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Per Month\n50c\n^*zSsL u\u00bbu.*H\u00bb'W'*'*'i5e!\nThe Dally News Classified Ads. I\nare Winners. Try One, per word 10\nVOL.7\nNELSON,  B. C.   THURSDAY   MORNING.  DECEMBER   24, )90\u00bb\nINQUIRY ENDS\nLast Evidence is Taken in\nMarine Inquiry\nTRAVELLING    EXPENSES\nCOMMANDER SPAIN PUT THROUGH\nRIGOROUS EXAMINATION REGARDING HIS CHARGE8 FOR\nTRIPS WHILE RECORDS SHOW\nHE WAS HOLDING COURT\n(Western Associated Preai.)\nOTTAWA, Dec. 23-^Judge Cassels'\ninquiry Into the marine department's\naffairs was formally closed at 5.30 tbis\nafternoon. Judge Cassels will now\nframe his report for presentation to\nparliament. Thomas McConkey, super.\nintendent of the government vessels at\nQuebec and Halifax, was called at his\nown request. He told Mr. Watson that\nhe had received $200 from Davie & Son,\nwhen he was superintending work be*\ning done by that firm on a ship at\nLevis. It was work done on surveys of\na ship outside of   department hours.\nCommander Spain then proceeded\nwith his interrupted evidence as to his\nconnection with Prank Poison of the\nPoison iron works and his challenged\nexpense accounts.\nMr. Watson produced the record of\nattendance at the department to show\nthat commander Spain was. at the department seven days in August, 1904.\nHe wanted an explanation of witness'\nstatement that he had refunded $500\nreceived from Mr. Poison when he returned from British Columbia about\nSept. 15. Witness said he left on Aug.\n10 returning Sept. 18. He returned, via\nToronto, where he gave |500 to Poison\nat his residence.\nTurning to the expense accounts,\nMr. Watson asked witness what he had\nto say about the auditor general's\naccusation that he had charged travelling expenses between Quebec and Montreal, on dates when he was holding\ncourt In Montreal.\nCommander Spain, said that it was\nusually necessary to go to Quebec to\nget witnesses. The -date of an inquiry\nwas put down as the date on which he\ncommenced to make an investigation.\nThe charge for travelling expenses\nfrom Port William on a date when\ncourt was sitting In Montreal was re*\nverted to. Witness said he had made\nonly one trip to Fort William during\n1908 and had charged for only one.\nThere was evidently some mistake in\nthe dates.\nThere was a good deal of confusion\nas lo whether witness was In Montreal\nor Quebec from June 8 to 12, 1907, in\nconnection with the Montrose investigation. Commander Spain said he was ln\nQuebec on July 8, 9, 10 and 11, arriving at Montreal on July 12. But here a\ncopy of evidence taken In Montreal on\nJuly 8, 9 and 10 was produced.\n\"Do you say thlB is all false?\" asked\nMr. Watson.\nCommander Spain did not reply.\n\"Have you nothing further to Bay\nabout that,\" said Mr. Watson.\n\"No\" replied the witness.\nMr. Watson produced records to\nshow that travelling expenses had been\ncharged by witness when sitting in\ncourt ln Montreal on Aug. 30. The expense account indicated that commander Spain was In Quebec on Dec. 3,\n1907. When conducting the Besolute\nenquiry at Toronto, there were charges\nfor travelling, expenses from Port Arthur to Montreal, and on Aug. 26, 26 and\n27,1906, when an inquiry was going on\nin Montreal there were expense charges\nwhich Indicated that commander Spain\nwas In Halifax. Commander Spain did\nnot offer any explanation except that\nthere was confusion as to the dates.\nCol. Gourdeau underwent a friendly\nexamination by senator N. A. Bel-\ncourt. He said that J. P. Fraser waB\nallowed to see the department files In\nApril last to look up matters referred\nto in the report of the royal commission. He said he did not know anything about the files having been altered or added to. Taking up the contract with Holliday Bros, for the\nsteamer King Edward, hon. Mr. Bel-\ncourt was about to say that a good\ndeal of correspondence ln respect to\nthe Increase from 9126 to (200 was\nwritten hy Mr. McGee, tbe acting\ndeputy on behalf of Col. Gourdeau, who\nwas absent in British Columbia. Col.\nGourdeau said that, as a consequence\nof a close study of the records he was\nconvinced \"that he was wrong ln fixing\nJune 18 as the date on which the second\ncontract was made.\nTo Mr, Watson Col. Gourdeau admitted that his evidence was at variance\nwith what he had said on Saturday. No\nother witnesses were called.\nW. H. Noble, for some time agent of\nmarine department at Prescott was the\nfirst witness at the Cassels commission\nof Inquiry in the morning,\nMr. Watson, K. C.j representing the\ngovernment, put in a statement show-\nW that the government in three years\nbought from the Canadian Fog Signal\n. company to the extent of 1529,919.\n.   John Fraser, auditor  general,   was\n:^.;^^'.-A,\\,(^ .-\u2022\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 ---.-\u25a0\u25a0   >*& .\n\u2022 '\u2022       ANOTHER GOLD BRICK        \u2022\n\u2022   \u2022\n\u2022 Another gold brick was brought \u2022\n\u2022 In last night  by  Barney  Crllley, \u2022\n\u2022 foreman at the Nugget mine.   The \u2022\n\u2022 brick weighs 300 ounces and is tbe \u2022\n\u2022 third that has been produced   by \u2022\n\u2022 the mine since the four stamp mill \u2022\n\u2022 started operation at the beginning \u2022\n\u2022 of November.   The total value of \u2022\n\u2022 the gold produced from the sec- \u2022\n\u2022 ond grade ore, apart from the best \u2022\n\u2022 class ore of which   the   mine   is \u2022\n\u2022 holding a number of sacks which \u2022\n\u2022 runs into a total of $7000 or $8,- \u2666\n\u2022 000, this -amounts to over $15,000. \u2022\n\u2022 \u2022\neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee\nshown an Invoice of goods amounting to\n$179, which' were Imported from England. Col. Gourdeau passed this\nthrough the customs, signing the declaration that the goods were for the\nuse of the Dominion government The\nauditor general stated that the government never paid for the goods, and so\nfar as he knew no application for payment was made.\nJ. E. McLeghenan, who was In charge\nof files at the department, had heard a\nrumor that J. P. Fraser had been examining the files in the basement after\nbis suspension and after the Cassels\ncommission had begun work. He had\nmade no enquiry.\nThe commissioner and Mr. Watson\nsuggested that it was his duty to make\nan inquiry. He said Mr. Fraser might\nhave got the files from the office of the\ncommissioner of lights. He had heard\nnothing Important as to files being destroyed. There was one file which the\noffice could not get back for long time.\nWhen It was received there were additions to it which had not gone through\nthe record office.\nPercy White, who was mentioned by\nthe previous witness, said that early in\nApril J. F. Fraser came and said he\nwanted to see the files In order to check\nthe pages pertanlng to the matters men.\ntloned In the commission report.\nHe went with Mr. Fraser to the store\nroom, where the pages were ticked off.\nHe spent the morning and a couple of\nafternoons with Mr. Fraser. Witness\nhad never heard of additions being made\nto the files or to documents being removed.\nMr. Allen, bookkeeper for WUllard &\nCo., Prescott, was recalled for a third\ntime in respect to a $360 account which\nJ. P. Fraser has with the firm. He admitted there had been a reduction of\nabout one-third in Mr. Fraser's'account\nand this because he was an official of\nthe marine department from whom the\nfirm received orders. Mr. Fraser was\ncharged less for goods than the department. Mr. Fraser had certified charges\nto the department as being \"Fair and\nJust.\"\nTWO MEN ARE HELD UP\nTRIO OF DESPERADOES PAY VISIT\nTO BRIDESWELL\nGREAT NORTHERN OFFERS BIG REWARD FOR CAPTURE\nA trio of masked hold-up men paid a\nviBlt to the little town of Brldeswell,\nWash., Just south of the boundary, Saturday evening and succeeded in securing a small haul from two men whom\nthey sought out. The men held up were\nJ. Vlngraham, Great Northern agent at\nBrldeswell and the storekeeper. From\nthe former they secured only a small\namount of money, but from the latter\nthey took $75. Chief of provincial police Devitt and other members of the\nBritish Columbia force have been working on the case since then searching\nthe country on this side of the line for\nthe desperadoes.\nThe men are described as follows:\nOne man, height about 5 feet, 8 Inches,\nsandy complexion, wore cowboy hat,\nand black woollen scarf and had on\nrubbers over about No. 6 boots; another man was about the same height\nof dark complexion and wore dark\ncloth cap pulled down over his ears,\nleather leggings and shoes about size\n6 or 7, with rubbers over them. The\nthird man was.about 6 feet tall, wore\ndark clothes, cap pulled down over hts\nears, leather leggings and shoes about\nNo. 9 in size with heavy rubbers. All\nmen were mounted and carried amongst\nthem two Colt automatic and one other\nlarge revolver. After the hold-ups they\nheaded for Myncaster or Chesaw.\nThe Great Northern railway through\nR. C. Morgan, superintendent at Spokane offers $1000 reward for the arrest\nand cbnvlctfon of each of the men em\ngaged In this hold-up.\nRegistered Mall Stolen.\nKANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 23\u2014A mail\npackage containing sixty pounds of registered mall matter consigned to eastern points, was stolen from a baggage\nroom of the belt tine railroad last night.\nGoes Against Bonl.\nPARIS, Dec. 23\u2014Public prosecutor\nMatter was heard this morning in the\nsuit brought by count Bonl de Castellane against his former wife, who was\nMiss Anna Gould, In which he asks that\nthe custody of his three children he\nawarded to his mother. In presenting\nhis conclusion to the court the public\nprosecutor recommended that the children be left In the custody of their\nmother. -\nFOUNDJUILTY\nAmerican Labor Leaders\nSentenced to Jail\nARE DENOUNCED BY JUDGE\nSAMUEL GOMPERS GIVEN TWELVE\nMONTHS, JOHN MITCHELL NINE\nAND FRANK M0RRI80N 8IX\nFOR CONTEMPT OF COURT IN\nTHE BUCK \"UNFAIR\" LI8T CASE\nWASHINGTON, Dec. 23\u2014Twelve\nmonths In Jail for Samuel Gompers,\npresident, nine months for John Mitchell\none of the vice presidents and six\nmonths for Frank Morrison, secretary,\nall of the American Federation of\nLabor, was the sentence imposed by\njustice Wright of the supreme court of\nthe district of Columbia today for contempt of court in violating an order en-\nJoining them from placing on the \"unfair\" or \"we don't patronize list\" the\nBuck Stove and Range company of St\nLouis, Mo. All three of the defendants\nwere in court when sentence was pronounced and notice of an appeal to the\ncourt of appeals of the district of Columbia at once was filled, Gompers being released on $5000* Mitchell on $4000\nand Morrison on $3000 bail.\nIn addition to the wife and daughter\nof Gompers there were present also a\nnumber of labor leaders and others\nwho were attracted by the notice that\na decision In the famous case would be\nannounced today. Mr. Gompers' family was visibly affected. With tears\n-coursing down his own cheeks president\nGompers heard the order of the court\nwhich condemned blm to prison for a\nyear. Both Mitchell and Morrison\nseemed stunned although Mitchell appeared to be less concerned. Asked\nif he had anything to say why sentence\nshould not be pronounced, president\nGompers declared that he had not\nseriously violated any law.\nThe decision Of justice Wright, which\nconsumed two hours and twenty min*\nutes waB one of the most scathing arraignments that ever came from the\nbench ln this city.\n\u25a0 \"Everywhere\" the court said \"all\nover, within the court and ont, utter\nrampant, silent defiance is heard and\nproclaimed. Unrefined Insult, vulgar\nindignity measures the litigants' conception of the tribunal wherein their\ncause still pends.**\nWhether president Roosevelt will\ntake any action as he hns been urged\nto do In telegrams received from different labor organizations throughout\nthe country In connection with Judge\nWright's decision has not been decided,\nit was stated at the white house today.\nIt was explained there that the resident\nhas not read the decision and therefore\ncannot say If he will take any action.\nThere was an Intimation, however, that\nsome action might be taken If he should\nbe convinced that the sentence is unjust If it should be affirmed upon\nappeal.\n- The various labor organizations In\nprotesting to the president against\nthe sentence urged him to prevent tha\nIncarceration of the labor leaders. The\nIllinois association sent this telegram\nsigned by John B. Walker, the vice\npresident, the secretary treasurer and\nmembers of the executive board.\n\"In the name of 75,000 mine workers\nIn Illinois we desire to protest against\nthe decision committing to penal servitude those great commissioners and\nrepresentatives of the American labor\nmovement, Samuel Gompers, John\nMitchell and Prank Morrison, These\nmen may be guilty of a breach of law\nbut a law that denies tbe use of a free\npress and full speech Is a breach of the\nfundamental principles of our country.\nSuch decisions create only enmity and\nclass hatred. We respectively solicit\nyour influence to prevent the incarceration of these men.\"\nThe case grew out bf the alleged\nboycott of the company's products and\nthe putting of the company on the unfair list and the federation's alleged\nviolation of judge Gould's recent mandamus has attracted wide attention.\nThe Buck company's prosecution of the\nofficials of tbe federation began in August 1907. The original action was a\ntest case, wherein it was sought to enjoin the labor unions from using the\n\"unfair\" and \"we don't patronize\" lists\nin their fight against firms and Individuals. Justice Gould of the supreme\ncourt of the district of Columbia, issued\nan injunction which later was made\npermanent, forbidding the publication of\nthe company's name in these lists.\nPresident Gompers, In an editorial in\nthe Federatlonlst of January last made\nknown his intention not to obey the\ncourt's order, contending that tbe injunction Issued was In derogation of\ntbe rights of labor and an abuse of the\ninjunctive power of the courts. Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison subsequently\nwere cited for contempt and this phase\nof the case has been before the court\nfor several months, by proceedings taking the form of a hearing of testimony\nbefore an examiner.  . .\nJudge Wright* in his decision recited\ntbe conditions antecedent to tbe injunction and referred to the fact that\nfore twenty-five years the Buck plant\nhad operated as a ten hour shop and always bad maintained an open shop. He\nalso spoke of tbe numerical strength\nof the American Federation of Labor\nwith its two million members and of\nits repeated endorsement of the boycott\nof the Buck Stove and Range company,\nthrough the American Federatlonlst the\nfederation's offlclal organ, speeches by\nthe defendants, letters, circulars, etc.\nThe court referred to the use of the\n\"we don't patronize\" list and \"unfair\"\nlist of the labor organizations and said\nthat members of labor unions were\nforced and coerced into supporting It,\n\"whether individually willing or unwilling, approving or disapproving,\" by\nvarious methods.\nTbe court read extracts from numerous resolutions of labor organizations\nbearing on the Buck case as tending to\nshow the methods of Influencing members of unions, \"and these methods\"\nthe court remarked \"seem to be known\nas persuasion of the public generally.\nFollowing an exhaustive discussion of\nconspiracies in restraint of trade,\" justice Wright said:\n\"From the foregoing it ought to\nseem apparent to thoughtful men that\nthe defendants that: First, each and\nall of them, have combined together for\nthe purpose of first, bringing about the\nbreach of plaintiff's existing contracts\nwith others; second, are depriving plaintiff of property (the value of the good\nwill, of its business) without due process of law; third, are restraining trade\namong the several 'states; fourth, are\nrestraining commerce among the several states.\".\n\"The ultimate purpose of the defendants, the court said in this'connection,\nwas unlawful, their concerted project\nan offense against the law and It added,\nthey were guilty of crime.\nRegarding the violation of the court's\nInjunction, justice Wright said: \"This\nGompers and others had in advance of\nthe injunction determined to violate, if\nIssued, and had In advance of the injunction counselled all members of the\nlabor unions and .of the American Federation of Labor and the public generally, to violate lt in case lt should be\nissued, appears from, the following:\nThe court here read a mass of extracts from reports of proceedings of\nconventions of the federation, reports\nof president Gompers and editorials\nfrom the American .Federationfst and\nthe labor press generally,\nAs to secretary KanU Morrison the\ncourt declared that he had full knowledge of all that was being taken part\nin preparation and publication of the\nAmerican Federatlonlst of April 1908.\nReferring to Mr. Mitchell, the court\npointed to various acts by him which\nhe said placed him within pale of the\nlaw. He quoted from Mr. Mitchell's\nbook on \"Organized Labor\" certain passages wherein Mr. Mitchell declared\nthat it was the duty of all patriotic and\nlaw abiding citizens to resist or disregard injunctions when they forbid the\ndoing of a thing which is unlawful. Mr.\nMitchell was also accredited with signing \"with full knowledge\" the urgent\nappeal which accompanied the twenty-\nseven thousand or more circular letters\nto the various labor union secretaries\nand with full knowledge of their contents, counselling their distribution and\nwith the same purpose and Intent.\nIn passing sentence upon the defendants the court said: \"It would not seem\nInappropriate for such a penalty as will\nserve to deter others from following after such examples will serve physically\nto Impose obedience even though late,\nwill serve to vindicate tlie orderly\npower of judicial tribunals and establish over this litigation the supremacy\nof law.\"\n\"SHOOT ME, MA.\"\nPlayful Request of Child Result In Sad\nTragedy.\nCHICAGO, Dec. 23\u2014While helping his\nmother trim a Christmas tree tonight,\nEarl Locke, three years of age, playfully picked up an old revolver and said\nto his mother, Mrs. Locke, \"shoot me\nMa.\" The mother, unaware that the\nrevolver was loaded, pulled the trigger\nand shot the child through the heart,\nkilling him instanty. The revolver had\nbeen lying about the house for six\nmonths and only one chamber waB\nloaded.\nStandard Oil Mulcted.\nJEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Dec. 23\u2014\nThe supreme court of Missouri handed\ndown a decision this morning ousting\nthe Standard Oil company of Indiana\nand the Republic Oil company from the\nstate of Missouri, forbidding them again\nto do business In Missouri, and dissolving the Waters-Pierce Oil company of\nSt. Louis. In addition each of the companies Is fined $50,000.\n\u2022 ACTIVITY IN THE SLOCAN       \u2022\n\u2022   t\n\u2022 The growing activity in mining \u2022\n\u2022 tn the Slocan district   is   empha- \u2022\n\u2022 sized by the notice which appears t\n\u2022 in this issue calling for tenders \u2022\n\u2022 for 1600 feet of crosscut tunnelling \u2022\n\u2022 in the Deep mine, the well known \u2022\n\u2022 \"sliver lead property  at Whltewa- \u2022\n\u2022 ter on tbe Kaslo-Slocan railway. \u2022\n\u2022 Tenders wll Ibe received until and \u2022\n\u2022 Including Dec. 31.  By a typograph- \u2022\n\u2022 leal error 7500 feet of tunnelling \u2022\n\u2022 was called   for In the   first   an- \u2022\n\u2022 nouncement. \u2022\n\u2022 \u2022\nTAKESPRIZE\nHorswill's Window Adjudged\nBest\nMANY STRIKING DISPLAYS\nPOOLE DRUG COMPANY GETS SECOND PLACE AND EMORY A\nWALLEY THIRD \u2014 FINE DISPLAYS ALSO MADE BY OTHER\nBUSINESS  MEN  OF   THE   CITY.\nThe content for the prise of a full\npage advertisement In The Dally News,\noffered for the test dressed window\ndisplay of one of -She stores of the city,\nhas aroused a great deal of Interest.\nThe prize has beea awarded to A. S.\nHoswill, and the Poole Drug store and\nEmory & Walley take second and\nthirds places respectively.\nThose who kindly consented to act\nas Judges ta the competition were\nMrs. George Wells and A. B Crease,\nand H. Bird.\nThe judges acted perfectly Independently of each other ana the decisions\nhanded In were as follows:\n, Mrs. George Wells, 1st. Poole Drug\nstore; 2nd, A. S. Horswlll; 3rd, Emory\n& Walley.\n\u2022E. A, Crease, 1st, A. S. Horswlll;\n2nd, Poole Drug store; 3rd, Emory &\nWalley.\nH. Bird, 1st, A. S. Horswlll; 2nd,\nPoole Drug store; 3rd, Emory & Wai-\nley.\nIt will be noted that the Judging\nwas remarkably even, A. S. Horswlli\nreceiving two votes for first prize and\none for -second place; Poole Drug store\none vote for first place and two for\nsecond, and Emory & Walley being\nchosen by all the Judges for third\nplace,\nMr. Horaewlll's window, the winner\nof the first prize, Is certainly one of\nthe most effective displays in the city.