"ca33246d-8048-4fc6-833a-b45f5d34ae39"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2017-07-31"@en . "1908-12-05"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/ladysmithst/items/1.0353500/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " \u00E2\u0080\u00A2M-4\"r\nLADYSMITH, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SATURDAY DECEMBER 5.1908.\n*\BIG S\nV FOR T\nOn Saturday\nn v\nCHRISTMAS WEEK\n 4\t\nStores All Provided With Seasonable Stocks To\nSupply All Demands\nyti\nTHE ISLAND\nVictoria\nBoaixl ot Trade Suggest\nUnited Action,\nlep;-slative Ass'e^\nJ_tLLJ\u00C2\u00A72\nCTORl\nWITH TUG\nC.l.U.\ni -Dozon Van Allen's Fine Dross Shirts.,\nTO-NIGHT :;-. ..,..'.\nAll-Wool Dork Flannel Negligee Shirts, with Reversible Collins.\nRogular J1.50. TO-MOUT A 95c\nThis Is thc Inst day for Oui; Shoo Specials, and'tt will pay\nyou to drop in and seo if wo can suit you.\nAbout 400 Remnants of ovorythlng to choose from.\nREAL BARGAINS.\nThoy nro\nNo one is likely to forgot that this fancy line Lhnt shc has not got. Call\nis Christmas month. Lesjs than three thero for dainty presents mm- your\nweeks now ami the groat duy, the ludy friends.\nbost duy of tho your, will he upon Tho Ladysmitli Hardware Company\nus. lietween now and then what a has laid in the biggest stock of its\nplanning, aid scheming, nud working history and thut moi a dp'oaks for\nthero is for each of us to do. itself. There is everything tlmt is\nTho Chriotmas holiday is like no now und novel in lhe toy line, und\nother In the appeal it mokes to un emlkss variety of useful presents\nyoung and old, fo child and a.luit, ut prices to suit ull purses, The ditto baby, parents, and grand parents. Acuity there in :\u00C2\u00AB make uji your\nTo the littio ono II. is tho duy of mind what you do want, and if you\ntho yeur. Thero Is extra good cheer take tlie children to help, they want\neverybody nnd everything is bright ovorythlng. Mr. Knight bus nlso u\nand iu good humor, -i top of large stuck of. novelties nml Christ-\nIt ull there is good old Snnta Claus urns presents, besides cards and stu-\nHis or hor stocking keeps him or tioncry. Hu has mure roumi ior (Usher guessing for weeks. Even after pluy now anil it is all tuken up ul-\nho hns handed in his order nml beon ready, From n book to a piano\nI BLAIR & ADAM.\nMMMB_j>MseMM-________MW__B__l_WMI____^ illl^CI\nChristmas Is\nDrawing Near\nDon't forgot the Grand Opportunity oltored you fur Christinas\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0Purchasing nt Our Store.\nRemember\u00E2\u0080\u0094Evory Dollar spont gives you n chance on a Valuable Diamond Ring aad a Gold Watch at no Cost to yourself.\nSee our window for Display of Suitable Xmns Presents.\nWe havo a lurgo Stock of Wutchos, ond nre offering Special\nValues for this month in this line.\nAlso somo snaps in Bracelets, Brooches, Rings, Etc., Etc! We\ncan givo you a Brooch from Sl.OO up. AU we ask is au inspection of Our Stock. It speaks for itself.\nAny Articlo put by until needed. Select curly.\nP. G. NOOT\nTHE JEWELER AND OPTICIAN.\n! BBoasenoeoeoe&naceon^^ - x^oaao\n_._\u00E2\u0096\u00A0_.-\u00E2\u0096\u00A0_-._.-._\u00E2\u0096\u00A0-\u00E2\u0096\u00A0-\u00E2\u0096\u00A0-.s\u00C2\u00BBi\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 -\u00E2\u0096\u00A0-\u00E2\u0096\u00A0X._^,^,AIA,\nIf you want the full wo.th of your\nm -ney either in Groceries.. Dry Goods\nBIOKLE'S\nIS THE FL_.CE\n'T'T'T'V\nwwwm**-'94ww*wtwwm'm>m*m\u00C2\u00BBvwm'm*-\ndssured by liis father unil mother\nthnt his horse or his buggy, or his\ngun will come, doubts return upon\nhim, nnd ho is nst-Uled with the difficulties of Suntu Claus' mission,\nliven when the stocking has been\nput awny w th childish tilings, there\nremnins the tingling joys of an\ninterchange of, presents. Tho big\nboy or tho big girl hns a surpriso\nfor the father and mother as often\nns the hitter have something to\nspring upon him or her.\nIn nil English speaking countries\nnt least it i.s the girl season\u00E2\u0080\u0094tho\nsoason when it is tho iiim nf each\nto make the other happier. Would\nire Christmas days\ncustom grow in\nstrength from year tu year. In any\ncase JJnilysmith, as a city, yield's\nwbole-heartedly to the spoil of. tho\nsoason. Hcr merchants realize this\nnnd always mnkc full provision. In\nno town of its size is it possiblo to\nfind n larger, a choicer, a more\ncomplete stock of Christmas goods\nD.in't run\nthnt there were\nand mav tho\nM.S-W\nBURGEON DENTIST.\nAll Work Guaranteed.\nThe\nBiggest Ever\nOur Christmas Stock\nthis year is a record\nin every respect. .\nIT IS BIGGER\nIT IS CHOICER\nIT IS OHMPBR\nITI8WI0BRIN RANGE\nWe are just now busy\nunpacking; but will\nbe ready in a day or\ntwo. Take a look in.\nLADYSMITH\nIJBDWARE CO.\nLIMITED\nFOR CHOICE CUTS\n, \u00E2\u0080\u0094and\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nFINEST HOME CURED\nI HAM AND BACON\n CALL AT\t\nI'hon\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00AB*\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB+\nTEAMING\nWWW*AWWWWWWWi^\nNow is the time to lay in your\nstock of winter fuel. Order\nyoqr wood right away..^^\nH. Thornley\n'PHONE a.\nthan in the locnl st\nup to Nnnalmo ur own to Victoria\non tho strongth of u big page advertisement. The merchants of these\ntwo cities cannot ull'oivl tu sell any\nchonper thnn your own store right\nIn town. Wntch the ads In tho\nStundard; road them carefully\" and\nno mnttor whnt you nre wanting\nyou will get suited, and ut a prico\nHint chn't bo bettered outside. Wo\naro nil hero In the town depending\nono upon tho other, holping each\nother, nnd \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 surely in our Christmas\npurchases it behooves us to stn at\nhome.\nIt Is hardly possible to toll standi! rd renders any more hore than\nthoy can loam in the advertising pol\numns of the paper. Still, in going\nbis ruunds this mi-;, the editor has\nbeen more than struck with tlio display of goods in nil the stores, und\nbo deemed il nothing inure thnn bis\nduly to bring the fuct to tho\ntico of his renders. It is Scarcely\nnecessary to particularise; it Is tho\nsnme wherever you gn; but taking\nthe goneral merchnnts lirst. a peep\ninto tho \"Dig Store\" will speedily\nconvince anyone uf the truth of what\nis asserted hero. Thore is extra provision in the grocery department,\nwhile tho dry goods side is chock-a-\nblook. There are, ns yet no decorations, but those will come, and tho\ngoods havo como, You nro nil nskod to look in.\nBlair & Aiiojn have not yet begun\nthe dressing of their window, which\nhus como to bo regarded ns one of\ntho town's Christmas lettuces. They\nhavo, however, begun nn the inter,\nior of tho store, nml are running a\n] special lino in Chinawnre. liotweon\n[now and Christmas thov will have\n' some Interesting announcements to\nmake. Morrison can nlwnys be depended upon fur somothlng of novel\ndesign and striking chert. Of course,\nWilliam is not giving his Idea awny\nJust yet; but ho bus it worked out\nand It will bo all right. Meantime\nhe hns landed up for the Christmas\ntrado und Is ready for nil demands.\nBickle is not special Sing this yenr\nHo doos not need to, for ovory' lino\nIs a special with John during the\nChristmas month, dear, of course,\nis strictly n grocer, hut his stock\nhas a Christmassy look, nnd ho hns\nstarted Ills decorations. Cavin ngnin\nis just a shoo mnn; liut this is tho\ntime of the your when good shoos\naro a necessity. They muko a useful presont, und George 'ins tho real\narticlo.\nWalters & Akenhead are inylng\nthemselves out for their lady customers. Already thcir new pluco Is\nbeginning to look crowded, nnd tho\nend is not yet. Tho mnn thnt wnlks\nin there with his best girl or his\ndear wlfo will be jolly well pleased\nif he gets out again with tho price\nof a ginger beer. There are\u00E2\u0080\u0094no call\nround for yourself; but thoro Is everything thero to ploaso tho eye and\nsatisfy tho feminine desire iii the\nmatter of dross.\nJohn Thomas also has somo\nChristmas bargains to offer nnd has\nopened out somo Jewelry noVeltles.\nMiss Uron has been preparing for\nweeks and there Is nothing in tho\nyou cannot go wrong.\nIn tho Jewelry line, Noot, ns usual, has laid iu a choice and handsome stock of seasonable goods. In\naddition to a large rango of rings,\nwatches, bracelets', brooches; etc., in\nevery 'variety nf design mil beauty\nnf finish, he hns snme dainty and de-\nlicnte Limoges ware ami some beautiful samples of cut glass work. All\ntustes and all purses can be satisfied\nand the jewolor only asks for your\ninspection. Jessup nlso hns somo\nreally handsome gift, goods. Brlc-a-\nbrnc, fancy ornaments, leather goods\nsilver ware, glass ware, smokors'\noutfits\u00E2\u0080\u0094Jessup has them in all varieties mud ho is clearing them out\nnt slaughter pi-Ices. Cull and seo\nthom.\nFor curds und small fancy articles\nMcKelvie Bros., nnd llnny Hughes,\nhnvo ench a choice selection. In\nshort and in conclusion there Is no\ndifficulty in milling an article thnt\nplensos you; tho difficulty is, where\nthe choice is so large, in deciding\nwhich one pleases you most. Now Is\nthe time to continence your shop\nping. Tho merchants will Iny aside\nnny article you select nnd it is better to make your selection before tho\nrush. Just whnt there is to select\nfrom will bo told in detnil in tho\nStandard advertisements n'nd renders\nwill consult their own convenience\nnnd profit by cnrefully perusing them\nThe editor of the Standard in in\nreceipt of a communication with1\ncircular letter enclosed from Mr. E.\nH. Prior, chairman of a committee'\nof tho Board of Trade, Nictoria. It\nappears that at a meeting of tho\nHoard held recently ln Victoria, the\nmutter of the development of Vancouver Island was discussed and tho\nsuggestion was mado tlmt it would\nbe odvisablo to organize all the bu-1\nsinoss interests throughout the Island; this might be undertaken along\nthe sauie lines as that adopted by\ntbo Kootonay Board of Trade.\nNo definite plan of action has as.\nyet been outlined, but it is desired\nthat tho different Island centres hold\na meeting to consider the suggestion and appolut a delegate to nt-\ntond a convention to be held at\nsome future time and chosen place,. I\nThe question may be taken up by\ntho Ludysmith Citizens' League.\nHeretofore, there hns been a deplorable lack of harmony and co-operation between the Capital City and\ntho northern centres, but now that\nV ctoria takes tho initiative this city _... \u00E2\u0080\u009E. , ,.\n. . .. . ,, ntr. thelmlis.\nmay unito in a pull togethor for\nSteamer Has to be Beached\nlu Vancouver Harbor.\n\"1\nThe almost invariable aftermath\nof u closely contested election made\nits appearance yesterday in thc shnpe\nof a protest against Mr. Barnard's\nelection. The petition is signed i/yi\none Feter Minckle and was filed byj\n(.'ol. Gregory who put up the necessary thniisinnl dollar deposit with\nscuw. Fearing that tbo Charmer j the registrar of the supreme court,\nwould sink she was Immediately The petition is of the stereotyped,\nleached. At 1.33 she was ashore at kind following tho wording of the\nVANCOUVER, Dec. 3.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The SS.\nCharmer of tho Victoria-Viiucouvcr\nfurry route, was iu collision this afternoon ut the entrance or the harbor with the tug Bermuda aud a\nITALY OnniOflS CONCRETE TIES\nNEWS NOTES BY WIRE\nTho Italian Government has ordered 300,000 of these ties, which aro\nnow in courso of construction, A fow\nthousand of such ties, ordered for\nexperimental purposes, wero constructed by tho Uabollini Company\nsome years ago, and have bcon used\ntho railroad from Castollauiare\ntho north side of the. Narrows, exactly opposite the Brockton Point\nlighthouse. Whon the news of the\naccident reached the O.P.K. wharf\nthe Str. Joan was sent out and the\nIiassengers were taken oil. No ono\nappears to have been injured. The\nBermuda was entering tho harbor,\nnnd tho collision occurred just off\nBrockton I'oint in front of the lighthouse.\nAt two o'clock the Str. Joan was\nstill across the bay alongside tho\nCharmer taking oil the lattor's passengers. The collision occurred in\nthe exact spot where two years ago\nthe ITinoess Victoria ran down tho\nThe Charmer struck\n,i\u00E2\u0080\u009Et\u00E2\u0080\u009E tn ...n. , n \u00E2\u0096\u00A0_\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ., , the n<*vily laden scowlood of coal\nduty to unite in a pull together for , .