"4d6d3d31-0aaf-4521-89b3-85cc7e77d320"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "[The Nanaimo Mail]"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2015-12-01"@en . "1896-12-15"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/nanamail/items/1.0082589/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " r*...***\u00E2\u0096\u00A0/\u00E2\u0096\u00A0.. . -I.\nIf you see that-on your sack of\nPastry Flour\nVou cnn be sure that you have the best\nfor lhore catt be do better.\n,/'--e^%\u00C2\u00BB'-*i\u00C2\u00AB-Si--\i^-\u00C2\u00BB^-eS--W--*M'^^\n*Zm i\ntuom^\n\"DECKAJULIE\nTEZPUR,\nASSAM,\nCornea tlie best Tea offered to dtscrlmi-\n111111111,- liuyers ill British Columbia.\nGarden Manager, t\nFv-ums lltuuLK, | Sole Agents B.C.\nW.T. HEDDLE 4 CO.\nVOL. II.-NO. 45.\nNANAIMO. BRITISH COLUMBIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 18%.\nWHOLE NO. 106.\nQUR $9,009 STOOK QF SOOTS AHO SHOES\nGoing Rapidly,\nNothing iistoiiisliitig in that, however. It\nIs the extremely low prices-' we ure asking\nthut surprises. . . . - .\nWe are going out of the Shoe Business and\nmust get rid of the Stock\t\nLook ns up early it'.you want to Secure.\nBARGAINS.\nOur Grocery Stock is up to date in every particular. We are showing the finest range of\nChristmas Fruits ever offered in this City,\nWe have ....\nNew Almonds\n\" Filberts\n\" Walnuts\n\" Brazil Nuts\nNew Dates\n\" Prunes\n\" Pears\n\" Peaches\nNew Figs in boxes of lib., 101b., 301b.\u00E2\u0080\u0094in hulk, 8c. lb.\n\" Currants, thoroughly cleaned, very choice.\n\" Sultana, \" \" \" \" \"\n\" Layer Raisins in boxes of 51b, 101b, 201b.\n\" Valencia Raisins only 10 cents per lb.\n\" Musciitelie Raisins, the best we ever handled.\n\" \" \" seeded, ready for use in 1 lb.\npackets, 6 for $1. These are very choice.\nPeels, Keller's, the best made.\nOntario Apples, B.C. Apples,\nJapanese uml California Oranges\nKippered Herring, Bloaters, Labrador Herring, etc.\nAnd a whole range of nice things for Christmas.\nIm 1 ulllJlu u\nVictoria\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 Crescent.\n4{EALTH\nis Wealth.\nPOLICE BOARD\nDECISION OF THE COMMISSIONERS A FOttEGQNB CONCLUSION.\n\u00C2\u00ABP\nim Jackets\niH'iiery\nTo Keep the Weather Out\nGet Your BOOTS at the_\nGasI) Boot al*d S^oe Store\n17 aqci 1\u00C2\u00BB Co^iitercial Street\nShall the Soiled Doves be Removed\nFrom Frazer Street? is\nthe Question.\nThey Carrv the Best Quality at the\nLOWEST CASH PRICES\nGive Them a Trial and You will be Convinced.\nWE HAVE COI\nBut it depends on your Patronage\nwhether we stay or not ....\nWe are prepared to sell goods at\n.-Riffht Prices.\ness\nWe are showing a Very Choice Selection of\neach ofthe above of the Very Latest Styles.\nIr Ladies' and Hta's Hats\nAre the Most Fashionable of the Season.\nSo give us a call when buying\nChristmas Toys and Crockeryware.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0TEVEN\n1897\nAHEAD OF THE TIMES\n-THE\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nCITY AUCTION ROOMS.\nutt-s OKELL & MORRIS' PRESERVES\n\u00C2\u00AB* ARE ALL RIGHT.'sa-w\nyon'r\nusing\nTHE PUREST AND BEST.\nMade from Select Fruit mul CaneSiigar. The create*!, rare Is exercised in ihel: preparation nml exquisite itieaiiliiie-ia observed. Wc onlv innlte one quality\u00E2\u0080\u0094lhe beat\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nthe same as supplied to the order ol His Excellency Lord Abe'rdeen\nWHY BUY CHEAP m 1 BUY OKELL & MORRIS*. Thsy aro the Purest ana\" Best\nDry Footing-\nThe only voyage tlmt \s good\nfur the health. Warmth ia\nworse than nothing without\ndry ness, Wet feet may bring\non any number of ailments\nWraring nur Rubbers in Iiu,i\nweu'lier guarantee-) . A. McRae\nthat he accompanied the saitl liules and\nMatheson, two private citizens, on the\nnight of Aug, 13, 189U toa house of ill\nfame anil remained therein for a period\nof one hour without having received instructions from the Board to enter\nhouses of Ihat above description, is in\niise.lf a direct violation of his olliee ami\nflagrant breach of Hoc 6 of the public\nMorals By-law of this city.\nIn brief the inquiry has in my opinion disclosed many good and sufficient\nreasons why Mr. Crossan should no\nlonger be continued us Chief of police of\nthis cily.\n,T. H. Davison.\nChairman of Board of Police Com.\nNanaimo, Dec. 14, '90.\nMayor Davison gave a similar\ndecision in the casa of Constable\nThompson.\nMayor Davison moved that thc\nchief and constable Thompson be\nsummarily dismissed hy this board\nfrom their positions in the police\nforce of this city. Mr Simpson\nmoved that the accusations of Kev.\nD. A. McRae against chief Crossan\nand constable Thompson be dismissed. This was carried, the\nMayor voting against it.\nThe application of constable\nThompson for a week's leave of\nabsence was granted.\nMr. Johnston said he wished to\nknow if the Clerk had received any\nreply to the notices sent to the\nowners of disreputable houses on\nFraser street, demanding that the\npresent tenants vacate the premises\nwithin a month. No reply had\nbeen received.\nMr. Simpson thought a reply\ncould scarcely be expected in a\nmonth and a half.\nMr. Johnston wished to know\nwhat steps could be taken to remove these women from Fraser\nstreet.\nMr. Simpson\u00E2\u0080\u0094If they are dislodged from their present headquarters they will be scattered all\nover the city.\nChief Crossan said that had been\nthe result of moving them in Victoria.\nMr. Johnston\u00E2\u0080\u0094Some people in\nNanaimo are crying for moral reform, and we should give them a\ntaste of it.\nChief Crossan said there was a\nway of getting rid of these places,\nbut it would cost a little money to\naccomplish it. That was to place\na man at each door to prevent men\nfrom going in. By adopting this\nmethod he believed they would be\nstarved out in a short time.\nThe Mayor said Mr. Crossan's\nproposition was the most riducul-\nous jne he had ever heard expressed. How could the Board\nreasonably expect to keep men from\nentering houses of ill-repute when\nthe Chief and his subordinate\nThompson make a practice of fre\nquently taking private citizens to\nsuch places. He further stated\nthat the owners of the property\nshould be compelled to act upon\nthe notices given hy the Board.\nAfter some further desultory conversation, and without further\naction, the Board adjourned.\n \u00C2\u00ABi>\t\nCity and District.\nMr D C Mason of Winnipeg is at the\nPatterson House.\nMr W H Ijomas, Indian Agent, an-l\nMrs Lomas are in town, guests at the\nWindsor House.\nMr G A Forest, the eminent hortl.\ncultnrist of Vancouver, haB opened oat\nat the Quarter \V \u00C2\u00BBy House, where ha\nwill huve a sulectiou of his stock for\nsale.\nMrs Chapman of Belleville, Ont., who\nwas coming to attend the funeral of her\nfather Wm Powell ut Nictoria, wag killed at Medicine Hat on Saturday evening.\nMr. G Marsh is authority for the state-\nment that during the last 10 dare, there\nhas been shipped from this port sixteen\ntons of herrings and four tons of deep\nwater cod.\nWallace Street Church choir will give\na grand concert to-morrow evening.\nA good program lias been prepared ana\nthe friends will bu glad to see a large\naudience-.\nRobert Shearer, better known ai \"\"Bob\nGolder,\" was found dead at East Wellington last week, and the corners jury\nbrought in a verdict of \"death from rupture of an aneurism of the heart.\nAn old man named Charles Brown\ndied on Sunday from heart disease, He\nwas one of the old timers having come\nto the coast from the North of Ireland.\nThc funeral will take place tomorrow\nfrom McAdie's undertaking parlors at t\np.m.\nThe house of Mr. Ryder situated on\nHaliburton street, was burnt to the\nground, together with the whole of the\ncontents, on Saturday evening. The\nfamily were absent at the time, and the\nlire is supposed to have originated from\na small stove. The building ami contents were insured iu the Western for\n$1,000.\nThe Loyal Temperance Legion, asisted\nby the ladies of the W. C. T. U. will\nhave a sale of work and social in the Y.\nM. C. A. hall next Tuesday evening, the\n22nd inst., further notice will be given\nin next issue. The sewing has been\ndone almost entirely by tne girls. Come\nand see it. Some nicely dressed dolls\nwill be for sale, the work of the girls.\nA man named Carlson was brought np\nfrom Chemainus ou Sunday's train and\ntaken to the hospital, where on examination it was found he had attempted to\ncommit suicide by cutting his throat,\nand also a gash on his left wrist. From\nenquiries on Monday we understand\nthat it mast have heen a case of temporary insanity, as he can give no particulars as to why he should have done the\ndeed. He had been working around the\nsaw mill at Chemanuis for some time,\nand seems a very quiet inoffensive man.\nAt latest reports he was resting easily,\nand doing as well as can be expected.\no\no\nS5\nCD\nFOR AN ARTISTIC GUT\n-AND-\nREST WORKMANSHIP\nGALLON ^\u00E2\u0080\u0094.\nCALDWELL,\nThe MERCHANT TAILOR.\nCOMMKKCIAL \"\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\"\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\"\nOppotlt- ltatbai-j't prog stors,\nEXTENSION FRONT ORATES\nKXTKNSION BACK URATES\nWill lit moat any Stova.\nAll kinds of old Cook\nStoves bought, sold or\nExchanged.\nGoods of everv\ndescription bo't\nand sold.\nD. TAYLOR,\nMasonic Building, Commercial Street.\nTenders.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0TENDERS nro hereby culled\n* for covering with cotton,\npapering and pointing thc barroom of the Dew Drop Hotel,\nIliiliburloii street. Lowest or\nuny tender not necessarily accepted.\nApply to GEO. BAKER,\nOn the premises.\nDIED.\nWilliam Gordon, son of Mr. and\nMrs. Thomas Gordon, Grace street,\ndied this morning. The funeral\nwill take place to-morrow afternoon at R o'clock. Friends and ac-\nquaintanoes invited. II. McAdie\nin charge of interment.