\nThe centre space at the back ot the\ngoods In the window Is occupied by a\nmirror, suurrounded hy a 'border of\n* Christmas evergreens, and on each\nside of lt is a large circular yellow\npaper Jar. Behind thla mirror, are suspended streamers of purple and white\ntwisted paper, making a particularly\nsuitable 'background for the whole display. Above the mirror are placed a\nselection of gay hued bottles of\nsauces and oils, and above these again\nare hung boxes of artistically arranged\nFrench bon hons. The centre Bpace\nIn the window iB given up to bottles\not colored caudles, preserved fruits,\npyramids of tinned and bottled specialties from all Quarters of the globe.\nAbove everything and forming a roof\nto this display of color which is almost Oriental in its diversity and richness, are more streamers of brlgnt\nribbon. Such a window is a credit to\nthe city.\nThe window ot second honors, the\nPoole Drug store. Is noticeable chiefly\nfor the fine effect achieved by the artistic use of electric light, and for\nsome finely draped and decorated pil-\nlors on which are Bet egg shaped particolored globes which softens and casts\na glow over the display of ornaments\nand utilities for ladles' and gentlemen's dressing tables. There are I've\nof these pillars, two In the front and\nthree behind. The latter are hung\nwith sliver frost strings, forming festoons, and with variegated leaves. The\nembossed 'and picture jcoveifeil boxes\nof scent contribute largely to the generally attractive appearance of the\nwindow.\nEmory & Walley take third place.\nThe window of the firm presents a\nparticularly Christmas like appearance,\na quantity ot Ivy and holly being used\nln the scheme of decoration. Neckties,\nHandkerchiefs, fancy Bocks and other\nadornments dear to the heart of man,\nmost of which are in soft colors, contribute to a very attractive display,\nA striking feature of this window Is a\nmechanical Indian **Mch continually\nshoots at a target with a bow and arrow hitting the mark every time.\nIlred Irvine's window contains a\nquantity of fine art needlework ln the\nform of cushions, table linen and\nhandkerchiefs. In one window two\nbeautifully Bpangled evening skirts attracted the attention ot the ladies who\nwere on a tour of Inspection of the\nstores. The general arrangement of\nthis display Is extremely creditable.\nMeagher's have arranged a very pretty color effect, draping over columns\nof pale bine silk cheviot striped voile,\nArnold muslins in beautiful, delicate\nshades of pink and pale blub and silk\nstriped voI#* In the pastel shades of\nfawn. Overlooking this attractive show\nIs a figure of a lady clothed for the\nevening in a figured net dress.\nThe Canada Drug store windows nre\nalso very striking.   A cleverly arranged\ncollection of some mental copper ware,\nladles' leather hand bags   and   other\ngoods fascinating to the buyer and   receiver of Christmas presents show up\neffectively against a background formed of strings of white and red *\nand a net ot green and w1*'\ntastily arranged s,r'-\nwllh article1*\"\ndw'\"\nNO.208\n\u2022 REST FOR TIRED CLERKS       \u2022\nr   \u00ab\n\u2022 CHICAGO,    Dec.    23\u2014Unusual (\n\u2022 generosity in the granting of holl- <\n\u2022 days was announced by four of the \u25a0\n\u2022 largest departmental stores in Chi- \u25a0\n\u2022 cago.    Closing on Christmas eve, <\n\u2022 these stores will not   re-open   for \u25a0\n\u2022 business until the following Mon- <\n\u2022 day morning.   This decision was '\u25a0*\n\u2022 reached in recogniton of the un- <\n\u2022 complanlng attitude of thousands \u25a0\n\u2022 of  clerks handling   the   holiday '\n\u2022 trade.   The wholesale as well as \u00bb\n\u2022 the retail establishments   of   the <\n\u2022 firms concerned are affected.   It \u25a0\n\u2022 is expected that their example will \u25a0\n\u2022 be followed by a number of other *\na establishments. <\nground work of fmltatiton snow. On\neach side la a model of old Father\nChrlBtmas.\nThe Wood Vallance Hardware Co.,\nhave decorated one window to sporting\ngoods which are decorated seasonably\nwith evergreens. t And the window glitters with a show of cuttlery. lamps and\ntea pots and a third window Is given up\nto fine display of skates.\nAn original design in blue and white\nribbon forming an arch of network, the\npaper twisted at the top and crossed\nat the bottom is to be seen at J.\nIrvlng's grocery store. A big display of\nfruits, nuts, candles and other seasonable edibles is in front of these decorations. \" ' i\nR. Andrew & Co., the Royal shoe\nstore, have added brightness to their\nwindow by placing a quantity of ladies'\ncolored evening shoes above the aombie\nlined footwear favored by men.\nThe Nelson Hardware Co. are showing a big collection of pocket and table\nknives and scissors attached to white\ncovered boards and beneath this are\nrifles, flasks, safety razors, glass and\nother hardware goods. The display is\na bright one.\nW. Rutherford is making a feature of\nIndian work, Gillett safety razors and\nperfumes.\nIn R. H. Ewert's window is to be seen\na beautiful display of brooches, necklaces, rings and gold and silver ornaments. The lighting arrangements are\ncleverly made so that the toys are reflected as in a mirror by the treasures\ncollected together.\nThe windows of J. A. Gilker are festooned with handkerchiefs strung on\nstrings after the manner of naval\nflags uused in signalling and a number\nof articles such ns fancy waistcoatB,\ngloves and gayly colored neckties are\nvery happily arranged beneath.\nF. H. Seaney's window must be proving a great attraction to children of\nall ages. Father Christmas with a\nChristmas tree on each hand and surrounded by candies, bon bons and Santa\nClans stockings is typical of Yuletide\nas the window appears to those who regard the happy season as one great\nfeasl of good things.\n,T. H. Wallace is showing a window of\nmen's colored and white handkerchiefs,\ngloves and neckties and various colored\nneck cloths.\nBehind the glass at the Bell Trading\nCo.'s store is a magnificent showing of\ncandles of all kinds, colored, fancy and\nplain, backed by boxes of artistic French\nhon bons. The whole is surrounded by\ngay festoons and in the second window\nare to be seen fruit and nuts decorated\nwith evergreens and colored paper, the\nwhole giving a very fine and attractive\nresult.\nW. G. Thomson is showing a quantity of wonderfully constructed toys,\npretty ornaments and ladles' purses\nand books are here also made a feature\nof the Christmas show.\nAt the Palace confectionery, apples,\ngrapes and boxes of candies covered\nwith beautifully painted scenes suitable\nfor the season.\nCutlery is the feature of the windows\nof the Ashdown Hardware store and\nskates, lamps and plated goods all add\nto the generally attractive appearance\nof the firm's windows.\nCakes of all kinds, plain, iced, chocolate covered, decorated with artistically moulded sugar and with mottos are\nto be seen at Choquette Bros.'s window.\nThe Hudson's Bay company have\nmade a specialty of preserved fruits,\nnuts, colored boxes of candles and in\nthe other window a nicely arranged\nshow of clothes and shoes among which\nare strewn Christmas decorations and\nevergreens.\nJ. O. Patenaude's windows are glittering with gold and silver time pieces,\ngold and' enamel rings, brooches and\nbracelets, sclntllating precfons stones\nand finely worked metals.\nThe windows of J. J, Walker's store\nare also noticeable for the grand display of precious stones, Jewelry of all\ndescriptions and for the fine watches\nwhich are on view. The manicure and\nwriting sets in the window were attracting many favorable remarks from\nsightseers last night.\nMany comments were heard upon '\nwonderfully beautiful, almost fat'\neffect presented by Baker str \/\u25a0\nthe lights were turned on V\nlarge number of people *\ning the displays in tho\nIng from wlnwdo\"\nand admlriP\"   \"\ngran* \u2022\nGRAFT STORY\nSensational Evidence in the\nPittsburg Bribery Case\nSIXTY MEN  IMPLICATED\nACCORDING TO EVIDENCE LEGISLATION COULD BE BOUGHT BY\nANY ONE WHO DESIRED\u2014COUN-\nOILMEN'S PRICE8 RANGED\nFROM FIVE TO HUNDRED DOLLARS EACH.\nFLASH\u2014GRAFT STORY\t\nPITTSBURG, Dec. 23\u2014Pittsburg was\nshaken from end to end today by thunderbolts of sensational testimony in\nconnection with the newly disclosed\nmunicipal legislative scandal. The\ntroubles of San Francisco are popularly\ndeclared to be tame in comparison.\nFurthermore it is stated the developments today are mere preliminaries to\nsubsequent steps against additional\ncouncllmen and business men. The testimony offered in court today Intimated \u25a0\nstrongly that over1 three score council-\nmen are \"easy to reach\" and tho \"reaching\" necessitated only small sums\nranging from $100 to $5 and out of a\nmass of testimony came an apparent\ndisclosure that, a majority of the council body had been \"reached.\"\nIn the passage of one ordnance alone,\nit was testified that sixty councllmen\nhad divided $45,000. Sensations followed one another in rapid succession today during the hearing of the seven\ncouncilmen and two former bank officials arrested on charges of bribery, corrupt solicitation and conspiracy last\nMonday night.\nW. W. Ramsay and A. A. Viisack\nformer president and cashier respectively of the German National hank\nwere first called for a hearing today. It\nwas testified that they had been approached hy councilman John Klein,\none of the accused, who stated that the\nbank would be made a depositor)' for\nthe city's funds \"if the German National bank would do as the other banks\nhad done.\"\nA witness further declared that -after\nseveral conferences the bankers placed\n$17,500 on a table in a room of the\nhank and that councilman Klein and a\ncompanion entered a room and a i-Vrt\ntime later left the bank. Tha bfttiKevs\nthen visited the room and the ni-Mey\nwas gone. At request of th* director-*!\nboth of the bank officials reslgm : List\nSaturday. They were held ia _o:'-'\": [it\n$14,000 each.\nThe seven councilmen, president.\nBrand and members Klein, Soffel, Wasson, Melnney and Ferguson of common\ncouncil and Atkinson of the select council, were then called for hearing. The\nprincipal witness was Robert WIlBon, a\nprivate detective and superintendent of\nthe Municipal league of Scranton, Pa.,\nwho is employed by the Voters' league\nof Pittsburg, which brings the comj\nplant against the nine defendants. Mr.\nWilson's testimony was sensational.\nAided by an assistant, it waa told\nthat Wilson engaged a room in a local\nhotel, cut boles in the door nnd walls\nof an ndjoining room. Then a series of\nmeetings was arranged with council-\nmen. His assistant Herbert Jones,\nposed as a business man, desiring certain ordnances pased and during his\nconferences with the councilmen, Wilson and a stenographer, were stationed\nin the next room making a full record\nof the transactions. During these conferences, councilman Klein had a great\ndeal to say regarding how complete the\ncouncils were controlled by the accused\nmen, the detective said. It wns also\ntestified that Klein and Brand each accepted $500 from Jones in payment for\nsecuring the passage of an ordnance.\nAt a meeting held in another local\nhotel, Klein, it was testified told Wilson\nhow hard it was to divide money among\nthe councilmen. To Illustrate his remarks, it was testified that 'councilman\nKlein told of how $45,000 had to be\nsplit between sixty councllmen. This\nmoney was alleged to have been received in connection with the construction of the filter beds at the ; ^w Alteration plant of Pittsburg.\nCouncilman Klein, V testi\nfied, said that the r ' dif\nferent prices.   Sr _n\ntold him, wan* l\nsome $25 a*\ning to coed, th'\n\"He-\n{'\n 3ef?V \u00a3>(H\nPAGE TWO\n\u00a9lie \u00a7atl# Hew*\nTHURSDAY .\nDECEMBER 24\nNOTICE\nNotice Is hereby given to the public that on and after January 1st\nthe price of\nCreston Townsite Lots\nmay be advanced, and it Is, therefore, necessary that no time should be\nlost if you wish lo Invest at the present price and terms. These lots are\nnow selling rapidly.   Price $100; terms, $10 cash and $10 per month.\nPor further Information write or call on C. F. HUTTON, 309 Baker\nStreet, NELSON.\nLet us supply you with your\nChristmas Meats\nWe have a large supply ot fresh killed Turkeys, Geese, Ducks and\nChickens.\n\u2014\u25a0\u25a0\\r *C\/_\\I    DD _\\C Baker Street, Next Door to R.\n1   I OV\/IN     DIvVJOo H. Ewert, Jeweller.\nPlease call and inspect our stock.\n:S(fc\u00ab>3\u00ab-\u00bbr3S\u00abSS!\u00bb-*\u00ab\u00ab-\u00bb\u00ab$SM\u00bbW5SSSSS^^\nGood Cheer Specialities for Christmas\nThe finest of Turkeys, Geese, Ducks and Chickens. Sea foods of\nall kinds from a shrimp to a halibut. Mince meat and chopped suet for\npies and pastry, etc., etc. '\nSee our Christmas display.\nP.   BURNS & CO., Limited\nNelaon, Rossland, Greenwood, Grand Forka, Phoenix and Kaslo.\n***********************************************+*+***t\nJ CANADA'S GREATEST WESTERN SCHOOL \"\nJ   Sprott-Shaw Business Institute\nJ (Vancouver, B. C.)\n|        NEW YEAR'S TERM, JANUARY 4 Send for catalogue.\nJ    R. J. SPROTT, R A., Mgr.        J. R. CUNNINGHAM, Esq., Secy-Tres.     _\nPole Timber for Sale\n$1750 Will Buy all the cedar timber on 5000 acreB near Creston.\nThis Is a snap for anyone wanting telegraph or telephone poles, posts\nor piling. Terms: One-third cash, balance three and six months with\napproved security.\n\u00a3. B. McDermid\nAssignee Kinney-Miller Cedar Co\nNelson, B. C.\nTHEY WILL NOT MOVE\nWHAT   COL.    SWAYNE    SAYS    RE-\nGARDING HINDUS\nGOOD      CHANCE    FOR     CANADIAN\nTRADE  WITH   HONDURAS\nCol. Swayne, governor ot British\nHonduras, spent yesterday In Nelson,\nln an interview granted to a reporter\ntor The Daily News, Col. Swayne\nstated tbat he was on his way from\nthe coast to Ottawa, where he will report upon the Hindu question In British Columbia. Prom tbe number of\nHindus unemployed, iwho we're ln a\nstate of want last year, lt was antlcl-\npated fully 1.500 would be without\nmoney and unable to find work this\nwinter . Col. Swayne says lhat Che\nsituation Is unexpectedly changed.\nThere are practically no unemployed\nHlndUB ln British Columbia, and the\nsmall number that are without work\nare -well looked after .by their friends.\nHe hae conversed witlb the men in\nHindustani, their own language, and\nfinds that the majority of them are\nquite satisfied. Tbe men are very\nmuch opposed to going to British Honduras as In tbat country tbey could\nnot make more than one-t!hlrd the\nwages they do here. -Hindus have told\nCo. Swayne What they are able to save\nat leaBt tin a month out of the wages\nthey receive in British Columbia.\nMost of the men have wlvee and\nfamilies la India and they all Intend\nto return there when they have saved\na little money. Most of them came hero\nwith tbe intention of staying three\nyears before returning. Tbe men have\nformed a trade union In Vancouver.\nCol. Swayne regards the North Van.\nccuver project favorably. He says that\nthe Hindus should be able to make a\nsuccess of the undertaking. They will\ngo in for market gardening and it Is\nwell known that the Hindu makes a\nsplendid horticulturallst.\nCol. Swayne has heard no complaints\nconcerning the cold weather, most of\nthe men Baying that Obey like it. He\nconsiders tbat there was no foundation\nthe reports tiiat the Interpreter\nbribe the Hindus who\nHonduras to re-\ns there. Bribery\n\u00a3\u25a0 native popu-\n\" r'^hJ-Jbery\nwell as ho fcas been In the province\nseveral times before, and, in fact, owns\nover 1,000 acres of land adjoining the\nColdstream ranch ln the Okanagan valley. He has great faith in fruit growing as the future Industry and support\nof the country.\nHo has been negotiating with several\nshipping companies with the object of\nopening up trade relations between\nCanada and British Honduras. The latter country can supply bananas and\nmahogany in exchange for the floor,\nmeat and fruit of the Dominion. Col.\nSwayne states that bananas can be\nlanded at St. John form Honduras at\n35 cents a bunch of the same kind as\nnow costs from 51 lo $1.25 in that\nport.\nCol. Swayne considers that the future\nprospects of British Honduras are very\npromising. A railway Is being built\nplantations are a great soure of wealth\nto the country. With the completion\nof a railway track a great number il\nagricultural districts will he opened\nup. There are in the country 10,000\ncultivated, would make admirable\nsugar cane 'grounds. The colonel a\nsecond time mentioned the possibility\nof a valuable trade being opened up\nbetween tho country of which he is\nthe governor and Canada. He considers\nthat many merchants and manufacturers of this country would find a most\nprofitable outlet for their goods in\nBritish Honduras.\nCo. Swayne, who has hunted in West\nAfrica, Somabiland, Burma and Tibet,\nspoke of the necessity for preserving\nthe game more strictly In this province. He would like to see the shooting of deer of all kinds prohibited in\neach district In turn for a period of\nyears, as Is now done in Switzerland.\nHe spoke of tjhe disappearance of the\nCanadian buffalo as a warning which\nshould he taken to heart by all good\nCanadians.\nReferring to Nelson, the Colonel said\nthat he fhad been unable to see much of\nthe city or the surrounding country\nowing to the snow, but he wa3 much\nstruck -by the appearance of tho new\ncourt house and the post office. Col.\nSwayne, accompanied hy Mrs. Swayne.\nlrave this mronlng by the Crow boat\nfor Ottawa .expecting to Bpend Christmas ln a railway car. The colonel was\nmost eulogistic in his praise of the facilities which have been given him try\nthe C. P. It. and the provincial and\nDominion governments. He Temarked\nthat he had been greatly assisted ln\nhis work both by the railways and by\n>fi ffby -governments,\n^__f|____\nchance\nwreaths, urns, and shields were carried\naway. The tombs of both king Christian and king Louis were robbed of all\ntbe valuable gold and sliver memorials\nsent by the crowned heads of Europe\nand the cities of Denmark.\nMakes First Aeroplane.\nLILLE, Prance, Dec. 23\u2014The first\nWright aeroplane to bo built in France\nby the Exploration company that acquired the French rights tor the machine has been completed. It will be\nsent to the aeronautic salon In Paris for\nexhibition.\nMuscular Pains Clred.\n\"During the mimmor of 1903 I was troubled wltfi muscular pains In the Instep or\nmy toot,\" soys Mr. S. Pedlar of Torwjto,\nOnt. \"At thnee it wns so painful I couia\nhardly walk, chamberlain's Pain Balm\nwas recommended to me, so I tried It \u00bbna\nwas completely cured by one small bottle.\nI have since reccommended It to several\no( my Mends, nil o( whom speak highly\nof It.\"  For sale by all druggists and qeal-\nt\nSend to\nE. GRIZZELLE, Florist\nNelson, B. C.   For Choice\nChrysanthemums\nand Carnations\nAlso\nPalms, Ferns and Flowering    Plants.\nArtistio Floral Designs ot any description made up.\nPROFESSIONAL CARDS\nS. S-FOWLEB\nMINING INOINBfcB\nNBLSON, B. a\nWM. S. DREWRY\nA. H. Can. Soc, 0. E.\nDOMINION  AND   BRITISH   COLUMBIA LAND SURVEYOR\nMining Work a Specialty.\nOfflce: Room 10, K. W. O. Block, P. a\nBox 484.\nBaker St. Nelson, B. 0.\nCANADA'S CHRISTMAS\nSTOP-OVERS IN CANADA\nPassengers to Seattle Exposition Will\nHave Privilege.\nWINNIPEG, Dec. 23.\u2014The last meet-\ning of the year of the Winnipeg Development and Industrial bureau, held\nlast nl'hgt was attended by representatives from nearly all the business interests represented on the board.\nMuch important business was disposed of, showing the interest of pro-\ngressiveness in which the business men-\nfeel It incumbent upon them in com-\nhining for the purpose of advertising\nand developing the industrial life of\nWinnipeg. The proposed western exposition for 1-912 was discussed fully\nbut no action will be taken until after\nthe committee oE five Is appointed\nby the general committee of citizens\nto deal with the matter.\nThe deputation which waited upon\nlion, Frank Oliver, minister of the In-\nterior, resulted in favorable eo-opei'a-\ntion from that source in> assisting to\ndivert passenge r traffic through Canada to the. Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition next year.\nThe Canadian Pacific railway's communication set forth the fact that ai,\ntickets reading one way or 'both ways\nthrough Canada next year would permit of stop overs in western Canada.\nLetters were read from the boards of\ntrade of Brandon. Regina, Moose jaw,\nMedicine Hat, Calgary, Edmonton and\nSasaktoon stating that they fully appreciated the significance of having the\ngovernment's co-operatiou In the matter of diverting traffic through Canada\nnext year and all bad endorsed tlhe\nresolution and written the department\nlikewise.\nIN WINTER'S GRIP\nThermometer Takes Big Drop in Northern New York.\nPLATTSBURG, Dec. 23\u2014Upper New\nYork Btate and particularly the Aider-\nondack region is in the grip of one of\nthe most severe cold spells It has ever\nexperienced so early In tbe winter. The\nmercury at Lake Placid registered 22\ndgrees below zero today, while at other\nnearby points ranged from 12 to 18 below. Up-state farmers whose wells\nhave been dry for months and have\nbeen depending upon the streams for\ntheir water supply, are suffering greatly owing to the freezing of the brooks.