\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 and tore\ntho develojiment of the Island as a\nwhole. Its resources have bean\nshown in manifold ways and all that1 a ,\n, * i cQ nor to\nis required to make this country the\nEnglond of the Pacific is strong men\nand united action.\nThe circular Is as follows:\nVictoria, B.C., Nov. 30, 1008\nhole twonty feet long in\nher port bow. Her hold was Immediately flooded and her captain turn-\ntho north shore of the\nNarrows which was not more than\na qjuarter of a milo away. She sank\nat high tide with her bow away\ndown nnd her stern so high out of\nDear Sir,-Tho members of this t,,e W\"ter that her Pr\u00C2\u00B0Pe\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00B0' '\" '\u00C2\u00BB\nBoard of Trade consider that the I,lain.viow frora \"'\u00C2\u00AB opposite side of\ntimo has arrived for organizing an\nassociation which shall represent all\ntho commercial interests of Vancouver Island, and at tbo lust Monthly\nGoneral Meeting appointed a Special Committee for tbat purposo.\nThe Special Committee havo met\naud given instructions that you be\nusked to co-ojierute wilh tbem by\nhaving a representative appointed by\ntho residents of your district. This\ncourse appears to be imperative if\ntho fullest strength of tho Association is to be exercised, aud there is\nuo doubt that occasional meetings\nof business men so appointed can bo\nmade a very powerful factor in tho\ndevelopment of Vancouver Island\ngenerally,\ngenerally.\nTho scope of the proposed organization will have tu be defined at\nthe Narrows.\nDEATH OF\nWilliam Juck of Nanooso Bny,\nin Nanaimo Huspital.\nNunuitno, Dec.\n8.\nOK\nLunch Counter\nPickled Pigs' Feet\nClam Chowder\nMulligan Stew\nOn Tap for Pay Day and after\nPsy Dsy\nW.t. MOORE, Proprietor\nIn the Nanaimo hospital Wednesday\nening one of the uldes\u00E2\u0080\u009E pioneers of\n!s district passed away iu the per-\n>,i of William Jack, owner md\ni. u.utger of the Jack mine at Na-\nopen one, i.oose Bay, where ho has resided v\nThere are many points upon which 1 great number of years.\n\"n\"\"i'\"\u00C2\u00B0\"s. s\"pp\"rt may.,b\u00C2\u00B0,exp\u00E2\u0084\u00A2,1.^' I C_ soveral occasions during the\nlust two \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 rs the deceased wns a\npatient at the local hospital where\nAdriatlco to Ancona. As a result; meeting of the delegates as ho plan L\nof the trials to which tho ties were has so far been defined, and the \"\nsubjected a now design, to bo em- question ut the present time\nployed In exocuting the present large\norder, will replace the old. Tho principal change will, it is uudorstood,\nbo found in tho introduction into tho\nconcrete mass of a larger number of\ntlie reinforced metallic bars, of reduced diameter, in tho new design oi\nties.\nThe cost of a concrete tie is estimated at about $1.20, and it ls believed that its endurance will bo from\nthreo to four time: us great as\nthat of a wood tic. A tie will weigh\nabout 280 | n :i: i, in-I slve of the\nweight of '' I'n'lit; re-enforcement, about \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0: I i hi pounds! A\ncomparison of thu .-uspoU.ve cost and\nvalue of concrete and wooden tics\nwould no doubt givo difforont results\nin the United States from those afforded in tho Italian estimates, owing to varying conditions in the two\ncountries affecting local cost of materials and manufacture, endurance\notc. The belief is largely entertained hero that tho concrete tie will ov-\nentuolly entirely replace wood ties.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Consular Report.\nControverted Elections Act, but does\nnot indicate the specific nets relied\nupon to invalidate tho election.\nMr. Barnard is not attacked person\nally and his disqualification is not\ndemanded,, th\" allegation being that\nall tho dreadful things hinted at In\nthe petition were done by agents.\nIn the inenntlmc Mr. Barnard is not\nin the lenst worried. He knows\nthnt he nnd his friends conducted as\nfair ond square nn election as ever\nwas fought in Victoria, and while\nsome such move was expected os a\nlast, desperate resort, the Conservative candidate is not losing any\nsleep over lhe matter.\nIt is possiblo that counter charges\nmay be made. If is known tiiat tho\nLiberal organization made a free\nand corrupt use of money during the\ncampaign und there is a great, deal\ninteresting evidence In the hands\nof the Conservative executive. This\nmatter is now receiving tho atton-\ntion of Mr.' Barnard unil bis advisers.\nA protest against tho election ot\nRalph Smith has also been made and\nin this cnso too, thc petition was\nfiled yosterdny. Liko tho Liberal\npetition it follows the general wording af the net, und does not go into\nspecific details. What evidence may\nbo in the bands of thoso who are\nprotesting lialph Smith's election is\nnot known but it is a matter of\ncommon knowledge that' personation\nwns rife at Esquimalt.\nAltogether it is exceedingly possible thnt by the time all this litigation is concluded the Liberal majority at Ottawa will be reduced by\none, and that a number of prominent Liberals will be exceedingly sor-\nthat tbey spoke.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Colonist.\nALL WEEK\nsuch, for instance us: Mail services,)\nfreight and passenger rates und ser-1\nvices, construction of roads and\ntrails, surveys of Crown lands, development of the natural resources of\neach individual district, and all such\nnon-contontious subjects.\nA matter which should receive ha,\nmediate attention is the collection\nand publication, in pamphlet form,\nof concise and accurate information\nin regard to tho resources of Vancouver Islund, for distribution at\nthe Alasku-Yukon-rucific Exposition\nat Seattle, noxt year. This, too, is\ncommon ground on which all can unite with advantage and may serve\nas an initial proceeding of lho proposed organization.\nThe Committee will therefore, bo\nmuch obliged if you will kindly givo\nthis matter your immediate attention, and awaiting tho favour of\nreply, before thc 10th proximo, if\npossible; in which we hope you will\nglvo us tho nnmo of the gentleman\nwho has been appointed, so that we\ncan correspond w . ut onco.\nYours faithfully,\nID. G. PRIOR,\nChairman, Special Committee,\nE. ELWOUTHV.\nSecretary,\nIleglnning on Thursday iho stores\nwill bo open all day on Thursdays\nfor the month of pefcomhor, This is\ntho invariable custom of tho town,\na tul is adopted for tho convenience\nof customers during tho Christmas\nmonth.\nIn this connftcticjh the employees in\nthe various stores wish to thank\nthoir employees fon the privilege\nwhich they have en Joy w' til tho yoar\naround. Also, of courso, they dosiro to express thcir gratitude to\nthe public for tho help they have\ngiven them in making the half-holiday possible. It is expected that nftor tho Xmas and Xew Year's shopping is ovor the stores will again adopt the Thursday half-holidny.\nJUBILEE SINGERS\nPublic otice.\nNotice is hereby given that all Churches, Lodges,\nSchools and Public gatherings will be permitted on\nand after 21st November next upon all parties\nwishing to attend the same producing a certificate\nof successful vaccination,\nLADYSMITH BOABD.OF HEALTH\nD. Nicholson, Chairman\nA, C. Fkost, M.D., Health Officer\nLadysmith, 13.G, November 17th, 1008.\nAUDI\nUndor thn auspices of the Lady\nsmith Footbnli Club, the Tennessee\nJubilee Singers will Rive an entertainment hero on Deo. 17. Full par\nticulers will be Riven in the next is-\nsuo oi tho Standard. Tho singers\naro undor tlio samo mnnaRemcnt as\ntho Williams-Dixie choir, which appeared hero lust February and nuado\nsuch a favorable Impression. Their\nentortainmont is strictly high class,\nand the boys aro bound to get in\nand work to make lt a success.\nhe underwent soveral serious operations. Ho appeared to recover from\ntlieso however, aad despite his 89\nyears of ugo the deceased uji to four\nmonths ago. looked hale and hearty,\nand appcato.l to enjoy the best of\nhealth. Several months ago, however, his disease assumed a malignant form and ho entered the local\nhospital where he has lately undergone several operations. From tho\nshook of the last one, a week ago,\nthe deceased never rallied and dcr'h\nfollowed early Wednesday night\nThe deceased has been a resident\nof Vancouver Island for upwards\nforty years, originally coming from\nScotland. During his life on the Island he haa been engaged in minim; I\nand for the lust 27 years has boen\nengaged in developing the extensive\nproperties which he had acquired at\nNanoose Bay.\nA wife ond four children survive\nhim. His son Manuel, who for the\n,ast twelve years has beon a resident of tho Kootonay district, returned to Nanaimo a week ago, while\ntwo daughters, .Miss Jessie Jack,\naud Mra. G. W. Hrown, reside in Nanaimo, and a third, Mrs. Murray, is a\nresident of Wellington.\nTho funeral will take ploce Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock from Hil-\nIsrt's undertaking parlors on Bas\ntion strest to the Nanaimo cenie\ntery. Hev. J. M, Millar will officiate at tho intsrmont. ' '-\nHOUSE GAME\nTO-MORROW\nTemperance and Abbottsford Mon\nFight for Football Honors.\nDon't forget the great footbaU\nmntch tomorrow afternoon. Tho\nmen, both of tbo Tomperance Houso\nand the Abbotsford have been train-\nins all week, nnd a desperate fight\nwill bo waged. The teams have not\nyot been derided on. That has been\nleft to see how the men work out ln\nthomorning, but both houses have\ngot a clinking eleven, and If it is\nns cold tomorrow as it is today\nthey will hove to go somo to keep\nfrom freezing. The betting remains\nnt ovens, with a slight Inclination\nfor the Abbotsford. The game is\nlimed for 2.3(1 p.m. The receipts,\niess tho expenses, will be handed over bo tho Ohemaintis hospital. The\nadmission will be 25 cents.\nANOTHER CANARD\nBUI.U PEST, I)\ncurrent here unlu\nforces began bom\nAustrian sea pi\nSon, (liuninaU'il i\nee\u00C2\u00BBee**e*e*\u00C2\u00BB*\u00C2\u00AB*t*s*\n* PEACE NOW REIGNS SUP- *\n* REME. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n* . \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00C2\u00AB PORT AU FIRINOE, Doc. i. \u00E2\u0080\u0094 *\n* Tho night passod ijulotly in Port\n* su Prlnco. Thero wero no disor- *\nDR. MING\nIN DISTRICT\n:. i.\u00E2\u0080\u0094'Pbe reports\nUnit Montenegrin\nriling Cuttnro, an\nt In tho Adriatic\nMontenegrin ter\nritory at 0 o'clock this morning,\nhave been declared, by. (lie way of\nNice, to be absolutely without foundation.\nMrt.AI HAFID ACCEPTED.\nPARIS, Dec. I. \u00E2\u0080\u0094 It is announced\nhero todny thai Mulai Hand, tho\nnow Sultan nf Morocco, bus dellnnte-\nly accepted the Algorleas Act and tha\nlUtcndnnt conditions laid down by\nthe powers for tho recognition of tho\nSultanate.\nDr. Young, the Provincial Secretary, was up In the South Wellington district yesterday looking into\n* ders of any kind and Indications \"'the smallpox situation. Thoro is a\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 that normal conditions will soon *jcn80 now ftt yollow Polllt| Md tw0\n. T.\" \"\u00E2\u0084\u00A2.7 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 - .leases in South Wellington. All precautions aro being taken, and it may\nWILL FLOAT CHARMER\n*, become necessary to wntch Lady-\nJjsnilth's milk supply.\n, ] Dr, Young was vory pleased to\nWaterbm-y, Conn., Deo. 8.\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Mrs.\nEdith French, shot by John Oave-\n_M_k oa Hot. 16, following, lt is\nsaid, her refusal to elope with hlm,\ndied of hor injuries nt Uie Water-\nbury hospital this morning. Cona-\nnaugh, who has been held pending\nthe ouleome of Mrs. French's injuries, wiU be charged with murder in\nthe flrst degree.\n -\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\t\nDISPUTE SETTLED.\nIndianapolis, Dec. 4.\u00E2\u0080\u0094An agreement has been reached in the Bcalo\nof wages to be paid members of the\nTypographical Union in Toronto,\nOnt., after a conference of two days\nIn this city between representatives\nof the American Newspaper Publishers' Association and the Internsr\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 VANCOUVER, Doc, 4,-Tho 0. ,, , . , , ,.