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Per Month J\\JG\nt\nThe Dally News Gluslfled Ads. I\nere Winners. Try One, per word |(J\ni&>\nVOL 8\nNELSON   B. C,  WEDNESDAY   MORNING,  DECEMBER  29,   (909\n4-\nNO. 216\nSH0W8P0LICY\nMayoralty Candidate Holds\nFirst Meeting\nABOLITION OF SALOONS\nJ. A. IRVING EXPLAINS MUNICIPAL\nPLATFORM \u2014 COMMITTEE TO\nPREPARE FULL LI8T OF ALDER-\nMANIC CANDIDATES\u2014IS SANGUINE OF SUCCESS.\nThe flrst gun In the mayoralty campaign was fired last night when a\nmeeting in the interests of J. A. Irving\nwas held ln the basement of the K. W.\nC. block, Mr. Irving expounded the\nplanks of nls platform as published in\nTbe Dally News. After some discussion\nthe platform was adopted by the meeting and arrangements for organization\nwere subsequently made. It was announced that there would be four candidates In the field for mayor and Mr.\nIrvlng's supporters expressed them-\n'selves as confident of the success of\n'   their candidate.\nThe chair was taken by J. E. Annable, who opened the meeting by an\nintroductory speech. He was pleased,\nbe said, to see so .representative a\nmeeting, and the number present was\nfully as large as he bad expected for\nthe start of the campaign, and considering that there were eight or nine\nperformances of various kinds taking\nplace simultaneously elsewhere. In\nsome respects the present campaign\nwas peculiar. There would be four\ncandidates for mayor for the flrst time\nin the history of Nelson. He had been\nover the voters' list and he thought\nthat It looked very promising for Mr.\nIrving. The platform on which Mr. Irving stood had been published In The\nDally News and be bad heard from aU\nsides comment that it was a very\ngood one. Hitherto the churches and\nsaloons had voted together and their\ncandidate had generally gone In. Now\nth\u00a9 saloon men were cut -out, for, if\nelected, Mr. Irving would abolish the\nsaloon.\nContinuing, Mr. Annable said that\nthere was not a saloon in Canada be*\ntween Montreal and Victoria, except in\nNelson. Nelson was the only place\nwhere saloon licenses were issued. He\n\/believed that the time had come to dispense with saloons in Nelson. To do\nso would injure no one, Business men\nfrom one end of Baker street to the\nother agreed that saloons were detrimental to business. Hotels must have\na certain number of bedrooms and\nother conveniences, but the saloon was\nfree from such regulations,\nMr. Irving, the mayoralty candidate,\nwas received with applause and proceeded to a discussion of his platform.\nHe thought tbat the time had come to\norganize and work. The campaign bad\nscarcely begun, but he had already a\nplatform.\nHis flrst plank was the abolition of\nsaloons by amending the Trade License\nbylaw. It had been said that this was\nthe duty of the license commissioners,\nbut lt was'the duty of the council to\nstate how many licenses were to be\nissued. He would cut off the six saloons. They were not necessary. If\nthey were abolished the money spent\nwould go into other channels. To secure their abolition it would be necessary for him to have tbe support of a\nmajority of the council and therefore\nhe thought they should put a full ticket\nin the field. It was said that to abolish\nthe saloons would take away their proprietors' living and that this would not\nbe fair. But the Nelson hotel was recently sold for $18,000, and the purchaser does not need the license, but\nintends to build offices. This showed\nthat the value of the property did not\ndepend upon the license. He was will*\ning also to allow the saloons time to\ndispose of their stock.\nIt was also contended that to abolish\nthe saloons would lose revenue to the\ncity. He would, however, favor a simultaneous increase In hotel, licenses and\nhe did not think that the hotel proprietors would object. This was bis\npolicy ln regard to saloons and if\nelected he would carry lt out If he had\nthe necessary support in the council.\nAt present there were 38 places tn\nNelson selling liquor. If he were Xect-\ned there would be only 16. It was\npossible for the mayor even without the\nsupport of the council to stop many\nof these selling places, and if elected\nhe would do so. He advocated also the\nstrict enforcement of the existing laws\nregarding the sale of liquor.\nReferring to the third plank 'In his\nplatform, Mr. Irving said that he did\nnot advocate grading the streets for the\nstreet raifcvay company, but he recommended fixing up and making attractive\nespecially those streets on which the\nrailway would run. He .would plant\ntrees and' make the park attractive.\nIn regard to his plank recommending\nan eight-hour day for civic employes,\nlie had not much to say, as be believed\nthat It was now practically in torce.\nThe prevention of public gambling he\n.thought Important. It would not be\n\u25a0 difficult to suppress If tbe chief of police were given a free hand, and de*\nc|\u00bbred tbat no public gambling would\nbe allowed. Private gambling, he admitted, was beyond control.\nThe improvement of the water system\nMr. Irving thought necessary. The adjoining creeks should be taken into the\nsystem, so that there would be plenty\nof water for fire and alt other purposes.\nHe believed that the council should\nencourage manufactures. If not encouraged tbey would go elsewhere and\nthe city would lose largely In wages.\nHe advocated the extension of the\ncity's limits to include Fairvlew and\nhe believed th\u00bb,t the people of that district would be willing to join with the\n\u2022 city. Fairvlew now had water mains\nand electric light, and was practically\na part of the city, and lt should be incorporated in the city.\nThe streets and sidewalks were now\nin bad shape and little had been done\nto them this year except by the property owners. He believed that the\nstreets should be opened up and that\nsome money should be spent on tbetr\nimprovement.\n, He bad done something in the past\ntoward securing the new power plant,\nfend he would, If elected, secure Its completion at an early date. He thought\nthat it might be news to hls auditors\nto hear that the new governor had not\nyet been Installed. When he was ln tbe\ncouncil $19,000 bad been held back to\nmake the Allls-Chalmers company live\nup to its agreement, but tbe new council had paid it over. Now the council\nhad, after trying another governor, gone\nback to the Allls-Chalmers people.\nMr. Irving thought that a full list\nof candidates should be nominated by\nhis supporters, 'three from the East\nward and three from the West ward.\nHe had not forced himself upon the\npublic. A meeting had been held and\nhe had been offered the nomination\nwhich he had decided to accept,'and\nhe now asked for the vote and support ot the elctorB. There would be\nfour candidates in the field, and he\nthought that bis chances were better\nwith four than three, and better with\nthree than two, although he would not\n\u25a0be afraid to go up against the great\nGoliath, Mayor Selous, himself. He believed that he would win hands down.\nA general discussion followed and\non H. Amos' motion Mr. Irvlng's platform was adopted by the meeting.\nMr. Annable said that he thought It\nwas a strong platform and would serve\nthe purpose aimed at. It was strong\non moral lineB, but it would take backbone, time and enterprise to secure its\nfulfillment. He believed that there were\nenough present at the meeting to elect\na mayor and aldermen If they set about\nthe work ln the proper manner. It\nwould be necessary to hold meetings\nand work up enthusiasm. Their opponents would flght to the last vote and\nhe urged the meeting to get into harness without delay. Mr. Annable then\ncalled upon F. A. Starkey.\nMr, Starkey urged the need of organization and said that they were up\nagainst a strong enemy. Mr. Irvlng'B\nplatform was strong, but it was fair\nThe fact that less than 500 votes were\ncast for local option Indicated tbat the\nchurch people had not voted as strong\nas might have been expected. Mr. Irving was a good candidate and would\ncarry out his pledges. They had expert-\nence of how he had acted on tbe council\nIn the past. He thought that the next\nthing to do was to select a slate of\naldermen,\nMr. Annable said that he had been\none of a committee previously appointed to wait upon candidates, but It had\nbeen decided to wait and see how\nthings shaped. He thought that there\nwas plenty of material, especially in\nthe East ward. The names of Alex\nCarrie, W. S. Pearcy, H. Mackenzie, J.\nA. Macdonald, B. C. Travis and E. B.\nMcDermid had heen mentioned, hut ue\ndid not know whether they were willing\nto become candidates\nMr. Travis said that he liked Mr.\n.Irvlng's platform, hut he did not wish\nto become a candidate.\nMr. Starkey said that Mr. Mackenzie\nwas a good man. He was the foreman\nof a large establishment and should\nbe willing to flght the battle. He recommended getting new blood, and Mr.\nMacKenzie was the kind of man\nwanted.\nMr. MacKenzie said that he had no\nwish to get Into a scrap. He was too\nhot-headed. If he met an opponent who\nhad attacked him on the platform there\nmight be a flght on the street.\nA. T. Walley and J. D. Pitchford\nsuggested that a committee should be\nappointed to prepare a slate of candidates, and Messrs. Irving, Annable,\nStarkey, Sewell and Dr. E. C. Arthur\nwere selected for that purpose.\nDr. Arthur said that he was In sympathy with the platform. He thought\nthat it went far enough. He believed\nthat a full slate of aldermanlc candidates should be selected and that with\nwork they could be elected. Elections\nwere never won without work. He\nwould do what he could personally.\nV. DyneB advocated extension of the\nsewer system and\" snid that petitions\nhad been sent to the council hitherto\nwithout avail.\nOn the proposal of Mr. Annable the\nmeeting resolved itself into a working\nand canvassing committee,\nMr. Dynes proposed eitlistlng the net-\nive supp-grt of women voters, and Dr.\nArthur proposed that they should form\na separate committee. If they did, he\nsaid, tbey would win more votes than\nthe men.\nAfter further discussion regarding organization the meeting adjourned.\nTong War Raging.\nNEW YORK, Dec. 28.\u2014Scores of detectives and uniformed patrolmen were\nsent into Chinatown today to check\nif possible the outbreak ot the tong\nwar in which one Chinaman has been\nkilled within a few hours and another\nmotally wounded. Police \/Captain Calvin states that the new assassins,\nknowp in the tongs as gun men, were\nsent hire from Boston following the\nrecent legal execution there of five Hop\nSing tong members, who were convicted\nof killing On Leong tong men, and\ntbat their mission was revenge.\nGOMIM YEAR\nCanadian Pacific Will Commence Kootenay Central\nFIFTY MILES PER YEAR\nPLAN IS TO BUILD FROM WARDNER TO GOLDEN IN SECTIONS\n\u2014UNDERSTOOD HEADQUARTERS OFFICIALS HAVE AP-\nPROVED EXPENDITURE.\n(Special to The Dally Newa.l\n' WINNIPEG, Man., Dec. 2S.\u2014It Is reported that at a recent conference of\nCanadian Pacific officials here the question of the early construction of the\n,Kootenay Central line was taken up\nand the expenditure was approved and\nsent up to the Montreal authorities for\nendorsement Statements are now\nmade to indicate that this approval\nwill be forthcoming and tenders for\na section of the line will be called for\nIn a couple of months.\nThe plans discussed at the conference\nwere along the line of building 50 miles\na year from the Crow's Nest Pass line\nto the north. Tbe junction It Is thought\nwill be at or near Wardner. A grade\nof four-tenths of 1 per cent is said to\nhave been secured and plans prepared\nfor connecting with the main line at\nGolden,\nIt is understood that the Canadian\nPaclflc has \u00a300,000 acres of good land\nadjacent to the line which will be\nthrown open for settlement. Superintendent Sharp of the Dominion government experimental farm at Agas-\nslz recently visited the country and\nwas so highly pleased with Its agricultural possibilities that he made investments In the district.\nWINTER JXAMINATDNS\nSUCCESSFUL      CANDIDATES     FOR\nHIGH SCHOOL ENTRANCE.\nt\t\nNANAIMO   GIRL   HEADS   THE   ENTIRE LIST.\nVICTORIA, B. C, Dec. 28.\u2014Following\nare the results of the midwinter high\nschool entrance examinations at Interior points:\nPeachland\u2014Number of candidates,\n8; passed, 5: A. H. Huston 724, Olive\nJ. Pollard 673, G. W. Wyte 012, H. W.\nVivian 604, V. R. Hicks 502.\nRossland\u2014Number of candidates, 18;\npassed, 10: Lily Basendale 718, Ellen\nKeefe 615, M. Miohaely 048, G. C. Kenning 635, F. Bazett Jones 605, Marcello\nGregory 603, J. A. Paull 597, M. Peart\nStanton 682, Margaret J. Fraser 670,\nE. V. Dempster 650.\nVernon\u2014Number of candidates, 6;\niPassed, 2: Myrtle J. Ross 663, V. A.\nPoison 583.\nArmstrong\u2014Number of candidates, 2;\npassed, 0. .\nEnderby\u2014Number of candidates, 4;\npassed, 4: Sylvia V. Black 701, H. J.\nBaz 683, J. D. McMahon 648, H. A.\nTeece 635.\nGrand Forks\u2014Number of candidates,\n3; passed, 3: Edna M. Stewart 750,\nDorothy J. Covert 649, T. H. Fraser 628.\nKelow-na\u2014Candidates, 9; passed. 9:\nGladys M. Hlnsley 732, E. D. McClen-\nnan 710, W. Thompson 658, D. Thompson 663, F. Day 644, Marguerite A. Reid\n004, Bertha Green 593, H. J. Fraser 692,\nO. A. Jones 572.\nThe leading candidate out of 382\nwas Mary W. Mercer of Nanaimo. with\n829 marks out of a possible 1,100.\nWILL NOT QUIT POST\nNlcaraguan Consul at New York Defies\nNew Government\nNEW YORK, Dec. 28\u2014Plo Dolaros,\n\u25a0the Nlcaraguan consul In New York\nrefuses to take seriously his discharge\nas consul by the new Madrlz government at Managua. The consul declares\nthat he will not recognize the order\nfrom Managua cancelling his patents,\nand relieving him of his duties as consul. Today he gave the text of the following cablegram he had sent to Managua: \"Baca, Managua*: I will not receive any orders from you, being that\nlt ls not from a constitutional government and I will not receive orders\nin the future unless It ts from a government which Is recognized by the\nUnited States.\n\"(Signed) Consul Boiares.\"\n\"This dispatch,\" said Mr. Bolaros,\n\"was sent in reply to a communication received In this consulate by a\ngentleman calling himself minister general from Baca, at Managua, and advising the consul ol his letters patent having been cancelled. I maintain that\nthe government established at Managua by Jose Madrlz Is not recognized\niby the United States and the other republics of Central America, and ln consequence the orders Issued from Madrlz are void.\nIS PREPARING\nProvincial Secretary Gets\nLegislation Ready\nTHREE URGENT MEASURES\nPROVISION FOR COMMISSION TO\nSELECT UNIVERSITY SITE-\nMEDICAL INSPECTION FOR ALL\nSCHOOLS OUT8IDE CITIES-\nTRAINED  NURSES\n(Special to The Daily News.)\nVICTORIA, Dec. 28\u2014Several Interesting pieces of government legislation\nare now being prepared in the provincial, secretary's department for presentation to the house at its assembling\nfor the despatch of business on Jan.\n20. One of these bills provides for\nthe creation of the promised university\ncommission, with which will he left absolutely the location ef the new provincial university, which it Is hoped\nto convert Into an accomplished tact\nduring the next few years. In view of\npossible prejudice In appointing this\ncommission, representatives of McGlll\nand Toronto universities will be excluded and the board will be chosen\nfrom the provinces of Saskatchewan,\nAlberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and\nthe maritime provinces, Ontario being\nrepresented by a man \"from Queen's\nuniversity, Kingston, and Quebec by a\nman from Laval.\nAnother government WM in which Dr.\nYoung Ib taking special interest provides for compulsory medical examination at frequent periods In public\nschools outside the jurisdiction of city\ntrustee boards, which may he counted\nupon to adopt the principle of this\nlegislation In the public Interest. The\nexaminations prescribed are to be made\nby resident medical officers ln each\nspecified district, provision for an honorarium for the additional work being\nIncluded in the contents of the forthcoming legislation.\nStill another bill contemplates the\nestablishment ot an association of professional nurses, and the limitation of\nthe practice of nursing to duly qualified and registered fraotltioners. Until 1912 Is allowed for the, registration\nof nurses now engaged in practice in\nthe province without special examination. Afterwards registration will be\naccomplished by tho presentation of\ncertificates and diplomas from recognized schools, or upon examination by\na council of five appointed from active\nnurses graduated at least five years\nand having had two years' teaching experience, The latter measure is of\ncourse very much in the rough as yet\nand is capable of material amendment\nbefore It ls presented to the legislature\nfor conslderatlohn or endorsement.\n\u2022 Canada's First Cruiser. <\n\u2022   i\n\u2022 LONDON,   Dec.   28\u2014lt   is   is *\n\u2022 stated that the cost of refitting the *\n\u2022 third-class cruiser Rainbow, which <\n\u2022 is to be taken over by the Cana- <\n\u2022 dlan government for fishery pro- *\n\u2022 tectlon and training purposes, will i\n\u2022 amount to some \u00a314,000. t\nFell Down Mine.\nNIAGARA FALLS, Ont, Dec. 28 \u2014\nNewB of the death of Thomas Henderson at Cobalt by falling down a shaft\nln the Symnlne sliver mine was received Monday morning. The family\nhad just received and opened his box\nof Christmas presents when the news\nreached the home.\nIS MILITARY SECRETARY\nEARL OF LANESBORO ARRIVES IN\nOTTAWA.\n*DR. COOK IS HIDING IN NORTHERN\nQUEBEC.\n(Western Associated Press.)\nOTTAWA, Dec. 28.-Earl of Lanesboro,\nwho succeeds Sir John Hanbury Williams\nas military secretary to Hls Excellency\nEarl Grey, accompanied by Countess\nLunesboro aud family, have arrived In\nOttawa. Today he made the acquaintance\nof Sir V.lfrlu Laurier, Hon. W, S. Fleming, Hoi Charles Murphy and tl'.ter cabinet ministers iu the city, Lord Lanesboro\nfs a small military figure and is the embodiment of tbat refined courtesy for which\ntbe refined British aristocrat Is noted.\nAccording to the Evening press Dr.\nCoolt, the discredited discoverer of the\nnorth pole, Is said to be hiding in a small\ntown In northern Quebec. Information to\nthis effect, It says, has been received In\nOttawa from a private source. ' The\nYankee fakir Is stopping at a betel in tho\nLake St. John region, lt ls said, and keeps\nvery much to himself, never going among\ntbe other guests, and has his meals sent\nto bis room.' Dr. Cook's brother has given\nout that he Is at present In Europe.\nSir Wilfrid Laurier will spend a few days\nof next week in Toronto, He will arrive\nthere on Monday morning and will be a\nguest at tbe Country cluh banquet that\nevening. On Prldav he will be the guest\nof the National club, returning to the\ncountry on Sunday. This means that\nthere will be only one, or at the most two\nmeetings of the cabinet next week. In\nthe early part o-f tbe following week the\ncabinet will meet to give final consideration to details of the naval bill which will\nbo introduced aud explained when the\nbouse resumes Its sittings on Wednesday,\nJan. 12,\nFinite to Succeed Weir.\nMONTREAL, Dec. 28,\u2014It Is stated thnt\nDr. Flnlio, M.L.A, for the St. Lawrence\ndistrict, will succeed Hon. W. A, Weir\nns treasurer of Quebec on the latter's appointment to the superior court bench,\nLiberal Convention.\nST, JOHN, N.B., Dec. 23.-Hon. C. W.\nRoblnBon, opposition leader, announces\nthat a provincial Liberal convention will\nbe held Boon to discuss provincial affairs\nnnd the general policy of the party opposed to the Hazen government,\nFIERY_ATTAGK\nWinston Churchill Issues\nBitter Manifesto\nGUARDIAN'S    INTERVIEW\nMANCHESTER PAPER SAYS INTERVIEW WITH CANADIAN MINIS-\nTER IS PERFECTLY CORRECT-\nSIR WILFRID SHOULD DEMAND\nRESIGNATION, 8AYS P08T. ,\n(Canadian Associated Press.)\nLONDO-*), Dec. 28.\u2014The feature ot\nthe campaign today ls the Issue of\na Ilery manifesto to Dundee electors\nby Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill. He\ndevotes the larger part to an attack\non the house of lords. He points out\nthat a vote for the tot-les will give the\nlords an absolute veto not only of\nlegislation, but of finance. What, be\nasks, have the British people who bave\nbelted the world with free institutions\ndone to deserve this restraint. On\ntariff reform as an alternative to the\nbudget, he wants to know \"is the money\nio be got from a tax on bread, rrt.'-il\nand manufacturers or from luxuries,\nmonopolies and superfluities? Behind a\ntariff Is the growth of trusts. The\nwhole vast abuse, from millionaire organizers at the top to the most pitiful\ninvestor at the bottom, sits down deliberately to coax, wlieadle, bully and\n\u2022bribe new favors from the political\ncauses with whicli It Is allied. The\nforces of reaction are out for a double\nevent; they are gambling with the\nright and tlio freedom of the nation.\nThey arerunnlng a terrible risk to.win\na tremendous prize. The prize Is no\nless than the complete tying up of the\ndemocracy both through Its politics and\nits Industry.\"\nMr. Churchill after eulogizing German state Insurance against unemployment nnd sickness also said lt Is a\nsystem which the liberals intend to\ncarry even further.\nThe unionists held more meetings\nthan their opponents tonight. The\nprincipal speaker was Lord Rothschild,\nwho addressed a stormy gathering ln\nthe East End. He said ln regard to\nthe budget what he objected to was\nthe system of bureaucracy it Introduced. He added that he would have\nnothing to do with tariff reform If lt\nIncreased the cost of living.\nThe duke of Westminster at Chester\nreminded the audience that Lloyd-\nGeorge had been a pro-Boer. He asked\nought a man of his kind to aspire to\nthe position of leader.\nSir E. Grey at Salisbury got sarcastic\nabout tory promises to reform the\nhouse of lords. If it meant that the\nhouse was to be changed into a self-\nelected body of superior persons It was\nnot reform at all. It wns worth nothing\nMany peers made speeches.\nThe liberals have made great preparations for the celebration of Gladstone's\nbirthday tomorrow.\nLONDON, Dec. 28\u2014The editor of tho\nManchester Guardian refuses to accept\nthe unnamed Canadian minister's repudiation of hls alleged attack on lord\nLansdowne and the unionist policy and\nsays Its article Is a perfectly correct\nstatement of the views beld and expressed by the Canadian minister.\nThe Morning Post says: \"Nothing\ncould be more fatal to harmony and\nunity between tho nations of the empire than the growth of a habit of Interference In each others affairs.