\nFarmers at Blleburg have been forced\nto drive five miles for water.\nInjured in Runaway.\nVANCOUVER, Dec. 23\u2014While engaged In harnessing a team of horses to a\nheavy wagon Ale?, ^mlth,\u00bb well knowq\nrancher of fcnlU 1-slMd, wrb probably\nfatally Injured lut 'evening.    He vas\nstanding between the horses, against\nthe pole of the wagon, and had almost\ncompleted the task when for some reason the horses took fright suddenly and\ndashed forward. The man was tangled\nhelplessly in the harness, wheels and\nflying hoofs, and was borne shrieking\nagainst the side of another heavy wagon\nthat stood nearby. There, still carried\nforward on the pole, he was dashed full\nagainst the wagon and the horses\nstopped. When picked up Smith w,as\nhorribly crushed and mangled.\nRECEPTIONS CANCELLED\nPope Will Not Receive Season's Greetings This Year.\nROME, Dec. 23.\u2014The pope today received the right Rev. Richard Scan-\nnell, bishop of Omaha, in private audience.\nAll Ure customary receptions to the\ncardinals, the members of .he diplomatic corps .Me aristocracy and personages of the court who are come\nto the pope every year'to present Christmas and New Years greetings have\nbeen suspedned this year. This Ib\npartly because greetings were present\ned to the pontiff but a few weeks ago\non the occasion of his jubilee celebra\ntion and partly because the holy father\nhas not yet recovered his usual\nstrength, after his recent indisposition.\nThe physclans of the pope do not wish\n\u25a0him to be subjected to unnecessary fatigue.\nCHURCH FACTIONS FIGHT\nRioters Destroy the Interior of a Catholic School.\nPITTSBURG, Dec. 23.\u2014Arraying factions of a Catholic congelation In\nHomestead tonight engaged In a riot\nIn which four persons were slightly injured. Twenty-five of the participants\nhave been arrested and are In jail until warrants are being prepared for at\nleast one-half of the 500 others.\nAfter the riot had been' quelled by\ntbe tire department the rioters went to\nMulVhall, where they destroped the interior of St, Michael's Slavonic school\nand th-s ihoms of the new priest. Rev.\nM. C. FlavinBki, whose life they vainly\nsought. The trouble arose over the removal of furniture from St. Michael's\nSlavonic Roman catholic church to the\nschool at Mulhall.\nShip Long Overdue.\nVICTORIA, Dec, 23\u2014Some anxiety Is\nbeing felt regarding the long passage\nbeing made by the British ship Boadice\nwhich left San Francisco on Nov. 23,\nfor the Royal Roads with orders to\nload lumber at Vancouver for the\nUnited Kingdom. She li now out 23\ndays from the bay city without being\nheard from and unless news ot the delayed sailer Is received during the next\nfew days It Is probable that she will be\nposted as overdue.\nNew Portuguese Cabinet.\nLISBON, Dec. 23\u2014A new cabinet has\nbeen formed headed by Dr. W. Des\nPelrra de Lima, as premier. The previous cabinet resigned last week because of the declaration of the regenerator party that It would no longer support the government.\nRoyal Burying Place Looted.\nCOPENHAGEN, Dec. 23\u2014The cathedral at Roteskllde, the burial place for\ncenturies past of the Danish klngB, was\nlooted by burglars last night and a\nlarge number of costly gold and silver\nFor Quick Sale\nFifteen minutes drive from Grand\nForks, surrounded by fine orchards,\nwe have for sale a fine cottage\nhome, outbuildings, well, windmill\nand tank, 19 acres all fenced and\nunder cultivation, 100 fruit trees\nIn bearing, 2 acres ln small fruits.\nPaid $1600 last year and about the\nsame year before, this year will\npay more. Price only $4000. $1200\ndown, balance easy terms. Owner\nvery old, must sell. For further\nparticulars, address\nThe Wright Investment Co\nGrand Forks, B.C.\nThere cannot be a more accept'\nable\nChristmas Present\nat a moderate cost than a season\nticket for the\nNew Skating Rink\nTickets are now on sale at\nTOYE, TAYLOR * McQUARRIE'S\nO filet* a,\nChimney Sweep\nCleaning tursaeea, plpea and   stoves;\nalso putting up stovee.   Phone AIM.\n-J. RADCLIFP\nWatch Repairing\nClock Repairing\nJewelry Repairing\nJewelry repairing Is our specialty and we absolutely guarantee\nthe most satisfactory work in B. C.\nSatisfied customers are our recommendation.\nH. WILLSY\"\n Jeweller\t\nNlckerson's old stand, Baker   St.\nFOR SALE\nA very comfortable cottage on\nStanley street, newiy renovated\nthroughout and two lots, close to\nschools, with all modern conveniences, containing five roomB and\nhath room.  Price $2500.\nA six-roomed house and one lot,\nclose in, very convenient, In the\nbest of repair, modern. Price\n$2000. Terms can be arranged for\nboth these properties.\nCall and see me for full par\ntlculars. \u25a0\nR. J. Steel\nWa Pay -Special Attention to Hall Orden\nKootenay Lake General Hospital\nMaternity Branch\nPatients are now received at the following rates:\nPrivate ward patients, week ... .$20.00\nSemi-private ward patients, week $15.00\nAddress applications to matron   at\nhospital.\nQuality\nTurkeys, geese, ducks, oysters, etc.\nThe best obtainable. Call early at the\nWeBt Kootenay Butcher Co., and you\nwill not be disappointed.\nWest Kootenav Butcher Co.\nCarpet Cleaning\nBeating carpets by hand spoil* the texture, and does not remove the dirt.\nOur up-to-date Steam Cleaning Pro-seea\nremoves all the Impurities and restores\nthe goods to original colors.\n__       10c PER SQUARE, YARD.\nWork called for and delivered promptly.\nClothes of all kinds cleaned, renovated,\ndyed and repaired.\ndent's Suits cleaned and pressed, 75c to\n12.00; dyed. 13.00.\nLadles' skirts cleaned, 11.00; dyed, 11.00.\nGloves cleaned,  I_c to 600.\nSpecial Rates for Hotels. Restaurants,\nand Steamers.    \t\nNelson Steam Laundry\n601-\u00ab3 Vernon Btreet.\nTelephone 1\u00ab. P. KtPOU, Prop.\nIHflBBl-lWO\nCANADIAN PACIFIC\nATLANTIC STEAMSHIPS\nFrom Bt. John, rl.B. From Liverpool\nNov. tl Empress of Britain Nov. IS\nDeo. 6 .Lake Brie Nov. IB\nDeo. 11 Empress of Ireland Nov. 27\nDeo. X Empress of Britain Dee. 11\nIM.\nJan. 8 Lake Manitoba Deo, 18\nJan. 8 .Empress of Ireland Deo, 28\nJan. a Corslcan (Allan line) Jan. I\n(Chartered byC.P.R.)\nJan. a Empress ot Britain Jan. U\nFar farther Information ratartln* it**!\nMm ef eeillnae, ate., apply\nW. H. DEACON. C.P.A., Nelaon, B.O.\n\u00a3.UtU BROW* O.A.P\u201e Montreal, P.O.\nMISS C- E. ANTHONY\nPUBLIC  STENOGRAPHER\nHumo Hotel\nHoura: 9.30 to 12, 2 to 6.\nDrawings aad Specifications\nPrepared tor Patents, Etc., and Patent\nBights secured.  Apply to\n-3. 0. MACKAY\nP. O. Box 878 Nelson, B. a\nMechanical and  Structural Work Designed and Supervised.\t\nW. J. H. HOLMES\nCIVIL ENGINEER AND MINB SURVEYOR, PROVINCIAL LAND\nSURVEYOR, KASLO, B. C.\nTen years' experience ln the Kootenays.  Honor graduate, 1891, Royal Mill-\ntary College ot Canada. Kingston.\nMUKPHY to FISHES\nOttawa.\nBarristers, solicitors, etc.     Supreme\nand exchequer court agents,   practice\nin patent office aud   before   railway\ncommission.\nHON. CHARLES  MURPHY, M. P.\nHAROLD FISHER.\nF. 0. Oreen. F. P. Borden. A. H. area.\nGreen Brothers to Burden\nCIVIL ENOINBERg\nDominion and British Columbia Land\nBurveyon\nP. G. Box MS Phoie BM1\nCor. Victoria and Kootenay Bte.\nNBLSON. B. C.\na. l. Mcculloch\nHYDRAULIC BNOINBBR\nPROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR\nP. O. Box 4L\nOffice Phone B86. Residence Phone B74.\nOftlce: Over McDermld and McHardy.\nBaker Street Nelson, R 0.\nKOEBEL & BELL\nDIAMOND DRILL CONTRACTOR*\nHand power machine for prospecting.\nBox 72, Rossland or Salmo, B. C.\nJOSEPH MACLENNAN\nTEACHER OF PIANO AND ELOCUTION\nPiano pupil of Duoharme to Antonlne,\nMontreal. Elocution pupil of E. Keyes B.\nE. Shoemaker tcbool, Philadelphia, Normal graduate.\n-WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS\nWill call at private homes by appointment\nuntil opening of itudlo.\nAMrtm P. O. ORNRHAI, DELTVWRT\nH ft BLACK\nB. C. LAND SURVEYOR\nOFPICB--OVBR ROYAL BANK\nO. Box 147 Nelson R 0.\nCHAS. MOORE, C. E.\n\u25a0. C. Land Surveyor\nARCHITECT\nP. o. Box n. Creston, a. C\nJ. C. DUFRESNE\nEngineer.\nPlans, specifications, estimates, machinery and construction vork.\nNEL80N, & C.\n322 Baker Street Phone A247\nJOHN KAY & SONS\nBOILER SETTERS\nFURNACE and\nOVIJJ BUILDURS\n\u25a0stlmatei   Given  on  All  Klnda  ol\nMasonry Work.\nP. O. Box 4. Nelaon, B. OL\nJOSEPH LANG\nDealer In Hides and Furs, Rossland, B,\nC. Highest prices paid for all kinds ot\nHides and Purs. All goods will be kept\nseparate until satisfactory prices are\nagreed upon hy both parties. If prlcea\nare not satisfactory, will return tnra at\nmy expense.\nOLBANINO AND PRBSSINO\nBnlta Celled tot eat Delivered.\nA J. DRISCOLL\nPhone lit.-Baker tt. Oppoaite Queen's\nHotel.\nttmmmaxamttmmmittitttiiim\nWHEN IN\nSPOKANE\nMop it Un Hotel Raymond, Dm\nmeet centrally located hotel 1*\nSpokane. Ratee mo-lerite. M\n> all\nIMMMSNMMWMMWMMtMMIMMi\n THURSDAY DECEMBER 24\n(Khe \u00a7<*ttg Hew*\nPAOE THRU\n\u00a33*\nAids Nature\nThe great enoeese oi Dr. Piene'e CoWen Medieel Dii-\neowery in eoriat weak stomachs, wasted bodies, weak\ntails, end obatiaate and natamt ooodha, is based on\nthe reoojmtioo oi the liaalemwitsl troth that \"Golden\nMedioal Disoovery\" suppUee Natsn with body-building, (dssae-repeiriag, mmole-makini naterUls, in coo-\ndeneed and eoneeatrated form. With this help Nature\n\u2022applies the neoeeiery otmHth to the stomach to difnt\nfood, build np the body end thereby throw off lingering\nf-Wnete eonghs. The \"Disoovery\" reestablishes the\ndigestive and natritive organs in sound heelth, purifies\nead enriches the Hood, snd nourishes the nerves\u2014in\nshort establishee eound vigorous heelth.\nII ttmr dealer often aomethlnt \"laat aa food.:\nIt la probably tatter FOR HIM\u2014It pay. better.\nBet you am tataktat at tba eare mt tbe profit, so\nthere?a aotalai \"laat m toad \" tor yon.   Say ao.\nDr. Pierce's Common Sense Meofsel Adviser, In Plsin English; or, Me*,\nicine Simplified, 1008 pegee, over 700 illostrotioni, newly revised up-to-date\nEdition, paper-bound, sent lor 31 one-eent stomps, to cover cost of mailing\neat).   Cloth-bound, SO stamps.   Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N.Y.\na. A. ISAAC\nIt. W. HINTON\nNELSON IRON WORKS\nEngineers ind Contractors Foundere and Machinists\nCorner Halt nnd Front Streets.\nTh* following material nlways In eteck:\nPUMPS 8TBBL WILPL1Y TABLI8\nVALVES (U to 81n.)     8HAFTINO SPROCKET CHAINS\nBBLTINO (Qripo 11)       8HOBS AND DIBS DRY BATTERIES\nP. 0. Box 105\u00bb. NELSON, \u25a0\u25a0 C. Telephone H.\nROUGH   LUMBER  DRESSBD\nDoom, Wlndmre, Mouldlagi, Shingles, Turned Works ud Brukits.  Com-\nplete and ap to UU atock nlways on hand.  Hall orders promtly ratUaded te.\nA. G. LAMBERT & CO.\nWill ROW IN TORONTO\nDICK    ARNST WILL GIVE    DURNAN\nCHANCE\nRACE   WILL   TAKE   PLACE   NEXT\nSUMMER\nTORONTO, Dec. 23\u2014Eddte Durnan,\nthe Toronto professional oarsman, waa\nvery much pleased when he heard that\nDick Arnst had defeated Wm. Webb for\nthe sculling championship of the world.\n\"It means a race for me for the title\nright here on Toronto hay,\" said Durnan,\n\"You see, about six weeks ago I received a letter from Arnst promising\ntbat if he won from Webb, as he expected to do, he would come to Canada and\nrow me on Toronto bay next summer.\nHe told me to go ahead and make all\narrangements for the race here if he\nbeat Webb, and I wrote in reply that I\nwould do so.\n\"I am to give Arnst \u00a3200 for expenses and the race will be for \u00a3500 a\nside, the customary stake. I expect\nthe race to take place In July over the\nisland course on Toronto bay.\"\nThis Arnst is a newcomer in the sculling line. Eddie Durnan says he was\njust starting out when he was in Australia two years ago. He was the chain-\npion long distance bicycle rider of New\nZealand when he took up sculling. He\nis about twenty-six years of age, and a\nbig, powerful man like Joe Wright.\nDurnan expects to get a cable any\nday from Arnst confirming the match.\nThe Professional Champions.\nThe professional sculling champions\nof the world since 1800. and their most\nimportant races, have been as follows:\n1890\u2014P. Kemp beat Nelt Matt-arson.\n1801\u2014J, Stanbury beat J. MacLean.\n1892\u2014J. Stanbury beat T. Sullivan.\n1893\u2014J. Stanbury beat S. R. Harding.\n1896\u2014J. Gaudaur beat J. Stanbury.\n1901\u2014O. Towns beat J. Gaudaur.\n190,4\u2014G. Towns beat R. Tressider.\n1905\u2014J. Stanbury heat G. Towns.\n1906\u2014G. Towns beat J. Stanbury.\n1907\u2014G. Towns beat Eddie Wurnan.\n1907\u2014G. Towns turned ; over championship to his brother, C. Towns.\n1907\u2014W. Webb beat C. Towns.\n1908\u2014W. Webb beat R. Tressider.\n19<>8\u2014R, Arnst beat W. Webb.\nOarsman It Murdered.\n' NBW TORK* Dee. 23\u2014A dispatch\nIrom Worcester, Mass,, -says Francis E.\nJones one of the crack scullers of this\ncity, was shot and killed there some\ntime late Monday.  He had been fishing\nthrough the Ice and was preparing to\ngo home, evidently, when the top of his\nhead was completely blown off. His\nbody was found yesterday. The young\noarsman is not known to have had an\nenemy in the world. The police believe that as usual the young oarsman\nhad a large sum of money with him\nwhen he started out. His gun, revolver\nand money, and even fish were all gone\nwhen his body was found.\nMatches In May.\nNEW WESTMINSTER, Dec. 23\u2014Te-\ncumsehs of Toronto are to be given the\nfirst opportunity to play New Westminster for the Minto cup next year.\nThe latter part of May has been decided on as the time for the contests in\nthe Royal City, the Tecumsehs playing\nthat month, while the date of the\nmatches against Regina Capitals will\nnot be decided upon until next meeting\nof the New Westminster club.\nPOLMATIER SISTERS\nThey Will Appear   In   Nelson   Opera\nHouse Tomorrow.\nThere Is not a etngle number on the program of ithe Polmatier Sisters' Orchestra\nand Concert company that ia not of extraordinary merit. The musical selections\nare chosen with good taste and played by\nTeal artists and the appearance of the\nhandsome sisters Is In Itself a refreshing\ntreat. But a distinct feature and one\nwiiiich is .alone worth all tho admission\nPrice. Is -the' cornet, solo of Miss Helene.\nShe has .complete control of the Instrument Her' tone Is full and rich absolutely\nfree from brassiness and her execution\nleaves the audience wrapped In ecatacy and\nadmiration.\nMiss Helene Polmatier has claimed, won\nand still maintains the title of the world's\ngreatest cometlst. All over the world\nwhere tho \"girls have appeared their manager has offered a reward of (1,000 to any\nlady who will equal Miss Helene in the\n-comet solos for tune, expression and execution. Several times has this challenge\nbeen accepted by aspiring: and talented\nwomen, but so far Miss Helene has always\ncome forth victorious, A .similar reward\nof $1,000 Is offered for anybody who will\nequal Miss Ina K. on drums and traps.\nBoth girls still occupy the unique position of the world's best with their chosen\ninstrument.\nMusic loverB are anticipating the musical event of ithe season when tho Polmatier Sisters appear here on Christmas day\nfor matinee and evening performances'.\nOPP03ES LABOR  UNI0N8\nHead of Harvard University Goes Out\nof Way to Attack Them.\nCAMBRIDGE, Dec. 23.-Presldent Charles\ntWt. -ISLictt, for the second ttme in the 40\nyears which he has been' head of Harvard, today delivered a regular lecture in\na (class room. He took the place of professor Taussig before the class ln economies. His topic was \"the strike between\nemployers and trade unions.\" Two of the\ngreatest evils brought about by the unions\nsaid president Eliot were the limitations\nof tht output and limitations of apprenti\nces. The former course was entered upon\n\u25a0by ithe unions with the altruistic purpose\nof guarding and giving more employment\nto workers, but this was pronounced by\nthe speaker as an \"unwholesome doctrine.\"\n\"Altruism\" he declared \"cannot be mixed with economics.\" The ultimate effect\nof such limitations he asserted was \"to rot\nthe normal fibre of the workmen.\"\nBUILDING BRIDGE\nGreat Northern ts Erecting New Structure at Fernle.\n(Spfeclal to The Dally News.)\nFEKNIE, Dec. 23.\u2014The G-reat Northern\n^railway have a large gang at work erecting the new bridge across the Elk river between Ternle and west Fernie. The piles\nare being driven for the new structure\nwhich is to be of the Howe truss type.\n< The funeral of the late Alan Kennedy,\nthe unfortunate victim of the accident at\nthe new skating rink, took place Sunday\n\u2022afternoon. The arrangements were fn the\nhands of the carpenters' and Joiners'\nunion, whose members attended the obse-\nquels tin a body,\nTho services of the church of Eneland\nwere held today ln the provincial building\nwhich had kindly been placed at the disposal of the congregation.\nBISHOP MICHAND DEAD\nHead of Burlington, Vermont, Catholic\nDiocese Passes Away,\nNEW YORK .Dec. 23,-Rlght Rev. John\nS. Midland, bishop of the Roman Catholic\ndiocese of Burlington, Vermont, died at\nSt, Vincent's hospital today. Death was\n.caused by Bright'a disease. Bishop Midland arrived here on the steamer America\nfrom- France, whither lie had gt\u00bbne two\nmonths ago In a vain attempt to recover\nhis health. All through the return voyage\nthe bishop was desperately ill and when\nthe steamer docked last 'evening he was lu\na dying condition.\nBishop Mlchaud- Was born in Burlington,\nV-armont, Nov. 24, 1843. At one time he\nwas a student at a Montreal college and he\ntook up the study of theology at St.\nJames' seminary at Troy, N. Y. He was\nordained priest on June 7, 1873. On J*une\n29. 1902, he wbb consecrated bishop of Burlington.\nSTORIES CORROBORATED\nProsecution Still    Building   up    Case\nAgainst Hains.\nFLUSHING, N.Y., Dec. 23\u2014Testimony\nlo corroborate the stories ot the killing\nof William E. Annis, which have been\ntold In the trial of Thornton J. Hains,\nwas developed yesterday from several of\nthe prosecution's witnesses. District\nattorney Darrln told Judge Crane w*hen\ncourt adjourned, that the state would\nprobably take a week to complete its\ncase.\nWalter Knapp, a Bayside yacht club\nmember, who was given a vigorous\n\u25a0cross-jexamniation after 'his testimony,\nsaid that while sailing towards the dock\nafter his impromptu race, he heard\nshooting and saw MrB. Annis run down\nthe runway .\n\"I saw her mov9 across the float,\"\ncontinued Knapp. \"Then dhe was\nstopped and she went -back to the runway again. Some one took her by the\narm on the runway. 1 could not see\nwho stopped her because she was hidden to me 'behind Arniis' boat.\" Mrs,\nAnnis testified yesterday that Thornton\nHains pointed at her back with the ra-\nvolver wlhen she ran across the float towards her wounded husband.\nJohn C. Stevens, another fellow club\nmembers of Annis, caused a sensation\nwhen\/ he testified that he heard the defendant say after the shooting that: \"\nwas there to protect my brother and\nwould \"have dhot anybody who interfered.\"\nBoth the witnesses, Knapp and Stevens, asserted on the stand Dhat there\nwsa a noticeable interval between the\nfirst and subsequent shots fired by\nCapt. Hains at Annis.\nNaval Attache's House Burnt.\nTOKIO, Dec. 23\u2014The residence in\nTokio of commander John A. Dougherty, the United States naval attache here\nwas burned to the ground last night.\nMrs. Dougherty had a narrow escape\nfrom injury, The Doughertys lost all\ntheir property as the house was consumed in fifteen minutes,   Commander\nmSilpar Flats that Www*\nSilver       v\nol High Degree V \\\nTh owner of ipooni, tahu. \u25a0 \u25a0\nhill, eh., tliapti\nIs pml it Item btesass\nthis nil* b a rtcogntatd\nslamliri ot quslttr.\nOOLO IT LfADIHa DMURB   '\n\u25a0jMltHlHl, It-V'Ctffbl. j'lfff\ntlStll, l*|-*l, lu-Mflf, flIC,    '\nin aad* It,\nmmpm \u00bbmT4co.\nThe Season of Joy\nChristmas 1908\nSanta Claus Has Appointed\nJoy's Cash fipoeepy\npurveyors of groceries, candy, etc., to\ntho little folk aud big folk ot Nelson.\nStocking the following goodies: Jap\noranges, Valencia and navel oranges.\nApples, greenings, per box  $1.90\nBaldwins, per box  $2.00\nJohnathan and Mcintosh fed and\nNorthern Spy   $2-2s\nSmyrna figs, Malaga grapes, table\nraisins, hazel nuts, Italian chestnuts,\nEnglish walnuts, paper shell klmonds.\nA good assortment of Webb's chocolates\nHolly, per lb 75c\nJoy, Santa Claus' grocer will meet you\n; at the door.\n\u25a0 '\u25a0 u. _:\"\/'*\u25a0\u2022* \".,<'>'-\u25a0\u25a0.''''. . 'J..*'*A \u25a0 '.:i'.''*\"\n\"THE NI66ER IN THE WOOD-PILE\"\nThousand* of people go through life\nfeeling more or less miserable without\never knowing the reason. They suffer from headaches, Indigestion, pains\nln the back, and at the slightest chill\nget rheumatism or neuralgia.