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 P. R. stoamer Charmer, is still * have such a good account of the, - ,.,,., \u00E2\u0084\u00A2. J,\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 on tho mud. Thoy nro putting * town from Dr. Frost, who met him lionol Typographical Union, The dis-\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 on a tcmnornry rfitch. nnd ex- \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 ^ tn0 ^^ thi8 -^mimr, and pute was said, to be purely local dU-\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 poet to float hor oltbv tonights \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 ^^ rongrat,1]tttod Hlm upon tho ferences. The nature of the settle-\nhe had waged here. m8nt effected was not made public.\nt_ - high tido.\n............. successful CONSUL- ME\nIf You Require Any\nDEEDS,\nWILLS,\nMORTGAGES,\nLEASES\nAGREEMENTS Drawn\nOr if You Require Any\nINSURANCE\nWHETHER\nFIRE,\nLIFE.\nACCIDENT,\nMARINE,\nPLATE GLASS\nWi II You Want to Buy a HOUSE,\nor Bell Ons; or If You Went\nFA KM or FRUIT fcANDS.\nJOHN STEWART\ns-iiniy Public,\nLADYSMITH,\nnveyancer.\nLC.\nlndysmith Standard\nSEMI-WEEKLY.\npublished ou Wednesdays anu _atur-\ndays Afternuuns by the\nLAIlYB-UTU PUBLISHING CO.\nltobt. lt. Hindmarch,\nManager.\nSUBSCRIPTION PRICE.\nOu. Year 41-58\non Mouth* 76\na-VUCt|t>li_ itate- uu AppllCUliwU.\nSOUTH AFRICA.\n^oo-a !xa\u00C2\u00BB)3to\u00C2\u00BBe\u00C2\u00ABw\u00C2\u00AB.:.\nJS'CJJfiWJBW\nconfersnos of Colonial Premiers ln\nLondon. Particularly does our one-\neyed contemporary insist upon the\ngracious and educative influences of\nBotha's friendship with Sir Wilfrid\nLaurier. ,lt ia characteristic oi tho\nTiroes that It cannot find a bright ^wWOWfOOMW^^ J6ftOO^aOC,0\u00C2\u00AB.aO.U< OOOO\nspot m either hemlsphsre without'at\n$oj\u00C2\u00A3ta Gauserte\n_ _. , ,. . Just at present there Is a lull in\nonce treating it as a spark radial- ln ,ocal ,00tl)uU afrali.a, lt _, how.\ning from its great political sun at ever, only a brenthing space. In au-\nOttawa. As a matter of fact, other week's time we shall be into\nBotha was not lacking In knowledge the Island Lua|il\";' 1\"'vl ;with f0\"r\n.-,,.. ... \u00E2\u0080\u009E ,. . .. teams entered, we should certainly,\not England or things English; If we &_ en_ugh 'of SwlMl Thc c01\u00E2\u0080\u009E.\nremember rightly, ho was educated mittce has this year tried the oxper-\nin England, and his education was ionce of running two Second Divis-\nthoroughly English. That- the edu- ion toams' Tnwe ,l!'\u00C2\u00B0 Pl(lJ'<-'rs en-\n., . . . . . , ough if only they will come in, and\ncation was not wasted he has since it is easy enough t0 p|ck two tenluB,\nabundantly proved. Already he has either of which would give a good\nmade a great name as a leader of account of itself in the competition,\nmen and as a statesman, and in The committee is therefore hoping\n\u00E2\u0080\u009E 11 . ... , \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ' . that tho boys will get in and pull\nworking out this larger destiny for together in tho proper spirit. Thero\nSouth Africa he ia workin\u00C2\u00BB out an are some,of the boys who have for-\nimperlshable monument of fame ior gotten the;/qmiallty of joining the\nhimself. iclub' but thia will bo brought to\n' their attention' after pay day, and\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A6 I no doubt will he put right without\n; a murmur. It is too much to ex*\nSTILi, OOINO. peet of players that thoy will, get\u00E2\u0084\u00A2\" ' .\n ' out and practice whon thoro is no j JJ \"^ \u00C2\u00B0m*\nstrolling player, and a stroller never\nstops long in one place. Strung has\nstrolled back to Calgary. The samo\nmay be said of others of their play-\nera. Still for the benefit of the\nWorld writer wo uro bound tu say\nthat his pessimistic forebodings are\nhardly likely to be realised,\ntho gates nro biggest the Inducements are most tempting and Vancouver, in this respect, has it over\nevery other city on the Coast.\nlenge from Johnny (Lopper,^ Hughes,\nthe old-time distance runnel', who is\nover 00 years old. Matt Clunol who\nwas one of the backers of John L. *\nSullivan, when he held the champion\nship, has great faith in the staying\npowers of Hughes and is willing to\nWhere post $1000 to bind a match with'\ntho Italian mervul in a 24-hour con-1\ntest. Al. Smith, the well known\nsporting man, is also willing to wa- i\nger $1000 that Hughes can bent Dorando in a 100-mile match.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 VICTORIA P_iA,Y_ TODAY\nTho Secretary of the Nannimo United Football Teum, Mr. Albert\nSampson, was in receipt of a telo-\ngram from Con Jones, of the 'Vancouver Club, asking tho local team made by a local promoter for a\nto journey to Vancouver Saturday, match with Packey McFariand which\nand piny an exhibition game wit h' is taken to moan that tho ox-cham-\ntho Vancouver City team. A guar- ] P'on Is through with tho fighting\nGANS REFUSES TO MEET MC-\nFARLAND.\nSAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2. \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Joo\nGans has wired a refusal to an offer\nTimes does anything but fly with P'aco In sight. Now, howovor, that\nthe Victoria \"Times.\" - The average 44 P'WS ere wanted very fow are\nman, and thereto* the average news- ff_3 the \"betS of- Rt'tTe ^1\npaper, has almost forgotten the elec- j tlon. Whon ho has to work and i *cnoflulL;\ntion; tout the paroxisms of rage a_d Play 'or his placo a playor can gen-j^\"'0\"\u00E2\u0084\u00A2\nfury which seized the Times upon the \u00C2\u00B0rallJr>? counted onto put'\n,, , . . _ , , heart Into tho gamo. t\ndefeat of Templeman have as yet Th0 nrst game in this series\nsulTored no abatement. Day _fter.be played on Suturduy, December 19.\nday Its readers are taken over the In Victoria, Victoria West meet\nsame old tear-washed road, and the\nold old story, in the old old words,\nis repeated in the same old old way.\nPoor old \"Times!\" aad (still more\nto be pitied) poor old Times readers!\n \u00E2\u0099\u00A6 \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nCAR\nSHORTAGE AND STAGNATION.\nReference was made in a contemporary the other day lo tho happy' LANG, Sask., Dee. 2.\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Ths car\nstate of South Africa, as tho result shortage hero has assumed serious\nof the gift of free government which proportion, and business stagnation\nwas conferred upon it by the present is resulting. 'Wholesalers ore corn-\nLiberal Government. There was, it plaining that their collections have\nis true some very severe criticism of been very slow in coming in, but\nthe action of sir Campbell-Banner- explain that the farmers cannot mar-\nman and his cabinet. Milner aad ket their products. There is any\nSelbourne, bofore him, had done amount of wheat and flax in the\ntheir bost to create a chronic state country around Lang and yesterday\nof unrest. The war with its many forty loads wer? counted standing\nmistakes, had brought no lessons around on the streets, many of\nhome to their Imperial miuds. They which had to be hauled home again\ncould only regard the Boers as a by disgusted farmers becauso there\nconquered ond inferior race, Tbey is no accommodation here for more\nbelieved the Dutch farmers, cherished storage,\nan inveterate and undying hatred of Elevators are full and so aro ths\nthe British and all things British, semporary granaries. A warehouse\nand that their every action was a with accommodation for ten thouo-\nmatter for suspicion and closest and bushels Ib nearing completion,\nscrutiny. The Boers, they had de- but this is a mere drop considering\nelded, could only be kept in subjec- the situation. Thero are SOO cars\ntion by coersive measures. Honored on ordsr at the present time, but\nfoemen and honorable gentlemen such none can be secured.\naa Louis Botha aad his lieutenants,' \u00C2\u00BB\nthe Boers' trusted leaders, had'\nFifth 'Regiment, and locally Ladysmith B. Team travels to Nanaimo.\nThere is thus no time to bo lost and\nall the plnyors ought to get out for\ntraining and practice. For the present thes? two teams will bo selected\nand controlled by the Executive Com:\nmittee. Each eleven, however, should\nhave a captain and a manager, and\na special meetinc may be called to\narrange these' details. If necessary,\nthe accounts of each team could bo\nkept separate, although I do not see\nthat this is noccssnry. The flrst\nthing i to be done is to select tho\nteams and appoint their officers.\nThe Juniors also arc running a\nteam in the junior competition. This\nthey are doing on their own responsibility. The club furnishes them\nwith ball, etc., nnd they'collect and\nhold tholr own gato receipts. The\nboys deserve all the support they can\ngot, and it is thc duty of tho Club\nto give them every possible encour^\nagemont. T ast yoar they played\nWith' a i\" .o deal of hard luck. Perhaps lortune will smile upon them\nthis season, in which caso, provided\nthcir form Is as good ns it was last\nyear, they should go pretty neap\ncapturing the championship.\nWith all these separate organizations some definite arrangements, will\nhave to bo made as to tho use of\ntho field and pavilion foi\nls for expenses was pro-\naccording to statements\n| of members of the local club it was\nlikely tho offer would huve been uc-\nAccording to the P. C. L.\nVictoria should play in\nfor that dato, but an\n.. iVtflort was made by somo'of tho Vic-\n'tpria club to defer the lixturo. In\n,,, pursuance of this action Con Jonos\nwished to fill the dnto with au exhibition game with Nanaimo.\nAt a Into hour on Wednesday, says\nthe Free Press, a telegram wns received by Mr. Sampson irom Vancouver, saying that the original\nschedulo will obtain and hence the\nVancouvor team will not be ablo to\nmeet the local team on Saturday.\nThe Colonist states that at a meeting of the Victoria District Football Association tho proposal to de-\nfaujt Soturday's game was voted\ndown nnd hence tho Victoria team\n'will journey to Vancouver on Friday night. At the snmo meeting,\nthe following line-up was chosen:\nGoal\u00E2\u0080\u0094Beaney.\nBacks\u00E2\u0080\u0094Lorimer and Dunn.\nHalves*\u00E2\u0080\u0094Elton, Prevost, Korchin.\nForwards\u00E2\u0080\u0094Buxton, Thomas, Sod-\ngar, Okoll, Todd.\n.\u00E2\u0096\u00A0Reserves\u00E2\u0080\u0094Telford, Sheritt.\nWRESTLING TIURNAMENT\nLONDON.\nIN\n.LONDON, Nov. 80.\u00E2\u0080\u0094A now era for\nprofessional wrestling has been started sinco Frank Gotch arrived here\nfrom Amorica. Representatives of the\nprincipal nowspnpers of Great Britain Jind several of tho most prominent wrestlers have elected a board\nof control to arrange matches, fix\nnecessary details as to rules and\ndates and, in fact, to take com-\ntrainbig Piete control of ail meetings on the\nand practice purposes. It moy bo I \"mat/'\nthat the decision of the Executive ' Tho i(loft has met witl> such favor\nmay not please all concerned- but!tnat olS mcn under \"catch-can\"\nthero seems to be n botter feeling rulcB 1vi11 nl0et '\" a tournament in\naround among thc playors and thoy . Londkm-to lie held probably In\ncan all holp some. If everyone does !Mlir*_!or Jhe cnomPlpn8hip;\nhis best the town will have a great\nfootball season, and amy win the\nhighest honors. Tho first step to-\nAmong those who have fallen in\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2with the scheme aro Gotch, nacken-\nschmidt, Zbysco, Leinm, Coord Dcs-\nGREAT RIOTS,\nsworn allegiance to tho British\ncrown, and had given signed proofs\nof tholr loyalty. Yet the cry of\nseparation was raised, and all manner ol emphasis given to the dangers'Germans are\nof a Dutch majority. In spite of\nthe warnings of these prancing proconsuls, and maybe because of them,\nthe British government redeemed its\npledges. Freo government wus\ngranted to the mixed populotion of\nBoer farmers, British miners, and\ncosmopolitan diamond seekers, and ' to the polioe and soldiers.\nSTUDENTS AT PiBArtnr riUTOTn ,vard\" this accomplishment is steady'\u00C2\u00AB\"' \"ndMahmound recognised aa six\n\u00C2\u00BBIU1>LN1S_AT_ PRAGUE CAUSE uract|M \u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E,| ,r\u00E2\u0080\u009Ei\u00E2\u0080\u009Ei\u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E \u00E2\u0080\u009Eh\u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009Erf,\u00E2\u0080\u009E \u00E2\u0080\u009Er_i I of tho lending wrestlers of tho world\nThot Gotch and Huckenschmidt\nwill havo another match betweon\nthemselves is certain for monoy is\nalready up by both wrestlers. Gotch\npractice and training,, cheerful obe-l\ndienoe to instructions and good feel-1\n__._\u00E2\u0080\u009E_\u00E2\u0080\u009E,, ing and esprit do corps among the!