Hejiey. of the\nHeney Mfg. Co., brother-in-law of Chas.\nR Homier, prteldent of tbe Ogllvls Milling Co., died today, end M yean.\nC.P.R. TO THE\nRBCUE\nPromises Spokane Relief\nFrom Present Freight\nRate Exactions\nExtension of Corbin-Torner Road Into\nSpokane From Toot of Kootenay\nLake to be Completed\n(Special to The Daily News.]\nSpokane, Feb. 26,-Spokane merchants are\nengaged ln a struggle with the Mill roads,\nthe Oreat Northern and the Northern Pacific, similar in many respects to that of\nthe Nelson wholesalers against the Canadian Pacific. Like Nelson, they want the\nrailways to not discriminate against the\ncity to the end that It may become a\nmore advantageous distributing centre than\nit Is at present. The members of the\nSpokane Shippers' Association have promised and bound themselves to an agreement to ship nothing by way of the Northern Pacific and Oreat Northern railways-\nuntil what they want haa been secured.\nThe boycotted roads are pleading with the\nshippers to change their mind and g ve\nthem their business, but the shippers are\nobdurate and say they intend to stikk to\ntheir plan until the desired rates are\ngranted.\nRelief, however, is promised from an unexpected quarter but the shippers will havo\nto wait for a considerable tlmo for It. It\nis promtsed that the Canadian Pacific and\nthe Corbln-Turner road wilt have been extended Into Spokane from near tbe foot of\nKootenay lake before tbe end of the present year. The parties who aro to construct\nthis line say to tbe shippers: \"If you win\nthis tight do not be hasty and sign any\ncontract which will bind you for any definite period, for the Canadian Paclflc and\nCorbln-Turner real Is surely coming into\nSpokane and will give you far better rates,\nthan those you are now asking from the\nHill roads. Walt. Before 1904 Is a completed year, the Canadian -people will be 1ft\nSpokane.\"\nIt Is now stated on reliable authority\nthat D. C. Corbln, whose name hat long\nbeen connected locally with this new move\nof the Canadian Pacific, Ib ln the cast at\nthis time making arrangements to finance\nthe road. Senator Turner left for the east\na few days ago, ostensibly to try a caso\nbefore the supreme court. It was stated\nat the time he left that he would be gone\nfor a month or two. It Is now teamed\nthat after his business Is completed In\nWashington city he will Join Mr. CorMn\nIn New York, and together they will push\nfinancial arrangements for tha new line\nfrom Spokane through tho Kootenay country of northern Idaho to a British Columbia connection with the Canadian Pacific.\nFor many years Spokane merchants and\nJobbers have looked with longing eyes toward the independent Canadian Pnclflo\nroad, which It Is believed will give Snoknnu\nmerchants the long hoped for rates whenever It secures a connection In tho city.\nFINAL GAME OF HOCKEY\nNELSON AND ROSSLAND TO PLAY\nON FRIDAY EVENING.\nWHY THE TRIP TO EAST KOOTENAY\nWAS ABANDONED\nJ, H. Fox, secretary-treasurer of the\nNelson Hockey club, reported last evening\nthat finally definite arrangements had been\nmade for a hockey game between Nelson\nanil Rossland, It will be played at Rots-\nland on next Friday night. It probnbly\nwill be the last hockey game of the Benson.\nA special train will probably be run from\nhero on the evening of the match so that\nthe players and the hockey enthusiasts\nwho will accompany them on the trip\nover can return to Nelson after the\ngame Is finished. It hns been nrranged that\nthe Nolson team shall be given forty per\ncent of the gate recelptx. As It will be the\nlast and probnbly the best game of the\nseason the attendance should be large.\nEach of the teams has won n gnme nnd\ntho third will decide which is the best.\nTho members of the Neuron team Bay ttiat\nthey arc going to HoPBlnnd to win If it is\npossible for them to do so.\nThe NelBon tenm tried hard to nrrnnuo\nmatters so thnt they could make n trip\nthrough Enst Kootenny. It was desired\nto play at bath Fernle and Cranbrook.\nFernie was willing to guarantee JlOO for expenses for the team for one game. Cranbrook, however, absolutely refused to put\nup anything In the way of n guarantee.\nIf Cranbrook had offered 175 tho trip would\nhave been made. A communication was\nsent to Fernle to learn if the guaranlcu\ncould not tie raised bo that the Nelson\nteam could piny two games In Fernlo. Tho\nFernle men tried to raise the desired\namount but could not do so. As It was Impossible for the tenm to mako a weok's\ntrip In East Kootenay on a $100 guarantee\nthe Idea of making the tour had to bo\nabandoned.\nONE OF THE LUCKY ONES\nA Winnipeg Letter Carrier Draws a $15,000\nPrise.\n[Special to The Dally News.]\nWinnipeg, Feb, 20.\u2014David Dlbbs, a letter\ncarrier, received a package by express today containing $13,400, the result of investing one dollar in a lottery about a month\nngo. Dlbbs has been delivering lette.s fur\nfourteen years, lie snys ha has no thought\nof resigning but will go on furlough. Ills\nsalary ts $000 per annum. Ills ticket drew\n$15,000 prize money but various commissions\namounted to $1,(00.\nDEATH OF KAISER'S NEPHEW.\nKiel, Germany, Veh. M.