"beb7fbf2-5f16-4fdd-9e25-81dc75dfcc90"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2015-12-10"@en . "1900-01-26"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/proslill/items/1.0212044/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " THE PROSPECTOR.\nt r\nVol. 2, No. 29.\nLILLOOET, B. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1900.\n$2.00 a year.\n>\u00C2\u00AB\nTHE WAR BULLETIN.\nLondon J9.\u00E2\u0080\u0094 General Buller tele,\nurapned the war ofli'-e from Spearman's-\nCanip last night that Lord Dundonald,\nwith a body of mounted troops, had\naction with a force of Boers west of\nActon Holmes. After the fight he occupied several kopjes, which he still\nholds. Field Comet Heilbrum and 20\nBoers were killed and Jo prisoners taken, two British killed and two wounded.\nIt i* learned on excellent authority\nthat at the war office the situation is\nregarded wilh entire confidence. '\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nA despatch to the war office from Lord\nRoberts, says a Boer deserter states that\nthe enemy suffered severely in attacking\nGeneral French's advance post, on the\nloth, and that 70 Boers are still unaccounted for.\nLondon 20.\u00E2\u0080\u0094A despatch from Pieter-\nmaritzburg says General Buller's wagon\ntrain is 19 miles in length, and embrace*\n400 wagons and 5,000 animals. Ah\nmanv of the drifts are narrow and\nmuddy, only one wagon is able te cross\nat a time. The officers here are belting\n2 to 1 that Ladysmith will be relieved\ntomorrow,\nCapetown 18.\u00E2\u0080\u0094A number of Canadians\nincluding two experienced scouts, have\narrived here and have offered their services for scouting purposes.\nHalifax 20.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Steamer Laurentian sailed for South Africa with the Canadian\ntroops.\nWellington, New Zealand, 20.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Second\ncontingent sailed fur South Africa today,\nLondon 21.\u00E2\u0080\u0094General Buller cables war\noffice as follows: \"Spearman's camp,\nGeneral Warren has been engaged all\nday. chiefly on the left, which he has\nswung forward about a couple of miles.\nThe ground is very difficult and as lighting is all up bill it is difficult to say how\nmuch gained but are making good progress. In order to relieve the pressure\non General Warren and ascertain the\nstrength of the enemy in front. General\nLyttleton made a reconnaissance in force\nyesterday and this kept the enemy in\ntrenches in full strength all day. Our\ncasualties 2 killed and 12 wounded.\"\nLondon 25.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The Times has the following from Spearman's camp dated Sunday evening: \" All yesterday and today\nGeneral Warren has been attacking the\nBoers. Their position is along a ridge 4\nmiles north west of Trichard Drift. At\ndown yesterday our guns occupied a\nkopje on the east of the range.\"\nBombardment of Mafeking still continues but little damage is being done\nAnd relief daily expected. Tlie force\nfrom Rhodeeiu is getting near and has\narmoured trains.\nManilla 20 \u00E2\u0080\u0094A pack train of 20 horses\ntransportation rations, and escorted by\n50 men of 30th United States Itfantry,\nwas ambushed yesterday. Two men\nwere killed, 5 wounded and 9 missing.\nPack train was lost.\nLondon,*23.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Nothing from Buller, minister of war as much wfthout news as\nother persons.\nReinforcements of 5,000 or more have\nreached Capetown the past three days.\nRumored from excellent source in\nPietermarifzburgthat Lord Djndonrld's\nflying column of mounted men has entered Ladysmith. He was acting well to\nthe left of the line of advance.\nSpearman's Camp, 24.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The British\nfield artillery aud howitzers shelled the\n.enemy posted on crest of ridge this\nmorning. The infantry, under excellent\nc >ver, kept up an excellent rifle fire.\nThe Boers resigned a kopje of which the\nBritish took possession, when the enemy\nsheltered themselves behind a stone\nwall on slope of kopje which they held\nfor hours. This afternoon they ran\nacross the ravine while the 'British\npoured shrapnel and lyddite into them\nand the infantry broke up the stone\nwall.\nLondon. 25 \u00E2\u0080\u0094-Advices from Modder\nriver describes rsports of Boer deserters\nthat Boer camp at Magersfontein is becoming unbearable from its insanitary\ncondition. Lnteric fevwr is spreading\nancr vegetables are Scarce. On the\nother hand the health of the British\ncamp is most satisfactory.\nLondon 25.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The following is an extract from General Buller's address to\nhis men: \"Our generals only giveone order, namely, f> advance. He warns\nthem to beware of false orders and in\ncase of surprise the only way for safety\nand victory is rushing upon the enemy.\nLondon 25.\u00E2\u0080\u0094War office has issued the\nfollowing from Spearmans camp: \"General Wanen's troops last night occupied\nSpion Kop, surprising the garrison, who\nfled. It has been held by us all day, although we were heavily attacked especially by an annoying shell fire. Our\ncasualties 'are considerable. General\nWoodgate was wounded. General Warren is of the opinion that he has rendered tbe enemys position untenab e.\nThe ii en a esplendid.\"\nLondon 26.\u00E2\u0080\u0094A despatch to the Stand \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nard from Rensburg describes Ge eia\nFrench's disposition as now forming u\ngreat semi-circle around the Boer position, and says he could take Colesbu ig.