\nPRAGUE, Bohemia, Deo. 3.- The players. \\nrace riots between the Czechs and The next senior game is with Se-\nroeuming the gravest\nattlo. Tho point*' should remain' _iU b0 .e\"B\u00C2\u00B0B?f1\non tho vaudevillo\nwith ui bui in f,,.-l.\u00E2\u0080\u009E n mnm iih-n I stage until well towards the closo\ncharacter, and -ill probttly compel ^J* '\"^**\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB& 1^*\u00C2\u00BB'of February, and when his contract\na declaration of martial law. In the that happens. We must not take' oxp,ro-s ho w,n immediately 8\u00C2\u00B0 lllt0\n.ts today dragoon, wm called out Seattle too,cheaply. With these two*trttlninK to l\"'e]mTC k'r *\" cpl)on\"\nto clear the streets. The Czechs of- J^**\"\" *\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB ffir^a^^F^trles for the amateur wrestling\nfered a determined resistance. They,^,\u00E2\u0084\u00A2.'' %.^tta-ftKt\u00C2\u00A35.[*-**\u00E2\u0080\u00A2*&'\npaving stones and -'-'\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2-\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 -\u00E2\u0096\u00A0- -\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nthrew\nis tomorrow and Friday\nhave exceed-\nno one can deny, least of all the\ncroakers in high authority whose\nreign then came to an end, that the\ngift haa not been sincerely appreciated and wisely used.\nThe real danger to British rule in\nSouth Africa lay In the continuance\nof crown government. There was.\nwe suppose, some dlssatistaction be^\nfore the outbreak of the war. Some\nof the French and German Jews who\nwere operating mines around Johannesburg were only making 100 par-\nwlelded: comes around,\"_ra\"ss \"may bo fit\" Ior \"J?!1'? nt th? ,XMCA\nJ \"\"IT Zx^cTZre ..TS tf&S F&'S%k laS>rles is from A\nthat, and will be prepared for it. \"\"\"'\"_ 01ub c'lrc}m- '%anoth<\"' ont,7 '''\nReaders of this page would note whom much interest centres Ho is\nthe lament of the ^r.d\" which ap- ?***\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00A3 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00C2\u00BB \u00C2\u00AB?JSS?^\"',^ ^\ncent, and wanted to increase it to aiet** but *\u00E2\u0080\u00A2>\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 troop* now occupy tlie\n200. The miners themselves, that'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*\"\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 of,the el*y,\nis, the English miners, had no com-l J***\"*. AuWrta, Dee. _.- Martial\nplaints to make about the situation. '*w was proclaimed ia this etty to-\nTfce war itself WOs a huge blunder. da'r- This action on ttie p_rt or\nwas blundered through, and then fol- tha BO^Wn-snt served' only to ezos-\nlowed by blunders. There was real parat* th\u00C2\u00BB --itch students,'and' they\nand dangerous discontent after peace ,orth-1*h started rioting. There was\nconcluded. Kruger removed, * sanguinary conflict between ttism\nflags wore torn down and burned and i_,guc\" matches\" \" ThoV' mntcr'al \"is 'pion of Now York' Ho h\"8 ft rac'\nfinally the troops, drew their swords here to beat Nanaimo even on 'their l0** fof h\u00C2\u00B0ldiT1f! Bradshaw, amateur\nand meed down on the crowds pur- own grounds but It will bo a des-' cnh\u00E2\u0080\u009Ea.m.pl\u00C2\u00B0n \"?' thc ^vlkl'.n now\nsuing ths rioters Into th. hou*.. Ct\uf*.f be J__M ,M ^^tZ] ^oS^U\nThe Brltl* consul. Capt. A. W.W.! \"ISLK!! TtlT. ^1.!!!, '':.\u00E2\u0080\u009E.\u00E2\u0080\u009E) whom much interest centres. Ho is\nForbes, waa dragged from a tram-\ncar and badly mauled by the Czetchs\nwho mistook him for \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 German.\nRioting continued up to a late\nhour In the suburbs. German shops\nwsre robbed aad th* rlotsrs erected\nbarricade, of wire and other Obstacles. Many wars injured in the eon-\npeured in Wednesday's issue, tt seems\n1 tered It with characteristic vigor.\nthe foreign financiers bad a freer\nhand, and the men who had borne\nthe brunt ol the war, the men who\nhad done tha actual fighting, found\nthemsslves worse off than thoy had\nheen before. There were all the\nseeds of revolt about that time, and\nwe have seen personal letters ip\nwhich the writers openly declared\nthat they, and hundreds like them,\nwould fight with the Boers. From\nthis time of darkness and peril South*\nAfrica has escaped principally ]\u00C2\u00BB.\neause of the wise administration ot\naffairs i,y its native sons. Larger\nideals still are now betore their eyes,\nand a confederated South Africa fs\nbeing aimed at. The \"Times'\nwould attribute a good deal of this\nto the education in colonial affairs,\nwhich Louis Botha received at the\nLadysmith\n$ Billiards and Pool $\nBest Liquor, and Cig irs.\ni\nJOE. CARTWRIGHT\nI thoro is a great doarth of forwards\n| in Vancouver, and tho fact has Induced tho bitterest fooling in tho\nWorld scribe. But when did Lady-\nssnlth milk Vancouver of any of hor\nbest men? Hartley (whose place wo\narc pleased to soo tho World say,\nhas nevor bcon adequately filled) it\nis' true camo from Vancouver; but\nhe was through with Vancouver and\nheaded for the Upper Country when\nhe decided to come ovor hore.\nAnd now wo moy ask did Vancouvor raise Rogers or Hartley? Did\nStrang stroll Into town; or was he\ninvited? McLean also is another\nand tha polioe at Wrenburg, a suburb\nof Prague, ia which many students\nwsre wounded.\n *\nINDIAl MOGUL HAS (CARPET OP\nJEWELS\n04 afl the princes of India, Hindoo\nand' Mohanunedanl says ths Parsl,\nnot ono has gems that can compare\nwith those ol the Gaekwar .ol Baro-\nda. Perhaps the most remarkable of\nthe Gaekwmr's Jewel treasures Is a\ncarpet,'said to be about four yard*\nSquare, composed pf ropes of rubies,\ndiamonds' and pearls, woven into a\npattern of exquisite and dazzling\nbeauty., Tho gems In this carpet,\nare of an estimatod value of \u00C2\u00A3600,-\n000, and it is the product of three\nyears1! work of skilled artists and\njewel setters. This csrpst wss intended as \u00C2\u00AB cover of Mohammed'*\ncoffin at Mecca, but for some reason\ncould not be sent there. Sines lt\nhas been kept by tho Gaekwar aa a\nmost valued possession and was exhibited by him in the art exhibition\nat Delhi in 1908. Still more cost-\nlyt was one of the Geekwar's diamond necklaces, which Is salhto be\nworth woll .over \u00C2\u00AB2,000,000, and\nwhich, one con easily Imagine, is thsji-,_y\nmost magnificent In the world.\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Ja-i\npan Advertiser,\nTho ofllcials will ho: Referee, T.\nDickson, judges, R. \Y. Iloniiifiold, J.\nWilliams; timekeepers, Ed. W. DuVal,\nJ. D. Pratt, Major Macdonnell ;\nwolghersln, J. D. Ormsby, F. S. Fil-\nmor; announcer, H. R. Hndcock.\n.VETERAN ACCEPT DORANDO'S\nCHAiLLENGE\nNEW YORK, Dec. 2. \u00E2\u0080\u0094Tho latest\ndeft of Dorando, who _cat Johnny\nHayes last Wednesday, that he is\ngame altogether.\nCLAIMS MATSUDA SIDESTEPPED MATCHES\n(Vancouvor World).\nM. Matsuda, the Japanese wrestler,\nwho was meoting ull comers under\n150 poinds at the Grand last week,\nshould havo no difficulty in gotting\non a bunch of matches in tho near\nfuture\u00E2\u0080\u0094if he really wants them. In1\nfact, unless Bomebody is juggling tho\ntruth, he got a littio moro than ho\nwanted last week in response to his\nopen challenge to all comers of his\nweight.\nTwo pronounced claims that Matsuda deliberately sidestepped matches t\noffered him last Saturduy evening\nare made by two wrestlers now in\nVancouver. It will be remembered\nthat Matsuda forfoitcd $25 to Fred\nO'Neil of Detroit last Fridniy evening because tho latter, despite tho\nfact that ho had just got up a couple of days previous out of a sick\nbed, succeeded in staying with tho\nJap phenomenon the full 15 minutes\nwithout a fall. O'Neil claims that\non Saturday evening ho went down\nto tho Grand with the understanding\nthat Matsuda was to tnko him on\nagain on the same terms, but the\n.Tap refused to wrestle him nt all,\nand would only talk of a straight\nmatch for $500 a sldo. No moro\n15 minute handicap bouts for him.\nOn top of this F. P. Smith, a\nwrestler, who claims to weigh only\n131 pounds, wont down to the\nGrand on Saturday evening prepared\nto go on for o l.'i-minuto bout with\nMatsuda and try to duplicate Fred.\nO'Nell's feat of the previous evening. But in his cnso Mntsuda again\nrefused to live up to the terms of\nhis published challenge nnd accused\nSmith of being a \"ringer\" from Seattle looking for easy monoy.-\nMr. Smith hns written Tho World,\nstating the facts of tho case, saying\nho wishes to bo put right with about fifty of his friends who went to\nthe show on Saturday evening with\nthe expectation ot seeing hlm go on\nwith tho Jap mat artist.\nBoth Smith ond O'Neil are now\nlooking for mntrhes with Matsuda.\nTho former would like to havo a\nchance to demonstrate that he oan\nslay with tho Jnp for 15 minutes\nwithout a fall, whilo O'Neil is qulto\nwilling to meet Mntsuda on oven\nterms for, $500 n side if given sufficient timo to train.\nSKUECT\nEAM TO PLAY\nATTLE.\nSE-\nVancouver will be represented by\nnn nll-stnr team in Seal tio oh Sunday next when tho homo tenm will\ntry conclusions with the pick of tho\nVancouver District Football League\nIn a Const League match. The local\ntoam will leave hero on the steamer\nPrincess Victoria on Saturday night\nut 10 o'clock, returning home on the\nPrincess Royal on Monday morning.\nThe tenm selected to represent Vancouver, is as follows :\nGoal\u00E2\u0080\u0094Horn (Celtics).\nBacks \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Gunzeon (Thistles), Saul,\n(Westminster).\nHalf backs\u00E2\u0080\u0094Forrest (Thlstlos), Gra\nham (Shamrocks), McLean, (Thistles)'.\nForwards\u00E2\u0080\u0094 J. A. Jones (Shamrocks), Robertson (Celtics), Vlnor\n(Celtics), Anderson, (Celtics), Wilson, (Thistles).\nReserve\u00E2\u0080\u0094Knowlos (Shamrocks).\nJack Ellis wlll have churge ofthe'\nteam, whilo Con Jones, Billy Scott, |\nWill Ellis and a few mere sapport-\ntSask-alta\nRange ^\nHow a Sask-alta\nthermometet\nearns its money.\nBy indicating when oven is ready for\nbaking. By cutting out the \"peeping\"\ninto ovea By showing on its face what\nis going on in the oven. By saving\n\"door-opening\" heat. By substituting\ncertainty for chance\nin baking results.\n\"Sask-alta\" range\nthermometer was\ntested for six months\nbefore one range was\nsold. \"Sask-alta\"\nthermometer is to\nthe housewife what\nthe compass is to the\nship captain.\nM_Clarys\nLenden Toronto, Montreal.Wlnnlpel, Vancouver, *t John, Hamilton, Caltary\nLOCAL GENTS\nLadysmith Hardware Co,\nNEW YORK, Dec. 1.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Five hun- zealous patrol. With this exception\ndred members of the St. Andrew's the night passed qulstly and thero\nSociety sat down last night at the was nothing to intimate to the au-\n152nd banquet of the socioty at the thurities that the citizens were pro-\nWaldorf and applauded Andrew Carnegie and a number of other distinguished guests as they extolled the\nland of thistlo and the many virtues of its sons aid daughters.\nMr. Carneglo re onded to Uie\nsoast, \"Tho Land of Cakos\" and did\nSo in unusually fel.-itous terms. Tho\nalliance of Scots to tho mother country, oven when loyal citizens ol another country, Mr. Carnegie found\nreadily explainable. \"There Is nothing inconsistent,\" ho said, \"in the\nlove of the Scot for the adopted\ncountry. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Tho first is tho mother,\ntho socond is tho wife. May any\nSon of Scotland perish who forgets\nhls dovotlon to either.\"\nwilling to meet any man ln tho crs will go along to boost for the\nworld at any distance from 25 miles local toam. \u00E2\u0080\u0094Vancouver Nows-Adver-\nupward, has brought a swift chal- tiser.\nTOUR THE WORLD\nIN AN 'AUTOMOBILE.\nTHREE THOUSAND YEARS.\nNEW YORK, Nov. 28,-Probebly\nthe most extensive automobile trip\ne\er undertaken ls that planned by\nMr. and Mrs. II. A. Hoover, who\nsailed od the Str. Republic today\nfor Algiers. The home of the Hoovers ls near Loo Angeles, Cal., and\nIn completing the trip by auto from\nthat city to Sev York the couple\nhave already -Dished the flrat lap of\ntheir ambitious Journey. When they\nland at San Francisco, as thsy plan\nto do in the winter of 1813, they\nexpect to have covered mora than 75-\n000 mltea.