\u2014Frlnco Honry,\nthe youngest son of prlnco Henry ot Prussia, tiled today. He was four years ot age\nand hail been 111 for somo time. He ha4\n-seen injured tn a fall while playing.\n TAB DAILY XtfWBi SAWHDAY, flJSBfttlAitir 207, 1904\n\u2022^A^Uw-*-\nTtrfuVj-ftCfn^,.\n\"i-.\"'i*\u25a0!\u25a0\nS- co-\nCfQ\nGO\nO\neo\"\nFISH\nFCM THE LENTEN SEASON\nSmoked Goldeyes, very fine ; per dozen, 70c.\nSmoked Bloaters per pound, 12 l-2o\nSmoked Kippered Herrings per pound, 12 l-2c\nFinnan Haddie per pound 15c\nBoneless Codfish per pound 12 l-2c\nShredded Codfish per packet, 12 l-2c\nLoch Fyne Herrings, from Scotland per keg, $1.75\nLabrador Herrings per pall, $2.00\nLabrador Mackerel per pall, $2.75\nFresh Mackerel, ln tins 15c\nFinnan Haddie, ln tins 15c\nKippered Herrings In tins 15c\nAnchovies In barrels 35c\nDried Smoked Herrings per box 30c\nThe Canadian Bank of Commerce}\nWltb whioh Is Amalgamated\nThe Bank of British Columbia\n\u25a0BAD OFFICE-TORONTO.\nPaid up Capital, 88,\/*),\u00ab\u00bb. Reserve Fund, 83,000,000.\nAggregate Resources Exceeding S7S.ooo.ooti.\nBON. GEO. A. COX, President. - B. E. WALKER, General Manager, f\nSavings Bank Department\nNelson Branch.\nDeposits Received and InfcresD Allowed, f\nBRUCE HEATHCOTE, Manager.\nFOR RENT\nLUJJpl. p Mr r*;j* t\u2014- \u2022 - \u25a0-\u2014\u25a0 \u2014\nWATER STREET-\nStore on Baker street.\nOffice In Griffin block.\n\u2014 Flat, three rooms, complete bath, hot and cold water,\n$10.00.\nEDGEWOOD AVENUE One block south of Hospital, house, 7 rooms, complete bath room, two lots, fruit trees, etc. Will paper\nand kalsomlne house throughout for good tenant;\nrent $15.00. A snap.\nOBSERVATORY STREET\u2014House formerly occupied by J. K. Strachan, all modern conveniences.\nVICTORIA STREET Houbo, 7 rooms, complete bath room, excellent loca-\n. tlon; rent $16.00.\n\"Jrt* \u2022 Several small houses for rent.\nM'DERMID & M'HARDY\nBAKER STREET, NELSON.\nTHE DAILY NEWS\nPublished at Nelson every morning,\nExcept Monday, by\nP. J. DEANS\nSUBSCRIPTION KATES:\nDally, per month, by carrier $ 66\nDally, per month, by mall 50\nDally, per year, by carrier 7 00\nDally, per year, by msll 6 00\nDaily, per year, foreign 8 00\nTHE WEEKLY NEWS:\nWeekly, per half year..., $1 28\nWeekly, per year 3 00\nWeekly, per year, foreign 2 00\nADVERTISING RATES:\nDlBplay Advertisements, 16 per Inch per\nmonth; Display Advertisements, 60 cents\nper Inch each insertion less than a month;\nLocals, 10 cents per line each Insertion;\nClassified Advertisements, 1 cent per word\neach insertion; Wholesale Cards, 22.60 per\nmonth; Society Cards, 22.69 per month.\nLONDON AGENCY:\nThe Dally News is on die at the ofncess\nof F. A 1. Hardy A Co., Advertising and\nPress Agents, 20 fleet Street, London, E.C.,\nEngland.\nANOTHER PROSPEROUS\nliil l lilti-HiSB.\nCopies of the annual report of the\nCrow's Nest Pass Coal company, as adopted at the seventh annual meeting of\nshareholders, held In Toronto on February 12th, are only Just finding their way\nwest.\nThe report is a vory satisfactory ono\nand tells an Interesting story of successful industrial enterprise.\nWhilst there Is a more or less vague\nimpression abroad of tbe vast nature of\nthis enterprise few people have any\ndefinite knowledge of the extent and\nimportance of this company's undertakings in tho Crow's Nest Pass district.\nPerhaps a few citations from the remarks of senator Cox and colonel Pellatt\nat the annual meeting will convoy most\nclearly the real character of tho operations at Coal Creek, Morrlssey and\nMichel and what they mean to British\nColumbia.\nIn moving the adoption of the report,\nsenator Cox Bald; \"The c:a! produced\nduring the year 1903 amounted to 061,-\n118 tons, aa compared with 442,049 lonB\nln 1902. Of this tonnage 279,334 were\nsent to the coke ovens, and produced\n107,089 tons of coke, as against 121000\ntons made In 1902, while the balance,\n811,714 tons (with the exception of 22,828\ntons consumed under the boilers) were\ndisposed of as merchantable coal.\n\"The new mines opened during the\nyear were: At Coal Creek, 3; Michel,\n2, and at Morrlssey, 2. '\n\"The construction of 402 ovena was\ncommenced during 1903: 252 at Michel\nand 240 at Morrlssey. Of these, 198 at\nMichel and 148 at Morrlssey were completed, adding a total of 346 ovens to\nthe company's coking plant, and bringing the total number of ovens now constructed up to 982. The remainder ot\nthe ovens will be completed early thlB\nspring.\n\"The net proilts as a result of the\nyear's operations amount to $310,492.28,\nof which $303,717.36 was paid out in\ndividends, and there was received for\npremium on calls paid on now stock\nduring the year $913,620.25. This enables\na carrying forward to tho credit of profit\nand loss of $1,870,813.13, of which $146,-\n078.13 is undistributed profits and\n$1,725,735 premium received on slock.\n\"On the 1st of May the new townsite\nof Morrlssey Mines was put on the\nmarket and Bates made amounting to\n$30,000, which havo since been increased\nto $35,712.\n\"It has been found desirable to acquire the branch railroad between the\nmain line of the Crow's Nest Sauthern\nat Morrlssey junctlun and the company's\nmines, a length of about five miles, for\nwhich a charter was obtained from the\nBritish Columbia legislature last year.