"953e62ae-f478-44bc-8904-dab36ba3ea7b"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2015-12-08"@en . "1900-02-23"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/ndaymine/items/1.0083764/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " 'A,,\n*_*,.\nDaily Edition No. 659.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDv\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD..\nNelson, British Columbia, Friday, February 23, igoo.\nTenth Year\nTO FIGHT TO fl FhvSH FR0M_B0BS\nLord Kitchener's Response to Gen. Cronje's\nRequest for a Twenty -Four\nHour Armistice.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD The Boer General Refuses to Surrender\nand Prefers to Struggle to the\nBitter End.\niiiv tssncivri'-o PRESS.) \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\n_,.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD,. . . r, ! nnil Geiiernl Knox are slightly\nUnion, Feb. 23.-(4 a. ni-l-Geri- , wnnlldod. \" *\neral Oronje le seemingly making his \t\nlant Bland. He i\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD dying hnrd, hemmed\nin by British infantry with shells) London, Feb 38. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD The Cape Town\nfrom 50 guns falling into IiIh oamp. In i correspondent of The Dally Telegraph\nlbe third day of the light the Boer I says: \"General Cronje's request for nn\nhii'f asked for an armistice to bnry I armlstloe was a mere dodge to gain\ntime to mnke trenches. Lord Kitch-\nbi-dciul. 'Fight to a finish or sur-\nniiilpi' unconditionally,\" was Lord\nRiloliener's reply. General Cronje tm*\nmi'diiilely Bent hack word Hint Ms re-\nqui', t for a truce had been rnisunder.\nener refused,hut 1,'iive him half nn hour\nto consider whether he wonld snrien-\nder unconditioiinlly or tight tn a tlu-\niflh. The Boers having said that their\n-t, ad. and thut his determinntioii I intention bnd been misunderstood\nlion, a\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD before, was to fight to the | and that they would light to the end,\ndeath. the battle wan resumed.\nTlie battle went on. TbiH whs lhe The Times hns the following from\nsituation of (ienernl Oronje Tuesday Pnardoherg, dated February 21,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"We\nevening, ns sketched by the scanty lei- hnve expelled 600 Hoers from nn isolat-\negrame that havo emanated from the led kopje abont a mile south west of\nKmi-iilence of Bonth Africa.officially. Oeneral Cronje's laagei.'' The Times\nI/iid Rulierta sa,.8 thn\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD he bus scatter* says editorially.! \"The fact that the\ned the advance command of the win. Boers started to reinfoce Genernl\nfoiTi'ini'iit. that were striving to reach Oronje from Natal some days ago is\nOrODJe, It is i. !\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD n,Imi as singular that an additional reason why Lord Hobeits\nLord Huberts wiring Wednesday should should finish wiih hi in as promptly\nDO. mention the appeal for nn arm is- as possible. Small bodies of liners\ntioenii the pievious day and also that such ns hnve already been broken up,\nlhe War office shnnld withhold good are not very formidable hnt a lmge\nnews il it hnd any. body with guns and supplies wonld\nWithout trying lo reconcile even the! cnli for serious treatment, in which\nscanty material at band it seems plain] sitnation, no doubt, General French\nwould Und cougentni employment,\n\"Lord Roberta at present has the advantage of baipg nearer to his bade\nthan the Boots nre to theirs, but that\nadvantage will he reduced in proportion to bis enstwaril progress, and it is\nlib. The engagement with Oronje's j important thnt bodies of the enemy\nTiOli lo WKl entroncned men is likely to I shnnld not hover on his right Hank. \"\nbecome an Incident in a buttle be- i Commenting npon Lord Salisbury's\ntween the masses. These fractions of J reply to l.nrd Teynhums question re-\nthe power are rapidly drawing togeth- ' gnrding tbe assertion tlmt (.rent Brit-\ner to attack Lord Roberts. Will Gen-j lan wns bound by a secret treaty with\nftnl Crnnje be able to bold ont until i Germany which -wonld secure some\ntbe Boer massus appear or if bo doe*, ' measure of independence for the Eoers.\nwill Ihey then ho able to succor him. The Times Hays: \"There woold he uo\nThe British are facing Ihe Boers on precedent for any interference unless\ngronuils where the aims, tactics and \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD the Hoers were crushed, even if any-\ntraining of the British nre expected to body .'.-It bold enough ui- strong enough\ngive them the advantage. to tob the victors under unctuous pre*\nOeneral Bnller, according lo a dis- i text of humanity and mercy to the\npatch from Chieveley, dated Wednes-1 vanquished, Nobody, we imagine does\nilnv, limls the Boers in positions north feel stroug enough or bold enough tn\nol the Tugela largely reluforced. This '. tiv, whn is at the same lime hostile\nenough to England to wish to try.\"\nThe Times then proceeds tn argue\nthat the British navy was never strong\nthan it is at present, adding: 'This\nwar bus given an immense experience\nwhich will tend to make Great Britain\nstronger than ever before in military\nsense, while the Indian lumps an.l the\nColonists have evinced their loyalty >n\ntime of adversity which gives additional strength.\"\nthat Genera! Cronje is in n bnd mid\nev.n ilpsperute situation and thut the\nBritish ate pressing their advantage.\nWhile the attack on General Cronje i\nwr.vteila. thrre is a race tor eonoentrn-\nUon between the Boors and the Brit- |\nseems strauge. Tho Wur Office for the\nfirst time has given out nn official\ncompilation of the British losses. Tho\ntotal in 11,208 up to Febrnnry 17. This\ndoes not include, therefore, Lord Rob-\nprti,' recent lessee nor the Wiltshire\nprisoners. The Press Association\nli'anis thnt tbe British losses at Koo-\niloosrauil wero TOO.\nThree thousand fresh troops will\nembark fnr South Africa today. Tho\nrelative position of the combatants is\nlikened to chess players, one of whom\nIrom time to time ndds pieces to the\nboard whilo any loss to tho adveisary\ni\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD irreplaceable.\nTho morning papers allude to the\nIhimRhtfuluesB of Lord Roberts in\nBonding a dispatoh to the Earl of\nMinto, the Canadian Governor-Gon-\nMSl.\nCape Town, Feb. 32.-In roply to\nGeneral Ctoujo's rei|iiest for un armistice of 24 hours to allow him to bury\nhis (lead. lord Kitchener told the Boer\neouiiimniier that he must fight to a\nmush or surrender unconditionally.\nJiencral Cronje's position is reported\nhopeless. Tbe British have occupied\nBerkley West.\ntond-D, Feb. M.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe Daily News\nlitis the following dispatch from Mod-\n'Ier Kiver, dated Wednesday afternoon,\nMi. ai.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe Boer forces under Gen-\nWW ('rnnje ure estimated at H.tK'O men.\nt IS o'clock he asked un armistice\n\"I 12 hours whfoh was refnsed. Later\n' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDent a .messenger to say that he\nLondon, Fob. 28. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDMr. Spencer Wilkinson, reviewing the military situation in the Morning Post says: \"Lnnl\nHubert' who was once an artillery officer will take cure that the artillery fire\nis properly concentrated. Prolonged\nstelling will conipell tho lioers either\nto hurl themselves at the British Infantry in the hope of forcing their\nway ont, or to surrender, The best\nohanoe for General Cronje would be to\nmake a night attack, but the bayonet\nwill servo the British nt night as well\nas by day. Tbere are, of oourse, in\nwnr, all sorts of chances.\nA party oi Hoers from the north or\nthe snnth might conceivably fall by\nsurprise on some point of the Investing\nring, and thus gain n chance to eso.pu\nfor tho beleaguered Hours, bnt the\nprobabilities Bie that General Oronje\nwill bo compelled to surrender, and\nihat Puurdehorg will be effective for\nthe destruction nf the tirst fraction of\ntlie Boer army.''\nchieveley Camp, Wednesday, Feb.\n21. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe steady progress nl the relief\n-.column ia nninterinpfW. Tbe Boers\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDMinl'l surrender. Tbe British gonernl 0n Tuesday were forced from their\n\"'tit a reply telling him to oome into i l,IHt position south nf the Tngela, re-\nii\"\"P ,(,n *his Gronje refnsed saying suiting in the evacuation nf Colenso,\nlucre had been a misunderstanding which was promptly reooonpled by the\nJuki in- would tight to the death. The Dublin Fusileeis nnd Thornyoroft's\nii'iiiiiiardiunnt waa then reopened and ; Horse A Transvaal ling was captured\n\"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDr lyildito Hhells sot lire to tho Boer ' as was a handkerchief inscribed with\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDng\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDiiH ,\'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD continued shelling the i (.eiiernl Hnllm's inline. This is trims-\n''UK'-r through the night and in thn j ...red as u great trophy. The Boers\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD resumed with Maxims heavily shelled Hliingwnno Hill and\n'ii'iriiiiig wi\n.,'.,!