\"\nIt refuses to accept the assurances of\nthe Guardian that the interview is\ngenuine and quotes sir Wilfrid Laurier's former utterances In favor of a\npreference. It also says: \"If any Canadian minister hnd expressed his opinions at the present time on the merits\nof the policy of ihe two British parties,\nsir Wilfrid Laurier would, of course, insist on his Immediate resignation.\"\nThe contestants on ench side show\nreluctance to any Christmas truce In\nthe contest now under way. Mr. Balfour ls almost convalescent and will\nbe about again soon. Lord Lansdowne\nwinds up the enmpaign of tho peers at\nLiverpool on .Inn. 5 and at Salisbury\non Jan. 7, surveying tbe field as a\nwhole.\nNine thousand one hundred speakers\nwill be at work continuously during\nthe nest 20 days. Tbe 7.000.000 voters\nwill receive at least 16,000,000 election\naddresses and 16,000,00 personal calls.\nThe Standard gives tlie position of\nthe Unionist candidates as follows:\n\"All the constituencies in England,\nScotland and Wales are now provided\nWith unionist candidates with the exception of the following: Durham\n(Mid.); Durham (Houghton-Le-Sprlngs)\nLeicestershire (Bosworth); Cardiganshire, and Kllcaldy. It Is to lie feared\namong the unionists of Cardiganshire\nthat no candidate will be forthcoming.\n\"No radical candidates down to last\nnight had been adopted for the t.ow\nIng constituencies: City of London, (two\nseats) Holborn; Kensington (south);\nSt. George's. Hanover Square Birmingham (west); Wlgon, Bury St. Edmunds, Durham City, Granthan, Sussex (Horseham) Oxford University,,\nCambridge University, Glasgow and\nAberdeen Universities, Edinburgh and\nSt. Andrew's Universities.\nDespite the exertions of the liberal\nparty to avert three cornered contests\nby the adoption of both liberal and la\nbor candidates, they have been successful ln only about a dozen cases. Such\na division of forces ls threatened in\n76 constituencies, six ln London, 52 ln\nthe provinces, three in Wales and 15\nln Scotland.\nLONDON, Dec. 28\u2014With walls and\nfences covered with highly colored\nposters and placards, London is being\nturned into a vast picture gallery. The\ntorles can claim more artistic work Cor\ntheir posters than can the liberals.\nBen Tlllett, a well known trade\nunionist leader In the Leader protests\nstrongly against surrender of labor to\nliberalism. He says mutual arrangements are not only a surrender of principle but a betrayal of trust and authority.\nA well known liberal ts credited with\nsaying that a half loat Is better than\nno bread, and lt fs better to have a majority of scclallsts and labor men than\nno majority at all.\nIt Is feared that through injury to\nhis knee lord Milner will be unable to\naddress any meetings for a fortnight.\nHOME HOSPITAL MERGED\nTHE PASSING OF WIDELY KNOWN\nLOCAL INSTITUTION.\nRETIREMENT OP MISS DE8 BRISAY\nAND  MISS  MORRIS.\nThat well and very favorably known\nprivate Institution, the Home hospital, situated In the east end of the city una own-\n.A and mulntulued by Alias Kliu ljusli- i--.ay\nanu Mist* luii Alums, has been uu<|Ulied\nby hit ul-1L'tors of the general hosnitul\nunu --.-l nc tuUeu over on F-h. 1 next,\nAlias . ci-biitttiy came to Nelson twelve\nand a ntt i yearn a so and for some time\nwus uibiioii at the kootenay Lake General\nhospital. Un July 31, I0o_, in company with\nAlius Fen Is, now Mrs. Frank (JUies uf\nVancouver, she founded the Home hospital, on the Bite where it now stands, just\nadjoining the older Institution and overlooking the lake.\nUn March l,  1002, Mlsa Ira Morris of\nHamilton, Unt., a gruduute nurse of\n.MniiLi-L-iil General hospital, acqtil-cd Alias\nFerrlB' hull Interest in the Hume hosiiltul\nand for the past four years has been\nassociated  with   Aliss  DesU.isay.\nFiom Us Inception \"Tlie Homo,\" as it\nis eifccilonutely designated by Its many\nformer patients and their irlends, proved\na uveal und growing success, until of lute\nthe management liuve at times been compelled to turn away upplicants for want\nof accommodation.\nWlio.lv a private Institution, obtaining\nno government or other aid, the Home\nhospital hus always been selected year after\nyear by the Canadian Paclllo railway employees as the hospital lor their Hick or\nInjured members under their annual medical contract, and the lady proprietors are\ndeeply sensible of the loyul way in whlcli\nthe Kootenay C.P.R. \"buys\" have invariably supported \"The Hume\" In every way.\nPatients cume lo the Home from all\nover Kootenay, the Instltut.on enjoying; a\nwidely spread patronage. During Ihe\nseven and a half years of Its existence\ntifiii'ly 1,500 patients have been admitted\nto thn hospital aud In the maternity do-\npa.ttt.-nt over 135 children have been corn.\nTh* ery many warm friends of the in-\nt\\\\-<_u*m, and their name Is legion, will\n\u00abi.Merely regret the passing of the Home\nimspitiil and will unite In wishing that the\nbest of good fortune inuy follow Miss\nDesBrisav and Alias Morris In whatever\nthese Indies may in the future undertake.\nAs many a seriously sick patient can\ncheerfully testify, who has been carefully\nnursed back to health, the management\nof tiie Home, under considerable limitations In tho way of accommodation, has\nbeen most admirably conducted, and both\nladles have well earned enviable reputations here as standing at the head of\ntheir highly Important piofesslon. Both*\nIndies expect to leave for Vancouver early\nIn February.\nBRITISH NAVY SECRETS\nMAN  IS UNDER ARREST CHARGED\nWITH THEFT.\nWIRELESS    PLANS,    MODELS    AND\nSKETCHES FOUND IN ROOM.\nLONDON, Dec. H.-The wholesale theft\nof wireless plans, models und sketches,\nwhich, iu the iiunds of an expert, would\nreveal all the workings and Innermost\nseciet uf the wireless service of tho\nBritish navy, Is charged against Richard\nKnowlilon, who was placed on trial at\nPortsmouth today. Knowldon is a draughts-\nman attached to tho torpedo school ship\nVernon, In his room were found no less\nthan su plans for wireless Improvements\naud ce:taln books of u confidential character, which are Issued to officers only.\nThe authorities uttacli great importance\nto the arrest of the man as they contend\nthnt If the documents abstracted from the\nVernon had reached foreign governments\nall the labor of recent years given to the\nperfection of the wi.ck'Ss system of the\nBritish navy would have been rendered\npractically fruitless.\n\/ CABINET  RESIGNS.\nResignation of Grand Vizier Followed\nby That of Turkish Cabinet.\nCONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 28-The whole\nTurkish cabinet resigned this evening following tlie resignation of Halml Pasha, the\ngrand vizier, wlio withdrew from the ministry earlier in the day. It Is reported\nthat seilous conflicts have occurred at\nBagdad, but this Is not confirmed officially. Halmo Pasha was appointed grand\nvizier hy tho sultan on the resignation of\nKianil Pasha on Feb. II, 1909, and the new\ncabinet waa constituted on May f>. Soon\nafter Its formation the chamber of deputies and the senate, with scarcely a dissenting voice, voted confidence in the ministry, after the government's policy was\nexplained. Thla policy Included the enforcing of economies to meet tlie financial\ndelicti, aud the eradication of Hie causes\nwhich led to the Adana outbreaks. Tho\ncommittee of union and |i.oiress, which\nwas the moving spirit in the overthrow\nof tho sultan, Ahdul Hamld. has, since\nthe change in administration occurred, retained a firm grip on the governmental\nmachinery, and there have heen rumors\nsince the early part of September that the\ncabinet would reslitn or be forced out of\noffice. Alore recently the committee demanded the resignation of the min'ster\nof public works and tho demnnd was complied with. There haa been much active\nopposition   also   in   the   chamber   to    the\nfrrand vizier, whose program did not sat-\nBfy tho wishes of the young Turks.\nSunday Cigar Sales.\nLONDON, ont., Dec. ^-Magistrate Love\nrefused to accept Magistrate Denlson's decision in the case of Rex vs. Martin, for\nselling cigars on Sunday, In a similar\ncharge here against the proprietor of the\nHarrison house, and he lined Harrison $1\nand $4.55 costs. The defense has served\nnotice of appeal against this decision on\nthe contention that hotelmen can sell\ncigars on Sunday under their licenses.\nms\nTwo Sheen^A Properties\nErected\nDEVELOP VANGOUVfR MINE\nMR. MALONE WILL OPERATE IT IN\nCOMPANY WITH MESSRS. UN-\nFRIED AND FISHER\u2014ALMA M.\nTO BE WORKED BY ORIGINAL\nOWNERS\u2014YMIR PROPERTIES.\nA number of Important mining deals\nhave just gone through, among them one\neffecting a Sheep Creek property, another\na property in the vicinity of Nelson.\nThe Vancouver gold mine, which sent 22\ntons of ore to the Trail smelter recently,\nIts llrst shipment, running $100 to the ton,\nand which shut down for the holidays, will\nresume opeiatlonB today under new management, J, J. Malone of this city becoming associated with the previous owners, George Henry Fisher and Frank Untried. The Vancouver was opened this full,\nlt is located on Yellowstone mountain,\nsouth of tbe Kootenay Belle, and adjoins\nthe Queen, lying across from the Bonanza,\nlt will be opened by Mr. Malone, in company with Messis. Fisher and Unfried.\nlt ls announced that W. Gosnell, J. J.\nMalone, George Matthew, Nels Lovering\nand John Ostin, all of Nelson, have again\nsecured possession of the Alma Al. mine,\nnear this city. They will continue the development where J. T. Hillis and S. 8.\nRaymond, the Vancouver lesees, left off,\nand operutluns will be pushed, Air. Ostin\nbeing in charge of the work. The Alma Al.\nshipped some ore two years ago, but ull\nthe work since then has been on -development. The claim Is located at the head\nof Sandy creek, a short distance from\nNelson.   .\nWord comes from Ymlr that Price tic\nBurgess have ktruck a good body of ore\non the lona group of silver-lead properties\non Jubilee mountain.\nThe Yankee ili'l, In the same neighborhood, on Dundee mountain, Is employing\n30 men.\nMr. Rand of Vancouver, owner of the\nDundee, will arrive in Nelson from thu\nold country on Jan. 10, after whicli it Is*\nstated that extensive development work\nwill be done on that property.\nOf the progress being made In the Sheep\nCreek camp, W. B. Pool, of the Nugget\nmine, who came Into tho city Monday\nevening and left again for the scene of operations yesterday morning, cannot speak\ntoo favorably. He Instanced the commencement of shipments by the Vancouver\nmine as an instance of the progress which\nis being made. Work Is proceeding on\nseveral other properties as woll us on all\ntho old ones, including the Nugget, the\nQueen, the Mother Lode, the Kootenay\nBelle and others. Alost of the properties\nare now getting into shape for rawhtdlng\nore for the smelters. The Nugget has two\ncarloads of concentrates ready and will\nfollow this with regular shipments of ore\ndining the winter. The Nugget mill JH\nrunning steadily and gold bricks are being\nturned out regularly. Altogether Air. Poole\nconsiders that things never looked so\nbright In the Sheep Creek camp as at\npresent and that another year will see It\nmore generally nn;l favorably known than\neven at the present.\nHelping to Boom Alberta.\nCALGARY, Alb., Dec. 28.\u2014That the\nAlberta Provincial Exhibition company\nis an active immigration organization\nfor Alberta in addition to conducting an\nannual exhibition 'Is very plain from\nletters being received daily by exhibition managers. Manager Richardson\nhas Inaugurated an active campaign\nfor exhibits and some time ago addressed letters to exhibitors at Seattle,\nToronto, Winnipeg and Minnesota exhibitors, calling attention to the advisability of making exhibits at tlie Alberta\nprovincial exhibition. In this letter the\nresources of Alberta and the development which Is taking place were set\nforth in a manner that many receiving\nthem became interested in Alberta and\nare asking for additional Information\nrespecting the exhibition and tho province. From letters received there is\nno nuestion but there will bo \u201e large\nnumber of additional exhibitors at the\nnext exhibition and many new residents\nfor the province.\nObject to Kings' Civil List\nBRUSSELS, Dec. 28\u2014The sociaMsts\nIn the chamber of -deputies today opposed the civil list of the king, which\namounts to 3.300,000 francs ($660,000)\nand reaffirmed their allegiance to a republic. M. Royier declared that the\nroyal chateaus should be turned into\nSanitorfums. The appropriations, however, were adopted hy a vote of 100 to\n29. Tho king's civil list is ihe same as\nthat granted Leopold, the new sovereign declining the Catholic parly's\nsuggestion of an increase. The socialist amendment calling for an inventory of the contents of the various\npalaces, so as to prevent tbe sale of\nnational property, as under king Leopold, was -defeated.\nSent Down for Robbery.\nEDMONTON, Alb., Dec. 28.\u2014At the\nR. N. W. M. P. barracks this morning\nbefore Inspector Worsley a man from\nEntwlstle named Bert Sanders, aged 'A.\nyears, was committed for trial on 'a\ncharge of robbery with violence. The\ncase arose out of a complaint laid by\nBlanche Brand that she had been held\nup on the night of Decemher 18 at a\nhouse of ill fame about four miles south\nof Strathcona, on the Calgary trail,\nand relieved of $78. A similar charge\nagainst a woman named McLellan, who\naccompanied tho livery stable driver,\nwas withdrawn. There are several\nother parties who are thought to be\nconnected with the alleged holdup.\nTo Eliminate Fatalities\nNEW YORK, Dec. 28\u2014The inter-col-\nleglate athletic association voted tonight to leave to th* rules committee\nthe revision of .the present football\nrules so as to eliminate aa far as possible fatalities and serious accidents.\n mmo^sm\nVAQITW*\n_he^a\\t_%imm.\nWEDNESDAY .\nThe Nimble Penny Beats the Slow Shilling\nHer* la _ list of investments requiring small capltol which we consider gilt edged.   Oet your none?\nvorklng now and reap the benefits accruing from tlte coming boom.\nFRUIT LANDS\n8 acre* good, productive Boll, 300 yards (rom station; lots ot water, good\nneighbors, splendid transportation, house 12x16; one acre cleared, wood on\nthe balance will (etch |2.25 a cord right on the ground, and a good man\noan make M-50 a day (or the rest o( the winter cutting lt. Price $800, |100\ncash, balance *15 a month without interest. You will never get a pleoe ot\nland on easier terms than this.\n22 acres partly cleared, with house and stable, good creek, splendid locality, dally trains stopping within 400 yards, every convenience. Ownef\ngoing east and must sell before January 1. Price, $1000, $100 cash balance\n$30 a month.\n1(0 acres Immediately adjoining Edgewood townsite, close to good wharf,\nstore, postotfloe, sawmill and hotel, over a quarter mile o( lake frontage, less\nthan half a mile from land selling at $160 an acre. Owner in the eaat and offers lt at only $1! an acre.  Easy terms.\nWe have a good quarter section of prairie land, fenced, cross fenced,\nhouse, stable, granaries and outbuildings, near High River, 35 acres broken,\nall level, no waste, to exchange tor Improved or unimproved fruit land, or\ncity property. If you'd like to own a quarter section ln sunny southern Alberta, here's your chance.\nA house and 2 large lotB in Calgary, right on the carllne, water, sewer,\nelectric light, three minutes (rom the post office, to exchange tor property\nhere.\nFive lota tn Lethbrldge, close ln absolutely level, near the new car line,\nfor sale on easy terms or to exchange for property here,\nNOW IS THE TIME\nBore Street\u2014Cosey three roomed house with bath, city water, electrlf*\nligHt. 1 lot.   Price $950,   Terms one quarter cash, balance arrranged.\nStanley street\u2014$1500 for a 6-roomed, 2-storey frame, city water, electric\nlight, l corner lot, large woodshed and workshop.   Very easy terms.\nVictoria, street\u2014No. 707, 1 lot, frame house, 6 rooms, bath and conservatory.   Price $1700, terms arranged.\nFive Eagle Debentures tor $47.50; par value $50, with interest at 8 per\noent from March 1, 1909, payable March 1, 1910.\nWestern Canada Investment Co.\n507 1-2 Baker Street\nR. BRUCE SCOTT.\nJ. E. TAYLOR\nNelson, B. C.\nDrawer 1042..  Phone 254.\nHave You Secured a Few Lots Between\nVancouver and New Westminster?\nIf You Have, You Have Laid a Foundation for a Fortune in the Future\nWhile Burnaby property has all doubled in value during the last year and the development tias been\nwonderful, It is nothing compared to the amount ot work already planned lor 1910.\nRailways, electric lines, manufacturing plants, power plants, roads, clearing of land, and many hundreds of homes.\nLots which can now be bought for *f250 (on very easy terms) will soon be $500. They will continue\nincreasing tn value as tho cities grow togetner and will occupy the heart of one of the world's greatest\ncities.\nIt requires -no prophetic vision to see this.\nLand at Point Grey, six miles (rom the center of Vancouver sol d a few months ago at the government\nsale, at $10,000 per acre.   The proceeds amounted to over two million dollars.\nWho were the buyers?   principally residents of Manitoba and the Northwest.\nNot as an Investment, but for homes. What does it mean? It means that a great majority of those\nwho make money in grain, land, timber, coal, Iron or other minerals throughout the whole ot western Canada will live in this the mildest and most desirable city.\nThis means a wealthy city; add to this a great seaport, the largest railroad center in Hie dominion, a\nwholesale distributing center, a mighty manufacturing city along the Fraser, backed by the richest country\nin the world In natural resources and then try to estimate what the value of property between tlie two cities\nDcoupled by transcontinental railway systems and manufacturing plants will ibe worth.\nThe time to buy is now. Every day you delay you are losing money. Be sure and get our January\nreport.\nThe Wright Investment Co.\nBaker Street\nNelson, B. C.\nHARVEST 0FTHE STORM\nREPORTS   OF   WRECKS  CONTINUE\nTO ARRIVE\nGERMAN    FREIGHT    STEAMER    IS\nGIVEN UP FOR LOST\nBOSTON, Dec. 28\u2014The possibility of\nfurther loss of ilfo in the recent storm\nbecame apparent this afternoon when\nCapt. Kemp oP tlie tug Altai arrived\nwith the report that he sighted the\nthree masts of a large schooner which\nlies sunk one and one half mile* northeast of the gas buoy on the Graves\nledge In the outer harbor. The booms\nand gaff taJU remain attached ito the\nmasts. Nothing was seen by which\n-the schooner could be identified,\nNORFOLK, Va., Dec. 28\u2014Capt Dunn\nof the British steamer Radiance d'rom\nSavannah reported here having passed\n85 miles off Cape Henry yesterday afternoon tbe derelict three masted\nschooner Matitte Champion of Somer's\nPoint, N.J., from Norfolk Dec. 22 to\nNew York, lumber laden. The crew\nwa\u00bb missing and their fate is unknown.\nShort of coal and carrying $631,600 cargo of cat-ton, the Radiance could not\ntow in the prise.\nHAMBURG, Dec. 28 \u2014 The German\nfreight steamqr Capua with her crew\nof 23 has been given up for lost. The\nvessel belonged to the Sloman line and\nsailed from (tills port lor Genoa on Dec.\n1.   She was last sighted two days later.\nTlie Capua  was  built at Glasgow in\n1899 and registered 1828 tons net.\nBOSTON, Dec. 23\u2014The wreck of the\nfive masted schooner Davis Palmer was\nlocated today just outside of Devil's\nBack buoy, nortli of Commissi oner's\nledge, at the entrance of Broad Sound,\nBoston harbor. The big vessel lies\nsubmerged but ithe mastheads project\nfrom the water. It is thought that the\nPalmer touched a shoal spot early Sunday morning, the seas during the terrific storm sweeping the deck clear\nand carrying the crew of 11 men to\ntheir death.\nUPSICH, Mass., Dec. 28\u2014The wreck\nof the schooner Ada K. Damon on the\nCastle Hill beach during Sunday's\nstorm was reported here -today hy the\nvessel's master, Capt. A. K, Brewster,\nof York, Me, The Damon while anchored ott the beach was driven ashore\nand smashed to peices. Capt. Brewster\nsaid his two sailors escaped but suffered severely before they found shelter. The Damon registered 94 tons\nand hailed from Boston.\nNEW YORK, Dec. 28\u2014When communication interrupted by the Christmas\nstorm was reopened today with the\neasterly end of Long Island, it\ndeveloped that the storm damages\nthere were far more serious than had\nbeen thought, The sweep of water\nfrom the sea in the highest tide on record assumed almost the proportions\nof a tidal wave in the eastern bays,\nGreensport, Riverhead and other towns\nsuffering heavily. . Families living on\nthe water front had to flee to the up\nper stories of their dwellings and were\n\u25a0rescued by means of raw boats. At\nSound Beach, near Riverhead, cottages\nwere wrecked by the waves and soma\nof .them were washed completely\naway.\nAt Greensport docks were washed\ncompletely away and thousands of doi-\nJars' worth of damage done to shipping, oyBtering and allied industries.\nWires were down all around and the\nloss to telephone companies will run\nInto the thousands.\nNew Station for Montreal.\nMONTREAL, Dec. 28.\u2014The move of\nthe Grand Trunk railway to establish a\nfreight station in the east end of Montreal is declared to be the first step\ntoward a new station, not only for the\nGrant Trunk railway proper, but also\na terminus of the Grand Trunk Pacific\ntranscontlnenetal line In this city. Provision Is made in the Grand Trunk Paciiic plans for a branch line to Montreal and It is now stated that the move\nof the Grand Trunk to have an eastern\nstation here is of wider meaning than\nwas supposed and that it would turn\nout to be a link connecting the city\nwith the Grand Trunk Pacific.\nHOCKEY INJOUNDARY\nLEAGUE 18 FORMED AND SCHEDULE ARRANGED.\nTEAMS ENTERED ARE PHOENIX,\nGRAND F0RK8 AND GREENWOOD.\nThat the Boundary people will have an\nopportunity of witnessing some fast hockey\nthis season Is now a foregone conclusion,\nsays the Phoenix Pioneer. Each of the\nthree pioneer olty will be represented by\nteams that promise to outclass those of\nformer yearB, Phoenix has a particularly\nllkelv bunch of hockey colts now getting\nIn Shane, while Grand Forks has an aggregation upon which they pin confidence\nto hold the Boundary championship silverware which was gathered in by that city's\nlast season's team. And Greenwood is\nnot to be outdone; it has a good bunch of\nsports and even If they have not an all-\nstar Beptette they are always game enough\nto take a chance for any honors that are\nbeing passed around.