\"\nIn seconding this motion colonel Pellatt, in the course of a long speech,\npointed out that the company practically owed no liabilities except to Its\nshareholders, and that the item in the\naBsets\u2014mines, real estate, plant and\ndevelopment, amounting to $5,418,435.51\n\u2014really represented actual cash put Into\nplant, development and machinery. This\nmagnificent property of the company,\n250,000 acres In extent, wealth In coal\nand timber, nnd full of possibilities as\nto new townsites and farms, was, therefore, not taken into account at all In\nthis Item. He gave a good illustration\nof what a 3,000 daily tonnage meant by\npointing out that It took 100 ordinary\nrailroad cars, each of 30 Ions capacity,\nto transport this much coal, and Illustrated how much machinery It took to\nkeep this moving by explaining that not\none pound of coal ever slops moving\nfrom the moment lt leaves the working\nfaco until It flndo Itself In a railroad o\u00bbr,\nWhat shrunk youi* woolens ?\nWhy did holes wear so soon ?\nYou used common soap.\nSunlight\n0\u00a3P\nREDUCES\nEXPENSE,\nAsk for the Octagon Bar.\nThe company haB Installed three excellent waterworks systems, sufficient electric lighting plants and a telephone\nsystem, and has found it prudent to own\nthe branch line of railway running to\nIts mines at Morrlssey, which It Is now\noperating.\n\"There has never been a time ln the\nhistory of the company,\" he said, \"when\nthe directors can look forward with so\nmuch confidence to a steadily Increasing\ntonnage as now, and they can fairly\nexpect from the large amount of development work carried on during the last\ntwo years a very telling effect on the\nquantity of coal mined and the cost of\nproduction.\"\nWe have recently had occasion to\ndraw attention to the favorable reports\nof several of our metalliferous mining\ncompanies, and lt Is gratifying to be able\nto note that this great coal mining\nenterprise, so Intimately connected with\nthe prosperity of our metallifcorus mining Industry, Is ln such a flourishing\ncondition.\nThe Crow's Nest Pass Coal company\nhas experienced many grave set-backs\nduring Its still short career In this\nprovince. It has been overtaken by\nseveral disasters of a nature peculiar to\ntbe industry that have occasioned lt\nheavy financial losses. It has suffered\nfrom Industrial disturbances and the\noccasional Incapacity of the transportation companies to handle its output\nefficiently. It has weathered these\nstorms and doubtless the experience\ngained has not proved entirely unprofitable. Good relations bave been established with the employees, ample facilities have been provided for the expeditious disposal of the output of both\ncoal and coke, and substantial additions\nhave been made to the coke producing\nplant to ensure adequate provision of\nthis necessary article to meet the requirements of the smelting Industry,\nEastern capital has been Inverted liberally In this undertaking. The profits\nnow being earned on the investment will\nprove an encouragement to further Investments of a like nature. Nothing\nwill more,effectually establish the desirability of British Columbia Investments\nthan such reports as just Issued by th*\nCrow's Nest Pass Coal company. ,\nEDITORIAL NOTES.\nAccording to the London papers, at\nthe meeting of tbe Le Rol No. 2, recently held ln London, more Information\nwas given to the shareholders than\nappeared ln the report. The B. O.\nReview In commenting on this says:\n\"Although the chairman was unwilling\nto state definitely that the concentration process was a proved commercial\nsuccess In regard to the ores of the\ncompany, It seems Impossible to doubt\nthat this is the case. It was stated that\nno ore of a higher grade than $5 had so\nfar been treated, and the ratio of concentration had been entirely satisfactory, in addition to which tbe cost of\noil and oil losses had been very much\nreduced under skilled management,\njudging from the statements made by\nMr. Elmore. There Is every reason,\ntherefore, to anticipate that when ore of\ntbe value of $7 or $8 a ton Is concentrated there will be a substantial margin\nof prSilt.\" When it is considered, too,\nthat there are such very largo deposits\nof low grade ore ln the Le Rol No, 2, as\nwell as in the other mines of the Rods-\nland camp, besides shoots of ore of a\nhigh grade, the value of the oil process\nof reduction to the future of the camp\ncan be readily realized. It should\nresult, when the procesB has been generally adopted, ln a rejuvenation of the\ncamp, and restore to It as great a prosperity as lt enjoyed ln Its palmiest days.\nVice-president F. W. Thompson, of\nthe Ogilvie Flour Mills company, reports that at present tbere Is not any\nmore good milling wheat In Canada\nthan will bo required for the Canadian\nmarket, and, Independent of war conditions, prices for sound milling wheat\nwill see much higher levels. Any exports that aro now made will have to\nbo at further advanced prices to protect\nthe homo market. The scarcity of good\nmilling wheat must be attributed to the\nInferior quality of the last crop. The\nsupply of milling wheat ln Canada today\nIs approximately 15,000,000 bushels less\nthan at the same period last year. Similar conditions will be found to exist ln\nthe American northwest, and as we have\nBtill eight months to go before another\ncrop will bo available, a further rise in\nprices is therefore Imminent.