\nThey try to cure these separate outbreaks, never suspecting that the root\nof the whole trouble is the failure of\nthe bowels to move regularly, and m\nmany cases the sluggish action of kidneys and skin. The result, of course,\nIs that the whole system gets clogged\nwith Impurities, which soon turn to\npoison, and show their presence in various ways.\n\"Fruit-a-tives\"\u2014or fruit juice tab-\nlets\u2014promptly stir up the sluggish\nliver, regulate the bowels, and stimulate the kidneys and skin to do their\nwork properly. Thus they cure all\nthese troubles by removing the cause,\nand make lt possible to really enjoy\nlife. 60c a box\u20146 boxes .for $2.60.\nTrial size 25c. Frult-a-tive\u25a0 Limited,\nOttawa.\nDougherty was absent at the time at a\nstate dinner given by minister of marine Sato,\nCOMMUNICATIONS\nLetters to The Dallr News on current\ntopics are cordially invited, subject to the\nfollowing terms: \t\nThe letters must b\u00ab plainly written (trae-\nwritten pref-UTed) on one side of the'Writing paper only, of reasonable len-jui ana\nmuet be signed by the writer for p*lica-\nThe Daily New\u00bb is not responsible for\nthe views expressed by correspondents.\nEditor of The Daily News.\nChief Deasy's Explanation.\nSir,\u2014The adverse vote, registered\nagainst ray withdrawal ot the resignation, last Monday evening, requires an\nexplanation on my part. After tendering the resignation, I was called on by\na member of the fire, water nnd light\ncommittee and informed that a majority\nof that committee desired me to withdraw it. The citizens, generally and\nespecially those owning property in\nthis city, also requested mo to reconsider. On Monday afternoon I consulted the mayor, and the alderman who\nhad spoken to me on the subject, and\nthen sent in the letter, requesting permission to withdraw the resignation.\nWere I a candidate for re-election this\nexplanation would hot be made. I adjusted and put aside personal interests\nto continue In a vocation that has occupied my whole time for many years,\nfeeling that I owed something to a city\nthat had placed me at the head of its\nfire department, where no fault was\never found with my three yearB* work.\nNew Style\nGraphophones\nAnd\nRecords\nMake the\nMost Acceptable\nChristmas\nPresents\nFor Old or Young\nColumbia\nGraphophones\nNew styles, $25, $35, $45 and up.\nIndestructible cylinders  40c\nDouble  sided  10-inch  discs  (one\nrecord on each side)    85c\nLatest catalogues on application.\nW. G. THOMSON,   Local   Agent.\nFletcher Bros.\nSole Distributors, Victoria, B. C.\nMore than that, I endeavored to Induce\nthe best fireman that could be found,\nfor the position to apply for It, and did\nnot act until informed that he desired\nto retain his present position. Tour\nflre chiefs position is no sinecure, and\nwas conducted consclenclously, despite\nthe petty recriminations of those who\nconsider that discipline is not a part of\nthe duties of firemen. The record I\nleave proves whether duty has been\nperformed, without fear or favor, and\nit is passing strange that those who\nare invested with authority do not take\nInto consideration that other Interests\nthan theirs are at stake, when the fire\ndepartment of a city is not all that lt\nshould be. In conclusion, permit me\nto state that the citizens should remember, in choosing another head of\nthe tire department, that their lives and\nproperty are at stake, and place in the\nposition none but a capable, sober, tried\nman. lt is too often forgotten that the\nflre department is the mainstay of a\ncity, and one situated ns this is, requires the whole attention of a capable\nhead, i|l j\nTHOMAS DEASY.\nBallot Boxes Stuffed.\nWINNIPEG, Dec. 23\u2014J. C. Dessault,\ndeputy returning officer for ward one\n^0mmRECT0RY_\nSilver King Hotel\nBaker Sreet, Nelson.\nRegular Boarders, ?6.00 per Week.\nHates, 11.25 and (1.60 per Day.\nBsst 25 Cent Meal In tha City.\n(On City Time.)\nD. McRAE, Prop,\nNelson Hotel Bar\nBAKER  ST.,  NELSON.\n\"Five Castles\" Liqueur. Scotch. Best\nappointed In the city.   Finest Liquors\nand Cigars.\nINK c\\ WARD, Proprietors.\nHave a Savannah.\nBartlett House\nO. W. BARTLBTT, PROP.\nThe beet H a day house in\ntown.     A    Ulnar's Home.\nKootenay Hotel\nMRS. MALLBTTB, Proprietress.\nA home for everybody.   Every convenience given to the travelling public.\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.\nSunnyside Hotel\nBaker Street, Nelson.\nThe house Is thoroughly   remodelled\nthroughout.   Clean roomB.\nWeekly Boarders J6.00.\nRates .00 per day up.\nTemperance   house;   home   comforts;\nbest cook in the city.\nMRS. J. E. HARRIS, Proprietress.\nThe Royal Hotel\nMrs. L. V. Roberts, Proprietress.\nCor. Stanley and Silica Sts.\nFinest 25c meal In the Kootenay.\nRegular Boarders $6 per Week.\nRates, $1.00 and  . .50 per day.\nAthabasca Saloon\n\u2014AND\u2014\nShort Order Lunch Counter\nBest Wines and Liquors in stock.\nOyBter Cocktails.\nIVENS 4 PHILBERT, Proprietors\nDrop Into The Office\n(Ward Street, Nelson.)\nWhere you will find the best of wines,\nliquors and cigars, as well as a cordial\nwelcome from\nYOUNG to BOYD, Props.\nROSSLAND.\nTHE HOFFMAN ANNEX. ROSSLAND.\nB. C.-Gieen to Smith, Props. Centrally\nlocated. European and American plan.\nCommercial travellers wlU find light,\ncomfortable sample roomB, a special dining room and excellent accommodations\nat The Hoffman. Batho, bowling alley,\nsteam laundry. _____\nPHOENIX\nHOTEL BROOKLTN, PHOBNEt R C.-\nTht onlr up to date hotel ln Phoenix.\nNew from cellar \u00bb xoef. Beat-waw*\nrooma ln the Boundary. Bath room In\nconnection. Steam heat. Opposite Great\nNorthern depot.    Jamee Marshall, prop.\nARROWHEAD.\nTHB ONION HOTEL, ARROWHBAD--\nHpeclal attention given to commercial\nwen and tourists. First olwe sample\nroom*. Fine** \u25a0cenery in Brttiah Columbia, overlooking Upper Arrow lake. W.\nj, Xilghtburne, proprietor.\t\nGRAND FORKS\nTHE PROVINCE HOTEL, Grand Forks,\nB. C\u201e will open January 15th. Newly\nbuilt of brick and marble. Newly furnished; sixty bedrooms; three storeys of\nsolid comfort; light and cheerful rooms.\nThe most modern and best appointed hotel In the Boundary. Headquarters for\nmining, smelting and commercial men.\nEmll  Larsen.  Proprietor.\nNELSON CAFE\nFIR8T CLASS MEALS\nFURNISHED ROOMS IN CON*\nNECTION\nOPEN DAY AND NIGHT\nFIRST CLASS LUNCH FROM\n12 NOON TO 2 P. M.\nPHONE 275\nA. AUOET, PROF.\nin St. Boniface municipal election was\narrested yesterday on a charge of\nstuffing the ballot box. He waa released on $1000 ball. The charge was made\nby Thomas Berry, who was a candidate\nagainst mayor J. A. F. Bleau, and who\nclaims that there were more ballots ln\nthe boxes than there were votes cast.\nMinard's Liniment Cures Distemper.\nFinds Ten Thousand Dollars.\nEAST ST. LOUIS, Ills., Dec. 23\u2014Patrick Sullivan, an ice wagon driver,\nfound a $10,000 bill in the bottom of an\nold tomato can which he picked up In\nan alley in the residence part of the\ntown. Conrad Roche, cashier of the\nSouthern Illinois National bank examined the bill through a microscope and\nsaid it appeared to he a genuine gold\ncertificate. The bill was taken to the\nsub-treasury In St. Louis for further examination.\nGood Cough Medicine for Children.\nThe season for coughs and colds is now\nat hand and too much care cannot be used\nto protect the children. A child Is much\nmore likely to contract diphtheria or scarlet fever when he has a cold .The quicker\nyou cure his cold the less the risk. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy la the sole reliance of many mothers, and few of those\nwho have tried lt are willing to use any\nother. Mra. F. F. Btarcher, of Ripley, \"W.\nVa., aays: \"I have never used any other\nthan Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for my\nchildren and lt has always given fc'ood satisfaction.\" This remedy contains no opium or other narcotic and muy be given aa\nconfidently to a child as to an adult. For\nsale by all druggists and dealers,\nRead Daily News Want Ads\nTO MACHINE MINERS\nTIHH DEEP MINE. LIMITED. WHITEWATER, KASLO SLOCAN RY.\nTenders are invited and will be received\nby the undersigned until and including the\nthirty-first of this month, for about 1600\nfeet, more or less, of Crosscut Tunnelling\nat the above mine, under the following\nconditions:\nContract price must Include all explosives, caps, fuse, candles and cool, (which\nwill be supplied at a reduced rate by company), also all blacksmith Ing, track and\npipe laying, and timbering where necessary. Tunnel to be 0x7 feet. Company\n\u25a0will provide machine steel, pipe and alt\nspare parts necessary, also rails and\nsquare timber for ties. Company will pro-\nvlde power and ventilation. Mining timbers, If required, will bo laid down by the\nCompany in the rough at tlio portal of tlie\ntunnel. .\nContractors muat board themselves, for\nwhich there are facilities at Whitewater,\n20 per cent, will be retained to insure\ncompletion of contract.\nThe lowest or any bid not necessarily accepted.\nFor further particulars apply to\nJ. L. RWALLACK, Kaslo, B. C.   207-6\nor C. GALLOWAY, Whitewater, B. C.\nADMINISTRATOR'S   NOTICE\nIn the matter of Joseph Chlpman, late ot\nNelson in the Province of British Columbia, deceased.\nNOTICE Is hereby given that all persons\nhaving1 claims against the said Joseph\nChipman, deceased, are required to forward particulars of the same duly verified to the undersigned on or before the\n31at day of December, 1908, after which date\nthe administrator will proceed to administer the estate of the said Joseph Onlp-\nman having regard only to such debts ot\ndeceased of which ho shall then have received notice.\nAND FURTHER NOTICE Is hereby\ngiven that ail persons indebted to the said\nJoseph Chlpman are hereby required to\npay said Indebtedness on or before the 31st\nday of Deccmher, 1903.\nDated this 25th day of November, 1908.\nBOWSER,   REID   to WALLUHIDGK.\nSolicitors for Roble Lewis Reid, Administrator of the Estate. 1-87-\/1\nNOTICE TO CONTRACTORS\nSonled Tenders, superscribed \"Tender\nfor School-house,\" will be received by the\nHonourable the Chief Commissioner up till\nnoon of Saturday, the 2(ith December, 1908,\nfor tho erection and completion of a large\none-room frame school houso at Fruitvale. Ymir Blectorlal District.\nPlan*, Specifications, Contract and Forms\nof Tender may bo seen on and after tho\nUth day of December. 1908, at the offices\nof the Government Agent, Nelson: of John\nA. Muir, Esq., Secretary of the School\nBoard, Fruitvale, B. C.\nEach proposal must be accompanied by\nan accepted bank cheque or certificate of\ndeposit on a chartered bank of Canada,\nmade payable to the Honoumnle the Chief\nCommissioner for a sum equivalent to ten\npercent, of the amount of the tender,\nwhich shall bo forfeited if the party tendering decline to enter Into contract when\ncalled upon to do so, or if lie fni| to complete the work contracted for. The cheque, or certificates of deposit of unsuccessful tenderers will be returned to them\nupon the execution of tlie contract.\nTenders will not be considered unless\nmade out on the form supplied, signed with\nthe actual signature of the tenderer, and\nenclosed In the envelopes furnished.\nThe lowest or any tender not necessarily\naccepted.\nF. C. GAMBLE,\nPublic Works Engineer.\nLands a> \u00bbd \"Works Department,\nVictoria,   B .C, 3rd   Dec., 1908.        195-17\nNOTICE\nTn the matter of an application for a\nDuplicate Certificate of Title for Bioclt\n\"A,\" Subdivision Lot 791, Orotic 1, Kootenay District, British Coumbia, Map 813.\nNotice is hereby given that it is my intention to issue at the expiration of one\nmonth after tho first pubicatlon hereof, a\nDuplicate Certificate of Title to the above\nmentioned lands, in tlio name of Thomas\nEdward Wilkinson, which Certificate of\nTftle is dated the 12th day of June, 1908,\narid numbered 89S0A.\nH. F. MACLEOD.\nDistrict Registrar,\nLand Registry Offlce,\nNelson, B. C.\nNovember 2Sth, 1908.\nNOTICE\nNotice Is hereby given that application\nwill bo made by the Crawford Bay & St.\nMary's Railway Company, to the Parliament of Cannda, at ita next session, for an\nact amending Its charter, so as to extend\nthe time limit for the construction for the\nsaid railway and its charter, for power to\nchange its name to that of British Columbia, Alberta. Saskatchewan & Manitoba\nRailway Company, to change its oftlce,\nto be authorized to enter such agreements\nwith the Northern Empire Railway Company, ns aro permitted by articles 301, 362\nand 303 of the Railway Act ot 1903, and\nfor other purposes.\nMontrenl.   December  12th,  1908.\nDANDURAND, HIBBARD,  BOYER\nAND GOSSELIN,\nSolicitors for Applicants.\nNotice of Application for Renewal  of\nLiquor Licence.\nNOTICE is hereby given that I, G. S. Coleman, of Ymlr, B. C, Intend to apply to\nthe Superintendent of Provincial Police at\nthe expiration of ono month from the date\nhereof, for a renewal of my retail liquor\nlicence for the premises known as the Waldorf Hotel, situate at Ymlr, B. C, and\ntransfer of same to Mamie Coleman.\nQ. 8. COLEMAN,\n, Dated, Dec. Gth, 1908. 193-30\nTo the Electors of the City\nof Nelson\nLadles and Gentlemen:\nIn response to numerous requests,\namong the number being some of the\nmost prominent business men and heaviest taxpayers of the city, asking me to\nbecome a candidate for the office of\nmayor for the year 1909,1 have decided\nto stand for the position and now solicit your support and votes.\nI have no personal ends to serve, and,\nif elected, will strive to the utmost to\ngive the city a clean, safe and progressive administration.\nI believe the time is now ripe for the\nextension of the boundaries of the city.\nThe district comprised in block 182 is\nrapidly building up with homes. The\nnatural drainage of this land is toward\nthe river, and unless sewerage Is soon\nprovided, it will become a menace to\nthe city. Falrview to the east is also\nbuilding up rapidly and shoud be incorporated with the city. The acquisition\nof these districts would add greatly to\nour revenue in the way of taxes. That\nthe cost of supplying the added territory with sewerage and water service\nwould more than offset the amount of\ntaxes received, is an objection raised by\na few of the more conservative taxpayers, but this objection can be met by\nthe proposal that these improvements\nbe made under the local Improvement\nsystem. If the localities mentioned are\nwilling to be incorporated with the city\non an equitable basis, I would, if elected\nmayor, favor and promote such a\nscheme,\nRegarding the operation of the electric tramway system, and the extension of the same into the residential\ndistrict, I cannot say I would favor the\nundertaking as a municipal enterprise.\nBut there is no reason why the city\nwith an abundance of electrical power\nat Us disposal, should not encourage\nthe undertaking by the offer of free\npower for a definite period to, any Individual or company willing to operate\nthe system. In this matter I believe the\nco-operation of the local board of trade\nshould he secured for the purpose of\npromoting a scheme to secure the neces-\nsary caiptal to operate the system, and,\nif elected, this matter will receive my\nearnest and active attention.\nThe importance of securing more industries within our city is one deserving\nthe earnest consideration of the mayor\nand council. Our natural advantages,\ncombined with cheap power to he furnished by the city, should, if properly\nand energetically advertised, be the\nmeans of establishing many flourishing\nindustries in Nelson. In this matter,\nalso, the co-operation of the Information\nbureau of the board of trade should be\nsecured, and If elected, would receive\nmy hearty and active support.\nIf elected as mayor it will be my ambition to maintain the moral tone of the\ncity by a proper enforcement of tbe\nlaws, and, tn so far as I am able, to\nencourage and promote the Interests of\nour educational and charitable institutions.\nI am not the candidate of any clique,\ncorporatlton, calling or sect, and enter\nthe contest with no pledge beyond the\npublic pledge that I will endeavor to\ngive fair play and justice to all, and\nthat the laws shall be honestly enforced.\nSoliciting a generous support from,\nthe electors, I have the honor to be\u201e\nYour obedient servant,\nD. C. M'MORRtS.\nNelson, Tt. C, Dec. 8, 1908.\nTo the Electors of the City\nof Nelson\nLadies and Gentlemen:\nI am a candidate for tho mayoralty\nof this city for the year 1909.\nI am in favor of a progressive policy\nfor the city.\nI stand for tho re-establishment of\nthe car service, either by the municipality or by private enterprise, holding myself free to take cither course according as the best Interests of the city appear to dictate.\nFor the extension of the corporation\nlimits to include the adjacent and rapidly growing suburbs, with a view to\nthe completion of the present sewerage,\nwater and light systems.\nFor the rapid completion of the power\nplant and for the distribution of power\nto new and old industries at the lowest\npossible rate.\nFor the proper completion of the\nschool buildings.\nFor a more general adoption of the\nfrontage tax system, as applied to\nstreet improvements, as sidewalk construction, boulevarding, etc.\nFor the general beautifying of the\ncity, especially improvement of the\nparks, so that the public of Nelson, and\nparticularly the children, may receive\nthe full benefit of money already expended ln park improvement and In the\nbuilding of the car line.\nOn the grounds set forth above and\non my past record I ask for the support\nof nil electors of the city who believe\nwith me In the future of Nelson and\nare willing to embark upon a progressive policy.\nW. G. GILLETT.\nNelson, B. C, Dec. 9, 1908.\nTo the Electors of the City\nof Nelson\nI beg to offer myself as a candidate\nfor mayor Cor the year 1909.\nIf elected my efforts will be directed\ntowards economy, efficiency and moderation.\nHAROLD SELOUS.\nSkating\u2014Bowling\nUnder new management at the roller\nrink and bowling alley. Dance committees desiring use of rink, see\nJOHN 8. MASSON, Manager.\n f f MM FOUR\n\u00a9he Sattjj SUtt\u00bb0,\nTHURSDAY.\nDECEMBER 24\nChristmas\nDainties\nCADBURY'S AND ROW NT RE 63'\nbest chocolates.\nPASCALL'8 TOFFEES\ntn great variety.\nPLUM PUDDINGS\nC. ft B.'s tn 1, 2 and S pound tins.\nBISCUITS\nHuntley ft Palmer's choicest varieties.\nSWEETS\nA special selection ot the best.\nFRUITS\nCluster raisins, cleaned currants,\ntigs, Malaga grapes, dates, nuts ot\nall kinds, shelled almonds, etc., etc.\nChristmas\nGroceries\nSoups, potted meats, game pates,\nCambridge and Oxford sausage, Jellies,\nchutneys and relishes of all sorts,\nFrench sardines, potted chicken, lobster, rabbit, shrimps, etc., etc., Jams\nand Jellies of every kind; Tetley's teas,\nHudson's bay coffees, Van Houten's,\nCadbury's, Baker's, Lowney's, Pry's and\nEpps' cocoas, etc., etc. All goods are\nnew and fresh.\nHudson's Bay Stores\nComer Stanley and Baker Street*\nHeadquarters iot Santa Clans\nWe have a magnificent selection of Christmas goods, imported direct from\nall parts of the world.\nQaattty and Value\nWe give our patrons the full benefit of our Immense\nPURCHASES FOR CASH\nwhich, by securing many special discounts, enable us to 8ELL VERY CHEAP\nDry Goods\nNovelties\nWhat ts more suitable for a Christmas\npresent than     \u2022\nLADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S\nUMBRELLAS\nwith plain or fancy handles,\nLADIES' BAG3 AND PURSES\nWe have a beautiful assortment of\nthese from the world's best makes, including genuine Morocco, alligator and\nwalrus goods.\nHANDKERCHIEFS\nfor ladles, men and children. Table\nlinen, fancy embroidered Irish tea\ncloths in splendid variety of exceptional\nvalue.\nMen's braces, armlets and garters in\nfancy boxes, men's fancy and plain\nwool vests, beautiful patterns.\nWines and\nSpirits\nThe wine vaults of the. Hudson's Bay\nCo. are noted the world over for the\nfinest wines and spirits, Hudson's\nBay Co. bottling is getting more .popular every day. Our brand guarantees\nhigh grade, true quality and good value.\nAll standard goods are carried hy ns,\nbut you can not make a mistake If you\nask for\nHUDSON'S BAY BOTTLING\n, of wines or Bpirlts.\nBeautiful China In Endless Variety\nAfternoon tea seta, single cups and saucers, Limoges china in stock patterns, enabling you to make up a set to suit your taste and requirement,\npieces suitable for presents.   Cut glass decanters and glasses and everything else appertaining to a well-appointed chlnaware store.\nFancy\nImperial Bank of Canada\nHEAD OFFICE TORONTO\nCaplUI Authorized 110,000,00s\nCapital Paid Up   $5,000,000 I   Rest   $5,000,000\nD. R. WILKIE, Praaldent        I   HON. ROIT. JAFFRAY, Vlee-Pre*.\nBRANCHES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA:\nArrowhead,  Cranbrook,  Golden, Kamloops, Nelson, Revelstoke, Vancouver and Victoria.\nSAVINGS DEPARTMENT\nInterest allowed on deposits at current rate from date of deposit.\nNELSON BRANCH <l. M. LAY, Manager.\nCanadian Bank of Commerce\nHead Office, Toronto.\nEstablished 1867\nPaid up Capital   $10,000,000\nReserve Fund      6,000,000\nB. E. WALKER, President\nALEX. LAIRD, General Manager\nBranches throughout Canada and in the United States and England.