_\"' Pri\"oipnlly from tlio north I Coiens'o on Wednesday. The British\n\"A.':, j \"\"day there wns much waste infantry advance was subjected to n\n'jie iii attacking and Iho -Mine result I _ovcio nmskitiy lire, but they had ox-\nwill M achieved without it. Doting I oellfint cover iiinl tin* casualties were\nfew. The Boots hud the railroad running from Colenso to Blwan, The\nBritish continue to discover huge\nI quantities of nmtrinnltion, The Boers\nare well supplied with food and a\nquantity of provisions was left behind. It is expected that further re-\nsistunco will be half-hearted and that\nLady smith will be relieved in a few\ndays.\nMoiiilav night seven Boers made an at\n'\"'Ot to break through oui lines, but\nLi'i'i\" .mr, '\"P'nred and their leader\n\"it '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD. l'01.r w,irfl MnyIng letters. It\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD 'I'lieved that there was onn oilier\n\"no (jot throngb.\n\"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDher prisoners say that General\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD< '\"Jo Ulnbed from Magorsfontein\n! \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD. , ont \"ntspanning, a distance\na ,i. miles, Had he succeeded In es-\niin. .'\" 1 won,u hnv\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ^n \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDne ol tho\nu-,.rf I\"'rf\"rn\"*noes in tlio annals of\nIh'iii T' Tho Onnndians mado a gnl-\n'\"\" '*h\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDrgeatthe laager but were driv-\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\" \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*)k with lou. General Maodouald\nIdol of the Army Warmly\nPraises the First\nContingent.\nWarm Words from London\nfor the Canadian\nSpirit.\n(SPECIALS TO THE MIJ.mil..\nOttawa, Out., Feb. 22 - His Ex\ncellency the Governor-General has\nreceived the following telegram\nfrom Field Marshal Lord Roberts I\n''Pativdeberg, Oiange Tree State,\nFeb. 22.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDlhe Oatiadiini regiment\nhas doue admit able service siDce\narrivinr in South Africa. I deeply\nregret the heavy loss it Buffered\nduring the fighting on the 18th\ninst-, nnd be_ you will assure the\npeople how muoh we all hare\nadmired the conspicuous gallantry\ndisplayed by our Canadian companies on I lmt occ.siou- (Signed)\n* ROBERTS.\"\nMACDONALD |BRflVELy nuj) |_QN0\nWhen Boers Hit \"Fighting\nMac\" They Wounded\nAll Britons.\nChurchill Tells of Bullers\nRecent Advance on\nLadysmith.\n(SPECIALS To\nNow York, Fob. M\n'HE MINER.)\n-London is stirr-\nMontreal, Feb. U3.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD The Star's London cable says: \"The speeches of Sir\nWilfrid Laurier and Sir Charles Tupper in the Canadian House of Commons have awakened an universal nnd\nsympathetic echo here as illustrating\nthe spirit ill which a brave nnd strong\nnation should should meet its trials.''\nTho Tunes suys: ''Canadians mourn\ntheir dead and grieve ovor their\nwounded hnt they mourn with the\nspirit of Imperial people.\"\nThe Unily News says: \"It is refreshing to turn from the faint heart\nand nialadroitiicsK of Lord Salisbury\nto this timely, courageous Cunadian\nspirit.\" aim adds: \"Canadians ouglir,\nnu Lord bnllsbury's showing, to bo\ntrekking into the United States. As a\nmatter of fact they are clamoring In\nlie sent to South Africa.\"\nThe Globe says: \"Tbo spirit in\nwhich a biuve, strong nation shonld\nmeet trials is admirably illustrated by\nUic temper displayed by Can.da, Tho\nwar, if it has done nothing else, bus\nkilted political bitterness uml mere\nparty strife in ull tlio Colonies. The\nContrast between Uttuwa nnd Westminster is painful and humiliating.\"\nDetroit, Mich., Feb. 2-' -.The Canadian-American Club passed a resolution of sympathy with the families\nol the Canadians who fell at Modder\nRiver,\nToronto, Feb, _;).\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDAt au entertainment in aid Of the Patriotic Fund next\nweek a mussed band will render- the\n\"Dead March in Saul\" in honor of the\ngallant Canadians who have fallen in\nSooth Allien.\nToronto, Feb. aa.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDOllicers of the\nlocal regiments profess ignorance nf\nanything new regarding the Fenian\ninvasion of Canada.\n(Ittawa, Feb. _2.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Th_ Canadian\nPatriotic Fund to dale is $18(5,075.\nThe Militia Department has rfceived\nno advises from the War OHioe regarding Canadian losses in South Africa.\nThe Imperial authorities have not\nas yet nocepted Canada's offer to garrison Halifax and thus release the Lein-\nseler heginicnt there for unlive service. Military authorities herd state\neverything is in readiness for organizing the garrison jroinply when the\nOffer is accepted.\n- The Dominion Artillery Association\n\"ad Its annual meeting this morning,\nLieutenant Colonel living, president,\npresiding. Severn! tributes wero paid\ntn the effli iont work done by the bead*\nquarters i\" getting Off the two contingents Whioh have In en sent to rront.\nA icsiiliilii t Sympathy was passed\nwith those who have been bereaved\nby the loss of loved ones in Sunday\nnight's lighting at Modder Hiver.\nLondon, Fob- 38.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDTbere have been\nmany eulogistio referennes to Sir Wil-\n[rid Lauriei's and other Canadian's\n.pooches on the subject of the losses ol\nrue Canadians in South Africa, oon-\nearning wbioh.oariously enough, there\nis not a singl\" word, olllcial or other*\nIWise, known ti be published liere, ex-\ncop! that tWO ollicers were wounded.\n| (iltawn, Feb, :.'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-'.-A cablegram from\nI Lord Koberts received this afternoon\nannounoes that W. K. Booleston, of\nthe Canadian Postal corrs in smith\nAfrioa, has been appointed by Uora\nKoberts to ii lleutenanoy In the imperial Artillery Postal Service corps.\ned to tlio depths by war rumors, ne-\ncording to cables ro the morning na-\npors, and is anxiously awaiting details\nfrom South Africa of the battles\nwhich it is known General Roberts\nhas been engaged in. That tho light\ning has been serious all kuow from the\nnames of officers scut in who have\nbeen killed or wounded. Of the seven wounding of General Macdonald.\nThe Herald correspondent says that\nthis news showed an effect which few\npeople outside of Bngland can fully\ngunge, Hector Macdonald to the multitude is lhe man of the war. The\npublic have surrounded him with a\nhalo of heroism. Tbey consider bim\nlion -hearted nml invincible, and\nabove nil, \"in* of their own body, for\nMacilonnlil is n self made man, Wlieu\nthe Boers wounded \"Fighting Mac,\"\nthey burt the Hritish public keenly.\nWinston Churchill sends from Chieveley eiiinp a long dispatoh which is\nprinted iu The World, in which be\nsays: \"The late successes should not\ninduce the Government to retain its\nmilitary preparations. The first object, before every one is to bring this\nhorrible war to an end and the shoit-\nest way is to pour a continual stream\nof nii-ii and guns and supplies into the\nCape. Meanwhile mere me many eu-\nooornging signs that the Boers are as\nfearing ol Iho struggle with ever diminishing strength against ever in-\norenaing odds. The sky already brightens with pro.uisn of victorious peaoe.\nOut losses in the light for Hupsar Hill\nwere about fifty in nil. The lighting\nwas cominui'il at long rillo range. At\nlast, for tbe lirst time during these\noperations, we bnd found the Boer\nflank and had placed a stroug force at\nright angles to his main position. The\nfruits of this were plucked on tbe isth\n(Sunday) when General Hiiriyard begun u vigorous attack across the Nek\non Monte Christo. The guns nnd the\nother brigades assisted. The Boers\nnow commenced a renr guard action,\nwhich degenerated rapidly into flight.\nThe whole line of abandoned trendies,\ntwo miles long, were captured with a\nloss to the assaulting brigade of three\nmen. The Boers then lied across the\nriver at great speed with disorder, but\nbravely covered their arrtillery. The\nHritish loss was comparatively small,\nchiefly in General Hililvaro's Brigade,\nvhich gallantly stormed the drift position. The Boer Hank has been completely turned, strong defensive positions have been captured aud valuable\npositions for the future advance secured. The Boers have been put to\nflight dr the lirst time in Natal since\nlOliingslunglo. British soldiers slept\nlast night in Boer tents on tho top of\ncaptured hills from wbicti they can see\nright into Ladysmiih. All the ranks\nare encouraged and now perhaps,\nwith God's help we shall all succeed.