\nRepresentatives of 'each of the three\nteams met as an executive of the Boundary Hockey league at the Phoenix club\non Wednesday evening, those present being Roy Curran of Grand Fork, Howard\nCameron and H. Goodeve of Greenwood,\nand 3. McCreary and C. J. McAstocker\nof Phoenix. Plans for the 1909-10 season\nwere fullv discussed, the schedule of\n-games and dates drawn up, and bylaws\ndrafted. It was arranged to have 12 games,\nfour ln each city and each team plays in\neight games. .\nThe following schedule of games and\ndates was drawn up: Greenwood at\nPhoenix, Jan. 1; Grand Forks at Greenwood, Jan. 5: Phoenix at Grand Forks,\nJan. 11 j Grand Forks at Phoenix, Jan. 19;\nPhoenix at Greenwood, Jan. 24; Greenwood at Grand Forks, Jan. 28; Greenwood\nat Phoenix, Feb. 2: Grand Forks at Greenwood Feh. 7; Phoenix at Grand Forks,\nFeb. 11; Grand Forks at Phoenix, Feb. 18;\nPhoenix at Greenwood, Feb. 25; Greenwood at Grand Forks, Feb. 28.\nCROP WAS PROLIFIC\nThis Year's Croo Shows Increase of\nHundred  Million Dollars\nOTTAWA, Dec. 28\u2014An Increase of\n$100,000,000 in the value of Canadian\ncrops is shown in 'tlie final estimates\nof the 1909 production issued .by the\ncensus department.\nAn area of 30.085,556 acres of field\ncrops have yielded a harvest which\ncomputed at local (market prices bus a\nvalue of $532,992,100 as compared wlitii\n$432,534,000 from 27,505,663 a*cres last\nyear.\nThe principal grain crops in the country are wheat, oats and barley which\nthis year aggregate in area 18,617.900\nacres and in value $263,710,000 against\n16,697,100 acres and $209,070,000 in\n1908.\nHay and clover fiom 8.210,300 acres\nhave a value of $132,287,700 against 8,-\ni..o,900 acres and $121,88-1,000 m 1908.\nRye, peas, buckwheat, mixed grains\nand flax, grown on 1,487,311 acres\nhave a value of $26,707,000 as compared\nwith 1,525,700 acres and $23,044,000 in\n1908.\nThe condition of the new crop of fall\nwheat this year was 93.3 oE a standard\nas oompared with 75 per cent last year.\nIn Alberta there is an increase of 21\nper cent in fall wheat seeding and in\nOntario an increase of 9 per cent over\nthe area sown last year.\nBuy Lehigh Valley 8took.\n^PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 28.\u2014Announcement was made today that\nDrexel & Co. of this city had purchased\nthe Delaware, Lackawanna & Western\nRailway company's holdings of the lie-\nhigh Valley railroad stock amounting to\n20,000 shares.\nMlnard'a Llnament Curat DUtampar.\nPRESIDENT'S MESSAGE\nWill Deal with Amendment td Anti-\nTrust Laws\nWASHINGTON, Dec. 28\u2014President\nTaft today began the preparation of\ntbe first of hls messages to congress.\nThis message will deal with the amendments which he believes are necessary\nin the interstate commerce and Sherman anti-trust laws. Recent reports to\nthe contrary notwithstanding, U Is\nknown that the president will take up\nthe antitrust act and deal with It at\ngreat length. He also will bring forward his ideas as to Issuing federal\nlicenses to corporations. The proposed\nlicense will be a voluntary one to be\ntaken advantage of by such corporations as desire to place themselves under federal jurisdiction or left alone\nas the directors of the corporations\nsee fit\nThe president's message will be\nready for reading to the two houses of\ncongress on Wednesday, Jan. 5. Congress reassembles on Jan. 4, bjit will\nimmediately adjourn out of respect to\nthe late senator McLaurln of Mississippi.\nSITUATION  IMPROVED.\nFrance Strengthening Defenses, but\nHopeful of Peace.\nPARIS, Dec. 28.\u2014Replying in the\nchamber of deputies to M. Depressence,\nwho urged a more active foreign policy,\nM. Pichon. minister of foreign affairs,\ndeclared that the situation in Europe,\nthanks to the policy of ententes was\nbetter than for years past. He said\nthat France was forced to face stern\nrealities, not ideas. Her object was\nwhile strengthening her defenses to\npreserve peace by all means in her\npower.\nM. Pichon reviewed the international\ncrisis for tlie past five years, the Dogger hank affair, the Persian and Turkish revolutions, the situation in Crete\nand other important matters which\ngave rise to anxiety and pointed out\nthat the recent agreement with Germany with reference to Morocco had\nremoved a great source of concern,\nbotlr to France and the whole of Europe. He referred especially to the solution of the Balkan difficulty as a\n\"triumph of the ententes.\"\n\"Our policy in these affairs,\" said\nthe minister,' \"was consistent and\nlogical.\" He declared that the republic,\nwhile safe-guarding the general Interests of the country, never lost Bight\nof the cause of humanity.\nAnglo-Japanese Exposition.\nTOKIO, Saturday, Dec. 24.\u2014The work\nof preparation for the Anglo-Japanese\nexposition ls now approaching the final\npoint, and the chief commissioner left\nfor London a few days ago to complete\narragnements there, The list of exhibits Trom this country Is very large\nindeed, and In every department It is\nnow fully understood that the exposition will be the best ever sent out\nfrom Japan to any country. The actual\ntransportation of the exhibits will commence on December 8. Private exhibitors number 1,180 and their exhibits\nnumber about 18,000 all told.\nEXONERATES THE CHIEF\nCRANBROOK  POLICE  COMMISSION\nINVE8TIGATE8 CHARGE8.\nNO EVIDENCE IS OFFERED IN SUPPORT OF THEM.\n(Special to The Dally News.)\nCRANBROOK, Dec. 28.-Rev. Robert\nHughes, pastor of the Methodist church,\nCranbrook, has been publishing from time\nto time recently a paper called the Searchlight, the laBt issue of which contained a\nmost grave and serious charge against\nCory A. Dow, chief of the city police. A\nsworn investigation of the' charges was\ncalled for by Mr. Dow before the police\ncommissioners, Mayor Fink. James Ryan\nand D. J. Johnson. The inquiry opened\non Dec. 21, when Mr, Hughes produced no\nwitnesses in support of hls allegations.\nThe Inquiry was postponed In order to\nafford Mr. Hughes tne opportunity to produce his witnesses, and was again resumed\ntoday, A. I. Fisher of Fernie appearing\nas counsel for Mr. Hughes, who stated\nthat he got the Information trom what he\nconsidered a reliable source but had not\nverified it at the time of publiction. He\noffered no evidence In substantiation of\nthe allegation for which he said he took\nthe fullest responsibility. He admitted\nwriting the article and publishing the\npaper in which It appeared. He said It\nwas all meant for the public good. He\nproduced no witnesses.\nThe chief of police on oath gave the\nmost positive denial of the whole matter\nand was subjected by Mr. Fisher to a\ncross-examination in which counsel waB\npermitted by the commissioners the widest\nSosslble latitude. After the commissioners\nad consulted for about five minutes they\nentirely exonerated the chief of noiice, a\nresult which occasioned the liveliest possible public satisfaction.\nM. A. Macdonald was counsel for Mr.\nDow and G. H. Thompson, as city solicitor, anpeared as advisory counsel for the\ncommissioners.\nCONTINUE THE FIGHT.\nShirtwaist Makrs Firmly Resolved to\nContinue Strike.\nNEW YORK, Dec. 28.\u2014Preparations\nwere in progress today for a mass\nmeeting In Madison Square garden\nwhere 14,000 union shirtwaist makers\nplan to make the greatest demonstration ever held In New York. The proposed meeting is part of the fight\nwhich the striking young women in the\nindustry are making to obtain recognition of their union.\nFollowing their rejection of a proposition which would have ended the\nstrike the strikers today despite reports\nthat the Women's Trade union would\nwithdraw Its support, declared their\nIntention of continuing their flght. It\nis considered that the whole question\nIs now one of recognition of the union.\nThe maufacturers are willing to meet\nthe strikers' other demands, but the\nyoung women insist that without support of a recognized union any victory\nthey might win would be fruitless in\nthe end.\nCHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH.\nFlre Followed by Powder Explosion\nDestroys Miner's Home.\nDUBOIS, Pa., Dec. 28.\u2014Seven children, ranging in age from 2 to 12 years,\nwere burned to death, and three persons perhaps fatally, last night when\nflre followed by an explosion of powder\ndestroyed the home of Stephen Bro-\nnosky, a miner at Sykesville, Pa., near\nhere. All the victims are foreigners,\nSix of the children were members or\ntlie Bronosky family and the seventh\nbelonged to a boarder. Mr. and Mrs.\nBronosky and the boarder jumped from\nan upstairs window, sustaining serious\ninjuries.\nThe fire started rrom an overheated,\ncoal stove. It spread rapidly and communicated with a keg of mine powder.\nThe subsequent explosion cut off all\nchance of saving the children.\nPRATT, Kan., Dec. 28.\u2014While Mrs.\nHenry Belanton was across the street\ntalking to a neighbor yesterday she\nlooked at her lyime to see it a mass\nof flre, with her three children Inside\nburning to death. It was Impossible to\nsave them after the flames were discovered.\nLINER ON FIRE.\nFlames In Hold Unknown to Four\nHundred Passengers.\nLIVERPOOL, Dec. 28.\u2014Fire was discovered In the hold of the White Star\nliner Cettlc last Wednesday when the\nvessel was four days out from New\nYork. The liner arrived here safely\nyesterday. The flre was still burning,\nbut Its presence was known to none of\nthe 400 passengers. Immediately upon\narrival the work of discharging the\ncargo In an effort to reach promptly the\norigin of the blaze was begun. The\nwork was continued today. The flre\nstarted amid the bales of cotton in\nhold No. \u00ab.\nThe Celtic sailed from New York\nfor Queenstown and Liverpool on December 18. The hold has been flooded,\nbut the extent of the damage could not\nbe determined today.\n. DECEMBER 20    1\nWolves at Parry Sound.\nPARRY SOUND, Ont, Dec, 28.\u2014\nWolves are located in large numbers\nin Carllng township, within a few miles\nof this town. Farmers of that section\nhave had nearly all their sheep killed\nby wolves. A large number of deer are\nalso falling a prey to theae animals.\nSteps have heen taken b'y farmers to\norganize a wolf hunt to exterminate the\npests.\nSuicide Only Married Five Days.\nTORON i i, Dec. 28.\u2014Mrs. Louise\nFirth, who was married to Daniel J.\nFirth of Shelbourn five days ago, took\npoison at the place where they were\nboarding, 14 Lakevlew avenue, and died\nat 8 o'clock last night. It Is believed\nto be a case of suicide, as she is said\nto have whispered to her husband before she died: \"I took the poison and\nam sorry for It.\"\nSavants In Session.\nNEW YORK, Dec. 28.\u2014No less than\nnine functions demanded the attention\ntoday of the various groups of economists and historians assembled here\nfrom all over the country for the sessions of the American Historical association, the American Economic association and kindred organisations. Halls\nand class rooms of Columbia university\nwere thronged all day by the distinguished visitors, among whom were included savants from half a dozen European Institutions of learning and from\nthe leading American universities.\nElected by Acclamation.\nMONTREAL, Dec. 28.\u2014Among the\nmayors elected yesterday by acclamation In Ontario were the following:\nSault Ste. Marie, Mayor T. E. Simpson; Guelph, Mayor G. D. Hastings;\nOwen Sound, Mayor F. W. Harrison;\nBelleville, Mayor L. W. Marsh; Oak-\nville. Mayor G. Hlllmer; Bowmanvllle,\nMayor J. 'J. Mason; Dayton, Reeve\nG. M. Fox; Mitchell, Mayor F. A. Camp*\nbell; Harrison, Mayor A. Shotton; Welland, Mayor W H. Crowthers; New\nHamburg, J. Katzenmeler.\nThe peculiar properties of Chamberlain's\nCough Remedy have been thoroughly tested during epidemics of Influensa, and when\nlt was taken In time we have not heard\nof a. single case of pneumonia. Bold by all\ndruggists and dealers.\nFit-Finish-Style\nBOULEVARD\nGASTU MAND-JlorMe.\n_ii.ll    AtJ!.r2fejoocuHw]r|\nBinioDy    tH\u201eklp\u00ab|aE|kBfiiil,\n\u2022NEWPORT.\"\nCELERY!  CELERY!\nWe have secured a fine lot of the\nabove table vegetable, grown, by a local white rancher. All lovers of good\ncelery should try some from the little\nstore with the big stock.\nJoy's Cash Grocery\nCorner ot Josephine .oi Mill Street*\nP. O. Box 637 Telephone 11\nChristmas\nEntertainment\nPresbyterian  Sunday School\nMusical Cantata. Dialogue, etc ln\nEagles' Htf      \"\u00bb\u00ab*\nWednesday, Dec. 29, 7:45 p.m.\nAdmission for those not members\nof school: Adults 25 Cents;\nChildren 15 Cen'.3.\nTo the Electors of the City\nof Nelson\nI beg to offer myself for re-election\nas mayor of the city for the ensuing\nyear.\nIf I am elected I shall endeavor to\ncarry on the affairs of the city on practically the same lines as have obtained\nduring the past year.\nIn asking for your support I stand\non my record of the past, and pledge\nmyself to conduct the business of the\ncity with economy, efficiency and moderation.\nHarold Selous\nNelson, Nov. 27, 1909 191-tf\nTo Ihe Electors of the City\nof Nelson\nAt the request of a large numher of\nratepayers I have decided to offer myself as candidate for mayor for the city\nof Nelson for the year 1910.\nEdward Kerr\nTo the Electors of the City\nof Nelson\nAt the request of a large number of\nratepayers 1 have decided to offer myself as a candidate for Mayor for the\nOlty of Nelson 'or the year 1910, representing the Citizens' party.\nJ. A. IRVING\nDecember 16th, 1909.\nMV PLATFORM IS AS FOLLOWS\n1. Abolition of saloons by amending\nthe Trade License Bylaw.\n2. Preventing the Illegal sale of In-\ntoxlcating liquors, and enforcement ot\nthe existing laws fixing the hours of\nsale of such liquors.\n3. Encouraging the early construe-\ntion and early operation ot the street\nrailway by improvements to the streets\nand city park.\n4. An eight hour day tor all city\nemployees.\n6.  Prevention ot public gambling.\n6. Improvement of the water system\n7. Encouragement of manufactories\nIn legitimate ways, subject to ratification ot the ratepayers.\n8. Extension of the city limits to\nInclude Fairvlew, and the extension of\npubllo utilities to serve the additional\narea.\n9. Aa funds permit, to Improve the\nstreets' and sidewalks.\n10. Immediate completion ot the\npower plant, and Its utilization (or advertising purposes.\nFoley's\nCanadian\nGirl\nChocolates\n\"The Chocolate* with\nthe Whipped Cream\nCentres.\"\nBoth our \" SupeVba*\" an<)\n\"Canadian Girl\" Chocolates are\nfamous for their rich, itelioioui\n\"Whipped Cream  Centres-\"\nDescription won't describa\nthem, i ou must taste them for\nyourself.\nAll Foley's Chocolates plena\nthe painti) ond are good for yoo.\nAsk for Foley's wherever Best\nCnndy ia Kept\nFofe< Bros. Larson & Co.\nEdmonton       *IHN|e*iG       VanewMf\n\"Imt roved\nChampion\"\nNo other gift will give so\nmuch pleasure, to so\nmany people, for so long\ntime, at so little a cost,\nas the\nColumbia\nGraphophone\nComcfi $40.10\nIncluding your choice of\n12 selections and 200\nneedles\nFletcher Bros., Ltd.,\nVANCOUVER\nBole distributors tor B. 0.\nW Q. THOMSON, Local Agent\nPLUMBING AND HEATING\nCopp's stores and ranges.   Tlle ud\n\u25a0ell pipe always on hand.\nt K. Strachan\nPlumber Etc.\nS13 Baker St. Nelson, B.C.\nNotice to Machine Miner*\nTenders are Invited and will be waived\nby the undersigned up to the 1st ot January next, at their offices #t Kaslo, nr\nWhitewater, for the driving: of a three\ncompartment raise approximately 550 feet:\nfor cutting certain stations therein, and\nfor driving, at the option of the undersigned, certain crosscuts and drifts there-\nBpe'olftoatlons ln detail will be eupplled\non application to the undersigned at Kaslo\nor Whitewater.\nThe lowest or any tender not necessarily\naccepted. DEBJ> MnjB ultr__T>,\nBy John _. RetaUaclc.\nDirector.\nKaelb, B.C., 17th November, IM.\nlie-a.  \u00bb\nOBSTETRICS.\nMRS. KBNNT will be pleased to recede\nmaternity patients at ber home.   Eivel-\nlent teetlmoniale.   IH Observatory street.\nP. O. Box lit, telephone AH.\n_m\n WEDNESDAY .\n, DECEMBER M\n\u00abhe gcrtljj ilntw.\nay\nPAOC THRU    1\nTrust Companies and Their\nGreat Earning Power\nThe Farmers* Trust and Loan Company of New York State Pays 40 per Cent!\nYearly Dividends on $ 1,000,000. The Par Value of the Shares is $25,\nand the Stock Sold at $1850 per Share on August 1,1909\nThis company stands for all that ls honorable In business. The great majority of the stock is owned\nby small shareholders.\nCo-operation is the secret of success.\nCo-operation by the shareholders, thus providing sufficient capital.\nCo-operation by a board of directors composed of business men of large experience.\nAs the departmental store represents the highest pinnacle of success in the mercantile field, so the\nTrust Company operates in tlie field of Investment and finanoe.\nThe Trust Company has no large amount of funds tied up In goods, store, plant, or equipment which\ndepreciates, carries insurance or Interest charges,\nEvery dollar Is a working dollar Invested after careful comparison of probably hundreds of good propositions submitted.\nMany times large amounts of money are earned without any Investment of capital, simply by being\nable through connections to finance for others.\nThe Colonial Trust company's success is assured. During the next few years British Columbia will\noffer many opportunities, Millions will be made by those who combine their capital to purchase nnd de.\nvelop her natural resources.\nSend for prospectus.  The Ume to Invest is now'\nThe Colonial Trust Company, Ltd.\n419 BAKER STREET\nNELSON, B.C.\nGo to Brown & Co.'s\nThe Store Where \"People Who Know\" Boy Goods\nPrices That Wilt Tell        .\\        Quality the Very Best\nDo not miss the opportunity for saving money on the best quality Mods.   You pay less here.\nChristmas shopping made easy at Brown and Co.'s.   We Invite you to our store where your dollars bring\ntheir value.\nA Sale of Christmas Ties\nA nice lot Just arrived, usually\nsold at 75c. and $1, our price 50c.\nA big range of choice ties worth\n35c. to 50c, for 25c\nInitial Handkerchiefs, 25c\nFine quality handkerchiefs,\nvalue 25c, reduced to 15c, 2 for\n25c.\nSilk handkerchiefs, value 75c,\nfor 50c.\nBraces, 35c, 50c, 75c, Jl.\nBoy's underwear at 36,c, 50c,\nand 75c, extra good value.\nMen's all* w0\u00b0l underwear worth\n12.50 per suit for f 1.25.\nExtra high grade underwear at\n12.50, $3, |4, and f5 per suit.\nSweater coats, $1.50 to $4.\nMufflers, knit and fancy silk,\nSOc. to |2.\nMen's Hats Take Lower Prices\nThe Stetson hat usually sold for\nf 5, reduced to (3.75.\nThe Barrlngton hat, soft or stiff\nvalue (3 for fi.\nAbout 100 hats, all good styles,\nworth up to ti tor $1.\nMen's hose, black and fancy\ncnshmere, 26c. to 75c.\nShoe News\nA splendid line of men's shoes,\n$5 value for $3.75.\nShoes worth $3.50 and $4 for\n$2.50.\nChoke Shoes for Ladles\nA splendid  shoe,  worth $3.60,\nreduoed to $2.50.\nA choice line of ladles' men's\nand   children's slippers at   very\nlow prices.\nWe promise you by all odds tlio\ngreatest suit and overcoat values\nthat will be offered in Nelson thin\nSuits valued at $20 to 22.60 for\n$15.\nSuits valued at $15 for $9.75.\nSuits valued at $10 and $12, for\n$9.75.\nMens' high grade trousers, $7.50\nfor $6.50.\nMen's tweed and worsted trousers, $4 value, for $3.\nBoy's clothing at greatly reduced prices.\nMens overcoats at gre'atly reduced prices.\nCHRISTMAS     TRAGEDY\nONE DEATH CAUSED BY COLLISION\nBETWEEN TEAM8.\nDRIVER RESPONSIBLE, THEN COMMITS SUICIDE.\nRED DEER, Alb., Dec. 28.\u2014A tragedy\noccurred on Christmas day between\nPenhold and Innlafall, about 15 miles\nsouth of this town. A man named Johnson, who lived near Markervllle, a\nwidower with a family of six small children, was driving toward Penhold and\nlt is said was going there to be married, when a team driven at a furious\nrate by two men under the Influence\nof liquor ran Into Johnson's team,\nthrowing him out. He sustained a frac-\nture of the spinal cord, which proved\nfatal last evening. One of the men with\nthe team named Wilson, a former member of the R. N. W. M. P., after seeing\nthe result of the accident, committed\nsuicide by shooting himself. The second\nman Is named Milllgan, but it Is not\nknown where he lives. Wilson's wife\nls ln the hospital and has been there\nfor some time. She ls very ill and has\nnot been informed of her husband's\ndeath.\nTo 8ave College Football.\nNEW YORK, Dec. 28.\u2014Seventy-seven\ncolleges and universities were represented here today at a gathering of\nathletic interests bent on saving American college football by thorough reforms.\nAccording to a canvass taken by the\nexecutive committee of the intercollegiate association the institutions favoring\nretention of the rules of the American\ngame, with such changes as would eliminate mass or other plays of unusual\ndanger to life or Hfllb, Include Geneva\ncollege, Hobart college, New York university, Syracuse university, Union college, New York university and the University of Vermont, while among those\nwho believe that the game should be\nsuperseded by the English game of\nrugby or association, are Millbury college and Ottawa university.\nStrike Leaders Disperse.\nST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 28.\u2014All the\nstrike leaders who have been ln conference with President Hawley of the\nSwitchmen's union have left the city.\nPresident Perham of the Railway Telegraphers, who was chairman of the\nAmerican Federation of Labor section,\nIs in Chicago today, and tomorrow\nevening he will confer with the members of the Interstate commerce commission to learn If that body or President Taft may be Induced to Intervene\nIn the dispute between the switchmen\nand the railroads and thus avoid a\ngeneral strike.\nLOVE STORY OF WESLEY\nPEEPS   INTO   PERSONAL   LIFE   OF\nGREAT METHODIST\nLOVED   GEORGIA   MAID   BUT   SHE\nLOVED ANOTHER\nLONDON, Dec. 28\u2014Methodists all\nover tiie world will lead with the keenest interest the first volume of t'lie new\nedition of Wesley's Journals, the great\nMethodist classic, which, after passing\nithrough innumerable editions, is produced again with a remarkable series\nof notes based upon diaries and manuscript deciphered and discovered by\nRev. Neneniiah Curnock of Rayleigli.\nChief among the new material now\nprinted by Mr. Curncck Is a full account by John Wesley himself of an\nIncident known as the \"Georgia love\naffair.\" In this Wesley describes his\nfriendship with Miss \"Sophy\" Hopkey\nand the poignant sorrow with which he\ndiscovered her engagement to another\nman.\n\"Miss Sophy,\" in 1736, at the time\nJohn Wesley met her, was \"not more\nthan 18 years of age,\" and harassed by\n\"a masterful and unprincipled lover.\"\nHer only guardian was her aunt, the\nwife of Mr. Causton, planter and chief\nmagistrate of Savannah. Wesley was\n33 years of age. He had been sent to\nGeorgia by the trustees of the colony\nas missionary to the Indians, but upon\narrival was appointed minister of Savannah and Prederlca, then, a town of\nhuts one year old.