\nAn experiment in mining education\nIs to be tried this summer under tht\njoint direction of the school of mines\nWjining and Mill Supplies\nWE HAVE THE LARGEST STOCK OF THE\nFOLLOWING SUPPLIES IN THE KOOTENAYS\nT-Rails and fittings, wire cable, ore\ncars, tank steel, drill steel, iron pipes\nand fittings, belting, hose, babbit metals, etc., etc.\nWe have every facility for prompt shipments. Will be\npleased to answer enquiries and quote prices.\nASHDOWN HARDWARE Co.\nH.&M. BIRD\nl FOR SALB\nC. P. R, Town Lots In Nelson. Terms\none-third cash.\nC. P. R. Agricultural and Timber Lands,\nA modern eight-roomed house and lot on\nBaker street, close to C. P. R. depot. All\nImprovements.\nA well built summer cottage across tho\nLake, opposite Nelson.\n12,000-Slx roomed houso with all modern\nImprovements on Victoria street, west;\n|\"00 cash, balance easy terms.\nFOR RENT\nIS.00\u2014Four-roomed cottage, corner of\nWard and Gore streets.\n$20-Kight-roomed liou.se, all conveniences\non Park street, near Vornon.\nJ10.00~Four-roomed cottage near the car\nbarn. Kalsorolned and renovated throughout.\nWANTED.\nProperties for sale\u2014We havo purchasers.\nof Columbia university, the mining department of the Massachusetts Institute\nof technology And the Lawrence and\nSheffield scientific schools of Harvard\nand Yale universities. It Is proposed\nthat the senior mining students of the\nfour institutions named, and possibly of\nthe -Colorado school of mines, shall hold\na joint session for the study of practical\nmining and mine engineering this\nsummer In one ot the mining districts\nof Colorado. The students will go into\ncamp at a mine to be located for the\npurpose. A small force of skilled miners\nwilt be employed as instructors and the\nstudents will engage in actual mining\noperations. Professor Henry S. Munroe, of Columbia, has been appointed\ndirector of the school for the first year,\nand he will have under him a corps of\ncompetent Instructors, drawn from the\nseveral institutions.\nPLEASED WITH HTS DEAL.\nJ. A. Griffith Bonds Extensions of Spyglass Group.\nX A, Griffith, merchant of Trout Lake,\nwas at tho Hume .yesterday. Mr. Griffith\nreports that business at Trout Lake Is\nfairly good and that tho outlook there for\ntho coming year is bright. Recently ho\nbonded six claims at the head of Poplar\ncreek, which aro extensions of the famous\nSpyglass group. Tho samo ledge which\nruns through the Spyglass group can be\ntraced through the claims which he has\npurchased. Mr. Griffith Is very enthusiastic and feels satisfied that he has secured\na group that he can turn over to advantage\nln a short time, either by forming a company or by actual sale.\nTho fact that Trout Lako has been kept\nopen during the winter has been, ho says,\na distinct benefit to the Lardeau country\nduring the winter. The season has so far\nadvanced now that ho believes that the\nlake con be kept open for the balance of\nthe yoar. Next year ho believes there will\nbe a boat placed on tho lako large and\nstrong enough to keep the lake open no\nmatter If tho lco Is of the thickness usual\nduring cold winters. Mr. Griffith left yesterday for a short trip through tho Boundary country.\nA WEEDING OUT PROCESS.\nDominion ExpresH Co., is Discharging Its\nUnion Men.\nThere is trouble on between the Dominion Express Company and its messengers.\nAbout two months since an organizer made\na tour of the country and a union was organized mado up of the messengers In the\nemploy of the company. Since then lt Is\nclaimed by tho messengers a weeding out\nprocess hns been put into force and the\nmen who joined the union in this section\nhave been replaced by men brought principally from eustcrn Canada to take their\nplaces. Two of the messengers who ran\nout of NelHon nnd ono who used to go\nout of Revelstoko have recently loft the\nemploy of the company and their places\nhave been filled by men selected by the\ncompany, presumably because they are not\nmembers of tho union.\nThe local manager for the Dominion Express Company was seen ln relation to the\nmatter and he was rather reticent. He,\nhowever, stated that the men who had left\ntho employ of the company hnd been requested to resign nnd had done so. In\nshort, he admitted that pressure had been\nbrought to bear on thorn. Furthor than\nthis he did not soem to be Inclined to dls-\ncuwi the matter.\nDEATH OF ORIN G. DOUGAN.\nToung Mini Met His End Whllo Bathing\nm a River.\nFurther particulars of the death of Orln\nG. Dougan have come to hand. They nro\ncontained In a letter published In the North\nHastings RovJow, of Madoc, Ontario. Tho\nlotter was written by Sidney J. Rogers,\nWesleyan minister at tho Wosleynn railway mission, Waterval Woven, Transvnal,\nSouth Africa, and Is dated January 4th,\n1WH. It states that Mr. Dougan had an\naccident while bathing In the river there.