\"\nLondon, Feb.'.':.'. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Mr. George Wynd-\nham, the Parliamentary Secretary of\nthe Wnr (Jltieo, in the House of Commons, todny announced that he din\nnot know the nature of lhe wound of\n(Ienernl Maodonald, but it was described ns severe, but not serious.\nLondon, Feb. -'-J. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD In the House of\nLords today, the Premier declared\nthat the Government had no engagement whatever with any power iu\nrespect to the course to be timon in the\nultimate settlement with the Boer Republic, No power hnd asked or suggested entering into such arrangements. Lord Salisbury also said bo\nknew nothing of Qeneml Cronje's proposed armistice.\nLondon Feb. 22 \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDAn additional list\nof casualties sustained liy the British\ntroops during the retreat from Bens-\nberg shows Hint 11 men wete killed\nand that 188 members ol Wiltshire nini\nWorcestershire regiments nre missing,\nthe latter fnot confirming the Bier\nreports tbat a number ol prisoners had\nbeen captured hy them.\nLondon,' Fob. -22.-Artillery ollicers\nreceived hurried orders loday to pro-\nContinued on Fourlh 1'sgo.\nToronto, Feb. __.-The Winnipeg\nVictorias plnyed a lied match with\nthe Toronto's lust night.\nLondon, Feh. 22\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD(1:17 p. m. I\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe\nwnr ollice bus received from Lord Koberts the following message, which was\ndelayed in transmission, dated Pain-\ndeberg, on Wedilesday: \"Yesterday afternoon I was satisfied by a careful reconnaissance in force of the enemy's\nposition tbal I i id not assault it\nwithout very heavy loss, which I was\nmost anxious to avoid. Accordingly\nI decided lo bombard him With artillery and turn my attention to the enemy's reinforcements, The result wns\nmost satisfactory. The reinforcements\nwere driven back. Thr Boers were\ndriven off in all directions, losing a\ngood many killed and wounded nnd\nabout fifty prlSOUBTB, who say they arrived from Ladysmith two days ago by\nrailroad. They also say it wus our\nartillery lire which caused them lo\nabandon the kopje tbey were occupying. Our loss wns two ollicers, Captain Cunipbcll, of the Ninth liiineers\nnnd Lieutenant Houston, of the artillery, and four men,all slightly wounded,\"\nCanadians Struggled at Modder River in\nSunday's Battle in Splendid\nStyle.\nThey Accompanied Smith-Dorien Across\nthe Modder-Brilliant Attack\non a Strong Position.\nIIIV ASSOCIATED PRESS.)\nPaardoberg, Drift, Feb. 2.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD(ienernl\nCronje's inugnilicont night inarch from\nMagersfontein now appears likely to\nend in disaster. Tbe main body of the\nBoers is enclosed in n terrible death\ntrap. The enemy are biding in the\nbed of tin* Modder, commanded ly the\nlliilish arlillery and enclosed on the\neast and uest by the British Infantry.\nSunday witnessed a galliinl stand on\nthe part of lbs retreating foe. Tired.\nharassed, tbey still maintained a bold\nfront. It is somewhat ilitlicnlt to ex\nplain the Sunday action in which all\nthe British force was engaged nud iu\nwhich General Cronje, under difficult\nconditions, managed to hold bis own.\nOn Saturday night the British Mount\nI Infantry came into touch with\nCronje's rearguard, driving tliem back\nupon the main body. On Sunday\nmorning the action was renewed, hut\nthe Boers, who bnd entieiiched the\nriver bed during the night, prevented\na further advance of the Mounted Infantry in this direction.\nMeanwhile the llighlund Brigade,\nconsisting of the Senforlh, the Black\nWatoh and the Argvlles, advanced\nfrom the south bank, and the Essex,\nWelsh and Yorkshires formed a loug\nline on tbe left which rested on the\nriver, the extreme right being the\nWelsh. The whole line was ordered to\nenvelop the Boers who lired both\nbanks of the river. The firing soon\nbe'iiine heavy, tbe Boers holding a\nsplendid position covered the left of\nthe Highland Brigade,which advanced\npartly up the river bed and pnrtly in\ntho open, while the rest of the brigade\nwith the other regiments swung round\nthe front of the Highland Brigade ou\nthe level, ooverless ground, exposed\nto a terrible fire whioh obliged the\nmen to lie upon the ground us they\ndid for the remainder of the day. This\nbegun at half past seven iu tbe morn-\ning, Through the drexilfnl beat nnd ter- .\nrihle thunder storm oui men hung to\nthe position answering the Boer lire;\nand shooting steadily, Iu the meantime the rest of the infantry complet- :\ned the enveloping movement, the,\nWelsh regiment having succeeded in\nseizing the drift thus closing iu the\nBeers who froniptlv Attainted To.\nTHE\nBank of\nBritish Columbia,\nNELSON.\nIs now prepared to issue\nDrafts and Letters of Credit\non Skaguay, U.S., Atlin, B.\nC.| and Dawson City, Yukon\nDistrict.\nA. R- BARROW, a. ....._._.\nProvincial Land Surveyor,\nCorner Victoria and Kootonay St\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD,\n0. Box 559. Tolcphonc No. i>5\nWholesale Houses.\nNELSON. B. C.\n\"(ienernl Hutton,\" says The Vancouver World, \"will find in the Boors\nan_onemv easier to deal witli than the\npolitical soldiers and the military\npoliticians of Canada,\" Our friendship lor The World impels us to warn\nit that it may Ret itself intD trouble if\nit shall continue to suggest the\nslightest reflection on tbe politicians\nat Ottawa in regnid to their treatment\nof General Huttou. The rule at Otta\nwa is that if you are a Liberal at\nall you must snppmt the Government\nin everything that it-does. It is said\nof Sir John Macdonald thnt he expected hie followers to support him once\nwhen right anil twice when wrong.\nThe present Liberal leaders have so\nimproved on this that they expect to\nbe supported at least ten times when\nwrong, otherwise the rebellions follower is promptly read ont of the\nparty. In its Federal politics The\nWorld professes to he Liberal. General\nHut*on has pretty plainly given it to\nho understood that he was ho hampered by the politicians that it became\nexceedingly difficult to discharge his\nduty as the commanding officer of the\nCanadian militia; indeed, the imp,,\nsion is already very strong, aud growing vigorously, that thn meddling interference and harassmonts of Ministers are chiefly responsible for his resignation and departure from tho country. This impression is confirmed by\nthe haste nud violence nf Ministers in\nprotesting their innocence. In fact,\nthey manifest a soreness on the faint-\neat reference to the matter that is irresistibly suggestive. The World,\ntherefore, is warned to bo cureful\nwhnt it nays, for there iB dangei it\nmay Imi notified from headquarters\nthat it is no longer ingarded as a faithful organ of the party.\nUnfortunately, the suggestion eon-\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'ini'-il in tli* paragraph ij accepted ns\nthe explanation of General Helton's\nsudden departure. He hns been a goml\nofficer, and has done uineli lu improve\nthe service in I'anadn. He was pupil-\nlai with the men. It was desirable\nthat au officer who was doing so much\ngmsl should be retained) and the Militia Department should have taken the\ngreatest puins to strengthen his hands.\nl.istead of this, however, Dr. Borden\nconceived It to be in tho interest nf\ntin servioo to disjmte authority with\nhim. The Minister can probably distinguish between a volunteer company\nnud the side of a barn, and flushed\nwitb this superior knowledge he in- Icr-in fre-li and carol ineiii\nlisted on a full share of the direction\nand control of the Canadian militia.\nIt is understood, too, that Genernl\nHntton became C|iilte too Hritish for\nMr. Tarte. Accordingly matters were\nmade unpleasant for him, and as the\npollttclani are not to be gninsnyed the\ncountry is surprised by the iiniiiuince-\nment that he bus nccepted serviee iu\nSmith Africa it i\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD suid that a Canadian will take his place, A Canadian\nis much morn liable to submit to pi.lit-\nIon] Interference, and it is the one sit\nvice in the country in which political\nInterference should on no account be\ntolerated.\nN6W BOOKS.\nParson Kelly;\nBy Andrew Lang\nMr. Jack Hamlin's Media-\ntion;\nBret Harte\nRoxane;\nLouis Creswicke\nThe Bitter Vintage;\nK. Douglas King\nAn African Treasure;\nJ. MacLaren Cobban\nProspecting, Locating and\nValuing Mines;\nEngineers' Examinations;\nNew Catechism of the Steam\nEngine;\nMaximsand Instructions for\nthe Boiler Room;\nThe Mineral Industry;\nLife of Napoleon III.;\nBy Archibald Forbes!\nWe are showing a\nP'irst-Class Line ol\nGookina Stoves & Ranees\nWhich we are offering'at\nVERY LOW PRICES.\nCALL AND IN8PEOT OUR STOCK.\nVANCOUVER HARDWARE CO.\nLIMITED,\nHUDSON'S BAV\nCOMPANY.\nincorporate'-, .era.\nIMFORTJEIRS OF\nShelf & Heavy Hardware,\nEtc., Etc., Etc.\nPLUMBING and TINSMITH ING\nSPECIALTY.\nC/lNADA drug &\nBOOK CO.