\nI have made a careful review of the\nevidence presented by the defendants'\nami witnesses in the investigation held\nin Nanaimo on Oct.. lilili, 189li, into the\nchar-res preferred by Rev. I). A. McRae\nagaiiiBt Chief of Police Crossan and\nConstable Geo. Thompson, of the Nanaimo force. I do not consider the\nchar-tea sustained by the evidence.\nThe charges should therefore be dismissed.\nI would further say that the dutiesde-\nvolving upon Chiel Crossan and his sub\nordinate*) have been performed by them\nlo n,y satisfaction as a Police Commissioner. This is evinced by the order\nprevailing in our midst and which, I\nthink, will compare with the best regulated cities iu this Province.\nIn the charge preferred by Pr, Mc-\nKech nie against Chief of l'olice Crossan;\nwhen I take inlo consideration the\nvaried and many duties devolving upon\nthe Chief, I deem that he has exerted\nhis best endeavors to comply with the\nrequest of the Sanitary Officer, Dr. Mc\nKechnie, and to prevent any delay or\nomissions in these important matters, I\nwould recommend that some one be appointed by the City Council whose duties would be to attend exclusively to\nsanitary matters.\nA. R. Johnston,\nPolico Commissioner.\nNanaimo, 27th November, 1896.\nTo\nw\nWANTED.\nANTED\u00E2\u0080\u0094A Piano to rout-\nAddress box 257 city.\nthe Board ot Police Commissioners\nof the city of Nanaimo,\nGentlemen:\u00E2\u0080\u0094In eonformltv with my\nduties aa a member of the above mentioned board, I have carefully reviewed\n \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\" | the evidence adduced at the meeting\nDon't wonRT about vour health. Keep \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0096\u00A0'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\"\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 0r! \u00E2\u0080\u00A2?\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 !$?\u00E2\u0080\u00A2. -J t>n\"'.e',,1\u00C2\u00ABRto lhe\nyour hl.a.,1 pure li* taking Hood's Bursa- 5h\u00C2\u00BBf5\u00C2\u00AB f\u00C2\u00ABax\"*1 ?hit'f of /\"'\"I6 C*\"0\"-\"\"\"-\nparllla and vou need not rear the grip, I Und that the charges have lieen fully\nLicensing' Board.\nThe Licensing board of Nanaimo\ndistrict was held this afternoon in\nthe court house, before Messrs.\nGibson, Hilbert, Bickle and Mich-\nIs, J. P's.\nFred Wagstaff made application\nfor a license to the premises known\nas the \"Colonial Hotel\" situated on\nHaliburton street.\nMr. G. F. Cane appeared in sup\nport of the applicatian and Mr. E.\nM. Yarwood opposed. Chief Stewart also opposed the granting of\nthis license on police grounds.\nMr. Yarwood made a preliminary objection to Mr. Bickle sitting\non the bench, he being a magistrate\nfor Wellington. Mr. Cane's contention was that his commission\nwas a .general one, and not confined\nto one particular district. Mr.\nYarwood asked that his objection\nlie noted.\nMr. Wagstaff was sworn and\nstated that be had been living on\nthe premises since July last, and\nhad a lease of the premises for two\nyears, with an option for two years\nlonger. He had given the required\nnotices to the magistrates, and also\nposted the notices up on the court\nhouse. He had then taken steps to\nobtain signatures to the petition.\nPetition produced and marked.\nMr. Yarwood made the objection\nin the first place that tbe applicant\nhad not complied with the law in\ngiving the required notice, and\nalso because he could not prove\nthat there was the necessary two-\nthirds on the petition. Tho cross\npetition of Mr. Yarwood was put\nin and a list of names of residents\nin the district. The magistrates\ndecided to adjourn the case until\nthe 29th of December.\n\u00C2\u00AB.\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\t\nAdvertise in the Mail, the best.\n-'iii ii in i-ii < \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 Tim- \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0--*-\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0.\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 tn >n nni tin- |ii in, , . , * . . a \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 --\u00E2\u0080\u0094-\u00E2\u0080\u0094.---\u00E2\u0080\u0094-\u00E2\u0080\u0094.---\u00E2\u0080\u0094 - __---^, .,-_ .-\n,-old-. bronchit,., pneumonia or typhoid g****^ \u00C2\u00AB*-* j^hmLuai' advertising medium in the district.\nHooo'a \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u009E.. aro the favorite family SSi'tttt Now is the time to subscribe tor\ncathartic, easy to t\u00C2\u00BBfce, easy lu opaiate. JK, ove.wueiunug.iiu \u00E2\u0096\u00A0m.u or ^ ^^ ^ p^p*,?, J0Utn\u00C2\u00BBL\nA Sensational Suicide.\nMrs. Sarah Cooper and her\ndaughter, Harriet Cooper, were\nfound dead in their home in San\nFrancisco on Friday, with the gas\nturned on and every evidence of\nsuicide. Mrs. Cooper was President of the Kindergarten Association and her daughter was Deputy\nSuperintendant. Mrs Cooper had\nlived there for 30 years and was\nwidely known as an educator, philanthropist and writer. In her will\nwritten on Thursday, she requested\nthat the bodies of herself and\ndaughter be not taken to- the\nmorgue.\nThe Coopers bad lived entirely\nalone, except for a Chinese cook,.\nwho had been in their employ for\n20 years. He has not yet been\nfound. It is expected that he can\nthrow some light on the tragedy.\nWhen the scandal concerning Dr.\nBrown, of the First Congregational\nChurch, waB first talked about, Mrs\nCooper stood by her pastor and expressed confidence in him. Later\ndevelopements caused her to change\nher mind, and she and her daughter became his most, prominent\nopponents and accusers. Muoh\nbitterness in church circles was engendered by this action and estranged many of their friends, and the\nsuicide of mother and daughter is\nascribed to brooding over the coolness and snubs from former friends.\nNo woman on the Pacific coast has\nbeen so prominent for a generation\nas Mrs Cooper, who has often\npreached in Congregational pulpits\nand has been engaged in all departments of Christian work. She\nformerly resided in New Orleans\nand acted as nurse during the war.\nIn her will Mrs Cooper says her\nintention of committing suicide\nwould afford sufficient proofs to\nrender unnecessary a Coroner's investigation. Many influential\nfriends tried to have her wishes\ncarried out, but the Coroner ordered both bodies to be taken to the\nmorgue.\n \u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ,\nMunicipal Council.\nThere was another count out last\nnight at the Council, only Mayor Davison Aid. Wilson, Martell Morton, and\nWestwood being present when Citjr\nClerk Thompson called time. Aid Planta came iu a few minrtea afterwards,\nbut it was too late.\n\u00C2\u00AB>\u00C2\u00AB\nForthcoming Events.\nTl'ESDAY.\nBale of work on behalf ot St Paul's, im\nSloan A Scott's old'stand.\nWEDNESDAY*.\nConcert 1 a Wal I ace street church, antler\nthe auspices, of the choir.\n \u00C2\u00ABi\u00C2\u00BB\t\nThe Mail and Weekly Globe tor\none year for $2.65 if paid in a\u00C2\u00ABt*\nVanos.\ni\n\u00C2\u00BBJi OS\nJ\u00C2\u00A3Jf>\"\nffo'l\nBrown's Mistake.\not nnstiy yearB ago there was a man.\nHis nsAne I'M now call \"Brown,\"\nWho Owned a little scrubby farm;\nA few miles out of town,\n'dte'itaed yo have an oltl white horse;\nA harness and a gig.\n;He also had a big white cow,\n'Some chickens an I a pijf.\nHis wife, she 6'onft't'iues did the chores,\n.When he was Kune tfuav\nWould feed tfie pis:, anil milk the cow,\n.\"And give the horse sumo hay\nFor Brown when he was 'way from\nhome,\nMost always had a spree,\nAnd when he did conic home at night,\nWas drunk as he could be.\nIt happerYojl i^-nce when Brown was off\nUpon a* ft*PV hull',\nHis wife she lVi'.'d.;tb do the chores,\nAlone, and in 11?' d'?ik,\nShe thought perhaps ere morn t'would\nrain,\nIt was such cloudy weather,\nAnd 80 She put both horse and cow.\nInto the pen together.\nNow Broa-n when, he came home that\nnight,\n. Was rather drink, of course;\nA strange freak, too, cntne in his head\n.. He'd liarnesi' tp hi3 horse,\nSo down thsToad he staggered then,\nAmi cursed for want ul light,\nBut wherfhe fencheil the burn he fuund\nHis things- were tliere there all right.\nThen after fussing unite a spell,\nHe got hitched tip his rig,\nAnd picking tip tho whip and reins\nHe jumped Into the gig.\n\"Get up, you lVtzy, old white nag!\nGoon you beast,' he cried ;\n\"Though dark the night, what do 1 care?\nI'm bound to hive a ride!\"\nBut no! the old beast would not go;\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 All the uoaitfrfit wus in vain,\nThen Brown Commenced to curse and\nswear\nAnd jerk upon the rein,\nHis wife she heard him Irom the house,\nAnd wondered what could be,\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2So down she came In breathless haste\nWith lantern lit to see.\n'\u00E2\u0080\u00A2'Why Brown,\" she cried, \"what does\nthis mean?\nYou're horrid drunk to-niirht.\"\nThen going uloser up to him,\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0She held aloft the light\n.But back she fell with sudden fear\nThe sight was strange I vow\n-for he had not hitched up his horse\nBut harnessed up ti:s cow,\nLobne l'ATTKUTOX.\n162 Dovercourt road.\nI Socialff iritf s\nMisfortune.\n'{Concluded.)\nIn a meneht it occurred to\nher.\n*0h, I surjf-iose it's her shoes,'\nshe said, peering down through\nthe gloom to see what was thore.\nAs she ga\u00C2\u00A3ed her eyes became\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0accustomed to the half-light,\nand, to her horror, she noticed\nthat the boot were not a woman's,\nbut a man's!\n'Goodness ine!' she rifurmured,\nas she drew hastily back from\nthe door, 'I must have mis-\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2counted the doors. Oh, my!\nwhat would have happened if I\nhad knocked and one of those\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0wicked hunting men had opened\nthe door?