\ntwo miles away, at any time. ,\nLondon 26.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Advices from Spearman's\nCamp says that General Warren's gar\nrison abandoned Spion Kop Wednesday\nnight.\nAn Ottawa despatch says. Recruiting\nStrathcona's rangers, four hundred will\nbe commenced in Manitoba and British\nColumbia about Feoruary 1st. This is\nindependent of the contingent offered\nby British Columbia, which has not yet\nbeen accepted. If a large vessel is\nchosen as transport it is likely 500 men\nwill be sent.\n;War Rumors from Esquimau.\nA Victoria despatch of last week says\ntwo cipher despatches received by Captain Fagan, commanding the Naval Station in the absence of the admiral, were\nfollowed immediately by a signal summoning all cap ains to a conference.\nThe result was the hastily summoning\nof ihe officers of the torpedo destroyer\nVirago and the despatch to sea within\nforty-five minutes of the torpedo boat at\nfull speed. It is rumored the lieutenant-\ngovernor has been communicated with\nby the admiral, but confirmation cannot\nbe got. There is tremendous agitation\nat Esquimalt.\nA mild case of smallpox has been discovered on an inbound ship now going\nto quarantine. The doctors here declare no quarantine can stop the entrance of the bubonic plague.\nProtect Volunteer's Mineral Claims.\nMr. Deane gave notice that on Friday\nnext he would move the following\nresolution:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\" Whereas among the volunteers who\nhave gone or who may go to South Afrca\nto serve with Her Majesty's forces, during the present war, there are some persons who are the holders of claims\nunder the provisions of the 'Mineral\nAct' ;\n\" And whereas it is desirable that tbe\nsaid claims should be protected during\nthe absence from British Columbia of\nsaid persons, while serving Her Majesty\nas a fore paid;\n\"Beit therefore resolved, That the\nmineral claim of any British Columbia\nvolunteer serving Her Majesty in th*\npresent war be not open to location by\nany person during the absence of such\nvolunteer upon said service, nor for a\nperiod of twelve months after the close\nof said war.\"\nP. W. Valieau Harried.\nRev. Bishop- Cridge officiated last\nWednesday evening at the wedding of\nMr. Fred. W. Valieau,gold commissioner\nof Omineca, and Mies May D. Franklin,\ndaughter of Mr. and Mr?. W. A. Franklin, of 86 Kingston street. The bride\nwas attended by Miss Roscoe, and the\ngroom by Mr. A. G. Franklin, brother\nofthebridk They were tbe recipients\nof a number of very elegant presents,\namong which was an oak and silver bis-\ncui' jar presented to the bride by the\nGirls' Friendly Society of St. .fame's\nchurch. The happy couple took the\nCharmer later in the evening for Vancouver, and will proceed East on a\nhoneymoon trip, which will extend over\na month or six weeks, and during which\nOttawa, Montreal and Quebec will be\nvisited.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Victoria Times.\nA couple scraps took place Thursday\nevening. Not very much damage was\ndone and the juniors in each case were\nsuccessful.\nWants to be M.P.P. for Lillooet\nA letter was rect ived at The Prospector office this week from John Veasey of\nthe Provincial Home, Kamloops, touching on matters political and intimates he\nwould be willing to accept the provincial\nnomination for this district. Mr. Veasey\nstates he is an old timer and well known\nto the people living in this section, therefore any pioneer will be well able to\njudge of his qualifications for a position\nof this kind. As Mr. Veasey is quite assured of the \" Provincial Home \" we\nthink be would be unwise to accept the\nnominatiou for the provincial legislature\nwhere he would not be at home.\nMark Twain, in a characteristic article\nin the New York World, maintains that\nthe man or woman who does not lie\ndaily, hourly or oftener if necessary does\nnot exist. Man (and woman) is bound\nto lie from the cradle to tbe grave; if\nnot in speech, in act, look or thought.\nThe Psalmist, he contends, was perfectly\nright in saying all men were liars\u00E2\u0080\u0094 and\nall women are too, says Mark.\nThe result of the Bishop of Columbia's examination has been announced,\nand the scholarship awarded to B. N.\nJohnson, of Victoria, and H. Phair, of\nLillooet, coming a close second. The\nschool reopened on January 8th, with a\nroll of 34 day scholars aud 22 boarders.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Victoria Times.\nncUillivray Creek Hen.\nR. T. Ward and Dr. F. S. Reynolds of\nAshcroft and four expert mill men arrived in town Wednesday evening by special rigs and left next morning for the\nBrett group on McGillivray creek, which\nMr. Ward and Dr. Reynolds are interested in. Mr. Ward will remain here for\nsome time and will superintendend the\nplacing of the machinery and operating\nthe mine mill. The manner in which\nthe work has progressed so far, it isquite\nlikely that the mill will start work by\nthe first of April pounding up the rich\nrock taken from the mine. The party\nexpect to return to town tomorrow.\nLegal action was taken last week\nagainst the Victoria Colonist because of\nthe publication of statements that Capt.\nChristensen and others were pro-Boers.\nThe matter is to be pushed to a finish.