\nE. J. SCOVIL\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDnine Meant. Nun riwii-r.\nWindermere Mines. Corronp \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD once Solicited\nWINDERMERE. ^. 0.\nST. JOSEPH'S SCHOOL\nNELHON, B. 0,\nA Boarding anil Pay School conducted by\nthe Si.stcr.4 of Ht, Joseph of 1-Vace. It is situ-\n, alcd aL the cornor of Mill anil Josephine street*.,\nMn ono of tho best residential portion*, of Nel-\n1 son. and is easily accessible from all parts\nof the city.\nThi'course of study includes the fnndamen-\nj lui and higher branches of a thorough Kngli. h\neducation. Business course\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Bookkeeping,\nStenography and Typewriting. Science courne\nMusic, Vocul and Instrumental; Drawing,\netc.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDPlain and Art Needlework; Calisthenics,\netc.\nFor terms and particulars apply to tho Sister\nSuperior.\nWe hftVO'just received\na* carload ot chol\"** \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nVegetables\nPOTATOES,\nCABBAGE,\nONIONS,\nBEET.?,\nCARROTS,\nTURNIPS,\nPARSNIPS, ETC.\n...L. POGUE...\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDKOH\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nHarness and Saddlery\nThe leading shop. Largo\n.-lock. Best \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD -i.i i .-ii \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD!.:.'!.\non hand. Harness, Col-\nlflrs ot bost nmkes.Sad-\ndies, Blankets, Bells\nWhips, Brashes, Combs\netc.\nPrices satisfactory.\nCall and fee.\nCor. Ward and Laker\nhtrotU-*.\nHudson's Bay Stores\nWest Baker St., Nelnon.\nTelephone 18.\n//.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD^\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-^\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD^\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD^\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDC**-?'*-?*'-?*.*-?*'**^*^\nw\nHi\niti\nHi\na\nii\nHi\n\_\nii\nHi\na\nii\nii\n'1\\nSOME NEW SPRING\nDress Goods Now On Display,\nYou've probably high expectations, knowing our reputation for carrying a complete sfock of the most\nstylish and reliable fabrics manufactured. You won't be disappointed, for we have an almost endless variety\nof fashionable materials, and many exclusive novelties not to be seen elsewhere\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDall guaranteed to be perfect\nin dye, weave, and finish :\nNew Black French Poplins nt 76c .1.00, *1.25 pel- ynid.\nNew Black Homespun Buttings, 76o, .1.(10, 11.40, $2 00 per yard.\nNew Blnck French Venetians, .1 00, fl.60, *2.00 per yard.\nNew Black Henriettas, 00c, 75c, IKIc, #1.25 per- yard.\nNew'Bl.-i-k French and English Crepons, 11.00, .1.50,12.00, ,2.50,\n$3.00 per yard.\nNew Fm oj Mixture Homespuns, fl.60, f2.00. >52.75, *}.'!.50 per yard.\nNew Scotch Check Homespuns, .1.76, .2 26, .2.75 per yard\nNew In ii i I's Hair llnu espuus, ,2.(i0, fn.5(i, .8.00, {3.60 per yard.\nNew bench Tiik boltings, H 75 up to 11150 per .Mini.\nNew English Coverts, 75c, .1.00, .1.55. .2.0l_i per yard.\nNew English Whipcord-, fl.IKi, fl.60, .2.00 per yard,\nAERATED AND MINERAL WATERS\nTHORPE & CO., I.-'MiTKii.-Corner Vor\nnun innl ueaar HirooK Nelson, manufacture\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD of unit wholesale dealers In aerated\nwaters and fruit syrups. Sole aiiml \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD- for Bai*\nryon SpringI mineral water. Tel Ik)\nNELSON SODA WATER FACTORY\nV .il. laitiiiiuins, Lessee, Every known\nvariety of soft drinks. I*. II. Hox 88. Telephone No. ai. HooverBtreot Nelson. BotUers\nof the Famous St. Leon Hot Springs Mineral\nWater.\nCOMMISSION MERCHANTS\nHJ. EVANS &. CO. llaKer Street, Nol\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD son, wholesale dealers in liquors, cigara\neeinelil, lire brick nnd tiro clay, water pipe and\nsteel rails and Keneral commission merchants.\nGRAIN, HAY AND CEREALS\nBRACKMAN & KER MILLING CO.\nI.i mi i kl. Front Street, Nelson, wholesale dealers iu linur. meals, etc, and liny\nand grail), Mills ai Kiln Ion, Victoria uud\nNew Woatmlnitor, Elevators on Calgarj k\nRailway.\nKllllllllll,\nGROCERIES\nA MACDONALD & CO. Coiner Vor-\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD nun and Juseplllno Streets, wholesale\n..moors ami Jobbers in hlnnkots, kIovoh, inlttH,\nIkkiIs, rubbers, iiiaekiniiw. and miners' sun-\ndries.\nFRESH AND SALT MEATS\nP BURNS 4 CO 'hiker Street, NoIhoii,\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD wholesale deiders in fresh anil cured\nmoats. I 'old slorajro.\nWEST KOOTENAY BUTCHER CO-\nHater Street. Nelson. H hulesaledeal\nHARDWARE A MINING SUPPLIE8\nVANCOUVER HARDWARE OQ'Y^\nl.i-Mi'i'Kii linker Street, Nolson, vvholc-\n[salo dealers lu hardware and nilnlnu mipplics,\nJ plumbers'and tinsmith's supplies.\nNELSON HARDWARE OO.-Wholesale painis and oils.\nLIQUORS AND DRY GOODS.\nTURNER, BEETON & OO. Corner\nVol\t\nwliuasitl\nK'lnds\nwank\nliealeis in Illinois clears and dry\nontiforPabst Brewing Co, of Mil-\nI Calgary Brewing Co. or Calgary.\nUDSON'S BAY CO. Wholesale Kro-\n's anil llquora,Oto., Maker St., Nelson.\nH\nPROVISIONS, PRODUCE & FRUITS\nJ/\nGRIFFIN d. CO Cornor Vernon\nfid JOsepnlnO Streets. Nelson, wholesale\nA Oiiveriiiiiiiiit contention ih to tlie\neffix.t thnt au unfair redistribution\nwould be quickly rrijiiKnlsed by Iho\npeople, whn would ngeot it and its author., It would simplify matters very\nbailors in provisions, cured meats\nI'KKs.\nbutter and\nSASH AND DOORS\nNELSON SAW AND PLANING\nMILLS, la.MiiKii-lonior lYont and\nHall Streets, Nelson. inanufaelnrerH of and\nw holesale dealers In sash aid doors; all kinds;\nof factory work mado to order\n9\\n9\\nWe invite you to call, inspect these lines, and compare values.\nMartin O'Reilly & Co\nSpecial attention given to Mail Orders. HOUStOfl BlOCk. Baker Street.\n^.S^\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD .5*.5'* \"J^\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD00''00'00i*._&\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD,__>\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD .__*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ,5^^:00-'00^00^0%^^00^00^^f)*'15*>_5\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD .5 00\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD^5*'5-^5*^5-99 ^\"\n9\n9\ni'i\n**\nII)\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD_\nfp\nIfi\nm\n!1\\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDfl\nM\nMining Stocks\nBought and Sold.\nSilver Star Mining Stock of\nSumpter, Ore. Call for Prospectus.\n5000 Big Horn Treasury. A snap\n1000 Noonday 600 Richelieu\nHere's a good buy :\nReferendum Treasury Stock, Sold\non installments T'^o., l\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*<_o per mnutli.\nRemodeled\nRefurnished\nHeated by Hot Air\nFinest Dining Room\nin the City.\nHouse and Lot\ntion of town, $3500,\nm business por-\nOAM. OX-\nH. A. PROSSEK,\nBllOKKR.\nWARD ST.\nFraternity Hall\nI'or Hall. I A Kn,ill mil Hm,\noon be rented for Concerts, Lecturei\nDunnes, Buuiinetb nml every kind of en-\ntortitiniuent,. Oood dnte-rooms, clonk\nrooinH, Kitchen mid dining room I'm-\nnlshed, For- ternipply\nDR. E. 0. AI.THUI*** \"Ity.\nNelson Employment Agencv\nWANTED.\nWaitress. Girl for Housework,\nHell Boy.\nPONTRAOT8 TAKKV Foil DIAMOND\nCORE MULLING.\nJ. H. LOVE, Ag't Baker V\nTemperance Hotel.\nThe Family Resort of the\nKootenays,\nThe Waverly Hotel\nNELSON.\nF.J. BRADLEY & GO.\nPAINTERS and\nDECORATORS.\nSIGN WORK A SPECIALTY.\nI'.uilili-i \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD v. ill (1ml it lo thoir adVMtafft to\n11.:'ii-i- with Hradlev & Vo. on I'f.fntJnff.\nBoard and Room.\nFirst Class Board and Room;\nTodd's old stand, in rear English\nChurch. Table Board, $.1; Board\nand Room, $5 and $5.50.\nJ. V. O'LAUGHLIN.\nNELSON WINE 00.,\nLUMBER.\nDelivered to an any point on\nKootenay Lake.\nI have a complete stock\non hand of\nROUGH AND\nDRESSED LUMDE;.\nSHINGLES.\nMOULDINGS, SASH DOOR _\nINSIDE FINISH.\nCOAST FLOORING\nand\nFINISHED LUMBEK.\nMill at PILOT BAY.\nYards, NELSON and LARDOJ\nHEAD OFFICE\nJ. A. SAYWARD.\n3 Good Companies 3\nNONE BETTER\nLondon & Lancashire Life Ass. Oo.\nOcean Accident k Guarantee Corporation.\nPhoenix fire Insurance Oo-\nHave you seen the nev three dollar yearly Accident and Disease policy issued by the Ocean Corporation? Includes $1500 travelling\nrailway policy and weekly payments for illness caused by Small\nI'ox and twelve other common\ndiseases.\nA. BOOTH,\nOeneral Agt. 0pp. Oddfellows' Block-\nBaker 8t., Nelson.\nHouses lor sale and rent.\nFOR SALE.\nNelson Cleaning and Dyeinp\nEstablishment*\nS. 1). PIRttKE Prop.\nLadies' and Gents' Clofhitif, cleans 1\ndyed, altered and repaired.\nGUARANTEED\n3ATI8FAOTION\nRmr or 1 lurhr NM.I\n%KI*ll>i\nwhimi you run dupunil on (rotting the bom ,\ i,mv\nnranrliiin thn iiiiLi-k.il nml nnj quantity from ., .,. I'miiiK Ilnirv Iiuniiu'rh In\n10c U|i, I'rluon iiaiinot bi-iliKputAiil, \"\"' town nt l'Vrhip, |i. O will wil\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDphotoM, \",\"'.