\nHurrying away in a fright to\nthe end of the corridor she felt\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2for a moment inclined to give\nup lhe Idea of having an interview with Miss Starch that\nnight. She might,indeed, have\ndone so, only a sudden thought\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0entered her mind. What if it\nwas not a mistake? AY hat if it\nwas Miss Starch's rooms whieh\nhad the man's boots at the door?\nShe thought of what Mrs. Smellie had said, and it occurred to\nher thai it was just possible that\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0she had made a most important\n'discover?. She accordingly resolved to try again.\nCarefully counting the doors as\nihe went, she walked once more\nup tlie corridor. When she had\nreached Miss Starch's number,\nshe bent down. There, at the\nfoot of the door, were undoubtedly a pair of men's boots! She\nhad not been mistaken, then,\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2and she had made a most important discovery.\nActing after her kind, she set\n.about, without delay, to spread\nthe glad tidings. Hurrying\nnoiselessly down the corridor,\nshe made her way to Mrs. Srnel-\nlie's bedroom, Mrs. Smellie,\nWho had returned with her from\nthe meeting, was just preparing\nto go to hod when she knocked\n*t her door.\n'What is it?; asked Mrs. Smellie, rather snappishly. She was\nput out because ber speech that\nevening, though strong, not to\nsay savoury enough, had been\noutshone by Miss Screech'3.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Oh, let me in, Mrs Smellie!'\nWhispered Miss Screech tb rough\nthe door. 'Let me in. I have\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0discovered \"\"\ltsh a scandal about\nMiss Starclli'\nMrs. Smellie needed no second\ninvitation. . With lightning\nspeed slie Unlocked the door, and\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0Miss r*er*eech entered.\n'What is it?' the widow asfeedi\n'Is it Oi\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BB ofthe hunting men?'\n'I tntiik So,' answered Miss\nfeWrVecH'- 'Anyway,there's some\nman iii Her room, for I fouud\nhis i'ttStt, outside her door!'\n'VxooA gracious!' exclaimed\nMl'Si Smellie. with n Jook of\nhorror 'Let us go at once and\nsee them.'\n'While you're putting on your\ndressing-gown,' said Miss\nScreech, 'I'll run and get Miss\nBones. I'm sure she would like\ntc see them, too.'\nTen minutes \"later, Miss\nScreech was guiding Mrs. SrKSl-\nlio and Miss Bo&.es to tbe corridor where Miss Starch's bedroom was. Miss Screech carried in tier band a candle, in\norder to make sure that it was\nMiss Starch's room and that the\nboots were a man's boots. Unfortunately, there was no mistake; the boots were large, heavy-\nsoled, afifd masculine; ibe number on the door was lifty two.\n'This is too horrible!' whispered Miss Bones.\n'It rs unspeakably shameful!'\nmurmured Miss Screech.\n'It is no worse than 1 expected,' said Mrs. Smellie, grimly.\nAfter these expressions of\nopinion, the three ladies stood\nfor some moments and gazed in\nsilence at the guilty boots.\n'What should wo do?' asked\nMiss Screech.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Alarm the bouse,' said Miss\nf'ones, chin ilatily;'and show her\nshame to the whole w'bfldl'\n'Ves, that is the best course,'\nsaid Miss Screech. If we dont\ndo so she may deny the whole\nthing.'\nThe prospect of dragging their\nfriend out of her room in shame\nand confusion was very tempting to all the three women, but\nMrs. Smellie bad strength of\nmind to resist it. The fact was,\nanother idea had occurred to her,\nwhich promised her an opportunity of at once absolutely crushing .Mi.-s Starch, and of exalting\nherself, and sbe bad resolved to\nforgo present gratification for\nthe sake of this.\n'She can't deny it,' Mrs. Smellie argued. There are three of\nus here, all of whom can swear\nto her guilt. Don't, therefore,\nlet us do anything hastily. We\nhad belter put off action in the\nmatter till the morning?'\nThe next morning Miss Starch\ncame down to breakfast quite recovered from her indisposition.\nTo her surprise her sister Con-\ngressers who shared her sitting-\nroom received her with frigid\ndisdain, and before she had\nfinished her breakfast, they ostentatiously rose from tho table,\nwithout casting even a glance at\nher, and hurried off to make\npreparations for tho morning\nsitting of the Congress.\n'Well, they are jealous,'\nthought Miss Starch, as she sat\neating her breakfast alone. 'I\nknew they didn't like those men\nadmiring me, but I didn't think\nthat they would carry their anger so far as this.'\nWhile thus ruminating, a\nknock sounded at lb \"\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 door, and\nthe manager came in. He looked\nuncomfortable and awkward.\n'Madam' he began, 'I'm sorry\nto have to make a request, but\nfor the sake ofthe hotel I must\ndo so.'\n'What is it? I don't understand you,' asked Miss Starch,\nsurprised at this rather unintelligible statement.\n'Well, madam,' blurted out the\nmanager, 'the fact is, I must ask\nyou to leavo the hotel at-once.'\n'Leave the hotel!' exclaimed\nMiss Starch,indignantly. 'What\ndo you mean? What have I\ndon\nWhy should you make\nsuch a request?'\n'Madam,' said tho manager,\n'I dtin't wish to say anything. I\nonly ask you to leave in order to\nI prevent a scandal.'\n'A scandal! Sir, do you mean\nto insult me!' cried Miss Starch,\nfuriously.\nT beg your pardon, madam, 1\ntold you I don't want to say anything. All that concerns me is\nthat your own friends object to\nremain under the same roof with\nyou, and they have requested\nme to ask you to leavo the hotel.'\n'I'll not go!' exclaimed Miss\n[Starch, resolutely; 'I havo as\nmuch right to stay here as they\n: have. I'll go and see what they\nmean by such conduct; tho spile-\nfnl old cats!' And withotltpausing another moment Miss Starch\n.flounced out of the room, leaving behind her the manager\nfeeling very uncomfortable and\nperplexed.\nIt happened to be a private\nsiting that mornihg for considering the business ofthe Association. When she arrived she\nI was amazed to find the excitement with whieh her entrance\n| was greeted. She soon learnt\nthe cause. A motion was before\nthe house that the business of\ntho day should be suspended to\npermit of a resolution being discussed for expelling her from the\nAsR'O'iiat.orji With their usual\nideas of justice the Social Purists were going to decide upon\nher fate without giving her even\nan opportunity of making any\ndefence.\nMiss Starch was furious, and\nas she listened to Mrs. Smellie's\nindictment of her, shegrew more\nfurious still. That rhetorical\nPrurientist was in great form,\nand was absolutely eruhing in\nher work. She was describing\nher late friend as a serpent\nwhom she had nurtured in her\nbosom, as a traitor to the Association, her friends and her Cod;\nas a disgrace to womankind, as\nguilty of the most abominable\nand hideous immorality while\nprofessing to be a Social Purist;\nand, in short, as everything thai\nwits vicious, degraded and contemptible.\nFor some little time Miss\nStarch listened m silence, simply because from vi-i'y rage sbe\ncould not speak. in the usual\nway of Social Purists,.Mrs. Smellie immediately attributed this\nsilence to guilt.\n'Shame at being discovered,\nat having her viciousness revealed to a disgusted world,\nkeeps the wretched creature\nsilent,' she cried, pointing to\nMiss Starch.\n'It's false,' gasped Miss Starch,\nI'm no more vicious than you!\n'Infamous woman, lie silent,'\nanswered Mrs. Smellie, sternly.\n'Du not commit yourself fun her by\nuseless falsehoods. We have proof\nof your guilt'.\"\n'What is it?'cried Miss Starch'.\n'What is your charge against me?'\n'Let Miss Screech sneak,' said\nMrs Smellie, disdainfully. 'It was\nshe who discovered everything.'\n'Yes, everything!' exclaimed Miss\nScreech, eaglr to have her sny.\n'Wretched, infamous woman, I\nknew that your weakness for those\nwicked men at the hotel wouhl he\nyour ruin, and it has been!'\nMiss Starch, for the moment, was\nso completely taken a hack that she\ncould not speak. A moment later\nshe gasped out that it was a lie.\n'One of them was in your room\nlast night,'cried Miss Bones. 'We\nsaw his boots at. your door! And\nthe buttons told us this morning\nthat it was not the first time he had\nseen them there!'\n'J can explain that!' screamed\nMiss Starch, desperately.\n'Do you admit that to your knowledge a man's boots were outside\nyour bedroom door last night?'\nasked Mrs. Smellie, 'And that\nthey have been there before?'\nT do; but ' cried Miss\nStarch.\n'We'll hear no more,' replied Mrs\nSmellie, sternly, and before Miss\nStarch realized it, the motion for\nher expulsion was put and carried.\n* * * *\nThe matter did not end there.\nMiss Starch brought an action for\nslander against Mrs. Smellie and\nothers, but found to her amazement\nthat it would not lie, a verbal\ncharge of immorality not being in\nthe eyes of English law a sufficiently serious injury to a woman's reputation to be actionable! Fortunately, Mrs. Smellie bad repealed\nthe charge in letters to common\nfriends, and so Miss Starch was\nable to bring an action for libel. It\nthen came out that tbe guilty boots\nwere placed at her door hy Miss\nStarch herself. Being, like m\u00C2\u00AB.ny\nwomen, in perpetual terror of burglars, she hit on this as a device for\nkeeping them from entering her\nroom, She thought the boots would\nlead Burglars to believe that a man\nwas in the room; unfortunately,\nthey led her prurient friends to believe the same, with very disastrous\nconsequences to her reputation.\nThis incident, however, hud at any\nrate one good effect. It effectually\ncured Miss Starch of her affection\nfor the Social Purists and their\npeculiar ways of investigating degrading charges. From her own\nmisfortune she learfit llie lesson\nthat the fact that an accusation is\ndisgraceful is not sufficient proof\nthat it is true.