\nMr. and Mrs. Hoover will spend\nthe winter touring Algiers and Egypt, with as far-reaching excursion*\nInto the Sahara desert as may prove\npracticable. Early Id the spring\ntheir car will be ferried over to\nItaly, aod for the three successive\nyoars tours will be made across every country Id Europe at least on*\nThey oven hops to penetrate\nwestern Siberia. In ths winter of\n1911 they expect to turn eoutti Into.\nTurkey aad from there into Palestine and bade to th* coait.\nOn the homeward voyage stop* will.\nb* mad* In India, China, Japan, the\nPhilippines, Australia, Now Zealand\nand Hawaii, and In ovary country tf\nthe trip In about four years.\nTlio trip is not being taken a* an\nendurance test, and it is not their\nintention to try and break any records. Hr. Hoover, who hss spent\nthe greater part of his life ln perfecting systems of irrigation in ths\nwest, was ln poor health last winter and ho has undertaken tha trip\naround tho world with the outMoor\nlife which it offers, as a means ot\ngotting well. The start from southern California was made early last\nApril. Their routs to New York\nwa* by way of San Francisco, Portland, Spokane, Omaha and Chicngo,\ne\nJUBILEE BESTOWS TITLES AND\nDEATH\nVIENNA, Dec. 2.\u00E2\u0080\u0094In honor of .Em-\njieror Francis Joseph's diamond Jubilee, the oity was 'illuminated 'last\nnight on a. scale.of unprecedented\nbrilliance. The cathedral' and all\nthe public buildings wars outlined in\nelectricity. In the windows ot the\nprivate residences were lighted candles. The pressure ol the enormous\ncrowds in the streets caused several\nsorlous accidents. Four persons\nwere killed and f u ty seriously Injured and more bi.au one hundred In\njured slightly. lAt one timo a panic\n\"I think trom th* utensil* about be mad* In India, China, Japan, the ensued directly In front of ths Hof-\nh m that thl* mummy must hav* Philippines, Australia, N*w Zealand burg, the residence of the Austrian\nbssn an Egyptian plumber.\" and Hawaii, and In ovary country ail PriDces, where the crowd converged\n\"It would ' be Interesting to bring j much motoring will be don* as th* I'rom three directions. Hundred*\nhim to. _f*.\" J circumstances permit. Sailing from 'were trampled to the ground among\n\"Bat too r_*y. Who'* going to Hawaii to Sin Francisco in ths win- them being parliamentary; deputy\npay him for hi* timet\" . ' ter of 101- thty will have completed Hols and a woman, both of whom Ington'* original hsadauarters.\"\nAi. ...I, - ' i.'. _ . __ \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 .u\ a Ja\nwere crushed to death.\nThe emperor was deeply affected by\nthe unfortunate result of tho day's\nrejoicing. The authorities took all\npossiblo precautions, such as entirely stopping vehicle traffic after sunset, but were qulto unable to copo\nwith the enormous crowds. It is estimated that there wore fully 1,500-\n000 pcoplo in the streets.\nit ls bolioved in addition to the\nofllciul list of killed and injured,\nmany others were hurt, but were\nable to roach their own homes.\nIlluminations and festivities were\ngeneral throughout the provinces.\nTomorrow's Gazette will namo threo\nor four hundred people in all classes\nwho will receive titles, decorations\nand promotions In honor of the Jubilee. The emperor announces a partial amnesty and ha* conferred high\ndecorations on Baron Von Aehren-\nthal, tho foreign minister, and the\nAustro-Bungary ambs**ndors a-\nbroad,\n \u00E2\u0099\u00A6 \t\nparing to take possession ot tbe city\ngt daybreak. The movement was\ndirected by Gen. Canal, a member\nof the senate.\nIt is a remarkable fact that not a\nshot was fired. Tho soldiers of\nNord Alexis say that tho rebels had\nthe upper hand and they quickly let\nit be seen that thoy had no intention of starting a fight that woukl\nhave resulted in much bloodshed. Tho\npresence of thc American cruisers,\nDesmoines and Tacoma, and tho\nFrench cruiser Duguay Trouin, undoubtedly had a restraining influence.\nThe citizens nre in possession of\nthe central police station and all the\nother polico outposts, the arsenal,\nand the port. These bodies of men\nare well armed and well supplied\nwith ammunition. The fact that\nthey are prepared shows the thoroughness with which tho movement\nwas organized.\nAs soon as the success of the movement wns established, a number of\nprominent citizens held a meeting\nnnd formed a commission of public\nsympathy and the maintenance of\norder in Port au Prince which Is now\nin the hands of this body.\nGeneral I.egitlmo, president of tho\nprovisional government, was at one\ntime president of the republic. The\nfact that Nord Alexis' ministers deserted him at the last moment did\nnot come as a complete surprise.\nCoicou ls tho man who causod the\nassassination of his own brother and\ntwo cousins last May for complicity\nln tho iincuci-essful revolutionary\nmovement thot broke out at that\ntime nnd llyneiiitho is the ofllciul\nwho presided at the wholesale execution that followed the suppression of\nthis outbreak. He has takon refuge in the German legation. Gen.\nLeconte and M. I.ufentunt one of the.\npersonal advisors of Nord Alexis,\ntook roluge In the French legation\nlast night. Gen. Mnrcolln, minister\nof finance and commerce also Is a\nrefugee. No change in the position\noccuplo-1 by tho rebels has'been ro-\n, portotl since Inst evening. They wero\nThe next biennial session ol the\ngrand division of the Order of Railway Conductors of America will be\nheld In Ronton in May of noxt year.\n :\u00E2\u0080\u00944\t\nPEOPLE OF HAYTI DRiPOSE\nNORD ALEXIS.\nPORT AU PRINCE, Dec. 2.-The\npeople of Port au Prince have revolted against tho government. Thoy\naro now in possession of the city.\nThere has been no lighting with tho\ngovernment troops. A provisional\ngovernment has been established and\nCon. Ligitlme hos accepted the presidency of the new administration.\nThe events of tho morning came\nboforo thoy were expected, uneasiness\nwas noted throughout the night on\nthe part of the peoplo, but it woe\nnot thought that the outbreak would\noccur so soon, nor that tne movement would lie successful without the\nshedding of a drop of blood. The\ndeposed president, Nord Alexis, Ib\nstill at the palace. The mombors of\nthe diplomatic corps were in confer-\nonce at nine o'clock for tbo purposo\naf taking measures to facilitate the\ndeparture of Nord Alexis.\nThe coup Iwb lieon remarkably successful. All tho remaining minis-\ntors, together with the military ofllcials under Nord Alexis havo taken\nrefuge ,\u00E2\u0080\u009E the various foreign awetfif^^^;^'^^\nIdnns. TlK'SO are tho snmo men\nwho nino months ago woro protest-\nau Prince,\nthe present\ning vociferously against tho grantimr . ____\u00C2\u00AB\n... ..--.. -, . . hero any moment,\nof tho right of roluge to unsuccess- 7 I'M il u ,\nGen. Simon,\nmovement,\nleader of\nis expected\nHISTORICAt BBLIC.\nThe visitor* in the historical museum gazed curiously at a small\nfeather pillow which nostled in a\n\"I don't ss* anything unusual a-\nbout that' pillow,\" rsmarksd on* ot\nthe visitors, turning to th* guide.\n\"It's a very valuable pillow,\" replied the guide. '\"That WM Wash-\nful revolutionists by tho foreign diplomatic and consular representatives.\nToday they aro only too happy to\nseek tho protection of a foreign flag\ntoescope the fury ot the people.\nTho only man who remained loyal\nto Nord Alexis Is General Camilla\nGabriel, his nephew, who for the last\nsix wools has directed the policy of\nthe Alexis administration. Gabriel\nis at the palace with Alexis.\nThe movement has beon well organized. The final prep-rations\nwere completed last evening and tn\nthe eorly hours of the morning bands\nof citizens organized and armed,\nmoved nulotly about the town and\ntook possession of various points of\nvantage. At eight o'clock last ovonlng thoro was an outbreak of rifle\nflre ln the suburbs, and It was\nthought that the conspiracy hod boen,\ndiscovered nnd that fighting had begun. Tills wns a false alarm. Excitement reigned for a while, but it\nsubsided ns soon as It was loarnod\nthat the firing came from an ovsr-\nmm fflf'iTj\nNO HONING-NO GRINDING\nSled Is Iron free from dirt, air\nor foreign substance fused with\ncarbon. , Carbon gives toughness\nslcngth, kecness and life, < k\nThirty year's study of the razor\nsituation has shown a way tof^-\nadd the highest per cent of\ncarton to a Carbo Magnetic\nrazor blade throua a secret\n. fprocessof ELECTRIC TEMPED.\n\" KING giving its uniform dla-\ns Smond like hardness-some\nthing absolutely Impossible\nwith flre tempered - razors.\nand they are Hamburg ground.\nBut Test this IINCONDITION-\"]\nMLY GUARANTEED razor atl\nItome-or havc your bsrber use 1\nII on you-for thirty days WITH-1\nOUT OBLIGATION TO . _J\nPURCHASE.\nBOLE AGENTS!\nLadysmith Hardware Co. 1 l-LKUK Art! IN \u00C2\u00A7 W b UMWti\nWorld in General\n->\u00E2\u0099\u00A6-\nPhiladelphia, Deo. S.-Th* federal TUBE-CPU\ncouncil of the church of Christina\nwas formally opened at the Academy surface\nof Music here tonight with iropres- board\nslve ceremonies. More than 400\ndelegates, representing 82 religions\ndenominations and eighteen million\ncomjounlcants in th* Protestant\nchurches were present. The proceedings were opened by Wm. H.\nKoberts, prominent in the inter-\nchurch conference of 1905,\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\nREACTIONIST SHOT.\nISIS IS ON TH'K RUN'\nConstantinople, Dec. 8.\u00E2\u0080\u0094 General\nIsmaal Mahir Pasha, a former aide\nde camp of the Sultan, who investigated the revolutionary movement ln\nthe army last Hay, and who waa\nconsidered to have been a spy of\nthe old regime, was assassinated last\nnight In the Stamboul quarter ot the\ncity. He was approached by an officer of the army who flrod flve revolver shots at his victim. The ns-\nrassin escaped.\n \u00E2\u0099\u00A6-\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nPINE BLUFF IN DANGER.\nPine Bl\"ff, Ark., Dec. 8.\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Efforts\nto divert the current of the Arkansas river from the gradually erumb-\nlng banks whieh border the business section of this city by dynamiting ths levee on the opposite shore,\nhave besn successful, and lt la now\nbelieved that danger of serious pro-\nparty loss as threatened has passsd.\nNEW YORK, Bee. l.-Competing in\nand sub-way ear and bill\npublicity, witli tiutus and\nbreakfast foods, the Chari ty Organization Society began yesterday its\ncampaign of education, in curing nnd\npreventing tuberculosis, which centralized tonight in ;' '-mammoth exhibition at the Miisoum of Natural\nHistory, formally opened by Mayor\nMc-Clollan.\nMoro than 5,000 peojile visited the\nvarious departments of thc exhibi'\ntiou yesterday, ond ollleinls estimate\nthat sevoral hundred thousand will\nI have availed themselves of the oppor\ntunlty before January 15, when it\nHEAVY LOSS OF\nLIFE IN A TYPHOON\nToklo, Dec. 8.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Thirty-five Japanese Ashing boats were sunk\noff Hatsu ialand in Kawatau\nbay by a typhoon. It ia reported that 350 flehermen lost\ntheir lives.\nEDMONTON, Alta., Dec. 2.... Thos\nOliver, of Strathcona. was brought\nup in tho Mounted Polico Barracks,\ncharged with the -' Thomas\nBurns on Oct. Oth. Oliver is nn\nold British soldier, 70 years old.\nTho strongest ovidenco brought out\nyet Is that Oliver was seen in\nBurns' shack on Saturday, previous\nto tho Monday night of tho murder,\nand that whon nr\u00C2\u00BB' \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0I days\nlater, blood spots wero. found on his\nclothes.\nAmong the special features\naro lecturing with a .phonograph, rehearsing lessons on euro and prevention.\nI I I' I : I\nCOUNT CASTELLANE SUES THE\nPRINCESS de SAGAN\nPARIS, Dec. 2.\u00E2\u0080\u0094 The suit brought\nby Count Boni de Castellane against\nthe Princess de Sagan, hla former\nwife, formerly Miss Anna Gould, for\nthe custody of his three children was\ncontinued today. In tho hearing\nlast night counsel for tho count declared that the moral atmosphere of\nthe Sagan household was harmful to\nthe children, and therefore they\nshould be pi -ed in the custody of\nthe MarqMis do Castellane. the mother of the count.