\",' \" '.\"I*'''''- Seven oowi. borae,\nJJelgn, nn Ik wngon, ouns, sari everv\nFrank A. TAMBLYN, Mer., I |]\"\"K oolonginii tn n Oral ,-ia^\nframe Home mui \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDtable\nlot, Fernie, n. <\\nHakek Street,\nNelson\nUnity. I\nApply Box\nWhen the Men are All\nGone to War\nBusiness Women\nwin Be Needed\nThe Nclsnn BoRineM OulleRp in \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nTrolntnR Behool for ymm_ wniiirii M\nwell ni. yonng mem The BnA<*V^*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDVV\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD^\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*>/\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD^'*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDvvvvvvvv \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nmens cliiim to\nA. M.liue\nnil AniliiH Q, Shaw\ntin the Birdseye claim n certificate\nand Ainziis Q, Bhaw.\nOn the Birdseye claim \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD certtfloote\nmm grauted to John A. MoHao, An-\nnnmeany Objects to Allowing tne nrew jjbrookett nnd Angtia Q, Bhaw,\n0\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDuo\"\" .\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD A rrrtitleatn on tlm Aim claim to\nTramway company to suppiy R j w-|SW)i .\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD* ,,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ou lh6 prjn08,\n.m M_Knn ton Kr-iK-li.il> tn Jiihn Mt-lttie.\nPower in Nelson. ^ ^ RwA ^^ ^ trn,)sf(Jrrofl\nfor a nominal cmisitlHriilinii frum C.\n- I U Tvunii +11 Inliti I nvii 'I'll 1 o olaim in\nMa\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDagcr Burnett Believes His company\nis Entitled to Service the City\nCannot Fill.\nj*^ 8&w 00. stag..\nneiipli) beliav\n;;S,.r.h...\"t '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'\nwith the miiiiy 0OOC6F\nering tl\nentitled\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDh\" Tlg-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDa- and power tailm. may\nKiwi in Nelson over and above\nS \"whioh oan he wppliecl i.y toe\nnir They bo stuted in a letter in the\nOoin.il last nl-h'. wh,nl! WR' .\"\"'**\n..te the following report had been\npreMDied by \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD <*!\"*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD<\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Co,,uo,1 com'\n\"\"Vour special committee appointed\nai interview the Tramwny Co. re Hup-\n3,|m P Hu\"'8 & Oo ' with electric\nMwar Mg to report as follows, for the\nJouridoration of the Council: ,\n'We waited on the Tramway Co. in\nconnection with the matter above ro-\nfurred to uuil they have iiRreed to fnr-\niiiHh the Citv with what power P.\nBurn\" & Co. requires, said power to\nbe furnished at the sub station of the\ncompnnv and that the* City take over\nthe power at Raid sub-station nml\nmoke the required connection with P.\nHorns & Co. The Tramway Co. link\nthe privil-ge to make tho rnto of\nchaises bet veen themselves ond P.\nHorns & Oo, for the power. They nlsn\nink that similar peimissinn be granted\nin the event of future npplicntioue for\nuower from other parties. In oouneo-\ntinn with the cost of conetrnoting n\nprimnry wire for the convoyanoe of\ntheir power which woold be necessary,\nthe Tramway Co agree to include in\ntheir prices for the power nohl nu\namonut equivalent to usual rates of interest on the expenditures necessary for\nconstrnotinK B*id line, so that the City\nwoold derive interest ou such outlay,\nTbey slso ask that snirt hue be constructed according to spec'lications nf\ntheir electrical engineer, no that |t\nwoold be suitable for their connection\nwith their plant to guard ngainst\naccidents, etc. The consumers will\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDAssoine the cost of necessary transformer!! and motors.\nThe report was without, recommend-\nation nnd was sinned by A. L, McKillop, chairman, 0. A. Morrison nnd\nDr. E. 0. Arthur.\nFollowing the reading of this report\nthe gas coiupnuy's claims were lain\nbefore the Cumuli in a ciiiiiniuiiiiiitinii\nfrom Manager Fred J. Burnett. Mr.\nBurnett'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD letter had the effeot of influencing tbe Com oil to tho extent that\nthe matter of the committee report\nwas laid over for consideration at the\nnext meeting of the Council. Two or\nthree minor matters were before the\nOotwoll, By-law till was taken up and\nthe-Council Bpent ihe greater part of\nthe evening over it.\nThrow present at the meeting were\nMayor Houston, and Aid. Hall, Arthur, McKillop nud Morrison,\na, wur, 11 iinsfcrreO\nnominal consideration from t\nR. Tryon to .lohn _QV8. This claim is\nnear the Pcorninn on Hover '\"*reok.\nThe (loid lienf and Gold Hill claims\non Kover On ok were transferred from\nC. R. Tryon to .loliu Love for- a noini-\nmil consideration.\nA quarter interest in the Montacalo\nclaim on Wild Horse Clreok, near\nYmir, was transferred from Samuel\nBiishois to Charles M. Mourn and another quarter interest in the same\nmine from Hiishois to Janice Balding,\nHntli transfers fnr a nominal consideration.\nWhen passing the Palace Confection\norv Store look at the handsome display\nnt Ganoug's ohooolateB,\n500 RAILROADERS WANTED\nAt Liilie Bros.' Shoe Store\nTO WEAR OUR RAILWAY SHOES.\nDon't go out on the line without a good pair of WORKING* SHOES,\nfor you won't be able to get them there at the prices you\ncan here. Call and see ours before going.\nBring Your Repairing. i_-.lL-.Lib BROS.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDWAl^^WW\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD 000r> MW8*^**Sl*W**'i*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nWe have opened an electrical branch in connection\nwith our hardware business, and we are in a position\nto do Electrical Repairing, Contracting- (for mines,\nsteamers or dwelling houses), or to supply Electrical\nFixtures.\nNEL50N HARDWARE CO.\n^T77y7777yJT77y777777y777\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'i\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDii\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDii>ii\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDiiOii\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDiHIW..\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.it>.i\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD..\nJUST RECEIVED\nAnother fresh conslgninont of our\nFAMOUS EXCELSIOR\nBrand of Mocha i.n.1 Java Cbff-OO, rdpllt-od by the bosl judgOft-of then hove nrlloh\npuHsoshod of the bighosl quality una Itcivor.\nASK FOR IT\nAs it in mire to plense even the most fastidious. Kor nUo only by the\nI The Western Mercantile Co., Ltd.\nX\nSuccessors to M. DesBrISAY & Co.\n777777777777777777777t\ j *fc\">\"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDii\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDo\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.i>.i\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDn#.i\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDii'*..i'**. ii<*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.i-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.i\nAT T11F. HOTELS.\nHume\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD A. II. Breuer, London ; B. A.\nStewart, Beattlai K. W Oborles,\nMontreal; J. R, (iill'oril anil wife. Silver Kiiiu mine; W. Waterlinul,\nGreenwood; W. F. DoBoit, Blooan;\nV. Vi. Weatren, Toronto; 11. M. Unr-\nritt, Vanoon.or; W. B, Croy, John A.\nMoKenzio, Hamilton; ,1. V. Rental]\nanil wile, Bat Fortune; B. Mnyiill,\nBoundary ; James T.Gates. Nolaon ; W.\n0. Adams, Blocnn; J. H. Lawrenoe,\nHnliHon ; Frank Mel.ooil, NoIhoii.\nTHE WM. HAMILTON MANUFACTURING CO.i.\nLIMITED.\nMINING MACHINERY\nPETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO,\nCANADA.\nKIRKPATRICK & WILSON\nIMPORTERS\nGroceries, Crockery,\nEtc.\nDried Fruits\nl'KACIIKS\nArmroTs\nKASI'IIKHItlKS\nPllUNKS\nIII i, Ilia m.il-,\nAl'I'I.K-\nFlIiH\nFun\nCanned^ Fruits\nGreen Fruits\nPkaciikh Piiahh\nPlVIM Al'lUIOTS\nItAHI'llKllRIKS I'lNKAI-I'LK\nHTBAWIIKHKIKH OllAI'l^\nI'.i i< ii 111:111:11 :- Hki, curkmitc\nApples\nOiianokh\nLkmonb\nKIRKPATRICK & WILSON\nBAKER STREET, NO. 186-\nJUST SUITABLE\nFor that house you have erected:\nGOLDEN OAK\nSideboards, Cheffonier*. and Dressing Tables.\nMAHOGANY\nCombination Bookcases and Desks and Ladies'\nToilet Tables.\nD. M'ARTHUR & CO.\nHave just unloaded a carload ot the finest and best\nfinished Furniture ever received in the Kootenays.\nBaker and Ward Streets, Nelson, B, C.\nj Ross, Lee St Taylor\nVictoria Street, Nelson,\n(Opposite the l'osto'lice); .\nALSO EDMONTON, ALTA. J\n DEALERS IN\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nFLOUR, FEED, t\nGRAIN AND HAY. \\nCAR LOTS A SPECIALTY.\nCorrespondence Solicited. t\nl+++++++++++++++++4^++++++^^'*'*+++++++4-+44>4. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nj\nP. BURNS & CO.