\nA dance was held in Santini's hall last\nevening in celebration of Burns'anniversary. It was largely attended and a\nmost enjoyable evening was spent by\nby all present. The music furnished\nwas first class.\nLOCAL ITEMS.\nAn Ottawa despatch says the announcement of the result of Commissioner Clute's inquiry regarding mine\nowners' and miners' grievances in British Coln/nbia, will not be made until the\nsubject comes before the council.\nIt has been ordered by tbe lieutenant-\ngovernor-in-council that, whenever an\nofficial, through error or inadvertence,\nimproperly issues a certificate of improvements, it may be cancelled by or-\nder-in-council, notice of such cancellation being given in two successive issues\nof the Gazette.\nYesterday the 25th, was Burns' anniversary and was celebrated by a few in\nthis locality.\nFrank Render came down from Bridge\nriver last week and will remain in town\na short time.\nSeveral men .came down from Cavoosh\ncreek Wednesday where they had been\nworking for some time.\nThe last couple of nights the frost has\nbeen rather heavy and is no doubt giving better satisfaction than the wet\nweather of tbe past week.\nMr. Harry Attwood and wife came\ndown from Bridge river Wedneeday\nafter an absence of a few months. Mr.\nAttwood will return again in a few days.\nMr. J. Bond and daughter Miss Phoebe\nBond came in from Pemberton last week\nand Miss Bond left Saturnay's stage for\nthe coast where she has secured a position teaching school.\nThe following is the Macdonald Cabinet as submitted on Wednesday to the\nLieutenant Governor: Hugh John Macdonald, Premier and Attorney-General;\nJohn A. Davidson, Provincial Treasurer\nand Minister of Agriculture; Dr. McFad-\nden, Provincial Secretaryl/and Minister\nof Public Works; James Johnson and\nColin H. Campbell, ministers without\nportfolios. \"\t\nThe Dominion Government have made\na ch ange in the postal regulations governing the northern country, and now newspaper mail can be sent in to Dawson and\nAtlin. There will be sent into the former place a shipment each week not to\nexceed 500 pounds, and any excess one\nweek will have the preference next mail.\nThe same rule applies to Atlin mail as\nwell. \t\nAt a banquet of the Methodist Social\nUnion at Toronto last.'week, Mr. Chester\nMassey presented a resolution favor.ng\nthe giving up of social engagements for a\nperiod of one month in each year, to apply to the whole Methodist church of\nthe Dominion. October is suggested as\nas the whole month to be devoted to the\nawakening of a sound spiritual sense.\nDr. Carman, general superintendent,\napproved of the resolution and tbe Union\npassed it unanimously, and recommended its endoraation by the church generally.\nA cyclone, or something with considerable force, struck a chinaman's house\nThursday evening in Whltechapel, removing a large portion of the glass and\nframe of one of the windows.\nSeveral Indians were up before the\nmagistrate this weex to give reasons for\nbeing intoxicated. The reasons not beting satisfactory they donated towards\nthe treasury department.\nThe acetylene plant for W. F. Allen of\nthe Pioneer hotel, arrived Wednesday\nand is being put in position by Rod,\nAtkins. The hotel will be lighted by\ngas after the first of next week.\nFrank Gott and Thos. Racette were\nout on a hunting expedition this week\nand secured some big game. Frank is\none of the best all around hunters in\nthis section and always brings home a\nload? \t\nPreparations are being made to hold a\nconcert in Santini's hall about February\n14th. The program to consist of songs,\nrecitations, etc. Tbe proceeds to be devoted to the Methodist church parsonage fund. \t\nRobert Yorston brought in a load machinery Wednesday afternoon for the\nMcGillivray creek stamp mill, which\nwill be taken to the mine as soon as possible. All the machinery for the stamp\nmill is now between Lillooet and Ashcroft, the machinery was supplied by\nthe Wm. Hamilton Mfg. Co.\nMr. J. Allison who spent some time in\nLillooet last summer and who went east\nto arrange a company to work the gravel\nbanks opposite the town, returned the\nfirst of the week to Lillooet having been\nsuccessful in interesting parties. An engineer will look over the ground and determine on tbe most feasible plan of operating the ground. It is hoped that\nthe proposition may materialize as large\n| works of this kind will benefit Lillooet\nI greatly. 2\nTHE PROSPECTOR, LILLOOET, B. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1900.\nTHE PROSPECTOR.\nPublished every Friday.\nSUBSCRIPTION \u00C2\u00BB2.00\nPayable in advance.\nRIC. A. FRASER, Editor and Proprietor.\nFRIDAY. JANUARY 26. 1900.\nCommenting on Mr. Deane's motion\nenabling volunteers going to South Africa to retain their mineral claims, (he\nColonist says: \"Members on both sides\nof the house wilV endorse heartily the\naction contemplated in the motion of\nwhich Mr. Deane has given notice. It\nis distinctly in the line of practical patriotism, and gives emphasis to the expressions of loyalty that have been\nvoiced by both Government and opposition during the progress of the past\nweek's debate.\"\nOne of the leading preachers of the\nNorthwestern States, the Rev. James D.\nPanton, of St. Paul, Minn., holds that\nthe best man on earth after all is the\nordinary, average, every-day man, especially the humble man. It is hard to\nmake a man humble; because when a\nman knows a little he thinks he knows\nit all, but the man who has tke courage\nto change his mind is a hero.