\nThe court room today was more\ncrowded than last week. M. Cle-\nmenaceau, In presenting the Prln\ncess' side of the case, emphasized the\nfact that the courts of France always had decided that a second mar\nrlngc did not nffect the rights of parents with regard to their children,\neven in cases whore lhe second mar-\nrlego with the alleged accomplice in\nadultery.\nPOUT AU PIUNCE, Dec. 3.-8 a.\n[.\u00E2\u0080\u0094 The stirring events of a his-\nsorical day which saw President\nNord Alexis driven from his capilol\nwith aji infuriated mob at his heels,\nwere followed by a night of looting\nand pillage. Tlie passions of the\npopulace bad been aroused and after\nbeing dofoatod in their endeavors to\ndo bodily harm to Nord Alexis they\nturnod their attention to well-stocked stores, houses and residences of\ntlie supporters uf the late president.\nThey wore rapidly getting out uf\nhand when the authorities suceeoded\nin controlling thc situation. Twelve\nmen were killed before order was restored.\nThe trouble began shortly after the\npresident hail beo't escorted to tho\nFrench cruiser Duguay Trouin by dutl\nM. Carteron, the French minister. ]\nPeople from the Belalre ond Salinas sections of the city Invaded the\nas-.trs. union ana the request of the gov-\n. ernor of Minnesota wus honored.\nWINNIPEG, Dec. 3.-Several im- The chnrgo upon which Sherclifle is\nportaiiL changes In the ofllcials of about to be tried is based upou the\nthe operating department of the C. confession of Owen Ball, now serving\nI'.R. nro being made, following thoso a sentence at Stillwater, who stat-\nthivt becamo effective on Dec. 1st. eil that Sherclifle had been his part-\nThree additional appointments wore ner In committing the robbery on\nannounced which affect the main lino the Northern Pacific train n April,\nofllcials. .1. Uron, nt present chief It is charged thnt Sherclifle and Ball\ndespntcher of tho second district, hourded the train at Minneapolis,\nC'onlr.il Division, with headquarters and after the train had covered a\nat Winnipeg', will bo promoted to the few miles, entered the Pullman sleep-\npnsiliou of superintendent at Bran- er and held up the occupants. Ball\ndon. T. R. Flett, at present superintendent nt Brandon, will be transferred to the position uf superintendent nt Saskatoon. C. D. Maharg,\nwas arrested in Marshalltown, la.,\ncharged with the hold-up. He confessed and implicated Sherclifle.\nIn Colorado Sherclifle ls wanted on\nsuperintendent nt Saskatoon, will the charge of having murdered and\nhe transferred to the position of su- robbed John Walsh, a Baloonkeeper\nperintendent nt Medicine Hat, vice in Lendville. He was arrested in\nJ. S. Lawrence, assigned to other\nSill FRED. BORDEN ANU LONDON TIMES.\nbusiness quarter and lost no timo in \t\nstarting the work of pillage and; LONDON, Dec. 3.-In a sjieech ab\nrobbery. They divided into bands i'he Canadian Club banquet to Hon.\nand worked their, way down ono Lemieux last night Sir Frod. K. Bor-\nstro'et nnd up another, breaking into'den criticized humorously articles in\nstores that offered the best chances the London Times of yesterday by a\nof loot. The locks of doors that bar-1 gentleman who had spent a month\nred their progress were blown out 11\" the Dominion.\nPARIS SCANDAL ENCLOSURES.\nLABOR NOTES.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u0094 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nPARIS, Bae. 2.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The examination\nof Mme. Stelnell, which dealt chiefly\nwith the married life of the Steinheil* elicited the Important fact that\nthe artist and hi* wife were always\nln financial straits, despite the present* which Steinheil received trom\nhis numerous admirers. She admitted that relations between her husband and herself were strained almost from ths flrst. It is learned\nthat the glasses which wcre given to\nthe chemist for analysis wcre not\nthose used by Mme. Steinheil and\nMme. Japy on the night of the murder. These were bro' en by a clumsy policemen.\n*\nSANITARY\nOFFICIALS\nBUSY.\nOET\nALBANY, N.Y., Dec. 2. \u00E2\u0080\u0094 An Increase ln sanitary retorm wns pointed out by Dr, Eugene IT. Porter, the\nState Commissioner of Health, at\nto-night's session of tho Eighth Annual Conference of Sanitary Officers\nof the State, which opened a three\nday's session hero todny.\n'Commissioner Porter presented figures, speaking on the death rate in\nthe state from tuberculosis, typhoid\nfover and other preventative diseases,\nand explained the functions of a\nStato Health Department and Public Health administration.\nAMERICA-JAPAN TREATY APPROVED.\nTOKIO, Dec. 2.-Tho text of the\ndiplomatic notes signed and exchanged at Washington on Monday\nby Secretary of State Root and Ambassador Takahira, setting forth\ntho articles ln the now American-Japanese agreement relative to the policy of the two governments in the\nfar east, was published here this\nmorning. It was warmly welcomed\non all sides.\n 4\t\nENGINEERS KICK FOR A RAISE.\nPITTSBURG, Dec. 2,-Whilc It is\nnot believed the trouble between the\nBrotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Pennsylvania railroad\nwill result in a strike on the lines\nwest of Pittsburg, it s apparent\ntbat relations are seriously strained.\nGeneral Manager W. W. Atterbury, of\ntho Pennsylvania road, arrived here\ntoduy from the east but refused to\nbe interviewed. The men assert\nthat their general board has not\nbeon given proper recognition in\neffort to settle the grievances while\nthe company maintains tho difference\ns entirely over a matter of discipline.\nSevoral days ago a strike _ vote\nwas taken but beforo the result was\nannounced It wna derided to submit\nthe case to the board of mediation,\nwhich will hold a number of conferences during the week in Washington.\nwith rifle bullets. The pillage was\nwell under way by eight o'clock and\nat ten o'clock eleven stores had beon\ncompletely looted. Nino of the establishments belong to Syrians while\nHnytians owned the other two. The\nproprietors stood by helplessly witnessing the destruction of tholr property.\nAt midnight the city was comparatively quiet although the night was\npunctuated by occasional rifle firing\nuntil sunrise. Had the disorders\nbroken out in the day time it is\nprobable that armed forces from tho\nAmerican and French cruisers would\nhave been landed, as it was no foreign sailors were Bent ashore.\nGen. Poideven has been greatly\ncommended for his firm stand which\nundoubtedly saved the city from a\ngeneral outbreak of pillage and incendiarism. Should a serious situation again arise, however, the com\nmitteo of safety promises to ask the\nforeign cruisers to send landing par-\ntics ashore. Tho British cruiser\nScylla and tho American gunboat\nEagle came into port at daybreak\ntrday. Tholr arrrVal gives Port an\nPrince tho protection of flve forelra\nwnrshlps.\nRAID ON LAIR OF SAFE-CRACKERS.\nWINNIPEG, Dec. 8.- A apodal\nIrom Minneapolis says: Nine men\nsupposed to be members ot a gang\nof i 'jfessional safe crackers, wanted\nin various towns of the northwest\nnnd points In Canada, were captured\nhere in a raid on rooms on Eastman avenue, Nlcolet Island, by Pin\nkerton detective, Ole Ringdahl, nt\nSt, Paul and four Mill City olllcers.\nA complete outfit of explosives and\nvarious accessories commonly used\nby safe crackers was confiscated. The\ncatch is considered by tha police of\ntho twin cities to be most Important. Tho men under errest give\ngive their nemos, 0. E. Howard, T.\nBurner, Edward Leburn, Harry Dean,\nW. J. Stole, Jossph Brown, Michael\nBrrmlnghim, John Baker and Gustaf\nPeterson.\n \u00C2\u00BB\t\nNO LICENCE WINS OUT IN MASSACHUSETTS\nBOSTON, Mass., Dec. 2.-Tho\nchampions of no-license succeeded In\nInducing New Bedford and Marlboro\nto vote today in fgvor of closing saloons. Northampton end Flnlaburg\nvoted to contlnus the sale of liquor\nIn the municipal elections today ln\nseven cities ol tho state. Walthain\nand Qulncy, strong no-license con\ntre*, repeated last year's verdict today. PHttafleld again voted for II\ncenses.\nSAFE CRACKERS MAKE A RICH\nHAIL\nPEFPERELL, Muss., Dec. 2.\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nFourteen thousand dollars in cash\nwere secured by burglars who early\ntoday blew open the vault of the\nFirst National bank hero. Tbo thoroughness and skill with which the\nwork wus performed hos convinced\nthe police that the burglars were pro\nfcssionnls.\nThreo mon wore in tho party and\nt i uh tbey were seen entering an\nautomobile, all trace of them wae\nsoon loat. The bank vault wus\nblown open about two o'clock at\nwhich time the last ol threo explosions was hoard by Earnest Tarbell,\nwho was sle'-ing noxt door. Tar-\niicll armed himself with a revolver,\nand started to investigate, only to\nfind the door of his own house barred outside. He succeeded in break\ning open his door and reached the\nhank Just a* tha robbers were leaving in nn automobile. Alter shouting an ahum Tarbell fired several\nrhota at the burglars, tr t there ls\nno indication that any of them took\neflect.\nA quantity of bills and silver were\nscattered about the vault, which\ngay* evidence of hurry with which\nthe burglars secured the booty. A\nlarge quantity of gold stored in one\nof the Interior recesses ol tho safe\nwus untouched, save for a alngle $10\ncoin which was missing.\nBefore beginning their work on the\nbank vault the burglars took ths pre\ncaution of barring street doors of\nall ths buildings In the vicinity. The\nfirst two explosions were so effectively muffled that tho nolae wna heard\nonly a ahort distance from the bank\n''tit apparently ths burglars became\nexcited, and In preparing for tho\nthird explosion, neglected to t ke\nprecautions,'\nFOSTER SMOOTH FAKIR OF\nNEW YORK.\nNEW YORK, Dec. 3.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Adventurer*\nand adventuresses by thousands make\nmore than comfortable living by\nsponging on credulous capitalists,\nand only once in a great while is\ntheir rascality exposed. As a rule\nthe \"stung\" millionaires are only\ntoo anxious to hush up the fact that\nthoy were taken In by a smooth fakir and the latter escapes his deserved punishment. Cases liko those of\nMrs. Chadwick, or more recently of\nWilliam A. Foster and J. M. Meyers,\naro by no means of raro occurrence.\nFoster has lived by his wits for\nmore thun nine years, has swindled\nmore than \u00C2\u00A7100,000 out of capitalists in New York and olsowhoro and,\nwith his family has lived liko o\nprinco in the \"royal suite\" of the\nHotel Clarendon, without paying a\nsingle cent. Now that Foster is in\ninil, charged with vagrancy and\nswindling, hie wife and flvo children\nare taken care of by the proprietor\nof the Clarendon Hotel. It is a remarkable fact that Foster obtained\nhis funds from minor capitalists only. John IJ. Rockefeller, Andrew\nCarnegie and other men of that typo\nwere not so easy marks for the persuasive swindler.\nJ. Montelioro Meyers, who wus attested on tho churge of swindling the\nother day, seems to be another genius like Foster. His smoothness\nand persuusi.euess may be gauged\n,y the fuct thut ho succeeded in fooling even an experienced businessman\nnd student uf humanity life David\nBolusco. So firmly convinced was\nMr. Bolnsco of tlio veracity and reliability of the insinuating Australian, thut bo ullowod himself to i,o\ncapthalod by thu swindler's stupen-\nynivs ul,,,ut the hundreds of\nmillions of capital which lie represented, or rather, protended to\npresent. He went so far even as to\nbecoino Meyers' sponsor and Introduced him publicly as a mon ot fabulous wealth, who had promised to\ngive financial backing to Mr. Bclas-\nco's plans for building severul new\ntheatres.\n>\t\nDRINKING BOUT ENDS IN A\n\ BRAWL.\nKENORA, Out., Dec. 3.-Four mon\nwore wounded last night ln a shooting affair wlllch took placo at Dry-\nden, Ont. A party of men were\ndrinking in a house on tho outskirts of tlio town whon ono of \u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0096\u00A0ho\nparty, Joseph Mlllray, suddenly\nnn automatic revolver. Four shots\nJumped up and fired live shots Irom\nan automatic revolver. Four shots\ntook oflect. The wounded oro Richard Donna, ot London, Eng., shot In\nthe abdomen, who wlll die; Daniel\nFay, shot In the nock and right sldo;\nA. Stanton, shot ln the knee, and\nWm. Shnrpe, shot In tha thigh.\nMlllray was arrested and brought\nto Kenora\nday.