\nHe was seen by his companions to sud\ndenly disappear. Help wa.s procured, and\neverything that waa poBslblo was dono to\nrestore lilm to life, but tho efforts were\nfruitless. The letter goes on to praise tlio\ndeceased, saying that he was a man of\nhigh Christian principle. Tho good thnt he\nhas dono, It says, will certainly remain.\nHe was practically tho founder of our\ncauso at Mochadorp. Air. Goodwin writes\nfrom Bnrheton that lie wns of great\nhelp to him there, and to tho writer ho\nhad been like a brother. Ho had known\nhim for twelve months nnd he hud never\nhad n truer friend.\nA bald statement of tho death of Mr.\nDougan and a recital of the fact that he\nformerly was employed In Weir's furnishings goods store and In the Royal Bunk\nof Canada in Nelson was published a day\nor two since. After young Dougan left\nNelson he went to Winnipeg whore he enlisted ln the Canadian Mounted Infantry\non the occasion of the last call. After the\nwar was over In South Africa ho became\na railway conductor. In this capacity he\nfound time to nsslst In tho good work ns\na missionary among tho natives In the\nlocality ln which he lived, and his work ln\nthis direction met with a full measure of\nappreciation.\nPOSITION OP FRANCE,\nOfficially Declared To Bo Unchanged by\nJapan-Korea Treaty.\nParis, Feb. 26.\u2014The French foreign offico\ncategorically denies tho report published\nln a London paper that Korea, having become an ally of Japan, under the Japanese-\nKorea treaty, Franco Is thereby required\nto become the. active ally of Russia. Tho\nofficials say the situation docs not warrant\nsuch a conclusion and add that the now\ntreaty does not make the slightest change\nln the position of France.\nn toucib Gint eMOpouL put\n\u2022oiqjwn 0\\\\T[ Xntaojo 'ia&\\xa e*\\n utj 'pjoS\nb-s.it jaddoo navai drag ptnu-Q \u00a3ax\\uom\nTo Mine Owners\nEither copper or silver-lead property\nwanted. Must stand rigid examination\nas to title and values.' Property wanted\ncan lie either producing mine, or developed prospect. Prepared to Invest heavily\nIf conditions are favorable. -\nWrite the fullest particulars; all correspondence treated confidentially.\nOtto M. Rosendale\nORBOONIAN BUILDING,\nPORTLAND, OREGON.\nMother's Bread\n(TRADE MARK RESISTBRBD)\nSomething good for old and young,\nrich and poor.\nHAVE YOU TRIED IT?\nIf not ring up 2-5-8,\nMade only by\nThe Palace Bakery\nA. G. GAMBLE\nREAL ESTATE AND\nINSURANCE.\nTurner-Boeckh Block\nWARD STRBBT. NELSON, B. C.\nCARPENTER AND JOINER\nI am prepared to do all kinds of carpenter\nand cabinet work. Pianos and furniture\nrepaired and repollshed, upholstering and\ncarpet laying. B. Vf. MICBWICZ, corner\nStanley and Victor1* \u25a0\u25a0*\u00bb\u2022**\u25a0.\nNOTICE\nKOOTENAY LAKE GENERAL\nHOSPITAL SOCIETY.\nNotice of Annual Meeting\u2014In accordance\nwith the by-laws of the society, the annual general meeting will be held in the\nboard of trado rooms, on Tuesday, Much\n8th at 3 p.m.\nMembership Conditions\u2014All annual subscribers of the sum of Ten Dollars are\nmembers of the society, eligible to take\npart ln the election of directors for the\nensuing term, and in case of Illness are\nentitled to freo treatment In the hospital.\nGEORGE JOHNSTONE, Secretary\nNOTICE\nI can quickly sell for cash, without local\npublicity, your business, real estate or\npartnership, no matter where located.\nSend me full particulars, prices, etc. Address, Chas. E. Powell, 19 W, Mohawk St.,\n\"t.fTfllo. N. T.\nWAffll\/l fEET\nICARN'S ELECTRIC INSOLESf\nThe greatest comfort and luxury of modrra\nday*! magnetic lira under your feet; tho great-\ncit luVproteclor known; keep your feet wum\nall the time, even if Itandlng in wnter, now\n.r,d Ice. Sent byni-iil many odiliew, put!\np.irl. Price fioc per pair,\nWrite for our book on Electric Delta and\nother body appliancat. It'i free. Addreu\nThe F.K.KARM CO, 131 Victoria It, Toronto\nTHE\nNELSON\nHOUSE\nTHE ONLY\nEUROPEAN\nHOTEL IN\nTUB CITT\nCentrally\nLocated\nACCOMMODATION\nUP-TO-DATB\nBRIGHT AND WELL VENTILATED ROOMS.\nThe m.als served In tilt Caft\nsecond to none.\nBar In connection with all tht\nchoicest wines, liquors and dinars.\nBus meets all trains and boat*\nLAKEVIEW\nHOTEL\nStill doing business at the old stand,\ncorner of Hall and Vernon street!. Best\none dollar day house In Nelaon,\nNo Chinese employed.\nAugust Thomas\nPROPRIETOR.\nHEADQUARTERS\nFOR\nSMOKERS'\nSUPPLIES\nThere la nothing In this line that yon\ncannot and \u00ab\nThurman's\nFOR SALE\nfW0O-Slx roomed house, half block from\nlinker street. Modern. .Terms.\n,1700-Six roomed house and two lots, Victoria street. A bargain.\n51800\u2014Elclit roomed house and two lots,\nVictoria Btreet. All conveniences.\n11800\u2014Seven roomed house and lot, Victoria street.\nAlso houses and lots In all parts of the\ncity.\nR. J. Steel\nNelson Electric\nTramway Company\nLimited\nNELSON, B. C.\nCARS FOR CURLING\nLEAVE BYERS- COENER-\n1.30 for I p.m. game.\n3.30, 3.GO for 4 o'clock game.\n7.30, 7.50 and 8.10 for 8 o'clock game s\nDANCING CLASSES\nMOW FORMING.