\nNews bf the Day\nA couple of plow manufacturers\nappeared before the tariff Commissioners at Brentford;- and urged\nthat the taxation on raw material\nwas excessive. Mr. Cookshuit'\nsaid with free trade, including raw\nmaterial, he would be satisfied.\nThe Calgarv Indian Industrial\nschool wns formally opened last\nweek by Lord Aberdeen, whu made\na brief speech SuUjjratulaling the\nollicers on their success hi erecting\nsuch an institution. Tbe Ouverm r-\n(Jeneral leaves for Etegina to-night.\nNeighbors,'made a horrible dis\ncovery at the farmhouse of George\nBeacon, four miles southeast of\nPlymouth, Ind. They toutnl Mrs.\n(leO. Deacon, tVd years old, clear! nn\nher hi d, Eler face had heen\npounded inlo n jell.' wil li .i poll .\nIt. was surmised the deed mu-.\nhnve been committed by Deacon.\nA search' rrfulled in finding hi-\nludy in the winning Inniali. Deacon was known to be dfemenled,\nand ii is thiamin i liit'l in ;i paroxysm, he killed liis wife, and then\ndrowned himself,\nManager Thompson stales that\nthS'Ogilvie cntiipnin wil end another special Iraili with flour to\n\ ancouvi r i, i Australia ou Saturday. The Ogilvies'intend fo erect\nearly next year a new elevator at\nMontreal with a capacity of 500,\n000 bushels, and another nt Winnipeg with a capacity of 7;\")0,0.,0\nbushels, niuking their totnl elevator capacity for Manitoba wheat\nfour and a half millions. Mr. W.\nW. Ogilvie, head nf lite firm, is expected at Winnipeg on Monday\nfrom Montreal.\nThe owners of the American\nschooner James G. Swan have lost\ntheir case before the United States\ndistrict court and will he compelled to forfeit the vessel for violating\nthe senling laws. The ease is already a noted one, tti it is the first\ntime an American schooner has\nbeen forfeited for illegal sealing hy\nan American court. In his information the United States attorney\nalleged that the cause of the forfeiture was that the Swan was on\nAug. 5, 189(i, found employed in\nkilling and capturing fur seals in\nBehring sea within the limits of a\nzone of sixty geographical miles\nsurrounding the Pribyloff Islands,\nin violation of the first section of\nthe act of 1894.\nAt a meeting of thn public school\nboard Winnipeg a new teacher was\nappointed to fill the vacancy\ncaused by a resignation'. Mr.\nBawlf, Roman Catholic, advocated\nthe claims of t Catholic young\nlady to the position. He said she\nhad papers qualifying her for the\nposition. The settlement of the\nschool question said that Catholic\nteachers were to be engaged and\nthe present time was a very appropriate one for the board to pul on\nrecord its approval of the settlement by the appointment of his\nnominee. Most of the members of\nthe hoard took part\" in the debate,\nthe final result being that the Protestant lady recommended for the\nposition was appointed.\nThe Most Complete Stock\n-OF\u00E2\u0080\u0094'-\nGents'\nnishings\nm THE CITY, AT\nJas. McGregor's\nVictoria Crescent.\nTHE BEST --\nis the CHEAPEST\nTlic Nanaimo Bakery Excels\nSMART & THOME,\nThe Popular Bakers.\nC. C. McKENZIE,\nLand Agent and Conveyancer,\nAND ACCOUNTANT.\nOFFICE: FRONT STREF.T, NANAIMO.\nTown Lots and Farms tor Sale. Money to Loan\non Mortgage at low rates.\nAgent for the United Fire Insurance Companj'\nol Manchester, England.\n^rliijgtoi} JJotel.\nMR. J. A. THOMPSON\nHaving completed the erection of the Arlington\nHotel at NANOOSE BAY, this handsome and\ncommodious hotel is now prepared to receive\nand comfortably entertain travelers and others.\nTHE CUISINE\nIs presided over by Mrs. Thompson, and the\nTabic d'llote constantly provided with all the\ndelicacies of the season. Combined with the\nelegant furnished apartments, the visitor finds\nthe surroundings of the most pleasant descrfp-\ntion.\nClothes Cleaned...\nRepaired and Altered\nBy W. H. KEN YON\ntW 112 BASTION STREET\nStAeT- Next door to Wcstwoods' Blacksmith\nShop. P. 0. Box 301\nOld Clothes made equal to new.\nTrespass Notice.\nWHEREAS, Certain evil-rtispoeeil persons luive lieen killinir stork on Valilez\nIsland, Naniiimo District, it is\nRESOLVED in future that all persons\nfound trespassing on tlie Wake Estate\nof 760 acres anil Iiulian Reserve of 1700\nadjoining will he prosecuted to tlie full\nextent of Jhe law.\n(Signed) BALDWIN H. WAKE.\nSept. 16, 1890. JOHN RASH,\nCanadiari Independence.\nMontreal, Dee. 10.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The \"Independence Club of Canada,\" which has heen\nis existence in Montreal for some live\nmonths and whose objeut is the attainment of Canada's Independence of Great\nBritain hold a meeting in this city on\nMonday night. The proceeding*! were\nsecret, hut it is said that the club has\nalready over 200 members and is in a\nflourishing condition, both financially\nand as regards the social standing of it's\nmembers. In Ontario where similar\nclubs have bijou formed, Toronto and\nWindsor dispute the honor of having the\nlargest membership.\nA convention will probably be held\nnext March with a view to federating nil\nthe groups of the clubs. Oile of the\nleading members stated thut the movement is rapidly gaining ground in this\nprovince, especially in the rural district,\nand that two organizers are now at. work\nin the Eastern townships, where the\nidea seems to meet with great favor.\nAt tbe meeting in this city last night\na constitution and by-laws were adopted. The object Bought is the Independence of Canada by legitimate and pacific\nmeans; arid the chairman Inid stress\nuprit'i. the fact that the means must be\ni peaceful. The metnbere are now oon\"\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 sidering the question of heing Incorporated!\n etVSH\t\nAny present subscriber to* the\nI Mail can Jiavte the Weekly Globe\nI from now to the end of 1897 for\n] 65 centsi\nAnother Kit* PlOOQ*.\nWestern Washington has been Buffering from the worst floods of the season.\nThe tropical Chinook, like a stettn rad\niiitor, lias heen getting ln its deadly\nwork on the two feet of snow in the\nmountains. The process is being augmented by a Warm rain thai extends all\nover the I'acilic division of lhe Northern Pacific. Prom these causes the watcf\nis sent rolling down in torrents into the\nmountain streams and brooks, which\narc swollen buvotld the capacity of tlieir\nkinks. In nianv cuscb the rush of\nwaters to the sea is itcciiinpanied liy destruction. All small outbuildings in the\nvalleys that remain in the path of the\nNovember flood are lu danger of being\ncarried away by this lutter freshet,\nwhich now promises to exceed the earlier one of the winter.\n \u00C2\u00BB-*>*.\t\nTlic Turkish Settlement.\nNew York, Dec. 10.\u00E2\u0080\u0094A spe-ial cablegram to the Evening Post Irom London\nan va: \"The truth ahout that reported\nagreement of the settleinentol'the Turkish problem is that the powers agreed\nupon a joint peremptory demand on\nTurkey for Special reforms on the return\nof.VI. Xelidotr, llie Russian ambassador\nto Constantinople, I'm Russia absolutely excludes coercive measures, so\nthat no practical result is expected in\nreliable quarters.\nThe Mah, and Weekly Globe for\none year for $2.65 if paid in advance.\nNOTICE.\nAny person selling' or otherwise disposing of KEGS, BOTTLES, or TAPS belonging to\nthe Union Brewing Company\nwill be prosecuted.\nW. E. NORMS, Sec.\nNov. 18, 1896.\nNOTICE.\nWake up to the fact that if yottj\ninvest NOW in Shares bfl\ngood reliable\nGold Mining Companies\nYou stand to make Big Profits, ]\nAnd I\u00E2\u0080\u0094*r\nTHOMAS KITCHffi\n[YOUR FELLOW TOWNSMAN]\nWill sell to you on terms no other*\nBroker in British Columbia\nCAN or WILL.\nrpiIOSE DESIRING TO ASSIST\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0A In t\ni the\nYou have to Pay\nTHEM ALL THE CASH DOWN\nI divide it up into\nnthly Instalments-\nSo that everyone ean have an interest in Mining and secure part\nofthe Profits that most assuredly\nWILL be made*\nAi\numinum..\nure\nBlood means sound health. With pare,\nrich, healthy blood, the stomach and digestive or-rims will ho vigorous, nml there\nwill be no riyitpepsin. Rheumatism and\nNeuralgia will he unknown. Scrofula and\nBait Rheum will disappear. With pure\nTHE\nNEW METAL.\nMakes the\nYolir nerves will he strong, and your\nsleep sound, sweet and refreshing.\nHood's Baroaparilla makes pure blood.\nThat Is why it curci so many discuses.\nThat Is why so many thorn-amis take it\nto cure disease, retain good health, pro-\nVent sickness ami suffering. Hi'iiicinlicr\nood's\nSarsaparilla\nla the One True liluml Purifier, f 1; six tor IS.\nEmancipation of Mental Slavery\nSboulil bund in their names nt once nnil\nbecome members ol the\nFreethought Library.\nJ. L. 1\u00C2\u00BBRATT, I\t\n'2 -I, Commercial St., Citv. ' m.tm. ^ \u00E2\u0096\u00A0>\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0* ail 4\nro.\u00E2\u0084\u00A2 ,..n -fhe Stamp Mill at Alberni\nIs now in operation. When re^\nsuits are known, up go the Shared\nof all Alberni Companies.\nWAKE UP!\nWAKE UP!\nWAKE UP!\nLodge Notices. And make money while you have\ni^;::^ a chance BEFORE the rise takes\nin llilbert'n Hull, Whurf street; on Sat- |\nukdav evening ut 8 o'clock, Visiting T\"l|Clf*A\nbrethren conliallv inv'.i-il to utlcnil. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00BB W-WWl\nii'iiBi), Waosiafk, Sec.\nMost Permanent\nArtistic\nSign Letter\nIn existence\nMRS. H. KNIGHT\nNANOOSE\nStile Agent for British I'nliuiilila\nIMU Agent, JAS. HlltST\nNANAIMO\nI'Alt'ilKH IIAVINO-\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2j^ \u00E2\u0080\u00A2(_ nm eure Liver Ills; easy tfi\nflOOa S PUIS t-ike.es-y to iper--*. H*.\nEmpty Bottles ot any Doioription,\nOld Copper, Brass, Zinc or Load,\nCan'dispose ol siunri by tulrlrossiiuj a -'(mini td\nBiAAHQNSON, Box 17S, NaYiaimo,\nWho will cell promptly at any address in City\nor Suburb.;\nThos. Kitchin,\nMINING BROKER asm\nProvincial News.\nWRiiiiiiiiJo. coipmrs i;m aim\nWAS WRECKED.\nWith Three Hundred Souls on\nBoard.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Most of Them\nImmigrants.