\nHo declared there war no fear that\nCanada would stop aside from hor\npresent path for trade (Hear, hear!)\n\"We claim the right to dictate and\ncontrol our own trade policy. We\nconcede to statesmen of the mother\ncountry the samo right. We did\nnot give preference for the purpose\nof making a bargain tcheers). Thc\nUnited States' action in erecting i\nhigh barrier against Canada for at\nobject he wouldn't define further\nhad only forced Canada to become\ntier greatest competitor on the markets of the world. Canada had defied her neighbor and hud conquered.\n(Loud cheers). Canada's heart was\nwith the mother country, and Canada knew if the United States lowered the barrier it would be only for\nher own convenience. (Hoar, hear,\nand laughter).\"\nGoing on to the question of imperial defence, Borden asked if Canada was nut doing her duty by the\nbuilding up of material for an army,\nwhile the mother country did what\n-bo was much mure fitted to do,\nnamely, maintaining a navy equal\nto two powers plus ten per ceut.7\nHon. Mr. Lemieux, on rising, said\nhappily many 'things which people\ndid not oven suspect, camo under tho\nobservntiou of travellers. In tho\ncourse of his errands abroad he made\na real discovery that England is\nmuch utilised and atrociously libelled\nby Englishmen themsehes. As a\nmatter of fact England is not only\nu land where, girt with frionds or\nfucs, man may speak the thing lie\nwill, it is also a homo of kindness\nnnd refinement, but he confessed ono\nmust come here to make that discovery, for most of the people of\nEngland nre still, ns tho witty\nFrench writer jittts it, \"luxile In-\nconnue.\"\nLomioiix next referred to intellectual preference and predicted that\ntlie volume of British periodicals\nroad in Canada, would in the near\nfuture reach far greater proportions,\nand he laid down as u goneral proposition that a true spirit of inn-\npciiul unity could only be developed\nby I hem knowing more of one another.\n\"Lot us,\" he continued, \"correspond fearlessly. We must in fields\nof science, specul t n 'nml literature, communion'- '.'rl 'i \"tier.\nIntellectual prefei ,-iue cui.ceived In\nthat spirit. We must visit each other's shores, so as to better understand and grasp possibilities of the\nBritish Empire. Let us have an all-\nred route. Wo must have cheap\ncommunications, so as to nnnihlate\nspace and time. I_t us have an nil\nred cable (applause). We must trade\nwtlth each other. Wo In Canada\nhavo given' you n preference that\nwns a free gift, that policy had\nbenefitted thc Canadian consumer, It\nencouraged trade with Canada's best\ncustomer nnd money lender, nnd It\noffered an inspiring example to the\nrest.ot the empire.\"\nLansing, Mich., when he tried to\ndisjiose of some stolen gems in May\nof last year. He wns taken to Colorado, tried and convicted of murder and sentenced to twenty-five\nyears in the penitentiary. On tho\nway lo the penitentiary nt Canyon\nCity Sherclifle oscaped from the\nsheriff and was not heard from until he was arrested at Knoxville. The\nColorado authorities are awaiting\ntho outcome of the impending trial\nwith great interest, as it ls understood that Shercliflb w 11 bo Immediately extradited to the Colorado\nauthorities, ln case he should be\nacquitted of tho charge in connection with tho Northern Pacific train\nrobbery.\nAfter the Northern Pacific train\nrobbery in April Shercllffe wns traced through several states of the middle west, but he managed to elude\nthe police authorities, until ho was\nlocated In Knoxville, Tenn. When\ntho officers tried to arrest him,\nSherclifle drew a revolver and shot\nat them. He was finally overpowered and great care was taken to pro-\nvent- his escape. At first he fought\nhis extradition, but submitted when\nhe found he waa to bo extradited to\nMinnesota and not to Colorado.\nCOMMISSIONERS. WILL 1NVEST1-\ntlA'Pl'',.\nOTTAWA, Deo. 2,-The Board ol\nRailway Commissions\u00E2\u0084\u00A2 will maks a\nmid-winter trio to the Pacific coast\nlo doal with matters in dispute at\nvarious western points. Announcement to this effect was mnde yesterday by Chairman Mabec, in application of Vancouver, Victoria and the\nEastern Railway and Navigation\nCompany, for author ty to take additional lands for diversion of their\nroad In the municipality of Delta, in\nNew Westminster district.\nMYSTERY CLOUDS DEATH OF\nBIGGY.\nSAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2.\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Ths\nbody of Chief of Police Biggy, who\nwas drowned in the bay on Monday,\nbus not been recovered, although the\npolice, aided by a number of launch-\nis, and assisted by the marines and\nsoldiers on Alcrata and Angel islands, have-maintained without interruption the search instituted imuied alely after the chief's dusappear-\nituce. Because of complex currents,\naud tlie action of the tide, it is\nilitlicult to calculate Just where the\nbody may have found lodging, and\nit may bo severul daya before it is\nrcSovered.\nThat Chiof Biggy oflered his resignation to Police Commissioner H.\nD. Keil, an hour before his death,\nand during the period of his visit to\nUccommissioner'e home at Bclvidere\nbecame known today, Keil admits\nthat the missing official offered to\nsurrender his position In the hope\nthat the commissioners would be relieved of newspaper criticism to\nwhich Biggy felt they had beon subjected on his account, but according\nto his own declaration, they refused\nto accept or consider the proposal,\nand advised tho chief that the members of the board would not entertain the idea of his resignation under flre.\nln hls official statement Issued after the commissioners had met in\nexecutive session Keil mode no mention of this fuct, and several times\nIntimated that his final conversation\nwith Biggy included no statement\nthat would tend to clear up thc mystery of his death. The fact that\nBiggy had Insisted upon presentation\nof hls resignntlnn at the next meeting of the board became known from\nwritten statement directed to\nMayor Taylor.\nw\u00C2\u00BBin in in hi in in in in in hi IllIIiyilJllMIIIll 111 111 Ml II! Hi III1II Hi*\n7 JOHN W. COBURN. oeo. n PICKARD. -\n^_ President and Managing Director. R\u00E2\u0080\u009Ei-r,.fnry-Treasurer. -\n THE \u00E2\u0080\u0094 _\n1 LADYSMITH LUMBER CO. 1\nMMITBE 13\nMANUFACTURERS OF AIX KINDS OF =8\n1 ROUGH AND DRESSED FIR LUMBER I\nRED CEDAR SHINGLES and LATH\n3\n3\nH LADYSMITH, BRITISH COLUMBIA %\nE.&N.Ry.Co.\n]__B TABLE NO. 4.\nTrains leave Ladysmith\nDaily at 0 a. in.\nWednesdny, Saturday and Sum' ty.\nat 9:00, and 15:58.\nFor Victoria.\nTrains tyrive at Ladysmith\nDaily at 11:57.\nWedaesday, Saturday and Sund.iy\nAt 11:57 and 17:55\nFrom Victoria.\nD. L Chetham\nDistrict Passeuger Agent.\n1102 Government St. ' Victoria\nI ONLY WHITE\nLABOR EMPLOYED\nAT J HE\nJONES\nHOTEL\n\u00C2\u00ABo\u00C2\u00ABct&.ooa'r-oo.ooo.ooo.aooj>5\nP.O. Box 54 'Phone 44\nLADYSMITH MARKET\nE. PANNELL\nDealer In All Kinds of\nMEATS and VEGETABLES\nUeata Delivered free ol charge on tht\nShortest Notice.\nLADYSMITH, .BRITISH COLUMBIA\na.;\nj. m. moSGArH\nTeacher ol Voice Production and\nSinging.\nIN TOWN EVERY FRIDAY.\nEngagements may be left at the\nStandard Office.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2It\nGRAND HOTEL\nCONVENIENT\nCOMFORTABLE.\nExcellent Boarding\nHEPPLE & bMITH,\nProorletors.\nDRINK\nU.B.L\nAND BOHEMIAN\nBEER\nUnion Brewing Co.\nLimited.\nNANAIMO, B.C.\nTHR OITY MARKET\nME.\nWILLIAMSON, PROP.\nV. nOI.KfAl_ AM) KtiTAll,\n'.Mtntl VEGETABLES\nLuoyMiiitll. D. 0.\n11 WRIGHT\nHotel Cecil\nEVERYTHING FIRST CLASS\nBest Liquors and Cigars.\nHILL & SANDEKSON\nPROPRIETORS\nFull Stock of Mlnsrs' Tools.\nShip Rspairing Work\nA Specialty\nAll kinds o.' Blacksmlthlng\nDona at Short Notice.\nSHEROtitFFE, NOTED DESPERADO ON TRIAL.\nMINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Dee. 8. -\nThe oillciais of tlie Hennepin county\nJail are keeping close watch on\nFrank Shercllffe, the noted desperado, who is about to be tried on the\nchargo of having been Implicated In\nthe robbing of a Northern Pacific\ntrnli'at Nerthtown Junction, on\nApril 10 of this year. Shoreline\nwho Is a man of many aliases, and\nhas a long record of crimes In all\nparts of tlio country, was located\nand arrested at Knoxville, Tenn.,\nHo will be tried Satur- short time ago. The authorities ol\nCororado and of Minnesota made\nSONG OF THE PLUMBER.\nHoigho for tho chilling winds thnt\nblow! heigho for the frosty\nnights!\nHeigho for tho weathor \"two below\nand the wiud that nips and\nbltesl\nHeigho for tho dnys I'll shortly know\nwhen tho plumber gets his\nrights I\nThen hero's to the plumber,\nCome drink a drop;\nAnd here's to thc tools\nI leave at the shop;\nAnd here's to the pipes\nThat burst for me,\nAnd the lime when thu plumber\nWill happy bo.\nHeigho for tho hurry calls I'll get!\nheigho for the task that's mino.\nHeight for the bathroom soaking\nwot, a plight that I count de-\nvino!\nHeigho for the tools thnt I'll forgot!\nhoigho for the busy sign!\nThen horo's to the pliimbor,\nThe plumber bold;\nHere's to his solder,\nAnd here's to his gold.\nAnd horo's to tho pipes\nThat will burst some day;\nHeigho for the plumber,\nThat all m\u00C2\u00ABBt pay.\nPORTLAND\nHOTEL\nGOOD BOARDING.\nBILLIARDS and rOOL.\nBarclay & Conlin,\nProprietors\nW. E. AINSLEY\nTRANCE MEDIUM and DIVINE\nMAGNETIC HEALER\n1\n\\nr\n\\nCHOICE CAKE\nand Pastry\nAlways Fresh on Hand.\nWedding and Party Cakes Mad, to\nOrdor.\nFruits and Candies of All Kin* i\nFRESH BREAD EVERY DAY.\nPrioes are very reasonable All\nCustomers treated alike.\nOn the Esplanade.\nLaiiysinltli, B. 0.\nPrankfoi t Sausage, Head\nCheese, Pickled Tripe\nHam Sausage\nLiver Sausage, Blood Pudding\nBrown Bologna, Corn Beef,\nWill be In Ladysmith every Wednesday at the Abbotsford Hotel, Room\n*%. Headings and treatments will be\ngiven. Best of references given as i I*ickled Poi'k Hil_lS lllld BaCOU\nto wort don. 1. Nanaimo. I ^ ^ ^j ^ -^\nI I'iANO TUN-2H\n*e Cigar is class all over and\nback, and he plnvs with a great right'through. It is the best smoke\nIn town, Is made In town and biu\nfirst call In town. XX\ndash and terrifying\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\nMrs. W. R. Smith took the train\nfor Seattle yesterday morning.\nMr. Owen, the piano tuner, is in\ntown for a few days.\nMrs. J. J. Bland went down to\nVictoria yestorday morning on route\nfor Seattle.\nMr. F. W. Bellman was in town\nyesterday in the interests of the Tennessee Jubilee Singers.\nDr. Young, the\ntary, went down\nmorning.\nProvincial Secre-\nto Victoria this\nMr. J. Scobie wns a imssenger\nflown to Victoria this morning.\nMr. John Bellis wenl down to Victoria this morning. Mrs. Bellis is\nstaying with her sister there,\nP. Fletcher, for a few days.\nCongratulntions nre due to J. J.\nBlond. Johnny wns unietly married\non Thursday to Mrs. Mull on, of Seattle. Mr. and Mrs. Bland are waiting until their now residence is completed along First avenue when they\nhope to receive their friends.\n)K AT T11K WBARViES.\nollowing vessels hnvo coaled\nlocal wharves during the\n.: Princess May, Trader, Spray\nscows. Flyer ond scows. Commodore, Tyee, Pioneer, Reatrice, Oscar,\nTebro, Clnyhurn and scows, Otter\nand scows, Topic, Vadso, Slut swap,\nCharger, Sea Lion, Hope, Earle,\nQuadro, Kscort. Georgian, Robert\nKerr and SI. Clair.\nThc S.S. Wellington is in and is\nexpected to leave tonight.\nThe Georgian was bound for Prince\nRupert, nml had throe locomotives\nn board, the first ever consigned to\nthe G.T.P. terminus. There was\nalso a steam shovel and a full contractors' equipment of cars and oth-\nimpU\"\..its. The Shuswnp is the\nbo^' used by Tiaslam in his timber\ncruising.\nThe Herald has still another correction. Mrs. T. D. Conway tho wife\nof the Customs House ollicer, is not\nin the Chemainus Hospital. Tt is\nMrs. T. Conway, of Gatacre Street,\nwho is the sufferer, and her many\nfriends will regret, '- '\u00E2\u0080\u00A2'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0<\u00C2\u00BB that she\nhas hnd two bad nights since she\nreached the hospital.\nMrs.\nMayor Nicholson was in town on\nWednesday evening. He reports\nthat the new school which he has\nbeon putting up for the Government\nis practically completed. At Presont\nhe is putting up the outhouses and\nexpects to finish the whole job this\nweek. The painting is being done\nby S. Rocdding.\nPercy K. Winch is gotting out\nGrand Duke cigars for Xmas in boxes of 10, 25 and 50. Thoy aro on\nsale at all the stores In town.