\nIn another column of this issue is published tbe speech of A. W. Smith, member for WeBt Lillooet. While the speech\nis of considerable length, Mr. Smith\nmakes several good arguments in regard to the new legislation passed recently.\nBritain's Cause is Just.\nThe Schreiner family is grievously divided against itself on the war question.\nPremier Schreiner, of Cape Colony, and\nOlive Schreiner are on one side, while\nthe mother, Mis. Schreiner, their sister,\nMrs. Ellis, and their brother, Theodore\nSchreiner, are rampant anti-Boers.\nMrs. Ellis writes an appeal to \"all\nChristian peoples\" which was distributed throughout many churches and\ncnapels in England today. In this appeal Mrs. Ellis says:\n\"If ever there was a war for the Lord\nof Hosts, if ever there was war for truth\nand right, for putting down oppression and wrong, for the deliverance of a\npeople powerless to deliver themselves,\nthis is that war. It is not the grievances\nof the Uitlanders, though they have been\nvery real and have called for justice; it\nis not what British subjects have had to\nBuffer of indignities and wrongs, though\nthese have been numerous under the\nrecent Transvaal administration; it is\nnot the insult to England's power and\nand prestige shown by the refusal to\nconcede her moderate demands for justice to be done to her subjects, followed\nby the unparalleled act of defiance contained in the Transvaal war ultimatum;\nit is not these things, however they may\nj ustly stir the national heart, which call\nupon us as Christians to bring the united force of God's people, by the power\nof believing prayer, to bear upon this war\nquestion.\n\"Let no Christian heart think the immediate events which have led to this\nwar are the chief cause why the life\nblood of the British empire is being\npoured out today. British soldiers are\ndying on African soil today to put an\nend to a condition of atrocious wrong, a\nwrong continued throughout generations\nand which apparently nothing but this\nsacrifice of life could right.\nFor over 200 years the progenitors of\nthe transvaal republic, and their des-\ncen danta have crushed, maltreated, and\nas far as they had the power to do so,\nas fellow-human beings, tbe colored peoples of this land.\nUnder Transvaal rule a ceaseless succession of crimes\u00E2\u0080\u0094legislative, social and\nindividual\u00E2\u0080\u0094have been perpetrated upon\nthe helpless natives, both within and\nbeyond the borders of the republic, for\nwhom it has seemed till now there was\nno possible deliverance. To justice loving souls who have known of these\nwrongs, it has been like some horrible\nnightmare that in the nineteenth century, within the limits of a country over\nwhich waves the British flag, political\nand social oppression by one race over\nanother was long so grossly practised ; to\nknow that on every side individual brutalities were being committed on defenceless victims, and that not by Arab slave\ndrivers or Moslem oppressors, but by a\nprofessedly Christian and highly religious people, who, with the Bible in their\nhands and loud professions of faith in\nprayers were practising barbarities, in\npeace as well as in war, which put to\nshame the records of what the savages of\nthis land have inflicted, even in war\ntime, upon white races.\nOh, it has been horrible, beyond words\nhorrible!\"\nA New Deal Wanted.\nPolitics in British Columbia are becoming slightly mixed. The versatile\nand vacillating Joseph who was elected\nto hornswoggle the coal barons of Vancouver Island is now playing their game\nso strong that the labor uEions of the\ncoast cities have qualified his character\nin a manner not calculated to flatter.\nIt is also rumored that Wells and Ralph\nSmith \u00E2\u0080\u0094 who would not overlook an opportunity to salavate Martin \u00E2\u0080\u0094 are\nbucking within the Semlin combination\nand may quit it at any time. Henderson,\nwho double-shuffled the Turner gang\nlast year, is doing the square thing by\nthe government crowd for making him\nattorney-general; the Vancouver World\nis passing boquets to Joe Martin \u00E2\u0080\u0094 presumably because the World is the only\nitem Joe overlooked while he handed\nout the brimstone in Victoria \u00E2\u0080\u0094 and the\nProvince, in its usual delightful language\ncalls its erstwhile protege a horned beast;\nthe government iB carrying on business\nwith a majority of one and in the early\npart of the game the speaker held his\njob in the lookout chair by voting for\nhimself on his own ruling. Although it\nis a foolish looking mix up, and if Semlin\nhad good neive he would throw up the\ndeal and call for another election. H>-\ncouldn't get a emaller majority than be\nhas now and as the exponent of the\neight-hour law no political fluBh with\nTurner and Martin at the head could be\nfilled to beat his pat.\u00E2\u0080\u0094-Sandon Paystreak.\nMixed Marriages.\nArchbishop Duhamel of Ottawa, has\nnot received a decree from Rome preventing the marriage of Catholics with\nProtestants during the present year,\nknown as holy year. It is reported that\nArchbishop O'Connor, of Toronto, has\ndecided, in view of the recent decree\nfrom the papal authorities that no mixed\nmarriages can take place within his diocese this year. It is still permissable in\nO tawa diocese for Catholics to become\nunited in wedlock with Protestants under certain conditions.