\nWholesale and Retail Meat Merchants\nHEAD OFFICE NELSON, B. C.;\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD> ____\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD _ii_kA_k_k_k___3____t.'\nBranch Markets in Rotisland, Trail, Nelson, Kaslo\nSandon, Three Forks, New Denver and Slocan City.\nOrders by mall to any branch will have careful and prompt attention.\nPhuir.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDM. H Mrl.i'otl, Cranbrook:\nVV. II Arliitim, KiikIii ; O. It. Hoillli'\n_n_ wife, NolioDi w, u. MaEensle,\nViincoiivi-i-; II. II. AlMBtirler, Bandan;\nW. A. Ilnrvi'.v tirid Wife, Toronto; \V.\n15. Wllllatn\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDon, Hun Frnnoisoo.\n1\nAtlantic S. S. Lines! BETTER THAN\nKLONDIKE\np80N THE RECORD OFFICE.\nI\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.ivC',!'''*r**,f nf '\"lorovcnniitH 011\nInii, __bM.dMn ''\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD''\". MoralBJ Monii-\n\".\"Il.\"\"'I Miilnolm Herlrllp.\nJ.IWii*! .i*\"*0' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"Proveraeut on tho\n''\".*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD frsotinn, Minto Fraotion, and\nHIGH GRADE\nWatches,\nClocks \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'j\nJewelry\nAt PATENAUDB'S.\nFine Watch, Clock and Jewelry\nrepairing. Work and goods\nguaranteed positively.\nPatenaude Bros.\nNEL30N, B.C.\nFrom Portland, Me.\nAllnn l,iiia'-l''ililoi-iiliili\" I'M1'-!!\n.-.inn lllllilux ...Ml -.'-J\nAllnn l.ino -Moiik'nllnn\"..... .IIHrci't. Slnrc 1 ,\nDominion Lino \"Dominion Mown A\nImiiiii lllllifax Miir-li I\nDoiiiinioii l,ttio\"('.inil>riininn\"!|iiivcll M.,: 1 10\nKrom .-\".t. .lulm, N. II.\nDoavor Uno \"Xola\" |Wb a\nirromHnllt.\" \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD. .t''1',*1\nlloari-r l.ino \"l.nko Ontario' llnn-li ,\nKrom llilif.ii , \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Mnnl, x\n1-rum Ho^loii\nDominion Uno \"Canada\".. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Ki-|>,M\nKrom Now Vorh\n(ainiinl l.lni' \"I 'amiinnla\" - I'Vn '.'I\nCnniil-il Uno \"I mlivl'i |, l\"','1',\nWlillo Hl.nr Uno \"'I i-lllonli* ^FOD. M\nWlilto Still' I'll\"' \"tiinniuilo Man-1,\nAnchor Uno ''KthJopU\".... Maroll 9\nvmorlnon Uno ''Now \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDYork >tiin-h .\nHull Slur l.ino \"I.i-in-lninl ;'''''.-,\",\nNorlli Uonniii l.loyil \"diialo .. ..... Maroha\nAllnn Sluto Uno -Slain of Nobm\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDk\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD . Mnr.li I\nPftHnaKOH arranged to anil from all Kllropcnii\nliolntu Kor raion, tlckola anil full liifcnimllon\numilyioC. P. It, rtopot i\K*nt or I* K. Hoanloy,\nOonnral A_imt.fl P. It. lllllonu U'lnnlr-i-K\nAt the present time would be\none of those Policies which\nwill secure yon $15 per week\nif you are so unfortunate as\nto catch SMALLPOX\nor fever.\nw\nNKLSON LODQB, No. 88, A. K. ft A\nM. uiootn noconil WodnurtOa)- In oaoh\nmonth. Visiting brotliorn wolconio.\nREISTERER & CO.,\nBrewer* ot Fine Lnger\nBeor nml Porter.\nDrop in mid see us.\nNEL8ON,\nISSUED BY\nC. D. J. CHRISTIE\nGENERAL BROKER\nBaker Sr.\nPRICE8 S3 AND $4.\nAT THE SKATING RINK.\nAflor Monilny nest, thn hoiim nt tlin\nSkntitiK Kink will lin rlintiReri. Horn-\nafter tlm ifterpooo m>KHion -will he\nfr :t lull p. 111., nnd in tin* nvenltiK\nj from H to 10:1)0 p. tn. The 1111tm1.it'\no n . t.1.-111 think tli.\".. liimrK will salt tbe\nD< u' I iiubllo better tbau tbe old Kbedale,\nIF YOU SMOKE\nSMOKE OUR CIGARS !\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nTliey nre made^in your midsl, oi tlio linest Havana Tobacco.\nWhere (,'ood Cigars are sold they can be bought.\nThe Royal Seal and Kootenny Belle.\nUnion made.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nKootenay Cigar Mfg. Co.\nNELSON, B.C.\nTheNelson Electric Tram way Go.Ltd.\nLOTS FOR SALE ON EASY TERMS\nLarpe number Choice Building Lots adjacent to the\nline of their Tramway. For price and terms of sale apply\nat the office of the Company, Macdonald Block, Corner ot\nJosephine and Vernon Streets.\nT. C. DUNCAN, Secretary\nFOR MACHINERY m\nWIRE ROPE AND ROPEWAYS, M .\nIlli'li hurt nnil Hitlllilli* Xj-Mim-.\nWATER TUBE BOILERS\nHullCiH'lt llllil \\'llrn\. cli\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.\nGAS and OIL ENGINES,\nflexible METALLIO TUBING, rt'. Glazier, Painter, Etc*\n,A^to J.C.T. CROFTS, m.i.mk.! _ \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\n'HK\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\v.vYs,,?,:,l'.K nelson. B.c. Chimney Sweeping.\nIll to I-'KIKIIHSIIN AOHlll-TK.VllllCllUVei \t\nKNOINKK118 AND A0KNT8. q\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD , a. 0D\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD, QDert* House\nI \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDtTlMATM. PLANS. RITORT8. u\"\"\"e* UHru au PI pe \"\nI\n_\nPaper Hanger,\n* NKLSON DAILY MINER, FRIDAY, FEDRUARv 13, 1900.\nTWO HOUSES\nt Hi-\nDoings in the Provinci.il and\nDominion Parliaments.\nIt Was Very Like the French\nChamber at Victoria\nYesterday.\n(SPECI M.S TO THE MINEIt.)\nViot-irin, B. C. Feb, _-.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDA scoim\nwas menti'il in the House tlii-- alter\nnoun in tin* Legislature, the oliarge be*\ning niuile liv Neill, ol Albarni, that\nex-Attoriiey-Uenernl Eberta hail been\nKuilty of corruption in eleotlons, while\nKiieitfl retorted thnt Neill was guilty\nof dieloylty.\nTlie whole discussion .trose out of a\nmotion to Introduce the voting ma*\neliiiie into Provincial elections.\nEberts sportively asked who was to\nleail eleotora up to the maohine. Neill\nrose iiiiii snirl In* vVits pleased to see the\nmember for South Viotoria anxious to\nhavo purity in elections, or o*iil he\nwant to see dead men voting as wns\nthe ca.-e last vear, an net of strategy,\nhe added,hy wbioh Eberta hnd directly\nlienefittBd. Eberta rose and referred\nto Neill as the oynic fnnn Alberni\nwho nevei missed an opportunity to\nshow his teeth ; yet, lie said, this is\nthe same man wiio, when told in the\nlobbies yesterday, that 10 Canadians\nhad been slain in Sunday'-, Iielit,\nlauuhed sneerinRly and sold: \"Well,\nthat will teai'h them a lesanu anil\nprobably take a loi of heady patriotism\nour of them.'' At this there wns\nK-rent uproar in the Chamber, Eberts\nrepeating his statement and Neil] pro-\ntesting when able l\" mnke himself\nheard, that he eounblu't hear Eberts,\nImi that whatever lie had said, was\nprobably incorreot. Eberta rose in a\ntowering passion anil charged his opponent with oowardioe \"His statement,\" lie shouted, \"is a lie, and tinman who made it is a liar, and the\niiiiiii who circulated it is a liar, and I\nWill tell him so to his face.\"\nAttorney-General Henderson: \"Oh\nkeep your coat on nud keep it but-\niini'd.\"\nNeill demanded a withdrawal of\nthe Offensive epithet. The House was\nin committee and the chairman nskeil\nEberts to withdraw, the Pteroier adding that if Eberts were a gentleman,\nhe would certainly do so Eberts in a\nrage shunted across the chamliei, that\nif he had not called Neill n liar, after\ntin. statement he had made, he would\nbe no gentleman. Neither would he\nwithdraw and the incident was allowed to close, thus th - Speaker refusing\nto allow Neill to correct Eberts statement of what be had said about the\nsoldiers, saying that it would injure\nhim in the country.\nOttawa, Pel). 82.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDTbe greater part\nof the al'toruoou was wasted m the\nCommons, as far as practical results\nwere concerned. Solid tor-Genernl\nl-'itzpatrick, replying to McMulleii,\nsnid Hint it was the intention of the\nGovernment to allow tarineis lo purchase binder twine manufactured in\nKingston penitentiary up to March 11.\nPublic notice was given to that\neffeot. it lms been the praotioe of the\nGovernment, to sell to farmers until\nthe new contract is entered into.\nGeorge Taylor, Conservative whip,\nasked if a certain Order-in-Council,\ndated February 95, 1892, in regard to\nfranking, was still in force. This Or-\nder-in-Couiu'il provided n regulation\nunder which the frank could be issued. Ho aiso wanted to know if sealed envelopes containing speeches of\nSir Richard OartWright were sent\nthrough the mails, lion. Mr. Mullock in reply snid: \"The Order-in-\nCouncil is still in effeot. The Department has no knowledge of contents of\nsealed envelopes passing through the\nmails, and is therefore not in a position to express au opinion as lo\nwhether or not sncbtenvelopfis and contents were, or were not, property entitled to pass free. The following is,\nhowever, a ense of illegal franking:\nDuring the general election of 1896 a\nvery large quantity of mail matter In\nthe interest of tlio late Conservative\nGovernment was sent free from Ottawa through the mails to electors of\nCanada containing campaign literature\nwhich was printed on sheets which ii.