\nVigo, Deo. 1!).\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Thft North German Steamship Company's liner\n\"Salier\" was wrecked to-day off the\nnorth coast of Spakii- ThWe were\n210 passengers on board and her\ncrew was composed of 65 men. All\non board, passengers and crew, perished. The passengers consisted of\n113 Russians, 36 Galicia'ns, 01 Spaniards, and one German. The Salsr\nwas bound from Bremen to Buens\nAyres via Corruna and Villagarcia.\nThe passengers were- mostly in the\nsteerage. The Corrobiro Cocks, on\nwhich it is believed the steamship\nstruck, are situated off the southwest coast of Corrunna, and are\nlaid to have been given a wide berth\nbefore the steamer was headed for\nIhe bay leading up to Villagarcia.\nLater:\u00E2\u0080\u0094The whole coast in the\nvicinity of the scene of the wreck\nis being searched for survivors\nof the Salier, and all hope is not\nyet given up of picking up some\nperson who may be aide to give\nfurther details of the terrible\ncalamity. The Salier had a pilot\n6n board when sho struck. The\nWeather which the steamer experienced is described as being\nin the nature of a hurricane, and\nanother theory of the causer of the\ndisaster is that the Sailer's steering\ngear was carried away while she\nwas heading around the rocks for\nVilla Cancia, and that she thus he\nCame unmanageable and wusrlrrven\nupon the reef, which is abeift two\nand a half miles from land1.- Some\nbf the bodies of those on the ftf-\nfated Salier, including that of the\ncaptain, have heen washed ashore.\nThe captain's watch hnd stopped\nat 5:30 o'clock, presumably on Tuesday mor.iing, December 8.\n \u00C2\u00ABi>\t\nCowiclian-Albei-ni Railway.\nAt the meeting of lhe electors (rl\nICowichitn-Alherni, hefd at the\nagriculture hall last week, the\nfollowing resolutions were oassed.\nThe Reeve, Mr. T. A. YVtfud\" ocefci-\npied the chair:\nThat the provincial government\nshould construct a railway on the\nMainland from Ihe coast to Kootenay.\nThat the government should\npnrcha-e and work the Esquimalt\nand Niinuimo railwav.\nThai a road should he constructed hy the govern ment, fur lhe con-\nvcniRnea of r-ive-neatiirs nnd others\nconnecting lhe Ct-wichas-Albprnl\ntrail with the Nortii- arm of Cowichan lake.\nThat a competent surveyor\nshould he appointed to survey the\nCowichnil river in flood time and\nprepare plans for improving the\nriver for the running of logs and\nfor protecting the land on its banks.\nThat the governrflent appoint an\nInspector to inspect all bridge on\nrailways and wagon roads.\nKseapc of a (Smuggler.\nThe daring ringleader of a big\nopium smuggling gang, which\nhas been successfully operating\nbn the Sound foY a year past,\nwas arrested at Koy last week\nwith |600 worth of dope in his\npossession. He was placed in\n'charge of Deputy Sheriff C. A.\nNettieton, of Roy, and brought\nto Taeoma on the train from\nPortland. While passing through\na big gulch on the outskirts of\nlhe city, the smuggler attempted\nto break away from the officer\nand jumped from the front platform of, the smoking car, dragging Nettieton with him. The\nchance was one in ten thousand\nthat both would be killed, as the\ntrain, being late, was running at\nfull speed towards the city. Nettieton got off with a severe scalp\nwound and a bad shaking up,\nbut the smuggler escaped\nthrough the brush in the darkness, and has not been seen\niince. For desperate daring\nthis feat breaks the record in\nthe annals of smuggling on\nPuget Sound.\nThe opium captured is valued\nat $600, and is the largest seizure\ninade on the Sound in years.\nThe country is being searched\nfor the smuggler, who is believed j\nto be a criminal of note. If he\nby a miracle escaped without a\nbroken leg, he may never be recaptured. The smuggler is described as being six feet tall,\nweighing about 200 pounds,\nsmooth shaven and Well dressed.\nHe left a dew hat, purchased at\nPortland, On the train. When\narrested he was about id board\nlhe train for Chehalis.\nHon.'Mr. Laurier will address\ntwo meetings in Cornwall next\nweek.\nS\ C Maclure, Messrs. Ward &\nCo.'s representative in Vancouver,\nhas been appointed vice-consul for\nNorway and; Sweden.\nThe second' daughter of the late\nHon. George Brown, Miss Catharine Edith, was married in Editig-\nburg to George Satldoman.\nIt is claimed for the Sandon district that the highest issays in the\nSlocan come from the mines around\nthere. The Dalhousie and the Arlington, at this end of the country,\ncan show records of over 9,000\nounces.\nTenders for the construction of\nthe second section of the Columbia\n& Western Railway, from* Trail to\nRohson, have been opened. The\nroad will cost nearly $60,000. It\nis expected that the contract will\nbe awarded to a Butte firm.\nAt the Ottawa garrison dinner\nGeneral Gascoigne intimated that\nwhere officers of certain corps could\nriot agree the policy to adopt would\nbe to disband the corps and reorganize it, so that impracticable\nofficers might give way to others\nwho would work hi harmony.\nHon. L. H. Davies, in company\nwith Mr. H. A. Munn and a number of other members of the Liberal Association.- wns piloted through\nChinatown at Victoria by officers\nPerdue and Palmer on Thursday\nevening, the trip proving both interesting and instructive.\nA. N. Shaw,, a Manitoba capitalist,, has purchased the Scorpion, \u00C2\u00BB\nclaim close to the Republic group\n*nd near Slocan City, for $2,000.\nSome 20 feet of a tunnel have heen\ndrfven on the ledge, which gives\n$10 in gold and 85 ounces silver;\nShaw will make a mine of it.\nThe work of enlarging the buildings, putting in new afnd improved\nmachinery and developing the\nmine to secure an increasing output goes on steadily at the Silver\nKing group Preparations are\ncomplete for the reception of the\nelectric lighting apparatus which\nis daily expected to arrive.\nA well known Chilliwacker\nstates, that, in some portions of\nthat district, there are hundreds of\ntons of mangolds rotting in the\nfields, as the result of the recent\ncold snap, which came on before\nthis crop had been- harvested. The\nstench arising from all this decaying vegetable mutter rivals tne\ncelebrated odor of defunct salmon.\nThe Globe's Ottawa correspondent quotes Sir Henry Strong as declaring that he would not regard\nthe dual position of Clitef Justice of\nCanada and member of the Judicial\nCommittee ol the Privy Council as\ninconsistent. Sir Henry declined,\nhowever, to say i\u00C2\u00BBiiyfhing...more, as\nhe thought too wineh already had\nheen said of inittfers, which were\nnot understood.\nAttention is again directed to\nlhe neighborhood of Ruck ford,\nmany of the old mineral claims\nhaving been relocated and others\nstaked out. Among the recent\ndiscoveries are two distinct ledges,-\neach about twelve feet in width\nand showing galena freely. Rock-\nford is on the road between Kamloops and Spence's Bridge, about\nthirty miles to the south of the\nformer place.\nMr. David Geddes, long and\nfavorably known in Vancouver and\nwho has heen a resident since\nthe completion of the C. P. R. from\nPort Moody to Vancouver, died at\nSt. Paul's hospital, Vancouver, oh\nTuesday. Deceased, who was only\nabout 38 years of age, was a native\nof Brtissel\", Ont., where his family\nstill reside. The funeral services\nwill be conducted under the auspices of the I.O.O.F., of which he\nwas a member.\nThe Municipal League of Vancouver are holding meetings and\narranging for ward meetings heing\nheld. NeW names are heing handed in daily. Mr. VV. Vermilyea\nwas appointed secretary} The interest in the approaching municipal elections is on the increase, and\nalthough no definite announcements have been made by uny intending candidates, there is evidence that there will be any\namount of material to choose from.\nThe 8nbbath observance question\nwilt tie imported into tne fight by\nthe league.\nMr. Tarte protests in his paper,\nLe Cultivaleur, against lhe reference made to him by Rev. Mr.\nCorbett, of St. Columbian's church,\nCornwall, stating that Mr. Corhett's\nstatements constitute a political\nharangue, which, he said, should\nnot have been made in a church\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nat a place where people go to pray\nand not to discuss politics. \"If Mr.\nCorbett,\" says Mr. Tarte, \"is anxious for a full and entire discussion of the political side of the\nschool qtfestlon, thorp is a fine hull\nin Cornwall, where I am prepared\nto place myself at his disposal at\nany day. He . has not been in\nManitoba whilg I have just returned\nfrom there.\"\nCanadian News.\nCharles Holmes, a farmer of\nWhitewoud, Assiniboia, has lost\nbis residence, granary and contents\nby fire.\nMcDonald arid Welsh the two\nconvicts who escaped from Kingston Penitentiary last week, are\nstill at large.\nThe C. P. R. traffic returns for\nthe week ending Dec. 7 were $381,\n000; for the same week lost year\n$452,000.\nAt the Brantford assizes James\nCarpenter has been foUnd guilty of\nwife murder, after the jury had\nbeen out four hours.\nMessrs. Torrence, Reuiird arid\nThom, Montreal steamship men,\nhad a long interview with Hon. Mr\nLaurier on fast Atlantic steamship\nmatters.\nC. J. Mickle, the provincial\nsecretary chosen to succeed Hon.\nJ.D. Cameron in the provincial\ncabinet, was elected by acclamation\nfor the Birtle constituency.\nHon. Mr. Borden, Minister of\nMilitia haB ordered a formal enquiry into the dispute between Col.\nHamilton, of the Queen's Own, and\nhis subordinate officers.\nMargeret McKenzie, housekeeper for Jonathan Matheson..of\nDundee, P. E. I., died on Thursday\nfrom injuries inflicted on her on\nSaturday last by Archibald Mc-\nGowa-n; a lunatic, who is now in\nthe hospital:\nCommissioner Larke reports lo\nthe tru-de department that Ih6\nHuddart line cannot carry all the\ngoods offered, and says that if the\ntrade is to be retained an additional sailing vessel must go from\nMontreal or Halifax.