\nThe Canadian Pacific Railroad Company will make application at the next\nsession of the Dominion parliament for\npower to divert the main line from\nWestminster Junction to New Westminster, thereby making New Westminster\na main line point in direct connection\nwith Vancouver, instead of the former\nbranch line station. This change has\nbeen decided upon in deference to the\ncontinued request of Eastern throngh\nMineral Act, 1896.\nCertiiicate of Improvements.\nUSTOTICIE-\nThe Happy Thought Fraction, the Mable Fraction hihI Woodbine Fraction mineral claim,\nsituate in the Lillooet mining division of Lillooet district. Where located: South Fork\nCadwallader creek.\nTake notice that the Mend Or Mines Ltd.,\nfree miner's certificate No. B17099, intend, sixty-\ndays from the date hereof, to apply to the mins\ning recorder for a certificate ol improvement,\nfor the purpose of obtaining a crown, grant of\nthe above claims.\nAnd further take notice that action, under\nsection \u00C2\u00BB7, must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements.\nDated this first day of December, 1899\nO. T. DIAMOND,\nAgent Bend'Or Mines Ltd.\nJ B CHERRY,\nA. B. TRIN. COLL., DUBLIN.\nBARRISTER, SOLICITOR, NOTARY PUBLIC\nLillooet. B. C\nClements Bros.,\nDruggists and Stationers.\nLYTTON, B. C.\nMiners orders and Mail orders filled promptly\nSAHUEL GIBBS,\nNotary Public, Accountant and\n\llnine Broker\nReports on Mining Properties.\nLILLOOET and BRIDGE RIVER. B; C.\nLICENSED CONVEYANCER,\nSEATON LIKE\n1\nLillooet, B. C.\nHave in stock all kinds of\nDried Lumber, Finishing\nLumber and Mouldings. .\nAll orders will receive\nprompt attention. Write for\nprices or apply at the yard.\nCanadian\nPacific\nRailway.\nSoo Pacific Line\nFor information regarding\ntickets to and from all points\nin\nCanada, United\nStates and Europe\nand tickets to\nChina, Japan, Honolulu, and Australia,\napply for information to\nH E. Leslif,,\nAgent Ashcroft.\nor to E. J. Coyle,\nAsst. Gen. Pass. Agent,\nVancouver, B. C.\nPioneer\nHotel.\nLLILOOET, B. C.\nW. F. Allen Proprietor.\nIfiiKIi\nFirst Class Hotel in every respect! Accommodation\nfor Eighty Guests/ Large Annex comfortably furnished Commercial travelers and others\nreceive every attention by staying at the\nPioneer Hotel. Large sample room.\nkk kk kk k\nWELL STOCKED BAR.' EXCELLENT CUISINE.\nHeadquarters tor the B. C- Express Stages. *\nDANIEL HURLEY.\note\nG-4\nIjIXiXiOOET, 23.\nThis hotel being new and thoroughly finished througho.it is the only first\nclass hotel in Lillooet. Persons calling at Lillooet will receive every attention by\nstopping at the Hotel Victoria. Good stabling in connection with the hotel. Headquarters for the Lillooet-Lytton stage.\n\u00C2\u00AB 8 S 8 6 9 CHARGES MODERATE. \u00C2\u00BB fi \u00C2\u00AB ft \u00C2\u00AB \u00C2\u00AB\nD. HURLEY,\nProprietor\nEXCBLSIOB ZBCOTJSIE.\nFEASBB &c BELL, PEOPS.\nLILLOOET, -\nThe Bar is supplied with the best Wines, Liquors and Cigars\t\nB.C.\nLYTTON STAGE LINE.\nStage leaves Lytton every Monday and Friday morning\nfor Lillooet, returning next day. Special trips made.\nIf you contemplate a trip into Lillooet district, write ub for information.\nCAMERON & H JI EY -:- Lytton and Lillooet, B t\nR.&W. CUMMING\nFlour Milling Produce and\nGeneral Merchandise.\nZP-A-VILIOZSr, -B.EC-\nPATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY AND BUY PAVILION ROLLER FLOTJlV * >|\nFlour and Offal sold at mill and delivered at reasonable rates. I\n<*, <^ <*, C3--E31TEia^.Zj STOEB. <*- <*< ^ .. '\nPost Office and Telegraph Oflice in connection. Freight teams plying once a\nweek between Lillooet and Ashcroft.\nW. CUMMING. Agent, Lillooet B. C '\nWM. B. BAILEY & CO.\nStorage & Forwarding Agts\nASHCROFT, B. C.\nConsign your goods to our care. We settle ^railway charges a\u00C2\u00BB,d forward to\ndestination without delay. Correspondence solicited. W. B. BAILEY & CO THE PROSPECTOR, LILLOOET, B. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1900.\n3\nA. W. sniTH'S DEBATE ON THE SPEECH.\n\t\nIn contributing to the debate upon the speech\nfrom the throne, in tlie local legislature, Mr. A-\nW. Smith (West Lillooet), congratulated the\nmover and seconder of the reply upon the sue.\ncess of their efforts, and held that they were\nfortunate in having come from very prosperous\ntowns of the mainland through which fact\nthey were cnablea, without touching upon\nanything contained in the speech itself, to All\nin the deficiencies with flattering figures testifying to the prosperity of the cities for which\nthey spoke more particularly While he had not\nthe good fortune of coming from Vancouver or\nKossland, While Lillooet was as yet not in a\nposition to rival either of those towns in population or importance, he had the honor of ad\ndressing the house as the representative of a\ndistrict that he hoped he would be able to show\nwas as rich in natural resurces, as full of great\npotentialities, as any in British Columbia; and\nwhich he could only hope would in the very\nnear future be able to show a development and\na prosperity equal to that of any part of the\nprovince. (Hear, hear.)\nTo take up the speeen itself\u00E2\u0080\u0094it certainly was\nremarkable for its meagerness, the subjects of\npublic import that had not been dealt with far\noutnumbered those to which reference had\nbeen made. Concerning the stated decrease or\nremissions of taxation, he was unable to agree\nwith the announcement of the government. It\ncertainly appeared to him that there had been\nan increase of taxation rather than a decrease.