\nProfessor .T.ouis A. Hepburn, of New\nYork, and late associate Instructor of Bea-\nman's Conservatory of Dancing In Montreal, begs to announce to the public of\nNelson that his school will be opened ln the\nOpera House building on Wednesday, 23rd\nDecember in the afternoon and evening.\nWill be open every afternoon and evening\nfor the next three months. For further\nInformation call at the Hall\nNelson Steam Laundry\nWork done by hand or machine. Dye\nIng and Cleaning done. Flannels, Blan\nketa., Curtain*, Etc., a specialty. Qoodi\ndelivered on abort notice.\nWhite Labor Only. Satisfaction Guar\nanteed. Office Baker Street oppoedtf\nQueen'e Hotel. Telephone MOB.\nPAUL NIPOU,\nPROPHIIOTOR AND UANAOVB\nFOR SALE\n50 acres choice fruit lands.\n30 acres choice fruit lands.\n26 acres well Improved.\nSeparately or en bloc. Nothing better\nIn the Kootenay.\n0. E. MILLER, Nelson, B.O.\nTHE QUEEN'S HOTEL\nNELSON, B. C.\nE. C. CLARKE, Proprietor.\nLighted by Electricity. Heated by Hot Air.\nRATES 82.00 PER DAY.\nFirst class Dining Room. Largo and\nComfortable Bedrooms. Sample Rooms for\nCommercial Men. -\"\"\u25a0\nMadden House **\"&\nNsiiea.\nDo you need a comfertable hornet It t\u00bb\ntry the Madden House. Well furnished\nrooms, lighted by electricity; first class\nboard, ta the bar you will find all tat\nbest domestlo and Imported liquors aad\ncigars.\nTHOMAi MADDHN, Proprietor.\nWEST KOOTENAY,\nBUTCHER CO.\nE. G. TRAVES, Manager\nFRESH\nAMD\nSALTED\nMEATS\nWHOLESALE AND RETAIL.\nOrders by mall receive careful and J\nprompt attention.\nFISH AND POULTRY IN SEASON.\nK.W.C. BLOCK, - WARDSraBETj\n NELSON, B. C.\t\nCOFFEEI\n8ELBOTED FROM THE) BEST OF THM\nWORLD'S PRODUCTION,\nALL VARIETIES\nIN 0*01 STOCK.\nWB OFFBB FOB A SHORT TIME,\nRto Coffei\nOUR OWN ROASTING,\nAt < pounds for ILW\n60 pound Iota, per pound IH\n100 pound lota, per pound If*\nCash with order. State if wanted wholl\nroasted, or (rout 1\nKootenay Coffee Co]\nBOX 182, NELSON, a 0.\nMcLeod Hotel\nCORNER\nFIR. AND SECOND AVENUE\nYMIR, B. O.\nCentrally located, rebuilt and refun\nthroughout\nAll modern lmproTomonts.\nSample rooms In connection.\nThe only flrst cltus hotel In Tmlr.\nRATES FROM W-fiO UP.\nFINLAY MoLBJOD, Proprletoi\nSilver King Hotel\ntrader Old lEanagaauat\nRATES 81 PER DAY AND Ur1\nBARTLETT H0US]\n(Vormerly Clarke Bouse.)\nThe beat $1.00 per day house In Nelson.\nNone but waits Mp uaslsjred. Tne I\nthe best \t\nfl W BARTT.BTT - Pron.]\nTREMONT HOUSI\nmmOPHAM AND AHa-ualCAN PUN\nKHALI Oo BOOM! J-ROll Bts TO P.H\nUUm A .'Ra.KLI.U\u00bb, Prsprlsttw\nBaker ttratt, Nairn\nWhen you're weary, when you're done,]\nTry a \"REISTSUHR,\" Just try onel\nOne large flaas at a decent bar\nPuts you rlatt tut\u2014tiara you are.\nJOHN McLATCHIE\nDOMINION AND PROVINCIAL\n-LAND SURVEYOR.\nSTANLEY BTRHEl'. NELSON. B. C.\nP. C. ORB-EN. F. *. CLEMENTS |\nGREEN & CLEMENTS\nCivil tsngtneen and Provincial Land\nllurveyore.\nP. O. Boi. UB. Phone Ml.\nOnr ffontwiftv \u25a0\u2022\u00bb)*\u25a0 vi<\u00bb\u00bbrtri\u00abn flte. Nelenn\nGRAND CENTRAL HOTEL\nOtsotlte Court Bonn aad ntw Fottoffloe.\nBelt %* meal to town. European and\nlaerlesn plan. Only wait* labor imtloy\not First class bar.\nTHOMAS ft CRICKION non\nH. D. ASHCROFT\nMINERS' LIVDRY AND PEED STABLES\nTeaming and Packing done. Saddle\nHorses for Hire. Hacks, buggies and\nCutters on call day ond night. Stables on\nStanley street, between Silica and Carbon-\nale. Telephone 87. P. o. Box 168, Nelson.\nWALDORF HOTEL\nTUB, b. a\n0. B. COLEMAN . . . rrofrletor.\nHeadqututere for Hlsinf and Commercial Men. Most oomtortablt hotel\nIn the District Sample room In toa-\niwotlnn -a-nrenthlni trat-euaaa\nSILVER KINO MIKB.\nWill pay tbe htgTiest cash price for all\nkinds of second hand gooda. Will buy or\nsell anything from an anchor to a needle.\nFurniture, Stoves, Carpets, Cooking Uten- '\nmis bought In household quantities. Also\ncast off clothing. Call and see me or write.\nAddress Silver King Mike, Box SOt, Bait\nStreet, Neaaaa, IV tv\n tjsfetjggMgggMSie'as^^\nTHIS DALLY NUVY8. SATURDAY. FfiBBUARY 517. 1904\n.ORANBROOK BUSINESS DIRECTORY\nLEADING BUSINESS FIRMS\nBOABD OF TEADK\nHOSPITAL\nW. F. GURD. Secretary.\nST. BUGBNE, (Slsttn ot Charity)\nBAKEBIE8\nLEGAL HBMB\nCRANBROOK BAKERY, A. Chartrand,\nCITY BAKERY, C. W. Wilson. Phone 84,\nP. 0. Box IM.\nE. H. THOMPSON.\nMEAT HABKETB\nOOHFEOTIOHEBB\nP. BURNS A CO., P. 0. Box 8. Psoas 18.\n0. P. TISDALB, Phont (8. .\nMEBOHAJT TAtLOBB\nDBAY AND EXPBEBS\nMcSWEYN A GRIFFITH, P. O. Box 88.\nPERRY ft FITZGERALD.\nLBASK ft HENDERSON, P. 0. Box 118.\nDBESBMAKIH8\nPHYSICIANS AUD SUBQEOHS\nMISS A. E. CARDirf.\nDR. J. H. KINO, Phone 8, P. 0. Box B.\nDR. P. W. QRBBN, Phone J, P. 0. Box K\nQB00EB8\nKINO MERCANTILE CO., Phone 8, P. 0.\nBox 8.\nBEAL ESTATE AND INSUBANOB\nBBALB ft BLWELL.\nUNDEBTAKEBS AHD EKBALMEBB\nWHOLESALE LIQU0B8\nCHAS. CAMPBELL, Phone \u00bb\n! AND WOOD OP ALL\nKINDS.\nTerms Spot Cub.\nSALT\nGOAL\nW. P. Tlerney\nTelephone* 265\nBaker Street\ni'BIOE OF METALS.\nNew York, Feb. 26\u2014Bar silver 67 3-4;\nAmalgamated copper (4 6-8; olectrolytlo\ncopper, 12 3-8; Spelter, steady.\nLondon, Fob. 28,-Lcad \u00a311 IBs.\nNELSON'S NEWS OF THE DAY\nBorn in this city, on February 25th to\nthe wife of Hudson Potherby, a daughter.\nA. McQueen, tho well known Kamloopa\ncigar man, arrived In town yestorday from\na successful trip to Winnipeg.