\nFrom the first Causton was desirous\nor marry.ng liis wife's niece to Wesley.\nMiss SOphla Christina Hopkey was also\nnot unwilling, partly for fear of Tommy\nMIlHchamp, her masterful lover, and\npartly from affection for the 'grave\nlearned and saintly\" Wesley, whom she\n\"loved and feared In about equal proportions.\"    *\nLonely Boat Journey\nWesley met the young gin at tilie hut\ntown of Prederlca, a distant part of\nhis parish. She wanted to return to\nEngland, but was persuaded to go to\nSavannah and went ln Wesley's boM.\nThe Journey lasted six days, during\nwhich Wesley and Miss Sophy had only\nhis servant \"Jemmy\" and the boat's\ncrew for company. The written account and the diary deciphered by Mr.\nCurnock tell liow the time was spent.\nThey prayed and sang, read IFleury's\n\"Manners of the Ancient Christians,\"\nrowed long distances and frequently\nlanded and walked,\nOn the evening of the first day they\nlanded on an uninhabited Island,\n\"made a fire, supped, went io prayers\ntogether, and then spread our sail over\nus on four stakes to keep off the night\ndews. Under this on one side were\n\"Miss Sophy, myself and one of our\nhoys who came with me from Savannah; on the other our boat's crew.\"\nThough the northeast wind was \"piercing cold she complained of nothing,\nappearing as satisfied as tf she had\nbeen warm upon a bed of down.\"\nFirst Avowal of Love\nThe next day they landed again on\nSt| Katherine's Island nnd stayed (there\nweather bound for four days. Wesley\nnow began to study his young companion more closely and on the fourth\nnight came his first declaration of love.\nObserving in the night, tbe fire we\nlay by burning bright, tbat Miss Sophy\nwas broad awake, I nsked her: \"Miss\nSophy, how far are you engaged t*.\nMr. Mllllchamp?\" She answered, \"I\nhave promised him either to marry him\nor to marry no one at all.\" I said\n(which indeed was the expression of\na sudden wish not of any formed design), \"Miss Sophy, I Bhould think myself happy if I was to spend my life\nwun you.\" She burst ont into tears\nand said: \"I am every way unhappy;\nI won't have Tommy for he Is a had\nman. And I can have no one else.\"\nShe added: \"Sir, you don't know the\ndanger you are In. I beg you would\nspeak no word more on this head.\"\nAnd after a while: \"When others have\nspoken to -me on the subject I felt an\naversion to them. We may converse\non other subjects as freely as ever.\"\nAt Savannah Wesley became tutor\nas well as friend of Miss Sophy, instructing ber as he did others, in\nFrench. By January he again \"hinted\nat a desire for marriage,\" but she declared her intention to live \"single\"\nand thought it best clergymen should\nnot be \"enoumbered with worldly\ncares,\"\nFor two months Wesley tormented\nhlmselr, his conscience and his friends\nwith the question whether he should\nmarry Miss Sophy. At last, In March,\n1737, just a year after he first met her,\nthe crisis came. On March 4 he resorted to a trial by lot: On one was\nwrit \"marry, on the second \"think\nnot oi It this year.\" After he had prayed to God to \"give a perfect lot,\"  Mr.\nTALES FROM THE GOLDEN WLST\n1909\nIs Now Nearing The Close:\nIts Trials and Troubles,\nIts Worries and Woes\nAre a Thing ot Ihe Past:\nLet's Forget Them.\n1910\nSlowly Rises to View\nWith Hundreds of Blessings\nAnd Pleasures for You,\nAnd Good Things Galore\nIf You Open The Door\nAt d Let Them Come in:\nThen Just Let Them.\nAnd Among The Best Things\nTo Be Found Bight at Hand\nare\nOld Royal Crown,\nThe Best Soap in The Land\nAnd The Beautiful Premiums for Coupons.\nDesign Protected by Copyright\nTHIRD   ANNUAL   INLAND   EMPIRE SPECIAL TRAIN\nEXCURSION\nTo Los Angeles, gaj.\nVia 0. R. & N.-Southern Pacific\nLeaving Spokane Jan. 17\nThe $99 rate from Spokane Includes railroad ticket for the round\ntrip, which is limited to three months, with stop over privileges returning. Also berth In Pullman car, meals In diner and hotels, side trips\nand every expense of the going trip of six days. Two tickets entitle\nholder to a full section and there positively will be no crowding.\nA special train baggageman will be In charge of all baggage so\nthat members of the party may have access thereto at their pleasure.\nMake your reservations as soon as possible, as only a limited number\ncan be accommodated. .,aA\u201e. \u25a0\nW. R. SKEY, Travelling Passenger Agent O. R. & N., Spokane, Wash.\nCOPVRIQHTY\nHealth and Happiness\nwill come with the New Year to everyone who drinks Nelson Beer because\nIt ls the purest brewed ibeverage to bo\nfound. Not only are pure Ingredients\nused, but the process of brewing Is conducted under the most strict sanitary\nmethods. In cases of one or two dozen,\npints or quarts: large und small kegs.\nNelson Brewing Co., Ltd.\nPHONE  24\nBy Special Appointment Purveyors to  H.E, the  Governor General.\nHere We Are Again With\nSomething New\nJams of exquisite flavor made   by    combining   the    following\nfruits:\nStrawberries and Plums. Strawberries and   Apples.\nPlums and Apples.\nAll are guaranteed to  be of the finest and purest quality. Put\nup In 5 lb. palls only by\nKootenay Jam Co., Ltd. NeiscmTiTc\"\nWESTERN  CANADA'S  GREATEST  SCHOOL\nSprott-Shaw\nBusiness Institute\nBest equipped school west of Toronto.   New Year's term opens Jan. 3.\nVancouver, B.C.\nR. J. SPROTT, B.A., Mgr.\nSend for catalogue\nDelamotte drew the third, ln which\nwere these words, \"Think of it no,\nmor-*.\"\nInstead of feeling \"ihe agony I had\nreason to expect,\" Wesley accepted the\ndecision by lot cheerfully. But the\n\"agony\" come again when it was announced that Miss Sophy was engaged\nto Mr. Williamson, whom she ultimately married. Wesley makes in a diary\nwhich Mr. Curnock has discovered and\ndeciphered the following heart broken\nhourly entries:\n2. Took leave of her, 1-2 (an hour)\nat home.   Could not pray.\n3. Tried to pray, loBt, sunk.\n4. Bread, conversed with Delamotte.\nLittle better.\n5. Mr. Causton came In, talk, tea.\n6. Kempls; Germans.   Easier.\n7. Prayers.\n8. Miss Sophy, et cetra, 1-2 (an\nhour within with her, 3-4 (of an hour)\nwith Delamotte.   Prayer.\nNo such day since I first saw the\nsun! O dead tenderly with thy servant.\nLet me not see such another!\nMURDER  BY  MAIL\nPoisoned Candy Caused Death of Recipient's Guest.\nPARIS. Dec. 28.\u2014The arrest of a\nyoung salesman in a department store\nhas uncovered a poison by mall mystery. According to the police chocolates containing arsenic were sent\nthrough the malls to a person who\nfailed to partake of them, but fti inoffensive guest, a tenor at the opera, ato\n-several and died a few hours later.\nThe sender of the poisoned candy, it\nIs stated, was discovered by pure accident. The police refuse to give out\nthe names.\t\nMlnard's Liniment Cures Dlphththerla\nNELSON   LAND DISTRICT.   DISTRICT\nOF WEST KOOTENAY.\nTake notice that I, M. A. McKUllcan, of\nMontreal, P.Q., occupation mariled woman, Intend to apply for permission to\npurchase the folowing described lands:\nCommencing at a post planted about 20\nchains east of the N.W. corner of Lot\n8318, thence north 80 chains, thence east 80\nchains, thence south SO chains, thence west\n80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres more or leiB.\nAugust 30, 1909.\nM. A. McKILLICAN,\n4-10-09-Sw. p. H. SIEMENS, Agent.    I\nNELSON    LAND   DISTRICT.    DISTRICT\nOP WEST KOOTENAY.\nTake notice that i, Sarah Mclnnes, ot\nMontreal, P.Q., occupation mar.led woman, Intend to apply for permission to\npurchase the folowing described lands:\nCommencing at a post planted about 20\nchains east of the N. E. corner of Lot\n8318, thence east 60 chains, thence nortn\n80 ohalns, thence west 60 chains, thence\nsouth 80 chains to point of commencement,\ncontaining 340 acres more or less,\nAugust 30, 1909.\nSARAH McINNES,\n\u2022MO-09-Sw. p. h. SIEMENS, Agent.\nNELSON   LAND DISTRICT,    DISTRICT\nOP WEST KOOTENAY.\nTake notice that I, Mary K. Siemens, of\nDeer Park, B. C, occupntlon married woman, intend to apply for permission to\npurchase the following described lands:\nCommencing at a post planted about 20\nchains east of the N, W. corner uf Annie\nBuliler's application to purchase, thence\nnorth 60 chains, thence east 80 chains,\nthence south 60 chains, thence west 80\nchains to po nt of commencement, containing 640 acres more or less,\nAugust 31. 1909.\nMARY K.  SIEMENS,\n4-10-09-8W. p. h. SIEMENS. Agent.\nNELSON    LAND   DISTRICT,    DISTRICT\nOP WEST KOOTENAY.\nTake notice that I, Angus MacNeish, of\nMontreal, p. Q., occupation solicitor. Intend to apply for permission to purchase\nthe following described lands:\nCommencing at a post planted about 60\nchains east of the N. W. corner of T. L.\nNo. 30052, thence north 40 chains, thence\neast 80 chains, thence south 40 chains,\nthence west 80 chains to point of commencement, conta.nlng 320 acres more or\nless.\nAugust 31, 1909.\nANGUS MACNEISH,\n4-10-09-Sw. P. H. SIEMENS, Agent.\nNELSON   LAND   DISTRICT,   DISTRICT\nOP WEST  KOOTENAY.\nTake notice that C, P. Ryan of Rosb-\nlnnd, B. C, occupation clerk, Intends to\napply for permission to purchase the following described  lands:\nCommencing at a post planted at the\nN. E. corner of Lot 8141, thence west 80\nchains, thence north 40 chains, thence east\n80 chains, thence south 40 chains more or\nless on lake shore to point of commencement, containing 320 acres more or lesa.\nC. P. RYAN,\nJ. II.  FEENEY, Agent.\nNov. 23, 1909. 4-12-09-8W.\nNELSON   LAND   DISTRICT,   DISTRICT\nOF WEST KOOTENAY.\nTAKE NOTICE  that I,  G. A.  Konnlng-\nton, of Salmo, B. C, occupation, blacksmith, intend to apply for peimission to\npurchase tho following described lands:\nCommencing at a poat planted about 14\nchains north of the S. W. corner of R.\nNo. 927 thence south 20 chains, thence\nwest SO chains more or less, thence north\n20 chnins. thence east 80 chains more or\nless, to point of comtneneement, containing 160 acres more or less.\nO. A. KENNINGTON.\nOct. 12, 1909. 10-11-09-8\nNELSON   LAND   DISTRICT,   DISTRICT\nOP WEST KOOTENAY.\nTake notice thut I, Charles Maseralls, of\nSalmo, B. C-, occupation sawyer, Intend\nto apply for permission to purchase the\nfollowing dt.se: Ibed lands:\nCommencing at a post planted at the s.\nW corner of P-R. No. 906, thence south 20\nchains, thence east 20 chains, thence north\n20 chains, tlience went 20 chains lo point\nof commencement, containing 40 acres\nmore or less.\nNovember 30, 1909.\n9-12-09-Sw CHARLES MASERALLS.\nNELSON    LAND    DISTRICT,    DISTRICT\nOP  WEST   KOOTENAY.\nTAKE NOTICE that I, C. Clark, of Nelson, B. C, occupation grocer,   Intend   to\napply for permission lo purchase the following described lands:\nCommencing at a post planted at tho\nS. E. corner of Lot 9763, thence east -to\nchains, thence north 40 chains, thence west\n4ft chains, thence .south 40 chains to point\nor commencement, containing 160 acres\nmore or less.\nC.  CLARK,\nROBERT THOMPSON,  Agent.\nOct.  2.  1909. r^_\"-_\nNELSON    LAND  DISTRICT,    DISTRICT\nOP   WEST   KOOTENAY.\nTAKE NOTICE tnat I,   Lome Thompson,\nof Snlmo. B. C, occupntlon, teamster, intend to apply for permission to purchase\nthe   following  described   Innds:\nCommencing at n post planted at the\nS. E. corner of P. R. No. S47, thonce\nsouth 40 chains, thence west 20 cluiins,\ntlienco nortli 4ft chains, thence oast 20\nchains to point of commencement, containing 80 acres morn nr loss.\nLORNE THOMPSON.\nBERNARD FEENEY, Agent.\nOct. 18, 1009. 6-11-M-Sw.\nCERTIFICATE OP IMPROVEMENTS\"\nAlexandra, Edward VII., and Placer Fraction Mineral Claims, situate in the Nelson Mining Division of West Kootenay\ndistrict.\nWhere located: On Wolf Creek, near\nQueen mine.\nTAKE NOTICE that I, F. C. Green, acting as agent for Charles Lewlston, Fret?\nMiner's Ceritllcate No. U. KWSii, Intend, 00\ndays from tho dale hereof, lo apply to\nthe Milling Recorder for Certificates of\nImprovements; for tlie purpose of obtaining Crown Grants of the above claims.\nAnd further take notice that action, under .section ;i\", must be commenced before\nthe issuance of such Certificates of Improvements.\nDated tills 9th day of December, A.D.\n1909,\nF.  C.  GREEN,\n9-12-Ofl-Sw. Nelson. B.C.\nCERTIFICATE  OF IMPROVEMENTS.\nClyde and  Belt Mineral Clams,  situate in\nthe Nelson Mining Division of Kooleuay\ndistrict.\nWhere located: On the north side nf\nSheep creek, nbout 11 miles from Sulmo.\nTAKE NOTICE that I, F. C. Green, acting as agent for W. H. Willson. Free\nMiner's Certificate No. B. 15,984, and G.\nR. Devlin, Free Miner's Certificate No.\n32,679 B\u201e Intend, sixty duys from the date\nhereof, to apply to tho mining recorder\nfor a Certificate of Improvements, for the\npurpose of obtaining Crown Grunts of tlio\nabove  claims.\n. And further take notice that action under sec'.'.on 117, must bo commenced before\ntho Issuance of such Certificates of Improvements.\nDated this 16th day or Sept., A. D. 1999,\nF. C. GREEN,\n127-603. Nelson. B. C.\nCERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS.\nSkylark nnd Ranger Mineral Claims,\nsituate In the Slocan City Mining Division\nof West  Kootenay  district.\nWhere located: On First North Fork\nof Lemon Creek.\nacting as agent for N. F. McNaught,\nFree Miner's Certificate No. B. 17226; Jas.\nMcNaught, Free Miner's Certificate No. B.\n17225, and R. W. Hannington, Free\nMiner's Certificate No. B. 34947, Intend,\nsixty days from the dnte hereof, to apply\nto the Mining Recorder for Certificates of\nImprovements, for the purpose of obtaining Crown Grants of the above claims\nAnd further take notice that action, under section 37, must bo commenced before\ntho Issuance of such Certificate of Improvements,\nDated this 14th day of Juno, A. D. 1909.\n_nnH_ F. C. GREEN.\n9-9-09-Sw. Nelson, B. C.\n PMI FOUR\nf!Wte fflrtUjj Ucnwf*\nWEDNESDAY .\n\u25a0 DECEMBER 2*\n\u25a0\u2666WM*\u00bb**W\u00abMM'>mi\u00abIW\u00ab\u00abWW\u00ab*\u00bb>*\u00bb\u00abMMW*tH >\u25a0>\u00bb\u2666\u00bb\nSanta Qaus is Here I\nNew Importations Just Arrived\nTom Smith's Crackers\nTom Smith's Stockings\nCadbury's Chocolates\nRowntree's Chocolates\nPasealls Toffees\nCrosse & Blackwells Plum Pnd- i:\ndings expected daily\nAll other lines of Chistmas Good\nCheer complete\nThe Hudson's Bay Stores;\n********************************************************\nImperial Bank of Canada\n__:\u25a0 HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO\nCapital Authorized   $10,000,000\nCapital  Paid Up   \u00bb5,O0O,00O     Reserve Fund (5,000,000\nD, R. WILKIE, Prealdent HON. ROBT. JAFFRAY, VlcePrea.\nBRANCHES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA:\nArrowhead, Cranbrook,  Fernle, Golden, Kamloops, Michel, New Michel,\ni_ Moyie, Nelaon,  Revelatoke, Vancouver and Victoria,\nSAVINGS DEPARTMENT \u00bb\nIntereat allowed on deposits at current rate from date of deposit.\nNELSON  BRANCH J. M. LAY, Manafjer.\nCanadian Bank of Commerce\nHEAD OFFICE, TORONTO ESTABLISHED 1867\nB. E. WALKER, President.' Reserve Fund     6,000,000\nALEXANDER LAIRD, Sen. Man.      Paid-up Capital   $10,000,000\nTRAVELLERS' CHEQUES\nThe new Travellers' Cheques recently issued by this Bank are a\nmost convenient way In which to carry money when travelling. They\nare Issued In denominations ot $10, $20, $50, $100 and $200 and the exact\namount payable ln Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great\nBritain, Holland, Italy, Norway,.Russia, Sweden and Switzerland ls Stat.\ned on the face of each cheque, while ln other countries they are payable\nat current rates.\nThe cheques and all Information regarding them may be obtained\nat every office of the bank.      ,   _A.\nNELSON BRANCH J. L. BUCHAN, Manager\nBANK Of MONTREAL\nEstablished 1817\nCapital All Paid Up ..$14,400,000   Rest    $12,000,000\nHEAD OFFICE: MONTREAL\nRt. Hon. Lord Strathcona and M ount Royal, G.C.M.G.,  Hon. President.\nHon. Sir George Drummond, K.C.M.G., President\nSir Edward 8. Clouston, Bart., Vice-President and Gen. Manager.\nBRANCHES   IN   BRITISH  COLUMBIA-*.\nArmstrong, Enderby, Greenwood,   Kelowna,   Nelson,   New   Denver,\nNicola, New Westminster, Rossland, Summerland, Vancouver, Vernon,\nVictoria, Chilliwack,  Hosmer.... jl     -\n* NELSON BRANCH L. B. DEVEBER, Manager.\nThe Royal Bank of Canada\nINCORPORATED 1161.\nCapital    $4,800,000      Reserve  .$5.500,000\nTotal Assets   $58,000,000 SBSBPfiH^SW^\nA general banking business transacted.   Savings Bank Department\nat all offices.\nSavings Bank Department at all\noffices. Interest allowed on deposits of one dollar and upwards\nat highest current rates, compounded half yearly. Money may\nbe withdrawn without delay.\nNelson Branch\nWe receive Accounts of Corporations, firms and individuals on favorable terms and shall be pleased\nto meet or correspond with those\nwho contemplate making changes\nor opening new accounts,\nA. B. NETHERBY, Manager\nColonial Trust Company. Limited\nNEL80N, B. C.      .\nvll    Incorporated Under tha Lawa of Brltlah Columbia.\nAuthorized Capital, $500,000.\nBOARD OF DIRECTORS.\nA. W. WRIGHT, President\nW. F. ROBERTS, Vice President.\nR. S. LENNIE. S. M. BRYDGES.\nE. B. MCDERMID. W. G. McMORRIS.\nJ. D. ANDERSON. L. E. BORDEN.\nT. D. STARK.\nA. W. WRIGHT, Manager.\nW. R. ALLEN, Secretary W. N. POOLE, Treasurer\nThe Company acts as Agents for clients residing elsewhere, In the\ninvestment of moneys, care of securities, loans, mortgages, etc.\nOffice, 419 Baiter St., Nelson, B. C.\nNew Year Cards and\nNew Year Post Cards\nProfiting by the experience of\nprevious years we have provided\nan ample supply for your selection. Prices 3 for 10c, 6c. eaoh\nand up.\nSee our Squeeker.   New Year Post Cards at 10c. each, 3 for 25c.\nThey tickle the children.\nW. Q. THOMSONS\nNelson, B.C.\nBookseller and Stationer\nSPte fattu Henw.\nPublished at Nelaon Every Morning\nExcept Monday, by\nNews Publishing Company, Limited\nW. O. McMORRIS   Manager\nSUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION\nWE WILL SELL\n500-2000 Black Horse %   .32 1000-3000 Rambler-Cariboo 09%\n00-300 B. C. Copper     8.12%     600-2000 Nugget Gold Mines ..     .62%\n5-20 Con. Smelters   80.00        100-500 Snowstorm      1.65\n2.10 Oranby 110.00 1000-3000 Diamond Vale 08%\n600-1000 International Coal ..     .82        200-2000 Missoula Copper 06%\nMIGHTON & CAVANAUGH\nDR. WER IMS\nBROKERS\nNEL-aON, X C.\nPHONE 110\nFACTS ARE REQUIRED.\nSome days have now passed and the\nmatter of that interview, or alleged\nInterview, with a Canadian cabinet minister on the present political situation\nin Great Britain, published in the Manchester Guardian, is apparently as far\nfrom being cleared up as ever. There\nhas been a denial from Ottawa that\nsuch an interview was ever given by\na Canadian cabinet minister, hut the\nGuardian, on the other hand, stands by\nIts story, which it says is absolutely\ncorrect. The situation, therefore, briefly put, is that the truth Is being trifled\nwith, either by someone at Ottawa or\nby the Guardian.\nAs the matter stands, the Guardian\nis in a most unenviable position. It is\neither playing a game of bluff on the\npublic or It is shielding some member\nof the government at Ottawa, who bas\nno fight to occupy the position which\nhe holds, for it is inconceivable that\nSir Wilfrid would allow a man to continue as one of his colleagues in the\ncabinet one who had heen guilty of\nsuch grave indiscretion as to mix up\nIn an election flght in tbe old country.\nIf any member of the Canadian cabinet\ngave auch an interview as the Guardian\nsays one did, that paper owes it to the\npeople of this country to say who did\nso and thus allow the premier to retire him to the private life from which\nhe should never have emerged.\nThe principle of cabinet ministers or\nleaders in any of the overseas dominions mixing up in the politics of the old\ncounty is a vicious one In the extreme\nand one which should In every way possible be discouraged. British cabinet\nministers and British leaders have Just\nas much right to take part In the elections in Canada or any other of the\nother overseas dominions as Canadian\ncabinet ministers and Canadian leaders\nhave to take part in an election in the\nold country. An awful uproar would\ninstantly be raised were any British\ncabinet, minister or leader to take the\nsame course in regard to an election\nin this country that the Guardian says\na Canadian cabinet minister did In tlie\ncase under discussion.\nThe people of this country are entitled to know which, if any, of their\nrepresentatives has been guilty of a\nbreach of this rule, and the Guardian\nis the authority which if it so deBlres\ncan inform them on the subject. A\nfailure to do so will serve to cast\ndoubts upon the good faith of the paper\nin connection with the interview or\nalleged interview In question. With\ntliia, however, the people of Canada are\nnot concerned. Whether or not the\nGuardian desires to establish its good\nfaltli in connection with the matter,\nthere is another source to whicli they\nlook for information. That source Is\nSir Wilfrid Laurier. They expect him\nto ascertain the facts, and, having done\nso, to communicate them to them, and\nif his investigation shows that any\nmember of ids government has given\nsuch an interview as was published\nin the Guardian to summarily dismiss\nhim from office and thus establish at\nonce and for all time the principle that\nmembers of the government, at least,-\nof Canada must not Interfere In any\nwny in a political contest In the mother\ncountry, nor yet In any of tbe other\noverseas dominions.\nEDITORIAL  NOTES.\nCanada's flrst cruiser is being prepared for service. While this Is all\nright in its way, it will require a good\ndeal more than the government's pres-\nent naval policy to discharge Canada's\nduty in tlie matter of imperial defense.\nThe refitting of obsolete British vessels\nand the construction of other -.vessels\nof small type as proposed cannot be\nconsidered by any person as a full discharge. Such a policy will not in any\nway strengthen the home fleet upon\nwhich Canada as well as the empire\nat large depends for the protection of\nIts shores and of Its commerce.\nThe announcement that tlie Kootenay\nLake General hospital Is to take over\nthe Home hospital will be received with\nmore than passing interest, not only\nin Nelson, but also In the surrounding\ndistricts. The Home hospital in the\nyears of its existence has made many\nfriends who will regret that It is to\ndisappear as a separate institution, but\nthere will be general satisfaction with\nthe amalgamation If it brings about\nwhat it Is hoped it will, the erection\nof a fine new public hospital in this\ncity. For years the project of erecting\na public hospital in Nelson, which\nwould not only serve the city, but also\nthe district, has been discussed. This\nhowever, was impossible so long as\nthere were two such institutions in existence. Now that the way lias been\ncleared through the merging of the\ntwo lt is to be hoped that effective\nsteps will be taken to take advantage\nof the offer of the provincial government to supply $30,000 for such an undertaking providing a similar amount\nwas raised locally.