\nThe only remission of taxation that could be\nrightly referred to as such was that resultant\nfrom the cancellation of the law requiring\nworking miners to possess free miners certificates. On the other hand the liquor license\nfees had been nearly doubled, and the whole\namount of the license six months and in many\ncases the amount for the whole.year ending\n30th 1901 had been collected and credited to the\nfinancial year ending 30th June 1900. The collections for crown grants, for pre-emption\nclaims, for mineral claims, and for milisites all\nhad been doubled, aud the land registration\nfees had been increased so perceptibly as to occasion general dissatisfact.on throughout the\nprovince.\nWith respect to the Columbia & Western railway, and the proposal indicated for substituting a cash subsidy for the land grant already\npassed by the legislature, it was impossible to\nspeak in other than general terms without\nknowing the nature of the bargrin to buy back\nthe land from the railway.\nTouching the question of redistribution, he\nfelt compelled to contrast the present poli; y of\nthe government with the policy declared to be\ntheirs by these same gentlemen when in opposition\u00E2\u0080\u0094their contentions then being always to\nthe effect that a thorough redistribution of the\nprovince should be made. He agreed With the\nother honorable gentleman who had preceeded\nhim, that if any further redistribution were\ntaken in hand, it should be a thorough redistribution of all the province, a rearrangement\nof constituencies through and through.\nThe government had indicated an intention\nto proAide a road through the Kitimaat valley,\nand he was always in favor of and in accord\nwith any government policy rhat aimed to\ngive access to the country to miners and settlers.\nOf the road to Omineca, he was aware that\nthe character of the country to be penetrated\nwas such as to justify the expectations of a\nlarge and importrnt development and an in\ncrease to population.\nHe was glad to see that amendments to. the\nliquor act were contemplated. Such amendments were wanted and they should provide\nfor the officers exercising stricter oversight\nwith respect to all licensed premises so that\nthe business carried on under license should\nnot be improperly conducted, or degenerate\ninto a nuisance to the neighbohood.\nHe could not account for the omission in his\nhonors speech of the farming industry, and\ndid not think that anyone would have accused\nthe government of feeling so small a measure\nof interest in agriculture as absence of refer-\nence.to this industry would appear to indicate.\n(Applause.]\nThe mining industry, in comparison to its\ngreat importance, had received very scant attention in the sessional program. There could\nbe no question that the country suffered materially by the alien act and eight hour law, which\nhad operated disadvantageous in the Atlin\ncountry and in the Kootenay.\nAs for the alien exclusien law, he had been\nopposed to it from first to last. If the law had\nbeen made general, as it should to be in any\nway fair, it could not have carried -and the\ngovernment applied it to placers only, and\ni thus perpetrated a deliberate and inexcusable\n^injustice. Of the eight hour law he stated that\nhhad it not been for the operation of this measure labor and capital in the Slocan would still\nbe in harmony. Not only had the existing\nmines been shut down, however, he knew of\nlarge amounts of capital that had been seeking\ninvestment, and which had |been kept out of\nthe country, no capitalist earing to invest his\nmoney where conditions were so unreliable\nand unstable.\nIn connection with the working out of the\nalien exclusion la\u00C2\u00BBy, the member for West Lil-\nooet contended that much might be said in\nrespect to the eight-hour law. applied here also.\nStill dealing with the subject of mining, the\nmember directed attention to the effect of the\nrejieal last session of Section 8 of the Placer\nMining act\u00E2\u0080\u0094nothing being substituted. This\nsection 8 had provided explicit penalties for\nmining without first taking out a free miners'\ncertificate, and the result had been as he anticipated, that a very large number of Chinese\nand other aliens had been mining all through\nthe past season without the contribution of one\ncent of revenue to the country. The result, as\nhe had said, was that hundreds of Chinese had\nbeen permitted to work without licenses, removing the gold of the country The house had\nheard criticisms during many years upon the\nlate government in connection with its attitude toward the Chinese\u00E2\u0080\u0094it had been called\nthe mongolian government\u00E2\u0080\u0094but it had certainly never done so miifh for the advantage\nof the Chinese and tbe disadvantage of the\nwhite population, as had this present government in striking out this section and thus permitting Chinese to work in the placers without\npaying one cent to the country. (Hear, hear.)\nAnother point of the law of mining as at present constituted which was calculated to work\ndisadvantage was that applying to the holding\nof hydraulic properties by lease. 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Orders by mail or express punctually attended to.\nOARGILE HOUSE, alhcroft, b. c.\nIs now under new management and has been thoroughly renovated. Culinary\ndepartment unsurpassed. The Bar is stocked with choice liquors and cigars and\nwill be in charge of experienced men. Every convenience for commercial men.\nFRED H. NELSON, - - - Proprietor.