\nIt is announced that Sir Richard\nCartwright will visit Washington\nat an early date. The object of his\ntrip is to sound the Republican\nleaders as to the possibility of an\nearly commencement of negotiation\nfor reciprocity between Canada and\nthe United States after the McKin\nley administration is installed.\nThe Quebec Provincial budget,\nbrought down last keek, appropriates 450,000 acres of the public\nlands to serve as a source of revenue\nfor public schools of the province.\nUntil the proceeds from these lands\namount to $50,000 annually, tbe\nrequired sum will be added from\nthe general finances of the province.\nFree text books in all the public\nschools is also announced, These\nsteps on the part of the Quebec\nGovernment are the result of the\nrecent disclosures in the press of\nthe proportion of illiteracy throughout the province, and the general\nshortcomings- of the educational\nsystem in vogue.\nf\u00C2\u00BB-%%%%%%%%%%%%%\u00C2\u00AB%%>%^%%%%%%%\nAdvertise in the Maii.- the **best\nadvertising medium in the district.\nflow is the time to subscribe for\ntne Mail- the people's journal.\nSouth Africa's Affliction.\nRinderpest, apparently the worst\nof all diseases that a-ffectcattle, bids\nfair to practically desolate the southern part of Africa. In that region\nthe people are almost entirely dependent upon their herds for the\nmeans of living; they furnish the\nmain supply of food and the means\nof transportation, while among\nmany of the native tribes they take\nthe place of money as a medium of\nexchange. The source of the epidemic seems to have heen the\nUganda country, where the disease\nbroke out some two years ago,\nspreading rapidly southward.\nNothing could have stayed its progress except the prompt slaughter\nof infected herds, and that remedy\ncould not he employeu among the\nwild tribes. It was at one time\nhoped that the plague would not\ncross the Zambesi river, but the\nantelopes are credited with having\nhelped its spread. Now it is expected to sweep the whole of the\ncattle right down to the Capt P. R.\nThompson, a member of the Cape\nColony legislature, who was a member of the commission appointed to\ninquire into the plague situation,\ngives it as his opinion thut the total destruction of the cattle thus\nthreatened will revolutionize the\nindustry in South Africa so far as\nthe whites are concerned. Stock-\nraising will be abandoned, and\neven small farmers will have to\nleave the country and seek a livelihood in the cities and towns' The\nnative tribes everywhere blame the\nwhite people, and for a long time\ninsurrection in the protectorates\nwill he frequent, and these struggled\nwill result in great bloodshed and\nwill cause bilterness for years. The\ntribes of those regions in Which\ncattle are used for food will suffer\nfrom famine, which will ali\u00C2\u00AB*ost\nwipe out such tribes as the-Mata-\nbeles, who have almost' abandoned\nagriculture for.thtf'time.\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Times;\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 ll\u00C2\u00BB\t\nBold Train Robbery.\nSt. Louis, Dec. 10,\u00E2\u0080\u0094The Iron Mount-\ntaitt fust express train outgninr*, was\nhel'l up one mile from the Union station; within the city limits, lust niirbt\nat. 8,3(1 liy six uiuskcl men, Tlie iloor\nol tbe express cur was blown off with\nilyiniuiite, but no pliimier wus sei-ured.\nOne of the men Btooil in tbe centre of\n(he track ami waved u t-eil lantern;\nslftllllylng tlmt ilmiger wiih uheiul. Tbe\nengineer stopped tbe train and no sooner\nbail lie Hone so than two masked men\njumped li|ion tbe engine cab and presenting t le.lr revolvers, told him to bold\nthe engine still on pain of death. Two\nother robbers nmile lor tbe express car,\nwhile the remaining two stood guard\noutside. In less than fifteen minutes\nthe whole thing was over and Ui\" conductor hastened to the neatest telephone\ntnd notified the police.-\nIje NeW Vaijcoii Ver\n(?*OAL MINING f\nND JAND GO.\n.Limited.\nThe New Vancouver Coal\nCompany mine at their\nCollieries at and near\nNanaimo the following\nCoal8: NANAIMO COAL.\n<^ : __ SOUTHFIELD COAL,\nNEW WELLINGTON COAL,\nPROTECTION ISLAND COAL.\nThe above are supplied in\nthe followfng Grades, viz: Double Screened, Screened,\nRan of the Mine,\nWashed Nats and\nWashed Screenings.\nSAMUEL M. ROBINS,\nSuperintendent\nA Journal for the Peopk\nPrompt Delivery at the Company's\nWharves at Nanaimo and rrutec*\n4.*-*%%%*%%%%%*^%%%%,%%%%*%%%%%*%%%%%^\nPeople who Appreciate *\nPOE DRUGS\nHave their prescript ion t< dispensed at\nPIMBURY'S DRUG STORE.\nTheir Prices are Right. Telephone 3.\nIMO MEAT MARKET.\nD. H. BECKLEY & CO.\nWholesale and Retail Butchers\nVICTORIA ORESCENT,\nTelephone 7-9. Nanaimo, C. C.\nMeats delivered free of charge to all\nparts of the nity.\nOfUre Tel. 30. P. O. Ilox 16. Ui-sldence Tol. 101.\nM. J. HILBERT & SON\nFuneral Directors\n*\u00C2\u00B1 Embalmers.\nGraduates of tho Oriental, lho Eureka,\nthe Now York and Clark's\nSchool* of Embalming,\n1, 3 and 5 Bastion St., Nanaimo\n(Commercial Hotel,\nCorner Commercial and Bastion Sts.\nI'hls long-oStabllshc* Hotel is comfortably\nfitted up with superior accommodations for travelers and others.\nT, O'CONNICL, Prop.\nUnion Steamship Co.\nOf British Colombia, Limited\nHead Office and Wharf\u00E2\u0080\u0094Vancouver\nNORTHERN* SETTLEMENTS\nSS. Comox flails from Cn's wharf every\nTuesday at. 9 a. m. for Buwen Island,\nHowe 'sound, Sei-helt. Jervis Inlet,\nFroei-k,Texada Island. Lund, Herrtnndo\nIsland, Cortez Isliiml, Read Islam! Valdez Island, Shoal Bay, Phillip Arm,\nFrederii: Arm, Thurlow Island, Loughborough Inlet, Salmon River, Port Neville, and sails every Friday at 11 a. m.\nfor way ports and Shoal Bay calling at\nBute Inlet every six weeks.\nMOODYVILLE AND NORTH VANCOUVER FERRY.\nLeaves Moodvville\u00E2\u0080\u00948, 9:15, 10:45, 12\nnoon 2:4 and S:45p, in.\nLi aves Vani-i ui ver-8:35, 10, 11:20,\n1:15, p.m, 3:15, 5:15, und 0:20.\nCalling at North Vancouver each\nwav, excepting the noon trip.\nTugs and scows always available for\ntowing and freighting business. Large\nstorage accommodation on Co's wharf,\n//. // DARLING, Manager.\nTelephone 94 P. O. Hoi 771\nAlways In htock-\nGROCERIES,*\nMINERS' CAPS,\nUNDERWEAR,\nLAMPS, Etc. etc.\nTAXIDERMIST DEPARTMENT ,\nBums and Animals set up in a thorough workmanship manner.\nOn Hand\u00E2\u0080\u0094Four fine Deers' Heads,\nwhich will be sold for price of setting\nthem up. Also a fine case of Birds.\n!E\u00C2\u00ABiil MCNIIE NEEDLES OF UL KINDS.\nd. s. Mcdonald.\n69 Haliburton Street, Nanaimo.\nNorthwest Industrial Schools.\nThe Dominion government have decided to appoint a conluilasion, to Inquire Into the condition nnd working of\nthe' Industrial schools in Manitoba, the\nNorth West und lbilisb Columbia. It\nis considered that, for the large amount\nof moiieV expended on the schools an\nadequate return is not received. Hon\nMessrs Tniieund Sifton will be appointed a committee of the cabinet to prepare\nthe mode of inquiry.\nAdvertise in' the Mail, the people's\njournal,\nArrival and Departure of Mails\nNANAIMO POSTOFFICE.\nE. & N. RAILWAY. CLOSE. DUE.\nDally ex. Bun.\nWellington, Northfield and a.m. a.m.\nEast Wellington 11.26 8.50\nVictoria.Southern States and\nplaces along line of E. & N. Dally ex.Sun,\nRailway. 8.20 11.60\nBY STEAMER.\nVANCOUVER ROUTE.\nBritish and foreign, Eastern\nProvinces, Eastern States, Dally ex.Sun.\nVancouverand other places p.m. p.m.\non Mainland of B.C 6.30 5.00\nCOMOX ROUTE.\nComox, Union, Union Bay,\nSandwock,Courtenay,Gran-Tue-i. Fri.\ntliam, Qualicum, Hornby p.m. p.m.\nIsland and Denman Island 8.20 3.00\nVICTORIA ROOTS.\nSalt Spring Island, Burgoyne\nBuy, Fulford Harbor,North\nSalt. Springlsland and Gab-\nriola Island \t\nBY STAGE.\nAllierni, Parksville, French\nCreek and Errington \t\nNanoose Bay\t\nDeparture Bay, daily ex. Sun\nCedar (South), Saturday ..\nFri. Tues\nP.M.\n8 20\nTues.\nFri.\nP.M.\n12.30\nFri.\n12 30\nP. M.\n12 46\n2.00\nP.M.\n3.30\nMon.\nThur.\nP M.\n6.00\nThur.\n6.00\nA. U.\n10.30\n11 00\nJ. H. PLEACE,\n-GKNERAL-\nA Full Assortment at the Lowest Market Rates\nJOB WORK\nPromptly Attended to.\nAll kinda of\nTin and Sheet-Iron Work.\nVictoria Crescent, Nanaimo.\nSCOTCH BAKERY,\nVICTORIA CRESCENT.\nBread-\nCakes,\nPastry,\netc.\nAU Materials used in connection with the above\nguaranteed to be first-\nclass.\nWILSON & MATTHEWS,\nProprietors.\nGeneral Steamship Agency\nParties going to the Old Country\nor sending for friends will\nSAVE MONEY\nBy purchasing Tickets from\nW. B. DENNISON,\nGeneral Agent.\nHUGHES\nmnoM\nt'-'m'm-roi a8U;aet.\nCLEAN.....\nIndependent\noutspoken\nTHE MAIL\nPUBLISHED\nSEMI-WEEKLY\nTUESDAfS-and-FEIDAY^\n* 4 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2gife'-\n20c. per Month\nDELIVERED BY CARRIER\nMirlTT One Year, $1.60\nMAIL:^Moith^Vn%\nThree Months, 60 cts;\nMerchants and Business Men\nwill nnd THE MAIL a\nGood Advertising Medium\nIt has a targe and steadily increasing\ncirculation\u00E2\u0080\u0094GOING INTO THE HOMES\nof the city and immediate district.\nPRINTING\nIn all its\nVarious Branches\nWe Print.\nPOSTERS\nBOOKS\nPAMPHLETS\nCIRCULARS\nBILLHEADS\nLETTERHEADS\nNOTEHEADS\ndance programs'\nMENUS\nVISITING CARDS\nMOURNING CARDS'\nSTATEMENTS\nENVELOPES\nEtc.,' Etc.\nGOOD WORKMEN\nGOOD PAPER\nGOOD INK\nGOOD WOEK DONE^\nNEATLY\nCHEAPLY\nARTISTICALLY\nTHE MAIL PUBLISHING C0*\nE; V. CHAMBERS, Manager\nP. O. DRAWER 44 TELEPHONE fl '.-Vi-fffc\n!*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0'\n..\u00E2\u0096\u00A0sty.-\nI* :\n* - ,\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 * \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 '-\u00E2\u0096\u00A0.\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0-:.* . >_ \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2.\n**\u00C2\u00BB*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A27TK/\u00C2\u00BB1KI<-.M?ii'\u00C2\u00ABi,->VIISa it The Place to i*et\nPOHI.I-iHE'l BVKIIY\nTUESDAY AND KRIHUAY\nMAIL FUllUSKlMJ Coyi'ASY\nEd. V. UaAtHJHiw, Editor \u00C2\u00AB.ud .Manu-ii-r.