\nA. C. Oarde, of th\u00a9 Payne mine, arrived\nIn town last evening and in quartered at\nthe Strathcona. Ho ia hero on a visit to\nhis family.\nJohn Houston, M.P.P., who has been confined to his home for tho pant two or three\ndays with on attack of la grippe, waa able\nto bo about yesterday.\nMlsa Dahjy Perkins, who hai been employed in Patenaude Bros, store, leaves\nthla morning for Frederlcton, N.B., on a\nvisit to hor,parents.\nTho city has put a telephone in at the\ncity cemetery. Those who desire to com-\nmvnfcato with the caretakor can do eo\nhy going to tho city hall.\nHarry E. Macdonell, general freight agent\nof tho Kootenay lines of the C. P. R., Is\non a tour of Boundary and Trail creek\npoints ln the Interest of hla company.\nA. F. Rosenberger leaves this afternoon\nfor a visit to Camborne and Revelstoke.\nHis special object Is to look over the properties of the Goldfinch Mining Company\nat Camborne. , ,, i\nIn the chamber application beforo the\nchief justice in Arnold vs. Schalcle, to set\naside the service of the writ argued on\nThursday, judgment was given yesterday\ndismissing the application with costs.\nairs. M. L. Mott left last week for tho\ncoast. After making her niece, Miss\nMcBfth. at Snohomish, a short visit, she\nwill spend some tlmo in Seattle and Tacoma,\nAlexander Sharp, M.E., Is at the Hume,\nhaving Just returned from a visit to tho\nFirst Thought mine near Bossburg, Wash.,\nwhich la owned by P. Burns & Co., and of\nwhich Mr. Sharp Ib the manager. He reports that the mine Is looking well.\nSeveral teamsters have complained to\nTho Dally News that the street car conductors fall to sound nny alarm at cross-\nIres. This omission may lead to a serious\naccident. Doubtless this reminder will obviate nny further cause of complaint on\nthis score.\nJ. P. McGoldrfck, the Minnesota lumbor-\nmnn who Is at the head of the syndicate\nwhich purposes erecting a large sawmill on\nthe waterfront In this city, arrived hero\nlust evening from Minneapolis. He does\nnot know yet what he will do here until\nhe has consulted further with the local\nrepresentatives of the syndicate.\nThe ladles* aid of tho Kootenay Lake\nGenernl hoepitnl achieved a very satisfactory financial success In the recent living\nwhist entertainment. After pdylng oft all\nexpenses in connection with the entertainment they have the substantial balance of\n$:\u00a3) to the good. The ladles desire to extend to all those who assisted ln making\n\u2022-\"t-'ment such a bucccss their\nsincere thanlts. The causo waa a good ono\nan! 'bo result obtained was extremely\ngiMllfylng. , jl I i\nOn next Thursday evening, March 3rd,\nC. P. Walker's comedy company will bo at\nthe opera house and present that famous\ncf-Tipdy by Geo, H. Broadhurst, entitled\n\"Why Smith Left Home,\" which Is the\ncch.r anion piece to \"What Happened to\nJones.\" nnd tells even a funnier story. Mr.\nWalker's company has been on a most successful trip to the Pacific coast, presenting\n\"What Happened to JoneB\" and Is now returning with the \"Smith\" comedy which\nhas never been seen outside of the metropolitan cities. The excellence of Mr.\nOUR STOCK\nOF FANCY\nGROCERIES\ncontains a full assortment of Crosso &\nBlackwell's Jams and Jellies, put up ln\n1 lb glass Jars and 1 lb tins, and which are\nespecially suited for this time of the year,\nis, 25c, 7s, 11.85.\nReceived yesterday a fresh shipment of\nFancy Swiss Cheese In 4 lb bricks. The\nprice is 11.40. Also another lot of Long\nBranch Salted Wafers at 30o per package\nT. S. McPherson\npresident of both associations, will preside.\nMr. Maynard in addition to lecturing will\nanswer any questions which may be put\nto him concerning the best fertilizers to be\napplied to soils of a certain character, and\nother queries along the same lines. His\ndeslro is that tho lecture shall be as pro-\nfltablo us possible to tho farmers and fruit\ngrowers of this section. Thoso Interested\nin farming and fruit growing aro especially\ninvited to attend. The Braok|man-Ker\nMilling Co., who are the Kootenay agents\nfor tho Victoria Chemical Co., have beon\nchiefly Instrumental ln bringing tho lecturer to this city. Admission to the lecture is freo.\nRESOURCES OF SOUTHERN B. C.\nDescribed in Pamphlet Issued By tho\nC. P. R. Land Department.\nTho Canadian Pacific Railway has Issued a neatly printed pamphlet descriptive of the lands they havo for sale in Kootenay and Boundary districts. Tho publication contains a mass of valuable information for fruit growers, farmers, stockmen and lumbermen, and whilst lt should\nprovo an excellent advertisement for the\nrailway company, tho facts and statistics\ncontained therein will nlso serve to enlighten tho outside world upon many of\ntho resources and possibilities of the entire region of southern British Columbia.\nProf, Hepburn wll organize his Boring\nterm of dancing lessons Wednesday evening, March 2nd. Join now and become proficient and bo ready to join In tho Easter\nballs and May parties. Twelvo lessons,\n110.00.\nPERISHED IN THE FLAMES.