\nN. de Keyser\nASHCROFT\nManufacturing Jeweler, Watchmaker and Optician\nTIKIE XJELA.ISrD>\nCorner of Hastings and Granville Streets. VANCOUVER B. \u00E2\u0082\u00AC\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2WMI. HJLMilLTOIir, PBOPi THE PROSPECTOR, LILLOOET, B. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1900.\nLOCAL ITEMS.\nDr.Sanson made a trip to Pavilion and\nClinton this week.\nChas Noel made a trip to Ashcroft\nlast week, on a visit to friends.\nMrs. F. Tinkhsm has been very ill\nfor the past few days with a bad attack\nof nenralagia.\nRev. Mr. Bastin of Lytton, will hold\nservices in tbe school house on Sunday\nevening at 7.30.\nThe Becond annual dinner of the Sons\nof Scotland was held at Ashcroft last\nnight. No doubt a jovial time was given\nthose in attendance.\nFred P. Wilson representing McLennan, McFeely A Co., hardware merchants, Vancouver, was in town last Friday doing business for his firm.\nJos. Letalien is the contractor tor the\nCatholic church and has the building\nunder fair way. It will be ready for\noccupancy in a couple of weeks.\nHenry Cargile, discoverer of the Little\nJoe on Cadwallader, and interested in\nother properties throughout the district,\nis spending a few days in town on business and pleasure.\nThe Cache wagon road has been in a\ndelapitated state the past week .owing to\nthe heavy rains. Road Superintendent\nMcDonald has a few men at work putting the road in condition again.\nThe creditors of the well-known firm\nof Eagle & Paxton, of the Onward ranch\nCariboo, have forced an assignment of\nthe property for their benefit. It is believed that the firm will be able to pay\nall obligations in full.\nThe wagon roads in all directions\nleading from town, are in a bad shape\nowing to tlie extreme wet weather.\nRain, like this season, has never been\nexperienced in this section before, and\nthere is, undoubtedly, a Jonah somewhere. \t\nRev. Mr. Laidley, Methodist minister\nat Ashcroft, who has been ill for several\nweeks, was removed to the coast last\nweek where a serious operation will be\nperformed, to try and give him relief.\nThe Rev. Laidley spent a short time in\nLillooet last summer.\nFred Roth, traveller for the Inland\nCigar Mfg. Co., of Kamloops, is now\ngoing through tbe Cariboo and will be\nin Lillooet in a few days. The Inland\nCigar company turns out a good article\nand have succeeded in controlling a\nlarge trade throughout the province.\nKamloops cigars are much used in\nLillooet.\t\nW. E. Brett came down from McGillivray Creek the first of the week and reports work as going on rapidly at the\nmine. Tbe foundation for the mill has\nbeen completed, and the building 26x40\nfeet is well under way. The machinery for\nthe mill, which is now on the way from\nAshcrift, will be taken in at once and\nthe work will be in readiness to put the\nmachinery in position at once. Mr.Brett\nreturned yesterday to keep tne work\ngoing.\nThe Boer strength, originally 83,000,\n. is now heavily augmented by Cape Colonists, and the fighting forces may be\nestimated fairly at 100,000 and 200 guns.\nToe Boers are not compelled to guard\ntheir communications. Their grass is\ngood, tbe crops are growing, vegetables,\ncattle and sheep are plentiful and game\nia abundant.\nA. W. SfllTH'S DEBATE ON THE SPEECH.\n[Continued from third page.]\nproperties to appeal to capital with equal security and therefore equal chance of success as\nthat enjoyed by the operators In quartz.\nSince the last session of the house it would be\nremembered an order-in-council had been passed repealing Section 6 of the Placer Mining\nAct, and Section 8 of the Mineral Act. The\npoint of the sections in question was that mining recorders under certain circumstances\nwere enabled to perform the duties of gold\ncommissioners; and the result of the order-in\ncooncil was to make much additional work for\nthe miner. He had no doubt the difficulty\narising out of this governmental action was\nseriously felt In Cariboo\u00E2\u0080\u0094it certainly was in\nLillooet\u00E2\u0080\u0094and possibly it was also in Kootenay\nalthough there the gold commissioners were\ncloser together and the difficulty would thereby\nbe lessened. Referring briefly to the difficulties of communication as bearing pertinently\nupon the operation of this change in the law,\nthe member for West Lillooet passed to a consideration of the change in the boundaries of\nmining divisions. In Lillooet particulary\u00E2\u0080\u0094he\ncould not speak for the other divisions\u00E2\u0080\u0094the\nnew regulations had worked clumsily and dis-\nadvantageously. Take for example the south\neast line of Lillooet division, which had been\nheretofore the boundary of Yale. This regulation had shifted this line up within five miles\nof the town of Lillooet, and yet instead of going\nto Lillooet (within sight) to record, the claim\nowner was forced to travel 61 miles to Lytton, or\n40 miles down the river and 50 miles to Ashcroft, 6-1 to 90 miles away.\nAs for the general interests of the district,\nthere was at present a large amount of mining\ndevelopment in progress in the mining centers\nof the district, and those engaged were working\nat a great disadvantage through the inadequacy\nof suitable roads and trails over which to get\nin supplies and machinery for the development of their properties. He trusted that the\ngovernment would realize the necessity of improving these means of communication, by\ngiving the district a fair share of the public appropriations, not forgetting that the district\nhad always been a good revenue producer.