\nOLD  COUNTRY  FOOTBALL.\nResults of Yesterday's Games in the\nVarious Leagues.\nLONDON, Dec. 28\u2014Today's football\nresults were:\nFirst league-\nNotts County 2, Blackburn RoverB 2.\nSheffield United 4, Liverpool 2.\nBristol City 2, Sunderland 3.\nSecond league\u2014\nBarnBley 5, Derby County 1.\nBirmingham 0, Bradford 1.\nLincoln City 0, Leeds City 0.\nSouthern league\u2014\nLuton Town 4, Brentford 2.\nBrighton and Hove 1, Bristol Rovers 0,\nCoventry City 4, Queen's Park Rangers 0. '\nExeter City 3, tteadlng 1.\nSwindon Town 7, Norwich City 13.\nNorthampton 3, Watford 0.\n\u25a0fCaiindlnn  ABBonlntPd  Press.)\nLONDON,   Dec.   28\u2014Football   gumes\ntoday resulted as follows:\nIrish League\u2014\nShelburne 2, Bohemians 2.\nCllftonvllle 1, Derry Celtic 0.\nBelfast 1, Distillery 0.\nGlentoran 4, Llnfleld 0.\nSecond League\u2014\nWolverhampton 4, Leicester 1.\nNewport 19, Barbarians 0*\nSwansea 16, Edinburgh U. 0.\nLeicester .Fosse 12, Penarth 8.\nCHINESE NEARiY FROZEN\nRESCUED   BY   MR.   BINN1E   FROM\nDRIFT NEAR SILVER KINO.\nTESTIMONIAL FROM HIS FELLOW\nCOUNTRYMEN.\nChinese of Nelson, would have lost hia\nlife but for the timely aid rendered by\nThomaa Blnnle, of the Atlmbanca mine.\nGee Kwong was coming in trom tlie Silver\nKing mine, and lost Ills way and ftrmlly\nsuccumbed to the cold. In the afternoon\nMr. Blnnle, who lives about half way between the Silver King and Nelaon, going\nover the road, eaw a need sticking out of\na drift. He took the unconscious and apparently frozen man to his house, and\nbrought him around, keeping him there\nthin tilcht. The next day he brought the\nChinese, who had recovered, to the city,\nTne full\" \u25a0 nig letter has been received\nby T;     AcWlS.\n\"Tr? (tie Editor of The Daily News,\n\"Nelxon, B.C.\n\"Sir,\u2014We, the Chinese merchants and\nfriends of Nelaon. wiahto heartily thank\nthe gentlman. Mr. Thomas Blnnle, Torn\nthe Athabasca mine, that rescued one of\nour countrymen, who was lost In a snowdrift. His name Ib Oee Kwong of Nelson,\nB. C\u201e aud he is very grateful to his\nrescuer.\"\nRETURN THEIR THANKS.\nPatients and Staff of Kootenay Lake\nHospital Return Thanks.\nThe patients and staff of the Kootenay Lake General hospital are most\ngrateful to the many friends who contributed toward their enjoyment and\ngood cheer on Christmas, Not only\nwere many good things donated both\nfor the table and as presents for the\npublic ward patients, hut a concert was\nalso held in the afternoon. The donations for tbe table came from many\nquarters, the presents for the public\nward patients were supplied by the\nWomen's Hospital Aid society, and\nthe cmicert was arranged hy some of\nthe older pupils of the Methodist Sunday school, Including Miss Patrick and\nthe Misses Annable. Miss Patrick and\nMiss Nellie Annable sang, as did also\nothers. Mrs. N. Wolverton acted as ac,-\ncompanlat. A gramaphone supplied for\nthe occasion added materially to the\nenjoyment ofall.\nJohnson's Training Quarters\nCHICAGO, Dec, 28\u2014Work was started today on the equipment of the gymnasium In the barn at the rear of Jack\nJohnson's home here.' The negro\nchampion plans to do a large amount\nof his preliminary training in his new\ngymnasium. The equipment will be\nthe best obtainable and he will have\nan ideal training place when it is finished. A- 24 foot ring will he the main\npiece of furniture in the new gymnasium. Johnson said today that he\nwould have a large training staff consisting of Gunboat Smith, Monte Cutler, Jack Heiman and several others.\nRock Slide Overwhelms Church.\nMADRID, Dec.  28.\u2014Dispatches    received here say that 28 persons perished In a landslide caused   by   the\nfloods near Viana Navarre.\nLONDON, Dec. 28.\u2014A dispatch from\nMadrid says that a fall of rock at Car-\ncovald Koras, in the province of\nOrense, overwhelmed a church and\nmany houses, killing 2(! persons.\nMINARD'S LINIMENT CO., UM1TKD.\n'GuntlemeH.\u2014Last winter I received grent\nbenefit from the use of MINARD'S LINIMENT In a severe altnck ot lAGrlppe, nnd\n1 have frequently proved it to lie very\neffective In cases of in Hum mation.\nYoiirf,\nXV. A. HUTCHISON,\nFred Irvine & Co,\nCHRISTMAS\nBARGAINS\nWe are selling our Xmas stock at prices away down, and we have\na splendid stock of goods whloh will make a good serviceable and use*\nful Xmas present tor ladles and children,\nLadles' and Children's handkerchiefs at all prices, from, 5c.\neach up to 16.\nLadles' fancy Bilk collars, ties,\nscarfs, belts at any price.\nLadles' silk umbrellas, gents'\nsilk umbrellas, gold and silver\nmounted handles.       .\u25a0\nLadles, silk, muslin, net lace all-\nover, liberty satin waists.\nLa-lea' fancy dinner and evening dresses.\nLadies, opera cloaks, net and\nlace dresses.\nLadles' tailor made suits, coats,\nskirts and capes.\nWe have a beautiful lot ot linen table covers, sideboard cloths, tea\ncloths, Damask napkins and cloth to match. Drawn linens, cushion\ncovers and centerpieces.\nSnaps in Ladies' Fur Collars, Stoles\nand Muffs.   Bargains in Children's\nFurs, White and Grey. A Fine\nLine of Ladies' Kid Gloves\nLined and Unlined\nThis week you will find our prices low.  We Invite inspection. .\nStore open to 10 o'clock each evening this week.\nFred Irvine & Co.\nTurkeys! Turkeys!1 Turkeys!\nCHICKENS,   DUCKS,   GEESE,\nSUCKLING PIGS AND RABBITS\nSpecial Christmas consignment.     All fresh goods.   All   kinds of\nfresh and salted meats.\nOlympia and Eastern Oysters.. Fresh and Cured Fish.\nThe \"West Kootenay Butcher Co. \u00b0 %\nPeters,\nManager.\nNew Bridge at Calgary.\nCALGARY, Alb., Dec. 28.\u2014Plans have\nheen prepared Tor a new (30,000 concrete bridge to be constructed over the\nElbow river. The bridge will probably\nbe built of a size and strength sufficient to carry street cars, as the present system will be extended into the\ndistrict served by the bridge. Mayor\nJamleson stales that the 1010 extensions will he definitely mapped out during February. t\nA LUCKY DOG\nIs the man who finds the right kind of glasses nowadays.\nDon't you trust to luck in such a matter, but come to us\nand have your eyes examined. We will then prescribe the\nproper glasses for you to wear, and fit them ourselves. We\nare specialists iij this line, and know exactly what your\nvision needs. Do not go to buy glasses where the eye and\nits functions are not thoroughly understood. We guarantee our work, and we do not charge fancy prices.*\nAsk Masonic Aid\nLOUISVILLE, Dec. 28\u2014The Miner\nfamily, lu a last effort to gain some\ntidings of their little daughter Alma,\nwho mysteriously disappeared from\nhome three weeks ago, today began\nmailing letters to each grand secretary\nof every grand lodge ot Masons ln the\nUnited States and Canada, requesting\nthat every effort to locate the missing\nchild be exerted.\nJ. J. Walker m \u25a0*\u00bbst\nGraduate Optician and Jeweler\n.\u2022\u2022W-M-M-M\n WEDNESDAY .... DECEMBER\u00bb\n\u00abhe Qal_ Slew*\nFAOE rivK\ni^z\nHOTEL ARRIVALS OF ADAY\n_t***t*********************.\nu***************_*********J\nHIIliE-a. O. Qreenwood, Seattle; T. K.\nBhSKv. fc\u00a3*Si. \u00bbn^J. O. KtodalU\nnflrrnrd1 T. *W. Mason, Victoria; W. J.\nTtaSSSm,Revelstoke* Brian L. Coomber.\ncity. . \t\nDr PRICES\nCrs?\u00b0Baking Powder\nIs the most efficient and\nperfect of leavening agents.\nMADE FROM PURE CREAM OF TARTAR\nNo alum, lime or ammonia* *\ni\nSTRATHCONA-L. D. Roach, Kaslo; W.\nHarden, Portland; H. D. Henvls, Mr. and\nMrs. McGlnsle, Spokane; L. >Pratt, Vancouver.\nBaker 8treet\nLAPOINTE, Proprietor\nRates: $1.50 to (2.00 per day,\n+    Bpecla' rates to City Boarders.\n^\"\u2666\"['^^\u2666^\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666^\u2666\u2666^\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666'fl*\nQUEENS\u2014K.  W.  Franklin.  SasKatcl\"*-\nvan; N. Friedman, city; S. A. Jones, Trail\nGrand Central Hotel\ntmsnt nn omei\nAnrimi nd Einpeu Hut |\n$ J. A. UICUOI\n-T. ____t.___.___ _L_t._L_l.___L JL_L._._LJL\u00b1.__ __a,x A A A_T*\nGRAND CENTRAL\u2014J. Bardln, L. Marsh\nSpokane; W. Gribble, Toronto; P. Davln,\nFrultvale; P. Waterson, Salmo; R. RI&-\npath, Shields* u    ..i .wM\nThe Royal Hotel\ntire. L. V. Roberta, ProprletreM\nCor. Stanley and Silica Sti.\nElectrlo Piano\nFree carriage or bus from all '<\nboats and trains.\nHates. II and $1.60 ner A\"**\nRemember our 25 cent Turkey*\ndinner every Sunday. '\nROYAIy-E. Benaen, Rlondel; _. .....\nOalt; R. A. Bains, Ortllia; S. C. Crandall,\nTenile; A *-\u2014.\u2014\u00bb\u201e\nley; W. L. Caunci, Plncher Creek; Mra.\nJf Julalnd, Greenwood; J. M. Lawrence.\nAlnsworth; J. Ryan, Ymtr.\nBARTLETT-G. Thompson, Bluebell; R.\nOraham,    Kaalo;    XV.    E.    Cates,  Sheep\nCLUB-W. Botsworth. Franklin, Ohio;\n6. T. Maude, Rospland; N. Pipes, B'ldge-\nwatcr,' N. S.; I. Goachen, Shields; B. C.\nRand, 0. Thomas, Trail. '\nKLONDYKE\u2014T. Pearson, Slocan City;\nE. Hansen, Mra. E. Hansen, P. Hansen,\nH. Tuersan.\nSILVER KING-E. S. Taylor, Seattle',\nP. Ryan, J. Miller, D. Carney.\nNELSON-C. E. Alstott, Grand Porks;\nL. E. Weil, Rugby, N.D.: C. Avray and\nwife, Marcus; H. Candell, Oiovllte; H.\nBeer, Kaslo.\nSHERBROOKE\u2014P. Ouillette, Grand\nPorks; A. J. Douglas, G. W. A. Myrmau,\ncity\n9\n^.^eg\u00abe6^666^^es-s-sg%.\nBlown, Kootenay Laiidlns.\n4**************************t\nTremont House\nBaker 8b., NMson\nHtlone * Tre gUlus, Propi.\nEuropean Plan, flOo. up\nAmerican PUD. |1.35 and |LM\nMeati. Bo,\nBPJDOIAL RATES PER MONTH\nTREMONT\u2014J. Brown, Nakusp; Miss\nMaude ThoyBe, New Denver; T. L. Bibber, Calumet, Mich.; J. Grounds, Slocan\nCity; J. W. Lawrence, Alnsworth; W.\nBourke, Tabor; G. H. Flsber, Salmo;\nB. Morgan, Rossland.\nAT THE THEATRE.\nMiss Felton Will Play \"Camllle\" Tonight\u2014Fine Production Expected,\nThe Allen Players took an off night from\nlegitimate drama lust evening and gave\na farce entitled \"Our New Girl.\" The\naudience was kept ln high good humor\nby many funny scenes ln which Mlsa\nFelton us a Dutch girl took the leading\npart. The lady's Impersonations are generally of so very excellent a character\nthat last night's performance merely demonstrated how versatile she Is without- adding In' any way to the undoubted success\nof her appearance here lust week and\nthis.\nThis evening Miss Felton, who Is nothing\nIf not ambitious, will present the trials\nand tribulations of that woman of the\nworld, \"Camllle,\" In the dramatization of\nAlexander Dnmus' story of that name.\nThose who were fortunate to witness Miss\nFelton'* representation of \"Zassa\" here on\nChristmas night will look lor a genuine\ntreat this evening. Referring to her recent appearance lu \"Camllle\" at Calgary\nthe Morning Albertan of thnt city said:\n\"The port of \"Camllle\" was taken by\nMiss Vera Felton, who haa received nothing but praise since she came to Calgary,\nbut whatever laurels Bhe has received before, nothing in the past has come anywhere near the superb acting in this chur-\nucter, From the very start she held the\naudience in the hollow of her Imiul; when\nshe laughed, they laughed with her, and\nwhen she cited sobs were audible from alt\nover the house. She gave us the best she\nhud ln her, and that best was better than\nanything we had ever seen before anywhere. She Is an actress of the rarest\nability and nowhere was this better exemplified than In the last act of the scene\nof -Camllle's dentil, when even the men\ncried,, even the writer of these lines, so\nnear reality was her portraiture of this\npart.\"\nThis Is high praise Indeed, but tho\nZuiii of laBt Saturday night, ns a Nelson\naudience saw her, was good enough to\nraise high expectations of this evening's\nperformance,\nA strong feature program will be offered\nat the Empire the-tre this evening, nnd\nincludes u beautiful Vltagniph film\n\"ShauRhrnun,\" the delightful Irish romance, und \"The Tohiiec i Edict of Old\nNew York. I6W. ' \"Training Bulls in Italy\nfa*- the Arena\" Is ii good scenic subject.**\n''Satan's Smithy\" is i- Fp'emUd colo-od\nPicture In which some most beautiful\nFrench scenery Is seen. \"The Old Hall\nClock\" Is an Interestln-T picture showing\nhow hlsto'y repeats Itself, but with positions reversed.\nAre In Dispute Over Debt.\nNEW YORK, Dec. 28.\u2014An -argument\nbristling with antebellum history and\nlater incidents of the civil war tn Virginia and WeBt Virginia, involving a\nclaim of $50,000,000 by Virginia against\nthe latter state, was heard today before Charles E. Littlefleld as special\nmaster In equity of the United States\nsupreme court. Tbe case Is to determine\ntbe question of the apportionment of\nthe debt of Virginia at the time when\nWest Virginia was a part of Old Dominion.\nSix Day Race in Berlin\nBERLIN, Dec. 28\u2014A six day bioycle\nrace started in the zoological gardens\nat 10. o'clock last evening. Fifteen\nthousand people were present Sixteen\npairs are competing, including Rutt\nand Clark, winners of the six day race\nat New York,.and the American iteam,\nRoot and .Fbgler. Rutt was liable to\narrest for not performing military service here. The war otfice, however,\npermitted him -to compete after the\ncrown prince had brought hi8 influence\nto bear.\n| fhe Klondyke Held |\nVernon Street *\nHeadquarters (or miners, smel-\ntermen, loggers, railroad men.\nRates: $1,00 per day np.\nNELSON t JOHNSON, Props.\nKOOTENAY-H. Campbell, F. Campbell,\nC. Andrews and wife. Cranbrook; TV..\nJollet, Rangoon. Burmah.\nMadden House\nJ   Thot. Madden,. Prop.  Baker St.\nWell furnlBhefl rooms with bath\nBest Board In the City\nA Comfortable Home\nMADDEN-T. Matthews, Marblehead; J.\nTerson, Slocan; D. McLauchlan, New Denver; R'jv. D. Jeannette, Sllverton; L. McGregor, Kaslo; M. C^ntilon, Orescent Val-\nAmerloans Sentenced in Prance.\nPARIS, Dec. 28.\u2014Two Americans\nnamed Clark and a music ball singer\nknown as Mile. Valllera, who claim to\nhave been born In Connecticut, were\ntoday sentenced each to four years' Imprisonment for having robbed one Mme,\nLeblanc of $100.\nCanadian Pacific Earnings '\n. MONTREAL, Dec. 28\u2014C. P. R. earnings for November were 19,075,963, and\naxpenses $5,383,025, leaving a net profit of t.i.692,337, an increase ot $1,471,-\nGueril for Mayor.\nMONTREAL, Dec. 28.\u2014The citizens' committee have decided to support Dr. J. J.\nGuerll for mayor and F. h. Wamklyn as\none of the civic controllers.\nIf you want a delightful mld-wlnter trip\nwhy not go on the third annual Los\nAngeles excursion via the O. It. & N. from\nSpokane ,on January 17. See advertisement on another page. 310-11\n8, P. Pond, who has opened a flour and\nfeed store on Front street, between J. Y.\nGriffin's and Ashdown's. are now ready\nfor business with a full line of wheat, oats,\nbarley, bran and shorts, and will carry ill\nlines pertaining to the flour aud feed business. IH-tt.\nALLEGED HEIR DEPARTS\nYOUNG   MAN  WHO SAID  HE   WA8\nCOMING INTO MONEY\nERSTWHILE    FRIENDS   ARE    ANXIOUS TO SEE HIM AGAIN\nOf boyish appearance, clean shaven\nruddy face, black hair, an engaging\nsmile that 'revealed front teeth tipped\nwith gold; of average height and good\nbuild; about 23 years of age, and enjoying a monthly income of $60 as advance upon a future legacy\u2014this is the\ndescription of a young man in whom a\nnumber of people In Nelson feel a keen\nInterest at the present moment, All\nthe Ins and outs of the story have not\nyet been fully revealed, but aU that is\nknown points to the young man who\nspent some days in Nelson under the\nname of J. C. Kirkland, being a faker,\nand probably an Impostor.\nKirkland had the artistic sou) and\nhe operated on a generous scale\u2014and\nfor the extent of his operations*, he was\ncontent with comparatively smaH financial returns, if those were what he\nwas after. He left himself a legacy,\nacted as the correspondent of The\nDally News under an assumed name,\nmade arrangements for a wedding between parties who, bo far as known,\ndo not exist, invented a death and called off his own wedding, and Incidentally made laughing-stocks of atll who\ngave him their confidence. His final\nact was to flit with an overcoat which\nhad been loaned to him for a day, and\nthis caused bis backers to make an investigation. As a result a warrant was\nsworn out yesterday morning charging\nhim with the theft of the overcoat.\nSpokane Is being searched for him.\nAs a humorist Kirkland\u2014If that la\nreally the young fellow's name\u2014made\na distinct hit. He modestly introduced\nhimself to The Daily News In the following letter written from Koch's Siding, under date of Dec. 9:\n\"Sir\u2014I send yon this news for the\npaper. There is a young man out here\ncalled James C. Kirkland and he haa\ncome into a fortune left him by his\ngrandfather in Scotland it amounts tue\none hundred and twenty thousand\npounds be Is first coueoln to Harry K.\nThaw ofB New York he told me lie is\ngoing to make his home in Nellson,\nB.C. so you can put this in better than\nme he Is the youngest grandson of the\nduchess of Yarmouth I guess he will he\nIn Nellson about Monday he has fo\nmeet bis Iawers one off tliem was out\nhere and gave him all his papers\npleas put this in the paper and oblige.\"\nThe name appended to this advance\nnotice was \"I. Groom, Kolss Siding.\"\nAt .the beginning of the letter he spelled the name \"Koals Siding,\" showing\nan unexpected versatility for one of\nbis family pretensions. Tbe Dally\nNews had doubts as to the reliability\nof the information and made no use of\nIt.\nThe heir duly arrived In Nelson nnd\nmade useful acquaintance among young\nmen of the city who staked him to food\nand clothes and even paid for the filling ofi his teeth. He represented -hiim-.\nself as the youngest son of the late\nJohn Kirkland, late chief magistrate of\nGlasgow, Scotland and announced that\nhe had graduated from several veterinary colleges In the old country and expected to practice that profession in\nNelson. The immediate reason for his\npresence in-Nelson, as he stated It, was i\nto attend the nuptials of his sister, Miss\nNellie Kirkland of Calgary, with Dr.\nWilliam Leslie Martin of Revelstoke,\nthe ceremony to -take place In Nelson\nIn the Presbyterian church. He\nbrought his sister, Miss Hazel Kirkland\nnnd his sister, Miss Nellie Kirkland,\nand his future brother-in-law, Dr. Martin all to Nelson and made thorn perform. He took Imaginary walks with\nthese Imaginary persons nnd gave vivid\naccounts of the incidents of those occasions, to his friends. It appeared for\ninstance, that he and bis sister Hazel\nwere strongly opposed to .the match\nand that on one of the walks Dr. Martin struck Hazel on the cbeek which\nmade young Kirkland desire to knock\nhim down.\nEndless details could be given of this\nperiod oE romance, but enough lias\nbeen given to show his methods. One\nof the friends inquired of Rev. J. T.\nFerguson, pastor of St. Paul's church,\nregarding the Impending wedding. Mr.\nFerguson knew nothing at that stage,\nbut the Inquiry, whloh was made Iji\ngood faith, played Klrkland's game, preparing the minister for the visit from\n\"Dr, Martin\" which shortly followed.\nIn consequence of that call Mr. Ferguson caused to be inserted in The Dally\nNews the following Item:\n\"Intimation is made that the marriage of Dr, William Leslie Martin of\nRevelstoke and Miss Ellen Craig Kirkland ofl Calgary will take place today\nln Bt, Paul's Presbyterian church.\"\nTbe   object of tbe notice, as   \"Dr.\n| The Daily News Annual |\n\u2022TO\nIllustrated  I\nReview.. \u2022\u2022 I\n| 32 Pages.  To be Published Jan 5,1910 TO\n\u00a9 TO\nfWill contain a complete review for the past m\n' year of %\n| Lumbering\n| Fruit Growing |\nU| And other industries in the Kootenay and *jj\n# Yale districts. TO\nHi .                 .      . TO\n(jfo The illustrated portion will contain six $\n*\u25a0*$ full-page half-tone reproductions of scents TO\nW connected with the various industries men- \u00bb}\n$ tioned above. __\\\nW This number affords an excellent oppor- j\u2122\nM tunity of informing your friends and ac- i__\n\u00ae quaintances  elsewhere of  the wonderful TO\nW natural resources of this district. j\u2122\n$ Send a Copy to Your Friends, Order Now to\n| 10c the Copy. News Publishing Co.. Ltd.. \u00a7\n\u00bb'\u25a0 Ne'son, B. C. to\nMartin\" stated to Mr. Ferguson, was\nito supply as near a correspondence to\nthe old country custom of publishing\nthe banns, bb possible. The intimation\nof the wedding appeared in the issue\nof Wednesday, Dec. 22.\nTragedy was now Invoked to carry\nforward tho romantic story. \"Dr. Martin,\" cancelled tlie wedding by telephone, Informing Mr. Ferguson of the\nloss the bride had sustained in the\ndeath of ber brother, John Thaw Kirkland at Revelstoke.\nIt is probable that Kirkland expected Mr, Ferguson to Inform The News\nof the tragic interruption to the course\nof true love. Nothing appeared, however, and be then took it on himself\nto bear the sad tidings. He dropped\ninto the office of The News late on\nThursday night'and on learning that\nMr, Ferguson had not sent in anything\non the subject, gave all tbe details of\nthe tragedy which formed the basis of\nthe account given In the next issue and\nwhich ls repeated at the end of tlhe\npresent article. The story he told was\ndramatic in the extreme and it appeared that not only was the wedding postponed, but It was necessary for him to\ngo to Scotland with tbe body. The\nbody, however, would go east by the\nmain line. This, aa can plainly be discerned now, was no doubt to avoid\nhaving to bring It through Nelson. The\nromancer also confidently informed\ntlie scribe who took the story that be\nand the dead brother bad come recently into a legacy which would only be\nfully available when they arrived at i\n25 years of age. He admitted that -be I\nwas now receiving $110 a month on account of the legacy. This, however,\nwas not for publication. One of the artistic touches in the story was tbat he\nand his brothers and sisters were first\ncousins of Harry K. Thaw, of murder\ntrial fame, Mrs. Harry Thaw, mother\nof Harry Thaw being his own aunt.\nThe body of his dead brother, in faot,\nwas being shipped to Mrs. Thaw. The\nfact that Harry Thaw's father was nam\ned \"William\" and not \"Harry,\" caused\nthis point to be excised from the report.\n\u25a0ine alleged Kirkland next had tbe\nnerve to express tbe opinion to his\nMends that The News had gained ltd\ninformation from the Revelstoke paper,\nln which he claimed to have seen an\naccount of hts brother's death.