\n3AVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT\nDeposits ot $1 and upwards are received and interest allowed at\ncurrent rates. Accounts may be opened ln the names of two or more\npersons, withdrawals to be made by any one of the number or by the\nsurvivor.\nJ. L. BUCHAN, Manager Nelson Branch.\nFruit Lands Adjacent to Nelson\nSubdivision Property on Granite Read\n6 Miles West of Nelson\nBlocks ln this subdivision containing from 10 to 14 acres, prices\nfrom (50 up.\nGood water, wagon roads through the property to Nelson and\nGranite siding.\nJust what you want and on easy terms.  Call and get full particulars.\nL\nProcter  &  Blackwood\nMadden  Blook      Agents      Nelaon, B. C\nBANK Of MONTREAL\n(Established 1817)\nCapital All Paid Up ....$14,400,000    Rest     $12,000,006\nHEAD OFFICE MONTREAL\nRt Hen. Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, G. C M. \u00ab. Hon. President\nHen. Sir. George Drummond, K. C. M. Q., Prealdent\nSir Edward S. Clouston, Bart., Vice President and Gen. Manager,..;.;\n\u25a0RANCHES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA\nArmstrong, Enderby, Greenwood,   Kelowna,   Nelion,   New   Denver,\nNloele, New Westminster, Rossland,  Summerland,  Vancouver,  Vernon,\nVictoria, Chlllawaok, Hosmer.\nNELSON BRANCH L. I. DEVEBER, Manager.\nA Set of Dishes\nWould be lust tbe thing to please many a little girl for Xmas.\n-    We have a magnificent display of toy tea sets at from 25c up to\neach   \u00bb\u25a0'\u25a0\u2022\u00bb\nWe have a line of very beautifully   decorated   enamelled  tea   sets.\nThey can't break them.   They run from $1.75 each, up.\nf See our window display.\nW.   G.   THOMSON\nBookseller and St\u00abt?oner\nPhon* 14. Nation, B. &\nThe Victoria Colonist says that the\nstory ol premier McBride's invitation\nto the provincial premiers of Canada to\nvisit British Columbia and consider\nthe claims of this province for better\nterma, Owbs its origin ||to a passing\nobservation made by Mr. McBrlde to a\nMontreal friend, and the coa^t paper\nadds that it does not understand that\nthe project has 'been seriously: considered -by the B. C. government. Sir\nWilfrid Laurier has already said with\nregard to better terms that the recommendations of the otflier provinces\nwould lhave great weight with the Dominion government on the question of\nan increased subsidy for B. C..\"so\"that\nthe suggestion that the other provincial premiers visit here is a good one\neven if tfoe formal invitations have not\nyet 'been seriously considered. I The\nColonist thas a still better suggestion\nand one which will appeal to all broad-\nminded Canadians, irrespective,of party\npolitics: \"We go further and Buggest\nthat the provincial premiers should,\nmake an inter-provincial tour. Let It\nbe begun at Sidney, Cape Breton, and\nended at Dawson. Let each province\nbear the expense of the party while\nwithin its borders and the ,Dominion\npay the bills while in the Yukon. For\n\u25a0sueix an occasion let politics 'be laid\naside and let the premiers'adress\npublic gatherings upon Canada as a\nwhole, each man in' turn dealing wltlh\nhis own province in particular. What\nan  inspiring tour it would be.\"    The\nThe Royal Bank of Canada\nINCORPORATED IBS*. \u201e_?__\nCaplUI Paid Up  13,000,000\nReserve Fund 14,380,000\nTotal Aeaete  |46,800,00i\nHEAD OFFICE MONTREAL. \u2022\"*t-\u00a3|\n\u25a0ranches In Canada extending I   A   general   banking   buelneee\nfrom the Pacific te the Atlantic, |   transacted.\nSAVINGS BANK DEPOSITS.\nReceived In sums cf 11 and upwards.   Interest credited thereon quarterly\ntt ourrent rate.  Depositors are subject to  no delay whatever In the\nwithdrawal of the whole er any portion of the amounte deposited.\nO. A. SPINK, Manager. NELSON, B. C. BRANCH\nSubject to Market Fluctuations\nWe Will Buy We Will Sell\n100 B. C. Copper   |7.65\n10 Consolidated Smelters offer\n1000 International coal   74c\n100 Royal Collieries 34c\n200 Western Oil, ordinary 75c\n1000 Diamond Vale Coal 14 l-2c\nC000 Yale Kootenay Ice   8c\n500 Nugget Gold Mines offer\n500 International coal .,,,,,.,,,. 78c\n1000 McQillivray Coal  ,,',, 25c\n2000 Rambler Cariboo ,,,, He\n500 Canadian N. W. Oil ,,V*_-**\n5000 Diamond Vale Coal    16 1-2'c\n2000 North Star          Jfe\n6000 Sullivan i i.gc\n200 Snowstorm   J2.15\nMIGHTON & CAVANAUGH\nBROKERS\nNBLSON, _ C.\n11*\nffitte _a\\_ $Uw*.\nrab-krt et Nelson Weary ttatatta,\nttoeeat Hen-lay, bt\nNewa Publishing Company, Limited\n\u2022s* a. McVORRIS\t\nTIME FOR A CHANGE.\nCollier's   Weekly   sympathises -with\nHon. Richard   McBride's  demand tor\nbetter terms for British Columbia. The\nnewspaper referred to thinks the time\nbas come for a readjustment and in r*\nferrlng to the matter editorially says\nthat when the provinces handed over\ncertain sources of revenue to the Dominion at Confederation ln return for\nannual cash subsidies, tbey had no\nidea but that they were making a good\nbargain. The Fathers, no doubt, considered themselves men of wide horizon\nand thought they were preparing amp-\nly for everything. But time ba, discounted even their great expectations.\nThe country has flourished beyond the\ndreams of hope, and some new adjustments are necessary. When ttle par.\nliament buildings were built oa parliament Hill lt was thought that the\nneeds of the government in the way of\nshelter were supplied for a century.\nBut forty years lhave not passed, and\nthe house of commons is found little\nand stuffy, and the departments are\ncramped and the capitoline hill is out.\ngrown and new government buildings\nshoot up in all parts ot Ottawa town.\nOf course It wasn't the fathers' fault\nthat they didn't see behind the veil\nwith perfect accuracy, but that doesn't\nprevent the visitor from cursing them\nfor tjheir shortsightedness. \"IWhy ln\nthunder,\" you hear somebody saying,\n\"didn't they reserve Wellington street\nfrom Bank street to the Rldeau canal\nbridge? Any one with half an eye\ncould Bee that lt would be needed.\"\nBut they couldn't. And they made the\nsame mistake about the subsidies. They\nshould have Insisted on a larger rebate\non a more rapidly rising Scale. The\nprovinces could spend to advantage\nquite a lot of the money that is now\nbeing lavished by the Dominion government upon the favorites of the patronage list).\nWe believe, with Mr. McBrlde, that\nis Is impossible to band too much\nback. Such a -gift will be twice blessed.\nIt will bless the Dominion 'government\nthat gives, by removing that much\ntemptation to be extravagant, end It\nwill bless the provincial government\nthat takea It by providing it with\nmoney for colonization, roads and\nother good works. It la to be hoped\nthat there will be a full attendance at\nthe Oroucher's Feaat, If every premier\nln this country were filled with the\nnoble discontent ot Hon. Richard Ms-\nBride, it would be better for Canada.\nplan suggested is worthy of very serious consideration and it only requires\na guiding hand to bring about a mutual understanding between the provincial premiers. Such a tour as Is\nsuggested would unquestionably not\nonly be of benefit to the visitors but\nwould help to broaden the views of all\nCanadians concerning their own vast\ndominion.\nMr. Justice Anglln, of the Ontario\nbench. Bias been addressing the bar association of that province and In referring to the criticism of judges by\nthe press, his lordship said: \"Judges\nare public servants, and as public servants they should not complain of fair\ncriticism of their acts and judSmenU.\nAt the same time it should be remembered that from the respect due their\nroB'tion they a'e unable to reply or\nexplain, and for .the most part are at\nthe mercy of the intelligence, sympathy and loyalty of the profession.\"\nThe learned judge, in his reference, has\nmerely repeated what one of the best\nauthorities on the subject ln England\nsaid very recently.\nConfers With Roosevelt.\nAUGUSTA, Ga., Dec. 23\u2014Sir Horace\nPlunkett, head of the-Irish department\not agriculture, kept an appointment with\npresident-elect Taft today which was\nmade for him by president Roosevelt.\nThe object of his visit was to ascertain to what extent the next president\nIb interested in the conservation of the\nnatural resources of the country, and in\nthe newly appointed country life commission. Sir Horace has been making\na close personal study of the work.\nBeware of Frequent Colds.\nA succession of colda or a protracted cold\nis almost certain to end In chronic catarrh,\ntrom which few persons ever wholly recover. Give every cold the attention n.\ndeserves and you may avoid this disagreeable dlBense. How can you cure a cold?\nWhy not try chamberlain's Cough Remedy? It Is highly reccommended. MrB. M.\nWhite, of Butler, Tenn., Bays: Bevoral\nyeara ago I was bothered with my throat\nand lunge. Someone told me of chamber-\naln's Cough' Remedy. I began \"\u2022\u25a0\"*.'!\nand it relieve!! me at once. Now my throat\nand lungs are Bound and well.\" For sale\nby all drugglBta and dealers.\t\nEDITORIAL NOTES\nAccording to a despatch published\nthis morning postmaster general L-\u00bb\nmieux boasts that his department will\nhave a surplus nets yen ot over a million dollars.   Canadians wool* be WU\nter pleased if the surplus were smaller\nand the service better, better\" paid and\nbetter looked after. NelBon, from a\npost office standpoint, ranks as tbe\nthird city in British Columbia. A fine\nbuilding has been erected and part of\nMr. Lemieux's surplus could be wisely\nexpended In placing this city's postal\narrangement in a higher class than it\nnow is. The postmaster I Would be\npal da regular salary -ind full provision\nshould be made to pay adequate salaries for a full compliment of assistants.\nAt suoh a time as the present ilhe\npost office department inlgTht very well\nprovide extra assistants for handling\nthe immense amount of matter 'going\nthrough the malls here, Just as merchants aud others provide extra hands\nat this season. Nelson is a Post office\nclearing house for a large and growing\ndistrict and the department should\nrecognize tbe fact and act promptly.\nMINARD'S LINIMENT CO., Limited.\naentlcmen,\u2014 Last winter I received great\nbenefit from the use of MrNAR*0'8 LINIMENT In a aevere attack of LaGrlppe, and\nI have frequently proved It to be very effective In cases of Inflammation. Yours,\nW. A. HUTCHINSON.\nBearing in mind the pronounced\nfailure which attended Nelson'B fruit\nexhibit at the Spokane apple shW\nthis month, no effort should be spared\nto make the mineral exhibit from the\nKootenay at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific\nexposition at Seattle a display worthy\nof this district's importance in the\nwestern mining world. It is all the\nmore desirable that extra pains should\nbe taken to get together a really representative collection of mineral speci-\nmens In the present Instance because\nthe collection is later on to remain on\npermanent exhibition In the Dominion\nmuseum at Ottawa. Mining men are\nproperly credited with broad views pn\nall matters concerning the industry\nWith which they are connected, and\nthe appeal made to them by the Nelson\nboard of trade in the circular letter\nsent out, published ln yesterday's Dally\nNews should meet with prompt and\ngenerous treatment. Kootenay simply\ncan not afford to have anything but a\nfirst class mineral collection at Seattle\nuext year and the mining men appealed to can do a great deal tow-arts mat\nMD\u00ab ther exhibit the Bpiendid one ft\nMatty should be.\nG   ALT\nMinos :\nLethbrldge\nALTA.\nCOAL Is Car Lots Shipped te All Billwly Polill la the KoateHy District\nW. P, TIERNEY. General Sales Agent, %__>,f.0\nBURNS ALL NIGHT\nCO A L\nICE, COKE\nand WOOD\ntt im is sittt at cu aslhtr tneeto Ua tt* mm MIT CO*\nlhe Kootenay Ice & fuel Co. i^_______\nEverything In the \u2122\nStore Is a Bargain wmm\nBuy Your\nPresent\nTo-Day\nNo Trouble\nTo Choose\nIt\nIf you have left It until the last' day to do your Christmas shopping there la no st'dti' it ita elty -where    t\u00ab\nyou will have less difficulty ln choosing a pretty and appropriate gift. _\nJ. J. Walker _______\nGraduate Optician and Jeweler\n\u2022MWM^^ (-M5#<-M!*#!MrC\n !&$\nTHURSDAY...... DECEMBER 24\n\u00a9He \u00a7 uftg $eme.\nMM FIVI\nHOTEL ARRIVALS OF A DAY\nHUME-I*. B. McPiiee, Slocan; W. C.\nIKunter, a. B. John, C. Lonshurst, Vancouver; J. W. Power, Kaslo; lO. H. Wharton, Pittdburg; A. Alstrom, Spokane; D.\nBoss, Greenwood; A. J. Coarsen, Seattle;\nW. Mar-chant and wife, San Franoisoo; W.\n\u2022D. Badderby, Manchester.\nnOYA__-W.- Addison, A. H. Noakes,\nCrescent Valley; M. Armstead, Strath-\nftnore; S. B. Peterson, Spokane; R. Beg-\nley, Erie; G. R. Donaldson, Vancouver.\n_HERBROOKE-W. Dalby, R. Donaldson. Greenwood; J. McQrath, Montreal; R.\nDelprldge, CarBtalrB; D. Mclver, Fernle;\n-W. 'Dent, Greenwood; J. R. Martin, W.\nFalls', Cartoerry.\nNBLSON-P. Madlgan, J, Kerr, AV.\nPierce. Nebraska.\nSILVER KING\u2014K. McDonald, Kamloops; J. Walerdrop, Itoundout; M. C, Ma-\neon, Seattle; A. Lelaon and wife, Waterloo;\nD. Stewart,   Nebraska.\nSTRATHCONA-W. Anderson, RoBsland;\nS. m. Oliver, wife and- child. Sir J. Eanl-\nly-Wllmot, lady Eardly-Wtlmot, Mill Wllmot, S. EardlyWitmot. Miss S. Wiltnot,\nviPj_cters Mrs. B. G. SroltH and children.\nemeu S. J. Muir, flan Francisco; A. J.\nCWuraen, Seattle; O. H. Wharton, Pitts-\nbin.1; C. V. Iflly, EMe.\nST. JOBEPH SCHOOL.\nSanta Claus Pays Visit With Gifts for\nChildren.\nThe children of St. Joseph school spent\na very happy evening on Tuesday when\nSanta Clause arrived laden with gifts. At\n\u00ab:30 p. m. a short program was rendered\nby the pupils. Aa they Bang \"Welcome,\nFather ChrlstmaB,\" sleigh bells were heard\nat the door and the next moment tlie well\nKnown laugh of Santa Claus greeted\nanxious ears.\nBeing unacquainted with the house,\nSanta Clan., hud some difficulty in finding\nthe entrance. From one of the windows\nwhich he tried a) shower of candles was\ntrown, and was responded to by hearty\ncheers from the children.\nSanta Claus was greeted on all sides\nand seemed delighted to meet his old\nfriend Rev. Father Althoff. After fdlff-\nWibuted his -gifts and saying a kind\n(word to each he bade good 'bye to all\nleaving belling him many happy hearts.\nTlie following Is the program rendered:\nChorus Sleighing Song\nDuet Misses ISdlth and Huzel Lund\nWand Drill Twelve Girls\nBong\u2014\"Behind    the    Dood    When    Papu\nComes\" Miss Edna Malone\nRecitation\u2014\"The Two Stockings\".\nPiano Solo\u2014\"The Robin's Return.\"\t\n Mtss Verle Martin\nSong1-\"! Huve a Secret\"....21 Little Girls\nDuet\u2014piano and Violin.\nMiss  Florence   Choquette  and   Master\nRene Nadeau.\nRecitation\u2014\"Santa Claus and the Mouse.\"\nChorus\u2014\" Hurrah   for Santa Claus,  Santa\nClaus Coming.\"\nSong\u2014\"Song of the Agefl.\"\nQueen's Hotel\nMUI ITMIT\nA. LAPOINTE, Proprietor.\nRates $1.60 to 12.00 tier day.\nSpecial rates to city boarders.\nO-trBEN-S-E. 0*. Wakefield, R. c. Ingles. Crawford Bay; R. Jblson, K. It. Red-\npath and wife, Whitewater: Mrs. *u Dl_\nnan, Moyle; Mrs. N. McKinnon. Mlsa McKinnon .Sllverton; '_ Burnstead, New\n5foik.\nThe Klondyke Hotel\nVERNON STREET\nHeadquarters for miners, smtlter-\nn\u00bbn, logon and railroad mea\nRates: 11.01 per day up.\nNELSON Is JOHNSON, Prop**\nKLONDYKB-D. Hanson. Westley; C.\nJansen, G. Ulmgren, C- Llndgere-, A.\nJohan, Alex. Jolian. Slocan; w. Bradley,\nKokanec; E. R. Olson, O. Larson, Whitewater; C. Josefson, Crescent Volley.\nTremont House\nBaker 86., Nelsoa\nlUlone to TrtKllIns, Props.\nEuropean Plan, Me. np\nAmerican Plan, $1.35 an-lfUl\nMeals, Mo.\nSPECIAL BATES PER MONTH\nTRHMJONT\u2014C, JenBen, Bonnington; L.\nB. Reynolds. Eureka: J. Dawson, Whlte-\n-water; J. Atnerton, VT. 3. Atherton, Cree-\nton; J. Seison. J. Medco-lf, Kitchener; A.\nMcArthur. J. McArthur, Salmo; R. Taylor, Slocan; C, Krempeuux, S. Rankin,\n'Taghutn.\nGrand Central Hotel\nwrosm rosr ofner\nAmerica ud Einpeai Nmu\nJ.A.CRICKS0N\nGRAND CBNTBAI^H. Tlerney, Si\nkane; D. D. Prosser, Coeurd 'Alene; J.'\nAdams, Granite; T. Pearson, Whitewater;\nM. TVysland, Slocan; A. D. -Lang-head, A.\nE. Leewis, Salmo; C. B. Archibald, Co-\nQumbla Gardens; O. Larson, Kaslo; J. Mc-\n3oay and wife, Russell; D. A. McDonald,\nCapo George; A. McJames, Baltantyne; J.\n\u25a0McLaren, Georgevllle; F. McLeod, E .E.\nMarka, Nakusp.\nMadden House\nAa Uailan, Prop.\nMtf M,\nWat rnrnUhed Roomi W Balk\nBrat Boaii In th. Oit\u00bb\nA OOMrORTABLB BOMB\nMADDBN-W. 3. Murphy, It. C. Jton-\nagbtm, TBghum: H. Clare, R. S. Collin,\nHedloy; J. 3 .Winters, 8. MllUngton, Kojn-\nloopa\nLakeview Hotel\nCenter Hall and Vernon Straet\ntt. MALLETTE, Proprietor.\nTn blocks trom olrj wharf.\nThe beat dollar a day bouse la\nNelson.\nAll White Help.   *\nT-AdnnvlBW*\u2014J.   Dawson,   Whitewater;\n\u2022MSSffl\u00ab\u00bb^  J. Cummin* and wife,\n*__^th\\^\\&^^lrm\n\u2022jJSr: a Bt Clair, phoenix: J. Bertonl, C.\n\u2022 5fc\u00bb.Vfe ___*)__\u00a3_*_\nFARMERS' INSTITUTE\nOne is Formed for Arrow   and   Slocan\nLakes District.\n(Special to The Daily News.)\n.NA'KPSP, Dec. 23.-A well attended meet-\nhiir was held at the Woodman's hall on the\n.tf.ii for the purpose or organizing1 and\n\u2022electing: officers for the Arrow and Slocan lakes Fanners \"Institute. Tlie following officers were elected to serve until the\nannual meeting: that will take place in\nJanuary:\nPresident. Thomas A.rlel. Nakusp, B. C;\nvice-president, S. Y. Brockmnn, Rosebery.\nB. C; secretary \u2022treasurer ,R. H. Baird,\nNakusp, B. C.\nDirectors: George Williamson, New Denver, B. c.j 3. C. Harris, New Denver, B.\nGli F. W. Jordan, Nakusp, B. C.. C, B.\nHumbling. Nakusp, B. C; L J, Edwards,\nNakusp, B. C.\nForty-seven persnns were present, including representatives from Rosebery and\nNew Denver.\nAfter the organization meeting, tlie\nboard of directors met, and decided to hold\nithalr annual meeting for the election ot\nOfficers Including a delegate to tlie Central inartituto on January 27th, 1909, at\nWoodmen's Jiall,  Nakusp,  B. c.\nWANT AMENDMENT\nSmall Loggers and Mlllmen Have Request to Make.\n(Special to Tho Dally News.)\nVANCOUVER,   Dec.   23\u2014Application\nwill be made to the provincial legislature for an amendment to the   timber\n'regulations by the small   loggers   antl\n-sawmll owners at the    next   session.\nMen, who have worked out the   tracts\ncontrolled by them when the general\nrevenue was declared state that now\nthe speculators who have bought up\nlarge tracts are demanding unreasonable terms. The legislation asked Is\nsuch as would make it unprofitable to\nhold timber tracts for an Indefinite\nperiod without operations. If this\nBcneme Is thought Impossible men will\nthen ask that the reserve be opened so\nas to allow bona fide loggers and mill-\nmen a chance to operate.\nTROUBLE AT AN END\nHOLLAND AND VENEZUELA COME\nTO TERMS\nANNOUNCEMENT      18      MADE\n-     DUTCH PARLIAMENT\nIN\nTHE HAGUE, Dec. 23\u2014Tlie revocation of transhipment decree of May 14\nby the Venezuelan government was announced in the house of parliament this\nafternoon by foreign minister Van\nSwinderen. It was this decree that\nmade most of the trouble between\nVenezuela and the Netherlands. Under\nUs terms the transhipment of goods at\nWillemstad destined for Venezuela, was\nprescribed and its operation worked\nniuch injury to the commerce of the\nDutch. The foreign minister said that\nthe Dutch naval operations along the\nVenezuelan coast had been suspended\nat the request of acting president\nQome?,.\nThe foreign minister's words were as\nfollows:\n\"Following the discovery of a plot\nagainst the life of the vice-president of\nVenezuela, Juan Vincento Gomez, a\nministry was formed and some of the\nsupporters of president Castro were\ncast into prison.\n\"On December 21, acting president\nGomez, as an evidence of friendliness\nand pending later negotiations by duly\nappointed delegates, ordered a stay of\nexecution in the decree of May 4, and\nexpressed the hope that the Netherlands similarly would suspend the naval\ndemonstration in Venezuelan waters.\n\"Pending the establishment of a\nVenezuelan consulate at Curacao the\nGerman consul there has been authorized to grant shipping clearances.\"\nGOOD CHEER FOR POOR\nSalvation Army Will Bring Joy to Many\nHomes Tomorrow.\nNIBW YORK, Doc. 23.-A million and a\nhalf of men. women and children throughout the country, Including 126,000 ln greater\nNew York city alone, will be supplied with\ndinners and upwards of 4,000 New York\nchildren will be glvpn toys suited to ttlP'r\nages on Christmas day from the proceeds\nof this year's Salvation Army \"Kettle\"\ncon tribu tlons. In Manhattan the dinners\nwill be given out on Christmas morning at\nthe Grand Central palace where 4,000 persons will receive baskets, each containing dinner enough for live. A thousand\nmorel such baskets will be dlMtrtbuted at\n'the same time from the army headquarters In Brooklyn.\nCommander Miss -Eva Booth, who bus recently returned to her life's work after a\nlong Illness, said today that her Idea and\nthat of the army officer* was* to> give Christmas cheer to all who lack it most-, whether\nso called \"good\" or \"had\" characters.