\nVictoria Crescent, Nwiiiini.i. li. c.\nb**\nI would like to say a wnrd to a cer-[may appear, in this very im-\n[ taffi class of newspaper readers whu portaut case the Crown whs not\nare ever ready to stop taking a j re\u00E2\u0080\u009Erege--.te'd. Mr. Clias. Wilson\nwns there on beluilf of the\nMiner.,-' Union of this city, unJ\nSUU:\n-Out* vi\ni-Kil'T.-ox RATES.\npaper because a journal happens ti\ndiffer with them on a public quos-\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 tion. Some people art* so prejudic-\n'ed and intolerant that they cannot\ni.eo | for a moment entertain charity towards those who hold opinions differing from theirs. This pernicious\nTUESDAY- - DKCKMISKK 15, L896. 'practice has a bad effect on a cer-\n i tain class of news\nBy raftll-\n\" ma in-.in ii.*. .\n\" TaruomoiiUi*\nDelivered l,v v.iinei' \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nao<\n.\u00E2\u0096\u00A025 ,\n 6o;\n, lier nniiiUi\nMr. Helmcken for the New Vancouver Goal pompany. It has\noften been stated that the present Cavern meat were under the\ncontrol of tlie punsinuir coin-\n. i ... i. When | hi nation, and if there was any\nWheat, Corn, Chop, Oats, Bran, Seconds, Potatoes,\nOnions, Flour, Hulled Oats, Oatmeal. Farina,\nBuckwheat Flour, Uice Flour, iioiuiny, also a\nFull Line of Choice Groceries, is at\nlUuiNuUiid} tils BBttiipu-ail ucl mtHHfr\nOdii) . ti, i \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\"'\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 , \"I > U '\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nit-ii, . iv. . .;\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 m \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2; \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 1,| \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n^sssgBB^f''\nRev. McRae and\nthe \"Mail.'\nThe purpose of this article is\nto make our position in regard to\nMr. McRae a little more distinct.\nThe fact that we have always been\na supporter of Mr. McRae since he ,.. ,\n! 11 he it,\ncommenced his investigation of the\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0conduct of certain policemen ought\nto have been a guarantee to our\nleaders and friends of the reverend\ngentleman that when we gave our\nopinion of Mr. McRae's communication we did so conscientiously\nand without malice. It f-eenis,\nhowever, that we presumed too,\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 . . . . \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 *l mentn\nmuch, fur since the publication of'\nFriday's issue we have been vfo-\ni a journalist sees that honesty dues\nI not pay in the editorial discussion\nof publio questions, mis of two\nthings happen. He will either go\n' out of the business altogether or else\n! become a low, roan-pleasing, servile\n, tool of public opinion, lie will not\ndare to take Bides squarely on the\nblame\ntends\nI ii I ure\nlil\nme ii t\nin pursue\nihnt he\n, and n iie I -\n:e ci ir.-e in the\nis (.1,11,1* mi llie\n[ ,.i il,ii,l.-\nquestions of the day, knowing that\nie must h\nso prefers to pander\nse subsribers\nand grovel in\nthe dirt in order that he may be\npermitted to stay in the business.\nDo the people of Nannirc/o want\nthis to happen here? If so, then j\nour paperi\nlingering doubt in the mind of\nthe most, credulous, lho action of\nlhe Government in this case present occasion instead or tmn\nshould forever remove it. No- \u00C2\u00ABng that their conduct was sii.gu\nGovernment can hope io retain!1-*. ('\u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 he ^^^ ,iu\" '\"''\nthe couiiiicnco of llie poople so\nlong as even one member of\nsuch U known to bo the paid\nrepresentative of graspiug mono-\niliir orti.-i-rs nf the K.\niv .ii. '*. t-tt-itiiiur Juan\npolists'.\n. \u00E2\u0099\u00A6*.>\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\t\nEditorial Notes.\nThe editor of the \"Pathfinder\" is\n inclined to aive the Mail credit for\ncommence stopping your ptipot - , ,\n,, \".. ,. \u00E2\u0080\u009E-,., i doing -nnie intense thinking, and\nevery time the editor disagrees with n '' .\n- , t ,i ,\u00E2\u0080\u009E. ,\u00E2\u0080\u00A2,:\u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E. out of that thought has evolved the\n' you and one of the tw 'i -\n1-inty oharged with making a oom-\n-.plete change of front; with being\ntraitors to the cause, and, worst of\n.all, with being in league with the\nFree Press to injure tiie reputation\nof an honest man.\nWe differed with Mr. McRae on\ntwo points; viz, as to whether he\nliad a right to the half fare, and in\nthe way lie presented his bill of\nlil.L'S\nled above will surely happen.\nWe\npeople\nshould happen that we ca\n! conscientiously wiih public questions without losing our readers,\nwe will go out of the business while I\n| we have manhood enough left to do The local daily sheet did the\nso and not sink to the'level of a grand last Saturday evening under\n! party niacin ne with no other higher | the caption of \"Where is the money\n, or better object in view than simply\nto \"please\" men.\nplatform of the British Columbia\nLiberal party. We are not the\n. . , \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ,,\u00E2\u0080\u009E parents of this child, although we\nlave not lost faith in the ,, , - -. ti\n, ,. . . , , \u00E2\u0080\u00A2, -, have stood godfather lor it. lhe\nof this city yot, but if it.; h\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 . . name of the gentleman who for-\nnnot deal ; .',... -i\nniulated lt is plainly given in the\narticle referred to.\ngoing to solicit the facts and publish theui it will save us from\nhaving to assume so much in order\nto get explanations nti such matters. 1 am glad to mi-, that Mr.\nA. II. Johnston's statement to the\nFreo Press\" is verv reasonable. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 s\na man of business, he cannot be\nexpected to wait for a meeting to\nhe culled, and when he could not\npromise to be there, o\ suppo-ed\nthat he might not be able to, he\nwrote out his report and supplied\nthe secretary with the same. Yesterday, however, both Mr. Johnston\nii Hie\ni I v< -\nni.ri\nri\nIS I\nilllll, UN\nii eel't-lii\nlie iiul.li\nt il-i in\nlu'llt-vi-\ncpei*de \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nloiijz the\ni.ie \u00E2\u0096\u00A0iiir-\nB -Ii nl ilie \"In \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\ni ni.... in a i'i\"it .il, me same lime, i-h\n\u00C2\u00BB .is ride \u00C2\u00AB Mi.-s M.i ilanalil and li\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0i-' \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0. : v ii..' Chtirmer uir V inej\nev Here .11\nies IVHtt'll\n\u00C2\u00BBh ol everyday me.\nrs retei-feil to, tn-siiles\nise\nit.li\n< l!\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2i-lll.\n.claims.\nIn regard to tho first, the stand Xhe Coal Mines\nwe take is that Mr. McRae was and I liC'T'llation Act.\nis entitled to every cent of actual! '.\"\t\ncash outlay from the time he left | The question of the eonstitu-\nLos Angeles till his return, by -hejtionality of Ibe amendment to\nmost direct route. Of this there\ncan be no doubt, and if Mr. McRae\ncan prove ihat his actual cash expenses amounted to $173.50, the\nMail will strongly favor ids receiving this sum.\nAs to the amount of difference in\nthe fare which Mr. McRae claims I writing\nthe Goal Mines Regulation Act,\n1800, prohibiting Chinese from\nworking in any coal mine in\nBritish Columbia, lias at last\nbeen submittted to thc Supreme\nCourt for a decision.' At this\nof the\nthe decision\nas his; all we can say is that the I learned judge, has notbeen ren-\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0question, to our mind, is debate-1 dered. This is not the point we\nable, and that there is room for ! have in mind.butthefact that the\nhonest difference of opinion. Mr. t Hon. C. E. Pooley, Q. C, M. P. P.,\nMcRae may be right, and it is just Cabinet Minister and President\npossible that his claims would be Lf the Executive Council, of Brit-\nthese arrangements and presup\nposes an awkward feeling amongst\nthe commissioners\ndonated to pay the Rev. D. A. McRae's expenses.\" It sets out by\nsaying, \"It has been an open secret\nfor some time that a subscription\nwas taken several weeks ago to pay\nMr. McRae's expenses,\" and in the\nnext paragraph says, \"It has been\nvariously stated that the collections\nmade, ranged from $'\"0 to $200.\"\nThat a subscription ranging from\n$60 to $200 could be collected in\nthis city, and remain a secret,\nither open or sealed, would indeed ! serious decision with very little\ndata. I do not wish to intensify\nthe feelings of th\naud\nand Mr. Simpson being at home,\nand having to leave this morning,\nMr. Davison, who was at his work\nand could not leave it without\nhaving to pay someone to lill his\nplace, was informed at 11 o'clock\nin tbe morning of a meeting at\n3 o'clock, tiie same allernoon. To\nsay the least, there is something\nverv clumsy and peculiar about ; only i-2|,er.lay mid as Mr. tiidlimay\nvi.iv v.ii.1111 j i had f80 per mouth, he thought lie was\ni.i rpici ; nl i!.' house ui Capl Bnllei.\nnil ri.lll-S in -eve .ill:, uiveil II11 111 ber .of\niiiil'Konal triiiliits w hn ivere t.hei'c to lytt-\niiesn Lhe I-H-.i-nny h, Rev. \V. b. (.'lay,\nwhich made man and, Mr. .1. M. Ureen-\nBhielils, i'iiii-1 engineer of the Joiin, und\nMiss Kiln Min-ilnn-il.!, ilaughuir of Mis\nund Mis. Ceo Miii-ilnniihl oi Ooinns,\nMinn Mui'iloinilil, sisier nf lhe lui le, i\nwus hiiilesniuiil, unit Cup! Whileley sup-1\nported llie-.'nnil!!. Mr. (irecm-liU'lds tins i\nhad i-liup-e of lhe .loan's ongilte rnniii I\nfnr several years. They will make tlieir I\nhome in Naiiiiiinii.\nAt the residence of the bride's parents,)\nSpringfield ave ne, Victoria West,Mr. ]\nJohn L. Grimison, the purser nf the I\nsteunier Joan, and Mi.