\nHe now began drawing ln the varl-\nous threads of his web, for the conclusion, which In the nature of things, Involved his own exit. He had a married sister at the coast, Mrs. Dr. How-\natt, and one of his friends began to\nreceive letters from her, announcing\nthat herself, her husband and baby\nwould go to the old country with the\nbody. A comparison of these letters\nwith that received by The\u00bbNwes shows\nthe same versatility of spelling and\nthe same handwriting. In fact there ls\nnot the least doubt but that Kirkland\nwrote the letters in Nelson, probably\nIn the rooms of his friends. One of\nthe richest bits of humor In the whole\nsituation arose out of these letters, one\nGreat Sale of Remnants\nand Oddments\nAfter the big business we've been doing all this month, we've Innumerable remnants and oddments oJ all kinds to clear up and on sale\nthey go today at prloes you can't resist.   You'll find remnants of\nDress Goods . Wrappercttes\nFlannelettes \u2666  Towellings\nTable Linens  . Muslins, Etc.\nOddments in Blouses\nSkirts . Underskirts\nHosiery . Gloves, Etc.\nA'l Millinery at Half Price\nMEAGHER \u00ae> CO\nof Kirkland's friends who was contemplating an eastern trip, actually delaying it two days In order to accompany\nthe sorrowing relatives part way on\ntheir journey. The party was to consist or seven In all.\n. The stories the alleged scion of a\nwell know Glasgow family told to the\nvarious persons with whom he came\nIn contact had a general resemblance,\nbut varied In details. In one case bis\nsister was the neice of the late sir\nDonald Currie, head of the great shipping firm, and in another he himself\nwas going to marry sir Donald's niece.\nHe told The News that he had been in\nNelson five weeks, that his slater Hazel\nhad been in Nelson three weeks and\nthat his sister Nellie had been In Nelson two days, As a matter of fact his\nvisit lasted less than three week. At\ntbat, in the opinion of those who met\nhim, it lasted quite long enough. He\ntold various stories of ills four years\nin Canada, claiming to have been with\n\"Dr. Roxbury\" in Winnipeg, where he\nat first Intended to practice. Later he\ncame to Nelson intending to take the\nexaminations necessary before he could\npractice In this province. When talking to Rev. Mr. -Ferguson, in the character of \"Dr. Martin, bridegroom,\" he\nclaimed to have been in Revelstoke,\nbut Was unable to say whether Dr.\nHamilton was now there.\nOn Monday of this week he left for\nKoch's siding to get a valise he had\nleft there. One of his Nelson friends\nloaned him his fur coat for the day's\ntrip. Night came but not the masquer-\nader, Kirkland, and the Nelson circle\nhad their first doubts. Yesterday a\nlady who had written to Revelstoke\nreceived the information tbat there was\nno Dr. Martin at that place. The\nowner of the' fur coat at once swore\nout a warrant. The source of the\nstory published In Tlie News was then\nInvestigated, with the result that suspicion became a certainty. Mr. Ferguson was then interrogated by a representative of Tlie News, and the surprising information was received that\n\"Dr. Martin\" had made th\u00a9 arrangements for tbe wedding in person. A\ncomparison of the descriptions of Kirkland and \"Dr. Martin,\" however, cleared up tills uncertainty. The News then\nwired its Revelstoke correspondent,\nashing for Information regarding John\nThaw Kirkland and Dr. William Lesilie\nMartin. The following reply ,was received:\n\"Both parties entirely unknown\nhere. Deatli story untrue. Province\narticle fake.\"\nThe reference to the Vancouver Province related to the dispatch published\nIn that paper from Nelson, giving the\nsubstance of the story that appeared in\nThe Newa. It also appeared in other\npapers.\nJ. H. Kills, police constable, acting\non the warrant sworn out, promptly\ntook up the search for Kirkland and almost immediately learned that the man\nhad got off the Great Northern train\nat Marcus, Kash. Inquiry at Marcus revealed 'that he had there boarded the\nThe oldest Insurance OHice tn the world\nfounded a.d. 1710 bl-centenaby 1910\nHome Office: London. England ,\nOoadlaa Branch. Sun Building, Toronto, II. M. Blackburn, Manatfcr.\nBRYDGES, BLAKEMORE & CAMERON,  NELSON  AGENTS\ntrain for Spokane. It is probable that\nhe will be apprehended in Spokane in\na few hours, if, indeed, he is not already In the tolls.\nKirkland is liable on two charges,\nboth oe whicli may be laid against him\nthat of theft and thnt of obtaining\nmoney under false pretences for numerous young men of Nelson spent\nvarious sums of money in entertaining\nhim. Whether he obtained any actual\nloans or not has not come to light at\nthis stage. If he Is caught, It will bo\nnecessary to extradite him In order\nthat the Canadian authorities may secure his person.\nIt is reported that tbe alleged Kirkland served as cookee in a camp at\nKoch's siding for two weeks before\ncoining to Nelson. It is also reported\nthat he was at Cranbrook at the Klondyke hotel.\nKirkland certainly cut a dash, while\nin Nelson, and whether he acted as be\ndid as the result of a monomania or\nfrom a criminal intent or merely for\nthe romance of tiie thing, he made a\nlaughing stock of all concerned and\nprovided some interesting reading matter. Those whom he victimized are nnt\nproud of their share In the \"Romaunt\nof the Pake.\" but they have to laugh\nat It In spite o[ themselves.\nIn the event of Kirkland not lioin*-;\nimmediately caught, tbe readers of this\npaper should remember his description\nin case he turns up among them. In\naddition to the details of his appearance given In the first paragraph, lie\nbears various marks on bis body that\nwould serve to identify him. On his\nright forearm are tatooed the initials\n\"J.O.,\" beneath* them-being a spray of\nlaurel. This mark has led to a suspicion that his name is not Kirkland,\nthough he gave an ingenious exulana-\ntion for tne lack of the third Initial.\nThere Is tbe scar of a cut across the\nball of his left thumb, a vertical scar\non the forehead above the line of the\neyebrows and a scar on the back of his\nneck. There is a fresh scar about\nthree Inches long on his right leg near\ntlio groin.\nKirkland, in hia little game In Nelson played a number of roles. Besides\nthe leading role oB James C. Kirkland,\nhe wag Dr. Martin of Revelstoke, he\nwns I. Groom ot Koch's siding, and he\nwas Dr. Howatt, Mrs. Howatt and\nthe baby, to say nothing of his dead\nbrother and all the Klrklands in Glasgow. ,\nThe following is the story given in\nlast Friday's issue of Thu Daily News,\nbased upon the false information handed out by Kirkland.\n\"Tragedy intervened to prevent the\nwedding ceremony announced to take\nplace yesterday morning In St. Paul's\nchurch.\n\"the tragedy wawthe sudden death\nat Revelstoke on Wednesday night of\nJohn Thaw Kirkland, fourth sow of the\nlate John Kirkland. late chief justice of\nGlasgow, Scotland. The young man\nwho was 24 years of age, left Scotland\nNovember 11 to travel for Ills health,\nDeing accompanied by hls grandmother,\nlady Todd Osbourn of Newton Meams,\nScotland and was nt Revelstoke on tho\nway bnck from the coast when he suddenly succumbed to heart failrure.\n\"The newB,\"(^legraphed to Nelson\nlate Wednesday night, caused the cancellation, for the time being, of the\nceremony that was to have united the\ndeceased's sister, XUs. NeHie Kirkland\nof Calgary and Dr. William Irf-slie Martin of Revelstoke in wedlock. Miss\"\nKirkland arrived from Calgary one\nweek ago. Dr. .1. C. Kt klond. a younger brother of the deceased, arrived in\nNelson five weeks ago to take up tlio\npractice of veterinary surgeon, bavin,';\nspent the last five years In Canada.\nMiss Hazel Kirkland. another sister,\narrived three weeks ago from Macleod,\nwhere she had been a nurse, n attend\nthe ceremony. Mrs. Dr. Howatt ot Victoria is another sister.\n\"The body is being shipped from\nRevelstok\u00a9 to New \u201eYork. From New\nYork the body will he Bhippcd to Craig\nHouse, Kelvlnside, Glasg w. the residence of Mrs. Kirkland. mother of the\ndeceased. Dr. J. C. KlrWand and hi3\nsister, Miss Hazel, will leave for New\nYork on Tuesday and will follow the\nbody ncross the Atlantic by a later\nsteamer. Miss Hazel will permanently\nreside in Glasgow.\n\"The deceased was the first child to\ndie In a family of ten boys and five\ngirls. The father died list March. The\ndeceased was head of the large baking firm ot Kirkland Bros., employing\n200 hands.\"\nMany persons ttnd themselves nUectod\nwith a persistent cough after an aitnck\not   Influenza.     As    tlilB    coiikIi    can   lie\nfiromptly cured by the use of Chambor-\niln'B Cough Remedy, It should not be allowed to run until It be<'um-.-8 troublesome.\nSold by all druggists nnd dealers,\nI Mlnard's Llnament Cure* Colds. Etc.\n \u2014\u2014\n\u2022*-*\u25a0***<\u25a0*. \u25a0\"\"\"'\nMae six\nCUte gpattg Slew*\nWEDNESDAY.\nDECEMBER \u00bb\nIt Pays to Deal at This Store\nFor Drugs and Medicines,\nlight.   Our prices are lower.\nOur stock is large, our expenses are\nSend your Doctor's Prescriptions here and save <money.   No need\nto have such big drug bills.\nSee our big line of Rowntree's Throat Pastiles.\nOur Wild Cherry, Spruce and Tar is the best cough syrup, 25c. and\n50c. bottles.\nMall orders filled Promptly.\nWM. RUTHERFORD\nWatd Street DRUGGIST Nelson, B. C.\nDEFENCE   CONFERENCE\nWHAT   SOME   OF   PREMIERS   S\\ID\nTWO YEARS AGO.\nSIR WILFRID LAURIER'S  REMARKS\nON   PROPOSALS  SUBMITTED.\nA reference to the record of tlie\nconference of colonial premiers in London in 1907 is of peculiar interest just\nnow, in that naval defense was one of\nthe subjects under discussion. The following portions of speeches delivered\nat that time by some of tbe premiers\n\u25a0will be read again with renewed interest:\nLord Tweedmouth\u2014\"Our history undoubtedly is closely intertwined with\nthe history of the naval service from\nthe earliest days, and though It is tlie\nfact, no doubt, that from time to time\nwe bave met with reverses, and we\nhave met with accidents, yet, on tlie\nwhole, from the earliest days to the\npresent moment the navy bas been\nable to defend the country, to defend\nthe growing country, that is the empire us a whole, and I do not think\nthat any charge can be brought against\nit of ever, on any occasion, having\nfailed.\"\n\"We welcome you, and we ask you\nto take some leading part in making\nmore complete than it is at present tbe\nnaval defense of the empire.\"\n\"Gentlemen, I have only one reservation to make, and in making it I\nask that, as we have proved ourselves\nsuccessful ln the past, you should\nput your trust in us now. The only\nreservation that the admiralty desires\nto make is, that they claim to have\nthe charge of the strategical questions\nwhich are necessarily Involved In naval defense, to hold the command of\nthe naval forces of the country, and\nto arrange the distribution of ships in\nthe best possible manner to resist attacks and to defend the empire at\nlarge, whether it be our own Islands\nor the dominions beyond the seas. We\nthoroughly recognize that we are responsible for that defense. We want\nyou to help us ln that defense. We\nwant you to give us all the asslstahce\nyou can, but we do not come to you as\nbeggars; we gladly take alt that you\ncan give us, hut at the same time, if\nyou are not Inclined to give us the\nJielp that we hope to have from you,\nwe acknowledge our absolute obligation to defend the king's dominions\nacross the seas to the best of our\n.ability.\"\nSir Wilfrid Laurier stated that Mr.\nBrodeur would speak for Canada.\nMr. Brodeur said: \"We would claim\nthat tbe same thing should be done\nwith Canada\u2014that the expenditure that\nwe make for the fisheries protection\nservice in our country should also be\ngiven as money for, and should bd considered as, naval expenditure.\"\nNote\u2014Mr. Brodeur also claimed that\nour llslieries protection service upon\nthe yreat lakes should be considered\nus a naval expenditure. He also referred to our upkeep of tlie Esquimau\nand Halifax dockyards.\nHon. Dr. Smartt, who represented\nCape Colony, referring to what Mr.\nBrodeur said, made tbe following observations:\n\"Canada, It is stated, is doing a great\ndeal in tlie direction of improving\nber harbors, which harbors would\nnot only be of assistance to herself,\nbut also to the admiralty in time of\ntrouble. But I think a great deal of\nthe expenditure referred to in connection with what might be described as\ntbe policing of tlie seas with the view\nof protecting their fisheries, is similar to that made (perhaps in a much\nheavier way) by the Cape Colony and\nNatal in connection witli the forces\nwhich, owing to the large native population, it is necessary to maintain and\nwhich is not tlie case in other colonies.\nBut 1 do not tiiink the people of Cape\nColony would for one moment desire\nto raise tbat as an argument to prevent our meeting the legitimate obligation that rests upon us a portion\nof tbe empire In assisting Great Britain In her naval defense, and I think\nMr. Moor will say the same of the\npeople of Natal.\"\nLord Tweedmouth later said: \"I'\nought to say that we here make no\nsort of rellectlon on Canada,- and we\ndo not for a moment accept the criticism, to which Mr. Brodeur referred.\nWe hold tbat Canada is perfectly free\nto come to any resolution. We hope\nto have their help, but still they are\nquite right to look after their own\nInterests, in the full security tbat so\nfar as the British government can be\nof use to them ln their defense in time\nof need, they may depend In any circumstances on our giving that aid with\nthe greatest joy and without any sort\nof drawback whatever.\"\nDr. Smartt moved the following resolution; \"That this conference, recognizing tbe vast importance of the\nservices, rendered by the navy to the\ndefense of the empire and the protection of its trade, and the paramount\nimportance of continuing to maintain\nthe navy tn the highest possible state\nof efficiency, considers It to be the\nduty to the dominions beyond the seas\nto make such contribution toward the\nupkeep of the navy as may be determined by their local legislatures\u2014the\ncontribution to take the form ot a\ngrant of money, the establishment of\nlocal naval defense, or such other services, in such manner as may be decided upon after consultation with the\nadmiralty and as would best accord\nwith their varying circumstances.\"\nHe said: \"I do not think anyone\ncan take exception to the resolution,\nbecause it distinctly states that lt is\nsubject to the votes of he individual\nlegislatures, and that though the money\nwill only be spent after consultation with the admiralty, lt does not ln\nany way take away from its individual\ncolony Its rights to be heard and practically to decide the best manner in\nwhich that money can be spent.\"\nSir Wilfrid Laurier: \"I am sorry to\nsay, so far as Canada is concerned, we\ncannot agree to the resolution: We\ntook tbe ground many years ago that\nwe bad enough to do in tbat respect\njn our country before committing ourselves to a general claim. The government of Canada has done a great\ndeal in tbat respect. Our action was\nnot understood, but I was glad to see\nthat the first lord of the admiralty\nadmitted we had done much more than\nbe was aware of. It is impossible, ln\nmy humble opinion, to have a uniform\npolicy on this matter; the disproportion ts too great between the mother\ncountry and the colonies. We have\ntoo much to do otherwise;, in the\nmother country, you must remember,\nthey have no expenses to incur with\nregard to public works; whereas, in\nmost of the colonies, certainly In Canada, we have to' tax ourselves to the\nutmost of our resources in the development of our country, and we could not\ncontribute, or undertake to do more\nthan we are doing tn that way. For\nmy part, if the motion were pressed\nto a conclusion, 1 should have to vote\nagainst it.\"\nDr. Smartt: \"But the public works\nto which you refer are of a reproductive character which are vital to the\ninterests of your dominion.\"\nSir Wilfrid Laurier: \"Some of our\nrailways have never paid a cent of\nInterest or expenses.\"\nDr. -Smartt: \"Still, it is developing\nand opening up the country to an enormous extent. All the colonies are\nbuilding developing railways of a character which may not be revenue-producing for years. 1 thought the wording of this resolution would have specially met your views because you will\nfind, to make such a contribution towards the upkeep of the navj*;, it may\ntake the form either of a grant of\nmoney or the establishment of a local\ndefense force or other services. I understand Canada 'suggested strongly\nthe other day that some of their other\nservices were in the nature of local defense.\"\nSir Wilfrid Laurier: \"I have said all\nI have to say on the subject.\"\nChairman: \"I think it is a pity to\npass the resolution if It is not unanimous.\"\nDr. Smartt: \"I should like very much\nto hear the opinions of the representatives of the other portions of the empire.\"\nMr. Deakin: \"I have no hesitation in\nentering into the discussion If desired,\nhut if we are not going to pass the\nresolution, ts It worth while?\"\nDr. Smartt: \"I think it Is a great\npity we do not pass something. We\nhave done so much In the way of pious\naffirmation that I am anxious we\nshould do something of a practical\ncharacter.\"\nSir Wilfrid Laurier: \"I can be passed\nIf there is a majority. For my part\nI must vote against it.\"\nSir Joseph Ward: \"To do any good\nwe would require to be unanimous\nabout it.\"\nDr. Smartt: \"Yes I suppose so.\"\nMr. Winston Churchill: \"It is not\nmuch good to have a resolution at all\nif we cannot be unanimous.\"\nChairman: \"I think we had better\nnot proceed any further just now.\"\nSir Wilfrid Laurier: \"We, of the different dominions beyond tbe seas, have\ntried to he unanimous up to the present time. I am sorry to say this is a\nquestion upon which we could not be\nunanimous. Therefore, Dr. Smartt can\nmove It if he chooses, or withdraw it.\nBut if he presses it I should have to\nvote against It.\"\nDr. Smart: \"I am absolutely in the\nhands of the conference. I do not\nwant to press a resolution that is not\nlikely to meet with the general approval of practically everybody on the\nconference, especially a resolution of\nthis particular character. We might,\nperhaps, let It stand over until the\nnext sitting. Between this and Tuesday I may be able to modify It In\nsome way to meet Sir Wilfrid's views.\"\nHOTBL DIRECTORY\nflie Office Hffl\nDrop In ud sample the newest Importation.\nKing William IV.\n(v.o.p.) Scotch Whiskey\nThis whiskey ls guaranteed BO years\nold before bottled at Lelth, Scotland.\nRemember We serve nothing but the\nbeet llquers, wines, whiskeys, been,\nand cigars on the market.\nYOUNG A BOYD, Proprietors.\nSilver King Hotel\nBaker Street, Nelson, B.C.\nRegular Boarders, |6.00 per week\nRates: (1.26 per day\nBest 25 Cent Meal In the City\nWM. NEUENDORF, Prop.\nNelson Hotel Bar\nBaker 8treet, Nelson, B.C.\nINK Ot WARD, Props.\nTry a \"GIN RICKEY\"\nMade (rom California Limes, specially\nImported\nFor a cool, satisfying smoke\nTry a Savannah Cigar\nBUSINESS DIRECTORY\nPAINTERS AND DECORATORS\nTHOMPSON & DOUULAS-House AMD\nSign Painters, Paper Hangers and Decorators. Shop 511 Ward Street, Nelaon, B.C.\nAUCTIONEERS\nCHAS. A.~ WATERMAN & CO.-P.O. Box\nPUBLISHERS AND PRINTERS\nNEWS PUBLISHNG COMPANY, LTD.-\nPublisher* of The Daily Newa; subscrio-\ntlon 16.00 per year by carrier; $5.00 per year\nhy mail. Commercial Job Printing ot aU\nkinds neatly and promptly executed, 216\nBaker street, Nelson, B. C, Phone 144.\nHAIRDRES8INQ   AND   MANICURING\nMME. KATHLEEN NOAH. HA1RDRK8S-\ning and manicuring parlors.   Boom 38,\nW. W. C block.\nCOLLECTION   AGENC1E8.\nW. CUTLER-COLLECTIONS OF ALL\nkinds. Returni promptly made. Referenda given. Olllce 313 Baker street,\nNelson, B. C.\nBOOKBINDING ANO RULING\nNEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY, LTD.-\nAll kinds ol office forms ruled and punched for loose leaf binders. The most complete book binding equipment ln the interior of British Columbia. .216 Baker St.,\nNelson, B.C., P. O. drawer 1119, Phone 144.\nTips\n\u2014On Finding or Renting\na Good Room\nHome Is a magic word. It yon hare\nnone, the next best thing is to share the\ngood home of some one slH. This Is a\ncity of good homes. Many hare an ex-\ntraRoom. Do you want one? Our little\nWant Adiwill \u25a0Undwhatyouwant. Aad\nif you who read this, hate an extra\nRoom to Sent\u2014use a little Want Ad la\nthis piper to tell the scores that want\none. Choose the one you want to take\ninto your home. All for a few pennies!\nAnd yet\u2014to make dollars to help pay\nyour nnt.\nRead and Answer\ntoday's Want Ads\nBartlett House\nG. W. Bartlett, Prop\nThe best $1.00 a day house in town,\nA Miner's Home\nKootenay Hotel\nMRS. MALLETTE, Proprletresa\nA borne for everybody.   Every con.\nvenlence given to tbe travelling publlo.\nElectric   piano.     Cuisine   unexcelled.\nRates |1 per day.\nSherbrooke House\nNelson, B.C.\nOne minute's walk from C.P.R. sta.\ntlon.   Cuisine unexcelled; well heated\nand ventilated.\nBOYER BROS., Proprietors\nEmpire Hotel\n(Late Bunnyslde.)\nBaker Street, Nelson, B.C.\nThe house is thoroughly remodelled\nthroughout.    Clean  rooms.\nWeekly hoarders, $6.00.\nRates $1.00 per day up.\nTemberance house!  home comforts;\nbest cook in tbe city.\nMRS. J. E. HARRIS, Proprietress.\nAthabasca Saloon\nCor. Baker and Kootenay Sts.\nNoted   house   for Big Beer.   Best\nbrands of Wines and Liquors and Union\nCigars In stock.\nIVENS t PHILBERT, Props.\nCLUB HOTEL\nCor, Stanley and Kootenay 8ts,\nNewly furnished, renovated throughout. The best dollar a day house west\nof Winnipeg. Big schooner Beer or\nHalf and Half 10c. Special rates to\nsteady boarders. AH white help employed.\nJOHN GRANT, Prop.\nASSAYERS\nE. W. WIDDOWSON^A^AYER (Provincial) Metalluglcal Chemist. Charges,\nGold, Silver, Copper or Lead, $1 each;'\nGold-Silver, |1.50; Silver-Lead, (1.60; Zinc,\nUi Silver-Lead-Zinc, |3; Gold, Silver-Copper or Lead, 12.60. Accurate assays; careful sampling, and prompt attention. P.O.\nBox A1108, Nelson, B. C.\nA8SAYERS' SUPPLIES\nTHE B. C. ASSAY AND CHEMICAL\nSUPPLY COMPANY, LIMITED, Vancouver, B. C, Assayers' Supplies,\nChemical and Physloal Apparatus, Balances and Weights of precision, etc.,\nSole Agents ln British Columbia for the\nMorgan Crucible Company, London, England; F. W. Braun, Los Angeles; the\nBraun-Knecht-Heimann Company, San\nFrancisco; the J. T, Baiter Chemical company's Analyzed C'.P. Acids and Chemicals; Way's Pocket Smelters: write for\npamphlet describing these smelters. Complete assay outfits furnished at short\nnotice.