\nAmong the donations received by Mlsa\nBooth in the work of the Salvation army\nits e. large 17 room house valued at $20,000\nat Long Branch, N. Y.. whloh will be used\nas a refuge home, or a home for -children.\nThe donor is a wealthy New York woman\nwho prefers that her identity remain un-\n, known. Another acquisition of value to\nthe army is a new house for young women,\na site for which has been purchased in\nLos Angela. Oil. The building, which Is\nBoon to be erected will cost $95,000 of which\n$40,000 has ibeen subucplbed -by residents of\niLos Angules.\nHE  MAKES  DENIAL.\nReceiver of Panama Canal Company on\nPulHtzer Charges.\nPABI8. Dec. 23.\u2014In view of a possible\ncongressional Investigation In the United\nStates Into the Panama canal purchase,\nM. Lemarques, the received, of ilhe old company, who hitherto haa declined to be Interviewed, made the following statement\n\"White I do not desire to go into details\nor participate in the polemic now jaging\nin America, I do not hesitate In speakng\nfrom personal knowledge to brand the\nstory of the existence of an American syndicate to which the purchase money is supposed eventually to have gone, as a fable,\nInvented of whole cloth. As an officer\nappointed by the court, It would be Im-\nprtoper for me \u2022to say more. Both, tradition and praotlce make it impossible for\nme to disclose the list of individual: bond\nholders to whom the money was distributed.\"\nAnother authority asserts ithat the\nAmerican interest in the canal was comparatively Insignificant, being confined\npractically to a single New York banker,\n-whose holdings long antedated the project of American purchase. He estimated\nthe amount that went to America at (SOO,\n000.\nMany Fatal Accidents.\n(Western Associated Press.)\nOTTAWA, Dec. 23.\u2014The extraordinary\nnumber of 121 accidents have Ibeen reported for the month of November to the labor department. No fewer that W lives\n\u25a0word lost on railways, or in railway fatalities, which occurred in the following\nprovinces: Ontario 30, Manitoba 8, -Quebec 7 .British Columbia 4, Saskatchewan 3,\nAlberta 2, New Brunswick 1, Nova Scotia\n2, The worst accident was near Dryden,\nOntario, where a dynamite explosion caused the death of seven construction hands.\nHudson. Bay Steamer Lost.\nWINNIPEG, Dec. 23.\u2014The commissioner\nof the .itidson's Bay company has received information that the company's buntue\nStork, recently reported from London us\noverdue from James' Bay, wus wrecked\nait Lisbon shoals In Hudson's Buy. The\ncrew and passengers were saved and \u00abre\n0,11 well at Moose Factory. The captain\nof the Stork has reached tlio railway lino\nand Is now proceeding to London.\nBell Trading Company are selling strictly new laid local  eggs at 50c per doz.\nThey Plead an Alibi.\nUNION CITY, Tenn., Dec. 23\u2014The\nstate attorneys fn the night rfders;\ntrial this afternoon, announced that they\nwould close their case on Thursday.\nThe defence will be an alibi of each one\nof the eight defendants. Members of\ntheir families will swear that the men-\nwere ht home and in bed during the\nnight of Oct. li), the night that Capt.\nRankin was murdered. No attempt will\nbe made to show their whereabouts the\nnights that other outrages were perpetrated as the defendants are in-dieted:\nonly for the murder of Rankin.\nMinard's Liniment Cure* Garget In cows\njp Headquarters for Useful Christmas Presents\nJR  ^^^\nJR \t\nWS\nVr\nm Allow us to make a few suggestions in Christmas Presents for\nI Mother\ni Table Cutlery. Carvers, Knives and Forks, Salt and Peppers in\n!} Cases.    What would be appreciated more than one of our new\n2S Electric Irons or an up-to-date Washer?\nI Father\ni .Razors in Cases, Gillette and* Ever-Ready Safety Razors, Shaving\nJK Brushes, Strops etc., and we must not forget that Rifle father\nM wanted.   Our stock of Guns and Ammunition is complete.\ntt Sister\n\u00a7 Fancy Work Boxes, Scissors h Cases, or a pair of Ladies' Beaver\nI Skates.\nI Brother\nJ Pocket Knives, Skates. Hockey Sticks, Pucks, Tools, Rifles or\nfa Guns.\n| Baby\nt% Last, but not least, we did not forget to get in a few very pretty\n% 3-piece Child's Sets for Baby.\n(W\n$ We have other useful presents, too numerous to mention.   Call\nH in while down town and be convinced that we have just what you\nn are looking for.\nThe J. H. Ashdown Ha_dwa*e Co., Ltd*\n#\nBaker Street\n::\nNeleon, B. C.\nOpen'tlir 10 o'fcltak tonight;\nChristmas Gifts\nChristmas day tomorrow\nU _aust be 'deeds not words todAy, so come down earlj and'pttlt'out what\nyou fancy for Xmas gifts. Our selection; is very wide, and everything bought\nhere will be of real use to.its .recipient and consequently the more appreciated!\nSilk blouses $3.50 to  $17:50\nLace blouaeB $6.60 to;i $15\nFancy collars 50c to  $3\"\nLace collars 35c to $2.50\nSilk mufflers ?1 to* $2.50'\nKid gloves $1.25 to |K76'\nMisses' kid gloves  $1\nLadies' embroidered hose 75c to 90c-\nPlain linen handkerchiefs 10c to....50c-\nEmbroidered handkerchiefs \u25a0\u25a0 15c.-to i$2.50'.*\nMen's handkerchiefs -15c. too 50c-\nLadies'-'fare-$7\"to .\nLadies* umbrellas $l._0\"to  $8'-\nCushionn tops 35c to  $2:\nLadles' fancy garters $1:25 to - $1.75 >\nLadies' leather belts 35-. to  $2'\nLadles' fancy belts 'BOc.-to $3*75\nFancy back combs 30c'to   $7\"\nLinen tablfe Bets $9 to $30-\nEmbroidered dress length's $6.50 to$15-\nEmbroidered blouse lengths $2.50\nto $7i50'\nChildren's furs-36c top  $10-\n $50*\nA\\MERRT XMAS;\nMEAGHER & CO\nState Evidence Practically all Presented\nin Hains Case.\nFLUSHING, N.Y., Dec. 23.~Nearlng\nthe close of Its v&se against Thornton\nJ. Hains, as a .principal in the killing\nof William E. Annis, who . was , shot,\ndown by Capt. Peter C. Haines last\nsummer, the prosecution today broughti\noot a letter written by the defendant\nwhich opens the way for Thornton\nHains' lawyers to bring out.those incidents in Capt. Hains marital; career,\nwhich preceded and brought about Che\nkilling of the publisher. The letter\nwas written last June <by the defendant\nto Julian Ripley. President of a publication of which William E. Annis was\nmanager, and in it the writer characterized Annis as a \"rascal\" and a-\n\"scoundrel.\" District attorney Darrln\noffered this letter in evidence as preliminary to the testimony of-JIrj RU.\nley concerning a second, letter from\nthe defendant which the witness hadi\ndestroyed. Justice Crane would;; not.\npermit Mr. Ripley to, testify, concerning his recollections of'the contents of\nthis second letter.\nPoliceman Eugene Falton Save a bit-\nof sensational evidence*this afternoon*.,\nwhen he said that Thornton Hains during the coroner's Inquest turned! to,\nhim and after characterizing Annis declared \"I would go down> to hell to get\nhim to kill *him over again;'.'\nDistrict attorney. Darrln told justice.\nCrane just before: the- adjournment ofi\nthe court today tlhat he hoped to close\nhis case either tomoruow. or on: Saturday.\nTROUBLE\" FINDING- CREW\nSealers Not Forthcoming to Claim Damages Awarded:\nVICTORIA, Dec. 23.\u2014Some difficuhy\nis being experienced locating the crew\nwhich manned the schooners Vancouver Belle and Carmelite, for which the\nRussian government has paid; $48,000\ndamages for their illegal seizufr\u00a9 off\nCopper Islands in 1892. The names of\nonly five, two of whom are deceased,\nliave been found. The settlement for\nthe two schooners was effected by a\nCanadian representative in London in\n1904 by a compromise on the understanding that the clalmB of the schooners Boste Olsen and Maria, seized under a like circumstances, were abandoned. This caused a storm of protests\nfrom those interested In the two ves-\nsels whose claims were sacrificed to effect the settlement for th-e other two\nschooners.\nThe steamer Indravelli Is loading a\nmillion feet of lumber for Australia\nfrom scows brought from Sydney, under the lee of James Island.\nCHASES  POACHERS\nSteamer Kestrel Returns From Northern Waters.\nVANOOUVER, Dec. 23\u2014The steamer\nKestrel, of the Dominion government service, returned to Port yesterday after six weeks ln northern waters.\nCapt. New-combe reports that the\ncruiser was kept busy chasing a number of American halibut steamers\nwhich were spied operating inside the\nlimit While no captures were made,\nthe season for the poaoherg could not\nhave heen very profitable as a result\nof the iheckling given them by the patrol. The Zaporan, a Tacoma halibut\nsteamer, was -fined $1,600 for purchasing bait at Alert Bay, Where there la\nno customs officer.\nNEW YORK, Dec. 23\u2014Frederick A.\nBurnham, former president of the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance company,\nwas found dead in bed at his home this\nmorning of gas poisoning. The police\nsay that. Mr. Burnham committed suicide.\nAt the Store of Quality\nFor Christmas\nPlr-cat Table Raisins Xms* Stocking*-.\nBlue Peart Currants Plum Podding** an* Catim\nCandles, Figs and Dates- Pee** and Craakers\nFresh. Fl-uits. Purs Apple C tier\nAll kinds.-ot nuts, bin bons, etx.\nA. S. HORSWILL\nPhone 10\nPiO. Box WO.\nTfflrphg-jjc 20\nGarrick's Head Saloon\nARTHUR K. VAJ0GHAN\nBastion. Street\nVictoria, B.C.\nThe Best of Liquc\/rs and Ci-jars.     Nelson Daily News\nOn File\nCONTRACTOR AND BUILDER\nCabinet and Turned Work   Offict Fittings, Sash and\nDoors.   BRICK ANL LIME FOR SALE\nEstimates Chbbrfullv Given\nOffice and Factory: Carbonate Street, Nelson, B. C.\nYour    Advantage\t\nWhen buying Christmas Presents or Toys.\nREMEMBER that your money will go further at\nKwong   Wing   Chong's\nThan elsewhere.\nA large special importation ot Toys ot every description.\nORIENTAL GOODS of every variety suitable for Christmas presents.\nDROP IN AND SEE US.\nKwong   Wing   Chong    \u00ab-\"\u25a0\u00a3-!\nCorner Josephine ind\nSomething Doing In Motor Boats\n18-foot Kootenay Special with 2 horse power motor, seven miles\nper hour, complete   WBO\nWhat's the matter with one of these beautiful boats for a Christmas\npresent\nThe Kootenay Motor Boat Co.\n fAQE (IX\n\u00a9he S\u00abU_j ItentOe\nTHURSDAY DECEMBER 24\nDo You Want a Home Close In?\nWE HAVE ONE, A BEAUTY, NO HILLS TO CLIMB.\nSituated on the choicest corner in the city, one block only from\nBaker street. The house is in splendid state of repair, Is full 2-stories\nsize 24 by 30 with kitchen addition, stone foundation, 7-foot cellar, the\nfull size of the house divided Into roo ns for fruit and vegetables, furnace room, coal bins and work shop. The first floor has a spacious\nveranda, hall very large, parlor and dining room, smoking room, kitchen and pantry. The second floor has one large bed room 12 by 21,\ntwo bedrooms 12 by 10, also bath room, linen closets, clothes closets in\nevery bedroom. The grounds are ln splendid shape all ln lawn and garden. The house is heated with furnace. Has electric light and gas.\nWe are instructed to sell this.   One of Nelson's very   tew   choice\nlocations for  $3500\nSee us about terms.\nTOYE, TAYLOR & McQUARRIE\nBox 51\nNEISON, B. C.\nTelephone 254\nNEWS OF THE DOMINION\nNORTH BM, Dec. 23.\u2014Telesphome\nBoileau, 25 years of age. with a wife\nand two children  in Matheson, com-\n' mitted suicide ln the police station laat\nnight by hanging, having torni his\nblanket into stripes for the- purpose.\n, He had heen placed In jail to sober up.\nPETERiROR-O, Dec. 23.\u2014Seven year\nold Arthur Hodder is dead, as the re-\nslut of a kick from a horse while he\nwas playing in his father's poultry\nyard in Smith township.\nTORONTO, Dec. 23.\u2014The World's St. I\nJohn, -K. B., correspondent quotes president Foster of the board of trade of\nthat city as saying that he believed the\npeople of New Brunswick would rebel\nagainst the Intercolonial being bunded\nover to a private company. The Halifax crorespoudent of the same paper\nsays that the belief in Halifax and In\nNova Scotia generally Is that the peo-\nrle would bitterly resent the government disposing of the people's railway.\nThey would Yf\u00a7lcome more railroads in.\nto the province and would be willing to\nsee the I. C. R. Judiciously utilized for\ntbe accomplishment of that purpose.\nThey would especially welcome the\nC. P. R\nCORNWALL, Dec. 23. \u2014 A Grand\nTrunk fireman, William Hargrave, fell '\nfrom his engine near Lancaster yesterday and sustained injuries which caused bis deauh. His home was in Brockville and he was about 23 years of age,\nSIMCOE, Dec. 23. \u2014Extraordinary\nstrong charges against the chief of police and one of the constables in* connection with many of the recent thefts\nare made, following the chooting of the\nconstable by. it is said, tne chief. Chief\nMalone was remanded for a week when\nhe appeared yesterday for preliminary\nhearing on the charge of attempted\nmurder of constable Wilkins. Bail was\nrefused, though securities up t0 $2,000\nwere offered by the defense. On information supplied by the defense goods\nstolen in the recent robberies were\nfound in \u25a0Winkins* home. When' WUkina\nwas questioned at the ibospltal he stated that the and iMalone rifled a number\nof places in the town, dividing tJhe receipts.\nSolgllnt, wh-ecked in the Indian ocean,\nand landed them at Durban, South\nAfrica. Forty others from the same\nsteamer were taken off an island where\nthey had been marooned. The Solgllnt\nleft Norway in August,\nOTTAWIA, Dec, 23.\u2014The report of\nthe postmaster general for the year\nended March 31 shows a net surplus\nof $1,082,301, tlhe best showing in the\nhistory of the Canadian post office.\nThe surplus was in spite of the very\nlarge expansion in the postal service,\nIncluding the establishment of 446 new\npost offices. It is estimated that 398,-\n011,000 letters were posted in Canada\n, in the twelve months ending March,\nan increase over the previous year of\n31.916,000, ,   .      ;\nTORONTO, Dec, 23.\u2014H. F. DwBhf,\npresident of the Great 'Northwestern\nTelegraph company, today reached his\neightieth year. The occasion was marked by the presentation to him by the\nofficials Pf the company of a handsome\nscarf pin,\nthe scene iby the slippery streets. Three\ntimes the firemen were forced to turn\ntheir streams onto the structure of the\nFifth avenue elevated railway from\nwhich vantage paint they were hand-\nling the hose, practically the whole\nblock had been destroyed before the\nflames were controlled.\nOTTAWA, Dec. 23.\u2014Jeremiah Mullin,\nwho was secretary t0 J. J. Curran\n-w_,6n the latter was solicitor general\nof Canada ,and later was secretary to\nsir Charles FUzpatrick. as minister of\njustice, died of heart failure while on\nthe street car this morning.\nLondon Stock Market,\nLONDON, Deo. 21.\u2014The closing In tlie\nTendon stock market today was as follows:\nConsols Tor in-oney   Km\nConsols for account 8318-16\nAnaconda    D%\nAtbMson Mtt\nAtchison, pftl lWVa\n.Baltimore und oiilo 112\nC. P. R 18U4\nChesapeake and Ohio GOVi\nChicago and Great Western....,' 11%\nOhiOOfiO, Milwaukee and St. Paul IBH\/j\nDebeera 11%\nDenver and   lilo Grande '&M\nDenver and Rio Grande, pfd &t\nErie :'-!\u25a0%\nErie, 1st pfd,. BO\nBrio. 2nd pfd...!  40\nGrand Trunk 20%\nIlllonlB Central 143%\nLouH-SVIlle and Nashville V24%\nM'ssourl, Kansas aad Texas  43%\nNew York Central 124\nNorfolk  and  Western 87\nNorfolk and Western, pfd ...87\nOntario and Western 47\nPennsylvania G-8%\n'   \u2022\"' 73_\nIS RUSH FOR LAND\nSix Hundred Entries In Day at Moose\nJaw.\nMOQSBJAW, Dec. 23.-The Domln-\noin land office staff established a\nworld's record here yesterday when, as\na result of a strenuous day's work, they\nreceived six hundred entries for homesteads and pre-emptions In the Moose-\nlaw district .\nThe figures for the local land office\nin regard to entries during the last\nthree months have thrown all previous\nre?Wls out of gear. The previous biggest sln_tt day's entries was Sept. 17,\nwhen 837 wet6 made. Yesterday the\ntotal reached 334, but today's figures\nmake all other records look small, and\nit is believed the point now reached\nnever will be beaten. Such a rush for\nland never was seen before and possibly\nnever will again. The streets of Moose-\njaw present a stirring sight today and\nfresh batches of land-hungry men are\ncoming in hy every train leading to the\ncity. \t\nA chance on the handsome presents\nat Poole's   with   every   25c   purchase.\n20S It\nEnglish Companies Settle.\nKINGSTON, Jamaica, Dec. 21.\u2014News received from London today announced that\nthe English Insurance companies have\nagreed to settle all claims result inn from\ntlie earthquake and flre of January 11, 1907,\non a basis of 85 per cent,, without adjustment and including costs. Insurance payments on claims aggregating over $3,000,000\nwill be commenced here December 23.\nMinard's Liniment Cures Garget in cows\nHAMILTON, Dec. 23,-Conductor M.\nHarper was killed by being run over hy\na Grand Trunk train last night in the\nwest end1 yards. When the train reached the station Harper was missing, and\nas the trainmen started a search for\nhim a telephone message to the station\ntold of bis body being found in the\nyard. Both legs were completely severed bellow tbe knees and Ihis skuJl was\nfractured. It is thought that he waa\nriding at the end of one of the cars\nwhen (he fell under the wheels.\nTORONTO- Dec. 23.\u2014It was decided\n- hy the police commissioners to form\nthree new police divisions and to add\n75 men to the force, bringing It up to\n600. The additions of suburbs hav\u00ab\nmade these extensions necessary,\nOTTAWA ,Doc. 23.\u2014Alexander Mac\nLean, Canadian trade commissioner to\nChina, Ib dead at Shanghai. News of\nthe death was received at his former\nhome here but no details were given.\n\u25a0MacLean was a former well known\nnewspaper man, publisher and writer,\nand was at one time part owner of the\nMontreal Herald. He was 75 years ot\nage .\n-HALIFAX, Dec. 23.\u2014News was re*\nteived today that the Halifax schooner\nA\u00abnes C. Donahue -bad saved thirty,\ntwo. men Irom tae Norwegian steamer\nRand Mines\t\nReading\t\nSouthern Railway....\nUnion  Pacific\t\nUnion Pad He, pfd....\nUnited States Steel..\nUnited Stales Steel..\nWabash\t\nWabash, pfd\t\nSpanish Fours\t\nBar Sliver,   steady\nMoney 2% per cent.\nDiscount  rate short bills,   2% per cent\n3 months bills. 2 5-1C per cent.\n7%\n 7iy4\n\" 29%\n 184%\n 09\n U-%\n 1H-V4\n 20^\n 42\n 24%\n22%d.    per   ounce.\nNotice  of  Application for Renewal of\nLiquor Licence,\nNOTICE is- hereby given that t C. Robinson or Ymlr, B. C\u201e Intend to apply to the\nSuperintendent of Provincial Police at tho\nexpiration of one month from the date\nhereof for a retail liquor licence for the\n(premises to be known as the Sheep\nCredit Hotel, situated on the Queen Road\nat Salmo, B. C.\n20S-3O CONRAD   ROBINSON.\nTO LET-Three nice rooms.   Apply \u00bb\u00bb\nHeaton, W Victoria street, opposite city\nhall J**\"\nTHOUSANDS HOMELESS\nBrooklyn Block Destroyed With Heavy\nProperty Lobs.\nNEW YORK, Dec. 23.\u2014More than a\nthousand persons were made homeless\nand hundreds of thousands of dollars\nworth of property destroyed in a fire\nwhich burned out a block of apartment\nhouses between Second and Third\navenues and Forty-fourth and Forty-\nfifth streets, Brooklyn, today.\nTwenty persons were overcome by\nsmoke but wefre rescued hy firemen.\nThe great Bush terminal docks on the\nedge of the fire zone were saved by a\nfire boat w-hich kept Uhe flames from\nreaching over Second avenue.\nOccupants; of the blazing .buildings\n*v\u00bb\u00bbre driven half dad and shivering into snow-swept streets and a score of\nothers were dragged unconscious from\ntheir appartments by policemen and\nfiremen. Women and children dazed\nwith fright knelt in the streets and\nprayed hysterically.\n- Tbe tire gained great headway before\nthe water wm turned on as the engines were hampered la their rush to\nFOR RENT\u2014Deslable offices. Corner and\nadjoining room on second story. Can be\nrented separately or together. Apply\nWood-Vallance Block. 144,-tf\nFOR RENT\u2014Two nicely furnished rooms,\nfurnace  heated;    board    If   desired.   61B\nCarbonate Btreet. 185-tf.\nFOR RENT\u2014Nicely furnlehed front room\nin private family, all modern conveniences, steam heated house; central location;\n-17 per month.  Apply P. O. Box 912.  195-tf.\nFOR RENT\u2014Warm furnished room, 18.00.\nApply E., Dally News. 195-tf.\nFOR RENT\u2014Furnished rooms and board\nfor gentlemen.   GOT Carbonate atreet or\nP. O. Box *H 195-tf.\nFOR RENT-Warm furnished room suitable for two gentlemen.   Enquire at MJ\nEdgewood avenue. \u2022n**0\nFOR RENT\u2014First of January, a 6 roomed\ncottage, corner Cedar   and   Observatory\nstreets.   Apply Q. H. Fraser, Dally News.\n202-2\nFOR RENT\u2014Four roomed house, furnished.  Higli street, Falrview.   City water.\nTerms moderate.   Apply F. O. Box 782.\n202-2\nFOR RENT-Three    furnished   bedrooms\nwith hath.   706 Victoria street,        204-tr.\nMore\nSuggestions\nFOR RENT-Housekeeplng rooms, 607 Billed Btreet. 2W-6\nFOR KENT\u2014Nicely furnished housekeeping rooms.   Apply Carney Block.        