-,s Josephine Mae- j\nilnnald, were united 111 nuirriago hy Rev.\nS. Cleaver. They will also live in Nanaimo.\nSchool Hoard.\nThe board of School Trustees held their\nregular mouthy meeting on Saurda*\nevening.\nMr. A, Morgan wrole complaining\nthat Mr. Galloway, for whom he had\nacted as substitute, wanted to pay him\nWE .\nLEAD in\njvnei\nis\nAmerican, French .and Canadian Makes.\nChild's Waist, at 35 cents, nny si-/e.\nMisses' Corset, at 6f) cents, any size.\nStevenson it Co., Black Corset, al $1\u00E2\u0080\u0094a leader.\nD. ci A., in Click and Gray, $l.-2o, $1.50, $2.25\u00E2\u0080\u0094special\nvalue.\nP. & N. C, $1 25, $1.50, $2.00\u00E2\u0080\u0094Gray und Black.\nGet your Guesses in*on the\nPumpkin. We have added\nthree Special Prizes to the\nnearest to the Winners of\nthe Steel Range. . . .\nSTEVENSON & CO.\nGREAT CASH DRY GOODS AND\nMEN'S FURNISHINGS HOUSE* -\nCommercial St., Nanaimo, B. C.\nentitled tn mure.\nConsiderable discussion anise over the\nmatter, some of the members thinking I\nthat simply be-I the amount sufficient, and others that\nspeaks the impossibility of having matter lay bet woen the. l-iiesmter,,, I\nhan-ls of the Chairman and Secretary.\nA letter wus read from the uruhilect |\ngiving ai-ertilieiil.e of be work ' '\nan unprejudiced decision on matters brought to their notice, and\nsince their decision has been given\nand if the written reports of the\nsame has to be taken, ascontaining\nthe data upon which they form\n- and\nbe a phenomenon worthy of recording. Personally we know nothing about the collection\nheing a subscriber\u00E2\u0080\u0094bey\ngeneral report at the time\nsustained in a court of law. But\nbecause we do not see this matter\nin the same light as our reverend\nIriend it must not be assumed that\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2we denounce him as a dishonest\n-man, or join with his enemicsin an\nattempt to injure his standing in\nthis community. On tho contrary j legal fraternity in a matte\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0we uphold him in everv action he | this kind, but to a layman\nish Columbia, appeared in Courl\nrepresenting a corporation as\nagainst the Province. We are\nnot fully conversant with all tbo\nphases of legal etiquette or the\ncode of ethics governing tbo\nof\nMr.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094not\nnd thc\nthat a\nfund was heing contributed to for\nthe purpose of defraying tho leial\nexpense in connection with the Investigation against the offending\npolice offloera. Bat the statement,\nthat the parties who subscribed to\nsuch a fund should, apply to the\neditor of the Free Tress to find out\nwhat was done with the money, is\nslatiiiL' that his work in reference to the\nconstruction wus complete,\nSeveral nr.connis were passed for payment and Ihe Secretary InstruetDil tnl'\n! apply lo lhe Council for a credit of j\nj Ifl,084.25, on general account, and s 2.\u00C2\u00BB ),:;0\ntheir conclusion, we have a straight, ,,\u00E2\u0080\u009E emistruction account.\nA discussion arose on the payment '\nof teachers salaries and it wus under-1\nBtnod thai the Cnuniiil would pay the\npublic concern-1 salaries for Oi-tnlierlu a few davB.\n1 | Christmas examinations will take\n\" place us follows: North and South\nWard sclionlB on Wednesday Dec, lfith\n(iomprrow). Centra! school, Thu*s-\nlay and High Bchool on Friday.\n*D0NT DELAY,\nCRDEBlSfl VOUR BltlTER SUIT ANY LODGER.\nYou will need it for the Xmas Holidays.\nMORGAN the Tailor has just what you.\nwant ior a Good Warm Suit in\t\nW\ns\nits\nEnglish, Irish and Sr\ning the two police officers,\nmight, if I wisned, put many i-ues-\nJias taken in this investigation. We Fooley's action seems highly itn-\ndo not believe that either he or! proper. What would bo thought\nMayor Davison did anything un* hf a member of the Dominion\ngentlemanly or unbecoming when Government appeared in court\nthey went down to Frazer street ftS the couusei f01. a corporation\na-nd saw with their own eyes the L -e lnat lhe constitu.\nway our policemen were spending!,. ... ,. ,. . . ,,,,,i\u00E2\u0080\u009E\n, * . v _ , \" \u00E2\u0096\u00A0B tionality of a Dominion statute,\ntheir time. In fact we congratu-'\ntions that seem to nie to ho hard to\nanswer, in the face of such a decision In ing arrived at. But, as\nthese gentlemen are tlm j id^es,\ntheir conclusion must be Uikbh as\nfinal. There is, however,one point\nill the Mayor Diivisoii report, a\nplain fact never disputed, but con*\ntinned by tho whole of ihe witnesses,\nof very great imp rtilllee, whieh, if\nnot a reason for the dism ssai 'f\nthe policemen, was certainly Miiii-\n, , , . cieiu on which- to base reproof,\ntoo screamingly absurd to pin-s un- ^ ^ on,y ^ \u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E. |lh.en,e \u00E2\u0080\u009E,\nnoticed. \\ hat bond of sympathy i &ny Uuuut! \]n{ ,|,e m,,ui,i perform-\ncan tliere possibly be between ance oi'the best of police service\nparties who voluntarily subscribed So that when nur policemen attend\nthe case to a full! to their du.ies at these disreputable\nhouses they are at perfect hocriy to\nwith them, and\nplaces suthci-\nbeliltlc, and villify everyone in \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ently bad to need (as Mr. Simpson\nfavor of a fair hearing. Is it con ;savs) the'greater supervision of the\nceivable that subscriber to the policemen. This, with other things\n. , , t might have been noticed and enr-\nfund would apply to such H*\u00E2\u0084\u00A2*?bh with advantage. The whole\nSoots.. Tweeds\nand Heavy Serges. .,*,,..,,\nftf/rw' ? is THE PRICE.\nIn Make and Fib I guarantee to please you.\n&&o\nl^^J\nAny present subscriber to the\nM ail can have the Weekly (.'lob.\nfrom raw to the end of lS'.JT for\nt>5 ce tits.\nRoom lo Let.\n/ lOMF')!:r.\!,i.Y furnished linnin, in\n\" private liAme, In lei, with lire.\nRales moderate. Por |jarliiaihira apply\nui lhe Mail uttlce.\nTI\n!K TAILOR,\nIrlUlll filli\nCommercial Street.\nmoney to push\n*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB impartial hearing, and t;li(0 pHvate person.\neditor who used llis rag to obstruct, ]e.u.e i\jC,m \n these\nau\nto such a\nsource for information in\nrected\nmatte\nWit\nis\nended and one thing is\n.,,,,. , . especially if such corporation,\nlate them for doing so much on be-. * * . .. . ,,, v preference to those\nhalf of the city. It only goes to WttS pecuniarily interested i let \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 W|)i! pa-d \\'e take the lib- before anyone else comes out and\nprove the sincerity of these two| ---is ia precisely what Mr. Pooley j wty of using a B)jing |)nrtt8e \u00C2\u00ABl00|ta\u00E2\u0084\u00A2iw i-:*tr...*iiii-uHi,.*i*i\u00C2\u00ABti>*.\nrn HARDY, Iiouiilc DriiRKlm, Wlnlleld Cre\u00C2\u00AB-\n1. caut. 'lis lliinly'H I'ilconiinent.\nDENTISTS.\nCARRIAGE WORK\nDone In tiio iniiHt approved matinqr,\nTlieir prlcCH urn rlulit- Cull and hoc\nthem.\nClan anil Etli-iradniinlHtcrcil.\nOlliee, Odd-Kellow'a Block, Nanaimo.\nHighest Honors\u00E2\u0080\u0094World'* I air\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2PR;\nWJ. cl'ltltV, D. D. 8., Green Block.\n. I'liim work guaranteed.\nKim-\nUIIIJliUISTS.\nsu\nhave compelled the city to pay | of -lis corporation employers,\nevery cent due him. . | Am)lhe,. oulinr has0 0j-lhi.l supposed concerning the intention\nLet not the readers of the Mail! . .. \u00E2\u0080\u009E i . ,v.Tp,. .\u00E2\u0080\u009E.\u00E2\u0080\u009E-,. {ol the Free Press's omission was\nn\u00E2\u0080\u009EoTf\u00C2\u00AB an instant that because | \u00E2\u0084\u00A2 ^^^.^^T11 untrue. Well, we are so well used\nwe differ with Mr. McRae on these\ntwo points that we differ in\nall.\ntion, in whose interest it was to\nhave the law declared unconsti-\nwilh our old friend giving an exuberant report of the worthy\nWhitfield's-Crescent Shoe Store\nNOTICE.\nALL FREIGHTS left on tho\nNanaimo Wharf Co.'s Wharf\nwill be ut owners' risk.\nft. R. JOHNSTON & G0.t Wharfingers.\nShamrock Livery Stables i:S;,5S'S,ir\nNANAIMO, B.C.\nALL A BTBABHAKi\ntint. Dn-peiitiliiK\nLOST\nTEAMSTERS\nAMI\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00C2\u00BB\nDBAYMEN\nTheMjkii. believes in charity and tutioual, were represented by ft L0ijph9 of hia friends, and keepi.-g A pure Grape Crcnm of T-rt-rPriwdcr. Vte.\ntoleration, and it is no difficulty i Cabinet Minister, while the peo- jdoathly silent on tnose that are ftom Ammorib, Ahmm .nyotheradultcrar.;\nftn u\u00C2\u00BB to differ \u00C2\u00AB\"\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00C2\u00BB\"\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\"> a -*-an ot> ow \ I)les pai'l rePre8ei-tat\"'(3i *He At-^,.1,100*^9 that b# \u00C2\u00BBu\u00C2\u00BBt not)\nMOST PERFECT MADE.\ns Grape Crcnm of Tartir Powder,\nimmonla, Alum or any other adul\n40 Y\u00C2\u00ABM* the Standi,*\nAn Kxtn-i-SH Vnu ini'i-ts all\nDiamond-, Rubles, ivarla, or nny TfHtnavaii'l >*U>nnt\u00C2\u00ABirfi Dully, Hti\nklml ot sioiii'nui lie replaced, uml q\u00E2\u0080\u009E jiiim,i |,, ()i*ilpf ul uny limn\n11II .li-wi'lrj- iiiiiilu or repnlrcil nl lnw\nprloei, by (iiinugiiu\nMannlartiirniir\nL. H, BILLS Jewtlar\nCOMHEIJCUIj STREET\nFIHST-CLASS mfm\nAT RI-ABOSAIIIjE UATKa\nMCl-OWliLt., ATKINS, WATSON CO., I.liiiUnli.\nMedical Hull, iinrncr ..umnuireial auUBai-\ntion \"truetti. Telephone l-U-6.\nDYE WORKS.\nNAN'IMO DVE WORKS .\numl Rcpairins 14 Mcol alreet\nDyeing, Cleaning\n. stri-et.\nC. ciiahlton, Manager.\nFISH MAltKET.\nMARSH, Wlinlofule l*\u00C2\u00ABaler In Flan, end\nUathu, ItuHtltm Street, Nanaimo.\t\nUEA1. KPTATK-\u00E2\u0080\u0094 INSftl.ANCE.\ntjiORKMAN di HARPY. Itftil E\u00C2\u00BBt\u00C2\u00BBt(! Rrekera\n\" HiiFtloii street. ____^_\nWATCHMAKER,\n-Telephone t\ni^i^^WSfi* 3XX\n|08. M. RBOWN. WiWJiiTOker,\nJ and Cloeas carelullr oleariea\nCoraer Churea a\u00C2\u00BB4 Phajwl et "Titled \"The Nanaimo Mail\" from 1896-02-15 to 1896-05-09

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