\nPRIVATE MATERNITY HOME\nNICE LOCALITY AND HOME COM.\nforts. For terms and particulars write\nP. O. Box 763, Nelson. B. C,\nHOUSE AND SIGN  PAINTERS.\nHARTMAN & BENNETT, house and sign\npalmers, paper hangers and decorators.\nShop, Stanley St., next door to B, C.\nTelephone olfice, Nelson. B. C,\nPROFESSIONAL CARDS\nS.S.FWLER\nMINING BNQINBUS\nNBLSON, B. C.\nWM. S. DREWRY\nA. II. Can. Soo. C. B.\nDOMINION AND BRITISH COLUMBIA\nLAND SURVEYOR\nMining Work a Specialty\nOffloe: Room 10, K. W. C. Biook.\nP. O. Box 434.\nBaker St, Nelson, B. O.\n~. J. fl. HOLMES\nCIVIL ENGINEER AND   MINE   SURVEYOR, PROVINCIAL LAND\nSURVBYOR, KASLO, B. O.\nTel yean' experience IB   tlle Koot.\nenayi.  Honor graduate 1891, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston.*\njraoLESALEHoms^\nPRODUCE\nSTARKEY & CO., WHOLESALE DEAL-\ners ln Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Produce and\nFruit. Houston Block, Josephine street,\nNelson. B. C.\nHotel Castlegar\nCASTLEGAR  JUNCTION\nAll modern.   Best accommodation for\ntravellers.\nThe next Cinderella dance will he held\non the evening or January 7, In place of\nDecember 3\".  as previously announced.\nNOTICE.\nIn the Matter of an Application for the\nIssue of Duplicate Ceitlflcates of Title\nto the following lands;\nLot 5, Block 24, town of Nelson, Certificate of Title No. G723A, dated the 4th day\nof June, 1906, In the name of Robert G.\nLot (J, Block 41, town of Nelson, Certlfl-\nJoy.\ncate of Title No. 6497A, dated the 18th day\nof April, 1906, in the name of Robert G.\nJoy.\nLots 1-3 and 17, Block 26, town of Nelson,\nCertificate of Title No. 7374A^ dated 12th\nAugust, 1907, in the name of Robert Wet-\nmore Hannington.\nLot 6 and the east \u00a5. ot Lot 6, Block 39,\ntown or Nelson, Certificate of Title No.\nC350A, dated the -30th October, 1906, in the\nname of Jessie  Emma Francis.\nSubdivisions 1 and 16 of Lot 306, Group 1,\nKootenay district (Map 731), Certificate of\nTitle No. 6.1G0A, dated 8th December, 1906,\nIn the name of Jamea Wharton Ford.\nNotice Is hereby given that It Is my Intention to Issue, at the expiration of one\nmonth after the flrst publication hereof,\nduplicates of the Certificates of Title to\nthe above mentioned lands.\nT. M. BOWMAN,\nDeputy DlBtrlct Registrar.\nLand Registry Office, Nelson, B.C.\nDecember, 15, 190P.   _\nNtLSON CAFE\nLarge, Commodious Dining Room,\nPrompt and Courteous Service,\nMeals Served at all Hours.\nElegantly   furnished   rooms   li\nconnection.\nA, AUDET, Proprietor.\nPhone 275.\nGROCERIES\nA. MACDONALD t_ CO.-WHOLESALE\nGrocers and Provision Merchants-Importers of Teas, Coffees. Splses, Dried\nFruits, Staple and Fancy Groceries, Tobaccos, Cigars, Butter, Eggs, Cheese and\nPacking House Products. Office and\nwarehouse, corner of Front and Hall\nStreets.    P. o.  Box 1096.    Telephone 28,\nLIQUORS\nE. FERGUSON & CO.-WHOLESALE\nand Commission Merchants\u2014Importers\nand Wholesale Dealers ln Wines, Liquors\nand Cigars. Kootenay agents for Pabat\nMilwaukee Beer, Agents for the Eruna-\nwick-Balke-Collender Co., Billiards and\nPool Tables and Supplies, Bar Fixtures,\nCigar Counters, Bowling Alleys, etc.\nPrices and specifications on application.\nOffice and retail department, Vernon\nSt., Nelson, two doors east of post office.\nTelephone 260.   P. O. Box 1020.\nMINERS' FURNISHINGS\nV. MACrONALD & CO.-WHOLESALE\nJobbers In Blankets, Underwear, Mitts,\nGloves, Boots, Rubbers. Overalls, Jumpers, Mackinaws and Oilskin Clothing,\nCamp and Winers' Sundries. Office and\nWarehouse, corner of Front and Hall\nstreets,    P. O.  Box 1095.    Telephone 28.\nA. L. MoO ULL0OH\nHYDRAULIC ENGINEER\nPROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR\nP. O. Box 41.\nOffloe Phone B86; Residence Pbone B74\nOitlee: Oter McDermid ft McHardy\nBaker Street     Nelaon. B. O.\nr.O.Oreen.   P.P.Burden.  A.H.Green\nGreen Brothers & Burden\nCIVIL ENGINEERS\nDominion and British Colombia Lead\nSurveyors\nP. O. Box 145 Phone Bid\nCor. Victoria and Kootenaj Ste.\nNELSON. B. C.\nHELP WANTED\nNELSONliSmSYMENT^AaiNCY\"'\nC. F. Hutton, Manager\n(Successor to J. H. Love.)\nWANTED\u2014Bolt and post cutters, waitress..\ngirls  for  housework.    HELP OP ALL*.\nKINDS PROMPTLY FURNISHED.\nWANTED\u2014MISCELLANEOUS\nWANTED\u2014Men and women io learn bar*\nber trade in eight weeks; tools tree;\nsecured over 10,090 positions tor graduates\nlast year; unable to supply the demand;\ngraduates earn IIS to 125 weekly; Catalogue tree. Moler System Colleges, Ut\nFront Ave., Spokane, Wash.\nWANTED\u2014Ladles to do plain and light\nsewing at home, whole or spare time..\ngood pay; work sent any distance; charge***,\npaid; send stamp for full particulars. National Manufacturing company, Montreal,\nQuebec. un-aw.\nWANTED\u2014Teacher for Trail school; duties\nto commence next term.   Salary 165 per\nmonth.   Apply to secretary school board.\nTroll, B. C.\nWANTED\u2014Logs and logging contractors,\nwill purchase   cottonwood,   larch,   pine,.\nhemlock  or cedar  logs,     A.  _.   Watts..\nProctor, B. C. lM-tf.\nwjM?Ied_Woman for general housework.\nMiddle aged  woman  preferred.     Apply\nbetween 3 and 5, __ Victoria St.        *aAf.\nWANTED\u2014Good woman cook for hotel In.\nNelBon.   Apply P.O. box 171. gg-tf.\nWANTED-Involoe clerk, typist with sten-\nograpliy preferred. Must be accurate an*\ngood penman.   Box 801. llo.tf.\nWANTED-Teacher    for   Michel    school;.\nduties commence Jan. 1,; aulary 175.   Ao-\nPly E. K. Stewart, Michel, B.C.        an**\nS. 0- BLACK\nB. C. LAND SURVEYOR\nOtfice:   OTer Royal Bank\nP. O. Box 14?\nNelson, B. O.\nPublic Stenographer\n109 Baker St., Nelaon. B G. Phone 171\nMININQ MACHINERY\nWASHINGTON MACHINERY & SUPPLY\nCo.\u2014Dealers ln Engines, Band and Circular sawmills, Atkins' Saws, Wood and\nIron Pulleys, Leyner Compressors and\nDrills, Pumps and Hoists. Prompt attention. Reasonable prices. Courteous\ntreatment.   Spokane, Wash.\nNotice    of\nApplication\nLicense.\nfor    Liquor\nROSSLAND\nTHE HOFFMAN ANNEX, ROSSLAND,\nB. C.\u2014Green & Smith, Props. Centrally\nlocated, European and American plan.\nCommercial travellers will find light,\ncomfortable sample rooms, a special dining room and excellent accommodations\nat the Hoffman, Baths, bowling alley,\nsteam laundry.\nAPPLICATION FOR WATER\nLICENSE.\nNotice Is hereby given that thirty days\nfrom the date hereof we, Lionet Arthur\nBennett, of Nelaon, B.C., rancher, ana\nClaude H. Phllpot, of Fort William, Ont.,\naccountant, Intend to apply to the Gold\nCommissioner at Nelson, B.C., for the\nright to take from Cariboo Creek half a\ncubic foot of water per second for Irrigation purposes on sub-iot 8 of lot T6\u00bb, group\n1,  Kootenay  district   j*      ....__._,        *\nDated at Nelson, B.C., this ltth day of\nDecember. muoNBLA\nM-12-0M CLAUDE H.  PHILPOT.\nPHOENIX\nHOTEL BROOKLYN, PHOENIX B. C-\nThe only up-to-date hotel In Phoenix.\nNew from cellar to roof. Best sample\nrooms In the Boundary. Bath room in\nconnection. Steam heat, Opposite Great\nNorthern repot.   James Marshall, Prop.\nAR HOW HEAD\nTHE UNION HOTEL, ARROWHEAD-\nSpnclal attention given to commercial\nmen and tourists. First class sample\nrooms. Finest scenery ln British Columbia, overlooking Upper Arrow lake. W.\nJ: Llghtburne, proprietor.\nGRAND FORKS, B.C.\nPROVINCE HOTEL, GRAND FORKS,\nB. C.-ls the newest and best appointed\nhotel in the interior ot British Columbia,\nand offers to the travelling public the\nbest accommodation obtainable. The\nbuilding is all newly furnished throughout and Is the only flre proof hotel ln\nthe city.   E.  Larsen,  proprietor.\nCOMAPLIX\nQUEEN'S HOTEL, COMAPLIX, B. C-\nChlef Young, Prop, Best of wines, liquors\nand cigars. Travellers to Fish Creek will\nfind excellent accommodation at this\nhotel. Sample room for commercial\ntravellers is 16 x 66, one of the largest ln\nthe Kootenays.\nNotice Is hereby given that I, Henry\nAlbert Matthew, Intend, thirty days after\nthe date hereof, to apply to the Superintendent of Provincial Police for a liquor\nlicense for the premises known as the\nSheep Creek Hotel, situate at Sheep Creek,\nB. C.\nHENRY ALBERT MATTHEW.\nDated at Sheep Creek, B.C., this 30 day\nof November, 1909. 1-12-09-4\nLAND REGISTRY ACT.\nTake notice that an application has\nbeen made to register Alfred Hill aB the\nowner in Fee Simple, under a Tax Sale\nDeed from R. J. Stenson, deputy assessor\nof the district of Slocan, to Alfred HUI,\nbearing dute the 2nd day of August A.D.\n1906, of all and singular that parcel or\ntract of land and premises situate, li'lnu\nand being In the town of Sllverton, In the\nprovince of British Columbia, more particularly known and described as: Lq\u00bbs\ntwenty-three (23), and twenty-four (24),\nBlock -32, town of Sllverton (Map 574.)\nYou and those claiming through you and\nall persons claiming any Interest In the\nsaid lands by virtue of any unregistered\ninstrument; and all persons claiming auv\nInterest in the said land by descent, whmin\ntitle Is not registered under the provisions\nof the \"Land Registry Act,\" are reaulred\nto contest the claim of the tax purchaser\nwithin forty-flve days from the date of\nthe publication of this notice upon vou.\nand Indefault of a caveat or certificate of\nWiliamKilbey&Son\nPiano and Organ Tuners, Repairers\nand Regulators, late of Mason & Rlsch\nCa., Ltd., Gerhard, Helntzman, R, S.\nWilliams & Sons, and Gourley, Winter & Leeming, Toronto.\nThe only authorized tuners for the\nMason & Rlsch Co., Ltd., for the Kootenay and Okanagan districts. Address\n806 Stanley street or Mason & Rlsch\nagents, the Standard Furniture Co.\nWANTED-To   buy,   good   second   hand\npiano, cheap for caah.  Apply to P. McGregor, Kaslo.  a2-tf.\nWANTED-6ne  or  two  furnaces  to  look\nafter.   Address P. O. box 496, Nelson.\n_________ *\"-   \u2022     - HM.\nWANTED-Posltlon as stenographer: two>\n-years' experience bank and lumber. Ap-\nply P.M., Dally News, zii-6*.\nWANTED-plning   room   girl   for  Sliver\nKing hotel, at once. 212-tf..\nWANTED-Young    girl\nApply 713 Silica St.\nhousework..\n212-tf..\nWANTED-Posltlon     as     bookkeeper    \u201e.\nstenographer by competent man, experienced In lumber and mining business.  Address P. J., care Dally News. 21_&.\nWANTED-A  hoy   to  feed  presB.    Apply\nThe Dally News. 213-tf.\nWANTED-Teacher for junior division,\nSlocan public school. Duties to commence Jan. 3. Salary $55 per month. Apply Thomas McNeish, secretary school\nboard.  214-tf\nWANTED-A man to take contract to haul\n200 cords dry wood, 8 per cent cedar,,\nthree mile haul, all down hill but 400 leet\n4 per cent up; or will buy team and outfit on Installment plan, $100 per month.\nAddress P.O. box '37, Rossland, B.C.    216-S\nWANTED-A girl for cooking and general\nhousework.   Apply Mrs. H. A,  Stewart,\nphone 228.         215-tf.\nWANTED-Posltlon as bookkeeper or cor-\n, respondent; 6 years experience. Apply-\nBookkeeper,\" Empire hotel. 215-6-\nR. T. GEORGE\nTEACHER OF MUSIC\nThorough Instruction given on violin\nand cornet   Phone 217.\nYMIR\nYMIR HOTEL, YMIR, B.C.\u2014Most modern\nSnd up-to-date hotel In Ymlr\u2014located\nIrectly opposite depot\u2014Best accommodation possible\u2014Dining room ln connection,  j, b. Bremner, Proprietor.\nRead Daily News Want Ads\nlis pendens being flled within rnich oerlod.\nor In default of redemption or In respect\nof the said land, and I shall register\nAlfred Hill as owner thereof In fee.\nDated ot the Land Registry Offlco, Nel.\nson. province of British Columbia, this\n\u25a0and fay of February A-D.^m ^\nDeputy District Registrar.\nTo John Cummlngs, New Denver, B.C.\nB-12-09-4W.\nPalms, Perns and\nCh rysanthemums\nNone better ln Canada.   Alao Narcissus, Carnations and Violets,\nED. GRIZZELLE\nFlorist\nNelson, B.C.\nAn Exceptional Offer In\nCity Property\nA 7-roomed house and one lot on\nCedar street, close to Baker street.\nNo hills to climb. Modern and thoroughly renovated Inside this fall.\nPrloe only $2,000.. Terms oan be ar-\ned.   Full particulars ol\nR. J. STEEL\nHudson's Bar Block\nWill SeU 20,000 Shares\nStock in Amalgamated Gold Mines ot\nBheep Creek at 10 oents a snare. Will\nyou investigate this Information. Box\n44, Nelson, B.C. ,\nWANTED-Specialty man to sell floor oil,\nfurniture   polish,   bar  polish  and   disinfectants.    MuBt  have good connections in\nKootenay.   Apply Box 134, Winnipeg.   215-fr\nFOR RENT\nFOR RENT-Small  cottage.\nGosnell, Nelson brewry,\nFOR RENT\u2014Nice large warm front room.\nIn private family, all modern conveniences,   centrally   located.    No   children.    JS\nper month.   Apply P. O. box 466        106-tf.\nFURNISHED   ROOMS-For   rent.    AoDly\n411 Silica St, U8-26-\nFOR RENT\u2014A comfortable house, corner\nMill and Stanley.   Apply to Mrs. Hipper-\nson, corner Hoover and Stanley, 210-tf..\nFOR RENT-NIcely furnished rooms, with,\nevery   convenience.    Board   if   required.\nVery central.   614 ylctorla St. 212-6'.\nTO   LET\u2014Furnished  rooms,   centrally   located, warm and comfortable, with bath;,\nbreakfast If desired.   Apply .01 Carbonate,\nstreet or phone BUM. 215-fc\nFOR SALE\nFOR SALE\u2014Al chicken dog, ont year old;.\n110.   R.  H. Ross, Sirdar. IMlti.\nFOR SALE\u2014New Magoon and Givous late-\nstrawberry plants. Apply Boswell Ranch,.\nBoawell, B.C.  200-tf.\nOrchestra Orchestra\nMr. Irvln Johnson ot the Arcade, Is\nprepared to supply an orchestra to any\nnumber ol pieces (or dances, socials\nor parties. The best ot compositions\nplayed. Reasonable terms. Apply box\n348, or 615 Victoria atreet.\t\nCLEANING AND PRESSING\nBolts called tor and dellTered\nA. J. DRISCOLL\nAom W-Baker etreet, opposite the\nQoeeo's Hotel\nFOR SALE\u2014A sub-dlvlslon of excellent,\nfruit land In the famous Kaslo district,.\nIn 6 or 10 acre blocks. Abundance or\nwater, close to railroad and steamboat\nlanding, navigation the entire year. Finer\nhunting, Jlshlng and wonderful scenery.\nDirect from locator to purchaser. See or\nwrite H. L. Llndsey, Llndsey Boat House,.\nNelson, B. C. 200-tf.\nFOR SALE*\u2014Large self feeding stove, steen\nkitchen range, and piano.   Phone A348.\nFOR SALE*\u2014Chiffonier for sale, quartered,\noak, good as new; price $15.   622 Carbon-\nate street. SHS-ft\nFOR SALE-Canoe, In first class condition,\n|20.   Apply box 216, city. 215-g\nMISCELLANEOUS\nMRS. J. P. WINTER, TEACHER OB\"\nMusic, Certificated. R.A.M. snd L.C.M.\nfor Singing: T.C.L. and Honors for\nTheory, and R.A.M. and L.C.M. (or\nPianoforte Playing.   615 Mill street.\nMOTOR BOAT SUPPLIEB-E. D. Messen-\nger Co.   P. O. Boa 172, Nslson. B. O.\nFOR' LEABE-Concrete store, UxfOj tSS\nmonth.   Apply Cree ft Moffatt, Fernle.\nB. O, \u00bb>\u2022\u00bb\n WEDNESDAY .\nDECEMBERS!\n_na fiHtu$ Straw\nitffr.\nMBT     \u25a0QUIPPBD     UWCSRTiUaNU\n(uro mfSAUONO pab-mjm di im\nStandard Furniture Co.\nNSLSON, a. c.\nCarpet Cleaning\nBn\u00abh owmu br hut spoils ths tts-\n\u2022 tan Md doss not nam the dirt.\nOnr np-to**d\u00bbt\u00bb Itaun ClMnlnc Prwws\ntnmovM all tin Impurities ud lestont tht\n^\"'\u25a0SAm \u00abd enmet, no to\n*LjolS'ilkSIl'oIe.iied, DUO; djed, not.\nGlove* oleued, tte to EOe.\nttZcZ JSmte. for Hotel***. ReeUuruts\nuTttes\nNdton Steam Lntndry\n\u2022n-toi ymwoN wwn.\n-IWephone W. P- N1POP. Pro*.\nKoDtosay Lake fiensral Hospital\nMaternity Branch\nfiUentt art now noel-iM tt the Iol-\ntowing rnttt:\nPrWate ward paUontt, week ..\u2022\u2022___**\n\u25a0emt-prlTRte ward patient*, week \u00bb15J\u00bb\nAddress   applloatlont  to  matron at\nBoopltal. \t\nI    JOHN BURNS\nCONTRACTOR AND BUILDER\nBath, Door and Office   Flttlni\nFactory.   Brick and Lime for eale\nOffice and Factory\nCarbonate Street,     Nelion, B. 0.\nLarge    quantities  of   ehivlnje,\nsuitable for stable bsddlng can be\nhad for hauling away.\nCANADIAN\nPACIFIC\nANNUAL\nEASTERN CANADA\nEXCURSIONS\nlow Round Trip Rates to\nOntario, Quebec and\nMaritime Provinces\nTickets on sale Dec. 1 to Dec. 31, in-\n\u25a0clusive, good to return within three\ntnonthB. '__.__,\nTickets Issued in connection Atlantic\n.steamship business will be on eale trom\nNov. 21 and limited to five months\nfrom date of issue.\niPnest equipment, standard first class\nand tourist sleeping cars on all through\ntrains. Compartment-library-obaerva-\nUon cars on Imperial Limited and Atlantic Express.\n3-Through Express Trains*Dally\u00ab3\nTHE TORONTO^EXPRESS\nleaves Winnipeg dally at 22:40, making\nconnection at Toronto for all points\neast and west thereof.\nThe Imperial Limited leaveB Winnipeg daily at 18:15 and the Atlantic Ex\npress at 8 dally, making connections at\nMontreal for all points east thereof.\nApply to the nea est O.P.B. agent for\nfull information.\n(Subject to change without notice.)\nPROM From MONTREAL\nLIVERPOOL AND QUEBEC\nBT. LAWRENCE ROUTE.\nOct. 27 Lake Champlain Nov. II\nNov. S Lake Erie Nov. SO\nLIVERPOOL AND ST. JOHN.\nNov. 12 .... Chartered steamer .... Nov. 36\nNov. 19 .... Empresa ot Britain .... Dec. I\nNov. 24  Lake Manitoba   Dec. 11\nDeo. 2   Lake Champlain   Dec. 18\nDec. 10 .... Chartered steamer .... Dec. 24\nDec. 17    \u2022 Corslcan (chartered)    . Deo. 31\nSec. 24 ..... Chartered Bteamer  Jan. 7\nDec. 81 .... Empress of Ireland .... Jan, 14\nJul 7 Chartered steamer Jan, 2)\nJan. 14 .... Corslcan (chartered .... Jan. 28\nJan. 21 Chartered steamer Feb. 4\nJan. 28 .... Empress of Britain .... Feb. 11\nFeb. 4 .... Chartered steamer .... Feb. 18\nFeb. 11 .... EmpreBB of Ireland .... Feb, 26\nFeb. 18 .... Chartered steamer ... March 4\nFeb. 26 .. EmpresB of Britain .. March 11\nMarch 2 .... Lake Champlain .... March 19\nMarch 11 .. Empress of Ireland .. March 26\nMarch 16 .... Lake Manitoba   Asrll 1\nMarch 25 .. Empress of Britain ... April 8\nMarch 89 Lake Erie Anrtl 16\nApril 8 ... Empress of Ireland ... April 22\nApril 13 Lake Champlatn  April 80\nApril 22 .... Empress of Britain .... May ft\nChartered-ALLAN MNB Steamers sail\nen these dates.\nNOTICE.\nProvincial Legislative Assembly.\nPrivate Bills.\nCopies of Bills, Petitions, and notices as\npublished must be deposited with, and all\nfees paid to. the Clerk of the House, not\nlated than 12 January, 1910.\nPetitions for Bills will not be received\nby the House after 31st January, 1910.\nBills must be presented to the House\nnot later than 10th February. 1910.\nReports from Standing Committee on\nBills will not be received by the House\nafter 17th February. 191\u00ab.\nTHORNTON FELL,\nClerk, Legislative Assembly.\nVictoria, 1st November, 1909. 176-tf.\nMUTILATED!\nTORN TO PECES!\nWe are ottering tbe tew things we Save left of our Xmas stook at\nTremendously Reduced Rates.    ______\nWhether for presentation or not It will pay you to inspect our\nbargains.\nAll Xmas Stock at Cost\nA very limited number ot the following:\nSewing Sets. Hand Bags,\nFancy Work Baskets. Mirrors, etc.\nRemember!\nThere's no immense stock left to choose from, only a few articles\nof the same quality as our Xmas stock,\nWe Are Almost Completely\nSold Out\nOur show window contains the articles at your disposal at prices\nthat are astonishing.\nPick Them Up, People\nIt's a chance of a life time.   Don't let some one else get here before you.\nPATRONIZE  NELSON'S  LEADING DRUGGISTS.. WE ALWAYS LEAD\nJ _____t_u__i__e_i____   WE NEVER SLEEP. _____*____\nPoole Drug Co. Ltd.\nBaker Street Nelson, B. C.\nPhone 25  Day and Night\nNo Danger of Poor Tea\nIf You Use\nCarefully watched from Plantation to Home, it never\nvaries\u2014is always Rich, Strong, Fragrant.\n Tttt-ti r ,,,\nFor New Year's Day\nyou will need something special for\ndinner. The geese we have are exceptionally fine this year and we can give\nyou just the bird you want. We also\nhave turkeys, ducks and spring chic-\n.. kens, in fact, anything that you may\nfancy in this line. Wo are here to\nserve you.\nP. Burns & Co. Ltd.\nNELSON NEWS OF THE DAY\nThe regular meeting of the Boy Scouts\nwill be held tomorrow afternoon at 4\no'rlock, In the armory.\nJ. Clark, who was given an opportunity\nto get out of town, failed to appreciate\nthe kindness of the authorities, and made\nhimself a further nuisance. He was ar.\nrested again on Monday night and was\nyesterday given the choloe of a fine of\n120 or one month In jell, for vagrancy, by\nhis worship Mayor Selous. He chose the\nJail sentence. Clark was discharged from\nthe provincial jail a few days ago, having\ncompleted a six months* sentence which\nwas given him at Creston for vagrancy.\nA series of dog races will be commenced\non New Tears day for the children of\nNelson, which It ts hoped will be taken\nup by various persons and continued on\nthe Saturdays of this winter. The New\nTears day races are being arranged by the\nNelBon Transfer company, and the attention ot the boys of Nelson ls directed to\nMETALS\nNEW YORp, Dec. 28.-Sllver, 62%; standard copper, 1314 to 13-fc.\nLONDON, Deo. 28.-Silver, 24%; lead, \u00a313\nGs KM. '\nA dance will be held at the Poorman\nboarding house, Granite, on Saturday evening, Jan, 1, the proceeds to be donated\ntoward the new school which is to be\nbuilt at once.\nREFUSES PEACE TERMS\nPROP08AL8 OP  GENERAL  MADRIZ\nUNACCEPTABLE.\nZELAYA    DECLINED    CONDITIONS\nOF BRITISH OFFICER.\nWASHINGTON, Dec. 28\u2014Qen. Estrada,\nthe revolutionary leader tn Nlcaiagua,\nWill not accept the extraordinary terms\nproposed by the new president, Madrlz,\nas a basis for peace. A telegram f.om\nBlueflelds last night states that on the\n22nd lnst. Madris had proposed In a telegram to Estrada a suspension of hostilities pending the arrival of a committee\nwhich he was sending to Estrada, to discuss an amicable and equitable settlement\nof the present strife. Madris begged the\nrevolutionary leader not to obstruct his\nefforts for peace. Oen. Estrada in hls\nreply expressed hls willingness to meet\nthe Madrlz commissioners, but said that\ntlie revolutionary party would not recognize the action of the legislative assembly\nln placing power In the bunds of Madi'lz.\nHe denied most emphatically the assembly's right to deal with the election of a\npresident, and suld that he saw In Mudriz\nthe usurper of the rights of the Nlcaraguan people.\nThe terms upon which Madris is willing\nto make peace, it is believed, are shown\nin a letter which purports to have been\nsigned by him and sent to a friend. In lt\nho expressed his desire for peace without\nfurther bloodshed and stated that whatever might happen compatible with his\ndignity and with the public Interests he\nwas willing to accept. Ho says further\nthat the revolutionists should recognize\nhls government and that after such recognition the armies should be disbanded, all\narms and ammunition being turned over\nto him. He states that he would recognize\nthe debts and contracts of the revolutionists and that within six months he would\nlook for the holding of un election, he\nguaranteeing free voting. He adds that\nhe would turn over such power as.he had\nimpartially to the person elected president\nand that he would accept any other proper\nconditions.