206-6\nPOR RENTV-6 roomed Mttam cor of_Og-\ndar and Observatory atrt\u2014\nH. Fraaer, Dally News \u00a9Hoe.\nApply o.\nNack beads   75c\nNeck beads In coral $1 and $1.50\nNeck beads, real amber $2.75, $3,50\nand     .5.50\nBaby rings, stone set $1.00\nSignet rings ', -$2.00\nBlrthstone rings $2.50, $4, $4.50\nand   $5.00\nStone set band rings $1.50 and... $2.00\nBrooches\nEnamel flowers or stone set $2.25, $4,\nJ5, $6.50, $7 and $10\nBeautiful enamel butterflies $4, $6.50\nand   $10\nCoral set brooches $6, $6.50 and ....$14\nBracelets $4, $6, $8, $10.60, $14, $15\n$28 and   *30\nNecklets\nSet with corals or stones of different\nkinds $11, $12, $12.75, $13, $28\nand '. $40\nMartin collars, the latest   New   York\ncreations In neckwear $4, $5\nand  $7.50\nLeather hand bags $1.25, $2, $3.75, $4.50,\n$5, $6, $7, $8, $9.50, $10, $11 and $12\nSterling silver toilet sets, $6.50, $25, $33,\n$36 and   $50\nSterling silver manicure sets $15, $16,\n$20, $35 and   $39\nMilitary Brushes\nEbony\nback, ln leather case $5, $6, $6.60     _li.__\u00a3\"\n$7\nSee Our Window Display\n1ft DAILY NEWS\ntLAUIFIED AD\u00ab*-One cut * word.  \u00abx taiwaoni lor th* pttoe al\ntoat when paid la advance. Na at token for leM than ita,\nTelephone 144    THE DAILY NEWS\nBUSINESS DIRECTORY\nPAINTERS AND DECORATORS\nTHOMPSOlf'>a.^^\nSign Painters, Paper Hangers and Decorators. Shop m Weird Btreet. Nelion.\nB. C. \t\nPROVINCIAL COLLECTION 8BRVICB-\nMcMorris & Howtead, Mgrs. No charges\nunlesa collections made. Correspondents In\nall parts ol Canada and United Btates.\nBank reference, Canadian Bank of Commerce.\nHELP WANTED\nNELSON   EMPLOYMENT  AQENCY\nJ. H. LOVE* Manager.\nWANTED\u2014Tiemakens.   Work wanted by\nbuslimen,   sawmill   men, cooks, miners*\nmuckers, blacksmiths, etc.\nPUBLISHERS AND PRINTERS\nNlfiwITpljBLlSiUNa^\nPublishers of Tbe Daily News: subscription yti.uu per year by earner; S5.w per year\nby mall. Commercial job printing of all\nkinds neatly and promptly executed. W%\nBaker Btreet, Nelaon, B. 0. Phone 14_\nAUCTIONEERS\nClL^,~i_~WATKK___^^ O. Box\nTHE WORKINGMAN'S EMPLOYMENT\nAND REAL ESTATE AGENCY.\nWANTED Filer tor logging camp; girls\nIon family places; nurse -girl; man -and\nWife thoroughly experienced cooks, want\nwork in country hotel or camp, with view\nto take over same If satisfactory.\nW PAUKl.lt, 312 Baker Street, Phone 288.\nINTERNATIONAL    COLON IZATION\nCOMPANY.\nBIND UP PHONE 301-Real estate and employment otflce. Help of all kinds furnished. 417ft Hall street. Through tickets\nto al points In Europe, Orient, North Africa and -South America.\nJ. 0. PATENAUDE\nManufacturing Jeweller & Optician\nJACOB UKEhlN to CO., Auctioneers; ap-\n. pmiu.i.; valuators; g.iium] ami couimie-\nslun agums. Cuaii advanced on consign-\nna-nta. Apply to P. O. Box. '-33. Nelson,\nB.C.\nHAIRDRESSING   AND   MANICURING\nMio\u00a3. KATHLlfiKN NUAH, ii air dressing\nand manicuring parlors, Koom aa. iL W.\nC. block.\nWANTED\u2014MISCELLANEOUS\nWANTED-Teacher for   Williams'   Siding\nschool.   Duties to commence next term;\nApply    J.    Mars dun,    secretary-treasurer,\nWilliams' Siding, B. C. 208-8\nNURSING.\nMLi_uM_-*H_\u2014Mrs, Tiius. Parser, experienced\nnurse.  Victoria Biouk, PnonsjM.    tt-tt\nBOOKBINDING  AND  RULING\nNEWS PUBUBULNG COMPANY, LTD.-\nAll kind- ol oillue lurwa ruled aud punched for loose lest blndeis. Tne most complete book- binding equipment lu tbe Interior of Briuali Uuluuiuiu. alii Baker St.,\nNeison, B. c, P, O. drawer 1119. ______l_\nA88AYERS\nJO. W. WIDDOWBON. ASSAYER (PRO-\nvlnclal, Metallurgical Chemist. Charges:\nGold, Silver, Copper or .Lead, |1 each;\nGoUi-Sllver, -J1.6U: Silver-Lead, (1.50 Zinc,\n|_; Silver-Lead-Zlnc, (3; Oold, Silver-Cop*\nper or Lead, U.[\\0. Accurate assays; care-*\nXttl sampling, and prompt attention, P.O.\nBox Alio., -Ielson. B. C.\t\n10.0UO POSITIONS FOR OUR GRADUATES\nlast year. Men and women to learn barber trade in eight weeks; tools free; mora\npositions man we run supply; graduate!\nearn (15 to 926 wee'tlv. Catalogue froa.\nMuler System Colleges, 408 Front Ave.,\nSpokane.\nWANTED-Ladtes to do plain and light\nsewing at heme, whole or spare time;\ngood pay; work sent any distance; charges\npaid. Send stamp or full particulars. National Manufacturing Company, Montreal.\nFOH SALE\u2014S. L. Wyandotte, S. C, R. 1.\nIteds and E. B. Thompson's Strain Ringlet\nBarred Rock Cockerels, 11.50 each, to make\nroom. The above are pure bred and from\nexcellent laying strains. A few trios of\nabove for $4.50. 11 ,U. Slirum, Ymlr, u. C.\n189-7.\nASSAYERS' SUPPLIES.\nB. C. ASSAY _ CHEMICAL SUPPLY CO..\nLtd., Vancouver, B.C. Agents In British\nColumbia for the Morgan crucible Company, Lundeii, l_ngiaml: P. VV. Uraun,\nLos Angeles and San Francisco; Baker\nand Adamson's C.P. Acids and Chemicals;\nWay's Pocket Smelters. Write.for Information about these smelters, invaluable to the prospector, assayer or miner.\nComplete asujr outfits furnished at short\nnotice.\nWANTED-Gcneral servant for family of\nthree.   Apply 1)11 Stanley street HH-tf.\nWANTED-Nurso   girl.   Apply   Mrs.    Dr.\nWHlson, Victoria  Block. 197-tf.\nWANTED\u2014A teacher for second division\nof the Slocan public school. Salary 9&\nper month. Apply to the secretary of tha\nschool board, Slocan, B. C, stating qualifications, etc., before December iSSih, 1908.\n-199-12\nWANTBD-Glrl   for   general   housework.\nApply 6gi Vernon street.\t\nWANTED\u2014Live turkeys.    Apply   Nelson\nShooting Gallery, Hall street between Backer and Vernon.   J. M. Grubbs, Prop. 202-*5<\nWANTED\u2014$30 per month to comnetent\ngirl for genera lhouuework. Must be\ngood cook und able to take full charge.\nSmall -family; references required. Phone\n321 or address F., Dally News. - 206-tf.\nWANTED\u2014Young lady wants light housework.    Inquire  room   5,   Queen's   hotel.\nCall in forenoon. 209-1\nDRUGS  AND ASSAYERS' SUPPLIES.\nWholesale and Retail.\nWM. RUTHERFORD, WARD STREET,\nNelson. Luigtsst and best stock in Kootenay of Drugs, MudlaiKis, Assay Supplies and Garden Heeds. Makers of Wild\nCherry, Spruce and Tar. tlio best cough\nsyrup, Cuscura Tablets, tlie best laxative; Carnation cream. Witch Hazel\nCream, Perfect Cold Cream. Headache\nTablet!. Kidney Tablets, Toothache Jelly,\nCorn cure. White Cu, Rhemnatlc Oil,\nCarbolic Ointment, Pile Ointment, ChUl-\nUlaiu Cure, Condition Powders, Bug\nPoison, Heft Mite Killer for Poultry\nHouses, Tree Spray, etc. Prescrlptiona\n_a specialty.  Mail orders lllk-d promptly.\nLADIE8 CAN MAKE MONEY\nby selling to their friends Swiss Embroideries, tiiinmngs, blouses, costumes, handkerchiefs, splendid novelties, ottered by\n \u25a0\u25a0   *\u25a0\u00ab\u00bb\"\u2022**\u00bb     liimijs sunt by\nltmt-cluBB Swiss  lactoiy.\nis;turn, tsee of charge, no postage nor\nduty, no trouble wltn customs house. 25\n'percent commission, payment by reimbursement on receipt ot goods, Write for\nsamples to Za G. 21_, Rudolf Moose, St.\n\u25a0Jail, Switzerland,\nPRODUCE,\n\u25a0TARKBY to CO., WHOLESALE! DEAL-\ners in Butter, biggs, Cheese, Produce and\ni'ruit. Houston Mock, Josephine street,\nNelsoa, B. 0,\nFOR SALE\nFOR BALE\u2014The best land, ln an old-\ntried and well improved district. At\nMirror Lake, which 1ms proved what other are only trying. Pour boats daily to\nKaslo and Nelson. Land cleared or uncleared und orchards in bearing. 2% miles\nflrom Kaslo; plenty of water; no summer\nfrosts; prices reasonable. Raw lands on\nKootenay lake with good roads and beet\nof transportation at $10 per acre up. K,\nK. BJerkness or E. Norman. Corner Baker and Ward streets. Nelson. 190-tf.\nPOR SALE\u2014Several blocks of choice fruit\nlands, very easy to clear, In Kaslo district, on Kootenay lake, Lake frontage and\nbench lands; prices ranging from Jti to $20\nper acre, Greatest snap ever offered In\nfruit lands In this famous fruit district\nFor further particulars apply at Lindsay's\nboat house, foot of Josephine street, Nelson, B. C.  162-28\nFOR SALE-Qood team of horsefl.   Nelson'\nBrewery. . 186-tf.\nFOR SALE\u2014Gasoline launch-_> feet long,\n6 foot beam, 1_ h. p. engine in llrst class-\ncondition.   Price $160.00.    Address   Launch,\nThe Du,iy News. 188-tf.\nGROCERIES.\nA. MACDONALD ft CO.-WHOLESALE.\nGrocers and Provision Merchants\u2014importers of Teas, Coffees, Soloes, Dried-\nFruits, Staple and Fancy Groceries, Tobaccos, Cigars, Butter, hlggs, Cheese aad\nPacking House Products. Otilce and\nwarehouse, corner of front and Hall\nBtreeta.   P. O. Boi 1086.   Telephone a.\nLIQUORS.\nB. FBRGUBON ft CO.-WHOLESALE\nand Commission Merchants-importers\nand Wholesale Dealers ln Wines, Liquors\nand Cigars. Kootenay agents lor Pabst\nMilwaukee Bear. Agents for the Bruns-\nwlck-Balks-Collender Co., Billiard and\nPoole Tables and Supplies, Bar Fixtures,\nCigar Counters, Bowling Alleys, etc.\nPrlcea and spociflcatlone on application.\nOfflcs and retail department, Vernon\nSt., Nelson, two doors east of postotflse.\nTelephone B6Q.   P. O. Box 1030.\t\nPKTKUUOUO' MOTOR CANOES WHICtt\nprom no to be as famous as the world wide\nknown Peterboro canoes. They are superior lu sua going quality and of beautiful\nlines. We have them on the way. Come\nand inspect. You will be pleased. Prices*\nright. Sole agents. Lindsay's Boat House,\nfoot Josephine street,    -\nFOR SALE-Fresh out berried Holly,\nMistletoe, Cut Flowers, Greenhouse\nPlants for Christmas. Henry's Nurseries,\n3010 Westminster Road, Vancouver, B. C\n 136-13'\nFOR SALE\u2014Fifty yearling hens,   Mlnor-\ncas and Wyandotte.  Also trio of Pekln\nducks (unrelated.)   cheap for quick sale.\nM. B. Edwards, Hume Addition. 3018'\nFOR  SAIiE~<?omfortable   furnshed rooms\nwith use of bath, 606 Carbonate St.  -201-g\nMINERS'   FURNISHINGS.\na.   MACDONAL.D ft CO..-WHOLE8ALE\nJobbers in Blankets, Underwear,  Mitts,\nGloves, Boots, Rubbers, Overalls, Jumpers, Macklnaws and Oilskin Clothing.\nCamp and Miners' Sundries. Office and\nWarehouse corner of Front and Hall Sta.\nP. O. Boi 1095.   Telephone 88.\nMININQ MACHINERY\nWASHINGTON MACHINERY to SUPPLY\nCo.\u2014DeaUrs In Endnea, Band and Circular Sawmills, Atkins' Saws, Wood aad\nIron Pulleys, Leyner Compressor* and\nDrills, Pumps and Hoists. Prompt attention. Reasonable prices. Courteous\ntreatment Spokane, Wash.\nH. J. WILTON, Tailor\nLadles' and Qanti' Clothai Ctaanad,\nRepaired and Praitad.\nSATISFACTION GUARANTEED\nClothM Called for and .Delivered.\nM 6 Joiepbln* Bt, Oppoiite Manhattan Hotel, Nelaon, B. O.\nFlCR SALE\u20145 H. P. gasoline engine, circular and drag sawing outfit; will cut 30\nto 40 cords daily.   Apply Wm. Stevens, Box\n377, Nelson. B. C.    201-6\nFOR SALE\u2014Second hand safe and sho-D\nshelving.    Bargain In lot of shoes.   Ap*-\nply to McCausland Shoe Store. \"**\nFOR SA3_S\u2014Gasoline launch 13 feet long.\n3 h. p. Gillies Motor; boat and motor In -\nfirst-class condition.   Cheap.    Apply   Moss-\nengerl Offlce. 30B-S'\nFOR SALE-Nelson   Brick   Works.   Gob*\npaying proposition.    Lots of market for\nbrick. Apply Wm, Hanacock, Nelson Brick\nWorks, Bo* 977, 20G-6\nFOR SALE\u2014First class boarding house and\nfirst class business.   Apply   K.,   Daily-\nNews. .       3M-8\nFOR SALE-Thoroughbred   Buff   Orpington cockerells.   Mrs.  Fournler, Crawford\nBay. 2 06-6\nFOR SALE-Upright piano, excellent wm-\ndltlon; leaving city.   W. Ghave 4M BM>-\nson street.   208-S\nNOTICE\nAll Barbara tn Nelson will keep open on\nDecember S4th and December Ost, until 9\no'clook, p. in., dty time.\nJ. W. DBLtANBY,\nSecretary, Union.\nLOST.\nIXjST\u2014BSl'ther   In    the oost offlce or on\nWard,  Water or Joseohlne. streets   a\nbunch of   keys.     Finder please leave at\nNews Offlce. 202-tf.\nLOST\u2014Small gold   necklace   with   heart-\nshaped nendant.   Finder please return ta\nH. R Croasdalle & Co,, 222 Baker street,,\nand receive reward, JSCG-tf.\nNURSING.\nNursing maternity oases in town or out of\ntown,  Mrs,  H. Herrmann, Phone ASWt\nNelson. B, O. . ..\nI Read Daily News,Want Ads\n \\3b1\nTHUTOOAY  DECEMBER!\nffihc Sails Hew*.\nMOB SEVEN\nJust a Minute, Please\nBear In mind this Is the laat day you will have a chance to buy presents before Xmas. ,\nARE YOU STILL PONDERING?   It so, there is only one way to satisfy your mind and lave worry and\ntrouble.\nCome Here\nWe have the goods, the new goods and can Batisfy the most skeptical shopper. YOU ate trie person'wo\nare hero to satisfy. You are the particular person we wish to show that our Btore, onr golds anil oui1 service Is the most up-to-date In the wets. YOU may he dealing elsewhere just because you have gotten Into\nthe rut of going to the same store and hate to break away. DUT-Do you know If you are receiving the\nproper attention? Do you feel that you are getting value for your money? Do you get oirioient, prompt\nservice ?\nMany People\nhare a wrong Idea about the Christmsa season, many people, feel that If they cannot afford Bornething costly they won't give anything.\nThis Is a Wrong Impression\nIt is not the gift, but the giver and the spirit in which a present Is given   that   means   evurythins.     OUR\nSELECTIONS comprise handsome gifts at reasonable prices.   Useful presents within reach ol every one.\nOur Candies\nOur Christmas Selections\nare In every way the most no pular ln the city with an assortment to choose from that cannot lie equalled.\nCompetition Has Made Our Business ,\nrid.        Others Try to Follow\nMail Order\nPoole Drug Co. $_2\u00a3\nWatch Our Windows.   Compare Our Goods With Others\nGet On Our Mail Order List and Be Satisfied\n)Ji^i&_S_2*2\u00bb|\n%\nFred Irvine & Co.\n*%\nm\n#\nWe are showing a splendid stock of goods suitable for\nChristmas presents.\n\u20ac\nLadles' fancy handkerchiefs, handkerchiefs in fancy boxes, ladles' kid\ngloves, ladles' fancy silk, bead, leather,\nsliver and metal belts, ladles' fancy\nneck scarfs, stock collars, neckwear,\nsilk wraps, shawls, etc., ladles' long\nwool, silk and cold, Ud gloves, ladles'\nsilk lace, nett Waists at very low prices;\nladles' silk dress skirts, ladles fine\nvoile skirts, ladles' furs and coats,\nladles' silk umbrellas, ladles' plain and\nfancy hose.\nOlrls' white furs, girls' kid gloves,\ngirls' fancy neckwear, children's umbrellas, Infants' dresses and cloaks.\nBoys' wool and kid gloves, men's\nfancy socks, men's kid gloves, men's\nsilk and linen handkerchiefs, men's\nhandkerchiefs ln fancy boxes, men's\nsilk umbrellas, men's Bilk wraps, men's\nsilk neck ties.\nChildren's white dresses, children's\nwhite aprons and pinafores.\nAll lines we are selling at lowest prices.\nFred Irvine & Co.\n$\nw\nMETALS\nNew York. Dec. 23.\u2014Silver, 4$r%; Electrolytic Conner, U to UM, dull.\n(London, Dec. 23.\u2014Silver, 22%; Lead, \u00a313,\nDec. 22.\u2014Closing ouotatlone on the New\nTork curb and Spokane exchange, reported by Mighton and Cavanaugh\nBtd     Aatcoi.\nAlberta Coal \u00bb        .19%\nB. C .Copper    1.Y-M   8.00\nChas.   DlckenB\t\nCan. Con. Smelters 00.00     Oo.OO\nCopper King 02%      .06\nDominion Copper 50        .02%\nGalbralth Coal \t\nGertie 02fc     MM\nOranbv 95.00    110.W\nHeela.'   3.25\nInternational Coal     7.4        .78\nKendall ..\u25a0\u2022    .85      1.D0\nMissoula Copper 03        .0014\nNabob 02%      .08\nOom Paul M%     MM\nPanhandle 03%     .03%\nRambler Cariboo U        MM\nRox 08        .08\nSnowshoe  ..     .08        .07\nSnowstorm    2,12      2.IB\nSullivan\t\nSullivan Bonds \t\nStewart \t\nTamarack-Chesapeake..\nMM\nMM\n.33\nOPENING  COPPER QUOTATIONS\n(Reported by McDermld and McHardy)\nGranby 102.00   100.00\nB.   C.   Copper    7.75       8.00\nDominion Copper 50        .U2_i\nNELSON NEWS OF THE DAY\nSaturday next Is St. Stephen's day.\nTlie Tale-Columbia Lumber company\nhave presented each of their married employees with a fine turkey as a Christmas\ngift.\nF A. Estey Is spending Christmas with\nfriends in Revelstoke. It Is understood\nth-n\/t congfriitutntlons will he the order\nof the day on Mr. Estey's return.\nThe Pythian Sisters Will hold their regular meeting on the evening of Monday\nnext Instead of tonight. All members are\nrequested to -attend.\nOwing to tonight being Christmas evo\nthe Ancient Order of Foresters will not\nbold their regular meeting. The next assembly of the lodge will be held on January 12th.\nThere was a fall of considerably over\nsix Inchon of snow at Grand Forks yestet'-\nday. Tlie railway company have snow-\n|ploulis in operation on tho 'track to Uio\nwestward of that town .\nAllan Purvis, divisional superintendent\nof the O. P. R.. was in Phoenix yesterday.\nToday he is at Grfonwnod font will return to Kelson tonight in order to spend\nChristmas ut home.\nRev. M. E. Anderson of Tacoma, Wash.,\ntravelling missionary for lhe Swedish\nChristian missionary society of the Pa-\nlelilc northwest will preach in the Methodist church at 7 o'clock tomorrow, Christmas morning.\nThe office of the registrar from today\nuntil January 2nd will close daily nt 2 _.\ntn; instead' of at 4 p. m. The office, in\ncommon with tlie other government offices\nw'll be closed altogether tomorrow, Saturday and on the Saturday after New Year's\nday.\nThe following cases came before Judge\nForin in chambers yesterday morning!\nBarnes vs. B. C. Copper Co. S. S. Taylor,\nK. C applied for permission ta take evidence nf a witness out of tho Jurisdiction,\nK C. Wragge contra; an order was made.\nBuchanan vs. M'ller, W .A. Macdonald, K.\nL\\. moved for judgment upon findings of\n*1ip jury. *S. S. Taylor, if. c., contra.\nJudgment was reserved.\n\"SI PLUNKARD\" MONDAY\nWill Appear With Company in Neleon\nOpera House.\n\"SI Plunkard\" Is a play cimhining both\ncomedy and pathos in that way which has\nso often been spoken of as that \"the\nlaughter chases away the tenrs.\" A play\nto enjoy everlasting popularity must possess these qtmliflentions or else ito fail to\nlong Interest a fickle public.   It is necos-\n> aary ito touch tiie strings of tiie human\nheart\u2014a simple truthful story. This -most\nsuccessful rural drama will bo presented\nhere with J. C. Lewis In tlio title role. It Is\nrihomiaed that It will be given In sunurh\n'manner by a company of unusual excellence. \"SI Plunkard\" will he seen at the\n'Kelson opera bouse, on Monday December 28t1i, Watch for tlie funny parade by\nSI flnd his country.\nAsks for your tickets on the handsome presents at Poole's\u2014We're always\nbusy and may overlook it. 2081t\nFor a few minutes rest, and a glance at\nThe Nelson Daily News, when In Victoria,\nNeleonltcB cannot make a mistake .y calling on Arthur K. Vaughan, at the Gar-\nrick's Head, where the best of liquor and\na tasty lunch can always be found.    196-tf.\nThe Pythian  Sisters vifil  give a social\nand dance In K. of P. hall on December\n29th.   75c a couple.    Everybody welcome.\n107-6\nDon't put off until the last week or last\nday, to make selections for Christmas\ngifts. Come while you have an elegant\nstock   to   select   from.   We  will   lay   any\nWhat to\nGive Him\nfor Christmas is a problem we solve many tlme3 a'day.  Our store being\nheadquarters for men's things, the question Is very easily answered.\nFor men, both old and young, we've ideal gifts\u2014just   the   sort   of\ngifts that will he appreciated tbe most, after Christmas is over.\nGet blm a smoking Jacket or housecoat. The restful comfort which\nis enjoyed In the wearing of a housecoat, the soothing effect upon a\ntlretl man after a day of hurry and worry, are reasons enough why they\nmake a perfect Christmas gift.\nDon't Forget\nEvery man   expects\none Christmas tie\nThat we are the headquarters\nfor      :      :      :        :       :\nNeckwear\nI Emory & Walley\narticle aside   for you.   Canada   Drug and\nBook Co. 188-tt.\nFor quick delivery of your Xmas presents ring 'Phone 41 or any messenger call\nbox In tho city. Full staff of boys on\nhand.   Office open 8 a. m. io 2 a. tn.\nFrench Budget Passes.\nPARIS, Dec.   23\u2014The   chamber   of\ndeputies and the senate today adopted\nthe budget, which for tbe   first   time\nexceeded four billions of francs.\nBuy a Christmas present for your friend.\nA season ticket ut the new skating rink.\nTickets for sule at Toye, Taylor & McQuarrle. 306-6\nSanta Claus has many line China Dishes\nand Tut Glass to show you as Xmas gifts\nat exceedingly low prices at Old Curiosity\nShop, Josephine Street.\nXmas Hints.\u2014Thia store Is prepared to\nsupply your wants in the most desirable\ngoods that the markets of the world afford.\nMake your selections early. Canada Drug\nand Book Co. 188-tf.\nB. O. \"Windsor, piano tuner and regulator, who has been well known to the people   of   Nelson   and   vicinity   for  several\nyears, Is ln town.   Leave orders at Cannda\nDrug and Book Co. 170-tl\nOur butcher business is steadily growing. There is a reason. We have fine\nheef for tlie holiday trade. It may not lie\nnny better though than our beef at other\ntimes, because we always buy the best\nregardless of tho wholesale prices. Give\nus a trial. Braidwood Dros., Plume AS70,\nNelson.\nIf you have difficulty In choosing your\nXmits gifts, look at the advertisement of\nthe J. H. Ashdown Hardware Company on\npage B.\nE\\ .rybody wins a present for his old\nchum at the Old Chum Cigar Store, 419\nBaker St.   