-\nI'luded other literature devoted to the\nadvocacy of merits of a certain patent\niiieilioine known as \"Kootenay (Jure.\"\nThis matter was franked hy various\nmembers of the late Conservative Administration, there being nothing m\nlaw to entitle Ministers to frank patent\nmedicine advertisements even when\nt'onibinud with political literature.\nThe granting of free transmission in\nthe case was clearly illegal.'' Sir\nChailes 11iho to a poiut of order.\nCartwright : \"The lion, gentleman\nla distinctly out uf order in his remarks lmt ns he nlluiled to me, I may\nsay that 1 am disposed on the whole\nto agree with him, that nny reference\ntu the practice and ikIs of the late\n(Ioveiument is likely to distinctly\nlower the dignity of the House. \"\nLaurier: \"The leader of the Opposition should remember thnt the answer which he complains of are always made to questions which are\nequally offensive,\"\nSir Charles Tupper held thai there\nwas nothing offensive in the question.\nSpeaker rJiiin quoted from Bouiiimt\nto show that Mullock was accurate and\nperfectly in order, io the answer he\nmade. The Speaker also declared that\nthe whole discussion wns nut of order\nand in future he would ask lint It sides\nto prevent debate springing up aa there\ndid.\nLaurier read a telegram from Lord\nRoberts, which was received Willi\ngeneral cheering. The debate on transportation was resumed by Haggnrt,\nPoupore and MoDonald (Huron] followed and Layton MoCartby moved\nthe adjournment of the debate,\nLord Minto received a cnble this\nevening from sir Alfred Milner, stating that Private French, nf London\nCompany, K. 0. I., Is seriously ill.\nThe Miltia Department has made all\narrangements for militia doing garri-\nhui dutv nt Halifax.\nMr. Sifton leaven for Winnipeg on\nday or Wclmsilny next before going in Engluil I. Be expects lo start\nfoi England tibout the loth of March.\nOrders have linen given hy the Interior Di'.aitmi'Ut todipsose ot hyatiction\nhi Dawson City, of all Government\nfractious anil i>serve claims. The sale\nwill take place on January I, The\npolicy of reserving plaoer claims hereafter'will not be enforced.\nMontreal, l-'eb. 92. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe paper manufacturers ol the Dominion formed nu\nassociation today for the control of\nprices. In common with other manufacturers they felt the general increase\nin prices nf articles entering into the\ncost nf podnotion, but they weie unable to ndvanoe their own prices here-\nlol'iue. owing tu the absence of a union. This difficulty was overcome todny. Eighteen, oui of :.*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD paper manufacturers of the Dominion, were represented nl a meeting at the Windsor\nHotel nnd they agreed upon a basis of\nassociation. Four lirniH were unrepresented whn, however, are small, anil\nwill, il is expected, join. The lirst\nstep of the new association was to order an increase of 190 per cent, on all\nlines of newspapers, wrapping, note\nnnd every other kind of paper. In\ntinier to provide against the cutting of\nprice cr tbe evasion of the agreement,\nthe h'riu of Jenkins & Hardy, Torouto,\nwen* appointed seoretary-treasurer,\nand disputes will be referred to them\nand they will have power to impose a\nline upon any member of the associn\ntion breaking the agreement, The for\nnullity occupied a similar position\nwith regard to associations which have\nworked satisfactorily. It is therefore\nexpeoted the papw maker's combine\nwill be of Ihe ironclad variety.\nHamilton, Feb. i'i.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD The wealth of\nlate ex-Mnvor Tuokett is estimated at\nabout * I,oi>0,00(1.\nToronto. Feb. -...\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe Globe Na\ntiomil Partlotic Fund amounts t > .411,\n860.07. Today's subscription includes\n$'ioo irom the North American Bent\nChair Co., and employees, J'Jti'.' from\nthe citizens of Listowel and vicinity,\nand _2'_0 from the town ot lirussels.\nMontreal, Feb. 22.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDOmer Heroux,\neditor of Trilluvicn, Conservative or\ngun in Three Rivers, has been appoint\ned editor of the new French Conserva\ntive morning paper here.\nToronlO, Feb. _-.'.--An interesting\nlianqnel was held this evening under\nthe auspices of the Anglo-Saxon Union. W. A, Sherwood presided, and\nnumerous prominent citizens were\npresent. The leading speaker of the\nevening was ex-U,S. Senator Breckon-\nridge, of Kentucky. Hiockenridgc\nmade three points in his speech. \"He\nevolved the iden of people of Republics\nin which Canada and United Stntes\nwonld be nu eqnnl footing and other\nEnglish speaking communities would\nbe with them. Three wonld be soini\ncentral cooneil in which nil would bi\nrepresented anil endowed with certain\npowers. Another point was tbat twi\nAnglo Saxon communities should taki\nto tlietnso)*-c8 the task of the settlement of Africa and the third point was\nihat thev should do the same with re\ngard to China. No othei nations wero\nso fit to nnileitake the work of introducing western civilization and they\nshould go hand in band,\nWinnipeg, Mnn. Fob. 22.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDMr. C.\nO, Obipmnn, Commissioner for the\nHudson s Hay Co., left for the east today, an route to England, on official\nbusiness. The great annual fur sales\nof the Hudson's Bay Co. will be held\nin the beginning of March, and the\nCommissioner expects to reach England in time for them. He will probably he back hern early iu April.\nHon. D. H. McFaildeii, Provinoial\nSeoretary, lias heen elected Grand\nMaster of the Orange Grand Lodge for\nManitoba.\nFredericton, N.B., Feb. 2b,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDEdward\nLawrence, of Lakeville,wife and three\nchildren, were burned to death early\ntnis morning, tbe roof of their burning dwelling fulling in while thev\nBlent.\nROIH-SH ON ROSSLAND.\nClosing Down of Mines Has Disastrous\nEffeot on Business.\nRossland, B. C, Feb. .-..\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThere\nare tnutteringa of trouble over the labor question which it is alleged may\nresult in n lock-out in the War Eagle,\nCentre Star nnd Le Roi, and other\nmines of tbe B. A. 0. It is nllegeil\nby some of the mine owners thnl the\nminers nre scamping their work nud\nthat the mines nie run by the union\ninstead of by the management. The\nWar Eagle, for instance, points to a\ntabulated statement of the cost of the\nwork in their mine and thinks that\nits cost of work done is higher than it\nshould he. The minors deny that this\nis true and allege if there is any fault\nit does not lie nt their doors. Tho sitn-\nntion is thought to he so critical thnt\nsome 00 odd of the principal nierchniits\nissueii the following announcement to*\nd ay:\n\"We, the undersigned iiierchiints\nand others doing business in the City\nof Rossland,in view ol the partial close\ndown of tbe mines nud reulizing that\nin the event of n general strike or\nlock-out of the mincis in the itnsslnud\ncamp, wo should not be able to continue the system of credit now in\nvogue, hnve agreed, nnd do hereby\ngive notice, that shnnld such a cnlam-\nIty as foreshadowed occur, we shall\nentirely discontinue giving credit to\nany one whomsoever and shall sell\nimtliing but for spot cash. Wo ure\nimpelled In this net inn solely with a\nview to self protection\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwe might nlsn\nsny self preservation\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDand because we\nhave beeu advised by the banks doing\nbusiness iu Rossland and by the wholesalers, that we Would not receive frum\nthem such oicilit and iiccoininndatioti\nns would enable us to carry on our business on the same lines as at present.\nWe shall regret if the nooessity arises\nfor us to take this slop, but we fee!\nthai it is better lor ns to make this\nintimation now. rathei than after the\npoisible event.\"\nLondon, Feb. 98.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDA dispatoh to The\nDaily Mail from Sydney, N. S., snys\nthe British wniships dressed wiih\nhunting here today (Thursday) in\nhonor of Washington, which was\ngreatly gratifying to the American\noolony,\nNO FJGHT TO A FINISH\nContinued Frum First Page.\noeed to South Ariou with BO one-pound\nMnxim-Nordenfeldt gnns.\nGrout relief bus been caused here by\nthe retelpt of the nows from Paardes\nberg, showing that Geneial Roberts is\npersonally superintending operations,\nand though it is difficult to grasp the\nreal situation, it is thought that Robert-! is gradually tightening bis grip\non Cronje's forces. Tn spite of tho an\nparent failure of Sunday's attempt to\nStorm the Boor position, it is evident\nthat Cronje is not merely laagered iu\nthe ordinary acceptation of the term,\nbut that he occupies ii cai-elnlly prepai-\ned and strongly entrenched position,\npreviously made ready witb the oh\nject of checking the prospective British invasion of the Free State,\nThe fact that the Boers from Ladysmith have already arrived in the\nneighborhood of Paardesherg caused\nsome apprehension, but reinfoice\nmentes of guns, and men lire ulso\ncoining to Koberts, and it is not\nthought the Trans/unl nnd Free Staters will be able to transport hurriedly\nit grent number of men and horses.