\nIt Is not doubted here that Estrada's\n>known ustuteness will prevent him from\naccepting terms of peace, predicated upon\nthe surrender by him of his army, arms\nand ammunition to his enemy. Therefore,\nIt Is not believed that the conference will\nresult In nny change In the present status.\nA telegram from Managua to the state\ndepartment says that the Madrlz party is\nmaking preparations to send troops to\nmeet Estrada's uimy. Other telegrams\nconllrm the published report that Madrlz\nhad ordered the arrest of Pasos, the son-\nin-law of the former president, on the\nground that lie swindled the government\nout of money, but that Pasos had so far\nsucceeded In escaping arrest. The minister of finance, Santos, 1ms been put In\nprison charged with sending unauthorized\ntelegrams and otherwise Interfering with\ngovernmental matters with which he had\nno concern.\nMANAGUA. Deo. 28.-The statement by\nformer president Zelaya at tSallna Cruz\nMexico, yesterday, that he had been offered asylum on the British cruiser\nShearwater by the British minister is denied here today.   The facts are these:\nZelaya, when he wished to leave ihe\ncountry, begged of the British consul in\nthis city that. he. be given permission to\nembark on the Shearwater, which was\nthen in the harbor of Corinto. The consul referred the matter to the British\nforeign office. Two days later the British\ngovernment rcpled In effect as follows:\n\u2022'If Zalaya reached the side of the\nShearwater in Ills own skiff asking refuge he he allowed to go on hoard. First,\nhowever, he must agree formally never to\nreturn to Nicaragua.\"\nZelaya balked at this condition, whereupon permission for Ills presence upon the\nShearwater was withdrawn. Subsequently\nthe fleeing ex-president ugreed to the same\nterms when Imposed by the government\nof Mexico.\nOen. irlas announced today his Intention\nto travel abroad. He Is leaving Nlcaiagua,\nhe snld, to free President Madrlz of the\nsuspicion that the latter means to con-\ntin the Zalayan regime.\nSANTA LUCRECIA, Mexico, Dee. 28,-\nThe private car on which former President\nZelaya Is proceeding to Mexico City passed\nthrough here loiluy. Zelaya Is accompanied\nby a number of his political associates,\nIncluding his former secretary of war.\nThe members of the party show considerable nervousness which was particularly\nnoticeable while passing through the\nstreets of Salina Cruz, before the departure last night. They had many uncomplimentary remarks to make about the\nI'nlted States consul aud vice-consulate at\nManagua. Just before taking the train\nthe party requested an introduction to the\nAmerican consul at Salina Cruz, C. Ludlow Livingstone. The political situation\nWas not discussed, Mr. Livingstone not\nhaving received any lnst met ions from\nWashington. Tlie party Is due ut Mexico\nCity tomorrow morning.\nTEe Fit-Reform Feat\n= Of =\nFitting Every Form\nThe greatest improvement\nthat has been made in gentlemen's garments in the past\nhundred years is the Fit-Reform system of sizes.\nThis system \u2014 which is\nscientifically and anatomically correct\u2014gives to every\nman absolutely perfect fitting\ngarments.\nFit-Reform Suits and Overcoats are designed and made\nfor all sizes, shapes, weights\nand heights of men.\nTh-se who think that only\ngarments made to individual\nmeasure can fit them, will\nadmit their mistake after trying on the proper Fit-Reform\nSuit or Overcoat.\nEMORY  &  WALLEY\nNelson. B.C\ntrunks, suit cases, linoleums, lace curtains,\nbed quilts and blankets, below cost. ,\nII. GINSBERG, Silver King Mike.\n218-3, 411-416 Hull street.\nA REAL OPPORTUNITY.\nBig slaughter sale; goods must be sold\nat cost; no bluff goes here; must dispose\nof this stock, as I am going east. Don't\nmiss these bargains. Clothing, gents' furnishings, men's, ladies' and children's\nboots, shoes and  rubbers.    Pull stock of\nCAN TALK WITH ALBERTA.\nEast Kootenay Has Telephone Connection With Next Province.\n(Special to The Dally News.)\nPlISllNIE, Dee. 2\u00a7.\u2014The extension of the\nKootenay Telephone Lines, Limited, to\nconnect with the Alberta government line\nis proving a grout convenience to the merchants and business men of Penile. The\nfact that tt is now possible to call un\nMacleod or Calgary will greatly assist\nthose In this city who desire to communicate quickly With their agents In those\nplaces or ut Intermediate points and advantage Is freelv being taken of the convenience. There Is now a trunk line from\nCranbrook to Crow's Nest, where It meets\nthe  Alberta  wires.\nThe military band organ purchased by\nthe Fernle Rink companv will be here in\nn few davs and lie Installed in a few days.\nThe Instrument Is one of the latest design.\nhas a scale of 4*1 keys and will be able\nlo furnish excellent miisio for the skaters.\nTho management of tlio rink are leaving\nnothing undone tu conduce to the enjoyment of their patrons and tho public are\ntaking full advantage of Ihe excellent\nsport  provided.\nQueen's Own Will Celebrate.\nTORONTO, Dec. 2S.\u2014The Queen's Own\nRifles, ai a meeting In Sir Henry K.\nPellutt's   house   tills oveiling,   decided  on\nbig celebration\nof the regiment on June in\nbi'otion will be a big nffaii\ndays anil members of the\nall parts of the world are\npre\nsent.\niitth  annivers\nnext.  The celo-\n1 lasting several\nregiment from\nexpected to be\nDamage Is Threatened.\nCINCINNATI, Dec. 28.\u2014The river was\ngorged with ice at two points below Cincinnati today and unless warmer weather\nsets in and causes a break, millions of\ndollars worth of floating property along\nthe river In this vicinity will be In danger.\nPITTSBURG. Dec. 28,-Heavy ice gorges\nARCADE\nSteady, FUckerleu Picture!\n.\nWednesday and Thursday\nBee   our  boards for  an  extra\ngood program.\nI\nOpen every afternoon and eren-\nInff, 2:30 and 7 p. m.\nTo All Our Friends\nand Patrons\nA Merry Xmas and Happy New Year\nis the wish of\nE. \u00a3. ROBINSON\nWatchmaker and Jeweler\n417 1-2 Baiter Btreet     NELSON, 1.0,\nOpposite Silver King Hotel\nTAXIDERMY!\nSTANLEY W. JEKILL,\nMirror Lake, B.C.\nls prepared to accept any orders along tiii8 line.\nDeer and Goat Heada\nMammals, Birds\nFish, Etc.\nAll work guaranteed.   Prices\nright\nare forming In the Ohio river from this\ncity to Parkersburg. West Va.. and danger\nof serious damage fiom overthrow la\nthreatened. Navigation lias been suspend-\nded and eon) is being shipped south by\nrail.\nSTOMACHSjm FINE\nNO      INDIGESTION,      HEARTBURN,\nGAS OR DYSPEPSIA\nFIVE     MINUTES    AFTER     TAKING\nDIAPEPSIN ALL DISTRESS GOES\nIf you had some Ulapepsin handy and\nwould lake a little now your stomuch distress or Indigestion would vanish in live\nminutes and you would feel line.\nThis harmless preparation will digest\nanything you eat and overcome a sour,\nout-of-order stomach before you realize iU\nIf your meals don't tempt you, or what,\nlittle you eat seems to fill you. or lay like\na lump of lead iu your stomach, or If vou\nhave heartburn, this is a sign of indigestion.\nAsk your pharmacist for a Eft-cent case\nof Pape's Diapepsln and take a little just\nas soon as you can. There will he no sour\nrisings, no belching of undigested food\nmixed with acid, no stomach gns or heartburn, fullness or heavy feeling in tiie stomach, nausea, debilitating headaches, dizziness or intestinal griping. This will all\ngo, ami, besides, there will he no undigested food left over in the stomach to poison\nyour breath with nauseous odors.\nPape's Dlape&sin is a certain cure for\nout-of-order stomachs, because it prevents\nfermentation and takes hold of your food\nand digests It just tlie same as If your\nBtomach wasn't there.\nRelief in live minutes from alt stomuch\nmisery Is at your drugstore waiting for\nvou.\nThese large E0-cent cases contain mora\nthan sufficient to thoroughly cure almost\nnny rase of dyspepsia, indigestion or other\nstomach disturbance.\n\"POOR   RICHARD\" SAID.\n\"The people are the hest judges of merit.\"\nThis is forcibly illustrated by their [neteased.\ndemand   for   the   I'anioiis   Cod   Liver   and\niron tonic known ns VINOL.\nIts worth ts demonstrated over and over\nagain in building up the run-down, weak\nand aged, and to overcome pulmonary\ntroubles, While worthless remedies are\ndisappearing entirely, the fact that tho\ndemand for VINOL is rapidly Increasing;\nis ample proof of its Intrinsic merit.\u2014W.\nRutherford^ Druggists,  Nelson, B. C.\nMlnard's   Llnament   Cures   Diphtheria.\nA Snap\n$100 Cash and $20 per\nMonth W01 Buy\nA two story, well built, seven roomed\nhouse, near the hospital.   PRICE $1350.\nSTOCKS\nWe WUI Buy\n3 South African Warrants\n100 I). C. Copper\n1000 International Coal.\nBOO McGillivray Creek Coal.\n600 Nugget.\n2000 Royal Collieries.\nFor prices write or wire us.\n\u00a3. B. McDERMID STBLSTSSS Nelson, B. C.\nmk.\n MM EIGHT\ntrChe fttUo Henna.\nWEDNESDAY .... DECEMBER 2*\nBuy $1000 for\nFive Cents a Day\nA Hte policy In the Hoyal Insurance Oo. for \u00bb1000 costs from\n6 to 7 oents a day. Too cheap to\ngo without Isn't it? See us for\nparticulars.\nW. F. Mawdsley|||\nH. E. Crutdalla A Co.\n***************************\nBuilding Sites\nFor residences, factories, warehouses, etc.\nHouses\nFor rent or for sale.\nF. B. LYS\nReal Estate Agent. .315 Baker St.\n\"Unequalled for Qeneral  Uie\"\nW P. TIERNEY, General Sales Agent.\nNelson. B.C.\nCan shipped to all railway points.\nPhotographs\nThe supremacy of our photos\nIs unquestioned by those who\nhave made a careful comparison of our qualities and styles.\nAnd our artistic designing always pleases both ln the photo\nmounting and picture framing\nalike. We guarantee satisfaction. Our phone number is 46.\nOur adress is 715 Baker St\nDrop In, get prices, then compare quality. Your judgment\nwill do the rest\nCampbell's\nArt Gallery\n\u00bb\u00abiii i\u00abt*i ,m,mi_aaai,..'a<*',i\n715 Baker 8t.\nH. & N. BIRD\nWish all their clients and,\nfriends a\nMerry Christmas and a Happy\nand Prosperous New Year\nCrow's Nest Coal\nMore heat, less ash than any\ncoal on tne market\nFurniture Moving is a specialty\nwith us.\nCity Transfer Co.\nPhone 179 P.O. Box 94\nThe\nEMPIRE\nPictures the  Best\nWednesday and Thursday.\nShaugliraun. *  !\nThe Tobacco Edict.\nTraining Bulls.\nSatan's Sni.thj*.\nThe 01(1 Hall Clock.\nKeen Cutter Tool Chests\nWe have just passed into stock, especially for the Xmas trade, a\nspecial consignment of these famous sets. Every tool made of the\nbeat reHned Bteel and fully guaranteed.  Prices range from $12 to $50.\nThe J. H. Ashdown Hardware\nCo., Ltd.\nNelson Branch     .-.      Nelson, B. C.\nWHOLESALE\nCome On, Boys!\nDOC   RACES, JAN.  1,  1910\nVernon Street, 2 p.m,\nClass A, Bounds\u2014First prize, 12.00;\nsecond prize, $1.\nClass B., (togs over 60 lbs.\u2014First\nprize }2; second fl.00\nClass C, dogs under 60 lbs.\u2014first\nprize %2\\ second (1.00\nAll entries to be made before Jan. 1.\nNELSON TRANSFER CO\nf\n7:00 open  every  evening 7:00\nADMISSION   10   CENTS\n_-St_WAJ'ltAn\\-:t\nNelson Opera House\nTONIGHT\nMiss Verna Felton\nand\nThe Allen Players\n\"Camille\"\nPRICES: 25c, 50c. 75c.\nSale at Poole Drug Co      <**\n^lsonnewsoftWday\nTl, D. Msnvls, travelling passenger agent\no-f tlio Erie railroad, ls at the Stiathcona.\nMra. II. Byers, 823 Vernon Btreet, helA\nthe winning number in the draw at Wetr'j-s\nshoe Btore laBt week.\nThe Btretcher-bearer Bectlon, 102nd regl-\nn.uni, it.ivi.H., will tirili ul tlie armory to.\nnight at 8 o'clock. All members are requested tu attend.\nMlllicent Ruby, Infant daughter of 13.\nLupton and Victor Uaird, Infant son of\nW. H. Walker, were christened at St.\nSaviour's church on  Christ in us.\nThere will be a Church -of England service fn the school hoUHe. Willow Point,\niidxt Sunday ufternoon at :i o'clock, at\nwhich Rev. F.   H. Graham will officiate.\nW. P .Carson, advance agent of Frederick William Prince, who will deliver an\nIllustrated lecture entitled \"Travel Talk\non California,\" In Nelson In the near future, Ih a guest ut the Strathcona.\nA message was received on Christmas\nbv Mrs. R. Ritchie \u25a0conveying the news\nof the death of her father, J. Emery, who\ndied very suddenly at bis home in Victoria.\nThin is the second sad bereavement that\nlias occurred in this family within the past\nmonth, a son having died exactly four\nweeks' pfevlous to the death of hls father,\nThe Scandinavians of Nelson held their\nChristmas festival on Monday evening In\nIhe Eagle hall. The entertainment was\nopened with a musical and literary .program, which was well received, after\nwhich the Christmas tree was lighted.\nSanta Claus was on band and proved himself one of tbe jolllest Santas that- ever\nappeared In Nelson. While the children\nwere busy around the tree supper wns\nserved in the dining room, after which the\nadults proceeded to tlie dance hall, where\n\"Wilkinson's orchestra discoursed music,\nwhile the children took their turn at the\nr tables.   The dancing waB kept up\nuntil 2 o'clock in tlie morning, and the entertainment proved a complete success,\nboth llnaticlully and oilier wise.\nTom Peck, the C.P.R. .conductor, Is laid\nup in the Oieenwuud hospital with pneumonia, with which he wus tnken down on\ntlio outward trip on Monday.\nRehearsals nf the Presbyterian Sunday\nSchool entertainment took place yesterday\nand showed that the young performers ate\nlikely to give a good account of themselves this evening. At the Chsistmns entertainments given for several years nast\nSt. Paul's church bas been inconveniently\novercrowded. It la hoped inat the Eagle\nhall, us a place of meeting this year, will\nafford comfortable space for all. The\ndoors will be opened at 7.30 o'clock.\nA wire has been received hy Chief Constable Black from Jolm Cole of Campbell-\nton N.B., directing that the body of his\nson\", Herbert Cole, who was drowned off\nProctor on Sunday afternoon,' he burled\nat Nelson. The joint funeral of H, Cola\nund of George Northern, tiie Englishman\nwho lost bis life on the same occasion,\nwill therefore he held at 1.45 o'clock to-\nmorrow afternoon from the undertaking\nparlors of the Standard Furniture company.\nOverwork Causes Insanity.\nPHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 28.\u2014Bernard H. Bail, second vice president and\ngeneral freight traffic manager of the\nPhiladelphia & Heading Railway company, became violently Insane today\nin his office in the rear end of the company's big office building, and after a\nstruggle was removed to a hospital\nfor the insane. It is believed that overwork is the cause of the mental delusion.\nWayfarer's Ingratitude.\n1 EAST DOUGLAS, Mass., Dec. 2S.-En-\nterlng her kitchen unexpectedly today\nMrs. Charles Potter found a young wayfarer, who had asked to be allowed to\nwarm himself, In the act of cutting tbe\nthroat of her 77-year old hURbund whom\nOpen Evenings\nSuggestions\nFor Your\nXmas List\nHocltey Shoes.\nDress  Shoes.\nEvening SHppera\nCozy Slippers.\nMoccasin Slippers.\nFancy .Juliette Slippers.\nSnowshoes.\nAny kind of Shoes.\nWe are headquarters  when\nshot's are in question.\nOpen evenings  until  Christmas.\nThe ROYAL\nShoe Store\n8H0E   SPECIALISTS\nMail   orders promptly   and\ncarefully looked after.\nANNOUNCEMENT\nIn wishing our many patrons\nA Prosperous and\nHappy New Year\nWe with alto to express our gratitude for the very liberal share of patronage we have received and encourages us to make greater efforts for the\nfuture. The Increase of business has\nmade It necessary to add to our staff\nof experts, the latest addition In the\nperson of MR. F. M. DENNENY of\nMontreal, who will be In charge of the\nOptical Department. What does thla\nmean?. 8imply this: Henceforth the\nhead of the firm can give to each department his personal services and to\nthe patrons two persons thoroughly\nposted in their respective duties.\nBear in Mind\nThat you have the\nAdvice cf Two Experts in\nEvery Department\nthe. head of the firm and the man in\ncharge.\nJ. 0. PATENAUDE\nManufacturing Jeweler, Watchmaker\nand Optician\nChicken Feed\nWe have No. 1 Wheat, Feed Barley,.\nOats, Groats, Bran, Shorts, Peed Flour,.\nCrushed Bone, Crushed Shell, Beet'\nScraps, Myers' Splee and Pratt's Heme-\ndies.\nBaled oat straw tor litter.\nThe Brackman-Ker\nMilling Co., Ud.\nMixed Car-Just Unloaded\nOGILVIE'S Royal Household Flour, Rolled Oats, Oatmeal,\nWheat Granules, Cornmeal, Rye Flour, Whole Wheat\nFlour, Graham Flour, Bran Shorts, etc., etc.\nPRICES RIGHT\nBELL TRADING CO.\nThe Husband\nEvery Lady\nlikes her tahle decorated with nice\nChina and everybody likes to see a\nlady have her table nicely decorated.\nThat is what we are here for. We\nhave the finest line of China ever\nshown in our city. We are sure you\nwill be suited.\nWe have all kinds of China.\nWe have all shapes of China.\nWe bave all decorations of China.\nWe have all gradea of China.\nWe have a tew sets of the celebrated\nGrendley Dinnerware of the latest de-\ncoratlon, which are going fast. Don't\nfail to see them.\nOld Curiosity Shop\n513, 515, 517 Josephine  Str-et\nhe pinoncd on the floor. At her shrieks\nHie assailant fled but not before he hud\nout tho aged man's wind pipe and injured\nhim so severely that it is thought he will\ndie. Later a man named Peter Manlie,\naged 18 years, was arrested In Sutton. The\nvictim was credited with keeping a large\namount of money ln the house.\nThe greatest danger from influenza Is of\nits resulting in pneumonia. This can be\nobviated by using Chamberlain's Gough\nRemedy, as it not only cures Influenia, but\ncounteracts any tendency of the disease\ntowards pneumonia. Sold by all druggists\nand dealers.\nVAUDEVILLE FOR NELSON\nGEM THEATRE  WILL   INTRODUCE\nIT  HERE.\nFIRST BILL WILL BE PUT ON NEXT\nWEEK.\nIt is announced that the Gem theatre, J\nhitherto giving exclusively a popular\nmoving picture show, will next week Introduce Neison to high class vaudeville. This\nshould certainly prove u popular departure,\nfor there is room for this kind of entertainment In  this city.\nThe stage of tlie Gem will be enlarged\nand fitted up in accordance with the requirements of a theatre and will be full\nwidth of the interior.\nTwo performances wltl be given nlrhtiy,\nench including two moving picture reels\nand two vaudeville acts. Each performance will be one and a half hours long.\nIt is the intention of the management to\ngive vaudeville In Nelson a thorough test,\nand bookings are now being commenced\nto cover an extended season.\nTolstoi Is III.\nYASNASA,   Poleana,  Russia,   Dec.  28.\u2014\nCount Leo Tolstoi,  the Russian novelist,\nYou wai\nFind\neverything in the way ot candy,\nnuts, raisins, fruits, etc. at our\nstore. - \u25a0\nNew Laid Eggs\nPHON 2 223.\nStewart <& Co.\nIf It's from Stewart'. It', good.\nfully realizes the Intrinsic value of a\nBisseli Carpet Sweeper as a strength\nsaver to his wife. No home ls complete without a Blssel. It more than\npays the cost In one year.by saving\ntile carpet..\nIt keeps the home free from dust and\ndirt and so not only lightens the house\nwife's work, but adds to the comfort\not the home and makes the entire\nhousehold happier. Don't delay. Buy\na Bisseli today.\nOUR PR0CE8\nCyco Bearing, Parlor Queen $4.00\nCyco Bearing, American Queen 4,25\nCyco Bearing Boudoir 8.75\nCyco Ball Bearing, Grand Rapids 3,75\nCyco Ball Bearing, Grand Rapids, NIc i 3.25\nCyco Bearing, Graad Rapids, Jap  3.00\nbox63i Nelson Hardware Co. *****\nHAMILTON\nWINNIPEG\nShavers Supplies\nGillette Razors,     Ever Ready Razors,\nWllllama' 8havlng Sticks\nRubbenet Brushes  .\nSwaty Hones\nStrops\nFinest Assortment in the City\nWood-Vallance Hardware Co., Limited\nNELSON. B. C.\nWholesale\nRetail\nTORONTO\nVANCOUVER\nThe Cabinet\nCigar Store\nWholesale\nand   Retail\na.  MATTHEWS\nProp.\nProvide for Your Old Age\nBuy a lot In New Westminster city where all the great movement\nIn real estate will be In 1910.\nThe eyes of the investing public are now turned to Now Westminster where ithe prices of all property are away below the surrounding\nlocalities. The Canadian Northern railway Is now surveyed to New\nWestminster and work will commence shortly.\nWe have a subdivision facing on Queen's Park and the exhibition\ngrounds which we were successful In buying away below the market,\nand we Intend to give you tbe advantage. We are selling these lots at\n$250 tor Inside and 1350 for corners. The terms are exceptionally\neasy, J10 cash and $10 per month.   No interest, no taxes.\nGet a couple and lay the foundation lor a fortune.\nMcQuarrie (& Robertson\ntt_.tmm.rn      \u2022 \/\u00bb\n419 Ward Street\nNelson, B.C.\nCould anyone wish for a nicer\nXmas Present\nthan some of tlie latest and prettiest designs in China and Class-\nware at\nCHINA HALL\nCups and saucers, plates, jugs,\nberry bowls, vases and a thousand\nother things at the lowest prices\never offered in Nelson.\nSee our ten cent window.\nNew Goods!   New Goods!\nAt the Store of Quality\nNEW ORANGES    C0C0ANUT8        .    CURRANTS CANDIES\nSPICES NUTS PEELS       RAISINS     MINCEMEAT\nGRAPEFRUIT BANANA8 XMAS CRACKERS\nP.O.Box54    A. S. HorSWill    Phone 10\nMUNRO & NELSON\n321 Baker St. P.O. Box 58l\nis suffering from bronchitis and Inflammation ot the liver. The high fever of\nyesterday waB followed by a low temperature.\nTHRILLING ADVENTURE.\nAttacked by Pack of   Wolves  While\nDriving Through Woods.\nCHICAGO, Dec' 28.-A pack of eight\nwolves attacked Henry Lund and his\nhorses today while he was driving through\nthe woods near Montgomery, III., according to a story he told on arrival home.\nThe wolves first attacked the horses and\nthen attempted to leap Into the sleigh.\nLund fought them off with a heavy whin,\nand his horses, bleeding and exhausted by\na long gallop over heavy roads, finally\nreached a clearing, where the woIvcb were\nfrightened away.\nA sprained ankle wUI usually disable the\nInjured person for three or four wee*s.\nThis Is due to lack of proper treatment.\nWhen Chamberlain's Liniment Is applied\na cure may be effected In three or four\ndays. This liniment is one of the best and\nmost remarkable preparations In use. Sold\nby all druggists and dealers.\nThe Store of Satisfaction\nWaterman's\nIdeal J\nFountain\nPens\nAmong, our man;, beautiful\nand useful Christmas gifts you\nvlll find a full line of Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pens,\nranging in price from\n$1.25 up to $10.00\nCanada Drug & Book Co., Ud. \u00a7\u00ab_\u00bb\u00bb\nNelson's Up-to-Date Stationery House\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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