\nNaplervllle, Que., Feb. 2C\u2014News has\nreached hero that the residence of Edward\nBeudln, of Sherrington, was burned last\nnight and Edward, and his brother Nar-\ncissc, aged respectively 75 and 84 years,\nperished ln the flame*.\nWIRE GOODS\nFOR KITCHEN USE\nBROILERS, STRAINERS, EOO BEATERS, EGO SEPARATORS,\nTOASTERS, POTATO MASHERS, TEA POT\nGAS\nSTANDS, ETC., ETC.\nThose goods are heavily tinned and will not rust; always look bright\nand olean; will last tor years. No kitchen Is properly equipped without\nthem.\nPRICES FROM 6 TO 60 CENTS\nMCLACHLAN BROS.\nWalker's company Is well recognized\nthroughout this western country and reliance will be placed on his promise to give\non this occasion the funniest performance\nour theatre-goers have yet had tho opportunity of seeing,\nA. CV Flumerfelt, Victoria, assistant to\ntho president of the Granby Company, Is at\ntho Strathcona,\nA. H. McNeill, K. C, of Rossland, arrived from RoBsland last evening and Is\nregistered at the Strathcona,\nJ. A, Macdonald, loader of the opposition, is a guest at the Strathcona. He\ncamo over from Rossland last evening.\nP. Burns and Blake Wilson, of P. Bums\n& Co., wholesale butchers, returned yesterday evening from Grand Forks. They havo\nbeen to RoBBland, Greenwood and other\ntowns on a tour of Inspection of the shops\nof the firm,\nF. E. Armstrong, mannger of the Rossland ' brewery, arrived hero last evening\non1 route for Ottawa, His father has suffered from a relapse aftor an attack of\npneumonia and is dying. His brother has\nbeen operated on for appendicitis and Is\nvery low and Mr. Armstrong has been\nsummoned by telegraph to their bedsides.\nThe postoffico department nt Ottawa has\nIssued a circular giving a completed list of\ntho British possessions to which lu addition to the United Kingdom, Canadian\nnewspapers and periodicals can now bo\nsent at the domestic postage rates. The\nfollowing is the list: Bahamas, Bermuda, British Guiana, British Honduras, British North Bornca, Ceylon, Cyprus, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Gibraltar, Hong Kong,\nJamaica, Leeward Islands, Malta, Newfoundland, Now Zealand, Sarawak, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Transvaal, Trinidad\nand Tobago, Turk's Islands and Zanzibar.\nIt having been mentioned In the dispatches that a Home Insurance company\nhad gone under ln consequence of the great\nfire nt Baltimore there had grown an Impression that the Homo Insurance Co. of\nNew York, wns the one that had failed.\nYesterday Inquiry was made at the local\noffice of the Home Insurance Co., of New\nYtTk, in this city, for which T. 0. Procter\nis tho local agent. It was stated that the\nlosses of the company by the Baltimore\nfire did not exceed SCO0.O0O, while tbe as-\nBets of the company arc over $18,000,000. It\nwbb further stated that It was probably\nthe biggest fire Insurance company In\nAmerica. The company, which was forced\nto the wall through Its losses in the Baltimore fire, was the Home Insurance Co., of\nBaltimore, a company which did business\nonly In tho state of Maryland.\nB. Maynard, the expert of tho Victoria\nChemical Co., arrived from the const lnst\nevening. This evening at 8 o'clock ho will\nlecturo'ln tho Nelson opera bouse on\n\"Chemical Fertilizers.\" The lecture will\nbo under tho auspices of the Nelson Agricultural society and of tho Nelson Fruit\nOrowers' association, nnd James Johnstone,\nv\u00bb*\/-ib\\fcvi\/iliiFvi\/iiViivfcii,vly iAU.\u00bb8Vii\u00bb\u00bb\u00bbF*i\u00ab>\\l.vi\/*ifcii\/viV\\iVvl\/\u00ab.\n3\n3\n3\n3\n3\n3\n3\n3\n3\n3\n%\n3\n3\nAs to Mail Orders\nRemember, we can supply you with anything, from the smallest\npiece of Sliver to the finest piece of Diamond Jewelry\u2014and send lt to\nyou the same day aa order Is recolved. Wo have without doubt the\nmost complete stock we have ever had, which Is saying a good deal.\nEWERT BROS.\n9\n9\n9\n9\n9\n9\n9\n3 N ison, Trail. Bouttad Jewelers and Engravers 9\nHOTEL ABRIVAI*\nHume\u2014B. Maynard, Victoria, John Barclay, Sllverton; J. P. McQoldrlck, St Paul;\nG. C. Stannard, Q. H. Nicholson, F. .1.\nCrecn, Hamilton; A. McQueen, Kamloops;\nW. O. Richardson, Montreal, H. C. Martin, 1.. J. Spnirord, Toronto; L. J. Mlgh-\nton, Port Arthur; J. Balfour, Lonnoxvllle;\nJoin Mulr, London, W. A. Boultbee, Vancouver; H. I.. Sheppard, Spokane.\nTHE STRATHCONA.\n\u2014The finest quality erer offered\nat this season of the y\u00abw.\nTRY IT\nJ. Y. CRIFFINTcO., Limited\nWHOLESALE ONLT\nP. BURNS & CO.\nWHOLESALE AND RETAIL\nMEAT MERCHANTS\nHEAD OFFICE NELSON, B. C.\nBranch Markets in Rossland, Trail, Nelson, Kaslo, Sandon.\nThree Forks, New Denver and Slocan City.\nturns tr ana it j_ mamm -tun Bun rr\u00bbm\u00bbi m jwfgj antaatu\nf\u00ab3 SmoKe the Best\nA'JMOEENA\noiONTERIOR [0IGAR\nFills the bill.\nTRY THEM\nKERR'S\nNEW ARRIVALS\nFIRST SHIPMENT OJl\nNew Spring Goods\nNew Embroideries, New Linen, Torchon Lace, New Vetting, New Cotton\nVoile, New Muslins, New Ginghams. New Linen, in White for. Ladles-\nBlouses and Suits, 64* ln, wide, at 75c yard. New Cotton Striped Duck tor\nLadies' and Children's Suits.\nKERR & CO.\nWARD AND BAKER STS.,\n","type":"literal","lang":"en"},{"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. 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