\nAll the Wnr Cilice's information is\nsuid to poiut to General Cronje's os-\ncape boiug impossible, and it is now\ngenerally tnken for granted that Hoh-\nerts has him surrounded.\nr\nPaardesherg, Wednesday. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD (0:20 p.\nm.)\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDA Boer kopjo has been captured\nwith BO prisoners. Cronje's position\nis unchanged. Commandant Botha\nhas been attempting to relieve Geneial\nCronje, and there has been severe\nlighting, but Botha's force is scattered\nwith heavy losses,\nPREVENTED A TRAGEDY.\nTimely information given Mrs.\nGeorge Long, of Struitsvillo, Ohio,\nprevented a dreadful tragedy and saved two lives. A frightful cough had\nlong kept her awuke every night. She\nhad tried many remedies and doctors\nhnt sternly grew worse until urged to\ntry Dr. King's New Discovery. One\nbottle wholly cured her, nnd she\nwrites this marvelous nieidcine alsa\ncured Mr. Long of n severe attnek\nPneumonia. Such cures arc positive\nproof of the mntchless merit of Ihis\ngaud remedy for curing all throat\nchest and lung troubles. Only 50 cents\nnnd |1, Every bottle guaranteed.\nTrial bottles free at Canada Drug Ai\nBook Store.\nMISCELLANEOUS\nAdvertisements Inserted tinder this hood al\nthe rate of onu cunt n word por Insertion. No\nadvertisement tnken for loss than 25 cunts.\nWANTED\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDFor three people, two\nrooms with board in central part of\ntown. With bath preferred. Address\nfi, Miner Ollice.\nWANTED.-Boys and girls to strip\ntobacco. Fifty cents a day, and as\nmuch more ns they can earn. Konte-\nnny cigar Company.\nIn the matter of an application for a\nDuplicate of a certificate of title to lots\neleven (ll) and twelve (19), block\ntwenty-seven (271, Citv of Nelson, B,\nC.\nNotice is hereby given that it is my\nintention at the expiration of one\nmonth Irom the publication hereof, to\nissue a duplicate of the certificate of\ntitle to the abo\-o lands, issued to\nGeorge A. B. Hall, on the 20th day of\nDecember, 1808, and numbered 1588 K.\nS. Y. WOOTTON,\nRegistrar-General,\nLand Registry Office, Victoria, B.\n('., Illth February. BlOt.\n>_x_oraxx;K__xxx_oax_ra>ra^^\n__\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.\n; The Rossland Dandy Coons 1\nCanadian\n> \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*-' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD****\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD '*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD_\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ..\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*!\nAND SOO LLNE.\nThe direct route from\nKOOTENAY COUNTRY.\nto all points\nEAST and WEST.\nFirst-Class Sleepers ou nil trains horn\nREVKLSTOKE & KOOTENAY LDG\nTOURIST CARS pnsn Medicine Hat\ndolly lor St. Paul, Sundays nnd Wednesdays for Toronto, ' Fridays for\nMontreal and Boston.\nSame cats pass Kevelsluke one dav\nearlier\nCONNECTIONS\nTo-iud from Robson, Rosslnud.\nEx. Sun. kXi sun.\n8.(10 l.v. NELSON Ait.11.Iii\nIS. 10 Lv.dnily NELSON daily An-.i__.lll\nMorning Irnin connects for nil points\nin BOUNDARY OOUNTRY.\nEvening train connects to and from\nMain Line and points north, find (ex.\nSun. i from all points In BOUNDARY\nCOUNTRY.\nKOOTENAY RIVER ROUTE.\nDaily. Str. Moyie Dnily.\nSH.OO l.v. NELSON Art. 1.7._0\nConnects Kootenay Landing with\nCrow's Nest Ibanch trains both ways.\nKOOTI-**. A YI_.Yl.K-l_ASI.il ROUTE.\nEx. Sun. Str. Kokanee. Ex, Sun\nKI.IKI Lv. NELSON Arr. 11.0(1\nSaturday to Aigenta nnd return\nleaving Knslo ut 20k.\nSANDON ANDSI.OCAN POINTS.\nEx, Sun. |.-x. Sun.\n-.00 Lv. NELSON Ai. 14.40\n4 bis NELSON to ROSSLAND lira 4\nfor rotes and full Information address-near\nest lucid agent, or\nc B, iikahlky City Passenger Agent\nIt. W. DREW, Agon., Nolson\nVV. K. ANDKKBON, K. J. CHYLE\nTrav. Pans. Agoot A (1. P, ARor.t,\nNSlfffD Vimronvrr\nGrand l^egro Miijsfcrel\n.AND..\n*._\ntt\n|\ntt\n8\n_,\n\0\nii\ni Patriotic Entertainment I\ng\n_\"*\nH\n_._r\n0\\n*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-\n*-*_\n>:\n0*.\nMusical Melange\nThe Latest Coon\nSongs;\nThe Newest Melodies;\nThe Sweetest Music;\nThe Grandest Choruses;\nThe Wittiest Sayings;\nThe Freshest Jokes;\nThe Gayest Gags;\nThe Jolliest Conundrums;\nThe Cooniesl Cootis.\nThe Up-to-Date\nPerformance of\nEthiopian\nMinstrelsy\nMandolins,\nGuitars,\nBanjos, unci\nTambos,\nC^\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDVVVN~VVV*VV/VV>A.\n'*-*^-'*A'-*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD**->*>**\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDV*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD**-*i-V*-r'W^'**r*W\ni\nOPERA HOUSE\nNELSON, B. C.\nPOSITIVELY\nFOR ONE NIGHT\nONLY.\nAll the Talent\nRossland\nof\nBoth Vocal\nstmmental,\nand I ii-\ncrowded\ninto one programme.\nClog and Step\nDances\nSaturday, Feb. 24\nOPERA\nNELSON, B. C\nGrand Clog\nment and iln\nBric-a-Brac,\nTotirna-\nClioicost\nTin* whole to conclude 5\nwith ihe martial song, 5\nspecially written for 5\nthe occasion, j\n\" While There's a \\nThread Left in \\nthe Oltl British \\nFlag\" I\nPatriotic Song, 0\n\"Soldiers of the |\nQueen\" <\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD VV^.***VVS-*AA<.**v\*V.SrVv.>VVV\nPROCEEDS IN AID OF\n*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*\n\0\n'%\nH_\n*H\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD_\n*\\nM\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDX\n_\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\n-*\n**\n__\n0\\n\0\n0\\n\",_\n0\\n\0\n0\\n_\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\n0\\n\0\n0\\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD#\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD_\n*,_\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD,\n__\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\\n\0\n_,\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD_\ntt\n_*\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*\n0*\n\0\n_,\n-fl\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\n*,\n__\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*.\n\0\n0\\nV\n__\n__\ntt\n*_\n\0\n0\\n-_\n*,\n_K\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD,\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD_\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD_\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD_\n*,\nH_\n0\\n\0\n0\\n__\nfs The Absent-Minded Beggars \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\n_\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-^\n55 Admission 75 Cents and 50 Gents.'\nJJ The Plan Opens Today at Usual Place.\nI GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!\n;&.tfx^Kxxxxxx_ao\n__\n_*\n\0\n0X\n__\ntt\n_,\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD/\nny\n\0\n0\\n'.<\nii\ni\\n\0\n0\\nni\n3\\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD_\nl__\nThere is a Clearing Oui Bale ii> Gei)ls\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nFUri)ishii)gs oi) ai 0JIJElLLYJS-\nJf -few AWAjM _..OO per lon\n_ROW*8 MKBT fl\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD_5 -l'll\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDl l-atlo Hank. I.,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD, Una. Hank nf Hootlltnil.\n^\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD__B__i_&_l_.te8_r^^ 1\"l\"kor l!\"1'\"\"\"1\"* \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"\"\"*\"\"\" \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"\",:\"' U0M\nOeneial Banking Business Transacted; Sterling Bills of Exchange UourM\nand Sold, Letters of Credit, Etc., Negotiated.\nAccounts reoeived on the most favorable terms, tnterest allowed un epecia\ndeposits and on Saving Bank accounts.\nGeo. Kydd, Manager, Nelson, B.C.\nK00TENAYC0FFEE coIWest Kootenay Butcher Co.\nOur Freeh Boasted Coffee Best of\nQuality, oe follows i\nJava and Arnhliin Moeha. per piiiind a p,\nJava and Mooha Blond, 3 pounds.. ... \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD no\nKino SiuiUik, 1 poundH , rt|\nSitntOH Hlend, S pounds ,,' j (kj I\nOur Hiinelulllleiiil, li pniindn. i .\nOur Kin Rout, ll poiiihIh | m, (\nA I 111 ll ,,111.1 11 Mil II I I I |,.\nSai.khiuiomh :\n2 DOORS EAST OF ODDFELLOWS\nBLOOK, W. BAKER ST.\nrVELSOiM, m O. C.\nAl.l. KINDS Ot'\nFresh and Salted Heats\nWHOLESALE AND RETAIL\nFish and Poultry in Season\nE. C. TRAVES. Manager.\nBaker Street, Nelson.\nOrders bv mail receive careful antl prompt attention.\n.tbc:**"@en . "Newspapers"@en . "Nelson (B.C.)"@en . "Nelson"@en . "Nelson_Daily_Miner_1900-02-23"@en . "10.14288/1.0083764"@en . "English"@en . "49.4933330"@en . "-117.2958330"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . 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