\nThis year it had returned more revenue than\nhad been asked for by the member in works\nand improvements required for the opening up\nand making productive of the district, and he\nhoped would not, be lost sight of in the preparation of the estimates. There was another\nmatter\u00E2\u0080\u0094while the district was a healty one. it\nwas as as all mining districts, liable at any\ntime to be a scene of mining accidents, and the\nnecessity of immediate medical or surgical aid\nwas therefore apparent and that a surgeon at\nhand was most required, and he thought the\ngovernment this year shouldu&ee to it that a\nsufficient subsidy was provided to induce a\ncapable member of the profession to take up\nhis residence in Lillooet. Even ?500 would perhaps be sufficient, and the need of the district\nwas great. In Clinton perhaps the sume conditions prevailed.\nNext taking up the conditions prevailing in\nthe mines themselves, he said that while at the\npresent time there was little for the inspector\nof metalliferous mines to do, he hoped that that\nofficial would visit Lillooet. There had been\nmuch complaint that the ventilation in a number of the mines was not up to the standard re.\nquired by law. He though* it would be wise\nthing if the minister of mines would ascertain\nat the earliest possible date if sufficient precautions were taken to assure the workmen the sufficient supply of air that they are entitled to\nunder the law\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\"To what mine does the honorable gentleman\nrefer,\" asked Hon. Mr. Hume.\n\" Is it the Golden Cache?\" asked another\nmember of the government side.'\n\" No I did not refer to the Golden Cache,\"\nsaid Mr. Smith, \" I was speaking of mines generally.\"\n\" What mine then?\" pursued Hon. Mr. Hume.\n\" I was thinking more particularly of the\nBend'Or,\" answered Mr. Smith.\n\" Golden Cache's all right?\" came from the\ngovernment side.\nMr. Smith continued that the Golden Cache\nhad undoubtedly given Lillooet a black eye\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\" But you're getting over that,\" observed a\nmember on the right.\nMr. Smith was happy to agree. The Golden\nCache he understood was passing into the\nhands of a new company, and $100,000 was to be\nput into the mines in that vicinity which\nwould yet take their place, he hoped, among\nthe best mines of the country. At present those\ninterested in these mines were sharing the difficulties of the section\u00E2\u0080\u0094they were experiencing\nthe greatest difficulty in getting in their machinery, thanks to the wretched condition of the\nroads. He did not entirely blame the government in this connection, for roads at the pres\nent time were bound to be bad\u00E2\u0080\u0094but it was certain that they might also with a little expenditure and attention be made much better than\nat present. As for the neccessity of inspection\nto which he referred, it applied to all mines.\nThe conditions might very possibly have improved at the Bend'Or since the period to\nwhich he had had his attention directed. Other\nmills would be in operation shortly, and inspoc\ntion in any event could do no harm, and would\npossibly bo of great good to the workmen. He\nemphasized the extreme difficulty of operating\nin so mountainous a country as West Lillooet,\nwhere the hauling in of heavy machinery and\nsupplies over the miserable trails was a very\nconsiderable undertaking, he hoped that he\nhad said sufficient to convince the government\nthat it was paramountly in the interest of the\ncountry as well as the miner and the mine own\ner to so improve the conditions that the industry might be persecuted with better chances of\nsuccess. It was for the want of roads and trails\nthat the most primitive methods of treating\nthe quartz had thus far been adhered to, and\nthat the ores of the district even under these\nconditions yielded a handsome profit, was in i -\nself sufficient to convince the world that the\ndistrict contained rich quartz that it would\n.veil repay to work, it should also convince the\ngovernment of the urgency of giving all the\nassistance possible in the nature of roads,\nbridges, and trails, for the encouragement of\nthis industry, and the consequent augmentation of the provincial revenue and provincial\nprosperity. (Applause.)\nMineral Act, 1896.\nCertificate o! Improvements.\nUTOTXGXV.\nTrio Mineral Claim,situate in the Lillooet Mining Division of Lillooet District. Where located : On Cadwallader Creed.\nTake notice that I, J. F. Gibson, acting as\nagent for the Alpha Bell Gold Quartz Mining\nCompany, Limited Liability, Free Miner's certificate No. 20154, intend, sixty days from date\nhereof, to apply to the mining recorder for a\ncertificate of improvement, for the purpose of\nobtaining a crown grant of the above claim.\nAnd further take notice that action, under\nsection 37, m.ist be commenced before the issuance of sueh certificate of improvements.\nDated this 21st day of November, 1899.\nJ.F. GIBSON.\nUREN&\nMITCHELL\nGENERAL BLACKSM1THING\nAND HORSESHOEING.\nCLINTON, B. C. BranaU at Lillooet.\nManufacturers of all kind of\nMINER'S SUPPLIES, PICKS, DRILLS, Etc.\nNone but the best material used. Miners or\nprospectors sending in orders will receive\nprompt attention and satisfaction guaranteed.\nLILLOOET BARBERSHOP.\nHot and Cold Htitha.\nAIlTRtllimiCIAJsS\nALEX. McDONALD, Prop.\nR.F.Anderson&Co\nNEW WESTMINSTER, B. 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