\nMr. J. M. Morgan went down to\nVictoria yesterday morning. Mr.\nMorgan took both the ladies' and\nmale voire choir in practice nt Nanaimo, and he is satisfied that the\nIndies nro going to have a fine choir.\nLOCAL NEWS\nThe firemen are giving their annual ball in tho Opera Houso on\nNew Year's night. The ball is one\nof the social events of the year and\nis always looked forward to with Interest.\nThere ia om good thing to be got\nin Victoria. That Is Winoh'a Grand\nDuke Cigar which la on sale at Wes-\nterndale Railway Cigar Store, opposite tho E. _ N. Station, at the\nJames' Bay Cigar Store, opposite\nthe C. P. R. Hotel, and at the Hub\nCigar Store on Government Street,\nrun by Dave Lewis and Jesse Evans. XX\nCHINA\nWARE\nWe are opening up overy day\nChlnaware suitable for Christmas Presents, comprised of:\nCOCOA SETS,\nCOFFEE SETS.\nFANCY CUPS _ SAUCERS.\nHOT PIE HOLDERS.\nTRAYS, (nil sizes).\nVASES,\nMUSTARD CUPS, ETC.\nSEE WINDOW.\nMORRISON\nThodance given at the opera houso\non Thursday evening was a big success. Tho largo number of dancers\n'were delighted with the music supplied them.\nThe Rev. Mr. Fuwcctt, of Xanainio.i\nwill tako the services in St. John'\nMission Church tomorrow, nuirnln\nand evening, at the usual hour.\nMr. W. R. Smith has got his electric lighting plant in lirst class shape\nnow. The now premises, his work-\nshed and his office were nil brilliantly illuminated yesterday evening.\nHugh Thornley is out of luck just\nnow. In the beginning of tho week\nhe fell and hurt hia knee. A couple\nof days later ho went out and put\nthe axe Into the thumb of his loft\nhand, Inflicting a painful but not\nserious wound. Hughie is carrying\nthe Injured member around in n sling\nand trying his best to look cheerful\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Mrs. E. Mulhollnnil wns\nger on tho morning train\nday.\nn passen,\non Tliurs-\nMr. n. Taylor, who has been a resident of tho town for Ihe past year\nor two, pulled nut nn Thursday for\nCincinnati. Taylor has gone back to\nclerk in a wholesale warehouse, and\nhopes to break into his old profession of commercial travelling.\nArticles hnve been drawn up for a\n15-rou/icl boxing contest between\nJack Vinson, of this city and Collie Hill, of Victoria, lhc limit to bo\npulled off in this city nn Saturday,\nDec 12th. The terms nf the agreement call lor catch weights, Marquis\nof Quconsliury rules, fnr a Sinn si'le\nbot and the onlirn gate receipts, the\ncontest to take placo In the \lhlctlc\nClub arena, to commence nt 9 p.m.\nA permit fnr tho bout, was secured\nfrom the proper authorities yesterday and copjofj !*s sent to\nHill for signature. As both principals have boen In training fur tho\nevent for some time they will bo in\nthe best of fnrm fnr tho bout which\nshould he one of the best over pulled off between amateurs in this city.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Nanaimo Freo Press.\nTfcs Herald actually made a correction the other day. It got hold\nof a flying rumor that Alex. Shaw\nhad resigned hls position at Extension, and at once printed it as a fact\nand tacked on an appointment aa\nnipeetor of mines. The Herald, it\nseems, was promptly asked to cor-\njrect its report which lt did. A week\nbefore this the Herald reported a\nnew case of smallpox takon from the\nExtension minea. It has nover had\nthe grace to correct this very serious error. A few days later It reported a death from fmallpox. Thero\nwal no truth in either report, and\nin spite of the harm they woro calculated to do the town and have\ndon the town, not a word of correction has appeared.\nCAUSE FOR SORROW.\nIna camo in from the country or\nhcr fifth birthday to visit her cousin May. At night they wero put\nto bed early. An hour passed when\nheart-breaking sobs were heard from\nthe children's bedroom.\n'What's tho matter, children?'\nasked May's mother, entering the\ndark room.\nFrom under the bedclothes Ina sobbed out, \"May won't give mo any ol\nher peanuts.\"\nBut Mny has no peanuts,\" replied\nher aunt.\nI know thac,\" sobbed Inn, \"but\nsho said if she did have peanuts\nwouldn't givo me any.\"\nUN-\nthe General Land Olllce specify only\nthe minimum charge per acre, the\ntownships included in this great coal\nfield were withdrawn from entry over\nthreo years ago, and tho secretary of\nthe Interior instructed the geological\nsurvey to classify and value tho land.\nThis work was begun in northern\nWyoming last year, when a party\nunder J. A. Tail' examined the area,\nbetweon Sheridan and Clearmont,\nand another party under E.W.Shaw,\nstudied the Casper-Douglas ond of\nthe field. Tho work wos continued\nthis year by H. S. Gale, who con-\nsouth, classifying tho area about\nnected with Mr. Tail's work on tho\nBuffalo and Trablng, find R. W\nStone, who carried Mr. Taff's work\neastward from Clearmont to Rozot\nMr. Stono, who has juBt returned to\nWashington, has made the following\nstatement of tlio scope of the season's work:\nAll of the coal ia this field lies almost flat and in what aro commonly known as \"blanket seoms,\" that\nIf coal outcrops on one side of a\nhill it probably extends through and\nill be found on the other side of\nthe hill at about the same level, so\nthat the geologist who can road\nthe natural signs can trace a coal\nbed for miles, even though no coal\nis seen on the surface.\nMany ranchers appear tio think\nthat so long as there Is no coal in\nsight the land cannot be classed as\ncoal land. This view is obviously\nerroneous, for even a twenty-foot\ncoal bed may be completely hidden\nby a grassy slope, and yet by a\nlittle digging may become a paying\nmine. Therefore such an operation\nas shoveling down the top of a bank\nto conceal a coal bed at its base\nneither deceives the geologist nor\nmakes noncoal land out of coal land\nThe fact that there is no coal at\nthe surface in a whole township\ndoes not necessarily Imply that ltis\nnon-coal land; there may be a workable coal bed just below the surface,\na fact to be determined by examining the geology of the surrounding\narea or by drilling.\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Geological Survey.\nLARGEST COAL FIELDS IN\nITEI) STATES.\nYears ago it wns learned that the\nlargest coal field In the United Statos is that which extends from Casper and Douglas, Wyo., northward to\ntho Canadian boundary. All of western North Dakota and eastern Mon-\ntnna and that part of Wyoming lying between the Belle Fourche and\ntho Bighorns is an unbroken field of\nlow-grade bituminous coal and lignite. As tho federal statues providing for the salo of coal hind >y\nLadysmith Orchestra\nOPEN FOR DANCE ENGAGEMENTS.\nFrom Two Pieces up.\nAll Newest anil Brightest Music.\nFor full particulars, apply\nA. AUCHINVOLE,\nLadysmith, B.C.\n1 Great Slaughter Sale of\n1 Christmas Gifts\ng WE HAVE A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF\n\u00C2\u00A7 Silverware, Cut Glass Ware, Bizarre\nu Sets and Brie-a-Brac\n5 AND ALL KINDS OF FANCY GOODS\nTo get rid of Them we aro offering them at Cost and Less\nthan Cost Prico. Cnll in and see for yourselves.\nTho Choicest and Cheapest Xmas Gifts over offered In Lndysmith.\nWe Are Now Straigtened\nAgain\nAnd are showing the following goods that\nmake nice Christmas Gifts\nPHOTO ALBUMS\nPOST CARD ALBUMS\nNEEDLE SETS\nSHELL GOODS\nMANICURE SETS, K'i'J.\nKnight's Book Store\nThe\nGift\nStore\nARE SHOWING A LARGE\nRANGE OF\nFANCY COLLARS.\nniJCfllNGS,\nFURS,\nGLOVES,\nBELTS,\nIIANDKEHCiriEFS.\nHACK COMBS.\nNECKLETS.\nAND NUMEROUS OTHER\nARTICLES THAT IT WILL\nBE WORTH YOUR WHILE\nLOOKING OVER TBEM BEFORE SELECTING YOUR\nXMAS GIFTS.\nCITY AUDITOR\nApplications for the position .of\nCity Auditor, stating remuneration,-\nwill be received by the undersigned\nup till Monday, December 7, 1908. .\nJ. STEW ALTO,\n0. M. 0.\nTRANSFER NOTIOE. ,\nI hereby give notice that I intend\nto make application to th\u00C2\u00A9 Board\nof Licensing Commissioners of the\nCity of Ladysinith, nt their next\nrogular meeting, for a transfer of\nthe retail liquor license now hold by\nme in respect the Kings Hotel,\nLadysmith, from mysc.i' to Josoph\nBalagno.\nPALMYR TASiSIN.\nLndysmith, B.C., Nov. 28, 1908.\nFOUND.\nA good clog collar with a 1908\ntag attached. Owner can have snmo\nby calling nt the Standard ofllco and\npaying for this advertisement.\nCome and f\nInspect\nray Stock of Latest Styles In\nWall Papers\nSTORE ALWAYS O^EN.\nPicture Framing a Spoclalty.\nWALTERS &\nAKENHEAD\nTHE GIFT HOUSE\nLOST.-Between tho I. 0. O. F. hall\nand Kings Hotol, a block mask.\nWill finder please roturn to A.\nMolTntt.\nFOR SALE.\nSmart socond hand rnngo, good as\nnow. Mclntyre Foundry Co., Ltd.\nFOR SALE\u00E2\u0080\u0094A kitchen Btove, either coal or wood. Apply Rev. Jos.\nMcMillan, Third avenue.\nFOR SALE.\nFour gasoline lamps, tank and\nwires. Everything complete. Apply\nWm. Hooporf n25\nGome and Make Yeur\nSelection\u00E2\u0080\u0094new stock\nfresh in.\nJ. E. Smith, Roberts Street\nAU kinds of Clock nnd Wntch Repairing. Satisfaction Guaranteed ;\nat Reasonable Prices.\nEnglish Wntchos a Specialty.\nJ.R.EASTON\nPractical Watchmaker.\nAll work left at IT. Hughos Store,\nwill recoivo Prompt Attention.\nMUNICIPAL NOTICE\nNotice is hereby given that tho\nCourt of Revision on tho Voters'\nList will be held in tho Council\nChambers, Ladysmith, on Monday,\n21st December, 1908, at 2 p.m.\nJ. STEWART, C.M.C.\nLadysmith, B.C., Nov. 24, 1908.\nF. 0 FISHER\n[Teacher of Music]\nStudio in v/illiams' Block\nC9SKK936CKKK K8MCO05brWQtt_i\nME CANADIAN BANK\nOF COMM RGE\nHEAD OFFICE - \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 TORONTO\nCAPITAL $10,000,000 : REST $5,000,000\nBank Money Orders\nIBIUIO AT THC rOLLOWINO tilt* ;\nti and under ... 3 cents\nOver (5 and not exceeding tlO, 6 \"\n\" $10 '\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 ',' (80, 10 \"\n\" (.30 \" \" 160, IB \" \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nThese onlem are payable at par at any olllco in\nOana_of o Chartered Dank, except In the Yukon,\nand at thc principal bankng points in tne United\nStates.\nThry ara negotiable at \u00C2\u00A54.00 to thc c sterling in\nUreal Britain anil Ireland.,, They form an excellent\nmethod ot remitting small urns of mono./ with safety\nand at small coK and 11 ay be obtained without delay\nac any olllce of thc It ,r,k\nLADYSMITH BRANCH :: li M. In (lux, Manager\nMODERN SODBRETTE.\n\"I suppose your play starts w tha\nhousemaid dusting the furniture and\nsoliloquizing about the family affairs?\"\n\"No, we've cut all that out. Instead we have a vacuum cleaner\nwith phonographic attachment,\"\nThe Best\nProtection\nIn wet weather is\na good pair of\nrubbers. The Best\nRubbers are naturally what everyone\nwants. That is just\nwhat they get when\nthey use the\nHOOD AND\nOLD COLONY\nBRANDS\nGEO. H.\nCAVIN\nTK HUT WHI STORE\nAgent for the Celebrated\n\"K\" Boots\nIl Is Time To Buy\nYour\nXmas Oards\nCall in and look over our stock\nH. HUGHES, lst Avenue\nA Special .'Lot\nOP\nSAMPLE\nTIES\nKNITTED SILK\nKnobbiest Erer Shown\nIn Ladysmith\nJohn Thomas\nThe Old Reliable Shoe Store\nman STREET.\nSome\nPumpkins\nHave you seen those two\nPumpkins in our window?\nDo you think you can guess\nhow many seeds there are in\neach?\nWe aro going to give a prize\nof $10 worth of Groceries to\nthe one guessing the nearest\nnumber of, Seeds in the larger\none, and 15 worth to the one\nguessing the nearest to the\nnumber in the smaller one.\nEvery Dollar Bpent with us\nfrom now until Now Years Eve\nentitles you to a guess.\nYou might win both prizes\nif you aro a good guessor.\nGEAR'S\nIDEAL GROCERY\nTelephone, 4, F.O, Box 80S'\nFurniture\nLipoleum\nand Oilcloth\nHow can we afford to be\nwithout one of those la rge\nrooihy Chester Drawers\nor Chiffoniers when., we\ncan get them right here\nin our oity for $12.00,\n$16.50 and $20.00, with\nor without Mirror at\nC.Peterson's\nFurniture Store\nPhone 1-8,\n\"\"Irst Aveaue<\ninst RtMlrlii or Mist\ntatt BvHIIiiulfticrii\nCirptiicr w\u00C2\u00ABr_.___3>\n& MO'BRIAN %\nJust Arrived\nWHITE SEWING\nMACHINES\nCall and See Them\nTerms to Suit all Buyers\nkdysmth Pbarmaey.\nCHRISTMAS\n\"CARDS\nAND TOYS GALORE\nl\u00C2\u00A5|cKelvie Bros.\nTHE NOTION STORE.\niiNewtWAIlW..,::\nChildren's and i\n* *\"\"\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0''\n::Ladies' Stockings;:\n!! 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