Len. Matthew Prop. 203-1\nEvery quarter of the globe,\u2014Europe, the\npainstaking Orient, ns well ns all that Is\nbest in American art, bas representation\nin our holiday stock. Canada Drug and\nBook Co. lS-S-tf.\nA feature that is distinctly notlcabo\nabout our business, is the sort of an \"End-\ness Chain\" arrangement of our customers.\nOne sends the other. In fact some send\nas many as live or six- It Is the unquestionable satisfaction In quality and value\nthat is doing It. Canada Drug and Book\nCo. ' 188-tf.\nEmpire Theatre\nTonight and Saturday\nFilm Subjects:\nSpecial Christmas program.\nAli Baba and Forty Thieves.\n{Hand colored and beautiful)\nThe Impersonator's Joke.\nAn All Wool Garment.\n(Both funny.)\nSpecial subjects in addition.\nPrudence Eden will sing.\n\"Mexico\"\nWatch for our special features\nthis week.   Change   three   times\nweekly.\nADMISSION:\nAdults   15e\nChildren    10c\nMatinee today, Friday aad Saturday.\nEvenings open 7 to 10.30 p. m.\nAlan Block, Baker St\nv. ,   _\/\nKootenay Coffee Co.\nDealers in all grades and varieties of\nTeas and Coffee\nRoasters of high grade coffee.\nRoasters of hlgn gruda n\nTbe best in these household lix-\nurles at moderate prices.\nFresh, roasted coffee at 35c to\n20c per lb.\nTeas, all grades and varieties,\nat $2.00 to 2oc per lb.\nPure ground and whole spices.\nBaking powder, cocoa, cream Tartar, baking soda, flavoring extracts.\nKootenay Coffee Co.\n306 Baker Street\nCANADIAN\nChristmas Excursions\nNelson to any point in Ontario and\nQuebec west of Montreal  and   return\n$80.25\nThree Months' Limit\nTickets on sale daily December 1 to\nDecember 31.\nCorresponding low rates to maritime-\nprovinces.\nXmas Ocean Rates\nNelson to Liverpool or London and\nreturn $118.75 to -$350 according to ship\nand accommodation chosen.\nFive Months' Limit\nTickets on sale daily November 21\nto December 81.\nDally standard and tourist sleepers,\nreservations made, on application.\nFor rates aud other particulars call\nor write,\nJ. H. PROCTOR, D. P. A., Calgary\nW. H. DEACON, C. P. A., Nelson\nMay for- Sal\u00a9\nGood upland prairie hay, .   per\nton f.o.b. Cayley, Alta.\nAddresslCHAS. H.  HOWARD\nCayley, Alberta.\nWhen You Are Broke\nAnd the Bank won't help ycu, remember you\ncan get money at 6 per cent, on your life insurance policy.\nWhen remembering those at Christmas time\nwho are dearest to you and dependent upon you,\nwhy not buy something that will be of lasting\nbenefit ?\u2014a safeguard\u2014a guarantee that should\nanything happen to you, Santa Claus will not\nbe a thing of the past as far as your little ones\nare concerned.   DO IT NOW.\nFire Insurance\nAre you protected ? It costs but lit*le. It\nrequired, it helps a great deal. We represent\nthe very best companies, and when insuring it\npays to get the best.\nCall and see us and find out what it would\ncost; or drop us a line and our representative\nwill call on you.\nJIcDERBUD & McHARDV ^X,\njtf******************^*************^\n MM EIGHT\n\u00a9he \u00aeuUy Stem*.\nTHURSDAY ...... DECEMBER 21\nTo Let\nAt $25 a month. 6-roomed furnished house .in good location, for full\nparticulars, qpply immediately to\nH. \u00a3. Croasdaile\n(8b Co.\nBuilding Sites\nCentral locations, suitable for\nstores, factories, apartment\nhouses, residences, etc.\nTo encourage building the only\ntu levied on Improvements (In\nthe city) is one mill oa assesssed\nvalue.\nHouses and Lots\nIs all parts of the city aud sub-\norbs.\nLand\nFor market gardens and poultry,\netc., oa wagon -road near the ea.ty.\nF. B. LYS\nReal Estate Agent, 315 Baker St.\nXmas Cakes\nWe have the largest and beat\nassorted stock of Xmas cakes\nin British Columbia In sizes\nand designs to suit all our patrons.\nOot Xmas Confectionery\nproduced by the best confectionery firms in Canada, is on\n.sale in beautifully . decorated\nboxes which are both ornamen-\n.tal and useful as handkerchief\nboles, collar and cuff boxes,\netc.\nRemember that we are offering our entire stock at greatly\n.reduced prices as everything\n.must be Bold before our re-\n.moval from our present stand\nin January.\nChoquette Bros.\nNELSON, B. C.\nNelson Opera House\nOne Night Only and Special\nMatinee\nCHRISTMAS DAY, DECEMBER 25\nThe\nPolmatier Sisters\nOrchestra and Concert Company.\nThe most unique musical organi*\nzation in the West.\n5--Soloists--5\nVocal   and   Instrumental   solos;\nduetts, trios and quartettes,   also\nstandard, classic, operatic and descriptive overtures.\nPrices:  BOc, 75c, $1.00\nMatinee:  25c, 50c, 75c.\nSeat sale both evening and matinee at Rutherford's drug store,\nWednesday morning.\nONE   NIGHT   ONLY\nMONDAY,  Dee.  28th.\nJ. C. Lewis\nand an excellent cast tn\n\"Si Plunkard\"\nOne of the best rural comedy\ndramas going. Complete b,and and\norchestra. See the mammoth\nthreshing machine in actual opera,\ntion.\n5--Big Specialties-*\nThe Home Quartette.\nWatch for the Band.\nPrices BOc, 75c and $1.00\nSale at Rutherford's Saturday.\nNELSON NEWS_0F THE DAY\nThe banks in1 the city will-be closed from\ntlila afternoon until Monday next.\nTlie Daily News lins pleasure In ac-\nknowledginR tlie receipt of a Christmas\nKffeeting card from Smith, Davidson &\nWrl\u00abht; limited of Vancouver.\nThe members of the Churchman'a club\n\u25a0are requested to be present In the parish\nhall this afternoon and evening to assist\nIn the work of decorating St. Sa-vlour's\ntrtittrch.\nThe Daily News begs to acknowledge\nthe; receipt of one of the prettiest calen*\nMerry\nXmas!\nWe wish our many Mends and\ncustomers a very Merry Christmas.\nC. A. Benedict\nGrocer\nCor. Josephine and Silica. Phone7\n'     NEISON, B. C.\ndars of the Beason from the Poole Drug\ncompany, limited.\n- J. W. Power of Kaslo camp in yesterday\nand iB registered at the Hume.\nDunenn nosfl. ex M. P. for the Yale-Cariboo division   ia a  guest at tho iHunio.\nRev. *R. Newton Powell will preach a\nspecial Christinas service in the Methodist church at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. \u25a0   \u2022      i\nThe cuehion raffled hy tlie ladies of the\n'Maccabees lias 'been won by ticket No.\n156. The lucky lady Is Mm. R itltohie of\nRlondel.\nThe post office* will be open1 for general delivery from 10 to 12 a. m. tomorrow.\nFor persons renting boxes the offlce \"will\nbe open during the usual hours.\nMiss Jessie McKenzie of the Greenwood\njhibllo school staff arrived from the\nBoundary last night to spend the Christmas holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Arnot,\nStanley street.\nMr. and Mrs. G. W. Walley, Mrs. George\nM. Clark and Fred Emory nre leaving on\nTuesday cmoming for bos Angeles where\nthey intend to spend the winter.\nThWrte was a largo attendance at the\nArcade theatre last night when some very\ntine films telling the story of the famous\nDreyfus trial in Paris, France, were put\non for the llrst time in Nelson. These pictures will be shown again tonight.\nCol. Swayne when Interviewed by a reporter for Tha Daily News yesterday mentioned that he considered the Van Rol\nmines one of the most promising Investments In the country.\nThe funeral arrangements of Lewis\nJohnson of Winlaw, who died on Tuesday\nnight at the Home hospital from a fractured skull will be announced In tomorrows, Issue of The Dally News,\nZleg's ninth annual 'Possum supper\ntook place last night. The -tables were\nbending with the weight of tho viands and\nthe large number of people who attended\nthe big \"spread\" were delighted with the\ngood supper that was \"\"Jivldefl,\nSir J. Eardley Wllmot. lady Wllmot. Mint\n\u25a0WUmol, S. Wllmot and Miss S. Wllmot\ncame In last night from Crawford Bay and\nregistered a* the Strathcona. The 'party\nare on their way to the old country with\nthe intention of spending the winter there.\nFollowing the custom adopted by this\nnewspaper for the pust six years, The\nDally News will not be issued the day after Christmas. Saturday \u25a0morning', Thus\n(permitting tlie employees of the paper to\nenjoy their Christmas dinner like the rest\nof the community.\nThe remaining gatne In the English billiard tournament at the Victoria -billiard\nliajl Was played off yesterday when T.\nJillinson beat H. Gardner by a largo mar-\npita of points. The final results are 1st\nprize. JIB, R. Potter; 2nd prizes, $10 A. Kay\nand 3rd prize, (5, J. Johnson.\nA dead line has been placed on the C. P.\nR. wharf by the police in order to prevent\n\u2022hotel runners and others from approaching too near to the edge of the wharf While\nboats are unloading passengers. It was\nfeared that unless something of the kind\nwere done an accident might ooccur owing\nto the dangerous crowding so close to the\nwater's edge. The police Intend to strictly enforce the new rule.\nThe Christmas service nt St. Joseph's\nCatholic church commence with a midnight\nmass tonight, followed Immediately by\ndwo low masses. Low mass will also In*\nCelebrated at 8 a. m, and 8:30 a. m. A\n\u25a0srjiwini high mass Is to be tield at 11 a.\nm., -and there will be nn evening service\nat 7:30. Rev. Father Nestor, S. J. of Gon-\nzoga college, Spokane, will preach at tho\nmldniglijt imass and at the 1 o'clock \"service. Father Nestor will also preach et\nIthe high mass on Sunday at 10:30 a. m.\nRev. Father Althoff will conduct the other\nservices.\nHob* Communion will be celebrated tomorrow, Christmas morning at St.\nSaviour's church at 6:30 and -8 a. m. Ma-\n.timif and a choral holy communion service 'will be -given at 10:30 a. m. Tlie\npreacher at the three services will be tbe\nrector. At the 10:30 service will be given\nthe processional hymn No. 59 a. and nt.,\nMMMM MKMM *>\nIt's Easy Enough\nfor him to buy a Xmas present\nfor HER, but not so easy for her\nto buy a suitable present for HIM\n, A man appreciates anything In\nthe smoker's line. We have the\ngoods and Invite the ladles of\nNelson to call and see our stock\nof Xmas presents for men. What\nbetter than a good box of cigars.\nWe know the kind he likes; or a\ngood first class pipe, smoker's set\nor cabinet. We have some very\ndainty goods to show you.\nCabinet Cigar Store\nQ. B. MATTHEW\nFor Sale\nWe are Instructed by Mr. R.\nW. Hannington to offer (or sale\nWs residence No. 719 Carbonate\n.street. The house Is first class\nln every respect and contains\ndrawing room, dining room,\nkitchen, pantry, three bed\n.rooms, bath room, ba-wment\nand furnace. The property com-\n.prises five lots which are on\n.the corner of Carbonate and\n.Hendryx streetB and are cultivated and laid out ln vegetable, fruit and flower garden.\nFor further particulars and\nprice, apply to\nH. & N. BIRD\nNelson, B. C.\nSeasonable Gifts\nA choice selection of articles\nsuitable for Christmas , presents,\nconsisting of\n.'\nSmokers' Son-dries\nLeather Goods\nLadies' Hand Bags\n\u2014AT\u2014\nHotel Hume\nNews Stand\nndeste ildales. Precis and responce Tallls\n.festal. Venlte chant Dr. W. Crotch.\n'Special psalm No. 19. Chnnt D. E. G.\nMonk's No. 85. Chant J. Turle. Te deum,\nGeo. Wilson MacPlierBon. Bencdictus\nchant G. M. Garrett. Anthem \"Behold I\nBring You Good Tidings,\" Sir John Gosh.\nS-l-oiy communion J. H. Malnder iii G.\nCommunion hymn No .60 a. and m. \"Hark\nthe Herald Angels Sing. Offertory hymn\n{No. 6L a. and m. \"Awnke, Salute the ,\nHappy Morn.\" \"Seven Fold Amen,\" Bir |\nJ. Stainer. Processional Nunc Dlmlttis\nchant, j. Fcltom. Tlie music of the Christmas festival will be repeated on Sunday\nmorning, and on Sunday evening thera will i\nbe a serv-tec of song. I\nThe Nelson public schools close for the\nChristmas holidays this morlnlg. The i\nnktoms and blackboards have been very\nartistically decorated by tho ttmchws and\n\u25a0pupils, The usual ehiertaihinelUiJ ftftVQ\nbeen arranged and programs commence at j\n10;30 a .m., city time, and will be continued |\nuntil 11:30. Miss Thomas' class la to join\nMiss Scanlnn's and the principal'* class !2\nto go lo Miss Dft _%_'_ where programs\nand enterWlMHmts will be combined. The\nOthpr cltifses will perform in their own\nF00ir.fi, Many scholars were to be seen In\nthe streets of Nelson yesterday loaded\nTvlth ibooks owing to the fact that the old\ndesks have to-be moved into the new\nschool liciiHi' dining the vacation. A number of new names are being iuidi-d dally\nfo the list of children who will attend\n'school for the first time next month.\nPupils entering the primary class at the\npublic school must have reached (their Gtli\nyear.\nWord haa been received in the dty ot\n[thte death at Spokane on Friday laat or\nMiss Margaret Harwood, of Joseph Har-\nwood, late o fthe government uftl.es in\nthis city.\n\u25a0Byron N. Wlilte of the Slocan Star mine\nspent yesterday In Nelson. Mr. White is\none ot Nelson's old-timers and in the past\n|7 years has seen the city grow, from a\nfew rough bouses to its present proportions,\nWilliam\" Ahdersan 6t the rtossiand offlce\nof the West Kootenay Power and Light\ncompany, spent yesterday in the city and\nleaves by the Crow boat this morning for\nKootenay Landing where he will meet his\ntwo sons who are returning from school\nIn England, to have Christinus at the\nparental home In RosBland.\nS. E. Oliver and family of Procter have\nreturned from a trip to New York,\nArthur K. Vaughan, formerly of Nelson,\nand for the past four years at the \"Brown\nJug,\" Victoria, has taken over the Gar-\nrick's Head Saloon, on Bastion street\nand will be pleased to meet bis many Nel'\nson friends when In Victoria, where they\nwill And the best of liquors and cigars,\nand a hot lunch, while reading The Nel-\n\u00ab__J________yj_______     .._. _ 95-tf.\nDon't Forget\nThat nothing ts so acceptable for\na Xmas present as a nice pipe or\ncigar case and we have the best.\nQet a $20 set for 60 cents by buying a ticket on our Xmas drawing\nwhich will soon be over.\n20 Per Cent. Off\nall pipes, cigar and cigarette\ncases, cigar and cigarette holders\nand tobacco Jars for today only.\nCome early and avoid the rush.\nQueen Cigar Store\nBUSH BROS., Proprietor*\nBaker Street Niton, B. C.\nOne Piece Will Do\nSee Our Fine Cut Glass\n8-tncli special bowl at   $5.00\nA fine nappy 7-inch at (  $4.50\ng    An 8-lnch bowl at  >  W.OO\nSee our large ad. on Inside page.\nJ.O.PATENAUDE\nMANUFACTURING JEWELER, WATCHMAKER AND OPTICIAN.\nBaker Street\n'dm\nNelson, B. C.\nMNNMMMMNNMMM*\nMoitey Makers for Wise Ones\nDouble house close ln, pays over 20 per cent, price 11100; only 1800\noath.\n97 acres with railway and steamer service; 75 per cent good; station; post offlce; '.'.ore at your gate; some Improvements. 12500; small\ncash payment\nWOLVERTON (to CO., Baker Street\nr\nFor Every Member\nOf the Family\nWe can fit them all with a\nnice warm pair of Slippers, and\nthey won't cost much.\nJust the thing for Xmas.\nThe Royal\nShoe Specialists.\nBank Man Suicides.\nwortCEiaTER, Dec. 23.\u2014Frank W, Out-\ntine, for the past 40 years connected witli\nthe Worcester Mechanics flavins, bank\nand for 40 years its treasurer was found\ndead by suicide at his homo today, Bank\ntorfkials express the belief that his accounts are correct as two examinations\nhave been held recently. Mr. Cutting's\nbody was found in a room where the gas\ncock! was wide wen and the doors and\nwindows closed, The suicide, it Is believed,\ntvas the result of temporary insanity. A\n___b left by Mr.  Cutting, bade his wife\nCut Class\nW* are showing a special line ot the\nrichest ot cuttlnjs In Bon Bom, Sugars\nud Creams, Berry Dishes, Vases, Etc,\nFROM WOO TO $10.00\nOLD CURIOSITY SHOP\nJosephine Btreet\ngoodbye and Informed general Sprasue,\npresident of the savings ban . that the accounts were all light. Mr. Cutting was 67\nyears old.\nTHEY BUY WATERFRONT\nGREAT NORTHERN AND NORTHERN\nPACIFIC AT VANCOUVER\nAGENT PURCHASES LARGE BLOCK\nON FALSE CREEK\nVancouver, Dee. _j.--w.th -the object of securing new terminal facilities for\none or moro big (transcontinental railways,\nthe biggest water-front deal that haB been\n(put through in the city for many months\nwas partially -closed today. That Is, ithe\nnegotiations for a transfer of False Creek\nwater-front property to tlie value of over\n$350,000 was concluded, but the -agent for\nithe purchasers, who is said to toe the\nG. N. R. and N. P. R., Is still looking for\nmore waterfront ln that locality provided\ntlie price Is right.\nQulotly and unobstruslvely A. B. How-\nand, of Chicago, who Is sold to be rtihe purchasing agent for an American transcon-\nrtin-ettfiu line, came here about a month\nago, and since that time has not been idle\nin tlie real estate purchasing lino. Equally\nquiet and unobstruslvely he has purchased\n(lot after lot and in some cases whole\nblocks of water-front on tho nortii side of\nFalse Creek above the Westminster avenue\nbrld-je, until, when tho last of the numerous deals were closed yesterday, Mr. Howard was -able to deposit in the registry office the deeds for 10 (blocks of water-front\nproperty.\nTho property involved in this big deal\ncomprises all that stretch of water-front\nion thn north side of the; uppen basin of\n\u2022FaBso Creek, lying between*- Heatley\navenue oh the east and Boundary avenue\npn the west.\nDeadly Alarm Clock,\nWASHINGTON, Dec, 23\u2014Using the\nfamily alarm clock ln defence of his\nmother, Everett Clark, aged fifteen, of\nthis city, tonight threw the time piece\nat his father, causing two fractures of\nthe skull. The father is In a serious\ncondition.\nChristmas   Suggestions j\nIt Is Impossible ln an advertisement to give much idea ot the great\nvariety ot articles our stock Includes. A visit to our store will convince\nyou that a pleasing gift for anyone, large or small, may he selected trom\nosr Immense stock for almost any amount you wish to spend. Following are a few.suggestions:\nPor   Him\nSolid gold cuff buttons, solid\ngold scarf pins, solid gold signet\nrings, leather cigar cases, silver\nmatch boxes, ebony military\nbrushes, traveling rolls, silver\nshaving sets, silver shaving and\nsmoking sets.\nFor H*er\nSolid gold brooches, solid gold\nhandy pins, gold and gold-tilled\n.lockets, fancy hack combs, solid\ngold bracelets, gold-filled bracelets,\nfancy hat pins, leather hand bags,\nsilver toilet sets, silver sewing\narticles, cut glass dishes.\nFor Children\nSolid gold rings, lockets and chalnB, pin sets, bracelets, knife, fork   .\nand spoon sets, single tea spoons boys' watches, girls' watches.\nThese are only a tew suggestions.   Don't fall to visit   our   store.\nOpen evenings, . \u25a0\na\\*>   tie   -B-fWCri  Engraver\ntmiyiHIIIMMIMIHHIMIIH>Hlllll\u00bbtlHIIIMMI,l\nCaverhilTs\nBarley Flakes\nfor breakfast make a pleasant change\ntrom \"B. It K\" Rolled Oats, and are\nprepared ln exactly the same way. I\nlb. and S 1-2 lb. packages, from your\ngrocer.  Hade by\nThe Brackman-Ker\nMilling Co., Ltd.\nXmas\nFruits\nTHE BUSY STORE\nFears 2 lbs 25c\nOranges 25c, 35c, 40c and ..50c\nGrapes  30c\nApples, 4 lbs 250\nThe rosy red kind.\nLayer raisins, Ib. 15c, 25c ..35c\nFigs 20c and  25c\nDates 2 lbs - 25s\nNuts, walnuts, brazils, filberts,\nalmonds, etc., lb  25c\nBELL TRADING CO.\nHeadquarters for fancy groceries.\nttttMMMMNNNMNNM\nHtmmmettstim iKtmtmmmm'\nWhat Shall I Give?!\nThis seems to be the great\nquestion . each year as Xmas\n.draws near, can we help you\nmake the choice; we are ready,\n.willing and pleased to show you\n.hundreds of nice things suitable for Xmas presents.\nJust let us suggest a tew:\n.Flexible flyers, $3.50 to $18\neach; skates $1 to $5.50 pair;\ncased carvers $3 to $10 set;\n\u25a0hockey sticks, boxing gloves,\nstriking bags, hot water, dinner\n.and meat plates, delft tea pots,\nlamps, rich cut glass, etc.\n.Watch our windows for suggestions.\nNelson Hardware Co.\n602 Baker St.,\nNelson, B. C.\niiiiii ii :\u25a0\u2022\u2022\u25a0\u25a0\u2022\"f\n-\u00bb*-*\u00ab 55-\u00ab\u00ab55-\u00bb5^-\u00bb\u00ab\u00abS*WS-\u00bbS\u00bbK\u00ab*\u00bbS\n_\u00abtammttvn\u00bb*ii\u00bbtitttt*t^^\n\u25a0\nTry a Pound of Our Diamond 4 Coffee\n36c per pound, 8 pounds for fl.M.   The best value la the city.\nJ. A. IRVING <8b CO.\nOROO^BT AND PROVISION MERCHANTS.\nPHONE 161,        _ P.O. BOX HI\nmMiS8mwsim*Ht*t^^\nHAMILTON\nWINNIPEG\nChristmas Presents\nWe have a fine assortment of goods   suitable   for\nholiday gilts including\nSKATES SAFETY RAZORS\nCASE CARVERS     POCKET KNIVES\nCUTLERY, ETC., ETC.\nWood-Vallance Hardware Co., Limited\nNEL8QN, a C.\nWholesale Retail\nTORONTO\nNow or Never\nFor Xmas Goods\nOur   Christmas  Display\nWe cannot too forcibly proclaim the unequalled excellence of the\ndisplay we offer you for thlB Xmas. We present every novelty and every\nfashionable gift, In absolutely complete variety. Features of the showing are:\nMirrors, hand mirrors, writing cases, travelling cases, smokers' seta,\nperfume, brushes, shaving sets, ebony goods, raiors> safety razors, manicure sets, kodaks, cameras, Xmas stationery, fountain pens.\nWe bave without a doubt the finest exhibition of china ln Nelson\nIncluding Haveland, Limoges, Royal Crown, Derby, Copeland, Royal\nWorcester, Wedgewood and Hand Painted China.\nCanada Drug & Book Co., Ltd. nm si\nNelson's Greatest Store\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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